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streyne it and put to the Liquor a pinte of malmesey or muskadine and
boyle it a little and lett the patient drinke of it morninge & evening

Another medicine ffor th3 Consumption of the longues

Take a pinte of gray snailes in the shells strawe a little salt one
them and after an houre: or toe: putt them into a dish of hott
water: toe make them come forth of theire shells: then putt them
into a dish of fresh warme water: & putt therein in an handfull of salt
and soe lett them lie two houres: and beinge thus well purged from
theire slyme: seethe them in a quart of White wine to the halfe sweeten
it with a little suger: & drinke of it every morninge and eveninge
Take a draught of milke warme from the cowe: make it sweete with
suger of Roses putt into it a sprigg of mint drinke it first in the morn-
inge and againe foure houres before dinner

Take of China and sarsa of each six dramms hartes horne 3 dramms
agrimony coltsfoote; of each an handfull: raisons of the sun stoned 20 &
twentie snailes steepe the Rootes in six pintes of water twelve houres
then boyle them with a chicken or peece of mutton or both
towards the end of the boyleinge put a crust of bread into it streyne
out the broth and take a draught of it in the morninge fasting and
as much four howres before dinner

Dia dragaguntum frigidum Coofing Loosinge for a hectick feuer
A very good medicene for a greate cough

Take halfe a pinte of the iuce of lemons & a quarter of a pound of lofe suger
duble refined & boyle it to a surrupe. Take of the [fairest] cloves of garlicke
& then boyle them very tender in water and drene them well from the water & put them into
the sirupe while it is hot & keepe them in a gallye pott then take of the cloves of
garlicke & bruse them on a trencher & put them in a sawcer with 2 sponfulls of the
sirrupe & thees you must eate with anye wholesome meate you like best but
duringe the time of takinge it you must keepe your selfe very warme &
not stire abroad. for the medison doth open the bodye very much:

A medeceine for the Cough & for the Consumption
& tow make one fat allso it is very good for any
thine body

Take a gallon of spring water a handfull of fenell roots
stript & the pith taken out a handfull of parsley roots
drawne lickwise a handfull of Endiue leaves of Savory
maydenhaire Colltsfoots & figes of each on handfull 8 dattes the
stons taken out 3 ounces of aney seeds brused 3 ounces of licoras
scraped & brused boyle all thes thinges together untill it com
to 3 pintes then straine it & boyle it againe halfe a quarter
of an hower then put into it a quarter or half a pound of
syaar candy acording as the paitent shall like it for swetnes
then let the paitent drinke therof a good draft milk
warme euery morning fasting & lick wis at night & as oft
as he pleaseth

A Recipt for a Coufe of 20 years standing

Take 4 ounces of locanum 2 ounces of surop of Villots 2
ounces of Penidice mix all thes together & take the quantety
of a nutmeg ine a pint of [knit] morning & evening if
ons makeing doe not remove the cough make it againe

A Drink for one that hath a cough & a consumption {31}

Take a pound of raisons of the sune stoned aney seeds brused &
licoras scraped & brused of each an ounce & a halfe Coltsfoot
Sage of Jerusalem & the topes of isope of each an handfull
cut the herbes & boyle all in 3 quartes of alle worte befor
you put in the hearbes in an iron pot Covered ouer a soft
fyer till the third parte of the worte be wasted then strain
it out & put into it a quarter of a pound of sugar candy
brused & let it boyl againe a litell till the sugar be melted
& drinke ther of a quarter of a pinte blud warme
every morning fasting & every afternone betewne 3 & 4
of the cloke & at night when you goe to bed renuwing
it still when it is spent untill your cough be gone
you may put in some figes

For a deepe Consumption with a feaver

Take a spring of porke cut it in small peces put as much
water to it as you thinke fite to boyle it all to peces &
when it doth boyle scume it & put in a good handfull of
Comphray roots & some scearat rotts with a handfull of
borage leaves reasons of the sunne stoned halfe a pound dates
stoned a good handfull of snailles on pinte brused & soe let it
boyle all together untill it come to a Jeley then straine it &
drinke a good porenger full in a morning & at 4 of cloke
in the afternone & when you goe to bed it must be warme
this hath recouered some when they have bene brought very weeke

An Electuary for a Coufe of the longes
or a Consumption Cough

Take of old consarue of red roses 2 ounces loch of pine
kernills lohock of fox longes lohock sanum of each halfe
an ounce olibanum one drame flower of brimstone 2 scruples
of penniaes & diacodion of each one ounce surop of horhound
licoras hysop maidenhare of each halfe an ounce oyle of
aney seeds 2 drops take it with a licoras stike lohock is a
thinge thener then an electuary & thicker then a surop

A Powder to be given that cureth the consumption
of the longes or vitalls & taketh away the cough

Take the liuer of a she catte if it be for a man but if
for a woman the liver of a hee catte dry them in an oven
& beat it to a fine powder & sift it give as much as
will lye upon a 6 pence in a spoonfull of mase alle or
poset drinke morning or euening you must fast 2 howers
after it in the morning & take it when you goe to bed
it helpeth in 3 weekes or a month some tymes in a fort nigh
the catte must not be aboue a year old

R Keepe this secerat

{barker} Anothere

Take the strongest wort & boyle it till it come to a syrop as thike as honey then
put a litle safron & so take a spoonfull of it 3 or 4 times a day; Likewise
rost 3 figs and put them hot in some [3] spoonfull of old malmsey sacke and take
that as often in a day as you will: also often eat cold pipins: & rosted
rasons: & new milke & sacke: also muskedine. for an old body rost &
aple & fill it with aniseed water & take it going to bed

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