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A Medicine for the quartan Ague

Take thicke posset mustard made with stronge white wine
vinegar then take two thinne raggs and dippe them in some
stronge white wine vinegar made hott over the fire then
putt the said mustard between either ragge and soe apply
it to each rist one of them and so lett itt bee rendered
fresh every day two or three houres before the fitt comes

ffor a Milcke brest that hath taken cold
and hardnesse gathered in it by reason of an ague ague

Take halfe a pinte of white wine vinegar and as much
of neats foote oyle boyle these together in a new pipkin
till it come to an Ointment stirringe of itt continually
with a sticke and oint the brest three or four times a day
before the fire, and when you have donne lay a browne
paper on itt.

ffor an Ague

Take of the iuce of Orenges 4 spoonefulls and as much
stronge Aquavitæ and warme itt a little before the fitt
cometh and use itt 3 times when the fitt dayes are and
itt will drive itt away

An aproved medison for all sorts of Agues: to be Layd on six houres
before the fit come: & if posible: used before they have had six fits

{this was given mee
by Mr Thomas Huton
of popleton who
had curd
many agues in
the epdemick
yeare
1681
the Land
being
then so full
of agues}

Take on ounce of the best french bole: on ounce of the best olibynum: and let them
be beaten to very fine powder & searst: then mix & equall quantytie of them
both: & worke them very well with a stronge knife: with as much Venus turpentine
as will make them into a mass as stife as pills: and lay it upon peeces of sheeps
Leather about a finger broad & more: & aboutt halfe a quarter of a yard long
& be sure you lay it full on the pulse & on the inside of the wrists to lye on the
bigger part of the wrist & spread it prety thicke: as thicke as a gold ring is broad that
is a large weding ring: then sow cloths to bind them on so let them lye 10 dayes
on not weting your wrists: if you can lay it on before the sixth fit: but how
ever it may do good after: : this quantytie cost: 10^d: & will make a many as much
powder as will lye on a five shiling peece of silver: may do it but it must be
mixed very stife so that this quantytie is no generall rule: but may difer for children
or big men.

A medeicne for an ague I had from my Lady falcland
hath cuered third dayes agues

Take 9 dropes of spirit of sulphur in a quarter of a pint of whit wine
4 or 5 tymes befor thir fit comes if 2 or 3 tymes taking it befor
does not cuer thir ague & let it be taken an houer befor the cold
fit comes.

Another aproved medicin for a quartern or any ague

Take a nutmeg & cut an oynion & take of the head of it & put the
nutmeg into it & put the head of the oynion on again & close it & rost
the oynion till it be tender & then take out the nutmeg & let it be taken
out hot & slice it into a pint of strong ale & let them drinke it
befor the cold fit comes & hower & take this 3 tymes

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Medicines of Chirurgery

A salue for all manner of sores more
especially for ffellons that doe breede
in the ioynts of the fingers

Take foure ounces of wax of Rosen and boares grease of each as
much, toe spoonefulls of Turpentine, melt them all well together
in a pewter dish uppon a chaffeinge dish and coales, then streyne it
through a fayre linnen cloth, into a payle of water, wherein you must
must worke it altogether uery well, as you worke butter, and then
make it up into Rolls, and soe keepe it for your use, and if att any
tyme for a fellon, then you must first breake the fellon with a pultise

To make the pultise

Take a quarte of new milke and seeth therein one handfull of bryer
Leaues that beare the blacke berries & one handfull of rose leaues of and a
red rose cake & a handfull of Elder Leaves, beinge small shird
lett them boyle a quarter of an houre, then put therein a
handfull of oatemeale, keepe it well with stirringe and lett it
seeth till it be as thick as an hastie puddinge then spread it uppon
a cloth an inch thicke and apply it rounde about the sore place
as hott as it may be suffered, both morninge & eueninge untill
it breake but alwayes before you lay it one, annoynt the sore place
all ouer with sallet oyle and when it is broken cutt away the
dead skinne round about the sore and apply thereunto a playster
of the fore said salue and the pultise also uppon it for the first
day, and euer after before you dresse it annoynt it with sallett
oyle and doe not chainge the Linnen cloth that lyeth next to the sore
but still keepe the same and if the dayes be uery long you must
dresse it three tymes a day

An other speciall salue ffor all sores
New or ould Whatsoeuer

Take three ounces and an halfe of Bee wax toe ounces and a halfe
of Rosen one ounce of boares grease and of Deere suitt and
sheepe suitt of each halfe an ounce of Turpentine one spoonefull
of frankensence a quarter of an ounce of sallett oyle to spoonefulls
but put not in the Turpentine till all the other things be boyled
in a pewter dish uppo a chaffinge Dish & coales, then put in
the Turpentine and melt it with the rest, then streyne it
through a fayre cloth into a payle of fayre water & worke it
well together as you doe butter & soe make it up into Rolles
and Keepe it for your use

and if the said foote or other member be cutt through the bone
that it be clouen through then annoynt the wound wit with
Turpentine within and without all ouer then bind it up
together with a stringe & soe keep it close and it will
heale and joyne together againe but the next day