Wellcome Collection: Catchmay, Lady Frances (d.1629) (MS.184a)

54 A good medicine for a woman that is in labor before her time: 1.

Take a rose cake & sprinkell it with aquavitye & set it on the fier and let it be very whotte, then lay it to the botome of Her belly:

An other for the same 2

Take a breast of motton & breake the bones to peeces then boyle it in Cowe whott milke put therin olso reed mintes & sawnders, then put in some shuger & drinke it warme:

A medicine for one on a Consomption: 3

Take a pottell of Gotes milke & a quarter of a pownde of sinamon broken into peces, a quarter of a pownde of dattes the stones pulled out & one handfull of reed oken buddes, then distill all thes together & drinke therof morninges & eveninges with a little shuger & it will healpe them:

A medicine for a payne in ons stomacke 4

Take a quarte of good ale, of Grownsell of Currantes, of each one good Handfull, boyle all together froma quarte to a pinte, then streyne it &drinke it in the morninge fastinge & it will make you vomitt:

A good medicine for one that hath the stangullion and Cannot make water: 5

Take a pottell of stronge ale so that it be not sower, of mayden Isope, of mother time, of persley, of pelitory of the walle, & pelitory of the garden, of each one handfull, a little saxifrage, the pithe of thre bigge owld oynions, one parsley roote, one browne fenell roote sliced & the pithe taken out, your ale beinge clarified, put all thes yearbes into it, take tooe Amber stones & beate them into powder & as much Iette as you haue Amber & as much sweet butter as one egge, seeth all thes together vntill it be Halfe sodden away then streyne it & let the patiente drinke therof blood warme, morninge & eveninge tooe or thre dayes together: Yf it be made for a woman then putt ina little saforne: Probatum:

A salue to Heale all mannor of wounds: 6

Take betony, planton, ribbeworte, Camomill, sage mugworte, woormwode, worte leaues, of each tooe Handfulls, of wood bines fowre Handfulls, Cut them smale then boyle stampe them & boyle them in fower peniworth of freashe butter, stur it vntill it be grene, then take it of the fier & keape it in a cleane vessell, the space of a fortnight, then seetH it agayne & put ^to it one peniworth of freashe butter more, sturr it vntill it be grene, then streyne it, & putto it one pound of wax of sHeps suett, of Rosyen, of frankensence beaten to powder, of each Halfe a pownde, then set ^it agayne on the fier vntill it be melted, streyne it & so keape it in a cake vntill you neade:

An approued medicine for a Brusse: 7.

Take a quarte of malmsey, tooe or three Handfulls of oynions sliced, fowre sponefulls of pepper beaten smale, boyle all this together vntill it be thicke, then spred it vppon white leather, & lay it to as whott as you can suffer it & change it but once in tooe dayes & tooe nights:

A good medicine for a Brusse when it is new done: 8

Take penriall & boyle in stronge ale vntill it be softe, then take the yearbes & lay them whotte to the place greued:

A medicine for one that Cannot sleape in Sicknes

Take Henmbane & stampe it & mingle it with vineger, then lay it playster wise all over the foreheade & it will Cawse sleape:
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30 55 A good Oyntment for an owld ache: 1

Take of brome flowers cleane picked & brused in a morter, one pownde as much freash butter, put them together & mingle them well, then put them in an earthen pott & stopp the mouth close & set it in a donge mixen a yarde deape, & let it stand ther fore tene dayes, then take it vpp & streyne it, when it hath stode a while it will be full of the worse, vsse this when you neade before the fier:

An approued medicine for defnes 2.

Take ons owne water every nighte & when you ar a bed dropp a pretye quantitye in your eare warme & new made, then stoppe the eare with blacke wolle & lye downe on the contrary side, if you dresse bothe the eares you must take some time betwene, vsse this five or six weakes & you shall finde ease:

A medicine for eares that rune & be mattey: 3

Take tooe partes of the gale of a farrow hogge, Halfe as much of the best hony, boyle all thes together in a thicke glasse in whotte ashes vntill Halfe be consumed & so vsse it: Doctor Nicolas for Henry Medly:

An other for the same: 4.

Take the Iouce of knottgras & seeth it with Honney & wine & then power a quantitye therof into the patients eare, let the eare be stopped with Cotten least the liquore rune out & lye downe on the Contrary side.

An other for an Impostume in the eare: 5.

Take one sponefull of oyle of Roses & make it very warme & melte with it as much virgen wax as a nuttmege, then put to it a little safornne finely powdered, take it off the fier & scum it vntill it be almost cowlde, then put to it the quarter of the yolke of an egge & sturr it a while & it will be like an oyntment, then take the bignes of a Hasell Nutte & melte it & droppe of it into the eare fower ^or five droppes, & annoynte the eare rownde about therwith & stopp it with vnwashte woole & lay woolle rownde a bout the eare & keape it warme & this will ripen the Impostume:

A medicine for the wastinge of the liver: 6

Take of violetts, of Borrage, of lettice, of dendelion, of Sincfoyle, of mary gowlds, of each one hand full, stampe all together & seeth them all in posset ale, put thervnto powder Ivery & drinke it:

A good medicine for a soore legge that is swollen and very reed: 7. Take of Orxive mercury, louech Comfry of each one Handfull, bruse them smale, put them to a quate of good ale dregges & a peel of wheten leven, one Handfull of beane flower as much sHepps wett as shall neade, that Hath bine tried in a cake a quat quarter of a yeare, thre spone fulls of Roote seame, tooe spone fulls of Honney seeth all thes together take a reed Clothe & make a playster, & with tooe sponefulls of the oyntment anoynte the place before you lay on the playster:

A very good medicine for the Collicke & the stone: sent to Sir foulke Grivell: from Doctor Dotchin: 8

Take of the distilled water of mallowes tooe ownces of Malmsey, three ownces of the seded of Mellions, Cowcombers, Gowods the rine taken away from all of each one ownce, of the the kernells of peaches blanched foretene, bruse all thes seeds in a stone morter & with the water & malmsey mingle them together, then drawe the milke out of them as you wowde doe out of almonds, put to that the Iuce or powder of licoras the weyght of vj^d: drinke this one morninge in six & fast after it toe howers:

56 A medicine to drawe & heale a prike with a Thorne

Take of Salendine, of orphine of each tooe handfull Cut it very smale. then boyle it with oyle olife & vnwrought wax, streyne it & therof make a playster & applye it:

A good medicine for the Consumption of the members quaguinge quakinge contaction or palesy of the Ioynts: 2.

Take of Galbanum one pownde of Turpentine thre pownde, of oyle of bayes & of oyle olife, of each thre ownces make an oyle therof & vsse it to the greaffe:

{+} A good water to heale a soore: 3.

Take of Camphire one ownce, of white Coperes, a quarter of a pownde, put them into an earthen potte, & seeth them on a softe fier, halfe an hower & therof will come a water whiche will be hard agayne but you must sturr them together many times vntill thay ^be cowlde & harde, then take of bole armoniake a quarter of a pownde & beate it to powder & put it to the other stufe then beate all together to very fine powder & put it into a bladder + And when you shall neade therof take a pottle of fayre runninge water & set it on the fier + & when it beginneth to seethe take it off & put therin thre or fower sponefulls of your powder then put your water into an earthen potte bot covered & let it stande so vntill it be cleare, then take the clerest of the water & warme it & as the patient can suffer it washe the soore with a linnen clothe vsse this eveninge & morninge vntill the soore be whole And when your water hath stode seven or eyght dayes shake it well together but let it be well cleared before you vsse it agayne & when all the cleare is spent cast away the rest for it will cawse prowd fleashe.

A playster for the gowte Called: chirogo Apadogo: howerly prived & good for other aches olso: 4.

Take of vnwrought wax, of perrosen of each tooe pownds, of other Roszen one pownd, of piche a quarter of a pownde, of Olibanum halfe a pownde, melte all thes together with a softe fier, streyne them through a stronge canvas cloth, cast away the drosse & put into the rest streyned, halfe a pownde of deere suett a quarter of an ownce of eynglishe safforne finely beaten, tooe ownces of cloves & mace fine beaten & streyned, then set them on a softe fier to melte, ever sturringe them vntill all be equally mixed, then take a pottell of good reed wine & put it to the sayde medicine by little & little, sturr it continually with your slice vntill it be thicke, then gather it vpp with your handes & wringe out the moystnes & make it vpp in rowles, closinge it in white leather & keape it close from the eyer:

A good medicine for an Ache 5.

Take of march of commin of each one handfull of bores grease, of Aquavitye, of Rosewater of each like quantitye mingle them all together & vsse it to the greaffe:

A medicine for the mother or Spleane in a woman: 6. Take one handfull of archangell with purple flowers, stampe it & streyne it with a little ale or beare, then warme ^it & put therto a little suger & give it the sicke to drinke:

An other for the same: 7

Take tooe handfull of hore hownde, of Rue, of daysies, of each one handfull, bruse them smale in a morter, put therto halfe a pownde of Commen but picke away the longe tayles, then fry them in yeeles grece & put therto one handfull of wheaten branne, then make a bagge of white wollen cloth & put it therin & lay it to your stomake very whott:

Another medicine for the same 8.

Take a browne Tost the vnder crust of the sowerest breade washe it with vineger & strike theron blacke sope as you do Butter & so lay it vnder the navill:
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31 57 A medicine for one that cannot make water 1.

Take a pinte of Ale & clarifye it, one parsley roote well scraped, washed, & sliced, one sponefull of parsley seede well rubbed & a little brused, put them into the ale & seethe them halfe away then streyne it & put therein so much Amber finely beaten to powder as will fill the shell of a hasell nutt with a little Shuger, let the patient drinke a good drawfte therof when he is greued & after morninges & evenings so longe as he findeth payne

A good water for the Collicke & the stone 2.

Take of Saxebrudge one lapfull, of wilde time six handfull, of Reed fenell thre handfull, of Radishe rootes, of parsley with the rootes of each one hundred, washe them & dry them with a cleane cloth, then shred them and put them to a galland of milke from the cowe & let them stand therin all night, then distill it with a softe fier, when you havue greafe drinke fowre sponefulls of the water with as much white wine & a little shuger blood warme for wante of wine take ale, beare, or Aquavitye:

A good medicine for the migrome in the heade: 3.

Take garden wormes, almost as much houslike, stampe them together & put thervnto fine flower to make it playster wisse, then putt it in a fine clothe & lay it to the foreheade temples & all:

An approved medicine for any ache or Cricke: 4

Take in may twelue pownde of May butter clarifye it cleane & skume it cleane with a feather & power out the whay from it, then take one pownde of brome flowers, stampe them & streyne them, then put it into the May butter & boyle them together a good while then power it from the brome flowers, putt it into a glasse & sett it in the Sonne vntill michelmas: And when you annoynte the patiente take one sponefull of it & fowr sponefulls of good sacke & boyle them together, then as whotte as you can dippe in you hande & often times heate them, annoynte the greafe & lay to a whott clothe, as whott as one may suffer it:

An other medicine for an ache 5.

Take a pinte of good Aquavitye a reasonable quantitye of an oxe gall, halfe a handfull of baye leaues, put them together & boyle them with a softe fier & cover it close, when halfe is consumed take it of when you haue neade annoynte the place greued therwith: Reed wax stroke vppon a cloth playster wise will gather skinne & healpe any broken shine:

A medicine for a scaldinge or burninge 6.

Take Daysye rootes & all, scrape them cleane then frye them with freashe greace & yellow wax, when you haue fryed them well together then streyne it throughe a linnen clothe & keape it for your vsse a whole yeare & very good:

To heale a Tettor: 7.

Take the gumme of a Cherry tree, lay it in vineger, then rubb the place therwith & will distroy the tetter quickly:

A good medicine to make one Vomitt 8.

Take halfe a crowne weyght of white Coperesse & melte it in warme water, so drinke therof & it will make one vomitt:

A good medicine for the Runninge & savor of the eares 9

Take one sponefull of the Iuce of wormewoode, halfe a sponefull of the oyle of almonds, mingle them together, make it a little warme & put it into the soore eare.

58 A good oyntmente for the stomacke: i.

Take a pinte of very good sallet oyle & thre or fowre sponefulls of sharpe white wine vineger, of Reed mintes, wormewoode, of each one good handfull, of Cloues, mace, & ginger, of each one ownce beaten into grosse powder, then shred the yearbs fine & temper them well with the spices, then put them all in a cleane pott & stopp the mouthe very close, then sett it on the fier in a pott or panne of water so that the water may cover more then halfe of the pott wher the thinges, so let it seethe the space of fowre or five howers still renewinge the water, then take it off & as it waxeth cowlde streyne harde the oyle from the other thinges, melte a quarter of a pownde of pure wax & put all together in a fayre glasse pott, in the morninge when you arrisse heate some of it & annoynte your stomacke therwith:

An Excelent medicine to stoppe the consomption of nature & to restore the body in shorte time: 2.

Take a Reed Cocke & drosse him as the mannor is to stew with his liver & stones, then quarter him & scorch every parte with a knife, then put it into thre quartes of white wine: Take tooe ownces of fenell rootes, one ownce of parsley rootes the middle spire beinge taken out five or six dattes, the stones & white within taken out, halfe a handfull of greate reysons & tenne prvnes the stones of both taken out, of Simanon thre quarters of an ownce, of ginger halfe an ownce, longe pepper one peniworth, Cloues & mace tooe peniworth, one nuttmegg, of greynes fowre peniworth of yellow Amber twelue pence weyght, of the bone that growes in the stages harte eyght peny weyght, of seede pearle as much, beate all thes into fine powder: Take olso of Burrage flowers Conserved, & of Rosemary flowers Conserved, of each one ownce & a halfe: Of the powder of Diatrium Sandalox a quarter of an ownce: let all thes stuffes be put into the wine with the Cocke into an earthen pott cover it with a borde & paste it with Dowe very Close, then put the same into a brasse pott or Cawderne with whott water & let it stew ther six or seven howers, this done take it off the fier & pownd it in a morter & streyne it harde & let the patient eate therof seven or nine sponefulls at one time (made very warme) thre times a day:

A very good way to distill a pigge whiche is excelent restoritive for a weake bodye: 3

Take a good fleshy pigge but not to fatt, scalde him & washe him cleane & make him as dry as you can with a cleane Clothe, then take of Dates, prunes, Reysons, of each a quarter of a pownde, of Currantes halfe an ownce, of Sinemon rindes as much, of whole mace as much olso, of Shuger Candye halfe a quarter of a pownde, of Suckery one handfull, of mayden heare, bloodworte, liverworte, hartes tonge, violett leaues, strabery leaues, sweet margerum, longdebeafe, of each of all halfe a handfull, tooe or thre fenell rootes the pithe taken out, one quarte of muskadin or Bastard in steade therof, one quarte of runninge water, put all your stuffe with your pigge quartered into into a fayre yearthen pott of a pottle, stoppe the mouth therof as Close as you can possible with paste, you must not forgett to put in the heade & feete of the pigge: Then take a bottle of fayre water & make it seeth, then put in your yearthen pott & ever let it boyle the space of fowre & twentye howers & as the water doth Consume haue redy whott water to fill vpp the kettle: when it hath sodden the full time take it out & open it & let the liquor therin runne throughe afayre Cloth: And when you haue neade put one sponefull at once in your Brothe.
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32 59 A Soverayne Ielly well proued for Consomption 1

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Take a well fleshed Capon, scalde & drawe him, & put in his belly one handfull of barley, & as much reysons, Currants, & dates then putt him in a earthen pott with a galland of clarett wine, & so put in a quantitye of Sinamon & ginger & let it seethe vntill the fleshe be fallen from the bones, then beate it in a morter, when it is well beaten put it into a Ipocras bagge & let the Ielly runne into a fayre vessell: And giue the patient therof morninges, at none & nighte warme with the yolkes of thre new layde egges: And within the spendinge of three Capons thus, by gods providence the patient shall recouer much health: And to Comforte the stomacke giue him of Aromaticum Rosarum: made in lozenges:

A medicine for the weaknes in the backe or Consuminge of nature. 2

Take one pinte of goates milke newly milked, halfe a handfull of the flowers of white Archangell & lay the same in steepe in the milke all nighte, in the morninge seethe the same tooe or thre wawmes, then streyne it & put thervnto a quantitye of Shuger Candye & let the partye drinke thereof blood warme & so vsse it seaven dayes together every morninge fastinge.

A good medicine to restore Nature 3.

Take one good handfull of knott grasse, as much daysies the rootes & leaues beate them together in a morter, then take twelue Cappe dates & beate with the yearbs olso, after thay be well beaten take the pithe of an oxe backe a dishefull, the yolkes of six new layde egges, & beate them together. Them take a pottel of the best muskadine & put into all the same & sturr them well together, then put it into a fayre vessell & seethe it vntill the forth parte be consumed, then drinke therof very warme morninge & eveninge the quantitye of halfe a pinte every day & more if you liste: This is very good to restore nature & to get strenthe when a man or woman is weakened:

A medicine to cleanse the Backe 4.

Take tooe good Nutmegges, pricke them full of holes with a nedle, lay them in white vineger all nighte, in the morninge wrappe them in a wett browne paper & roste them in the imbers vntill thay be throughly dried, then beate them into powder as fine as flower & every morninge & eveninge, drinke of it blood warme with ale, in any wise lett your nuttmegges be cowlde, before you beate them, for otherwise thay will not be powder: This is very good to make one make water, that hath the collicke for it will cleanse the backe & kidneyes:

For the Collicke & the stone & for the mother, most principall 5. Take ffenell seedes, Coriander seedes, Caroway seedes, parcely seedes, gallingall seedes, gromell seedes, of each one ownce, of the leaues and coodes of Seene a quarter of an ownce, of Spignell, of time of each a quarter of an ownce, make all thes into powder & searce them, & so drinke therof in good ale or white wine first & last & in all manner of sawces you eate with your meate: And this medicine will heale you, it hath bine proued many times:

To breake the stone & to make one make water 6.

Take halfe a handfull of pelitory of the wall, six parsley rootes, halfe a handfull of vnsett time, & a quantitye of penriall, seethe all thes in a pottle of Rennishe wine or white wine from a pottle to a quarter then take nutmegge rosted dry by the fier, & devide the same into fo[wr] partes, then drinke the same warme after it is streyned at your plesure as much or as little at once as you will:

Many good medicines for the Stone: 7

Take fowre sponefulls of the water of hawthorne flowers distilled & eyght sponefulls of Malmsey & one sponefull of Casse vineger ginger in powder, & drinke it & it will by gods healpe breake the stone:

60 An other medicine for the stone 1

Take a handfull of parsley stampe it & streyne it with white wine or Ale & every morninge drinke therof fastinge:

An other for the same: 2

Take Saxifrage & distill it to water & make Surrope therof as if it were of Roses & put therto a quantitye of Shuger & So eate it & it will breake the stone:

An other for the same: 3

Take a quarte off malmsey, of Time, of parsley, of each one handfull boyle them together vntill it be healfe wasted, then streyne it & drinke therof lukearme eveninge & morninge:

An other for the same 4

Take the leaues of Raddishe distilled & drinke the water therof morninge & eveninge: Take oslo the powder of Elder flowers a sponefull at a time with wine or beare:

An other for the same: 5.

Take of the Rootes of parsley, pelitory & reed nettles, of each a like quantitye, washe them cleane & mince them smale & lay them in good white wine fowr & twentye howers, then distill all together & drinke it To tooe pownd of Rootes put a quarte of white wine:

An other good medicine for the stone 6

Take a quarte of Malmsey & as much cleane well water, & a sponefull or tooe of honney & one handfull or tooe of ripe hippes well brayed in a morter boyle all together then strayne them & lay the hippes to the navell bownd fast with a towell when yee goe to bedd & drinke a hartye drawfte of the Iuce that is strayned, as whott as yee cane.

An other for the same: 7.

Take the inner rinde of the foote of rough footeddoue, dry it betwen tooe tile stones & beate it to fine powder. Take a quantitye of fine Amber as much Iett beaten into powder each by it sealfe: And when you haue neade take of each powder a like quantitye & drinke it lukewarme with white wine or ale: This is olso good for the stranguillion:

Others for the same: 8.

Take Roch Samphire distill the same & drinke of the water: Take the stone that is in the oxe galle beate it into powder & drinke it in water [?] malmsey & water of wilde time:

An other for the same 9.

Take Bay berries one peniworth, Sinamond tooe peniworth, Eliceris one peniworth, thre Acornes made into powder, thre Cloues of a lillye roote dried vppon a tile before the fier, of Reed Sage, of Reed fenell, of each one hanffull made into powder, for a woman take one handfull of parsley shredd & sodd with one peniworth of prunes in a quarte of Ale untill halfe be Consumed, then streyne it & put into it one sponfull of the powder & so lukewarme let the patiente drinke of it eveninge & morninge: olso you must in viij peniworth of parmasitye, one oyster shell burned to powder, ij peniworth of Cloues & mace, iij dates stones beaten, Aniseedes ij peniworth smale pepper j peniworth

An other esspetial water for the Stone: 10

Take strawberies & distill them & drinke the water therof & it is very good for the stone. It hath bine often proued:

A good medicine for Collike & the stone 11 Take a pinte of Sallet oyle, halfe a handfull of white salte, seeth it & dippe in the same tooe or thre handfulls of Blacke wolle as the shipp have it carded & binde the same from the navell to the botome of the bellye as warme as you can suffer it:
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33 61 A very Soveraigne Oyntmente for the Collicke & the Stone 1. Take of wormewoode, of Rew, of each one handfull, of Bayes, of holihocke leaues, of each tooe handfull, of lillye flowers, of lavender, of spike, of each thre handfulls, of Camomill flowers, of Melilott flowers, of each fowr handfulls, of brome flowers picked from the greane as much as of all the rest, then stampe them all & put into of hogges greace purely tried the weyght of all the styffe affore sayde, then stampe all together in a greate morter & put them into a panne Close stopped for the space of seven dayes, then boyle them on a softe fier ever stirringe it for the space of one hower & a halfe, then streyne it throughe a cowrse Clothe & keape it in smale pottes & annoynte the soore place therwith:

A good medicine for the Collicke 2.

Take mustard seeds & grinde them smale the quantitye of halfe a pinte, with the strongest vineger you may gett, then take halfe a pownde of the best figges & pare off the skinne & stampe them in a morter a good while & then put the mustard seede & vineger together & make therof a playster & lay it to the place greued, so that you lay a clothe betwene it & the playster not warmed, & you shall (god willinge) finde therby greate easse: Probatum:

A good medicine for the Wormes, Ague, Newsicknes, or to driue any thinge from the harte: 3.

After you haue made Common possett ale, take away the Curde & seethe in the drinke a quantitye of holye Thistell as much as will make it bitter & drinke therof: Mrs Reade:

A good medicine for the stinginge of an Adder or any other venemous beaste: 4.

Take the Shell snayles which in sommer keape in gardens & in winter in Corners, breake the shells & lay the snayles in a fayer dishe & pricke them with a pinne so that the oyle may Come from them: Annoynte the patiente with the same oyle with a feather & so vsse it alwayes, as the oyle drinketh in, & when you may perceaue the place wher the stinge wente in take one of the snayles not pricked & lay it to the sayd place olso beware the swellinge risse not to the harte, therfore let the place stonge lye hier then the harte, & take aquavitye & treacle & strike it on a linnen clothe of the breadth of an Inch & girde it above the place wher the stinginge is, towards the harte that it may preserve the swellinge from thence:

A good medicine for winde in the stomacke: 5.

Take a good handfull of Mother time seethe it in thre pintes of white wine at the leaste, vntill it be halfe Consumed, then take some of the time & stripe of the leaues, whiche leaues with a little treakell drinke together with the wine it was sodden in, It is a perfect good medicine for dissease above sayde:

A Soveraigne medicine for a Bruse in the Eye 6

Take yearbe Cristopher & beate it well then putt to it may butter & sett it in the sonne for a good space & when you thinke it well sonned take it in & put it in a Covered Cupp, then putt it in a panne of seethinge water & so let it boyle leysurelye a whole day, then take it out & streyne it, when it is to to be vssed, it must be molten & dropped into the eye with a feather, as whott as the patient Can suffer it, let it be vssed at morninge & eveninge, but he must lye vppon the bedd for the space of tooe howers at least after dressinge:

A medicine for the wateringe eyes: 7.

Take the leaues of reed worte & annoynte it with the whitte of an egge & lay it to the wateringe eye when the patiente goeth to bedd: Probatum:

62 A medicine for the pearle or webbe in the Eye 1

Take a good handfull of daysies, thre or fowr leaves of grounde Ivye stampe thes together, streyne it & with Iuce therof let the eye be annoynted:

To breake a pearle or webb or other thicke humor growinge in the Eye: 2.

Take fine Case ginger grated & put ^it in a sawcer halfe full or lesse of good rose water, annoynte the eye therwith when you goe to bedde:

A good medicine for a pinne or webbe in the Eye: 3

Take a good quantitye of reed fenell, as much Salendine, as much Vervine, stampe & streyne them to the quantitye of a sawcerfull then take pure honney the quantitye of tooe walnuttes & let it dissolue in the same liquor & usse to put the same liquour into soore eyes goinge to bedd with a feather & so rest vppon it, & at thre dayes end take a new layde egge & put out all the meate & put into it the iuce of the yearbs affore sayde, & put therin olso a little white Coppres to the quantitye of a beane or leasse & vsse to dresse the eyes therwith & at every thirde dayes end change it:

An other for the Eye when it is bloodshotten ether thicke or els growen to pearle or webbe or any evell Dissease that Commeth of watry or any other evell humor: 4.

Take a new layde egge & put out the yolke & leave a good quantity of white in the shell, then put fayre runninge water into the shell & almost fill it vpp, then put a good quantitye of white Copres beaten very smale into it, seeth thes alltogether in the egge shell amongst the imbers or smale cooles vntill it consume the halfe or third parte, then cole it vntill it be but blood warme & washe your eye with the same with a feather when you goe to bedd, but you must not dresse it to often for it must haue a time to heale & when it waxeth Corrupte agayne dresse it once in tooe or thre dayes:

Another Medicine for a Stroke in the Eye 5

Take the Iuce of Smalledge & of fenell & the white of an egge, mixe them well together & lay therof to the eye:

A medicine to Clarifye the Eyesighte 6.

Take the gawles of swine, of an eele, & of a cocke, temper them well together with honney & fayre water & keape it in a cleane glasse, for your vsse: when you have neade annoynte the eyes therwith:

{The End of Mrs Vernams medicins} An other for Eyes that be bloodshott: 7.

Take five leaued grasse, & stampe it with swines greace & a little salte & binde it to the eyes:

Finis:

For a Consumption

{+} Take a pottle of goates milke, a quarter of a pounde of Synamonde broken in peeces, a quarter of a pounde of dates (the stones pulled out & a handfull of redd oken buddes, still all thes together in a still; drinke it in the morninge & at night with a little suger, & it will helpe the patient:

An other for a Consumption: 8.

Take a smale quantitie of Clarye, as mutch fine planten, & twise so much Comfrey, of knottgras as much, washe them fayre & drye them in a clothe, then shred them very smale & mingle thes herbes with the whites & youlkes of two eggs: season it with salt if you will, in sixe sponefulls of mylke, then frye it with sweete butter, then Eate it, & forbeare drynke halfe an howre, yf you Can:
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34 63 An other excellent & approved restoratiue for a Consumption: 1.

Take of Aquavite strongly distilled a pinte, or what quantitie you shall thinke reasonable put it into a pott or glasse with a wyde wouthe, put therto as much ripe strawberyes as may be well covered with this aquavite: this done Cover your pott or glasse wherin the same is with a peece of leather, & tye it on close & fast, let it stand 40 howres so, then through a strayner let the aquavite passe so longe as it will runne, with out pressing or forsing the same: this Done, put that which rann through into the same pott or glasse wher it was, & sett therto more fresh strawberies as much as the same aquavite will Cover & let it stand as before; doe thus three or fower tymes with this a aquavite, & once aweeke take agood sponefull fastinge mingled with the powder of suger Candy; not eatinge nor drinkinge in two howers after at leaste; when the strawberyes haue yelded so much of the quantitie as will from them: you must crushe out theire Iuice & keepe it in a vessell by it selfe, & therof nowe & then take asponefull as of the other, but it will not laste so longe as the other; & is more fitt for sommer:

To make salves for all soares 2.

Take Rasond half apounde, & fower sponefulls of fresh barrowes grease, boyle it together very softely, then take it off & when it is almoste coulde, put into it an ownce of turpentyne & beate them well together till it be coulde: & when you would dress any wounde, laye this salve p vppon lynte, & so sett it on the sore, & dresse it twise a day; & if you will haue it heale sooner, put as much waxe as Rason.

for an ache in the Backe 3.

Take Egremony & mouse Eare, stampe it & temper them with vineger, then frye it with Barrowes grease, & make therof a playster, & lay it hott to the Backe:

An other approved medicine for ache in any parte of the Bodye 4.

Take three sponefulls of Aquavite, & as muche of muskedyne make a mixture of these in a sawser, & warme it on a fewe coles, this done with a fyne lynnen clothe annoynte the place wher the ache is as hott as euer you can suffer it; Vse this euery morninge & Eveninge, for it will expell the ache: probatum:

for weakenes in the Backe: 5.

Take knottgrass, budds of oake & younge oaken leaves, Clarye & Comfrey, distill them together; & afterward sett it in glasses: take thre sponefulls at a tyme ^every morninge & Eveninge:

for wormes in Children 6.

Take fresh butter vnsalted, then take wallnvtt leaves, peache leaves, sentorye & worme=woode, shred it small & boyle it in the butter aforesayd till it looke very greene, when it is boyled, put to it asponefull of the gaull of an oxe & so keepe it in a pott for your vse:

A water for melanchollye 7.

Take Rosemarye flowers, & the leaves of Baulme, the stickes of synamon, broken smale, laye them in a lynnen lymbecke, a layinge of Rosemary & Baulme, & a layinge of Synamon, still it allmoste full of white wyne, let the Synamon be moste, it wilbe pleasant to drinke with wyne or of it selfe:

for the Collicke & the stone. 8.

Take the distilled water of mallowes ij dramme of malmesey iij dramme of the seedes of myllions, Cowcumbers, & gowrdes the ryndes taken awaye of eache one dramme of the kernells of peaches Blanched