take Goates milke wherein Salomons seale roots are decocted and vse it as is aforesaid The water of distilled honie doth take them also away Maidens milke Lac virginis the which the ancient Phisitions do so name Lac virginis or maidens milke is a good and sure water not onely for staines in the face but also for many other diseases as shall be hereafter more at large declared and the same shal be prepared thus take half a pound of litharge of gold beate it small and put it into a pot poure halfe a pint of vineger vpon it let it séeth a litle afterwards when it is setled poure of the cléere into another glasse and kéepe it you may preserue the litharge for to make a plaister with it afterwards Secondly take a good handfull of salt put foure ounces of water vpon it séeth it to the halfe and kéepe it also in a glasse by it selfe whensoeuer you will vse it then take three parts of salt water and one part of the foresaid vineger temper it well then will it be as milke will you haue this better then put a little Rose water and Sal Armoniack vnto it It is good for all scurfes some do vse it in the eyes also but it is very sharpe chiefly if one take Sal Armoniack with it Tristrams water TAke twelue ounces of Nutmegs Mace Ginger Graines Cloues of each halfe an ounce Rubarb one ounce Beuer cod Spikenard of each halfe an ounce oile of Bay two ounces leaue the spices vnbeaten poure to it foure quarts of wine couer it close and let it stand so the space of foure wéekes afterwards poure away the wine powne all the spices to pay and put it againe to the foresaid wine let it stand well stopt thrée dayes stirre it well about then distil it in hot water without séething and preserue it well Besides that this water doth take away all spots of the face and of the bodie there is ascribed more vnto it these wonderful vertues to wit some holden in the mouth taketh away the toothach Also venison laid therein should continue good a yeare and a day Also al maner of fruites and flowers laid therein do the like a litle thereof put into faint wine maketh the same fresh and quicke a little drunke thereof doth breake all inward impostumes it kéepeth a man in good constitution also the stomacke the liuer the milt the lights and the bowels a cloth dipped therein put on wounds doth heale the same it preserueth from al dead palsies it drieth al moist and rheumaticke braines if any drinke the same or annoint the head therewith it taketh away a stinking breath also it kéepeth one long youthfull if one drinke a litle of it in the morning as many times hath bene proued A salue for the spots Take oile of Roses vnguent of Roses of each halfe an ounce oyle of Violets one quarter of an ounce the iuice of Plantaine halfe an ounce Muscilage of Fleawort of Mallowes of Violet leaues of each one ounce and a halfe let it séeth till the Muscilage be consumed afterwards with molten waxe make a salue thereof For the freckles which one getteth by the heate of the Sunne Take a little Allume beaten small temper amongst it a well brayed white of an eg put it on a mild fire stirring it alwayes about that it waxe not hard and when it casteth vp the scum then it is inough wherewith annoint the freckles the space of thrée dayes if you will defend your selfe that you get no freckles on the face then annoint your face with the whites of egs Of the rednesse of the face §. 2. TAke the whites of two egges brayed well with Rose water temper the iuice of Plantaine and of Docks amongst it of each a like much afterwards thrée graines of small powdered Sublimate also mixed amongest it annoint the rednesse with it Afterwards take about eight ounces of vineger and rose water temper one quarter of an ounce of Brimstone amongst it Allume one quarter of an ounce let it séeth softly vntill about one third part be sodden away wash therewith the red face It is also good that the bad blood may be drawne out to set a horsleach or twaine to it for it is found that the rednes of the face and the pushes can neuer be better taken away than with this fastning of the leaches but one must alwayes purge beforehand A water Take Sulfure viue half an ounce salt one drag Camfere half a scruple rose water the water of blew Flowerdeluce of each two ounces set it fourtéene dayes wel stopt in the sun stir it oftentimes together make a cloth wet in it and therewith wash the face Another Take one ounce of Ceruise Masticke one quarter of an ounce Myrrhe halfe a drag let them be sifted through a lawne searce together put them into a mortar and poure thorough a little sallet oile and vineger and with long stirring it about make a salue thereof For all white pushes of the face §. 3. FOr this is first of all good the water of broken Ceruise with Elderne water which is described in the first § This salue may be also vsed for it Take shéepes sewet fresh marrow out of the stags bones melt them together on the fire and annoint the face therewith Item take Camfere halfe a drag grind it small with three ounces of rose water stir it often and wash the face therewith For this is also highly commended the oile of Spike besides the good sauor it giueth the face a good colour With the white pushes of the face we do also vnderstand all scabs blisters and other spices of leprosie in the face Montagâ—a which the Grecians do call Lâ—chenas and the Latinists Montagram for that all such diseases do commonly appeare with drie white scabs and itching scurfe about the chin the which doth at length spred it self from thence ouer the whole body for which these remedies following are very good The Goates milke that commeth warme from the beast the water of Liriconfansie of each eight ounces the whites of three new laid egs which come warme from the neast the crusts of two warme white loaues Salomons seale one M. Camfere halfe a drag This shall be distilled together in séething water then temper the Camfere amongst it and wash oftentimes the face therewith The face commeth also otherwhiles full of little red blisters whence issueth a sharp moisture mixt with blood the which if it be not remedied in time it will degenerate into the right leprie against which these meanes following are to be vsed Take water distilled of water-snegs or of muscles thrée ounces Ceruise washed with Harts toong water one ounce and a halfe the iuice of wild cucumbers or the water thereof as much as is needfull for to make a salue thereof but this following is more forcible Take Sarcocolla Ceruise Starch that is stéeped foure dayes in ly of each thrée ounces al these are you to temper
be clensed with néesing looke in the first and second Chapters of the paine in the head Of the excessiue bleeding at the Nose §. 7. THe excessiue bléeding at the nose hath diuers causes which were too long to discouer them all at this present time it only sufficeth vs to shew the inward and outward causes as concerning the outward causes of bléeding are blowes fals thrusts sore labour and the heate of the sunne all these things do open the veines and make subtile blood which is easily mooued to runne out The causes thereof can easily be perceiued and inquired of the patient The inward causes be superfluity sharpnes and heate of the blood the which is ouer all the whole body head liuer milt wombe and other places In like maner also through agues and other great sicknes through paine of the head a forcible expulsiue power and féeblenesse of the retentiue vertue in full bodies and abounding of blood is the bléeding at the nose requisite it emptieth the head and other parts In Phthisi and other sicknesses moe it is commaunded to prouoke it whereof shall be more at large spoken in other places Therfore if there be perceiued an vnburthening through this bléeding at the nose then it is a good signe of health like as to the contrary a sudden and excessiue bléeding is very dangerous and a signe of death But if this bléeding happen through any bruising of the skin of the braines then it is very hard yea in danger neuer to be holpen And whensoeuer the bléeding is aboue 48. ounces then it is a bad token and yet badder if it do surpasse it if it come then vnto twenty or 24. pound euery pound reckoned at twelue ounces then must death follow after it immediatly In like sort the signes of death are if the bléeding person be not onely of a bleake colour but also darke gréene or leady coloured An order of diet THis bléeding at the nose commeth through some causes that require alwayes a good order of life to be obserued For this purpose is this most common that those things be alwaies vsed that coole the blood and make it thicke if there be any agues with it then must light things be vsed which be cooling as Lettice Purslain Endiue small Endiue vineger veriuice Is then the bléeding strong and vehement to the end it might once be stayd vse Beanes Pease Lentils Rie Colewoorts Chéese Beefe Hares and Harts also thicke red wine all hot spices white wine if so be that they be not well watred are to be eschewed Now we will shew how the blood is to be stanched For to performe the same there be sixe kind of meanes first by the foresaid cooling things which be to be eaten these things following are to be dropt into the nose and laid thereon in like maner also vpon the forehead the iuice of Lettice of Housléeke of Nightshade corne Roses or Nettles in like maner the water of water Lillies of Cichory of Roses and Cumin water Also the herbe of Poppy Willow leaues or their iuice Item also Horstaile Shepherds purse vineger and Camfere and if it be very great néed Opium for these things altogether make thick blood that it cannot run so hastily out of the veines It is also good to irrigate his head with cold water so long continuing vntill his head be so cold that he get thereby a shiuering and shaking or trembling In fine to kéepe the head cold not to stir it much is very commodious also wet a cloth or napkin in cold water in vineger or in Rose water wring it not out too hard and wrap it so about the necke Item take the whites of twelue egs powned Allume foure ounces beate it well together wet a cloth in it and wrap it about the neck about the forehead and temples afterwards take Hares haire or the haire of a Roebuck stop the nostrill full thereof and that at the first Also it is commended that both the thombes and their armes be bound hard about the elbowes but let them not be bound too hard but being sometimes made loose to bind them againe Or make one of these plaisters take the iuice of Nightshade six ounces Rose water one ounce and a halfe Barly meale as much as is néedfull for to make a plaister lay this vpon the liuer if the blood run forth of the right nostrill The second meane to stanch the blood effected with stopping things as the iuice of Sloes red Coral Momy Aloe Horstaile Amber Bloodstones Hippocystis Bolus flowers of Pomegranats Lentils gals Sumach Shepherds purse Medlers Seruices Quinces peares and other soure peares amongst the compounded things Trocisces de Carabe Terra sigillata which foresaid things all that be of this nature do draw and shut the veines together For this are also meet these plaisters following take the iuice of Plantaine and Rose water of each two ounces vineger halfe an ounce and the white of an egge sealed earth or in the stéed thereof time as much as is néedfull for to make it méetly thick lay it vpon the forehead and the temples of the head Another Take Dragon blood parched gum parched starch roses the iuice of Sloes Hippocystis burnt Iuory the blossoms of Pomegranats Bolus sealed earth bloodstone red Coral and Amber of each one drag and a half Poppy seed Purslane séed of each one drag Opium halfe a drag powne all that is to be powned thereof and with the iuice of Plantaine make it to a plaister and vse it as before This following is not much vnlike to the former Take Dragon blood parched gum the yellow seeds of Roses the iuice of sloes Hippocystis burnt Iuory blossoms of Pomegranats Bolus sealed earth bloodstone red Corall of each one dragme and a halfe Poppy séeds Purslane séeds burnt Harts horne ashes of gals Cipers nuts of each one drag beate them all small and mixe them amongst the other with the iuice of Plantaine afterwards make small cakes of it when you will now vse it then beate it to powder and blow it into the nostrils but you may vse it as a plaister for to lay vpon the forehead and temples of the head Item take well beaten Momy as much as you please mixe it with copwebs and the white of an egge dip cotton or lint in it and then stop it into the nose First take Harts bones burnt Iuory Dragon blood Verbascum powned with vineger temper the foresaid powder amongst it according to that you will haue of it little or much put it into the nose all these things stanch blood tempered together or each alone or mixe Aloe with the white of an eg vse it as aforesaid Item take the whites of foure egs well braied and tempered amongst Aloe one drag Frankinsence one quarter of an ounce Dragon blood and fine Bolus of each halfe a drag vse this yet putting therein Hares haire made wet Secondly take wel brayed whites of egs and temper Gips or plaister amongst
them so that it waxe a pap then lay it vpon the forehead take Hares haire temper it well with the white of egges and a little Allume afterwards mixe it with Rose water or Rose vineger take powned Horstaile temper it with Plantaine water or the iuice of Plantaine Thirdly the blood is to be stopt with astringent things as Dragagant Gum Frankinsence Mil dust whites of egs and such like take Tormentill or Pyrola one of both this is to be held in the mouth These astringent things are not oftentimes vsed alone but commonly tempered with the aforementioned binding and cooling things Fourthly the bléeding is to be inhibited by potentiall cauteries as Coperas Orpiment quicke lime Sal Armoniack when the same be powdered and blowne into the nose for they make an escarre But this is to be feared if so be that the blood be not quenched therewith that it might afterwards bleed the sorer therefore it is not without great danger to vse this meane Fiftly it wil be staunched with those things which haue a proper and hidden vertue for it as the iuice of Basil but especially Asse dung and Hogs dung are said to be good for it be it of what soeuer cause that the bleeding be prouoked if the same be but of it self alone held before the nose and so let smell thereto and also the same tempered with the iuice of broad Plantaine and annointed in the nose or burnt to ashes and blowne therein or a plaister made thereof and laid on the top of the nose Termes in 〈◊〉 this plaister is also méete against the excessiue termes or flowers of women put into the necke of the wombe and also applied to their priuities This is also very good Amber Purslaine garden Mints and their iuice with copwebs thrust vp into the nose Sixtly the blood will be stanched if one let it out on the contrary side the which is effected if one open the Median or liuer veine as also many learned Phisitions do affirme that they haue for the bléeding of the nose not approoued any thing more better nor certainer than to open the veine vpon the hand or on the foote and then to drinke two scruples of Philonium Persicum with Purslaine water they haue also as hath bene said powdered Troc de Carabe and blowne into the nose It is also very good to set boxing cups on the shoulders and on the legs vnderstanding well that if the blood run out of the right nostril then set the boxes vnpickt vpon the liuer if it run out of the left nostril vpon the Milt in the left side also the legs the armes and the breast are to be bounden to rub the outward members and also vnder the armpits and other places of the body with burnt nettles for to draw therewith the blood downewards Besides all these aforesaid I am to manifest one remedy more that excéedingly stoppeth also bléeding Take sleckt lime make a plaister thereof with vineger lay it ouer the nose it will stop presently Others suppose also that this lime is to be blowne into the nostrils or made vp with the white of an egge to be so put with a taint into the nose This also as some suppose wil the wooll or flaxe do that flieth from the herbe Carduius Benedictus cut small and thrust into the nose Item it hath bene oftentimes found that an extreme frighting hath caused blood by and by to stanch and cease for that the blood runneth then towards the hart In this also hath superstition and vnbeleefe taken place whensoeuer one holdeth in his hand a dead mans bone and the mosse that groweth vpon a dead bodies scalp be stopt into the nose then is the blood stanched out of hand In like maner also albeit that it be somewhat more naturall if one lay the mosse of the blacke or sloe thorne in the shooes and go thereon it doth stanch blood Item take broade Plantaine and the iuice of Shepheards purse of each thrée ounces prepared Bloodstone fine Bolus sealed Earth Dragon blood of each one dragme and a half spread it on a cloth and lay it on the place of the nose where the bloud cometh and refresh it oftentimes Or take beaten Beane meale temper it with the white of an egge and vse it as before It commeth also otherwhiles to passe and is also no wonder that such superfluous blood of the nose doth bring swouning with it for the which are sicke persons hands and feete to be rubbed with salt and vineger to bind fast the armes and legs and to bind and vnbind them againe also to vse other outward meanes which here afterwards in the second part shall be described for the swouning Item if the blood run out at the right nostrel set a boxing cup vnpickt vpon the Liuer and so whensoeuer the swouning is past the Liuer veine is to be opened or the Salnatella in the left side to smel to cold things as that which is made of Quince peares and to vse Lettice Purslaine Beanes and other pottages vntill that the blood waxeth thicke For a conclusion you haue hereafter many remedies in the fifth part for to stanch bloud which are also good for this purpose Enfeebled or lost smelling §. 8. THis is no small disease to man for if one be borne with it or haue had it long he is esteemed by the Grecians incurable vnles it be through continuance of time and with great trouble neuerthelesse the auncient and latter Phisitions haue imployed all diligence to deuise all necessary meanes and first described thrée seuerall kinds thereof The first kind where throughly and wholy the smell is lost The second is a diminishing of the smell where a thing is smelt like as it is yet vnperfectly and this disease is much more with men then with beasts for that they be of a moister braine and all beasts haue their braines much drier therefore they do also smell sharper and further The third kind is a corrupted smel where one receiueth the smel otherwise then it is of it self like as when one adiudgeth stinking things for odoriferous The cause that the smell is vtterly lost is when the conduits that go towards the braines be throughly obstructed that the aire receiued cannot come to the skin of the braines which obstruction may happen through some violent motion or blowes on the head Also if about the place and instuments of smelling there ingender any wart or fleshly excrescence or any vlceration or also through any other grosse humors that will settle there and stop vp the conduits of smelling Lastly through repletion of the head and of the whole body The cause of the diminishing of the smelling is as before but is not so great it may also be caused by cold or by hot medicines which be vsed at the nose The cause of a corrupted smell is a bad moisture which lieth hidden in the same place and there maketh stinking vapors and so may also the canker
him not much meate and if it be possible giue him nothing to drinke but Meade and the next day let him drinke one dragme or one dragme and a halfe of the decoction of Annis seedes Thou shalt call alowd and make a great noyse about this patient also vse musicke thereby to awake him out of his deadly sléepe which if it will not helpe then is he to be pulled pinched and very roughly to be handled It is also very méete that this patient take euery day one dragme more or lesse of the confection Anacardina with Oxymel thereby to bring an ague according as the cause requireth for it is very hot wherefore the learned dispute greatly whether an ague be a good or a bad signe in the Apoplexie Of outward applications TAke Cammomill Melilot Penniroyall wild Thyme Marioram Baulme Marioram gentle of each one M. boile them in water and bath or foment the head therewith warme stampe the herbes put to them oyle of Rue and of Lillies of each one ounce and a half and apply them warme to the head if it be cold weather then annoint the head with oyles that are warme of nature and with the oyle of Daffodils of Beuercod of Pieretrum and such like and not onely the head but also the necke and the whole backe bone Or make this salue following Take Calmus bitter Costus rootes of each halfe an ounce Siluer mountaine Basill séede of each an ounce oyle of Spikenard of Cammomill of Lillies of each two ounces white Wine thrée ounces melt all that is to be molten and boyle them togither on a small fire of coales vntill the wine be consumed then mixe the oyle amongst it annoint the whole head therewith and the backe bone downewards to the very end thereof And if this will not helpe then shaue off all the haire on the head and apply this plaister following being spread on a péece of leather or a peece of fustian and make it as big that the whole head may be couered therewith Take Galbanum Sagapenum Opopanacum of each two dragmes Sulfer vife one dragme and a halfe Turpentine one ounce melt and mixe them well togither Now to finish this part of the braines we must first remember two things briefly First that it is most necessarie for this patient altogither to forbeare wine and to drinke some small béere or to continue with this Meade following which is made of twelue quarts of water and thrée or foure quarts of Honie being well sodden and scummed Concerning his meate hath sufficiently bene spoken before Secondly if his speech be altogether or very much decayed then is the water of Liriconfansie to be vsed as it is described in the 5. § before and with it all manner of waters of life which are specified in the eight part Also Wormewood wine Lauander wine Spikenard wine and the conserue of the same but remember alwaies that all other wines be streightly prohibited wherefore these ought also very circumspectly to be vsed The thirteenth Chapter Of the Mouth and all that appertaineth vnto it AFter the description of the Braines which are the vppermost inward member of the head we will now speake of other parts as of the Mouth and Lips In the mouth first is the pallet the toung the gums the roofe the téeth the almonds with all the other adiacent partes as the voice which is made and brought foorth with the lips toung téeth and with other parts more After them follow all manner of accidents that are incident vnto thē Now to speake of the whole mouth it is to be admired as also al other parts that are created by God for aboue all that it containeth it is the onely meanes wherby euery liuing thing receiueth foode for the whole bodie Also by this the nostrels the heart and lungs receiue aire without which it is impossible to liue Thirdly out of this procéedeth the voice and spéeches whereby one man vnderstandeth an other and whereby a man is different from all other beasts which haue nothing common with vs but onely the voyce These things are manifold as hereafter shall appeare more at large Of the outward parts to wit of the lips hath bene spoken in the tenth Chapter but before we come to this particular treatise we will first of all shew all that belongeth vnto the mouth Of putrifactions and exulcerations in the Mouth §. 1. THese exulcerations or putrifactions of the mouth are of many sorts one déepe an other not some perurulent some corroding virulent as wel in the toung as in the gums consuming and spoiling them otherwhiles wholy They procéede of diuers causes and amongst all other of these to wit if one scald his mouth with hote meates or vse any thing which is hote by nature likewise also hote vapors which ascend from the stomacke and vlcerate the mouth If these exulcerations be red the face also red and inflamed and especially about the place where the sore appeareth thereby may be adiudged that it proceedes onely of the bloud but if the colour in the face be yellowish with heate and drith in the mouth rednesse in the eyes of the throte and with blisters in the mouth without any great swelling and that the patient cannot abide any hote thing in his mouth then procéedeth it of Cholera but if the vlcers be white without great paine without any great swelling of the lips and gums and if the spettle be saltish then riseth the same of Phlegma The melancholike humor bringeth her own signs with her to wit obscurenesse hardnesse and blacknesse These infections are thus described The putrifaction in the mouth is when many blisters and vlcers are ingendred which do arrode the gums toung and throte painfully running from one place to another and so spoile the mouth Before thou take these exulcerations in hand looke whether they be déepe eaten into the flesh or not new or old If they be not big but fresh and not ouerladen with much moisture then vse these things following which may suffice with some astringent and binding things admixed as to wash the mouth with Well water Plantaine water and Rosewater wherein the blossomes of Pomegranates and their pils and also Gals haue bene decocted You may also vse Rose water mixed with vineger Item the decoction of Fleawoort séedes or of dried Prunes by it selfe or tempered with vineger Item take raine water boyle therein the yellow seedes of Roses with Galles as much as you please and wash the mouth therewith or extinguish Stéele made red hot in milke and wash thy mouth often therewith Item take Gals one dragme Rose water sixe ounces vineger one ounce and a halfe put them together Or take Roses burnt Iuorie Coriander Sumach Lentils Purslaine seedes péeled Gourd séede Cucumber séedes of each halfe an ounce beate and mixe them togither and lastly adde a little Camfere vnto them Take of this powder half an ounce Rose water vineger of each two ounces vse it as hath
béen sayd before mixe Well water with the iuice of Pomegranates or wine likewise the decoction of Barley mixed with Sugar cleanseth the mouth The water of Sage healeth all exulcerations if the mouth be renced oft therewith Also in a hot cause are very good all fruits that are sower cold astringent being chewed as Medlars Mulberies Choke peares Quinces Seruices Framboies and such like especially if they be not ouer ripe Also the iuice of Vine leaues and sower and tart herbes may be vsed for gargarismes But if these gentle remedies do no good then purge the patient as the cause requireth as before hath often béen shewed But bicause this is for the most part caused through heate he is to be purged with Cassia sower Dates or with the Electuarie of Roses afterwards open the veine vnder the tong or those that appeare on the inside of the lower lip which is very commodious for all hot infirmities of the lips If sucking children be troubled with it then is the nurse to be fed with cooling things for by the alteration of their milke they are easily restored to health againe for this purpose is the oyle of Sulphur very good as well in yong children as ancient people but there are many common things that are altogither as good as that Item take the yellow seedes of white Roses blossomes of Pomegranates Starch burnt Iuorie milke of Lentils Purslaine séedes Coriander Sene huskes of each a like much and a little Camfere make a powder of them and rub the vlcer easily therewithall or hold it in thy mouth with vineger of Roses Rose water and oyle of Roses Item for this hot exulceration thou shalt take the water of Shepheards purse of broad Plantaine of Roses and of Purslaine of each two ounces the iuice of Mulberies hony of Roses of each one ounce mixe them wel togither and gargarise with it often Item take Gals Pomegranate blossomes and Cypers nuts of each one ounce Roses white Bryer two dragmes Acorne cups halfe an ounce beate them grossely and boyle them in water and wash thy mouth with it When by these meanes the paine is somewhat abated then mixe fresh butter with hony of Roses and annoint the place therewith this mayst thou well account one of the best remedies Or stampe a fower Pomegranate with the pils wring it out hard and adde as much hony to the iuice let them séeth togither vntill it be thicke If thou wilt haue it stronger adde the third part of beaten Acornes with it The application of boxing cups is also very meete and fit for it and if the patient be ful of bloud then is the head veine to be opened But if the blisters be white then is the patient to be purged with Diaturbith or with their pils following Take Species Hiera Picra two dragmes Species medicaminis turbith two dragmes and a halfe Coloquint halfe a dragme make pils thereof with wine take of them one dragme or one dragme and a halfe at once It is also very good to rub them with hony and salt but these things following are more in vse and more fit for this purpose Take Allum one ounce boyle it in Plantaine water you may also put Plantaine leaues vnto it and wash the mouth often therewith Take hony of Roses warme water a little Allum halfe as much vineger as water vse it as before it is very good Take Roses one ounce a halfe Plantaine one ounce burnt Allum halfe a dragme Mirtle seedes halfe as much Pomegranate blossomes and pils of each one scruple let them seeth well togither vse it as the other Item take one pinte of water and a good peece of Ireos cut small and asmuch Allum hony of Roses 2. spoonfuls let it boyle away two fingers bredth In fine whensoeuer Phlegma is cause of the vlcers then must drying and astringent remedies be vsed Cypers nuts barkes of the Frankinsence trée Frankinsence Masticke and although one should mixe these warme things with others that are cold and astringent as Gals Pomegranate pils Roses Mirtle séeds such like yet is not that any errour at all but rather a helpe Also of these things following may gargarismes be made or little bals with the iuice of Peares or Quinces to hold in the mouth There is in the seuenth Chapter and fourth § a water described for the eyes beginning Take broad Plantaine water with Verdigrease and Dragons bloud This may you vse if the sore run much and were very vncleane for it drieth and healeth much Take Plantain water boyle therein grosse beaten Myrtle séedes This cleanseth the sores and cureth them Conserue of Roses held in the mouth long doth cleanse the same Oxycraton that is wine water and vineger mixed together is also very good If this exulceration of the mouth procéed of Melancholy then shalt thou purge as followeth Take Currans one ounce Burrage flowers and of Buglosse Epythimus and Sene of each one drag boyle them in water wherein Mirobalani Indi and Chebuli of each halfe an ounce haue bin stéeped and decocted giue thrée or foure ounces therof in the morning In like manner may you purge with Hiera Ruffi you shall also vse a gargarisme made with Currans and Annise séedes and mixed with honie Hereafter do diuers good things ensue for the infirmities of the tongue that are also very good for this present purpose Of the swollen Almonds §. 2. IT chanceth also sometimes that in these infirmities the Almonds or the pallet in the throate do exulcerate of this pallet shall hereafter especiall mention be made But for the tumor of the Almonds and other exulcerations in the throate are these remedies following ordained Take a quart of red wine Roses thrée M. peeles of two Pomegranates foure Gals grosly beaten Licorice halfe an ounce Currans two dragms boyle them together vntill the fourth part be wasted before thou doest adhibite this wash thy mouth with a cloth dipped in wine then vse it warme if it be with any exulceration then adde honie of Roses vnto it and wash it euery day fiue or seuen times Aqua Iohannis THis water is very good and effectuall to gargarize withall both in blisters and vlcers Take Sulphur vife red Mints Allume Sugar of each half an ounce Mastick Frankinsence of each two drag Pieretrum halfe a dragme Aqua vitae thrée ounces beate all what is to be beaten and temper them together Take Allume Sugar of each halfe an ounce boyle them together in Plantaine water mixe it with the iuice of Mulberries wash the mouth therewith it asswageth the swelling dryeth and healeth The same doth also the sirupe of Mirtle séedes and of the iuice of Nutshels that hereafter are described In like manner also Milke and the iuice of Lettice each by it selfe If the throate be exulcerated within then take Frankinsence Sandaraca Masticke of each one drag red Stirax halfe a dragme beate them together and receiue the fume therof at the mouth oftentimes
expelleth all stinking humors of the stomacke that are caused of the gall if it be vsed in hot feuers otherwise it doth cleanse the stomacke of all sliminesse prouoketh sweate That which is made with the iuice of Roses looseth and outwardly it clenseth all vlcers stinking wounds and such like If any man had taken phisicke and would not willingly vomit it vp againe he shall take a little of this hony of Roses after it There is yet another manner of making this hony of Roses Take sixe ounces of dry Rose leaues put 15. ounces of boyling water vpon them in a pot that may be close couered let it infuse so eight howers then wring it out hard and take as many Roses more make the liquor boyling hot againe put it on the Roses and let it infuse as before this reiterate thrile and no more afterwards weigh the liquor and to fiue ounces of it put thrée ounces of hony boyle and clarifie it this bindeth the body and comforteth the stomacke The sirupe of Nut shels THe Apothecaries do call this sirupe Rob nucum and Diacaridion which is thus prepared Take the gréene shels of Nuts beate them presse out their iuice of this take one pound clarified hony halfe a pound boile them to a sirupe Some do take of the iuice and hony of each a like quantitie this sirupe is very good for women and weake folkes troubled with hot rheumes that swell You may adde other things vnto it according as the accident requireth The gargarismes which are most méete for the mouth the throte and the adiacent parts are these Take Rose water PlaÌ„taine water of each foure ounces hony of Roses one ounce sirupe of Mulberies halfe an ounce burnt Allum one dragme white wine eight ounces let them seeth togither as long as you would do an eg gargarise therewith warme it drieth and cleanseth Take Plantaine Knot grasse Barly of each one handfull boyle them vntill the Barly burst straine it through a cloth and adde to it hony of Roses sirupe of Mulberies of each halfe an ounce vse it as aboue Item take Barly halfe a handfull rootes of Buglosse as many iuice of Quinces one drag and a halfe Violets Currans and Stauesacre of each two drag boyle them in a good pinte of water vntill the Barly swell this healeth and alayeth the paine Take Pomegranate pils broad and long Plantaine of each one handfull let them boyle togither in a pinte and a halfe of water being strained ad to it Vnguenti Aegyptiaci sirupe of Mulberries and Nut shels of each halfe an ounce temper them all togither this drieth maruellously and healeth all stinking exulcerations But you may not swallow any of it down by reason of â—he Verdigrease which is in the â—â—lue In great heate of the mouth and throate with a sharpe matter adioyned which excoriateth this place Take water of Nightshade and Purslaine of each thrée ounces water of Burrage and of Violets of each two ounces séedes of Fleawoort halfe a drag Quince kernels halfe a drag Dragagant a drag and a halfe stéepe it in Rosewater presse out the slime or muscilage and mixe them all together Take Plantaine water and wine of each foure ounces burnt Allume halfe a drag honie of Roses sirupe of Mulberies of each one ounce boile them a little and gargarise often therwith this is especiall good in all tumors of the throate and also in the squinancie There are many more such like gargarismes prescribed for many other diseases as euery where may appeare There are also diuers Phisitions which without any exception vse in all gargarismes Scrophularia and that not amisse for it hath a wonderfull vertue Of the Pallet and the falling downe thereof §. 5. IT is called by the Grecians Epiglottis that is the little toung by the Latinists Lingula Vuula and by vs the pallet It is also a very néedefull part and member of the toung it hath fiue seuerall parts first the two almonds Tonsillae that engender the spettle and moisten the toung and if they waxe drie then do they hinder the speech Secondly the Aspera Arteria or Trachea and Oesophagus Lastly the pallet it selfe This is the onely instrument of the voice wherby the same is fashioned and for that cause it is placed in the middest of the throte because it shold couer one part of the throte and preserue the brest hart and lights should direct the meate and drinke receiued to the mouth of the stomack It befalleth often that it hangeth downe and so troubleth one very much which he is not accustomed to haue before as may be séene when the toung is pressed downe If this procéed of heate then is the pallet red the veines about the eyes swollen the face red and the spettle swéetish all which are signes of ouermuch bloud But if it be white theÌ„ it is caused of a cold rheume which falleth into the mouth aboundantly the voice is hoarse the face pale the pallet white and much longer than it ought to be Of the tumor and falling downe of the pallet through heate IF the pallet be red then is the whole backe bone from the very necke downwards and both the armes to be rubbed with warme clothes the legs are to be tyed hard and vntied againe afterwards boxing cups are to be fastened on the thighs against the fire also if neede require the head veine may be opened vpon the right hand Item a visicatorie vnguent shall be applyed to the shoulders which is diuersly described in the twelfth Chapter and 16. § and so let it remaine thereon two houres long Item take Roses Gals and Pomegranate pils of each one drag Allume one scrup Salt halfe a scrup make them into powder and beare vp the pallet with it Or take Rosewater and vineger mixt together gargarize with it or in the stead of Rosewater you may take Well water Water of Plantaine and Nightshade is also very méete for the same but it must not be taken downe Item mixe the sirupe of Mulberies and a little vineger with water and gargarize therwith Another Take the yellow séedes of Roses and a few Citron séedes boyle them in Plantaine water afterwards mingle some honie and a little vineger with it This following is of no lesse vertue then the former Take the sirupe of Nutshels one ounce and a halfe the decoction of Sumach two ounces temper them together and vse it certaine daies continually if you will haue it milder then take Barley water in stead of the other and mixe some Pomegranate wine with it Item another that is stronger and especially at the first Take two ounces of Rosewater one ounce of red vineger Acorne cups Hypocistis iuice of Sloes calcined plume Allume of each one scrup mingle them together for a gargarisme A Powder TAke the gréen shels of Nuts dried beat them small and take a little spoonfull of the powder hold it to the pallet and beare it vp therewith continually this hath
are very méete for this purpose because both these infirmities do proceede of one cause Item wash the mouth often with vineger and Allume afterwards with the wine of Pomegranates with a little Allume dissolued in it Looke the description of the sirupe of Mulberries in the fourth § before Item rubbe thy gums in the mornings with the vnguent of Egypt but swallow none of it downe and gargarise often with hony of Roses and sirupe of Mulberies of each a like much mingled with the water of Plantaine For all impostumes and corruptions of the gums or téeth which procure a stinking breath and if there be much bloud and moysture with it then is the party to be purged according to his abilitie with yellow Mirobalans and sower Dates then to open the veine of the head and to apply a great boxing cup in the necke to rub the gums vntil they bléed and to wash the mouth with this water following Take blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Acorne cups and Roses of each halfe an ounce Stauesacre two dragms boyle them very well togither This following is to be vsed for to heale and to dry it Take Roses Cypers nuts Gals and burnt Allume of each a like much boyle them togither in Vineger and water ad vnto this decoction as much hony as you please After the vse of this Gargarisme strew this powder vpon the sores Take burnt Allume two dragmes blossomes of Pomegranates plume Allume Mirtle séeds of each one dragme and a half burnt Harts horne one dragme mixe them well togither He is also often times to be purged with the foresayd capitall pils Cochiae Of the bleeding of the Gums THis may happen of some outward accideÌ„t as of blowes fals and such like the which must be knowen of the patient The inward causes are either heate or cold of a sharp matter falling downe out of the head corroding the gums and the sinewes of the téeth and making them to impostumate in somuch that if it once begin to inueterate it soone changeth into the Canker whereby all the téeth fall out But if this bloud be thin and subtile then are these fower things following to be put in practise First to take away the corrupted gums Secondly to mundifie and cleanse that which is infected Thirdly after mundification to astringe or draw togither and heale them Fourthly and lastly to confirme and strengthen the gums and iawes that the matter may not haue recourse thither againe First there are many kinde of powders in such vehemencie vsed that the venime Orpiment is added thereto but my counsell is to omit it and to vse this following in stead thereof Take rootes of Daffodils and Pomegranate pils of each a like much make them into powder and rub thy gums therewith and an hower after wash thy mouth with warme wine or vineger Secondly you may make this decoction following Take Oliue leaues one M. and a halfe Pieretrum half an ounce Ginger Masticke Ireos of each one dragme Hony two ounces boyle them togither in a pinte of water to the halfe wash thy mouth therewith This following is very good for all infections of the gums and iawes Take hony of Roses thrée ounces warme water one ounce dip a cloth in them and rub the gums with it an hower after wash thy mouth with Wine or water wherein dried Roses haue bene decocted In like manner this following mundifieth very well Take water of Cammomill one ounce hony of Roses thrée dragmes temper them togither and wet the place infected with it afterwards wash thy mouth with wine wherein dried Roses haue bene decocted Thirdly they are to be cured with this powder Take Frankinsence Aloes Sarcocolla and Dragons bloud of each one dragme beate them small and strew them in the gums Item take Laudanum Masticke Frankinsence Corall of each a like much make them into fine powder and apply it to the place infected it confirmeth hardneth and clenseth the gums iawes and when the sore is well mundified then it doth also incarnate and ingender flesh Fourthly this following is highly commended Take Cypers leaues or nuts half an ounce Well water a pinte boyle it vntill the halfe part remaine dip a cloth in it and apply it to the griefe this doth not onely confirme and strengthen the gums but defendeth them also from all bad rheumes Another TAke blossomes of the Pomegranate tree Allume Roses Hounds tong Acorne cups and Plantaine of each a like quantitie boile them all in wine and wash thy mouth therewith it strengtheneth the gummes and téeth and hindereth the bléeding Item boyle Gals Oliue leaues Lentils Mugwoort and Pomegranate pils of each a like much in water and wash thy mouth with it Another that is stronger TAke Pieretrum Lilly roots of each one drag the outward â—ind of Gals and blossomes of the Pomegranate trée of each two drag beate them small and rub the gummes therwith Take the same ingredience but in greater quantitie boyle them in red Wine and adde the fourth part of vineger vnto it with this thou shalt wash thy mouth By all these former things is easily to be séene that many remedies there be for the former infection of the téeth and gummes which are also very good for all vlcers and corruption of the gummes Of the outward applications FOr both the former infirmities and for all paine and griefes of the gummes these things following are very good which may be outwardly applyed Take Linséede oyle Cammomill beaten Hollihocke rootes meale of Fenegreeke Butter of each halfe an ounce oile of Dill or of Cammomill foure ounces this asswageth the paine maturateth and digesteth Item shéepes wooll vnwashed wet it in the iuice of Roses of Violets or of Willow leaues Or make a bagge the breadth of ones hand full of dried Roses decoct it in vineger and water wring it out hard and then apply it outwardly Take cold water onely or vineger mixed with Rose water or wine of Pomegranates and wash the mouth therewith Item vse the iuice of cold herbes as of Nightshade of the bigger and lesser Housléeke of Plantaine of Purslaine or which of them you can get For this purpose serueth all the wine wherein Gals haue bene decocted If then neither the paine nor bléeding will cease then is the same place to be opened with a Lancet or Horsleaches to be fastened vnto it But if the gummes be not apt to bléede not exulcerated nor painefull nor the face any thing swollen and that the patient be not well after meate but when he hath eaten meates cold by nature then may you easily gesse that this infirmitie procéedes of a cold phlegme Wherefore euery such patient is to be purged with Pil. Cochiae Hiera Picra exacuated with a little of the trocisces of Coloquint or Diaturbith Afterwards he is to wash his mouth with astringent decoctions as of the blossoms and pils of Pomegranats Akorne cups Allume Salt iuice of Rue and such like Also for a change he may
gargarize with the decoction of Figs Fennell séeds and séedes of Lillies The rootes of the blew Flower deluce prouoketh the gummes to bléede much whereby the paine is asswaged The decoction of Agrimonie tempered with Allume is approued to be very méete Of this matter looke into the first § where you shall find many good remedies for this purpose Of the Fistula in the gummes WHat a bad accident this Fistula is shall be shewed in the fift part for it appeareth in this place as in all other places with salt and sharpe deflurions you shall cure them with those remedies that haue bene described before in the infections of the toung and putrifaction of the gummes so that at this present time I purpose not to write much of it Take Gals one ounce Myrrhe halfe an ounce make them into powder and strew it on the sore Wash thy mouth often with Vineger of Squils or take Gals Roses Lentils Acorne cups Bedegar blossoms and péeles of Pomegranates of each a like much boyle them all in water if it procéed of a hote cause but if of a cold then boyle them in wine If the Fistula be déepe and the gums corroded then take the blossomes of Pomegranates plume Allume of each a like quantitie make them into powder strew it once in three howers vpon the sore For this serue also the blossomes of Pomgranates boyled in Vineger and Honie and the mouth washt with the decoction Amongst diuers other dentifrices this that followeth is the safest Take calcined Allume Plume Allume blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Ireos Pieretrum Sumach Barbaries Gals Acorne cups and Dragon bloud of each a like much make a powder of them This powder may also be tempered with vineger and honâ— and wash the mouth therewith it is very good for all manner of exulcerations of the mouth When the Fistula is mundified to the bottome then are you to vse incarnatiues Others do commend the vse of actuall and potentiall cauteries but they are nothing commendable but at the last need and in the greatest extremitie Of the wasting away and consumption of the Gums TAke Cinnamome one ounce Frankinsence Roses of each two drag Dragon bloud thrée drag bestrew the gums therewith very often Take Myrrhe Masticke shels of pine apples Date stones burnt Harts horne and Iuorie blossomes of Pomegranats Roses Dragon bloud of each a like much vse it as before it confirmeth the téeth Take Pease meale make it into little cakes with honie and drie them vntill you can powder them againe take of this two dragmes Dragon bloud Frankinsence Masticke of each two drag Aristologie and Ireos of each one drag rub the gums therewith Of the mollification of the Gums FOr this infirmitie are all those remedies very méete that shall be prescribed for the wagging or loosenesse of the teeth For a conclusion ALthough the gums were altogether corrupted and black yea although all the téeth were loose yet these remedies following haue done wonderful much good Take Worm-eaten Gals Sumach Myrtle séedes Acorne cups and Plantaine seede of each one drag white Vitrioll plume Allume of each one drag and a halfe yellow séedes of Roses and refuse of Cloues of each two drag and a halfe beate them all grosly and let it boile in a sufficient quantitie of water when it hath sodden a good while then ad forty young buds of the Mulbery tree and so let them séeth vntill the halfe part remaine Wash thy mouth often with this decoction afterwards thou maist strew this powder following vpon thy gums Take Mastick Sandaraca iuice of Sloes Hippocystis of each one scrup prepared Tuâ—ia one drag white Vitrioll foure scrup make them into powder Of the Teeth §. 8. MAn hath for the most part 32. téeth although some there be that haue but 28. or 30. and they are differing in forme First there are foure aboue and as many beneath that are sharpe and broad therewith to cut and diuide the meate as it were with a knife for the which cause they are called of the Latinists Incisores they haue but one roote onely Afterwards there are on each side of the former foure more aboue and below which are broad aboue and thin below and for that they are called by the Grecians and Latinists Dog téeth because they be most like vnto the téeth of Dogs they haue but one long roote and are made to breake that which the former haue as yet not sufficiently broken Thirdly there are aboue and beneath on both sides commonly twenty téeth albeit that some haue but sixtéene and others but sixe on each side which are called in Latine Molares that is grinding or chéeke téeth Their office is to grind and chew whatsoeuer the former téeth haue not as yet sufficiently broken and chewed Those that are in the vppermost mandible are fastned vnto thrée rootes the lowermost onely vnto two although that sometimes it befalleth that the two former of them haue thrée rootes The Philosophers do write that the foremost téeth are ingendred of a pure and superfluous moisture of the scull the middlemost of a reasonable good humor and the very hindermost of a grosse humiditie of the foresaid scull The paines and griefes of the téeth are diuers insomuch that amongst the Phisitions there are accounted twelue or thirtéene kinds of them of the which we shall speake hereafter These infirmities haue all of them sundry causes to wit outward and inward which difference we purpose also to obserue Of the paine in the teeth through outward causes THis is caused through the continuall vse of sower and astringent things as vnripe fruites through much picking of them with pins and other stinking things that remaine in them also through fals blowes and thrusts sharpe wind too hot or too cold meates but especially of those that be drest with hony which causes must be knowne and inquired of the patient thereby to order and gouerne himselfe Of the paine in the teeth through inward causes THis kind of toothach is of diuers sorts and it hath also sundry causes First if it procéed out of the head or braine then is the patient not without some paine in the head out of which there falleth continually great store of slime If this paine be caused of the mandibles and teeth that doth manifestly appeere But if one doubt which tooth might first haue prouoked this pain then let the patient bite somewhat betwéene his téeth first betweene two then betwéene two more and so from tooth to tooth vntill you come to the tooth it selfe where the paine resteth By this meanes also you may know whether the paine be in the sinewes or no because the other téeth be nothing painfull If it procéed from the stomacke then is there paine felt in the same after which doth insue vomiting and especially of a sower and stinking matter If it be procured by the blood then may it be knowne by the heate and rednesse If of Cholera then is the paine with
broome burnt Iuory Roses Saunders Ambers Mirabolan stones Date stones red Costus pils Hypocistis sealed earth fine Bole burnt Harts horne sea Muscles and al that may be made and sodden with these things But if these procéed of cold then vse Laudanum Frankinsence and her bark parched Cumin séed Cresses séeds parched Annise séeds Allume pitch Myrrhe parched salt Cipres nuts and leaues Mastick Sarcocolla Sandaraca and all that may be made with it Here now do follow some things that confirme and fasten the téeth gums and their sinewes Take garden Mints fresh Oliue leaues if they may be had of each an ounce Roses Mirtle seed Butchers broome séed wood of the Barberry trée and the fruite of the same of each halfe an ounce beate cut and boile it in vnripe wine and hold it in the mouth Water of Nightshade of Plantaine and of Shepheards purse do fasten the téeth and if in this water and vineger together you boile the blossomes of Pomegranates and Mirtle séeds then will it be the better In like maner you may boile Gals Medlars Lentils and Seruices of each halfe an ounce For this purpose serue also Cipres nuts and leaues Acorne cups and Sene leaues al together or each by it selfe decocted in wine and vsed as the former Item take Allume Frankinsence Masticke Cypres nuts Rosemary flowers of each a like much boile them together in a sufficient quantity of raine water and red wine and wash thy mouth with it very often warme Item take Harts horne salt and Myrrhe all of them burnt of each two drag boile them in hony and rub thy gums therewith within and without Item take burnt Allume halfe an ounce Rose buds halfe a handfull Bedegar red wine one pint boyle them vnto the halfe take of this being warme into thy mouth often and hold it a good while therein for it is very good Another Take Ireos Corall and Frankinsence of each halfe a drag temper it with hony of Roses to a confection annoint the teeth therewith and in the morning wash them with wine wherein hath bene decocted Sage Rosemary and Roses of each a like much Item take Allum burnt Harts horne Roses Dragon blood Acorne cups Hyppocistis blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Gals of each a like quantity boile them in strong red wine or in vineger and wash thy mouth therewith Vineger and Oxymel of Squils are also especiall good for this vse To wash the mouth oftentimes with Rosemary wine confirmeth the gums and fasteneth the téeth Of the falling out and drawing of the teeth THe last and extremest meanes for the toothach is that the téeth might either fall of themselues or be drawne out To preuent the falling of them is vnpossible to many men yet are these things following prescribed for it amongst which this that followeth is very sharpe and yet for all that very safe and good to be vsed Take the barke of a Mulberry trée Caper rootes Pieretrum the bigger and the lesser Esula red Orpiment rootes of Coloquint of each two drag put as much vineger on them as wil couer them let it so rest eight dayes and euery day put a little more vineger vnto it and vse it as hath bene said Open the gums round about the tooth as much as is possible with some kind of instrument then rub them ten times in one day with the foresaid water it maketh the tooth loose and separateth the roote Item open the gums as before annoint it with oyle wherein Frogs haue bene decocted when the tooth is very loose then take it out You may also do as hereafter followeth Take Pellitory of Spaine Scammony white Hellebore Euphorbium of each one drag beate and stéepe it in vineger open and loose the gums about the tooth and rub it often therewith it is very forcible and therefore to be the more regarded Item take Nettle séeds roots of the Mulberry trée and roots of Celendine of each a like quantity boyle them in wine or vineger this should haue the same operation with the former and it is much safer Another Open the gums and lay bare the roote of the tooth and strew Euphorbium in it this will doubtlesse loose the tooth that it may easily be taken out afterwards wash thy mouth with the decoction of Myrrhe for thereby will the place or hole be drawne together and all paine abated Take the dregs or lées of strong vineger and apply it to the tooth many dayes together afterwards draw out the tooth But if it will not stirre then rub the place with fresh butter or some other grease of birds and especially with the braines of a Hare sodden which haue a hidden vertue and operation for this purpose as before hath bene said This remedy following applied to the tooth maketh the same to fall out without any paine Dissolue two drag of Ammoniacum in vineger temper Henbane séeds beaten amongst it and annoint the tooth and the roote thereof Item take the iuice of Esula with meale make a dow of it temper it well and let it boyle a while and apply it to the tooth Of the double tooth OTherwhiles two téeth grow vnnaturally one before the other which is not onely vnséemely but hindereth also very much wherefore it must be taken away with an instrument and with applications If you will take it away by application then are you first to loose the gums from it and make a little ball of Waxe and mixe the iuice of Esula or of Néesewoort with it The same doth also the blood of a leafe frogge Or take the roote of a Mulberry trée and Pellitory of each halfe an ounce wet them in vineger and dry them in the Sun vntill they be as thicke as hony then temper them with the foresaid iuice of Esula and annoint the tooth thrice a day with it and it will easily fall out The iuice of the rootes of Nettles mixed equally with Galbanum should do the same In like manner also beaten Fig leaues applied to the tooth To make and to keepe the teeth cleane TAke Cuttle bone white sea Muscles Spuma maris Allume Aristology parched Barley Sulfer vife Cinnamom and long pepper of each a like much temper it with hony and rub the téeth often therewith Or take Argoile two drag beate it small and searce it wash it with good wine rub the téeth once a day with it and afterwards wash thy mouth in the winter with warme and in summer with cold wine This following is highly commended Take two drag of Date stones red Corall prepared thrée drag Lupins and the rootes of the yellow Flower deluce of each thrée drag beate all that is to be beaten and afterwards make a confection of it with clarified hony which must be so hard that you may make small placents or trocisces of it dry them in the shadow when you wil vse them then dissolue one of them in wine or vineger and wash thy téeth therewith euery morning when thou hast first
be a Iulep of Roses tempered with Well water or Sugar water or any thingâ— Meade Further he is to eate light meates as bread mollified in fresh flesh broth and such like He shall also oftentimes two houres after meate take Pillulas Elephanginas and let his head be offer combed and stroked And let him gargarize with wine of Pomegranates and barly water mingled together Afterwards he is to cleanse his mouth with sixe ounces of Barly water wherein is tempered one ounce of the sirupe of the outward gréene nut shels Before meate he is to vse water to wash his feete wherein Woodbind Bay leaues Marioram gentle and Rosemary are decocted and he shall rub his legs downewards with these herbes Also he is often to vse thrée â—â— foure graines of Masticke and one graine of Cucubes or Lignum Aloes to chew it in the morning and to hold it in his mouth For this infirmity it is also very commodious for one to auoyd much filth through the nose And as this Squinancy is caused diuersly so do the learned also deuide the same into foure kinds First when the throate and the bulke with the parts round about them do swell Secondly if about the throate there be no swelling séene on the outside notwithstanding aboue all this that the breath is so short that one would thinke that the patient would be strangled Thirdly when there appeareth a swelling on the outside of the throate Fourthly when the throate swelleth as well within as without But after what manner soeuer it commeth it is alwayes a perillous sicknesse and especially the second kind for that it is very quick and spéedy so that oftentimes it dispatcheth one in two or thrée dayes and commonly it is more dangerous for children then for aged folke therfore do the Latinists call this kind of Squinancy Strangulatorem which is Strangler as it were somewhat that fell into the throate the which then so stopt the breath that one must therewith be strangled For Strangulatio they say is nought else but a spéedy death by reason that one can get no breath euen as it hapneth when the throte is stopt And this is the difference betwéene them the Squinancy as it is said killeth one very hastily Peripneumonia which is a sicknes of the lights doth with a painful breath strangle by litle and litle But if rheumes fall into the throte then are they a cause of strangling for that thereby the pipes of the lights in time are stopped If in swallowing he feele a narrownesse and paine that the breath be painfully drawne and that the patient haue scarcenes of breath and is constrained to hold open his mouth then is the Squinancy at hand which is great or small as may appeare by the vehemency of the signes And for that this disease procéedeth as well of bloud Cholera and heate as of cold and Phlegma and so requireth speciall remedies therefore we will hereafter in particular speake of them Of the Squinancie or paine in the throate through heate §. 5. FOr this Squinancy regard is to be had to the face and the eyes whether they be red and the face puft vp and whether the patients spettle be swéet Also whether he being healthy hath vsed much nourishing meate and drinke for when these signes as is said do appeare then it is certaine that this Squinancy procéedeth of superfluous blood and heate then is the head veine to be opened without all delay on the right hand and to let out foure or fiue ounces of blood according to the ability of the person and to vse this Clister by and by after it Take Mallowes Hollihocke roots Violet leaues Cammomill Adiantum of each a handfull séeth these in sufficient water vnto the halfe part Take 12. or 16. ounces of this decoction oyle of Dill and of Saffron of each one ounce oyle of Beuercod halfe an ounce Hiera logodion one ounce the iuice of Swines bread if you can get it one scruple Diagridion halfe a scrup salt one drag minister it warme If the sicknesse be somewhat tolerable then within twelue houres after set two great boxing cups on the shoulders hard by the neck very warme and let them bleed well But if the patient be corpulent then is the Median to be opened on the same side or the litle veines vnder the toong This letting of blood is not to be done at one time only but if the patient may well abide it shall be the oftener reiterated and the lesse at once for it dispatcheth and driueth the matter from them But vntill the patient be let bloud Clistered and boxed he must be rubbed with warme clothes and first from beneath the knées euen to the feete afterwards from the thighes to the knees thirdly from the shoulders vnto the huckle bone fourthly from the shoulders vnto the hands or at the leastwise bind the same members hard and make them loose often as hath bene sayd Then both before and after purging are presently to be vsed all cooling and astringent gargarismes whereof diuers are described in the third Chapter and the fourth § Or make it thus Lay the seeds of Sumach to stéepe in Rice water and gargarize therewith Or take Coriander Sumach Gals Hippocistis Pomegranate pils of each a like quantity séeth these in sufficient water vntill the halfe be consumed This following is also very good being vsed within the first thrée dayes Take the water of Purslaine and Plantaine of each foure ounces sirupe of greene Nutshels thrée ounces tempered and holden long in the mouth Item to gargarize with warme milke easeth the paine Take sirupe of Poppy heads and sirupe of Mulberries of each one drag Rose water three ounces tempered and vsed as the other before Or take Barly water as much as you will and mingle amongst it sirupe of Pomegranats Mulberies and hony of Roses as much as you will Item take small sliced Licorice Currans Figs Fleawort Quince kernels and white Poppy séed of each one quarter of an ounce barly one ounce and a halfe séeth it in sufficient water till that the barly breake put vnto it two ounces of the hony of Roses This is very good to be vsed after the purging Take Acornes that be old beate them small giue of them to the patient twice a day halfe a drag at each time in what you please This is speciall good against the swelling of the throte it is also good to take the fume of them into the throte Item take dried white dogs dung halfe an ounce beaten small tempered with the sirupe of Mulberies and giue it to the patient to swallow by litle litle it helpeth drieth maruellously What ought to be vsed outwardly BEfore there be any salues plaisters or any other thing layd vpon the outside thereof you are to froth and rub the patients armes and legs euen as before is sayd and annoint the same members afterwards with fresh butter or with the oile of sweet Almonds Or vse this
Purslaine water for this is also good Trocisci de Carabe and of Terra Sigillata Now follow certaine confections and such like wherewith the cause of this spetting of bloud will be taken away for the which this following is a certaine remedie Take a dragme of Egshels beaten small and temper it with halfe an ounce of the sirupe of Poppie heads or sirupe of Iuiubes temper also with it the confection of Philonium Romanum halfe a scruple and so take it if you had rather drinke it then mixe it with some Purslaine water Item take conserues of Roses and Violets of each one ounce the cōfection of Triasandalon thrée ounces prepared red Corall Purslaine séede broad Plantaine seed of each one quarter of an ounce temper them togither with Rose water Or take the spices of cold Dragagant cakes halfe an ounce yellow Amber prepared red Corall Bloudstone fine Bolus Plantaine seedes and Housleeke of each one dragme a halfe Gumme broad Plantaine séede of each halfe a dragme Mastick Frankinsence of each thrée graines Raisins one ounce white Sugar as much as is néedefull Purslaine water and Rose water of each two ounces séeth therewith the Sugar vntill it be as thicke as Hony and temper the rest being beaten small amongst it Item take Pingles one ounce Currans one ounce and a halfe beaten Licorice halfe an ounce Ginger one drag Cinnamome two drag as much Sugar as the rest seeth them with the water of Plantaine and temper the rest being chopt and beaten amongst it Take Henbane seedes tenne graines prepared Corall one scruple two or thrée ounces of Plantaine water temper them together giue it him to drinke put also therto the tabulats of Diatragacanthum the confection of Diacodion Looch de Portulaca each alone or tempered to a confection with the sirupe of Myrtles the red losinges are also to be holden in the mouth that stand described with other Treacle or Mithridate do maruellously withstand the spetting of bloud if there be taken of them one dragme and a halfe tempered with Vineger and Purslaine water The confection of Foxe lights described here before in the 12. § are also highly commended aboue all other remedies Against all clodded bloud in the breast be it of any wounds or otherwise you are to drinke this take field Cypers stampe it small and lay it 24. hours to stéep in Scabious water wring it well out and drinke oftentimes thereof warme Item take the herbe Horsetaile beate it to powder and drinke thereof euery time one drag with Plantaine water twice a day This powder may you also cast vpon the meat and a little Bloudstone mixed amongst it Item take prepared Bloudstone mixe it with water or iuice of Purslaine and swallow it downe for this stone hath a special force to stanch bloud like as experience bringeth with it Or take two scruples of prepared Bloudstones and temper it with the renning of a young Déere and make pils thereof and hold them awhile in your mouth Item take Iuiubes Sebestes Dragagant Gum of each one quarter of an ounce Annis séede and seedes of Hollihockes of each one drag one quart of steeled water séeth these together to the third part whereof the patient is to drinke foure times a day Item take sirupe of Poppie séedes of Iuiubes and Myrtle séede temper them together or take each alone make a drinke thereof with water wherein Quince or Myrtle séede is boyled Another Take Myrtle séede broad Plantaine seede both beaten small of each one dragme temper them with Purslaine water and drinke it treatably Or vse this following in this manner also take beaten Lupins one quarter of an ounce prepared Bloudstone one dragm tempered with Purslaine water and drinke it as is said Betonie laid in Wine is also many times approued in the spetting of bloud There may also salues be vsed outwardly vpon the breast yet here is to be noted that it is very commodious for the spetting of bloud but for the cough very hurtfull therfore this following is rather to be vsed take oile of Roses or Myrtles of swéet Almonds iuice of Prunes of each a like much and make thereof a salue with molten waxe Item take beaten Frankinsence temper it with the white of an Egge and lay it on the breast Or take the iuice of Sloes Hyppocystis Dragon bloud blossomes of Pomegranats Gals Mastick and Roses of each foure scruples Turbith fine Bolus of each one dragm oile of Roses of Myrtles of Masticke of each halfe an ounce the white of an Egge well beaten and Waxe as much as is néedfull for a salue The black Tabulates described in the second part the second Chapter and 2. § shal the patient hold vnder his tongue And if this be desired to be more forcible then is it to be prepared as herafter followeth take Dragagant Plantaine séeds a little parched and Gumme of each half an ounce Bloudstone the yellow seedes of Roses fine Bolus sealed earth Amber and red Corall of each one dragme muscilage of Fleawoort seed tempered with Purslaine water as much as is needfull for to forme therewith these trocisces vse them as is said It is also needfull that the body be purged For which this sirupe following may be vse◠Take Myrtle seede and the seede of Butchers broome Roses blossomes of Pomegranates the yellow seedes of Roses Acorne cups Gals iuice of Sloes and Hippocistis of each halfe an ounce white Saunders Quinces and burnt Iuorie of each one quarter of an ounce Dragagant Gum fine Bolus and Dragons bloud of each one drag and a halfe sealed earth and Masticke of each three drag Frankinsence white Poppie seede of each two drag and a halfe prepared Bloudstone halfe a drag the iuice of Plantaine and iuice of Quinces of each sixe ounces You must straine and scum the iuice then powre thereto as much raine water as will serue to seeth it together and make thereof a sirupe with Sugar whereof giue one ounce and a halfe tempered with thrée ounces of Purslaine water during certaine daies early in the morning This sirupe doth not loose but stoppeth much rather and stancheth bloud For the purging vse these pils de Agarico two scrup Cochiae one scrup make thereof seuen pils Or make the sirupe of Roses laxatiue with Rubarbe in an astringent decoction and Purslaine water wherein the shels of yellow Mirobalanes be decocted and this is a soluble and good purgation it cleanseth well the bloud But if the cough be with it then against night giue him a pill of Cynoglosso and let him hold one in his mouth by day For a broken Veine in the Lights or breast §. 18. THe signes of a broken Veine in the Lights are as is alreadie said if the bloud be suddenly spet out or powred out by heapes and that cleare cleane bloud and not clodded then is present remedie to be looked for before it turne to an impostume or that the bloud be congealed and turned into matter For if so
Melon séed Pompeon séed Cucumber seed and péeled Gourd seed of each one dragme sower Dates one ounce Violets halfe an ounce séeth these all together except the Dates and breake them into this decoction it is very good for the breast and cooleth naturally take of it thrée ounces Rubarb two scruples Spica foure graines conserue of Prunes halfe an ounce temper these well together and drinke it warme and fast thereupon the space of sixe houres The same day lay vpon the rupture sixe ounces of greene Nightshade but if you cannot get it then take dried Roses and broad Plantaine of each two ounces Linseed sodden in vineger twelue ounces barly meale fiue ounces oile of Roses foure ounces let all these séeth together vnto a thick pap by a mild fire treatably and then lay this vpon it twice a day Item take water of Endiue Nightshade barly water and beane water of each a like much temper amongst it a litle saffron and oile of Roses make it wet in a cloth and lay it theron Or take Barly meale Lentil meale Beane meale and Violets of each a like much temper these all together with the iuice of the herbe of winter Cheries vnto a plaister or salue and vse it as aboue But if so be that the paine of this accident wil not stanch then powne Henbane amongst it The third day must two cups be set behind on the buttocks and that at such time as the patient hath least paine letting them draw much bloud His meates must be cooling and drying as Veriuice the iuice of Pomegranats c. His drinke must be sower and thin wine This is also to be noted that this kind of rupture is of that nature that it may be cured in eight dayes But the rupture which is caused of phlegmatick humors is much more common and they that gladly haunt strange women are more subiect to these ruptures Also all they that liue riotously eate hard meates and haue sate vpon a cold stone with their naked body which may be knowne through the coldnesse of the disease when it beginneth to mollifie and when one doth thrust his finger into it that the dent of the finger tarieth a good while in it which in the windy rupture nor in the water rupture hapneth not to be Also the place is not perspicuous and the swelling remaineth at a stay This disease is to be cured with these purgations following Take Turbith one quarter of an ounce Ginger one dragme white sugar thrée dragmes temper them together of this must the patient euery fourth day take one dragme with Wormewood water and betwéen them must he euery morning take this potion Take water of Balme Betony and Wormewood of each one ounce and a halfe Sugar halfe an ounce Vineger of Squils one ounce mixe them together Now for to strengthen the parts wherein the phlegmatick humor ingendreth it is very good euery morning to take one dragme of Treacle which is ten yéeres old This plaister following is also maruellous good for to consume all such matter Take Sandaraca two ounces Sarcocolla one ounce ashes of Beane straw or Vine stockes sixe ounces Vineger of Squils two ounces as much water as is néedful let these séeth together vnto the thicknesse of a plaister and lay it vpon the sore as aboue Some do take in steed of common ashes the ashes of Saponaria which may be well done Of the fleshie Rupture §. 6. THis rupture may also ingender of good bloud for that the nourishing operation doth works so vehemently therein that the bloud turneth into flesh It may also be caused through great heate of the cods When as then this excrescence of the flesh doth much increase then will this member be much féebled and the new flesh which at the first was not hurtfull will be vtterly destroyed This excrescence of flesh or fleshy rupture is first of all knowne for that therewith is no paine at all The heate is to be knowne by the rednesse of the place where the disease appéereth and by the hardnesse it is also knowne for that it agreeth with other flesh Lastly it is also to be discerned and knowne by the speedy increasing by reason that sometimes it will be as big as ones head The outward causes of the fleshy rupture are all that ouerheate and ouermoisten whereby the bloud inflameth and will be fat euen as all delicate meates yolks of egs good fresh broth swéet Wines Dates Sugar and all that is drest therewith and such like For to remedy this first the Liuer veine or the Median is to be opened and that at seuerall times first one then another Secondly you must looke to open the hemorrhoides in the fundament through continual rubbing it with Oxe gall or with water wherein Sulphur vif is decocted Thirdly through often applying great cups vpon the buttocks hips and other fleshy parts He must eate no other meates than that are cooling and drying thereby to hinder the generation of the bloud for which this plaister following is also to be layd therupon Take Lentil Nightshade Roses and broad Plantaine of each sixe ounces Barly meale twelue ounces three whites of egges seeth these all together in sufficient vineger and thrice as much water then make thereof a plaister and lay it vpon the whole cod fiue or sixe dayes one after an other Now when as this patient hath purged and done all that is prescribed then is this plaister following to be layd vpon the rupture Take Bolus two ounces sealed earth and starch of each one drag Mil dust one ounce and a half Sandaraca and Mastick of each one quarter of an ounce make a salue thereof with the iuice of Roses in a leaden mortar and lay thereof twice a day ouer the rupture Afterwards vse this corroding ointment Take blacke Sope two ounces Orpiment one ounce and a halfe Sulphur vif halfe an ounce burnt Copperas one dragme and a half temper all together in a mortar with water wherein Sal Armoniack is dissolued lay this vpon the lower part of the cod about the breadth of a groate and let it lie therein about one houre but no longer so that it may not bite in too déepe When there is any vlcer then lay easie things thereon as Barrowes grease or butter vntill that the escarre fall off When this is all done then take for this the salue of the Apostles afterwards are you to lay this biting salue againe vpon another place of the cod so that it may be opened in sixe or eight places yet so that one may commodiously come to it with the foresayd things When you then sée that such excrescens be consumed which may be discerned and knowne hereby that the cod is come to his wonted bignesse againe the which sometimes hapneth to endure halfe a yéere before it come thereto then must you procéed with incarnatiues which things require an expert and patient Chirurgian Of the Rupture which is caused of broken veines called Varicosa
there seeketh issue and to tell the truth this is very hardly to be healed especially when all such diseases do stand deep in the necke of the mother But these clefts are to be healed with the same remedies which shortly hereafter in the treatise of the Arsgut shall be described yet if there be no Ague nor sharpnes present then may these pessaries following be vsed Take Ducks grease and the marrow of a Stags bone of each halfe an ounce Saffron one scruple oyle of Lillies and of white Daffodill of each one quarter of an ounce Waxe as much as is néedfull wherewith to frame pessaries These pessaries must be put vp into the place yet bounden at a threed they draw the clefts together Item take Frankinsence and Hypocistis of each halfe a dragme Aloe halfe a scruple Dragon blood three dragmes the iuice of Sloes one dragme dried Asse dung one ounce dried Mints a scruple burnt Egshels one dragme and a half three whites of Egs burnt paper two scruples thrée ounces of the iuice of broad Plantain Vineger one quarter of an ounce temper them all together it is especiall good for all clefts of the whole body But if so be that there be any heate or sharpnesse therewith then is oyle of Roses to be vsed for it and the pessaries must be annointed with this white vnguent or make a pessary of Cotton stéeped in Rose water or Plantaine water But if the heate therof be great take the iuice of Purslaine muscilage of Fleawort and iuice of Housléeke worke this the space of certaine houres in a leaden mortar and temper a little oyle of Roses amongst it this healeth and cooleth It is also very good against the Canker of the Mother and such like diseases Item take Dragagant and Gum dissolued in Rose water washed Aloe Ceruse Frankinsence and Dragon bloud of each one dragme litharge of Gold halfe an ounce oyle of Roses two ounces waxe as much as is néedful stamp all that is to be stamped and make a salue of it Also this hereafter following may with a Siring be squirted into the place Take washed white bread Frankinsence Bolus and Dragon blood of each one ounce powne it and séeth it in foure ounces of Goates milke vnto the half then straine it through a cloth and vse it as hath béene sayd Of the Vlceration in the priuities of Women §. 3. AL that is ordained herebefore for the clefts is also good for all vlcerations of the priuities in women so is also in like manner that which followeth hereafter Take fresh butter Badgers grease and Deeres suet of each one ounce the marrow of a yong Steere halfe an ounce fiue beaten yolkes of Egs temper them all together ouer a mild fire and stirre it continually when as it is almost cold then put thereto Violets Cammomill and Roses of each one ounce oile of Oliues one ounce and a half let this séeth softly one quarter of an houre stirring it alwayes about afterwards straine it through a cloth Item take Barrowes grease wherin Dill hath bin fried May butter and Harts suet of each two ounces Sallad oyle one ounce and a half the marrow of a yong Stéere and Roses of each one ounce Violets Cammomill of each one dragme and a halfe sixe yolkes of egs well beaten temper it as before you may put thereto a little Beuercod this is the elder the better For a generall rule note that whereas any vlceration or clefts do show themselues outwardly that for the same these foresaid remedies are commodious if so be that they stand déepe in the neck of the Mother then vse the foresaid pessaries and thrust them in déepe inough for which cause the pessaries must be reasonable long Also for all swellings and exulcerations vse the oyle of white Daffodill for it is very much approoued for it When any body catcheth any sore through carnall copulation §. 4. THis is to be vnderstood of any sore which commonly commeth through copulation or venery For this you shall take Calues suet letting it melt treatably vpon hote coles then temper therewith the marrow of an Oxe when it is molten let it be cold when you will vse this then take a little of it and annoint the sore therewith But if it hapned that one haue his ordure to come forth before then take a small Tunnell and stick it into the fundament like as it were a Clister pipe then poure therein the molten fat but not too hot The patient must also keepe in his breath and afterwards plucke out the Tunnell and so stop the fundament with Cotton that the same fat might not run out againe And two or thrée dayes after he must bathe in warme water or foment with a bag that is filled with Oken leaues Plantaine and Roses and is decocted in water For to make a Woman to be as narrow as a Maiden §. 5. TAke Consolida Saracenica Plantaine red Roses and Shepherds purse of each a like much and chop them small when you haue two handfuls of them then take a pound of May butter melt it and put thereto the sayd herbes then let all séeth softly together halfe an houre long afterwards straine it through a cloth and therewith annoint the place Item take Coperas and let it dissolue in well water wet a cloth therein and lay it in the place but it must otherwhiles be refreshed If then one be troubled with the Crablice looke the first part in the third Capter in the 8. § where is sufficiently written of Lice For to speake then more at large of this matter and to declare like as is said already how much importeth mankind in the soundnesse and health of these parts of generation therefore we will first speake of the Spermaticall fluxe or running of the raines be it by day or night afterwards of the impossibility of the veneriall act Thirdly of the barrennesse both of man and woman and how to redresse it Fourthly what belongeth to the Secundina or Skin wherein the child is wrapt we will shew hereafter The sixt Chapter Of the Spermaticall Fluxe or running of the Raines THe Grecians do call this infirmitie Gonorrhaeam which is when one against his will without the erection of the Yard hath his séed running out through the losse of his strength and vnnaturall heate This is caused through the féeblenesse of the vertue retentiue which is in the instruments of the séed which may happen through any ouercoldnesse be it by sitting on cold stones or otherwise It is else daily séene if any beare this mischiefe too long that he waxeth leane thereby and falleth away And it is also no wonder that by reason of this fluxe of the seed which sometimes ten yea twenty times hapneth betwéene day and night that therby the best nourishment of the body is withdrawn If so be then that this Spermaticall fluxe is caused through weaknesse of the retentiue vertue then hapneth it without féeling or if it happen through
as De succo Endiuiae de Cydonijs de Rosis siccis Rosatus solutiuus and Mirtinus It hath béene also said before that for this disease no purgations are fit But if such were most needfull then is there to be giuen him one ounce or one ounce and a halfe of fine Cassia with Purslaine water Another which is stronger Take Cassia one ounce and De succo Rosarum one quarter of an ounce beaten séeds of Agnus castus one scruple Water-lillies thrée ounces temper them all together Also there is to be giuen him one ounce or one ounce and a halfe of Cassia with hony or milke Afterwards take euery morning a draught of well decocted barly water and temper therewith according as the heate is great a spoonful or twaine of the iuice of Housléeke or Purslaine for it cooleth much Item take one ounce or one ounce and a halfe of Cassia strew it with the powder of Licorice and swallow it downe in the morning fasting Item vse fourtéene dayes continually in the morning early a little Cassia out of the pipes and spet out the kernels A Confection that is very fit for this Take prepared Coriander one quarter of an ounce powder of Mints thrée dragmes Lettice Purslaine and pilled Cucumber séed of each two dragmes and a halfe Gum Comin both parched of each one dragme parched Dragagant one dragme and a halfe Waterlillies one quarter of an ounce all these beaten small together Sugar fiftéene ounces and séeth the Sugar in Purslaine water and then make Tabulates of it Hereafter follow Potions Take Comfrey rootes and seeth them in water drinke thereof thrée or foure ounces with Sugar it is very fit for this disease Item steeled water wherein Mirtle seede hath bene decocted being drunken is also very good For this is also meete Plantaine water Sorrell water Purslaine water and Cicorie water Or take Mallowes and Hollihocke rootes boyle them in water and drinke of it Or take of the Trocisci de Carabe de terra Sigillata de Spodio which you will or of each halfe a dragme for the whole Dose mixe it with whay and so drinke it What ought to be vsed outwardly IF so be that this infirmitie haue long continued then make Smiths Sinders glowing hot and slake them in wine and bath therwithall You must fill the Nauel with Stags suet which stayeth the affluxion of the heate and sharpnesse of the matter If the patient then desire to make water thē must the patient hang his priuities in Plātaine water or Nightshade water Item take old oyle of Roses two ounces oyle of Quinces and Mirtles of each two ounces and a halfe Burnt Lead white Lead Bloudstone both washt in Lettice water of each halfe an ounce Starch one ounce and a halfe Willow leaues and water Lillie flowers of each fiue dragmes Camfere one quarter of an ounce mixe one with another in a leaden mortar with the iuice of Plantaine and make also a salue thereof For this disease shall you finde many remedies both in the auncient and later Phisitions The cooling salue is also very commodious for this like as is the oyntment of Saunders Vnguentum Sandalinum Vnguentum Sandalinum which is made in this manner Take Roses three dragmes red Saunders two dragmes and a halfe yellow Saunders one dragme and a half fine Bolus one quarter of an ounce burnt Iuorie one drag Camfere halfe a dragme white Waxe one ounce oyle of Rose buds three ounces the Waxe and the oyle are to be molten togither and then temper the other things amongst them This is not onely good for this disease but also for inflamed Kidneies and to coole the liuer the stomacke and all other parts With any of both these oyntments annoynt the patients Kidneies and the Cods euen to the end of his Yard Item take oyle of Mirtles Roses Masticke of each halfe a dragme shauen Iuorie one scruple Camfere two graines powne all that is to be powned and with a little Waxe make thereof a salue wherwith annoynt the Kidneies This salue is also good for the whites in women Womens whites It is also much commended to weare vpon the Kidneies a peece of thin beaten Lead Of the Fluxe of Sperme or the running of Reynes through cold §. 2. IN this infirmitie is felt with the paine in the head a distemperance also of the braines a vexation af the whole body with cold euē as in Mania For this be especially Mints very méete Rue also and the seede thereof be highly commended for the same mountaine Mints Agnus Castus Artichockes with the rootes parched Comin Caruway Annis Frankinsence and their barkes Masticke and Marierom This patient must then prouidently as is sayd and mildly purge afterwards euery morning take a dragme of Treacle with Betonie water You may giue him also stued Peares or Quinces to eate Likewise rere sodden egges wherein is a little Masticke powder strewed and red Corall powder Also the Reynes and bladder are to be annointed round about with oyle of Masticke and oyle of Roses Of the Fluxe of the Sperme or seede in the sleepe §. 3. ABoue the afore mentioned fluxe of the seede this yet is to be annexed vnto it when as the seede also passeth away in the sleepe a nights and very seldome by day The cause of this is daily riotting and surfetting and specially meates which are drest with spice and be easie of digestion Secondly the thoughts vpon a faire woman whom one loueth Thirdly to sléepe sound and to lye vpon the backe abundance of bloud abstinence from women haile youth whence all other signes are to be had and taken these are also to be remedied like the former If it be caused of fulnesse it is to be cured by abstinence if through lust after women then will it be eased with a godly Matrimonie as also by the vse of cold and dry things as is already sayd of the running of the Raynes of that which procéedeth not of abundance but maketh a man vnfit to get children as shall be hereafter spoken of Of what and whereby naturall Sperme or seede will be most augmented §. 4. THe cause of the diminishing or increasing of naturall séede may as well procéede of intollerable heate as cold also of inward and outward causes The cold is repercussiue and kéepeth backe the heate consumeth Likewise it may grow by fals and such like other things moe whereby the braines are weakened Item of some kind of lesion of the stones and other parts also of inward as a bad concoction of the séede cutting of the stone or the Piles wherby the generation of the séede is hindred of sore precedent diseases of sorrow heauinesse temptation smalnesse of the humaine member and amongst diuers other causes of age also Now for to helpe this disease euen as is before sayd not to increase lecherie or fleshly lust but in fauour and preferment of Matrimonie For this therefore is good warme and dry weather and also
the Pyles are these things following highly commended Take Mirobalani Indi Emblici Bellirici a little parched of each fiue dragmes Perles halfe a dragme temper them all togither with the iuice of Garlicke and vse halfe a drag thereof at one time with stéeled water the party is also euery morning to eate a couple of confected Mirobalans Chebuli and to fast fower howers vpon it and that during the space of ten daies or as long as the bleeding continueth A stronger Take the confection of Triphera ex parte Phenouis or de Scoria ferri of which you will one quarter of an ounce or lesse tempered in two ounces of Purslaine water Also the iuice of Yarrow may be taken for this one ounce and a halfe the same stancheth much Item take Wormewood Venus haire and Sorrell of each one handfull Sorrell séed and the séeds of Plantaine Melons Purslaine and Roses of each one dragme seeth them in fayre well water afterwards wring it out and put thereto the shales of yellow Mirobalans one quarter of an ounce red and white prepared Corall Citron séed of each halfe a dragme let it seeth to thrée or foure ounces then mixe with this decoction Syrupum Acetosum Compositum one ounce Syrupum de Plantagine halfe an ounce take this certaine daies one after another in the morning betimes For this is also good one quarter of an ounce of Galbanum dissolued in water and dronken A very commodious confection for to be taken alwaies before meat Take Butchers broome seed parched séed of broade Plantaine the iuice of Sloes and Coriander of each one scruple Amber all beaten small and Sugar which is dissolued in Purslaine water thrée ounces take thrée dragmes thereof at one time Aboue all these astringent medicines you shall finde manie moe in the discourse of the excessiue fluxe of the Termes in women also in the first part where many are specified for the staunching of blood the which are altogither good for this purpose How that the Pyles are to be opened §. 6. WHat good this bléeding of the Pyles doth cause whē it commeth by nature and of it selfe and from what sicknes it will preserue a man it is partly declared in the 5. § Likewise what this bléeding doth procure if it be staunched contrary to the old custome also what inconueniences may come ensue thereof When as this bleeding discōtinueth the Pyles do vexe the patient with great paine and extuberation then are they to be opened for to let the blood haue his accustomed course for this preserueth one besides all the recited perillous maladies from all corroding vlcers wildfire cankers madnes melancholy falling sicknes enflaming of the Lights both the kinds of dropsies and consumption And if so be that this blood be staunched then is it to be feared that all the foresaid diseases may ensue thereby therefore when any body desireth to open them then are these things following to be vsed First put the sicke body in a bath whereby the Pyles may be mollified Or in the stéed therof make this fomentation Take Marierom field Mints and Mallowes séeth them in wine and receiue the vapor thereof from beneath sitting on a close stoole méetly warme the next day after open the Saphea or the Median The Saphea is vpon the hindermost part of the foot besides the héele whereby the melancholicke blood is drawen downeward afterwards annoynt the Pyles with oyle of bitter Almonds or oyle of Nuts also a little Cotton is good for this made wet in the iuice of Onions and laid thereon This may you effect also with the Gals of all beasts although the Oxe gall be especially cōmended aboue all the rest Secondly put Horsleaches into them through a pipe whereby they may fall right vpon the Pyles for by nature they do draw out the melancholicke blood which is contrary to the boxing cups Therefore if there be boxing cups set vpon it then must they be fastened vnpickt be it on man or woman and that betwéene the priuities and the Arsegut Thirdly rub the Arsegut with Fig leaues vntill it begin to bléede in like sort may the powder of Nep of Marierom of Fleawort of Swines bred of Pepper or any other biting powder as Cantharides and Esula also Flammula may be laid thereon But if you will haue milder things then take the iuice of Centorie or water wherein a good quantitie of Mallowes be decocted Item beaten Stauesacre tempered with Honie Fourthly this is the most certaine way viz. that two or thrée pyles be opened with the Flew and to the end they may not shut suddenly together againe like as their nature is then vse this salue following Take oyle of Peach kernels of Abricock kernels or the same kernels beaten and the iuice of Garlick of each one quarter of an ounce Waxe as much as is néedfull for to make a salue But if so be that these inward Pyles cannot be séene then must the patient be required once to strayne hard as if he would goe to the stoole Do not the Pyles as yet appeare thereby then let a boxe or cup with a wide mouth be set vpon the fundament when these haue pluckt out the Arsegut then open a veine or twayne that be fullest Fiftly vse this salue following Take small beaten Aloe one quarter of an ounce Oxe gals one ounce Vineger two ounces temper them all together put therein some Cotton or wet a cloth and rub it well therewith Item take Centorie Rapontica Stauesacre Flammula and white Néesewort of each alike much temper it with Oxe gall and the iuice of Onions let it then dry stampe it and once againe do as before Reiterate this fowre times together when you will vse this then wash well the Pyles with warme water and temper the foresayd powder with Oxe gall and annoynt therewith the Pyles Another Take two small Onions fowre heads of Garlick beate them together and temper them with the meale of Lupins and with very eager Vineger vnto a plaister which will open the Pyles immediatly Sixtly make a long suppository of Swines bread put it vp into the fundament kéepe it therein a whole night if it come out then put in another vntill the Pyles begin to bléede Also with the suppositories of wild Cucumber rootes do the like Item take Coloquint thrée drag bitter Almonds halfe an ounce sodden Hony thrée ounces and make suppositories thereof and vse another euery fiue howres so that the Pyles will then bléede immediatly Some do open these veines with hote yrons and some through Cauteries potentiall as Arsenicum and such like but because they are perilous it is better to rest with the former remedies Against the paine of the Pyles §. 7. IF so be that there be any impostume besides the paine of the Pyles outwardly on the Arsegut then must the patients Liuer veine be opened on the right hand and this plaister following laid vpon the Fundament thereby to asswage the paine Take the
néedfull to vse any purgation for this then shall you finde good instructions for it where we shall treate of Cholera but chiefly is Cassie commended for it because her cooling operation is very fit and méete for the stomack for it clenseth the same from all moysture and therefore are the confections of Cassy and Manna which be described hereafter in the binding of the bodie esteemed very méete Item the Tabulates Diaturbith cum Rhabarbaro and a certaine powder more which is expressed in the same place Amongst the Simples are Sene leaues the very principall which haue a great propertie to purge the hote Cholera the like doth also Aloe Coloquint the iuice of wilde Cucumbers Epithymus and twenty or thirty séeds of Palma Christi which be very good but that they be somewhat preiudiciall to the stomacke Esula is somewhat too strong for if the same be not well prepared then is it venime in the body Lawrell and the floures of Mezereon be excéeding sharp and perilous to be vsed The Polypodie roote is very safe but yet somewhat hurtfull to the stomack The yellow Mirobalans aboue all other do purge Cholera and loose very necessarily There be of such laxatiue simples many mo but we haue only recited héere these simples for example whereby to choose that which liketh him best and to forbeare that which is to be eschued When he hath purged then is it counselled by diuers that this Potion following be taken after it Take Fumitorie Violets Wormewood of each one ounce let these séeth so long in water vntill about foure ounces do remaine of it You are then to stéepe in this decoction one quarter of an ounce of yellow Mirobalans the space of a whole night and being wrung out then are you to temper amongst it one drag or one quarter of an ounce of Hiera Picra and in the morning early to drinke it warme The order of Dyet THe patient is to be sustained with such meates as be somewhat sowre and that haue also an astringent vertue as flesh boyled with vnripe Pomegranats or for sauce for his meate Veriuice wine of Pomgranats iuice of Oranges Limons and Prunes of Damaske Lettice Purslaine both of them made sowre with Vineger and so vsed Barly pap Quinces rosted Peares or stued Peares strewed with Fennell or Annis séed eaten after meales do shut vp the stomacke The like do also wild dry Peares Before in the first part the twelfth Chapter and first § you haue an especiall good stomachicall powder which is very good for all paines of the stomacke which proceede of Cholera Item take Roses ten drag burnt Iuory three drag prepared Coriander séeds fiue drag giue him halfe an ounce thereof with sirupe of Pomegranats or sirupe of Quinces For this are also good these confections following as Triasantalon Diarrhodon Abbatis Rosata nouella and Aromaticum rosatum which is wholy of a temperate nature Confected things which do coole the stomacke THe Conserue of Raspes and of Lettice are both of them good for to coole the stomack they make also a desire for meate and do quicken the appetite Muske peares do stay the vaporing or fuming vp into the head All preserued Cherries Barberies Cicorie roots vnripe Grapes for what they be good and how they are to be confected shall sufficiently be taught in the last part Item take new conserue of Roses fowre ounces sirupe of Apples as much as you please temper them all together and take halfe an ounce fasting in the morning Or take Mastick one drag Roses burnt Iuorie Mints of each halfe a drag prepared Coriander one quarter of an ounce red Corrall one drag and a halfe Marmalad sixe ounces make these with the sirupe of Apples a little soft and stamp them all together in a mortar and mixe them all well together Marmalades without spice whereof be diuers described in the last part be also good remedies for the stomack they stay the Flix strengthen all the inward parts make appetite The conserue of Peach blossomes is also good Conserues of Roses delay the sharpnes of the cholerick matter which causeth vomit Conserues of Cicorie are also made for this Of the Trocisks these are speciall good De Spodio Diarrhodon De Camphora De Barberis And as touching his drinke he must eschue all strong Wine and drinke a small thin Wine Chery wine cooleth and moystneth the stomacke and all inward parts through his temperate nature Iulep of Violets and all other cooling potions may be vsed Hereafter in the treatise of Melancholy there shall be described a very pretious wine beginning thus Take pickt Currans c. which may be also very commodiously vsed for this Now for to come to the things which one may vse outwardly we will speake first of the plaisters and describe some of them Take the iuice of Plantaine and Rose water of each sixe ounces Vineger one ounce red and white Saunders red Corrall and prepared Coriander of each one quarter of an ounce Quince kernels Sorrell séed of each one drag this being beaten small together make a plaister thereof with Barly meale yet let it not be too hard and lay it on the neck of the stomack Another Take red and white Saunders Sorrell seed Bay berries Quince kernels and the iuice of Quinces of each one quarter of an ounce oyle of Mastick one ounce poune all that is to be pouned séeth it by a mild fire or on hot ashes vntill the iuice be wasted then straine it through a cloth and make thereof a soft plaister with Waxe as much as is needfull for it This plaister following is cooling and astringent Take Roses burnt Iuory Masticke Coriander Mirtle kernels and the iuice of Sloes Sandaraca Dragon blood of each half a drag Laudanum one quarter of an ounce Galliae Muscatae halfe a drag Pitch and Rosin of each thrée quarters of an ounce Waxe as much as is néedfull for a plaister let all these be molten togither in fower ounces of the iuice of Quinces and séeth it slowly vntill all the iuice be consumed and it will be like to a soft plaister it strengtheneth the weake stomacke of heate of Cholera and of an Ague it quencheth thirst stayeth excessiue vomiting scowring and also the paine of the stomacke Out of all the foresaid things may you make salues with oyle of Roses Violets Quinces and Masticke which you please vntill that the salue be soft enough In like maner is the salue of Roses also especially good for the heate of the stomacke The stomack is also to be annointed with this oyle following as oyle of Quinces oyle of Masticke and chiefly when there be Vine tendrels decocted therein Of Bags Applications and Fomentations for the stomacke TAke red and white Saunders red and white Corrall and Citron séed of each one drag prepared Coriander one drag and a halfe these being all stamped together grossely make a bag thereof Take Rose water Endiue water and water of Mints of each twelue ounces
the séede of Butchers broome blossomes and rindes of Pomegranates Mirtle séed Sarcocolla Masticke Cammomill and Melilot of each a like quantitie make a plaister thereof with the iuice of Quinces or of wild and sower Peares and spreade it on a cloth But if the scowring be stronger then the parbraking then lay it warme vpon the belly But if the parbraking be sorest of al then lay it vpon the stomacke Others do make two plaisters as hereafter followeth Take Laudanum Masticke of each one ounce and a halfe Frankinsence halfe a dragme red and white Saunders red Corrall séedes of Butchers broome of each one scruple yellow Rose séeds the iuice of Sloes Hypocistis blossomes and pils of Pomegranates of each halfe a scruple beaten small togither as much as is néedfull for a plaister spread thereof vpon a cloth and lay a great plaister therof ouer the stomacke before and behind vpon the backe about the Kidneies Item take the iuice Plantaine and Rose water of each thrée ounces Vineger halfe an ounce Masticke Frankinsence of each halfe a dragme Lentill meale as much as is néedfull for to make a plaister withall Another called de Crustapanis Take Masticke Mints burnt Iuorie red Corall De Crusta panis red and white Saunders of each one dragme Crusts of white bread two ounces stéepe them halfe an houre in Vineger afterwards beate them all togither and temper amongst it oyle of Masticke and oyle of Quinces of each one ounce Barley meale as much as doth suffice for a plaister and lay it warme vpon the stomacke This taketh away the parbraking within the space of halfe an houre Hereafter follow moe salues and oyles TAke oile of Masticke and oyle of Roses of each a like much temper therewith a little Vineger and annoint the stomacke with it Item take oyle of Masticke of Quinces and of Mirtles of each halfe an ounce Roses red Corall and Mints of each halfe a dragme Nutmegs Mirtle seed of each two scruples and a little Vineger temper them all with Waxe and make a salue of them or a plaister You haue a salue also here before in the tenth Chapter the 5. § beginning thus Take Comin and Caruway c. which is especiall good against parbraking being rubbed warme vpon the stomacke and the Nauell You may also rub alone vpon it the iuice of Plantaine tempered with Rose water but to make it thicke mingle therwith Lentill meale Take oyle Wormewood one ounce oyle of Quinces Mints and Masticke of each halfe an ounce Malmesey fiue dragmes let them boyle vntill the wine be wasted and when it is almost cold then temper therewith Species Diagalangae Aromatici Rosati de xylo aloes of each one dragme and Waxe as much as sufficeth for a plaister Item take red Saunders and Roses of each one quarter of an ounce Gallia muscata and Camfer of each one dragme Rose water sixe ounces temper and then lay it on the belly for it asswageth and cooleth Item Rose water alone made cold in snow and layd vpon the belly and when it is warme layd cold againe vpon it is very commodious for this purpose Another Take Bayberries Medlar leaues Frankinsence Tormentill grosse Marierom or them that one can best get of each halfe an ounce cut and séeth it in red wine and afterwards lay it as a warme plaister vpon the stomacke with Tow wetted therein This is especial good for al them that cannot kéepe in their meate This ensuing is also accompted to haue a maruellous operation Take the iuice of Crabs make a double cloth wet therein if his body be hot with an Ague then lay it cold vpon it but if the body be cold then apply it lukewarme vpon it Item take tosted bread beaten small foure ounces Masticke one quarter of an ounce make it meetely hot and lay it warme in a bag vpon the stomacke It taketh wind away and also the Collike in the belly Another Take Roses blossomes of Pomegranates of each one handfull and a halfe Gallia muscatae one dragme an a halfe the iuice of Sloes Mirtles Frankinsence of each one dragme Wormewood Hypocistis Cypers rootes Cloues Masticke of each halfe a dragme red and white Corall Spica of each one scruple tosted bread half an ounce Camfere halfe a drag beate it small togither and then put it into a bag and so apply it In the mixture of other things is oftentimes mention made of the Trocisci of Gallia muscata or Alipta muscata And because that their description is but briefe we will here adde it vnto the rest Gallia muscata Gallia muscata is made thus Take Lignum Aloes fiue dragmes Amber thrée dragmes Muske one dragme Dragagant dissolued in Rose water as much as sufficeth for to make Trociscos with it Alipta muscata and kéepe them well The Alipta muscata is thus prepared Take pure Laudanum foure ounces liquid Styrax one ounce and a halfe red Styrax one ounce Lignum Aloes halfe a drag Amber one dragme Camfere halfe a dragme Muske halfe a scruple and a little Rose water and prepare them thus In the Dog dayes must you set the Styrax and Laudanum with the Rose water togither in the Sun let them there dry togither vntill they be hard as dow afterwards stamp them in a mortar and temper the rest amongst them then forme Trocisces of them and keepe them very well like as you do the other For this parbraking is also vsed fomenting vpon the stomacke therefore make or chuse your selfe that which you desire of these things which be prescribed Take the things which we haue ordained for the first bags beaten grosly séeth them in the iuice of Quinces and in Rose water of each sixe ounces red thicke Wine eight ounces Vineger two ounces make therin a cloth or sponge wet wring it wel out and hold it very warme vpon the stomacke Another When the stomacke is vtterly spoyled so that the patient can neither abide meate nor drinke then may it be strengthened againe with these fomētations ensuing Take Balme Wormewood grosse Marierom field Mints Fennell and Dill séed of each a handfull Mastick Galingall Nutmegs Squinant Mirtle seed and Coriander of each thrée dragmes wild Vine leaues and the blossomes halfe a handfull beate all grosse togither and séeth them in thicke wine and vse it as aforesayd Item take garden Mints Balme Wormewood and Roses of each one handfull Cammomill wild Vine leaues Betony Rosemary of each halfe a handfull Calmus halfe an ounce beaten all togither grosse put it in two bags each one a quarter of a yard long then séeth them in red wine and a little water and then layd vpon the stomacke sometime the one and sometime the other This fomenting must be so continued the space of a quarter of an houre and afterwards are you to vse the prescribed salue with the spices and weare one of the foresayd plaisters vpon it But if so be that the scowring or laske of the belly will not stay
then must boxing cups be set vpon the shoulders vnpickt and taken off and on The like is also to be done for continuall vomits and to set a great cup vpon the Nauell to the end thereby to draw the matter downewards And in case that the sicke body can sléepe with these cups so fastened it is so much the better There is also often times to be holden before his nose Saunders Roses and such like things for to smell vnto them Also some do counsell to take for this scowring if it continue the stalks of Tamariske being scraped cleane and to powder them then put thereto as much Harts tong as these foresayd powders the quantitie of two handfuls powring then vpon it thrée pints of wine of which wine he is alwayes to drinke his first draught sitting at the table This wine is also especiall good for the Milt or Spléene If there befall swouning then must there be giuen to the sicke body two graines of Muske tempered in wine for this strengtheneth much the vitall spirits In like manner is Hen broth and Lambe broth good for him tempered with a little of the iuice of Quinces Let the patient also haue rosted Pullets cut in péeces vnder his nose for the smell thereof doth much comfort Also let him chew Frankinsence and swallow down the same treatable At the last temper togither fine Bolus and Camfer of each one scruple and temper them with old wine and drinke it it doth coole and strengthen the stomacke All that is hitherto rehearsed is to be vsed whilest the parbraking yet endureth But if it stay and the stomacke begin to retaine the meate then is the patient to drinke good old strong wine and compose himself to sléepe Trocisci de Olibano and also take of the Trociscos de Olibano the waight of halfe a dragme which is thus prepared Take fine Bolus and Frankinsence of each one ounce and a quarter Cucubes Cardamom of each two dragmes and a halfe Camfere Gallia muscata Cloues of each three quarters of an ounce make thereof Trociscos with old wine these are especiall good against parbraking Item take the iuice of sower Pomegranats as much as you please and when it hath stood one night and the cleare is powred off then séeth it to the thicknesse of hony When it is taken from the fire and whilest that it is hot put some Mints vnto it so let it coole and then take out the herbes againe This may be vsed warme or how one will and is called at the Apothecaries Rob de granatis After the same manner you may also make Rob of the iuice of Quinces Rob de granatis For this is also requisite the sirupe of Veriuice and of Mirtles But if so be that there cannot be gotten any of the foresayd things for the foresayd sirupes then take Wine Plantaine and Rose water Now for as much as in this our methode we are come to the Laske or flixe of the belly which is commonly caused through a weake stomacke and diseased Liuer therefore it is now requisite that we discourse of all other sorts of Lasks whatsoeuer but first of all we will make a generall discourse of them Of the Flixe Laske or scowring by stoole §. 13. FIrst it hapneth often in haile people who haue a plethoricke body and do eate and drinke much that they get a Laske which commeth not often vpon them continueth not long also not otherwise then of a strong nature who séeketh to vnburthen her of superfluities like as it commeth to passe that thereby the patient findeth great ease This scowring hath no néed of any remedie vnlesse it be caused of ouergreat weaknesse for the which the same counsell is to be vsed which is prescribed against the flixe of the belly Lienteria so that at this present there is nothing more to be written thereof If so be then that this scowring of the belly be taken for a disease then is it first to be vnderstood that the same is caused through many inward members of the body and also of diuers other causes like as shal be hereafter taught immediatly that the same cannot be ascribed to any one thing And for that we should not describe this kind of laske by peece meales here and there we will now here ascribe this flixe to the stomacke as is already expressed the which if it be no euident cause of this scowring yet notwithstanding it is a great helpe to the same we will then afterwards adde vnto it all that appertaineth vnto it as the constraint to the stoole and binding of the body and all that is good for it But first of all we must here rehearse certaine rules which are to be obserued for all sorts of lasks wherof the first is that no scowring or laske is to be stayed before the fourth day if so be the patient be able to suffer the same without extreme faintnesse Secondly when you wil euer vse astringent remedies then must the same be alwayes done before meate to the end that the meate which is taken after them might be stayed vntill it were digested Thirdly this is to be noted of all binding meates of Chestnuts such like Fourthly when the laske is of heate then are the remedies to be vsed which are cold of nature and for the scowring of cold contrary remedies And because that in the cold scowring the digestiue vertue is very feeble warme things are to be vsed according to the importance of the case Fiftly if so be that there do come a cough to this scowring then are all sowre things to be forborne and all those which bind much Sixtly it is very good for all lasks to force the body to sweating and to annoint it much with oyle of Cammomill and Dill thereby to draw out the matter and to open the pores Seuenthly cups are to be set vpon the belly and kept vpon it foure houres long Eightly he is to be restrained and kept from all Fruits except Chestnuts which may bind if they will Ninthly rest and sléepe are especiall good for all flixes so is also contrariwise bad great labour other motions of the body Tenthly when as in the red or bloudy flixe the vppermost guts are excoriated then is the remedy to be ministred in at the mouth if the lower guts be perished then must Clisters suppositories be ministred beneath Eleuenthly if the excoriation of the bowels be aboue and beneath then are the remedies to be vsed aboue and beneath And that we may come to the originall the learned do name thrée Species of flixes or lasks as namely Lienteriam Diarrhaeam vnder which is contained the fluxe of the Liuer and Dysenteriam but what difference is betwéene these laskes that shall in their proper description be declared First this is here alwayes to be noted that all laskes be moued of inward or outward causes as vnhealthy meates vnruly life eating of any venimous things also heate
or cold of the time The inward causes may proceede out of the head as if any humors do fall out of the head into the lower parts of the body be it into the stomacke or into the vppermost or vndermost bowels likewise also into the small veines Mesaraicae into the Liuer Milt and sometimes also into the whole body like as when the same is too full of humors or too much wasted away euen as it may be séene in the consumption Phthisi Hectica and the pestilent Feuer out of all which the expert Phisitions do take and discerne sundry signes and obseruations Of the Laske Lienteria of Cholera and Heate §. 14. THis is an infirmitie of the retentiue vertue of the stomacke with the slipperinesse of the guts wherby it hapneth that the meate taken very suddenly without digestion like as it was receiued passeth away by the stoole The cause of this scowring may be great cold and moysture which doth so benumme naturall heate that the meate cannot digest neither can the stomacke retaine and kéepe it Contrarywise may this laske be also caused through outward heate which doth so discusse the naturall warmth and cause it to euaporate that thereby the digestion is vtterly ouerthrowne In like manner also this flixe commeth through stripes falles thrusts and bathing in cold water distemperature of the stomacke and of other parts debilitie of the retentiue and strength of the expulsiue vertue a cold complexion for that it is seldome caused through heate impostumes of the stomacke which expelleth the meate and drinke as things whereby the stomacke is hurt Item it doth also come to passe that the vowels be too slipperie or that there is too much meate or that it be hurtfull whereby it doth make a great disturbance in the guts If so be that the meates be not kept or holden in the stomacke but before the due time without great alteration through the laske be expelled with a gnawing in the stomacke and with thirst and when before meate there commeth forth a little corrupted matter then may it be well concluded that it is Lienteria which is caused of Cholera To cure this and all other scowrings of whatsoeuer causes they procéede this common rule following is to be obserued to wit that all those things wherewith you purpose to stay it are to be vsed before meate then doth the same presse the meate downewards and increaseth the laske like as in the former 13. § hath bene taught But to procéede with this laske wherein the meate is not digested first giue to the sicke body the iuice of Pomegranats burnt Iuorie and Roses of each one dragme For this is also good boyled Veriuice Raspes Butchers broome and the iuice of Quinces Whilst that the body is strong inough and the sicknesse hath not as yet gotten the maistry and that he may tollerate it then must the Cholera be purged and especially with yellow Mirobalanes afterwards he is to vse cooling astringent and binding things and to be forbidden all that is hote These Sirupes ensuing are passing good as namely sirupe of Veriuice Quinces Peares Apples Pomegranates and Raspes moreouer certaine Simples also which are worthy to be remembred like as Hypocistis blossomes of Pomegranates Gals iuice of Sloes Roses Araby Gum sealed earth fine Bolus burnt Iuorie Camfer Pomegranat séedes without iuice Purslaine séede séedes of Sorrell Coriander Plantaine and Mirtles the yellow séede of the Rose Saunders Corrall Dragon bloud Poppie séede Horstailes Knotgrasse wild Vine leaues the iuice of sharpe Plantaine and the séede and chiefly when they be parched and such like moe The Fruits which are fit for this disease be Quinces Seruices Medlars wild Peares blacke Cherries vnripe Mulberies and such like Fruits more which do bind and coole You may also giue Trociscos de Spodio two or thrée dragmes mingled with the water of Knotgrasse or Plantaine and because that we haue before spoken much of them and shall be vsed often hereafter we shall here learne how to prepare them Take Roses burnt Iuorie which is Spodium whereof they haue their name Sorrell seedes the séedes of Butchers broome Trocisci de Spodio blossomes of Pomegranates and Gum of Araby of each a like quantitie make thereof Trociscos each of the waight of a quarter of an ounce and giue it them to drinke as is sayd with one ounce of the iuice of Quinces Another Take Roses one ounce and a halfe burnt Iuory one ounce a quarter the séedes of Sorrell thrée quarters of an ounce Purslaine séede prepared Coriander seedes and peeled Butchers broome séede of each two dragmes and a halfe Starch blossomes of Pomegranats and Barberies of each one quarter of an ounce parched Gum one drag and a halfe temper all togither with Veriuice These Trocisks are good for all Agues which be caused of Cholera that haue a laske admixed also for all tumors of the stomacke and continuall thirst Other Trociskes Take fine Bolus sealed earth Corrall Saunders Sumach Barberies Quincekernels blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Gals of each one dragme beate them all small togither and temper them with the iuice of Plantaine and of Wormewood and then forme them into Trocisces when you will vse them then take a dragme or twaine thereof with Milke wherein glowing pibbles are slaked But if then this scowring and the Ague do not weare away with all the vse of these foresayd things then take fine Bolus sealed earth and burnt Iuorie of each one quarter of an ounce Amber Roses blossomes of Pomegranates the iuice of Sloes Hypocistis and Cinnamome of each one dragme and a halfe make them into powder take thereof fiue dragmes Buttermilke sixe ounces and giue it him at one time to wit before noone If so be that the stomacke be hurt through the choler which may be perceiued hereby if there come any corruption or matter with the stoole then take Barly water and Hony water of each thrée spoonfuls and giue it the sicke body to drinke it cleanseth all that is excoriated Afterwards he shal vse this following to heale withall Take Dragagant Gum Mastick Frankinsence Amber of each one dragme stamp all these into a subtile powder and make therof pils with the iuice of Wormewood whereof he is to take twaine euery morning Plaisters are also very requisite for this whereof here follow twaine Take the iuice of Medlars Seruices gréene Pomegranate pils and the flowers of each one ounce 15. or 16. Prunes whereof the stones be taken out the iuice of Quinces red Wine of each sixe ounces oyle of Mirtles and Quinces of each thrée ounces Masticke Colophonia yellow Rose seedes Sloes and Rye meale of each one quarter of an ounce the middlemost pils of Chestnuts thrée dragmes Waxe as much as is needfull and a little Vineger spread it on a cloth and lay it ouer the whole belly The second Take the iuice of Plantaine thrée ounces Rose water Vineger of each one ounce Butchers broome séede Barberries
decocted in wine may be vsed for this being giuen the patient to drinke in like manner parched Rubarbe with wine or Endiue water This patient shall also oftentimes but at each time eate a little take euer after it some penetrating things as Diacalaminthum one dragme and a halfe before meate and halfe a dragme after meate His drinke must be likewise old white wine Also to take otherwhiles some Treacle is very commodious It is also very good that the belly be strōgly rubbed before and after noone with a rough cloth The fourth cause of this laske procéedeth from the milt the which may be knowen hereby to wit when his excrements are a blacke and darke gray if the paine be in the left side if the patient be melancholicke quiet and tractable When the matter is very sharpe and blackish then is there great danger with it But if it happen in the end of a quartaine ague or of any other sicknesse then doth it bring ease with it and is a signe of health What is fit for this you may sée hereafter where we shall discourse of the Milt The fift cause procéedeth from the braines which may be discerned by the paine of the head also by the rheume and by the slime of the mouth which after sléepe runneth out of the same is also expelled by stoole These diseases are to be cured like as all other rheumaticke diseases whereof you finde sufficient discourse in the second Part the 12. Chapter and 2. § But it is especially commended that parched Melilot shall be layd vpon the forehead Otherwhiles a bag with Cammomill and Roses and so to gouerne himselfe as abouesayd in the second cause of the stomacke The last cause is windinesse which puffeth vp the stomacke spoyleth digestion and prouoketh a scowring like as hereafter shal be taught in the description of windinesse of the stomack It is also counselled to euery such patient like as is often shewed before that he must be very sober in eating and drinking yea he must suffer hunger as much as is possible and that he exercise himselfe well before meales and vse the Confection Diacyminum or Diacalamintha which do strengthen his stomacke and let him gouerne himselfe in all things else as hath bene sayd before in Lienteria Of the Laske Dysenteria called the red Flixe §. 17. THis name Dysenteria is of the Grecians so called being an vlceration or excoriation of the Entrailes and is thus described Dysenteria is a paine of the Entrailes which enflameth fretteth and excoriateth the same so that with the matter of the scowring bloud is auoyded and it causeth much gnawing which maketh the patient to go often to the stoole Or thus Dysenteria is a scowring with an exulceration of the bowels which is increased through outward causes as heate cold drinke hard meate The causes of this noysome scowring are sharpe humors which passe through the bowels and there exulcerate the same fret take away their fatnes Item by the taking of too sharpe medicines as Diagridion Esula and Néesing woort or when too much of these hath bene taken at once Also this scowring is occasioned when the body is ouercharged with Cholera Melancholia or Phlegma of which superfluities if the expulsiue vertue be strong nature séeketh to vnburthen her selfe Likewise also when the meate in the stomacke or humours in the veines do putrifie In like manner also of great and long alteration of the ayre be it in hote ayre dry ayre or when these méete togither like as dry ayre it selfe is wont to cause Choleram Item of the vse of such fruits which do quickly putrifie therefore it is not commendable and especially that children should eate the same The signes of this red scouring or bloudy Flixe are these which do not come suddainly vpon one also before it getteth the masterie it prouoketh paine and gripings in the bowels and also round about the stomacke This scouring likewise burneth and pricketh sore whereupon doth first follow the scraping of the bowels mixed with a little bloud vntill it corrode somewhat deeper into the bowels then is the paine felt most aboue the Nauell and if so be that the disease be in the great guts then is the paine felt most vnder the Nauell Also the scraping of the lowermost guts are much fatter then of the vppermost and it doth come also in greater abundance with many moe such like demonstrations But there be discribed two sorts of Dysenteria wherof the first is here before discouered The second hath the name of Dysenteria vniustly by reason that it without scraping of the bowels and very sodainly falleth vpon one with much bloud This with good right is to be called rather an Hepaticall Flixe than Dysenteria but we will here first of all write of the right Dysenteria and afterwards of the Flixe of the liuer If we desire to preuent this red Flixe or Dysenteria then is the same to be done both through outward and also inward meanes But first we will shew what is best to be vsed inwardly for it wherefore you are first to keepe in your memory the common rules which haue bin rehearsed before in the Laske Lienteria to wit that all those things wherewith you will stay this scouring be alwayes ministred before meates for that after meate these binding medicines cause a sicke body to scoure the more For this scowring or red Flixe all expert Phisitions do vse commonly at the first parched Mirobalanes and chiefly the yellow stéeped in Plantaine water and put also vnto it parched Rubarb beaten to powder But the same must not be infused but in substance and powder like as you haue séene before in some potions for the scowring of Cholera Item take parched seedes of Fleawoort two ounces and a halfe séedes of Plantaine one ounce and a quarter Gum fine Bolus of each thrée dragmes in the iuice of Quinces defecate Or take dried Quinces beate them to powder and giue thereof one dragme and a halfe with Plantaine water once or twice a day wherewith you may also temper parched Nutmegs and the séedes of Plantaine Item take parched Gum one ounce sealed earth three quarters of an ounce fine Bolus halfe an ounce make powder thereof and giue of it one dragme and a halfe at once Item take Shepheards purse S. Iohns woort and Penniroyall of each a like quantitie make a powder of it and giue two dragmes thereof at once in the morning early with a new layd eg this stayeth the scouring euidently Burnt Harts horne washt in Rose water or Plantaine water a dragme or a dragme and a halfe taken with wine wherein a little Dragagant is dissolued is a very expert medicine if it be takē twice a day The like also of one dragme of the rennet of a yong Hare taken with wine Another Take broad Plantaine séede and Colombine séede both parched and beaten to powder of each a like quantitie and giue each time thereof two scruples
or one dragme with red Wine Item take small beaten Bloudstone well washed in Plantaine water thrée drag red Corall one dragme and a halfe rootes of Tormentill and Trociscos de Spodio of each one dragme shauē Iuorie burnt Harts horne of each two scruples prepared Pearles one quarter of an ounce fine Bolus halfe a dragme beaten them all small and take two dragmes of this powder in the morning with Wine You may also strew the meate with the same Item burne Frogs to ashes in a pot and vse thereof as before for they haue a maruellous operation to staunch bloud In like sort may for many purposes be vsed Mirtle séede the séedes of Butchers brooome Pomegranate kernels sealed earth fine Bolus and other binding medicines which are to be beaten to powder and as the case requireth may be vsed well inough for the red flixe Here followeth now a notable confection against all species of scouring and the same may be vsed after what sort one will Take pils and blossomes of Pomegranats Gals and Acorne cups of each one quarter of an ounce Raisin stones Mirtle séeds burnt hasell nuts dry Pomegranate kernels yellow Rose séede the iuice of Sloes Butchers broome séede of each two ounces red Corall Frankinsence Masticke white and black Poppie séede parched Gum the séede of Fleawort Starch Dragon bloud of each one dragme and a halfe Sugar sixe ounces temper them well togither whereof you may make a confection with Sugar or with Plantaine water or Tabulates or strew the powder alone vpon the meate You may also make pils thereof which are to be vsed in the morning betimes and in the euening two houres after supper but of the confection may be vsed thrée or foure times a day like as necessitie requireth at each time one quarter or halfe an ounce Here followeth yet another which may be vsed after the same manner Take Butchers broome seede fine Bolus and Gum of each thrée dragmes and one scruple Dragon bloud and burnt Iuorie of each one dragme and seauen graines Cloues strigs Annis of each foure scrup Hypocistis one scruple and thrée graines Bloud stone two dragmes a halfe red and white Corrall of each two scruples Amber one quarter of an ounce Comfrey Daisies Roses of each one quarter of an ounce and one scruple blossomes of Pomegranats Dragagant of each one drag and seauen graines Mirtle séed thrée dragmes and one scruple Quince kernels white Poppie séedes of each fiue dragmes Knotgrasse Sorrel séedes yellow Rose seed broad Plantaine séeds and Calmus of each one dragme and seauen graines one pound or more of Marmalade dissolued with Sugar or Hony and the other spices tempered amongst it Another Take Marmalade boyled with Hony and white bread well tosted of each foure ounces red beaten Saunders one ounce then put therto a little red Wine and powne them all togither whereof the patient may take otherwhiles the waight of halfe an ounce Spread it also vpon a cloth and lay it vpon the stomacke This hath bene oftentimes approued Take old conserues of Roses and Marmalade mixe them both togither vnto a confection made with steeled Goats milke Item take confected Quince Peares or Marmalade thrée ounces Masticke Mints and Mace of each one dragme temper them all togither with a little of the iuice of Quinces and make Trocisks therof halfe an ounce in waight and you shall alwayes take one of them before meate Or take old conserue of Roses thrée ounces Marmalade two ounces and a half red Corrall one dragme Tormentill Bistorta Trociscide Carabe fine Bolus of each halfe a dragme prepared Bloud stone one quarter of an ounce temper all togither with the sirupe of Mirtles Item take old conserue of Roses three ounces Marmalade two ounces and a halfe conserue of Buglosse and Burrage of each one ounce prepared Bolus one dragme and a half Corrall and Roses of each halfe a dragme prepared Pearles two dragmes and a halfe Bistorta one dragme Tormentill two scruples beate them all small and make a confection of them with the sirupe of Quinces It is to be noted that the old conserue of Roses is very good for all manner of loosenesse of the belly Some commend that which is made with Sugar alone and not with Hony Others vse both kinds according as the scowring is with heate or with cold Rob de Cornubus Conserue of Cornus called at the Apothecaries Rob de Cornubus hath great force in binding for all kinds of loosenesse of the belly and also for womens excessiue menstrual fluxes and for all other sorts of bléedings and it is thus prepared Take ripe Cornus fruits boyle them so long in red Wine vntill they may be driuen through a hairen Searse or strainer and then let that which is strained séeth vntill it be thick by a mild fire stirring it about continually vntill it be a thicke conserue and preserue the same Mithridate and Treacle do also stay the scowring like as doth also the conserues of water Lillies if there be great heate withall In like manner conserues of Barberies vsed with meate in manner of a sauce Hereafter follow yet other things moe which may be taken for this confection Take Trociscos de Carabe thrée dragmes Dragon bloud and fine Bolus of each half a dragme Plantaine seedes or Endiue séedes halfe a dragme Sugar foure ounces séeth them all togither with Rose water and make Tabulats of it This ensuing is taken to be a very good and approued remedie Take a Nutmeg burne it at a Waxe candle vntill the oyle drop out powne it to powder temper with it the whites of two Egs and as much Beane meale as will make a dough Afterwards make pellets of them as big as a Nut and put them on a sticke and rost them softy vntill they be throughly drie whereof giue to the patient in the morning and also at euening But if you will haue the scowring spéedily stopt then take the more Nutmeg and the lesse meale In like manner are also highly commended hard sodden egs eaten out of vineger strewed with powder of Nutmegs But some preferre rosted egs alone Dried Peaches boyled in water and eaten do stay the red flixe Peaches preserued Others do confect Peaches in this manner Cut the Peaches in two péeces and take out the stones tye them to a thréed and dry them in an Ouen And when you will vse them then infuse them in water Then be they good for the stomacke stay the scowring quench thirst moysten the throate and drought of the tongue Concerning the drinke and such like stéeled milke is very good for children Item Rose water sixe ounces Cloues Masticke Butchers broome seed of each one dragme powne them smal and put it into a glasse and let it séeth in water and giue the children a spoonefull of it Another drinke Take Glew that is burnt in a baking Ouen foure pound poune it small and powre faire fountaine water vnto it let it séethe a
waume or two Lastly slake three or fower times in it glowing stéele afterwards straine it cléere out and make Almond milke with it Item the iuice of Sloes and of Barberies are very commodious each apart or mingled togither or drunken with wine like as is taught in the 15. § of the scowring Diarrhaea and of the Sloes You haue also in the first part and 3. § another water of Sloes which may be vsed also for this red or bloodie flixe Sirupe of Mints is much vsed for all loosenesse of the belly Sirupe of Mints therefore it is not amisse to shew at this present how it is made after two manner of wayes Take the iuice of ripe Quince peares the iuice of swéete méetly swéete and of sower Pomegranates of each foure ounces and a halfe infuse therein foure ounces and a halfe of rumpled Mints the space of foure and twentie houres with halfe an ounce of Roses afterwards séeth them all together by a mild fire vntill the half be boyled away then wring it through a cloth Further put good honie vnto it or Sugar sixe ounces and let it séeth well and thicke lastly hang in it a péece of silke with Lignum Aloes fiue graines Amber thrée graines Muske one graine This sirupe doth not onely stop all scowrings but is also good for all diseases of the stomach which procéede of cold and it doth also take away all wambling and vomiting The other is made thus Take clarified iuice of Mints swéete and sower iuice of Pomegranates let this séethe all togither with sufficient Sugar vnto a sirupe The sirupe of Quince peares is also of the same efficacie which is also made diuersly Sirupe of Quinces as followeth hereafter Take the seedes of broad Plantaine two ounces Cipers nuts the middle rinds of an Oken tree Chestnut tree and Butchers broome of each two handfuls Mirtle seed one handfull sower Quinces Seruices and Medlars of each sixe the iuice of Sloes halfe an ounce Hypocistis one ounce seeth them all togither in Plantaine water and make thereof a sirupe with sirupe Another Take raine water or Rose water sixteene ounces and seeth therein one ounce of Mirtle seede Roses Sumach the iuice of Sloes Hypocistis blossoms of Pomegranats burnt Iuorie of each halfe an ounce ten or twelue vnripe Seruices Licorice Dragagant and Gum of each halfe an ounce powne all that is to powned and when it is sodden away vnto twelue ounces then straine it thorowe a cloth and put a pound or twaine of Sugar vnto it then let it seeth againe togither clarifying it vnto a sirupe The third sort of sirups is called at the Apothecaries Miua Miua which is also made two manner of waies as followeth Take of the iuice of Quinces strained well twelue ounces seethe it away vnto the halfe and then powre good wine vnto it and nine ounces of Sugar then let it boyle againe vnto a thicke sirupe This sirupe staieth the laske and comforteth the stomacke The other sort of Miua is called Miua Citoniorum aromatica for that it is prepared with good spice like as followeth Take the iuice of sower Quinces seuen common pounds old wine halfe as much clarified hony two pound and fower ounces or one may take Sugar in stead of hony let them seethe away scumming it and afterwards hang in this sirupe bounden in a cloth Cinnamome Cardamome of each one dragme and a halfe Cloues one dragme Ginger Mastick of each two scruples Saffron one dragme Mace two scruples Muske halfe a dragme Gallia Muscatae one dragme this being all beaten grosse togither wring it often out that the force of these may come into the sirupe This sirupe is much warmer than the other and therefore it is not to be vsed for the loosenesse of the belly which commeth through heate otherwise it strengtheneth the stomacke the lyuer and all inward members it causeth appetite to meate it helpeth digestion and taketh away the vomiting Sirupe of Mirtles The sirupe of Mirtles will we adde vnto it for that the same is very fit for all scowrings or flixes Take Mirtle séede twelue ounces the iuice of Sloes and Butchers broome séede of each fiftéene graines Roses one ounce burnt Iuory and Hypocistis of each one quarter of an ounce Mints one dragme séeth them all togither in raine water vnto the halfe then straine it thorow and put vnto it sixe ounces of the iuice of Quinces hony twelue ounces but clarifie it wel and let it boyle vnto the consistence of a thick sirupe Another which is very common at the Apothecaries Take Mirtle séede ten dragmes white Saunders Butchers broome séedes blossomes of Pomegranates of Barberies of each fiftéene dragmes Medlars sixe ounces and two dragmes iuice of Pomegranates iuice of Crabs of each twelue ounces boyle the foresaid simples in these iuices and with thirtie ounces of Sugar make a sirupe of them For this is also fit these vsuall Sirupes following viz. the sirupe of Raspes Oxysacchara of dry Roses and of Peares for therewith will the sharpnes of the matter be delayed Clisters are also fit for this disease whereof some be héere set downe First they are to be made which the Phisitions do call Lauatiua which be those that do wash the bowels for which there is none other to be vsed but Barly water onely Secondly if it be desired to haue them clense more then temper with it some hony of Roses or a little slight Sugar The third sort is binding and asswaging the paine Take a handfull of parched Barly séethe it well in water take of this decoction twelue or sixteene ounces slight Sugar thrée ounces oyle of Roses two ounces and two yolks of Egs. This Clister may be often vsed It is to be noted that there is to be taken for it oyle of Roses which is made of Rose buds for that it is better for this purpose You haue also a Clister before in the fiftéenth § which was made of the broth of a Lambs head For such a one you may vse steeled water and to séeth therein the séedes of Plantaine But if so be that then the scrapings of the bowels passe not away withall there must be tempered amongst it one ounce of Déeres suet and a dragme of Dragons bloud For to know whether the vppermost or the vndermost bowels in the red or bloudie flixe be perished take a handfull of Dogs dung and dissolue the same in steeled Milke and giue this to the patient then if so be that he presently with paine with purulencie and bloud auoyd the same againe downeward and be mixt with the excrements then it is a sure signe that the disease is in the lowermost bowels But if he goe much to stoole after the paine the bloud being separated from the excrements and if the paine be about the Nauell then it is a signe that the place of this flixe is in the vppermost bowels If you desire to stay this bloudie flixe then are
these things following to be vsed to wit steeled water the iuice of Plantaine the iuice of the herbe Mullin and the iuice of Sloes wherewith one may temper a few paper ashes and one or two yolks of Egs sodden hard the powder of sealed earth or fine Bolus and the oyle of Mirtles of which you may chuse that liketh you best and can get soonest This Clister ensuing dryeth and healeth Take vnwormetaen Gals Butchers broomeseed and Bolus of each one quarter of an ounce Deeres suet or Goats suet one ounce and a halfe two hard sodden yolks of Egs well beaten one ounce of the iuice of Plantaine and rayne water as much as is needefull for to seeth the premisses in it Or take the decoction of butchers broome seede This Clister is the patient to keepe with him as long as euer he can Another Take peeled Lentils Millet Roses blossomes of Pomegranats and Gals of each one handfull seeth these together in a pint and a halfe of water vnto the halfe take thereof ten ounces of the oyle of Roses one ounce paper ashes one dragme and Deeres suet one ounce and the yolke of a rosted Egge and make thereof a Clister Suppositories Take white Henbane seede Opium white Poppie seede burnt Iuorie blossomes of Pomegranats and Frankinsence of each a like quantitie boyled Honie one ounce alwayes to a dragme of the premisses make Suppositories of it They be strong they thicken the humor procure sleepe and take away the paine but they be not to be vsed but when the paine is intollerable These Pessaries may be made for women to be vsed in the Mother Take Frankinsence Linseede and Saffron of each one dragme temper them well together and bind it in a fine cloth with a thréed at it that it may be well pluckt out againe In great extremities may the stupefactiues be vsed which do numbe the sinewes yet are they not to be vsed vnlesse all inward and outward remedies haue bene applied But first of all are outward medicines and afterwards inward to be adhibited Likewise the remedies which be ministred by the mouth are first to be tried and afterwards from below For this are these Pils ensuing also vsed Take the blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Pils for all manner of fluxes of bloud Mirtle séed Comfrey rootes Dragon bloud fine Bolus the iuice of Sloes Roses Argall Hypocistis Butchers broome séed and Saffron Gallia muscata Gals Cinnamome burnt Iuorie Mace and Gum of each one dragme Opium one dragme and a halfe make of them with the iuice of Plantaine as small Pils as hempe seeds and giue thereof nine or eleuen at one time Item there was a woman that voided eightéene pound of bloud at thrée times and she was cured with Philonium Persicum which was tempered with the iuice of Plantaine and parched Rubarbe But in these weightie matters an expert Phisition is to be sent for because as we haue told alreadie there is no iesting with this Philonium What ought to be outwardly vsed for this disease FIrst of all it is good to binde the armes but not the legges then is also a bath to be made wherin be decocted the leaues of Quinces Peares Medlars Seruice tree Cornus leaues Butchers broome Gals Mirtles Acorne cups Roses and such like binding things wherin the sicke persons are to be set euen vp to their nauels Thus may you also séeth the foresaid things and wet clothes in the decoction thē lay them warm vpon the belly or in the stead of them to vse the iuice of Plantaine or any other iuices of binding herbes as Butchers broome séed or Mirtle séed and temper also the powder amongst it whereof be made Trocisci de Terra sigillata These sicke persons do complaine also of great paine when the sharpe humour scoureth through the excoriated bowels Now for to asswage the same you are to take of the first mentioned things which you will but you must put alwayes Cammomill and Melilot vnto it and afterwards let them seeth in wine or stéeled water and then lay them with a cloth wroong out or with a sponge vpon the paine You may make also three or foure bagges of the foresaid things and séeth them in wine and so lay thē warme vpon the paine and when the one is cold then to lay another vpon it againe There be also fumigations vsed for this sicknesse for which is to be taken Cypers nuts Mirtle seed Butchers broome séed Pomegranate pils and wormeaten Gals of each one handfull the iuice of Sloes prepared Coriander Hypocistis Plantaine seed Roses Frankinsence Sandaraca Gallia muscata Bloudstone and Marierome of each one handfull Cinnamome Masticke and parched Caruway séed of each one dragme Colophonia one ounce and a halfe make a powder of them and strew thereof vpon the coales and receiue the fume from below Another Take Marierome seedes of Butchers broome Mirtle and Coriander of each one handfull and a halfe blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Hypocistis and yellow Rose seeds of each halfe a handfull rootes of the herbe Mullin rootes of Carduus benedictus the rinds and roots of the Mulbery tree make all these to powder and then make also a bagge for to sit vpon and take therewith the first aboue mentioned things and boile them in wine For a plaister Take a shiue or twaine of Rye bread tost it well and besprinkle it with Vineger or red wine afterwards beate it and put vnto it Gals Acorne cups the blossomes and shales of Pomegranats and the rinds of the Medlar tree of each two ounces Roses Starch the iuice of Sloes fine Bolus sealed earth and Dragon blood of each one ounce make them all to powder and put it then amongst the foresaid bread Further make a plaister with a sufficient quantitie of the oyle of Mirtles Roses and Rose water with as much vineger as sufficeth and so lay this plaister warme vpon the stomacke This patient may also vse such salues for this disease as do hereafter follow Take oyle of Roses of Mirtles oile of Quinces and of Masticke of each halfe an ounce Gals Roses blossomes of Pomegranates Mirtle seed fine Bolus Dragon blood and Mastick of each one scrup Waxe as much as is needfull for to make a salue This following is stronger Take Masticke sixe ounces oile of Quinces and of Mirtles of each three ounces Masticke the iuice of Sloes and Dragons bloud of each thrée quarters of an ounce red Corall Amber sealed earth of each halfe an ounce the innermost pils of Chestnuts prepared Iron drosse of each one quarter of an ounce fine Bolus Pomegranate pils and Frankinsence of each one quarter of an ounce Resin halfe an ounce Waxe as much as sufficeth for to make an oyntment thereof wherewith the belly must be annointed 3. or 4. times a day This vnguent is speciall good against excessiue flowing of the flowers in women the same being laid vpon the Hips and vpon the thighes Item take Rosin thrée ounces the
is described in the first part the fourteenth Chapter and 4. § For this are also sundry pils prepared and that after this manner following Take Bdellium and Aloe which haue beene steeped the space of three dayes in Sheepes milke of each one quarter of an ounce temper them and forme pils of them vse thereof one scruple or halfe a dragme at once they will do you much pleasure Item take before supper one dragme of washt Aloe This salue following is also laxatiue if that the belly and the nauell be annoynted with it Take the salue Agrippa and the confection of Hiera of each halfe an ounce the iuice of Swines bred and Scammonie of each three graynes Euphorbium Turbith Coloquinte of each one scruple beate them all together Item take Pitch and Frankinsence of each a like quantitie cast them on hote coles vnder a close stoole and sit ouer it with the bare buttocks it looseth For a conclusion there is to be found through this whole booke how that the bodie is to be loosed and opened for all manner of sicknesses but this is onely spoken of all them who be in health and cannot go to stoole Of the strayning or vnsatiable desire of going to stoole which is called Tenasmus §. 21. FOr as much as through both the foresaid maladies as well of the excessiue going to the stoole as through binding in the bodie this strayning which the Grecians do call Tenasmus and Tenesmus may be prouoked therefore we can not omit but adde the same vnto the rest and is thus described Tenasmus is a disease or maladie in the end of the Arsegut hard by the fundament with great paine and continuall desire to goe to the stoole where notwithstanding the patient can be discharged and rid of very little or nothing at all We do call these kinds of scourings properly a straining to go to the stoole for it cometh for the most part alway with such a force that it driueth out the Arsegut and the fruit of women conceiued The cause of this scouring may be as well inward as outward cold like as when any one doth sit vpon cold stones or it is gotten of the cold ayre or in the water contrariwise also it may be caused through heate and drought Item of any sharpe rheume of the stomacke or Lyuer of corrupted meates or much moysture through the vse of much fruite through wormes impostumation of the bowels binding in the bodie swelling of the Pyles and also of any tough and subtle Phlegma The signes whereof are easily to be discerned by the report of the patient and view of the place and ordure Now as touching the remedies Clisters are best of all for it If this maladie do come of cold then make the Clister thus Take Mints Marierom Cammomill Melilot field Mints Southernwood of each one handfull decoct them in sufficient water Take of this decoction twelue or sixteene ounces oyle of Cammomill and of Lillies of each one ounce and a half then make this Clister very warme but if there come any binding or stopping with it then temper therewith Benedictam laxatiuam or Hieram picram three quarters of an ounce or one ounce The herbs and all that be decocted for this Clister stampe them all to pap and temper them with oyle of Rue and of Lillies and let it boyle a little while and lay it vpon the place where the paine is and when it is cold then lay on another that is warme doing this 3. or 4. times one after another When as then this strayning of going to the stoole is red then are you to vse this following Take steeled Cow milk or Goats milk Mutton broth or Veale broth twelue or sixteene ounces melt therin one ounce or one ounce and a half of Shéepes suet and two ounces of the oyle of Roses then temper them together vse this Clister oftentimes Item take twelue ounces of Malmesy the yolke of an Egge let them boyle togither in a drinking pot or kan in a Kettle of water vntil it be very hote then giue it afterwards vnto the patient it is a very safe remedie When all necessarie medicines haue beene vsed to this kinde of laske and yet the paine doth not diminish in ten dayes then may one vse the Clister which is described in the 17. § beginning thus Take peeled Lupins c. and that at two or three times as the case shall import If these scourings be of a cold cause then rost Millet or Panick with salt and lay vpon it or fill thrée bags with Bran let them boyle in wine or water lay one of them vpon the belly another vpon the back beneath and the third vpon the fundament as warme as may be possibly suffered and when they be cold make them warme againe Afterwards annoynt the place with warme oyle or with the salue Marciaton and sprinkle wine vpō a hote stone then lay a cloth vpon it against the burning and sit vpon it with the buttocks as hote as may be suffered Others do counsell for to foment the fundament with red Wine wherein the herbe Verbascum hath beene sodden and afterwards to sit vpon a hote Oake or Cipers wooden boord Some do commend for this a Poplar boord or if one cannot get such a one then a Firre boord and as soone as one is cold then to take another warmed againe and vsing this so long vntill he féele the warmth within the belly Then is the fundament to be annoynted with molten Harts suet or to fume it with Pitch like as not long ago hath béene rehearsed Item Holyhock rootes Linseede Fenegréeke Cammomill Melilot the vpper sprigs of Coleworts of each three ounces powne thē all together séeth them in reasonable water You are therewith to wet a sponge wring it out sit theron and lay it vpon the fundament yea to sit also in the water Item take the séeds of Plantain prepared Coriander Mirtle séede Acorne cups yellow séeds of Roses Cipers nuts of each one dragme and a halfe Gum Dragagant both parched of each one ounce beate them together and put them in a bag and séethe them with Wine then must one sit hote thereon Item seeth oaken leaues with water in a bag and hold the fundament vnto the heate of it and when it is cold make it hote againe and do this oftentimes one after another For a salue Take oyle of Roses one quarter of an ounce Saffron xv graines Shéepes sewet Deere sewet of each one ounce make a salue thereof it doth maruellously take away the paine Another Take Frankinsence Lycium Saffron Gum Opium of each one dragme vnripe oyle of Oliues Colophonia of each thrée dragmes Waxe as much as is néedfull for to make a salue with it the lard of a Bore and of all fourefooted beasts also the fat of all Foules is especiall good to be vsed for this disease You shall take for a plaister Hollihock rootes Linseede Fenegreeke of each one ounce seeth them
and all his whole gouernment cooling and moistening as followeth hereafter Take Mallowes with the rootes Hollihocke rootes Bearefoote and Violet leaues of each one handfull Burrage flowers and flowers of Buglos of each halfe an ounce foure or fiue Prunes séeth them all together in a pot of water euen to the halfe and then take of this decoction twelue or sixtéen ounces and temper with it two ounces of Cassie oyle of Violets thrée ounces of Hony one ounce then make a Clister of it This is also especially commended being made with Gotes milke Cassie and oyle of Almonds When as then the impostume is broken vp then are you to vse for to cleanse it Clisters Barly water and Hony and afterwards consolidating medicins But if so be that one perceiue any parings of the bowels in the stooles and that with great paine then are these following to be vsed Take somewhat lesse then a pound of stéeled water and séeth therin broad and picked Plantaine and Roses of each one M. euen to the halfe Take twelue or sixtéene ounces thereof and melt therein one ounce of Deere suet thrée yolkes of Egs well beaten oyle of Roses two ounces Thomas Sugar one ounce and temper them all together Another Take broad Plantaine wild Tansie and Comfrey of each one handfull Pomegranat pils one ounce seeth them all together in a pot of steeled water euen to the halfe then melt in this decoction two ounces of Deere suet Trociscos de Carabe De Terra sigillata of each one quarter of an ounce then make a Clister of it For plaisters take the sodden hearbes and the other things of the former Clisters powne them to grout and temper therewith halfe an ounce of powned red Saunders Barly meale two ounces and oyle of Violets as much as doth suffise for a plaister and then lay it warme ouer it it doth abate the paine very much Another Take Mallowes and Hollihocke rootes with the herbes of Nightshade Violets Cammomill and Melilot of each halfe an ounce beate them all together and temper therewith oyle of Violets of water Lillies and Ducks grease of each thrée dragmes Linseed meale one ounce and then make a plaister of it If need require to purge more then may the same be done with the conserue of Prunes But if so be this paine of the bowels be with a cold tumor then must stronger Clisters be vsed as there be sundrie set foorth in the 6. § against the paine of the bowels through Phlegma But first are the oyle of Cammomill with Vineger and the oyle of Roses that it may pierce and strengthen the bowels for to be vsed after the Clisters expressed before in the fift § may this plaister following for mollification be vsed for to ripen and asswage the paine Take Linseede meale Fenegréeke meale Wheaten meale and Barly meale of each two ounces sixe yolkes of Egs oile of Cammomill and good wine as much as is néedfull for to make a plaister this must be laid warme vpon it Another Take eightéene or twenty Figs séeth them well in water crums of white bread two ounces White meale one ounce and a halfe vnsalted Barrowes grease and oile of Cammomil as much as is néedful for to make a plaister let them all séeth a litle together and then lay them warme vpon it you may also put warme vnto it one ounce of beaten Cammomill It happeneth also sometimes that in these impostumes the vrine is retained backe because that the conduits are stopt through the tumor therfore if that befall the Saphea must be opened and the kidneys and the priuities annoynted with the oyle of Cammomill and oile of Violets and also are Clisters and Plaisters to be vsed like as shall hereafter be further spoken of in the prouocation of vrine Of the paine in the bowels through heate and Cholera §. 10. THis is the last cause whereby as is discoursed before in the fourth § the paine of the guts may be ingendred and when it commeth with heate and an ague it is not then so hurtfull or lingring as that which procéedeth of Phlegma For this must the patient first of all be purged with sirupes and such like things as do coole and further be kept with necessarie meate and drinke He is lastly to vse clisters in this manner following first of all he is to take certaine daies together preparatiue sirupes as both the sirups of Vineger Oxysacchara sirupe of Violets of Roses of Endiue and of water Lillies with some decoction wherein the same herbes haue bene decocted wherof diuers be described in the thrd Part. For purging TAke fresh Cassie one ounce or one ounce and a halfe the iuice of Endiue well clarified and skummed thrée or foure ounces then make a potion of it and giue it him warme or in stead of the iuice if one cannot get the same then take Endiue water Another Take eightéene or twenty Prunes and fiue or sixe fat Figs seeth them all together in sufficient water and take of this decoction thrée or foure ounces temper Cassie therein and oyle of swéet Almonds fiue or sixe ounces tempered with Sugar and the same drunken at once loose the bodie very gently and is also most sure that one may giue to the children newly borne Likewise Manna decocted with sowre Dates Prunes and with Sugar is also very requisite to loose and coole Concerning the meates he must be restrained like as in other hote sicknesses and must chiefly eschew alwaies meates which make wind But oyle of Almonds vsed in his meate be very meete for him All his Clisters must be made soluble and cooling like as be these following Take péeled Barly Mallowes Hollihock roots and Violets of each one handfull Prunes Sebestes of each eight or ten the séedes of Melons of Purslaine of Gourds of each one ounce Branne halfe a handfull Séeth them all together and take of this decoction and put vnto it oile of Roses and of Violets of each one ounce and a halfe Cassie for the clister one ounce Electuarium de Succorosarum fiue dragmes then make a Clister of it like as hath bene sufficiently shewed But here is to be noted that if any parings auoid with the guts then must oyle of Roses be most of al vsed yet oyle of Violets doth asswage the paine of the guts if the same come through any sharpnesse or any heate Or take Mallowes Hollihocks Bearefoote Violet herbes and Béetes of each one handfull Barly and Branne of each halfe a handfull let them seeth all together and then take of this decoction twelue or sixtéene ounces and temper Cassie in it one ounce Hiera Picra three quarters of an ounce Benedicta Laxatiua three dragmes oile of Violets thrée ounces Salt one dragme or twaine minister it as is accustomed This ensuing is also speciall good if any bodie haue bene bounden certaine dayes together Take twelue or sixtéene ounces of Cow milke temper one ounce of Cassie amongst it and minister it warme There
Gourds and of Cucumbers chopt smal of each one ounce the séeds of Purslaine of Henbane and white Poppie séeds Licorice and Currans of each one dragme sugar thrée ounces temper them together Item take Lettice séeds and the seedes of Purslaine of each halfe an ounce powned Sugar two ounces make a powder thereof and vse it in all meates and drinkes it is maruellous good yea for all old folkes also These Trociskes following do coole and cleanse the kidneyes and the bladder of all such matter which doth inflame or ouerheate the conduits of vrine Take péeled Melon séeds Pompeon séedes Gourd séedes and péeled Cucumber séedes of each halfe an ounce Dragagant red Saunders of each one dragme and a halfe Purslaine séeds white Poppie séeds of each thrée drag white Henbane séeds one dragme make Trocisks thereof with the muscilage of Fleawort afterwards take one dragme of them and breake if in Barly water giue it early in the morning and at night going to bed You may also make an electuary of it Cassie taken with Turpentine is also espcially good for this purpose The oile of swéet Almonds asswageth and cooleth also the heate of the conduits of vrine If in case then the patient because of the sharpnesse of the matter ought to be purged more then is the same to be done with sower Dates Manna and Rubarb stéeped in Endiue water or with the decoction of Violets if there be salt phlegme with it then giue him Cassie tempered with the whay of Goates milke wherein Polipodie roots Annis Violets and Burrage flowers haue bene decocted When he hath thus bene purged then is the Liuer veine to be opened and the foresaid powder to be diligently vsed If so be that a child hath this disease then take Mallow séedes Dragagant Licorice of each a like quantitie seeth them in water according to the importance of the cause and let him drink none other drinke If his vrine be very sharpe and hot then take so much the more of the séedes And in ease that a child through the sharpnes of the vrine had gotten some exulceratioÌ„ then vse this salue ensuing Take Myrrhe halfe an â„¥ Barly meale or Beane meale one â„¥ temper it to a soft vnguent with the oyle of Roses spread it on a cloth and then lay it where it is néedfull The brayed white of an egge may also be spouted into the priuities or take the muscilage of Fleawort and of Quince kernels of each one dragme temper them with womans milke Or take the séed of Fleawort thrée quarters of an ounce the séede of Quinces fiue dragmes péeled Melon séeds Pompeon séeds Gourd séeds and péeled Cucumber séedes of each one quarter of an ounce white Poppie séedes one dragme and a halfe séeth them all together in a pint of water vntill the third part be wasted then straine it through a cloth that it may be like a muscilage and spout thereof into the yard it cooleth and asswageth the paine You shall vse outwardly red and white Saunders the séedes of Ruscus burnt Iuorie and Myrtle séedes of each one quarter of an ounce the iuice of Plantaine and Rose water of each one ounce Barley meale as much as sufficeth then powne them all together and make a soft pap of it you may also put vnto it two whites of egges But if one desire to haue it stronger then is the iuice of Sloes and Hypocistis of each one dragme to be tempered amongst it and so to be layed vpon it If so be that the yard haue an exulceration within then is a cloth to be made wet in Rose water and layed vpon it If any one be forced against his will to make his water §. 7. ALthough this disease which the learned do call Diamnem be somewhat like vnto Diabetes and especially in this that in both sorts of these diseases the vrine passeth away against ones will and pleasure yet is there neuerthelesse a great difference betweene them for that with the disease Diabetes is a great heate of the kidneyes her attractiue vertue is against nature whence followeth a great thirst and great quantitie of vrine all which is not with the disease Diamnes For Diamnes is none other but a continuall fluxe of the vrine against a bodies will without any paine or heate and also without any feeling of it The occasions of this maladie may be when the muscles of the necke of the bladder be perished like as otherwhiles hapneth in cutting of the stone This can also chaunce through falles through blowes or through great cold as to fit vpon a cold stone through cold sicknesses as the Palsie or Litharge item through immoderate and excessiue drinking and through great binding in the bodie They may likewise happen vnto women with child when the child oppresseth the bladder too hard Lastly also through some impostumes about those parts The signes of this disease are apparant to wit that all warme things are acceptable to the patient and cold things contrary are hurtfull When these diseases as often befalleth are caused through cold then is this electuary very good which hath efficacie for to stay this fluxe of vrine Take Cypers nuts the rinds of Cypers Frankinsence and the rinds of the same Mirtle séed Comin Mirobalans both fried and drie pigeon dung of each thrée dragmes Amber red Coral and Roses of each one quarter of an ounce sirupe of Quinces as much as is néedful for to make an electuary therewith whereof is to be taken euery morning noone and euening the hignesse of a Chestnut with a decoction of Cipers nuts Sage Mirtle seede and such like This electuary is also good for the laxes called Diarrhaea and Lienteria Another Take Mirobalani Chebuli Emblici and Bellirici of each thrée dragmes Acornes thrée dragmes and a halfe which haue laid foure and twentie houres stéeped in vineger Cypers rootes Mirtle séeds Frankinsence dried Glecampane rootes red Storax red Corall and yellow séeds of Roses of each two dragmes and a halfe Myrrhe one dragme and a halfe stampe them small and make an electuary thereof with clarified honie For this is also good Treacle Mithridate and burnt Oxe bladders each taken alone with wine Item take the dried kidneyes of a Hare stampe them to powder and Dill séede 〈◊〉 each halfe an ounce the séede of Smallage one quarter of an ounce make a powder thereof and giue it be twéene two and thrée dragmes at once with a little cold water boyled Hedge hogs flesh is also very commodious for this purpose If so be that the patient haue any néed of stooles then is this clister following very commodious for it for when he keepeth it very long then doth it strengthen the necke of the bladder and draweth it together that it doth afterwards kéepe the vrine the better Take Sage Rue Glâ—â—cularis field Cypers Cammomill Stechas Nuts flowers and rinds of Cypers of each half a M. then let them seeth together and vse this Clister like as
a dragme thereof doth bind much Another Take Tormentill and Nutmegs of each a like quantitie Plantaine séeds halfe as much powne them to powder and giue it in the morning and euening with old Béere Item take Trociscos de Carabe one dragme beate them to powder and make a potion thereof with Plantaine water this may be vsed the space of a whole wéeke together for that they do calme and stay the fluxe the like doth also red Corall one dragme with Plantaine water taken euery day alwayes before meales Item take burnt Harts horne and powned Nettle séede of each a like quantitie and take thereof the waight of one dragme with the water of Plantaine The iuice of Yarrow doth bind also in this disease if one take a spoonefull or twaine thereof These iuices ensuing may be decocted vnto the forme of a sirupe for to be vsed in winter time like as the iuice of broade Plantaine the iuice of Shepheards purse or Yarrow c. For this is also good the water of Elderne drunken and Galingall chewed Item if a woman do flower too much whether it be in childbirth or otherwise and that it be feared that she might bléede to death then take one dragme of red Nettle séede powned and let her drinke it with Plantaine water Some do giue chopt and boyled Poppie heads to drinke but it is not alwayes conuenient there be much safer things viz. these ensuing Take fine Bolus one quarter of an ounce bind it in a cloth hang it in a pot of wine and then drinke thereof Séeth Pimpernell in pease broth and drinke also thereof Or take dried Goates dung stamp it to powder and drinke thereof it doth not only stay the menstruall fluxes in women but also all kind of bléeding For this also is very meete red Rose water drunken Amongst clisters is this following very highly commended Take Swines bred Feuerfew Baulme Rue Scabious Rosemary flowers Southernwood Comin Siluermountain Ameos Amomum Balsam fruite Cucubes Bayberries Calmus Cassie wood Cassia Fistula and pipes of each one dragme and a halfe Dill séed Annis séedes of each one handfull and a halfe shauen Iuorie two handfuls séeth them al together by a mild fire in two quarts of water vnto the half and presse it out take twelue ounces of this decoction oile of Sesamum of Rue and of pepper of each half an ounce Indie salt one dragme Diacastoreon confection of Bayberries and Benedicta of each thrée dragmes temper them well together and minister it very warme With this following a woman is to be fumed from beneath Take Aliptae Muscatae Species Nerae of each one dragme Galliae Muscatae and red Storax of each thrée dragmes Allume one dragme and a halfe Of this powder is a dragme to be vsed at once This temperature is not easily to be made because of the manifold simples which do come therein and it is not only good for to stay the vnnaturall fluxe of flowres but is also good for the suffocation of the Matrix for that it dryeth and is good for a barren wombe and especially if the maladie procéede of cold Pessaries and such like Stamp dryed Asse dung and forme Pelsaries thereof with the iuice of Plantaine and put it into the places Another Take iuice of knot grasse and washed Shéepes wooll dip it therein and lay it on the places Item take Frankinsence Pomegranat blossomes Gals Antimonie and the iuice of Sloes of each a like quantitie bestrew the wooll with it and vse it as before For this is also good halfe a handfull of pouned Plantaine and vse it as before or make a small pessarie of the iuice of Sloes and the iuice of Pimpernell with Cotton Outwardly is this plaister ensuing to be vsed Take the iuice of Plantaine 11. ounces Rose water thrée ounces Vineger halfe an ounce red Corall Amber Bloudstone fine Bolus Mirtle séed Akorne cups and Frankinsence of each one quarter of an ounce sealed earth as much as is needfull for to make it thick inough this being all beaten small and tempered togither then make two plaisters of it and lay the one before and the other behinde The plaister ex Galbano may also be vsed whereof heere do follow two sorts Plaister of Galbanum Take Galbanum thrée ounces Bdellium three quarters of an ounce stamped Feuerfew halfe an ounce and halfe a drag Mirrhe halfe a dragme melt the Gums in Vineger But if they be not cleane then wring them thorough a cloth and let the Vineger séeth away then make a plaister thereof with Turpentine The other Take Galbanum as much as you will melt it by the fire in red wine temper fine Bolus amongst it and Dragon bloud of each halfe as much as the waight of the Galbanum then make a plaister with sufficient Waxe and Turpentine Item take pouned Lentils twelue ounces Shepherds purse and Plantaine of each thrée handfuls dryed Asses dung and Goats dung of each one ounce and a halfe Frankinsence halfe an ounce Dragon bloud Mints of each one ounce and a halfe the iuice of Sloes Hypocistis Licium of each one ounce fiue whites of egs Beane meale thrée ounces Gips foure ounces but steepe the Gips the space of a day in Vineger and then make a plaister thereof with the iuice of Plantaine so that it may be sodden with the meale vntill it be very thick Lastly mixe the rest amongst it and when it hath stoode a good while and is well tempered together then take it from the fire and stirre it continually about vntill it be thorow cold This plaister is to be layd ouer all the priuities and all the parts about it The same plaister doth maruellously stop the bloud of the Piles and all moysture of the Matrix of salt and tough humors for that it is oftentimes approued Item take the iuice of Plantaine as much as you will temper therein Trociscos de Carabe and then apply them as all the rest Or take Wormewood Nightshade and knotgrasse of each a like much stamp and wring the iuice out of it then temper as much Rye meale amongst it vntill it be as thicke as pap afterwards lay it ouer the nauell and ouer the priuities Another take Vineger dregs make it hot and wet a blew cloth in it and lay it thrice double ouer the priuities Before in the third part the tenth Chapter and 5. § ye haue a pretious Salue beginning Take Comin c. which is also méete for this vse There is also a Salue called De Gallia which is thus to be prepared Take Comin Dill séed Caruway Rue séed Amcos Gallia Muscata of each one drag and a halfe Epithimus one quarter of an ounce Indy salt two scrup white Rosin one ounce and a halfe oyle of Dill two ounces oyle of Roses one ounce Aloe Cloues of each 2. scrup molten waxe as much as is needfull for to make a plaister of it then lay it ouer the Kidneyes and ouer the priuities this salue doth
not only stay the fluxe in women but also expelleth the wind of the stomack and hindereth parbraking Or take Sandaraca one ounce and a halfe pouned Cypers nuts one ounce fine Bolus foure ounces Plantaine seed and Pimpernell rootes of each two ounces and a halfe Starch three ounces then make it with water wherein Akornes were decocted vnto a plaister or salue and vse it as is sayd There may also be made a bathe as héere followeth Seeth the rootes of Curcuma in sufficient water and make thereof a bath for the raynes It is also good to make a bath wherein Allume is decocted or any of these things following which one will as Mirtle séed the rinds and rootes of the Elme trée the rinds of the Oke tree Pomegranat blossomes and the péeles Akornes Medlars Lentils and such like Item it is sayd that if one do burne Ranam Arboream to ashes and the ashes worne on the neck that womens termes will be stopt thereby but it is to be proued In like manner do some aduise that the mosse of the blacke or Slo-thorne worne in ones shoes should also stop the same Item take Shepherds purse and binde it on the soales of a womans féete Others aduise also that boxing cups should be set vnder her breast vnpickt for that they draw the bloud vpwards and it is also a very good remedie for to stop therewith the flowing of the termes Likewise it helpeth also excéedingly to binde the armes hard to the end that thereby the bloud might be drawne vpwards Further this setting of cups binding and all these things that are to be put into the places admonished before be especially to be vsed if it be perceiued that through such superfluous courses women be impotent and were afraid of present falling into a swoune In like manner also it is very requisite that she smell oftentimes to cold things and vse other moe binding things which be described in the first part the eight Chapter and the 7. § For a conclusion it is to be noted whether there be heate or cold in this woman that the medicine may be ordained accordingly These be all warming things and they also which stop bloud which do héere follow viz. Frankinsence Mastick Cypers nuts Sandaraca Laudanum Mirrha Storax Annis and such like Cold stopping things be these as Camfer the iuice of Sloes burnt Iuorie Coriander Dragon bloud Saunders bloud stone Hypocistis fine Bolus Ruscus seed Mirtle séed Gals Pomgranat blossoms the seed of Plantaine the seed of Melon of Cucumbers of Gourds of Pompeons and Pimpernell rootes c. whereby all tempered medicines may be adiudged Of the whites or white fluxe in women §. 4. THe disease which women do call the whites and the Phisitions Menstrua alba hath a great acquaintance or fellowship with the auoidance of humane séed or the running of the raynes whereof we haue written at large before in the sixt Chapter and it is also very euidently declared that such kind of fluxes be caused through hot and through cold causes which is héere also to be noted But aboue all that which is there discoursed do all famous Phisitions commend that if it procéed of heate women be first of all to be purged for which Cassie is passing good afterwards giue her euery other day one drag of Trociscos de Carabe tempered in Plantaine water or a quarter of an ounce of Triphera ex parte Phenonis tempered with a little fine Bolus The raines are to be annointed with the salue of Roses and with other things moe which be prescribed in the spermaticall fluxe There is also to be giuen her euerie second or third day one dragme of the filing of Iuorie to drinke with Plantaine water and the cold loosings of Diamargariton is she also to vse oftentimes Item Take Camphora ten graines bruse it small beaten Amber one scruple drinke them togither with Plantaine water it is a very good medicine For this is also estéemed to be a sure remedy the first buds of the Blackberrie bush and the berries thereof dried pouned drunken euery day one dragme with red wine or twise a day There may also be made a confection of the said berries when they be ripe seething the same with hony or Sugar and to vse thereof daily But in case that this disease procéede of cold whereto some do make sixe kindes of bathes which are to be vsed one vpon the other which me thinketh to be much too strong for that they take Sulphure Allum stéeled water and strong Menageges as Feuerfew Mugwoort and baiberries afterwards againe all things which be contrarie as Oken buds Knotgrasse Squinant c. Therefore will we leaue the same vnmentioned but for this must be taken the flowers of dead Nettles poudered the waight of a dragme with wine Confected Annis seed is also very commodious for this But in case that the issue be very sharpe then beate whites of egs with Rose water and make clothes wet in it and put it vp into womens secrets Of the suffocation or ascension of the Matrix §. 5. THis terrible sicknes is in many things most like to the falling euill Epilepsiae and the great swouning Syncopi because the Matrix hath great sympathie with the heart the arteries braines and with the two membranes which do couer the braines This maladie commeth to women through diuers causes and especially when there is retention of their termes or flowers yea also through the retention of their naturall seed especially to them that be accustomed to haue the company of a man and must then forbeare it as widowes and aged maidens for that in case the foresaid séed be retained then causeth it many kinds of winds in the Matrix which do compell it so to ascend that otherwhiles it oppresseth euen the Diaphragma This is then the opinion of diuers learned men in this case but Galen doth dispute against it with strong reasons that the foresaid naturall séed doth much rather cause this sicknes than the retention of the tearmes chiefly in women which also are burthened with many bad humours be full of blood and brought vp in idlenes haue accustomed to accompany with a man like as is expressed and now suddenly are constrained to want it Therefore is commonly séene saith he that this suffocation for the most part troubleth widowes He maintaineth also and that by good reason that the mother doth not ascend euen to the Diaphragma which is the midriffe and there doth abridge the breath Thus may be caused through the retention and putrifaction of the seed all manner of troublesome accidents as giddines and paines of the head madnes short breath and panting of the hart their natural colour doth alter into a yellow pale yea somtimes into rednes of the face of the eies they gnash with their téeth draw their hands féet away they do also feele that there ascendeth somewhat vpwards out of the belly and commonly then do they presse downe their belly
temper the rest amongst it and then make it with oyle of Cammomill and Waxe into a méetly hard plaister The plaister of Melilot is also good for this vse Item séeth Figges and Fenegréeke as much as you please in Barley water and make thereof a Semicupe This foresayd bath is good both for the paine and the heate also There may also be vsed all that is before admonished in the sixtéenth Chapter and first § These herbes following do cary all other medicines towards the Matrix as Penniroyall Rosemary Sauine trée Iuniper Rue Beuercod Yarrow Cinquefoyle Myrrha Sage Madder and Lupins But because that all these foresaid things do also leade all things towards the Bladder and the Kidneyes so do they the same also to the Matrix Of the Impostume in the Mother or in the necke of the same §. 12. IF so be that these foresaid diseases as the retention of the termes of natural séed or any other sharpe humor whether it be blood Cholera Phlegma or Melancholia winds or any other cold moisture the which falleth downe to the Matrix then may they soone cause an impostume notwithstanding the same can procéed well of any outward causes as of blowes falles leachery through a mischance through the ignorant dealing of the Midwife and such like things moe the which do bring with them either heate or cold The signes of a hote impostume be Agues great paine betwéene the nauell and the priuities and round about the raines much watching vnquietnes and paine in making water and going to stoole swift pulse paine of the head and of the eyes heauy breath paine of the stomacke with much parbraking These impostumes will be very hardly cured and the harder if they are situated déepe in the Matrix but generally they are to be cured like as the impostumes and vlcers of the raines are taught to be healed viz. as in the sixtéenth chapter and 6. 7. 8. 9. § hath bene shewed But here be first certaine rules to be noted whereof the first is that one must endeuour to cary away the matter from thence which descendeth thitherwards Secondly the Liuer veine is to be opened and afterwards the veine in bending the knée or if one can neither see nor find it then is the Saphea to be taken Thirdly if so be that this impostumation be in the Matrix or in the necke of the same then be the termes in no wise to be moued but onely like as is sayd to withdraw the matter into another place Fourthly after the letting of bloud is the patient to bo purged Fiftly vomiting and parbraking is very commodious Sixtly if it be possible she is to refraine the space of thrée dayes from eating and drinking or at least keepe her selfe very sparingly and especially in drinking Seuenthly she must watch as much as is possible Eightly after that the bodie is wel purged then is the Matrix in the beginning of the sicknesse to be delayed with such kinds of plaisters as deriue the matter from that place Ninthly amongst these foresaid remedies temper alwayes somewhat which may asswage the paine Tenthly in the declination of the disease are those things good which do ripen and mollifie the matter vntill it issue and breake out Eleuenthly if so be that this impostume would not be maturated and brought to matter then is the same to be effected with Fenegréeke with Hollihocke rootes with Cammomill with Wheate flower with Pigeon dung and with some Saffron being made to a plaister and layd thereupon Twelftly the astringent remedies are not to be long vsed to the end the impostumes be not hardned according to all these foresaid rules euery one may know how to order her selfe in the curing of this disease If this impostume do come through heate then is héede first to be taken whether the sicke person be bound in her bodie if it be so then are mild clisters to be set or Suppositories and afterwards to open a veine as hath bene shewed in the second rule She is also to be fed with Barley paps stued Spinage and such like things and to prepare the matter giue vnto her the iulep or sirupe of Violets at certaine times to drinke and afterwards purge her with Cassie sower Dates or Manna and also moue her otherwhiles to vomit Afterwards vnto the raines the kidneyes and the hips are cooling salues plaisters and such like things to be applied and so to coole them as much as is possible for which you are to vse this salue following Take Dragagant and Gum of each one ounce dissolue them in wine and temper therewith washed Ceruse the Litharge of Gold Starch Dragon blood fine Bolus and Roses of each one dragme burnt Copper two scruples oyle of Roses and Waxe as much as sufficeth for to make a salue therewith but if so be that one cannot apply the same to the maladie then seeth them all together with milke except the Waxe and then dip a cloth therein or a sponge and lay it vpon the disease If you had rather haue somewhat else then take the muscilage of Fleawort alone or temper it with oile of Roses with broad Plantaine water with the water of Nightshade and with the white of an Egge There may also a great tent of Cotton be made and the same dipt in this receipt following and put into the necke of the Matrix Take Waxe and oyle of Violets of each halfe an ounce let all melt together and whilst that it is yet warme put thereto the iuice of Plantaine of Nightshade of each one ounce Camfer halfe a dragme then temper them well together in a morter and vse it as is aforesaid If so be that there be any great paine with it then vse oyle of Roses brayed with the white of an egge and tempered with hens grease but if the paine will not asswage and cease therewith then is the veine in the ham to be opened and with the foresaid decoction Poppie séed is to be tempered In like maner Sief Album is to be tempered with womans milke which giueth sucke to a daughter or maiden child and to be iniected This plaister is also very good for it Take Cammomill Melilot Hollihocke rootes Linséede and Fenegréeke of each one ounce eight or ten Figges sixe or seuen Dates stampe and sharpen this all together and make a plaister thereof with water wherein Violets be decocted and with oile of Roses At the greatest extremitie there is to be put vnto it a little Opium Poppy séede and Henbane séed If so be that the impostume will be long a breaking then temper amongst it one ounce and a halfe of powned Pigeon dung Mustard séed halfe an ounce Fennell seede thrée quarters of an ounce But if this impostume be in any place where it may be seene or where one may come by it then is it to be opened through other meanes when it is open then clense it with Barly water or Hony water wherein Hyssop Sauine Madder Mugwort and
such like be decocted And if so be that the place must be incarnated then take Aloe Mirrhe Frankinsence Sarcocolla Dragon blood litharge of Gold and prepared Tutia of each a like quantitie make then a salue thereof with Waxe and oyle of Roses and vse it according as oportunitie serueth And as before hath bene said cooling plaisters are to be vsed for it and to take any of the things following viz. Roses Lentils blossomes and péeles of Pomegranates the muscilage of Fleawort Nightshade Tassel fresh sliced Gourds and Saunders all these are to be tempered with barly meale and sodden to a plaister and then to be layd ouer the priuities Afterwards in the beginning of the disease the iuice of broade Plantaine is to be iniected oftentimes into the Matrix And to the end the Matrix inwardly may be perfectly mundified prepare this water following Take Gals Lentils Pomegranate blossomes Butchers broome seeds Roses and Sanders of each a like quantitie séeth them in water and iniect the decoction into the place Or take Hyssope Wormewood hony of Roses séeth the same in white wine and milke and vse it as is aforesaid When the Matrix is cleansed from all vncleannesse then is this bath to be vsed for to heale and to cause the flesh to grow Take Centorie sixe ounces Ireas Comfrey Cassie rootes and Agrimonie of each thrée handfuls Sarcocolla Gum Dragon blood Mumia Hypocistis and Frankinsence of each one dragme séeth them all together in sufficient water vnto the halfe then put thereto prepared refuse of Iron one ounce and a quarter then let it séeth awhile and waxe colde that it may be vsed for a bath Of all the former things may plaisters salues and pessaries be made for they are to that intent very méet and profitable Or if you will haue a meane and milder bath then take Mallowes Violet leaues Melilot Plantaine Lentils Fenegréeke and Colewort buds and make a bath of it In like sort sodden Allume is auailable for this purpose for this bath is generally commended of all learned men But when the ague and the most paine is somewhat past yet the impostume remaineth still which may be perceiued when the ague returneth and the paine and hardnesse betweene the nauell and the priuities continueth then are mollifying things to be vsed as these pessaries following Take Duckes grease the marrow of Harts bones Neates feet oyle Bdellium Saffron and yolkes of rosted egges of each a like quantitie dissolue them together in wine and temper therewith the bottome of oile of Lilles then dip a taint of linnen often therein and put it into the place it swageth the paine and allayeth the same But of this hardnesse we shall shortly hereafter speake and discourse somewhat more at large But if this impostume be caused through cold then doth the same happen through abundance of much Phlegma in the body and that through a continuall vse of meate and drinke whereby the Phlegma is augmented whereby such like humors do fall downe to that place and there do putrifie and rankle This impostume doth appeare with a swelling aboue the priuities neare the nauel and that with a continuall ach and yet no great paine the woman is sleepie and very lither and these signes be the more certaine if the time of the yéere and the age of the patient do agrée with them For this neither cold nor repelling remedies are méete but maturatiues and such as expell Phlegma sobrietie plaisters of méetly warme discussiue and ripening séedes laying on of Cammomil of Melilot Sauine Marierom Mugwort Linséede Fenegreeke admixed with the foresaid oiles and greases and they may also be sodden iniected Likewise for this are méet salues and plaisters which do warme moisten and ripen wherof we haue before admonished and shal againe hereafter The third manner of the impostumation of the Mother is such a bad and hard disease and is much worse than any of the former especially when it is confirmed and waxen old for then it is not to be curred but at last there commeth the canker of it whereof we shall immediatly hereafter speake and discourse at large But to do some ease for it is the place to be annointed with warme and maturatiue oiles marrows and greases of beasts and the decoction of Linseed of Fenegréeke séed and oile of Cammomill of Dill or of Lillies to be iniected Also they are to weare plaisters de Bdellio of liquid Storax and of Ammoniacum thereon and to vse these fomentations and bathes following Take the rootes of Hollihocke two ounces Cammomil Melilot Mallowes Violet leaues Linséed and Fenegréeke séed of each one ounce let them séeth well in water and of these decocted herbes shall you make plaisters with some of the foresaid greases viz. with swines grease hens and duckes grease c. Vse also this salue following Take oile of Lillies and of Elderne cony fat the fat of Quailes Neates féete oyle and oyle of Harts féete oyle of swéet Almonds and Butter of each one ounce annoint therewith the neck of the mother within and without then annoint therwith a pessary of cotton and put it therin And if so be the same do not content thée then looke into the eleuenth chapter the 29. and 30. § of the impostumes in the stomacke Item of the impostume in the liuer the 12. chapter and 7. § and 14. chapt and 2. § of the impostume of the milt where you shall find a sufficient direction for it Of the canker and vlcer of the wombe or Matrix §. 13. WHat the difference is betweene the impostume and vlcer is before in the eleuenth Chapter and nine and twentith § sufficiently declared of the impostume of the stomacke But the vlcers of the Matrix be very noisome and perillous as we haue before alleaged and so qualified that very easily they may come vnto an incurable canker for this vlcer and the canker haue a great communion one with another yet this difference is betwéene them that where the canker is there must also be an vlcer but not euery impostume the canker Thus may vlcers be holpen with the things which be ordained for the clefts of the Arsegut and of the womans places where to the contrary the canker of this place is estéemed by all learned Phisitions for to be incurable The causes of these vlcers and canker of the Matrix may be as we haue already shewed of the vlceration in the nostrils in the first part of wounds of thrusts of blowes of fals of some vncleane impostume of some sharpe humors which do excoriate and exulcerate the Matrix or the necke of the same within The canker is commonly caused through melancholicke blood which maketh a hard impostume and beginneth first onely of a small hardnesse as the bignesse of a pease or Beane and afterward increaseth the which at last filleth the veines adiacent also with melancholicke thicke and blacke bloud whereby it will be harder and greater from day to day
there be any veine broken within the vlcer then temper somewhat of these things following with it as Dragon blood Myrrhe Frankinsence fine Bolus Saffron Hartwort with Rose water or with Plantaine water A bath for the raines is very necessary for this purpose whereto you may prepare this following Take Valerian rootes Mew and rootes of Smallage of each foure handfuls Mirrha and Opopanacum of each one quarter of an ounce the rootes of Yarrow foure handfuls séeth them all in sufficient water and sit therein to the nauell Besides all this there is another bath highly commended wherin the roots of wild Cucumbers be decocted For this is also very good that which is described in the 12. § beginning thus Take oyle of Centory 6. ounces c. But in case this ensuing matter remaine stinking and that there be heate with it then vse the other pessaries made of cotton and Roses that are there discouered but the vlcers must be cleansed before by the iniection of Hony water Lastly if so be that the hardnesse do continue which may be perceiued by féeling as also by the pricking by the paine and by issuing out of the matter then is one to beware that there be no sharpe medicines vsed for it for that thereby the malady will be much the rather augmented for all which is discouered in the fifth Chapter and second § of the iniection of the muscilage of Fleawort and iuice of Housléeke for that is also the liuer veine to be opened and the salue of Ceruse to be vsed This person must also beware of all which augmenteth melancholy whereof you may find a sufficient discourse in the eleuenth Chapter and 8. § Of an vnnaturall birth called Mola §. 14. IT chanceth also sometimes that in certaine women which haue no company with a man yet their belly swelleth vp no otherwise than as though they were with child and all the signes of being with child agree also with it for that their Termes be absent and stayed they féele also some stirring in the Matrix their breasts will be hard the appetite of meate leaueth them their naturall colour will be pale all which signes are common to women with child notwithstanding they beare no child which beare this Mola This Mola groweth after two sorts in the wombe the one will grow to a péece of flesh without any figure halfe putrified and is also no right flesh but rather a spongeous masse of wind of water and of some other superfluous bloud which through the accustomed termes cannot be expelled and the same then being mixed with the naturall seed groweth otherwhiles to such a hardnesse that the same cannot be cleft asunder with any hatchet Secondly it may also be ingendred of the said bloud and the concourse of certaine tough humors and so make a false shew like women with child Neuerthelesse the expert Phisitions do distinguish thrée seuerall signes whereby bearing women and they that be burthened with this vnnaturall masse are to be knowne for that first the mouing of this Mola or vnnaturall masse is not like that of a child because it is a thing which hath no life Secondly the belly of women which beare Mola is much harder and not so moueable from one place to another as theirs is that be with child Thirdly this masse falleth from the one side to the other Fourthly if a woman be burthened with Mola then be her hands and feete very féeble and limber and it séemeth also that her fingers be shorter all which cannot be perceiued in bearing women Fiftly the woman that beareth Mola is not so merry as one that is with child Sixtly a woman with child is commonly after nine moneths deliuered but in the Mola is no certaine time for that it is found that women therewith haue gone two yeares foure yeares and also longer yea their whole life time that no phisicke hath holpen them And from these that be cured there auoydeth oftentimes as is sayd a lothsome peece of flesh and that with such paine as if she were deliuered of a child It auoydeth sometimes into bloud otherwhiles to wind and their belly falleth away as before This is such an accident that it ought not slightly to be regarded for that thereby it may easily be marked that the Matrix is vtterly vncleane and spoyled therefore do these women easily fall againe into the foresayd maladies or if not into an vnnaturall fluxe vlcer or impostume of the Matrix Lastly they commonly fall into the Dropsies Aseites or Tympanites or into some other perillous sicknesse whereof they die Neuerthelesse must the Phisition not doubt of the cure but as soone as he knoweth certainly that the woman be burthened with a Mola and be not rightly with child then is the woman to be commaunded that the stirre not too much and lie for the most vpon the backe and with her legs higher than the body and to constraine her selfe otherwhiles to vomit and parbrake and refraine from all cold and moist meates for which this potion following is to be made Take S. Iohns wort Sauine Rosemary field Mints and corne Mints Louage Mugwort Penniroyall and Mather of each one handfull Fennell Squinant both kindes of Parsley seede Calmus and wild Galingall of each one dragme Radish foure ounces seeth them together in a sufficient quantitie of water for a potion and vse thereof euery day thrée or foure ounces this potion melloweth that masse and expelleth the humor whereby it might be increased There is also to be tempered with this potion one of these Trociskes following Take Cinnamome Myrrhe of each two dragmes and a halfe Rue Sauine field Mints Penniroyall al together dried Mather Sagapenum and Opopanacum of each one dragme Cardamome Iuniper trée Rosemary of each one dragme and a halfe forme the Trociskes of the waight of a quarter of an ounce This afore described is so to be vsed the space of ten dayes or more Other do aduise for a thing of smaller importance to wit that the woman two moneths euery morning early should take thrée ounces of warme Feuerfew water and to fast foure houres at least after it Secondly that she euery fourth day when she drinketh of the water should take one of these pilles Take Galbanum one quarter of an ounce flowers of Mugwort Saint Iohns wort and Asarabacca of each one scruple dissolue the Gum in good Wine and make thereof sixe pilles of a dragme She is also to purge once in fouretéene dayes with thrée quarters of an ounce of Benedicta Laxatiua tempered with two ounces of Feuerfew water Or if she had rather pilles that she swallow one dragme of Pillulas Foetidas Fourthly she is alwayes to weare this plaster following vpon the belly the breadth of a finger beneath the nauell reaching vp towards the hips Take Galbanum one ounce and a halfe Galliae Muscatae one quarter of an ounce Alipta Muscata one dragme white Waxe thrée dragmes dissolue the gum in good wine and then
with water wherein the Sauin-tree and Fennell is decocted and although all these foresaid medicines be meete and conuenient for to expell the secundine with them yet we will neuerthelesse in particular as we haue promised write and discourse thereof Of the secundine or afterbirth and how the same is to be expelled §. 16. THis afterbirth do the Latinists call Secundinam which is as much to say as the second because it commeth away after that she is deliuered of child and of such like wherefore it is by vs properly called the afterbirth or secundine This foresaid afterbirth or secundine hath this vse to wit when that in lying together both the séedes of the man woman be tempered in the Matrix and become like vnto milke then commeth about the same a caule or velme which groweth by little and little with the fruit and is augmented with it The same is by nature ordained that the fruite may be therewith as it were with a cloth couered enclosed about garded and defended vntill the day of the birth which presently after the birth of the child if all things happen aright doth auoide or remaining behind it bringeth very great perill with it as we haue said before that amongst other accidents there do follow agues stinking breath paine of the head swouning and such like If in case then that these afterbirths do thereby tarrie behind for that a woman is waxen too weary féeble through the former hard labor then must somwhat be giuen her wherby she may get some strength and might comfort her hart as Diamargariton Manus Christi and Diapliris She is also to be caused to neese and to hold in her breath wherby the vndermost parts of the belly be pressed down and stirred vp to expel that which remaineth And if so be that the secundine will not follow then let the woman rest a litle and annoint the belly and al other parts about it with oyle of Lillies and oyle of Elderne flowers also to kéep the belly very warme and then to vse those things which are specified in the deliuerie of children in the 11. § also whatsoeuer shall be prescribed hereafter All those that esteeme much of precious stones do counsell that when the afterbirth will not follow that then to the woman is to be giuen of the powder of the Aggat and that thereupon the secundine must follow It is also commanded to the contrarie that whensoeuer a woman is in labour that then she is to put away from her all manner of precious stones because that they do deferre this childbirth It is also said that corne flowers giuen with Lilly water do expell the secundine We haue also said before that halfe an Eg-shell full of the iuice of Garlicke giuen with Hony water doth expell the dead child and afterbirth but this aduice may we leaue for country people Néesing is also especiall good for deliuerie and auoyding of the afterbirth For to vse outward things therefore is much commended to make a ley of ashes and to set the feete déepe in them they should draw the afterbirth downwards Item take Béech ashes and powre séething water vnto it then let the vapor ascend from beneath vpwards and the afterbirth will follow Take Peacocks feathers or if you cannot get them then take Hens feathers kindle them and let the fume ascend from beneath Item take Hollihocke rootes séeth them very mellow and then temper it with Barrowes grease with Goose grease and therewith annoint the necke of the Matrix within This draweth not onely the afterbirth but also all other vncleannes for this is also chiefly good whatsoeuer before is described for the aduancement and lightning of childbirth also for womens termes How that the afterthrowes are to be eased §. 17. TAke Squinant and Spikenard of each one quarter of an ounce séeth them together with water of Mugwoort euen to the halfe and drinke thereof two or thrée times it allayeth the paine Item take Malmsey or some other good wine and make a candle thereof with the yolkes of Egs and Cinnamom Or take Saffron half a drag Mace one scrup Triphera magna halfe an ounce take this at two times with warme wine for this Triphera hath such power that it doth presently asswage the paine In like manner this may be annointed in the necke of the Matrix very commodiously Further you haue before in the 19. Chapter and 7. § of the paine of the Matrix through wind of Triphera and Philonium and presently afterwards a powder with Turbith Also how this Hellebore is to be vsed all which things be very commodious for the afterthrowes Item take small powned Woolblade temper them as a dough and bake cakes thereof and giue it to the woman to eate Take good fat Figs cut them to péeces and grosse beaten Fenegréeke of each one handfull let them séeth together and the woman to sit oftentimes ouer it or to foment her beneath with clothes Item take the yolkes of Egges temper them with the iuice of Mugwoort and bake cakes thereof and lay them behind vpon the backe The same doth also Hollihock rootes or the leaues if it be beaten and with warme wine laid vpon it and oftentimes renewed For the excessiue floud after birth §. 18. FOr this you haue before in the 19. Chapter 3. § of the asswaging of the excessiue termes of women many kinds of remedies which be also very méete for all women in childbed Yet of the Phisitions of Augusta be these following ordained for very especiall remedies At the first are these women in childbed be it howsoeuer it will to take with broth fasting one dragme of the same powder with white Diptamus that not long since hath bene described in the 11. § Afterwards she is to vse this costly confection Take conserue of Roses one ounce conserue of Burrage of Buglosse and of Baulme of each halfe an ounce prepared Bolus halfe a drag prepared Pearles one drag good Cinnamom one drag and a halfe temper them all together Item take conserue of Pionie it cleanseth a woman after birth Let her vse also this powder following Take prepared Bolus one drag Sealed earth 2. scru Tormentill halfe a drag Shepheards purse one scrup Species de gemmis frigidis one drag and a halfe prepared Pearles one drag Roses Corall and Saunders of each one scrup Cinnamom two scrup and a halfe Sugar thrée ounces temper them well together and take it with Henbroth This following is yet more forcible in stanching Take Bloudstone washed with Plantaine water one dragme and a halfe red Coral one drag Tormentill and Trociscos de spodio of each halfe a dragme scraped Iuorie and burnt Harts horne of each one scrup prepared Pearles foure scruples fine Bolus two scruples Bursa Pastoris and red Saunders of each a scrup Cinnamom one dragme Sugar sixe ounces make a powder thereof or losinges Of the superfluitie of milke §. 19. VVHen as now a woman is deliuered
in these odoriferous herbes as Mints Melilot Lauander Ireos and such like This being done the Aâ—meholes and the whole bodie are to be fomented with these things following Take Annis Comin Roses of each 2 ounces Cipers roots one ounce Spiknard Spica Romana of each one quarter of an ounce powned Ireas one ounce séeth these all together in two quarts of water vntill about a third part be consumed then vse it warme with clothes wet therein and keepe the bodie very cleane with clothes and linnen Afterwards vse some of these things following Take the Litharge of gold one quarter of an ounce Allume one drag Roses and Myrrhe of each half a drag beate them all to powder and wash the Armpits with wine and then strew the powder vpon it the Litharge of gold doth the same of it selfe tempered with Rosewater in like manner also the Myrrhe Item take Coperas one ounce séeth the same in three ounces of water let it be cold and annoint the stinking place with it Take Thistle leaues one handfull seeth the same in a pint of wine and drinke thereof it taketh away the stench throughout the whole bodie Item take litharge of gold one ounce Frankinsence halfe an ounce powne all together small when you go to bed and temper a little thereof with wine and annoint therewith the place and then in the morning wash it with Vineger You may also vse for this the oyle of Spike And if so be that the humors then be so sharp that they excoriate the place and bite open the skin then wash it with warme water and afterwards strew the place with burnt Allume Marmalade with spices doth also expell all stench Of the hands §. 3. ANaxagoras was wont to say that men aboue all creatures were most reasonable for that they only had hands But Aristotle contrarieth this with great reasons and saith because that mankind is the most sharp witted amongst al creatures therefore hath nature giuen him hands which be none other than instruments of a reasonable creature for to vse them wherto he desireth so that these most noble and necessarie members be made for to comprehend to hold to cast and to labour c. In like manner also through their féeling to adiudge all that is hard soft hote cold thin thicke and such like Besides this in stead of all weapons wherewith all other beasts be indued that they may therby seize vpon all manner of weapons wherewith either in time of peace or warre to guard and defend the bodie Item with these hands be all renowned feates and cunning and also all hurtful works atchieued and brought to passe as is daily séene It appeareth also by daily experience that commonly the right side is more forcible and much nimbler than the left not that it is so in euery bodie or must be for that it is oftentimes found to the contrarie whether it be through the custome or otherwise that some do most of all helpe themselues with the left hand and be much nimbler and actiuer with it Further the hand is commonly deuided into two parts as the palme the fingers and one may if he will accompt the nailes with it They be filled euery where full of sinewes wherewith they most commodiously and speedily be readie to all manner of actions Inwardly in the palme of the hand be many kinds of lines or strakes séene the which like as the Chiromantici do say be signes of good and bad luck or fortune wherof we will not here write any further because that these Southsayers art is by many learned regarded as lies for that they haue no foundation therefore be they also iustly to be mocked and scorned like as they be also taken and acknowledged of all vpright Christians to be vngodly and adiudged to be an illusion of Sathan Thus may this suffise of the Hands For to keepe the hands cleane §. 4. IT becommeth all men very well with honestie that they haue alwaies cleane hands and that chiefly when they sit at table whether it be that they tast any meate or carue for others and for to come vnto it the same are oftentimes to be washed with faire water and Venice sope If you will make them smel wel then looke what is written thereof in the first Part in the first Chapter â—nd 2. § Or prepare in stead of the sope this ensuing Take one spoonfull of Hony two yolks of Egs well brayed and a litle Rosewater and Lilly water temper them and séeth them to pap rub the hands therewith and afterwards wash it off with faire water Item take the whites of Egs well brayed stirre therein a litle wheaten flowre Rose water and Orange péels powned small as much as you will The iuice of Citrons is also very good for it or if one cannot get it then may the iuice of Limons or of Oranges be taken in stead of it Let the same séeth alone in a glased pot and stirre it about continually It is also especiall good against all itchinesse of the hands and all other parts of the bodie Or take the water of Louage and powned Argall temper them together with the white of an Egge as much as you please of each bray them well together and vse them as before is specified For to make perfumed hands and gloues §. 5. TAke clean Barrows grease as much as you please and lay the same eight daies in water or in lye putting euery day fresh water or lye vnto it and wash it well Afterwards fiue other daies in fresh milke washed also daily Then after that wring it out cleane and put it into a pot and put Rose water vnto it the water of Elderne flowers of Plantaine and of Lauander of each a like quantitie Afterwards put odoriferous spices vnto it as Cloues Cinnamon Nutmegs and so let them seeth together softly vntill the water be wasted away At the last you are to put vnto it Muscus Ambra golden waters or any other well sauoring things stirre them a long time well together This salue is also good for all scabbinesse and scurfe c. For scabby Hands §. 6. FOr this may the foresaid salue or Pomander be vsed which is described in the first Part the tenth Chapter and first § For this is also very good the Gum of Dragagant dissolued in Rosewater and the hands rubbed with it It happeneth also many times that the hands be full of the drie scurfe like to that kind of itch which the Latinists do call Impetiginem for which this following is to be vsed and not onely for the hands but also ouer the whole bodie where as is the drie scurffe Open some egs put out the whites and yolkes the egge shels are to be laid in a coole place where they will not be bedusted then will there gather amongst it a little water which you are to put into a little glasse and to annoint therewith the place that is scabby Item séeth Elecampane in
the creame of milke which is also very méete for this purpose Or séeth these rootes with Butter and Milke and when they be mellow and sodden to pappe then temper some Salt amongst it this is alwaies found to be very good You haue a sure salue for this before in the first Part the third Chapter and tenth § beginning thus Take Turpentine c. Some do aduise to take the lyuers of Tenthes and to put the same in a glasse stopped tight and set in a warme place and to annoint it with the water that commeth thereof Item the iuice which is wrung out of Orange péeles should be maruellous good for this purpose Another Take the oyle of Iuniper and oyle of Argall annoint the hands with it and all other scabbinesse For chops in the Hands §. 7. TAke foure ounces of Sallad oyle or oyle of Roses Waxe one ounce melt them together and annoint the hands with it Item Take oyle of Roses white Waxe Masticke Frankinsence and Hennes grease of each a like quantitie powne all that is to be powned then temper them all together and make a soft salue of it For itchie or scabbie hands §. 8. TAke thrée ounces of swéet Butter Turpentine two ounces washed together certaine times with Vineger and then temper with it halfe an ounce of salt and thrée drag of drie Ceruse Item take a good peece of Rie bread laying it the space of certaine howers in fresh water vntill it be well mollified then wring it out through a course cloth and wash your selfe therewith This following is also good and sure Take Turpentine two ounces fresh butter one ounce oyle of Roses halfe an ounce the iuice of Limons or Oranges thrée quarters of an ounce and the white of an Egge well brayed salt one dragme then temper them all together with a mild fire or vpon warme ashes If so be that you will haue it thicker then put a litle Waxe vnto it Or take the middlemost rinds of the Iuniper trée and Barrowes grease of each a like much séeth the same together in Goates milke and salt it well Take the oyle of Roses and liquid Storax of each a like quantitie melt them together this is especiall good and hath a good sauour Item take fresh Elecampane rootes Mallowes Dock rootes with the leaues and Fumitory of each one handfull Branne one handfull séeth them all together in thrée pints of water vnto the halfe and therewith wash the hands Or take Sulphur vife halfe an ounce small brused Litharge of siluer thrée dragmes dried Ceruse one quarter of an ounce Barrowes grease one ounce Camfere halfe a dragme the iuice of Oranges halfe an ounce temper them together and kéepe it in a glasse With this following be many people holpen whom nothing would helpe Take the rootes of Dockes and Elecampane of each one ounce Cuckoopit and Comfery of each halfe an ounce Agrimonie Self-heale and broad Plantaine of each one handfull Vitrioll half an ounce Allume and Sulphur vife of each one ounce Saltpeter one quarter of an ounce Roses one handfull Pomegranate pils halfe a handfull wine and water of each one quart sharpe Vineger twelue ounces let it be all together infused and then afterwards boyle it in which are the hands to be bathed euery morning and euening the space of sixe dayes And afterwards be the hands to be moistened with a cloth dipped in this decoction following Take washt Ceruse one dragme and a halfe Allume white Coperas and Masticke of each two scruples Camfere half a dragme this being all beaten small together then bind it in a fine cloth afterwards stéepe it in two ounces of Rosewater and foure ounces of Plantaine water wherof we haue admonished before and taught in the former 6. § As much as now concerneth all itch or scurfe thereof we will by Gods helpe speake sufficiently in the fift part Of the Fingers §. 9. IN the last 6. § we haue generally writen of the hands but now will we think vpon the fingers which be called by the Grecians Dactyli and by the Latinists Digiti by nature haue all men fiue on each hand Othersome sixe which be therfore called by the Latinists Sedigiti The first of these is the Thumbe which is called the greatest and smallest but by reason of his shortnes is he verily the smallest but by reason of his thicknes and strength is he indéed the greatest and therewithall so forcible that he is a helper to the rest of the fingers that without the same they be very impotent because that he lying aboue the fingers in holding fast shutteth them vp This haue also the most cruell tyrants acknowledged who commaunded to chop off the Captiues thumbes and not their hands to the end that they might not handle their weapon nor do any other labour The first finger afterwards is called the forefinger in Latine Index that we do therewith shew and point at all things The third do we name by reason of his place the middlemost which the Latinists partly call Infamem the cause of this name wil we conceale at this present The fourth is the gold finger or Anularis for that commonly the same is wont to be garnished and deckt with gold rings Lastly followeth the small or eare finger These fiue fingers haue fiftéene bones each thrée albeit some do ascribe to the thumbe but two bones Through these bones and mouing of the sinewes these fingers haue two small ioynts amongst which the thumbe hath no more but one all which bend onely inwards whereby they be méete for all cunning and subtill actions But what mischances and diseases these parts be subiect to we wil now write and discourse thereof Of the numbnesse of the fingers in part or in all §. 10. THis numbnes bringeth with it a hardening of the sinewes is caused through heat cold or drith this numbnesse must be holpen immediatly or the fingers will forthwith lose their motion thereby For this disease must be kept especially a good diet and first of all are cold windie dwellings to be eschued and the whole bodie chiefly the hands and the feete to be kept very warm and then to refraine from all grosse binding and cooling meats as old Béefe Skins Paunches and Sinewes of all beasts Item all that is drest with dough all fish and especially Eeles Tenches and Crabs must he refraine He must also forbeare Milke Cheese and all old baked bread from all kind of Beanes and from cold herbs as Lettice Purslaine Béets Pears and such like red grosse thicke wine is also not good for him and if it be possible he is vtterly to refraine wine whether it be drunken watered or vnwatered Also he is not to ouercharge himselfe with meate or drinke at any hand And he is aboue all to beware of Vineger and from all sowre things Also long sléepe is hurtfull for him and especially sleepe by day otherwise he may liue according to his old custome As much as concerneth
halfe and if one will drinke wine then is there one halfe of this foresaid water to be tempered amongst it or to drink some middle sort of cleare Beere Further he must forbeare all Hony meates and all flesh Also he is to eate and drinke very litle but he is to sustaine himselfe with Barly pap Oaten pap bread and butter and such light meates But what greater damages be found in this disease through surfetting is sufficiently shewed before The members also which are accustomably plagued with this paine are to be restrained from ouermuch motion or from wearying himselfe too much and that especially if the patient be grosse and full of bloud and hath not a long time bene let bloud nor purged Of diuers meanes whereby to free one from the Podagra §. 2. THese Pils following are very highly commended as that through the vse of them many gouty people be not onely fréed but also healed altogether Take Myrrha Aloe Lignum Aloes Cinnamom Masticke and Rubarbe of each one quarter of an ounce Muscus fiue graines make 36. or 40. pilles with Oxymel or as many as you please whereof you are to take two or thrée euery other day and to continue thus the space of thirtie daies afterwards take euery wéeke once as much more But if so be that the Podagra do come in the meane while then are the pils to be vsed after the first manner First take Aloe Rubarbe Species Hierae Galeni Pillulae sine quibus of each one dragme and a halfe field Cipers foure scruples stéeped in wine make pils thereof with Lauander water and vse them as all the rest they be stronger than the former These Pils following hath the Emperor Carolus vsed against the Podagra Take yellow Mirobalani Chebuli and Indi of each one dragme oyle of swéet Almonds one quarter of an ounce the iuice of Roses of Burrage and of Fumitorie of each two ounces temper them together and let them stand in stéepe 24. howers afterwards make it hote and wring it well out This being all well done then stéepe therein againe half an ounce of Rubarbe Indi Spica halfe a scruple Malmsey a spoonfull Woormwood water one ounce let it then stand thus together stéeped the space of ten howers and afterwards wring it out hard Thirdly take Agaricus one ounce stone salt foure scruples Ginger one scruple Hony of Roses thrée scruples Oxymel of Squils one quarter of an ounce stéepe all together 24. howers in white wine and wring it well out Fourthly take Aloe which is washed with Endiue water and Manna of each one ounce fresh Cassie two ounces Bdellium two scruples temper them well together in the foresaid boyled and stéeped Colatures Lastly all being well tempered then set them all together in the Sunne stirring it often about and when it is well dried then forme pils thereof Of these pils shall you take one euery morning they haue a maruellous efficacie in preuenting the Podagra so that it is said if one do not ryot that one shall be holpen thereof in fiftéene dayes In the first part of this booke in the twelfth Chapter in the description of the Balsam you haue a very costly salue beginning thus Take Bayberries c. which fréeth one maruellous much of the Podagra Item if one set his féete in warme Smiths water or foment them ouer the vapor of the same water it is also very good to chew euery morning a litle Masticke How the Podagra is to be purged §. 3. IF so be that the Podagra be caused only through Cholera and heate then is this Sirupe following to be prepared Take Endiue three handfuls Roses one ounce and a halfe red white and yellow Saunders all together one ounce seeth it well and wring it out then put vnto this decoction twelue ounces of Sugar and séeth it to a sirupe like as all other sirupes be decocted giue thereof one ounce and a halfe with Endiue water foure or fiue times together and then take these purgations ensuing after it Take of the Electuarie of the iuice of Roses fiue dragmes with the foresaid water which is especiall good for the ioynts Or take fresh Figs halfe an ounce Currans fiue dragmes the rinds of yellow Mirobalans one ounce let them stéepe a whole night and seeth them a little then take of this decoction three ounces and temper therein of the foresaid confection of Roses and giue it very warme early in the morning Or if you had rather haue pils then take Aloe one dragme Diagridij fiue graines Roses thrée graines Hermodactyli halfe a dragme make pils of it with the iuice of Roses they be much commended If there happen great paine with this kind of hot gout then may two kinds of plaisters be prepared for it whereof one is to be layd vpon the place of the paine therewith to stop the defluxion and the other on the top of it for to asswage the paine The first is thus made Take Mirtle séed the séed of Ruscus and Bolus of each halfe an ounce red and white Saunders the iuice of Sloes Pomegranat blossomes and péeles Gals of each one dragme Rose water and Plantaine water of each thrée dragmes oyle of Roses one ounce and a halfe Barly meale as much as will suffice for to make a plaister or pap The other Take red and white Saunders Starch and washt Ceruse of each one quarter of an ounce Poppie séed halfe an ounce Camfer one scruple oyle of Roses thrée ounces vnsalted Butter one ounce and a halfe the séed of Fleawort one dragme and a halfe and two yolks of egs temper them all together and lay them vpon it as is before said An easier Take the oyle of Roses thrée ounces Vineger halfe an ounce temper them all together and annoynt the place of the paine with it it asswageth the paine and hindereth the defluxion Now when as these defluxions do first of all begin then be Salues Oyles and other things moe vsed and applyed vnto it for which you may take one of these ensuing which you please Take small pouned Bolus two ounces Rose water and the water of Nightshade of each one ounce two or thrée drops of Vineger temper them well together and strike it thereon with a feather or dip a cloth in it and lay it ouer the swelling when it is dry then take fresh but alwayes warme Item take oyle of Roses seeth Earthwormes in it Mastick is also especiall good This following should be a speciall secret seeth Earthwormes and Frogs in oyle of Roses vntill they be almost all consumed then wring them out hard through a cloth and annoynt it very warme on the place of the paine This ensuing is not vnlike to the former Take of the oldest Sallad oyle that you can get twelue ounces and twelue water Frogs chop them very small and seeth them well when they be almost sodden ynough then temper therewith the iuice of Housleeke and the iuice of Stonecrop of each two
ounces then let it seeth so long vntill that the moisture be wasted away afterwards wring it out and vse it as before Some doe commend aboue all things the muscilage of Frogs to be layd warme vnto it which is thus made Take in the Spring greene Frogs before they begin to cast their sperme take out the bowels and hang them on a thred to dry in the Sunne vntill they begin to be somewhat dry then powre Sallad oyle vnto them and let them seeth meetly well together then wring them out it is especiall good for the sinewes Item take Badgers grease and Turpentine of each one ounce Frankinsence halfe an ounce Waxe as much as will suffice for to make a salue of it Or take Poplar salue two ounces small pouned Bolus and oyle of Roses of each halfe an ounce temper them together vnto a salue This ensuing is also good for it Take foure yolks of egs Saffron one dragme oyle of Roses two ounces temper them well together and vse them as before A principall good one Take Vyne Snailes as many as you will put them into a pot and lay a tin lid vpon it afterwards whelme the same pot ouer another pot and then set it ouer the fire to the end that they may rost by little and little This being done the oyle wil drop into the nethermost pot and with this oyle annoynt the hot gouts thorowly Item séeth ten egs very hard cut them ouerthwart fill the whites with pouned Mirrhe afterwards binde thē togither againe lay them the space of 15. daies in a seller or longer then will a water drop out of it which you may annoint vpon the gout as a salue In like manner fresh Cassie is also much commended with the muscilage of Fleawort for all paine of the ioynts through heate This ensuing asswageth the paine maruellously Take the séed of Fleawort two ounces seeth it in sufficient water vntill it be very slimie afterwards wring it out very hard through a cloth In this muscilage or slime melt one ounce and a halfe of Waxe Sallad oyle thrée ounces let it then séeth a good while stirring it alwayes equally about vntill it be cold Another of like force Take oyle of Walfloures two ounces oyle of swéete Almonds and oyle of Camelina of each one ounce and a halfe Butter one ounce Saffron one dragme and a halfe white waxe one ounce and a halfe Dill séed Cammomill and Ducks grease of each halfe an ounce thrée yolks of Egs then temper them one amongst another and make a salue thereof Item take wheate bran two handfuls Vinecuict as much as will suffice for to make a poultesse of it Salt one quarter of an ounce let it séeth a little together and then lay it warme vpon it you shall hardly finde any thing else that doth more asswage the paine Item take Barly meale or Pease meale and pouned Roses of each thrée ounces white wine as much as will suffice for to make pap thereof then let it séeth a good while if you will you may also put a dragme of Mastick vnto it Some do séeth Bran in thrée parts of water and one part of vineger and so lay it vpon it and let it lye fiue or sixe howres vpon it This also ensuing is thought to asswage all paine whatsoeuer Take thrée ounces of vnripe Sallad oyle Saffron one dragme foure yolks of egs oyle of Roses foure ounces let the oyle séeth a good while and when it beginneth to be cold then temper the yolks amongst it stirring it alwayes well about afterwards Starch and Barly meale of each one ounce and a halfe and at the last Saffron if you will haue it more forcible then put Butter vnto it and Bdellium of each one dragme then stéepe them all together vntill the same be thorowly consumed and afterwards temper the rest with it Item take the crums of white bread stéepe them a good while in swéete milke and then seeth them together to pap now when it beginneth to coole then temper a yolke or two of egs amongst it and a little oyle of Roses and so lay it vpon the swelling and paine Some do temper Butter Ducks or Goose grease and Sugar also amongst it Another Take Plantaine séed and Linséed of each two handfuls séeth them very soft vntill all the water be almost gone then temper amongst it crums of white bread as much as you please afterwards stamp them well together and temper it with the oyle of Roses and when the paine is very great then is the iuice of cooling herbs to be tempered amongst it yea very well thrée or foure greynes of Opium and one dragme of Saffron like as the same may be very well done in the foresaid crums of white bread This also following is very good Take Cammomill and Melilot of each one ounce Mallowes and Hollyhock rootes of each halfe a handfull Fenegréeke meale Linséed meale and Barly meale of each one ounce cut the herbs small and séeth them mellow afterwards wring them out and stampe them well last of all mingle with the said meales oile of Roses and oyle of Cammomill of each fiue ounces or more then make pap therewith and lay it ouer the paine renew the same oftentimes Item séeth wheate meale and red wine to pap in fresh swéet milke for this is also good Beane meale decocted to pap in fresh sweet milke These foure oyles following be also commonly vsed for the gout to wit oyle of Lillies of Cammomill of swéet Almonds and of Walfloures with which we do commonly temper Cassie extracted with vineger like as before there is also mention made of the oyle of Poplar buds Or take pouned Henbane séed put it into a bag and let it warme well and so lay it vpon the paine Item in great outward paine take Cowmilke sixe ounces Opium halfe a scruple crums of Rye bread and these being well powdred as much as you please make a soft plaister of it In like manner you may also vse the iuice of Nightshade and of Plantaine being tempered all together or each apart By all these foresaid remedies may easily be marked that all these simple things following be especiall good for the hot Podagra as namely Nightshade Housleeke Lettice Endiue Mirtus Muscilage of Fleawort Vineger Rose water Bolus c. in the 16. Chapter and 4. § of the hot kidneys Of the cold gout or Podagra and of his paine §. 4. IF there be found with the paine of the ioynts neither rednes nor heate and the patient be of a cold nature and that one be cold in the féeling then may it easily be perceiued that the cause procéedeth of cold For this the patient is to prepare himselfe to purge with these potions following Take Sage Cowslips and field Cipers of each one handfull seeth them all together in sufficient water vntill the third part be wasted Vnto this decoction put twelue ounces of Sugar and then make a clarified sirupe of it If
vnpickt vpon the hart and two behinde vpon the back and if so be that the age and the repletion of the bodie may suffer it then is the lyuer vaine to be opened otherwise may it be omitted for that in this disease letting of bloud is not alwayes necessarie His whole order of dyet must be cooling things wherefore wine is much forbidden and in the stéede thereof is there nothing more requisite than Barly water There may also be vsed sometimes the sirupe of Endiue of Vineger of Sorrell and of Poppy heads or the sirupe and Iulep of Roses and of Violets is also much commended and if so be that the long vse of Barly water went against him then may he drinke Well water as herebefore you haue seene further direction in a hot stomacke and liuer For to vse outwardly Take Lettice which is somewhat grosly beaten and lay it vpon the heate of the swelling or in the stéed thereof take Lettice water In like manner may you also vse this following whether it be tempered or each alone being made wet with a spoonge and so laid vpon it viz. water of Endiue of Corne roses of water Lillies of Violets or the decoction of Roses Item lay Creame of milke vpon it tempered with Bran or crummes of white bread stéeped in milke and in like manner also Oxyrrhodinum Or take the iuice of Plantaine and iuice of Housleeke of each a like quantitie and temper some Vineger with it Some doe vse for it the right writing inke Take Plantaine one handfull Nightshade and Violets of each halfe a handfull Lineséed and Fenegréeke meale of each halfe an ounce let it séeth togither to growte Afterwards temper the yolke of an Egge amongst it and vse it as the other Another Take Barley meale two ounces Linséed meale and Roses of each one ounce and a halfe red and white Saunders of each one quarter of an ounce fine Bolus and Camfere of each one dragme the iuice of Nightshade and of Housléeke of each two ounces and a little Vineger temper them all togither with the oyle of Roses vnto a soft plaister This oyle following is also very good for to asswage heate viz. oyle of Roses of water Lillies of Violets and of Poppy heads Neuertheles there is here to be noted that all oylie and fat things be not very méete for this so that they are not to be vsed for this disease but only for to mixe them with other things For to annoint withall take small powned litharge of gold temper it vnto dough with oile of Roses afterwards put a little sharp vineger vnto it and stir it so long togither vntill that the Vineger be well tempered amongst it this is chiefly to be annointed vpon the Rose there where there be any blisters apparant thrée times a day The salue of Roses and the cooling salue Galeni be very good for this especially if there be a little Camfere tempered with both these Also this salue following may sometimes be annointed vpon it Take the oyle of Roses of Cammomill of Egges and iuice of Plantaine of each a like quantity temper them all togither Or take this following Take the iuice of Plantaine fower ounces Rose water and oyle of Roses of each one ounce and a halfe If you desire to make a salue thereof then let it séeth vntill all the iuice be wasted and then put some waxe vnto it Otherwise may you dip a cloth therein and lay it thereon and as then the last described pap ouer it beginning Take Plantaine a handfull c. Item take Barly meale Hony and the iuice of Apples of each a like quantity let them séeth togither vnto grout and vse them as the other You may also vse fomenting where Roses Cammomill and Housléeke be decocted Of the swellings of the Groynes Armepits and Eares §. 13. WE haue here before in the common description of the Impostume and swelling admonished that there is also comprehended by the same name the swelling of the groines Bubones as also the Carbuncles or plague sores But because these swellings do commonly appeare in man and woman in the armeholes or in the groynes therefore haue we in the third part the second chapter and first § written thereof at large And it is also so with all other anguishes Byles Fâ—runculis but that they be somewhat more tolerable Of the Carbuncle or plague-sore a perillous swelling §. 14. THis Impostume doe the Gréekes call Anthracem which is a Cole the Latinists call it Carbonem and Carbunculum which name we haue retained in our spéech howbeit that some make a difference betwéene Anthrax and Carbunculus This impostume is described as followeth Anthrax is an hot impostume by which the place where it appeareth is inflamed burneth the grosse blood and causeth a black cole or core with an intolerable paine And there is also in trueth no woorse impostume amongst all the rest than this Anthrax as all well learned Phisitions do write thereof and as daylie experience bringeth with it The signes whereby these two impostumes be knowen is first a rednes of the member with a small blackish darke blew or pale push whereon a scale groweth vnder the which there is some matter or corruption gathered But by reason these hot Carbuncles or plague sores for the most part and most perillously make shew in the time of plague where shall be written at large of this matter therefore will we not deuide the matter but all those that are taken with them at other times we do remit to the sixt part of this booke prouiding there to teach at length whatsoeuer shall séeme néedfull for it therefore we will be the briefer at this present First must they which be infected with this disease cause a veine to be opened and that on the contrary side if so be that he be full of blood and of humors afterwards vpon the same side and if that can not be compassed at leastwise there to set boxing cups afterwards the patient is to be purged with the whay of milke with Epithymo with Agaricus or with sower Dates For to comfort him withall may he vse Citrons Limons and Orenges In eating and drinking is he to kéepe himselfe as one that is full of the ague and according as the heate is great Outwardly is he not to vse cold things as in the Rose for that the matter is somewhat thicker But one may make a plaister of Gals Plantaine Lentils of crusts of bread or Bran tempered with Vineger Allume molten in Vineger and then laid with clothes vpon it for this are also good Pomegranates cut in péeces and decocted mellow in Vineger and laid vpon it as a plaister for thereby will the heate and the paine be swaged Now for to cause this paine to ripen make a plaister of Figs of Currans of Nuts of Barley meale decocted with Wine and oyle Round about the Carbuncle lay the salue of fine Bolus made of Vineger and Rose water for to defend
be stopt Fourthly chew Linséede or the rootes of Woolblade Fiftly this disease is to be eased with a kind of fomenting of the members which haue bene annointed before with warme water wherein Rosemarie and Sage is decocted Sixtly it is néedfull that the patient liue very soberly and do vse good strong brothes and other forcible things and that all his meates and drinkes be also mixed with all that which doth strengthen and fortifie the heart Seuenthly there is to be vsed for this Conserues of Roses of Buglosse of Burrage Manus Christs with Pearles and such like things that strengthen the heart Eightly there is a common Clister to be set with Henbroth Sugar yolkes of egges and with Salt thereby to resist all accidents and obstructions of the bodie and in great weaknesse of nature is he to vse Sugar of Violets Ninthly prepare this salue Take Gum Beares grease and oyle of Roses of each a like quantitie temper them together with a little oyle of Balsam then is the patient to annoint therewith his face both the temples of the head and his hands for thereby shall he get againe his naturall colour Now to preuent those foresaid accidents giue the patient one ounce and a quarter of Cassie to wit after the fourth inunction And when he beginneth to slabber then hold againe from annointing vntill two daies afterwards then purge him againe after the third or fourth Stricado When you do preuent the matter in that maner then will the putrifaction of the mouth not be so hurtfull For the sore and foule gums is this following very good wash the mouth oftentimes with Vineger wherein some Allume is molten In the euening and morning be the téeth to be annointed with the salue of Egypt but beware of swallowing the same salue downe For the rotting or putrifying of the gums reade in the first Part the 13. Chap. and 7. § what is written there against the foule gums Item take hony of Roses and the iuice of Mulberries of each one ounce Plantaine water 8. ounces Allume one quarter of an ounce then temper them together and vse it to the washing of the mouth You may also set boxing cups vpon the shoulders For the Pockes that haue continued long §. 6. IF so be that this sicknes be so stale or old that it be not well to be holpen then giue the patient a Pill with Quicksiluer which is killed with the iuice of Limons and with as much Rubarbe viz. of each about one scruple if the paine be very great then temper therwith Opium and Saffron of each two graines This is to be done alwaies about the second day when he goeth to bed or that he let himselfe be annointed the space of eight daies where otherwise he ought to be annointed the space of three or foure daies But alwaies after the fourth inunction is the patient to be purged and to omit the same day the inunction and afterwards to go on with the inunction vnto the end of the same eight daies and when the eight daies be compleat and ended then is he to drinke the decoction of Guaiac made after the common manner When as the third part of this decoction is spent then put vnto it two ounces of Rapontica Turbith halfe an ounce Carduus Benedictus half a M. Agaricus half an ounce Sene leaues half a M. the rinds of Guaiac foure ounces good strong wine one quart then let so much thereof séeth away as there is wine put vnto it If so be that this will purge too strong then giue him rather the potion of Sene leaues which is described in the third part the eleuenth Chapter and 20. § euery second day These pils also ensuing may be vsed for purging Take Rapontica Rubarbe Manna and Aloe of each one dragme Ginger and Spica of Indie of each sixe graines temper them all together with the sirupe of Fumitorie and make sixe pils of one dragme waight and take thereof euery euening twaine The pils Aggregatiuae and de Lapide Lazuli are also good for this purpose If there be great paine with it §. 7. IF now there be great paine with it then take Frankinsence Litharge of gold Argall Masticke Ceruse and Allume of each one quarter of an ounce oile of Bay and Aqua vitae of each one ounce Barrowes grease fiue ounces mortified Quicksiluer one ounce and a halfe then temper them together vnto a salue This salue doth mellow all cores and cleanseth all vlcers Item take Sallad oyle the oyle of Foxes or oyle of Costus sixe ounces and seeth therein one drag of Quicksiluer the same flyeth away but the force of the Quicksiluer remaineth still This oyle swageth all paine of the Pockes maruellously Or take the spirit of wine which is foure times distilled sixe ounces Quicksiluer which is mortified in Coperas water one ounce and a half yellow Sanders thrée quarters of an ounce Allume two drag Lignum Aloes one drag Muscus eight graines Ambra fiue graines stéepe all these things together in the spirit of wine and make a cloth wet therwith and wash all the places where the paine is Or make a cloth wet and lay the same vpon it and especially vpon all the ioynts Another Take oyle of Roses foure ounces washt Earthwormes and Turpentine of each halfe an ounce Salt two drag let it seeth well together and so lay a cloth dipped in it vpon all the ioynts you may also temper the oyle of Foxes amongst it and then it is not onely good for the sinewes but also especially for all paine of the Pockes Of the Byles in the Pockes §. 8. IF there appeare any blisters or byles in this sicknesse vpon any then annoint the same thrée times a day with a salue which is before described in the first Chapter and twelfth § beginning thus Take small powned Litharge of Gold c. But the expert Phisitions for the Pockes do déeme that there is nothing better for the Byles of the Pockes than vnflect Lime tempered with blacke Sope for that this openeth the skinne and thereby will the paine also be taken away You haue also in the fourth part the sixt Chapter and second § in the description of Sciatica two very good safe salues made of Hollihocke rootes and Elecampane rootes for to mollisie all hard nodes or knots The gray plaister Diachilon may also be vsed very well for it But in case that the same be so hard and so irremediable that they must be opened by a potentiall cauterie we will put a meet Chirurgian in trust with the same yet we will here teach the making of a corosiue to be vsed at néede which is thus to be done Take Vine stickes burne them to ashes and ashes of Beechen wood of each a like quantity powre sufficient water vpon it and then let it run foure times through a bagge Of this ley take three quarts and put vnto it blew willow ashes vnsleckt Lime ashes of the Vine and of the
and thicke stalkes like to Purslaine the leaues are like vnto Purslaine but thinne soft and limber This kind groweth plentifully at Ponte mons on the cittie walles and in many other places of Fraunce also at Coblence néere the Rhene It is most like vnto the great Pellitorie in vertues and operation they haue also an abstersiue and astringent qualitie they are cold and moyst Penniroyall in gréeke and latine Glechon Blechon Apoleium Abuolum and Pulegiun◠it is hot and drie in the third degrée Pepper in Gréeke Peperi and in Latine Piper There are thrée kinds of it white blacke and long pepper sufficiently knowne to euery body the white pepper is gathered before it be through ripe it is much stronger and forcibler than the blacke it is called Piper album The blacke is called Piper nigrum The long pepper is a thing of it selfe and is called Piper longum Perwinkle in gréeke Clematis Clematis Daphnoides Myrsinoides Polygonoides Daphnoides and of Plinie Chamaedaphne in Latine Vinca peruinca Vnicordia Palma Virginea Corona Virginea Peruinca and Viola mortuorum It is a common herbe and groweth in shadowy places There is yet another kind of it which is set in gardens it hath a darke blew flower and it is a little bigger in euery respect than the common sort is It groweth in diuers places of Fraunce of it selfe they are both of them hot and drie in the third degrée Petroleum in Gréeke Naphta and of Plutarchus Naphtas of Nicolaus Myrepsus Petraeleon of Suidas Pharmacon in Latine Bitumen liquidum Bituminis Colamentum at the Apothecaries Petroleum and Oleum Petrae There are two kinds of it the first is the white which is brought vnto vs from Naples and out of Italy of the blacke kind we haue sufficient store in Germanie in the land of Bitsche halfe a mile from Werde in the mountaines betwéene Haganow and Weysenburch neare the towne Lamperts loch there is a spring in a valley that in Aprill and May yéeldeth as much of this oyle that the men in that place may gather as much of it as will serue them all the Winter to burne in their Lampes and to grease their Cart whéeles with it of which oyle the Quack-saluers and other such like impostors doe gather and fill great bottels and then sell it againe in strange countries as if they had fetched it farre and had hazarded their liues greatly for to get it which is little obserued of diuers Phisitions that will rather employ and apply themselues to the making of prognostications in the speculations of Astronomie and in presaging diuers strange matters to come Phlegme Slime a waterish moysture in Greeke and Latine Phlegma some do call it Pituita Pibble stone or flint in Gréeke Chalix and in latine Silex Pigeon in Gréeke Peristera and Peristeros in Latine Columba and of Catullus Columbus Pilewort looke Figwort in F. Pils in gréeke Catapotium of Hippocrates Gongylium and Gongylidium of the common phisitions Pillula and Pilula Pimpernell the great Petroselinum and Apium saxatile It is not our common parsley which the auncients do call Apium as shall be shewed in the description of Smallage but our great Pimpernell is nought else but the true Petroselinum which groweth commonly on stonie rockes or hilles and also on walles The first kind groweth in stonie fieldes but in Vineyardes there groweth the bigger of the two and it yéeldeth a yellowish iuice it hath leaues like to the great parsley it is called of the Herbarists Pimpinella maior Tragoselinum maius and Pimpinella Hircina maior and in English great Pimpernell The second kind is somewhat lesse and groweth on grassie hilles it is called Pimpinella Pimpinella alba Tragoselinum and Pimpinella hircina without any other addition that is the common Pimpernell The third kind hath small iagged leaues almost like to the crumpled parsley it groweth willingly on stony hilles walles and old trées it hath a very sharpe roote and is the least of all the other it is called Tragoselinum minus Tragoselinum petraeum Pimpinella minor and Pimpinella petraea Some authors will accompt these herbes amongst the Daucos but they do abuse them greatly for they are the right stone parsleys and haue the same operation with parsley The last kinde is called the lesser Pimpernell As often as either parsley séede roote or iuice is mentioned in any Composition then is the greater pimpernell to be vnderstood Pingles in Gréeke Strobili Pityides Nuclei pinei in Latin Nuces pineae and of Hippocrates Coccali Pistactes in Gréeke and Latine Pistacium and Pistaceum of Possidonius Listacium of Nicander Psittacium at the Apothecaries Pistachium and Fisticum It is a strange fruite like Hasell nuts that grow in Syriae The trée that beareth these nuts is called Pistaceus and Pistacius and it is planted in gardens in Italy Fraunce and Germanie Pitch Pix there are two kinds of it to witte harde or stone pitch and liquid pitch or tarre The stone pitch is called Pix arida Concreta seu excocta The other kinde is called Tarre in Latine and Gréeke Pissa hygra Pix liquida Pix fluida Plaister in Gréeke Emplastros in latine emplastrum Plantaine in Gréeke and Latine Arnoglossus Arnoglossa Arnium Stelephuros Probation Thesarica Tarbelodatium of Theophrastus Ortyx of Apuleius Tarbidolopium Plantago and Olus Agninum There are sixe kindes of Plantaine whereof the first is the common great plantaine that groweth in all highwayes and fields it is knowne sufficiently and is called for a difference Heptapleuron and Polyneuron in Latine Plantago maior of Apuleius Plantago lata and Septineruia of the Herbaristes Plantago rubea Plantago latifolia and Multineruia The seconde kinde is called Shéepes tongue Pentapleuron Quinqueneruia Plantago minor Lingua Agni and Lingua Ouina Lingua Arietis and Plantago media The third kind is called picked plantaine or Houndes ribbe in Gréeke Hippopleuron and Cynopleuron in Latine Plantago acuta Plantago lanceolata Costa equina Costa Canina and Laureola this kinde groweth in meadowes it is well knowne to euery body The fourth kind hath round leaues like the great plaintaine but they are somewhat lesse and more limber and each leafe hath but thrée ribbes it groweth in wooddes and is called of the Herbarists Plantago syluatica Plantago trineruia and Plantago latifolia minor The fift kind is planted in gardens for pleasure the leaues are like vnto the great plantaine on the vpper end of the stalke doth it get many little greene leaues they grow double like vnto a Rose wherefore it is also called Rose plantaine or Plantago Rosea Otherwise they haue the same operations and vertues with the other plantaine The sixth kinde groweth in Welles and waterish places it hath long broade and sharpe leaues at the end it is called water plantaine of the Herbarists Plantago aquatica Plantago palustris and Cochlearia palustris But when thou findest Plantaine in any composition then shalt thou take the first kinde or the great plantaine Plane trée it is
such time as that the Pitch do no more smell as it was woont to do and be molten againe together then let fall one or two drops vpon a cold stone and if it being cold thou canst rub it to powder betwéene thy fingers it is sufficiently prepared Turpentine After the very same manner is also Turpentine Rosine and such like things prepared Rosine Pearles shall be beaten very small and searced thorow a lawne searce Pearles Precious stones then moule or grinde them on a mortar or marble stone with rose water vntill thou find or féele no sharpnesse or sandinesse betweene thy fingers then let them drie in such a place where no dust can come at them On this manner are all other precious stones prepared Lead being burned to ashes is vsed to many purposes and it is thus to be burned Lead calcined Take as much Lead as thou wilt put it in a little pipkin stop it very close set it in a potters fornace there let it glow burne whiles his pots be a baking then let it coole if it be not calcined or burned inough lute it and set it in the fornace againe and so burne it till it be so fine as ashes Lead is also washed and prepared thus Take Lead and beate it in a leaden morter Lead washed put raine water to it and beate them both togither a good while till the water begin to be very thicke and troubled like puddle straine this through a cloth very well and let it drie in a warme place Take Bloudstone which now is in vse at the Apothecaries is the myne of Quicksiluer Bloudstone powder it and searce it finely then put it in a mortar powre cleare fresh water on it stir them well togither and let it settle to the bottome then powre away the fowle water on the top and put more cleane water to it and do as before till it be cleane washed but much better it is to wash this stone with plantaine water The preparation of Bucks bloud is this In the sommer time wheÌ„ the sunne is in the Lion Bucks bloud thou shalt then take a black bucke or he goate that is some three or fower yeares old kéepe him by himself the space of three wéekes féede him with nothing else but these herbs as Smallage which is so good for the grauel that of some for that cause it is called the hand of God Parsley Mallowes Pimpinell Iuie of the oake Paules Betony Saxifrage Saxifrage of the wall and such like herbes with their rootes Item Straberie leaues Beane huskes the lesser branches of the vine giue him these herbes one after another Thou shalt also giue him red wine to drinke but euery third day giue as much faire water as he is able to drinke Now when he hath thus béen fed three weekes togither he shall at the first full moone be killed or stucke The first bloud shalt thou let passe away and receiue that which is the middlemost or second drie this in the sunne vntill thou canst powder it or else if it cannot be done at the sunne drie it in an ouen and so reserue it in some drie place c. Those that take great delight in distillations do féede the bucke with meate and drink The distillation of bucke bloud as is before sayd onely excepted that they giue him no water at all They take ten pounds of this bloud fiue pounds of wine vineger that hath bin twise or thrise distilled one pound of salt of Radish of Cicorie Pimpinell of each of them three ounces Valerian Cichorie rootes Ginger Winter Cherries white Amber Sulphur viue that hath bin well washed in wine Cinnamom Anniseedes Fennell seede Commin seede Wilde Rape seede Parsly seede of each two ounces of the iuice of Agramonie Rue Penniroyall and of Paules Betonie of each six dragmes These things being cut somwhat small and well mixed togither they shall be put into a pot close luted and stopped and buried in horse dung for one fortnight or three wéekes then distilled in a glasse limbecke The first water that distilleth is very cleare so soone as the colour of the water altereth thou shalt change thy recipient or receiuer this iterate in changing of recipients as often as thou séest the colour of that which distilleth to change Others distill it all ouer togither into one receiuer and afterward reiterate or repeate their distillations twise or thrise till neither the tast nor the smell do offend them In the first and second distillation ascendeth also some oyle with the water which shal be let alone with the liquor and albeit the liquor do séeme nothing troubled or thicke thou shalt not regard that for it is but so much the stronger This liquor and oyle togither if it be kept close stopped remaineth good and vertuous two or thrée yeares after the first making of it Of this mayest thou giue at one time two dragmes or half an ounce in wine or meade against grauell and dropsies before meate it doth also wonderfully prouoke sweate Bolus Armenus or Bole Armenacke is a red stone or earth that is brought from Armenia Bole Armenacke This hath an especiall vertue to purge melancholie the waight of a crown at once is sufficient for it purgeth somewhat violently but if it be washed thou mayest exhibite the waight of two crownes at one time for then purgeth it gently Beate as much of this Bole as thou wilt powre vpon it Rhenish or French wine or faire water stir and mixe them well together let it settle againe powre off the humiditie or water or wine and put on fresh and stir it againe as before this do as long as thy water cometh coloured from it which will be some sixteene or twentie times after this wash it yet tenne times with rose water Some there be that do adde such things as do comfort and strengthen the hart which in very deede is not to be misliked Camfire Camfire will in no wise be beaten to powder except it be rubbed and chafed in a morter in the which morter hath first bene beaten some péece or part of an almon or almons according to the quantitie of Camfire which thou wilt prepare Caâ—â—ia Cassia which is in the pipe quill or cane is one of the best purging medicines and is sufficiently knowne The best pipes are chosen by waight in which the kernels do not rattle which is a sure signe that the pith or marrow in them is succulent and moist and nothing withered or dried It is vsed on this manner Take as many of the pipes as pleaseth thée beate vpon them softly from one end to the other vntill they rend or split asunder take out all that is in it with a knife into a hairen strainer lay it ouer a boyling pot of water that the hot vapor may come to it When the Cassia is reasonable warme take off the hairen
this prepared Sope one pound white or yellow Saunders Roses of each halfe one ounce water Lillies two dragmes Camfere one dragme being all beaten to powder mixe them with the Sope and make it vp in little cakes drie them and reserue them for thy vse Of the paine in the head with agues and laske or flixe of the bellie §. 3. WHereas this paine of the head is oftentimes cause of diuers other maladies it shall not be amisse to describe that headache which raigned in the yeare of our Lord 1564 in Mosbach and in the whole Dukedome of the Palsgraue of Rhene at which time I compiled this present worke This paine began with a shiuering cold presently ensued an ague with a little heate but with great drithe and thirst which continued about one fortnight or more It returned vnto diuers after they had bin cleare of it a moneth or twaine and that twise or thrise togither others were intolerably troubled in the head and some so vehemently vexed with a flixe of the bellie without bloud that it could by no meanes by stayed yea they oftentimes very miserably perished with it In this headach were these remedies found very effectuall and good First if nothing do disswade from it thou shalt open the head veine especially if the patient be yong full of bloud and be of body strong and able inough to beare it Children shall then purge with easie medicines as Cassia Manna sirupe of Roses Sene leaues decocted with some cooling herbes The bigger sort shall be purged with sharpe pils and other purgations if they haue no laske withall and if nothing else could be had out of hand thou shalt make this decoction or drinke Take Sena leaues one ounce Cinnamom Annise and Fennell seedes Currans of each as much as thou canst hold betwéene two of thy fingers Licorise the length of thy finger if it be a thicke sticke take lesse of it one fig both cut small swéete Marioram Rosemarie as much as thou canst take vp betwéene thy fingers Sugar one ounce boyle them all in a quart of water till halfe be consumed of this giue to a child to drinke two ounces to an old body fower ounces to a strong body mayest thou boyle half an ounce of Sene leaues with it For women childrē to be boxed on the sholders and legs is very good or to rub their arms and legs with warme clothes downwards It is also good for them to bathe their féete in the decoction of Cummomill Roses and Betonie Wines of all sorts must be shunned in this infirmitie and all things that are hot as Spices Onions Garlicke and such like for daily drinke take two handfuls of Barly Anniséedes halfe an ounce Raisins one ounce and a halfe boile these together in a pottle of water till the Barly do burst then adde thrée dragmes of Cinnamom grossely beaten and let it boile a little so coole Séeing then this sicknesse prouoketh thirst thou maiest not altogether bar the diseased from any kind of drinke but let him take inough of the prescribed decoction with the sirupe of Roses of Violets or of Citrones admixed Thou mayest also giue him the conserue of the same flowers with the water of Endiue Succorie Borage and of Lettice for that it doth comfort the heart For his meate he shall commonly vse French Barly boiled with a hen in broth veale kids flesh or stewed Prunes and such like light meates But if a flixe or loosenesse in the bodie be adioyned to the former infirmitie the affected partie shall in any wise take great héede of such light and loosing meates and onely vse rosted veale pullets rosted and other small birds stewed Quinces or any such like thing Or if he would haue any other meate dressed it shal be done with stilled water which is made as followeth Take as much faire water as thou wilt set it on the fire and cast a good péece of steele into it being first made red hot thrée or foure times together then let the water coole and vse it as thou wilt In like sort also mayest thou prepare water of iron of gold of siluer and of flints for the same purpose thus is wine the milke of a cow and of goates also stéeled But to come to our purpose again as long as this loosenesse of the bodie doth continue thou shalt annoynt the stomacke twise a day with the oyles of Mastix and of Quinces If it be about the time of the yeare that Sloes be ripe take as many of them as you please put them into a pot and powre boyling water vpon them stop or couer them very close giue vnto the infirmed bodie three or foure of these a litle before his meate noting alwaies that in foure and twenty howers he vse not aboue twenty of them at the most Contrariwise if the bodie be bound thou shalt seeke by all meanes thou maist to loose it otherwise many vapors ascend vp into the head and there augment both the heate and the paine yea oftentimes bereaue the patient of his wittes Wherfore first of all thou shalt trie to open the bodie by suppositories which if they will not suffice vse common Clisters which herafter in the third part for the binding stopping of the bodie are prescribed Otherwise if these do not please thee vse some cooling purgation or else that purging potion aboue described There be aboue set downe many vnguents salues and waters but all are very good for the paine of the head But in this kind of head-ach this remedie that followeth is expresly described Take of the water of Lettice Nightshade and of Housleeke of each two ounces water of Camomill an ounce and a halfe good strong vineger one ounce Camfere beaten foure graines mixe them all together or take Rose water Rose vineger Melilot water Betonie water of each or of as many as are to be had what quantitie thou please wet linnen clothes in them and lay them to the forehead In this infirmitie oftentimes is both the toung and throate very raw and sore by reason of the great heate for the which looke the remedies that are set downe in the Chap. 13. § 6. of this first part for the infirmities and heate of the toung and the gargarismes for the paine in the throte in the first Chapter of the second part The sirupe of Mulberies with Plantaine Knotgrasse and Selfeheale water admired conduceth and helpeth very much likewise take the seede of Quinces and the seede of Fleawoort then take a litle sticke and tie to the end of it a little skarlet or linnen cloth with one dragme of these seedes in it steepe it in the water of Selfeheale when thou wilt cleanse thy toung rub it easily with that cloth so steeped it cleanseth moisteneth cooleth and healeth all the chops or clifts in it To comfort the heart vse Manus Christi with Pearles conserue of water Lillies Pomegranates preserued Citrons and others such like This binding water
of those things which cause the haire to growe afterwards to take that away which hindereth or to draw or plucke it out To cause the haire to grow and to colour it §. 1. ALl they that desire to haue their haire grow thicke and apace are to annoint the place oftentimes with honie where they will haue it growe also to make a ley of herbes to wit for young maydens and women who beare the name thereof Gallitrichon faire haired Politrichon much haire Capillus Veneris Venus haire And if any bodie haue a bald patch then take garden snails pluckt out of their houses Horsleaches Bées Waspes Salt of each a like quantitie powne them not too hard one amongst another put them into a glassed pot that is pitched beneath and hauing a smal hole burie it the space of eight dayes in warme horse dung and receiue the moisture that droppeth out in another glasse bound vnder it and annoynt therewith the baldnesse rubbing well the place first wash the head with the decoction of vrine Wormwood Southernwood and of Lineseede well parched goates milke doth likewise make the haire growe faire You shall also find moe things hereafter in the description of the eye browes and of the beard Of the dying of the haire in generall §. 2. IF any desire to dy the haire otherwise than it is grown by nature then is this generally to be obserued that he alwaies before wash the haire with ley made of vine stockes wherein a peece of Allum is dissolued for the Allum maketh a preparatiue for to receiue all colours as is well knowne to all Dyers Here do now follow certaine sorts of colours Amongst Dutchmen there is no colour more highly commended then the gold colour or yellow like as it was much esteemed of the Romaines so that sometimes they dyed their beards and haire with gold but these things following are also meet for this purpose Yellow haire Take ashes of the Vine stickes eight ounces of Barley straw two handfuls of Licorice two ounces seeth them together in a great quart of water afterwards let it settle and wash the head with this ley and let it drie of it selfe Item take shauen Beechen wood Gold flowre Venus or maiden haire of each one handfull Licorice halfe an ounce Saffron one scrup let this mollifie in ley wash the head and let it drie of it selfe also as often as one combeth him he must wet the combe therein Item take Willow leaues white beaten Mustard seede Consolida Saracenica broad Plantain Water Cresses Radishes white Hellebore Bryonie Onions of each halfe an ounce cut them all in péeces and let them seeth al together a while in ley temper one ounce of Honie amongst it and then let it stand vntill the hearbes do putrifie afterwards put more fresh herbs therein and seeth them with as much honie as there is of the decoction vntill it be thicke and annoynt the place where you desire to haue the haire grow but looke well to it that you touch no other haire with it for it would be disordered thereby but I aduise no man to vse much of this salue for it is hurtfull for the head Item in March take Poplar buds and séeth them with ley take also powned Colewoort seede temper it with the oyle of Walnuts like to a salue and annoynt the head therewith Or take nettle rootes horse Radish the gumme of the Birch make it hote vpon the fire with the ley and wash the head therwith Iuniper oyle annointed thereupon after washing will easily make yellow haire to grow but note that this oyle is hote This should also the fruite of the Béechen tree do being laid in ley Black haire Blacke haire Some that by nature haue blacke haire do diligently seeke to augment that colour others will cloke therewith the mishapen haire many will dy gray haires therewith which to effect they annoint it with the iuice of Sage Burne Hasell nuts as many as you please in a luted potte stampe them to powder then make them vnto a salue with the tallow of a Beare or Goate this doth not onely dy black but maketh also the haire to grow Item take beaten Gal nuts sixe ounces seeth them in nine ounces of Sallet oyle as long as one would seeth an egge hard afterwards wring them out mixe amongst it pounded Priuet burnt Vitriol Salt gem of each one quarter of an ounce let it seeth a good while together hauing washed the haire with the decoction of Blites and Elderne flowers then make it fat with the foresaid oyle Item take the green shales of Walnuts stampe them and seeth them annoint the haire with it and it will be as blacke as Pitch For this also helpeth Cipers nuts Beane straw burnt shales of Hasell nuts peeles of Pomegranates vnsleckt Lime Priuet and oyle of Nuts For to make curled haire take Mallowes layd in ley if one would dy his haire gray Curled haire then make ashes of the innermost barke of Iuie and wash you oftentimes therwith or annoint your haire with Badgers grease To hinder Gray Haires §. 3. TO be gray is onely proper to mans head which commeth thorow the abatement of the naturall warmth or thorough the ryoting life whereby Flegma is increased and it is sometimes also caused as well thorough vnnaturall heate as cold but if any be gray before his time that commeth by vse of much fruite and fish but to vtter the truth the gray haires are none other then an Ensigne or banner for vs that death planteth vpon our heads signifying that it will shortly haue victorie ouer vs. But as there be many that would hide their age and would rather be thought young men them old fooles So hath it bene also found out not how to turne away gray haires but how to preuent the same whereof we will here write somewhat The chiefest is the daily purging of flegme and specially with vomits and clisters for which are fit Pilulae Cochiae Trifera Saracenica these pils following Take Coloquint Turbith Aloe of each a dragme Fennell seede Annis séedes Persley seede blacke prepared Hellebore and Pepper of each halfe a dragme Diagridion two scrup make thereof a masse with the iuice of Wormwood take a dragme therof at the most at one time for they be strong good héed is to be taken in this purging that age for gray haires be not thereby taken away The auncient Phisitions do describe many things for preuenting gray haires what is to be eaten drunke and refrained also what is to be vsed a whole yeare in youth and that one must eate snailes so that it grieueth me to enter into so néedlesse a matter when one would stay and preuent the course of nature I will therfore be briefe Annoint thy head with the oyle of Beuer cod with the oyle of a Beare fresh oile of Roses or oile of Mustard séede all which are méet to preuent gray haire or take the spleene of an
this purpose Of the scales of the head of the beard and eyebrowes §. 7. THe Latinists do call the scales of the head Furfures which is bran well knowne of all people and are very common in al mens heads They grow there through a hot complexion and when they abound much aboue custome then were they wont to be messengers of leprosie They that haue them so excessiue do get them through a licentious life and surfetting in eating and drinking through incontinencie strong wine much vse of garlick onions and mustard whereby the blood is burnt to ashes For this must one begin with purging like as in all drie itches shall be expressed But if the person haue much bloud then is he to be let bloud if not then are to be vsed neesing powders gargarismes and boxing cups are to be set on the shoulders and necke and afterwards these things Seeth Mallowes or Venus haire in water wash therewith the head and face and alwayes rub well the head or boile fennell séed Licorice Fleawort Lupins Hollihocke rootes take out the muscilage as shall be taught hereafter and temper them with the iuice of Melons Item take Nuttrée wood or Nut shels burnt to ashes put them in the ly and wash you therwith Item take Charuill Southernwood make a lie thereof with a little vineger Item burne Hay flowers to ashes and poure ly vpon it Item take Elecampane rootes and infuse them a good while in ly Or take Storkes bill let it séeth in water and foment well the scales therewith that they be well frothed and afterwards lay the herbes on the top of it and they will weare away Will you yet haue stronger things then take the gall of a Bull Coloquint Sal Alcali Boras of each one drag Gals pils of Pomegranates and their blossomes of each one scrup and temper them together Item take narrow Plantaine Henbane séeds and salt of each a little séeth them in water and rub the scales therewith the same also doth Aqua vitae with Brimstone amongst it Heretofore in the second chapter § 1. you haue a bag for ly which beginneth Take Spica c. you may vse the same also for the scales and put therto two ounces of Orenge péels whereof some of the white is cut away For to draw the muscilage out of the séedes and rootes the Apothecaries do call the slime drawne out of all séeds and rootes Muscilagines it is much vsed in this matter and is thus prepared Take rootes and séeds chop and stampe each according to the qualitie How to make the slime or muscilage of seeds root seeth them vntil the liquor be very slimy muscilaginous this being done poure it al together into a long bag that is piked beneath and bind it hard to a staffe afterwards take two little boordes and fasten the said bag betwéene them wring it hard from aboue downewards then runneth the slime or muscilage out of it receiue it in a cleane porrenger and after this fashion wring or presse out all the slime that will come forth For to driue away Lice and Vermine §. 8. Lice THis lothsome and especially to children troublesome worme hath his most abode in the foresaid haire of the head and they do grow through moisture of the flesh or to speake properly of a grosse and moist vapor that fumeth out at the pores and through naturall warmth becometh outwardly a Louse and receiueth also a vital spirit and is altered into a litle worme with sixe feete increasing and seeking their meate in the place of their generation therefore are children and women more plagued then men that are drie by nature and be much lesse hurtfull to yong children then to full growne persons yet they haue this commodity thereby that they that haue most lice be wholly fréed from the headach Their cause The cause whence they are ingendred may be ouermuch eating and small digesture or eating of meates that be very moist as diuers fruites and especially figs and chestnuts also ouermuch carnall copulation vncleane clothes and such as are worne ouerlong Their remedies Now that one may be rid of this vermin annoint the head with the broth of Salt fish with the iuice of Alehoofe the iuice of Fumitory mixt with Vineger take Gentian and séeth it in ly and wash the head therewith Take Bay berries or if you haue them not the oile of Bay Vineger powned Bay berries burnt Harts horne seeth them together in water or ly and wash the head therewith Salues Take halfe a pound of Barrowes grease mixe and temper amongst it one ounce of Quicksiluer and one ounce of the oile of Bay Licebane and white Hellebore of each halfe an ounce Salgem one dragme and a litle vineger temper them all together and therewith annoint the head and put a kercher on the head and in the morning wash the head with lie Another Take Barrowes grease halfe a pound beaten Liuer foure ounces Wolues bane and white Hellebore rootes of each halfe an ounce oile of Bay one ounce temper amongst it one ounce and a half of quicksiluer so wel that one cannot sée it salt one drag vse a litle thereof for it is strong Item take vnprepared Coriander séeth it in water wash therewith the head and all places where there are any lice and wash the clothes in like maner it driueth away lice and fleas you may also try the same with Coriander leaues Crab-lice Against Crab-lice you are to vse all the former things They grow of a stinking matter that nature expelleth through the hairy skin as in the eybrowes beard priuities they are most plagued with them that eate many kinds of meates vse small exercises and much bathing For to consume this vncleane matter he is to be purged with Pillulae Cochiae and to vse oftentimes gargarismes with the sirupe of vineger and a litle mustard séed and to wash the place with Allume water and salt water or that wherein Stauesacre is decocted Iem take Stauesacre and Allume of each one drag beate them together temper it with hony and annoint therewith Others do take Salarmoniac Aloe and Borras amongst it and in stéed of hony vineger of Squils also the white of a rosted egge is commended for it wrapt vp in a cloth and held as hot vpon the place as may be suffered This being done thrée or foure times they will fall away Lice in childrens feete Somtime yong children haue also lice growing in their féet for them take new laid hen egs let them be sodden hard cut the white in péeces in the breadth beate then the yolks and with fine linnen rags lay it on the feet and then the white vpon it and so being well bound certaine houres the lice will créepe to the white of the egge The Lowsie euill Phthiriasis a miserable sicknesse §. 9. EVen as we haue written of the Lice so we wil adioyne thereto the Lowsie euil which
to be made and applyed on the top of the head vpon the Sutura Coronalis a Cauterium whether it be potentiall or actuall Afterwards the patient is to be purged and to vse no other outward meanes but to betake him to a good order of diet Now to procéede to the especiall infirmities of the eyes or Ophalthmia this shall be the first Of the rednesse of the eyes §. 4. THis is caused outwardly of stripes thrusts concourse of blood superabundance of bloud in the veines which as is said spreadeth it abroad in the eyes For this it is aduised to open the head veine on the contrarie side or at least to set boxing cups vpon the shoulders afterwards to purge Further to apply outward things which driue the matter back againe For this is first the white of an egge brayed with womans milke most highly commended and safe a drop or twaine dropped into the eye Or séeth Linséed and make a spunge wet in that decoction and lay it warme on the eyes but if this will not helpe much then do in like manner with the decoction of Fenegréeke or of Cammomill Item take the iuice of Nightshade temper it with the brayed white of an egge and with oile of Roses make a cloth wet in it and lay it on the eye Item if the eyes be bloudshot take the iuice of wormewood bray it well with the white of an egge and drop into the eyes Take Coriander seeth it in water wring it out with this decoction make muscilage of Fleawort temper it with fine Bolus and lay it on the eyes with wet clothes Or make Cotton wet in the brayed whites of egs with oile of Roses and lay it to his forehead eyes and temples Also you may temper amongst it fine Bolus or Frankinsence which you will But if the matter be subtill then must one labour to discusse the bloud for which end you are to take young Pigeons or Turtle doues bloud like as is taught before in the § 1. for that hath beene found many times to be good Item take Frankinsence Sal gemmae of each one drag beate it small and make it with womans milke into a Collyrium Take broad Plantaine water about one pint small brused Verdigrease one ounce fine Bolus Dragon bloud of each half an ounce Camfire one quarter of an ounce distill this in a glassen helme in seething water it is not onely good for red eyes which are painfull Vlcerations o◠he priuiti and for swolen eyelids that haue long continued but also to all sore stinking mouthes and especially for al vlcerations of the priuie members Item take Aloe thrée parts Camfire one part stéepe them in Rosewater and vse it Radish water is also maruellous good for all rednesse of the eyes Take the water of Verueine of Eyebright of Marioram of each halfe an ounce Fennell water one ounce Camfire halfe a drag the gall of a great Pickerell temper and stir it all together and vse it as the rest Item take prepared Tutia prepared in pisse and Fennell water like as is taught in the Introduction halfe an ounce of Mace thrée drag of Camfire sixe graines of Malmsey one small pint beate all these as small as may be mixe them together and kéepe it You haue also other preparations mo of this Tutia like as there are twaine expressed in the Introduction of this booke but for the rednesse of the eyes is this especially recommended Tutia prepared take halfe an ounce of Tutia make it glowing and quench it 15. times in Rosewater then bruise it small and put vnto it one quarter of an ounce of Calamint stone thrée cloues halfe a pint of Malmsey mixe all these together These thrée Collyria are for all rednesse of the eyes and other things very highly commended of the ancient Phisitions Also to befume the eyes with white Amber is much praised Item take Hyssope Marioram Fenegréek Cammomill Melilot Roses such like séeth them let the vapor go into the eyes A plaister for the rednesse of the eyes Take Radish leaues wel made cleane and washed and Currans of each halfe an ounce Pigeon dung one quarter of an ounce beate them well together and lay it thereon The same may also be done with powned Willow leaues and laid vpon it Salues Take Tutia halfe an ounce oile of Bay one quarter of an ounce hony and vineger of each a spoonefull Camfire one drag make a salue thereof and therwith annoint the eielids This is also méet for inuerted eyelids Eiesalue called Nihil Take prepared Tutia one quarter of an ounce red Corall one dragme Pearles one drag Nihil albi one quarter of an ounce Camfire halfe a scrup Barrow grease 4. ounces temper it well annoint of this salue the quantitie of a Coriander séede in the corner of the eye in the euening when you go to bed it healeth the rednesse of the eye and taketh away all rheumes that fall into the eyes After this forme is the salue of Roses much commended which is described in the first Chapter and 2. § whereof take one ounce prepared Tutia foure scrup and annoint the eyelids therewith Confected Chebuli being eaten do withstand the rednesse of the eyes and defend the sight In like manner Nutmegs confected in hony Hote eyes §. 5. FOrasmuch then as that there can be no rednesse of the eyes without heate therfore must we discourse somewhat thereof and vse these remedies following for it Take the water of Eyebright of Fennell of Celendine of each one ounce prepared Tutia thrée scrup prepared Sarcocolla and pearles of each halfe a drag temper it together This Collyrium is much in vse at Augusta Another Take Rue Fennell Verueine of each like much stampe it and poure thereon Rosewater and white wine so that the herbes be couered let it stand a night afterwards distill it in a glassed helme and in water Item take prepared Sarcocolla halfe an ounce white Dragagant Frankinsence Iron drosse Pearles of each thrée dragm Indy Spica Siluer and gold Litharge of each one drag and a halfe Starch Ceruise of each one quarter of an ounce Tutia thrée drag bruise this all together vnto a small powder make a dough thereof with Rose water afterwards make small trocisces thereof and let them drie powne them afterwards againe and make them moist with the iuice of Pomegranates and drie them againe Thirdly make them moist with the water of Nightshade like as before put thereto one drag of Camfire white Sugar one drag and a halfe When ye will vse of it stirre it with Rosewater white of an egge and womans milke Take Aloe Tutia Hony Sugar Fenegréeke Fennell of each a like much seeth them in Wine and receiue the vapor or apply it vnto them it is very good for the hote eyes Item take white Wine foure ounces Aloe Serapinum Myrrhe Sugar Fennel of each one drag let it séeth moderatly this is also good for a Collyrium Take the water of Fennell
al these things are to be bounden in a cloth and sodden in sufficient water afterwards wrung out and to take of this decoction 12. or 16. ounces wherein shall be tempered Hiera Picra Benedicta Laxatiua of each fiue drag Salt one quarter of an ounce oyle of Lillies two ounces and a halfe This Clister as is expressed is strong will you then haue a milder then vse them that be described for the cold paine of the head for a preparatiue potion is méete Oxymel Squilliticum with the decoction of Galingale or Calmus Afterwards purge with these pils following take Pillulae Cochiae one drag Coloquint Mastrix Bdellium of each halfe a dragm make pils thereof with the iuice of Baulme you may giue them all together to a strong man although they be strong Hereafter you may vse certaine dayes Treacle Mithridate or Aurea Alexandrina one drag at one time afterwards purge againe with Hiera Logodion or Simplici according to the importance of the matter You must annoint the head with Beuercod dissolued in vineger and oyle of Lillies or rub the necke with some of these waters of life hereafter described like as most of all those waters are requisite for this vse which be described in the eight part For this is also conuenient Ginger Masticke Pieretrum chewed or bounden in a cloth by reason of his heate they draw out much moisture In like manner are things of a good sauour or smell to be holden before the nose and those that be of hote nature as Muscus Ambra Lignum Aloes Cloues Nutmegs Indie Spica Flouramour and such like sauors take Frankinsence Pepper Cipers rootes and Myrrhe of each a like much make with decocted honie a conserue thereof giue therof a dragm at one time The auncient Phisitions commend much to take euery morning one drag of Frankinsence Pepper halfe a scrup and that with a draught of wine Order of Diet. FOr forgetfulnesse of cold and moist causes are alwaies warming and drying things to be vsed the dwelling place must be cleare and cleane and carnall copulation as much as is possible to be refrained and that not onely therein for it is seldome found that they that be immoderate therein haue a good memorie or vnderstanding Mustard Garlicke and all things which be of cold nature in like manner all excesse of meate and drinke is also very hurtfull likewise also Mutton Marrow of Mutton bones sléepe immediatly after meate and such like to the contrarie all drie fruites which be parched as Hasell nuts and Chestnuts be very good Also all Fowles are very méete for this and the braines of the same whereof we haue made mention in the other description of dyet where we haue spoken of the memorie ordinarie going to stoole and making water c. moderate mirth fresh water wherein Baulme Fennell Bay leaues and such like are decocted The head may also twice a wéeke be washed with ley wherein Cammomill Rosemarie Sage Baulme Betonie or which one will is stéeped or decocted Like as for example to be followed here we describe for these matters A good powder An especiall powder for memorie TAke thrée ounces of Sene leaues Seduarie Cumin Parsley and Dill séede of each one ounce Ginger halfe an ounce Cloues Nutmegs Calmus Galingall Pimperuel rootes Sage Rue Valerian Annis of each one quarter of an ounce Sugar thrée ounces powne all small and temper them together take thereof in the morning and euening about one drag at one time this powder doth not onely strengthen the braines but also the memorie it is also good against giddinesse of the head cleanseth bloud and is good for the stomacke strengtheneth the wombe preserueth the lights from all superfluous humors withstandeth all diseases of the hart paine of the liuer of the milt of the gall driueth away the cough maketh a good color and a cleare face It is also good to be vsed against all swellings and against all pestilential aire holden in the mouth it taketh away all toothach stinking breath and kéepeth men in good health The water of Carduus Benedictus is said to strengthen the memorie to take away the paine of the head to amend the giddinesse and all other accidents of the head if so be that one take the water or the decoction of the herbe euery morning two or thrée ounces at one time Coriander séede and bitter Almonds confected with Sugar do strengthen also the memorie and the braines You haue heretofore in the second Chapter and first § of two ley bags which strengthen memorie and in like manner in the eight Chapter 8. § of the oile of Bricks which is also requisite for it Secondly there be also prepared for this many compounded wines as the wine of Marioram gentle which not onely strengtheneth the memorie but also causeth it if it were lost to returne againe Another meane for to strengthen the memorie THere was by our time at Canterburie here in England a Canon a Doctor of Diuinitie and also in the Law Iohannes Coletus named Iohannes Coletus to whom by that time he was sixtéene yeares old was an experiment imparted by a Christened Iew whereby he obtained such a maruellous strong memorie that he retained and kept all that euer he read in all his life time the which when he was in his 39. yeare of age he lying at the point of death his friends praied him to disclose and reueale this secret remedy and experiment vnto them where he hath declared that before he had a very grosse and hard vnderstanding but through the vse of this experiment he afterwards obtained such a sharpe wit and memorie that he could not only remember and hold in mind that which he read but also all that he heard and saw Insomuch that he could recite by hart from word to word the Decreta Decretals the orders of all the Emperors lawes with their expositions Aristotle and other authors which he had séene and read Also how many names that were rehearsed before him he could afterwards without missing one repeate them againe Therefore may this experiment be reputed of a great value and as a gift of God because that thereby men may with so little trouble attaine vnto so great a matter First the head is to be cleansed with these things following Take Pieretrum Marioram Galingale Ginger Caraway séed of broad Plantaine prepared white Mustard séede of each a like much this being beaten grosse together and if this powder wey about two ounces then séeth it in a quart of water stopt close too when it hath now sodden well then put a quart of strong wine vnto it and an ounce of cleare honie let it séeth againe vntill about two fingers breadth of the liquor be wasted herewith are you once euery morning in the increasing of the moone to gargarise well and many times holding it long and warme in the mouth to the end it may vapor vp into the head Afterwards make this potion following Take Ginger long
TAke the flesh of a rosted Partridges brest twelues ounces the rootes of white Behen the flowers of Borage Buglosse Seduary of each one dragme Saffron one scruple Mace Saxifrage of each one scruple Iacint Smaragd Saphires and Harts bones of each halfe a scruple three leaues of beaten gold fired gold halfe a dragme prepared pearles one dragme three ounces of fresh Pine apple kernels let this steepe 24. houres with the flesh in foures ounces of white wine and two ounces of the iuice of Quinces powne them all small and seeth 12. ounces of white Sugar with the foresayd liquor temper it all togither giue therof euery morning halfe an ounce and drinke thereupon two ounces of Buglosse water afterwards take before dinner and supper one quarter of an ounce of it for besides that it is good for the giddinesse it doth also strengthen all the members of the body In like manner marke that all which strengtheneth the heart whether it be hot or cold the same also strengtheneth the braine Of Phrenitis or franticknesse with an Ague §. 5. WE will now discourse of that kind of franticknesse which the learned call Phrenitis which we define thus Phrenitis is a frensie or bereauing of the wits with an hot Ague or Phrenitis is a doting and distraction or spoyle of the vnderstanding which endureth not alwayes and that assaileth one with quiuering small voyce and with an ague which doth also most procéed of some inflammation or swelling in the braines And although there be many kinds of franticknesse yet may they be deuided into two principall sorts the one which is caused of bloud the other of Cholera out of both which the third kind which is Melancholia as a mixture doth sprout and spring They that be burdened with the first kind they may adiudge all things like as they be know what it is but how to thinke of it and vse it do they know nothing at all They that haue the second kind of franticknesse they do know in their thoughts or forecast nothing at all but adiudge much otherwise of all that euer they sée then it is For both these sorts haue you a notable historie recited of Galen They which be charged with the third sort they be so distraught of their wits that they can neither discerne right nor adiudge right And now for to come to the right signes of the foresaid diseases we will rehearse these following The signes of 〈…〉 First inward Agues heauinesse of the head drought rednesse of the eyes and face paine of the head shunning of light and strong motion of the pulse Item vnquietnesse much and filthy talke drith and blacknesse of the toung tumbling vp and off from the bed their vrine white quicke and strong breathing crying out in the sléepe feare impudencie do not couer their priuities being vncouered forgetfulnesse of all that is passed terrible dreames c. And if besides the foresaid signes the tongue be red and yellow and the vnderstanding enféebled with much watching then it is a perfect Phrenitis that is franticknes with a strong Ague For this the remedie is not to be delayed but before they which do procéede of bloud do take roote he is strongly to be let bloud in the head veine euen till he swoune if nature may abide and suffer it But if so be that the sicknesse haue indured alreadie past the fourth day and setled it self then is the veine of the forehead also to be opened on the top of the nose and to be diligent for to open the Hemorrhoides the which is very requisite and sure And if so be that for some causes the opening of a veine be hindered then is bloud to be forced out of the nose or at the least to set boxing cups on the shoulders But if the cause be of Cholera then is the bodie to be purged through Clisters as hereafter followeth Take two handfuls of Lettice Barley halfe a M. Mallowes Mercurie Violet leaues of each halfe a handfull the flowers of water Lillies one ounce and a little bran séeth these together in a sufficient quantitie of water then take of this decoction twelue or sixtéene ounces put thereto Sallad oyle and prepared Cassia of each one ounce extracted Prunes fiue dragm set this Clister fasting Another Take Mallowes Blites Mercurie Violet leaues and water Lillies of each one M. let them séeth together in sufficient water afterwards take twelue ounces therof and temper amongst it Triphera Sarrecenica one ounce strained Prunes an ounce and a halfe oyle of Violets two ounces Salt halfe a drag Further to purge withall sowre Dates are especially fit for they do not onely expell the bad humors but also alter them These are thus to be prepared Take twelue ounces of sowre Dates séeth them in 24. ounces of water vntill the fourth part be consumed this decoction is to be strained through a cloth and to giue him fiue ounces thereof at once Item take thrée ounces of Manna temper it in the decoction of Prunes and giue it him in the morning But if so be that the humors be burnt then séeth with the Prunes a few Sene leaues a little Fumitorie and Epythimum of each one quarter of an ounce the roots of Polypodium one ounce and in foure ounces of this decoction temper the Manna and sowre Dates Another Take yellow Mirobalans one ounce and a half stampt Prunes two ounces séeth them together in ten ounces of water vnto the halfe or till that there remaine foure ounces ouer then giue it so Or take one quarter of an ounce of Rubarbe decoction of Prunes foure ounces beate the Rubarbe and so temper it amongst the decoction adde vnto it two ounces of sirupe of Violets let this stand together the space of twelue houres and giue it him early in the morning But if so be that the humor be burnt then put some Sene leaues vnto it Epithymum and the rootes of Polipodie of each one quarter of an ounce After the foresaid purging may the head veine vpon the hand or in the elbow be safely opened and boxing cups fixed vpon the shoulders Also to open the Saphea and to moue the Hemorrhoides if so it séeme requisite If this sicknesse be caused of bloud TAke twelue ounce of the iuices of Plantaine iuice of Shepheards purse and rose-Rosewater of each foure ounces Vineger two ounces make clothes or two wet therein and then lay them on the forehead and so ouer halfe the head Item take Violet leaues Lettice and powned Barley of each 1. M. Poppie heads rootes of Southernwood and water Lillies of each halfe a handfull Henbane Poppie séeds and Lettice seede of each halfe an ounce Cammomill Melilot and Mallowes of each halfe an M. Séeth them all together in a sufficient quantitie of the water of Sage afterwards take a Spunge and therewith moisten from the forehead or from thence where the haire beginneth vnto the necke behind as often as you please Item take the iuice of Housléeke
afterwards gargarize with Barley water and hony of Roses For all impediments putrifactions and exulcerations of the mouth are thrée diuers gargarismes prescribed and ordained whereof some are specified hereafter wherewith is also declared how that commendable iuice of Mulberies honie of Roses and moe other things are to be prepared Of outward exulcerations and contractions of the mouth hath bene spoken in the twelfth chapter and § 14. Of a stinking mouth and breath §. 3. THis infirmitie procéedeth not onely from the mouth but of many other accidents moe which the learned comprehend in the number of eight first when the gums doe putrifie and stinke secondly bad and hollow téeth thirdly stinking humors that fall down from the head into the pannicles of the mouth and there make the spettle to stinke fourthly stinking slime of the stomacke fiftly the corruption of the lights sixtly stinking matter and purulencie as in Phthisi seuenthly stopping in the nose or some exulceration of the same as in Ozena eightly the corruption before mentioned of the mouth Of the foresaid infirmities haue diuers Authors sufficiently spoken as also hereafter in many places shall appeare Here we intreate onely of the corruption of the mouth in the which we may comprehend the three last causes And first of all if this stench procéede from the braine and settle it selfe in the tunicles of the mouth which most commonly commeth of heate then is there present a great itch heate thirst and drought For this shalt thou open the head veine set boxing cups in the neck purge the head with Pillulae aurea or Cochiae wash thy mouth often with Plantaine water or water of shepheards purse receiue the vapor of decocted Mallowes or Lettice and smell of Roses Violets Waterlillies Willow leaues Saunders or of Cammomill If it procéede of cold then vse some daies together potions of Oxymel Compositum or Oximel of Squils purge with pill Cochiae and gargarize with this water following Take Ireos Cypers rootes Iuniper berries Marioram gentle field Mints wild Time garden Mints all of them or as many as you please vse it often you may also draw it vp into the nose you must beware of Fruites Fishes Beanes all hard meates and such as putrifie spéedily in the stomacke If the corruption of the mouth do cause this stinking breath then shall you gargarize very often with the decoction of Agrimonie and Oliue leaues adding as much Honie vnto it as you thinke good Item take Vineger and extinguish it in gold made red hote a good many times with Cloues decocted in it wash the mouth with it this taketh away the stench also gold only held in the mouth is very good so likewise doth chewed Ireos Take gréene oken leaues beate them to powder and take of this one drag euery day fasting with Wine it taketh away the stench In the 12. Chapter and first § in the description of the Memorie you may find a good powder which beginneth Take Sene leaues Seduarie c. Item take Cinnamome Cloues Sage Marioram gentle Balme Nutmegs Angelica rootes and such like odoriferous things eate and chew them in thy mouth spet them out and take in fresh they take away all bad sauours and stenches Of what cause soeuer this infection procéede these simples following are very commodious for it each by it selfe to wit Auence Cypers rootes Frankinsence Lignum Aloes Cinnamome Citron séeds Rape sédes Cloues Myrrhe Blatta byzantia Mastick Cardamome Agnus castus Spica Squinanth Citron leaues Roses Saunders Campher water Lillies Rosewater prepared Coriander odoriferous apples Quinces Tormentill rootes and such like Take white Saunders Roses of each fiue drag red Saunders Citron pilles Squinanth Gallia muschata of each two drag make a powder or little bals thereof to hold in thy mouth A Gargarisme for all infections of the mouth §. 4. GArgarismes are commonly made for all infirmities of the mouth throate and lippes to cleanse to heale and to cure them but because we haue described many such accidents and haue promised to shew some gargarisme for them which shall be done at this present and for that in all gargarismes thrée principall things are tempered as the sirupe of Mulberies hony of Roses and the iuice of Nut shels we will therfore first of all shew how they are to be prepared The Sirupe of Mulberries Diamoron THis Sirupe is diuersly prepared The common people take halfe Mulberries and halfe Blackberries and boyle them like to a Conserue of this do they giue in hote diseases to comfort Others take onely the iuice of blacke Mulberies wringing them through a strainer as soone as they are gathered and so with Sugar make it to a sirupe The Apothecaries prepare it thus Take sixe ounces of the iuice of Mulberies 12. ounces of the iuice of Blackberries both the berries as yet being not full ripe clarified hony 11. ounces swéet wine three ounces let them séeth together ouer a gentle fire till it be reasonable thick and kéepe it in a pot The fourth and best meanes Take iuice of Mulberries Blackberries Framboys and of Strawberries of each foure ounces clarified Honie eight ounces boyle them with a mild fire till they waxe reasonable thick But note as alreadie hath bene said that the berries be not altogither ripe and bicause the Framboyes Strawberries be ripe before the rest their iuices are to be sodden with halfe as much Sugar and so to be kept vntill the rest be red all these sirupes haue an especiall vertue to cure all infirmities of the mouth to cleanse to coole and to dry for which cause also they are good to be vsed against the Squinancie and all infections of the throte But if thou wilt make it stronger then temper Allume Myrrhe Saffron and Veriuice of which thou wilt amongst it according as the cause requireth Honie of Roses THis hony of Roses is also made diuersly but commonly as followeth Take Roses that are not fully blowen cut off the yellow tops and to one pound of Roses put three pound of hony which hath bene clarified very well and so place it in the sunne One that is stronger Take Rose buds as before one pound beate boyle them in a pinte and a halfe of raine water wring it out hard ad to the expressed liquor foure ounces of the iuice of Roses clarified hony two pound boyle them togither till it be thicke inough The third manner Take clarified hony two pound and a halfe iuice of Roses new made foure ounces set them on the fire when it beginneth to boile mixe one pound of chopped Rose leaues amongst it let them boyle till all the iuice be consumed afterwards straine it through a cloth and kéepe it close stopped for the older it is the better it is This hony of Roses hath an easie astringent vertue it cooleth and is very good in all sharpe rheumes that fall from the head into the mouth it withstandeth all putrifactions corrosions and white exulcerations in the mouth it
pricking and shooting That which commeth of Melancholy is knowne by the great and hard swellings Of Phlegma by the whitenesse of the face and by the small paine If it be caused of many humors then is the patient heauy headed with much spettle in the mouth The paine that procéedeth of drought is thereby discerned if of windinesse then shall you perceiue much beating and stirring with it Wherefore of these inward meanes to wit of the foure humors may this impediment be caused The teeth grow hollow and ful of holes they rot the wormes do spoile them and the sinewes are weakned that at the last they fall away and are so that they may easily be drawne out How to preuent and remedy the same shall be shewed hereafter How to procure teeth in children without paine NOt without reason are we to bethink our selues how to ease the yong and tender babes of that paine and griefe which they do suffer in breeding their téeth especially if the paine continue long as it often hath bin séene that it hath continued three or foure yeeres This is for the most part caused of the debility of their nature or of wormes which do consume the moisture whereby the téeth should grow When this delay in téeth is caused through the debility and weaknesse of nature then must the child be fed with rosted birds bread dipped in brothe of flesh and such like according to the age of the child They haue also a great laske commonly with it which must be staid The mandibles where the teeth appéere are to be rubbed softly and amongst all other remedies that may be inuented for this purpose the braines of a Hare drest with the milke of a Bitch are the best If you cannot get them then take butter oile of Lillies the fat of Hens or of other birds each by it selfe or mixed all together And because that in these remedies following there be many sharpe ingredients as Orpiment Neesing wort Coperas Stauesacre Southernwood Henbane Opium and such like more of which we will make mention but little which are in no wise to be taken downe wherefore here we will admonish and shew how they ought in the greatest need with the most safety to be vsed First they are to be applyed onely to the dolorous and painfull tooth with a péece of Waxe couered about to the end it should touch but onely the place aggréeued Otherwise they might also harme the good and sound téeth The patient must also hold his mouth open and downewards that the spettle and slime might runne out neither are they to be applyed too hot or too cold If this paine procéed of cold rheumes as also of the vse of cold meates then put the patient into a warme place couer his head with warme clothes vntill he féele the warmth apparantly Afterwards annoint his head with the oyle of Cammomill of Rue of Behen of Beuercod and of Spica or in place of them with Aqua vitae thrée dayes together A hard yolke of an egge applied to the tooth is also very good and afterwards is the tooth to be washed with warme wine Or take vineger wherein Pieretrum white Mints and Marioram hath bene decocted Item take Pieretrum white Mustard séed pepper Borras and Ginger of each a like much make a powder of them and rub the teeth therewith or strew it on a litle cotton and apply it to the very roote of the tooth But before you vse any other kind of remedy take héed you purge the head very wel that you draw not downe moe humors out of it vnto the téeth the which may be effected through the pils or potions which euery where are sufficiently described After purging you may vse any one of these things following Take Mastick one ounce Sage a M. beate and boile them in eight ounces of wine or vineger vntill the halfe remaine wash thy mouth therewith Item take good white wine sixe ounces temper half an ounce of Sandaraca with it boile them together vntill one quarter of it be wasted and hold it in thy mouth warme and if you adde one drag of Philonium Romanum then wil it be so much the stronger Or take of the foresaid Philonium two drag red wine foure ounces and hold it lukewarme in thy mouth Gals decocted in vineger are also very good for this purpose In like manner Betony or Plantaine decocted in vineger or water and vsed warme Pellitory of Spaine bound vp in a cloth and chewed in the mouth draweth out much slime Take Assa foetida and Frankinsence of each a like quantity hold it on the painful tooth The decoction of Alehoofe is also very good for it Likewise the conserue of Gilliflowers of Lauander of Spikenard Rosemary wine Sage wine Item take the rootes of Sperage boile them in water and wash thy mouth often therewith Others do commend Garlicke Ginger Agrimony each by it self or mixed together and so applied to the tooth Also the water of Marioram gentle should be very good for this vse In like sort M. Tristrams water which is described in the fift chapter and first § Item take white and long pepper Cucubes Saxifrage the barke of the Mulberry trée Caper rootes and rootes of Southernwood of each a like much boyle them according to the quality of the paine in water wine or vineger tempered together or each by it selfe it is very good and confirmeth the gums Pepper Pellitory of Spaine rootes of Diptamer and Licebane chewed together or each by it selfe are commonly very commodious for the toothach These remedies following are more cooling TAke a little branch of a Cherry trée scrape off the outmost rind take the yellow rind and boyle it in wine take of this decoction in thy mouth as warme as thou canst suffer it In like maner if the rheume fall into the téeth then boyle Oken leaues in wine and hold it often in the mouth it draweth out the slime very well The water that issueth out of a Vine being cut is also very good for the toothach if it be held in the mouth Yet more remedies that are approoued TAke eight ounces of wine boyle it in halfe an ounce of Esula wash thy téeth therewith thrée times in a moneth it preserueth the téeth from paine but it is very violent and dangerous to be vsed but this that followeth is safer and better Take Roses and boyle them in milke hold them a good while in thy mouth and lay the leaues to thy téeth Take Camfere the bignes of a pease boyle it in two ounces of vineger and hold it in thy mouth it is very good for al maner of pain in the téeth Item take of a Harts horne to wit that which hath bin cast off in March cut it into small péeces and boile it in well water take the decoction into thy mouth warme repeate it thrée or foure times and after the vse of it as many men suppose the paine should not returne againe
made and drest thus Take Masticke Frankinsence Raisins red Storax and Nep of each one quarter of an ounce beate them all to powder and make trocisces thereof in waight halfe a drag The auncient Phisitions did vse to take a gréene Elderne stick to shaue from it the vttermost bark and did take the gréene and yellow rind of it and strewed them with wheate floure and so held them in the mouth They do warme and drie much Outwardly you must annoint the necke with Sallad oyle Cammomill oyle and oyle of sweete Almonds or with the ointment of Dialthaea and washt Shéepes wooll laid vpon it and afterwards the plaister before mentioned in the 5. § with Cassia or this that hereafter followeth for that there is small difference betwéene them both Take the vnguent of Althaea one ounce and a halfe the muscilage of Fenegréeke and Linséede of each one quarter of an ounce Cassia fresh Butter of each one quarter of an ounce sowre dough and fat Dates one ounce oyle of swéet Almonds two ounces and thereof make a salue or plaister Or take Wheate Fenegréeke and Lineséede meale of each two ounces water sixe ounces oyle of Cammomill two ounces séeth them till they be thicke enough and afterwards spread it on a cloth and lay it about his necke Item take Goose dung and Swines bloud of each a like quantitie mingle them and lay it fiue times in 24. houres about his necke Some auncient Phisitions do counsell to take warme Hony of Anacardio Mel Anacardium and let the necke be annointed thicke cleane ouer that blisters may be raised whereby the matter might haue an issue foorth Item take white dogs dung of a dog that eateth nothing but bones Swallowes dung or Wolfes dung which you can get beate them to powder afterwards temper it with hony and annoint the necke therewith This may you make for a gargarisme or blow into the throate with a pipe If sudden strangling be feared then are you to clip or shaue off as much haire from the top of his head that a great boxing cup may be set thereon which must be often fastened and taken off againe In greatest extremitie is woont to be made a vent in the patients throate betwéene the two gristles that he through the same vent may take ayre and breath the which vent afterwards when the swelling is gone is to be cured as other wounds are Of the Vlcers of the throate §. 7. WHen as then the foresaid Squinancie or any other defluxion hath so annoyed the throate that thereby the skinne is broken and the throate exulcerated then take Cypers nuts Calmus Sulfer viue burnt Allume Roses Pomegranate pils Masticke Frankinsence and Pieretrum of each one drag and twelue ounces of Aqua vitae temper them all together and kéepe them for thy vse Then in the time of neede take a little thereof and gargarize therewith for it drieth cleanseth and healeth maruellous well If this be too strong then allay it with Plantaine water Knotgrasse water or Prunella water For this purpose is also good a decoction of Guaiacum In like manner also Aqua Iohannis which is described in the twelfth Chapter of the first part and 5. § But of all such things that do greatly hinder the same you shall find good instructions herafter in the beginning of the description of the stomacke The second Chapter Of all Rheumes and Defluxions in generall THis Greeke word Rheuma tearmed also in English a rheume is nothing else but a defluxion which descendeth or falleth from the head into the throate or breast which doth otherwhiles so stop there the pipes of the lights and throate that the patient seemeth to strangle or choke Also these Rheumes do often fall into the nostrels where they cause the Pose which is described in the second part the eight Chapter and 6. § And forasmuch as these kinds of Rheumes according to their seuerall natures haue seuerall names as that which falleth into the nostrels is called Coryza that which descendeth into the breast Rheuma that which commeth into the throate Bronchus Neuerthelesse all tough and slymie defluxions which fall from one member into another are called rheumes or defluxions for that they prouoke as is sayd not onely the strangling in the throate but also are both noysome and troublesome vnto the breast whereof we shall shortly write therefore it is very requisite that we make mention of them at this present First these rheumes do proceede of diuers causes like as when the humours of the braine through the same through bathes vaporing meates as Onions Garlicke Mustard Pepper and such like are made thin and fluxible Secondly these are caused of great cold whereby the parts of the head be thrust and compelled togither and the humors forcibly expelled euen as water is wrong out of a spunge In like manner may they be stirred vp of the superabundance of some humors be it of Cholera or Phlema or of some other outward alterations as of a sharpe Northerly wind that bloweth sodainly after a South wind In fine the plaisters that are neither too hot nor too cold are auailable for all such defluxions to wit as followeth Take Rosin two ounces Laudanum halfe an ounce Myrrhe Masticke of each half a dragme Sandaraca one quarter of an ounce Beane meale Pease meale of each halfe an ounce dissolue the Rosin and Laudanum in one ounce of lye and let them séeth till they be very soft then put it into a mortar mixe the meale amongst it Spread this warme vpon a cloth and lay it vpon the whole head If you will haue it harder then leaue out the meale and temper togither with the other one drag and a half of Waxe This comforteth the brains stayeth the rheume drieth all tough slime that falleth into the nostrels mouth and throate and would choke one For it is often found that those that haue bene at the point of death haue by this meanes bene recouered Item take new Barley meale two ounces Nigella séedes Mustard séede and Mice dung of each one ounce Oxe gals or the vrine of a manchild as much as sufficeth therewith to make a plaister Or take fresh Bryonie rootes twelue ounces Wormewood Rosemary Marioram all gréene of each a handfull and a halfe Barley meale two ounces Saffron one dragme Scammony halfe a dragme oyle of Lillies thrée dragms séeth well all the rootes in water afterwards stampe them well to growt or pap amongst the other herbes and therewith temper all the rest except the Saffron which must be also added vnto them Last of all spread thereof vpon a cloth and then lay them all warme ouer all the polled head couering the same warme This is also commodious for all old headaches especially for such as procéed of cold humors for it consumeth all defluxions and bad vapors of the braines that fall out of the head into the eyes eares teeth and throate it is twice a day to be renewed These two plaisters following are
breast be much then teÌ„per amongst it Trociscos de Agarico or giue him the powder thereof to drinke in like manner also Rubarb with Spica of Indie with Cinnamom or Squinant according to the importance of the cause Old folkes may vse this as well as yong children How commodious the Cassia is for all sore Coughs is sufficiently declared in our Introduction But for this paine in the breast it is néedefull that it be tempered with Agarick or some other thing according to the qualitie of the sicknesse But for this is especiall heede to be taken for women with child that it be not giuen them without great cause bicause it maketh paine or ache in the belly Item take Sulphur vise two graines temper it with a little Hony and so take it in for it is maruellous good There is also to be had ready at some Apothecaries a costly compound Trociscos de Sulphure Trocisci de sulphure Adulphi or called Adulphi and is thus prepared take losinges of Cole Dragagant Sugar pennets of each halfe an ounce Ginger two scruples Licorice thrée dragmes Ireos one scruple Hyssop Nettle seede Rosemary floures Saffron and Sulphur vife of each seuen graines mixe it with Looch sanum and forme trocisces thereof take a little of it letting it melt alone in the mouth and vse it often They make also a Confection of Brimstone take Sulphur vife one scruple mixe it with fresh Butter and Muscilage of Linseede or Elecampane one ounce take thereof often and a little at once The Confection of Foxe lights that is Looch de pulmone Vulpis is aboue all other remedies Looâ—h de pulmone Vulpis for the Asthma which is a shortnes of breath very much commended for it is not only good for a sore Cough and short breath but it healeth and cleanseth all vlcers of the breast and Lights And for the consumption it excelleth all other remedies is made thus Take prepared Foxe lights the iuice of Licorice Annis séede Fennell seede and Venus haire of each halfe an ounce clarified Sugar seuen ounces and a halfe beate these togither and decocted with Sugar in the water of Folefoote leaues temper it into a confection Hereafter follow some good Potions for this shortnesse of breath Take Sebestes Figs and Dates of each fower Venus haire Violets Currans and Licorice of each one quarter of an ounce white Poppy seede one ounce Cinnamom one quarter of an ounce Annis seed Fennell Agrimonie Hyssope of each one ounce 20. Iuiubes Sugar or Hony fiue ounces thrée or foure pintes of water let this séeth togither vntill the third part be sodden away straine the liquor through a cloth and put the Sugar thereto or hony and let it seeth againe vntill it be cleare IteÌ„ take 3. quarters of an ounce of Figs Dates Horehound Smallage seed Fennel Roses Venus haire Hyssope and Licorice of each fiue dragmes seeth them as before or to the halfe The common people may seeth water with hony and Hyssope as the shortnesse of breath beginneth to lessen he must lay one dragme of Agaricus in the water of Betonie and Hyssope to steepe and temper amongst it some hony of Roses and so drinke it togither Also the common Meade and Sugar water is good to drinke Another Potion Take a pinte and halfe of white wine steepe therein one handfull of Horehound let it seeth togither vntill the third part straine it and put thereto sixe ounces of clarified Hony let it seeth a little togither and scum it diligently whereof the patient is to drinke euery day two or three ounces Some do take three ounces of Hony and do melt therin half an ounce of Turpentine washt or as much Oxymel Both are good and sure A maruellous good medicine which is highly esteemed in Turky Take the liuer of a Wolfe the Milt Lights and braines salt well the braines and take of these fower of each a like much let them be dried well that they may be powned Giue the patient thereof one quarter of an ounce with a little fresh broth three daies one after another in the morning fasting and let him fast afterwards fiue or sixe houres The sicke partie must take his drinke through the Wolfes throate when this is so done they report that they which vse the same be from thenceforth fréed of it all the yeare following but if it returne not within one twelue moneth that then it will neuer come againe And if he had this sicknesse any more afterwards they aduise that one should make a lace of the Wolfes maw and weare the same all his life time on his naked bodie for thereby should he be certainely fréed of this sicknesse But to trie these things is the best way Water distilled of Elecampane or broth wherein it is decocted is very good and chiefly if it be mingled therewith Hereafter are some things described which the diseased may hold vnder his tongue without chewing as big as a beane and swallow it downe by little and little Take Looch de Pino one ounce and a halfe Sugar pennets halfe an ounce powne them together Item take Looch de Farfaria called ad Asthma as much as you thinke méete and as much powned Hollihock rootes make a hard confection thereof with prepared honie or sugar And if any do resist these weake things then shall he in the stead thereof vse Diapenidion described in this Chapter and 6. § And if it happen as it woonteth often that the sicke person by reason of this cough cannot sléepe then is he once or twice a wéeke to take this potion when he goeth to bed Take placents of Ireos one dragme the confection of Philonium Romanum halfe a scruple temper it with one ounce and a half of Hyssop water and at the same time strew on the top of the patients head this powder following Take Sandaraca one quarter of an ounce Cloues one drag Mace two scruples Roses water Lillies Violets and Poppie heads of each half a drag Lignum Aloes one scruple stampe each a part and temper them together Plaisters or Vnguents for this Asthma TAke fat Dates and Figges of each one ounce Mallowes Hollihocke leaues of each three handfuls rootes of Mallowes and of Hollihockes of each halfe an ounce cut them to péeces and boile them together into a pappe mixe Pigeon dung amongst it Turpentine and Rosin of each one ounce the muscilage of Linséede and of Fenegréeke as much as is needfull for to make a mild plaister lay it warme vpon the breast the same doth also the fatte shéepes wooll Item take Comfrey rootes broad and narrow Plantaine Purslaine and Henbane choppe them small and séeth them together in the waters of Plantaine and Purslaine vntill it be thick beaten well and mixt with Pomegranate pils Acorne cups Galles and Myrtle séede which haue bene stéeped eight howers in warme water then strained out hard and powred to the rest and boiled vnto a little afterwards mingle it with
hath caught a great fal or is hard strucken or thrust and afraid of any clotted bloud then giue him euery morning and euening each time two or three ounces of the iuice of Cheruill Item take Cheruill water and Louage water of each one ounce and a halfe or two ounces drink it at a draught Or take of Rubarbe halfe an ounce Lacca one quarter of an ounce fine Bolus sealed earth of each one dragme Rubarb halfe a dragme if you put thereto some burnt Sponges it wil be so much the better make a powder therof and vse it as is aforesaid Another Take fine Bolus halfe an ounce sealed earth one dragme Dragon bloud and Spermaceti of each half a dragme make a powder thereof and giue him a dragme of it with white wine This plaister following may also be made Take Goates milke hony let them be well warmed togither then temper amongst it as much fine Bolus vntill it be as thicke as a plaister and so lay it vpon the breast it wasteth the clotted bloud If any be afrayd that through falling or thrusting he haue broken any thing in his body or feare to haue any clotted bloud within him then is he to drinke one dragme of this following with warme wine or beere Take foure ounces of the roots of red Bluglosse cut them in péeces and let them séeth in a pot of red wine vntil they be soft then take them out and beate it to pap put thereto two ounces of Spermaceti and one pound of fresh Butter let them melt togither with a smal fire and therewith annoint the place where the paine is greatest and chiefly about the breast Lastly in the middle of the spetting of bloud take one ounce of the iuice of Plantaine tēper therein two or three graines of Opium and giue it to the patient Or make these conserues following Take white Pepper and Henbane séede of each fiue dragmes sealed earth and Opium of each one quarter of an ounce péeled Hempe séede and Saffron of each foure scruples Beuercod Spica Euphorbium Pieretrum Pearles Amber Zeduary and Doronicum of each one scruple Campher sixe graines sodden hony as much as is néedful giue of this halfe or a whole dragme with one ounce and a halfe of Plantaine water tempered with halfe an ounce of wine Comfortable things in and after the spetting of bloud §. 20. FOr to kéepe nature by her might and power these confections following are to be vsed Take the flesh of Capons that are sodden with Dragagant in stéeled water sixe ounces white and red Corall Dragagant Gum both a little tosted of each one dragme and a halfe fine Bolus Amber sealed earth Mumia and Bloudstone of each one dragme Purslaine séede and Plantaine seede of each three dragmes Almonds steeped in the iuice of Quinces three dragmes Iuiubes Sebestes so drest also of each one ounce Specierum Electuarij Regum one quarter of an ounce Species of the cold Dragagant Tabulats foure ounces white Sugar and Sugar candy of each one pound and a half or so much as you please seeth the Sugar with Pullet broth and mixe all the rest amongst it and make of them morsels Another TAke Species de Gemmis which are set foorth in the description of the hart one dragme and giue it with sirupes of Apples this strengtheneth the hart and the Lights it is very good for those that after spetting much bloud be so faint harted that they seeme to haue no more pulse For conclusion for this spetting of bloud we will here present some particular things to be vsed for the same where there is neither Phisition nor Apothecary neare hand bitter Almonds with Starch are passing good for this and also for all cold coughes Agaricus one quarter of an ounce steeped in sixe ounces of Purslaine water and wring it well out and so in one day at two times taken Flowers of Pomegranates Hippocistis and prepared Corall of each one dragme with the white of an egge and Gumme tempered togither to Trocisces and so holden vnder the tongue The iuice of Quinces Centorie burnt and washed Harts horne prepared Amber Lycium sealed earth fine Bolus Myrtle seede Myrrhe or a little of all of them thrée or foure graines at one time taken with wine is passing good Likewise the iuice of Mints or of Purslaine is highly commended for this disease For this is also good the white Henbane seede but not aboue three graines at once to be taken The yellow seede of Roses white Brier and many other things moe that are aboue rehearsed amongst other compounds which are to be vsed alone are very good Of the infection of the Lights which is called Peripneumonia §. 21. THis name is as much to say in Gréeke as Phlegma which is phlegme slime or corruption of the Lights which matter infecteth the lights maketh them swell and bringeth an hote Ague with it This is caused chiefly of Cholera or of Phlegma that which falleth through the veines or out of the head into the lights and may be caused of the matter that prouoketh the Pleurisie or Squinancie and falleth into the lights And although the Peripneumonia as an impostume of the lights hapneth to breake out whereby the lights are wounded yet is it notwithstanding therein seuered from the Phthisi that this infection of the lights is rather placed betwéene the small skin which couereth the lights than in the substance of them where it can procure an exulceration where contrariwise the Phthisis which is the right consumption harmeth impostumeth and rotteth the very substance of the lights The signes of this Peripneumonia or maladie of the lights are these namely a troublesome breath as if one would choke whereby the sicke body is compelled to lift vp himself his breath is alwaies hote so that he doth alwayes cal for cold ayre This phlegme is somtimes somwhat browne and otherwhiles pure red and sometimes greene and blacke and scummy They do feele a wringing and paine in the breast that reacheth from the ribs to the backbone There is also a strong Ague commonly therewith the tongue is red and will be in time slimy and black so that when one toucheth it with the finger it cleaueth thereto They cannot lye neither on the backe nor side but must sit alway vpright the chéekes are alwayes so red as if they were painted If then these signes all or in part do appeare then is it most certaine that there is an impostume in the lights the which otherwhiles causeth such a strangling and Apnaea that the patient can get no more breath and that it cannot be thought otherwise but that the patiēt must stifle and all this without any great stitch or féeling of great heate which neuerthelesse is very great ouer the whole body The remedies for this sicknesse are that the head veine be opened and afterwards the meanes be vsed which here before in the fift Chapter in the 5. § are prescribed The remedies for this
euening trusse vp the rupture as behooueth and keepe the patient lying still on his backe Badgers grease is also speciall good for all ruptures Hereafter are yet more sundry salues described which are very good for this kind of rupture and some potions whereof the first is before described beginning thus Take Comfrey c. Item take broad Plantain Hounds toong of each half a handfull Comfrey Daisie roots of each half an ounce Mirtle seeds thrée drag blossoms of Pomegranats Bay berries a drag and a half Ladies mantle Sanicle Consolida Saracenica and Agrimony of each one handfull seeth them all together in wine and water of each one pint vnto the halfe straine it and put thereto sugar at each time one ounce Item take Sengréene Consolida Saracenica red Béets herbe Benet Fennell Knotgrasse and Pauls Betony of each one handful boile them all in wine and drinke of it twice a day but not at night An old body must continue with it twelue wéekes and a child sixe wéekes Some adde vnto it Ladies mantle and Sanicle Item take the roote of the long Consolida one or twaine Consolida Saracenica with the roote Hounds toong with the roote of Pauls Betony and rootes of Polipody of each a like much chop it very small put it in a bag and put thereto thrée pints of wine and distill it through a glassen helme take therof in the morning early a good draught at afternoone and in the euening when you go to bed againe yet at all times warme Some do make this potion yet stronger and put halfe an ounce of Perfoliata vnto it Watercresses one ounce and a halfe Cicory rootes one quarter of an ounce and a pint of red Wine Or take Comfrey Consolida Saracenica Auens Ladymantle of each a like much let it séeth together with good wine in an earthen pot and drinke thereof betweene meales Another If so be that the Rupture be not yet a yéere and a halfe old then take two pints of small wine in an earthen pot and put thereto Pirol◠S. Iohns woort and Strawbery leaues of each one handful stop the pot close and let the same seeth vntil the second part and drink thereof morning euening méetly warme This must also be continued two or thrée moneths space till that he be cured Now follow some Confections and such like Take Calmus and Comfrey of each one ounce Solomons seale rootes Horse tayles of each halfe an ounce cut them all small and let them séeth together in sower wine vntill it may be stamped to pap and then temper it amongst this powder following Take Cipers nuts one scruple small chopt Hares haire halfe a scruple Masticke red Corall Momy Sealed earth Cinnamom of each fifteene graines and Cassia woo◠two scruples Lastly take foure ounces of clarified Hony and temper it to a Confection thereof may be taken euery day one dragme or a drag and a halfe with wine wherein Cipers nuts are decocted Item take Corna as many as you please seeth them in red wine and straine them Then take thereof eight or twelue ounces and seeth the same with sixe ounces of Sugar méetly thicke and then mingle therewith Hares haire cut it as small as may be one scruple great and small Comfrey and Tormentill of each two scruples herbe Trinity halfe a drag Horse tailes Consolida media rinds of Pine apples and the séeds of Butchers broome leaues and rootes red Sarifrage of each one ounce and a halfe Iewes lime one ounce Hyssop one ounce and a halfe Hares haire cut small three quarters of an ounce Gals and Cipers nuts of each one quarter of an ounce rootes of Solomons seale wild Cucumber rootes of each one ounce rootes of Sperage one ounce and a halfe Numularia one ounce temper them all well together with hony and sugar as much as is needfull and take thereof euery euening and morning the quantity of a Walnut in wine Otherwise these things following are counselled much to be vsed Valerian euery day one dragme taken in wine Cressy seeds also in wine but the same must not be vsed oftentimes Item Shepherds purse cut small and decocted in wine In like maner also the herb Cardopatium To foment the Rupture also with these things following is very good Take Daisie leaues with red flowers and Consolida Saracenica of each a like much Pauls Betony Perfoliata Pyrola and Watercresses Harts toong Cicory Sanicle wild Thyme Cardopatium and the herb of the same of each halfe so much chop it small and make thereof two bags séeth them in water and lay first one bag and then another fomenting the Rupture euery time six or seuen houres long After that the Rupture must be trussed againe as before This water may last good three dayes long in the winter time Item take Rue Agnus Castus Marierom and white Mints of each one handfull Annis séed Fennell seed Rue séed and Siluermountaine of each one dragme Cammomill Melilot of each two ounces stamp it all together and let it seeth in a quart of water vntill the third part be sodden away foment therewith the Rupture This is also good for the Hernia Aquosa the waterish Rupture whereof we will hereafter speake more at large Of the Ruptures that fall downe into the Cods §. 2. NOw we will speake of the breaches or ruptures that fall downe into the Cods whereof the causes are diuers as it standeth here before declared in the fourth § that they may therefore be holpen by sundry remedies shall hereafter appéere Of the Rupture through wind §. 3. THe causes of this kind of Rupture may procéed of meates which are windy as certaine pottages milke and all that is drest with milke all doughy meates and vnleauened bread sweet Wine braines and marrow of beasts Such must beware of cloudy ayre and all moist dwellings all heauinesse of the mind and he must eschew sleepe Further sodden fish moist fruites great riotting much exercise immediatly after meales continuall vse of all moyst meates are hurtfull for this disease For to cure these Ruptures it must be endeuored to driue out the winds for the which at the first this clister is very requisite Take Comin Annis Caraway Fennell and Ameos of each one drag Rue one handfull and a half séeth these together in a quart of water vntill the halfe take twelue ounces of this decoction oile of Rue of Bay of each one ounce and a half Indy salt and Sal gemmae of each halfe a drag Tho. sugar one ounce and a half make a clister thereof and minister it once a day Secondly is the patient euery morning to take seuen houres before meat one drag of Mithridate with two ounces of the water of Rue This is a diuine medicine to expell wind and to take away the occasions thereof There may a goodly be vsed outwardly and to take thereof a pint Sulphur vif beaten two ounces graines halfe an ounce beaten grosly this so sodden together vntill the third
take the mild meane which are hot and dry as Frankinsence Lignum Aloes red Styrax Laudanum and such like And whereas all kinds of Pyles do agrée in this they be caused of bloud and melancholie like as is alreadie alledged and of both together mixed so may the patient vse one and the selfe same dyet Next after the dwelling place the patient must also according to the time of the yeare prouide himselfe of clothes which are meetely dry and warme kéepe the head well couered and defend the outward members from all cold His meate must be white bread not aboue thrée dayes old Egs Butter Lambs flesh Veale Kids Mutton Pullets Capons Partriches Phesants and Pigeons yet of all these a little in like manner all field Fowles His drinke shall be good white Wine all grosse and sowre Wines shall he forbeare albeit that it were much better a good Sugred water than Wine sodden Milke fresh and meetely well salted Chéese be méetely good for him but good regard must be had that he féede thereof moderately so that the stomack be not ouercharged But if any excesse be perceiued then is it not amisse that the patient be moued to vomit and to take that with one ounce and a halfe of Vineger and three ounces of warme water afterwards to put the finger into the throate and if that will not be then may he take an easie Clister These patients are alwayes for the most part bounden in the bodie the which bringeth with it great paine and griefe therefore diligence is to be had that he kéepe an open bodie for this shall he sup euery morning and euening before meate some broath wherein is sodden Mercury Mallowes Burrage Beetes and Fumitorie and with a little of the oyle of swéete Almonds or Butter Also to eate sometimes new Prunes and Reisons and drinke vpon it some broth of Coleworts after that he may eate some other meates Also it were not amisse to eate against this binding of the body one dragme of péeled wild Saffron séede or one quarter of an ounce of Cassie now the one and then the other Reasonable motion yet more with the hands then with the féete or the whole bodie is very good but riding and sitting hard is very bad In fine long rest is better then short so must it be alwayes with sléepe He must lye most vpon his right side but little on his left side or on his back Lastly he must vtterly eschue all sorrow vexations anger and other passions of the minde To staunch the bleeding of the Pyles §. 5. FOr to come to the remedie of this accident therefore we will first begin if these Pyles hapned to bléede ouermuch how and wherewith the same is staunched First therefore we will rehearse this whereof hath also béene spoken before that if this bléeding chaunce without paine and not but by flawes then is it no counsell to stay it vnlesse the patient were greatly weakened thereby For when these veines begin to bléede then do they exonerate the whole body of many melancholick diseases as of the Leprosie Pocks dry Itch Dropsie quartaine Agues hardnes of the Milt or Spléene and mo other such like infirmities which grow of burnt bloud and of such like humors as hereafter shall appeare in a proper § wherein shall be taught how the same shall be opened also if they that accustomed to bléede and now remaine stopt do cause the Dropsie the Consumption and many other Sicknesses But if the bléeding of them do get the maistrie and thereby do weaken the patient then must the same be staunched and take good héed whether the same bléeding be on the right side for it is sometimes a messenger of some long lingring sicknes as headach giddines hinderance of the breath and to conclude féeblenes of the whole bodie so that he cannot well go nor stand at the last followeth great thirst and binding of the bodie When as then these kinds of inconueniences do all appeare or part of them then must such bléeding be staunched out of hand and forbeare from all manner of Spices also from Onions Garlick Mustard strong white Wine Venery great labour and all such like things which inflame the bloud and to the contrary vse all things that increase bloud for this is also good the sirupes of Quinces Roses Mirtles Trocisci de Terra sigillata and de Carabe These staunchers of bloud must be laid outwardly vpon the Fundament Take the white of an Egge and temper amongst it beaten Momy sealed earth fine Bolus and Dragon bloud Also these things following by their proper vertue staunch this bléeding as Amber prepared Bloudstone burnt or prepared Corall Dragon bloud fine Bolus burnt Vitrioll Aloe Plantaine Mastick Blossoms of Pomgranats the barks of Frankinsence Copwebs Hares haires cut small burnt Asse dung and powdred Basill The compounded things are these Trocisci de Corallis de Spodio Also one may take one dragme of Amber and sealed earth with water wherein is decocted Butchers broome séede The pils of Bdellio and de Sandaraca must one take the first eight daies the waight of halfe a dragme and fast fiue howres after it Powders and other things to staunch Bloud TAke the bones of Buls féete red and white Corall the stones of Dates Oyster shels burnt al together of each one quarter of an ounce Vitriol halfe a dragme burnt Iuorie Amber and Bloudstone of each three dragmes Dragon bloud the iuice of Sloes the powder of sowre Pomgranat blossoms Dragagant and Gum both of them tosted of each two dragmes and a halfe beate them together very small and temper one amongst another then strew it vpon the place of the bléeding lay Cotton thereon which is made wet in Rose vineger afterwards bind it hard vpon it this stauncheth bloud maruellously although it had continued a yeare and a day and not onely for this but also for all excessiue bléeding There may also a plaister be made of the foresaid powder and Mill dust with the iuice of Plantaine Comfrey or Tassels Item take Aloe Frankinsence Dragon bloud Pomgranate blossomes and Sief memithe of each a like much make a powder thereof and vse it as before Another Take Cypers nuttes and worme eaten Gals of each halfe a dragme Dragon bloud Mummy Dragagant and Gum both of them tosted of each one dragme Gips halfe an ounce temper them all together and strew therewith the whole Arsegut it stancheth bleeding a whole day One more Take the yellow séedes of the Rose stampe them to powder strew it thereon for they drie and staunch bloud Item take Hermodactyli two scruples prepared Antimonie one dragme Frankinsence one scruple Myrrhe halfe a scruple make a powder therof and strew it vpon the Pyles where they bléede and further spread round about the same Pyles this salue following Take of the vnguent Pompholygos halfe an ounce vnguent of Roses two ounces oyle of Quinces Linséede oyle and oyle of Nuts of each halfe an ounce Hermodactyli two
scruples Pomegranate blossomes Dragagant of each one scrup Mummy Dragon bloud and prepared Tutty of each one dragme Beane meale and Mill dust of each one dragme Plantaine Verbascum Willow leaues Mirtle leaues and Horse tayles of each one dragme and a halfe Camfer ten greines oyle of Roses as much as is néedfull therewith to make a salue spread thereof vpon a woollen cloth and lay it vpon the Fundament the bloud of the Pyles hath therwith bene stanched at sundry times when all other remedies had bene vsed and would not helpe vntill this aforesaid was applyed Item take Gips beate it small and make it to dough with the beaten white of an Egge this stauncheth bloud maruellous well and that in a quarter of an howre in what sort of bléeding soeuer it be Item take Aloe Frankinsence Dragon bloud fine Bolus and small cut haires of a Hare of each one quarter of an ounce beate them all small afterwards take a Cobweb out of a Mill rub it amongst it and make thereof a salue with the white of an Egge and annoynt the place therewith this also stauncheth much It is also good for rent or cut veines where the bloud cannot be staunched Or take the water of Hounds toung distilled from the herbe and root when the Pyles grow inward then are you to take euery morning therof foure ounces but if they be outward then cleanse the same and lay on this water with a cloth it healeth much Another Take the kernels of Abricockes one ounce and a halfe oyle of Mastick and vnripe Sallad oyle of each thrée ounces the iuice of Sloes Dragagant Gumme and Fish lime or Isinglas which haue bene long stéeped and are dissolued in the foresaid oyle of each thrée quarters of an ounce temper them together and dip Cotton therein and hold it continually on the Fundament You may also prepare this following Take Masticke Spica Cypers rootes Squinant Calmus Saffron and Myrrhe of each a like much make a plaister thereof with red Wine and lay it ouer the Liuer Item take the iuice of Plantaine two ounces Rosewater halfe an ounce beaten séedes of Butchers broome as much as is néedfull for to make a mild plaister lay this vpon the Arsegutte Here now follow some Salues TAke oyle of Myrtle and of Masticke of each one ounce Trocisci de Carabe Paper glewe burnt Date stones burnt Iuorie Sandaraca and Bloudstone of each one dragme Waxe as much as is néedefull for to make therewith a soft salue annoynt therewith the fundament Or take beaten Plantaine Verbascum Willow leaues Mirtle leaues and Horse tayles of each a like much to an ounce and a halfe of this powder adde ten graines of Camfere and oyle of Roses as much as is néeedfull for to make salue thereof This stancheth bloud and dryeth gently A precious salue Take Comin Caraway Rue séed Ameos Seseli Galliae Muschatae of each one dragme and a halfe Rosin thrée dragmes oyle of Dill two ounces Sallad oyle one ounce Lignum Aloes and Cloues of each half a dragme melt the Rosin in the oyle and temper it with the other things being beaten small stir it then well about vntill it be a thicke salue This salue verily hath great vertues it stauncheth the excessiue Termes in women if they annoint the raynes and hips therewith being applyed on the Nauell and the stomacke it expelleth wind and taketh away vomiting and parbraking Wil you then haue it stronger to vse for the Pyles then temper amongst it two scruples of Saffron and one dragme of Opium Other good Salues moe TAke dryed Orange péels beate them very small put thereto a rosted Apple and bruise it in a dish then temper the foresaid powder amongst it vntill it be as thicke as a Salue then wash first the Pyles with Plantaine water and afterwards annoint it with the foresaid salue Take two ounces of new Waxe thrée ounces of Hony foure ounces of Butter melt them all together and straine it warme thorow a cloth then set it vpon the fire againe and stir therin as much Wheate floure vntill it be as thicke as pap and then lay it thereon Item take white Dogs dung that hath eaten nothing but bones burne it to ashes and make a salue therof with cleane Barrowes grease and annoynt therewith the Pyles and then strew thereon the powder of Hermodactiles Or take the stones of Indian Mirobalans burn them to powder thereof take halfe an ounce prepared Iron drosse one quarter of an ounce temper them well together with the iuice of Plantaine in a mortar and therewith annoint the Arsegut within and without If so be that these forementioned will not helpe then take two ounces of the iuice of Roses the brayed whites of a couple of Egs Gips thrée dragmes bruse them in a mortar one amongst another and vse it as aforesaid The like is also counselled when as this bléeding commeth too sore that the Basilica is to be opened whereby to deriue and withdraw the bloud and afterwards that he be bathed with water wherein Linséede and the séedes of Hollihocks be decocted or at the leastwise that he be well fomented therewith Lastly like as it is said already there must be layd thereon beaten Parietarie or Pellitorie of the wall For to foment withall take Pomegranate blossomes Roses Cipers nuts séedes of Butchers broome Pomegranate péels Mirtle seed the iuice of Sloes Frankinsence of each halfe an ounce beate them a little and seeth them in thicke red wine and water of each a like much and foment the place with sponges or set the patient in water wherein Gals Pomegranate blossomes butchers Broome Mirtle seede and such like are decocted Item seeth Turnep leaues in water and therewith wash oftentimes the Fundament meetly warme Another Boyle Rose campion in thicke red Wine and foment the Pyles often therewith If so be that through all these remedies the bloud be not stanched then dippe a litle wooll in boyling oyle and lay it hot vpon it then will it cease Afterwards place him in water wherein Gals Pomgranat peels and the blossomes the barke of the Medlar tree Seruises Roses and Allume of ech one ounce beaten grosse were decocted but red wine were more forcible for this How that the inward Pyles are to be staunched OF this hath mention bene made at the first and for this purpose doe serue these foresaid remedies if they be to be had For the staunching of these Pyles if they do bleed excessiuely then is this salue especially to be ordained for them Take Pomgranate blossomes and peels burnt Mussell shels Frankinsence Masticke Dragon bloud sealed earth and Copwebs of each a like much make a powder thereof with dissolued Isinglas and common glew in steeled water make then a taint of Hares haire or at leastwise of wooll and lay it to steepe therein and put it into the Fundament refreshing it oftentimes What is to be vsed inwardly to staunch this bleeding FOr this excessiue bléeding of
be requisite for this intent Take Trociscos de Spodio Rubarb and winter Cherries of each one scruple beate them all small and make thereof with Agrimony water sixe or seauen pils take them euery morning with Smalladge water Item take Mirtle seed and Nut blossomes of each one dragme Amber Zeduary of each one scruple beate and temper them all togither and part them in fiue equall parts This plaister following is also to be prepared Take Annis Comin Cresses séede parched togither and Frankinsence of each thrée drag the iuice of Wormewood one ounce and a halfe Rose water two ounces strong Vineger one ounce beaten Cypers nuts as much as sufficeth for to make a plaister with it these being made then lay it warme vpon the Liuer and Stomacke and vpon the parts adioyning You may also vse this salue following Take oyle of wild Roses one ounce and a halfe oyle of Spica one ounce Mastick and Rubarb of each one dragme a little Waxe melt the same in the oyles and when it beginneth to coole mixe the rest with it Item take Spec. Triasantali one dragme fine Bolus Trociscos de Spodio of each halfe a drag Mastick one scruple oyle of Wormewood of Capers of each half an ounce a little Waxe make a salue of them But if this scowring do procéede of heate then are cooling and binding medicines to be vsed for it like as herebefore in Lienteria where it is sufficiently discoursed Triasantali Diapenidionis of each one quarter of an ounce red Corrall and prepared Coriander of each halfe a dragme Quince kernels Sorrell séede Raisin stones of each one scruple Cinnamome Frankinsence of each fiue graines Conserue of dry Roses one ounce Rose water two ounces white Sugar nine ounces seeth the Sugar in the foresayd water and make a confection of it Item take old conserue of Roses and Marmalade of each one ounce sirupe of Mirtles as much as sufficeth for to make therewith a Confection Another Take the Species of Diarrhodon Abbatis prepared Wolues liuer and Rubarb of each halfe an ounce Sugar which is clarified with Rose water as much as you please make a confection thereof or cast Tabulats of it You are also to mixe amongst it as much burnt Iuorie as you please Or take at the Apothecaries the confection called Diacracoma or Diacurcuma and Currans of each one ounce Rubarb prepared liuer of a Wolfe of each one dragme burnt Iuorie halfe a dragme Philonium Persicum one dragme Syrupi de Byzantijs as much as is needfull for to make therewith a Confection then take alwayes therof about the third day one quarter of an ounce or a little more at once This following is also very good Take old conserue of Roses foure ounces Marmalade two ounces prepared Coriander one dragme Nutmegs halfe a dragme confected Mirobalans Chebuli one ounce cleansed Pistacies halfe an ounce Almonds thrée dragmes beate them all small togither and then make a confection of it with the iuice of Quinces sirupe of dried Roses doth commonly stay all scowrings Take cleansed rootes of Burres and séeth them vntill they be mellow afterwards fry them in Butter and eate them Item take a Nutmeg be it great or small let it sweate well in hote ashes and eate it as it is or strew it vpon a rosted Partridge or some such like thing Or take a Turtle Doue prepare it and fill it with new Waxe with Mirtles Butchers Broome seede let it then be rosted by a mild fire and afterward eate it it bindeth maruellously It is also required by expert Phisitions that new layd Egs are to be fryed in Waxe Other do take an Eg and rost it vpon a hote tyle and strew vpon it the powder of Nutmegs But if it be not giuen at due time then doth it bring more dammage than commoditie This powder following are you also to prepare Take Species Aromatici Rosati one drag Cinnamome one dragme and a halfe prepared Coriander two scruples Roses and red Corrall of each one scruple Sugar foure ounces Item take parched Cresses séed and Masticke of each one dragme giue him this with the sirupe of Quinces Some do giue Cresses séede alone with the sirupe of Quinces We will now recite certaine Potions Take Mirtle séede one drag giue it him with raine water or Plantaine water thrée ounces and let him drinke it Or take Liuerwort one handfull Endiue rootes Fennell Smallage Butchers broome Sperage and Parsley of each two handfuls Agrimony halfe a handfull Currans one ounce cut all that is to be cut and let it be sodden in Pullet broth or water vntill that the third part be wasted then drinke therof a cruse full and temper amongst it halfe a drag of prepared Foxe lights Item take Tormentill one dragme giue the patient to drinke thereof foure or fiue times in red Wine Or take the rindes of a Peare trée one handfull a good pinte of red Wine let them séeth togither so long as one may séeth an hard Egge and drinke a good hartie draught of it very warme But for his accustomed drinke he may prepare this following Take about 50. Sloes powre vpon it about a good halfe pinte of séething Wine afterwards couer it close let it be cold togither this being done then powre all togither into thrée pintes of Wine and drinke thereof a good draught A rosted Quince peare eaten early in the morning is also very good Some do say that one must drinke Béere or Wine which hath stoode a while vpon Bolus For this is also stéeled water good wherein is slaked Stéele Iron Gold Siluer or pibble stones yea all the patients meate is to be drest with it Item take of the pizzle of a Hart as much as you please shauen or grated smal and put it in your drinke Item take a dried Otters liuer beate it to powder and drinke thereof the quantitie of a Beane with warme Milke or with red Wine it is sayd that it is tried Likewise is commended Plantaine decocted in Vineger and the broth being drunken The water also of Oaken leaues doth stop much being drunken warme The like doth also the iuice of Sloes with the stones of Raisins being beaten togither and the water distilled thereof and drunken You haue also in the first part the first Chapter and 3. § a good water of the crums of burnt bread which is especiall good for this scowring or laske This plaister following is also especially commended for this Take broad Plantaine xij ounces the leaues of the Pomegranate trée Comfrey Daisies the leaues of Palma Christi of each two ounces being all gréene the séede of Butchers Broome Gals Mirtle seede of each one ounce prepared Coriander one ounce sealed earth halfe an ounce Dragon bloud one quarter of an ounce fine Bolus thrée ounces Saffron halfe a drag Mace thrée drag Gum Dragagant both parched of each halfe an ounce first beate the leaues and séeth them in three pintes of water then put vnto it three ounces of
red Vineger then let it séeth well againe and straine the decoction then stamp that which is boyled with all the rest Lastly temper halfe a dragme of Camfer with it and make a supple plaister of it and lay it ouer the whole Belly If so be that this scouring procéede from the stomacke euen as it may as well as from the Liuer then hath the same the like cause to wit Phlegma and Cholera And hereby it may be discerned that it procéedeth from the stomacke if so be that there appeare no féeblenesse of the Liuer and if so be that which the patient doth auoyd be very white and thin and that the stomacke be grieued The chiefe cause is that many superfluous humors do aggrauate the same or that there is much meate and drinke togither in the stomacke and especially when as both these things do concurre to wit many superfluous humors and much meate and drinke So that then the meate and drinke is of necessitie for a time expelled out of the stomacke be it through weakenesse of the retentiue or through the efficacie of the expulsiue vertue or that the digestion be of it selfe so faint that the meate thereby as halfe digested must passe through the stomacke And to finde good aduice for this the stomacke must be strengthened and heated for which is very méete Marmalade with Spices but especially this powder following Take dry Pomegranat kernels parched and beaten small one dragme Caruway Coriander both stéeped in Vineger dried and parched of each two ounces and a halfe Lignum Aloes blossomes of Pomegranats and Butchers Broome of each one dragme make powder of all these and giue a dragme of it at one time Item take Mirobalani Chebuli which be a little parched one quarter of an ounce Mirtle seede one drag sirupe of Mirtle one ounce vse this as occasion serueth Item take the shales of yellow Mirobalans which be parched one quarter of an ounce beate them small giue them to drinke with two ounces of Plantaine water In fine all sorts of Mirobalans a little parched are good for all scourings of the belly of whatsoeuer cause they do procéede Afterwards you are to vse the confections of Diacalamintha In like manner also Annis séede and rosted hasell nuts Of the foresaid hasel nuts one may make milke with stéeled water and also the same being confected with Sugar Afterwards you must annoint the stomacke with oyle as namely with the oyle of Masticke or Frankinsence so couer it warme The patient must seeth Mastick with red Wine and drinke the same if so be that the same go not cleane against him But if this scouring do come through Cholera it may be perceiued by the yellow excrements which do smart much in the fundament as also by the thirst and by the Ague Then are you to giue him Trociscos de Spodio with parched Barly broth which is made as followeth Parched Barley broth Take parched Barly beaten and powre so much water vpon it vntill it be well couered then let it boyle vntill it be very thicke and afterwards wring it out Of this decoction are you to take foure ounces and two or three dragmes of these Trociscos and then mingle it with so much Iuorie and Gum as one can drinke at one time Item take one drag and a halfe of yellow Mirobalanes Chebuli and Indi of each one scruple parched Rubarb foure scruples Dragagant halfe a drag steepe all these in two ounces of the iuice of Quinces one ounce of Endiue water and halfe an ounce of the water of Pellitory wring it out hard and take it luke warme Item take Rubarb one drag or one and a half parch it and powne it to powder and drinke it with thrée ounces of Plantaine water Take of the best Rubarb one drag and a halfe parch it and beate it to powder the pils of Mirobalans Chebuli one dragme Masticke thrée dragmes the iuice of Quinces halfe an ounce the water of broad Plantaine thrée or foure ounces temper them togither and drinke it fasting in the morning Some that be prone to this scowring do accustome euery wéeke two times to eate one drag of Rubarb parched Item take the confection of Micleta one ounce and a halfe Trociscos de Spodio one dragme temper it with thrée ounces of raine water and drinke it early in the morning Take yellow Mirobalans and Rubarb of each one dragme Dragagant and Gum of each one scruple parched togither Cucubes fine Bolus of each halfe a scruple beaten small togither then temper with it sufficient sirupe of Mirtles and when as then you will vse of it breake it as is aforesayd A powder wherewith the patients meate is to be strewed Take good Rubarb one dragme and a half yellow Mirobalans one quarter of an ounce both parched fine Bolus one dragme yellow Saunders red Coral of each one scrup prepared Pearles one dragme Trociscos de Spodio one dragme make thereof a subtile powder You may also take the waight of one dragme and a halfe with Plantaine water For this be also Clisters requisite as hereafter follow Take the broth of a Lambs head and a Calues head one pinte séeth oaken leaues in it broad picked Plantaine of each one handfull and a halfe parched Barley halfe a handfull let them séeth vnto the halfe then take of this decoction and put vnto it the yolkes of a couple of Egs brayed well oyle of Roses two ounces oyle of Violets two ounces and then minister this Clister warme Item take prepared Coriander Mirtle séede Acorne cups the séedes of Plantaine and iuice of Sloes of each one handfull Fennell Comin Annis of each halfe a handfull pils of Pomegranates two handfuls let them séeth togither in sufficient water then take of this decoction twelue or sixtéene ounces oyle of Roses thrée ounces Hony of Roses one ounce Déeres suet two ounces melt it and make a Clister of it Also the decoction of Rice is good if the cause of this laske be in the lower guts Hereafter be described commodious pils Take the stones of all Mirobalanes beate them when they be well parched Rubarb parched fine Bolus and Amber of each a like quantitie make a masse of pils of it with Dragagant and Gum dissolued in Plantaine water but if there be an Ague with it then vse Barley water Or take one quarter of an ounce of Rubarb which is parched burnt Iuorie one dragme make pils of it as is before sayd Item filed steele one dragme Cypers nuts one quarter of an ounce Masticke Amber Comfrey Daisies Plantaine séede of each one scruple Gum and Dragagant both parched of each halfe a dragme Cinnamome Galingall and Graines of each two scruples make pils thereof with the iuice of Plantaine for they do bind much Others mo Take vnsalted Deeres rennet one dragme Trociscos de Spodio De Carabe De Terra Sigillata of each one scruple well parched Rubarb Plantaine séede also parched of each halfe a scruple beate
an ounce the iuice of Smallage as much as suffiseth for to make a masse of pils These pils are good for all melancholicke accidents for the Canker for the Leapry for all incurable blacke Impostumes for all heauines of mind the quartain Ague yellow Iaundise diseases of the Milt and such like One may take a dragme at once of these pils Item take tenne dayes together the powder of Fearne rootes one dragme and a halfe augmenting it still from day to day to the waight of one dragme and a halfe Other do take of this foresaid powder one dragme and of the pils Agregatiuae halfe a drag and temper them together Item take the iuice of Wormwood foure ounces Sugar as much as you please and so vse it ten dayes one after another It is also not onely good for the Milt but also for the yellow Iaundise as also for all moisture of the Lyuer and for the dropsie Item for all hardnesse and swelling of the same being tempered with Vineger and so drunken Maister Tristrams water is also very méete for all diseases of the Milt like as be also the most of all golden waters which be described in the eight part Item take Roses and Barberries of each three dragmes burnt Iuorie Wormwood Cuscuta Licorice Mastick and Squinant of each one dragme and a halfe Endiue séede Fennell Annis Spica Agrimonie Opium Asarabacca rootes Costus rootes péeled Gourd séed and Cucumber seedes of each halfe a drag then make Trociskes thereof with Endiue water They be especiall good for the Milt and also for the Liuer For potions he may take of these things following what he desireth as namely both kinds of Chamedryos Harts toung Maidenhaire Sene leaues Capers rootes Tamarlske rootes of Parsley Smallage Fennell Cinnamom Licorice Currans Annis Fennell water and of Caraway wherein Thymus and Epithymus be decocted The order of Diet. THis patient is to beware of cloudie and foggie weather and of hard and grosse meates his bread must be well baked and be a day or two stale but vnleauened bread is not good for him also Annis Coriander and Fennell are to be baked in his bread All field fowles as Phesants Partridges yong and old turtle Doues Kids young Mutton drest with vineger he may eate well as also rere Egges Of all other herbs these are good for him Mints Parsly Fennell Garlick Léekes all kind of Cresses Sage Hyssope Radish Endiue Agrimonie red Pease and the first decoction of red Colewoorts He must also eate oftentimes Annis Comin Dill séed Fennell seed and the séeds of Sesamum Capers Tamarisks bitter Almonds the kernels of Peach stones and of Cherie stones for this is also good the losinges of Comin and of Annis The milts of swine are also to be eaten for the curing of the disease of the milt and also the milt of a sound horse dried and beaten to powder the waight of a dragme take of it with strong wine for it is in like maner very requisite for this purpose But if so be that there be no heate then may he chuse some of these things following for to drinke First wine is not onely permitted for this hardnes of the Milt but also highly commended Also all famous Phisitions do aduise that the patient must eate and drinke in the wood of Tamariske for they say that onely hereby many be holpen who haue gone twentie yeares with a hard Milt But if this Tamariske wood cannot be gotten then are the shauings thereof to be taken and laid in his drinke And if so be that one can continue this forty dayes together then he shall euidently see amendement Ash wood doth the same which hath also the power of the Tamariske Of Wines white wine is alwaies most commended if it be too strong then is it to be allayed with water that is stéeled or with raine water or the water of Harts toung You haue also hereafter two kinds of good wines which may be prepared for this vse Take Sene leaues Balme Maidenhaire and the rinds of Tamariske of each sixe handfuls Polypodie rootes foure handfuls prepared Coriander thrée ounces Guaiacum foure ounces eight or ten Nutmegs Cloues halfe an ounce Galingall one ounce and a halfe Citron pils one handfull shauings of Ash wood as much as is néedfull at the most sixtéene quarts make then an hearbed wine thereof and let the patient drinke the first draught thereof in the morning and euening Another Take the rootes of Cicorie rinds of Tamariske Harts tong and the middle rinds of the Ash wood of each one handfull powre ten pots of Must or some other good wine and vse thereof as before And all other herbed wines which may be made are at this present praised for the Milt as wine of Eyebright wine of Tamariske each made by it selfe or both together Item wine of Hyssope of Marioram and of Wormwood do warm the Milt and all inward parts the wine of Gilloflowers and of Betonie is also good for this Item the Aromaticall wine mo other spiced wins and also the wine of Asarabacca Reasonable exercise before meales is also much commended and sometimes to bath in water wherein the foresaid herbes be decocted To the contrarie he must eschue all troubled wines as Must Syder and Beere for all such do not only obstruct the Milt but also the Lyuer the Lights and Kidneys which obstructions be causes of many sicknesses For this disease is also hurtfull Swines flesh Milke Chéese Rice Starch Pease Beanes Seruices Peares Medlars Quinces Chestnuts and Peaches therefore be they to be refrained We will also note some things wherewith the sicke partie and the Milt with all other inward parts are to be strengthened Amongst which is de Miua Cydoniorum aromatica one of the chiefe Item this confection following if that heate and cold be mixed together Take Venus haire Harts tong of each halfe an ounce Ammoniacum one quarter of an ounce Tamariscus one ounce seedes of Agnus castus and of broad Plantaine Aristologie rootes Agrimony Wormwood and Squinant of each one dragme and a halfe Laudanum one dragme séed of Purslaine Sorrell Endiue and wild Endiue of each two dragmes and a halfe Oxymel of Squils sixe ounces water Lillies Violet séedes and of Mallowes of each one quarter of an ounce Sugar eight ounces Séethe the Sugar with Vineger of Squils vntill it be as thicke as hony when it is cold then mixe the rest amongst it with the water of Maiden haire afterwards séethe it againe with vineger of Squils vntill it be as thick as honie when it is cold then mixe the rest amongst it with the water of Maiden haire Afterwards séethe it againe vntill all the water be decocted when it is then sodden and well brayed then vse euery morning three dragmes of it If you had rather drinke it then temper it with Sorrell water it is a maruellous good medicine Another Confection Take Mirobalani Indi and Bellirici floures of Burrage Buglosse Elecampane roots
them well But if you haue not this iuice then take in steed thereof goâ— Vineger Item take prepared Coriander and the séed of Smallage of each one dragme an a halfe calcined bones of a Stags hart thrée quarters of an ounce red Corall one dragme Cinnamome halfe a dragme Calmus halfe a scruple prepared Perles halfe a dragme Diptamus Ammoniacum filed Iuorie and burnt Silke of each two graines eight or ten Bayberies Sugar thrée quarters of an ounce make a fine pouder of it and giue one drag of it more or lesse Burnt Harts horne alone two or thrée dragmes giuen with Meade doth maruellously kill the wormes Or take burnt Harts horne one dragme Pyonie séed Smallage séeds Coriander Cole woorts seed Nardus séed séeds of Plantaine and of Endiue of each halfe a dragme Diptamus one scruple red Saunders Corall and Pearle of each sixe graines Sugar as much as all the rest make a subtile pouder of it Another Take filed Iuorie which is a little parched one quarter of an ounce prepared Coriander one dragme and a halfe Diptamus one dragme and halfe a scruple Sealed earth one dragme temper them al togither Item Take Rubarbe Basill séed Plantaine séed Pomegranate pecles Caruway Butchers broome seeds Carduus Benedictus séed filed Harts horne filed Iuorie of each halfe an ounce rindes of Mulberrie rootes Colewoort séed Citron seed and rindes of Willow trees of each three dragmes Purslaine seed and Diptamus of each two scruples red Corall and Pearles of each one scruple make a pouder thereof and then giue one dragme or twaine of it viz. in winter when there is no ague with wine but in sommer and when there is an ague with Oxycrato Item Take burnt Harts horne one dragme prepared Coriander and Aloe of each halfe a scruple beate them all togither and giue it him with the sirupe of Vineger or grasse water In like manner is also especiall good for this the leaues of Smallage one dragme or take the seeds of Purslaine one dragme Muscus fower scruples red Corall and prepared Coriander of each one scruple Orage seeds one dragme make a pouder of all these and giue thereof with strong wine or with water wherein grasse rootes and Agrimonie haue beene decocted each time fower graines Another Take Orage seeds one dragme Wormeseed which is Semen one dragme and a halfe Grasse rootes flowers of Hyssop Southernwood of each halfe a dragme Licorice fower scruples Cinnamome and Diâ—â— seed of each halfe a scruple stamp each a part and afterwards mixe them togither and at the last put halfe a scruple of Muscus vnto it then giue thereof from three or sixe graines vnto halfe a scruple with warme grasse water Item Take the seeds of Orage of Purslaine wilde Thyme and Marierom of each halfe a dragme Wormeseed three dragmes Licorice and Lupines of each one scruple Muscus halfe a dragme Ambra halfe a dragme mixe them all togither and giue one dragme and somewhat more at one time with Grasse water Another Take the seeds of Plantaine and Wormeseed of each one dragme or somewhat lesse according to the age and giue thereof as before Item Take Plantaine séed calcined Harts horne and Wormeseed of each a like quantitie vse it as the other Or if you will make a confection then take burnt Harts horne one dragme prepared Coriander Pyonie séed the séed of Smallage Nardus séed the séeds of Plantaine and of Endiue of each halfe a dragme Diptamus halfe a scruple red Corall Sanders and Pearles of each fiue graines Sugar one ounce and a halfe then make Tabulats thereof with Grasse water Then take about one quarter of an ounce at once You haue before in the second part the third Chapter and seauen § of the hardning of the breast and in the third part the second Chapter and eleuenth § a preparation of earth woormes into pouder against the yellow Iaundise whereof may a drinke or confection be made But if the guts be distended and the heate not ouer great then lay this plaister following vpon the belly Take Linséed meale and Beane meale of each one ounce and a halfe Woormewood one handfull Aloe thrée quarters of an ounce and make a plaister of it with Meade or with the oile of Wormewood But if there be a small ague with the wormes then may be giuen to people in yéeres each according to his age Treacle or Mithridate for both of them do kill the wormes and expell them Item Take the séeds of Sophia one dragme calcined Harts horne and Pomegranate péeles of each halfe a dragme Diptamus Cloues Rubarbe of each one dragm Wormeseed halfe a dragme Saffron fiftéene graines Sugar nine ounces Séeth them all togither in Wormewood water or in Grasse water and then make Tabulats thereof or take Wormeséed one quarter of an ounce Knotgrasse and white Diptamus of each two scruples burnt Harts horne Peach leaues of each one scruple Rubarb one drag make them all togither into a subtile pouder and giue thereof one dragme or twaine at once But if you will haue a confection then take thereto thrée ounces of Sugar decocted in water of Knotgrasse and giue thereof from halfe an ounce vnto a whole according to the age of the patient Item other moe which be Laxatiue Take parched Rubarbe and Wormeseed of each one dragme prepared Pearles one dragme and a halfe burnt Harts horne one dragme Sugar sixe ounces make a Confection of it as before Or take Wormséed halfe a dragme Comin one scruple Cinnamome two scruples burnt Harts horne halfe a dragme Turbith one quarter of an ounce Sugar one ounce and a quarter make loosings thereof and giue about one quarter of an ounce of it Item take Cinnamome burnt Harts horne Centorie and Gentian of each one dragme Rubarbe one scruple Sugar sixe ounces decocted with grasse water make also loosings thereof They be very good and they be altogither easie The séeds of Rue should also be very good for the Wormes like as also is the vineger of Rue and the common good vineger Take in like maner the flowers of Feuerfew as much as you can gripe betweene two fingers and vse it fasting This hereafter ensuing may be vsed for children of three yeres of age Take white Diptamus Wormeséed Carlina and Rubarbe of each a like quantity poune them to powder and giue each time one dragme thereof more or lesse with wine according to the importance of the cause whereupon you are to vse for children the salue of Orenges which shall be described hereafter and after that this potion ensuing Take Rubarbe two scruples Carlini one scruple pouned small with Wormewood water In like sort also be very meete these pils following Take Gentian Mirrhe Diptamus Wormewood Mints and filed Harts horne of each one dragme Turbith halfe a dragme Agaricus one quarter of an ounce Sal gemmae one dragme Ginger and Cinnamome of each two scruples Aloe as much as the rest then make pils of it with the
Poppie seed Tassell iuice of Quinces broad Plantaine and such like The compounded things are the sirupe of water Lillies of Vineger and all that cooleth the liuer and the spléene whereof is written before Afterwards you haue in the third part in the beginning of the eight Chapter sundrie things which are also good and verie méete therefore are you not to leaue them vnread But if you will haue yet more then looke what is written of Diabete If any body then do méete with this disease or feare to get the same then must he take the vtmost gréene pils of Beanes and distill water of them and drinke thereof two ounces tempered with Sugar Other do temper amongst it as much water of Hounds toong and so vse it euerie daie Take oile of Violets of water Lillies and such like cooling things and annoint therewith the kidneies You haue also in the beginning of the foresaid eight Chapter a salue called Anodyna which asswageth all paines Item Take the oile of Violets two ounces oyle of Sesamum and of swéet Almonds of each one ounce and a halfe Butter one ounce Saffron one drag and a halfe Waxe one ounce and a halfe Dill séed Cammomill Ducks grease of each halfe an ounce thrée yolks of Egs temper them all togither and make a salue thereof Another Take Elderne oyle one ounce oyle of Roses and of Violets of each halfe an ounce Ceruse one ounce and a quarter Rose water one ounce two yolks of Egs Waxe fiue ounces The oyle and Waxe must be molten togither and let them séeth a little when it is almost cold then mixe the other things amongst it and at the last the two yolks of egs and ten dragmes of fine Bolus and afterwards stirre it well about This salue is maruellous good for all ouer heated Kidneies and especially if one after the annoynting do lay water Lilly leaues vpon it Likewise doth the Saunders salue expell all hot matter and distemperature of the Kidneies like as the same is described in the sixt Chapter and 1. § Item take the Saunders salue and of that which is called Comitissae of each halfe an ounce oyle of Violets one quarter of an ounce temper them all togither and annoynt the Kidneies with it twice or thrice a day The Rose salue which is described in the first part the second chapter and first § and other moe which be noted in the second part the fourth chapter and 3. § are altogither méete for this purpose Item take Roses Purslaine of each one handfull séeth them in Cow milke and stampe them to growt ad vnto it red Saunders powdred two dragmes oyle of Roses as much as you will for to make a salue of it Item take oyle of Oliue and fresh Butter of each halfe an ounce the iuice of Veronica of Milium Solis and Marierom gentle of each thrée dragmes let them séeth togither vntill the iuice be consumed This salue is much commended Or take the foresaid herbs and séeth them in oyle or grease and wring them through a cloth Take Rose water and oyle of Roses of each one ounce Vineger one spoonefull the white of an egge and bray them well togither and lay it blood warme ouer the Kidneies If the paine will not thereby be eased then let him weare a leaden plate full of holes vpon the Kidneies continually it taketh away the heate and venery If one perceiue any grauell in the Kidneies then cut a Radish in thin slices and frie it in Goose grease lay it on the kidneies In fine for all such enflaming of the Raynes there is nothing better then to bathe and chiefely in all such waters as do run ouer iron mines You are also to looke how to strengthen the stomacke in this disease looke for that in the eleuenth Chapter and the 4. § vnto the end thereof where is shewed at large what strengtheneth the stomack with heat or with cold For this also is conuenient all that hereafter shall be written of the grauell and the stone of the Kidneyes Of an hard Impostume in the Kidneies §. 6. THe Grecians do call this disease Scleros The same may also be caused through two manner of meanes First if the matter of the impostume begin to harden through great heate and to alter into a stone Or that at the first it be an impostume of Melancholicke humours which is especially caused of cold that hardneth the matter The signes of the said impostumes are sorenes or heauines about the place of the kidneies with little or no paine at all whereby the members do grow leane The vrine is wholly cleare rawe and verie little and although it be as many famous Phisitions do affirme that this disease is not to be holpen yet are you to vse all things for it which be here before described for the hardnes of the Milt and Liuer And first of all he is to be purged the Saphea or Liuer vaine is to be opened and afterwards the kidneies to be annointed with Hens grease with the marrow of Neats féete or with the salue Althea And afterwards this plaister following is to be applied vpon it Take Linséed and Fenegréeke of each fiue dragms Mallowes Hollyhocke seed Dill séed and Cammomill of each halfe an ounce Gum Bdellium and Turpentine of each thrée dragmes First dissolue the Gum in warme water afterwards temper the rest amongst it and so make a plaister of it If so be then the patient haue any went of stooles then is Cassie or Manna to be vsed for it This disease of the kidneies doth make also oftentimes that one cannot hold his water yea that otherwise it passeth away from the patient vnwittingly in his sléepe whereof we will hereafter speake and discourse a part Of impostumes and vlcers in the Kidneies §. 7. WHat difference is betwéene the impostumes and vlcers of the kidneies it is sufficiently declared in the eleuenth chapter and twentie nine § bicause that the kidneies be subiect to both of these maladies Therefore we will discourse of them seuerally and speake first of the impostumes and therewith also shew all that concerneth both these diseases Notwithstanding that both these diseases of Hippocrates of Galen and of all other learned be thought to be incurable or that at the leastwise the same could not without great industrie and long time be holpen for which they alleage many reasons yet are there neuerthelesse many kind of meanes found whereby the paine may be asswaged And if so be that the same maladies thereby could not be thorowly and perfectly healed yet may one staie them that they do not grow and waxe worse Now then concerning the outward remedies of this disease you haue for it salues plaisters and other meanes before for to laie vpon it wherewith is this remedie also much commended which is that one is to laie tow ouer all his priuities being wetted in the braied yolks of egs and to refresh and renew the same often We must also speake
bloud he must first haue his Lyuer veine and afterwards the Saphea to be opened For his drinke the patient is to vse Hony water or to make this drinke following Take twelue ounces of peeled Barly Fennell rootes Smallage rootes and Maydenhaire of each one handfull séeth them all together in two pots of water vntill that the Barly be well swollen Afterwards take twelue ounces of Hony and boyle it all together with the foresaid decoction but scumme it well and drinke thereof If so be that the vlcer be great and that there be néede of stronger things then put Ireos Hyssope and Horehound of each two ounces and a good pints of water more But if there be but a small vlcer which hath not long continued then take Mallowes Hollyhock séeds the séeds of Melons and of Pompeons of each a like much But you must péele the séeds and giue thereof thrée dragmes at one time tempered with Meade Afterwards shall he vrge himselfe to vomit once euery fourth day Let this much suffice as briefely spoken of the vlcers of the Kidneyes Of the pissing of Bloud §. 11. FOr as much as this pissing of bloud may be caused as well of the vlcers in the Kidneyes as in the Lyuer therefore we will describe it héere in this Chapter The pissing of bloud is of two sorts the one when one pisseth faire cleane bloud the other when the same is mixed with matter or corruption This pissing of bloud commeth of inward and outward causes The outward may be caused through falles blowes strong riding insatiable venerie great labour of certaine meates drinks wounds of a concourse of melancholick humors which are wont to be driuen out through womens Termes or through the Pyles Of the inward causes are superfluitie sharpnes of humors and of the vrine winds tumors impostumes debilitie of the Kidneyes and of the Bladder then doth he féele the paine aboue the priuities and the bloud is congealed and separated from the vrine In case that the bloud be much and runneth out swiftly then doth it signifie a broken veine but if it come out slow or longsome then an vlcer but if the vrine be like water wherein fresh flesh is washed then it is of a weakened Lyuer and if so be that it do come of a superfluous bloud then is the same to be séene by the fulnes of the bodie but if it come through the sharpnes of the humors then doth the patient féele a continuall burning But before we do come to the particular remedies it is néedfull that we do make declaration of certaine common rules First if so be that the maladie be new then aboue all things is the liuer veine to be opened and afterwards if the cause require and that the patient be strong inough the Saphea is to be opened thereby to driue the blood to another place Secondly in the beginning are not astringent nor binding things to be vsed that the blood may not congeale and coole but he must first beginne with such things as do cleanse the water conduits Thirdly if this pissing of blood do come as an expulsion of superfluitie or Crisis then is it not to be stayed if it be not so that thereby the naturall powers be ouermuch weakened Fourthly whensoeuer the pissing of blood whether it be caused of the Liuer Kidneyes or Bladder is thoroughly cleansed then is the same blood to be holpen with cold and astringent things and to mixe amongst them Anodines Fiftly all such patients are to eschue great labor venery hot drinks all spices and all hote things Now for to come to the remedies of the same then it is to be considered whether this pissing of blood do procéed of outward causes which may well be perceiued by the sicke person and is also to be remedied First of all whether this pissing of blood haue continued long or not Of the pissing of blood which hath not long continued we haue hitherto spoken But in old pissing of blood one must begin according to the contents of the other rules with the clensing of the vreters which is to be done through these meanes Take Maidenhaire foure handfuls Melon séed one ounce and a halfe Sugar and honie of each nine ounces make a cléere sirupe of it and giue it with water wherein Melon séede is decocted Another which is very good Take foure handfuls of Cinkfoile Sugar 9. ounces séeth the herbes in sufficient water then wring it out with sugar make thereof a sirupe This sirupe is to be giuen with water wherein Plantaine is decocted this sirupe healeth cleanseth certainly If any one fall or be beaten whereby a veine is broken in the bodie the liuer veine is then to be opened for that thereby the blood will be drawne backe which doth run out of these places But if that the blood do auoide in abundance and that the patient be strong enough then is the Saphea to be opened the second day afterwards and to the end that the blood which lieth clotted in the water conduits might be caried forth then giue to the sicke bodie a potion wherein Fennell rootes the rootes of Smallage Dragon rootes Ireos Hissope Maidenhaire and Ciceres be sodden afterwards one dragme or one dragme and a halfe of Trociscis de Carabe may be giuen him with water wherein the seedes of Butchers broome and such like is decocted or the Trocisci de terra sigillata For this is also méete the confection of Philonium Persicum but it is not to be vsed without the aduise of a learned Phisition Some do also take thrée quarters of an ounce of the conserue of Roses and temper amongst it seuen graines of Henbane seed and two scruples of prepared Corall which may be vsed with stéeled water It is also very fit to vse otherwhiles one ounce or one ounce and a halfe of Cassie and chiefly if there be heate with it We haue spoken before of the letting of blood and therupon are to giue to this sicke person a profitable purgation of Rubarbe in substance which is beaten and not wrong out but in powder with plantaine water afterwards giue him one dragme of beaten horsetaile and one quarter of an ounce of plantaine water and strew all his meates with the same water All his flesh is to be sodden with Butchers broome séed and vnripe Grapes He is alwaies to beware of all sharpe tart and salt things and lay a plaister on the place of the maladie made of Bolus and the iuice of Sloes Aloe Lycium Vineger and Rose water If you will haue moe remedies then looke into the former § of the impostumes and vlcers of the kidneys And although al the same were caused of other meanes yet shall you find also thrée remedies méete for the same And if so be that this bléeding be caused through any sharpe meate or any composed wind then is the patient to order himselfe as of the letting of blood and taking of the foresaid Trociscis is
beforesaid But if there be any impostume or vlcer of the kidneyes with it that may be séene by the matter and blood therefore haue you hereafter all that is requisite for the pissing of matter If any man pisse matter §. 12. THe pissing of matter must proceede out of the bladder kidneyes or some of the vppermost parts as from some vlcer of the sides vlcer of the lights the liuer c. the which may procéede from some outward causes as of blowes falles wounds strong diureticall medicines and such like The inward causes may be vncleane impostumes vlcers superfluous tough and grosse humors wind or stone which do settle there and make some excoriation The signes of these accidents may be perceiued easily by the paine of the same place and by the declaration of the patient This infirmitie is thus to be holpen Take peeled Melon séede Cucumber séede Gourd seede and Pompeon seede of each one ounce and a quarter fine Bolus Gummi Arabicum Frankinsence and Dragon bloud of each fiue dragmes Opium one dragme and a halfe the seede of Smallage one dragme make Trociskes thereof with the muscilage of Quince kernels and giue the sicke folkes euery day the waight of one quarter of an ounce with the sirupe of Poppie heads For this is also to be vsed consolidating and mundifying things as hereafter followeth Take péeled Melon séed the seed of Hollihockes and Nightshade of each halfe an ounce bitter Almonds Pompeon seede fresh Maiden haire Ireos and Licorice of each halfe a dragme make a confection thereof with Sugar or with cleare honie For mundification are also fit Barley water meade the decoction of figs of Horehound and Maiden haire decocted with milke Now for to heale you are to take great and small Comfrey of each one quarter of an ounce Dragon bloud Frankinsence Masticke and fine Bolus of each one dragme parched Rubarbe the iuice of Sloes and Mirtle seede of each halfe a dragme Indie Spica halfe a scruple Sugar as much as you please make a confection thereof This sirupe following may also be prepared Take Licorice one quarter of an ounce Maidenhaire and Hounds ribbe of each two handfuls peeled Melon séede Pempeon séede Cucumber seede and Gourd séede of each one dragme white Poppie séede Hollihocke seede and muscilage of Quince kernels of each halfe an ounce Dragagant and Gum of each thrée dragmes Rubarbe Roses of each one ounce and a halfe white Sugar nine ounces make a cleare sirupe of it The Trocisci de Alkekengi which is of winter Cherries are surpassing god in this disease and not onely for this but also for all other diseases of the kidneyes giue one dragme thereof or one dragme and a halfe with Goates milke or Plantaine water Also for this disease is Hony water to be spouted into the yard and when the patient hath kept it in a certain season and pist it out againe then is this following to be vsed Take Ceruse Sarcocolla Gum Frankinsence Opium Dragon blood of each halfe a scruple temper it with foure ounces of womans milke and spout one ounce thereof at one time through the yard In like manner shall he drinke Radish water and water of Horse radish or spout it in For this must also this order obserued to wit that he now vse consolidating then againe mundifying things and do alter them according as occasion serueth Item take oile of Roses two ounces oile of Myrtle and the iuice of Plantaine of each one quarter of an ounce Trociscorum de Terra sigillata de Carabe of each one dragme Vineger one quarter of an ounce Waxe as much as is néedfull for to make a salue This salue for the pissing of blood and water is to be rubbed on the place of the Kidneyes and also round about the priuities aboue and beneath begin rubbed well in and then well couered with warme clothes Of outward vlcers of the Kidneyes §. 13. THese vlcers outwardly in the Kidneies are wont to be cause if one lie vpon his backe then are the places of the Kidneyes red and do come to exulcerate Now when this is perceiued then is there a plaister to be made with the meale of Millet and with Pannick meale and be laid thereon and then are you to strew it with Willow leaues and to moisten the heated place with cold Rose water or to lay any cooling things vpon it These salues following are also méete for this viz. salue of Ceruse Poplar salue Sanders salue other cooling salue of Galen vine leaues stéeped in Rose water and thinne beaten Led also which is full of holes worne vpon the raines Item take oile of Roses tempered with a little vineger and laid often vpon it If that there do then appeare bladder or blisters which do breake open then are they to be cured with cooling salues and dried vp with the salue of Ceruse or Album coctum All these foresaid sicknesse and diseases are the true messengers of the most grieuous disease of the Stone or grauell of the Bladder and the Kidneyes whereof we will hereafter further discourse and write But we will first of all prescribe a briefe order of diet for all them that be infected with these terrible diseases as the paine of the Kidneyes impostumes and vlcers The ordre of diet §. 14. ALl meates of milke or wheate meale of the crums of bread barley paps oaten paps are very commodious for this disease In like manner all field fowles which are to be eaten as Partridges Phesants Doues Turtle doues Kids and yong mutton if it be vtterly without an Ague but if so be that there be a great heate with it then is he to vse Melons and Peaches which be very ripe Hasell nuts Almonds Pistacies Pingles and such like may he also eate Item yong hens rere egges hen-broth wherein purslaine Lettice Melon séede Pompeons Gourds Cucumbers or any other cooling things haue bene sodden all riuer fish that haue scales frayed are to be tolerated Gréene herbes as Orage Mallowes purslaine and Lettice are also very méete for him His best drinke were indéed Barley water but if he will drinke Wine and so there be no Ague with it then may he drinke good thicke red Wine tempered with water Asses milke is maruellous good for him and if the same cannot be gotten then may one take Goates milke It is before admonished that euery such patient is to beware of all sharpe hote bitter and swéete things and chiefly of all fruite whether they be gréene or dried The seuenteenth Chapter Of the Grauell Sand or Stone of the Kidneyes and of the Bladder THis stone or grauell hath his principall ofspring in the Kidneyes in the Bladder and seldome in the hollownesse of other inward parts as of the Liuer c. The cause of it is commonly by inheritance like as the Gout or Podagra the Leprosie and other moe Also these disease do come through a weake Stomacke and Liuer that ingender much tough and grosse slime
cut it to thinne round slices and poure thereon Vinum punicum or any other good wine afterwards drinke thereof sometimes a good draught You haue also herebefore in the twelfth chapter and eleuenth § a good drinke against the grauell and the stone beginning Take Gentian c. Item take Maidenhaire Sperage Tassell leaues water Mints broade plantaine and red pease of each a like quantitie seeth them all together in water then take of this decoction fiue ounces and temper therewith two ounces of Oxymel afterwards giue it to the patient Further lay him a bed and let him sweate wel this openeth the conduits of vrine maketh altough humors thinne and expelleth them which cause the stone and the grauell Further there be diuers wines decocted and also vnsodden whereof we will discouer some Of all the most vsed are these following as the wine of winter Cherries wine of Elecampane rootes wine of Hyssop wine of Harts toong and wine of Assarabacca which is thus to be prepared Vrine of Assarabacca Take Must and to euery quart of Must halfe an ounce of Assarabacca the herbe being taken off when the roote hath bene a drying the space of two moneths Of this wine take euery euening and euery morning a good draught it forceth the vrine and the grauell it warmeth all inward parts it expelleth the Ague it is good for the Dropsie and also for the yellow Iaundies Another good Wine TAke Strawberrie leaues Pellitorie Water cresses and Gourd cresses of each a like quantitie séeth them in Wine vntill the third part be consumed then drinke thereof a meetly draught when you go to bed and in the morning when you rise This hath bene oftentimes found very good All Phisitions do conclude that all troubled and thicke Wine much and often drunken causeth the stone and the grauell speedily to grow Therefore must one alwayes beware thereof The Cherrie wine like as it by reason of the temperate nature may be vsed in all sicknesses so may the same also be occupied for this disease and especially when the Cherries with their kernels be stamped in péeces whereof it is made then doth it driue out the grauell the better We will here yet describe certaine sirupes which may be vsed with great commoditie for the grauell like as these ensuing Take the roots of Sperage of Ruscus and of grasse of each thrée ounces Harts toong with the rootes Creta marina Maidenhaire water mints Saxifrage Pimpernell and Yarrow of each one handfull red pease two ounces Vineger of Squils one ounce white Sugar and honie of each sixe ounces Lastly seeth a cleare sirupe of this and vse the same with diureticall waters Another TAke Fennell rootes parsley rootes the rootes of Smallage and of Sperage of each one handfull the séedes of parsley of fennell of Smallage of Annise of Caruway of Lettice of purslaine of small Endiue of Melons of pompeons of Gourds and of Cucumbers of each one ounce red and white Saunders Roses and Violets of each halfe a dragme fiue and twentie or thirtie dry prunes Harts toong Liuerwort Centorie and Maidenhaire of each two handfuls All these foresaid things séeth in sufficient water vnto the halfe and then wring them out vnto this decoction put eightéene ounces of Sugar and let it seeth againe to a sirupe and then clarifie it with the white of an egge What outwardly ought to be vsed FOr the grauell and the stone may diuers things be also outwardly vsed whereof we shall hereafter write and discourse sufficiently but we will first begin with the salue Take the fat of the kidneyes of a Weather stampe it very small and temper therewith a crusefull of the iuice of water Cresses or garden Cresses and let them seeth together this being done then straine it through a cloth and annoint you therewith In like maner is also good for all grauel and paine of the raines for the stone and the conduits of vrine and for all diseases of the bladder the precious blame or oile which in the last part of this booke is the first of all the rest that is described if one be annointed therewith For a plaister is this following to be vsed Take Hollihocke rootes with the séed Linseed figs and butter of each an ounce oile of swéete Almonds two ounces Waxe as much as is needfull for to make a plaister and then lay it vpon the kidneyes afterwards you are also to annoint the place of the raines with the oile of Scorpions and to spout some of that oile therein Item take oile of Scorpions thrée ounces burnt sponge stones and burnt Wagtailes of each 3. dragmes Iewes stone one dragme make a salue or a plaister thereof with waxe Item in the former sixtéenth chapter and the fift § is described a plaister of Radishes which may also be vsed for this purpose For this is also good a pap made of the crums of white bread decocted with wine and a little Saffron put to it Item for to lay vpon it Take Pellitorie put some Scorpion oile vnto it oile of Cammomil and some oile of Camelina frie them all together in a pan vntill it be as thick as pap afterwards put amongst it powned Saffron and then lay it vpon the kidneyes Item take Pellitorie Spikenard Spica Romana Fennell seed parsley séed wild yellow Rape séed and Assarabacca of each one handfull powne them somewhat together and put it in a bag afterwards let it séeth in wine and lay it ouer the raines Of bathing and fomenting in the grauell AL they that can come to the warme sulphure bathes may franke and fréely vse them for these be very necessary for to breake the stone But if so be that one cannot come at them then let this following be prepared Take Hollihocke leaues Fennell parsley with the rootes Pellitorie and Linseed of each one handful put them together in a bag and séeth them in a great kettle of water afterwards let it be meetly cold without putting any other water vnto it then set the patient in it euen to the nauell as long as he can abide This is to be often vsed and so long vntill that the patient do find that the stone weareth away Another take Pellitorie Lauender flowers parsley seed Fennell séed wild yellow Rape séed seeth them all together as is aforesaid and bathe therewith The bag is also to be laid vpon the kidneyes Item take the herbe Horsetaile Mallowes wild Thyme the stalkes of Rapes put them all together in a bagge and séeth them in a great kettle with water and further let it be meetly cold of it selfe and vsed as before When one hath then bathed a certaine space then are diureticall potions and salues of the raines to be vsed made of such things as are described herebefore These are now the principallest things which of the ancient and latter Phisitions are described against the grauell and the stone of the bladder also whatsoeuer else is prescribed for the infirmities of
then may he drinke Meade or Hony water which is also very good What sirupes and other things might be vsed for the prouoking of vrine that hath sufficiently bene shewed before in the discourse of the grauell But Oxymel compositum and the sirupe of Vineger are for this vse very highly commended Clisters are of no small force in this disease but especially when they be made with Benedicta and the oile of Scorpions Amongst the outward remedies are the forementioned bathings the especiallest and the most highly commended Hereafter follow the descriptions of salues and plaisters Take a sliced Radish séeth it to pap and temper amongst it the oile of bitter Almonds and the oile of Scorpions with a little waxe then spread this very thicke vpon a cloth and so lay it vpon the priuities Item take Turpentine oile of Scorpions and of bitter Almonds of each a like quantitie and a little molten waxe then temper them together and therewith annoint the whole priuities Another Take the oile of Scorpions of Costus of Lillies of Dill and Duckes grease of each halfe an ounce Pellitorie of the wall and Saxifrage beaten of each one dragme Comin thrée dragmes waxe as much as sufficeth for a salue For this you may also vse the balmes and oiles which are described in the eight part like as shall be shewed there more at large Here before in the affluxion of the humane séede is also admonished that the nauell is to be filled with a little old suet either of an Oxe or of a Hart the which is also an expert remedie for the making of water but that is oftentimes to be vsed The oile of S. Iohns wort should also expell vrine if one be annointed warme with it If now there be any bodie which cannot make water then cut two great Onions and put a spoonfull of Caruways vnto it poure then thereon some Sallad oile afterwards frie them all together and spread it on a cloth two handfuls broade and méetly long and so lay it as before vpon the priuities as warme as can be suffered do this sixe or seuen times together it helpeth euidently Item take Pellitorie of the wall frie it in oile and so lay it warme on the priuities Some do write that the fat of Conies annointed on the priuities on the kidneies should maruellously expell vrine Likewise also the oile of Bayberries of Cammomil of Scorpions The detension of the vrine of what cause soeuer it be caused this ensuing is good for it take liue or dead wood lice lay them ouer the priuities before then plucke ouer the foreskin these Cony fat are by some very highly commended also the foreskin is to be put ouer the annointing with cony fat This ensuing is also highly commended for women when they cannot make water Take fled Goates horne and Maidenhaire of each a like quantitie make them to powder and strew them on a new hot tile put this into a close stoole and set the woman vpon it then sprinkle wine â—n the tile to the end she may receiue the vapor beneath this is to be done twice or thrice a day according as the obstruction of the vrine is great But if this maladie séeme wholy to get the maistery then take the water of picked Plantaine make Almond milke with it and drinke thereof twice or thrice a day it is also especiall good And if so be that the sharpnesse of the vrine had made any excoriation then annoint the place with the oile of Egges And if a woman with child cannot make her water then is she to take yellow Rose seeds and seeth them in wine when the paine is somewhat asswaged then giue thereof to drinke afterwards make a little oile of Lillies warme and annoint therewith the Raines and ouer all the belly Item take Sage and Wormewood of each one handfull Rie meale one spoonefull seeth them all together and let the woman sitting on a close stoole receiue of the vapor You haue also in the fift Chapter and 1. § somewhat else which is also méete for this purpose Of the retention of vrine through falles or blowes §. 4. IF the retention of the vrine come of any outward cause as of fals or of blowes then must good héed be taken if so be that therby any coagulated or clotted blood not onely in the bladder but also in any of the inward parts came to putrifie like as in the stomacke in the breast and elsewhere then may great sorrow and trouble procéed of it yea death it selfe for that there follow great faintnesse after it great weaknesse of the whole body and the pulse will be so small that one can scarse féele it And to remedie the same is the Liuer veine of the sicke person to be opened and the brused place irrigated from on high oftentimes with warme water wherein Cammomill Melilot and Roses be decocted Afterwards is the sicke person to be annointed with this salue ensuing Take Myrrhe and Masticke of each one dragme oile of Roses one ounce oile of Dill halfe an ounce Waxe as much as is néedfull But if the paine will not abate and cease and that it appeare that the bruise will come to an impostume and heate and an ague sticke vnto it then open the Saphea If the patient be bound then are milder clisters and purgations to be vsed and the patient is to kéepe himselfe as sober in eating and drinking as may be possible the space of two dayes and afterwards to diet himselfe like as one that hath an Ague is wont to do The place is to be fomented with the foresaid herbes and thereupon to annoint it with warme oile of Violets and with oile of Cammomill The bladder is softly to be wrung from the top euen to the priuities also an Oxe bladder may be filled with this decoction following laid vpon the priuities Take Mallowes Cammomill Rape leaues Melilot Violet leaues and Linséede séeth them together and make a felt or sponge wet in it and lay it warme vpon it You may also make a bath for the loines thereof putting thereto some Hollihocke rootes Onions Garlick and Colewort leaues powned all together séeth them and wring them out well then put them in a bag which hath a hole in the middle to put the yard therein and that he may lie vpon it Item take Wormwood put it in a bag séeth it in wine and wring it well out then lay it vpon the priuities as is expressed and admonish the patient that he endeuour himselfe to pisse oftentimes This ensuing is not only good foor the clotted blood in the bladder but also for all other places of the body be it of whatsoeuer occasion it may be Take Wormewood Fennell Smallage the séed of the yellow roote red Storax péeled Melon seed and Radish leaues of each a like quantity make a powder of them and giue thereof betwéene one and two dragmes with Asses milke or with water wherein Fennell rootes and the
then is it by no meanes to be stayed if thereby be not feared a great debilitie Thirdly if so be that women be full of blood and this fluxe come too abundantly then is the Basilica veine to be opened thereby to withdraw the blood Fourthly in case that it be perceiued that red Cholera or any other mixed moistured were cause of this fluxe then is the same moisture or humor to be purged with appropriate medicines yet mingling alwaies amongst it some binding and comforting things Fiftly iniection is also very needfull for this disease or some such like instruments to be vsed whereby the medicine might be brought into the womb Sixtly if any astringent things may be brought into it through any instruments then may they help much better and a great deale sooner than those things that be giuen by the mouth Seuenthly because that with this menstrual fluxe not onely the vertue digestiue but also the whole bodie is weakened therfore are they to be sustained with light meate as with yolkes of egges with yong flesh and broth of the same and such like Sometimes also with water wherein the seed of Butchers broome is decocted or tempered with water of Sorrel Eightly it is also good to set great boxing cups vnder the breasts vnpickt Ninthly this fluxe of the termes is not to be stopt so long as one seeth that the woman hath her liuely colour and doth remaine strong and healthie but as soone as one perceiueth that her strength fadeth away then be all meanes to be sought for to stop it Tenthly if one desire to purge any of the foure humors and to separate it from the cleane bloud then may that best be effected by vomits for that thereby the matter is deriued to another place and stay their course that they fall not downewards Eleuenthly these women are to abstaine from all heauie labour and from all that maketh the blood fluxible and thinne By all these forementioned propositions may be clearely séene and marked that if any desire to cure or remedy this disease that these women must leade an easie life and kéepe themselues quiet They must also liue in such a place where it is not too hote nor too cold They must also eschue all thinne and waterish meates viz. from fruite except all that which bindeth in like manner also from all meate which cause any kind of heate But all kinds of rosted fowles and all that maketh grosse blood as Rice Wheate and Lentils be good for them They must also beware of ouercharging them with meate or drinke whereof the causes be declared in the seuenth rule and afterward to put in practise these remedies following according to the importance of the cause Thus for to speake first of the things which inwardly are to be vsed hath bene spoken of before and also what order of diet or gouernement of life is to be obserued But in case that any do desire any ampler declaration of it then let him looke the seuenteenth Chapter and 17. § where is spoken of the red or bloudie flixe which also is most méete for this vse But for this menstruall fluxe may this Confection following be vsed Take the Species Triasantali and Diarrhodon Abbatis of each one dragme prepared fine Bolus two scruples Bloodstone washed in Plantaine water and make tabulats thereof Or vse this powder following Take Species Triasantali one dragme and a halfe Diarrhodon Abbatis one dragme De Gemmis Frigidis one dragme and a halfe prepared Coriander two scruples and a halfe washed Bloodstone one dragme prepared Bolus halfe a dragme Shepheards purse two scruples Roses Corall of each halfe a dragme Cinnamome one quarter of an ounce Sugar as much as you please then make a powder of it Item take prepared Bolus one dragme sealed earth two scruples Tormentil half a dragme Bursa Pastoris one scruple Species de gemmis frigidis one dragme and a halfe prepared Pearles one dragme Rubins Pomegranates Smaragdes Iacints Saphirs of each halfe a scruple Roses red Corall Saunders of each one scruple Sugar thrée ounces make a powder thereof and vse it in broth or strewed in meate The confection of the refuse of iron is also very profitable to be vsed for this disease especially if so be that the lesser remedies will not helpe Another Take conserue of Roses two ounces Bloodstone Trociscos de Carabe de terra sigillata and de Spodio of each one dragme make a powder thereof and temper them well together afterwards take euery time thereof about one dragme Take conserue of Roses sixe ounces conserue of Burrage of Buglosse and of Baulme of each one ounce prepared Bolus one dragme prepared Pearles one quarter of an ounce of the fiue precious stones aboue mentioned of each one scruple Cinnamome one dragme make an electuary thereof Another Take of the driest conserue of Roses thrée ounces Marmalade two ounces and a halfe red Corall one dragme Bistorta Trociscos de Carabe and prepared Bolus of each half a drag prepared Bloodstone two dragmes make an Electuarie thereof with the sirupes of Mirtles Item take conserue of Roses thrée ounces Marmalade two ounces and a halfe conserues of Burrage and of Buglosse of each one ounce prepared Bolus one dragme and a halfe prepared Pearles two dragmes and a half Bistorta one dragme Tormentill two scruples red Saunders one dragme then temper them all together with the sirupe of Mirtles vnto a confection The blacke confected Cherries are very good for this vse in like manner also the preserued Barberries Item hold a roote of Galingall long in your mouth and chew the same small It is is also a common aduice which is not to be despised that tosted bread should be steeped with red Wine and powned Nutmegs strewed vpon it and so eaten Item take fine Bolus which is well washed Masticke yellow Amber prepared Coriander and Dates of each a like quantitie then take thereof at each time halfe a dragme with a rere egge This powder ensuing is also maruellous good Take prepared Bloodstone thrée dragmes red Corall one dragme and a halfe Tormentill and Trociscos de Spodio of each one dragme shauen Iuorie burnt Harts horne of each two scruples prepared Pearles one quarter of an ounce fine Bolus halfe a dragme stampe all that may be stamped very small and strew your meate therewith Item take powned Horstaile leaues one dragme and bestrew your meate with it You may also drink of this powder following one dragme lesse or more with the water of Plantain Take of the first budded Harts horne burne them in a potbakers ouen throughly to white chalke and giue thereof one dragme or one dragme and a halfe with red wine or Plantaine water You shall also find hereafter many sundrie powders and waters to drinke described Take egshels whence yong chickens haue beene hatched and Nutmegs of each a like quantitie temper them together and drinke thereof the waight of a dragme with Vineger or Wine The part within the Walnut taken
of the same In like manner the same may be well caused through some obstruction of the Matrix or through any other disease as an impostume and such like in the foresaid parts this also may be brought to passe through the rudenesse and vnhandsomnesse of the Midwife When as these foresaid reasons be declared then may the cause easily be adiudged of this grieuous and perillous child birth If the disease be of the woman then hath she had a great former sicknesse or she is diseased through hunger she may be also too young and haue conceiued before the due age or she may be too old or not haue borne before at any time in which the places will be hardly opened also if a woman be dismayed or neuer wont to beare child be also too fat of bodie and is ouercooled then can she hardly be deliuered of the child Secondly the fruit it self may cause also a grieuous labour like as is said yet without foundation that boyes be easier borne into the world than girles Item if the child be too grosse of bodie or head and therewith be very small and weake that through his féeblenesse it cannot help it self to the birth Item if the child be dead haue two heads or the like double members Item if the child with his hands and féet and not with the head doth lie in the birth place like as behooueth and as is naturall Further the Matrix may be by nature too narrow or too drie so that with no moisture the passage can be made slipperie Item if the woman before in the necke of the matrix haue had any exulceration whereby the muskles could not stretch abroad or that as yet there be some vlcer in the neck of the mother or if it cometh by the secundine then is the same so thicke and so strong that it will not breake This grieuous and very hard labour may also be caused by the stopping of the bodie If now this heauy labor do procéede of the forementioned diseases sicknesses hunger such like outward causes that may be very well perceiued of the woman The signes of a féeble or dead child are to be found in the 8. 11. § But if there be of none of all these signes any instant and if that a woman is not strong and that a child in deliuerie remaine in the birth place and cannot be brought into the world then is it a certaine signe that the afterbirth like as is said is too strong and not yet broken Thus be all perillous accidents of childbirth so ioyned to each other that all of them for the most part are cured with one kind of remedie whereof we haue written much before And because we haue especially admonished here of the secundine therfore doth our old order require that we should also discourse somewhat particularly therof But because nature obserueth this method that it first expelleth the child and afterwards the Secundina which is the secundine therefore we will also first of all write perfectly of the child and afterwards of the secundine with all which is ordained for the same Lastly we will shew and declare all that is méete for both of them When a woman cannot be deliuered of a child §. 15. THe causes of this hard and longsome childbirth are before sufficiently discouered when as then a child appeareth with a hand or a foote before which doth happē very seldome without swelling of the necke of the matrix and of the parts adiacent then take Penniroyall Mugwoort and browne Betonie of each a like quantitie hack it all together and let it séeth in milke lay it then vnder her before the birth as warm as she may abide it about the member of the child that same driueth away the swelling or set séething water vnder it when the child féeleth the warmth then doth it draw the member back againe This and the like things shold Midwiues know on whose knowledge and experience is very much depending that very renowned aduice which is discouered in the 13. § of Amber when the throwes will not continue also there is laid vnto it scraped Vnicornes horne Some be of opinion that first of all the woman should take a spoonfull of oyle with twice as much water Other do also aduise that one should séeth halfe a drag of Mace and so giue it this forceth also the secundine If that then a child will not frame himself to birth in his mothers wombe and neuertheles the throwes the right time of birth be instant then take a litle Lilly water and as much good Rhenish wine so drinke it together it will frame it self the better afterwards For this is also good the iuice of Sloes whereof we haue spoken before Another Take fresh well water and hony as much as you please temper them together without séething or skumming and so giue it to drink this quickneth the throwes paine so that she wil be the sooner deliuered of child for that the paine expelleth the child and the secundine Or take the flowers of Cypers seeth them in wine and drinke a good draught thereof this should be very certaine especially if the herbe or flowers may be gotten fresh Item take well powned Linseede seeth the same in wine giue the woman a good draught therof In like maner may she well drinke wine which is decocted with Plantaine Wine wherein Vine leaues haue bene stéeped shold also expel birth Boreas the waight of half a drag drunken with wine is also very aduancing for it as we haue admonished before A stronger Take Saffron and Pearles of each one scrup Boreas 4. scrup giue this also with hony water if the throwes come not but if so be that the throwes be instant then giue it with Mugwoort water or with swéet wine it expelleth very swiftly Now for to vse outwardly may one chuse out of these things following for a time that which one will as the séeds of Garlick Sauintrée Mugwoort S. Iohns woort Pigeon dung the horne of an Asses foote or of a horses foote Oxe dung Wormwood Rue of all which tempered or each alone also to bathe to make salues plaisters such like Item take round Hartwoort Aristologie Sauin trée and Cresses of each a like stampe and temper them all together with an Oxe gall then afterwards make a great taint moist therin and put it before into the places it helpeth much to birth This following doth also expell a child whether it be liuing or dead and also the secundine very vehemently Take Sauintrée round Hartwort Asarabacca Dragon roots of each a like quantitie powne them all together temper them with hony afterwards giue to the woman therof the waight of one quarter of an ounce with water wherein Lupins be decocted and if so be that this expell not sufficiently then take Opopanacum and Oxe gall of each one quarter of an ounce Beuercod one dragme giue it to the woman to drinke
hands then must it be wrought thorowly with wet hands Out of this will also a salue be made with oyle like as before in the 14. § you haue seene another Item in the second part the third Chapter and 9. § is there one more which beginneth thus Take clarified Hony c. which may be vsed for all hot and cold vlcers The Chirurgians do vse this following vnder the name of the gréene plaister Take Dogs grease Waxe Rosin and Barrows grease of each one ounce Nightshade and Mallowes of each one handfull seeth the herbs to pap in Goats milke vntill it be altogether thicke afterwards powne it all together and temper it one with another Wheresoeuer there be any Blisters which will impostumate or rankle which the Chirurgians do call Cossos exulceratos thereto are these salues ensuing to be vsed Take lytharge of gold as much as you will stéepe the same the space of two dayes in vineger and powre off the vineger thrée times and powre fresh vpon it againe stirre it oftentimes about and then let it stand in the hot Sunne afterwards stirre it and bruse it the space of two or thrée howres in a leaden mortar putting vnto it in stirring it now and then a little Vineger Violets and oyle of Violets vntill it be thick then at the last put two ounces of Ceruse vnto it the iuice of Plantaine and of Housléeke of each halfe an ounce Camfer halfe a dragme and two whites of egs so make thereof a soft salue and annoynt therewith all Blisters which be caused of heate and all other exulcerations of the skin The next day after is this disease to be washed with this water following Take Dock rootes Mallowes and Violet leaues of each one handfull seeth all together in faire well water and straine it thorow a cloth afterwards temper it with Rose-water as much as you please and vse it oftentimes Of a stinking and running vlcer §. 16. THese vlcers or stinking sores do come of grosse and tough humors When one will heale them then is the patient to eate none other but light meates and to drinke thin drinke and to purge the watery and melancholy humors to the end that thereby all affluent humors may be taken away In like maner is the patient to be let bloud if there be none other thing that letteth it and to cut out all foule stinking flesh or to bite or eate it out by some cautery that there may grow new and good flesh in it for the which these things following are very commodious First for to clense the vlcers is speciall good the salue Mundificatiuum Apij which is described in the second part Item the salue of the Apostles which may be found in the Register and is maruellous good for all kinds of vlcers This following is also much commended Take Plantaine water wine of Pomegranates and Hony of each two ounces Verdigrease and Allume of each one ounce and a quarter boyle them together vntill it become thick then apply it to the vlcers Item take vnripe Sallad oyle one ounce and a half burnt lead three drag prepared Tuty thrée quarters of an ounce Mastick Frankinsence and Sarcocolla of each one drag and a half séeth all together in 6. ounces of water of Plantaine vntill the water be wasted away if you will make a plaister of it then put as much waxe vnto it as is néedfull This salue is to be laid with plegents in the vlcer This ensuing doth clense and consume all bad matter of the vlcer Take quick lyme foure ounces oyle 16. ounces Déere sewet 3. ounces Waxe as much as sufficeth for a plaister or salue melt them together and stirre it so long vntill it be cold Another Take small sifted Otemeale eight ounces the iuice of Marierom and of Nightshade of each foure ounces fresh Barrowes grease 6. ounces temper them all together and then lay it so thereon the same doth ripen coole mundifie There is also well prepared a very costly plaister which is called Gratia Dei which is especial good for all stinking vlcers fresh wounds for all bad flesh iron glasse wood poison bones and all that doth hurt in the wounds doth it draw out and healeth it which is made thus The plaister Gratia Dei. Take Turpentine one ounce Rosin 6. ounces white waxe 2. ounces Mastick half an ounce Verueine Betony the great Pimpernell of each halfe a handfull stamp all the herbs séeth them in strong wine vntill the third part be wasted afterwards straine it wring it out Then are you to séeth in this decoction the waxe Rosen Mastick stirring it alwayes about vntill it be well mixed together then set it from the fire and put the Turpentine and the rest into it then stirre it very strong so long vntill it be thorow cold The Chirurgians haue also a plaister which they do call the blacke plaister which is very good for all wounds vlcers and Fistulaes The blacke Plaister and is thus prepared Take Amber Verdigrease Sulphure Lytharge of gold Lime and Bay-berries of each a like quantitie pouned verie small clarified Home as much as is néedfull for to make a plaister or a salue The salue of Egypt called Vnguentum Aegyptiacum doth also clense excéedingly all Fistulaes Salue of Egypt stinking vlcers and clenseth them of the bad flesh and is thus prepared Take Verdigrease fiue drag cléere Hony one ounce and thrée quarters strong Vineger 7. drag then seeth them togither vntil it be thick enough It is an especial good salue for al stinking sores to cause the same to dry Item take Verdigrease half an ounce saltpeter one ounce bruse them togither vpon a stone and set it on fire with a paper then will the saltpeter be burnt all that remaineth on the stone are you to lay with the stone and all in a moyst celler and the stone lying awry then in time will there be an oile run out of it then temper this oyle with Rose water or with the white of an egge it is too strong alone but it healeth passing well Item these oyles insuing be also very good for such like vlcers viz. oyle of egs of Dill of Lillies of blew Flower deluce of Walfloures and oyle of Tiles Amongst the waters and such like be also good the two foresaid golden waters which we shall describe hereafter in the last part and M. Tristrams water one of these which one will drunke or applied to the vlcer For this may also be vsed a certaine ley tempered with Sallad oyle which hereafter shall be described against the burning with gun-powder Or make this following take small cut Hartwort one quarter of an ounce Assa foetida one drag Centorie one dragme and a half quick lime half a dragm lay them altogither to steep in a pinte of Ley afterwards séeth it vntill a third part be wasted wherewith the vlcer is to be washed luke warme Item poune Hony suckle to powder and let
therefore the muscles are very sensible they do finde by ouermuch labour by long walking by running and such like a great debilitie wearisomnes and paine so do the sinewes also and the Tendons themselues But it were in vaine to shew at this present how all the infirmities that the muscles are subiect vnto might be remedied because the same hath béene sufficiently spoken of in those places where we haue intreated of Vlcers Wounds Pocks Leprosie and such like The fifteenth Chapter Of the fat of Mans bodie AFter the description of the flesh it is verie néedfull that we write and discourse of the fat in mans bodie This fat is a deuision of the nourishment in the skin and other parts heaped insensibly and tight togither this insensiblenes hath the fat of the blood whence it is ingendred for that the fat is none other thing but digested blood which also is insensible By nature it is most moyst therefore the fat of all beasts and also the fat of men is woont to be vsed for many kinde of diseases as may be seene héere and there in this Booke and as it is said the fat hath his beginning of the fattest part of the blood which runneth through the veines towards the skin and setting it selfe on the same and on the sinewes both which are dry by nature for to moysten them But if it happen to touch the parts that be cold and bloodles then doth it come to congeale and to waxe hard there therefore that doth most of all happen in cold bodies viz. in women and in all such beasts which haue béene kept all winter and be vnmeasurable fat where to the contrarie all that be hot by nature waxe leane and weake Amongst all parts of men and beasts there are none that be fatter than the kidneies and that chiefly on the left kidneies more than on the right yet especially in shéepe wherein that the kidneies be otherwhiles so abundantly couered with fat that they cannot make water but are constrained thereby to die Of the troublesomnes of Fatnes §. 1. THere is no better disposition of bodie as well amongst new borne children as other ancient people but that a man be meetely fat not too leane nor too fat or if so be that any of both must be it is alwaies better to be leane than fat for that if a bodie be ouerburthened with fatnes then happeneth it amongst other inconueniences that a bodie be alwaies slothfull vnfit for labour and for walking I say nothing of other diseases and sicknesses which fat people be more subiect to than the leane This excessiue fatnes commeth of blood whereby all the parts of a mans bodie be fed and sustained the fat bodies haue alwaies narrow veines and arteries and therefore also little blood and fewer vitall spirits so that when they begin to be old the naturall heate is wholly abated and verie lightly might be extinguished or at least wise spilt and lost Wherefore Hippocrates also saith by good right that they that be fat by nature do die much sooner than they that be leane But they that are betwéene both by nature saith he and afterwards waxe fat by their daintie and bountifull diet they alwaies kéepe their great veines although they increase in flesh and fatnes therefore in them is lesse daunger although they be fat and that their naturall heate be corrupted in them Also the Philosophers do conclude like as we also daily see before our eies that both humaine and bruite beasts bodies which are verie fat do remaine vnfruitefull For they haue but little and weake naturall séed bicause that as is said leanenes is to be commended farre before fatnes of the body Therefore must all men which are inclined to be fat vse these things following Take Sandaraca thrée quarters of an ounce drinke it in the morning with water and with Oxymel Item take the rindes of yellow Mirobalanes rost them as though that they were halfe burnt one quarter of an ounce stamp them all to a subtile powder and then giue it to drinke with Plantaine water Looke also into the second part the third chapter and second § for the Pils which maruellously hinder fatnes Item take euerie morning a crust with vineger wherein a little Pepper is tempered drinke it verie warme But if one feare that it might hurt the sinewes then is it to be forborne The sixteenth Chapter For great Leannes THe reason why leaunes is better for a bodie than fatnes we haue discouered before neuerthelesse if the leannes were excéeding much then is it verie daungerous for healthie folkes for it behooueth no great proofe that the bodie waxeth leane when it wanteth food or when the meate doth not digest and is not conueied to the appropriate members or when people be ouercharged with intollerable labour with great sorrow and such like Likewise do some also fall into great leannes for that their bodie is too cold and too dry other will also be leane for that the digestiue and nutritiue vertues or any of both these be weakened Item this extreame leannes is caused also of the consumption Phthisis whereof we haue sufficiently written before and also in the fourth part the seuenth chapter and second § For this may first be vsed all that is forbidden in the excessiue fatnes neither is counsell to be deferred ouer long in this disease of leannes for when as the leannes beginneth to roote then doth the same not onely prouoke Phthisin which is the consumption but also other moe deadly accidents so that not only all the flesh of mans body will be consumed but also all the vertue and strength And what might be vsed for this falling away is to be sought for in the two forementioned places there is especially commended amongst other outward remedies the rubbing with the flat of the hand of all outward members All they that are woont lightly to parbrake may not be purged in winter when this leannes is not caused through some hot agues but that the meat receiued is not by nature conueied towards his due place so that like as it is woont to chance oftentimes the ordure is cast out of the mouth then is the patient to vse good white wine for his drinke yet tempered with water wherein Fennell seed is decocted For his meate be Hens Capons or rather the broth of them that is wroong or stamped out of their flesh This patient is also to foment often his priuities and there about with a spoonge dipped in the decoction of these things following Take Fenegréeke séed and of the white Sesamum of each fower ounces Mallowes and Smallage of each thrée handfuls Bdellium halfe a dragme Comin thrée drag Caruway Dill séed Ameos Fennell of each halfe an ounce field Cipers Centorie of each halfe a handfull cut that is to be cut and stamp the rest let it séeth in sufficient water You are also to vse a warming plaister for the stomacke whereof there be séene in the third
a double quartaine a thrée double ague Galen writeth out of whom this counsell is gathered that he knew a Phisition who before the quartaine was at the highest gaue his patient Treacle wherby the same ague so increased that he died thereof When as this order hath bene obserued in this ague then do the later Phisitions teach that these things following are very fit to be vsed Take Ginger one ounce cut it small and then séeth it in red wine vntill there remaine fiue ounces then mingle therewith one ounce and a halfe of Iulep of Violets and so drinke it to wit two houres before the Ague commeth vpon you and the same will make you sweate thoroughly Item take an ounce of the iuice of Plantaine two howers before the fit of the Ague approcheth it will remoue the Ague The water of Carduus Benedictus or the herbe sod in Wine and drunken cureth the Ague The common people take the pouder of this herbe and strow it vpon a shine or twaine of bread that is soked in burnt wine or Aqua vitae and so eate the bread before the â—â—ue come Oxymel scilliticum compositum openeth all obstructions in the quartaine and tertian Agues Some commend the wine of Asarabacca rootes for this roote hath the nature of the Hellebore it drieth all inward parts and prouoketh vrine and will therefore also expell the Ague The like vertues are ascribed to the wines of Harts toong of Hyssope and of Tamariscus The sirupe of Oxysacchara is also passing good The eleuenth Chapter Of the Consumption or Ethicke Hectica THis is one of the most perillous Agues that may light vpon a man for by her hot and drie operation she drieth vp all natural moisture of mans body This Hectica is not satisfied with the hurt that it doth to all naturall moisture and vitall spirits but it drieth also all nourishing parts and all the flesh of the whole body yea the marrow of the bones also so that it may duly and rightly be called the consuming Ague This destroying heate beginneth first in the heart of the Ague which is termed Causon that is the burning Feuer whereof we haue written in the seauenth Chapter which continueth there so long vntill it consume the very sap and moisture of the heart And albeit that it doth not consume and waste all the moisture of the heart yet doth it burne and spoile the same For it fareth with the heart as with a wicke in a lampe that at the beginning doth burne bright and cleare but the longer that it burneth the harder and the more burnt the drier it waxeth where by a little and a little it loseth light and extinguisheth and albeit more oyle be poured vnto it yet burneth it not then the brighter but the flame remaineth small and slacke and the longer that it burneth the darker it is till at the last all of it goeth cleane out of it selfe So fareth it also with this Hectica with or without an Ague as plainely may appeare in very old men which are commonly said to die like a lampe or candle This is to be noted also in children that sometimes also vse to abate and fall away This Consumption namely that which is without an Ague is called of the Gréekes Marasmodes that is a Consumption and of the Latinists Senectus that is old age whereby we may call it the infection of the heart whereof we haue spoken in the second part the sixt Chapter and ninth § In like manner in the description of the Consumption in the fifth Chapter and 22. § When this Hectica spreadeth her selfe ouer all the whole bodie drying it altogether vp then is it as we haue already told called Marasmodes This sicknesse is incurable and aboue all mens helpe for that the naturall heate would quickly like a trée through very great age or in them that lie about the fire through extreame heate be dried away The causes of this Hectica are all outward things which do heate the parts of the body whereby many Agues might be prouoked whence at the last this consumption is sounded and springeth Item the hunger and thirst if they be not remedied betimes the which for the most part happeneth to cholericke and leane men who falling into a quotidian Ague are thereby lightly turned into a burning and lastly into this Ague Hectica Item the perishing of the lights may very well be a cause of this Hectica whereby is hindered that the fresh aire may not coole the heart sufficiently and there be other moe occasions whereby the heart may be inflamed We will now admonish somewhat of her signes They that fall into Tabem that is into a consumption are easily to be discerned for before that one come to féele their pulses one may sée how their eyes be sunke and fallen into their heads The apples of their eyes will be drie in this agonie and wrinkled and the flesh round about the eyes fallen away so that one may otherwhiles almost see the bones of their browes It séemeth also otherwhiles that these diseased persons face is so bedusted with drie dust as it is in them that haue gone the whole day through the dust in the heate of the Sunne Also the liuely ruddinesse and colour ouer all the whole body is vanished and gone and likewise the skin of their forehead so hardned and shrunke that they séeme to close their eyelids very badly and sléeping they lie with their eyes halfe open which can be no due sleepe but rather an ouer-great watching and the flesh in the temples of the head doth so wast away that there séemeth to be a great hollownesse To conclude there remaineth no more than the very skin and the bones so that when one seeth them naked he would iudge none other than that the carkasse were couered with a drie skin and that all the intrailes are taken out or lie hid in the breast and when as one toucheth the skinne and plucketh it hard then shall he find it through drie and it seemeth that by plucking it will follow These sicke persons haue a hard pulse and at the first touching of them doth one perceiue small heate but when you hold your hand long vpon them then may you féele the heate vnder your hand increase and diuers such like signes more Of this maladie Hectica and Tabes is a great disputation whereof here we will not make many words but will commend that matter to the learned yet neuerthelesse before we come to the cure we will briefly admonish thus much that such as be of a moist nature in the beginning of the consumption are not assailed with this Ague Hectica but they onely that be drie of nature and somewhat hot and therewith do great labour watch much and liue in carefulnesse whereby their naturall moisture is wasted and spent these presently are taken with this Ague Hectica and specially such as chafe much liue in extreame sorrow or frequent great heate
Eies described 65 Eies paines remedied 66 Eie water for all paines of the eies 76 Eie powder 66 Eies blearednesse called Ophthalmia 67 Eies that be red 68 Eie salue 69 Eies full of heate remedied ibid. Eies full of blisters 70 Eie water of the Emperour Fredericke 88 Eies how they are defended on all sides 59 Eies hurt with the haires of the eyelids 64 Eies that itch and are sore 70 Eies that runne and water 71 Eies that runne of a cold cause 73 Eyes that do matter 74 Eies impostumed of externall causes 76 Eies that bake together in the sleepe ibid. Eies spotted 77 Eies before which Gnats or Flies seeme to swarme 80 Eies growen ouer with skins 83 Eies mistie and cloudie 85 Eies that sticke out as if they would fall out 86 Eies that are burned 87 Eies that haue had a blow ibid. Eies wherein something is gotten ibid. Eies that are best by day or by night 91 Eies that are blind 87. 92 Eies squintnesse 92 Eie beames dilation 85 Eie corners fistulaes 76. 79 Eie corners infections 66. 67 Eielids that will grow together 64 Eielids turned 63 Eielids with Warts ibid. Eielids chapped ibid. Eielids itching 62 Eielids swolne diuersly 60 Eielids description 59 Eie waters and other things diuersly prepared 72. 76. Eie water for running eies 71. 72 Eie salue for all kinde of running and mattering 72. 75. 76. Electuary of Calmus prepared diuersly 705 Electuary for giddinesse of the head 123 Electuarium de Psyllio 734 Electuarium Diaphoenicon ibid. Electuarium de Citro 326 Elecampane rootes confected 711 Electuarium de succo rosarum 735 Electuarium de Sebesten 362 Electuarium vitae 737 Electuarium de Manna 732 Electuaries moe 731. 733. 734. 735. c. Eluxation of the ioynts 536 Emperour Charles his prescriptions and rules in the Gout 546 Epithymus or Dodder prepared 11 Eryngus rootes preserued 717 Esula prepared and vsed 15 Euphorbium prepared 11 Euphorbium vsed ibid. Excoriation of the bladder 473 Extraction for al obstructions and binding of the body 398 399 Exhortation to the keepers of the infected with the plague 680 Exulceration in the Kidneyes 447 Exulcerations in the stomacke 376 F. FAces description 56 Faces rednesse 58 Faces pushes and heate ibid. Face how to cleere it 59 Fals blowes and bruises cause many sicknesses 684. Falling sicknesse Epilepsia 151 Falling sicknesse in children 152 Fat of mans body described 616 Fat 's of diuers beasts prepared 11 looke Marrowes Fatnesse her troublesomnesse to man 616 Feare and frighting 383 Feetes diseases how cured 526 Felon or Ancome of the fingers 525 Feuer burning called Causon 638 Fingers described 522 Fingers numbed 522. 523 Fingers numbed through bruises 523 Fistulaes causes and signes 568. 569 Fistulaes description 568 Fistula in the corner of the eye 79 Fistula in the gums 175 Fistula in the breasts 211 Fistula in the arsegut 316 To cause flesh to grow in wounds 601 Fleshes description 615 Fixe and red flixe 343. 352 Flood too aboundant after deliuerie of childe 517. Flowers how long they may be kept 7 Flowers in women looke Termes Flowers of women in generall 476 Flowers how to preferre them 477 Flowers obstruction how remedied 478. 479. 480. 482. Flowers excessiue course how to be stopped 484. Fluxe of seed through heat looke running of the raines Fluxe of seed in sleepe 293 Fluxe of seed through cold ibid. Fluxe white in women how to be remedied 488. Fomentations for the stomacke 334 Fractures of bones 549 Frensinesse 124 Frensinesse of blood 127 Frensinesse with a hot ague 125. 126. Friction in the falling euill 159 Fruites of all sortes how to keepe them fresh 725. Fruites increase in the wombe 503 Fruites weaknesse in the mothers wombe 506 Fruitfulnesse how it is caused in man and woman 300. Fruitfulnesse her signes 502 Fruitfulnesse in woman how furthered 296 G. GAlbanum plaister prepared 487 Galbanum plaister Galen ibid. Gals description 407 Gallia muscata prepared 342 Gargarismes for all infirmities of the mouth 164. Gargarisme for giddinesse of the head 123 Gargarisme for losse of speech 173 Gargarisme for rheumes 196 Generation members 274 Giddinesse of the head 121 Ginger prepared 715 Glisters diuersly prepared 709 Golden Egge prepared 669 Gloues how to perfume 521 Going il after the gout in the feete how to remedie it 547 Gout 527 Gouts signes ibid. Goutes rules that are to be obserued 528 529. Gout of the hands called Chiragra 531 Gout in the feete 540 Gout of the feete his preseruatiues 542 Gout of the feete how to preuent it 541 Gout of the feete or Podagra how purged 543. Gout of the feete which is cold 545 Gout of the feete his remedies 542 543 544. Gout of the hips called Sciatica 531 Grapes preserued 725 Gratia Dei plaister 566 Grauell sand or stone of the Kidneyes 451 Grauels increase hindered 452 To expell grauell 454 Outward remedies for the grauell 461 Grauels paine delayed 454 Grauell remedied 454. 455. c. Griping of the heart 270 Groynes swolne 274 Gumme Amoniacke looke Ammoniacum Gums of the teeth 173 Gums bleeding 174 Gums vlcer 161 Gums fistuled 175 Gums resoluing 176 Gums putrifying ibid. Gums impostumating 173 Gunpouder burning 594 Guts paine looke Bowels paine H. HAgge or mare 150 Haires description 45 Haire to make it to grow 46 Haire made yellow ibid. Haire made blacke ibid. Haire made to curle 47 Haire that it waxe not gray ibid. Haire taken away ibid. Haire drawne out 47. 48 Haire infected diuersly 48 Haires falling out preuented 48. 49 Haire on the breasts what it signifieth 211 Hands end and vse 520 Hands description ibid. Hands how to keepe them cleane ibid. Hands how to make them sweete 521 Hands that are scabbed ibid. Hands that are chapped ibid. Hand waters or lotion for the hands 521 522 523. Hardnesse of the Matrix or Mother 495 Hartburning 334 Hearts heauinesse 271 Hearts panting or beating 263 Hearts panting through heate 264 Hearts panting through a bad stomacke 271 Hearts panting through cold 268 Hearts panting through frighting 271 Hearts oppression 260 Hearts description 256. 257 Hearts infirmities in generall 258 Headach 30 Headach Hemicrania 35 Headach Congelatio 30. 136 Headaches causes 31 Headach with an ague and a laske 33 Heahach of inanition 35 Headaches Hemicraniae and Cephalaeae cured ibid. Headaches remedies ibid. Headach of the Sunne 36 Headach of drukennesse ibid. Headach of blowes or falles 37 Headach of colde ibid. Headach of colde and an especial remedie for it 39. Headaches that be old 195 Head which is cold how to purge it 37 Head broken out 51 Head broken out healed 51. 52 Heads giddinesse looke giddinesse of the head Head veines vse in opening of it 24 Head wounded 43. 54 Hearing that is bad 107 Hearing diminished 113 Healthy how preserued from infection of the plague 654 What exercise is to be vsed of them 658 How their dwellings ought to be 656 Their gouernement without doores 660 Heate of vrine looke Vrine that scaldeth Heate of vlcers
Herba capillaris Apuleij the same Herba casta Paeonia Piony Herba clauellata Harts ease Herba crinita Apuleij Maydenhaire Herba cincinnalis Verueine Herba columbaris wilde Cypresse Herba cochlearis Brassica marina sea cole Herba centonica officinarum Absinthium marinum sea Wormewood Herba diuae Mariae Magdalenae Phu ponticum a kinde of Valerian Herba diuae Otiliae Consolida regalis Larks spur Herba diui Petri the lesser Gentian Herba diui Quirini Horse hoofe Herba diui Georgij Phu ponticum a kinde of Valerian Herba diui Ruperti  Herba diui Valentini Paeonia alba a kinde of Piony Herba flammea Harts ease Herba flauea Melilotum nobile Melilote Herba fortis Consolida Saracenica  Herba fullonum Teasell Herba cederalis Asclepias Swallow wort Herba hirundinaria minor the lesser Celandine or Pylewort Herba inguinalis Bubonium an herbe called also Aster Herba Iouis Sedum Housléeke Herba lactaria Tithymalus Spurge Herba lanaria  Herba leporina a kinde of Mallowes Herba Mercurij Mercurialis herbe Mercury Herba margarita Daisies Herba militaris Millefolium Yarrow or Nosebléede Herba mula Asplenium Fingerferne Herba muralis Celsi Pellitory of the wall Herba ocularia Eyebright Herba ophthalmica the same Herba orbicularis Cyclaminus Rape violet Herba panarcij Herbariorum Lamium album a kinde of dead nettles Herba paralysis Cowslips Herba pauonis Persicaria Ars smart Herba pedicularis Staphisagria Licebane Herba perdicalis Apuleij Perdicium Persicary Herbae pulicaris Persicaria Arse smart Herba primi floris herba paralytica Primroses Herba pyrifolia seu perifolia Herbariorum Pyrola wilde béetes or winter gréene Herba Roberta and Herba Ruperti herb Robin Herba regia Basill Herba sanguinalis Polygonum Knotgrasse Herba sanguinalis mas the male Knotgrasse Herba sanguinalis soemina Polygonum foemina Knotgrasse female Herba sardonia Ranunculus Crowfoote Herba scelerata Idem Herba scorbuti Brassica marina Scuruygrasse Herba salutaris Apuleij Rosemary Herba solis Herbariorum S. Iohns wort Herba solis Aetij polygonum Knotgrasse Herba Sophiae Herbariorum  Herba sortis Consolida saracenica  Herba stataria Peucedanum Hogs fenell Herba sacra Verbena Verueine Herba Trinitatis Harts ease Herba topiaria Bearefoote Herba tonitrui Sedum Houseléeke Herba tunica officinarum Gelofers Herba tunica Gordonij Ocimastrum  Herba tunica Minfredi Gelofers Herba turca Carduus benedictus or blessed thistle Herba Thymiana Herbariorum Tyme Herba vermicularis SeduÌ„ minus Prickmadam Herba virginea Parthenium Feuerfew Herba vitraria Pellitory of the wall Herba vitri Auicennae Perdicium the same Herba vrinaria Herbariorum Hedipnois Dandelion Herba vrceolaris Pellitory of the wall Herculeus morbus the falling euill Hermodactylus Arabum Dogs bane Hermodactylus Dioscoridis Pentaphyllon a kinde of dogs bane Hermodactylus Actuarij the roote of Behen Hermodactylus Nicolai Myrepsi the same Hermodactylus albus white Behen Hermodactylus Rubeus red Behen Hermia Ramex a rupture Hermia Osceano a great rupture Hernia Oscealis the same Herpacantha Acanthus Bearefoote Herpes a corroding vlcer or wolfe Herpes exedens the same Herisypila Erisypelas an inflammation called the rose Herpillum Serpillum wild tyme or Ladies bedstraw Hesperis Viola lutea Wall flowers Hibiscus a kinde of Mallow Hieracopodium Lychnis syluestris  Hiera pachij a purging confection so called Hierabotane Dioscoridis Verbena Verueine Hierabotane Scribonij Betonica Betonie Hieralogodion officinarum or Hiera lagadij the name of a purging confection Hiera picra or Hiera picra simplex a very bitter confection Hiera Ruffi a purging confection Hiera Athenaei and Hiera Theophrasti the Flouredeluce Hieromyrtus Ruscus Knéeholme Hilbane Granum paradisi Graines Hippocras fontis officinarum Aqua Hippocratica Hippocras Hippocras officinarum Vinum Hippocraticum the same Hippocraticum vinum the same Hippocistis officinarum vide Hypocistis Hippolapathium a water Docke Hippoglossum Adders toong Hippomalache Malua equina horse Mallowes Hipposelinum Angelica Hippopleuron Houndes ribbe a kinde of Plantaine Hippuris equisetum Horse tayle Hirundinaria a Horsleach Hirudo the same Hirundo a Swallow Hispanach Arabum Spinachia Spinage Hordeum Barley Hordeum Galaticum Rice Hordei cremor Ptisana Barley husked and sodden in water Humeralis vena the shoulder vaine Humerus the shoulder Humor Scrupeus poetarum Podagra the Gout Humulus Lupulus Hoppe Hyacinthus Helodias Porphyrantes a purple flower that we call Crowtoes There are fower kinds of it two of them as the greater and lesser are most in vse the other two sortes I will passe ouer for breuity sake The first kinde hath narrowe leaues like the wilde Onion with a stalke about one span in height vpoÌ„ this on euery side grow flowers of a light purple colour much like the Amethyst or Iacinct stone on the top of all are the flowers somwhat lesser sadder in colour This is the right Hyacinthus of Dioscorides it groweth commonly in tilled grounds and of some is called Hogs onion because Hogs greatly delight in eating of it the Herbarists call it Hyacinthus maior and Bulbus porcinus The other is somewhat lesse and groweth in woods it flowreth in March and hath pretie little blew flowers not much vnlike the May Lillies or Liriconfansie the roote is like little Onions This is called in some places blew May flowers of the Herbarists Hyacinthus minor Allium caninum and Bulbus caninus Palladius also maketh mention of a blew Hyacinthus In like sorte is the yellow Lillie Lillium luteum or Hemerocallis the Hyacinthus of Ouid which Theocritus calleth Hyacinthus scriptus to make it differ from the right Hyacinthus the Herbarists call it Hyacinthus poetarum Virgil calleth it Hyacinthus suaue rubens Hyacinthus molâ—is and Pausanias termeth it Comosandalon Hyaecinthus maior Herbariorum or Hyacinthus Dioscoridis Crowtoes vide Hyacinthus Hyacinthus minor Herbariorum vide Hyacinthus Hyacinthus Palladij vide Hyacinthus Hyacinthus poëtarum Hemerocallis vide Hyacinthus Hyacinthus Ouidij vide Hyacinthus Hyacinthus mollis Virgilij yellow Lillies Hyacinthus scriptus Theocriti vide Hyacinthus Hyacinthus suaue rubens vide Hyacinthus Hyacinthus gemma a Iacinct Hydrargyrum Argentum viuum Quicksiluer Hydrargyrum natiuum vomica liquoris aeterni rerum omnium venenuÌ„ Plinio vocatur Quicksiluer of the Mine Hydrargyrum factitium Quicksiluer which is made of Cinoper Hydrolapathum Lapathum palustre water Dockes Hydromeli aqua mulsa Meade Hydrophobus à rabido cane morsus hée that is bitten of a mad dogge he that is afeard of water Hydropper Persicaria Arse smart HypposelinuÌ„ Apium palustre Louage Alisander Hyophthalmus Aster atticus the herbe Bubonium Hyoscyamus Henbane Hypericum S. Iohns woort Hypericum petraeum is that which is now taken for Carpobalsamum but vniustly Hypochyma Pitch Hypocistis is also called Barba hircina and Orobetrum it groweth at the roote of the herbe Cistus much like the flower of the Pomegranate and is full of iuice which being wroong out and dried is also called Hypocisiâ— and of Apothecaries Hippocistis or
Hypoquistidos indeclâ—â—biliter Hypogessum Seâ—um maius Housléeke Hypopium Thapsia Turbith Hyâ—ge Pausaniae Granum iinctorium Couchenill Hyssopites wine of Hyssope Hyssopum or Hyssopus Hyssope Hyssopus humida officinaruÌ„ Oesypus Wooll of the slancke of a sheepe Hystera Vterus Loci Matrix the Mother in women or Matrix or Wombe Hysteralgia paine in the belly or Matrix I. IArum Cuckoepit Iacca Harts ease Iacca nigra Morsus Diaboli Diuels bit Iamâ—num officinaruÌ„ Alumen scissile vide Alumen  Iaspis a Iasper stone Iaspis a greene Iaspis Ichthiotheron Cyclaminus Sowes bread Iâ—â—â—s Alâ—hea marsh Mallowes Icteritia the yellow Iaundies Icteritis Apuleij Libanotis coronalis Rosemary Icterus Morbus regius the yellow Iaundies Iecur the Liuer Igre Hippocratis Isatis Woad Ignis diui Anthonij or Iâ—nis sacer Erysipelas the Rose Ileos or Il us or Iliaca passia or Iliaca a wringing in the small guts Ilecebra Piper murinum Stonecrop Illinctus Eclâ—gma a medicine which is licked vp and not swallowed Imaginatio an imagination or conceit Imperatoria Angelica Impeâ—genaria aâ—borca Lichen arboreus a kinde of Liuerwoort Impetiginaria petraea Lichen saxatilis Liuerwoort Impetigenaria saxatilis Lichen the same Impetigo a Ringworme or dry scab Inanâ—â—to emptines of the body Incensum Thâ— Frankinsence Incrementum the increasing of a sicknes Inâ—ubus Ephialies Faunorum in quiete ludibrium as Pliny saith the Night-mare or Hag it is a little falling sicknes and is a signe of madnes to come or of the falling euill or Palsey c. Infusio Senae the infusion or stéeping of Sene leaues Inguinalis or Inguinaria Dioscoridis the herbe Bubonium Inguinaria Plinij Anserina  Intemperies vntemperatenes Intestina gracilia the little guts Intestina terrae Lumbrici terrestres Earth-wormes Intestinum duodenum Intestinum primum Pilorus the gut next to the stomacke Intestinum ieiunum Nestis the empty gut Intestinum monoculum  Intestinum caecum the blind gut Intestinum primum vide Intestinum duodenum  Intestinum rectum Longanum the Arsegut Intubum Endiuia Endiue Intubum satiuum angustifolium a kinde of Endiue Intybus Intybus satiuus latifolius white Endiue Inturis Capparis Capers Inuersio ventriculi Anastrophe an inuersion of the stomacke Inula Helenium Elecampane Inula rustica Apuleij Symphytum magnum Comfrey Ion Viola a Violet Ion porphyrion Viola purpurea a March Violet Ion melan Theophrasti Viola nigra the same Ion polyphyllon Viola multiplex double Violets Ion Agria Viola syluestris wilde Violets Ireos siue Irios officinarum Iris the Flouredeluce Iris the same Iris alba the white Flouredeluce Iris Apula the same Iris domestica the same Iris Florentina the same Iris Germanica the blew Flouredeluce Iris lutea yellow Flowerdeluce Iris palustris latifolia a kinde of Flowerdeluce Iris Schlauonica the Flouredeluce Isatis Glastum Woad Isatis minor wild Woad Isatis satiua tame Woad Issopus humida officinarum Oesypus Wooll of the flanke of a shéepe Ischias Coxarius morbus the Sciatica Ischiatica barbarorum the same Ischuria vrinae retentio a stopping of vrine Itea Salix a Willow Iuiuba Arabum officinarum Zizifum a kind of fruit so called Iua officinarum Aiuga or Abiga wilde Cypres Iuglans a Walnut trée Iuglans equina the great Walnut Iulebum or Iulepum a Iulep Iunci flos SchoenuÌ„ Anthos Squinanthum  Iuncus angulosus Plinij Cyperus a kinde of Galangall Iuncus odoratus Squinanthum  Iuncus odoratus Celsi Cyperus a kinde of Galangall Iuncus triangulus Plinij Cyperus the same Iuniperus a Iuniper trée Iuniperus acuta the greater Iuniper trée Iuniperus maior the same Iuniperus minor Iuniperulus and Iupicellus the lesser Iuniper trée or the Gooseberry bush Iuniperi baecae vel Iuniperi grana Gooseberrie or Iuniper berries Iunonia Rosa Plinij Lilium a Lilly Iusquiamus officinarum Hyoscyamus Henbane K. KArtam Arabum Cuicus Cartamus wilde Saffron Kauroch Arabum Chelidonium Celandiue Keiri Leucoium Walflowers Kerua Arabum Ricinus Palma Christi  L. LAbrum Veneris Dipsacus Teasell Labrusca vitis syluestris the wilde Vine Labruscae flos the blossome of the wilde Vine Lac amygdalinum Almond milke Lac acidum Oxylacha sower milke Lac ebuteratium Buttermilke Lac chalybatum stéeled milke Lac ouillum or Ouinum Ewes milke Lactis cremor Pingue Flos vel Pinguedo Creame Lac scistum Curded milke Lacca Caucamum a Gum so called Lacerta or Lacertus an Euet Lachryma draconis a gum called Sanguis draconis Lachryma Iobi Lithospermum maius Gromill Lachryma Iuniperi Sandaraca the Gum of the Iuniper trée Lachryma Mariae  Lachryma medica Assa foetida a Gum so called Lachryma Syriaca the same Lachryma vitis Aqua vitis Sap of a Vine Lactaria Tithymalus Spurge Lactuca Lettice Lactuca cappadox Plinij crumpled Lettice Lactuca asinina Anchusa Orchanet Lactuca Betica Columellae great Lettice Lactuca Caeciliana Columellae white Lettice Lactuca crispa curled Lettice Lactuca caprina or Lactuca marina Tithymalus Spurge Lactuca marina Apuleij Cataputia syluestris great wilde Spurge Lactuca Laconia Plinij or Lactuca sessilis or Lactuca capitata headed Lettice Lacaturris Plinij Brassica lacuturrea a kinde of Cabbage Lada or Ladon or Ladanum or Laudanum this is called of Dioscorides Ledum Laden and Leden In the Apothecaries shop it hath his common name Laudanum It is the dryed iuice of an herbe so called The Herbarists call it also Cistum laudaniferum and Fruticem laudaniferum Laetitia Galeni officinarum vide Laetificans Lagopodium or Lagopus Hares foote Lagopus the same Lamium Plinij dead Nettles Lampsana Rapistrum album Cadlocke Lampas  Lana succida vnwashed wooll Lanaria Saponaria the herbe that Fullers vse in scouring of cloth Lana arborea or Lana xylina Cotton Lanceola narrow Plantaine Lanugo arborum Mosse Labdanum barbarorum vide Lada Lapathum Dioscoridis Oxalis Sorrell Lapathum Galeni Docke Lapathum acidum a kinde of Docke Lapathum acutum a Docke Lapathum aquaticum water Docke Lapathum cepeon or Lapathum satiuum Monkes Rubarbe Lapathum domesticum or Lapathum latifolium satiuum Herbe patience Lapathum equinum water Dockes Lapathum latifolium  Lapathum non acuminatum  Lapathum platyphyllon the greater Docke Lapathum barbarorum vide Lada  Lapillus Eritraeus a Pearle Lapis calaminaris officinarum Cadmia natiua the Oare of Brasse Lapis caeruleus an Azure stone Lapis corrosiuus a corrosiue or corroding stone Lapis Cyaneus an Azure stone Lapis Indicus Margarita a Pearle Lapis Iudaicus a stone that purgeth Melancholy or a Iewes stone Lapis Hepaticus a Liuer stone Lapis Lazulus officinarum the Azure stone Lapis Erithraeus Margarita a Pearle Lapis Lyncis officinarum Lapis phrygius of some white Amber of others a Thunderbolt of others a stone that groweth in Phrygia Lapis Stellatus or Caeruleus the Azure stone Lapis viridis an Hemeraude Lapis vini Argoyle Lappa maior Bardana the great Burre Lapsana Rapistrum album a kinde of Mustard séede Lasaron Galacticon Angelica Lascaphrum Naraphtum blacke Frankinsence Laserpitium
praecipitatus Precipitate Mercurius sublimatus Sublimate Meris Tripolium a kind of Turbith Meri Arabum Oesophagus the mouth of the stomacke Meseraicae venae certaine little vaines in the Liuer Mespilum a Medlar or open arse Mespilus a Medlar or an open arse trée Metallum Metall Metopium Ferula galbanifera the herbe of the which the gum Galbanum is made Metra Hippocratis Vterus the Wombe Meu Arabum Meon or Meum Mewe Mezereon Arabum Lorell or Laurell Mica thuris Mantia thuris the fragments of Frankinsence Micancalus flos githaginis a Corne rose Mchleta a Confection so called Milax barbaroruÌ„ Smilax Taxus a trée like Fir. Milium Millet Milium Indicum siue Milium saburrum Indian Millet Milium solis Lithospermum Gromill Millifolia or Millifolium Yarrow Nosebleede or Milfoile Millimorbia or Millimorbium Figwoort Milos Taxus a tree like Firre Miltos Plinij Cinnabaris natiua natural Cinoper Miluius or Miluus a Kite Minij gleba Celsi Terrae lemnia Terra sigillata or sealed earth Minium red lead Minium Dioscoridis or Minium Plinij Cinnabaris metallica Cinoper Minium lemnium terra lemnia sealed earth Minium artificiale artificiall Cinoper Minium natiuum Cinnabaris metallica natiua naturall Cinoper Minium officinarum or Minium secundarium red or burnt Lead Mintha Mentha Mints Mintha agria Mentastrum horse Mints Misereuinium Apuleij Polygonum Knotgras Mithridanium Dioscoridis Trixago palustris water Germander MithridatiuÌ„ Antidotus mithridatis Mithridate Mithridatium or Mithridatia Apuleij Scordium water Germander Miua Cydoniorum and Miua Cydoniorum simplex officinarum Syrupus Cydoniorum simplex the sirupe of Quinces Miua Aromatica officinarum Syrupus Cydoniorum Aromaticus  Mnion Muscus Mosse Mola a péece of flesh without shape growing in a womans wombe Molge Salamandra a Salamander Moloche Malua maior the great Mallow or Hollihocke Molotriculum Veneris  Moly Galeni Ruta montana wild Rue Molybdaena Plinij Persicaria maior Persicaria maculata the greater sort of Arsesmart Molybditis Plinij Spuma plumbi LitargyriuÌ„ plumbi Litargy or white Lead Monembasites Nicolai Myrepsi Vinum Maluaticum wine made of Mallowes Monoceros Vnicornium an Vnicorne Montulmus Gazae Vlmus montana a kinde of Elme Mora poma siue fructus mori Mulberies Mora bati Bramble berries Mora Celsi Mulberries Mora rubi Brambleberries Mora rubi Idaei Frambois Morbus arquatus Morbus regius the yellowe Iaundies Morbus caducus Morbus comitialis Herculeus lunaticus the falling sicknes Morbus comitialis vide Morbus caducus Morbus Diui Fiacari Condyloma the Emerods Morella Herbariorum Solanum Nightshade Morea Mulberrie trée Morsus Diaboli Diuels bit Morsus gallinae running Burwheate Morsus mulierum Germander Moron Morum a Mulbery tree Morus Morea the same Morus vaticana blackbery bush Moscus Muscus Muske Moschocaryon Moschocarydion a Nutmeg Mucago Mucilago and of the Apothecaries Muscilago it is a slime or iuice which is drawen either out of herbs rootes or seeds Mula herba Gazae Hemionium Harts toong Mulsum swéete wine Mulâ—neruia Plantago maior the great Plantaine Multinodia Polygonum Knotgrafie Multinodia minor the lesser Knotgrasse Mumia ArabuÌ„ Pissasphaltum factitiuÌ„ Mummy Mumia Graecorum Pissasphaltum the same Mumia sepulchrorum the same Muria salt water pickell or brine Muria Colymbadum Muria OliuaruÌ„ the liquor of Oliues Muria Lemoniorum the brine of the Limons Muria Oliuarum Oliue brine Muralium Helxine Pellitory of the wall Muscatellum vinum Muscadell Muscus arborum Mosse Mustum new wine or Must Mustum coctum sodden wine Myacantha a Palme tree Myacantha Aeginetae Asparagus myacanthinus Sparage Myces Fungus a Toadestoole or Mushrome Myosotis Eufrasia caerulea blew Eyebright Myrmex Formica an Ant Emmot or pismire Myrapia or Myrapidia Pyra muscatella a kinde of plesant and odoriferous Peares Myrica Tamarix a Tamariske trée Myricites Vinum Myricinum or Tamaricinum wine made of Tamariske Myrobalanus Bellerica a kinde of fruite growing in India Myrobalanus Cepula vel Chebula the same Myrobalanus citrinus officinarum Myrobalanus flaua  Myrobalanus Empelitica or Emblica  Myrobalanus inda Myrobalanus nigra  Myrobalanus Graecorum Myrobalanus vnguentaria a strange fruite called Ben. Looke for Ben or Behen in the second Index Myrrha a swéete gum called Myrre Myrrha Troglodytica a very excellent gum so called Myrrhus Cicutaria Kex Cax asse Parsly mock Cheruill Myrsine Myrthus or Myrtus the Mirtle trée Myrsine agria Ruscus Knéeholme Myrsionides Vnicordia Peruincle Myrtillus officinarum Bacca myrti the berries of the Mirtle trée Myrthacantha Ruscus Knéeholme Myrtus a Mirtle trée Myrtus aculeata myrtus acuminata a kinde of Mirtle Myrtus humilis the same Myrtus terrestris Ruscus Knéeholme Myxa or Myxaria a kinde of fruite so called N. NAocaphton Pauli Naocauton Narcaphton black or common Frankinsence Naphta Petroleum Bitumen liquidum and Bituminis Calamentum a kinde of maunde or chalkie clay Napellus Tota  Napellus Moysis Auicennae Napellus salutiferus Antithora it is a roote much like vnto Seduary but yet is not the right Seduary but an other vnknowne roote Napi Sinapi Mustard seede or the herb it selfe Napus siue Napum a Turnep Narce Gentiana Centaurium magnum Gentian Bitterwort Narcissus the white Daffodill Narcissus Autumnalis Flos Colchici a kinde of Daffodils Narcissus luteus a yellow Daffodill Narcissus Roseus Rhodionarcissus Herbariorum  Narcissus verus a Daffodill Narcissus officinarum Leucoium Theophrasti an Italian Daffodill Narcissus Virgilij Narcissus Theophrasti  Narcotica or Narcotica pharmaca medicamenta quae frigiditate torporem adferunt it is a certaine medicine which maketh people stupefactiue or some of their members vnsensible Nardinum Oyle of the Spikenard Nardus Nardus or Spica from India Nardus Indica Nardus Celtica Nardus Romana Nardus Gallica a kind of Spikenard Narcaphtum Thymiama a kind of Frankinsence Nascaphtum the same Nasturtium NasturtiuÌ„ hortense towne Cresse garden Cresses or Nosesmart Nasturtium aquaticum water Cresses Nasturtium album Raphanus marinus horse radish Nausea a disposition or will to vomit Nebula oculorum the dimnesse of the eyes Nectris or Netris Pollucis Oliua conditanea an Oliue Nephrytis Renum dolor a griefe or sicknesse in the raynes Nepeta or Nepita Calaminta Nep. Nepenthes Buglossion Buglosse Nenuphar or Nenuphar Arabum Nymphaea the flower deluce Neregil Nux Indica an Indian Nut. Nerantzia malus an Orange tree Neranzion or Neranzium malum the same Nerion Nerium Rhododendron Rose lawrell Bay Rose trée Oleander Neruorum resolutio or desolutio is a dissoluing or weakening of the sinewes called Paralysis Neruus a sinew Nessium Apuleij Centaurium magnum the great Centory Neurospaston Plinij Oxyacantha Dioscoridis the Barbery tree sharp or Tartbery tree the white Thorne trée Nigella Melanthium Coriander of Rome Narde Peperwort Nigella alba Melanthium album white Peperwort Nigella Romana Coriander of Rome Nigellastrum Corne rose Nihill album officinarum Pompholyx Tutty Nihili griseum officinarum Spodium Gracorum Tutia Arabum gray Tutty Nil album
esse nolo Pillulae Stomachicae pils for the stomack Pimpinella crispa Pimpinella petraea Pimpinella minor Burnet or Pimpinell Pimpinell the lesser Pimpinelâ—a Hircina a kind of Pimpinell Pimpinella Italorum Sanguisorba Pimpinell Pimpinella maior the great Pimpinell Pimpinella minor vide Pimpinella crispa Pinâ—ster Pinus syluestris the wilde Pine trée Pinestella Pinestellum dog Fennell Pinea officinâ—rum Nux l'inea the fruite of the Pine trée Pingue lactis Pinguedo lactis Creame Pinguitudo succidâ—rum Lanerum Oesypus the oyle that bréedeth in the flancke or neck of a sheepe Pinuâ— a Pineapple trée Pinus syluestris vide l'inaster Pinus pumila a kinde of Pine tree Pinula Trichomanes Maydenhaire Piper Pepper Piper album white Pepper Piper agreste Vitex Aâ—nus Castus  Piper â—quaticum Hydropiper water Pepper Arsenick Kilridge or Culcage Piper caninum the same Piper Eunuchorum Piper Monachorum Agnus castus vide Agnus castus Piper longum long Pepper Piper monachorum vide Piper Eunuchorum Piper montanum Lorrell Piper nigrum black Pepper Piperitis Lepidium Indish Pepper Alecoste Pira muscatellina muske Peares Piraster wilde Peare trée Pirola siue Pirula or Pirola prateÌ„sis wild Béetes Pissa bygra Pix liquida Tarre Pissasphalium Picibitumen Pitch and the lime called Bitumen mingled together Pissasphalium ArabuÌ„ Mumia officinaruÌ„ the same Pissasphaltum Graecorum Pissasphaltum natiuum the same Pistaceum siue Pistacium Pistachium a kinde of nuts commonly of the Apothecaries called Fistici Pistaceus a kind of nut trée Pistachium or Pistacium vide Pistaceum Pisum a Pease Phititis Papauer nigrum black Poppy Pituita Phlegma Fleame Pityides Pineae nuces the fruite or nuts of the Pine tree Pityusa Psula maior officinarum Esula Spurge Pix Pissa Pitch Pix arida Pix concreta Pix excocta hard or stone Pitch Pix Brutia Pix graeca a kind of Pitch Pix â—luida Pix Liquida Tarre Pix naualis Pix radulana ship or faylers pitch Plantago Plantaine or Waybread Plantago acuta siue Lanceolata sharp plantaine Plantago Aquatica Plantago Palustris water plantaine Plantago lata Apulei Plantago latifolia broade leafed plantaine Plantago lanceolata Plantago acuta prickle leafed plantaine Plantago latifolia minor Plantago trineruia PlaÌ„tago syluatica the lesser broad leafed plaÌ„taine Plantago maior the great plantaine Plantago media Herbariorum Plantago minor Dioscoridis Waybread or Ribgrasse Plantago minor Dioscoridis vide Plantago media Plantago acuta vide suprà Plantago rubea Plantago maior red plantaine Plantago trineruia vide Plantago latifolia minor Plantago rosea a kind of plantaine Planta leonis Alchimilla Ladies mantle PlantagoniuÌ„ FoliuÌ„ papaueris the leafe of poppy Plantanella Spondylium Beares foote Platanus a Plane trée with broad leaues groing in Italy whom some do take for Opulus Platyophihalmon Plinij Stimmi a kinde of purging glasse called Stibium Pleuritis the Plurisie Plectronia siue Pelethronia Apuleij Centaureum magnuÌ„ Centory the greater vide Rapontica Plectranthemum Consolida regia Larkespurre Pleuriticus one that hath the Pleurisie Plumbago Plinij Persicaria maculata a kinde of Arsmart Plumbum Leade Plumbum vstum burnt Leade Podagra the Gout Podagra lini Herbariorum Cassyta Bindewéede Podex an Arschole Polemonia siue Polemonium vide Diptamus Pollen Mealedust Polyanodynos Cicuta Hemlocke PolyanthenioÌ„ Plinij Ranunculus multiplex a kind of Butter flower Polycarpon Polygonum Knotgras Polycraton Hippocratis siue Polycriton Arsesmart Polygonoides peruinca Perwinckle Polygonatum Sigillum Salomonis Salomons seale Polygonatum angustifolium Polygonatum minus Herbariorum Salomons seale the lesser Polygonatum latifolium Polygonatum platyphyllon the great Salomons seale Polygonatum maius the same Polygonatum minus vide Polygonatum angustifolium Polygonatum platyphyllon vide Polygonatum latifolium Polygonum multinodia Knotgras Polygonum Heraclium Herbariorum Polygonum mas Knotgras the male Polygonum foemina Hippuris minor Knotgras the female or Horse tayle Polygonum masculum vide Polygonum Heracleum Polygonum minus vulgo ruella the lesser Knotgras Polyneuron broade Knotgras Polyominon Perdicum Parietaria  Polypodium Felicula Polypody Polypus a certaine impostume in the nose Polytrichon officinarum Trichomanes Mayden hayre Polytrichum Apuleij the same Polytrichum Dioscoridis Polytrichum verum a kind of Venus haire Polytrichum aureum Herbariorum the same Polytrichum verum vide Polytrichum Dioscor Pomada siue Pomata a swéete smelling salue made of Apples Pomata vnguentum Pomatum vide Pomada Pomelaea Herbariorum Lungwoort Pompholyx nigra gray Tutty Pompholyx Tutty Pomum Arangiae PomuÌ„ NerantziuÌ„ an Orenge Pomum Lemonium siue Limonium a Limon Pomum syluestre a Crab or wild Apple Poplitis vena the vaine of a mans ham behind the leg Populago Bechium Folefoote Alhofe or Horse-hoofe Populeum officinarum VnguentuÌ„ populeum Poplar salue Populus the Poplar trée Populus humilis siue Populus pumila a kind of Poplar Porcellana Herbariorum Andrachâ—e Purslaine Poros that matter which consolidateth the broken bones within Porrum a Leeke Porrum aricinum Porrum Capitatum headed Léekes Porrum sectile siue Porrum sectiuum Léekes Porrum Tarentinum Léekes Porrum syluestre siue Porrum vineale seu Ampelorasum wild Léekes Portentilla Herbariorum Argemone altera wilde Tansie or Siluer herbe Posca Oxycraton a kinde of small houshold wine mixed with water in the presse vide Oxycraton Praemorsa Herbariorum Morsus Diaboli Deuils bit Prasitis gemma a kinde of Saphyre Prassium Marrubium Horehound Priapeion Viola nigra a kind of Violets Priapicon Satyrium Erythronium a kind of Gandergras Priapismus satyrismus satyriasis satyriasmus a disease wherby the priuie member of a man standeth alway without appetite or lust of generation Priapus Cerui Pisle of a Hart. Primula veriflora Herbariorum siue Primula veris Primrose or Cowslips Probatium Plantago Plantaine Proetium Veratrum nigrum blacke Néesewoort Proserpinaca Knotgras Prosopium siue Prosopis the great Burre Protopium wine new pressed out of the Grape Protea Apuleij Nymphaea the white water Lilly Pruneola Prâ—na syluestria Sloes Prunella Herbariorum Selfeheale Prunidactyla Damaske Prunes Pruna Auenaria a kind of Sloes Pruna Asinaria or Pruna Asinina great Prunes Pruna Cerea siue Cerina a kind of Prune Pruna Cerina siue Cerea maiora great Italian Prunes Pruna Damascena Damaske Prunes Pruna Hiberica Pruna Hispanica Spanish Prunes Pruna hordearia white Prunes Pruna equina Horse plumbes Pruna Syriaca vel Pruna Syriacusana Damaske Prunes Pruna Nana haruest Prunes Pruna syluestria Sloes Prunum a Prune Prunum passum a dried Prune Prunus a Plum tree Prunus syluestris a Slow trée Prurigo Prurigus Itche Pseudoacorus Gladiolus luteus swéete Cane Pseudaristolochia Capnos Chelidonia Swallows herbe Pseud ligusticum Louage Pseudomelanthium Corne rose Pseudonardus Spica hortulana Lauendula Spike Pseudopastinaca a Parsnep Pseudomyrtus vitis Idaea  Pseudoparthenium Motherwoort Pseudorhaponticum Centaureum magnum great Centory Pseudosant lum false Saunders Psiadium Herbariorum Alchimilla Sinnau  Psittachium Nicandri Pistaceum a kind of nuts so called Psiloâ—â—rum Vitis alba Bryonie Psora
Mirobalans Chebuli Indi Emblici Bellirici Citrini of each two ounces red Corall red white Saunders yellow Rose séede Masticke of each one dragme blossomes and pils of Pomegranates Gals of each halfe an ounce Lentill meale as much as is needfull for to make a méetly soft plaister This plaister is of a maruellous operation if there be any vnnaturall heate with the laske His diet is to be all manner of sower and cold things wherewith he must also dresse his boyled and rosted meates He must temper his drinke with Rose water wherein Butchers broome séede hath bene steeped parched Rice decocted in Goates milke and parched Barley sodden in Almond milke are very requisite for him All that which is hot of nature and is laxatiue must he forbeare as also all that doth augment Choleram But if this scouring be caused through weakenesse of the retentiue power be it of the stomacke or of the bowels then are those parts to be comforted and that with odoriferous and binding medicines as followeth Take Cypers rootes Masticke Calmus Smallage and Comin which hath first bene stéeped in Vineger Gals Cypers nuts and the leaues Mirtle séed Raisins stones dried Pomegranate kernels Frankinsence and Masticke of each a like much make a powder thereof and giue it in the morning fasting to drinke one quarter of an ounce with good wine or steeled milke Outwardly annoint the stomacke and the whole belly with oyle of Masticke or Wormewood and weare vpon it a plaister of Masticke He is also to vse Marmalade But when this scowring causeth no gnawing or griping in the stomacke nor yet yéeldeth any corrupt matter from it but onely a tough slimy substance and when there is no great thirst with it but onely some belching then is it a certaine signe that this scowring is caused through Phlegma For this the patient is to vse al such things as extenuate and loose this slime as Mustard seed salt fish and such like Afterwards shall he force himselfe to vomite with salt Vineger sodden Hony or with some other thing which expelleth flegme And if that will not suffice then vse this following Take Aloes one ounce the inside of Coloquinte and Indie salt of each halfe an ounce Turbith one dragme make pils thereof and you are to take of these but one Pill at once For this disease are the purgations commodious which hereafter be described against the paine of the stomacke through Phlegma Some other do write a more proper cure to wit Take sirupe of Wormewood and Mints of each thrée ounces temper them and drinke thereof at each time two ounces with thrée ounces of the decoction wherein Pease Mints and Spike were boyled Afterwards purge with the pils called Stomachicae Also vse vomiting herewith as is before rehearsed for it is very commodious in this case if it weaken not too much For his meate he is to vse all dry things as rosted field foules and chiefly rosted Larkes Turtle doues and such like as do not sodainly passe away yet alwayes a little at once and no more than the stomacke is well able to beare This medicine following is not onely for Lienteria but also for the laske called Diarrhea very good it detaineth the meates receiued in the stomacke which also with the bowels it doth warme strengthen and dry Take Cypers nuts and the leaues dryed Mints Masticke Frankinsence with his rindes grosse Cinnamom Mace and Galingall of each thrée dragmes Cresses séedes Comin and prepared Coriander all togither a little parched of each halfe an ounce Laudanum red Styrax Ambra Citron pils of each one drag and a halfe Lignum Aloes and Spica of each one drag make thereof Trocisces of the weight of one dragme and a halfe and giue the patient thereof at euery time as well before dinner as before supper with some milke wherin pibble stones be slaked Also you may minister of this powder alone one drag or to make a confection of it with Sugar This patient is also to vse some sowre and salt things before and after meate as Capers and Oliues which be requisite also for this purpose For these cold phlegmatick scowrings be these simple warming and binding remedies very good parched Comin Ameos Annis Frankinsence Mirrhe Styrax Mastick Nutmegs Cypers nuts Laudanum parched Rubarb Wormewood Mints Lignum Aloes rootes of Cypers Bucks and Hares rennet Of cōfections and confected things may he vse confected Ginger Diagalanga Diatrion pipereon de Cymino Marmalad with Spices and sometimes Treacle and Mithridate Item there is also very profitable for this strong Wine as Muscadell Malmsey and such like and otherwhiles a good pull or hartie draught drunke thereof But for a common drinke he shall vse cleare white Wine which is méetely strong which can well heate and dry the stomacke Hereafter be many things described which may be vsed with aduantage for this scowring with this condition alwayes to discerne warmth and cold Of the Laske Diarrhaea §. 15. THis loosenesse of the belly is thus described Diarrhaea is a watrish laske with griping but without excoriation of the bowels and without heate caused diuersly whereby the body is consumed and diseased This scouring is caused of all humours of the body that is of Bloud Cholera Phlegma and of Melancholia and procéedeth not alwayes from some particular part of the body but rather from the whole body as through weakenesse of nature in such as let hands and feete fall through great weakenesse The learned do discouer sixe kinds of causes of this Diarrhaea whereof the first is caused of the Gall and the Liuer the second of the stomack onely but sometimes out of the Liuer also which two are the principallest members amongst which the other fowre be comprehended Thirdly this scouring is also very well caused through the obstruction of the small veines which are called Mesaraicae Fourthly of the Milt Fiftly this laske is also sometimes caused of the braines Sixtly through windines whereof we shall hereafter write more at large When as now this scowring is caused of the Liuer and Gall then is Cholera very abundant or if the same be but very little yet is the same so hote and so sharp that nature cannot abide her gnawing and heate but seeketh to expell the same by all meanes possible so that the perfect digestion might not thereby be weakened therefore you haue for this first infirmitie these signes following to wit when the meate digested passeth away with a subtle ill coloured and whitish watrishnes then it is a signe that the Liuer is feebled and ouercold For this there is to be giuen to the patient the confection of Iron drosse which is Scoria Ferri or some other things which warme the Liuer and strengthen it For which you shall finde here before sundry remedies where we haue spokē of Lienteriae which do warme and strengthen the inward parts in such like lasks which you may vse at this present each alone or mixed here follow the remedies which