Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)

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"A booke of medicens".

Written by several contemporary hands, with a few later 17th cent. additions.

On the verso of the second preliminary leaf is an inscription: "This Booke with the others of Medicins, preserues and Cookerye, My lady Catchmay lefte with me to be delivered to her Sonne Sir William Catchmay Earnestly desiringe and Chardginge him to lett every one of his Brothers and Sisters to haue true Coppyes of the sayd Bookes, or such parte thereof as any of them doth desire. In witness that this was her request, I haue herevnto sett my hand at the delivery of the sayd Bookes. Ed. Bett.".

"A booke of medicens".

Written by several contemporary hands, with a few later 17th cent. additions.

On the verso of the second preliminary leaf is an inscription: "This Booke with the others of Medicins, preserues and Cookerye, My lady Catchmay lefte with me to be delivered to her Sonne Sir William Catchmay Earnestly desiringe and Chardginge him to lett every one of his Brothers and Sisters to haue true Coppyes of the sayd Bookes, or such parte thereof as any of them doth desire. In witness that this was her request, I haue herevnto sett my hand at the delivery of the sayd Bookes. Ed. Bett.".



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This Booke with the other of medicine, preserves, and Cookerye, my lady Catchmay lefte with me. to be delivered to her Sonne Sr. William Catchmay Earnestly desiringe and chardginge him to lett every one of his Brothers and Sisters to have true coppyes of the sayd Bookes, or such parte therof as any of them doth desire, In witness that this was the request, I have hereunto sett my my hand at the delivery of the sayd Bookes.

EdBett:

[facing page] A book of medicine: Jesus: — A prayer to be sayd at all tymes to defend thee from thy enemyes: In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus Jesus, jesus, as my trobles doe come; lorde so lett them goe; the father with mee the sonne with mee, the holy ghoste with mee, three persones & one god, three in trinitye & one in [trintie], save, keape & defend me from all my Enemyes this daye & evermore: Christ is mersifull & I am sinfull I beseache thee sweete Jesus forgive me my sines, & grant me my bonne, that I may have the upper hand over all my enemyes this daye & evermore: the spiritt of god stand betweene & me & all my enemyes this daye & evermore: In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus: in the name of Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, in the name of the father of the sonne & of the holy ghoste: so be it Amen

The receipte of george kebells aquacomposita: .2 for a surfett, or in a Cake of mightie stronge & stale Ale three gallons, great extrematy of lycoras cleane scraped & brused half a pounde of dry seeds cleane dressed & brused one pounde: of fenell seeds of carroway seeds of saxifrage seeds of pioney seeds of wintersavory seeds of basill seeds of the seeds of amond of the seeds of amros {of eche of thos halfe one [vuce] smale cutt} of the seeds of selory mountanency two drames: of ginger of nuttmegges of gallingall of great gallingall } {of eche of thos one [vuce]: } of cloves of longe pepper of culeles of calomine aromaticur } {of eche of thos half an [vuce] smale brused.} of smamu brused of Jry rootes slyced of the rootes of Elyrampane dried & thrice slyced of th

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of egremoney

of plantayne

of camamell flowers

{of eche of thos an handfull:}

of the wood or f[]tt tamariscur:

of the rootes of salsaparilla brused

of the rootes of [?]

{of eche of them one vuce}

of the rootes of gentian stired two drames

of the

[?] oynement for the heate of the veynes or els wher in the bodye:

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