507. _A Water for Wounds and Old Sores._

Take 2 ounces of white copperas and a quarter of an ounce of camphir

put them into some little earthen pot and set it in hot embers and stir

it till it be melted and dryed again to a powder then take 2 ounces

of boel-armeniack and beat it small and mix it with the other powder

when this is done take 2 pottle of spring water and let it boyle till a

quarter of it be consumed then take it off and put half of the powder

into it So put it into a glass and keep it for your use it will keep

a long time before you dress any wound (shake the glass well then let

it settle again least any of the powder should be amongst it when you

dress the wound and so eat into the flesh) which having washt well

fould a clout 6 or 8 double weting it throughly with ye same water and

lay it on the wound then take another clout 8 or 10 times double as

near as you can guess to the bigness of the wound or a thought less and

lay it on the other cloth as wet as the former full in the mouth of the

wound and so bind it on with a swath or rowler it is excellent good for

men to use y^t have le grand veroll aue vierge pour le laver. Probatum

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