239. _For an Imposthume or Gathering._

Take half a pint of Sallet oyle and a good handfull of cammomile pound

it and put it into the oyle in an earthen pot and set it in a oven or

the chimney corner and let it stand there 48 hours then strain it out

and anoint the place that is swelled keep it in a bottle close stopt

if any inward imposthume take venice treacle methridate and leafe gold

mixt together take y^e quantity of a small nutmeg ye last thing at

night for 4 or 5 nights together.

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