Wellcome Collection: Ayscough, Lady (MS1026)

142 The water for a Wound Take a Quart of Smiths water & put in as much Copporis as a Nutt & a pretty peece of Allome, let the water boyle half away and wash the wound therewith. Mr Adia

A ripeing Poultiss Rp of ffiggs ounceiiij, with some white Lilly roots, rost the roots, bruise the ffiggs & mingle a little oyle of Roses with them & soe make it into a Poultiss Ibid

For Pissing of blood Lett blood upon the black beine & the Basilica a little at once & often, & digest the matter making thinn the blood & sharp ring it with the Sirrupe Rp Sirrup rosat of drye Roses Myetus Silvestris in shops called Ruscus Angle kne Holme butchers broome De sutto portulacoe Acetos an ouncei and continue it for 7 dayes 143 The 8th day take the Medicine ffollowing Rp Sirrup Rosat of dry rosos Mirtus Silvestris Rp burnt Rhubarb ouncei sc diacatholic ounceij mingle it & make a drink of Common decalione of flowers & fruits, q, the matter digestes and Empties common experience will mach thi[s] if the Potion underwitten be given the Patient Yearly 7 days together he shall be healed. Rp Millfoyl powder & ouncei sheeps Milk newly milked ounces bole Armonack pulvarize ouncej mingle them for one time & soe use itt Allies Provat

Rp Philonij Perfici scruple iiij succus plantag ouncesc Aqua portulacoe ounceiiij miscoe, give the patient this does 4 dayes togothor & he shall be healed.

For the Liver to rectifie it from Obstructions Take a Quantity of Fumetary that is young & tender, wash it well in faire water and swing out the water as you doe itt out of a Sallett; put the Fumitory into a Kettle of faire water, and lett it seeth untill it be tender, then take it out with a scummer and suffer the water to dreine from itt with out any pressing of forcement, when you 70

144 See that itt is all reasonably well dreind then putt into a cleane Marble mortar and pound itt well therein; Then streine itt very hard through a Canvas & put the strenineing into a platter & putt thereto as much powderd Sugar as aforesaid Juice doth weigh mixe them well together, & upon a Chafingdish of coles lett them boyle very Easily untill they be brought into the forme of a thick sirrupp Then keep itt in a Gally pott or Gally glasse for your use. Take this very often with a Liquoriss Stick. Dr Anthony

An Oyntment for swelling either by stinging or otherwayes in Man or Beast, or for a sweld bagge in a Codd Take Adders tongue gathered in the begining of May take Butter made in May Unwashd and unsalted & sunn itt a week in a pie serving glass then Shredd your Adders tongue and Stopp in as much of it as you can stir it well downe once or twite or twice a day Cover it close & lett it stand in the Sunn 149 For a Fortnight together, then mell it and straine it, and reserve it for your use This Oyntment is very good for to driwe the fire from a burne and to heale it For one that cannot hear Rp the oyle of sweet Almonds new drawn and dropp a 2 or 3 drops into the Eare, & soe stoppe it close with woole. Provat Ms Hone.

A drink to cure the Consumption Dropsey, Dead palsey, and most [mirard] Diseases of the Bodie Harts tongue

Egrimonie

Liverworte

Maiden haire

Mugwort

Plotherwort

Vipps

Bettany

Aes

Carduus

Plantaine

Cuckdondive

Liverworte

Angelica

a little Moncks rubarb or if you can not gett them Reddock roots

Sage

Topps of Rosemary

Penny royall

Strawberry leaves

Succory

Scurvie grass

Sorrell

Rosemarye

Borage

Eyebright

Watercreshers

Pimpernell

A little Harts tongue

not above 6 or 8 leaves Scabis

Wormwood in Stead of Hops

White Saxefrage rootes

Polopydie rootes of the oake

146 Pick them all cleane; take the piths out of the rootes and wash them very cleane in Water, then boile them in 3 gallons of cleane water untill one Gallon be con= sumed then streine it through an hare seive and then put the Liquor to the [ttine] gaind and putt in these drie drugges Nuttmegs Cinnamon ounce℥ 1 Ginger Pepper calamus, gallingall Bayberries an half ounce℥ S.B. An= nisseeds glycoriz and dramsʒ iii french barley cockfear iii Rainsons of the sonne stoned damase prunes an[ li. fluid ouncef℥ ] slice thinne your Nuttmegs Cinnamon, ginger Callamus Gallingall and Glycoriz. beate or bruise the pepper Bayberries and Annisseeds, gross=ly Then boile againe all those druggs in the said Liquoris untill one third part be boiled away, then streine it and putt it in an earthen pipkin fitting for the Quantity and soo sett itt to the fire againe and then putt in Ruburbe and againe an ounceʒ i sene ounceʒ ii let it boile softly 3 or 4 [wames] then take itt from the fire and let it stand to keepe in that pipkin and let the Rhubarb sene, and Agaric, remaine therein and for your drink is fully made

147 In stead of makeing it this way for the manner of a purge you must boile the herbes as you doe hops: for Beer and when they are coole againe putt in 2 spices, and put them alltogether in a bagge and let it hang in a vessell of Beer with a weight in it and after 10 or 12 dayes steeping in the Beer, drink of itt a good draght in thye Morneing You must streine your herbes and let them be cold ere you putt in your spites

For the shakeing of the hands or heads &c

Take thye pure pure blew flowers of Lavender Cynamon Nuttmeggs & Cloues and make them into powder & mixe them take a Quantity there of euery morneing in the distilled water of Lavender Itt putts away the passions of the heart thye giddiness of the head, & shakeing of thye Members. A conserue of the flowers work works thye same effect

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Falling sickness to cure

Take the Secondine of a Woman thyat is healthfull & of a good complexion of her first child; if it bee a Boy for a woman; but if the patient be a Man; then of a female child, wash the same in Peony water, after drye it in Oven and make powder thereof the dose is a dramm in black cherry water fasting vse it for thirty dayes together Approved

Vnderstand; or the Vitall Spiritts to strengthen

TakeRp a spoonfull of the powder of the hert Parris, or of the Berries thereof attonce drunk fasting for one & twenty dayes together: Those Mirobalanes which are called Embellici; purge corrupt flegme out of thye head & strengthen the Vitall Spiritts

Vomitting of blood to stay TakeRp of the seeds; The Iuices of Sage drunk with honey stayes it incontinently

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Vrine hott to, to coole TakeRp of the seeds of Cucumber, Citrons, [Gewords] Mellons Mallows, Purslane and white poppy of Each a dram of thye fflowers of Cammock or Restharrow & of Violetts Bole armoneack [spodiuiu] Gum Arabick, & Gumdragonce, of each 6 drams sugar the weight of all the rest, make them all into fine powder, and take thereof in posset drink

For a Consumption

Take the topps or flowers of Rosemary flowers of Burage, Buglas Marigolds & red roses the leaves of red sage violet; cinquefoyle Lunge wort Liverwort, Marioram, water cresses scurvy grass, Ribwort, red comfrey, and red nettle topps of each one handfull; The roots & seeds of ffennell, and of Peony; of each once ounce; calves feet blanched one paire; an old red Cock prepared, with his stones & feet, the knockle of thye Legg, and a cragg end of a neck of Mutton; break thye bones of the flesh; wash; swing, dry, and bruise the herbls; and beat the seeds, boile them all in 5 gallons of running water unto thye halfe, then add unto the strained Liquor thereof, browne sugar candys in powder, one pound; large Mace; white pepper, graines of paradise, all finely beaten of

150 Each a quarter of an ounce, boyle them a pretty whie together, then reserve it in some cleane vessell, And lett your take thereof warme a Quarter of a pinte att once in 2 hourse; The sirk shall need noo other sustenance, And in short space by the blessing of God the party shall recover strength Approved. Swelling to Asswage Take horse doung new made and unsalted swines grease of each like weight, mix them well then putt them into a new Pipkin & boyle them together att a gentle fire with constant stirring till it become like pap this being applyed hott, asswageth any swell ing though itt bee Hydropicall or Cachecticall It likewise asswageth paine even unto admiration. It likewise cureth any bruise of all as allsoo straines of teh Joints, ass: swageth paines of the Gout, Aches of your Joynt, running Goutes; herewith one Mr Browne was cured of a Tumor in scroto, being swoln to the bigness of a Childs head & discoloured allmost as black as pitch. Most approved A certaine Maide whose Legg was swoln as bigg as her middle was cured with the aforesaid remedy as alsoe one Matthew Chubb was crued of a great 160 Swellling in his hand as alsoe of the Goute in his great Toe with any others as was witnessed by Mr Dr Bonham. Spotts of small Pocks to take away Take 6 ounces of bitter Almonds blaunch and stamp them small, then putt them into a good pint of Creame, wring thereinto the Juyce of a good Lemmon, boyle them gently to any oyly subtance; reserve the same and annoynt the face and hands. Lungs suffocated to help Take 2 handfulls of horehound, one of hysope one ounce of sliced Licorice 14 figgs cutt in piece 20 Raisons of the sunn stoned, boyle these in a Gallon of stale Ale into the halfe, then straine itt without pressing; Add until the strained Licour one pound weight of purified honey; boyle them together a little then reserve itt, and let the patient drink there first & last. Probat 74