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of the Oyle, or darker, and drop of it on a trencher and of and if it sticks neither to the trencher nor your finger it is enough, Then dipp long linnen cloaths in it, and when they begin to coole, smooth them, with a slick stone on a smooth table, They will keep twenty years. Being laid to the stomach provoketh an Appetite, & takes away paines in the stomach, being laid to the Belly tis good for this Chollick, and on the [veins] of the back it is good for a bloody flux running of the rheins of the Kidnies, and wealmess of back It cures all swellings and bruises, takes away Aches, It breaketh [fellons], [Pufhts] & other Imposthumus and healeth them, It draweth away running humors without breaking the skinn, being applyed to the fundament it cures all deseases therein: being laid to the head is good for the to the Temples, it is good for the head Ache and for soar eyes,, and is admirable good for all green wounds.
To preserve fruit all the years Bear lile to powder and lift it through a Course bread cuire, & to each pound of powder put a pond of Rosin, which melt in a skillet and when it boyles put in the powder, but don't let it boile after, Put the fruite in a yellow Earthen pott with Eares and a cover, lay them within vine leaves orthe leaves of the fruite, lay of each sort by themselves and leaves between every rowe. Cement on the cover with what speed you can that it growes not cold, tye to each eare of the pott and a stone and sett it under water, This cement is to be used only in water.
A walnutt water Excellent for many things Bruise walnutts about this time the shells begin to harden & distill them. The water whereof comforeth the heart and defends it from all ill, is good for the Palsey coming from the liver, with white wine, it cureth appetite, Renues this naturall heart of the stomach, if you wash your hands therewith, it helpeth all the infirmities of the Liver, it is excellent against the dropsie, washing the temples it causeth sleepe it cleareth Botches & imposthumus, wound, ingendering good flesh, it eats away the evils tis a rare friend to humane seed rare for the eyes It cures [plesently] Repletions in the stomach by eating and drinking, and is of admirable use in and [feavers]smallpox
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For a palsy a good Oyntment Boyle in a Gallon of Sack a pound of Camamoile flowers, untill it be but a quart, & it will be like an Oyle, with wch annoynt A rare medicine for Chest wormes: Pick a quart of blew Currant's & rubb them, to wch put a peece of good Sugar finely beaten, mix't together, take one Spoone= =full at night and another in e Morning, and the next morn= =ing after that another stirr well after it, an houre, and drink a good draught of Posset being turned with Roach Allam and Sweetened as you please. For the Stopping of the water Dropp into the navill two dropps of the best Sallet Oyle. Another for the Same Put the juice of Alexander leaves into Warme beere, and in a Morning drink it. Another Distill new milke parsely seeds in a Roseweter Still and as often as you please drink of it. Or take the third part of a penney worth of Saffron which straine with milk and there= =with mix bruised Coriander seed and drink it in white wine or beere soure or five times, warmed with a hott stone. For the Strangurie or bloody water Boyle marsh Malloe rootes / the Pith being taken out / with a little liquorish in Posett ale of which drink a good draught in the morning fasting & at going to bedd, Another Make a posett with Buttermilke instead of beare morning & evening drink of it hott. For the Collick Tost a peice of bread, strike it over well with Civett, which aply to the Navill, tis a persent cure.
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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 Docour Chamberlain with wich 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 the 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 the 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 contractions of the sinews; it helpeth the conseption of woman that be barren; it killeth the wormes in the belly; it cureth the cold
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Cough; It helpth the Toothach It comforts the Stomach; itt cureth the old and Cold dropsy It helpth the Stone in the bladers; and in the Rains of the Back; It helpeth in time stinking breath; and whosoever weth their water ever and anon; and not to often itt preservth him in good health; and Shall make him to seem young very long It comforteth nature marvelously this water doc: Stephers used to preserve his Life untill extreame age; and when he was sick he never used any thing else. A Water that health all maner of feavours att three times taking Take e greene skine that groweth about walnuts; In the winter Take greene barke that groweth at e rootes; bruise and putt them into a Limbeck; put as much of the best vineger as will cover the green skins or barke; then past yo Limbeck very well and deepe there will a water distill from it of wch lett the patient drink three spoons full. An Excellent recept for alin and wett in the Eye Take anew laid Egg and roast in the Embers so haed till it looks blew, and then cutt in halves and take out the yolk and put in alittle Roch allum and alittle honey and clapt it together againe, and the heat of the Egg will disolve, the allum and honey, then put the Egg into a apeece of new cloath, and wringe it as haed as you can there will come out a clear water, which put into a little bottle and keep it for yo ; use, droping 2 or 3 drops at the time in the Eye twice a day letting them lay upon their Back some time after the water is dropt in.
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To make Swallow water Take 40 or 50 Swallow when they are ready to fley Bruise them in a morter feathers and all, add two Ounces of Castorum beaten into Powder, 3 pints while wine vineager, mix all well together distill them in an ordinary still, you may draw a pint of very good water; more may be drawn but it will be to weake, give 2 or 3 spoone =fulls at a time Sweetned with a little Sugar The Vertues It is good for those that are distracted, for the pastion of the heart, fitts of the mother, consumption, dead palsey, falling Sickness, for the memory, for suding sownding fitts apoplex, letharge or any other Impediment proceeding from the Head, and it is good in Phevours; it must be made at midsummer, them swallowes are in their prime. To make Bacon, Westphalia Take a large legg of Pork with the foote on, and salt it as you doe other bacon, and when enough salted, hang it in the Chimney and dry it, and then take as much very Sweet wort as will cover it, and let it lye in it 24 houers then take it out and presse it very well, you may rubb it with Calves blood, and hang it up againe in the Chimney where wood it burnt.
