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Put them in a glasse and stirre them and it will be an oyle
annoynt the patient therewith by a good fire and within a month
it shalbe whole and if you forget to gather the berryes in summer
then in winter tha take the roote of the same vine of the
hedge and stampe it and with the oyle of it annoynt the sinnewes
against the fire morneing and euening euery day for a month
together
{D: Simings} For them that are weakened by long sicknesse
to restore thirr appretite to meate and to vnstop
all the obstructions of the liue spleene and of all
the body./

Take borage leaues Mij agrimonie Cichory of each Mj red rose
leaues dryed a greate handfull and more, infuse them in a pinte of
rose water, Put thereto of Manus Chri, ℥j. of pure redd saunders
℥ss. of new milke 3 pints red wine a quarte a Cocke cut in peeces
the fatt taken away, Still all these things in a stillitorie
and the water thereof take either alone with a little manus Christi
or els with your other broths and drinkes it as almon milke xc./
A sirrupe for al obstructions in the liuer and spleene./
Take agrimony 3 or 4 grate handfulls harts tonge luerwort
of each Mj Scabions Mij Cichory rootes parsley rootes of each
7 or 8, cleane scraped and the pith taken out lett these bee
boyled leasurely in a pottle or 3 quartes of cleane running water
to the one halfe streine it and sett it againe ouer a soft fire
and put thereto as much sugar clarified as will make it a sirrupe
take thereof euening and morneing
A spetiall Ipocrasse for a could stomacke
very good and necessary for a man of warre

Take of fine aquacomposita a pinte and put it in a glasse, take
alsoe of Cynamon ℥ij ginger ℥j cloues ij penny worth and almost
as much graines nutmegs one pennyworth Put all these in a faire
glasse or close bottle bruised lett it stand in the sunne 9 or 10 dayes
and euery day shake it 3 or 4 times when you will haue youre
Ipocrasse, take a pinte of [wine] what collour you will and
put

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put to it soe much sugar as you shall thinke sufficient to
make it sweete then lett your wine with a spoonefull of
it in a glasse runne through a streiner in the warrs you may
do it with water
For a salt phlegme ./ and red face./
Take roche alume ℥ij brimstone ℥iij ʒij make them
into fine powder euery one by them selves and deuide each one
into two partes put the one halfe into a pinte of white
wine vinegar and the other halfe into a pinte of rosewatere
sett it in the sunne 20 dayes or more and euery day once shake
it together, when the patient goeth to bedd bath his face with
white vinegar warme by the space of a quarter of an hower
and so lett it remaine a while and then wash it away with warme water./
An oyntment for a sciatica or ache./
Take a pinte of oyle olive and halfe as much aquavite or aqua com=
posita, beate them well together and boyle them on the fire
in a faire bason a little while, and with the same oyntment
the fore must be annoynted./
For all aches./
Take a fatt dogge and put out all his bowills and lett him hange a
night that the blood may runne from him then put into him a quarte
of dew snailes that creepe in the dewe and these herbs following
bruised in a mortar sage, mallowes, waxe, balme, betony, red nettles
rosemary camomill, melilote maioram, savin Lavorell leaues
piony leaues, ambrose, costmary, of each Mss, saueing of Camomill
where of you shall take 2 great handfulls roste the dogge
thus stuffed and keepe the dripping for your use, it is an
esepetiall good medicine for all aches and if you please you may
put to that greace a good quantitie of Camomill bruised
mingle them together and lett them lie for 12 or 14 dayes
then boyle them all together till it waxe somewhatt
greene, and streine it, it will bee much better./
To purge the Lungs./
Take of hysope soe much as [] of stilled water a
pottle

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Caroline Butten

Manus Chri = Manus Christi, A kind of restorative confection or cordial drink (OED - 1706: 'refined Sugar boil'd with Rose-water, or that of Violets, or Cinamon; a sort of Cordial for very weak Persons.')

Caroline Butten

Saunders = sandalwood

Caroline Butten

Stillitorie = stillatory, A place where distillery is carried on; a still-room; a still-house, distillery.

Caroline Butten

Ipocrasse = hippocras - A drink made from wine sweetened with sugar or honey and flavoured with spices and other ingredients, typically drunk as a restorative or a digestive. Also more fully hippocras wine

Caroline Butten

"Aqua composita" translates to "compound water" in English and refers to a type of medicinal preparation where ingredients are distilled from alcohol, rather than water, as in simple waters

Caroline Butten

"Salt phlegm" is a term that, according to a study on medieval friars and parasites, refers to a type of phlegm believed to be associated with the development of long round worms.