To make Flos vnguentorum .

TAke Rosen and Perrosen , of eche halfe a pounde , Virgyn waxe and frankinsence , of ech a quarter of a pound , Mastick an ounce , Harts talow a quarter of a pounde , Camphere two drammes : melt that is to be molten , and beate into fine poulder , that which is to be poudred , that don , searce it , and boyle them all together , saue the Camphere , then strayne them into a pottel of white wyne , through a Canuas cloth , & so let them boyle together : when it is boyled , set it a cooling , vntil it be blood warme , then put into it your Camphere , and a quarter of an ounce of Turpentine , and keepe it with styrryng vntil it be thorow cold : when it is cold , make it into roules , ●nd so keepe them to your vse , for one of ●he purest salues that can be made . For thys oyntment or salue is most excellent for al the dyseases vnder written . Wherfore ye must haue respect in makyng it , that ye put not the Camphere and Turpentyne into the rest , before it be as cold as blood , for then it is all lost . These be the dieases that it is good agaynste : viz. for old wounds , it clenseth and gendreth good fleshe , it healeth faster then any other , for it wyll suffer no corruption or dead fleshe to be in a wounde . Also it is good for the head ache , & syngyng in the brayne , and for al maner of impostumes in the head or body , for blowyng in the eares & cheekes , for sinues sprong , starke or shronke : it wyl drawe out any thorne or broken bone , it is good against the biting or stinging of any venemous beast , it wyl rot & heale al maner of botches , & it is good for a Fester or Canker . Also it wyl drawe all maner of aches out of the Lyuer , splene , or Reynes . It is good for houlyng in the members . Also it beyng layd vpon a womans Nauell as a playster , it wyl sease the flyre of menstrues , it healeth the Hemerhoides , and is special good to make a Searcloth for the gout , ache , botche , or pestilence . Thys Intret is called Flos vnguentorum , for that it is supposed for hys vertues to haue come to knowledge by reuelation .

An other for shrinking of sinues .

TAke March Malowes one handful , of Rosemary toppes as muche , and stampe them together ; that done , myngle there with May butter molten , & so let it stand ten dayes . then seeth it on a soft fyre vntill the strength of the hearbs be gone , when it is well sodden , straine it through a canuas cloth into an earthen pot , and so keepe it close .

A soueraigne oyntment for an ache or bruise .

TAke a pounde of Sage , a pounde of Rue , halfe a pound of Wormewoode , and halfe a pounde of Bay leaues , then cut them smal , and after beat them in a morter , that done , take three pounde of sweet sheepes suet , yf ye can , of a sheepe new kylled , & mynce it small , then beate it with the hearbes in the morter , vntyl the hearbs haue drunke vp the suet , and be of colour grene : when ye haue so don , take it out , and put it into a bason , with a pottel of oyle Oliue , & so worke it with your hands into the hearbes , tyl it be al of one softnes , & then put it into an earthen pot , and so kepe it eight dayes close couered : at the eyght dayes end , seeth it in a Brasse Pot with a soft fyre , tyll the strength of the hearbes be gone . And to proue it to be enough , take a spoonefull therof , & put it into a new canuas cloth , and wryng the iuise from the hearbes , yf in the end there come any licor like broune water , it is not soden enough . If it be enough , there wyll come nothyng but oyntment . In like maner proue al other oyntments . When ye haue so done , kepe them in a fayre stone pot or vessell very close , not forgetting to straine them into the vessel wherin ye preserue it . When ye haue need to occupy it , you must anoynt the pacient therewith euenyng & mornyng very warme , where the payne is , and beyng wel annoynted , lay thereto a fayre lynnen cloth very hot , & yf ye can , keepe it to the griefe with a Rouler .

An oyntment for the stone , and Collike , to be made in Maye

TAke the buddes of Broome flowers neare the shuttyng , halfe a pounde cleane pyked from the stalkes , and beate them in a morter very small , that done , myngle them with claryfyed May butter , as much as ye shall thynke meete , & so keepe it close in a vessell eyght dayes , then seeth it and strayne it , as the other oyntments before : & therwith annoynt the pacients grief very warme , euening and mornyng .

An oyntment for all maner of lamenesse , or swellynges .

TAke an handful of Time , an handful of Lauender Cotten , an handfull of runnyng Strawberyes that be lyke to a stryng , and cut them small , then beate them in a morter , with foure or fyue yong Swallowes taken out of the neast very fleg , & quicke beat them together vntyll ye see neuer a fether or pece of them whole : that done , take a. i.d. of Maye Butter clarifyed , & myngle it in the morter with the hearbs , and so let it stand . 24. houres before ye seth it : When you haue sodden it , vse it as before ye are taught , as well in preseruyug of it , as also in vsyng it .

A soueraigne playster for a burnyng or scalding , the fyre being out .

TAke of Rosen in fyne polder a pound , a pound of vnwrought ware minced smal , a pounde & halfe of clarifyed May butter , and put them all into a brasse pan , & set it vpon the fyre tyll it begyn to ryse , alway stirring it : then take it of the fyre , and incontinent put it into a vessel with fayre cold water , and styrre it together , & so let it stand a day or a nyght : when ye haue so don , make it vp in roules , & kepe them tyll your neede , makyng thereof a playster with a knyfe vpon a soft lynnen cloth , dressyng the sore twise a day .

A soueraigne bath for al lamenesse .

TAke a blacke sheepes heade with the wool on it , and doo out the braynes & tongue , & wipe the head cleane , then put it into two gallons of fayre water , with a pecke of Culuerage , otherwise called Arse smart , beyng fyrste cleane pyked and washed , and so seeth them al together , tyl the bones fal from the flesh , & scum it cleane in the seethyng , that don , take out the bones , and the rest put into a close earthen pan , or pot , and so keepe it , takyng at once as much of the broth , flesh , and hearbes , as shal suffice to bath the lame place withal , vsyng it euenyng and mornyng , as hot as it may be suffered , keping the place warme with a linnen cloth betwixt the bathyngs .

To breake any sicknesse , sore , or felon .

TAke the grease leaues of a barow hog and pyl of the skyn , & beate the grease in a morter tyll it be enough , whiche ye shal know by the whytenes therof , then put it into a fayre stone pot , not an earthen pot , and so keepe it close tyll Maye , when ye shall gather Stabies & stampe it , and strayne it , and to one quart of the grease colde , put a pottell of the iuise of Stabies , & in lyke sort more or lesse : that done , worke the grease tyl it haue drunk vp the iuise , with your handes , then couer it , and let it stand tenne dayes : then presse the water out of it with your handes , and after with as much of the same iuise worke it agayne , tyl it hath drunke it vp , & so let it stande ten dayes . In lyke maner vse it at the end of euery .x. dayes , duryng May and Iune . In the end preserue it tyl need require , and as you need take therof as much as wyl make a thick playster , to the bygnes of the sore , & laye it therto .xxiiii. houres , and it wyl breake it : and beyng broken , heale it with a drawyng playster .

A soueraigne proued medicine for the pin and web in the eye , to be made in May .

TAke the toppes or crops of the hearbe Christopher , with the stalks & leaues thereon , of a fynger length , yf they be so farre tender , a good quantitie , & stampe them very smal , that done , myngle it with a good quantitie of Maye butter , and in a fayre platter , or such lyke vessel stampe them together , and vse to set it in the hot sun euery day , when the sunne shyneth clearly , the space of .ii. or .iii. monethes , tyll it be rotten , & yf it be sooner rotten , then strayne it through a cleane lynnen cloth , when as it hath molten in the sun the space of a whole day : that whiche is strayned out , is the medicine whiche ye must keepe , taking as much as a meane pynnes head , & put it into the eye of the pacient lying vpright , the space of a quarter of an houre . Thys medicine may neuer be made nor myngled , but in May . It may be strayned in Iune , Iuly , or August .

A speciall good salue for any old sore , also good for a greene wound , called Salue Robert.

TAke a pound of weathers suet beyng fyrst molten , and clarified into a cake , & scrape it into a brasse Pan or Postnet , then take a pound of virgin waxe , & in lyke maner scrape it into the pan or other vessell , that done , strayne a pound of Rosen beyng beaten into fyne polder , & so with styrryng , boyle them vpon a fyre of coales , vntyl it be molten al into one likenes , then put to it two ounces of blacke sope , & styrre it a while after , then when it begynneth to ryse , take it of , & set it aside tyl it be through colde : then cut it in peeces , and so worke it vp into smal roules , so as ther be no knots in the roules : that ye may the better worke it , anoynt your handes with soft greace or oyle , & it shall not cleaue to your fyngers , hauing thus done , keepe them in a close boxe .

A water to be vsed with this salue to wash the sore , before ye lay to the playster , as often as ye dresse it : good to clense the sore , and to abate proud fleshe .

TAke a good handful of Sage , wash it cleane , and seeth it in a quart of stale ale , or strong beere , and in the seethyng scum it , and put therto a peece of Roche Alam as byg as a Walnut , and so let it seeth halfe away : that done , keepe it in a stone pot close , and as ye need take a saucer ful thereof with some of the leaues , & luke warme bath the wound or sore therwith , then wype the sore dry with a soft lynnen cloth , & afterwarde lay to a playster of the sayd salue Robert ; and if neede be , put in a tent made of Lint & the salue together , before ye lay on the plaister . In thys maner dresse the sore twise a day , til ye thinke it waxeth almost whole : afterward if ye list , once a day wil be enough , because it may els heale too fast .

A soueraigne medicine for a burnyng or scalding , called Mother Cammockes medicine , to be made in May .

TAke Daysy leaues , rootes , & flowers , and the inner barke of Elder , of eche an handful , of the leaues of Bryers , such as beare the beryes , a quarter of a handful , & bruse them wel together in a morter , then put therto a pound of clarifyed Maye butter , & myngle them together , and so boyle them vntyll the strength be out of the hearbes : then strayne it thorow a fayre lynnen cloth into the vessell wherin ye meane to keepe it , as before . When you wyll occupye this oyntment , ye must , after ye haue annointed the pacient , lay ouer the place anointed a peece of the skyn of hogges greace , or the filme of sheepes suet , to keepe the clothe from cleauyng to the sore . For a neede thys oyntment maye be made in any other moneth wherin the Daysies may be gathered .

For a Canker .

TAke hearbs Robert , red Sage , hearb Grace , of ech lyke much , stampe them in a morter with good ale . When ye haue so done , put the hearbes in a lynnen cloth and wet your cloth wel in the iuise , then laye the cloth with the hearbes to your tooth at nyght & in the mornyng in lyke maner , and by the grace of God it wyll draw out the Canker .

A playster for all maner of sores , and specially for greene sores .

Take of fyne Suger and Burnet , of ech lyke much , and bruse them in a morter , and wash the wound with the iuise of the same , then take the hearbes fynly-beaten , & myngle with them & the iuise a quantity of english hony & vnwrought waxe , so boyle them together tyl it be all of one colour : then take them from the fyre , and let them stand a while , them put it into a bason of fayre water , & so worke it out into roules , as before is taught , in ordring the wound . Prob. per T. Colby .

An other medicine for a Canker .

Take Sage , Rue , Woodbine leaues , Peneryall , & of Filbert leaues or buddes of ech an handfull , if neyther can be gotten , then take of the inner barke of the yongest boughes , one handful , and seeth it with the rest in a quart of good ale ouer a soft fyre , til halfe be consumed : whan it is halfe soden , put thereto three sponefuls of hony , and as much Roche Alam ●● thre● Walnuts . When it is consumed take it of , and keepe it as your other waters : if you neede hereof , take a saucer ful and warme it , then wet a lynnen clothe therein , and so washe the sore , after that lay the cloth to the griefe .

For a swellyng or bruise .

Make a Poultesse of Wheate bran & water , and when it is wel sodden , put to a dish ful of it , a saucer ful of oyle of Rue , and styrre them well together , and so lay it to the swellyng or bruise , as warme as may be suffred , shifting it twise a day .

For a sore brest .

Take a handful of fygges and stampe them tyl the kernels be broken ; then take a litle freshe grease & temper it with the fygs : then make a playster therof , and as hot as the pacient may suffer it , lay it to their brest , and it wyl take away the anguish & swellyng , & if it be apt to breake , it wyl breake it , els not .

For a sore leg .

Take Lye made of the ashes of cleane ashe wood , also take a litle Alam and as much Maddar and seeth it , then straine it , & wash the sore therwith . This water is good to cleare a sore , moderating your Allam and Maddar to the qualitie of the sore , and also it wyll further the healing of it , vsing therwith a good healing playster .

To take the fyre out of a burning or scalding .

Take a quantitie of restye Bacon , & burne it with fyre , hauing a Bason of water vnder it , that the dropping therof may fal into it , then take the dropping from the water with a fether , & put it in a dishe with the iuise of Singrue , otherwise called Houslik , a conuenient quantitie to your Bacon , the said iuise beyng strayned into it : also put thereto a yolke of an eg hard rosted , then beat them together vntyll you haue made a perfecte myxture therof , and annoynt the pacient therewith as oft as the heate of the fyre shal drinke it vp , or dry it , and it wyl take away the heate of the fyre , and heale the sore . This was proued by M. White , beyng sore burned with Gun poulder , who before the vse hereof , dypped that part of his body that was so burned , into cold Bryne , to asswage the griefe .

To asswage the stinging of an Adder , or other venemous beast .

Take shel Snailes which in sommer tyme keepe in Gardens , and in Wynter in old houses , breake the shelles , and lay the Snayles in a peauter dishe , & pricke them with a pynne , and there wyl come an oyle out of them , with the whiche ye shall annoynt the pacient with a fether , and as it dryeth in , styl lay on more with your fether , tyl you may perceiue where the styng stycketh : then take one of the Snailes vnpricked , & lay it to the griefe . To keepe the swellyng from the harte , you muste laye that parte of the bodye so stong , higher than the hart . Also betwixt the hart , and the place so stong , bynde a playster of Triacle vpon a lynnen clothe an ynche broade , & it wyl dryue the swelinge from the hart .

An other remedie to take out the fyre of a burninge or scaldinge .

Take the yolkes of .xx. or mo hard rosted egges , and fry them in a frying pan , breaking them all to peeces , & in the frying there wil ryse a frothe , and after the frothe there will also ryse an oyle , which oyle ye shall take out of the panne , and wth a fether annoynt the sore as fast as the fyre shall drynke it vp , and in a smal tyme it wyll both kyll the fire , and also heale the sore .

To heale a greene wounde .

Take the hearbe Salindine & Houselyke equal quantitie , then bruse them in a morter , and take the iuise of them , and put it in the wound , & annoynt the same therwith : that done , fyl the wound with part of the brused hearbs , and so bynde it vp , & in short tyme it wil heale the sore : as by proofe hath bene seene .

For watering eyes .

Take Bittanie , & eate it , or drinke it , whether ye lyst , & it will take awaye the watering of the eyes .

For a womans sore brest .

TAke & temper cleane wheate flower with yolkes of egges , and make thereof a plaister & lay thereto , shifting it twyse a daye , and it will heale the sore

To kil the worme that bredeth in a mans eye

Take Rewe otherwise herbe grace , & stampe it , and temper it with the vrine of the same man , that done , geue it him to drynke , & it shal kill the sayd worme .

An other medicine for sore eyes .

Take the oyle of Egges , the iuyse of stamped Dayses . & the oyle of blacke Snayles , whiche you muste get in this maner : Bray them in a morter , then put them into a fayre linen clothe , holdyng it ouer a sauser , that it maye drop into the sauser : that done , take the sayd drops with the other things before wrytten , & boyle them altogether with skymming : then put it in lyke vessell as your other oyntments , and as ye neede therof , take a feather , and dip it in the vyall , or other vessell , wherein it remayneth , and so annoynte sore eyes so often as neede requireth .

To staunch a wound of bleeding .

Fyll the wounde full of Orpin chaufed in , or betwixt your hands , and it wil staunche .

Also fyll the wounde full of the blades of English Safforne , and it shal stanche .

Oyle of Exiter poured into a wound , wil also staunche the same .

This oyle of Exiter will also heale a bruse , yf it be annoynted therwith , and after rowled vp with a warme rowler , & so shifted once in .xxiiii. houres .

An other to staunch a wound .

Take Veruin made in fine poulder , & put therof in the wound , & it wil stanch .

To staunch bleeding at the nose .

Take the iuise of red Nettles , & good red wyne , of eche lyke quantity , putting thereto the poulder of white Chalke as much as halfe a Hasel nut shel wil hold : that done , warme it luke warme , & geue it the pacient to drinke .

A proued medicine for the goute .

Take a prety quantitie of greene flyes called Cantarides which the Apothecary doth seke , and twyse as much crummes of sower Rye bread , and stampe them in a morter with a litle vineger , so as ye may make therof a playster the breadth of a groute , then lay it vpon the sore place , that is , where the moste griefe is , for the space of sire or seuen houres : then lift vp the playster with the poynt of a knife , & so let it lye halfe an houre . When you haue so done , pull it of , and you shal see a blyster gathered vnder it , which with a needle you must pricke in the lowest part therof , and with your fynger thrust out the water softly , and yf the water be cold it wyll be yellowe , yf the payne be out , it wyl be white lyke the gelly of a Pyg : hauyng thus don , take a seare Oken leafe , & cuttyng out of it all hys vaynes , pricke it ful of holes , and lay it to the blister , lettyng it remayne there vntyl it be whole . The blyster beyng broken , the payne of the disease is gone , notwithstanding the leafe must heale the skyn anewe , and also you muste make the blyster beneath the ioynt , as yf it wer on the knee , them to make it a litle beneath it , or els where in lyke maner .

An other for a bruise or swelling .

Take the rootes of March Mallows three handfuls and cut them smal , & one handfull of wylde Mallowes , and seeth them in a gallon of fayre water , vntyll the rootes be soft , and the water almost consumed : then take out the rootes and leaues , and draine them through a fayre cloth , and stampe them : Then bath the bruise or swellyng with the same water wherein the rootes were sodden , a good while together , with a lynnen cloth dipped therein , for the more ease to the sore . When you haue so bathed the sore , take your roots and leaues wel stamped , and myngle them with a good handefull of Line seede fynely beaten , & a good quantitie of Bores grease , and make thereof a playster of great thycknesse , and heate it very hot , and so lay it to the sore , & within foure or fyue dayes it wyl heale it .

A proued medicine for a Fellon .

Take the iuise of Smallage , the iuise of Fetherfue , of eche lyke quantitie , and myngle them with Wheat flowre , to the quantitie of a peauter dyshe full , and put therto as much blacke sope as the quantitie of a Walnut : them worke it with your hands vntyl the Sope can not be seene , then make therof a playster , and lay it to the Fellon very warme .

A medicine for all maner of Goutes .

Take a lapfull of Rue , of Hysope as much , of water Mint as much that groweth in the water , of Arsmart as much , and boyle them together in a gret vessell tyll the colour of the hearbs be changed : Then hauyng a baine tub ready , with a rounde stoole in it , and therein a hole as byg as the palme of an hande , and a soft stoole to set his foot vpon , and put in the water seethyng hot , the bayne beyng close couered that the ayre get not out : and let the diseased set hym downe as yf he were at hys stoole of easement , wyth hys feet vpon the other , so as no parte of hys bodye be touched with the water , & so let hym sweate an houre , yf he can endure it , and in sweating let him rub him with hys handes where moste griefe is . If he be constrayned by fayntnesse or otherwise to drynke , geue hym stale Ale with a toste , but it is best to abstaine . After thys let hym lye downe in a warne bed , and when he is dry , geue hym halfe an ounce of Cassia Fistula drawen with a water that longeth to a Laske , and after let hym sleepe , and by Gods grace it shal helpe hym .

For to knyt a vayne .

Take the hearb called Bledith Bustaporus , the iuise of Bayes , and bray them together , & geue it the pacient to drynke in warme Posset ale .

For the Siatica passio .

Take Deares suet , Rosen , and stone Tarre somwhat more in quantitie , and boyle altogether tyl al be moulten , then spreade it on a lynnen cloth in maner of a playster , & pricke the cloth very thicke with a knyfe , and lay it where the paine is as hot as may be suffred , It hath ben proued .

Stubbes medicine for the Goute .

Take a quart of red wyne lees , a quarter of a pounde of Beane flower , halfe a quarter of a pound of Cummyn fyne beaten , a sponeful of bole Armianake , halfe an ounce of Camphere , whiche must be put in at twise , and beyle them altogether tyll they be somewhat thicke , then make it playster wise , and laye it to the payne .

R. Osbornes medicine for the Goute .

Take three pyntes of fayre runnyng water from a spryng , and put to it three handfuls of red Rose leaues that be new dryed , but not distylled , & seeth them together tyl the leaues be very tender , and the water more then halfe wasted : then put therto halfe a pynt of good Rose water , and let them boyle together a greate whyle after . When the leaues be as tender as may be , and the water wel consumed , put to it of tartest leauened white bread crummes finely grated , and styre it with a sticke tyl it be as thicke as may be possible : then make thereof a playster vpon a lynnen cloth , and as hot as may be suffered , bynde it to the place greeued with roulers . In this maner vse it twise a day .

Stubbes playster for the Goute .

Take Occicronū Galbanum , and Melitonum , of eche . i.d. and styl them : then take a pound of stone Pitche , an other pound of fine Rosen : one halfe ounce of Camphere , one quarter of Deeres suet , halfe a quarter of a pound of Cummyn , and boyle them on a softe fyre together , & therof make a playster vpon a peece of lether : vsing it as the other .

An other for the Goute :

Take the Gall of an Oxe , and Aqua composita , of ech lyke quantitie , and put therto as much oyle of Exiter , as of both the other , & labour them al together in a pot with a sticke , by the space of halfe an houre : when you haue so done , annoynt your paine therwith , then wet a lynnen cloth therein , and as hot as ye can suffer it , bynd it to the sore .

A proued water to heale as well newe woundes , as olde sores .

Take of Camphere . vi . d . of white Coporas . iiii . d . and boyle them together in an earthen pot for suche a purpose vpon a chafyn dish of coales tyll they be moulten , and also tyll it be hardened agayne . When it is hard , take it of , and beat it in a morter with . ii.d . of Bole Armoniake into fyne poulder : then take a pan with a quart of fayre runnyng water , and so set it on the fyre tyl it begyn to seeth , and then take it of , and put into it two sponfuls of the same poulder , and against the fyre let it boyle a litle together . When it hath boyled a whyle before the fyre , take it of , and ere it be cold , put it into a stone pot to keepe , as your other waters or oyntmentes , stoppyng it very close . When ye neede to occupye thereof , take two or three sponfuls of it , & in a saucer warme it on the fyre , and wetting a linnen cloth therin , lay it to the wound or sore , and so roule it harde with roulers , vsyng it on this maner . And if it heale ouer fast , them dresse it with the water beyng cold , once or twise , and it wyl cause that it shal not heale too fast , and in this manner vse it as your iudgement , and discretion shall seeme best .

The L. Capels salue for cuts or ranklyngs , comming of rubbing . It is also a good lyp salue .

Take a pounde of Maye butter , & clarifye it , then take the purest thereof , also take .iii. ounces of English waxe , and .ii. ounces of Rosen , & clarifie them by them selues : then boyle them altogether vpon a soft fyre with styrryng that it burne not , and when it is boyled , coole it , and after keepe it in the cake or otherwise , as your other salues .

To eate out the dead flesh in any wounde .

Take Henbane , & eggeshels , & burne them together : then stampe them into fine pouder : Put thereof suche quantitie into the wounde , as shall seeme needful : and it wyll eate oute the deade fleshe .

To heale a wounde within ten dayes , as by proofe hath beene seene .

Stampe Camphere with Barrowes greace , and put it into the wound , and it wil heale it .

To ripe and breake botches .

Dip Dragon leaues in oyle , and laye it vpon the botch , and it wil breake it .

To cleare the syght of eyes .

Take as many red Snayls as ye can get , which in raine or hayle crepe about , & seeth them throughly in well water , & in the seething , gather or skym of the fat that wil come out of them , and preserue it as the other oyntments , and when ye need , take & anoynt your eyes therwith .

An other remedye for sore eyes .

Take the iuise of Fenell and drop therof into the sore eyes euenyng and mornyng , & it shall heale the griefe & payne .

To asswage the swelling of the gignitors .

Take coorse meale and melte yt with hony , that don , stamp it with Cummin tyll it be well myngled : then make therof a playster , and lay it to the sore , and it wil take a waye the swelling .

An other medicine to breake a byle .

Take branne and womans mylke , & put them together , when it is throughly soken , laye of it to the sore , and it will breake .

To make oyle of Exiter .

Take one poounde of Cowslips in the moneth of May , and steepe them in oyle Oliue in as much quantity as they may easily be steeped in , and let them lye tyll Iune , when you muste gather of Calamint , hearbe Iohn , Sage , Ambrose , wylde Sage , Egremont , Sothernwod , Penerial , Lauender , Peritory , Rosemary Camamil , Hearif called Sliuers , Peritory of Spaine , Laurel leaues , floures of Lylly , of ech of these an handfull : then grynde them in a morter as smal as Grensing , that don , take the Cowslip floures , aboue sayd , & wring them out of the oyle , & put them into a morter with the other hearbes , & grynd them all into one lykenes : when ye haue so done , put it into as muche whyte wyne as may easyly steepe it in a daye and a nyght : then take the hearbes with the wyne , and boyle them together with the oyle Oliue , wherein the Cowslyps were steeped fyrste , and so let them seeth together tyl the wyne and water be wasted away . To knowe if it be enough , take out of the neathermost of it a spoonefull , and yf there be no water in the spoone , it is enough . If it be enough , take it of , & put it into a strong lynnen bag , and strayne it betwixt two staues , and so keepe it in a vessel either of Tynne or Glasse , for no other wil hold it .

Thys oyntment or oyle is very good agaynst all maner of maladyes that be in the synues or other place , taken thorow cold : as goutes , Palsies , and olde bruises of the bones and ioyntes , and must be vsed in thys maner . In the Sommer tyme the place so greued shal be annoynted agaynst the sunne , and in Wynter against the fyre , and after the annointing the sore muste be ouer layde with blacke wooll vn washed , beyng warmed very hot , and so bound to with roulers . Also thys oyntment , otherwise called oyle Oliue keepeth hys vertue or strength three yeares , and is not to be made , but as before is sayd , in May , and Iune .

A proued medicine for the bleeding at the nose , called the L. Maryes medicine .

Take the shel of an egge , the meate being very cleane out , and put it in the fyre vntyl it be burnt very blacke , and ready to breake : then take it out , & make therof fyne poulder , whereof ye shal blowe thorow a quyl part therof into the nose that bleedeth , and it shall staunch .

For the Migrue in the eyes .

Seeth new mylke , and when it is soden , poure it into a Bason , and couer the bason with a peauter platter , and with the water that commeth of the Bason , washe the sore eyes and browes , and in fewe dressynges of them in thys maner , you shal be holpen .

To kyll the Palsie .

Drynke the roote of Valerion in polder , and it wyl destroy the Palsie , so that ye eate no hogges flesh .

A remedye for the Dropsie .

Scrape an Elder roote very cleane , & breake it in many peeces , or shred it into white wine , and let it steepe therin , then drynke the wyne , and it wyll heale your disease .

An other for the same .

Take the hearbe called Arnoglosa , and seeth it in white wine , and vse to drinke therof fasting , and it wyll helpe you of the dropsye .

An other for the same disease .

Take the poulder of Smallage and Fenel roots , and the iuise of Fenitory , & clense it with suger , then make a Sicop therof , and geue the pacient to drinke , and with Gods helpe he shall recouer .

For ache in the backe .

Take Egremont and Mugwort both leaues and roots , and stampe them smal then myngle them wel with old Deeres suet , then smere or annoynt thy greeued place therwith very warme , & after roul it vp hard .

An other for the Palsye , called Esbe pater .

Take and styll the Primeroses with their leaues , and drinke thereof fasting , and within thryse drinking it wil helpe you : also it is good agaynst the head ach or other aches .

Agaynst the Crampe .

Take and beate Brymston , and Veruin together , & so bynde it to your arme or other place greeued , and it shall kyll it for hauing the payne agayne .

An other medicine to breake any sore vpon the brest .

Take of Mallowes one handful , and of Wormewood as much , and seth them in runnyng water vpon a soft fire tyll they be tender : then take them cleane from the water , and chop them vpon a bord with Barrows grease , to the quantitie of halfe the hearbes , and therof laye to the sore as much as you thinke meete for it , as hot as ye may suffer it , and once in .xxiiii. houres chaunge it , & when it is broken , dresse it with a drawing plaister .

For the bloody Flixe .

Seeth mylke , and in the seething put in a peece of Roche Allam , whiche will cause a curd , which curd being cleane taken from the whay , you must drynke the sayd whay as hot as is possible : also yf your stomacke can possible beare it , you must eate the curd , and with Gods help you shal recouer .

An other to stoppe the bloody Flixe :

Take of the purest redde Rose leaues dryed , & make them in fine polder , then take halfe as much fyne Sinamone : that done , take fyne whyte bread , and make tostes of them , and being tosted , soke them in good red wyne , and when they are soked , take them out & strayne the polders vpon them , one or two of these tostes be sufficient at one tyme , vse them fasting , and also at your going to bedde , beyng new made , but ye may not drinke in two or three houres after : yf you haue not Roses ready dryed , drye some in an Ouen , or before the fyre , and thys by the helpe of God shal helpe you within fewe eatynges .

A proued medicine for a Stiche .

Grate a good quantitie of Setwell , & halfe as muche Gynger , then take .vi. or vii . spoonefuls of water Ascabies , & put them together , shakyng them well together in the pot or glasse , and so drinke it of beyng warmed before , then laye you downe , and sweate , if you can .

An other for the same .

Take an handfull of hearbe Grace , a quarter of a pounde of Cummyn well brused , then take a pottle or a quart of the dregges of good ale , & boyle all these together , puttyng into it crummes of leauened breade sufficient to make the rest very thicke , them put it into a very strong lynnen bag , and so lay it to the griefe , yf the paine remoue , remoue also your bag euer with the payne , refreshing it with warmth , and it shall helpe .

An other for the same , proued .

Annoynt your syde with the Oyle of Melilote , then make a playster of the same Melilote vpon a peece of Leather , and lay it to your syde , and change it not but once in a weeke .

A proued medicine to cause sleepe .

Take foure spoonefuls of good vineger , and as much Rose water , & of oyle of Roses two sponfuls , and of crummes of coorse leauened breade made of cleane Wheat , with an handfull of Rose leaues dryed , as you shal thynke wyll make the licour thicke to lay vpon a lynnen cloth : these beyng boyled together vpon a chafyndish of coales . When it is enough , lay it vpon the foreheade and temples from the one eare to the other , and so let hym lye vpon a bed , making no noyse , and by the grace of God he shall sleepe within one quarter of an houre .

An other for the same .

Stampe Lettise seed and Smallage seede together in a morter , then temper it with the white of an egge , and so bynd it to the forehead , and he shal sleepe .

For the head ach , and clensing therof .

Chawe Pellitorye of Spayne in thy mouth , and it wyll clense the head , & also take away the ache or payne .

An other for the head ache .

Take the iuise of Byttanie , Veruin , Wormwood , Colodine , greene Mallowes , and Sage , claryfyed Hony , and fine Pepper corne beaten in poulder , and seth al these wel in fayre water as much as by your indgement shall be sufficient for to drink the other compounds before , which must be in equal quantities , vse this drinke fasting as you fynd paine , & it shall helpe .