An obseruation.

A Few monthes past there was sent vn­to me by a Gentleman of Essex, a cer­taine husband man, being about the Age of thirty yéeres, who was molest­ed (for the space of sixe monthes) with certaine outward swellings, or vnna­turall Strumous Abscessions: some of them were great with notable hardnesses, some meane, and some smal­ler, being for the most part packed and heaped together, but yet mooued too and fro, hyther and thyther: For the which he was first purged (with great moderation and aduisement) with the pilles of Euphorbium and Trochisce ex Viperis: or the Pilles of Vipers, and he did take many times Theriaca Andromachj, & kept a very slender dyet withall: after hee was well purged from grosse and rawe humours, then I applyed vpon his necke and both his shoulders 3 great cupping glasses, and so did draw bloud and humours in good quantity. After the application of this kinde of Boxing or Ven­toses, then presently I applyed vpon his swelling this Vnguent, and these Plaisters following.

[Page] Recip. Colewort leaues, gréene Léekes and blades: of water Betonye, Motherwort, the lesse Plan­tine, The vnguēt singular good to cō ­sume all scrophulous Abscessions. Daysie leaues and Flowers, Maltows, Ni­cotian, and Pelitory of the wall, of each a handfull: Beate and shred these hearbes very fine: then adde to these foresaid hearbes of Wine Vineger lib. ii. of Hogs grease and swéet Butter, of each lib. ii. of oyle of Al­monds lib. j. a yong Fox, of earth worms, & shel snailes, of each lib. i. Let all these lye infused & buryed in horse dung the space of a month, then boyle all together till the watrynes be consumed: then strayne it strongly, & héerewith morning and euening anoynt his necke ve­ry warme, for halfe an houre together: Then applyed I Emplastrum de ranis cum Mercurio: and at other times, Emplastrum Dyachilon maius, et de Muscilagini­bus, of each equal portions: and by this way and order of curing, he was by me cured and safely healed with­in the space of 40. dayes.

Another obseruation.

Another ob­seruation of a Master of a Ship. VPon a time there was brought vnto me a certaine Master of a Ship, by a Ser­uant of mine, called Robert Coulter, a man who (for his knowledge and skill in the Arte of Chirurgery) was great­ly estéemed of diuers Nobles, and wor­thy Persons. This Master of the Ship was mighti­ly infected with many Vlcerous Strumaes in his necke, throate and brest, with much out-growing flesh, loath­some and vnpleasant to beholde: his hard swelling ex­céeded in number, magnitude and greatnesse: he had a crasie and vnsound body: his minde much troubled with pensiuenesse and melancholy fansies. Therfore being loath to admit any thing néedfull, or commit any [Page] thing hurtfull, I did take the aduise and counsaile of a graue and learned Phisitian: who prepared and pur­ged his body from much crude and rawe indigested ex­crementall humours, with the Pilles of Sagapenum de Agarico Coctiae. An ʒ. ss. Misce. In like manner he did set him downe a good regiment of dyet, which was thinne and sparing and light of digestion. He also for­bad him eating and drinking at vnaccustomed houres: also he did refraine those meates that were grosse and tough: as Béefe, Milke, fryed Egges, hard chéese, all pulse and nuttes, and other meates which cause thicke Juyce: Also he did appoint him after his first purgings euery morning and euening for a space, to receiue this drinke following, which procured him to auoyde much Phlegmaticke rawe humours, especially by Vrine. A drinke to procure V­rine.

But be sure yée gather the hearbes when the Sunne is on them, and boyle them to the consumption of the third part, in an earthen pot nealled and close couered, so that no ayre goe foorth: when it is colde, straine it and kéepe it in cleane vessels.

And for that this my Patient was subiect to much Restriction of his belly: hee did also admit him to for­beare the foresaid drinke, and to drink of this Laxatiue decoction a quarter of a pinte at a time, which he recei­ued first in the morning, & at 3. or 4. of the clocke in the [Page] afternoone, and last in the euening. The pur­ging decoc­tion.

Boyle them vnto the third part, and last put in your Senae and Mithridate, and let it not boyle much aboue halfe a dozen walmes. Et fiat.

Local reme­dyes.Now for that his Vlcers were many, and subiect to a botte distemper, for that cause hee might the better admitte bloud letting, being also a man of a growne age, therefore I tooke the more quantity thereof. Then next I proceeded with the Cure of the before­named malignant Vlcers, and did first bathe or washe them for a good space with Hydromel (that is, Well-water and Hony boyled together) by rea­son of the hotte distemperature, and did subdue the whole Scrophula, following Vigoes direction: after Incision I did put againe of the Causticke into the middle of the Carnosity, which deceiued me not, and so after caused him to auoyde much noysome matter and [Page] filthines: Then after I did mundifye them with Vn­guentum Apostolorum Mesuei, and of Vnguentum Ae­giptiacum An. Oun. 2. Oleum Ouorum, Mel Rosarum An. Oun. 2. Lapis Calaminaris preparat made into most subtill powder. Misce et fiat Vnguentum.

I found this aforesaid Vnguent very commodious and profitable in this Cure, and did continue with it till I perceiued pure and quicke flesh: then I did also constitute and ordaine these two remedyes which in their operation for the cure of the said Struma, is ap­prooued profitable.

Misce.

This place will not admit me héere orderly, to set downe at large, those great cures which I haue séene healed by other Chirurgians, of whome I obtained the knowledge of the foresaid remedyes: And I haue also with the same, cured and healed many of the like cures, but especially in the curing of fraudulēt Vlcers in Ano. the said remedy being Artificially made and prepared according to the Chymistes Arte, the subiect is onely Plumbj rub. et Acetj fort. Also I haue thought it good to set downe the manner of making the foresaid Ol. Ouor. that is: take 20. or 30. Egges, more or lesse, & let them be sodden very hard: which done, lay a side the whites, and reserue onely the yolks, so let them be wel laboured and beaten in a cleane morter: then put them into a Frying pan, & cause thē be well fryed, continually stir­ring them, till it come to an Oylye substance, and after presse it foorth according to Arte.

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Put the Varnish in a litle broad earthen Pan, being made flat and well nealed, the bignes of a great Saw­cer, and strewe in the Litarge by little and little, and stir it together euery two houres, and it will in the end come to a certaine hardnesse, in such sort that you may beate it to powder, and strew of this powder vpon your Pledgets, for the cure of y ^e outward Abscession, which likewise troubled him greatly, being so hard, nody and knotty, so that I feared they would haue degenerate into a Scirrhus, but I did mollify and dissolue them with these remedyes following. A speciall molifying & dissoluing Cataplasma

G. Kebble. Recipe. Turnips and Lilly rootes An. lib ss. boy­led in stronge Ale or Malmesey, q. s. which being boyled very tender, then straine gently foorth the ly­quors, and beate the roote very well in a stone morter, and adde therunto Beane meale and Barly meale, and Ote-meale, of each a handfull: then take the liquors that the fore named rootes were boyled in, and adde thereunto Marsh Mallow rootes two handfuls, of Fenygreke and Lineséede, each of them a handfull. Let these stand infused 12. houres, then boyle it to a thicknesse, and so straine it strongly. Then take of this Mussilage lib. ss. and adde to it also Oyle of Lineséede and swéet Butter An. q. s. and of Saffron the waight of 4. d. Then boyle all together to a consistence. Et fiat Ca­taplasma.

Also, I often vsed Emplastrum de Ranis cum Mercu­rio et. Emplastrum Dyachilon maius, Emplastrum de Muscilaginibus, as is before named: And thus I cured this Sea-faringman, and so continued (to my know­ledge) 11. yeares: in the end hee dyed in the last voyage with Sir Frances Drake.

An Obseruation of a Maide, whose friends supposed she had the Euill before rehearsed, when I was but a young Professor in this faculty and Arte of Chy­rurgerie.

An obserua­tion of a Maide dwel­ling at Yal­ding in kent ABout thirty yéeres past (as it were in the minority of this my practice) I did obserue there was brought vnto me (by a Preacher, then being Vicar of Yal­ding, a towne in Kent) a Maiden about the age of 22. yeares, hauing a stronge and able body, and of a reasonable good constitution, who was supposed to haue that Euill, called Struma. Yee shall vnderstand, this Vicar was a man that did practise both Phisicke and Chirurgery: this Mayden was a long time troubled with an Vlcer in one of her legges, and a great swelling in one side of her necke: which Maladyes, the foresaid Vickar did take vpon him to cure and heale: how be it, in continuance of time he grew weary of his worke, and tolde a neighbour of his, called Master Eden (a Gentleman dwelling also in Yalding) that the Maide his Patient (as hee supposed) had the Quéenes Euill (which Gentlemans Daugh­ter not long before I had cured of the same:) The sayd Gentleman perswaded the Vicar not to spend time too long, but to cause her to bee [...]t vp to London to mee, whose counsaile presently he followed, & the Vicar and the Maide and her father consulted together, and came to mée to London, By the aduice of one M. Archē boule and Beeden Chirurgians of London. and shewed me her griefe, and the continuance of the same. So after diligent view taken by me, I found it was not the Euil (as he supposed) but [Page 42] a sort of crude and rawe humours, flocking together in her neck, with a putrifyed corrupt Vlcer vpon her right leg, & so I told him he was deceiued in her griefe. Then they went their way and asked further counsell, which all were of my opinion. Then they came vnto me the next day, and I did vndertake the cure with the coun­saile of one Doctor Spering a graue and learned Phisi­tion, who prescribed her an order of dyet, with con­uenient purging. It is to be noted, hee gaue vnto her in thrée seuerall boxes, thrée sundry purgations to be taken at thrée seuerall times, set downe in writing very plainely, as might be deuised. In like maner I deliuered vnto them all such locall remedies as was fit for both her griefes: amongst the rest I noted in wri­ting, that the first thing shee should vse vnto the Vlcer on her legge, was Vnguentum Aegiptiacum, which I made very strong, and of a high and thicke body, for that I would haue her spred it vpō pledgets somwhat thick, and after to procéede with other méete remedies.

But note what ill hap followed by the Maydes carelesnes, and too much negligence: In the morning after she came home to Yalding by 7. of the clocke, and tooke one of the 3. Purgations which the Doctor gaue vnto her to take, shee set it vpon a stoole by the fire, where shee meant first to dresse her legge: in conclu­sion (by great ouersight) she laide the Purgation to her legge, and did eate vp the whole boxe of Aegiptiacum, which was nere 2. oun. and (as she said afterwards) it was very vntoothsome and loathsome in tasting. All this while for two hours space she felt litle working of it, but did begin in the end greatly to burne, & did com­plaine in her stomacke, throate & mouth, and casted ex­treamely, & also shortly after purged downe very great­ly, & thus continued for the space of one day, & one night before she sought for helpe. In the end, the Vicar was [Page 43] not to be found, but stayed at London, then they sent vnto Maidestone to an Italian Phisitian called Santa-Ci­lia, Santa-Cilia. and he being giuen to vnderstand by them, that by meanes of a purgation, shee was in a great burning heate in her body, & purged & vomitted too aboundant­ly, and so wanted sléepe greatly, for the which hee gaue them a prescript vnto the Apothecary: but first that they themselues should apply her with butter-milke, and new milke, and some good fat Mutton brothes: and to helpe to stay her purging, he counsailed them to giue her to drinke oftentimes, Red-wine and Conserue of Sloes together, and to procure her to sléepe with this potion following. A potion to procure sleep

fiat potio.

But this did small pleasure. The next night hee sent her this ensuing. Another▪

Misce.

With this she had some comfort, but not to that pur­pose they looked for: so after the third night, in the next morning they sent with all spéede to my house in Lon­don with a letter, of the great daunger she was in, & the Phisitians billes with all what she had done: and pre­sently I sent it to D. Spering, who was greatly gréeued to heare of it, & said he was sure there was some extra­ordinary matter in it, for the purgations he sent would neuer bring her into such danger. Thē after he had well considered of the matter, & present daunger that might [Page] ensue, hee prescribed foorth with that his Apothecary should make first, for to coole and quench her great and extreame thirst, and to helpe her to her tasting againe, this Iulip which was thus made.

Rec. Barly Water lib. iiii. Conserue of red Roses and of Barberyes, of each 2. Ou [...]: Whereunto was added 20. droppes of Oyle of Vitrioll. Misce.

And then she did drinke for a space, which wrought to good effect in cooling of her, & so brought her to a good taste againe. For the staying of the Fluxe of her Bel­ly and Vomiting, she tooke of this Electuary at diuers times a day, the quantity of 3. Oun. at a time. The ma­king héereof is as followeth. An Electua­ry to stay great Fluxes in the Belly.

Boyle these in 12. Oun. of Sirupe of Vineger, till it come vnto the thicknes of an Electuary, &c.

He gaue also vnto her the first night, a Pill of Lada­num, onely to procure sléepe and quiet rest, and caused her to be couered with many cloathes, and so procured sweate: Thus within an houre and a quarter shee fell a sléepe, and rested quietly vntill mine of the clocke the next morning, and neuer casted nor went to the stoole: and (being awaked) confessed shee was greatly refresh­ed, and felt no paines at all till towards night, and then shee casted a litle, and went now and then to the stoole: [Page] for which cause she tooke her fore said Electuary. She earnestly required to haue an other Pill, but the Doc­tor gaue his direction to the contrary, and would first sée how Nature did dispose her selfe: so the night fol­lowing she rested but litle, how be it a great deale better then before. Then the third night hee gaue her the se­cond Pill, and after that she neuer vomitted or purged disorderly againe: the excellency of these remedyes is aboue beliefe and vncredible, that I haue done and séen done by these last worthy remedyes, both by Sea and by land The seauenth day after she had receiued her in­fortunate Purgation of Aegiptiacū, then spéeches was made by me to sée the Vlcer of her legge, but they re­garded it not; in the ende she opened it, and found it al­most cleane cured, then shee commended mee, and so did her friends for this my excellent remedy: but shee said would neuer take the like Purgation againe, for a thousand pound: thus she was cured by Fortune and not by Arte. Then I required of her, where the Boxes were, that the Purgations and the Vnguentum Aegip­tiacum were in? she said she threwe them both into the fire: For (said shee) the Purgation had a filthy taste, and was so clammy, and so sticked to her mouth and téeth, that I had neuer so much a doe (said she) to get it downe my throate. Then I perceiued shee had taken the wrongthing, & it was the more apparant by reason of the blacknes of her téeth, & the staines of her cloathes wherwith she had often wiped her mouth: and also by staining of the Basons and the dishes, wherin she had so often times vomitted. After this I stayed with her tendaies, til her legge and mouth was perfectly cured, and then wee were royally payde, and thus went to London to the Doctor, and tolde him what had hapned, that she had eaten the boxe of Aegiptiacum, and layde the Purgation to her legge, whereat he was greatly grie­ued: [Page] and much controuersie in spéeches was after betwéene the Doctor and the Maides father, but in the ende they were made friends.

Now I will set downe the composition of the said Pill of Ladanum, which I obtained of a very déere friend, being a pretious Jewell, as it is vsed: otherwise, (as I haue said in other of my writings) the best Me­dicine that is, is no Medicine vnlesse it be in the hands of a skilfull man.

A most miraculous Cure, healed onely by the Queenes most excellent Ma­iesty, when neither Phisicke nor Chirurgery could take place or preuaile.

AMongst an infinite nū ­ber (which I haue knowne dayly cured by her Highnes, of the foresaid euill) this cure following is worthy of great admiratiō: there came into my handes not many yeares past, a certayne Stranger, borne (as he said) in the Land of Gulicke neere vnto Cleaueland. This Stranger had béen in Cure a long time before he came vnto me, with diuers skilfull Chirurgians, both English and Strangers, being then greatly molested and sore troubled with diuers perni­tious Cancerous Fistulous Vicers in certaine places of his body: likewise he had many knotty swellings or abscessions, gathered together vpon heapes in the fore part of his necke, néere vnto the Winde-pipe, and some in the binder part of the necke: and also amongst the principall and notable vessels, viz. the great Si­newes, Vaines and Arteryes, and therefore could not without great perill and danger be safely taken away, eyther by Launce or Causticke remedies, by reason of their néere knitting together, & were also very vnfit, to be brought to suppuration. The cause was, they were for the most part ingendred of dull and slowe or tough [Page 49] slimie matter, for the which I craued now and then the aduyce and counsasle of diuerse learned and expert Phi­sitians and Chirurgians, onely to preuent and auoide those pernitious daungers that oftentimes doe follow: Howbeit, (in conclusion) notwithstanding all our turmoiling, much care, industry and diligence, with the application of most excellent medicines (very remedi­able and appropriat for that cure) yet was his griefe rather the worse then better. For looke what way soeuer we tooke with approoued medicines, some milde, some vehement, and some stronger (which by naturall reason and common sense, were very good and com­mendable) yea, and which brought oftentimes all his Vlcers to bee very néere whole: Yet vpon a sodaine (without any iust cause to vs knowne) his sores did pu­trifye and breake foorth againe, with much loathsome filthinesse, so that I feared his Vlcers would gangre­niz [...], by reason of the concursion and vigour of the vn­expected accidents, so that his disease wearied vs all. In the end, after hee had béen twelue or thirtéene monethes in my cure, perceiuing we all mist of our expected hope and purpose for the curing of this Infirmity: And likewise himself being ouertyred with extreame paines and griefe, so that oftentimes hee be wailed his owne great misery and wretchednes: for which cause hee went his waies, and came no more vnto mee for any cure: but by the counsaile of some of his owne countri­men and friends, made meanes (vnknowne to me) vn­to other of my fellowes the Quéenes Maiesties Chi­rurgians, which are in place of preferment before mée. Who pitying his miserable estate, vpon a time (a­mongst many others) he was then presented vnto our most Sacred and renowmed Prince the Quéenes most excellent Maiesty, for the cure of the said Euill: which through the gift and power of Almightie God, by her [Page 50] Graces onely meanes laying of her blessed and hap­pie handes vpon him, shee cured him safely within the space of sixe monthes. Heereby it appeareth it is a more diuine then humane worke, so afterwards vpon a time I did meete with him by chaunce in London, but I did not wel-know him, his Colour & complexion was so greatly altered & amended: And being in very comely maner attired, otherwise then before I had séene him, and he tolde me who he was: Then I asked him how he did w ^t his griefe? he answered me, I thank God and the Queene of England, I am by her Maiesty per­fectly cured and healed: and after her Grace had touch­ed me, I neuer applyed any Medicine at all, but kept it cleane, with swéet and fresh cleane cloathes, and nowe and then washed the sore with white Wine: and thus all my griefes did consume and waste cleane away. And that I should credit him the more, be shewed mée the Angell of golde which her Maiesty did put about his neck, truely a cure (as I haue said) requireth diuine honour and reuerence: And héere I doe confidently af­firme and stéedfastly beléeue, that (for the certaine cure of this most miserable Malady) when all Artes and Sciences doe faile, her Highnesse is the onely Day­starre, péerelesse and without comparison: for whose long life, much happines, peace and tranquillity, let vs all (according to our bounden dutyes) continually pray vnto the Almighty God, that he will blesse, kéepe and defend her Sacred person, from the malice of all her knowne and vnknowne enemies, so that shee may for euer raigne ouer vs, (if it please the Lord God) euen vnto the ende of the world, still to cure and heale many thousands moe, then euer she hath yet done.

Amen.

An History and obseruation of a Gentleman which sent for me, to cure him of the foresaid Euill, but it prooued otherwise.

VPon a time I was sent for to a Gentle­man, lying in a Marchantes house at Broken-wharfe in London: after I was brought into his presence, he did foorth with giue me to vnderstand, y ^t he was greatly polluted & molested with much impurity of corrupt & rotten matter, with great exulceration in his throate, being of a filthy and carrio­nish sauour: also the Almond of his throate was grée­nous and painful vnto him, & meruailously swolne: for the which cause (he said) he entertained (a litle before) one D. Simonds, a very learned and Judiciall Phisiti­an, who (as he reported) did administer a dyet to him for certaine daies, but it appeared he was smally relieued therby. And further he laide open vnto mee, that of late there was commended vnto him a New-come Stran­ger, who (vpon report) was supposed to be y ^e onely Phoe­nix It is truely said, giue a man a name to be an ear­ly riser though hee lye in bed till noone, it is no great matter. of the world, for his rare and exquisite knowledge in Phisicke and Chirurgery: I answered the Gentle­man, that those spéeches were so absurd as nothing could be more, for (said I) it is impossible for one mā to haue all knowledge in himself, but it is truely said: One man may know, that which another knoweth not. Well quoth he, I perceiue I haue takē a wrong pig by y ^e eare, and so haue brought my hogs to a faire market, & there­fore I know not what to say: & I doubt me I shal find a wofull experience, of that he hath practised on me: And therfore said, he I pray you let me haue your good help [Page 52] in curing of me, for preuēting further danger. Indéed he is more to be estéemed that preuenteth a danger before it doth come, then hee that doth cure it after it is come; Wel said he, the first time he had giuen me a litle Phi­sicke, hee did very boldly corrosiue mee in two seuerall places of my throate, and yet neuerthelesse I receiued no profit thereby, but hee hath tormented me greatly: So in the end he prayed me to vnbinde his grief, where the corrosiue was applyed, which was directly vpon the outward part of the Amigdales or Kernels of the roate of the tongue, but as good hap was, he being a fat man, the Caustick wrought not too déep: also he shew­ed mee diuers nodosities, knobs and knottes vpon his shin bones. Then I tolde the Gentleman it was not the Kings Euil: when he heard me speake these words, he was in a wonderfull rage, and did sweare like a mad man. By the way yée shall vnderstand, that this gen­tlemans vices excéeded his vertues, hee was a man knowne to be as vnconstant & vncertaine as the wea­ther-cock: won with a feather & lost with a straw, today a friend, to morrow none: at one time he would mag­nifye his Phisitian and Chirurgian (as it were) aboue the heauens, and for the wagging of a rush, hee would discredit them & dispraise them againe, downe to the pit of hell. But to returne vnto my matter, from whence I haue a litle digressed, forsooth in all poste hast this good Gentleman would néedes haue me ride into the Country to his house (being fifty miles from London) to cure him there: But I tolde him, it was not possi­ble, for that I was dayly to attend vpon the Lord Tho­mas Earle of Sussex, then being Lord Chamberlaine vnto her Maiesty. In the meane space there came in his Phisitian and Chirurgian whome he reported be­fore to be matchlesse, and without comparison in Phi­sicke [Page 53] and Chirurgery: but the case is altered, for now he did againe, most bitterly reuile him, for mistaking of his griefe: I must néeds say, his Phisitian was a man of a curteous inclination, and partly after spéeches had, he did confesse his error and ouer-sight: yet he said hee had béen a professor of this faculty forty yéeres, and in­déed he had the testimonies of many great townes and Cityes beyond the Seas, of diuers whome hee had cu­red of the Kings Euill: To iudge and iudge aright, Where ig­norance is clad in lear­ned weede, Small helpe is there to be had in time of neede. (as I tolde the Gentleman) hee did nothing of set pur­pose to abuse him, for truely he was learned, though a had Phisitian and a worse Chirurgian. How he it, the worst I liked in him, was for that he boasted, and said he was a Chirurgian naturalized, and so borne a Chirurgian: truely I tolde him it was a reason as naked as my naile: For be it graunted that his Father might bee a good Chirurgian (as him selfe reported to vs) what is that to the purpose, if his Sonne be found a counterfeit▪ It is a true saying, the best Apple will growe to be a Crab, vnlesse some good fruite be grafted on the stocke: But indéede I doe know there bee some whose Fathers were good Chirurgians, and so be their Sonnes likwise, but how commeth it to passe they bee so? Truely the reason is, they were like vnto their Fa­thers, men carefull and painfull in study, and of long ex­perience. But otherwise, for any one to suppose or dreame, y ^t the Arte commeth to a man by succession, be­cause happily his Father was a good Chirurgian, it is a Paradoxicall opinion, very foolish, absurde and fan­tasticall: Other the like spéeches hee had to this ende and purpose, and thus we ended, and so I took my leaue, and left them altogether. After I was gone, they fell out with great and vnséemely wordes: whereupon the Gentleman caused his men to set his Phisitian downe in a Chaire, and then with a payre of Taylors shéeres, [Page 54] one of his men played Barba tonsoris, and so did Cutte off his faire beard, and shore off the hayre of his head very vnséemely, being a man of his yéeres, and so put him out of doores, without any consideration for his paines and Medicines hee had bestowed vpon him: but what became of him afterward I haue not heard. Then he sent to D. Simonds againe, & tolde him how his new come Phisitiā & Chirur: had abused him & de­sired him of all friendship to help him presently to some cunning Chirurgian, to cure him foorth with if it were possible, & that with spéed: After some talke, the Doctor remembred himselfe, and tolde him he would send him a neighbour of his, one Ma. Story, a Chyrurgian of S. Bartholmewes Hospitall, & a man (said he) wel ex­perienced in his Arte. After he was come home to his house, he did conuerse with his neyghbour M. Story, & tolde him what maner of hasty man the Gent. was: therfore he willed him, saying, before you meddle with him make your bargaine wisely now he is in paine, for hee is but a bad pay-master, and therefore follow this rule. Accipe dum dolet, cum sanus soluere noler.

As cunning as Master Storye thought to haue béen, hee could not get one penny out of his purse, not in sixe daies after hee vndertooke to cure him, vntill Master Story was going away, and said, sir I cannot goe to the market with wordes, but the Gentleman would not heare on that side. Then the Doctor went with Master Story, and tolde the Gentleman: Sir if you ride your horse all day, and giue him no meate at night, and so againe all the next day, you may bee sure you are like to goe a foote the third day. Indeede I remem­ber a pretty saying of one, whose wordes in effect were these: When a Phisitian or a Chyrurgian com­meth to a man that lyeth sicke, and is in daunger of death, yet by his iudgement and skill, promiseth with [Page 55] Gods helpe, to cure him of his griefes and Maladyes: then the sicke Patient greatly reioyceth, & presently com­pareth him to a God: But after, being somewhat recoue­red and perceiueth good amendment, then he doth say, hee is but an Angell, & not a God: Againe, after hee doth walke abroad and falleth to his meate, truely he is then ac­compted no better then a man: in the end when he happi­ly commeth for his money for the curing of his grieuous sicknes, he now reporteth him to be a deuill, & so shut the doore; Non est inuentus; come when I send for you. To conclude, & now I come againe to speake of Ma. Story, after hée had béen comming and going, twice a day for eyght daies space, hee gaue him certaine money, w ^t a world of faire promises, so far foorth as he would perfect his Cure at his house in the countrie: But ac­cording to the old saying in Latin, Mel in ore verbalactis fel in corda fraus in factis, as by the sequell shall appeare.

At much intreatie hee consented, and went downe to his house in the Country: when hee came vnto the Gentlemans house with him, hee tolde Master Storie saying: I haue a Store-house of diseases and impedimentes in my body, and so I haue not ledde a Saintes life: as hee confessed very strange and far from all good, to this ende (he sayd hee spake it) wher­by hee might bee the better instructed to make his cure the more certayne: Then hee tolde the Gen­tleman hee would be loath to begin a thing when the ende is doubtfull and daungerous, and vnto him before altogether vnknowne: And therefore desired him to send for some skilfull Phisitian or Chirurgian, for further counsaile to his good. Then he did sweare & stare, that he did not bring him downe to expostulate and make Lectures vnto him, but he said he did vnder­stand by M. D. Simondes, that he was able to performe greater cures then his was, without the counsel of any [Page] other, and folde Master Story he should not depart aliue out of his house, if hee did not perfectly cure him. I trust (sayd Master Story) you will not (what soeuer you say) commit so foule a fault in your owne house, wher­by may follow vnto you such dishonour: Howbeit, Master Story was greatly troubled in minde, and sée­ing no remedy, he endeuoured himselfe with great care and industry, to attempt the said Cure, according to the Gentlemans owne request, which was with the Vn­ction: but first he prepared and afterwards purged his body, and opened a vaine, and after very discréetly hee did administer the Vnction at seuerall times, vntill hee did sée and perceiue it had wrought sufficiently, and to Master Stories owne good liking, and so meant to haue ceased. But this monster in humanity (contrary to all Arte and reason) compelled Master Storie to administer the Vnction once againe, saying his body was strong enough to endure it. Howbeit, within three dayes af­ter, he did begin to sing a new song, for strange and vn­expected accidents immediatly did follow: A great and an inordinate Fluxe of vicious and corrupt humours passed out of his mouth, with much acrimony, burning heate and sharpnes, by reason of the putrifaction of his gummes, with an horrible stincking sauour and a Fe­ner accompanying the same: Then he and all his peo­ple about him, were in great doubt of his recouery, saying to Master Story, my griefe (I feare me) will prooue insanable and deadly. Master Story said he ho­ped not so, for you may thanke your self of this extremi­tie: Then secretly (doubting he should dye) he sent an olde trustie seruant of his to London in all poste haste for me, with a Letter subscribed by a wrong name, and by his man 20. Angels. After I had perused his letter, and vnderstood in what a bad case he was, I prepared all things necessary, and so with all expedition ridde [Page] poast away with his guide. But when I came into his house where he lay, I did not knowe him, his dis­ease had so altered the naturall shape of his face: at last he reuealed him selfe vnto me, and said, Master Clowes, I haue sent for you, hoping you wil saue my life, I haue béene abused by counterfeit bungling botchers, for one told me I had the K. Euill, and another, I haue the Fr. P. but what soeuer it is, I pray you bend your ende­uour Some say, It is not good to speake the truth at all times. and diligence, that with al conuenient spéed I may be brought to my former health, which I know (sayd he) resteth in the skill of a good Chirurgian. After I vnderstood what hee was, I repented mee of my com­ming, & wisht my selfe at London againe, & his 20. An­gels in his belly. To procéede, I tolde him hee was not without danger, & therfore I could not make any war­rant of his cure, but the best I could do he should be sure of: then this cankred chuffe looked on me like one that had lately come out of the deuils slaughter-house, & said: if he dyed vnder my cure, there were in his house, that should take accompt of me before I went. Then I tolde him, if he or any of his durst touch or abuse one haire of my head, it would bee déerely answered. But before I procéed any further, you shal vnderstand, I was infor­med by one of the Gentlemens men, that M. Story was kept in obscurity (& as it were in a close prison.) So vpō a sodaine, about 10. a clock at night, this Gentle. sent a swash buckler of his own training vp, who was vnto him (as it were) the very light of his eyes, & one that ser­ued him in a nūber of bad matters: He came to M. Story & caused him to rise out of his bed, and bad him prepare to ride towardes London, for hee said he had ordained horses for himselfe, & you M. Story, &c. I will soone bee ready to attend vpon you, said hee, but first (he said) hee would faine haue taken his leaue of the Gent: but this Royster tolde him it was in vaine, his Master had no [Page] pleasure [...]the [...]ght of his person: So they took horse, & towards London they did ride, vntill they came into a very great wood farre from any house or towne, and in the midst of the wood hee forced Master Storie to a­light, with many scoffes and scornes, and being very barke, left him to shift for himselfe, where hee wandred vp and downe all the night, with great feare, sorrow and care, till it was day, & then in the end he came into London hye way, and so being ouer-wearyed, rested him selfe for a space, and in the end went to his house in London. After, when this grissie ghost (his man) came home, in the morning hee informed his good Master, how he had dealt with Master Story, whereat (though he being sore and sicklie) yet hee smiled, and greatly re­ioyced at this bad action: which I did heare, & full wel vnderstood though I said litle, whatsoeuer I thought, but marke hereafter the end of the Master and the man: and now I come againe to my owne procéedings, that is. The morning after Ma. Story was gone, I admi­nistred vnto this Gentleman a Glister, made of new Milke, Suger and Oyle of Almonds, which could in no wise haue been lawfully prohibited, by reason of the great restriction and torments of his belly, for hee had not a stoole in fiue dayes before. Now I suppose some vpon a spleane, will obiect against me, and say, that I goe (here and in other places of this booke) beyond my latchet, in the publishing & administring of phisical re­medies, vnto my Patients: But I must craue pardon to answere with fauour this obiectiō, for be it without offence spokē: I say, where the learned Phisitian is not to be had, be it either by sea or land, far or néer, I wil thē vse al honest & lawful meanes, bath in Phisicke & Chi­rurgery, to the vttermost of my knowledge and skill, before I will any way permit and suffer my Patient to perish for want of all helpe. Notwithstanding, what [Page] soeuer is said and spoken to the contrarie by any mali­cious aduersary, I assure my selfe, the graue, wise and learned will not take offence at these my sayings, but passe it ouer with modesty & silence, Secondly, though he were weake, by reason of his extreame sweates, paines, and burning heate of his mouth, throate and whole body, for which cause I did let him bloud on the Caephalica vaine, on the right arme, that was, 4. Ounc. of bloud in the morning, and 3. Ounces of bloud more at foure of the clocke in the after noone the same day. And thus by intermission of time, I took away 7. Oun. of very corrupt and impure bloud: this done, I vsed fri­cations, and I set strong cupping glasses vpon his shoulders and hippes, and at sundry times I did admi­nister vnto him certaine comfortable cordials: And then with excellent Gargarismes and Lotions, I brought away many foule and filthye Askers from his mouth and throate: thus within the space of sixe daies, hee did confesse some little ease and amend­ment, by these inward and outward medicaments. And at the full end of 18. daies after following, I made him perfectly whole, in the meane time hee did cogitate (as it were) and bethought with himselfe, how cunningly he had dealt with his two former Chyrurgians, and did greatly reioyce in this sending them away vnsatis­fied. Then I tolde him, it was to Master Stotyes great detriment, & hurt vnto his body, and hindrance to his liuing being a poore man: but hee would not heare on that side. Notwithstanding, it is a true saying: It is an ill winde that bloweth no man good; I meane, happy is hee that commeth in the declination and ending of a Cure: and so I let him alone with his humours, sith my reasons was not of force to perswade him: howbe­it, in conclusion he vsed me very kindly, & willed me to goe abroad with him, to sée his Riuers, wherein were [Page] many goodly Trow [...]es and other fine fishes, and after shewed me his mighty high woods, and a number of Heronshew-nestes: But truely, I tooke as much plea­sure at the sight thereof, as Iacke an Apes doth when he hath a whip at his tayle. After all these sightes, he returned to his house, and by the way he said, Master Clowes, I will holde you no longer with me, but I will send you with my men to London, for I must confesse I haue stayed you longer time then I meant to haue done: and in conclusion, he gaue me 20. pound, and pro­mised mee to rest my assured good friend during his life. But to conclude, I note his vnfortunate end, wher­by it presaged he was borne vnder some vnluckie Pla­net or Crosse day. For within fewe yéeres after, he took occasion to ride abroad, as at many other times he vsed to doe, but in returning home to his owne house, it was said, he entring into a Lane, and attempting to open a great gate, sodainly his horse started aside, and fled a­way, He liued wickedly & dyed mise­rably. whereby the Gentleman fell from his horse vnto the ground, and there sodainly brake his owne necke: So his horse ran home, and he being left behinde, the seruants went and sought for him, and found him stark dead, and his necke broke: Thus far of the end of the Master, now to the end of his man, which he appointed to be Master Storyes guide, the onely Phoenix, whom to déerely loued, but not for his good conditions. Within a yéere after his Ma▪ came to his vntimely death, (whose end was onely to God foreknown & prefixed) this swag­gering fellow did sodainly grow into great misery, & so vpon a time hee came to London, and there I saw him: presently hee craued of mee some reliefe, for hee said; for want of seruice hee was brought into great po­uerty: Indéede I must confesse I had small deuotion vnto him, but yet I gaue him some what to be rid of his company: thus he went his waies, saying he did hope [Page] it would be better or worse with him shortly. Indéed it was reported that not long after, he did consort with a crew of his old cōpanions, & they together immediatly robbed certain Cloathiers of the west country, & being al takē, were at y ^e Assises hanged on y ^e gallows at Ailes­bury A fit Pulpit for such a Prophet. or there abouts, for the said fact. Thus (friendly Readers) you haue heard (as it were) the tragical histo­ry of the foresaid Gentleman and his man. The cause which hath mooued mee to publish the same is, to fore­warne al young practisers of this faculty of Chirurge­ry, being indéed truely called filius Artis, to beware and take héede how they goe, and where and with whome they goe, especially into strange and vnknowne places, and vnto mē of such extraordinary & strange qualities, which make but a iest & pastime at the abusing of any man, be he of neuer so much worth, honesty & skil in his profession.

An obseruation for the Cure of Struma, performed by me vpon a woman dwelling in the County of Essex. 1602.

AMongst others that I haue cured this present yéere Anno 1602. there repay­red vnto me, a woman being about the age of thirtye yéeres, dwelling in the County of Essex, thrée miles from my now dwelling house at Plasto, in the parish of Westham, within the said County: which woman was a long time molested and troubled with certaine Carnosityes and hard Strumous swellinges vnder her Chinne, some mooueable and some vnmooue­able: the which woman I did take in cure, for the said infirmity, and after spéeches had, I perswaded her [Page] that shee would permit mee to take her Strumous swet­lings away by Incision, but it fell out shee shewed her selfe faint-hearted, and so vnwilling to suffer that acti­on by Incision. Notwithstanding, she hauing an ar­dent desire and affection to bee cured by mee, was very willing to indure and abide the force and painfull wor­king of the Causticke, which was performed as fol­loweth.

The incredible operation of this simple Causticke now following is aboue beliefe, being indéed made but onely of the powder of new quick burnt Lime-stones, as they come out of the Kyll, and of Sope well mixed together, An. q. s. Héere some peraduenture wil say, it is a great vanity in mée, to commend a remedie which is well knowne already, (it will doe that it is prescribed for) but I will leaue to answere such obiections, and will procéede with matter of more importance, that is to wit: After I had well defended the partes about, then I applyed vpon these swellinges, the aforesaid Cansticke, which she reasonable well endured, for the space of thrée houres: and then I remooued it, and in place thereof I applyed other medicaments, onely to mollifye and loose the Askers, which was made by the said Causticke, and also I gaue with her (of the same remedy) home to her house, to dresse her selfe with all: where shee remained for the space of fiue daies, in the end yée shall note, she returned againe to me, being very faint, pale and ill coloured, thereat I much maruail­ed, to sée so sodaine an alteration: then I demaunded the reason of her, shee answered and said it was by reason of the bad sent and ill sauours of the Askers, and of the filthy corrupt matter, which did run from the foresaid Cauterized Strumous swellings, that greatly offended her stomacke, and by reason of the sensibilitie of the grieued partes, which were sharpe, mordant and [Page] byting, and that [...] and further, the confessed in the end, that He was [...] with o [...]ilde, which troubled her greatly, all which [...]on­ses being considered, I very much [...] an vn [...]ely birth, but I tolde her she was much to a blame, that she did not acquaint me there with, before (I tooke her in cure. Howbeit, God did so open my knowledge and vnderstanding, that all thinges fell happily out, better then we looked for. So after, I appointed her to bee drest twise a day with conuenient remedies, and then by the vse of some metalline instruments, onely to ap­prehend and to pull out part of the foresaid Strumous swellings. So, according as I haue said before, those which are Masters and Professors, chosen to performe the like operation, ought indéede to haue a Lyons heart, a Ladies hand, and a Haukes eye, for that it is a worke of no smal importance. Then by the applyca­tion of these two noble compositions, being irreprooue­able and most iudicially penned, and of great truth and probability in this cure, that is Vnguentū Apostolorū mesuae, & Vnguentum Aegiptiacum, with other worthy Agglutinatiues and drying medicaments, often times before named, and thus she was perfectly cured within the space of 10. wéeks. Friendly Reader, y ^e cause chiefly which hath mooued mee to publish this obseruation amongst the rest, is partly (as I haue before said) to ren­der some fruites of my labours, studies and time spent, which as it may héere appeare, is no afternoone mans worke, as some rake-shames & belly Gods haue falsly and slaunderously so reported: but the troth is I haue carefully laboured héere, also to admonish eue­ry young practiser of Chirurgery, which is rightly cal­led filius Artis, that hee in no wise attempt the like cure, vpon any woman with childe, without some sage aduise: for great was the troubles and daungers [Page] that was like to haue followed, but happily were they preuented through the helpe of Almighty God, &c. Now héere I will forbeare any further to discourse héerein, but I will set downe certaine Prescriptions worthy of obseruing, which I haue gathered out of Plinie, (a most worthy writer) for the cure of the fore named Euill, the which I wil heere set downe word for word, as fol­loweth.