of clear Spring-water, then put a round viall glasse, half full of
Rose water, or cleer spring water; then put therein your aforesaid
Amalgame, then drop therein one drop of the best _Aqua fortis_ that can
be gotten, and after a quarter of an hour another drop, and so every
quarter of an hour one drop, till you have dropt therein ten or twelve
drops; then with a very gentle heat, on sand or hot embers, vapour the
water away softly, and a brave tree of silver, shall grow in the glasse
to your admiration.
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_A Plaister to help any Stitch, or Imposthume wheresoever._
_Recipe_, The roots of Hollihocks washed clean, and cut in peeces, M.
i. seeth them in fair water, untill the roots bee tender, then take out
the roots, and put into the water, of Fenugreek, and Linseed, _ana_
M i. being first stamped or bruised, and seeth them together in the
water, untill the water rope like birdlime, then stamp the Hollihock
roots before boyled, and put them to the Fenugreek, and Linseed, with
a handfull of Barlie meal, and fry them together, and if need be, put
to some Sheeps suet, and lay a plaister thereof to the sore, as hot as
may be suffered; Let it lye twelve hours at least, and then lay another
to it, and within nine plaisters it will work the full effect: It
dissolveth the Plurisie also in applying of three Plaisters.
_For an Imposthume of the Stomack._
Whosoever shall dayly take in a draught of Ale or Beer, a spoonful of
the pouder of _Matfelon_, or _Scabios_, it will destroy any Imposthume
within him. _Probat._
_A good Oyle to bring in joynts which have been out seven years, to
give strength to veins and sinnews, and to keep them brought in, in
their places._
You must first bathe the place throughly that is out for three or
four dayes, with Oyle of Cammomil, then against the Patient goeth to
bed, you must have two Neats feet, or so many of them as may cover
the dislocation, with the peelings round about: then lay the insides
of the feet in thick and broad flakes to the place, as hot as the
party can indure it, and in the morning remove them, and after with
it annoint the place and the flakes aforesaid with Oyle of Cammomil,
and then apply fresh peelings. This for certain hath brought in joynt,
that which hath been out of joynt six years, and giveth strength to the
veins and sinnews, and will keep the joynts in their first place; and
the effect will appear in three or four dressings.
_For the Black Jaundies._
Spread Wheat-straw abroad upon a clean floor in a close house, and
put in Geese, and watch them when they dung: take their dung up with
a knife, and scrape away the white about the dung, untill you have a
good quantity of it, then dry this in an Oven, make pouder thereof, and
drinke of it morning and evening warmed in Ale, and it will cure both
the black and yellow Jaundies.
2. Dry the gall of a Raven, and grate it into powder, and take a
quantity of it in a spoon, temper it with Beer or Ale, and drinke this
fasting three mornings together: Or take nine or ten seeds of Hemp, doe
away the husks, and bruise them, and put them in Ale, and drinke this
fasting, for eight or nine dayes.
_For the black Jaundies_,
℞. Of Hearb Ambrose, Betony, Mugwort, _ana._ M. i. three or four Dock
roots clean pickt, washt, and scraped, stamp all these together in a
Morter, till they be beaten indifferent small; then take Spicknard,
Turmerick, and Gallingal, _ana. p. æ._ stamp them in a Morter likewise,
then put the Hearbs into a clean cloth by themselves, and tie them fast
with strings, and hang them in a gallon or two of good Ale newly ready
to be tunned up, and after three or four dayes, drink a good draught
thereof every morning next to your heart, and fast after it three
houres, and doe so the like when you goe to bed.
_To make Hartshorn Jelly._
℞. Two ounces of Hartshorn being small rasped, and a pint of fair
water, one Nutmeg sliced, one race of Ginger, a branch of Rosemary,
boyle all these together in an earthen Pipkin over a soft fire, till it
be very clammy, then strain it into a Bason, and put to it Rosewater
and Sugar.
_For the yellow Jaundies._
℞. Celandine, English Saffron, and powder of Ivory, seeth them in white
Wine, and drink thereof eight or nine dayes _mane & vesperi_.
2. ℞. The Urine of the Patient, and drink it with the juyce of
Horehound.
3. Seeth the juyce of Cammomill, Morrell, and Mouseare, in white Wine
twice, and drink of it fasting.
_For the yellow Jaundies._
℞. The pap of a roasted Pippin, and put as much powder of Saffron as
will lye on a penny, and twice as much Harts-horn finely scraped,
mingle them well together, and give the Patient three mornings together
the quantity of a Nutmeg, and as much at going to bed.
2. ℞. Of the inner rind of Barberry bark, and Goose dung that feeds on
grasse, and wash the white of it, and a little Saffron, steep these in
Ale, and let the Patient drink it in the morning fasting.
3. ℞. Of red Nettle-tops M. i. seeth them in a pint of Ale, and drink
the same four or five mornings together.
4. ℞. Alicant, or hard Spanish Sope, and a little stale Ale in a Cup;
rub the Sope against the bottome of the Cup till the Ale be white, then
shave a little Ivory, and let the Patient drink of this first and last
till he be recovered: Also take Celandine leaves, and put them into
your Stockings next to your feet.
5. Put a good handfull of Celandine leaves into a quart of white Wine,
boyle them to a pint: in the winter use the roots, and drink thereof
morning and evening.
6. Cut out the core of a good big Apple, put into the place some sweet
Butter, a little Turmerick, and English Saffron, cover it with the top
you cut off, rost it tender, and let the sick eat of this three or four
mornings together.
7. ℞. One pennyworth of Turmerick, of the middle rind of the Barberry
bark M. ii. of Celandine M. i. seeth the Celandine, and the bark, in
Ale-wort, putting to it a gallon of new Ale at the tunning, and when it
hath stood two nights, draw it at the spicket, and warm it with a gad
of fine Steel, and put to it the powder of the Turmerick, and drink of
it first and last.
8. ℞. The juyce of Liverwort, and the scrapings of Ivory, and of
Saffron, as much as you shall think fit, of French Sope as much as a
Chestnut, bind them all in the corner of a linnen cloth, and swinge
them up and down in fair water, till all the vertue be gone into the
water, and give the Patient to drink of it.
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_For a lame Leg._
_Recipe._ _Aqua composita_, and oyle of Roses, _ana. p. æ._ mix them
together well, and annoint the greived place with it morning and
evening, but let the Patient first be well rub’d with a warm cloth.
_Probatum._
_For the same._
℞. Oyle of _Exeter_, oyle Olive, and _Aqua vitæ_, and Beasts gall,
_ana. p. æ._ Mix them all well together, and annoint the lame leg
therewith twice every morning and evening, for the space of a
fortnight; but alwayes use to rub the place first very well with warm
clothes.
_For chopt Lips._
Rub them with your sweat behind your eares, and this will make them
smooth and well coloured.
_A Drink for the Cough of the Lungs, and Consumption._
℞. Of Earth-wormes two pound, in a _May_ morning, those with black
heads are best, you may gather enough; put these in white Wine for
three or four houres then slit and wash them in the same Wine, and in
another Wine, and lay them in an earthen pan on straw or sticks laid a
crosse, and put them into an Oven after the bread is drawn, and so use
them till they be so dry, that you may pownd them, then searce it, and
beat it again till it be as fine as flower: then keep it for your use,
which you must take twice a day, in the morning when you wake, and at
four in the afternoon, as much as will lye on sixpence, or eightpence;
take it in a spoonfull of warm Broth, or mulled Sack, or Mace Ale, and
drink a pretty draught of the Broth to wash it down: if you take it in
mulled Sack, or Mace Ale, take not above four spoonfuls, use this for a
moneth, but be carefull of taking cold.
_To make a Laxative Whey._
℞. One pound and a half of clarified Whey, Sena half an ounce, four
penny weight of Anniseseeds, of Hops half a handfull, of Borrage, and
Buglosse, _ana._ half a handfull, Fumitory p. i. seeth all these in
the clarified Whey untill half be consumed, drink of it two mornings
together.
_A good Laxative for a Child._
℞. Of Violets three handfuls (if you cannot get them, as much of the
leaves,) seeth them in running water, from a pottle to a quart, then
take of Almonds one pound, stamp them small, and temper them with the
water, and make an Almond Milk of it, and let the child eat and drink
of the Milk, and also if need require, of the water by it self with a
little Sugar.
_To cause Loosenesse._
℞. _Coloquintida_ and mix it with Honey, and Bulls Gall, then apply
this plaister-wise to the belly, and this will doe it: Also take Wool,
or Silk, and dip it in the juyce of Sowbread roots, and Wine, and use
it as you use a Suppository.
_For a costive by burnt Choller._
℞. Of Mallowes, Mints, Wormwood, and Violet leaves, _ana._ half a
handfull, seeth these in the water of the sick, and when they are well
sodden, presse out the water from the Hearbs, and stamp the Hearbs in
a Morter, and fry them in _May_ Butter, or fresh Grease, and make a
plaister of it, and apply it warm unto the belly, and change it once a
day,
_For Rheume procuring a Cough of the Lungs_
℞. A quarter of a pint of good Sack, of Elacampane roots half an
ounce, as much Licorice, powder them very finely, of the best refined
Sugar half a pound, boyle them together, till they rope in nature
of a Sirrup, then take hereof the quantity of a big Filbert _mane &
vesperi_, and after as often as the Cough tickles you.
2. Take Virgin Honey, and old Conserve of red Roses, _ana. p. æ._
mingle them well together, and take at morning and night three Pills as
big as a Nutmeg, and keep warm after it.
_A Drink for the Cough of the Lungs._
℞. A pottle of spring water, put into it of Oak leaves, M. ß. of Colts
foot, of Butter burr, roots and leaves, _ana_ M. i. of S. Johns wort,
Mousear, Maiden hair, _ana_ p. i. 3 or 4 Harts tongue leaves, a little
Liverwort, 6 branches of Maiden Hysop, 3 or 4 branches of Rosemary,
pick and wash all these clean, 16 Figs slit in two: Set this over the
fire, and let it boyl softly, till half be consumed, then take it off
the fire, and strein it, and put into it of loaf Sugar ℔. ß. and when
it is melted, put unto it six or seven drops of oyle of Sulphur, and
put it into a glasse, and shake it well, and drinke every morning eight
spoonfulls, which you must drink leasurably, that it may the better
fall on the Lungs; about four of the clock in the afternoon you must
take as much: this will both cleanse, and heal the Lungs, and stop the
coughing.
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_A cooling Almond Milk._
Take Lettice, Spinage, Succory, Violets, langdeBeefe, Endive, and red
Fennel, _ana._ half a handful, three spoonful of Anniseseeds, five
whole Maces, and one Nutmeg cut into peices, seeth all these in a
pottle of running water to a quart, then blanch your skins, and beat
them with the cold seeds, and so draw it with this decoction, and put
into it Sugar, and _Manus Christi_, to sweeten it.
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_A Water to restore Nature._
Take of good new Milk three pound, of red Wine one pound, the yolkes of
four and twenty new laid Eggs, having their whites taken out, beat the
Eggs well with the Wine and Milk, and put thereto as much fine Manchet
as will almost suck up the liquour, distil this with a soft fire, take
two or three spoonfuls of this usually in your broth two or three
times a day: this is rather to be used in Hectick Fevers then in other
diseases, because they are alwayes hot in the palmes of their hands,
and in the soles of their feet, both after sleep, and after meat, which
shew the consumption of the solid, and fleshy parts of the body.
_To restore Nature consumed._
Steep the yolkes of two new laid Eggs in six ounces of Vinegar six
houres, then take them out, and with four Dates, and a pint of
Muskadine, or Alicant, make a Cawdle therewith as followeth: Take of
Rosewater one pound, a pint of Muskadine, boyle therein a dishful
of the Pithes of an Oxe back clean pickt, a large sawcer full of
good Currans clean washt, four yolkes of Eggs, six Dates, a stick of
Cinnamon, and a good Nutmeg; make a Cawdle of this with Sugar, and
having so done, strain it, and drink thereof at morning fasting, and
at four in the afternoon: it is singular good for a weak back, and
decaying of nature.
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_For the French Pox._
_Recipe_, Of _Lignum vitæ_, ℔ i. of _Sarsaparilla_, ℥ v. of _Sena
Alexandrina_, ℥ iv. of _Sassafras_ ℥ iv. of Bole Armon. ℥ i. of Chalk,
℥ i. of _Hermodactilis_, ℥ ii. of French Barlie ℥ ii. bruised, of
long Pepper a half penniworth, of Saffron one penniworth, of _London_
Triacle ℥ i. Boil all these in four gallons of spring water half be
consumed, when it is to be boyled put in the long Pepper, Saffron,
_London_ Triacle, Bole Armoniack, and the _Hermodactilis_: What is to
be pounded, pound; and what is to be bruised, bruise; let it boil a
good while after those Ingredients are put into the pot, close stopped:
Then strain it, and with the dregs you may make a smaller drinke for
the Patient to drinke at meat, or when he is dry; but of the former
drinke he must drinke ℥ iiii thrice a day: _Viz._ at eight of the clock
in the morning, at noon, and at 10 at night: He must eat dryed Bisket,
and great Raisins, and his meat must be mutton, dry roasted without
Salt. The party must also take this ensuing Purge twice, before he
drinke the drinke: _viz._ six penniworth Of _Pulvis Sanctus_, with ℥ i.
of Sirrup of Roses solutive, well mixed in ℔ ß of white Wine, drinke it
blood warm, fasting two houres, and then take some warm broth.
_Another._
Two or three doses of Doctor _Vanhocks Rosa vitæ_, given at severall
times is very good in this disease.
_Another._
℞. Of _Diaphænicon_, ℥ ii. as much _è succo rosarum_, drink this in the
morning at six or seven a clock with ℥ iv. of white wine, bloodwarm for
three four or five dayes: It is an excellent purge, and will give you
six or eight stools within two hours. _Probat._
_A Posset good in all cold Agues, or Pestilentiall Diseases._
Make a Posset with small Beer, with a quart of milk, as clear as you
can, then take of Goats rye, M. i. when you have taken off the curd
from the Posset, put the Goats rye into it, and let it boyl a good
while; then put three or four branches of _Scordium_ into it, then
take it from the fire, and cover it a while; then strein it, and give
the Patient neer a pint of it at a draught warm, an hour before his
fit comes; then let him lye still one hour to sweat, or two, or longer
if he can indure it, use this for three times; but let the Patient be
carefull he take no cold.
_The Plague Water._
℞. Harts horne rasped, ℥ i. one root of Saxifrage, the stems and seeds
of red Sage, Rue, Elder leaves and berries, red Bramble leaves, one
root of Angelica, or the leaves thereof, Tormentill the roots and
Leaves, _ana_ M. i. two Oranges, English snake-weed the roots and
leaves, _Virginia_ snake-weed a small quantity, which is much better
then ours, of Goats rue, _ana_, M. i. Butterburr leaves and roots,
and Pimpernel, _ana_ M. ß. _Scordium_ six branches, Marigold Flours,
and Borage flours, and Rosemary flours, _ana_ M. i. White Ginger ʒ
ii. dryed Figs eight, old Ivie Berries black, two spoonfuls, Walnuts
fortie, stamp them all in a morter, and steep them twelve Hours in
White wine, ℔ ii. and white Wine Vinegar, ℔ ß. then strein it through
a fine strong linnen cloth; and adde unto it ℥ i. of Bole Armoniack
finely poudered, and a little Pomecitrine rinds one penniworth, and
distil it in a dry Still, and take morning and evening one spoonfull.
This is good for any Fever, ague, small Poxe, Measels, or any
Infection: If it purgeth, as it will if there be any infection, you
must give the Patient two spoonfuls of this till it hath done his
working.
_An Antidote against the Pestilence, by +Dr.+ B._
℞. Three pints of good Muscadine, of Rue, M. i. of brown Sage as
much, bruise and boyl the Hearbs in the Muscadine till a third part
be consumed, then put to of Ginger ℥ ß. of Nutmegs thirty two, a
penniworth of long Pepper grossely bruised into the Wine, and let it
boil one walm, then take it off and strein it, then put into it a
penniworth of Mithridate, two penniworth of _London_ Triacle, and a
quarter of a pint of Angelica water, drinke one spoonfull of this every
morning fasting one hour after; but if the partie be infected, then let
him drinke two spoonfuls, and sweat upon it.
_For the shaking Palsie._
Take of Cloves two or three ounces, as much of Nutmegs, pouder them
small, and mixe them with oyle of Lavender, to make them fit for a
plaister, spread it on Leather, and lay it to the nape of the neck,
and wrists of the hands; Or as I have proved, Take three penniworth of
_London_ Triacle, a pennie pot of Neat oyle, a pennie pot of Sherrie
Sack, mix these three things together well, and eat a spoonfull or two
every morning fasting, and at any time of the day; after this once or
twice a day if you please take a spoonfull, or eat it upon new white
bread. This will help the shaking Palsie, and trembling of the heart,
and make a man cheerfull and merrie. _Probatum._ I had the shaking
Palsie by working in _Mercurie_, no man more, and this in fourteen
dayes cured me; God be praised.
_Another._
Steep Mugwort in Rosewater, wash the hands therewith, and it will cure
their shaking and trembling.
_To restore lost Speech._
Lay a thin peece of raw Beef to the forehead of them that have lost
their voice, and let it lye one all night.
_To restore speech to an Apoplectick._
Beat the Kernels of Peach stones together into pouder, and give the
Patient a good draught thereof in Rennish Wine.
_A Restorative Electuary._
Take of great Raisins cleansed from their stones, ℔ ii. of Licorice
scraped, and bruised, ℥ i. put these in ℔ ii. ß. of cleer water,
seeth them well, and strein them, and put into their streining, of
Mirabolans, Hebal, Citrine, and Indic, cleered from their stones,
_ana_ ℥ ii. of Emblick and Bellerick, _ana_ ʒ ii. boyl them, presse
and strain them, then put thereto of pure Sugar, ℔ i. and when they
are boyled up to the thickness of a Sirrup; adde in the end of choice
Cinnamon, ℥ ß. Cloves and Galingal, _ana_ ʒ ii. of Nutmegs, _num._ ii.
of Fennel, and Annise-seed, _ana_ ʒ i. Make it into an Electuarie, and
put it up into a clean Box, agreeable to the complexion of the Patient
that shall use it; as for the spleen, in a Tamarisk, or Ash boxe, or
Juniper for flegmatick persons, and so accordingly of others.
In this Electuary are Medicines for principal Members, _viz._ the
Heart, the Head, Stomack, Liver, Spleen, and Generative parts. It is
first hot, then moist, after cold, and last dry.
This Medicine was invented by _Arnoldus de villa nova_ for hindering
old age, conservation of health, prolongation of life: it not onely
comforteth, but purgeth superfluities remaining from the nourishment
past, keepeth back gray haires, strengthneth the stomack, and giveth a
good colour to the whole body.
_A Restorative good in all diseases._
Take Elder flours, the Eve of S. _John Baptist_ at Midsummer, according
to the Planet which is _Jupiter_, or according to the Sun diall at
twelve a clock: Dry these in the East, stamp and pouder them, then
take Borage water, and put into it seven or nine grains of the Pissle
of a Deer, dryed and grated to pouder, with a spoonfull of the pouder
of the flouers aforesaid: Infuse them for 12 houres, in three or four
ounces of the water for the Patient to drinke for 15. dayes together.
It restoreth old age, and strengthneth the back. In fine, this is
miraculous for all diseases.
_For the Rickets._
Take of cream two pound, and boil it to an oyle or take of unsalted
Butter ℔ ii. take three or four good handfulls of Cammomil, mince it
small, and put it into the oyle or Butter, and let it boil on a soft
fire till the hearbs become crispe, and that it be very bitter; then
strein it, and annoint the childs sides downwards, and the bottome
of the belly and thighes morning and evening: Also to give the child
thrice a day half a dosen spoonfuls of Harts-tongue water, in which
you have steped seven or eight Cloves, and some brown Sugar Candie to
sweeten it: If the child mend not with this; ℞ Of shoomakers shreds,
two or three M. boil them in fair water, and take off the oyle, and
annoint the child, as before prescribed: If the child be not weaned,
you must wean it, otherwise no Medicine will recover it: Also you must
carry it as little as you can in your armes, but when you doe, be
stirring it, and make it try to use the legs, if it be of that bignesse.
_Doctor +Vanhecks+ Rosa Vitæ_.
℞. _Mercurie_ sublimate sublimed with ℥ iv. of Roman or Danisk
Vittriol, Antimonie crude, ℥ ii. grinde them well together an hour
and half; retore these with sand half way up the body of the glasse,
with a gentle fire five houres, and then increase the fire by degrees,
till with a good fire red begins to come (into an Urinal half full of
water) which precipitates that which is distilled out into a snow white
pouder, which pouder wash three or four times with fair water till the
sharpness be gone. Then make an extract of Zedoarie, Cinnamon, and
Galingale, _ana_, ʒ i. and red Sanders ʒ ii. with spirit of Wine ℥ vi.
mingle this Extract with ℥ i. of the foresaid white pouder, and grinde
them together well, and it will dry it self into a red pouder.
It is given for the French Pox about four grains in the pap of an Apple
with butter, this will give some five or six vomits; It also helpeth
Agues and Fevers, Dropsie and divers other diseases, and is constantly
sold for three shillings four pence the dose, _Probat per me_ T. S.
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_A Sear-cloth for divers causes._
_Recipe_, Of Oyle olive, ℔ i. ß. red Lead, ℔ i ß. of white Lead, ℔
i. Castile Sope ℥ iiii. Oyle of Bayes ℥ ii. Put your Oyle olive in
a Pipkin, and put thereto your Oyle of Bayes, and the Castile Sope.
Seeth these over a gentle fire of Embers till it be well mingled and
melted together, then strew a little red lead and white, being mingled
together in pouder, still stirring it with a great spatter of wood, and
so strew in more of your Lead by little and little, till all be in,
stirring it still by the bottome to keep it from burning, for an hour
and half together; then make the fire somewhat bigger, till the redness
be turned into a gray colour. But you must not leave stirring it, till
the matter be turned into a perfect black colour as Pitch; then drop a
little upon a wooden trencher, and if it cleave not to the trencher,
nor your finger, it is enough: Then take long linnen clothes, and dip
them therein, and make your Sear-cloths thereof, they will keep 20
yeares; let your pouder of your Lead be searsed very fine, and shred
the Sope small.
The Vertues of this Sear-cloth are; Being laid to the Stomack, it doth
provoke appetite, and taketh away any pain in the stomack; being laid
to the Belly, it is a present remedie for the Collick: Being laid to
the back, it is a present remedie for the Flux, and running of the
Reins, heat of the Kidnies, and weakness of the Back: It helpeth all
swellings and bruises, and taketh away Aches. It breaketh Felons, and
other Imposthumes, and healeth them. It draweth out any running humour,
and helpeth him without breaking of the skin, and being applyed to the
Fundament, helpeth any disease there: It helpeth all old Sores, and
will be made in six houres.
_For the Stone._
℞. The Clawes of a brown Pionie root, and the root, and Jet Beads, _ana
p. æ._ dry the clawes and roots, and pouder them, and the jet also very
finely, then mingle them, and in Ale or White wine drinke a little of
the pouder.
2. Peel a red Onyon, slice him and put him into a pint of good white
Wine, let him lye six houres, then strein it, and drinke of it twice in
a fit, and it will expell the stone.
_For Stone, Strangurie, and Collick._
Take the inner rinde of the young branches of a Hasell tree, boyle
them in small Ale till half be consumed, and let him that hath the
Strangurie, drink half of it at a draught, let the Patient drink a
draught of it first and last, for nine dayes together, for it never
fails.
_For the Stone in the Bladder._
℞. Of Turpentine ℥ iiii. and burn it to pouder, then mix two drachms
thereof with four ounces of Saxifrage water, and give it twice a week,
in the morning to the Patient, and this will not onely preserve him
from the stone, but drive it out, if any use this but two moneths.
_Probat._
2. Stamp two Bees in Beer and drinke it, and it will cause Urine to
come.
_To break and drive out the Stone._