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An Ointment to bee made in May and noe
other time of the yeare

Take a pound of Redde sage one pound of Rue a quarter
of a pound of the softest budds of bayes & none of the hard ones
a quarter of a pound of Woormewood one greatt handfull
of Balme of Cammemile & dill of each a great hand=
full 3 great handfulls of feild mallowes picke all these
Hearbs cleane butt wash them nott att all by noe meanes then
mingle them together & weigh them & for the same weight
of Hearbs take the same weight of sheeps suitt first choppe
the Hearbs small & picke the suitt & choppe itt by itt selfe
& then mingle the Hearbes and the suitt together & stampe
them together in a stone morter untill y^w cannot see
one specke of the suitt then take one pottle of neat footes oyle
the best y^w can gett soe that there bee no water in itt &
then worke them all together as y^w would a peice of doe
soe that y^w cannott see no lumpe nor knott therein they must
be so wrought w^th your hands then mingle all these together
8 or 9 dayes covered close then boyle itt ouer a gentle
fire & itt must butt bubble uppe doe so untill the Hearbs
be all cracklinge or dry take itt of the fire & streyne itt
hard & putt an ounce of oyle of spicke in itt and stirre
itt well & then putt itt up into gally potts for your
use itt will bee all the day a boylinge to the Right perfeecion
This ointment is good for to mitigate any paine
allso for a streyne to heale a greene wound and all
manner of bruises or streynes or all manner of
aches in any place w^tsoewer tis good for any manner
of blasting or for the goute if itt bee applyed play=
ster wayes the longer y^w keepe itt the better itt is
if y^w keepe itt a 100 years

To make an Ointment for a R[inn]e that is [salt] that runns
from ioint to ioint allso to kill a Tetter

Take an oz of salda[m] as much Salarmonia as much Rotch Allum as the
quantity of a little nuttmegge burnt to powder 3 dramms of Camphir
powdered 4 oz of barrows grease as much white Copperis as a Hezle Nutt
beate your Saldam & Salarmonia Allum & Copperis very small temper
the barrowes grease & Camphyr w^th them & in stirring of them together
putt halfe a spoonefull of white wine vinegar att the most to them then
worke them together putt itt into a pott itt will last a yeare when
your hands itch scritch them then wipe away the blood or
matter & thrice a day anoint the place greived

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Too make the oyntment called the Lady oyntment
that is good for hott Causes

Take halfe a pinte of white wine viniger and a quarter of a pound of
letherge of gold beaten to fine powder put them together in a glasse
and stopp it close and soe lett it stand 24 houres, shaking it now and
then together, & if you would make an oyntment of it; take one scruple
of it and 2 spoonefulls of sallet oyle, beate them uery well together
till they be uery white, & then use it att your pleasure

A speciall ointment for any bruised place
shakinge of the hands or goute

Take 6 pound of May buttur fresh outt of the Churne well
beaten neither washed nor salted 2 pound of Capons grasse
that hath nott beene in water 4 handfulls of elderne flowers
2 handfull of scabius 3 handfulls of sweet Margarame
2 handfulls of Hysoppe of Rosemary topps & Cowslap flowers
of Masticke fine [?] & Cammeamile of each 3 handfulls
of Headgage 2 handfulls of Laverden cotton one strawberry
strings that runne on the ground one 2 of baline 4 of
Lavender leaues as much of the Lavender 4 of Parsly
2 of bedd fennill & a pecke of redde rose leaues the buttur
from the Curd then take all the Hearbs & shredde them very
small & worke them into the buttur then for the space
of 6 weeks sett itt ouer the fire to melt twice a euery
weeke stirringe itt about & stoppe itt close in some pewter
or earthen vessell butt before y^w putt ouer the fire y^w must stirre
the Capons grease itt well w^th the buttur and Hearbs putt to it likewise these
particular things followinge one quart of the best Muskidine
2 oz of the best mace 1 oz of cloues 2 oz of Nuttmeggs all
beaten together as a foresaid then twice a weeke sett itt ouer the
fire lett itt nott boyle for 6 weeks together itt must bee stirrd
onse euery day then att the end of 6 weeks y^w must puttt itt ouer
the fire & lett itt boyle for the space of halfe an howre & strayne
itt into a pewter vessell & lett itt settle in itt while itt bee cold
then take off the toppe & putt itt into glasses or gally potts and
when y^w have taken of the best of the ointment then take the
bottom which will bee the dreggs of itt & putt itt into the
grease & lett itt melt togeather the w^ch dreggs & grease melted
[itt] togeather is good to rubbe a Horses legge that is foundered
or y^w may giue itt poore people that is troubled w^th Aches
This ointment will keepe perfect good 3 years

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