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The Greene Oyntment

Take redd sage and the rhue of each apound, the youngest bay leaves,
wormewood of each halfe a pound, cutt & beat them well in a morter with
out washing them, mince three pound of suet hot from the sheope,
beat it with the hearts, till all be of a collour, putt all into a large
boule with a pottle of the best oyle of olive, worke all together, till
all be of a like softnes, then put it into a large earthen pott for
eight daies, then boyle all with a soft fire in a large pann when tis
haffe boild put in foure ounces of the best oyle of a spike, when
boyled enough straine it through a course canvas cloth into a
Galley pott which cover clod with parchment and leather over that,
take heed of burning it putt two or three dropps into a spoone or
sawcer and when tis as green as may be tis then enough boyled.
Rubb thereof on the small of the back, it easeth the stone, the bignes of a small pea put into the ear which stopped with black
wool, healpeth the paines thereof, it is good for all swellings aches
scabbs, fellons piles anguish, swellings of wounds, sooth ache
bruises overstrainings of sinnues & veines, cramps stickes sciatica,
burns scarlds, straines in man woman or beast, tis to be made in
May only.

Doctor Stephnes Water the same of Doc^our Chamberlain
with w^ich he did much good and at his death gave it to the
Arch Bishop of Centerbury as followeth
To a gallon of good gascony wine take Ginger Gallingale graines
cinnemon, nuttmeggs cloves anifeedes fennel seeds carri
-way seedes of each of them a dram; then take sage spare
-mint, cammomile lavender pellitory of th^e wall, wile time
rosemary redd roses of each of them one handfull; bruise your
spices and shread your yerbs; then steep them in the wine
24 hours stirring it pretty often still this in a leinbeck
keep the first water by it self this water is best to be stild
when the herbe is in th^e flower.

The vertues of this water
The water is of a secret nature; and the vertue of it is this
itt comforteth the spiritts vitall; and helpeth inward deseases that
come of coald; and against the shaking of the palsey, it cureth
the contra^ctions of the sinews; it helpeth the conseption of woman that
be barren; it killeth the wormes in the belly; it cureth the cold