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A Certain Cure for a Sore Breast without Pain that
Comes by Milk or Ague Not by a Blow 237

Take a sheeps head with the wool on wash it clean, then Boyle
then boyle it in 3 gallons of Spring water until near halfe the water be
consumed, then strain the Broth into a Clean Earthen Pipkin and put to
it a pound of Rice & boyle it to a thick poultys still stirring of it as it
Boyles with a thick flat stick bruising the Rice, then take it from
the fire & put to it 6 spoonfulls of Ordinary Oyle of Camomile and a
penyworth of English saffron being dryed & rubbed to powder & Mingled in
the yolks of 2 Eggs beaten together, this Poultys must spread as thick
as a finger upon a Linnen cloth that it may come of Moist from the breast
Cut a hole in the cloth for the nipple to come through the Poltys must
be as big as the whole breast, & not to warm applyed both morning and
night, this taken in time will dissolve the hardneys, if taken late it will
ripen & brek it, & when it is broke use the Poltys until almost all
the corruption be drawne out in 3 or 4 days time, then take goats dung
fresh fallen is best, dry it in an Oven not very hot after the bread is
drawn, then beat the dung to powder & mingle with it fine honey in
to the thickneys of a salve, then spread it on a cloth a little bigger then
the sore & lay it warm on then put the poulteys above the Plaister
upon it, never use any tent to the breast be the holes never to deep, use
the Poultys upon the Plaister only 4 or 5 days then use the Plaister
alone until cured

The stew a Neck of Veall
Tale a neck of Veall and cut it out into steaks and beat them flat
halfe fryed put them in the stew pan, put to them a Pint of Claret
and a quart of Water, a faggot of tyme, two Whole Onions stuck with
Cloves & a little Mace and Whole Pepper, and One Clove of Garlic
season it with salt at youre: own descresion; put in one handful of spinage
and two or three heads of In[ise]; cut youre: spinage & stew youre: [Andiss] Whole
then brown a little Butter & put as much flouwre as will go in an Egg
stew this Alltogether very gently about three Quarters: of an hour: over a
charcoale fire. Squeeze one Lemon in it, put sippet of Bread in the
Dish and serve it up

To make a Frigasye

The four Chickens cut them in peices put them in a sauce pan
and then get a faggot of tyme one Onion, cloves Mace & Pepper of Each
a little and salt and as much water will cover them and put in halfe
a Pint of whitewine & a little Butter; stew them alltogether till it
is Enough; Break 5 Eggs and take the yolks of them & beat them well;
some Parsley sweet herbs and Onions shred small then put the herbs
among the Eggs with the Juice of a Lemmon & a quarter of a pound of
Butter put some Mushrooms with them if you can get any & then put
sweet Breads and Pallat stwed in it; the Pallat must be well boiled
first: then put in the Eggs & keep it stirring that it does not Curdell
Rub the bottom of yooure dish [not] a dish: then put in sippets