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for a womans brest that is curdeled
wth milke
Take a pynte of stale Ale & a Quantitie of honye & boyle it together, to the half, then
take adouble Clothe, & wett it therin & so laye it to the brest.

An other for the same:
Take oyle of lyneseede & virgen waxe, & temper them together & make a sere Clothe therof
& so laye it to the brest:

A medicen to Cause a woman to be
Delivered of Childe
Take savorye, Boyle it in white wine till half the lyquor be consumed: & so drinke it.

An other for the same:
Take ferne that groweth uppon the Oke, & savery, pownd them together, & temper it w^th
Brest mylke, & lay it to the soles of her feete.

A Speciall medicen to coole a burninge
fever:
Take a great quantitie of the Juice of lemons, put it close into an Earthen pott, then put to
it the like suche a quantitie of the best sallett oyle as will cover the topp of the lemons from
any ayre; this done close upp the mouth of the pott very close, & as yo^u shalbe troubled
w^th yo^r heate, drawe out aquantitie therof at a spicked hole, & drinke it & the rest keepe
for yo^r fourther use.

for the morphewe:
Take littrage of silver, & brimstone of eache like quantitie, & boyle it in Rose water & white
vineger, or els laye it unto unboyld & washe the places w^th all wher the morphew is.

for a Consumption proved for all weake
Diseases:
Take afatt sowe pigge of IX^en dayes ould & flaye him & quarter him & put him into a
fayre dislatorye, a handfull of spere mynts, of red fennell, of red nepp of eache a handfull
& half a handfull of lyverworte, asmuche of clarye, IX^en dates, cleane made the stones
pulld out, a handfull of great reysons the stones pulld out & wash them very cleane, &
half a quartr of an ownce of mace, & two stickes of good synamon brusd, put all
thes in yo^r still & distill it & so keepe it in glasses for yo^r use.

An other for a weakenes:
Take a hedgock cutt him in peaces, & put it into astill w^th a quarte of redd wyne, a pynte
of rose water, a quarte of sugar, thre quarters of synamon, one handfull of greate
reysons, twelve dates, two handfulls of nepp.

for a bruese
Take aquantitie of fayre water, & asmuche wyne vinegar & the powder of one nutmegg & drinke
it whiles the bruse is newe, then make a possett & put therin one handfull of balme leaves
& some parmasite & drinke it, them take the curde & temper it w^th parmasite & anoynte the
place brused therw^th

for heate in the backe
Take ^of boushere & picke it cleane two or thre handfulls, & put it into a pipkin w^th sower crayme,
& boyle it till it be like butter, then strayne it & keepe it in a gallye pott, & anoynte the fillets
of yo^r backe, & this will coole the heate:

An other for the same:–
Take white willowe leaves, boyle them in runinge water w^th asticke of hole whole synemon
& a few reysons of the sonne the stones pulld out. Drinke this water & lay the leaves to yo^r
Backe

for the fluxe & to streynthen the backe
Take Ryse & almonds of eache alike quantitie washe them bothe very cleane, & let the almonds be
[bublaucht], them stampe them in a morter very smale, then put to them runing water [unwarmed], streyne
it as thicke as [pape], then seeth it w^th alittle grated synamon & a little nuttmegge
but
but no suger w^th it, & eate it firste in the morninge & if yo^u use it but thre dayes I doubt not
but it will helpe, yo^u muste drinke redd wyne before yo^u eate any meate, eyther at diner or
supper; a quarter of an hower before.

for awoman that usethe to lose her burden
Make brothe or Almond mylke w^th thre chickins , comfrey, buckshorne, hartshorne, catts tayle,
knott grasse, wild tansey, planten, all thes boyle w^th yo^r chickins, & drawen w^th almons, & this
milke often drunken, thes herbs sometymes in brothe; & some tymes [crust] of bread, & clarye fried
an egge in the morninge w^th redd rose water; no pearringe wines must be drunke, nor muche
watching usd, early goinge to bedd & early rysinge, this observation through gods helpe will
recover yo^u

To make hands white:
Take tenn Almonds blaunched & alittle peece of venis sope about the quantitie of awalenutt, & the
whitest tallowe yo^u can gett, beat it all together in astone morter for the space of two howres, & then
put to it half an ownce of oyle of syterne, and one ownce of oyle of tartar; beate it all together
till it be very white, & therw^th anoynt yo^r hands.

for the face
Take virgen waxe, & oyle of syterne & parmasitis, & set it on the fier, & then dipp apeece of
holland in it, & stick it in a cleane sheete of paper & so make yo[r] maske of it.

A good medicen to drawe out a thorne:
Take a pynte of white wyne, a quantitie of Rye meale, & sheepes dounge, & boyle it together & so lay it to the sore.

the vertue of tadpolls
Tadpolls stilled, the water therof is good for a swellinge.

A medicen for the yellow Jaundice:–
Take apeny worthe of turmericke, as much of parmacitie, of safrone of ginger, & as muche of
white suger candye, make all thes in a fine powder, & drinke it in Ale first & last warme
IX^en dayes together.

To make the good greene salve
Take of planten of Ribwoorte, of self heale, of yaroe, of vervayne, of Comfrey, of smallige
of eache of thos agood handfull, washe them cleane & drye them in a clothe, then pownd them
in a morter, & when they be well pownded put to them agood peace of freshe butter w^thout
salt & unwasht, pownd it all together, take it upp, & let it stand two or thre dayes, then take
& drye it in a fryinge pann, till it be thorow warme, then strayne it through aclothe into a pose[net]
& put to it asmuche waxe & rasom as will make it in a salve, boyle it together & then
power it out & make therof a [keache].

An excellent water for the Collicke
& a Surfitt:–
Take Rosemarye flowers, & the Rosemarye in middest of maye gathered in the morninge before the
sonne Ryseth, take the Rosemarye & stripp the leaves from the stalkes, take fower or five
Rootes of Elycompane, one handfull of sage, & beate them in a morter till they be verye
smale, take thre ownces of cloves, thre ownces of mace, thre ownces of Quibibells, one half
of anyseeds, then beate the spice very smale, every seede by it self, take all the herbes &
spice & put them into five or sixe gallons of good white wyne, put all thes into An Earthen
pott, stop the pott close w^th a cover, set the same into the grownd by the space of XV ten
dayes & then take it up, & still it in alymbecke.

for a consumption of the members, quakinge constraction
or paulsey of the Joyntes:
Take of [Calbannu] one pownde, of Turpentine thre pownde, of oyle of bayes & oyle olive of ether thre
ownces, make an oyle therof, & use it

for the Spleane:
Take mascadell & elder leaves boyle them together when it is boyled put a peece of spunge into it
when it is hott lay it to the spleane at morning & night.