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fier in a pewter dishe, and having maskes cutt out of lynnen
Clothe, dippe them in and make Ceare clothes to lyne maskes,
lett the wax and sperna Ceti be equall in quantity

A Receipt for the makinge of an oyle to Cure any
greene wounde made with Sworde dagger knife
or edge toole, wher noe bone is broken as also for
all hurtes by shott, It will also heale an ould vlcer

Take three ponndes and a halfe of the very best oyle olive you Cann
gett for money, and provide three yonge whelpes lyvinge male
or female all is one so they bee vnder nyne days ould , the blacker
the better, then take of ordinary great wormes suche as Creepe
owt in the night a Competent noumber, And putt them into a fine
Seeve, and powre water on them still to make them scowre and
Clense them selves, And when you see them Cast any white
frothe, wipe of the same still, then when you shall find them to
bee very Cleane putt them into a pott or full quarte of white
wine, and ther lett them lye till the next morninge, And then putt
them into a second quarte of white wyne, Ans soe the third
morninge, to the ende all the earthe within them may be Clensed
Then putt the last wine with the wormes, the oyle, and the
whelpes lyvinge into a Kettell, and lett them boyle gently for A
good space over the fier, Then take out the whelpes and mangell
them into gobbettes boanes and all, And putt them into the same
liquor againe, to boyle so longe till you may find the wyne to
be quite Consumed, whiche you shall perceve by puttinge A
smale sticke of fier therin, for if the liquor burne It is A
signe that the oyle holdeth his full power with out checke
Then take of the leaves of nicotiana (Whiche is the leaves of
great tobacco) a good quantity bruse them (and havinge first
strained the former liquor throwe a lynen Clothe) Infuse
the Iuce of the same yerbe therwith beinge in the like sorte
distreined ther into. Then havinge so mingled all the former
ingredientes putt the same into a bottle & therto adde the fower
powders videlicet pulvis thuris, pulvis masis, pulvis sarcacolla
and pulvis Aloes, And when you have occasion to vse the
same for a shotte, Take onely a lynen Ragge and out of the
bottle lett droppe a little of the oyle into A saucer and make
the same warme, And dippe your Ragge therin, and lay
the same vpon the the wounde with out any tente or other
thinge therin vsed, save onely a thyne plaister to keepe It
fast and soe binding It vppe dresse it once a day.

for a wound by sworde or any other edge toole take a peece of
blacke wooll pulled from the backe, necke or ratherer the Coddes
of a blacke Ramme onely carded without washinge, And
dippe in the same oyle and lay it onely on the wounde and
dresse It oute in fower and twenty howers with a thinne Cleaving
plaister as Basilicon or the like to keepe the woolle on, And
were the wounde through the body so as none of the noble partes
bee offended, the party shall (by gods grace) Recover in nyne
dayes, If you feare any inflamacion aplye a cataplasmus
of Coolinge hearbes, now you must know that if the hurte bee
in the head they never vse this oyle,

This oyle will keepe tenne yeres and the elder the better, and
the woolle dipped and laid by is the better, the newer the oyle
is the longer the wonnde is in curinge.

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A proved medicen for the Greene sicknes
and helpeth the Survey.

Take mace one ounce nutmegges halfe an ounce, cloves halfe
an ounce, the Cernels of Ashe keyes fortie , Amber white one
dramme, Corall one drame, pearle a quarter of an ounce
Tarttar two drams, Beate all theis into fine powder then adde to
It steele that is filed very smale or steele prepared one Ounce and
a halfe, fine suger halfe a ponnde or more as you like the
taste , take the wight of six pence in the morninge fastinge
and fast two or three howers after It, the like quantity at night
last to beddeward, and presently after the takinge to walke or
doe some exercise, and to absteine from all frutes, nuttes
Cheese, milke, fishe, and salte meates.

To Cuer pinne and webbe
or peale in the eye

Take burnt allam, the finest white suger you Cann gett
take of theis two a little quantity, make them in as fine powder
as may bee , it is best to beat them severally, and mixt them
well togither, It must be made freshe every three or fower
dayes, and kept very drye, The vse of it is to have the
partie greeved to sitt downe low and hould his eye open
and putt in asumuche as you may resonably take vppe bewene
your finger and thumbe

A most excellent and precious oyle or
balsam whiche Cureth all woundes in a very
shorte time, It is also good for all paines
for the Crampe, stiffe members, shrunke sinowes
and many more deseases of mans body
it is approved to bee good

Take of freshe and sweete oyle of olives tenne ponndes, white
wyne one ponnde boyle theis togither till the wine bee Consumed
lett it Coole, and putt it into a stone potte that is bigg enough.
then adde vnto It of the flowers of Rosemary one ponnd and
a halfe, of lignum aloes three Ounces, of olibanum, of Bdellium
of eche five ounces, then stoppe your potte well with Corcke.
pitche and bledders, and burye it in the earthe about the beginninge
of august, there lett it Remayne about halfe a yere then take
it owte and putt in the followinge thinges,
Take of sage, Rosemary, Betoney, Rue, yarow, of the Rootes
of Consolida maior, of the hearbes of viticella or ballsamina
mas Called in englishe Balsam apple is an Italian plante and
rare in any other Country if beareth a Red frute, here is ment
the leafe but in defect of this I should Councell to take of
Balsamite saemina in english madelyn, of the flowers of tapsus
barbatus of eche three handfuls, of gallinga, Cloves Nutmegges
Spica nardi, saffron of eche one ounce, of Aloes
epatica, Rozine of the pine of eche fower ounces, of Calophonia
halfe a pound, of the toppes with the Seedes of Hipericum or St
Iohn woorte one pound, of muske halfe a drame, of yelowe
waxe, of Hogges greace of eche nyne ounces, but in steede
of the two last it is better to take oyle of wax and mans greace

The hearbes you shall Cutt small and stampe them, powder the
rest of the thinges, and putt them all vnto the oyle, mingell them well
and sett them all the Somer in the Sonne, then boyle them till the
Hearbes be drye, And straine the oyle out strongely and putt in