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THE Scope of this Difcourfe is, To prefcrve in found- neis.vigor 3c acuity, the Mmd be Undemanding oi Man:to ftreng- then the Brain, prefervc the body in heatth.to teach a man to be an able Co-artificcr.or helper of Na- ture.to wtthftand & expelDifeales I lhall touch only the principal Faculties both of Body & Mind, which being kept in a due deco- rum, preferve the body in health, and the Mind in vigor. 1 ihall in this place fpeak of them only in the general as they are laid down to your view m the Synopjis, in the former pages, and in the fame order.1 _ Fertue procreative. " The firft in order, is the Virtue Procreative ; for Nature? regards not only the Gmfervation of it felf, but be- ^cc hs ]ikeJ& cbnferve its Species. The feat of this is in the Mem- bers of Generation, & is govern- ed principally- by the influence of Venus.,- " It is augmented & increafed by the ftrength oiVemn.hy herHerbs, Hoots, Trees, Minerals, &c. It is dimi.iilhed 8: purged by thofe of Mars, and quite extin- guiilied by thofe of Saturn. , O'bfervQ theiiour and Medi- cines of Venus, to Fortifie : of Mars to Cleanfe this Virtue : of Saturn to Extinguish it. Confervative. The ConfervatiVe Virtue is Vital, Natural Ani- mal. Vital. The Vital fpirits hath its rehdence in the Heart, and is difperfed from it by the Arte.; ries : and governed by the in- fluence of the Sun. And it is fo to the body, as the Sun is to the Creation : As the Heart i? in the Miaocofm, fo is the Sun in Che Magacofm: for as the Sun gives life, light, and Motion to to the Creation,fo doth the Heart the body ; therefore it is called, Sol Corporis, as the Sun is called Cor Cosli, becaufe the Operations are fo like. * Inimical & deftrucVive to this virtuej are Saturn and Mars. The Herbs and Plants of Sol wonderfully fortifie it. • Natural. The Natural Faculty or Virtue refides..in the Liver, and is generally * governed by Jupiter, ghtaji Juvans ' Pater : its office is io nourilh the Body* and is difperfed through the body by the veins. • From this are bred four parti- cular Humcrs, Bloodfihikt-jFUgm, Mtlanihclly, ■ « ' . Blood An Adrologp P Blood is made of Meat perfect- ly conco&cd, in quality hot and moift, governed by Jupiter : it is by a third concotYion tranf- muced into Flelh, the fuperflui- ty of it into Seed, and its recep- tacle is the Veins, by which it }$ difperfed through the Body. Cboler.is made of Meat more than perfectly concocled ; it is the fpume or froth of blood : clarifies all the Humors, heats the Body, nourilheth the appre- henfion, as Blood doth the Judg- ment. It is in quality hot and dry • fortifieth the attractive fa- culty, as Blood doth the dige- stive ; moves man to attivity and valour : Its receptable is the Gall, and is under the In. fluence of Mars. Flegm is made up of Mett not perfeaiy digefted ; it fo fortifies the virtue expulfiVe, as makes the Body flippery, fit for eje&ion: it fortifies the Brain by its confimilitude with it; it fpoils Apprchenfion by its An- tipathy to it. It qualifies Coo- ler, cools and moiftens the heart: thereby fuftaining it, and the whole Body, from the fiery ef- fects, which continual motion would produce : Ics receptable is the Lungs, and is governed by Venus, fomc fay by the Moon, perhaps it may be governed by them both : it is cold and moift in quality. , Melancholy is the fediment of blood cold and dry in quality, fortifying the Retentive Faculty, and memory ; makes them fo. ber,folid & ftaid.'fic for ftudy ; "ayes the unbridled toyes and fooleries of luftfal thoughts, and reduceth them home to the Cen- tre ; h is like a grave Councel- hyfical Difcourfe, lor to the whole Body : Its re- ceptacle is in the Spleen, and it governed by Saturn. Of all thefe Humours, blood is the chief, all the, reft are but fuperfluities of blood ; yet are they neceflVy fuperfluities, for without any of them man can- not live. Namely, Choler is tee fiery Superfluity : Flegm, the Watry ; Melancholy, the Earthly. Animal. The third principal Virtue remains, which is Ani- mal : Its refidence is in the Brain, and Mercury is the general fignificator of it. Ptolomy held the Moon fignified the Animal virtue : and I am of an Opini- on, both Mercury and the Mavi difpofe it: And my reafon is, i. Becaufe both of them in Na. . tivities either fortifie, or impe- dite it. 2. Ill directions to either or from either, afflicVit, as good j ones help it. Indeed the Moon j rules the bulk of it, as alfo the fenfitive part of it: Mercury the ] rational part ; and thats the • Reafon, if in a Nativity the Moon be ftronger than Metewj Senfe many times over-powers 1 Reafon ; but if Mercury be ftrong I and the Moon weak, Reafon will \ be Matter ordinarily in defpits ( of Senfe. ' l It is divided into Intellective, \ and Senficive. i. hte'leah-e. The Intellective ! refides in the Brain, within the - Pia Mater, and is governed ge- 'i verned generally by Mercmy. It is divided into imagination, Judgmenr, and Memory. Imagination is fcated in the I forc-parc of the Brain : it i* hoi ' An Aflrologo-Phyfical Difcourfe, and dry in quality, quick, aft-i complexion, by his dreams : ive, always woijcing : it receives' vapours from the heart, and coins them into thoughts : it never flceps, but always is wor- king, both when the man is fleeping and waking; only when Judgment is awake, it regulates the Imagination which runs at randome when Judgment is a- fleep, and forms any. thought according to the nature ot the vapour lent up to it. Mercury i$ out Gf qucftion the difpofer of ir. A man mav eafily perceive his Judgment afleep before himfelf many times,'and then he (hall pergeive his thoug its run at randome. Judgment always deeps when men do: Imagination never \ lV-eps. Memory fometimes fUep> when men flecp, and fometimes it dqjh' npr. ' So then when Me- mory is awake, and the man afleep, then Memory remembers what Apprehenfion coins, and that, is a dream : The thoughts would have been the fame, if Memory ha'd not been awake to remcrn1>er it. Thefe thbughfs'are cpmmonly ( I mean jn fleep when they aie purely natural ) framed accord- ing to the nature of the 'Hu- mour caljed Complexion, which is predominate m the Body and jf the humour be peccant, it is always fo, i So that it is one of the fureft I j . , . rules to know a mans own Sanguine Complexion. There altogether fty ■in Companies, Of 'different coloioS, fiapes .and qualities, Bright Sanguine Dreams that fecm to chigr the night II th beauteous JhapCy and rojie, wings as bright. , /.. ■ As is the- mvniing, or thofe Flowers that grace hi mldjt of Spring th: painted Flora'j pee. Within mean a man void of diftraclions or deep ftudies ( this molt ajlu- redly lhews Metcvry to difpole of the Imagination, as alio be- caufe it is mutable, applying it (elf to any object, as Mercury's nature is to do ) for then the imagination will follow its own bend j for if a man be bent up- on a bufinefs, his Apprehenfion •will work as much when he is afleep, and find out as many truths by ftudy, as when the man is awake, and perhaps more too, becaufe it is not impedited by ocular objects. For the nociun of the predo- minate Complexion by the Dreams, I have read fome mod excellent Verfcs made by Thomas May Efq; which I fhall here in. fert ; by which if the Complex. ion be not altered much in quan- ticy nor quality, you may know by your mcfr ufual Dreams, not only your own Complexion, but alio what every complexion is prone and inclinable to (I fuppofe and really believe, That many men and women may know ftrange truth by their dreams, if their Nativities be accordingly either by nature, or perhaps if the bufinefs be rec- tified by Art ; of which I may happen to write fomething heicafter. ). . . They are thefe : An Aftrclogo-Phyfical Difcourfe, Within the Temple merrily do fport, 'lofwhcm the little CupHs oft rtjort ;• The little Cupids from fair Venus Grove, Stealing by nighty do thither come and love, With thofe bright finguine Dreams to pafs away The hours of night, in fport and amorous play, Cholerick Complexion. There dreams of Choler in a flame-like hue, Through th' Air, like little fiery Meteors flew With fwift and angry motion to and fro, As if they fought within that place a foe, Sometimes up to the Temples roof, on high. They foar, as if they meant- to feale the Skt'e* Or fome impoffible 'achievement fought To allay the thirft of an infpiring thought. Melanchololick Complexion. But down below, with fad and heavy cheer, Qn dead mens Tombs, and every Sepulchre, The dusky Dreams of Melancholly dight, With fable wings, like Bats, or Birds of night* Fluttering in darkefl corners, here and there, But all alone and /till each other fear', Courting dead Skulls, and- feeming to invite 'The difmal GhoJts,for company by night. Flegmatick Complexion. There all.along the Temples whited wall, Flegmatick laz.ie Dreams, not wingd at all, Bur flow, like Snails, about do crawl, And evermore are thence afraid to fall, And fo be drown'd ; for on the floor below T'jey do fupp°Je great Pools of water flow. And thus much for imagi- r midft of the Brain, to fh?w pation, which is governed by ikrcwj, and fortified by his influence : and is alfo ftrong pr weak in man, according as 'AUmiry is ftrong or . weak in the Nativity thjit it ought to bear rule ovet all the other faculties ; it is the judge of the little World, to approve of what is good, and rei ject what is bad : It is the Seal of Reafon, &: the Guide of afti* , judgment is fcated in the ons1; lb that all failings ar ' i commi- "4 An AftrologO'Phyfical Difcourfe committed through its infirmity, j it not rightly judging between a 'real and an apparent good. It is hot and moift in quality, and under the Influence of Jupitei\ ' Memory is feared in the hin- der eel of chs Brain, it is the igreatRegifter to the little World ; jand its Office is to record things .either done and .pall, or to be done. It is in quality c©ld and dry, and melancholick, and therefore generally melancholick men have the beft Memories, and moft te- Inacious everyway. It is under the Dominion of Saturn, and is 'fortified by his Influence ; but purged by the Luminaries. 2. Senfitive. The fecond part 1 of the Animal Virtue, is Senfi- tive, and it is divided into two parts, Common and Particular. ' Common Senfe is an imagina- ry term, and that which gives virtues to all the particular Senfes, and knits or unites them together within the Via mater. It is regulated by Mercury, ( perhaps this is one reafon why .men are fo fickle-headed ) and jits Office is to preferve a Har- jmony among the Senfes. N Particular.Senfes are five. ' Seeing. Hejnrg. Swelling. Tafihg. , FeeLug. \ • Thefe Senfes are united in one, in the Brain, by the common >{ fenfe, but are operatively dif- tinguifhed into their feveral ' feats, and places of refidence. The Sight refides in the Eyes, and particularly in the Criftal- line Humour, it is in,quality cold and moift, and governed by the Luminaries; They who have them weak in their Genefis, have always weak fights; if one of them be fo, the weaknefs pof. feffeth but one Eye. The Hearing refides in the Ears ; is in quality cold and dry, Melancholy, and under the Dominion of Saturn. The Smelling refides in the nofe, is in quality hot and dry, chole. rick, and that is the reafon cho- lerick creatures have fo good fmells, as Dogs. It is under the Influence of Mars. The Tap refides in the Palate, which is placed at the root of the Tongue on purpofe to dif- > cern what food is congruous for the ftomach ; and what not ; as the Meferaick veins are placed to difcern what nouriftiments is proper for the Liver to convert into blood; in fome very few men, and but a few, and in thofe few, but in a very few 1 meats thefe two tafters agree I nor, and that is the reafon fbme I men covet meats that make men f\tk, viz. The tafte craves them,' and the Meferaick veins reject them : In quality hot and moift, and is ruled by Jupiter. The Feeling is deputed to no particular Organ, but is fpread I abroad over the whole body ; is 1 of all qualities, hot, cold, dry and moift, and is the Index of all tangible things; for if it were only hot alone, it could not feej a quality contrary, viz. cold, and fo might be fpoken of other qua. lities. Ic is under the Dominion of Venus, fome fay Mercury: A thoufand to one but its under; * Mercury; v ' l -" '' The An Afirologo-Phyfical Difcourfe. The four adminiftring Vir- tues are. Attractive. Digeftive. Retentive. Expulfive. The AttraBive Virtue is • hot and dry ; hot by quality, a&ive or principal: and that appears, becaufe the fountain of all heat is attractive, viz. The Sun, Dry by a quality paffive, or an cffeft of its heat; its Office is to re- ma in in the Body, and call for what Nature wants. It is under the Influence of the Sun, fay Authors, and not under Mars, becaufe he is of a corrupting Nature, ( Experience is worth more than Tradition ten times told over ) yet if we caft art impartial Eye upon Experi- ence we fhall find that Martial men call for meat none of the leaft, and for drink the moft of all other men, although many times they corrupt the Body by it ; and therefore I fee no reafon why Mars being of the fame quality with the Sun, fhould not have fhare in the dominion. It is vain to objeft, That this Influence of Man is evil, and therefore he fhould have no do- minion over this Virtue; for then, ' i. By the fame rule, he fhould have no dominion at all in the Body of man. : 2. All the virtues in man are ' naturally Evil, and corrupted by Adam's fall. This AttraSive virtue ought to be fortified when the Moon is In fiery figns, viz. Aries and Sigita- ry, but not in Leo, for the /ignis fo violent, that no Phyfick ought to be given when -the! Mion is ther:: (and why nccLfOvfcting l.-: » . ■ J - ><\ ....... that is the moft Attractive fign of all : And that's the re a fori fuch as have it afccnd in theit^ Genefis, are fuch greedy eaters ) If you cannot ftay till the Moo • be in one of them, let one ol them afcend when you admini- fter the medicine. j The Digeflive Virtue is hof and moift, and is the prihc pal of them all, the other like hand- maids attend it. The Attractive Virtue draws that which it fhould digeft, and ferves continually to feed and fupply it. The Retentive Virtue retains] the fubftance with it, till it be' perfectly digefted. The Expulfive Virtue cafteth, out, and expelleth what is fu- perfluous by digeftion. It i$/ under the Influence of Jupiter,' and fortified by his Herbs and Plants, &c. In for^fying it, let your, Moon be in Gemini, Aquarius, or' the firft half of Libra; or if matters be come to that extre- mity, that you cannot ftay till that time, let one of them af- cend, but both of them together1 would do better, always provi.1 ded that the Moo:: be not in the afcendant. 1 cannoc believe the; moon affli&s the Afcendant fo much as they talk of, if fhe be' well dignified, and in a fitjn ihs delights in.- The Retentive Virtue is in qua- , lity cold & dry;Cold, becaufe the ! nature of cold is tc comprefs/'J witnefs the ice ; dry becaufe the i nature of drynefs, is to keep and hold what is comprefled. It is under the Influence of Sj-i turn, & that is the reafon why u- fually Saturnine men are fo co- v-tous & tenacious. in DiR E C T^ONS, &c. In fortifying it, make ufe of he Herbs and Plants, &c. of $atwn, and let the Moon be in Taurus, or Virgo ; Capricorn .is not fo good, lay Authors, ( I can give no reafon for that nei- ther) let not Saturn nor his ill afpeft moleft 'he Afcendant. The Expulfive Faculty is cold and moift; cold becaufe that cornprefleth the fuperfluities;. moift, becaufe that makes the ,body flippery and fit for ejefti- on, and difpofeth it to it. It is under the dominion of Luna; with whom you may joyn Venus, becaufe fhe is of the lame nature.' Alfa in whatfoever is before written of the nature of the Planets take notice. That fixed Stars of the fame Nature, work the fame effe&s. In fortifying this, ( which ought to be done in all Purgati- ons ) let the Moon in Cancer, jScorpio,^ or 1'ifces, or^et one of thefe iigfls afcend. ALthough 1 did what I could throughout the whole Book tu cxprefs my felf in fuch a Language as might be under. flood by all, and therefore a- voided terms of Art as much as might be, ( it being tl e task of the College to write only to the Learned and the Hid flings of Apollo, but of my Self to ao my Country good; which is the Center all my Lines tend to, and I defire mould terminate in ) Yet, 1. Some words muft of necef- fity fall in, which need Explana- tion. a. It would be very tedious at the end of every Receipt to re- peat over & over again, the way of adminift ration of the Receipt or ordering your Bodies after id or to inftrudr, you in the mixture of Medicines, and indeed would do nothing elfe but fluff the Book full of Tautology. :h thefe is my firft. To anfwer to both Task at this time. To the The words -which need explai- ning, fuch as are obvious to my eye, are thefe that follow. i. To diftil in Balneo Maries, is the ufual way of diftilling in water. It is no more tffan to place your Glafs Body which holds the matter to be diftilled in a convenient vefTel of water, when the water is cold ( for fear of breaking ; put a whisp of ftrawr, or the like under it, to keep it from the bottom, then make the water boy I, that fo the Spirit may be diftilled forth;take not the Glafs out till the water be cold again, for fear of break* ing:It is impofllble for a man to learn how to do it, unlefs he faw it done. 2. Manica Hippocrate^ Hippocratjej his Sleeve is a peece of woolenodoth new and white, fewed together in form of a Su- gar-loaf. Its ufe is to ftrain any Syrup or Decoftion through, by pouring it into it, and fuffering it to run through without prel- fing or crufhing it. 3. Calcinatir on, Is a burning of a thing in a Crucible or other fuch a thing ay your Goldfmiths melt Silver in, and your Founders their Me- tals, you may place it in the midft of the fire with coals a. bove.below; and on every fide of it. 4. Filtration, Is a (training of a liquid body . through a brown Paper : Make up the Paper in a form of a Funnel., the which having placed in a Funnel, and placed < (he Funne^ and DIRECTIONS, &c. and the Paper in it in an empty (jlafs, pour in the Liquor ycu v ould filter, and let it run through at its leifure. 5. Congelation, Is curdling or listening ; It is ufed in Ph)fick for reducing a liquid bedy to hardnrfs by the heat of the fire. 6. W hereas you find Vital, JS'atuial and Animal Spirits eft eh mentioned in the Virtues of Receipts, I fhall explain What they be, and what their opciati- cn is in the body of Man. The aftion or operation of the Animal Virtues, are, 1. Sen- fit iie. 2. Motive. The Senfitive is, 1. External. 2. Internal. The External Senfes • are, 1. Seeing, z. Hearing. 3. Taflivg. 4. Smelling. 5. Feeling. The Internal Senfes are, t. The Imagination to apprehend a thing. 2. Judgment to Judge of it. 3. Me. mcry to Remember it. The Seat of all thefe is in the Brain. The Vital Spirits proceed from the Heart, and caufe in Man Mtnb, Joy, Hcpe, Truft, Humanity, M Idi.efs, Courage, &c. and their uppofitcs, viz. Sadnefs, Fear, Care, So}row, Defpair, Envy, Hatred,Stub- borntfs, Revenge, Sec. by heat Natural or not Natural. The -Natural Spirit nourifheth the Body throughout ( as the Vital quickens it, and the" Ani- mal gives it Senfe and Motion J Irs Office is to alter or concoft Food into Chyle, Chyle into Blood, Blood into Flefh, to Form, Engender, Nourifh and lncreafe the Body. 7. hfufion, is to fleep a grofs body into one more liquid. 8. DecoHion is the Liquor in jffhich any thing is boykd. As for the manner of ufing or ordering the body after any fweating or purging Medicines, or Pill, or the like, the Table at the latter end of the Medicines, will direct you to what Pages you may find them iu, look bur the word ( RULES ) there as alfo in the next Page. The different forms of making up Medicines, as fome into Sy- rups, others in E'eftuaries, Pills, Troches, &c. was partly to pleafe the different Palates of People, that fo Medicines mght be more delightful, or at leaft: lefs burdenfome : in fuch a cafe the Table of Virtues at the lat- ter end will univerfally furnifh you with the generality of both Simples and Compounds appro. priatei to the Dileafes. You may make the mixture of them In what form you pleafe ; only for your better in- ftrucYion at prefent, accept of thefe few Rules. 1. Conftder, That all Difeafes ' are cured by their conrraries,buc all pi res of the Body maintain. cd by their likes. Then if heat be the caufe of ths difeafe, give k the cold Midicine appropriated to it ; If Wind, fee how many Medicines appropriated to that Difeafe expel wind, and u fe them. 2. Have a care you ufe not fuch Medicines to one pare of your body which are appropri- ated to another ; for if your' brain be over-heated, and you ufe fuch Medicines as cool the Heart or Liver, you may maker mad work. 3-Thf' \ DIRECT \ 3. The diftilled Water of any tHerb you would rake for a Di- feafe is a mixture for a Syrup of rthc fame Herb, or to make any EElcftuary into a drink; if you bffeft fuch liquid Medicines beft, If you have not the diftilled water, make ufe of the Deco&ion ! 4. Difeafes that lye in the parts of the Body, remote from the Stomach and Bowels, it is vain to think'to carry away the caufe at once, and therefore you had beft do it by degree* ; Pills, and fuch like Medicines which arc hard in the Body, are fitteft for fuch a bufinefs, becaufe they are Jongeft before they digeft. 5. Ufe no ftrong Medicines if weak will ferve the turn j you had better take one too weak by (half, than too ftrong in the leaft. 6. Confider the Natural tern per of the part of the Body affli- fted. and maintain in that, elfe foou extinguifh Nature, as the" Jrleart is hot, the Brain cold, or ot leaftthe coldcft part of the Body. ? 7. Obferve this general Rule ; JThat fuch Medicines as are hot, in the firft degree, are moft ha- bitual to 1 ur Bodies, becaufe they are juft of the heat of our B ood. ? 8. All opening Medicines, and fuch as provoke Ur ne, or the Terms, or break the Sone may moft conveniently be given in .white Wine, becaufe w'-'ce W.ne bf it felf is of an op ,-ng Na- ture, and cleanff^ the _ Feins gallantly. 1 9. Let all fuch Medic; >e- ai »rc taken to ftop FK-x - or Loofnefs, be taken Lct^rt meat, •bout an hour before more 0: lefs, that fo he may ftrei ^tr^n \ $hc digeftkm and retentive ft- j tONS, &c. culty, before the Food come into the Stomach ; But fuch as are fubjett to vomit up their meat, let them take fuch Me- dicines as day vomiting pre- fently after meat, at the con- clufion of their Meals, that (6 they may clofe up the mouth of the ftomach ; and that is the Reafon why ufually men eat a bit of Cheefe after Meals, be- caufe by its fowcrnefs and 'binding, it clofeth the mouth of the ftomach, thereby flaying belching and vomiting. 10. In taking Purges be very careful ; and that you may be fo, obferve thefe Rules. 1. Confider what the humour offending is, and let the Medi- C ne be fuch as purgeth that hu.nour, elfe will you weaken Nature, not the Difeafe. 2. Take Notice, if the hu- mour you would purge out be thin, then gentle Medicines will ferve the turn, but if it be tough and vifcous, take fuch Medicines as are cutting and opening, the night before you would take the Purge. 3. In purging tough humors, forbear as much as may be fuch Medicines as leave a bind- ing quality behind them. 4- -Having a care of taking Purges when your Body is a- ftringent ; your beft way, is to open it by a Clyfter. 5 In taking opening Medi- ci- ies, you may fafcly take them st nighr, eating but a little S.ppcr ihrer or four hours be- fore, '»nJ the n«.x* miming or lr| ij a draught of Poflet- Weights and Meafures. drink, you need not fear to go about your bufinefs. In this manner you may take Lenitive EleRuary, Diacatholicon, Pulp of Cnjfia, and the like gentle EJleft- uaries, as alfo all Pills that have neither D.agridium nor Colocyvthu in them. But all violent Pur- gersrequire a due ordering of the Body, fuch ought to be ta- ken in the morning after yo u are up, and not to fleep after them before they have done wor- king, at leaft before night, two hours after you have taken them% drink a draught of warm PofTet drink, or breath, and fix hours after eat a bit of Mutton, often walking about the Chamber: Let there be a good fire in the Chamber, and flir not out of the Chamber till the Purge have done working, or not till the next day. Laftly, Take fweating Medi- cines when you are in bed, co- vered warm : and in the Time of your fweating drink PofTerJ drirk as hot as you can drink it: If you fwcat for a Feaver, boyl Sorrel and red Sage in your PofTct-drink, fweat an hour or longer, if your ftrength will permit : then the Chamber being kept very warm) fhifti your felf all but your Head, a-j bout which ( the Cap which! you fwcat in being ftil} kepcl on ) wrap a Napkin very hor, to repel the vapours back. I confefs thefe or many of thefe \ directions may be found in one place of the Book or other, and'i I delight as little to write Tau-jf tology as another: but the,v Printer defiring they fhould be\ put here, and I confiderrng ic might make for publick good, ] inferted them : If notwithftand-'| ing any will be fo mad to do 1 thcmfelves a mifchicf, the Fault is not mine. Weights & Meafures in the Ne® DISPENSATORY. Twenty Grains make a Scruple. Three Scruples make a Dram. Eight Dtams make an Ounce. Twelve Ounces make a Found. I HE moft ufeful Meafures ( amongft us ; quoth the o ',, are thefe : X* Spoon, which in Sywps holds half an ounce, in Diftilled waters three drams. A Tafter, which holds, an fiOtlce & an half. A Congy which { in their for- ] mer Difpevfatory held nine pound, now ) holds but eight pound, viz. jjuft a Gallon : To mifs but one Pint in a Gallon, is nothing with a College of Phyficians. The reafon I fuppofe is, Becaufe moft Nations differ in the quan- tity of their Congius from one Nation before, and from ano- ther now : for indeed this Dif. ^penfatory, is borrowed a great pa« of \\ from MY\«, part from Grrrvr; • Weights and Meafures* fome from France, fome from Spdin, and fome fro"m Italy, and now they vapor with it. Oh brave ! Should a man that bor- rowed his Cloaths from lo many Brokers in Long-lane be proud of them ? Befides thefe, they have got. ten another antick way, MEN- SURATION, which they have not fet down here, nz. By handful and Pugils. An hand- ful is as much as you can gripe in one hand ; and a Pugil as much as'you can take up with your Thumb and two fingers ; and how much that is, who can rcll ? In truth this way of Mtnfuration \s as certain as the VVeather-cock, and as various as Mens fingers are in length, and the things taken up in drynefs or form ; for an handful of green Herbs will not be" half an handful, or not above, when they are dry. And your Mo- ther-wit will teach you, that you may take up more Hay in this manner than Bran, and more Bran than Sand. And thus much for their Weightspnd alfo for their Meafures. make an ounce, twelve Ounces make a Pound. As for the Colleges Meafures, I know not well what Engl'ifh Names to give them. Cochelea - mm holds in Syrups half an ounce, in diftilled waters three drachms. Cy at hits holds an ounce and an half. Henuna (which alfo they call Cntyta ) contains nine ounces. Libra holds twelve ounces. A Sextarv contains eighteen ounces*. A Congy fix . Sextaries Weights and Meafures in the Old Difpenfatory. TWenty Grains do make a Scruple, Three Scruples make a drachm ("commonly called a dram. Eight drams Thefe Meafures amongft th Romans contained not juft the fame quantities; for their Cya. j this contained an ounce and an j half, a dram and a.fcru-ple : | Their Sextary contained but i fourteen ounces three quarters, j and half a quartern ; and among the Grecians not fo much. It is called-a Sexuvy, becaufe.it is the fixth part of a Congy. Nei- ther did the Roman Hemina con- tain altogether'feven ounces and an half. Their Libia I fuppofe to be that, which Galen calls ^.s1fi>cw, viz. A yefTcl'^to ma- ture with ; it was"made of clear Horn,and by certain-lines drawn round it, like rings, was divided twelve equal parts, each paft containing an ounce. A ^ftiiiikMMM A Premonitory Epijlle to the Reader. Courteous Reader, THofe things which God did make firft in the be- ginning without means, He now preferveth by means, and therefore He hath placed Nature in the World, which by Motion acts in all things, according to the quality of the thing acted upon •, as Fire acts upon Wood to make a fire to warm one by, or the like - therefore as the Caufe of Difeafes is to be underftcod to be Natural, fo is their Cure alfo co be effected in a Na- tural way : and if you do but confider the Univerfe as one united Body, and Man an Epitomy of this Body ; ic will leem ftrange to none but Mad-men and Fools, that the Stars fhould have influence upon the Body of Man confidering he being an Epitomy of the Creation ; muft needs have a Celeftial World within himfelf: for to wind the firings a little higher, If there be a Trinity in the Deity ( which is denied by none but Ranters $ then muft there be a Trinity alio in all his Works ', If there be an Unity in the God-head, there muft needs be an Unity in all his Works, & a dependency between them and not that God made the Creation to hang together like Ropes of Sand. So God made but one World and yet in this one World a Trinity, Firft Elementary, which is loweft : Secondly Celeftial, which is next a- bove thac: Thirdly, Intellectual, which ishigheftin de- gree •, and happy, yea, thrice happy js he that attains to it. If then Men be capable ot the Intellectual World as having an Epitomy of that in himfelf, whereby he knows that there is a God, & that God made this World, & go- verneth it now he hath made it •, that there are Angels & that he hath an Immortal Spirit in himfelf, whfch B " cauieth To the Reader. Caufeth him to hope and expeft Immortality .If he ha^e an Epitomy of theElementary World in himfelf, whereby he fearcheth & leeks after the Virtues of Elementary Bodies, & the various Mixtures of Natural things,then Caufes,Ef- feds,Times,Fafhions,Events, & how they are produced by theElements, muft he not alio by the fame Rule have an Epitomy of the CxleftialWorld within himfelf,by which he fearcheth out the Motion and Ccurfe of the Cxleftiai Bodies, and what their Influence is upon the Elements, and Elementary Bodies ? He that denies this, let him al- fo deny that the whole World was made for Man,that fo the World may fee what he is,it is palpable to thole that fear God,arfd are converfant either in his Word or in his Works, that every inferiour World is governed by its fu- periour, and receives influence from it. God himfelf the only Firft-being, the Maker and Difpofer of all.things, .governs the Cxleftiai World by the Intelle&ual^namely, the Angels j He governs the Elementary World, and all Elementary Bodies, by the Celeftial World, namely, the Stars \ and that's the Reafon the Influence of the Stars Teacheth not to the Mind or Rational part of Man, be- caufe it is an Epitomy of the Intellectual World, which is a luperiour to them. But becaufe* there is no-v fome Dilpute about it (I fhould have faid Cavilling) by fuch as would fain have their Knaveries hidden, and therefore they would' fain have the Stars made to flop bottles, or elfe for the Angels to play at Bowls with, when they had nothing elfe to do, but not rule the Elementary World, no, by no means. We lhall prove they rule over the E- lementary World, firft by Scripture, fecondly,byReafon. Firft, by Scripture •, I befeech you read in the firft "place, Gen. I. 14, 1 5, i<5, 17, 18 Verfes. And God faid let there be Lights in the Firmament of the Heaven, to divide the Day from the flight, nAnd let them be for SKjNS, and for SEASONS, and for DATS and TEARS. And let them he for Lights in the Firmament of the Heaven, to give light upon Earth ; and it was fo. *And God made two great light tj the greater light tj RVL£the day? and the leffer To tho Reader* Light to RVLE the 2{ight. He made the Stars alft, and fet them in the Firmament of the Heaven to give light upon Earth. And to RVLE-over the dayt and over the night, & to divide the light from d^rknefs. To this place alfo an- fwers that in the 136 Pfal. He made the Sun to RVLF, by Day, and the Moon and Stars to RVLE by T^jght. In thefe Scriptures God faith he made them to Rule, He fee them for Signs, therefore they muft fignifie fomething 3 He fet them alio for Seafons, for Days, and for Tears i The Scripcures are lb cle.ir, they need no Exposition. Bun let us fee a little what Reafon faith to the bufinefs. It is palpable and apparent, That all Elementary Bodies never ftand at a ftay, but either are encreafing or de- creafing •, .it is as apparent that the Celeftial Bodies are not changed, but remain the very fame they were at the firft Creation -, and if fo, the Elementary Bodies muft needs be by Nature Paffive, becaufe they are fubje& to change; and the Celeftial Bodies Active, becanfe they change not. As a Carpenter, when he hews a Timber- log, the Timber-log muft needs change form according as 'tis hewed, but the Carpenter himfeff changeth not. Secondly, Confider that all .Time is meafured out by Motion, and that the Original of all Motions is in the Heavens, for ic is the Motion of the Sun which caufeth Day and Night, Summer, Winter, Spring, & Harveft ; From which conversion of Times and Years, all changes proceed, both Heat and Cold, Drynefs, and Moifture : by which four is cauled Life and Death, Generation & Putrefaction, encreafe & decreafe of Elementary things', for the Elementary World is the Womb of all Ele- mentary Creatures, both Animals, Minerals, and Vege- tables, it conceives them and nourishes and cherifheth them being conceived : This Womb is always full of ufetul matter, fit for the forming, encreafing and con- ferving Bodies, whether Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable; the Sun gives a Vital Seed, and ftirs up all to Motion and Action, quickens, and defends what it hath quick- 5?d. I^e Moon fubminifters moifture to preferve * - what To the Retder. what the Sun hath generated from the fcorching Heat, which is caufed by Motion. Both Sun and Moon make ufe of the other five Planets ( even as the Heart and Brain make ufe of the Liver, Spleen,, Gall, &c. in the Body of iMan ) for the effecting and varving things below* and tem- pering them divers ways according'to their feveral Moti- ons, elfe all the things generated in the Elementary World, would be of one Nature and Qialitv, and then the World could not fubfift •, for Man having all Qnlitits in him, can- not fubfift without any one of them. He, and ha only, is a Phyfitian, that knows which of thefe Qualities offends, by which of thefe Celeftial Bodies it is caufed, and how fafely and fpeedily to remedy it : all the reft that practice Phyfick are but Mountebanks. For there is no qucftion to be made, but that ah Difeafes have their Original from fuper-abun- dance or deficiency of Heat, Coldnefs, Drynefs or Moifture, and that the Elements barely from themfelves can caufe tf is, is an opinion more fitting for an Hog herd than a Philofo- pher^ for whatfoever is begotten, muft have a matter to be gotten of, as well as fomething to beget it, and this mat- ter muft be proper to receive Form, for man cannot make a Timber-log of a Turf, nor a Book of an Egg-ftiell, there- fore this matter muft Naturally be affected to fuffer what- foever Form the Author pleafeth to give it. The Author of every Generation muft be altogether active, not fubjeft to any adverfe Principles,, that fo he may not run out of one thing into another before he hath finiftied •, and this is proper to the Sun, Moon and Stars. This will bj denied by none that have lived a Rational Man but one Summer, and one Winter, and felt a difference of heat and coldnef?, drynefs and moifture, caufed bv the Nearnefs and Remote- nefs of the Sun, and ken the difference of fpringing, encrea- fing, and decaying of things upon Earth in thofe times : for when we fee the Load-ftone draw Iron, it fhews plain- ly, that Nature hath given it efficacy fo to do. So when we fee thefe things done by the Heavens, we muft needs think Nature hath given the Heavens power to do fo, and feeing thofe qualities, heat, coldnefs, drynefs a ad moifture, are contrary the one to the other , of neceftity fometimes the one muft yield, and fometimes the other •, and thence comes the Procreation, Corruption, and Viciffitude of things below ', and feeng all likes rejoyce in their likes, and difagres with their diflikes, there muft needs be fomejhing To the Reader. in the Heavens agreeable to all this, therefore fome part of the Heavens is faid to be hot., fome cold, fome dry, and lome moift, not becaufe they are fo in themfelves, but be- caufe they work fuch Effects in Elementary Bodies, as is eVwntut0 the exPerience of them that fearch after it. We have now fhewed you what a Phyfitian ought to be in refpeft of knowledge in the Celeftial World: I {hall only now (hew you in a word or two what Knowledge he- ought to have in the Elementary and Intellectual World, and that very briefly, and fo conclude. As in the Celeftial World he ought very carefully to h^d1 the Oppofjcions and great Conjunctions of the Planets, the Eclipfes of the Luminaries, the Quarterly Ingreffes of the Sun, and the Crifis pf Difeafes, fo in the Elementary World he ought to heed the Seafons of the Year, whether they be hotter, colder, drier, moifter than they fhould be, he ought to be very well skilled in Vegetables and Minerals, and how the. Earth brings them forth, what is the Office of the Central Sun, and what is the Office of the Celeftial Sun ; what is the Office of the Central Moon, and what the Of- fice of the Cele/lial Moon, in the production of things here below, and how, and by whn Mediums they perforin it. Laftly, In the Intelleclual World, he ought to be very frequent, fearing God, and efchewing evil, for into his hands as the means, hath the Eternal God of Heaven and Earth put the lives of thofe Chriftians whom he loved fq well, that he redeemed them by the Blood of his only be- Boc^en S°n- Let him be very ftudious in thofe great Books of God, the Book of the Scripture, and the Book of the Crea- ture^ let theGl>ry of God, and the good of the Creature be his whole Aim, neither let fuch a Monfler as Coveteouf- nefs have the leaft entertainment in his Heart, let them be no refpefter of Perfons, bur go as willingly to the Poor for nothing, as to the Rich for Reward, knowing, That he that ■ giveth to the Poor; Undcth to the Lord, and he fhall be fure, to have a good Pay-mafter. To conclude, In all his Practi- ces let him confider what he would have another do to him if he were in the like cafe, and do the like ro them -, and to them that follow this Rule, Peace fhall be upon them, as upon the Ifrael of God. ha dixit. NICH. CULPEP£J* The Trwjlators PREFACE to the Ca- talogue of Simples. Efore I begin the Catalogue, / thought good to premife a few words to the Reader. i. Let him have a care he miflake not one thing for another; viz. Herbs for Hoots, or either of them for Flowers ; if he cajt but his Eye up to the top of {he Page, he Jhall there fee which it is. %. Let a due time be obferved ( cafes of neceffity excepted ) in gathering all Simples; for ivhicfi take thefe Rules. The time to 'gather all Roots is before the Herb run up to the feed, far then they arefofte/l, as you may fee by Radiflies, Carrots, Parfneps, §fc. The Root 0/which you may petceive hard when they run up to feed, and' not becaufe the fap is then in the Root, as the vulgar 'hold ;for if the fap arofa and feH» they hold then the Root tnnjl grow ?n Win- ter only, w. the Branches do in Summer, which ex- perience will fhew to be faife ; for the Root grows mly in Summer, as the branches do ; you fee what a ivocden potto Tradition is. Would not this make every'pne1 endeavour to fludy a Reafon for what lie cloth > And fee how our Fore-fathers have been led 'by Tradition. The truth is, it is the Sun is the Author of Life and growth to the whole Creation, he' was "Ordained of God for that end j when he comes en this fide 0} thei Equator, the trees (bring* when he 'pajfeth to the South-fide of the Equator; they "lofe their, verdant' col ur and growth alfo, till^ the Revolution of the time bring h& ptefencc to reU v.ve them ; but 'enougfj bf this in this place. '■' •; 4> » l " "■ : ■ " ■' ' Herbs The Tranjlatofs Preface.' Herbs are to be gathered when they are fulleji ofjuycp, which is before they run up to feed ; and if you gather them in a hot Sunjhine day they will not befofubjttl to putrifie : the beft way to dry them, is in the Sun, according to potior REASON, though not according to Dr. TRADITION. Such Herbs as remain green all the year, or are very full of Juyce, it were a folly to dry at all; but ga- ther them for prefent ufe, Houfleek, Scurvey-grafs, &c. Let Flowers be gathered when they are in their prime, In a Sun lliine day, and dried in the Sun. Let the feeds be perfectly ripe before they be gathered. 3. Let them be kept in a dry place ; for any moi- fture, though it be but a moifl 'Air, corrupts them, which if perceived in time, the beams of the Sun will refrefh the Herbs and Flowers, and do the Sun no harm. 4 Take Notice, thai only the Latin Names were quo- ted by the College, and are tV. h provokes Urine, & expels wind. Macanii&, Privet. See the' leaves. Althea, Marfh-mallows. Are meanly hot, of a digefling, foft. ning nature, eafe pains, Help bloody Fluxes, the Stone and •Gravel : Being bruifed and well boyled in milk, and the milk drunk, is a gallant reme- dy for the gripings of the belly and the bloody flax. If a Fe- ver accompany the difeafe, boil a handful of common Mallow Leaves, with a handful of thefe Roots. Angelic*, Angiica is hot and dry in the third degree, ftreng- thens the Heart exceedingly, & is a lingular Remedy againft peftilence and poyfon, half a dram taken in the morning failing. Anchufce, Alkanet.Cold 6c dry, binding, good for Ulcers. Authors., An outlandifli Root, the Counter-poyfon of Monk. (hold, it is an admirable Reme- dy for the wind Colick, and re- fills poyfon. They that would know more of it, let them read Guainerius and Soleriotts, both which lived near the places where it plentifully grew. Apn, Smallage. See the Barks. Jriftolochice, Birthwort: of. which are three forts; longx round and climipg, all hot and dry in the third degree. The long being drunk in Wine, brings away both Birth and afcer-birth, and whatfoever a carelefs Midwife hath lefc be- hind. Diofcorides G.ilcn. The round being drunk in Wine helps (befides the for- mer } ftuftings of the Lungs, hardnefs of the Spleen, Rup- tures, Convulflons ; both of them refill Poyfon. I ncv-.r read any ufe of the climing Birthworr. Art.ilim, Chf.viiu'n, &c. Sow. bread : hot and dry in the third degree, a moft violent Purge, dangerous . outwardly applied^ to the place j it profits much in the bitings of veno- mous Beads ; alfo being huT» about Women, in labor, it caut fcth fpeedy deliverance. Set * ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library. See the Herb. Jrundins. ['allatoria & Saccha- rine. Common Reeds, & Sugar Reeds. The Roots of common Reeds applied to the place draw out Thorns, eafe Sprains: the Afhes of them mixed with Vi- negar take Scurf or DandrifF off from the Head, and prevent the falling off of the hair, they are- hot and dry in the fecond de- gree according to Galen. I would not have the Reader build too much confidence upon the degrees of temperature,, ( or more proper,intemperature ) nei- ther of this or any other fimplc, becaufe moft of them are quo- ted by outlandifh Authors : and out of queftion the difference of the Climate may fomething alter their intemperature in degree. I never read any Virtue of the toot of Sugar-Cane. Ar'iy &c. Of Cuckow-pints, or Wake-Robin, hot and dry in the third degree, I know no great good they do inwardly taken.un- lefs to play the rogue withal, or make fport, Outwardly applied, they take off Scurf, Morphew,or Freckles from the face,& char the skin, and eafe pains of the Gout. JfclepiddisJri7iciioxici.Or Swal- ]ow-worr,hot Sc dry,good againft poyfon, & gripings of the belly, as alfo againll the bitings of mad Degs taken inwardly. Afar'i. Of Afarabscca, the Roots are a fafer purge then the leaves and not fo violent. I do not much fancy any of them both, ignorant people had better let them alone than be too bufie with what they have no skil in : they purge bv vomir, ftool and urine, they are profitable to fuch as have Agues, Dropfies, ftop- piags uf the Liver or Spleen, Green-iicknefs. Jfpar>igi.Sp*r*g\sst or Sperage, they are temperate in quality, opening, the, provoke Urine, and cleanfe the Reins and Blad- der,being boiled in white Wine, and the Wine drunk. Afphodeli, Hafta- Regis faun. Kings Spear, or female Afbfio> del. I know no Phyfical ufe of the Roots; probably there is, for I do not believe God crea- ted things of no ufe. Jfp1)odeli,Jlbiicim.vis. Male Af- phodel. Hot and dry in the fe- cond degree Inwardly taken, they provoke Vomit, Urine, and the Terms in Women.Outward. ly ufed in Oyntments they caufe hair to grow, cleanfe Ulcers, take away Morphew and Freck- les from the face. Bardane, &c. BIur,Clot-bur,or Bur-dock, temperately hot and dry, helps fuch as fpit Blood & marter. Bruifed & mixed with Salt, and applied to the place, helps the bitings of mad Dogs. It expels wind, eafeth pains of the teeth, ftrengthens the back, helps the running of the Reins, and the Whites in Women, be- ing taken inwardly. Biafcoridett Atmleus. Belkn. alb. rub. Valerian,white and red. Mpfue Scrapio, $c other Arabians, fay they are hot a.nd moift in the latter end of the firft, or beginning of the fecond degree, and comiort the heart, ftir up luft. The Grecians held them to be dry in the fecond degree, that they flop fluxej, & provoke Urine. Bellidis. Daifes. See the leaves. Beta nigia, alba., rubra," Beets, black, white and red ; as for black ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library. 3 iJack Beers, I have nothing to, is.y. 1 doubt tli.ey ar,e as rare as bi; ck bL.ck S'\:«is. The red Beer I\oot boiled and preferved in V-negar, make a fine, cool, p '-ling, cleanfing, digefting S > !Ce. See r'ic leaves. ti-ftouce. £>V. Biftortor Snake. v ced, c< !d and'dry in the third decree, binding : the quantity of h*.f a di;;m at a time taken in- wardly, refilt Peftilence & poy- l,n. help Ruptures and Bruifes? fiay Fluxes, Vomiting and im- moderate flowing of the term5 in Women, helps inflamation & forenef. of the mouth, & fattens Joofe teeth, being bruifed and boiled in white Wine, and the mouth wafhed with it. Boragims Borage hot & moift in the fnft degree, chears the heart, helps drooping fyhhs.Diofcorides. pi ion a,&c.Btiony,both white & black : they are both hot and dry, fome fay in the third de- gree, and fo we fay but in the firft.- they purge flegm & watry humors, but they tiOuble the ftomach, they are very good for the Dropfic*. The white is moft in ule, & is admirable good for the fits of the Mother : both of them externally ufed, takes a- way freckles, Sun-burning, and Mnrphew from the face, and cleanle filthy Ulcers : It is but a churlilh purge, but being let alone, can do no harm. /%/p^.Buglofs; Its Virtues are the lame with Borrage, and the jtoots of either feldom ufed. Eitihts romitorins. A vomiting cot, I never read of ic elfe. v here by this general name. Calami aromatici. Aromatical Reed, or fweec Garden Flag. Ic frovokes Ursne, 'flrengthens the ung«, helps* bruifes, refills poy- '■'■>■■ \- • ■ •- . fon, &c. being taken inwardly in Powder the quantity of half a dram at a time. In beating ofic, be very fpeedy, for the ftrength will quickly fly out. You may mix it with Syrup of Violets,if your body be feveriflu Cappanim. Capper Roots arc hot and dry in the fecond de- gree, cutting and clea«ifing„ They provoke terms, help ma- lignant Ulcers, eafe the tooth- ach, aflwage fwellings, & help the Rickets. S'e Oyl of Capper. CarwpbUlatx, &c. Avens, or herb Benner. The roots are dry, and fometh,ng hot, of a clean- fing quality, they kerp garments from being moth-eaten : See the Leaves. Caullum. Coleworcs. I know- nothing the Roots are good for, only to bear the herb and flowers. Centaurii majwis. Centaury the greater. The roots help fuch as are burden, fuch as fpic Blood,(hrinking of (inews, Ihort- nefsof Wind, Coughs, Convul- fions, Cramps: half a dram in Powder, being taken inwardly, either in Muskaled, or in a de. cocYion of the fame Roots. They are either not at all, or very fcarce in England, our Cenraury is the fmalI Centaury. (Vr.c Onions. Are hot and dry ( according to Galen) in the 4th degree. They caufe drynefs, and are extreamly hurt- ful f r Cholerick people, they breed bur little nourilhent, and that little naught; they are bad meat., gee good Phyfick for flegmatick people ; they are o- pening, and provoke Urine and Terms, if Cold be the caufe ob- ftru&ing. Braifed, ani out- wardly 4 ROOTS. . Th wardly applied, they cure the bitings of mad Dogs. Roafted and applied, they help Boils & Apoftumes. Raw they take the fire out of Burnings; but ordinarily eaten, they caufe head-ach, fpoil the Sight, dull the Senfes, and fill the body full of .wind. Chamsleontis albi nigrif Qfc. Chameleon white and black. Tragus calleth the Carline Thif- tle by the name of white Cha- meleon, the root whereof is hot in the fecond degree, and dry in the thitft, ic provokes fweat, kills worms, refills peftilence and poyfon, it is given with fucccfs in peftilential Fevers, helps the tooth-ach by being chewed in the mouth, opens the flopping of the Liver & Spleen, it provokes Urine, and brings down the terms: give but a lit. ]e.of it at a time, by reafon of its heat. As for the black Cha- meleon, all Phyfitians hold it to have a kind of venomous qua- Key, and unfit to be ufed in- wardly, both Galen, Clujius, Ni. cander, Diofcorides and JEgineta. Outwardly in Oyntments, it is profitable for Scabs, Morphew, Tetters, &c and all things that need cleaniing. Cb'didonii iiuijom imnoris. Ce- landine the greater and lefler. The greater is that which we ufually call Celandine : The Root is manifeftly hot and dry, cleanfing and fcouring, proper for fuch as have the yellow Jaundice, it opens obftru&ions of the liver, being boyled in white Wine, and the DecocYion drunk, and if chewed in the mouth, it helps the tooth-ach. Celandine the lefler is that which ufually we call Pile- ? Phyfitians Library. wort, which though Galen and Diofcorides teach to be hot in the fourth degree, and might happily be fo in thofe Countries where they lived : yet with us fcarce exceeds the firft degree ; the juice of the Root mixed with Honey, and fnuffed up into the Nofe,purgeth theHead, helps the Hemorrhoids or Piles, being bathed with it, as alfo doth the root only carried a- bout one, being made into an Oyntmcnt, helps the ^ difeafes in the Neck, commonly called the Kings Evil. [ Scrofula. ] China wonderfully cxtenuaeth and dryeth, provoketh fweat| refifteth putrifacYion, it ftreng- thens the Liver, helps the Drop- fie and malignant Ulcers, Le- profie, Itch and French Pox, and is profitable in Difeafes coming of Falling. It is com-, monly ufed in diet-drinks for the premiffes. Cbichorii. Succory. Cools and dries in the fecond degree, ftrcngthens the Liver & Veins, it opens Obftruftions, ftoppings of the Liver and.Spleen, being boiled in white Wine, and the Deco&ion drunk. Colihici, Meadow-Saffron. The roots are held to be hurtful to the ftomach ; therefore I let them alone. Confolida majoris, minor is. Con- folida major is that which we ordinarily call Comfry : It is of a cold quality : yet pretty temperarure,of fuch a gluttinous quality, that according to Diof- corides, they joyn meat together that is'cut afunder , if they be boiled with it. It is excel- lent for all Wounds, both In. terrnal and External, or fpitting of Blood, Ruptures or burftuefs, ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library. pains in the back, i: flrengthens the Rein*, it flops the Terms, and helpeth Hemorrhoids. The way to ufe them is to boil them In water, and drink the Decoc- tion. Confolida minor, is that we call Self-heal, and the La- tins T'.unella. See the Herb. CoJH Ltiiufa; Coftus both forts being roots coming from be- yond Sea, hot and dry, break wind. Being boiled in Oil, it is held t« help the Gout by a- nointing the grieved place with it. . Cucumeris agreftis. Wild Cu. cumer roots, or Cowcumber, as the Vulgar call chem. They purge flegm, and that with fuch violence, that I would advife the Countrey.man that knows not how to correct them, to let them alone. Civara, Qfc. Artichoaks. The Root purgeth by Urine, where- by the rank favour of the body is much amended. ^bmR°FA,&c Hounds-tongue, Cold and Dry : being roatted and laid to the Fundament, helps the Hemorrhoids, it is al- io good for burnings and fcal- dings. Curcuma. Turmerick. Hot In the third degree, opens Ob- ftrucYions, is profitable againft the yellow Jaundice, and cold diftemper of the Liver and Spleen : half a dram being taken at night going to Bed, in the pulp of a roafted Apple, and if you add a little Saffron to it, it will be the better by far. Ciptri utrivfque, longi lotundi. Cyperus grafs, or Englijb Galan- 1 ga, both forts, long and round; J is of a warming Nature, pro-] {okes Urine, brtaks the ftonej prftvokes the terms; the allies of them ( being burnt ) is ufed for Ulcers in the mouth, Can- ker-;, &c. Diuci, Carrots. Are mode. rately hoc and moift, breeds but little nourifhnient, and are ex- rream windy. I o.otc whac virtues Galen writes of them, as being confijsnt thcrj wa> fuch a difference between them, that our Carrots will never anfwer thofe effe&s, or if any do, 'cis the wild kind. Dentar'u nnjoris, &<-. Tooth- wort, toothed Violecs, or Co- ralwort. They are drying, binding and ftre ngthening ; are good to eafe pains in the fides and bowels. Alfo being boy- led, the decocfion is faid to wafh green Wounds and Ul- cers with. Diftamni, Dittany. It is hoc and dry in the third degree, ha. ftens travail in Women, pro- vokes the Terms, ( See the Leaves.) Doronici. Doronicum, a fup- pofed kind of Woolf.bane. I am of opinion that Serapio and Avicemia, and other Arabian Phy- fitians, did not intend that root we now ufe for Doronicum when they wrote fo much a- gainft it. I fhall adhere to the Judgment of Gefner, which is verified by daily experience. Ic is hot and dry in the third de- gree, flrengthens the Heart, is a fovereign Cordial and preferva- tive againft thePeftilence.lt help the Vertigo or fwimings of the head, is admirable againft the bitings of venomous beafts, and fuch as have taken too much O- Jium, as alfo forLethargies : the uyce helps hot Rheums in the Eyes; 6 ROOTS. The Eyes: a fcruple of the Root in Powder is enough to take at one time. Draccnthii, Dracuntuli. Divers Authors attribute divers Herbs to this name. Ic is moft pro- bable to me that they mean Dragons, the roots of which cleanfe mightily, and cake away proud or dead flrih, the very fmell of them is hurtful for Women with Child. Outward- ly in Oyntmencs, they take a- way Scurf, Morphew, and Sun burning. I would noc wilh any unlefs very well read in Phy- fick, to take them inwaiuly. Mathiolus. Diofcorides, Ebuli. Dwart-Eld<;r, Walwort, or Danewort. Hoc and dry in the third degree. The Roots are as gallant a purge for the Drop- fie as any is under the Sun, which befides the authority of the Antients, was ofcen proved by the never dying Dr. Butler, of Cambridge, as my felf have in a Manufcripc of his. You may take a dram, or two drams ( if the Patient be ftrong ) in white Wine at a time. Echii. Vipers Buglofs, or wild Buglofs. I warrant you if Au- thors has not differed about this Herb, the College would have fet down five or fix Names to have explained the meaning, as they ufually do when they need not. I have fet down the moft ufual name, and always quote their virtues to what 1 fet down. They fay the Root of this being carried in ones hand, no veno. mous bead will bite him ( and fo they fay of Dragons which I forgot before ) fo that you may walk withour danger amongft Adders, Vipers, and Serpents; Phyfitians Library. (but I believe you had befl have a care you do not tread upon chem ) this Root is cold and dry, good for fuch as are bitten by venomous beafts,either being boiled in Wine and drunk, or bruited and applied to the i place. Being boiled in Wine 84 drunk, ic i.icreafech Milk in Nurll-s. E'lchri, vaatri, albi, J^-n',HeI- lebore white and black ; T.,e Root of white Hellebore, ur Sneekworc being grated and fnuffed up the Njfe, caufeth fneezing, kills Rats and Mice, being mixed with their meat. It is but a fcurVy churliih M:di- cine, being taken inwardly, and therefore better lee alone than ufed ; and yet Dr. Bright com- mends ic for fuch as are mad through Melaucholly. Others are of opinion, fuch harlh Ms. dicines are noc convenient for fo fullen a humour.; and of chat Opinion am 1 my felf. If you will ufe ic for fneezing, lee your head and neck be wrapped hot, for fear of cacching cold. Black Hellebore, Bears foot,ot Chriftmas flowers ; boch this & the former are hot and dry in the third degree. This is no* thing fo violent nor dangerous as the former. Both Galen and Julius AUxxnirinus report the Roots of this boyled [ Tou muft boyl them but very little, for the Jhength will foonjiy out in vapours] in Vinegar, to be an admirable remedy againft inveteracc Scabs, itch and Leprofie, the fame helps the tooth-ach, being held in the mouth, and dropped in- to the Ears, helps deafnefs co. ming of Melancholy, and no'ife in the Ears; corrected with a HKl9 ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library. little Cinnamon ( in powder ) ic purgcth Mclancholly, refifteth madnefs. Alfo fliiij, Abfyrtus, and Columella affirm, that a piece of the root put into a hole made in the Ear of a bead troubled with a Cough, or that hath ta ken any poyfon, and drawn quite through next day about that time, helpeth them. Out of quellion ic is a fpecial thing to rowel Cattel withal. • Enida Campana Hellcnu. Eli- campane. It is hot and dry in the third degree, wholfome for the ftomach, refills Poyfon.helps old Coughs, and fhortnefs of Breath, helps Ruptures, arid provokes Luft.In Oyntracnrs, it is good againft Scabs and Itch. Endive, &c. Endive, Garden Endive, which is the Root here fpecified, is held to be fome- what colder, though not fo dry and cleanfing as that which is wild, it cools the ftomach, hot Liver, amends the blood cor- rupted by heat, and therefore muft needs be good in Fevers, it cools the Reins, and there- fore prevents the ftone ; it o- pens ObftrucVions, and provokes Urine $ you may bruife the Ropt, and boyl it in white Wine, 'tis very harmlefs. Eringii. Eringo or See-holly : the roots are moderately hot, fomething drying and cleanfing cleanfe the skin, take; away Sun-burning. b'il'cii, &c Fern, of which are two grand diftin&ions, ziz. male and female ; I fuppofc the male here, becaufe they adjavn fome other name to ic, which the Greeks attributed only to the male ; the male is that which we in Snjfex call Brakes. Both of them are hot & dry, & excellent good for the Rickets in Children, and difcafes of the Spleen, but dangerous for wo- men with Child. Filipendula. Of Dropwort. The Roots are hot and d ry in the third degree, opening.clean- fing, yet fomewhat binding ; they provoke Urine, eafe pains in the Bladder, and are a good prefer'vative againft the Falling- Ik knefs. Funiculi. Of Fennel. The Root is hot and dry, fome fay in the third degree, opening ; ic provokes Urine, and the rcrms ; flrengthens the Liver, and is good againft the Dropfie. Fraxmi. Afh-tree. I knw no great virtues in Phyfick of the Roots. Galanga majoris, viinoris, Ga- langa, commonly called Galan- ga, the greater and lefler. They are hot and dry in the third degree, and the lefler are ac- counted the hotter, it ftrength- bruifed and applied to the place, ( «ns the ftomach cxceedingly,and they help the Scrofula, or di-*j takes away the pains thereof feafe in the Throat, called the Kings Evil, they break the Stone, encreafe Seed, ftir up Luft, provoke the Terms. Efula major is, mhmis. Spunge the greater and lefler: they are both ( taken inwardly ) too vi- olent for a vulgar ufe. Out. pardly in Oyntments they coming of cold or wind, the fmell of it flrengthens the brains, it relieves faint Hearts, takes away windinefs of the Womb, heats the Reins, and provokes Luft; you may take half a dram at a time. Mathiolus. Gentians- Gentian, called fo from * his name [ * Cent ms % Prince 8 ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library. Prince]that firft found it out.Some call icFelworcand Bald money. It is hor, cleanfing and fcowring, a no- table Counter-poifon, it opens ob- ftrucftions, helps the bitings of Ve- nomous beafts: and mad Dogs,helps digeftion, and cleanfeth tlu- body of raw humo rs ; our Chyruigeons ule she root in form of a tent, to open the fore,they are alf > very profitable for Ruptures, or fuch as are burft. Glycirrbix* Liquons.The beft thac is grows in England; it is hoc and moift in temperature, helps the roughnefs of the wind-pipe, hoarf- nefs, difeafes in the Kidneys and Bladder, and Ulcers in the Bladder, ( which in my opinion is a very difficulc thing to cure, alrho' cura- ble ) ic concocts raw humours in the ftomach, helps difficulty of breathing, is profitable for all Talc humours : the root dried 8c beaten into powder, and the powdej put into the Eye, is a fpecial remedy for a Pin and Web. GraminiS. Grafs fuch as in London they call Couch-grafs, & Squitch- grafs ; in ^xDog -grafs. Ic gal- lantly provokes Urine, and eafeth theKidneysoppreffed with Gravel, gripingsof the belly, and difficulty of Urine. Lee fuch as are troubled with thefe Difeafes, drink a draught of white Wine, wherein thefe roots ( being bruifed ) have been boiled, for their mornings draught; if they find eafe, lee them thank God ; if not, let them blame me. Bruifed 6c applied to the place, they fpeedily help green wounds.GAen.Diofcorides. cr Flower-de-luce, ( after theFr?ncH name ) both that which grows with us, and that which comes from F/o- ren$z. They are hoc and drv in the third degree, refill poyfon, help fliorcnefs of breath, ptovokes the terms. The root biing green and bruifed, takes away blackncfs and blcwnefs of a ftroks, being applied thereto. Imptito'is.ifc. Maftefwort. The [loot is hat 6c dri/ n chs third de- gree ; mitigates the rigor of A^ues, helpsDroplies.provokes fwcat.breaks Carbuncles and Pi ig.i:-fores, being applied to them,ic is very profitable being qiven iuwardlv in bruifes. If.tud>s GUjli. Woid. I know no greac Phyfical virtue in the Hoot. See the Herb.' Lobri VtmrU Dipf.tct. Fullirs-Tht- ftk\ TeazIc.Tne Root being boiled in Wine till it be thick ( quoch Di- ofcorides ) helps by Unction the clefc of the Fundament, as alH> cakes a- way Warts and Wens. Gj.en faith ehey are dry in the fecond degree : and ( I cake ic) all Authors hold them to be cold and dry. Unflaked Lime beiten into pow- der, 3c mixed with Soap, takes a- way Ta Wen, being anointed with it. If you rub Warts with the leaves of Fig-trees, and bury the leaves in the earth, the Warts will inlenfiblr confume away. Mi»Adui. If you anoint Waits with the juice of Elder-berries, ic will take them away. Wares rubbed with a piece of new Beef, and the Beef buried ia Hm»o<* breaks the Scone, opens ob- ftrucftions of theLiver & Spleen.Buc according to Diofcorides, is naught: for Women with Child. Galen. L*p*thi acuti Oxylafttbt, Sorrel, ac- cording to Gaten: fliarp pointed Dock,according to Diofcorides: " ---,----—■- —--j. j t,v.,.)UlkUiU111j kv, wjjivTzaes '. both htoiWtiepA ?*«:iw!5£j*£«0^sy which whether the Cqfleg«, iniends ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library. I know not. The Roots of Sorrel are held to be profitable againft the Jaundice. Of fharp pointed Dock; cleanfe, and help Scabs and Itch. Levijlici. Lovage. They are hot and dry, and exceeding good for any difeafes coming of wind. LiUiialbi. White Lilltes. The root is fomething hot 8c dry, helps burnings, ibfcens the Womb, pro- vokes the terms-, if boiled with Wine, is given with good fuccefs in rotten Fevers, Peftifences, and all Difeales that require luppurati- on : (it being outwardly applied ) helps Ulcers in the head, and a- mends the ill colour of the face. ' Att/va. Mallows. They are cool and digefting, refill poyfon, and help corrofijns, or gnawings of the bowels, or any other part; as alfo Ulcers in the Bladder. See Marfli mallows. Mundrugor*. Mandrakes, a Root dangerous for its coldnefs, being cold in the fourth degree : the root is fcarce, and dangerous for the vulgar to ufe -, therefore I leave ic to thofe that have skill. Mccboacha nee. Of Mechoachan. It is corrected with Cinnamon, is temperate, yet drying, pu'rgeth flegm chiefly from the head and joints; it is good lor old difeafes in the head, and may fafely be gi- ven even to fcverifli bodies, becaufe of its temperature -, it is alfo profi- table againft Coughs and pains in the Reins; as alfo againft the French Pcx: The ftrong may rake a dram at any rime. M if you think it worth the feeing. hlrotumCdti. MulbcrrV Tree. The Baik of the Root is bitter hoc &dry open$ (toppings of the Liver and Spleen, purgcth the Bell), and kills worms, boiled in Vinegar? helps the Tooth-ach. Morfus Dittholi Succyjct, ire. Dev'di- bit. See the Herb. Nurdi Sfict, Indie*, Celtic*., {re. Ol Spicknard, Indian & Celtick. Cel- tick Nard,according to Wa.ndtlai%ut wonderfully provokes Urine. They are both hot &. dry, but 1 let the degree alone.till the Learned area- greed about it. Thelndian alfo pro- vokes Urine, and ftop fluxes, helps windinefs of the ftomach,refisietb the Peftilence, helps gnawing pains of the ftomach, and dries up Rheums that moleft the head. The Celtick Spicknard performs tbe fame offices, chough in a weaker meafure. tieutbtut'vs^ Nymph*. Water Lillies. They are cold 8c dry,& ftop Luft : I never dived fo deep, to find any other virtue the Roots have. Ononici-iAreflx bovis, ire. Camock or Reft haitow;fo called, becaufe ic makes Oxen ftand ftill when the/ are ploughing.The Roots are hoc arc very drying, buc C very iq ROOTS. The Phfitians Library. very moderately hot : It is admi- rable againft all Fluxes, and flops Blood flowing from any part of the Body, it helps infirmities of thcLi- verand Lungs, helps putrified Ul- cers of the mouth, the Root bey- led in Vinegar is good againft the Shingles, and appeafeeh the rage of any fretting fores. You may fafely take half a dram at a time in any convenient Liquor. Petucitce. Butcer-bur. The roots are hot and dry in the fecond de- gree, they are exceeding good in violent and peftilential Fevers, they provoke the Terms, expel poyfon, and kill worms. Peucedani, Funiculi porcini. Sul- phur-wort, Hog-Fennel, or Hore. ftrangei It is very good applied to the Navels of Children that ftick oue, Ruptures: held in the Mouth, it is a prefent Remedy for the fits of the Mother: it being taken in- wardly, give^ fpeedy deliverance to Women in Travail, and brings a- way the After-birth. P*onic. Burnet. It doth this Rood, To bring forth a gallant Phyfical Herb. PUnuginu. Plantane. The root is fomething drier than the Leaf, but not fo cold, 1t opens ftoppages or the Liver, helps the Jaundice, and Ulcers of the Reins and Bladder. Diofcorides affirmeth, that one root helpeth a Quotidian Ague, three a Tertian, and four a Quarcan,which chough our late Writers hold to be fabulous, yec there may be greater truth in ic than they are aware ot, yet I am as loth to make fuperfti- tion a fotifadation to build on,- as any of them; let experience be Judge, and then we weigh not mo- dern Jury-men. A little bit of the root being eaten , inftantly ftayes parhs in the head, even to admira- tion. Polytidii. TPoljpodmm, or Fern of the Oak. It is a gallant though gentle purger of Melancholy; Alfo in the opinion of Mefu c ( as famous a Phyfitian as ever I read for a Ga- lentft) it dries up fuperfluous Hu- mours, takes away fwellings from thehands, feet, knees and joynts, flitches and pains in the fides, in- firmities of the Spleen, Rickets: correct.it with a few Annis feeds, or Fennel feeds, or a little Ginger, and then the ftomach will not loath it. Your beft way of taking it, is to bruife ir well, and boil it in white Wine till half be confumed, you may put in much or little, accord- ing to the ftrength of the Difeafed, ! it works very fafely. I can give no i better reafon why Polypodium of : the Oak fliould be beftj unlefs be- caufe 'tis rareft, it draws either ve- ' ry little fap from the Oak, or none 'at all; or if it did, the reafort ; were as far to feek. I am of opini- : on, that which grows on the ground ' is the beft to evacuate Melancholly, ' but it is more Sympathetical. 1 Polygonati figzlli Solomonii,6rc. So- lomons Seal. Let it be no dishonour. to Galen, nor Diofeoridett that En. i glifh men have found out in late 1 days that thefe roots may fafely be given inwardly; In truth tkby m*y be ROOTS. The P tSeexcufed, if the diftererlof of die climates they and we lived, 8c nbw live in,be but confidered : neither I hope will my Country-men blame me for following only Dr.Experience in the virtues of the Root:ftamped & boiled in Wine, it fpeedily helps ( being drunk, I mean, for ic will not do the deed by looking upon it ) all broken bones, it is of an in- credible virtue that way ; as alfo being damped and applied to the place, it loon heals all wounds, and quickie tajces awav the U'.cw martaPo/ blows being bruifed and applied to tjpe place ■, and for tliefe 1 am perfwadej,there is not a better Melicint under the Sun (or as Copernievfynd Kcple'r will have it, above the Sun.) i • * Po»i. Leeks. Thejfay they are hot and dry in the fourth degree ; they breed ill favoured nourlfli- ment at the beft, they fpoi! the Eyes, heat the body, caufe trou- blefome fleep, and are noifome to the Stomach, yet are they good for fomething elfe, ( than only to ftick in Welchmens Hats ) for the juice of them dropped into the ears, takes away the nolle of them,mixed with a little Vinegar and fnuffed up the nofe, it ftays the bleeding of it,they are better of the two boiled than raw, but both wayes exceeding hurtful for Ulcers in the bladder ; and fo are Onions and Garlick. Prunellorum SilveUrium. Sloe-bufli, or Sloe.tree. I think the College fet this among the Roots only for h- fluon fake, and I did ic becaufe thev did. Pireti SAvar its, 6-c. Pellitory of Spain. It is hot 8c dry in the 4th degree ; chewed in the mouth, it draws aw.iy Rheums in the Tooth- ach ; bruifed and boiled in Oil. it provokes fweat bv unction : in- wardly taken they fav it helps Pal- fies and other cold effects in the brain and nerves. Rhapontic. Rhapontirk, or Rhu- barb of Pontu?. It takes away w iodine Is and weaknefs of the Sto mach, fighings, fobbings, fpictingof Blood, difeafes of the Liver and Spleen. Rickets, Oc, it you take a jyjftians Library. 11 dram at a time; it will purge a lit- tle, but bind much, 8c therefore fit for foul bodies that have fluxe<. Rbabavbaoi. Rhubarb. It gently purgeth choler from the Stomach and Liver, opens {toppings, wit 1- ftands theDropfie,Hi pochondriack Melancholy ; a little boiling takes away the virtue of it, 8c therefore it is beft giveh by infulion only ; if your bo^y beany thing ftrong, you may take two drams of ic at a time being fliced thin, -and fteeped all night in white Wine, in the morning ftrain it out, and drink the white Wine, it purgeth bur gently, it leaves a binding quality behind it, therefore drida little by the fire, andjbeaten into powder, ic is ufually g«en in fluxes. Raphani DoMeflici & Sylveflris. Ra- difhes Garden and Wild. Garden Radifhes provoke Urine, break the ftone, and purge by Urine exceed- ingly, yet breed very bad Blood,are offenfive ro the Stomach, and hafd of digeflion, hot & dry in quality. Wild or Horfe-Radiflies, fitch ias grow in ditches, are beccer and drier than the former, and mote effectual in the premifes. Rhodie Rad. Rofe-root called ( I fappofe ) by thac name, becaufe of ics fweetnefs ftamped 8c applied to the Head, it mitigates the pains thereof, being fome what cool in quality. Rbabarbari Monacborum. Patience, Monks Rhubark, or Baftard-Rhu- barb ; It alfo purgeth, cleanfeth the Blood, opens obstructions of the Liver. RuhU tinctorum. Madder. In this were Galen and Diofcorides quite befides the cufhion, in faying, this ioot was opening and cleanfing; wjien clean contrary, it. is both drying 8c binding, yet not withouc fome opening quality, for it helps che yellow Jaundice, and therefore opens obstructions of the Liver 8c Gall •, ic is given wich good fuceeis, [o fuch as have had bruifes by falls, ftops loofenefs, che Hemorrhoids, and the Terms in Women. Rvjtvi. Knee belly, Butchers C 2 broom ii ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library* broom, or Brufcus. They are meanly hot and dry, provoke Urine, break the Stone, and helps fuch as cannot Pifs, freely. Ufe them like grafs roots. Sambvei. Elder. I know no wonders the Root will do. Sarfa Ferigilia. Sarfa Parilla, or Bind weed ; fomewhat hot and dry, helpful againft pains in the head, and joynts; they provoke fweat, and are ufed fa- miliarly in drying diet drinks. Satyiii vtriufyue. Satyrion, each fort; They are hot and moift in temper, provoke luft, and encreafe Seed ; each braach beareth two roots, both fpongie, yet the one more folid than the other, which is of moft virtue, and indeed only to be ufed \ for fome fay the moft fpongy root is quite contrary in opera- tion to the other, as the one increafeth, the other decreafeth ; yet if in your eye they contend for dignities, put them both in water, and the moft folid which is for ule will fink, the other fwim. Saxifrage allx. White Saxi- frage, in Sujfex we call them Lady-fsnocks. The Roots pow- erfully break the Stone, expel the wind, provcke Urine, and cleanfe the Reins. 'SAnguifoiba. A kind of Burnet. Scabiofa. Scabions. The Roots either boiled or beaten into powder and fo taken, help fuch as are extreamly troubled with Scabs and Itch, are Medicinal'in the French Pox, hard fwellings, inward wounds, being of a drying, cleanfing and healing faculty. Scoriii.. Scordium, or Water Germander, See (he Herb;. Scilla. Squills. See Vinegar and Wine of Squills in the Compounds. Scropularice, grV. Figwort. The Roots being of the fame virtue with the Herb, I refer you thither. Scorzonena. Vipers grafs. The root chcars rhe heart, and ftrengthens the vital fpirirs, refills poyfort, helps pafllons and tremblings of the Heart, faint. nefs, fadnefs, mid melancholly, opens ftoppings of the Liver and Sp1een,provokes the Terms, eafeth Women of the fits of the Mother, and helps lwimmings in the Head. Sefeleos. Sefeli, or Hartwort. The Roots provoke Urine, help the Falling-ficknefs. Sifari,fecacul. Scirrets. They are hot and moift, of good nourifhmenr, fomething windy as all Roots are, by reafon of which they provoke Luft, they ftir up appetite, and provoke Urine. I hope I may without offence forbear mentioning Comfry and black Briony twice, though the College did not. Scoucbi. Sow Thirties. See the Herb. Spina albce, Bedeguar. I fcarce know what name to give it, that will pleafe the College. Our Englijh, both Phyfitians and Apothecaries, call that ball of thred that grows upon the Bri- ars, Bedeguar; but the Aiabiant called our Ladies Thirties by that name ; the Roots of which are drying and binding, ftop Fluxes, Bleeding, take away colds, fwellings, and eafe the pains of the Teeth. St>aituUf«i\4». Sunkjng G \u HERBS. The Phyfitians Library. don, a kind of Flower-de-luce, called fo for its unfavory fgiell. It is hot and dfy in he third degree; outwardly they help the Kings Evil, foften hard fwellings, draw out broken bones: Inwardly taken, they help Convulfions, Ruptures, Bruifes, infirmities of the Lungs. Tamnifei Tamaris. See the Herbs and Barks. Tanaceti. Tanfie. The root eaten is a lingular remedy for the Gout; the rich may be. flow the coft to preferve it. Teapjie, &c. A venemous Root outlandifli ; therefore no more of it. TormentilU. Tormentil. A kind 61 Cinqicfoyl ; dry in the third degree, but moderate- ly hot; exceeding good in Pe- ftilences, provokes fweat, ftayes Vomiting, cheers the Heart, expels Poyfon. In/o/ii.Trefoyl.Seethe Herb. Tribuli Aquatici. Walter Cal- trops, The roots lie too far under water for me to reach to. Trancbellii. Throat wort, by fome called Canterbury Bells : by Tome Coventry Bells. They help difeafes and Ulcers in the throat. Trimtatis herbot. Heart eafe, or Panfies. I know no great Virtue they have. Tumcis. I lhall tell you the virtue when I know what it is. Tripolii. The root purgeth flegm, expels poyfon. Turbath. The root purgeth flegm, being hot in the third degree ) chiefly from the exte- riour parts of the body ; it is correfted with Ginger, or Ma- ftick. Let not the vulgar be too bufic with it. Tubemm- Or Toad ftools, Whether thefe be Roots or -no, it matters not much j for my part I know but little need of them either in Food or Phyfick Viftorialis. An outlandifh kind of Garlick. They fay being hung about the neck of Cattel that are blind, fuddenly it helps them; and defends thofe that bear it from evil fpirits. Swallow-wort, and Teazles were handled before. LhnariA, Regvi* patri, Q?c. Meadfwear, Cold and dry, bind. ing, flops Fluxes, and the im- moderate flowing of the terms in Women-; you may take a dram at a time. Urtica. Nettles, See the leaves. Zedoaiia. Zedoary, or Set- wall. This and Zurembet, ac- cording to Uha'di and Mefue, are all one ; Avlcenva thinks them different : I hold with Mefue ; indeed they differ in form, for the one is long, the other is round, they are both hot and dry in the fecond degree, expel wind, refill poyfon, Hop fluxes, and the terms, ftay vomiting, help the Ciiolick, and kill worms: you may take a half dram at a time. Zingiberis. Ginger. Helps digeftion, warms the ftomach, clears the fight, and is profita- ble for old ,men, heats the joynts, and therefore is profita- ble againft the Gout, expels wind, it is hot and dry in the third degree. BARKS. * ABiiRad The Roots of Sma1* lage.Take notice here, Tha C 3 ti* jq BARKS. The Phyfitians Library. the Barks both of this Root* as rlfo of Parity, Fennel, &c. is all of the Root which is in ufe,nei- ther can it properly be called Bark, for it is all the Root, the hard pith'in the middle except- ted, which is always thrown a- way, when the roots are ufed. It |s fomething hotter and drier than Parfly, & more medicinal, it opens {loppings, provokes U- rine, helps digeftion, expels wind, & warms a cold ftomach, pfe them like grafs roots. Avfllaii'arunf.iiize\.The ririd of the tree provokes Urine, breaks the ftone ; the husks & fhells of the nuts dried and given in pjwcier, ftay the immoderate flux of the terms in Women. Aurant'torum. Oranges Both thelc & alfo Lemmons &Citrons are of different qualities, the Outward bark, viz. what looks red is hot and dry, the white is cold §c moift, the juice colder than it, the feeds hot and dry ; the outward bark is that which here I am to fpeak to,itisfome. whap hotter than that either of Lemmons or Citrons, therefore it warms a cold ftomach more, & expels wind better, but ftren- thens not the heart fo much. Barba &c. Barberries. The rind of the tree according to Chtfius, being fteeped in Wine,& the Wine drunk, purgeth Cho- ler, & is a lingular remedy for. the yellow Jaundice. Boil it in white Wine & drink it. See the directions at the brginning. Cajjia Ligma, &c. Ic is fome- thing rhore oily than Cinnamon, yet the ♦ ircuss being not much different, I refer you thither. Capparis R.id. Caper Roots. See the Roots. Cafianearum. Chefnuts. The bark m of the Chelhut tree is dry ic binding, and Hayes fluxes. Ciwtamomum. Cinnomon and] Cajjia Ignea. Are hot and dry in the fecond degree,ftrengthen the ftomach, help digeftion, caufe a fweet bieath, refill poyfon, pro- vokes Urine, & the terms, caufe fpeedy delivery to women in travail, help Coughs and deflux- ions of humours, on the Lungs, Dropfies and difficulty of Urine. In oyntments it takes away red pimples and the like deformities from the face. There is fcarce a better remedy for women in labour, than a dram of Cinna- mon newly beaten into powder, and taken in white Wine. : Citrii Pome Citrons. The out- ward peel, which I fuppofe is that which is meant here ; It flrengthens the heart, refills poyfon, amends a {linking ; breath, helps digeftion, com- j forts a cold ftomach. I Ebuli Rad.The roots of Dwarf Elder,or Walwort See the Roots. £iW& other deformities of the skin> eafeth pains in the Spleen. You may lay the bark in deep in white Wine for the Rickets,and when it has flood fo two or 3 days, let the difeafcd Child drink now and then a fpoonful of it. Grauatdrum. Pomegranets.The rind or peel cogls and forcibly binds, ftays fluxes, S^the terms in Women, helps digeftion flrengthens weak ftomachs, fa- ttens the teeth, and arc good for fuch whofe Gums wafte. You may take a dram of it at a time inwardly. . Pomegranate flowers are of the fame virtue. Gatruyici. See the Wood. Juglandium Vivid. Green Wall- nuts. As for the outward green barlg of Wall-nuts I fuppofe the beft time to take them is before the Wall-nuts be fuelled at all, and then you may take Nuts & all (if they may properly be called Nuts at fuch a time) you fhall find them exceeding com- fortable to the ftomach, they refill poyfon, and are a moft excellent prefervative againft the plague, inferior to none ; thqy are admirable for fuch as arc troubled with confumptions of the Lungs, the rich may keep them prefervcd, they that cannot do as they would, muft be content to do as they may, viz. dry them, & fD keep them. Lauri. TheBay-tree. See the Root. Limonum. Lemmons.The out- ward peel is of the nature of Citron, but helps not fo efFe&u- ally : however let the poor Countreymen that cannot get Che other, ufe thij. Mvidrapra Rid. Be p'eafcd to look back to the root. Myrabolanonim. Myrabolans.- See the fruits. Maris. Mace. Ic is hot in the third degree, flrengthens the ftomach and heart exceedingly, and helps conco&ion. Marceris, Qfc, It is held to be the inward bark ofNutmeg-tree, helps fluxes, (pitting of blood. Pe'-rojehni Rad. Parfly roots ; opens obftru&ions, provoke U- rine fy. the terms, warm a cold ftomach, expel wind, & break the (tone, ufe them as grafs roots, and take out the inner pith as. you were taught in Smallage roots. Prunelli SylveJIru. Sloe-tree. 1 know no ufe of it. Pineal urn put amino. Pinefhucks, or husks. I fuppofe they mean of the cones that hold the feeds : but thofe and alfo the bark of the tree, flop fluxes,and helps the Lungs.. £hierci. Oak Tree. Both the bark of the Oak, & the Acorn Cups drying and cold, binding, ftop fluxes & the terms, as alio the running of the Reins ; have a care how you ufe them be- fore tie purging. RePlf.vii. Radifhes. I could never fee any baik they had. Subeiis. Cork. It is good for fomething elfe befides, to flop bottles: being dry and binding, ftencheth blood, helps fluxes, efpecially the afhes of it being burnt. Paulus. Sambuci, &c. Elder Roots 8c Branches; purge Water, help the Drop fie. fa i. Medius Tamaricis. The middle baik of Tameris, eafet't the Spleen, Hips rhe Rick- C -r Hi %S BARKS. Th et, you may ufe them as Afh- iree bark. Tillfe. Line-tree. Boiled, the water helps burnings. Thurls. Frankincenfe. J muft plead Ignoramus. Ulmi. Elm. Moderately hot and cleanfing, very good for Wounds, burns & broken bones, piz. Boiled jn water, and the grieved place bathed with it, Woods a°d their Chips, or ' U] Rafpings. £ a Scobs, properly iignifies §aw-duft j AGallocbus, Lignum Aloes. Wood of Aloes ; is mode. ratciy hot and dry, a good Cor- dial, a rich Perfume, a great ftrengtherjer to the ftomach. ■ Afpal.tthus, Rofewood. There are divers bufhes called by rhs name of AfpaUtbus; but becaufe £he ^College have fet it down amprigft the Wood, ( I fuppofc they mean the Tree ) It is mo. fJerately hot & dry,ftopi Loofe- fiefs, provokes Ucine, & is ex- cellent to cleanfe filthy Ulcers. Brofilium, Brafil. Ail the ufe I Jtnbwof'it is to dye Cloth, and JLearher, and make red Ink. 1 Buxus, Box. Many Phyfifi ans'have written of it, but no Phyfical Virtue-, of it r 1 fup- pofe the College quoted it only as a word of couife. ;'i Cyprejfus, Cyprefs. The wood laid ambr.gft CI oaths, fecures them from moths.See the leaves i Ebenum, Ebony. ' It is. held by Diofcorides, to clear the fight, being either boiled wich Wine, Or burnt to afhes. •- Guajacum, Lignum vit&. Dries, extenuates, cauieth fweat, re- fifteth purrifaftion, is. admira. ble good fur the French Pox, Dhyfitians. Library. as alfo for Ulcers, Scabs and Leprofie, it is ufed in diet drink. Juniperus. Juniper.The fmoak of the wood drives away Ser- pents ; the afhes of it made in- to lie, cures Itch and Scabs. Nepbriticwn. It is a light wood, and comes from Hifpanu ola : being fleeped in water will fbon turn it into a blue colour. It is hot and dry in the firfij degree, and fo ufed as before, is an adrftrabfe remedy for the done, as alfo for the obftruftion of the Liver and Spleen. Rhodium. Encreafech milk in Nurfes. Santalon album, Rubmn, Citri- num, white, red, and yellow Sanders. They are* all cold and ilry in the.fecond or 3d degree. The red flops defluxions from any parr, and helps inflamma* tions ; the white and yellot (of which the yellow is heft,) cqo| heat of Fevers, ftrengthen the heart, and caufe chearfulnefs. , Sajfafras. It is hot and dry the fecond degree ; it opens ob(lru£lions or floppings, it (Ircngthens the breaft exceed- ingly, if it be weakened thro' cold ; it breaks the ftone, flays vomiting, provokes Urine, and is very profitable in the French pox, ufed In diet drinks. Tamaris. Ic is profitable for the Rickets, and Burnings. Xylobalfamum Wood of the Balfom tree. It is hot andj dry in the fecond degree, ac- cording to Galen. I ncVer rea4 any great virtues of ic. * Herj>s HERBS. The Phyfitians Library. *7 Herbs and their Leaves. ABiotanum mas f&mina.South- ern wood, male and fe. iumic : It is hot *nd dry in tht third degree, refills poyfon, kills worms, provtkes Luft ; out wardly in plailtcrs, jt diiTolvci cold lwcllings, and helps the bitings of venomous beafts, makes hair grow ; take not above halt a dram at a time in Powder. Jbfyntbium, &c Wormwood Its ieveeal forts are all hot and dry in the fecond or 3d degree ; the common Wormwood is tho't to be hotteft, they all help weaknefs of the ftomach,cleanle Cholcr, kill worms, open ftop- pings, help Surfeit?, clear the ►>ight, refill povfon, cleanfe the Blood, and lecure cloaths from moths. Bugihjfa, &c. Alkanet. The leaves are fomething drying & binding, but inferiour in virtue to the roots,to which I refer you. Acetofa.Sortel.lt is moderately cold and dry, binding, cutteth tough humours, cools thcBrain, Liver, and ftomach, cools the blood in Fevers, and provokes Appetite. Alcanthus. Bears breech, or Brankurline. Is temperate, fome- thing moift. See the Roots. ■ Adianium, album, nigrum. Mai- denhair white and black. They are temperate, yet drying:white Maiden hair is that we ufually call Wall Rue. They both open Obftru&ions, cleanfe the Breaft and Lungs of grofs flimy hu- mours, provoke Urine, helps Ruptuies, & fhortnefs of wind. - Jdiantum-'auieum folytricum- Golden Maidenhair. Its Tem- perature an4 Virtues are the 'he fame with the former : iclps the Spleen, burned, and 1 Lye made with the afhes, keeps the hair from falling cff from the Head. Agrinona. Agrimony. Galens Eupatormm. It is hot and dry in the firrl degree, binding. It amends the Infirmities of the Liver, helps fuch as pifs blood helps inward Wounds opens Obftruftions. Outwardly ap- plied, it helps old Sores, Ulcers, &c. Inwardly, it helps the Jaundice and the Spleen. You may either take a dram of this, or that following at a time, inwardly in white Wine, or boyl the Herb in white Wine, and drink the Decoftion. Galen, Pliny, Diofcorides, Serapto. Ageratum, Mefue his Eupator-i' urn. Maudlin. It is hot 5c dry in the fecond degree, provokes Urine and the Terms, dries the Brain, opens ftoppings, helps the Green ficknefs, and profits fuch as have a cold, weak Li- ver. Outwardly applied, it takes away the hardnefs of the Matrix, and fills hollow Ulcers. Agnus Caflus, &c. Chart Tree. The Leaves are hoc eand dry in the third degree j xpel wind, confume the Seed, caufe Chartity, being only born about one, diflblving fwellings of the Cods, being applied to them, Head ach, Lethargy. Alfo Diofcorides faith, a branch of ic preserves a Tra- veller from wearinefs. jillajula 18 HERBS. The j Allajula, Lujula, &c. Wood Sorrel. It is of the temperature of other Sorrel, and held to be more Cordial: Cools the blood, helps Ulcers in the mouth, hot Defluxions upon the Lungs, Wounds, Ulcers, &c Alcea. Vervain Mallow. The Root helps Fluxes & burftnefs. Mtius, Diofcorides. Allium. -Garlick. Hot & dry m the four th degree, trouble- fome to the ftomach, it dulls the Sight, fpoils a clear Skin, refills poyfon, cafcth the pains of the Teeth, helps the bitings of mad Dogs, and venomous beafts : helps Ulcers, Leprolies, provokes Urine, is exceedingly opening and profitable tor Dropfies. Althea, &c. Marfh-mallows. Are moderately hot, and drier than other Millows. They help digeftion, and mitigate pain,eafe the pains of the ftone, and in the fides. Ufe them as you were taught in the Roo.ts, whofe Virtues they have, and both to- gether will do better. Alfince. Chickweed, Is cold & moift withouc any binding, af- fwageth Swellings, & comforts the Sinews much, and therefore is good for fuch as are fhrunk up. Ic diflblves Apofthemes,hard fwellings, and helps manginefs in the Hands & Legs, outward- ly applied in a Pultis. Galen. JleUmella. Ladies mantle. It is hot and dry, fome fay in the ad degree, fome fay in the 3d Outwardly it helps wounds, reduceth Womens breafts that bang flagging Inwardly,(layes Vomiting, and the Whites in Women ; and is very profitable for fuch Women as are fubjeft yhyfitians Library. to mifcarry through cold and moifture. Alkanna. Privet. Hath a bind- ing quality, helps Ulcers in the mjuth, is good againft burn- ings and fcaldings, cherifheth the Nerves and Sinews, boil it in white Wine to wafh the mouth, and in Hogs-greafe for burnings and fcaldings. Amaracus, Marjorana. Marjo- ram. Some fay# it is hot & dry in the fecond degree : fome ad- vance it to the third. Sweet Marjoram is an excellent Re- medy for cold Difeafes in the Brain,, being only fmelled tof helps fuch as are given to much fighing, eafeth pains in the Bel- ly, provokes Urine, being taken inwardly. You may take a dram of it at a time in powder. Out- wardly in Oils or Salves, it helps Sinews that are fhrunk, Limbs out of Joynt.all Aches 8c fwellings coming of a cold caufe. Angelica. Is hoc Sc dry in the third degree, openeth, digefteth, maketh thin, flrengthens the Heart, helps Fluxes, and loath- fomnefs of meat, it is an enemy to poyfon and Peftilence ; pro- vokes the Terms in Women, and brings away the After- birth. You may take a dram of it at a time in Powder. Anagalis mas fcemina. Pimper- nel, male and female. They are fomething hoc and dry, and of fuch a drawing quality, that they draw Thorns & Splinters out of the flelh, amend the fight, cleanfe Ulcers, help Infir- mities of the Liver and Reins. Galen. Anetlmm. Dill. It is hot and dry in the fecond degree. DU I ofcorides faith, it breeds milk in Nurfes. HERDS. The Phyfitians Library. 19 Nurfes. But Galen denies it. Howfoever, it ftayes Vomiting, eafeth Hiccoughs, aflwageth fwellings, provokes Urine, helps fuch as are troubled with the fits of the Mother, and digcfts raw humours. Apium. Smallage. 60 ic is commonly called ; buc indeed all P^rfly is called by the name of Apium, of which this is one kind. It is fomething hotter &c drier than Pavfley, and more efficacious. It opens ftoppings of the Liver and Spleen, clean- let h the blood, provokes the Terms, helps a cold ftomach to digeft its meat, and is Angular good againft the yellow Jaun- dice . Both Smallage and Clea- vers may be well ufed in Pot- tage in the morning inftead of Herbs. Aparine. Goofe grafs, or Clea- vers. They arc meanly hot and dry, cleanfing, help the bitings of venomous beafts, keeps mens bodies from growing too far, help the yellow Jaundice, flay Bleeding, Fluxes, and help green Wounds. Diofcorides, Ph. vy, Galen, Tragus. Afpergula Odorata.Wood-TOot : Chears the heart, makes men merry, helps Melancholy, and opens the flopping of the Liver. ufquileqia. Columbines. Help fore Throats, are of a drying binding quality. Argentina. Silverweed or wild Taniie. Cold and dry al- moft in the 3d degree; flops Lasks, Fluxes and the'Terms, good againft Ulcers, the Stone and inward Wounds ; it flops the immoderate Flux of the Terms in Women, if it be but worn in t l,e>i ihoecs; Eafeth Gripings in the Belly, faftnwh loofe Teeth. Outwardly, it takes away Freckles, Morphew, and Sun-burning; it takes a- way Inflammations, and bound to /he Wrifts, flops the violence of the Fits of an Ague. Artunita. Sowbread. Hot and dry in the 3^ degree; it is fo dangerons a Purge, I dare noc take it my felf, therefore I would not advife others. Out- wardly in Ointments, it takes away Freckles Sun-burning, 8c the marks which the Small Pox leave behind ; dangerous for Women with Child ; yea, fo dangerous, that both Diofcorides and Pliny fay, it will make a woman mifcarry, if fhe do but ftride over it. Arisiolochia. longa rotunda. Birth- wore, long and round. See the Roots. Artemifia. Mugwort. It is hoc and dry in the* fecond degree binding : an Herb appropriated,- to the feminine Sex ; it brings down the Terms, brings away both Birth & Aftcr-birth, eafech pairls in the Matrix. You may take a dram at a time. Afpiragus. See the Roots. Afarum, 8cc. Afarabacca. Hoc and dry ; provokes Vomiting 8c Urine, and are good for Drop- lies. They are corrected with Mace or Cinnamon. Attiiplex; 8cc. Orach, or A. Crach. It is co'd in the firft de- gree, and moift in the fecond, laith Galen, and makes the bellv folublc. Diofcorides faith, they cure the yellow Jaundice. Ly. chus Neop faith, they help fuch as have taken Cantharides * Mathiolus faith, [* I doubt he is mijhkoi J ic purgeth upwards 8c downwards; %6 HERBS. The downwards. Hippocrates faith, it cools hJt Apofthumes, and St. j Anthonies fire. It is certainly an admirable Remedy for the | Fits of the Mother, and other infirmities of the Ma"rix, an3 therefore the Latins called it Vulva>is. Auricula muris major. Moufe ear : Hoc and dry, of a binding quality ; it is ad nirable to heal Wounds inward or outward, as alfo Rjptures or burftnefs. Edge toois quenched in the juice of it, .will cue Iron with- out turning the edge, as eafie as they will Lead. And laftly, it helps fwellings of the Spleen, Coughs and Confumptions of the Lungs. AttraSivis birjuta. Wild Ba- ftard Saffron, D.ftaffthifile, or Spindle chiftle ; Is dry and mo derately digefting, helpeth the bitings of venomous beafts: Mefue faith, it is hot in the firft degree, and dry in the fecond, and cleanfeth the Breaft and Lungs of tough Flegm : Bat if the College do intend Cat dints Benediclus by this, we fhall talk withf/;.if by 8c by,Galen, Diofco- rides. Balfomita, 8cc. Coftmary, Ale. coft: See Maudlin, of which I take this to be one fort or kind Barb a jovi,fedum maim. Houf- leck or Sengrecn : cold in the 3d degree, profitable againft the Shingles ^c other hoc creeping Ulcers, inflammations, St. An- chonies fire, Frenzies;it cools 8c takes away Corns from tbeTozs, being bathed with the juice of it, and a skin of the leaf laid over the place.ftops Fluxs, helps Scaldings and Burning. Burdana.Clo: bur or burdock, Hyfitians Library. Temperately dry and wafting, fomething cooling, it isheld to be a good remedy againft the fhrinking of t re Sinews, they eafe pains in the Bladder, pro- voke Urine : Alfo/M/zrtMwjfaith that the leaf applied to the top of the Head of a Woman,draws the. Matrix upwards : but ap- plied to the Soles of the Feec, draws ic downwards, and is therefore an admirable Remedy for fuffbeations, precipitations, and diflocacions of the Matrix, if a wife man have but the ufing of ic. Beta alba nigra, rubra, Beets white, black and red ; Black Beet I have as yet as little skill in as knowledge of. The white are fomething colder 8c moifter than the red, both of them loofen the belly, but have lit- tle or no nourifhment. Simeon Sethi tells a large Story of fe- veral Difeafes they breed in ftomach. I fcarce believe him.- This is certain, the white pro. voke to ftool, and are more, Cleanfing, open floppings of the Liver and Spleen, help the Vertigo or fwimming of the, Head. The red ftay fluxes, help the immoderate flowing of the terms in Women, &c are good in the yellow Jaundice. Benedxcla Canophyllata. Avens: hot and dry, help the Cholick, and . rawneis of the Stomach; flitches in the fides ; help Bruifes, and take away clotted blood in any part of the Bo- Patria vulgarm. Common or wood Bettony : Hot and dry in the fecond degree, helps the Falling Scknels, and all Uead-achs coming of cold, Cleanfeth HERBS. The Phyfitians Library. %i cleanfeth the Bread and Lungs opens (loppings of the Liver and Spleen, as the Rickets, &fa. procures appetite, helps lower belchings, provokes U- rinc, breaks the flone, miti- gates the. pains of the Reins and Bladder, helps Cramps and Convulfions, refills poyfon, helps the Gout, fuch as pifs blood, madnefs and Head-ach, kills worms, helps bruifes, & cleanfeth Women after their Lahour. You may take a dram of it at a time in white Wine, or any other convenient Li- quor proper againft the Difeafe you are afflifted with. Betomca Pauli, &c. Pauls Betony or male Lluellin, to which add Elative, or female Lluellin which comes after- wards, they are pretty tempe- rate, ftop Defl ixions of hu- mours that fall from the Head into the Eyes ; are profitable in wounds, help filthy foul eating Cankers. Fen.x tells of, one of her Countrymen, Shen. tleman of Wales, who had her I nofe almoft eaten cff with the Pox, yea it was fo pitiful fore, it had almoft brought her to a Leprofie, and her was cured by raking her own Countrey Herb Lluellin inwardly and applying the Herb outwardly to the place. BetonicaCoranaria,&c.lsC\ove' gilli-flowers. See the Flowers Bellis. Dafiesjare cold ic moift in the 2d degree : they eafe all pains and fwellings coming of heat ; in Oyfters they loofen the Belly ; are profitable in Fe- vers and inflammations of the ftones, they take away bruifes Ic blacknefs Sc b\\iencU,they are admirable in wounds and infla. , mations of the Lungs or Blood | Blitum. Blites. Some fay they are cold and moift, others cold and drv ; noue mention any greater Virtues of them. Bonago. Bcrrage : Hot and moift, crmforts the Heart, and ' chears the Spirits, drives away Sadr.efs and Melancholy: they ' are rather laxative than bind- ! ing ; help Swooning and Hear qualms, breed fpecial good blood, help Confum'ptions,mad- I nefs, and fuch as are much I weakened by fickntfs. Boiais Heijricus. Good Henry, or all gcod : Hrt and dry, | cleanfing and fcowring. In- wardly taken, it loofens the Belly. Outwardly, it cleanfeth old Sores and Ulcers. Botrys. Oak of Jerufalem : Hot and dry in the fecond degree ; helps fuch as are lhort winded, cuts and wafts grofs and tough Flegm : laid among Cloaths, they preferve them from Moths, and give them a fweet fmell. B>ancaUijina. Bears Breech. Brionia, grV. Briony, white and black : Both are hot and dry in the fecond degree, purge violently, yet are held to be wholfome Phyfick for fuch as have Dropfies, Vertigo or fwimming in the Head. Falling Sicknefs, &c. Certain- ly it is a fcurvey, a ftrong troublefome purge, therefore ill to be tampered with by the unskilful. Outward in Oynt- ments, ic takes away Freckles, Wrinkles, Morphew, Scars, Spots, &c. from the face. Biafa Pafloris. Shepherds purfc is manifeftJy cold and dry, though ti HERBS. The Phyfitians Librdry* though Loble and Pena thought the contrary. Ic is binding, and flops blood, the Terms "in Wo- men, fpitting and pifling of blood, cools inflammations. Buglojfum. * Buglofs, [ * In Svjj'ex ( becaufe they mujl be Fren. chifcd) called Languedebeef, in plain Englijb Ox-tongue ] Its virtues arc the fame with Bor- rage. Bugula. Bugle or middle Corn- fry: Is temperate for heat, But very drying, excellent for falls Or inward bruifes ; for ic dif- folves congealed blood, profita- ble for inward Wounds, helps the Rickets, Sc other flopping^ of the Liver. Outwardly it is of wonderful force in curing Wounds and Ulcers though feftered ; as alfo Gangrenes and Fiftulaes, it helps*broken bones, * diflocations. [ Or members out ofjoynt. ] To conclude, let my Countrymen efteem it as a Jew- el. Inwardly you may take it in powder, a dram at a time, or drink the Deco&ion of it in white Wine; being made into an Ointment with Hogs greafe, you fhall find it admirable in green Wounds. Buphtbalmum, Sec. Or Ox Eye. Mathiolus faith they are com- monly ufed for black Hellebore, tp the virtues of which I refer you. Buxus. Box-tree. The Leaves are hot, dry and binding : they are profitable againft the biting of mad Dogs. Both taken in. wardly boiled, and applied to the place; befides they are excellent to cure Horfes of the bots. Calaminth, montana pLiuJlris. Mountain 8c Water Cafamimh. For the Water Calaminch. See i Mints; than which ic is accoun- | ted ftronger. Mountain Cala- minch is hoc and dry in the 3d I degree, provokes Uiine, & the ; Terms, haftens the Birth in j Women, brings away- the After birch,helps Cramps,Convulfions^ difficulty of breathing, kills Worms, helps the Leprofie. Outwardly ufed, it helps fuch as hold their Necks on one fide half a dram is enough at one- time. Galen, Diofcorides, Apuleius.' Calendula, 8cc. Marigolds. The Leaves are hot in the fecond degree, and fomething rooill, Ioofenthe Belly. The juice held in the mouth, helps X00th-ach, and takes away any Inflamma- tion or hot Swelling, being bathed with it, mixed with* a little Vinegar, Callitricum, Maidenhair. See Adianthum. Capri folium. Honeyfuckles.The Leaves are hot, and therefore naught for Inflammations of the Mouth and Throat, for which the ignorant people often give them. And Galen was true in chis, lee Modern Wricers write their pleafure. If you chew but a leaf of it in your mouth, Ex- perience will tell you that ic is likelier co caufe than to cure a fore Throat. They provoke U- rine,and purge by Urine, byng fpcedy delivery to Women in travail, yet procure barrennef/s, and hinder Conception. Ouc- wardly they dry up foul Ulcers 8c cleanfe the Face from Mor- phew,Sun-burning 8c Freckles. Carduncellus, 8cc. Groundfel. Cold* and moift according to Tragus, helps the cholick, and paiaj and griping* jn the Belly, fucti HERBS. The PL helps fuch as cannot make water, cleanfeth the Reins, purgeth Cho- ler and fharp Humours: the ufual way of taking ir, is to boyl it in water with Currants, and foeatit. I hold ic to be a wholfome and harmlefs purge. Outwardly it ca- feth Womens breafts that are fwollen and Inflamed ; or ( as themfelves fay) have gotten an Ague in their bieafts : as alfo In- flammation of the Joynts, Nerves or Sinews. JE^ineUs Garduus bened Maria. Our Ladies Thiftle. They are far more rem. perate than Carduus Bcnedi&us, open obftrudtions of the Liver, help the Jaundice & Dropfie, provoke Urine, break the Stone. Carduus Benedict. In plain Englifh Blejed Tbiftle, though I confefs it be better known by the Latin name. It is hot and dcy in the fecond degree, cleanfing and opening,heIps fmimming and giddinefs in the Head, deafnefs, flrengthens the memory, helps griping pains in the Belly, kills Worms, provokesfweat, expels poyfon, helps inflammation of the Liver, is very good in Peftilences and the French Pox. Outwardly applied,it ripcnsPlague fores, and helps hot fwellings, the bitingi of mad Dogs; venomous beafts, and foul filthy Ulcers.Every one chat can but make a Carduus Po/Tet, knows ho w to ufe ic. Ctme- rarlut, tAwuldus de Villa nova. Chalina.See the Roots under the name of white Chameleon. CoraUinx. A kind of Sea Mofs: Cold, binding, drying, good for hoc Gouts. Inflammations : alio they fay ic kills Worms, 8c therefore by fome is called Maw wormfeed. Cjjjutba, cajeula, fotraga. Lini. Dodder. See Epitbimum. CjropbytlaU. Avens, or Herb Beonec : hoc and dry.They help the Cholick. rawnefg of the Stomach. fticches in che fides, flopping of the Liver, and bruifes. CatapucU minor. A. kind of Spunge. See Tytbymdus. ffiarUj Neftt*t Nep,ot Catmints. ffitians Library. 23. The Virtues are the fame with Calaminth. Cauda Equina. Horftail, >* of a binding nature, dr>ing quality, cures Wounds, 8c is an admirable remedy for finews that are fhrunk : Yea, G,Uen faith it cures finews, though they be cut in funder : but Columbus holds chat is incurable unlefs they be cut within the Muf- cle. Well then, we will take Galen in the charitable fenfe. However this is certain, it is a fare Remedy for bleeding at the riofe, or by Wounds, flops the terms in Wo- men, fluxes. Ulcers in the Reins 8c Bladder, Coughs, Ulcers in the Lungs, difficulty of breathing. Caulis, Bra/pea bortenfis, fylveflris. Colewort or Cabbages, Garden 8c wild. They are drying & binding, help dimnefs oitthe fighc ; help the fpleen, preferve from drunken- pefs, and help the evil effects of it, provoke the terms: they fay being iaid on rhe top of the head, they draw the matrix upward, and therefore are good for the falling out of rhe Womf>. cbr-jfippus writes a whole Treatife of them ; andfc makes them a univerfal Medicin; for every difeafe in every pare of? che body. Centaurium ma'yts minus. Centaury the greater and leiTer. . They fay the greater will do wonders in curing Wounds : fee the root. The lefler is thac which is commonly in. Suffcx known by the name of Cen- taury, and indeed fo throughout that part of the Nation that I have travelled over : a prefenc remedy for. che yellow Jaundice, opens {toppings of che Liver, Gall and Spleen ; purgeth Choler, helps che Gout, clears che fighc, purgeth the ftomach, helps the Dropfie and green ficknefs; ic is only the tops and flowers which are ufeful, of which you may take a dram inwardly in powder, or half an handful boiled in Poffet drink ae any time. Centinodium, Act. Knotgrifs : cold" in the fscond degree, helps fpitting and 24 HERBS. The Phyfitians Library. and pifling of Blood, ftops the terms & all other Fluxes of blood, vomiting of Blood, Gonorrhea, or running of the Reins, weaknefs of the Back and Joynts, Inflammati- ons of the privicies, and fuch as pifs by dropsr and it is an excellent Remedy for Hogs that will not eat cheir meat. Your only way is co boyl ic, it is in its prime about the latter end of July, or beginning of oiugufi : at which time being gathered, it may be kept dry all the year. Braffavolus, Ca.mera.rius. Carifolium vulgare & Myrrhif. Com- mon and greac Chervil. Take 'em both together, and they are tem- perately hot and dry, provoke U- rine, they ftir up Luft, and defire Copulation, comfort the heart, 8c are good tor old people, help Pleu- rifie and pricking in the fides. Cxpaa.tAnagellu aquairca. Brook- lime, hoc and dry, but not fo hot and dry as Water CrefTes: T>agus faith, they are hoc and moift, bur the man dreamed wakingjehey help mangy Horfes. See Water Creffes. Ct>ach be Spleenwort: mode. rarely hoc, waftes and confumesthe Spleen, infemuch that Vitruvius af. firms he hath knownHogs thac have fed upon it, that have had ( when they were killed j no fpleens ac all. Ic is excellenc f_,ood for melancho- lick people, helps'the ftrangury, provokes Urine, 8c breaks the ftone in the Bladder, boyl it and drink the Decodtion -, but becaufe a little boyling will carry away the (Irengtb of ic in vapors, let ic boyl but very little, and let ic ftand clofe flopped till ic be cold before you ftram it out, this is che general rule for all Simples of this nacure. cbamapytis. Ground pine : hot in the 2d degree, 8c dry in the third, helps the Jaundice, Sciatica, ftop- pings of the Liver & Spleen, pro- vokes the terms, cleanfeth the en- trails,difTolves congealed blood, re- fills poyfon, cures Wounds 8c Ul. cer*. Strong Bodies^ may take a dram, & weak bodies half a dram of ic in powder at a time. Cbamamtlumi f*thumt IJjtvtftrtj, Garden 8c white Chamomel. Gar- den Chamomel, is hoc and dry in che firft degree, 8c as gallant a Me- dicine againft the Stone in the Bladder as grows upon the earth : you may take ic inwardly, I mean che Decoction of it, being boiled in white Wine, or injecft che juyce of ic into che Bladder with a Syringe. Ic expels wind, helps belchings, 8c pocencly provokes che Terms:Ufed in baths ic helps pains in the fides, g'ripings and gnawings in the belly. Gbamedris,<9c Germander, hot & dry in the 3d degree, cuts and brings away tough Humors, opens flopping* ot the Liver and Spleen, helpsCoughs 8c fhortnefs of breath, ftrangury & ftopage of Urine, and provokes the terms; half a dram is enough co cake ac a time. Chelitonium ^ttrumq; Celandine both forts. Small Celandine is ufu- ally called Pilleworc, ir is fome- thing hotter & drier than che for- mer buc not in che 4th degree as GaLen St Diofcorides would have it ; chev.fay it helps che Hemorrhoids or Piles, b ' only' cam ing it abouc one ( buc if ic will not, brruife ic 8c apply it to the grief) and from thence ic took its name. Celandine the greater is hot 8c dry ( they fay in the 3d degree) any way ufed, ei> ther the juyce, or made into an Oyl or O/ntmenr, ic is a greae preferver of cHe fight, & as excel- lenc an help for fore eyes as any is. Cinara-.rjrc.Artichokes. They pro- voke luft, and purge by Urine. Cicborium. Succory, to which add Endive which comes after. They are cold 8c dry in the 2d degree, cleanfing 6c opening, they cool the Heart and Liver, 8c are profitable in the yellow Jaundice, and burn- ing Fevers, help excoriations in the Yard, hot Stomachs, and oueward- ly applied, help hoc Rheumes in th; Eyes. Cicuta. Hemlock : Cold in the 4*h degree, poyfonous; outwardly applied, ic helps Priapijm'ts, ot con- tinual ftanding ot the Yard, the mingles, St. r fuch as are burften CrafUl. Orpine, vtry cool: out* #ardlr ufed with Vinegar it clears! finikin-, inwardly wkw i; .helps gnawings of the ftomach & bowels! Ulcers in the Lungs, bloody flux; an.l O^'infi' »n 'he throat; toe wnich Uil difeafe it is inferiour cd none : cake noc too much of ic at 4 time, becaufe of its coldnefs Chrichamns. tsc. Sampier, Ffot 2nd drv, helps difficult;/ of Urine, thel yellow Jaundice.provokes rhe terms* helps digeftion, openeth flopping* of che Liver and Spleen. GaleH Cticumis afmsnus. W ild Cucurners* See EUteriunt Cyanus major, mlnon , Blewbottlfi greac and fmall. A fine cooling* herb, helps- bruifes* wounds* broken veins, the juice dropped into the eyd helps the inflammations thereof. Cynoglojf'irri. Hourfd* tongue cold and dry ; applied to the Fundament! helps the Hemorrhoids, healechi Wounds' and Ulceus, .& is a prefentt Remedy againft che bicing of Dog*, burnings and fcaldings. Som: fay ifjou p'uc the herb under your? feet within your flocking, ho Dog will bark at you. Cyprejjas Cbamx CypdrifpiS. Qprefa tree. The leaves are hoc St binding, help Rupcutes, and Polypus of rleut growing on che Nofe Cbamk Cypxrijfus : Is LaVendee Cotton, refills poyfon, kills worms, and withal take notice how learn- edly the Cidledge could confound the Cyprefs tre'e, and Lavender Cotton .together : and if they fay fome Authors fay C\prefTiis and Chamecy pariffus are all one, and withal fhew you where, then tell them t thought their brain was in their books, noc in their heads Dicramus Cretenfif. Didtarrtnjr, oc Ducany of Creet, hoc and dry, brings away dead Children, haftent womens travail, brings away the after birth, the Very fmell of ie drives' away venomous beafts, fo deadly ah enerriv it is to poyfon ; it's an admirable Remedy againft: wounds and Gunihoc, wounds) made with p°vfoncd weapons, ic O drawl HERBS. Tf)e Phyfitians Library. draws out fplinters,brolten bones &e The dofc from half a dram to a dram. They fay the Goats and Deers in Greett being wound- ed with arrows, eat this Herb, which makes the arrows fall out of themfelves : Aid from thence came the tale in * Virgil [* Virgil, /Enead lib. ia. ] about Azneas. Dipfacus, fativ. Sylv. Teaz'cs, (&c Garden and wild : the leaves bruifed and applied to the Tern pies, allay the heat in Fevers, qualifie the rage in frenzies ; the juice dropped into the Ears, kills worms in them ( if there be any there to kill ) dropped into the Eyes, clears the fight, helps red- nefs and pimples in the Face, feeing anointed with it. Galen. abundantlv ab->uf the Caftle Walls, at Lewis in Sujfex. The rich may make the F owers in- to a C >nferve1 and the Herb into a Syrup, the poor may keep ir dry j both may keep ic as a Jewel. Ebalm Dwarf Elder, or Wal- woft. Hot and dry in the third degree • waftcs hard fwellings, being applied'In form of a Pultis, the hair of the head being anoin- ted with the juice of it, turns it black } the leaves being applied to the glace* help" inflammations, burnings, fcaldings, the bitings of mad dogs; mirigled with Empetron, Calcifr.tgra fferniaria, Ruprure wort, or Birft wort : The Englifh na ne tells you it is good againft Rupturtfj, and fuch as are burftcn fbafl find it, if they pleafe to make trial of it, either inwardly t*-> ken, or outwardly applied to the place, or both. " Alfo the Latin names hold it forth to be good againft the ftone, which who fo tries, fhall find true. Emula Campani. Elicampane, Provokes the Urine: See the Root Epitbm'mm Dodder of Time, to which add common Dodder, which is ufually 'that which grows upon flax : Inded every Dodder retains a virtue ot that i Herb or Plant it grows upon, ? as Dodder that srows upon Bulls fuer, is" a prefent Remedy ; Broom, provokes Urine forti- for the Gout; inwaMly taken, is ; bly, and loofens the belly, and a Angular Purge for the Dropfie and Gout. Dr. Butler. Echium. Vipers Buglofs, Vipers Herb, Snake Buglofs, feveral Countreys give |t thefe feveral names : It is a (angular Remedy being eaten, for the biting of venom">us Beafts: Continual eat- ing of it, makes the Body in- vincible againft the poyfon of Serpents, Toads, Spiders, &c. however it be adminiftfed ; it comforts the heart, expels fad- nefs and melancholly : Ic grows is moifter than that " which grows upon Flax ; that which grows upon Time,is hotter and drier than that which grows upon Flax, even in the third degree opens obftru&inns, helps infirmities of the Spleen, purgeth Melancholly, relieves drooping Spirits, helps the Rickets. That which grows on FlaX, is excellent for A- gues in young Children, flren- gthens weak ftomachs, purgeth Choler, provokes Urine, opens flopping* in Che Reins and Bladder $ HERBS. The Bladder : That which grows upon Nettles, provokes Urine exceedingly. The way of ufing it,is to boyl it in white Wine,or other convenient deco&ions, and boil it very little, remembring what was told you before in Cetrach. A7.tins, Mefus, Muarias, Serapiot Avicenna. Eruch. Rocket, hot and dry in the third degree, being eaten alone, caufeth Head-ach, by its heat protureth luft. Galen. Eupatoijum. See Jgeratuni. Euphragia. Eycbright is fome- thing hot a*nd dry, the vcrj fight of ic refrelheth the Eyes ; inwardly taken, it reftores the fight, and makes old mens Eyes young, a dram of it taken in the morning, is worth a pair of Spectacles, it comforts and ftrengtheneth the Memory, out. wardly applied to che place, ic helps the Eyes, Filix Pemina. V Fi Had a. Poly- J podium. V See the Roots. Filipmiiilx J Milabatbrum. Indian leaf, hot and dry in the fecond degree, comforts the ftomach exceed- ingly, helps digeftion, provokes Urine, helps Inflammations of the Eyes, fecures cloaths from Mochs. Fanicttlum. Fennel, encrea. feth milk in Nurfes, provokrs Urine, breaks the ftone, cafcti pains in the Reins, opens ftop- pings, breaks Wind, provokes the terms; yoi$ may boil it in Whilt Wine, Phyfitians Library] 27 Fragarid, Strawberry Ieaves,are cold, dry and binding, a lingular Remedy for Inflammations and Wounds, hot Difeafes of the Throat, dhey ftop Fluxes and ihe terms, cool the heat Of the Stomach, and the Inflammations of the Liver. The beft way is to boil them in Barley water. Fraxinus, &c. A(h tree, tU& leaves are moderately hot and -iry, cure the bitings of Adders and Serpents by. a certain anti-3 pathy (as they fay) there is uetween them ; they ftop loofe- nefs, and ftay vomiting, help che Rickets, open ftoppages of tha Liver and Spleen. Fum.iria. Fumitorv 5 Cold and dry, it openeth and cleanfeth by Urine, helps fuch as are Itchey imd Scabby, clears the Skin, o- pens ftoppings of the Liver and Spleen,helps Rickets, Hypochon- driack Melancholly, Madnefst Frenzies, quartan Agues, loof- neth the Belly, gently purgetri Melancholly, and aduft Choler 5 boil it in white Wine, and take this one general rule, All thingx of a cleanfing or opening nature may* be mojl comnhdioufy boyled in white Wine, Remember but this, and then I need not write one thing fo often. Gallgd, Goats rue : Temperate in quality, refills poyfon, kills Worms, helps the Falling fick- nefs, refifteth the Peftilence. You may take a dram of it ac a rime in Powder. Galion. Ladies Bedftraw : Dry and binding, ftancheth blood r boyled in Oyl, the Oyl is good ro anoint a weary Traveller 3 inwardly it provokes luft. Gentiana. See the Root. Gcnejla, Broom j hot and dry D 1 in • 28 HERBS. The Phyfitians Library, in the fecond degree, cleanfes and opens the ftomach, breaks rhe ftone in the Reins and Bladder, helps the green ficknefs. Let fuch as are troubled with heart qualms of faintingsfc>rDcar it, for it weakens the Heart and Vital Spirits. Sec the Flowers. Geranium. Cranebill, there be divers forts of it, one of which is that which is called Mufcata, & inSuJfex barbarouflyMufcovy ; it is thought to be cold and dry, helps hot fwellings, and by its fmell amends a hoe brain. Geranium Columbinum. Doves foot> lelps the Wind Cholick, pains in the belly, ftone in the Reins and Bladder, and it is fingular good in Rupture; and inward Wounds; I fuppofe thefe are the general virtues of them alh Gramen. Gfafs. See the Raot. Gtatiola. Hedge hyfop,purgeth water and flegm, but works Very churlilhly»Gf/Mer commends it in Dropfies. Afphbdelusfcem. See the Root. Hepatica, Lichen. Liverwort, cold and dry, excellent good for inflammations of the Liver, or any orher inflammation*, or yellow Jaundice. . Hedtra .trborea Terrejlris. tree and Ground Ivy. Tree Ivy helps Ulcers,Burnings,Scaldmgs, the bad effet* of the Spleen ; the juice fnuffed up in the nofe, purgeth the head, it is admirable for furfeit or head ach, or any other ill effects coming of drunkennefs, and therefore the Foecs feigned Bacchus to have his head bound round with 'em* Yoair beft way is to' b6il tfiem in the fame liquor you got your Surfeit by drinking. . Ground Ivy is that Which ufually is called Ale hoof, hoc and dry, the juice helps noifc in the Ears, Firtulaes, Gouts, ftop. pings of the Liver, it flrengthens che Reins, and flops the Terms, helps the yellow Jaundice, and ether difeafes coming of flopping of the Liver, and is excellent for wounded people. Herba Camphorata. Stinking Ground pine, is of a drying faculty, and therefore ftops dtfluxions either in the Eyes, or upon the Lungs, the Gout Cramps, Palfies, Aches, flreng- thens che Nerves. Herba Mofch.ua. Mentioned even now ; methinks the College mould not have forgotten them- felves fo foon : How can a man that forgets himfelf, remember his Patient. Herba Paralyjis. Primula veris. Primrofes, or Cowflips, which you will. The leaves help pains in the head and joynts. See the Flowers which are moft in ufe. Herba Paris. Herb True love, or One berry. Pena and Label affirm ic refills Poyfon. Mathiolus faith, it takes away evil done by Witchcraft, and affirms ic by Experience, as alfo long lingring ficknefs ; however it is good for wounds, falls, bruifes, apofthumes, inflammations, Ul- cers in the privities. Herb Trua lovc,is very cold in temperature. You may take half a dram of it at a time in powder Herba Roherti, A kind of Cranebill. "" | 4 HetU HERBS'; % Herba venti, Anemw'e. Wind flower, t ie juice fnuffed up in the N »fc purged the Head, it cleanfeth filthy U crs, encrea- fcth milk in Nurfes and out- wardly by oyntment help Le- prosies. Hemian. The fame vt\\]\ Em- petion Helxime. Pcllitory of the wall. Cold, moift, cleanfing, helps the ftone and g.avel in the Kidneys, dinWty of Urine, fore Throat, pains in the Ears, the juice be- in J dropp-d in them ; outwar - Iv t helps rhe lhingles, aftd J> . Anthonict fire. H.fipoglojfum. Horfe tongue tongue blade, cr double tongut The Rvtshelp the Strangury provoke Urine, cafe the harj labour of Women, provoke the Terms, the Herbs help Rupture: and the fits of ths Mother . it is hot in the fecond degree, dry i, ttye firft ; B)il ic in white Wine Hippnlatbum. Patience, or Monks Rhubarb .- See the Roots. Hippofcilinum. Alexanders, or Ahfondcrs, provoke Urine, expel the after birth ; help che Stran- gury, expel wind. Sage cither fod or taken in- wardly, or beaten and applied Plaifter-wire, to the Matrix, draws forth both terms and after birth. If you fceth Mugworth in water, and apply it hot Piaifter wife to the navel tnd thighs of a woman in Travail, ic brings forth both birth and after birth but then you muft fpeedily take it ayay, left it draw down M»«"«x and all. M.zaldus. £he fmojee of Marigold flow- * Phyfitians Library. i) ers received up a Womans Pri- vities by a F-nnel, brings away eafily the after birth, although) the Midwife have let go her hold. M'.zaldus. Hvnhaim. Clary : hot and dry in the third degree ; helps weaknefs in the back, ftops the running of the Reins, and the Whites in W men; provokes the Terms, and helps Women that are barren through cold- nefs or mcifturej Or both : cau- -th fruitfulnefs, but is hurt- ful for the memory ; the ufual «ay of taking it is to fry it ' ith butter, or make a Tanfie vith it. Hidropiper. Arfmart Hot and ry, coniumes all cold fwellings, nd blcod congealed by bruiles and ftripes : applied to the place 'r helps that Apolthumc • in the pyms, commonly called a Fe- lon : ( but in Sujfex, an Audi- com) If you put a handful of it under the Saddle of tired Horfes back, it will make him travel frefh and luftily : ftrewed in a Chamber, kills all the fleas there : this is hotteft Afmart, and is unfi: to be given inward.- ly : There is a milder fort called Perficana, which is of a coolr, milder quality, drying, excellent good for putrified Ulcers, kills worms : J had almoft forgot, that the former is an admirable remedy for the Gout, being roalled between two Tiles, and appl ied to the grieved place, aud yec I had ic from. Dr. Butler. Hyfopui. Hyfop. H elpsCoughs, fhorrHefs of breath, wheelings, diftillations upon thgh ungs.{t$ of a cleanfing quality & kiljf *orms 8 I It *o HERBS. The phyfitians Library] the body, amends the whole colour of the body, helps the Dropfie and JSpleen, fore Throats, and noife in jEhe Ears. See Svrup of Hyfop. Hyofcyamus, tjrc. Henbane. • The -white Henbane is held to be cold In the third degree, the black or common Henbane and the yejlow, jin the fourth. They ftupifje the fences, and therefore not to be ta- Icen inwardly; outwardly applied. they help inflammations hot.Gouts, applied to the temples they provoke *M«p- '-"'*■' ... Hypericor.. St. Sfohnt wort. It is as gallant a' wound herb as any is, either given.inwardly,or outwardly applied to the wound, it is hot and dry, opens flopping*, helpcth fpit- ting and vomiting of blood, it cleanfeth the Reins, provokes the ^Terms, help* -congealed blood in ftomach and Meferaick Veins, the falling ficknefV, Palfie,Cramps and Aches in the joynts, .5011 may give it in powder, or any convenient decoction. ' , Hypogleitis, L.iurus, lAlexandrina Laurel of Alexandria provokes Urine'and the Terms, and is held to be a lingular help to Women in Travail. •'. Hypogloffum, the fame with Hypo- glojjum before, oply different names ^iven by different Authors, the one deriving his name from the tongue of a Horfe, of which form the leaf is; the other the form of the little leaf, becaufe fmall leaves like final! fcongues grow upon the greater." , Ibeds Cardamantica. Sciatica CrelliS J fuppofe fo called,becaufe they help the Sciatica, pr'Huekle bone Gouc. , Inguinalis, %As{ber,\ Set wort or Sjhprtworc : being bruifed ' and Applied, they help fwellings,botches, and venerous buboen in the, groin, whence they took, their "name, as iflfy inflammation and falling out of,the fundament. .'•';,, | .his. 'See rhe Roots.' ' JJatis, glzTium. VVoad. Drring and binding : the fide being bathed with it, it eafeth pain in che.: fpleen, eleahfeth filtbjr, coitoding, gnawing yicer^ t Iva Oirthritic*. The fame with Camapitis. < < Jancus odoratus. The fame with Scba,nanthus. Lab, um veneris. The fame with Diffacus. '■ Latluca. Lettuce. Cold and' moift, cool the inflammation of the ftomach, commonly called,, heart burning : provoke fleep, refills drunkennefs, and takeaway the ill effects of it, cool the blood, quench rhirft, breed milk, and are good for cholerick bodies, and fuch as haye a frenzie, or are trenetick, oc as the svulgar fay, frantick. They are far wholfomer eaten boyled, than raw. • Logebis Herba Leporina. A kind of TrefoyI growing in France and Spain.. Let them that live there look after the virtues of it. ■ Lavandula*. Lavender. , Hot and dry in the third degree: the tern*- ples and forehead bathed with the juice of it, as alfo the fin ell of the Herb helps Swponings* Cataleptic, Falling ficknefs, provided it be not accompanied with a Fever : Seethe Flowers. ;i v, ;- •. LaureoU. Laurel. The Leaves purge upward and downward, they are good for Rheumatick people tellow- nefs and deformity nf the skin. Liltium Convatlinum Lilly of the Valley. See the Flowers. Lingua Crvina H^rtS tongue, drying and bin ling ftops blood. the terms and fluxes, opens flap- pings of the Lie- mi Spleen, and diferfes thence arifing. The like quantity of Harts tongue, Knot Crats and Com fry roots being boi|ed in water, and a draught of the Decodion drunk every morn- ing, and the materials which have boiled, applied to the place, is a notable remedy for fuch as are burft Limonium. Set Buglofs, or Marfh- buglofs or as fome will have ir, Sea Lavender, the feeds being very drying and binding, flop Fluxes and the terms, help the Cholick and Strangury. lotus V,bama. Authors make fome flutter abou? this Herb, I conceive the beft: take it to be l(i(oli*m Qioratum, fwe«t Trefoyl. which is of a temperate nature, cleanfeth the Eves gently of fuch thing* as hinder the fight, cureth green wounds, Ruptures ot burftnetV help fuch as Pifs bloqi, or are bruifed, and fecures Garments from M«hj. Lx.ptilus. Hops. Qpening,cleanfing, Spleen, cleanfe rhe blood, clearj the ?Uin. help fcabs and itch, help Agues, purge choler ; they are ufiiall. boiled and taken as thep cat Sparagus; but if you wor.Id keep them, for they are excellent . for thefe Difeafes, you may make ; them into a Conferve, as vou fliall be taught hereafter, or into a lyrup. Lscbnitis Coronaria. Of as Otherf more propel from the Gceek write it. lychnis. Rofe Campion. I know not any great Ph)fical virtue it hath. Mads. See the Barks. Magiftranti*, <*c Mifterwort t Hoc and dry in the third degree, it is Angular good againft poyfon, peftilenee, corrupt and unwholfome Air, helps windinefs in the fko- mach, caufethan appetite to ones Victuals very profitable in falls and oruiles, congealed and clotted olood, the bitings of mad dogs, the leaves chewed in the mouth, cleanfe the Brain of fuperfluous humours, thereby preventing Lethargies and \popl.xic5. Milva. MiUowsthe beft of Au- rhors account wild Mallows to be beft. and hold them to be cold and moid in the firft degree, they are profitable in the biting of venomous be*ft«, thi flinging ot Bees and Wafpi, p fhe terms,.helps fore heads 111 Children.ftrengthen the ftomach, caufe digeftion ; outward* ly applied, they help the bitings a: mad dogs : yet they hinder Con ceprion, and are naught for wound- ed, people, they by reafon of an an- tipathy between them and Iron. Pliny, Galen. < Mentha, oiquatica. Water Mints ; Eafe pains in the Belly, Head-ach, and Vomiting, gravel in the Kid- ney s and Scone. MatbaUrum. Horfe-mint. I know ►u> difference (between, them and Water-mints Mercurialif mas J ami na. Mercury, nale and female; they are both hot and dry in the fecond degree, cleanfing, digefting, they purge watry. humours, and. further, con? ception. Iheopb*alius relates, that if a woman ufe to eat either the male or female Mercury two or three days after conception fhe fhall bring forth a Child, either male or fe» male, according to the fex of the Herb Hie eats Maxtreon. Spurge Olive, or w id- do w-wall.. A dangerous .Purge, bet-? ter let alone than meddled with. Millifolium, Yarrow, meanly cold and binding, an Healing Herb for wounds, ftencheth bleeding-, and fome fay the Juyce fnuffed up the Nofe, caufe th it to bleed, whence it was called Nofe-bleed ; ftoppeth Lasks, and the Terms in Women, helps the running of the Reins, helps inflammations and excoriati- ons cf the Yard, as alfo in flam* mat ion of wounds. Galen. Mufcus. Mofs. Is fomething cold and'binding, yec ufually retains a fnatch of the propetcy of the tree ic grows on : therefore that which HERBS, The Phyfitians Library. ^ grows upon Oaks is very dry and binding •, Seripio faith, that being infuied in Wine, and the Wine drunk, it fU>$ vomiting and fluxes, as alio the Whites in Women. Mntus. Mirtle tree the Leaves are of a cold earthy quality,dry. ing and binding, good for flux- es, fpitting, vomiting, & pifling of blood ; ftops the Whites and Reds in Women. > Kudus. See the Roots. Najlurtium, Aqnaticum, Horten. fe. Water crdlcs and Garden crcflcs. Garden crefles are hot and dry in the fourth degree, good for the Scurvy, Sciatica, hard fwellings, yet do jhey trouble the belly,cafe pains of theSplccn provoke lulls.- Diofcorides. Water creffes arc hot and dry, cleanfe the' "blood, help the S'curvey, provoke Urine & the Terms, break the ftone, helps green ficknefs, caufe a frclh lively colour. Nauflurtium album. Thlafpy. Treacle-muftard. Hot and dry in the third degree; purgeth violently, dangerous lor women with Child : Outwardly it is applied with, profit to the Gout. Nicotimi. Tobacco,' and in reciting the virtues of this herb, I will follow Clujius, that none fhould think I do it without an Author, it is hot and dry in the fecond degree, and of a clean. i'"g nature : the leaves warmed and applied to the Head, are excelent good in inveterate llead-aches. • / know wt what hetter name to give it; Old Head aches, continual Heau n. the tetms, helps old coughs in an oyntment it helps fcabs anci itch. Ordapathum. Sorref. See ^Acetofa. Papaver, &C. Poppas, white, black, or erratick. 1 refer you to the Syrups of each. Purietaria. Given once before un- der the name of Helxine. faflinaca. Parfnips. See the Roots. Perficarial See Hydrrpiper. Tnis is the middle fort ot A.smart I defcribed there: if ever )ou find ir amongft the Compounds, take it under that notion.. FantapbyUum. Cinquefoylt Very drying, yet bur meanly hot, if at afl; helps Ulcers in the mouth, rou'ghnefsof the wind pipe, whence cometh Hoarfnefs and Coughs, Gv.J helps fluxes, creeping Ulcers, and the yellow Jaundice : they (*\ one leaf cures a Quotidian Ague,three a Tertian, and four a Quartan. I know it will cure Agues without this curiofity, if a wile man have the handling it; other wife a Cart load will not do it. Petrofeltnum.Pix([e\ : See Smallage fes Columbinus. See Geranium. ferftcarum folia. Peach Leaves, they are a gentle, yet a cowpleat purger of Choler, and difeafes coming from thence; fif for Chil- dren becaufe of their gentlenefs. You may boyl them in white wine, an handful is etiough at a time. PilofQlU. 'Mounfear, once before and that is often enough. Pitbynja. A new name for Spurge, of the laft Edition. VUntago. Plaintaiiv: cold and, dry, ah Herb though common, >ec let none defpife it, for the decoctioi of it prevails mightily againft tor- menting pains and'excoriations of the Guts, bloody Fluxes, it flops; the Terms, and fpitting of blood ; PhtifickS, or cohfumptions ot th$ Lungs, the running of the ReinSj and the White's in Women, pains' in the head, and frenzies: Out. wardly it cleats the fight, takes avray H ERBS, &c. The Phyfitians Library. 3 j away inflammations, fcabs, itch, the flungles, and aH fpreading Sores, and is at wholfom* an Hetb as can grow about an Ho ufe. liagus, Diofcorides. Folium, be. Poley or Poly mountain. All the forts are hot in the fecond degree, and dry in the third: help dropfiet, the yellow jaundice, infirmities ot the Spleen, and provoke Urine. Diofcorides. Fottlicorum. Knot-grafs. Fwitlricum, Maidenhair. Fonulaca. Purflain: cold and moift in the fecond and third de- gree cools hot ftomachs, and ( I remember fince I was a Child that) ic is admirable for one that hath his teeth on edge by eating four apples, it cools the blood, liver, and is r/,ooJ for hot difeafes, or inflamma- tions in any of thefe places, ftops fluxes and the terms, and helps all inward inflammations whatsoever. , Porrum. Leeks fee the Roots. PirmuU Vait. See Cowfljp^ 0r the flowers, which you will ' PruntUa. Self-heal, Carpenters Herb, and in Sufftx, fickle wort. Moderately hot and dry, binding, Ste Bugle. So fhall I not need to write one thing twice, the Virtues being the fame. Pulegium. Peneroyal, hot and dry in the third degree ; provok-s Urine, breaks the ftone in the Reins ( for as I take it. the Herb is chiefly appropriated to thofe parts ; flreng- thens Womens backs, provokes the terras, eafeth their labour in Child Bed, brings away rhe after-birth, ftayes vomiting, flrengthens the brain (yea the very fmell of it breaks wind, and helps the Vettigo. Pulmonj>ia arhcyca, c> Symplitum puculojum. Lung worr, 1 confefs I in ll-arching Authors for thefe, found out many forts, yet all in the 3d degree, helps bitings of ve- nomousbeaftsjwountis fuelling fick- nefs, and fuch as cannot pifs ; it being burnt, the fm oak of it kills all the Gnats and Fleas in the Chamber. As alio Serpents it they be there: It is dangerous for Wo- men with Child. Fyrus fxlveflris. Wild Pear tree. I know no virtue in the Leaves. Fryola. Winter-green. Cold and dry, very binding, ftops fluxes and the terms in women,& is admirable in green wounds. gjercus folia. 04k Leaves: Are much of the nature of the former, ftay the Whites in Women. See the Bark. Ranunculus. Hath got a fort of< Englijb names, Crowfoot, Kingkob Gold cups, Gold knobs, Butter flowers, &c. they are of a notable hot quality, unfit to be taken inwardly ; if you bruife the Rooe and apply them to a Plague fore they are notable things to draw the Venorri to them. Alfo oipnlcittt faith. That if they b; hanged abouc the N«k of one that is Lunatick ia the Wane of the Moon, the Moon being in the firft degree of Taurus Or Scorpio, it quickly rids him of his difeafe. Reparum folia. If they do not mean Turnip leaves, I know noc what they mean, nor it may be themfelves neither, the greateft part of them having as much knowledge of fimples, as a Horle hath in" Hebrew. Rapum is a Turnep, but furely Rapa is a word feldom ufed, if they do mean Turnep leaves when they are young and tender they are held to provoke Urine. Rofema/ium. Rofemary hot and I dry in the fecond degree, bindings ftops Fluxes, helps fluffings in the Head, the yellow Jaundice, helps agreed that both thefe were one 1 the memory, expels" wind. Sec the and the tame, and help infirmities 1 Flowers: Seraph Diofcorides. of the Lungs, as hoarfnefs, coughs, wheezing, fliortnefs of breath, &c. You may boyl it in Hyfop water, Or any other water that fttengthens the Lungs. £«fii£4/i;j, Flcihanti hot and dry Rofafotis. See the water. Rofa alba, rubra damafcena. White* Red, and Damask Rofes I would fome body would do fo much to ask the College, whCKftfC they fee the leave,* down. $ HERBS. The Phyfitians Library] Rumex. Dock ? AU the or- dinary forts of Docks are of cool and drying fubftance, and therefore ftop fluxes ? and the leaves are fddom ufed in Phyiick. Rubus Ideus. Rafpis, Rasber- ries, or Hindberries. I know no great virtue in the Leaves. Ruta. Rue : or Herb of Grace ; hot and * dty in the third degree, confumes the feed, and is an enemy to ge- neration, helps difficulty of breathing, and inflammations of the Lungs, pains in the fide, inflammations of the Yard and Matrix," is" naught for women with Child: 'An hun- dred fuch things are quoted by Diofcorides. This I am furc of, no Herb refifteth poyfon more. And fbme think Mi. thridates, that renowned Ring of Vontus, fortified his body againft Poyfon with no other Medicine It flrengthens the heart exceed ingly, and no Herb better than this in peftilcntial times, take it in what manner you will. V Ruta muraria, See Adiaiuhum. Sabina. Savin: hot arid dry in the third degree.potently pro- vokes the terms, expels both birth and after birth, they (boiled in oil and ufed in oyntments) ftay creeping Ul- cers, fcouF away Spots, Freckles and Sur/ burning from the face; ?hc Belly anointed with it, kills worms in Children. Salvia Sage ; hot and dry in the fecond and third degree, binding, it ftays abortion in Fuch women as arc fubjeft to come before their times, i ; cleanfeth Ulcers in the Gmgcr. You may boil half an SSaanlbus Shenanth, Squinanth Or Camels hay hot and binding: Galen faith it cautech Head ach, be- lieve him chat lift : Dijjcorides faith ic drgtiS and opens the pnlfages of the veins, finely it is as great an cxt>.llet of wind as any is inward parts, it provokes Urine 6c rhe terms opens ftoppings of the Liver, Spleen, Reins, Bladder and Matrix ; it is a great Counrerpoy- fon and eaferh the Breaft oppreffed with flegm : See Diafcorditim Scbropbularia Figwort fo called of Schrephula the Kings Evil which it cures they fay, by being only hung about their neck. It you bruife it and apply it to the place, it helps the Wiles and Hemorrhoids, and ( chey fa> ) being hung about the Neck, preierves the Body in health The Root of Vervan hanged about the Neck of one that hath the Kings evil, give a ftrange and unheard ©f cure. The reafon is becaufe it is an Herb of Venus, and Taurus is her houfe. For the time of gathering this and other Herbs, I refer you to other Treatifes, where the mat- ter is particularly handled. Sciibonius, largus. Sedum. And all his forts. See Sa ba Jovis. Senna. In this give me leave Co flick clofe to Meafue, as an unparallel'd Author; it heats in the fecond degree, and dryech in the firft, cleanfeth, purgeth and digeftech, it carries down- ward ooth Cholsr, flegm and JMelancholIy, ic cleanfeth che ounce of it at a time, in water or white wine, but boyl It noc too much ; half an ounce is a moderate dofe to be boiled for a reafonable body. SetfiUum. Rather of Time, wild Time ; it is hot and dry in the third degree, it provekes the Terms gallantly, as alio helps the Strangury or ftoppage of Urine, gripings in rhe Belly, Ruptures, ConvuJfions, Inflam- mations of the Liver, Lithargy, and infirmities rf the Spleen : boil it in white Wine. /Ethan* Galen. Sigillwn Solonrinis. Seal. See the Roots. Solomons jMelanchouy, it cieanleth che ana is therefore very pro] $<*H>i HH?t yy&r ?*l!cn a it w< !? prpptlc»f it if JifY h Smyrnhm. Alexander of Greet. Solanum. Nightfhada; very cold and dry, binding; it is fomewhat dangerous given in- wardly, unlefs by a. skilful hand ; outwardly ic helps the fhingles, St. Anfbonies fire, and other hoc Inflammations. Soldanelh. Bindweed, hoc and dry in the fecond degree, ic o. pens obftruttions of the Liver, and purgeth wacry humours, nd is therefore very profica* 1 fe! HERBS'. The Phyfitians Library] ful to the ftomach, and therefore 1 if taken inwardly, it had need be well correcled, with Cinna- mon, Ginger, or Annis fced.&V. I Yet the German Phyfitians affirm. ' that it cures the Dropfie, being only bruifed and applied to the Navel and fomething lower, and then it needs not be taken in- wardly at all. Galen. Sonclms, levis afper. So wthiftles fmooch and rough, they are of a cold watry, yet binding quality, good for Frenzies, they increafc milk in Nurfes, and caufe the Children which they nurfe, to have a good colour, help gnaw. ings of the ftomach coming of a hot caufe j outwardly they help Inflammations, and hot fwellings, cool the heat of the fundament and privities. Sophia Cvurgorwn. Flixweed : drying without any manifeft heat or coldnefs; it is ufually found about old ruinous build. ings ; it is fo called, becaufe of its virtue in flopping Fluxes. Varacelfus highly commends it, moft elevates it up to the Skies, for curing old wounds and fiftulaes, which though our mo- dern Chyrurgeons defpife, yet if they were in the hands of a wife man, fuch as Pamelfus was, it may do the wonders he faith it will. Spinachia. Spinage. I never read any Phyfical virtues of it. Spina alba. See the Root. Spica. SteNardvs. Stxba. Silver Knapweed. The virtues be the fame with Scabi- ous, and fome think the Herb too; though 1 am of another opinion* _ , Staclna. French Lavender. Caffidony, is a great counterpoy. fon, opens cbitruftions el the Liver or Spleen, canfeth the Matrix and Bladder ; brings out corrupt ■ Humours, provokes Urine. There is another Statclm mentioned here by the name of Amaranthus, in Golden Flower, or Blower gentle ; the Flowers of which expels Worms : being boiled, the water kills Lice and Nits. / Succifi, Morfus D'iabolus Devils bit: Hpt and dry in the fecond. degree inwardly taken, it eafeth the fits of the Mother, & breaks wind, takes away fwellings in t the mouth and flimy flegm that ftick td the Jaws, neither is there a more prefent Remedy in; the world for thofe cold fwellings in the neck, which the vulgar call the Almonds of the Ears, than this Herb bruifed & applied to them. Suchacha. An Egyptian Thorn; Very hard, if not impoflible to come by here. And here the College makes' another racket about the feveral forts of Comfries, which I pafs by with filcnce, having fpoker* to them before. Tanuetum. Tanfie : hot in the fecond degree, and dry in the third, the very fmell of it flays abounding mifcarriages in Wo- men ; and ic being bruifed and applied to the Navel, provokes" Urine, and the pains in making water. A fpecial help aga'mft the Gout. Varaxaton. Dandelion, rendred better French Dentdelion ; in plain Englifh is called Dandali- on: it is a kind of Succory* Whither I refer you. Tamarifcus. Tamaris. It hath a dry cleanfing quality, and hath a notable virtue againft the Rickets and Infirmities of the Sp1ccH| HERBS; The Phyfitians Library. 39 Snlem, provokes the terms. Gallic. T)iafcorides. lt.\ih-um. A kind of Orpine. Thajpi. See Najlutimu lbi>nbra A wild Savory. Ibwtum. Time hot and dry in the third uigrte ; helps Coughs I them, being ufed either in drinks or Clyfters, outwardJy they take away Inflammations. Pliny faith, the leaves ftand up- right before a ftorm, which I have obferved to be true oftner than once or twice, and that in and (hortnefs of Breath,provokes a clear day, fourteen hours be the terms, brings away dead Children and the after birth, purgeth flegm, cleanfeth the Breaft and Lungs, Reins and Marrix ; helps the Sciatica.pains in the Breaft,<.xpels wind in any part of the Body, refifteth fear- lulnefs and Melencholly, conti nual pains in tiie Head, and profitable for fuch as have the Falling.ficknefs to fmell to. Thymal a. The Greek name for Spunge olive ; Mazer eon being the Arabick Name. v Tubimallus, Efula, grV. Spurge, hot & diy in the fourth degree : a dogged Purg?, better let them alone than taken inwardly ; Hair anointed with the juice of it will fall off: It kills fifh, being mixt with any thing that they will, eat: outwardly it cleanfeth Ulcers takes away Freckles, Sun burnings, and Morphew from the face. Foi merit ilia. See the Roots. Horinitatis. Herba. Panfies or Hearts horn. They are cold and moift, both Herbs and Flowers, excellent againft Inflammations fore the ftorm came. r?/^i/j^*Coltsrfoot:Somethiug cold and dry, & therefore good for Inflammations; they are admirable good for Coughs and Confumptions of the Lungs, Shortnefs of Breath, grV. It is often ufed & with good fuccefs taken in a Tobacco pipe, being cut and mixed with a little Oyl of Annifeeds. See the Syrup of Celts foot. Valerian. Valerian, or Setwal. See the Root. Veibafcum Thapjis burl oris. MuU !ein or Higraper. It is fome- thing dry, and of a digefting cleanfing quality, ftops Fluxes. andthe Hemorrhoids, it cures Hoarfnefs, the Cough, and fuch as are broken winded : the 'eaves worn in the fhoes provoke the terms (efpecially in fuch Virgins as never had them ) but they muft be wore nexc their Feet: alfo they fay, that, the Herb being gathered when the Sun is in Virgo^ and the Moon in Aries, in their mutual Antifcions ; help fuch of the of the Breaft or Lungs, Con- < Falling ficknefs as do but wear vumons or Falling ficknefs, alfo it about them ; worn under the they are held to be good for the French Pox. Trifolium. Trefoyl : dry in the third degree, & cold. The ordinary Meadow Trefoyl ( for Feet, it helps fuch as are trou- bled with the fits of the Mother* Verbana. Vervain; Hoc and dry, a great opener, cleanfer, healer, ic helps the yelloi their word comprehends all Jaundice, defects in Che Reins forts) cleanfeth the Guts of and Bladder, pains in che head, {limy hunwuti thac fticjcs co . if it, be bur, bruijfd, and hung 46 HERBS, &c] The 'Phyfitians Library] about the neclc aH difeafes in the fecret parts qf Men and Women ; made into an Oyntment, it is a fo* vereign Kiemedy for old Headaches, as alfo frenzies, »* cleat$ the s^'n' and caufes a lovely colour. Veronica See Betonica f*ttli. Vialoria Violet leaves •, Th'ey Art cool, eafe pains in the^head pro- ceeding of heat, ahe freni'ie«, richer inwardly taken.or outwardly applied ; heat of the Stomach, or inflammation of the Lungs. Vitis venifera The manured Vine • The Leaves f_ * VUes of different Climates have different operations, 1 write of Engltfli Vines. £" are binding, are cool w ithal: the burnt afhes of the flicks of a Vine fcour the teeth, and make them, as white as fnow ; the Leaves flop bleedings, Fluxes, Heart burnings. Vomitings ; as alfo the longing of Women with Child. The coals of a bunt Vine* in powder mixed with honey, doth make the teeth as white as Ivory, which are rubbed with it. Vincitoxicum. Swallbw wort., A Pultis made with the Leaves, helps fore Breafts, and all forenefs of the Matrix Virga pafloris. A third- name for Teazles. See Dipfatus. *Antipofus tAurea. See Confolida \Aurea Veneris Navil wort: both loofening and binding, therefore good for Inflammations; ■ they are good for Kib'd heels, bath'd with it, and a leaf laid over the heel. Nitralis. Nettles. An Herb fo well known, that you may find them by the feeling in the darkeft Night: they are fomething hot, not very hot, the juice flops bleed- ing, they provoke Laft exceeding. ly? help difficulty of Breathing, Pleurifies, Inflammations of the JLungs, that troublofome Cough that Womea call the Chin Cough ; they exceedingly break the Stone, fttgU&t Urine* trad help fuch «i . cannot hold their Kecks upright! Boil them in white Wirie. Vrfnea. Mofs: once before. FLOWERS. BOrrage, and Buglofs/FlowerW ftrtngthen the Brain, and are profitable* in Fevers. Chamomel Howers heat and afTwage Swellings inflammation of the bowels, diflblve wind ; are profitably given in Clyfters, 0r Drink, to fuch as are troubled with the Cholick or Stone. Stacbas, Opens flopping* in the fcowels, and fbrengthens the whole/ Body. Saffron powerfully concocts, and fends out whatever Humours of- fends the Body, drives back in- flammations,, being applied out- wardly, encreaftch Luft, provokes1 Urine. t • Clove Gilly ftowep, refill the Peftilence, ftrengthen the Heart, Liver, and Stomach, and provoke Luft. Schananth {which" I think f touched flightly amongft the Herbs) provokes Urine potently, provokes the terms, breaks wind, helps fuch as fpit or vomit blood, eafeth pains of the Stomach, Reins, and Spleen, helps Dropfres, Con- vulflbns, and inflammations ci the Womb. Lavender flowers, refift all cold afflictions of the Brain, Convulfionsl Falling ficknefs, they ftrengthen cold Stomachs; and open obftru* jftions of the Liver, they provoke Urine, and the Term's, bring forth the birth and after birth. Hops opens (loppings of the Bowels, and for that caufe Beet if better than Ale. Bawa flowft'i Ch«« tkc tfeart ami FLOWERS. The Phjfitians Library: 41 and vital Spirits, ftrengthen the ftomach. | Kefcmary flowers ftrengthen the Brain exceedingly, and refifts Madnefs, clear the fight. Winter Gilly flowers, or Wall flowers (as fome call them ) help inflammations of the Womb, pro- voke the terms and help Ulcers in the mouth. Honey fiickles provoke Urine, eafe the pains of the Spleen, and fuch as can hardly fetch their breath. Mallows help Coughs. Red Rofes coolj bind, ftrerrgthen both the vital and animal virtue reftore fuch as are in Confumpti- ons, ftrengthen. There.are fo many'Compolitions or them.which makes me briefer in the Simpls. Violets ( to wit the blew ones, for I know little or no ufe ,of the white in Phyfick ; cool dc moiften, provoke fleep, loofen the belly,refift Fevers, help inflammations cor- rect the heat of Choler, eafe the pains in the head, help the rough- neli of che wind pipe, Difeafes in the throat, inflammations in the breaft and fides, Pleuriiies, opens flopping of the Liver, ^and help the \ ellow Jaundice. Cnichory (or Succory, as the vulgar call it ) cools and flrength- ens the Liver, and fo doth Endive. Water Lillies eafe pains of the head coming of Choler and heat, provoke fleep, cool inflammations, and the heat in Fevers. Pomegranate flowers* dry, and bind, ftop fluxes, and the terms in women. Coullips ftrengthen the Brain, Senles, and the memory exceeding- ly , refill all difeafes there, as Con- vulsions, Falling ficknefs. Palfies. Centaury purges Choler and grofs humours, helps the yellow Jaundice, opens obftrucftions of the Liver, helps pains of the Spleen, provoke the terms, brings out the birth and after birch. Elder flowers, help Dropfies, cleanfe the blood .clear the skin.open , ftwppingsof the Liver and Spleen,/ and difeafes arifing therefrom^ Bean flowers clear the skin ftopi humours flowing into the Eyes. Peachtree flowers, purge Cholee ge.nly. Broom flowers, purge water, and are good in Dropfies* The temperature of all thefe dif- fer either very little or not at all from the Herbs. The way of ufing the flowers I did forbear, becaufe moft of them may and are ufually made into conferves, of which jou may take the quantity of a Nutmeg in the morning ; all of them may be kept dry a year, and boyled with othct Herbs conducing to the cures they do. FRUITS and their BUDS. GReen Figs are held to be of ill Juice, but the beft is we are noc much troubled with them ia England ; dry Figs helps Coughs, cleanfe the Breaft, and help infir- mities ot the Lungs, ihortnefs of wind they loofen the Belly, purge the Reins, help inflammations of the Liver and Spleeen ■, outwardly diffjlvc fwellings; fome fay rhe< continual eating of them make* men ldufie. Pine nuts, reftore fuch as are in Confumptions, amend t e falling* of the Lungs, concocfl flegm, and yet are naught for fuch as art troubled with the Headach. Dates are binding, ftop eating Ulrers being applied ro them ; they are ve/y good for weak fto- machs, for they foon digeft and breed good nourishment, they help infirmities of the Reins, Bladdec and Womb. Sebeftens, cool Choler, violent heat or the ftomach, help rough- nefs of the tongue and wind pipgg cool the Reins and Bladder. Rauinsofthe Sun, help infirmi- ties of the Breaft and Liver,' re- ftore Confumptions, (gently cleanfe and move to ftool. . Walnuts kill worms, refift the Peftilence; ( 1 mean the green onesj no; the dry. £ Capras 42 HERBS. The Phyfitians Library, Capers eaten before meals, pro- voke hunger. Nucmegs ftrengthen the Brain, ftomach and Liver, provoke Urine, aU che pains of the Spleen, flips loofnefs, eafe pains of the Head, and pains in the jj)ncss ftrengthen the Body, take away weakneis coming of cold, and caufe a fweet breath. Cloves help digeftion, ftopi loofnefs provoke Lufts, and quick- en the fight. Pepper binds, expel wind, helps the Cholick, quickens digeftion oppreiTed with cold, heats the fto- mach, forall tha* old women fay 'tis cold in the ftomach. Quinces. See the compofitions. Pears are grateful to the fto* mich, drying, and therefore helps Fluxes. All Plumbs that are fharp and fower are binding, the fweet are Joofning. Cucumbers, (or if you will Cowcumbers ) cools the ftomach, and are good againft Ulcers in the Bladder. Gauls arc exceeding binding, help Ulcers in the mouth, wafting Of the Gums, eafe the pains of the teeth, heip the failing out of The \Vomb and Fundament, make the hair black. PompidnS are a cold and moift fruit, of fmall nourishment, they provoke U>ine outwardly applied ; the flefli of them cures Inflamma- tions and burnings, being applied to the Fore-head, they help inflamma- tions of the Eyes. Mellons, called in London Musk- millions, have few other virtues. Apricocks are very grateful to the ftomach, and dry up the humours thereof: Peaches arc held to do the like. Cubebs, are hot and dry in the third degree, they expel wind, and cleanfe the ftomach of tough and vifcous humours, they eafe the pains of the fpleen, and help cold difesffs of the Womb, they cleanfe che head of flegm, and ftrengthen the Brain, they heat the ftomach, & provoke luft, Bitter Almonds are hot in the firft degree, and dry in the fecond they cleanfe and cut thick humc.urg cleanfe the iungs and eaten every ever,' morning, they are held to prcLrve fro:r. drunkenncf*. Bas -berries heat, expel wind, mi- tigate pain •, are excellent f>r cold infirmities of the Womb, and Dropfies. Cherries, are of different quali- ties, according to tneir different tafte, the fwcec is quiclceft of di- geftion; but the four are moft pleafing to a hot ftomach. and pro- cure appetite to ones meat. Meadlars, are ftrengchening to the ftomach, binding, and the preen are more binding than the rot ten," and the dry than the geeen. Olives, cool and bind. Engliih currants cool the fto- mach. and are profitable to acute Fevers,'they quench third, refill Vomiting, cool the heart of Cho- ler, provoke appetite, and arc good for hoc complexions. Services. ( or as we in Sufjt-x call them ) Checkers are of the nature or Medlars, but fomething weaker 'ii operation. Barberries quench thirft, cool the heat of Choler, refill the Peiti. lence, ftay vomitings and F!ox.«, Hop the tsrms. kill worms, help fpitting of blood, fiflen the teeth, and ftrengthen the Guts. Scraw berries cool the ftomach, Liver and blood, buc are bad for fuch as have agues. Winrer-cherries potently provoke Urine, and break the ftone. Caflia Fiftula, is Cimperjte in quality, gently pu^eth Cnoler and flegm, clarifies the blood, refills Fevers, cleanfeth che Breaft and Lungs, ir cools the Reins, and thereby refifteth the breeding of the ftone, it provokes Urine, and therefore is exceeding g00d for the running ot che Reins, in men, and the Whites in Women. All the forts ofMirobalane.purge the ftomach, the Indian Miroba- Uns are held to purge Melancholly mojt SEEDS. The Th moft efpecially, the other flegm, yet take heed you ufe them not in ftoppiugs of the kowels they are cold *.nd dry, they* all ftrengthen the Heart, Brain and finews, ftrengthen the ftomach, relieve the fenfes, take away tremblings, an! J fsart qualms. They are fddom ufed alone Prunes, are cooling and loof- ening. Tamarinds, are cold and dry, in the fecond degree,they purge Choler, cool the blood, ftay vo. miting, help the yellow Jaun- dice, quench thirft, cool hot S'nmachs, and hot Liver. I omit the ule of thefe alfo, as refting confident, a Child of three years old, if you fliould fhould give ic Raifons of the Sun or Cherries, would not ask how it fhould tafle them. SEEDS or GRAINS. COmnder feed hoc and dry, expels wind, but is hurt- lui Lj the head ; lends up un. wholfome vapours to the Brain, dangerous for mad people, therefore let them be prepired as you fhall be raughr towards the latter end of the l>jok. Fennegreek feeds, are of a fofening difculTing nature, they eafe inflammations, be they in- ternal or external: bruifed and mixed with Vinegar, they cafe the pains of the Spleen ; being applied to the fides, help hard- nefs and fwellings of the Ma- trix, and boiled, the Decoition helps fcabby heads. Linfeed, hath the fame vir- tues with Fennegreck Gromwelfecd, provokes Urine helps (he Cavlick, breaks the tfitians Librarf. 43 ftone, and expels Wind. Boll them in white Wine ; but bruife: them firft, Lapines, eafe the pains of ?ho Spleen, kills Worms and caft them out: Outwardly they cleanfe filthy Ulcers and Gan- greens, help Scabs, Itch, and Inflammations. Dill-leed, encreafeth Milk in Nurfes, expels wind, ftays Vo- mitings, provokes Urine ; yec, dulls rhe light, is an enemy to generation. Smallage feed, provokes Urins and the Terms, expels wind, refills poyfon, and eafeth in- ward pains, it opens flopping* in any part of the Body, yet ic is hurtful for fuch as have (hs Falling ficknefs, & for Women with Child. Racket feed, provokes Urine, ftirs up, luft, encreafeth feed, kills worms, eafeth the pains of the Spleen ; Ule all thefe in like manner. Bafil feed ; If we may believe Dhfcjt'des and Crefcentius, chears the Heart, and flrengthens a moift ftomach, drives away Melancholly, and provokes U- rine.. Nettle feed, provokes Luft, opens ftoppages of the Womb, helps inflammations of the fit:cs and Lungs, purgeth the Breaft, boil them ( being bruifed ) in white Wine alfo. The feeds of Ammi, or Bifhops weed, hot and dry, helps dim - culty of Urine, and the pains of the Cholick; the biting of venomous Beafts ; they pravokc the Terms, and purge ths Womb. Annis feeds, heat and dry, eak pairi; expel wind; caufe * £ 3 fweec 44 SEEDS, The "Phyfitians Library.' fweet breath, help the DrophY refill poyfon, breed Milk, and flop the Whites in Women, provoke Lull, eafe che head ach. Cardamoms, heat, kill worms, cleanfe the Reins, and provoke Urine. ! Fennel feed breaks wind, and j provokes Urine and the terms,1 encreafeth Milk in Nurfes. | Cummin feed, heat, bind and dry, ftop blood, expel wind, BARKS, &c. The "Phyfitians Library. nelps Coughs, Hoarfnefs and piilillarions upon the Lun^s. Bdellium. Heats and lo'ftens, hel; S hard fwellings, Ruptures, pain> in the fides, hatunefs of li\t finews. . Galbamtm. Hot,dry,difcufling ; applied to the Womb, it hallens ooth birth and after birth applied to che Navel, it flay the ftrangling of the Wirnb, commonly called the fits of tht Mother, helps pains in the fides, vi difficulty of breathing, being applied to it, and the fmell of it Helps the Vertigo or diz/ineis in the Head. Mynh. Heats and dries, opens and foftens che Womb,provokes the birth and after birth. In-. wardly taken, it helps old Coughs,and Hoarihefs, pains in rhe fide, kills worms, 8c helps s> ftinking breath, helps the wa- iV-ag of the Gums, .'iaftens the Teeth.- Outwardly it helps -wounds, and fills up Ulcers in the fl-fh; you may take half a dram at a time. ■ Majlich. flrengthens the ft tr- im ch exceedingly, helps fuch as yomit or fpit blood, ic fallen the Teeth, and flrengthens ihe Gum?, being, chewed in the mouth. '■ Cock ftones nourifh mighuly, and refrefh and reftore futh Bodies as have been wafted by long ficknefs; they are admira- ble good in Hcftick Fevers, and ( Galiens >fuppoled iixurable ) 'M.n .Jwus, which is a Confump. tion, attending upon a He&ick rever. They encrtafc Seed,and help fuch as are weak in the fpi-rts of Venus. Caftorium refills Poyfon, the bitings of venomous beafts ; it ijiovckes the Terms, and brings forth both Birth and Afterbirth, ir expels wind, eafeth Pain;, and Aches, Convullionj, Sighings, Lethargies. The fmell-of ic a.vns the fits of the Mother. Inwardly givm, ir helps trem- blings,. Falling ficknefs, and uther fuch iLi effects of the Br^iii and Nerves. A fcruple is tnc.ughto take at a rime and indeed Spirit of Caftorium, is better than Caflorium raw, to *'hich I refer you. The Yard of a Stag helps Fluxes, the bitings of venomous bealls. provokes Urine, a.od ftirs up luft exceedingly. Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the alhes given inwardly, help the Diabetes or continual Pifling A flead M'.iuie dried & beaten into Powder, and given ac a time, helps fuch as cannot hold their whter, or have a Diabetes, i♦" you do the like three . day's together. Unicorns horn refills Poyfon, and che Pelliience,- provokes Urine, reflores loft ftrength, brings forth both Birth and Aftcibirrh. Ivory or Elephants tooth, binds, ftops the Whires in Wo- men, it flrengthens the Heart and Stomach, helps the yellow Jaundics, and makes women fruitful. The Virtues of Harts.bom are che fame with UnicorusJjoni. The bo;ie that is found in the Hearc of a Scag, is as fovereign a Cordial, and as great ftrcng- chener of the Heart as any is, being beaten into Powder, and taken inwardly • alfo it refills Peililence and Poyfon. The Skull of a man that was never buried brin,; beaten to Powder Living Creatures, &c Tin Phyfitians Library. 4.7 Powder, and given inwardly, the quantity of a dram at a time in Berony water, helps Palfies, and Falling ficknefs. That fmall rn.tug.ilar bone »n che Skull of a man, called Os ti uptown, fo abfoluuly cures tire Falling ficknefs, that it ui-1 never come again, faith Puj-elfus. Thofe fmall bones which ar-i found in the tore feet of a Hare, being beaten into pow- der, »nd drank in Wine, pow- erfully provoke Urine. A R»n.j made of an Elks claw, bang worn> helps the damp." The Fat of a man is exceed- ing good to anoint fuch limbs as fall away in the flet ; ic helps baldnefs, and trimly decks the head with hair3 Metals, Minerals and Scones.. »...., i GO]d is temperate in qua- lUy, ic.wpijdccfyjjy,ftrcn. w« ■ • • " • gthens IV. fortunate and rich. And thus I end the ftones, the virtues of which, if any think incredible, I anfwer, i. 1 quoted the Auchors where I had them. 2. I know nothing to the con- trary, buc why ic may be as pofiible as the found of a Trum- pet is to incite a man to valour, or a Fiddle to dancing ; and if | I have added a few Simples. ' which the College left out, I [ hope my fault is not much, or. I at leaft-wife venial. pus Tf-Tus much for the old Difpenfatory, which is now like an /iirnana:k out of date. Indeed had not the Printer de- fir td it might not be ( and withal promifed me that he would do it m n fmalltr print, that jo the Book might not exceed the jonner price ) I had left out what hitherto hath been written having publijhed in Print fuch a -j- Treatife ( ■{- The Eng- lilh Phyfician ) of Herbs and Plants as my Country-man, tnay readily nutkc ufe of jor their own prefervaiion of health, or cure of'Difeafes, fuch as grow near ihem, and are eafily to be had,rhat fa by the help of my Honk tkey may cure themfelves, and never be beholding to fuch 'Phyfitians as the iniquity of thejc Times affords. *And thus I come to the New Dilpenfatory : and first to thtir Catalogue of Simples. A Catalogue of Simples. In the new DISPENSATORY. ROOTS of . CollegeOOne/, Calamus aroma. ^ dean, tl ,ue> fiag P^rct, darlick Mario mallow* Jlkauet. Angelic*, ^"th-jra, Svial Inge, Aion, B.irthwott long .vu H:j>i,1, Sowbread, Reeds, Ajurahacta, I irgiv'-.in Snakeweed, Sw.vlo-.v-wort, i\r.va^us, Alphodel male and female, Bi.d'cks^rc-it and fmall, Bclcn o» J'a.:il. I'a'cran white and red Daizies, Bats white, red and I lack. lMaifo mallows, Bugort, Bunage Briony white and black, Bugloji Garden and wild. Calamus Jiomin- cus, our Ladies Thijile% Abens Coliivoits, Centaur the left ; Onion. Cbainclton white and black,Calamhh Plewort, China, S:t:cory,Arilchokn V j'nian SuakcW, Comfy, tit , at eater ^ and le/f'ef, Contraparva\ Cojlus fweet and bitter, Twmenck, .tild Cn. timers, Sowbread, Hounds tongue, Ciperus long audrcwid, foothwAt,white Dittany.Doionicumt Dragons woody Night )ade. Pipers, Bugto/s, Sma'lage, Hellebore white uid black, Endive, Elecampane .zringo, Coltsfoot^ Fern male gj* Female, F UpenduLi or diopwort rtunel, wh.te Dittwy, Galange >reat and fmall, Gentian, Liquorice L) £" grafs, Her mod.tily I % Mhm'few vouh, 'Jacinth, Henbanes Jallap ifijitrw-vt, Orr's, or Floverdeluce 'Ot'h Eiglijb and Floreutvi;¥fija>p Pointed Dock, Burdock grs»ier & lefs, Lovage, Privet, white Lilliest '■iquorice, Millows, Mechoacan, Ja'jap, Spignel, Mercury Devils bit, fweet Nai'asvt Spikenard, Celtick, ant $2 ROOTS. the *nd Indian Writer Ulliet, Raft barrow, fharp pointed 'Dick, Teomy male and female, P*rjnips Garden and mild Cinquefoyl. Butter bur, Parfl.-y, Hogs fennel, Vdarian grater and leffer Burner, land and water Plantane, Pofiprdium of the O.tk, Solomons fed, Leeks, Petitory of Sp.t.n, Cinq*'foyl, lurneps, RadiftltS garden and mild, Rapbontick, common Rhubarb, Mmk, Rhubarb, Rofe root Midlir, Brufcus* Sjpewort, Sarjtparlila, Sityjon male rtni female, white Six.-fr.ige,. Squills, Figwort, Ssorxonera Englifl) and Spanifl)} Virginian Snakeweed, Solomens feal, Cicers, Winking Gladon, Devils bit., Dandelyon,lbapfus, Tormcntil, lurbitb: Coltsfoot, Valerian greater and lejjer, Vervain, Swallow wort, Nettles, Z:doary long and round, Ginger. Culpeper. Thefe bs the Roots the College hath named, and hue only named, and ia this order as I have fet them down. For my own particular, I aim folely at the benefit of my Country in what I do, and fhall impartially reveal to them what che Lord hach revealed to me in Phyfick. I fee my firft labodrs were fo well ac- cepted, that I Hull not now give over till I have #ven my Country that which is called, The whole Body of Phyfick, in their own Mocher Tongue. In Antient times, when men lived more in healch, Simples were more in ufe by far than now they are, now Compounds take the chief place, and men are tar more fickly than before. Tne reafon I conceive to be the incongruity be- tween the College Compounds and our bodies. It is palbably true that their Receipts were no chil- dren of their own Brains, but borrowed fome from A'abi*, others from Greece, and fome ft* from Italy, Ii*now no reafon why rhey abfcooHH Valeri- an and Spading, Poppy accord- ing to the Arabian Phyfitians, Dazies, white Beers, Borrage, Buglofs, Liquorice, Dog grafs, Mallows, Satyrion, Scorzoncra, Parfneps, Skirrets. Roots are alfo appropriated to feveral parts of the body ; andfo tljeye Heat the Head. Doronicum, Fennel, Jallap, Mechoacan, Spicknard, Celtick and Indian Peony, male and female. Neck and thoat. Pilewort, Devils hie. Breaft and Lungs. Birthwort 'ong and round, Elicampane, Liquoric;, Orris Englifh and] Florentine, Calamus, Aromati- cus, Cinquefoyl, Squills. Heart. Angelica, Horrage, Buglofs, Cadine, Thiflfo, Do- ronicum, Butterbur, Scozonera, Tormentil, Zedoary, Bazil, Valerian, white and red. Stomach. Ekampanc, Galanga fitcatcr 54 Roots. The Phyfitians Library greater or lelTer, Spignard, Celtick and . Indian Ginger, Fennel, Avens, Ridiihss. Bowels Valerian great and fmall, Zedo^ry, Ginger. Liver. Smallage, Cirline Thiftle, Celandine, China, Tur rrierick. Fennel, Gsnrian, !)og grafs, Cinquefoyl, Parfljy, Spa- I ragus, Rhubarb, Rhaphontick, Kneeholly. Spleen. Smallage, Carline, Th'«flies, Fern male and female, Parfley, warerfi.ag, Sparagus- round Birthwort, Fcnnel,Capers, Afh, Gentian. Reins and Bladder. Maffh mallows, Smallage, Sparagus, Burdock, Bazil, Valerian, Spat- ling, Poppy, Cirline, Thiftle, China, Cyperus long & round, Filipendula,Doggra*3,Si>icknard, Celtich and Indian Pai fly, Knee holy, white Saxifrage. Womb. Birthwort long and round, Galanga greater and lelTer, Peony male and female, Hogs fennel. fundament Pilewort. i Joynts. Bears breech, Hermo- da.£tyIS) Jallap, Mechoacan, Ginger Coftus, Roots cool the Head. Rofe root. Stomach. Sow thirties, Endive, Succory, Biftwort. £u'eT.Maddir,Endive,Chichory The properties of the Roots. Although I confefs the pro- perties of the Simples may be found out by the enfuing explanation of the terms, and I fuppofe by that means they were found out at firft, and although I hate a lazy ftudent from my h:art, yet to encourage young ftudents in the Art, I J31' quote the chiefeft of them. * fcfae all Layers of Phvfak, to compare them with the ex- planation of thefe Rules, fo fhall they fee how they agree; fo may they be enabled to find out the properties of ali Sim- ples, to their own exceeding benefit in Phylick. Riots bind. Cypems, Biftort Tormentil, Cinquefoyl, Bears breech, Wareifiag, Alkanet, Toochworr,, Qfc. Difcufs. Birthworr, AfphodeJ^" Briony, Capers,- ffc. Cleanfe. Birthwort, Aron, Sparagus Grafs, Afphodcl and Celandine, grV. O'en. Alarabacca, Garlick, Leeks, Onions, Rcphontick and Turmcrick,. Carline, Thiftle, Succory, Endive, Filipendula, Ferfnel, Parfley Brufcus, Spara- gus, Smallage, Gtntian, (go. Extenuate Orris Engliih and Florentine, Capers, &c. Bum. Garlick, O'niens, Pellitory of Spain, £?c. MAI fie. Mallows, MaTlh- mallows, £fc. Suppwe. M irlh mallows,Briony/ white Lillies, f/e. Glutinate, Comfry, Solomons- feal, Gentian, Birth'#irt, Dazies, &c Expel wind. Smallage, Parfley, Fennel, wacer flag, Garlick, Coftus, Galanga. Hogs Fennel, Zedoary, Spikenard, Indian and Celtick, grV. Breed fed. Wafer flag, Eringo Satyrion, Galanga, Fjfc. Provokes the terms. Birthwort, Afarabacca, Aron, Waterflag, white Ditteny, Afphodel, Gar- lick, Centaury the lefs, Cyperus* long and round Coftus, Capers, Calamus Aromaticus, Dittany of Cieet, Carrots, Eringo, Fen- ti'.l, Patfl-y> Smallage, Grafs, blitarnpane ROOTS. The Phyfitians Library. Elicampane, Peony, Valerian, Knee holh; tre. St

prus, Gentian, Carline thiftle, Biftorc Tormenril. Swallow worr, Vipers Buglofs, Elicampane &c Help Burnings. Afphoclel, Jacinth white Lillies, eye. Eafe patns. Waterflag, Eringo, Orris, Keflharrow, cjcc Of Roots fome purge. Choler. Afarabacca, Rhubarb; Rhaijontick, Fern &c. MelancboRy. Hellebore white and black, Polypodium. flegm and watry humours. Squills, Turbith, Hermodajftyls, Jallap, Mecoachan, Wild Cucumers, Sow bread, Male Afphodel, Briony white and black Elder, Spurge great and fmall. I quoted fome of thefe properties to teach you the wav how to find the reft, which the Explanation of thefe ccrms will give you ample in- ftriteiions in : I quoted not all, becaufe I would fain have you ftudious; be dilicenc therefore, gentle Readers. How to ufe your bodies, and after taking Purges, you Hull be taught by and by. The B^rks which the Colledge blot paper with, are thefe that follow. College.TT.yfw/ Nuts, Oranges, Bar- L -I berriet, Birch tree, Caper roots, Ca/fia, Lignia. ChejnutsCinnamon, Citron peels, Dwarf elder Spurga roots tAlder, xAfi), Pomegranates, Gua/acum. Walnut tree, green walnuts, Laurel Bay, Lemmons, Mace, Pomegranates. Mandrake roots, Mtxereon, Mulberry tree roots, Sloe tre roots. Pine nuts Pijlick «//, Poplar mji 0*k, £ldtrt Stxafus, SJ fork, Tamarif' Lime tree, F, a tkineeheet Elm, Capt. Winters Cinnamon. Culpeper. O* thefe Capt. Wintrri Cinnamon oeing taken as ordinary fpice. or half a dram taken in the morning in any convenieat Liqnor, is i\\ exrellent Remedy for the Scurvey, rhe powder of ic being muffed up in rhe nofe, cleanfech the head of Rheum gallantly. The bark of die Black Alder tree purgeth Choler and flegru if you make a decoction with ic. Agrimony, Wormwood, Dodder, Hops. Endive and Succory Roots, Parfley and Smallage roots, or you mav bruife a handful of each of them ; and put them in a gallon of new Ale. and let them work to- gether (put the Simples in a boulter-bag ) * a draught [ * Half a pint more or lefs, according to the a^e of him that drinks it"} being drunk every morning, heiusthe Dropfic, Jaundice, evil Difpofition of the Body ; helps the Rickets, ftrength- ens the Liver and Spleen : makes the digeftion good ; troubles not the ftomach at all, caufe;h appe- tite, and helps fuch as are fcabby and itchy. The reft of the Barks that are worth the noting, and the virtues of them, are to be found in the former part of the Book. Barks that are hot in the firft degree : Guajacum, Tam.uis, Oranges-, Lemmons, Citrons. In the fecund. Cinnamon, Caflia Lignia, Captain Winters Cinnamon, Frankincenfe, Capers. In the third. Mace. Cold in the firft. Oak, Pomegra- nates. In the third. Mandrakes. (According to place thefe. Heat the Head. Captain Winters Cinnamon. The Heart. Cinnamon, Caflia Lignea, Citron peels, Walnuts, Lemmon.peels. Mace. Ihe Stomach. Orange-peels, Caffia- nea. Cinnamon, Citron-peels} Lem- mon- peels, Mace, Saxafras, Tie 5<* WOODS'. The Phyfitians Library. The Lungs. CatTu, I Cm- < namon. Walnuts. Ibc Liver. Barberry tree, Bay tree, Cape. Winters Cinnamon. The Spleen, Cip;t baric, A ill tree bark, Bay cree. Vte Reins aud Bladder. Bay tree, Saxafras. Iht Womb. Caflia Lignea, Cin- namon. Cool the ttomaeb. pomegranate peels. Purge Choler. The Bark of Bar- berry tree. Purge Flegm and Water. Elder ; Dwarf Elder. Spurge, Laurel. To fill np anothtr part of a page, the College quotes a few WOODS, which are thefe, Cotttge.T^lv, wood of Aloes, Rhodi- *- um, Braxil, Box, Willow. Cyprefs, Ebonv, Guajicum, Juni. per, Lencick, Nephriticum, Rhodi um, Rofemary, Sanders, whice, yellow and red, Sax'itras, Tame- tick. Of thefe fome are hat. / As Wood of Aloes, Rhodium, Box, Ebony. Guajacum, Nephriticum, Rofema- jy# Sixafras, Tarn iris. Some cold. As Cypres, Willow, Sanders white, red and yellow. Rofemary i> appropriaced co the Head) Wood of Aloes to the heart and ftomach; Rhodium to che bowels and bladder. Ncphricicum to the Liver, Spleen, Reins and Bladder; Saxafras to che breaft, ftomach. and bladder: Tematis to the Spleen, Sanders cool the heat and spirits in Fevers. For the particular virtues of each, ft* that part of the Book proceeding. The Herbs which the College fpent fo much pains and fludy, barely to name are. [The College. nOutbernwood male and & female, Wormwood common, Roman and fuch as heart >rVoimf«edi> Svrtlt Woti Swrtl} Maidenhair commn, tebite, or WaM~ Rue, black and golden Mauldlin,ticboaks Hounds tongue Cyprefs leaves, Dandelion Dittany of Cre t Box leaves Teazles gnrden and wild Dcvarf Elder Vipers Buglofs, Mullein Smallage Eiidiv* Elicampane, Horfe tail Epichiml-' mium Graundfel, hedge muftard, Agrimony Maudlin, "Eye bright Orpine Fennel Sampire Filipen- dula, Indian Leaf, Strawberry leaves Afli tree leaves^ Fumitory, Goats Rue. Ladies Bedftraw. Broom* Mufcata. Herb Robert; Doves foot. Cotton weed. Hedge Hyfop. Tree Ivy, Ground Ivy or tAU* hoof. Elicampane. Pellitcry of the wall. Liverwort. Cowflrps. Rupiurt wort. Hawkweed. Monks Rhu- barb. ^Alexanders. Clary garden ani wild. Henbane. St. "Johns wort.Horfe' tongue, or double tongues. Hyfip •*"" *tic* trejfr^, Sm*U Sangreen, Chare WOODS. The Ph) S^rewort Wood. Reed, Schtnanth. Chamepitis, Glafs wort, Lettuce, Lagobus ^Archangel, Burlock greac and fmall, Lavender, Larel, Bav' leave Englifh and Alexandrian, Duckmeac, Dictartder or Pepper wore. Lavage. Priver, Sa Bjglofe, Toad flax, Hires tong ic, sweec Trefoyl, Wood forrel, Hops, wil- Ioy herb, Marjorum, common and Tree mallows, Mmdralce, Hore- hound white and black, Hdb Maftich Feverfew, Wood bine, Mcliloc. Bawm, Garden and water Mines, Horfe mints, Mercury, Mazeron, Yarrow, Devils bit Mofs fweet Cnervil, Mirele leaves, Gar- den and war«r creffef, N.p Tobac- co, Money wore, water Lillies,Brfzil Olive leaves Reft harrow Adders tongue Origanum fharp pointed Docks Poppey whice ,and red or F.rratick, Pollitory of die wall Cinquefoyl Arfmart fpotced and noefpocced. Pe^ch leaves Tho- rough wax Parfley Hares tonq.ie, Valerian, Moufear Burner, fmall Spurge PUncane common and narrow leaved, Mountain and Crieiclc Polev. Knot grais golden Mtidcn biir. Pop'.tr leaves and. buds, Leeks Pu-fiain Silver weed or wild T.tnfit. Horehound white aitd black Primrofes Self heal Field Pellitory or Sneexwut, Pcneroyal. Heabane. Lonf Wirt, winter green leaves and buds, commit Ru.- or Herb of Grace. Gnats Rn will Rue or w')ite Miidenh+i, rri.'J R:te Sivin, Oxyer leave!, Ga.'.en Stge the gteater an I lej'r, wild Sa;e Elder leaves and buds, Marjoram, Burnet fmicle. ljpe wore Savorv whiee S ixifrag; Scabious, Cicory Sch.* laiuh Clary Scordium Fig- worc rijufteelc or Scngreen the greater and lelfer t Groundfel ; Senna leaves and cods Morher of Time Solomons feil Alexanders Nigluflude goldanclla Sow chillies f.nooeh and rough Flixweed com. mon Spike Spinach Hawthorn Devils bic Gomfry Tamaris leaves Tanlie Dandelion Mullen or Hegcaper. Time Line rrce leaves Spurge Tormentil common And golden Trekvl forrel fweet Tri-; fitiam Library 57 foyl Coltsfoot Valerian Mullen Vervain Pauls BeetOny, Lluellin) Violets Tanfies Perewincles Swal- low wort Golden Rod Vine leaves Meadfweet Elm leaves, Navel wort, Nettles common and i.oma.nt ^Archangel or Dead Nettlet white and red, Cu'.prper. Thefe be theHerbs aS the College fee tnem down co look upon ; we will fee if we can cranf- lace chem inco another form to) the ufe and benefit of the body at man. Herbs temperate in lefpefi of beat are, common Maidenhair, Wall Rue, black-and golden Maidenhair Woodroof, Bugle, Goats Rue and Harts tongue fweet Tref>>l and Flixwted Cinquefoyl Trefoyl Pauls Betony, Lluellin* Intemperate & hot in the firft degree^ ds Agrimony M.irfli mallows and Goole grafs or Cleavers Diftaff, Thiftle Borrage Buglofs or Ladies* thiilles Ave'ns, Cetrach Chervil Chamomel Eye bright, Cowflips Melilot Brzil Self heal. In the fecond degne. Comnott and Roman Wormwood Maudlin Ladies Mantle Pimpernel male and ternalC Dill Smallage Mu»» wore Coftim.iry Becony Oak of Jerufalem Marigolds Cuckoidr dowers, Carduus BenediAus, Cen* caury the lefs- Chamepicis, Scurvy grafs, Indian Leaf. Broom, Alehoof Alexanders, Double congue oc Tongue blade, Archangel or Dead Mtttles Bay leaves Marjoram. Horehound Bawm, Mercury.Devils bic Tobacco Parity and Poley mountain Rofemary,' SagCi Sanicle Scabious Senna Soldauella and Tanlie Verbain Perewinkle. In the third degree. Southernwood male and femr.le Brooklime and Angelica Briony whice and Llack Calaminch Germander Celandine PileworC Fleabane Dwarf Elder Epithimum Bank crefles Clary Glafswort and Lavender Lo- vage Herb Miftich Feverfew and Mints, Water crefTes, Origanum, biting Arfmart, called in Latin f Hydropi/cr, $8 HERBS. 3V Phyfitians Library\ Hydtopiper, (the College con.>| founds this with Perfiearit or wildArfmait, which is cold) Sneexwort, Penny royal, Rue, favin, fummcr and winter la- vory, Mother of Time, Laven- der, Spike, Time, Nettles. In the fourth degree. Sciatica crefTes, ftone crop, Dittandcr or Pepper wort, Garden. crefTes, Leeks, Crowfoot Rofa folis, Spurge. Heibs cold in the firft degree. Sorrel, Wood forrel, Aiach, Burdock, Shepherds Purfe, Pel. In the fourth dgree. Hemlock, Henbane, Ma.ui vil. Camomcl, Eve bright, Cow- flips, Hawkwe-d/Tongue blade, or double tongue, Melilor, mild Arfmart, Self heal, Senna, (FlixweeJ, Coltsfoot, Percwin* kle. liioryofthe Wall, Hawkweed, llo Mallows,Yirrow mild Arfmart, called Per fie aria. If you be afraid of miftaking this for the other, break a leaf crof> your tongue, that which is hot will make your tongue frnarr, fo will not this, ( and here by rhe way, let me tell *hc College one of their errors and I will tell them but the truth } whereas they Pafic.iriii Maculata or fpoucdj Arfmart, to be the HydiopiperA 'tis no fuch matter in our Country ; moft of the wild Arfma't, thojgh not all, hach blackifh fpots i.i the leaves, almoll fernicircular, like.a half Moon : But to proceed ) Bur- ner, Coltsfoot, Violets. Dry >n the feCond degree. Com- mon and Roman Wormwood) Sorrel, Wood forrel, Maudlin, Ladies Mantle, Pimpernel male and female, Dill, Smallage, wild Taiifie or Silver weed, Mugwcrt, Diftaff, Thiftlc.Coft- mary, Betcny, Bugle, Cock flowers, Carduus, Bcnediclus, Avens, Cent tury the lefs; Ci- chery, commonly ' cal cd Suc- cory, Scurvy grafs, Bucks horn, Piantain, Dandelion, Endive, affirm! l'ul'aa lca*> Strawberry leaves, Fumitory, Bioom, Elehoof, Al-xandria, Aichangcl or dead Nettles, whiie and red, Bay leaves, Marjorum, Feverfew, Uawm, Mcrcurv, Devils bit, Tobacco, Purflai.i, Burnet, Plantane, Rofemary, Willow leaves, Sage, Sanicle, Scabious, Soldanella, Vervain. Cold in the fecond degiee.Chick- Weed, wild Tanlie, or Silver weed, Daizies, Knotgrafs, Sue- cory, Bucks horn, Plantane, Dandelyon, Endive, Fumitory, Strawberry leaves, Lett ice, Duckmeat, Plantane, Purflain, Willow leaves. Lithe third degne. Sangrecn, or Houficck, N'grulhadc. Dry in the third degree. South- ern Wood male and female, Brooklime, Angelica, Briony white and black, Calaminth, Germander. Chanwpytis, Cc« landine, Pilewort, Fleabane, Epithiminm, Dwarf Elder, Bank crefles, Clary, Grafs wore, La- vender, Lovage, Horehound, Herb Maftich, Mints, Water cteffa, Origanum, Cinquefoyl^ hoc HE RBS. The Phjfitians, Library W hot Arfmart, Poley mountain, Sncezwort, Pennyroyal, Rue or Herh of Grace, Savin, Win. ter and Summer Savory, Mo. ther of Time, Lavender, Silk, Tanfic, Time, Trefoyl, In the fourth degree. Garden crefres, Wild Rvc, Leeks, Oni- ons, Crowfoot, Rofa folis, Gar- lick, Spurge. Heibs moift in the firft degree. Burrage, Buglofs, Marygolds, Pellitory of the Wall, Mallows, Bazi). In the fourth degree. Chick weed, Arach, Daizies, Lettuce, Duck «■*?' P"r!llm» Sow Thiftle, Violets, Water Lillics. Hubs appropriated to certain parts of the bidy of vtin and fo they Mm the He.id; as Maudlin, Cuftmary, Betony, Carduus, Brncdicla$> Celandine, Scurvy g'a's Eye bright, Goats Rue, Cow flips, Lavender, Laurel. Lovage, Herb MatUch, Fever- few, Mellilot, SneeZworr, Pe- neroyal, Senna, Mother of Time. Lavender, Spike, Time, Vervain, Rofemary. Heat the Throat. Archangel white and red, otherwife called dead Nettles. Devils bic. Heat the Breaft. Maidenhair, whire, black, common and golden, Diftaff, Thiftle, Time fictony, Calaminth, Chamomel, Fennel, Indian leaf, Bay leaves, Hyfip, Ba^rn, Horehound, Oik of Jerufalem, Germander. Melilor; Origanum, Rue, Sca- bious, Periwinkles, Nettles, Heat the Heart. Southern W#od male and female, Angeli- ca, Woodroof, Bugiofs, Cardu* us, Benediftus, Borrage, Goats Rue, Bay leaves, Bawm, Rue>, Senna, Bazil, Rofemary, Eli- campane. Heat the Stomach. Wormwood, common and Roman, Smallage, Avens, Indian leaf, Broom, Chenanth, Bay fleaves, Bawm, Mints, Parfley, Fennel, Timci Mother of Time, Sage. Heat the Livet. Agrimony, Maudlin, Pimpernel male and female, Smallage, Cuftimary, or Alecoft, our Ladies Thiftle, Centaury the lefs, Germander* Chameptisv Celandine, Sampier, Fox gloves, Afh tree leaves, Bay leaves, Toad flax Hops, Horehound, Water crefTes, Par* fly, Poley mountain, Sage and Scordium, Senna, Mother of Time, Soldanella. Afarabacca, Fennel, Hyfop, Spicknard. Heat tie Bowels. Chamomel, Alehoof, Alexanders. Heat the Spleen. AM the four IVts of Maidenhair, Agrimony, Smallage, Centaury the lefs, Cetrach, Germander, Chamept- tis, Sampter, Fox gloves, Epu t'iimii.'m, Afh tree, B»y leaves, Toad flax, Hops, Horehound, Parily, Poley mountain, Sage, Scordium. Senna, Mother of Time, Tamaris, Wormwood, Water crefTes, Harts tongue. Heat the Reins and Bladder Agrimony, Maudlin, Marfh mallows, Pimpernel male and female, Brooklime, Coftmary, Bittony, CerviJ, Germander, Chamomel, Sampler, Broom, Rupture wort, Clary, Scheninth, Bay leaves. Toad flax. Hops, fo SEEDS. The Phyfitians Library. Meliloe, Water crefTes, Origanum i Pennyroyal, Scdrdium, Vervain Mdther of Time, Rocket, Spick* nard Saxifrage Nettles Heat the Womb. Maudlin Angelica Mugwort Coftmary Calaminth Fleabane May weed or Magweed Dittany of Creet Chenanrs Arch artj;el or Dead Nettles Meliloc Fe'ttherfew Mints Devils bit and Origanum Barfil Penyroval, Savin Sage Scordium Tanlie Time and Vervain Perewinkl«s Nettles. Heats the ytynts. Cow flips, and Sciatica crefTes hot Arfmart Gar- | den crefTes Coftmary Agrimony Chamomel St. Johns wort Melilot Water crefTes Rofemary Rue Sage Stoechas. Herbs cooling the Head. Wood forrel Teazles Lettuce Plantane Willow leaves Sangreen or Hou- fleek Strawberry leaves Violet leaves Fumitory Water Lillies. Cool the Throat. Orpine,Strawberry leaves Privet Bramble leaves. Bread. Mulberry leaves, Bramble leaves Violet leaves Strawberry leaves Sorrrl Wood forrel Poppies Orpine Money wort Plantane Coltifoor. Heart. Sorrel, Wood forrel and Vipers Buglofs Letcucc Burnet Vjolet leaves Strawberry leaves Water Lillies. Stomach. Sorrel. Wood forr Knot grafs. ' Refift Poyfon. Southernwood, Wormwood, Garlick, all forts pf Maidenhair, Smallage, Be- tony, Carduus, EaiediSlus and Germander, Cal&tninth, Alex- ander, Carline', Tniftle, Agri. mony, Fennel, Juniper, ifore,. hound, Origanum. Pennyroyal, Poley mountain, Rue, ScordL. um, Plantane. Difcufi fwellings. Maidenhair. 'Cleavers or Goofegrafs. Mai- lows. Marflimailows. Docks. Bawm. Water crefles, Cinque- foyl, Scordium, £fV. I ...- - . . Eafepa'ms. Dill. Wormwood. Aiach. Chamoint'. Calaminth, Chancpytis. Henbane. Hops. tiogs Fennel. Parfly. Rofema- *y. J£ue. Mar jorum. Mother of uTinte. . ■ •■ , i •> Herbs purging. Choler i Groundfel. Hops. Hogs Fennel leaves. Worm* Wood, ;■ Centaury. Mallows. Senna. ! :■':;. h Melancholly. Ox eye. Lpitln- mum. Pumitory.Senna.Didder. - Fiegm. and Water. Briony, white and black, Sfurge ; both work mod . viotencly, • arv£* arc not therefore fit for a vulgar ufe;, Dwarf Elder, Hedge. Hyfpp. Laurel leaves. Mercury. Mezereon alfo purgeth violently and fo doth Sneezwort, Elder leaves. Senna. For the particular operations ofthtfs, as alio how to order the Body after Purges, the cy to be taken ar * tune, iave been in part inflriclsd 'already, arid fliall be more fully hereafter. the B I quantit I vou-ha' The FLOWERS which the College acquaints you with the-Latin names of only arc thefe. College. TTTOiw/n-oo d. Jgntit. W Cajhis. Jmatan. th>i< Dill. Rofemary. Columbines. Changes. Balau/lms orPomegranatts. Bet tony. Borra^e. Buglofs.ALvi^oids. Woodbine or Hovefj'uckles.' Clove Otllifinwers. Centaury the left, Chamomel. Winter Giflifidtvers, ct 11' a'tfioweis. Succory. Comfry the £i eater. Saffron. Blue bsttle gnat and fmall ( Cynosbacus, Tragus, and Dcdoneus hold our *w'jite Thom to -be' it j Cord us and Marcelles think it to be Bryars; and Lugdunenfis takes' it for the fweet Biyar : Diofcorides ca'leih flowers 'of the Manured Pome^ granates C>trinus: But Pliny calleth the flowers of the wild kind by that name ; ) Foxgloves. Vipers Buglofs. Rocket Eye bright. Beans. Fumitory Broom. Cowjhps. Saint Johns wort. Hyjbp. Jafmine, oi-Shrub. Tuejoyl, Archangel or dead Nettles white and red. La- vender; ]'/all fir.weis or Winter G ill /lowers. Privet. Lilly whiter and of the Valley. Hops common and tree.- Mallows •' TeailxrfeWi. Woodbine or Honeyfuckles. Melilot* Bawm, ■ Walnuts. ' Water Lillies • •. .;..... , . ;white FLOWERS, the Phyfitians Library, 6% mhire and jdttow. Origanum. t'ppits rthtte *nd red, or Rrrariek. Poppies or Cltn Ro/r/./o caB.d btr.ffe th-y grrjn- amonril Corn JVo»,. Uofj'■idles or WoadUine. Pfjehfqn-ert. hrim Rojet. Srlf heal. Sloe burti. R f m^ry flowers. Kofei white O ma>k I and red. Sage. tide . Whirr | Saxifrage. Scabious. Siligo. ( I think the\ mean \Mi it by it: A u r^o*« ar* nor agreeci about \r ) fia-cbus. law.iris. Tanfie. Mullein Vi Hiftper. Lintitf. Ctoi-i fillif.ot»ers C'lttfoot. Violets, i^gnut Ccttus, and dead Nettles vehite and >ed. Cnlpeper. That thefe may be a little explained lor the publeJc good, be phafed to cake notice that of theft, , * S me are hot in thtfirU degree \ a? Borrage. Buglofs. lietony. Ox eve. Melilot. Chamomel. Sc«- chus. H-tt in the fecond degree. Amomus Saffron. CIjvc g lliflowcrs.Rockets Bawm. Spikenard. Hops. Schc- • nanth. Lavender. Jatmine and Rof mir). Hot in toe tbiid degree. Agnus Cafliu. Epichimiiim. Winter GiJIiflowers or Wall flowers. Woo.ibine or Honey fuckles. Cold in the fi'H degree. Mallows. Rotes ied white' and Damask. Violer«. In the fecond Anemone or Wind flowers. Endive. Succory. Water Lillies, both white and yellow. In the third. Balatlins or Pome- granate fh>wers. In the fcurtb. Henb*ne, and ,11 the fort* of Poppies ; only whereas Authors fay Field Poppies which fome call red, others Errtick and Corn Rotes are the CQldeft of all the others; yet my opinion is, That they are noc cold in the fourth degree. Moil in the fvfi degreei Borrage. Buglofs. Mallows. Succory and J&ndive. In the 2d. Water Lillies, Violets. Dry in the /•.■/! degret. Ox eye. | Saffron, Chamomel. Melilot. Wet. v ' ..... In the 2d.Wind floweis. Amomus Clove Giiliflowers Rocker. La- vender. Hops. Peon). Rofemary Spic knard. In the thi,d. Woodbine or Hony luckles. Be I a'i (lines. Epitbimurp. Germander. Charaepitys. The temperature of any other F'ovi not here mentioned, are of the fame temperature with the Herbs ; yoti may gain skill by frarc img there tor them ; you, can lofe none. For ike parp of the Body tbey arf appropriated to fome heat. The Had, as Rofemary flowers. S If heal. Chamomel. Betony . Cofliflips. Lavender, Melilot; Peony. Sa;c. S'ogchas. The Eteal. Betony. Bawra. Scabious. Scheninth. The Heart, Bawm. Rofemary flowers. Borrage. Buglofs. Saffron, Spicknard, Tne Stomach. Rofemary flowers. S^Lknard. §:hxnanth, lbe Liver. Centaury. Scharnanth. Elder. Betony. Chamomel. Spick? nard. The Spleen. Beton*. Wall flowers. The Reins and Sladder. Betony. Marin mallows. Melilot. Scha:- nanth. Spicknard. lbe Womb.' Betonv, Squjnanth or Sch.vianth, Sage, Orris or Plower deluce. 7t>» Joynts'. Rofemary flowers^ Cow flips Chamomel, Melilot. Flutters as they are cooling, fo they cool Tl>e Headi Violets, Rofes, tha three forts of Poppies and Water Lillies. The Stomach: Red Rofei, Violets, Tbc Liver and Spleen : Endive and) Succory Violets, Borrage and Buglofj, moiften the Heart ; Rofemary flowers. Bawm and Betony dry itj Recording to property (o tbey bind. Balauflint, Saffron, Succory, En? dive.Red Rofes, Melilot, Bawra Clove Giiliflowers, Agnus, Caftuf iifcus: Dill, Chamomel, Mar# ? \ mm* #4 FLOWERS. The Phyfitians Library'' mallows. Mallows. Melilot. gtoechas, &c. Cleanfe Damask Rofes, Elder powers, Bean flowers, $?c. Extenuate. Orris or Flower de luce, Chamomel) Melilot, gtcechas, grV. • Mollijie. Saffron, white Lillies Mallows, Marfli mallows, grV. - Suppute. Saffron and White Lillies, Fjfc. ' Qlutinate. Balauftins,Centaury grVV. '■' • Provoke the Teims. Bittony, Centaury, ChanvrneJjSchaenanth Wall flowers, Bawm, Peony, Rofemary, Sage. - Stop the Terms. Belauftine or Pomegranate flowers," Water fillies. • .» Eypel Wind. Dill, Chamomel, Shjnnanth, Spicknard. '- Help Burnings. White Lillies, Mallows, Marfh mallows. '- Refift Pcnfon. Betony,' Centaury Eafe Pain. Dill, Chamomel, Centaury, Melilot- Rolemary. £ -Flowers purge Choler. Peach flowers, Damask Rofes, Violets. >• Flegm. Broow flowers; Elder flowers.' :' » H you compare but the qua- lity cf the Flowers with-the Herbs, and with the explanation 6f thefe. terms at the latter end, yOu may eafily find the tempt- fature shd property of the reif !'As for the Virtues of the Flowers,- there -were but few Quoted before, and thofe were briefly ; I think the reafon was, becaufe the Printer was afraid fihe Book would be too big. I Jhall' therefore give a fuppty here to what was wanting there ; and where I was too ♦brief -there, I fhall- be more Urge here. # The Flowers of Ox Eye being boiled into a Pultis with'a little liirly meal, takes away fwellings and hard- nefs of the flsfh, being applied warm to the place. Chimon;:l Flowers heat and difcufs, loofen and ratine; boihd in Clyflers, they are excellent in the Wind Cholick; boiled in Wine, & the Dcco&iort drunk, purge the Reins, break the Stone, open the pores, call out cholerick humours, fuccour the Heart, and eafe pains and aches, or ftiffnefs coming by Travelling. The Flowers of Rocket ufed outwardly, difcufs fuelling and diffblve hard Tumors j you may boil them into a pultis ot Cataplafme as Scholars call it: but inwardly taken they fend but unwholfome Vapours up 10 the Head. Hops open obftruftions of the Bowels, Liver and Spleen ; they cleanfe the Body of Choler and Flegm, provoke Urine. \ wonder in my Heart, how that apifh f'lhion of drinking Water and Ale together for the Ston£ came up ; and others affirm trUt the difeafe of the Stone was'noc rannn vatwa, before Beer wai invented ; a grofs untruth, for Phyiitians have written of the ftone that lived a thoufand years before Beer was invented t deny not, but ftalenefs of Beer may caufe iharpnefs cf Urine ; otherwifc Beer is mild, is ten times better drink for fuch as are troubled with the ftone than Ale, as being more opening/ : Jifmine Flowers boiled in Oil, and the grieved place ba- ched with it, take away cramps, and flitches in the fides. The plane FRUITS. The Ph plant \i only preterved here in the Gardjns of ibmc few, and becaufe hard to come by, I pafs it ; if you difire more Vrtues >>f Jt be plea- fed to fearch in Dud-nans. The FU>*en of Woodbine or Honcyfuckles being dried and beaten into powder, and a dram taken in Wlntt Wine in the mor- n ng, help the Rickets difficulty ot breathing, provoke Urine, and h^-lp fucli as cannot make Water : I would have none make a common practne of taking it for it cleanfeth the uritory vefRls i'o potently, that it may eante pifling of blood. The Flowers ot Mallows being brviiled and boiled in Honey ( two ounces of the flowers is fufficient f>r a pound of Honey, and having firft clarified the Honey before y'oii pne them in) then ftraincd out -, tnij Honey taken with a Liquorice flick, is -an excellent Remedy both for Coughs,Aftmaes, and Confumptions of the Lungs. Certain FRUITS mentioned by the College in this order. College. \XT1-nter Cherries. Loi-r »V \Apples. tA'monds fweet and bitter, ^inacardia. 0,angis. HaXtl nuts. V)e Oyl nut Ben. B.tr- boiiri: C.tpefs. GUiney Prpeer. Tigi. Cisp-balfamum. Cloves. Cafjfia. l:iihtia. lbe I nuts. Cherries b'.ack and red. Cicin white, black and red. Pome Citrous. Cocillus llldl. Coloeynthis. Currants. Cornele, or Cornelian Cherries, Cubebs. CucutnerS. Garden and wild Gourds. ♦ C) noslletes. Q fee the flowers 3 Cyprels. Cones. Quinces Dates. Dwarf Elder. Green Fis»s. Strawberries, common and litrkey Galls, lioin. xAcorn cups. Pomegranates Ooofeberries. Ivyt Kerb Irue Love. Jujubes. Jvniptr berries. Bay benies Lemmons. Oranges. Citrons, gyinces. Pomegranates. Lemmons. Mandrakes teaJoes. Stramonium. xApp)es, garden and wild, or Crabs and Apples -. Musk Melones. Medlars or open Arfes. Mulberries. Myrobolans BcJlcridu. Chebi, Emb'hcks and fitians Library. 6$ Citron*. Indian Mvrtleberrje*. Water Nuts. Hazel Nuts. Cheft NTutj. Walnuts. Nutmeg'. Vomi- ting Nuts. Olive pickled in brine Heads of white and black Poppies Pompions. Peaches. French or Kidney Beans. Pine Cones. White black and long Pepper. Fiftick Nuts. Apples .md Crabs. Prunes French and Damask. Sloes. Pears. Englnh Currants. Berries of pur- ging Thorn. Black Berries and Rasberriei. Elderberries. StbeTiens. Services or Checkers. Haw thorn [Jerries. Pine Nats. Water Nuts. vVater Nuts: Grapes. Goofeber- ries. Raifins. Currants. Culptptr. That you may reap benefit by thefe be plsafed to con- lider that they are fome of them. Temperate in rejpecl of beat. Raifins >f the Sun. Currants. Figs. Pine Nuts. Date. Sebeftens. Hut in the fuft degree. Sweet Al- monds. Jujubes. Cyprefs Nuts. Hot in the fecond de'grte. The Nut K;n Caper?. Nutmegs. Dry Valnuts. dry Hazel Nuts. Fiflich Nuts. In th? third degree. Juniper berries Cloves. Carpobalfamum. Cubeb* Anacardium. Bitter Almonds, . In the fourth degree. Pepper white, black and long Guiney Pepper. Co'd in the fvn degree. The fleifc of Citrons. Quinces. Pears. Prunes* &c. In the fecond. Guords. Cucumerj Melones ( or as thev are called i- London, Musk Melones; I fuppol for the fweetnefs of the fmell Pompions, Oranges, Lemmoni) Citrons, Pomegranates ; viz. it. juice of them, Peaches, Prunef Galls, Apples. In the third. Mandrakes. In the fourth. Stramonium. Moift in the firtl degree. The fUu>« of Citrons, Lemmons. "Oranges, vix. the inner Rind which is white* for the oarer Rind is het. h the fecond. Guords2 Melones, Peaches, Prunes, 6v. 66 FRUITS. Tr)e phyfitians Library. Dry in the ft/ft dgree: Juniper, Berries. In the focond : The nut Ben, Capers, Pears. Fiftick, Nuts, Pme Nucs, Q.iinces, Nutmegs and Bay Berrus In toe third Cloves. G Glutinous: Acorn Acorn cups Dares Raifins of the Sun, Currants Expel veind : Bayberries Juniper Berrus, Nutmegs, ail the forts of Pepp-r B,eedSed: Raifins of the Sun f*eec Almonds Pine nuts, Figs &c Provoke V ine : Winter Cherries P.ov.ke the Terms: Ivy Berries Capers, tre Step the Icrms t Barberries, ire Rf/i/f p>yjon : Bayberries Juniper Berries v\ a InutsCirrons,commonly called Pomecitrons : AJI the forts of Pepper Eafepiins: Bayberries Juniper Kernes fw Berries Figs Walnuts Haifins Currants. All the forts uf Pepper Fruits Purging Choler: Callia Fiftula Citron Myrobalans Prunes Tamarinds Raifins Melancholly: Indian Myrobalans Flegm: Colocynthis and wild Cucumers purge violently, and rnerefore not rafltly to be medled withal: I delire my Book mould be beneficial, not hurtful to ihe vulgar : but Myrobalans of all lores, efpeciaiiy Chebs, Belleriek and Embliclcs purge flegm very gently and without oangec. Of all thefe, befides what hath been formerly mentioned in this book ( to which 1 refer you ) give me leave to commend only one to you as of fpecial concernment ; which is Juniper Berries. T»ey may be found ail the Winter long plentifully growing upon Wbarlty Common in F.Jex, neit Brentwood, a-' bjur fifteen miles from London Irayts faith, the virtues of Juni- perberries are fo many that they cannot be numbred ; amongft which thefe are foipe : The berritf ealen ( for they ate pleafant in tafte ) are exceeding good againft the brring of Adders-, they refill Poyfon, Peftilence or any infedioisi difeafe; helps the Strangury'and Dropfie; Matbidus affirms that a Lye made with the afhes of Juniper and Water it as gre« a provoker SEEDS. Tloe Phyfitians Library. 67 of Urine as can be. The Be-rles expel wind exceedingk, heat the Srcmach, help the digcflior, piovcke rhe Terms. The Germans make «n univerfal Mediiine of them; they help tl'C G ugh, fhortntfs of breath, weakncls of the Lungs and the Ctmvulfi(D\ Cr#mps. They givecalie delivery to Women with Child ; five or fix berries taken every morning pieferve the body in health ; help the Cholick and Stone, nwnefs of the Stomach, Paintings and Heart qualrm, madnefi and Frenz'es. Tluy flrengthen the Eyes and help Rheums there ; the yellow Jaundice, Falling Sicknefr, Gouc and Palfie. Take thefe Berries which are ripe, which look black. SEEDS hardly mentioned by the College are of College. Q\Qnel: Agnus. Cajlus. \J Ahifo. Ma-Hows : B flops weta : true and common .- Dill: Angelica : Awtis : A'oe feeds ■. brii.iH.igc ; Lolumbines .■ Srtv.:011s ; Jrach : Oats. Oranges, Bin dorks : Bafil. Barhir.es / C.tton: Brufc*s .or Knee holy; Hemp : Caidamoms greater and tejfer : Carduus BaiediHus: Our lalcsThiJtles: Bajlard Saffian: C.vaway : SPwg* greater and Itjj'a : C tenons; Onnns : the kernels 0} Cherry ftones : Chervil: Succory : Hemlock : • Citrons: Citruls: Garden Scurvy grafs : (o^exuthis : Coriander: Camp hire tucumers Garden and wild, Guards; v,., Quinces : Cummins : Cynoihatus ; Dale ftones : Cvrots Englifh and CttiVh : Dvevf Elder: Endive ; Nocket : He-gc Mnjlard : Orabus, Bean Fennel ; Eeriu^cek : Aft) tree keys : Fumitory : Bro-an : Grains of P.v .%■{' ewwell : Darnel: fweet Ti efoyl, Lupins : Mafierwort : Marjoram : Mallows: Mandrakes: Melones: Medlars ; Mazeteon : Gtowwclt : fveet Havew : tfigella : the Kernel cf C/xnies: A^ncocks and Peaches: Razit Orchus: Kick : Panick: Prfpiei ; white aud black : Parfnips, Garden and wild : thorough wax i ParfU ; Englifli and Macedonian,Kurncc Peafe ; Plantane ; Peony,Leeks Purflain : I leawort : Turnep-, Raddilhes . Sumach : Spurge : Rofes : Rue Garden and wild : Wormfced : Saxafrage, Succory, Sea land : Hartwort ; comnyon and Cretifh Muftard feed , Alexanders; Nightlhade, Sta. vefacre ; Sumich ; Treacle ; ! Muflard ; frvcet Trefoyl ; \ Wheat ; both fine flower and | the bean, and that which flarch [ is made of ( • ! think theCollege hath almoft as much skill in making Starch as I have J . Vetches or Tares: Viohts, Nettle:, common and Roman ; the ftones ofa Grapes; Gr&en Wheat, or fpelt Wxat. Culpeper. That you may receive a little more benefit by thefe than the bare reading of them, which doth at the moft " but £8 SEEDS. Th Phyfitians Library. t but tell you what they are. The following method may inftruft you what they arc good for. SEEDS which are hot in the firfi degree. Lvnfced, Fenugreek, Coriander Rice, Gromwcl Lupines- In the fecond. Dill. Smallage. Orobus. Rocket. Bazil. Nettles, In the third. Bifhops Weed. Annife. Amomus. Caraway. Fennel; (and fo I believe Smallage too, let Authors fay what they will) for if the Heat of Sma\Uge be fomewhat hotter than Parfley, I know little reafon why the feed Jbculd not be fo hot j Cardamome. Parfley. Cummin. Camots. Nigella. Navew. Heart wort. Staves acre. 1» the fourth. Water crefTes. Muftard feed. Cold in the firfi degree. Barley, &e. In the fecond Endive, Lettuce, Purflain, Succory, Gourds and Cucumers, Melones, Citruls, Pompions, Sorrel, Nightlhade. i In the ^d. Henbane, Hemlock, Poppies white and black. Moift in thejirjl degree. Mallows &c. Dry in the firfi degree. Beans, Fennel, Fenugreek, Barley, Wheat, ckc In the fecond. Orohus, Lentils, Rice, Poppies, Nightlhade and the like. In the third. Dill. Smallage. Bifhops weed. Annife. Caraway. Cummin. Nigella. Gromwel. Parfley. appropriated to the Body of Jlfan, and fo they Heat the Head. Fennel. Mar- joram. Pconyj&'c. TheBreafi. Nettles. The Heart. Bafil. Rue, &c. Muftard feed, grV. The fourth. Annife. Bifhops Weed. Amomus. Smallage and Cummin. Cardamoms. Cubebs. Grains of Paradice. The Liver. Annife. Fennel. Bifhops Weed; Amomus. Smal- »|agc. Sparagus. Cummin Coraway. Carrots. The Spleen. Annife. Caraway, Watercreffes. The Reiv and/ladder. Cicers;, Rocker, Saxifrage, Nettles and, Gromwel. The Womb. Peony, Rue. The Joynts, WatercrcfTcs, Rue, Muftard feed. Cool the fo7 fafcetida ; Cold im the firft degree : Sanguis Draconis; Acacia ; In the third : Hypociftrs ; In the fourth : Opium and yet fome Authors think Opium is hot.becaufe of its bitter taftc ; Aloes & Manna purge Choler gcntly;5c Scammony doth purge Choler fo violentiy chat it is no ways fit for the vulgar to ufe.for it corodes the bowels Opopapax purgeth flegm very gently ; Confidering then 1 vat very (brief in the handling of the Virtue of chafe in my 1 "" "~*...... fias 70 TEARS, &c. The Phyfitians Library. former part, I fhall here fupply what was wanting there. White Search gently levigates or makes fmooth fuch parts as are rough ; Syrup of Violets being made thick with it, and fo taken on the point of a knife helps Coughs, roughncfs of the Throar, wheezing, exoriations of the bowels, the bloody flux or the plague in the Guts. Juice of Liquorice helps roughncfs of the Ttachia Arteria^ which is in plain Englilh called the Wind pipe, the roughnefs of which cauleth Coughs and hoarfnefs, difficulty ef breathing ££c. It »Hays the hear of the itomach and Liver, eafeth pains forcnefs and roughnefs of the Reins and bladder, ic quencheth the thiift, and ftrengthens the ftomach exceedingly ; ic may eafily be carried abouc in ones pocker, and eat a little now and then. Sugar cleanfeth and digefleth takes away roughncfs of the tongue ; and it ftrengthens the Rems and bladder, being weak- ncd ; being beaten into fine powder and put into the eyes, it takes away films that grows fever tbe fight. Laudanum is in operation thickning, heating & molifying, ic opens the pafiage of the veins and keeps the hair from falling off; the ufe of it is ufually external: being mixed with Wine, Myrrh, & oil of Myrtles, and applied like a plaiftcr, it takes away filthy fears, and the deformity the Small pox leave behind them ; being mixed with oil of Rofes, and dropped into; the Ears, ic hclp$ pains there being ufed as a pefTary, provokes the terms, helps hardnefs or ftiffnefs of the Womb : It is fometimes ufed inwardly jn ' fuch Medicines as eafe pains | and help coughs: If you mix a little of it with old white wine and, drink it, it both provokes Urine, and ftops loofnefs or Fluxes. Dragons blood cool?,' binds and repels. Acacia and Hypocifti$ do the like. The juice of Maudlin, or for want of it Cjftmary, which is the fame in effeft, and better known to the vulgar. (fbrr.c Countries call it Alccoft ) (he juice is made thick, for better keeping of it; firft ciarifie the juice very well, before you bcil it to its due thicki eh, which is femething thicker than' Honey. It is appropriated to thcLiver^ and the quantity of a dram taken every morning, helps the Cachexia, or e vil difpolition of the body proceeding fiom cold- nefs of the Liver : Ic helps Rickets and Worms in chi'dren, provokes Urine, / arid gently ( without purging ) disburdens the body of Choler and F.egm, it fuccours the Lungs, opens obftruftions, and rc/ifts putre- faction of blood. The reft which are material and eafie to be had, may be found in what goes before : fuch as are hard to come by, 1 pafs by, as confidering it would do the Reader little good to tell him a long tale of what thmgs are in the Eaft.lndies or Arabia. Gums are either temperate, as "«, Elcmi, Trajacanth, &c. Jntmptiatt, TEARS, &c* fhe Phyfitians Library.^ 71 Intemperate, and fo an hot in the fufl iegiet -, at Bdellium, Gum of In the fecond : Galbanum Myrrh Maftich, Frankincenfc, Olibanum, Pitch Rolin, Styrax In the third : Ammoniacum In the/cuttb : Euphorbium Gum Arabick is cold Coiaphania and Sat) rax fofren Gum Arabick and Tragacauth, Sandarack, Juniper Gum- and Sarcotulla bind. Gum ot' Cherry tree breaks the ftone Sty rax orovoke she Terms Opcpanax gently purgeth Flegm Becaufe I was brief in the virtues of thefe before, I fhall fupply here what was wanting there From the prickly Cedar when it it burned, comes forth that which with us is ufually known by the name of Tar, and is excellent good unction either for fcabs, itch or manginefs either in man or bcaft; at alio againft the Leprofie.Tetter*. Ring worms and fcald heads All forts of Rozins fill up hollow Ulcen Sc relieve the body oppreffed The Rozin of Pitch tree, is that which it commonly called Burgonv Pitch, and is fomething hotter and sharper than the former, being fpread upon a cloth is excellent good for old aches coming of for- mer bruiKs or dislocations. Pitch mollifies hard Swelling!, and brings bo* It and fores to lup- puration, it breaks Carbuncles, difperleth Apoftems cleanfeth Ul- cers of corruption, and fillech them with Attn. Bdellium heati and mollifies and thar very temperately, being mix'd with any convenient Oyncmcnt or Plaifter: It helps kernels in the neck and throat: Scrofula, 0r Kings Evil Inwardly taken in any conveni- ent Medicine, it provokes the Terms, and breaks the ftone, it helpi Coughs and bitings of ve- nomous beafts : It helps windinefi ot the Spleen, and pains in the f fa thence coming, both ontwaid- ly applied to the place, and in- wardly taken, ii helps Ruptures or fuch as are burft, it fattens the hardneft of rhe Womb, dries up the moifture thereof, and expels the dead child Bitumen Judaicum it a certain dry pitch which the dead Sea, or Lake of Sudum in Jude* caft forth ac certain times, rhe inhabitants thereabouts pitch their Ships with ic : It it of excellent ufe to mollifie the hardnef« of iw-cllmgi cV difcufi them ; it alfo ag.»i«if. iuflamroati- ons ; the fmoke of it burnt is ex- cellent good for the fits of the Mother anil the Falling ficknefs • Inwardly taken in Wine", provokes* the Terms, helps the bitings of venomous beafts, and difTolves congealed blood in the body. Ambergreece is hot and "dry in the fecond degree ; I w>JJ not difpute the cafe whether it be a Gum or not: It ftreng(hens nature much which way foever it be taken there are bur few grains ufuallv given of ,C at a time, I fuppofc rather for fear it fhould be too heavy for the purfe, than too hoc | F>rthe body, mixed ui.h a little Otntment of Orange flowers and the templet and forehead anointed with it, eafe-h the pains of the head, wd ftreng hens the Brain- exceeding! < : the fame appliH tther; inwardly taken it ftren- thens rhe brain and memory the heart and vital fpirit, warms'cold ftomachs, and is an exceeding ft renthener of nature to old people adding vigour to decayed Sc worn out fpirits ; it provokes luft, and . makes barren Women fruitful, if coldnefs and moifture, or weaknefi be the caufe imped 1 ting. vifafviid*, being fmeiled to, it vulgarly known to exprefs the flea of che mother: a little hit pur into an aking tooth, prefently ea- feth the paint; ten grain, ^ before dinner, walking half an hour after it, provokes appetite helps digeftion, ftrengthew*^! **«nucb,and ukci away lgarjwn* --- » •? 72 TEARS. The Phyfitians Library. of meat, it provokes luft ex- ceedingly, and expels Wind as much. Borrax or B°rrace as fome call it, befrdes its virtues it hath to fodder Gold, Silver and Copper, Sec. Inwardly given in fmall quantities it flops fluxes, and the running of the Reins, being in fine powder, and put into green wounds, it cures them at once drefllng. Campbuge, which out of many names which every Coun- try beftows upon it, the College are pleafed to call Gutta Gamba ; Authors are excreamly different both about its being what it is, whether a juice or not ? If a juice, of what ? And about its operation, whether it Works violently or not /' For my part 1 care not for medling vith an unknown Medicine my felf, neither would I advifc any of my Countrymen. Cranna outwardly applied is excellent for aches & fwellings in the Nerves and Joynts : If you lay it behind rhe Ears, it draws back Humours from the Eyes, applied to the Temples as they ufually do Maftich, ic helps the Tooth ach. Gum Elemi Authors appro- priare to fractures in the Skull and Head. See Arceus- his Lini- ment. Gum Lacca being well puri- fied, and the quantity of half a dram taken in any convenient Liquor, ftrengthens the ftomach and Liver, opens obftrucYions, helps the yellow Jaundice and Dropfle ; provokes Urine,breaks che Stone in the Reins and Bladder. Liquid Ajnhcr Is not much unlike liquid Styrax ; by un3i* on it warms and comforts a cold and moift brain, it eafctli all griefs coming of a cold caufe it mightily comforteth and ftrengthe/ieth a weak Stomach, being anointed with it, and helps digefiisn exceedingly- \z dilDIves fwellings. It is hot in the third degree, and mo^ft in the firft. I think it would do the Common Wealth rio harm if I lhould fpeak a word or two ot Manna here, although it be no Gum : I confels Authors make fome flutter about it, what ic is, fome holding it to be the juice of a tree j I am confident it is the very fame condenfecf that our Honey dews here are only the Countries whence ic comes being far hotter.it falls in greater abundance. Let him that defires reafm for it, be1 pleafed to read Butler his Booh of Bees, a moft excellent expe- rimental Work, there he fhall find reafon enough to farisfre any reafonable man. Chufe the drieft and whiteft, it is a very gentle Purser of Cioler, and quencheth Thirft, it provokes1 appetite, eafeth the roughnefs of the Throat, helps bitternefs in the Throat, and ofcen prone- nefs to Vomit ; it is very good for fuch as are fubjecl: to ba Co Hive, to put it into their drinks irrftead of Sugar; ic hath no obnoxious quality ac all in- ir, but may be taken by a Woman with Child* without any danger ; a Child of a year old may take an ounce of it aC a time dillblved in milk, ic will melt Sugar, neither will ic be known from it by. the tafte. Mycrri TEARS, &c. fhe Phyfitians Library. ft r Mynh is hot and dry in the • •■cm ui degree, exceeding dange- rous for Women with OSld; it is better, and yet a|| Authors hold It to be good for the roughrrefs of the throat and wind-pipe, half a arum tal-.tn of it at a time helps rhumatick diftillations upon tht I Jj-U"gs, pains in rhe fides ; it flops / a Jinxes provokes the terms, brings \ a«»a> b)th birth and after birth, Jofrens the hardnefi of the womb , being taken two hours before the m comes, it helps Agues. Mathio- «' filth, he feldom ufed any other Medicine for the quartan Ague trun a dram given in Muskadel »n hour before the fit came; if ?ou make it up into Pills with »reacle^ and take one of them every morning falling, it is a oVJlra,Rn Prefervativc againft the J eftiltnce, againft the poyfon of serpents, and other venomous ifafts, a lingular Remedy for a it.nlung breath, if it arife from pntrifadion of the ftomach, it taiUns loofe teeth, and ftays the flieddmg off of the hair: out- wardly ufed it breeds flefli in 9«P wounds, and covers the ""riru'CS witn flcn'' Olibanum is hnt in the fecond degree, and dry m the firft, you rnay rake a dram of it at a tijne -'.'ftops looftnclii and the running of the Reins, it ftrengthens the memory exceedingly, ' comforts the heart, expels fadnefs and me- lancholly, ftrengthens the heart, helps Co.^hs Rheums and Pltu- n_lies, )our beft way (.in m\ opi- nion) to r.:ke it is to mix it with Conferve of Rofes and take it in the morning fafting. Tacbamach. Is feldom taken in. wardl), outwardly fpread upon leather and applied to the Navil, it ftayeth the firs of the Molrier. .-i^pl'ed to the fide it mkig.-.res fpeedily and in little time quire takes away the pain and windi- nefs of the Spleen : the truth, is know no better Plaifter com'th cholerick fharpi ubufoevcr acli or fwcHing proceed lhrroi.-s;n the body, .ind being *f Wind, or cold raw humours, J , d.iudvrd in the white of an Egg; Q well 74 TEARSj &c. the Iell beaten, it helps burning, and eeps the place from bliftering. Maftich ftayes fluxes, being taken inwardly any way. Three or four fmall grains of Maftich, fwallowed down whole at night going to bed, is an excellent reme. dy for. pains in the ftomach: Being beaten into powder and mixed with conferves of Rofes. it ftrengthens the ftomach, ftops diftillations upon the Lungs, ftays vomiting, and caufeth a fweet breath, being mixed with white 'Wine and the mouth warned with it, it cleanfeth the Gums of cor- ruption, a«d faftnerh loofe Teeth. Frankincenfe being ufed out- wardly in the way. of a Plaifter heats and binds, being applied to the Temples, ftops the Rheum *hat flows to the Eyfis, helps green wounds, and fills hollow Ulcers with fh-fh, ftops the bleeding of wounds, though the Arteries be cut, being made into an Oynrment wich Vinegar, and Hogs greafe, helps the Itch, burnings, Ulcers in the head, pains in the ears inflammations in Womens breafts,' commonly, called Agues in the JJreaft ; b«ware of taking it in^ ward'ly, left it caufe madnefs. Turpentine is hot irt the fecond degree, it heals, foftens •, difcuffeth and purgeth, cleanfeth the Reins, provokes Urine. Styrax Calamitis is hot and dry in the fecond degree, healeth, mollifieth and concocfteth; being taken inwardly helps the cough', and diftillation of ithe Lungs and hoarfnefs, lofs of Voice, helps the hardnefs of the Womb, and it provokes the Terms if you take ten grains of it at a time made up in the form of a Pill. Ammoniacum, hot and dry in the third degree, foftens, draws & heats, being difiolved in Vinegar, ftrained and applied Plaifterwife it takes away' bunches and hard* nefs in the flcfh, it is one of the beft remedies that I know foe infirmities of the Sple«n, being , Phyfitians Library. applied to the left fide; being made into an Oincment with Oil, it is excellent good to anoint the Limbs of fuch as are weary; a fcrupls of it being taken in the form of a Pill loofens the Belly, gives fpeedy delivery .to Women in Travail, helps difeifes in the ' Spleen and Sciatica, and all pains in the Joynts, fuch as pifs blood, and have an/ humour affixing their breaft. Camphire, it is held by all Authority to be cold and dry in the third degree, it is of very thin fubtile parts, infomuch that being beaten into very, fine powder it will vanifli away into the Air ; being beaten into powder and mixed with Oil, and the temples anoinred therewith, it eafeth the head achs proceeding of heat, all inflammations whatfoever, the back being anointed with the fames cools the Reins and Seminal Vefijls, ftops the running of |the Reins, and vVhites in Women, the moderate ufe of Veneiy," the like it doth if it be drunk in. wardly with Betony water, take but a fmall quantity of it at a time inwardly, it refifts Poyfon, and bitings of venomous beafts; outwardly applied as before, and the Eves anointed with it, ftops hot Rheums that flow thither. Opopanax purgeth thick Flegm . from the moft remote parts of the "Body,vz,s. the Brain, Joynts, head and feet, the Nerves and Breaft, and ftrengthens all thefe parts when they are weak, if the weak- nefs proceed of cold, as ufually-it doth, ic helps weaknefs of the I fight, old rotten Coughs, and j Gouts of all forts, Dropfies and fw^jings of the Spleen, it helps Ithe ftrangury and difficulty of making Urine, and provokes tha ! Terms, and helps all cold affiidti- ; ons of the Womb, have a care you give it not to any Woman with Child. The Dofe i% one duoa TEARS, &c. The PhyfitiaHs Library- It dram at moft corrected with a little Maftich difiolved in Vi- nfgar and outwardly* applied, helps the paflions of the Spleen. 'In the nexc place the College tells you a ft uvre tale concern- ing liquid Juice and Tears, that • re to be kept for prefent ufe, X'iZ College."^ TInegar, Juices rf V Citrais, Juu.e ij fmvre Grapes, Oranges, harberries, Tears of a Birch Tree, and Juice of Cheilites, Jetliners, Pomegranates, Lemmons, ff'ocd Sorrel, Oyl of Unripe Olives, and r,pe Olives both new and old, 'juice of led and Damask Rofes, Wine, Tears of a Vine. Culpeper. The Virtues of the moft of thefe may be found in the Syrups, and are few of them ufed alcne. unlefs it be Vinegar to make fauce, and Wine to drink. Then rhe College tells ych there are thefe things1 bred of f PLANTS, and that every Child knows, ^ Jetvs ears, 'liege Garick, JjL and the beries of Chermes, the fpungy fubfiancc of the Br\ar,Mofs, Vifcus Queici- hus Oak Afplei Culrcpei. As the College would have you know thefe, fo would 1 know what the clnetcir of them arc good for. Jews fUrs boiled in Milk and drunk, it helpeth loic. Throats : it is the opinion of thofe that have ftudied llcrfne- tick Philcfoplu, that thefe things which referable any part of mans bod,', i- ftitngthens thofe parrs of the beds they fcfcmblcj and help tW Lhicaies they are vulgarly Incident to, which is an approved truth in this ; for as they refemble the Eur of a man, fo beirig boyled in white Wine, and the Wine drunk, and the Jews Ears ap* ' plied ro the Ear outwardly,' v ill help deafnefs, inflammati- ons, and other infirrhitie's of the I^ar. . M'.iTe is cold, dry and] binuing ; therefore is good for Fhxe's of all forts; if yoii d(fi;eto know more of it, I de fire you would f=e my Evglifij Phfitian. Our College muft have none but Milleto of the OaJc ufed, and what has any body to &»> tn queftion them for fo doing 5 kt th£ Apothecaries but only fuch, and pay fauce for it; ic is nothing ro me, but as fo che ooor Countrynian> I carl cell him this, and I will tell , him but the truth, and am able to prove it when I have done, that one fort of Milleto is as good as another ; it helps the Falling Sicknefs and the ConviMiVns, being difereetljr gathered and ufed. Oak Apples:.Hathiolui faith, if Oak Apples be broken afundec about their withering, before they have a hole thro 'em,con- tain in them one living creature or another,which if it be a Fly^ fignifieth War;if a Spider.P.fti- lence ; if a Alaggot.Murrain of Dealh ; if a Worm, fcarcity of Viciua; ,; if an Ant, plenty o£ Con : I'll bind no body to believe it, for I never tried it my felf; this I fayj they are dry and binding : being boiled in Milk and drunk, G * the/ 76 ~^ HERBS* The Phyfitians Library. they ftop Fluxes and the Terms, and being boiled in Vinegar, and the body anointed with the Vi- negar, cures the Itch. Then the College acquaints you that there are certain living Crea- tures called "* College. jyEES. Wbodlic9. Silk mormS. LJ To*ds. Crabs of the River. Little Puppy Do$s. Giajlwppers. Cano tbarides. Cothanel. Hedge bogs Emets or xAntS. Larks. SveaUvves and their young ones. Horfe leeches. Suails. Earth norms. DjfljrvaPiers or Wagtails. Houfe Sparrows and Hedge Sparrows. S^rogs. Scincus. Land Scorpions. Mdes or Worms. Tortoije of the Woods. Jen- cbes. Vipers and Foxes. Culpeper. That part of this crew of Cattle, and fome others which they have not been pleafed to learn, may be made beneficial to your fick bodies, be pleafed to underftand that. Bees being burnt to allies, and a Lie made with the Afhes, trimly deck a bald head being wafhed with ir. Snails with fhells on their backs, being firft wa.Tied from the dirt, then the fliells broken, and they boiled in Spring water, but not fcummed at all, for the fcum will fink of it lelf, and the water drunk for ordinary drink, is a ir.oft admirable remedy for a Confumprion : and here by the way I cannot but admire at the simplicity of moft Phyfitians who prefcribe, that the Snails ought to be purged from their flime either with fait or bran before they be ufed; which if you do, you take away theit virtues, for the reafon why they cure a Confumption is this, man being made of the flime of the earth the Aimy fubftanee recovers him when he is wafted : it you pleafe to eat the fnails when they are boiled you may. for they have a very pleafing tafte, and it would be very cunnn^'y done of you i* efpecially in thefe hard times, foe then you would have meat, drink and medicine all together. Befides this, being bruifed and applied to the place, they help the Gouts, draw Thorns out ot the flefli, and \ held to the Nofe help the bleeding thereof. Frogs. It is a vulgar fafliion of the Walloons to catch live Frogs, and cut off their hinder legs and fry them, and eat them, whether they be good meat or no I know not; but am fure 'tis a good Medicine for the biting of Ser- peuts: And Ojl made of it is excellent good for the ftiffnefs of the Tendons, and the fall ing off of hair. Before I come to the Com- pounds, left any fhould think I go about to hide from them any thing that might do them good, I have here inferted the living creatures and excrements, eye. in the order the College left them. The ufe of the Fats and Suets you fliall have, if you pleafe but to ftay till I come to the Oyls and Oyntments; the other which you think not'ufeful for Phyfick, will ferve to laugh at, the reading of them may make you merry, tho' the fmell of them might turn )0\ir ftomach : My felf cannot chufe bur fmile to think in what part of the Apothecaries Shop the College would have them kept, they had need place them nezt the Civet pot. Therefore confider that the College give the Apothe- caries a Catalogue of what Parts ef living Creatures and Excrements they muft keep in their fhops. College. fHe Fat, Greefe'or Suet of 4 J- Duck, Goofe, Eel, Bore, Heron, Tbymalos ( if you know" *heic (q get them; Dog, Capotit " s Bsvtr, Parts of the living Creatures, &c. 11 Sever. ,vi!d Cat, Stork, Coney, Hotfe, Hedge Hog, Hen, Mvi, Lyon, H.vt, Pike or Jack, (if they have any far, I am per. fwaded *cis worth twelyc pence a grain ) Wolf, Moufe of the Mountains, ( if you can catch t!icm ) Pardal, Hog, Serpent, Badger, Gray or Biock^ F.x, Vultur, (if you can catch 'em ) Album Grcecum, Anglice a Dogs Turd, the huckle bone of a Hare and a H n^, Eaft and Weft Bezoar, Butter noc faked. and falted, Scons taken out of Mans bladder, Vipers flcfh, frclh Chcefr, Caflnrium, white, yellow, and Virgins wax, the brain of Hares and Sparrows, Crabs claws, the runners of a Lamb, Kid, Hire, Calf and Horfc,the heart of a Bullock, a Stag, and a Weather, phe horn of an Elk. a Hart, a Rhi- noceros, an Unicorn, the skull of a man killed by a violent death, a Cocks comb, the tooth i of a Bore, an Elephant, and a Sea Horfe, Ivory or Elephants Tooth, the skin a Snake hath caft off, the Gall of a Hawk, Kullock, a (he Goat, a Hare, a Kite, a Hog, a Bull, a Bear, the cafes of a Silk worm, the Liver of a Wolf, an Occer, a Frog. Ifing.glafs, the Guts of a Wolf and a Fox, the milk of a flie Afs, a fhe Goat, Woman, an Ewe, an Heifer, Eaft aud Weft Bezoar, the ftone in the head of a Crab, and a Pearch if there be any ; ftone in an Ox gall, ftones in the bladder of a man, the Jaw of a Pike or }ack, Pearls, the marrow of the eg of a Sheep, Of. Goat, Stag, Calf, common ar.i Virgin Honey, Muik, Hiney^ Difcufsfrvellings. Maidenhair, Cleavers or'Goolegrafs, Mallows Marflimailows, Docks, Bawm, Water'crefTes, Cinquefoyl and Scordium, Pjc, b Eafe pams. Dill, Wormwood Arach, Chamomel, • Calaminth, Chamepitys, Henbane, Hops, Hogs Fennel, Parily ,Rofemary, Rue, Marjoram and Mother ef Time. >■'■■-. - » - • '•»*.* Herbs Purging. Choler. . Gro^ndfel, Hops, Peach leaves* Wormwood and <£)entaury, Mallows, Senna. ( MelancJoolly. Ox eye, Epithi- jnum, ■ Fumitory and Senna, £)odder, ...• v t . kl?legm and Water Briony, white and black Spung ;' both worfc moft violently, and are not therefore fir for a vulgar the Body after •: Purges, the quantity j.o .be .Taken at a.time, y,ci have b^en in pare inftruc- ted already, anel' Jhall be • more fuily:hereafter.i mX. I'- h-■ tuii ■ liu.at Ci , * a tits, Tragus and Dodonxus oJd-our white Thorn so be ti ; Cordus and Marcellus think it ■ o be Biyars; and Lugdunenfis takes at fo* the fweet Bryar-; r)iofcorides calkth the Flowers of the Manured Pomegranates Gytri. ms: But ?\\ny calletb the fioweas if the wild kind by that iiame>\ Fox gloves, Vipos,'Buglofs,Rocket, Eye bright, Beads,Fum:tory.Broom, Coivjlips, Saint Johns- wort, Hyfopt Jafmine, or Shrub, Trefoyl, Arch angel, or dead Netks,- white and red, Lavender, IVall firwers or Winter Gillfioxrcrs, Privet, Lilly '■vhite, and of the Valley, Hops; common and tree, Mallows, Feather, Few, Woodbine ir Hoveyjuckks Melilot, Bawm, Walnuts, Water Lillies white and yellow, Origanum, Poppies white and red, or Batiek, Poppies or Corn Rofes, fo called, becaufe they grow among ft Corn Peony, Honey fucckles or Woodbine, reach fiowcrs, Prim Rofes, Self Prim Rofes, i.-:For tbe particular operations! heal, Sloe hup, Rofemary flowers, of thefe, as alfo how to order \ Rofes white, < Damask, and red. Sage, Eldtr, white Saxifrage Mid Scabious, Siligo, •( I think' they mean Wheat" by ic : Authors ire nnt 'agreed about it ) Si*-' ebAS)T.i.r.r..ir3 2>//'c, Mullein1 or --.-■■ > ■ -V HVttptrt FLOWERS. The Thyfitians Library*, 19 Higraper, Lintree, ClovegiUifictrerS, Coltsfoot, Violets, yAgnits Caslus, dead Nettles, white acd red. Culpeper. That thefe may be a little explained for the public'* good, be pleafed to take notice that of thefe, Some are hot in the fitjl dggree, as Borrage, Bugloft, Betony. Ox eye, Rofes red white and Damask Melilot, Chamomel, Stcechas. Hot in the fecond (i'^w.Amomill. Saffron. Clovcgillifl >wers,Rockets. Bawm. Spikenard. Hops and . Schenanth. Lavender, Cafminc. \ Rofemary. J Hut in the third iogree. Agnus | Caftus, Epithimum. Winrer Giiliflowers or Wall flowers, and Woodbine or Honej fuckles. Cold in the full degree. Mallows. Rofes red. white and Damask. Violets. In the fecond. Anemone ot Wind flowers. Endive. Succory. Water Lillies, both white and yellow. In the third Belauftins or Pomegranate flowers. In the }ou,th. Henbane, and all the forts ot Poppies: only whereas Authors fay, Field Poppies which fome call red, others Erratick & Co^n Rofes, are the coldeft of all the others ; yet myjOpinion is, That they a_re not cold ia the fourth degree. M.i'd in the full degree. Borrage. Bjglofs. Mallows. Succory and Endive. In the fecond. Water Lillies. Violets. Dry *n the firH degree. Ox eye. Saffron. Chamomel. Melilot. Rofes. In the fecond. Wind flowers. Amomus. Clove Giiliflowers. Rocket. Lavender. Hops and Peony. Rofemary. Spicknard, In the third- Woodbine or Honeyfuckles. Belauftines and Epithimuna. Qernaaqdcr. Cha- mepitys. - , The tempirature of any other FloVeri not l*oa can lofe none. Fo, the farts of tee Body they are ap- propriated to, jome heat. Uc Ld, as Rofemary flowers Selfheal. Chamomel. Betony. Cowflip?. Lavender. Melilot. Peon>. Sage. Stcechas. The Breaft. Betouny. Bawn. Scabious. Schenanth. lbe Heart. Bawn> RofematJ flowers. Borrage. Buglofs and Saffron. Spicknard. -,.. The Stomach. Rofemary flowers Spicknard,Schenanth. ^n,nth VThe Liver. Centaury, Sehoenanth The Liver. Centaury, Schenanth Elder, Betony, Chamomel, Spick? "ne Spleen. Betony: Wall flow, ers. The Reins and Madder: Betony, Marfli mallows, Melilot, Sen** nanth, Spicknard. . , Ihe Womb. Betonv, Squinanth or Schatnanth, Sage, Orris or Flow. cr deluce. „ .,. The Joynts. Rofemary flowers, Cowflips, Chamomel, Melilot. Howe,s as tbn are cooling, JQ they cool. r , The Held. Violets, Rofes, the three forts of Poppies and Watec Lillies. ,.-. . _ . Ihe BreaSl and Heart. Violets, red Rofes, Water LiUics- „ . ... m Stomach. Red Rofes, Vio, "Ae Liver and SpUeu. Endiv« *nd Succory. . r Violets, Borrage and Buglofs, moiften the Heart - Rofemary flowers, Bawm and Bewiy dry it. According to proferty [p the* bind. Belauftins, Saffron, guceory^ Endive, Ked Rofes, Meliloc, Bawm, Clove Giiliflowers, Ag* uus Caftus. ffo STONES. The Thyfitians Library: Pyrites heats and cleanfeth, takes . faway dimnefs of fight. Diofcorides. • Lapfius oifins"bis\di, and mode- rately corrodes any filth/ Ulcers, I and fills them up with flcfh : be-I ing mixed with Honey, and ap- ! plied to the place, is an admirable 1 Remedy for the Gout. ' C yftal being beaten into very fine powdc. and a dram ot it at a time, helps the bloody Flux, ftops the Whites jn Women, and increafeth Milk-in Nurfes. Ma- thiolus. ^ Lapis Senius i? cooling and bind- ing, if is very comforrable ro the ftomach, buc it dulls the Senfes, helps Fluxes of rhe Eyas and Ul- cers. Diofcorides held, That it was little inferiour to Lapis ^ties in Sill his Virtues. Diofcorides. That which comes off from a "Whetftone of Cyprus, by whet- ting it, helps baldnefs : being taken inwardly wuh Vinegar. ' f pnfumes che Spleen, and helps the ^Falling fickneft. Gcodetes binds and dries, being beaten into powder, and mixed ■with wacer and .applied to the place, rakes away inflammations of the Teftides. i Pumice ftone being beaten into powder and the* Teeth, rubbed yitb it, cleanfeth them. Diofcori- des. ■ • , Jet it is of a foftning and dif- cuflmg Nature, it relifts the fi;s ef che Mother. r Lapis Mempbites. Diofcorides fai:h, That if ir be bgateu to powder and shade into an Oyntment, and the part of a.man which is to be cut off, anointed with ic, takes away the fenfe cf it without any dan- ger.'^ ' . < . : f.; Laph Ophites, fome of thefe ftones ha^e white lines in -chem : thefe jar^an admirable Remedy both for the Heav! ach and Lethargy; all of them being born about one, help the Head.,ach and biting of Se."p-:nts. \ .",.■'». < " LifLs tA/ahicus being beaten into ponder,. aad-m.iue jiituan , .■ „• >~ ,i: ', v.., Simple Diftilled ^Waters. The Phyfitians Library* 8i Simple Diftilled 'Waters. Of the frefti Roots of BRiony Onions, Elicampane, Qrrit, or Flower de luce, Turneps. Of Flowers and buds of Southernwood, baa forts of Worm ttood. Wood forrel, Ladies Mantle and Marfli mallows, ^Angelica, Vimpernel with Purple flowers, Smallage and Columbines, Sparagus, Moufear. BorragcShepherdsPurfenCJ.iwz'ni/^, Woodbine or Honey fucckles and Carduus benedicftus, our Ladies Thirties, ICnot grafs, Succor), Dragons, Coltsfoot, Fennel, Goats RW, Grafs, Hyjop, Lettuce, Lovage, Toad .flax, Marjoram, Hops, Mallows, Horehound, Feacherfew, Balm, Mints Horfe mints, Water crefTes. Englifl) Tobacco, white Pipfics and Ptllitory Of the Wall, Parfley, Plantane, Furfluni, Self heal Pennyroyal, Oak leaves, Sage, Scabious, Fig wort or Throat wort, Houll'ek or Sangreen the greater and leffer- Mother of Time, Nightflude, Tanfie, Tor- mencil and Valerian. Of Flowers of n Oranges ( if you can get them) Blew bottle che greacer. Beans, Water Lillies, Lavender, Nuc tree, Cowflips, Sloes Rofemary, Rofes whice, Damask and Red, Satyrion, Lime ctec, Clovegilliflowers Of Fruits of Oranges. Black Cherries, Pome- citrons, Cucumers. Strawberries, \Vincer Cherries, Lemmons and Rasberries, unripe Walnuts and Apples. Of parts of living Creatures, and their Excrements. * Lobjlers, Cockles, or Snails ( * I know not which their word hgni- fies ( Cockles, Snails, Periwinkles, land all fuch fliell fifli J as their |former word which 1 tranflated (Lobfters, fignifie Crabs as well as Lobfters. and I could afford to > lhink they intend River Crab here, by two or three Letters of a word, which they add at the lat- ter end ot ir, being ufual with Phyfitians becaufe they cannoe write true Latin, to abbriviate their words by the middle, thac lb a man can neither tell what gender nor what cafe they are of) Harts horn, Bullocks dung made in May, Swallows Earth worms, Mag- pies, J pawn of Frogs. Simple Waters Diftilled. being digelted before-hand Of tb* frcfl) Roots of Settles, Ot the leaves of Agrimony; Wild Tanfie or filver weed and Mugwort, Betony, Marigolds, Chamomel, Comepytis, Celandine greater and lelTer. Pilewort, Scur- vey grafs, Comfry the greacer ; Dandelyon, Afh tree leaves, Eye brighr, Fumitory, oilehoof or Gfound Ivy, Ho'fetail, St. Johns wort, Tar row Mtney wort, ReH barrow, Burnet, Solo- mons feal Ros foils, Rue Savin., and Saxifr.rge; Hearts tongue Scordium, i'amaris. Mullein, Vervairj, Pauls Becony> Mead fweet. Nettles. Of the Flowers of May weed, Broom Cowflips Butter bur, Peony, Elder. Of the berries of Broom, Elder. Culpeper. Then che College gives you an admonition concerning diftilling thefe ( fuch a one as ic is) which being converted into your Native language} is as fol- lowetb. « We gite you warning that < thefe comnion Water* be better * T " preparer! 32 FRUITS. The Phyfitians Library. prepared than |t was formerly Dry vi the firft degree.. Juniper Bsrnes. , ■In the fecond.. The Nat Ben, Ctpers, pearff Fiftickj Nacj Quinces, Nutmegs, Bayberries In the third. C---- ~ " /« the fourth. "cpper. ^appropriated to the body of man, f0 they heat the head. Anacardia.Cubebs, Nutmegs. A,Ex- doe Breaft. Bitter Almonds I AImonds» Bayberries, Juniper Dites, Cubebs, Hazsl N*ts,'I*5rri« (that cool the Stomach, and Strawberries. By their feveral operations, fome Bind: As the berries of Myrtles Barberries, Cheftnuts, 7»l~r\FUf"^2s> «aybcrries. Cornels or Cornelian Cherries, in the third. Cloves, Galls,^. Quinces, Galls, Acorns, Acorn eppc AU f°rCS of J CUPS' ^dlars, Checkers, op tups, Mcdlais, v^titv»ivti», \jk Services, Pqmsgranates, Nut- megs, Olives, Pears, and Peaches. Difcufs; Capers, aH forts of Pepper. Extenuate. Sweet and bitter JUifias of Nut- Pine. Nucs, Figs, the Sun, Jujabes' Toe bean. Wajnuts, megs, Juniper Berries. H™ *'SwM"ecc Almonds, CWes, Ben, Juniper B KMfms of the Barberries, JIJniper Bcrrics & >■ Cool the B,e,ft; Scbcftens, Prunes Oranges, Lemmons *bebe*f*. Oranges, Lem- ons, Citrons, Pomegranates, Qrunces, Pears. ' ' • The Stuma:h. Quinces and fcr . *' CacUl"er, Guords, Musk mellons, Pompious and Cherries, Goofeberries, Corne. J'an Cherritis, Cornelian, Chcr- ncs, Lemmons, Apples, Med- J*rs> O^ges, Pears, Englifh Currants, Services, or Chechers fi. h*Livtr' Thofe that cool Cfte Stomach, and Barberries $w &w andWunbi Thofe Glutinous; Acorn, Acorn cups, Dates, Raifins of the Sun, Currants £v/>e7 wind; Raifins of the Sun, fweec Almonds, Pinenuts, Figs, &c Provoke Uiine; Winter Cher' ries. Provoke the Terms ; Ivy Berries, Juniper Berries, Wal- nuts, Citrons, commonly cal- led Pomecitrons j all thex. forts of Pepper Etfe pains: Bayberries, Ju- niper Berriec, Ivy Berries and Figs, Walnuts, Raifins, Cur- rants : All the forts of Pep- per. Fruits Purging. Choler : Caflla Fiftula, Ci- tron, Myrobalans, Prunes, Tamarinds, Raifins. Melancholly. J,ndi,aji Myro- balans. ..■.*-• In the HgAYl . BaWrji, tnl Ko^mary. ' Simple Diftilled -VVsters. In the Stomach. Wormwood and jVliio, Fenhef, Chervil, lime, Mother of Time, Marigoldi. In the Liver. Wormwood, Cen- taur., Originum, Mir pram, Maudlin, Coftmarj, Agrimony, Fennel. In th.- Spleen. Water crcfTss and Wormwood, Calaminth. In the Reins and Bladder. Rocket Nectles, Saxifrage, Pellitory of the Wall Elecampane, Burner. In the Wimb. Mugworth, Cala- minth, Peniro'i al, Savin, Mother of Time, Lovage. Waters concolting Mdanchrlly in the head, are of Hops, Fumicory. The Breafl.' Bawm, Carduus benediiflus. The Hart. Borrage, Buglofs, Bawm. Rofemary, lb: Liver. Endive, Chicory and Pops. 'Iue Spleen ; DoJdcr, Harts tongue, Tamaris, Tune. Having thus ended the appro- priation^ I -mall pe.il: brieH/ of the Virtue", of Diftilled Waters. > Lettuce waret cools the blood when it is over heated for when it is not, it needs no cooling: it cools che Head and Liver; ftayes hoc vaprtUrs alcending to the Head, and hmdreth fl-*ep : it quencheth immoderate thirft. and breeds Milk in Nurfes. Di- ftil it in May.' Purflane water cools the blood and Liver, q.iencheth chirft, helps fuch as fpic blood, aud hive hot coughs and peitilences The diftilled water of Water LilK' Howes, cools the blood and the bowels, and all internal parts of the body, wclp. fuch as have the yellow Janndice. hot Coughs and Pleurifus, the head ach coming of hoc Fevers p-ftilencial and iioc not pcftilential, as alfo Hccftical Fevers. • The. Water of Violet Flowers, eools the blood, the Heart, Liver and Lang* over h:at;J, aud al:"o The Phyfitiavs Library. 83 quencheth an infatiable defire of drinking : they are in their prime abouc the latter end of Ma,d > or beginning of ^April, according as the year falls out. The water of Sorrel cools the Blood, Hcarr, Liver and Sple«V.: ] If Venice Treacle be given yith it, ii is profitable in peftilen"* al Fevers; diftil it in May. Endive and Succory water are excellent: sgainft all heac in the ftomach, if you take an ounce oi either ( for their operation is the fame ) morning and evening four days one after another, they cool the Liver, and cleanfe the Blood. They are in their prime in May. Fumitory water is ufual with the City Dames to wafli their Faces with, to take away Mor- phew, Freckles and Sun burning. Inwardly taken helps the yellow Jaundice and Itch, cleanfeth the blood, provokes fweat, ftrengthens the Sconaach, and cleanfech the bad) of aduft humours. It is in its prime in May and June. The water of Nightfliade helps pains iu the head comiog of heac. Take heed you diftil not the deadly Nightfliade of the common ' if you do. you may make mad work. Let.fuch as have, noc wit enough to kno^ them afunder, have wit enough to let them both alone til' they do. The water of whice Poppies excinguiiheth all heat againft na- cu;c helps head achs coming of heat, and too long (landing in the Sun. Diftil them injfuneor July, Coltsfoot water is excellent foe burns to wafli the place with iti inwardly taken, it helps Ptifick and other Difeafes incident to the Lungs. Diftil them in May oc June. The water of diftilled Quinces ftrengchehs the Heatt and Sto- mach exceedingly, ftajes Vomit- ing and Fluxes, ami ftrengthens the retentive faculty jn man. ' Damask »4 Simple Dlftill. Waters*- the Phyfitians Library. . Damask Rjfe water cool* comforrs and ftrengthens the Heart; fo both red Rofe water only with this difference, the' one is binding, the other loof- ning ; if your body be coftivc Ufe Damask Role water, be. caufe it is Joofning; if loofe ufe red, becaufe it is binding White Rofe water is general. ly known to be excellent againft hoc Rheums and Inflammations in the Ey?s; and for this it is better than the former. The Water of red Poppy Flowers, called by many Corn Rofes, becaufe they grow fo frequently amongft corn, cools the blood and fpirits that is overheated by hard drinking or labour and is therefore 'excel- lent in Surfeits. Green Wall nuts gathered about the latter end of June or beginning* f July and bruifed, and fo ftilled, ftrengthen the Heart, and refift the PetVilcnce. Plantane water helps the Head ach, b;ing dropped into the Ear it helps the Tooth jch, helps the Phtifick, Drop- fies and Fluxes, and is an ad- mirable Remedy for Ulcers in the Reins and Bladder, to be ufed as common Drinks; the Herb is in its prime in May Scrawbsrry water cooleth, quencheth Thirft, clarifisth the Blood, breaks the Stone, helps alio all inward inflammati- ons, efpecially thofe in the ■Reins, Bladder aud pafTages of Jhe Urine, it ftrengthens the Liver, and helps the yejlow Jaundice. The diftilled Water of Dog graft, or Couch grafs ( as fome , Call it) cleanfeth the Reins] . gallantly, and provokes Urin«, opens obftru&ions of the Liver and Spleen, and kills Worms. Black Cherry Water provoke Urine, helps the Drop fie. Ic is ufually given in difeafes ef the Brain, as Convullions, Falling Sicknefs, Palfie and Apoplexy. Becony is in its prime in May che diftilled Water thereof is very good for fuch as are pain. ed in their heads, it prevails againft the Dropfie and all forts of Fevers, it fuccours the Liver and Spleen, and helps want of Digeftion and evil difpoficion of the Body thence arifing; it haftens Travail in. Women with Child ;' and is excellent againft the bitings of venomous Beafts. Diftil Sage whilft the flowers be on it;'the Water ftrength- ens the Brains, provokes the Terms, helps Nature much in all his a&ions. Marjoram is in its prime in June ; the diftilled Water is ex- cellent for fuch whofe Brains are too cold, ic provokes Urine and heats the Womb, provokes rhe Terms, ftrengthens the memory, and helps the Judg- ment, caufeth an able Brain. DiftilChamomile water about, the beginning of June It eafeth the chohek and pains in the belly, it breaks the Stone in the Reins and Bladder, provokes the Terms, expels the dead Child , and takes away pains in the head. '' * Fennel water ftrengthens the heart and brain, dilates the OSeaft, the cough, provokes the terms, and encreafeth milk in Nurfes 3 and if you wafh your eyes with ir3 clears/r^he fight: The . Chin&ical Preparations. The Phyfitians Library. 85 The Hoofs of the f<^ feet of a Cow dryed and ta»5 any way, encreafeth Milk in^ur- fes, the fmoak of thefh burnt drives away Mice. Mizaldus. Calaminth Water heats and I cleanfeth the Womb, provoke the terms, and eafeth the pain*! of the head : diftil it in May. The diftilled Water 0f Rofe. mary flowers helps fuch as an troubled with the yellow Jaun dice, Afthmaes ; it cleanfeth the Blood, helps Conct&ion ftrengthens the Brain & bodj exceedingly. Watar of the flowers of Lil- lies of the Valley, ftrengthens the Biain and all Senfes. The water of Cowflip flow- crs helps the Palfies ( Sc thence they obtained the nama of Varalyfis) takes away pains in the head, the Vertigo and Me. grim, and is exceeding good for Women with Child. The eyes being wafhed every morning with Eye bright water. moft ftrangely clears and alfb ftrengthens the fight. Maidenhair diftilled in May, the Water cleanfeth both Livct and Lyngs, clarifies the blooL and breaks the Stone. Hyfop water cleanfeth the Lungs of Flegm, helps Coughs and Alhhmacs, Diftil it in Au- g«Jl- The water of Horehound helps the Cough and Straitnefs of the Breaft ; it ftrengthem the Breaft, Lungs and Stomach and Liver. Diftil it in July. Carduus water fuccours rhe head, ftrengthens the memory, helps fuch as are troubled with Jcrjigoej and quartan Agues; it provokes fweac, ftrengthens the heart, and is good in Pef- tilences, and all other Fevers of Choler. It is in its prime in May and June. Scabious warer helps Pleuri- fies and pains, and pricking in che fide?, Apofthsmss, Coughs, Peftlences, and ftraitnefs of the Breaft. Watsr of Flower de luce is very profitable in Dropfies, an ounce being drunk continually morning and evening ; as alftJ ;>iins and torments in the Bawels* Bawm water Diftilled in May, reftores memory when it is loft, it quickens all the fen. I'es, ftrengthens the Brain, the ilsart and Stomach, caufeth a merry mind & a fweec Breath. The water of Comfry foders broken bones, being drunk, helps Ruptures, outwardly it ftops the bleeding of wounds, chey being walhed with it. Wormwood Water diftilled cold about the end of May, heats and ftrengthens the Sto- mach, helps conco&ion, ftays vomiting, kills worms in the Stomach and Bowels : it miti" gates the pains in the Teeth, and is profitably given in Fe. vers of Choler. Mint water Strengthens the Stomach, helps concoction, and ftays Vomiting. Diftil it at tie latter end of Miy, or the beginning of June, as the year is in forwardnefs or backward* nefs ; obferve that in all the reft. Chervil Water diftilled a. jouc the end of May, helps rlupturcs, breaks rji: Scone, and; 85 Chinaical Preparations^ The Phyfiifas Library mi \7;' difTolves congealed blood, ftreng- thens the Stomach. The Wa^r of Mother of Time ftrengthens the Brain and Stomach, gets a rran to a good Stomach to his V-duals. provokes Urifte arid the Terms, heats the Womb. It is in its prime about che end ot June. The Water of Marigold flowers is appropriated to^moft cold Di- feafes ot the head, ey.«s and "Sto- riiaeh, they are in their vigour when the Sun is in the Lion. Diftilled Water, of Centaury comforts a cold Stomach, help in Fevers of Choler, it kills worms, and provokes Appetite to Viduals. Maudlin and Coftmary water diftilled in .May or June, jftreng- thens the Liver, helps the >ellow Jaundice, opens obftrudions, and helps the Drop fie. Water crefTes diftilled in March, the Water cleanfeth the Blood, and provokes Urine exceedingly, kills Worms; out- wardly mired with. Honey, it clears the Skin of Morphew and Sun burning. Diftil nettles wh'Cn they are in flowers, the Water helps Coughs and alfo pains in t^he bowels, provokes Urine, and breaks the Stone. *" Saxifrage water provokes the Urine, expels wind, breaks the Stone, cleanfeth the Reins and Bladder of gravel: diftil them when they ate in flower. The water of Pelitory of the wall opens obftrudions of the Liver and Spleen, by drinking an ounce ©f it every morning, it cleanfeth both the Reins and Blader, and eafeth alfo the gupings of (&$ bowels coming of w of M in^ Diftil it in the end r.fl||br beginning of Jtine. Cinquefoyl water breaks the Scone, cleanfith the Reins; and is ot excellent ufe in putrifiecf Fever;. Dulil it in May. The water of R'idif7i»s break* the Stone, cleanfeth the Reins' and Bladder, it alfo provokes the Terms, ^nd alfo helps the" yellow Jaundice, Elicampine water, ftrengthens: the Stomach and Lungs, and, provokes Urine, and cleanfeth che pafljges ot it from Gravel. Diftil Burnet in May or June, rhe water breaks rhe ftone, and cleanfeth the pafTages of Urine, and is exceeding profitable inr peftilenti.il times. Mugwort . wafer di/tilled in May is excellent in Coughs and Difeafes proceeding from the? ftoppagc of the Terms in wo- men ; ic warms the ftomach, and heJps the DropfitV Diftil Feneroyal when th^ flowers are upon it, the water heats the Womb gallantly, and( provokes .the Terms, expels the after birth, cuts and cafts out thick, and grofs humours in the' breaft, eafeth pains in the bow- els, and cohl'umes the flegm. The Water of Lovage diftil"-: led in May, eafeth pains in the head, and cures Ulcers in jhti Womb being wafhed with it ; inwardly taken, it expels wind, and breaks the ftone. The tops of flops when « they are young being diftilled* the water cleanfeth the blood of adgft and, gaehtfuholiak bui moursf Simples, &c. The Phyfitians Library. 87 mours, and therefore helps all fcabs. itch and Leprofi'i, and fuch like Difeafes tncnce pro- ceeding ; it opens obftrudions of the Spleen, helps the Rick- ets and H)pochond;iack Melan- cholly. The water of Borrage and B igtofs diftilled when their H >wers art upon them, doth ftrengthen the heart and brain exceedingly, cleanfe the blood, and takes away fadnefs, greets and Melancholly. Dodder water cleanfeth the Liver and Spleen, and helps the yellow Jaundice. Tamaris Water opens the obftrudions, and helps alfo the hardnefs of the Spleen, and ftrengthens it. Englifh Tobacco diftilled, the Water is excellent good for fuch as have Dropfi.:s, to drink an ounce or two every morn- ing -, ir helpeth Ulcers in the mo-ith, ftrengthens the Lungs, and helpeth alfo fuch as have Afthmaes. The Water of Dwarf Elder hath the fame effids. Thus have you the virtues enough of cold waters, the ufe of which is for mixture, whof; operation is the fame, for they are very feldom given alone. If you delight moft in liquid Medicines, having regard to the Difeafe and part of the Body afflicted by it : thefe will furniih you with wherewithal to make them fo as will pleafe your palate beft. Compounds COMPOUNDS. Spirit and Compound Di- ftilled Wacers. Culpeper.-ryZfo'c I b:gin thefe. I ■D thought good to pre- mife a fey words. They are all hoc in operation, and there- fore nor to bs mc.lled with by people of ho: co iftitutions when they are in health, for fear ot Fevers and oduftionr of blood, bat for people ot cold consti- tution, as melancholick. and fleg- matick people. If they drink of them moderately .now and then for recreation, due confe- deration being had to the pare ot the body which is weakefb, they may do them good : yes in Difeafes of Melancholly, nei- ther ftrong Waters nor Sack is to be drunk, for they make the humour thin% and then up to the head ic flies, where it fills the Brain with foolifh and I fearful Imaginations, 2. Let all young people for- bear them whilft they are in health; for their blood is ufu- ally hot enough without therm 3. Have regard to rue feafon of the year, fo fhall you find them more beneficial in Sum- mer than in Winter, becaufe in Summer the Body is always cold eft within, and digeftion weakeft, and that is the reafon why men and women eat left in Summer, than they do in Winter, which makes it very prejudicial to their health. Thus much for people that are in health, which drink ftrong waters for recreation. As for the medicinal ufe of them, it fhall be dewed at the latter end of every Re- ceipt, §n4 now ia genual thej ate 88 Compounds, &e, ■ T aref due refped had to the hu- mours affliding, and part of the body afflided ) medicinal for Di- feafes of Cold and Flegm, chil- nefs of the fpirits, c Thefe things thus premifed, I Come to the matter. The firft the fQollege prefents govt with J£« he Phyfitians Library. Spiritus r> tAqua tAbfinthli minus Compoflta. Pag. 30. Or, Spirit and Water of Worm- wood, the leffer Compofition. College, lake of the leaves of dried Wormwood, two 'pound, xAnnis feeds half a pound, sieep them in fix Gallons of fmall wine twenty fcur hours, then diflil them in an lAlembick.adding to every pound of the difliiled Water tcvo ounce, of the befl Sugar. Let the two firft ounces you draw out be called fc Spirit of Wormwood-, thofe which follow, Wormwood water, the lefTec Compofition. Cilpcper. I like this djftindion of the College very well, becaufe what is firft ftilled out, is far ftrd'nger than .the firft, and therefore very ftcting to be kept by ic felt: You may take which you pleafe, according as the tem- perature ot your body, either to heat or cold, and the feafon of the year requires. It hath the fame Virtues that Wormwood hath; only fitter to be ufed by filch whole bodies are chilled by age, and wh >fe natural heat abateth. Vou may fearcfi che Herb for the virtues.ic heaseth the ftomach, and helpethdigeftion. College. After this manner, ( only omitting the Annifeeds) is diftilled fpicit and water of ^Angelica, both' Herb and Root. Btvan. Mints. Sage, &C The Flowers of Rofemary. Clary. Clove giiliflowers. &c- lbe feeds of "Caraway, &C. Jumper berries. Orange peelt. Lemmons. Citrons, &C. Cinnamon, Nutmegs, &CC. Splrit'ts 1? tAqua iAbfmthii meg' ecn- pofita, 30. Or Spirit and vV'a- ter of Wormwood, the greater Compofition. College. Take Common and Roman Wormwood, of each a pound ; Sage. Mints. Bawm, of each two handfals ;•'■.. rfce Roots of Galanga, Ginger* Calamus and Aromaticus", EJecarttp'ane, of each three drams* Liquorice an ounce, Spirits, &cl The Tiaiftns of the Sin <\oned three ounces, xAnnifttds and fweet Fennel feeds, of etch three drams : €innamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, of each two danifh Wine, tor twenty four hours, the" dillilled in an Alem. biclf, adding two ounces of white Su.^ar to every pint of diftilled water. Lee the firft pint be called the Spirit of .Vormwood; the greater Compofition. Culpeper. In this Recipt they have only in their new Mafter v piece left Otlt According to otrt ; & I commend them, for fure ic was advifedh* done of them.' • The Opinion of Authors is, That ic heats the ftomach, and ftrengthen* it and the Lungs, • expels wind, and helps digeftion In ancient people. 1 Spiritus & tAq'tot rhe name of Spirit, the reft bv then i me of water. Culftfer. Tub R.ceipc was far different from .*h.icAu^lica water which :ney da'cubed in their laft Difpcnfccory. ^ Phyfitiani Library. Zy The chief end of eompnfi - ■)<'■* Medicine, was to ftrengj^eu tV? Heart, and refift imVft:- ,\- i therefore is very whuil":v» n Peftilential times, «nd for i. .': a*-- walk in flunking Air. ^Angelica water the greater fA>'4" ,' -: The College. Take of Jt*oi\: ■., i pound, lAnnifeed half a pound C ,!:■;- der and carraway feeds, of e'ar!- ■■■■■-■ ounces; Zedoary bruifed three t.-m.■.< ■.,; fleep them 2i< ^ fmall wine then draw out the Spi'it. eth the Peftilence, and all c:tm (•: ' Airs, which indeed are the h?j.>i:S}.' caufe* of Epidemical Diie.i-':s/i!.;-i! lick may take a fpoonful uj ::i ( any convenient cordial ; a; i ; i as as are in health, and hive !• • dies either cold by N.ui-ie. ■■? cooled by age, may take .;sw '.'t, either in the morning fail-in.;, o. i lirfle before meat. Spiritur Lavendulce compofitns^'..! !■ • . 33. Or, Compound S;: ::<.•' Lavender. Matthias. The Collie. Tike of Liver ■' - flowers one gallon, ro wh?c)v r <• .- three gallons of the befl fpi; is (.».:' Wine, fee them ftanct trig: tins- i<\ the Sun fix days, then diittj . 1 with an Alemoick with hisr. i- "■geratory. j Tike of the flowers of ?>r~, Rofemary and Beton ot e^c'.j ■<'■ ■*■ iiiii-i^fiil ; the flowers of .'Bo'r.ige, Bug4ofs, Lillies of the Y ;-■!<-.;»*: Cowflips, of each two -run'uf..U ; let the flowers being ne\v'\ ■ ■< A feafo'nably gathered, be y. i' f- : < one gallon of the beii. i;., , : afortgoiug fpiru ot L,.«.-.: ■-■-. ^ flowers, adding the leiv-.-s -t, after add Citron peels the luirw. ', Bark'. Beony Jeeds buiked 1,' -eh fix drams j Cinnamon} Mace.-V'.-»< ^s, 90 Spirits, &ci T»e Tl.yfitiatts-Library. Cardamoms, Cuhehs: yellow Saiux den, of each half an ounce ; wood of Aloes one dram, the befl jujubes the ftones being taken cut half a pound, digefl them fix weeks, then jlrain it and filter it, and add to it pep and Pearls tmo drams, Erne - raids prepared a fcniple, Amber greefe, Musk, Saffron, of eaeh half a fcruple; arid rofes dried, red Sanders, of each half an ounce ; yellow Sanders, Citron peals dried, of each one dram : let the ftecies leing tied up in a rag, be hung ■ into the aforegoing fpirit. Spiritus Caft or ii. 32. Or, Spirit of Caftorium. The College. Take of frclh Caftorium four ounces, Laven- der flowers an ounce } an ounce, trie tops of Sage and Rofemary of each half an ounce j Cinnamon fix drams, Mace, Cloves of each two drams, fpirit of Wine rectified fix pound : digeft them in a Vioi filled only to the third part, clofe flopped with Cork and Bladder in warm afhes for two days, and then diftil it in * BalneoteMarise ( a Table at the latter end fhall inftrua you in *JI fuch crabbed words) and the diftilled water keep cloje flopped, Culpeper. By reafon of its heat it is no ways fit to*be taken alone, but mixed with other convenient Medicines appropriated to the difeafes you would give it for, it refifts poyfon, and help fuch as are bitten by venomous beafts ; it caufeth fpeedy delivery to Women in Travail, and caftcjh out the after birth; it helps the fits of the Mother, Lethar- gies and Convulfions ; being mixed with white wine and dropped into the Ears, it helps deafnefs, if flopping be the caufe of it ; the dofe to be gi- ven inwardly is between one dram and half a dram, accord. ing to the ftrength and age of rhe Patient. Aqua Petafitidis CompofitA, 31. Or Cqmpound W ater ot Butter Burs. The College. Take of the frefh roots of Butter burs bruifed one pound and an half; the Roots of Angelica and Mafter wort, of each half a pound; fteep them in ten pints of ftrong Ale, then diftil them till the change of the tafte gives a teftimony that the ftrength is drawn out. Culpeper. This water is very effiftual being mixed with ' other convenient Cordials, for fuch as have Peftilential Fevers, alfo a fpoonful taken in the morning, may prove a good prefervative in all Peftilential times: it helps the fits of the Mother, and fuch as are fhort winded ; and being taken in- wardly, dries up the moifture of fuch Sores as are hard to be cured. Jqua Kapham Compojta. 33* Or, Compound water of Radifhes, The College. Take of th ' leaves of both forts of Scurvy graft, ' of each fix pound -, having bruifed 1 them, pre[s the pice of them, with ] which mix of the juice of $rook* "-MaudWattrsreffes, of fachont pound Spirits, &C The Ph found and an half, of the beft white Wine eight pound ; nnd twelve tthole lemmons peels And all, frefs Briony Rvcti four pnand »''-' Hoots of wild R.idifljcs two pound; Capt. Winter's Cinnamon half a pound, Nutmegs four ounces, tleep them all together ; and then diflil them. \Aqua. Peonia Compofta. %%. Or, Compound Water of Peony. Col I edge. Take the flowers of (!Un i of the Valley one pound, infufe them in four Gallons of Spanifh Wine fo lung, till the following "Blowers may be had frefl). Take of the fore named Flow- ers halt a pound, Peony Flowers four ounces -, fteep them together fourteen days, then diftil them in B.dneeo Mari*. till they be dry : in the diftilled liquor infufe again male Peony roots gathered * in due time ( * xAndthat is they know n it when : if you will be precife in ycu> time, let it be in the hour and day of the Sun, he riftng in the Lion, and the Moon applying to his Sextile or Tine) two ounces and an half, whice Dittany, long Birthwort of each half an ounce; the leaves j of Mifeltoof the Oak and Rue,! of each two hand fills ; Peony feeds husked ten drams, Rae feeds three drams and an half, Caftorium two Icruplcs, Cubebs, Mace of eaclv two drams; Cinnamon an ounce and an h ill, Squills prepared three drams ; Rofemary flowers fix pugils ; Arabian Srcechas, Laven- der of each four pugils ; and the Flowers of Betony, Clove Gillf- flowers and Cowflips, each eight pugils : then adding four pound of the juice of black Cherries. Diftil it in a glafs till it be dry. Culpeper. If the Authority ot Eraflus, or daily experience will ferve the turn, then was the Re- ceipt chiefly compiled againft the ConTtilfion Fits ; but the denva. lion of the word note* It to be prevalent againft the Filling tick. litfj alfo j and indeed Melius, and tfitiam Libraryl 9? Experience pleads for thi* alfo? it is true, and the Comoofition of Erattus differs from this, and fa doth another recited by Johditiie* Langius; but it feems our Phyfi- tians (for fome reafons beft known co themfelves f efteemed this the beft at this time* for their mindl are mutable. Well then, having mow learned the Virtues of the Water, a word or two of the ufe will noc be amifs; Erattus was of opinion, that both thefe Difeafes were cau- fed by the Moon ( and fo am I of that opinion alfo, for I know tome at this time that are con* ftantly troubled with the Falling Sicknefs only at the new and full Moon. I could give reafons foe this judgment of Erajliistbixt I am unwilling to be tedious) Theri. faith he, If the Difeafe come daily, let a fpoonful of it be taken both morning and evening ; if weekly^ then let it be taken only at the new and full Moon, and at hee Quartiles to the Sun ; if it begirt to wear awa>, then only twice a month, viz. at the new and full Moon will fufrice. Ic profits alfb in time of the fit, by rubbing their temples, noftrils, and Jawt with it. lAqua Bexoartica. I j. Or, Bezoar Water. College. Take of the leaves of Celandine the greater, Root and aQt three Ltndfnh and an half: Rue, tiro handfuls, Scordium four handfnli, Dittany of Creet, Carduus, of each one baudful and a half, Zedoary and Jinge i lieu roots, of each three drams, Citron and Lemmon peels, of each fix drams ; Ciovtgilliflowers one ounce and an half, red Rofes, Centaury tbc lefs, of each tvto drams; Cinnamon, Cloves, of each three drams : Venice Tteacle, three ounces, Metbridate one ounce and an half, Camphire twofcruples, Troches of Vipers two ounces, Mace two drams Wood of Aloes half an ounce, yellow Sanders one dram and am half, Carduus feeds one ounce, Citron feeds f" drams lee them be H l cue $2 Spirits, &c\ fhe Phyfitians Library. tut and infafsd in fpirit of Wine I and Malaga Wine, of each three pound and an half; Vinegar of Clovegilliflowers, juice ofLemons. of each one pound, and diftilled in a Glafs Still in BaUao Maria, after it is halfftilled Iff, the refidue may be ftrained through a linnen cloth.and be reduced to the thiclc- hefs of honey, arid called the Bezoarrick Extract. Culpeper. Extracts have the lame Virtues with the Waters they are made from, onlv the different form is to pleafe the-quaint palate of fuch whefe fancy loaths any one particular form. This Bezoar water ftrengthneth the Heart, Arteries and Spirits Vital: It provokes fweat, and is exceeding good in peftilential Fevers, in health it withftands Melancholly and Confumptions, and makes a merry, blirh chearful Creature. Ot the Extract you may take ten grains at a time, or fomewhat more, if your body be not feverifh, half a fpoonful of water rs4j)fncient at a time, and that mixed with other Cordials or Medicines appropriated to the Difeafe that troubles you, which Che Table at the latter end of the Book will direct you to : And take this for a general rule, when any thing is too hut to take by its felf, refort to che Tabb* of Difea- fes, which will amply fjrnifh you with what to mix it; and efpeci- ally the cold waters, the virtues of which you have amply in this Edi- tion. This is Langius his Receipt. lAqua is Spiritus Lumbricorum, Magiflralis 34- Or, Water and Spirit of Earthworms. CollegeJTike of Earthworms well cleanfed three pound, Snails with fhells on their backs cleanfed, two Gallons, beat them in a Mortar, and put them into a convenient veflel, adding ftinsjing Nettles, Roots and all fix handfuls* wild Angelica four handfuls, Brank T^rfine feven handfuls, Agrimony, Bejonj of each three handfuls? Rue one handful,common Wormi wood two handfuls, Rofemary dowers fix ounces, Dock Roots ten ounces, theRoots of Sorrel 5 onnces,Turmerick, the inner bark of Barberries, of each four ounces, Fenugreek feeds two ounces, and Cloves powdered three ounces, Harts horn, Ivory in grofs pow- der, of each four ounces ; Saffron three drams, fmall fpirit of Wine fjur gallons and an half: after 24 hours irfhifion, diftil them fit an Alembiek, 1ft the fout firft pounds be rderved tor fpirit, the firft for Water. Culpeper. 'Tis a Mefs of Altoge- ther, it may be they intended it for an univerfal Medicine. xAqua Gentian* compofita. 35. Of, Gentian Water Compound. College. Take of Gentian rooti fliced one pound and an half, the leaves and flowers of Centaury the lefss of each 4 ounces; fteep them eight days in 12 pound of white wine, then diftil them in an Alembiek. Culpeper. It condnceth to pre- fer vation, from ill Air and Pefti- lential Fevers, it opens Obftrudi- ons of the Liver, and helps fuch as they fay are Liver grown ; it I eafeth pains in the Stomach, helps Digeftion, and eafeth fuch as have pains in their bones by ill lodging abroad in the cold : it provokes appetite, and is exceeding good for the yellow Jaundice, as alfo for prickings or ftitches in the Jides; it provokes the Terms, and expels both birth and after birth ir is naught tor Women with Child ; It there be no Fever, you may take a fpoonful or tafterful by its felf, if there be, you may if you pleafe mix it with fome coo- ler medicine appropriated to ths fame ufe you will give it tor. *Aqua Gilberti. 31. Or Gilbert Water. College. Take ot Scabious, Bur* net, Dragons, Bawm, Angelicaj Pimpernel with purple floweri Tormentil Roots and all; of each two Spirits, &c. The Phyfitians Library, 93 two handfuls ; Jet all of them r being rightly gathcicd and ' prepared, be ftecped in four gallons of Canary Wine ; ft ill cff three gallons in an Alem- biek, to wiiich add 3 ounces of each of the cordial flowers, Ch-ve Giiliflowers fix ounce;, Saffron half an ounce, Tur- merick two ounces, Galangn, Bazil feeds, of each one dram ; Citron pee Is dryed one ounce, the feeds of Citrons and Car- duus,Cloves,of each j ounces ; Harts horn four ounces : fteep them twenty four hours, and then diftil them in Balneo Ma- ria-^ to the ftilled Water add Pearls prepared an ounce and an half, led Coral prepared, Crabs eyes prepared, white Amber ot each 2, drams; Crabs chws finely powdered 6drams, Bezoar, Ambergrcefe, of veach X fcruples : fteep them 6 wetks in the Sun in a vefTel well flopped, often fliaking ic, then filter ir, ( you may keep the powder fqr SpicoiJ temp, ) by mixing iz ounces of Sugar candy with fix ounces of red Rofe water, and four runccsof fpirit of Cinnamon wich it. Culpepei. I fuppofc this was invented for a Cordial to ftrengthen the Heart, to relieve languilhing Nature. It is ex- ceeding dear, I forbear the Dofe ; they that have money enough to make it them/elves, cannot want time to ftudy both the Virtues and Dofe. I would have Gentlemen to he fiudious. 0»ily one thing I would de. mand of che College that make !hcjr brags fo wuch of rnind- ing their Countreys g»od, theft? fame fpecics ahich thev ap-? pointed to be left ) afee ufe in this Medicine ) for Species, cordiales temperate ; doth the Virtue come out of them in this Medicine or nor ? it hot, why are they put in ? if yes, then will the Species cord.ales temperatce be like themfelyes, viz. good for nothing but ta deceive people. Aqua cordialis frigida Saxonix 36. College. Take of the juice of Borrage, Buglofs, Bawm, Biflort, Tormentil% Scordium, Vervahijbarp pointed Dock, Sorrel, Goats Rne, Myrrh y blue bottle great & fmall • Ro[es, Maiigolh, Lemmons, Ci- trous of each fix ounces; Burnet, Cinquefoyl of each three ounces , white wine Vinegar one Pound t\ Fw ft a in feed two ounces, Citron ana Carduus feeds, of each half an ounce ; Water Lilly flowers, two ounces, the floncis of Borrage, B"glJ.fs> Violets, Clovegillifiorvers, of each one ounce ; Diatrionfan^ talon fix dram 1 : let all of them being rightly prepaied, be infuftd three days, then diftilled in a Glafs Still; to the diftilled liquor add earth of Lemnos, Siletia and Sa. »>os of each one ounce and an hlllf ; lev Is prepared with the juice of Citrons three drams, mm hem, mi keeP them together. Culpeper. Some fmall altera-" tions they have made in fome medicines not worth fpeaking of, yet will they ferve to va=. pour with ; look here's fueh 4 thing altered^ hers is a grain. and a half put in where (here was hat a grain before, the other is dangerous to the Cor% mpnwcalch, and PrcdccelTors. i Hi "9$ Spirits, Crc. The Phyfitians Library, fome of their own handy Works. Ic mightily cools the blood, and therefore profitable in Fe- Vers, and all Difeafes proceed- ing of heat of blood : it alfo provokes fleep. You may take half an ounce at a time, or two drams if the party be fcveak. .» Jqua Thericalis. 36. Or, Treacle Water. College. Take of the juice of Green Walnuts four pound, the juice of Rue three pound, juice of :Carduus Marigolds and Balm, of each two pounds, green Petatifis Roots one pound and an half, the Roots cfBurs one pound, Angelica and Mafterwort, of each half a pound j the leaves of Scordium Jour handfuls, old Venice Treacle, Methridate, of each j eight ounces; Canary Wine', twelve'' pound, Vinegar fix ! pound, juice of Lemmons two | pound; digeft them two-d*ys; cither in Horfe dung, or in a JBath, the veffel being.clofe ( ihutv.then diftil them in fand, I an- the ' diftillation you may j make a Theriacai Extraction. 1 Culpeper. This water is ex- ceeding • good in all Fevers, efpecially Peftilential ; ic ex- pelleth venemous Humours by fwcar.; ; It ftrengthens the £ieart and- Vitals. It is an admirable Counter poyfon ; fpecinl good ;for fuch as. have Yhe Plague, or are poylened or birten 4»y venomous beafts, and expellet-h -virulent • humours frem-iuch as^ have the French Pox. 1^ >'ou defire to know more Virtues of ir, fn che Virtues of Venice I itac.ie : The Dofe is from a i^co.iful to an onnce. Aqua Br'iomoe compofita. 2 7- Or, Briony Water Compound College. Take of the juice of Briony Roots four prunes rhc leaves of Rue and Mi £'-vort of each two pound ; dried Savin three handfuls, Feather- few, Nep, Penyroyal, cf each two handfuls ; Bnzil. Dittany, of Creet, of each twa handfuls and an half; Oiange feels four ounces, Myrrh a ounces, Caftorium one ounce 9 Canary Wine twelve poundy digeft them four days in a conveni* ent veflel, then ftill them in Ealneo Maria ; About the mid die of the diftillation ftrain it out, and make an Hyfterical Extraction of the refidue. Culpeper. A fpoonful of ic I taken eafeth x the Fijs of the Mother in Women thac have | them ; It potently expels the After birth, and clears the body of what a Midwife, by heedlefsnefs or accident hath left behind ; It cleanfeth the Womb exceedingly, and for that I fancy it much.- Take not above a Taller full at * time, and that in the morning5 fading ; for it is of a purging quality, and let Women with Child forbear it; This was called Aqua Hyflerica. in their former Edition. Aqua Imperial^- 37. Qf, Imperial Water. College.' Take of dried Citront and Spin :> &cl The Thyfitiant Library. 95 and Orange peels, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, of each two ounces'; the Roots of Cyprus, Orrit. Hoientine, Cala- mus xAromaticus of each an ounce ; Zedoary, Galanga, Ginger of each half an ounce, the tops of Lavender and Roft.ia.y, of each two handful/, the leaves vj Bay Marjoram, Bawm and Mints, Sigc, Time, of each one hand ful : the fibers if White and Damatk R'fi-> it felf, laftly, mix one ounce of Julep of ^Alexandria, and a fpoonful of Cinna- mon water with each pound. Culpeper. tAqua Prothericalis fig- nifieth a water for treacle, fo then if you put Diafcordium to ic, 'tis a water for Diafcordium , well, then we'll t Jte it for a general water for all Phjfick. yAqua Caponus. 38. OFj Capon Water. College. Take a Capon, tha Guts being pulled out, cut it in pieces, the fat being taken away, boiled in a fufheient quantity of Spring water in a dofe VcfTel,ther| take of this Broth three pound : Borrage and Violet Water, of each a pound and an half: white Wine one pound, red Rofe leaves two drams and an half, the flowers of Borrage, Violets and Buglofs, ot each one dram ; Pie- ces of Bread hot out of the Oyerj half a pound, Cinnamon bruife4 half an ounce, ftiU ft »n a glaff Still, according to art, Culpeper. Divers Phyfitians have written feveral Receipts of chia Water, as Gefner. And e BecauHst Med. Florenu and Colonienf. ii a c the truth is, This Receipt ( althq our Phyfitians conceal it) was bos-rowed from the (Aijiffcq Phyfitians. and only oecaufe they, thought ( as I fuppofe ) Capon muft not be «"n without Bread, S 5 Spirits, &i. the Thyfitians Library'. fded the Bread to it; the Jhappen to live where no better •>i.-; is verbatim from the Au. ■y:!l:nt .Phyfitians. The Sim- • c.':'.vt moft of them appro- ;. (■•:.! to the Heart, and in, | ,.h the Compofition greatly! ; ..-a-.riii.cth and ftrcngtheneth J.ii.as are in Confumptions, i. d v.froieth Strength loft ei. ■'■ i Fevers or other Sick ' '•.' 'Ic'isa fovereign remedy 1 Ih&ick Fevers and Maraf ;:'.;-. , '* hich is nothing elfe but : C'-.jiii-.imption coming from ». •-•.. L'.-t fuch as are fubjtft • ■ ■ Ic Difeafes, hold it for a ii ic- ;>/.: IJmacum Magi fir. 30. Or. Water of.'Snails.- '.'-.'■ j. Take of the juice of .,'ii.d Ivy (*.Or, -rf/a&a?/ / -i rt// owe) .Coltsfoot and . .us,. Lungwort, of each ■[••■">■ ;.nd ' and an half; the < f' purflain, Plmiraae, * frr ( * Oak of Cappa. . you can gee it ) Pauls ; of each a pound ; and ■ iood, whice wine, of H->ur • pound ; GArden :."l|iced rwo pound,: dried .. i> ivaves eight, Powder q;.:nce two ounces, of ;::; ..r.c half an ounce, i si ounce, Citron feed nor readier medicines can gotten, \ou may ufe th s. Aqua So -a dit cmp;ji(*• a;. Or Compound Water of Scorch irrl College. Take of the juice ot\ Goats Rue, Sorrel, Scordium, Citron of each one pound ; London Treacle half a pound, fteep k three days, and diftil it in Sand. Culpeper A Tafter full taken in the morning preferves from ill Air. Aqua Mar\a. 37. College fake of Sugarcandy a pound, Canary Wine fix ounces, Rofemary 4 ounces; boilic weli into a Syrup, and add to ic Imperial Water rwo pound, Ambergreefe, Musk of each eighteen grains, Saffron fifteen grains, yellow Sanders in Imperial wacer two ritarns ; makeia clear water of ic. . Culpeper. The difference be. .twsen this and "their former Aqua Maries is this, here they appoint Imperial ivatei, and before Aqua Cale/lis, which ehey very i'ubtiily have left out here ; any coorh good Barber, fo we may hold *h I -,- we may holu up off our honour and gains. Both . ds [Receipts are very coftly . as "-C and an half, the I far beyond the reach of a poor 'd-feeds, Anrns feed, { mans Purfe, a:, of his Brain. Aajua Papaveris compoftta. 19 Or' ■■■ oppy Water Compound. 1 '■ ege. Take of red Poppies four pound ; ■■ fprinkle thern with white wine two po nd, then diftil them in a common itill ; let chta. 40/ Or, Walnut Water Compound. College, laic of green W.dn-its a pound and an ua'.j Gaiden Radifl) Ru its one j find green r cold complexions.ccld Difeafes, and I'uch Difeafes as the heart is moft afflicrtd in. It is* c.ki hoe to bi taken alone, half a dram is the moft ro be taken at a time. Cut a Frog through the middle of the bade with a knife, Sc take out the Civer which wrap in a Cilewi-ur leaf Sc burn ic in a new Crucible well flopped, the aihes give to one that hath the Falling ficknefs : if once doth noc the deed ufe ic ofecner. Cinnamon Water. College. Take ot bruifed Cinna- mon a pound and an half.Spanim. Wine 2 pints. Infufe che Cinna- mon in Wine 14. hours, then diftil them in au Vlembick ; draw ouc three pints of ftrong waters ( and fmall as much as you think fufft- cienc) Ureeten ic with Sugar fui- ficiejit] fo keep it for yout ufe. 98 Compound Waters* the Phyfitians Library. Culpeper. The Virtues are the fame which Cinnamon it felf hath, 'tis which I refer you. Mathiolus, bis Cinnamon water. College. Take of bruifed Cinnamon a pound, put it into a glafs Still, pouring it upon four pints of Rofe water, a pint and an half of »Spanifh Wirte ; ftop che Still body clofe, and put it in a warm Bath twenty four hours, then put on the Still head, lute it well, gaud diftil it according to Art. Culpeper. Mathiolus appoints wine pf Creet four pints, and that is all the alteration. The Authors own Judgment is, That it ftrengthens «;he Brain, Heart, Liver, Stomach. Lungs, Spleen and Nerves ; and quickens the fight, refifteth poy- fon, helpeth bitings by venomous beafts, caufeth a fweet breath bringethdown the terms in Wo men, and hath virtue attenuating opening, digtfting 6c ftrengthning. The truth is J believe it prevail* in cold Difeafes, being orderlj regulated in quantity, according « to the nature of the Difeafe, the Age and ftrength of the Patient, and the feafon of the year : have a care of taking too much Ot it in JFevers. Cinnamon Water made by Infullon. Cinnamon College. Take of bruifed four ounces Wine two pints, together four days in a large G-'iaf: clofe flopped with Cork and a Bladder, fliaking the Glafs twice a day. Diflblve half a pound of vhite Sugar Candy in a quart of Rofe water, then mix both thefe Liquors together, then put into them four grains of Musk, and halt a fcruple of Amber greeft tied up in a linnen rag, and tun-, ged to the top of the Glafs. Culpeper. In my opinion this latter water is more prevalent for Heart qualms and faintings, then Mathiolus his, neither is it halt fo hoc; therefore more fafe. JLqua celeflis, Mathiolus. College. Take of Cinnamon an ounce, Ginger half an ounce, white, red and yellow Sanders, of each fix drams; Cloves, Galanga, Nutmegs, of each two drams and an halt; Mace, Cubebs, of each one dram; both forts of Carda- moms, Nigella feeds, of each three drams; Zedoary halt an ounce, feeds of Anife, fweet Fennel, wild Parfnips, Bazil, of each a dram and an half; Roots of Angelica, Avens, Calamus, Aromaticus, Liquorice, Valerian the lefs, the, Leaves of Clary, Time, Marjo- ram, of each two drams; the Flowers of red Rofes, Sage and IColemary, Betony, Starchas, Bug- lofs, Borrage, of each one drain and an half:- Citron peels three drams: Let the things bc.bruifed tljat are to be bruifed, and infufed fifteen days in 12 pints of the beft fpirit ot wine, in a glafs bottle well flopped, and then let it be diftilled in Balneo. Maria ac- cording to Art. Adding to the diftilled water, Powders of Diam- bra, Diamofcbu dulce, tAromaticum, Rofatum, Diamargariton trigidum, Diarbodon tAhbatis, Powder Elelfw- arti de Gemmis, of each 3 drams : n yellow Sanders bruifed 2 drams,: s, Spirit ofLMuslV Ambergreefe, of each a infufe them I STcr,uPle Ved UP, V» a fine rag, cleat Julep of Roles a pound, fluke them well together, flopping thei glafs clofe with wax and parch- ment, till ic grow dear, Co be kept for your ufe. Culpeper. \t comfortsth and chenfliech the heart, reviveth drooping fpirics.prevaileth againft: the Piague and all malignant Fe- vers, preferveth the fenfes, and reftoreth fuch as are in conlump- tl,on*'-.l5 is of 4 hot najtwie, Le» not Gompound Water?: the fbyfitians Library. 99 not the quantity taken at a time exceed half a dram. Only take this caution, both concenrng this, and all other ftrong waters. They are not fafely given by themfclyes in Feveis, ( becaufe by their hot J quality they inflame the blood, and add fuel to the fire ) but mixed with other convenient Cordials, and conliJeratiori had to the ftrength, complexi- on, habit, age, and fex of the Patient. For my own part, I am fincerely for the publick good in writing of this, and therefore as I would not have Phyfitians domineer, and fo I would not have fools turn Phylitians» Balm Water the greater Compofition. College. Take of Balm a pound, Time, Penyroyal, of each three drams; Cinnamon two drains, Cardamoms the lei's, orte dram, * Grains of Paradife [ * And they are the greater Cardamoms, as moft of the Arabian Phyfitians held J half an ounce, /weet Fennel feeds an ounce, Nutmegs and Ginger, of each a dram; Ga- langa fix drams, Calamus A- ramaticus, Cyperus, of each One draw and an half ; Dic- tamni half a dram. Let all of them be bruifed and infufed in eight pints of Spanifh Wine, and fix pints of ftrong Ale for twenty four hours together, ind then diftilled by an Alem- biek, draw out of the ftronger VVater three pints. • Culpeper. The Simples feem chiefly appropriated to the ftomach, and therefore muft needs ftrengthen cold and weak Stomachs, and in helps digeftion : befides, Authors fay, it reftoreth memory loft, quickens all the fenfes, keeps away gray hairs and baldnefs, flrengtheneth the Brain, makes the heart chearful, and helps the lifping of the tongue, and eafeth the pains of the teeth, and caufeth a fweet breath. Rofa Solis- College. Take of Nutmegs, Annifeeds, Coriander leeds, ot" each one ounce ; Galanga, Ginger, Cloves, of each halt' an ounce ; red Rofe leaves ono handful, Rofa Solis fix hand- fuls, Liquorice two handfuls, Cardamoms, Zndoary, Grains of Paradife, Calamus, Aroma- ticus, of each one dram ; red Sanders, Cinnamon, of each an ounce and an half; of the beft Aqua -vitce twelve pints; make an infulion of them for eight days, then ftrain it, and! add to the Liquor one pound and an half of Sugar. Culpeper. The Bafis of this Medicine, feems to be the Herb Rofa Solis, which is of a drying and binding quality, and appropriated to the Lungs, and therefore muft needs be available for Pcificks or Con- fumptions of the Lungs; and becaufe this Herb provokes Luft exceedingly, I fuppofe therefore the Rofe leaves were added, which according to * Authors ( * School Salern ) refill Luft. De too Coinpound Waters^ Dr. Stephens s Water. College. Take of Cinnamon, Ginger, Galanga, Cloves,Nut megs, ■Grains of Faradffe,Seeds of Anife, Tennel, Cira^a/, of each one dram, Herbs of Time, Mother of Time, Mints, Sage, Penniroyal, Pellitory of the wall, Rofemary, flowers of red Rofes, Chamomel, Oa\ganum, Lavender * of each one handful; infufe them 11 hours in twelve pints of Gafcoigne Wine, then with an Alembiek drap three $ints of"ftrong water from it. Culpeper.Authors hold if profi- table for Women in Labour, that it provokes the Terms, & brings away the Afterbirth. Ordinary Aqua vita. College. Diftil Ale and Lees of Wine in an Alembiek, ( whole worm runs through t:old water ) into fmall Wine, in ten Congies of which, infufe one pound of bruifed Annis fetds, for twenty four hours, then diftil ic again into ftrong wate. A,qua vita Compound. College. Is made of fmall Wines, in fix Congies of which infufe Annis feeds half a pound, feeds cf Fennel and Caraway, of each two ounces, Cloves, Cinnamon and Ginger, of each one ounce ; and then draw the ftrong fpirit from it. ' Culpeper. This is excellent good in my opinion for fuch as are troubled with wind. Ufquebath. College. Take of ftrong Aqua v)t& twenty four pints, in which for four days infufe a pound of Liquorice, Raifins of the Sun half a pound, Cloves half an ounce, Mace, Ginger Bf each two drams; ftrain'ir,} und keep ic for your ufe. the Phyfitians Library: Culpeper. It ftrengthens the ftoma*ch, and helps indigeftiori coming of cold and flegm. it is pofllble I may have overlapped fome others of rheir Alterations of names; my time is fhort, and my underftanding is dull; and the truth is, their new Model fhews far more fubtilty than honefty. riNCT ures; TinBura Croci. 41. Or, Tin&ure of Saffron. College/ l'^Aake two drams | of Saffron, eight ounces of Treacle water, di- geft them fix days, and then ftrain it. Culpeper. See the Virtues of Treacle water, and then know that this ftrengthens the heart fomething more, and keeps melancholick vapours thence by drinking a fpoonful of it every morning, T'mBura Cafloiii. 41. Of, Tinclure of Caftorium. College. Take of Caftorium, in powder half an ounce, and fpirit of Caftorium half a pound ; digeft them ten days cold, ftrain it, and keep th^ Tinfture for Liquor. Culpeper. A learned Inventi- on ! 'Tis fomething more pre- valent Chan che Spirit. Tinftures. The Ph\ TinttwVragorum 41. Or, Tincture of Straw berries; College. Take of ripe Wood Strawberries two pound: put them in a Viol, and put fo much fmall fpirit of wine to them, that it may Overtop them the thick- nefs of tour fingers: ftop the VcfTel clofe, and fet it in the Sun two days, then ftrain it, and prefs it in but gently ; pour this Spirit to as many frcfh Strawber- ries, repeat this five times, and at laft keep the clear Liquor for your ufe. Culpeper. A gallant fine thing for Gentlemen that have nothing elfe to do with their money, and will have a lovely look to pleafe their Eyes. Tmitura Scordii 14. Or» Tincture of Scordium. College. Take ot the leaves of Scordium gathered in a dry time, lulfapound; digeft them in fix pound of fmall Spirit of Wine, in ■a Veffel well flopped for 3 days, prefs them out gently, and repeat the Infufion three times and keep the clarified Liquor for ufe. So is made Tincture of Celan- dine? Reft harrow, Ros folis. Culpeper. See the Herbs for the Virtues, and then take notice that thefe are better for cold ftomachs and old bodies: Tinirura Thericalis, VulgO rAqua Thericalis. Lugd. per infuf. 4.1. Or, Tincture of Treacle College. Take of Canary Wine oftentimes diftilled, Vinegar in which half an ounce of Rue feeds have been boiled, two pound of choice Treacle, the beft Methri date, oftachhalfa pound, mix them and fet them in the Sun or heat ot a Bath, digeft them, and keep the water for ufe. TinHura Cinamomi, vujgo Aqua C'Uieta Cinnam. 42. Qr> Tinctuce of Cinnamon. ■ptUnt Libraryl % ici College. Take of bruifed Cinna- mon two ounces, rectified Spirit of Wine two pound, infufe them four days in a large Glafs flopped with Cork and Bladder, lhake ic twice a day, then diffolve half a pound ofSugarcandy by it felf in / two pound of Rofe water, mix both Liquors into which hang a I module containing Ambergreefe half a fcruple, Musk four grains. Culpeper. This was before among the Waters, only there is tout ounces of Cinnamon appointed) and here but two. Tinftura Viridis. 42. Or, A Green Tincture. College. Take of Verdegreefe half an ounce,Auripigmentum fix drams, Allum three drams, boil them in a pound of white Wine, till half be confumed.adding aftec it is cold, the Water of cold Rofes arid Nightfliade, of each fix ounces. Culpeper. This was made to cleanle Ulcers, but I fancy it noc. tAqua uAlumtnof* Magistralis 42« College. Take of Plantane an3 red Rofe water, of each a pound : Roch Allum and Sublimatum, of each two drams, let the Allum and Sublimatum being in pow- der boil in the Waters, in a VefTil with a narrow mouth, till half be confumed, when it hath flood five days, ftrain it. Culpeper. Now they have-Iefc I out the ^ Quick filver as I bid them, I like men will do as they are bid, yet I fancy ic not. R*0o? \pius invented ic. ; «jfc* 102 Phyfical Wines the Phyfitians Library, Phyfical Wines. Vinum Abfintlntis.^. Or, Wormwood Wine. College. rTVf*e a handful of Wormwood for e- very gallon of Wine, ftop it in a xeffel clofe, and fo let it remain to fteep. So is prepdrtd Wine of Rofemary fleers and Eyebright. Culpeper. It helps cold fto- machs, breaks wind, helps the Wind Cholick, kills worms, & helps the green ficknefs. Rofemary flower. Wine is made after the fame manner that Wormwood wine is made. It is good againft all cold di- fcafesofthe head, confumeth flegm, ftrengtheneth the Gums and Teeth. 4 Eys bright wine is made af- the fame manner. It wonder. fully clears the fight being drunk, and revives the fight ot antient men ; A cup of it in the morning is worth a pair of Spectacles. All other wines are prepared in the fame manner, when the Phyfitian fhall fee fit ( quoth the College) in their former, but here they left it out: But what if there be never a Phy- fitian worth a ruth in 10, 50 40 or 50 miles (as fome fuch places may be found in this Nation ) muft the poor Coun- tryman loofe his Cure ? truly this Charity is ( according to the vulgar ) fervent cold. In fuch cafes let them view the Virtues of the Simple the Wine is made of, and then let Simple is far better and fitter for cold Bodies, and weak Stomachs, than the Simple ic felf. The beft way of taking any of thefe Wines, is to drink a draught of them every morn- ing : You may if you find your body old or cold, make wine of any other herb, the virtues of which you defire ; and make it, and take it in the fame manner. Vinum Ceralforum nigrorum 45. Or, Wine of Black Cherries. College,.. Take -a gallon of the juice of black Cherries, keep it in a Veffel clofe flopped^ till it begin to workj] then ftltei it, and one ounce, of Sugar l.eihg lidded id every pound, let it pafs through Hippocrates his fteeie, and keep it in a veffel dofe flopped for ufe. Culpeper. tf ever I knew the like of the College, never trull me 3 here they go and appoint the Wine of Black Cherries with never a drop of Wine in it, and the juice will not keep without ir, above a week or fo ; and fo if you are minded to make it, you may by that time fing : Alack, Alack, now have I loft, My pains, my labour, and all ( my cofi Vinum itelleloratum: 45. Of Wine Helleborated. College. Take of whice Hel* leborc, cut fmall, four ounces-, the beft Spanifh Wine two Wine a* made ot, ana tnen ice the belt Spaniln Wine two Qem .know the Wine of thatf pound: jfcep ic in the Sun iut Phyfical Wines. the Phyfitians Library* 10 3 a Viol clofe ftoped, in the Dog da>s, or other hot weather. Culpepen And then it will make a dogged Purge, as like the Col- lege as a Pomewater is like an Apple. Vinum Rubellum. 43. F CoUege. Take of Stibium in powder one ounce, Cloves fliced 2 drams, Clare Wine two pound, keep it in a VefTel clofe fhut. Vinum Benediftum. 43. College. Take Crocus Metallo- rum in powder, one ounce, Mace one dram, Spanifh Wine one pound and an half; fteep it: Vinum lAntimoniaie. 43. Orj Antimonial Wine. College. Take of Regulus of Antimony in powder four oun- ces, fteep ic in three pound of the beft white Wine in a Glafs well flopped : after the firft fluking, let the Regulus fettle. , „ noc the HeliaC4[ rlfi h . Culpeper. Thefe three laft men- / meant: Procyon rifeth Acronically, tioned are vomits, and vomits arc upon the fifteenth or fixteenth of sitting Medicines for but a few,] January, Syiut upon the twenty as I told you before, the mouth | fixth, or twenty feventh of the being ordained to take in nou- fame month . Procyon rifeth Cof- rilhment, not to caft out Excre- j mically upon the nineteenth of ments; and to regulate a mans} July, and Syrius upon the laft d*v body 111 vomiting, and Dofes of of the fame month : the nexc thin pieces, and dried for a month, one pound ; put it in a glafs bot- tle, and put to it eight pound of French Wine, and when it hath flood fo four days, take out the Squill. Culpeper. I told them before thae Squills grew by the Sea fide, and not upon mountains; but a marl "»all as foon knock a Spunge lnta a Milftone, as any wit into the" head of a conceited fool ; and then again it muft be gathered ae the rifing of the Dog Star, yes rorfoorh, by all means. There- fore know, that the Dogi are two Conftellations between the Equator and the South pole, con- nfting of divers Stars, rwo of which are moft remarkable, and of the firft magnitude; whereof that in the great Dog is called Syriut: that in the lefTer Dog- Procyon : each of thefe two Stars hath three rifings, otcronical, Cof- micat and tteliacal; and as many letting*. I dare pals my word, ie s noc the Heliacal rifing here Vomits requires a deeper ftudy of Puvfkk, than I doubt the generality of people yet have; I omit it therefore at this time, noc becaufe I grutch ie my Coun- try, buc becaufe I would not willingly have them do themfelves a mifchicf; [ fhall fliortly teach them in what Difeafes Vomits may be ufed, and then, and not till then, the ufe of Vomits. ftn*m SciUiticum. 44, Or") Wine of Squills. CoUege. Take of a whice Squill W the mountains, gathered about the rifing of ch Dog Scar, cue in time you write, pray ftudy out of which of thel'e times the Squill rhuft be gathered. Tne Virtues of this are the fame with Vinegac of Squills, only 'tis hotter; Pbyfic.il Vinegars. %A:etum DWill it um.. 45. O;,' Diftilled Vinegar. CoUege.-nr'l 4 G'.aft or (lint ^i'.emhtcli " coltb the beflVingxr to the third part, fepirate the flgTt vtUh « gentle fire, then en;re*fe tbt fire bj degree!) ami p:cf J£itt th: it ark. *4ttt$it} 104 Phyfical Vinegars, the Phyfitians Library* vActtnm Rojacoum. 45. Or, Rofe Vinegar. CoUege. Take of red Rofe buds gathered in a dry time, the whites cut off, drfed in the fliade three or four days, one pound, Vinegar eight Sextaries, fet them in the Sun forty days, then .ftrain out the Rofes; and repeat the infufion with frefh ones. After the fame manner is made Vinegar of Elder flowers, Rofe- mary flowers, Sc Clovegilliflowers Culpeper. f?or the Virtues of all Vinegars, take this one only ob~ fervation. They carry the fame virtues with the flowers whereof they are made, only as we faid of Wines, that they were better for cold bodies than the bare Simples whereof they are made, fo are Vinegars for hot Bodies. Btfides, Vinegars are often, nay moft commonly ufed externally, via. to bath the place, then look amongft the Simples, and fee what place of the body the Simple is appropria- ted to, and then you cannot chufe but know ( if you have but a grain of underftanding more than a Beaft ) both what Vinegar t'o ufe, and to what place to apply it. tAcetum Scillicum. 45- Or, Vinegar of Squills. CoUege. Take of that part or the Squill which is between the outward bark and the bottom, cut it in thin flices, and place it . thirty or forty days in the Sun of' fome remifs heat, then a pound of them ( being cut fmall with a j knife made of Ivory or fome white wood ) being put in a Veffel, and fix pound of Vinegar put to them; fet the Veffel being clofe flopped, in the Sun thirty or forty days; afterwards ftrain it, and Iceepi? for ufe. Culpeper. A little of this Medi- jeioe being taken in the owning faftingv and walking • half an hour after, preferves the body in health, to txtream old age ( as Sanius teftifies, who ufing no other Medicine but this, lived in perfect health lill one hundred and feventeen years of age) ir makes the digeftion good, a long wind, a clear voice, an acute fight, a good colour, it fuffers no ofVenfive thing to remain in the body, neither Wind, Fiegm, Choler, Melancholly, Dung nor Urine, but brings them forth; ic brings forth filth though ic lies in the bones, it takes away fait and four belchings, though a man be never Co licentious in diet ( I would not have Galen's Judgment tried in this particu- lar,^ is far fafer to take it upon his word ) be fliall feel no harm : ft hath cured fuch as have the Ptifick. that have been given over by all Phyfitians : It cures fuch as have the Falling Sicknefs, Gouts and Difeafes and Swel- lings of rhe Joints • it takes iwa/ the hardrteft ot the Liver and Spleen. We fliould never have done it we fhouid reckon up the particular benefits of this Medicine: Therefore we commend it as a wholfome Me- dicine for foundnefs of body, and prefcrvation of health, and vi- gour of mind. Thus Galen, .ms of the beft Treaclt to u,fbake it togethtr, and keep it for your ufe. Jcetum Thericale 46. Or, Treacle Vinegar. College. Add to the defcriptu on of Teacle water, Clovegdli. flowers two ounces, and Lavender flowers an ounce and an half. Rofe and Elder flower Vinegar, of each four pound; digeft it without toiling three days, then ft) ain it through Hypociatcs hisfteeve Culpeper Treacle water for the virtues, only this is more cool, a little more phantaftical Deco&ions. Decottum commune pro clyftere. 47 Or, a common Decoction tor a Clyfter. College. Take of the leaves of Mallows, Violets, Pellitory, Beets and Mercury, Chamo- mel flowers,' of each one handful; fweet Fennel feed half an ounce, Linfeed two drams, °°yl them in a fuffici- ent quantity of common wa- ter, two pound. Cul eper. This is the com- mon dcc«£kion of all CUftcrs; acceding to the quality of humour abounding, fo you may add what Sinples, or jyrups, or Electuaries you pleafe, only half a fcore LinJ feed, and a handful of Cha- momel flfi vers are added. Dec Sum Epithimum 47 Or, ■ Decoction of Epithimum. College. Take of Mirabelans, Chcos and Inds, of each halt n ounce ; Stsechas, Raifins of ne Sun ftoncd, Epirhimurn, Senna, of each an ounce a Fumit ry half an ounce, and Maudlin five drams, Polypo- dium fix diams, Turbith half an ounce, Whey made with Goats milk or Haters milk four pound. Let them all boil to two pound, the Epi- thimum excepced, which boil buc a w»lm or rwo, then take it from the fire, and add black Hellebore one dram and an in If, Agarick half a dram, Sal Gem one diam and an half 5 fteep them ten,hours, then prels it ftrongly out. Culpeper Here is naif a dram of black Heliebure added, and I like the Receipt never tha better for fiat. Ir purgeth Melancholly gal- lantly, as -If > aduft Choler ; it r iiitcth madnels, and all D'icales coming of VTeUn- Choliy ; and therefore er Vie- lancholick people cttcem it as a Jewel. / I cannot but commeid it to fuch of my Countrymen as abound with Melancholick humours. Let them take « qiarter of a pinr of this in che morninu, and keep it by the fire tide ail day ; imagine they take it at fix of the clock, then let them drink » draught I of \o6 Decoctions, &i. the Phyfitians Library, of Pofiet drink ar eight, and eat -a bit ot hot Mutton at twelve, if choir bodies be ftrong (for peo- ple oppreffed with Melancholly. ufualf. go hardly to ftool b> reafon it is a retentive humour ) Let them mix thofe Svrups ( that I fliall quote when I come to them; with it, and I dare hazard that imail credit I have in Phy- fick, that ir fhall in a few morn- ings fetch them out ot their Me. lancholick dumps, which though they may feem pleafing, )et are ho way profitable to the bady of man, efpecully if the body be troubled alfo with ( iU Humours ) I know not what better word to give ( Cicocbinu,} Decoilum Senna Genonis. 47. Or A Dtcosftion ot Senna. . CoUege. Takeot Senna 2 ounces Poljpodium half an ounce, and Ginger one dram, Raifins of the Sun ftoned two ounces, Sebeftens, Prunes, cf each twelve: tht flowers of Borrage» Violets, red Rofes and Rofemary, ot each two drams ; bbyl them in fom {•ound of water till half be con- iimed. Cdpepet, It is a common De- tection for any Purge, by addwv I other Simples or Compou'J.,j \" it, according to ths qiulit) of th. Humour you would have pur. j?ed, jet in it felf, it chiefly pur- geth Melancholly. I fhall quote ir when I come to fuch Com- pounds as are fit to mix with it. Decoflum PetTorale. 48 Or, . A Peroral Deco&ion. CoUege. Take of Raifins of the Sun ftoned, one ounce* Sebeftens, Jujubes, of each fifteen, Dates fix, Figs four, French Barley one ounce, Maidenhair, Hyfop, Sca- bious. Coltsfoot, of each one handful, boyl them in 3 pound of Water till two remain. Httf!'* The Medicine u chiefly appropriated to the Lungs, and therefore caufeih a clear voice, a long wind, refifteth Coughs and Hoarfncfs, Aftlimaes, j„ four pound of white »'»r; gently till half be confu- > lmed, ftrain it, and a pound ot -foney being added ro it, let ic ie fenmed and kept for ufe. Culpeper. If fight of a Medicine will do you good ; this is as like to do it as any I know. Some they have left out in their new Model, vtbick are thefe that follow. \A Carminative Decoition. College. ^Uke of she t Set it, f. % « Toumufi bruife tfttjeeds, elfe the DeeoiHon mU ie but title tb$ bttttr far them [ of An nil, Carrots, fennel, Cinnamon and Caraway •I Decoctions, &c* the Phyfitians Library 10? of each three drams : Chamomil floweri half a handful,. Raifins of the Sun an ounce and an half: boil ihem in two pints of water till almoft half be confumed. Cu'pcprr. It is commonly ufed in (Jl\ (rcrs. to fuch whofe bodies are molefted or opprefted with wind, thefe feeds ruing added to the formei Decision. \A OecoiJion of Hotvers and Vrtlits. CoUrge. Take five Figs, fifteen Prunes Jujubes and Sebeftens. of each twenty,Tamarindsan ounce, *he flowers of Rofes, VioletJj Borrage, Buglofs, of each a dram, Maidenhair- Hops, Endive, of each half an handful, Liquorice two drams, being cut and bruifed, boil them in three pints of Spring water, to the confump- tion of ttie third part. 1 Culpeptr. It ftrengtheneth the Lungs, and helps Obftriuftions. Lac Vt rginium. College. Take of Allum four dunces, boil in a quart of Spring water to the third part. After- Ward, Take of ^f Litharge [ f Beaten into very fine Powder ] half a pound, white wine Vinegar, a pint and an half, bo, I it into a pint, ftrain both the Waters, then mix them together, and ftir them about till they are white. Culpeper. It takes away Pim- ples, Rednefs, Freckles and Sun burning,, the Face being warned with it. %A drink for titounded me*. CoUege. Take of Crabs of the River calcinated, and beat- en into very fine powder, two drams ; die Roots of round pirthwwt, jand of Comfry the greater, Self heal, and barberries' lightly bruifed, of "each one dram ; tie them all up in a linneh Cloth, and boyl them in three pints of white Wine, till the third part be confumed; adding about the middle of the Decoftion, one pugil of * Periwinkles [ * the Herb not: the Fifli, ] men ftrain it ton your ufe. This Decoclion muft be pre- pared only for the prefent when the Phyfitians appoints it, aS alfo mull almoft all the reft of the Decodions. Culpeper. And therefore left my poor wounded Country men (hould perifli for want of an yAngel to fee a ^ Ph- fitian, [ ^ too many Phyfitians in England being like Balaam his Als, the\' will noc fpeak un- lefs they fee an Angel ; yet £ accufe not all J or if he have ic before the Phyfitian ( which in fome places is very remote) can come at him ; I have ta- ken the pains to wrire tha Receipt in his own Mother Tongue; he may get any friend to make it: He may drink halt a pint of it in the morning ; or if he pleafe to bovl it' in fmall Ale inftead of Wine, he would be well the fooner iif he drink no o- thee Drink. I 2 Syrups? lot SYRUPS Altering Syrups. Cuteber.TJ £dder9 before we begin with the %articular J^ Syrup, J think good to advertije thee of thofe few things which concern 4he Nature, M*kig, and Vfe o< Syrups-in general. I, A Syrup is a Medictne of a. liquid Body, compounded of Duotl; n, Injufvn or Juice, With Sutar or Honey, and brought by the heat of the_ Pre into thethlcknejs of Honey. 1. Becaufe all Honey * not ef a thicknefs, under Hand new Honey, which of all other u thinnest. 3. 7he reafons why Decottions, Infufions and juices are thus ufed, is, becaufe thereby. Firft, they w& keep the longer. Secondly, they will taftc the better. 4. In boylwg Syrups, have a care of their juft confislence, for if you bod them too much they will candy •, if too lit. tie, they will four. $. *s4U fimple Syrups have the virtues cf the Simples they are made of, and are far more conve- nient for weak people, and queafie Stomachs Syrupus de Ahfinthio fmplex. page 49. Or, Syrup of Worm- wood Simple. The College.r^iMS of the claiified Juice of common Wormwood, and clarified Sugar, of each four pound; make it into a Syrup according to art. After the fame manner, afe prepared fimple Syrups of Betony and Borrage, Buglofs, Carduus, Chamomel, Succory, Endive, Hedge Muftard, Strawberries, Fumitory, Ground Ivy, Saint Johns wort, Hops, Mercury, Moufear, Plantane, Apples, Purflain, Rasberries, Sage, Scabious, Scordium, Houitaek, , Coltsfoot, Pauls Betony, and other juices not four. Culpeper. See the Simples- and then you rrt*v cafily know both their Virtues, and alfo that they are pleaftnter and fi'ter for delicate fto- machs, when they are made into Syrups. Syrupus de Abfmtbio, compofi- tus. 49. Or, Syrup of Worm- wood compound. College. Take of common Wormwood meanly dry, half a pound; red Rofes, tw» ounces, Indian Spicknard . J drams eld white Wine, juice of Quincies, «f etch two pound and an half; fleep chera a whole day in *n wrthef • SYRUPS. the 'Phyfitians Library] lo$ earthen vefTel, then boil them gently, and ftrain it, and b) adding two po nd of Sugir, boil it into a Syrup accord iug ro Art. Oil eper. Mefue is followrd verb.tm in this, and th Rrceipc is appropria.ed t cold «nd flegmatick ftom chv and in my opinion 'tis »n admirable Remedy for it, for it ftrengthens both ftomach and Liver, as alfo the Inftru ments of Cone ftion : a..d * fpoonful taken in the nv r ce. E.id v- half an) unce, clear warer fix pound. Hoi! it gently in an earthen Veflrl til* half the water be confumed, then ftrain and cUiifie it, and with j pound of Sugar, and a piund »nd an half of white wine Vinegar, boil ir into a Syrup. Culpeper T is in my opinion j$ a gallant Syrup for fuch) p,od;es as are ftuff d either w"h flegm or tough humours; for it opens obftruftions or ftoppings both of the Stomach Liver, Spleen and Reins. Ic cuts unrt brings away tough F1.glT1 and Choler, & is there- fore a fpecial remedy for fuch ,s have a ftuffi..g. tt cnt Medicines, or by i felf; it b .ch of them afflid you, ufe it > >;fi ways. 1 atfure you, this M-diT cine will feve thofe that are fubjicft to fuch difeafes, both memey and mifery. Syrupus de ^tmmoniaco. 51. Ort Syrup of Ammoniacum. CoUege. Take -of Maudlin and Ceterachof each four i.a.-Kiruis, common Wormwood an im ;ce, the roois of Succory, Speagus, liark of Caper roots, of each two, ounces: after due prepar.. ion fteep them 24 hours in 3 ounces of white Wine, Radifh and Fu- mitory water, of each 2 pound ; then boil it away to one pound eight ounces; let it fettle; irt four ounces of whichl whilft it 13 wa.m., difTolve by it f,-lf Gum Ammoniacum, firft difTdve in white Wine Vingar two.ounces, boil the reft with a pound and an half of white Sugar into a Sj'rup, adding the mixtures of the Guim at the end. Culpeper,, It cools the Ljver and opens Obftrudtions both of it 8c the Spleen, helps old Surfeits, and fuch like Difeafes, as Scabs, Itch, i Leprofies, and what elfe proceeds. from the Liver over heated. You. may take .an ounce at a time. Syrupus dc otrtemifea. wl. Or, Sirup . , ,of Mugwort, , College. Take of Mugwort 2 handfuls, Peniroyal, Calamintlu Origanum, Balm, Afmart and Dittany of Creet, Savin, Marjo- ram, Germander, Sr, Johns wortt Campitis Featherfew . with the flowers, Centaury the lefs, Rue, Betony. Buglols of each an handful; ^he roots of Fennel, Smallage, Parfley,' Sparagu^ ao4 Bruftys,., Saxifrage, Elicampane, | C pt;rus, Maddir, .Orris. Peony,, '^of each an ounce j Juniper W^ u c c, .1 u.; >;•', • 'rj.. ries SYRUPS. the Thyfitians Library, HI ries, the feeds of Lavage, Parfly, Smallage, Annis, Nigella Car- pobalfamum or Cubcbs Coftus, Caflia lignea. Cardamoms and Calamus aromaticus, the roots of Afarabacca, and Pellitory ot Spain, Vaiian, of each half an punce: being cleanfed, cut and bruifed, let them be infufed 2; hours in fourteen pound ot clear water, and boiled till half be confumed, being taken off from the fire, and rubbed between your hands whilft it is warm : ftrain it. and with Honey and Sugar, of each two pound, and Vinegar four ounces, boil it to a Syrup, and then perfume it with Cinnamon and Spicknard, of each three drams. Culpeper. It h-lps the pamon of the matrix, and retains it in its place. U difTolves the coldnefs, wind and pains thereof. It alfo ftrengthens the Nerves, opens the Pores, corre&s rhe blood, and co'reeTts and provokes the Terms in Women. You may take a fpoonful at a time. Syrupus d* Betonia compifitm 53- Or, ' Syrup of Betony Compound. , College. Take of Betony three handfuls, Marjoram 4 handfuls and an naif. Time, red Rofis, of each an handful. Violets, Sta:chas, Sage, of each half an handful, the feeds of Fennel, Annis 6c Ammi; of each half an ounce-, and the roots of Peony, Polipodium and ' Fennel, ot each five drams. Boil them in fix pound of River Water to three pound ; ftrain it and add juice of Betony t*o pound, Sug*r three pound and and an half, make it into a Syrup. Culpeper. \t helps Difeafes co- ming of cold both in the head and fUnach: as alfo fuch as1 come of Wind, Vertigoe and Madnefi it corrects Melancholly, it Drevoke* th« Tcroat in Wo. men, and fq doth the fimple Sy- rup more than the Compound, The compofition was framed by the Auguftan Pbvfkians. Cyrupus Bjxantinus fimple. 53. College. Take of the juice of the leaves of Endive <& Smallage of each two pound, of Hops and Buglofs of each one pound : boil them together and fcum them, and to the clarified Liquor add four pound of white Sugar ro as much of the juices, and with a gentle fire boil it to a S) 1 up. Syrnpus Byxantinus compound. 53/ College. Take of the juices fq ordered as in the former, four pound, in which boil t«d R°>e< two ounces, Liquorice half ail ounce, the feeds of Annis, fen. nel and Smallage of each three drams; Spikenard two drams: ftrain it, and to the three pound remaining add two pound ot Vinegar, four pound ot Sugar; make it into a Syrup according to art. . , Culpeper. They both of them. (vi*0 b0th 6mPU *nd r°T' pound ) opens ftoppwgs of the ftomach, liver and fpleen, helps the Rickets in Children, cut and bring awav tough Flegm, and help the yellow Jaundice. Mefue faith the Compoond S?rup is ot more effect than the fimple for the fame ufei. You may take them with a Liquorice ftick, or take a fpoonful in the morning fafting. Syup*s B&if*. 5V Qr; Syrup of V Oik of Jemfaleva. College. Take of Qak of Jew Wr«,.Hedge Muftard, Nmleso^ each two handfuls: Coltsfy»c one handful and an half L bo> I themin a fufficient comity o* cUaT water till halt>\#»*** 5ii2 SVRUPS^ The to two pound of the DecotSion add two pound of the jnice of Turneps baked in an ovtn in » dofe pot 8c with thee pound of whireSnga- boil it into a Syrup. Cu'ptper. riiisS*rup was com- pel againft Coughs, fhortnefs of Breath and othe the like in firmitietor the B eaft proceeding «f "Id, for whirh ( if >ou can £etit),oumay take it with a 'iquoricc fti (r. Syrnpus apillurum Veneris. 53. Or, Syrup of Maid-n hair. College. Take of Liquorice two ©unces. MiHenhair five ounces «c.p them a narural day n four pound of warm water ; then •rt'-'r gentle bailing and ft-ong ftir_.ng ^jrh a pounl nd an. naif ffineS.nach. ftrengtnens the Lu'igs, and helps the'jlnfi mities Of riem. This nav betaken alfo With a Ltq iorit-t; ftick or mixid vith the Pcdoral D-ocfti n like Spirit of Colrsf or. Syrupus Cardiacus vil Julepum Cardiacum. 53 Or a Cordial Sirup. College. Take of Rhenifh Wine two pound Rofewaer 2 ounces and an half, Cloves two fcruple- Cinnamon half a dram, Gi ge two fcrjples, or the beft Sag) three ounces and an h,> f , B01' it to he confiftence .f a- Julep, adding A.mbergre«fe three grains, JMusk one g Mn. Culpeper. H> that hath read thus far in this Book, and doth nor Jrm* he nvift firft boil the fim pies in he Wine, aid thfn ftrain fh m out beto,e lie puts in the Sugar is a man chat in my Opi Iiion hatb not wit enoi-gh to b \ taught to make a Merii in., ano the College in thei ne* ■ Mafter pi-'f hath h-ft it out. if lced in it make ic into a S)rup without boiling. Culpeper. In their former, they added three pound of water, if 'on woulJ infufe them « ou muft do it at feveral times. The S mpisa fine temperate' S»rup, ftrengthens the Heart. Liver and Sto nach. It refrefheth the fl vital fpints, and is alfo a good I Cordial in Fevers; and ufually I mixed with other Cordials, you 1 can hardly err in taking it, it is I fo harmlefs a Syrup. •* I Syrupus de Qnnamon. 54. Or, Syrup of Cfunamon. College. Take of Cinnamon grofl) bruifed four 'ounces, fteep '<■ in white Wine, and in fmall Cinnamon water, of each half a pound, three days in a glafs by a gentle fire : ftrain it, and with pound and an half of Sugar* < boil it gently to a Sirup. SYRUPS. the Phyfitians Library. nj Culpeper. This comes fomething tjtarer the Auguftan Difpenlato- >y than their former did. It is not altogether the fame; for then people would have faid they did nothing, whereat now 'tis appa- rent they did fomething. It re- fremeth the vital fpiriti exceed. ingl;. and cherifhetb both heart and ftomach languifliing through cold. It helps digeftion exceed- ingly, and ftrengthens the whole Body. You may take a fpoonful ac a time in a Cordial. College. Thus alfo you may conveniently prepare Syrups (but only with white Wine ) of Annis feeds, fweet Fennel feeds, Cloves, Nutmegs, Ginger, ire. Syrupus Acettt'.tatis Citrio rum. 54. Or, Syrup of Juyce of Citron. College^ Take of the Tuyce of Citrons, ftrained without ex- premon, and cleanfed, a pound, white Sugar two pound, make it into a Syrup like a Syrup of] Clovegiliiflowers. Culpeper. It prevails againft all Difeafes proceeding from Choler, or heat of blood, Fevers, both Peftilential and not peftilential. It refifteth Poyfon, cools the Blood, quencheth thirft, cureth the Vertigo or dizzinefs in the head. allege. After the fame manner is made Syrup of Grapes, Oran- ges, Barberries, Cherries, Quin- ces, Lemmons, Woodforrel, Mul- berries, Sorrel, Englifh Currants, and other four Juyces. Calptfer. If you look rhe Sim- pies, you may fee the Virtues of (hem : they all cool and comfort the Heart, and ftrengthen the Stomach ; Syrup of Quinces ftays vomiting, fo doth alio S/rup of Crapes. Sfprus e Cerliet Citriorum 54. Or, Svrup of Citron peels. CoUege. Take of ftefh yellow Citron peels five ounces, and the Berries of Chermes, or the juice of them brought over to us, two drams •, fpring watfr four pound ; fteep ther* all night, boiling them till half be confu- med, taken off cue fcum, ftrain it, and with two pound and an naif of the whiteft Sugar, boyl it into a Syrup : let half ot ie be without Musk but perfume the other half with three grains o£ Musk tied up in a rag. Culpeper. It ftrengthens the ftomach, refifts povfon: ftrength- ens the heart, and refifts the pjflions thereof, palpitation and fjjritings, fwoonings, it ftrength- ens the vital fbirits reftores fuch as arc 'n Confumptions, and Hectic'* Fevers, and ftrengthens Narure "inch. Take a fpoonful at a time. Syrupus e Corallis fimplex. 55. Or, Syrup of Coral fimple. CoSfge. Take of red Coral in yery fine powder four ounces, difTolve it in clarified juice of Barberries in the heat of a Bath, a pound ; in a Glafs well flopped with wax or with Cjrk ; a digeftion being made three or four days, and then p«ut off what is difTolvtd, put in frefh clarified juyce, and pro ceed as before, repeat this fo often till all the Coral be dif- folved; laftly, to one pound of this add a pound and an half of Sugar, and boil it into a Syrup gently. Syrupus "*4 SYRUPS. The Phyfitians Library. Syntpus e Corallis Compofita. 55, Or, Syrup of Coral compound. CoUege. Take of red Coral fix ounces in very fine powder, and levigated upon a Marble, add of clarified juice of Lemmons, rhe fjegni being drawn off in a bath, fixteen ounces, clarifud juice of Barberries eight ounces : ftarprft «t te.w'ne Vinegar, and juice of Wood forrel, of each fix ounces'; mix them together, and mix' them in a glafs flopped wnh Cork and Bladder, making ic every day till it have digefted eight days in a Bath or Horfe dung: then filter it, of which take a pound and an half; juice of Qiiinces half a pound, Sugar of Rofes twelve ounces : make them into a Syrup in a Bath, adding Symp of Clovegilliftowers fixteen ounces, keep it for ufe, omitting the half a dram of Ambergreefe^ and four grains of Musk till the Phj fitian com- mands it. Culpeper. Syrup of Coral both fimple and compound, reftore fuch as are in Confumptions, are of a gallant cooling nature, "efpe- Ciaily the laft, and very cordial, special good for He&ick Fevers, it flops fluxts, the running of the Reins and the Whites in women, helps fuch as fpit blood and fuch as have the Falling ficknrfs: it ftays the Terms in Women. And indeed it had need be good fot fomerhing, for it is exceeding coftly. Half a fpoonful in a morning is enough, for the body, and it may be too mnch tor the Purfe. a Syrup, to be pe-fumed with a dram and an half of Ginnamon, Cloves and Ginger, of each two (cruples. Culpeper. It ftrengtheaeth the Heart and Stomach, and fta, es Idofenefs and vomiting, relieves languifliing Nature : for loofe- nefs take 4 fpoonful of it before meat: for vomiting after meat ; for both, as alfo for the reft, ia che morning. Syrupus d Eryfino. 55. Or, Syrup of Hedge Muftard. Syrupus Cydocionm. $6. Q, Syrup of Quinces . CoUege. Take of the juice of Quinces clarified fix pound, boil it over a,gentle fire till half of ic be confumed, fcumming it.adding , r. red wine three pound with white 1 fumed; ftrain it, and add the Sugar four pound, hoil ic inta j juice of Fumitory a pound and CoU ge. Take of Hedge muftard frefli hx handfuls, the Roots of Elicampant, 'Coltsfoot, Liquo- rice, of each two ounces, Borrage, Succory, Maidenhair, of each an handful and an half ; the Cordial flowers of Rofemary and Betony of each half a handful, Annifeedt half an ounce Raifins of the Sun ftoned two ounces'- let all of 'em being prepared according to art be boiled in a fufficient quantity of Barley water and Hydrorael, with fix ounces of juice of Hedge muftard to two pound and an half: the which with 3 pound of Sugar boil into Syrup according to arr. ,~ •' ■ •■■ Culotper. It was invented a- gainft cold afftidions of the Breaft and Lungs, as Afthmaes, hoarfnefs You may lake it with a Liquorice flick or which is bet- ter, mix an ounce of it with three or four ounces of Petftoral deco- cftion, and drink it off warm in the morning. Syrupus dfi Fumaria. $6. Or, SyrUJf of Fumitory. CoUege. Take of Endive, common Wormwood, Hops, Dodder, Harts tongue, of each a handful; Epithimum an ounce and an half: boil them in four pound of water till half? be con- r.___j. n ^ • -^ !._ j ' jj _t__* SYRUPS. The Phyfitians Library. "5 an half, of Borrage and Buglofs, of each half a pound, white Su- gar four pounds make them into a Ssrjp according to Art. Culpeper. Tlic Reciipt is a pretty concocur of Melancholly, and theiefo.e a rational help fn Dileafes arifing tl.eii:c,both inter- nal 8c exiernal; it helps difeafes of the Skin, as Leprofies, Cancers Warts, Coins, Itch, Fetters and King worms, Scabs, ire and it if the bitter to be liked becaufe of its gentlenefs, for in my experi ence 1 could never find a violent Medicine do good, but ever fwm in « melancholick difeafe (for melancholly is a fad fullen hu- mour, you had as good vex a neft of wafps as vex it ) it alfo ftren- chens the Stomach and Ltver, and opens obftructions, and is a fove- reign remedy for H\ pocondriack Melancholly. You may add an oucc of this to the decoction of Epithimum before mentioned, & •rder your body as you. were taught there. It helps Surfeits exceedingly, cleanfeth, cooletli and ftrengthencth the Liver, and caufech it to make good blood, cV good blood cannot make baa flcfh. I commend this Receipt to thofe whole Bodies are fubj eft to. Scabs and Itch. If you plealt you may take two ounces by it felf every morning. . Syrupus de Glycyrrhiz.a. 56. Or, Syrup of Liquorice. College. Take of green Liquo rice lcraped and bruifed two ounces : whit* Maidenhair an ounce, and dried Hyfop half an ounce, fteep thefe in four pound of hot water, after twenty tour hours boyl it till half be con (umed, ftrain it and clarifie it. and with the beft Honey penids, and pureft Sugar, of each eight ounces, make ic into a Svrup aiding heforej it bs perreAi>| boiled, red Rofe water fix ounces. Culpeper. ft cleanfeth the Breaft and Lungs, and helps continual Coughs and Pleunfies You | may take it with a Liquorice ftick, or add an ounce of it or more to the Pidoral Decoction, Syrupus Granatorum cum Aceto ; vulgo, Qxyfacrum fimplex. 55. Or, Syrup of Pomegranates, with Vinegar. Cu'.l ;<•. Take of white Sugir a pound and a h, iu'cc °f Pome- granates eight ounces : white vine Vinegar four ounces ; boil it gently into a Syrup." Culpeper. Look the virtue of Pomegranates among the Sim- ules. Syrupus de Hyffopo. 57. Or, Syrup of Hyfop. CoUedge. Take eight pound, of Spring water, half an ounce of Barley, boil it about half an hour; then add the Roots of Smallage, Parilev, Fennel, Li- quorice, of each ten drams*, Ju- jubes. Sebeftens, of each fifteen, Kaifins of the Sun ftoned an ounce and an half, Figs, Dates of each ten, the feeds of Mallows and Quinces, Gum Tragacanth tied up in a rag, of each three drams, Hyfop meaniydrfed ten drams, Miidenhair fix drams, boil them together, yet fo, that the Roots may precede the Fruits, the fruits the feeds, and thefeedi. the herbs, about a qaarter of art hour ; at laft five pound of wa- ter being confumed, boil the other three, ( biing firft ftrained and clarified ) into a Syrup with two pound and an half of che beft Sugar. Culpeper I1* SYRUPS. The Vhyfitiam library, Culpeper. You may thank Mefte far jt,not the College. It dotn mightily ftrengthen the Breaft and Lungs (by the Breaft, I always mean that which is called Thorax) caufeth long wind, clear voice, is a good remedy againft cougns. Ufe it like the Syrup of Liquorice. Syrupus Iva artbarhica five Chamapityos. 57. Qr, Sy- rup of Charhepitys. CoUege, Take of Chamepjtys, two handfuls;' Sage, Rofemary, Poley mountain, Origanum, wild Mints, Penniroyal, H. fop, Time, Rue, garden and wild Betony, Mother of Time, of each a hand. fal ; the roots of Acorns, Birth- wort long and round, Briony, Dittany, Gentian, Hogs Fennel, Valerian, of each half an ounce; the,roots of Small ige, Sparagus., Fennel. Parfby, Brufcus, of each an ounce ; Pellitory of Spain an ounce and an half; Sta:chas, the feeds of Ammi, Caroway,Fennel, Lovage, Hartwort, of each three drams ; Raifins of the Son two ounces; boil them in ten pound ef water to four, to which add Honey and Sugar, of each two pound; and make it into a Syrup to be perfumed with Cinnamon, Nutmegs and Cubebs, of each three drams. Culpeper. I bid them mind this for mam* laft time, and the trut b is, fo they have -. before ic was a hodge podge that could not be made, and now 'tis a hodge | Sodge only noc worth the ma- ing. Syrupus JujubinuS. 5^. Or, Syrup of Jujubes. r CoUege. Take of Tujubes,VioIets, five drams, Maidenhair, new Liquorice bruifed, French Bar* Jey. of each an ounce ; the feeds of MjIIqwi five drams; the feeds of white Poppies- Melons, Lettuce, feeds of Q.iinces and Qum Tragacanth tied up in a rag, of each three drams: boil them in fix pound of ram or fpring water till half be confu- ted : ftrain jt, and with two pound of Sugar make ic into a Syrup. Culpeper. Thoft that adore the College as fo nuny little God a mighties. let them ask them what part of the Violets muft be put in, for they muft operate as near to tnetr meaneft. as the men of Benjamin could throw a ftone and not rhifs: others that do noc, may be pleafed to make ufe of the flowers. It is fine cooling Syrup very available in Coughs, Hoarfnefs and Pleurifies. Ulcer! of the Lungs and Bladder, as alfo in all inflammations whatfoever. You may lake a fpoonful of ie once in three or four hours, or it you pleafe take it with 4 Liquorice ftick. Syrupus de Afpconio, fw$ Diacodium.. 58. Or> Syrup of Meconium, or Diacodium. ToUege, Take of white P.oppey heads with their feeds, gathered a little after the flowers are fallen off and kepc three days, eighc ounces ; black Poppey beads Q fo ordered ) fix ounces ; Rain wa- ter eighe pound, fteep them twenty four hours, then heac and prefs them gently : boil it to thiee pounds, and with twenty four ounces of Sugar boyl it into a Syrup according to art. Syrupus de Meconio compofieus. 5»* Or, Syrup bf Msconium compound. CoUege. Take of white and black Poppey heads, with their' SYRUPS. The Phyfitians Library. "7 « feeds fifty drams, Maidenhair fifteen j'ami J >|ubes thirty : th- item of Let race, forty drams, of Mal)o«s and Quinces tied up in a rag, of ea-h a lram and an halt: L iquoiice five drams, and Water ei< f pound boil it ac- cording co Art, ftrain it, and to td-ee pound of Decocti >n, add Sugar and Pemds, of each one pound, make it into a Sy- rup. Culpeper. Meconium ( the bluffi of which this Receipt carries in its frontifpiece ) is nothing elfe but the juice of Englifll Poppies boil'd till it be thick,a» I am of opinon that Opium it nothing elfe but juice ot Poppies growing in hot- ter Countreys ( for \ucb Opium as xAutbors talk of com11 t'om ^topia ~) and therefore in aii reafon u colder in qialicy, and therefore ( I fpeak puref of Mecodium and Opium, noc of thefe Syrups) ho' they be no edge tools, >« 'tis ill Jefting with them. All chefe former Syrups of Poppies pro- voke fl.-ep, but in thai I defire the* may be ufed with a g eat deal of Caution and wauuefs; fuch at thefe arc, are noc fit to be given in the beginning ot Fevers, not to fuch whole Bodies; arecoftive; ever conlidering my j former Motto. Fools are not fit to make Phyfitians ; yet to fuch as arc troubled with hoc fharp Rheums, you may fafelv give them. And note this- The lift, which it borrowed from M>/a», it ap- propriated to the Lungs, whofe own words ( tranflation except- ed ) of it are thefe, jt prevoils againft dry Cought, Ptificks, hot and fharp gnawing Rheumt, and provokes sleep; It it an ufual fafhion tor Nurfes when they have heat their Milk by Exercife or ftrong Liquor (no marvel then if their Children he froward) then run for Sy- young onss fleep. 1 would fain have that fafhion left, there fore I forbear the dofe. Let Narfee keep their own Bodies temperte, and their Children will tteep well enough, nev«r fear, Syrupus Afelifoohylii. 59. Or, Syrup of Mint. Co ege. Take of the Bark ot Buglofs roott, an ounce: The Root of white Dutony, Cinque- l->.l, Scornozera, of each half • an ounce : the leaves of Balm, scibious, Devilt bit, and the flowers of both foru of Bugloff, and Rofemary. of each an hmdful, the feeds of Sorrel, Citrons, Fennel, Carduut and Biail, of each three drams, and *)oil them in four pound of »ater till halt be confumed: ftrain it, and add three pound »f white Sugar ; juice of Balm ■»nd Rofe water, of each half a pound, boyl them to a Syrup, the which psrfume with Cin- umon aud yellow Sander I, of each half an ounce. tolpeper. The Scornozet mow, and Buglofs roott are added, l and the Betony roots left one ' and Bernelius hit name buried in oblivion: that is all the al. teration. Always tie the Per. fumes up in a rag, and hang 'em into the Syrup by a firing when it boils and hang them by a firing in a VeiTel ( be it pot or glafs ) that you may keep the Syrup in, being boiled ; It it an excellent Cordial, and ftrengthens the Heart, Breaft and Stomach: it i refifteth Melancholly, revives the Spirits, is given wich good fucceft in Fevers, it ftrengtheneth the Memory, and relieve! languifli- ing Nature. You may take a fpoonful $( it $ a time. Syrupus *i8 SYRUPS. The Phyfitians Library. Syrupus de Mentha. tfs it, .in./ boil it 'it'xnto a Sj* 'up with its etfual vteigbs in Su. g*r. Culpeper. I^know no danger in this Syrup, fo it be taken with moderation ( a A brcal itnmoderarely taken hu rs : } the Syrup cools the blood, helps Surfeits, and may fafe- ly be given in Fienz es, Fe- vers and hot Agues. College. Take of frtjji foyers Syrupus de Pilofellt. 6r. Or, Syrup of Moufear. College. Take of Moufear three handfuls ; the roots of Ladies mantle an ounce and an half: the roots of Comfry the greater, Madder, white Dittany, Tormentil, Biftort of each an ounce; the leaves of Winter green, Horftail and Ground Ivy, Plantane, Ad- ders tongue, Strawberries, St. Johns wort, with the flowers, Golden Rod -, Agrimony and Betony, Burnet, Avens, Cin- quefoyl the greater; red Colcworts, Belaufhnes, red Rofes, of each t handful; boil them gently in fix pound of Plantane water to three, then flrain it ftrongly, and when it is fettled, add Gum Traga- canth, the feeds of Flea wort, Marflimailows, and Quinces made into a Mufllage by themfelves in Strawberry and Betony Water, of each three ounces ; white Sugar two pound, boil it co the thicknefsj of Honey. ! Qslftfeu Certainly they in- i cended **& SYRUPS. The Phyfit^ns Library. tended an univerfal Medicine ot this, and may prove as good as Chryfippus his Cole worts. It is profitable for wounded people to take, for it is drying and healing, and therefore good for Ruptures. Syprus infufionisforum Peonia. 64 Or, Syrup of the infufion of peony flowers. College. It is prepared jhjl for ^AU the World like Syrup of Clove. giiliflowers. Culpeper. See Syrup of Me. conium for the virtues. Syrupus de Feonice compofcus. 61. Or, Syrup of Peony Compound. CoUege. Take <*f the Roots of both forts of Peony taken up ac the full Moon, cut in flices, and fteeped in white Wine a whole day, of each an Ounce and an half: Contra yerva half an ounce: Siler Mountain fix drams; Elks Claws an ounce ; Rofemary with the flowers on, one hand- ful ; Betony num, Chanepytis, Rue, of each three drams ; Wood of Aloes, Cloves, Cardamoms the lefs, of each two drams; Gin- ger, Spikenard, of each a dram ; Stxchas, Nutmegs, of each two drams and an half; boil them after one days warm digeftion, in a fufficient quan- tity of diftilled water of Peo- ny roots, to four pound; in which f being ftrained through H»Ppo«iK« jusfleeyef) puc four pound and an half of white Sugar, and boyl it to a Syrup. Culpeper. It is fome what coftly to buy, and as tro ,ble- fome to make: a fpooufu' of it taken, helps the Falling Sicknefs and Convulfions. Syiupus de Pom's alte>ans. Or, Syrup of Apples. 6i. College. Take four pound of rhe juice of fweet fcenced Ap- ples, the juice of Buglofs, garden and wild, of Violec leaves, Rofe water, *of each a pound ; boyl them together, and clarifie them, and with fix pound of the Sugar, boyl it it into a Syrup according to Art. Culpeper. It is a fine cooling Syrup for fuch whole Hearts a id Stomachs are over preffed with hear, and may fafely be given in Pcavcrs, for it rather loofens than binds; it breeds good blood, and is profitable in He&ick Fevers, and for fuch as are troubled with pal. Hyfop, Origa-. juration of the heart ^ it alfo '^juencheft thirft admirably in Fevers, and ftays Hiccoughs. You may take an ounce of it at a time in the morning, or when you need. &yrupus de Prafb. 6*t. Or, Sy* rup of Horehound* CoUege. Take of white Hore. hound freth, two ounces, Li- quorice, Polipodium of the Oak, Fennel and Smallage WOtf) SYRUPS. the Whjfititot Library! x 21 ?/*r>ts, of each half an ounce ; white Maidenhair, Origanum, Hyfop, Calaminth, Time, Sa- voury, Scabous, Coltsfoot, of each fix drams, the feedsy of Annis and Cotton, of each % drams, Raifins of the Sun ftoned two ounces, fat figs ten,' boyl them up in eight pound of Hy- dromd till half be confumed, boil the Deco&ion iuto a Syrup with Honey and white Sugar, of cich two pound. 6c perfume it with an ounce of* the roots of Orris Florentine. Culpeper. It is appropriated to the Breaft and Lungs, and is a fine deanfer to purge them from cluck and putrifled ftegm : .it helps Ptificki and Coughs, and pifeafei fubj'ecft to old men and cold natures. Take it with a Liquorice ftick. Both this Re- ceipt and the former, Femelius was the Author of» Syrupus de quinque Kadicibuj. 6%. Or, Syrup ot'the five opening Roots. College. Take of the roots of fmaUage, fennel, Parfif, :Bru/cus, SparagUS^ of each two Ounaes. fpring mater fix pound, boil atv.tf the third part, make a Syrup veitb the refl j according to ait, nith three pound of j Sugar, adding eight ounces of white Vine Vinegar towards the latter end. . Culpeper. ft cleanfeth and openeth very well, is profitable againft obftrucftions. provokes Tjrine, cleanfes -the body of flegm, and is fafely 8c profitably given in the beginning of Fe- vers An ounce at a time upon an empty* ftomach is a good t)ofe. Syrupus K*pha*i. 6l. Or Syrup o* RadiftVs. . CoUege. Tike of Garden* and wild Radifli Roots, qf. each an ounce, che Rocks of white Saxi- frage, Lovage. IV iUu«,, £ringo»- Jleftiarrow, Parti , Fennel, of •ach half an ounce the Leaves d£ Betonv Darn Penirov.*!, #ethics, WAtcr ««fT.s, Samphire, Maidenhair, of each i handful £ Winter Cherries, jujubesw^Sff each ten; the feeds ofV'fazil Bux. Parity of Macedonia, fteart* wort, Carraway, Carrots Grord- wel, the baric of the roots of Bay tree, of each two drams j Raifins of the Run ftoned, Li- quorice, of each fin drams,, boi! them in twelve pound of Watec to.eight : ftrain it, and with 4 pound of Sugar, arid two pound of Hone v, make it into a Syrup, and perfume it with an ounce of Cinnamon, and half an ounce of Nutmeg*. • ., Culpeper. A. tedious long Me" cine for the Stone.I wonder why the College affect fuch long long: Receipts. ,, . Syupus flegius, alias Julapiutn iAlexandrlnum. 64. Or, Julep of Alexandria. C ^llegeSUyl 4 pound of Ro/e wafer} and one pound of vebite Sugar into r them, that haye nothing elfe to do wich their Money. ■'■i< do RofiS /lecis. 64. • SvrUr' of dried Rofes. Or, College. Take four pound of Ip'ns. "' wf'' water hot, in rehich infill a pound of dried Rofei bytfom: at a tine, prefs them out. *r pgith twopjrrnd'of Sugar boil it into] a Syr Up ac cot ding to art. Culpeper. Tl you bo\l it, It will loic bpch Colour ( in Svrups made of Deocftion the colour is noc fb material ) and Virtue &£ tuen who but the College wnu'd cry our agafnft fuch paultry ft".ff%. I am weary wich noting this ia every Receipt, therefore pleafe to accept of > this one getXjaV K • rule f 121 SYRUPS. the Phyfitians Library. rule ; It is not beft 30 boil .Syrupus de Scihpendtii. 64. Or, any Syrups made of any Infu-1 _SyruP_°f ilircice, Winter Cherries, Dodder, of each fix drams ; to boyl thefe, take fixteen pound of Spting Water, Jlraiti the Liquor, and boyl it infix poitni of white Sugar, adding towards the end ' fist ounces of Khtlbarb. pi drams of Spick na>d bound up together in a thin 4 nd flack fag, the which crufs often in boyling, arid Jo make it to a Syrup ac cording to a> t. Culpeptr. This Receipt ( With- out a Name ) was borrowed from Nicbolaus florentinus ; the difference is only in the quantity of the Rhubarb and Spike, befides the order inverted, whofe oven approbation of it rUns in thefe terms. It cleanfeth the Body of venemons Humours, as Boyls, Carbuncles, and the iifcf; ic prevails againft peftilential Fe- vers; it ftrengthens the heart and nutritive virtue, purgeth by ftool and Urine, it makes a man have a good ftomacn to his meat, and provokes fteep. But by my Authors leave, I never accounted Purges to be proper "h fkk In Piftilenrial Fevers*. This I believe -he S^rup dean- f-ih the Li\f well, and is e»- K a seeding 124 SIRUPS. the 'Phyfitiam Library! fling good for fuch as tie tro«W*d with Hypochondriack Melan- cholly. The ftrong may take i ounces at a time; the weak one br you may mix an ounce of it with the Decoction of Senna. Syrupus de Epithimo. fj, Or, Syrup of Epithimum. College .Take of Epithimum 20 drams Myrabolans, Citron and Indian, of each fifteen drams, Eniblicks:Bellericks,Polipodium, Liquorice, Agraick, Time, Ca- lamanth. Buglofs Sreechas. of each ten drams, red Rpfes. An- nifeeds and fweet Dodder, Fu- rnltory, of each ten drams, and Fennel feeds, of each two drams and an half, fweet prunes ten,* ( * Would t could fee them : truly if ye would have them-, I doubt yoii *nu$ go to Arabia where Mefue dwelt ) Raifins of the Sun fton'd four ounces. Tamarinds two ounces and an half: after 24. hours infufion in ten pound of fpring water, boil it awav to fix, then take it from the fire and ftrain it, and with five pound Of fine Sugar boyl it into a Sy- rup according to art. ' Culpeper. It is beft to put in, the Dodder, Stcechas & Agarick towards the latter end of the Decoction. This Receipt was Mefue's, only inftead of 5 pound of Sugar, Mefue appoints four found of Sugar, and 2 pound of apa ( the making of which fliail befliewed in its proper place) and truly in »my opinion the Receipts of Mefue ire generally the beft in all the Difpenfatory, becaufe the Simples are fo per- tinent to the purpofe intended, they are not made up of a mefs of hodge podge, as many others are; but to the purpofe. It purgeth Melancholly and other humours, it ftrengtbeneth the Stomach and Liver, cleanfeth the Body and aduft Choler, Sc aduft Blood, as alfo ot fait hu. 1 aowri, and help Difeafes pro-1 ceeding from thefe, as Scabs, Itch, Tetters, Ring worms, Le- profie, fre. And the truth Is, I like it the better for its gentle- nefs, tor I never fancied violent Medicines in Melancholick bi~ eafes. A mean man may take two Ounces at a time, or add an ounce to the Decocuon of Epi- thimum. Syiupus t siloribtts tttfictrunu ci8. Or, Svrup of Peach flowers. College. Jake of fr Peach flowers 4 pound, sleep them a whole day in three pound of Harm water, then boyl it a little, and ftrain it out, reprat this infufion five timis in the fame Liquor, in thrt povtii 0/ which, diffolve two pound and ait half of Sugar, and boyl it into a Sf tup. Culpeper. It is a gentle Purge* of Choler, and may be given even in Fevers,to draw away the cholerick humours, according to the opinion of oindernacus, whole Receipt ( all things confidered ) differs little from this. Syrupus de Pomis purgans, 6%. Or| Syrup of Apples purging. College. Take of the juice of fweet lmelling Apples 2 pound, the juice of Borrage, and Bugloft, of each one pound and an half; Senna two ounces, Annifeedt half an ounce, Saffron one dram. ! Let the Senna be fteeped in the j juice twenty four hours, 8c after a warm or two, ftrain it, and with two ponnd of white Sugar boil it to a Syrup according to art, the Saffron being tied up in a rag, and often cruihed in the boyling. Culpeper. Mefue appoints Senna Cods, andfodo the Auguftan Phyfitians, vix. the husks that holds the feeds, & the CoUege altered that, and added the Annifeedt, I fuppofe to correct the Senna, and in fo doing they did well. The Syrup is a pretty cooling Purge, and tends to rec- tify {he d$j!pp«i of the blood, SYRUPS. [the Phyfitians Library. L2J It purgeth Choler and Me- lancholly, and therefore mull needs be tffcftual both in yellow and black Jaundice, Madnefs, Scurf, Leprcfie and Scabs. It is very gentle, and for that I commend both the Receipt, and Irfefue, the Au- thor of it. The dole is from one ounce to three, according as the body is in age and ftrength. An ounce in the morning is excellent for fuch Children as break out in fcabs Syrupus de Pomis Magiflralis.69. Or, Syrup of Apples Mag'fterial. College. Take of the juice and water of fweet fmelling Apples, of each a pound and an ha'f, the juice and water pf Borrage and Buglofs of each nine ounces, Senna half a pound; Annifceds, and fweet Fennel feeds, of each $ drams; Epithimum ot * Geet ( * and why of Creet ? There grew moft Time upon Himettus in Greece, and Hybla in Siclia, and fo by copfe- quence moft Epithimum ) t ounces; the wliiteft Agarick, the beft Rhubarb, of each half an ounce ; Ginger, Mace of each 4 fcruples; Cinnamon two fcruples, Saffron half a dram ; infufe the Rhubarb & Cinnamon apart by it felf, in white Wine and juice of Ap- pies, of each two ounces j let all the reft, the Saffron ex- cepted, be ftceped in the Wa- ters above mentioned, & the next day put in the juice, Which being boiled, fcumm'd and ftrained, then with four f0un4 pf t^e wbjteft Sugai boil it into a Syrup, crufhing the Saffron in it. being tied up in a linnen Rag. the in- fufion of the Rhubarb being added at the latter end, Culpeper. Out of doubt this is a gallant Syrup to purge aduft Choler and Melanchol, ly.andto refift madnefs, \ know no better purge for fuch as are almoft or altoge* ther diftrafted by Melan, cholly, then an ounce of this mixed with four ounces of: the Dccoftion of Epithimumi ordering their bodies, as they were taught, Syrupus de Rhuburbado. 60.. Ofy Syrup of Rhubarb. College. Take of the beft Rhubarb and Senna, of each) two ounces and an half; Violet flowers a handful, Cinnamon one dram and art half, Ginger half a dram, Bertony, Succory and Ijug* 1 jfs water, of each 1 pound and an half; let them be mixed together warm all night, and in the morning ftrained, and boiled into a Syrup, with two pound of white Sugar, adding towards; the end four ounces of Syt rup of Rofes. Culpeper. ft cleanfeth Cho, ler and Melancholly very gently, and therefore fie foe Children, old people, and. weak bodies. You may add, an ounce of it to the l}ccocn tion of Epithimum, or tq the Deception, of Senna. It- is a very pretty Receipt made by the A"gulHn PhyltfUns.. f2$ SYRUPS the Phyfitians Library. Syrupus Roj'aceus folutivus6 9.Or, Syrup of Rofes folutive. College. Take Spring.water boiling hot four pound, Da mask Rofe leaves frefh, as many as the water will con- tain, let them, remain twelve hours in Infufion, and clofe Hopped ; then prefs them out and put in fieih Rofe leaves, do fo nine times [ Gcd re- joyceth in odd, numbers quoth one of their Patriarchs, 1 fliould have faid a Poet J in the fame Liquor, increa, ling the qianrity of the Rofes as the- Liquor encreafeth, which will be almoft by the thiid part every time. Take fix parts of this Liquor, and tvith four parts of white Su- gar, boyl it to a Syrup ac- cording to art. Culpeper. U loofeth the bel ly,!and gently bringeth forth choler and flegm, but leaves a binding quality behind it. Sy.upus efucco Rofatum 70. Or, S, rup of Juice of Rofes. College. It,is prepared with- out fteepivg, only with rhe Juice of Damask Rofes prcfled put, and clarified, and an e- qual proportion of Sugar added to it. a Culpeper. This is like the other. • Syrupus Roficeus ftlutivuus cum >: Jgaiico. 70, Or, Syrup of -Roles folutive with v •■!..- Agarick. College. Take of Agarick cue thin, an 01: nee, Ginger cwo drams, Sal Gcmi one dram, PoLpoJium bruifed, two ounces; ofpriaklc • them with white Wine, and fteep them two days over warm Afhes, and in a pound and an half of the Infufion of Damask Rofes prefcribed be- fore, and with one pound of Sugar, boyl it into a Syrup according to art. Culpeper. You had better add twice fo much Sugar as is of the Infufion, for' fear the ftrength of rhe Agarick be loft in the boyling. Ic pur- geth flegm from the head, relieves the fenfes opprefTcd by it : it provokes the terms in Women ; it purgcrh the Stomach and Liver, and pro- Upketh Urine. Some hold it / an univerfal Purge for all parts of the Body; a weak body may take, an ounce at a time ; and a ftrong two oun- ces, guiding himfelf as he was" taught in the Dccoftion of Epithimum. Syrupus Rofaceus folutivus cum Helleboro 70. Or, Syrup of Rofes folutive with Hel- lebore. College. Take of the bark of all the Myrobalans, of each four ounces, and bruife them grofly, and fteep them twenty four hours in twelve pound of the Infufion of Rofes be- fore fpoken, Senna, Epithi- mum, and Polypodium of the Oak, of each four ounces, Citron feeds, Liquorice, of each four ounces j »the bark of black Hellebore roots, fir drams : { * Take the root* themfelves, for if the Bark be to be had, it is very rare) let the fourth part of the Li-' luor gently exhale, ftrain it, b- ' , •> ■- • ■' and SYRUPS. the Phyfitians Library. *27 and with five pound of Sugar, and fixteen drams of Rhubarb tied up in a linn^n rag, make it into a Syrup according to ark Culpeper. You muft not boil the black Hellebore at all, or but very little; if you do, you had as good pur none in The Syrup rightly ufed purge Melancholly, refifteth Madnefs. I wilh the Igno- rant to fet it alone, for feai it be too hard .for them. Syrupus Rofueus folwivus cum Senna. 70, Or, Sv'U,> of 1 RoL-s folurive with Senna. College. Take of Senna f.x ounces. Caraway and fweet Fennel feeds, of each thret d'anis, tbeu fpnnkle them with white Wive and infufe them two days in 3 pound of thp Infufion of Damask Rofes gfjref.vd, then pain it; gf with two pound of the whitefl Sugar boyl u into a Syrup. Culpeper. It purgeth the body of Choler and Melancholly, expels the rcli&S a Difeale hath left behind it. The Dofe is from one ounce to two. You may take it in a Decoftion of Senna ; it leaves a binding quality behind it. Syrupus de fpetna Cfrvma. 7i. Or,Syrup of purging Theirn. College. Take of the Benie> cf ?Vr&ing Thorn gathered h September, as many as you will, huife them in a Stone Mot tar, & frefs out the Juices^ let the ^th tart of :.t evaporate away in a path, then to two pound of it, add frteen unices of white Sugar, boil it into a Syrup, which (pfurne Wllk M*fiwb, #WWWi Nutmegs Annifeedt in fine por*, der, of each three dtams. Culpeper. Tragus and Penti£ comnr-nd it much againft the Dropfies. I know nothing o it by experience, I am confu lent the College when th;y A-rote it, knew as little, and therefore I hold it modefty to let it alone, as an upftart Me- dicine, appointed to try expe- riences upon poor mens bo-> dies, and if it kill them, their friends by Law cannot queftu »n a Collegiate. Syrups made with Vine-* gar and Honey. Mel Autbofitum. 71. O", Ho* ney of Rofemary flowers. lollege, TAKE of frefh Rofemary flow, ers a pound, clarified Honey ^ hree pound, mix them in a glafs with a narrow mouth, fet them in the Sun, keep them for ufe. Culpeper. It hath the fame virtues with Rofemary flow- ers, to which I refer you, only by reafon of the Honey, it may be fome what cleans fing. Mell IfeHebo)atuni. 71. Or, Honey Hclleborated. College. Take of white Hellebore roots bruifed, a pound, clear water fourteen) pound ; after three days infu^ lion, bqil it till half be con- fumed, then ftrain it dUi, gently, and with 3 pound of Honey, then boil it into thej thicknefsof Honey. Culpeper. What 4 mnflrurq K 4 bwwfa% S3TRX7S3. • the phyfitians library. horrendum, horible, horrible, \Mel JUercuriale. 72. Or, Honey Receipt have we here ? Aj • of Mercury. y pound of white Hellebore foiled in fourteen . pints of water to feven. '•' I would ask fhe-'Colledge. whether the Hellebore will not lofe its Virtue in the twentieth part *f this Infufion as:d Decepti- on, ( lor it muft be infufed forfooth ) three days to a sminute, if a man may be fo bold to tell them che truth. A Taylors goof'c being boiled thatf time, would make a Deco£Hon near as ftrong as Ihe hellebore,, but this they Will ,not believe j well then bf *t fo, imagine the Helle- bore ft-ill iemain in its rigour skfter bping fo long tired , out with a tedious boiling ( for left; boiling would boyl an 0*) what ,ihould#. this Medi. Jine/do f purge melancholly fay;they, but, from whom ? from-men. or bcaft ? For the riyjedicine would be fe flrong, he'Dev'vl would not take it, unlets it were poured down their throat with,a hora. I College. B(oil three pound of the juice of Mercury witli two pound of Honey to the thicknefs of Hcncy. . Culpeper. It is ufed as an Emollient in Clyfters. ■■•* Mel Jlfororum -vel Diamoron. ji. Or, Honey of Mufbenics.' College. Take of the juice of Mulberries and blackoer- ries before they be npcj ga- thered before the Sun ,be up,' of each a pound and an half Honey two. pound, boil thcni to their due thicknefs. Culpeper. It is vulgarly known to be: good for-fore mouths, as alfo to cool in- flammations there. ' • Mel Nucum alias Diaocorion £r Dianucum. 72. Or, Honey of Nuts. College. Take of the juice of the outward bark of greeri Walnuts gathered in the Dog- days, twp pound; boil ic yi«-not fay«they intend to. gently till it be thick, and KUl.men euvi prwilegio, that's with one pound of Honey, 806 grofs :.I charitably judge boil it to thicknefs of Honey thus, either the Virtue of the ' Culpeper. It is a good pre- HcJieborc.iwill fly away in fervative in Peftilential times;- WCh a martyrdom or elfe it a fpoonful being taken fo .Will" remain in -the Deception, foon as you are up. • i" .*'If it ..evaporate away, '.then > Mel Pajfulatum. 71. Qr, V *he Medicine, good for | Honey of Raifins. sothing. /If. ic remain in, it College. Take of Raifins of rsicijough to fpoiL the ftrong. the Sun cleanfed from the _«ft man breathing. 1.-Becaufe- ftones two pound, fteep them it is too ftrong. • i/Becaufe it in fix pound of warm :water it not -correcied in the leaft • the next day boil it half awa^, and r becaufe- they had not. and prefs it ftronfilyV'-»P* correfttd ■ that, i therefore \i »... \ .:, . \.;: »■''.wiV(,- take leave to cor reft them,« i/ c '-v.'. u SYRUPS. the Phyfitians Library. 129 with two pound of Honey, let the cxpreiftcl Liquor bo)l to iti trucktufi. ■ Cu'.ptpcr. ft is a pretty pleafing M- dicinc for fuch as are in aCon. sumption, &c are bound in body. M.l Rofatum commune, five folia- turn. 73. i)r, common Hone; of Rofes ColLge. Jake of red RofeS quitt* open two pound, th befl Honey fix pound, jet t'um in the Sun according to ait. MA Rojarum colatum. 73. Or, fionei ot Rofes ftrained. allege. Take of the beft dari- rifi:d Honey ten pound, juice of ireih rej Rofes one pound : fet it handloraely over the fire, and when ic begins to bo>l, put in four pound of frefli red Rofes; the whites being cut off,- the jjice being confumed by boiling and ftirring, ftrain ic and keep it for ufe. culpeper. They are both ufed for Difeafes in the Mouth. Mil Rofarum jolutivm. 73. Or, Honey of Rofe* folutive. College. Take of them often in infulion of Damask Roles, five pound of Honev rightly clarified Kmr pound, boil it to the thick- nefs of Honey. ' Culpeper. It is ufed as Laxative in Clyfters, and fome Ghyrur. geons ufe it to cleanfe Wounds. , CoUege. After the fame manner is prepared Honey, of the iufuli on of Ted Rofes. M.i Seillithum. 73. Or, Hone) of Squills. ' College. Take one Squill full of juice cut in bits, and put it in a glafs* veffel, the mouth clofe flopped, and covered with a skin, fet it in the Sun 40 days. ro wit, 20 before and after the rifing of the Dog ftar, then open the vefTel, and take the juice which lies at the bottom, and preferve it with the beft Honey. 1 Culpeper.• A man never fliew; his-folly fo much as in meddling with things he hath no skill in- Were n not filly in me to go reach a Smith how to make Nailsf. or a Farmer how to mend his Land i And what then isit for onr learned College to write of Aftronoray, which is a Science they have not much skill in. I told them of jt laft Editi- oi, and now they have mended it as the Fletcher mended bis Bolt, made two faults tor one before -, what fliould a Common wealth do with fuch Creatures chat know nothing,' and are tqd ,)roud to learn i It belongs to iheir Slaves, vi*. the Company of Apothecaries to ask them. :. Which Dog ftar they mean. i. Which rifing, whether Aero- nic.il, Cofmical, or Heliacal. Mil Violaceum. 7s- Qr> Honey ot Violets. College. Hon-y of Violets, is prepa.- ,ed like as Honey of Rofes. Oxymel fimple. 73. College. Take ot the beft Ho- ney four pound, clean water and white Wine Vinegar, ot each 3 pound, boil them in an earthen! Veffel, taking the fcum off with a wooden fcummer, till it come co the confidence of a Syrup. Cu'.peper. Your bdkrvncf^ii to boil the Water arfd Honey ft Receipt of NicboUus, but ot" whnt Xtcbulaus I know not •, the felf fame Receipt is word for Word in Skfue. whole commenda- tion of it is this; It cures and divides Humouis that be tough and vifcious, and therefore helps the ftomach and bowels afflicted by fuch humours, and helps four belchings. If you take but a fpoonful in the morning, an able body will think it enough. View the Vinegar of Squills, and then your reafon will tell you this is as wholfome, and fome what more toothfome. Oxymel fcillhicum eompofuivum. 75. Or, Oxymel ot Squills compound. College. Take of Origanum, •dried Hyfop, Time, Lovage Cardamoms the lefs, Stajchas, of each five drams, boil them in 3 pound of water to one, ftrain it, and with two pound of Honey, honey of Raifins half a pound, juice of Brion>- five ounces, and Vinegar of Squills a pound and an half, boyl it, and fcum it ac- cording to arr. Culpeper. Mfue faith this is good againft the Falling ficknefs, Me grim, Head-ach, Vertigo, or lwimming in the head, and if thefe be occafioned by the fto- mach. as many times they are, h helps the Lungs obftru&ed b> humours, and is good for women not well cleanfed after labour, it opens the pafTagc of the womb. Tii too churlifh a purge for a Country man to meddle with. If the ignorant will be meddling, they will meet with their match* et, and fay, I told them fo. Such Syrups as *rt in their rtjtSti Difpenfatory. and left Out in tbu, art theft that follow. fyup of Purflain. Mefue. a&r^npAke of the feeds of ^ • ■ > PiuUain grofly bruifed, half a pound, of the juice of Endive boyled and clarified, two pound, Sugar two pound, and half: Infufe the feeds in the juice of Endive 24 hours; after* wards boil it half away with a gentle fire, then ftrain it, and boil it with Sugar to the conflu- ence of a Syrup, adding me Vi» negar towards the latter end of the Decoction. Culpeper. Ic is a pretty cooling Syrup, fit for any hot Difeafes incident to the Stomach, Reins, Bladder, Matrix or Liver ; if thickens flegm, cools the blood, and provokes fleep. You ma/ take an ounce of u at a time when you have occalion. Compound of Syrup of Colts f oorRenod CoUege. Take fix handfuls of green Colts toot, vwo handfuls **i Maidenhair, one handful of Hyfop, and two ounces of Li- quorice, boil them io four pint! eicher » of rain or fpring water, L * If Idurflfpend Paper about it, I could eafiiy prove fpring water to be the befl by far "] till the 4th part be confumed, then ftrain ic, and clarifie it, to which add three pound of white Sugar, boil it to the perfect confiftence ofa Syrup Culpeper. The compofition ic appropriated to the Lungs: and therefore helps the infirmities, weaknefles, or tailings thereof; as want of voice, difficulty of breathings, Coughs, Hoarfnefs, Catarrhs, &c. The way of taking it is with a Liquorice flick, or if you pleafe, you may add one ounce of ic to the Pectoral De- coction. Syrup of Poppies, the leffer compofition. CoUege. Take of the heads of white Poppies and black, when boft of them are green, of each fix ounces, the feeds of Lettuce, the flowers of Violets, of each an ounce, boil them jn 8 pints of water, I?i SYRUPS. the Phyfitans Library^. water, tilt the virtue is out of the heads ; then ftrain them, and with four pound of Sugar \)0)\ the'Liquor to a Syrup. u Syrup of Poppies, the greater compc fition. Mefue. College, Take of the heads of both white and black Poppiet. feeds and all, of each 50 drams -, Maidenhair 1$ drams, Liquorice 5 drams, Jujubes 30 by number Lettuce feeds 40 drams, of rhe feeds bf Mallows and Qjince< ( tied up iti a thin linnen cloth ) of each 1 dram and an half; boil thefe in 8 pints of Water till 5 pints be confumed : when yon have ftrained out the three pints remaining, add to them Penids of white Sugar, of each a pound, boil them into a Syrup a..ording to art. ' Culpeper. AU thefe former Syrups of Poppies paovoke ll.-ep, but in that I defire'they may be ufed with a great deal of caution and warinefs ; fuch as thefe are not fit to be given in the be- ginning of Fevers, nor fuch whofe bodies are coftive ; ever remember my former Motto, Fools are not fit to make Phyfitians ; yet to fuch as are rroubled with hot, fharp Rheums, you may fafely give thfru. " And no.e this, The laft, which is borrowed from Mefue, is appropriated 10 the Lungs, whofe own words ( tranflation excepted jt of it arc thefe: It prevails againft dty Coughs, Ptificks, hot and fharp gnawing Rheum s^ and provokes fleep. It is an ufual fafhion for Nurfes when they have heated their Milk by exercife or ftrong Liquor, ( no marvel then if their Children be froward ) then run for Syrup of Poppies to make their young ones fleep. I would then fain have that fafhion left, therefore I forbear the Dofe; Let Nurfes keep their own Bo- dies temperate, and their chil- dren, will fleep well enough dcvm fear. ...... ' ......" —*■ Syrup of Eupaterium ( or Maudlin. A , Mefue. CoUege. Take of the roots of Smallage, Fennel and Succory, of each two ounces, Liquorice, Schaenanth, D,odder, Wormwood Rofes, of eacii 6 drams, Maiden iair, Bedeguar, or iuftead there- of the roots of Carduus Maria:, } Sucatha ( ^ A kind of Thorn r owing in Egypt and ^Arabia ) or inftead thereof, the roots ot Wens, the flowers or roots of i, Jglofs, Annifeeds, fweet Fennel feeds Ageratum, or Maudlin, of ch five drams; Rhubarb, Ma- ftich, of each tlvee diams : and $j;kenard, Indian leaf, or in-r ftcad of it pur Roman Spike, of each two drams: boil them in S pints of water, till the third part be confumed : then ftra,in rhe Decoction, and with fout . oound of Sugar, clarified juice ot Smallage and Endive, of each naif a pound boil it to a Syrup. Culpeper. 'Tis a grange caufe, & the ftranger becaufe it comes I from a College of Phyfitians y bat they fhould fet Bedeguar, or inftead thereof, Carduas Maria ; ft is well known, that the Be- deguar ufed here witn us, or ra- ther that which the Phyfitians of our times ufe for Bedeguar, is a thing that grows upon wild Ro- fes ; but the Bedeguar of the xAra- bianr was Carduus Maria ( it is that we call our Ladies Thiftle, having white veins in the Leaf, aod ufeth to be eaten in the Spring time ), and they know- well enough Mefue ( whofe Re- ceipt this was) was an ^Arabian* Truly ir is juft as it they fhould fay, They would have ten Shil- lings for a V'JSt, or inftead of. chat an Angel • there being in- deed and in truth, as much dif- ference between Bedeguar and, Carduus Maria, as between' eight pence and. t.vro groats. It amends; infirmities of the Liver coming. of cold, opens obftructionj, help* eipt m ROB. fl:e 'Phyfitians Library, 133 the Dropfie, and evil ftate of the body ; it extenuates grofs humours, ftrengthens the Li- ver, provokes Urine, and is a prefent fuccour for Hypo- chondriack Melancholly. You may take an ounce at a time in the morning ; it opens, but purgeth Hot. Honey of Emblicks. Auguftanus .College. Take fifty Emblick, Myrobolans, bruife them and boyl them in three pints of water till two be confumed , ftrain it, and with the like weight of Honey, boyl it into a Syrup. Culpeper. It is a gentle pur. ger both of flegm and me- larlchhlly * it ftrengthens the Brain and Nervej, arid fenfes, both internal and extern'a), helps trembling of the Heart, ftay* vomiting, provokes appetite: You may take a fpoonful at a time. ROB, 4fc, SAPA, AND JUYCES. Culpcper.yr\ Ob is fomething JLv. an uncouth word, ana nappilv formidable Co the ignorant Country, man ■ in thefe thieving times ; and therefore in the firft place, I will explain the word. i. Rob, or Sapa, is the JuyCe of a Fruic, made thick by the heat either of the Sun, or the fire, that it is capable ot being kept fafe from putrefaction. %. It's ufe was firft invented for Difeafes in the Mouth; (jwwfoyttt or far Whatsoe- ver it is yfed now, it matters not } $. It is ufually made in refped of body, fomething thicker than new Honey. 4. It may be kept about a year. Rob five Sdpafwiplex. 76. Or, Simple Rob or Sipa. College. Take of Wine newly pr;fT«d from white and ripe Grapes, boil it over a gentle fire to a third part, or to thicknefs of Honey. Culpeper. When ever you read the word Rob, of Xapa, throughout the Difpenfatory, )fimply quoted in any Medi- cine, without any fe acionj of what it fhould be made, this is that you ought to ufe. Rob de Barbetis. 76*.' Ot, Rob of Baroerfies. Colletrrl Take cf the juyce of Barberries, ftrained in as much as you will boyl it by it felf ( or elfe by adding half a pound of Sugar to each pound of Juyce ) to tho thicknefs of Honey. Culpeper. It quencheth the chirft, clofeth the mouth of the ftomach, thereby (laying Vomiting and belching, it flrengthens ftomachs weak. ened by heat, and procures appetite. Of any of thefe Robs, you may take a little on the. point, of a knife whcii you need. £o* 134 ROB. the Phyfitians Library. Hob de Cerafis. ?6. Or, of Cherries. Rob r lice ofl CoUrge. Take of the jtuce red Cherries fomewhat fouqfli, as much as you will, and with half their weight in clarified Sugar, boyl them like the former. Culpeptr. See the virtues of Cherries : and there have \ou a neat trick to keep them all the year. KobkeCortit. 77. Or, Rob of Cornels. CoUege. Take of the juice of Cornels two pound,' the beft Sugar a pound and an half, boil it according to arc. Culpeper. Of theft Cornel- trees are two forts, male and female : the fruit of the male Cornel, as Cornelian Cherry is here to be ufed, for the female is that which is called Dodberry, in the North Countrv they Call it Gatterwood, and w? in Sujfex Dogwood. I fuppofe becaufe the Berries will make Dogs mad as fome hold : alfo it is very un- wholfome Wood, efpecially for fuch as have been bitten by mad Dogs. The fruits of male Cornel binds exceedingly, and therefore good in fluxes, and the immode- rate flowing of the Terms in Women. Rob Cidoniorum. 76. Or, Rob of Quinces. CoUege. Take of the clarified juice of Quinces, boil it till two parts be confumed, and with its equal weight in Sugar, boil it into a Rob. Miva vel Gelantin* Eorundem. 67. Or, Jelly of Qnince*s. College. Take of the Juice of away the fcum as you ought ; let the reft fettle, and ftrain it, and with three pourid of Sugar boil it according to art, Culpeper. Both are good for weak and indifp'ofed ftomachs. CoUrge. Rob of four Plmbs is made as Rob of Quinces, the ufe of Sugar is indifferent in them both. Rob ot Englifh Currants is made in the fame manner, let the juice be clarified. Culpeper. The virtues are the fame with Rob of Barberries. Rot Baccorum Sambucci. 77. ^ Or, Rob of Elder-berries. CoUege. Take of the juice of Elderberries as much as you pleafe, and make it thick with' the help of a gentle fire, either by it felf or a quarter of iti weight in Sugar being added. Culpeper. Both Rob of Elder berries and Dvarf Elder, are excellent tor fuch whofi Bodies are inclining to Dropfies, neither. let them neglect nor defpife ir, if they do, 'tis not my fault. They may take she quantity of a Nutmeg each morning, it will geucly purge the watry humour. College. In the fameljnanner is made Rob of Dwarf ^Ider, Ju- nipers, and Pauls Betony, only in the laft, the Sugar and Juice muft be equal in the weight. Succus Glycyr rhicce/implex. 77. Of. Juice of Liquorice fimple. College. Infufe Liquorice roots cleanfed and gently bruifed,three days in Spring-water, fo much that it may o'retop the roots the breadth ot three fingers ; then boil it a little, and prefs it hard out, and boil the liquor with a gentle fire to it* due thicknefs. Culpeper. It is vulgarly known to be good againft Coughs, Quinces clarified twelve pound, Cold, &c and a ftrengthener of boil it half away, and add to the Lungs, the remainder old white Win6 j five pound, confume the third Sttccmt fact oyer a gentle lire, taking J -*- LOHOCH. the Phyfitians Library: 135 Siccus C'jcprhizet computus. 77. Or, Juice of Liquhricc compound. College. Take of the water of tender Oak leaves, of Sea- bious, of each four pounds ; tnglilli Liquorice fcraped & bruifed two pound : boil 'em by degrees till they be fuft, then prefs out tiie Liqucr ftrongly in a Prefs, to which add three pound of juice of Hyfop, and dry it away in the Sun in a broad Earttwrn Vef- fel. Culpeper. The virtues are the lame with the former, but that the College loves to be rroublefome. fttccus I'runotutt fylveflrium 78. Or, Juice of Sloes, called Acacia. College. Take of Sloes hard- ly ripe, prefs out the jaice, & make it thick in a bath. Culpeper. It ftops fluxes, and provokes appetite. College. So are the juices of Wormwood, Maudlin, and Funnrory made thick, to wit, the Herbs brui/ed while they be tender ; and the juice pref- fed out, and after it be clari- fied, boiled over the fire, to ltt juft thicknefs. LOHOCH, O R, ECLEGMATA. Culpepr.'Ty EchmCc this word j3 a,ft *s undcrftood but by tew, we will firft ex- 1 what it is. 1. The word Lc«. "> they have altered the quantifies of,the Simplcsy and if you ask ■'b'-m the reafon why they did fo, ^ou lhall have the fame anfwer flannm gave when he difputcd wich his Afs, Oh, that thei e were a Sward in tmy hand, that I might kill thee. The Mcdiciiie is excellent for con- tinual Roughs, and difficulty: of breajhing, it. fuccours fuch as arc Allhmitick. . Alllma is a Difeafe when thick tough flr-m flicks in.the hi | ers of the Lungs), fox it cuts attenuates tough Humors in the Breaft. 1.ohoch .d: Partulaca. £o. Or, Lohoch of Purflain. College. Take of the ftrained ju\ce of Purflain two pound, j irochesof ten a Ixmum two j drams, Troches of Amber, and *Gum Arabich, Dragons blood, ' o,f tach one drAm, and Lapis Hxw.uitis, the Wool of Haie j rrallei*. of each two fcruple*, white Sugar one pound » iV-x ifcm together, that lb you niay make a Lohoch. . * ■ .* Culpeper. The Medicine ir. fo.tcrrible binding, that it is Jtlttf let alone than lak«n; unlefs In iaward bruifes whc.T men fpit bloodj then you niay fafdy take a little of it. *";v Lohoch e Pulinone Vulpis. 8r. Or? Lrhoch of Fox Lung s . . College. ^Take of Fox Lungi rightly prepared- -'.juyce*. of Liquoiice, Maidenhair, Annj feeds, fwcec fennel ^e^s of each equal parts, and Sugar d:flblved in Coksfoet, Scabious water, and boiled in a Syrupy three fimes of their weight, thei reft, being in fine powder, rep i them be put to it and ftrongly ftirred together, that it may be made into a Lohoch accor- ding to art. ' Culpepo. Look what paioj the College ,hath taken ini altering this Rece^pc ; here if a little Scabious water ackded* and tb.u's all: why ihnalda they i,jink thevtfelves wifer than Mefue} A. Mefue appoints 16 ounces of (Honey,' and no Sugar nor uncertain quantity; of-any thing, and feafi n ic felf-will tell you-Honey is moft cleanirn". J. It cleanfeth and uriireth Ulcers in thcLungsf and Breaft, and is a pretend remedy in Ptifick. Lohoch Sinumgtf Ezpertuvi. Sr, Or, a found and well , experienced Lohoch. College. Take cf dried garden "yfop -and Calaminth, of each, half nit ounce, 'jnyubes, Sebeftens^ tbejlones being taken out. fixteeti Raijins of die. Sun ji:„,cd, * fa rigs. (* No* tl%oy apgoin; fat li^s as I bade them Uft time) litw Pr.tc5,i oun es,Ltnfeedt h ffttugtteki t$3 LOHOCtf. the 'Phyfitians Library* ft*ugrtelrfee&, if each five Drams, Maiienhaiu one handful, xAnnifeeds, facet fennel-feeds, Orris roots cut, Liqouriee, Cinamoh, of each an ounce; boyl tbem according to art in four 'pound of clear »*ter: till half be con- fumed a\l evitb tcoo po-mi 0} Penids boyl it into a Syrup ; afterwards cut +ndb,uife very fmall Pine-nuts five drams* fweet lAlmonis blanched, £.tijouricc.Gumlragacantb and \Ara* hick white Jlarcb, of each two drams ; ttt thefe be put into the Syrup, when U is offtbefirt, and ttir it about {mftly with a wooden PeSel tiU it opk vebite. Culpeper. Only Mefue appoint: One dram lefs of Lindfeed, and whereas they appoint white Su- gar, he appoints Penids, elfe the receipt is verbatim. iA. Itfuccois the Breaft, LunRs Throaty ar * Travho)4 Jieteria [_* Or, Wind'ptpt ,j OpprefTed by cold- and attenuates thick and grofs humors in the Breaft and Lungs. Lobocb SciUiticum. Si. Ori Lohoch of Squills* , Cofledge. lake three drams of a - SquiU baked in Pajl. Orris roots tveo drams; Rylop, Horehound, of each one dram ; Saffron, Myrrh, of each half a dram \ Honey tveo ounces and a* half. ftruifc tbt SquiU after it is baked in 4 fftrite Morter, and after it bath boyled a voalm or tveo with theHoney put in the refl of the things inpowda diligently (tiring it, and make it a Lobocb according to %Ait. 'Culpeper. In their former Edi- tion ( if they be not afftamed to own it, as ihey need not, for they cannot mend it; they quot- ed another Lohoch of SpuiUs, and faid it was Mtfeu's, but the^ were befides the Chuflung, it Was this. Eclegmaof Siiillt. Mefue. Coll edge. Take of the juee of SeuiUs and koncy, both of tbcm cla- ifiei, of each two pound; boyl tbem I together according to 4/f t£ f£f ejn. $*tweof Hgntji Culpeper. And my Difcant upon it was this, How the name of Mefue came to Be obtruded upon this Receipt, 1 know nor ; this I am confident of Galen was the Author of it : neither is ic pro- fitable if the Coiledge would have given the name of Eclegma, but Lihoch, had it been the Re- ceipt of an Arabian : neither can it be the Printers fault, for he vapors at the latter end of the Book, that he hath made none, and he hath done it in Englifh, that the vulgar may underftand THAT in the Book, though no* thing elfe. Ah, Ah, quoth they, have we got the wrong fow by the ear, and hath he found out our knavery ? it cannot be holp, we will leave out that here, and Ileal one from Mefue to put in- ftead of it, which is what they prefcribed but now. For the virtues of it fee Vinegar of Squills, Oxymel of Squills, only this is more mild, and not fo harm to rhe throat, becaufe ic hath no Vinegar in it. and there- fore is far mdre fitting for Aflmaes and fuch as are troubled with dimcualty of breathing ; ic cures and carries away hu- mours from the Breaft, be rVy thick or thin, and wonderfully helps indigeftion of victuals, *nd eafeth pains in the breaft ; and for this I quote the authority of Galen. Take this as a general Aporifm in Phyfick, four things art offenfive to the Wind-pipe. Culpeper. Lohochs ltfc out in ^ their new Modle* becaufe they t muft be doing. Lobocb of Coltworts. Cordonh. Cofledge. Take one Pound of the luyee of Colworts clarified, Saffron three drams, clarified Honey and Sagar, of t rub b/tlf.a Pound, make 4 Lobocb according to %4rt. Culpeper. Ic, helps Hoarfncfs, and loU of voice, eafeth Surfeits and Head ach coming of drunk* tnmft, *ni ©few ofcftrKtiw" et LOHOCHS. the Phyfitans Library r«# of the Liver and Spleen, and therefore it good for that Di- feafe in Children which Women call the Rickets. Preferved Roots, Stalks, Barks, Flowers, Prruites, Pulps. Pa^ 82. Colledge. »T»Ake of Eringo A Roots many as you will, cleanfe them without and within, the * pith * ( If you would fee the Pitb, you mufi put on your fpetracles, furely the CoUedge mifiook a Tobacco-pipe for the pith ) bemj; taken out, fteep them two dayi in clear water, fhitting the water fome times, then dry them with a cloth, then take their equal weight in white Su- gar, and ac much Rofe-water as will make it into a Syrup, which being almoft boyled put in the Roots, and let them boyle till the moifture be confumed, and let it be brought to the due body of a Syrup. Not much unlike this, are preffrved the Roots of Acorns, Angelica, Borrage, Bug- lofs, Succory, Elicampane, Bur- net, Satyrion, Cicers, Comfry the greater. Ginger, Zedoary, Take the ftalks of Artichoks, nor too ripe, as many as you Will, and (contrary to the roots ) take only the pith of thefe, and preferve them with their equal weight in Sugar, like the form- er. So are prepared the ftalks of Angelica, Burs, Lettuce, 4rc before tbev be too ripe. Tak of frefh Orantje.peels as many as you will, take away the exterior yellownefs, and fteep them in Spring-watrcr three days at the leaft, often renewing che water, then preferve them like the> former. In like manner are Lem- sioa» and Curon peels preferred. Preferve the flowers of Citrons* ( but where mufi we have tbem ? J Oranges, Borrage, Primrofes, with Sugar, according to arc. Take of Apncocks as many as you will, rake away the outec skin and ftones, and mix them with their like weight In Sugar, after four hours take them out, and bovl the Sugar without any other liquor, then pat them ia again, and boyl them a little. Other fruits have the fame man- e- of bdng preferved, or leaft not much unlike to ic, as whole Barberries, Cherries, Cornels* Citrons, Quinces, Peaches, common Apples, the fiive forts of Mirobalans,Hazelnuts, Wal- nuts, Nutmegs, Raifons of the Sun, Peper brought green from India, Plumbs garden and wild, Pears, Grapes, Pulps are alfo, preferved, as of Barberries Caflufiftula, Citrons ; * Cinos- batus, ( * I think they mean the frui: of Bryars, a choaky thing, y Qjiinces, and Sloes, ere. Take of Barberries as many as you will. boyl them in Spring water citt they are tender, then having pulped them rhrough & fieve, that they are free from the ftones, bovl it again in an earthen Veffel over a gentle fire, often ftirring them for fear of burning, till the watry humour be confumed, then mix ten pound of Sugar with fit pound of this pulp, boyl it to its due thicknefs, Broom biyfs are alfo preferved, buc with Brine and. Vinegar, and fo are Olives and Capers. Laftly aroonft the Barks Cinnamon ; amongft the Flow- ers, Rofes, and Marigolds ; a- mongft the Fruits, Almonds, Cloves, Pine nuts, & Fiftlck nuts, are faid to be preferved, buc wich this difference , tliey are encreafed with dry Sugar, and are more called Comedts eken Prefer ves. L 2 Con- up CONSERVES. the Phyfitians Library'* Conferves Sugars. an Sugar of i\o4es. College. Take cf Red Rofe Teppc., each a dram ; red Rofes 4 drams, Gain a Mofcbattty Liquorice, 0/ each two drams • of Indian leaves, of each two fcruples ; beat them all diligently into Powder. Culpeper. This Powder ftrengthens the Heart and Stomachy helps digeftion, ex- pelleth wind, ftays vomiting. Sugar m Rofe water Juice of Rofes, of pad) % ounces, yh.ioj} being confuvied by Agrees, fl'L in tloe Roje Leave* in Jfaw- der, mjx them, put 't vp°* Mar- foe; and make it into Lozenges accosding to art have mended alfo, as I in my former Edition fhe wed them.. A-omaticum Rofatum. 8$. Culpeper, College. Take of red Rofes " exungulatcd fifteen drams, Li- quorice fcyea d/wnjj wood A$ for thct virtues, *, ~-^» -/*? - - » - Qg Powders. the Phyfitians Library". '43 mHdofjlUts vU make t .em into powder according tQ fonfumes the watry Exoement;. \ Art. u-.«»»»mi of tbe Bowels, ftrengtneni fuch Culpeper. Musk ^Am^'?rer2 as are pined away bf reafon of of each halt a dram, where ie™ the Difeafe, and rcftores fuch as j out. Ir was not done tor cneap- Cloves. Mace of racb tno drams and an half; Gum *Ar*',>ick r> Tia^aciinb of each eight fcruples ; Nutmegt, Ctrdamus rfef left, Gal.wgt, of each one dram : make into a fowder to be kept in a glafs fit ufe. Cu'pcpcr. Tru; nave here only left out the Musk and Arwber- greece vix. .Musk one fcruple Ambergr«ect two fcuples, for fear tlie Receipt fliould be too good. It ftrengthens the Brain. Heart and Stomach, and all fuch internal members as help toward concoc'tion. It helps digeftion, are in Confumption. fttlvit eif cbelis C^ncorum compcfitus, 89. Or Powder of Crabs Claws compounded. CoUedge. Tike of Pearls pre. pared, Crabs eyes red Coral, white Amber, Harts Horn, Oriental Bezoar, of each half an ounce; pow.er of the black tops of Crabs claws, the weight of them alkbear them into powder, which may be made into balls with Jelly and the skin which our Vipers have caft oft; warily dried and kept for ufe. Culpeper. This is that Powder they call Gofcoiins powder, there are divers'Receipts of it, ot which this is none of the worft, though tbe making ot it up be Antick. and exceeding difficult, if not lmpo&Me ; but that it may be had ro do a man good, when Adders skin cannot be gotten, you may make it up in a Jelly ot Harts horn, into which put a lirrle Saffron. Four or «ve or fix grains it exceeding !ood in a Fever, to he taken in ay Cordial: for " «hear* tne H«%tc and Vital Spirits e^ceed- nefs. for i^ wi» »«» * ^5" enough. Una great Cordial, a great ftrengthener both of the. Heart and Brain. DiucaUsninih fitafl* *9' Colledge. Take of Mountain Calaminth, Penyrayal, Origan- um, the feeds of Maeidonian. Parfley, common Parfley a^4 Hartvyort, of each two drams * the feeds of Smallage, the tops of Time, of each half an ounce ; the feeds of Lovage, Wack Pep- per, of each an ounce : make them into powder according tc* Sf»ffer.It heats and comforu cold bodies, cuts thick and grots flegm, provokes Vrine, and th* Terms in women. I confefs thx* differs fomething from *>^«. butis better at leaft wife for out, bodies, in my opinion thaaMfj It expels wind exceedingly* J©* U take half a draan o^ powder at a time. There ** nothing furer than that all 1pow- ders wiHkeep bettersnEleeJm*^ than thtf W.U1 in Powdw.^l 1 M 144 Powd«rj." ' the Phyfitians Library, "will in Powders, and moft part PmltAs RidUum uiri compofwis oo pfthera were quoted ELtfuaries \, Or, Powder of Aron -.Routs bf the Authors from whence! Coinpoundeo. fheyhad them ; and into fuch r a body, it .yoji pleafe- you may' CoUege. Talcs ot Aron roots jti^ke it with two pound, and an two ounces, or common Water - fral£/.of w fcruples. '" Diarieos fimple. po. £eat . them and. mix them . College. Take of Omes-root diligently into a powder accord \ng to art. .■ , ,. }■ Culpeper. This feems to be more appropriate^- to the fcminme gertder «;ban the former,, vix. to bring down the Terms in Wo- men, to bring away the Birth & -After birth, to purge them after labour •, yec it is dangerous for ^dftien -with Child.. ♦. .. ■ . . V^-;. . . .-. .- litarujum. 90, College. T«*Ke ot. Anifeeds two ounces and an half. Liquorice, Maftich. af each one ounce ; the fjS«d| • of Caraway,, Fennel, galanga,, Mace, Gjrigar, Cm- gja,rnonfrOf each five, dfams; the tjbree.forts of Pepper, Carnal igna Mountain, Calamuith, P-lliiory of-Spain,..of each two dramsj l»i:t) namon, dried , Hyfop, Cafl'u lignea Bdellium, of each a dram and an half; black Pepper, Gin- ger, ot each.a dram make them into Powder according to art. , Culpeper, if the College were made to fift till they coujd beat this into Powder, [hey .would make poor weak'Receipts in a little time. According to Mefue,: powders. t*se Phyfitians Likra*y* *4$ •a ought to difTolve the , three Sanders, wood of AJocs» [y.rh-and Ddclium in Vine. Gin^r, red Ro»« «un8u *~ My •i.id together with cite Simples i ted, ■beaten in fine powder, make make it into an IIlcc}"uaiy( with a fufficient cr.;;nriry of Clarified honey. If lucngth ens t ie Stomach and Liver, opens Obilructicns, helps the Dropfie, yellow Jaunelice, p ovokes Urine, breaks the ft 'lie in the reins & bladder. fliif a- dram is a moderate Djfc. If the Patient be ftrong, he may take a dram in white Wmc. Let Women ■with Child-forbear it. Tuli's Vodiacut A}agiftial;s. 91. College. Take of Ea.lt U-zoar, bone nf a Stags heart, of each a dram and an half. M»£ilterium of white and r.-d Coral, whire Amber, Magifferi^m of Pearl, HarrJ horn, Ivory, Bole armenick, Earth of Germany, $amos, and Lemnosj L ks cla,ws, and ' Tormentil roots,, of c-ich a d+am, wood of Aloes, Ci- tron peels, rhe roots of An- gclica and Zcdoary, of each two fcruples, leaves of Gold twenty, Ambergreece one fcruple, Musk fix grains, mix them, and make them into Powder. 1 Culpeper. It is too dear for the fibers of Water Lillies, Buglofs, Violets, the henies'ofMv«lcs» bonc ln a Scags heart, Ivory. Contrayer- va, Cinnamon, ot each halt a dram : PcArls three drams, Camphire fix g^ms ; make thcrh into powder according to art: Obferve that the tour greater cold feeds, and the Poppy feeds, are not to be added before the powder be required by the Ph> fitian for ule. Do fo by the other powder in the compulsion of which thelc are ufed. Culpeper. ' Here you may fee what a Labyrinth ths College have run ttr.mfelves into thro their fantafticalnefs, viz. be- caufe they would feem to be liigilars in failing; contrary co wil'cr PhylicUns, they run upjn two dangerous Rocks ur this one Receipt. i- Ic is a coftjy C/rdiaJ, and not ufaaily above one dram of ic ( very feldom half a dram ) given at one tirrtJ a.id chsfc feeds ex:epced a- g*ln(l in their caution, arc grounds juft enough arc not die tench part * cne con»," polirion ( which a dram being prefcrib;d ) is" bat hY a vulgar puffe, yet a mighty grains, which i\<\grains 15 to* Cordial, and great ftrengthncr be divided into J equal parts, of the Hcarc and Vitals in ( a nice point, one part ) for Fever*. ». ■ 'each feed. *. If this Rock i were puc off, yet then cart* Diam.vgarifttm frigiduw. 91. you noc beat them in o College, lake of the four powder alone, becaufe they greater cold feeds, the feeds »rc fo moift, and yet it of'Purflain, white Poppies, is not mended now. They Endive, Sorrel, Citrons, tftt ' ' ■...-■»- -- ■ have. H^ POWDERS. the phyfitians Library. now. They have left out the Ambergreefe fix. grains, and the Roman Doronicum, in- ftead of which they put in the like quantity of Contra yerva. As for the virtue of it, Au. thors ho!d it to be reflora- tive in Confumptions, to help fuch at are in HecYick Fevers, to reftore ftrength l°ft, to help Coughs, Alth- maes, and Confumptions of the Lungs, and reftore fuch as have laboured long under ianguifhing or pining Diica- fej. Diambra. College. Take of Cinnamon, Angelica roots, Cloves, Mace, 'Nutmegs, Indian leaf, Galan ga, of each three drains ; Indian Spicknard, Cardamoms greater and lefTer, of each I dram ; Ginger a dram and an half, Wood of Aloes, yellow Sanders, long Pepper, of each two drams; Amber- greefe a dram and an half, Musk half a dram ; make them all into Powder accor- ding to Art. Culpeper. Mefue appropriates this to the Head, and faith, it heats & ftrengthens the brain, caufetff mirth, helps Concoci- ious, cherifheth the Animal, Vital and Natural Spirits. It ftrengthens the heart and fto- mach, and relifts all cold Di- feafes, and is therefore fpecial food for Women and old men- . our beft way is to make it into an EleSuary, by mixing « with three times ir$ weight ?f clarified honey, and take the quantity of a Nutmeg of it every morning. H^re alfo they have left out the Doro. nicum, and put in Angelica roots. Diamofchu duke. 92:. College. Take of Saffron, Galanga, Wood of Aloes, Mace, of each two drams, Pearls, raw Silk toafted white Amber, red Coral prepared, Gallia, Mofchata, Bazil, of each two drams and an half; Ginger, Cubebs, long Pepper, of each a dram and an half; Nutmegs, Indian leaf or Cin- namon, Cloves, ef each one dram: Musk two fcruples; make them into powder ac- cording to art. Culpeper It wonderfully helps cold afflictions of the Brain that comes without a Fever. (Melancholly, and its atten- idants, viz. fadnefs without a caufe, Vertigo or Dizzinefs in the Head, Falling Sicknefs^ Palfies, refolution of the'1 Nerves, Convulfions. Head qualms, and affli&ions /Of the, Lungs, and difficulty of brea- thing. The dofe of the Pow- der is half a dram, or two fcruples, or lefs, according to the age or ftrength. of him or her that takes it. Msfue ap- points it to be made into an Electuary with clarified honey and of the Eleftuary, two drams is the Dofc. The time of taking if, is in the morning, falling. Diamqfchti POWDERS toe ThyfitiansLibrary H7 Diamufc'ju am arum. 91. Co'l-ge. U is prepaicJ by addmg to tie lorcnamcd Wormwood, dried Rofes, of each thicc drams; the befl Aloes walhed hilt an ounce, Cinnamon two drains and an halt ; Caftorum and Lovgg; of each one drain them into Powder. and Arabick, the four greacer husked, of each a an half: Camphire white Starch* cold Seeds dram and 7 8«"ains i make them into Powder'., CulpePer. Ic helps the vices o the Bce ! of Liq lorice, Pjrfhin feeds of each two drams and 15 grains ; white ftareh Qum-Arahick, Tragacanth, the feeds of Melons C: 1 cumbers, Citruls Gourds Endive, of each a dram and halt; Camphire a fcruple : make them into a Powder according to art. Culpeper. It is very profitabl againft the heat of the Stdmach and Liver .-betides it wo'nderfjlly helps fuch as have the yellow jaundice and Confumptions ot the Lungs. You may fafely take a dram of the Powder, or two diaml of the Electuary in the morning fading, for rrtoft of rlieir Powder will keep better by half in Electuaries, and werefo appointed by thofe from whence they took them. Pulvis ittli. 95- College. Take of the white of Poppy feeds ceri drams, white ftaich, Gum Arabick and Tra- ?;acanth, of each three drams, the eed of Purflain, Marfh mallows, MaHOws, of eich five drams, Cucumbers, Melones', Gourds, Citruls, Quinces, of each three drams; Ivo'ry, Liquorice, of each three drams; Penids the weight of them all .- make them into Powder according to Art. Culpeper. Ic is a gallant cool Powedrr, fit for all hot imper* fetcb equal farts, beat them into poxvder. Culpeper. ' fis a devilffh Purge good for nothing but to deftroy men ; your Souls being led to your graves by. their directions, like fheep. to the (laughter, and know not whither you arc go- ing, nor what harts you ; or if you do, are they queftionable by Law ? Dear Souls avoid this Medicine, elfe the College will have, mens bones enough co burn. Pnlvii Sena compofitus major, $8. Or, Powder of Senna, ciie greater Compofition. College. Take of the feeds of Anife, Carraway, Fennel, Cum- min, Spicknard, Cinnamon, G4. langa, of each half an ounce, Liquorice, Gromwel, of each an ounce; Scnpa the weight of 'em Alli beat ic ito powder* Culpeper. Thar this Receipt is gallantly compofed, none can deny, and is an excellent, Purge for fuch bodies as are troubled with the wind Cholick', or. ftop- page either of Gurs or Gidneys; two drams taken in white Wine Will work fufficiently with any ordinary body. Lee weak meu and children take lefs, keeping w itbin dogjS ^ warm. Aud why muft the College fpit their venom in defacing thet nime of toe deceafod.Dr. Ralph Hulland, with a deleattir ; why fhould all be accounted their own ? Pulvit? Sens compofttus 'minor. 98. Or, P„>wder of Senna, the Jeffcr Compofition. College. Take °f tne ^eft Senna,. rwo ounces, Cream .of Tartar,. half an ounce, Mace two fcru- plesand an half, Ginger, Cin- gef, Cinnamon, of eaCh a dram and an half: Salgem one dram*, beat.it into powder according to Art. , Culpeper. This powder purgeth .melancholly, and cleanfeth the. head: Montagnarus was the Au- thor of it. only the Colledge. fomething altered the quantities, ■ of the Simples: The following powder,, wonks fomething violent. by reafon of the Scammony (hat is in ic; this is more_gen:le, and may be given without danger,. even 2 dram's at a tinie to ordi- 'naty bodies* I wouW not have : trie'unskilful twaddle w.ith the. following. . Neither is 't lit for, the weak bodies and Children j. fuch as are ftrong may. take a dram and an half; mixing ic with' white Wine; ler them. cake it early in- the morning.-af- ter they are up, and not ileep.. after it, for fear of danger.; two. hours after. let tlusu drink warm. poller drink, and 6 hours after eat a bit of warm Mutton, l«e them walk about c he Chamber often, and not "ftir o' that day. . . , DiafennP. 6S. r , , >. College. Take of Senna, Cream of Tartar, ,of each two ounces; •Cloves, Cinnamon j Gallanga, Annis, of each 2 drams; Dia- gridiurri half ari ounce: beat ic into powder accotding-to art. Ctdpepr,.: Ourofqfteftion fome bodj had fMmerJy curftd .the POWDERS. the Phyfitians Library: i?5 College for calling fo violent a Purge as this HOLY POW- DER. ; and therefore now they changed the name: yet this Ufe m*v fafely.be made .of their Dj(ftrinc, Ihemfelves being violent, count the violentefl things the rriofl Holy. Diaturbitb tcitb Rhubarb. 98.. CoUege. Take of the beft Tur- bith, Harmodacftyls of each an ounce, Rhubarb ten drams, Diagridium half an ounce, and Sanders red and white, Violets, Ginger of each a dram and an half; Maftich. Anifeeds, and^ ..Cinnamon, Saffron of each half a dram; make it into Powder. .Cu\peper. This alfo purgeth flegm and choler. Once more let me defire fuch as- are unskil- lful in the Rules of Phyficlt, not to meddle with Purges of this nature ( unlefs prefcribed. by a skilful Phyfitian ; left they do themfelves more mifcbief in naff an hour, than they can claw off again in half a year. 'The POWDERS they, in their new model have plaid the men, and lefc out are thefe: The lejfer Cordial Potvder. Bernelius. College."** y«r red Rofe* and Water lillies, Wood ofAloe»| Mace ot each two fcruples,lvory, Spodium, bone of a Stags heart, red Coral, Pearls, Em raid, Ja- cinth, Granate, of .each One fcruple: raw fillc 4 torrifiedi (f dried or roafled by the fire} Bole armenick., Earth otLemnos, of each half a dram : Camphire, Ambergreece, Mjsk. of each fit grains; beat them into powdec according to art, and with eigne times their weight in white Sugar, diffblved in Rofe water, you may make them into Lozen- ges if you pleafe. Culpeper. Both this arid fjie former powder are appropriated to.the Heart fas the Title Jh^s) therefore they do ftrengthen thaC and the vital fpuic, and relieve languifliing Nature. All thefe are cordial powders, and feldora above half a dram of-them h'veni ac a rime j I fuppofe more foe the coft of them than any ill effids they work, they are toaj high for a poor man's purfi the rich may mix them with arijr cordial Svrup of Electuary whichi they find appropriated to the; fame ufe thef- are. f nothing elfe but Gum y a Tree. AT unni] of eachi, two dram* , Sperma cajri one dram; Rnabarb naif a dram; beat them into powder CJpeper.- Yji malt bi.it the reft into powder, and then aid the Sperm* c*;i co thera [afterwards, for if you p'uc the M speraa* I $*> POWDMS* x the Phyfitians Library. you put the Sperma coetiand the dram and half ; Calaminth and reft -altogether, and go to beat i Mints dried. Cardamoms the them in that fafhion, you may as 1 greater, Indian Spicknard, the foon beat the Morter into Pow-1 feeds of Smallage, Anife, Fennel, der, as the fimples. Indeed your I Carraway, of each one dram; beft way Is to beat them feverally, and jfcen mix them altogether whicHPb^U'g done, makes you a gallanr Medicine for the Infirmity lpecified in the Title, a dram of ic being taken in, Muskadel, and fweating after it. Specie's Elr&uarii Dydcimint KicholauSi College. Take of Cummin feeds Infufed a natural day in Vinegas one ounce and one fcruple ; Cin- namon, Cloves, of each two drams and an half : Galanga, Savory, Calaminth, of each one dram and two fcruples t Ginger, beat them into Powder according to art. Alfo it may be made in* to an Electuary with white Sugar diffolyed in Malaga-wine, or twelve'times the weight of it of clarified Honey. Culpeper. I am 4fraid twelve times the weight of the Simples is too much bv hall, if not three parrs. Honeft Mefue appoints you a fufficient quantity, and quotes it only as Eledtuary, which he fairh prevails againft wind,fower belchings, and indigeftion, grofs Humors and cold affhtftions of the Stomack and Liver. Vou may take halt a dram of the Powder a lime, or two ef the black Pepper, of each two drams | Elediuary in rhe morning faftingi and five" grains, the feeds of Lovage, and Am mi ( Biflxypneed ) Of each one dram and eighteen grains, long Pepper one dram, Spicknard, Nutmegs, Carda* ihoms, of each two fcruples and an half ; beat them and keep them diligently in Powder for your ufe. Culpeper. It heats the ftomack and bowels, expels wind exceed- ingly, helps the Cholcik, helps digeftion hindered by cold or wind, is an admirable remedy fot wind in the Guts, and helps Quartan Agues. The Powder is very hot: half a dram is enough to take at one time, & too much if the Patient be fevetifh, you may take it in white wine. It is in my opinion a fine compound Powder. Species EhSuarii MtgaUng*. Mefue : College. Take of Galanga, wood of Aloes, of each fix drams; Cloves, Mace, feeds of Lovage, of each two drams; Ginger, long »rd white Pepper, Cinnamon, Calamua Aroautttaij of each a or an hour before mear. It helps digeftion exceeding, expels wind, and heats a cold Stomach. Species Elelfuarii dt Gemmis pigidi. College. Take of Pearls prepared three drama : Spodium, Ivory, both forts of Coral, of each, two dams ;the Flower ofredKofesa dram and an half; Jacinth, Sa- phire, Emerald Sardine, Gran ate, Sanders white, red and yellow, the Flowers of Borrage Sc Buglofs, the feeds of Sorrel and Bafcil, both forts of Been ( for want of them the roots of Avens and Tormen- til ) of each one dram : Bone of a Stags heart half a dram ; Leaves of Gold and Silver of each fifteen, make of them ail a Powder ac- cording to Art, and let it be diligently kept. Species Elelfuarii PUM*g4rln Calidi. Aviecnna. ColUgt. Take of Paatli aaJ Pellitory of (be Wall. ef each one POWDERS. the "Phyfitians Library'. *?5 maftich an ouneeDironieum,Zedo< ary, Smallag-feed, both forts of Cardamoms, Nutmegs, Mace, of each two drams; Been of both forts, ( if they cannot be procured. take the Roots of Avens and Tormintil ) black and long Pepper, of each three drams ; beat them in powder, and keep them for your ufe. Culpeper. oivicenn* prefcribes this as an Eleiftuary, and fo are moft of all the Colleges powders pre- ferred by thofe from whom they borrowed them, as I told you before, and they will keep longer and better in Electuaries than in Powders ; but People muft b fantaftical. This ("quoth xAv'ice nnj) is appropriated to Women, and in them to Difeafes incident to their Matrix, buc his reafons I know noc ; It is Cordial, and heats the ftomach. Lithontribon, Nicholaus, according to Fernelius. CoUege. Take of Spiknard, Gin- ger, Cinnamon, black Pepper, Cardomoms, Cloves, Mace, of each half a dram, Cokus, Liquor- ice, Cyperus, Tragacanth, Ger- mander, of each twn fcruples, the feeds of JBilhops-weed ( lAmmi. ) Smallage, Sparagus,Bazil,Nettles . Citrons Saxifrage, Burnet, Car- awav, Carrots, Fennel, Brufcus, Parlley of Macedonia. Burs. Sefeli, ( Or Haitveoit) Afarabacca, of each one dram : Lipis fpongiac, Lincis, Cancn, Judiciof each one dram and an half: Goats-blood pre- pared an ounce and an halt, beat them all into Powder according to Arc. i'u!fp.-r. The trut.h is the College have altered this Receipt much, and I am perfwaded hav« made it much better, ftequt enim bene facia malign* detract"ure meum tft. It h.".ir< criaHk Stomach, and helps digeftion coming ehroughf cold, ic eafeth pain in the Bellv and Loins, the Iliack pafiign ( A Difeafe that cauftth men to vomit ■ip their Excremehts. ) Powerfully breaks the Stone in tbe Reins and Bladder, it fpeediry help; the Cholick. Strangury and D fury. The Dofe is from a dram to half a 3 ram, take ic either in Whitewine or Dacodion of Herbs tending to the fame purpofes. Carduus BenedieftuJ feeds (lamped and taken, eafeth pains and Aches, and Seiche in the fide lick vapours. Their formec compofition contained of i,c ( being firft burnt in, 3 Crucible, then often walhe^ Culpeper. It reflores Con- fumptions and Heftick Fe- vers, ftrength loft, it nourifh. eth much and reftores radi- cal moiftures, opens the pores, refills Choler, takes away Coughs^ quencheth thirfr, and refiftcth Fevers. » For the quantity to be taken at a time, I lipid it ncedlefs to trouble the Read r, you may take an ounce in a day, by a dram ac a time, if you pleafe, you fliall fooner hurt your purfe by it than your body. Confetti o Alkermes. College.' Take of the jaicc gf Apples^ Pamask Rofe vy»- IjS Electuaries. the Phyfitians Library: ing firft burnt in a Crucible, then often wafhed in Rofe water till it be clean) fix drams. Qdeftionlefs this is a great CorcUa!, and a mighty ftrengthener of the heart and fpirit vital, a reftorer of fuch as are in Confumptions, a re- fffter of Peftilendes & Poyfon, a g:cat ic(i:f to laijguilhing N<*'i.!e; it is given, with good fuccefs in Fsvers, but give no tob much of it at a time, left it prove too hot for he otdy, and too heavy for the purfe. You may mix ten 'grain-- of it with other scon- vr.ie;,t C dials to Children, ■twenty or thirty to men. l$leclua>'ivm e Saxafras. ioo College. Take of Saxafras % ounces, eomrnou Water three pound, Soil ir to the copfum- ption of the chird part,adding t-jv.ari-'s- the end Cinnamon bruifed half- a.i ounce, ftrain it a^i with 2 pound of white Sugar boiI.it to the ihickncfi of a Syrup ; putriiig in pow- •fle- -i Cinnamon a dram, Ku ~-^s half a fcruple, Musk rl.ife grains. Ambergreefe * and thry grains, ren leaves of'G.Jd, Spirit, of Viuio! 4 dr >r>V and {'■:> make it into an E.r'.'-rii&ry^.ccord'iH; to Art. Culpeper. It opens ohftrufti. u ■:■■*' im Livrrand Spleen -.'ps cold Rheums or De- ,il, n.pjji fro a rhe' head to .x*t~-L sng's 'jr Tttt.\\ or Eyes : \j it is'cx-.-elicnt in. Coughs-and ch."" :.m'.j i;frl;.lions of the L.i.-^ -d Breaft ; > helps n:.2/-&'.or<, .;v'icls Wind, auti ! -■-•■■ Mi the Gravel of the Kidneys, i? provokes the terms, warms c£ dries up the moifture of the Womb, which is many times the caufe of Barrennefs. and is generally a helper of all difeafes coming of cold, raw, thin humours ; you may take half a dram at a time in the morning. Eleftuantmi de Bacc'u Lawi. i©i Or, Ele&uary of Bayberries' College. Take of the leaves of dried Rue ten drams, the feeds v of Ammi, Cummin, Lovage, Origanum, Nigella; Caraway, Carrots, Paifley, bitter Almonds, Pepper black. and long, wild Mints,CalamuS arornaticus, Bay berries, and Caftoreum,. of each x drams, Sagapenum half an ounce, Opopanax three drams, and clarified Honey a pound and an half, the things to be beaten being beaten, and the Gums' difiolved in Wine, make it into an Ele&uaty »cco>ding to Art. Culpeper. It is exceeding good either in the Cholick, or lliack paflion, or any other difeaie of the Bowels coming of cold or wind, it generally eafeth pains in', the Bowels. You may give a dram in the morning falling, or half an ounce" in a Clyfter, accoraV • "g as the Difeafe is. Diacapparis. icr. College. Take of Capers four ounces, Agrimony roots and Nigella feeds, Squijj, Afara- bacca. Ele&uaries. the Phyfitians Library. '59 bacca Centaury, black Pep. per, Stallage, Time of each an ounce ; Honey three times their weight, make it into an Ele&uary ace rding to Art. Cutfeper. They fay it helps infirmities of the Spleen ; apd indeed the name fgems to promife fo much ; it may be good for cold bodies, had they ftrength of Nature in them, methinks 'tis but odly comr fiofed ; the next looks more ovcly in my Eyes, Which is Diacivn.vnmum. lor.. College. Take of Cinnamon fifteen drams, Gallia lignea, Elicampane roots, of each half an ounce, Galanga 7 drams, Cloves, long Pepper, both forts of Cardamoms, Ginger, MacCjlfutmegSjWood of A'oes, of each j drams ; Saffran one dram, the beft Sugar five drams, Musk two fcruples, adding according to the prefcript ot the Phyfician, and by adding three pound eyjht ounces of clarified honey, boil it, and make it into an Electuary according to Art. Culpeper. Diacinnamomuyi, or in plain E'lglilh, A Compojit'wn ef Cinnamon, heats the fto- mach, cauieth digeftion, and proYokcs the Terms in Wor men, ftrengthens the ftomach, and other parts that diftributc the nouriftiment of the body • a dram of it taken in the morning fafting, is excecdine good for antient people and Cold bpdies.fuch as are fubjeft (9 propfjes »a4 pi&afts of Flegm or Wind ; for it com- forts and ftrengthens Nature much. If you tafec it to help digeftion. take it an hem: before meat, do fo Ml all things of like quality. Diacorallion. joi. College. Take of Coral white and red, Bole Armenick and Dragons blood, of each one dram ; Pearls half a dram, Wood of Aloes, red Rofes, Gum Tragacanth, Cinnamon, of each two fcruples : Sanders white and red of c*ch one fcruple ; with fo.ur times its weight in Sugar diffolved in fmall Cinnamon Warer, make it into an Ele&uary accordug to Art. Culpeper. It comforts and ftrengthens the Heart exceed- ingly, and reftores fuch as arc in Confumptions, it's cooling, therefore good in Heftick Fevers ; v^ry binding, and therefore ftops Fluxes: neither do I know a better Medicine in all the Difpenfatory for fuch as have a Confump'ion aecomp»nied with a loofnefs. It ftops the Terms &c Whites in Women, if admin'iftred by one whofe wiis arc not a wool gathering. Take but a dram at a pme every morn? ing, becaufe of its binding quality, except you have 4 loofenefs ; for then may you; take fo much CWP or 3 ucass a day. JXiacorwrs,. 1,o\ Collige. Take of the r*ati j6o JLlechjaries. the Phyfitians Library. of Cicers, Acorns; or Calamus I sAromaticus Pine nuts,of each a pound and an half,, let the ! Cicer roots- being cleanfed, Cut, * boiled, ( * i?i IVaterfa.th Mefdc, though the College left it cut- 1>u might bod it in pifs, and yet not lwerve from their receipt) & pulped, be added Co ten pound of clarified ho* tiey, and boied ( ftirring it ) to '■■ its juft thicknefs ; then being removed from the fire, add the Acorus roots beaten, the Pine nots cut, and thefe following m powder :< Take Of !>lack Pepper an ounce, long Pepper, Cioves, Ginger, Mace of each half an ounce ; Nutmegs, Galanga, Carda- fnoms, of each three drams: Mix -them with the Roots & thney mto an Eleftuary a*c<.rding to Art. . t- Culpeper. The Ejeftuary prov »kcs luft, heats the brain, ftrengthens the Nerves,qukk- ens the ■. fenfes, caufeth an acute Wit, «afeth pains in the Head, helps falling fick- nefs and Convulflons,-Coughs, Catarrhs,- and all Difeafes proceeding from coldnefs of Ihe Brain. Half a dram is enough to take at one time, kecaufe cf its hear. • • V-Peony lS an Herb of the Sun, the Roots of it cure the palling ficknefs. . ...... D:aeydoniim with Species. to%. I ■College; Take of che flefh of Quinces cut .and boiled in %r warer to a thicknefs, 8 ■pound-; whire Sugar 6 pound, Diacydonium Jhnplex. 191, College. Take of the juice of Quinces, the beft Sugar, of e»ch two pound, white Wine Vinegar half a pound, added ac the end of the Decocfion, it being gently boiled and che .-fcum -taken away, and Ginger two ounces, white Pepper ten drams and two fcruples.- Bruife them grofty, and jboil it again to the chicknefs of Honey. Culpeper . Is not this then more a Syrup- than an Electu- ary ? Surely cither theCollege or I doted, when we fet this among the Electuaries, and would not be beaien out of our follies. Diacydonium tamprund Msgijle- rial. ioi. Colledge. Take of white r Sugar fix pound'; fpring Wa- \ ter four pound, clarifi: them well wich the white of an Egg fcumming them, then take of ripe Quinces cleanfcd from the rind and feeds, and Cut in four quarters, eight pound; boil them into the foregoing Syrup till they bi tender, then ftrain the Syrup through a linnen cloth, vocata anglice Boulter j boil '• hem again to a Jelly, adding four ounces of white Wine Vine- gar towards the end, remove it from the fire., & whilft it is warm, put in thefe following Species in grofs p wder, Gin- ger an ounce, . white Pepper Cinnamon, Nutmegs, of-each ruo 4ra,m.Sj 'keep ic in divers Bovej.' ■..■■--,-« / Cvl£e£ffi" Ele&uaries. The Phyfitians Library, 161 Culpeper,- If a man void of partiality, fhould cOmpate this land the former Receipt toge- ther, he would find but little difF:t'-nce between them, only a lirtie Cinnamon and Nutmegs added. The Virile* of all thele three are, they comfort the fto- mach, help digeftion, ftay Vo- miting, Belching, Oc. ftop fluxes, and the Terms in Women. They are aJ) fo harmlefs you may take' the quantity of a Nutmeg of them at any time before meat, to help digeftion and Fluxes : after meat to ftay Vomiting: in the morning fori the reft. '• * ■ Confellio de lAjacintbo* 103. College. Take of Jacinth, red Coral. Bole armenick, Earth of Lemnos% of each half an ounce ; the berries of Cherms, the roots of Tormentil and Dittany, the feed* of Cjtrons, Sorrel and Puiflain, Saffron. Ml rrh, red Role» exungnlated, all the forts of Sanders, bone of a Stags heart, H»rtS horn, fvory prepared, of each four f.ruplej, Saphire, E- merald, Toj.es, Pearls, raw filk, leaes of Gdld and Silver, of each two fcruples ; Camphire, Musk, Amb:rgretfe, of each five grains ; with Syrup of Lemons, make it into a coufe#ion ac- cording to Art. Culpeper It is a great Cordial. and cool, exceeding good*- in acute Fevers and Peftilence. It mightily- flrengthens and che- riiheth. the Heart. Never above half a dram is given at a time, very feldom fo much ; becaufe of ir* offenfivenefs, but 1 fuppofe its chargeablenefs. >' i/tntiflotum Himaegogum. 104. College. Take of Lupines hu'sk- . ed two drams, black Pepper fiva fcruples and fix grains, Li- liorice four fcruples,' long ^irthwort, • Mugworr*, Caifia lignea, Macedonian Parfley feeds, Pellitory of bp,iin, Rue feeds, Spicknard, Myrrh, Pennyroyal, of each two fcruples and thir- teen grains ; the feeds of Smal- lige, Savin, of each two fcruples,' aud thirteen g ains ; Centaury tne greacer, Cretifli, Carrots, Nigella, Carraway, Annife, Cloves, Allum, ot each two fcruples ; Bay leaves 1 fcruple, one half fcruple and three grains, Scharnanrh one fcruple and 13 grain*, Afarabacca, Calamus, A omaticui, Amomum, Centau- ry the lefs, the feeds of Orracti, Peony, Fennel, of each 1 fcruple and fix grains; Wood of Aloes s fVcjiple and fourteen grain's, Cyprefs, Elicampane, .Ginger, Caper roots. Cummin, Orabus, of each one fcrupje. Allot'em being beaten into very fine powder, let them be made into an Eledtuary according to Arr, with four times their weight in Sugar. Let it ftand one month before jou ufe it. Culpeper. It provoke the terms, brings away both Birth and A.fcer birth, the dead Child, inirgech fuch as are not ^irKci- 1 ntlv purged after Travail. Ic provoke? Urine breaks the ftone in the bladder, helps Strangury, ^vfury, Islcurv, &c. helps Indi- geftion, the Cholick, opens any (topping in the Body. It heats the ftomach, purgeth the Livei? and Spleen, confumes Winds^ (lays vomiting : buc let it not£' be taken by Women with Child; nor fuch people, as have the'HoJ morrhoids. Nicbolaus I take tobo the Author of this fantafticaIMe« dicine ( tho' the College give it a more general term) 8c the virtue* alfo are quoted from him. The1 Dofe is from one dram to a drams. Dtafatyrion. 104. .Colledge. Take of Satyrion Roots three ounces, Dates, bitter Almonds, and Indian I Nuts, Pjoc Nmi, Feftick Nuts, ........ .> . gteeo EleSuaries. The Phyfitians Library, ,}62 v, green Ginger, Eringo Roots preferved, of each one ounce ; Ginger, Cloves, Galanga, Pepper long and black, of each three diams,Ambergreefe pne fcruple, Musk 2. fcruples, Penids four ounces, Cinnamon Saffron, of each half an ounce, Malaga Wine three ounces, Nutmegs, Mace, Grains of Paradiie, of each two drams, Afh tree Keys, the Belly and Loins of Scinks, Borax. Ben- jamin, of each three drams j Wood of Aloes, Cardamoms, of each two drams; the feeds pf Nettles and Onions, the roots of Avens, of each a dram and an half, with two pound and an half of Syrup of green Ginger, make tbem into an Electuary according to Art. EleSuarium. Difpermatum. 104. College. Take of the four greater and ItfTer cold Seeds, the fceds of Sparagus, Burnet, Bazil, Parfley, Win er Cher- ri?s,of each 1 drams Crom- well, of each three drams, yrith eight times, the weight in white Sugar diffolved in white Sugar diffolved in Marfhjujal- lows water; Make it into an Ele&uary according to Art. Culpeper. It breaks the Stone, and provokes Urine, Men ijnay take half ah ounce at a time, and Children half fo piuch in water of any Herbs or Roots, gtfe. ( or Decoction of them ) that break the ftone, Vhich the laft Catalogue in fhe Book, ( viz. the Catalogue of Difeafes ) will furniih you with I do delight to have men ftudious. Micleta. 10 j. College. Take of the Barks of all the Myrobalans torri" fiedj of each two drams and an half, the feeds of Water creffes, Cummin, Auife, Fen- nel, Ammi, Caraway, of each a dram and an half, bruife the feeds, and fprinkle them with fharp white wine Vine- gar, then beat them into Powder, and add the Myra- balans, and thefe things that follow, Spodium, Balauftines, Sumach, Maftich, Gum Ara- bick, of each one dram and fifteen grains, mix them to- gether, and with ten ounces of Syrup of Myrtles, make them iuto an Electuary ac cording to Art. Culpeper. It gently eafeth the Bowels of Wind Cholick, wringings of the Guts, infir- mities of the Spleen ; it ftops Fluxes, the Homorrhoids, as alfo the Terms in Women. A dram or two of this taken in the morning had been a better Remedy than moft they gave in the late Epide- mical Difeafe the bloody flux. Elecluaiium PcPdorele. 105. Or, A Peaoral Ele&uary. College. Take the juice of Liquorice, fweet Almonds, Hazel nuts, of each half an ounce, Pine nuts an ounce ; Hyfop, Maidenhair, Orris, Nettle feeds., round Birthwort of each a dram ic an half, bl*ck Pepper, the feeds of Wacer-crefJfes, the roots of .-' £lic*flm*neJ Ele&uaries. The 7hj Elicampane, of each half a dram, H< ney fourteen oun- ces. Make them iuto an E.ectuary according to Art. Culpeper. It flrengthens the ftomach and Lungs, and helps the vices thereof. Take it with a Liquorice flick. Theriaea Diatrffaron. x o j. College. Take of Gentian, Bayieniety Myirh, round Birth. wort, of each % ounces, Honey two pound; make them into an Eltcluary according to Art. Culpeper.' This is * gallant Elcduary, like the Author, which was Mefue. It won- derfully helps cold Infirmi- ties of the Brain, as C nvul. fions, falh.,g Sicknefs, dead Phlfies, Ihaking Palfies, &e. As alio the Stomach, as puns there, Wind, want of digef- tion, as alfo flopping of the Liver, Droplies. It refifts the Pcfti'euce and poyfons, and helps the birings of ve. mous beafts. The Dole is from half a dram to two drams, according to the age and ftrength of the patient ; as alfo the ftrength of the Difeafes. You may take it either in the morning, or when urgent occafion calls for it. Diafcordium. infS. College. Take of Cinnamon, Caflla lignea, Of each half an dunce, Scordium an ounce, pittany of Cr.iec, Tormcntii ritians Libraryr *&! B'ftorr, Galbanum, Gum A- rabick, of each half an ounce, Opium one dram and an "*lf, Syrax Calamitis four drams and an half, Sorrel feeds one dram and an half, Gentian leaf half an ounce, Bofe armeni k aq ounce and an half, Earth of Lemnos half an ounce, Long Pepper, Gingerv of each two drams ; clarified H.oney two pound and an half, Sugar of Rofes one pound, Canary Wine tjn ounces; make them into an Eieftuary according to Art. Culpeper. It is a well com- pofed Electuary, fomething appropriated to the nature of We men ; provokes the terms haflens their labour, helps their ufual ficknefs at the time of their lying in : I know nothing better. It (tops fluxes, mightily ftrcng- cheneth the heart 8c ftomach, neither is ic fo hot, but it may fafely be given to weak people, and befides provokes fleep. It may fafely be gi- ven to young Children ten 'grains at a time ; ancient p.ople may take a dram or more. It is given as an ex. eel lent Cordial in fuch Fe- vers as are accompanied with want of fleep. Mithridate. 106. College. Take of Myrrh, Saffron, Agarick, Ginger, Cinnamon, Spicknard, Fran- kincenfe, Treacle, Muftard feeds, of each ten drams, the feeds of Hartwort. Opabaifa. mum, or Oyl of Nutmegs by expreffion, Scsn«rtth, Stechas, * Coftujy 164 Electuaries the Phyfitians Library. Coitus, Galbanum, Turpen-1 tine, long Pepper, Caftorum,! juice of Hypociftis, Styrax' Calamitis, Oppopanax, Indian leaf, or for want of it Mace, of each an ounce ^ CafTia lignea, Poley mountain,whic Pepper, Scordium, the feeds ot Carrojs of Crcet, Orpo- balfamum or Cubebs, Troch, Cypheds, Bdellium, bfeach'7 drams, Celtick, Spicknard, Gum Ar*bick, Macedonian P.arfly feeds, Opium, Carda- moms the lels, Fennel feed, Gentian, red Rofe leaves, Dittany of Crcet, of each five drams ; Anifeed, Afarabacca, Orris, Acorus, th« greater Valerian, Sagagen, of each 3 drams, Mcum Acacia, the bellies of Scinks, the tops ot St.Joh^s wort, of each two drams and an half; Malago Wine fo much as is fufficient to diflblve the juices and Gums, clarifi.d Honey the treble weight of all, the wine excepted ; make them into an Electuary according to Ait. Culpeper. I have not tiirfe f.o fearch whether chere be any difference between Dtmo crates and the Colledge. It was alfo corrected afterwards by Bartholomew Maranta. Alio divers Authors have fpent more time about this and Venice Treacle ( both of fnerri being terrible mefles of altogether ) in reducing 'em in GlafTes, than ever they did in faying their prayers. Alfo Andromachus hath another fort of Mithridate. It may be it it is that ufually called with us {Verm MetfridAie) but becaufe the Electuary is Very chargeable to be made, and can ot be made but in great quantities, and only that here prefcribed is to be gotten, or at leatt eafily. to be gotten. I am willing to fpare my pains in any further fearch ; it is good againft po> fon, and fuch as have done rhemfe>ves wrong by taking filthy Me- dicines. It provokers fweat, ft helps con ii *1 *»• rings o\ the ftomach, Ulcers in the Boly, Confumptions, weak. lefs of the linns, fids the body of cpld humours, and dileafps coming of cold re- medies, cold iufiimittes of the Brain, and flopping of the ftnfes ; ( viz. hearing, feeing, fmellirig, &c ) by cold, it expels wind, nelps the cholick propnkes appetite to ones victuals ; it helps Ulcers iflj the bladder ; it Galen lav true, a.s alfo difficulty of Urine, it cafts out the dead Child, and helps fuch Women as eannot conceiye by reafon of cold ; it is an admirable re^ medy for Mclancnolly, and and all* Difeafes of the body } coming through eold ; it would fill a whole iheet of paper to reckon them all up particularly. You may take a fcruple or half a dram in the morning, and follow ba- finefs ; two drams will make you fweat, yea one dram if your body be weak ; for then two drams may be dangerous, becaufe of its heat ; how to order your felf in fweating, you .were taught before ; if you have forgot where, look the Tabic af, the latter end. • ■•-«-- -*■ • - - pbyhmwn Ele&uaries.' the Phyfitians Library'' 16$ Pbylenium Parficum. 107. College. Take ot white Pepper the feeds of wnite Henbane ot each two drams-, Opium, Earth of Lemnos of each ten drams , Lap Hecnttis, p epared Saffron, pfeach fix drams-, Caftoieunr Indian Spicknard, Euphordium prepared, Pellitory ot Spain, Pearls Amber Zedoary, Eli- campane, Troch, Ramach, of each a dram ; Camphire a wits will den/: Therefore in fuch Difeafes which have vehe- nency ot p*in» as Cholicks, the Stone, Scrangar/, &c this may j; given ( ordered by the ' dil- crerion of an able brain, for JC conduceth little to the Cure J to micigate the extremity of piin, until convenient remedy may be had ; as men pump wa- ter out before they can ftop the hole in a leaking veffel. As for fcruple. With their treble weight other virtuet which Authors fay in honey of Rofes; make it intu j this Electuary hath, I rt»all pafs an Electuary according to Art. j them by, refting confident that Culpeper. All the difference is { other remedies may be: found oue Mefue appoints Honey whole ; for them jn cms Book as eftec- ' tual, and lef* dangerous; and becaufe che former Electuary is commandations of it is this : Ic ftops blood Bowing from any part of the Bods, the immode rati flowing of the Terms in Women, the Hemorrhoids 111 men. fpitting of bloonv. of each half an ounce joint of Wine as much as is fuf- ficient to make it into an Opiate. Cu'.peperX hold theirLaudamum co b: 4 better M.ficine, tor, Thil ■v-'Mg exceeding dangerous foe ai unskilful man to meddle ✓ ltrni, I let it alone, yet am noc ignorant what gooi it might do ro fuch whofe wounds have bro'e them into a Phtenfie, if given ay an able hand. EleSuarinm de Ovo. 10$. Or, Eleduary of Eggs. CoUege. Take a Hens Egg near laid and the white bsitig taken oae by a fmall hole, fill up the viid place wirh Siff.on, leaving rhe yolk in ; then the hole being tipped roftitin aflias till the Ml begin to look black, take filigiri: leed the Saffron burn rnic f »r then is the whole Medi- cine fpoilt the matter being r«kr» iit.dr/ ic fj cut 1: may by be*f fain will bing « rever, aia a ru.ar/ it u <-.««- •- .«•,-7 —— tut d«»th» na man well in his k* into pjjder, and add (• »c a» IfjfS Electuaries. The Phyfitians Library'. much powder of white Muf- tard feed as it weighs. Then Cake the Roots of white Dittany and Tormentil, of each two drams ; Myrrh, Hartshorn, Pecatifis Roots, of each one dram $ the Roots of Angelica and Burnet, Juniper berries, Zedoary^ Camphire, of each half an ounce, mix them all togethei in aMcrtar, then acid Venice Treacle the black, Olibanum, Dittany of Greet, Rhapontick, St^chas, Hcrehound, Macedonian Par. fley feed, Calaminth, Cyprefs, Turpentine, the roots of Cinquefoyl and Ginger, of each fix drams ; Poley moun- tain, Chomepytis, C kick, Spicknard, Amomus, Scyr*x, Calamitis, rhe Roots of Rha- vontick, Earth of Lcmnos, Indian leaf, Cilcitis burnt ; weight of them all, flir them j or inftead thereof Roman about with a Peitle 3 hours Vitriol burnt, Gentian roots, together, putting in fo much Syrup of Limmons as enough to make it into an Electuary according to Art. Culpeper. A dram of it given at a time, is as great a help in a Peftilential Fever, as a man fhall ufually read of in a Galenift. It provokes fweat and then you fhall be taugh% how to ufe your felf. If years do not permit; give net fo touch. Theriaca Andromaehi 108. Or, Yenice Treacle. College. Take of Troches of Squills fcrty eight drams ; Troches of Vipers, long Pepper, Opium of Thebes, Magma, Hedycroi dried, of each *t drams : dried red Rofes exungulated, Orris, IUf rick, juke of Liquorice, the feeds of fweet Navcw, Scordium, Opobalfemum; Cinnamon, Agarick, of each i* drams j Myrrh, Coftus or Zedoary, Saffron, Caffia Gum Arabick, the juice of Hypocilfis, Carpobalfamum, or Nutmegs or Cubebs, the feed of Anife, Cardamoms, Fennel, Hartworr, Acacia) or inftead thereof the* juice of Sloes made thick, the feeds of Treacle, Muftard and Ammi, the tops of St. Johns wort, Sagapen, of each four drams, Caftoreum the root of long Bithwort, Bitumen, Judaicum, Carrot feed, Opo- panax, Centaury the lefs, Galbanum,of each two drams Canary Wine enough ta difTolve, Honey the treble weight of the dry fpecies: make them Into an Electuary according to Art. Culpepet. Ic is confefTed many Phyfitians have com- mented upon this Rccipt ; ** Bartholomew Matanta, Galen, Medici Romani, and Mediti iononienfes, cum multis aliu t but with little difference. The virtues of ic are : It refifts poyfon, and bitings of veno- mous Beafts, inveterate Head Lignea, Indian Spicknard, | tch, Vert/go, Deafnefs, thc $ffc«n§»tb, Pepper whip «nd j Falling gctacf^Aftonifhmenc; I ""' Apopjcxicj Ele&uaries tm Phyfitians Library. 161 Apoplexies, dulnefs of fight, ^ and want of voice, Afthmaes, eld and .new Coughs, fuch as fpit or vomit blood, fuch as can hardly fpit or breathe, cold- nefs of the ftomach, wind, the Cholick and Illack paffions, the yellow Jaundice, hardnef» ot the Spleen, Stone in the Reins and Bladder, difficulty of Urine, Ulcri in the Bladders, Fevers, Dropfies, Leprolies, it provokes the Terms, it brings forth Birth and afcer*bitrh, h«lps p*ins in Joints, it helps not only the Body, but the mind, as Vain fears Malancholy, tVc artd is a good remedy in Peftilential Fevers : Thus Galen. You may take half a dram, aud go about your bufi nefs, and it will do you good, if you have occafion to go into ill Airs or Peftilential times, if you fhall fweat upon it, as your beft way is, if your Body be not in health, then take one dram, o between one and two, or lefs than one, according as age and ftrength is; it you cannot take this or an> other fweating Medicine by it felf, mix it with a little Carduus or Dragon water, or Angelica- water, which in my Opinion is the beft of che three, Iheriaea LondinenfiS. Or, London Treacle. College. Take of Hirts-hOrn two ounces ; the feeds of Citrons, Sorrel. Peony, Bazil, of each one ounce ; Scordium, Coralliana, of each fix drams, the Roots of An-* {;eJica. Tormentil, Peony, fhe eaves of Dittany, Bay berries, Juniper berries, of each half an ounce, the flowers of Rofemary, Marigolds, Clovegillifloweri, the tops of St. Johns, wort,Nutmegs, Saffron, ot each three drams, the roots of Gentian, ZVdoary, Gin- f«r, Mace, Myrrh, th« leaves of cabious, Devils bit, Carduus, of •ach 2 drams, Cloves, Opium, tf (»i mide thick, Opo* balfamurri,or Oyl of Nutmegs, af each two drams, Cinnamon, Calamus, Aromaticusi of each a dram and an half, Scordium. Ce:erah, juice of LUjuorict at each two drams and an half; Tagaeaitch a drarri with tight cimes thur weight in white S'Jgar diffolved in Endive water, and clarified : make it into an Elect aary according to Art. Culpeper. M.-fue appoint*, dart* ri:d Hcney. It is exceeding gaod agaiuftcoli Difeafes of the ftomach, Liver or Splcca, cor- ruption of humours, and pu- trefaction of meae in the fto- mach, ill favoured colour of the bodv, Dropfie*. cold faults ioj the Reins and Bladder, provoker Urine. Take a dam ia the morning. Purging Ic58 Electuaries.' the 'Phyfitians Library. Purging Electuaries. Benediila Laxatives. 111. College. '"T^Ake of choice |T Turbith ten t drams, Diagridium, Bark of ' Spurge. Roots prepared, Her. modactyls, red Rofes, of each five drams, Cloves, Spicknard, Ginger, Saffron, long Pepper, Amomus, or for want of ir,; Calamus, Aromaticus, Carda moms the lefs, the feeds of Smallage, PariTey, Fennel, Sparagus, Brufcus, Saxifrage, Gromwel, Caraway, Sal Gerri, Galangrt, Mace of each a dram With their treble weight of clarified Honey ; make 'em into an Electuary according to Art. Alfo you may keep the fpecies it felf in your fhops. Culpeper. It purgeth flegm chiefly from the joynts; alfo it purgeth the reins 6c blad. der. I ' wiilingly omit the quantity of thefe Purges, be- caufe I would not have fool- ifh women and dunces do themfelves & others mifchief. For it worketh too violently for their ufes, and muft be prudently lordered, if taken at all; for I fancy it not at all, but am of opinion" it kills more than it cures. Cariacoftinum. lit. College. Take of Cloves, Coftus, or Zedoary, Ginger, Cummin, ot each two drams, Harmodattyls, Diagridium, of each half m ounce! wich their double weight of Ho- ney clarified in white Wine ; make them into an E'ectuary according to Art. ., Culpeper. Authors fay ic purgeth hot Rheums, and takes away inflammations in wounds. I allure you the Electuary works violently. it' may fafely be given in Cly- fters, and fq yon may give t wo or thr.ee drams at a time if the Patient be ftrong. For taken other wife it would kill a horfe cum priv'Jcgio. Caffu Extrattx pro Clyfleribts ill. Or, Caffia extracted for Clyfters. College. Take of the leaves of Violets, Mallows, Beets, Mercury, Pellitory of the Wall, Violet flowers, of each a handful, boyl them in a fufficient quantity of water, for the benefit of which, lee the Cafliia be extracted, and the Canes walhed : then take of this Caflla fo drawn ( and boyl it to its • confiftcncc ) a pound, Sugar a pound and an half; boyl them to the form of an Electuary accord- ing to Arr. Culpeper. It is no more than breaking the canes of the Caflla, and pick out the pulp ( calling away the iceds ) boyl the pulp, in a little of this Decoction, then prefs it through a pulping fieve, the title fhews the ufe of it ; or you will take an ounce of it inwardly, you fhall find it work witfi great gcailenefs. £le&uaries the Phyfitians Library*. \Sf ^ou may rake it in white Wine, if is good for gentle Bodies, for if your bod he hard to work upon! perhaps ic would npt work at all. It purgeth the Reins gallant\y, and cooleth then1, thereby preventing rhe ftone, and Jther difeafes cauted by heat. lettuarium uimarum Magistrate, majus. H2. Or- the gentle bitter Electuary. Colli ie. lake of the .whiteft Ag-trick, Turbich, Species, Hicra Simplex, choice Rhubarb of each one dram; ^choice Aloes un- waflied ( ^ choice foul iA'.qcs ) two drams. Ginger, Cnital.of Tartar of each two fcruples : Orris and Florentine, fweet Fennel feeds oi each a fcruple 5 Syrup of Rofes folutive, as much as is fufficient to make ic into an Electuary according to Art. tp Arc. tli^tuatiumtAmarum minus. 112. Or, the lefler bitter Electuary. College. Take of Epithimum half an ounce and the roots of Angelica three drams.ofGentian. iedoary, Acorus of each two drams : Cinnamon one dram and an half Cloves, Mace and Nutmegs, Saffron of each one drain; Aloes fix ounces with Syrup of Fumitory, Scabious &, ^ugar fo much as,i< fufficient to make it into a Toft Electuary. Cu'.p-ptr. fcoth thefe purge Choler, the fomer Flegm. and this Melanchollv', the former ■works ftrong.ft, this ftrengthens S'loft and is good for fuch whofe rains are annoyed. Von mav take half an ounct of the forme if your body be any thing ftrong in white Wine : if very ftrong, an ounce ordering your felf as you were taught before, an.d the. Table at the latter end will direct you to the place ; a rea- sonable body may take an ounce of the la iter : the weak lefs. I would noc have the unskilfl Too bufy with Purges, ftjfhout tfdficccf a Pb) fit 1*11, JDiacajfa with Manna. 112. , College. Take of DamaskPruncs two ounces, Violec flowers am handful and an half; boylwic according to art till half be confumed •, ftrain it and uffolve in the decoc'tion fix ounces o£, 1 CalTn newly drawn, Sugar of Violets, Syrup of Violets, of each) 4. ounces; Pulp of Tamarinds ait ounce Sugarcandy an ounce and an half, Manna two ounces ; miis rhern and make them into art Electuary according to Art. ^ Culpeper. Ic is a fine cooling purge for fuch as are bound iit the body, for it works gallantly, and without trouble,, it purgethi Choler, and mav fafely be giver*. in fevers corning of*Choler : but in ftich cafes, if the body be much bound, the beft.way IS firft to adminifter a Clyfter, and then the next morning an ounce of this will cool the body, and kqej it in due temper. I wondee what they need put in Sugar of Violets, and Syrup of Violets j whv would not the doable Siiantitv of tne sruP have fervid the turn ? I proteft they will dp any thing to make th.'ip Receipt.dear and difficultjthat fo rhey may grow rich. Amofl; unconfcioiiabte thing that ment fliould prefer their own great- nefs before the lives ot poor m^nj and women; the ftones in clief ftreet would cry out againftj them fliortly it I mould hold my peace. Caffij. extratfa fine foliif Sen*. 12^ Or, C .Ilia extracted withouC the Leaves of Senna. > Co'Jtge* Take twelve Prunes^ Violet flowers a haniful French; B aley, the. feeds of Anjfe, and Baftaru Siffron Pol podium,off the Oak, of each 5 cuams. Mi- denhair, Time. Epithimum of each halt an handful, FUitW of the Sua ftoned ri.dfan ounce,. 170 Eie&uaries the Phyfitians Library. fweet Fennel feeds 2 drams the feeds of Purflain arid Mallows of each three drams •, Liquorice an ounce, boyl them in a Icient quantity .of water, ft ain rhem, and diffdve in the D c-ction, Pulp of Caffia two pound, of Tamarinds an ounce, half fuflc liquid Electuary according to Art.* Culpeper. 1 wonder what Art it muft be wherewith a man mould make up an Electuary, and have noc wherewithal ? I tell you truly^, That to make up an ' Electuary of this without more Cinnamon three drams, Sugar a j moifture ( for here is not a pou«d -Lboyl it to the form of quarter enough J is a task harder an Electuary. Caffia extract a cum foliis Sena. 11}. Or, Caffia extracted with Leaves of Senna. College, fate of tbe former Rr- vetpt two pound, Senna in powd r two ounces, mi* tbem according to xArt. Culfepen\ This is alfo a fine, Cool, gentle purge, Cleanfing the bowels of Choler and Melan- cholly without any griping, very fit for feverifh bodies, and yet the forme* is gentler than . this, thev both cleanfe and cool the ileitis ; a rcafonable body may take an ounce and an half of the former, and aln ounce of the latter in wlhite Wine, if they keep the houfe, or their Bodies be opprefjed with Melancholly, let them takt half the quantity in four ounces of Decoction of Epithymum. Diacarihamum. 113. College. Take of f Diatragacan- ibum frigidum ( «f ask them whether you muft put in the cold feeds or not, now the Col- lege dotb not bid them ) half an ounce, pulp of preferved Quin- ces an ounces the tnfide of the feeds of Baftard Saffron half an Ounce, Ginger two dram?, Di- agridium beatenby it felf three drams, Turbith 6 drams, Manna two ounces, Honey of Rofes folutive. Sugjrcandy, of each 1 ounce, Hermodactyl* half an ounce, white Sugar ten ounces «»4 an half, gnakc of them % than all Hercules his twelve La- bours, abate me but his fetching Cerberus out of Hell. For my parti fhall trouble the Reader no further, but leave the Receipt ro Jlmoldus and the College for a pure piece of nonfenfe ; only let me admire at the pride and head ft-ongnefs of rhe College, that will not mend any Error, though as apparent as the Sun is up, when he is upon the Meridi- an, but, ejuos peidert vult Jupiter dementes faeit, thofe whom Jupiter will deftroy, he firft makes them mad; Diapbanicon. 113, College; Take of the pulp of Dates boyled in Hydromel, Penids, of each half a pound : fweet Almonds blanched three ounces and an half; to all of them being bruifed 6c permixid/ add clarified honey two pound, boyl them a little, and rhed ftrew in Ginger, long Pepper, Miace, and Cinnamon, Rue leaves', the! feeds of Fennel and Carrots, of each two drams; Turbith beaten fmall 4 ounces, Diagridium ah ounce and an half; make of them an Electuary ■ according to Art. Culpeper. I cannot believe thil is fo profitable in FeverS taken downwards as Authors fay, fo» ic is a very violent porge. In* deed I believe being milted in Cl\ fters, it may do good in Cholicks, and Infirmities of the Bowels coming of raw humours •Mf-riV •!! coming and fe you may giYI Electuaries. The Phyfitians Library* '7* five half an ounce at a time. Diaprunum Lenitivce. 114. College. Take an hundred fiUma>k Prunes, boyl them in wacr till thsy be foft, then pulp them, "and in the Liquor they were boiled in, b >\ I i»en"ly one ounce of .Violet flowers j ftrain ir, aifd with two pound of S jgir boyl it inc* a Syrup, tlicn add half a pound of the a- foefaid Pulp, the pulp of Caflia and Tamarinds, nf each an ounce j then mix wirh it theft: powders olio*. ing, Sanders white »nd red, Spudium, Rhubarb, of each three drams, red R> fes, Vio lets, rhe feeds of Purllam, Succory, Barberries, Gum Tr*gacanth, Liquorice, Cin- namon, of each two drum ; the four greater culd feed , of each one dram ; make it into an Electuary accord-ng to Art. Culpeper'. Ic may fafely, and with good fuccefs, given in acute burning and all other fevers; for it .cools muc' , and looferts the body genrly ; it is good in Ai;ucs, lLct>ck iFevcrs. and rVUrafmus. You ■ may take an ounce of it at a ! time at night wfun you go to bed, three hours afcer a fcght fupper ; neither need Jou keep your chamber next lay, untefs the Weather be very cold, or your body ve- ry tender. , Diavrunum falutivea 114. College. f»kc ol Diaprunui-n teiiiciv* whilft U is warm, four pound, Sc*mrhony prc^ pared two ounces, and fiv drams, mix them toge her, & make them into an Electuary according to Art. ( Seeing the Qtfk of Scam, nv>ny is incretfed according to the Author, in this Medi* cine, you may ufe a lefjf weight of Scammony if you ple*le. Culpeper. 'this they lefr or.c now Although therein the College faid t uC : for therj che Medians acording td this Receipt is too firing artel Vio'ent, Corroding, gnawing, fretting, and yet rhis is that wlvch is ccriimouly. called Dueprunes^ which fi.nple people take to give themfelves 4 purge, being fitter to dp theni n fctiief ( poor Souls; thart g )o,l, unl«fs O'dcxa witfi nore difcrerion than they have ; ir may be they buill upon the Vulgar proverb, that no Carrion will kil a Crow. Ler me increar them to .have a greater care of themfelves, and not meddle with fuch) defperace Medicines ; Ler 'errs* r\ot object to ra: chev often have taken it, and frit n& harm ; they,are noc capable of knowing whac harm it may do them a long time afcei ; Uc theni remember the old Proverb, The Pitcher never goes fj often to the *.V-ll, buC : ic comes b'rclce hom= at laft. Catholicon. 114* CV'ese. Take of the pulp of Caifia and Tamarinds, ;ite . leave* of Sen vi, of eao c to N i ounces ; 172 Electuaries." tloe Thy fitians Library. ounces, Polypodium, Violets, Rhubarb, of each one ounce; Annis feeds, Penids, Suagar candy, Liquorice, the feeds of Gourds, Citruls, Cucumers, Melons of each two drains, bruife the things robe bruifed ; take of frefh Polypodium g ounces, fveer. Fcnuel feeds 6 drams; boyl them in four pound of water till the Third part be confumed ; ftrain it, and with two pound of fugar boyl the Decoction to the thicknefs of a Syri p, then with the pulps and powders make it into an Electuary according to Art. Culpeper. It is a fine cooling purge for any part of the Body, and very gentle; it may be given ( an ounce or half an ounce at a time, ac- cording to tbe ftrength of the Patient ) in acute nnd per acute difeafes, for it gently hofneth the belly, and adds ftrength : it helps infirmities of the Liver and Spleen, and Gouts of all forts, Quotidian Tertian and Qnartan Agues, as alfo Hesd aches. Ic is ufually given in Clylters. If you lift to take it inwardly^ you may take an ounce at night "going to Bed, in the morning drink a draught of hot pojfet drink) and go about your bufinefs. They have altered the quantities of fome of the Simples that are harm- lefs, for they do wonders as faft, as Bell in the Apoayba eat Mutton. Elefluarmm de Citro folutivum. US Or Electuary of Citrons folutive. 0 1 College. Take of Citron peeli preferved, conferves of the flowers of Violets Sc Buglofs, Diatr'gacanthum frigidum, Diagridium, of each half an ounce, Turbith five drams, Ginger half a dram, Senna i drams, fweet Fennel feeds 6 drams, white fuear difTolved in Rofewater, and boiled ac- cording to Art, ten ounces) make a folid Electuary accor- ding to Art- , Culfeper. Here are fome things very cordial, & Others purge violently, but put toge- ther, make a compofition no way pleafing to me ; therefore, I account it a pretty Receipt good for nothing. Elettuarhnn Elefcepb. 11 f College T»k of Diagrid »u m, T urbiih, of each fix drams, CloVes, Cinnamon, Cainger Myrobalans, Emblick, Nut- meg, Polypodium, of each i drams and an half j Sugar 6 ounces, clarified honey la ounces; make ic into an E- lectuary ?ccording to Art. Culpeper.Mefue appoints only clarified honey one pound 9k '] four ounces to make it up ■} into an Electuary j and faith, I it purgeth Choler and Flegm, jj and wind from all parts of \ the body, helps pains of the joynts and fides, the Choler; it cleanfeth the Reins and Bladder; and yet I advife you not to take too much of it at a time, for it works prerty violently, though well corrected by the pen of a Mefue; let half an ounce be the moft for fuch.whofe bediel are ftrong,alway$ remembring r,ha§ Electuaries. The Phyfitians Library. 173 that you had Letter ten times take too much ; you may taUe it in white Wine, and keep your felf warm. If you would then have roy opinion of it. I do nor like it. Couftji) Warned). II 5. C.'tege. Take of the bark of Citrine, Myrobalan , i ounces ; Myrobalans Chebs and barks ; Violets, Colocynthis, Pol>podi- um ot the Oak, of each one ounce and an half, Wormwood, Tune, of each an ounce : the feeds of Annis and Fennel, the flowers ot red Rofes, ot each ^ drams, let all ot them being " biuifed be infufed one day in 6 pound t( Whe>, then boiled till hilt be conf uried, rubbed with your hand and preffcd out : to the Decoction 8c juice ofFumito- ry, pulp of Prunes and Raifins of the Sun of each half a pound ; : white Sugar, clarified Honey of : each one pound, boil ic to the thicknefs of Honey, ftrewing in towards the end, Agarick 'fro-1 defeated, Senna, of each two ounces, Rhubarb one ounce and an half, Epirhimum one ounce, Di igridium 6 dran^ Cinnamon half an ounce. Ginger 2 drams, j the feeds of Fumitory &C Annis, Spicknard of each one dram: make ic into an Electuary j according to Art. Culpeper. The Receipt is chiefly | appropriated as a Purge for J Melancholick and fait Flegm, and Difeafes thence arifing, as Scabs, Itch. Leprofies, Cancers, Infirmities of the Skin: it pur- geth aduft humours, and is good againft Madnefs, Melari- cholly. Forgetfulnefs. Vertigo. It purgeth very violently, and fe not fafe given alone. I would idvife the. unskilful not to] meddle with it inwardly: You! may give half an ounce of it in Clyfters, in Melancholick Di-1 fcafes, which commonly have a ftringency, and, alfq a toolting companion with them. 1 Eiecf'iarium Lrnitivum. Il6. Ot Ler.i'ive Electuary. CoUege. Take of Raifins of tha Sun ftontd. Poly podium of the Oak, Senna of each two ounces ; Mercury one handful and an half, Jujubees, Sebeflens of each twenty ; Maidenhair, Violets, French Barley, of each 1 hand- ful •, Damask Prunes ftoned, Tamarinds of each fix drams ; l,iq.iorice half .in ounce: boil them in ten pound ot water till two parts of thee be confumed ; ftrain it and diflblve in the De- coction, pulp of Cafha, Tama- rinds and frefh Prunes, Sugar of Violets of each fix ounces: the beft Sugar two pound ; at laft add powder of Senna leaves one ounce and an half, Annifeeds in powder ? drams, to each pound of Electuary, and fo bring ic into the form ot an Electuary according to Art. Culpeper. It gently opens and mollifies the bowels, bringeth forth Choler, »-Icgm, and Me-. lancholly, & th At without trou- ble ; It is cooling, and therefore is profitable in Plurifies, ar-d foe wounded people : a man of rea,- fonable ftrength may take an ounce ot it going to bed, which will work next morning. And in truth they have done well here to add the Annifeeds to correct the Senna : Oh that they would but do fo always. ElettuariumPjlfultum. 112. CoUrge. Take ot frefh Polypodi-i um roots three ouuees : french Marifh Mallow roots. Senna, of each two ounces, Annifeeds two. drams, fteep them all in a glazed VefTel in a futftcienr quantity of fpring water, boyl them accord- ing toArt: ftrain it flc with pulp of Raifins of the Sun, half a, pound,whiteSugar,Manna of each jounces; boil it to the tbJcjmefs 1 » i ?J4 Ele&uaries. The phyfitians Library. of a Cvdoniate, and renew if and Diftafes of the Joynts, it 4 tines A year. p- ruech violently, tnccture ,- Culfepo; The College are ice it be warily given I fo miftcrious in this Receipt, omit che Dole, becaufe ii is a man can hardly give di«-cc~l- not lor a vulgar ufe I would ions how to make ir, for they not willingly have my Coim- pnly give uncertainties. You try men do themfelves a mif* frad heft firft boil the" roots m chief, let the Gentry -ftudy 3 pinrs of water to a quarr, phyfick, then fhall they know then put in the Senna,, and what belong1-to it. A i-ij feeds, boil 4c ro a pint and Gentry makes^ block heaucd *n half' fhen ftrain it, and Phyritians. * .. add (herelf, the^Man a will mU; if it felf as well as tie Si fear, 'indeed you had belt d'fTolve the Manna by it felf in f me of the Decocti- on, and fo ftrjuq it becaufe of Hiera Pioa Smple U7. C:llcge Take of Cinnamon, XyfobaUainum, >"»r Wooa ofci Aloes, rhe roots of AC*'* i.s drofs* It gentlv purgerh ca,Spicknard MalUch, S^ftVonj t>oth Choki'ami Melanchply, pf eacli fix drams; A'cs noc Cleanfeth *he Rcms and Blad- , wath-d twelve ounces- and an de<", .and therefore is good fur , half, clarified Honey 4 pound thi Scone and Gravel in the i and 3 ounces ; mix them inco K'dneys. I leave ..out ths an El:&uary. according to' Art. Alio you nay keep the :p cies by it feif in your Shops. Culpeper. It is an excellent remedy tor vicious ': juices which 'ie furring the Tumcle r,f the ftomach, and fuch idle fancies and Symptoms which t.ie bram fuffers thereby,1 wnereby fome think ihey f:c,, jchers thar they hear ftrange .flings efpeciaily when they *re in bed, and between 1-cping and waki ig ; befides his, it very gently vpurgeth ne Belly, and helps--fuclv Women as are not fufjiciently purged after their Travail v $2 ae cill the I. QfKrfhs. .'. . College. Take of Sugar, the juice ,.f, r«,d Rofes ■ claufiec ojt. each- a pound and tou' cunccs ; the three forts .ol Sanders, of .-each fix dram, Si'OLa>m rhree drams.. Diacy ionium 12 drams, .Camphirt a. fcruple,: let the j,iic.e, be boiled with , Sugar to. its juft tfrickngfs, rhen-add the reft in powder, and fo make -ic rue .according 1 to an iiJectuary oeing thus made' up into ^n ,. icctuary, it wilj be fo bitter,- j^vlpeper. Ir pngeth Choler, | a dog: jvoujd noc take it, and arid is good iii fejtian Agues' che fpcciM kept by « Tclf •«• Electuaries The Phyfitians Library. 175 pot fo fweet ; your beft way C in my opinion ) to take it ( for I fancy the Receipt very much, & have had experience of what I have written of it ) is to put only fo much Honey to it as , will make it into Pills,of wbi£b you may take a fcruple at night going to bed ( it your body be ^ not very weak ) in the morning drink a draught of hot brosth or poller drink, you reed not fear to go about your bufinefsfor it will hardly work till next day in the Afternoon, and then very gently. I have found the benefit of it, and from my own experi- ence I commend it to ni)Coun- trymen. Hiera veith otgarick. 117. CoUige. Take of fpecies Hiera fimple without Aloes, Agarick Trochifcated, of each half an ounce ; Aloes not warned one ounce, clarified Honey jounces, mix it, and make it into an Electuary according to Art. Cuipeper. Look but the virtues of Agarick, and add them to the virtues of the former Re- ceipt, fo is the bufinefs done without any further trouble. Hiera L^gaddii. 1\J. College, Take of Coloqumtida, Polypodium, of each two drams, Euphorbium, Poley mountain, the feeds of Spurge, of each one dram and an half and 6 grains, Wormwood, Myrrh, of each i dr«m and ia grains, Centaury the lefs, Agarick, Gum Ammo. niacum, Indian leaf or Mace, Spicknard, Squats, prepared, Dia- gridium, of each i dram, Aloes, Time, Germander, CafiU lignea, Bdellium, Horehound, of each i fcruple and 14 grains Cinnamon, 0popanax, Caftoreum, long BitSwQ.it, the «!»«« f»«» o( Pepper, Sagapen, Saffron. Parfly, of each two drams, Hellebore black and white, of each fix grains, clarified Honey a pound and an half, mix them & make of rbeni an Electuary accoiding to Art ; Let the fpecies be kept in your Shop. CulpipW* It takes away by the roots daily evils coming of Me- lancholy. Falling ficknefs, YerT cigo, Convulfions. Megrim. Le- profie, and many other mfiimi- ties: for my pars I fliould be loth to take it inwardly, unlefs upon defperate occafions or in Chfters. It mav we|l take away Qifeafes by the Roots, if i; take away life apd all. Wicra Diacoloeynthidos. 118. College Take of Colocynthis j Agarick, Germander, white Horehound.'Stas has, of each ten drams, Opopanax Sagapen and PatfUy feeds, round Birthwort roots, white Pepper of each five drams: Spicknard) Cinnamon,, Mwrh, Indian leaf or Mace, S.affron, of 'each four drams j bruife the Gums in a Mortar. fift the reft, and with 3 pound of clarified Honey, three ounces and five drams, make it into an. Electuary according to Art. • Culpeper. It helps the falling ficknefs, Madnefs, and the paiii in the head called {Cephalalgia.^ pains in the B.reaft and Stomach, whether they come by ficknefs 05 bruifes, pains in the Loyns oc Back bone, hardnefs of Womens; Breads. Putrefactions of meat in, che Stomach, arid four belching. It is ufed but feldom* and; th,erefoie hard to begotten. Jripbe* tbt greater. 118. CoUege. Take of MyroWae* Chebs, Bellericks, Inds and, Eroblicks, Nutmegs, ot each S # 4 «W.I i-}6 EJe&uarie* the P drams; Water crefs feeds, Afarabacca roots, Perfian Origanum, or elfe Ditrany of Creet, black Peppir, Oliba- jrum, Ammi. Ginger, Tama. fis, Indian Nard, Squinanrh, \vccred, be fpririkltd with Oyl of fweet Almonds, then add Muugar diffolved in Hy- fop water, and clarified Honey, of each twice the weight of all the reft : make them into an Electuary according to art. Culpeper. The Electuary is chief! appropriated to the Lungs and helps cold infirmities of them, as Afthmaes, Coughs, dif- ficulty of breathing, tre. You; miy take ic wich a Liquorice fticlc. or on the point of a knife,a little of ic at a time, and otter.. Pyafatyrion. Nich. CoUege. Take of the Roots of ^ Satyrion f_ J look the Roots in tbe Simples, and there you fiiaU find thofe directions you have need enough of) frefh and found Garden Parfnips, Eringo, Pine nuts, Indian nuts, or if Indian nuts b'. wanting,take the double quantity of Pine nuts Fiftich nuts, of each one ounce 8c an half £ ^ the tAutbor appoint* fe- ven drams. ) Cloves, Ginger, the feeds of Anik,R.Qekct, * Afh- l " * fori 178 Ele&uafies. the K?y s £ vix. the fee3 wirhin 'em ] of each five drams, Cinnamon the tails and loins of Scincus, tbe feeds ot * Bulbus ( I know noc what Englifh Name to give it } Nettles of each two drams ana an half, Musk feven grains, of the beft Sugar diffolved in M ila- go Wine, three pounds, make ic into an Electuary according cc Art. £ Culpeper. Either the^Colledge or the Printer left out Cicer roots feven drams, whicu ( think are proper to the Receipt : They alfo added the loynS of Scincus, and the Nettle feeds, and in fo doing, chey did well. It helps weaknefs of the Reins and Bladder, and fuch as make water wich difficTilty, it provokes Luft exceedingly, and fpeedily helps fdch as are impotent in the Acts of Venus. You may 'take two drams or more at a time. Mathiolus his great xAitidote againjl Poyfon and Pestilence. College. Take ot Rhubarb. Rha- pontick, Valenan roots, the roots of Acorus or Calamus A- roiudticus, C/perus Cinquefoyl, Tormentil, round Bithworr, niale Peony, Elicampane, Coftus, Illyrick, Orris, white Chamelion Or Avens, of each tnree drams, the roots of Galanga. Mafter worts, white Dictamni;Angelica, Yarrow, Filipendula Or Drop Wort, Zedoary, Ginger of each two drams ; Rofemary, Gentian, Devils bit, of each two drams & ah half: the feeds of Citrons & Agnus vCaftus, the berries of Cnermes, the feeds of Afh tree, •wild Paifnips, Navew, Nigella, Peony the male, * Hedge muf- tard, [»/«o] Treacle muftard, Fennel, Bifhops weed of each 2 drams,che berries of Bay. Juniper ind Ivy, ^ Sarfaparilla, L" «f J think they mean by that, fimptex *fttt*. 3 or for want of ic double Phyfitians Library. the weight of Cubehs ) Cubebs if each one dram and'an halt, cKe leaves of Scordium, Ger- ruinoer, Chamepyris, Centaury the- lefs. S.aichas QcWvJl, Spick- nard. C-Iaminth ; Rue, Mints, Becon* Vervain, Scabious, Car- duus, B.ueJictus, Balm, of each one dram and an half; Dittany of Cre:t three drams Marjoram Sc. Johns wo.c, Scha?nantb and Horehound Goats Rue, Savin, is iri.ee of e^ch two drams: Figs, -Vain us, FtftickNuts of each titee ounces-, Emblick, Miro- b ;la^s naif an ounce ; the flowers ot Violets, Borage, Buglofs, ftofjs, La»enda. Sigi,Rofemary, of each four fen pies, Siffron 3 drams C-tlfu lignea 10 drams, Cloves Nutmegs Mace of each two drams and an half; black Pepper, long Pepper, all the 3 fotts of Sanders, wood ot Aloes, of each one dram and an half; harts horn half an ounce : Uni- orns horn, or in irs Head Bezoar ftone one dram Bone in a Stags Heart, Ivory, Stags pizzle, Caf- toreum. of each'four fcruples ; Earth of Temnos three drams, Opium one dram and an half, Orient Pearls, Emerald, Jacinth, red Coral, of eich one dram and an half; Camphire two d'ams, Gum Arabick, Maftich, Fran- kincenfe, Styrax. Turpentine, Sagapenum, Opopatvax, Lafer- pitium ot Myrrh, of each 2 drams and an half-, Musk and Ambergreefe of each one dram ; 6vl of Vitriol half an ounce, ^ Species Cordiales temperaiae, Diamargaricon, Diamofchu, Di' ambra, Electuari de Gemmis* [ ^ See the way to make thefe in their proper places 3 Troches of Camphire, of Squills, of each 2 drams and an half ; Troches of Vipers two ounces, the juice of Sorrel, Sowthiftle's, Scordium, Vipers, Buglofs, ( \ Mechium ) Borrage, Balm, of each half a pound; Hypocyftis two drams - ■ • ■ * #»ft Electuaries. lie Phyfitians Library. m of the belt Treacle ard Mi- ■tl.r 1'i'ate, f t tsidv fix ounces j c'd Wine three pound. < f i he be f Si ga?, choice' * Honey ( * a wijc man will trf this Prclcnpr, lignifies Reft ; but 1 would not advife yqu to take too much of ic inwardly, for fear inftead of Reft, it brings" you to mad. nefs,'or at beft to folly. I confefs outwardly applied to the Temple, as alfo to infides of the wrifts, it mav mitigate the heat in Fevers, & provoke to Reft, as alfo mitigate the violent heat and raging in Frenzies. I like not the Re- ceipt taken inwardly. EJeduarium 180 Electuaries. The Phyfitians Library EeHuarium Regin* Colontens. becaufe the matter there of. College. Take 0f the feeds of fending is not Co foon raken xirrane and Gromwel. imee iwnv h<, „„.. «»u.. ni...r:^i. Saxifrage and Gromwel, juice of L;quorice, of each half an ounce i the feeds of Carawa,, Anife, Smallage, Fennel and Parfly of Macedonia, Broom Carrots, BaufCUSj Sparagus, Lovage, Cummin, J.niper, Rue. Siler mountain, the feeds of Acorus, Penyroyal, Cin- quefoyl, Bayberries of each a drams, Indian Spicknard, Schsenanth, Amber, Valerian, Hogs Fenne', Lapis, Lines, of each a dram and an half. Galanga, Ginger, Turbith o't each two drams; Ssnna an ounce, Goats blood prepared half an ounce, mix them to- gether ; firft beat them into powder, then make them int. an Electuary according to Art, with three times their weight in Sugar ditfblved in white Wine. Culpeper. U i5 m excellent Remedy for the Scorffc and Wind Cholick, a dram of it taken every morning. I alTare that fuch as are troubled with fuch D;fcafcs. I com- mend it to them as a Jewel. PILLS. Culpeper.T)lLLS are J7 in Latin called Pilule, Balls, away by any other Phyfick. Such as have Scammony ( otherwife calledDiagridium) in them, or Colocynthis,work Itrongly, and rrfjft he taken in the morning, and the body well regulated , alter them, keeping your Clumber, and » good fire. I fhall inftrucl: you in the dofe as I come rp fihem; fuch as have neirher Colocynthis, nor Diagridium, -nay beft be taken in the ■'ening ; neither need vou k ep the houfe for them. Pilultr de Asarico. i ? j. Or, Pills of Agarick. College. Take of Agarick "hrce drams, our own blue Orris roats,maftich,horehound >f each one dram, Turbith five dram-, Species Hiera picra half an ounce, Colocin- this, Sarceol, of each two; irams ; Myrrh one dram, S.ipa as much as is fnffi:ient r.o make ic into Mafs accor- ding to Art. Culpeper. It was invented to cleanfe the Breaft & Lungs; of Flegm, it works prirty. titely, therefore requires a j good Headpiece to direct it. I Half a dram at a time (kee- ping your felf warm) can-, not well do you harm., unlcfit, your body be very weak. PiluU Aggregative. 121. which lignifies little . becaufe they are made up in fuch a form, that they may be the better (wallowed down , by reafon of the of&nfivenefs ' College, Take of rirmn of the tjfte. They were firft Mirobalans, Rhubarb, of each invented for-the purging of half an ounce; We 3 the Head (however Phyfitians Agrimony and Wormwood! $!YC fo"* ordcr'd the hufM,efsl ailde chick, of each \ TJSi PILLS. The Phyfitians Library. 181 Diagridium c, drams, Agarick, Colucynthis, Polypodium, of each two drams; Turbith, Alnes, of each fix d, S»l-en, Epithimum, Annis, Ginger, of each a dram, with Syrup of Damask Rofes, make it into a Mafs according to Arr. Culpeper. It purgeth the Head of Choler,. Ficgm and Melancholly, & that ftoutly. It is good againft quotidian Agues, and faulrs in the Stomach and Liver ; yet becaufe it is well corrected, if you take but half a dram at a time, and keep your felf warm, 1 fuppofe you may take it without danger. Pilula Alaphavgine. iii. College. Take of Cinnam'on, Cloves, Cardamoms the lefs, Nutmegs, Mace, C*lamus Aromaticus, Carpobalfamum, or Juniper berries, Sq inanth, Wood of Aloes, yellow Sanders, red Rofes dried, and Wormwood, of each half an ounce; ler the tincture be taken out of thefe being grojly bruifed in Spirit of Wine, the VelTcl being clofe flopped, in 3 pound of this tincture being ftrained, dflblve Aloes one pound, which being difiolved, add Maftich, Myrrh powdred, of each half an ounce : Saf- fron two drams, Balfom of Prue t drami the fupcrfluous Liquor being confumed,either over hot afhes. or a bath, bring it inw * Mafs of Pills. Culpeper. This Receipt dif- fers much that which Mefue left 10 pofterity ; perhaps rhe Collie followed Renodceus more clofe ly in it then they did Me fa. But fome queftion here*, whether Renodceus or the Lolledge either, can amend the receipts of Me[ue ? The cnief alterations aie, Afarabac- ea Roots, Indian Spicknard, of each one ounce, is tocally left out; bcfi.'i ail the Sim- ples till you come to the Wormwood, ar.* fe; down but half fo much in qjantity as Mefue prefcribed them : Some other fmall alterations are alfo in moft of theQuantities. But I muft return to my fcope. It cleanfeth both fto- mach and bra n of grofs and putrified humours, and fcts the lenfes free when they are thereby troubled. It cleanfeth the Brain offended by ill humours, wind, &c. helps Verrigo and Head achs, and ftrengthens the B.ain exceed- ingly, helps Concoction, and Ltiengthens the ftomach : I have often made Experience of it upon my own body ; and always wich good fuccefs in fuch occafions, and therefore give ms leave to commend it unto my Coun- trymen for a very wholfome cleanfing Medicine, ftrength ening, no wayes violent: one dram taken at night going to bed, will work gently next day ; if the party be weak, you may give lefs .• if ftrong more. If you take but half a dram. 182 PILLS. The cPhyptikns Library. you may go abroad the next day : but if you take a dram, you may keep the houfc there can be no harm in that. Pilule de Aloe Lti irz. Or, Pills of waihed Aloes. College. Take of Aloes waih- ed with juice of red Rofes an ounce, Agarick 3 dram^ Maftich 2. drams, Diamolchu dulce half a dram ; Syrup of damask Rofes fo much as is fufficient to make it into a Mafs according to Art. Culpeper. It purgeth both Brain, Stomach, Bowels and Eves of putrified humours, & alfo ftrengthens them. Ule thefe as the fucceeding. Aloe Rofata, nj. College. Take of Aloes in powder four ounces, juice of damask Rofes clarified one pound, mix them and digeft them then in the Sun, or in a Bath till the fuperfluous Liquor be drawn (ft, digeu it, and evaporate it 4 times over and keep the Mafs. B) Mafs always underftanding tne compofition brought into fuch thicknefs that you may eafdy with your fingers make it into Pills. ) Culpeper. It is a gallant, gentle purger of Choler, frees the Stomach from fuperfluous humours, opens ftoppings and other Infirmities of the Body proceeding from Choler and Flegm, as yellow Jaundice, gjV. and ftrengthens the body exceedingly. Take a fcruple, or haif a dram at night going to bed, you may walk abroad, for it will hardly work till next day in the afternoon. Tilulce Aunee. m. College. Take of Aloes, Diagrydium, of each five drams j red Rofes, Smallage leeds, of each two drams and an half; the feeds of Anife and Fennel, of each one dram and an halt ; Maftich.Saffron, Troch, Alhandal, of each one dramv with a fufficient quan- tity of Honey of Rofes, make it into a Mafs according to Art. Culpeper. They are held to purge the Head, co quicken the Scnfcs.elpecially the.fight, and to expel wind from the Bowels, but work fomething harflily. Half a dram is the utmoft Dofe : keep the fire,, rake them in the morning, Sc (]-ep after them, they will work before noon'. PJul&Cocice the greater. \\%. College. Take of Species and Hiera Picra ten drams, Troch Arhandal three drams and an. half, Turbith, Stsechas, of each five drams; with a fuf- ficienc quantity of Syrup of* Staechas, make it into a Mafs according to Ait. Culpepef. Gefnar an'd Matth. de Or ad put in only i fcru- ples and an half of Diagrydi- unt>belifc» becaufe thfey wou'df n*£ PILLS. The Ph: hot have it work fo violently, i But Mefue, Kbafis and Nicbolaui I Myrepcus, prelcribed two drams and an tuff. as heie in the Dif- fienfatory ; Only Mefue apponts t to be made up with Srrup of Wormwood. 'Tis held to purge the Head but it is but a dogged purge it beft, and muft be given only to ftrong bodies, and but half a dram at a time, and yet with great care. PiluU d* Cochya tbe left. College. Take of Aloes, Scam- mony, Colocynthis of «"adi one ounce ; with equal part» of Syrup of Wormwood, and of purging thorn, making it into a mafs according to Art. ftlulm de Cynoglojfa. \1%. Or, Pills of Hounds tongue. t Colttge. Take of the Roots of Hounds tongue dried with Henbane feed. Opium prepared nf each half an ounce : Myrrh fix drams, Olibanum 5 drams Saffron, Caftoreum, SryraX Ca- lamitis, of each one dram and an half; with Syrup of Scatchas. make into a mad, Culpeper. It ftays hot Rheums that fall down upon the Lungs, therefore is good^ in Ptificks ; alfo it mirigates pain. ■ A fcruple is enough to take at a time gosng to Bed, and too much if your body be weak: have a care of Opiates for fear the; make you fleep your laft. Tiluldex Duobus. \1%. Or, Pills of two Things. CoUege. Take of Colocynthis ind Scammonv of each one ounce ; Oyl ot Cloves as much as is fufficient to malax them well: tben with a little Syrup of purging Thorn, make it into: • Maft. I (ittant Library* 183 Culpeper. Surely the College know nor what they do elfe thev would never invent fuch ill as this, and put Cochiat the lefs without any corrigents at all. Jn truth'tis pity but they ihould have the jjft reward ot PeriUiis. vi*. be forced to take them them efves, they being not onlv too ftrong. but alfo of a bife gnawing Nature, that fa they may gnaw out their ill conditions. filulf. de E'ipato.io. 12}. Or, Pills ot Eupatorium. CoUege. Take of the juice of Maudlin and Wormwood made thick, Citron Mirobalans, of each three drams-, Rhubarb J drams and an half, Maftich one dram, Aloes five drams, Saffron half a dram, Syrup of the juyct of Endive, as much as is fuffici- ent to make it into a Mafs. Culpeper. Hiving compared this Rv upr of Mftte with Reafon, I find ic a gallant gentle purge. 8c ftrengihening, ftc:ed for fuch bo4iar« much weakened by Dife.»fes ot Choler. The Author appropriates it to tach as have Terti.in Agues, the yellow Jaun- dice, Obttructions or ftoppinge of th.- Liver, half a dram taken ac nighc going to bed- will work with an ordinary body the nexc day bv noon. The truth is. I was before fparing in relating the doles of moft purging Phy flclcs becaufe they are to be re- gulated according to th=: ftrength of the Patient, &c. Phyfick u not to be pr-fumed upon by Dances left they meet with their matches, and over matches too Pilu'a Patidce. «*3« °r» Stinking Pills- CoUege. Take of Aloes, Cole* cvnthii. Opopanaar, Ammonia* cum^agapeD.Myrrb^R^dj, I84 PILLS. fhe 'Phyfitians Library. Epithimum, of each 5 drams ; Scammony three drams, the Roots of Turbith half an ounce, the roots of Spurge the lefs prepared: Hermoda&yls, of each two drams, Ginger 1 dram and an half, Spicknard, Cinnamon, Saffron,Caftoreum, of each r dram; Euphorbium prepared two fcruples ; then diflolve the Gums in juice of Leeks, and with Syrup made with the juice of Leeks arid Sugar, make it into a Mafs Culpeper. They purge grofs and raw Flegm, and Difeafes thereof arifing ; Gouts of all forts, pains in the Back bone, and other Joynts. It is good againft Leprofies, and oth er fuch like Infirmities of the Skin. I fancy not the Re- ceipt much, both becaufe of Violence and apifh mixture. Pilula de Herviodatlylls. 124. Or, Pills of Hermodaftyls. Culpeper. They are good againft the Gout, and other cold affliaions of the Joynts. Thefe are more moderate by half than Pilulce fcetxdx, and appropriared to the fame Di. leafes. Vou may fake a dram in the morning, if age and ftrength agree ; if nor, take lefs,' 6c keep your body warm by the fire, now and then walking about the Chamber. PJula de Hieracum Agarica. 124. Or, Pills of Hiera Wich Agarick. College. Talie of Species flier a Tier a, Aga>icki ff each half an ounce ; the bejl Aloes, an ounce, Honey \of Rofes fo much as is fufficient to make it into a Mafs according to Ait. Culpeper, Very many are the j virtues Authors have besn College. Take of Sagapen 6 ■ pleafed to confer upon this'' drams; melt them in warm I Medicine, as making it ITni. juice of Coleworts fo much asj verfal, and applying ic to all is fufficient j then ftrain it i P*rts of ths body, and almoft through a convenient Rag,(all Difeafes in them, proceed- afterward* boil it to a mean thicknefs, then take of Her. moda&yls, Aloes, Citrine, Myrobalans, Turbith, Colo. quintida, fofe Bdellium, of each fix drams : Euphorbium ing either of choler, flegm or melancholly. Naj. they make if to refift poyibn and Epidemical Difeafes, ,to help the Gout, Dropfies & Falling Sickneft; to provoke the prepared, the feeds of Rue & Terms, and cafe the fits of SmalIage,Caftoreum, Sarcocol, 1 the Mother j to cure Agues of each three drams ; Saffron of all forts, and fhortncfs of one dram and an half ; with Breath, and Confurrfption of the Syrup of the juyce of the Lungs, Vertigo, Dizzinefs Coleworts made with Honey ; 'n the Head, to open Obftru- make ic into aMafs according ftions of the Liver & Spleen, l*Ar*. Uo cure ch» yellow Jaundice^ ! * audi PILLS. The ( and fharpnefs" of itrine ; to t ftrengthen the Brain and Memo- ry, and what not * The truth is, it is as harmlefj a purge as moft is in their Difpenfatory. You may fafely take a fcruple at ' night going to bed, having eat a light fupper three hours before, , and you may fafely go about your bufiuefs the next day : for it will not work too haffily, but very genrlyt fo ;ou may con-f tinue taking it a week together : I for it will not do wonders in once taking. Pilules Imperialef. t?4. Or, Imperial Pills. CoUege. Take ot Aloei 2 ounces. Rhubarb one ounce and an half Agarick, Senna of each 1 ounce, Cinnamon 3 drairis, Ginger two drams, Nutmegs, Cloves, Spick- riard, Maftich, of each 1 dram ; With Svrup of Violets, make ic into a Mafs according to Art. Culpeper. It cleanfeth the body of mixc Humours, and ftrength- ens the Stomach exceedingly ; as alfo the Bowels, Liver and natu- ral Spirits. Ic is good for cold Natures, and chears the Spirits. The Dofe is a fcrviple, or hal^f a dram taken at night. In the morning drink a draught of vr.irm Poffec drink, and then you may go about your bufinefs. Both thefe and like Pills as thofe, 'tis your beftw4y.ro take them ifiany nights together ; for they are proper for fuch infirmities as I cannot be catrh'd aw y at once. * Obferve this Rule in all fuch t Pills as are to be taken at night. UluU de Lapid* Laxuli. 124. Of, Pills of Lapis Lazuli. CoUege. Take of Lapis Lazuli iri powder and well • walhed. five drams, Epithimum,Polypodium, Agarick of each an ounce, and , Scammony. and black Hellebore" »oots, Sail Gem of each two drams and an half j Cloves and Thyfitiant Library) "t^t Anifeeds of each half an ounce | fpecies Hiera, fimple 1* dram** with fyrupof the juice ot Fumi- tory, make it into a Mafs aceor* ding to Art. „ . ■. culpeper. It pdrgetH MelatH • cholly very violently : we will not now difpute the ftory ho** or in what cafes violent purge! are fit for Melancholly,; lee ic fuffice that ic is not fie tor a Vulgar ufe. Pllula MacrL 17$. CuUete. Take of Aloes 2 ounces, Maftich half an ounce, dried Marjoram two drams, fait ot Wormwood 2 drams;make cheat all, being in powder imo.aMaft according to Art with juice of Colworts and Sugar fo much at is fufficient. Culpeper. It 1% a gallant com- pofed Pill, whoever was the Au* thor of it, I have no time to fearch, ir ftrengthens both Sto- mach and Brain- efpecially the Nerves and Mufcles ( what they are, you fhall be inftru&ed in a Table by it felf at the latter end of the Book ;- as alfo in all other hard words tha<: puzzle you* tfrains ; and* eafeth them of fucti humours as afflict them, 6c hin- der the motion of the body 1 they open Obftruiftions 1 f the Liver and Spleen, and rake away difeafes thence coming. Your beft way is to take them ofteri go in i." to Bed. you may take a Until- or half a dtam at a time, I commend ic to fuch people as have had hurts or bruifes, where- by the ufe ot their Limbs is im- paired ; and I desire them to take it often, becaufe dil-aies in remote parts of the body 'cannot be taken away at a time it, will not hinder then idlowmg of their bufinefs at all, and there- fore is the fitteft for people. Pilul* Mafticbina. \2*>. Or, Maftich Pills. CoUege. Tike Mafli.h 2 ounces, Hiera fimple, each i ounce <>: an O half 3 its P 1 L L]S* the Phyfitians Library. h*lf\ with fyrup of Wormwood, nub it inio « Majs according to .Art. Culpeper. They purge very gently, but ftrengthen much Head, Brain. Eye?, Belly and Xeins. Both Dofe and order is the fame with che former. Pilulce Mechoacan/:. 12 J. Or, Pills of Mechoacan. toUedgr. Take of Mechoacan roots half an ounce, Turbith 3 drams, the leaves of Spurge fteeped in Vinegar and dried,the feeds ot Walwort, and Agarick trochifcat, of each two drams ; Spurge roots prepared, Maftich, of each one dram and an halt, Mace, Cinnamon, Sal Gem of each two fcruples : beat them into powder, and with white Wine bring them into a Mafs. When ic is drv, beat it into Powder, and with fyrup made with the juice of Orris roots dc Sugar, make it the fecond time into a Mafs for Pills. Culpeper. They purge Flegm Very violently. If the Difeafe be defperate, yon may take half a dram ( or a fcruple if your body be weak, keeping in the houle) elfe I would advife you to let them alone. tiluU de Opopanace. 125. Or, Pills of Opopanax CoUege. Take of Opopanax, Sagapen,Bdellium. Ammoniacum Hermodadyls, Coloquintida of each five d^ams : Saffron and Caftoreum, Myrrh,- Ginger and white Pepper, Calfia lignea, and Citron Myrobalans of each one dram ; Scammony rwo drams, Turbith half an ounce, Aloes an ounce and ah half, the Gum being diffolved in clarified Juyce of Coleworts, make them into a fctaft according to Art, t culpeper. It helps Trembling,. PMfies. Gouts ot all forts, and Jeanfeth the Joynts, 6c is helpful for fuch as are troubled with cold. afflictions ot the Nerves. Ie works violently, take but half a iram at a time, and ftir noc abroad» Pilul* Rudii. l£6\ CoUege. Take of Coloquintida fix drams, Agarick, Scammony, the roots ot Black Hellebore and Turbirh of each halt an ounce: Aloes one ounce, Diarrhodon Abbatis half an Ounce: let ail ot them (che DiarrhodonAbbatis excepted ) be grofl; bruifed and infufed eight days in the beft Spirit of Wine, in a veffel clofe flopped in the Sun, fo that the Liquor may fwim the top the breadth of fix fingers, afterwards infufe the Diarrhodon Abbatis in the fame manner four days in Aqua vita:: then having ftrained and preffed them hard, , mix them both together, rafting the drofs away, and draw off the moifture in a glafs Alembiek, and let the thick matter remain in af Mafs. Culpeper. A1 this is the dear eft, fo in my opinion it is the moft excellent in operation of all tbe Pills in Difpenfatory, being ot a quick fearching nature ; yet though many violent Simples be in it, che terrene part is caft as away and only the tincture ufed, whereby it is apparent it cannot be gnawing in the body fo long. It cleanfeth both Head 6c Body of Choler, Flegm 6c Melancholy, it muft noc be taken any great quantity, half a dram is fuffiei- cient for the ftrongeft body, let the weaker take but a fcruple, Sc the weakeft lefs: Keep your Chamber, they work very fpee- dil/jbcing a penetrating nature. P I L L S. ilbt fhyfuUnt Library. i8f Pi Hula Ruff. n6. . College. Take of Aloes two buncesT Sift on half an ouvce, fpith Syrup of the juice ef Lem- Mons, make it into a Mafs ac Coidirg to Ait Culpeper. A fcruple taken 'at night going to bed, is an excellent prefervative for peftilential Times, alfo they Cleanfe the body of fuch hu- mours as be gotten b) Surfeirs, they ftiengthen the Heart Sc weak Stomachs, and works fo eafily, that you need not ftar following your bufinefs the next day. Vilulee fine qtnbui. 126". Or, • Pills without which. College. Take of wafhed Aires fourteen drams, and Scammony prepared 6 drams, Agarick. Rhubarb, Senna cleanfed, ofe^ch half an ounce, Wormwood, red Rofes exun- gulatcd, Violet flowers, and Dodder, Maftich, of each one dram ; Salt of Wormwood half a dram, with Syrup of the juice of Fennel, made With Honey, mAke it into a Klafs according to Art. Culpeper. It purgeth flegm, Choler and melancholly from the head, makes the Sight and Hearing good, & giveth eafe to a burdened Brain. PilitU fine quibus effe nolot is in En. glifh, Pills without which \ will not be : But unlefs they Worked more gently, 1 fad father let them alone than lake them, 1 doubt they were miftaken, it fhould have been Piluls, five quibus effe volo, not fine qtiibtis efte nolo. ftluU btomachi*. i26\ Or, Stomach Fills* Colledge. take bf Aloes fix drams , Maftich, red Rofes. of each two draeis; with Syrup of Wormwood make it into a Mafs, according to Art, Culpeper. They cleanfe antfc ftrengthen the ftomach ; they cleanle but gently, ftrengtheni much, help digeftion. Tafca [ them as the former. \ Pi lulu Stomachicce cum Gitnttfti 117 . Or, Stomach Pills with Gums. Collbdge. Take of the purefi Aloes, an ounce, and Senna cisanfed fife drams, Gunt Ammoniacum difToiVed in Rider flowers, Vinegar half an ounce- Maftich, Myrth, ot each a dram and an half, Saffron, Salt of Wormwoodj of each half a dram, with Syrup of purging Thorn ; make it into a Mafs according to Art. Ciilpepey. They work mora ftrongly than the former did, and are appropriated to fuchf whofe ftomachs are weakened by Surfeits; Idc fuch take a dram of them in the morning, and if they can fleep aftef them, let them. They maj? cake them.by 4 of the Cloci and keep the Houfe alf day. Pilular St'yface. 127. Or, Pills of Styrax. Culpeper. Take of Stvra* Calamitis, Olibanum, Myrrh, juice of Liquorice, Opium,-of each half an ounnce, with' O z fyrup* iSS PILLS, the Phyfitians Library* Syrup of white Poppies, make it into a Mafs according to Art. Culpeper. They helt» fuch as are troubled with defluxions of Rheum, Cough, &. provoke fleep to fuch as cannot fleep for Coughing. Half a fcruple is enough to take at a time, if the body be weak, if ftrong, they may make bold with a little more ; I defirc the igno- rant to be very cautious in taking Opiates. I confefs it was the urgent importunity of friends moved me to fet down the Dofes ;" they may do wife men Very much good, and therefore I confented : 1 f people will be mad and do themfelves mifchief, I can but warn them of it, I can do no more. Piluh de Succino. 127. Or, Pills of Amber. College. Take of white Am- ber, Maflich, of each two drams ; the beft Al :>es five drams, Agarick a dram and an half; long Birthworth half a dram with Syrup of Wormwood, make it into a Mafs. Culpeper. It amends the evil Rate of a womans body, and ftrengthens conception, and takes away what hinders it ; it gently purgeth choler and flegm, and leaves a binding, ftrengthening quality behind it. Take them as Imperial Pils. ^ Pilula ex Tribus. 1x7. Or, Pills of three things. College. Take of .Maftich 2 ounces, Aloes four ounces, Agarick, Hiera fimple, of each an ounce and an half, choice Rhubarb two ounces, Cinna- J mon two drams, with Syrup of Succory, make it into a Mafs according to Art. Culpeper. They gently purge Choler, & help Difeafes thence arifing, as Itch, Scabs,Whea)s, &c. They ftrengthen thc'Sto- mach and Liver, and open Obftruftions ; as alfo help the yellow Jaundice. You may take a fcruple or half a dram at night going tombed, at cord- ing as your body'is inJltengtb, > neither need you fear next day to go about your bufinefs. Pilula Turpeti Aurece. \s.-i. College. Take of Turpith 2 , ounces, Aloes an ounce and an half, Citron Myrobalans, red Rofes, Maftich, of each 6 drams; Saffron 3 drams : beat them all into powder, and with Syrup of Wormwood bring them into a Mafs. Culpeper. They purge choler and flegm, and that with as much gentlenefs as can be J defired ; alfo they ftrengthen A the Stomach and Liver, and 1 help digeftion. Take a fcru* \ pie or half a dram, according as your body and the feafon 1 of the year is, at night ; you may follow your bufinefs the next day. Laudamtm. H7- CoUege. Take of Thebane Opium extrafted in fpirit of M wine one ounce, Saffron alike , extrafted a dram & an half, Caftoreum one dram-* Let them be taken in Tinfture of half an ounce of fpeeies Di- ambrw newly made in fpirie PILLS. the of Wine : add to them Am- bergreefe, Musk, of each fix Srains, Oyl of Nutmegs ten rops, Evaporate the moifture away in a Bath, and leave the Mafs. Culpeper. It was Invented ( and a gallant invention ic is to mitigate violent pains, ftop up ^the fumes that trouble the brain in Fevers ( but beware of Opiates in the beginning of Fevers) to provoke flifep ; take not above two grains of it at at a time going to bed ; if that provoke not flrep, the next night you may make hold with three. Have a care how you be too bulie with fuch Medicines, left you make- a man fleep till Dooms day. Nepenthes Opiatum. 118 College- Take of Tinfture of Opium made firft with dif- tilled Vinegar, them with fpirit of Wine, Saffron ex- trafted in fpirit of Wirie, of each an ounce ; Salt of Pea,rl and Coral of each an ounce : Tinfture of fpecies Diambrx f?ven drams, Ambergreefe i dram; Bring them into the form of Pills by the gentle heat of a Bath. Culpeper. The operation is like the former, only 'tis dearer, and not a whit better. This is for the Gentry that muft pay dear for a thing, elfe 'tis not good. Culpeper. The PILLS left out by the Colledge in this new Piece of VVit, are thefe. Pilulae Affaireth. Avicenna. cyft&f.'T*Ake 0f Species X Hiera picra Qa- 'Phyfitians Lihrary. lo*? le/f one ounce, Maftich and Citron, Myrobalans, of each half an ounce ; Aloes two ounces, the Syrup of S'jechas, as much as is fufficient, make of them a Mafs according to Art. Culpeper. It purgeth ChoTer ; and Flegm, and ftrengthens the whole body exceedingly, being very precious fcr fuch whofe bodies are uetkned by Surfeits, or ill Diet, to rake half a dram or a fcruple at night going to Bed. Pills of Bdellium. Mefue. College. Take of Bdellium ten drams, Myrobalans and Bellericks, Emblicks, Blacks, of each five drams, flakes of. Iron, Leek feeds, of each 3 drams, Choncula, Venerea ( A kind of Sea ihell to be had at the Apothecaries) burnt, Coral 'burnt, Amber, of e^ch a dram and an half, Pearls half an ounce, diflolve ( not inrrfe, as the Colledge prefcribe / the Bdellium in juice of Leeks, and with fo much Syrup of juice of Leeks as is fufficient, make it intQ a Mafs according to Art, Culpeper. Both this and the former are feldom ufed, and therefore are hardly to be had. Thofe that pleafe may eafily make the former 3 this is more tedious: But the Printer will have it put in to ftop the mouth of Mom;,* r?o PILLS. the Phyfitians Library. Jiave put in to ftop the mouth fcf Ifumus. PiUs of Rhubarb. Mefue. CoUege. Take of choice Rhu- barb three drams, Citron .'and JVJyrobolans, Trochifci Diarrho- don, of each three .drams and gin half: Juyce of Liquorice ;and juice of Wormwood Maf- tich ot each one dram -, the feeds of Smallage and Fennel, of each fialf a- dram : Species Hiera picra fimple Galeni ten drams, With juice ot Fennel not clarified. And,'.why not clarified? Can |hey give but a piece ot a reafon for it ? gam deceived if Mefue appoints not Fennel water. And Honey.fo much as is fufficient, saake it into a Mafs. ■Culpeper. It purgeth Choler, opens Obftrurilions of the Livers helps ihe yellow Jaundice, and JDropfcs in. the beginning, and ftJrengtheneth the Stomach and Lungs ; Take', them, as Pilula Xmperiales. They are never the yorfe.becaufe the Colledge left them out. , t ■ Pilule tArabiece. Nicholaus. CoUege. Take of the beft Aloes fbftr ounces, Briony roots, and Myrobalans, Citron, Chefis, Indian, Bellirick and Em.blick, Maftich, Diagridium, Afarabac- co,: Rofes of each an ounce and Caftoreum three drams, Saffron lobalfamum Or Wood of Aloes. Carpobalfa- mum or Cubebs, Mace.Galanga, Ginger, Maftich, Aff fjerida. the feeds of Anife, Fennel, Saxifrage, SparaguSjBrufcus Rofes,Giomwel Salgem, of each i drams, Scami mony one ounce, of the beft Aloes, the weight of tbem all : juice of Cham/epitys made thick I with Sugar, fo much as is fuffi* cient, or Syrup of the juvce of ! the fame, fo much as is fufficient, to make it into a Mafs. Culpeper. As I remember tie Author appoints but a dram of Scammony, which is but the 8th part of an ounce, and then wilt the Receipt be pretty moderate, wher.eas now it' is too violent. I know well enough it is the opi- nion ot DoAors, that Aloes re-, tards tho violent working of Scammony ; I could never find it, and I am the worft in ihe world to pin my faith upon ano. ther mans (feeve, and I would as willingly truft my life in the- hands of a wild Bear, as in the hands of that Monfter called Tradition, t If but - a dtam of Scammony be put in, then may a man fafely ( if not too much weakned ) take a dram of it ae a tifflCjabout 4 in the morning, . ■.<■>■■- -■■■■-■■* . ■ ordering PILES, the "Phyfitians Library. 191 ordering your felf as in the former ; but made up as the Colledge prefcribes I durft not take them my felf; and therefore I will not prefcribc them to ethers. It helps the Gout, and other pains in the I'oynts, coraforts&ftrcngthens ioth Brain and Stomach, and confumes Difeafes, whofe original comes of flegm. PiluU Cochice with Hellebore. CoUege. Take of the powder of the Pills before prefcribpd, the powder of the Bark of the Roots ot black Hellebore one ounce ; make it into a Mafs with the Syrup of Stscchas according to Art. Culpeper. The former pur- geth the head of Flegm, and therefore is fit for Lethargies ; this is of Melancholly, and is therefore fit for mad peoplc.if Melancholly be the caufe. Pills of Fumitory. Avicenna. College. Take of Myrobalans Citrine, Chebs, and Indian Diagridium, of each $ drams Aloes feven drams. Let all of them being bruifed, be * thrice moiftned with i.uice of fumitory, «nd thrice fuffered to dry, then brought into a fjlafs with Svrup of fumitory. Culpeper. It purgeth Melan- cholly from the Uvcr a»d Spleen, fharp, chol rick and aduft humours, fait flegm, & therefore helps Scabs and Itch. Take but half a dram SS * *i8$ & ^ naming, S< ■ keep by the fire. Be not too bufie with it I befcech you. Pilule Indce Mefue out of Haly College, Take of Indian Myrobalan , black Hellebore, Polypodium of the Oak, of each five drams, Epithimum, Sraichas, of each fix drams 5 Agarick Lapis often wafhed. Troches Alhandal, Sal, Indi of each half an ounce, juice of Maudlin rh«de thick, In- dian Spicknard of each two drams, Cloves pne dram, anj} Species Hiera picra fimplex Galeni, twelve drams, with SyrUp of the juice of Smal- lage, made into a Mafs ac-? cordidg to Art. Culpeper. Ic wonderfully prevails againft all affl:ftions coming of Melancholly, and 1 Cancers which are not ulce? rated, Leprofie, Evils of the mind coming of Melancholy, as fadnefs, tear, &c Quartan Agues, Jaundice, pains and infirmities of the Spleen. I advife to take but half a dram, or a fcruple at a time, and take it often, for Me- lancholick kifirm'ties are noc easily removed upon a fudden, take in the morning, & keep the Houfe. Pilula Lttris Majorct. Mefue* College Take of Rofes, Violets, Wormwood, Color cynthiSj Turbith, Cuhehs, Calamus ar omaticus ,Nutmeg$4 Indian Spicknard,Epithirnum, Carpobalfamum, or inftead .• Q* fhcrtof I92 FILL £ fhe "Phyfitians Library. (hereof, Cardamoms, Xylobal- onr implo/mcnts next day-without danger. 1 put m thefe'only tofacishe the delircs ot the curious, being confidenc that the College quoted more by half than n-;jded : an Apotheca- ry m'uft have them all in a re- dinefs, becauf.- the Colledge ap. points them; for if a Mafter bid his Boy quench out the fire and make a new one, he muft do ic, becaufe he is commanded -, Oh ! tn<»t they would once be fo wifi to fee their flavery ! TROCHES. Culp>per. TF1 any cavil at this A nal, arc the eafier earned in ones pocket. Few of them are taken by themfelves, but mixed with other, Compofi- iwnij Maftich, Mace, of each i dram juice of Succory lb much as is fufficient to make ic into Tro- ches according to Art. Culpeper. Before the/ ufed the term lA'ofmtbium Ponticum, which. is a term they gave before both co Roman and common Worm wood, as I then told them in the Margin, and they it feems either not knowing what Worm wood M'fte the ^Author ot the Receipt intended,or whatPontick Wormwood, which before th'jr pratled of, was now qu ire left out. Thi) ftrengthen the Sto- mach exceedingly, opens ob- ftrutfiions, or flopping of the belly and bowels ; ftrengthen digeftion, op.-ii tne palfages of the Liver, aud help the yellow Jaundice, and confume watry luperfl licies of the body: they are fotnewhat bicter, and feldom taken alone ; if your palate aff.cft bitter things, you may rake a dram of them in the morning; Tney cleanfe thi body of choler, buc purge not, or not 10 any purpofe. lAgarick Tiocbifcatut. 12?. Or, Agarick Trochifcated. CoUege. Take of Agarick iifte' and powdered three ounces, ftt. ic in a fufficient quantity < white wine, in which two drar of Ginger have been infufed, a make it into Troches. Culpeper. See Troches ofAgar This being indeed but the to correct Agarick, and- mat the fitter for ufe, and to perf thofe virtues Agarick hath.wh you may find among the Simp Trwi 19\ TROCHES. The phyfitians Library: Trochifci Albi, Rhafis- 12.9 Or, white Troches. CoUege. Take of Ceruffs walhcd in Role water ten drams, Sarcocol two drams, Gum Arabick ic Tragacanth, of each one draTi, Camphire half a dram, either with Rofe water or Womens Milk, make it into Troches according to Art. Culpeper. They are cool without Opium, but cooler with it, as alfo very drying, and are ufed in injections, in Ulcers in the yard, and the running of the Reins, &c. It fcems now the College is very unwilling you fhould know that they ufe to contain half a dram of Opium. If there be an Inflammation you may ufe them with Opium ; if not, without : and thd manner of ufing them is this. Take a dram of the Troches, which having beaten into powder, mix with z ounces of the plantane water, and with a Syringe injeft it into the Yard. Trochifci Alexiterii. CoUege. Take of Zedoary roots, powder of Crabs claws pf eac V one dram and an half; the outward Citron peels preferved and dried. Angelica feeds, of each one dram ; Bolearmenick half a dram,with their treble weight in Sugar, make them into powder, and with a fufficient quantity of Mucilage ofGum Tragacanth, made into Tfea- ilcc water diftilled; make ic into pafte, of which make Troches Culpeper. The Greeks call all Medicines that doth expel poyfon, Alexiterii, »o then Twfcbi Alexiterii, are nothing elfe but Troches to expel Poyfon. This Receipt is far different from what they pre- fcribe before under that name. It may be I fhall find it un- der another name before I have done with the Troches they ufe to do fuch tricks fometimes ; If I do not, you; fhall have at latter end : mean feafon this preferves t he body from ill Airs and Epidemical difeafes, as the Peftilence and fmall Pox, ac. Sc ftrengthen the Heart exceedingly, eating now and then a little; you may fafely keep any Troches in your Pocket, for rhe dryer you keep them, the better they. are. Trochifci Alhandal. 1 jo. CoUege. Take of Coloquin- tida freed from the leed, and cut fmall, and rubbed with an ounce of Qyl of Rofes, then beaten into fine powder ten ounces, Gum Arabick, Tragacanth, Bdellium of each fix drams, fteep the Gums j or four days in a fufficicne quantity of Rofe water till they be melted, then with the aforefaid Pulp, and part of the faid Mucilage,' kt them be dried in the ihadow, then beaten again, and with the reft of the Mucilage, make it up again; dry them and keep tjwa frjr ufe. tylpepei. TROCHES. The Phyfitians Library. 195 Culpeper. They are too violent tor a vulgar u'v Jaundice, Ptificks and fit^ic* Fcyers. You may ufe them as the former. They have much altered this ; for they muft be doing. Troc&ifci de Cappanbus. iji.Qr, • Troches of Capers. College. Take of the Bark of Caper roots, the feeds of Agnus caftas, of each fix drams, Ammoniacum half an ounce, the feeds of Water crefTes and Nigella, the leaves of Calaminch and Rue, the Roots of Acorns and long Birrhwort j and the juice of Maudlin made thick, bitter Almonds, of each two drams ; Harts tongue, the Roots of round Cyperus, and Maddir, Gum Lac, of each i dram. Being bruifed let lea% be made into Troches accord. ing to Art, with Amoniacum diffolved in Vinegar, oc boiled co the thicknefs of Honey. Culpeper. They open ftop- pings of the Liver and Spleen, & help Difeafes thereof co- ming ; as Rickets, Hypschon- driack Melancholly &c. Men may take a dram, Children a fcruple in the morning. You need not ask how Children Ihould take «t, 'tis well if you; can get them to take ic any how. Trochifci de Carabe. 131. Or, Troches of Maudlin. College. Take of Amber an ounce, Harts horn burnt,'Gum Arabick burnt, and red Coral burnt, Tragacanth, Acacia, Hypociftis, Balauftins,Maftich Gum lacca walhed, and black Poppey feeds roaftcd, of each two drams and two fcruples: Frankincenfe, TROCHES. The Th Frankincenfe, Saffron, Opium, of each two drams-, with a fufficient Quantity of Mucilage of the eeds of Fleawort, and drawn in Plantane water, make them into Troches according to Art. Culpeper. They were invented to ftop fluxes of Blood in any part of the body, the Terms in Women, the Hemorrhoids or Piles ; they alfo help Ulcers in the Breaft and Lungs, The dofe is from ten grains to a fcruple, Trochifci Cypheos for Metkridate. 132. CoUege. Takeof pulp of Raifins of the Sun, Cyperus, Turpentine of each three ounces; Myrrh, Squinanth. ot each an ounce and an half Cinnamon half an ounce, Calamus Aromaticus, 9 drams, the roots of round Cyperus and Indian Spicknard, Caflia lignea, Juniper berries, Bdellium, Afli. phaltus or Wood of Aloes two drams and an half, Saffron one dram, and the beft Clarified Honey as much as is fufficient ; Canary Wine a little. Let the Myrrh and Bdellium be ground in a Mortar with the Wine, to the thicknefs of liquid Honey, then add the Turpentine, then the pulp ot Raifins, then the powders : at laft with the Hony, let 'em all be made into Troches. Culpeper. It is excellent good againft inward Ulcers in what part of the body fever they be. It is chiefly ufed in Compofici- ons, as Treacle and Methridate. Trvcbifci de Eupatorio. 133. Or, Troches of Maudlin. CoUege. Take of the Juice of Maudlin made thick. Manna, of each in ounce ; red Rofirs half an ounce, Spodium. three drams and an half, Spicknard three drams. Rhubarb, Afarabacca roots and Anifeeds, ot each rwo drains. Let the Nard Anifeeds & Rofes kc beaten rogether,thc Spodium yficians Library* 107 Afarabacca anil Rhubarb by themfelves : rhen mix the Manna and Juice of Maudlin in a Mor- tar, add the powders, and wish new Jaice make it into Troches. Culpeper. Obftrudions or ftop- pings and fwellings above Na- ture, both of the Liver 6c Spleen, are cured by the inward taking of ) thefe Troches, and Difeafes thereof coming, as the yellow- jaundice and black Jaundice, rhe beginnings of Dropfies, Gv. Take 'them as Troches ot Wormwood. Troches of GaUia Mjfchdta. 133. CoUege, Take of wood of Aloes five drams, Ambergreefe three drams, Musk one dram, with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth made in Rofe water, make ie into Troches according to Art. Culpeper. They ftrengthen the Brain and Heart, and by confe- quence both vital and animal Spirits, and caufe a fweet breath* They are of an extream price, therefore I pafs bv tbe Dofe. Trochifci Gordoni. 133. CoUege. Take of the four greater cold Seeds husked, the feeds of white Poppies, Mallows, Citton, Purflam, Qiinces, Myrtles, Gum Tragacanth iru\ Arabick, Fiftick nuts, Sugarctndy, Penids and Liquorice, French Barley, Muci lage ot Fleawort feeds, fweee Almonds blanched, of each two drams, Bole Ar neniclc, Dragons blood, Spodium, red Rofes, and Myrrh, of each half an ounce ; with a fufficient quantity ot Hydromel, make it into Troches according to Art. Culpeper. They are held to be very good in Ulcers of the Bladder, and all other inward Ulcers whatfosver, 6c eafe Fevers doming thereby, being of a fine cooling, flippery and healing Nature. You may mix half a Irani of them with Syrup of Maifk i$8 Mallows. The Phyfitians Library^. mallows, or any other Syrup or Water appropriated to thefe ufes. They eafe the pains of the Stomach much. They have left out the four leffer cold feeds, of each i drams; and altered fome of the quantities of the reft. If you ask rhem a Reafon, they can fcarce give you one. Trochifci Hedicreci Galen for Treacle. College. Take of Afpalatus or yellow Sanders, the leaves of Maftich, the roots of Afa rabacca, of each two drams; Raphontick. Calamus Aroma. ticus, Wood of Aloes, Cinna- mon, Squinanth, Opobalfa- mum, or Oyl of Nutmegs by expreffion, of each j drams y Caflia Lignea, Indian leaf or Mace, Indian Spicknard and Myrrh, Saffron, of each fix drams; Amomus or Carda- moms the lefs, an ounce and an half, Maftich a dram, and Canary Wine as much as is fufficient. Let the Myrrh be diffolved in Wine, then add the Maftich and Saffron well beaten,then the Opobalfarnum then the reft in powder, and with Wine make them up into Troches, and dry them gently. Culpeper. They are very feldom or never ufed but in other Compoficions; yet na. turally they heat cold fto- machs, helps digeftion, and ftrengthen the Heart & Brain.' Trochifci HiBorici. 134. Galbanum, of each 2 dram5 and an half, Caftoreum a dram and half; the Roots of Afa- rabacca and long Birchwurt, the leaves of Savin, Feverfew, Nep, of each one dram ; and Datany half a dram ; with either the fuice or Deer ition of Rue, make it into Troches according to Art. Culpeper. Thefe are applied to the Ftminine Gender,hdps fits of the Mother$ expel the iiirth and Afterbirch, cleanfe Women after Labour, and expel the Relicks of a carelefs Midwife. Search what other Competitions are appropriated to the fame purpofe. You' may find them in the Table at the latter end of the Book, and then you may add half a dram of this to chern. Trocbifti Ligno AloH. 134. Or, Troehes of Wood of Aloes. QVege. Take of Aflafetida, College. Take of Wood of Aloes, red Rofes, of each s drams ; Maftich, Cinnamon, Cloves, Indian Spicknard, and Nutmegs, Parfnip feed and Cardamoms greater & leffer Cubebs, Gallia mofchata, and5 Citron-peels, Mace, of each 1 dram and an half j Amber- greefe, Musk, of each half a fcruple, with Honey of Rat- lins, make it into Troches. Culpeper. It ftrengthens the heart, Stomach, and Liver, takes away heart qualms, and faintings, flinking. breath, and refiftech the Dropfte. The Rich may take half a dram in the morning, frofhifeif. TR OCH£S. The Vhyfitians Library^ 199 Trochifci e Myrrha. \%%. Of, Troches of Myrrh. College. Take of Myrrh 3 drams, the meal of Lupines 5 drams, Madder roots,, the leaves of Rue, wild Mints, Dittany of Creet, Cummin feeds, Aftafaetida, Sagapen, Opapanax, of each 2. drams ; diffolve the Gums in Wine,' wherein Mugwort hach been boiled, or elfe J iniper*berries, ( any Tooth good Barber ) then add the reft, and witn juice of Mugwort make it into Troches according to Art. Culpeper. They provoke the Terms in Women, and that with great eafe to fuch as toave them come down with pain. lake a dram of them beaten into powder, in a fpoonful or two of Syrup of Mugwort, or any other Com. pofition tending to the fame purpofe, in which the Table at the latter end will direft you. . Sief de Plumbo. ijy. Or, Sief of Lead. College. Take- of Lead burnt warned. Brafs burnt, Antimony, Tutty walhed, Gum Arabick & Tragacanth, of each an ounce j Opium half a dram ; wich Rofe Wa- ter, make them being beaten lifted into Troches. Culpeper. It fills up and cures Ulcers in the Eyes, if you put ic into them ( fay Authors ) buc in my opinion 'tis but a fcurvy Medicine. Trochifci Polyide Androm 135. College. Take of Porocgra. 1 ate flowers twelve drams, Roch Allum three drams, and] Frankincenfe, Myrrh, of each half an ounce ; Glacanthum two drams, Bulls gall fir drams, A!oes an ounce, with anftere Wine, or juyce of Nightfliade or Plantane, make them into Troches according to Art. Culpeper. They are very good they fay, being out- wardly applied, both in green Wounds and ILcers. 1 fan- cy them not. Trochifci de Rlmbarbaro. 13 5 • Or, Troches ot Rhubarb. College. Take of choice Rhubarb ten drams, juyce of Miudlin made thick, bitter Almonds, of each half an ounce ; red Rofes 3 dramst che Roots of Afarabacca and Madder, Indian Spicknard, • the leaves of Wormwood, the feeds of Anife and Stal- lage, of each one dram, with Wine in which Wormwood hath been boiled, mike them into Troches according to Arc. Culpeper. They do gently cleanfe the Liver, help the yellow Jaundice, and -other difeafes coming of Choler 8c ftoppage of che Liver. Yju may take a dram of therm every nurning, or if you lift noc, to take them alone, beac them into Powder, and mix th:m with white Wine. Trochifci de Santalis. 13d. i Or, Troches of Sanders. College. Take of the three ' Sanders, of each an ounce j the feed of Cucumers, Gourds, Curttlsj Purfhio, Spodium, of 1 each 200 TROCHES. The Phyficians LibrWry. each' half an ounce, red Rofes 7 drams, juice ot Barberries fix drams, Bole armenick an ounce ' a ad an fnlf, Camphire 1 dram : wich Purflain water, make it into Troches. Culpeper. The virtues are the fame with Troches of Spjdium ; both of them harmlefs. Troches de SciUa ad Iberiacum. l$6. Or, Troches ot Squill* for Treacle. CoUege. Tike a Squill gathered about trie beginning of July, of a middle bignefs, and the hard part to which the fmall Roots ftick Wrap it up in pafte, and bake it in an Oven, till the pafte be dry, and the Squill be tender, which you may know by piercing it with a wooden trick, or bodkin; then take it out and bruife it in a Mortar, adding to e.very pound of the Squill eight ounces of white Otobus, or red-Cicers in powders then make into Troches, of the weight of two drams a piece ( your hands being anointed with Oyl of Rofes ) dry them on the top of the houfe,6pening cowards the South, ( Ask the Colledge Whether the South part of the World be toward the ihadow, or the North ? In truth, either the World is turned upfide down, or they or I are befide the Cufhion ) in the f&adow, often turning 'em till they be well dry, then keep them in a powder or gfafs Veffel. Troches pf Spodium. 1 yS. CoUege. Take ofyed Rofes 12 drams, Spodium 10 drams, Sorrel feeds fix drams, the feeds of Purflain and Coriander fteeped in Vinegar and dried, palp of Sumach, of each two drams and an half; f white Starch roafted ( 5 Maid mind up lbe Jack ) Belau- ftines, Barberries, of each two drams, Gum AraWctc. rOafted » dram and an half, with juice 0? unripe Grapes, make it into Troches. Culpep r. They ate of a fine cooling binding Nature, excellent in Fevers coming of Choler and especially if they be accompanied with a Loolnefs, they alfo quench thirft. You may take .h*lf a dram, either by themfelves. or in ony other convenient Medicine. Trochifci de Terra Lcmnia. I 37- Or* Troches of earth of Leuinos. College. 4 Tikt Of Earth of Lemnos. Bole armenick, Acacia, Hypociftis.G'umArabick toafted, Dragons blOod, whice Starch, red Rotes, Rofe feeds Lap Hematiis, red Coral, Amber, Belauftines, Spodium, Purflain feeds a Ifccle| tolled, Olibanum, Harts horn. burnt, Cyprefs Nuts, Saffron, of each two drams ; black Poppy feeds, Tragacanth, Pearls, of each' one dram and an halt: Opium prepared one dram : with juice of Plantane make ic intoTroches. Culpeper. Indeed in, external /applications, if an Inflammation or Fever be, I think it better with' Opium, than without, elfe better without, than with it. It waS invented to ftop blood in any part of the body, and fo it is excellent: Well then j for the , bloody flux, take half a dram of them inwardly ( being beaten into powder ) in red Wiie every morning fo*r fpitting of blood ; ufe it in like manner in Plantane water for pifling of blood,, injeel it into the bladder ; for bleeding at the Nofe,'either fnuff ic up, oc anoint your forehead with it, mixed with' Oyl : for the im- moderate flowing ot the Terms, inject it up the Womb with a (vtinge, buc firft mix it with Plantane water: for the He- morrhoids or wounds, apply it to the place bleeding. H Troches. The Phyficians Library. :,? Sief, de Thure Or Sief of Frankincenfi;. CoUedge, Take of Frankincenfe, Lap, Calamines, Pomphonix, of e^ch ten drams, Cyperus forty fix drams; with fair water make it in- to Hills, dry them & keep them for II ft!. Cu'p'-per.- Sief is A general term whicti the Arabians give to all Medicines appropriated 10 the Eyes; of which this is one, and a good one to dry up Rheumcs there. Tocbifci e I'inlii fotutiyi. t\j. Or, Troches cf Violets folutive. CoUedge. Take of Violet flowers meanly dried fix drams, Turbith one ounce and an half, juyce ot Liquorice, Scammony, Manna, of each two drams ; with Syrup of Violets, malte ic into Troches. ' Culpeper. They are Hoc worth talking of. much lefs worth the toft and labour of making. Trochifci de Viper a ad Tberiacum, Or Troches of Vipers for Treacle. Culpeper. Take of the flefli of Vipers, the Skin, Entrails, Head, ) ac and Tail being taken away, boyled in Warcr with Dill, and ia lie tie Salt eight ounces, white bread twice baktd,' grated and fifced two ounces, mike it into Troches, your Hands being anointed wich Opobal- famum,orOyl of Nutmegs by ex-- preflion, dry ihem upon a fieve turned the bottom upwards in an open place, often turning them till they are well dry'd, then put them in a glafs or ftone pot glazed. flopped clofe, thev will keep a year yet it is far better to make Treacle, not long after you have made them . Culpeper. They expel Poyfon, and are excellent good, by a certain I f/rrtpathctical Virtue, tot fuch as ' are bit ten bv .in Adder* Trochifci deoigno Cattt. 13^. Or, Tro ches of Agnus .Caftus; CtUedge. Take of the feeds ot Agnus.Caftus, L:ttuce red Rofe- flowers, Balauftines ; of each a dram ; Ivory, white Amber, Bole- Armonick waflied in Knotgrafs water two drams, Plantane feeds. four fcruples : with Mucilage ,of Quince feeds extracted in wateVof Waterlilly flowers, let them be made up inco Troches; Cu'peper. Very pretty TrochM and good for little. Culpeper. Thefe TROCHES they have left out, 6c left to be fpoilecl in the Apothecaries fhops. It is the wife ft way to keep thofe poor you would make ftaves of. ' Trochifci alexiterii, RenOKUS. Culpeper. Take of the roots of Gentian, Tormentil, Orris Flori n- tine. Zedoary. of each two dramS ; Cinnamon, Cloves Mace, of each half a dram ; Angelica Roots three drams, Corriander Seeds prepared, Rofes, of each one dram ; dryed, CitronPeels two drams : beat theni all into powder, and * ith juyce of Liquorice foftned in Hippocras fix ounces make them Into fort pafte, which you may form into either Troches or fmall Rowls, which you pleafe. Culpeper. It preferves and ftrength- ens the Heart exceedingly, helps faintings and fallings of the vital fpirits, refifts povfon and the pefti- l.-nce ; and is an excellent Medicine for fuch to carry about them whofe occafions are to travel in Peftilenti- al places and corrupt Air, only taking a very fmall quantity novr and then. Troches of vinzfeedt. Mefue. Culpeper. Take of Aftifeeds, thd juyce of Maudlin made thick, of f each 202 TROCHES. The Phyfitians Library. each two drams, the feeds of ,p irgeth by Urine ; and refifts Dafe pain, are called by Pay fitians ( becaufs you fliould not know what they mean ) oinodines. All Pain is cauied by heat and drinefs, or both *, tor moifture feldom, unlefs heat be joined with it, CAufech pain. lAtoi'mes alf> fome divide into Proper, and fmpropei ; Improper Anodines ( if a man may call them Anodi.ies ) they call Marcotkk for I affare you if crabbed words would cure defeafes, our Phyfitians would come behind none in the world : the truth is, thefe words are bor- rowed from GAcn> and are Greek words, and Galen, writing in his Mother Tongue, they were under- ftood well enough then, ours retain the fame words, only to blind peoples Eyes, that fo they may not pry into the Myftery of their Monopoly ; for then all the fat were in the fire. But to proceed. ProperAnoc|ines,are either tem- perately Hot, or temperately cold. Hot Adonies, are : Oyl of fweet Almonds, Linfeed Oyl, Oyl of Eggs, Oyl of St. Johns wort, Hens greafe, Dogs greafe, Goofe greafe, Chamomel, Melilot, Fenugreek feeds, Dills Bay, leaves and berries, Juniper Berries, Rofemary, Oyls, and Oyntments made of them ; Oyl of Earthworms, Ovl of Elder, Wax, Turpentine, Oyntments of Marflimailows, Martiatum, Arre- gon, Rejumptivum, Oxycroceum. If any external part of your body be pained, thefe, or any of thefe made into fomentations, to both Of the Ule ort)yls. The "Phyfitians Library 205 both the parts pained, or into Pultilfes, or O Is, or Onyrments by adding Hog< greafe, or plaifters by adding Wax, or Kozin or both to the Ovntmenrs ; and applying it to the place, e,ife pain. But if together with the pain there be infl irn-ttion, then Anodines of a cooler Nature are more con- veniens Such be Oyl of Omphacine w'ii. Ol of Olives prcfT.-d from them before the> be ripe, Poppies, Rofes, Violets, Pellitory of the Wall, Fleawort ; thefe, or any of thefe made into pultiffes, Ovl, Oyntments, or Plaifters; Ovnt- ments of Rofes, Vnguenmm album, Vopaleon R^igerans, Galeni, &C. Improper Anodines, or Kaou may thank the Colledge ot Phyh- ti ins, tor training vou up in fuch ignorance) fearce fit tor a vulgar life ; till they hive learned more skill' in P.iOi-k than yet they have : yet be pleafed to confider th.it fn taking away pains, three things are to be confidered: the caufe, the p^i". tbe part pained. To thefe are medicines appropria- ted, for fom.' t.ike away the Caufe, buc thef.' belong not to my prefent fcope : others take away the Pain, and meddle no: with the Caufe as thole prooer Anodines I mentioned before: and fome take away nei- ther caufe nor pain, buc only ftu- pifie the fenles. that fo it connot be felt. Thefe are to be ufed with abundance of skill and difcretion, and never but in cafts of neceflity, when the pain is fo vehement that Nature is noc able to b.'ir it, or a Fever thereby thteatned. Of this Nature, and for this ufe its \Tar- totlcks. ^ Of thefe fome are Simples ; As, Alandralces, Henbane, Poppies, Opium. Lettuce, Sangreen, Night- 'fludc, Canapbire, Hemlock, 6*. B" Compound are; Oyls and Oynt- ments of thefe, Phyloninm Perficum, Phylonium, Romanum, Pilula e CynO'' glojf*, or Pills of Houndftongue, Pilul» e Styrace, and moft Opiates, you meet •withal in the Difpenfato- ry- Chap. 2, Of RcpeUing Medicinct, Y Repelling, or Repulfive M;« dicines 1 mean, either, i. Such as by a cold quality, put back th*humour. Or, 2, Such as b • binding, ftrength- en the part afflided. They are in ( i. Hot and Binding. quality, ( 2. Cold and Bindir^j. They are divided into Simple and Compound. Simple Repercuffives which is ano- ther term they have. C Mild C are"S Scrong "^and Binding. Hot Mild Repttlfives are : Rofes,Endive, Lettuce, Sorrel, Navel wort, Pur- flain. Violets. Water Lillies, cold j water,Whey,Coriander,Cinquetoi I, | Trefoil, Pelhtory of the Wall, 1 Apples, Pears, whites of Eggs, Horftail, Woodbine. Strong are: Tetzles, Shepherd; Purfe, Plantane, Nightfliade, San- green or H^ufi"'1- Milons.Guords, Citruls, Duckn-.eat, Fle^aworc, Myrtles, Quinces, Pomegranate. rinds and flj^ers,' S.mguii D tents, Poppy, Opium, Bole. Armenick, Corn's, Terra S'giUata, Lud burnq and not burnt, Cyprefs N/Jts. Hot and binding. Comfry th* the greacer, Wormwood, Cen- taury, Horehound, CardamomSj Cyperis grafs, Calamus, Aro- maticus. che m-al of Lupine^ and of Orobus. Compounds are : Tre Oyls &Oynt- menti ot th;l'e Refrigcr.ir.i Galenj, " P. J . Z'«z-'< :t~.jg 2o6 Of the Ufe of Oyls. Trie Phyfiians Library. guentum album Rafis, Vnguentum Ciuinum, Vnguentum PopuLon, &*■■ fttentum ftcativum rubrum, Vnguen- tum pecf-orale, Dia-dcieoi. Chap, i.ofssdttractions. ATraclives f called bv the Greeks Elecfica ;are contrary to Rep'f- ciiflivv for the nature of Repelling, Kepulffiveor ReprefTive Medicines is to drive from the Circmterence to the Center, but of Atradti.ves to draw from the "Center to the C»>- ^umference. They are all hot in temper, and bf thin pa-ts« f I. Natural beat. 2. Putrefaction, 3. Hidden P>operty. Atradtivees draw by" 4.. Vug* Vacui. I. Such as draw bv f 1. Simple. Natural heat are "\ ^.Compound Simple 1 of kue. Peter Ovl Oyl of Caftoreum . D\l ot St. Johns-wort.. Oyntments of iA'r.igon .Matiaium and Agrippr ipplied outwardly for Plaifters Diach-tl'-n m.izr.um, Diachylcum'Gum- wj,. A. Plaifter of Mcljlot. both Sfmp'e and Compound Oxycroce- vim ;' with man others,, which f.e.idihg "and Diligence ( if they be gentlemen of your acquaniince ) , will help you to, and furnifh you with. Such as draw by Putu- fadion are. All Turds in gs-neral, especially Pidgecns and Goats dung. Leaven, old Cheefe. B. hidden porperty as they call it. All purges in general, Amber, Vifeut Quercinus,or Milleto. Pe:ny, rhe L-^dftone ; thefe they ( poor fools being utterly ignotani of the Sympathy and Antipathy of the Creation, and b\ confluence of ihe Magnctick Verriie of things, upon which the Foundation bf Phyfick is built J call them hidden Qualities, smd logive Phyfick by rote, -as a Parrot fpeaks, 1 could if I durft tell you :or common things obvious to the eje ot every one that have a far greater Magnc- tick Virtue in them then the Load- ftone ; but I muft be filent till men learn to be Hontft.it: It is denied me to write all f know. By Vuga Vacuij or dri\ ing away EmprineL. It is a moft certain truth that Nature abhors Vicuum ot Empri^ nefs, neither is the-; futh a thi'.g i" rerum Natuia let • Buptifla van Hcimonr fpejk his pleafore:; And this way do Cupping Glafl'es, and Hoi fe-Leeches dia* ; and this you may draw with a horn. . Chap. 4. Of Refolving Medicines. THefe the Greeks call Diiphoreti- ca the Latins Cartninafiva, and thefe are ufed external!) as ,well as intrnallv ; tor it is the external ufe of Medicines we are t'o fpeak of in this place. , .' , "Their ufe is, 1. To open the Pores. ,, ?, To make. the. Humours thin, 3, To evacute them by Sweat tvbicb is that they calf, Infenfible ttAnfpiratiotC, ~ " ' They Vila of Oyls, &c. The ^Phyfitians Library 207 They are, I. Simple. 2. Compound. The Simple are, I. Wiak. 2. Strong. Weak are : Savin, Majoram, Rofemar), Origanum,Wormwood, Melilot, Arach Spiknard Oamo- ™el, Dill. Anifc, Cummin, H, fop Fumitory, FAdcr, Valerian South ernwood Wormwood. Fcenugrcek K-ofin, all forts of Turds, Terpen- tine, old Cheefe, Wine, ftronge Water. Strongeare: Dittany, Leeks, Oni- ons, Garlick, Vinegar, Aqua-vita: Pellitory ot Spain.all the hoc feeds which you may find ranked in Battalia at the Compounds. Cinno- mon, Chervil, Nutmegs, Pepper, Crowfoor. Compounded are : Oyls, Oyntments, and all Compofitions ot the former, 0)1 of Euphorbium, Qyntmene of Ba;s, Diachylon magnum, & cum Gummi Emplaftrum, be. Comino Oxycrocem, Emplaftrum de Baccis Lauri : Ot Melilot, O.ntments of Agrippa, Airagon,& Martiatum. Chap, 5. Emollients. THe ufe of Emollient?, is to foften hard places, and bring rhem to their priftine eftate, of which we fpeake more at large in tiie Simph. C i. Common. They are, «£ / 2. Proffer. Thofe are common, whofe feneraf operation is ro foften hard wellings, and fuch parts and places of the body, as are hardned by Congelation. They are proper, which are appropriated to peculiar humours, and belong not to my fcope ac prefent : tor I intend not aTreatife of Chirurgery, but tq give a Candle and a Lanthorn, to light you through the O) Is, Oyntments, •nd Plaifters \ that you may fee what a mift hath hitherto wrapp d you in, and compaffed you round about with : for take this tor a general Rule, and you ( «f *o"£ have any ingennty in ^ou ) mutt needs conft;, ignorance it encroaching andfetks uluih-j.ity to back ^ • But evijdom defuts to be publick, *nd it alvoayl julhfied of her Children. vTo proceed, confider that Emol- lunts are more temperate than attractive!, bur lefs temperate than Suppurative!, of which mote in the next Chapter. Alio take notice, that it tha Tamour be in any principal pare ot the bo J y, mix your Emollients with Astringents. Emollients are cither Simple^ oc Compound,. Simple are : Almoft, if not aire*. getlier, all Marrows, as of a Stag, D)g, Horfe,'Calf, Boar, Man.Hog, H^n^ | undOhi mail never know bimlef firft, till he hath the honefty free- ly to impart to others, what G°4 hath freelv revealed to him> ^W the publick good. Secondly, T"\ he hath Difcretion to inapp.*.rS every ;hing in «" due feafA'Jj !Q3 Ufe of Oyls, &c, The 'Phyfitians Library. girt to proceed to fimple Emol- lients ( where I left) Gum A- rneniacum, Bdellium,. Opopa- mx, Galbanum, Turpentine, Rojtin, Colophania, Pitch, the jirhollient Herbs ( you have them j.n rank and file at the beginning of the Compounds .) JJnnfeed Fenugreek feed, white jjfly roots, Aftrach,Figs,When arid Barley Meal, Malt, Flower, . Compounds are : Oyls, Oynt- imepts and Plaifters, made of ?lll or any of thefe, Oyl of J-illies, Oyl of Chamomel, Oyl of Earthworms, Oyl of Fc xes, Oyntment of Marfhmallows, iiefumptivum Diachylon, cum mult is aliis. ' 1 fhall give vou a notion or two, and" then I have done Vith this, { you had had them h.efore, had I not forgotten thern, and now before I go ^ny further, ) let me advife fjicfe that intend to reap .any benefit by my Writings, tp take i« Pen and Ink, and note down whatever they find of confe- £quence in rhem, for I know, & they ihall know by experience, ' ffhat one writing of a thing, fets ic better in the memory, than an fyundred times reading of ic. ;. I- The greafe j0f all males is hotter than the greafe either of females, or Eunuchs ; ' as for example, the grcafc; of a Bull is ► hotter by far, than either the greafe of a Cow or a"n Ox. "^ Vi:*- The greafe of wild Uea*5 is hotter, thaii that of fuch as arc tame, or, domed ic.-il ; as the li^-ie ot a wild C;c is hotter than that of a houfe Cat ; judge ye the like of Fowls, the greafe of a wild Duck is hotter than that of. a tame. A word is e- nough to the wife. Chap. 6. Qf Sjtppuratives. THe Greeks call thefe Pep. tica, the Latins Maturanr tia. We had fome talk about them arnongft the Simples. Their office is by natural heat to bring the blood & fuperfluous humours into matter, to help nature fo to correQ: a fuperflu- ous humour, that ic may be fie to be caft out; to ripen it as che vulgar Proverb is. Emplafticks-are of this nature, which we treated of by them- felves in the Simples, and may- be well reduced to this Head, l2or, Firft, fome clofe the Pores of the Body, and fo. natural heat being kept in is increafed ; as the fulphurous vapours being kcpt'in the Cloud, turn to real fire, and that is that we call Lightning : So that corruption of the body being kepc in toge* ther, putrifies and turns to matter Of this number ( for before we told you what Kmplafticls *ere in general, now we tell you . what particulars are Em- plafticks, and a little ingenuity will find out mote, by viewing che qualities of thefe j of this number J fay, Mallows, Marlh nulldws, yolks of Eggs, Tur- pentine, Honey, Ammoniacum, baluanum, Labdariuin, l-Vankir*. c^nfe, Liquid Styrax. Secondly, As the former for- ced Of the Ufe of Oyjs. The forced nature to do to the work, 10 thefe help nature in ir, the former dil it 'per ticcidens ihcfc pet fe, viz They are frindly to nature, 6c c'onfpire together with it to brin^ the Iuiky',1 urns matter to* form ; yea, to i'uc;i a form as may be caft our, and the body aflMred may thereby be eafed. Such fimplesave, Mirfh Mallow- roots, white Liily roots ( which is the beft iiuernal Medicine of Galens method, which I know for fuch an ufe ; for you muft note. That 1 chiefly fpeak of ex- ternal Medicines ou muft ufe Incarnatives, ( or ScarcOticks^Wc* you pleafe to call them ) that ate lefs drying. According to the degree of Com panfon I fhall divide them into .Man, Stionger; StrongeHt 210 TROCHES. The Phyfitians Library, Mean.ve: Olibanum, Colo-| phortia, Maftich, Aloes, Barley | meal, Malt flower, Fenugreek j feeds ; thefe ought to be applied j Co moift and delicate Bodies. Stronget are : Birthwort both I long ««d round, Orris, Meal of j Lupines, and Orobus; thefe ought to be applied to dry Bo- I dies, and hollow Wounds. ' Strongefl are: Centaury the greater and leffer, burnt Lead, ] Myrrh ; thefe are appropriated to deep Ulcers. Then accoring as formerly, I fhall divide them into Simple & I Compound: If you fearch the Simples, you may find their degree of drinefs, and be fure of this, you can lofe nothing by : diligence and fearching, then as the Wound or Ulcer abounds with moifture, fo let your In- carnatives be fuitable for drinefs Simple Incarnatives are : Oli- banum, Maftich, Aloes, Borax, Colophonis, the meal of Lupines, Barley, Orobus, and malt of Fenugreek, Beans, Wheat, and Lentils, both forts of Birthwort, Myrrh, Sarcocolla, Sailer Oyl, ^ Jetony, Shepherds purfe, Moufe *• fiar, Sr. Johns worr, Centaury, Sanicle, Vervain, Scabious, Burnet, Tutry, Gum Arabick ind Tragacanth. Compounds aie: The Compofi- tions of thefe, Vnguentum Aureum &ComitiJfe, Plaifters of Betony, Diapafma, Emplapum nigrum, Emplaftrum de Jama. Chap. 9. Of CicatrizingMcdieines. THefe the Greeks call Epi- plotica, the .Latincs ictu trizcentesfi and we in Englifh^ fcarrifying Medicines, though the greater half of the Nation knows noc what the word Scarrifying means. Therefore take notice, that a fcarrifying Medicine is fuch a Medicine as clofes a place again with skin, when the skin is off; and this it doth by a drying & binding quality. Of thefe; fome are Simples, fome are Compounds. Simples are : Galls, Spunge burnt, Litharge, Terra Sigillata or Lemnia, Pomegranate peels or flowers, Aloes, Caflia lignea, PompholiX) Spodium, Cyprefs nuts, Myrrh,Frankincenfe,Lead, Bole armenick,Serus .Sarcocolla. Compouuds are : All mixtures of thefe ; Vnguentum album, Dia- ficcativum \uhum, IXiapompMigos, Emplapum de Minio, Dicepalma3 5cc; Chap. 10. Of Aglutinatm Medicines. THe Greeks call Agglu- tinative Medicine s, Sym» phytica ; and that's the reafon Comfry is called Symphytum, becaufe of its glutinous quality. The meaning of the word Agglutinative, is beft known by its ufe, which is to dry up that Humidity that is between the lips of a wound, that fo it may be healed. They are all ufually drying in the fecond degree. Agghttiatives Simple are : Maftich, Sarcocolla,Frankincenfe Myrrh, Colophonia, Bole arme- ■ " k menick, TROCHES. lis Phyfitians Lilrary. 2i* menick, Dragons blood, Terra Lemma, i>t.J">hns wort, Rofe- nuiy fl^^crj, Knot grafs, Com. fry,\l*rj'-ram,Gum Tragacanth, Gum l! Ivy, Gum Elemi, red Wine, V.ivan Yarrow, wild Tanfie, Crane bill, Sanicle, Cobwebs, Horftail, Cinquefoyl. Compounds are the Competi- tions of'thefe DiapalmaEmplaJlrum . de Minio. \ to the And now by comparing thefe 1 perfor with rhe fcarrifying Medicines, you may . fee that they are as like as one Egg is like another ; and what a multitude of Rules Ph^firians have impofed upon you, that fo they might make their way difficult to you. Chap. ir. Of Chat ar ticks fieptick:, au.l Cauflicki.- > THey all being as near of kin as a man and his biodier, I have put them all together; but b_fore 1 treat of them, 1 care not greatly if I explain their Degree. Therefore tike notice thac they are all fuch medicines as have force to corrode the fl th or skin. f CatbJrticks are meanly Of thefe \ ftrong. Septich ftranger. C.iufhcksfttongefi. The mean, if there be any meannefs in them, or a more proper term is, thofe which are leaft violent, are called Ca:'.'a>tica, or Corroftves • by ve- hement drying thefe confumc the excref'cences of flcfh. They are ufually applied to Ulcers thac hayc dead flcfh in teem. { {Simple. Compound. Simple are • Verdegreece, Copperas of Vitriol, Allum burnt and net burnt, burnt Salt, Antiim r,y, Mc,cury fublimate and precipitate, Emphorbium. Compounds ./>« •" Unguentum I 2yptiao.m, *nd th*C **hich t! e Devil And b'u Imps Attribute he Apoftles, as veMedicines. By their vehement heat they ulcerate the skin, and yet with little pain. ' Such ate : Arfenick, Crowfoot, Spurge, Multard feed, Cantha- rides, Euphorbium. Caujlieks : Are the ftrongeft, and the Greeks call Efc.vut.va. Taefe have got a faculty to contains all they come near. Such a>e: Quicklime fublima- red, Ari aick. Strong be : Lapis injemalis. I thai I gixfv yoj ths ufe of them all in a very few words, as few as can be imagined. The firft is ufed co eat away dead fielh. The fecond is uf-J to draw fblifters. The third to make Illues. Chap, ule Of Medicines ufed ta J:f Blood. SUch arc Bole Armenick, Terra Sagillata, Dragons biood; Crocus Mariis, Chalk, 2*i OYL S. The Phyfitians Library'. Egg fhells, Ceruj, Litharge, FrankinCei.fe, M-'thicb, Aloes, Rozin, white Starch, Raifins, Purflain, Houfleek or Scugrcen, Horftail ( ihe Herb I always mean fo called ; not the Tail of a Horle , ) the Herb Moufear, not the Ears of a Mouie, Flea- wort, .white and reu Coral, La- pis Hemati is, the Blood-ftone. dried BloodjGum Tragacanth Sc Arabick, Knotgrafs, Cobwebs. I have now done with my Procemii.um to the 0)ls, Oynt- ments and Plaifters, I defire you to excufc me for not fol- lowing one and the fame Au- thor in the Simples; and here, the more you know the variety of Authors, the better Pin fitian in time you may come to be, Velle fuuvi at;que eft, nee vota, vi- vitur uno. And according to thefe Rules, fo underlland the Oyls, O^ncmenss and Plaifters following. it helps fuch whofe water fcald them, Ulcers in the Bladder, Reins and Matrix. You may dither take half an ounce of ic by it felf, or mix it with half an ounce of Syrup of V'okts and fo take a fpoonful at a time, ftill fhaking them toge. thcr when you take them : only take notice of this. If you take it inwardlv,let it be drawn, for it will be fowrc in thice 01 four days. In their new mo- del, they bid ypu heat them in a double veffel, and then prefs put the Oyl without the help cf heat. Oyl of bitter Almonds, College. It is made like oyl of fweet Almonds, but that you need not blanch them, nor have fuch a care of heat in preffing out the Oyl. OYLS. Simp e Oyls by Expreffion. Oyl of fweet 'Almonds. College.'T^Ake of fweec Al- J_ monds noc cor- rupted, as many as you' will, caft the fhells away, and blanch them, beat tbem in a ftone mortar; beat them in double VcfTrls, and prefs out the Oyl without heat. Culpeper. It helps r°Jghnefs Culpeper. It opens floppings, helps fuch as are deaf, being dropped inf> their Ears. Ic [ helps the hardnefs of the Nerves, and takes away fpots in the Face. It is feldom or neve(r : taken inwardly. Oyl of Hazel Nuts. CoUege. It is made of the Ker- nels, cleanfed, biuifed, and heat and preffed like oyl' of fweet A/- vionds. Culpeper. You muft put .them, in a veffel (viz. a glafs, or fome fuch like thing ) and flop them clofe, that the pater come not to them when you them into the Bath.,',The s good for • cold afflicti- and forcnefs of the Throat and I put t Ips Pleurifies, in- J Oyl is go ons of the Nerves, the Gout in. Stomach, help crcafeth feed, eafeth Coughs and Ht&ick Fevers^ Injection J the Joynts, &c. College OYLS. The Phyfitians Library. 213 College. So is Oyl of Bean, oyl of Nutmegs, and oyl ot Mace drawn. Oleum Carinum. College. It is prepared of Walnut Kernels in like manner, ou may take a few drops inwardly in any corn- pound appropriated to the Cnoliclh The Table ot D.feafcs will duec* you. I love to ha>e men ftudious, negligent people make wooden Ph> ficians. , .... College. Comnon Oil of Olives IS preifed out of ripe Olives, not out of the ftones. Oyl ot Olives om- phacine is prefTed out of unripe Olives. Oyl of Talks of Eg^t. C,Uei good white Wine, (ill (he Wine he confumed. Qyl OYLS. The Phyfitians Library. 21$ Oyl of Marjoram is made with four ounces of the Herb a little bruifed, white Wine fix ounces, ripe Oyl a pound,mix'a together, let thent be fet in the Sun, repeated 3 Times; at laft boyled to the confumption of the Wine. Oyl of Maftich is made of Oyl of Rofes O-nphacme one pound, Maftich 3 ounces, Wine four ounces; boyl them in a doubleVeftel to the confumption of the Wine. Oyl of Melilot is made with tie Tops of the herb like Oyi of' Chamomel. Oyl of Mints is made of the Herb and Oyl Omphancine, as Oyl of Rofes Oyl of Myrtles is made of Myrtle berries, bruifed and fprinkled with fharp Wine one part, Oyl Omphacine 3 parts, let it in the Sun 24 days, and in the interim thrice renewed, boyled, and tbe Berries prefTed our. Oyl of Daffadils is made as Oyl of Rofes. Nard Oyl is made of three ©unces ot Spicknard, fweet oyl one pound and an half, fweet white Wine and clean water, of each x ounces and an halt, koyled in the confumption oi the Moiftwe. Oyl of Water Lillies is made of frefh white Water L'llie Bowers one part, Oyl Omphan- cine three pajrts, repeating the Flowers three times as in Oyl •f Rofes. Oyl of Tobacco is made of the juice of Tobacco, ana com- mon Oyl, of each equal parts boyled in a Bath. Oyl of Poppies is made of the Flowers, heads and leaves of Garden Poppies, and Oyl omphacine, as Oyl of Dill. Oyl of Poplars is made of the BudSofPopUr trees 3 parts, rich white Wine, four parts ; fweet Oyl feven parts, firft lee che Buds be bruifed, then infu- fed in the Wine and Oyl feven days, then boyled, then prclTed out. Ovl of R'ic Is made of tbe lerbs bruifed, and Oyl, like Oyl of Rofes. Oyl of Savin is made in the fame manner. So alfo is Oyl of Elder flow. ers made. Oyl of Scorpions is made of thirty live Scorpions caughc when the Sun is in the Lyon ; Oyl of bitter Almonds two pound, let them be fet in the Sun, and after Forty days ftrain- ed. Oleum Cicyonium is made of wild Cucumer roots and their juice ; of cacla equal parts, vith twice as much ripe Oyl, boil it to the confumption of the juice. Oyl of Nightlhade is made of the harries of Nightlhade ripe, and one part boyled in ripe Oyl, or 0> I of R«fes J parts. Oyl of Scyrax is made of Sry rax and fweet Wine, of each one part, ripe Oyl four parts, gently boiled till the Wine b« confumed. Oyl of Violets is made of Oyl omptwein* ?? Q^es, tnd 2l6 O Y L S. The T.jyfitiafi's Library. Violet flowcs as Oyl of Rofes. Oyl of Vervain is mr.de of the Herb and 0>1, as Oyl of Mints. . . Culpeper. That moft of thefe oyls, if not all of them, are ufed only externally, is certain, ' and as certain they retain the virtues of the Simples whereof they are made, therefore the ingenious might help themfelves But becaufe we live in a fiigid age, I fhall vouebfafe ro quote the virtues of the chi felt of them. Oyl of Rofes ( the ftomach being anointed with it ) rtreng- thens it, cools the heat of it, thickens, takes' away inflamma- tion, abates fwellings. Oyl of Wormwood do h moderately heat and ftrengthens the Stomach, being anointed with it, it procures Appetite, opens ObftrucYions, furthers di- geftion, and kills Worms. Oyl of Dill doth moderately digeft, affwage the pains of the Head and Nerves, and procures fleep. Oyl'of Caftoreum helps cold difeafes of the Nerves,Deafnefs, being dropped into the Ears, and noife there. Oyl of Chamomel ftrengthens the finews, greatly alTwage*th pain, and breaks the ftone. Oyl of Mellor hath the fame effects. Oyl ofWall flowers aflwageth ] pains in the breaft and reins, finews, joynts^and bladder. Oyl of Quinces cools, binds, and ftrengthens, ftops vomiting, loofnefs and fweating. Pvl $f Euphorbium hath the fameeffefts with that of Cafto- reum, but works more forcibly^ being fnuffrd up.'the Nofe, it purgeth the head of flegm O/l of E.nmrts, the ;>n vines being anointed with it, provokes luft. Oyl of Sc. Johns wort, h as good a thing in gre'c;i wounds as a man can- ufe. Oyl of ():;s doth co'rreft & ■diflkdve, alT^-it^ pain in tlii Womb, Liver and J >v irs : a'lo ic ftrengtheni ch" Ixcv'r. Oyl of Earthworm, mollifies hear, and afFwa.gqs piins and, is fpec'al good foe fuch as hare been bruif*d or hurt in their .joynts. . '* Oyl of Mirjofam helps wea^ rinefs, cold difeafes of cue brain, noife in the Eirs, being drop/ ped into them,' the hieing of venomous b.'afts, - and provokes che terms in W m.n. Oy! of MViticl* ftrengthens the brain, ftoinich and Liver, finews and veins, ftnys vomiting and fluxes. The ftomach being anointed.' with oyl of Mints, ftays the weaknefs, heats and ftrengthens' it, ftays Vomiting, helps digeft- ion, and provokes appetite. Oyl pf Myrtles hath the fame eflfe&s with Quinces. Oyl of Myrrh preferves any thing from putrifying . that -is anointed with it, makes the. Face fair and,youthful. 5 Nard Oyl doth heat,, digeft, and ftrengthen, refills all cold and windy difeafes throughput* the body. Oyl of Water Lillies, coolsr^ and aflwageth the violent h«ar,' cfpecially, OYLS. Tfie Phyfitians Librarft *r ti"j>rcially of the head, reins and Ma.hkr, thereby mitigating J ici zies, procuring fleep, and is a good prefervative againft the Srone, and helps fuch Women ( their backs being anointed with it ) as are fubject to mif- carry through heat of their reins which they may eafily know by c< nrinual pain in their backs knd fwellings in the legs. Alio Oyl of Poppies hath the fame Virtue. Oyl of Rue heats, and makes thin grofs humours,- expellech wind, helps Palfies, Cramps, O Idnefs of the Womb ?nd Bladder. Oyl of Violets cools inflam- mations, eafe the Pleurifics and pains of che breaft. Oyl of Nightfliade hath the fame effects with that of Water Lillies. , Then remember that thefe Oyls muft not be given inward- ly as men take drink, buc out- wardly applied, or caft in as Injw&ions or Ciyflers. i Culpeper. One material Oyl only, ' n-h::h was in their laft Dif- penfat ry, wh ch is Oyl of Myrrh, is thus made. Take certain^ new laid Eggs, and boyl them till they be hard, then cut them through the middle, the longeft way, take out the Yolk,and fill the hollow place half full of Myrrh, then joyn the whites together again, and bind them gently Withit firing, then place them betweer* two difhes, a fmall grate being between, that they fall riot ,t« the bottom, thtn place therri itt a Wine Cellar, or fome othet cool Place under the groiiridi Co will the melted Liquor of thfc Myrrh diftil down into the in« feriour difh. Compourid Oyls by infufiofl and Decoftion. Oleum Benediclitm 146. Or, Blefled Oyl. Colledge.'"T^Ake of the root* _| of Carduus and Valerian, of each one ounce j the flowers of St. Johns wort a ounces ; Wheat one ounce and] an half, old Oyl four ounces^ Cyprefs, Turpentine 8 ounces, infule the Roots and Flowers being bruifed, in fo much white Wine as is fufficient to cover them, after two days infufion, put in the Oyl with the Whete bruifed, boyl them together till the Wine be confumed, then prefs it out, and add the Fran- kincenfe and Turpentine, then boyl them a little, and keep it. Culpeper. It is appropriatea ta cleanfe and consolidate wounds, efpecially in the head. Oleum de Capparibus. 146. Oyl of Capers. Or: College..Take of the bark ofCaper roots an ounce,bark of Talaris, lcaycs of the fame, the feeds of P. ASnqg ti8 OYL S. The P\. Agnus Caftus, Ceterach, or fpleen* wort, Cyperus Roots, of each two drams ; Rue one dram, oyle_of ripe Olives one pound, white-wine Vinegar, and white»wine, of each two ounces ; cut them, and fteep them, and boyl them ( being two days elapfed ) gently in a bath, then the Wine and Vinegar being I confumed, ftrain it and keep it. Culpeper. The oyl is opening and healing,abfolutely appropriated to the Spleen, hardnefs and pains thereof, and difeafes coming of ftoppings there, Hypochondriack melancholy, the Rickets &c. Bach the breaft and afflicted fide with it hot by the fire, and it you pleafe to/add in like weight of Oynrment of the opening juyces to it,it will be better, then if you apply a Virgin nia 'Tobacco leaf to the p'ace,vou fhall find it an incomparable Re> *tiedy. Oyl of CaUoreum compound, 14.6. CoUedge. Take ot Caftoreum, Styrax, Calamitis, Galbanum, Euphorbium, Opopanax, Caflia Lignea, Saffron,Carpobalfamum or Cubebs, Spciknard Coftus, ot each two drams ; Ciperus, Squinanth, Pepper long and black, Savin, Pel- litory ot Spain, of each two drams and an half•, ripe Oyl four pound, Spamfli Wine two pound, the five firft excepted, let the reft be prepared as th:y ought to be, and genciy boyled in the Oyl & Wine, while the Wine be confumed, mean feafon the Galbanum, Opopanax,& Euphorbium beaten in fine powder being diffolved in part of the Wine> & ftrained, lee them be exquifitely mixed with irf while the Oyl is warm ) by often ftiring ; the boyling being finifhed, put in the Styrax and Caftoreum. Culpeper. The virturs are the fame with the fimple,ionry it is held to be more effectual in the prerajfllis, fyians Library. Oleum Catellomm. 146. Or, Oyl of Whelps. Colledge. Take Sallet Oyl four pound, two Puppy-dogs newly whelped, Earth'worms, waflied in white Wine one pound ; boyl the Wh'elps till they fall in pieces, then put in the worms a while after ftrain it, then with thaee ounces of Cyprefs Turpentine, and one ounce of Spirits of Wine,perfele them til! the Wine be almoft confumed,prefs them out, and by adding three ounces of Turpentine, and one fcruple of Saffron, boyle it a little and keep it. Culpeper. See the fimple o>'l ot St. Johns-wort, than which this is ftronger. Oleum iA)perici migis compofitum. 148. Or Oyl of St. Johns-wort rrro-e Compound. j CoUedge. Take of white Wine three pound, tops of St. Johns-wort | ripe and gently bruifed four hand-! fuls : fleep them two days in a S^lafs clofe flopped, boyle them in a bath, and ftrain them ftronglv, repeat the Infufion 3 times, having ftrained it the third time* add to every pound ot Decoction, old Oyl four pound, Turpentine fix ounces, 0>1 of Wormwood three ounces, Dittany, Gentian, Cardus, Tor- mentil, Carline, or CarduusMarix Calamus Aromaticus, all of them bruifed of each two drams; Earth- j worms waflied in white-wine two; ounces, fet it in ihe Sun five or fix weeks, then keep ic dofr flopped. Culpeper. Befides the virtues of the Simple Oyl of St. Johns-wort, | which this performs more effectual- / ly, it is an excellent remedy for old ( bruifes, aches and fprains. Oleum Irinum 14°- Or. Oyl of Orris. CoUedge. Take of the roots ot Orris Florentine three pound tour ounces, the Flowers of Purple Orris fifteen ounces, Cyperws-roQtj fix ounces, of Elicampane three ounces of Alkanet two ounces, Cinnamon, Spicknard, Benjamin of each one ounce : let them all being bruifed as they ought.to be, be fteeped in the Sun, or other hot places, in fifteen pound of old oyl and four pound and an half clear water, after the fourth day boyle them in BUneo M'ria. the water being confumed, when it is cold ftrain it & keep ic. Culpeper. The effecfts are the fame with the liniple, only 'tis ftronger, and better compofed here than ic was in the former Difpenfatory ; yet I know no great reafon why this, or any Other Oyl muft be boyled in a Bath. I fee the Apoth- ecaries Hi all never want ignorance ! nor trouble, if the Colledge can help it. Oleum Majoranea. 149. Ot Oyl of Marjoram. CoUedge. Take of Marjoram four handfuls, Mocher of time two hand- fuls, the leaves Sc berries gf M'rtles one handful, Southern wood. Water- mints, of each half a handful, being cut, bruised &c put in a Glafs. three pound of oyl omphacine being put to it, let it ftand eight days in the Sun, or in a Bath clofe (topped then ftrain it out in the Oyl put in freflt Simples, do fo the third time, the oyl may be perfected according to Art. Culpeper. It helps wearinefs and Difeafes ot the Brain and Nerves coming of cold -, it helps the dead Pallie, the Back ( vix. the Region along the backbone) being anointed with it; being fnufftd up in the nofe it helps Spajmus cynicus, which is a wrying the mouth afide -, it helps noife in the Ears, being dropped in them ; ie provokes the Terms, and helps the bitings ot venomous beafts; it is a moft gallant oyl to ftjtcnsthen the Body, the Back being OYLS. The Phyfitians Library. 2U being anointel with it,ftrengthens the muicles, they bein^ chafed with it, helps head ach, the torehead being rubbed with it. Oleum Mmdagort. 149. Or, Oyl of Mandrakes. Colledge. Take of common oyl two pounj, juice ol Mandrake apples, or for want of them of the leaves tcuc ounces, juice of white Henbane two ounces, juice of black Poppy heads three ounces, juice of Violets and tender Hemlock, ot each one ounce: fet them in the Sun, and after the tenth day boil them to ths confumption of the juice, then put in Opium finely beaten and Styrax Calamitis dif- folved in a little Turpentine of each half an ounce. Culpeper. It is probable the Author ftudied to invent an Oil extreamly cold when he invented this. I am of opinion it may be ufed fifely no way but only anoint the Temples and Notes of fuch as have a frenzy. It by tiling this ointment *you fee they fteep too long, dip a Spunge in Vinegar and hold to their Nofes, it may be a means to awaken their. Itisfcarce fafe, yet it you let it alone, it can do you no harm. Mofcbelcntm. H9- Or, 0)1 of Musk. CoUedge. Take of rwo Nutmegs, Music one dram, Indian Leaf, or Mace, Spicknard, Coftus, Maftich of each fix drams, Stvrax, Calami. tis, Calfia Lignea, M\rrh, Saffron, Cinnamon, Clovis, Carpubalfa- mum or Cubebs, Bdellium, of each two drams, pure 0,1 three pound, Wine three ounces: bruife them as I'ou ough: to do, mix them and et them boil eafily till the Wine be confumed, the Musk being mixed according to Art after it it ftrained. Culpeper. U ii exceeding good againft all difeafes of Cold efpeci- illy thole of the ftomach, it helps difeafes of the fides they being anointed with it, the Strangury, Cholick and vices of the Nerves and afflictions of the Reins. The Receipt was made by Nicholaus} lA'.xindrinut, only the Colledge forneching altered the quancitieSs a id chat not worth (peaking o2. O'.eum Xirdinum ;5^. Or, Oyl of Nard. Colledge. Take of Spicknard, three ouncci^Marjoram two ounces,' wood of Aloe', Calamusj Aroma- ticus, Elicampane, Cyperus, Bay leaves, Indian Leaf or Mace, Squinanth, Cardamoms of each one ounce and an half : bruife them all grofly and fteep them .in Water and Wine, of each fourteen ounces; Oil of Sefamin, or Oil of Olives four pound and an halt foe one day, then perfect the Qil by boiling it gently in a double Vef- fel. Culpeper. I wonder wfyy they fliould put in Oil of Sefamin, or Oyl of Olives, when every body knows Sefamin is a kind of purging. pulfe : I lefc out Oyl of Sefamin in the Co,py becaufe of that: and if it be made as I have written it, it heats, attenuates, digefts and mo- deratelv binds, and therefore helps all cold and windy afflictions of the Brain, Stomach, Reins, Jplcen, Liver, Bladder and -Womb, being fnuffed up the Nofe it pugeth toe Head and gives colour and finely to the Body. Oleum .Vicodeme. I5<>. CoUege. Take of the leeds or tops of St. Johns wort, old Tur- pentine of each one pound, Lithar- ge lix dram,*) Aloes, Hepatick, Tutty, of each three drams, Saf- fron one ounce, white Wu;e *ou'»' pound, old Qyl two pound : che fourth r»*r't of the Win* 1 ■■- Q 3 *>«nfr '%%% 0 V L - S. T\h 'Phyfitians Library. being confumed in a Bath or £and, or in the Sun, in the jjogs days, after the Tenth day ftpain it, & keep the Oyl apart, frpm the Wine. Culpeper. Both Wine aud Oyl are exceeding drying (that the Wine is more cleanfing, & the Qy\ beft to skin a fore ) your genius ( though never fo dull ) ' tyiM tell you ; and therefore ex- cellent for Sores and Ulcers chat run much, as for Scabs, the Irch, Srnall pox, Swine Pox, Oleum Vulpinum. iep. Qr, Oyl of Foxes. Colledge. Take of a fat Fox, of a middle age, f ( if you can ge-<: fuch ah one ) * that was well put *Vi}, 'therefore when you have caught a. "ox bring him alive to the Col- ledge, and let them look-within his Kiouthfirft, andtellyou how old he M, fo ft) all your Oyl bezvnx privu legio j caught by hunting, a- bout fVutumn, cut in pieces, the skin and bowels taken a~- way, the bpnes broke, boil him, ( fcumming it diligently ) in white Wine and Spring water, Cf each fix pound, till all be confumed ;_' with three ounces *f Sea fait, the tops of Dill, Tjme, Chamepitys, of each one handful- after ftraining, boyl it again with" four pound of the tteft" old-Oyl, the flowers of 3age and Rofemary,'of each one handful; ;the water being con- fumed, ftrain it again, arid keep the^pure Oyl for ufe. Culpeper... It is exceeding good *h pains of the joynts, Gouts, gains in the Back and Reins ; xt heats, the body being afflifted by cold, and hard lodging in the Air, whereby the joynts are ft iff; a difeafe incident to ma- ny in thefe times. Culpeper. OXLS left out in the New Difpenfatory. Culpeper,* | AHe Receipt is be* | fore : The Vir- tues of Oyl of Tobacco : It is a gallant remedy for deep wounds, Scabs or Itch, as any is under the Cope of Heaven, and no way prejudicial. See ths Oyntmtnt. Oyl of Pepper. Mefue. Colledge. Take of lon%, black Vepper. of each three drams, Myro- ' balans, Chtbuls, Bellerick, Emblick, and, Indian, of each jive drams the roots of Smallage and Fennel, of each three drams and an half f Sagapenum, Opopanax, Ammonia- ci.m. with Henbane, of each two drams and' an half Turbith two. j drams, Ginger thee drams, the branches of green Time, and green Rue, of each one hayidful ; infufe them according to Ait, ma fufjic i- ent quantity of Aquavit a, Oyl of Wall flowers, otherveife called Winter GWidowers, two pound ; then boyl them to the confumption of the Aqua vita. • '.. Culpeper. It helps cold difeafes j of the Nefves, as Pallies, Fal. ! ling Sicknels, Convulfions, Wry mouths, trembling or ' fhaking Palfie, liktwife cold affticlicns of the Reins and Bladderj Yard and Womb, Gouts, and all difeafes of the joynts j it heats, OYNTMEMTS. The Phyficians Library. 22? makes thin, and cleanfeth, and therefore it opens obftruttions or ftoppings, and breaks the Stone. Oleum Vopuleum. Nich. College. Take of frefh Poplar buds three pound, Wine four pound, common Oyl 7 pound two ounces, beat the Poplar buds very well, then fteep them feven days in the Oyl & Wine, then boyl them in a double veifcl till theWine be confumed if you infufe frefh buds once or twice before you boil ir, the Medicine will be the ftronger ) then prefs the Oyl out and keep it. Culpeper. It is a fine cool Oyl, but the oyntment called by that Name which follows hereafter is far better. OYNTMFNTS more Simple. liigucnti.m Album, If}. Or White Oyntment. College, np* Jke of Oyl of Rofes nine ounces, Cei ua waftjcd in R fe water and diligently fearcbed, three ounces ; white Wax two ounces, alter the JKix ii melted in the Oyl, put in the Cents, and make it into an Oyntment accord ng to Art; .uld two dr.vv.s of Cam. ph've, made into powder'. Culpeper. Same hold it impof- fiblc td nuke ic into an oynt- ment this way, others hold it Vnot convenient ; but inftead of (oyl of Rofes, they had f-> much hogs greafe, and leaving out the white Wax, they mike it into an oyntment without the help of the fire ; but 'tis to be fup- jofed, that 'tis fo Jong ago fi-ice the College made an Oyntm.nr, they have forgot how to make it ; but they are not to be bia- med for that, but for command- ing what they have no skill in It is a fine cooling, ,drying Oynrment ; eafeth pains, and itching in Wounds and Ulcers, and is an hundred times better. with Camphire than withouc it. Vnguentum Egyptiacum. ij;. College. Take of Verdigreefe finely powdered, five parrs : Honey fourteen parts; iharp Vinegar feven pares ; boil them to a juft thicknefs, Sc a reddilh colour. Culpeper. It cleanfeth filthy Ulcers and Fiftulaes forcibly, ind not wichout pain ; it takes away dead and proud flsfh, and dries : Th= Chyrurgeons of our days ufe it commonly in- ftead of Apoftolorum, to cleanfe Wounds ; ic cleanfeth more potently indeeJ, and therefore may be" firrer in fanious Ulcers, buc ic ftre.i^rhens, not lb much. Unguentum Anonydum. i5j- Or, An Oynr.ntnt to eafe pain'. College. Take of Q/l of white Lillies fix ounces, Oyl of Dill and Chamomel, of eac'i two ounces ; Oyl of fweet Almonds one ounce ; Ducks greafe, & Oa Heqfr »?4 OYNTMENTS. The Phyfitians Library. find Hens greafe, of each two punces, white Wax 3 ounces ; IJlix them according to Arc. Culpeper. I take the Auguftan phyfitians to be the Authors of this, for there it is to be found verbatim, only they prefcribe no pertain quantity of- Wax : Its ufe is to affwage pains in any |?art of the body, efpecially fuch 3$ come by inflammations," ivhethpr in Wounds or Tumors, 8h4 for that it is adrnirable. Vnguentum ex Apia. 155. Or, Oyntment of Smallage. College. Ton endureth. y ig'untum Xtttitum feu Tipbarmcum, 15'5- toU.-dge. Take of Litharge of Gold fiiely pjwdcred half a pound, Vinegar one pound, O^ 1 of K jf'S two pound ; gmnl the Litharge in a Mortar, pour into it loiii^imes Oyl,i<>mecimes Vinegar, till by continual ftirring che Vi- negar do no more appear, and it comes to a whicilh Oyntmenc. Odpeper. Ic is ot a cooling, drying nature, good for itching qfWounds, Itch and Scabs, and fuch like Deformities of" che Skin,as Tetters, Ring worms, 6v. Vnguentum Optbalmicutf. 157. Or, an Oyntmenc for the Eyes. ; Coll.dge. Take of Bole Armenick waihed in Rofe water one ounce. Lapis Calaminaris waflied in Eye brighc water Tocty prepared ot eacii two drams; Pearls in very fine powder halfa dram, camphire half a fcruple, Opium five grains, freflt Butter waflied in Plantane water, as much as is farfiqent to milu ic into an Oyricmenc ac- cording to Arc. Culpeptr. Ic is exceeding good to ftop not Rheums char tall down into the Eyes, the Eyelids being |juc anointed with it. Vnguentum ex Oxylapatbo. I 57« Or Oyntment ot fliarp pointed Dock. . Cull\Ln: Take of the roots of fli.up pointed Dock boiled in Vinegar until thev be fife, and then pulped, Brimftone waflied in ;uce of Lemmons, of each i ounce and an half; Hogs greafe often waflied in juice of Scabious halt a pound, Uugucntura Populeon w allied in juice of Elicampanfe half an ounce ; make them into an Oyntmenr in a Mortar. Culpeper. It is a wholfome though croublefome Medi.ine for what the former Title fpecified : foe b:f)re ir was called, an Oyntment againft Scabt an I It.h. N9V becauffi none fliould know whac ic is good for, it is called, .m Oyntment of fta'p pointed Dock. Vnguent'tm e Plumho. 157. Of, Oyntmenc ot Lead. v,U.dge. Take of Lead burnt according to art, Litharge of each two ounces ; Cerus, Antimony of each one ounce ; Oyl of Rofes as much as is fufficient,make it into an Oyntment according to Arr. Cu'peper. Take it one time with another, it will go near to do more harm than good. Vnguentum Pomatum. 157* CoUedge. Take of freflt H^f grc.it'e^ three pound, frefit Sheep fuer nine ounces, Pome waters pired and cut one pound and nine ounces, Dimaslc Rof.- water fix ounces, the. riots ofOrns Florentine g oily bmif:d Mx -drams. Boyl them in Bdneo Af.»i* till the Ap- ples be loft, then fttain ic. but prefs i noc, and keep it for ufe : » then warm ic a little again (» what after vou h.iv*il-d ic ) and wafli; it with frelh Rofe water, addine to e.ich pound twelve drops of Oyl; l of Li/nam Rhodium. • . ''• Culpeper. Its general ufe is to foften and fupply the roughnets of. the skin, and take away the chops of the Lips, Hands, Face or ochec pares. Q V/tguentum Patabile. ' 5-« C»'l-he Take of Buccer without f4l:"a«pouJ»d and an half, Sperma Ca;tlj 228 OYNTMENTS. Tne Phyfitians Library. Cxti, Maddir, Tormentil roots, Caftoreum, of each half an ounce. Boyl tlnm as you ought, in a fufficient quantity of Wine, till the Wine bs confu- med, & become an Oyntment. Culpeper. 1 know not what to make of it. Vnguentum Boftnum. 158. Colledge. Take of Per Rofin, or Rofin of the Pine fee, of the pureft Turpentine, yellow Wax wafhed, pure Oyl, of each equal parts ; melt them into an Oyntment according to art. Culpeper. It is as pretty a Cere cloth for a new Sprain as tnoft is, and cheap Let ir not be defpifed, for I have known a Gentlewoman in Suffix do-much gocd with it, even before their Difpenfatory was ever hatched, or in tbe Egg. Vnguentum Rofatum. 158. Or, Oyntment o'f Rofes. Colledge. Take of frefh Hocjs greafe cleanfed a pound, frefh red Rofes half a pound, juice of the fame three ounces, make it into an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. The Colledge gives you but a ihbrt come off in this Oyntment, they love to be brief and tedious: laft time they taught you how to make it, which was thus. Colledge. Take of Hogs greafe well cleanfed from the skin a pound, wafh it * nine times ( * Be fure you mifs not one of them ) in warm water, then as often in cold water, frefh red Rofes a pound ; mix them to. gether, and Co let them ftand I'cven days; then boyl them o- ver a gentle fire, and ftrain out the Rofes, then mix with the Oyntmens the like quantity of frefh red Rofes, and then let them ftand together as many days ; then ftrain them out, ha- ving firft boyled them ; at laft add juice of red Rofes 6 ounces, boil them over a gentle fire till the juice be confumed; then uVain it and make an Oynt- ment according to Art. Culpeper. You need do no more than let it ftand rijl ic bs cold, and you fhall fee it is Oyntment alone without any further making. Now compare but this with what I wrote before, and fee if they do not love to be brief and tedious. Iq is of a fine cooling Nature, ex- ceeding ufeful in all gauling of the Skin and frcttings accom- panied with cholerick humours, angry Pufhes, Tetters, Ring worms,. It mitigates Difeafes in the Head cqming of heat; as alfo tile intemperate heat of che Stomach and Liver. Defictitivum rubrum. 158, Or a drying red Oyntment. Colledge. Take of Oyl of Rofes Omphacine a pound, white Wax fix ounces; which being melted, aud put in a leaden Mortar, put in earth of Lemnos or Bole Armenick, Lapis Calamitis j of each four ounces 5 OYNTMENTS. The Phyfitians Library: 229 ounces ; Lithrage of Gold,Cerus, 3 ' ounces : Camphire one dram: make it into an Oyntment according to Art. Culpepen It binds and reftrains fluxes of humors, and is as gallant an oyntment to skin a fore as any i$ in tbe Difpenfatory. Vnguentum e Solano, 158. Or, Ointment of Nightfliade. Colledge. Take of juce of Night- fliade, Litharge waflied, of each five ounces, whiceWax feven ounces Frankincenfe in powder ten drams, Oyl of Rofes often waflied in water two pound ; make it into an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. It was invented to take away Inflamations from wounds, and to keep people from fcratching them when they are almoft well. Vnguentum Tuti*. 158. Or, O) ntment of Tutty. CoUedge. Take of Tutty prepared two ounces, Lapis calaminaris often burnt Sc quenched in Plantine water an ounce : make them, being finely powdered, into an oyntment, with a pound & 2 half of oyntment of Rofes. Culpeper. It is a cooling, drying oyntment, appropriated to the Eyes to dry up hot and fait humors that flow down thither, the Eye-lids being anointed with it. Valentia Scabiofa. 15?- A famous Oyntment much in ufe 300 years ago. CoUedge. Take of the juce of green Scabious prefTed out wirh a fcrue, and ftrained through a cloth, Hogs ereafe of each as much as you will : beat the Hogs greafe in a ftone Mortar, not grind it, putting in the juice by degrees tor the more commodious mixture and rincW, afterwards fet ie in the Sun in a eonvenient VefTel, fo as the juice may overtop the greafe, $uic daj» lfiW P»M *°.W ™ the difcoloured juice, and beat it again as before, putting in frefh juice let it in the Sun again 5 days, *hich being elapfed, beat it again, putting more juice : after fifteen da;s more do fo again, do fo five cimes, after which keep it in a glafs, or glafed Veffel. Tapftvalentia. 159, CoU:dge. Take of the juyce of Mullen, Hogs greafe, of each ai much as you will; lee the greafe be cleanfed and cut in pieces, and beat ir with the juice prefTed anJ ftrained, as you did the former o) ntment : then keep it in a con- venient Veffel nine or ten days, and then beat it twice, once with frefh juice until ic be green, and the 2d rime without juice beaten well, pouring off what is difcoloured, 6c keep it for ufe. Tupfimel. 15?. CoUege. Take of the juice of Ce- landine and Mullen, of each one part, clarified Honey two parts; boil them by degrees till the juice b-' confumed, adding ("the Phyfician prefenbing ) Vitriol burnt Allum burnt, lnic, and boil it again to an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. Thefe three laft were ftoln out of the Manufcripts off Mr. John Ufden for a Chyrurgcon at Newark upon T,ent: though novir the Colledge conceal his name. You may know the virtues of the Simples; as for che latter,he quotes a pretty paftage of it, it is this. When you are troubled with the Itch, put a little Tapfimel up youc Fundament, and the itching will prefent ly ceafe. OYNTMENTS Compouud. ColU.T Me of Briony roots» powtf* L the (Wis of *«« 1 -"^ Caopnttf 2$0 OYNTMENTS. The Phyfitians Library. Cucumers one pound, Squills half a pound, frelh Englilh Or- ris roots 3 ounces, the roots of male Fern, Dwarf Elder, Water Caltrops or Aron, of each two ounces ; bruife them all being frefh, and fteep them fix or feven days in four pound of old Oyl, the whireft not rank ; then boyl them and prefs them our, and in the Oyl melt fixteen ounces of white Wax, and make them into an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. It purgeth exceed- ingly, and is good to anoint the Bellies of fuch as have Dropfies, and if there be any humour of flegm in any part of the body, that you know not how to remove, ( provided the part be not too tender ) you may anoint it with, this; but yet be not too bufle with it; for I tell you plainly,''tis not very fafe. made, neither know I what to make of it, 'tis amongft ViBo. nus his Empericks to be found, and an hundred to one but he j faith 'tis good for fomething; \ but I know not for what: 1 There he quotes abundance of Receipts, and it feems this is one. I have about an hundred of them,but this is none of them. Vnguentum Amarum. 160. Or, a bitter Oyntment. tngventnm de AlabaftrQ. 160. Or, Oyniment of Alabafter. CoUege. Take of the juyce of 'Chamomel four ounces, the jjuyce of red Rofes, Marfhmal- low roots, "of each two ounces: the juice of Rue and Betony, of each an ounce and an half ; Oyl of Rofes Omphacine, a pound and half, Alabafter in very fine powder, three ounces^ mix them, and let them alone till the next day, then boil it till the Juice be confumed, *hen with fix ounces of white Wine, make it into an Oynt- ment according to Art. Qdfefcr, I never knew it College. Take of Oyl of Rue, Savin, Mints, Wormwood,bitter Almonds, of each an ounce and an half; Juice of Peach flow- ers and leaves, and Wormwood, of each Julf an ounce, powder of Rue, Mints, Centaury the lefs, Gentian, Tormentil, of each one dram ; the feeds of Coleworts, the pulp of Colo- cynthis, of each two drams, Aloes, Hcpatick, three drams; Meal of Lupines half an ounce, Myrrh walhed in Grafs water a dram and an half; Bulls gall an ounce and an half; with a fufficient quantity of juyce of Lemmons, and an ounce and an half of Wax, make it into an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. Do but fo much as compare the Simples of this Oyntment, with my Rules at the beginning of the Oyls, and yon ihall fee pretty fport to laugh at; -the Simples make as great a difcord as a Second and a Seventh in Muftck, which can hardly be reduced to Harmony, but agree like an Harp and an Harrow. Unguentwa OYNTMENTS. The 1 Vugucnrum Apoftolorvm. 16*1. Or, Oyntment of the Apoftles. Colledge. Take of Turpentine, yellow Wax, Rofin, Ammonia. cum, of each fouf drams; long Birthwort roots, Olibanum* and Bdellium, of each fix drams; Mirrh, Galbanum, of each half an ounce; Opopanax, Verdi- gieefe, of each two drams ; Litharge 9 drams, Oil z pound , Vinegar enough to dilfoive the Gums, make it into an Oynt- ment according to Art. Culpeper. Ic confumes corrupt and dead flefli and makes flefli foft which is hard ; it cleanfeth Wounds, Ulcers and Fiftulaes, mid reftorcs flefli where it is wanting. Vnguentum Anegon. 161. Colledge. Take of Rofemary, Marjoram, Mother of Time, Rue, the Roots of Aron and Cucumers, of each four ounces and an half ; the leaves of Bay, Sage, Savin, Briony roots, of each three ounces • Fleabane, Laurel, of each nine ounces ; the leaves of wild Cucumers, Nep, of each half a pound. Let all of them be gathered in May, cleanfed and bruifed, be fteeped feven days in fix pound of Sallet Oyl, and a pound of Spirit of Wine, boyl them gently till the fpirit be confumed, then ftrain the Oyl, in which melt Wax 1 ^ ounces, Bears greafe, Oyl of Bays, of each 3 ounces, Mofchaleum half an ounce, Peter Oyl an ounce, Butter 4 'hyfitians Library* 231 ounces, ftir them and put in thefe following things in pow- der, Maftich, Olibanum of each feven drams, Pellitory of Spain, Euphorbium, Ginger, Pepper of each an ounce ; make 'era into an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. It mightily digefttth and maker 1 thin, and that not without fome purging quality, and is very commodious againft cold afflictions of the body, but efpecially of the Sinews, Con- vulfions, Falling ficknefs, pains in the Joynts and great Guts : I cannot much commend it, unlcfs I Ihould commend ic for its length and tcdioulhefs. Vnguentum de Artaniifl. l^i. Or, Oyntment of Sowbread. Colic rge. Take of the juyce of Sowbread, or for want of it, a ftrong IXco&ion of the Roots three pound, j«iyce of wild Cucumers, Heifers butter, of each a pound ; Oyl of Orris 2 pound, pulp of Coloquintida 4 ounces, Polypodium fix ounces, 1 Euphorbium half an ounce, the things to be bruifed being brui- !fed, let thin be ftecped in a jglazed veflcl clofe fhuc eight [days, afterwards boiled in a double VefTd till the juice be almoft confumed, then prefs ic out, and dilfolvc in the Liquor yellow Wax five ounces, whilft ic is warm mix wiu it Sagapen difiolved in Vinegar, Bulls gall boiled in a Bath to the thick- n'efs of Honey, of eacn an oj ice ; then put in t efe things following in powder, Scara-no- \ ~ m 232 OYNTMENTS. The Phyficians Library. ny, Turbith, Coloquintida, ber- ries or leaves of Mezereon, Aloes, of each 7 drams,Salgem half an ouuce, Euphorbium, ]ong Pepper, Myrrh, Ginger, Chamomel flowers, of each 3 drams ; make them into an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. The ftomach being anointed with it, purgeth by Vomit : the Belly anointed ■with it, it purgeth by ftool : The truth is, it is a defperace kind of Purge, yet I hold it as fitting as can be to anoint the Bellies of fuch as have Dropfies, becaufe I conceive it efpecially purgeth water, and the water in Dropfies lie near the skin. They have altered it a little, and to as little pur. pofe. I fancy noc fuch vio- Culpeper. The Title fhews it to bs invented againft Scabs & Itch, but I delight noc in fuch kind of Medicines. Vnguenlum Qitrinium. 165. Or, a Citron Oyntmenc. lent remedies, fometimes they kill, and fometimes they cure. Vnguentum Cataforas. 162. Colledge. Take of Cerus wafli- ed in Purflain water, then in Vinegar wherein wild Radilh roots have been f preffed out, Lapis C Chalcitis, of ea'ch fix drams ; burnt Lead, Goats blood, of each half an ounce; Quick filver fublimated an ounce, the juice of Houfleek, Nightfliade, Fiantane, of each two ounces ; Hogs greafe'cleanfed 3 pound, Oyl of Violets, Poppies, Man. drakes, of each an ounce ; firft let the fublimate and Exungia, then the Oyls, Juices and pow- ders be mixed, and fo made into an pyntraent according to Colledge. Take of Borax an ounce, Camphire a dram, white Coral half an ounce, Allum Plum an ounce, Umbilicus ma. rinus, Jfr agacanth, and whice Srarch, of each three drams ; Chriftal, Dentalis Entails, Olo- banum, Nitre, whice Marble, of each two drams; Gsrfa Ser. pentaria an ounce, Cerus fix ouncesj Hogs greafe not falted a pound and an half, Goars luce prepared an ounce and an half, Hens fat two oucces and an half. Powder the things yoa ought to do both together, and by .themfelves, melc the fats being cleanfed in a ftone veflel, and fteep in them two Citrons of a mean bignefs cut in bits, in a warm bath, after a whole vild Kadilh / week ftrain it, and put in the fteeped and I powders by degrees, amongfi Calaminaris, ' which let .the C Cimphire and Borax be the laft, ftir them and bring them into the form of an Oyntment. Culpeper. It takes away Pim- ples, rednefs, freckles, &c other deformities of the face, fcabs in any part of the body, takes away the rednefs of the Eyes, and makes a rough Skin fmooth. It is a terrible tedious piece of fluff, fuch as they ufually «fc to make men believe wonders, only here they left out Gipfum becaufe they could not tell ----- - what OYNTMENTS. The \ what ir was, they ihould have asked of their brother Dr. P. S. rhe Receipt coming from Rome he could have tohf rhem when he was there to be confirmtd in his Kelig- ! ion what the Walls were plaiftred ' wirh, tor Gypfum 11 the Plaiftcr of i the Wall. Anoint a freckled face either with the blood of a Bull or of a j Hat it will put aw iy the Freckles ] and make the Skin clear. Vnguentum Comiiijfa. 14}. CoUedge. Take of cue midle Bark ot Acoms, Chcftnuts, OJtf, Beans, the berries of Myrtles Horftail, Galls. Grape ftones, unripe Servi- ce! and Medlars dried, the leaves of Sloe Tree, the roots of Bifwort and Tormentil, of each an ounce and an half ; bruife them grofly & boyl them in ten pound of Plant- ane water till half be confumed. then take new yellow wax, eight ounces and an half, Ovl of Mvrtles fimple two pound and an halt) melt them and walli them ten times in the aforefaid DecocTtion, being waflied and melced. put in the! following powders, the midle bark of Acorns, Chiftnuti. & Oak G«l!s juyce of HNpociftis. Allies of the bone of an Ox Leg Myrtle b.'rries, unripe Grape ftones, unripe S^i vices of each half an ounce : Troches of Amber two Ounces, with 0»1 of Maftich io much as is furficient, make it into an Oyntment accord- j ing to Art, J Cu'.peper. It feems in my eyes a gallant binding Oyntmenc Compo» fed neitly by a judicious Brain. The B.'llv and Reins being aonoinced Wlthicftavs abortion or Mifor- riage in Women though already begun. It ftrengthens we ik Oacks j exceedingly, and ftops the immod- | ence flowing of the Terms and Hemorrhoids and filing out of the Fundament and Womb. Finally, tor every occafion chat rtqires binding. I would if I were eloquent , cpmmend ft in the fupcjktive degree, ' PhyfitiArts Library, 1%$ Vnguentum hltrtlvm. li$. CoUedge. Take of frefh Ba\ leavtt three pound Garden Rue 2 pound and an half, Marjoiam two pounds Mints a pound, Sage, Wormwood, Coftmary, Bazi' ot each half a pound, Sailer oyl 20 pound vellow Wax tour pound, Malaga wine two pound, of all of them being bruifed, boiled, and prefTed out as the/ ought, make an Oyntmenc accord- ing to Art. Culpeper. This is not the ovntmene the prefcribed before under rhae name, n >r half fo tedious therefore I like it better. It is a great ftrengthener of the head, it being anointed with it. as alfo of the other parts of the body, efpecialiy the Herves, Mufcles and Arteries. Vnguentum Ner\inutn. CoUeife. Take of Cowflips with rhe flowers. Sage, Chan.epitvs, R.ofemar\, Lavender. Bay wi.h the berries, Chamomel. Rue. Smallage, Melilot with the flowers W m- .vood of each a handful; V;nr», Betony, Pen>roval,Paifly Centaury he Uf* St.Johns wort, of each half "a handful ; 0>1 of Sheeps or Bul- lous fret five pound j I of Spine half a" ounce, Sfnepsor Bulloc j I .et or the Marrow of either two pound : the Herbs being bruifed and bulled wuti che 0\\ and Suet, make it into an Ointment ac- cording to Art, Cu'fper. It is appropriate^ to tbe Never* *n<4 helps their infimirei coming of cold ( whi-h jouraajf find often enough relared. I 00 noc love alwa>s co haip «'P°n rhe fame ftiing) as alfo all old bruife ; make ufe of it in dead P.IfL-j, chilnefs or coldnefs of particular members, fuch a< the Arreries perform not their olhce co as they ought ; for w inr*, annoint «our Belly with it; f°r *ant oi Digeftion R jouc 5$4 OYNTMENTS. Stomach fot the Choiick,your Belly tor *hatfoever Diieaie in an; part of the Bodv comes of Cold, efteem ot this as a Jewel ; artd you frwll give me thanks for declaring it, after you have been thankful to God for railing me up to that end. Vnguentum Petorale. 165. Or, A Perioral Ointment, Colledge. Take of frefh Butter walhed m Violet water fix ounces ; 0)1 of fweet Almonds four ounces ; O 1 of Camomel and Violets,white Wax, of each three ounces Hens dc Dicks greafe, of each two ounces; Oirii roots two drains, Saffron half a dram. The two laft being finely powdered, the reft melced &c often wallied in Barley or H> fop water, make an Ointment of' them according to Art. « ■ Cu'.eptper. Ir ftrengthens the breaft c\ ftomach eafeth the pains thereof helps Plurifies and Con- fumptions of the Lungs, the breaft being anointed with it. Now they have mended their boyling of the butter. Vnguentum Populeum. 166. Or, Oyntment of Poplar. CoUedge. Take of frefh Poplar buos 1 pound & an half the flowers of Violets, &Nivilwart ot che wall, of each \ ounces,frefh Hogs greafe 3 pound ail of them being beaten to- gether in May. let them ftand a while, add the tops of Rasbeiries, the leaves of black Popies, Man- drakes,Henbane, Nightlhade, Let- tuce, Houfleek, grear& fmill Burrs the greater of each. 3 ounces ; beat them all togeth?r,& all of them be- ing mixed, after ten days with a pound of Rofewater, boyle it till all the fuperfluous humidity be con- fumed, then ftrain it, and prefs fc out chat it may be an Oyntment according to Art. The 'Phyfitians Library. Culpeper. It is exceeding good in burnings, fcaldings & inflamationf, ic affwageth the heat of the head and kidneys ; the temples being anointed with it, it provokes fleep They have in their laft fomething altered this, but to little purpofe, or none at all. Vnguentum Refumptium. CoUedge. Take of Hogs greafij 3 ounces, the greafe of Hens, Geefe and Ducks, of each two ounces, Oefipushalf an ounce, oyl of Vio- lets, Camomel and Dill, frefh But- ter a pound, white Wax fix ounces, Mucilage of Gumtraganth;Arabick Quince feeds, Marfh-mallow root, ot each halt an ounce. Let the | Mucibge be made in Rofe water, and adding the reft, make into an oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. It mightily mollifies wichouc any maniteft heat, and ii therefore a fit Oyntment for fuch as have Agues- A fthumaes, Hectic k Feavers or Confumptions. It is a gallant O.ntmen: to «"afe pains coming by inflammation of wound! or Apofthumes, efpecially fuch as drinefs accompanies, an infirmity wounded people are many times troubled with. In inward Apoft- humes, as Pleurifies, in any of them ro anoint the external region of the part is very beneficial. Vnguentum Splancbnicum. \66. Colledge. Take of Oyl of Capers an ounce, Oyl of white Lillies, Chamomel, frefh Butter, juyce of Briony and Sowbread, of each half an ounce, boyle it to the confump- tion of the juyce, add Ammoniacum diffolved in Vinegat,two drams and an half, Hens greafe, Oefipus, mar* row of a calfs leg, of each half an ounce, powder of the bark of tin roots of Samaris and Capers, Fern- root, Ceterach of each a dram, the feeds of Agnus caftus, and Broom, of each a fcruple, with OYNTMENTS. The Phyfitians Library.' -*S • fufficient quantity of Wax, make it into an oyntment ac- cording to Art. Inguentum Sji-mchnicum Magifirale 167. . Colledge. Take of the Bark of Caper touts fix drarm, Briony iroots, Orris Florentine, powder} 0ffv\ect Fennel Iced, Ammoni cum diffijjvcd in Vinegar, eac 1 haif an ounce ; tops of Wormwood, Chamomel flowers ot each a dram ; Oyntment of the j nee and of flowers of Ofa -c , of each fix drams ; Oyi ot Onis and Capers, ot each an ounce and an half; the things wiiich ought being pcwdeied and lifted, the reit diligently mixed in a hot mor. tar, make ic into an Oyntment according to Arc. Cuifrpei. Before they called thdw I'h^nentum Splemcum ; which bccauic every one that unJcr. flood Latin might undrrfland ic, they invented an hideous name, Vnguentum Elancbmenm Thefe aie fome that cannot abide Oyntments, yet can ealily bear Plaifters; therefore when occali n is given; you nuy make up the Oyntment in form of a Philter, by adding a little IV.ix, Ship Pitch, Cipeibs and Turpentine ; both thetc Oyuc- raents. a:e appropriated to (he SfKlceu, and eafe c e pains there. 0f rue fides being anointed uith, them. 1 fancy not the foimer. Vnguentum e Succis. 167. Or, Oyncnienrs of Juyces. C.-lu.^c. lake ct Joyce of D varf Elder eight ounces,SmaI- lage and Parfly, of eachfour ounces ; Wormwood ?nd Orris, of each five ounces ; corrimo* Oyi half a pound ; oyl of whi'C Lilies ten ounces, of Worm* wood and Chamomel., of each fix ounces ; the fats of DuckS and Hens, of each two ounces ; boyl them regcther with a gen- " rhe iisces be confu- ,th ufij tic fire till the jjsces.be confu- ' med, th; n flrain it, and wit fe e.i ounces of white Wax, and a little white Wine Vinegar, make ic into an Oyntment ac- .ceruing to fVrt. See I iiguei.tum ex Succ:» Jppctivis. Vnguentum Sumach. 168. Collelge. Take of. Sumach,1 iniipe °Galls, Mirtle Beiucs, BtUultines, Pomcgr mate p f ls? Acron cups, Cipitis nuts, Ac- ccia, Maitich of each tea diams; white VVu five ounces, Oyl of Rofes often walhed in: Allum water, a pound and ten ounces ; make a fine powder of the ih' igs you ca.i and fteep» clKm fjur whole days in juyce of Medlars and unr \;c Striv.ccs of each a 1-. frlcient qu inticy, then dry tre.n by a gentle tiif, and with the On ; and Wax boil u into an Oyu>-me!.>r. Cifpeper. i is a gallant drying and b.uumg Ositmeir, my form r Ri.ics will Ihew you whac it's uood for. Be ftud.'- pus ; btliucs the ftcmach a. ht.nced vnhit, flays vomiting and the Belly anouued with ic flays loofnefs.. If the. Funds. R a nunc S$6 OYNTMENTS. The 'Phyfitians Library. eamerit fall out, when you have put it up again, anoint it with this oyntment, and it v il fall out no more. Do the like by the Womb if that fall out. They had the honefty before to call ^ a binding Oyntment, now it hath another name, and its place is changed ; give God the glory that he hath left a vyay to do you good ; and 1 Jhall do the like that he hath made me an inftrument to do it; OYNTMENTS left out in this Difpenfatory. Oyntment of MarjlmaUows compound Nich. College. *"T"V\ke of Marfhmal- low roots ; pound, the feeds of Flax & fenugreek, of each one pound ; pulp of Squills half a pound, Oyl four pound, Wax one pound, Tur. pentine, Gum of Ivy,Galbanum of each two ounces; Colopho- nia, Rolin, of each half a pound ; let rhe roots be well walhed and bruifed, as alfo the Linfeed, Fcmig'eek feeds and Squills, then f\eep them three days in eight pints of Water, Che fourth day boil them a little upon the fire, and draw out the Mucilage, of which take two pound, and boil it with the Oyl to the confumption of the juyce ; afterwards add the wax, Rozin and Colophonia, when they arc melted, add the Tur- pentine, afterwards the Galba- num and Gum of Ivy dilTolved in Vinegar j boyl chem a Hair, (and hiving removed them from the fire, ftir them till they arc t cold, that fo they may be well incorporated. Culpeper. They both {viz. this and the former ) heat and moiflen, the latter helps pains of the B'cafts coming of cold, and Pleurifics, old Aches and Stiches, and foftens hard Swel- lings. Vnguentum Deapopholigos nihili. Nicholaus. College. Take of Oyl of Rofes - fixteen ounces, juice of Night- fliade 6 ounces ; let them boil to the confumption of the juice, then add white Wax 5 ounces, Cerus wafhed two ounces, Lead burnt and warned, Pompholix prepared, pure Frankincenfe, of each an ounce ; let them be broughc into the foim of an Oyntment according to Art. Culpeper. It cools and binds, dries and ftays fluxes, either of blood or humours in wounds, and fills hollow Ulcers with flcfh .• This is much like their Oyntment and Nightlhade in thdr laft Edition, of the fame operation, and the very fime Receipt; the laft time called Oulielmus Placent'nust fimple Liniments. Unguentnm Refrigerant. Galenuj. It is called a Cerecloth. College. Take of white Wax; four ounces, Oyl of Rofes om- phacine one pound, melt it in a double vcflcl, then pour it out into another, by degrees put- ting in cold water, and often pouring it out of one vefTel into another,ftirring ic till iebc white laft of all;waih ic in Rofe water, addins OYNTMENTS. ing a f: Vin< The Phyfitians Library. m water and Rof: Vinegar Culpeper. It is a floe cooling thing, ( for what denomination to give it, force know ( and exceeding good. yea (uper.excellent to cure inflam- mations of Wounds and Tumors. Vnguntum e Succis i/tppe,itivis. \ frimum- fcciius. CoUedge. Take of che juvce of Smallage, Endive, Mints, Worm- wood, common Pa.fley, Valerian of each three ounces, Oyl of Worm- wood and Mints of each halt a 1 pound -, >ellow Wax three ounces : mix them together over the fire and make of them an oyntment. Some- times is added alfo the Powders of Calamus Aromaticus, Spicknard, of each one dram , a little Oyl of Capers. Culpeper. It opens ftoppages of the bcomach and Spleen, eafeth the Rickets, the Breaft and Sides being anointed with it. Vnguentum yttrtiacum. Nich, CoUege. Take °f the leaves of Bay *nd R.olimay'y» of each eight ounces, Rue 7 ' ounces, Tamarisk fix ounces, ihe leaves of Dwarf Elder, Marjoram, Savin.Coftmary, or elfe WatermintJ, Sage, Bazil, Poley mountain. Calaminth,M'»g- wort. Micampane. Betonv. B.ank. Urfine. Goofe grafs or Cleavers Anemone or wind flower , or for want ot it, Pellitory of the Wall Burnet. Agrimqny. Wormwood. Cowflips. Garden Coftus. Elder?. Orpine the greater. Houfleek the greater and leffer. Yarrow. Ger- mander. Centaury the lefs. Plan- tane. Strawberries. "» Tctracht ( • eaUed alfo Syderites and Don wort, btcauje ofiti exceUency to cure veoundi\ Or for f want ot it Golden Rod ( f which in London cannot be, becaufe it groves almoii in tvtry ditch ) Cinquefoyl, of each tpur ounces and an half, the root* of Mirflimallows, and the feeds pi Cimmin Myrrh, of each three ounces, Fenugreek an ounce ana an half tht fteds ot the g-ca-er Nettles. Of Violets Red oc Erratick P'-ppirs, co.mmor.'y called Corn Rofes. Carden M""S. Son el. Wild Maidenhair. Cai- duus Bencdictus. WoodHne o- hiney-S ickles Velenan the greater. Sweet Cranebill or Molch^t., Wood Sorrel. Hprts Tongue Ox- e e.( Buptbalmum ) Southemwo d, Marrow of a Stag. St, raxCal-nrts, ot each half an ourc1, iiiH" r ^-"l drams. Bears and Hens gre. ie, Maftich. Frankincenfe, ot each one ounce. Nard Oyl tw » ounce?, Wax two pound ; let the Herbs being green, be cut, and infufed in eight pounds of Oyl with wine tor feven da>s. on the eighth day le,c them be boyled almoft to a con- fumtion of the Wine ; then being emoved from the fire, It it be drained, and the. Q I put into the pan again, to which ( being a lictle varmed ) .idd" the Batter, Fat, Nard. Orl and wax, then thp Styrax difolvcd in Wine and mixed with a little Turpentine : but lee rh.- Maftich Mvrrh& Frankincenfe being bearen into powdur, be put in I ift of all. and when they are all well mixed tog-ther, keep the Os ntments in a Veffel. Culpeper. This long Receipe Hich Mjreplus i> held to be profitable ■ig^in t cold afflictions of the Brain, Nerves and Joynts, as Jhaking Palfie, dead Palfie, Convulfions, 6-e. It helps numnels of the Joynts, the Gout and hacd Tumors of the Sgjieen. Jin Qyntmeut for the Worfg* Fcefius. CoU. Take of O) 1 pf R.ue Savio^ K- I Miotic S3 8 Cer;e-cloOhs. The Phyficians Library. vin, Mil ts, Wormwopd and bitter Almonds, of each an ounce and an half; j :»Ce of the Flowers or Leaves of Peaches and Wonnwood, of each half an ounce ; powder of Rue, Mints, Gentian, Centaury the lefs, Tormentil, of each one dram ; the feeds of Coleworr, the pu-Ip of Colocinchts of each two drams.; Aloes Hepatick, three drams, the meal of Lu- pines, half an ounce, Myrrh wafhed in grafs water, a dram and an half, Ba'is Galls an ounce and an half, with juice of Lemmons fo much as is fuffici- ent, and an ounce and half of Wax make it into an Oyntment according to Ait. > Culpzper." The belly being anoin.cd with it, kills ■ Worms. CERE CtoATHS, Ceratum de Galbano. 1^9 Or, Cere cloth of Galbanum. College.np^y/ce of Galbanum ■ JL prepared an ounce and an l-.v.f.. AJ}'afe:t;da half an ounce^ Bdellium a di.vn, Myrrh fvo drams, II ax two ounces, Canot feeds a fcruple, Feather few. Mug wq.'r, of ca:b half a dram ; Dif. fokeail tbe du.ns in J'niegar, and make a Cete cloth accordug to a\:, ■ Culpeper. ;Bei..g applied to the belly of a Woman aia-r Labour, it cleanfeth her of any relicts accidentally left .behind, helps the F-ts-of the Mother, and other-accidents i.-icU.'nk ~° ^c" men in that cafe. Ceratmm Oefypatum. 199• College. Take of Ocfypus ten ounces, Oyl of Chamomel and Orris, of each halt a pound ; '. yellow Wax two pound, Rofin a pound, Maftich, Ammonia- cum, Turpentine, ot each an ounce ; Spicknard two drams and an half, Saffron a dram and an half3 Sty rax Cnlamitis half 1 an ounce, make them into a J Cert cloth according to Art. Culpeper. It mollifies aod,«di« geftv hard fwellings of th e Li- I ver, Spleen, Womb, Nerves, Joynts, and other parts of the body, and is a great eafier of pain. A Plaifter made of young Swallows being burnt, Ncft & all, doth ( being applied to the Threat ) eafe the Squinancie & fuelling of the Tr>roar. Yon may make.it into a Plaifter with O) 1 of Wax. Coatum Sentaiinum. 196. College; Take of red Sanders ten drams, white and yellow Sanders, of each iix drams;- red Rofes twelve "drams, Holt* Ar- menick feven drams, Camphire two, white Wax walhcd thirty drams, Oyl of Rofes omphacine ii;: ounces : make it into a Cere ckth according to Art. Culpeper. It wonderfully helps hot infirmities of the Stomach, Liver and other parts, being but applied to them. EMPLAISTERS. Culpeper. T Hope no body is fo X li'n»!€ to eat Plaftcr. Ths '..'e.n=,ai Wav of application il PLAISTERS. The Thy fitians Library: s»?9 is to the greived place : You may; melt them in an Earthen diih, and fo fprcad them upon a Cloth, or white Leather, t Empl itlnim ex .jimoniacq. 170. Orj A Plaifter of Amonjacum. Colhdge. Take of Amoniacum, Bran well lifted, of each an ounce Oyntment of Marfli-mallows, Mehot, Plaifter Compound Roots of Briony and Orris in Powder, of each half an ounce-.the fat of Ducks Geefc 6c Hens, of each three drams, Bdellium, Galbanum, of each one dram and an half; Per-rozin, Wax of each five ounces; oyl of Orris, Turpentine, ot each half an ounce : boyl the Fats and ovl with the Muiilage of Linfeed & Fenugreek- feed,' of each three ounces, 10 the Compofition of the Muiilage, ftrain it. 6c add the Wax. Rozin 6c Tur- pentine, the Oyntment of Marlh- malIows;wich the plafters otMihlot; when it begins to be cold, put in the Ammoniacum diffjlved in Vin- egar, then che Bdellium in Powder, wich the reft of the Powders, and make it into plafter according to Art. 'Culpeper. By Plafler always under. ftand, not a Plaftet fprcad upon a clo-uh, but a Roll made to fpread fuch a one with A ft foftens aflVageth hard fwel- lings. and fcatcers the Humors off:nding; applied to the tide it foftens the hardnefs of the_ Spleen, -affwagetfi pains th:nce anting* EmplaUrume Btceit Lauri. 170.Or, A Plafter of Bay-berrys. CoUedze. Take of Bay-berries huf- Ited,Turpentine of each two ounces Frankincenfe, Maftich, Myrrh; of each half an ounce ; Honey warmed and not fcummed, £ anl »by n>t fcummed 11 bad lorgot, tbe CoUedge is not bound to give a rea\on for what they do 3 tour ounces; make it into a Plainer according to Art. Culpeper. It is an excellent plaifter to eafe anv pain* coming of cold or wind in anv part of tne bo.i 1 whether Scomaeh, Li»er, Bellv, Reins or Bladder, fr is an ex:ei- lent plaifter for the CnoUck and Wind in the Bowels. Emplaftrum Eaibarum Mignum. 171. CoUege. Take ot dry iJi:ch ei;nc pound, \ellow wax five poind -:ul eight ounces, p^r rofin fix pound and 4. ounces, Bitumen Judncum, or Mummv four pound, Ovl one pound and an hdf Verdigrcefe, Litharge, Cerus, of each 3 ounces: Frankincenfe half a pound, Rick Allum noc burnt, an ounc; an.f an half burnt tour ounces Opopanax, Scales of Brals Gal°a,,am or <-ach twelve drams, Aloes 0;num Mr--<-h+ Ot each half an ounce: Turpenini two pound, juice of Mandrakes, or elfe dried Bark of the roo:s fix drams Vinegar five p >'iad, L-c the Licharge, Cerus an i O 1 boyl cq the thicknefs of Honey : then incorporate with th;m the Pitcn, b.'ing melced' wich Bitumen in Powder: then add the reft, and boyl them according to Art. till the Vinegar be confumed and ic flick not to your hands. Culpeper, It helps the bitings of Men *\\A Beails, eaf-*ch inflimmuj.. ons of Wounds, and helps infirmi- ties of the Joynts, and Gouts in, the beginning. Emplaftrum d» Betonica. i?I. Or, A Plaifter of Betony CoUeget Take of green Betony; Burnec, Agrimony, Sage, Pemroyal Yarrow, Comfry the greater, t Clary, C * Whether by GaUetriutn rhey mean wild Clary or Garden is fome queftion J of each fix ounces, Frankincenfe, Maftich of each three drams : Qrris, round, Birthwort, of each £* drams ; ly 4, ?h!:f *4° PLAISTERS. The Phyfitians Library. white Wax, Turpentine of each «ight ounces; Per rofin fix ounces ; Gum Elenv, * O^l of Fir, f * J ]vn„ n0 0[/jer Oyi 0f Fir, unlefs they mean Turpentine, and that was once before. ] of each two ounces; white Wine three pSund : Bruife the Herbs, boyl them in Wine, then ftrain 'em, anu add the reft, and mike them into a Plaifter according %o Art. ° Culpeper. It is a gallant Plai- fter to unite the skull when it is cracked, to draw out pieces °f broken bones, and cover the Pores with flelh : It draws filch from the bottom pf deep Ul- cers, reftores flcfh, cleanfeth, digefteth and dricch. Emplaftrum C&faris 171. College. Take of red Rofes one ounce anrJ an half, Btltort ro-Jts Cyprefs Nuts, all the Sanders, Mints, Coriander feeds, of each three drams, Maftich half an ounce, Hypocifiis, Acacia, Pragons. blood, Euth of Lem- 60s, Bole Almenick, red Coral, of qach twp drams ; Turpen- tine wafhed in Plantane water four ounces; oyl of Rofes 3 ounces, white Wax ia ounces, Fer rofin ten ounces, Picch 5 ounces,s the juyce of Plantane, fiouflpek and Orpine, of each an ounce ; the Wax,, Rofin ic Pitch being melted, togct' er, add the- Turpentine and Oyl, then the Hypociftis and Acacia diffjlved in the juices ,* at laft the, Powders,, and mike it inco a Plaifter accord ing tp Art. , * f........, .. Culpeper. It is of a floe cool, binding, ftrengthening n-iture, excelJenr. good to repel hot Rh.ums, or vapours that af- cend Ajp to the Head, the Hair being (hived 'off,, and applied to che Crown. E'tiplaftiuin Catatrm.iticum the Colledge. Taks of the juyce of Marlhmallow roots, fix oun- ces ; Bark of Alh tree, roots, and; the Leaves, the roots, of Comfry the greater, 8c fouller wit 1 rheir Leases, of each two ounces. Mirtle berries an ounce and an half, the Leaves of Willow, the. tops of St Johns wort, of each an handful and an half; having bruifed' them, boyl them tog'ther in red wine and Smiths water of each rwo pound, till half be confumed j ftrain it and add Oil.of Mirdes and Rofes omphacine,, of each one pound and an half; Goats fuet eight ounces, boil it again co the confumption of the De* CO&ion ; ftrain it again, and aid Litharge of Gold and Sil- ver, red Lead, of each four ounces; yellow Wax 1 pound, Colophonia half a pound, boil it. to,the confidence of a Plai- fter, then add clear Turpen- tine two ounces, Mirrh, Fian. kincenfe. Maftich,. of each half an ounce; ftir them a- about till they be boiled, and made into an Emplaifter ac- cording to Art. ■' •' .-.»< Catagmxticum PLAISTERS. Toe phyfitians Library. Cc.t.i^m.uieum the Secdnd. 171. 24I Colledge. Take of the roots of Comliy the greater, Mirx four ounces, Turpentine three ounces, Colo- phonia fix drams, Ship Pitch ten ounces, Powders of Balau- itines, Rezin, Myrtles, Acacia, ot each halt an ounce ; Mum- my, Androlamum, Maftich, Amber, of each fix. drams ; B*jle Armenick, fine flower, Frankincenfe, of each twelve drams, Dragons blood 2 ounces, make it into a Plaifter accord- ing to Arc. , Culpeper. Both this and the former arc binding'and drying ; the former Rules will inftruft you in the ufe. Emphftrum Cephalicum. 175. Or, A Cephahck Plaifter. College. Take of 'clear Rozin two ounces, black Pitch one ounce, Labdanum, Turpentine, flowers of Beans and Orobus, poves dung, of each half an •mice; Myrrh, Mafttch, of each one dram and an half; Gum cf J inipcr, Nutmegs, of each two diam> ; diflblvc the Myrrh, Laudauium in a hoc Mortar, and aiding the reft, make it into a Plailtcr accord- ing ro A.rt ; If you will hav« ic ftro.iger, add the Powders, Euohoruium, Pcllicory of Spain and black Pepper, of each two fcruples, Culpeper. \z is proper to ftrengdieii the Brain, and repel fuch vapours as annoy ir, and thefe powders being added, it dries up the fupcifluous moi- fture thereof, ind eafeth the eyes of bot fcalding vapours that annoy them. Emplaftrum de Cenijf.i. 174. Or, A Plaifter of Ccrufs. College. Take of Ccrufs in fine powder, white Wax, Sallet Oyi of each three ounces ; add the 'Oyl by degrees to the Ceruft, ic boyl it by continual during, over a gentle fire, till it begin to fwell ; then add the Wax cut fmall by degrees, aud boyl it to ics juft confidence. Culpeper. It helps burns, dry Scabs and hot Ulcers, and in general whatever fore abound with moifture. Emplaftrum ex Gent a cum Ammia- co. 174. Or, A Plaifter of Hem- lock with Ammoniacum. Colledge. Take of the juice of Hemlock four ounces ; diffolve che Gum in the juice and Vine, gar ; after a due infufion, then ftrain it into its juft confidence according to Art. Culp. I fuppofc 'twas invented CO 24* PLAISTERS. Tvl Phyfitians Library. to mitigate the extrearrt pains, and allay the inflammations of W,ounds, for which ir is very good: Let it not be applied to any principal part. EmpUJlium c Cinmberi. 17^. ^College. Take of Cinnaberis an ounce and an half, E-jphorbium Auripimentum, of each 1 drams and an half; bear, them into fine Powder, and unite them wich Galbanum Bjrgundy pitch, of each two ounces and an half, Plaifter of Mucilage three, Vnguentum Egyptiacum alf an ounce, make it into a Plaifter without boyling. Culpeper. I wonder what this poyfonous Plaifter was invented for, unlefs to poyfon mens wounds, and fet the Cure as far backwards, as a Months 'well drefllng can fit ic forward ; to e^t bnt dead fl:fti it cannot, for that is belonging to Oyntment, dead flefli is ufually in hollow Ulcers, and a Plaifter cannot come at ic ; but imagine it could, yet would fu'ch a Pliiifter as this poyfon the #efti round about. . ( Emplaftrum e cruftaparts. 174. Or a Plaifter of a cruft of Bread.. Colledge. Take of Maftich,' Mints, Spodium, red Coral, all the Sanders, of each 1 dram, : Oyl of Maltich and Quinces, of each one dram and an half; a cruft of Bread toafted, and 3 times fteeped in red Rofe Vine- gar, and as often dried, Labda- num, of each two ounces, Ro- fin four ounces, Sty rax, Cala- mitis half an ounce, Barly mv*al five drams : make them into a Plaifter according to Art. Culpeper. I fhall commend this for as gallant a Plaifter to ft-engilvm the Brain, as any is in the DTp-rnfatory ; .the Hair being fhaved off, and ic applied to the Crown, alfo being app.i, ed to the S:omach, it ftrength- ens it, helps digeftion, ftays vomi'ing and putrifa&ion of t.-is meat there, Montagmna was the Author of it. Emplaftrum e Cym'mo. Qr, A Plaifter of Curmfm. Colledge. Take of Cummin feeds Bayberries, yellow Wax.of each one pound, Per rofin two pounds, common Rofin three pounds ; Oyl of Dill half a pound, mix them, and make tuem into a Plaifter. Culpeper. I am of Opinion, here is not Oyl enough to make ic into a Plaifter. They that make ufe of it know better than I ; 1 judge buc by reafon, ch?y know by experience. It aflwagerh fwellings, takes away old aches coming of bruifes; and applied to the Billy, is an excellent-remedy for the wind Cholick. This I know often proved, and always with good fuccefs. Emplaftrum Biacalciteos. i8j. Colledge. Take of Hogs greafe, frefh and purged from the Skins two pounds; Oyl of Olive Omphacine, Litharge of Gold beaten and fifted, of each y pounds; white Vitriol burnt ajid, PLAISTFRS. The. Phyfitians Library. 243 and powdred four o inees : Let the Litharge. Greafe and Oyl bin 1 tngech.r wich a gentle fi.c, wirii'a little PLntane water, always ftir- ring ic to tlv coniillance of aPUfter ioto which.( being removed from the fire ; pm in the Vitoral and ni.ilcc it intoa Plafter, according, tb Art. ' Culpeper. B.fore ir 'was ro h? made in tins manner: Firft let the Lith- rage boyl with the Oyl and Greafe ! a long time, continual! »■ ftirring it j with the branch of a Palm tor other j Tree of a Ninc.ing Nature, as Oak, Pox or Medlar, which is new cuc,| that fo the vertue of th; Sparula may be mixed with the plaftcr, cutting off the top and the rind even to the wood it felf, the mix ture being thus made thick by bpyling and ftirring, and removed from the fire put in white Copper- as for wane of true Calcins in powder ; and fo make it into a laudable mafs, tor an l-'.mplafter. ft is a very drying binding Plaftcr, profitable in green wounJs to hinder putritadtion, as alio in ;>jfti - le.ntial fores after thev are broken' and Rupture, and alio in burning and faldings. Before it was called Diapalma, becaufe of the branch nf Palm-tree, and DiacaUiteou"., becaufe ot the Calcitis in it. But now neither of both be in. Diachylon, fimp'.e. 175. Colledge. Take of Mucilage of Linfeed, Fenugreek-feed, Marfli mallow roots of each one pbund, old Oyl three pound, boyl ic to tht confumption ot the Mucilage,ftrain it and Litharage of Gold in fine powder one pound and an halt : boyl tberd with a lie tie water over a gentJe fire, always ftirring them to a jjft thicknefs. Culpeper. It is an exceeding good remedy for all fuelling* without pain, it fofcens hardnefs of the J-ivec and Spteta, it u very gentle, like the AutKor of it ( Mefue ) very moderate and harmlels.and it may be therefore neglected by the Plan- taftical Chyrurgcuns ot our age. Diachylon treatum. Gj'.lcre. Add one ounce of Orris in p->wder to every of Diachylon • fiuipl.'. Diachylon magnum. XT'), Cl-lge. Take of Mucilage of R. ulins fat Fig-. Miftich, Mallow- roots, Linked, 6c Fenugreek feeds, Birdlime, the juice of Orris and Sqiiilh ot each twelve drams and an half: Oefypus or oyl of Sheeps 1 feet an ounce and an hilf: Oyl of (Oris, Chamomel, Dill, of each S ounces, Litharge of Gold in fine p>wderone pound, Turpentine 3 unces ; Per K.olin, yellow Wax of :i:h two ounces, Boyl the Oyl with the Mucilages and Juyces to the confumption of the humidity, drain the Oyl from the Feces : and '.• bium, long Pepper, of each one dram and an half *, Stavefacre, Pellitory of Spain of each two drams : Ammoniacum,Galbanum Bdellium, Sagapen, ot each three d rams: f whole Cantharidei ( f.Vfaii you not put them whole into the Plai- ner ? ) five drams : Ship Pitch, Rozin, yellow Wax of each fix drams : Turpentine as much as is futficient co make it into a Plai- fter. Culpeper. Many people ufe to draw Blifters in their Necks for the Tooth ach, or for Rheums in their Eyes. If they pleafe to lay a Plaifter of this there, it will do it. Emplaftrum a. Nosiratibus, Flos Vnguen.orum di&um. 17$. Or Flowers of Oyntments. CoUedge. Take ot Rozin,Per roain, yellow Wax. Sheep fuet, ot each hilf a pound, Olibanum \ ounces, Turpentine two ounces and an half: Myrrh. Maftich, of each one ounce: Camphire two drams, white Wine halt a pound; boil them into a Plaifter* | Culpeper. I found this Receipt > in an old Manufcript w.itcen in' the jcm »5»J» «b« quantity of I the Ingredients very little altered ( except Anologically ) and the vircue of it thus defcrtbtd verbuttm. Y- ys well cleanfed and well fowdande and generande the flefhe, ani helande more in 8 days then ony orher Trete wol do yn a monyth, for yt wyll fofier no corruption yn a wounde, ne noe dead flefli to byde therein. Alfo that is good fur Hsad ache, and tor wynde yn the brane, and for all mannyr of pofthymei yn the hcade or yn the bodie : tor fwelling of the ears or of the cheekes, for. all mannyr of fynows thu is griev- ed or breyled or fpreng, and ye will draw oat yrne or fplynts of trees or thornes, or broken bones or any other thyngs that may grow yna wound, and yt ys good for by ting of venomous beafts, and yt rots and heals all mannyr of borches witvouc fawt. and yt yi eood for fefter or cancker, and foe Ndime tangere. «nd ye draws out all manne, ot akyng yn the lyver or reins, or m) It, and helpyth the emeraunds. sA Plailler of Gnm Eiemi. I7»« CoUege. Take of Gum Elemi three ounces, Per rofin, Wax, Am- moniacum ot each two ounces; TurMntine three ounces and am half, Mallago Wine fo much *.< it fufficient : boil ie to the confump- tion of the Wine, then add the Amoniacum diffolved in Vinegar. Culpeper. The operation is tha fame with xArteus Liniment. ot Plainer of Cdaminvis. \y\, CoUedge. Take of Lapis Calaraf* naris prepared an ounce. Litharge two ounces, Cerus half an ounce, ' Tutty a dram, Tupmune fix * drams, white Wax an ounce and t an naif Stags fu«e two ounces, » Frankincenfe five drams, M«« ■ ftkh three drams, Myrrh two drams, Camphiri a dram and an ) haif: 24$ PLAISTERS. Tin Phyfitians Library. half; make ic up according to ! Art --- , —- " i.iuvi.iii IU 111*1*1. H. Culpeper. Before they fet down into a Plaifter according cO orrc c „~ ___:„„ ..,A „~... .!.».. A -.. Stags fuec twice, and now they left out a fufficient quantity of it. Do they not know) that both Lapis Calaminaris and Li- tharge, are of an exceeding drying Nature f And chac fix drams of Turpentine, and fix ounces of Scags fuec, is noc half enough co make only them two into a.Plaifter. If they do know ic, why do they fee it down ? If they do not know ir, ■why do they meddle wich that they have no skill in ? And yet forfooth this two penny treafon to fwcrve from their Receipts, juft like a Spaniard that will noc leeve his majefti- cal gate even when he is whipt at a Carts tail. * tine fix ounces, or as is fi fficient to as much make ic Art. Culpeper. The Plaifter is very binding and knitting, appropria- ted to Rqptures or burftnefs, a$ che title of it lpccih s Ic ftrengthens th- Rein> 6c Womb, ftays Aborciun Or Mifcair.a"e in Women i ic contblidates Wounds, and helps all difeafes coming of cold and moifture. If you mix a little Diapalma with it, it will ftick the better. Emplaftrum ad Herniam. 178. G%e. Take of Galls, Cyprefs nuts,: Pomegranate peels, Ba- Huftines, Acacia, the feeds of Plantane, Fleaworc, Watercref- fts, Acron cups, Beans tor^fied, Birthwort long and round, Mirtles, of each half an ounce. Let thefe be powdered and fteeped in Rofe water four days, then torrified and dried, then take of Comfry the greater and lefler, Horftkif, Wood,Ceterach, Emplaftrum Hyfteiicum, 179. College Take ot Biftorc roofs one pound, wood of A'oes yellow Sanders, Nutmegs, Bar. bcry kernels, R^fe ieeds, of each one ounce ; Cinnamon, Cloves, Sqjinandi, Chatnomel flowers, of each half m 0.1'nce • Frankincenfe, Maftich, Alipra! mofchata, .Giilia mojehata,, Jj'cy. rax Calamitis, of each 1 dram • Musk half a dram, yellow Wax one pound and an half, Tur- pentine half a pound, Mofchcc- leum four ounces, LabJanum four pound, Ship pitch three pound. Let the Labdanum & Turpentine be added to tne Pitch and Wax being melced ; chen the Styrax : partly the reft in powder, 8c fit cd, that the Roots of Ofmond, Royal they may be made into a Plai »___~C -_-U__________ t?___ n„________i- » Bern, of each an ounce, Fran- kincenfe, Myrrh,Aloes, Maftich, Mummy, of each two ounces j Bole Armenick wafhed in Vi- negar, Lapis Calaminaris pre- pared, Litharge of Gold, Dra- gons blood,„'of/ each 3 ounces; §^ 2& W? pound, Turpen-;f though faifly > Rofe fter according to Art. Culpeper. I know not juftly whac they mean by that word ( Anthera ) in the Receipt, un- lefs they mean the hairy thrids in the middle of che Rule, which ufually Country people call feeds. As PLAISTERS. The Phyfitians Library. As I take ir, Apothecaries call them by an apilh na.ne Anthera Rofatnm, the flowers of Roles Buc indeed the Ancients, as Galen, 8cc. gave rhe word An- thera to many compound Medi- cines chat had no Rofes at all in them. But I cannot ftand co difpute the ftory here. The Plailler being applied to the Navel, is a means to withftand the fits of the Mother in fuch VV omen as are fubjr£t ro them, by retaining the Womb in its place. Emplaftrum de Maftich.. 179. Or, A Plaifter uf Maftich. Colledge. Take of Maftich 3 ounces, Bole Armenick wafhed in black wine an ounce and an half, red Rofes fix drams, Ivory, Mirtle berries, red Coral, ot each half an ounce ; Turpen- tine, Colophonia, Tachema. hacca, Labdanum, of each two ounces ; yellow Wax half a pound, Oyl of M'rcle 4 ounces ; make it a Plaifter according to Arc. Culpeper. It is a binding Plai- fter, ftrengthens the Stomach being applied to it, and helps fuch as loath their Victuals. or cannot digeft it, or retain it till ic be digeftcd. Emplaflrum de Meliloto fimplex 180 Or, Plaifter of Mehloc Simple. CoUedge. Take of the pureft Rofin 8 pound, yellow wax 4 pound, Shecps fuct two pound. Thefe beino melted, add green Melilot cut fmaU two pound: make it a Plaifter according to Art. Culpeper. Ic is a gallant draw. ing and healing plaifter, no way effenfive co any part of che body. Ic elemfeth wounds of their filth, ripeneth fwel- lings and breaks them, and cures them when it hath done. Ic is fuccial good for thofe fwellings vulgnil; in Lond.n called Felons, in Sujfex Andi. corns ; only have a care of applying ir co che Legs, becaufe. of its drawing qualiry ; to any other part of the body, in a Sore that hath any purrifattion io ir, ic is none of the worft Plaifter. Einphftrum de Meliloto c^nfrftum- i8c. O , A Paiftcrof MeiilQC Compound College. Take of Melilot flow- ers 6 drains, Chamomel flowersr che feed* of Fenugreek, Bay berries husked, Marmmallowr roocs, tie tops of Wormwood and Maij r.un, of each chrea drants ; th- feeds of Smallage, Ammi, Cardamoms, the roots of Orrii, Cyperus, Spicknard, Calfia lignea, one dram aid an half Bdellium $ drams. Beat them all into fine powder, the pulp 'of twelve figs, and in- coporace them with a pound and an half of Meliloc plaifter fimple;, Turpentine an ounce and an half, Ammoniacum dif- folved in Hem'ock Vinegar j, ounces, Scyrax five dranv., Oyl of Marjoram and Nard, of cacb halt an ounce, or a fufficient quantity 5 make it jinto a Plai- 248 PLAISTERS. The Phyfitians Library* fter, with a hot mortar and peftle without boy ling. Culpeper. It mollifies the hard- nefs of the Stomach, Liver and Spleen, bowels, and other parts of the Body : It wonderfully afTwageth pain ; and eafeth Hy- pochondriack Melancholly, and the Rickets. Emplaftrum de Minio compofitum. 180. Or, A Plaifter of red Lead Compound. Colledge. Take of Oyl of Ro- fes Omphacine twenty ounces, fuet of a Sheep and a Calf, of each half a pound ; Litharge of Gold and Silver, red Lead of each two ounces ; a tafter full of Wine; boyl them by a gen. tie fire, continually ftirring it till it grow black, let the fire be hotteft towards the latter end, then add Turpentine half a pound, Maftich two ounces, Gum Elemi one ounce, white wax as much as is fufficient ; boyl them a little, and make them into a Plaifter according I to Art. fit Culpeper. It potently'^'cures I wounds, old malignant Ulcers, and is very drying. f Emplaftrum de Minio fimflicitus. ' 181. Or, A Plaifter of red , Lead Simple. Colledge. Take of red Lead 9 ounces, Oyl of red Rofes one pound and an half, white Wine Vinegar fix ounces, boil it into the perfecl body of a Plaifter. It is prepared wichout Vinegar thus ; take of red Lead one pound, Oyl of Rofes one pound & an half, Wax half a pound, make ic into a Plaifter accord- ing (0 Arc* Culpepe*. It is a fine cooling healing Plaifter, & very drying. Emplaftrum Metroproptoticor. 18 r. Colledge. Take of Maftich one ounce and an half, Galbanum diffolved in red Wine and ftrained, fix drams,Cyprus Tur- pentine two drams, Cy prefs Nuts, Galls of each one dram and an half; Oyl of Nutmegs by exprefllon one dram, Musk two grains and an half, Pitch fcraped off from old Ships two drams and half; beac the Gal- banum, Pitch, Turpentine and Maftich gently in a mortar and peft'e, towards the end, adding the Oyl of Nutmegs, then the reft in powder; laft of all the Musk mixed with a little Oyl of Maftich upon a marble^ and by*exa£t mixture make 'cm into a PJaifter. Culpeper. It was invented ( as I fuppofe ) to comfort and ftrengthen the retencive Faculty in che ftomach and belly, and therefore ftays loofnefs and vo- miting, and helps the Fits of the Mother, being applied to the Navel. Eitiplaflrum Nerv\num. i8r. Colledge Take of Oyl of Chamom-1 and Rofes of each two ounces; Maftich, Turpen- tine, Linfeed of each an ounce and an half, and Turpentine boyled four ounces, Suet of a Gelt Calf, and of a He goat, of each two ounces and an half; Rofemary, Betony, Horftail, Centaury the lefs, of each an handful; Earthworms waflied & clean cleanfed in Wine three ounces, tops of St. Johns wort a handful, Maftich, Gum Elemi, -■' ' M*ddij PLAHTERS. The ThyfuUm Library] Hi M'fdif nvi ot cirh ten drams : Suip pircii lvizm of each an ounce aiiU an half". Litharge-ot (jold ani Sil>er#ot each two ounces and an hut, reo lead t*o oinces, Galba- num Sagapcn, Animoui scum of f ic'i thre<; .l.ams; boil the Roots, Herbs ail A-'orms iu a pound ani an hut of Wiue till ic be hut coilimed, then prefs thein out and bo.i the Decoction ..gain with tie O U, Sues. Lunarge and red Lead, to the confum prion of t.i ,V in.-. afterwards the -Turpeni tine, llizi-v. Pitch and M*f)ich in powder and make chem into a Plaift.r according, to Art. Culp-per. It fti-engthens the Brain and Ntivos and then being appli- ed ro .he Bick. down along the bone, it in nit needs then aed' ftre^gih to the body. EmplajlrUnr Oxycroccnm. 182. CoUedge. Take of Saffron. Ship Pitch, Colophonia, yellow Wax effr ct.h t'-.ic ounces : Turpentine.' Galbuium, M illicit ot e.cli one ounce and three dram?. L't th-: Pi ch and C dothonia be melted together, thou add the Wax (it b::-..\ \ removed from the fire) th- T" v.-ncine afterwards, the Gums d:!V'lcd in Vinega. ; Uftly the Sauvon in powder well mixed with Viiieg.ir, and fo make ic into a Plailier according to Art. Cuiptoer. U is of .1 norable token- ing nature and difcurliug qiu.i:v, and h-lps broken bones and any parts molefted with cold and old aches ftitf.ief* of the Limes bj tcafoii of Wounds, Uicers and F -cftuio, or Dillocatior.s, and alio diilipates cold fwellings. Emp'airum de Ranis. 132. Or, A Planter of Frogs. CoUedge. T,ke fix live Frog< worms walhed in wnite vM.v: tbtee ounces *nd an halt, u>i ot Chamomel, Dill, Spicknard and Lillie> of.each t*o ounces: 0>! of Saffron one ounce, of Rus one ounce ani .111 hut, the f " "f an Hog and a Calf <>f each orffl pound. Vipers fir two ounces and Squinanth. S oe'.has, Mugw-rt nf e.icii one hickjil* ver foiroun.es' killed in cue Tur- pentine and itcyiii Sn r.ix, 1' I incorporate them very well toge^ ther. Ernv'-iiiittm Sicyoninm. l8}. CoUedge. Take or wild Cucumer K.000 three ounces,Sulphur vivum, C inmiu fvjs ofejch two ounces, fi hilf: bfea powder, whicti in orp ...e u ith i ii-gjiid ' pitch twenr; eigot oun- c:'--, over a gentle fie. ftir-in'; e wrh a v>\tule. adding at the nd J iitm;iu f So* bread three uinces : m.ii;e u into a Plaifter according co ArT. Suradrab jeu T.la Oalteri. 183. C>!i lege. Take Ovl of Kofrs Salf 1 p and Kan^ fuec ton ounces, \ ,x '", ounces Letii.'rgf P r >/ 11 Fiankinceufe. N! ftich. of each two o n:es; Bjle Am;- uAi, fine F ow.'rof eaoi 1 ounce, ( jjjl'tiie U)l fuec and Lith^-ge- — ■■•»»........— ■- —--------. — ------------, i.ip'-iorhwm one ounce jn' art ilf: bfa^thm all into ven fine i$o PLAISTERS. The Thyfitians Library. together, and when they are well Incorporated, then make rhem all into a Plafter according to Art, in which being hot, dip your Tents. Culpeper. I never knew it ufed : yCt ic dries. EmplaUrum Stephaniayon. 183. CoUedge. Take of Labdanum half an ounce, Stryax, Juniper Gum, ot each two drams ; Amber,Cyprus Turpentine, of each one dram ; red C0r.1l M.eftich of each halt a dram, the,flowers of Sage, Red Rofes, the Roots of Orris Florentine, of each one Scruple : Rofin waflied in Rofe Water half an ounce, the Rofin, Labdanum Juniper Gum and Turpentine being very gently beaten in a hot mortar, with a hot peftkvfprinkling in a few drops of red Wine till they are in a body • then put in the powders, and by diligent ftiring, make them into an exicft Plafter." Emplaftrum StitJicum. Colledge. Take Ovl of Olive fix ounces, yellow Wax an ounce and an half Litharge in powder four ounces and mi h.iif, Amm.giJliactim, Bdellium Opopanax, 0>fof Ba>s, Lapis CrtLminaris, both forts of Birthworc, Myrrh, Frankincense, ot each two drams ; pure Turpen- tine an ounce. Let the 0>1, W cleanfeth and joyne^n Wounds, fills up FJ'ccrs with F:cih. E>n hflium de Janua, or of Betony. Nie -. >Ujs. CoUedge. Take of the juyee of Betony i'Ltnr.v.e aud Sma'-iage, of e.i.-h one pmnd ; Uax. I'ucb and Jtiz-n Ttnpent-ne, "/ eich half a .pound boyl ''* V'ax £V foz.ii • in the juyctt with .1 fr'Alc pe yfiti.tns Library, 2;I continually ftirring them till the juyce re eonfumed-f then add tre Tupentine and Pud) ; con: rti.i'/p ftir ring it till it be bought into the c'j,i\ "it>.ce of a Pl.i'ftei acCotm ding tj Ait. Culpeper. I t*ke M:fue indrcd to b^: the Autnor of it ( or | elfe 1 am rmftaken^ it matters t noc much which. It is a g;*L j lant Philter fi>i the Pain* irj ' the Head, and co reciuit an addle Brain, and it alio helps green Wi unds, eafeth iuflun-. maiions, ftrengthens the Liver, Emplaftrum Ijiis Epigoni. G.'lci:, Colledge. Take of yellow wax an huiidied diatns, Turpenrinc two hund ed drams, (cile-i of Copper, Vtw.igreelc and round 'JmTiwoic, pi;ii k nc(*nle, S ii Armonick, Ammoi iac.m, buinc Brafs, of eicli ti^ht diamsj bunt Ail"m fix drams, Aloes, Myrrji»,G»lbanum, 'f cic a,i uunce^mu an half; ild O.i >ne pound, fharp Vir_ar fo much, as is fi-ffichnr. Ler the Mecahi be 0 fl' ived in rhe Sun with the V negar, then p C in thofe thu ^ that may 'cc mclrt-u ; !ai> of all the pwuVs, and make chtm all into an Emplalter. Cu'-cpcr. G.i'-.n ipprr pria-es it to the Head ;>nc U'cos there- I know no reafon buc ir may as well fnvc for oihoc parts of the beds. A Ha fter of Mi ft 1 eh N-ci ■ Aitx. Calleie. T^ -1 Mallich, Ship & a Pitch, 252 PLAISTERS. The 'Phyfitians Lihrdry. P tch, Sagapsnum, Wax, ell ea.h fix drams ; Ammoniacum,! Turpentine, Colophonia, Saf- fron, Ah.ts, Frankincenfe and Myrrh, of each three drams, Qpopanax, Galbadum, Sty rax, Calamitis, Allum, ( Rondeletius appoints, and we for him ) Bitumen, Fepugreek, of each two drams ; the feces of li- quid Styrax, Bdellium, Lirhar- gee, of each half a dram : Let the Lithargee being beaten into powder, be boyled in a fuffii- cierit quantiry of water, then add the Pitch, which being melted, and the Wax and the Ammoniacum ; afterwards let the Segapanum Oppopanax and Galbanum be put in, then ihe Styrax and Feces being mixed Vi'th the Turpentine j . laft of all the Colophonia, Maftich, Frankincenfe, Bdellium, Allum, Myrrh and Fenugreak in pow-. der ; let them be made into a Plaifter. Culpeter. Ic ftrengtb^s the Stomach and helps digWion. Emplaftrum Nigntm. Auguft, Called in High Dutch Stitcbftajter. Colledge. Take of Colophonia, Rczin, Ship Pitch, white Wax, Roman Vitriol, Cerus, Oliba- num, Myrrh, pf each 8 ounces ; Oyl of Rofes 7 ounces, Oyl of Juniper berries three ounces, Oyl of Eggs,rwo ounces, Oyl of Spike one ounce, white Vitriol, red Coral, Mummy, of each z ounces; Earth of JLemnos and Maftich, Dragons blood, of each one ounce ; the Fat of an Heron an ounce, the Fat of * Timullus ( *' A kind of Fift, ) three ounces, Loadftone prepa. red two ounces, and Earth worms prepared, Cimphire, of each One ounce, make than into a Pl?ifter according to Arc. Culpepet. It is very good ( fay they ) in gieen wounds and pricks. Emplajlrum Sanflum. And, e Cruce. A holy Plaifter compofed by Andrew of the CiqJ's. Colledge. Pake of Per rozin twelve ounces, Oyl of Bays and Turpentinei of each two ounces ; Gum Elemi four ounces ; Lert the Rozin an Gum be melted over the fi'e in a brafs pan, ftirring it with a brafs Inftmment ; then add Oyl of Bays and Turpentine, alfo .boyl it a little, then put it in a lumen bag, and that which drops thcough, keep it in a glazed pot for your uje. Culpeper. The virtues are the fame wich Arceus his Liniment. Emplaftrum fine Pari, College. Take of Frankincenfe, Bdellium, Styrax, of'each three drams ; Ammoniacum, Galba- num of each one dram and an half; Ship pitch fix drams, the marrow of a Stag fac of Hens and Geefe, of each two drams ; Sulphur viyum waflied, Mi'k, Hermodacfyls; PLAISTERS. 77;3 Ilermodaftils in powder, of each a dram and an half. Let the* Gums be diffolved in white Wine ( not in Vinegar, becaufe that is inimical to the nrrvts ) and with two parts cf Oyl of Rcfcs compleac, and one part of Oyl of Ejjgs,- and a li tie Oyl of Turpentine, make it ii;to a Plaifter according to Art. A Plaifter for the Stomach. Mefue . Colledge. Take of Wood of Aloes, Wormwood, Gum Ara- bick, Maftich, Cyperus, Coftus, Ginger, of each half an ounce ; Calamus Aromaticus,Olibanum, Aloes, of each tbee drams ; Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon and Spicknard, Nutmegs, Gallia m-.'lch.-ita', Schxnanthus of each one diam and an half j with Iv-'b of Quinces, make it into an EmpUiter;. and when you have fpread it upon a cloth, perfume ic with wood of Aloes, and apply it to the ftomach. A Cerecloth of Ammoniacum. Colic e. Take of Ammoniacum diffolved in Vinegar an ounce, Vnguentum DiallbccA, Melilot Plaifter, of each half an ounce; Bran an ounce : Bran an ounce, powder of the roots of Briony, and Orris, of each half an ounce ; tbe greafe of Ducks of Gecle and Hens, of each 3 drams; and Qyl of Orris one ounce and an halt. LmicalOyls general- ly aTe not to be taf.cn alone b/ themfeves by reafon of thrtr ve. hemenc heat and burning, buc mixed with other convenient. Medicine.a.They carry che very fame virtue the finales da, but 254 Chimical Oyl^ The ^Phyfitians Library. are far more prevalenr, as ha. ving far more fpirit in chem._& far lefs earthy drofs. 3 The general way pf takmg of tnem is co drop two or three drops of $hem in. any convenient Liquor, or oiiier Medicine, which the |aft Table will fir you with, and fo take it; for.'fbme of them are fo hoc ( as Oyl of Cinna- »noii ) that two or three drops Will make a difh of pottage fo hot of the fimple, that you can hardly eat them. Oyl of Wormwood. 187. College. Take of dry Worm- wood a pound, fpring water 20 pound, fteep them twenty four hours, and diftil them in a great Alembiek, wich his Refragitory, pr a Copper one with a worm, JLet Oyl be feparated from the Water with a Funnel, or fepira- ti"g Glafs as they call it, and let the water be kept for another Diftillation. Let two or three of che firft pounds of water be fcept for. the Phyfitians ufeSJSborh in this and other Chymical Oils drawn with water. i- - • Culpeper. Your beft way to 3:am ro ft ill Chymic^i OJs, is to learn of an Alchimifl ; for : reft confident, the grta eh pan pf the Colledge had no more skill i.-i Chimiftry than I have in building houfes; hut having found out certain Models in old rufty Authors, u\\ people SO they muft be done.. 1 can teach a man SO, how tr build a H'-le : Firft, he may lay che Foundation, r.hen rear up the Sides, thgrj joyn the Rafters, chen bu Id the Chim- neys, Tile the Top, and Pla- fter the Walls, but how to do om joe of this, I know nor. And fo play the Cqllege here ; frr the AlchynvlU have a bttter way by far to draw them. The truth is, I am in a manner tied to their Me- thod here, from which 1 may not ftep afi'je : If my Coun- try kindly accept this, ( which is the beginning of my La- bours ) I may happily put forth fomething elfe for the Ingenious to whet their wits upon: only here I quore the Oyls in the Colledges order* and then quote the Virtue of the chiefeft of them, that fo the Reader may know by a penny how a fhilling ,is coin-: ed. Colledge. In the fame manner are prepared Oyls ,of Hyfop, Marjoram, Mints, Garden wa- ter creffes, Origanum, Peny- rjyal, Rofemary, Rue, Savin, Sage. Savory, Time, &C. Of the flowers of Ciiamomcl and Lavender, Qfc. ; . # Culpeper. I {hall inftance here only Oyl of Lavender, com- monly oiled Oyl of Spike, which helps the Running of :h& Reins, rhey being anointed wich it ; it expels worms two drops of it being taken in Wine ; the region of the Back being anointed wich ir, and it helps the Pdfie. For all the Chymical Oyls. The Phyfitians Library: 2?* the reft fee the virtues ot the Herbs themfelves. CoUege. Afcer the fame manner are „Mdc O I of drye.f Barks, of Oranges Citrons, Lemmons : But it r be-,tec prepared of Barks, b-.ing green and full of Juyce iterated from the internal white part, bruifed, and with a fjfti.ienr quaiititv ofSiiv.pIe diftlled water, lo will the 0<1 be drawn cah'er. Sc in greater plenty, and no lefi in-tin* for the Ph\ fitians ufe. Ojloff.it Ro/es. commonly Called Spirit )F Rfer. Colic.lt:e. Take as many fefti Damask Rof.s as you will ; infufe tlim twenty four hours in a fufficient quantity of warm water, after you have preffed them out. r<'P-'»t tha infufion certain times till the Liquor be ftrong enough which diftil in a\\ alembic!* wit:i his refrigera or, or a Copper with his worm, Operate the fpirtt from thUige. Take of Dill feed bruif-cr twopound, Spring vVater twenty pound, fteep them twenty four hours, and fteep them in a Copper ftill, or an Alembiek wiih his refrigeratory : ieparate the O 1 from the, water with a Funnel, and keep the water for a new diftilluion. So alio is prepared Oyl of the S"ds of Annis, Cara- way, Cummin, Carrots, fennel, Parfly, Saxifrage, Sec. Culpeper. Oyl of Annis feeds al- though it be often given, and happily with good fuccefs in Ver- tigoes or Dizinefs in the Head ; yet its chief operation is upon the breaft and lungs : Ic helps narrow- nefs of the breaft, rawn.fs & wind in th? ic'ina'ch. ill infirmities there com mi* of cold and wind, ftren- gthen the Nerves: fix drops is enough at a time, taken in broth or any other convenient Liquor. As AnnMeL-ds are appropriated to the Breaft, fo are Fennel feeds to the head, the Oyl of which clean- feth the brain of cold infirmities, Litharges, ndifpofirion ot tha bo- dy, nu'mbnefs, want of motion ; alfo it helps the ftomach. and ex- pels wina ; Cummin feeds-, Ins ) 1 of them is a great expellr of ./ind nothing better; it alio won- derfully eafeth pain, of th' Spleen, puns in the Reins and Bladder, (topping of Urine, efpecully if >c come of wind tnd i> a p-efenc Remedy f>' the Cholick. For the way of taking ot them, fee Annis feeds. CoUege. So alfo are made Ovl ot Spices as of Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace Nutmegs, Pepper, &c. Culpeper. One or two drops ot oyl of Cinnamon is enough to take at a time, and exceeding good for fuch as are in a Co-ifumption. Sea ( Cinnamon ) among the Sirnples. OylofNUce is excellent good tor Rheum* in tha Head : and Oyl of. Pepper for the Cholick. Collie Alfo Oyls ot Aromuical Woods, as of Saxafras and Rho- d i j m. t&'c. „ . _ , OYLS OF BERRIES. Oyl of Juniper ^rncs. iS?. 'I-lie T«rUce of frefh Junipee ' ' 1 berries fifty pound, bruife them and put them in a wooAen VeffeK with twenty foue pound of Spring water.lharp leavu one pound, andkeep them in a Cellar three months, the \ Col 3 J$ Oyls of Berries. Toe Phyfitians Library, ter .the fame manner is made Oyl of Bay berries, Ivy berries, &c. Or you may draw Oyl from the afore narn-d, berries bruifed ano fieeped twenty fouY fiours in warm water, adding f}% pound of water, cm if ihe terries be veiy di), ten pound Of water to each poi.nd pf bcrrirs. diftilling than as before. . _-(uififer Oyl of'J-niptr ber- ries, prevails' wonderfully in pa.ns of rhe Yard, and running in the Reins, the tailing fick" pels ; ir is a mighty prefsrva- tjvc auainft the Pcftiicnce, ant; »U evil A:rs; ir purgeth the Hems, p.evokes Urine, bieiks fhe Scone, helps ithe Dr pfie ; %bt quantity to be takeo at a time in any convenient Liquor, it-three^ or four crops* tut- wa-rdly by un&on it helps the Gout ; two or- three drops drop ped iii'-on the Navil. hx-ips the pv ' ck * I O; : ^f B.-iy berries helps th. Chr.iick ai u ijiack p-ffii i,. O, cf Ivy .ttiiics ht'ps ci>ic Dm. fes'of r'e.Jow.rs. the' Jmocc and prcv. les the Terms io W< rnen, y- U/c r|um as Jumpc you will, ftill it hi S,tnd, the Oyl' that comes put it mto an Alembiek with ] oht^ becaufe it is thinner and four times its weight in com- fwtacr keep it by irsjtif, which by xnor-i watf, ftill ic wich -a rectifying-with miuh wate>, u 11 convenic.i.t fiie, and dra*' iff a yet be iwie'er. fhe fame th rgs v*Jiuc thiii Oly^ like waier, inc au to be-obisivcu in the Di. u - I -,.i' -. ftiliatioq Chytiucal Oyls. The Vidians Library. 257 ftilLrion of Box and Oak, and ] oriier I did woods, as Jfo 0,\ : an is, or needs to be. Collgc. After the fame manner is dn wj OvlotFaes and Gums, and l.'lins whicl) cannot b- beaten i' ■■'■ Powder as Ammoniacum, Corana, Opopi„,.x, Sagapen. Liquid Styrax, rachamahacca, 6v. O.ium Latericum Thilofopborum \ltdge. Take of Bricks, broken in pi -LVS, as big a-; nt\ hen Egg heat them red lv>c. and quench t)i--m in old Oyl, where l.-c iheni lie till thev be cool, then beat them into fiie power, and Hill them in a CL;ls Retorr with a fie receiver, give fire to it bv degree;;, and keep Hie Oyl in H \ihfs cloie ftopped. Cu'.c-eper. The 0>1 will quickly penetr.iremand is a fovereign Re- av d< \tor the Gout, and all cold affi tflion* in che Joints or Nerves, C amp Epilepfies or F.illing-ficlc- nef. and Pal lies; it molifies harcfc fwellings, diffvves cold fwellings, and alfo cold diftempers ot the Spleen Reins, and Bladder. Oleum Succini. 101. Or. Oyl of Amber. ■yj.J-e, Take of ycllow_ Amber part, burnt flints or powder of TiLs two pounds, diftil them in a Retort in Sand keep the whi e clear Ovl, which comes out firft r>> it fUf then dilil it on, till Jl come our. keep l»>;Ii Oyl> feverally, and nctifie them with water gather the Salt Amber which flicks to the neJc ot the Retort, and b'.mg purg- ed by Solution Filtration, and Coagulation, acccoiding to Art, keep ic for ufe. Culpeper. It fpeedily helps all afflictions of the Nerve*, and Con- vuhionS. Falling fickneis, Sec. Being given inconvenient liquois, it is a lingular remedv ,-gainft poylon and peftilent Air. Difeafes of the Reins and Bladder, the fits ot the Mother, the Nofe being anointed with ic the Cholick : it cauieth fpeedy Labour to Women in Travel bein g taken in Vervain Water, ie ftietigchens the Body exceedingly,; as alfo the Brain and Sauces, and is it an opening Nature. cVJege. So is Hiftiled Oyl of Jet ( bold Learned Colledge,do not go about co reach an Alchymift thus in votir Chymical lhop \ ou have eictft-d in your C Hedge garden ; If \oido, you will break your 15 ains, ) and ot Gu ns end Ratfi.is, which mav be powdered. Benjamin, Mifticii, Frankinfence &c. Cu'p.per: Having perilled thefe Oyls following, I would willingly have left them q*ite ouc I mean, the manner allotted bv theCoiled^e to make them, i Becaufe I fear they .oH the truth are Separatists. 2. Becaufe the ignorant wik know as well how to m ike them as rhey did before, when I have done all I can: 3- As to Alchymifts ( to whofe Proteffiorr the malting them belongs ) I mall f?em like Pbromio the Philofopher, who never having feen a Battle, uudertook to read Millicary Ledtures before Hannib*lt iwho vms one of the beft Soldiers v ia 2?8 Chymical Oyls. Toe Phyfitians Library. . in the world ; but I am in a mam.er forced to ir. He that is ab e to underfland the Re. C.ipt, is ajle to understand that the Failings are not mine but the Colledges. Oleum ecu Butyrum Antimonii 19 f. Oyi, or fjuitcr of Ancimony. Colledge. Take of crude Anti- mony, Mercury fublimate, of each one pound, beat them to powder, and put them in a glafs retort, with a large Neck, give fire by degrees into a Re- verberatory, or die in fartd, the Fat will diftil down into the receiver, that part of chat which flicks to the Neck of the recei- Ver, will ealiiy 'be melted, by putting a gencie fire under it ; let this Fat be rectified in a fmall Retort, and keep either in an open Vial,-or'in a Cellar or other moift place, that it rmy be difTolved into Oyl, which muft be kept in a veffel clofe flopped. Oleum Arfenici. 19r. Or, Oyl of A'rfenick. Colledge. Take of Oiftalline Arfenick firft Cpblimated with Colcother alone.''mix it with an equal part of Salt. of ~ Tartar and Salt Peter. Calcine it be- tween two pots, the uppermoft of which hath a hole through till no fmoak afcend, difDlve the matter fo calcined in warm water that you may draw out the fait, moiften the powder of which refides at the bottom with Liquor Tartary, and dry it by the fire, into it; all your Fe.ch ake, mtke a D:- co&iOn of M;nts in Wine, and put a drop or two of this Oyl to it, and hold ic warm in your mouth. Oleum Vitrioli. 191. Or Oyl of Vitriol. College . Take of Lngarick or Englijb Vitriol of the bift, as much as you will ; melt ic in an earths en veffel glaz:d, ani exhale away all the m>ifture, cont mualiy ftirring it, and fo bring it into a yil/oiv Pj-v.hr, which i> to 0= puc in . earthen Re.qui, that i»>i// en lure been boyled; in Quartan Agues, the fiie, pia^d 111 the he ght tor 3 days till the in Pcltilences, in \V;ue,in which Receiver, wr.ich before was/a// R.u.ilhcs have been boyled, and of f.„ ak, be clei' ; re£iiiu the mingled with a little Venice .Liquoi from the Flegm in uud, Treacle ; in the Falling ficknefs, & ksrp the ftrong 8c p^.Uerous in D-cicUn of BctonyV Peony Oyl b- it felf. in Coughs with Decocfion of Culpeper. ft muft be mixed Nettle feeds and Hyfop, both with other Medicines, for 1/ kills ot them made with Wine ; for b.-.n^ taken alone; itaffwagech liegm W01 mwood water ; for Thirit, allayeth tbe violent heat ir» the Wiiid Cholick in Chamomel Fearers and Pcftilcnccs ; and :6o Ch', Preparations. The Thy fit tans Library, A^qua Mel!is. 19;. Or, Water of Honey. Colledge. Take of the beft ho- ney four pound, dry Sand two pound ; diftil it in a Glaf, S.i.i fo capacious, that he matter take up only the fifth part of it, draw off the Flegm in a Bath, then encreafe the fie, tx draw off the yellowifh water. Culpeper. Pjracclfus advifeth it to be drawn five times over, and calls it ji^'intijfence >of Hmey, snd extols the virtues of it to the Skies ; faith, it will revive dy- ing men ; which Mr. Charles Butler of Hampfi/ne alfo affirms. Liquor feu Liquamen Tartari feu Oleum Tartari per Deliquium. Or, Liquor of Taitar. College. Take of Tartar of white Wine calcined till it be white,as much as you will, put it in Hippocrates "his fleeves, and hanij it in a moift Cellar, thac the Tartar may difToive, put- ting a VcfTel under ic to receive it, difToive what remains in the flecve in common water, filter it, and evaporate it away till it begin to be like Allum, then ufe that like the former. , Culpeper. 'This is common to be had ac every Apothecaries, Virgins buy it to take away the Sun burn and Freckles from their Faces. It takes off the ruft from Iron, and prefcrves it bright a long time. Oleum Mynbtxper DeT'quium..ic)i. Or Oyl of Myrrji. College. Boyl Hens till they be hard, rhen cut them through Che middle; of the length,-take out the yolk and fill the Cavi. >: .s ha.-t fr.l c{ beaten Myrrh, j >yn them again, .and bind 'erq gently win a thread, place ciiem becveen two-dilhes in a noift place, a Gfate being put oetwee .1, .1') will the Liquor of \the M~rh diftil down into the lower diih. j ' | Culpeper. You had both ic and its Vircues before. I Oily Oyl of Tartar. Chymi. j cal is l.tft out- | CoUedge. Take of Tartar i fo much as you will, put it i into a large Retort with that pro- portion, that but the third pari | of the veffel be filed, dftil it in yfivid with a ftrong lire. ; after- \ iv vis the. Oyl being feparated firm the water or fpirit of Tartar, teclfie it with much water, to correct the finell of it ; let it ftand a hug tun? in the Sun, Chymical Preparations more frequent in ufe. Anthnon'un cum Nitro calcinatum. 194. Or, An;nn my Calcined wich Nitre. t Colledge. /TTvAke of the beft _|_ Antimony one part, pure Nitre two parts ; bruife the Antimony, then add the Nitre to it, bring them both into powder, w'neh burn in a Crucible, which will be mnft convenient done if }'u. put jc in the red hot Crucible. with a Ladle or fuch a like Inftrument j^then take it out, 8q beat it again, mix it with the fame Chymical Preparations. The Phyfitians Library. 26*1 fame quantity of Nitre as before, put it into the Crufiblc upon hot coals, and putting ir into alive coal and fire, ftiring it with an Iron thing that it may biirn all about cqualK, and wh:n chere needs put in more freill coal?. Bruife ir the third time, and with the like quality of Nitre^ufe it as before. At laft beat it into pown>r, wafli it in pure water, and keep ic for ufe Chalylt'ts p< aiatM. 194., Or fteel prepared. Colledt>e. Take of filings of Steel cleanfed with-a Loa<1 ftone as much as you will, moiften them 12 times with the fliarpeft white Wine Vinegar, dry it in th- Sun or a dry Air. beat lrt an fron Mortar, and levigate ic into a Marble with a lirtle Cinnamon water, and fo bring it into a very fine powder, and keep it for ufe. Cbrysitl of Tartar. 195. CoB-dge. Take of Tarter of White or tteiuih Wine ,ts much as vou will, bfat it into grofs powder, and wafli ic from the drofs in water, then boyl it in .a (\\ficienc quantity of fpring-warer : After y.m h:ve taken awir che fcum. filrre it being fomewhate warm, through a brown paper into a glafs warmed before let) ic orealc; then place it in a Cellar that the Chryftal mi> ftick to the fields of the glafs, tne which wafli in pure water and keep for ufe. Cocut Martis. l?5* Culpeper. Heat piece* of Tron on Steel red hot, and thurft them into a great heap ot Brimftone, a Bafon full of water being f.c underneath, the Metall will run out like Wax. wiich b.ing ll'peraced from the Sul- phur, bsar niro very fine powder in an Iron M war, which being put incofour fqiare earthen pans, not above a fingers breadth io deepnd>. fet ir at a flame of a River bera- ror/ three or four days, till ic look red li ke a Sponge, the jops of which take awav with an Iroo, fee the reft at the fire again till it look fo all < f ir. Croc IS \f ta'Jjrum. 195» Coll ge. Take of the beft Antimo- n\ nn 1 Silt pe:re of each an equal part b:at che'ii into piwderfeve- rallv, then mix them together, put the.n into a hot Crucible with a I. i.ile, or ociur convenient fnft'U- nun;; l.t it en b.'aten till th= noife c-jferh, iun remove it from the fire. anH cool it, th-"i the Veffel being broken fcparate it from the whie cruft ac die top, and keep it for ufe. Fiot Sulpburis, \c/4. Or, Flower of Brimftone. CoUedge Take of the b.lt Brim- ( ftone and beat it with equal parts ot Coleochar of Vitriol, puc it in a b!i^e.ut'.i:n S:nl, a hiad ot glafs large enough being put over it, give fire to ir in Sand by degrees, ftirring ic with a Hires foor, it will b: che purer if you iterate it wic.i ie v C >lc ithi;. Lipis 'infeinalit. IS>4.\ Cv.ldge, Talc of Lye of which black Sope is made, and boyl ic to a S-.>ne in a Fr.ing pan; do noc confune all thj hi injur, when ic i: i« cold cut ic in th-' form of a DUed, then boil ic in a brafs Veffil till the moifture be confimed. chac which is kept clofe ftopped for ufe. Lapir feu Si', PruaeU*. 1$6. cdbge. Take of pure Sulphur i pound 261 Chymical Preparations. The Phyfitians Library. pound, put it in a Crucible, and place coals round about it, that the Nitre may flow like metaf then pLt it in by degrees two ounces of Flower of Brimftone ; after the Brimftone is' confu- med pour the Nitre out into a Brafs Bafon, when it is cold keep it in a glafs well ftopped. Magifterium of Teail and Coral. CoUedge. Take of Pearl ard Coral a» much as vou wi'* in a wooden Mortar, with a wooden Peftei, till the Salts arc in powder, and no bits of the Mercury are feci, which will be beft done, if you do it at divers times, A.s for ex-nnple lake, taking Vitriol and Men; cury of each one ounce, S.vlc and Nitre of each half an ounce at a ximz, and fo forth, till the whole micter be brought into a powder and mixt, then put this matter inco a giafs body, f> v---- —„---- „^ . — .....j. ^---- — _ „ Q — —.j, levigate it into very fubtil now-l capacious that it till not above der, to which put fuch a quan tity of Spirit cf radicate Vine gar, that it may overtop it the breadth of three or four fingers, digeft it in allies till it be dif- folved, then pour cff the Li- quor, and pOur in felh till the refidue be diffolved, filtre ir, and put a little. liquor of Tartar to it, fo will a whice powder fall down to rhe bot- tom of rhe glafs, which being feparated from what is diftbi- ved, is to be wafhed firft wich Spring water, then with Bawm, or Borage water : Radicate Vi- negar is that which is diftilled with Bay fait in fand. Mercurius fublimatus corofivns. 107. Mercury fublimate corrolive. College. Take of Vitriol puri- lified oy Solution, Filtration, and Coagulation, and calcined till it be yellow, One pound, Bay Salt in like manner purifi. ed Ic dried, Nitre in like man- ner purified, of each half a pound ; crude Mercury clean- fed by ftraining thro' a linnen the one half of it, p ace the glafs a little ab ive the ni'dJle in fane), in a convenient Fur- nace, give fire to ic by degrees, even to the height, twelve or fixteen hojrs being pafTc.1, the fublimated Mercury will (tick to the top of the glafs, which being fo feparated nnd bruifed, 1 iblimre by ic felf the fecond and third time, and oftner if ic b- too impure, till it be as white as fnow, and ho drofs mixed with it. Mercwius dulcis fublimatus. 198. Colledge. Take of Mercury fublimated ai before four oun- ces, crude Mercury three ounces bruife them and grind them in a wooden Mortar, with a wood- en PefteJ, which place above, the middle in fand, put fir ft a gentle fire under it, then in- creafe it by degrees fix hours, that the Mercury mny be driven from the bottom into the mid- dle region of the Phiol, whic l being feparated from that at the top and bottom, fublimate fo till no more appear, tnen J'f- >!ve che Cnryrtal in clear wine, i'tre and cua^uiax it. Sal. V.trhl. 199. College. Reduce TJngvick or Engli/b Vitriol, being calcinated in a Crucible into powder, of a Violet or an obfeure pwvle colour^ which Powder caft by degrees into a large glrfs, in which is either dift-lled '"■i>njnor other verT clear water fl'rr.nr it evtrviuaHy wrb a flick, till the water xvh h wis at #*ft hot, is cold, then let : ft and twenty four hours, then li!,re it. Li'l'y, exhale add the reft m powder, puc this J it in a Veffel, and cngul.ite it powder by ucgrccs with « JLa-| actording to Art* I TurpcnthuM 2t»4 Chymical Preparations. The Ttyfitians Llbrty. Ttpenthum Miner ale. 2po. College. Take of cude Mer-1 cury, Oyl of Vitriol feparated from all the Flegm,-of each equal, farts, diftil them in.Sand, incyeafing] the fire ky degrees, till-all the moiJ Jlme be flown up the An, a white mafs remaining in the bottom, which being feparated from ihe crude Mercury, waft) in fprvfig water, and forthwith it will be yellow'; wafh it in waini watei f,om all lis, accrimony, dry it, aitd keep it for ufe. Pitriolum album depuratum. zoo. Or, white Vitriol cleanfed. College DifToive white Vitriol in clear Water, fiftre ir, and coagulate ic. Tart arum Vitriolitum. 200. The general way of making Ex'taHt EXrra£t:f ma*' 'v male ,;" nnft of every M \liciao, w'> tber Simple, as Hej'«s, Floweis and Seeds ; or compound, as Species of Pills. T/ierefore take nf am/ Medicine cut or bruif-d^' or prepared as the Inf ifion requires, and pour ro it Spirit of 'Vine or diftilled Water, as the Phyfrian in the heat of a Bach ^iro duvs more or lefs, acc<>rdng as the thicknefs or thinnefs of tin matter req iires, until the Tincljre be fufficient, then fepara.e the Li- quor, and put in more as 'lefore, do fo till the Medicine afford no more Tinfture ; then put all tl>efe Liquors together, and filrre , College. Take 'of Liquor of them, aud exh'i'e the humidity to Tartar four ounces, >nr0 which drUp by drop two ounces of oyl of Vitriol well re&ified, fo will a white powder fall to the bot- tom, which dry and keep for ufe. Vitrium Antimonis. 200. College. Take of good Antimo- ny in fine powder, and pur in a large Stone velTel, put fire under till it grow into clots; beac it, and do fo again and again, and always ftirring it till it reftmble white afhes.and fmoke not at all, then take of them half a pound, Borax half an ounce, put them in a Crucible, the which cover with a Tile,/er it in ftrong fire, till there flow a matter like unto water, then put it into a Brafs or Copper Veffel, and keep the Glafs for ufe. the heat bf a Bath, till -.he matter be left at the bottom of tht thick. vefs of the Honey, of which if Phyfician prefcribe, you miy ' add two fcruples, or rn!f a dram - of its own proper or any other~; convenient Sale to every oun^e- of Extraflt, that fo it may keep the louger. / ~^- The way of making Salts, Salt Volatile or EJfentiaf is thus made. 30}. TAke of any Plant, when it i* frelh and full of juyce, a fufficient quantity, then bruife ic into a wo > Sen or ftone Mortar, and a great deal of clear Water being added, boil it till halt be confumed, ftrain the Dscoftion; preis it ftrongly, and chen boil ic to the hJcknefs of Honey j fet, it in a glafjj Preparations. The 7 afs or glazed Vcflel in a cold ace eight days at leaft, and a uyftal Salt .will arife like Sal ■ m, which gather ii wafh with i proper water, and dry for )ur ufe. Thus is Salt of 'ormwood, Carduus.Mugwort, nd (-flier bitter Herbs j but of her Herbs with much diffi- ilty. • Salt fixed or element vy is thus nia'e. r-\- confifts in four thtngs,Crt/n?M- tion, Sulution,' Filteration, Co. adulation. , Burn* the water you would ake Salt of into white afhes, id herein fometimes you muft ive a care left by too hafty urning they run to glafs, then vl\ clear water make the afhes ito Lie, to diaw out theS'at ; len with clear water; filtre ie Lie, and boil ic in an earth- n Vtffel by a gentle fire, that lejwater may be exhaled, and ie "Salt left. Which Solution, lltration, aud Coagulation be. g repeated certain times, it ill be free from all impurity, id be very white. Thus arc prepared Salts of lants, and parts ot living Crea- ires, amimg whieh thefe excel; lit* of VVoimwood, Time, ofemary, Centauiv the lei [ugwort, Car-uus. Paiflry ana cfthariaw, A(h Dwait Eldei. najacum, B x, Chamom ', S; ihns wort, Cichory, Celandine, ;uivy grafs, Berony, Maudlin, aim, Cecciach, gefc. Preparations of certain fimple Medic mes. >r'«ui» 0/ preparing Fats. 206, r\ke ot frelh Fat, veins, lUingSi and ikins being hyfitians Library', 265 j taken away ; wafh them fo often in fair water till thty be no longer bl ody, then beat them well, and melt them in a double veffel, ftrain them, and pour off the water, keep ic in a glafs in a cold place, ic will endure a I J'6*1"' 1 So is alfo prepared MarroWf j taken out of fefh bones', efpeci- j ally in Autumn. j The bunung of Braft. 104. j Lay flakes of Biafs in an earf-en veffel, inte.pofing Sale or Brimftone between each of them, fo lay fluke upon flake, burn them fufficiently, & wafh che allies with warm water till i they be fweet. The waft)ing of Aloes, zoj. Puc as much Aloes in powder,' in a glafs as you will, putting a fufficient quantity ot warm water tj it, that it may „\cr cop it 2 or 3 fingers thick rfs, ftiiringit about with a Spicule, Ciac the purer part of the Aloes may be mixed with the wa :r ; 'hat being poured ff. put in trelh water, and ftir in like manner, that the drofs may be feparated ; ga-.her thole waters ogether, .evaporate 'he humi- !'ry and ktep r/. dry it in the Air or Sun, andjtcep ir bong dried. Fee cult Br 1 once ao6. Take of fii'iony rrots fenped, bruifcJ, and the j;ice pufTd Oi t, which being let lianu lt.;t a while in a vefTcl, a whice pow, T dcr 266 Preparations. The P de- like Search will fall from the bottom, from which pour the water and let it dry for ufe. So is Gerfa Serpentana prepared for Aaron roots, and Foecula of the roots of Radiflies and O.ris. May Butter. 7o6. About the middle or latter end ot May take trem Butter wirhour Sale, and in a glaffed earthen veffel fet it in the Suns that it may be all nielted ftrain it through a rag ■without p:effing; fet it in the Sun again, ftrain it ag'ainj and keep it a year. Tbe preparation or Lapis Calaminaris. 7o6. Heat it red-hot three times in the fire and quench it as often in Plantane and Rofemary water, at laft levigate it upon a Marble, and with the fame waters make ic into Bails. The wafbing of Lime, 2o<. B uif; quick Lim*, pat ic in a Pan, and mix ic with fweet water, and when it is fettled to the bot- tom change che water, and mix it again 5 do fo fevm or eight times, filtririg ic every time : at laft do ic wich Rofe water, & dry the Lime. Tbe preparation of Coral, Pearls, Crabs eyes, and other precious Stones. 207, beat them in a Steel Mortal .and levigate them on a Marble, putting 1 a little Rofe water ro them, till thev are in very fine pjwderKthen make them into Balls. The preparation i>f Coriander jeed. • • 207. Steep them twenty four hours in fliarp Vinegar, then dry them. So snav you prepare Cummin feed. Tbe burning ef Harts horn, Ivory, and other bones. 207. Burn 1 hem in a Cru.cibl# till they be white, then beat them into powder, and wafh tbem withttofe water; at laft levigate them on a Marble, and make rhem into Tro. ches, you may diffolve Camphire, half an ounce in the laft pound of Kofe water if you pleafe. oyfitians Library. our foremoft finger; let it run through a Sieve into a clean glafed veffel, let it fettle and pour off the clear water into ano-< ther veffel ; dry the fettlings in rhe Sun, and keep them ^r ufe. If you will you may keep the clear water for 'Vnguentum de lArta- riita. lbe preparation of the Bark of Spurge roots. 2p8. Cleanfe them and infufe them 3 days in the fliarp^ft Vinegar, then dry them. So are Laurel haves, Mezeron, and other things of that nature prepared. Thep reparation of Euphorbium. Take of Euphorbium pmg'd from the drofs and powdered, put it in a glafs, and pur fo great a quantity of juice ofLemmons to it, that it may overtop it 3 or 4 fingers then place them in a hot Bath till the Euphorbium be diffolved in the juvce, ftrain it through a rag, place it in a Bath again, and eva- poiar.e away the juyce, and keep the Euphorbium for ufe. tbe preparation of black Hellebore roots. 208. Steep fuch black Hellebore roots as ire bro't to us, the woody pich being taken away, 3 days in juyce of Quinces by a moderate heat, then dry them and lay them up. Tbe preparation of Goats blood. 208 Take aGoat of a middle age.feed him a month wifh Burnet, Smal- lage, Parfley, Mellow*, lavage, Preparations. The 'Phyfitians Library". «7 and fuch like things ; kill him in the end of Summer about the D >gs days, then take the blood which flows out of his Arteries, and let it,fettle, pouring " troubled, & thick, then prur (ff th.u waier into another velTel.»& put in tit fh water to the po *dcr of the fti-nt; ftii that uo and di wu till it be thick, pour that water rff ^0 the turmer ; do th s fo off till n. ihiug but ilri Is re. inaiiis m t-'.( Alwi»r, the thinner \ fubftance being all mixed with the %ater you poured cff let that ftand And fettle, fo will the purer Lithargy rem»in in the h :t mt pour the water «ff gently,dry tba Lithargy, and grind it pon a Marble fo long till no harfh- Hi can be dilcerned in it by your Tongue. The preparation of Earthworms. 109. Slit them in the middle, and wafh them f > ofren in whitO Wine t'lltbeybe cieanfed ti. m their imp ur ty then dry «cm and keep 'em for your ufe. The preparation of Sows or W> A Lice Take of Wood Lice then as many as you will, walh th< nt very clean in pure white Wine, then you may put them in a gla- fed pot, which bem>_' flint clofo puc into a hot CKei, that fo> they nviv be dred with a mo- dciate heat to be bea'en into pow- der. The manner of preparing Oeyfipus no. Take of Wool uncle anfed w;iich was taken cff from the Neck, R ;s and Si-oLlder p.ts ! of the Slittp. p -r >t into warm 1 water often Tirr.es, and wafh I it diligently t-ll a;! the fatsefs, 'beorm cff frrm it in o the- water, ?ttcrw.i[LS piels ir,• c v rife I >nto ai.ototr, h-lcig the veils 1 c« ■' rrpjfcMing it till it be f^tl.y t Ire away the rac T 2 that 263 Preparations^ The Phyfitians Library, that fwims on the top, pour and repour it as before till it be tro^iy : then again take away the fat ^hat fwims at the top ; do fd often till no more froth appear, nor tat fwim at top ; then take the fat with the froth, and wafh it up & down with your hand in dear water, fo often and fo long till the filch be warned fj-om it, which may be known by the water remaining clear, and the fat being tafted do not bite your tongue, then keep it in a thick and clean pot in a cold place. The preparation of Opium. 2 io, Diffolve the Opium in Spirit of Wine, ftrain it and evaporate ic to its due cofiftence. Powder of raw Lead. 21 o. Beat jour Lead into very thin plates, oC cut thefe thin plates into very fmall pieces, the which fteep three days in very fharp Vinegar, changing the Vinegar every day, then take them out, and dry them without burning them, and take a little pains with them in a Mortar, to bring them to a fine powder. The voafinng of Lead. 2IO. Stir about water in a Leaden Mortar with a Leaden Peftel, and labour at it to fome purpofe, till the water look blak 8c thick, ftrain out this water, dry it and make ic into Balls. . The burning of Lead. 2 to. Take as many thin plates of Lead as you pleafe, put them into a new earthen pot, lay them plate Upon plate, with Brimftone between each plate, then put che pot in che fire, and ftir the Lead about with a Iron Spatule when the Brimftone burns, untill you have brought ic all into afhes, rhe which wafh in dear water, 6c keep for your ufe. The preperationof Vox Lungs. 211. Take of the frefh Lungs ot a Fox, the Afpera Arteria being taken away, wafh tbem diligently in whi:e Wine, irr*which Hyfop and Scabious have been boiled, then dry them in an Oven fo mo&eratly hot that no pare of them be burned, then fteep them in a glafs ftopped with wax. The preperation of Scammony. 211, Take the Cote out of a Quince, and fill che void place with powdtr of Scammony-,then join theQuinee together again, and wrap it up in pafte. bake, ic in an Oven, or roaft it under the aflies, afterwards take ouc the Scammony, and keep it foe ufe. This is that which is vulgarly called Diacrydium or Diagrydium. \Anotbcr way of preparing Scammony with Sulpber. 2i r. - Take of Scammony beaten fmall as much as you w"i!l, fpread it upon a brown paper, and hold it over hoc coals upon which you have put Brimftone, ftir the Scammony about all the while, till ic begin to melt or look white; and this is called Scammony fulpherated. The preparation of Squills. 211. Take a great Squill whilcft ic is green, calling away the outward rinds, wrap it in pafte, and bake it in an Oven till it be tender, which you may know if vou pierce- it through wich a Bodkin, Then rake ic ouc of the Oven, and take off all che flakes one by one. leaving that pare which is hard behind ) draw a Cord thro them, and hang them in adry place, at chat diftance one from che other, that one may noc touch another; till' they be dried. Yet take bis Caution along with you, that you, ought not to cue nor pierce them wich any Iron Inftrument| buc with Wood Ivory or Bone» Wafted Tarrar. 212. Take of bruifed Tartar as much as you will, pour in cold and pure Spring water to it, ftir ic then up I and downs then let it fettle, pour j off that weter, and pour on more, ! ufe ic as before, and then repeat the i ufage fo long, till the water remain ;cle»s after wafliing. 1 Boylti Preparations. Boiled Turpentine. Tie 'Phyfitians Library* 269 Take of Venice Turpentine a pound to which pour twenty four pound of water in which boyl it fo long till it be very thick, and being cold may be rubbed in powder 'like Roiin, and beaten like Glafs. 211 The preparation of Tutty. Tutty is prepared the fame way that Lapis Calaminaris is; then tie it up in a clean linnen Cloth, which then ihake up and down, drawing it this way and that way in a vtfTel fall of clear wter, till tne thinner & more profitable part come out into the water, and the thicker and impurer remain in the Cloth ; then let it fet- tle, and fo pour < ff the water gently from it, repeat this O- peration fo often, till nothing good for any thing remain in the Cloth j then take what you have putrincd, fprinklc ic with a little Rofe water, make it inco Troches to be kept for ufe. A Conclufionf IN this Edition of this Book are between two and three hundred very ufeful Additions, and exceeding fit for all thofe that under ftand not the Latme. or have not ftudied Pbrfck very many years The AidtuouS are of mofl precious things that I either know my felf, or have col- letted from the beft Authors in Phyfirk. I have now ( Courteous Reader ) led thee through the College t iei foi med and refined Difpenfatory ; I affure the?, not led thereto by any Envious Principles againft them, for I bear them more goodm\ and love them letter than they love thtmfelves; only bate Sefijhnejs in wbomfoever I find it. If thou findeft 'me here and there a little lavifh in fuch expreffions as may like not, I pray pardon that, it is my Uu aleh, I cannot write without it; I affure thee it was not pimeditap ted. IfyoutBink 1 did for gain, thou art fo far wide from the truth, that unlefs thou change thy Opinion, 'tis to be feared Lutb and y« will not meet again In a long time. I have ta ken up tb.sWorldtn Travellers take up an Line, not as a Freeholder takes a Dwe'ing ; £ take no c are for Viduals before I am hungry, nor new Cloth before my old lack mending. I-hroc read in fome Authors, that tbe Mammon which fignifies Coveteoufnfefs, is the Mafter Devil over thofe that tempt men to fin, and I Paatly believe it. I have often teai alf9. in Hofca 4. ia. That thofe that, make the Earth their bapptnefs, ro a whoring from under their God, which made me terribly afraid, lell in one ta I fliould commit two evils, forfake the fountain cf living wwr, and buy my W a Cittern that togs non^ac 270 «the Phyfitians Library. *U. J have a very Sympathetc.il fpirit, and could eithei weep with H*raclitus, or laugh with Demucntus, to ■ feex men fpend ah tie-r fains about the gams 'of this Wo)ld, and when they hove doi.e muft die and leave it a/ ( Solomon fays) they know notL to whether be will be a wife man or a fool ; therefore nnftake me not, tut 'judge of me as I anu I dtfire vol to ipe^d the fluvgib rf etn immortal fpirit in feeking after what hath no ' worth m it, which ma'; but nvike me worfe, yet cannot make me any thing the -better Theie was a Tale lately told vie, of a La.iy (>f a great ■ Eftate, that /.'as fo ext,e.im foolijb, that fie would Aide in the Coachbox and drive the .Hoifet. • whilft the, Coachman rid in ihe Coach, fm thnk this w.is a great madnefs, but yet a greater nmdnefs by odds JA a, for a man that is Heir (o an Eieiaial Bemg, to make himfelf a Slave to the Earth which muft penfl). i w 11 affure you, it was ~a h'gher Principle than all thefe that vioved me to write, viz. Pure Live to that Nat.on in which,/ was born and bred, of whi-h 1 miy juftly fay, If the Spuit of Qod faid, li'rael was deftioyed for want of Knowledge when Sin reigned but fing'le; bow much more this Nanon when it regns }>y troops? I weigh not the ill language ' of thofe that mud eaithly things, ./ wifi) them all the Riches their hearts can defire, for they have all their wit Mrealy ; 'tis Comfortable enough foi me, that I am beloved of the hrneft ; my Reward I expeel hereafter in that Jplace whereunto no earthly minded nor felfiftj man ftjaU come. •/,; ■ ■ ■: ."- • V ■ ■ m Nich. Culpeper. 27I ^ ±x.* v*-i l*j t2w c;>a c*j s&a zs^ $.25 cga ef3 • j»^s 1351 &a The Forty Sixth Book Q F T H l F HT S IT / A M S L I B R A R T. Being a KET to Galen and Hippocrates, their Method of Phyfick, The General Ufe of Phyfick. I Shall defire thee, whoever thou art, that intendeft the Noble ( though too much abufed ) Study of PhyfickV to mind needfully thefe knowing Rules, Which being well un- derftood, Hew thee the key of Galen and Hippoaates then Me. thod of Phyfick. He that ufeth their M'thod, and is not heed- ful of thefe Rules, miy foon Tinker like, Mend one hole, and make cwo ; cure one di. feafe and caufe another more defperatc. That then thou mayeft un- d||ftand whac t 'intend, it is to difcover in a gencial way the manifeft Virtues of all Medicines. I fay, of the manifeft Virtues and Qualities, viz. fuch as are obvious to the Senfes, efpecially to the Tafte and Smell : For it hath been the practice of moft Phyfitians ( 1 fay ncc of all ) in thefe latter Atjcs as well aS O'irs, to fay when they cannot give, nor are minded to ftudy a Reafon, why an Herb, Plant, &c. hath fuch an operation, or produceth fuch an effect in the body of Man ; it doth it by an hidden quality : For they not minding the whole Creation as one united body, not knowing what belongs to Astral Influence,, not regarding that excellent harmoriy fhe only good & wife God hath then made in a com- pofition of contraries, (in the knowledge of which confilts the A«hole ground and foundation of Phylick ) no more than a Horfe that goes about the ftreet regards when the Clock ftrikes, are totally led by the nofe by that monfter Tradition, who fel- dom begets any Children, but that they prove cither Fools or Knaves, and this makes them fo bruitilh, that tfcey can giv,c no reafon for the operacion of a Medicine, but what is an objccY to fenfe ; this their Wo.r- Ibips call manifeft^ and the other T 4 hidden, MJ2 the Phyfitians Library- ther hidden, becaufe it is hid- den from thern,, and alwavs wili |f they fearch no further after it than hitherto they have done. A Common Wealth is well fiop't up with fuch Phyfitians, that are not only fo 'ignorant, but alfo carelcfs, of knowing the foundation upon which the whole Fabrick of Phyfick ouglv Co be builr, and. not upon Tra- dition. They profefs themfelve; Calemfts; I would civilly intrear them, but ferioufly to perufe, & labour to be.well skilled in ths Aftronomy of Galen and Hippo- e'rates. -•• . I confefs and am glad to think of it, that all Ages have afforded fome wife Phyfitians,. ]w;ell skilled in the principles of what they profefs, of which is this, our Age not wanting, a»d they begin to Increafe daily. As for others my comfort is, that their whole Model will not ftand long,, becaufe it is built upon the fand." And if I |>e not miftaken in my Calcula- tion, there are fearching times Commg, and with, fpeed too, in yhich every Building that»is pot built, upon the Rock fhall fail. The Lord will make a quick fearch upon the face of ^fv* Earth. ! But to return to my purpofe: It is the manifeft qualities of Medicines that here I am to fpeak to, and you may be plea. ^ed to behold it in this order, Sett. i. Of the Temperature of Med c.nes. , . • . Seel I. Of the 'Appropriation j of Medtcviss. Se£t. 3. Of the Properties of Medicines. Seft. 1. Of the Temperature of Medicines, HErbs, Plants, and other Medicines manifeftly 0. peraie either by Heat, Coldnefs, Drynefs or Moifture ; for the World being compofed of fo many Qualities, they and they only can be found in the world, and the mixtures of them one with anorher. B t that thefe may appear as clear as the Sun when he is up. gn the Meridian, I lhall treat of them feverally in this order. 1. Of Medicines temperate, z, Of Medicines hot. 3. Of Akdcines coll. 4. Of Medicines moift. 5. Of Medicines dryi Of Medicines temperate. M the Woild be compofed ofExcreams, thsn it a£b by extreams j for as the man is,, Co is his work ; therefore ic is impcffiNe that .any Medi- cine can be temperate, but may be reduced. £.0 Heat, Cold, Drynefs, or Moifture, & muff operate ( I mean fuch as ope- rate by manifeft quality ) by one of thefe, becaufe t)ierc is no other to operate by, and that there : fliould be fuch tem- p-rate mixture, fo exquilltely of thefe qualities, in any Medicine, that one of .them fhould not ma- mfeftly excel the other, it is a Syitem top rare to find. TViite Vse Phyfitians Library. *1% Thus I conclude the muter i impart to pofterity, not only to be, thofe Medicines arc c*l. the temperature of Medicines iri led Tcmpe.atc, not becaufe they \ general, but alfo their deSrees have no excels of Temperature j in temperature, that fo the 01- at all in them, which neither bel tempered part may be Drone s laid to heat nor cool fo much^to its temperature, and no tu- ther • for all things which arc of a contrary temperature con- duce noc to cure, but theftnugth of the conciariety muft be ob- fexyed that fo the Medicine mT/ be neither weaker nor yeC ftronger, than juft t?ftake a way the dUlemper ; for if the dif- temper be but meanly hot and y^u1 apply a Medicine cold in . yt!iefou?th degree, 'tis true:you wels, where cold Medicines- may foon rcm°vVrir,« MoSef ght mike the Obftruftion rhe per of heat, and bring another eacer,nad hot Medicines caufe of cold twice as bad. Ualen fi.npancd. fac /.*■«• «*■ . . Then 'fecondly, not only c d.ltemper.c felt, bu.c./^V * part of the body d.ftemperei muft be heeded ; fot ii the head be diftempered-by hear, you ufe fuch Med.cnes as coul the Heart or Liver, youi w.l bring, another difeafe, and not cure the former. ____ Th« degrees then of Tempe- r„r,ir7arc to be diligently heed- r^tch the ancient Phylicians ■T Ttles^ "H-a^alfo ^r^ofV-chof which we Ihallfpeakawordor two feve- rally. as will amount to the firir. d gree of excels ; for daily expe- rience witneifctli that they be- ing added to Medicines change not cheir qualities, they malfc them neither hotter nor colder. Their i'fe. They are ufed in fuch Difeafes where is no mani- feft Diftcmpers of the firft qua- lities : viz heat and cold. Sot example : In obftru&ions of the Bowels, where cold mi gre a Feveri . In fevers of Flegm where the caufe is cold and moift, and the eifcit hoc and dry, in fuch ufe temperate Medicines, which may neither incrcafe the F<;ver by their hear, condenlace the flegm by their coldnefs. BcliJ.es btcaufe contraries are taken away by their contraries, and every like maintained by its like ; they are of great ufe to preferve the conftitution of the body temperate, and the body it felf in ftrength and vigour, & may be ufed without dangef, or tear of danger, by confidering what part of the body is weak, and ufing fuch temperate Medicines as are ap- propriated to that part. Of Medicines hot. The care of the ancient Phy- fitians was fuch, that they did Hoc labour co hide from, but Of Medicines hot in the firft degree. Thofe are faid to be hot in the firft degree which induce a moderate and ruwral heat co 274 The Phyfitians Library. the Body, and to the parts thereof eicher cold b/nacure, or cooled by accidcnc, b,- which natural heac is cheriflied when weak, or reftored when wanting. Effect, i. Tne fi, ft erf a then of Msjicines hoc in the ft ft degree is, by their fweat and temperate heac to reduce the body to ics natural' heac, as che fi;e doch che external pares in cold weaker, unlets che affliction of cold be fo great, that fuch mild Medicines will not ferv£ the turn. * EjfeX.2. The fecond effedt is rhe mitigation of pain anting from fuch a diftemper., and, indeed this effedt hath other Medicines, fome that are' cold, and fome that are, hotter then rhe firft degree, chey being rationally applied ro the ■ diftempers. Thefe Medicines fliall be fpoken to in their proper places. In this place lee ir furfice that Medicines hot in the firft degree make the off.-nding humours thin and expel them by fweat or infeh fible tranfpiracion, and thefe of all ocher moft cong'-ous or agreeable to che body of man, but heac ex- ceeds, for we live by heac and moifture, noc by cold? Medicines then, which are hot in the firft degree, are fuch as* juft correfpond to the natural heac of oar bodies-, fuch as are hot oj-jcold , are more fubjecl; to do mnxhief, being adminiftred by an unskilful hand, than ' thefe are, becaufe of their contrariety co Nacure; whereas chefe are gratful to che body by their moderate heat. BfftEl. 3. Thirdly, chefe take away wearinefs, and help Feavers, being outwardly applied, becaufe they open the pores of che skin, and by their gende heac prepare the humours, and Cake away thofe fuliginous vapours that are caufed by Fevers. Dijconmodiui. Yet many difcom; rhv.licies arife by heedlefs giving eveaof chefe which ' wo tH have young Students in Phvficlc to be very careful i^ l^aft chey do more mifcmef chJn they are aware of, ■yx ic is p jffole b/ta) m ich uf; 6f :he>n to confume nor only whac is inimical in the bodif, but alfo che fubftance i: felf, & ch? 'trengcb, of che fpirits, whence come faint* ings, and fometimes d^ath. Betides b/ applying chem co che parts of thfbody, chev are noc appropriaced to, or by mst -heeding well che complexion of che Panenc, o<- che natural ctmper of che body afflict- ed, for che He arc is hoc, che Brain is temperare. Effect. 4. Laftly, Medicines hot in che rial degree ch:nfli heac in, che internal parts, help concociion, bre-d g^od blood, and keep ic in good temper b-eing bred. Of M.dicines hot in the fecorti degree. HI ivin 5 fpilcen of Medicines hot in che firft degree, ic follows now in jder co fpeak of thofe chat are h>c in the fecond. Thefe are fome- thing hocter than the natural temper of a man. Vfe. Their ufe is for fuch whofe Scamactis are filled with moifture becaufe their faculty is coo hoc and dry; chey cake away obftrudtions or flopping*, open che pores of che skin bar to: irf che fame manner chac fuch do as are hoc in che firft: degree for heac conco&ing and expelling the humours,.by ftrengch- ning and iulpmg Nature in che work -, bu: thefe cue cough hum- ours, and fcatcer them by their' own force and power, when Nature cannoc. Of M iicines hot in tbe 2& degree, Tnofe which attain the 3d de- " ' i' 8recl The Phyfitians Library. 27? gree of heat, have the fame fa- culties v/i;ii tli.de belore menti. ontd •, but as they arc hotter, fo th-y arc mure powerful in their op.;ranons • tor they are lb pow ertul in heating 6c cutting, that if unadvif- i|y given, they caufe Fevers Vfe. f heir ufe is to cat tough and cont.-aet-J hunvmrs, to provoke fweat abundantly ; hence it COtnes to pais that all of them rdift poyfon. Of Medicines hot in the \th degree. ■ riioie Medicines obtain the higheft degree ot heat, which are fo hot that they burn che body of man being outwardly appli- ed to it, and caufe Inftimmati- ons, or rail'e Biifters ; as Crow foot. Muftard feed, Onicn', &c. Of thefe m .re hefeafter. Of cjoling Medicines. P'.I)ficians. have alio obferv'd f ur degrees of coldnefs in Aieuicines, uhich 1 fhall briefly tic it of in-order. Of Medicines cold in the \ft degree. The giving then uf cold Me- dicines to a man in his natural temper, the feafon of the year being moderately hot,extinguilh natuial hear. Cfe t. Their ufe is firft in , Noui iftimenc, that fo the heat of ' food may be qualified,, 8c made {or a weak Scomach to digeft. Vfe ^. Secondly, to refrain & aff*age the heat of the bowels. Of M'd cmes "cold in the fecond and thnd degree. Vfe i* Such whofe Stpmachs are ftrong, and Liver hot, may eafi'-y bear fuch Medicines that are cold in the 2d degree, and find much help by them." Vfe. i. Alfo rhey are outward- ly applied to hot fwellings, if the ir,flan'rralien be net great, ufe ihcfe that are lefs ; if the Infjammation le vehement,ma ke ule of Medicines cold in che-zd 1 or 3d degree. Ufe. I. S;mitimes the fpirits |ar: moved inwardly through I heat ; thence follows immode- rate waterings, if noc depriva- tion of the lenfes. This muft be remedied with cold Medi- cines; for cold makes humours thick, repreffeth fweat, & keeps up the fpirits from fainting. Of Medicines cold in the fourth degree. Laftly, the ufe of Medicines cold in the fourth degree, is to mitigate defperate and vehemenc pains ftupifying che fenfes. Of Mo'-tflning Medicines. Thofe which ate moifter take away naturally ftrength, help the fharpnefs of humours, make blood and fpirit thicker, loofeth the Belly, Sc fit it for purgation. The immoderate or indifcreet ufe'ofthsm dulls the body, and makes ic unfit for aftion. Of drying Medicines, Such Medicines as *re dry in the third degree being un?dvi- fedly given, deprive the-parts of the body they are appropriated to, of their nourilhmcnc, and by that means bring them into Confumptions. Befides there is a certain Moifture in the Body of Man, which is called Radical Moifture, which being taken away, the parts muft needs die, feeing natural heat and life alfo do conlift in it, and this may be done by too frequent ufe of Medicine* dry in 4th degree. This was the rea'fjbn Galen writ, that 2f6 The 'Phyfitians Library. that things dry in the fourth de- gree muft of neceflity burn, which is an effect of heat, and fo not of drynefs, unltfs by burning QAen means alfo confuming the radical moifture. The ufe then of drying Medicines is only to Juch bodies, and farts of tbe body is abound veitb moifture ;in which obferve tbeje Rules. I, If tbe moifture be not veey ex- trtnm, Let not the Medicine be extream drying. as they call it, becaufe their igno- rance in Aftronomv knew noc wl at to make of n, or tiow cheMedicines operated and their experience ahQ teftif>iiig that they had aiftincl operations upon difthdt parts o^ the Body. Ochers have laboured to find out a middle way between both thefe and what they hold, That whac Medicines ftrengchenerh one pare ot the Body, muft needs in loroe meafure ftrengrhen all che 9. Let ic be proper co the part ! reft, yec fo as chac ic is peculiarly of che body afflicted, for if che appropriaced co chat pare of the Liver be afflicted by moifture, and , Body which ic ftrengthens; and you go about co dry che Brain or [ cheir reafon is becaufe che fubftance Hearc> you may fooner kill than I of rhe Medicines agrees wich the cure. | fubftance of chac pari of the Body j which ic ftrengthens, and every Thus have we briefly fpoken of i one almoft chat hath buc wic e- the firft qualities of Medians, and! nongh to eat an Egg, knows that in Che general only, and buc brie, i the fubftance of all parts of che fly becaufe we fliall alwavs couch!body are noc alike. This Argu- Upon them in rhe Expolicion otfmenchaeh fome weighc in it, cho' the other qualities, in which you muft alwa_j s have an eye co chefe. SECT. II. Of the ^Appropriation of Medicines. to tbe jeve A p*rts of the Body. ANcient Phyfitians alfo kept a verygrievous racker about this fome denying.any fpecifical Virtues ac all in Medians, or any congtuicy to certain parts of the Body, but vere of opinion thac fuch as will ftrengchen che Head, muft needs the Bowels, and all other pares of the Body, by the fame 'rule: be caufe being ignorant of the influ enceof the Heavens, they would give no reafon for the contrary ; and fo whacfoever is obnoxious to one part of che Bodyv maft needs be obnoxious to all the reft by the fa trie rule. Others hold them to be appro- priated to the particular parts of the fcodyj by an hidden ptopert) in my opinion, ic falls a liccle' coo low ; for ic is a cercain erutb, the Sympachy and antipathy in die Creation is the caufe both of all Difeafes: and alfo the operations of all- Medicines. . However I may intertex mv opinion of whac Phy- fitians call hidden tiunlitiee. now and chen wich ic ; yec my fcope fhall be co creat chiefl/ of. this at chis Lime, till cime and opporcunicy cogecher with che will of my Cre- acor ) give me leave eocfigeft whac chey call biidin quAities, ineo fuch a form thac others may underftand ic as well as my felf; Iamfickly, and have nobody to help me, I can do things no fafter than f can. That che Qualicies and Ufe of chefe Medicines may be found ouc, and underftood by everyone, and fo my Councry reap the benefit of my Labour, they fliall find them prefenced to cheir view in this Or- der. Medicines appropriated I, To the Had, h *9 The Phyfitians Library* ^77 Z. To tbcBre.ift and Lungs. 3. r0 the Hevt 4 To-the Sto- mach. 5 To the Lner. 6. Ti the Spleen. 7. To theiReins & Bladder. 8. To the Womh. 9. To the Joynts. Chap. 1. Of Medicines appropria. to the Head. BY Head is ufually und?r- flood all that pait of the Uouy which is bee ween the top of the Crown, and the upper moft joynt of the neck 5 yet are thofe Medicines properly calltd Cephalical which are alfo appropriated to the Brain, not to the Eyes, Ears nor Teeth, neither are V ofe Medicines which are proper ro the Eifs, proper alfo to the Eyes .• there- fore ( my intent being to wii e as plain as I can ) I fliall fub- divide this Chapter into thefe parts. Medicines appropriated I. To the Bram. %. To the Eyes. 3. To the Mouth and Noflrils. 4. To the Ears. 5. To the Teeth. For what Medicines are ap- propriated to an unruly tongue, is noc in my power ac prefent to determine. Of Medicines appropriated to the Brain. Before we treat of Medicines appropriated to he Brain, it is requifite chat we defenbe what the nature and affection of che Brain is. The Brain which is the Seat of Apprchcufion, judgment and memory, ttw original ot tenfe 1 and motion is by nature tem 1 perate; and if fo, then you , will grant me that it may eafily | be afflicted both by heat and : cold, and it is indeed more I fubjeft to affiiftions bv either j of them, than any other pare of the body ; for if it be affli. cf-d by heac, fenfe and reafon, is immoderately moved iy the cold, they lang-iilh aud are dull'd, to pafs by other Symp. toms wnicii invade the Head, if the Brain be altered from its proper temper. Alfo this is peculiar to che B^-un, Chat it is delighted or offended by fmells, fights and founds : but I lhall meddle no further with th;0 here, becaufe they are not Medicines. Cephilical Medicines may be found ojc from the affections of tne Brain ic felf. The Brain is ufualry opprtfTei with moi- fture in fuch affliftions there- fore give fich Medicines as very gently warm, cleanfe, cue and dry : buc withal let chcrra be fuch as are appropriaced co the head, fuci as Pnyii:ianss fiy ( 0/ an hidden qoalicy ) drengchen the Brain. Again, if you condler the (i. cuatun of che Brain, you fhall find ic placed in che highefl part of the Body, therefore it is eafily afflicted with hoc va- pours , this puniOisch a man wich waechings and head ach, as the former did with fottifh* nefs and fleepinefs; in all fuch ba'nckt as cool the Brain. IB nets \Ce£b, !: *78 The phyfitians Library* To make CepbAicks or N^rcoticks. or ftupifying Medicines, is noc m* incene, for I am cor.fidenc they are inimical both to the Bnin and Senfes of thefe, and of fuch medi- cines alfo as purge the Brain, I fliall fpeak by and by, to return co my purpofe. Some Cephalicks purge the Brain, fome heat ic, fome cool ic, fome ftrengchen it ? buc how they per- form this office, peculiarly to the Brain, moft Phyficians confefs chey could neicher comprehend by rea- fon, nor defcrios by precepts, only thus chey do ic by an hidden quali- ty, eicher by ftrengthning che Brain thereby defending ic from Difeafes, or by a certain antipathy becween them and che difeafes incidenc co the Brain: Laftly, For the ufe of Cephalicks obferve if the Brain be much afflict- ed you cannot well ftrengthen it before you have purged ic, neicher can you well purge the Brain before you have cleanfed rhe reft of the Body, it is fo fubject to^rceeive the vapors up co ic ; give cooling Cephalicks when che Brain is coo hot and hot Cephalicks when ic is too cold. Beware of lifting cooling Medi einesto the Brain when che Cnfis of a difeafe is near - How that time may be known, I fliall ( God aflift ing me ) inftruct you hereafter, 1 cannot do all things atone cime; lee it fuffice now thac according as the dileafe afflicting your head is, fo lee yourRemedy be. Of Medicines appropriated to tbe Eyes. Take fuch Medicines as are ap- propriated..eo che Eyes under rhe name of Ocular Medicines ; I do it partly to avoid multiplicity of words and partly to inftruct my Countrymen in the cerms of art belonging toPhyfick f I would have Ml««l them Ofthglmiehs had not the word been troublefofn to the read- ing much more to che ainderftand- ing of a Countiyman( as I even dow call'd fuch Medicines GpbJicks as were appropriated to the 15ram. Ocular Medicines are two-fold vix. fuch as are referred to rhe vifive Vertues. and fuch as are refened to che Eyes themfelves. Such as ftrengthens the Vifive Venues or cheOpcick Nerves,which convey to the Eyes ( fay Doctors) | do it by a hidden vertue, into the reafon of whicn no man can dive, unlefs they would fetch it from the fimilicude of che lubftanc? : And yet thev fay a Goats Li ver condu- ceth much co make one fee in the nighc : and they give this Reafon, becaufe Goates fee as well' in the night as in the day. Yet there is no affinity in temprature nor fub- ftance, between che Liver and Eyes. However Aftrologers know well enough, thac all herbs, Plants, &c. That are under rhe Dominion of eicher Sun or Moon,&;approptiated ro che Head, be they hoc or cold thev ftrengthen the Vifive Vercues, as Eye brighc, which is hoc Ltnarix or Moon-wore which is cold. As for whac appertains co che conftitucion of che £ es chemfelves, feeing chey are exact in fence, chey will noc endure the leaft inconveni* encev therefore fuch Medicines as are outwardly applied to them ( for fiich Medicins as ftrerjgthtn the, Vifive. VerCues are all given in- wardly; lee chem neither hurc by their hardnefs nor knowing q'ualiey nor be fo caught chac ehev ihould ftick eo them. Therefore lee Ocular Medicines be neicher in Powders nor Ovnemencs, becaufe OJ it felf is offenfive co che Eyes 8c how pleafing Powders are co chemyyou may precive vour felf by but filing into the duft. Medicines The Phyfitians Library". 27^*1 Medicines appropriated to the Mouth and Nfe. Apply no ftinking Medicines to a difeafe in the Nofe, f> 1 fuch offend not only the N>lt but alfo the Brain ; tjeither au- miniftcr Mewicines of any ill tafte to a difeafe*m the Mout* , for that fubverts the ftomacii, becaufe the tunicle of the niouih and of rhe ftomach is the fame. And becaufe both Mouth and Noftrils are wavs by which the Brain is cleanfed ; therefore are they infected with Vices, as need almoft continual clean- fing ; and let the Medicines you apply to them be eitlnr pleafant, or at leaft noc in- graceful. Medicines appropriated to the Ears, The Ears are eafily afflicted by cold becaufe they "arc al- ways open, therefore they re- quire hoc Medicines. And be- caufe they are of themfelves Very dry, therefore they require Medicines which dry much. Medicines appropriated to the Teeth. Vehement heat and vehement cold are inimical to the Teeth, but they are moft of all offend- ed by iharp and" four things, & the reafon is, becaufe they have neither skin not fkfh to cover them, they delight in fuch Ms- dicines as arc cleanfing and binding, becaufe they are troub- led with [Xfluxions and Ricums upon cycry lig it occafion, and that's the reafon the common ule of fat and fweet things foon ror.s the Teeth. Chap. 1. Of Medicines appropria- ted to the Urcaft and Lungs. TJE Medicines appropria- ted to the Bieaft and Luugs, you fhall find called all a'oug by the name of Te&orals, mat's the term Phyfitians give them, when you hear them talk of Pectoral Syrups, Pectoral Ro vs or Pectoral Oyntments ; now you know th-ir ufe. They are divers, fome of .which regard the matter afflict- ed, others the matter afflict ing. But although f.metimes in Ulcers of the Lungs we are foreed to ufe binding Medicines to joyn the Ulcer ; jet are noc thefe calleu Pectoral, becaufe binding Medicines are extream hurtful in the Breaft & Lungs, both becaufe they hinder ones fetching his Breath, and alfo becaufe they hinder the avoid- ing thac flei>m byv which the Breaft is oppreifed. Such Mdicines are called Peclorals which are of a * Unify- ing Nature, [ The next Section will inftruct you in the term ] for by their operation is their Breath the ealier fetched, and what fticks to the ftomach the eaficr fpit out. Neither yec is che way or manner of provoking the fame fpitting, always one and the fame ; or fomccimej the matter is 1j chin, thac ic cannot be caft up by the motion of the Lungs, but flips befides. Again, fomccimej 280 The Phyfitians Library. Sometimes ie is fo thick, that it cannot be caft out by the narrow Arceries of che Lungs. Thefe rhen are che genuine Operation of Pecto- rals, vix. Some to make che chin maecer ehicker ochers to make che thick maecer thinner. Befides thofe which make thin matter ihicker, are of two fores, vix. Some are mild dc gencle which may fafely be adminiftred: buc the ir.aeter hoe or cold which offendech ( ehe degrees of cemperature will facisfiefuch which be amongft che fimple, neicher fliall vou wane in- , ftructions among the Compounds ) I Ochers are very cold, which are' ufed onl,y when ehe maecer offend- ing is fharp. Buc becaufe fuch Medicines as conduce to the Cure of the Phthi- ficks, which is an Ulceration of the Lungs, a Difeafe ufually called, the Confumption of ehe Lungs, are alfo reckoned in amongft Pectorals. It is noc amifs to fpeak a word or two of them. In the Cure ot this Difeafe are three things to be regarded. t. To cut and bring., aveay the Congealed Blood. 2 To crufh and ftrengthen the Lungs. 3. To conglutinate the Vlcer. And indeed fome particular Sim pies will perform all chefe, and Pbyficians confefs it; which fliews the wonderful Mvftery the All wife God hath made In ehe Creation : Thac one and ehe fame Simple' fliould perform two contrary ope- racions on the fame part of ehe i Body, for the more a Medicine deanfeeh,che more it conglucinaces, . and ic is wifely done of Phyficians j to iliut their eyes againft fuch a j Myftery, and againft Aftrology ! alfo, which is one means to reveal it; they make a long Harveft of a liccle Corn, and gee che moce mo- ney bv it. They ufually in fuch cafes firft ufe Medicines which are more cleanfing. Laftly, Medicines more binding and ftcengchsn ths Lungs all (he time, To eondude then, Pectoral Me- dicines are fuch as-either cue and cleanfe ouc che compacted humors from the Arceries of the Lungs oc make chin Defluxiuns cinck. or temper chofe chac are fharp, help roughncfs of che Windpipe; orjre gently lenic^ve and fofcning. being oucwardly applied co the Bre.ift. Chap.3. OfMedicines appropriated to tbe Heart. THfe are chey which are general- ly given under che nocion of Cordials, cake them under chat name here. The Heart is rhe feat of th; vital Spirit, the foudacion of life, rhe original of infufed heac, and of the natural affection of man. So then thefe two chings are proper to che Hearc. 1. Bj Its heat to cherif) life through „ out -the Body- 2. To add vigour to tbe affttfiouf. And if thefe be proper co the Heart, you. will eafily granc me, chat ic is the property of Cordial, co adminifter co che haarc hi thefe particulars. Of Cordials fome do chear the mind, fome ftrengthen rhe hearr,& refreih the Spirit chereof being de- cayed. Thofe which chear che mind are noc one and che fame, for as the He ire is varioufly diffcurbed, ei- cher by Anger, Love, Fear, Hatred, Sadnefs,