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¶ The fayntnesse, or grosse saines, or weakenesse of the woman, or the innaturall commynge furthe of the chylde.
¶ The Sygnes be knowen by womans tellynge.
AGaynst daungerous chylde byrth mani say that the s••ra¦pinges of Dates stones giuē wyth wine doth wonderfully case wemē of ther traualynges in child byrth.
Dippe a lynnen clothe in the ioice
of stone Perslye or of Comon persly and put the same into the mouth of the matrix, and it shal cause ye dead chyldes delyueraunce and the after burdenes also, and the sam•• beinge dronke in any kynde of drinke clen∣syth the matrix and the childe of all grosse humors.
Oke ferne stampt and plasteryd vpon the foece of the traualyng wo¦man, causeth the chyld byrth ether a lyue or dead.
Auicen. If a woman drinke maiden heare in wine, it causeth spedy deliuerāce
Peter. Item drinke made of Castorcum is very good in suche causes.
Also if the priuityes of a woman be anoynted with ye ashes of an as∣ses houte, it is a veri good and easy remedy.
Also geue vnto a woman in thys case an other womās milke to drik it causeth spedy delyuerance.
Gilbert. Stampe Veruen, and giue it to a
travaling woman to drinke wyth water, it causeth deliuerance also.
Item myrhe geuen to drynke in warme wine, the quantity of a big nut, causeth deliuerance of the child eyther quicke or dead.
Dragance bound to the priuities of a woman in labor, causeth her to be deliuered incontinente, but there must hede be taken, that it be quick¦ly remoued, least it draw forth the matrix withall.
Rogert. Seeth Mugwort in water & pla∣ster it hote vpō the nauel & thighes of a woman laboring with child, it causeth both child birth and ye after burthen also if it tary long there, it will cause ye matrix to folow vpon. The ioyce of Leekes hath a migh∣ly operation in this case, if it be drō¦ke with warme water.
The ioyce of figges or pouder of Dyttayne, geuen to a woman
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that laborynge in child hath the a¦gue, with water, yf she haue not the Ague, with wine, it causeth ye dead chylde in hyr wombe to issue for the A horse turde dronke and suffumy gated causeth delyuerance, as wel of the secondines as of the chyld.
••ye. Item take pyony sede, when it is blacke, stampe it and blend it with oyle, and anoint the loynes, and pry¦uytes of a woman traualing with chyld, it maketh delyuerance of the child in hyr wombe without pain.
A suffumygacyon made of the hornes and houses, of Goates mo∣ueth mightily the matrix to deliue¦rance.
Diosco. Take of Betony sedden wt water and hony. 31. It hasteneth the delyue¦rance, and deiyueryth deiyueryth y• laborynge woman out of her daunger, but in any case beware that ther be no pe∣ces in the house wherin the womā traualeth for they are very hurtfull
and doe not suffer the Matrixe easilie to open.
If the woman cannot easily be ridde of the after burthen, take Berage and Léeke blades, and the ioyce of Parsly rootes, giue the same witth Oyle and it shall be deliue∣red incontinent.
Const. The leaues of Iuniper drunke with water & hunnie, causeth the deliuerance of the childe and of the secondiles, and after burthen.
Dissolue a Swallowes neast with wa∣ter, straine it, & drinke it, it causeth ye birth of the child to be verie easie.