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

for a fistula: Take verdigreace, Russett pepper, blacke sopes & woodbine leaves, seathe all well together, & washe the sorare w^th all, well the tente therin that must be put into it.

for the bloudy fluxe: Seathe milke & put to it roche allam & ther will rise acurde, drinke the whey that comethe of it, & if thy stomacke will serve, eate the courd, for it is good for the bloudy fluxe.

for a bourninge fistula: Mixte Rye meale w^th honey very thicke, & harde, make tents therof, put them in, & drawe them out, when they be softened.

for the hott goute: Take the marrowe od ahorse legge, mingled w^th flower of otes, over the fier, lay it upon woulle of anewe shortie blacke sheepe to the goute.

for the blacke Jaunders: Take Angle wormes washe them & scoure them in salt, then slitt them alonge, & washe the bellies & salt from them, then strayne them w^th malmesey or good Ale, & drinke it.

for eyes that are bloudshed or have pushes or mesells: make alofe of fine levend breade lay it in wyne till it be softe, then put it into aclothe, & to bedward lay it to the eyes, & it will drawe out the rednes.

An other for the blacke yellow Jaundres Take greate wormes, slytt & washe them, then drye them in an oven, or uppon ahott tylestone, beate them to powder & take it in brothe or drinke, it is speciall good for the yellow Jaunders.

for an eye that hathe bine hurte so that the ball was redy to come out, & is much swollen therw^th: Take a rotten apple, cut of the same from the core, beate the white of an egge well, & dropp the Juce of the aple therin binde it w^th a clothe to the eye twice aday till it be whole. Also the galle of ahare, & clarified honey well mingled together, is speciall good for the webbe, it muste be layd on w^th afether.

for a pushe and fellon: Take wormewood & plantayne of like quantity, strayne them w^th swines greace, till it be afine salve, lay aplayster therof morninge & eveninge to the pushe or fellon, & it will drawe out & heale. Also take the tilte of a kilderken of beere, ahandfull of grounsell, & a good peece of the sowrest leven, boyle them till they be thicke, like asalve, then spread it on aclothe, & as hott as may be suffered lay it to the fellon, & w^thin twice dressinge yo^u shall finde ease, it will bothe breake & heale.

When a fellon is broken: make aplayster of frenche honey, the white of an egge, & wheate meale, heat it, & this is agood playster for other sores.

To purge the stomake: Take harehownd, & scabience, of eche ahandfull, streyne it w^th ale & drinke it.

To knowe whether the goute be hott or could Take rye meale tempared w^th vineger, make aplayster therw^th, & lay it to the gouty place, if it anoyeth it is a could goute, if it easeth it is a hott goute.

for the head ache. Take primerose leaves, washe them & bruse them, & lay them betweene two hott tylestones, & when the herbe is throughly hott lay it to the nape of the necke as hott as may be endured. the Juce of Ivy & powder of pepper beinge dronke, purgeth well the heade. powder of pepper boyled in white wyne, & taken hott into the mouthe, & ther held a good while easeth well the head. Sothernwood boyled in vineger is also good so used. the Juce of redd mintes put into the eares [warine] doth put away deaffenes.

for soundinge or tinglinge in the eare. Take the Juce of howslike & womans milke of a man child heat in an egge shell & put it hott into the eare.

To knowe whether the morphew be curable or no: picke it but the thicknes of the skine, if it bleede it is curable.

Oyle of sage: Take Sage & parsely, boyle them in oyle alyve till it be thicke, & greene, it is good for payne in the Joyntes.

for frensey like head ache. Take cowslopp flower & water, drinke it morninge & eveninge & use it in wyne ale or beere.

for the same or any head ache. Take bittony camamell, & alittle rosemary, bruse them alittle, then lay them betweene two hott tyle stones, sprinkell them w^th alittle vineger & lay it hott to the nape of the necke.

A medicen for a bruse proved: Take comfrey roots & herbe daysy roots, boyle it well in malmesey from aquarte to apinte, & drink a good drafte fastinge, & last to bedd fower dayes together. Use it not to much.

An other for a bruse: Take pitche & grate it & give it to the sicke to drinke eveninge & morninge, w^th sacke malmeset, ale, or beere till he be whole.

for a teter or risinge in the face Take peache leaves, stampe & strayne them, & w^th the Juce anoynt the tetter, for it will heale it.

for heate of the backe proved: Take of water lillis the leaves sowe five or six of them together on uppon the other, then pricke them w^th aknife, & lay it to the backe, that is full of heate, & use it a week together, havinge fresh leaves morninge & eveninge, it will bothe take away the heate & ache: Mr Shaley:

A medicen to bringe sleepe, Doct^r Craver: Take twentye or thirtie Almons or more, beate them w^th a sponefull of poppey seede that is white, then take two handfulls of white poppey leaves, & asmuche of lettis leaves, seath them together from aquarte to apinte & w^th that watter, streyne the almon milke to drinke & let them that cannot sleepe drinke it last to bedd / proved.

A medicen of [locte caraver] for the head ache Take a newe layd egge rosted hard, cutt it in sonder, & take comin & bruse it, lay the comyn on bothe sides of the egge, & lay it as hott as yo^u can suffer to the nape of yo^r necke, & for lacke of comyn take sage & drye it before the fier & lay it on the egge likewyse.

An other for the head ache: Take alloes & lay it betweene two tyles hott & so take it & lay it hott to the forehead, & to the temples & about the head, Aso puer rose water alone is good, to take aclothe & wett it in, & lay it over yo^r forehead & ever as the clothe driethe wett it in rosewater agayne:

A medicen for the rume, the head ache, or for an impostume in the head: Take the strongest vineger yo^u can gett, pellitory of spayne, spicknard, but not half so muche spickward as pellitory, boyle them in vineger agood while, & when it is well boyled take it off from the fier, & lett it stand till it be could, then put to it mustard & puer honey, & every morninge take a sponefull at once, & hould it in yo^r mouthe agood while, & spitt it out agayne, & doe it seven or eight tymes in amorninge the space of aweeke together, but take it in winter chiefly, for then ingendrethe rumes, & it is specially good for the palsey.

A medicen for a child that hath a sore mouthe that cannott sucke: Take Collumbine leaves, & five leaved grasse, seath them in milke together & give it w^th aspone to the childe.

To stoppe the vomite that cometh w^th agurgation: Take milke & seathe it, & when the sicke would be stopped of vomitinge, & lett him drinke the milke hott still.

A good medicen for the stone, proved Take brome flowers & pellitory of the wall, stille them & drinke it twise aweeke, & more if nead be, for it is very good.

A drinke to avoyde the plauge. Take five sponefulls of runinge water, fower sponefulls of vineger, & asmuche treacle as a walenutt, drinke this once a week.

A very good medicen of doct^r martins to preserve one from the plauge or sicknes: Take two or thre figges & put w^thin them Rue, & certayne cornes of bay salt, & of the carnell of a walenutt or of the younge buddes of the walenutt tree, eate it fastinge & it will preserve yo^u, it may be made of losinges, but the walenutt carmell is the better.

An other of doct^r buttes for the [sance] Take a browne toft & lay it allnight in sharpe vineger, & fastinge eate of it & lay a blacke stone in the fier, & when it is hott, sprinkell vineger on it, & gape over it to receave the smoake.

A medicen for the mesells & poxe for to bringe them foorthe. Take ahandfull of figges, wipe them cleane, w^th aclothe, then take apinte of stale ale, & seathe yo^r figges therin, till halfe be washed, scome it cleane, then take adraft of the same licour, & put therto alittle powder of English saffron & warme give it to the patient to drinke.

A medicen for them that are thicke of hearinge: Take a blacke snayle & put it in a clothe, & strewe salt uppon him, & when he hathe Rubde him self well in the salt, then pricke him, wth a needell, & let the water runne into aglasse, & then let thre or fower droppes of the Juce come into the eare, then take of the comon margerom, stampe it, & drinke a little of the Juce of it, & put a little of it into yo^r nostrells, that w^ch is taken into yor eares must be could, & assone as the snayles be gathered they must be occupied or els they will drye / proved by the la: of arrondell.

An excellent medicen for them that are taken w^th the palsey or be benomed. Take Spanish or sanicke thumber onyons, & take out the coores therof, & fill it uppe w^th very good aquavity, rost it well, & when it is rosted, & softe, strayne it as it is or w^th alittle more aquavity if it be dry, keepe the oyle therof in a fayer close glasse, or earthen pott, & morninge & eveninge anoynte the patient therw^th & w^th gods mercy he shall recover helthe, proved: the lad: darseys

A speciall medicen for astiche proved: Take the great poppey flowers (that groweth in corne that stinketh) & still them, & of the water therof take adrafte bludd warme w^th ould ale or wyne at any tyme, & if need be drinke it twise or thrise it never [Rayleth].

for the morphewe white or blacke: Take brimstone most it in stronge white vineger, & take alinen clothe & wett it in it, & washe well the morphew, bothe Eveninge & morninge. Also take wormewood, seath it in water, & washe the place thre or fower tymes aday therw^th the oftener the better, & give him of the shavinges of ivory to drinke: the La. Sackford.

A medicen for the flux proved: Take the moosse that groweth on an oke, boyle it in redd wyne & drinke it: & it will helpe: y^e la: dorrells.

A medicen for the palsey & crampes: Take the greace of afoxe, & trye it as yo^u doe bores greace, to keepe all the yeare, & therw^thall anoynte the place that is taken: proved.

To asswage the swellinge of an adder or other venimous thinges. Take the shell snayles w^ch in somer tyme keepeth in gardens, & in winter moost in ould howses, breake the shalls & lay the snayled in afayer dishe, pricke them w^th a pinne so that the pyle may come from them, & anoynte the patient therw^th w^th afether, & so use it alwayes as the oyle drinketh, & when yo^u may perceave the place wher the stinge was, take one of thes snayles not pricked & lay it to the place, & alwayes beware the swellinge rise not towards the harte, therfor let the place wher the body is strounge lye higher then the harte, & take agood quantity of [breackell] & strike uppon alinen clothe of the breadth of an [imge], & gird it to the place wher the stinge is towards the body to preserve the swellinge from the harte.

A medicen for the palsey that taketh away speeche. Take sage leaves & primerose leaves, & if it be in winter primerose leaves roots and all, beate them together of eche like muche, strayne it w^th stale ale & give the sicke to drinke a good quantity therof: proved. Also kernells of greate reysons, cleane wipte, & beate in a morter, put aquavtyty therof to redd wyne & drinke it warme, will helpe. proved:

A Speciall medicen for sinewes that be shronke. Take six swallowes out of their nest, when they be flushe & redy to flye; beate them in a morter fethers gutts & all & beate w^thall two handfull of mallowes that growithe in morish grounds, & two handfulls of the topps of rosmarye, it must be beaten so longe till it be very smale, so that the feathers be not seene, w^thin fower & twentie howers, frye it w^th sweete may butter & salt, till it be half fryed, then put it in astone pott, & stopp it close nyne dayes, then frye it throughly w^th more may butter. Strayne it, & keepe it in a fayer pott close, & therw^th anoynte the place greved & it will helpe: proved:

A purgation for the stomacke: Take an apple or peare & take out the coare, & then take nyne seeds of spurge, blaunce them as yo^u doe almons, bruse them, & put them into the apple, w^th alittle ginger, & powder of sinamon, roste the apple well, & then eate it eyther fasting or when yo^u goe to bedd, this will purge w^thout hurte: the la Sackforde.

A medicen for the prine or webbe in the eye: Take white wyne & put it into abason that is bright, & put bay salt to it, & let it stande for nyne dayes, two of the dayes shake the bason, & at the nyne dayes ende, put it into aglasse, & so keepe it till yo^u have neede of it, it is good for redd of a eyes also.

A good medicen for the harte that beateth or tremblethe in the body cominge of sorrowe or thought: Take a currall, & braye it in amorter of brasse, smale to powder, meddell the powder w^th suger Rosett, eate of it firste & last, & yo^u shalbe whole.

A medicen for the migrome. Take rue & stampe it, & take the Juce & put it in one of yo^r eares, & stoppe it, thre droppes of rue is well, & lye doune on that side: well proved:

A medicen for the head ache. Take oyle of camamell, warme it on the fier, & all to chafe it uppon the temples & foreheade, this is good, & as good for any ache in arme or shoulder, to chafe it therw^th

A speciall powder for the pestilence Take fentory, spignard, turmentill, betony, scabeus, pimpernell, the browne may thorne, sage, & [sonicke], gather them before midsomer, & dry them in achamber out of the sonne, when they are well dryed, braye them to powder searse them cleane, & eate them fastinge.

A drinke for weakenes of the stomacke: Drinke mace & fenell seede, brused, & boyled in wyne, it is good at all tymes, but best in the morninge to be dronke: proved by doct^r Sheltons.

for could in the brest: Take oyle of camamell & aquacomposita mixed together, & agaynst the fier anoynte & chafe the brest.

for an ache in the shoulders, necke, or any cricke be it never so evill: Take hemlocke, a stinkinge herbe & comon, lay it betweene two hott tyles, & when it is throughly hott & moyste, lat it wher the griefe is, & fume the head w^th oliband: proved

An other for the same. Take hemlocke, & bake it in a pastie, & when it is well baked, lay it as hott as may be suffered to the payne, & it will helpe: proved.

for a stiche: Take a great onyon, & pull out the coore, & wher the coore was, put baysalt, & rost it in imbers in a paper, & lay it hott wher the payne is: Also take bay salt dryed on the fier in a fryinge panne, put it in abagge, & quilt it & lay ir wher the stiche is, as hott as may be suffered.

A remedy for the stiche & windy stomacke: Take younge mintes, & put it into adishe, & sett it into the oven, & drye it & make make powder of it, keepe it close in a boxe till it be occupied, & when the stiche, winde or any thinge trouble the stomake, put asponefull of this powder in yo^r porrage or egge, & yo^u shall finde greate ease of it.

A proved medicen of docto^r raydons for the stone. 1. The berreys of haythorne, stilled & dronke fastinge is at all tymes very good: 2. Also elder flowers, dried & made in powder, & dronke w^th ale beare or white wyne is wondrous good. 3. Also parsely stampt & strayned, & drinke fastinge w^th white wyne is very good.

A medicen for the collicke: of d: michels Take hartes tonge, sage, & parsely in the month of maye, make powder of them, & take it in yo^r porrage or drinke & it will help.

An other of d: cromells for the same. Take Alexandr seede, parsely seede, & fenell seede, make powder of it & drinke it.

Medicens speciall good for thos that be taken w^th the palsey but not shakinge palsey: Take the bloud of afoxe warme as it comethe from the foxe, the bloud about the harte is best, but all is good, w^th the bloud chafe the place that is taken, then take the skinne of the foxe put the rawe side nexte the place taken, & it muste lye to it at leaste twelve howers, & in the meane tyme, till yo^u can gett afoxe, chafe the benamed place w^th oyle olive & aquacomposita: this medicen of the foxe is speciall good & well proved.

To stoppe vomitinge: Take adrafte of Ale or beere, & put therto a quantity of fine sinamon , & drinke of it warme, & if it will not stopp take sponefull of water of mints, & adrafte of Ale, & likewise warme drinke it: bothe are well proved.

for Swellinge of achildes roddes: Take redd wyne, & redd rose flowers, & comyn, boyle all together half an hower, & take alinen clothe & wett in it & lay it to the swellinge as hott as the child can suffer it.

A speciall powltesse for a broken man: Take half apinte of redd wyne, asmuche sound honey, ahandfull of wormewoode, asmuche cut well stamped together a peny worthe of comyn well brused, thicke all in apanne w^th a penyworth of meane meale well boulted, put this into alinen pockett playster wyse, & as hott as may be edured lay to the broken morninge & eveninge, & w^thin a fewe dayes the hole or wounde wilbe more large, & purged, & the matter that keepethe forthe mollified therby, to goe upp more easily, & after it is upp thre dayes, & so kept well trussed & firme, take this drinke that followeth & it will faierly binde w^th good order in aquarter of ayeare.

The drinke: Take apinte of good stonge ale, a quantity of ocke ferne (called pollipodie) the rootes, & asmuche of the roots of kneehow called curre, that beareth aredd flower & is greene in winter & somer, take also asmuche mouseare roots & asmuche [ivante] roots, called houndes foote, washe them all well, stampe them & temper them w^th ale, strayne it, & drinke therof even laste warme, & first could till yo^u be whole.

for all diseases in the bodye. Take of sage, os sentory, or eche a handfull, wringe out the juce of them, & drinke it in wyne Ale, or beare bloud warme, first & last.

A medicen for bourninge or scaldinge. Take an onoyn, bruse it, & lay it to yo^r griefe, & in shorte time after yo^u shalbe whole.

A soverayne bathe for all manor of lamenes. Take ablacke sheepes head woulle & all, then take out the brayne & tonge, & wype the head cleane, then put it into two gallons of fayer water, & put therto apecke of culburage, otherwise called arsemarte, cleane picked & washed, & so seath them together, till the bones fall from the fleshe, & skyme it cleane in seathinge, then take away the bones, & so put it into an earthen pott or panne, & cover it, & take of the same brothe w^th the fleshe & herbes, asmuche as yo^u shall thinke good to bathe the place of the patient & as hott as the patient may suffer it, bathe him w^th all eveninge & morninge, & so lay therto a warme linen clothe, & keepe it warme, & so use it till yo^u finde ease.

for acutt eyther of sinewe or veyne. Take turpentine, & beate it in fayer water till it be white, then put away the water, & take the yelke of an egge, beate it well, & then beate them bothe together, & make therof a playster, & lay it to the wounde, & it will cure him.

A comfortable water for the liver: Take aquarte of whey clarified, of ednife water, of succory water, of eche half a pinte, thre or fower sponefulls of vergis, & the Juce of an orange, mixe them alltogether & strayne them sweeten the drinke w^th aquantity of suger candy, & drinke therof all one day together & so the next day if the partie will.

A very comfortable medicen for an inward griefe Take thre pintes of muskadine, & put to it cappe dates, & agreat handfull of margeram, then put in mace, clothes, nuttmeggs, asmuche of quantity as yo^u shall thinke good; & when yo^u have boyled all thes together, put to it half apinte of Rosemary water, & two or thre unces of mamis christi, then take of this eveninge & morninge.

A comfortable drinke for one that is in a greate thirste. Take fower parsely roots, as many of fenell roots & Alexander roots, two roots of borrage, afewe harts tonge leaves of the smallest, asmuch liverworte, a peny worth of Anyseeds, asmuche of licoras beaten both, seath all thes in thre pints of stale beere, till one pinte be consumed, then strayne it & put therto one pinte of white wyne, & so use to drinke as occasion shall serve, & by gods grace it will helpe & if neede be put therto alittle suger, yo^u may use it thre or fower tymes aday & as ofte as yo^u have cause, but it is specially good first & last.

A drinke comfortable to the stomake & nature. Take aquarte of clarett wyne of rosemary wyne slippes, of sweete margeram seven branches, of mints five croppes, of whole mace thre, asticke of sinamon whole asmuch as yo^u may have for apeny, of dates five cutt, put all thes together in the quarte of wyne, & sett it to the fier, till it be boyled very well, when it is boyled brue it from pott to pott but yo^u must not burne it & in the baruinge, put some suger, & alittle redd rosewater thre sponefulls, & lett him drinke therof at all tymes five sponefulls could, night & day.

A bagge for the stomake. Take of dried wormewood, & of sweete margeram dried of eche thre unces, cloves two unces brused, put it together into a fayer linen bagge square, & lay it betweene two platters, & make it hott on achafinge dish of cooles, & when the one platter is hott, turne the other to the fier, so shall yo^u make it as hott as yo^u please then lay it to the stomake & when it growethe could, heat it agayne, & so applye it, but in no wise wett it not w^th any thinge.

A medicen for an ague: Take aquarte of good Ale, of sage leaves, & bay leaves of eche a handfull, w^th aquantity of longe pepper, seathe them alltogether untill it come to apinte, & when the fitt is felt cominge, drinke somuch therof at adrafte as yo^u can, & goe to bedd imediately, & sweat after it.

The makinge of smale balme water: Take apottell of white wyne, and asmuche balme (beinge finely shredd) as will thicke the wyne, half apownde of Anyseeds picked & brused, asmuch licoras scraped & brused, all thes thinges aforesayd muste lye in steepe in yo^r wyne thre dayes sturringe it thrise adaye, then still it in astill as yo^u doe roses. Some of this water beinge mingled w^th some treacle of Jane, is good for them that hathe the poxe & mesells, & beinge mingled w^th methridated, it is good for the plauge. Also it is holesome drinke in a mornine fastinge, when yo^u feele yo^r self inwardly not well, beinge taken w^th out any thinge mingled w^th it: proved.

A proved medicen for the piles. Take ahandfull & ahalf of longe wourte, stampe it smale, put to it half apownd of may butter, or freshe butter, but it muste be clarified, boyle them well on the fier, when it is boyled, streyne it, then put to two penyworthe of blewe cepresse, one penyworth of frankensence, sett them on the fier agayne, & let them boyle well alltogether, still sturringe them, then streyne it, & put it into boxes it will continue fower or five yeares, yo^u must anoynte them w^th this oyntement & put them upp w^th aredd clothe: it will help them by gods grace.

A proved medicen for the piles: a consumption: Take thre pintes of milke from the cowe, & afewe [genue] graynes, & a quarter of an unce of anyseedes, asticke of licoras, aquarter of apownde of cappe dates, of sweete margeram, of redd sage, of settwell, of eche ahandfull, seath all thes together in the milke, till it come to aquarte, then strayne all throughe aclothe, & take an unce of treakell & two unces of manus Christi, & six blades of English safron dried & grounde very smale, all thes put in together & lett the milke seathe alittle, & put the same in some thinge to keepe, & let the partie drinke therof in the morninge, at noone & at night.

A very good drinke for the greene sicknes & to scoure the bodye. Take thre sticks of afigge tree, & thre stickes of awalenutt tree, a handfull of redd sage, a good handfull of penyriall apownde of reysons of the sonne stones & all thre cappe dates stones and all, bruse them all toether, & put them in apottell of white wyne, & seath them from apottell to aquarte, then take them offe, & streyne them & put into the drinke an unce of the best sugercandie & drinke it morninge & evenine, & by gods helpe it will helpe them. Probated.

A proved medicen for an ague: Take agood handfull of cardus benedictus, boyle it well in possett ale & then drinke it an hower before the fitt dothe come, & sweate after it. Also take the juce of marigould leaves, & a peace of rye leaven, temper it well together, that is may looke greene of the juce, then make acake of it as broad as yo^r hand, bake on afier slice so that it be not bourned, then spincle on it white wyne vineger on bothe sides, & so tourne it on the fier slice till the vineger be dried in, then lay it uppon the hole of yo^r stomake as hott as yo^u cann endure it, an hower before the fitt comethe, yo^u muste sweate & in any wise beware of could, this halthe helpt many in once dressinge but if yo^u it is in due tyme, & beware of coulde it will cuer yo^u in thrice dressinge / by gods helpe.

A medicen for aswellinge in arme or legge that is harde & redd. Take the white of an newe layde egge beaten, put to it asponefull of oyle olyve, asponefull of redd rosewater, beate all thes well together, till they come to an oyle, then anoynte & Rubbe well the greeved place and after roule it harde w^th a rowler it must be so drest twyse aday, & it will helpe by gods grace: probated.

A proved water for atetter, ringe worme or heate in the face called mercury water. Take half an unce of puer mercury, aquarte of runninge water, put the water in a newe Earthen pott grinde yo^r mercurye well & smale, then put it into yo^r water, sturre it w^th asticke till it be consumed, then sett it on the imbers till it be so hott as yo^u may hardly abide yo^r finger in it, alwayes sturringe it, but let it not seathe, when it is hott take it offe, & when it is could put it in aglasse for yo^r use. It must not touche any mettall but earthe or glasse, they that use must take a little of it in athinge of glasse, or eathe, & beware it touche not their eyes nor mouthe, & they must not in any case lay on to muche at one tyme. probated.

A proved medicen for the plauge. Take aquantitye of ivie berryes, drye them well that they may be beaten very finely into powder, then take of this powder somuche as will lye uppon ashillinge, & put it on areasonable draught of the best maulmesey, then lett the patient drinke it & be presently had to bedd, & rast into asweate & after kept very warme. This medicen must be taken w^thin twelve howers after the partie is infected, it will make some to raste some to scoure, others to benige out the soore. proved.

An other for the same. Take apinte of the best maulmesey, bourne it, & put to adraught of it some treacle of Jane, & give it to the patient to drinke, that is infected, & if he rast give him an other draught & so continue ibn givinge of him malmesey & treacle till he leave rastinge, or els his stomake be throughly purged after give the patient adraught of bournt malmesey w^thout treacle, & so rast him into asweate, & let him be after kept very warme, & by the grace of god he shall have helpe.

A soverayne medicen for the heate in the face proved by many often tymes. Take brimstone beate it very fine & boult it throughe [lasne], way out adramme of it then take two unces of may butter, worke the brimstone & the butter well together, then put it in alittle earthen pott, & sett it on the imbers, sturringe it still till it be boyled, enoughe, & so reserve it for yo^r use in agalley pott. The partie that usethe this oyntement must drinke plantayne water fastinge five sponefulls mingled w^th suger fowerteene dayes together, & fast after it an hower, or two, duringe w^ch fowerteene dayes the oyntment must never lie offe, but as it driethe in it must be new anoynted w^th afether or acleane finger: m^r inchold goeges medicen

The makinge of adregge for winde in the stomake. Take of carroway & of anyseeds comfites, of fenell seeds comfites of eche two unces, one unce of colliander seedes, two unces of anyseeds, one unce of suger candy grosely beaten, eight knotts of gallingall cut in very thine slyces.

for the ronninge of the veynes. Take [rise] & lay it in water all night, boyle it after in milke of one cowe of one collour, when it is almost boyled, put into it Archangll flowers redd or white, redd for men white for women; season it w^th suger sinamon & nuttmeges & so eate it, & closinge the [batke] & rowlinge it: proved.

To make an oyntement for the palsey, crampe or any other comon rume. Take primerose toppes w^th yonge speere leaves, cowslippe toopes, waleflowers that be single toppes, & all rosemary flowers & buddes, sage budds when it is redy to blowe, camomell when it is redy to blowe, & smale lavender when it dothe blowe, take of eche of thes flowers so many, and when they be chopped smale eche one by him self, they will take apinte of hogges grease that is fresh, well tried & mad like soyft dowe, every parte of flowers must have apinte of greace, & so lay the one uppon the other as tyme will come to gether them, the last of all wilbe yo^r lavendr, & yo^u must take the greatest quantity threof, & let them stand.

stande afortenight all together, then take & boyle them on a softe fier till it be greene, then strayne it a cleane vessell, & so let it coole all night, the next day make ahole in it, & lett all the water come out cleane, then melt it & put it in cleane potts & use it.

A speciall approved medicine for aches, goutes, sciaticars & bruses: Take the browne fatt wormes that breadeth in ould rotten trees lay them in a fayer dishe & pricke them well that the fatt may come from them into the dishe, then gett agood quantity of the [best] pitche, beate it very smale & have in [redines] some fine flaxe, first take the wormes w^th the fatt that comethe from them, & chafinge rubbe well the Joynte w^th the same so farr as the ptie is grieved, & when it is quite wasted in, strewe yo^r beaten pitche round about it so thicke that it may be covered all over w^th it, then wrappe the flaxe very finely aboute it, & so lett it lye nyne dayes w^thout sturringe of it, & if the ache got further follow it w^th the same medicine as before, probated:

A medicine for deafeness or payne in the eares: Take cummen seede, bruse it & boyle it in good malmsesey if it may be had, or sacke, this beinge well boyled, put it in aclose pott; then take alittle tumell, & put the lesser end into the eare, & the other end over the mouthe of the pott, so that the steame of the lycour may ascend into the eare, & so continue it a good tyme, then have in present [redines] the thinge that followe: first the water that droppeth from ayounge ashe beinge burned in the fier, then take gelliromana seeds, bruse them & put them into the ashe water, then take blacke woll & deepe it into the sayd lycour, & so put the seedes woll & water into afine peace of lawne, first lett it dropp into the eare, then stopp it close w^th the same & after lye & sleepe if yo^u can: proved.

A medicine for the stone in the bladder, & to be taken in great extremitie. Take agreat spanish onyon, & pull out the coare very cleane, then put the best frankensence yo^u can gett into it, & rastell soape of the best & blackest, then rost the oynion very tender, & spredd it on aclothe, & lay it to the parties navell, that is trobled, as hott as he can suffer it, this medicine will so breake the stone that yo^u shall avoyd it easilye.

A medicine for the stone in the kidney: Take creyfishes picke them very well & cleane, then bruse them & distill them, & when yo^u feale yo^rselfe greaved, take thre sponefulls of the water at one tyme & no more at once, this is good to breake the stone & also for restoritye.

The makinge of manas Christi very good for the wynde collicke. Take parsely seede, fenell seede, carroway seede, tyme seede, longe pepper, white pepper, blacke pepper, of the best ginger, of colliander seede w^ch must lye two howres in white wyne vineger, & then they must be beaten taken out, & dried by the fier very well, yo^u must take of every of thes seeds & spices adram, then beate them all fine together, then take apownde of fine suger, beate it beate it & put it into a posenett & put to it six or eight sponefulls of red rose water, then sett it on the fier ntill the suger be moulten, then put to the sayd suger & rose water all the seades & spices, & sturre them well together, & put them over the fier & boyle them as they doe other manus Christi.

An other present remedy for the wynde collicke. Take apinte of malmesey & ahandfull of the toppes of another tyme, boyle it well together & streyne it, & so drinke it very warme, & it is apresent remedy for the wynde collicke. proved.

A most excellent Julopp to refresh or coole any body distempered w^th heate or drouthe in agues or hott diseases Take of barly water aquarte & put it into a bottle glasse & lett droppe into the same, some of excellent oyle of vitrioyle, or oyle of sulpherd for want of the other, then shake it well alltogether, to disperse the oyle; & when yo^u have perfectly temperd it, then take two very goode pomegarnards & cutt them intwo & squise all the Juce into it through some collander or strayner, to keepe out the kernell or huske, or asmuche surope of violetts or surope of lemons, as of the Juce of two pomegarnard, then take six penyworthe of white sugercandy & beate it very smale, & put it also into the barly water, & lett it dissolve therin, & then drinke therof as nead requireth; & it is the moste excellent & pleasant Julope that ever was made by the arte of man.

To breake the fleame: Take apinte of Hoppe water stilled, on quarte of good muskadine, thre good caces of case ginger, pare them cleane & cutt them in slices, & twuse so much licoras, pare it lykewise, on good handfull of sugercancy grose beaten, put all the premisses together in aglasse, & shake them together, & stopp it close & let it stand fower & twenty howers & drinke therof at yo^r pleasure.

A good medicine for deafnes cominge by the payne of the heade. Tak agood deale of fetherfewe, frye it in grey salt, & lay it to the sooles of the feete as hott as may be endured, use it thre dayes together & keepe the party very warme & it will helpe by the grace of god.

An other for deaffnes: Take oyle of bitter almons [nue] drawen, warme it alittle on the fier, & droppe once or twise aweake on dropp at on tyme of the sayd oyle into the eares, then keepe the eares stoppt w^th fine linte, but not to harde, & it will by gods grace helpe, if the defenes cometh by wermes arosted oynion is very good beinge put into the eare but not farther than it may be easily gotten out.

A good medicen to make on solible. Take mallowes & boyle them in water w^th a peece of veale & reysons of the sonne & so eate the meate & broth, & it will make yo^u sollible.

An oyntiment called flos [unguentoru] very good for nue woundes cutts or sores; Also excellent good for the winde collicke, beinge spred on a clothe, & layd to the navell: Take of Rosen & perrosen of eche half apounde, of oliband fower unces, of hartes suett fower unces, of masticke two unces, of mirre one unce, of camphire half an unce, of good turpentine two unces, of white waxe fower unces, lett yo^r Oliband, mirre & masticke be made into powders, & searced eche by them selves very finely then take yo^r waxe & suett & dissolve them uppon asofte fier, & when they be moulten, have redy yo^r powders & put them therin, alwayes sturringe them untill they be all moulten, then have redy apottle of white wyne jott in apanne, & streyne all yo^r stuffe through afayer canvas clothe into it, & then put in all yo^r turpentine, & then yo^r camphire finely powdred, alwayes sturringe it together, untill it be could, then make it upp in a rowle & keepe it for yo^r use.

A salve called Rupertorne & for to make a corseye. Take Cantarides & powder him & asmuche of unslaked lyme & of blacke sope as muche as all the other, mingle all thes together, in maner of aplayster, & lay it to the soare as broad as yo^u will have it.

A good medicine for swellinge in the stomacke. Take bole armoniake, and aquantity of red vineger, & asmuch of good Ale, putt them together, & drinke it fastinge in the morninge, & abstayne two howers after. proved.

A good medicine for the pyles: Take awhite an owde harde dogges turde that is white & boyle it in sallett oyle, & anoynt the place therew^th

A salve for ascaldinge or burninge: Take the yellowe mosse of an ashe, & scrape it into butter never salted, & put it into apan & let boyle on the fier till it come to a salve, & therw^th anoynt the soare.

A soeciall good medicine for any bruse or blowe howesoever: Take new cowe donge, & fry it in apann w^th sheepe shuett & white vineger of the best, when it is well fryed, take it off the fier & spredd it thicke on aclothe & lay it to the greefe as hott as the patient can suffer it, & so continue it w^th freshe playster till the patient be well.

A very good medicine for the Runinge of the veynes or any stripe: Take a pottle of newe milke, of on browne or redd cowe, put it into apott & put therin thre good greate parsneapes, let them seath well together untill the milke be very thicke therw^th, then take out the parsneapes, & put therin half apinte of Red rosewater, aquantity of sinamon, & some fine white suger, & then lett it seethe alittle agayne, & so lett the patient eate therof many tymes aday & it will cure them.

To heale a wounde onlye w^th drinke. Take the donge of ahorse continually standinge in the stable newly made, & w^th Renish wyne streyne out the Juce therof, & lett the patient drinke therof thre tymes adaye aprety quantitye of that wyne, & power some into the wounde, & wett aclothe in the wyne as often, & lay it to the wounde, & it will heale it very soone.