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A Soueraigne Balsome which
will cure any greene wound presently

Take of oyle oliue 3 pints of cleare well water one pinte of
venis Turpentine one pound of virgin wax half a pound Hype=
ricon or St Johns wort 6 oz of liquid Storax 4 oz of Mumma
1/2 an oz of dragons blood one oone oz of naturall balsome one ounce
of red Saunders one oz of [Plantan] & Rosewater of each halfe
a pint of greene bay leaves, of Rosemary of balme Time Tutson of
each one handfull

Take a brasse bason that will contayne 5 or 6 qtsquarts & putt into itt
the oyle oliue the well water the venis Turpintine the Liquid Storax and
stirre them well about that they may bee well mix ed together then putt
itt on the fire & wax and the hearbs therein shredd the hearbs before you
putt them therein butt never wash them lett them bee cleane ga=
thered then lett them boyle verry untill the Hearbs bee tender
& strayne itt whilst itt is very hott which done cast away the Hearbs
& drosse & lett the strayned liquor stand untill itt bee cold & then
cutt itt in 4 peices & take away the drosse & afterwards putt itt
into a vessell with the Rose & Plantan water & when itt is melted
Styrre into itt the powder of Mumma of dragons blood & off Red
Saunders & adde into itt the oyle of St Johns wort &the naturall
Balsome which done bury itt in the ground in a temperate place
for the space of 12 months & after vse itt (butt itt may bee vsed
presently after itt is made) allbeit that buried is of greater virtue
It is good for all Aches Strains or Synewes anointinge the place
greiued

Tis good for any surfett plague or small pox if you giue itt
inwardly

An excellent Balsome curinge many
disseases & all desperate wounds in the
space of 24 hours

Take of Myrre of Aloez heaped of Spiknard of sanguis draco=
nis of frankinscense of Mommee of Opopanax of Bdellium
of carpobalsa of ammoniacum of Sarcocolla of Safron of
Masticke of Gumme Arobacke of Storax liquida of each 2 ounces
of the iuice of Castorummum 2 oz, of Muske, 8 oz of Turpentine

Take the waight of all these powders that will bee powdered & mix
them well with Turpentine putt them all into a Limbec & distill
itt ingenioussly Take the liquid distilled & keepe itt well in a glasse

The virtues

{1st} Dead bodys anointed therewith will nott corrupt or putrify

{2ly} It Restoreth pined bodys that are falne away temperd with Rose Water
& anointed from the necks to the Reigns

{3ly} It taketh away the Shakinges of agues if one houre before the fitt you
anoint the backbone warme leauinge itt soe vppon a cloth

{4ly} In soundinge itt is the as itt were the last refuge to anoint the backbone

{5ly} ffor losse of speech lay a little thereoff vnder your tongue

with MS. 160

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