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For a Rupture
Take Bennett, crows foot, knott grass polo-
podie of an old Oak take the Juice of those
herbes either in bear or broath a spoonfull
att once for a week either morneing or even -
ing, the Rupture must be up when you
give itt, you must wear a truss for to
keep it upp

For the pallit of the Mouth

Take the Mastick, honey, wheat flower and
Rock Allome beaten to powder, mingle them
well together then take some of itt on a knife
point and lay itt on your tongue and let it
dissolve; doe this often. In case you cannot
take the honey, make 2 baggs of the biggness
of the Palme of your hand and & putt into them
on handfull of Cumminseed & good Nuttmegg
these things must be first beaten well in a
pewtwe dish, over Coales and putt into a
linnen bagg, when they are a warme as
you can endure them then lay one of them
to the mould of your head, and the other to the
Nape of your neck as often as they coole
heate them againe and apply them as before

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The Lady Brooks perfect Medicine
for the Yellow or Black Jaundies & the Coll-
ick in the Stomack and for the Ague give-
ing 4 spoonfulls thereof with as much
Methredate as a Nuttmegg, before the fitt
swealing after itt,

Take a peck of snails in their shells
wash them in a Great bowle of Beer
then make the hearth very cleane and pour
upon itt half a bushell of Charcoales and set
them on fire and when they are kindled then
with a shovell make a greate hole in the
midst of them before you put them in the
fire draine, the drink from the dodmen, then
pour the snailes shells and all and scatter
of the live coales amongst them, and soe let
them roast soe long as you heare them make
any noise then take them out, and with a knife and a coarse cloath pick and wipe them from
all their green froath very cleane, then bruise
them in a stone Mortar, and beeate them to peice,
shells and all, Take alsoe a Quart of Earth wormes
slitt and scour them with salt very well twice
over, then wash them and put them in a stone
mortar, and beat them well, then you must
make the pott very cleane, upon which you sett
the Limbeck, or still and take handfulls of
Angelica and lay itt on the bottome of the

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