1. Of Medicines and other Remedies which are appropriated to the Skin, Hair, and Teeth.

For the Cleansing of the Bodies of Men [Page 2] and Women, Bathings are very useful, and may be thus made.

Take of Sage-leaves, Flowers of Laven­der, and Roses, of each one handful, with a little Salt; let all these boil in Fountain or River-water to a Bath.

Or, take Rose-water, Wine-Vineger, and Salt, of each a little; let them boil to­gether in common water, (as much as in your discretion you shall think sufficient) until there remain two or three Pails: af­terward put a Wheaten-Roll or Loaf therein; then rub the whole Body with the same: and after you have so done, go into a luke-warm Bath, and remain there as long as you can.

Or, take water of Orange-flowers, Red and White Roses, of each one ounce, six Lemon-Pills, Cloves a quarter of an ounce, Flower de Luce of Florence the eighth part of an ounce; let these Ingre­dients soak five or six hours in the afore­said waters; then strain them through a clean cloth, and add thereunto five Pints of sweet Almond-Milk; these being ming­led together, are for the washing of your Body, (having first bathed in a Bath of luke-warm water.)

The vertues of these Baths are these: They comfort the Sinews, they take away [Page 3] all foulness of the skin, they exhilerate and refresh the Spirits. These and the like are useful for Men and Women: but the fol­lowing Ingredients are most proper for Women, forasmuch as their chiefest vir­tue is to make the Face fair, to procure and preserve Beauty; of these Imbellish­ments men have no need. And they may be performed without Painting-stuff, which impaireth Beauty. These waters are made of such things, that (for the most part) are gotten in Gardens. Painting is pernicious; for it is the cause of wrinkles; of a stinking breath, of black and loose teeth, of redness of Eyes, weakness of sight, deafness, and other infirmities, which happen to those who paint their fa­ces, and take more care to appear (by that impudent means) beautiful, than to preserve the Health of their whole bodies. These are the evil effects of the use of Sub­limated White-lead, and such like things, which are as dangerous as: the Plague. And now I will shew▪

2. How to take away Sun-burning.

The Face may be preserved from the burning of the Sun, and from Cold, by these following Salves and Medicines.

Take Goats grease half a pound, being first washed in clear water; pound it in a little Morter, then boyl it in Rose-water, and after strain it through a fine cloth; with Oyl of Sweet Almonds one ounce, Sugar-Candy a quarter of an ounce, new white Wax as much as is enough. Boil all these in a glazed pot, over a soft fire, to the convenient thickness of a Salve, stirring it about continually, that it may become white, and be kept from burning. Being boiled, it must be kept in a Glass (close stopped) for the use of a Salve.

For the same use serveth also a Salve made with Mastick, and with the Marrow of an Hart, or Ox. An Oyntment of Ma­stick with harsh Oyl, the water of the white of Eggs.

A Pomade made with white wax, Cam­pher, and Oyl of Sweet Almonds, prest out with fire; this Pomade takes away Sun-burning.

3. How to take away Freckles and Spots.

Take the Meal of Lupins, the Gall of a Goat, the Juyce of Lemons, and white Allum; mingle these to a Salve: Anoint therewith the Spots and Freckles.

Or, mingle together the Oyl of Bitter Almonds, Honey, Roots of Flower-de-luce and Wax; then wet them with wa­ter of Bean-flowers, Orange, and Mirtle.

4. How to take wrinkles out of the Face and Hands, and to make them white.

Take the Lees of Linseed oyl, put it in Rain-water to soak.

Or, take the juice of Lemons, and some corns of Salt, mixed together; wash the wrinkles of the face and hands therewith.

5. How to take away the Chops of the Lips and Hands.

Take the white of an Egg, and beat it with the powder of Mastick.

Or, take the Oyl of the yolks of Eggs, or Oyl of Wax, and anoint therewith the Clefts or Chaps.

6. How to make the Hands that are Yellow and Wrinkled, smooth and white.

Take two pounds of Mellons, with their Skins or Rines, and a good quantity of Eggs without their shells: distil all this together, and keep the water, not one­ly to wash your Hands, but your Face.

7. How to take away Warts off the Face or Hands.

The juice of Lemmons killeth Warts, but better the water of the same juice, di­stilled through a glass. Or the juice which is pressed out of the Flowers and Leaves of white Wool-blade.

Also the juice of the Leaves of great Spear-herb. Also wart-Cicory, either ea­ten in Sallets, or laid upon the face or hands, or other parts, cures the same to admiration.

Also the Milky juice of Woolfs Milk, and that of the wild fig-tree, Oyl of Red Copper, or Spanish Green, Brimstone, the grease which is gotten from the old Cask of an Oyl-Vessel, made hot before a great fire, the juice that is pounded out of the sprouts of Purslane, (without the leaves) in a little Morter, adding thereunto a little Salt; this will cause the Warts to vanish away in four or five days, when they are anointed therewith.

Or, lay on the Warts the Powder of Savil, or white-Daffadil (Hermodactyl) with Honey, Vineger, and Sea-Onion, mix'd with the juyce of Marigolds: sheeps-dung soaked in Vineger, cureth hanging-Warts, being laid thereupon.

8. To take away Blood-Veins in the Face.

Sometimes a Vein appears unhandsome­ly between the Eyes, for which it is good to lay on the fore-head this Plaister.

Take Mastick one ounce, Sandal-wood half an ounce, Margaret-flowers three quarters of an ounce; mix these together, and spread them upon Leather, with the fine filing dust of Steel. Upon the Vein you shall onely lay Mastick and Sandal-wood, renewing the Plaister once a day; rub also therewith the upper part of the Vein, for the better reception of the Re­medy.

9. How to cure a Red Face.

Wash it with water in which Chaff or straw of Barley or Oats hath been boiled.

Or, Peach-kirnels four ounces, peeled Gourd-seed two ounces; pound and press them so hard, that Oyl may come out of [Page 16] them to the substance of an Ointment, anoint therewith the Pimples and red pla­ces.

10. How to heal Burning and Blistering.

Against all burning and blistering occa­sioned by fire, make a Decoction of Radi­shes, which lye on unquenched Lime.

Or, take an Onion roasted in the Ashes: or, Oyl of Nuts with water: or, the yolks of Eggs beaten with Oyl: or, Hens-dung mixt with Oyl of Roses.

Or, the Moss of an Haw-thorn-tree, the thinnest you can get; dry it in the Sun or Oven, make a powder thereof, prepa­ring it with the Milk of a woman that giveth suck to a Male-child; make a Salve thereof, and anoint therewith the burnt place.

Or, take salt-water or pickle, wet a lin­nen-cloth therein, and put it upon the burnt place.

Or, take common Soap, Honey, and Butter, or juyce of Onyons, or Oyl of Eggs.

Or, let Loam, red Copper, or Spanish-green, or Pellitory of the Wall, or Cam­pher, be steeped in wine and water; pour it often out of one pot into another, then [Page 17] wet a cloth in this water, (that first is made luke-warm) and lay it upon the burnt place.

Or, take the white of two Eggs, beat them with Oyl of Nuts and Rose-water, adding thereto water wherein unquench­ed Lime hath been extinguished; stir it well about, and let the water stand until you have occasion for it. And to the end that no scar may remain after the burning is healed, you must wash the burnt place often with Lambs-tongue-water, in which a little Allum is dissolved.

Or, you may use an Oyntment of hogs-bread Roots▪ pounded with House-leek: but Brandy is better to wash the Scars of the burnt place, whether they be in the face or other parts of the body.

11. How to cure the POX, and Ʋlcera­tions thereof.

Take water ten pints, quench therein rough iron, until the half be found in the water. Then lay therein to soak unquen­ched Lime one pound; strain it, and melt in that which is gone through or strained Campher, Spanish-green, Red-copper, of each twenty Grains. This water is good to cleanse and dry the Ulcers.

Or, boil clear water in a new earthen pot, and when it begins to boil, put there­in unquenched Lime; then put it out in­to another new pot; then let it stand: scum it till it be clear; the Lime will re­main in the bottom like a pap; then pour out the clear water, without stirring the Lime, and put it into a clean glass well stopped for use. In this water dip a little cloth, (the water being made luke-warm) and lay it upon the Ulcers instead of a Plaister, renewing it often.

12. To take away Pockholes, and make the skin smooth.

Take of the Oyl of St. Johns-herb one ounce, Venetian Turpentine half an ounce; melt it in a glazed pot, and as soon as it begins to boil, take it from the fire, and work it into a Salve; anoint therewith the scars and spots, continuing to do so till the holes be stopp'd.

Or, take the stilled water of the white of Eggs, boyled hard with shells; of Snails, of Calves, of Weathers, of Goats-feet, of Bean-flour, Dragonwort, (i. e. Serpen­taria.) These waters you shall use single, or mingled together, and with that bathe the face when you go to bed, having pre­pared [Page 19] the same with the steam or smoak of warm water: or, decoction of the chaff of Oats, Oyl of Dates, Flower-de-luce, Myrrha, (Pistacies.)

Or, take three Ounces of the Oyl of Flower-de-luce, Rosen, Capons-grease, of each one ounce; wash them well in Rose-water: add thereunto four whites of Eggs half boiled in their shells, Oyl of Sweet and Bitter Almonds planched, of each one ounce; pound them in a Marble Morter, mingling therewith a quarter of an ounce of the powder of Melon-seed; work it to a Salve.

13. To take away Scabs and Scurff, which eat into the skin.

Take the juice of Purslain, Lambs-tongue, Night-shade, and Lemons; if this be not sufficient, then add thereto red Wine-stone: apply this mixture to the place eaten in by the Scabs.

Or, lay the Root of the Herb Patient a soaking for one day, in strong wine-vine­gar; cut it in slices, and with one of the slices chafe the fore place three or four times a day.

Or, take of Aloes half a quarter of an ounce, Sublimate ten grains, water of Lambs-tongue-leaves, Night-shade, (as much as you shall judge sufficient) of each a like quantity; boil all these together, to the consumption of the half, and work them to an Oyntment.

Or, take Gum of the black-cherry-tree, a little Brimstone, and twice as much Salt; put these to soak in strong wine-Vineger, rub therewith the sore place, or chafe it in with fasting spittle, or with the gum [Page 21] which runs out of the Vine; but first mix them with Salt-peter, and pounded To­bacco, (viz. the juice and herb pounded together.)

14. To take away white Scabs and Sores.

Wash the Patients head with Oxepipe, until it bleed, and then spread thereupon the Powder of the dung of a white hen, dryed in an Oven.

Or, Soot of the Chimney bruised, and mixed with strong Vineger.

15. How to prevent the falling of Hair, and to make Hair grow.

Rub the bare place with Red-cloth un­til it bleed; then rub it with a Salve made of Honey, Flax-seed-Oyl, Powder of Gnats; roast these upon a Tile.

Or, rub it with a Mouse-turd and Ho­ney, or with burnt Nut-shells, which are mixed with Wine and Oyl.

16. To make white or gray Hairs black.

Take bruised Gall-nuts, fry them in an Iron-pan till they be very black, drop there­on (by little and little) the Oyl of Olives, [Page 22] stirring it constantly till it be well incorpo­rated: hold them over the fire till it be dry, then bruise them to powder, adding there­to Red-Copper, Rosemary, Chrystal Salt, (Sal Gemmae) dryed clay, or Pot-earth, and Cloves pounded small; this being done, take Allum, shells of Nuts and of Pomgranats, of each a like quantity; boil these in wine, until they be as black as Ink, then strain them, and put the afore­said Powder therein; but first, before you apply it to the Head, moisten the Head with a very good Lye. Then wash it with this Wine, and keep it covered five or six hours, then rinse it with wine and water; then dry it, and the hair will continue black for five or six Months.

17. How to kill Nits.

Make a Decoction of the Lye of Worm­wood, Acorns, and Nuts, in strong wine-Vineger.

18. How to kill Lice.

Chafe the place with the juice of brine, mix'd with the Oyl of Anis, or of Juni­per, or with a Decoction of Lice-herb, (Staphisagria.) Or boil Bacon in a Leaded-pot, and white Frankincense, of each a [Page 23] like quantity, to the stifness of a Salve strain it, and keep it for your use.

19. How to cure the stinging of venemous Beasts.

If a Mouse, Spider, Fly, Wasp, Horse-leech, or any venemous beast, by stinging or biting, have caused the flesh to swell, then you shall stroke gently the place which is hurt, with the juice of Southern-wood, and the pain shall immediately cease, and the swelling also will diminish.

Or, lay thereupon the dung of an Ox or Cow hot, or smear it with fasting spittle.

20. A cure for the Head-ach.

If it be occasioned by heat, you shall lay thereupon little slices of Gourd, or a fine cloath dipt in Rose-water, juice of Lambs-tongue, Night-shade, Lettice, or Purslain put into white-Wine.

Or, beat the white of two Eggs with Rose-water, wet Tow in it, and lay it to the fore-head

Or, wash your head with luke-warm water, wherein wine and Sage-leaves have been boiled, or Roses and Prune-flowers; with this Decoction wash the [Page 24] Legs and Feet. If the pains be so great that the understanding be prejudiced, then lay upon the top of the Head, fore-head, and Temples, a Poultis of the white of an Egg, Bolus Armenius, sowre Apples boi­led; or in Betony-water and Wine-vineger: but if the pain proceedeth from Drunken­ness, then make a small cushion of Venus Hair and Roses, and bind it about the fore-head: or you shall receive the vapour of boil'd Coleworts: or as soon as the Head begins to ake, eat one or two bitter Almonds: or drink grated Harts-horn in River or Fountain-water, or mix it with the hair of the dog that bit you.

But if the Head-ach be occasioned by cold, then lay upon the Head little bags filled with Barley, and roasted-salt, Sage, Marjoram, Thyme, Annis, and bay-berries, Juniper-berries, as hot as you can endure it.

21. How to cure inveterate Head-ach, and Ʋlcers of the Skull.

Roast in the ashes a little piece of the uttermost rind of an Onion, wet and sprinkled with the Oyl of Roses, or Lau­rel-berries; put it into the Ear, on that side the pain is: it is also necessary to keep [Page 25] a good Diet, without which, all Remedies are in vain. Therefore in all kind of Head-achs drink but little Wine, and eat but a little; let your Victuals be good, and such as will feed little; as the flesh of young Hens, Stewed Lettice, Purslain and Sorrel, Milk of Sweet-Almonds, with peel­ed Barley: eat no windy Herbs, nor sod­den-meat, nor Milk alone, which is very bad in this Distemper, and for all sorts of Agues: let the Patient discharge him­self of all disturbances of Mind, neither let him read nor write much, but with quietness expect by Gods Blessing the ope­ration of these means.

22. A Remedy against Madness.

For the cure of Madness occasioned by hot sicknesses, bind on the Head the Lungs or whole Pluck of a Weather newly killed, or a Chicken or Pigeon split on the midst of the back; put it on the Patients Head, or anoint the fore-head (especially the Temples) with Oyl of Roses, Vineger, and Poplar-salve, or with the juice of Night­shade, Oyl of Roses, and Wine-Vineger.

23. A Cure for the Lethargy.

Make a little cushion filled▪ with Cole­worts boiled in Vinegar, and bind it on the fore-head.

Or, let the fume of strong-Vinegar as­cend into the Patients nostrils.

Or, the sent of Rhue, and the seed of (Nigella) Partridge-feathers, old shoo­patches, Ass-claws, or mans hair, burnt.

Or, bind on the fore-head a Plaister of Mithridate, and on the right Arm the Head of a Bat.

24. To procure Sleep.

Bind about the head a little cushion made of Lettice-seed, and juice of Night­shade, or Womans Milk that gives suck to a Girl.

Or, lay under the Pillowbere an Apple of Mandragora, or anoint the soles of the feet with the grease of a small Weazel.

25. A Cure for the dizziness of the Head.

If the Head be subject to giddiness, take Aquavitae, Syrup of Gilliflowers, or con­fection of Anacardina.

26. A Cure for the Falling-sickness.

To cure and preserve from the Falling-sickness, called also St. Johns Evil, drink for Nine days together about half a drink­ing-glass of Petty-mullein, or Longwort, or the water of the flowers of a Sicca­more-tree, or Coriander, or the Powder of Piony-seed, five or six days together.

Or, rub the Head with a little stone which is found in the nest of a Swallow; or wear a Ring about the neck, or on the finger, in which the claw of an Elandt is inclosed; but let not the claw eat the flesh of the neck or finger. Also it will be cured, if you tickle or nip the neck un­der the great Tooth, or if you anoint their Lips with Mans Blood.

27. How to cure the Dead-Palsey.

To cure and preserve from the Dead-Palsey, drink in the winter a spoon-full of Aquavitae and Sugar, and then eat a piece of White-bread; or instead of Aqua­vitae, Taret-water, (which we shall de­scribe hereafter.)

28. How to cure the Apoplexy.

Chase the afflicted places with Oyl of Bay-berries, and Beavers Wine; mingle therewith some Aquavitae; you may also use Cynnamon-water, or St. Johns Herb, or preserved Sage, Rosemary, Field-Cy­press, Balme, and Mithridate; make also dry-stewings, with a Decoction of Laven­der, Balsom, and Marjoram.

29. How to cure the Shaking-Palsey.

Drink for a great while, the Decoction of Field-Cypress, Petty-mallein, and Sage; eat also the kernels of Pine-Apples.

30. How to strengthen weak Eyes.

Take Fenickle, the Herb Vervin, Eye-bright, Rhue, and Roses, of each a little quantity; distil them, drop into the Eyes every morning and evening three or four drops of this water.

Or, of the distilled water of Rotten-Apples; also 'tis good to receive the fume of the waters in which Fenile, Eye-bright and Rhue have been boiled; or to drink every morning half a glass of the wine of [Page 29] Eye-bright, or to prepare a Powder of dryed Eye-bright with Sugar; take there­of every morning two or three spoonfuls before you eat.

There is a stone to be found in an Ox­gall, which being put into the Nostrils, will make the sight very clear.

Also you may use Wine in the morning, made of Stone-Rhue-Roots.

31. A Cure for the running of the Eyes.

Lay a Plaister upon the fore-head made of Snail-slime, beaten with Frankincense and Aloes, till it be as thick as Honey.

32. A Cure for Weeping Eyes.

All humours which fall into the Eyes may be dryed up by a Decoction made of the leaves of Betony, Fenickle-root, and a little Frankincense; wash the Eyes there­with.

Or, by a Decoction of Chervil; mix therewith the juice of Rue, with scum'd honey.

Or, bind behind the head Rolls of Am­ber, which have a great virtue to hinder the humour or Rheum that falleth down the Throat.

Or, drop into the Eyes the distilled wa­ter of a Mans Gall, and the Herb Salan­dine.

Or, anoint the corners of the Eyes with blacking, which is made of Butter burnt in a Lamp; this Remedy dryeth up all run­ning of the Eyes, and is convenient for all Running-sores and Fistula's, which come of Humours and Rheums.

33. To cure the Redness or Inflammation of the Eyes.

Lay a Linnen-cloth, or Tow of Flax, which is wet in the white of Eggs, and well beaten with Rose or Lambs-tongue-water; or take a sower rotten-Apple, mingled with womans-Milk, and anoint therewith the Eye-lids.

Or, make a Garland of Damask-Roses, or the Preserve of Roses, and other things drawing together; lay these upon the Temples of the Head, and they will hin­der the humour which occasions the redness.

Or, soak in Womans-Milk little slices of Veal, or of the neck of an Ox newly kill'd; lay them upon the Eyes, and Tow upon them.

Or, take the Urine of a young Child; [Page 31] take it in a Copper Vessel or Metal; let it stand covered with a fine cloath twenty four hours: of this gather together the Rust, and mingle it with Rose-water; put it into a glass with a narrow neck, stop it well, and drop some of it into the Eyes in the morning and at night, or prepared Tutty.

But against the inveterate redness of the Eyes, take white Copperas, to the bigness of a small Nut bruised, (there are several sorts of Flowers so called) white Allum, of each the twenty fourth part of an ounce, Fountain-water one pint: mingle these together to an Eye-water, or boil them together until the water be clear; drop three or four drops of this into the Eyes: or, make a Plaister of Leaven, or of the remainder of Flax-seed Oyl, Gum of Arabia-Dragant, Mastick, and Cam­ [...]her.

34. To cure the Inflammation of the Eyes.

Take the Lungs of a Weather newly [...]ill'd, (or of an Ewe) lay it upon the Eyes: or, take the pap of a sweet roasted-apple, mix it with Barley-meal, Womans-milk, Rose-water, and white of Eggs.

Or, water of Marygolds, the Eye of a [Page 32] Wolf; or the little stones which are found in the bellies of Swallows, being hung about the neck, have the same virtue.

Or, take a piece of Frankincense upon the point of a stick, set it on fire with a wax-candle, extinguish it in four ounces of Rose-water; continue the lighting and extinguishing thereof thirty times, then strain it through a clean cloth to an Eye-water; drop some of it into the corners of the Eyes at night when you go to bed, and if you please, mingle with the water some womans Milk.

35. To take red Spots out of the Eyes.

Make a Plaister of green-wormwood pounded in a womans Milk and Rose-wa­ter. Or, drop into the Eyes the blood of the wing of a Pigeon or Turtle-dove; this last is good when the Eye is hurt with a blow.

36. To cleanse the Eyes of Matter.

Wipe them, and stroak them gently with a Saphire wet in cold water.

37. To take Spots and Webs out of the Eyes.

Take the new-laid Eggs of a black Hen, roast them hard in hot ashes, cut them in four equal parts, take out the yolks, fill them with white-sugar-candy [...]ruised, then strain them through a clean [...]innen-cloth very hard; this water or Oyl [...]s good to drop into Eyes, at any time of the day or night.

Or, you may make a water of white-Coperas, Sugar-candy, Rose-water, and the white of Eggs hard-boyled; strain these through a linnen-cloth, drop this in­ [...]o the Eyes at noon, after dinner, and at light when you go to bed. Also the [...]owder of white-beans onely put into the Eyes, is very good.

Or, take prepared Tutty scrap'd small [...]ne ounce, Broad-sword half an ounce; soak his in Rose-water and white-wine, of [...]ach about one pint; let it stand six weeks together in the Sun, in a well-stopp'd-glass, when the Sun shines bright, but [...]ake it away when it shineth not; stir the glass twice or thrice a day, to an Eye- [...]alve. These Remedies also serve against Red and Blear'd-eyes.

38. To take away the pain of the Eyes.

Make a Decoction of Camomile, Mel [...] lot, and Fenickle-seed, boil these in water and white-wine, dip therein a four-doub [...] cloth, wring it hard, and apply it to the Eyes: or, bath the Eyes in womans Milk, beaten with the white of an Egg.

39. To cure the pain of the Ears.

If it proceeds from an hot cause, tak [...] Oyl of Roses, with a little Vinegar; spo [...] them into the Ears, and lay thereon a small bag of Camomile, Melilot, Flax▪seed boiled in Milk: but if the pain [...] occasioned by Inflammation, then take th [...] blacking of the smoak of boyled pitch [...] mingle it with a little Oyl of Roses, an [...] pour it warm into the Ears: if the pai [...] be occasioned by cold, put into the E [...] Cotten, made sweet with one grain o [...] Musk.

40. To help thickness of Hearing.

Drop into the Ears the juyce of a wild-vine, or of Onion mingled with Honey o [...] Oyl, wherein Affodel-roots have been boiled.

41. A Cure for Deafness.

Make a Salve of the following Ingredi­ents; take Goose-grease two ounces, melt it over a soft fire, mingling with it pow­der of Aloes half an ounce; this you shall put into the Ears with Cotton: or take the juice of Radish-skins, mingled with Oyl of Roses, or the fat of an Eel, with Oyl of bitter Almonds, or the juyce of an Onion mingled with Honey, or Powder of Aloes dissolved in white-wine, and dropped warm into the Ear. Then to sneeze with the Root of Hellebore, or let the fume of Ash-wood be received into the Ear, which you may do, by firing a stick of Ash-wood at the one end, and putting the other end to the hole of the Ear, into which the smoak will easily enter: the stick must be of a young shoot without knots. This is of great virtue for the cure of Deafness, although it be of 25 or 30 years; but against natural Deafness there is no remedy.

Or, take Wormwood, Cammomile, Thousand-leaf, Hysop, St. Johns Herb, Fine-mint, Rosemary, Saintory, Savory, of each one handful; boil these in white-wine, to the consumption of one third [Page 36] part thereof, and let the hot smoak into the Ear through a Funnel, and then drop some of the following Oyl into the Ear, and stop the Ear with Cotton in which Musk hath been.

Or, take Oyl of Olive two ounces, Mallows one ounce and a half, Oyl of Oni­ons, sweet Almonds, of each one ounce; put all these together into a flask with a long neck, set it on a fire that is not too hot, boil them until the juices be half con­sumed; then take the dust hence, and put therein powdred Castoreum, Coloquint, Mastick, Spikenard, of each the six­teenth part of an ounce; then take the flask, and being well stopt, boil it in a lit­tle kettle full of water (like a Balneum Ma­riae) for three hours; then put it in the Sun a little while, to cause the Oyl to be clear; then strain the Oyl through a thick cloath, and add thereunto Musk ten grains, to an Oyl; keep it safe and carefully in a well-stop'd flask for use.

42. A Cure for the Worms in the Ears.

Take the Milky juyce of a Fig-tree or Figgs, also the juyce of Capers, Worm­wood, Futher-wood, Fine-mint, Santory, the rind of an Acorn-tree, or the rind of green Acorns alone, or mingled together.

43. A Cure for the noise in the Ears.

Drop therein Oyl of Spikenard, Bay­berries, Bitter-Almonds, or of Rhue, with some Brandy, or Eels-grease, or Brandy where Carraway or Anniseed have been soaked.

Or, take Saw-dust of Cedar-wood, fill therewith a little Taffata-bag of Crimson, as big as an Almond; let it soak in Bran­dy quite through, then put it somewhat deep into the Ear, stop it in, and let the Patient lye down to sleep on that Ear.

44. To take away little Ʋlcers from behind the Ears.

Make a Plaister of Barley-meal boiled in Honey-water, add thereto the juyce of five-leaved-grass (an Herb that killeth fleas) and Oyl of Flower-de-luce, or a Plaister made of Goats-dung, unsalted Butter, and the Lees of Nut-oyl.

45. Against the Kings Evil.

Take Betony and Sorrel-leaves and Roots, squeeze out one pound of the juyce, and Bertram bruised one ounce, Spanish-green [Page 38] half a quarter of an ounce: mingle these together, and warm therewith the Crop or Swelling; hang also about the neck, the Roots of Selandine and Lambs-tongue.

Or, when the Moon decreaseth, and is near the Sun, then cut off the feet of a great frog, and hang them about the neck.

Or, take a good quantity of Tobacco, bruised in a clean Morter, and apply its juyce to the Crop or Swelling nine or ten times: the said swellings are brought to Ulcers, by laying thereunto Cow or Ox­dung, made hot in Vine or Colewort-leaves, among the ashes, and being ming­led with Vineger.

46. A Remedy for the stopping of the Nose.

When the Nose is stopped by humours that fall into it, and hinder the fetching of breath, then to open the same, take the juyce of Beets and Marjoram, mingled with the Oyl of bitter-Almonds, and snuff it up.

Also the smoak of Tobacco, received into the mouth through a little Funnel, and let go through the Nose, is good alone.

47. For a dropping Nose.

This is cured by Medicines which are proper for the brains, whereby such hu­mours are stopp'd and dried up. In this case 'tis good to use Rubbings, Perfumes, in little caps and bags; also sneezing is very good.

48. To procure Sneezing.

Blow into the Nose powdered Peper, Berthram, (Staphisagria) Flower-de-luce Roots of Florence; mingle these flowers and grease, and anoint the Nostrils: if sneezing trouble you, it is cured by scratch­ing the soles of the feet, and palms of the hands, by rubbing the Eyes and Ears, by smelling white Flower-de-luce, by washing or bathing the hands in warm-water.

49. To recover the Smelling when 'tis lost.

Make a Persume of Nardus-seed, Ave­rone, Rhue, and other Herbs which have a strong sent; or smell to water-Mint.

50. To staunch Blood.

You may stanch the bleeding of the Nose, by putting the Thumb on that side of the Nose out of which the blood issueth.

Or, put about the neck a string of Jas­per-stone, or tye the uppermost joints as fast as 'tis possible, and put into the Nose a Tent of Dove-nettles; also keep in your hand the Roots and Leaves of Agrimony; or take rain-water in your Mouth, or Sage-flower, or other woolly fruits being put in­to the Nose; or lay upon the forehead Camphire, or use the juyce of Lambs-tongue, or of Night-shade.

Or, lay upon the Temples and round about the neck, (especially on the great Vein) cooling herbs, as Night-shade, Lambs-tongue, Lactuce, or stinging nettles, brui­sed with Salt and wine-venegar; the Herb Periwinckle put under the Tongue, hath the same virtue.

Also you may make a Girdle or Bracelet of Thousand-button, called St. Innocentius; some hold a white-Mallow on the side of the bleeding nostril; Many Coutrymen stench all sorts of bleeding, in what part of the body soever.

With Hogs-dung wrap'd up in Cot­ton, and put it to the place that bleeds: or, blow into the Nose the powder of a [Page 41] three-cornered stone which is found in the of a Carp.

Against too much bleeding at the Nose, the Powder of Sandarica is very good, beaten with the white of an Egg, and [...]aid upon the fore-head with a cloath.

Also the juyce of Onion and Wine-vi­negar put into the Nostrils with a little cloth, or the water of Mint drunk, or red-Coral drunk with Wine; or to anoint the fore-head with a Salve made of Dragon-blood, Mastick, Frankincense, and the whites of Eggs mingled together. Con­ [...]rariwise, you may cause the Nose to bleed with a sheaf of corn, or Thousand-leaf, when you put the sharp end into the Nose before the herb; and the contrary cometh [...]o pass when you put the stump or end [...]hat is cut off in first: such various man­ [...]ers of the use of things, often bring forth divers cures.

1. To cure Biles and Ʋlcers in the Nose.

Take the juyce of Veyl, and of sower Pomegranates, and mingle them together.

52. Against the stinking of the Nose.

Snuff up the Decoction of Marjoram, [Page 42] fine-Mint, Cloves, Ginger and Musk, and boil them in whine-wine or vineger: of Sea-Onyon, (Acetum Squilliticon.)

Or, use Sirrups, as of Diacodium, and the like: or hold in your mouth little Pel­lets of Bolus Armenius, Sealed Earth, Am­berstone, Dragon-blood, Cloves, and Musk.

53. A Remedy for a stinking Mouth.

Wash it with Wine wherein is boiled Anniseed and Cloves; also Musk, Mastick, of blew Flower-de-luce Root.

54. To Cure Ʋlcers and Sores in the Mouth.

Rinse it with a Decoction of the leaves of Nail-herb, (Pelosella,) Welch-root, Golden-Rod, or the flowers of wild Pom­granates, Lambs-tongue, Agrimony, and Roses; adding thereto some Allum, with wine in which Annis and Gilleflowers have been boiled, or with stilled water of Harts-tongue, or with Treacle-water, di­stilled with the like quantity of Rosemary and Brandy; among which, a little Bolus Armenius must be broken. The Decocti­on of Hen-pease, (Elatina) of Pilosella made with wine, and gargled, dryeth the Soars of the Mouth, and takes away [Page 43] the rawness of the Tongue which comes by an Ague.

Also it is a singular Remedy to touch the Ulcers with a drop of the Oyl of Copperas, or to anoint the ulcerating place in the Pallate of the Mouth, or on the Tongue, with Oyl of Roses.

55. Of the Cure of excessive Slabbering.

It is cured by Gargle-waters, that are drying and drawing together, made with the Decoction of Roses, Flowers of wild-granats, Lambs-tongue, and Allum boiled in water and wine. 'Tis also good to eat Biskets, Roasted meat with Mustard, to chaw a Rase of Ginger, and to drink good wine. But slabbering is excited with Rai­sons, dry Figs, or with Mastick held in the Mouth in the morning fasting.

56. How to cleanse the Teeth, and keep them sound.

57. How to fasten the Teeth when loose.

It is good to wash the same with Rose-water and Allum mixt together: or, the Roots of five-finger-grass, and Allum.

58. For to prevent hollowness of the Teeth.

Hold in the morning under your tongue, a course large corn of Bay-salt, let it melt, and rub your Teeth therewith. After that you have used all Remedies, it will be good for the preservation of the Teeth, to rub them oftentimes with Roots of Marsh-Mallo's, by which means they will be smooth and bright: these Roots are especially useful, for they make the gums fast, and leave a good smell behind. When you prepare them, you shall cut the Roots off four or five fingers long; if they are gross and thick, then you shall cut them through again in the length, for to make thereof pieces that are of the thickness of a little finger: next you shall let them boil six hours in clean water, with Salt, [Page 53] Allum, and root of Flower-de-luce; at last you shall dry them, which must be done quickly, and not slowly, lest they rot; therefore you shall put them in a hot Oven if it be in winter-time, when you cannot have the benefit of the Sun.

59. A Remedy against Tooth-ach.

The Tooth-ach proceeds from divers as well cold as hot causes; in case it is occa­sioned by cold, then use these following means.

You shall rinse the Teeth with strong vinegar, in which Wormwood is boyl'd; Strawberries, or red-wine, in which are boyl'd leaves of Strawberries, with La­vender, Sage, and Marjoram; or White-Wine wherein the leaves and Nots of the Cypress-tree, Juniper-berries, and Roses, Mirtle-leaves, are boiled; or the Flowers of Lavender, Cinamon, Fenickle, Roots of Sparagus boiled in Wine: oyl of Juniper-tree is good being put in the Teeth if they are hollow; but this following is better.

Oyl of Pepper, Cloves, Sage, Bame, Oyl of Spike and Aqua-fortis, being gent­ly put into the hollow Tooth with Cot­ton, takes away the pain, and breaketh it if it is corrupted.

If the Tooth-ach proceeds from an hot cause, then you shall put to the painful Teeth Oyl of Poppeys, Mandragora, Hen­bane-seed, together or alone; or in want of oyls, the Mandragora and Henbane mixt with Wine; or Henbane Roots mixt with Rose-water and Wine-vineger; or you shall hold in the Mouth Wine-vineger wherein Campher has been boiled: from what cause soever the Tooth-ach proceed­eth, you shall appease the pain with Oyl of Henbane-seed, which is made after this manner: sprinkle the seed of Hen­bane with Brandy, then put it into a glass, which you shall cover very close, put it in a kittle full of water, and let it boil four and twenty hours; then take the glass out of the water, and put the seed before 'tis cold into a little linnen bag, and then press out the Oyl.

This pain is also helped with the Roots of Thousand-leaf, or of Agrimony, being held between the Teeth: and the same operation has the Root of Bertram (Py­retrum.)

Likewise against the Tooth-ach, you may boil the Root of Henbane, or of Mul­berries, in vineger and Rose-water, and hold the water in the Mouth: or take a head of Garlick, let it roast in the hot [Page 55] ashes; then bruise it, and put it as hot as [...]ver is possible to the Teeth, and put some of it into the Ear, on the side where the [...]ain is nearest. Some bruise a head of Garlick, and put it upon the Artery or great Vein of the Arm, on the painful side.

Or take Bertram bruised, (one quarter [...]f an ounce) Rosemary, Sage, of each [...]ne handful, large Figs, to the number of [...]hree; let these boil in half a pint of wine, until the Wine is all consumed; then lay [...]ne of these Figs upon the painful Tooth, [...]s hot as you can bear it.

Or, put very hot upon the Temples of [...]he Head, a plaister of Pitch, beaten Gal­ [...]uts and Allum: it is good also to lay upon the Teeth the juyce of Garlick, Rue, Tansie, (Matricaria) or any hot Oyl, as of Sage, which is excellent on this occasi­on; or wash and rinse oftentimes your Teeth with a Decoction of Pennyroyal boiled in Wine, till two third parts are consumed. Some hold for a secret, that a Tooth of a Man wrapt up in Taffeta, or a Bean with a hole, in which a Louse is [...]hut up, being hanged about the neck, [...]nd that these driveth away the greatest Tooth-ach that can be.

Great care has always been taken to drive away heavy and intollerable Tooth­ach, [Page 56] and to preserve the Teeth, because of the necessity of their service; for which two things the most choicest means have been searcht for; insomuch, that if the Proverb be made true in this point, that Necessity is the Mother of Arts, I have amongst many innumerable means or re­medies which are found for the Teeth, brought forth a small number, as being the choicest and most approved: and when all these Remedies will not help you, and that there is not any more hope of being delivered from the pain, then you must draw them. Sometimes the Teeth are spoiled because of the putrefaction, but you must not inconsiderately begin this, but first consult about it well, and then employ thereto a man that has skill there­in, for fear of the many dangerous Sym­ptomes, which are many times occasioned thereby, when by a mischance the good Tooth is taken for the bad, or that it is drawn out with too great force, whereby the blood runs out in abundance, inso­much that the Patient runneth the hazard of his life: it were rather to be wisht, that the corrupted Tooth might fall out through any other means, than by force: but the difficulty lyes in the finding out of those things which have such a proper­ty and vertue.

Some have used to put into the holes and hollowness of the Teeth, the ashes of earth-worms, or mice-turd, or of the Tooth of a Hart, and these ashes shall cause the Tooth to fall out immediately: or they put thereupon Mulberry-kernels, or put a soaking fifteen days in strong Wine-vinegar, beaten Mulberry-Roots; after the soaking, the same being dryed in the Sun, they make a Powder thereof, to put it on the Tooth; or put thereon the brains of a Partridge, or the juyce of Cherry-leaves; or put into the hollowness of the Tooth the juyce of the Herb Sa­landine, and strong-water.

60. Of Teeth set an edge.

The Teeth grow blunt by sharp or sowr victuals, especially such as are of a bad qua­lity, viz. green, sowr, and unripe fruit, whose roots are full of sowr and tart juyce, as well as because of vapours which climb out of the stomach unto the Teeth: for to be rid of this trouble, it is good to eat old and strong Cheese, or Nuts, or Al­monds, or to rub the Teeth with the like: or also by holding of Purslain, or a Decoction of it in the Mouth: or to hold in the Mouth the Milk of an Ass: or by rubbing the Mouth with Wine, after that [Page 58] you have rubbed the Teeth with Salt and Sage.

61. A Cure for a stinking Breath.

For to cure a stinking breath, (from what cause soever it proceed) it is good to wash the Mouth with vineger of Sea-onion, or with the Decoction of the leaves of Mint, the Herb Baulm, Sow-thistle, Roots of Flower-de-luce, of wild Galiga, Annis-seed, Fenickle-seed, and Paradise-corn; to gnaw Nutmegs, Flower-de-luce Roots, Clove-Gilliflowers, or to hold in the Mouth a little Pill, which is made after this manner.

Take Gum-dragant one ounce, Dra­gons blood half an ounce; let it soak two days in Rose-water, and then add there­to, in a little stone-morter, Sugar an ounce and a quarter, Cinnamon three eight parts of an ounce, Musk one scruple; this be­ing pounded with a Pestle in Rose-water, and it being dryed, make it for use to small Pills.

The bad sent occasioned by the eating of Garlick, Onion, or Leeks, goes away by gnawing fresh Nuts, or leaves of Rue, of Fenickle, or Parsley.

For to make the breath smell sweet, [Page 59] when it sents not, it will be necessary to rinse the mouth the Morning before with Cinnamon-water, and to hold the same a little while in the mouth, or with the water called Aqua Imperialis, or with Trea­cle-water, or to use the Roots of Ma­ster-wort, or of Flower-de-luce, or of Angelica or Mastick.

62. A Cure for the Squinancy.

Against Squinancies, make a Poultis of a whole Swallow-nest, boiled in White-Wine, and then mingle it with Oyl of Cammomile and sweet Almonds, and put it outwardly upon the Throat; or drink im­mediately water of Carduus Benedictus, with one eighth part of an ounce of the powder of a Boars tooth; or anoint the place with a Salve of Lint-seed-oyl and the fore-going Powder; or put thereupon a Pultis of the Turd of a young sound youth or strippling, who has been nourished for three days together onely with Bread of Lupinum which is well baked and knea­ded with Salt and leaven, and who has drunk nothing but red Wine, adding thereto as much Honey.

63. Against Hoarsness.

Forasmuch as the Speech is of a great moment, the want and necessity of which causes us to seek for means which may take away all hindrances, and assist the same: amongst one of the most trouble­some is Hoarsness, which makes men speak softly, and with great difficulty. This will be cured by the following means, by which the Voice shall become clearer and more perceptible.

The Patient shall take at night going to bed, two ounces, or [four or five thin small spoonsful] of Wine, in which good Figs and Raisons have been boyl'd for two hours together, with Sugar, Cin­namon, and Cloves.

Also water wherein red Coleworts have been boyl'd, adding thereto one ounce of Syrup of Venus-hair; and that he shall take in the morning.

The Voice is also made clear by little Cakes made of Diairis-powder, and taken in the morning and at night.

Also Syrup of Jujuben, as also the de­coction of Elicampane made with Vine­gar and with Honey, in which Liquoris has been boyl'd, performs the same.

An excellent Remedy against this evil, [...]s to take this at night when you go [...]o bed; for it makes the almost-lost [...]peech to be restored again.

64. Of Shortness of Breath.

Against shortness of the breath, or di [...] ficulty in breathing (otherwise call [...] short-winded) besides the means whi [...] are good against the Cough, this followin [...] Liquor is good, and very useful, bei [...] made of these following, like unto a Co [...] serve.

Take large Raisons without stones o [...] ounce, two great Figs, one Date, d [...] Hysop, Venus-hair, Liquoris well was [...] Fox-lungs, distilled water of Scabiosa, [...] each the eighth part of an ounce; Pen [...] dice two ounces, Syrup of Liquoris, [...] each enough to the third parts of [...] Conserve: of which Syrup, you shall u [...] with a little stick of Liquorish, a wh [...] after Dinner, before or after that you ha [...] [Page 63] used a Decoction of the following. Take Venus hair, Marubium, of each one handful, Ani-seed, Licorish, Dates, Dry-figs, Seed of Fenickle, Ladies-mark, boiled in a pint of water, so long, till one third part is consumed; use this every morning two hours before breakfast; and presently after it, or a little before it, eat a little cake of Diairis, or Diahysopum; anoint the Breast with a Salve which is made of this follow­ing.

Take Oyl of Sweet Almonds two oun­ces, fresh May-Butter one ounce, a little Saffron, New wax, (as much as is enough) melted and mingled to a chafing Salve.

For as much as the short-windedness is worse than the Hoarseness or Cough, you must take greater care in your Diet when troubled with the short-windedness, than if you have a Cough. Therefore you must abstain from the aforesaid, and all other windy Meats; and contrariwise you shall feed upon peeled Barley, boiled in sweet Almonds-milk with Sugar, the juice of red Cabbage; or, you shall eat of old Cock with Hysop and Saffron; you shall eat Hens, Pigeons, and the like, roasted Figs, Rai­sons, Dates, sugared kernels, Pine-Apples, Almonds: moderate motion is good, but above all, it is very bad to bestir himself [Page 64] much before dinner; and the pertur­bation and distraction of the mind is far worse.

65. A Remedy for a Cough.

Take Hysop, Colts foot, of each one handful; Figs, large Raisons, Liquorish, of each one ounce; boil this in water, till two third parts are wasted, and drink thereof twice a day, two hours before din­ner, and one hour before supper.

Or, let the Patient drink twice a day of Red cole-worts, with a handful of Colts-foot, and one or two small stalks of Hy­sop; and these things must boil a little time.

66. Against the pain in the side.

Against the pain in the side, (Pleurisis▪) drink immediately Syrop of Violets, or others that are proper for the Breast, with two half ounces of Nettle-seed or Ashen-tree-seed, or water of Carduus Benedictus, our Ladies-Thistle, or of Bryer, or in a spoonful of white-wine, the powder of hasel-nut-shells, the eighth part of an ounce, eighteen grains of Red-Coral; these things being well mingled together, [Page 65] add thereto the Seed of Melions, Gourds and Cowcombers, (being very useful for this purpose) this you shall take luke-warm, [...]s soon as it is possible after you perceive the Distemper. Or, roast in the hot ashes [...] sweet Apple: when it is roasted enough, then mingle it with the juice of Lickorish, Starch, and white Sugar; give the Pa­ [...]ient this twice a day, two hours before [...]inner or supper: or, take the eighth [...]art of an ounce of the powder of a [...]oars Tooth, with juice of sweet-Al­monds and Sugar-candy: or, with the [...]uice of Red-coleworts, barley-water, or [...]e like things that are specifical for the [...]reast: or make ashes of the pisle of an Ox, and give the Patient thereof to [...]rink, the eighth part of an ounce, with white-wine, or with Carduus Benedictus, [...]r Barley-water; if this be used before [...]e third day, it is a special Remedy.

67. Against vomiting of Blood.

Against the Vomiting of Blood, dri [...] stilled water of the first budding or puttin [...] out of Oak-leaves, or the Decoction Wall-wort, Lambs-tongue, Thousand-bu [...] ton, or of Horse-tail; or let him swallo [...] down a little piece of Mastick, bu [...] Harts-horn, Goats-horn, Bolus Armeni [...] Terra sigillata, red Corals or Amber; the powder of the innermost little shels Chestnuts, or Cork, or Hogs-dung roa [...] with unsalted Butter; this you shall gi [...] him to eat.

68. A Cure for the Consumption.

For the comfort and ease of those who are in a Consumption, these means are useful: The Patient shall drink eve­ry morning four hours before meat, a little draught of Milk of a she-Ass, or of a Bitch fresh milk'd, putting eve­ry time therein one ounce of pounded [...]oaf-Sugar; he shall take every hour Pre­serve of Roses, or loaf-Sugar, or of the powder of small Cakes, called Diatraga­canth: it is very good to drink every morning fasting a full glass of water, which is still'd in a bath (balneum Mariae,) made of all these Herbs, viz. of Colts-foot, Wall-wort, Venus-hair, Hysop, of each a like quantity, with snails without the shells, being washt very clean: the water of Snails stilled alone, is good also against this distemper, as well as for all other dry and lean persons: he shall use little Cakes made of two ounces of Pimpinella, pow­dered with Sugar, which he shall take eve­ry morning, being dissolved in three ounces of Pimpernella water: it is very wholesome to take in the morning of this following powder, a quarter of an ounce, and immediately after take two spoonfuls [Page 68] of Surrup of Jujuben, or for want of that▪ take stilled water of Colts-foot, or of Barley-water (Ptisane.) This Powder is made in this manner.

Take of the four great cooling seeds together, one ounce and three quarters, Quince-kernels almost half an ounce, white Poppy seed somewhat more then half a [...] ounce, Liquorish balls, pounded Hysop, Starch, Gum-Arabick, three sixteen parts of an ounce, Gum-Diatragacanth, Pe [...] ­dice, as much as of all the rest together; this being each asunder well pounded, and reduced to Powder, must be well mi [...] together to a Powder.

69. To cure the Palpitation of the Heart.

The Patient by the advice of the Phy­sician, must either bleed or purge, that if it be possible the cause of the Malady may be taken away.

The outward Remedies against his sick­ness, (when 'tis accompanied with an Ague) will be to drink every morning the Surrup of Lemmons, or the juyce of Sor­rel with Rose-water, Purslain with Sorrel.

Let the Patient smell to Spices that ar [...] of a good scent and cooling; as Roses, Flowers of Violets, and Vineger.

Also wet a cloth in stilled water of Lambs-tongue, Roses, and Sorril, with a little wine-vineger, and put it upon the left breast.

But if the passion of the Heart be with­out an Ague, then take Imperial water, (Aqua Coelestis) Cinnamon-water, Aqua Vitae or Brandy; drink of each of these apart in the morning fasting: or, distilled water of Ox-tongue, in which three oun­ces of Cloves have been boiled, or six ounces of the water of Confilie, the Herb Balm, with two ounces of Sugar mixed therewith: or, the weight of a Crown of the Conserve of Diameschum. Let him drink with it distilled water of good wine, or water of Ox-tongue, or the Confection of Hyacinth, (which is very good) or the Conserve of Gilliflowers, and Rosemary, or such like.

Also take the water of Ox-tongue, Balm, and Bourage, (a pound together) good red-Wine half a pint, sugar of Cin­namon, Cloves, Nutmegs, of each a quar­ter of an ounce; mingle all these together, warm it in a dish upon an hot Tile, then wet therein a Scarlet or linnen cloth, and put it upon the left breast.

You shall put in a little bag the Powder of Sandalwood with the aforesaid well-scent­ing Spices, and heart-strengthening Pow­ders, and lay it warm upon the left breast.

The aforesaid pleasant scents comfort the Heart, therefore the Patient should of­ten smell to them, whether you prepare them for Perfumes, Waters, Powders, or sweet-balls made of Benjamin, Storax, Labdanum, Ambergreese, Civet, or other rich Perfumes, wherewith you may per­ [...]ume the sick parties Chamber & Cloaths.

Also these Perfumes are good to hang about the sick parties neck, about the big­ness of a pea: or, to drink two or three ounces of the distilled water of Ox-tongue, and of Balme.

Also this following water is esteemed a special Remedy: Take of the Hearts of three Oxen, and the Hearts of three Hogs, Nutmegs, Cloves, Seed of Basilicon, of each three eight parts of an ounce; flowers of Burage, Ox-tongue, Rosemary, Mary­golds, of each an handful; let these soak one night in Old Malligo or Hipocras.

70. To cure the faintness of the Heart.

'Tis good to press and bend the joint of the Heart or Physick-finger, or to rub [Page 71] the same with a piece of Gold and Saffron: for from this finger, the vertue goes to the Heart.

But forasmuch as this is a very bad and heavy distemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death. For which a speedy Remedy must be pro­vided, and be always in readiness: if it be but cold water, which they must sprin­kle on the Patients face, adding thereto Rose-water, if it may be gotten time enough.

Their fingers, arms, and legs must be tyed, and rubbed hard: they must pull the sick by the hair, and give him a little wine to drink.

Or, give him some Aqua-vitae, or Me­theglin, made a little warm, or Imperial water, (Aqua Coelestis) or let him smell good wine-vineger, or rub and anoint his Breast with Aqua vitae, (made a little warm,) by which Motions and Drink the dispersed vitals will gather themselves again to the heart.

These means are good for men, but not for women, although you are assured the faintness▪ proceeds not from the Matrix; if it doth, sprinkle not any water on her face, but let her smell fumes that stink, putting them into her Nostrils.

Such as, Divel-turd, Beverswine, Par­tridge Feathers burnt on the fire, old shoo­soals burned: or you shall perfume her below with Benzoyn, Storax, Musk, Am­ber, Civet, and the like.

If the faintness proceeds from the de­cay of the spirit, as it often doth, after a great bleeding, looseness or sweat, then it is not good to bind the arms and legs, nor to sprinkle cold water on their face, but 'tis most expedient to give them good wine, and of the aforesaid waters to drink, and to nourish them with good Victuals, as Chicken-broth, and the like nourishing, soft, and delicate food.

71. Against continual Burning Feavers.

Bind upon the Pulse-veins of both Arms the juyce of stinging Nettles, mingled with Poplar Salve: or take an Oni­on, the middle being taken out, then fill it with Mithridate, and bind it fast upon the pulse of the Right-arm.

Or, two yolks of new-laid Eggs, with foot of the chimney well pounded, ming­led with Salt and strong vineger; bind it with a linnen cloth about the arm.

Or, take the heart of a frog, and bind it on the Heart or Back-bone of the Pa­tient, [Page 73] or lay it on his Liver, or lay upon the hollow of the foot a living frog.

Many make a drink of bruised field-Sor­rel, to drink in the greatest heat, and make of the remainder a Poultis to lay upon the back of the Patients hands.

Others perform the same with the juyce of a great Lemon: others lay flea-herb-seed, or five-leav'd grass a soaking in wa­ter one night, and then putting Sugar in­to this liquor, they give it the Patient to drink.

72. Against Quotidian Feavers.

It is good to drink (a little before the fit cometh) the juyce of Betony and Plan­tine leaves; or to drink in the morning a Decoction of the Roots of Ladies-mark, Parsley, Radish, and Asparagus, the leaves of Betony and Harts-tongue, red Spanish Pease, and the middle bark of an Alder-tree.

Or, drink every morning and night, two leaves of five-fingers Herb, with a draught of white-wine: or the Roots of Poppies, and drink a draught thereof about an hour before the fit comes; and in the mean time forbear sleeping. Also bind upon the pulse of the Arms, a Pultise [Page 74] made of noble Say, Hysop, Wormwood, Parsley, Mint, and three-leaved-grass with white spots; pound these with wine-vi­neger to a Poultis, and make thereof small plaisters for the pulses.

73. A Remedy for the Tertian Feaver.

Soak pounded Patience Roots, three or four hours in white-wine; strain the juyce through a fine cloth, (that it may make about sixteen ounces) and let the patient drink it an hour or two before his Feaver cometh: or put the same a soaking in half wine and water, with Platine Root.

Or, take about half a pint of Lambs-tongue, Purslain, or Pimpernel-water, a little before the fit come: or, drink every day in the morning and at night, three leaves of five-finger Herb in wine.

Or, take the juyce of Ladies Mark, Sage, wine-vineger, of each an ounce; mingle these together to a potion, take it three hours before the Feaver come.

But the best Remedy in the world, is to drink two ounces of the juyce of Pome­granats in the morning fasting, five hour before the fit come, and to bind upon t [...] wrests sleep-browns, and in the hollow [...] the feet piles as big as a pea, made of a [...] [Page 75] ounce of Poplar-seed, and one half ounce of Spiders-web put thereon, until the fit be past: Or, you may (an hour before the fit come) lay this poultis upon the pulses: Sage, Nettle, Rhue, of each an handful, plucked before the Sun rise; Salt, Soot, of each as big as a Nut; pound these toge­ther with wine-vineger to a poultis.

Others do more commend a Salve made of Earth-worms boyled in Goose-grease; anoint the fore-head therewith, and the patients Temples, before his fit cometh: or, put to his Neck the horns of a flying Hart, (Horbeder) this is a singular Reme­dy.

74. How to Cure a Quartan Feaver.

Take two white loaves, as hot as they come out of the Oven, let them soak in a pot of wine-vineger; still it through a Still, and give the patient of this stilled wa­ter to drink about half a pint, two hours before his Feaver come: or, the juyce of the female wool-herb is a spec [...]al Reme­dy, being prest out with white-wine, be­fore it buds, and taken a little before the fit comes.

The juyce of the Herb Colts-foot hath the same vertue: also the Decoction of [Page 76] the Roots and leaves of Iron-herb, boyled in white-wine.

Also the Decoction of clean-Mint, Po­ley, Oreya, Oxentongue, Borage, Betony, Thime, Agrimony, the rind of Thama­risk Root, Ash, and Sparagus Roots boy­led up together in white-wine: or the powder of Myrrha drunk with Maligoe; likewise pills of Myrrha and Triacle, of the bigness of a Spanish pea, swallowed down an hour before the fit come.

Also distilled water, or the Decoction of Carduus Benedictus, drunk before the fit come, is very good.

Also the juyce of Wormwood and Rhue setled and clear: or the juyce of Lambs-tongue drunk with honey-water. Also the pounded Root of Mans-ear, dryed in the Sun, or in an Oven, the eighth part of an ounce, taken half a quarter of an hour before the fit come.

Also if you drink one ounce or two of the juyce of bruised Alder-roots, once, twice, or thrice before the fit come, it will leave you: or having purged, drink white-wine wherein Sage hath been steeped a whole night; besides, anoint the back­bone, the hollow of the feet, the palms of the hands, the fore-head and the Tem­ples, with Treacle, Mithridate, or Scorpi­on-Oyl: [Page 77] the Oyl of Bay-berries, mingled with Brandy, hath the same vertue.

Some superstitiously eat Sage for nine days together, the first day nine leaves, the second eight, and so consequently eve­ry day one less, until the nine days be past.

75. A Cure for the Shaking in the Ague.

Eat before the fit come, a peeled head of Garlick.

76. Against Thirst in an Ague.

Hold upon your Tongue a three come­red stone, which is found in the head of a Carp, a stone of a Snail, a piece of Chry­stal often laid in water, a piece of Silver or Gold, or leaves of Roman Sorril, of Pur­slain, of Stan-crop, or peeled seed of Cu­cumbers, House-leek leaves.

77. A Remedy against the Plague.

Make distilled water of the Queen of the fields, steeped before in White-Wine: or put a piece of Gold, or, of its filings, or leaves of beaten Gold, a soaking in the juyce of Lemons twenty four hours; min­gle this with Wine-vineger, and with the [Page 78] powder and decoction of Angelica-roots, and give it to him that hath the Plague: or take two old Oaker-nuts, one Fig, ten leaves of Rhue, one corn of Salt, bruise these together, then mingle them, and roast them in the ashes, and sprinkle them with Wine to an Antidote, and give it to the infected person.

Or, take an head of Garlick, leaves of Rhue, the Herb Salandine, of each twenty; pound them together with White-wine, and a little Brandy that is let through, to a potion; of this let him drink half a pint.

Three quarters of a pint of Wine, six ounces of the Water of Orange-flowers, drunk, driveth away the Malignity of the distemper by sweating: so doth the juyce of Marygolds, Gilliflowers, and of the Herb Scabiosa.

Upon the swelling of the Plague, you must lay a hot loaf being opened in the middle: or a white Onion filled with Treacle or Mithridate, made soft with the juice of Lemon, well stopped and roasted in the ashes till it is enough; then bruise it, and lay it upon the swelling.

Also they may drink the juyce that is pressed thereout, and lay the remainder upon the swelling; which hath the same vertue.

Against the Carbunckle, or other pesti­lential swellings, take pounded Rhue, with sowr Leaven, Figs, Spanish flyes, Onion, Sea-Onion, unquenched Lime, Soap, Am­moniack, and a little Venice-Treacle; make a plaister thereof, lay it to the swel­lings, and it will break them.

Or, dry a Toad, either in the Sun or in the Oven; make her into powder, lay the powder on the swelling, it will draw out the poison.

Or, put thereupon a living Frog; if he dyes, lay on an other, and renew this of­ten, till the Frog remains alive, so you shall draw out all the poison.

78. A Cure for Hanging-Breasts.

Make a Salve of the remainder of the dregs of Flax-seed Oyl, a little gum of Arabia, Dragant, Mastick, and Campher, or Partridge Eggs; renew it often.

Or, wash them with the distilled water of fresh Pine-Apples, or with the juyce of wild Pine-Apples.

79. A Cure for Ʋlcerated Breasts.

If the Breast be ulcerated because of the superfluity of suck, take mire out of the Grinders or Cutlers trough, and cover the Breast therewith, and the pain will Goard-cease [Page 80] in one night; you may add there­unto a little Oyl of Roses.

But if the Teats be much infected, lay thereupon the pap of Rice-Meal, or the flour of the best Wheat, boyled thick in Red-wine, as hot as you can suffer it.

80. How to increase Milk.

Use often Fenickle-juyce, or drink the juyce of Ladies-mark, or of Beets; or powder of the Root of our Lady-Thistle, adding thereto fresh Fenickle-seed, and a little burnt powder of the fore-feet of a Cow, with Wine, or Chicken-broth, or such like: or, fine powder of Mountain Chrystal, drunk with Wine or Mutton-broth; or, eat boyl'd Coleworts, prepared with Pepper; or, boyled Roots of Neck-herb with Pepper.

81. How to dry up Milk.

Lay upon the Teats the Roots of the Herb Salandine, bruised and boiled: or, bath the Breasts with sowre vineger wa­ter, or lay thereupon a pap of Bean-Meal; or of Rhue, Sage, Mint, Wormwood, Fe­nickle, and rolls sodden and mingled with Cameles Oyl, or fresh and green Goard-leaves, or bruised and pounded Crab-fish.

82. Against any hurt by swallowing down Horse-leeches.

If any in drinking have swallowed down any Horse-leech, or such like, give him to drink wood-lice, with strong vine­ger.

If a Serpent be crept into the body of any being asleep, having his mouth open, nothing is better than to receive through a funnel in the mouth, the smoak of an old shoo-sole: or drink a Decoction of Iron-hearb boiled in white-wine, probatum est.

If you have eaten bad Mushromes, then drink Honey-Vineger, with pounded hens-dung, and you shall presently be freed from any harm, or suffocation of the stomack; or drink lie of Vine-branches with a little Salt.

83. Against the Hiocough.

It is good to stop and retain oftentimes the breath, to stop both Ears, keeping up the head, and the mouth open, looking upwards.

Also endeavour to sneeze, to use la­bour, to suffer thirst, to throw cold wa­ter on the patients face, and to make him afraid.

84. Against Belching.

It is good to eat fasting, pounded Fe­nickle, [Page 82] Anis, Carawaies, and Coriander: or to drink twice or thrice in the morning the Decoction of Bay-berries boyled in wine, with the afore-said seeds, and to lay upon the stomach a little bag of worm­wood, Rhue, Marjoram, and water-Mint.

85. To strengthen the Stomach.

If the weakness of the stomach proceed from an hot cause, then (if the patient perceive after eating and drinking a pain in the head, and stinking belching, with vomiting, accompanied with excessive slabber, and an inclination to vomit,) it will be convenient a loaf▪ and an half, or an ounce and a quarter of Hiera-simplex, with the Decoction of Spanish pease, or two or three ounces of water of Worm­wood, and after Meals, to use prepared Coriander, abstaining to drink suddenly after it, or to sleep in the day time.

Also 'twill be good to take once a week, a Confection of Myrobalan, to strengthen the stomach; but if the patients mouth be dry, thirsty, and brackish, let him take Sy­rup of Roses, Sorrel, and of Quince, with Cicory, or Endive-water, or boyled water made cold again; then let him take Bitter-holly as above.

You shall anoint the stomach with Oyl of Roses and Quinces, and lay thereupon a Plaister of red-Roses, Sandal-wood, and other cooling and heart-strengthening things; but none that are heating, lest you increase the evil.

If the weakness of stomach proceed from tough slime in the top of the stomach, which causeth a sowre wind, and hindreth concoction; take Pills proper for the same, by your Physicians advice.

In this case Anis and Fenickle is good after meals, and toasted bread soaked in boyled Wine, Hypocras, or Malmsey.

For outward Remedy, 'tis good to anoint the stomach with Oyl of Mastick, and of Nardus, and sometimes to lay upon it the same toasted Bread, soaked in good Wine, covered with powder of Cloves and Nut­megs; or to wear on the stomach a Plai­ster of these following things, Mastick, Labdanum, of each an ounce, powdered or pounded Wormwood, and Mint, of each one eighth part of an ounce, Tur­pentine as much as is needful to mingle the other to a Plaister; this being mix'd according to art, you shall spread it upon a piece of Leather.

This weakness of the stomach proceeds manytimes from slime, which falleth down [Page 84] from the head, whereby the stomach be­ing cold, doth with difficulty digest what it receiveth.

The best Remedy is fasting, whereby the stomach is emptied at leisure, digesting the meat slowly. But when the pain is very great, then vomit to empty the stomach from that which troubleth it; or drink spiced Wine or Hypocras.

Then strengthen the stomach by heat and good sents, as with Heart-strength­ning Powders and Flowers, put into little bags, and lay them upon the stomach; they may be made of Cammomile, Mar­joram, Rhue, Wormwood, Cloves, Cin­namon, and Nutmegs.

And for the clearing of the stomach, let the Patient a little before meals take a little pill, or powder of bitter holly (Hie­ra simplex) or if the stomach be much out of order, then let him take in the morn­ing three or four hours before dinner, three of the aforesaid little Pills.

Let the patient eat little, and light meats, and such as will easily digest; as boyled meat, and flesh easie of digestion.

Let him drink good wine, yet little, sel­dome water, but never sowre wine, or new wine. After Meals let him take a spoonful of this following Powder, (which [Page 85] the stomach will digest,) Take Aniseed, Lemon-seed, Cinnamon, Liquorish, scra­pings of Ivory, one sixteenth part of an ounce, loaf-Sugar as much as is necessary; mingle this to a fine powder.

Let the patient be well cloathed against the cold; let him keep his head and feet moderately warm, and always dry; let him keep to his stomach a piece of Crimson cloth, upon which let him spread Gilli-flowers, Cinnamon, and other well-sent­ed powders; or a Kites skin, or other soft skin to keep his stomach warm.

86. Against the Loathing of the stomach.

From the great abundance of Slime, of course and tough humours, the stomach is brought to loath that which it receives, and agreeth not with the patients tast, be­ing continually hindred by reason of con­tinual dryness and bitterness in the mouth, sometimes vomiting yellow stuff as bitter as gall: for a Remedy, the Gall is to be cleansed, the patient is to bleed, and use such means as may conduce to his recove­ry: to make him hungry, let him drink in the morning a Decoction of Worm­wood, or juyce of Mint; and for the sharpning of the Appetite, and comforting [Page 86] the stomach, let him take fig-beans made in sweet-water, then pound them with wine-vineger, and so drink them.

The same effect hath the Gum of the Cherry-tree taken with wine and water.

Also a Decoction of wild Chervel, or course Marjoram, as well as Indian Pep­per, and the kernels of the fruits of Sance-tree, (Berberries.)

Also the seed of young Rapes with suger, or the same seed laid in pickle and Oyl: but in case none of these means will help, then give the patient all sorts of Meats, according to his will and discretion, (al­though they be not good for him.) He shall also satisfie his desire in his ordinary drink, and use clean juyce of Pomegra­nats alone, or mixed with wine.

87. Against Vomiting.

Take a slice of Tosted-bread, let it steep in Clarret-wine, and spread there­upon powder of Mastick, and lay it warm upon the stomach, renewing it every three hours.

Or, take water-Mint two handfuls, red-Roses one handful; let them boyl up in wine: then take Toasted-bread, well soa­ked in wine, two ounces; mix these with [Page 87] powder of Mastick, one eighth part of an ounce to a Poltis, to prepare the stomach against the Symptome.

But if the Vomiting be accompanyed with a Feaver, then soak and boil the Mint, Roses, and Toasted-bread, in vineger.

Also Mint, or water-Mint bruised, ming­led with Oyl of Roses, and laid upon the stomach, is good against all kinds of Vo­miting; besides, it is good after Meals to swallow a mouthful of water: or to eat a piece of Quince-Herb, without drinking suddenly after it: or to swallow in the moming with Wine, two hours before break-fast, five or six whole pepper-grains: or Syrup of Mint or Wormwood, or green Ginger.

Likewise it is expedient to bleed by Cupping-Glasses, on the lowermost part of the stomach, or under the Navel, with­out pricking, especially when you eat; and to rest after Meal without speaking or coughing.

88. A Cure for the pain of the Stomach.

Fill a dish with hot ashes, sprinkle them with Wine, cover the dish all over with a cloth; hold this warm to your belly: [Page 88] or lay warm upon the stomach a little bag of Salt very warm.

Or, take crums of Bread, as hot as they come out of the oven, put it in the Oyl of Cammomile; after it hath soaked therein, wrap it up in a linnen cloth, and lay it upon the belly.

Or, fill the bladder of a Hog with de­coction of Laurel, Oreya, Marjoram, Mint, Thime, Cammomile, Nipta, Melilot, Anis, and Fenickle; lay it warm upon the sto­mach, and renew it when it begins to be cold.

Or, knead a cake of Rye-leaven with Wine, and an handful of Wormwood, water-Mint, and Roses, and lay it to the belly.

89. To kill the Worms in Children.

Let them eat confection of Rhabarbar, or the Preserve of Peach-tree flowers.

Or, drink distilled water of Gentian.

Or, the juyce of Lemons, water-Mint, Basilicon, Purslain, Rhue, or Wormwood.

Or, a small draught of Wormwood-Wine, with the Powder of Earth-worms, first dryed, and then burnt upon an hot Tile, and afterwards pounded small.

Or, the eighth part of an ounce o [...] [Page 89] the Powder of Carduus Benedictus, or Co­rallina.

Or, lay upon their Navel a Poltis of Wormwood, and an Ox-gall, in the de­crease of the Moon.

90. A Cure for the Griping of the Guts.

There is nothing better than to carry about one a Ring, or little box of Silver, in which is inclosed a small piece of the Navel of a new-born Child; let the Ring touch the flesh.

Also, let the Patient (during the pain) drink a small draught of the best white or red-wine.

Or, drink four or five ounces of Oyl of Nuts, of Flax-seed, of Peach-tree kernels.

Or, drink Cammomile-water, or water in which Hempseed hath been boiled: or, Wine, in which stamp'd Elicampane-Root hath been soaked ten or twenty hours: or, the Powder of the pizzle of a Stag, drunk with water: or, Hens-dung, with Hypocrass made of honey and wine.

The little bones which are found in Woolfs-dung being bruised; nay, the dung of the Woolf bruised, and drank with Wines, is good against the Colick.

Or, take the Heart of a Lark newly [Page 90] killed, and bind it to the calve of the leg.

Also a Clyster made of pickle.

Also, a fresh skin, or the net of the guts of a Weather newly killed, and laid warm to the belly.

Also a Plaister made of Wolfs-dung.

Or, take hot ashes, and put them in a dish or pot, pouring thereupon a glass of good red-wine: cover it with a cloth four double, and lay it upon the belly, this will give present ease.

91. Against Oppilation.

Against Oppilation, and for the molli­fying of the belly, eat in the morning sweet black Cherries, Peaches, Figs, or Mulberries; drink the first juyce of Cole­worts, Beets, the leaves of Peet-cheefe, or of Lettice without Salt.

Or, lay upon the belly pap made of the Root of Hogs-bread, the Gall of a Bull mixed with honey: Colloquint-leaves: or, make a Stick-pill of Bacon, Mallow, or Beets.

92. A Remedy for the flux of the Belly.

The looseness or flux of the belly is of [Page 91] two sorts: first, the Dienteria, which is most dangerous: it is occasioned, when that which is eaten is by reason of great Indigestion thrown out as it was taken in, without any stinking.

The second is the looseness called Diar­rhoea, when there is onely a single flux and course of waterish and slimy humours.

There is a third flux called the red-flux, or Dissenteria, wherein blood is mixed with the Excrement, or when the sick voids blood onely.

93. How to stop the excessive bleeding of the Vein under the Tongue.

Drink Lambs-tongue-water, with the eighth part of an ounce of Coral, hot Iron Scales pounded; warm them with a Decoction of Wool-leaves: or, instead thereof, a pap made up of burnt paper, the remainder of Lead: or, of Bolus Arme­nius, with a little of the white of an Egg: or, powder of burnt or unburnt Oyster-shells; mix these with a little fresh butter, [Page 95] and lay it in a pap upon the Vein.

94. A Cure for the pain of the Paps.

Make a little pap of the crums of a white-loaf steeped in sweet Milk; mingle it with two yolks of Eggs, a little Saffron, and Poplar Salve.

Or, you may make an Oyntment of unsalted Butter, Flax-Seed-oyl, the yolk of an Egg, and a little wax.

Or, you may make an Oyntment of fresh Butter, and burnt Cork; which is better than the perfume of grated Ivory.

95. Against a hot enflamed Liver.

Eat with your Meat Lettice, Sorril, Pur­slain, Cicory, and Hops; and drink some­times stilled water of the same Herbs: or, Endive-water: the water also in which these Herbs have been boyled is very good.

96. To Cure a stopped Liver.

Drink the Decoction of the Roots of Cicory, Parsley, Fenickle, Ladies-mark, Dogs-grass, stinging Palm, Sorril, Venus-hair, Hops, and saw-dust of Ivory.

Also give the patient sowr Surrup of [Page 96] Sea-Onion, (Oxymel Squilliticum.) Women sometimes have Obstructions in the Liver, when their Monthly flux is hindred: in such case they should bleed on the Mothe­vein, (Saphena) being scituate about the Ankle, within the foot; and she should take at the new of the Moon, seven or eight mornings together, half an ounce of Triphera magna, and three ounces of the water of St. Johns Herb, Hysop, of Fenickle, or its decoction; and of opening Roots boyled in water, and one third part of wine.

97. A Remedy for the Jaundice.

Drink fasting one eighth part of an ounce of Goats-dung, after it hath stood nine days in white-wine.

Or, a Decoction of Strawberry-leaves and Roots: or, take Mare-sprigs, white-brambles or briars, about an handful, pluck­ed before Sun-rising, Parsley-Roots two or three; pound them with white-Wine, (as much as will be necessary) strain the wet through a cloth or sive to a potion, and drink thereof morning and night the quantity of half a drinking-glass; this is an excellent Remedy, but not to be used by any woman with Child, but instead [Page 97] thereof bind on her Pulses, and in the hollow of her feet, leaves of Mare-sprigs, Oak, Salendine, and Malrove, bruised with a little wine to a pap.

Or, Earth-worms washed in white-Wine, then dried and reduced to powder; take of this a small spoonful, with some Wine.

Or, the patient may drink the decocti­on of Wormwood or Malrove: or, he may drink several days together, fasting, his own Urine: or, a little Wine with Goats-dung.

Three leaves of wild-Rocket carried in the left hand, cureth (as some report) the Jaundice.

98. To Cure the Black Jaundice.

The black Jaundice proceeds rather from the Milt, (or Spleen) than from the Liver.

After the use of Syrrups, Potions and bleeding is good: or to set wind-cupping-glasses, without pricking, on the left side of the Milt.

Then lay a piece of Felt thereon, being wet with good white-vineger made warm, and keep it to it while 'tis warm, warm­ [...]ng it three or four times.

Then anoint the Milt (four or five days together) with a Salve of Dialthaea; and the following four or five days (or longer) wear thereon a Plaister made of Gum Ammoniack, melted in strong vineger, and spread upon leather.

99. How to Cure the Dropsie.

Make a Potion of bruised Bryne-seed in white-wine: or, of the Flower of blew Flower-de-luce-wort: or, of Mans-Ear: or, drink for some days fasting your own water.

Honey-water is a certain Remedy, with powder of Glass burnt seven times, and extinguished again, mingled with the juyce of blew Flower-de-luce in white-wine.

Lay upon the swoln place a Poltis of hot Cow-dung; with which, 'tis reported, a certain Physician of Mysia cured all Drop­sies: or, lay on the Swelling live Snails, unwash'd, bruised with their shells.

100. A Cure for the Oppilation of the Milt.

The Milt receiveth the black-gall, clean­sing and purifying the Blood, that it may the better nourish. As long as it is in [Page 99] good order, it makes a man chearful and merry, but when it swells, and groweth bigger than is fit, by too much black gall, the Oppilation or stopping of the Milt is occasioned, which hindreth good Blood; hereby nourishment is corrupted, the Members suffer and dry up, the Heart is sad, the Face is black, and after meal the patient will find a pain in his left side.

Whether it proceeds from an hot or cold humour, the Cure may be this.

Open the Milt-Vein, (Salvatella) which is between the heart-finger and the little finger of the left hand.

If the pain be accompanyed with thirst, loathing, or dryness of the Tongue, 'tis a sign the stopping proceeds from a hot humour.

Then let the patient take four or five mornings fasting, Syrrup of Endive, or Harts-tongue.

Then let him take a Potion of half an ounce of the juyce of Roses, and three ounces of the Decoction of Harts-tongue and Caper-Roots, which the patient shall take five or six hours before dinner.

Also half an ounce of Cassia, and six eighth parts of an ounce of prepared Sene-powder, with water of Harts-tongue.

These cleansing Potions being used, [Page 100] anoint the Milt with oyl of Roses, or Flax-seed: or, lay thereupon a Plaister of the aforesaid Oyls with Flax-seed and Caper-Roots: or, of Night-shade, Purslain-seed, and Powder of Lambs-tongue mingled with wine.

If the sick have but little desire to eat, and cannot well digest what he hath eaten, or hath sowr belchings, it sheweth that his sickness proceeds from black gal­ly cold humours.

Then given him a Syrrup of Staecha, and of Harts-tongue: or, vineger of honey setting of water, (Oxymel diureticum,) with a Decoction of Harts-tongue and Ca­per-Roots: you may (increasing this De­coction) add thereto Roots of Ladies-mark, Parsley, Mint, and Thamarisk.

Then purge the black gally humour with this Potion.

Take Diacatholicum one ounce, prepa­red Sene-powder a quarter of an ounce, water of Wormwood, or Harts-tongue, or of the aforesaid Decoction three ounces, to a Potion.

As for outward Remedies, you must anoint the side of the Milt with Oyl of Flower-de-luce, and of Dill, or with sweet Butter, or Suet, Hens-grease, or Partridge Suet; mingle all these together.

Or, you may chafe the left side with the Salve of Dialthaea: let the sick drink white-Wine, or the Decoction of Harts-horn, night and morning.

Let him also eat two Figs, with the powder of Pepper, Hysop, and Ginger; let him mingle his Wine with steeled wa­ter: he shall also use Capers, with Oyl and Wine-vineger.

101. For the pain of the Milt.

Against the pain and heaviness of the Milt, drink Wine in which Hearts-tongue, Asparagus, and Hops have been boiled.

Or, drink often fasting, juyce of red-Coleworts which are half boyled.

Or, the Decoction of Roman-Worm­wood, Hart-wort: or, of small Santory or steeled-water.

102. Against the pain of the Gravelish Colick.

Make a Decoction of the leaves and flowers of Camomile, boyled in half white-Wine and half water, until a third part [...]e consumed; give this to the patient to drink luke-warm, and the pain will cease.

103. A Remedy for the Stone of the Reins.

You shall often drink of Birchen sprigs. This water must be gotten in the spring, because the stock or rind being then cut, yields much water.

Also the Fruit of Eglantine or sweet-Brier before it be ripe, well sugar'd, in the fashion of a Marmelade: the seed which is inclosed in the Fruit being taken, (at the last quarter, and on the first days of the following New-Moon.)

You shall often drink Wine with the powder of the Herb Rest-harrow, or of Rhine-berries, or Gum which groweth on the rind of the Vine: or seed of Goose-grass pounded small: or, distilled water of Radish and Nettles, with some Sugar: or, water of Bryne-grass: or, of wild [...] or, the juyce or water of Raddish, mingled with the Powder of burnt Egg-shells, Medlar-stones, Partridge-Eyes, Magpye-brains: or, the innermost skin of the stomach of a Hen or Capon: or, take the Roots of Eringo-Thistle, the Heart first taken out and made very clean; let it soak in Fountain-water eight hours; boil it to the consumption of the half, [Page 103] adding thereto bruised Liquarish. Let it cool slowly; and use it in the morn­ing fasting.

For outward remedies, lay a Pultis upon the Reins, of Pellitory of the wall: or, of the Roots of Cypress, and leaves of the Roots of Alicampain boyled in Wine; but the best Remedy is, To prepare a Bath of water, in which are boyled the leaves of water-Parsley, Mallow, Poppies, Violets, Pellitory of the wall, & Camomile-flowers; lay this on the Reins while you are in the Bath, a little bag with Rolls, and water-Parsley.

104. To take away the Stone of the Bladder.

Drink the juyce of Lemon with white-wine: or, bruise Medlar-stones, first wash­ed in Wine, and then dryed into a Pow­der.

Also the seed of Bryne, Pimpernels, As­paragus, Stone-break, Mellons, Pompeons, little Citrons, bruised in white-Wine.

Or, make Powder of Spongy-stones, and of the stone which is found in the head of a Crab.

Or, Hasel-nut-shells: or, Gum of black-Cherries, taken with White-wine, or the [Page 104] juyce of Radishes: or, distilled water of the Husks of Beans, red Fitches, and the seed of Poppies.

But beyond all, is, Glass made fiery hot, and quenched in water of Beans; or, Stone-break bruised small, and given to the patient; it breaketh the stone in what place of the body soever.

If it be in the Bladder, Egg-shells, out of which a little Chicken hath been ta­ken and hatch'd, made into fine Powder, taken with white-Wine, water of Beans, stilled through the Helm, is excellent against the detention of the Urine, and stone of the bladder.

105. Against Scalding Ʋrine.

Use the Decoction of the four cold seeds: also, when you make water, hold your Privities in sweet Milk.

Or, take one eighth part of an ounce of the froth of the Sea made into Powder, and one ounce of the Marrow of Cassia; then take the pap of Cassia, with wine-vineger, and lay it upon the Reins, and other cooling things: never sleep on your back.

106. To prevent Pissing in Bed.

Eat often of a Goats-lung roasted: or, drink Wine with the Powder of the Brains and small Eloes of a Hare: or, of the blad­der of an Hog, Sheep, or Goat: or, the Powder of the Root of Liver-wort: or, Crow-foot, (Bistorta) or, of Tormentil, with the juice of Lambs-tongue: or, Sheeps-Milk: or, the ashes of the flesh of an Hedg-hog.

107. Against Drop-Pissing.

Take whites of Eggs, Snails, of each one pound, of the four great cold seeds, small seeds, of each half an ounce, Let­tice-water half a pound, Marrow of Cassia four ounces, Turpentine three ounces; bruise what is to be bruised, set it soak­ing one night, and then still it through an Helm, in a warm water-Bath, to a Potion.

Let it stand before you use it: let the patient drink of this stilled water half an ounce, and one part of an ounce of Sugar of Roses, continuing to do this some time.

108. A Remedy against painful Pissing.

Drink the juyce that is pressed out of common Black-Cherries: or, out of win­ter-Cherries, or the Decoction of the Roots of Radishes, Sorril, Eringo-Thistle, Elicampane-Root, white-brambles or bri­ers, Sparagus, Grass, or of the Herb Rest-harrow.

Besides, lay upon the yard, and round about the Privities, a pap made of fleas, mix'd with the Oyl of Bitter Almonds: or, with the fat of a Rabbet: or, which is better, put into the yard two or three fleas or Wood-lice: or, drink white-Wine, with bruised Cheeslips, which are found in Cellars: or, make them into powder, and drink them with White-wine: or, the stilled water of the rinds of Rest-har­row-wort, soaked before in Malmsey.

109. Against the Inflammation of the Yard.

Take Cow-dung with flowers of Camo­mile, Brambles, and Melilot, to lay upon the Clods; this will take away the In­flammation immediately; also the pap which shall be described, Sect. 110.

110. Against the Inflammation of the Matrix.

Make a Clyster of the juyce of Lambs-tongue, Night-shade, or of Stancrop.

Or, lay thereupon the pap of Barley-Meal, the rind of Pomgranats, with one of the three aforesaid Juices.

111. Against the rising of the Matrix.

Chafe the Legs downward, and tye them stiff: also bleed by Cupping-glasses upon the thigh: rub the belly downward, from the little hole of the Heart, unto the Na­vel.

Let the patient smell to such things as stink; as burnt Partridge-feathers, shoo-soles: hold underneath her Gilliflowers, Marjoram, Amber-grease, Civet, or Wool-leaves, of the uppermost of the shoot.

Also let her drink Wormwood-water, with Mithridate about the bigness of a bean.

Or, fifteen red or black small grains of Piony, bruised and put into White-wine: or, a leaf of great Burs laid under the hollow of the foot.

Let the patient drink every night when she goes to sleep, three spoonfuls of white-Wine, [Page 108] wherein an ounce of wild-Vine-root hath been soaked and boyled.

If the woman be big with Child, let her lay close with her Husband: he afore­said Remedies are dangerous for a woman with Child.

112. Against sinking of the Matrix.

Let the patient vomit, rub her Arms, and tye them stiff, and set Cupping-glas­ses on the Breast, without pricking; let her smell to things well-scented: you may use below other stinking things; let her drink tart red-Wine, with powder of Harts-horn, or of dry Laurel-leaves.

Or, make a Poultis of bruised Garlick mingled with water: or, of green bruised Nettles.

This being put to the belly, will bring the Matrix to its place: or, take the leaves of Poppies boyled in Oyl and Quail­suet, and lay it to the belly as a Poultis: or, the ashes of Egg-shells out of which Chickens have been hatched, mingled with pitch, and laid upon the belly: or, the leaf of great Burs laid under the hol­low of the foot, draws the Mother down­ward; but being laid to the Crown of the head, draws it upward.

113. For the white Flux.

First, let the body be cleansed, then drink the juyce of Lambs-tongue, or Purslein-water, with Powder of Amber, Coral, Bolus Armenius, Terra-sigillata, prepared Steel, Spunge burnt in a pot, and Sea-shells, first burnt, and then wash'd in Wine and dryed.

Concerning outward Remedies, make a Lye of the Ashes of an Oak, Fig-tree-wood: or, of young Willow-trees, in which you shall boyl the rinds of Liver-wort or Crowfoot, (Hestorta) Periwinckle, winter-Roses, with a little vineger and salt; with this you shall make a Bath, and sit therein to the middle of the body.

114. Against the Monthly Flux.

Let the patient drink the juyce of Lambs-tongue, with the powder of the dryed bones of Sheep: or, powder of St. James's shells, Coral, Harts-horn, burnt-Egg-shells: Powder of Fullers wool-cards, or Scales of Iron, first soaked in vineger, and made into powder.

Concerning outward Remedies, lay on the Navel hedg-Snails well bruised: or, [Page 110] the husks which lye between the ker­nels of the nuts, being burnt, bruised small, and mingled with Wine: or, make a pap of Chimney-soot: or, take the black which is scraped from the bottom of a Kettle, mingled with the white of an Egg: or, the juyce of Dove-nettles, or of Wool-hearb; this you must lay upon the loyns, or the lower part of the Belly.

Or, fill a great bag with bay-Salt, put it in fresh well-water, and lay it behind the hollow of the Loins.

Or, the Gum of a black Cherry-tree, soaked in the juyce of Lambs-tongue, and put it into the Matrix by little spouts: or, lay upon the Breast the leaves of Salen­dine.

The greater part of the Remedies that are useful for this disease, are also good against the Bloody Flux; so also is the Dyet.

The sick person should be in a place where the air is moderate, and abstain from heat and cold; let her not work much, but sleep long; let her rub her Arms and Shoulders, and bind her Arms hard from the shoulder to the elbow.

Let her put Cupping-glasses under her Breasts, on the back, and under the shoul­ders; let her avoid all perturbations of [Page 111] mind, as Anger, Sadness, Fear, &c. let her eat a little and often; let her keep her belly loose: Oppilation binds up the body, and causeth the pressing down of the Fun­dament, and motion of the blood.

115. To provoke the Monthly Flux in Wo­men.

Give them to drink every morning two ounces of St. Johns Herb, or the Decocti­on of Grass, Nardus-seed, Cicers, the Roots of Ladies-mark, Radish, Cinna­mon, Saffron, and Fullers-cards; to which you may add Myrrha, to the bigness of a bean.

Or, the juyce of Eringo-Thistle, and of Fullers-Cards, mixed with white-wine.

Outward Remedies may be these; make a Bath of River-water, wherein Mugwort, Mallow, Poppies, Camomile, Me­lilots, and the like Herbs have been boiled. In this Bath rub the hips and the thighs downward, with a little bag full of St. Johns Herb, Chervil, Salendine, water-Parsley, Betony, Nardus-seed, and the like.

Or, take a quarter of an ounce, or the eighth part of an ounce of Harts-marrow, wrap it in a fine linnen cloth, which must be put deep into the woman, after her [Page 112] body is prepared and purged.

116. Against Sterility or Barrenness.

Let the Barren Woman, (four days af­ter her Monthly Flux) drink the juyce of Sage, with a little Salt, continuing the same a long time.

Or, take the Female of a Hart that is with young; kill her, and draw out her belly, the Fruit with its windings; take out the Fruit, and let the windings (Se­cundinae) be dried in an Oven, out of which Bread hath been newly drawn: then break into morsels that part of the wind­ings which was next to the Fruit, to a Powder.

Give her this Powder to drink three mornings a little after midnight; with three or four spoonfuls of Wine; let her not rise in four hours after she hath taken this.

117. To prevent Miscarrying.

Let her when she is quick with Child, [...]ake of the Powder of Crimson, or Scar­ [...]et-grain, and fine Frankincese, of each [...] like quantity, with the white of an Egg: or, the Powder of the Pisle of an Ox, (as is described in 66. for the Plu­ [...]isie.)

Or, that she always wear on her fingers [...] Diamond, which hath virtue to keep the Child in the Womb.

Or, take a Snake, dry it; pounded and [...]pplied with crumb'd bread, 'tis very good to hinder Miscarrying: but especially the Eagle-stone being worn about the left shoulder, or hang'd on the same arm or [Page 114] side, keeps the Child in the Womb▪

118. To quicken the pain of a Woman in Labour.

Tye within the thigh, near the Groin, an Eagle-stone: as soon as the Child is born, take the stone away, and give the Woman to drink, a Potion of the De­coction of St. Johns-herb, Rhue, Depham, and Poppies: or, of the juyce of Parsley prest out with vineger, or white-Wine, or Hypocras, wherein the Powder of the rinds of Cassia, Cinnamon, Date-stones, and Roots, of Cypress, of red Easters flower-de-luce, and Camomile-flowers, or the juyce of Good Henry have been steep­ed; lay these with white-Wine, or the leaves of the same, upon, or round about the Matrix.

If the Woman in Labour faint, give her Bread that hath been soaked in Hypo­crass, or a spoonful of Clarret-water, which is thus made.

Take a pint of Brandy, grated Cinna­mon about three ounces: having soaked three days, strain it through a clean cloth, adding thereto one ounce of fine Sugar, Rose-water six ounces, to a Claret-wine; let it stand in a well-stopped Glass for use.

This Water, or rather Wine, is not onely good against the Distempers of the Matrix, but against swouning, faintness, weakness of the stomach, and other de­fects.

119. To cause the second or after-Birth.

To cause it to come forth, the afore­said means are good; but you may take luke-warm the Powder of Beans, Saffron-flowers, or Marygolds, with white-Wine, or Hypocrass.

120. Against following Pains.

Against after-following pains, drink a little spoonful of Claret-water, described before, Sect. 118. or, water of Peach-flowers: or, Powder of the Roots of Wall-wort, Peach-kernels, Nutmegs, Am­ber, and Ambergreese, with white-Wine.

Outward means, or a Pap to lay on the Belly.

Take hard boyled yolks of Eggs, and fry them with the Oyl of Nuts and Jes­min; add thereto Powder of Dill and Commin, or Flax-seed, Bean-meal, unsalted Butter, Oyl of Rhue, and Dill, with Powder of Camomile-leaves.

121. For a disturbed. Matrix.

Lay upon the Belly a Pap made of Cow-dung, Sheep or Goats-dung, with Com­min, Aniseed, Fenickle, and Parsley-seed, with a good quantity of Wine: or, in want of this Pap, you may cover the belly with a fresh-Net of Weather, Sheep, or Goat.

Or, lay a dish of Platanus-wood, or an earthen Cruise upon the Navel; but [...]st anoint the corners of the Cruise with an head of Garlick.

122. Against Burstenness, or a Rupture.

Lay upon the place a Pap of Bean-meal and Wine: or, a Pap of Wall-wort, Dasy, ship-pitch, and a little Mastick, then lay thereupon a small cloth, made wet in the juyce or moistness which floweth out of the little Fruits of the Elm-tree: or, make a Pap of that which remaineth in the Paper-mills after the Paper is made, and tye it thereupon.

In the mean time drink for nine days together, a Potion prepared of the Roots of Solomons Seal and Sanickle.

Or, put red-Snails in an earthen pot, dry [Page 117] them in an hot Oven, and make them into Powder; give this to Children for fifteen days together, or longer if necessi­ty requireth, with Pap or Broth, if they suck; but if they be froward, then still the Snails with hot water, and give it them fifteen days as aforesaid.

Or, make a Powder of black-Bramble, and give them an eighth part of an ounce thereof in a morning for some days to­gether.

123. A Cure for the Gout.

Take new wax and fresh Butter, of each two pounds, let it boil up together, then pour it thus hot into good Clarret-wine, as much as shall be necessary; when they are mixed together, take them out, and make them up in a Lump, of which you shall take some part, and lay it on the ill-affected part.

124. A Cure for Red-swellings.

Make a Poultis of the leaves and flow­ers of Violets, leaves of Night-shade, flowers of Camomile, Hen-bane, and Me­lilots boiled together in water-vineger.

Strain it through a sive, and lay it on the swelling: or, take the juyce of Stan-crop, a litte red-wine, and Barley-meal, make this into a pap; but in case there be an hardness by the swelling, then put [Page 121] hereupon Goats-dung, which will soften all hard-swellings, especially the invete­rate hardness of the knees; mingle it with Barley-meal, and water-vineger to a pap.

125. For Hard-swellings.

Take Mallows, Poppies, Pellitory of the Wall, Wool-herb, Roots of Flower-de-luce, flowers of Camomile, and Mellilot, Poppies-seed and Flax-seed; boyl these together (of each a like quantity) in wine, water, and vineger: strain them, then add thereto Meal of Beans and Barley, pow­der of Camomile and Roses, Hens-grease, and fresh butter; make this to a Pap, and lay also upon the swelling an hot pap of the Lees of Bee-hives, mingled with white-wine, and fryed in a pan.

126. Against Windy-swellings.

Take dried Salt, and put it between two small cloaths upon the swelling: or, a Poul­tis of the Lees of white-wine, wheaten-rolls, and Ox-dung newly made.

127. To ripen Ʋlcerated Swellings.

Lay thereupon the dung of a Goose [Page 122] that hath fasted three days, after she hath been fed with Eels newly killed; lay there­upon long gnawed raw-wheat: or, a pap of the Roots and leaves of Mallow, white Poppies, Roots of flower-de-luce, and the Crums of a white-loaf: boyl these together, and strain them: add hereunto the yolk of an Egg, and some Saffron. If it be a cold swelling, add to the decocti­on of the pap, the Roots of wild-Alder, wild-vine, flowers of Camomile and Me­lilots, Onion, with wheaten leaven.

128 Against Scratching, Scurvy, and other Itchings on the hands, or other parts of the body.

Take luke-warm Smiths-water, put therein an handful of Salt, and rub the hands or other parts therewith; and when the Scabs are dry, anoint it with the Cream of Cows-milk.

Or, take two parts of Venetian Tur­pentine, washed five or six times in Rose-water, or other cold water: add hereunto a good quantity of Butter newly salted, the yolk of an Egg, and the juyce of a sowre Orange, make this into a Salve; chafe herewith the Itchy place before the fire.

129. To bring an Ʋlcer to Distillation.

Take raw wheat long eares, or Wheat-meal, the yolk of an Egg, Honey, and Hogs-grease; make thereof a plaister, and lay it to the Boil.

Or, lay thereupon sheeps-dung soaked in wine-vineger, if you will suppurate the Ulcers and make them soft: or, make a pap of Bean-meal, of Womans-milk, leaven, and large figs, and apply it to the Ulcers.

130. Against Ʋlcers and Swellings about the Nails.

Lay upon it a little Worm which is is found in the midst of Fuller-Cards when they are dry.

131. Against Ʋleers that are hard to be Cured.

Gather May-dew before Sun-rising, wring your sheets in which you gather the dew; boyl, and scum it: while it boy­leth, put into it Lint of fine-linnen, and lay them upon the Ulcers: when you be­gin to see fresh or clean flesh, then boyl in the dew a little Alum, and white-Frankincense, by this means you shall cure it.

Or, take Powder of Oyster-shells, raw or burnt: or, the dung of a Dog, who hath eaten for three days together nothing but bones: or, make a powder of rotten-Wood.

132. Against a Canker.

Take honey of Roses, Mase, Alum, Salt, and white-Wine; boyl these together to the half; strain this water through a cloth, and keep it to wash the Canker: or, the distilled Water of Cow-dung.

Against the Canker called Noli me ta [...] ­gere, which is the worst of Cankers, lay Tobacco upon it.

133. To take away Knobs.

Take old and rotten Cheese, bruise it with Water where Bacon hath been boi­led; make it into a Plaister, and lay it upon the knobs.

Or, bruise Corulus Indi, (which cometh out of the Levant) with Mirtle▪ and wine-vineger, and lay it upon the knobs.

Or, take nine pints of the Urin of a man, Balm, Canker-flowers, of each two handfuls; let them boil slowly in a new well-stopped earthen pot, to the con­sumption of the half; then press out the herbs, and put thereto Brandy that is strained through, four ounces; boil these together half an hour, and add thereto Oyl of Rosemary, and of Spike, of each one ounce, Quick-silver a quarter of an ounce; mingle these together with a flat-spoon to a Salve, with which you must chafe the knobs before the fire.

134. Against an hurt by a fall.

Let them drink white-Wine, with the 16th part of an ounce of Powder, made of Mummy, Tormentil, Raponticum, and Parmacety: or, Garden-Cresses, prepa­red [Page 126] seed of Housleek, and Sugar-candy; of each an equal part.

135. Against blew spots.

Soak a little bag full of Salt in boyling-water, and bath the spots therewith.

136. A Cure for fresh Wounds.

Take Garden-balsome, Wall-wort, Dai­sy, and a little Salt; pound these together, and lay them on the Wound.

Or, drop into it the juyce of Tobacco: or, lay on the juyce with its Herb, (which is best) this will heal it in three days: or, take Elm-Apples, flowers of St. Johns-Herb, Rosemary, and knobs of Roses; put these together in a glass, with Oyl of Olives; stop it close, and put it in the Sun, until by consuming it seemeth to be rotten; strain it several times through a linnen-cloth, keep it in a glass, and when you see occasion, drop some of it into the Wound.

Or, make a Salve of the juyce and leaves of Tobacco: or, take green Agri­mony, Betony, Pimpernel, of each one handful; pound them together in a Mor­ter, and put them into a glazed pot, [Page 127] with four pints and an half of white-Wine: cover them well, and boyl them upon a gentle and clear fire, to the con­sumption of the half; cool it by little and little, the next day make it a little warm, and strain it through a sive as much as you can, adding thereto white-pitch, (melted apart) one pound, wax half a pound, Tur­pentine and Mastick, of each one ounce; mingle these to a Salve.

Besides, make a Plaister of black Rosin­pitch, Brimstone, and white Frankin­cense, of each a like quantity; bruise these, and mix them with the white of an Egg: lay it upon the wound after the blood is stanched, washed off, and the wound close up; bind up the Wound with Cobwebs, and Rowlers; let them lye for several days on it.

Or, boyl the leaves of Carduus Bene­dictus in Wine, with Wheaten-meal, till it be as thick as a Salve; then wash the Wound with Wine twice a day, and dress it with this Salve.

Or, wash the Wound with a decoction of Canker-flowers: or, (which is more expedient) take dirt from under the pails, and lay it to the Wounds, which will heal it presently.

137. Against old and new Wounds.

Take the leaves of Lambs-tongue, Dogs-rib, Mallows, good-Henry, noble-Sage, of each a handful. These Herbs being well washed and distilled, must be pounded; then take of Hogs-grease the fourth part of an ounce melt it in a pan, and boyl it with the aforesaid Herbs, till the juyce of the Herbs is consumed.

Add thereto Virgins-wax, Rosyn, Pitch, of each about the bigness of two Nuts, Frankincense half as much: melt them again, and make them into a Salve, this is good for all sorts of Wounds.

Or, take pounded and fifted Brimstone, put it into a glass with Oyl of Olives, till it stand four or five fingers thick above it; then let the glass stand ten days in the Sun, stirring it often with a wooden-stick, keep­ing the glass well-covered, that no dust fall into it: after ten days pour the clear O [...], (which by that time will draw the virtue of the Brimstone to it) into another glass without spilling any of the brimstone▪ then stop it fast; and when you use it▪ dip therein lint of a clean cloth, or cotton▪ or black-wooll, and lay it on the Wound▪ Boyl, or swelling, every day till it be hea­led: [Page 129] you may put Oyl upon the same Brimstone, out of which Oyl hath been once poured.

138. Of Wounds by a Bullet.

If the Bullet sticks in the Wound, and you would get it out, make a tent of a Quince-Apple, or of Marmalade, anoint­ed with Oyl and Eggs, and put it into the Wound.

139. Against strained Sinews.

Take ripe berries of Elder fill there­with a round flask half full with the oyl of Olives; stop the Glass well, and let it stand twenty four hours in a skillet of boyling-water, then put it ten days in a dunghil.

Or, oyl of Elder, thus: fill a glased pot half full with the juyce of Elder-leaves, and fill it with the oyl of Olives; stop it close with dough, put it into an Oven after the bread is drawn, and let it stand there untill the juyce be wholly consumed.

But this is more expedient; lay upon the Sinew the dung of an Ox or Cow, fryed in a pan with strong vineger, or oyl of Acorns, or Gum of a wild Pear-tree, [Page 130] mingled with Capons-grease, or oyl of Siccamore-Tree, or Jasmin.

140. Against stung Sinews.

Take Snails with the shells, pound them small, and put thereto dust-meal, which is on the walls of Mills; put this upon the Sinews: or, anoint them with the oyl of Earth-worms.

141. For Sinews that are cut through.

Take unwashed Earth-worms, pound them small, and lay them on the woun­ded Sinews: or, lay Alder-flowers to soak or steep in the Sun, in oyl of Nuts, or in Balsom, or oyl, and dress the Sinew with it.

142. For inward Wounds.

If they may not be tented, drink the decoction of Eringo-Thistle, and wash the outward Wound therewith.

Also, take of Bramble-berries, stinging-Nettles, Marygoulds, Sanickle, Mouse-ear, Pimpernel, green-Sene, Canker-flowers, Lambs-tongue, little tops of Hemp, Fe­male-Ferne, Ox-tongue, Gentiana, Ver­vine, [Page 131] Ash-keys, Pennyroyal, Scordium, Nip, Ruperts-herb, five-finger-herb, Ve­nus-hair of all kinds, Roots of Madder, Sage, the whole Wallwort, St. Johns-herb, Daisies, Betony, Agrimony, Brunella, of each an handful, flowers that strength­en the heart, four ounces of St. Johns-herb, Carduus Benedictus seed, long Rai­sons stoned, Liquoris, of each an ounce; all these being well washed, must be very well pounded and strained, with one pint of white-wine, to a Potion.

Let the wounded person drink hereof before dinner and supper: if this drink be unpleasant to him, then instead of pounding, boyl the above-mentioned In­gredients in common-water, and add there­to white-Wine, honey of Roses, Syrrup of dry-Roses, as much as shall be necessa­ry.

Cleanse the Wound with luke-warm white-Wine, and lay thereupon fresh, red, and warm'd leaves of Coleworts; for­bear salt-meats, Spices, strong-Wine, great labour, and women.

143. Against the biting of a Mad-Dog.

Eat sweet brier-wort, and wash the hurt with a young Childs Piss, or with a [Page 132] decoction of Rhue, Figs, red-Coleworts, and Salt mingled with honey and butter.

144. To Cure the Biting of a Serpent.

Take immediately a draught of the juyce of an Ash-tree, with white-Wine, and lay upon the bed (of the party bitten) the leaves out of which the juyce was pressed: or, the milky juyce of the Fig-tree, or juyce of Figs: or, Mustard-seed bruised with vineger.

Or, take the leaves of Wool-herb, Ca­ryophilate, red-Currans, of each an hand­ful; boil them in vineger and Mares-piss, of each a like quantity, until the half be consumed to a Potion.

Drink of this at once a small drinking-glass; bath the Wound with the remain­der of the pecoction.

145. A Cure for Kibe-heels.

Take the burnt-ashes of old shoo-soles, mingle them with oyl of Roses, and anoint therewith the Kibes,: or, lay thereupon Granate-shells boyled in Wine.

146. A Cure for stinking Feet.

Put in your shooes the scales of Iron; if you will preserve your health, keep your body clean, and purge out (seasona­bly) [Page 133] superfluous humours, therefore use gentle Purges, viz. Clysters, Pills, or small Potions, to prevent thereby great sicknesses.

As, take a Clyster every Month, to keep the body in good order, take purging Pills by the Advice of your Physician: Pills of Aloe, Myrrha wet with Wine, or the Syrrup of Venus-hair, which is good against fleam, and being taken once a week, 'tis good for the stomach, sight, and hearing.

When your stomach is stopped, you may loosen it, by taking the eighth part of an ounce of the Powder of the leaves of Damask-Roses, with broth made of flesh, a little before dinner, or with Cassia alone.

In the Spring you may cleanse and [...]urge humours, with the decoction of pale-Roses: drink eight or nine mornings together, one spoonful in a morning; or without respect to the season of the year, you may purge with these Flesh-broths.

Take a young Hen, or a quarter thereof: or, boyl Weather-Mutton that is not very fat; add thereto good Herbs, as Berna­gy, Sorrel, Lettice, tame and wild; Cicory, of each a little quantity, viz. an hand­ful; when it is boyled, strain it through a cloth into a well-glazed-pot, and adde [Page 134] thereto Sena-leaves, Cinnamon, and An­niseed, of each a little; then stop the pot very close, that the vapours may not fly out: put it on a fire, and let it boyl up one boyling onely; then take it from the fire, and let it stand a whole night upon hot ashes; the next morning strain it through a clean cloth, and add to it Syrrup of Ro­ses, one ounce and an half; boyl it to a po­tion: take a little of this (made warm) about five hours before dinner, in Spring and Harvest; they are the best times, be­cause then Herbs are best in their season, but better in the Spring than in the Har­vest. The Apozemata or herb-Potions, purge fundamentally, yet gently, because of the divers vertue of Herbs of which they are made. Add to this Potion Rhabar­bar, leaves of Sene, Agarins; also little Cakes of Cinnamon, Sugar, and other things, according to the condition and complexion of the Patients body.