which the infusions are made in ought to be stopped that the medicaments loose not their vertue by exhalation Also that in making many infusions one after another as in Syrups it is necessary that the first infusion should bee made with boyling water poured upon them and the others which follow onely warmed CHAP. XX. To know when Syrups are boyled enough NOte that to make Syrups with infusions or decoctions there is put sometimes three parts of Sugar to a quantity of infusion or decoction as for example three quarterns of Sugar to a pint of infusion or decoction also there be those Syrups that are put as much Sugar as decoction and some not so much therefore this is no generall rule The Syrups ought to bee boyled softly upon the furnace upon a charcoale fire taking it from the fire when it is boyled and scumming of it with a pierced spoone or silver spoone When the Syrup beginneth to boyle the fume will goe out very strong but when it is boyled or neere being boyled you shall see the fume very well diminished To know better take a little upon the spoone or spatule and let it fall and if it make a thred it is boyled Also in taking a little between the thumbe and one of the fingers it maketh a thred it is enough or in putting a little upon a trencher and it runneth drop by drop and maketh a thred And when it is boyled take it from the fire and let it coole in the bason then put it into a pot and cover it with a paper full of holes made with a needle that nothing falleth into it and when it is cold cover it with a double paper and keepe it in a temperate place CHAP. XXI To Remedie Syrups that are to much boyled and those which are to little and those which are Candied IF the Syrups be to much boyled put a little of the decoction or infusion or juyce the which it is made with and let it boyle a little to come to the true height If they be not boyled enough you must put them upon the fire and boyle them to their consistance for those Syrups which are candied you must warme some of the decoction or juyce that it is made with and poure it into the Candie and so dissolve that which is candied and boyle it to the height CHAP. XXII To draw the pulpe of dates for Electuar Diaphaenic TAke tenne ounces of good new Dates take the skinne away with your knife and the little white skinne which is within side and put away the stones then cut them into small pieces and put them into a skillet or other vessell pouring upon them five ounces of water or more and let them stand in soake three dayes in winter in the chimney corner but in summer in some place from the fire and when they have beene in infusion three dayes take them up and put them into a Marble morter and beate them very well into a paste soluble then pulpe them through a sieve as you do your Cassia with a vessell underneath to receive that which is pulped or passed CHAP. XXIII To draw the pulps of Cassia prunes and Tamarinds and to prepare them for molutive Electuaries EAch one knoweth how to pulpe and passe the Cassia by a common sieve For to draw the pulps of prunes in their times and seasons you shall take sweet Damaske prunes or in their stead sweet plumbs the quantity you please boyle them in sufficient quantity of water till they be boyled enough Then pulpe them through a sieve and put under them a vessell to receive the pulpe putting to them a little liquor and if you have not of the liquor take a little warme water To draw pulpe of Tamarinds do as followeth take what quantity of Tamarinds you please put them into a Marble morter and beat them well with warme water or decoction then pulpe them through a sieve as aforesaid That when the said pulpes of Tamarinds and of Prunes are passed there will remaine some humidity which hath beene put to them in the passing of them wherefore you must put them severall in a pewter dish or platter upon a chaffing dish of coales stirring it together untill all the humidity bee consumed so you may doe with Cassia c. if you put liquor to them for otherwise they will spoyle the Electuaries which they enter into and make them mustie That done you may weigh the dose that enters into the Electuary and keepe the best for another use CHAP. XXIII Of Medicaments which are put into powder and first of Sennae TAke halfe a pound of the best Sennae cleanse it from the stalkes and naughty leaves if there bee any and for every ounce of the said Sennae put a dram of Fenill or Anniseeds and beate them to powder as followeth First put your Fenill or Anniseeds which bee the Correctives into the morter and beate them very well and when they are well beaten put in your Sennae and when they bee well beaten together put them into a lawne searse covered and searse them and that which remaineth put into the morter and beate it againe and then searse it and so do while you have searsed it all but if there be halfe an ounce or so left you may keepe it to make some medicine It is good to have five or sixe ounces in a boxe ready in powder to use when there is occasion as to make pills powders Electuaries or such like it will keepe halfe a yeere together in powder That in Electuaries pills c. it is written hereafter of the quantity of Senae you must understand the said Senae with the Correctives CHAP. XXIIII The manner to dry certaine Medicaments which are afterwards put in powder ROses Violets and Saffron if they be too moyst and not dry enough they shall bee dryed in the Sunne or before the fire inclosed in a paper and turning the paper first one side and then the other that they may dry one every side and bee not burned after that beate them easily in powder in the morter Those hearbs and roots which are not dry enough must bee put into the Oven after the Bread is taken out laying them that they doe not burne Otherwise some certain time before you use them tye them in little bundles and hang them in the aire in the shade to dry CHAP. XXV How to put in powder Aloes Mirrhe Rubarbe Saffron and Assafaetida THese foresaid medicaments are put in powder severally therfore before you put them into powder you must put two or three drops of oyle of Olives into the bottome of the morter according to the quantity of the medicament which you will put in powder then stirre it about with the bottome of the pestle and put in the medicament which you easily put into powder without either sticking to pestle or morter For the Rubarbe before you put it in powder it is not amisse to cut
it into small pieces and then it will powder the easier and better and you need not passe it through a sieve or searse The Assafaetida if it be dry is put in powder in the same manner If the Aloes be droffie or foule after it is in powder passe it through the sieve which is to passe bitter ingredients and so you may doe by any other medicament passing them in sieves proper for the same CHAP. XXVI The manner to powder Scammonie IT is made into fine powder anointing the bottome of the pestle and morter with a little oyle but it must not be passed by any sieve or searse as is written before of the Rubarbe CHAP. XXVII To put Masticke in powder BEfore you put your Mastick in the morter picke it and put into the morter a little Rose water or common water and if there be need pulse it through a sieve covered CHAP. XXVIII To put Trochisques of Agaricke in powder THey must be put in powder according to the same manner as the Masticke wetting the bottome of the morter with a little Rose water or common water but they must not be scarsed That the morter is noynted and wetted with Rose water common water or oyle because the powder shall not sticke to the morter nor loose by exhalation CHAP. XXIX To put Campher in powder TAke a scruple of white starch which you shall beate into powder then put to it a good dramme of Campher and beate them easily together into powder Also take two or three sweet Almonds peele them with your knife and beate them in the morter and put to them a dram of Campher CHAP. XXX To put Cinnamon in powder CInnamon is put in powder by beating two or three Almonds in the morter because it should not loose the sent and being in powder is searsed through a sieve as is written in the twenty three Chapter CHAP. XXXI Of the Infusion of Oyles FOr each pound of oyle there is commonly put foure ounces of leaves or flowers as is shewed in the Treatise of oyles excepting some which are compounded CHAP. XXXII To know when Oyles are boyled enough THe infusion or infusions of oyles being made are put to boyle in a vessell as is spoken of before upon the furnace with the fire well kindled you shall know when they are boyled by the humidity that the oyles draw from the vertue of the simples is all exhaled or vanisht away then take a little of the oyle at the end of the spatule and drop it into the fire and if it burneth cleare and maketh no noyse it is boyled enough then take it from the fire and let it coole a little and put it into a pot and cover it with a paper prickt full of holes and when it is cold cover it with a double paper or with a piece of parchment wetted and use it CHAP. XXXIII To know when Plaisters are boyled enough THe perfect boyling of plaisters is knowne by taking a little of the said plaister and putting it into a little cold water and if it riseth cleane together without running in the water it is boyled enough then take it from the fire and let it stand untill it bee halfe cold and then make it into magdaleons That when you forme magdaleons of plaister which have oyle in them then wet your hands with faire water but if there be no oyle in them then anoint your hands with oyle CHAP. XXXIV The manner to wash the Barrow Hogges grease to make unguent Rosat TAke the cakes of Barrowes grease and take away the veines and skin and cut it into small pieces and melt it on the fire in a pan with a little water stirring of it together with a spatule of wood then straine it and presse it through a white linnen cloth then put it into an earthen pot or vessell being twice too bigge for it but just that the grease may fill it halfe full and when it is cold fill the pot almost full with hot water stirring of it well together with the spatule in the Sun then let it stand untill it be all settled then poure the water away softly and do so nine times one after another and when you have washt it as aforesaid with hot water then wash it as many times with cold water as before and the two last times wash it with Rose water the cause of washing of it so often is to take the smell of the grease quite away as shall bee written when we speake of the making of oyntment of Roses CHAP. XXXV The manner to wash Ceruse TAke a quantity of Ceruse as a pound or two or more or lesse rub it through the Laune or haire of a common sieve putting underneath a white paper to receive that which is passed then put it into a pipkin or other vessell and poure as much faire water as will cover it upon it and stirre it well together with a woodden spatule and then let it settle and poure the water softly from it and poure in it as much more faire water and doe so nine or tenne times and when you have done put the Ceruse into a platter and set it in the Sunne or by the fire side to dry covering of it with a white linnen cloath and when it is dry use it or keepe it in a boxe untill you have occasion to use it CHAP. XXXVI To wash and prepare Lytharge TAke two pound of Lytharge or what quantity you please beate it in a morter and searce it all through a searce and when you have done put it againe into the morter and fill the morter almost full of faire water and stirre the Lytharge and the water together with the pestle and poure the water presently out of the morter into a great bason and then put as much more water into the morter and stirre it well together and poure it into the bason and so doe untill all the Lytharge bee gone out of the morter with the water into the bason then let it stand all night to settle and when it is settled poure away the water and dry the Lytharge in the Sunne and so use it CHAP. XXXVII The manner to burne Lead and to powder and wash it for the unguent Pompholigos TAke two or three pound of Lead or what quantity you please put it into a pipkin or great iron ladle and set it upon a hot charcoale fire and when it is melted stirre it together with a spatule or iron rod untill it commeth into a powder somewhat yellowish and that you see no more forme of Lead then take the said powder from the fire and let it stand untill it be cold and then searce it through a sieve and when you have done wash it in the same manner as the Ceruse in the thirty five Chapter and so use it being dryed in the Sunne or before the fire CHAP. XXXVIII To prepare Tuttie Stone TAke what quantity you please of Tuttie Stone and put
it into a Crucible and set it into a furnace of hot fire untill it bee very well burnt which you shall know by the rednesse of it for when it is enough it will looke very red then take it from the fire and let it stand untill it be cold then powder it in a morter and searce it through a searse and when you have done prepare it with Rose water or faire common water in this manner put your powder upon the stone and powre some water upon it and stirre it together with the mule or mallet stone untill it be very well prepar'd which you shall know by putting it upon your hand and rubbing of it a little and it doth grace nor scratch as one doth by pearles and pretious stones then forme little Trochisques and trio them and when you will use them powder them in a morter CHAP. XXXIX The manner to Calcine Roman Vitrioll ROman Vitrioll is dryed in the great iron spoone or ladle in a moderate fire untill it commeth all white stirring of it continually with a spatule or iron rod and then augment the fire a little and it will come all red and that is called Colcothar then take it from the fire and put it in powder as is said of the Tuttie and prepare it upon the stone for the confection of the Emplaster Diapalma CHAP. XL. To make Creame and Salt of Tartar TAke a pound of Tartar beate it in a morter and searce it through a course sieve then put it into a pipkin and cover it with water and make it boyle a walme or two then passe it two or three times through a hippocras bagge with a bason underneath to receive the liquor then set it to settle the space of twenty foure houres at the end of which you shall take of the Creame which swimmeth one the top with a trencher or silver spoone and poure the water softly away by inclination and scrape the salt away which sticketh one the sides with a spoone and make it fall to the bottome then wash them dry them and prepare them and keepe them by themselves THE CHARITABLE APOTHECARIE The second Treatise of Syrups CHAP. I. The manner to make Syrup of Violets with the Iuice TAke twelve ounces of Violet leaves pickt put them into a marble Morter and beate them very well then tye them in a linnen cloth and presse them in the presse and you shall have five ounces of Iuice which you shall put into a violl then take twenty ounces of good Sugar and halfe a pint of faire water and boyle it almost to the height of the Sugar of Roses then take it from the fire and mixe your juice with it and your Syrup is made the which you shall put into a pot and cover it with a paper prickt with holes and when it is cold cover it with a double paper and keepe it in a temperate place CHAP. II. The manner to make Syrup of Violets upon a cloath TAke two pound of Sugar boyle it with a pint of water to the height or consistence as before specified then take halfe a pound of Violet leaves beate them in a morter as before and put them upon a cloth two holding the cloth at each end then poure the Sugar very hot three times upon the said Violet leaves with a bason underneath to receive the Syrup pressing of it very hard with a spatule or silver spoon and scraping the outside of the cloth very cleane and making of it fall into the said bason and your Syrup is done the which you shall prepare and keepe as before That you must not throw away that which hath coloured the cloth for there is Sugar amongst it but dry it in the Sunne and keepe it which will be good conserve and serve for a binding as shall be written hereafter CHAP. III. To make Syrup of Violets of three Infusions TAke a pound of Violet leaves picked and cleansed from the greene leaves put them into an earthen pot or other vessell and poure upon them foure pints of water being hot then cover the said vessell and set it to infuse in the chimney corner for the space of twelve houres at the end of which warme it very well and straine it through a strong linnen cloth and presse them in the presse and through away those flowers then warme the infusion and put to it another pound of fresh Violets letting them infuse twelve houres as before then straine and presse them in the presse and put a pound more of fresh flowers to the infusion stirring them well together and let them infuse as before then straine and presse them in the presse and if you will make it presently into Syrup then take foure pound two ounces of the infusion put it into the Copper pan and put to it five pound and a halfe of good Sugar and boyle them together unto a Syrup the which let stand till it bee halfe cold then scumme of the froth or scumme and put it into a pot and cover it with a pierced paper untill it bee quite cold then cover it with a double paper or wet parchment CHAP. IIII. Mucharon of Violets and Damaske Roses THe Mucharon of Violets and Damaske Roses is nothing else but the last infusion strained and pressed the which will keepe a whole yeere being put into a glasse with a streight necke then put upon it a little oyle of Olives to keep it from being mustie and when you will use it take the oyle away with a little Cotten CHAP. V. To make Syrup of Coltsfoot THere is made three infusions of the flowers of Coltsfoot with the green that goeth round about them halfe a pound at each time in a quart of water you shall take the said flowers and put them into a pot or pipkin and heat the water scalding hot then poure it upon the flowers and stirre them well together with a spatule of wood cover them close and let them stand in the chimney corner the space of twelve houres then straine them and presse them and put as many more flowers unto the infusion being hot and let them infuse twelve houres as before then straine and presse them and put as many more flowers doing as before then clarifie it with the white of an egge and the shell as is shewed in the second Chapter of the first Treatise weigh it and put to it three parts of Sugar and boyle it to a Syrup CHAP. VI. To make Syrup of Damaske Roses of nine Infusions THere is made nine infusions of a pound at each time of Damaske Rose leaves being picked and the yellow which is within them taken away also the greene that goeth round about them in foure pints of water the last infusion being made straine them and let them stand a while to settle then straine them softly and there will be about five pints then clarifie it and boyle with it as much Sugar that is five pound and boyle it to the
can get the other hearbs then when you have the other hearbs poure upon the grease and buds the vineger and Rose water and let them stand in the Sunne a day or two then take the hearbs picke them and cut them very small and beate them in the morter and put them into the pot with the grease and buds and let them infuse in the Sunne the space of eight dayes stirring of them now and then with the Spatule and then poure them all into a pan and boyle them untill the liquor be almost consumed then straine and presse them through a strong cloath and if it happen it be not thicke enough boyle it a little upon the fire and make it thicker and then let it stand untill it be cold and and put it into a pot and cover it and set it in a temperate place CHAP. XX. To make oyntment of Roses TAke Hogges grease or Barrowes grease washed as is showne in the thirty five Chapter of the first Treatise eighteene ounces as many red Roses new beate the said Roses in a morter and mixe with them the grease and beate them well together then put them into a pot and let them infuse in the Sunne the space of sixe dayes or upon hot cinders three dayes then boyle them a very little and presse them in the presse and then beate as many more Roses with the said grease and let them infuse as before then straine and presse them and mixe with it sixe ounces of juyce of Roses and foure ounces of oyle of sweet Almonds and boyle them untill the juyce be almost consumed then straine it and keepe it CHAP. XXI To make Plaisters To make white Diachilon TAke common Oyle thirty sixe ounces Litarge of gold prepared eighteene ounces roots of Marsh Mallowes cleansed Linseeds of each a pound seeds of Faenugreeke twelve ounces make thereof a plaister To make this plaister very white choose a good faire aire and cleare curiously washing and cleansing the Marsh Mallow roots and taking away the skin that goeth round them and the pith that is within them then put the Linseeds and Faenugreeke into the morter and beate them very well with the roots and put them into a pipkin covering them with water and cover the pipkin and let them infuse in the chimney corner twenty foure houres then boyle them a little and straine them that there may be two pound foure ounces of Mucilage a part of which shall be boyled with the Oyle and Litarge prepared as is showne in the thirty seven Chapter of the first Treatise upon a midling fire stirring them alwayes with a Spatule of wood or else the Litarge being heavie will burne to the bottome and when that part of Mucilage is almost consumed which you shall know when it maketh no more bubbles then put in the rest and boyle them into a plaister as is shewed in the thirty foure Chapter of the first Treatise then let it stand untill it be halfe cold and then make Magdaleons wetting your hands with a little water CHAP. XXII To make Diachalcyteos or Diapalma Plaister TAke Roman Vitriol foure ounces Hogges grease a pound and a halfe Litarge of gold prepared old Oyle of each thirty sixe ounces make them into a plaister The Litarge being prepared shall bee boyled with the Oyle and the grease stirring them well together with a wooden Spatule and when the plaister is boyled mixe with it the Vitriol prepared as is shewed in the forty one Chapter of the first Treatise and make Magdaleons as before CHAP. XXIII To make Emplastrum Divinum TAke Litarge and common Oyle of each eighteene ounces yellow waxe eight ounces loadstone foure ounces Amoniacke three ounces and three dramms Bdellium two ounces Galbanum Mirrhe of each two ounces and two drammes Frankincense an ounce and a dramme Masticke Oppoponax long Aristolochia root Verdigreece of each an ounce make of these medicaments an oyntment as followeth First put in infusion the gummes which are Amoniac Bdellium Galbanum and Oppopanax in sufficient quantity of vineger that the vineger may cover them the space of twenty foure houres or untill the gummes bee dissolved then straine them and boyle them upon a chaffing dish till their humidity be consumed or untill they come to the thicknesse of Honey in the meane time weigh the Lytarge and put it in a paper and then powder the rest and searce them severally that is the Loadstone Masticke Frankincense Aristoloch and Verdegrease then boyle your Lytarge and Oyle with the Waxe cut in small pieces stirring it together with a Spatule and when it is boyled put in the gummes and then the powders and last of all the Verdegrease stirring them together and when it is halfe cold forme Magdaleons or Roules as before CHAP. XXIIII To make Emplastrum de Ianua sive de Betonica TAke the juice of Betony Plantain and Smalladge of each twelve ounces yellow waxe black pitch Rosin and Turpentine of each sixe ounces make the plaster as followeth Put the juyces into the pan with the waxe cut in small pieces and the Pitch and Rosin broken and boyle them untill the juyces bee consumed which you shall know by taking a little upon the end of the Spatule and dropping it into the fire and it will make no noyse then put in the Turpentine and make Magdaleon as before written CHAP. XXV Of the distillation of waters FOr the distilling of simple waters every one hath knowledge as to put the hearbs being bruised or picked into a Still and covering of it keeping a moderate fire also for the stilling of flowers or hearbs in a Limbecke putter water unto them and putting cold water in the top and drawing away the first water which is the strength and throwing away the rest therefore we shall not need to write any more of this CHAP. XXVI Of Treacle water IN the place of Treacle waters described by divers Authors and divers wayes It is better to take a quantity of Venice Treacle and dissolve it in wine if there be no Feaver or in Scabious or Carduus water but if there be a Feaver in Purslaine water Lillie or common water with a little juyce of Lymons CHAP. XXVII To make Cinnamon waters TAke a pound of fine Cinnamon beate it and put it to infuse the space of twenty foure houres in a glasse vessell with foure pints of good Rose water and halfe a pint of good white wine upon the hot cinders or in some hot place being well stopped then still it in a Limbecke or Balneo Mariae and keepe the water in a strong glasse well stopt CHAP. XXVIII Another Cinnamon water IN a necessity for to make Cinnamon water take halfe an ounce of Cinnamon and beate it in a morter and boyle it in a pint of faire water untill halfe be consumed then straine it and use it CHAP. XXIX To make excellent Hipocras TAke a pound of good Sugar an ounce of fine Cinnamon two drammes of
of the said Clysters A Clyster for the Collicke of the Belly TAke Mallowes Marsh Mallowes Pellitory of the wall Isope Rue Calamint Peneroyall Origan of each a handfull Fenill-seeds and Cumin-seeds of each two drams Bay Berries halfe an ounce Camomill and Mellilote flowers of each halfe a handfull boyle them all in three pints of water or a little more beginning first with the hearbs and then with the seeds being bruised and boyle them untill halfe be consumed and this decoction will serve for three Clysters Take a quantity of this decoction being strained in the which you shall dissolve fixe drammes of Dia phaenicum and asmuch of Benedict Laxat two ounces of honey of Mercury and as much of oyle of Cammomill or of Rue and your clyster is made which you shall give luke-warme and if the griefe continue you shall renew the said Clyster with the Physitians advice A Clister for the Apoplexie FOr those which are troubled with the Apoplexie if the disease lingers you shall take a quantity of the former decoction in the which you shall dissolve sixe drammes of Benedict Laxat and as much of Hiera Diacolocynthidos paschij with two ounces of honey of Mercury and as much of oyle of Cammomill and so make the Clyster But if the disease be forward or dangerous you shall take a quantity of Ptisan common or Laxative and in the said Ptisan you shall dissolve the said medicaments Another Clyster against the Collicke for the poore TAke Isope Sage Cammomill and Mellilote flowers of each a handfull halfe an ounce of Anniseeds bruised boyle them all in three quarters of a pint of good wine being boyled to a little more then a quarter of a pint in the which you shall mixe three ounces of oyle of Nutts and as much of good honey Another for the poore YOu shall infuse upon hot Cinders or boyle in three quarters of a pint of good wine halfe an ounce of good Sene and as much of green Fenil seeds then straine it and mixe with it the said honey and oyle of nuts A natritive Clyster TAke a quantity of broath or porridge made with the fat of a Capon a piece of Veale and the bloody end of a necke of Mutton boyled together in the which you shall dissolve an ounce of fine Sugar and two yolks of Egges Another for the same TAke a quantity of Hen or Pullet Broath and as much Gelle mixed together with two yolks of eggs and make your Clyster Another for the poore TAke a quantity of milke being boyled with two ounces of good Sugar in the which you shall dissolve two yolks of eggs That before you give any of these nutritive Clysters you must purge the excrements of the belly with an Emollient Clyster Also that in making of these Clysters afore mentioned you may make all sorts of Clysters whatsoever That for little children you must lesson the dose and quantity of the decoctions and medicaments with the counsell of the Physitian The manner to make and prepare Suppositories TAke two ounces of common honey boyle it in a little sauce pan upon a cleare fire untill it commeth to the thicknesse of an Electuary solide that done take it from the fire and stirre into it two drammes of common salt or a dramme of sal gemme in powder mixe them very well together with a Spatule then poure it on a paper being anoynted over with oyle and forme suppositories and when you use them you must dip them in oyle Those which you make for children must be but halfe so big as the other and if you will keep them by you you must put them in suet or in fresh butter or otherwise the aire will dissolve them Other Suppositories which are stronger TAke the said honey being boyled and let it coole a little then mixe in it very well a Spatule common salt and sal gemm of each a dramme and make suppositories Another Suppository WIth the said honey being boyled and a little cooled you may mixe twenty graines of Coloquintida in powder and as much sal gem in powder Another Suppository OR with the said honey being boyled you may mixe forty graines of Scammony in powder For little children you may make suppositories with sope or with the hearb Mercury or with a little waxe candle or fresh butter That in the place of Suppositories you may also put three or foure sugar plumbs of Verdum without muske anointed with fresh butter one after another I would not write any more examples of suppositories because they are little in use and of little effect for the former glysters and laxative Ptisans and purging broaths which follow are farre better and of more vertue A Certaine remedy for to loosen the belly of those which are hard bound and will not take neither Clysters nor Suppositories BEcause there are certaine persons that are so cholericke that they will use neither Clysters nor suppositories for any good in the world not so much for a certaine shame as they have as they are afflicted with their Hemerods as well internall as externall and other diseases thereunto belonging therefore let them use this remedy following which is excellent Take a dramme and a halfe or two drammes of good Sene halfe a dramme of greene Anniseeds put them into a porringer and poure upon them seven or eight spoonefulls of water but if the person bee not troubled with a Cough you may put halfe water and halfe and halfe juyce of Lymons and then cover the said porringer and put them to infuse upon hot cinders or in some other warme place the space of halfe an houre or an houre then straine and squeeze it through a white linnen cloath and put it into three or foure times as much of cleare thin broath or pottage and let it be drunk fasting and some two houres after let the party eate some warme thing But if the aforesaid broath or infusion be disagreeable to some delicates because of the taste of the Sene may squeeze into the broath the juyce of another Lymon but if that cannot please them then you shall make the Infusion as followeth in this case you shall not put your Sene and Anniseeds in Infusion upon hot cinders but in another place from the fire the space of three houres then straine and squeeze it as before and mixe it with the other broath putting to it the juyce of a Lymon and there shall be no ill taste at all This said Infusion or broath of Sene thus prepared dischaâ—geth the belly dissolveth and emollifieth the excrements of the belly which are hard and maketh them passe away without any paine or griefe to the Hemerods which is a good secret But if it happen that the party being long time bound this broath doth not discharge the belly which hapneth but seldome you must reiterete it at night about foure or five a clocke or the next morning Also
Vesicatories TAke a dramme of the flies called Cancharides beate them in a morter to powder and mixe with it the double quantity of Vnguent Basilicon and use it take a little of the said confection and spread it upon a linnen cloath or Taffetie and so apply it Another TAke halfe a dramme of the said Flies in powder and beate with it three drams of good Leven and put to it a spoonfull or two of good vineger and use it as before Another TAke a dramme of good Mustard and halfe a dram of the said Flies in powder beate them together in a morter with halfe an ounce of leaven and a spoonfull of vineger and use it as before Be sure that after you have made these things in in the morter that you wash the morter and pestle with hot water An excellent preservative against the Plague TAke a good Citron or Lymon weighing foure ounces cut it in small slices round then put it into a skillet or other cleane vessell with halfe a pint of Medow-sweet water or Cardus or Scabios water boyle it untill all the water be almost consumed stirring of it still with a spoone for feare of burning then take it and beate it very well in a Marble morter with a wodden pestle beating and adding unto it foure ounces of conserves of red Roses two drams of good Venice Treacle and as much of confection of Hyacinth all being well mixed together put them into a galley-pot and take every morning the quantity of a dramme upon the point of a knife fasting two houres after and let children take the quantity of halfe a dramme as soone as you have swallowed it drinke a good glasse of oxicrat or three parts of water and one of Wine And when you feare you have caught some evill infection dissolve twenty graines of the said Treacle in oxicrat or in wine and water and keep your selfe warme Washings for the leggs and feete to provoke sleepe TAke tenne or twelve Lettices five or sixe handfulls of Vine leaves five or sixe Poppie heads being broken and cut boyle them all together in a sufficient quantity of water being boyled take it from the fire and poure them into a large vessell where let the party wash and bathe his leggs and feete the space of halfe an houre beginning above and so bathing downwards with the said ingredients then let there be warme linnen cloaths bound about the parties legs and feet and so put in bed Of Bathes EVery one knoweth now adayes to make and prepare Bathes and halfe Bathes of hot water therfore I will not speake of this much but only this many times according to divers diseases the Physitians prescribe many sorts of Bathes made with roots seeds hearbs c. which being well boyled are poured into a large vessell for the party to bathe with Touching the Hot-houses or dry Baths any Physitian will direct you to them A Treatise or Catalogue of those Instruments which the rich ought to have in their houses FIrst two syringes or bladders fitted with pipes to give Clysters the one for great folks and the other for children A little brasse pot to keepe a Clyster in and to warme it in Another bladder and boxe pipe to lend charitably to the poore Two sieves one very fine to straine medicines and the other to straine decoctions But in stead of the said sieves you may use white linnen cloaths fitting Two pulping sieves the one to pulp Cassia Prunes Tamarinds c. And the other to pulpt roots hearbs c. for Cataplasmes A set of weights of sixteene ounces in the pound and a paire of scales to weigh the medicaments Two Spatuls of iron one bigger then another One woodden Spatule A Marble morter with a pestle of wood A brasse morter with an iron pestle or a pestle of the same A lesser morter with a pestle as before Pots Pipkins Skillets Basons c. To make Ptisans decoctions c. A Catalogue of those Medicaments which the rich ought to have in their houses A Pound of good Sene of Levant Foure ounces of good Rubarbe Foure ounces of good Agaricke Two pound of good Cassia Halfe a pound of good Tamarinds A pound of Electuar Lenetiv A pound of good Catholicon Foure ounces of Diaphaenicum Foure ounces of Benedict Laxat Foure ounces of Hiera Diacolocynthid Foure ounces of Diaprun Laxat Halfe a pound of Lozinges of Diacarthami A quantity of Pills of three or foure sorts Foure pound of good common honey A pound of honey of Roses A pound of honey of Violets A pound of honey of Mercury Two pound of red Sugar Three or foure pound of fine Sugar Halfe a pound of Syrup of Poppies A pound of Syrup of Violets A pot of Syrup of Maidenhaire Halfe a pound of Syrup of Quinces Halfe a pound of Syrup of Mulberries A pound of Syrup of Damask Roses Halfe a pound of Syrup of Succory with Rubarbe A pecke of French Barly Foure ounces of Anniseeds Foure ounces of Fenill seeds A pound of Linseeds A pound of Faenugrecke Foure ounces of each of the greater cold seeds Foure ounces of Lettice seeds Foure ounces of white Poppie seeds Foure ounces of Cardus seeds An ounce of common Pepper Nutmegs and Cloves of each an ounce Foure ounces of Cinnamon A pound of sweet Almonds An ounce of Pellitorie Foure ounces of Azarum root Foure ounces of Masticke Halfe an ounce of Vitriole or Copperas Foure ounces of Sal gem Three or foure pound of good Licorish Halfe a pound of red Rose leaves and as many Violets Cammomill and Mellilote flowers of each a sufficient quantity Foure ounces of raspt Harts-horne A pint of Rose water A pint of Plantaine water A pint of Carduus water A pint of vineger of Roses Two ounces of confect Hyacinth Two or three ounces of good Treacle An ounce of confection Alkermes A dramme of good Bezoar Foure ounces of yellow waxe Foure ounces of white waxe Three ounces of unquen Populeon Three ounces of unguen Rosat Foure ounces of Venice Turpentine Two pound of oyle of Olives A pound of oyle of Roses A pound of oyle of Violets A pound of oyle of Quinces Oyle of Cammomill Lillies Rue and Walnuts of each a pound A Charitable and notable advertisement to the publike IT is necessary for all sorts of people to keepe by them a syringe or bladder and pipe to give Clysters and to make or cause to bee made the said Clysters in their houses for what disease soever hapneth or ariveth there is nothing so proper at the first as a Clyster but if your servant or any other unto you belonging should give a Clyster to any one sicke of the Plague Poxe Measells Purples Dissentery small Poxe Vlcers Sores Boyles or any other pestiferous disease or should lend it to any that should doe the like and come and give you a Clyster with the same pipe without washing and cleansing any of the said dicases would be upon
the fire and when you see the scumme rise and it begins to boyle then take it from the fire and straine it through the blancket made fast to the foure corners of the wooden square with a bason underneath to receave that which is strained If the said sugar being strained seeme not to be clarified enough you may passe it againe through the blanket and so you may doe two or three times but it must be done while it is hot When the said sugar is faire enough one need not take the paines to clarifie it for Syrups c. but onely at the end of their boyling take them from the fire and scumme it with a silver spoone or with a spoone with holes you may take of the scum That if you clarifie sugar you must put for each pound of sugar a pint of water decoction or infusion and one white of an egge with the shell but if the Sugar bee soule you must put more of the liquor and more whites of eggs according to the dampnesse thereof That those syrups which are made of Iuices are made with good white sugar as those of Raspas Quinces Mulberries Cherries and the like for if they be often clarified they loose their strength and vertue Also that to make syrup of Lymons Granates and others you must have of the best sugar and it must bee boyled to the height as you make your sugar of Roses but if you cannot get that which is very white you must first clarifie it and then boyle it and scumme it as is aforesaid At the end when your sugar is strained you must not presse and squeeze the blancket but let it straine by little and little untill it be all dropt into the rest For to clarifie Honey take a pound or two or the quantity you please of the best Honey put it into a pan with as much water or other liquor and put it upon the fire and when it hath boyld a walme or two straine it through a strong linnen cloath and for every two pound of honey take a white of an egge with the shell as is aforesaid in the clarification of Sugar and the second straining shall bee boyled to what consistence the Physician shall see fitting If the honey bee very foule you must put more liquor and whites of egges as is said of Sugar Note that when you straine your honey it must bee very hot but the sugar ought to coole a little before you passe it CHAP. III. The manner to Clarifie Decoctions and Infusions a part without Sugar THE decoctions and infusions ought not to bee strained boyling but halfe cold before they bee passed through the strainer or blancket as for example one putteth the white of an egge with the shell upon two pound of decoction or infusion doing as followeth Take a white of an egge with the shell and put it into the pan or bason and beate it very well with the said whiske or little broome then put to it halfe a pint of the said decoction or infusion beating them very well together then poure in by little and little the rest of the said infusion or decoction then put it upon the furnace and when it hath boyled a walme or two that you see the durty scum rise then let it stand untill it be halfe cold and then passe it thorow the strainer or blancket That infusions and decoctions are passed but one time through the blancket for if they be passed any more they loose a part of their vertue CHAP. IV. The manner to clarifie Apozemes with Syruys and also to clarifie Whey THose that are licorish of Apozemes clarifie them in this manner Take a pint and a halfe of the decoction of the simples strained which being clarified with the white of an egge and the shell put it into a pan upon the furnace and when it beginneth to boyle put the Syrups into it and when the scumme riseth take it from the fire and let it coole a little then passe it two or three times through the blancket untill it be cleare If you will have your Apozeme Aromaticke you may Aromatize it with some Cordiall powder as followeth Before you passe your Apozeme put the powder upon the blancket and passe the Apozeme three or foure times pouring it upon the powder and your Apozeme will be clarified and Aromatized Know that upon foure ounces of decoction you must put an ounce of Syrup and being passed and repassed there will be wanting a quarter or more Take twelve pints of Whey foure pound of good Sugar put them together into a bason or other vessell convenient the sugar being melted let it boyle a walme or two then put into it foure ounces of juice of Lymons boyling it a little longer then take it from the fire and being a little cold passe it three or foure times through a white linnen cloath and it will be cleare and agreeable If you have no Whey you may make it with Milk as followeth Take three or sixe pints of Milke put it into a pipkin or earthen vessell that done take a spoonefull of stroakings and mixe it with three or foure spoonefulls of the said Milk then mixe it with the Milk and cover the pot with a cover and let it stand three or foure houres upon the hot Coales or Cinders then take away the Cheeze or Curd and clarifie it as aforesaid CHAP. V. The manner to draw Iuices THe juyces of Roots and of Hearbs of Plantaine Rue Smalladge Purslaine Lettice Betony Mercury and other fresh hearbs are drawne as followeth The Brasse or Stone Morter being filled with the Roots or hearbs well cleansed and washed if need require then beate them very well with an iron or woodden pestle after they are well beaten put them into a strong linnen cloath tying the cloath on the top with a packthred and put it into the presse and presse it very well having a bason underneath to receive the juyce That when you draw the juyce of any other root or hearb you must first wash the morter pestle and presse with hot or cold water for feare the said root or hearb be different in quality and so loose his vertue and you must seeke alwayes to have your hearbs when they are at their best nature Also there are certaine simples which ought to bee beat in the Marble morter as shall bee written hereafter CHAP. VI. To draw the juice of Quinces THe Quinces must be rasped with the raspe of iron one after another for by this meanes you may draw more juyce then if you beate them in a morter whole or in quarters thē put that which is rasped into a cloath and presse it in the presse as is shewed before CHAP. VII To draw the Iuice of Red and Damaske Roses TAke the flowers of the said Roses and beate them very well in a Marble morter untill they be almost in a paste then put them in a linnen cloath and presse them CHAP. VIII To draw the
height of a Syrup taking away the scum with a spoone and covering of it and keepe it in a temperate place CHAP. VII To make Syrup of Red Poppies Rhead MAke three infusions of halfe a pound at each time of red Poppies in two pints of water and the last infusion being strained and pressed put to it as much Sugar and boyle it into a Syrup scumming of it at the last and well covering of it CHAP. VIII To make Syrup of water Lillies MAke three infusions of water Lillie flowers in a quart of water halfe a pound at each time letting them infuse the space of twelve houres as is aforesaid the last infusion being strained boyle it into a Syrup with as much Sugar CHAP. IX To make Syrup of Maidenhaire TAke Capill Veneris or in his stead Adianthe two handfulls Pollitric Scolopendry of each a handfull and a halfe an ounce of Licorish bruised and scraped and with Sugar make it into a Syrup as followeth The hearbs being washed and cleansed shall bee put in infusion for the space of twenty foure houres in three pints of warme water then boyle them a little and straine them and with three parts of Sugar clarifie and boyle them into a Syrup CHAP. X. The manner to make Syrup of Iujubes simple and compounded and first to make the simple TAke a hundred good Iujubes open them in the middle without throwing away any thing then boyle them in three pints of water untill halfe be consumed and with three parts of Sugar boyle it into a Syrup CHAP. XI To make Syrup of Iujubes compounded TAke French Barly an ounce good Iujubes threescore Licorish scraped and bruised an ounce Capill Veneris politric of each a handfull Quince seeds Poppie Melon and Lettice seeds of each halfe an ounce bruised with Sugar make them into a Syrup as followeth Take foure pints of water set it to boyle first with the Barly and when it is a little boyled put in the seeds and afterwards the hearbs and Licorish and boyle them untill halfe be consumed then straine the decoction and with three parts of Sage clarifie and boyle it into a Syrup CHAP. XII To make Syrup of Marsh Mallowes TAke Marsh Mallow roots prepared an ounce and a halfe of Sparagus roots also prepared Licorish scraped and bruised of each halfe an ounce tops of Marsh Mallowes common Mallowes Pellitory Pimpernell Adianthos Politric of each halfe a handfull Mellon Cucumber and Citroll seeds of each halfe an ounce sugar a pound and a halfe make them into a Syrup as followeth The roots of Marsh Mallowes and Sparagus being bruised and prepared boyle first in five pints of water and when it is a little boyled then put in the seeds being bruised and then the hearbs and after that the Licorish boyle them all to a pint then straine it and with a pound and a halfe of Sugar clarifie and boyle it into a Syrup CHAP. XIII To make Syrup of Succory with Rubarbe TAke French Barly a handfull Sparagus roots roots of Danderlion and Succory roots of each three ounces Femmaterry Politric Agrimon Adianthos of each a handfull and a halfe Mellon Cucumber and Citrole seeds of each halfe an ounce Licorish scraped and bruised an ounce Sugar two pound make the Syrup as followeth Put eight pints of water into a pan or other vessell boyle with it very well the French Barly then put to it the Succory Danderlion Sparagus roots prepared and after that the hearbs and then the seeds and at last the Adianth Politric and Licorish and boyle the decoction to foure pints then poure it altogether into an earthen vessell to infuse together twenty foure hâ—ures having first strained twelve ounces of the said decoction and poured it upon five ounces of good Rubarbe cut into small pieces in a little pipkin and set it also in the chimney corner being well covered to infuse twenty foure houres At the end of which time straine the other decoction and clarifie it and boyle with it two pound of Sugar into a Syrup almost as high as your Sugar of Roses and in the meane time while that is boyling straine the decoction with the Rubarbe and presse it well in the presse and when the Syrup is boyled to the heigh mixe it amongst it and if the Syrup be not thicke enough make it boyle a little more and coole it and put it into a pot and keepe it in a temperate place CHAP. XIIII To make Syrup of Rubarbe Laxative TAke three pints of the decoction made with Betony Succory Sage with their roots and Buglosse and in this decoction being hot infuse all night in these medicaments following That is two ounces and a halfe of good Rubarbe cut in small pieces a handfull of Violets two drams of Cinnamon bruised in a morter as many Fenill seeds and halfe an ounce of Licorish scraped and bruised The morning following boyle them all two or three boylings then straine and presse it and with the said expression boyle three parts or Sugar into a Syrup and mixe with it foure ounces of Syrup of Damaske Roses CHAP. XV. To make Syrup of Poppies simple TAke halfe a pound of white Poppie heads and as many blacke Poppie heads breake them or cut them with their seeds and put them into a pan or pipkin and poure upon them foure pints of scalding water then cover them close and set them in infusion in the chimney corner the space of twenty foure houres then straine and presse them and put to the infusion being hot as many more Poppie heads and let them infuse as before then let them boyle a little and straine and presse them and put to the decoction three parts of Sugar and boyle it into a Syrup CHAP. XVI To make Syrup of Lymons TAke a pound of good Sugar and with faire water boyle it to the height of Sugar of Roses then mixe with â—t foure ounces of cleare juyce of Lymons to render it into the forme of a Syrup CHAP. XVII To make Syrup of Quinces TAke two pound of the juyce of Quinces clarifie it very well and with a pound and a halfe of good Sugar boyle it into a Syrup CHAP. XVIII To make Syrup of Sabor or Apples compounded TAke a pint and a halfe of the Iuice of Runnet Apples or Pearemaines clarifie it very well and infuse in it twenty foure houres two ounces of Sene and two drammes of Anniseeds then boyle them a little and straine and presse them and with twelve ounces of Sugar make the decoction into a Syrup if you will have it more purging you may put three ounces of Sene and three drammes of Anniseeds Also if you please you may infuse the Sene with halfe the juice of Apples and halfe juyce of Burrage and Buglosse being well clarified CHAP. XIX To make Syrup of Mulberries TAke two pound of juyce of Mulberries and Blackberries together clarifie them and with a pound and a halfe of Sugar boyle them into a Syrup CHAP. XX. To
To make Oyle of Cammomill MAke two infusions of a pound of Cammomill beaten in the morter in foure pound of oyle as before CHAP. V. Oyle of Lillies TAke onely the white of the Lillies taking away the yellow and make two infusions as before CHAP. VI. To make oyle of Dill Rue and Marjoram and Wormewood THe said Oyles are made with two infusions as the former many chooseth the lesser leaves of Wormwood because they are most astringent CHAP. VII To make Oyle of Masticke TAke three ounces of Mastick breake it in the morter and put it into the pan with twelve ounces of Oyle and foure ounces of red Wine boyle it untill all the wine bee almost consumed then straine and presse it and cover it close in a pot CHAP. VIII To make Oyle of Capers TAke the Cortex of Caper roots an ounce Cortex or Barbe of Tamarix seeds of Agnus Castus and Ceterach of each two drammes leaves of Rue a dramme good Wine and Vineger of each two ounces oyle of Olives twelve ounces make the oyle first beate your barkes well in the morter then the Ceterach and the Ruc then stirre them with the oyle wine and vineger and let them infuse fifteene dayes in the Sunne then boyle them untill the Wine and Vineger be almost consumed as is shewed in the thirty two Chapter of the first Treatise and straine it and put it in a pot CHAP. IX To make Oyle of Castor TAke dry Castor grossely powdered an ounce Wine or Aqua vitae two ounces twelve ounces of oyle boyle them untill halfe the Wine or water be consumed for the Castor will not endure long coction then straine it and keep it among the rest CHAP. X. To make Oyle of Wormes TAke halfe a pound of earth wormes wash them very well first with faire water then with white wine then put them to infuse into a pot covering them with wine the space of twelve houres then throw away that wine and put the wormes to infuse in the Sunne or in the chimney corner in a pound of oyle and three ounces of Claret the space of eight dayes then boyle them untill the wine bee almost consumed and straine them CHAP. XI To draw Oyle of sweet and bitter Almonds TAke a quantity of Almonds beate them very well in a Marble morter with a woodden pestle without peeling of them untill they be all beaten into a paste then presse them softly by little and little in the presse in a cleane strong linnen cloth or in a cloth of haire The Oyle of bitter Almonds is made after the same manner CHAP. XII Of Vnguents or Oyntments To make unguent Basilicon TAke Navell or blacke Pitch good Rossin and yellow waxe of each sixe ounces good oyle of Olives a pound and a halfe make thereof an oyntment Cut the waxe into small pieces breake the Rossin and the Pitch into little bits and melt them all together in the oyle and when they are all melted straine them through a strong linnen cloth and put it into a pot or other vessell untill it be cold then tye it up and set it away CHAP. XIII To make unguent Aureum TAke oyle of Olives thirty ounces yellow Waxe sixe ounces cleare I urpentine two ounces Rossin and Colophonia of each an ounce and a halfe Olibanum Masticke of each an ounce Saffron a dram make them into an oyntment First put the Olibanum and the Mastick in powder and scarce them That you must put more of the Mastick and Olibanum to powder because you shall find the quantity scarced and the rest may be kept Then cut the waxe into small pieces and also breake the Rosin and Colophonia into small bits then melt them them with the oyle then mixe with them the Turpentine and when it is halfe cold put in the powders of Olibanum and Masticke stirring them well together with the Spatule and after that the Saffron being dry and put in powder for to colour it the better and the oyntment is made the which put into a pot fitting CHAP. XIIII To make unguent Aegyptiacum TAke common Honey seven ounces strong Vineger three ounces and a halfe make an oyntment of them as followeth First put into the morter to beate to powder some Verdegrece in the beating thereof forget not to stop your nose then scarce it and take a quantity of it and keepe the rest and poure it into the Honey and Vineger and boyle them to an oyntment That when you have powdered the Verdegrece you must wash the morter pestle and scarce with hot water CHAP. XV. To make mundificative of Smalladge THis oyntment is made at any time putting into the juyce what the Physitian shall thinke fitting according to the nature and time of the diseased CHAP. XVI To make unguent Album or white oyntment TAke white Waxe three ounces Ceruse washed sixe ounces oyle of Roses twelve ounces three whites of egges Camphir a dram make the oyntment as followeth The Ceruse being washed and afterwards powdered and searced then cut the waxe into small pieces and melt it with the oyle and when it is melted take it from the fire and stirre it well together with a Spatule of wood untill it be halfe cold then stirre in the Ceruse and afterwards the whites of egges and so make it into an oyntment CHAP. XVII To make red Dissicative TAke oyle of Roses twelve ounces white Waxe five ounces Lap Calaminaris Bol Armoniacke of each foure ounces Litarge of gold prepared and Ceruse of each three ounces Camphir a dramme make them into an oyntment Cutting the Waxe into small pieces and melting it with the oyle and mixing the other things being in powder as is written in the former Chapter CHAP. XVIII To make unguent Pompholigos TAke oyle of Roses twenty ounces juice of Nightshade eight ounces white Waxe five ounces washed Ceruse foure ounces burnt Lead as is shewed in the thirty eight and thirty nine Chapter of the first Treatise being in powder Tuttie prepared of each two ounces Frankincense an ounce make the oyntment according to Art as followeth The Lead and Tuttie being powdered with the Ceruse and the other powders then boyle the juyce of Nightshade with the oyle untill the juyce bee almost consumed then straine it through a strong linnen cloth and mixe with it the powders upon the fire stirring them well together then take it from the fire and stirre it till it be cold CHAP. XIX To make oyntment of Populeon or Poplar buds TAke Poplar buds nine ounces Hogs lard or Barrowes grease eighteene ounces good Vineger and good Rose water of each sixe ounces leaves of Nightshade and Lettice of each foure ounces Houseleeke three ounces make the oyntment as followeth In the moneth of March take the said Poplar buds and beate them very well in a Marble morter then put to them the Hogges grease beating of them very well together and put them into an earthen pot and let them stand untill Iune untill you
if the party refuse to take the broath of Sene hee may in stead thereof take one good glasse full of laxative Ptisan of which I have written hereafter taking two houres after some thin warme broath For the poore which are solid and hard bound THose poore people which have not the Commodity to take Clysters nor broaths made with Sene as is before written let them use this remedy following Take two pennyworth of Sene that is two or three drammes with a little Anniseeds which they may have at the Apothecaries or drouguists which they shall infuse in a porringer with nine or tenne spoonefulls of water upon hot cinders the space of an houre or two then straine and squeeze it through a linnen cloath and put it into three or foure times as much broath or pottage and take it as aforesaid The manner to make Iniections INjections are made for divers diseases as Vlcers wounds in divers parts of the body as also for the diseases of the yard and matrix which are used with syringes proper for the same in the which are put waters decoctions oyles or other liquors according to the advice of the Physitian to be administred to the sioke The which Injections in composing there is great difference for the remedies of divers diseases which the Physitian ought to appoint according to the discase But I shall write of some few to content the curiosity of some persons An Iniection for the Gonorrhea YOu shall make an Iniection for the beginning with cleare milke or with Barly water warme and afterwards you shall mixe with it syrup of dryed Roses that is to say to foure ounces of liquor you you shall mixe an ounce and a halfe or two ounces Syrup Or if there be at the beginning any Inflammation you shall make an Injection in Summer with a decoction of French Barly Plantaine Betony and water Lillies and in winter with their waters also against the paine of the said part you shall make an Injection with new milk from the Cow To make Pessaries A Pessiry is bigger then a Suppositorie and is very proper for the matrix the which are made of Cotton silke or Linnen cloath in the which there are put medicaments being wrapped in Taffata silke or Linnen cloath and well tyed then being infus'd in wine water juyce or other liquor convenient is put into the neck of the matrix They are made also with hearbs flowers seeds c. bruised in a morter and wrapped in a cloath fast tyed which hath a great vertue That you must tye a little ribban at the end of the said Pessarie to tie round the thigh for feare it goeth into the matrix A pessary to provoke the monethly courses TAke the leaves of 2 or 3 handfulls of the hearb Mercury bruise them in a morter with a pestle then wrap it in a cloath and bind it fast and make a pessary the which you shall infuse a little in the juyce of the said hearb being warme and use it A Pessary to stay the monethly courses TAke the leaves of these hearbs following that is Centorie Mirth Plantain Cinquefoyle or five leaved grasse of each halfe a handfull after you have washt them and made them cleane beate them together in a morter and make Pessaries as aforesaid which you shall soake in warme juyce of Plantaine To make Ptisan Simplex to drinke ordinarily TAke a handfull of French Barly prepared that is to say washed and cleansed a dramme of Anniseeds boyle them in a pottle of river water or other good water in a pipkin or other vessell being very cleane being pretty well boyled you shall put into it halfe an ounce of good liquorish well scraped and sliced then you shall scum it and when there riseth no more scumme take it from the fire and let it coole and drinke it ordinarily Thâ—e are certaine persons which love the taste of Licorish and others that love it not therefore you may augment or diminish the said licorish or in the place of the Licorish you may put rasped Harts-horn or Ivory or other medicaments according to the advice of the Physitian To make Barly water TAke a handfull of French Barly prepared as aforesaid and boyle it in a pint of faire water untill a quarter be consumed then straine it through a white cloath and use it If it be to drinke you may boyle with it a few Anniseeds or a little Cinnamon The manner to take Bezoar stone and what it is worth a graine FOrasmuch as we treat of Ptisans simple wee may also shew the manner to take the Bezoar stone Take foure sixe eight or tenne graines or more of good Bezoar in powder the which put in a spoone and powre upon it a little Ptisan or juyce of Lymons and mixe it together and so take it Also I give you to know that the best Bezoar will cost but two pence the graine and I councell those that hold the vulgar opinion that it is good against small Pocks Measells Feavers Purples and many other diseases to buy it at the druguists two drams or halfe anounce you may have a dram for seven shillings it will serve for your family and to give to the poor seeing it costes so little The manner to make Hydromell Simplex TAke a pottle of River water or other good water sixe ounces of good honey put them into a pipkiâ— or other cleane vessell and boyle them and scum iâ— alwayes untill there riseth no more scum then take it from the fire and let it coole and take a quarter of a pint at a time To make compounded Hydromell FIrst boyle the medicaments appointed by the Physitian then straine them and boyle with them as much honey as shall be needfull To make Laxative Ptisan TAke an ounce of good Licorish prepared boyle it in a quart of water and scum it very cleane and when there riseth no more scum take it from the fire and infuse in it all night halfe an ounce of good Sene and a dramme of Fenill seeds inclosed and tyed in a linnen cloath the morning following you shall straine it and drinke a good glasse full taking two houres after a potringer of cleare thin broath If you will have the Ptisan stronger instead of a quart of water put a pint Another Laxative Ptisan TAke a handfull of French Barly prepared Rasped Harts horne and Ivory of each a pugill tie the said rasping in a linnen cloath put them in a pint and a halle of good water and boyle them and in the end put to them an ounce of good Licorish prepared then being well scummed put to infuse the Sene and Fenill seeds as aforesaid In summer you shall take a quantity of River water and put it into a pot or boule with halfe an ounce of prepared Liquorish and two drammes of good Sene and a dramme of Fenill seeds then poure it out of one pot or boule into another many
times and then let it settle and so use it If you would take this in a morning it were better to let it infuse all night and the said Ptisan would be better You may also inclose a dramme of Rubarbe cut in small slices with a little Cinnamon or as much of Agaricke with a little Ginger to infuse with it but let it be with the counsell of your Physitian A Laxative Ptisan with Sene Rubarbe and Agaricke TAke three quarters of a pint of good water in the which boyle and scum as is aforesaid an ounce of Licorish then take it from the fire and infuse in it all night a little bag with halfe an ounce of Sene and Anniseeds in the which inclose also the weight of a dramme and a halfe of Rubarbe with a little Cinnamon and as much Agaricke with a little Ginger bruised the morning following straine it and presse it through a linnen cloath and this shall be for twice taking Another Laxative Ptisan with Cassia and Sene. TAke an ounce of Licorish prepared the which being boyled in a pint and a halfe of water and well scummed untill there riseth no more scum then you shall put into it the Cassia with the seeds being drawne out of two ounces of Cassia in the Cane then take it from the fire and infuse in it all night the bag with halfe an ounce of Sene and Fenill seeds the morrow morning straine it and take a good glasse full at a time That it was spoken of before concerning this who could not take neither Clysters nor Suppositories and if their bodies be very solid and that they take a good glasse of this Ptisan and it doth not cause them to goe to stoole which hapneth but seldome they may take another glasse at night about foure or five a clocke and another the next morning taking two houres after some thin warme broath Also with the advice of a Physitian one might take this Ptisan three dayes together morning and evening take two houres after some warme broath The excellency of these Ptisans MOreover I certifie you that these Ptisans are of most excellent vertue as well for the rich as for the poore for they cost but little as you see and they are of great effect serving for purging medicines and for Clysters being easie to take because of the Licorish which taketh away the ill taste of the medicaments without hindring their operation therefore you ought to pray for those that invented them and for those that gives you the knowledge of making them in your owne house with ease and yet you ought not to make them without the advice of a Physitian To make water of Cassia TAke halfe a quartern of Cassia in the Cane the which you shall open and put it with the seeds into a pipkin with a pint of faire water and put to it a dramme and a halfe of Cinnamon bruised boyle them a little then straine them and let it coole and take a good glasse full at a time you may also boyle with the said Cassia and ounce of Tamarinds and a dram or two of Rubarbe cut in small pieces One might easily by this methode make the decoctions of Guaicum Sursaparillae and others for those diseases which ought not to be divulged in the curing the which for the honour and health of the diseased needeth not so many testifyings the Physitian Chyrurgion are onely those necessaries keeping silence in their mouths The difference of these things are only for the preparation of the medicaments and the time they ought to be in infusion and in boyling which is a small matter and little paine and easily prepared To make water of Rubarbe TAke halfe a pint of water put it into a pipkin or some other cleane vessell and put into it a dram of Rubarbe cut into small pieces with a little Cinnamon bruised boyle them two or three walmes and straine them and use it You may also boyle in the said water the roots of China and Licorish raspd Harts horne and Ivory and being a little boyled take them from the fire and put into it the Rubarbe and Cinnamon to infuse Also if you will after the said ingredients are boyled and strained you may put in the Rubarbe and Cinnamon to infuse and take it not out untill the water be very faire and well coloured To make the said water of Rubarbe more purging you may put into the cloath with the Rubarbe a dram or two of good Sene. To make a decoction of Sene purgative TAke halfe an ounce of good Sene a dramme of Anniseeds infuse them all night in a quarter of a pint of water in a porringer neere the fire and in the morning straine it through a cloath and put into it the juyce of a Lymon and then put it into as much more pottage or broath and take it fasting There are those that infuses their Sene in verjuyce but it is better to infuse it in juyce of Lymons for the verjuyce is astringent and hinders the working of the Physicke but the juyce of Lymons is Laxative A purging decoction of Sene for the poore THe poore which hath not the commodity to prepare it of this fashion shall take halfe an ounce of Sene and a dramme of Fenill seed and infuse it all night in a little hot water or Ptisan and in the morning straine it and with some pottage drink it The manner to make and prepare Laxative and purging medicines of divers fashions and with little trouble TAke halfe an ounce of good Sene a dramme of Fenill seeds put them into a porringer and poure upon them a quarter of a pint of water and let them infuse all night neere the fire and in the morning straine and presse them and when it is strained mixe with it an ounce of syrup of Damask Roses and take it luke-warme fasting in the morning and two houres after take a porringer of warme broath and keep your chamber all that day Another Laxative medicine TAke halfe an ounce of Sene with the Fenill seeds being infused all night then straine it and mixe with it an ounce and a halfe of syrup of Damask Roses you may also infuse the Sene and Anniseeds in Ptisan ordinary Another medicine Laxative compounded with Syrup of Roses Sene Rubarbe and Agaricke TAke halfe an ounce of Sene a dramme of Fenill seeds infuse them and boyle them a little in a quarter of a pint of Ptisan or Barly water then straine it and presse it hard in the which being strained you shall infuse in it two drammes of Agaricke rasped with a little Ginger and a dramme and a halfe of Rubarbe cut in small pieces and in the morning boyle it a little and straine it and in the decoction which is strained dissolve an ounce of good Syrup of Damaske Roses the which you shall take in the morning and two houres after take a porringer of warme
broath and keep the house all day A Laxative medicine made with a decoction of Roots Hearbs Sene Cassia Rubarb and Syrup of Damask Roses TAke two or three roots of wilde Succory scrape them and take out the pith take also three or foure roots of Fenill and Parsley and prepare them in the said fashion three drammes of Licorish prepared Take also Agrimony Betony Scolopendry Buglosse Burrage and Purslaine and Lettice of each halfe a handfull You may put away the seeds and flowers and wash them all very well then boyle them very well in a pipkin or earthen pot in sufficient quantity of water boyling first the roots then put in the hearbs and then the flowers and seeds with the Licorish then take a sufficient quantity of this decoction strained to make this medicine following Take halfe an ounce of good Sene and a dramme of Anniseeds puâ— them into a porringer and put with it the Cassia which is taken out of halfe a quartern of the Cane a dramme and a halfe of Rubarbe cut in small pieces then poure a quantity of the decoction seething hot upon them and cover the porringer and let it stand all night in the chimney corner in the morning you shall boyle them a little upon a chaffing dish of coales and then straine it through a white linnen cloath and in that which is strained mixe an ounce of Syrup of Damask Roses and so take it in the morning fasting keeping your chamber as is aforesaid An easier manner to make the said medicine TAke the said Sene and Fenill seeds boyle them in the said decoction or infuse them in the decoction three or foure houres in some warme place then straine and squeeze it and then put in the Rubarbe and Cassia and let them infuse all night and then straine it and mixe with it the Syrup of Damaske Roses You may keepe these medicaments to boyle in a decoction for a Clyster and then straine it and mixe with it red Sugar Honey Butter or other things proper for the same which is very good This medicine above written is better then if there were Diacatholicon double or Syrup of Succorie with Rubarbe That if you cannot get the roots and hearbs before mentioned you may take Barly water or ordinary Ptisan Another Laxative medicine TAke a dramme of Anniseeds and halfe an ounce of Sene boyle them in a quantity of Ptisan then straine it and mixe with it halfe an ounce of Diacatholicon doubled with Rubarbe a dramme and a halfe of Diaphaeniâ—um and an ounce of Syrup of Damask Roses and take it as is before written A medicine for those which are strong bodies and rusticke TAke halfe an ounce of Sene a dramme of Fenill seeds infuse them all night in a quantity of Ptisan or Barly water then straine it and mixe with it three drammes or halfe an ounce of Electuarium Diacarthum with an ounce of Syrup of Roses A Laxative medicine for those that are soluble TAke halfe an ounce of Sene and a dramme of Fenill seeds infuse them a in sufficient quantity of water then straine it and infuse in that which is strained all night a dramme of Rubarbe cut in small pieces then straine it and mixe with it two ounces of fine Sugar to make it pleasing and take it A Laxative medicine for little children at nurse TAke halfe an ounce of Syrup of Succory with Rubarb and let it take it with twice as much Ptisan Also you may infuse all night a dramme of Sene in a little Ptisan and Sugar it a little and so let him take it Otherwise you may infuse all night in a little Ptisan or water sugred then straine it in the morning and let them take it as aforesaid To make a Bolus of Cassia TAke sixe ounces of Cassia in the Cane draw it and extract it with the decoction of Fenill seeds as followeth Take halfe an ounce of Fenill seeds boyle them a little and poure them into a porringer then lay a searce over the porringer and so pulpe your Cassia through which being done you may take out with a spoone and then you may wrap them up in bits with Sugar and so put them in wafers soaked in water or wine and some two houres after take some warme broath or the decoction of Sene which followeth The night before you take the Bolus put in infusion halfe an ounce of Sene and a dramme of Fenill seeds in sufficient quantity of water and juyce of Lymons The morrow morning two houres after you have taken your Bolus you shall straine this decoction and mixe with your broath and so take it keeping your chamber all day Also you may mixe with the extracted Cassia a dram of good Rubarbe in powder That when one mundifieth the Cassia upon the breath of the decoction of Anniseeds or Fenill seeds it hinders the fuming of the Cassia into the head which many times causeth sicknesse A Bolus of Cassia to purge the reines and refreshing EXtract as much Cassia as is aforesaid mixing with it a dramme of powder of Licorish and then take it in bits in a spoone and two houres after take some warme broath in the which you shall put the juyce of a Lymon A Bolus of Cassia with Turpentine for the Gonorrhaea TAke as much Cassia extracted as is aforesaid and mixe with it with a knife or Spatule of wood two drammes of Venice Turpentine not washt and wrap it up into bits and so put it into wafers and swallow it downe and take some broath as is aforesaid Another Bolus of Cassiae TAke an ounce of extracted Cassia which being extracted mixe with it two drammes of diaprunes and make it into bits and take it as is aforesaid Another Bolus for children at nurse TAke three drammes of extracted Cassia newly extracted and dissolve it in a little broath and then let them swallow it A Bolus for the poore TAke an ounce and a halfe of Electuar Lenetiv and swallow it two houres before you take broath Another TAke an ounce of Catholicon doubled with Rubarbe two drammes of Diâ— prun Laxatâ— mixe them together and take them as afore mentioned Another Bolus for the poore TAke an ounce of Electuar Lenetiv two drams of Dia pran Laxat or as much of Dia phenic mixe them together with the point of a knife and then swallow it down two houres before you take broath To make Vomits THat the best time to take vomits is when the stomack is full that is two say after you have eaten for that will cause you to vomit with more case and to void the excrements from the bottome of the stomacke A common Vomit TAke twelve spoonfulls of warme water and three or foure spoonefulls of oyle of Olives or two ounces of fresh Butter melted drinke them and now and then put your finger in your mouth that the vomit shall not stay
to long upon the stomack Another Vomit TAke three or foure Radishes wash them and bruise them halfe an ounce of Mallow seeds being bruised also boyle them in a porringer or two of water untill three quarters be consumed then straine it and mixe with it a little oyle or fresh Butter and so take it A Vomit which is stronger TAke seven or eight greene leaves of Cabaret beate them and juyce them and mixe with the juyce two or three times as much white wine and drinke it warme To make Chewings or Masticatories THe ordinariest and easiest of all is to take onely Masticke and chew it in your mouth and you shall feele the rheume fall from your head into your mouth which you must spit out and use this fasting Another INcorporate the said Masticks with a little waxe melted and never so little oyle with a little powder of pepper Pellitorie and Stafes-acre and make pills the which take one fasting as is aforesaid to draw better the humidities from the head Another TAke Pepper and Pellitory of each a dramme and a halfe put them in powder and mixe them with honey and cut them in pieces about the bignesse of a Beane and let them dry in the shade and then use them as above To make Gargarismes TAke ordinary Ptisan as before written wash and Gargarize the mouth and throat luke-warme and if you will you may mixe with it an ounce of honey Another Gargarisme TAke a quantity of Barly water and mixe with it three or foure spoonefulls of Vineger and use it Another TAke a handfull of Barly well pickt and washt Agrimony Plaintaine dry Roses wash the hearbs and cleanse them then boyle them in a pint and a halfe of water first boyle the Barly a little and then the hearbs untill halfe be consumed then dissolve in it two or three spoonfulls of honey and as much of syrup of Mulberries and use it A Gargarisme to mollifie the heart and mouth TAke thirty sweet Almonds peele them and beate them in a morter pouring upon them by little and little as you beate them a quarter of a pint of warme water then presse them through a cloath and put that which is pressed into a porringer and let it infuse all night in the chimney corner and then use it if you will have it more agreeable you may dissolve some sugar in it An Anodine Gargarisme for the poore GArgarize your mouth and throat very well with milk hot from the Cow A Gargarisme Astringent and Repereussive TAke a handfull of French Barly Plaintaine Pencroyall and bramble tops of each a handfull boyle them in a sufficient quantity of water untill it commeth to halfe a pint straine it and mixe with it two or three ounces of Surup of Mulberries and use it To make and prepare Emulcions An Emulcion for to refresh the reines and for the sharpnesse of Vrine TAke two ounces of sweet Almonds peele them and put them into a marble morter and beate them with a wooden pestle pouring by a little and a little upon them some warme Barly water then put to them two drammes of each of the foure greater cold seeds beate them all very well powring still upon them a little warme Barly water untill it come to a pint then straine and presse it very hard through a linnen cloath and in that which is strained dissolve two or three ounces of fine Sugar and two ounces of juyce of Lymons and take it at three times two houres after you have eaten and if the paine of the reines continue you shall beate with the Almonds two drams of white Popie seeds or a dram of Lettice seeds and as much of Poppies That when you make your Emulcion you must beat your seeds very well with a little warme Barly water before you put in your Almonds An easier way to make an Emulcion which is ordinary TAke halfe an ounce of Gourd seeds and as many of Cowcumber seeds put them into a marble morter being very well picked and beate them very well with a wooden pestle pouring by little and little some warme Barly water then beate two ounces of sweet Almonds peeled powring more water as is aforesaid beating of them very well and straine and presse them very hard that there may be strained the quantity of a pint strained To make Almond Milke TAke two ounces of sweet Almonds peele them and beat them in a Marble morter as is aforesaid powring now and then upon them a little and a little warme water untill there bee a about halfe a pint then straine and presse it very hard through a cleane white cloath then take that which is strained and put it into a little pipkin and boyle it upon a fier without smoake that it be neither to thick nor to thin then dissolve in it two ounces of fine Sugar and a graine or two of salt for to give it a taste and take it at night at the houre of sleepe about nine or ten a clock There are those that put Ptisan and Barly water in the place of common water but it maketh the Almonds more rough so that it will not be pleasing to some delicates There are those also that doe beate with the Almonds the crumme of a new white loase to make it more white and nourishing which you may doe if you please Also in great heat of the reines we use to put and beate with the Almonds a dramme of white Poppie seeds but you must beate them well before you put in your Almonds To make a Hordest or mundified Barly TAke two ounces of French Barly boyle it upon a cleare fire in three quarters of a pint of water three or foure houres untill that there bee but a porringer of liquor left then straine it without pressing the Barly then peele and beate in the morter two ounces of sweet Almonds pouring this liquor upon them as aforesaid then straine and presse them very hard and boyle it a little and dissolve in it two ounces of fine Sugar and take it when you goe to bed There are those also that beats their Barly in the morter with the Almonds and presse it hard which you may doe if you please To make Tablets or Lozinges of Sugar of Roses TAke halfe a pound of fine white Sugar and foure ounces of good Damask Rose water put them together into a skillet and boyle it very well upon a soft cleare fire untill it come to the consistance which you shall know by taking a little upon the end of the Spatule and let it fall downe into the skillet againe and there will be a long thred or put a little upon the handle of the skillet and it will grow hard Secondly take a trencher and put a little upon it and when it is cold if it bee hard it is enough Thirdly drop three or foure drops upon the ground and if you can take it up that
towards the latter end poure a quarter of a pint of white wine then presse and straine them all putting the decoction into a pipkin and put into it to soake a sponge or double linnen cloath with the which you foment and bath the party affected then when it begins to bee cold squeeze and doe as before Bags or Cataplasmes for the same TAke the said hearbs and flowers cut them very small and put to them an ounce of Linseeds and as much Faenugrecke bruised then put them in an old cloath white and cleane the length and breadth as shall require then few it with thred and boyle it in milke or water and when the party is well bathed with the former decoction apply one of these baggs very hot and squeeze them upon the griefe and when that begins to be cold put one the other A Fomentation Resolative and Emollient TAke Mallowes Marsh Mallowes with their roots of each a handfull Sage Hysope of each two handfulls Camomill and Mellilote flowers of each halfe a handfull Linseeds Anniseeds Fenill seeds and Faenugrecke of each halfe an ounce bruised prepare them as is written before and boyle them insufficient quantity of water to a pint straine it and put halfe of it in a hoggs bladder and tye it one the top and apply it one the griefe and when it begins to be cold lay the other halfe being in a bladder upon the same place putting the other into a vessell to bee hot against that which is on cooles And if you have no bladders then bathe it with sponges or double linnen cloaths and if you will make bags of the ingredients put them between two cloaths as before An Anodine Fomentation TAke a pint of new milke and foment with it as before mentioned Baggs for the poore TAke three or foure handfulls of Bran fry it in a frying pan putting to it a little wine that it bee not to dry then put it betwixt two cloaths and apply them one after another as before Baggs for the griefe of the stomacke TAke two handfulls of wormewood cut it in little bits as much Rose leaves and put them betwixt two cloaths and boyle them in wine water or oxicrate and apply them one after another as before you may also put to them a little Isope A Cataplasme for Apostumes and Tumours TAke three or foure lillie roots wrappe them in a Colewort leafe and rost them upon the hot cinders then take them and beate them in a morter and put to them a piece of fresh Butter Take a part of this Cataplasme hot and spread it upon a linnen cloath and apply it upon the Tumours if it be either pestilentiall or common This Cataplasme is of little price but it is an excellent thing against all sorts of pestilentiall and other Apostumes changing it twice a day If in malignant tumours you will mixe with it a dramme or two of Venice Treacle you will make it very good An Emollient and Remolitive Cataplasme TAke Mallowes Marsh Mallowes with their roots Pellitory Violets Camomill and Mellilote flowers of each a handfull one Lillie root â—aenugrecke and Linseeds of each an ounce wash and prepare them and boyle them according to order in three pints of water untill it be almost boyld all away then straine it through a sieve and pulpe the ingredients through as you do your Cassia the which being pulpe you shall dissolve in it a piece of fresh Butter or a little Oyle or Suet if you please you may put to it some Beane meale or Bran and then put in your Suâ—t or Oyle A Cataplasme for Gangrenes and Pestilent boyles TAke fresh Butter or oyle of Olives an ounce as much good honey and the yolke of an egge and a little Beane flower first melt your Butter or heate your oyle then mixe in it the yolke of a egge and the honey and afterwards the flower and your Cataplasme is ready to use To make Linements TAke an ounce of fresh Butter Cinnamon or Nutmeg in powder a dramme melt the Butter and mixe in it the powder and the Linement is done Another TAke two ounces of oyle of Roses and a dramme of Cinnamon and as much of Cloves in powder and prepare them as before If you will make these Linements into oyntments you must dissolve in the said oyle or butter a piece of yellow waxe An excellent oyntment for a burne made by a charitable Gentlewoman in France TAke a penniworth of yellow waxe and a penny-worth of oyle of Olives cut the waxe very small and melt it with the Oyle then take it from the fire and mixe with it two yolks of eggs and beate it together untill it commeth to an oyntment To use it you must take a little of the said oyntment and spread it upon a linnen cloath as thin as can be then lay it upon the place being burnt and in little time it will heale any burne changing of it twice a day The said Gentlewoman had alwayes of it ready by her and gave it to all that came to demand it of her To make a refreshing Cerat and of a good odour TAke an ounce of white virgins waxe and foure ounces of oyle of Olives cut the waxe in small peices and melt it with the Oyle then let it stand till it be cold then beate and wash it fifteene or sixteene times with faire water untill the oyntment commeth as white as Snow then after that wash it three or foure times with Rose water to give it a good smell and put it into an earthen pot or other vessell convenient with Rose water that it may be more refreshing and more sweet To make Colyrium or Eye-waters A Colyrium against gravell or any filth in the eyes TAke three spoonfulls of white wine and as much water the weight of a crowne of Aloes hepatic in powder mixe them together and make a Colyrium and with some soft linnen cloaths wash and bathe the eyes and soake the cloathes in the said liquor and lay upon the eyes A Colyrium for the paine of the eyes TAke the quantity of a little Beane of white Vitreol or Copperas in powder put it into a saucer with three or foure spoonefulls of faire water the Copperas being melted you shall use it as followeth Take of this water with the end of your finger and drop three or foure drops into your eye stirring your eye that it may runne about your eye this do two or three times a day A Refrigeretive Colyrium for the beginning of a fluxion or blacknesse TAke Plantaine and rose water of each three or foure spoonfulls the white of a new laid egge beate and malaxe them together in a dish and it is done in the which being warme soake linnen raggs and bind about the forehead and the eye round the same side you may also use Plantaine water alone or Rose water or both together To make
Roses make them into pills powder all the medicaments severally then mixe them altogether and poure to them the Syrup and beate and malaxe them into a masse and put them up as the former CHAP. XIII To make Pills of Agaricke TAke Aloes and Trochisques of Agaricke of each three drammes Sene in powder two drammes Marmalade a dramme Scammonie two drammes and a halfe with Syrup of Damaske Roses make them into a masse The powders being all powdered and mixed together put the Marmalade into a porringer and poure a little Syrup upon it and dissolve it and poure it upon the powders and with as much Syrup as shall be fitting forme them into a masse keeping it as the former CHAP. XIIII To make Pills of Rubarbe TAke Rubarbe an ounce Cinnamon and Licorish in powder of each halfe a dramme with Syrup make them into a masse The Rubarbe being in powder is mixed with the other powders and with Syrup of Damaske Roses made into a masse as the others CHAP. XV. To make Somniferous Pills TAke Myrrhe three drams Olibanum two drams and a halfe Henbane seeds and Opium of each two drammes Saffron and Castor of each halfe a dramme and eighteene graines with Syrup of dryed Roses make them into a masse The powders being powdered put the Opium in the morter and poure a little Syrup into it beating them together then mixe in the powders as before CHAP. XVI Of Powders Powder of three Saunders the which one may use in the place of Diarrhodon abbatis Diamargarit frigid and de Triasuntali TAke white red and yellow Saunders wood of Aloes of each two drammes seeds of Succory Endive Purslaine and Câ—rduus sealed earth of each a dram of these medicaments make a powder as followeth Cut all the Saunders in small bits or pieces and beate them in the morter with halfe the seeds and the wood of Aloes and when they are well beaten put in the other halfe of the seeds and powder them very well and scarce them through the scarce and that which cannot passe beate it againe in the morter and scarce it untill you have scarced all as is shewed before then powder the seald earth by itselfe and mixe them all together and keepe them in a glasse CHAP. XVII To make the powder called Diambra the which you may use in the place of Diambra Arematicum Rosatum and the Trochisques of Gallia Moschata TAke good Cinnamon Mace red white and yellow Saunders wood of Aloes red Roses of each a dramme Ambergreece and Muske of each twelve graines make them into a powder First put in the morter the Saunders and the wood of Aloes with the Cinnamon and Mace to hinder their exhalation or if you please you may sprinkle upon them a little Rose water being all well powdered and searced as before put the Muske and Ambergreece into the morter and with a little of the powder powder it and mixe the rest of the powder CHAP. XVIII To make the powder Diatragagant TAke gum dragant and gum Arabicke of each three drammes roots of Iris of Florence Liccorish seeds of white Poppie Purslaine and Endive of each two drammes of these medicaments make the powder When you have pickt the white and the best of the gum Arabicke and gum dragant you must make a cleare fire in the bottome of the morter and make the morter so hot that you can scarce touch it with your hand then heat the bottom of the pestle almost red hot then wipe it with a cleane cloth and put in your gummes and cover it with a cleane cloth with a hole in the midst to put in the pestle and so beat them to powder and if the morter coole before you have powdered and scarced your gummes warme and heate it againe in the same manner as you did before then when your gummes are powdered and scarced beate the Iris roots and the seeds mixing them all together and cover them close as before CHAP. XIX The manner to make powder of Licorish BEcause the Physitians often appoint the powder of Licorish to be used I have heere set downe the manner of making it Take two ounces or what quantity of Licorish you please being dry scrape it and make it very cleane then cut it into very small pieces and beate it in the morter and searce it into fine powder and keepe it in a glasse as you doe the other powders CHAP. XX. The manner to make Tablets or Lozinges with the aforesaid Cordiall powders FOr an example take two drammes of the said powders and mixe it with foure ounces of Sugar boyled as is shewed in the sixteene Chapter of the first Treatise Your Sugar being boyled take it from the fire and let it stand till it be halfe cold and then mixe in your powder and forme Lozinges as is shewed in the seventh Chapter of this same Treatise speaking of the Tablets of Mechoacan your Sugar being dissolved first in Rose water or Cordiall water and boyled to the height CHAP. XXI Of Confection Alkermes and Hyacinth with Venice Treacle YOu may find of these Confections at a reasonable rate at the Druguists and Venice Treacle at the Apothecaries which is made and shewed to the principallest Physicians of the City THE CHARITABLE APOTHECARIE The fourth Treatise of Oyles CHAP. I. To make Oyle of Roses three wayes THE first way is take a pound of red Rose buds beate them in a Marble morter with a woodden pestle then put them into an carthen pot and poure upon them foure pound of oyle of Olives letting them infuse the space of a moneth in the Sunne of in the chimney corner stirring of them sometimes then heate it and presse it and straine it and put it into the same pot or other vessell to keepe The second is take halfe a pound of red Roses and halfe a pound of Damaske beate them together in a marble morter and put them into a pot and poure upon them foure pound of oyle and let them infuse the space of twelve houres then poure them all into a pan and boyle them two or three boylings and straine them and presse them in a strong to well in the presse and in the meane time put in the pot as many more Roses and poure the oyle upon them and so heate them and presse them and put Roses to the oyle three times and then boyle it untill all the humidity bee consumed which is shewed in the thirty two and thirty three Chapters of the first Treatise The third is to take all Damaske Roses and no red and make three infusions as before CHAP. II. To make Oyle of Violets THe said oyle of Violets is made but with one infusion as the first oyle of Roses putting to a pound of the flowers and that part that encloseth them foure pound of oyle of Olives CHAP. III. To make Oyle of water Lillies TAke a pound of water Lillie flowers and make two infusions in foure pound of oyle as is shewed before CHAP. IIII.