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For ach of the backe
Take a handfull of rosemary, a handfull of thyme one of
Lavander one of of yarrowe one of Louage one of
one of one of daysies one of nightshade one of
honysuckle one of brooke brine one of adders tongue one of herb
Robarb one of faune what growth on oakes one of comfrey
one of smalidge breake these herbs betweene your hands
and cast them into a panne and put there in a gallon of oyle
olice and lett it stand untill the oyle greene which wil be
within 3 or 4 dayes ; Then straine it into a faire vessell
and put it on the fire and put them to halfe a lb of waxe
and a lb of May butter use with this the plaster following
Take of the lreg of white wine one quartre boyle them and
in the boyling put 2 ounces of Cumyn seeds beaten into -
powder lett this boyle untill it bee thicke then hott plaster
it upon a cloth and lay it to the backe.
For the stone
Take a grate fennell roote and 2 or 3 parsley rootes
the pith taken out and a handfull of pellitory of the wall
a fine crops of lavander cotton, and stamp them put them to
a pint of white wine straine them and soe make up your
possett with milke and this wine give him of it warme to
drinke first and last.
An oyntment
Take lytarge of gould; oz of may butter 6 oz white wax
3 iii oyle of roses 2 oz. Ceruse 2 oz lapis Calamyn 4 oz.
For the stone
Take a handfull of smallage one of louage one of pellitory
of the wall one of fumitory one good handfull of stonwort
and 8 penny worth of stone powder after 3 the lmb 2 quarts
of white wine, wr eth all these together and put them in the
wine and seeth all until the
put it into a bagge of lynnen cloth - for the purpose which will
lye between the harkelle bones, soe try them as hott every
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time upon the bladder as you can suffer it shifting every time
the bage taken dry from you, and put the herbs into the panne
again as longe as the liquour fernith, and after put them
into the bagge ever refreshing the herbs with liquours; this
must bee ministred unto you lyeing in your bedd and on your backe
foreseeing what you have good plentie of possett drinke of white
wine to drinke abundantly that upon the discoluring of the
Congealed matter it may beeing brought into sand bee scoured
away by the white wine, The ministring of this medicine dureth
4 days howers but ease is found in four one hower after take
heed you burne not your bealis with too much heate, you
must provide tp heath the skyine gone of with blistering bu
ministring this medicine.
For the stomacke
Take the suger of plantane and bartis ground and fry it hott
and lay this plaster to the fore stomacke and within 9 dates
hee shall be healed
To make one that is deafe to heare
Take a yonge ash that groweth by it selfe and cut it in
small pesces then make a fire with & hartoake and lay the
ashes over the fire and save the sap that cometh out of the
end in a [sawer] and then put it warmes to the eares abd stio
the eares with blackewoole and within 3 dressings hee shall
have his hearing.
For the greene sickness
Take a roots of flower [delure] soe long as your finger wash
it and stamp it take a handfull of wnsett time and a handfull
of unsett hysope and seeth them all together in a quarte
of white wine untill it come to pinte put it [figer] and
drinks it three morninge against the full of the
Moone
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