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For him or her thatt is diseased in the knees
or in there ioyntes that the maye nott goe
Take a blacke sheepes heade: and smite him all to peeces woole
and all and putt itt into a potte of water and seethe ytt all to pappe
and then gett out all the bones: and then sett itt on the fyer againe
and putt thereto a goode quantitie of otemeale: and lett them seethe
unitll they bee thicke: and then laye itt on a peece of leather: all
warme laye itt to his or there ioyntes: and they shall finde
greate ease of the swellinge of there knees prooved.
To cause speedy deliuerance of a woman
That is in daunger
It is to bee noted that deliuerance is easieste, when the moone is growinge
toward the full, and att the full: and worste towarde and att the change:
also more daunger when the winde is northeast or northerlye: more easye whan
the winde is southeweaste or southerly:/ Take mootherwerte
whitewerte, sauin, tansey, of eache one handefull, and boyle them in
sallett oyle: and putt ytt into a pigges bladder: halfe full: And laye ytt to
the Matrixe warme:/ And witheall drinke this that followethe:/
Take two pennye worthe waight of borax and make itt in fine powder/ and
putt ytt into a draughte of wine or ale wherein motherworte and sauen
hathe been boyled./ or ellce take twopenniworthe waighte of Aristolach
longe and beate ytt into powder and as muche mirhe and a littell peper. this
drincke warme in white wine./ Also the stonnes of a colte dried in an ouen
and made into fine powder. and drincke in white wine is verie excellent