A book of sovereign approved medicines and remedies, as well for sundry diseases within the body, as also for all sores, wounds, gouts, and other griefs whatsoever, that grieve or molest the body, or any part thereof: with other proper experiments. Not only very necessary and profitable, but also commodious for all such as shall vouchsafe to practise and use the same. ❧ Imprinted at London, nigh unto the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dauson, and Thomas Gardyner, Novembris. 24. 1577. ¶ Sovereign medicines and remedies for sundry purposes. To make Flos unguentorum. TAke Rosen and Perrosen, of each half a pound, virgin wax and frankincense, of each a quarter of a pound, Mastic an ounce, Hearts talow a quarter of a pound, Camphor two drams: melt that is to be melted, and beat into fine powder, that which is to be powdered, that done, searce it, and boil them all together, save the Camphor, then strain them into a pottle of white wine, through a Canvas cloth, & so let them boil together: when it is boiled, set it a cooling, until it be blood warm, then put into it your Camphor, and a quarter of an ounce of Turpentine, and keep it with stirring until it be thorough cold: when it is cold, make it into rolls, ●nd so keep them to your use, for one of ●he purest salves that can be made. For this ointment or salve is most excellent for all the diseases under written. Wherefore ye must have respect in making it, that ye put not the Camphor and turpentine into the rest, before it be as cold as blood, for than it is all lost. These be the dieases that it is good against: viz. for old wounds, it cleanseth and gendereth good flesh, it healeth faster than any other, for it will suffer no corruption or dead flesh to be in a wound. Also it is good for the head ache, & singing in the brain, and for all manner of impostumes in the head or body, for blowing in the ears & cheeks, for sinews sprung, stark or shrunk: it will draw out any thorn or broken bone, it is good against the biting or stinging of any venomous beast, it will rot & heal all manner of botches, & it is good for a Fester or Canker. Also it will draw all manner of aches out of the liver, spleen, or reins. It is good for howling in the members. Also it being laid upon a woman's Navel as a plaster, it will seize the flyre of menstrues, it healeth the Hemerhoides, and is special good to make a Cerecloth for the gout, ache, botch, or pestilence. This Intret is called Flos unguentorum, for that it is supposed for his virtues to have come to knowledge by revelation. An other for shrinking of sinews. TAke March mallows one handful, of Rosemary tops as much, and stamp them together; that done, mingle there with May butter melted, & so let it stand ten days. then seeth it on a soft fire until the strength of the herbs be gone, when it is well sodden, strain it through a canvas cloth into an earthen pot, and so keep it close. A sovereign ointment for an ache or bruise. TAke a pound of Sage, a pound of Rue, half a pound of wormwood, and half a pound of bay leaves, then cut them small, and after beaten them in a mortar, that done, take three pound of sweet sheeps suet, if ye can, of a sheep new killed, & mince it small, then beat it with the herbs in the mortar, until the herbs have drunk up the suet, and be of colour green: when ye have so done, take it out, and put it into a basin, with a pottle of oil Olive, & so work it with your hands into the herbs, till it be all of one softness, & then put it into an earthen pot, and so keep it eight days close covered: at the eight days end, seeth it in a Brass Pot with a soft fire, till the strength of the herbs be gone. And to prove it to be enough, take a spoonful thereof, & put it into a new canvas cloth, and wring the juice from the herbs, if in the end there come any liquor like brown water, it is not sudden enough. If it be enough, there will come nothing but ointment. In like manner prove all other ointments. When ye have so done, keep them in a fair stone pot or vessel very close, not forgetting to strain them into the vessel wherein ye preserve it. When ye have need to occupy it, you must anoint the patient therewith evening & morning very warm, where the pain is, and being well anointed, lay thereto a fair linen cloth very hot, & if ye can, keep it to the grief with a Rouler. An ointment for the stone, and Colic, to be made in may TAke the buds of Broome flowers near the shutting, half a pound clean piked from the stalks, and beat them in a mortar very small, that done, mingle them with clarified May butter, as much as ye shall think meet, & so keep it close in a vessel eight days, then seeth it and strain it, as the other ointments before: & therewith anoint the patients grief very warm, evening and morning. An ointment for all manner of lameness, or swellings. TAke an handful of Time, an handful of Lavender Cotten, an handful of running Strawberries that be like to a string, and cut them small, then beat them in a mortar, with four or five young Swallows taken out of the nest very fleg, & quick beaten them together until ye see never a feather or piece of them whole: that done, take a. i.d. of may Butter clarified, & mingle it in the mortar with the herbs, and so let it stand. 24. hours before ye seth it: When you have sodden it, use it as before ye are taught, as well in preseruyug of it, as also in using it. A sovereign plaster for a burning or scalding, the fire being out. TAke of Rosen in fine powder a pound, a pound of unwrought ware minced small, a pound & half of clarified May butter, and put them all into a brass pan, & set it upon the fire till it begin to rise, always stirring it: then take it of the fire, and incontinent put it into a vessel with fair cold water, and stir it together, & so let it stand a day or a night: when ye have so done, make it up in rolls, & keep them till your need, making thereof a plaster with a knife upon a soft linen cloth, dressing the sore twice a day. A sovereign bath for all lameness. TAke a black sheeps head with the wool on it, and do out the brains & tongue, & wipe the head clean, then put it into two gallons of fair water, with a peck of Culuerage, otherwise called Arse smart, being first clean piked and washed, and so seeth them all together, till the bones fall from the flesh, & scum it clean in the seething, that done, take out the bones, and the rest put into a close earthen pan, or pot, and so keep it, taking at once as much of the broth, flesh, and herbs, as shall suffice to bathe the lame place withal, using it evening and morning, as hot as it may be suffered, keeping the place warm with a linen cloth betwixt the bathings. To break any sickness, sore, or fellow. TAke the grease leaves of a barow hog and pill of the skin, & beat the grease in a mortar till it be enough, which ye shall know by the whiteness thereof, then put it into a fair stone pot, not an earthen pot, and so keep it close till may, when ye shall gather Stabies & stamp it, and strain it, and to one quart of the grease cold, put a pottle of the juice of Stabies, & in like sort more or less: that done, work the grease till it have drunk up the juice, with your hands, then cover it, and let it stand ten days: then press the water out of it with your hands, and after with as much of the same juice work it again, till it hath drunk it up, & so let it stand ten days. In like manner use it at the end of every ten days, during May and june. In the end preserve it till need require, and as you need take thereof as much as will make a thick plaster, to the bigness of the sore, & lay it thereto xxiiii hours, and it will break it: and being broken, heal it with a drawing plaster. A sovereign proved medicine for the pin and web in the eye, to be made in May. TAke the tops or crops of the herb Christopher, with the stalks & leaves thereon, of a finger length, if they be so far tender, a good quantity, & stamp them very small, that done, mingle it with a good quantity of may butter, and in a fair platter, or such like vessel stamp them together, and use to set it in the hot sun every day, when the sun shineth clearly, the space of ii or iii months, till it be rotten, & if it be sooner rotten, then strain it through a clean linen cloth, when as it hath melted in the sun the space of a whole day: that which is strained out, is the medicine which ye must keep, taking as much as a mean pins head, & put it into the eye of the patient lying upright, the space of a quarter of an hour. This medicine may never be made nor mingled, but in May. It may be strained in june, july, or August. A special good salve for any old sore, also good for a green wound, called Salue Robert. TAke a pound of weather's suet being first melted, and clarified into a cake, & scrape it into a brass Pan or Postnet, then take a pound of virgin wax, & in like manner scrape it into the pan or other vessel, that done, strain a pound of Rosen being beaten into fine powder, & so with stirring, boil them upon a fire of coals, until it be melted all into one likeness, then put to it two ounces of black soap, & stir it a while after, than when it beginneth to rise, take it of, & set it aside till it be through cold: then cut it in pieces, and so work it up into small rolls, so as there be no knots in the rolls: that ye may the better work it, anoint your hands with soft grease or oil, & it shall not cleave to your fingers, having thus done, keep them in a close box. A water to be used with this salve to wash the sore, before ye lay to the plaster, as often as ye dress it: good to cleanse the sore, and to abate proud flesh. TAke a good handful of Sage, wash it clean, and seeth it in a quart of stolen ale, or strong beer, and in the seething scum it, and put thereto a piece of roche alum as big as a Walnut, and so let it seeth half away: that done, keep it in a stone pot close, and as ye need take a saucer full thereof with some of the leaves, & lukewarm bath the wound or sore therewith, then wipe the sore dry with a soft linen cloth, & afterward lay to a plaster of the said salve Robert; and if need be, put in a tent made of Lint & the salve together, before ye lay on the plaster. In this manner dress the sore twice a day, till ye think it waxeth almost whole: afterward if ye list, once a day will be enough, because it may else heal too fast. A sovereign medicine for a burning or scalding, called Mother Cammockes medicine, to be made in May. TAke daisy leaves, roots, & flowers, and the inner bark of Elder, of each an handful, of the leaves of briars, such as bear the berries, a quarter of a handful, & bruise them well together in a mortar, than put thereto a pound of clarified may butter, & mingle them together, and so boil them until the strength be out of the herbs: then strain it thorough a fair linen cloth into the vessel wherein ye mean to keep it, as before. When you will occupy this ointment, ye must, after ye have anointed the patient, lay over the place anointed a piece of the skin of hogs grease, or the film of sheeps suet, to keep the cloth from cleaving to the sore. For a need this ointment may be made in any other month wherein the Daisies may be gathered. For a Canker. TAke herbs Robert, read Sage, herb Grace, of each like much, stamp them in a mortar with good ale. When ye have so done, put the herbs in a linen cloth and wet your cloth well in the juice, than lay the cloth with the herbs to your tooth at night & in the morning in like manner, and by the grace of God it will draw out the Canker. A plaster for all manner of sores, and specially for green sores. Take of fine Sugar and Burnet, of each like much, and bruise them in a mortar, and wash the wound with the juice of the same, then take the herbs fynly-beaten, & mingle with them & the juice a quantity of english honey & unwrought wax, so boil them together till it be all of one colour: then take them from the fire, and let them stand a while, them put it into a basin of fair water, & so work it out into rolls, as before is taught, in ordering the wound. Prob. per T. Colby. another medicine for a Canker. Take Sage, Rue, Woodbine leaves, Peneryall, & of Filbert leaves or buds of each an handful, if neither can be gotten, then take of the inner bark of the youngest boughs, one handful, and seeth it with the rest in a quart of good ale over a soft fire, till half be consumed: when it is half sudden, put thereto three spoonfuls of honey, and as much roche alum ●● thre● Walnuts. When it is consumed take it of, and keep it as your other waters: if you need hereof, take a saucer full and warm it, then wet a linen cloth therein, and so wash the sore, after that lay the cloth to the grief. For a swelling or bruise. Make a Poultesse of Wheat bran & water, and when it is well sodden, put to a dish full of it, a saucer full of oil of Rue, and stir them well together, and so lay it to the swelling or bruise, as warm as may be suffered, shifting it twice a day. For a sore breast. Take a handful of figs and stamp them till the kernels be broken; then take a little fresh grease & temper it with the figs: then make a plaster thereof, and as hot as the patient may suffer it, lay it to their breast, and it will take away the anguish & swelling, & if it be apt to break, it will break it, else not. For a sore leg. Take Lie made of the ashes of clean ash wood, also take a little Alum and as much Maddar and seeth it, then strain it, & wash the sore therewith. This water is good to clear a sore, moderating your Allam and Maddar to the quality of the sore, and also it will further the healing of it, using therewith a good healing plaster. To take the fire out of a burning or scalding. Take a quantity of resty Bacon, & burn it with fire, having a Basin of water under it, that the dropping thereof may fall into it, then take the dropping from the water with a feather, & put it in a dish with the juice of Singrue, otherwise called Houslik, a convenient quantity to your Bacon, the said juice being strained into it: also put thereto a yolk of an egg hard roasted, then beaten them together until you have made a perfect mixture thereof, and anoint the patient therewith as often as the heat of the fire shall drink it up, or dry it, and it will take away the heat of the fire, and heal the sore. This was proved by M. White, being sore burned with Gun powder, who before the use hereof, dipped that part of his body that was so burned, into cold Brine, to assuage the grief. To assuage the stinging of an Adder, or other venomous beast. Take shell Snails which in summer time keep in Gardens, and in Winter in old houses, break the shells, and lay the Snails in a pewter dish, & prick them with a pin, and there will come an oil out of them, with the which ye shall anoint the patient with a feather, and as it drieth in, still lay on more with your feather, till you may perceive where the sting sticketh: then take one of the Snails unpricked, & lay it to the grief. To keep the swelling from the heart, you must say that part of the body so stung, higher than the heart. Also betwixt the heart, and the place so stung, bind a plaster of treacle upon a linen cloth an inch broad, & it will drive the swelinge from the heart. another remedy to take out the fire of a burning or scalding. Take the yolks of twenty or more hard roasted eggs, and fry them in a frying pan, breaking them all to pieces, & in the frying there will rise a froth, and after the froth there will also rise an oil, which oil ye shall take out of the pan, and with a feather anoint the sore as fast as the fire shall drink it up, and in a small time it will both kill the fire, and also heal the sore. To heal a green wound. Take the herb Salindine & Houselyke equal quantity, then bruise them in a mortar, and take the juice of them, and put it in the wound, & anoint the same therewith: that done, fill the wound with part of the bruised herbs, and so bind it up, & in short time it will heal the sore: as by proof hath been seen. For watering eyes. Take Bittanie, & eat it, or drink it, whether ye list, & it will take away the watering of the eyes. For a woman's sore breast. TAke & temper clean wheat flower with yolks of eggs, and make thereof a plaster & lay thereto, shifting it twice a day, and it will heal the sore To kill the worm that breedeth in a man's eye Take rue otherwise herb grace, & stamp it, and temper it with the urine of the same man, that done, give it him to drink, & it shall kill the said worm. another medicine for sore eyes. Take the oil of Eggs, the juice of stamped Dayses. & the oil of black Snails, which you must get in this manner: Bray them in a mortar, than put them into a fair linen cloth, holding it over a sauser, that it may drop into the sauser: that done, take the said drops with the other things before written, & boil them altogether with skimming: then put it in like vessel as your other ointments, and as ye need thereof, take a feather, and dip it in the vial, or other vessel, wherein it remaineth, and so anoint sore eyes so often as need requireth. To staunch a wound of bleeding. Fill the wound full of Orpin chafed in, or betwixt your hands, and it will staunch. Also fill the wound full of the blades of English saffron, and it shall staunch. Oil of Exiter poured into a wound, will also staunch the same. This oil of Exiter will also heal a bruise, if it be anointed therewith, and after rolled up with a warm roller, & so shifted once in xxiiii hours. An other to staunch a wound. Take Vervin made in fine powder, & put thereof in the wound, & it will staunch. To staunch bleeding at the nose. Take the juice of read Nettles, & good read wine, of each like quantity, putting thereto the powder of white Chalk as much as half a Hazel nut shell will hold: that done, warm it lukewarm, & give it the patient to drink. A proved medicine for the gout. Take a pretty quantity of green flies called Cantarides which the Apothecary doth seek, and twice as much crumbs of sour Rye bread, and stamp them in a mortar with a little vinegar, so as ye may make thereof a plaster the breadth of a groute, then lay it upon the sore place, that is, where the most grief is, for the space of sire or seven hours: then lift up the plaster with the point of a knife, & so let it lie half an hour. When you have so done, pull it of, and you shall see a blister gathered under it, which with a needle you must prick in the lowest part thereof, and with your finger thrust out the water softly, and if the water be cold it will be yellow, if the pain be out, it will be white like the jelly of a Pig: having thus done, take a sear Oaken leaf, & cutting out of it all his veins, prick it full of holes, and lay it to the blister, letting it remain there until it be whole. The blister being broken, the pain of the disease is gone, notwithstanding the leaf must heal the skin anew, and also you must make the blister beneath the joint, as if it were on the knee, them to make it a little beneath it, or else where in like manner. An other for a bruise or swelling. Take the roots of March meadows three handfuls and cut them small, & one handful of wild Mallows, and seeth them in a gallon of fair water, until the roots be soft, and the water almost consumed: then take out the roots and leaves, and drain them through a fair cloth, and stamp them: Then bathe the bruise or swelling with the same water wherein the roots were sodden, a good while together, with a linen cloth dipped therein, for the more ease to the sore. When you have so bathed the sore, take your roots and leaves well stamped, and mingle them with a good handful of Line seed finely beaten, & a good quantity of Boar's grease, and make thereof a plaster of great thickness, and heat it very hot, and so lay it to the sore, & within four or five days it will heal it. A proved medicine for a Felon. Take the juice of Smallage, the juice of Fetherfue, of each like quantity, and mingle them with Wheat flower, to the quantity of a pewter dish full, and put thereto as much black soap as the quantity of a Walnut: them work it with your hands until the Soap can not be seen, then make thereof a plaster, and lay it to the Felon very warm. A medicine for all manner of Gouts. Take a lapful of Rue, of Hyssop as much, of water Mint as much that groweth in the water, of Arsmart as much, and boil them together in a great vessel till the colour of the herbs be changed: Then having a bane tub ready, with a round stool in it, and therein a hole as big as the palm of an hand, and a soft stool to set his foot upon, and put in the water seething hot, the bain being close covered that the air get not out: and let the diseased set him down as if he were at his stool of easement, with his feet upon the other, so as no part of his body be touched with the water, & so let him sweat an hour, if he can endure it, and in sweeting let him rub him with his hands where most grief is. If he be constrained by faintness or otherwise to drink, give him stolen Ale with a toast, but it is best to abstain. After this let him lie down in a warn bed, and when he is dry, give him half an ounce of Cassia Fistula drawn with a water that longeth to a lask, and after let him sleep, and by God's grace it shall help him. For to knit a vain. Take the herb called Bledith Bustaporus, the juice of Bays, and bray them together, & give it the patient to drink in warm Posset ale. For the Siatica passio. Take dears suet, Rosen, and stone Tar somewhat more in quantity, and boil altogether till all be molten, then spread it on a linen cloth in manner of a plaster, & prick the cloth very thick with a knife, and lay it where the pain is as hot as may be suffered, It hath been proved. Stubbes medicine for the Gout. Take a quart of read wine lees, a quarter of a pound of bean flower, half a quarter of a pound of Cummyn fine beaten, a spoonful of bull Armianake, half an ounce of Camphor, which must be put in at twice, and beyle them altogether till they be somewhat thick, then make it plaster wise, and lay it to the pain. R. Osbornes medicine for the Gout. Take three pints of fair running water from a spring, and put to it three handfuls of read Rose leaves that be new dried, but not distilled, & seeth them together till the leaves be very tender, and the water more then half wasted: then put thereto half a pint of good Rose water, and let them boil together a great while after. When the leaves be as tender as may be, and the water well consumed, put to it of tartest leavened white bread crumbs finely grated, and stir it with a stick till it be as thick as may be possible: then make thereof a plaster upon a linen cloth, and as hot as may be suffered, bind it to the place grieved with roulers. In this manner use it twice a day. Stubbes plaster for the Gout. Take Occicronun Galbanum, and Melitonum, of each. i.d. and still them: then take a pound of stone Pitch, an other pound of fine Rosen: one half ounce of Camphor, one quarter of Deeres suet, half a quarter of a pound of Cummyn, and boil them on a soft fire together, & thereof make a plaster upon a piece of leather: using it as the other. An other for the Gout: Take the Gall of an Ox, and Aqua composita, of each like quantity, and put thereto as much oil of Exiter, as of both the other, & labour them all together in a pot with a stick, by the space of half an hour: when you have so done, anoint your pain therewith, then wet a linen cloth therein, and as hot as ye can suffer it, bind it to the sore. A proved water to heal as well new wounds, as old sores. Take of Camphor. vi. d. of white Coporas. iiii. d. and boil them together in an earthen pot for such a purpose upon a chafyn dish of coals till they be molten, and also till it be hardened again. When it is hard, take it of, and beaten it in a mortar with. ii.d. of Bole armoniac into fine powder: then take a pan with a quart of fair running water, and so set it on the fire till it begin to seethe, and then take it of, and put into it two sponfuls of the same powder, and against the fire let it boil a little together. When it hath boiled a while before the fire, take it of, and ere it be cold, put it into a stone pot to keep, as your other waters or ointments, stopping it very close. When ye need to occupy thereof, take two or three sponfuls of it, & in a saucer warm it on the fire, and wetting a linen cloth therein, lay it to the wound or sore, and so roll it hard with roulers, using it on this manner. And if it heal over fast, them dress it with the water being cold, once or twice, and it will 'cause that it shall not heal too fast, and in this manner use it as your judgement, and discretion shall seem best. The L. Capulets salve for cuts or ranklings, coming of rubbing. It is also a good lip salve. Take a pound of may butter, & clarify it, then take the purest thereof, also take iii ounces of English wax, and ii ounces of Rosen, & clarify them by themselves: then boil them altogether upon a soft fire with stirring that it burn not, and when it is boiled, cool it, and after keep it in the cake or otherwise, as your other salves. To eat out the dead flesh in any wound. Take Henbane, & eggeshels, & burn them together: then stamp them into fine powder: Put thereof such quantity into the wound, as shall seem needful: and it will eat out the dead flesh. To heal a wound within ten days, as by proof hath been seen. Stamp Camphor with Barrowes grease, and put it into the wound, and it will heal it. To ripe and break botches. Dip Dragon leaves in oil, and lay it upon the botch, and it will break it. To clear the sight of eyes. Take as many read snails as ye can get, which in rain or hail creep about, & seeth them thoroughly in well water, & in the seething, gather or skym of the fat that will come out of them, and preserve it as the other ointments, and when ye need, take & anoint your eyes therewith. another remedy for sore eyes. Take the juice of Fenell and drop thereof into the sore eyes evening and morning, & it shall heal the grief & pain. To assuage the swelling of the gignitors. Take course meal and melt it with honey, that done, stamp it with Cummin till it be well mingled: then make thereof a plaster, and lay it to the sore, and it will take a way the swelling. another medicine to break a bile. Take bran and woman's milk, & put them together, when it is thoroughly soaken, lay of it to the sore, and it will break. To make oil of Exiter. Take one poounde of Cowslips in the month of May, and steep them in oil Olive in as much quantity as they may easily be steeped in, and let them lie till june, when you must gather of Calamint, herb john, Sage, Ambrose, wild Sage, Egremont, Sothernwod, Penerial, Lavender, Peritory, Rosemary Camamil, Hearif called Slivers, Peritory of Spain, Laurel leaves, flowers of lily, of each of these an handful: then grind them in a mortar as small as Grensing, that done, take the Cowslip flowers, above said, & wring them out of the oil, & put them into a mortar with the other herbs, & grind them all into one likeness: when ye have so done, put it into as much white wine as may easily steep it in a day and a night: then take the herbs with the wine, and boil them together with the oil Olive, wherein the Cowslyps were steeped first, and so let them seeth together till the wine and water be wasted away. To know if it be enough, take out of the nethermost of it a spoonful, and if there be no water in the spoon, it is enough. If it be enough, take it of, & put it into a strong linen bag, and strain it betwixt two staves, and so keep it in a vessel either of Tin or Glass, for no other will hold it. This ointment or oil is very good against all manner of maladies that be in the sinews or other place, taken thorough cold: as gouts, Palsies, and old bruises of the bones and joints, and must be used in this manner. In the Summer time the place so grieved shallbe anointed against the sun, and in Winter against the fire, and after the anointing the sore must be over laid with black wool un washed, being warmed very hot, and so bound to with roulers. Also this ointment, otherwise called oil Olive keepeth his virtue or strength three years, and is not to be made, but as before is said, in May, and june. A proved medicine for the bleeding at the nose, called the L. mary's medicine. Take the shell of an egg, the meat being very clean out, and put it in the fire until it be burnt very black, and ready to break: then take it out, & make thereof fine powder, whereof ye shall blow thorough a quill part thereof into the nose that bleedeth, and it shall staunch. For the Migrue in the eyes. Seethe new milk, and when it is sudden, pour it into a Basin, and cover the basin with a pewter platter, and with the water that cometh of the Basin, wash the sore eyes and brows, and in few dressings of them in this manner, you shallbe holpen. To kill the Palsy. Drink the root of Valerion in powder, and it will destroy the Palsy, so that ye eat no hogs flesh. A remedy for the Dropsy. Scrape an Elder root very clean, & break it in many pieces, or shred it into white wine, and let it steep therein, then drink the wine, and it will heal your disease. An other for the same. Take the herb called Arnoglosa, and seeth it in white wine, and use to drink thereof fasting, and it will help you of the dropsy. An other for the same disease. Take the powder of Smallage and Fenel roots, and the juice of Fenitory, & cleanse it with sugar, then make a Sicop thereof, and give the patient to drink, and with Gods help he shall recover. For ache in the back. Take Egremont and Mugwort both leaves and roots, and stamp them small then mingle them well with old Deeres suet, than smear or anoint thy grieved place therewith very warm, & after roll it up hard. An other for the Palsye, called Esbe pater. Take and still the Primroses with their leaves, and drink thereof fasting, and within thrice drinking it will help you: also it is good against the head ache or other aches. Against the Cramp. Take and beat Brymston, and Vervin together, & so bind it to your arm or other place grieved, and it shall kill it for having the pain again. another medicine to break any sore upon the breast. Take of Mallows one handful, and of Wormwood as much, and seth them in running water upon a soft fire till they be tender: then take them clean from the water, and chop them upon a board with Barrows grease, to the quantity of half the herbs, and thereof lay to the sore as much as you think meet for it, as hot as ye may suffer it, and once in xxiiii hours change it, & when it is broken, dress it with a drawing plaster. For the bloody Flix. Seethe milk, and in the seething put in a piece of roche alum, which will 'cause a curd, which curd being clean taken from the whey, you must drink the said whey as hot as is possible: also if your stomach can possible bear it, you must eat the curd, and with Gods help you shall recover. An other to stop the bloody Flix: Take of the purest red Rose leaves dried, & make them in fine powder, then take half as much fine Sinamone: that done, take fine white bread, and make toasts of them, and being toasted, soak them in good read wine, and when they are soaked, take them out & strain the polders upon them, one or two of these toasts be sufficient at one time, use them fasting, and also at your going to bed, being new made, but ye may not drink in two or three hours after: if you have not Roses ready dried, dry some in an Oven, or before the fire, and this by the help of God shall help you within few eatings. A proved medicine for a Stiche. Grate a good quantity of Setwell, & half as much ginger, then take vi or seven. spoonfuls of water Ascabies, & put them together, shaking them well together in the pot or glass, and so drink it of being warmed before, then lay you down, and sweat, if you can. An other for the same. Take an handful of herb Grace, a quarter of a pound of Cummyn well bruised, then take a pottle or a quart of the dregs of good ale, & boil all these together, putting into it crumbs of leavened bread sufficient to make the rest very thick, them put it into a very strong linen bag, and so lay it to the grief, if the pain remove, remove also your bag ever with the pain, refreshing it with warmth, and it shall help. An other for the same, proved. Anoint your side with the Oil of Melilote, then make a plaster of the same Melilote upon a piece of Leather, and lay it to your side, and change it not but once in a week. A proved medicine to cause sleep. Take four spoonfuls of good vinegar, and as much Rose water, & of oil of Roses two sponfuls, and of crumbs of course leavened bread made of clean Wheat, with an handful of Rose leaves dried, as you shall think will make the liquor thick to lay upon a linen cloth: these being boiled together upon a chafyndish of coals. When it is enough, lay it upon the forehead and temples from the one ear to the other, and so let him lie upon a bed, making no noise, and by the grace of God he shall sleep within one quarter of an hour. An other for the same. Stamp lettuce seed and Smallage seed together in a mortar, then temper it with the white of an egg, and so bind it to the forehead, and he shall sleep. For the head ache, and cleansing thereof. chaw Pellitorye of Spain in thy mouth, and it will cleanse the head, & also take away the ache or pain. An other for the head ache. Take the juice of Byttanie, Vervin, Wormwood, Colodine, green Mallows, and Sage, clarified Honey, and fine Pepper corn beaten in powder, and seth all these well in fair water as much as by your judgement shall be sufficient for to drink the other compounds before, which must be in equal quantities, use this drink fasting as you find pain, & it shall help. another medicine to cause sleep. Take a spoonful of oil of Roses, a spoonful of Rose water, and half a spoonful of read vinegar, and temper them all together, then with a fine linen cloth anoint the patients head. To purge and cleanse the head. Take a pint of white vinegar i d. of the powder of Spemial, and i d. of the powder of Pellitorye, which is like to small sticks ii d. of good stone Honey, then seeth them altogether, and when it hath sudden something, take it of the fire, and put to it a spoonful of good Mustard stirring it well together, and in that manner preserve it as before ye be taught in the others. Use one or two hours after dinner, to put of this water or medicine into your mouth, rolling it up and down with your tongue, keeping close your lips, and beware that none go down your throat. In like manner use thereof to the number of ix spoonfuls one after an other, always putting them out into a pewter basin, or such like vessel, the better to peruse that which will come out of your head by the operation thereof. And in using this medicine three days together, you shall find remedy. An other for all manner diseases in the head. Take four penny worth of the root of Pellitory of Spain, which is the same in the other before mentioned, with half a penny worth of Spilonard, & beaten them into powder: then boil them as the other, with good read vinegar, if you have not white, and being boiled and cold, put to it a sauser full of clarified honey, & an other of good mustard, with stirring as you did the other. Also let him use it in iyke manner & quantity, as the other, either after dinner or supper, whether he list, and in few times using this, you shall perceive the disease to wear a way: marry he must use every spoonful a good while in his mouth, though some what to his pain. A proved medicine for pain in the head. Seethe Alehofe in fair water, and being sodden, bind the herbs to the noddle of the head hot, and it shall help. A proved medicine for the cough, and ache in the breast by reason thereof. Boil Stabies in fair water, & with the water bathe or wash the breast, than lay the herbs thereto in manner of a plaster, as hot as you can suffer it. This must be done at your going to bed, & in once or twice so doing, you shall recover. For pain in the stomach. Take Woormewoode, Fetherfewe, mints, crumbs of brown bread, and Frankincense, or Cummyn beaten to fine powder, by equal portions, and boil them all in Malmsey very thick, as you are taught before, putting it when it is sodden, into a thick linen bag, and very warm lay it to thy stomach. An other for the cough. Take a handful of good figs, and seeth them in Ale or Beer till they be somewhat tender: then slit them a sunder, and in a linen bag for the purpose lay them as hot as ye can suffer upon the stomach, & when it is cold, warm them with the bag in the liquor that before they were boiled in, and thus doing you shall by Gods help be healed. An other for the same. Take like quantity of great Raisins as you did of the Figs, or twice as many, and boil them in Claret wine, the stones being first taken out of them, & when they be tender, use them as you did the figs, to your breast, warming them as they cool, in their hot liquor. A very good drink for the said cough. Take a quart of white wine, & boil it with Liquorice, Anise seeds, and Sugar Candy, of each like quantity, putting therein ten figs of the best, till it be half consumed, & so preserve it to drink thereof evening and morning three or four spoonfuls warm. For the Murr or pose. Take Sticcadose, or for want hereof half a handful of spike, of Nigella Romana half a handful, of Rose leaves half an handful, & of Mastic as much with a quarter of an handful of Cloves. these being beaten into fine powder, make a fine quilt of Syndale, and putting them into it, lay it to the mould of your head. For the Migrue. Take half a pint of Knit Madden, an ounce of Cummyn seed, & a handful of Sengrue, then bray them all together small in a mortar, & then boil them in the milk of a cow of one colour, thickening it with Wheat meal, and being very thick, lay it plaster wise to your forehead and temples. another medicine for the headache. Take the juice of walwort, Salt, honey, Wax, and Incense, of as equal portions as you can guess them, & boil them together: being boiled preserve it as you do other ointments, and as you find pain, anoint your head therewith, & it shall help you: also it is written that if ye wear the herb Bittanye about your neck, than it will assuage the ache. another drink for the cough. Take a handful of Rew, and of Sothernwood as much, with like quantity of Rosemary, a quart of clarified Honey, and a quart of white wine, then seeth as these together, and being sod, put out the liquor and stamp the herbs in a mortar, that done, put them again into the liquor, & so let it boil a while: when ye have so done, strain your liquor thorough a fine strainer or cloth, into a vessel wherein you shall keep it close, and use to drink thereof in the morning cold, and at night hot, such quantity as ye think good. another drink for the same. Take Hyssop, Rosemary, Cerfloure, Plantine, Elrentaure, & Redish root, of each like quantity, and seeth them in white wine from a pottle to a quart, & being sodden, put out the liquor from the herbs, and beat them in a mortar, them put them together, and mingle it with stirring: then strain them into an other pot, putting thereto half a pound of clarified honey, and a pretty deal of clarified may butter: then seeth them the space of a quarter of an hour, them strain it, and when it is cold, put it into a fair glass, and so keep it close, giving thereout so often as the diseased shall drink thereof vi spoonfuls, being warmed with as much stolen ale. For boiling of the stomach. Take of Fennell and ash roots like quantity beaten into fine powder, and drink thereof in white wine, and it will help you. To clear the pipes. Take the roots of Elena Campana, two handfuls of Hyssop, and one handful of Lycoras fine beaten in a mortar, then seeth them in a pottle of white wine, to a pint, then keep it in a close vessel, & drink thereof in the morning cold, and at evening warm. Against the stopping of the pipes. Take Hyssop, Mints, rosemary, Daisies, and Consond, of each like quantity, and seeth them in ale with Liquorice and use it as the other before. Against hoarseness. Take a good quantity of vervin and seeth it with Liquorice in fair water, them strain the water, & use no other drink with your meat, until ye find remedy. A broth to cool the stomach and liver, and to make one sollible. Take a Capon, or a leg of Veal, or a shoulder, whether be easiest to be gotten and seeth it in an earthen pot, with skimming, then take a handful of Endive, a handful of Violet leaves, a handful of Dandelion, of white Beets half a handful, and half a handful of Mallows, with three Succory roots, the pith being taken out of them, also half a handful of Borage, and as much Borage, half a pound of great Raisins, the stones taken out, a pound of Prunes, and half a dozen slips of wild Margerome, with a few whole Maces, and a little Salt, then boil all these together to a Gellye, and after strain it through a fair cloth into an earthen pot, without any compulsion, then keep it as your others, warming thereof so often as ye list to drink. A sovereign and proved medicine for heat in the stomach, coming by an ague, or otherwise. Take a piece of Scarlet in Grain, cut after the proportion of the knot of the stomach, and seeth it in a little vinegar and Saunders, until the liquor be consumed, and so lay the Scarlet as hot as can be endured, to the stomach, then cover it close with linen very thick of folds, to keep in the heat, and when it is cold, heat it in like liquor as before, twice or thrice together. Use this as often as ye find pain, and it shall help you. Two proved medicines to stop vomiting. give the patient to drink a draft of warm ale or beer, a quantity of fine Cinnamon, and it shall stay the vomiting: if it do not, then take three spoonfuls of the water of mints, and give it the patient to drink, with a draft of ale or beer, as the other. Both have been well proved. To 'cause good tasting of meat. Drink wine sodden with Sentorye, and Plantine, evening and morning, & it shall soon help thee. A very wholesome water to be drunk all the month of May. Take Ribwort, Endive, Violet leaves, Buglas, Synkfoyle, and Mercury, of each of these herbs a great handful, & seeth them in a pottle of morning whey half an hour, & so keep it being strained, or rather drained through a fair cloth into a vessel, wherein it shall remain, and give a draft hereof lukewarm to drink every morning, during that month, to as many as ye will, as well in health, as otherwise, and it shall preserve their health. The more that ye make, if your number be great, the better it is for the age thereof, using the quantity after this rate. To avoid phlegm. Seeth Slose in fair water a good quantity, and being sodden, drain out the water clean, and put the Slose into a vessel of iii gallons of good ale, letting them stand so four or .v. days close, as ye use to keep Ale, after the standing let the diseased drink thereof evening and morning. An other to drive phlegm downward, and to cleanse one. Take the root of flower de Bawte, otherwise Lyllye clades, and stamp it, then wring out as much juice as will fill an egg shell, then take in any other vessel as much fine Sugar as will fill the like shell, & first strain half the Sugar in a bowl or such like cup, & after put into it the liquor, or juice, and then strain the other half of Sugar upon the liquor, and so let him, or her drink it of at one draft, and it shall help by God's grace. To provoke a good stomach or appetite. Take a handful of herb Grace, and as much Hyssop, and seeth them in a potel of Vinegar, and a pottle of running water, until it be all but one quart, then strain it, and keep it as the others, using as often as need requireth fasting to drink thereof four spoonfuls. To 'cause one to parbreak. Take two spoonfuls of read vinegar, & one of Mustard, and boil them together, with a little treacle, and when it is boiled, cool it, and ere it be altogether cold, drink it of, and it shall help you. To make laxative pottage. Pare the roots of Eladine, and wash them clean, and seeth them in fair water till they be tender: then chop them with Borage, Parsely, Violets, Mercury, Mallows, and such other herbs as be good for pottage, and make thereof pottage, with other fresh broth, & give the diseased as much of the same pottage as he can well eat, & it shall help him. For one that is costiffe. Stamp Maleworth, and strain the juice into a pretty quantity of Honey, of each like much, then melt or heat them together, and being melted, drink it, & ye shall have ease. An other for the same. Steep Line seed in water, & when it is well steeped, seeth it in other water, and being sodden, and the water clean drained from the seed, eat of the seed as ye may, and it shall help you. For one that is lose bodied. give him parsley seeds beaten into fine powder to drink in warm strong ale, and it shall help him. An other for the same. Seeth clean read wheat till it be broken, then take it from the water, & stamp it, and after strain it, then take the best of it, and strain it into a Postnet with a little Salt in it, and so seeth it again a while in other water, and being sudden, strain it again, and give the diseased to eat, and by God's help he shall recover. An other for the same. Take the milk of a Cow that hath not had a calf in one year before, and mingle it with like quantity of good old read wine, of both as much as may be drunk at a good draft, and give the patient to drink, and he shall be healed. Against Consumption in man or woman. Take Smallage, Growedswel, chikwede, of altogether one handful, but of Smallage most part, then take a leg of Beofe, and cut the flesh from the bone, and the fat from the lean, and after hack the flesh, or fill it full of cuts, so that it may hang together, and in that manner seeth it until it be almost enough, & in the seething skym away the fat clean as it riseth, then put in the herbs, and so let them seeth together with such quantity of water as shallbe sufficients for that flesh: when it is sodden enough that will be like a jelly, then take and strain it through a jelly bag, that done take a chicken, and boil it in fair water untl it be enough, and then stamp the chicken in a mortar, and strain it with the jelly made of the beofe, & so preserve it, giving the patient thereof as often as he can be content to take it, four or five spoonfuls at once milk warm. In thus doing the patient shall recover with gods help, for it is a special remedy well proved, by recovering some diseased herewith. For the black jaundice. Take Worms of the earth called of some Heses, otherwise Mads, in the mornings at such time as they appear above ground, and slit them, and being well ciensed within, fry them until they be through dried, that done, make them into fine powder in a mortar, and so preserve your powder in a box, and as ye need take thereof as much as ye think meet, and give it the diseased to drink with a little fine saffron in Beer, Ale, or Wine, and within three or four days drinking thereof, he shall recover. For the yellow jaundice Take the reddest Dock roots that ye can get, and being washed clean, put them into a vessel of good Ale, and when it is stolen, let the diseased drink no other drink to his meat but of Ale, and it shall help him. Remedies against the Colic, stone, and strangulion, first called Doctor Corsons medicine against the stone. Scrape the quantity of two sponfulls of white castle Soap into a pint of stolen Ale, and heat them together in a Goddard, or other like pot, or vessel till the Soap be consumed: use to drink of this fasting as warm as ye can abide it, abstaining two hours after from meat & drink, stirring about in that space: in like manner at night two hours before ye go to bed, & in thus doing ix days together ye shall find recovery, or as occasion shall serve, more or less. Doctor Argintines medicine for the Stone. Take the read Bark of Yew tree dried and beaten into fine powder, and after searce it through a fine Searcer, also take a like quantity of Black jest beaten, and seared in like manner, and being mingled together, drink thereof with wine or Ale blood warm five or six times, as the other before. Another to break the Stone in the bladder. Take Alexander, Loveache, & water Cresses; of each like much, and boil them in a gallon and half of fair water, being boiled put thereto for want of Liquorice, a portion of clarified Sugar, use to drink thereof evening and morning xxi. days, & it will without fail break the stone. another medicine to be used after this, or other that breaketh the stone, which being used a certain time, will 'cause the stone broken, never after to harden in the bladder. Take a pound of Gromwel, a pound of Saxafrage seed, and a pound of Coliander, with a quarter of a pound of Soras' white, and red, & grind all these in a mortar very small, & so keep it using to eat thereof in your pottage every day a spoonful. An other proved medicine for the stone. Take Time, Ramsons, bean cods, Pellitory of the wall, and Saxifrage like quantities, and steep them one night in white wine, than distill them, and use to drink thereof. An other proved medicine to break the stone in the bladder, and to voided it in the urine. Take Sampiere, and Pellitory of the wall distilled together, and drink thereof four spoonfuls at once, with like much white wine, or for want hereof, of the strongest ale you can get, and for want of Sampiere, take Camomile, Alexander's and parsley, and distill them with Pellitory, using it as before, in your drink. another remedy for the stone, and to 'cause the voidance of urine. Take Pellitorye of the wall, and Sothern wood, and seeth them in water or white wine, with a quantity of sheeps suet till it be tender, than put the herbs and tallow in a linen bag, and warm lay it to the bottom of the belly, using this you shall find remedy. To make an oil for the stone, that lasteth one year, also good to provoke urine. Seeth parsley, Sothern wood, and Pelitory of the wall with swine's grease, till it be all very green, and in the boiling keep it with stirring that it burn not, and when it is so sodden, put it in like vessel, as ye before are taught, by the other ointments, and as often as ye occupy thereof, anoint the patient therewith very warm upon the navel and small of the belly. Another for the Stone, and to provoke urine. Take of parsley iii handfuls ii of Time, of Sentory iii and four of Sampire ii of Alexander leaves, and one of camomile, and seeth them together in a pottle of fair water to a quart. But better is white wine, then put to it two spoonfuls of Aqua vitae, and after strain, or rather drain out the water or liquor, and give thereof presently to the sick to drink, that done, lay the herbs so strained to the belly of a sick very warm, and it will break the stone, & also voyd it, with the help of the drink being drunken four days together. A very good medicine for the Colic and stone. Take Parsely seed a quarter of an ounce, Broome seed, Gromwell seed, Fennel seed, Anise seed, Plantine seed, or Coliander seed, of each of these a quarter of an ounce, Nutmegs half an ounce beaten very fine, Sugar four ounces beaten fine, & seared through a Searcer, & mingle all these together, then take viii spoonfuls of white Wine, and put to it half a Walnut she'll full of those mingled powders, and give the sick to drink, & within twice drinking it shall help him. But if the pain be very sore, take an ointment called Altea, and oil of Roses of each one ounce, & anoint the place most grieved against the sore so hot as is possible to suffer, and it will 'cause the stone to void. For the colic in the belly. Take a pint of Malmesy, and of Saffron one half penny worth, & two Nutmegs, and bray them both in a mortar, then take as much of the Wine warmed, as ye may well drink at a draft, with as much of the powder as you think meet for the wine, & give it the patient at such time as the fervent pain cometh on him, and it shall in short time help him. An other for the Colic. Take Mustard, figs, and vinegar stamped together, and lay to the belly of the diseased cold, in manner of a plaster, and it shall help. Fenel roots in syrup be good against the Colic, being made in this manner. Wash Fennel roots clean in fair water, & slice them small the whole length of the root, if ye can, and seeth them in fair water, not breaking them, & when they be almost sudden, put to them a pound of clarified Sugar, with a quarter of a pound of Honey, and so let them boil together a while softly, as the Sugar rise not much in the boiling. You shall perceive them to be enough by the tenderness of the roots. Being thus sodden, reserve them in an earthen pot, and eat thereof as often as ye think good and needful. A proved medicine ro avoid urine, that hath been long stopped. Also for the stone. Take Radish roots, one if it be of bigness and strong, is sufficient, and scrape it very clean, and lay it in white wine a night in steep, then strain the wine, and give the patient to drink, & he shall void water. An other to provoke urine, proved. Take of Time one handful, of Parsely four handfuls, them seeth them in white wine till they be tender, then put to them three or four spoonfuls of Aqua vitae, & so strain or drain the liquor from the herbs, and give the diseased to drink. Also ye must lay the herbs to the belly of the patient very warm, in a linen cloth or bag, and he shall make water. An other proved medicine for the stone, to be used once in a month, at such time as is best to take a purgation, before the receipt of the medicine. Take Gromwell seed, Parsely seed, Alexander seed, the hard row of a read Hearing, dried, and beaten into powder, the leaves of she Holly dried, and beaten into powder, which be those that have no pricks and grains, of each like quantity beaten into fine powder, and then mingled together, taking hereof half a spoonful in a draft of Malmsey, taking before an easy Purgation. Proved by mistress Blage. An other to lose, and purge the urine stopped in a man. Take of English Saffron beaten to fine powder, and of pure black Soap equal portions, and being well mingled together, spread it upon a plaster of Le●●●●● and that upon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 side, then lay it upon the Navel of the sick, and it ●●…ll help the avoidance of the urine ●●●hin an hour. An other to break the stone. Take a Hare flayed, and put it into an 〈◊〉 than pot, covering the same with ●●●…cke paste, then upon the fire, or in an oven bake it until it be both flesh and bones, so dried, as ye may beat it into fine powder, the best is upon fire, for it will of itself cast liquor, and also it will ask a great fire and time ere that it be thoroughly dried also ye must put it in without washing it, when it is thus dried, and beaten to fine powder, as well bones as flesh, keep it as other powder, and as ye need, give of it to the sick in drink, and it will in few times drinking break the stone. An other, which may be called a marvelous strange experience. Take the blood of an Urchin, otherwise quart, then keep it, using to drink a little thereof warm at night, the space of. ●●. days, and it will help. For a saucy visage. Mortify quick silver, and mingle it with Brimston vivif. of each half an ounce, of Rose water an ounce, of Exungia, otherwise swine's grease half a quarter of an ounce, & mingle all together: them preserve it in a box, & as ye occupy it, take thereof with a slice or knife, & spread it upon a little piece of Scarlet, & smere thy face therewith at thy going to bed, where it is sore, & in the morning wash thy face with a piece of Scarlet wet in warm water, & then wipe it with a fair linen cloth. A proved medicine for a woman that hath her throws before her tyme. Seethe a good handful of whole chervil in a quart of Claret wine, & when the herbs be well sodden, wring them into the wine, and cleanse it: then make therewith an Hippocras, with Sugar, Sy●● 〈…〉 〈…〉 ginger of Synomome, & give 〈…〉 warm at times needful, and 〈…〉 the pain. For the falling evil. 〈…〉 diseased in a draft of drink 〈…〉 of a Bee, he not knowing thereof ●nd he shall have ease. To assuage sweating. 〈◊〉 Line seed and Lettuce together and say it to thy stomach, and it shall help. For the pocks. Take the juice of Peneryal and young tansy, and give the sick to drink. To increase a woman's milk. give her the juice of vervin & Fenel to drink, and it shall increase her milk. FINIS. ¶ Imprinted at London, nigh unto the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dauson, and Thomas Gardyner.