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A Souerain Remedy for a sore breast or any other swelling
Take a pinte of ye Juce of groundsell & mix ther wth 6 or 7 or 8 spoonfulls of wheat flower ye worse ye flower is ye more you must put in & stir y[m] together then take ye yolks of 2 or 3 eges & beat ym very well & put ym in yn boyle it alltogether till it be a very thick pultice wn you have taken it of ye fire out in 3 spoon fulls of raw hony & stir it together & lay some of it on a cloth as hot to ye breast as ye party can sufer it renew it evening & morning this will either dissolve ye swelling yt it shall not break or if it be broken lay this pultice to it & it will both draw & heale so you aply nothing else this hath been much used & hath done rar cuers wth litle pain

The Yellow Salve of my Lady Husseys 29 Sep: 1684
Take 4 ounces of venis terpentine as much Bee wax, almost as much Rozin a little bitt of fresh butter Boyle all these together in a skillet & as it boils it will rise up to the top of the skillet & then it will fall of it selfe again. then take it off (it is boild enough) thrn power it forth into oyster shells & so keep it or in a [gelly] pott.

A Medecin for a strain to be used at ye first geting it or after
Take a napkin & fold it in 4 doubles more or less according to ye greatness of ye strain & dip it in cold watter & lay it to ye strain & then heat a wollen blanket as hot as you can & wrap it in it & so doe for 2 or 3 tymes if ye strain Continue this hath helped ym wn straind 2 or 3 weeks

To make a Salve called flos. [ungueatuim]
Take of Rosin, perrosin of each one round of virgins wax Olibanum, frankencense harts or dear suett & venus terpinten mastick & ounces of each one pound, powder yt as will powder, & cut yt wch will not, then melt ye rosin, perrosin, mastick olibcaum & deeres suett together in a pan afterward put in your mastik finly powdred then set them on ye fire & keep ym well stiring yt they seeth not over & so let ym boyle gently, you stiring ym till you thinke ym well mingled together, them strain it as hot as posible you can, thro a strong Canvas bag into a pam of about 2 galonds yt hath in it about 3 pintes quarts of whit wine, ready heated, yn set it again on ye fire & boyle them halfe a quarter of an hower, allwaise stiring ym then take it from ye fire, till ye scume be off, then put to it 2 drames of Campher finly powdred or sliced, & stir ym well a while, then put in your venus turpintin still stiring it, till it be cold, or so stif that it will be stired mo more then you may roule it up you must have ye help of 2 men to stir it yt wn one is weary ye other may work & ye other hold ye pan a slice must be got about half am [rln] long like a puding slice half or a quarter of this quantity you may make at a tyme this must oyle this hands yt work it & ye trencher on wch they work it if any of ye whit wine work out it is good yo keep to wash sores
Cap it up in oyle paper

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