This is the glass of health. A great Treasure for poor men, necessary and needful for every person to look in, that will keep their body from sicknesses, and diseases: and it showeth how the planets reign every hour of the day & the night, with the natures & expositions of the xii signs, divided by the xii Months of the year. And after followeth of all the evil and dangerous days of the year. And showeth the remedies, for divers infirmities and diseases, that hurteth the body of man. ¶ These been the iii perilous mondays in the year to let blood or to take any medicine or purgation, that is for to say. The first monday of August, the second is the last Monday of Apryll, and the third is the last monday of Decembre. ¶ The Prologue of the Author. I Do you well to wit, that this Book profiteth greatly to every surgeon, for to know in what sign, or what degree of the sign the son and the Moon sitteth every day/ In any of the xii signs/ And not only it is profitable to surgeons, but also to physicians, and Barboures, and to all that use to give medicines, or laxatives, or to use any Passions, or cutting, or letting of Blood/ For as the son passeth thorough all the xii signs, by the space of a year, abiding in a sign xxx days/ right so doth the Moon pass thorough all the xii signs, that in xxx days abiding in a sign lx hours, and as the Moon among all planets is next the Earth in course. So he hath most effect of working, in these earthly things, after the disposition of the Nature of the signs that he hath his course in? And therefore it is full good and necessary truly to know the state, the course, & the nature of the Moon. For thereby a man may know, when it is good to begin many divers things, & when it is not good/ And also what wether most likely is to fall, after the nature of the signs, whether dry, or moist, hot, or cold there shall follow after the Nature of the sign that he is in/ In divers conjunctions of planets, that is joined therewith/ And therefore naturally in order, I purpose me to declare, shortly in the third Chapter, the nature & the state of every sign that he passeth by. Thus endeth the Porlogue. ¶ And here followeth the Table. THe first chapter of this Book, showeth of the xii days of the week, with their planets. Capitulum. primum. ¶ And how the planets reign, in every hour of the day & of the night. And the first is the hours of the Sunday Capi. 2. ¶ The natures and expositions of the xii Signs, divided by the xii months of the year Capitulum. 3. ¶ And after followeth the evil and perilous days of the year Cap, 4, ¶ And first the remedy for the pestilence. ca 5. ¶ For to spurge the head Cap, 6, Also for to spo●tge the head Cap, 7, ¶ For the head ache Cap, 8, ¶ For the aching of the head Cap, 9 ¶ For the tooth ache Cap, 10, ¶ For the ache of a hollow tooth Ca, 11, ¶ Also for the tooth ache, Cap, xii, ¶ Also for the tooth ache, Cap, xiii, ¶ Also yet for the tooth ache, Cap. xiiii, ¶ For stench in the mouth, Ca, xv, ¶ For a stinking breath, Cap, xvi, ¶ For ache & worms in the ears, ca, xvii. A precious water for poison, and specially against the pestilence, Cap, xviii, ¶ For running eyen, Cap, nineteen, ¶ For red Blered eyen, Cap, xx, For eyen that be dasuited or dryke, Ca, xxi, ¶ A precious water for the sight of the eyen, Cap. xxii. ¶ For the pin, and the web in the eyen, Cap. xxiii. ¶ For all evils in the eyen, Ca, xxiiii, ¶ For boiling in the eyen, Cap, xxv, ¶ For a stinking breath, Cap, xxvi, ¶ For a hot swollen stomach, Cap, xxvii, ¶ For the stomach that acheth, that cometh of cold, Cap, xxviii, ¶ For to force the stomach, cap, xxix, ¶ For the Stomach, and the Belly that a●keth, cap, thirty, For a man that is sick, in the stomach or in the belly, or at the heart, or head, or were bitten with any venomus be'st, or poisoned. ca xxxi. ¶ For rising under the stomach. ca xxxii. ¶ A good plaster for the rising under the stomach, Cap, xxxiii, ¶ For he●e in the stomach, cap, xxxiiii, ¶ For brenning in the stomach, ca, xxxv, ¶ For to avoid flew out of the stomach & also out of the head cap, xxxvi. Foyes all evils in the stomach ca, xxxvii. For a disease at the heart cap, xxxviii, For weakness of the heart cap, xxxix. For faintness of the heart Cap, xl. For the breast that is encumbered ca xli ¶ For a man woman or child that is broken in the belly cap, xlii. ¶ A plaster to knit him Cap. xliii. ¶ For the plaster in May Cap. xliiii. ¶ For to break wind in the belly Ca xlv. ¶ For a swollen womb Cap. xlvi. ¶ For aching of the womb Cap xlvii For the heart brenning Cap xlviii, For sore sides within forth cap. xlix, Eontra telan● & maculam in oculo ca, 50, For a woman's pap that is sore cap, 51. ¶ For the liver that is corrupted and wasted Capitulum, 52, ¶ For heat in the liver Cap, 53, ¶ Also for heat in the liver of a man that his Colour is yellow Cap., 54, For a man's breast that is encumbered Ca, 55. ¶ For a man that hath worms in his belly and his body be lean, cap, lvi, ¶ For the breast and the lungs, cap, lvii, ¶ For to avoid & destroy phlegm, ca, lviii, ¶ For the stone, cap, lix, Another for the stone, capi, lx, ¶ For the colic, strangury & the stone ca, lxi, ¶ For a man that is lepre, and it take in his legs, and go upward, cap, lxii, ¶ For a dertre in a man's flesh, cap, lxiii, ¶ For a sauce phlegm visage, cap, lxiiii, ¶ For him that can not hold his water, ca, lxv, Another for the same, cap, lxvi, ¶ For to destroy phlegm, cap, lxvii, ¶ For a womb that is hard, ca, lxviii, ¶ For the bloody mention, cap, lxix, ¶ For a man's stones that be swollen, ca, lxx, ¶ For to make one sklender, cap, lxxi, ¶ For him that lacketh wind, ca, lxxii, ¶ For him that is costyfe. cap. lxxiii. ¶ For a wicked blast in the vyfage, ca, lxxiiii, ¶ For the shingles, capi, lxxv. ¶ For the kowghe, cap, lxxvi. ¶ For the pe●yll●us kowghe, cap, lxxvii Also for the chynke kowghe, cap, lxxviii, ¶ For the Itch, capi, lxxix, ¶ For to draw a bile, from one place to another. capitul. lxxx. ¶ For him that pisseth blood, ca lxxxi. ¶ For him that hath lost his mind, ca lxxxii. Another for the same, cap. lxxxiii. ¶ For him that hath the frenzy, ca lxxxiiii. if one vomysshe to moche, cap. lxxxv. ¶ For a disease in the ears, cap. lxxxvi. ¶ For a man that hath his ears sown within, capitul. lxxxvii. ¶ For sinews that shrink after that they have ●en hurt, and healed again, cap. lxxxviii. ¶ For to staunch blood, cap. lxxxix. Also to staunch blood, cap. lxxxx. ¶ For an impostume, cap. lxxxxi. ¶ For spitting of blod●, cap. lxxxxii. ¶ For wild fire, that is called the fire of hell, capitul. lxxxxiii. ¶ For biting of a mad dog, ca lxxxxiiii. ¶ For to do away a wen, cap. lxxxxv. To break a fellow in a night, cap. lxxxxvi. ¶ For the Meg●ym, cap. lxxxxvii. ¶ For the morfewe, cap. lxxxxviii. ¶ For to stop the flix, cap. lxxxxix. ¶ For the Canker, wild fire, & Ignis sancti Antonii, capi. c. ¶ For to make hear grow, cap. c. i. ¶ For to do away hear, cap. c. two. ¶ For a scald head, cap. c. iii. ¶ For the yellow jaundice, cap. c. iiii. ¶ For the black jaundice capitul. c. v. ¶ for worms and heat in the hands ca c. vi. ¶ for the Gout, cap. c. seven. ¶ for sore knees that doth swell & ache ca c. viii. ¶ for the fallyn●e evil, cap. c. ix. Also for brenning or scalding, ca c. x. Also for brenning with fire, ca c. xi. To hele hurts and wounds, cap. c. xii. To make a salve to draw & to hele ca c. xiii. ¶ for stinging of Edders & snakes. ca c. xiiii. ¶ for him that can not sleep, cap. c. xv. ¶ for the Palsy, cap. c. xvi. A good drink for the pox, ca c. xviii. ¶ For the gout or the swelling of joints, knobs, and knorres, that cometh of Ache of the pox, capitul. c. nineteen. ¶ for the cramp, cap. c. xx. ¶ for spots of the morfewe, cap. c. xxi. To put away the morfewe, ca c. xxii. ¶ For a Child that is lowe fall, or Mould fall, or Rose fall, cap. c. xxiii. ¶ for the Mother, cap. c. xxiiii. ¶ for all fever Agues, and for young children sucking the breast, cap. c. xxv. ¶ for to destroy poison, cap. c. xxvi. ¶ For the Ague infected with the Pestilence, Capitulum. c. xxvii. ¶ Finis Tabula. ¶ And hereafter followeth the vii days of the week, with the planets. Capitulo. Pri. IN these vii planets you ought to know that the Sunday hath his doings under the Son. ¶ The Monday under the Moon. ¶ Tuesday under Mars. ¶ The wednesday under Mercury. ¶ The Thursday under jupiter. ¶ The friday under Venus. ¶ The saturday under Saturn. ¶ Note well, that all the true act and operation ought to be made under his Planette, and is best and it be made on his proper day of the Planette, and the hour propre exempt. ¶ Under Saturn is the life edifice, doctrine and mutation comprynse. ¶ Under jupiter obtain honour, richesse, and gay costly garments. ¶ Under Mars, battle, prison, marriage, & enmity. ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ Under the Son, esperance, gain, fortune, and heritage. ¶ Under Venus, love, society, life loving, and walking abroad. ¶ Under Mercury, sickness, misery, debt, and fearfulness. ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ Under the Moon, sloth, evil thoughts and theft. ✚ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ Here followeth how the planets reign in every hour of the day, and of the night. And the first is the hours of the sunday. Cap ii ¶ The hours of the Sunday. THe first hour of the sunday reigneth Sol, the second Venus, the third Mercury, the fourth Luna, the fifth Saturn, the sixth jupiter, the seventh Mars, the eight Sol the ninth Venus, the tenth Mercury, the eleventh Luna, the twelfeth Saturn. ¶ The hours of the Sunday night. ¶ The first hour is jupiter, the ii mars, the iii sol, the four venus, the .v. mercury, the vi luna, the vii faturne, the viii jupiter, the ix mars the ten sol, the xi venus, the xii mercury. ¶ The hours of the Monday. ¶ The first hour luna, the ii saturn, the iii jupiter, the four mars, the .v. sol, the vi venus, the vii mercury, the viii luna, the ix saturn, the ten jupiter, the xi mars, the xii sol. ¶ The hours of the monday night. ¶ The first venus, the ii mercury, the iii luna, the four saturn, the .v. jupiter, the vi mars, the vii sol, the viii venus, the ix mercury, the ten luna, the xi saturn, the xii jupiter. ¶ The hours of the tuesday. ¶ The first mars, the ii sol, the iii venus, the four mercury, the .v. luna, the vi saturn, the vii jupiter, the viii mars. the ix sol, the ten venus, the xi mercury, the xii luna. ¶ The hours of the tuesday night. ¶ The first saturn, the ii jupiter, the iii mars. the four sol. the .v. venus, the vi mercury, the vii luna. the viii saturn, the ix jupiter, the ten mars, the xi sol, the xii venus. ¶ The hours of the wednesday. ¶ The first mercury, the ii luna, the iii saturn, the four jupiter, the .v. mars, the vi sol, the vii venus, the viii mercury, the ix luna, the ten saturn, the xi jupiter, the xii mars. ¶ The hours of the wednesday night. ¶ The first sol, the ii venus, the iii mercury, the four luna, the .v. saturn, the vi jupiter, the vii mars, the viii sol, the ix venus, the ten mercury, the xi luna, the xii saturn. ¶ The hours of the thursday. ¶ The first jupiter, the ii mars, the iii sol. the iiii. venus, the .v. mercury, the vi luna, the vii saturn, the viii jupiter, the ix mars, the ten sol, the xi venus, the xii mercury. ¶ The hours of the thursday night. ¶ The first luna, the ii saturn, the iii jupiter, the four mars, the .v. sol, the vi venus, the vii mercury, the viii luna, the ix saturn, the x. jupiter, the xi mars, the xii sol. ¶ The hours of the friday. ¶ The first venus, the ii mercury, the iii luna, the four saturn, the .v. jupiter, the vi mars, the vii sol, the viii venus, the ix mercury, the x luna, the xi saturn, the xii jupiter. ¶ The hours of the friday night. ¶ The first mars, the ii sol, the iii venus, the four mercury, the .v. luna, the vi saturn, the vii iupiret, the viii mars, the ix sol, the ten venus, the xi mercury, the xii luna. ¶ The hours of the saturday. ¶ The first saturn, the ii jupiter, the iii mars the four sol, the .v. venus, the vi mercury, the vii luna, the viii▪ saturn, the ix jupiter, the ten mars, the xi sol, the xii venus. ¶ The hours of the saturday night. ¶ The first mercury, the ii luna, the iii saturn, the four jupiter, the .v. mars, the vi sol, the vii venus, the viii mercury, the ix luna, the ten saturn, the xi jupiter, the xii mars. ¶ Note well. ¶ Note that jupiter and Venus been good, Saturn and Mars evil, Sol and Luna indifferent, Mercury is good with them that be good, and evil with them that be evil. ¶ Also note well that the hours of the planets been different to them of the Clocks, for the hours of the Clocks be equal always of lx minutes, but they of the planets when the day and the night been equal, that the Son is in one of the Equinocces they be equal, but as soon the days longeth or shorteth, so doth the natural hours, by this it is convenient alway, for the day to have xii temporal hours and the night xii temporal hours? And when the days been long, and the hours long, and the days short, and the hours short, in like wise is the night. And nevertheless an hour of the day, and an hour of the night, both together have xl minutes, as for two hours Artyfycyales, that the one leaveth, the other taketh. And than take we our planets from the Son rising, and not before unto the son going down, and than all the remnant is night. And so about the month of Decembre the days have but viii hours Artyfycyales of the Clocks, and they have xii temporales, than let the viii hours Artyfycyalles be divided in equal parties, and it shall be xii times lx minutes, and every party shall be a temporal hour, that shall be of xl minutes and no more. Thus in Decembre the temporal hours of the day, have but xl minutes, but the hours of the night have lxxx minutes. For in that time the nights have xvi hours Arty●ycyalles, if they been divided in xii parties been lxxx minutes, For every temporal hour of the night in Decembre have lxxx minutes & xl For an hour of the day been vi score minutes in two temporal hours, as many in two hours Artyfycyalles, that been each of xl minutes. In the month of june is the contrary. In March and in september all hours been equal: as is the days in other months by equal portion. ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ Thus endeth the vii planets, upon the vii days in the week. ¶ And hereafter followeth the natures, and expositions of the xii signs divided by the xii Months of the year. Capitulo iii ¶ March hath the sign of the Ra●. And is indifferent for taking of purgation. And is very good to let blood. ARies is a sign movable hot and dry, choleric, nature of the fire, and hath lordship in man's head & the face, and the parties longing to the head, when the Moon is in that sign, beware of cutting in the head or in the face, or in any vain that longeth to the head. Also it is perilous in the beginning of Aries to take any head ache, or any hurting in the head, for it were token of long during or else of death, but it is not so perilous in the end of it, and this sign is movable oriental and of masculine kind, than is good to work all things that is wrought with fire, and it is good to take voyages toward the east, and it is good to let blood on the arm, and to bathe thee, and to sow sedes, and to make matrimonies, and to begin all good works that thou would soon end, and is evil to do things, which thou wouldest have long last, for asmuch as the Ram is a be'st that roungeth, and casteth up again the meat that he eateth tofore. Therefore than there should no medicine, nor no passion be taken inward, while the moon is in that sign, for all natural medicines, and passions received in that time, men should cast them up again, and so it falleth in all the signs that been rounging, as Aryes, and Taurus, and Caprycorne, and the last part of Sagittarye. In all these there should no passyone be given for dread of casting up again, for this sign ariseth out of the Orient, and causeth the time to be hot and dry. ¶ The man that is borne under the sygue of Aries, by kind of complexion is choleric, and shall be witty and wily, sly and deceivable, small of bones, yellow of colour, and kind of heart. The son entereth in the sign of Aries: the xu Kalend. of March, and dwelleth therein unto the xvi kalends of Apryll. ¶ And in this month of March i● iii perilous days to take any sickness upon, that is to say, the xu xvi. and xix ¶ april hath the sign of the bull, And is evil for to take purgation, And also is evil to let blood. THe Moon being in Taurus, that is the sign of the bull, the which Sign reigneth in the neck and the throat, it is than perilous to be ventused in the neck, or to catch or take sickness in the throat, and much more perilous in the beginning than is in the end, this sign is steadfast Meridyonall is of the south party, he is cold & dry earthly, and of feminine kind/ and melancholy of complexion, it is than good to sow sedes, to plant trees & wines: for they shall redely grow and it is good to build howsonge, and to w●d a wife, and every thing to do that thou wouldest have long to endure, and stably to abide It is evil to begin battle or to fight. For it causeth the time to be cold & dry, and the wind to have his course night the earth, and the skies to fly abroad by the earth. ✚ ☞ ¶ The man that is borne under this sign, is by kind of complexion Melancholy unstable & unttewe, white livered, & scarce of his purse. The son entereth in the sign of Taurus, the xu Kalend. of april, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of May. ¶ And in this month of Apryll, is ii perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say the xvi and the xxi ¶ May hath the sign of two Twins. And is indifferent to take purgation. And is evil to let blood. When the moon is in Gemyny, that is the sign of ii Twins/ or ii Children of one birth, the which sign reigneth in the arms and hands of man. This sign is double bodied and Occidental, that is of the west party, and is sanguine of complexion, hot and moist after the air. In that time beware of cutting in the shoulders, arms, and hands, nor in that time open no vain in though places. It is good that time to treat of friendship, & when the moon is in the sign of Gemyny, beware of letting of blood, for it is evil and specially in the blumes, for Gemyny governeth them, And if one take the sickness in a house and die, all the other be in great danger to die of the same. ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ The man tha● is borne while the moon is under the lordship of this sign, he shall by way of kind be very wise, privy, and true, he shall have three wives: & he shall travail mighty fast to purchase worship. The son entereth in the sign of Gemyny, the xu Kalend. of May, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of june. ¶ And in the month of May is iii dangerous days, that is to say the vii the xu & the twenty ¶ june hath the sign of the Creuy●, And is good for to take purgation. And is indifferent to let blood. CAncer is a sign movable, cold moist phlegmatic, and watery, and hath of man's body the breast, and the stomach, the splen, and the tybbes, when the moon is in this sign, it is good to begin away by water, and is meetly good to take medicines? but beware to wed any maid, when the sign is in Cancer. And if any man take sickness in any time while the moon is in the sign of Cancer, it is great fortune if he die not. For it is perilous both in the beginning and in the end, this sign is septentrional, that is of the north party. Also it is evil to build housing, or to set trees, or to begin any work that shall last and endure long. ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ The man that is borne while that the moon entereth in this sign, he shall be Femynyne of face, melancholious, faint hearted and white of skin, and he shall love a woman which shall grieve him, & his destiny shall be hard in his youth, but when he is passed xxx year, he shall have a malady in the reins, and he escape, he shall live by kind. C. year. The son entereth in the sign of Cancer, the xu Calendar of june, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Calendar of july. ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ And in this month of june is ii dangerous days to take sickness upon, that is to say, th●● iii. and the vii ¶ july hath the sign of the Lyon. And is evil to take purgation. And very evil to let blood. _●Or Leo is a sign steadfast oriental hot and dry Coloryke, nature of fire, and of masculine kind, and hath of man's body the sides, & the back, sen●wes, bones, & grystels, beware while the moon reigneth there, of ven●usyng, or cutting, or harm catchange in though places, for it is very dangerous in the end of Leo to take sickness, more than in the behynning, for than he may relieve by good governance, and it is evil to give medicine to the heart, or stomach, and the veins to touch with iron. ¶ A man that is borne while the moon entereth in this sign of Leo, by kind he shall be holden easy, he shall take a wife a heady strong woman, he shall be loved as the Lion among beasts, and he shall have great power among strong men. The son entereth in this sign the xu Kalend. of july, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of August. ¶ And in this month of july is. two. dangerous days to take any sickness upon, that is to say, the. ●●. and the twenty ¶ August hath the sign of a virgin. And is evil for to take purgation. And is indifferent to let blood. VIrgo is a Sign double bodied Merydyonall, that is of the South party cold and dry, Melancholy of complexion, nature of the earth and of feminine kind, & hath of man's body the womb, medryfe, & guts the liver gall, and milt. But chiefly in the limbs beneath the medryfe, than beware of breaking, or cutting on the belie, or privy places withinforth. Also it is perilous for a man to take any sickness in the beginning thereof, but not so perilous in the end, but rather token of health, it is not good to wed a maid for she shall be barren, but it is good to wed a widow. ¶ The man that is borne under this sign, he shall be well loved, and a man of great pity and wise, and live moche in ease, he shall be of good name among all manner of men, he shall have worship in his age, he shall have a sign in the head. The son entereth in the sign of Virgo the xu Kalend. of August, and dwelleth therein unto the xvi Kalend. of Septembre. ¶ And in this month of August is ii perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say the xix and the twenty ¶ Septembre hath the sign of the Balance And is good for to take purgation. And is very good to let blood. LIbra is a Sign movable hot & moist Sanguinariu●, and hath the overpart of a man: and the neder end of a woman, that is to say the navel, the reins, and the low parties of the womb, & the share, when the moon is in Libra, it is good to let blood, & is best to make medicines for the navel, and to do all thing that thou would have brought to the end, and this sign is Occidental sanguine of complexion, and of masculine kind and is good to begin that y● shall long last, & know well from the degree of Libra, to the degree of Scorpio, it is evil to begin divers things, for the moon is the time in the worst. ¶ The man that is borne under this sign, he shall be well beloved, and good shall never fail him, he shall have a sign in the neck or in the shoulder bone, he shall be in great peril till that he be xxx year old, & than shall he come to great worship. The son entereth in the sign of Libra the xu Kalend. of Septembre, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of Octobre. ¶ And in this month of Septembre is. two. perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say the vi and the vii ¶ Octobre hath the sign of a scorpion. And is good for to take purgation. And is indifferent to let blood. SCorpio is a sign of a Serpent cold and moist, phlegmatic nature of water septentrional, that is of the north party, and hath of man's body the privy membres and the bladder, and when the moon is in this sign, it is good to give medicines to the members of man and woman, and to take laxatives, and to make all thing that shall last long, and it is good make a way by water. ¶ The man that is borne under this sign, he shall love well the company of women, and have other men's heritages, he shall be melancholious, his words shall turn well in age, he shall be in travail, and in the head he shall have a token or in the face, he may live by kind xl years. The son entereth in the sign of Scorpio the xu Kalend. of Octobre, & dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of Novembre. ¶ And in the month of Octobre is one perilous day, that is to say the vi day. ¶ november hath the sign of the Archer. And is good for to take purgation. And also is good to let blood. I Do you to wit that Sagittarius is a sign of an Archer, & is double bodied hot and dry nature of the fire, and is choleric of complexion, & of mas●ulyne kind oriental, that is of the east party, and this sign reigneth in the thighs & laddoges of a man, and beware of cutting of the places, and than is good to let blood & to treat of peace, and to wed a wife, and to make all medicines that is made with fire. ¶ The man that is borne under this Sign, shall be hasty and bold to do folly, and he shall have a sign in the cheek, or in the shoulders, he shall be bitten of a dog, he shall have trouble, and sore eyen, he shall have two wives, & the last shall beguile him, & he shall wax sick at xl winter, and he escape he shall live by way of kind C. year. The son entereth in this sign of Sagittarius the xu Kalend. of Novembre, and dwelleth therein, till the xvi Kalend. of December. ¶ And in the month of Novembre, is ii perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say the xu and the xix ¶ december hath the sign of the Goat. And is evil to take purgation. And is evil to let blood. CApricornus is a sign movable and unsteadfast of the South party endely cold and dry, melancholy nature of the erath, and of feminine kind, and hath of man's body the knees, when the Moon is in this sign, it is good to make medicines to the knees, but beware of cutting or hurting thereof, for dread of touching the sinews & veins: for it is perilous while the moon reigneth there, and much more greater peril in the end, than is in the beginning. ☞ ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ The man that is borne under this sign shall be wise, fair, and hasty, and he shall have a token in the head or in the knee, he shall be melancholy, & he shall live by kind. C. year, as Astronomyers saith. The son entereth in the sign of Capricornus, the xu Kalend. of Decembre, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of the month of january. ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ And in the month of Decembre is vi perilous days to take sickness, or any disease on, that is the iii vi. seven. ix. xv. and xvi ¶ januarye hath the sign of a man shedding water. And is good to take purgation. And is indifferent to let blood. AQuarius is a Sign steadfast Occydentall, that is of the west party, hot and moist after the kind of the air, and sanguine of complexion, & hath of man's body the shanks unto the end of the ankles, and when the moon is in that sign, it is good to set trees, & to build, & to wed, & is evil to take sickness in all the times while the moon reigneth there. ¶ The man that is borne in the sign of Aquarius shall be worshipped, he shall be good & true, and shall be well-beloved, and have often headache he shall have a fall from riches, but he shall be happy in the west conutree, and he shall be in peril of water. The son entereth in the sign of Aquarius the xu Kalend. of january, & dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of February. ¶ And in the month of Ianuarye, is viii perilous days to take sickness, that is to say the i two. iiii. v. x. xv. xvii. and the xix ¶ Februarye hath the sign of three fishes And is good for to take purgation. And is indifferent to let blood. PIsces is a sign common double bodied septentrional, cold, moist, and watery, phlegmatic of complexion: and of feminine kind, and hath of man's body the feet, than is perilous to let blood, or open any vain in that place, and if a man take sickness in any time of that sign, it is not of right great peril, but it is good to go to counsel to accord, and to make all thing that may go by water, and to make a thing that shall last long. ✚ ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ The man that is borne under this sign of Pisces, shall be a great lecher, and go far in traveling, he shall have an evil hurt in his head, in his youth he shall have many maladies, he shall fall in water and escape, well he may live by kind. C. year, & ye he will have good he must dwell in the North. The son entereth in this sign of Pisces the xu Kalend. of Februarye, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalend. of the month of March. ¶ And in the month of Februarye is iii perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say the viii the ten and the xvii ¶ Here followeth the evil and perilous days in the year. Cap. iiii. Masters of physic that this Craft first found, telleth the first perilous days, and the most dangerous days in the year. In which if any man or woman be let blood of wound or vain, they shall die within xxi days following. Or who so falleth in any sickness in any of these days, they shall never escape till they be deed. And who so take any great journey in any of these days to go far from home, he shall be in danger or die, or he come home again. And who so weddeth a wife in any of these days hastily they shall be departed, or else they shall live together with moche sorrow. And who so beginneth in any of these days any great work, it shall never come to good end. And these been the days following, that is to say. ¶ In Ianuarye are vii days, that is to say the first, the ii the four the .v. the ten the xu the xvii and the xix ¶ In Februarye are iii days, the viii the ten and the xvii ¶ In March are iii days, the xu the xvi and the xix ¶ In april are ii days, the xvi and the xxi ¶ In May are iii days, the vii xv. and twenty ¶ In june are ii days, the four and the vii ¶ In july are ii days, the xu and the twenty ¶ In August are ii days, the xix and the twenty ¶ In Septembre are ii days, the vi &. the vii ¶ In Octobre is one, the vi day. ¶ In Novembre are ii day, the xu and the xix ¶ In Decembre are iii days, the vi & the vii and the ix Et alii dicunt xu and xvi ¶ Also there are iii days in the year, as saint Bede telleth, in the which if any man let him blood, or take any drink to medicine, within the vi day or the xiii day of the month he shall die, that is for to say, the first day of the month of August, the last day of Decembre, & the viii day of the Kalend. of Apryll .. Or who so eat of a goose in any of these ii days within xl. days after he shall be sick & in peril to dy●. ¶ Also there is three perilous Mondays, that if any man or woman eat of any goose flesh on any of these iii days, they shall have the falling evil, and no bodily work shall come to good end that is begun in any of these iii days, that is to say, the first monday February, The second the last mondan of May, And the third, the last monday of Septembre. ¶ Who so will learn of the iii perilous mondays as clerks say, in the which no man should be let blood of wound nor vain. For who so be let blood in any of these days, soon after he shall die, & that within iii days And who so that than taketh any medicine, he shall be in great danger to die. And who so be borne in any of these days, he shall be accumbered thorough strong death, that is for to say, The first monday of August. The second is the last monday of the same month. And the third is the last monday of Decembre. And for this encheason many men dread and fere each monday. ✚ ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ who so will learn the canicular days, the which be days of great danger and peril, as Clerks say, and they begin the xu Kalend. of August, and endureth to the fourth Nonas of Septembre, in which season is very perilous to take sickness, and it is also perilous to take drinks, or medicines, or to let blood, but if it be for great need, and that must be after the mids of the day. ¶ Thus endeth the natures, and expositions, of the xii Signs, divided by the xii Months of the year upon blood letting, with the most dangerous days for to do any manner thing touching physic and any other. ¶ And here followeth the remedies for many divers infirmities and diseases that grieveth and hurteth the body of man. And first for the Pestilence, and the remedy therefore. _●Or the most needful thing of all, if so be that this appear in any wise foresaid, is for to draw the botch by craft away from the cleansing place a great space from the heart. And that shall I tell the how, and in all my practising in physic this xviii year, I wist it never fail but twice, & that was not long of the medicine, And none other time but of other defaults: the which I will not write at this time, though it will expel it and void it. Also look in the time of Pestilence, that thy Codwares be always freshly washen, and after the washing, look that they be dipped in fine water of roses: and on the same wise the kerchyefe that thou lappest thy head in on nights, and let it dry by the fire, and not by the Pestilence air. And when thou liest the down to sleep, lay under thy head, and under the end of thy pillow that is toward thy visage Rosemary, Isope, sovereign, Mints, Penyalryall, Lorey leaves, put in thy mouth maces, and clowes, or else Nutmyges, look every day that thou take of fine treacle proved the quantity of a bean & a half. Also bear in thy purse these manner of spices, maces, Clowes, Quibibes, Canell, or else Cinnamon: and chew thereof, and eat thereof, all the times of the day. ¶ And if thou be a poor man & may not attend to the costs of these things. Take than every day fasting. ix. sops in fine vinegar of white wine, or else of red wine, and drink to them a saucerfull of vinegar, or thou pass out of thy chamber, house, or place. ¶ Also one of the best governance of all is in blood letting, for thou shalt understand that a man is in spiritual members principal, that is to say, the heart, the liver, and the brain, and every one of these hath his place given him by kind, by the which he may avoid all superfluities, and cleanse himself. ¶ The heart hath his cleansing place in the arm hole. ¶ The cleansing place of the lyvet is betwixt the thigh and the body. ¶ The cleansing place of the brain, is under the ear, at the roots, and in the throat. ¶ Than this sickness of Pestilence cometh thus, when the pores of a man are open, than first entereth the venomus & the corrupt air, that as soon as it hath mastery, and is minged with man's blood, than tonneth it to the heart that is rote and ground of man's life, for to infect and destroy all lively spirits in a man, and so finally for to kill and slay him, but the heart & the clean blood flieth all that is ●oyous and contrarious unto kind. And in asmuch as in him is expelled all such manner of corruption and venomus, from him to his cleansing place to the arm hole. But than for that place is sometime stopped, that it may not out, & it passeth than to the principal member next, that is the liver for to infect & for to destroy it. And than it doth as the heart doth in his kind, and explleth it from him to his cleansing place betwixt the thigh and the body for it is also sparred in case and stopped, that it may not out, but passeth the meats & the veins unto the third principal member that is the Brain, but than he would expelle it to his cleansing place, that is under the ears and it may not in case out, therefore the stopping and the sparring of the meats and pories, and for thickness of the fowl and corrupt blood, and the venomous matter is moving that is mingled therewith, and thus long time the matter is moving or it resteth in any place, sometime. xii. hours, & sometime. xxiiii. hours, and sometime more, and sometime less after the degree and the gentleness and the greatness of the sickness corruptions and venoms that be gendered. But than at the last, sometime within. xiiii. hours it pass not out at the cleansing place, nor at none other place through bleeding, than it fystures in some place, and cast a man in to an ague, and maketh a botch in some of the three cleansing places, or else near to them on some vain, for ye shall well were that a botch groundeth him evermore, and setteth him on a vain and letteth the blood than, that it may not have his kyndelye course by the vain as he should have, but it is infect thereby. And so all the principal & spiritual members are infect & thus sleeth man. ¶ Finis. ¶ Thus endeth the third party of this pestilence treatise. ¶ For to spurge the head. Cap. vi. TAke the seed of Stavysacre, & beat it small to powder, & when it is beaten small, take a fine linen cloth, and put the powder therein, and make thereof a little ball the quantity of a great hazel nut, and put in thy mouth and roll it to and fro betwixt thy tethe chawing holding down thy head, the space of an hour & it will spurge thy head and thy gums, and keep thy tethe from aching. ¶ Also for to spurge the head. Cap. seven. ¶ Take the rote of Pelater of Spain, and chaw it betwixt thy teeth to and fro a good while, and it will spurge well thy head, and also fasten thy tethe, and spurge thy gums. ¶ For the head ache. Cap. viii. ¶ Take hemleckes and seeth them till they be soft as pap, than lay them to the heed there the pain is, and let them lie all night▪ & on the morning lay another hot plaster of the same & do so ii or iii times, and he shall be hole. ¶ For aching of the head. Ca ix. ¶ Take and make lie of vervain, or else of betake, or of wormwood, & therewith wash thy head thrice in the week, and it shall do the moche good, and take away the ache. ¶ For the to the ache. Cap. x. ¶ Take Betayne and wild gourds, & seethe them in wine or else in vinegar, and than put it in thy mouth as hot as thou mayest suffer and hold it a good while in thy mouth, and it will take away the pain. ¶ For the ache of a hollow to thee. Ca xi. ¶ Take Assafettda and put it in thy to the that is hollow, and it will appease and take away the ache. ¶ Also for the tooth ache. Ca xii. ¶ Take Henbane and bruise it, and hold it between thy teth● a good while, & lay it upon the tooth the acheth, & it will suage the pain anon. ¶ Also for the tooth ache. Ca xiii. ¶ Take the seed of Henbane and cast it upon a chaffing dish of charcoal fire, & hold thy mouth over the fire, that the smoke may enter in to thy mouth, & also than hold thy mouth over a basin of fair clean water, & thou shalt see upon the water as it were small worms, that shall come dropping out of thy mouth. Also take the seed of henbane & beat it to small powder, and meddle it with wax, and make a little pellet that it may be full of powder without forth, and put it in the hole of the hollow tooth that acheth, and it will lightly slay the ache of the tooth. ¶ Also for the tooth ache. Ca xiiii. ¶ Take the root of Henbane, and seethe it in vinegar to the third party be sodden away, and with the same wassh● thy mouth, and hold thy mouth full a good while/ and it will slayeth to the ache, Also take the root of Henbane, and hold it between thy aching teeth, and it will do away the pain. ¶ For the stench in the mouth. Ca xv. ¶ Take the joice of vervain and bruise it & put it in thy mouth, and hold it a good while close in thy mouth, and it will take away the stench. ¶ For a stinking breathe. Ca xvi. ¶ Take oil Dorret, turpentine, honey, oil olive, virgin wax, as much of one as of an other, and boil them all together and make an ointment thereof, and use it every day in the pacyentes nostrils, and let it be put in to the nose every day in the morning with two tents made of lint scraped of fine linen cloth, and he shallbe hole. ¶ For ache & worms in the ears. Ca xvii. ¶ Take the juice of Henbane and put it in to thine ears, & it will take away the ache and slay the worms in them. ¶ A precious water for poison, and specially against the pestilence, Cap. xviii. ¶ Take Turmentyl, scabious, golds, detain, and pimpernel, of everich a like moche and distill thereof a water, & drink it fasting every day in the morning, first next your heart, for it shall do you much good. ¶ For running eyen. Cap. nineteen. ¶ Take black snails and seeth them in fair water, than take the grease that is on the water, and therewith anoint the eyen that be watery and runneth, ¶ For red bleared eyen. Cap. xx. ¶ Take the juice of Rue, and powder of common, meddle them together, than take cotton and deep it well therein, and lay it thereto, and anoint the temples, the brows, and the lids of the eyen therewith, and they shall be hole. ¶ For eyen the be dasuned or dyrke. Ca xxi. ¶ Take the rote of red fennel in winter, and in summer the leaves, or else both roots & leaves and stamp them and wring out the juice, and temper thy juice with fine clarified honey, and make thereof an ointment, & anoint the eyen therewith, and it shall put away the darkness, and shall clear the sight. ¶ A precious water for the sight of the eyen. Cap. xxii. ¶ Take smaleche, red fennel, rue, vervain, Betayne, Egrymonye, pimpernel, e●frage▪ sage, salendyne, of everich a like moche of quantity, and wash them well and clean and stamp them, and put them in to a fair brazen pan, and take the powder of. xv. pepper corns, fair sarcyd in to a pint of good white wine, and put it unto the herbs, with. three spoonful of life honey, and. v. spoonful of the water of a man chylyde that is an Innocent, and meddle them all together and boil them over the fire, and when it is sodde strain it through a clean linen cloth, and put it in a glass and stop it well and close/ till you will occupy it, and when need is do thereof in to the sore eyen with a feather, and if it be waxed dry temper it with good white wine, for it is very good for the sight of the eyen. ¶ For a pin and the web in the eyen. Cap. xxiii. ¶ Take a courtesy of clean clarified honey, and as much of woman's milk, that nourisheth a maid child, and for the woman the man child, and seethe them together, & when it is cold put it in a glass, and close it from the air, and thus do. two. or. three days. two. or. three times every day, and he shall be hole. ¶ For all evils in the eyen. Cap. xxiiii. ¶ Take clean clarified honey one part, and more than of half the honey of the gall of an Hare, meddle them together in a vessel over the fire, but make it but lukewarm, and keep it in a Glass, but beware that thou take not to much thereof in thine eyen, for the quantity of a small pins head is enough at once when thou ghost to bed, & that is sufficient for. seven. years if a man have a pearl, or a web in his eye & it be not dry, put thereto some deal more of the gall than of honey. ¶ For boiling in the eye. Cap. xxv. ¶ Take may butter and powder of common/ and stamp them together/ and lay it on a linen cloth to the eyen, and often times renew it, and when the boiling is suaged, take saffron, and woman's milk, & grind them together, and drop thereof in the sore eyen, & than thou shalt be hole. ¶ For a stinking breathe. Capi. xxvi. ¶ Take ii handful of powder of common and sith it in good white wine, from a quart till a pint, and drink this first and last always hot, and he shall be hole within ix daaes drinking. ¶ For the stomach that is hot and swollen. Cap. xxvii. ¶ For the stomach that is hot and swollen, take the rote of Smaleche and stamp it/ and put it in sweet wine, or in other good wine all a day and anyghte, and than let it be passed through a fair linen cloth, and put it in a clean vessel, and use to drink a quantity thereof every day fasting viii or ix days during and he shall be hole. ¶ For the stomach that acheth, that cometh of cold. Cap. xxviii. ¶ For the stomach that acheth, that cometh of cold, take an herb that is called Poleo, and dry beans, and an handful of syringes and as much of this Poleo, and put it in a vessel with fair water, & let it seethe there on the fire, till the third part of the water, be sudden away, and put thereto sugar of stone and a courtesy of honey, & drink it vi days fasting, and he shall be hole. ¶ For to force the stomach. Cap. xxix. ¶ To force the stomach take, canell iii poyn and i poise of mastic, and i poise of the parings of Pomegarnades, and half a poise of galingale, and stamp all these together/ and temper it with honey that hath been boiled on the fire, and well scummed, and use of this as much as a nut every day, during ix days fasting, and he shall be hole. ¶ For the stomach and the belly that acheth. Cap. thirty. ¶ For the stomach and the belly that acheth, take the flower of an herb that is named Nemaham, that is like to mint, and it hath a good savour, take four poise of Cosmer, & vii poise of water, and seethe all together to the iii poise of water, and seethe all together to the iii part and with sugar drink this .v. days fasting in the morning, and he shall be hole. ¶ And a man be sick at the stomach, or in the belie, or at the heart, or heed, or were bitten with any evil venomus be'st, or poisoned. Cap. xxxi. ¶ And a man were by the way travailing, or in his house, and he had all these sickness, and he had with him a Lectuarye, that is made of .v. things, and he eat thereof, or drunk thereof in water iii poise, or four he should be hole and he use it xu days fasting, when he goth to bed last, he should be hole of all the sickness in his body, & he drunk every time two poise, and these things they be, Scorlogio, Morre, Genciana, Grandorer, and zaraont, as much of one as another, & stamp them and strain them, and meddle them with honey that hath been well boiled on the fire, & well scummed fair and clean. For this is called the Lecutuarye of life. ¶ A good medicine for rising under the stomach. Cap. xxxii. ¶ Take pepper, long pepper, grains, saffron ginger, anneys, lycores, and sugar, seethe all these in good ale till it be thick, and give it the sick to drink, and he shall be hole. ¶ Also a good playste for the rising under the stomach. Cap. xxxiii. ¶ Take yarrow, otherwise called mylfoyle, ●ed fennel, red mints, borage, rue, fetherfoy, clote leaves, perytory, egrymonye, of everich a like moth, and the grease of a barrow hog, for a man, and for a woman of a yolk hog, that is of a sow kind, and seethe them all together in good ale, & make a plaster thereof, & lay it to the stomach as hot as it may be suffered ii or iii times, and he shall be hole. ¶ For to destroy the heat in the stomach. Capit. xxxiiii. ¶ Take fair clear water and boil it well, and scum it, and put therein shevers of brown bread, and let them lie therein an hour, till the water be almost cold, and than drink thereof ii or iii days by divers times, and he shall amend in short time. ¶ For brenning in the stomach. Capitu. xxxv. ¶ Take and eat green parsley & galingale without any other manner of thing. ¶ For to avoid phlegm out of the stomach, & also the head. Cap. xxxvi. ¶ Take powder of Pelater of Spain, and powder of common, powder of long pepper, powder of ginger, mustard, vinegar, and meddle them together, and chaff them on the fire until they wax thick, and than as hot as ye may suffer, put part thereof in your mouth galking in your throat up and down but let none enter in to your stomach, and do this divers times, spitting out be the space of an hour, and this is a gargarism. ¶ For all evils in the stomach. Capitulum. xxxvii. ¶ Take ash seed, lynne seed, and common, of everich a like moche, and give it to the sick body to drink with hot wort, or else with fair hot water. ¶ For a disease at the heart. Cap. xxxviii. ¶ Take Sentuarye and seethe it in stolen ale, when it is well sudden stamp it in a mortar and seethe it again with the same liquor, & than cleanse it through a cloth, & proportion the juice, to ii spoonful of the juice, put thereto iii spoonful of clarified honey, & than boil it well together again, & put it in a box & give it to the patient everydaye iii spoonful fasting, till he be hole, & this shall do away y● glut from his heart, & make him to have talon to meat. ¶ For weakness of the heart. Cap. xxxix. ¶ Take Rose water, and pearls beaten small to powder, and meddle it with sugar, & drink it ii or iii days, and it shall do the good. ¶ For faintness of the heart. Cap▪ xl. ¶ Take the filing of gold, and the powder of the bone of a hearts heart, meddle with the juice of borage and sugar made in syrup, for that is very good for swooning. ¶ For the breast that is encumbered. Cap. xl●. ¶ Take Isope & seethe it in a pottle of wine ●yll that it come to a quart, & let the sick use thereof first in the morning, and last at even hot, and at morrow cold till he be hole. ¶ For a man, woman, or child, that is broken in the belly. Cap. xlii. ¶ Take in may the tender crops of herb Osmunde, and dry them with the wind, and not in the son, and make powder thereof, and sarce it and keep it dry in a bladder, & let the patient drink of that powder with white wine even and morrow, winter and summer, save in may. In may drink of the tendrynges of the said Osmunde, for this drink will make the broken belie green as it were new broken, and the patient must be well and easily trussed, that he or she may go with it all day, and lie with it all night till he be hose, and that will be within xiiii days, if he be well ruled, for he must lie up right as much he may both day and night, and not strain his belie, but as little as he can. And he must keep him la●e as long as he is sick and lie in his bed ii hours in the morning after he hath drunk this medicine, and must eat no white meat till he be hole, nor walk but easily for straining. ¶ The plaster to knit him. Cap. xliii. ¶ Take Polypody that groweth on an oak, the roots thereof and pair them clean, and the roots of Elena campona, and pair them clean, and than beat them in a mortar, as small as thou canst, and temper it with oil of bay and make a thick plaster, and lay it on a thick cloth a good quantity, and lay it there the sick is grieved under the truss from the even until the morrow, and on the morrow change it again, this is for all the year save in May, than the leaves be better. ¶ For the plaster in may. Cap. xliiii. ¶ Take Polypodye leaves, and the leaves of Elena campana, and Daysye leaves, and beat them small, & temper them with oil of Bay as thou seemest best to make a palyster, and lay it there the sore is even and morrow, and he shall by the grace of God be hole. ¶ For to break wind in ● belly. Cap. xlv. ¶ Take common, fennel sede, and anneys seed beatyn to powder, than seethe it in wine and drink it first and last. ¶ For a swollen womb. Cap. xlvi. ¶ Take the juice of Cue, and let the patient drink it with wine or ale, and he shall be hole on warantyse. ¶ For aching of the womb. Cap. xlvii. ¶ Take tansay, rue, sothernewode, and eat them with salt, and he shall be hole. ¶ For the heart brenning. Cap. xlviii. ¶ Take the crop of Fenell, and chew it in thy mouth, and suck the juice thereof, & spette out the other part, and he shall be hole. ¶ For sore sides within forth. Cap. xlix. ¶ Take Alysaundres, parsley, lovage, red fe●ell, smalege, burnet, and grommel, and seethe them in white wine, till half be consumed than strain it and let the sick drink it first and last, at even hot, and at morrow cold, ¶ Contra telam et maculam in oculo. Cap. l. ¶ Take fennel, unset golds, vervain, and betake fix this. and stamp them & temper them with ale or white wine, and strain it, and than stamped ix lowpes, otherwise called Chesiockes, and put them in to the said liquor, and give it to the pacyeunt to drink. ix. days following, and he shall be hole. ¶ For a woman's pap that is sore. Cap. li. ¶ Take the rote of ●ryan, that is to say, wild Neppe, and make bare all the over part of the said root, that is to say, the top of the root, and make an hole therein, and cover it with a tile stone and put it in the earth, and lay earth upon it, and let it stand so four or .v. days, than open it and take the juice, that ye find in the hole and keep it in a glass, and therewith anoint the breast and it shall be hole. ¶ For the liver that is corrupt and wasted. Cap lii ¶ Take a good quantity of liver wort, and bruise it a little, & than seethe it in good strong wort with a quantity of Rhubarb, and use this medicine and thou shalt be hole. ¶ For the heat in the liver. Cap liii ¶ Take the juice of sour apples, and sweet apples of each a pound or more, as much as you think vest, and ii pound of sugar and meddle these things together, and let them boil on a simple fire till it be thick as a syrup, and use this a courtesy thereof every day fasting with lukewarm water. ¶ For the heat in the liver of a man that his colour is yellow. Cap liiii ¶ Take the water of Sycore, and water of lettuce, and the water of the leaves and small branches of a wild moryer tree, or else take the herbs and stamp all these together, and as much of one as of another, and take the juice of these things, and as much as all this of sugar, and boil all together until it be as thick as syrup, and than put thereto a poised and a half of Rhubarb, and use a quantity of this syrup in cold water every day fasting and last at night, and he shall be hole. ¶ For the breast that is encumbered. Cap. lvi ¶ Take and drink viii days, or ix of the Fumer, the cometh of silk worms, every day a poise in syrup of Isope, and if a man may not have this drink, take the pure heart Donlignam also in syrup of Isope ten days, and he shall be hole. ¶ For a man that hath worms in his belly and his body be lean. Cap lvi ¶ Take the gall of a Row, and flower of Lupius a courtesy and meddle them together, and make a plaster of wool, and lay it on his help where the grief is, and do this four or .v. days, and he shall be hole. ¶ For the breast & the lungs. Cap lvii ¶ Take a quantity of clarified honey & boil it, and when it is boled put thereto half a pound of peer wardyns mynsed, and boil them well together, and than put thereto an ounce of powder, made of the roots of Elena campana, and an ounce of powder of lycores/ and let them boil till it be somewhat stiff, than take it from the fire, & when it is nigh cold put thereto an ounce powdre of ginger, & stir it well together, use this first & last. ¶ For to avoid & destroy flume. Ca. lviii ¶ Take parsley roots, fennel roots, perytory, and Isope, and seethe them in good ale 〈◊〉 lycores, and a quantity of clarified honey, and use to drink it, and thou shalt be hole. ¶ For the stone. Cap lix ¶ Take the rounds of thornebacke and dry them fair, and make powder thereof, & than take thereof ii d. weight, and put thereto two spoonful of water of Ramsyne, and drink it every day, and every night, and than thou shalt be hole. And if it be a great stone take a spoonful of water of stone crop ii spoonful of water of Ramsyns, & ii penny weight of the foresaid powder meddled together, and use this medicine iii times, and thou shalt be holp, be the stone never so great. ¶ Also for the stone. Cap lx ¶ Take the blood of a male kid, and dry it in an oven and make powder of it, than take grommel seed, ground ivy berries, stanmarche seed, the rote or the seed of saxifrage, roots of Turmentyll, and of phylypendula, by even poition, and beat all to small powder, than take as much as the powder of kids blood, and of the sedes and roots abovesaid, and use this powder when need is in sauce or in pottage, a penny weight at ones & no more. ¶ For the colic, strangury, and the stone. Cap. ●●● ¶ Take Careawey, fennel sede, spyckenared annes, common, cynamum, and galingale, of everich half an ounce, grommel sede, and lycores, of everich of them an ounce, and see the weight of all them, and beat them all to powder, and put half a spoonful of the same powder in ale lukewarm and drink it, and walk thereafter an hour, or thou eat or drink any manner of thing. ¶ For a man that is lepre, and it take in his legs and go upward. Cap lxii ¶ For a man that is lepre, and it take first in his legs and go upward in to his body he may be soon hole, and if he will take a Charabot, that is to say, a Bettyll and burn it to ashes, and beat it all to powdre small, and than take old barrows grease, and melt it well on the fire, and temper it together, and as much as half that of Blanchet, and make an ointment thereof, and use it on the sore, and upon the ointment, look that ye put a plate of lead, full of small holes in many places, and change it both in the morning and at night the ointment, but not the lead, and he shall be soon hole of that sickness. ¶ For a dertre in a man's flesh. Ca. lxiii ¶ Take a worm that is called a Pi●achar, that is as great as a been, & is clean blue or sendre, and it hath many small feet and white under the belly. And when a man toucheth it he waxeth round as a boton, take that worm and rub it well against the derte, so that it be all broken, and do this every day iii or four times, and at every time rub iii worms, or four and anon it shall be hole. ¶ For a sauce flume visage. Cap. lxiiii. ¶ Take Elena campana and seethe it in a pot with vinegar till it be sudden in, than stamp it small, and than put thereto quicksilver, and brimstone, and guilts grease, and bray it together and make thereof a plaster, and lay it to the visage all night, and upon the morrow wass●e it of. ¶ For him that may not hold his water Capitulum. lxv. ¶ Take goats tallow and bren it, and make thereof powder, and put it in to the pac●entes pottage, and let him use this and he shall piss measurably enough. ¶ Another for the same. Cap. lxvi. ¶ Take Synshone and sheeps tallow, and seethe them well together, & as hot as it may be suffered lay it to the member, and he shall make water anon. ¶ For to destroy flume. Cap. lxvii. ¶ Take betayne and dry it, and make thereof powder, and keep it till thou have need, and when thou wilt occupy thereof take a quantity of honey and of the powder, and make thereof ii or iii pellets, and swallow them down all hole last when thou goest to bed, and that shall do the moche good. ¶ For a womb that is hard. Cap. lxviii. ¶ Drink the juice of waybrede with old wine and he shall be eased. ¶ Also another for the same, take Cynkfoyle, that is to say, five lived grass, and stamp it and drink it with hot milk, and he shall be eased. ¶ For the bloody Menyson. Cap. lxix. ¶ Take mylfoyle and plantain of everich alike moche, stamp them all together, and keep it, and when thou wilt take thereof temper it with wine, and let the patient drink it, and he shall be hole. ¶ For a man's stones that be swollen. Capitulum. lxx. ¶ Take an Herb that is called Marcellee in French, and fry it well in oil olive, and lay it to the stones that is swollen, as hot as it may be suffered viii days or more and need be, for this will hele the swelling. ¶ For to make one sklendre. Cap. lxxi. ¶ Take and seethe Fenell in water and drink the water last at even, and first at morrow, & it shall suage him or her shortly. ¶ For him that lacketh wind. Cap. lxxii. ¶ Take mallows, mercuree, and borage & seth them together with a peace of pork, and make thereof pottage & eat it, and drink the broth with white wine, or with whey made of milk ¶ For him that is costyfe. Cap. lxxiii. ¶ Take the juice of walwort, & meddle it with honey, and give it the patient to drink. ¶ For a wicked blast, and wind in the visage. Cap. lxxiiii. ¶ Take an hen egg and roast it hard, than take the white thereof, and an ounce of Coperas, and beat it together small in a brazen mortar till it be like an ointment, and therewith anoint the face that is blasted, and when it is hole, th●m anoint it with Populyon, and that will souple the skin, and make it hole. ¶ For the shingles. Cap. lxxv. ¶ Take doves dung and Barley meal, and stamp them together, and temper them with eisell, and lay it thereto. ¶ For the Kowgh. Cap. lxxvi. ¶ Take nettles that be gathered between saint Mary days in Harvest, of them that beareth seed, and dry them in the son, and rub out the seed, and grind it to powder, and drink it with me, and thou shalt be hole. ¶ For him that hath the perilous Kowghe. Cap. lxxvii. ¶ Take Sauge, Rue. cumin, and powder of pepper, and seethe them in honey, and make thereof a Lectuary, and use thereof a spoonful at even and another in the morning. ¶ For the Kowghe, that is called the Chynke knowghe. Cap. lxxviii. ¶ Take the roots of Horsehele, and Comfery as much of one as of another, and stamp them small in a mortar, seethe them in fair water, till the half deal be wasted, and than take the third part of honey boiled and scummed, and put them together, and make thereof a Lectuarye, and do it in a box, and let the sick use thereof .v. days or vi a good quantity at ones, first and last, and he shall be hole. ¶ For the Iche. Cap. lxxix. ¶ Take frankincense, and bray it small, and meddle it with oil of Bay, and than anoint there as it Icheth. etc. ¶ For to draw a bile from one place to another. Cap. lxxx. ¶ Take an hark that is called Oeulus christi, and ●eruayne and make a plaster of it, and lay it from the bile ii fingers broad, and when it hath lain a good while remove it, and do so still, till it be there that thou would have it, and there let it break. ❧ ❧ ❧ ❧ ¶ For him that pisseth blood. Cap. lxxxi. ¶ Take parsley, ambrose, and bursa pastoris, of euery●he a like moche, and stamp them and temper them with a quantity of goats milk, and strain it, and let him drink it iii days even and at morrow, and this will staunch him shortly. ❧ ❧ ❧ ¶ For a man that hath lost his mind. Cap. lxxxii. ¶ Take the juice of golds, of Sauge, and of wormwood, of everich of them a spoonful, & take as much of white wine, and put thereto and let him drink it at even, and as much a● morrow cold, and serve him thus fy●e days during, and he shall be hole. ¶ Another for the same. Cap. lxxxiii. ¶ Take and sha●e of the here of the mould of his heed, than take Archaungell and stamp it, and bind it to his heed, where it is shaven, & let him take a sleep therewithal, and when he waketh he shall be right weyke, & sober enough. ¶ For him that hath the frenzy. Capitulum. lxxxiiii. ¶ Take oil of roses, oil of ●yolettes, and of everich of them twenty poise, and as much of water of Locorde, and put it in a new vessel of earth, & boil it till all the water be failed, than put out that, and put in other in the same vessel asmuch of that water, and boil it thus seven times, & than put thereto half of the four part of a poise of Canfere & meddle it well together, & use it on his heed when it is new shaven. ¶ For a person that vomyssheth to much. Cap. lxxxv. ¶ Take Roses and boil them well in good strong vinegar, and made a plaster thereof, & lay it to the persons stomach. ¶ For a man that hath disease in his ears. Cap. lxxxvi. ¶ Take fair oil olive, and let it be blown out of a man's mouth, that is clean and fasting in to the ears of the sick man, and let this be done iii or four times, and let that side of the heed be turned downward, that the ordure of the heed may run out, and use this viii or ix. days, and he shall be amended. ¶ For a man that his ears sown within. Cap. lxxxvii. ¶ Take Amondes, and the Carnelles of peaches, and let them be clean pilled in hot water, and make oil of them, and let that oil be put in to the ears of the sick body with tents made of fine linen cloth, and use this viii or ix days, and he shall be hole. ¶ For sinews that shrink after they have been hurt & healed. Ca lxxxxviii. ¶ Take incense, calasome, mastic, hantit, turpentine, galbenon, visque, the marrow of an ass sheeps suet, old swines grease, and butter, & of everich of them half an ounce, than take an ounce and an half of wax, and an ounce of oil olive, and stamp them and boil all these things together, and make it in manner of an ointment hard to make plasters, & than make thereof a plaster and lay it on the hurt sinews, and let this lie xu days or more, and they shall stretch out well. ¶ For to staunch blood. Cap. lxxxix. ¶ Take an herb that is called Lune ma●a●●e and stamp it, and lay it on the wound, or take the green leaves thereof, & lay upon the wound, and it shall staunch, and if a man may not have this heath, let him bren the Feathers of a cocks neck, and take the ashes of them, and lay the ashes on the wound, and the blood shall soon be staunched. ¶ Also to staunch blood. Cap. lxxxx. ¶ Take a pease of salt beef that is well salted or else a pease of salt beef that hangeth in the roof, & cover it in hot embres till it be through hot, and take asmuch as will stop the hole, and bind it fast to, as hot as the pacyē● may suffer it, and it ●●all staunch anon, but let the beef be fat and lean together. ¶ For an empostume. Cap. lxxxxi. ¶ Take barley & dry beans, and lycores, and let boil them with fair water all together, of everich a like moche, and drink thereof with sugar every day fasting, and at night when he goeth to bed, and use this vi days or more, and he shall cast out the postume. ¶ For spitting of blood. Cap. lxxxxii. ¶ Take ache, mints, rue, and betake & seethe them together well in good milk, and give it him to drink first in the morening, & last at night, and he shall be hole. ¶ For wild fire, that is called the fire of hell. Cap. lxxxxiiis, ¶ Take red worms of the earth, and the rote of valeryon, and stamp them together, & lay it thereto, and take valeryon the rote and the leaves and stamp it, and temper it with water & give him to drink, and he shall be hole. ¶ For the biting of a mad dog. Capitulum. lxxxxiiii. ¶ Take the seed of box & stamp it, & temper it with holy water, & give it him to drink. etc. ¶ For to do away a wen. Cap. lxxxxv. ¶ Take & bind fast the wen, than take verdygrece, sulphur, soap, oil of eggs alom and honey, and temper them together, and lay it thereto, and it shall do away the wen, and heal it without any doubt. ¶ For to break a fellow in a night. Ca lxxxxvi. ¶ Take powder made of Cantarydes, & temper it with clean sheeps ●alowe, & make a plaster thereof & lay it thereto, and it shall break. ¶ For the mygrym. Cap. lxxxxvii. ¶ Take four handful of red Rose flowers fresh in summer, & in winter welked, & iii handful of camamell, and as much of vervain and break them small with thy hands & boil them in a pottle of white wine of gascoyne if it may be had, or else in tochell wine until it come to a quart, and put them in iii bags broached flat like a plaster, and lay there the ache is, as hot as the sick may suffer. and change them hot and hot, during a day and a night, and longer if need be. ¶ For the morfewe. Cap. lxxxxviii. ¶ Take water of elder & drink it iii spoonful in the morning ii or iii times, & when ye reccyve it, walk after and catch a good heat. And than take a pint of white vinegar and ix oak apples, and cut them and lain them. three days, and iii nights in the same vinegar and after take a fair linen cloth and put the apples in the same cloth, & strain them, and with the liquor thereof & anoint thy body four days, & it will do away the morfewe. ¶ For to stop the flix. Cap. lxxxxix. ¶ Sake an onion and roast it till it be tender than bruise it and lap it in a linen cloth, and put it betwixt the cleft of the buttocks even joining to the fundament, and set him down thereupon, as hot as he may suffer a long time, and take an other onion and pluck out the core, and fill the hole full of frankincense, and english saffron, and take the covering of the onion and cover the hole, and put it in the embres, and let it boil till it be somewhat tender, and than put away the covering, and lay the onion as hot as it may be suffered upon his navel hole, and bind it fast that it fall not away, and he shall be hole. ¶ For the Canker, wild fire, & ignis sancti Aathonii. Cap. C. ¶ Take & roast Sorrel in a weet linen cloth the space of half an hour, under the hot embres, and than stamp it with fine clarified honey and lay that to the sore, and without doubt, it will do away the brenning blackness, and stink, and heal it perfitly. ¶ For to make here to grow. Cap. C i ¶ Take and seethe mallows roots and all, and wash the place there as the here lacketh, and it shall grow. etc. ❧ ❧ ❧ ❧ ¶ For to do away here. Cap. C ii ¶ Take horse leches and bren them to powder, and ming it with eisell, and touch the place there the here groweth, and it shall grow no more there. etc. ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ For a scald heed. Cap. C iii ¶ Take a penny worth of lamp oil, and half a pint of fair water, and boil it well together, and when it is cold put thereto an half penny worth of quick silver, and temper it well together, and anoint the heed. ¶ For the yellow jaundice. Cap. C four ¶ Take a quantity of turmeryke, and asmuch of ivory beaten to powder, and asmuch of the inner bark of barbery tree, and a quantity of english saffron in powder, and model them all together, & drink it with milk iii or four days fasting in the morning. ¶ For the black jaundice. Cap. C .v. ¶ Take genciana, long pepper, calamus aromaticus, avencis, lycores, raisins of coraunce white soap of spain, of everich. i. 3. and two spoonful of mustard, and boil all these in a quart of wine till the third part be wasted, and let the patient drink it. ¶ For worms and heat in the hands. Cap. C vi ¶ Take Chykenwyde and bruise it a little, and than seethe it in running water, till the water be half wasted away, than take and wash the sore hands therein, as hot as the patient, may suffer it, and do thus iii or four days during and he shall be hole. ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ For the gout. Cap. C vii ¶ Take red mints, and cressons, and unset leeks, and let these herbs seethe well together and wash there as the sickness is every day two times a day, and if ye can not have these herbs, let the sick body be washed with hot water, and anoint him before the fire or in the son with this onyntment, and rob him well therewith. Take virgin wax, turpentine, saffton, the yolk of an egg, oil olive, oil of Almonds, May butter, oil of nuts, oil doret, the grease of a barrow hog, oil of Camamell, and sheep suet, with good clarified honey, and set all these be meddled together, & boiled fair and easily by the fire. ¶ For sore knees that doth swell and ache. Cap. C viii ¶ Take rue, lovage, & stamp them together and put thereto honey, and make thereof a plaster, and lay it to the sore knees, and that shall fet away the swelling and the ache. ¶ For the falling evil. Cap. C ix ¶ Take the blood of his lytel finger that is sick, and write these. three ●erses following, and hang it about his neck. jasper fert Myrram/ thus Melchior/ Balthazer aurum. Hec quicū●● secum portat/ tria no●a ●egum. Soluitur a morbo/ domini pietate caduco. ¶ For brenning and scalding. Capitulum. C. x ¶ Take fresh geese Dung, and fry it with fresh butter, and sheeps tallow, and strain it through a cloth, and lay it on the sore, and it will he'll anon. ☞ ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ For brenning with fire. Cap. C. xi. ¶ Take the rind of an elm tree, and seethe it half a day in fair water, and let it keel, and gather of the thick that thou findest upon the water with a feather, and every day anoint it with the feather even and morrow. ¶ For to hele hurts & wounds. Ca C. xii. ¶ Take mallows and seethe them well, & when they be wel● sudden, take and stamp them, and than take old barrows grease, and clean barley meal, and ming the juice, the meal and the grease all together, and make a salve thereof, for it is a ready heler. ☞ ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ Also to make a salve to draw and to he'll. Cap. C. xiii. ¶ Take a quartron of a pound of virgin wax and two ounces of sheeps suet, and melt them together a little, and than take them from the fire, and put thereto an ounce of frankincense and steer it well together, and do it in a box, & this will both draw and he'll. ¶ For stinging of Edders and snakes. Cap. C. xiiii. ¶ Take dragons and drink it, & also stamp dragons and lay it to the place there the stinging is, and that shall suck out the venom & seize the smerting. ☞ ☞ ❧ ¶ For him that can not ●lepe. Cap. C. xv. ¶ Take petty morel and stamp it, and wring out the juice, than take. iiii. spoonful of the juice, and four spoonful of woman's milk, and a spoonful of vinegar and heat it, and therewith anoint his temples and his forehead, and as it drieth anoint it again, and than wet a cloth therein, and lay it upon his forehead, and use this oftentimes, & this shall make him sleep ¶ For the palsy. Cap. C. xvi. ¶ Take the gall of an ox, or of a bull of one colour, if it may be gotten, and iii or four red onions, and roast them till they be tender, and than stamp them well in a bull dish, & ming the gall and them together, and look there be four times asmuch of the gall as of the onions & therewith anoint well the place that is grieved till it be drunk in, and than take a soft sheet new whaste, and warm it against the fire, & wrap the sick body therein, and this must be used at night to bedward, and within ix nights it will amend and make the flesh grow though it be moche away, and if the skin be waxed thick by vanishing away of the flesh, take red nettle crops and rub well the skin, and the ointment will better drink in, and this ointment is good for all manner aches, for every body. ¶ A very good drink for the Poxes. Capitulum. C. xvii. ¶ Take Salendyne, and english saffron, the weight of an half penny, and a farthing worth of grains, a quarter of long pepper, a penny weight of maze, & stolen ale, stamp your herb, and powder your saffron, & meddle them all together, and than dyrnke it. ¶ A salve for the poxes. Cap. C. xviii, ¶ Take white lead i quartron. ob. verdigris. i. ●. ob. mastic. i. 8. comfere. i. 8. rosin ii ounces seryouse. i. ●. mercury. ob. turpentine, breke●all these in a mortar, and meddle your turpentine with ●yle olive, and than ming them all together, and make thereof a salve & anoint the sick body therewith and let him lie & sweet. etc. ¶ For the gout, or swelling of joints and knobs, that cometh of the ache of the Poxes. Cap. C. nineteen. ¶ Take May butter, and half a pound of common, and a quarter of a pound of black soap, and a handful of rue, & a little of sheep stwet and stamp all these in a mortar, than take the gall of an ox, and a spoonful of bay salt & say all together in a frying pan till it be thick, than lay it on a cloth and lay it to the ache as hot as it may be suffered, during iii weeks, and every week a new plaster, and it shall take away the ache and the swelling without doubt. ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ For the Cramp. Cap. C. xx. ¶ Say Bero, Barto, Bertora, these must be said three times, make a cross upon it with your hand, when the Cramp cometh upon a man or a woman. ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ For the spots of the morfewe. Ca C, xxi. ¶ Take and roast four eggs hard, & put them broken all hot in to a pynte pot with a pint of vinegar, and let it stand so iii days, and iii nights, during well stopped, & than cleanse it through a linen cloth, and wash the spots therewith till they be away. ¶ To put away the rote of the morfewe. Cap. C. xxii. ¶ Take Fumytarye viii handful, borage, scabious, of each four handful, and bray them together in a mortar, and put thereto a pottle of clean whey, than strain them together, and set it over the fire till it have a hat of scum, than set it down and strain it clean, and set it over the fire again, and put thereto clarified honey, and boil them together clean, that is to say, boil them easily as long as any scum will arise, or else ye may claryfye it with eggs, who so claryfyeth whey, & take thereof viii spoonful or a good draught or two, as ye think best, for it shall do you much good. ¶ For a child that is jowefall, or mould fall, or roof fall. Cap. C xxiii ¶ Take a handful of chick weed, & lap it in a red Cole lef●, or else in a linen cloth and roast it in hot embres in the fire, & it will be a green salve, and than lay the said salve to the bone in the neck as hot as it may be suffered. Also take sour leaven of white breed, & cromme it on the mould of the child's heed as a plaster & it shall raise up the bone or mould by the grace of god, within ix days. ¶ For the mother. Cap. C xxiiii ¶ Take moderworte, called the mother of all herbs, that is to say shortly mugwort, herb Symind, savarye, and red mint, and drink this juice with good red wine. ❧ ❧ ❧ ¶ For all fever agues, & for young children sucking the breast. Cap. C xxv ¶ Take powder of Crystal/ and lay it to sook in wine/ and give it to drink to the noryse of the child/ and the sucking child shall be hole. Also take the rote of morsus diaboli with the herb/ and hang it about the neck of the child. ¶ For to destroy poison. Ca C xxvi ¶ Take a quantity of dragons/ and a quantity of betake/ and a quantity of plantain and make hereof wortes/ & use them iii days and this shall destroy poison and venom/ but the most part must be dragons. ¶ For the ague. Cap. C xxvii ¶ Take endive, sowthystyll/ daundelyon/ lettuce/ sorrel/ of everich a like moche/ and still these all together/ and the water will be passing good for the ague. ¶ For the hot ague infected with pystylence taken betimes. Cap. C xxviii ¶ Take the juice of sengreen/ and the white of four eggs/ and fair flower of wheat/ and meddle it well together/ and make thereof a fair plaster/ and lay it to the pacyentis sides/ and than take the water of betake/ & the water of pimpernel/ and the water of scabious, and the water of turmentyll, and water of radeys, of everich a like moche meddled together/ and give the pacynt the drink. ¶ For the gout. Cap. C xxix ¶ Take tansey● and wormwood of each a like moche/ temperately enough of sheeps suet, according to your herbs/ and fry them in a pan over the fire till it be green/ but beware it be not brent/ and when ye well occupy it/ cast a spoonful of lynesede therein and if it be the cold gout/ lay it to hot/ and if it be the hot gout lay it to cold winter and summer. ☞ ❧ ¶ To draw out ache. Cap. C xxx ¶ Take cantharides/ and take of their heads and step them four or .v. hours in good vinegar/ and than lay them upon a plaster of diaculum/ & above upon them a fine linen cloth/ or elles fine double of lawn next the skin/ and sow in your c●ntarydes in manner of a quylte/ and lay it to the ache/ and it will make it to blister/ than prick it out with a needle/ and than take this medicine fololowing/ and it will dry it. ¶ To dry the same. Cap. C xxxi ¶ Take ground ivy a quantity and stamp it in a mortar/ than take sheeps suet/ and put them both in a pan and fry them well together/ till it be green/ and than ye shall strain it, and make of it a cake, and when it is cold, make thereof a plaster brother than your Cantarydes was, and within three days after all shall be paste and dry. ¶ For the swelling in a man's knee or leg that acheth. Cap. C xxxii ¶ Take a blue or a blunket cloth, as much as will lap about the knee or leg, & than take the white of two or three hen eggs and beat them well in a treen dish and spread it upon the cloth, so done/ than take the yolks and beat them in the same dish, and put thereto black soap as much or more, and beat them both well together, and when they be well beaten together it will be a fair salve, & then spreke it thick upon the same cloth, on the white of the eggs, meately thick, and lap it about the sore knee or leg and roll it, and let it lie three day and three nights, and it will fetch away the swelling and the ache. ¶ For the each or scabs. Cap. C xxxiii ¶ Take the seed or the herb called stavysacre and stamp these with portulake and with oil of bay, and anoint the patient's body therewith, this is hot and dry. ☞ ☞ ❧ FINIS. ¶ Imprinted by me Robert wire, dwelling in saint Martyns parish, at charing Cross. Ad imprimendum solum. ROBERT wire. printer's device of Robert Wyer