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36

A drinke to dissolve an Ingendered hardnesse
in a breast that looketh white & is not to
bee broken

Take a gallon of small beare one hand full of Egrimony a handfull
of red sage an oz of sarsaparillo an oz of sweete fennill seeds
boyle all these together untill it come to 3 pints then putt itt
into a bagge of thinne Canves & putt itt into a gallon of ayle the
beare & all

This drinke beinge drunke constantly w^thout any other drinke
will dry up the humour that feeds the hardnesse applyinge to
itt a dissolvinge playster to the breast

A powder to dissolve the hardnesse in a
breast that is not to bee broke

Take the warts that groweth uppon the inside of the 2 leggs of a man
dry them & beatt them to fine powder then take as much
as will lye upon a 4^d & putt itt into a pint of 6^s beare all night
& drinke this beare in the morninge & fast an houre after itt
then putt as much beare into the remainder of the powder
& drinke that in the afternoone & when you go to bed & so every
night refresh your powder

Anoint the brest every morninge w^th ungunt niapolitanum

Another Powder for the same

Take the powder of snakeweed that comes from Virginia the weight
of 6 oz divide itt into 3 p^ts & give the patient in the morninge one part
& att 4 of the clocke in the afternoone a part & att night when you goe to
bed another

A Poultise to breake a breast beinge very
hard and bigge like a Cancer but white &
loose from the Ribbs

Take a pinte of clarett wine & 2 penny worth of saffron putt into
your wine upon the fire & when itt boyleth thicken itt wth very fine wheaten
flower when itt is well boyled & thicke take itt off the fire & putt
into it the yolke of a new layed egge & soe apply itt to the breast
twice a day as hott as can bee suffered

+ For a Cancer in the breast

Take Hogge lis and putt them into a great spoonefull of white
wine and soe drink itt every morninge fastinge & fast 2 howers
after itt take this untill the hardnesse bee dissolved

37

A Medicine toe Cure the Jandise

Take a Quarte of six shillings beere & put it into a stone pott put there
in one handfull of butter dock rootes cleane scraped and sliced thin one handful
of the Inner Rine of Barbery Barke one rase of turmerick: Lett all these
be steeped in beere & the next morninge poure forth a draught thereof into
a boule or glasse: and put therein as much saffron as will lye one a three
pence: stirre it well into the beere and Drinke it offe and soe continew morning
and Eueninge First and last: as Long as You see cause and in Your ordinary
Dyet drinke steepe toe ounces of licorish as much of Anniseeds peneroyall
sage Rosemary Isop of each one handfull: butter dock rootes cleane
scraped & sliced one handfull

Another For the same

Take the red dock & burre Rootes of each a like Quantitie scrape them cleane
and slice them: and putt them into a pottle or 3 pints of six shillings beere
or soe much as will searue to drinke the next day steepe them 16 or
twentie fowre houres: as the patient can beare the tast: alsoe take a
pomegranet pille Dry it and beate it into fine powder: and drinke with
every draught soe much thereof as will lye one a groate: and drinke
it att Your pleasure: and into euery such draught of beere or ale put
as much saffron as a pease: small shred & if this will not helpe lett the
patient take this Followinge

Take a Rasin of Turmerick grate it into a draught of ale and putt
therein a spoonefull of greene goose Dunge Juice that is new made
that morninge and give it the patient to drinke

Another For the Yellow Jandise

Take a Quarte of beere put therein a good handfull of Carduus
Benedictus: as much of Yarrowe: and one handfull of new sheepes
dunge steepe it all night therein: then streine it: and lett the patient
Drinke a Draught thereof in the morninge Fastinge

For the yellow Jandise when the dissease hath
taken the mould of the head

Take the shells of 2 new layd eggs & sett them to dry in the Oven after bread
or bake meats or drawne sett up the Oven lidde & lett them stand till the
next day then beat them to powder addinge thereunto an ounce of
white sugar Candy finely powdered of saffrowne in powder a pennyworth
halfe a Nuttmegge grated mix them well togeather & divide itt into
3 parts take one of the parts in the morninge fastinge in foure
spoonefulls of white wine, fast an houre after itt & likewise the
other 2 p^ts the next morninges followinge as afore said this is
good allso for them that are weake after Agues & children that have
Consumptions w^th the Ricketts

For the yellow Jandise

Take 2 pennyworth of the best English Saffron dry itt and
grind itt to an exceedinge fine powder then mix itt with
the pap of a rosted Aple and give itt to the diseased person
to swallow downe in the manner of a pill use this
divers morninges together and itt will [undo a blede],
/and you

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36

A drinke to dissolve an Ingendered hardnesse
in a breast that looketh white & is not to
bee broken

Take a gallon of small beare one hand full of Egrimony a handfull
of red sage an oz of sarsaparillo an oz of sweete fennill seeds
boyle all these together untill it come to 3 pints then putt itt
into a bagge of thinne Canves & putt itt into a gallon of ayle the
beare & all

This drinke beinge drunke constantly w^thout any other drinke
will dry up the humour that feeds the hardnesse applyinge to
itt a dissolvinge playster to the breast

A powder to dissolve the hardnesse in a
breast that is not to bee broke

Take the warts that groweth uppon the inside of the 2 leggs of a man
dry them & beatt them to fine powder then take as much
as will lye upon a 4^d & putt itt into a pint of 6^s beare all night
& drinke this beare in the morninge & fast an houre after itt
then putt as much beare into the remainder of the powder
& drinke that in the afternoone & when you go to bed & so every
night refresh your powder

Anoint the brest every morninge w^th ungunt niapolitanum

Another Powder for the same

Take the powder of snakeweed that comes from Virginia the weight
of 6 oz divide itt into 3 p^ts & give the patient in the morninge one part
& att 4 of the clocke in the afternoone a part & att night when you goe to
bed another

A Poultise to breake a breast beinge very
hard and bigge like a Cancer but white &
loose from the Ribbs

Take a pinte of clarett wine & 2 penny worth of saffron putt into
your wine upon the fire & when itt boyleth thicken itt wth very fine wheaten
flower when itt is well boyled & thicke take itt off the fire & putt
into it the yolke of a new layed egge & soe apply itt to the breast
twice a day as hott as can bee suffered

+ For a Cancer in the breast

Take Hogge lis and putt them into a great spoonefull of white
wine and soe drink itt every morninge fastinge & fast 2 howers
after itt take this untill the hardnesse bee dissolved

37

A Medicine toe Cure the Jandise

Take a Quarte of six shillings beere & put it into a stone pott put there
in one handfull of butter dock rootes cleane scraped and sliced thin one handful
of the Inner Rine of Barbery Barke one rase of turmerick: Lett all these
be steeped in beere & the next morninge poure forth a draught thereof into
a boule or glasse: and put therein as much saffron as will lye one a three
pence: stirre it well into the beere and Drinke it offe and soe continew morning
and Eueninge First and last: as Long as You see cause and in Your ordinary
Dyet drinke steepe toe ounces of licorish as much of Anniseeds peneroyall
sage Rosemary Isop of each one handfull: butter dock rootes cleane
scraped & sliced one handfull

Another For the same

Take the red dock & burre Rootes of each a like Quantitie scrape them cleane
and slice them: and putt them into a pottle or 3 pints of six shillings beere
or soe much as will searue to drinke the next day steepe them 16 or
twentie fowre houres: as the patient can beare the tast: alsoe take a
pomegranet pille Dry it and beate it into fine powder: and drinke with
every draught soe much thereof as will lye one a groate: and drinke
it att Your pleasure: and into euery such draught of beere or ale put
as much saffron as a pease: small shred & if this will not helpe lett the
patient take this Followinge

Take a Rasin of Turmerick grate it into a draught of ale and putt
therein a spoonefull of greene goose Dunge Juice that is new made
that morninge and give it the patient to drinke

Another For the Yellow Jandise

Take a Quarte of beere put therein a good handfull of Carduus
Benedictus: as much of Yarrowe: and one handfull of new sheepes
dunge steepe it all night therein: then streine it: and lett the patient
Drinke a Draught thereof in the morninge Fastinge

For the yellow Jandise when the dissease hath
taken the mould of the head

Take the shells of 2 new layd eggs & sett them to dry in the Oven after bread
or bake meats or drawne sett up the Oven lidde & lett them stand till the
next day then beat them to powder addinge thereunto an ounce of
white sugar Candy finely powdered of saffrowne in powder a pennyworth
halfe a Nuttmegge grated mix them well togeather & divide itt into
3 parts take one of the parts in the morninge fastinge in foure
spoonefulls of white wine, fast an houre after itt & likewise the
other 2 p^ts the next morninges followinge as afore said this is
good allso for them that are weake after Agues & children that have
Consumptions w^th the Ricketts

For the yellow Jandise

Take 2 pennyworth of the best English Saffron dry itt and
grind itt to an exceedinge fine powder then mix itt with
the pap of a rosted Aple and give itt to the diseased person
to swallow downe in the manner of a pill use this
divers morninges together and itt will [undo a blede],
/and you

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