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122 For any sore Take Clownes wort picke a good Quantity of the cleanest & greenest of e Leaues shred them & stamp them, then takes Hogs greace & weigh of each a sufficient Quantity, & dissolve them first & then put in the herbs, & lett itt boyle untill itt leaue bubling for by this you shall know when itt is boyled enough, then straine itt & reserve itt for your use. The Emplayster Take a pinte & half of oyle Oliue sett it on e fire & dissolve therein a Quarter of a pound of Bees wax & lett it boyle a little then put in half a pound of red lead, & six ounces of white lead both well beaten to fine powder & after that they haue boyled soe t they bee incorporate with e rest then putt in att e end of all 3 ounces of e best ffrankincense beaten likewise to fine powder and lett itt boyle untill itt be incorporate with rest after t lett coole & make it up as dough is with water & reserue itt for your use 123 For a Looseness Take of plamtaine Water of red rose water alike quantity, and of as much mint water as of them both & soo put them together & drink e same warme & often, and it will undoubtedly help them, for it hath been often proued and hath helped such as haue been subjectt to a looseness a long time Another Take e bark of an Oaktree & put away all e one side & boyle as much of e inside of e s d bark as you may hold in your hand or less in a Quart of milk and lett it boyle together till it come to halfe a pint, or thereabout and then let e party drink e same; To bring forth e Poxe Take Marigold flowers & harts horne boyle them in posset Ale & soe giue it to drink 60
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To bring or prevent e poxe from pilling
Take red rose water plantaine water of each a like quantity and a little salt boyle them together, and when e poxe be full blowne out, t you may safely wett them without danger, heat a little of e water & lay a little at a time on every poxe but let the water be warm
To preserve poxe e eyes in the
Take red rose water & plantaine water & mingle them together & wash e eyes with itt e water being warm
For the throate in e poxe
Take red sugar candy & disolue it in red rose water a good while e longer e better, hold e sugar candy in your mouth but but take none of e water & alwayes haue some in e water t you may never be wth out it in e mouth & make a stay of saffron for e throate
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For after e poxe e spotts t remaine
Take Amyle one ounce, beat it to powdre and grind itt upon a stone to fine flower mingle itt with oyntment of roses t is fresh good use itt. Take a little of itt lay it upon a white linnon cloth & smooth them over with itt
For of e Head e Meorim or giddiness
Take [Retty ] sweet majoram rosemary of each one handfull dry them to powder putt to it white frankincense mastick cloves nugmeggs cinamon of each half a spoonfull cast e powder upon e skarlett flocks carded quilt them m taffaty sarc nett make a capp & weare itt
for a giddiness or swiming of e head
Take cummin seed one dram bay berries husked & juniper berries of each of them 4 drams make them into powder & of e powder make e bagge
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For e Weakness of e memory
Take Conserve of Rosemary conserve of Roses of each an ounce, then take e weight of a groat of e flowers of Rosemary dried & a little syrup of roses & mingle them all well together & take as much thereof morneing and night as 2 good {hazell nutts}
For e Tooth Ach
Take Tarr & tye itt in a cloath; & laye itt between your Gumms & your cheek & lye on e contrary side & itt will give ease in a hours {space}
For a Ticklinye Cough
Take Elecampane roots; as much as will lye upon a shilling, a penniworth of Liquorish a half penniworth of Annis seeds a half penniworth of sweet seeds beat them all very fine & searce them; An ounce of colts foot likewise beaten & searced put all these into iiiʒ of english honey, & make it in e manner of an Electuary, and take e quantity of a Nutmegg morneing & evening & at 4 a clock in e Afternoone
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A Diet drink for a Consumpti=
Take a peck of sea scurvy grass, halfe a peck of Water cresses a handfull of brooke lime, as much liverworte lungwort, Rose mary, as much scabies, Egg.emonie Red sage mountaine sage, if you can get itt; saxafrage woodbettoniye horehounds; likewise 2 handfulls Angelica; Hartstongue, carduus, of each a hand full a good handfull of Wormewood broad plan= Pimpernell. Endive succory burrage bugloss tamiris of each 2 handfulls ii℥ of Monkes rhubarb; lycorish 2 ounces an ounce of annis seeds, sweet fennell seeds an ounce Nuttmeggs an ounce ; Ginger an ounce, bruise e seeds slice e lycorish and Ginger, and nuttmeg, and monkes rubarb; 4 ounces of reddock roobes of colt foot 2 good handfulls; Maiden hare 4 ℥. Boile all these in 10 gallons of Ale in a bagge with a weight in it, and let it steep about 10 dayes {Probatum}
To make one Sleepe
Take a quantity of take a good great nuttmegg and grate it upon a knife bruise e herb grace & mingle your Nuttmegg and herb=together & heat it warm & putt it into 2 little bagges and lay it to e temples & then settle your self to sleep in any state This is a safe meanes 62
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Take of borogroass and camomille and boyls them together and strains them & put there to A reasonable quantity of aqua vita and Anoint to grisvod place
To cure a rupture
Take two ounces of soinglass half An ounce or somewhat more of fine ambor half A gramm of dragons blood as much of cloves and Make a pretty quantity; of polypodis half an ounce Of compryd a pretty quantity, of ganglion powder As much as will lid upon a sixpence, boyls them In a quart of running water or redwine until All of soinglass is dissolved & let it stand until It goes cold & it will, then give the Patient 2 or 3 spoonfuls every morning, going First method & made lukewarm and tell him Fast two or three hours after it is often made with More or strong beer and for your pumfry you may use
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130 To bring up tough flegm and sopping in the brest Take a figg & cutt it round & tost itt & dipp it into muskedine and soe eat itt if you loue not Muskedine you may dipp it in sweet sack Doct: Wright For a Consumption Dropsie, Timpany Cough of e Rhoume and to keep e Liver from putrefaction Take all e Sanders of each 2 dramms spodij rasuca of each one dramm, ozyme & Cubebs of each half an ounce, Endiue & purslaine seeds, of each one dramm ligni Moes and Nuttmegs of each hafe a dramm sugar dissolved in Endiue water one pounde make hereof an Electuary as followeth First powder all e things to be powdered very fine then disolve your powder sugar with Endiue water on a soft fire and sprinkle in the powder stirring it ouer e Coales till it come to e thickness of an Electuary. Then take of it euery morneing fasting as a Walnutt. ffast 2 houres after use it as long as it lasteth w ch will bee for 30 dayes the makeing of itt will cost a Crowne
Prob: by old Beadles 131 An oynment for Bruises Take a handfull & more of Camomile a handfull of wild daizy roots & leaves wash them by themselves; a handfull of bramble leaves namely staldberrie leaues a Comfry root sliced a little knottgrass wash them & shred them small; boyle them in hoggsgrease simpering till the strength of e herbs be boyled out then straine it, and put a little Deer suit to it and then anoint e place old Beadles Emplastrum de Minio Rp. of Common oyle half a pound; wax and red Leade of each 4 ounces; vngu: Popeali & oyle of Myrtles of each 2 ounces; capons greas and hoggs grease of each an ounce; Ceruse & Letharge of gold of each an ounce; boyle all these together till e wax be melted, then put in your red Lead, Ceruse & Letharge; a little at once continually stirring it till it look black, then when it is cold make it into Rowles. The black oyntment was Basilicon, the green oyntment; Unguentum Apostolocum with w ch I mixed a little precipitate finely powdered 64