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24.
A soueraine medicen to helpe the Collicke & stone: 1.

Take the Rowes of Redd hearinges, or the leaves of holly, or hulver trees; the leaves beinge full of prickes,
& make it onto a powder, & mixe it w ith the rowe beinge finely made into powder, then put to it grummell
brome seeds with lesse quantitye & then mingle all thes together, & drinke of it euery eveninge & morninge.

An other for the Collicke: 2.

Take a redd onyon, Rost it, & then Splitt it, & lay it hott to the patient wher the payne liethe. proved.

{+} A souerayne medicen for one that hath surfeted
vppon aheate after a could: .3.

Take thre pintes of Conditt water, apenyworthe of frensche barlye, & let it seethe together till the barly be broken,
then strayne it through a fayer clothe, & let it so stande vntill it be cleare, then put the finest & clearest of it
into a pann & sett it on the fier agayne, & take thre lemons, place them as you doe apples, then quarter
them, & strayne some of the Iuce out of them for all is not needfull, then put to it an vnce of surrop
of violetts, & seethe it agayne vntill it be apinte, or somewhat lesse, then let the patient vse it luke
warme: & it will helpe.

To staunche bleadinge at the nose veyne or wounde: 4.

Take fiue Croppes of redd nettles, stampe them & lay them to his forehead vppon his head veyne & binde it
faste w ith abroad list aboute the heade, that the veyne may not have his course, then lay vnder
his tounge a pimpernell leafe & let him drinke smalledge.

An other for the same: 5.
Take alittle fine peece of linen clothe, & a Spider kill him not, but winde him in the peace of clothe &
put it vpp in the nostrells of the patient, & the bloud shall stopp; by gods grace. proved.

An other for the same:

Take orphen which is chiefe of all herbes to stopp bloude beare it in your hande, chaffinge it till it be
warme, it will stopp all manor of bleadinge.

Another for the same .6.

Take Cowe dounge, or oxe dounge, make it into powder & blowe it vpp into the patients nostrells.

An other for the same: .7.

Take the croppes of redd nettells in somer, & in winter the rootes of them w i th salt, & awette a tente in it &
put it in the nostrells, or lay it to the wounde.

An other for the same: 8.

Take stronge vineger mixed w ith clay dried, & make powder of it, it stoppeth the bleadinge of wounde
or nose.

An other to stoppe bleadinge at nose, mouthe, woude,
or bloudy fluxe. 9.

Take the Iuce of redd nettells w ith a little redd wyne & a little vitriall bernte or vnbernte.

An other for the same. 10.

Tale alittle linte & make it rownde like a pease, dippe it in Inke, & put it into the nose, & it will
staniche straite wayes.

A pretious remedy for the same. 11.

Take the mosse of acrabbe tree, & let the patient smell to it as it cometh from the tree & it will
stay it by & by, w ich was proved by a younge man in oxforde that bledd three dayes & three nights
when all the phisitions had forsaken him.

An other for the same. 12.

Take greene copresse & bole armoniake about on quantity finely powdred, cast it into the wounde & it
shall helpe.

An other for a cutt, to staynche the bleedinge of it: 13.

Cutt Isope as smale as you can, & put it to the wounde, & take a cobbewebb ther vpon, (or a linen clothe
cleane washed & dryed & burnte to powder layd to the wounde, it stayncheth bleadinge w i thout doubte.

To staniche and to heale 14.

Take masticke & the heare of a hare mixed wi th the white of a new layd egge; make aplayster
therof & lay it to the soare or wounde.

An other for the same 15.

Take the shavinges of parchement, & lay it to the wounde it stancheth & healethe.

To make a poultess for woudes & swellinges 16.

Take a good quantity of marche mallowes or of other yf you can not gett them, boyle them in cleane
water then cutt them smale, & take white dregges of new good Ale as muche more, your mallows
beinge shredd, put it into your dregges, & put in some deeres shuett ^or sheepes tallow moulted & crommes
of bredd, that is broune, boyle all thes thinges together, till it be thicke, sturre it well alwayes
for bourninge, lay it warme every dressinge vppon a wollen clothe thicke this poultes diss-
olveth hardenes & swellinge.

15 25.
An other poultes to mollifie & dissolve 1.

Take the crommes of white bread, seathe them in milke, put to it oyle of camamell, a little safron then take
it from the fier, put to it the yelkes of two newe layde egges, & so make if it a playster, & so make
of it a playster & lay it to the soare.

A salve to heale all woundes 2.

Take two sponefulls of oyle olyve of waxe asmuche as a walenutt of frankensence half so muche put all
into asawser, sett it on the Imbers stirre it well, till the waxe & frankensence be moulten, keepe it t
o your use & yf the same be drye put to it more oyle, yf it be moyste more francensence, w ith this salve
h bine cured & healed many woundes.

To break a botche: 3.

Take a lylly roote, pill him & seethe him in milke, then frye him in bores greace, & make therof a
salve.

A souerayne playster only to heale: .4.

Take frankensence, rosen, the yelke of an egge, of honey & sheepes tallowe or deeres shuett boyle thes
together, & it is a complete, & so make it playster wise, & lay it to the soare.

A medicen for strein^tgthninge of sinewe & suche like: 5.

Take waxe, pitche, & sheepes tallowe & boyle them together, make a playster, & lay it to the soare or
strayned sinowe.

The kinge of Englands playster: 6.

Take virgens waxe, Rosen, oyle olive, fower vnces of turpentine washed, one vnce of frankensence, of ma-
sticke half an vnce melt & mingle thes together & make therof a playster.

A medicen for a swellinge 7.

Make aplayster of herbane w ith sheepes dounge & alittle vineger, & it will abate all swellinge wher-

soever it be.

To make oyle of roses. 8.

Take a glasse washe him in fayer water, & fill your glasse w ith oyle olive half full, then take the budds
of Redd roses cutt them smale & fill vpp your glasse w ith them & set it in the sonne.

To make oyle of Snayles: 9.

Take snayles with houses, of camamell, dill, or sothernwoode, a quantitie of waxe, & a little butter, put all
thes into an Earthen pott closed, & set it in an oven, with a batche of breade, but first you must purge
your snayles with salte, then take the oyle of them and anoynte the soare place.

To make oyle of mallowes for impostumes & Ripinges
& to mitigate aches. 10

Take of garden mallowes two handfulls, stampe them smale, put to them a quarte of oyle olyve, let it so
stande nyne dayes, then boyle them till the oyle waxethe greene then strayne it & keepe it in aboxe
{5} to serve your vse. this oyle keepethe open draweth & asswagethe paynes, of impostumes, & moll-
ifiethe, layd hott w^th moysted woulle, & for lacke of woulle, take afine linen clothe, & dippe it
in the oyntmente, & lay it warme to the soares & binde it faste to.
Also the sayd mallowes made in a playster, rypethe greatly, & mitigatethe the grief of impostumes,
& specially in Rypninge of womens breasts.

To make the playster. 11.

Take two handfulls of greene mallowes, seath them in water, then wringe out the water cleane, & cutt
them smale, then frye them in common, oyle, butter or swines greace, put it on a fine linen clothe
& lay it to the impostume.
Also wormewood sodd with mallowes mitigatethe & easeth the payne in womens breastes wonderfully, it comfor-
tethe the place & causeth matter to wapper out by the poores, it helpeth greatly to all impostumes in
the body & it is very good.
Also marke well that an impostume ingendred shall not be suffered till he breake by him self, but the
surgion shall diligently handle it, & serch by the softenes wher he shall best launce it with an instrument
to lett out the corrupt matter.

{+} Oyle of mallowes good for all manor of
botches & impostumes. 12.

{6} Seathe mallowe rootes & leakes in fayer water till they be almoste consumed, then take of the
fatenes from the water, & put to it clarified honey butter vnsalted, & waxe moulten together, &
you shall haue agood oyntment for the diseases forenamed.

{+} To consume dead fleshe. 13

{7} Take greene coprasse burne it on a tyle over the coles till it be redd hott & vse it.