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To cure the colick in the Gutts or bowells.

Take dry wormewood, & Strip as much from the stalks as
will fill a large ditch, Take A round wooden dish that
will hold A pint, & fill itt 1/2 full of the said wormewood.
then take a red hot coal out of the fire, & lay it upon -
the logs of the wormeword in the dish so 1/2 fill'd then put
in as much more wormewood in the dish as will fill it
thrusting it easily downe with your hand. then cover the dish
furthwith A Linnen dry cloath bind it backwards with
A string then apply the mouth of the dish to the bare
Navill.

For the Collick
Take an Ounce of the powder of rhubarb put
itt to a quart of white anniseed & water
shakethe bottle well three or 4 times a day for 10
days together, take 4 or 5 Spoonfulls of itt any
time when you are ill, take more or less
according to the constitution of your body
Shake the bottle well before you take itt
if once taking doe not cure you continue
To take itt every 6 or 7 hours.

Probatum est.

93

For A Fistulla

Take an Equal quantity of allu^m & white coperal - -
a pound of each make them into fine powder, & put them
into Apudding pie pott new used, & stir itt with an
Iron seuer, untill well incorporated Sett itt upon
A clear chare coal fire & keep itt contiinually stirring
till itt be all melt'd & let it boil till it hardens
then keep it dry in pap^er till it be used.
To make A water of this powd^er boil a quart of sprink
water by it self A quarter of an hour then take
A clean Earthen pitch^er. that never had grease in
itt, into which put A peice of the Said powder.
of the biggness of A common walnut (beat
Small) upon which powder Soe beat powr the hott
boiling water which keep Stirring till itt be
all most cold then take A little of itt and
bath the Sore with itt, & dip A cloth 6 times
double, & lay itt upon the Sore & this doe twice
or thrice Aday, as you perceive th cloath to
dry if the wound be deep, Stirring itt with with the
Said water, & dip About in the said water
Stir and warme soe much as you shall use att
one time