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For burning or Scalding
or to take out the Fire

Take a Quantity of Mutton suit shred it
very small, take a good Quantity of the white
of hendoung, a little sheeps doung a good
Quantity of the inner rinde of Eldern a pretty
quantity of Alehoofe, shred your Eldern and
Alehoof, break the Doung and boyle them all
in the Suitt together to a salve, & then straine it
Dress the place 3 or 4 times a day with a feather
never takeing any of the salve off, lay on the
prim rose leaves to keep it from the Cloath
Prob: Mrs Hone

To make Wallnutt Water

Take a pound of herb grace a pound of good
figgs, a pound of Wallnutts green of the Tree; as
they grow husks & all, bruise the wall nutts as
they are in a stone Mortar by themselves; then
bruise the herbgrace, & slice the figgs still them
in an ordinary still on this manner.
First in the bottome lay a lay of herb Grace then
a lay of Wallnutts, then a lay of figgs, soo doo
till you have fild up your stilll; then Still it as
other waters
{use } It is excellent for one that is ill at
at there Stomack; or for a feavour
oft approuved; one may take it

107

Safely being with Child though they have
a vomitting; take 2 spoonfulls att a time
At Night when they goe to bed, or at any time
when they feelm themselves ill in a feavour 3
spoonfulls warme in the morning & sweal
after it; if the party be very ill mix as much
Mythridate as a hazle Nutt, takeing it
fasting & sweat after it; if they mend not,
give the same Quantity of water without
Mithridate at; if the party be bound, first
give him a Glyster 3 or 4 hours before the
water; It is of great Operation; therefore
if the party be weak give it by 2 spoonfulls

For the Mother

Take when the fitt comes 3 or 4
spoonfulls of Mugwort water, and in it
3 or 4 dropps of spiritt of Castoreum
Aplaistor of Galbana being dissolved
in wine vinegar and spread upon leather
being applyed to the Navill helps

For the riseing & of the Lights

Take a pinte of Muskedine boyle it in one
handfull of feather few divide it into 4 parts when
it is streined drink night & morning or when
you feel your Lights begin to rise

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