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A soveranie medicen to helpe the Collicke & Stone: Take the Rowes of Redd hearinges, or the leaves of holly, or hulver trees; the leaves beinge full of pricks, & make it onto a powder, & mixe w th the rowe beinge finely made into powder, then put to it grumell brome seeds w th lesse quantitye & then mingle all thes together, & drinke of it every eveninge & morninge.
An other for the Collicke: Take a redd onyon, Rost it, & then Splitt it, & lay it hott to the patient wher the payne liethe, proved,
A soverayne medicen for one that hath surfeted uppon aheate after a could: Take thre pintes of Conditt water, apenyworthe of frenche barlye, & let it seethe together till the barly be broken, then strayne it through a fayer clothe, & let it so stande untill it be cleane, then put the finest & clearest of it into a oann & sett it on the fier agayne, & take thre lemons, place them as yu doe apples, then quarter then, & strayne some of the Juce out of them for all is not needfull, then put to it an unce of surrop of violetts, & soothe it agayne untill it be apinte, or somewhat lesse, then let the patient use it luke warme: & it will helpe.
To staunche bleadinge at the nose veyne or wounde: Take fine Croppes of redd nettles, stampe them & ley them to his forehead uppon his head veyne & binde it faste w th abroad [lift] aboute the heade, that the veyne may not have his course, then lay under his tounge a pimpernell leafe & let him drinke smalledge.
An other for the same: Take alittle fine peece of linen clothe, & a Spider kill him not, but winde him in the peace of clothe & put it upp in the nostrells of the patient, & the bloud shall stopp, by gods grace. proved.
An other for the same: Take Cowe dounge, or oxe dounge, make it into powder & blowe it upp into the patients nostrells.
An other for the same: Take the croppes of redd nettells in sumer, & in winter the rootes of them w th salt, & awette a tente in it & put it in the nostrells or lay it to the wounde.
An other for the same: Take stronge vineger mixed w th clay dried, & make powder of it, it stoppeth the bleadinge of wounde or nose.
An other to stoppe bleadinge at nose, mouthe, woude, or bloudy fluxe. Take the Juce of redd nettells w th a little redd wyne & a little vitriall bernte or unbernte.
An other for the same. Tale alittle linte & make it rownde like a pease, dippe it in Juce, & put it onto the nose, & it will staniche straite wayes.
A pretious remedy for the same. Take the mosse of acrabbe tree, & let the patient smell to it as it cometh from the tree & it will stay it by & by, w th was proved by a younge man in oxforde that bledd three dayes & three nights when all the phisitions had forsaken him.
An other for the same. Take greene cepresse & bole armoniac about on quantity of finely powdred, rast it into the wounde & it shall helpe.
An other for a cutt, to staynche the bleedinge of it: Cutt Hope as smale as yor can, & put it to the wounde, & take a cobbewebb ther upon, (or alinen clothe cleane washed & dryed & burnte to powder layd to the wounde, it stayncheth bleadinge w thout double.
To staniche and to heale Take masticke & the heare of a hare mixed w th the white of a new layd egge, make a playster therof & lay it to the soare or wounde.
An other for the same Take the shavinges of parchement, & lay it to the wounde it stancheth & healethe.
To make a poultess for woudes & swellinges Take a good quantity of marche mallowes of of other if yor can not gett them, boyle them in cleane water then cutt them smsle, & take white dregges of good Ale as muche more, yor f mallows benige shredd, put it into yor dregges, & put in some deeres shuett or sheepes tallow moulted & crumes of bredd, that is broune, boyle all thes thinges together, till it be thicke, sturre it well avoyd for bourninge, lay it warme every dressinge uppon a wollen clothe thicke this poultes dissolveth hardenes & swellinge.
An other poultes to mollifie & dissolve Take the comes of white bread, seathe them in milke, put to it oyle of camamell, a little safron then take it from the fier, put to it the yelkes of two newe layde egges, & so make if it a playster, & so make if it a playster & lay it to the soare.
A salve to heale all woundes Take two sponefulls of oyle olyve of waxe asmuche as a walenutt of frankensence half so muche put all into asawser, sett it on the Imbers stirre it well, till the waxe & frankensence be moulten, keepe it to yor use & if the same be drye put to it more oyle, If it be moyste more francensence, w th this salve & [have] cured & healed many woundes.
To break a botche: Take a lylly roote, pill him & seethe him in milke, then frye him in bores greace, & make therof a salve.
A soverayne playster only to heale: Take frankensence, rosen, the yelke of an egge, of honey & sheepes tallowe or deeres shuett boyle thes together, & it is a complete, & so make it playster wise, & lay it to the soare.
A medicen for strengthninge of sinewe & suche like: Take waxe pitche, & sheepes tallowe & boyle them together, make a playster, & lay it to the soare or strayned sinewe.
The kinge of Englands playster: Take virgens waxe, Rosen, oyle olive, fower unces of turpentine washed, one unce of frankensence, of masticke half an unce melt & mingle thes together & make therof a playster.
A medicen for a swellinge Make aplayster of herbane w th sheepes dounge & alittle vineger, & it will abate all swellinge wher fever it be.
To make oyle of roses. Take a glasse washe him in fayer water, & fill yor glasse w thoyle olive half full, then take the budds of Redd roses cutt them smale & full upp yor glasse w th them & set it in the sonne.
To make oyle of Snayles: Take snayles w th houses, of camamell, dill, or sotherwoode, a quantitie of waxe, & a little butter, put all thes into an Earthen pott closed, & set it in an oven, w th a batche of breade, but first yor > must purge yor snayles w th salte, then take the oyle of them and anoynte the soare place.
To make oyle of mallowes for impostumes & Ripinges & to mitigate aches. Take of garden mallowes two handfulls, stampe them smale, put to them a quarte of oyle olyve, let it so stande nyne dayes, then boyle them till the oyle waxethe greeene then strayne it & keepe it in aboxe to serve yor use. this oyle keepethe open draweth & asswagethe paynes, of impostumes, & mollfiethe, layd hott wth moysted woulle, & for lacke of woulle, take afine linen clothe, & dippe it in the oyntmente, & lay it warme to the soares & binde it faste to. Also the sayd mallowes made in a playster, rypethe greatly, & mitigatethe the grief of impostumes, & specially in Rypinge of womens breasts.
To make the playster. Take two handfulls of greene mallowes, seath them in water, then wringe out the water cleane, & cutt them smale, then frye them in comen, oyle, butter or swines greace, put it an a fine linen clothe & lay it to the impostume. Also wormewood sodd w th mallowes mitigatethe & easeth the payne in womens breastes wonderfully, it comfortethe the place & causeth matter to wapper out by the poores, it helpeth greatly to all impostumes in the body & it is very good. Also marke well that an impostume ingendred shall not be suffered till he breake hy him self, but the surgion shall diligently handle it, & serch by the softenes wher he shall best launce it w th an instrument to lett out the corrupt matter.
Oyle of mallowes good for all manor of botches & impostumes. Seathe mallowe rootes & leakes in fayer water till they be almoste consumed, then take of the fatenes from the water, & put to it clarified honey butter unsalted, & waxe moulten together, & yor shall have agood oyntment for the diseases forenamed.
To consume dead fleshe. Take greene ceprasse burne it on a tyle over the coles till it be redd hott & use it.
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{26} "To make a seare clothe for all manor of aches: Take
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A playster called the grace of god; gratid dei: Take the kure of bittony, the kure of verbine, the kure of pmipernell of ... a pounde weight, also take inoadc flowers otherwise called ...ucought wax one pounde and a half of rowen each apound, ... ..., frankenfeurt ... powder of collophame each apounde, and of ...
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"A very good medicen for sore eyes that ronnethe' of the migroine: proved: Take [...]noeilo of [...]fy, wate it woll, then strain it in: put to the oyle of top of ginger, smith beaten in white sugar, then take flix in gripps is
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for the rume proved: Take the rootes of [colestrapper] wth a quicke blow it upp into yor nostrells & it will case the rume to come out of yor head.
A medicen for the collicke in the stomacke: Take aredd onyon & cut out the pithe, fill it full of butter, stopp it agayne wth the same that was cut off, rost it in the fier & binde it to the navell hott.
for the could dropsey: Take of the Juce of water cresses, of the Juce of wolworte, of the Juce of herehounde of each a pounde, seeth thes together, put honey to them & make a siroppe. proved. Use water cresses & parsely in yor porrage for the same dropsey.
An easye purgation for a man or childe. Take a quantity of stone of Alexandria, & anyseedes, seeth them together in white wyne, or posset ale, after put sugar candy therin & drinke it.
To make a water for corrupte sores full of noysome humors: Take a gallon of smithes water, & thre good handfulls of sage, seeth it from a gallon to a pottell, then take the herbes strayne them, & cast them away, then put into the licour thre peny worth of good white copresse, half a quartr of a pounde of rooche allam, & thre sponefulls of honey, let all thes seeth aprety while, scome of the fome if ther be any, put this water into glasses, & keepe it to washe sores twyce aday therwth
To heal a cutt: Take turpentine a penyworth, the yelke of an egge, & a quantity of oyle of roses or of oyle olyve, & so muche wheat flower as will make it thicke to be aplayster, temper thes well together, & lay a playster therof to the cutt, if the wounde growe to fast, heat a litle honey in a saucer, & spredd it over the playster, & it will mollifie & heale, by gods help.
for a tiffin: Take a pottell of water of fenell rootes, parsely rootes, & succory rootes scraped cleane, then washe them & take out the pithes of them, take the quantity of a handfull of them all, then take half a handfull of reysons of the sonne the stones taken out, six figges shred in the middes, of anyseeds & colliander seeds apeny worth of eche, & a handfull of frenche barlye washed & scalded well, apeny worth of licoras, & asmuche hole mace, seeth all thes from a pottell to a quarte, & so keepe it in a close pott, untill you neede drinke it.
To make oyle of mace: Take an unce of mace beaten fine, then put the powder therof into a saucer full of sallett oyle, sett it over the fier till it be warme, well stirred together, then take it of the fier & it is done.
A medicen for the yellow Jaundis. Take a handfull of redd nettells croppes, seethe them in a pynte of oyle, & drinke the same beinge strayned thre or fower dayes together, & by gods grace it helpeth.
A present remedy for the collicke Take pellitory of the wall & in winter some of the roots wthall, drie it on atyle by the fier, & beate it to powder & put it to ale luke warme & drinke it thre tymes a day: this is proved to helpe.
A suer helpe for a greene wounde Take millefoyle wch is much like yerrowe, bruse it well wth a cleane hand or a morter, & put that in the wound or cutt, & wthin five or six dressinges it will heale & close, & to drinke as much bugle stampte in a morter, & tempered wth wyne, & then give it to the sicke to drinke.
To asswage the swellinge of a legg after an ague. Take verbine, dill, night chard, & sage boyle them all together, & bathe the legg wth it & binde the herves hott to the legg all night, use it divers tymes & the swellinge will asswage, proved.
A water very comfortable for the eye sight. Take of rose leaves, of redd fenell or verbine, of rue, of sallendine, of eyebright, of eche a handfull, still them all together, & you shall have a good water for the eye sight. / proved.
To recover eye sight. Take smalledge, rue, fenell, verbine, egremony, bittany, scabeus, aveus, hounds tounge, eye bright, pimpernell, & sage, still all thes together, wth a little urine of a man child, & fine graynes, of frankensence, & droppe the water eche night into the eyes, & the sighte will resolve. proved by Robert Whateley.
To cleane a wounde. Take the white of two or thre new layd egges, beate all well together, & lay it on flaxe or [kowe] & so apply it to the sore.
