The Complete BONESETTER: Wherein The Method of curing broken Bones, and Strains, and Dislocated Joints, together with Ruptures, vulgarly called Broken Bellies, is fully demonstrated.  
Whereunto is added The Perfect Oculist, and The Mirror of Health, Treating of the Pestilence, and all other Diseases incident to Men, Women and Children.  
Also, The Acute Judgement of URINES.  
Written originally by Friar Monlton, of the Order of St. Augustine.  
Now Revised, Englished and Enlarged by ROBERT TURNER 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  
LONDON: Printed by J. C. for Martha Harison, at the Lamb at the East-end of Paul's. 1656.   

To the truly worthy, and Religious Gentlewoman, Mrs ELIZABETH CRESWEL, Widow, Wife to the Worshipful Thomas Creswel, late of Heckfield in Hampshire Esq Deceased, and to his Honourable Memory; Robert Turner humbly dedicates these his studies.  
Mrs CRESWELL,  
AS the Lord hath abundantly blessed you with internal graces, so hath he likewise honoured you with external blessings; whereby you are instrumental in relieving the wants, and binding up the Wounds of your poor Sick and Lame Neighbours: my experience of your affections and endeavours thereunto, (if I were not otherwise obliged) is no small cause of this assay. But large courtesies require large acknowledgements, from all that would not willingly lie under the Ignominious brand of ingratitude: And many have endeavoured, and sought by this means, to render satisfaction for benefits received: but no such construction must be made of my present intention; that is not my end and scope, but only to show a thankful acknowledgement for your former favours. Then that I have thus chosen you out by a single Dedication, to be the Patroness of these my Lucubrations, I hope you will account it but a venial transgression. If therefore you shall please to accept of these my poor presented pains, there shall my Ambition Anchor. And I doubt not but your reading and practice of this small Treatise, will gain you the poors Prayers, and plead my excuse.  
London, July 23 1656. Your humble Servant always to be commanded, Robert Turner.   

To the Readers.  
THis is not the first time that I have bestowed my pains for the public good, having already translated four Treatises in print, and as many more are in the Press, of Physic and Occult Philosophy: my only aim in them all, is to learn men, (if once they would learn) to admire and glorify the great power of God, who hath commanded such weak means as the Herb or Grass of the field, that grows and flourishes to day, and to morrow is cast into the Oven, to preserve the life, and cure the infirmities that the sin of man hath originally subjected himself and all his posterity unto; and to see and contemplate the power of the great Creator in the influence of those superior Bodies the Stars; if they are duly observed, and well regarded in their operations, it is a great Book so full of uncontrollable Arguments, as are enough to stop the mouths of all Gainsayers, and Railers against Astrology and the Professors thereof, calling them Wizards, and the art unlawful; but rather to cover their Faces with shame, that they are ignorant therein, and of the wonderful dispensations of God by them.  
This treatise indeed tends not thereunto only, but is chief composed and made plain in the English tongue (not to make Cobblers cast away their Lasts and Auls, and such fellows, & straightway turn Doctors; I would never write an English line on that account; Neither do I write any thing in derogation of the honour due to the learned,) but, for the use of those Godly Ladies and Gentlewomen, who are industrious for the improvement of their Talon God has given them, in helping their poor sick Neighbours; expecting the recompense of the reward of Come ye blessed, etc. when I was sick ye visited me; which Christ the righteous judge shall give them; accounting what they do for the poor members of his, as done to himself: and not for those who think they were created for no other end, and had estates given them to bestow & spend in painting their Faces, deforming themselves with ugly black patches, minding nothing but their crisping-pins and curling Irons, powders and perfumes; going with stretchedout Necks, like those in Isaiah, but never remembering the afflictions of Joseph; not regarding the answer of Abraham to Dives when he cried for a drop of water to cool his Tongue: Remember, That in thy life-time thou hast had thy good things, etc. nor fearing that dreadful sentence of ITE MALEDICTI.  
I have made this plain to every Vulgar capacity; putting all the Physical terms in words at length, and plain English, that so people who are able, may easily make Medicines for themselves, and reap the harvest of the sown Spring  
Of Robert Turner 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. London 23 July 1656. from my study at Christs-Church in Carpenters-yard.   

The Contents.  

A.  
Aches. 100, 101.  
Against infected Airs. 146, 154, 155.   

B.  
Broken bones. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.  
Bones putrified. 16, 17.  
To keep a broken Bone being set, from falling out again. 6, 7.  
To staunch blood. 15.  
Broken Bellies. 30, 31, 32, 33.  
Bowels to strengthen. 50.  
Bleared Eyes. 64, 66.  
Breast. 123  
Spitting Blood. 126.  
Stinking Breath. 127.   

C.  
Callus to engender. 45.  
Pultis for children's Cod that are broken. 36, 37.  
Clysters. 38, 49, 50, 106.  
Lotions for the Cod. 39  
Cod's putrified. 46, 47.  
Confection for a Rupure. 51, 52.  
Clysters for the Headache. 106, 109.  
Consumption. 123.  
Dry Cough. 123, 144, 145.  
Tough Cough. 124, 125.  
Cold and Cough. 128, 129, 130.  
Cramp. 142.  
Confections against the Plague. 154, 155.   

D.  
A Drink for a Rupture. 57  
Drink for the Eyes. 68  
Drink for the Head. 105.  
Decoction for the same. 107.  
Drink for the Headache. 110.  
Deafness. 112, 113.   

E.  
Waters for Eyes. 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 92, 93.  
Sore Eyes. 59 60.  
Pain in the Eyes. 60, 67, 74.  
Ointment for Eyes. 64, 65, 73, 80.  
Pin and Web in the Eye. 6●… 71.  
Blasted Eyes. 67.  
Hurt or thorn in the Eye. 71.  
Rheumatic Eyes. 73, 74.  
Redness of the Eyes. 74, 75, 76.  
Hot Eyes. 77.  
Blisters in the Eyes. 78, 79.  
Itching Eyes. 80.  
Spots in the Eyes. 87.  
Electuary for the Head. 110.  
Pain in the Ears. 113.  
Noise in the Ears. 113, 114.   

F.  
Fomentations. 42.  
Frantic persons to cause sleep. 134, 135.  
Falling sickness. 143, 144.   

G.  
Guts falling into the Cod. 48, 49.  
Gargarism for the Head. 108, 131.  
Gums imposthumated. 120, 121.  
Gout. 142.   

H.  
Headache. 62, 99, 100, 101, 103. 104, 107.  
Haw in the Eye. 64.  
Honey to prepare for the Eyes. 89.  
Hoarseness. 123.  
Head to cleanse. 131.  
To draw moistures out of the Head. 132. 133.  
To strengthen the Heart. 137.   

J.  
To set a Joint. 5.  
Joints luxated. 20, 21.  
Imposthumes in the Head. 101.  
Imposthumes in the ear. 115, 116, 117.  
Against Infection. 151, 152.   

L.  
Lotions. 39, 112.  
Liver to strengthen. 42.  
Lungs infected to help. 123.  
Lozenges for hot Rheums. 144.  
Legs scabbed. 146.   

M.  
Withered Members. 25.  
Mirror of Health. 99  
Megrim. 101, 102.  
Memory to strengthen. 131, 132, 133.   

N.  
Noise in the Ears. 114, 115.  
Bleeding at Nose. 115.   

O.  
Ointments. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 64.  
The perfect Oculist. 53.  
Oculists Electuary. 94, 95.   

P.  
Plasters. 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 42, 43.  
Pultis for Ruptures. 36, 37.  
Pills. 41. 107.  
Purges for a Phlegmatic Rupture. 43, 44.  
Plaster for the same. 44, 45.  
Pearl in the Eye. 68  
Powder for Eyes. 69, 70, 88, 89, 90, 92, 97.  
Pomander for Eyes. 90.  
Purblind. 98.  
Perfume for the Head. 118.  
Powder for the Headache. 111.  
Potion for to purge the Head for a weak sight. 97.  
Palsy. 135, 136, 137.  
Against Poison. 137.  
Dead Palsy. 138, 139. 140, 141, 142.  
Pleurisy. 145, 146.  
Pain in the back. 145.  
Plague. 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 156, 157, 158, 159.  
Pomanders. 152, 153.  
Pills against Pestilence. 153, 154.  
Powders for the same. 155.   

R.  
Ruptures. 26 27, 30, 31, 32, 33.  
Drink for Ruptures. 35, 36.  
Ointment for Ruptures. 38.  
Rheum. 144.   

S.  
Sprains. 20, 21.  
Salve for swelling in the Members. 29, 30.  
To clear the Sight. 58, 59  
Salgem. 63.  
Swelling of the Eyes. 89.  
Speech lost to restore. 121, 122, 123.  
Speaking in sleep. 126.  
Sickness and pain in the side. 129.  
Squinancy. 130.  
To cause Sleep. 134, 135.  
To Comfort the Stomach. 137.   

T.  
Tumours. 28, 29.  
Tabulats for the Eyes. 96.  
Toothache. 117, 118, 119, 120.  
To make Teeth white. 120.  
Against stinking Teeth. 120.  
Tumour in the Throat. 130.  
Trembling in the joints. 137, 138.   

U.  
Ulcers. 17, 18, 19  
Urine to provoke. 41, 42.  
To make the Voice clear. 124, 125.  
Of Urines. 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, etc.   

W.  
Windy Rupture. 38.  
Watery Rupture. 40.  
A Water for the sight. 55, 56, 60, 61, 62, 63, 96.  
Watery Eyes. 68, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85.  
Wheezing. 124, 125.   
Any of all these Medicines, besides many others, as Pumicils, and a powder for to cleanse and whiten the Teeth, prevent the Toothache, and fasten lose Teeth, Lozenges for the Cough, and an excellent Cordial Water, called Aurum Potabile, effectual against all infection's agues, and surfeits, being taken and swear upon, with many other Virtues, far exceeding the intellect of the Modern Speculator of Spittle-fields, are prepared, and to be had at Mr. Hepburns in the Carpenters-yard in Little Britain, by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  
Δόξα τῶ Θεῶ   

The PREFACE Sheweth the mind and intent of the Author, in setting forth this treatise: which take as followeth in his own words.  
COnsidering that this treatise is very needful and necessary for a Commonwealth, and amongst the Common liege-people: I Thomas Moulton Doctor of Divinity of the Order of the Friars of St. Augustine, am induced to Compose and publish the same for divers causes.  
One is Prayers of my own Brethren.  
[A thing it seems in those days more esteemed than profit.]  
Another is cause of prayers of many worthy Gentry.  
Another is Compassion that I have of the poor people; who oftentimes are destroyed and perish for want of help.  
And the fourth cause that moveth me hereunto is pure Conscience, for every Christian Man and Woman are bound by the Law of Conscience, if they know their fellow-Christian in peril, or likely to fall into any mischief, to help them if he may, by his Counsel, with his Travel, and with his goods. And these four causes moved me to compound and gather this treatise, and that every man both learned and lewd, rich and poor, may do thereafter, and thereby come to be their own Physicians in time of need; And therefore I have prescribed Remedies for divers other diseases that hurteth or grieveth the body of man: and in the first place, of broken bones, and luxated or dislocated joints.   

The Complete BONESETTER.  

Of broken Bones.  
THis is an accident often happening in the Country amongst poor people, where Surgeons, and especially good ones, are very scarce, and oftentimes remote; and thereby many times ensues much danger to the party thus afflicted, through the neglect or perchance misdressing of his wound: and therefore it ought diligently to be regarded.  
The first progress that is to be made in the remedying of any such mischance, is diligently and dexterously to join and reunite together the fractured Bones into their proper seats & places again; that thereby the member may be again enabled to perform his proper office he is ordained for by God and Nature.  
Secondly, in the next place care is to be taken, that the bones thus reduced to their proper form and figure, be so kept and preserved without motion, to gather strength.  
Thirdly, to use means to engender Callus, whereby the parts of the broken bones are conglutinated, joined and fastened together again.  
And fourthly, to take heed to prevent and preserve the part afflicted, from those accidents which in such cases are apt to follow the fracture of the Bone, bringing much hurt to the patiented.  
First therefore, to join and set again the broken Bones into their right and proper place; observe how and which way the member where the Bone is fractured, doth extend and stretch itself: if the member where the Bone is broken, doth stand upwards, and is pricking, showing an inequality when it is touched; it certainly manifests, that the broken Bone is out of his natural place▪ wherefore to reduce the same again, the fractured member is decently to be extended, and that part of the Bone which is depressed or crushed down into the flesh, to be gently lifted up; and that part which standeth upwards, to be put down, until both ends of the broken Bone do and be united and closed together, and brought again into their natural and proper place; having a diligent care that the member be not too immoderately extended and drawn out, for that will bring very vehement pain, and consequently the Fever, Palsy, Convulsions, and such like accidents will pursue it: and oftentimes by this means, the fibres and threads in the heads of the Muscles be broken; whereupon lameness ensues.  
Therefore to proceed rightly, and avoid such danger, let one man lay his hand on the member above the fractured or broken place, and another on the nether part of the member under the fractured Bone; and so gently and moderately stretch and extend the member, till both parts of the Bone do meet together in their proper place: then form it together, till you feel you have brought it again to its natural form and figure, and the Bone be reposed in his due place; Which being done, then, and not till then, shall the Patient be eased of his pain.   

To keep the Bone, being set, that it fall not out again.  
THE second progression to be made in the effecting this Cure, is to keep the fractured Bones, being reduced and brought to their proper place and figure, that they start not out again.  
The means to be used in the effecting hereof, is to use apt and convenient splinting, binding, ligature, and rolling of the fracture; and by all means to keep the member without motion, as much as possible may be.  
But when you have reduced the member, or to speak more plain, set the broken Bone, before you roll up the member, mix some Oil of Roses, and the white of an Egg together, and dip therein a soft linen cloth, and lay it all over the place, that it may compass it all about, and above and below it; and then roll up the member, but not too hard, so as to compress it, & draw humours, causing inflammation therein; nor so slack, that the broken Bones separate again: but always remember that in measure resteth virtue.  
Begin your roller smoothly upon the broken place, going three or four times about it, until you have compassed about the sound place above and below it.  
Wet your rollers well in Water and Wine, before you use them; and if the place be much afflicted with any Vehement pain or inflammation, than the member ought to be wrapped about with fine Wool, or tow well carded, and wet in Oxicratum, or Oil of Roses.  
Then, to defend the member from accidents, and to keep it together, and strengthen the same, lay upon the rollers a plaster or Cerecloth, made of Wax melted in Oil of Roses; but if there be besides the broken Bone any bruise or hurt in the flesh, then do not apply any Oil or Cerecloth to it; but in stead thereof,  dipped in red and Styptic Wine.  
Also, to keep the member from pain and accidents, there must be splints prepared, to put about the broken member; which splints must be smooth and equal, without ruggedness or crookedness, and are to be thus applied: First, wet  in Rose-water, and then lay them upon the Roller three or four times double; then roll Wool or Cotton round about the splints, and place them about the member, about the breadth of a finger one from another; and bind them gently on, taking heed that you do not compress the member, nor touch any joint, if the broken Bone be near a joint, lest the joint do thereby become inflamed and ulcerate: but make your splints the shorter and smaller, if the fracture be near to any joint.  
Now after this progress, if the Patient receive ease, & no pain, inflammation, or itching be fell in the fractured part; then let the splints remain on and unopened twelve or fifteen days: but if on the contrary, any of the forementioned accidents happen, than you must unrole the Member the third day at the furthest, and foment and wash the place with warm water, to put away the pain and itching.  
It is likewise good to prevent and remove such accidents as usually attend these mischances; as gangrenes, ulcers, inflammation, itchings caused through immoderate dryness or moisture, and for the most part extreme pain; which the Patient will quickly be too sensible of then must you speedily lose the binding about the broken place, and take off your roller; which being done, foment and bathe the place with Oil of Roses, Vinegar, before and hereafter mentioned; and also use Unguentum Album, and Unguentum Populeon, or either; and do not either roll or splint up the Member again, till the pain abateth, and the inflammation ceaseth, but only endeavour to strengthen and keep the Member together, and afterwards roll it, and splinter it as before: and to strengthen the weakened Member, this following is very good.   

A special Ointment to resist accidents, and strengthen a broken Member.  

TAke Camomile,  
Mallows,  
Balm and the Roots thereof, of each one handful,   
Chop and stamp them very small, and then take May-Butter 2 pound, Dog's Grease 1 pound and a half, and therein boil the Herbs very well: strain it, and then 

Take Wax five ounces and a half,  
Ammoniacum,  
Galbanum, of each 2 ounces.    
Dissolve the Gum in Vinegar, and strain it; and then boil it till the Vinegar be wasted away: then, melt the Wax amongst it; then put amongst the strained Herbs before, and when it is almost cold 

Take Bevercod 1 ounce and a half,  
Oil of Camomile 2 ounces and a half,  
Oil of Bays 16 ounces.    
Mix all this together into an Ointment, and reserve it as a special secret for your use: And when you have occasion to use it, melt a little of it, and therewith anoint the grieved place, and afterwards apply thereon this Cerecloth following.   

A Cerecloth for broken Bones.  

Take Frankincense,  
Galbanum, of each 3 quarters of an ounce,  
Mastic 1 ounce,  
Wax 3 ounces,  
Rosin 1 ounce and a half,  
Oil an ounce:   
Dissolve the Galbanum in a little Vinegar, and then melt all together in the Oil; and afterwards strain it through a Cloth, and then dip your Cerecloth therein, and apply it after the anointing.   

Another for the same.  

Take Sallat-Oil 4 ounces,  
Wax half an ounce,  
Mastic half an ounce.   
Beat the Mastic to powder, and melt the Wax in the Oil; and when it is almost cold, put in the Mastic, and temper them well together, and use it as before is directed.   

For the same.  

Take Virgins-Wax,  
Frankincense, of each half an ounce,  
Linseed Oil 4 ounces.   
Melt and incorporate them all well together, and dip a Cerecloth therein, and use it as the other.  
Also for the same, because if you have not one Medicine in readiness, I prescribe many, that you may speedily apply what remedy is next at hand:  
Take Wax and fresh Butter, and melt them together, and apply it.   

Another for the same.  
Take Fenegreek meal as much as you think good, and Comphrey; pound the Comphrey small, and boil them together in Water, till they be as thick as grout, and apply it moderately warm to the fractured place.   

For the same.  

Take lethargy of Gold,  
Bolus,  
Comphrey, of each 3 ounces,  
Bean-meal, one ounce and a half:   
Beat them all together, and infuse them in good Vinegar one night: then 

Take Wax,  
Rosin, of each 3 ounces,  
salad-oil 12 ounces.    
Incorporate them all well together on the fire, and let them boil till all the Vinegar be consumed. Then when it is almost cold, stir into it two ounces of tragacanth in powder, that hath been well steeped in Wine, and so make it into a plaster, and apply it.   

Another very good for the same, and for other Ruptures.  

Take Saffron,  
Euphorbium,  
Long pepper; of each 1 Dram.  
Rosin five ounces,  
Aquavitae, 1 ounce and a half.   
Dissolve the Rosin in Aquavitae, and beat all the rest to powder, and then boil them all together till the Aquavitae be consumed; and afterwards add to it as much Wax as is sufficient to make it into a plaster, and reserve it for the use aforesaid.   

Another plaster for the same.  

Take Ammoniacum half an ounce,  
Galbanum 3 quarters of an ounce,  
Wax,  
Turpentine; of each 4 ounces,  
Myrrh a quarter of an ounce.   
Dissolve the Gums in Wine, and then melt them all together; and when it is almost cold, put in the Myrrh, and make thereof a plaster for your use.  
But if together with the breaking of the Bone, there happen any wound or flux of blood, then endeavour to staunch the blood: for which you may use this powder following.   

A Powder to staunch blood in a wound.  

Take of Frankincense,  
Arsenic,  
Aluminis Succarini; of each two ounces.  
Calcis Vivi 6 ounces.   
Mix them all together into fine powder, and add thereto a pint of Vinegar, and boil them together till the Vinegar be consumed; then let it dry in the Sun, or against the fire, and make it again into fine powder; then to 3 ounces of this powder, add half an ounce of , and one ounce of Pulvis Alcamistinis, and mix them all together into a very fine powder, and reserve it for your use, to staunch any flux of blood in a wound. And when you have any occasion to use it, take 4 ounces of this powder, and incorporate it with whites of Eggs; then take a bolster of tow, big enough to cover the place where the wound is, and dip the tow in Vinegar, and press it out again; then spread your Medicine on the tow, and after strowe a little of the dry powder upon it, and apply it; and after lay upon this many more little bolsters of tow, as much as is needful to staunch the blood. And proceed in the cure, as you do in the cure of green wounds, if there be no Ulcer, or inflammation, or putrefaction in the Bones; but if the Bones ulcerate or putrify, then to resist the same, use these Medicines following.   

For putrefaction of the Bones.  

Take burnt Led 2 ounces,  
Myrrh half an ounce,  
Aloes,  
Opopanacum,  
Iron Dross,  
 Squinant,  
Rinds of fir-tree; of each 1 dram.   
Make them all to a powder, and strew thereof upon the putrified Bone; it separates the putrefaction, and heals the place very much.  
Also wash the place with water, wherein Sal Armoniak hath been decocted.  
If there be any ulcer therewith, then have a care you use no Oil thereunto, for Oils bring putrefaction in Ulcers; but wash the Ulcer with this Medicine following.   

For Ulcers in broken Bones.  

Take White-wine 4 ounces,  
Rose-Water two ounces,  
Burnt Allom 1 quarter of an owned.  
Verdigrease 1 dram,  
The White of an Egg sodden hard.   
Bruise the white of the Egg small, & boil them all together a little gently; then strain it, and keep it well stopped for your use; and afterwards if it be too thick or too strong, add some more Wine and Rose-Water unto it, and use it as before is directed: And afterwards lay upon the sore this plaster following.   

A Plaster for Ulcers.  

Take Oil of Roses 3 drams,  
Oil of Camomile 1 dram,  
Ceruse 1 quarter of an ounce,  
Dragon's blood,  
Bolus; of each half an ounce,  
Camphire 1 dram,  
Litharge of gold half a dram,  
Tutty prepared a quarter of an ounce,  
Coral 1 dram.   
Make them all into a plaster with Wax, as much as is sufficient; spread it on leather, and lay it upon the Ulcer.  
But if these accidents happen not, or at least be removed; then endeavour to strengthen and Conglutinate the fractured Bones; which is done by a certain Nutriment or substance that groweth out of the Bones, which glueth them, and causeth to Unite and grow together. This nourishment is called Callus, which must be increased by all means. When once it gins to grow, you shall perceive it by these signs; the inflammation ceaseth, and the pain is abated, and the member again reduced to its natural Colour. To engender Callus, let the patiented use meats that are gross and viscous, and breed good juice: and that the Callus may be engendered neither too big nor too small, have respect to the diet, fomentation and plasters. If the Callus grow but slowly, that there be need to increase it, use plasters that do moderately heal; of which sort here be many directed, in this book. And on the contrary, if it appear too big, use Astringent Medicines, a compressing ligature or binding; apply also a plate of lead upon the place, And use fomentations made with Oil, Salt-Peter, or Water and Salt made hot. But if the member appear smaller and leaner then ordinarily and naturally it was before, then apply unto the affected member hot attractive Medicines. Let the patiented use large diet, and void all things causing Melancholy.   

Of eluxation of the joints, and to set a Bone put out of joint.  
THE Greeks call this Exarthrema, the Latins Eluxatio; which is as much as to say, a Joint writhe or started aside out of its natural place into another; so that the free natural motion thereof is thereby hindered: so that if the Bone be quite out of joint, than this is called an eluxation; or a luxation only, without a compound, you may call it, if you please; but if it be only a little extorted and strained aside, that is not properly a luxation, but only a strain or wrench. If the joint be luxated, then must manual operation be used to set the same, and reduce it to its proper place; which is the first intention to be used in this case. And the manner of this operation must be in this manner: to reduce the bone out of his socket into his natural seat, extend the member decently and tenderly with the hands, till you feel the Bone brought again into his proper place; but sometimes the operation of the hands sufficeth, not to perform this work alone, but instruments and bands prepared fit for that purpose must be used, as Hypocrates teacheth, Hypocrates lib. de Luxatis & fractis.  
The Luxated member being well reduced again to his natural place, your next intention must be to endeavour to strengthen and confirm the affected joint, and keep the Bone that it slip not out of its place again; for which purpose, have Rollets and Splints in readiness to bind up the member, and keep it from hurt and motion. But before you roll or bind up the same, anoint it with Oil of Roses, and lay upon it some old fine Linen-cloths wet in Oil of Roses, or whites of Eggs, and apply them to the joint; then gently roll up the member, having first wet your Rollers in Water and Vinegar mixed together; then apply your splints about the joint, if there be necessity: and they may be made of leather or pasteboard.  
This being done, if the patiented be at ease, and no accidents happen, open it not again in ten days: if any inflammation happen, some refrigerating Cerecloth is good to be used. And to prevent and stop defluxions of humours, which may chance to fall down and weaken the joint, this plaster following is very good to withstand the same.  

Take Colophonia,  
Pitch; of each 1 ounce,  
Galbanum,  
Myrrh,  
Ammoniacum,  
Frankincense; of each 3 drams,  
The Mucilage of Holly-hocks 3 quarters of an ounce,  
Polypody Roots,  
Misleden,  
Heartwort; of each 1 quarter of an ounce,  
Wax 1 ounce,  
Turpentine 3 quarters of an ounce.   
Dissolve the Gums in Vinegar, and then put to it the Wax, Pitch and Turpentine: melt them together, and boil them over a gentle fire, till the Mussilage and Vinegar be consumed; then temper the other things being beaten very small, amongst them, and then make it into a plaster.  
Spread of this Plaster upon a cloth or piece of leather, and lay it on the grieved place.   

Another Plaster for the same.  

Take hollyhock Roots 3 ounces,  
Acorn-budds 3 quarters of an ounce.  
Flowers of  1 ounce and a half,  
Salad-oil,  
Oil of Myrtles; of each 3 quarters of an ounce,  
Red Wine 24 ounces,  
 Water 12 ounces;  
Frankincense,  
Myrrh; of each 1 dram,  
Deeres suet 1 scruple and a half,  
Turpentine half an ounce,  
Sealed earth half a dram,  
Mumy two Drams and a half.   
First bruise the hollyhock roots,  flowers, and Acorn-budds, very small, and beat them to pap; then add thereunto the Wines, Oils, and  Water, and boil all together, till the Wine and Water be consumed; then strain it out hard, and put in the Frankincense, Myrrh, Deeres-suet and Turpentine; then seethe them again, till the moisture be consumed; then put in the Sealed-earth and Mumy, and as much Wax as is sufficient to make it into a Plaster: which is very good for all Luxations and broken Bones, to assuage the pain, and strengthen the sinews.  
In all such accidents, as broken and dislocated Bones and joints, have a care to defend the afflicted Member from inflammation and humours that are apt to flow thereunto; To prevent which, a moderate diet must necessarily be used, and that not only in this, but in all other distempers; for health consists in mediocrity: and also, if need require, purging and letting blood are not amiss to be used.  
It will not be here amiss, to add some remedies fit to be used for the shrinking of sinews, and withered joints, and contractures, which oftentimes happen after Luxation of the joints, or fractures of the Bones; which many times happens after such mischances, if the same be long before they be cured.   

A Salve very good for an extenuated or withered Member.  

Take Cats Grease,  
Deers-suet,  
Bears-Grease,  
Hogs-grease,  
The marrow of Neat's feet,  
Honey,  
Doggs-Grease,  
Badgers-Grease; of each a like quantity:   
Boyl them all together in Wine to an ointment; then strain it, and therewith anoint the place affected, before the fire, twice a day.   

Another for the same purpose.  
Take Sage, Mallows, Nettles, and their Roots, Camomile, Sprigs of Juniper, of each one handful; Dogs-Grease, and fresh Butter, of each 3 ounces; Chop the Herbs small, and boil them to a grout, and then strain them through a Course-cloth, than put the Grease and Butter to it, and seethe it again to an ointment; then reserve it for the uses before mentioned.  
And thus have we done with the first part of Luxated, dislocated, and broken Bones, and withered members, and shrinking sinews: next follows an accident many both old and young languish under; namely, Ruptures, or broken Bellies.    

Of Ruptures.  
THIS Disease is generally called in Latin Hernia; although there be several causes, degrees, and distinctions thereof: but generally is that which falleth down into the Cod.  
There is a kind of Rupture that cometh about the Navel, or privy parts, both of Man and Woman; the Rupture of the Navel swelleth and hangeth out of the forepart of the Belly: for a remedy whereof, these following Medicines are convenient:  
Take Comphrey well stamped 1 ounce, then melt half an ounce of Wax, then mix them well together in the form of a Plaster, and lay it on the Navel.  
But if the Rupture be great, then anoint the backbone of the party with Bears-Grease.  
The Herb Perfoliata, in English called Through Wax, is very profitable for all Ruptures, either in Children or other people, if the Herb and Seed thereof be sod, and laid upon the Rupture.  
A dragm of the Decoction thereof in Water or Wine given to drink, is good, or the Herb and Seed stamped, and the weight of a scruple and a half thereof given to a Child in Pap.  
The groin and privy places be likewise subject to tumours and swell, with heat, hardness; and by reason of the tenderness and sensibility of those parts, afflicted with great anguish and pain: for which it is not besides the purpose, to prescribe these following Remedies.  

For a Tumour or smelling in the groin or privy parts.  
TAke Mucilage of Elecampane Roots, Linseed, Figs, and Sebestes, of each six ounces, and as much Oil of sweet Almonds, Litharge of gold prepared, three ounces; seethe it until the Mucilage be consumed, always stirring it: then put thereto an ounce of Wax; make it into a Plaster, and lay it on the place grieved.   

A Salve for the same.  
Take Rosin and Wax, of each 1 ounc. a great Onion, and two Lilly-Roots; stamp them, and seethe them in Goat's Milk; then strain them through a linen Cloth, and let it seethe well again; then stir it about until it be cold, and so reserve it for the use aforesaid.  
If there be any open Ulcer, then use this following. 

Take Tutty prepared 1 ounce.  
Mastic,  
Frankincense, of each 1 quarter of an ounce,  
White Wax, half an ounce.   Oil of Roses a sufficient quantity, to make it into a Salve. If the place be raw, and in great anguish, then anoint the same with Oil of sweet Almonds.  
Also take Argal, and put it into a new pot, and burn it till it be black; then beat it small, and strew it on the sore.  
These are only for outward swell and Ulcers: if there be any inward sore or Ulceration in the conduit of the yard, stoppage or inflammation, then use this injection following, spouting it in gently with a Syrringe.  

Take White-Wine one pint,  
Burnt Allom 2 dragms and a half,  
Verdigrease 1 dragm and a half.   
Boyl them well together, then strain it through a Cloth, and inject it with a Syrringe.   

A Salve for the same, to anoint the whole member.  
Take the Juice of Tassels of Planten, and Comphrey, of each two ounces; Camphire 4; Starch and Ceruse of each one ounce, Litharge of Gold half an ounce, Tutty prepared with Rose-water 1 dragm and a half; the whites of three Eggs well beaten: bruise the Champhire very small, then incorporate them all together in a leaden Mortar, and make a Salve thereof, for the use aforementioned.  
But to return to speak of the Ruptures falling into the Cod: of which there are several causes and kinds; one is a swelling or puffing up of the Cod through wind; Another, and that is most properly called a broken belly, when the Rym of the belly is broken, and the bowels or guts fall down into the Cod little or much, sometimes in one side only, and sometimes into both. And another kind (with is improperly called a Rupture) is a swelling of the Cod with water, and superfluous matter of moisture; to which Hydropical persons are subject: And that Disease is very well known by the swelling of the Cod.  
But first we come to speak of the Hernia, or broken belly, with happeneth above the Cod; the cause hereof is oftentimes in Children, crying, some loud-hooping-cough, or extreme blowing with wind; in older persons as well as the former, falls, thrusts, blows, much labour, or heavy burdens.  
A speedy remedy is necessary to be sought after for this Rupture; for the older it grows, the more difficult it will be to Cure. Let the Patient be laid on his back, and put up the bowels gently again till they come into their due place; then lay thereon this Plaster following, spread upon a piece of Leather, and bind it hard on, and apply thereto a convenient truss.   

A Plaster for one that is broken in the Belly.  

Take Pitch,  
Mastic; of each 3 drams,  
Frankincense 1 quarter of an ounce,  
Hypocistis,  
Sarcocolla,  
Juice of Sloes, of each 1 dram and a half.  
Bloodstone,  
Dragon's blood,  
Aloe; of each 2 drams and a half,  
Birdlime 1 dragm and a half,  
Comphrey,  
Galls,  
pomegranate Pills,  
Fine Bolus; of each 3 drams,  
Aristolochia 1 quarter of an ounce,  
Sumach,  
pomegranate Flowers, of each 1 drag.  
Deers suet 2 ounces,  
Turpentine and Wax a quantity sufficient.   
Dissolve the Gums and Juices in hot Vinegar or Wine, the rest beat small, and make thereof a Plaster, and apply it as before is directed.   

Another of the same.  

Take Pitch half an ounce,  
White and Red Wax,  
Litharge of Gold,  
Ammoniacum,  
Galbanum,  
Mumy, of each 2 drams and a half,  
Bridlyme,  
Myrrh,  
Cypress Nuts,  
Frankincense, of each one dragm,  
Gypsum, or Plaster of a wall,  
Bolus,  
Aloe, of each half an ounce,  
Mastic,  
Comphrey,  
Daisy Roots, of each 3 dragms and a half,  
Turpentine 1 ounce,  
Aristolochia,  
Galnuts, of each 1 ounce,  
Dragon's blood 1 quarter of an ounce.   
Dissolve the Gums in Vinegar, and melt the Pitch, Wax, and Turpentine; and beat to powder all that is to be powdered; then make them all together into a Plaster: you may increase or diminish the quantity of the Wax, as the cause requires.   

Another Plaster for a Rupture.  

Take Cypress Nuts 2 ounces,  
Myrrh,  
Cypress Roots,  
Marjoram Gentle,  
Galls,  
Juice of Sloes,  
Frankincense,  
Gum, of each 1 ounce.   
Dissolve the Gum in Wine, then temper the rest amongst it, and make thereof a Plaster, and lay it upon the Rupture.   

For the same.  

Take Daisy Roots and flowers,  
Wild Tansy flowers and roots,  
Comphrey; of each half an ounce,  
Mastic 1 quarter of an ounce,  
pomegranate flowers,  
Juice of sloes, of each half a dragm,  
Hare's Hair chopped small 1 dragm,  
Birdlime 1 ounce,  
Pitch 2 ounces,  
Wax five dragms,   
Oil of Roses, a sufficient quantity to make thereof a Plaster, and apply it as before is directed: you need not take off the truss but once in 4. or 5. days, and then renew the Plaster.   

Another excellent Plaster for the same.  

Take Dragon's blood half a dragm,  
Myrrh▪  
Sarcocolla,  
Opopanacum,  
Brimstone,  
Amber,  
Mastic,  
Comphrey, of each 2 drams and a half,  
Myrtle Seed,  
Yellow Myrobalaus, of each 2 drag.  
Bark of Pine-apples,  
Cypress Nuts, of each 4 scruples,  
tragacanth 1 dragm.  
Garden-Snayls 4. or 5.   
Dissolve the Gum in Vinegar, and add thereto as much fish-lyme dissolve in Vinegar, as is sufficient to make the rest into a Plaster; mix them all together, and dry away the moisture by a small fire.   

A Drink to be used after this Plaster.  

Take Comphrey,  
Tormentil, of each 1 quarter of an ounce,  
Codwort,  
Sengreen,  
Cinquefoil,  
Mugwort,  
Herb Trinity, of each 2 handfuls,  
Gariofilata,  
Verbascum,  
Broad planten, of each 2 dragms and a half;  
Roses,  
Horse-tail, of each half a handful:   
Cut and bruise the Herbs gross, and put to them Aquavitae, and red seething Wine, of each six ounces, or so much as will cover it: let it so stand 14 hours; afterwards strain it through, and wring it out, and sweeten it with Syrup of Myrtles; And give hereof from one ounce to three, according to the strength of the Patient, about 6 hours after the applying of the Plaster last before mentioned.   

A Pultiss for young Children.  
Take meal of Lupins, and burnt Linen, of each a like quantity; and make a Pap or Pultiss thereof with Wine, and spread it between two fine , and lay it upon the Rupture.   

A mild Plaster for Children.  
Take Beans what quantity you please, steep them in warm water, peel them, and let them dry again; then beat them to powder, & take 2 ounces thereof, Oaken-wood filled small 1 owned. Comphrey sodden in Wine, and then beat to Pap 3 ounces: Let all these be boiled together till it be thick; then spread it on a Cloth, and lay it on the Rupture, changing it three times a day, and once in the night: fasten it well on with a truss; continue it 4. or 5. Weeks together, till the Rupture be cured, and the Skin grown strong.   

A Drink for a Rupture.  
Take Sengreen, Consolida, Saracenica, red Beets, Herb Bennet, Fennel, Knotgrass, and Paul's Betony; of each one handful: boil them all in Wine, and drink of it twice a day, morning and in the afternoon, but not at night: let a Child continue taking it 6 Weeks, and an old body 12 Weeks.  
Shepherd's purse, Sanacle, and Valerian, and Harts-tongue, decocted in Wine, and drunken, are very good.   

An Ointment for a Rupture.  
Take Woman's Milk 16 ounces, Badgers-grease, Capons-grease, Deers-suet and Comphrey, of each two ounces, the innermost rind of a Cherrytree, cut small, one ounce and a half; boil them all a little together, and strain it hard through a Cloth, and therewith anoint the Rupture morning and evening.   

Of a Rupture through Wind.  
In this case, the Patient must eschew all such meats and drinks as cause wind; as Milk, sweet Wine, and the like; moist fruits, and all moist meats: And use means to expel the wind▪ for which this Clyster following is good.   

A Clyster for a windy Rupture.  

Take Cumin,  
Annis,  
Caraway,  
Fennel,  
Ameos, of each one dragm,  
Rue one handful and a half:   
Seethe these together in a quart of water, till the half be consumed: Then take 12 ounces of this decoction; Oil of Rue, and Oil of Bays, of each one ounce and a half; Jndia-Salt, and Salgem, of each half a dragm; Sugar 1 ounce and a half; make a Clyster thereof, and give it once a day: and every morning let the Patient take a dram of Mithridate, with 2 ounces of Rue-water, 7 hours before meat: this expels wind marvellously.   

An outward Losion for the same.  
Take Sulphur vive beaten 2 ounces, Grains half an ounce, grossly beaten; seethe this together till the third part be sodden away: dip a Sponge in this water being warm, and lay it on the Privities, renewing it 5. or 6. times a day.   

Hernia aquosa, or the watery Rupture.  
This is an Hydropical watery humour in the Liver, Veins and pores, that doth at last fall down into the Cod, and is known by the swelling of the Cod and Navel: for a Remedy hereof, the Patient must be purged, and keep an orderly diet; that thereby the water may be expelled out of the body: to purge those humours, take this Drink following:   

A Drink to purge for the watery Rupture.  
Take Agarit and Hermodactyls of each one dram and a half, Ginger one scruple, Ireos a dram; Hony-Water 4 ounces: then make the Hony-Water warm, and steep the other things therein 24 hours; strain it, and drink it warm, and fast 6. hours after it.   

Another for the same.  
Take Electuarium Indium 3 dragms,  Copper 8 grains, Water of blue flower de Luce 2 ounces: mix them all together, and drink it.   

Pills for the same.  
Take the Root of Laureola one scruple, steep it 5. days in Vinegar, Sulphur Vive 4 grains,  Copper 2 grains, Licoris, Annis, and tragacanth, of each 4 grains: make pills thereof with Juice of Roses, and take them all at once.  
To provoke Urine in this case is requisite: for which, use these things following.   

To move Urine.  
TAke red Pease 6 ounces, 2 Fennel Roots: boil them well together, and take 5 ounces of this Decoction, at a time.   

For the same.  
Take Smallage-water and Melilot-water; of each 2 ounces and a half; sweeten it with Sugar, and drink hereof a week together.  
Or for the same, drink Broom-water about 5 ounces at a time.   

To strengthen the Liver, use this Confection.  
Take Trochiscos, Diarhodon, Species Diacynamomi; of each 1 dram,  Ivory one scruple, 4 ounces of white Sugar: seethe it in Fennel-water, and make Tabulats of it, and take of these a quarter of an ounce before meat.   

A Fomentation for the Rupture.  
Take Seseli, Cumin, Camomile, and Melilot, of each one ounce; seethe these together in a quart of Water, until the third part be spent, and therewith bathe and foment the Rupture; and then lay this Plaster following upon it, binding it on warm.   

A Plaster for the watery Rupture.  
Take Roots of blue flower de Luce, and Roots of wild Cucumbers, of each 3 ounces, Pease-meal and beane-meal, of each 2 ounces, Oil of Rue, and Juice of Bay-leaves, of each 2 ounces: seethe this together to the thickness of a Plaster, and then spread it on a Cloth, and bind it warm upon the Rupture.   

Another Plaster for the same.  
Take Mastic one ounce, Cypres-Nuts half an ounce, tragacanth & Gum, of each one dram: temper these together with Oil of Roses unto a Plaster, and so apply it.  
If the Rupture be caused of Phlegmatic humours, then use these Purgations which follow.   

A Purge for a Rupture caused through blood or Phlegm.  
TAke Turbith 1 quarter of an ounce, Ginger one dram, white Sugar 3 drams: temper them together; Let the Patient take a dram hereof every fourth day with Worm-wood-water, and the other mornings between them take this Potion following.   

A Drink for the same.  
Take Water of Balm, Betony, and Wormwood, of each one ounce and a half, Sugar half an ounce, Vinegar of Squills one ounce: mix them together, and so drink them.   

A Plaster for the same, to take away the Phlegmatic matter.  
Take Sandaracha two ounces, Sarcocolla one ounce, Ashes of Bean-straw, or Vine-stocks 6 ounces, Vinegar of Squills 2 ounces, Water as much as is needful to seethe them all together till they come to the thickness of a Plaster; and lay it upon the place, binding it on warm, as before is directed.  
If the Rupture be fleshy, that is, a fleshy excresence growing in the Cod, which may be caused through overmuch heat and moisture in the Cod, whereby the blood turneth into flesh, which much weakeneth and infeebleth this member; in this case, such meats and drinks must be refrained, which do overmuch heat or moisten, such as sweet Wines, Sugar, delicate meats, and the like; and on the contrary, the Patient must eat such meats as are cooling and drying. The Hemorrhoids in the fundament must be opened together with the Liver or Median Vein, and outwardly apply these Plasters following.   

A Plaster for a fleshy Rupture.  

Take Leutil,  
Nightshade,  
Roses,  
plantain, of each 6 ounces,  
Barley-meal 12 ounces.   
Boyl these together in a sufficient quantity of Vinegar, and thrice as much water, adding thereto 3 whites of Eggs; boil it to the thickness of a Plaster, and lay it all over the Cod, renewing it every day, 5 or 6 days one after another.   

Of the Melancholy blood putrifying in the Cod, which is called Buris.  
THis is the falling of Melancholy blood down into the Cod, which causeth great swelling there: and sometimes if the Cod be full of matter and corruption, and it remain long, it putrifyeth the Stones, and spoileth them; therefore care is to be taken speedily to purge away, and draw out the Melancholy humours; to effect which, it is necessary, that the Liver-Vein be opened, and the next day afterwards, give the Patiented this purging Potion, viz. Catharticum Imperiale, with Violet-Water, or Lilly-water; and take 6 or 8 days following after, these Potions following: Take Violet-water, Lettice-water, and Hop-water; of each one ounce, Syrup of Cytron-Pills one ounce and a half; drink it warm in the morning: And outwardly to assuage the swelling, take these Medicines following, viz.  

Take Bean-meal 3 ounces,  
Mucilage of Holly-hocks,  
Camomile,  
Annis Seeds,  
Fenegreek Seed,  
Raisins stoned, of each half an ounce.   
Temper them with yolks of Eggs, and apply it to the grieved place.   

A Pultis for the same.  
Take Cowdung, Crumbs of Rye-bread, Cumin, Nightshade, Bean-meal, Melilot, Camomile, and Oil of Lilies: pound and seethe them all together, and lay them on the place grieved.   

For the same.  
Take Bean-meal, Lilley-Roots, Colewort-Leaves, Figs and Fenegreek-meal, of each a like quantity, and seethe them together being bruised into the form of a Pultis, and so apply it.   

Of the falling of the Bowels or Guts into the Cod.  
THE first thing in this case, as before is generally directed, is diligently to endeavour the putting up of the Bowels again into their due place; by taking hold of the lower part of the Cod, & gently thrusting them up; the Patient lying on his back with his buttocks something higher than the other part of his Body, that thereby the Bowels may the easier be reduced to their due place.  
Then foment and bathe the whole Cod and parts about it, with such Lotions as before are directed; then lay this Plaster following thereupon, and bind it on with a good Truss.  

Take Cypres-Roots 2 ounces,  
Mil-dust 3 ounces,  
Comphrey-Roots,  
Daisy-Rootes, of each 1 ounce,  
Isinglass 1 ounce and a half,  
tragacanth,  
Gum,  
Mumey,  
 Ivory, of each half an ounce,  
Dragon's blood,  
Sagapenum,  
Sealed-earth,  
Fine Bolus, of each 5 drams.   
Pound the Roots, and seethe them with the meal in 2 parts of Water, and 1 part of red Vinegar, until it be thick enough; then mix molten Wax amongst it, as much as is needful; stir it well together with dissolved Gum, till it be cold; so spread it, and apply it as before is directed.  
To assuage the pain of the falling down of the Bowels, Clysters are very commodious to be used; for which, these following are very good.  
Take white Sesamum Seeds grossly beaten, Linseed and Fenegreek; make a decoction thereof, and mix therewith Butter and Oil of Violets, and administer it warm.   

For the same.  
Take broth made of a Hen or Cock, and Oil of Sesamum; of each 6 ounces, Salgem half an ounce: temper them together for a Clyster.   

Another.  
Take sweet Wine 12 ounces, fresh butter, and Oil of sweet Almonds, of each 2 ounces, Benedicta Lax, half an ounce: temper them all together for a Clyster.   

To strengthen the broken place where the Bowels come through.  
Take Iron Dross sodden in Vinegar, and Myrrh, of each half an ounce, Dragon's blood, fine Bolus, Frankincense, Mastic, Sealed Earth, and Juice of Sloes, of each one quarter of an ounce, Cypress Nuts, and Mumey, of each 3 quarters of an ounce, Isinglass 2 ounces: make them all together into a Salve, with Wax and Rosin as much as is needful; with this anoint the Cod thrice a day, and knit it up always with a Truss.   

A good Drink for a Rupture.  
Take Rosemary half an ounce, Cinnamon half a dram, Balme-Flowers, Ginger, Borage, Nutmegs, of each half a dram; seethe these together in 7 quarts of Water till the 4 part be consumed, then add thereto 16 ounces of Honey, then boil it again, till the third part be consumed, and use it.   

A Confection for the same.  
Take Frankincense, Mastic, Juice of Sloes, Hypocistis, of each 1 dram and a half, Roses,  Ivory, parched Cummin, Dill-Seed, of each one drag. Cypress Nuts half an ounce, Steel filled small, Iron Dross decocted together in red Vinegar, of each one quarter of an ounce; dried Seeds of Pomegranates one ounce: beat them all small together; then take Honey of Roses 18 ounces, white Sugar 12 ounces, Granado Wine 6 ounces, Dragagant-Gum, of each half an ounce: seethe both of these Gums with Honey, Sugar, and this Juice, till it be thick: when it beginneth to be cold, put it into a Mortar, and temper the other things amongst it, stirring it well together: give the Patient 2 drams thereof in the morning, and let him fast 2 hours after it; and one dram at night, 2 hours after Supper.  
Let the Patient keep himself as quiet as possible, forbear much stirring and carnal Copulation; and all excess either of meat or drink; and forbear binding meat, strong drink, and new Wine. So far of Ruptures.    

The perfect OCULIST.  
THE Author first beginneth with 6 precious Waters, profitable both for the Eyes and other things; which he thus sets down:  
For to tell of 6 precious Waters, made and sent to a Queen that sometime was in England.  

The first Water is this.  

Take Fennel,  
Rue,  
vervain,  
Endive,  
Betony,  
Germander,  
Red roses,  
maidenhair, of each 1 ounce.   
Stamp them, and steep them in white-Wine a day and a night, and distil a Water of them; This Water shall departed in three, (that is, you shall draw 3 several Waters,) the first part ye shall do in a glass by itself: and know ye of a truth, that this Water is as precious as Gold, The second as Silver, The third part as precious as Balm; and keep these 3 parts in glasses.  
This Water shall ye give to the Rich for Gold; to mean men for Silver, and to the Poor for Balm.  
This Water keepeth the Eyes in cleverness, and avoideth the Quitery and gounde, and cleareth and sharpeneth the sight.   

The second Water.  
TO the second Water take Salgema pound, and wrap it in a green Dock-leaf, and lay it in the fire till it be well roasted, and wax white, and put it in a glass against the air at night, and at the morrow it shall be turned to white Water like unto Crystal; keep this Water well in a glass, and do a drop into thy Eye, and it shall cleanse and sharp thy sight: And it is good for the evil at the heart, and for the Morphew, and for Sance-fleam, and for the Canker in the Mouth, and for other evils in the Body.   

The third Water.  
THE 3 Water is as followeth: Take the Root of Parsley, Endive, Monache, Fennel, Betony an ounce: wash them well in Water, and bray them well, and then steep them well in white-Wine a day and a night, and then distil them.  
This Water is more worth than Balm: It keepeth a good sight, and cleanseth it of all filth; it refraineth tears, and comforteth the head, and avoideth the Water that causeth headache.   

The fourth Water.  
THE 4 Water is this; Take Parsly-Seed, Annis, Caraway, vervain, of each 2 drams, Centory 10 drams: beat all these to powder, and do it in warm water a day and a night; then distil it. This water is a precious water for all sore Eyes, and very good for the health of a man's body, or Woman's.   

The fifth Water.  
THE fifth Water is such, that with it you may do many marveylous things.  
Take Lymel of Gold, Silver, Latyn, Copper, Iron, Steel, and Led; And take lethargy of Gold and Silver, and take Camomile and columbine, and steep all together in the Urine of a manchild a day and a night; The second day in white-Wine; the third day in the Juice of Fennel; the fourth day in the whites of Eggs; the fifth day in a Woman's milk that nourisheth a manchild; the 6 day in red Wine; the 7 day in whites of Eggs; and upon the eighth day, blend and mix all these together, and distil a water of them, and keep this water in a vessel of Gold or Silver. The Virtues of this water is this; it doth away all manner of sickness of the Eyes, the Pearl, the Sckome of the tears, and the 
* 'tis an old English word; if Geofry Chaucer were here, he could tell you the meaning of it. 'tis too old for me.  Quiters, and draweth again into their due form the Eyelids that are bleared; it slayeth the ache of the head; And if a man drink of it, it keepeth his visage long to be young. There is no man can tell half the Virtues of this Water.   

The sixth Water.  
TAKE Lapis Caluminaris, and do it in the fire till it be red as a Rose, and slack it in a pint of white-wine, and do so 9 times, and after grind it and beat it small, and searse it very clean; then Infuse it in the Sun, in Fennel-water, Vervain, Roses, Celendine, Rue, and three-leaved Grass (the distilled water of them, not the Herbs,) of each a like quantity, in a Vial of glass, so that the Water may settle clear about 5 inches above the stone in the bottom; and when you will use it, stir it together; and take up a drop of it with a feather; and if it abide, than it is fine and good; then drop of it in an Eye that is watery or running, or an Eye that hath a dim sight: and for the headache anoint the Temples herewith; it is precious for helping the sight, and for ache in the head.   

To clear the sight of the Eyes, a good Water, and for itching thereof.  
TAKE Fennel, Roses, Vervain, Celendine and Rue, of each 2 ounces, and distil water of them, which is good to clarify the sight of the Eyes, being washed therewith, according to this verse:  

Feniculus, Rosa, Vervens, Celedonia, Ruta,  
Ex istis fit aqua quis lumina reddit acuta.   

Of Fennel, Vervain, and the Rose,  
Herb Celendine and Rue,  
A pure Water is Compose,  
That doth the sight renew.    

Another for the same.  
Take red Snails, and seethe them in fair water, and there will arise an Oil or fat; which separate clean by itself, and reserve it in a glass, and therewith anoint thy Eyes morning and evening.   

To Clarify the sight of the Eyes.  
Take red Roses, Smallage, Rue, Vervain, Mayden-hair, Eye-bright, Endive, Sengreen, red Fennel, Celendine, of each a quarter of a pound; wash them clean, and infuse them in white-wine a day and a night, and then distil them: the first Water will be like Gold, the second like Silver, and the third like balm. And this water is very good for all manner of sore Eyes, for a web, pearl, or haw.   

Another for sore Eyes.  
TAKE Smallage, Fennel, Rue, Vervain, Egrimony, Betony, Scabious, Avens, Hounds-tongue, Eye-bright, Pimpernel, red Roses, and Sage; Distil all these together with a little Urine of a Manchild, and five grains of Frankincense; And of this distilled water, drop a drop or two into the Eyes at night when you go to bed.   

For pain in the Eyes.  
TAKE Egrimony, Vervain, Fennel, Rue and Roses, and put them in a Scillatory, and spring on them good white-wine, and distil it. This water is good for swelling of a man's Eyes that cometh of Cold, and for bleared Eyes, and Eyes that be red with anguish, and easeth the pain of them.   

Another for the pain in the Eye.  
TAke a little Allom and powder of Mint, and mix them together; draw thereof a Water, and put thereof a drop into the Eye, going to bed, and in the morning.   

Another for sore Eyes.  
TAke Flowers of Hawthorn, and the Flowers of Withy, and distil it; make thereof a Water, and this Water is good for the sight in the Eye, and for the redness in the Eye, and for burning and heat in the Eye, and for Eyes that do lightly Water; and for webs in the Eye of a Man or Woman.   

A good Water for the sight.  
TAke Sage, Fennel, Rue, Vervain, Betony, Egrimony, Sanacle, Pimpernel, Eye-bright, Cinquefoil, and Rue, of all these like much, and grind them in a Mortar; then take powder of Alom, and a little Camphire, and mingle them together, and distil it: And know you of a truth, that this Water is profitable for all evils of the Eyes; And restoreth the sight that hath been almost lost, by the space of 3 years.   

Water of Copporas, to make good for the Eyes.  
TAke Copporas, and grind it to powder, and put a little water to it, and let it stand a day and a night, and strain it through a Cloth. This Water is good for the Eyes, and for the Canker in the mouth, and for noli me tangere, and to make a dear complexion.   

Another Water for sore Eyes, and pain in the Head.  
TAke red Roses, Maydenhair, Rue, Vervain, Eye-bright, Betony, Calamynt, of each one handful; steep them in white-wine 24 hours: The second day, distil it in a Distillatory. The first water that thou dost distil, it shall be like colour of Gold; The second, of Silver; The third, of Balm. And this is called, the precious water for Ladies.   

Another Water for sore Eyes.  
TAke good red Wine, and Cumin, and Salt, and put it in a pot; and set upon the pot an Alembick, and stop it fast about with good paste, and make a slow fire of Cole: The first Water that is distilled, is good for all cold sickness in the Eyes of Man or Woman; The second Water is good for all manner of hot maladies in the eyes.   

Another for the same.  
Take and fill a pot of thick Dregs of good Ale, and put thereto a handful of Cumin and Salt, and put a alembic on thy pot, and stop it about with paste, and distil it: a precious Water for the Eyes.   

Salgem.  
THE Water of Salgem is good to clear the filth of a man's Eyes, and it is good for the scurf and Morphew, and for the stink of the hams and Armpits. Take a pound of Salgem, and wrap it up in Colewort-Leaves, and do it in the hot Ashes, And there let it seethe in his own kind, till it be turned to whiteness; after that, lay it on a marblestone a day and a night, and that which goeth over thereof, will be a Silver Colour: Then take that, and keep it in a glass, and when need is, put a drop thereof into the sore Eye.   

For the haw in the Eye.  
Take Pepper, and stamp it to powder; then take the marrow of an old Goose's wing, and mingle it together; and do it in a Cloth, and burn it to powder, and put thereof into the Eye.   

For dim sight, and bleared Eyes.  
Take Ginger and rub it on a whetstone, into a fair Basin, and put thereto as much Salt, and temper it in Wine with the juice of Eye-bright, and let it stand infusing a night and a day; And then take the cleverness that ascendeth above, and put in a glass for use: and with a feather, when thou goest to bed, or as often as thou liest down to sleep, therewith anoint thy eye-lyds within and without, and it will heal them.   

An ointment for sore Eyes, approved.  
Take Vinegar, and put it in a clean Basin, then take the flowers of plumbs and mingle all together, and let it stand three days and three nights covered: then put it in a box, and reserve it for your use, to anoint the Eyes when need requires.   

Another for the same.  
Take Raw Cream made of Ewes milk, and spread it on the bottom of a fair scoured Basin; then take a vessel that hath stood with Ale in it 6. or 7. days, and pour out the Ale, and whelm the pot or vessel over the Basin, so letting it remain a whole night: then take the Cream, and keep the Cream in a box till you need it for an ointment for sore Eyes.   

Another for the same.  
Take red Snails that be without houses, and seethe them in water; and after that, burn them on a hot tilestone to powder, and mix the powder with the fat that will arise above the water they are boiled in, And anoint the Eye-lyds therewith at night going to bed.   

For bleared Eyes.  
Take the Juice of Wormwood, and mingle it with water, made of the white of an Egg; and therewith anoint the Eyes, and it will put away the bloodiness and aching thereof.   

Another for the same.  
Take Celendine, Rue, Planten, Annis; of each a handful, and as much Fennel as of all the rest, and stamp them in a new earthen pot, and let it stand two days and two nights, & then strain it, and therewith anoint the Eyes evening and morning.   

For a pin and Web in the Eye.  
Take an Egg and roast it hard, and take the white all hot, and put in as much white Copporis as a pease; and while it is hot, strain it through a Cloth, and let it drop into the Eye a good drop. And this for young and old is proved a good Medicine.   

For Eyes that be blasted.  
Take Tutty and Calamint, and wash them in white-Wine 9 times, and then grind them upon a stone with some of the white-Wine, and white Goose-Grease, and Capon's Grease; and put thereof in the eye morning and at night: approved.   

For Eyes that be red, and full of pain.  
Take white Ginger, and rubbe it into a Basin on a whetstone, put thereto as much white Salt, and grind them together on a Marblestone; and when it is small ground, add thereto white-Wine, and then temper them well together, and let it stand so a day and a night; then pour out the thin clear liquor that standeth above, and put it in a Vyal: And when the sick goeth to bed, anoint well the Eyes with a clean feather. Probatum.   

For Eyes that run with Water.  
Take a Colewort leaf, and anoint it with the white of an Egg beaten well, and lay it to thy Eyes when thou goest to bed, and let it lie all night; and it shall help thee by the grace of God.   

To clear the Eyes, a Drink.  
Take Celendine and stamp it, and temper it with fair water, and drink it three days, and it shall heal the head, and clear the sight marvellously.   

For the Pearl in the Eye at first.  
Take white Ginger that is good and fine, and rubbe it on a whetstone of Norway, into a saucer of ●ewter, and put thereto white-Wine; but let it be muddy of the Ginger, and with a feather do it into thy Eyes.   

A precious Water for Eyes, called the Water of Mr. Peter of Spain.  
Take Fennel, Rue, Celendine, Vervain, Eye-bright, Clary, Rosin, or the water of Rosin, and stamp them by the space of a natural day in white-Wine, and then put all together in a Lymbeck, and distil a water thereof; wherewith wash the Eyes: it clarifyeth and comforteth them greatly.   

The Powder of Master Peter de Villa Nova.  
Take Tutty prepared one dram, Antimony one dram and a half, Marjoram 2 drams, Flower of red Coral one dram and a half, Raw Silk of the Silkworm cut small as may be, half a dram; make hereof as subtle a powder as may be made, and keep it in a box of Metal. This powder drieth tears, and rectifieth redness of the Eyes: And was made for Bishop John.   

A Powder for the Eyes, called Bonaventure.  
Take a dram of Sugar-Candy, Tutty prepared half a dram, powder them, and wash them with water of Roses, and spread them abroad on a Basin, and fumigate the Basin with the fume of Lignum Aloes, and Frankincense; dry it, and powder it subtly, and keep it in a box of brass or pewter, And put it in the Eyes with a Pencil of Silver. This powder is good for all manner of spots in the Eyes.   

A precious Powder for a pin and Web in the Eye.  
Take two dragms of Tutty prepared, of Sandragon one dragm, of Sugar one dram; beat them together to a very fine powder; whereof put into the Eye a little at a time: approved.   

For a hurt in the Eye, with a Thorn, Stubble, or any other thing.  
Take Monsear and stamp it, and drink the Juice thereof; and lay three drops upon the Eye: and stamp Egrimony, and lay it on the hinder part of the Eye.   

For the Web in the Eye.  
Take ground Ivy, and dress the Eye with the Juice thereof once a day, and it will destroy it.   

Another for sore Eyes.  
Take Centory, and make thereof an Electuary with Honey, very thick, and eat thereof. It is good for the stomach, and will make a man to have a good talon to his meat: And therewith anoint the Eyes: it is very good for sore Eyes.   

A Sovereign Medicine that helpeth the sight, and purgeth and clarifyeth the Eyes, be they never so bleared.  
Take a good quantity of Housleek, and stamp it in a Mortar, and wring out the Juice clean; and put it in a broad Vessel a day and night till it be clear, then take 20 Eggs, and seethe them very hard; then take away the Yolk of every Egg, and set the shell hot in wheat-bran, and fill it full of the water of Housleek; and so serve all the Eggs while the water lasts, and let them stand so a day and a night, at the least a day; then take the water and put it in Vials. With this water anoint the Eyes morning and night.  
Also, take a Pigeon, and let it bleed in the right Vein under the wings, and anoint thine Eyes with the blood 9 days and 9 nights, and more if it be need; for this Medicine hath been proved many times.   

An excellent Ointment for the Eyes.  

Take new Hogges-lard 2 ounces,  
Tutia prepared 1 ounce,  
Lapis Hematis washed 1 scruple,  
Aloes washed and powdered 12 grains,  
Pearls 3 grains,   
Steep the Grease 6 hours in Rose-water, then wash it 12 times in white-Wine; powder the Tutia very fine, and make it into an ointment with a little Fennel-water, and therewith anoint the corner of the Eyes.   

For Rheumatic Eyes.  
First, purge the Head and the Body, and let the Patient sweat a little: Then use this powder following for the Eyes.  
Take Tutia, prepared 1 ounce and a quarter, red Coral, yellow Myrobalaus, of each 1 quarter of an ounce, Pepper half a dram: powder them very fine, and strew them in the corners of the Eyes.   

A Water to wash Rheumatic Eyes.  
Take Rain-water, boil therein Galnuts, Myrtle-Seeds, fine Bolus and Cypres-nuts, And therewith wash the Eyes oftentimes.   

To assuage and drive away the pain of the Eyes.  
Take prepared Tutty, Camphire bruised very small; of each one scruple, Rose-water 1 ounce, white-Wine half an ounce: temper them well, and when you have occasion to use it, stir it well about, and put a drop or two in the Eye.   

For redness in the Eyes.  
This oftentimes proceeds from superfluity of blood, which floweth unto the Eyes; it is necessary in this case, to apply Cupping-glasses to the shoulders, if need be, to open the Head-vein on the contrary side, and to purge the Body; and outwardly to apply such things to the Eyes, as may repercusse and drive back the humour offending, as followeth.   

For the redness of the Eyes.  
Take the white of an Egg, and bray it with Woman's milk, and apply it to the Eyes; I mean, drop a drop or two thereof into the Eye.   

For the same.  
Take Linseed and boil it in water, and wet a Sponge in that Decoction; and lay it warm on the eyes; or do in like manner with the Decoction of Fenegreek or Camomile.   

For the same.  
Take the Juice of Nightshade, and mix it with the white of an Egg well beaten, and Oil of Roses: make a cloth wet in it, and lay it on the Eye.   

For bloodshot Eyes.  
Take the Juice of Wormwood, bray it well with the white of an Egg, and drop thereof into the eye.   

Another for pain or redness in the Eyes.  
Take broad Planten water 1 pint, small bruised Verdigrease 1 ounce, fine Bolus, Dragon's blood; of each half an ounce, Camphire 1 quarter of an ounce, distil this in a glassen helm in Balneo. This water taketh away redness of the Eyes and pains thereof, and helpeth swollen Eyelids that have long continued; And is also good for all sore mouths, and stinking imposthumations therein, and especial for all Ulcerations in the privy members.   

For the same.  
Take water of Vervain, Eye-bright, Marjoram, of each half an ounce, Fennel-water an ounce, Camphire half a dram; the Gall of a great Pickerel: temper and stir it all together, and use it as the other.   

An Ointment for red Eyes.  
Take Tutia half an ounce, Oil of Bay 1 quarter of an ounce, Honey and Vinegar, of each one spoonful, Camphire 1 dram; make a Salve thereof, and therewith anoint the Eyelids: this is also good for inverted Eyelids.  
Nutmegs confected in Honey, do help the redness of the Eyes, and defend the sight, being eaten.   

For hot Eyes.  
Take water of Eye-bright, Fennel, Celandine, of each 1 ounce; Tutia prepared 3 scruples: Sarcocolla and Pearls prepared, of each half a dragm: temper it together, and therewith anoint the Eyes.   

Another for the same.  
Take Rue, Fennel, Vervain, of each equal parts; stamp them, and put to them Rose-water and white-Wine, as much as will cover them quite over. Let it infuse a night, and then distil it in a glass body in balneo, and reserve the water for the use aforesaid.   

For pricking and hot blisters in the Eyes.  
This is oftentimes caused through overmuch moisture, settling itself in the white or apple of the Eyes; These are dangerous to be cured: The Patient must be let blood in the Head-Vein, and purged, to divert and carry away the humours; And first take for it this Medicine following.   

A Water for blystered and pricking Eyes.  
Take Lycium and Saffron, of each half a dram, Juice of sloes 1 scruple; mix this with Rose-water, and drop a little into the Eyes with the white of an Egg.   

Another for the same, to ripen and draw out the corruption, and assuage the pain.  
Take Fenegreek and Linseed, of each one quarter of an ounce; Melilot one quarter of an ounce: seethe it in fair water, and wash the Eyes oftentimes therewith, and sometimes drop a drop thereof into the Eyes.   

Another for the same.  
Take Crumbs of white-bread, and steep it in Woman's milk; and lay it on the Eyes; and when it grows dry, renew it, and lay on fresh.   

A Confection, good for all heat, pricking and swelling in the Eyes.  
Take Eye-bright, Fennel, Cinnamon, of each 3 dragms, long Pepper, Mynts, Mace, Margerum, Vervain, Calamus, Rosemary, of each one dram and a half, Sugar Pennets 3 ounces, white Sugar 5 ounces: with the Sugar seethe these Juices following, of Roses and Vervain, of each 2 drams, Juice of Fennel clarified, five ounces, Juice of Celendine and Rue, of each one ounce and an half; let them seethe almost as thick as a Syrup, afterwards temper amongst it the rest well beaten.   

Another Ointment, to assuage the pain and heat in the Eyes.  
Take young Endive, and stamp it with Oil of Roses, or Oil of Violets, and therewith anoint the corners of the Eyes, and Eyelids.   

Against itching Eyes.  
This commonly proceeds from a defluxion of salt humour, that falls down to the Eyes, and causeth great itching and pricking in them, which maketh the Patient always very apt to rubbe them; but that he must by all means refrain, for that hurteth the sight, and maketh the eyes more red, hot, and angry: he must be moderate in eating, and forbear strong drink; purge the Body of choler, and open the Head-vein, wash the Eyes well in Rose-water, and afterwards foment and bathe them with the Decoction of Mallows, Violet-Leaves, Vervain, and Celandine.   

For running Watery Eyes.  
This infirmity sometimes flows from the weakness of the faculty retentive, And is also often occasioned through superfluous moist Rheums, falling down from the brain upon the Eyes; and likewise it may be caused through mirth, but oftener through its opposite sorrow; for that always follows that kind of deceitful pleasure, under which excessive drinking seems to mask itself: sharp winds, smoke, Coughs, stinking Savours, do perish the Eyes. For help of this defluxion, use these remedies following.  
Purge the Body with Pill. Cochiae Aureae, with succo Rosarum, or with Pills of the 5 kinds of Mirobalaus.  
Forbear all moist sharp meats and drinks, Salt Fish and Flesh, Milk, Cheese, Onions, Garlic, and all that fumes into the head.  
Outwardly, beat the white of an Egg, and temper it with Woman's milk, and drop a drop thereof into the eye.   

For the same.  
Also take unripe Grapes, and burn the same to ashes, and make it into a fine powder; and blow thereof into the Eyes, it drieth up the Rheum, and taketh away the redness.   

Another for Watery Eyes.  
Take Rose-Leaves fresh half an ounc. Saffron, Spica, Indie, Gum Arabic, of each 1 quarter of an ounce: beat them small, and make Cakes thereof with rain-water; And when you will use it, take 1 dram thereof, and lay it to steep in the beaten white of an Egg, and herewith anoint the Eyes. This repelleth the matter, and consumeth the pain.   

Another for the same.  
Take Juice of Fennel well clarified 1 ounce and a half; Aloe two drams and a half, a leaf of beaten Gold: mix them well together, then add to it 7. grains of Frankincense: dissolve them in good white-Wine, and mix them all together with Fennel and Rose-water; and drop of this water into the Eyes twice a day.   

Another for running and over-moist Eyes.  
Take Myrrh half a dram, Bloodstone one dram, Rose-leaves one ounce: seethe them in a glass in Balneo to the consumption of half; then strain it through a cloth, and drop thereof 4▪ time's a day a drop into the Eyes.   

A Salve for watery Eyes, to ease the pain, and stay the defluxion.  
Take Juice of Rue, Oil of Myrtle; of each 2 ounces: Let it boil until the Juice be sodden away: then strain it, and set it again upon the fire, and mix amongst it Saphire prepared half a dram, Jacynt one scruple, Antimony one dram,  Copper 1 scruple, Tutia prepared 3 drams; let it seethe gently on the fire, adding thereto two or three drams of Wax, more or less, accordingly as you desire to have it hard; when you will use it, melt a little, and anoint the Eyelids therewith.  
If the Rheum in the Eyes cometh of cold; then at the first beginning of it, take inwardly this Confection following.   

A Confection for Watery Eyes, that come of taking cold.  
Take Spica Indie 5 drams, Agarick 1 dram and a half, Cinnamon 1 ounc. Mastic as much as the weight of them all: make a Confection thereof with clarified Honey, and take thereof every morning.  
Musk and Pomanders are good for the Patient to smell to in this case, and to chew Betony in his mouth every morning.   

An outward Ointment for the same.  
Take Bloodstone prepared 1 quarter of an ounce, Roses,  Ivory, white and red Coral, Amber, yellow Mirobalaus, of each one dram, Juice of Housleek 4 ounces: temper them together, and so keep it well stopped; anoint the Eyelids every day herewith, and put of the same a drop into the Eye.   

Another Water for the Eyes, to dry Catarrhs and cold Rheums.  
Take Gummi, the Mucilage of Fenegreek-Seeds; of each one quarter of an ounce, of prepared Sarcocol, Spikenard, Myrrh, Cinnamon, Aloes, Bever-cod; of each half a scruple: powder them all together; then steep them in Woman's milk, and drop thereof into the Eye.   

A Salve for running Eyes, and for all Imposthumes and Pains, Scabs, Wounds, and Bloud-shots in the Eyes.  
Take Tutia prepared in Rose-water half an ounce, fresh Hogs-grease one ounce, Starch 3 quarters of an ounce: bruise and temper them well together in a Mortar, then wash it three times in the Water of Nightshade, and with this anoint the forehead, the Temples and the Eyelids, both within and without.   

A precious Water to strengthen the sight.  

Take Rue,  
Roses,  
Endive,  
Betony,  
Vervain,  
Maydenhair,  
Egrimony,  
Clevers,  
Yarrow,  
Eyebright,  
Pimpernel,  
Sage; of each two handfuls.   
Cut the Herbs small, and steep them a day and a night in good white-Wine: then strain them out, and let the Moisture run from them: then bruise them grossly in a Mortar: then distil them in Balneo, and keep the water for your use close stopped.   

For spots in the Eye.  

Take Prepared Bloodstone 3 drams, Burn Copper a quarter of an ounce, Pearls,  
Red Coral, of each 1 dragm.  
Gummi,  
Tragacant, of each 3 drams,  
Pepper 30 grains,  
Washed Ceruse 1 dram,  
Dragon's blood,  
Saffron,  
Amber, of each half a dram,   
Make it into the form of trochises of a dram apiece; and when you have occasion to use it, bruise one of them, and infuse it in Woman's milk, and drop a drop thereof into the Eye.   

Another for spots in the Eyes.  
Take Frankincense 5 drams, Saffron one dragm, Ammoniacum, Sarcocolla, of each two drams and a half: beat them all into very fine powder, and make it into Trochises, with Mucilage of Fenegreek; then when you will use it, bruise it into Woman's milk, and therewith wash the Eyes: this doth mundify and deer the sight.   

For mists and clouds before the Eyes.  
It oftentimes happens in them that have the small Pox, afterwards some clouds or white spots remain in the Eyes, endangering the sight thereof; for which, take the Juice of Corn-roses, the Juice of Centory; each apart or mixed together, and therewith anoint the Eye.   

A powder for the same.  
Take the dried Juice of Celendine 3 drams, Ameos one quarter of an ounce, as much white Sugar-Candy; make a fine powder thereof, and blow a little into the Eye when you go to bed. Probatum.  
With this Medicine, I cured myself of a spot of whiteness, that grew over the sight of my left Eye, immediately after my recovery of a grievous sickness of the small Pox, in October 1646. by putting a little thereof into my Eye going to bed, with a piece of clean Paper, rolled in form of a quill; which in a short time took the spot clean away, not putting the Eye to any pain. Gloria Deo in excelsis. Turner.   

Another Powder much commended for the same.  
Taste Pumice-stones, Cuttle-bones, prepared Sarcocolla, Aristolochia, red Coral, Boras, of each one dram, white Sugar-Candy 6 drams; make them all into a fine subtle powder.   

A Honey to be prepared for the mists before the Eyes.  
Take clarified Honey 2 ounces, the Juice of Fennel, the Juice of Centory, of each 1 ounce and a half; seethe it a little, and scum it till it be clear, and drop thereof on the cloud or white spot in the Eye.   

A Plaster for swollen and extuberated Eyes, as if they would fall out.  
Take Shepherds Purse, Planten, Housleek; make a Plaster thereof, and apply it to the Eye: but if it proceed of weakness of the sinews, than it is needful to purge the Head with Hiera, or pill Cochie: use Gargarisms, wherewith foment the mouth; and lay to the Eyes this Plaster.  
Take Juice of Sloes, Frankincense, Mastic, Cypres-Nuts, (and the Leaves of each, if you can get them,) of each a like quantity; beat them very small, and mix them with the Oil of Camomile, and lay it on the Eyes.   

A Pomander for to strengthen and help a feeble and dim sight.  

Take Rosemary,  
Nep,  
Margerum,  
, of each 1 dram,  
Lignum Aloes,  
Marjoram Gentle,  
Mace, of each 2 drams,  
Musk,  
Amber, of each 2 grains,   
Make thereof a powder, and bind it in a piece of red Silk, and smell often to it. All odoriferous Herbs, as Rosemary, Lavender, Gilliflowers, Roses; and all sweet smelling Fruits are good for the Eyes; so also doth the sight of green Fields, green Trees, the precious stone Smaragdus, green Glass, green Linen, set before the Eyes, strengthen and quicken the sight: on the contrary, lechery, and unmeasurable Venery, Drunkenness, sleeping on a full stomach, much reading small prints or writing, vaporous Meats, moist Fruits, dark misty weather, Smoke, Wind, Dust, Idleness and gross Meat, weakens and diminisheth the sight.   

A Powder to strengthen the sight.  
Take Tutia prepared 10 drams, make it into Past with the Juice of Marjoram Gentle: when it hath stood a night, and be well settled, Let it dry well; then beat it again, and add to it Ginger, long and black Pepper, and Celendine, of each 1 dram, sal Armoniac half a dram, all beaten small, and made Moist with the Juice of Fennel; let it dry again, and so preserve it: when you will use it, beat it into a very fine powder, and put thereof into the Eye.   

A Powder to be strewed upon the Head, to strengthen and preserve the sight.  
Take Cloves, Lignum-Aloes, Betony, Sandarac,  Ivory, Styrax, Calaminta, of each half a dram; make them into powder, and strew all the Head therewith; and when you will renew it, comb the Head, that the first may come off: afterwards use twice a month, before you go to sleep, one quarter of an ounce of Trochises of Diambra, and hold them in your mouth till they be dissolved.   

A Water to preserve and strengthen the sight, used by the Emperor Frederick the third.  

Take green Betony,  
Rue,  
Vervain,  
Celendine,  
Eye-bright,  
Roses, of each 6 handfuls,  
Long Pepper,  
Cloves, of each half a dram,  
Aloe one ounce,  
Woodbine and the flowers 3 handfuls.   
Chop all the Herbs small, and distil it through a glass body; drop of this Water into the Eyes, and anoint the Face therewith.   

Another to preserve the sight.  
Take Fenegreek, hollyhock Roots, of each 2 ounces; cleanse them well, and boil them in fair water by a mild fire, till half be consumed: then strain them out, and add thereto, Aloes 2 drams, Sugar-Candy, or Sugar of Roses 1 ounce; strain it with Rose-water, through a Cloth, and let it seethe unto a Syrup; keep it in a glass close stopped, And when you have occasion use it as other Eye-waters.   

Another for the same.  
Take Rose-water, and white Sugar-Candy, of each what quantity you please, And infuse them in a glass together, and let them stand in the Sun two or three days or more, before you use it.  
The Galls of all Ravening Birds, as also of partridges, of Bulls, Hares, Wolves, Foxes; and especially the Gall of a Buck, doth clear the Eyes and sharpen the sight: if any one of them be decocted with Juice of Fennel, and clarified Honey, and dropped into the Eyes.   

A Confection for a bad sight, called Electuarium Oculiste, or the Oculists Electuary.  
Take Silver Mountain-Seed, Eye-bright, Fennel and Cinabes, of each one dram, Cardamome and Mace, of each one dram and a half, Seeds of Rue and Celendine, of each one quarter of an ounce; Rosemary one ounce, Annis-Seed, Lignum Aloes, Caraway, Consolida, Saracenica, of each half an ounce: make a Confection thereof, with Sugar or Honey. This also strengtheneth the brain, restoreth lost sight, and maketh the Spirits of the sight subtler and stronger.   

Another Confection to preserve and strengthen the sight.  

Take dried Betony.  
Celendine,  
Eye-bright,  
Hyssop,  
Penny Royal, of each 1 dram,  
Fennel,  
Silver Mountain,  
Coriander prepared,  
Marjoram Seeds,  
Basil Seeds,  
Cardamom,  
Cinnamon,  
Ginger,  
Galingale,  
Nutmegs,  
Cloves,  
Long Pepper,  
Lignum Aloes,  
Mastic,  
Spikenard, of each half a dram,   
Preserved Citron Pills 3 dragms, Conserves of Borage and Rosemary, of each 6 dragms: make them all into a Confection with Sugar Decocted in Fennel and Rose-water; and take hereof as you have occasion.   

Tabulats to strengthen the sight.  
Take Species Diambrae a dram and a half, Eye-bright, Celendine, Fennel, Vervain, of each one scruple; Seeds of Rue, and Silver Mountain, of each half a dram, Sugar 5 ounces; boil them all in Eye-bright water, and make Tabulats thereof, whereof take one every night after supper.   

An excellent Water for the Eyes.  
Take the Waters of Rue, Celendine, and Eye-bright, of each 2 ounces; Fennel and the Juice of Vervain, of each 1 ounce; the Gall of a Pickerel three dragms, Lignum-Aloes beaten small, half a dram: The Seeds of Rue, of Celendine, and Margerum Gentle, of each one dram; put them together in a glass close stopped, and luted with Doughty: Let it stand a day in an Oven after the Bread is taken out; the next day take of the past, and set it 12 days in the Sun; strain it, and keep it in a glass close stopped for your use: when you will use it, put a drop thereof into the Eyes morning and evening, lying on your back.   

A Potion to purge for a weak sight.  
Take Treacle half a dram; mix it with white-Wine, Water of Rue or Fennel: take it once a week.   

A Powder to strengthen the sight.  

Take Eye-bright half an ounce,  
Caraway sodden in Vinegar and dried, and Margerum Gentle 3. quarters of an ounce,  
Lignum Aloes,  
Spica Indiae, of each 1 ounce,  
Sorrel Seeds 5 scruples,  
Coriander prepared,  
Cinnamon,  
Fennel, of each 2 dragms,   
Make thereof a Powder with Sugar as much as you please, And hereof you may take a dram after Supper, with a little Julip of Roses.   

A Medicine to strengthen the sight, and for those that be purblind.  
Take the Liver of a Buck, take out the Gall, and cut the Liver in pieces, laying thereon whole long Pepper: cover it with another piece of Liver, and Pepper, as before; thus continuing till all the pieces be laid one upon another, and above and beneath be nothing but Liver: put this in an Oven, and dry it well; then take off the Pepper, beat it small, and mix some Musk amongst it; And with the moisture that droppeth from the Liver, moisten the Powder, and make Lozenges thereof, And keep them till you have occasion for to use it; then temper it with Eye-bright water, and eat thereof two or three mornings together.  
In all diseases & infirmities of the eyes whatsoever, have a special respect unto your diet, avoid Salt and gross meats, strong drinks and venery, especially excess in either: use temperance and moderation in all things, for in mediocritate salus.    

The Mirror of HEALTH. Of Aches, Meagrims, and other Diseases in the Head.  

A Drink for the Headache.  
TAKE Betony, Vervain, Wormwood, Celendine, Walwort, Rue, Bark of an Elder Tree, Honey and Pepper, of each equal parts; stamp them together, and seethe them in Water, and drink thereof morning and evening.   

Another for the same.  
Take Rue, Vervain, Wormwood, Sage, Walwort, Alehoof, red Fennel, Planten, inner rind of Elder, of each a handful; stamp them small, and put them in a new earthen pot, with a quarter of an ounce of Pepper in Powder; put thereto a Pottle of red Wine, and another of Stolen Ale, and seethe it till half be consumed: strain it, and drink thereof 8 spoonfuls at a time, 9 mornings together: And wash thy Head with this liquor following.   

A Water for the Headache.  
Take Rue, Alehoof, Betony, Vervain, Mints, red Fennel, Wormwood, Southern-wood, of each a handful; wash them, and shred them small, and seethe them in Water in an earthen pot, and wash thy Head with some of the Water; and mix the Herbs with wheat-bran, and apply it to the mould of the Head as hot as may be suffered, binding it on with a Cloth.   

To cleanse the Head, Breast and Stomach, and cause a good appetite.  
Take 3 handfuls of Centaury, and seethe it in a Gallon of Water, till half be consumed: then strain it, and put to it a pint of clarified Honey: then seethe it softly to a quart, and drink thereof two spoonfuls, morning and night, first and last.   

To cease Aches and swell caused of Sores and Wounds in the Head.  
Take Mallows, Wormwood, Mugwort, Betony, and Egrimony, of each a handful: wash them, and stamp them, & put thereto 3 ounces of fine wheat-Flower, as much Honey, and as much barrows Grease; stamp them together, and put thereto red Wine a little quantity, and fry them, and lay them warm to the sore; but lay a Colewort-leaf between the Plaster and the wound, and it will cease the ache, and put away the swelling.   

For the Megrim in the Head, Imposthume, Dropsy, Fever, and all Aches in the Head.  
Take 4 penny weight of the Root of Pellitory of Spain, a half penny weight of Spikenard, and grind them, and boil them in good Vinegar; and when it is cold, put thereto a spoonful of Honey, & a Saucer full of Mustard, and mingle them well together; and hold thereof in thy mouth a spoonful at once, as long as a man may be saying 2 Creeds, (if you have not forgot how to say the Creed) then spit it out into a Vessel, and take more: and do so 9 or 10 times together. Take it after Dinner, and going to bed, and wash thy mouth after it: and use this Medicine 3 days together. Probatum.   

For the Megrim.  
Take Galingale half a dram, Ginger one dram, Nutmegs half a dragm, Cloves two drams, Elecampane two drams, Annis a dram, Licoris and Sugar, of each half a dram; make them all into fine powder, and take thereof a dram, first and last in some Betony Water.   

For the Headache, that proceedeth from hot and Choleric causes.  
If heat be the cause of the Headache, it is known by the swiftness of the Patient's pulse, redness of the Urine, much thirst, dry'th of the Mouth, Tongue and Nostrils; no sleep, little appetite to meat, heat over all the Body.   

Outward Applications for the Headache, proceeding from hot causes.  
Take Oil of Roses, Rose-water, and Vinegar of Roses, of each a like quantity; dip double linen  herein, and lay them to the temples and the forehead; refreshing and changing them again as often as it drieth.   

Another for the same, more strong.  
If the heat be very extreme, take the Water of Nymphea, called in English white water Lilleys, water of Endive, of each 3 ounces, Saunders red, white, and yellow, of each one dram; or else 3 drams of one of them, if you cannot get them all three; Rose leaves beaten half a dram, beaten Camphire half a dragm; mix them all together, and use them as the other.  
If there be any flux of the Belly, or ague, that causeth the Headache, then for young or weak persons you may use these Medicines following, with good effect: Such as are Cassia, Manna. Syrup of Roses, or Sene-Leaves, boiled with some cooling Herbs: more stronger Bodies may purge with Pill Cochiae, or the like strong purge, if they have no looseness with it.  
If there be any great flux or looseness of the Body, then let the Patient avoid light and loosening meats; but boil his meat in steeled water, which is thus made: Take as much fair water as you intent to use; set it on the fire: then take a good piece of Steel, heat it red hot in the fire, then quench it in the Water; repeating it over three or four times; So likewise may you Steel Milk or Wine, and prepare Gold, Silver, or flints for the same purpose: but if the Patient hath no looseness, than you may soon prepare for him this Decoction following.   

Drink for the Headache.  
Take Sene-Leaves 1 ounce, Cinnamon, Anniseeds, Fennel-Seeds, and Currans, of each one dram, Licoris two drams, sweet Margerum and Rosemary, of both half a handful, two or three Figs; boil them all in a quart of water with one ounce of Sugar, till half be consumed: then strain it; And for the Dose, give hereof to a Child 2 ounces at a time; or weak Persons: to stronger Bodies, 4 ounces.  
If there be pain in the Head, and the Body bound endeavour, the first thing you do, to open and make it soluble: otherwise the ascension of vapours unto the brain, will so distemper the Head with heat and pain, that frenzies, raging and madness will ensue: to do this, use Clysters, Purgations, and some purging Potions and Suppositories.   

A Clyster, to provoke the Body to go to Stool.  
Take Mallows 3 handfuls, Beets and Herb Mercury, of each two handfuls; boil them well together in fair water, then strain them: Then take 12 ounces of this Decoction; three yolks of Eggs, Oil of Sesamum or Linseed 4 ounces, Salgem half a dram; temper them together, and minister it warm.   

Another.  
Take Mutton-broth, Veal-broth, or Hen-broth, of either of them 16 ounces; melt therein fresh Butter and Ducks-Grease, of each one ounce, Saffron half a dram, Oil of Lilleys, and Oil of Dill, of each one ounce and a half, Indie-Salt one dram: then temper them together, and administer it.   

A Decoction to open the Body for the same.  
Take 12 Prunes, Licorice, Currans, Annis-seeds, and Fennel, of each half an ounce, Flowers of Borage and bugloss, of each one dram and a half: boil them in a quart of water till a third part be wasted; strain it, and drink thereof.   

Another for the same, and to cool the Body.  
Take Currans, Licorice, Prunes, Injubes, Violets, Barley, Melon-seed, Pompeon-seed, Gourd-seed, and Cucumber-seed, of each one quarter of an ounce; boil them as the other.   

Pills for the Headache.  
Take Rhabarb 2 drams, Mastic one scruple, Scammony half a dragm make them into Pills with Juice of Rue, one dram of them at a time.   

A sweet Ball or perfume for the Headache.  
Take Violets, Water Lilleys, Willow Leaves, Roses, of each one ounce; Camphire 2 grains: beat them all together, and bind them up in a piece of fine Silk, and wet it often in Rose-water, and smell often to it.  
If the Headache proceed from a cold cause, it is good to use Gargarisms, to draw forth the Rheum out of the Head: for which this following is effectual.   

A Gargarism for the Headache.  
Take Mastic, Calamus, Licorice, Currans, of each half an ounce, Hyssop, Ireos, of each 2 drams, Pellitoty of Spain, Ginger, Saxifrage, Mustard-Seeds, of each one dram: beat them all together, and boil them in fresh Water, and gargoyle the mouth therewith three or four times a day, warm.   

A Clyster for the same.  
Take Mallows, Herb Mercury, Dill, Rue, Bran, of each one handful; boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water: take of thi● Collature 12 or 16 ounces; mix with it Hyera Picra, and white Sugar, of each half an ounce, Salt two drams, Oil of Dill and Rue, of each one ounce and a half, and give it warm.   

A Conserve for the Headache.  
Take Conserve of Roses 2 ounces and a half, Conserve of Betony one ounce and a half, Cinnamon, Cloves, Annis-seeds, of each one dragm, green Ginger half an ounce, Syrup of Citrons a sufficient quantity to make it into an Electuary; and take thereof every morning the quantity of a Nut.   

Another for the same, called Electuarium Vitis.  
Take Currans 6 ounces, Licorice 2 drams: boil these in the Waters of bugloss, Scabious and Betony, of each 12 ounces; then strain it out hard, and steep in the liquor warm 1 dram of Rhabarbe, Lavender 5 grains, bound up together in a Cloth: stop it close, and boil it a good while in Balneo; then strain it out, and add to it as much Rhabarbe and Spike as before, and let it steep therein a night: strain it again; and then put therein one ounce of the Barks of yellow Mirobalaus: then boil it a little more, and strain it, and add to the Collature 6 ounces of Sugar, and two ounces of Manna, and boil it to a Syrup; when it is almost cold, mingle in it half an ounce of Cinnamon, Cloves, Galingale and Nutmegs, of each one dram, Seeds of Fennel and Annis, of each half an ounce: boil them up to an Electuary, and keep it for your use for the purposes before recited.   

A good Drink for a Headache of cold.  

Take bugloss Roots 1 handful,  
Chicory Roots,  
Harts-Tongue,  
Flowers of bugloss,  
Borage,  
Roses, of each half a handful.   
Boyl them all in 4 quarts of white-Wine, a quarter of an hour: when it is cold, strain it, and add to it 4 quarts of white-Wine more; and steep in it Sage-Leaves and Rosemary, of each half a handful, long Pepper, Galingale, Cloves, Cubebs, of each half an ounce; Currans, Cinnamon and Corianderseeds prepared, of each one ounce; grossly beaten, and tied up all together in a Cloth: boil the Wine 3 or 4 walms, and put up the Wine in a Roundlet, and drink thereof as you please.   

A Powder for a cold pain, and Rheum in the Head.  
Take Nutmegs, Mace, Rosemary, Cloves, Frankincense, Mastic, Lavender, Myrrh, Marjoram and Stechas, of each a like quantity: beat them all to powder, and rub the Head well therewith; then cover and keep the Head warm with a Cap.   

A Lotion or Water, to Bath and Wash the feet for the Headache.  
Take Betony, Roses, Elder Flowers, Sage, Camomile, and Marjoram, of each 4 handfuls, Bran 2 handfuls, as much Lavender; seethe them all together in a sufficient quantity of Water, and bathe the Feet in it every night very hot, holding them in it about half an hour; and every three days cast away the old bath, and make fresh.   

For Deafness.  
Take Betony and Horehound, and stamp them in a Mortar, and strain out the Juice; and drop thereof into the Patient's Ear, when he is going to bed.   

Another for the same.  
Take a round piece of an Ash-Tree with the bark on, and lay the midst thereof in the fire, and keep the Water that droppeth out at both ends; and take the Juice of Monks Rhabarbe, white-Wine, and the fat of fresh Eel; of each a like quantity: mingle them all together, and put a drop or two thereof into the Patient's Ears when he goes to bed; use it every night.   

Another for the same.  
Take the Gall of a Wether, and Honey, of each a like portion, and mingle them together, and put it into the Patient's Ears.   

For Pain in the Ears.  
Purge the Head with Syrup of Roses, Cassia, and Electuary de Succo Rosarum; Then oftentimes take Oil of Roses, Oil of Water-lilies, and Woman's Milk, and drop thereof into the Ears.   

Another for pains in the Ears.  
Take the Juice of Strawberry-leaves, of Paul's Betony, Sage and Housleek, of each one ounce; Mastic and Frankincense a dragm and a half, of the Decoction of Coleworts two ounces; temper them all together, and drop thereof into the Ear.   

Against Noise and Hissing, or Singing in the Ears.  
Deafness usually follows after this, if not timely prevented: which to do, it is necessary to purge the Brains with Pills de Hyera, Mastichine, Cochie, or Hyera cum Agarico; either or all of which you may have at the Apothecaries: take of one of these Pills a dram at a time: If you take of the Pill Mastichine, you may take a dram thereof, and form it into six little Pills more or less, according as you can swallow them, and take them at night going to bed; if you take of any of the other Pills, take a dram thereof in the morning.  
Afterwards take this Decoction which follows; and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears.   

A Fumigation for Noise in the Ears.  
Take Margerum, Mints, Wormwood, Rosemary, Sage, Betony and Camomile, of each half a handful; boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water, till half be consumed, and let the fume or hot vapour thereof ascend into the Ears.   

To staunch bleeding at the Nose.  
Take the Seeds of the Hazel-Tree, and burn them to powder, and let the Patient have some of it blown into his Nose through a quill, and let him drink the Juice of Planten.  
The Juice of Planten, or Planten-Water and Milk made into a posset, staunch and heal any bleeding inwardly.   

To Ripen an Imposthume in the Ear.  
Take fine wheat Flower one ounce and a half, the Mucilage of Linseed, and Fenegreek Seed, Eels-Grease, Litharge of Gold, Ceruse and Frankincense, of each one dram: mix them all together, and make a Plaster thereof, and lay it all over the Ear, and rub it into the Ear.   

Another for the same.  
Take fresh hollyhock Roots beaten small two ounces, Linseed, and Fenegreek Seeds beaten, of each one ounce; Dill-Seed and Camomile, of each half an ounce; boil them in Butter to the consistence of a soft Plaster, and lay it to the Ear.   

To draw out the matter, cleanse and heal an Imposthume in the Ear.  
When the Imposthume is ripe, and gins to break, then to cleanse and heal the same, use this Unguent following.  
Take Sarcocolla, Aloes, Dragons-blood, Myrrh, and Frankincense, Iron Dross, and Verdigrease, of each half a dram: incorporate them all well together with Vinegar; and dip a taint therein, and put it into the Ear.   

Another for all kinds of Imposthumes in the Ears.  
Take Honey 5 drams, Vinegar half an ounce, Verdigrease 1 dram bruised small; seethe them together, then dip Wool therein, and lay it into the imposthumated Ear.  
The Ointment called Unguentum, Apostolorum, which is to be had at the Apothecaries, is also good for Imposthumes in the Ears, to be used as the former.   

For the Toothache.  
Take Alum and Brimstone, of each what quantity you please thereof; burn them on a Tyle-stone, and make powder thereof; and add thereto powder of Pepper a like quantity: stamp them all together with a Clove of Garlic; then tie them up in a little piece of linen, and lay it between the Teeth where the pain is.   

Another for the same.  
Take Honey and seethe it, and take off the scum as it ariseth, and put thereto powder of Pepper, and seethe it till it be black: then put some of it on a Sage leaf; lay it to the aching Teeth.   

Another for the same.  
Take Vinegar, Mustard, powder of Pepper, and Pellitory of Spain, of each what quantity you please, the Kernel of a Galnut; boil them all together, and if the Teeth be hollow, put thereof into the Teeth; or else lay it hot to the Gums.   

Of the Toothache that cometh of Worms.  
If there be Worms in the Gums, as it often happens there are, which cause much pain in the Teeth, and do imposthumate and perish them; to kill them,  
Take Pepper and beat it to powder, and temper it with good Wine; and sup thereof warm, and hold it in thy mouth till it be cold, and then spit it out: use this often, and thou shalt be delivered of all anguish in the Teeth.   

Another to fasten lose Teeth.  
Take Hartshorn and burn it, and put the ashes that come thereof in a linen cloth and lay it to the Teeth, and it will make them fast.   

To make a Tooth fall out of itself.  
Take the tallow of a Ram, and Planten, and stamp them together, and anoint the Teeth therewith, and it will fall out of its own accord.  
Turner. So says my Author Verbatim, I do not deviate from him: the Medicine is easy to be made: if it do no good, I am sure it can do no hurt; if you have occasion, you may soon try it.   

Here follows another receipt for the same purpose, which you may use as you like it; it will not cost you much.  
Take a water-Frogge, and a green Frog, and seethe them together: gather the Grease that ariseth, and therewith anoint thy Gum, and the aching Teeth: I do not like this, so well as the former.   

For stinking Teeth.  
Take two handfuls of Cuminseed, and seethe it in white-Wine, and let them wash their Teeth therewith.   

To make Teeth white.  
Take Honey, Salt, and Rye-meal, of each what quantity you please; and therewith rub thy Teeth and Gums.   

For an Imposthume in the Gums.  
Take Honey of Roses one ounce and a half, Vinegar half an ounce; mix them together, and therewith gargoyle the mouth: when you spit it out, take in fresh again; using it often.  
Likewise it is good to open the Gums if there be any sores: and wash it three times a day with water, wherein Allom, Myrrh, and Salt have been sodden.   

Another for the same.  
Take half a pint of the Water of Knotgrass, and half an ounce of Allom; dissolve the Allom in the Water, and therewith wash the Teeth and Gums.   

For loss of Speech.  
Take the Juice of Southern-wood, Sage, and Pimpernel, and put it under thy Tongue; or take the Juice of Wormwood, and temper it with Honey; and let the Patient hold it in his mouth.  
The voice is oftentimes spoiled, and corrupted by hoarseness, or weakened by long sickness; for which this Electuary which follows is very good.   

An Electuary for loss of Speech.  
Take Ireos half an ounce, , Hyssop, Licoris, of each 3 drag, tragacanth, bitter Almonds, Kernels of Pine-apples, Cinnamon, Ginger and Pepper, of each one dram and a half, Figs, Dates, Currants; of each one scruple, red Styrax 3 scruples and a half; cut the fruits small, beat all the rest to powder, and to every ounce of this powder add 12 ounces of Sugar: make it into an Electuary with Honey or Syrup of Hyssop; or if you please, you may make Lozengs thereof.   

Another for the same.  
Take Ireos half an ounce, Sugar-Candy a dragm, Cinnamon, Ginger and Pepper one dram, Sugar 12 ounces; boil it in Hysop-Water, to the thickness of an Electuary; then make Lozengs thereof: these are good for a Cough, a cold Rheum, and a wheezing breath.   

Against Hoarseness, a dry Cough, and all infections of the Lungs, and Breast, proceeding of heat and dry'th; from whence a Consumption follows.  

Take tragacanth 1 ounce,  
Gum Arabic 5 dragms,  
Starch 2 drams,  
Licoris,  
Melon-Seeds,  
Gourd-Seeds,  
Pompeon-Seeds,  
Cucumber-Seeds, of each 1 drag.  
Camphire 5 drams,  
Sugar Pennets one ounce and a half.   
Beat all these to powder, and add to an ounce of this powder, 12 ounces of fine Sugar; and boil it in Violet water unto a Confection, or make Lozenges of it, if you please.   

A hot Confection for a tough, phlegmatic, and slimy Cough; so that the Patient cannot get up any thing, for a wheezing and short Breath.  

Take tragacanth,  
Hyssop, of each 2 ounces,  
Kernels of Pine-Apples,  
Sweet Almonds,  
Linseed, of each 3 drams,  
Fenegreek,  
Cinnamon, of each 2 drams,  
Juice of Licoris,  
Ginger, of each one dram.   
Boyl them all into an Electuary, or Confection, as the other; or if you will, you may make Lozengs thereof: and every night when you go to bed, dissolve one of them in sweet-Wine, and add half a scruple of Saffron unto it: this comforts the Heart, and vital Spirits.   

A Drink for the same.  
Take five pints of fair Water, half a pint of Honey, six Figs, one ounce of Currans, 2 drams of Licorice; boil it till one pint be wasted, and drink thereof every morning fasting, a good Cup full warm.  
To make the voice clear, an Electuary. 

Take Cabbage-Seeds,  
Hyssop,  
Elecampane Roots,  
Colts-foot,  
Roots of Flower De luce,  
Horehound, of each half an ounce,  
Annis-Seeds,  
Fennel-Seeds,  
Ameos,  
Cubebs,  
Aristolochy, of each one dram and a half,  
Sugar Pennets 3 drams,  
Oxymel Compositum,  
Syrup of Horehound, of each 3 ounc.  
Pineapple Kernels 4 ounces,  
Saffron 1 dram.    
Make them all together into a Confection or Electuary, with 12 ounces of Honey clarified: take hereof about 2 drams morning and night, in a little of the Decoction of Nettle-Roots, mixing a little Sugar with it.   

For them that speak in their sleep.  
Take the Juice of Southern-wood 1 spoonful; and temper it in Wine, and drink it going to bed.   

Another for the same.  
Take the Tops of Rue and Vervain, of each a like quantity; drink the Juice thereof in Wine, going to bed.   

For them that spit Blood.  
Take Smallage, Rue, Betony, Mynts and Planten▪ of each a like quantity, boil them in good new Milk, and drink thereof warm.   

For a stinking Breath.  
Take Butter, the Juice of Moonwort, and the Juice of Fetherfew; of each a like quantity: temper them with Honey, and give the Patiented every morning a spoonful thereof.   

Another for the same.  
Take two handfuls of Cumin-Seeds, and beat it to powder; and boil it well in white-Wine, and drink of this decocted Wine 15 days together, every morning, sweetened with a little Sugar.   

Another for the same.  
Take three handfuls of Cumin, Vervain, Mynts and Rue, of each three handfuls, Licoris 1 dram, Ginger and Nutmegs; of each half an ounce: bruise them all in a Mortar, then boil them in a Gallon of white-Wine till half be wasted: Drink thereof morning and evening, first and last, for 15 days together, as hot as you can suffer it. Probatum.   

For a cold and Cough.  
Take Hyssop, Rosemary, Planten, and Radish Roots; of each a like quantity, and boil them in white-Wine from a Pottle to a quart; then poer out the Liquor, and put the Herbs into a Mortar, and mingle them well together, bruising them, and strain them into the Liquor again: then take a pint of Life-Honey, and boil it and scum it, and put thereto a quarter of a pound of May-Butter that is clarified; and let it seethe together by the space that one may say the Psalm of Miserere mei Deus, (that is, the 51 Psalm in English, called in those days one of the 7 Penitential Psalms: but now penitency is out of fashion. The Psalm will not hurt you, if you think it not too much superstition to read it; neither will your Reading it do the Psalm any hurt at all; nor your letting it alone, will not alter its Religion.) Then strain it through a linen Cloth, and take the Collature, (that is, the Liquor or Medicine, thus compounded,) and reserve it in a glass Vessel close stopped, And let the Patient take a little thereof first and last, in a draught of stolen Ale, warm, till it be whole; for this is a proved Medicine; saith my Author in Haec Verba.   

For a Man or Woman that hath great sickness in the sides, and cannot well draw their wind, nor Cough, for pain.  
Take Hill-wort, Alexander, Parsly, Lovage, Smallage, red Fennel, Burnet, Grommel; of each a like quantity, seethe them in sufficient quantity of white-Wine till half be wasted: And let the Patient Drink thereof hot, first and last.   

For a Cough.  
Take the Juice of Sage, and Rue, and Hyssop; of each a like quantity, of Cumin, Pepper, Licorice, and sweet Fennel Seeds in powder; of each a like quantity: seethe them all in clarified Honey, sufficient to make an Electuary thereof, and let the Patient take thereof morning and evening.   

Of the Tumour or swelling in the Throat, called the Squinancy.  
This is a dangerous Disease, that cometh about the Troat-Boll, and shutteth up the inward parts of the Throat, so that thereby the breath is stopped: which commonly proceedeth of gross humours, that fall from the Head into the Throat; which is also increased by sleeping immediately after meals. The Patient if he feel this infirmity approaching, aught to purge his Head well with Pill Elephanginae, eat and drink but little, and to eat light meats, and Gargarize his mouth with Wine of Pomegranates and Barleywater mingled together.  
Also take Syrup of Poppeys, and Syrup of Mulberryes, of each one dram, Rose-water 3 ounces: temper them together, and use them as the other before. But to conclude;  
Take Album Graecum, Anglicè, a white Dog's Turd; beat it to powder, and mix it with Syrup of Mulberryes, Black-berryes, or Honey, and give it to the Patient to swallow by little and little. Probatum.   

To strengthen the Memory; an Experiment of Johannes Coletus, taught him by a Jew. A Gargarism to cleanse the Head for the Memory.  
TAke Pieretrum, Margerum, Galingale, Ginger, Caraway, Broad Planten-Seed, and Mustardseed; beat them gross together, and put two ounces of this powder to one quart of Water, into a Vessel close stopped, and boil it in Balneo; then when it hath well sodden, put a quart of strong Wine to it, and an ounce of clear Honey; and let it seethe again till about a pint of the Liquor be wasted: herewith gargarize the mouth well, and many times together, every morning, holding it hot a good while in the mouth, that the fume may ascend up into the Head; but use it only, when the Moon is increasing.   

Then use this Drink for the Memory, to draw superfluous Moisture out of the Head.  
Take Ginger, long Pepper; of each one dram, Galingale one scruple, Cloves, Cubebs, of each one dram and a half: beat them all together to powder, and tie them up in a linen Cloth, and boil them in Balneo, in a pot close stopped, with 2 quarts of Wine: then let it stand covered till it be clear; then drink a good draught thereof, morning and going to bed.  
Comb your Head a good while together in the Sun, or by the fire, as the season of the year is, to open the pores: then wash your Head with Rue-Water, and drink a draught of Wine after it, and eat a bit of bread steeped in the Wine: eat light suppers, be moderate in your sleep and diet: And continue this use many days together; And then anoint the Head and Temples with this Ointment following.  
Take white Lillyes, Colewort-Leaves, Balm; of each one dram: pound them together, and put them in a pot: pour therein 2 ounces of Salad-oil, fresh Butter as much as all the rest, Spirit of Wine 4 times rectified, 3 spoonfuls of water of Rue, Sage, and Celendine, of each 2 spoonfuls, white-Wine 5 spoonfuls: incorporate and mix them all well together; then set them 6 or 8 hours in a warm place, strain it, and seethe the liquor till it be as thick as Honey, and set it in the Sun afterwards, till it look red as Copper. This Salve will keep two years. The best time to make it, is about June.  
And after the Head is purged as before is directed, anoint the hinder parts of the Head & Temples with this Salve; and keep the Head warm with a leather Cap, that it may have the better operation; wash the Head with warm Wine at night; let your meat be easy of digestion, and especially forbear excessive drinking: use this at first four days together, and then two or three days together, every eight weeks for a year, every three months the second year; and once every year afterwards, as long as you live: Let the Moon be increasing when you use it.   

A Potion to procure steep in Frantic people.  
Take white Poppey-seeds half an ounce, Roots of Mandragora, Henbane-seeds; of each half a dram, Saffron 4 grains: bruise them all together, and bind them up in a Cloth; then steep them 6 hours in 5 ounces of Water-Lilleys: then strain it, and give to the Patient of this water, from one ounce to three, according to the quality of the Disease, and strength of the party.   

Another for the same.  
Take 12 ounces of Water-Lilleys, Opium one dram; steep them together in 3 pints of Malmsey 24 hours: then cast therein one quarter of an ounce of Salt, as much Henbane-seeds, Lettice-seed 3 dragms: and distil it in Balneo; and give hereof from half a dram to a dram, at night when the Patient goes to bed.   

An Ointment or Salve to cause sleep.  
Take one ounce of Poplar Salue, 
That is the Ointment, which the Apothecary calls Unguentum Populeon.  half an ounce of Oil of Violets, Henbane-seeds, and Mandragora Roots; of each half a dram, Saffron, Cassia-wood; of each one scruple: mix them together, and apply it to the privityes of Men, and the Breasts of Women.   

For the same.  
Take Willow-leaves, Water-Lilleys, Vine-leaves, and Lettise: boil them in water, and with the Decoction bath and wash the privy Members, hands and feet.   

A Clyster against the shaking Palsy.  

Take Centaury,  
Sage,  
Rue,  
Cowslips.  
St. Johns-wort.  
Mercury; of each half a handful,  
Saffron-seed,  
Rue-seed,  
Silver Mountain-seed,  
Basil-seed; of each half an ounce,  
Agarick 5 drams,  
Stechas,  
Amaranthus of each half an ounce;   
Seethe them together in sufficient water; then take 12 or 16 ounces of this Decoction, Honey, and Oil of Lilleys, of each one ounce and a half, Salgem, and Pill Cochiae; of each half a dragm: temper them well, and administer it for a Clyster.   

A Powder for the Head, against the shaking Palsy.  

Take Field-Cypres,  
Cowslips,  
Lignum Aloes,  
Ireos,  
Hermodactils,  
Stechas,  
Margerum,  
Mints; of each half adragme,  
Spica Indie,  
Grains,  
Rue, of each one scruple,   
Beat every one by himself to a subtle Powder; then temper them together, and bestrew the Head with it, when it is new shorn.   

An excellent Confection, which resisteth Poison, and defendeth the Heart against all Contagion and Infection; comforteth the Stomach, & helpeth the Palsy, or the trembling of the Joints.  

Take Cinnamon,  
Lignum Aloes,  
Cloves,  
Spica Indie,  
Galingale,  
Licorice,  
Trochis de Vialis, sive Scammonio.  
Diarrhodon Abbatis; of each 5 drams,  
Nutmegs,  
Aliptae Muscatae,  
Sedoary,  
Spikenard,  
Mace,  
Rhabarbe,  
Red Storax, of each half an ounce,  
Pearls prepared,  
 Ivory,  
Harts Bones,  
Ginger,  
Blatia by Zantia, of each 2 dragms and a half,  
Musk,  
Amber,  
Cardamom,  
Lovage-seed,  
Basil-seed, of each one dram and a half,  
Camphire one dram,   
Make them all into a Confection, with 3 ounces of clarified Honey; take thereof every morning about the quantity of a Nutmeg.  
You may if you please, for your better conveniency, make Lozenges thereof, by adding 12 ounces of Sugar, boiled in Buglosse-water, to one ounce of the  ingredients.   

For the dead Palsy.  
Take Nutmegs, sliced Licorice, and Annis-seeds; of each one ounce, Peony Roots one dram, Elecampane Roots half an ounce, Spirit of Wine 16 ounc. Honey 8 ounces; mix these all together, and make a Conserve thereof; and if you use it in Winter, put thereto a quarter of an ounce of long Pepper, and give the Patient about a spoonful thereof every morning.   

Pills to purge for the dead Palsy.  
Take Agarick one scruple, Assafaetida half a scruple, Ginger 13 grains, Diagrydion 1 grain; make Pills thereof with the Juice of Hyssop; and after the Patient is purged, let him take this Drink following for eight days together.  
Take Egrimony-water, and Southern-wood-water, of each 2 ounces, and sweeten it with Sugar: Drink it in the morning, and fast four hours after it.   

A Syrup for the dead Palsy.  

Take Calmus half an ounce,  
Cowslips 3 handfuls,  
St. Johns-wort,  
Sage,  
Betony,  
Balm,  
Rue,  
Bayleaves, of each one handful,  
Silver Mountain,  
Balsam-wood,  
Balsam fruit,  
Bazil-seed, of each 2 dragms,  
Licorice,  
Currans,  
Lavender Flowers,  
Amaranthus, of each one ounce,   
Boyl all these together into a Syrup, with six ounces of clarified Honey, and a pint of Rain-water clarified with the white of an Egg.   

A Clyster for the dead Palsy.  

Take Sage,  
Rue,  
Stechas,  
Mallows,  
Centory,  
Mercury,  
Bran, of each half a handful,   
Seethe them all together: then take 12 ounces of this Decoction, of mix therewith Hyera Logodion half an ounce, Salt one quarter of an ounce, Salad-oil 3 ounces; minister it warm.   

A Powder to strew on the Patient's meat, in stead of spice, that hath the dead Palsy.  

Take Cinnamon 1 ounce and a half.  
Coriander,  
Cloves,  
Galingale,  
Pepper,  
Cubebs,  
Mace,  
Nutmegs,  
Saffron, of each one ounce,  
Calmus 2 ounces,  
Coutchenel half an ounce.   
Temper them all to a fine powder with 6 ounces of fine Sugar.   

A bath for the dead Palsy.  
Take Bay-berryes, Juniper-berryes, and Pepper; of each as much as you will: beat them to powder, and set the Patient in a dry bath, and pour of this powder on hot Irons tempered with Lavender-Water; and let him sweat well with the vapour thereof, then rub all the infected Members with Venice Soap till the Soap be dry: And after the Patient cometh out of the bath, keep him in a warm place, and rub the lame Joints hard with Deers-suet.   

An Ointment for the dead Palsy, Cramp and cold Gout.  

Take Squills,  
Rue,  
Calmus,  
Nettle-Roots,  
Egrimony,  
Cowslips, of each one handful,   
Pound them all together, and put to it Oil of Nuts, and old Salad-oil; of each 12 ounc. Wine as much: seethe these all together till the moisture be evaporated away: then strain it, and temper amongst it Salt-Peter, Euphorbium, Pepper, Oil of Bays, of each one ounce and a half, Galbanum, Turpentine; of each 2 ounces, Wax as much as is needful to make a Salve thereof; and keep it for the use aforesaid.   

A Powder against the falling sickness.  

Take Pearls prepared,  
Harts-bones, of each 1 dragm.  
Red Coral,  
Piony-seeds and Roots, of each half a dragm,  
Misleden one dram and a half,  
Amber prepared 2 scruples,  
White Sugar one ounce,  
Six Leaves of Gold,   
Make them all into fine powder, and take hereof a dram once a week in Piony-water or Broth.   

A Clyster for the falling sickness.  
Take Swines-bread, black Hellebore, Centory, Daffadil, of each one dram, Saffron-seed half an ounce: seethe this in a quart of water till half be consumed: take 13 ounces of this Decoction, temper therein Hyera Logodion one ounce, Oil of Euphorbium 10 drams, Salgem one dram and a half: mix them all together for a Clyster.   

A Confection for the same.  

Take Diapenidium 3 drams,  
Pliris Arcoticon 1 dragm,  
Diambra half a dragm,  
Cinnamon 1 dram and a half,  
Nutmegs,  
Cubebs, of each 2 scruples,  
Ginger one dragm,  
Sugar 8 ounces,   
Make a Confection thereof with Peony Water.   

Lozenges for the Cough and Rheum.  
Take white Poppey-seeds, Lettice-seeds, and Purslain-seeds, of each one dram, tragacanth,  and Saffron, of each half a dram, Opium 5 grains: pound all that is to be pounded, and make it to a dough with Syrup of Poppey: make Lozenges thereof as big as small Beans; and let one of these at a time dissolve in thy mouth: this is for hot Rheums.   

Other Lozenges for a Cough.  
Take Pineapple Kernels, steeped a night in Rose-water, and bitter Almonds blanched, of each 3 quarters of an ounce, Juice of Licoris 2 ounces, powder of Licoris 3 drams; make Lozenges thereof with Rose-water; they are good against the Cough, and rawness of the Throat that proceedeth thereof.   

An Ointment for pain in the back.  
Take Oil of Spike, and Oil of Lilleys, of each half an ounce, Oil of Camomile and Dill, of each one ounce, Saffron, Lavender, Madder and Egrimony, of each one dram, Mastic and Squinant, of each one scruple, Wax as much as is needful to make it a Salve: herewith anoint the backbone.   

A Clyster for a pleurisy of heat and blood.  
Take 16 ounces of broth, made of a Calves-Foot, or Lambs-Head; put therein one ounce of brown Sugar, the yolk of an Egg, 2 ounces of Salad-oil, Salt one dram and a half: temper them together for a Clyster.   

An Ointment for Scabs, and breaking out in the Legs.  
Take the red Dock-Root, the Roots of Celendine, and Wormwood, and the Leaves of Laurel; of each a like quantity: stamp them, and seethe them in May-Butter unto an Ointment; strain it, and keep it in a box for use.   

How the Body is to be Governed against Pestilential, and infectious Airs.  
The first and principal preservation, is to avoid all that may engender any Fever or Ague; and forbear all manner of excess, either of meat or drink: eat no gross meat, no Onions, Leeks, Garlick, nor fruit.  
Abstain from venereous actions; for that both openeth the Pores, and destroyeth the kind natural, and infeebleth the Spiritual Members, and the Spirits of Man.  
Also in time of Pestilence suffer no great thirst; and drink but measurably, only to slacken thy thirst: and drink such drinks as will abate heat, as Water of Borage, Endive, Lettuce, Violets, Roses, Scabious, Tormentil, Dittany; either mingled, or else severally alone by themselves: For if the Pestilence reign in the heat of the Summer, these Drinks be profitable, especially for those that be of a Choleric Complexion.  
Also when you sleep, either in the afternoons, or at night a-bed, shut your Chamber-doors and Windows close, and cast on a Pan of Coals, this Powder following.  
Take of Laurel-Leaves, and Rosemary dried, and Frankincense; of each a like quantity; make them into powder, and strew about half a spoonful hereof upon the Coals.  
Use also to burn in thy Chamber Juniper-wood; or for want thereof, Ash-wood, and use to cast on the fire Frankincense, Storax, Calamint. If one be infected with the Pestilence, and a sore begin to arise between the thigh and the privy Members, it is a sign that the Liver purgeth out the infection, in that place: then bleed on the Foot in the same side the swelling appears, the Vein betwixt thy great Toe; And if the botch be more outward to the side, and further from the privy Members, bleed then on the Vein between the Ankle and the Foot.  
If the matter appear in the cleansing place of the Head, then consider well in what side it appears, and bleed on the Medium Vein of the Arm, or the Vein of the Hand, between the Thumb and the next finger of the same side; but take good heed that you sleep not in 12 hours after bleeding.  
It is good always to have in your hand to smell to, this Pomander following, which comforteth the Vital Spirits.  
Take Lapdanum purified an ounce, Storax Calamita dissolved; Roses, Cloves, Mace; of each three half penny weight, and make them into powder: add thereto 5 spoonfuls of Oil de Bay, an ounce of Virgin's Wax: mingle them well all together, and make thereof a Ball of the quantity of a Wal-Nut.  
It is necessary in time of Pestilence, or hot Agues, to wash thy Temples, and the Pulses of thy hands with Rose-water, and Betony-water, And to wet linen  therein, and lay to thy Temples, Forehead, and Liver, and to each Arm-hole, one 4 times double.  
Let thy Cod be always freshly washed, and after dipped in Rose-water; let thy Cap be dipped also in Rose-water, after it is clean washed; and dry it in the fire, and not in the infected Air.  
Drink every morning 9 spoonfuls of white-Wine, in a saucer full of fine Vinegar; before thou go abroad out of thy house.  
You shall understand, that all the principal Members, the Heart, Brain, and Liver, have every one his proper purging place given him by nature; whereby he may avoid all infections and superfluities, and clear himself thereof.  
The Heart hath his cleansing place in the Armpits.  
The Liver hath his cleansing place in the groin, between the Thigh and the Body.  
The cleansing place of the Brain is under the Ears, at the Ear-Roots, and in the Throat.  
Then the sickness of the Pestilence cometh thus: when the Pores of the Body are open, than first entereth the venomous and corrupt Air, which infecteth the blood; and then cometh to the Heart, that is the Root and ground of Life, and infecteth all the lively Spirits in man; whereof death ensues: but the Heart and clean blood seeketh to expel, and fly from all that is noyous, and contrary unto mankind. And the Heart seeketh to expel the Corruption and venom from him to his cleansing place the Arm-hole: But then sometimes that place is stopped, that it cannot come out; than it soon passeth to the next principal Member the Liver, And then the Liver doth in his kind endeavour to expel it by his purging place the Groin: but if he be weak or obstructed, that he cannot expel it, than it runneth to the third principal Member the Brain, which also striveth to expel, and drive it out by his purging place in the Throat, and under the Ears: but if through the stopping of the Pores, or thickness of the Venomous matter that is mingled with the blood, it is hindered of this kindly course; then are all the principal Members infected and overcome thereby; whereupon death follows.   

Against infection.  
In the morning always before you go abroad, be sure to break your fast; and wash your mouth with Vinegar, wherein Wormwood hath been boiled; and afterwards hold in your mouth a bit of Zaedoary Root, Citron-Peels, Tormentil, Angelica or Unicornes-horn.  
Also it is good to anoint the mouth, lips, and nose, with this Composition following.  
Take the Juice of Garlic, and Vinegar of Roses; of each one ounce and a half, Treacle 3 quarters of an ounce, Beavercod 2 drams: mix them together for an Ointment.   

Another Ointment to anoint the Heart, not only for those that are well, but for those that are already infected.  
Take 3 quarters of an ounce of Treacle, Saffron, and Canaphire; of each 10 grains, Juice of Lemons, and Vinegar, as much as is needful to make a Salve thereof.   

A Pomander to smell to in Summer, for them that be of a hot Complexion.  
Take Water Lilley-flowers, Mynts, Violets, Vine-leaves, Roses, Mittle-seeds, white and yellow , Citron-Peels, dried Quinces, dried Prunes; of each half a dram, Saffron and Camphire; of each a scruple, Gallia Muscata 10 grains: make them up into a Pomander ball with Vinegar, wherein fine Bolus is dissolved.   

Another Pomander to be used in Plague-time.  
Take Roses a quarter of an ounce, red and white Saunders; of each one dram and a half, Camphire, Cinnamon, Mace, and Nutmegs; of each one scruple, Amber, Citron-Peels, of each half a dram, Musk 4 grains, red Storax half an ounce, Laudanum 1 ounce: beat them small, but dissolve the Laudanum with Liquid Storax, and make thereof a Pomander.  
Care must be taken in times of infection, to keep dry, and comfort the Heart, and principal Members; for which it is good to take once a week a dram of Mithridate and Treacle in Sorrel-water, and sweat after it: and keep within Doors all the day after.   

Pills preservative against the Plague.  
Take the Pestilential Pills, called at the Apothecaries, Pill Ruffi 4 scruples, Agarick prepared half a dragm, Zedory, and Angelica, of each one dragm, Rhabarb 1 scruple, Trochisci Alhaudal 5 grains: make Pills hereof with Carduns' water, take a dram hereof once a week 3 hours after Supper: in the morning drink a draught of the Decoction of Pease, and fast 3 hours after it,   

A Confection to strengthen and preserve nature against corrupt and Pestilent Airs.  
Take Sealed Earth, white Diptamus: fine Bolus, Myrrh, Wormwood, Rue, Scabious, Pimpernel, Sorrel, and Zedoary, of each 1 dram, Aristolochy, Tormentil, and Bay-leaves; of each 1 dram and a half, 5 or 6 Kernels of Wal-nuts 12 new Figgs, Mithridate and Treacle, of each an ounce, Saffron and Camphire; of each one scruple, Unicorns-horn, prepared Pearls, Bones of a Stag's Heart,  Hartshorn and Smaragdes; of each one dram and a half, Citron-seeds peeled half an ounce, Mace 1 dram: pound all that is to be pounded, & with Syrup of Citrons make them into a Confection; and take a little hereof morning and evening, in Winter, in a draught of Malmsey or Muscadine, and in Summer with Rose-water.   

A Powder against the Plague.  
Take Pimpernel, Gentian, Tormentill, Dragon, Rue, Wormwood, Nut Kernels, Granats prepared, and Juniper Berries; of each a like quantity: use it upon a toasted piece of bread; or if you will, you may make a Confection hereof with Treacle, and Vinegar of Roses.  
Thus far by way of prevention, if one be infected: The first means to be used, is to provoke sweat, and that both morning and evening, (if the Patient can abide it,) for which you may use this Confection.   

A Confection to cause sweat, when one is infected of the Plague.  
Take Treacle and Mithridate, of each half an ounce, Pimpernel, and Angelica; of each 10 grains, Cardamom 5 grains, Camphire 5 grains, Cinnamon 10 grains; make thereof a Confection; give the Patiented the quantity of a Hazelnut thereof, in Carduus or Sorrel-water; and then cover him well, and let him sweat well 3 or 4 hours after, if he be able. If you have none of this Confection ready at hand, then take a dram of Treacle or Mithridate, in Carduus or Sorrel-water.   

A Diaphoretical Potion, that expelleth the Contagion of the Plague, and all Venom and Pestilent Diseases.  
Take Rue, Wormwood, and the uppermost tops of Black-berryes; of each a handful, Celendine a handful and a half; put them into a Pot with a pint of Vinegar, and stop the Pot very close, that there come in no air, nor no vapour get out; and then let them seethe in Balneo, till the third part be consumed: then strain it out, and keep it close stopped; give the Patient 2 or 3 ounces of this drink when he is infected, and let him sweat after it, and not sleep.   

An Oil to provoke sweat, and expel the Venom of the Plague.  
Take a glass Bottle as big as you will, fill it halffull of Elder flowers, a third part of hollyhock Flowers, and uppermost a third part of the Flowers of St. Johns-wort; filling herewith the glass: then put thereon old salad-oil as much as the glass will hold; stop it very close, and let it stand a sunning a whole Summer; with this Oil rub the Body very warm 3 or 4 times a day; it provoketh sweat abundantly.  
Anoint the sick Persons Breast or Heart, with this Medicine following.  
Take of the best Treacle one ounce, Juice of Lemons and Vinegar, of each half an ounce, Saffron and Camphire, of each one scruple: mingle them together, and spread them on a piece of Scarlet, and apply it: If a Plague-soar begin to appear with any redness, and will not imposthumate, then take a young Pullet, & pull off the feathers off her Belly; then cut her open and hold it upon the swelling: then shortly after take another, and do as before.   

Another to draw out the Plaguesore.  
Take a great Onion, and roast it with Treacle therein, and lay it upon the soar with a plaster of Oxicroceum, and Diachilon cum Gummis.  
Also take the common Plaster of Diachilor 3 drams, and the Juice of Celendine; and make a Salve thereof with a little Wax: or seethe Coleworts with a little Bacon, and lay it on the swelling; and when you see it begin to imposthumate, then use this following.  
Take hollyhock Roots, Scabious, and Mallows; of each a like quantity: seethe them and beat them to a Pap, and make thereof a Plaster with Barrows-Grease; And apply it to the swelling.   

To kill the Plague-soar.  
Take 2 or 3 yolks of new laid Eggs, and temper therewith about half an ounce of Salt pounded small, and lay it on the place, renewing it every quarter of an hour.  
If the sore Corrode further, take fine Bolus, Dragons-blood, Vinegar, Rose-water, and whites of Eggs, as much as you please: lay the same Plasterwise upon the sore.  
When the Plaguesore is throughly killed, take Scabious 4 handfuls, Treacle one ounce, Barrows-Grease one ounce and a half: stamp the Herbs, and make a Plaster thereof, and refresh it often.   

To cleanse the Ulcer, and engender new flesh when other accidents are past.  
Take Turpentine, washed in Scabious water 4 ounces, Barly-meal one ounce, two yolks of Eggs, Saffron, Sarcocolla, Mastic and Frankincense; of each half a dram: mix them all together for a Plaster.  
Lastly, take Beaten half an ounce, Honey of Roses a sufficient quantity, to make thereof a Salve; use it till the sore be perfectly whole. Et Laudate Dominum.  A fulgure & tempestate, A Pestilentia & fame, a bello & Caedibus, A subitanea, & improvisa morte, Abira tua, & a morte perpetua; libera nos Domine, Amen.   

OF URINES.  
IN the Judgement of Urines, you must have regard to the Substance, Colours, Regions, and Contents. And these be the Colours of Waters that follow.  
Urine white as Clay-water of a Well, this Colour signifies ill Digestion, a bad Stomach, and a bad Liver: if you see in this Colour many shining beams, it denotes an Imposthume in the Milt.  
Medicine. Take Gromel, Saxifrage, Parsly, and Sage; boil them in stolen Ale, and drink it: Also use powder of them in thy Pottage.  
If the Urine be white as Whey, thick, and little in quantity; it betokeneth the flux.  
Medicine. Make Drink with white Poppy-Seeds, and Lettuce, and use it.  
A white Russet: if it be thick in substance, it betokeneth the Cholica Passio.  
Medicine. Take Water-Cresses and grind them small, and boil them in white-Wine, and drink thereof evening and morning.  
Urine of the Colour, as it were broth of flesh half sodden; If it be little in quantity, and fat as Oil, and frothy above, it betokeneth wasting.  
Medicine. Take the powder of Elecampane and Turmentil; and boil them with clarified Honey, and make a Confection thereof, and so use it.  
Urine of the Colour of broth of flesh well sodden, and thick in substance; it denotes a quotidian Fever that comes of Phlegm. And this and all the other 5 colours are signs of bad Digestion.  
Medicine. Take Vinegar and Mustard, and boil them together, and then take Treacle as much as a bean or two: wash it with white-Wine, and mix therewith, and use it when the sickness taketh thee.  
Urine of a yellow Colour, as a yellow Apple, with a thin substance, and a salt savour, betokeneth a double Tertian that comes of Melancholy.  
Medicine. Take Figs, Licorice, Hyssop, horehound and Elecampane: and boil them in water till half be wasted, and drink thereof morning and night.  
Colour of Urine red as Saffron, if any yellow froth above it, betokens the Jaundice.  
Medicine. Take Mirobalans, Aloes, Epatick, Seine, Sugar and Annis: make them into powder, and use thereof at night and morning.  
Urine as pale Gold, and thin in substance, in a Child denotes a quotidian; in a young Man a tertian; in an old Man a double tertian; and in a Woman a quartain.  
Medicine. Take Powder of Get, the seed of Cresses, and seeds of Broom; and use it in thy Pottage.  
Of the Colour of red Gold, thick in substance, and shadowing above, betokens a lasting quotidian.  
Medicine. Take Satyrion-Roots, Mustardseed, Pepper, Annis and Cinnamon: and mix them with Honey to an Electuary, and so use it.  
Urine as red as a Rose, and thick, denotes a burning Fever.  
Medicine. Let him blood under the Ankle, or on the Vein of the Arm; And take Aloes, Epatick 1 dram, and boil it in a pint of white-Wine, and drink thereof a spoonful, at evening and in the morning.  
Urine as black Wine, or rotten blood, This in a lasting Fever betokeneth death: if it be troubled, fatty and stinking, it betokens bursting of a Vein in the reins.  
Medicine. Take Osmond, Savin, and Gromel; and boil them with white-Wine, and clarified Honey; and use it first and last.  
Urine green as words, and little in quantity, betokens death.  
Urine black as a Coal, fatty and stinking, betokens death.  
Subrufus is like Gold & Silver medley.  
This Colour betokens a Fever and Imposthume. If there be a Circle with small Bells in it, as it were of rain-water, it is a wind in th' Head that riseth out of the Stomach.  
Medicine. Take powder of Elecampane and Turmentil, and boil them to a Confection with Honey, and use it.  
Albus, like a clear water, it denotes wasting of the Spleen, the Dropsy, Madness, pissing against one's will, heat of the Liver, emrod's, and stopping of the Flowers,  
Medicine. Make a Drink of Gromel, Saxifrage, Pellitory, Sage, and Hemp: & seethe them in stolen Ale, and drink it.  
When the Urine hath great contents and stink, it betokeneth pain in the reins and the Spleen.  
If it be bloody and clear, and pure, it denotes a Vein broke in the Liver; if it be little, with a strong savour, and lie in Gobbets in the Bottom, it cometh from the bladder: If it be spotted as blood, and red, the pain is in the reins and in the share.  
If it be clear and blackish, than the pain is in the back, and in the share, and about the bladder.  
Raw humours is a content of the Urine; which you shall know thus.  
If the Urine after his casting fleet full of Gravel motes, which come of the residence of the bottom, or in the middle Region, then in the Urine be raw humours; And if the raw humours be above on the water, it betokeneth a straitness in the Breast, and shortness of breath, and nipping of the Spleen: If it appear in the middle, it signifies gripping in the Body and Guts, and wind in the Stomach, which cometh of excess of meat and drink. And if they be in the bottom, the pain is in the reins, and sometimes it is in the Cod.  
Fat without Axies, betokeneth wasting of Grease about the Fundament: if it be with Axies, wasting of the Body.  
Moats white, small and round, signifies the Gout both in Man and Woman.  
Spermatick Resolutions, if they appear fleeting about in the Urine, and the Urine raw in Colour; it denotes involuntary wasting of the Seed.  

How to know Man's Urine from Woman's, and Beasts from Man or Woman.  
You shall understand, that if there be any trouble in Man's Urine, it showeth itself in the midst of the Urine: and in the Woman's Urine it doth not so. And the froth after the casting of Man's Urine, it shall be long; and of a Woman's after the casting it shall be round: thus saith Avicenna.  
Now to know Beasts Water from Man's Water; Beasts Water is more sad and subtle of Complexion. Also the Beasts Water swelleth more than the Mans.  
Also mingle the Urine of a Beast with a Man's, and they shall part asunder.  
And if it be a Cow that is with Calf, the Contents of the Cow's Urine is much greater than the Urine of a Woman; in as much as the Woman is less (and fair of Complexion) than the Cow is.  
Urine fat and troubled, betokeneth a burning Fever that cometh of Choler.  
Urine red and thick over all with a black Circle, betokens sickness over all: and if the Patient sweat not, it is death.  
Urine white and thin, and little, declares cold in the Body.  
Urine clear with a black Circle, betokeneth the Phthisic.  
Urine thin and somewhat black above in the casting, declares great loss of Nature.  
Urine thick and troubled as Horse-pisse, betokens Headache.  
Urine fat in the bottom, white in the midst, and red above, betokens a Fever quartain.  
Urine that hath black Contents, small as moats in the midst of the Water, signifies an Imposthume under the side.  
Urine that hath grains under the Circle, betokens a Stomach full of Worms, and burning of the Heart.  
Urine that is foul above, signifies heat in the Heart, in the Lungs, and in the Spleen.  
Urine frothy, clear, and a little red, betokens pain under the right side.  
Urine of a Woman that is with Child, that Water shall have some clear strikes: and the most part shall be troubled; and the troubleness shall be reddish in the manner of a tawny: and this token shall never fail. As soon as the Child hath life, if it be a Girl, the troubleness shall draw downward; and if it be a Boy, it shall ascend above.  
Urine of a Woman, white, heavy and stinking, betokeneth pain in the reins, and pain of the Mother, and sickness of cold.  
Urine of a Woman shining as bright Gold, signifieth lust to a man.  
Urine of a Woman that fleeteth fat above, betokens pain in the reins.  
Urine of a Woman with black Contents in the bottom, betokens falling of the Flowers.  
Urine of a Woman coloured as white Lead; if she be with Child, the Child is dead within her. And if she be not with Child, and the Water stink, it betokeneth that the Mother is rotten.  
Urine of a Woman coloured as Linseed, and if she have the flux, it betokeneth death.  
Urine of a Woman red as Gold, with a watery Circle above, signifies that she is with Child.  
If thou see thy face in a Woman's Water, and she be without a Fever, it betokeneth she is with Child. But if thou see thy face in the Urine of a hot Fever, it is a sign of death.  
And if thou see thy face in Urine that hath no Axes, it betokens long sickness.  
Urine thin in substance, having fleeting above as it were a dark Sky, betokens death.   

Of the Regions of the Urine.  
You shall understand, that in the Urine, when it is in the Urinal, there be three Regions. The first, second, and the third.  
The third beginneth at the bottom of the Urinal, and lasteth to the thickness of a finger's breadth upward.  
The second Region gins as the 3 doth end, and lasteth upward to the Circle.  
And the first Region contains all that is upward above the Circle. And in these Regions be divers Contents.  
There be 4 Contents that belong to Urines, which I will here declare to you; and first, I will begin at froth. Froth that dwelleth and cleaveth to the Circle, betokeneth indigestion, and wind in the Stomach, and in the Bowels, and in the Head: And if above that froth dwell great Bubbles, it betokeneth great pain in the reins.  
And if the froth dwell small, it's a sign of burning in the Stomach, and burnt blood in the Liver.  
If the froth be full of grains, it betokens Rheum in the Head, Breast, and the black Jaundice.  
If it be green, it's a sign of the Jaundice that cometh of  blood in the Liver.  
A small sky appearing and shadowing the Urine above; if the Urine be a party blue, it betokeneth pain at the Heart, and shortness of breath, and wind that cometh of the Lungs: And if the Urine be not blue, and such a sky shadow the Urine above it, it betokens chafing of the Liver, and especially if the froth be yellow.  
A Circle thick, and little Colour, betokeneth pain in the Brains.  
A Circle thick and little, and coloured as Purple, betokeneth pain in the forehead.  
A Circle black or white, thin, and a little coloured, betokens pain in the left side of the Head.  
A Circle thin and high-coloured, as red or yellow, signifies pain in the right side of the Head.  
A Circle green, betokens wavering in the Head, and pain in the Stomach; And if it appear in an hot Axis, it betokeneth the frenzy that cometh of cold.  
A Circle in a hot Axis, coloured blue, if it trembled, betokeneth death.  
Grains that dwell in the Circle, after casting of the Urine gone down, and after rise up again to the Circle, they betoken Rheum in the Head.  
And if they go down, and turn not again to the Circle, than they signify Rheum in the Breast, Lungs, and the Spleen: And if you see 2 small grains, or more, in the second Region, knit to a small sky, they betoken pain in the Breast, of Rheum, a bad Stomach, Liver and Lungs.  
Urine white or pale, neither too thick nor too thin, with an even and clean substance, betokeneth health in a Melancholy man.  
Urine white as Water, and not thin, with beams as they were yards, appearing in the midst, betokens sickness of the Spleen.  
These be the tokens: overthwart swelling in the side, with hardness, indigestion, a small Neck, a lean Body, heaviness and sloth in all the Body, Especially if they go against a Hill; Paleness of Visage, and swelling after meat.  
Urine white and thin, with fleshly and long resolutions, much in quantity, and often made, betokens a sickness that is called Diabites; and of the said sickness, cometh Urine overmuch and unmeasurably. The tokens are, great thirst, unmeasurable dryness of Body; and this breedeth often the Dropsy.  
Urine white and thin, with small round moats, betokeneth the cold Gout.  
The tokens are. The Patient is wan of colour, and shaking.  
Urine white and thin as Water, with a manner of darkeness, and with Gravel, betokeneth the stone, and the spices thereof; as is showed in the Contents.  
Urine white and thin, long continuing, with Scales, and black resolutions, signifies in Woman's Water, stopping of her Flowers. The tokens are, ache in the Head, and Back, and Neck, and in the nether part of the Body, And an evil appetite to meat.  
Urine in the beginning red, and shining as flames of fire, and thin, and after white and thin; betokeneth the Frenzy.  
These be the tokens: a Fever, Ague, great thirst, Alienation of mind, and many times they think their bed is full of straw, or such like things, which they seek after; and when they cannot find it, they be very raging.  
Urine white and thin as colour of Lead with whiteness, betokens the falling sickness.  
These be the tokens: heaviness of the Head, sloth of the Body, Yawning, Quaking of the Hands and Feet, Pollution of Nature, pissing involuntarily.  
Urine white and thin, and clear, and much shining, and little Gravel appearing, betokens the swimming in the Head, which is called Vertigo.  
These be the tokens: ache in the Head, and especially in the forehead, darkness of the Eyes, and overcasting of the uppermost part: so that if they see wheels go, or running water, they fall down; loathe of meat, and oftentimes abomination of the Stomach.  
Urine white and thin in lean people, betokeneth wasting of the substance of the Body.  
These be the tokens: the Face is wan, the Eyes hollow and dry, a faint heat like a soft Fever, in the hands, loathing of meat.  
Urine white and thin, in what sickness soever it be, betokeneth indigestion, and feebleness of natural heat.  
The tokens be these: closing of wind under the Ribs and the Sides, rumbling in the womb, swelling of the Sides, heaviness of the Eyes and Joints; The Body slothful, and evil disposed on the left side. And thus have I set before you the Symptoms of Diseases our frail Bodies are incident unto, manifested by the Urine: if you desire to know the Medicines, look into the Table annexed to this Mirror of Health, where you will find several fitted, and plainly prepared for you; for which means give God the praise.   
Triuni Deo, sacrosanctae & individuae Trinitati, sit Honour & Gloria, in secula seculorum, Amen.  
23 July 1656. Sol in Aries 10. 33. Per Rob. Turner.