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for a Canker on a womans breaste 1.

Take the dounge of awhite goose, & the Iuce of sellendine, & bray them well in a morter together, & lay therof
to the soare pappe, & that will slea the canker, & heale it.

A medicen agaynst the pestilence 2.

Whosoeuer will eate every day five or six leaves in his porrage, or els sodden with beofe or any other fleshe,
or els take the leaves of sorrell, & put to them Aniseeds, & let them rest therin all nighte, & on the morrough
take five or six leaves with afastinge stomacke, & eate therof, & yf a man be not infected before, take it for
a suerty by the grace of god he shall not be infected with the pestilence, & this hath bine oftentymes proved
by great men, for the expert ministers of phisicke, Albert & Iacob de beuonia sayth, that it is seldome
seene a man to be infected, that taketh this water, or the herbe at night & first in the morninge.

for a perilous coughe: 3.

Take sage, Rewe, commin, & powder of pepper, seethe them together in honey, & make alectuary, & vse therof
a sponefull at Eveninge & morninge.

A pretious medicen for the Coughe. 4.

Take a handfull of Rue, a handfull of sothernwoode & rosemary, a quarterne of clarified honey, & a quarte
of wyne, seeth them all together, then poore out the licour, & stampe the herbes, & put in the licour agayne,
boyle it in alittle panne, then strayne it & put the licour into aglasse, & vse it at Eveninge hotte,
& at morninge could: probatum

To put awaye wartes: 45

Take Egremony, stampe it & lay it on the wartes, & they shalbe whole.

A present remedye for the stone in the backe
or bladder. 56

Take saxifrage, philippendula, penyriall, & parsely seedes, stampe them together, & strayne them into a
linen clothe, then drinke it with Racked renish wyne: & it shall helpe / proved.

A good remedy for the crampe 67

Take out the stone of a snayle, that lyethe in the necke of the snayle that creepeth with the howse, & let
the patient beare it about him, & he shall not be trobled therwith. by gods grace.

A good medicen for one that is greaved in his belly
with muche winde or collicke 78

Take the woole that is betwixt the sheepes legges a handfull that is full of sweate, tose it and sowe it
vppon a linen clothe, & take oyle of Rue & make the same moyste with it, & warme it by the fier
as hott as you may endure it, then lay it to his bare belly, & keepe it soe that it fall not from the
patient, & it will helpe by gods grace.

A preparative to stoppe a Rume. 8 9

Take Eveninge & morninge alittle croppe of Rosemary, burne it vppon a fewe coles in a fier panne, &
let the patient hould his mouth over the smoake, & it is a good helpe.

for wormes in womens pappes: 190
Take white wyne, herbe Iohn, & barlye branne, & place them together, & lay them to the sore.

for to asswage the swellinge of the pappes. 101

Take blacke minte, stampe & strayne it with swines greace, & lay it to the sore pappe &
it will put away the payne.

To make balme water to expell the disease of
the mother. 112

Take agallon of stronge Ale, a pownde of balme, half a pounde of lycoras, half a pounde of Anyseeds,
steepe them ten or twelve howers, & then still it in a lymbecke, it is a very good drinke agaynst
mallencholye.

A drinke to put away a quartan ague 123

Take the Inner barke of Elder scraped from the sticke, put it into stronge Ale, & then seethe them to-
gether, & let the patient drinke it somewhat warme, but he may not lye down, nor sitt, but stand
to walke, & so hould him self vp by all means he can.

To make a woman haue plenty of milke 134

Take the leaves of fenell, & make a decoction of it in wyne, or water, & so let the woman
drinke of it.

To make a poultesse 145
Take Rose leaves, & vineger, & sallett oyle, & seethe them together, & lay it to the hard
soare, & it will help by the grace of god.

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The Vertues of the herbe germander: 1.

This herbe germander sodden in wyne or water, & so drunke haue all thes good vertues, it helpeth convultious,
Coughes, hardenes of the spleene, stoppinge of the vrinne, dropsies, forceth the termes to passe, & in the tyme of
perill the midwife may give it to the woman whose childe is dead drunke with vineger, it dothe rebate the
swellinge of the liver, & prevayleth agaynst poyson, & drunke with good wyne & swallowe pilles of the herbe with
honey it purgeth soares & vlcers, the leaves stamped with oyle will heale woundes, & the seeds draweth forthe
yallow cullor beinge drunke, & be good for the eyes.

A medicen for the Collicke: 2.

Take apinte of good white wyne & put therto parsely seeds, seeth them well together vppon a softe fier & give it
warme to the patient to drinke, & it will presently provoke vrine, & drive away the collicke. proved.

A souerayne medicen to kill wormes in the bellys
of younge children: 3.

Take saven, herbe grace, wormewood, vnsett lekes, with the roots of euery of them alike quantitye. then take the
fowerth parte of an oxe gaule, frye them together with alittle may butter, & then put it into a doble clothe
& lay it to the patients navell as hott as may be suffered. proved.

A good helpe agaynste a tertian fever: 4.

Take two sponefulles of redd rosewater, could, & give it the patient somewhat before the could fitt cometh, & it will
helpe the could, & make it avoyd the sooner, & cause the hott fitt to be shorter & gentler, & in suche tyme of fevers
lett the patient use could herbes, in his porrage, or possett Ale; & it is a present remedy by gods helpe.

A very good medicen to be given to youthe in the springe tyme & fall of the leafe. 5.

Take fastinge thre sponefulls of good sacke, mixte with treacle of Iane the quantety of a good smale wallnut,
make it blude warme, & give it to the patient & so lett him abstayne two howers & moe & it is a
preservative from all g agues by the grace of god

To help atertian or quartayne ague 6.

Drinke the Iuce of Ivye often tymes in wyne, & it will helpe the terrour of atertian, & horrour of a quartayne
beinge dronke before the fitt dothe come

A medicen for the mother. 7.

Take saven & burne it like a perfume, when the patient is in a sounde, & lett them receive the smoake
therof at their nostrells, & it will helpe

A pretious water for the Collicke & stone. 8.

Take garden tyme, Avens, saxifrage, samper, prospeare, beane rodds, rampsons, & grummell leaves, but not the
seedes, still a quantity of euery of thes severall by them selves, then take so much good malmesey as
ther is of the other water that be stilled, put all them together, & then still it out of a lymbecke, & give
to the patient of it thre sponefulls eveninge & morninge, with a little white wyne or Ale, vse this
thre dayes together, & after vse it once in a weeke or in ten dayes, & so it shall helpe the patient
by the grace of god. Remember to let it stand in the sonne.

A good medicen for one that is in a consumption: 9:

Take a suckinge pigge of seven dayes oulde dresse him & scalde him so that ther commeth no water in the
belly, then cutt his skinne full of holes, cut of the head & quarter it, & put the head & fitt & quarters
into a pottle pott or more, then put to it a pottle of stronge malmesey, or good mvskadine of Iene,
then put to your infuse, sage, Rosemary, tyme, horehounde, neppe, camamell, Rue, Isope, & organum of eche of thes
a handfull then stopp your> pott with Rye dowe, that no kinde of water, nor ayer doe enter in nor out, then
take a brasse pott fill it with water, & put the earthen pott with the infuse into it, make a good fier vnder
it by the space of eyght howers, then take out your pott with the Infuse & put it into a stone morter, & stamp
the sayd ingredience smale, & still it in a stillatory or lymbecke, & so give to the patient a sponefull or
twayne at morninge firste & last to bedward, & it shall restore the patient to health within ten dayes
by gods grace

{+} for a pearle in the eyes, pinne or webb 10

Take a little honey clarified as it commethe from the bee hives, & so droppe it into your eye, eveninge & morninge, &
it will helpe: Mrs Cliffe /

A proved medicen to put awaye a greate coughe: 11.

Take half an vnce of Elycampane roots finely beaten into powder, then take two vnces of lycoras well
scraped & beaten into powder, & fower vnces of fine sugar, mixe all thes together, you muste searre your
sayd two powders the Elycampane roots, & your lycoras, before you put it to your suger which muste
be finely beaten, & then you shall haue a fine dre^dge of it; eate therof to bedwarde & in the
morninge & it will helpe. probatum.