Take red sage, rosemary, lavender broad leaved balsom cammomile,
vallerian of each 4 ounces wormwood 2 ounces gather them in a Sunshine
day wipe y^m and not wash them chop them very small and put them into
a convenient vessel and put to them a quart of the best oyle of olives
you can get tye it up close let it stand in the sun 2 or 3 weeks
stiring it once in 3 or 4 days then put it into a skillet and boyle it
a little then strain out all the herbs as hard as you can wring them
and put into the oyle half the same quantity of herbs again and let
them stand as before in the Sun 3 or 4 days then set them on the fire
which must be very gentle and let boyle very softly till your oyle is
of a perfect green then strain out the herbs and let your oyle stand
all night in a pewter bason then set your oyle on a chaffendish of
coles and let it boyle a while and scumme it if anything do arise then
take it off and let it stand till it be cold then take a glass of the
uppermost for special use the rest put into a glass for more ordinary
use if there be any water at ye bottom cast it away or trye it for eyes
so preserving the balsam oyle for your use.
_The vertue of it._
It is good to anoint and tent all sores or wounds for it doth heal
first at the bottom it will not suffer proud or dead flesh to grow
in a wound it draws out thornes and splinters, it is excellent for
bruises in any part of ye body to anoint the place outwardly or to take
inwardly to drink 10 or 12 drops to a man or woman and half so much to
a child in a spoonfull of ale or white wine posset drink and drink a
little more posset drink after it 3 or 4 nights and mornings it will
drive out any bruised blood out of the body you may give it to a woman
after her travell it is good for deafness that comes by cold drop 3 or
4 at night and morning for 2 or 3 days together so used it will help
an imposthume in the head break and heal it you may drop into the eye
if it be bruised with a blow it is good to anoint ye throat for the
swelling of the almonds and to drop into ye ear for ye toothache.