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

moulten, put ther to a ponde of [perxsen], & a ponde of masticke well made into powder & then sturre it well wth a slice that the powder got not to the bottome, & then put therto thre peny worthe of bacon, & as thou shalt take it from the fier, put therto half a ponde of Turpentine, sturr it well & take it of the fier, & drawe it all hott throughe a strayner into a cleane vessell, & when it is could, put away the [fleeke] above & beneath, & let the water rune from it, & keepe well this intrety for it is good especially for ons head that is evell broken, & it may be made w^th redd wyne.

A good oynetment to heale a soare: Take the Juce of Brome leaves w^th the flowers, stampe them, & mixe them together w^th may butter, then frye it together & after strayne it throughe a linen clothe into a cleane vessell then put it into the soare, or lay it about till it be whole.

To make a salve or treate for all manor of wondes, rankers, festers: Take larde of an ould swines grease, & sheepes tallowe & melt them together, then take frankensence, & a peece of Rosen, & waxe, & a good quantitie of goose greace, & put altogether in a panne & take the Rootes of holyhocks, & seath them well together & drawe it through a clothe, & so keepe it in boxes, & when need is, lay it on a clothe & put it into the wonde or soare, & change it twice a day, & it will help it by the grace of god.

Another salve for soares that be hott: Take smallage, plantayne, brooseworte, killworte, red pimpernell, all the cleare of the white of newe layd egges, mingle all thes together & lay it to the soare.

An other for all manor of akinges in bones, Joyntes or Sciatica: Take balme, sinckfoyle, most of all byttony, nep & fetherfew, stampe them & drinke the Juce w^th ould Ale or wyne: probated

A Salve to heale a mormall, for the scabbe or scalde head, palsey & leporous face Take brimstone, white olyboure, quicke silver, Comin, staver acre, of eche of thes one once, then take five onces of swines greace, that is ould, & picke of the felle therof, & mingle all thes together & make an oyntment therof, & lay it to the place that is soare, & anoynte the patient therw^th, & he shalbe whole, by gods helpe

for them that be scalded or burned: Take blacke soape after the Quantitie of the soare, & spredd it on a lynen clothe like a playster, & play it uppon the soare, & w^thin half a day it shall drawe out the heate of the fier, & then lay healinge salve to it & it shalbe whole. The oyle made of creame is good for suche an hurte or if a man have snowe water is wondrous good to washe the place so hurte w^th fier or scaldinge

A good medicen for a fever cake Take barly meale or els the flower of wheate, or any of them bothe, severall by them selves, of the same flower & take it in a cake, then take the Juce of houselicke & anoynte the belly w^th it, Also yo^u may take oyle of Exetus, or sallet oyle, & frye afewe otes w^th eyther of the oyles, & lay it to the patient as hott as he can suffer it, & it is aproved medicen.

for aswellinge in the bellye Take fenell Rootes, parsely Rootes, Elycampaine Rootes, Radish Rootes, hayre [woike], plantayne, neppe, mintes, sinkefoyle, savory, of eche half a handfull, & therto a litle sage, & wormewoode & flowers of violetts or els the flowers & leaves of Redd Roses, & an once of lycoras, & more of honey, & if the patient be stronge, whether it be man or woman, put the lesse lycoras & the lesse honey, for to make it sweete, & then seathe it in an earthen pott or panne, & so let it stand a day & a night, that done cleanse it all together througe a clothe, into an eathen panne, & so let it stand a day & a nighte, then cleanse it agayne throughe a clothe into an other Earthen panne, & so shall it be the fayrer to drinke, at morninge could, to beddward drinke therof hott, & the patient shall amend shortely by gods grace.

A good remedy for the lyver: Take plantayne Rubarbe, & stampe them, then take the whites of egges & lay it to the side thes thinges beinge well tempered together.

An other for the same Take Ivey & brune it in a cleane Earthen vessell, then take sweete barlye worte & therin of the burnte Ivey, as thou wouldst put it into Ale, & sp drinke of it nyne dayes & also drinke the Juce of lyverworte & thoou shalt be whole.

A good medicen for the harte: Take cloves, turmentill, valdemoyne, bays gallingall, parsely seeds, grayns of eche of thos an once, then beate all thes to powder, & se the powder of it in yo^r porrage, & fastinge yo^u drinke of it, & if the payne at the harte doe chauce of could, take a sponefull or two of doctor Reebens water, as it is a comfortable medicen, so Approved.

A playster for the stomake: Take half a pounde of fower bread that is well leavened, a pinte of vineger, half a quarter of a pounde of comin seeds, boyle them all together till they it be thicke, & therof make A playster, & lay it all hott to the stomake & binde it faste. probatu

for the Veynes of the backe Take thine owne water, boyle it well & scume it well, then take a quarter of an once of oyle debays, & one once of the oyle of Roses, boyle it from a bottell to a quarte or pinte, & anoynt therw^th the Veynes of the backe, & also abroade of the selene vaynes of the feete.

To make oyle of creame: Take a quarte or pinte of newe creame, boyle it in afayer vessell, & power it untill it become curdy & that it [rasb] & tourne it into oyle, then strayne it, & the oyle will come from the [courde].

A porrage for them that have the strangurye: Take violetts, tyme, parsely, mercury, water cresses, redd nettells cripped, & redd fenell, lesse of thes thre in quantity then of the other, & clivers sharde, put all thes herbes together & make porrage w^th them & w^th chicken capon or mutton, use this ofte & the patient shalbe mad whole.

A porrage for the stone & strangurye: Take borage, violetts, lellir, sinkefoyle, mouseare, alexander, londeveise, mercury leaves, thre leaves of Columbine, thre leaves of hartes tonge, & thre or fower croppes of mugworte, shred all thes together, & put them in yo^r pott, & thicke yo^r porage w^th yo^r herves & not w^th otemeale.

An other medicen for the stone: Take Ivy berryes stampe them well, & give the patient that to drinke w^th white wyne, & then lett the patient make water throught a clothe, & he shall see the Avoydinge of the stone & gravell

for the stone in the backe: Take a penyworth of Aquavitye or more, & a little quantity of oyle debayes, seathe them well together, & anoynte the backe therew^th, & gett if yo^u can oyle scorpion, for it is very good to anoynt the backe & privie member.

Another for the strangurye: Take Camamell, sage, byttony, saxifrage, washe them fayer & then drye them, & then bruse them, & temper them in white wyne, & lett it stande two howers, then strayne them throughe a cleane clothe, & lett the patient drinke of it.

for a mouthe that is soare that comethe of inwarde heate: Take Ribworte & seathe it in redd wyne & when it is sodden take of the wyne & hould it in yo^r mouthe oftentymes & it will helpe the patient by gods helpe.

To make a drawinge salve: Take half a pinte of sallett oyle & a quart once of virgens waxe, a pownde of Rosen, & apenyworth of verdigreace, mixe all thes together & it willbe a very good salve.

A medicen agaynst dronkenes: washe the pivie partes of a man w^th vineger, & of a woman her teates, or els take a cruste of breade steeped in water & take it, or drinke the Juce of byttony fastinge.

To make a seare clothe to drive away an ache: Take stone [pitoge] & disolve it in the Juce of [howselike], & then take it out, & boyle it in oyle olive, & put therto safron, & sturr it well, till it be thicke, & then make therof aseare clothe, & lay it whevr the payne or griefe is: or els yo^u may take a salve, called hopty cropp & spread it uppon a peace of white lether, or sutche like & make holes in the lether, & so lay it wher the patient is payned & it will helpe. Probatu:

A drinke for a woman that have soare pappes: Take byttony, verbine, egremony, avense, & madder asmuche as fower herbes, beate & cutt them & boyle them well together in good stale Ale, & give the patient to drinke therof, first & last at night to bedward, & it will help by gods grace.

A medicen for the blacke Jaundies: Take the berryes of Ivy that groweth uppon a tree, & th whole leaves of grounde Ivye, & mugworte winde them in a wollen clothe, & put it into an oven strayght after the breade is drawen out, & when it is dry make powder therof, & take safron & the powder of gallingall, & use all thes in thy porrage, & eate therof & this shall make thee whole.

To kill a fellone: Take the yolke of a henns egge rosted harde, then take an oyneon & roste it softe, & grinde the yelke & the oynion together, lay it to the soare, & it will kell ye fellone.

To make a salve to heale the fellone: Take the sutte of a house that is in the windowe beames, breake it to powder, then take the yolke of an egge & bay salte, & bray them all together, then lay it on a cleane clothe, & that uppon the soare, & this will heale the soare of warrantise.

An other for a soare brest: Take wormewood, mallows, turne cresses, & wheate branne, stampe them all together & temper all w^th wyne, & sett all uppon the fier, & boyle them, & make therof a playster, & lay it to the soare breaste.

For a woman that travayleth w^th child: And if she be w^th a dead child give her to drinke the milke of an other woman & she shalbe delived by gods grace & helpe:

A medicen & the vertue of Rosemarye: Rosemary is a herbe whett & drye in the foweth degree, if the flowers be medled w^th clarified honey & eaten fastinge it will suffer no fellon nor pestilent soares to bread in a mans bodye.

A medicen for collica passio & strangurye: Rosemary flowers sodden in wyne to the half or thirde parte, cleanse it & drinke always could two or thre sponefull at once mixed w^th a little suger or clarified honey, & if the patient take a sleepe or a restinge tyme of quiett it will deliver him from collica passio mightifully, w^thin one hower or two also the same wayes it delivereth the strangury that is because the water in the badder cannot aboyde , if the sodden water be layd to the place agreeved as hott as it may be suffered. Also the same wise it helpeth the Collica passio & stranury when they come together, & if yo^u have not the flowers of Rosemary the leaves be of the same vertue, also the flowers & leaves are good to be put in baked meats or boyld meates, or Rosted, for it comforteth & destroyeth the wicked bloude or evill humors.

The operation of Rosemarye: If yo^u have any could in yo^r head, take Rosemary leaves & stalkes, burne them in a chaffinge dishe & so take the smoake into yo^r nostrells every mornine & Eveninge, & yo^u shall have helpe, by gods grace. Also take Rosemary when it is lefte in flowers & leaves, & put them into a vessell of Rosewater, that is may be distilled, & gather asmuch as yo^u may, & use it in yo^r meate & drinke w^th cloves & sinamon whilst that yo^u doe love, or eate it w^th a Rosted henne, or w^th cowe milke Eveninge & morninge, & washe thy face & thy body, for it reneweth youth of the minde, & prolongeth thy lyf &c. no man can tell the vertue of this water, is nor the price it is so excellent.

To make a man avoyde pisse well: Take a pinte of clarett wyne, & two nutmegges, seathe them together & alittle sugar put therto, & drinke it warme.

A newe medicen against the pestilence: Take nyne sponefull of Runinge water agaynste the streame, fower sponefulls of redd vineger, two sponefull of treacle of Jane, seathe all thes together & scume it cleane, if the sicke be aged, let him drinke bloud warme, & a child as hott as he may suffer it, & let him abstayne longe after.

A Soverayne water agaynst the pestilence Take turmentill, scabious, byttany, pimpernell dragons of [enly] one alike quantity, still it in an stillatory, & keepe it in a glasse, for it is good agayst apestilence & against poyson, and as phisitions say it us marvayle that any man should be infected that drinketh of this water.

To make a man laxative or to vomite Take bay leaves & make powder therof, & put therto a sponefull of honey, & mingle it together & eate therof.

An other for the same Take a sponefull of sallett oyle & heate a little fayer water bloude warme, & then mixe the oyle & water together & give it him to drinke.

for the Emerods a remedye Take [wells] cresses, stewe them in a pott w^thout water, & make a playster of it & lay it to the Emerods & he shalbe safe.

An other for the same: Take a thicke bricke, & make it redd hott, & then lay it to the close stoole & poore theron some good malmesey, & the patient muste sitt over it, that the smoake & fume may by his sittinge over the bricke, drive away the Emerod.

for the migrane & [migostumer] of the head: Take fower peny weight of the Rootes of pellitory of Spayne, & a half peny weight of spiknarde, grinde them together & boyle them in vineger, & take a sauserfull of mustard & when the lycour is well boyled, put then therto honey & the mustarde, mingle them all together, & let the sicke use therof half a sponefull at one tyme, & hould it in his mouth as longe as ever may say twice his creede, then spitt it out into a vessell, & then he shall see the foule corruption come out, & then after take an other sponefull, & lett him doe this ten or twelve tymes & a good while after he hath taken his diner, & a little before he shall goe to bedd, this medicen thre dayes & he shallbe whole by gods helpe.

for one that hathe dronke venome: Take byttony & dry it & make powder therof, & when ther is neede take therof asmuch as may be held betwene ons fingers at twice, put it into a cuppe of wyne, boyle it & drinke it fastinge & it will helpe by gods grace.

To avoyde vermine Take the Juce of horehoude, & drinke it w^th ould wyne, & that will raste out the vemine or poyson & heale the longes.

A good [qualitie?] drinke for a man or woman that is in a greate droughte or thirste: Take a quantitie of good clarett wyne, & a little Rosewater, the Juce of aleman & of an orange, streyne the Juces into y^e wyne & Rosewater w^th a quantitie of sugar, & then sturr it well together & so it will helpe the patient very well.

A salve for the pyles: Take longeworte & bruse it in yo^r hands, put therto a litle may butter & lay it to the patient wher the griefe is w^th a peece of Redd clothe, & a leafe of longeworte.

A surrope to make an laxative: Take fenell rootes, parsely rootes, succory rootes of every of thes, two rootes, the pithe taken out, then take pimpernell, unsett tyme, unsett Hope, horehounde violett leaves, mayden heare, of every thes herbes half a handfull, two onces of seene alexandrini, two onces of polupody of the oke, two onces of Aniseeds, seathe them all together in a quarte of white wyne & a pottell of fayer water, till more then halfe be sodden awaye, then strayne them & put it into an Earthen pott, & put to it one handfull of Damask prunes, & so muche sugar till it seeme to yo^u a Surrope, then keepe it in a glasse or fayer pott & when yo^u wilbe laxative take of five or six sponefulls fastinge, & two howers after the receipt therof, it shall pleasure the patient greatly, by gods helpe.

To put away a hott burninge ague: Take succory leaves & rootes, parsely rootes, endive leaves, violett leaves, sorrell leaves, seathe all thes together in a pottell of Runinge water, & when it is well sodden strayne the water, & the herbes then put to it a good peece of suger that it may be pleasant to drinke & two sponefulls of vineger, that it may be somewhat sharpe, yo^u may put [buglar] to the sayd herbes, this was doctor Vender consell.

for a woman that hathe lost her termes: Take a peny pott of good sacke, & a good quantitye of treacle of Jane, warme them together blude warme, & give it to the patient & it is a very good remedy by Gods helpe.

An other for the same. Take a penyworth of white wyne, & a nutmegge dried on the harthe by the heate of the fier, beate it into powder & give it the patient to drinke to bedward, or in the morninge.

A good medicen to stoppe them Take a penyworth of muskainie & put therto a good deose of fine ginger & drinke it in the morninge or Eveninge, & it is a present remedy by the grace of god.

A remedye for the trampe Take the suet that is aboute the Eares of swine, & mallowes, & seethe them together, & anoynte the patient therw^th by the fier & it will helpe.

To take awaye the Scrufe of Itche; Take salett oyle, & virgens waxe, seathe them together & anoynte the patient therw^th & he shall finde remedy

An other for the same: Take a litle brimstone, & fresh greace, & a quantity of treacle of Jane, melt all thes together anoynte the patient to bedward therw^th washe him w^th hott water, & make the places cleane in the morninge when he riseth & serve him thus twice or thrice, & he shall finde greate ease.

To make upp salve for soare hippes Take virgens waxe & good Rosewater, mixte them well together on the fier & anoynte herew^th the hippes & they shalbe made whole

A medicen to put awaye a fever, axis or ague: Tale the white of two newe layde egges, beate them till they come to agreate frothe, then let it stand awhile then take from it the oyle & put to it a sponefull or two of aquavity, mixe it well together, & give it to the patient to drinke alittle before the fitt doth come.

A good medicen for the liver or stomacke Gather Egremony, in the monthe of maye, drie it in the sonne & so may yo^u keepe it all the yeare, & it must be used after this sorte, seathe it w^th a goof peece of mutton or veale, & to this Egremony put thes herbes into the brothe, borage, Isope, unsett tyme, sorrell, but yo^u may not put to it any otemeale or salte, but when it is sodden throughly, yo^u muste drinke the brothe. If use it not but twice a weeke, & not alwayes abstayne thre howers after.

An other soverayne medicen for the lyver: Take in the morninge a little ruberbe slyced in little peeces, & put it into a spone, & put Ale or beare to it, drink it next yo^r harte fastinge, If yo^u will yo^u may drinke alittle more to drive it downe; this Ruberbe will tarry uppon yo^r liver two dayes ere it be consumed, & make yo^r urine yellowe for that tyme, for Ruberbe is the life of the liver but yo^u may not use it but seldome, for it will take away collour, & often usinge of it will rast yo^u into a mellancholy vayne w^ch is dangerous:

A good medicen for a sciatica: Gather in the begininge of June as muche [dauine] woode as yo^u can hould betweene yo^r hands, shred it grocely bothe the leaves & the stalkes, boyle it in an Earthen pott w^th a ponde & a half of freshe butter, rather maye butter If yo^u have it, & when it is sodden to one half, strayne it through a clothe into an Earthon pott, when yo^u will keepe it & when it is could it wille asalve.

The manor the to dresse the patient: Take the quantity of an apple, & warme it in a pewter dishe over achaffinge dishe of coales, & when it is moulton put therto a sponefull of aquavitye, & beinge very warme let him that shall dresse the patient stande before a good fier & let him lay his hand flatt into the salve, and anoynt him from the toppe of the huckell bone, downe to the heele, & stroke it downe w^th his hande, & ever as it driethe in take more for the space of aquarter of an hower & then lay it warme w^th asheete warmed, & bay the patient in his bedd till he be drye, & this doinge bothe morninge & Evenine for the space of sixe dayes: god willing he shall find ease.

A good helpe for one that cannott retayne his water in his sleepe: Take a peece of the uttermost parte of the thinge the calfe lieth in his [dames] belly when she is killed, dry it in an oven, & then make it into powder, & give it to the patient to drinke, & it is a present remedy by gods helpe

A soverayne medicen for one that cannot sleepe Take oyle of Roses, & put therto alittle vineger, beate them well together, & lay it on aclothe, & binde it the patients forehead & it is apresent helpe, by gods grace. Likewise yo^u may use wood byttany leaves warmed, & binde it to yo^r forehead & temples & it dooth provoke sleepe.

A medicen for the yellowe Jaunders: Take a quantity of Athanasia it is like to [metridate] it must be eaten in the morninge fastinge, w^th thrice eatinge of it it will make him whole, for it is a souverayne medicen proved. Also take agallon oft new ale & turne it into a pott, puttinge therto a great docke roote or two, & when it hathe rested two or thre dayes, lett the patient drinke therof, & use no other drinke, & it will be a very good helpe for the Jaunders by gods grace

A medicen for the bloudy fluxe: Take a good lapp full of knotts grasse, seeth it w^th the blacke smythes water of the could troffe wherin he cooleth his hotte Irons, & when this is well sodden together, put it into afayer boule, & sett it in a close stoole, so that the hott ayer or fume of this sayd stuffe may append upp into the body of the patient, & lett the patient use the benefitte therof, so longe as he feelethe any heate to append into his body, & let the patiend doe this fower or five dayes together, & he shalbe whole, by gods grace.

A very good medicen for eyes that be trobled w^th a [prine] & [webbe] or w^th any other [dymars]. Take the oyle of a newe layd egge or two beate & clapp it well till it come to afrothe, then let it stande so a little while, & let the oyle Rune into a saucer, & put the Juce of daysies, w^th the blossomes, leaves & rootes, beinge stamped & strayned into the oyle of the egges, put alittle clarified honey to it & mixt all thes together well, & let the patient take every eveninge & morninge into his eye that is greaved adroppe put in w^th a fether, let this be used so longe as he hathe payne.

An other for soare Eyes Take alittle Rosewater & womans milke, mixe them together & the patient may use of it eveninge & morninge a droppe putt in w^th a fether, if the patient be a man he must have the milke of a woman childe, if a woman she must have the milke of a man child, put to this the oyle of an egge as is aforesayd in the first of thes two.

An ingredience to make rosa solis: Take a pottell of Rose solis, otherwise called Roses of Sonne, w^ch must be gathered in the monthe of June & it groweth in moorish groundes, picke the mosse well from them, & beinge made cleane, put to the Rosels a pottell of good aquacomposita w^th a pounde of good singer well beaten, & an once of perle, one pounde of dates beaten, one peny worthe of graynes well beaten, this beinge done put all the sayd parcells together in a great bellied glasse, cover it very close that no ayer come out of it & sett it in the sonne the space of a monthe, then strayne it through a clothe, & so lett it stand till need shall requier it & rememb^r that yo^u give not at once tyme two sponefulls to the patient. Also in tyme of necessitie yo^u may minister it to younge children, if the stomake be weake the lesse, or the stomake over charged w^th fleame or any suche like having that regard not to give it to a younge childe in like quantity as to an ould bodye.

An other ingredience for rosa solis: Take a pewter pott of a pottell & fill the same w^th Rosasolis & after fill the pott w^th good aquavity, & put to it one once of dates cutt into smale peeces, an once of nutmegge half an once of good ginger, one penyworthe of lycoras, & a pounde & half of fine suger well beaten, keepe all thes close in a glasse together for the space of xvii or xviii dayes together, then strayne them, & put in smale perles, & white redd amber & corall beaten all very smale & grinded very well & fine w^th a quantity of the lycoras, then put them all together in a great glasse, then take on or two hundred rose leaves, & put to it yo^u may chose whethou yo^u will make w^th stones or gould, this medicen is most stronge & comfortable, for one that is weake of nature therfore one sponefull or two is inough in a weeke.

To make sinamon water Take a pounde of the best sinamon, bruse it w^th a pestell in a morter not to smale & put it in a glasse, then take a pinte of good white wyne, & half a pinte of good Rosewater, & let them stande thre or fower dayes, & shake them together once or twice a day, & stoppe the mouthe of the glasse, & still it in a glasse, & give two or thre sponefulls of it at morninge. probat.

A soverayne medicen against all swellinge in the throate cominge of could & flegmaticke humors, & for the fallinge of the ufula: Take a pinte of good redd wyne, seeth it till a quarter be consumed away, the scume it, & put to it a peece of Allam asmuche as a walenutt, & almost asmuche English honey as a sponefull, then lett them boyle & take it & use it in gargarisine & it will helpe.

An other for the same: Take millke & sinkefoyle, & boyle them together, & washe yo^r throate & mouth therto, & lay a warme clothe in the nape of yo^r necke.

An other for the ufula w^ch cometh of coulde & droppinge of the Rume: Take grosse pepper & bay salte, & put it upp w^th yo^r thombe, but if it swolne w^thin yo^r throate it is moste like to be a quensey, & for that yo^u must take a younge swallowe & burne him to powder fethers & all & mingle the powder w^th honey & so make little balles of it & anoynte the throate therw^th

A medicen to coole a man that is thirstie or drye Take of millen seeds twentie, blaunche them, then take an orange or two sliced, then take camimell, sorrell, violetts, rosemary, proportioned, a handfull of all thes in thre pintes of Ale, strayne them & boyle agayne the lycour w^th suger ginger & saunders, wherof lett the patient drinke so ofte as he [sliste], & keepe him warme & his body soluble.

the suroppe of quinces & peaches are great coolers but bware of to muche coolinge.

for a canker on a womans breaste Take the dunge of awhite goose, & the Juce of sellendine, & bray them well in a morter together, & lay therof to the soare pappe, & that will flea the canker, & heale it.

A medicen agaynst the pestilence Whosoever will eate every day five or six leaves in his porrage, or els sodden w^th beofe or any other fleshe, or els take the leaves of sorrell, & put to them Aniseeds, & let them rest therin all nighte, & on the morrouge take five or six leaves w^th afastinge stomacke, & eate therof, & if a man be not infected before, take it for a suerty by the grace of god he shall not be infected w^th the pestilence, & this hath bine oftentymes proved by great men, for the expert ministers of phisecke, Albert & Jacob debonania sayth, that it is seldome seene a man to be infected, that taketh this water, or the herbe at night & first in the morninge.

for a perilous coughe: Take sage, Rewe, comin, & powder of pepper, seethe them together in honey, & make alectuary, & use therof a sponefull at Eveninge & morninge.

A pretious medicen for the Coughe. Take a handfull of Rue, a handfull of sotherwoode & rosemary, a quarterne of clarified honey, & a quarte of wyne, seeth them all together, then poore out the licour, & stampe the herbes, & put in the licour agayne, boyle it in alittle panne, then strayne it & put the licour into aglasse, & use it at Eveninge hotte, & at morninge could: probated.

To put awaye wartes: Take Egremony, stampe it & lay it on the wartes, & they shalbe whole.

A present remedye for the stone in the backe or bladder. Take saxifrage, philippendula, penyriall, & parsely seedes, stampe them together, & strayne them into a linen clothe, then drinke it w^th Racked [renish] wyne: & it shall helpe / proved.

A good remedy for the crampe Take out the front of a snayle, that lyethe in the necke of the snayle that creepeth w^th the howse, & let the patient beare it about him, & he shall not be trobled therw^th by gods grace.

A good medicen for one that is greaved in his belly w^th muche winde or collicke Take the woole that is betwixt the sheepes legges a handfull that is full of sweate, tose it and sowe it uppon a linen clothe, & take oyle of Rue & make the same moyste w^th it, & warme it by the fier as hott as yo^u may endure it, then lay it to his bare belly, & keepe it soe that it fall not from the patient, & it will helpe by gods grace.

A preparative to stoppe a Rume. Take Eveninge & morninge alittle croppe of Rosemary, burne it uppon a fewe coles in a fier panne, & let the patient hould his mouth over the smoake, & it is a good helpe.

for wormes in womens pappes: Take white wyne, herbe John, & barlye branne, & place them together, & lay them to the sore.

for to asswage the swellinge of the pappes. Take blacke minte, stampe & strayne it w^th swines greace, & lay it to the sore pappe & it will put away the payne.

To make balme water to expell the disease of the mother. Take agallon of stronge Ale, a pownde of balme, half a pounde of lycoras, half a pounde of Anyseeds, steepe them ten or twelve howers, & then still it in a lymbecke, it is a very good drinke agaynst mallencholye.

A drinke to put away a quartan ague Take the Inner barke of Elder scraped from the sticke, put it into stronge Ale, & then seethe them together, & let the patient drinke it somewhat warme, but he may not lye down, nor sitt, but stand to walke, & so hould him self up by all means he can.

To make a woman have plenty of milke Take the leaves of fenell, & make a decoction of it in wyne, or water, & so let the woman drinke of it.

To make a poultesse Take Rose leaves, & vineger, & sallitt oyle, & seethe them together, & lay it to the hard soare, & it will help by the grace of god.

The Vertues of the herbe germander: This herbe germander sodden in wyne or water, & so drinke have all thes good certues, it helpeth convultious, coughes, hardenes of the spleene, stoppinge of the urine, dropsies, forceth the termes to passe, & in the tyme of perill the midwife may give it to the woman whose childe is dead drinke w^th vineger, it dothe rebuke the swellinge of the liver, & prevayleth agaynst poyson, & drinke w^th good wyne & swallowe pilles of the herbe w^th honey it purgeth soares & ulcers, the leaves stamped w^th oyle will heale woundes, & the seeds draweth forthe yallow culloe beinge drunke, & be good for the eyes.

A medicen for the Collicke: Take apinte of good white wyne & put therto parsely seeds, seeth them well together uppon a softe fier & give it warme to the patient to drinke, & it will presently provoke urine, & drive away the collicke. proved.

A soverayne medicen to kill wormes in the bellys of younge children: Take [saven], herves grace, wormewood, [unsettlekes], w^th the roots of every of them alike quantitye. then take the fowerth parte of an oxe gaule, frye them together w^th alittle may butter, & then put it into a doble clothe & lay it to the patients navell as hott as may be suffered. proved.

A good helpe agaynste a tertian fever: Take two sponefulles of redd rosewater, could & give it the patient somewhat before the could fitt cometh, & it will helpe the could, & make it avoyd the sooner, & cause the hott fitt to be shorter & gentler, & in suche tyme of fevers lett the patient use could herbes, in his porrage, or possett Ale; & it is a present remedy by gods helpe.

A very good medicen to be given to youthe in the springe tyme & fall of the leafe. Take fastinge thre sponefulls of good sacke, mixt w^th treacle of Jane the quantety of a good finale wallnut, make it blude warme, & give it to the patient & so lett him abstayne two howers & [noe] & it is a preservative from all agues by the grace of god

To help atertian or quartayne ague Drinke the Juce of Ivye often tymes in wyne, & it will helpe the terrore of atertian, & horrour of a quartayne beinge dronke before the fitt dothe come

A medicen for the mother. Take saven & burne it like a perfume, when the patient is in a sounde, & lett them receive the smoake therof at their nostrells, & it will helpe

A pretious water for the Collicke & stone. Take garden tyme, Avens, saxifrage, samper, prospeare, beane rodds, campsons, & grumell leaves, but not the seedes, still a quantity of every of thes severall by them selves, then take so much good malmesey as ther is of the other water that be stilled, put all them together, & then still it out of a lymbecke, & give to the patient of it thre sponefulls eveninge & morninge, w^th a little white wyne or Ale, use this thre dayes together, & after use it once in a weeke or in ten dayes, & so it shall helpe the patient by the grace of god. Remembe to let it stand in the sonne.

A good medicen for one that is in a consuption: Take a suckinge pigge of seven dayes oulde dresse him & scalde him so that ther cometh no water in the belly, then cutt his skinne full of holes, cut of the head & quarter it, & put the head & fitt & quarters into a pottle pott or more, then put to it a pottle of stronge malmesey, or good muskadine of Jene, then put to yo^r infuse, sage, Rosemary, tyme, horehonde, neppe, camamell, Rue, Isope, & organd of eche of thes a handfull then stopp yo^r pott w^th Rye dowe, that no kinde of water, nor ayer doe enter in nor out, then take a brasse pott fill it w^th water, & put the earthen pott w^th the infuse into it, make a good fier under it by the space of eyght howers, then take out yo^r pott w^th the Infuse & put it into a stone moeter, & stamp the sayd ingredience smale, & still it in a stillatory or lymbecke, & so give to the patient a sponefull or twayne at morninge firste & last to bedward, & it shall restore the patient to health w^thin ten dayes by gods grace

for a pearle in the eyes, prince or webb Take a little honey clarified as it comethe from the bee hives, & so droppe it into yo^r eye, eveninge & morninge, & it will helpe: Mrs Cliffe /

A proved medicen to put awaye a greate coughe: Take half an unce of Elycampane roots finely beaten into powder, then take two unces of lycoras well scraped & beaten into powder, & fower unces of fine sugar, mixe all thes together, yo^u muste searre yo^r sayd two powders the Elycampane roots, & yo^r lycoras, before yo^u put it to yo^r suger w^th muste be finely beaten, & then yo^u shall have fine drege of it; eate therof to bedwarde & the morninge & it will helpe. provated.