Wellcome Collection: Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1625-1680) (MS7113)

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the hearb Mercurie and Violett Leaves of each 1/2 a handful, boyle all these together in 3 pints of Water, when it is 1/2 consumed straine it and put to it a spoonful of honey of Oyle of Camomile Violets and Rue of each 1/2 an ounce, & the quantity of a hasell nutt in Salt, stirre it well together, and so give it. With this Medeicine I cured a friend of mine y had a desperate feaver caused by the Wormes.

Mrs. Coply's drinke.

{A flon} Take a naile pinte of unslakt Lime, putt it into a great Stone pott then putt to it 6 quarts of Spring Water, cover it and let it stand 24 houres, then put to it 4 Ounces of y best Liquorish scraped, and sliced, and 2 Ounces of Saxafrage sliced, 2 Ounces of Anni seeds bruised. Let it stand 24 houres more, then straine it, drinke of it thrui in a day a Quarter of a pinte at a time, or more if you find occasion. The time is in the morning, fasting, at 3 of the Clocke in the afternoone, & at night when you gos to bed. It is good for any ulcer in the Body [a]ther in a Kidneys, Bladder, or mother. It is good to strengthen the Liver. It hash cured the Dropsie, & is a great cleaner of the blood from any putrefaction that is in it.

An Excellent Receipt for any weakenes in the Back

{Lady Bedles A flon} Take of white Amber well prepared, and of Sugar of Roses of each 4 Ounces, of fine Nutmegs in powder 2 [drachmes], mixe them well, and putt them in a Boxe for your use. Drink in a morning fasting 2 Spoonful of this powder in a good draught of Milke warme from the Pan, and fast 2 houres after.

A Cooling Broth for one that is in a Feaver

{My Mother A flon} Take a Chicken, and boyle it in 3 pints of water, putt into it Time, Rosemary of each one slip, Cinquefoile and Straw Berry Leaves of each 1/2 a handful, a little bunch of unripe Grapes the bottome of a [Manchett], Let it boyle untill 1/2 be consumed, then let it settle, & drinke the Cleare as often as you have a mind to it.

A Strengthening and Cooling Broth

{My Mother A flan} Take a good bigg Chicken, and the Bones of a Knuckle of Veale, boyle them in a pottle of water to somewhat less than a Quart, putt therein 10 Raisins of the Sunne stones, 5 Leaves of Buglosse & 2 Leaves of Succorie, 5 Leaves of Enoiue, & 2 Sprigs of Time & one Sprigg of Rosemary, & one of sweet Marysram, together with the folstone of a Manchett, and when it is boyled enough straine it and let it settle, Then poure out the cleare into a pott, & give the same as often as the sicke Party requires it, & make as often fresh as You need.

A Rare Medecine for a Thrush in the Mouth for a Child or Old Body

{My Br. Warn A flan} Take stress of the purest [fearfett] you can get & with a [Shouell] made redd hott burne is in it, & with y same Quantity of Homemade into fine powder mingles it rubb the Party's Mouth till it bleed & in few times using it, it will cure it, be it never so dangerous.

A Purge for a Child

{Mr. Battersby A flan} Eight graines of [ethoesis] a fit quantity for a purge for a Child, taking one houre & a halfe after it, a glister made of 3 quarters of a pinte of Milke, and 2 great Spoonful of honey dissolved in it.

for a Child that hath the [Rukets]

To anoint their Limbs with Bog Grease every Evening, & in very short time it will cure him.

Another

{A flon} Take a handfull of red Sage, a handfull of Tops of Rosemary, a handfull of

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A most Rare Glister for the Spleene {+} {Lady Nicholas } {A Fan} Take a quart of Posset drinke made of Ale, or a Quart of thinn Veale Broth, put in a handfull of Buglosse Leaues, a handfull of Burnett Leaues, a handfull of Mallowes, Boile it till it come to a pinte, straine it, putt to it 3 spoonfull of fine Loafe sugar, 3 Ounces of Syrrope of Violets, and so giue it warme, and no more.

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that you can endure it upon your Eye then administer it to the Child or Party & it will bring away Wormes in abundance

The directions of doctor Bowles {[ff: fan]} In the first place I commend this diet drinke for your life, at meales as well as out of meales, but at least twice a day morning & after noon, taking it for a quarter of a yeare at a time, the hot monthes excepted.

A diet drinke for the scurbute {[ff stan]} Common dockroots cut into thin slices [] ounces, sassfras 6 ounces, 4 Orenges cut in quarters, 2 handfulls of dryed eldern fflowers, halfe a handfull of Woormwood bruized; 2 pound of Raysins cutt. put all these into a Bag to hang in 4 gallons of small Ale woort, After 4 days drinke of it as aforesayde In the Winter adde 2 quarts of the juyce of Apples, in the spring 3 pints of the juice of Scuruey-grass, ~ Water Cresses, [suuooy], or dandelion, some times, all, or any of these. when you will make it purgatiue adde 6 ounces of [Sena] to the bag

An excellent water to be used constantly all winter for the Scorbute. {[Ann Fan]} Scuruey-grasse bruized three pound, horse Radish rootes cut sliced & torne one pound, 12 Oranges cut into thin slices, put those into a glasse Still, ~ powre in so much sack and white wine as will couer them 3 finger deepe, stop the glasse close, let them stand 24 howers on digestion, the next day distill a water from hence Take a Wine-glasse full and at pleasure, Sweetned with syrrup of eldern flowers, or Orenges, or wood-sorrell, or Cloue gillyflowers.

Pills for the Scorbute {[An fan]} Polypodia Rootes dryed and [reduced] into powder, halfe and ounce; Cassia lignea, and Cream of Tartar of each 4 scruples; saffrom in powder, 10 graines: Make these into pills with syrrup of mayden hayre, a dragme to be taken euery morning for 40 days twice in a yeare, Spring, & Fall.

A Gargale for the Scorbute {[ff ffan]} Syrrup of the green husks of hazell nutts, the decoction of pomegranat peeles; of each this decoction halfe a pinte, besides 2 spoonfull of the syrrup. 9 drops of the spirit of Virtriol, 2 spoonfull of the Juice of Scuruey-grasse

An excellent Cordiall gurd against the Scorbute in all Feuers (especti ally malignant) Small pox, Mea zells. {[ff ffan]} Orenges 100, more or lesse, cut them

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inh most . thin slices in a capacious earthen pan, prissi them downe [wilh] a spoon that the juice may rife, and the rines drinks in their owne juice, every day shirring them from the bottome that thiy mouldie not, & prissing [...]; doi this [] or 6 days [hll] [] rines acquire the first [..egree] of putrifashon, ifh yu shall judge by the [kndrrnesse] of them cash thisi into a shill, and [dishill] a water from [fi.n..] Besides thi [orphie] said [Varhies], it is very pliasant and wholesome a spoonfull in a glass of wine at yu pliasure, ispehally when you are hott.

This forr Doctor Bowlis.

For Any Flux {A: flan} Taki 10 grains of Rhubarb; 5 of Nuttmig, and as much of Cinnamon. Mingli thisi togiathir bringi small gratid with as much [Consirui] Of Rosis as will maki thim up into a mass. [iuirii] morning taki this, and [iuining] too if thi distimpir bii strongi. Taki plaini glistirs of milki madi with 2 ouncis of syrop of wiolitts and thi yolki of an igg and thi quantitii of an igg in buttir [riuir] saltid, no sugar; in thi iuinings befori, if you taki thi midicini only in thi mornings.

If thi flux bi with tormints in yi gutts or blood. Drink as griat quantitiis of rin whay, as you can, and as oftin. When you intirmitt your whay, taki thi Rhubarb midicini ut subra.

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An Excellent receipt for a Child that hath of ricketts {A Fan} The Bath Take a black sheeps head put to it [3]galons of running water, red sage red[]. speedwell of each a handfull put in a [] full of linnen raggs boyle these till the flesh com from the bonsof the head then put it in an earthen pott & stop it close & bath of child from the wast downeward all but the reines his back with [a third] part of this liquid which must not be [strained] but [] ingredients & all so warm as the childe can endure it this proporsion is for 3 nights together & you may make it twice a month at the beginning & ending if the childes weaknesse be much

The oyntment belonging to [] {A Fan} Take a pound of butter out of the churn [] the milk clears from it then take speedwell, wormwood, rue alehoofe, featherfew, red sage, red fennell camomell, mayden hysop, cleaves, hartes tongue, millelott, Lavander Dill, vervane, fox ferne, setwell, brooklime, water-Cresses. cleane all these Very well & [] bruis'd boyle them in the butter when it begins to boyle, put in halfe a quarter of an ounse of Mace & halfe a pint of the strongest muskedine, boyle it on a soft fire for an houre, then streine it through a course canvas and keep it for the use, close [stopt] when it is [] with this oyntm. you must amoit the sides of the back bone & thingss & the [hands....] the []you annoint the child with should be [even] after bathing, you must keep the child rapt in a thin white cotton Cloth made like a large long [] to couer the infant, it is likewise very good if the child uses motion by being swung, or otherwise as is proper to the Age therof.

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