strokynge the bellye of the chyld before the vesike of bladder to help to ease and to prouoke the chylde to the makynge of water / and when ye laye it in the cradell to slepe / set the cradell in such a place that nether the beames of the sonne by daye nether of the mone by nyght come on the infant but rather set it in a darke and shadow place layenge also the head euer somewhat hyer then the reste of the bodye ¶ And farther lette it be wasshed two or thre tymes in the daye / and that anone after stepe in the wynter with hote water / in the sommer with luke warme water nether let it tary long in the water but vnto such tyme as the body begyn to waxered for hete but take hede that none of the water come in to the infantes eare / for that shulde greatelye hurte his hearynge another daye Then to be shorte / when it is taken oute of the bathe / let it be wyped and handeled with gentell and softe lynnen cloth warmed / and then to laye it on her lap the backe vpward / the whiche with her handes let her tenderly stroke and rubbe / and then to lappe it vppe / and to swadell it / when it is swadeled / to put a drop or two of water in to the nostrelles of it / is very good for the eye syght And so laye it to reste ¶ Of the nourse and her mylke and howe longe the chylde sholde soucke AS conternynge the bryngynge vp nourisshement and geuyng of sucke to the chylde / it shall be best / yf the mother geue her chyld sucke herselfe / for the mothers mylke is more conuenient and agreable to the infante then anye other womans / and more dothe it nourysshe it / for because that in the mothers bellye it was wonte to the same and fedde with it / and therfore also it dothe more desyrouslye couet the same / as that / with the which it is best acquēted / and to be shorte / the mothers mylke is most holsomste for the chylde As Auicenna writeth it shall be sufficient to geue it sucke twyse or thryse in a daye And alwayes beware / ye geue not the chylde to much sucke at once in this tender aege of it / for clowyng of it / and leste also it lothe it / but rather let it haue often of it / and lytell at once / then fewe tymes / and ouer muche at once For such as be ouer clowed with the mothers mylke / causethe theyr body to swell and inflate / and in theyr vrine shal it appeare that it is not ouer come ne concocied or digested in the chylde / which thyng yet yf it chaunse / let the infant be kept fastinge / vntyll such tyme as that the which it hath receaued already / be compleately digested Item yf the mothers mylke be somewhat sharpe or egre / lette her neuer geue the chylde her breste fastynge ¶ Yf it be so that the mother can not geue the infant sucke herselfe / ether for because of syckenesse or that her brestes be sore and her mylke corrupted then let her chose a holsom nurse with these conditions folowynge ¶ Fyrste that she be of a good coloure and complexion / and that her bulke and breste be of good largenesse Secondly that it be not to sone after her labor / ne to longe after / so that it be two monethes after her labor at the leste / and that yf it maye be suche one whiche had a man chylde / thyrdelye that she be of meane and measurable lykynge / neyther to fatte ne to leane Fourthelye that she be good and honest of conuersation / neyther ouer hastye or yrefull ne to sad or soleme / nether to fearefull or timorous for these affections and qualitees be parnicious and hurtfull to the mylke / corruptynge it / and passe forth through the mylke in to the chylde / makynge the chylde of lyke condition and manners / also that they be not ouer lyght wanton of behauoure Fyftelye that her brestes be full and haue sufficient plentie of mylke and that they be neyther to great / softe / hangynge / and flaggynge / ne to lyttell / harde / or contracte / but of a measurable quantitie ¶ Also loke vpon her mylke / that it be not blackysshe / blueysshe / grey or reddysshe / neyther sowre / sharpe / saltysshe / or brackysshe / nether thyn fluye / neyther ouer grosse and thycke but temperatly whyte and pleasante in taste and to be shorte that mylke is beste and moste to be chosen of the whiche a drop beynge mylked softelye on the nayle of the thombe holdyng your fynger styll / it rolleth not of / nether flytteth abrode / but yf ye moue your hand a lyttell it will slyde of by and by but yf whē it is mylked on the nayle it spred abrode / flyt by by / then is it to thyn but yf it cleaue styll when that ye moue a lyttell youre hande then is it so spysse thycke / the meane betwene bothe is beste ¶ Yf it be so / that the nourses mylke be to hote or sharpe / then lette her neuer geue the chylde sucke her selfe beynge fastynge Sometyme it chaunseth / that the mothers or nourses mylke dothe fayle or decrease / the which thynge maye come by dyuers causes as by syckenesse / by decease in the brestes / or by takyng of colde in the same / and so stoppe and cludder the mylke or for because she lackethe suche thynges / the whiche myght engender mylke / other by ouer muche fastinge / hungre / and thurste the whiche causes must be well consydered / and then accordynge to that minyster a remedy ¶ Thinges which do augment encrease mylke / be those let her vse to eate parsenyp / other the sede or the rote Also the sede or rote of fenell soden in the brothe made with barley or cicercula let her eate of that with other meates that she feadeth on Item to eate shepes breste and the mylke of them is good Item take an ounce of cowe butter / dissolue it in warmed wyne / the which lette the nource drynke Item boxynge vnder the brestes doth well / not cuttynge the skynne ¶ Item a plaster for the same of frankensence / mastycke / and pytche layde to the brestes or vnder the brestes the skynne fyrst beyng annoynted with oyle / left it shold cleaue ouer faste to the place Item it shal be verye good to rubbe softelye with the hande the brestes / or elles in bathynge after dynner or supper to cause some to sucke her breste Item take the oyle of white lyllyes or of violettes / and myngle with it muske / encense / laudanum well tempered to gether / in the same dyppe a pese of wooll / and clappe it to the brestes / and soke them with it Item wasshe them / and soke them often tymes with wyne / in
the which is decoct and soden myntes / roses / violettes / and xiloaloes Also to eate of the brothe in the which is soden a henne / with cynamome / maces / and cardamomum / and also the yowlke of an egge Item it is good for her to eate fresshe chese and mylke / and to refrayne frome all maner of greate labor and harde workes Also potage made of beane meale / ryse / and breade made of fyne flowre / tempered with mylke and sugre / putting to it also a quantite of fenell sede or of the â—eues / is very good for her ¶ Item take of anys sede / of syler montanum / of eche .iii. dramÌ„s / of christall beten to powder u. dramÌ„s / as muche of sugre / geue her this to drynke aboute .x. dayes at morning / euening / myddaye IteÌ„ take of fenell sede or the leues / of horehownde of eche .ij. haÌ„ofulles / of ams sede iiij dramÌ„s / of safrane beaten one scruple also of fresshe butter .iij. ounces / sethe all these in sufficient water / makynge hereof a plaster / the same plaster whylst it is hote / laye it to the nourses brest ¶ Item take of comyn sede an ounce an halfe / of clarifyed hony .iij. ounces sethe it in .vi. li. wayght of water alto gether beynge put into a newe pot let it sethe to the thyrd parte / of this decoction geue the nourse theÌ„ ofteÌ„tymes to drynke IteÌ„ take of beetes well wasshed one ounce of coÌ„myn halfe an ounce of hony .vi. ounces of these myngled tempered to gether / make an electuarie / of the which let her take both in the morninge and eueninge at eche tyme a sponefull IteÌ„ take two dramÌ„s of crystal beateÌ„ into fyne pouder deuyde that in foure equall partes / one of these partes geue vnto the nourse the space of .iiij. dayes to drynke / with brothe made other of cicer / or els of peason also all those thinges folowing encrease augmeÌ„t mylke in the brestes annes annes sede / dyll the sede / horehownde / cardomome / fresshe chese / wortes made of olde ehece / cicer / crislal beateÌ„ to powder takeÌ„ with hony lettuse / fenell / wyne in which rosemary or serpilluÌ„ be sodeÌ„ IteÌ„ to abstayne froÌ„ venery or mans coÌ„pany / for yf she vse that / it shall spende consume the mylke make it vnsauery vnholsome nether can the chylde well broke it / but most coÌ„menly shall cast it vp again / because it can not digest it Also it shal be best that the child sucke not of the mothers breste by and by as sone as it is borne but rather of some other womans for a daye or two / for because that the creme as they cal it streit after the byrth the fyrst daye in all women doth thyckeÌ„ and congeyle ¶ Item yf it chaunse that the nourse be ouer sore laxed / or that she be ouer bounde / so that she take anye medycynes to remedye it / then let another geue the chylde sucke / whylst she be recouered agayne And when the chylde is layde in cradell to be rocked rocke not to fast / lest through ouer much rockyng and stearyng the chyldes stomacke torne and the mylke there corrupte for lacke of rest ¶ Auicen auyseth to geue the chyld sucke two yeres / howe be it amonge vs most commenlye they sucke but one yeare And when ye wyll wene them / then not to do it sodenly / but a lyttell and lyttell / and to make for it lyttell pylles of breade sugre to eate accustome it so / tyll it be able to eate all maner of meate this shall suffyce for the education and bryngynge vp of infantes at this tyme / notwithstandinge dyuers other thynges here are lefte vnspoken of / another tyme god willyng we shall declare them at large ¶ Thus endeth the fyrste boke THE SECONDE BOKE ¶ Of dyuers deceases and infirmities whiche chaunse to chyldren lately borne and the remedyes therefore AL thoughe there be in manner infinite deceases which happeÌ„ to infantes / as wryteth Hypocrates / Galenus / Rasis / AmceÌ„na / and diuers other yet for breuite and shortnesse we wyll reherse here only such of them / which moste commenly happen to the same / and that be those Exulceration of the gummes / flyx of the belly or ouer much loosenesse of the same / the belly hardbownd / the crampe / the cough / distillation of the heade / short wynded / bladders on the tounge / exulceration or chyppynge of the mouthe / apostume in the eares / apostume in the brayne / swellynge and bolnynge of the eyes / skum or creme of the eyes / the feuer / knawynge in the bellye / the body swellynge and puffed vp / often sneesynge / whelkes or bladders on the bodye / swellynge of the coddes / swelling of the nauell / vnslepynesse / yexynge / appetyte to perbrake / fearefulnes in the dreames / the mother / yssuyng out of the fondament gut / wormes in the belly / chawfynge / the fallynge syckenesse / the consumsyon / the palsye / trymblynge of the partes of the bodye / the stone / gogell eyes ¶ Howe to cure and to remedye all these / nowe wyll I shewe in order Fyrst in exulceration of the gummes are wonte certayne pusshes and as it were wheles grow on the gummes or in the corners of the iawes / the which put the place to muche greuance and to remedie this it shall be good that ye with your fynger rubbe the infaÌ„tes gummes and the pusshes or whelkes with all and then to annoynt the same gummes with oyntment made of hennes grese / hares brayne / oyle of camomell mixt with honye / other els turpen tyne tempered with hony / then take water / and in it sethe camomell and dyll / the which water beynge hote powre it on the chyldes heade / holdynge it a fote aboue the heade ¶ Of the flyx or ouer muche loosenesse of the bellye For this take the sede of roses / cuÌ„myn / anyse and the sede of smalege beate all those together and make them plaster wyse / and laye it to the chyldes bellye yf it stynte not by this remedye / then take of the coaguluÌ„ of a kyd a halfe peny wayght or a lyttell more / geue it to the chylde to drynke with colde water / and all the same daye let the chylde be kepte frome suckynge / leste the mylke shulde curde in the stomacke of it / but in the meane whyle let it eate of the yowlke of poched egges / or of whyte breade soden in water ¶ And farther yf that it whiche the infant voydeth be of / redde or yelowe colour / then lette drynke of the syrupe of roses / or of crabbes / other elles of pome granates / tempered with a lyttell mynte water ¶ Item another medycyne take leuen and in water breake it
of the eares When that humours and matter yssueth out of the eares which properly commeth of aboundant humours in all the body / most spetially in the head / thē take a pese of wool / and dyppe it in hony mixt with redde wyne / to the which is put also a lyttell quantite of alome beaten to pouder / or of safrane / then make of the same as it ware a tente / and put it in the childes eare / when the wooll hath sucked and drawen to it the humour and fyl thynesse of the eare / then take it out / and put in newe / and if that / the which commeth out of the eare be as matter / then take of soden hony and tempered with water / put of it in to the eares / or elles take the pouder of galles temperynge it with vynegre / and do lyke wyse ¶ But yf the chylde haut greate payne dolor by wyndynesse / ventosyte and the humours in this place / then sethe organnye or myrrhe with oyle olyfe and so beyng warme put of it in to the eares ¶ Of Appostumation in the heade Yf there be any appostume engendred in the heade whiche many tymes chaunseth the whiche causethe the cheekes and eyes to be greatelye payned / and the eye sight to waxe wannysshe or tawnye / then must be applyed suche thynges whiche maye refrigerat and coole the braynes as take of the iuyce of gowardes and the iuyce of solatrum / and the iuyce of purcelayne / and temper them with the oyle of roses / in this dyp a pese of wooll and laye it to the head / and as ofte as it waxeth drye / dippe it agayne / and lykewyse laye it to the heade ¶ Of the swellynge or bolnyng of the eyes Agaynst swellynge bolnynge of the eyes take licium / and temper it with womans mylke / and put of it into the chyldes eye / and bynde it to the place with fyne and softe lynnen clothe / then afterwarde wasshe the eyes with water in whiche camomell and basyll haue ben soden in Yf that in this swellynge the eyes be not redde / neyther the browes swollen / then take myrrhe / aloes / safrane / the leues of roses / and temper all these / and stype them in olde wyne and bynde it to the thyldes eyes with some lynnen clothe / into the childes nose put a quantite of ambre dissolued in womans mylke ¶ Of the scum or whyte of the eye Agaynst the scum or whyte of the eye which for the most parte happeneth to chyldrē thorowe ouer much cryeng wepynge take the iuyce of solatrum / and droppe of the same in to the chyldes eye / and yf by the same chanse the vayne of the eyes wexe reddysshe / or be swollen / then annoynt them with the same iuyce ¶ Agaynst immoderat heate or the feuer Yf the infant be in great vehement heate contrary to nature / the whiche is called a feuer Fyrst it shal be the nources parte to eate and vse suche thynges the whiche coole and moystē Also to geue vnto the infant of these thynges folowynge the iuyce of pome granate / the water of gourdes / sugre / with a lyttell camphere myxed here with all / tempered well to gether Itē it is very good to prouoke it to sweiyng ¶ Itē take of the iuyce of worme wood / of plantayne / malows / syngrene / and temper them all to gether / in the whiche also myxte barly meale / and make a plaster of all these / and laye it to the chyldes breste Itē take the oyle of roses the oyle of poplar / myxte them to gether with this oyntment beyng colde / annoynt the chyldes forehead / the temples / the armes / the hādes about the wrystes pulces / the fete about the ancles Itē take of barlye meale and of dryed roses poudered / temper these with the water of roses the water of endyue / make therof a plaster / the which laye to the chyldes brest ¶ Also as often as the chylde is wasshed / let it be done with water in whiche is soden such thynges whiche coole / as lectuse / purcelayne / endyue / plantane / and such other ¶ Agaynst frettynge or knawynge in the belly Yf the chylde be vexed with frettynge and knawynge in the belly / the which thynge ye shall know by the immoderat cryeng of the chylde / and that it turneth from one syde to another with greate cryenge / then shall you take warme water / oyle olyfe / and a lyttell waxe / temperynge them to gether / and herein dyppe a pese of wooll / and there with soke the chyldes bellye oftentymes ¶ Agaynstc swellynge of the bodye When the chyldes bodye or any parte ther of is swollen and puffed vp / then take the toppes of elder tree / and of walworte and sethe them in white wyne / therein lap the infante / spetially yf it be not takē with ouer greate heate / but yf so be that with swellyng in the heade the bellye be swollen also / then take myrrhe / aloes epaticus / safrane / and beate them all to gether / and temper them with the iuyce of beanes / and laye it to the thyldes heade ¶ Agaynst often sneesynge Sometymes the infantes be sore troubled and vexed with often starnutatiō and sneesynge / which thynge yf it come of the appostume in the head then shal ye minister such thynges to the heade whiche refrigerat and coole / whether it be oyles / oyntmentes / iuyces of herbes or other thynges Yf this come of anye other cause then of appostume / then take basilicum / be it grene or drye / and put of the iuyce or pouder of it into the childes nose but yf this sneesynge come and begyn with heate / that the chyldes eyes seme as they grewe in warde for payne of this sneesynge / then laye to thyldes heade the leaues of pur celayne / or gowarde cut in thynne peces and tempered with the oyle of rooses and barley meale / and also the yowlke of an egge ¶ Of whelkes in the body and the cure These whelkes yf they appeare blacke vppon the body / they sygnify parell of lyfe / and so muche the more the greater quantite that there is of them / but yf they seme whytyshe or reddyshe / it is no parell / maye easelye be cured wherfore take the leues of the red rose the leues of myrtylles of tamariscus / and sethe these in water / and in that water wette a lynnē cloth / soke there with the whelkes Itē like wyse it is good to annoynt the same with the oyle of roses / of myrtylles / tamariscus Yf the whelke be whyte or reddyshe / then let them be rype / before ye minister any thyng to them / when they be open begyn to matterye / then annoynte them with the
oyntemente of ceruse Item it shal be verye good for the same purpose to wash the same whelkes with mulsum hydromell / in whiche salt peter hath ben styped dyssolued ¶ Agaynst swellyng of the coddes Manye tymes chaunseth to chyldren thorowe ouer much cryenge swellynge aboute the coddes / sometymes burstennesse swel lynge in the ynner parte of the thyghes Against this yll take the sede of ameos bete it temper it with the yowike of an egge / laye it to the swellynge or burstenneste / and thereto bynde it with some gentell lynnen clothe Item take bytter lupynes myrre / and stype them in wyne / and sethe them to gether makynge hereof a plaster / the whiche laye to the greued parte ¶ Item take of alome .xiii. dramÌ„s / of galles .xi. dramÌ„s beate them / and sethe them to gether in redde wyne / tyl it be thycke / of this laye on the greued place / holdyng also vpon it a sponge dypped in water / myxt with vynegre / oftentymes renuynge the same when it is wasted Also you maye take the aforesayde decoction / puttynge vnto it a quantite of syse / and sethynge them to gether / make a plaster of it / spredde it on a lynnen cloth / and so bynde it to the place / and often tymes to renue it ¶ Agaynste swellynge of the nauell Also sometymes the chyldes nauell swelleth / spetially streyte after the byrth when it is cutte / for this take spyke celtyke / whiche some call mary mawdelyne flowre / the whiche women vse to put in lye / sethe it in the oyle of sesamuÌ„ myxed with turpentyne / then in this dyp wooll / laye it on the place the thyckenesse of a fynger ¶ But yf so be that this swellyng come of ouer muche cryenge / cough / or of a strooke or fall / then take lupynes the pouder of fayre olde lynnen clothe burnt to pouder / and temper these with red wyne / then in this dyp a pese of towe / and laye it to the nauell ¶ Agaynst vnslepynesse Agaynste vnslepynesse / that is / when the chylde is destitute and wanteth his due and naturall reste / all the whyle cryeng and wepinge / for this take the stalkes of popye / and the sede with all / and temper it with the oyle of lectuse and the oyle of popye / all these beynge myxt to gether / bynde them with some lynnen clothe to the forehead temples of the chylde ¶ But yf this vnslepynesse come of the impurite and ylnesse of the nourses mylke as many tymes it doth then take of the oyle of violettes / and put vnto it a lyttell quantite of vynegre / and of this lycoure drop often tymes in to the chyldes nosethrylles / or elles take the oyle of rooses / and temper it with the iuyce of letuce / and therewith annoynte the heade and stomacke of the chylde / farther se that the nourses mylke be amended ¶ Item take the syrupe of whyte popye / geue of it to the chyld to drynke / annoynting the foreheade and temples with the oyle of violettes / in whiche is put a lyttell quantite of safrane and of oppium ¶ Agaynste yexynge Agaynst yexynge take a nutte of ynde / and beate it / temperynge it with sugre / and geue it to the chylde to eate this yexynge cometh other of ouer muche meate / or for lacke of meate and emptynesse of the stomacke ¶ As often as it commeth by the aboundance of meate coldenesse of the stomacke / then annoynte the stomacke with the oyle of bays warmed / other els laye to the stomacke a plasâ—â—r made of the sede of dyll beaten and tempered with the iuyce of myntes ¶ But yf it come by defecte and lacke of meate and emptynesse of the stomacke / take the oyle of violettes / or of rooses / or the iuyce of endyue / or of anye other suche herbes / the which haue power to infrigidat coole / and temper the same with womans mylke / and annoynte therewith the chyldes stomacke Also geue the chylde to feade vpon mylke other good and holsome thynges to suppe neyther passe not greately / though the chyld reiecte and vomyte vp agayne that the whiche it receaueth / for soo muche euer wyll remayne in the stomacke that shal be sufficient to sustayne it and to moysten it ¶ Of yerkenesse or appetyte to vomyte Agaynst ouer muche appetyte to vomyte / bete .iiij. graynes of cloues / and geue it to the chylde Item take of mastycke / whyte frankensence / and the leues of the redde roose / so muche as shal be sufficient / and all these beaten to gether / temper them with the iuyce of myntes / and make a plaster of it layenge it to the chyldes stomacke but yf the chyldes vomytynge be very vehement / then put vnto these foresayd thynge a quantite of vynegre ¶ Item take fyne meale / and bake it so hote / tyll it ware browne / then beate it to pouder agayne / puttynge it in to vynegre / to these adde the yowlke of an egge harde rosted / mastycke / frankensence / gumme arabycke / and temper all these with the iuyce of myntes / makynge of it a plaster the which lay to the childes stomacke / to the childes mouth holde a warme toste of breade ¶ Causes of this yll be .iii. the fyrste / yf the childe haue taken more mylke then it is able to concocte digeste the seconde / yf the nourses mylke be ouer thynne / waterysh / and fluyshe the thyrd / yf the same mylke be impure feculent and corrupte these causes pronoke vomyte / and spetiallye yf the chylde alsoo haue a weake and waterysshe stomacke / wherfore ye must helpe the infant after this maner fyrste lette the chylde sucke lesse then it dyd before / and then alsoo marke that the whiche the chylde dothe perbrake / whether it sauer sharpelye lyke vynegre / and that it be whytysshe for yf it be soo / then take of whyte frankensence .viij. graynes / of dryed rue .xx. graynes / beate these to pouder / and geue it to the chylde to drynke / with the syrupe of redde rooses ¶ Or elles lette the nourse chawe comyn / and so put it into the chyldes mouthe / geue alsoo of the syrupe of pome granates / with the pouder of drye myntes to the chylde ¶ Item take of xiloaloes one dramÌ„ / of galles .x. graynes beate all those to pouder / temper it with the syrupe of rooses / puttynge to it a lyttell of nutmegges / and geue of this to the chylde to drynke euer before it sucke / alsoo to the stomacke of the chylde laye this plaster ¶ Take mastycke / accatia / xiloaloes / galles / whyte frankencense / tosted breade / of eche lyke much / beate them to gether puttynge to of redde rooses and temperynge it with the syrupe of rooses /
and so laye it to the chyldes stomacke ¶ But yf it so be that the perbrakynge of the chylde sauer not after the fashyon of vynegre / but after some other so wre sauour / that it be not whytyshe / but pale grayesshe then geue it the iuyce of quynces / and laye this plaster vnto the chyldes stomacke take barley meale / wylde mulderyes / and psida / beate all these to gether / and temper it with roose water / and laye it to the chyldes stomacke ¶ And farthermore yf the childes stomacke be some what wateryshe and slowe in digestion / then annoynte it with the water of roses / in the which muske hath ben dyssolued / or elles the water of myrtylles and geue it to drynke the iuyce of quynces with a lyttell cloues and sugre / or with a scruple of nuttemegges / there with tempered and myxed ¶ Agaynst fearefull and terrible dreames uers other thinges there be which might be here rehersed / but this shal be suffitient ¶ Consumption or pynynge awaye of the body When the infante falleth awaye / and the flesshe rebateth remaynynge nothynge but as it ware skynne and bone / and thereby the chylde waxeth syckely / then let the infant be often bathed in water / in which hath ben soden the head the fete of a ramme / so longe tyll the flesshe parte frome the bones of his owne accorde / and euery tyme that the chyld commeth forth of the bathe / fyrst let it be wyped and dryed cleane / then annoynt it with this oyntmente take fress he butter / oyle of violettes / or oyle of rooses / of eche .ii. dram̄s / of swynesgrece .vi. dram̄s / of whyte wex .iiij. dram̄s melt all these thynges to gether / and make an oyntment of it / annoyntynge there with the chyldes body ¶ Item take whyte waxe / swenes grece / shepes tallowe / fresshe butter / melt all these thinges to gether / strayne them / making of it an oyntmēt to annoynt the chyld withall ¶ Of lassitude werynesse or heuynesse of the chyldes hodye Sometymes it chaunseth that the chyldes membres of the body be so feable / as though it hath the palsye / so that with that partes of the bodye the chylde can not helpe it selfe / neyther can it lefte vp the handes / armes / ne stande on the fete / yf the chylde haue this dysease whylst it sucketh / then let the nourse be comforted and strengthned with such thinges the whiche haue vertue to heate and to drye Also let the nourse fede onely on rosted or fryed meate / that she forbare frō mylke / fysshe / and harde or salt poudred flesshe ¶ Farthermore let not the nourse vse any watered wyne / or myxed let her bathe the childe euer before that she geue it sucke / after annoyntynge it with the oyle of castorium / or the oyle of costum / let the chylde drynke euerye daye a quantite of this electuarye folowyng Take wyld mynt / cynamome / cummyn / drye roses / masticke / fenugreke / valeriane / ameum / doronicum / zedoarium / cloues / saunders / xiloaloes / of eche a dram̄ / of muske halfe a dram̄ / beate all those to pouder / confycte them with clarifyed wyne / makynge thereof an electuarye / of the whyche euerye daye geue vnto the chylde the iiij parte of a dram̄ to drynke Yf the chylde haue this dysease in euerye parte of his bodye / then take an ounce of wexe / and a dram̄ of euforbium / temper them to gether with oyle olyfe / and make hereof a plaster / and laye it to the raynes of the backe ¶ Of trymblynge of the bodye and the membres of the bodye Yf the chylde happen to be vexed with trymblynge and quakyng of the bodye or the partes thereof / so that ye feare that shryncklyng of the parte / or that the fallynge syckenesse sholde ensue / then remeady it after this meanes take the oyle of rooses / and the oyle of nardus / and temper them to gether / warmynge it / and there with annoyntynge the backe boke or raynes and the other shakyng membres / ye maye also take any other oyle / the whiche hathe vertue to warme and calefye / as the oyle of bays / and suche other Yf thou can not cure it by this meanes / then demaunde farther counceill of the physytyons ¶ Of the stone Yf the chylde be emcombred with the stone or with anye other thynge the whiche maye lette and stoppe the vryne / the whiche maye be knowen by these tokens Fyrst yf he haue the strāgury / yf it be prouoked often to pysse and yet can do but lyttell at once / and that with greate payne and dolour / yf the vryne be thynne and clere / and also beynge a man chylde yf the prycke be euer standynge all which thynges ye shall remedye thus ¶ Fyrst bathe the chylde in water wherin is decocte malous / holyoke / lynsede / and paritorye / then geue it to drynke some suche thinge which hath qualite to prouoke vryne and also when the nourse layeth it to sleape / let her annoynte the pryuie partes with oyle and geue the chylde to drynke the water of mulberyes with mylke / or otherwyse take the bloude of a gote / and the powder of a burnt scorpion / with the oyle of scorpions / or the oyle of whyte lyllyes tempered plasterwyse / and laye it to the chyldes bellye aboue the pryuie membres ¶ Of google eyes or lokynge a squynt Yf the chylde haue google eyes / or that it loke a squynt / then fyrst set the cradel in such a place / that the lyght maye come directelye and ryght in the chyldes face / neyther in the one syde / neyther in the other / neyther aboue the heade / leste it torne the syghte after the lyght Also marke / on whiche syde that the eyes do gogle / and let the lyghte come vnto it on the cōtrary syde / so to retorne the syght And in the nyght season set a candell on the contrarye syde / so that by this meane the goglynge of the eyes maye be retorned to the ryghte place And farther it shall be good to hange clothes of diuers and freshe coloures on the contrary syde / and spetially of the coloure of lyght grene / or yelowe / for the chylde shall haue pleasure to beholde these strange coloures / and in retornynge the eye syghte towarde suche thynges / it shal be occasion to rectifye the syght agayne and this shall be sufficient for this tyme of the dyseases of chyldren / after they be borne makynge here an ende of this seconde boke THE THIRDE BOKE ¶ Of suche thynges the which shal be entreated of in this thyrde boke ¶ Cap .i. IN these two precedente bokes we haue sufficientelye for this tyme declared such thinges the which are wont to happen vnto women before theyr labor / in theyr labor /
what farther perceueraunce in the same It is no small charge the which they take vpō them / for yf when anye straunge or peryllous case doth chanse / the mydwyfe be ignorant / or to seke in suche thynges which are to be had in remembraunce in that case / then is the partie loste and vtterlye doth perysshe / for lacke of due knowledge requysite to be had in the mydwyfe Wherfore I beseche almyghtye God / that this my symple industrye and labor maye be throughe youre grace vnto the vtilite / wealth / and profet / of all Englysshe women / accordynge to my vtter and hartye desyre and entente / to whome also I daylye praye longe to preserue and prospere youre moste gracyous hyghnes bothe to the contynuall comforte consolacion of our moste redoubted withoute cōparyson moste excellent Christen Prynce / and also the ioye and gladnesse of all his louynge subiectes Amen ¶ Here after begynneth the table of this presente boke ¶ After what maner and fasshyon the byrthe lyeth in the mothers wombe howe many caules it is cōpassed and wrapped in Cap .i. fol .xi. ¶ Of the tyme of byrth which is called naturall or vnnaturall Ca .ii. fol .xiii. ¶ Of easye and vneasye difficull or dolorous delyueraūce and the causes of it with the sygnes howe to knowe and forese the same Cap .iii. fol xiui ¶ Howe a woman with chylde shall vse her selfe what remedies be for them that haue harde labour Cap .iiii. fol .xvii. ¶ Remedyes and medicines by the which the labor maye be made more tollerable ▪ easye and without great payne Ca .v. fo .xxv. ¶ Certayne pylles the whiche make the labor easye without payne fol .xxvii. ¶ Howe the secondyne or seconde byrth shall be sorsed to yssue forth if it come not frely of his owne kynd Cap .vi. fol .xxviii. ¶ Howe that many thynges chaunse to the women after theyr labor and howe to auoyde defende or to remedye the same Cap .vii. fol .xxxii. ¶ Of aborcementes or vntymelye byrthes and the causes of it and by what remedyes it maye be defended holpen and eased Cap .viii. fol .xli. ¶ Of deade byrthes and by what sygnes or tokens it maye be knowen and by what meanes it maye also be expelled Ca .ix. fo .xlvii. ¶ Howe the infant newly borne muste be handled nouryshed and loked to Cap .x. fol .liii. ¶ Of the nourse and her mylke and howe longe the chyld shold soucke fo .lv. ¶ The Table of the seconde boke ¶ Of diuers diseases and infirmities which chaunse to chyldren lately borne the remedyes therfore fo .lix. ¶ Of the flyx or ouermoche loosenesse of the bely fo .lx. ¶ To vnloose the chylde beyng boudnen fo .lxii. ¶ Remedye for the crāpe or distention of the membres fol .lxiii. ¶ Remedie for the cough and dystyllatyon of the heade fol .lxiii. ¶ Remedye for shorte wynde fol .lxv. ¶ Agaynste wheles or bladders on the tounge fol .lxv. ¶ Of exulceration or clefture chappynge or chynnyng of the mouth fol .lxvi. ¶ Of Apostumation and runnyng of the eares .lxvii. ¶ Of Appostumation in the heade fol .lxvii. ¶ Of the swellyng or bolnyng of the eyes fol .lxvii. ¶ Of the scum or whyte of the eye fol .lxvii. ¶ Agaynste immoderate heate or the feuer fo .lxvii. ¶ Agaynste frettynge or knawynge in the bellye fol .lxviii. ¶ Agaynste swellynge of the body fol .lxviii. ¶ Agaynste often sneesynge fol .lxviii. ¶ Of whelkes in the body and the cure fol .lxix. ¶ Agaynste swellynge of the coddes fol .lxix. ¶ Agaynste swellynge of the nauyll fol .lxx. ¶ Agaynste vnslewynesse fol .lxx. ¶ Agaynst yeryng fo .lxxi ¶ Of yerkenesse or appetyte to vomyte fol .lxxi. ¶ Agaynst fearful and terrible dreames fol .lxxii. ¶ Agaynste the mother fol .lxxiii. ¶ Of shorte brethe horsenesse or whystelynge in the throte fol .lxxiii. ¶ Agaynste tenasmus fol .lxxiiii. ¶ Agaynst wormes in the belly fol .lxxiiii. ¶ Of chawfynge or gallynge in any place of the body fol .lxxv. ¶ Of the fallynge syckenesse fol .lxxvi. ¶ Consumptyon or pynynge awaye of the bodye fol .lxxvii. ¶ Of lassytude werynesse or heuynesse of the chyldes bodye fol .lxxvii. ¶ Of trymblynge of the body and the membres of the bodye fol .lxxviii. ¶ Of the stone fo .lxxviii. ¶ Of google eyes or lokynge a squynt fo .lxxviii. ¶ The Table of the thyrde booke ¶ Of suche thynges the whiche shal be entreated of in this thyrde booke Cap .i. fol .lxxix. ¶ Of conceptiō and how many wayes it maye be hyndered or letted Ca .ii. fol .lxxx. ¶ Howe many wayes concepcyon maye be letted howe the causes maye be knowen Cap .iii. fol .lxxxi. ¶ Howe to know whether lacke of conception be of the woman or of the man and howe it maye be perceaued whether she be conceaued or no. Cap .iiii. fol .lxxxiii. ¶ Of certayne remedyes and medycynes whiche shall cause the woman to conceaue Cap .v. fol .lxxxv ¶ Here endeth the table of this booke ¶ For bycause that in this booke many tymes be founde certayne measure wayghtes of physyke not knowen peraduenture to all suche as shal chaunce to reade it / therfore here brefly I haue set them furthe / showyng the value and estimation of them so far as shall be requysite to the better vnderstandynge of suche thynges the whiche ye shall reade in the same treatyse The pownde wayght xii ownces The ownce contayneth viii drammes The dramme iii. scruples The scruple xx graynes ¶ Where as is written that the scruple contayneth .xx. graynes / ye muste note that by these graynes be vnderstande graynes of barley taken out of the myddell of the eare / of the whiche .xx. maketh a scruple so that the pownde contayneth .v. M .vii. C .lxii. graynes c. as folowyth The pownde v. M .vii. C .lxii. graynes The ounce contayneth iiii C .lxxx. graynes The dramme lx graynes The scruple xx graynes ¶ ye shall also note here that many tymes ye shall happen vppon straunge names of suche thynges the whiche are occupyed aboute infyrmytees spoken of in this booke / for the whiche there is no englyshe but are vsyd in there owne proper names of greke or laten and they are suche for the mooste parte whiche are to be had onely at the Apothecaries / beyng of them ryght wel knowen wherfore when ye shal nede any such thyng yf ye sende the same names in your byll to the apothecaries they wyll soone spede your purpose neyther do this yf ye maye without the aduise of some experte and well lerned physytiane ¶ Here after begynneth the fyrste booke THE FYRSTE BOKE THE FYRSTE ¶ After what maner and fasshyon the byrthe lyethe in the mothers wombe and howe many caules it is compassed and wrapped in ¶ Cap .i. IN so muche as oure entent is in this boke folowynge to entreate and speake of the byrthe of mankynde / and of suche thynges whiche happen and chaunse to the mother in her labor and trauayle / in the
as wyll not be ruled / remouyng her selfe from one place to another / all such thynges causeth the labour to be much more payn full / cruell / and dolorous / then it wolde otherwyse be Also ye must vnderstande that generallye the byrthe of the man is easyer then the byrth of the female ¶ Item yf the chylde be of a fuller greater groweth than that it maye easelye passe that narowe passage / or contrarye wyse / yf it be so faynt / weake / and tender / that it can not turne it selfe / or doth it very slowly / or yf the womaÌ„ haue two chyldren at ones / other elles that it with the which she laboreth be a menster / as for example / yf it haue but one body and two heddes / as appeareth in the .xvij. of the byrth fygures / such as of late was sene in the dominion of werdenberghe ¶ Agayne wheÌ„ it procedeth not in due tyme or after due fashion / as when it cometh forthe with bothe fete or both knees togyther / or els with one fote onely / or with both fete downewarde and both handes vpwarde / other els the which is most perellous sydelong / arselonge / or backelonge / other hauynge two at a byrth / both procede with their fete fyrst / or one with his fete and the other with his head / by those and diuers other wayes the woman susteyneth greate doloure payne and anguysh ¶ Item yf the woman suffer aborsmeÌ„t / that is to saye brynge forth her chylde in the .iiii. or v. moneth after the conception / whiche is before the due tyme / in this case it shal be great payne to her / for so muche as accordynge to Galenus sayenge in that tyme the entrance of the wombe is so firmely and strongely enclosed / that scace the poynte of a nedle maye enter in at it ¶ Also yf the chyld be dead in the mothers bellye it is a verye perellous thynge / forsomuche as it can not be easely turned / nother can it weld or helpe it self to come forth / or yf the chyld be sycke or weakened / so that it can not for feablenesse helpe it selfe The whiche thynge maye be foresene knowen by these tokens Yf the woman with chylde haue ben longe sycke before her labor / yf she haue ben sore laxed / yf after her conception she haue had dayly vnwontly her flowres / yf streate after one moneth vppon the conception her brestes yelde anye mylke / yf the chylde steare not ne moue at suche tyme as is conuenient for it these be tokens that it sholde be verye weake By what tokens ye shall knowe it is dead / I shall shewe you in the nynth chapter hereafter ¶ Also there is greate parell in laborynge / when the secondyne or latter byrthe is ouer fyrme or stronge / and wyll not sone ryue or breake asunder / so that the chylde maye haue his easy commyng forth And contrary wyse when it is ouer weake slender or thynne / so that it breaketh asunder before that the chyld be turned or apte to yssue forthe / for then the humours which are collecte and gathered to gether about this secondyne or secoside byrth passe away soner then it sholde do / the byrth shall lacke his due humidite and moystenes / whiche sholde cause it the â—â—selyar to procede and with lesse payne ¶ The byrth also is hindered by ouer much colde or ouer muche heete / for in ouer muche colde the passage and all other powres of the laborynge woman be coarted and made narrower then they wolde otherwyse be Lykewyse ouer much heate debiliteth / weakeneth and faynteth both the woman and the chyld / so that neyther of them in that case can well welde or helpe them selfes for fayntnesse ¶ And forther yf the woman haue vsed to eate commenly such meate or fruytes / whiche do exiccat or drye and constrayne or bynde / as medlars / chestenuttes / all sowre fruyte / as trabbes / chokeperes / and suche other / with ouer muche vse of vergers / such lyke sowre sauces / with ryse myll / and many other thynges / all this shall greately hynder the byrth ¶ Also the vse of colde bathes after the .v. moneth folowyng the conception or to bathe in such water where alome is / yron / or salte / or any suche thynges which do coarcte and constrayne / or yf she haue ben oftentymes heauye and murnyng / or yll at ease / or yf she haue ben kept ouer hungrye and thurstye / or haue vsed ouer much watche and walkinge / other yf she vsed a lyttell before her labor thinges of great odour smell or sauoure / for suche thynges attracte and drawe vp warde the mother or matrice / the whiche is greate hynderaunce to the byrthe ¶ Also yf the womaÌ„ fele payne onely in the backe and aboue the nauell and not vnder / it is sygne of harde labor / lykewyse yf she ware wont to be delyuered with greate payne in tymes passed / is a sygne of great labor alwayes in the byrth ¶ Nowe sygnes and tokens of an expedite and easy delyueraunce be such as be contrary to all those that go before As for example / when the woman hathe ben wonte in tymes passed easelye to be 〈…〉 that in her labor she feale but lyttell thronge or dolor / or thoughe she haue greate paynes / yet they remayne not alwayes in the vppar partes / but descend to the nether partes or botome of the bellye ¶ And to be shorte in all paynefull troublesome labours / these sygnes betokeÌ„ signify good spede and lucke in the labor vnquietnes / muche stearynge of the chylde in the mothers belly / all the thronges and paynes tomblynge in the fore parte of the botome of the bellye / and when the woman is stronge and myghtye of nature / and such as can well and strongelye helpe her selfe to the expellynge of the byrth And agayne euell sygnes be those / when she swetethe colde swete and that her pulces beate and labor ouer sore / and that she her selfe in the laborynge faynt and swowne these be vnluckye and mortall sygnes ¶ Howe a woman with chylde shall use herselfe and what remedies be foâ—â— them that haue harde labor ¶ Cap .iiii. Tâ—… 〈…〉 such as are in suche difficull parell of labor / as we haue spoken of before / ye must obserue / kepe marke those thynges whiche we shall by the grace of god shew you in this chapter folowynge Fyrst the woman with chyld must kepe two dyettes / the one a monethe before her labor / the other in the verye laborynge / aboue all thynges she muste exchue and forbare all suche thynges which maye hynder the byrthe so nere as she can possible / the which we rehersed in the chapter before / but yf there be anye suche thynge which can not be auoyded / for so much as it commeth by nature or by long
/ let it stype a whyle / then strayne it throughe a lynnen cloth / then take of the syrupe of violettes the wayghte of an halfe peny / of spodium / called burnt yuerye / the wayght of a scruple / of gaules the wayghte a dram̄ and a half temper all these thinges to gether / and geue it to the infante to drynke ¶ Item take the sede of sorrell / and beate it / then temper it to gether with the yowlke of a rosted egge / and geue that to the chylde to eate ¶ Item take a gaulle / beate it to pouder / then sethe it in water with this water / temper barley meale / or the meale of millium / make a plaster of it / the which laye vnto the chyldes belly ¶ Yf this profet not take of acatia seruse of eche a dram̄ / of opium the wayght of an halfe peny / of sugre a dram̄ / of all these tempered to gether / make a suppositary of the length of a fynger an halfe the thyckenesse of two wheten strawys twyned to gether / the same cōueys into the infantes foundament / it shall sease the flyxe ¶ Itē yf that that cometh frō the chyld / be whytysshe / then take of nutte megges the wayght of the .viij. parte of a dram̄ / and of whyte frākencense a scruple / the which temper it with the iuyce of a quynse / and geue it to the chylde to drynke ¶ Item take an ounce of safrane / of myrrhe / a quartar of an ounce and temper them with redde wyne / makyng of it a plaster / the which laye vnto the chyldes bellye Item take the meale of barleye / temper it with the iuyce of plantan and a lyttell vinegre / and make it plasterwyse / and laye it to the chyldes belly ¶ Item take the iuyce of centinodium and the whyte of an egge and temper them together / to the whiche adde the pouder of dryed red roses / the pouder of hematites / mastycke frankencense / bole armenyacke / sanguis draconis and psida of all these myxed to gether make a plaster / and laye it to the infantes bellye ¶ Item to wasshe the chylde with the water in the which be soden leues of red rooses is very good Item take the iuyce of confery and the iuyce of plantayne the more and the lesse / and in this put claye of an olde furnyse or ouen / and make of it a plaster / and laye it to the chyldes bellye ¶ To vnloose the chylde beynge bounden Yf the chylde be so bounde / that it can not sege then make a suppositary of hony soden tyll it be harde and massye / and let the suppositary be of the length of your lyttell fynger / the byggenesse of two whetestrays boūde to gether / then dyppe it into oyle and conuey it into the chyldes foundament ¶ Item lykewyse ye maye make a suppositary of the stalke and rote of betes / or els of the rote called oresse or flowre de luce rote / made of the quantite before spoken of / conueyed into the syttynge place of the chylde ¶ Item to geue to the infant as much hony as a peaze to drynke to rubbe the bellye a lyttell / and to sople it with a pece of wooll dypped in oyle / or dypped in bulles galle / layde to the nauell Item ye maye geue vnto the nource a medycyne whiche hathe vertue to vnbynde and loose / and the next day after let the chylde sucke her / and it wyll loose also the chylde ¶ Item take of mouse dounge half a dram̄ and temper it with the fatte in the kydnees of a goote / make a suppositor of the same Item take of small mallowes / of greate mallowes of eche an handefull of fenegreke and lynsede of eche an handefull / of holycke two ounces / of fygges the nomber of .x. sethe all these to gether in water / then stampe them in a morter / and put vnto it of butter and of hennes grece .ij. ounces / and of safrane one scruple / and make a plaster of it vppon a lynnen clothe of the thyckenesse of a strawe / and laye it to the chyldes bellye a daye and a nyghte ¶ Yf this moue not the belly / then take of aloes one dram̄ / of eleborus bothe niger and albus of eche .xv. graynes / beate these to pouder / then temper them with thre sponefulles of the iuyce of walwort or of oxe gall in this licoure dyppe wooll / and laye it to the nauell the bredthe of a hande / and bynde it to the place ¶ Item take the iuyce of wallwurte and of myll meale and sethe those to gether / tyll they be thycke / then make a plaster thereof / and laye it to the bellye benethe the nauell Item take two handefulles of redde roses and putte them in to a bagge of foure fyngers bredthe / then sethe it in the water wherin smythes quenche theyr hote yron / putting to it a lyttell vynegre / thē take out the bagge agayne / and wrynge it a lyttell / then laye it to the chyldes stomacke Item to annoynte the chyldes bellye with butter / the whiche hath styped and stande longe in the rynde of walnuttes / is very good ¶ Remedye for the crampe or distention of the membres Yf it chaunse that the infant be taken with the desease / called the crampe / the which for the most parte cōmeth of indigestion and of the wekenesse of the powre attractyue specially in such chyldren the which be very fat and moyste / then shall ye annoynte the infant with the oyle of blewe flowre de lyce / or elles whyte lyllyes / other the oyle of rue Yf the crampe take the chylde whylste it stretcheth forth the armes / legges / and other mēbres as we be wont in gapyng or yanynge then let it be bathed and wasshed in water / in the whyche tapsus barbatus is foden in / or elles annoynted with the oyle of violettes / and the oyle of swete almons tempered to gether / and yf the chylde be in great heate annoynte hym with the oyle of violettes / or with oyle olyfe / tēpered with a lyttell whyte wexe / and also powre on the chyldes heade the oyle of violettes ¶ Remedy for the coughe and distillation of the heade Sometymes the chylde is sore encombred with the coughe and with distillatiō or runnynge of humours oute of the heade / to the nose / the mouthe and the brest the which he shall remedye thus Fyrst powre warme water on the chyldes heade holdynge it a fote a halfe from the chyldes heade / and so do cōtynuallye the space of halfe an houre / and in the meane whyle put a lyttell honye on the chyldes tonge to chawe vpon / then put your fynger in to the chyldes mouth / and depresse or holde downe the ynner moste parte or the
rote of the tunge nexte to the throte / to prouoke the chylde to vomyte / and to voyde the grosse and viscous humours which be cause of this yll ¶ Item take gumme arabicke / gumme dragagant / the sede of quynces / the iuyce of lycoryse / and sugre penedium all this beaten together / geue euery daye to the chylde a quantite of it with mylke newe mylked Item take swete almons and blanch them / then beate them in a morter / and then sethe them with the iuyce of fenell / or els the water therof of this decoction geue to the chylde at euenynge and mornynge Item the water of fenell tempered with mylke / and so dronken / is very good ¶ And yf it so be that the coughe haue exasperat and made roughe the tounge the rofe of the mouthe / then take of the sedes of rydonium .ij. sponefulles bruse them a lyttel and stype them in warme water the space of two or thre houres then strayne the vyscose and grosse water frō them throughe a strayner / and that remayneth / frye it to gether in a fryenge panne with sugre penidium the oyle of swete almons therof makyng an electuarium the which geue vnto the chylde to receaue yf the chylde haue great heate with the coughe / then adde vnto the same electuarie the iuyce of a swete pome granate ¶ Item agaynst the coughe ouer muche heate take of whyte popye / and dragagant two dram̄s / of the granes of Gowards .iiij. dram̄s / and beate all these to gether / geue of it to the chylde with the water in whiche reasons haue ben soden ¶ Item take reasons / and takynge out the sede or graynes of it sethe them to gether with water in a fryenge panne / so that they burne not to the botom of the pan / then take it from the fyre / and beate it well in a morter temperynge there with all sugre penidium / and geue of this in the mornynge euenyng to the chylde ¶ Agayne yf the coughe come of a colde cause / then take a lyttell myrrhe beaten to powder / and temper it with a quantite of warmed hony and the oyle of swete almondes / and of this geue vnto the chylde ¶ Farthermore the nourse muste auoyde all such thynges the whiche maye engender coughe as vynegre / ouer muche salted meates / nuttes / and all sharpe thynges Also she muste annoynt the chyldes brest with butter and with dialtheas ¶ Item for the coughe take reasons / and frye them in a fryenge panne / then stampe them in a mortar / and to that adde as much of sugre penidium / with a lyttell oyle of violettes / and make an electuarye of these / and geue to the chyld the mountenaunce of a hasell nutte ¶ Remedye for shorte wynde Manye tymes chaunseth also to infantes difficultie of brethynge or shorte wyndenesse / the which to remedye take lyne sede / beate it / and geue it on the childe with hony but yf the desease encrease on the chylde / that the wyne pipes in maner seme stopped / then annoynte well the eares / and all the places about the eares with oyle olyfe / and also the tounge for to prouoke vomyte / and then powere a lyttell warme water in to the chyldes mouthe / and geue to it a lyttell lynesede tempered with hony and beaten / made after the fashyon of an electuarye ¶ Item yf the chylde haue besydes this also the flyx then geue vnto it the syrupe of myrche decocte with hony / other elles dates soden with mylke / and the meale of wheate ¶ Agaynst wheles or bladders on the tounge Item sometymes happeneth to chyldren wheles and blysters on theyr tounges and mouth / whiche thinge cometh of the sharpenesse and egrenesse of the nources mylke / the mouthe tounge of the infant beynge so tender that the lest thing that toucheth it / shall offende it / wherefore besydes that it is great payne to the chylde thus to be blystered by the egrenesse of the mylke it is also verye perellous dangerous / for such wheles which be not rype and seme blacke / betoken death / whiche yf they be whyte or yelowyshe / then they be of lesse parell Agaynst this yll take violettes / roses / and xylocaracta / and temper all these beatynge them to gether / laye of it vpon the blysters ¶ Itē take the iuyce of letuse / the iuyce of solatrum / and the iuyce of purcelayne / whiche when they be well commyxte and tempered to gether / annoynt there with the whelkes And yf the foresayde blysterres or whelkes be blackysshe / then adde to the foresayde myces lycoryse beaten to pouder ¶ Item yf the same be very moyst / then take myrrhe / galles / the ryne of frākencense bete them well to gether / and temper them with hony / and annoynte the chyldes tonge there with ¶ Item take the iuyce of sharpe mulberies other els of vnrype grapes / which is called vergeus / with that annoynt the tonge Itē it is verye good to wasshe the tunge with wyne / then to strewe vpon it the pouder of galles / or elles of the barke or rynde of frankencense ¶ Yf ye wyll haue a quyckar medicine in operation a sharper / then take bole armenye / psida and sumach of eche .iij. dram̄s / also of galles .ij. drin̄s of alome one dram̄ all these beate to gether serche them throught a serchar / strewe that pouder on the blysterres Itē yf this wheles be reddyshe cause muche spettyll to gather to gyther in that place / then lette the nourse vse suche thinges which are moyst colde / and let her chawe in her mouthe verye small a fewe fatches / of the which laye on the infātes mouth tūge ¶ Itē amidum tēpered to gether with rose water / put on the chyldes tunge / is good Itē take the iuyce of pome granates / the iuyce of quynces / or the iuyce of orynges / do of this on the chyldes tunge in lyke maner / but yf the wheles or blysters be somewhat yelowysh then to these iuyces spoken of before adde the iuyce of lettuce of purcelayne ¶ But yf the wheles seme whytyshe / then take of myrre / of safrane / of eche one dram̄ / of sugre candy .ij. dram̄s / and beate these to pouder and laye of it on the wheles and the tunge ¶ Of exulceration or clefture chappynge or chynynge of the mouthe Sometymes by reason of the hardenesse of the nources pappes the chyldes lyppes mouthe be exulcerat hauynge in manner of cleftes and chynnes in them and in this case take tozed wooll / and dyppe it in the iuyce of plantayne / or elles in butter molten / or in fresshe hens grese euery of thē beyng warme and with this annoynte the mouth and lyppes of the chylde ¶ Of Apostumation and runnyng
in maner colde as yise / or to fluye or thynne c. dyuers other other wayes also it maye be letted / whyche shall not nede here to be rehersed ¶ Nowe yf the woman can not conceaue / the cause commynge of ouer muche frigidite and coldenesse in the matrice / that shall she knowe by these tokens she shal feale greate cold about the sydes / the raynes of the backe and the matrice / her vryne shall appeare whyte and thynnysshe / and sometymes also somewhat spysse and thycke / and all maner of colde thynges shall noye her / hote thynges shall greately comfort her ¶ But yf it come by ouer muche humidite of the matrice / that shall she knowe by these sygnes Yf the bodye of her be of a fatte and grosse disposition / yf with her flowres yssue forth at the begynnynge and the latterende of them certayne vyscous and waterye substaunce / and that her vrine be whyte / thycke / and sometyme as it were mylke Alsoo that she feale greate colde and payne aboute the matrice pryuie partes / muche dolour in her sydes and in the raynes of her backe ¶ And when ouer much heate or dryeth in the matrice / is cause of the hynderaunce of conception / then is the vryne hye coldred / red or yelowe / beynge thynne with certayne motes appearyng in the water / the womā hath greate thyrste / and bytter rysynge or belking oute of the stomacke in to the mouthe And manye tymes they that are in this case / are verye spare and leane in all theyr bodye / hauyng also but small quantite of flowres / the whiche thynge maye happen other by ouer muche watche / or ouer much fastynge / labor / trauell / sorowe / syckenesse c. But suche women which naturally are thus spare lene / maye verye hardely be brought to a temperancye agayne be made apte to conceaue And this shal be sufficiente for this tyme to knowe whiche qualite by his excesse causeth sterilite / nowe wyll we shewe howe it shal be knowen whether lacke of conception be in the woman or elles in the man / and howe to knowe whether the woman be conceaued or no / accordynge to the mynde of ryght expert doctors of physycke ¶ Howe to knowe whether lacke of conception be of the woman or of the man and howe it maye be perceaued whether she be conceaued or no. ¶ Cap .iiii. IF ye be desyrous to know whether the man or the woman be hynderance in conception lette eche of them take of whete and barlye cornes / and of beenes of eche .vii. the which they shall suffer to be steped in theyr seueral vryne / the space of .xxiiij. houres / then take .ij. pottes / suche as they set gylyflowres in / fyll them with good earth / in the one let be set the whete / barlye / beanes / styped in the mans water / in the other the whete / barlye / and beanes / styped in the womans water / and euerye mornynge the space of eight or ten dayes / lette eche of them with theyr proper vryne / water the sayd seades sowen in the forenamed pottes / marke whose potte dothe proue / the seades therin contained dothe growe / in that partie is not the lacke of conception / but see that there come no other water or rayne on the pottes ¶ Itē accordynge to Hypocrates wrytyng yf ye wyl knowe whether the faute be in the woman or no / then lette the woman receaue in to her body vndernethe / beynge well and closely closed round about the fume of some odoriferous perfume / as laudanum / storax / calamyte / lignum aloes / muske / ambre / and suche other / and yf the odour and sauour of suche thynges assende thorowe her body vp vnto her nose / ye shall vnderstande / that sterilite commeth not of the womans parte / yf not then is the defecte in her ¶ Item yf she take garlycke beynge pylled out of the huskes / and conueye of it into the pryuie partes / and yf the sente of it assende vp through the bodye vnto the nose / the woman is fautelesse / yf not then is there lacke in her These are sygnes to knowe whether the lacke be in the man or the woman ¶ Whether she be conceaued alreadye or no / ye shall knowe by these sygnes Fyrste the flowres yssue not in so great quantite as they are wōt / but wexe lesse and lesse / and in maner nothinge at all commeth from them Also the brestes begyn to waxe rounder / harder / and styffar then they were wonte to be / the woman shall longe after certayne thynges otherwyse thē she was vsed to do before that tyme. Also her vryne waxeth spysse and thyckysshe / by retension of the superfluyties Also the woman fealeth her matrice verye fastelye enclosed and shytte / in so muche that as Hypocrates saythe / the poynte of a nedle maye scace enter ¶ Item to knowe whether she be conceaned or no / accordynge to Hypocrates mynde / in the .v. of his Ampho geue vnto the woman when she is goyng to bedde a quantite of mellicratum to drynke / and yf after that drynke she feale greate payne / gnawing / and tumblynge in her belly / then be ye sure / that she is conceaued yf not / she is not cōceaued / this mellicratum is a drynke made of one parte wyne / an other parte water soden together / with a quantite of hony ¶ But if ye be desyrous to knowe whether the conception be man or woman then lette a droppe of her mylke or twayne be mylked on a smothe glasse / or a bryght knyfe / other elles on the nayle of one of her fyngers / and yf the mylke flewe and spredde abrode vpon it / by and by then is it a woman chylde but yf the droppe of mylke contynue and stande styll vppon that / the whiche it is mylked on / then is it sygne of a man chylde Item yf it be a male / then shall the woman with childe be well coloured / and lyghte in goynge / her belly rounde / bygger towarde the right syde then the lefte / for alwayes the man chylde lyeth in the ryghte syde / the woman in the lefte syde ¶ Of certayne remedyes and medycynes which shall cause the woman to conceaue ¶ Cap .v. ALl sterilite then for the moste parte ensueth and commeth of the dystemperancye of one of these .iiij. forenamed qualities / wherfore the remedye and cure of the same when it chaunseth / must be done by such thynges / the whiche haue contracye power operation to the excessyue qualities for by that shall it be reduced to his temperancye agayne ¶ As yf that coldenesse and moystenesse exceadynge temperancye in the matrice be occasion of sterilite / then muste she applie such thynges to that place / the whiche be of nature hote drye / the whiche maye calify and