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The virtues of this oil.

It is good for bruises inward & outward, for sore breasts, for
wounds & aches, coming of cold cases, deafness, a pearl in
ye. eye. for bruises give four or ten drops, according to
ye. age or constitution of ye. Person, it must be given
in a spoonfull of posset drink & drink a draught
of posset drink after it, and amount the bruised
places, so take it 3 or 4 times as you see occasion
but let there be 12 hours space between the taking
of it warm it a littler for sore breasts & aches, &
bath i wth your warm hand, for deafness drop
3 drops into ye. ear when you go to bed & stop your
ear with blackwool & like on the contrary side,
As you make this oil so you may make oil of
St. Johns wort flowers but do not chop them,
pyut nothing else in but the St. Johns wort flowers.