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to open or to loose there needes no other sertanlie as all maner
of surgerie probatum
A plaister for guttes and atches especiall
yf the come of colde causes or rume, that
ever I sawe in my time the beste
{The Blacke} Take a pounde of the fineste droppes of Alibanum or more
{plaister} so that itt maye bee a pounde when itt is beaten and serched
a pound of goode clere f rosen beaten and serched a pound of
pitche halfe a pounde of sheepes tallowe finelie tried fowre
ounces of comen beaten two ounces of ladamum one ounce
cloves beaten halfe an ounce of safferon beaten and viij or
ix sheepes skinnes that bee fine: and then take a faire
brase panne and sett it over the fier upon a trivett and
under itt make a fier of coles so that itt flame nott and
firste putt in youre rossen and lett it mylte fayer and as fiche
and never touche itt withe annie thinge untill itt bee
cleare molten and when you are sure that itt is cleane
molten beware that itt seache nott butt withe a spoon by
littell and littell putt in youre rosen ever lettinge itt melte before
you putt in annie more and when youre rossen and alibanum
are molten then take youre sheepes tallowe tried baldaniu
and beaten them togeather in a morter with a hott pestell