184. _For an Ache or Bruise._

Take one pound of Sage one pound of rue half a pound of wormwood half a

pound of bay leaves cut them small and beat them in a morter then take

3 pounds of Sheep sewit ran from the caul mince it small & put it in a

morter to the herbs beat them together till the sewit be not seen and

till the herbs be all of one colour then take it out of the morter and

put it into a bason put into it a pottle of sallet oyle and work it

with your hands into the herbs till it be all of one softness then put

it into an earthen pot & cover it close so keep it 8 days then take it

and seeth it in a brass pot till the strength of the herbs be boyled

out then strain it through a canvas cloth and put it into a clean

earthen pot and anoint the pain therewith evening and morning laying

thereto a warme linnen cloth.

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