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And let them rest a little while & put them
together in the great, & lett them all boyle a
little space, but be sure you stirr them well
together, then take an earthen Bason, and Streine
it through a fine Cloth when e bason is cold
There is a Water under it t is good for any
scalding or burneing and other things
The Virtues of e Balsome
1 It is good for any wound being applyed as a Salue
2 It is good for burning or scalding
3 It helps e head ache anoynting e temples & nostrill
4 It cures any Catarrh or ache in the bones
5 It is good against e Wind Collick or a stich in e side
drink a quarter of a pinte of Sack with
half a quarter of an Ounce of Balsome
fiue mornings fasting lukewarme
6 It helps a fistule or Ulcer; though never soe deep
being applyed as to a Cutt;
7 It is good against Worms or a Canker
8 It is good against Vermine
9 It helps digesture, being applyed to e pitt
of e Stomacke; anoynting well;
10 It helps e dropsey, takeing it in posset drink
11 It is good against e [plage] onely anoynting
e lipps and nostrills
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12 It helps
being drunk inwardly with Sack & anoynting
the place
13 It helps e bleeding of e Nose onely anoynting
the Nostrills, & drinking it with Sack or
posset Ale
14 It cures e Bloody ffluxe
An oyntment for an old Sore
in the Legg or else where
Take smallage, sothernwood, and
sallendine boyle these in May butter
till the herbs be Crispe, and soe use it
Gout
Take Verjuice and Riemeale, and in summer
e leaves, and stalks of Burdock, in Winter e
rootes and stalks pithed and shred small &
boyled to e thickness of a poultiss after it
is boiled put in a good Quantity of Deer Suet
and let it dissolve in it and soe keep it
Wind & Wind Collick
Take Conserve of Rosemary flowers half an Ounce
diacalimine half a dram mingle them together
and eat a little of it when you are troubled
with wind
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