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To take awaye the Scurfe or Itche; 1.

Take salett oyle, & virgens waxe, seathe them together & anoynte the patient therwith & he shall finde remedye

An other for the same: 2.

Take a litle brimstone, & fresh greace, & a quantity of treacle of Iane, melt all thes together annoynte the patient
to bedward therwith washe him with hott water, & make the places cleane in the morninge when he riseth
& serve him thus twice or thrice, & he shall finde greate ease.

To make lipp salve for soare lippes 3.

Take virgens waxe & good Rosewater, mixte them well together on the fier & anoynte herewith the lippes & they
shalbe made whole

A medicen to put awaye a fever, axis or ague: 4.

Tale the white of two newe layde egges, beate them till they come to agreate frothe, then let it stand awhile
then take from it the oyle & put to it a sponefull or two of aquavity, mixe it well together, & give it to the
patient to drinke alittle before the fitt doth come.

A good medicen for the liver or stomacke 5.

Gather Egremony, in the monthe of maye, drie it in the sonne & so may you keepe it all the yeare, & it must
be vsed after this sorte, seathe it with a good peece of mvtton or veale, & to this Egremony put thes herbes into
the brothe, borage, Isope, vnsett tyme, sorrell, but you may not put to it any otemeale or salte, but when it is
sodden throughly, you muste drinke the brothe. I & vse it not but twice a weeke, & not alwayes abstayne
thre howers after.

An other souerayne medicen for the lyver: 6.

Take in the morninge a little ruberbe slyced in little peeces, & put it into a spone, & put Ale or beare to it, drink it next
your harte fastinge, yf you> will you may drinke alittle more to drive it downe; this Ruberbe will tarry vppon your
liver two dayes ere it be consumed, & make your urine yellowe for that tyme, for Ruberbe is the life of the liver but you
may not vse it but seldome, for it will take away collour, & often vsinge of it will cast you into a mellan-
choly vayne which is dangerous:

A good medicen for a sciatica: 7.

Gather in the begininge of Iune as muche [daune] woode as you can hould betweene your hands, shred it grocely bothe
the leaves & the stalkes, boyle it in an Earthen pott with a pounde & a half of freshe butter, rather maye butter
yf you have it, & when it is sodden to one half, strayne it through a clothe into an Earthen pott, when you will
keepe it & when it is could it wilbe asalve.

The manor the to dresse the patient: 8

Take the quantity of an apple, & warme it in a pewter dishe over achaffinge dishe of coales, & when it is moulten, put
therto a sponefull of aquavitye, & beinge very warme let him that shall dresse the patient stande before a good
fier & let him lay his hand flatt into the salve, and anoynt him from the toppe of the huckell bone, downe to the
heele, & stroke it downe with his hande, & ever as it driethe in, take more for the space of aquarter of an hower
& then lay it warme with asheete warmed, & lay the patient in his bedd till he be drye, & this doinge bothe
morninge & Eveninge for the space of sixe dayes: god willing he shall find ease.

{+} A good helpe for one that cannott retayne his water
in his sleepe: 9.

Take a peece of the vttermost parte of the thinge the calfe lieth in his dammes belly when she is killed, dry it in
an oven, & then make it into powder, & give it to the patient to drinke, & it is a present remedy by gods helpe

A souerayne medicen for one that cannot sleepe 10

Take oyle of Roses, & put therto alittle vineger, beate them well together, & lay it on aclothe, & binde it the patients
forehead & it is apresent helpe, by gods grace. Likewise you may vse wood byttany leaves warmed, & binde
it to your forehead & temples & it dooth provoke sleepe.

A medicen for the yellowe Iaunders: 11.

Take a quantity of Athanasia it is like to metridate it must be eaten in the morninge fastinge, with thrice
eatinge of it it will make him whole, for it is a souverayne medicen proved.
Also take agallon oft new ale & turne it into a pott, puttinge therto a great docke roote or two, & when it hathe
rested two or thre dayes, lett the patient drinke therof, & vse no other drinke, & it will be a very good helpe
for the Iaunders by gods grace

A medicen for the bloudy fluxe: 12.
Take a good lapp full of knotts grasse, seeth it with the blacke smythes water of the could troffe wherin he
cooleth his hotte Irons, & when this is well sodden together, put it into afayer boule, & sett it in a close
stoole, so that the hott ayer or fume of this sayd stuffe may assend vpp into the body of the patient,
& lett the patient vse the benefitte therof, so longe as he feelethe any heate to assend into his body,
& let the patiend doe this fower or five dayes together, & he shalbe whole, by gods grace.

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A very good medicen for eyes that be trobled with a pinne
& webbe or with any other dymnes. 1.

Take the oyle of a newe layd egge or two beate & clapp it well till it come to a frothe, then let it stande so a little
while, & let the oyle Runne into a saucer, & put the Iuce of daysies, with the blossomes, leaves & rootes, beinge stamped
& strayned into the oyle of the egges, put alittle clarified honey to it & mixt all thes together well, & let the
patient take every eveninge & morninge into his eye that is greaved adroppe put in with a fether, let this be vsed
so longe as he hathe payne.

An other for soare Eyes 2

Take alittle Rosewater & womans milke, mixe them together & the patient may vse of it eveninge & morninge a droppe
putt in with a fether, if the patient be a man he must have the milke of a woman childe, yf a woman she
must have the milke of a man child, put to this the oyle of an egge as is aforesayd in the first of thes two.

An ingredience to make rosa solis: 3.

Take a pottell of Rose solis, otherwise called Roses of ^the Sonne, which must be gathered in the monthe of Iune & it growith in
moorish groundes, picke the mosse well from them, & beinge made cleane, put to the Rosels a pottell of good aquacom-
posita with a pounde of good suger well beaten, & an vnce of perle, one pounde of dates beaten, one peny worthe of
graynes well beaten, this beinge done put all the sayd parcells together in a great bellied glasse, cover it very close
that no ayer come out of it & sett it in the sonne the space of a monthe, then strayne it through a clothe, & so lett it stand
till need shall requier it & remember that you give not at once tyme two sponefulls to the patient. Also in tyme of
necessitie you may minister it to younge chidrend, if the stomake be weake the lesse, or the stomake ouer charged
with fleame or any suche like having that regard not to give it to a younge childe in like quantity as to
an ould bodye.

An other ingredience for rosa solis: 4

Take a pewter pott of a pottell & fill the same with Rosasolis & after fill the pott with good aquavity, & put to it
one vnce of dates cutt into smale peeces, an vnce of nutmegge half an vnce of good ginger, one penyworthe of
lycoras, & a pounde & half of fine suger well beaten, keepe all thes close in a glasse together for the space of xvij^en
or xviij^en dayes together, then strayne them, & put in smale perles, & white redd amber & corall beaten
all very smale & grinded very well & fine with a quantity of the lycoras, then put them all together in a greate
glasse, then take on or two hundred roseleaves, & put to it you may chose whether you will make with stones or
gould, this medicen is most stronge & comfortable, for one that is weake of nature therfore one spone-
full or two is innough in a weeke.

To make sinamon water 5.

Take a pounde of the best sinamon, bruse it with a pestell in a morter not to smale & put it in a glasse, then take
a pinte of good white wyne, & haf a pinte of good Rosewater, & let them stande thre or fower dayes, & shake them
together once or twice a day, & stoppe the mouthe of the glasse, & still it in a glasse, & give two or thre
sponefulls of it at morninge. probatum

A souerayne medicen against all swellinge in the throate
Cominge of could & flegmaticke humors, & for the
fallinge of the vfula: 6

Take a pinte of good redd wyne, seeth it till a quarter be consumed away, the scumme it, & put to it a peece of
Allam asmuche as a walenutt, & almost asmuche English honey as a sponefull, then lett them boyle
& take it & vse it in gargarisme & it will helpe.

An other for the same: 7.

Take millke & sinkefoyle, & boyle them together, & washe your throate & mouth therwith, & lay a warme clothe in the nape
of your necke.

An other for the vfula which cometh of coulde & droppinge
of the Rume: 8.

Take grosse pepper & bay salte, & put it vpp with your thombe, but if it swolne within your throate it is moste like
to be a quensey, & for that you must take a younge swallowe & burne him to powder fethers & all & mingle
the powder with honey & so make little balles of it & anoynte the throate therwith

A medicen to coole a man that is thirstie or drye 9.

Take of millen seeds twentie, blaunche them, then take an orange or two sliced, then take camamell, sorrell,
violetts, rosemary, proportioned, a handfull of all thes in thre pintes of Ale, strayne them & boyle
agayne the lycour with suger ginger & saunders, wherof lett the patient drinke so ofte as he liste,
& keepe him warme & his body soluble.

the suroppe of quinces & peaches are great coolers but beware of to muche coolinge.