appear after the cure First then as soon as 't is burnt anoint it with Salad-oil and Water beaten well together and strew thereon Wheat-flower and dip Linnen clothes or Flax Tow in the said Oil and Water and lay them on or Rose or common water with the whites of Eggs beaten to water and oil of Roses or Lillies or Poppies or for all use Snow-water if you have it and indeed you should never be without it If notwithstanding all this through the malice of fire blisters shall arise you must then cut them with Cisers and lay thereon fresh butter boil'd oil of Roses and yelks of Eggs beaten together The Vnguentum Basilicum will cure them perfectly or this Unguent following Take half a pound of fresh Butter well boil'd and strein'd Ceruse and Tutty washed both in Plantan or rose-Rose-water of each half an ounce burnt Lead a quarter of an ounce with four yelks of Eggs mix them all together to the form of an Unguent A Pultis made of the leaves of Bur-dock with the whites of Eggs cures burns also Hen-dung mixt well with hony of Roses or oil of Roses The decoction of Mallow leaves and fresh Butter beaten a great while together and applied in manner of a Liniment with a Colewort leaf a little warm is good to separate the burnt crusts if any so are yelks of Eggs with oil of Violets mixt together To appease the pain coming from burns imply this Unguent Take old Bacon grease melted in an earthen glazed Vessel and pour it into rose-Rose-water then strein it through a linnen Cloth then wash it five or six times in Plantan-water to four ounces of Lard so prepar'd add two yelks of Eggs and make them into an Ointment The oil of the yelks of Eggs is singular to appease the pains and that the marks of the burn may not be seen after the cure you must wash the part often with Plantan water with a little Allum dissolved therein To remove such Cicatrices likewise a Liniment made of the herb call'd Porks bread beaten with Housleek is very proper CHAP. XXI Of a Scald-head THis is a loathsome disease and requires skill to cure it well Out of many sound Experiments make use of these following Take two handfuls of the herb Celandine four ounces of Bay salt and as much quick Brimstone finely poudred beat the herb well in a stone or wooden Mortar with a wooden Pestle that done boil them in sweet Oil altogether then take them from the fire and strein them through a Linnen Cloth to extract their substance wherewith anoint the head of the Patient night and morning Another Remedy After having wash'd the head with Beef Piss and rubbing it therewith till blood come almost then lay on the pouder of Hens-dung dried in the Oven and thereon an Emplaster made of the Soot of a Furnace mingled with strong White-wine Vinegar Another is this Take two ounces of common Turpentine well wash'd first in common water then in Fumitary water fresh Butter one ounce wash'd in Rose-water Bay-salt half an ounce two Yelks of Eggs the Juice of Limons and Oil of Roses of each one ounce a scruple of Camphir and mix them together and make an Ointment Another for the same is made of Roch-allum Vitriol and Verdigreese and quick Brimstone Soot of a Furnace of each three drams Camphir two drams Oil of sweet Almonds and Porks Marrow of each half an ounce incorporate them well together and make them into an Unguent Sometimes it happens that we search for that a great way off which is nigh at hand and that Medicines of a small price do as much good as dear Drugs or as we say in the English Proverb Far fought and dear bought is good for Ladies as may be seen in this matter for Juniper-berries boil'd in Vinegar and Honey and apply'd in manner of a Pultis is excellent good In Infants it is much more easie to cure the Scald-head than in those of riper years and in these more easie than in old folks the time rendring it incurable wherefore it is very convenient to distinguish between age and age and remedy and remedy to go artificially to work that is to say for the young use gentle remedies and to others stronger Note here that in little children this Disease is commonly healthful it delivering them from the Falling sickness and Convulsions and other fearful distempers by purging them from the impure blood they contracted in their Mothers womb The difficult sort of Scald-heads are distinguished into dry ones and moist ones For the dry one begin with this decoction Take two handfuls of Fumitary Monks-rubarb and roots of Mallows flowers of Melilot and Camomile of each two small handfuls Linseed Beans and Lupines of each a quarter of a pound boil them in Lee made of the ashes of a Vine-tree or Fig-tree bathe and wash the head therewith twice a day then anoint it with this Unguent following Take a pound of Lard Fumitary Monks-rubarb and Ivy one handful slice them very small then add two ounces of oil of Bays four ounces of oil of Mastick half an ounce of Turpentine four ounces of the juice of Colâ—…orts beat all these well together and then let them steep twenty four hours then let them boil till the juice be consum'd then strein it and anoint the head therewith laying on after a Colewort leaf For the moist Scald-head wash and bathe it with a decoction as before wherein you have dissolv'd Roch-Allum then anoint it with the Unguent call'd Vnguentum de minio to be had at the Apothecaries then take Verdegreese with Allum Honey and Vinegar of each two ounces a dram of Arsenic two of Sublimate all in pouder boil them together till they begin to be thick enough for an Ointment and you will find this a miraculous Ointment Here you must remember to cut the hair close or shave it away first of all some apply a Cap of pitch to tear it up by the roots CHAP. XXII For the Scabs and Itch in the hands FOr these in the hands the water of a Smiths Forge to wash and bathe the hands well in is good or Allum-water or the juice of Limons alone the brine of salt Bacon or brine of Pickle-herring or Anchoves the Lee made of Oak-ashes then anoint with Vnguentum Nicotianum or Enulatum cum Mercurio or flower of Brimstone mixt with either of them and so if the whole body letting blood first and purging use those Ointments to anoint withal using a temperate diet and drinking as little strong drink as may be CHAP. XXIII Of the Tetters and Ring-worms THey are an unhandsom sight and therefore to quit your self of them note that against them are employ'd divers Remedies according to the diversity of the nature of them those that are not rebellious may be cured with gentle and mild remedies but the rebellious and malignant with more difficulty by application of more violent and stronger remedies as in the Chapter before For the not rebellious do thus wash and bathe them in the decoction of Beans and Wheat in Vinegar or take a thin slice of Veal Beef or Mutton lay it upon the coals or Gridiron then beat it with Vinegar and Mustard and apply this to the Tetter Or take Frankincense Oil of Roses and Vinegar and make an Ointment and anoint Now if these will not do being first applyed to rebellious ones then apply your self to these following First wash and bathe them with a decoction of Lupines and Marsh-mallow roots made in Vinegar to the consumption of half or with plantan-Plantan-water wherein hath been infused white Vitriol and burnt Alum Or make an Unguent of two drams of Aloes dissolv'd in distill'd Vinegar Oil of Wheat alone is excellent for this purpose it is made by putting Wheat between two hot irons and the Oil will drop out or else thus Take some Wheat beaten and put it into a glass Vessel and stop it close and put it into a Kettle of water upon the coals to keep the water hot and not to make it boil and so let stand three days together at the end thereof take out the pouder and you will find it moist the which put into a Linnen Cloth and press the oil hard out CHAP. XXIV Of Corns in the feet and toes THese often hinder people from going in ease and so ought to be considered and to have remedies laid down for their help for which are divers used but these following may prove most effectual some bathe and wash them first in a Decoction of herbs and then cut them with a sharp Penknife or Razor as far as they can possibly go then apply a Plaster of soft Wax red or green having been first steep'd 24 hours in strong White-wine Vinegar for the Cinabar and Verdigreese wherewith these Waxes are coloured will kill and take away the roots of the Corns The same will these remedies following do effectually sometimes one sometimes another according to their divers properties of which you may choose which will be best for your purpose and make use of them Galbanum and new wax mixt together some take Lilly roots well boil'd and then beaten with Porks marrow and apply it some use onely Emplastrum de ranis cum mercurio CHAP. XXV Of the Ruffness and Chops in the hands and lips THe Chops in the hands and lips coming from cold winds or other causes inward or outward are cured by these Remedies following having first washed them with Barly-water then anoint them with Vnguentum rosatum or Pomatum at the Apothecaries or Capons Grease or Oil of Wax is excellent for it will cure them in a short time CHAP. XXVI Of Warts in any part of the body THe juice of Limons kill Warts in any part of the body or the same juice distill'd or distill'd Vinegar or the juice of the leaves and flowers of white Mullein Oil of Vitriol Brimstone are infallible but you must use them warily The juice of the stocks of Purselain and Housleek bruised in a Mortar with Bay-salt and the Warts rub'd therewith often cures them in three or four days FINIS
Bag of Roses dipt in Rose-water or Cloaths dipt in the whites of Eggs very well beaten with Rose-water Let them drink Cichory Endive Purslain-waters c. mixt together or one alone or Barly-water with a little Liquorice Boil'd in it And to the intent that your Remedies may be the more Beneficial you must keep the Belly loose by Glisters or Suppositories or loosening Medicines as Syrups of Violets and Roses of each half an ounce or so or Cassia Lenitive Electuary or Diaprunes or Catholicon c. For a cold cause apply to the forehead and jaws wild Time or Vervain or Rue steept or dipt in Vineger and Honey of Roses or Tobacco or Mint or water-Cresses or rub the head with Asarabac-leaves or the Juice of Melilot mixt with Vineger and Oil of Roses To drink water wherein Betony hath been boil'd applying the Leaves to the Temples To snuff up into the Nose the juice of sow-Bread or Gith steept in Vineger and Powder of Pellitory of the Wall to make Sneeze and make a Bag with hot Herbs and Flowers as Melilot Sage Betony Rosemary of white Snakeweed the said Herbs and Flowers having been Perfum'd with the Vapors of Betony and Balm put upon a Plate of Iron or hot and cast thereon Vineger and Rose-water Perfume likewise the head with dry things as Roses and Mastich or with Red-Roses and Salt but it must be when the spitting comes not for then for fear of stopping the breath you must be content to Perfume the head Cloaths only applying them hot to the head and if the pain ceases not by these Remedies then use hotter things as Bags made of Marjoram Rue Bays Juniper-Berries or a fomentation of the decoction of the said things or else anoint the head with Oil of Camomile and Dill one or both together or Oil of Rue Spike Castor adding to them a little Pepper or Mustard Poudred to draw up into the Nose the Juice of Marjoram or Fenel is an Excellent Remedy After the Application of these Remedies before spoken of you must make a Cap of Taffaty doubled lined with Cotton which you shall stuff with Flowers of Marjoram Camomile Red-Roses Rosemary Cinamon Nutmeg Cloves c. finely Poudred and if there be a Catarrh use Mirtle Berries Frank-incense and the Gum of the Juniper Tree The Inveterate pain of the head is cured by Roasting a piece of the outer pill of an Onion under the Cindres and steeping it in Oil of Bays and Roses and put into the Ear where the pain of the Head is Bleeding and Purging first and you must alwayes keep a Temperate diet without which all is in vain Eat no windy nor salt Meats be quiet in his mind not Write nor Read but bear patiently his pain CHAP. II. Of the Diseases of the Eyes FOr the Diseases of the Eyes you must purge the Brain forasmuch as the greater part of the inward Diseases proceed from the Brain distilling its superfluous and malignant Humors upon them or the lower parts furnishing with Causes whereby the sight is diminished and the Eye pained and this is the Physicians business to discern the particular Humors that cause the Diseases and to evacuate them by proper Purgations as Pills Glysters Potions c. And for what concerns the outward means you must keep the Head dry and clean rubbing it well behind every morning by that means diverting the Humors which fall from the Brain upon the Eyes it makes much likewise for the preservation of the sight to keep the Feet dry moderately hot and not moist 't is likewise good for the same purpose not to sleep in the day nor hold the Head much down to be bound in the Belly is bad for the sight wherefore you must keep it soluble you must shun the Wind the Cold Heat too much looking upon the Sun and much Light or great Fire much Reading and Writing Weeping to Sleep or Wake much As to Eating and Drinking you must Eat Meats of good nourishment not Windy Salt nor Spicy little or no strong Drink The use of Eye-bright is very good against all maladies of the Eyes Boiled in Pottage or Drink the Pouder or Boil it in the Drink The Film or Cataract is Cured by the Pouder of Sugar-Candy Tutty white Coperas mixt equal parts and searc'd and put into the Eye Night and Morning the Pouder alone of white Beans hath the same Property To this end serves likewise a Water made of half an Ounce of Tutty a quarter of an Ounce of Mace Poudred and Infused in white Wine and Rose-water of each half a Pint putting them in a Glass and let them stand in the Sun in Summer about a Month keeping it from Rain and Dew shaking the Glass often Another for the same purpose Take a couple of new laid Eggs Rosted hard under the Cinders take away their shells cut them in the middle and take away the Yelk and fill up the place with Sugar-candy and Tutty equal parts then joyning them together with a thread steep them in Rose-water in a little Vessel when they have stood twenty four Hours Strein and Press them through a Linnen Cloath of which Liquor drop a few drops into the Eye Night and Morning The Distilled Water of these things following cures the Cataract likewise Plantain and little and tender Pomegranate flowers red Roses sprigs of Fenel of each an handful crums of white Bread hot out of the Oven one Pound mix them together and steep them six hours in white Wine then Distill them To the same purpose Distill this Water Take of Fenel Rue Verben Eye-bright Endive Betony red-Roses Venus-hair equal parts steeping them before twenty four Hours in white Wine the Liver of a Buck three Ounces Distill them thrice in Balneo Mariae and the last Water will be very proper for Cataracts and all other Maladies of the Eye preserving the sight to Old Age. Another very Excellent one Take Snails and Distill them in Balneo Mariae washing them well first and in eight Ounces of their Water infuse one of Tutty prepar'd Sugar-candy white Dung of a Lizard dryed Bones two Drams of each red Coral Aloes Sal Armoniac of each one Dram being all well Poudred and put into the Water must be put into an Alimbec and the Water that comes from them serves Effectually as before and also to clear the Eyes of all spots and Redness preserving the sight so well and so long that Antient People have seen as well as if they had been but 30. This Unguent following is very good for the Eyes Curing their inflammation and Redness staying the sharp Defluxions which make them Blear-Ey'd Annointing them Night and Morning Take half an Ounce of Tutty finely Poudred in a Bel-metal Morter then Grind it on a Marble with rose-Rose-Water as Painters do then dry it in the Sun then Grind it again with fresh rose-Rose-water do thus seven or eight times then mix it with the same weight of fresh Butter and your Ointment is
made Another singular Unguent for preservation of the Eyes is thus made Take two Ounces of fresh Porks Grease steep it in Rose-water six Hours then wash it again twelve times in the best white-Wine for the space of five or six Hours then add to this Grease Tutty well prepar'd and very finely Poudred one Ounce Lapis Haematites well washt one scruple Aloes well washt and Poudred twelve Grains Pearles Poudred three Grains Incorporate them all well together with Fenel Water and make an Unguent whereof put a little into the corners of the Eyes The last Remedies to divert the importunate Humor from falling from the Brain upon the Eyes are Cauteries and Setons which must be done by the Surgeon by advise of the Physician or you may try Blisters drawn behind the Neck or behind the Ear make them with Leaven Pigeons Dung Spanish-flies and Brandy mixt well together Now to Cure the pain of the Eyes and redness that follows come from a blow Apply a rotten Apple thereto the Blood drawn from the Wing of a Pidgeon Also the Decoction of Fenel Camomile and Melilot made with Water and white-Wine Applyed with Linnen Cloaths But above all other Remedies Agrimony alone as hath been Authorized by often Experience rubb'd between the Hands and put upon the Eye hurt and roul it on Cures it in a short time though very red with bruised Blood and the sight darkned it brings it again For want of the Herb take the Water Distilled in the season of the year To abate the redness of the Eyes the first time that you drink every Day it must be a full Glass of clear Water and so continue till you be Well CHAP. III. Of the Diseases of the Nose THe Diseases of the Nose are divers likewise inward and outward as for the inward you must alwayes remove the Cause by the Advice of a Learned Physician and for the outward employ these Remedies following The ill scent of the Nose is Cured by washing it with a Decoction made of white-Wine Ginger Penny-Royal Cloves Calamus Aromaticus of each equal parts and after put Pouder of Pellitory into the Nose or drawing up the Nose often Wine wherein Nutmeg hath been steeped four Hours or Anointing the Nostrills Night and Morning with Oleum Nardinum wherein have been Boiled Clove-Gilliflowers wood of Aloes with a little Musk or with this Composition or else to make Tents thereof and put them in the Nose to wit Ginger dryed Roses wood of Aloes of each two Ounces Myrrh Calamus Aromaticus of each one Dram mix them well with good Wine and reduce them to a Paste adding thereto six Grains of Musk and make Pills of the bigness of a Pea dipping it in Oil of Nard when you use it The Nose being stopt by some Humor that hinders Breathing is opened with Juices of Beets and Marjoram incorporated in Oil of bitter Almonds and drawn up the Nose also by the smoke of Tobacco only taken at Mouth and make it go out at the Nose To provoke sneezing blow up the Nose Pouder of Pepper Pellitory and Orris Roots or mix the Pouders with some Liquor and anoint the Nostrils therewith To stay the sneezing scratch the Soles of the Feet and Palms of the Hands rub the Eyes and Ears smell to white Lilly and Bath your hands in warm Water To Cure the Ulcers and Itchings of the Nose take the Juice of Ivy and sour Pome-granates mixt together also the Anointment made of Ceruss Ashes of wake Robin and Honey of Roses The Phlegm that runs from the Nose like Snot is stay'd by proper Remedies for the Cure of the Brain whereby the Spring of such Noisome Humors is dryed Imploy then to this end Frictions Perfumes Caps as before and beside use some proper Syrup to correct the ill scent of the Snot's abundance and thinness as Syrup of Poppies Diacodium c. Also to this purpose you must hold in your mouth little Pills made of Bole-Armenac Terra-Sigillata Amber Dragons Blood Cloves and Musk. The Blood flowing disorderly from the Nose is stopt by a Frontal made of the Pouder of Sanderac made into Paste with the whites of Eggs and applyed with a Linnen Cloath by the Juice of Onions mixt with Vinegar put into the Nostrils with Cotton by drinking Mint Water by Anointing the forehead with an Ointment made of Dragons Blood Mastich Frankincense and whites of Eggs by Camphor mingled with the Seeds of dead Nettles Juice of Plantain and House-Leek put into the Nostrils by Pouder of red Coral or Terra Sigillata drank by Bathing the palms of the Hands and soles of the Feet with Cloaths dipt in Vineger of Roses and Plantain water by Bathing a mans Stones and a womans Breast with Fountain or Common water this is of great efficacy according to experience You may stay the Bleeding at Nose also by putting to the nuque of the Neck a Bag wherein is Toads Pouder which must be made of a great Toad that is Bred upon the Earth not the Water the which you must put in an Earthen Pot alive and put it into the Oven with Bread and then Pouder it And the same Pouder will serve in the Bloody-flux or Womens Fluxes and to stay the Bleeding of Wounds applying it to the opposite of the hurt part The like Virtue hath the Seed of Flixweed Poudred and taken a Dram thereof either in Wine or with an Egg or Broth it serves also to loosen the Belly and to make great Bellyed Women gayly bear their Burthen But contrarywise the Herb Millefoil put into the Nose provokes Bleeding it being sometimes necessary for discharge of the Brain But this by thrusting it in the Nose the point formost for the contrary happens if you put the Stem first in The Smelling corrupted or almost lost is regained by the often handling and smelling of Mint also a Perfume made of the Leaves of Southernwood Rue Juniper mingling Gith-seed therewith CHAP. IV. Of the Diseases of the Ears FOr the pain in the Ear put into it some drops of Oil of Roses and Vineger or the juice of Henbane besides it will be convenient to apply thereto a Bag stuft with Camomile and Melilot Flowers the juice of dwarf Elder and Rue is very good making the inward part of the Ear first clear from filth The water of Honey Distill'd Milk with a little Saffron The like Virtue hath the Perfume of the Decoction of Camomile Dill and Stechas made in Water wherein hath been put warm Vineger wherein burnt Nitre and Sal-gemm have been dissolved put in the Ear with a Funnel The Vlcers of the Ear are Cured by Instilling Oil wherein have been boiled white Leeks and Earth Worms to the Consumption of the third part or by the Oil of Eggs alone Against the Wormes in the Ears the Milk of the Fig-tree and the figs alone are very proper also the juice of Capers of Wormwood Calamint Centaury Germander juice of the Peels of Walnuts or the Bark of
Rosin and so making Balsoms and Unguents and Emplaisters thereof for the said use as for example take this Receipt from the Colledge of Physicians of London of an Unguent of Tobacco Take two pound of the Leaves of Tobacco bruised let them steep all night in Red Wine and in the morning boil them with a pound of Pork Grease till the Wine be wasted then strein it and add to the streining half a pound of the Juice of Tobacco Rosin four Ounces then boil them again to the wasting of the moisture and towards the end sprinkle in of the roots of round Birthwort poudered finely two Ounces and as much Wax as will suffice to make it of the consistence of an Unguent Or this way Take four pound of the Juice of Tobacco and boil it in a Skillet or Glazed Pipkin with half a pound of Oyl-Olive till the Juice be wasted then put thereto of Rosin and Bees-wax of each half a pound when they are melted and mixt together take them off the fire and stir them continually with an Iron Spathula and adding thereto half a pound of Venice Turpentine put them again over the Coals and stir them very well together lastly take them off the fire and pour them into a Glazed Earthen Vessel and let it stand till it be cold then stop it and cover it close and keep it for the uses aforesaid this will last for many years Another Balsome of Tobacco Take the Leaves of Tobacco as many as you can hold between your two Hands clean them well with a Linnen Cloth Leaf by Leaf without washing them beat them in a Marble Mortar with a Wooden Pestle then strein the Juice through a Linnen Cloth the which put into a Posnet or Glaz'd Pipkin with Rosin and Burgundy Pitch of each a quarter of a pound half a pound of Bees-wax as much fresh Porks Grease all these mixt together shall be put upon a gentle fire for about the space of an hour skimming it alway with a Scummer or till it be boild enough which you will know by dropping a little upon a Board and if it be of the consistence of boiled Honey it is enough then take it off the fire and add thereto four Ounces or half a pound of Venice Turpentine then mix it over the fire and so pour it out as before Or thus Take three Ounces of new Bees-wax and as much Rosin melt them in a Posnet or Pipkin as before over a Charcole-fire when they begin to boil throw in a pound and a half of the Juice of Tobacco boil them altogether over a gentle fire for five or six hours in which time the moisture will be consumed then strain it through a strong Linnen Cloth and put it into the Pipkin again adding thereto half a pound of Turpentine mix them over the fire and so keep them for your use as before The simple Balsome of Tobacco may be made this way Take what quantity of Leaves of Tobacco you will bruise them as before and put the Juice into a thick Glass Bottle with as much Oyl of Olives and put the Glass well stopt into Horse-dung and deep covered for forty days at the end take it out and you will find a Balsome swimming o' th top the which pour very gently off from the dreggs and keep it in a Glass for your use These Compositions of Tobacco are likewise good for Bruises and old Vlcers and cold Tumours c. Another excellent Balsome Put into a glazed Earthen Veffel Brimstone finely Poudred and Salted pouring thereon as much Oyl as will swim above the Brimstone four fingers breadth put them i' th Sun and let them stand till they be thick by stirring them once or twice every day then pour off the clearest for your use Another excellent Oyntment for green wounds Take an Ounce of Oleum Petroleum half an Ounce of Venice Turpentine and as much Oyl of Olives two drams of Mastich mix them all together and boil them over a gentle fire till they come to the consistence of an Oyntment or Balsome and keep it in an Earthen Glazed Vessel close stopt for your use CHAP. XIX Of Swellings and Apostumes FOr any new Swelling apply presently a Pultis made only of the Crums of White-bread boil'd in Milk and when it is boil'd to the thickness of a Pultis add some Oyl of Roses or fresh Porks Grease or fresh Butter thereto or Marsh-mallow and white Lilly-roots and Figs boil'd in Water with Oyl fresh Butter or Pork Grease as before will break it if it must be broken Also Bean and Barly-meal boil'd in Hony and Water dissolves Swellings and brings them to Ripeness The Leaves of wild Clary steept in Vinegar and applyed with Hony resolves Apostumes If these do not you must Advise with the expert Chirurgeon and remember always to roul the part swell'd with Linnen Roulers Those kind of Apostumes we call Felons may be ripened and softned by these means following Take Wheat-flower and Pork Grease Hony and the Yelk of an Egg mix them hot over the fire and apply it to the Felon Or this take Bean-meal Leven Figgs Raisons ston'd mix them together as before and apply it or Plantan Leaves beaten in a Mortar with Oyl of white Lillies and apply'd thereto or Sheeps Dung steept and mixt with Vinegar To conclude this Chapter I will give you the Receipt of a most excellent Plaister of Tobacco against all kinds of Cold and hard Swellings whatever and to heal old Vlcers Take half a Pound of the Juice of Tobacco of the Juice of Wormwood three Ounces Oyl of St. Johnsworts simple Oyl of Elder of each an Ounce and a half of the Leaves of Wormwood Consound and Figwort of each one handful White-wine a quarter of a Pint Let the green herbs boil in the Juices and Wine and Oyls in a Posnet stirring them continually with a wooden Spathula to the bottom that they burn not to but let them not boil till they be too thick and no moisture left then taking them and streining them hard with your hands or a Press dissolve in that Liquor you streined four Ounces of Bees-wax and two Ounces of Bucks Grease or Suet then take it off the fire and Incorporate therein two Ounces of Venice Turpentine Frankincense Mastick and Myrrh of each one Ounce finely Poudred apart and so when 't is cold enough make it up into rowls of plaster to be spread upon leather when you have occasion to use it CHAP. XX. Of Burnings and Scaldings FOr any kind of Burning or Scalding whether directly by Fire or boiling Water or Oils Pitch Fat 's or scalding Lead or Gun-powder c. these Remedies following you will find to be profitable and proper for the purpose First of all you must see to take out the fire that is in the burnt part as well to advance the cure as to prevent blisters and crusts which may follow without proper remedies and indeed the marks of the burn that