Royal College of Physicians: A Book of surgerie and phisick of Mistress Honore Henslow (MS688)

Anoyntemente for the headache and negraine Take one handefull of lavender, a handefull of rosemarie, and a handefull of younge croppes of Bayes: and cutt verie smalle: and boyle them in freshe butter well washed that no salte remaine: and annoynte the temple and forhead witheall For the canker in the mouthe a moste aprooved remedie Take a goode handfull of the sharpeste and moste stingeinge nettells you can finde, and withe as much allome as is the biggnes of two hasell nuttes, beate the allome and nettells togeather and beinge so beaten somewhatt smalle: add to itt as muche honney as a wallnutt: and so putt itt into the infected mouthe and place infected so keepinge itt as longe as yow can: and in nine dayes ytt is cured This water yow muste washe ytt withe also Take sage Flopp herbegrace and woodbine leaves of eache a goode handefull and a quantitye of salendine: seethe all these in faire water from a quarte unto a pynte: putt in a quantitye of honneye and allome into the water: soe boyeledd: and then dippe a linnen clothe in this water luke warme and washe the mouthe and gomes infected therewithe untill theye bleede will: two dayes and itt will destroye the canker. probatum

For the crampe in anie parte of the bodie a rare and trewe remedie Aboute harveste time yow shall finde on the Thistells, growinge in the sides of them Bunches as bigg as nuttmeggs: which take and keepe of them: for yow maye have store: And onelie where the crampe toubleth yow rubb the place and itt wilbe gonne incontinente:| And these yow maie have and keepe all the yeare unto youre use a rare secrette: To kille anie kinde of Itche Take docke rootes, and scrape and washe them verie cleane: and then boyle them in faire water untill theye are softe: and take them and pounde them withe butter witheowt salte, and so straine itt and keepe itt in a boxe and by the fier annoynte the boddie.| ytt is a sweete meddcine probatum An Oynetmente for the Headache and negrume Take a handefull of lavender a handfull of rosemarie and a handfu[ll] of the younge tooppes of bayes and cutt them verie smalle and boyle them in freshe butter well washed that no salte remaine, and annoynte the temple and foreheade witheall For pissinge hotte and burninge in the bladdr Take planten rootes and boyle them in white wine and drinke itt

A verie excelente medicine for annie sore eyes especiallie if they bee verie redd and swollen: or runninge withe hott or burninge humor: and for the pinne and the webbe. Take, a littell white coperis the biggnes of a garden pease, and lett itt desolve in 2 or 3 spoonefulls of faire runninge water: and three times a day dropp itt into the eye. Probatum Itt is the beste medicen that ever I did see. For the runninge of the raines {+ } Take two newe laide egges and roste them verie reare, and putt into them saunders, and stirre itt well togeather, and so supp them upp: and in three morninges itt will helpe the partie. Probatum A grene salve to heale annie wounde or cutte Take velerian sage and Flopp of each like muche and pounde them togeather: and boyle them in butter: then straine them and after putt to itt some goode newe waxe: and boyle itt againe and then itt is for youre use probatum st . A

A medcine for the piles Tak a smale quantitie of pigeons donge and mingell itt withe a littell blacke sope and spredd the same upon a broune paper and laie the same to the piles and itt shall att twice dressinge ease the patient for ever. probatum A soueraige poultese for anye swellinge Take a greate quantitie of chickweede and seethe in faire runninge water: then straine the erbes from the water and laie itt unto the swellinge as hott as the patient can suffer itt and dresse itt twise a daye as longe as the swellinge dothe endure. For a stinkeinge breathe Take two handefulls of comine and beate itt in a morter and seethe itt good white wine: from a pottell to a quarte and drinke thereof morninge and eveninge prbatum To breake a sore or a pushe Take the white of an egg and white salte and beate them togeather then laye itt to the sore place and this will breake itt and drawe it nothinge better. Probatum

A plaister to all swellings that comethe of melancolye or hott causes witheowt breakinge the skinne or hurtinge anye vaine or sinnewe Take halfe a pounde of oyle olyfe the older the better: demi pounde of waxe and a quarter of a pounde of ceruse halfe a quarter of a pounde of white leade finelye driven into pouder shredd the waxe smalle and boyle them altogeather in a brassen skillett or panne over an easie fier untill itt bee as blacke as pitche and ever sturr itt withe abrode slice for burninge to the panne and for to proove if itt bee boyled. enoughe dipp therein a linnen clothe and if itt be perfectlie blacke itt is boyled enoughe: or els nott: Then if you will ocupie of itt dippe therein a linnen clothe and holde itt over the panne as longe as itt will dripp: and when itt is well and will dropp no more holde itt aside untill itt be colde and then laie itt uppon a boorde and so prepare as manie clothes as you will. The, use of them when yow y will use annie of them: holde itt before the fier that itt bee loose and lithye: then laye itt uppon a boorde and strike itt smothe withe youre thombe: and then lay the smoothe side unto the swellinge of the legg and so as manie as shall neede: and role them unto the lege faste and so lett them lye by the space of xii houres: then remove them againe: and if there stande anie water one these clothes clense them withe a clothe and holde the contrarie side unto the fyer when you will occupie itt againe to make itt softe then strike itt smoothe againe and laie itt two as yow did: beefore and so yow maye use one clothe a fortenighte continuallie chaunginge sides at everie dressinge.