Take a quart of fair water a pint of white wine the juice of 4 lemons
put into these bean blossoms elder blossoms white lilly blossoms a
handfull of them all put them amongst the wine and water and put into 4
wild dasie roots 4 marsh mallow roots and 2 or 3 bunches of wild tansie
as much of femitary the weight of 2 pence in campheer put all these
together in an earthen pot set the pot in warm aishes all night then
in the morning strain it through a piece of white cotton clean washt
and put it into a narrow mouth’d glass set the glass in the sun 3 or 4
days in the heat of the sun if there be any redness or pimples in the
face take the white dung of a hen and so steep it in that water all one
night then strain it again through the cloth wash your face with this
water evening & morning if you wash your hands with any of this water
put thereto 3 or 4 bruised almonds this is y^e most excellent water
that ever was made to clear hands and face withall. Probatum Est.
465. _Sr. George Horseyes Green Ointment for Aches proceeding from a
Cold Cause for Shrunke Sinews in Man, or Beast, & for Strains it it’s
incomperably good & holds Perfection 40 years._
Take mallows groundcel strawberry lavender cotten birtch leaves
chickweed comfry parsley sage leaves bayleaves cammomile, Adderstongue
oxeye of each 3 handfulls chop the herbs very small and beat them in a
morter take of roses four pound frankensence 2 pound and set them upon
the fire then put in hogsgrease 12 pound may butter clarified in the
Sun 38 pound Sallet oyle 1 gallon Turpentine 4 pound verdigrease half
a pound when all these are melt’d put in the herbs & let them boyle
half a quarter of an hour and carefully stir while it is upon y^e fire
then take it off and stir it a quarter of an hour after when it is
cold put it into pots close covered and set them in a horse dunghill
a yard deep for 21 days then take them out and put them altogether
& set them on the fire again and boyle y^m a walme or 2 then strain
it and put thereto 2 pound of oyle of spike so apply it to the place
agrived gently warming it with one hand this is only to be made in may.
Probatum Est.