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To Help After Pains

Take A dram or 2 scruple scruples of mithridate mix itt with
4 or 5 grains of powder of rosin if the flud's be great after
deliverance then give the following julep 3 or 4 times in A day.
Take of frog span water 4 Ounces of the smaller
sort of cinnomon water, an Ounce & half of sugar
of rofes two Ounces of sirrup of Corrall 2 Ounces &
keep your bed if the flux stop to soon boil birthwort and
balm in the Oat meal Cordiall
In case the after birth should slip from the midwifes
hand, if there be A suckling woman by let the woman
suck of her milk & itt will in half an hour
make itt come to hand.

For Soreness

Take 2 handfulls of Chicken weed Chop it A
little & put itt into A pipkin with A cover take
1/2 A pound of sheep suit shred itt small laying
in the pipkin first A layer of Suit and then
A layer of Chick=weed, & soe till all is in
let it stew upon embers being very close
stoped all night the next morning
Anoint the place binding some of the
Chick weed to itt

A Medicin^e too draw or heal any Sore also to heal Chilblanes

Take of the best English honey one Ounce, one Ounce of
Turpatine, one Ounce of Sallit oyle & 2 Ounces
of bees wax boil them altogether softly upon A few
Embers, stiring them well together, then strain it into
A bason of fair water, & then working itt well together
make it up in Roses.

An Excellent Water for Convulsion fitts

Take of rosemary flowers & Cowslip flowers each one
handfull, of wood bettony and hand full of Balme
One Ounce of Cloves, & as much Cinnamon stamp
al together in A stone Mortar, and steep it in A
epottle of white whine 2 dayes then dessolve in it
2 Ounces mithridatae & disill it in an ordinary
Still when you use itt sweeten itt with white sugar
Candy & when the fitt is give to A little Child one
Spoonfull to one that is Elder more.

For A storke in the Eyes if thier Grow
pain theirby or if you be pricked in the Eyes by any Chance

Tak A pigion & let her blood and let in
and of the vein of the wing and let the blood spin
Out of the vain into the Eyes and it will by
gods grace cire it this must be done 5 or 6
nights, att goeing to bed.

To help great After pain

Take A handfull of pennysioll 7 or 9 sprigs of
balm, boil it in A draught of possit drink & put
in as much diaseordium as 2 nutts andlet the woman Drink