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A soveraigne plaster for heate or burning in
leggs or armes or in a womans brestes
Teake a handefull of Redd Claye and tye out all the smale stones that ye
finde in it and beate it in a Motar, the space of a quarter of an hower
then take yolkes of two or three new layde eggs yf you can gett them or
els other and beate them alltogeither all togeither and putt to it a
spundfull of vinnyger and mingell alltogeither and when occupyd it
sped spread it one a linnen cloth and laie it to the sore./

A medicin for a sore legg
Teake a gallon of Runninge water and two handfulls of Sage three
handfulls of Smallage halfe as much of howselicke and lett it seeth
till teh one halfe be consumed awaie then straine it and putt it into a
faire vessell and putt therto halfe a pinte of clarified Honny and two
[] onnces of Roche Allom one onnce of white Copporis putt
therto as much camphor as the bignes of a walemutt and eche these
tempered seeth them over the fire one quarter of an hower.

To make Tooth white that are yeallow or black
Teake slowere of Rye and Salte and Honny and migell them well togeither
wherwth fret well the tooth every daye twise or thrist and after wash them
in cleane water and that shalle do awaie the blachnes and the yeallownes

ffor the keeping of the brest whole and sounde
Teake the Rootes of Elecampane clense wth the pithes taken forthe and
sliced what quantity you liste seeth these in sufficient water till they be
tender then teake them forth foorth and then take of Shugar fower onnces
of Rose water two onnces lett those boyle and skime them and then putt in
your rootes againe and lett them boyle to sirropp and then usorme it
and take of it as you see cause

A principall Medicin for a Childe that is broken
Take polipodion that dooth growe upon the Oake otherwise called Oake
Acorns the Roote of it and Comfrie and Hartstonge the head taken out of
it that dooth growe in the middlest of the leafe and boyld dosie Roots and all
of each or like quantety and wash them cleane and bruse them all togeither
and sett them ever the fire wth a quarte of white wyne lett them see...
a good while and straine them foorth in a faire pott and stopp it those
The tacke the same herbes that were sodden in the wyne and bruse them
and frye them in a littell freshe butter and the snett of of weale and so
plaster wise laid in to the said eveninge and morninge warme then
take the same drink wth is in the pott wth your herbes were sodden in
and give him five or six spinfulls at a tyme eveninge and morninge the
space of nine dayes, Then you must make him a Tunse to tunsse him
very well upp Then lett him lye upon his hack nyne dayes to gather his
head somthinge lower then his foote and lett him stir as littell as he can
the while he must keepe a very good dyett all that tyme for he maye not
eate any thinge to make his body swell neither Milke Pottage Butter
Eggs ffresh Beefe or any thinge that is hurtfull to any said, allso he maye
not eate nor drinke a good while after he have drinke his medicin; This