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ffor pills
Take glister only of new milk & this as often as you find
occasion this helps w other meidecins faill
To prevent Pites by small pox
Take a penith of Lethearge of gold & a pinte of good white wine vinagar
put leatherge of gold in a wooden dish, & power half vinagar upon it
& let it stand 2 dayes then power that off, & put other vinagar to it
then next day power that off from it then take a quarter of a pinte
of best oyle olive & beat oyle & leatherge very well together
wth a rowlling pine a quarter of an hower together, & w small pox is
come out 7 dayes aniont face wth it 3 mornigs together, this is very
safe & will not strick m in
Another to prevent piting by small pox
approved
When
annoint face wth it wth a feather & then take leafe gold & lay upon it, and as
it dryes in still annoint it & lay on more this doe 2 or 3 tymes in a
day for 2 or 3 dayes together, & this has prevented thir piting on
some have been very full, & is very safe, small pox must be a
little crusted & dryed on top befor you annoint it
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A Medicine For
Fundament which will be Rawe and
itch and Ragged like Wartes hemerods in the
Take as swines grease as an egge and put it into a brazen morter and put
thereto as much vergrease as a little wall nutt and toe peniworth of Quick
siluer: well killed with fastinge spittle punne them altogether and then
annoynt place greiued; (uery thinne) both morninge & eueninge
A Medicine For
red soare akinge bleedinge especially when they
goe to stoole & with greate paine piles in Fundament being
Take Chicken weede, mallowes: [t]
of each toe or three handfulls boyle all these together in a gallon of run
inge water untill halfe be boyled away: then take a basin full thereof
and sett it in a close stoole & lett patient sitt ouer it and receive
steame thereof into his fundament: bathinge place therewithall
a Quarter of an houre: or soe Long as hee can endure it then
lett him take a good handfull of herbes and bind it to his fundament
and soe keepe it there all day and lett him use this morninge
and Eueninge
Another For same
Take Barrowes grease 4 ounces one handfull of white mullet leaves
one handfull of red elder & a little sheepes dunge boyle these all
together: upon a soft fire & yo herbes being well bruised: then steepe
it and soe annoynt p tie greiued morninge and eueninge uery warm
An oyntment For
Reynes of back and doe not appeare
outwardly piles that are up in
Take a pottle of new milke with 2 good handfulls of white mullet
leaves & as much of the Redest elder leaues boyle them together
in milke till it come to a Quarte then let p tie sitt ouer it one
a close stoole: if hee be able to sitt: if not lett him lye one his bed &
lett steeme thereof goe up into his body bathinge fundament
uery well with herbs and soe doe it morninge & eueninge as
hot as hee can endure it untill hee find ease which by blessing
of god will be uery suddaynely
An oyntment for all kind swellings
Burnings and scaldings
Take a Quarte of sallett oyle: sett it ouer
therein 2 handfulls of Red sage & as much of pimp nell and
as much of Nightshade beares white flowre lett it boyle
so[ft]ly untill the herbs begin to be harde then take it offe the
f[i]re and streyne it then put therein two ounces of yellow
[W]axe: one ounce of Rosen & soe dissolue it one fire then
streyne it againe & soe put it up for yo use
Another for medeceine for pils or hemrodes
Take
boy[l]e m in a good quantety of Runing water & when they be well
boyled take m out & dry m in a lining Cloth n bruse m
sm[a]lle & put m in a puter dish with a good pece of fresh
butt[e]r & a pritey quantety of English safforon & when
the[y] are all well boyled together n straine it through a
cl[e]ane lining cloth into a glase or earthen pote
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