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A receipt to make black salve
XVII
Take one quart of Lindseed oyle halfe a pound of Bee
wax, halfe a pound of verry good white Lead otherwise
called Ceres; ffirst put the oyle into a Skillet and lett
the oyle be moderate hott, then add to it the wax lett
them seeth together untill the wax be quite melted
then put in the Ceres, as soone as y u have put in the
Ceres stirr them alltogether & lett them boyle near about
two houres & lett it be Stirred all that time, it must be
boyled till it be black & stiffe and smell well, and that it
will rowle betweene y r fingers
It must be a very moderate heat of wood Coales.
A receipt for ^the Tooth Ache
XVIII
Take a pint of whitewine vinegar, take the quantity of
3 beere glasses of the purest venice glass, put all y r venice
glasse into the fire where you must burn it untill such
time as it be ready to dissolve to noethinge, then take it out
of the fire & put it into the white vinegar, where if it be well
burned it will melt & dissolve to nothing haveing prepared your
Liquor in this manner, y u must when y u are troubled w th the
tooth Ache take some thereof & warme it in a dish or porringer
then take a mouthfull now & n, keep it in y r mouth as long as as you
can w thout swallowing, for to swallow much o'nt would be as bad as ^a poyson
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To make A healing Salve
XIX
Take halfe a p
best Rossin, halfe a p d of Beeswax, and 3 pen y
worth of Venice Turpentine, first melt the hard
& then put in the Turpentine, & lett it but just boyle
up, and soe rowle it up.
To make oyle of Charity
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Take Rosmary, red sage, wormewood, Lavender,
the lesser velerian, Cam omill of each one handfull put
these into a quart of the best Sallett oyle, sett it in
the Sunn Seaven dayes, then sett it on the fire and lett
it but boyle, then straine it from the hearbs, & putt in
fresh herbs, & soe doe 3 times & poure of the cleare from
the thick & keep it for y r use.
This is good for all bruises to be taken inward or outward
if inward give 2 spoonefulls of the cleare in a little
balme posset drink, & annoynt it outward with the
thicke, this will help e Toothache & all Cold Rhumes if y u
but dipp a cloath & lay it on; A little of this oyle w th
Senious oyle will cleanse a wound.
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