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ffor the pills

Take glister only of new milk & this as often as you find
occasion this helps when other meidecins faill

To prevent Pites by the small pox

Take a penith of Lethearge of gold & a pinte of good white wine vinagar
put the leatherge of gold in a wooden dish, & power half the vinagar upon it
& let it stand 2 dayes then power that off, & put the other vinagar to it
then the next day power that off from it then take a quarter of a pinte
of the best oyle olive & beat the oyle & the leatherge very well together
w^th a rowlling pine a quarter of an hower together, & when the small pox is
come out 7 dayes aniont the face w^th it 3 mornigs together, this is very
safe & will not strick them in

Another to prevent piting by the small pox

approved

When the small pox are well come out take oyle of Almonds &
annoint the face w^th it w^th a feather & then take leafe gold & lay upon it, and as
it dryes in still annoint it & lay on more this doe 2 or 3 tymes in a
day for 2 or 3 dayes together, & this has prevented thir piting on
some that have been very full, & is very safe, the small pox must be a
little crusted & dryed on the top befor you annoint it

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A Medicine For the hemerods in the
Fundament which will be Rawe and
itch and Ragged like Wartes

Take as swines grease as an egge and put it into a brazen morter and put
thereto as much vergrease as a little wall nutt and toe peniworth of Quick
siluer: well killed with fastinge spittle punne them altogether and then
annoynt the place greiued; (uery thinne) both morninge & eueninge

A Medicine For the piles in the Fundament being
red soare akinge bleedinge especially when they
goe to the stoole & that with greate paine

Take Chicken weede, mallowes: the herbe mercury: otherwise called benne[t]
of each toe or three handfulls boyle all these together in a gallon of run
inge water untill halfe be boyled away: then take a basin full thereof
and sett it in a close stoole & lett the patient sitt ouer it and receive the
steame thereof into his fundament: bathinge the place therewithall
a Quarter of an houre: or soe Long as hee can endure it then
lett him take a good handfull of the herbes and bind it to his fundament
and soe keepe it there all the day and lett him use this morninge
and Eueninge

Another For the same

Take Barrowes grease 4 ounces one handfull of white mullet leaves
one handfull of red elder & a little sheepes dunge boyle these all
together: upon a soft fire & your herbes being well bruised: then steepe
it and soe annoynt the partie greiued morninge and eueninge uery warm

An oyntment For the piles that are up in the
Reynes of theback and doe not appeare
outwardly

Take a pottle of new milke with 2 good handfulls of white mullet
leaves & as much of the Redest elder leaues boyle them together
in the milke till it come to a Quarte then let the partie sitt ouer it one
a close stoole: if hee be able to sitt: if not lett him lye one his bed &
lett the steeme thereof goe up into his body bathinge the fundament
uery well with the herbs and soe doe it morninge & eueninge as
hot as hee can endure it untill hee find ease the which by the blessing
of god will be uery suddaynely

An oyntment for all kind swellings
Burnings and scaldings

Take a Quarte of sallett oyle: sett it ouer the fire then put
therein 2 handfulls of Red sage & as much of pimpernell and
as much of Nightshade that beares the white flowre lett it boyle
so[ft]ly untill the herbs begin to be harde then take it offe the
f[i]re and streyne it then put therein two ounces of yellow
[W]axe: one ounce of Rosen & soe dissolue it one the fire then
streyne it againe & soe put it up for your use

Another for medeceine for the pils or hemrodes

Take the beardes of unset leekes & wash them cleane &
boy[l]e them in a good quantety of Runing water & when they be well
boyled take them out & dry them in a lining Cloth then bruse them
sm[a]lle & put them in a puter dish with a good pece of fresh
butt[e]r & a pritey quantety of English safforon & when
the[y] are all well boyled together then straine it through a
cl[e]ane lining cloth into a glase or earthen pote

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