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warme ouer the rumatick eye from the nose ouer the
temples of the head, with such linnens as you regard not, for
the water will steane very much.

{3} A peece of red rose cake so infused and applyed will soone
take away paine from the eyes; and so applyed will cure the
head ach also, and cause sleepe.

{4} It also so applyed will soone heale a broken shin or brow being
applyed when it is new done yt will stay bleadinge and a bate the
swellinge.

{5} It being so applyed to a new hurt or cut and layed upon a playster
though it be but ordinarie and renewed every twelve houres will
hasten the cure in halfe the tyme that the playster would doe with out it.

{6} It also so applyed, will take awaye inflamacions from sores and
stay humers flowinge thither.

{7} It also so applyed will cure burnes and scalds beinge shifted before
the rosecake be any thinge dry, if they be not extreeme, the
said water is good to wash sores.

{8} It also will give ease to some payned with the gout beinge
applyed hott.

{9}The said water will cure ringewormes and tetters by rubinge
them therewith.

10. It is also excellent for anycattle that groweth dim of sight.
If it be too sharpe allay part of it with other water.

A spedier way to make the said water.

Put an ounce of white copperas into a glasse or pott with a
pottle of snow water, and that wantinge of faire water stop it
and shake it two or three tymes a day, to raise the settlinge
from the bottome, and after ten dayes in winter or six in
summer it will be for your use. for the eyes snow water is th e
best, but that wantinge, springe water may fittly be used; for
hott greifes, that made with snow water is best, for could that
made with pond water or springe water.

An other way to make the like water much sooner.

Put an ounce of white copporas into a glasse or pott with a
pottle of springe water, sett that glasse or pott unstopped
in a brasse pan or pott that hath so much cold water in it as
the said glasse or pott may well stand in it, cause that pan or
pott to seeth gently about a quarter of an houre then take it
from the fire and sett it by with the glasse or pott in it till
all be stone cold then take it thence stop it close up and keepe
it for your use. After these proportions you may make what
quantity you will.

A watter for eyes that are red & watterey aproued

Take an ounce of whit sugar candey beate it to powder
put it into a litell blader & put ther in a quill & tye
it up very close. then put your blader into a quarte
pote with water all night & by that tyme it will
be dissouled into water then powre it into a botell
for your use you may have a litell spunge in the
bottell & soe wringe a drope at a tyme into the eye
morning & evening & as ofte as you please.

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A medeson for any that hath a white spote growing in ther eyes

Take a peneyworth of eye bright water & as much fenill
water & as much white rose water but in it a peneyworth
of the powder of [tauty] & as much white sugar candey
finley beaten to powder drope a full drope into the eye
morning & evening & it will take away the spote.

A water that Cueres all sortes of sore eyes except catreyes

Take a nuw lade ege rost it very hard make it cleane
cute it into 2 peces take out the yolke & put therin of
allom & white copperes of each as much as a great bean
& of the best honey as much you must take of all thes three
a like quantety beat your allom & coperes very fine put
your egge into a clean cloth & worke it with your fingers
& ther will come out watter you must drope on drope of
this water into the eye morning & evening & wash
the eye lides ther with & it will cleanse them & take
out spotes that hath growne over the sight by reason
of the small pox or skines & recover the sight the
hotter the egge is the beter the water

A Resceipt for wattering eyes

Take a pinte of runing water diping it with the
stream put it into a glase uiole & put into it
the waight of 3 pence of the best white copres
& the waight of 3 pence of the dryed orise root
beat the copperes & cut the orise roots soe put
them into the glase & stope it close & soe after
a weake or fortnight you may use of it you
must wash your eyes with a fine rage 3 or 4 tymes
a day

A receipt to stay the rueme in the eyes or teeth

Take halfe a pound of red lead & a pyent of [salet]
ole boyle it together till it look blake then
put into it 2 ounces of bole armerick & an ounc
of dragons bloude & 2 ounces of the redest rock
allom 2 ounces of white lead being made all
into uery fine powder & [seived] then put them
into the salue & mix them well & let them
boyle together a litell then take them of the
fyer & when it is a litell cold make it up
in litell rolles make long plasters of ueluet
& lay them crose the temples

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