very wel with dry figs and put there to auxungiae porcinae and applied it warm to the sore thrée or four times a day and it quickly brake it CHAP. XXXIX Scabs and itch with small pustules taken quite away by I. H. A Certain man greatly troubled with itch pustules in his haÌ„ds procéeding of a dissolved salt in his body could find no help till he used this course He took Panchimagogon twice in thrée days that done he washed his hands with the salt of vitriol dissolved in plantain water and shortly after they went quite away CHAP. XL Three deep Fistulaes in the breast cured by W. T. THere was a certain man called R. B. dwelling in London which having thrée déep fistulaes in his breast had béen long under the hand of unskilfull Chyrurgians consuming both himself and his substance but afterward by Gods help he using this course was cured First he was purged every second or third day for 5 or 6 dayes together with Turpetum minerale Phaedronis receiving thereof five or six grains in Amuletum Palmarij Afterward he was caused to sweat five or six times with this potion following Take the distilled water of lignum vitae two ounces salis ejusdem I scruple water of Carduus benedictus 2 ounces which being mixed he drank it warm in the morning and sweat thereon two hours After he was purged he dressed the fistulaes two hours with this unguent untill they were mundified upon tents of shooe leather When the fistulaes were cleansed he dressed them onely with Emplastrum Fodicationis being made liquid to wrap up the tent with till they were whole The mundificative ointment was this Take oil of wax of succinum of guaiacum oleum hypeconis compositum of each 2 ounces mix them without fire and use it with the aforesaid tents Also you shall note that he drank no other drink then this all the while Take lignum vitae the bark salsaparilla of each 4 ounces the roots of Tormentill Bistorta virga pastoris liquorice of each 2 ounces Juniper berries I ounce Mallow leaves Senicle Alchimilla Mugwort Hypericon Brunella Comferry of each 2 handfuls Bring these into powder and for every gallon of new tunned drink adde theceto two or thrée ounces of this powder in a linnen cloath let it be stale and let him drink thereof CHAP. XLI The cure of Lichen or Impetigo by M. K. A Certaine maiden sixtéen yeares old had all the flesh on her thumb and forefinger eaten away with the foresaid disease which was cured by strawing thereon saccarum Saturni and applying thereto Cerotum magistrale Fioravante CHAP. XLII A great Wenne taken away by W. H. ONe that was troubled with a great wen had it takeÌ„ away by washing it with strong lie made of â—ken ashes I have béen told since of a certain that iâ— ye rub the Wen often with the hand of a dead man untill the Wen wax hot it will consume away in short time after Some rost an egge hard and cut it in the midst and lay it thereon and using this often the Wen will wear away CHAP. XLIII A Medicine for the piles and for St. Anthonies fire for the scalding of childrens water to cool skin and heal all inflamations in elder persons TAke three or four pound of butter fresh from the Cherm without any salt set it on a few embers either in an earthern or silver pot and let it clarifie untill it be clean skum off the top and your it into an earthen pot and put to it as much of the flowers of elders picked from the stalks and of the gréen fresh leaves and of the inner gréen bark the russet outside being scraped off of elder and barkes of each a third part so that there be two parts of leaves and barks and one of flowers chop the leaves and barks reasonable small put them all into the clarified butter and set it on some embers and let it stew softly a good part of a day there must be as many hearbs as will go into the butter it must be very gréen if once doing will not serve you must do it twice when the hearbs grow hard in the butter then they are boiled enough when it is almost cold you must put in two pretty spoonfuls of â—ine searced sugar and stir it well together if the sugar be put in before it be somewhat cold it will stick to the bottome and so do no good kéep this in glasses or pots for your use for the piles lay a little lump upon a double rag and apply it to the place CHAP. XLIIII The making of a most excellent Searcloath or Plaister ON I. Barber aged about fifty by an old bruise had his leg ranckled and a tumor fallen down into it whereby the flesh was eaten away to the bone and was cured with the applying this Plaister or Searcloath Take a pound of Bolealmonack and a pound of Red-Lead and pound them in a Mortar very fine and searce them through a fine silk searcer and when they be searced and mingled together put them into a skillet and put thereto as much sallet oil as will wet it throughly and set it over the fire in a brasse skillâ—t till it begin to boil then adde a spoonfull or two more of oil to it and séeth it to thicken it again and then adde a little more oil again and still let it seeth upon a very soft fire stirring it continually with a silver or brasse spoon and so féed it still with oil untill it come unto the perfection of a salve which you shall know by the wetting of the end of a white linnen rag in it and taking it out till it be cold for when you perceive by the rag so dipped being cold that it féeleth oily and wet then by that you may know that it is not yet come to perfection and therefore you must let it boil more till it come to a better perfection ever and anon trying the cloth in it which cloth you may afterward make a Searcloath of it must not be any hard cloath but soft it will be somewhat above half an hour in boiling and it must be always stirred and when it is boiled to the perfection dip your cloths throughly in it and so take them up and let them cool and then role them up together and wrap them up in lether made of shéeps skin let the lether be white it will kéep good so 7 years if you kéep it close and if it grow dry anoint it over with a feather dipped in sallet oil when you apply this sear-cloth to any wound or sore warm the searcloth before you lay it to it and put so much white leather one the back side thereof as you put sear-cloth and so when the one side is worn long you may use the other side to it if the sores be many and do stand close together cut little pieces of the searcloth and lay them upon each sore and
time anoint the head and stomack with oleum cerae and drink every morning a little Quintaessence solutive which if you do use continually by the blessing of God upon it there is no doubt but the body shall be free from many troublesome maladies There was a certain woman of the age of 58 years who â—eing greatly troubled with a Catarrhe was cured by the use of aqua preservans morning and evening and by anointing the stomack with balsamo One that was afflicted with a Catarrhe and a stitch in the side was thus cured He took Aromatico twice Then he took every morning a spoonfull of Quintaessence solutive with the broth of a Capon for seven or eight days together and every night when he went to bed he anointed his stomack with oleum incompostobile and thereby was soon after cured A woman that had great pain in her head and stomack and had her menstrues stopped with losse of her appetite was thus helped First she took two doses of Pillulae Angelica that done she took every morning a spoonfull of Quintaessencia solutivo with broth and sugar for five or six mornings together After that she took every morning one spoonfull of Aqua preservans whereupon in short time after she was cured CHAP. XCVII A Contusion in the head A Certain man had a great fall from an horse where with he bruised his head most grievously who was cured in four days by anointing the place with oleum benedictum CHAP. XCVIII The taking away or healing of the white scall THis noisome malady is perfectly cured by purging the patients with Aromatico and anointing the head with oleum philosophorum Also the Artificiall balsome doth the like and oleum benedictum effecteth the same CHAP. XCIX Pain in the eyes with great dimnesse of fight A Certain man that had great pain in his eys and was almost blind recovered his fight by lettingbloud under the tongue The next day he took Aromatico once after that he used Quintaessence solutive seven or eight days together and every night he anointed his stomack with oleum cerae rectified then was dropped into his eys the water hereafter set down for the dimnesse of sight and thereby was he well curedi CHAP. C. Anunguent or ointment for sore eys TAke rose-Rose-water Fennel and eufrage-Eufrage-water of each alike quantity put therein a small quantity of Uerdi grease and boil it a little on the fire Then let it settle till it be clear and pour it off With this water sée that you wash Auxungia porcina seven or eight times and of that put a little into the eye when you go to bed CHAP. CI. To cure or stay the spatting of bloud ONe that spat bloud was cured in ten days by drinking the liquor of honey morning and evening An other was healed by drinking the decoction of minâ— in vinegar another by drinking of Crocus martis CHAP. CII The description and manifold cures of the disease called Scrophulae or forunculi which some do call waxing kernels but rather the Kings Evill THe Scrophulae or waxing kernels so called of some which use to come in the thrâ—â—t or other parts of the bodies of young children do arise and are caused of great quantity of melancholly humors because that doth for the most part râ—ign in persons that are weak of compleâ—â—on For you may easily sée that such as are vexed with that infirmity are not very quiâ—k spirited These Scrophulae are a long time ere they will â—ome to suppuration and before they â—reak and when they are broken they cause excessive pain and are hard to be cured For all infirmities that come of melancholly are troublesom to cure or resolve as you may sée in the quartain and such like But here I wil shew thee a secret to cure ye Scrophâ—lae First you must remove the cause then work the effect for otherwise it were impossible to cure them with outward medicines This melancholly is purged with the drink following against melancholly which you must use three wéeks or a moneth That done give them Aromatico which cleanseth the head and stomack purifieth the bloud As touching locall medicines lay to the place a plaister of waxe and butter and anoint it with magno licore untill the escare be fallen out and when it is mâ—ndiâ—ied apply thereon the 〈…〉 of Gualtifredo di M 〈…〉 and use no other medicine for it will in carnate 〈…〉 without scare Another remedy against the Kings Evill One W. R. dwelling in Cheap side London at eightéen years old had the Kings Evill in a very great measure and was throughly cured by this medicine following after he had been twice touched by the late King and spent very much money on Doctors and found not any help Take the roots of Scrophilari 〈…〉 otherwise called Brown-worts the roots of Orphin the roots of Pileworth of each clean washed and picked two ounces of the leaves of Brown-worts of hearb Robert of Egrimony of each three handfulls of Mugwort and Smalage of each two handfulls of Scurvy-grasse four handfulls of Water cresses and Horse Radish leaves of each two handfulls of the roots of Horse Radish one â—unce and a half of Caraway-seeds and Fennel-séeds of each an ounce shred the hearbs and roots small then tuâ— to all this being put into a large boulter bag four or five gallons of new-drink of a reasonable strength ready to work having wrought stop it up close being six or seven days old then drink of this continually for a whole year or more and let it be your continuall drink and purge once a wéek with pulvis saema montagin two drams and Cremor Tartarij two true scruples for a dose in a draught of Mace-ale boiled with currance let your hearbs and roots be gathered in Summer to dry cleanly and kéep them for all the year dry kéep to the place a discentent or dissolving plaister and observe a good diet Another cure for the Kings-Evill A Certain young boy of 14 years of complexion chollerick and melanchollick who had Scrophulae in his throat on both the sides was thus cured The first medicine that he took was the infusion of Rhabarb with the trochisks of Agarick and acctum squilliticum and water of maidenhair mixed together which he used by the space of ten days Then was laid upon the Scrophulae a plaistâ—â— of cerotum magistrale with Cantarides which drew forth the malignity of the ulcer and great store of Sanies being applied for fiftéen days together This done I gave him the decection of Salsaparilla with a good diet for twenty days together Then I applied unto the sore acâ—rote of Gualtifredo di Medi which in a short time cured him that had béen vexed with them four yeares before Another for the same Another which was a maid of thirteen yeares of age was vexed with Scrophulae in her throat which was also in this manner cured First I gave her the extract of Elleborus niger wt
must first be purged twice with Aromatico Leonardo then give unto him two ounces of Quintaessence solutive with one ounce of syrrup of roses four or five mornings together and after iâ— drink a little good broth made swéet with sugar that done drink this water following Take Herbegrace Sathernwood Mugwort Wormwood of each one handfull Junipor-berries three or four handfulls cut the herbs and bruise the berries and infuse them in a gallon of white wine vinegar 24 hours in a warm place Then distill it with a gentle fire this done take that distilled vinegar and infuse therein fresh herbs and berries and distill it again as before At the last infusion you shall put therein four ounces of good Mitridate or Triacle and distill them together and kéep them close for your use Thereof the patients took at four a clock in the morning four ounces very warm whereupon they laid them down and sweat two or thrée hours alway wiping it away with warm cloaths Every sweating time they changed their shirts When this medicine was ministred to a woman she took but two ounces thereof In this sort arâ— cured not onely Tumors but sores pustules fevers jaundies gripings emrods Piles c. and suffereth no grosse kind of humour to remain in any part of the body making the skin also cléer soft and smooth CHAP. LII Swelling of the cods mitigated and dissolved by R. A. A Man riding on a trotting horse had his stones swoln as big as ones fist who was thus â—â—lpeâ— First he was purged once or twice with Panchimagogon then this Cataplasin was applied warm unto the part twice or thrice a day Take the 〈…〉 s of brown breaâ— bean-flowr of each as much as is sufficient boil them with new wort when it is almost boiled put thereâ—â—â— little Commin-â—éed and a dish of fresh butter and so apply it warm Another for the same Take a pint of pure honey as much bean flowr and two spoonfuls of vinegar of Commin-â—éed 2 ounces mixe them well together and spread it on a cloath and warm it a little against the fire and apply it CHAP. LIII The cure of a painfull Ischiatica by I. H. A Man that was grievously troubled with the Ischiatica was healed in this manner First he was purged with Aromatico then he took for five or six mornings together two drams of Quintaessence â—olutive with syrup of roses and after the taking thereof he drank a little swéet broth That done he drew a blister with Cantarides and when it had run enough he anointed the place with oleum de terebinthinae cera and in short time he was holpen since which time many have also béen helped of that grief by anointing the grieved parts with Aqua balsami Fioravante Another for the same Take an ounce of Déers-suet and two ounces of the best resin and put it in a pipkin with the Déer â—uet and let them melt and boil together a quarter of an hour and more stirring it sometimes in the boiling and then take it off the fire and pour it into a bason of conduit water or river water and let it remain till it be almost cold then work it up into little roles with your hands and let it lie again in the water til it be throughly cold after which lay it up for your use and when you have néed to use it spread it upon white-leather and warm it before you lay it to the sore dressing it evening and morning this will also heal any gréen wound without suffering any proud flesh to grow in it CHAP. LIV. An excellent remedy against the cramp proved often by R. G. THey that were infected therewith did upon their bare skin and places grieved wear the root of coÌ„mon flag Also the skins of twenty silver éâ—ls new â—lean and chopped small boiled in two pound of May butter and four handfuls of Rue scum it wel and anoint the place and it will work the same effect A worshipful Gentleman that had divers times proved the same desired for the great comfort he found by it that it might be made publick CHAP. LV Contraction or shrinking of sinews with consumption of the party holpen by W. H. A Man 2â— years old having a sore and grievous ulcerated leg fell into the hands of inexpert Surgeous who with their corrosives shruÌ„k up his sinews yâ— he could neither go nor stand but in short time after he was cured in this manner He was once purged with Aromatico then he took Quintaessence solutive two or thrée days together in syrrup of roses and drank thereupon a little broth Then did he use the bath divers times and anointed him with sublime ointment or the green ointment which you will find towards the latter end of this book Another man having his hand shrunk together upon the like occasion was healed in the same order This is the description of the bath Take two or thrée young whelps that cannot sée boil them in water with Mallows Hollihock Mellilot Walwort Camomill of each a handfull voil the whelps till the flesh fall from the bones that done strain it and use to bath therewith very warm CHAP. LVI The cure of one whose neck was drawn awry by W. T. A Child had her neck drawn awry with a kind of convulsion or cramp called Tetanus and was thus cured First she drank every morning and evening a little aqua balsami Fioravante then was her neck anointed with some of the said water mixed with magno licore Fioravante and in ten days she was cured Another of thesaâ—me by W. T. TAke oleum de lateribus one ounce oleum Terebinthinae half an ounce of Juniper berries two ounces of Cloves one ounce Nutmegs Maces of each half a dram mix them with oleum cera so much as will make it in form of a liniment and therewith anoint the parts CHAP. LVII The Squinancy cured by I. P. THis medicine following did help one that was so swoln and grievously pained that he could scarcely eat or drink Take olei philosophorum de lateribus I ounce olei lini six drams olei cera one ounce mix them warm and anoint the place infected oftentimes in the day Also one dram of the tooth of a wild bore being drunk with three ounces of the oile of Line-seed doth help it presently Also another man was forthwith cured thereof which drank one spoonfull of Aqua balsami and wetting a cloth therein applied it to his throat CHAP. LVIII The cure of Alopecia by I. P. MAgno licore Fiorauante being anointed on the head causeth the hairs to grow again abundantly which are fallen away and to wax black Balsamum sulfuris also doth the same CHAP. LIX A gargarism to purge the head by I. S. TAke Spiknard Alizander-séed of each I ounce beat them into powder and boil them in vinegar till half be consumed Then strain it and put thereto half a pound of mustard and four ounces of rose-water boil it
yet iâ— it a thing greatly to be regarded For many great personages that liâ—e easily and are tormented with the gout have also this grief in those parts but the order to cure them is this First you shall cut the nail on that part where it most grieveth them then take it away which you may do easily without any great pain to the patient for the nail is already separated from the grieved place Thus when the nail is taken away touch it with our Caustick whereof mention is made in our treatise of the plague Let it so remain thrée days together then dresse it every day with Magno licore untill it be whole which will be in a very short time CHAP. CXIX Of Eriâ—ipcla or tumour in the face or any other part of the body and the cure thereof THis disease as experience sheweth is caused of an hot and fiery moisture arising in the face arms and legs for where it is the pores are stopped yâ— the said moisture cannot have expiration whereupon cometh tumor as also a shutting and closing up of those pores by means of the ordinary anointing them with fats oils c. or other cold things a common course of common Chyrurgians Against this there cannot be found a more present remedy then the spirit of wine or Aqua ardens or bathing it with hot water and if you wash the parts afflicted with our Quintaessence the pores will be opened and it penetrateth and assubtilateth that humidity causing it to come forth Also you shall find that by drinking our Quintaessence and anointing the stomack with oleum cerae divers are cured of a certain heat retained in the stomack CHAP. CXX The cure of Warts THere is an herb called Herba di vento in the juyce whereof if you wet a cloath and bind it upon the warts they will wear away in short time after CHAP. CXXI For giddinesse in the head TAke the juyce of Prim-rose leaves or the flowers in the Summer or of the juyce of roots in Winter and put into your ear and stop it with black Wooll and lie down upon it CHAP. CXXII To help one that is deaf TAke the inner bark of an elder bough stamp it and strain it and put the juyce into your Ears stop your Ears with Wooll and keep you warm with it CHAP. CXXIII For Ears that run and are full of water TAke two parts of the Gall of a barrow hog half as much of the best honey boil these together in thick glasses in hot ashes till half be consumed and so use it prescribed by Dr. Nicholas for Henry Medlex CHAP. CXXIIII For sore Ears TAke the juyce of Knot grasse and seeth it with honey and wine and pour a quantity thereof into the patients ear and stop the ear with cotten and lie down on the contrary side In the next place I shall shew you many rare and hidden secrets for the making and use of our Balsamo Artificiato or the Artificiall Balsome often mentioned before and severall other excellent Balsomes Oyles and Ointments with the rare effects thereof CHAP. CXXV The making of Balsamo Artificiato or the Artificiall Balsome with a declaration of the effects and virtues thereof TAke of Uenice Turpentine one pound of perfect oil of Bays four ounces oil Galbanum three ounces of Gum Arabeck four ounces of Lignum aloes Galingal Cloves Consolida major Cinamon Nutmegs Zedoana Ginger Diptanum album of each one ounce of Olibanum Mirrha elected Gum Hedera of each thrée drams of the best Musk and Amber of each one dram of rectified Aqua vitae sir pound put all these in a new earthen pot and let them stand seven days close stopped that no air goesin then distill them in a glasse retortive in sand And the first water that cometh is white mingled with oil after you have drawn a sufficient quantity of this increase your fire and there will come a black oil and water which you are to take in another Receiver increasing your fire according to Art til it drop no more then separate the oils from the waters and the black oil is the Artificial Balsame The inventor of this Balsom will never want praise so long as Letters are printed and mens bodies subject to griefs and infirmities for besides the many great and rare virtues you find it hath in the various applying thereof according to the rules set down in the severall places of this Book The first water is excellent good to clear the eyes and preserveth the sight the face also being washed therewith it makes it fresh smooth and young The white oil breaketh and dissolveth the stone or gravel in the kidneys it being drunk it provoketh urine cureth all kind of wounds Sciatica's pains and aches in the joints The black water is called the mother of Balsame and cureth scabs botches scurffs and all sorts of Ulcers in any part of the body in a very short time There is an Artificial Balsomsold by the Apothecaries very good for most of the things before specified CHAP. CXXVI Another most excellent Balsom which cureth all wounds in a very short time it is good for all pains and aches for the Cramp stiff members shrunk sinews c. TAke of swéet oil Olive ten pound white Wine one pound boil these together till the wine be consumed let it cool and put it into a stone pot then adde unto it of the flowers of rosemary one pound and a half of Lignum aloes thrée ounces of Olibanum of Bdellinum of each five ounces then stop your pot well with cork pitch and bladders and bury it in the earth about the begining of August and there let it remain about half a year then take it out and put in these following things Take of Sage Rosemary Betony Rue Yarrow of the roots of Consolida major of leaves of Viâ—icella otherwise called Balsamina of the flowers of Tapsus Barbatus of each thrée handfuls of Galingal Cloves Nutmegs spica nardi Saffron of each half an ounce of Sarcocolla fanguis draconis Mastick of each one ounce of Aloes Epatica rosin of the Pins of each four ounces of Colophoina half a pound of the tops with the séeds of Hypericon of musk half a dram of yellow war of Hogs grease of each nine ounces of oil of wax and mans grease of each three ounces The hearâ—â— yâ— shal cut smal stamp the rest of the things to powder and put them all into the oil mingle them well and set them all the Summer in the Sun then boil them till the hearbs be dry then strain the oil put in some of the Apothecaries Artificiall Balsame the quantity of ten ounces and in the moneth of September put in of the fruit of Balsamina when it is red one pound then kéep it close stopped In defect of Balsamina you may take yâ— tops of the Madelin with the flowers it is not amisse to adde to your Balsame Gum Elemin or the oil of Gum Elemin distilled
if the gums it must be put in with the other Gume about four ounces if oil put it in with the Artificial Balsame about two ounces this Gum is most pretious CHAP. CXXVII An excellent Balsome to cure deep wounds and punctures made by some narrow sharp pointed weapon which Balsam doth bring up the flesh from the bottom very speedily and also healeth simple cuts in the flesh according to the first intention that is to glue or soder the lips of the wounds together not procuring matter or corruption as is commonly seen in healing of wounds TAke oil of roses oil of Saint John Wort of either one pint the leaves of Tobaco stamped small in a stone morter two pound boil them together to the consumption of the juyce strain it and put it to the fire again adding thereto of Uenice Turpentine two ounces of Olibanum and Mastick of either half an ounce in most fine and subtile powder the which you may at all times make into an unguent or salbe by putting thereto War and Râ—â—â— to give it a stiffe body which worketh well in maligne and virulent ulcers as in wounds and punctures CHAP. CXXVIII To make the Italians Belsam to heal a green wound preâ—ently It is that which they which are called Mountebanks use when they heal them whom they would and stab upon Stages It conglutinates and cements very suddenly any green wound by cut or thrust though never so deep in the flesh if it be not ranckled and festered TAke a pint of Sallet-oil and three ounces of Barrel-pitch two ounces of yellow Waxe an ounce and an half of Rosin and seeth them about half an hour upon a soft fire and mingle them very well upon the fire and then take them off and put them into little pots for your use and warm a little in a sawâ—er and put it not very hot into the wound but little more than bloud warm and take also a soft linnen cloth and put it into the Balsame and lay it over the wound and use it fresh and new morning or evening and it cures presently CHAP. CXXIX To make a Balsome of St. Johns wort TAke White-Wine two pints Oyle Olive four pounds Oyl of Turpentine two pounds the leaves flowers and leeds of St. Johns Wort of each two great handfuls gently bruised Put them all together into a great double glasse and set it in the Sun eight or ten days then boil them in the same glass in a kattle of water with some straw in the bottom wherein the glasse must stand to boil which done strain the liquor from the herbs and do as you did before putting in the like quantity of herbs flowers and seeds but not any more Wine Dioscorides saith that the seed drunk for fourty days together cureth the Sciatica and all aches that happen in the hips The same Author saith that being drunk with Wine it taketh away Tertian and Quartan Agues CHAP. CXXX To make Oyl of Exceter good for all manner of aches or bruises TAke a pound of the flowers of Cowslips in May stéep them in oil Olive in as much quantity as they may easily be laid in then take Calamint herb John Red Sage Wild-Sage Sugar Sotherwood Wormwood Penyroyoll Lavender Pelitory Camomill Pelitory of Spain Bays Howes flowers of Lillies of either of the aforesaid herbs one handfull and these herbs must be gathered in June grind them in a Morter as small as gréen sawce when it is so done take the flowers of Couslips out of the oil with clean hands and put them in white Wine a night and a day and take as much Wine as they may easily stéep in then take the herbs with the Wine and boil them together with the oil Olive that the Couslips were steeped in and let it boil so long over a fast fire untill the Wine and the Water be wasted away When it is boiled enough take it off the fire and wring it through a strong linnen cloath then put it in a Vessel of Tyn of Glasse for no other Vessel will hold it This oyntment will last 3 years and it must be made in the moneth of June it is good for all manner of aches and bruises CHAP. CXXXI To make Oyl of Roses the best way TAke half a pound of red-rose leaves and stamp them very small and then take a pound of oyl Olive and mingle with your roses and put them in a glasse well stopped and séeth them in a Vessell with water the space of six hours and then strain them through a clean cloth and kéep it in a glasse and by this proportion you may make as much and as little as you will CHAP. CXXXII Another way of making Oyl of Roses TAke Roses and oil Olive of each alike quantity in weight shred them and put them in a Vessel of glasse stop it well and hang it in a vessel of water upto the neck two moneths and every day stir it oâ—câ— unsâ—â—p it again and strain it through a Canvas and put away the grounds so kéep it in a vessel of glasse well stopped fâ—â— this is a colder kind then the other CHAP. CXXXIII To make Oyl oâ— Lillies TAke Sâ—lleâ— oyl and put into it a good quâ—â—tity of the flowers of white Lillies then set it in a pot of 〈◊〉 water and let your oyl your Lillies boil a good whiâ—e then wring out your Lillies put in more Lillies and set them in the Sun and let them stand so long as you think convenient then take them out and put in more Lillies so change them once or twice more as you think good for want of flowers you may take the root and stamp it and boil it as aforesaid CHAP. CXXXIIII To make Oyl of Balm TAke oil Benedict one pound gum of Ivie séed of Balm then take chosen How 's Turpentine four ounces mingle them together on a little fire three or four times till it hath a little colour and shining and till it come to thicknesse of honey or Turpentine then kéep it pretiously This oil is good for all aching of â—nâ—ws coming of cold it kéeps dead bodies from rotting and corruption It is good for all other things for the Palsey and the falling sicknesse and the stone in the reins and in the bladder and to cure all corâ—ednesse of limbs CHAP. CXXXV To make Oyl of Worms for an ach TAke a pint of Sallet oil and a pint of red Worms a handfull of Rosemary and a handfull of Comphâ—ry then take these and châ—p them together very small thâ—n put them into the oil and let them boil till they 〈◊〉 enough then strain them through a linnen cloath and so keep them close covered the older it is the better when it is boiled enough then it will sâ—mber softly if it boil too much it will flame away CHAP. XXXVI To make Oyl of St. Johns Wort. TAke the leaves flowers and séeds of St. Johns Wort stamped and put them into a glasse with Oyl
Olive and set it in the hot Sun for certain Wéeks together and then strained it from those herbs and the like quaÌ„tify put in and sunned in like manner doth make an Oyl of the colour of bloud which is a most precious remedy for déep wounds and those that are thrust through the body for sinews that are pricked or any wound made with an invenomed weapon CHAP. XXXVII To make Oyl of Broom TAke a quart of May Butter clarified in the Sun put thereto three pints of Broom-flowers clean picked from the stalks let it stand in a Bâ—son till you can have Elder-flowers wherereof put in â— pint and an half clean pickt also let them stand together a moneth put it into the Oven after bread or in some other place where it may have a continual warmth and stir it sometimes strain it through a thin cloth and set it in the Oven again to cleanse it This Oyl of Broom is very good to take out the fire of a burning or scalding for the tooth-ach that comes of rhume to anoint the chéeks and gums being kept bound it is also good taken in posset-drink for any infections disease and sweat upon it it is good for a bruise in a â—â—mans breast or swell'd with milk it will mollifie a gréen wound it is good to drink for any inward bruise it helpeth any new ach or pain in the joynt or bone for the Spléen mingled with yellow Wax and plaistred upon linnen cloth it is good for sore heels and for many other things CHAP. CXXXVIII To make Oyl of Hemp-seed which causeth a comely face and maketh the person merry which useth it TAke one pound of Hemp-séed and beat it very fine then sprinkle and wet it with a little wine and put it into a new earthen pot or pan well glased and set it over the fire heat it so long till you cannot suffer your hand in it then put the same substance into square bags which you must presse hard and an Oyl will come forth whereof if any drink the quanof one ounce at a time it maketh him pleasant and merry and if a Souldier drink it it will make him both fierce and hardy to fight without any fear or doubt of his enemy In this manner you may draw out any Oyl out of all seeds CHAP. CXXXIX To make a Green Oyntment TAke of Sage and Rue of each a pound of Bay-leaves and Worm-wood of each half a pound of Mellilot herb or flower of Camomil of the flowers of Spike of Rosemary of Rose-leaves of St. Johns Wort and of Dill of each one handful of Marsh-mallows two handfuls All these herbs chop as small as may be and stamp them and weigh and put thereto the like weight of Shéeps-suet chop it as fine as may be and mince your herbs and it together and stamp them in a stone mortar to one substance that there be no suet séen but all gréen then put it into some fair earthen pot then put thereto swéet Oyl Olive a pottle and pint work these altogether in a pan with your hand to one substance and cover it close with past that no air go in or out so let it stand seven days then take it forth and put it into a pan and set it on a soft fire till the leaves begin to wax parched hard and then strain it into some clean pan then have ready these oyls following oyl of Roses of Spike of Camomile of white Lillies and of Violets of each one ounce stirring them well together and reserve it in glasses or galley pots to your use if you will have it more pleasant of smell and more nourishing adde thereto the Gums Labbamium one ounce and a half beaten to fine powder Storax calaminted three quarters of an ounce bruised fine to powder mingle this with your other stuffe as before and so keep it to your use This ointment is good for stitches for bruises for the palsey for the shrinking of sinews gouts and sciaticaes for the ach of the back lamenesse plurisies for the cough the soles of the feet being anointed therewith for extream pain in the head by cold making a cap for the crown with linnen cloath and lap it in wool pluckt from the flanks of a live sheep make it clean from the filth and motes and cartle it then wet it in the ointment and so paste it and lay it somewhat warm to your head it is good also for the collick and the spleen and the cold dropsie of the Liver CHAP. CXL An Oyntment for any Ach or Crick TAke 12 pound of butter in the moneth of May one pound of Broom-flowers and stamp them then boil them in the butter a good while then strain it and put it into a Glasse and let it stand a while in the Sunne to clarifie when you use it take one spoonfull of the oyntment and three spoonfuls of Sack and boyl them together then bath the place therewith as hot as you can suffer it and dip a cloath therein and apply it hot to the place CHAP. CXLI Another excellent Oyntment for any bruise strain or pain in the joints TAke two handfulls of Rosemary two handfulls of Hysop half a handfull of Adders-tongue half a handfull of Egrimony and boyle them together with Hogs-grease and a little Rosin to a reasonable thicknesse and apply it CHAP. CXLII An excellent Oyntment for the Reins of the back or other part of the body that hath pain or Crick TAke a good quantity of Neats-foot Oyl and put thereto a sufficient quantity of Aqua vitae mingle them well together and anoint therewith for it hath béen often proved excellent CHAP. CXLIII An Oyntment for all manner of stitches and akings in what place soever it be in mans body TAke a peck of flowers of Broom and two ounces of Galls and put them in an earthen pot and fill the pot full of Urine and stop the pot fast and put it in the earth at the door of the house and let it be there twelve moneths and then take that oyl that is in the pot and strain it and put it in a vessel to kéep and anoint therewith the place grieved and it wil help when all other medicines fail CHAP. CXLIIII An Oyntment for Ears that run and are full of water TAke two parts of the Gall of a Barrow-hog half as much of the best honey boil these together in a thick glasse in hot ashes till half be consumed and so use it Dr. Nicholas for Henry Medlex CHAP. CXLV An Oyntment for an impostume in the Ears TAke two spoonfuls of oyl of Roses and as much virgin war as a Nutmeg melt it together and make it very warm then put to it a little saffron finely pounded then take it off the fire and stir it till it be almost cold then put to it a quarter of the yolk of an egge and stir it and when it shall be like an oyntment take the bignesse of a hazel-nut
and melt a drop of it into the ear and so continue four or five drops and anoint the Ears round about and stuffe it with unwashed wool round about and keep it warm this will ripen the Impostume CHAP. CXLVI A singular medicine for any stopping at the stomack TAke four ounces of Lynseed and boil it in a quart of milk till it come to a pint and anoint the breast therewith then take a peece of scarlet and wet 〈◊〉 throughly in the milk and when it is wet lay it on your breast without warming CHAP. CXLVII An Oyntment to clear the Lungs TAke the pap of rosted apples as much oblibanum as a bean twice as much Sugar candie as oblibanum mingle them together being beaten to powder if the patient be far goue put to it a little oyl of sweet Almon and anoint the breast outwardly with oyl of Almonds CHAP. CXLVIII An Oyntment for deafnesse TAke an English Onion of the greatest you can get and cut of the tip of it then take out some of the meat and fill it up with the best Sallet-oyl then wrap it up in a brown paper and rost it in the â—mbers when iâ— is rosted you must peel it and then strain it through a fair cloath this you may drop with a feather into your ears luke-warm morning and evening and your head must be kept very warm CHAP. CXLIX An Oyntment to break a sore TAke two drams of Cantarides a quarter of an ounce of Pepper and so much vinegar as will make it a perfect oyntment lay this upon a brown paper and apply it CHAP. CL An excellent oyntment for scalding or burning by Mr. Iohn Burghesse which will do more in six weeks then another in three moneths TAke Bacon that is very fat cut of the sward and cut it into Collops very thin and fry it till be black then pour the liquor into water take it out of the water and put it in the pan and fry it again till it be black then pour it into the water again then take it out of the water and put it into the pan and fry it till it be black then pour it forth again and beat it with a little water till it be white put your water clean from it and put your liquor into a posnet take a reasonable quantity of Onions pilled and chopped small put them to the liquor and boil them together and strain it through a cloath and keep it to your use this cured a man that was scalded in a Brewers vessell CHAP. CLI For a burning or scalding SAlt dissolved in water or brine presently takes away the pain and heat of any burning or scalding if it be anointed therewith and especially if it be bathed with linnen cloths dipt therein to heal it that it be not séen Take sheeps suet and sheeps dung the inner rine of elder and boil them through a course cloath and when you use it warm it and lay it on the burnt or scalded place with a feather CHAP. CLII. An Oyntment to take away a Wen. MAke powder of unslackt lime and mire it with black Sope and anoint the Wen with it and the Wen will fall away and when the root is come forth anoint it with oyl of balm and it will heal it perfectly CHAP. CLIII An oyntment for the Shingles TAke Adders-tongue in the moneth of May one pound and three quarters of a pound of fresh clarified Hogs grease and stamp the Adders-tongue very small in a Morter then boil them together and stir them till they become a salve then put it into an earthen pot and anoint the Shingles and spread some of it upon a cloath and lay it upon the Shingles so far as they go this is good against any biting or stinging of a Serpent or â—adde Dogge by anointing the place very hot CHAP. CLIIII An Oyntment for the cold Sciatica or Benummednesle in the thighs or legs TAke a pint of Aqua vitae a pint of Wine Vinegar a quarter of a pound of oyl of Bays the juyce of four or five handfulls of Sage a sawcer full of good Mustard the Gall of an Ore and chase them in the bladder an hour or more that the oyl may be well mingled with the rest and anoint the place therewith against a good fire and let him go warm into his bed and sweat Probatum est CHAP. CLV An Oyntment for the Gout and to comfort the joynts TAke a Fox put the guts and skinne away and cut him in small pieces and take â— gallon of Sallet-Oyl seeth them together with a soft fire and put therein a handfull of Mugwort shred small two onnces of Dill in powder seeth it again in a pound of oyl Olive and a pound of fresh butter seeth it till all the water be consumed then strain it and anoint the joints therewith CHAP. CLVI An Oyntment against the Palsey TAke Ivy-berries and Capons grease three ounces and the roots of Celendine a handfull of Sage of oil of Bays two ounces of oil Olive half a pound beat the hearbs and roots small seeth all these together upon a small fire so strain it and anoint the place grieved this is very pretious There is Flos Vnguentorum or the flower of Oyntments sold by the Apothecary which hath very rare effects for the curing of all old Fistulaes and festred sores of long continuance it draweth any broken bone splinter or thorn out of the flesh It cureth aches or pains in the joints or bones and being rightly made is above all others the most pretious unguent as experience dayly teacheth I have already shewed you many hidden secrets or rare experiments in Physick and Chyrurgery which thou must needs acknowledge to have produced wonderfull great effects yet are they nothing in comparison of these that are behind the reading and right use whereof will render thee a true imitator of him who by his unparallelled wisdome and morall Philosophy knew the virtues and use of all herbs and vegetables from the tall Caedar of Libanon to the Hysop that groweth upon the Wall And foras much as there is none that can with assurance of good successe undertake any cure in Physick without observing certain Rules as hath been already proved unto you in the practiso of Chyrurgery Before I speak of Purges Vomits Waters Drinks and Hearbs in generall I shall recommend some particulars which I always observe in the ministring of Physick CHAP. CLVII Certain Rules to be observed by the learned and expert Physitian A Skilfull Physitian is a continuall Votary or serbant of nature for the right ministring and applying such â—it and proper remedies as may help defend and sustein nature and wast or destroy the malady or disease which that thou mayest effectually perform search diligently to know the cause from whence the distemperature or disease ariseth whether of Phleghm Choller Bloud or Melancholly and whether it be seated in the Stomack Head c. or from a hot or
ounce of Mace and as much Sinamon two races of Ginger sliced two ounces of Annis-séeds picked and rubbed of Angelica-séeds two Drams and of Cardus-seed two Drams of Turnsole one ounce and of fine Suger a quarter of an ounce Stéep all these in the Aqua-vitae for the space of sixtéen days shaking of it twice every day then take an Hipocras bagg and let it run through and so put it up for your use and put thereto an ounce of Annis-seed Comfits and an ounce of Amber Comfits an ounce of Manus-Christi and one grain of Musk and take foure spoonfuls thereof fasting or at night when you go to bed CHAP. CLXXXII For heat and pricking in the eyes FIll an Egg-shell newly emptied with the juyce of Seengreen and set it in hot embers take off the green scum that riseth to the top then it will be a water strain it and keep it in a glasse and put some of it into the hot eys four or five nights together and it will ease the pricking and burning CHAP. CLXXXIII An excellent Water THe water of Marigolds doth help all diseases of the eyes and taketh away all pains of the eyes and takes away all pains of the head and the juyce of Bay-leaves dropped into the ears takes away deafnesse or other strange sounds CHAP. CLXXXIIII To break the Stone TAke Hawthâ—rn flowers or for lack of them Haws and distill them the flowers in May and the berries when they be ripe take of this water three spoonfulls with three spoonfulls of Malmsey a quantity of Ginger and drink it warm CHAP. CLXXXV A Water to be made when Couslips are in their prime TAke six handfuls of Couslip flowers one handfull of Rosemary-flowers half a pound of Reasons of the sun stoned half a pound of Liquorice bruised a quarter of a pound of Aniseeds grossely beaten put all these into thrée gallons of good ale or lées of Wine over night the next morning distil them in a limbeck and when you have a quart of water kéep it by it self two or thrée spoonfuls of this water is good for an ill stomack that is weak of digestion and for the spléen and other infirmities of the stomack CHAP. CLXXXVI To make Barley-water for a Fever or an Agueâ— TAke a little handfull of Barley and stéep it in a porrenger of fair running water the space of two or three hours then pour away the water from the Barley and take a pottle of the like water and boil the Barley in it then take it from the fire and put the water from the Barley then put the Barley in three pints of fresh water with a Parsley root and a Fennel root the pith taken out then being boyled to a pint strain it and use it thus Take thrée or four spoonfulls thereof mixed with two spoonfulls of sirrup of Vinegar and use to drink thereof every five hours upon your good day and keep your body soluble with a suppositary once a day if nature do not this office Drink also of it in your sick days also the day after your fit at six of the clock in the morning Take half an ounce of Liquorice and a good handfull of Annis-séeds grossely bruised and boiled with a wine pint of the broth of a Chicken let it lie so till it come to a full good draught then strain it hard out and make it sweet and so bloud-warm let him drink it up at one draught and neither eat sleep nor sweat five or six hours after and so the Fever will away CHAP. CLXXXVII A most excellent Water for the Stone IN the moneth of May â—hen Oxen go to grasse take of their Dung neither too new nor too dry then distil it fair and softly into some vessel or glasse of which you shall have a water without any ill savour which will take out any spot or blemish in the face if you wash therewith dayly Keep the same Water in a vial or glasse close stopped then take three or four Radish-roots cut them in pieces and fill the vial with good Muskadel they being put into it let it stand so in the sun one day and a night then take one part of the Wine two parts of the Water of the Dung a pint of Strawberry-water three or four drops of the juyce of Lemons or Citrons and let there be of these waters distilled and preportioned together half a glasse full or somewhat more into the which you shall put a piece of Sugar or a little Honey and so give it the Patient to drink and you shall sée a wonderfull effect and present remedy Probatum est CHAP. CLXXXVIII This Water is very pretious for frantick and mad-men very often proved TAke of the flowers of Rosemary of Burrage and of the roots of Fuglesse of each half a pound of Saffron two drams of Quinces four ounces of the best White-wine two pints mix them altogether and let them stand so for the space of a natural day after that bury the glasse wherein all the same is in Horse dung for fifteene dayes and then take it out and distil a water thereof according to Art two or thrée times over kéep this Water as the apple of your eye for it is very piecious and well proved in all melancholy sicknesses very effectually and the pain and trembling of the heart The quantity to be given at one time is a dram which is the weight of seventy two Barley-corns if you will prove it you will praise it And this in the new Jewel of Health with many more excellent things CHAP. CLXXXIX An excellent approved water for the Stone TAke a gallon of new-milk from a red Cow and put thereto one handfull of Pelitory of the Wall one handfull of wild-Time one handfull of Saxafrage one handfull of Parsley and two or thrée Radish roots sliced steep all these in the milk one night the next morning distill the milk with the hearbs with a moderate fire the best time to distill this water is in the end of May or beginning of June use it in this manner take of the water eight spoonfulls and of Rheâ—ish or White-wine five or six spoonfuls a little Suger Nutmeg sliced make it luke-warm and drink it fasting and fast three hours after it using temperate exercise take this two mornings and two nights together to bedward every fourteen dayes at the full of the Moon and at the decrease or as often as need requireth CHAP. CXC A Water for the falling sicknesse TAke the water of garden Lillies and give a child to drink a spoonfull thereof at the appearing of the sicknesse and when it is therewith visited but to an older person thrée or four spoonfuls Probatum est CHAP. CXCI. An excellent water good for the stomack and head TAke a pottle of white-Wine a handfull of Balm a handfull of Bittony a handfull of Couslip-flowers and a handfull of Rosemary flowers clean picked put all these into an earthen dessell with the wine close covered
let it stand six days stir it twice every day so done put them into a still with two ounces of the best Mitridate half an ounce of Cinamon half an ounce of Cloves both bruised paste your Still close and so let it work with a soft fire and not open it till you find it all spent and when you spend it put into every pint four ounces of white sugar Candy and keep the first stilling longest because it will be stronger then the latter CHAP. CXCII A Water to cure the Tooth ach TAke of Claret-Wine one pint Cloves one spoonfull of Rosemary Bittony and Bramble-leaves of each half a handfull boil all these over a soft fire untill half be consumed Then reserve it for your use in pots close covered CHAP. CXCIII To make a Water cordially good against any infectious discâ—se as the small Pox Measels or Pestilent burning Fevers and to divert any offensive or venemous matter from the stomack or to be used after a surfeit or in passions of the Mother or for children in Fits of Convulsions and is generally good to comfort and strengthen nature in all cold diseases TAke of Sage Celendine Rosemary Rue Rosa solas Wormwood Mugwort Pimpernill Dragons Scabius Egrimony Balm Bittony-flowers and leaves Centary-tops and flowers Marigolds tops and leaves of each of these a good handfull then take your roots of Tormentil Angelica Elecampane Pioney Liquorice all clean scraped of each of these half an ounce let all the hearbs be washed and taken in a linnen cloath untill they be well dried then shred all together and let your roots be sliced thin and mixed with the hearbs then put them all into a gallant pot of white-Wine and let them all stéep together in a large gally pot or earthen pot that is well leaded and so let them remain close covered two dayes and two nights stirring them once in a day then distill all together in an ordinary Rose-Still and not in a limbeck with a soft fire receiving a pot or a pint of the first water by it self for your strongest also a quart of the second running water by it self and of your last a weaker fort by it self in several glasses close stopped with corks fast tied with leather The strongest water when one is infected is to be taken by a spoonfull at a time every morning fasting if they cast it up they must take it again CHAP. CXCIIII An excellent water for any Sore either old or new TAke a quart of pure running water a pint of white wine thrée or four spoonfuls of Lavender séeds two spoonfuls of live honey a little péece of of Roch Allom boil them together till the one half be consumed then wash the sore therewith CHAP. CXCV. A pretious water against the Plague Pestillence and Poison TAke the distilled water of Diptanum Pimpernel Tormentil and Scabius of each a like quantity and mix them together and drink thereof Philosophers doe report that it were impossible for any man to dye of poison or pestillence if he use often to drink these waters next his heart It is called water Imperial and all great States among the Sarasins use to drink thereof CHAP. CXCVI. A precious Water TAke Galingal Cloves Quibes Ginger Mellilot Cardemons Mace Nutmegs of each an ounce and mingle all the foresaid with the same juyce and a pint of Aqua vitae and three pints of white-Wine put all these together into a Stillatory of glasse and let it stand so all night and on the morrow distill it this water is of secret nature and helpeth the lungs without any grievance and mightily healeth and comforteth theÌ„ if wounded and perished it suffereth not the bloud to putrifie but multiplieth it in great quantity yea he that useth it shall not often need to be let bloud it is good against heart-burning and resisteth Melancholy and Flegm to puffe up or have domination above nature it expelleth Rheum mightily and profiteth the stomack marvellously it conserveth youth in the fresh estate and maketh a good colour it keeps and preserves the Orphage and memory and destroys the palsie of the lims and of the tongue and kéeps one from palsies further if a spoonfull of this water be given to man or woman labouring towards death it wil releeve them Finally of all Artificial Waters there is none better In Summer once a week use the quantity of a spoonfull fasting and in winter the quantity of two spoonfuls CHAP. CXCVII A Water to drink with Wine to cool choller TAke Burrage-roots and Succory-roots two of each sort wash them and scrape them clean and take out the pith then take a fair earthen pot of two gallons and distil it with fair Spring-water and set it on a fire with Charcoal and put the roots thereto and eight pennyworth of Cinamon and when it beginneth to seeth put in four ounces of Sugar and let it seeth half an hour and so take it off and let it cool and afterwards drink it with wine or without at your pleasure CHAP. CXCVIII. An excellent Water for the weaknesse of the back and pricking of the Urine TAke a pottle of Mulmsey a handfull of Bettony five Parsley-roots five Fennell-roots clean scraped and the pith taken out a nutmeg minced seeth all these together unto a quart and clarifie it and put thereto an ounce of white Sugar Candy drink this water evening and morning as hot as you can suffer it CHAP. CXCIX The making of the Fistula water TAke Bolearmonack four ounces Camphire one ounce white Coporas four ounces boil your Coporas and Camphire in a little black earthen pot untill they become thin stirring them together untill they become hard in seething then beat them in a stone Morter to powder and beat your Belearmonack by it self to to powder and then mingle them together and kéep your powder in a bladder till you need to use them then take a pottle of running water and set it on the fire till it begin to seeth then take it off from the fire and put in three good spoonfulls of the powder into the sodden water whilest it is hot and after put therewith the powder into a glasse stirring the water twice a day for a fortnight which will make the water stronger but before you use it let it be well setled and apply it as hot as the party can well indure it and lay a clean linnen cloath four double to the sore wet in the same water and bind it fast with a rowler to kéep it warm do this moring and evening till it be whole this water must be put in an Oyster-shell and not in a sawcer when you dresse the sore otherways the sawcer will soak it up remember to take three great spoonfuls when you put them in the water take heed you let none drink this water put it not into any vessell you use after if you please to make the water stronger take an ounce of Allome well beaten to powder and mingle it
well with the other powders before you put them to the water this water cures all old sores principally Fistulaes Tetters Boils Canckers in the mouth scabs or scalls in the head gréen wounds or any thing else in this kind CHAP. CC. To draw a Quintaessence of mans bloud TAke the bloud of a young sanguine man and chollerick man at the Barbers shops as thou mayest have it and namely of such men as use good wines then put away the water after it hath stood and paste and bake it with ten parts of Common salt prepared to the use and medicine of man then put it in a glasse vessell and put it in horse dung til it be rotted and putrified all the bloud into water and that may be within ten days sometimes more and sometimes lesse Then put it in a limbeck and distill it by a good fire and take thereof the water as much as thou may and grind the dregs that it leaveth on a marble stone and put all the water thereto and grind it again together and then distill it and so continue grinding and distilling as before many times untill thou have a noble water of bloud of the which Quintaessence may be drawn thus Take the same water and put it in the Stillatory of circulation and let it ascend and descend till it be brought to the great swéetnesse and marvellous odour and smelling as Aqua vitae as is taught in the book of Quintaessence and this is a marvellous and miraculouâ— Quintaessence as thou shalt well know and find by making use thereof CHAP. CCI. To draw a Quintaessence from all Fruits Leaves Roots and Hearbs GRind all Fruits Leaves Roots and Hearbs with the tenth part of prepared salt then purifie it and distill it circumspectly till it have the odour as is before said CHAP. CCII. To draw a Quintaessence of every of the four Elements by it self TAke thin grounds with ten parts of prepared Salt and put it to putrifie and thereof draw a Water as is before rehearsed by bloud and other things take that Water and distill it in Balneo till there arise no more water and then hast thou one pure Element in the glasse Then put the said â—ater thus drawn upon the effects in the glasse in Balneo somewhat warm that the effects and the Water may mingle well together during right or ten dayes the glasse well stopped that no air may go out And then take it up and shake it well together and put it in a Furnace with ashoâ— and make a good fire under it and thou shalt distill a Water in form of oyl red as Gold then hast thou two Elements Water and Fire and to seperate Water and Fire distill that red Water in Balneo and the Element of Water will arise and the Fire will remain in the very bottome of the Stillatory a red Oyl Then to part fire from earth take seven parts of the Element of Water and put it upon one part of the effects as you did before by the space of eight or ten days and do as thou diddest in separating the two first Elements But thou must make a stronger fire and there shall ascend a red water which is the Element of the fire and water together separate them in balneo as you did before and in the Stillatory shall remain the Element of fire And the Element of earth is that black Water that thou leavest when the fire is drawn by virtue of the Element of water as all others are before Thus hast thou every Element by himself now mayest thou bring every of these Elements by himself into an oyntment by the vessell of circulation or else distill every of them seven times But the black-water must first be vapoured and in a furnace of Reverberation during twenty four or thirty dayes according to Art The use and effects of this Quintecence is sufficiently declared in the foregoing Chapters of this book CHAP. CCIII Here I shall shew you how to draw a Quintaessence of all minerals by example of Gold BRing thy Sol into a Calx in this manner â—each thy Sol with quick-silver and then vapour away thy quick-silver and in the vapouring away stir it all the while with a stick and the Sol will be a subtil powder the which calx put in a glasse and put thereto wine vinegar distilled or old Urine distilled thrée fingers bredth above the calx of Sol and set it in the hot Sun and thou shalt see a froth of Sol gathered like unto a scum upoÌ„ the vinegar gather that off with a feather and have by thee another vessel of glasse with fair water and wash the froth from off the feather in that water and then gather more and thus do as long as any scum will arise upon the vinegar Then vapour away the water with fire and there will remain the Oyl of Sol which is called Oleum in combustibule which is the very Quintaessence of Gold And if thou use this Quintaessence according to Art it shall restore Nature and bring again Youth and preserve mans life unto the day that God hath prefixed for him which day shall no man passe Also Quintaessence of Gold hath great swéetnesse and vertue to asswage aches and maladies of wounds and to heal wounds and â—otches and many other infirmities I have already given you many secrets and rare experiments concerning Chyrurgery Physick and Chymistry There remaineth some other things most worthy of observation and as necessary to be understood as any thing which hath hitherto been communicated I have proceeded to Plaisters Distillations Extractions Quintaessences Purges Incisions Minerals and other things very admirable the effects whereof have been sufficiently approved Yet there remaineth some other things concerning the vertues and effects of Plants Herbs and Gums without the knowledge whereof no Artist can effectually undertake any cure therefore I shall proceed to that which followeth CHAP. CCIIII The Vertues of Sage SAge is hot and dry in the third degree It is singular good for the head and brain it qâ—ickeneth the sences and memory strengtheneth the sinews restoreth health to those that have a palâ—ie that cometh of moisture it taketh away shaking or trembling of the members The juyce of Sage taken with honey is good for those that spet bloud it expelleth wind dryeth the dropâ—â—â— and purgeth the bloud The leaves of Sage boyled with Woodbine Plantan Rosemary Honey Allome and a little white Wine maketh an excellent water for a Canker Soremouth c. Sage maketh an excellent and very wholsome Ale if you adde thereto Bittony Egrimony Scabius a little Spike and Fennel The distilled water of Sage of Couslips and of Primrose are good against the Palsie being drank and to wash and bath therewith A conserve made of the flowers of Sage and Couslip-flowers is exceeding good against Palsies Convulsions Cramps c. The vertues of Clary THe séeds of Clary made into fine powder and mixed with Hony taketh away
of the pocks the other distemperatures were therewith also cured For that disease is the cause of twenty mischiefs and the reason why many Physitians make a long cure of the former distemperatures is for that they know not the main and principall cause of them But now I will shew thee a true and excellent manner of curing the retention of urine which way soever it cometh First give them a dose of Aromatico then give unto them Sirupo solurivo eight or ten days but in any wise kéep no strait diet but a good government as you do most commonly use and eat such meat as pleaseth thy stomack best cause them also to sweat and in short time thou shalt thoroughly cure them CHAP. CXIII A most excellent remedy to cure the difficulty of Urine THe difficulty or retention of urine caused divers ways as of gravell viscosity exulceration c. iâ— in this sort very well and safely cured When the cause of this difficulty of urine is in the reins or kidneys so that it be not a stone in the kidneys or some great store of gravell see that you work thus Take the lungs and pissel of an hare boil it in good wine when it is well boiled stamp it small and passe it thorough a strainer with the said liquor wherein it was boiled Remember that when you boil it there must not remain much liquor in the vessel Then take the said matter that you strained and put thereto as much purified honey and boil it on a soft fire untill it come to the form of an Electuary When it is boiled put thereto for every pound of that Electuarythese things following made into fine powder of Lignumaloes of Cinamon of each Iscruple Cloves Saffron of each one scruple Musk four grains Aquae rosarum one ounce Quintaessence solutive one ounce and a half Incorporate these well together while it is warm and kéep it in a glasse close stopped And when you will use it you must first take a dose of Electuario Angelica and while you use the Electuary remember to anoint the reins with Aqua faetida when you go to bed Of the Electuary you must take one ounce in the morning and fast thereon four hours and use some exercise and in short time thâ—n shall sée a marvellous good work performed For the reins will be strengtheued the viscosity will be resolved the porâ—â— will be opened and the urine will be expelled and cleansed all which are effects necessary for him to regard that will with henesty and credit help the former malady Another often proved If thou wilt presently help one that cannot make water by reason of wind viscosity or other grievous cause vering the party anoint the reins and the privy parts with Balsamo Artificiato and kéep them very warm and forthwith they shall make water to their great satisfaction CHAP. CXIIII Retention of the Urine with a stitch in the side ONe was in very short time cured of these infirmities after he had taken Aromatico and anointed him in manner above specified with the Balsamo Artificiato which you shall find under the title of Balsome c. CHAP. CXV The swelling of the leg and foot cured in manner following FIrst the patient took one dose of Aromatico then he used Quintaessence solutive thrée or four mornings together in a little broth That dâ—â—e he drunk every morning a little Quâ—intaessence vegetable fasting and every night he anointed his leg with Oleum Philosophorum nostrum Also now and then he took a dose of Pillulae Angelica to keep the body soluble he kept a reasonable good diet he used not mÌ„uch walking so that very shortly after he was well cured CHAP. CXVI Of Chilblains and their cures YOu shall understand that Chilblains as we tâ—rm them are caused of no other thing then of humours dried and restrained in the bodie For in winter when it is cold the pores do shut so close together that the humour cannot passe or come forth neither by sweat nor other exhalation or expiration For that cause the humours in a young man who is hot of complexion may not be kept in for then nature which would ease her self sendeth that exhalation unto the extream parts of the body that is unto the hands and feet where remaining there is caused that alteration and in processe of time the skin doth open and the humour goeth forth but cannot heal till the spring when warm weather cometh in Howbeit there is found out a secret to cure them quickly and with great ease First let them bloud then give them a dose of Electuario Angelica after that let them take Sirupo solutivo six or seven days together not keeping any streight diet or rule After this anoint them with Oleum philosophorum de cera terebinthina at night when they go to bed and do thus one week at the leaâ—t and then no doubt thou shalt cure them as I have often proved Also the oil and water of frankincense will do the like CHAP. CXVII Of Corns on the feet and the manner to take them away THe Corns that come on the feet are a kind of hard tumor or thick excressence caused of corrupt and putrisied humours whereof nature being willing to discharge her self sendeth them to the lower part of the feet whereout because they cannot passe there do they make residence ingendring that kind of tough excressence which is grievous and painfull Many times the cause hereof ariseth of that noisome disease Morbus Gallicus as some write and then must it be remedied with medicaments appropriate thereunto But if they come otherwise then to take them away follow this order When they are in their greatest state and cause most pain cut them untill they bleed then anoint them with Balsamo Artificiato applying it so hot as you may suffer it thereupon go to bed Then touch them once or twice mith Oleum sulfuris and anoint them with Olenm philosophorum de teribinthina cera untill they be whole Some take the juyce of Semperuivum and anoint the eyes therewith Then they take Wormwood and lay it upon an hot tile stone and sprinkle it with strong vinegar and being hot bind it upon the Corns and in three or four times so doing as I have been credibly informed the Corns will be taken away Also the red plaister or sear-cloth before set down cureth the same CHAP. CXVIII Of an infirmity that cometh on the fingers ends and in the feet under the nails and the cure thereof MAny men are greatly troubled herewith and in such manner as thereby they are made altogether unfit to go It commeth on the great toe under the nail or the side of the nail for the most part and a man would think that the nail grew in the fleâ—h but it is not so for the flesh groweth upon the nail though this infirmity appear not to be a thing of great importance whereof the ancient writers have made little mention
cold cause by which means thou art in a good measure enabled to find out the grief or disease and apt to prescribe a proper remedy against iâ— If thou findest it convenient and profitable for the Patient to be let bloud thou must have respâ—ct to the time of the year the age of the party the sign that governeth the strength of the Patient and the disease In purging also thou art to take notice and consider what humour is to be purged and how far it aboundeth and have as speciall regard to suit the medicine to the humour that thou wouldest purge as to the time and the quantity thou givest thereof But chiefly and above all I hold it necessary in all sicknesses or diseases you should observe the time when the Patient falleth ill and what Planet governs and what the aspects are for by that you may judge whether it be a convenient time to minister Physick as for example R. H. findeth himself ill this present day being the first of Aprill 1651 and seeketh unto me for remedy I find at this time Saturn in opposition with the Moon and Mars with a quartille 12 degrées a sextile with Venus 6 degrées by which I adjudge if not a good time to minister Physick and the next day like unto it therefore unlesse I perceive the Patient to be in great necessity I perswade him not to take his Physick untill the third day which I find favoured with better aspects These kind of observations are of great antiquity and were in high esteem among the most learned Philosophers the practise whereof is of that singular use in these times that some in London and other places which soar with the highest on the wings of same give judgements this way rather then by the vrine and therefore I suppose thou wilt not think it losse of time if I am the more large on this point If thou wilt therefore be expert in this art thou must be throughly informed concerning the course of the heavens and the celestial bodies and what the signs and aspects be which thou hast more lively represented by this Figure An Aspect of any of the Planets is a certain distance betwéen the centers of two Planets wherein they notably help or hinder prosper or afflict for by good aspects as the Sextile and Trine they assist and prosper but by a Quartile and opposition they vex hinder and aflict so that by this thou mayest perceive the conjunction is good with good and evill with bad By a Trine you are to understand a third part of the Air a Quarilâ— is the fourth part of the air a Sextile a sixth part of the air An opposition is when one Planet is right against another the half part of the air and a conjunction is when they méet But that which is of the chiefest use in matter of thy study and practiseis the knowledge of the twelve houses which Astronomically are deciphered thus In each house thou findest characterized one of the 12 Signs yet note that they do alter and change according to the Quotidian and course of motions Thrée of these signs be of the nature of fire three of air three of water and three of earth The thrée fiery Signs are Aries Leo Sagitarius the thrée of the ayr be Gemini Libra and Aquarius the three of the water are Cancer Scorpio and Piâ—ces and those of the earth are Taurus Virgo and Capricornus And when 2 Planets are in one sign and one degree of the Zodiack there is a conjunction Therefore as it is necessary that theu shouldest know what the sign is when thy Patient falleth sick so must thou likewise know what Planet is Lord of the house then observe what the Aspects are described in the first Globe or Sphear and it will not a little direct thy iudgment both concerning the disease the remedy and the time of continuance or abatement thereof Also the knowledge of the Planets is the more desirable for that it is the â—udgement of the wise Philosophers that they have not onely influence upon the bodies of men c. but also upon all Hearbs Plants and Vegetables for the Sun hath a speciall influence on the Bay-trée and other trées of that nature and we find by good experience the effects answerable of which more in the virtues of herbs the study whereof will very much enable thée in the right ministring and applying such things as in thy practise thou shalt find requisite to be made use of for Aâ—comes the Phylosopher chose to make his powders whereof he giveth such large commendation when the Sunne entered the first degrée of Aries I shall now therefors procéed to set down certain generall remedies by way of Purgations Vomits Glisters Drinks and Waters with divers other hidden secrets for the curing of any disease or malady of the body either internall or externall CHAP. CLVIII An excellent Purge TAke Diacatholiacon one ounce Confection of Hameck one ounce mixe them very well together and put them into half a pint of White-wine and drink it CHAP. CLIX. Pills to purge Melancholy and Choller TAke half an ounce of Aloes Sackatrina and beat it to powder very small then take a dram of Rubarb and slice it very thin and dry it in a sancer upon embers then beat it to a fine powder and of powder of Steel half as much in measure as the Rubarb and with a little Claret-Wine temper them together till they be like past and then make them into pills whereof take one every night 2 hours after supper and in the morning drink some broth CHAP. CLX To purge the head of grosse Choller and Phlegm TAke Pillule Masticka Fermely I dram and a half of oyl Teijme Chymicall seven drops of the spices of Aromatica seven grains mix these well and make them into ten pills an hour before dinner and an hour before supper and use them as you have need CHAP. CLXI A Speciall powder for the Memory and to purge the Brain TAke thrée ounces of Senae leaves Sednarij Commiâ— Parsley and Dill séed of each an ounce Ginger one ounce and a half Cloves Nutmegs Calimus Galingal Pimpernill Roots Sage Rue Valerian Annis-seeds of each one quarter of an ounce Sagar three ounces pound all these small and temper them together and take thereof morning and evening one dram at one time CHAP. CLXII Another excellent Purgation Take the flowers of the Peach-tree infused in warme water for the space of ten or twelve hours then strain them and put thereto more of the flowers and put to the said liquor to infuse after the same manner six or seven times then put thereto as much Suger as it will require and boil it to the thicknes of a sirrup whereof take two spoonfuls in the morning and it purgeth the belly better then Rubarb or Agrick for it worketh exceedingly upon moist and waterish humors without pain or gripings CHAP. CLXIII To make Pills of Liquoris to be taken
after an extream cold or the falling of the Rhume from the head TAke choise Liquoris and beaâ— it to fine powder and put thereto so much Hisop water 〈◊〉 will make it like paste with a little Gum-dragon make pills thereof and let them dissolve in your mouth Another gentle purge TAke a new-laid-egge put the yolk from the white then put the yolk again into the shell and sup it off then drink four spoonfulls of Aqua vitae after it and walk a while upon it CHAP. CLXIIII A Glister for the Emrods TAke a Glister made of a quart of milk boiled to a pint with two handfuls of Mallows and a handfull of Mereury Then take Frankincense Storax and Benjamin and powder them and take the fume thereof in a close-stool and anoint the place with Vnguentum album Camphoreum CHAP. CLXV Another Glister TAke a pint and a half of strong ale an ounce of Fennell-seeds and five or sixe ounces of course Suger four or five spoonfuls of sirrup of Roses or of sirrup of blew Violets your Fennel-seeds must be beaten and boiled in your ale it must boil half a pint away then strain it and put in your Suger and which of these sirrups you will and give it warm CHAP. CLXVI An excellent Vomit TAke Antemony prepared beaten small one pennyworth and infuse it in a penny-pot of White-wine take Sinamon bruised strain it and as you use it warm it and one hour after if it work not drink warm posset-ale and if the water proceeding be tough and thick put into the posset-drink a little sweet-butter but be sure the sign be not in the upper parts by reason the matter will not six and operate the quantity you give may not be above two or three spoonfulls according to the strength of the patient four fpoonfulls will be enough for any strong body A vomit for an Ague TAke the powder of Stubin according to the strength of the Patient four five six or seven grains and give it to the party fasting in any convenient sign and drink posset-drink between whiles It purgeth both ways without danger CHAP. CLXVII Dr. Giffords purging drink TAke of the roots of Parsley Red-Fennell Sparagus Madder of each two ounces of Red-Dock roots two ounces of Setrach Maiden-hair water-Cresses Scabius of each two handfuls of Burrage Buglas and Violet-flowers of each half a handful of Sena three ounces of Polipodium of the Oak two ounces of Epithemum one handfull and a half of white Turbish of Gum Mexican of each two ounces of Sax afrage of Ashen-trée bark of Capper-roots of each one ounce of Annis-seeds Caraway-seeds Coilianderâ— seeds of each two drams let the hearbs and the roots be a little dried and cut that which is to be cut and bruise the rest and make a grosse-powder put it into a linnen bag and put into a firkin of four gallons of six shillings Beer when it is cleansed put into it a pint and a half of the juyce of Scurvy-grasse clarified put aside the setling from the dregs in the bottome drink a good draught of this every morning fasting and at four of the clock in after-noon CHAP. CLXVIII A Purging drink for a tough Phlegm TAke Salsaparilla Hermadactiles picked Sena 〈◊〉 Alexandria Liquorice of each three ounces well bruised the filling of Guajacum four ounces the bark of Guajacum two ounces pounded Bay-berries the husks taken off and brused one ounce and a half Cinamon pounded half an ounce two good Nutmegs bruised put all these into two gallons of new tunned ale and three days being ended the next morning at six of the clock drink half a wine pint if you can of the ale as much at three of the clock in the afternoon make a spare dinner at ten of the clock and the like supper at six or else drink one draught at six and another at ten lest it make you rise in the night CHAP. CLXIX An excelent drink for the yellow Jaundies TAke tops of gréen Broom a reasonable quantity shred them small then put to them half a pennyworth of Saffron stamp them well together put to them of strong Ale or Beer two good spoonfulls so let them stéep all night in the morning strain it with a little more beer to make a small draught let it be drunk be times and fast three hours and use to swing the arms much receive it three or four mornings making it fresh every morning CHAP. CLXX A drink for spitting of Bloud TAke the juyce of Betony and temper it with Goats milk and give it the patient to drink three dayes or take Smallage Mints Rew and Betony and seeth them well in good milk and sup it off warm CHAP. CLXXI. A drink for a surfeit TAke three quarts of strong ale steep therein a quarter of a pound of Liquorice half a quarter of Anniseeds twelve hours then still it in a Limbock take a quart of the first water for the surfeit drink To a quart of this Aqua vitae put a dram of Hierapicra made into fine powder as small as dust and so put it into Aqua vitae and shake it half an hour together then put it into a Stove or Cuboard near the fire where it may have a continuall warmth like the heat of the Sun forten days for that time shake it once a day very well after these ten dayes it must stand a week to settle that it may be clean put from the bottome when you pour it out the Vses are it may be safely given in surfeits of all sorts one two or three spoonfulls at severall times to some complexions it will give some few stools it must no way be given to a woman wt child unlesse she be in hard travel near delivery in shew of danger nothing is better to speed delivery CHAP. CLXXII Another for the same THe distilled water of Mallows sliced in small pieces when they be ripe and drink once in a day three or 4 ounces for a moneth together it doth greatly help the Stone causeth the Vrine and purgeth the kidneys and allayeth all inward heats and not unnaturally cooleth the liver and ceaseth thirst CHAP. CLXXIII A restoring Drink for any decay of the inward parts TAke live honey and put thereto tops of Balme Couslip-blossomes Rosemary-flowers Burrage-flowers Buglas flowers the flowers of red-Cornations let these remain in the hony a month theÌ„ stop the pot very close that no air go in or out let it stand al the while in some warm place either in the Sun or by a continuâ—all fire then distill it in a glasse still and drink thereof every morning a good draught CHAP. CLXXIIII A drink for a woman with child in danger to miscarry IF any woman great with child shall take this drink every other day in the morning three hours before â—he eat any meat beginning the same about ten days or a fortnight before the time of the birth it shall not onely be
the dimness of the eyes and cléereth the sight and taken inwardly is very good for the back also the herb infused in warm water and applied plaister wise dissolveth all kind of swillings espâ—ially in the joynts But it is the more effectual if you aâ— thereto Mallows and Smallage The vertues of Pellitory of Spain THis heab is good against the Megrim the Vertigo or the giddiness of the head the Apoplexie the Faling sicknes the Palsie and is singular good for all cold infirmities of the head and sinewes The vertues of of Tobacco TObacco is of singular use both in Phisick Chiurgery Oil of Tobacco is good to anoynt the Stomack and for many other griefs of the body it healeth all manner of wounds and sores if you make a salve thereof thus Take oile of Roses oile of St Johns-wort of each one pint the leaves of Tobacco beaten small in a stone morter two pound boile then together to the consumption of the juice strain it and put it to the fire againe adding thereto of venis Turpentine two ounces of Oblibanum and Mastick of each half an ounce in fine powder put thereto so much wax and Rosin as will make it into a Salve Tobacco is also the â—est medicin that is for deafnes if you use it in this manner Take a quart of runing water and put if into a new piâ—kin and put thereto 3. ounces of Varinus Tobacco opened into the leaf and boil it to a pint then strain it hard and kéep it a glass vial for your use When you go to bed warm a little of this water bloud warme then soak therein a little black wooll and put it into both your ears do thus every morning and evening as you find occasion This cured a Lady that was deaf sixtéen years Of the use and virtue of Ebulus or Dane-wort TAke the buds of this vegetable when they are young and green perboil them in water and make thereof a sallad and give unto those that have costive bodies and it will provoke them to stool It is an herb very profitable for the sinews it comforteth the weak parts and preserveth such as are weak in the joynts from many accidents it purgeth phlegm which for the most part causeth debility of the nerves Whosoever useth to drink of a sirrup made of the berries thereof shall not be troubled with ye Gout nor any disease in the articular parts The seed dried is profitable against all infirmities caused of humidity The use and vertue of black Ellebore THe root of black Ellebore being dried and kept two years may be safely used without other preparation and may be ministred against any infirmity that hath his originall of a melancholy cause Therefore it is most appropriate against the feaver quartain lunatick persons vexed wt melaÌ„choly The use and virtues of the hearb called Gratia Dei a kind of Geranium in English blew Storks-bill TAke of Gratia Dei dried in the shadow and beaten into fine powder one ounce Cinamen â— dram Cloves one scruple Wheat-flower one pound Orenges-condite one ounce make thereof a paste with honey and bake it in the Oven with bread but take great heed that it burn not Of this you shall give one ounce to purge against many infirmities but above the rest against Scrophulae against scabs and the white scall For it evacuateth onely the superfluous humidity of the body it drieth and is appropriate for such kind of infirmities Howbeit you must note that all soluble medicines are not fit for one disease or complexion for chiefly and properly Rubarb purgeth choller black Elebore avoideth melancholy Danewort dispossesseth the body of phlegm and this herb cleanseth the bloud Therefore every one hath his peculiar propertie though sometime either of them may work upon more causes than one yet not so properly or simply but by accident and in regard of circumstances Two drams of the powder of this hearb drunk in wine or broth provoketh vomite and siege and is very good for such as are lunatick It helpeth or at the least delayeth the extremity of the feaver it is good against griefs in the stomack and wind in the belly A decoction thereof made with lie helpeth putrified vlcers if they be washed therewith for as it purgeth the stomack so it cleanseth the sore and healeth it quickly if you wet a cloath in the said lie and apply it thereunto The virtues of Rubarb THe hearb called in ye Italian toÌ„gue Lappacia maggiore or Rombice domestiee is a kind of Rubarb which among the learned Herbarists is termed by the name Rha recentiorum whereof one dram when it is new will lose the body evacuate choller as the Rhabarbarum doth It is very good against the â—ppilations it purgeth the bloud and taketh away scabs You shall have a most precious medicine thereof if you mix the gréen root with Honey Cinamon Saffron Ginger and the powder of Roses If you rost the root in the embers and mix it with condifed Sugar it breaketh the Scrophulae and mundifieth them and healeth them in short time Some do mix it with the gum called Ammoniacum and so do bring it into the form of an unguent and apply it unto the parts affected with the Scrophulae The virtues of Tithymale GAther the hearb Tithymale called Spurge in the moneth of May take forth the juyce and mix it with Sugar-roset or Sugar-violet in fine powder theÌ„ make of theÌ„ both a moist past keep it in a glasse close stopped When you purpose to use it minister two scruples thereof in broth or any other convenient sirrup It purgeth without pain helpeth all feavers that come of heat working not only by ye stool but provoking of sweat also It resolveth all continual and quotidian fevers when the parties affected therewith be hot and their sweat cold yea though they be brought very low it wil by Gods help deliver them of their troublesome adversary Laurcola doth also move the body by vomit and siege but it may not be used in any continuall feaver or quotidian because it will inflame too much The virtues of Soldanella THis herb groweth in Sandy and salt ground and is hot and dry It purgeth vomite and siege and is excellent against the dropsie all windinesse and unwholsome moisture in the body Being taken in lozinges with Aromatico the quantity of one dram it sendeth forth all the noisome waterinesse out of the body drying and heating those parts in an excellent manner The virtues of Cyperus THe herb Cyperus called in English Galingal being put into new wine giveth it an excellent good taste smel prevailing against inward passioÌ„s caused of wind It is good for such as are bursten for it resolveth the wind if you take the powder thereof being stamped very small and make a plaister thereof with other things appropriate thereunto applying the same to the rupture and changing it once every day Also if the patient do once a day
the stomack therewith it will exceedingly comfort the same for it is a thing uncorruptible and like unto Balsamum The vertues of Oak-Apples THe Oak-apples are good against all Flures of blend and lasks in what manner soever it be taken but she best way into boil them in red-wine and so prepared it is good against the excessive moisture and swillings of the Jaws and almonds or kernels in the threat The decoction of Oak-apples stays womens sicknesse and causeth the mother that is fallen down to return again to his naturall place if they do sit over the said decoction being very hot The same steeped in strong white-Wine vinegar with a little powder of brimstone and the roots of Frocus mingled together and set in the sun by the space of a moneth maketh the hair black consumeth proud and superfluous flesh it taketh away any sun-burning freckles spots the morphew and all deformities of the face being washed therewith The vertues of Crabs THe juyce of Crabs taketh away the heat of burning or scalding and all inflamation and being laid on in short time after it is scalded it kéepeth it from blisstring The juyce or verjuyce is astringent or binding and hath withal an abstersive quality being mixed with hard yeest of Ale or Beer and applied in manner of a cold oyntment that is spread upon a cloathfirst wet in verjuyce and wrung out and then laid to taketh away the heat of St. Anthonies fire allinflamations whatsoever it healeth scabbed legs burning and scalding whatsoever it be The virtues of Adders-tongue THe leaves of Adders-tongue stamped in a stone morter and boiled in oyl of Ovide unto the consumption of the juyce untill the herbs be dry and parched then strained will yield a most excellent green oyl or rather a Baisome for gréen wounds comparable unto oyl of St. Johns Wort if not far surpassing it by many degrées whose beauty is such that very many Artists have thought the same to have been mixed with Uerdigrease To make Salt of any Plant or Herb. TAke a good quantity of what Plant you please that is full of juyce beat it in a Stone morter and put running-water thereto then boil it to the consumption of the one half strain it very hard and boil this decoction to the thicknesse of a sirrup and set it in a glasse eight days and on the top you will find a kind of Salt like Sal Gem take that and wash it in the water of the herb whereof it was made and dry it In this manner you may make Salt of Wormwood Balm c. The vertues of Sow-bread THe root maketh the skin fair and clear and cureth all scabs and scurffs and the falling of the hair and taketh away the marks and spots that remain after the small pocks and meazels and all other blemishes of the face the root hanged upon women in travell causeth them to be delivered incontinently The virtues of Saxifrage THe root of Saâ—afrage drunk with Wine and Uinegar cureth the Pestilence holden in the mouth preserveth a man from the said disease and purifieth the corrupt air the same being chewed in the mouth maketh one to avoid much phiegm draweth from the brain all grosse and clammy superfluities asswageth Tooth-ach and bringeth speech again to them that are taken with the Apoplexie the juyce of the leaves doth take and cleanse away all spots and freckles and beautifieth the face and leaveth a good colour it is of excellent use against the Stone The vertue of Maiden hair MAiden-hair being green and stamped and layed upon a place that wanteth hair causeth it to grow The vertue of the Ash-tree THe Ash-tree for such as are too fat or grosse men use to take dayly thrée or four ashen-leaves to drink in wine to the intent to make them lean The vertues of Violets VIolets stamped and laied to the head alone or mingled with oyl removeth the extream heat asswageth head-ach provoketh sléep and moisteneth the brain it is good therefore against the drinesse of the head against melancholy and dullnesse or heavinesse of spirit The vertues of Hysop HYsop sod in vinegar and holden in the mouth asswageth tooth-ach the decoction thereof doth scatter congealed and clotted bloud and all black marks that come of stripes or beating and also cureth the itch scratch and foul manginesse if it be washed therewithall Gillow-stowers or Wall-flowers the juyce thereof dropped into the eye doth wast and scatter all dimnesse in the same The vertues of Oak-leaves OAk-leaves stamped very small do heal and close up green wounds and doth stop the bloud being layed thereupon The vertues of Hoar hound HOar-hound boiled in water cleanseth the breast and lungs helpeth the pain in the side is good against the Tysick and the ulceration of the lungs Of the Barbil and to what use she serveth in medicine IN the moneth of May the Barbil hath egs which are of a soluble quality and of some those eggs be eaten they shall be provoked to vomite They have a quality contrary to other purgers they must be dried in the sun mixed with a little Sena and then ministred in wine or water that is sodden When it hath wel wrought the patients must eat good meat to nourish them and may drink wine and when they are disposed thereto suffer them to sleep Of Centumpedees called in English Sows IF you minister the powder of these creatures in-wine it hath many excellent properties but chiefly it hath béen experienced greatly to prevail againss the stitch in the side for it will help that grief presently If you burn the little créeking creature called a cricket and minister the power thereof in some Diuretick liquor it provoketh urine Mallows Alkakengi Centum nodi Centum grava and the roots of Rapes are of like property being handled and used according to art There are oftentimes found in standing pools and putrified waters certain small creatures which are round like a cherry having a tail and two feet which are in Lombardy called Comazzi Take these and distill thereof a water or liquor wherewith you may very soon consume or break iron a very great secret observed in nature How to make a Plaister for the Rheum TAke of Dears-Suet Uirgin-War Rosen perâ—-osen a quarter of a pound of each Obliganum Benjamin Mastick take of each a quarter of an ounce two drams of Camphire beat these small take thrée pennyworth of Turpentine boil all these together in a pint of white-Wine except the Turpentine which must be put in after it is taken off the fire and stir it till it be cold then temper it in your hands and so role it up in roles and keep it close from fire CHAP. CCV The natures and temperatures of Herbs in generall THese herbs be of their own nature hot and very cordiall and comfortable for the heart and good against melancholy viz. Angelica Balm The flowers of Rosemary Cardus Benedictus Roman Wormwood Margerom Mints Winter Savory These herbs be in like manner hot but of a contrary quality that is they tend to the comsorting of the stomack and to help digestion Common Wormwood Lavender Camomilll Basell These herbs be in like manner hot but tend to the opening of the lungs Isop Elecampane roots Fennel Hoar-hound These herbs be in like manner hot but tendeth to the comforting of the brain and drying up of Rheum Bittony Pennyâ—riall Germander Time Sage Costmary Valerian These herbs be also hot and they be good for the obstructions of the liver and spleea and good against the Gout Camapitus Saxafrage Parsley Mugwort Motherwort Mother of Time Fennel Sallandine They are to be used in broth or to be distilled These be also hot and tend to the expelling of wind Alexanders Smallage Rue Maudline Fetherfew Saint Johns Wort. Ladies Mantel Lavender Cotten These roots be also hot and comfortable and likewise good to strengthen nature Sateions Orenges Parsnep These herbs of their own nature be hot and of a mean temperature good to cause solublenesse Mercury Beets Violet-leaves Mallows Dill. Holly-hock Dandelion These herbs be of mean temperature as the rest but good for to strengthen the back Comfery Knot-grasse Shepheards-pouch Plantain Arch-angel These be of a mean temperature and good against the Stone Saxafrage Pellitory on the wall Water-cresses Cammock-roots Wake Robin These are of a mean temperature good against all obstructions of the liver Centory Hops Cowslips Mugwort Harts-tongue Scabius Avens Doder Dandelion Liverwort Spoon-wort These be as the rest good to cleanse the throat Wood-bines Collombines Sinkfoyl These be of the same nature but tendeth to the opening of the lungs Colts-foot Setrack Maiden-hair These be of a cold property and tendeth altogether to the cooling of the bloud and quallifiing of the heat of the stomack Garden-sorrell Wood-sorrel Endiffe Succory These be in like manner cold of their own nature and to be used inwardly they provoke rest Lettice Purslay Field-Poppy These are as the rest but rather colder and are to be applied outwardly and not inwardly Night-shade Hen-bane Man-drake Penny-wort Great-Poppies These hearbs and oyl of Roses is good to be applied with cloths to the temples of the head FINIS Note Note