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A poultise to be applyed to the navell to stay
a loosnes of one that is very weake or a
woman in Child bed

Take a pinte of red wine and as much rice flowre as will thicken it
with halfe an ounce of synamon finely beaten: boyle these very well
together: then spread it one a linnen cloth and apply it to the parties
navell: giveinge withall this caudle or drinke: a pinte of red wine toe
spoonefulls synamon finely beaten the yolks of 3 new laid eggs hard
rosted: blend them in your wine with a peece of hard suger boyle
all these together & if the partie be feaverish put therein a little
planteine Water: and soe drinke it as occasion Requireth

A glister to stay loosnesse

Take a quarte of new milke quench it with a cleane gad of steele
then put it one the fire and boyle it with toe spoonfulls and halfe of
the powder of red roses well dryed: boyle it till it come to a pinte
quenchinge it agane after it is boyled, and soe give it to drinke
bloud warme.

A Medicine to cause one to goe to stoole that hath
not benne at stoole in a weeke or eight dayes

Take a peece of roach allum make it long like a violet cumfitt
dipp it in oyle or salt butter put it up into the bodie and will cause
the partie to have a stoole.

A Medicine to keepe the body soluble

Take razons of the sun washe them lay them in a pewter
plate before the fire till they bee swoln as great as they
can hold and eat every morninge 10 or 12 of them fastinge

An Electuary to help Costivenesse

Take 4 oz of the Conserve of [Succory] flowers 2 dramms
of Ruberbe beaten to powder 2 oz of sirrop of Damask
roses, mix these well together and when you have occasion
you may take the quantity of a nutmegge in the morninge
fastinge and you may go abroad safely

A Medicine to keepe ones body open

Take a quarter of an oz of Cena and a few fennill seeds and ty them in a peice
of Cobweb lawne and take halfe a pound of pruans in a pipkin and putt as
much water uppon them as will cover them an inch aboue the pruans and
Cena and lett them stand uppon the fire till they cimber and so lett them
stand cimbringe but not boyle till they the pruans bee soft and then
keepe them for your use with the Cena in then and eat halfe a dozen
of them before meatt and as they worke take more or lesse at your plea-
sure the lyinge of the Cena will make it stronger beinge covered and
if you will you may putt sugar to them after they bee done

A Caudle for the bloody flicks

Take a pinte of red wine and the yolke of a new layd egg
a good quantity of Synamon and a little sugar the pill of a
pomgrannate dryed and beaten to fine powder a good quantity
and boyle all these in a faire platter upon a Chafin dish of
coals till itt bee somewhat thicke then lett the patient
eat thereof morninge and eveninge or as his stomach will
serve him and itt will stay the flux be itt never so greatt


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For the Flicks

Take eggs and rost them hard then take the yoke of them
and streyn them with red wine then putt these to
synomon and seeth itt together and drinke itt as hott
as you can suffer itt

for a losenesse

Take one graine of Laudanum opiatum mixe this with conserve of Clove=
Gilliflowers to the quantity of a hasell nut take this goeing to bed &
drinke upon it a draught of mace ale

Another

Take halfe a drame of rubarb tosted tosted and made into powder mixe this
with a littel conserve of red rosses & take it euery morning while
you find your self ill

or take of diescordium the quantity of a hasellnut goeing to bed

for a lask

Barley meal boyled with wine mertles the bark of the pomgraint wild peas
& the leaves of brambles stopeth it

To stope a flux

Take a quart of fair watter a pound of the best refind sugar powdred
2 ounces of synamond cut with a knif into long chipes boyle alltogether
with a gentle fire till half be wasted then take it

Another approved by Mr Ayers

Take 2 quarts of Spring watter boyle a pound of muten suett in it
& let the party take 4 or 5 tymes a day a quarter of a pinte of
this warmed the suet & the water must both be warmed together you
must strain it when it is hot at the first this hath done great cuers

To cuer a loosnesse

{Lady Husseys receipt}

Take a quantity of wheat flower & tye it in a cloth as hard as ever
you can tye it & then boyle it severall howers together in a pot
with beefe then turn it out & when it is cold scrape it, & thicken new
milke with it & boyle your milke with it & drinke it as often as they
have need of it, this hath helped severall

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