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For e blacke Jandise
Take
drinke e wine thereof simply by itt selfe to e quantity
of 3 or 4 spoone fulls att a time and itt will cure y u
For e yellow Jandise
Take
e powder of Hartshorne mixt together and every mor-
ninge for 9 dayes take as much of itt as will lye on a six-
pence in possett ayle or ayle and rest on itt a while if itt
cures nott att e first d try itt 9 days longer and itt will
nott faile
My Lady Temples
Mr Nixes Receit for a Consumption
Take one pint of [liue] hony a pint of Hyssopwater an hanfull
of Coltsfoot an handfull of Egrimony a sprig of Rue 2 ounces of
Hartshorn scraped 2 ounces of green licoris bruised a qtr of a pound
of Raisins ston'd six Figgs sliced 2 ounces of brown sugar Candy
a spoonfull of Aniseeds bruised put all these together & boile them
gently to a sirrop.
Take 2 spoonfull at a time first & last
viz at morning at 4 in e afternoon & at night let it go down
very gently as you can, make half a dozen swallows of a sponfull
the Lungs will draw e virtue of it e better.
Let it Sibber very gently on e fire about 2 hours then strain it
all out and put a quart of water to the strainings Boile it again
& straine it & drink that water also it is almost as good as e sirrop
Keep green Liquorish always in yo pocket chue of it often &
spit it out
Now & then Eat a mess of snaile milk (viz) Take 6 or 8 snails
crack e shells but not break em & boile em in some milk as long
as you would boile an Egg then throw em out & eat e milk
it wilbe as thick as a Custard.
To make snailwater
Gather a gallon of shell snales wash them & give them a Crack
then steep them in milk a q ter of an inch over so let em lye
all night put em into a still with Coltsfoot egrimey and
spearmint of each an handfull & so distill them Drink of
this water a wine glass at a time anytime you please.
for a cold or cough
Take half a pound of Raisens of
en boyle em in a quart of milk till it comes to a pint it will curdle
e milk en strain it & drink half a pint of it in e morning
& half at night goeing to bed
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A medicine to Cure e Canker in e mouth
Take woodbine leaves Rue rosemary & tyme: of each alike quantitie dry
them all in an oven and then pun e them to powder: searse it fine
and mingle therewith some life hony and a like Quantitie of burnt
Allum: annoynt e mouth therewith to or three times a day
An approuved Medicine ffor a Younge child
t hath a thrush in e mouth:
Take a new laid egge & make a hole in
poure out both yolke and white: then put therein a good quantitie of
English hony with a petty peece of Roach allum: and halfe a spoone
full of e Juice of red sage: boyle these altogether in yo egge shell
upon a soft fire in wood embers and when it is boyled poure it out of
e shell and soe annoynt e Childs mouth therewith very softly not
Rubbing it: annoynting e same three tymes a day
An aproved powder for a Canker in
when it eateth vollently e mouth
Take of white copperos as much as a small wallnut & of dubell
refined sugar as much as 2 wallnuts beate m both together
very fine n strowe a litell upon e canker for 3 dayes together
ons a day or longer if it be needfull you must hold downe your
head & let e watter runne out of your mouth
An aproved medeceine for a Canker in e mouth
Take 5 ropes of rosemary & of penerioyll & broad tyme &
red sage & rue of each as much shread m & beat m all together
in a stone morter with as much of e powder of harts horne as
will lye upon a groat & as much rock allom as a great bene
n take 2 sponfulls of e best honey & mix it very well to
gether in e morter & apply it to e sore with a fether
anoynting it very softly 3 tymes a day
A vomitation to flesh & heale a bludey
Canker or cancer in a legge
Take 3 pints of watter & halfe a pinte of
& give it a boyle or tow upon e fyer and n let it stand all
night close covered n take it & streane it put it upon e
fyer againe & put therin of sind Jons sant Johns worte &
peters worte & Hillyrian other wise called all heall of each a
handfull boyle all this till it comes to a quarte n streain it
& when you use it warme it very well & n dipe in linte &
bath e legge therwith & somtymes lay e linte upon e soare
For a canker in e mouth
{Lady Husseys receipt}
Take half a gill of hony a spoonfull of burnt roach Alum a
spoonfull of Bole=armenick searsed, of whit ginger sersed a
Spoonfull boyle all thes together till it is a litle stife & so power
it in a pot for use & rub e mouth w th it
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