Mrs Walleys Receipt for Brewing Ale Ale to Brew. When yr Water begins To Boyl lade it into yr Mash fat, & after put in yr Mall, & Stir it well wth. yr Mash Rule. Leaving it a thick Mash, cover’d close wth. Dry Malt; Let it Stand 3 or 4 hours before yu let it run off then let it pass Gently if you’ll have it Strong. When tis off Leech on more Boyling water as much as will keep ye fat Runing 'till ye Quantity be gatherd. Which if ye Malt be good, may be 26 Gallons from 4 Strike of Malt, Boyle yr Hops in the Wort about an hours on a Gentle fire. I use half and to a Barrel of ale more or less as ye hops are good or bad. Do not Stir ye Mash till ye Ale is Run off then leech on the Rest of ye hot water & then cold for Small Beer. Take about 2 quarts of yr liquor before it is Boyl’d & Set it to Cool, In yr put yr yest to Rise in a Wooden Vessell. When you have Strain’d it of from yr Copper Set yr liquor a broad thin to Cool, When ‘tis cold put yr liquor will yest in by Small quantitys at a time, for if much it will kill ye Head, Don’t word it hot. After 2 days working in ye fat it will take long Rises betwixt time of beating in. Tun it while on ye firment & begins to settle all Sweetness work’d off & has a flavor. If it falls in ye fat, it will never Spurge, & when it will be flat till ye boale quicken it If you hit it Right Boale ale will be laid aside. And you’ll Brew for yr own Drinking once in 3 Weeks Remember to keep it warm in Winter & Cool in Sumer In the Fat Hops. - Tuning – To Cure Ale or Beer grown Sour. First draw off 2 Gallon, or more of ye Sowr Ale or Bear. Then boil a handful of Hops or more (according to ye quantity of liquor) in It. The Same quantity of New wort wou’d be better if you can get it. After you have boil’d it till the virtue of the Hops be get out, put all together in to ye Vessel of Sowr Drink, let it Stand open a Day or 2 last it work again; Sometimes it will & Sometimes not. Then let it Stand a week or a fortnight, as you See good before you draw it. 1 ~Cookery~ To make the Oringe Pudding ~ Take the rigne of a Small orringe, peared very thinn, and boyled, in Severall, waters, and beaten, very fine, in a morter, then putt to itt foure ounces, of fine Sugar, and foure ounces of fresh butter, and the yolkes, of Six eggs, and a Little Salt, beaten togeather in the morter, till the Oven heates, and Soe butter, a dish, and bake itt, but not to mutch, Strew Suger on itt, and Soe Searve itt to the table, bake itt in puff past ~ To make Cakes, with oyle, for Lent ~ Take yr flower, and mingle itt with currants, cinnamon, and nuttmegg, then Lett yr water, be Seething hott, and being Soe hott, putt in yr oyle, and Some, Sugar, and beate itt well togeather, then worke, upp yr cakes with itt, and Some good Ale yeast ~ To make a Chickin Pye ~~~ Take the Chickins, if they be not very younge, cutt them in foure quarters, one Sweete bread Sliced, the Longe waye, that it maye be thin, and the peeces nott to bigg, one Sheepes ~ tongue, a Little more then parboyld, and the Skinn pooled off, and the tongue, cutt in Slices ~ two, or three Slices of Veale, as mutch of mutton, cutt in peeces, good Store of marrow, for Seassining, take as mutch pepper, and Salt, as you thinke fitt, to Sœason itt Lightly, good Store of Sweett Marjorum, a Little thyme, and Lemon peele fine Sliced, Large mace, will doe well, in this pye, then take a Little peece of Veale parboyld, and Sliced very fine, as mutch marrow as meate, Stirr, amongst itt, then take grated bread, as mutch as a quarter of the meate, four yolkes of eggs, or more, according to the Stuffe you make, Season itt, with Salt, butt not to Salt, nutt megg, as mutch, as will Season itt, Sweett marjorum, pretty Store very Small Shredd, worke itt upp with a Little, Sweett creame, Soe mutch as will make itt upp in pudding, Some Longe, Some rounde, and putt as many of them in yr pye, as you please putt there into, or three Spoon fulls, of gravy of mutton, or Soe mutch Strong mutton broath before you putt it into the oven, the bottome, of boyled hartychokes minced, marrow over and in the bottome of the pye, after the pye is baked, when you Sarve itt upp, have five ~ yolkes of eggs minced, and the Juice of two, or three orringes, the meate of one Lemon, cutt in peeces, a Little white and clarrett wine, putt this in yr pye, being well mingled, and Shaked very well togeather ~ To make a Hashe, of Caulfes head ~ Take the caufes head, and parr boyle itt, then cutt the meate off the boanes, you maye take the boanes, and breake them in peeces, and Stue them in broath, out of the pott, then Straine, the broath, through a cullender, and putt wine in yr Liquor, then take the meate and Liquor, and putt itt into a Stewe pann, with a Little cloves, and mace, whole pepper ~ then take Sweett hearbes, and Shredd them, and when you thinke, the head halfe Stewed putt the hearbes inn, take Some of the meate before itt be Stued, and Shredd itt, with oysters, Sweete hearbes, most Sage, Season itt well with Spice, and worke itt upp with eggs, and roule itt with Flower, and frye itt, with Sweete butter, and Soe garnish yr dish, with itt, you may add to itt bacon Sliced, and fryed ~  2 To make a Frigasie of Lambe ~ Take a hinde quarter of Lambe, and take the fatt off the kidnes, and then Slice the Lambe, in thin Slices, then take the Legg, and oppen itt on the back Side, and take out the flesh, and Shred itt very Smalle, with Some oysters, beefe Suett or marrow, or both, with Some cloves, mace, nuttmeggs, and a Little orrange pill, Shredd, very Small, Season yr meate, then take a Little Sweete marjorum, time, winter Savory, pennyriall, and Sage, Shred all togeather very Smalle, mingle yr meate, and hearbes togeather, with two, or three eggs, and putt it into the Legg and Sowe itt upp, close, then take a quart of white wine, with Some Liquor out of the pott, and putt the Legg in, and when itt is halfe boyled, putt in the Shred meate, with the Same hearbes, ~ and Spice, and Stewe itt, untill you thinke itt be Sufficient, then take the yolkes of three eggs, two anchovis, beate them togeather, with Some of the Liquor, when you putt yr eggs in keepe itt Stirring whist it thickens, and then Searve itt upp, if you please you may make balls, and Sawsiges with Some of the Shredd meate, and frye them with Sweete butter ~ To Stewe a rump of Beefe ~ Take a rump of beef, cover itt with Salt, Lett itt Lye two or three dayes, then take per Seley, Sorrills, Leekes, thyme, the younge, Springes of wortes, and mary gold Leaves, a Little Borrage, rosmary topps, mince all these with a pound of fresh beefe Sewett, you must not mince them to Small, then Season the hearbes, with peper and Salt, and wine vinegar, then Stuffe of beefe with these hearbes, then putt itt in a pott, and Strowe halfe an ounce of pepper uppon, and in the pott, putt noe more water, then will cover, the bottom of itt, then putt a Leed upon itt, and Stopp it close, Sett itt over a very gentle fiar, and keepe itt Stewing five or Six, howers, very gently, att the Least, and when itt is halfe Stewed, putt into it halfe a pinte of white wine vineger, good Store of Leekes, Small Springes, of wortes, a fewe marygold leaves, and Some topps of ros mary, a Little perseley, if you thinke yr viniger, be to Sharpe, putt in Soe mutch white wine, insteed there of, and when itt is Soe tendar, as you can thrust a Strawe throw, then Send itt up, with the Liquor and hearbes, round, about itt ~ How to Bake a Sperribb, of Porke ~ Take yr Sperribb, and bone itt, then beate itt, and blood itt very well, with the blood of any poultrie, that you have occasion to kill, then Season itt with the Same, Seasoning, that you Season, veneson, adding a Little white wine vineger, you may make yr pastie, with, or without Sewett, if you doe itt with out Sewett, you must add to itt Som gravey, and a little clarett wine ~ How to make a Frickacey, of Rabbetts, or Chicken, Take yr rabbits, or Chickens, and cutt them in Small peeces, then worke them upp, in The yeolkes, of two, or three eggs, and Season, them with pepper, Salt, and a little grated nutt megg, and Sweet hearbes, mince them, frye them with a gentle fiar, turing them often, - then when they are fryed enough, make yr Sawce in the pann, with gravey, anchovis, oysters, and oyster Liquor, a bundle of Sweet hearbes, an oynion or two, Stewed in it, and the yeolkes of two or three eggs, beate with a Little wine vinegar, Shake all this, ingredience togeather in yr pann, till they are of a Competent thicknes, then dish it up, and Soe Searve itt ~ How to make Forst meate ~ Bake veale, or Lambe, and a Little beefe Sewett, and mince it very Small, then putt to itt  3 To it, anchovis, oysters, and the yeolkes of egges, boyled harde, and Sweet hearbes minced, Small, putt all these in itt, Season itt with pepper, Salt, and mace, beaten, and a little Saffron powder, and the yeolke of an egg, then worke itt upp in Small balls, you must sett them in the oven, a Little, to harden them, and then you maye Stewe them, if you will, or bake them enoughfe, you maye use them, in a pottage, or boyled meate, or frickesey, or any thing of that nature, you maye putt to itt a Little fatt bacon, that is not rusty, and mince it Small with yr meate ~ A receipt, how to Pickle Mushreums ~ When you have gathered yr musherums, you must picke them very cleane, and throw ~ them into a pann, of faire water, and wash them very cleane, then Sett a Stewe pan of faire water, over the fiar, and throw a hand full of Salt in itt, and make itt boyle, then throw in yr musherewmes, and Lett them boyle about halfe a quarter, of an hower, then take them off, and Lett them Stand, in that Liquor till they are cold, then take them out, and putt them into a glass, and putt to them for yr pickle, Some whitwine, and Some whitwine viniger, but putt as mutch more whitwine, as vineger, then Some cloves, and mace, ginger, and Jamaica pepper, and Salt, then tye them upp close with Some Leather, but be Sure you keepe yr glass full of Liquor, or elce they will be apt to mothet, and by Soe doing you maye keepe them all, the yeare round, ~ How to Stew musherums, when they are gathered ~ You must gather the largest musherums you can gett, take them, pile and wash them very cleane, then Sett them over the fier, with Some faire water, and Salt, Lett them Stew till they are enough, then powre a waye that Liquor from them, and putt a Little white wine, and Some gravey, a Sprigg of thyme, a whole onyon, and a Little clove and mace, and an orringe, then putt in a peece of butter, and Shake them very fast, then putt them into a cleane dish, and Searve them upp, with Some orringe, but first ~ take out the orringe, onyon, and thime, before you dish them upp, & butumest ~ For to make a Posett ~ Md J Take a quart of creame, the yeolkes often eggs beaten well, and Sack, and Suger to yr one tast, you must boyle the milkle, and Lett it Stand, till itt be colde, againe you must putt the Sack, and Suger to the eggs, and when they are well beaten togeather, Straine them through a Sive, then Sett them over the fiar, Still Sterring them till they be through hott, then powre the milke into them, till it be read to boyle over a Soft fiar, Looke now and then into itt for feare itt burne, when itt is come enough, you must beate in the white of the eggs, mixt with a Little Sack, and beate them with twiggs, and as they froath doth rise, you must putt it over the possett, and Soe Searve itt upp. Sauce for Fish ~ Far one Carpe, halfe a pinte or better of clarrett wine, two Anchovis, or more as yr tast is, to be dissolved in itt, and take the blood of the carpe, and [boyle] beate itt upp with two pound of Sweett butter, and then putt in halfe a hand full of capers, and Some of the Liquor you boyle the fish in, and this will make good Sauce, ~ Cheese Cakes ~ Runn 5 quartes of new milke, mingle the curde with halfe a pound, and two ounces, of Sweett butter, then rub them to geather, through a haire Sive, then putt Chicken Broth wth. Almonds. Split a Chicken & wash it wth. a quarter of a pound of French Barly ye water must be changed 3 times before you put in The Chicken, There must be 3 pints of Barley water boil’d to a [Pint] Quart Put in a blade of Mace, Blanch a quarter of a pound of Jordan Almonds, beat them wth. a little of the Broth, to keep them from curdling, in a Mortar, then Strain them, Doss 3 or 4 times 'till you have got ye Strength of the Almonds, Sweeten it wth. Sugar, put in Orange flower or Rose water, It must be drunk just warm or quite Cold. 4 Putt in a quarter of a pound of Allmonds, beaten finely, with rose water 9: yeolkes of eggs, the whites of four, well beaten, mingle them all with rose water currants, and Suger, and Spice to yr taste, you must plume yr currants ~ To Stew mutton ~ Take a Lyne of mutton, and cutt into Stakes, and take the Liquor of beefe broath if it be not to Salt, or of any boyld mutton, and putt it to Stewe, with a Little Salt and whole pepper, Some Sweet marjorum, Stript, for want of itt every Little winter Savorey, thime, and a Little perseley, and Some whole onyons Slitt, Lett all this Stewe ~ Neare two howers, before you take itt up, putt Some thick Slices, of manchett crust in the bottom of yr pann, and Some grated, on the top of yr meate, and Lett itt Stew halfe an howre, after the bread is in, then Serve it up ~ How to make Sawce for fresh Fish ~ Take according to the quantity, you have occation of, two or three Anchovis, or more and dissolve them, in whitwine, then putt to it a bundle of Sweets hearbes, and one onyon and a few capers, mintes, and two or three blades of mace, then take the yeolkes of two eggs, Strayned, with a Little of yr fish Liquor, then putt it togeather in a frying pann with halfe a pound of Sweet butter, or more if yr dish, will containe itt, and keepe itt Shaking over a cleare fiar, till itt be thick, power, itt on yr fish, and Soe Searve itt, you maye add to itt oysters, or oyster Liquor, the Juice of an orringe, horse raddish, Scraped crawe fish, and prayns, picked and butterd, and if itt be on a flesh daye, you maye take gravy to it, itt gives a very good taste, and rub the bottom of yr dish, with a clove of garlick Soupe or Liquor ~ Take foure, or five onyons, and Slitt them, frye them in butter, till they be very browne, if you use any beefe or mutton in the house, take as mutch of the broath of itt as will make the quantity, and boyle them well, with the a fore Saide onyons, powered, in to itt, then Season itt to yr pallett with two or three, yeolkes of eggs in itt, then putt it into yr dish with Sippetts, of bread cutt very thinn, att the bottom, Stewe itt on a chaffing dish wth. a gentle fiar, the Longer the bettar, and make it Sharpe with Lemon or Virgues, or elder viniger, or Sorrell best of all, and Lett it breake to peeces, in yr hand, in Sommer use ~ hearbes, without onyons, in places where noe beefe, or mutton is used, water will make good maiger Pottage. ~ To Pickle, an old fatt goose ~ Cutt itt downe the back, and take out all the bones, Larde itt very well, with greene bacon, and Season itt with three quarters of an ounce of pepper, ginger, a quarter of an ounce of cloves, and Salt, as yr other Spices proportianable, a pinte of white wine, and Some butter, putt three, or foure baye Leaves, under the meate, and bake itt with browne breade, in an earthen pott, close, covered, and the eges, of yr pott, covered close, and with paste, Lett itt Stand 3 or 4 dayes in yr pickle, then eate itt cold with vineger ~ To make Sauseges ~ Take the Leane of a Legg of mutton, and Shred it, very well, then take twice the weight in beefe Sewett, as finely Shred as you can, then take a quart of good oyters Liquor and all, and cutt them Small amongst itt, then take halfe a hand full of Sage. and  5 And cutt it very Small, and mix it amongst itt, and for pepper, and Salt, Season itt as you Like yr Selfe, then role in yr hands, with a very Little flower, and frye them with Sweete butter ~ To roufe a Legg of mutton ~ Take a Legg of mutton, and powder it very well, as you would doe beefe, Soe Lett it Lye in powder, three weekes, or a month, then keeping it a drying for two monthes, in a chimly, then keepe wood fiars, and when you have occasion for itt, boyle itt, and when itt is colde Slice itt out, and eate itt, with vinegar, and oyle, as you please ~ To make pease pottage ~ Boyle up yr pease well, with running water, till they breake, with two or three onyons, and Some Spearemint, but noe more water in them, then will Just wash itt, and to make itt boyle, boyle yr bacon, in another pott, putt it into the pease pottage, with a good quantity of beefe broth, powdered beefe is the best, boyled upp togeather, Some halfe an hower, then eate itt with yr bacon, cutt into itt, in thinn Slices, and Some butter, if you Like itt, two or three pound of neck beefe, is the best for this purpose ~ How to Stew a rumpe of beefe ~ Take yr rumpe of beefe, and cut all the bones out, then Scotch itt with a knife, and Season on it, as you thinke good, with a Little pepper, and Salt, but wash itt over with a Little white wine vineger, then putt itt into yr pipkin, and putt thereto, a pinte of clarrett wine and a fagott, of rosmary, and thyme, then cover it close with, a course paste, and Sett it into yr oven, and Lett it Stand to Stewe 5 or 6: howers, then take itt out, and Laye yr meate into a dish, with good Store of Sippetts, then take the gravye of the meate, the fatt being taken off, and powered uppon yr meate, and Sippetts, and throw Some capers, and Samphire, uppon it, and Serve it upp. ~ To make Almon Butter ~ Take yr Almons, blanch them, grinde them, with faire water, Straine them, then boyle it and a Little whole mace in it, put in a Little Salt, and when it curdles, take itt from the fiar, and putt in a cloth, and hange itt up, that the whey, may run from it, Season itt with Suger, and rose water, and keepe the mace, till another time ~ To make a Shaking Pudding ~ Take a quarte of cream, and boyle it, with nuttmegs, ginger, and mace, all hole, then Lett it Stand, till it be colde, againe, then take the yeolkes of Seaven eggs, with halfe the whits, and beate them very well, then Straine them, and put them into creame, with cromes of manchett, and Some fine flower, then Stirr itt very well togeather, till it be pretty thick, then take a thick cloth, and wett it in water, and cast flower on it, and put yr Stuffe, into the cloth, and binde it upp, very close, and putt it into Seething water, and Lett itt boyle till it be enoughfe, you must putt into it a Little Salt, and Suger, with a nuttmegg, either Sliced, or Scraped ~ Orringe Pudding Take the pill of one Large orringe, or two Small ones, thin pared, beaten very well, then add of Suger, and butter, of each, halfe a pound, beate all Like biskett, till throughly, incorporated, putt a thin puff past in the dish under it, cover it with the Same, Soe bake itt ~  6 To make a Possett, without milke ~ Take the yeolkes, of 12 eggs, and the whites of 8, beate them well togeather, putt in a pinte of Sack, as mutch Ale, a quarter of a pound of Suger, beate all well togeather, sett it on the fiar till it boyle, and be Suffitiently rison in yr bason, ~ To make white Puddings ~ Take a neats tongue, boyled, peeled, and Small Shreed, a penny Loafe, or better grated, nuttmegg, cinamon, ginger, a Little Salt, a quarter of a pound of Suger, 12 eggs, but Six of the whites, a pinte of good creame, and the marrow, of three bones, ~ A Shaking Pudding ~ Boyle a pinte, an halfe of cream, with Some mace, and nuttmegg, then add the yeolkes of: 8: eggs, halfe a penny manchett, grated 12 Almonds Strained, with a Little rosewater, a little flower, Salt, and Suger, to yr tast, and powdered cinnamon, boyle in a napkin first wett, and the water being run out, flower it over. ~ To make a dish of Pease Codds ~ Putt the marrow of beefe, crumbes of bread, yeolkes of eggs, currants, cinamon, and Suger, into a fine paste, and frye itt with Suett. ~ Puffs ~ Take good curds, cleane from the whaye, two hanfulls of flower, 7 eggs, but halfe the whites, mixed, bake on papers, buttered over, Searve, with Suger, butter, or Sack, as you Like ~ To make Shoulder of Mutton, Venison ~ Prick it in many places, Stuff it with crumbs of bread, pepper, and thime, Steeped in the blood, cover itt with Some of the cale, and Lett itt Lye covered in blood 24 howers ~ Marrow Puddings ~ Marrow, halfe a pound of Almonds blanchd, and Small beaten, Crumbes of Stale ~ manchett Sliced, creame boyled, the whites of Six eggs, and three yeolkes, beaten, halfe a pound of Suger, and mace beaten, putt all well mixed into Skins ~ To quick in, wine, and recover, the Colour ~ Putt a gallon of newe milke to 20 gallons of wine, Shake itt togeather ~ Sauce for boyled mutton ~ Boyle an onyon in faire water, Stronge enough of it, then take it out, then putt in Some Sweet hearbes, Small Shreed, when throughly boyled, add two or three eggs beaten, butter, Salt Suger to yr taste ~ Calves Foot Pudding ~ Calves feet Small Shreed, well boyled, grated manechett, mace, nuttmegg, currants, eggs Marrow, and Salt, mix, and boyle in a cloth, ~ To Solt Bacon Like Westphalia ~ Make with Salt peeter, a Salt brine, that will beare a new Layd egg, boyle and Scumm itt cleane, when cold, cover yr gamons with itt, or tongues, Lett them Lye three weekes, or a month, over them in a chimny, where wood is burned, when drye take them a waye, and keepe them for yr use, you must every weeke boyle yr brine, adding, two or three, handfulls of Salt, every time ~  7 Cock Ale ~ Boyle an ould cock, his bones first broken, in as mutch water, as will boyle him to a gelly, with 4 ounces of harts horne, two ounces of [Juory], one pound of raisons of the Sunn when itt gellys, take itt off, when colde, putt it in a thin bagg, with two Lemonds Sliced nuttmegg, ginger cloves, and mace, three new Layd eggs, a quarter of a pound of hard Suger hange itt in a quarter of a Hoggshead, of Stronge Alle, when done working. ~ To bake mutton, Like Venison ~ Bone a hinde quarter of mutton, Steept in Lambs, or Sheepes blood, Season itt high putt in the past under itt, two pound of beefe Sewett, Small minced,when baked foure howers putt in itt, cutt upp a good deale of gravy, and a peece of butter melted, and well Shaken together To Collor, Beefe ~ Laye the thinn end of the brisket, in pump water, and Salt three dayes, changing itt every daye, the Last add a pinte of clarrett wine, draine itt drye, bone itt, cutt itt all most to the end, in three Slice, wash itt all over clarrett wine, cochenella, and a Little Allome, and Strowe, with Anchovis, bound and Sliced, then with cloves, mace, peper, two hanfulls Of Salt, Sweet marjorum, and thime chopped, roled upp harde, baked with clarrett wine and Vineger, bayeleaves, and and rosmary ~ To dress a Calves Heade ~ Boyle itt well, with Sage, lime, marjerum, and parseley, cutt it into Small peeces, ~ mince, the hearbes, with the braines, add thinn Slices of bacon, Stewe all togeather ~ with water, wine, and vinegar, nuttmegg, then frye itt, add a quarter of a pinte of creame Som yeolkes of eggs, frye itt againe a Little, and Send itt on Sippetts ~ An other waye ~ Slice itt, and bacon, both first well boyled, and Savory, perseley, and thyme, boyled, and minced, with the braines, Stewe a while in clarrett wine, and butter, anchovis, pepper and Salt, Serve on the bone, harde eggs, and barrberries on the dish, ~ To dress Chickins ~ Stew two Chickins cutt in peeces, in water, and white wine, with butter, and onyon, pepper, and Salt, frye all with Sweet hearbes, Small Shreed, and the yeolkes, of two or three eggs, Sake all togeather, and Soe Searve itt, ~ To Frye Beefe. ~ Putt fresh beefe, thinn cutt, and hacked, with a knife into a pann, by itt Selfe, power out the gravey, as itt comes, on a chaffing dish of coales, with Some white wine, onyon water, pepper, Salt, and Anchovy, putt the beefe to itt, and Stewe itt a Little, frye the beefe in butter, put in the gravy, three eggs, beaten, Shake all togeather, and Soe Searve itt An Apple Tansy ~ Stew 12 pippins, pared, and Sliced, from the core in Some Sack, and rosewater when Soft, beate to pulp, add 10 eggs beaten, halfe a pound of Suger, as mutch Juice of perseley, as will make itt greene, nutmegg, a pinte of thick cream, mixt well, and frye itt To roaste a Pike ~ Kill itt, drawe, att the gills, and well washed, wth. Oysters, Larde the back, with herring, baste wth. butter, and wth. whitwine, to which ad two or three Anchovis, capers, and Lemon, for Sauce rubb, your dish with garlick ~  8 To boyle a Pike ~ Cutt it into peeces, putt it Slice, if thick, into a dish, Strow Store of Salt on itt, and halfe a pinte of whitwine, putt all into a Skillett, with three pintes of white wine, and a handfull of Sweete hearbes, two onyons, cutt, two nuttmeggs quartered, a race of ginger, Sliced, one briske boyling, the Sauce is a pound of butter, Som Anchovis, Some of the upper most of the Liquor, beatned well, add Lemons ~ To boyle a Carpe ~ Putt it first blooded in the taile, and the blood, into white or Carret wine, ready to boyle, with a Little Salt, a nuttmegg quartered, whole pepper, mace, onyon, a bundle of Sweet hearbes, a peece of butter, then Sett the blood, Some wine, Anchavis, mixt all Soe Searve To roaste Labsters ~ Tide to the Spitt, baste, with water, and Salte, the Sauce, is Stewed oysters, Small cutt, butter thick beate, anchovis, dissolved, in the oyster Liquor, and praynes of the Labster, mixt att table. ~ To Pickle Coucumbers ~ Boyle: 3: quartes of white wine, vineger, a good handful of baye Salt, 6: quartes of water, good Store of dill seed, and Some Sliced coucumber, halfe an hower, Strayne itt, putt itt till it be colde, then putt in yr coucumber, cleane wiped, covered over with oyle ~ To bake a Hare ~ Bone itt, Laye itt on a gridiron, on fresh coales, when itt begins to drye, turne it, and ~ Sprinkle itt with, wine, which hath, nutmeggs, mace, and cloves, putt into itt, doe this 12 times Layd all night in vineger, the next daye doe the Same, Larde halfe, Seasoned, with pepper and Salt, bake itt, and eate itt colde. ~ Artichoke Pudding ~ Mix the bottom, well boyled, with thick creame, add 6 yeolkes of eggs, 3 whites beaten Seasoned with Suger, and nuttmegg to yr taste, butter, the dish, that it may not Stick, putt on itt marrow, and oyle and datos. ~ To Collor Beefe ~ Cutt out of the Side a Squeare peece, bone itt, and beate it with a roling pinn, Smoke it, the inside, downewards, on a gridiron, with wett haye on charcoale, halfe a quarter of an hower, when colde putt it in a traye, then moyeten itt with clarrett wine, or Stale ~ beare, Season itt, with pepper, Salt, cloves, mace, and baye leaves, Shreed, Lett it Lye three dayes in Sommer, 7 or 8 winter, then hange itt upp for a daye, that the winde may take itt, then Souce itt againe, the oftner, the better, and the redder, when you boyle it Laye the outward Skinn allmost off, Strowe with perseley, Sage, thime, Sweet marjarum, Pennyroyal, blades, of onyons, Leekes, or garlick of you Like, beefe Sewett ~ Small minced, Roled upp harde, with the Skinn aboute itt, then with a cloth att the ends, to keepe in the hearbes, and Sevett, the Sides Sowe with Long Stiches, that you may drawe them closer, as the meate Shrinkes, in boyling Season yr Liquor you boyle itt in, Least yr meate be to fresh, boyle itt foure howers, take off the cloth when colde ~  9 To make white Puddings ~ Soake two quartes, of oatmeale, in hott water, then a while, in new milke, which putt awaye, Season itt with Salt, Suger, rose water, mace, nuttmeggs, cloves, creame enough to make itt thinn, Six eggs, and Store of Suett, ~ To Pickle Smelts ~ Putt them in Stronge pickle, of water, vinegar, and Salt, to beare an egg, Strowe betweene each rowe, whole pepper, mace, cloves, onyon, orringe, and Lemond, Sliced, begin Stripping att the taile, ~ To roaste a Trout ~ Fill his belly with crumbes, of manchett, Sweet hearbes chopped, pepper, and nuttmegg, 3 or 4 eggs, all mixt, baste with butter, Sauce is, Some of the hearbes, nuttmegg, and Salt boyled togeather. ~ Sawsages ~ Take the tenderest porke, cleane from the Skinn, beefe Sewett, both well beaten Sage, Small Shreed, good Store of pepper, Salt, nuttmegg, ginger, cinamon, and newe Layde eggs Black Puddings ~ Boyle yr oatmeale tender, in milke, take yr thickest blood, the water, and thinnest putt a waye, beefe Sewett, new Layd eggs, fennel Seedes, cloves, and mace, and nuttmeggs, penyroyall, Sweet marjarum, perseley, thime, minte, Sage, and Savory ~ Capon Pye ~ When baked, with pepper, and Salt, and butter, mince the brawne, and mix with the Juice of 5 or 6: orringes, meat of two Lemons, Some pill Small cutt, clarrett wine, Suger, yeolkes of eggs minced, gravye, butter, putt on the Leggs, and rump, and Sarve ~ Calves Heade ~ Cutt the tongue, and flesh, well boyled, into Small Slices, frye Store of perseley ~ Shreed, then putt in yr Slices, then the brains beate, and Store of butter, Season with vineger, or, other wine to yr pallett, and Sarve itt ~ To dress, Larkes, or Little birds ~ Frye them, in quarters, or whole, cleane drawne, frye oysters, a Little Scalded, and flowered, frye Scerretts, well boyled, and flowered, till all are browne, Searve, with butter or as you will ~ Lampres Pye ~ Straine them, Seasoned with vineger, pepper, and Salt, Lett it run from them, Season well, within, espetially, with cloves, and mace, and cinamon, when baked putt in vinegar, clarrett wine, and butter, ~ To boyle a Salmond ~ Putt it quartered, and washed with clarett wine, into water, and vineger a handfull of rosmary, and time, first boyling on a quick fiar, then Sprinkling on baye Salt till enough, when halfe boyled, putt in a quart of clarrett wine, boyle Softe lye till itt collour, keepe itt in till colde, ~  10 Ruin Cheese ~ Run milke from the cow, or Strokings, warme a gallon, when come, neither breake nor handle it, putt on a cloth in arrange, over a tubb, with a dish full of curdes, then faire water, then curdes, then water, Soe till all be up, Lett itt Stand draining, till it will come within yr fate, when in yr fate, putt on itt a pound weight, an hower after as mutch more, then three pound, of Salt a Little, att night, turne it into a wett cloth, next morning into adrye one, take of the weight, Soe keepe itt two or three dayes, then putt it every daye into nettle Leaves, every time you change, them, wipe cleane, when Slipt enough nine dayes, or there abouts ~ Wide, Curdes ~ Putt new milke whaye, on the fiar till it allmost boyle, add a quart of under ~ Skimmings, as mutch rennett, as will make a cheese, mixt, then the rest of yr colde whaye Sett them in arange, next morning Straine them, add Some creame 7 or 8 howers before you use them, tye upp harde in a cloth, hanged upp to dropp ~ Oyster Pye ~ Wash them in water, and Salt, Sett them in the Liquor, when cleare from grist, with whole mace, cloves, and an onyon, quartered, Season with pepper, and Salt, putt in to youre pye, wth. Store of raisons, currants, and butter, when baked add a cadle of Sack, yeolkes of eggs, and Suger not boyled ~ Egg Pye ~ Shreed all yr eggs, hard boyled, Small, Seasoned as mince pyes, with fruit and Spice putt Store of butter, into yr pye. ~ Sawsages Veale, or Porke, very Small cutt, twice, as mutch beefe Sevett, Small minced, and Sifted, Store of mace, Lemon pill, pepper, and Salt, Sage, broade time, rosmary, and orringe, halfe as mutch of Sage, whole eggs, that is whites, and all, ~ Frickacey ~ Take rabitts, chickens, or other meate, boyled, roasted, or rawe, putt to it perseley fryed crispe, putt all into a pan with a pinte of clarrett wine, or its owne Liquor if boyled, frye a white, add the yeolkes, of two eggs, beaten, in vinegar, and give a warme or two ~ A Pottage ~ Take Store of Sweete, marjorum, beetes, endive, Succory, and perseley, a Little Sorrell, an onyon or two, add Store of meate, when allmost boyled, Slice in a peny Loafe, boyle till thicke Alemon Creame ~ Take a quarte of Creame, keepe itt Stirring, on the fiar, untill it be blood warme, then take the meate of three Lemons, and a Little orringe flower water, Sweeten them Soe well, that they maye not turne the creame, then Stirr them into the creame on the fiar and Some yeolkes of eggs, and Searve itt in colde ~ An other Creame ~ Take a quarte of good creame; 10: whites of new Layde eggs, beaten very thinn, putt them into the colde creame, and Some Sugar, according to yr taste, and a Little bundle of Lemon time, or broad time, Sett it on the fiar, Stirring itt continually, one waye, till itt hath,  11 Hath had one boyle, take itt off the fiar, Stirr itt till the greate heate be off, power itt into yr dish, and when itt is colde, Stick itt over, with Small Spriggs of time, that you ~ boyled in itt, and Shake Suger over it ~ Rice Creame ~ Take a quarter of a pound of rice, pick itt very cleane, and Laye itt all night in &c: then boyle itt very tender, untill all the water be consumed, then Straine itt very cleane, then take the whites of Six eggs, and beate them very well, untill itt come to froth, then putt them to yr creame, and rice, with as mutch Suger as you please, putt it in a Skillett, putt a pinte and halfe of thick creame, Lett itt boyle untill itt be thick. Stirring itt all one waye, if you please you maye putt in rosewater, orring flower water, cinamon or mace ~ Orringe Creame ~ Take a quart of creame, Sweeten itt well with Suger, Lett it boyle, awhile, but Stirr it continually, when it hath boyled a while, and the greate heate oute, Squeese in the Juice of orringes, till itt turne to a tender curde, then hange itt upp all night, in a fine Strainer Lett it hange upp, till the whey be out, then beate upp yr curdes with thick creame, and Season itt to yr taste, Slice in Som Small peeces of orringes ~ To make Snow ~ Take a quart of Creame, and the whites of tenn eggs, putt in Som rosewater, and Suger as mutch as you please, then beate itt very well, and as the froth riseth, Laye itt into a cullender, Sett yr cullender in a dish to Save the creame, that runs from the froth, when no more froth will arise, putt yr creame into a Skillett, and putt in a Sprigg of rosmary, time and a Little Lemon Pill, keepe itt Stirring all one waye in the boyling, when itt is boyled take itt off the fiar, and Stirr it a Little, then power itt into a dish, in the midle of the dish Laye the bottom of a new manchett, with a Sprigg of rosmary Stalkes, in the midest if itt when yr creame is colde, Laye the froth on itt and on the rosmary ~ Apple Creame att any Time ~ Take 12 pippins, pare, and Slitt them, then putt them in a Skillett, and Some clarrett wine and a race of ginger, Shreed thin and a Little Lemon pill, cutt Small, and a Little Suger, Lett all these Stand togeather, till they be Softe, then take them off, and putt them in a dish till ~ they be colde, then take a quart of creame, boyle awhile, then putt in as mutch apple Stuff, to made itt of what thickness, you please, and Soe Searve itt, ~~~ Trifle Creame ~ Take Some Creame, and boyle itt with a Stick of cinamon, and Lemon pill, a while ~ then take itt of, coole itt a Little and Season itt with a Little rosewater, and Suger, to yr taste Lett this be putt in a thing, you Searve itt in, then putt in a Little runnett, to make itt come, then itt is fitt to eate ~ Quince Creame Take the quinces, and putt them into boyling water, unpared, and Lett them boyle very fast, uncovered, when they are very tender take them off, and peele them, and beate the papp, very Small, with Suger, then take rawe creame, and mix with itt, till it is of a fitt thickness, to eate Like a creame, butt if you boyle the creame, with a Stick of cinamon, I thinke itt the better, but itt must Stand till it be colde, before you putt itt to the quinces ~ French Bread. Tom. Hackett Take half a peck of fine flower, to a Dozen Rolls, a quart of yest, & two quarts of water, to be as warm as Milk from the Cow, in Winter, but in Summer Cooler. When it is moulded let it Stand half an hour, till it be full proof. Make yr Oven very hot, Stop yr Oven half an hour, Then open it, & let yr Bread Stand till it be dry on yr top, & no moisture to be fell which will be about half an hour or there abouts. 12 Sillabub ~ Take a Lemond pared, and Sliced, very thinn, then cover the bottom of yr Sillabub pott with itt, then Stoore it thick with fine Suger, then take Sack, or whitwine, and make a curde withSOme cream, then Laye itt on the Lemon with a Spoone, then whipp Some ~ creame, and whites of eggs togeather, Sweeten itt a Little, and cast the froth on the Sillabub when you Laye in yr curde, you must Laye in Some Suger, betweene every Laine ~ To make past royall White ~ Take halfe a pound of duble, refined Suger, and beate it well, and Serce itt, through a fine Lawne, then putt it in a fine Allablaster, morter, with a Little gum dragon, Steeped in a Little rosewater, and a graine of muske, Soe beate all togeather, till itt come to a pretty paste, then role itt thinn with a rolling pinn, and printe itt with yr moulders, you must drye them on a boarde farr from the fiar, but you must not putt them in a oven, they will be drye, in two or three howers, and be as white as Snow ~ Egg Pye ~ Take eggs, and boyle them hard, Shreed them Small, with Some aple, and Season itt as you please, with Sack, Suger, and rosewater, a Little orringe pill, when you putt when you putt in the paste, cover itt over with butter, Soe bake itt ~ To boyle a Capon ~ Take a Capon, and Sett itt over the fiar, with as mutch water, as will cover itt, put In a good peece of butter, a Little Large mace, and a Little quantity of collwoortes, or cabidge, about a handfull, Soe Lett itt boyle gently, close covered, till itt be enough ~ To Souce a Pike Take the blood out all the Vent, Scower well with Salt, then wash him, open the belly, and what you take out gutts, and all, if well cleansed, togeather with the ~ blood, putt itt into the Liquor, which Should be, as mutch water, as will cover the fish, and to every Large fish, a pinte of vinergar, a handfull of Salt, a bundle of Sweet hearbes, one nuttmegg cutt in quarters, Lett the water, Spice, and hearbes ~ boyle before the vineger, goes in, which being added, and the Liquor, boyling againe putt in the pike, trust round, keepe itt constantly boyling, as fast as may be, till enough, then take itt out, and putt itt not in againe, till the Liquor, be colde and Strained, Lett it Stand in a coole place, in as narrow, an ear then pott, as will containe itt, if you keepe itt Long, take out the fish, and boyle the fish, an new, with a Little addition, of vineger, and Salt, but Lett it be coole, before itt be putt in againe ~ To make very good Manchett ~ Take a quarter of a peck of flower, and Strowe in a Spoonefull of Salt, then take a pinte of Ale east, if it be Light, if Sad not Soe mutch, take as mutch newe milke, warme as will make doe, not neade it, but drive itt, with the backs of your hand, then Sett by the fiar, to rise, then make itt into roles, putt them into a very hott oven, and Lett them Stand halfe an hower, Sett upp the Stone ~ To Pickle Mushrooms ~ Take yr mushrooms, and boyle them in a pott, and put vineger, pepper, and 2 onyons cloves, and mace, 4 baye Leaves, and Lett them Stand ~  13 To Pickle Figgs ~ Take the figgs, and Laye them in water 24 howers, then par boyle them, very tendar then boyle a quarte of white wine, and a pinte of veneger, Slice Some ginger, and nuttmegg cloves, and mace, and pepper, tyed in a bagg, then putt in a handfull of Suger, and make itt pretty Sweette, then putt the figgs in a pott, and putt the pickle to them ~ To Pickle Cowcombers ~ Take yr cowcombers, and rub them, putt them in a pott, betweene, every Layne Laye Some dill, then putt in viniger, Ale, or beare, tyed upp in a bagg cloves, and mace, and bay Leaves, and Lemon pared, and Stird, a Little fennell Seedes, Soe Lett them Stand ~ To keepe any Flowers, all the yeare for Sallets ~ Take one pint of whitwine vineger, one pound of Suger, boyle to a thick Syrrupe put in the flowers, what quantity you please, and Lett them, boyle, take it off the fiar, when cold, put up in potts, or glasses, cover them close, putt the flowers, very ~ well through a Sive, especially the violetts, for they are full of earth, and Little Stones ~ To make Snow ~ Take a quart of creame, and the white of an egg or two, Som roswater, Juice of Lemond, Sack, mingle all these togeather, take a whiske, and beate itt till it is very high, take a Spoone, and fill the glasses ~ Damson Creame ~ Infuse yr damsons, and Straine them through a haire Sive, Lett the marmalett be cold, then putt it to yr creame, Some rosewater, and Suger, and Lett it be thick ~ To make a Trifle ~ Take Some Sweete creame, putt to it Some cinamon, and nuttmegg beaten, and Sifted, rosewater, and Suger, Sett it on the fiar till it be warme, then putt in Some rinett as mutch as will make it come Like a cheese, Stirr itt well, and garnish ye dish, with all Sortes of Sweet meates ~ To Stewe Apples ~ Pare them, and cutt them in halfes, take out the coares, and Laye them in a dish, put Some water, and Suger to them, cloves, cinamon, orringe pill, Sliced, Lett them Stewe verry Softly, you may Stew them in wine ~ To Stew a duck Take a duck, and halfe roast him, then have, Some clarrett wine, as mutch as will Stew it, with 3 or 4 onyons, cutt Small Some, cabbidge that hath beene boyled, Season itt well with all kind of Spices, you must cutt yr duck into peeces, then putt in a dish, Stewing when itt is Stewed, putt in Some butter, toss it up togeather, if itt be not thick enough, you may putt in Some crust of bread ~~~ To Stewe birds ~~~ Take yr birds, boyle them a Little in water, and Salt, then take halfe Soe mutch muskadine, as water, and boyle them with the Liquor, with mace, time, and butter, with a Little Virguce, and Suger, then dish them, with barberries, and peeled Lemond ~ To Stewe Chickins Take chickins, halfe roasted cutt them in peeces, put them in a dish, put to them a Little whole mace, a Little Salt, an onyon, but take that out before you Send itt in, putt to itt penyroyall, Sweet marjerum, Savory, and perseley, a quarter a pound butter, Stewe all an hower, then Searve itt ~  14 To boyle a rump of Beefe ~ Take a rump of beefe, well powdered, and washed, then take Sweet marjerum ~ time, persely, Spinage, of each a pretty quantity, then Shreed them Small, then take a Little gross pepper, with Some of the fatt of the beefe, then Stuff itt well there with, then Lett it boyle, till enough, in the means time, take a couple of of colly flowers, and boyle them in milke, till they be thick putting a Little butter to them, make Some Sippetts with a manchett, and a tatt of the beefe, and a Little wine, putt the colliflowers, on the beefe, Soe Sava itt To dress a Fillett of Veale ~ Take a fillett of Veale, and with the backside, of a cleaver, beate it till it be redy to fall in peeces, take marjerum, time, and perseley, wash and Shreed them very Small, take ~ gross pepper, and mince, with itt, rub the meate with clarrett wine, and the quantity of an egg of Sweet butter, then Lett itt bake on howre, before you Send itt to the table, ~ beate the yeolke of an egg, and putt to itt, Shake itt, and Searve itt with Spice ~ To Hash a Calves Head ~ Take a calves head, and halfe boyle itt, then cutt it from the bone, and Slice itt thinn and putt in a Little wine, and Some gravy, a faggott of Sweet hearbes, Some capers cutt Small, Som water of an onyon, a Litt bacon, boyled, and cutt Small, then Sett it on the fiar, and Lett it Stew a good, while you maye, broyle one Side of itt, when itt is Stewed, putt in Some thick butter, and toss itt, all togeather, then putt itt in a dish, with Some bacon ~ Sliced about itt ~ To boyle a hare to butter ~ Take yr hare, and fill his belly full of pasly, and two or three onyons, with a fewe Sweete hearbes, and boyle them very well, when theye are boyled take the meate from the bones, the hearbes, the onyons, with 12 yeolkes of harde eggs, cutt them Small all to geather, then putt them in a dish, putt Som butter, make them hott and Searve ~ To make a Flesh Sallett ~ Take a capon, and roast itt, take the flesh from the bones, and Slice itt thin, take Some purselen, tarregen, and Siues, with broome buds, capers, a Little Lemon Sliced, putt to itt oyle, and vinegar, ~ To make a Pottage ~ Take a peece of a Legg of beefe, a peece of Veale, and mutton, Sett it on be time, and boyle itt very well, Scumm, it cleane, and putt to it, a pretty deale of white pepper, a Little mace, an onyons, Stuck with cloves, a crust or two two of bread, boyle itt well, when well boyled, Straine the broath, cutt, Some, whitbread, and toast itt, and putt it into the broath, then putt into the dish, a couple of ducks roasted, or a couple of pulletts, roasted or boyled, or a neck of veale rosted, take a quantity of this broath, before itt be mutch boyled, into a Skellett, and take a Lapfull of hearbes, Spinage, Sorrell, Lettice, and boyle them, and if yr meate be boyled, putt the hearbes, on itt, if roasted under, take two or three Sweete breades, of Veal boyle them, and Slice them into itt ~ To make a Pottage, another waye ~ Take what Joynt of mutton you please, and putt it in Som cleane water, and Lett itt boyle, then Scum it cleane, put in Some cloves, and mace, and a Little lime, and Sweete  15 Swett marjerum, and halfe a dozen of onyons peeled, Lett itt boyle till the meate be render, take Some of the broath, in adepe dish, and Sett itt over Some coals, put Some white bread toasted, and Some thatt hath beene all ready boyled, Lett itt Stewe in the dish till it be pretty thick, then putt the meate to itt, Send itt to the table ~ Pottage for Fasting or other ~ Take 3 quarters of a pound of butter, and halfe a peck of good hearbes, of Spinnage Lettice, Sorrell, Sives, beetes, younge Sproutes, of colwoortes, Sweete marjerum, time, and the the greene of one Leeke, rosmary, wash yr hearbes, and cutt them a Little, putt youre butter into the pott, and the hearbes, and Lett itt boyle, halfe an hower, if you make itt with meate, then have, another pott by, with mutton, and Veale, and chickens and the broath of the meate, being very well boyled, itt must be putt into the hearbs a Little before you take itt upp, putt in wine, and vinegar, Some, white bread toasted, if itt be for a frydaye, putt in only faire water, insteede of flesh broath; you must putt in the broath in by degreese ~ A Frigasey Take chickens, or rabbitts, cutt in quarters, flower them, and make yr butter boyle, putt them in the pann, frye them very well, take a Little perseley, and time, 2 or 3 anchovis, a Little onyon, Shreed itt well togeather, putt in a good Ladill full of broath with yr hearbes, Shake itt and frye itt well togeather, take the yeolks of Six eggs, beaten well togeather, with halfe a pinte of whitwine, a nuttmegg Shreed, the Juice of a Lemond, or Verjuce, Sealded on the fiar, and Shake itt well togeather, Soe Searve itt ~ To make a dish of Scotch Collops ~ Take a fillett of Veale, cutt it in thin Slices, beate itt very well, Larde itt with bacon, and flower, frye itt with Sweet butter, when itt is fryed enough, take itt out and put it in a Stewe pann, then put halfe a pinte of clarrett, a blade or two of mace, a pinte of broath, a Little orringe pill, a anchovy or two, a Little nuttmegg, Stewe them well togeather, then take as mutch veale, and beefe Suett, of each a Like, and Shreed itt well, a Little time and perseley, and Sweete marjerum, all Shreed togeather and a Little pepper, the yeolkes, of two, or three eggs, make itt upp:in baules, and Shake itt well togeather, be Sure Stewe itt well, Soe Searve itt upp ~ A Stump pye ~ Take a quarter of Lamb, or a Lag of Veale, and mince itt Small, with Sweet hearbs raisons, and currants, and dates, Suger, and a Little Lemond pill, then make yr Coffin, and putt it into itt, and bake itt well, then make a Layre of whitwine, and yeolkes of eggs, and Suger, and putt in itt, ~ To make a Capon pye ~ Take a capon rosted, then take the meate of itt, and mince it well with Some marrow Season it, with cloves, and mace, nuttmegg, and Suger, Soe mix it togeather, with itt Some raisons, then make a pye, and putt yr meate into it, when it is baked, then have a Leare, made with Sack, a Little Suger, 2 or 3 yeolkes of eggs, a Little butter drained all upp togeather, then putt it in yr pye, Salt it well, Soe Searve itt ~  16 To make a Capon pye, Spanish, &c: ~ Take a flesh capon, parboyle itt then cutt of the flesh, and mince itt with a pound of beefe, and the marrow of two or three bones, a Little cloves, and mace, a Little pepper and a fewe currants, putt all this to the meate, in the paste, made with marrow, and Suger when itt comes out of the oven, Season, with clarrett wine the Juice of orringes, beaten amber, and Suger, Stirr all the meate, and this togeather ~ A made dish ~ Take grated bread, marrow, currants, dates, raisons, a Little Amber Greece, Steeped in rosewater, and eggs, creame, and Suger, mingle all togeather, and bake itt in puff paste Soe Searve itt upp ~ To bake a Swan ~ Scauld yr Swan, and take out the bones, then par boyle it, Season it with pepper Salt, and ginger, then Larde itt, and putt it in a deepe coffin, of rie paste, with good Store of butter, Lett it Soake very well, when it is enough, take it out of the oven, putt in more butter, melted att the vent hole ~ To roast a Pike ~ Take yr Pike and Scald it, then take Some pickld herrings, and Larde it, then take Some oysters, and enchovis, with a Little Sweet hearbes, cutt Small mix all togeather then Stuff and fill the belly, and roast it, when a roasting, have a good Leare with a Little clarrett wine, 2 or 3 yeolkes of eggs, Some butter, Some anchovis, and oysters Lemon Sliced, with Some of that which is in the belly, and drayne all upp togeather and Searve itt to the table ~ To make hash, of Pike ~ Take a pike, and boyle it, and pick it from the bones, then putt it in a dish, with Some oysters, anchovis, Some capers, cutt with Some butter, toast, upp togeather, Searve itt to the table ~ To make Norfolk Linkes ~ Take the belly peece of a hogg, or any other fatt, and Leane, that is to Spare of Such a hogg, and cutt it in peeces, as Square as greate dice, you must be Sure to make it very fatt, Season it with cloves, and mace, beaten, and a good deals of pepper, a deale of Salt which they, must taste well of and Some Sage cutt very Small, then fill it in hoggs gutts and Linke them togeather, and hange them neare the chimney, where they may have the heate of the fiar, and not be to hott, when once drye they will keepe a month ~ To make a good hash ~ Take a Line of mutton, and cutt it, as you doe for Scotch collopes, and hash it, then then out a Little water, a bunch, of time, and Savory, cloves, and mace, and anchovis, 2 or 3 onyons, when all most ready, put in what [picker] you please, and beate the yeolkes of two eggs, and Shake itt togeather, and Sliced Lemond ~ To pickle redige buds ~ Take vineger, Verguce, or both, and putt it into a pott, and Season itt with cloves and pepper, hott, and a Little Salt, then Stop itt downe close, and Lett it Stand, if it Stink remove itt not ~  17 To make a good Sassage Take the Leane of a hood one pound, and of the fatt one pound, Shreed the meate as Small as you doe for mince pyes, then take of Sage, lime, and Savory, of each an equall quantity, and of all a good handfull, Shreed yr hearbes, very Small, then take pepper, and Salt, cloves, and mace, the most of pepper, beate yr Spice, very Small and mingle itt all togeather, if you make them upp in roles, beate the yeolke of an egg, and s Little flower, you maye role them, or putt them, in hoggs, or Sheeps gutts ~ To make a Sack possett ~ Take a quart of creame, and a quarter of a pound of Almonds, and beate them very Small, and boyle in yr creame, and Som bread Sliced thin, then take a pinte of Sack and Sett it over the fiar, till it be hott, then take 22:eggs Leave out 8 of the whits then beate them well, and a Little Suger, and creame, then putt in yr Sack and make it Scalding hott, then put in yr creame, and Lett it Stand on the coals, a Little while, Stirring itt, then Strowe on the top of itt Some Suger, and cinamon, ~ A French Bullion ~ Take one pound of fresh beefe, a pound of Veale, a pound of mutton, putt them into an ordinary, quantity of water, as you make broath, and Soe Lett it boyle togeather, with a Little mace, then take a good young pullet, without breaking the Skin and putt within itt, a kinde of pudding, made with Veale, and good beefe Suett, chopt togeather, till it is allmost, in a past, which, must be Seasoned, Slightly, with pepper and Salt, and made up with the yeolkes, of two or three eggs, besides putting in the belly, you must allsoe putt of the Same Stuff, betweene, the Skin, and the flesh, both att the brest, and Leggs, after which itt must be tyed upp, with Stringes att each end, ~ Least it Should come out, in the boyling, then putt it into the pott, with the other meat and after itt hath beene, a Little, take itt out, and prick itt, where it is Stuff, otherwise itt will be apt to burst, the Skin, after which, you may Lett itt boyle, till you find itt enough, you must, boyle, in another pott, Some white endive, which must be afterwards Stewed in a Little of the broath, when you thinke all the goodness of the meate is boyled out, then take one of yr deepest dishes, and fill itt with the broath, Setting it over a chaffing dish, and you must have ready to putt in it, the bottom and topp crust, of two or three manchetts, well toasted, and putt them into the broath Letting them have a boyle or two, therin, as allsoe, a Spoonefull or two of verguce, which maye give it a pretty, Sharpe taste, when you are ready to Send itt upp, putt in the yeolkes of: 6: or 8 eggs, well beaten, and Stirr it well aboute, then Laye in yr pullett in the middle of yr dish, and both over it and aboute it, Laye Some of the Stewed endive, and garnish with Sliced Lemon, Soe Searve to the table ~ To make marrow Potets ~ Take manchett, and grated, halfe a nuttmegg, grated, halfe a quarter of a pound of Suger, a fewe, currants, a Little rosewater, the yeolke of one egg, temper itt all togeather, with butter, melted, in water, then make a Little fine past, and role it thin, Slice the marrow bone, and take out the marrow, and cutt in thin Slices, and Laye it in the paste, then Laye the Stuff round, about the marrow, then role: Sutch  18 Sutch, Sutch a thin peece, as the bottome is to cover, Soe wett the cover, with Some of the butter, and water, and close them togeather, and frye them with butter ~~~ Receit of Flesh pease pottage ~ Take Severall Sorts of meate, beefe, and mutton, boyle them in yr pease, when they are thoroughly boyle, and tender, Straine them, then Sett yr pottage againe over the fiar, putt into it, cloves, mace, capers, and marrow, if you have any, and in Somer ~ Large hearbes, if they be not thick enough, youse Some yeolkes of eggs ~ The bauls ~ Take beefe, or mutton, pound well, and in pounding take out all the Sinneves, and Skins, and putt to it Some beefe Suett, pound it well till throughly mixt, add eggs ~ whites, and all, according to the quantity of Season, with mace, and cloves, roule them upp in crumes of manchett, ~ For the fish pease pottage, use yeeles, which is by mutch the best, or Sniggs or Lamperns, insteed of flesh, only Lamperons, are apt, to make them Looke blacke To pickle musherums ~ Take yr mushrums, newly gathered, and wash well in a water or two, then putt them into Some water, with a good deale of Salt, and Lett them Stand an hower, then power out the water, and Lett them Stewe in the Liquor that comes from them ~ till they be allmost drye, the pickle must be mushrewms, boyled in water, and the water Sett to Settle, and of the clearest, one quart, putt it in anything butt brass and a pinte of white wine vineger, Six blades of Large mace, a fewe cloves, one ~ Spoone full of whole pepper, make itt all very tarte of Salt, and boyle, and boyle this halfe a quarter of an hower, then take it off the fiar, and put in 4 or 5 baye leaves when itt is cold putt in yr musherewms, and Lett them Stand 10 dayes, the wash them out of the pickle, and boyle the pickle againe, when it is colde putt in youre musherums, and tye up the pott close ~ To Pickle Musheromes ~ When you gather them, take the Small knobs, that that growe upp in a night, and either pill them, or rub them, with a wooll in cloth, putt them into a Skillett without any water, and putt Some Salt to them Soe Lett them boyle a quarter of an ~ hower, then putt them into a broade pann, till they be colde, then make a pickle with wine and white wine vinegar, cloves, mace, ginger, and white pepper, boyle all togeather, when itt is cold, putt in Some mushreums, and tye upp the pott close when they, have Stoode a weeks, or 10 dayes, wash them cleane, in the pickle, and boyle it, and put it to them as before, for the great ones, take out all the red Skinn and pill them and wash, and boyle them, and putt them into the pickle with the other if it bead rye time putt a Little water, in the bottom, of the Skillett, to keepe from burning To dress musherumes Take musherums, one nights groath, when they are cut and peeled, Lett them Steepe halfe an hower, in water, then wash them well, in a water or two, then putt them into the Stewing pann, and Strowe over them Some Salt, Sett them on the fiar, and Lett them Stewe, in the Liquor that comes from them, a pretty while, then putt in Some marjerum, and lime, Shreed, one whole onyon, and a Little pepper, Lett them Stewe  19 Stewe thus, till the Liquor be allmost waste, and they tender, then putt in a Spoone full, or two of water, and Some clarrett wine, and Lett them have, one boyle then putt in, a good peece of Lemond, the pill, and meate both, Shreed Small, a fewe bread crumbs, and a Little butter, then Leave out the onyon, and putt in a Little gravy of mutton, Soe Stirr all togeather, Searve them upp ~ A Possitt ~ Take three pintes of thick creame, and boyle in it nuttmegg, a Little peece of cinamon, if you please, when it hath boyled, Leave out the Spice, and Sweeten itt Stirr itt till it be Soe cold, that you may eate it, and against that time you must have Sack and Ale, in a bason, very hott: 3 partes Ale, and one parte Sack, about a pinte, in all, when the Same is hott, and Sweetned, and the creame, allmost colde, power the creame, into the Sack, hold it as high, as you can when you power itt and Stirr itt as it goes in, if you find it not thick enough, put in a Little more Ale, cover it and Lett it Stand, awhile, uppon embers, have a care it curdle not, if it be, enough it will be thick to the bottom ~ An other possett ~ Take a quart of creame, and 12 eggs, whites, and yeolkes, well beaten togeather as mutch Sack, and Ale, as you think, Shall be Strong enough, and Suger to Sweeten it, and a blade or two of mace, put all these into a Skillett, cold, mingle them well Sett it on a quick, charcoale fiar, keeping it continually Stirring, all the while, one waie, till it boyle, noe faster then for a foole, and you Shall find it thicken, then take it and power it into a bason, and cover it and Sett it on Some embers, for halfe an hower, and in that time it gathers to a curde ~ An other possett ~ Take 12 whits, of new Layd eggs, Straine them, and beate them, with a burch whisk, take a quart of creame, and boyle it with, 5 or 6: yeolkes of eggs, and Sweeten it, then take a pinte of Sack, and Ale, and putt into a bason with the whites of eggs ~ and Lett it be boyling hott, then power in yr creame, and eggs, and Stirr, it all togeather very gently, and Sett it on embers, as you boyle the creame, you must putt in a Stick of cinamon, a blade of mace, and a nuttmegg, and Sweeten the Same ~ To make, bacon, eate Like Venison ~ When you kill yr pigg, Save the blood, when tis cutt upp, take two good Sparribs and bone them, and beate them very well, with a roling pinn, and Season it Like, venison, with pepper, and Salt, then Laye it all night, or Longer in the blood, and prick holes in it, that, the blood, maye enter, the flesh, when you Laye it in crust putt Some beefe Seuet, well beaten, under it, and Some of the blood a topp, when it is allmost baked, putt in Some clarrett, wine, that hath beene Stewing, with the bones, and pepper, and Salt, in the oven ~ To make a Fresh Cheese ~ Take a quart of creame, and putt to it, the whits of Six eggs, well beaten, and Sett itt over the fiar, Still Stirring it until it comes to be curds, then Strayne them from them from the whaye, then pound the curds, with halfe a Spoonfull, of orringe flower water, and a Little Suger, in a Stone morter, and put it into a cullender, that hath holes  20 holes, in the Sides, as well, as in the bottom, it must be of earth, then turne it out on yr dish, and putt rawe creame to itt ~ To make a Colde of white wine ~ Take halfe a pinte of white wine, and Slice, a Little bread into it, take the yolks of two eggs, and beate them with a Little faire water, and a Little white wine, if you have any creame, put in a Spoone full or two, put in the eggs to the white wine, and breake and Stirr, it all togeather, putt in a Little mace, then Sett in on the fiar, keepe itt Stirring, and Lett it boyle a Little, while, then Sweeten itt, and putt a Little butter in it ~ To make hoggs puddings ~ Take gritts of oatmeal, and pound them Small, then boyle them in new milke and Lett them Steepe, in the milke, one night, then take a quart of creame, and boyle is put to that the value, of two manchetts, finely grated, then take a handfull of marjerum, a handfull of Strawberrie Leaves, a handfull of violett Leaves, putt in pepper, ginger, Salt, as mutch, as will Season itt, Soe mingle yr things a foresaid and blood togeather, and Shreed yr fatt very Small, and Soe make them, this is the quantity, for the blood, of one hogg, ~ To make Toasts ~ Cutt penny Leaves, in round Slices, and dipp, them in halfe a pinte of creame milke, or colde water, then Laye them a broade in a dish, a beate three eggs and nutmegg, and Suger, with the creame, then melt Some butter, in a frying pann, and wett them in the creame, then Laye the wett Side to the pann, then power the creame, on the rest, in the pan, and Soe frye them, and Searve itt in with rosewater, and Suger, ~ To make a Salmon, coulor, in the boyling ~ Take a gallon of water, and putt to it, a quart of wine, or vineger, or verjuce or Sower beare, and a fewe Sweet hearbes, and Salt, and Lett the Liquor boyle eastreamly, and hold it by the taile, and dipp it in and out 12 times, and it will make it coulor, and Soe boyle it till it be tender ~ To make an Allmond Cadle ~ Take 3 pintes of Ale boyle it with cloves, mace, and Sliced breade in it, then have in readiness beate, a pound and halfe of almonds, blanched, and Straine them out, with a pinte of whitwine, and thicken the Ale with it Sweeten it as you please but be Sure, you Stirr it well, when itt is boyling ~ To roast a Fillett of Veale ~ Take, and Stuff it with beefe Suett, Season itt with nuttmegg, Salt, 2 or 3 egs mix them, with the Sewett, Stuff it and roast it, and make gravy Sauce, with ~ Some Juice of orringe ~ To pickell, pursland, Stalkes ~ When they are washed, and cutt in peeces, 6: inches Longe, boyle them in water, and Salt, a dozen, walmes, when they are taken upp drayned, and cold, Lett yr pickle be Stale beare, and wine vineger, a handfull of Salt, Soe put them into youre, vessel, ~  21 To Pickel Barberries redd ~ Lett yr water boyle, a walme or two, Lett yr pickle, be of whitwine, and vineger not to Sharpe, Soe put upp for yr use, ~ To pickle Samphier greene ~ Take yr Samphier fresh, and pickle it, with water, and Salt, when you have occasion to use it, take Some of it, and throw it into boyling water, and allthough it hath Lost its culler, yet: 6: or 7 walmes, will make it Looke, as greene as grass, draine it, and coole it, and putt it in whitwine, vineger, for yr use ~ A trew receipt of the pounded hare pye ~ Take two hares, and bone them, and mince them Small, then putt to it one pound of beefe Suett, and one pound of Larde, mince that, and incorporate it with the hares, then put to it time, winter Savory, and marjerum, which, must be Shred very Small, then Season it with cloves, mace, pepper, according, to the pallet, take a pound, and halfe of fatt bacon, or Larde, and cutt it in Squares, the Lengh of a finger, laye it betweene the Layns of meate, and on the topp and bottome, as you Laye itt in the crust, ~ To Solt Bacon hams ~ Cutt yr hams, and make a brine, with baye Solt, and pump water, put yr Solt in the water, when on the fiar, and make it to beare an egg, and Lett it boyle, a quarter of an hower, Scum it, then take it off, and Lett it Stand 24 howers, then put in yr hams, Lett them Lye covered in the brine 9 dayes, then take them out, and boyle yr brine, and Scum it, if it be not Strong enough, put in more Salt, when cold put in yr ham as before, and Lett them Lye, 9 or 10 dayes more, then take them out, rubb them well, with, baye Salt, being pounded very Small, then hang them in a chimney, in wood Smoake, not to neare the fiar, this you maye doe beefe, and tongues, the tongues, must not Lye, in the brine, above a weeke att first, and as mutch, the Second time, hang the beefe in the winde, or in the Smoake as before, Salt peeter Salt, is very good, and Spanish Salt, is good and mutch cheaper, cutt yr gamons, Long as wast phallia, pull the bone Streight as you can, when you boyle, yr gamons, you neede not, water it att all, but wash it very cleane, and put it into yr water, while the water is coole, with haye, under it, cover it, and Soe Lett it boyle, very Leasurely, Lett it be Soe tender, that you may thrust, one of the hayes into it, then take out most of the water from the bacon, elce you will have mutch a doe, to take upp the bacon, as you have taken it upp take a cleane woolen cloth, and wett it with Some of the Liquor, that the bacon was boyled in, then rubb the cloth, on the Sides, of the kettle, then rubb the bacon with it very well, as harde as you can, from breaking it, then take an other cloth, and rub in it, it will not black yr fingers, to press it Laye a boarde on it, with a Light weight, Soe that you doe not breake it, it must be boyled, on a wood fiar, putt the bottome of a Siue, under the haye, when you boyle it, and under the bottome of the Siue, for feare of breaking of the gamon, in taking itt upp ~  22 To Pickle Cowcombers ~ Take cowcombers, and Laye them 24 howers, in running water, then take to 100 of them, 10 races of ginger, halfe an ounce of pepper, and the best, whitwine wine vineger, three quartes, as mutch Spring water, bruise the pepper, Slice the ginger, boyle, all this togeather, in a kettle, with Salt, as you think fitt, when tis cleane, Scummed, take it off, then take yr cowcumbers, wipe them very drye when the pickle, is cold, putt in yr cowcumbers, and Lett them Leye, till they be quite yellow, then take them, and boyle them in there pickle, till they turne ~ greene, then take them up, and drye them, in a cloth, when they are through cold, then putt them in there pickle againe, in a earthen pott close Stopped ~ To make Creame Bully Take a quart of milke, and give it one boyle, then putt it into a broade pan and Stirr it continually, till it be only Luke warme, then take Somthing Less ~ then halfe a pinte of Sowre creame, with the yeolkes of two eggs, well beaten ~ and putt them into the milke, Still keeping it well Stirrd, then cover it close, and Sett it where itt may keepe warme, for 24 howers, if itt be very hott weather, Less time Searves, you must be Sure not to Sett it to hott, then take itt and putt itt into a bason with halfe a pound of Sugar, well beaten ~ To make a harhse or friggacy ~ Take rabitts, chickens, pidgons, pulletts, Lamb, or mutton, cutt either of these in peeces, frye itt browne, then take a brass dish, or pann, over the fiar, with a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, burne itt a Little black, keepe it Shaking with a Little fine flower, then put to it 3 pintes of Strong broath, if you have it, if not water, add to itt onyons perseley, time, Sweet marjerum, minced very Small, 4 or 5 Slices of Lemon, 4 Anchovis minced, Season itt with pepper, and Salt, a Little whole mace, then putt in the meate, Lett it boyle upp, you may add to itt Sweet breads ~ Lams Stones, cock Stones, and combs, and forst meate, take a quart of oysters, Likewise the bottome, of harty chokes, Sparragrass, greene pease, if a harsh, you may add capers, if friggacy, grates, or goosberries, all this done, beate: 6 yeolkes of eggs, with as mutch vineger, as you thinke fitt, with a nuttmegg, and halfe a pinte of rennish wine, Soe toss itt upp, all togeather, dish itt uppon Sippetts, and garnish itt with Lemon, and orringe, and flower, Soe Searve itt upp ~ To make a general Sauce, for Flesh, Fish, or Fowle ~ Take onyons and Anchovis, minced very Small, putt it into a Sauce pann, wth. halfe a pinte of vineger, a Slice, or two of Lemon, a Little pepper, a Little gravy, a Little oyster Liquor, boyle itt to: 6: Spoone fulls, add as mutch Sweet butter as you thinke fitt, and keepe itt Stirring, till all the butter, is melted, according to yr needs, you may add to itt oysters, parseley, boyled and minced, or musherums ~ To make pancakes the cort way ~ Take a pinte of creame, 4 eggs, beate them well, one nuttmegg grated, a quarter of a pound of melted butter, and as mutch flower as will make itt into thin batter with Salt, and Soe beate itt well togeather, and frye them, with a Little butter ~  23 To Sowes a Sucking pigg ~ When he is Scalded, cutt him downe, the back, and cutt of the head whole and take all the bones out, then Laye him in with a Little water, and Salt, one daye, and night, then take him out, and drye him well in a cloth, then take a fewe Sweet hearbes, and Shreed them very Small, and Slice a nuttmegg, and Slice a nuttmegg, and a Little race of ginger, and Season it to yr taste, with Salt, Soe role itt upp in collers, and Sweeth it upp, with broade filletting, and then boyle it in water, and Salt, and vineger, Lett itt boyle till it is Soe tender, that you maye thrust a reade into itt, but the head must not boyle Soe Long, then take out the meate, and putt in a Large mace, and Lett the gravy boyle, A Little Longer, and when you take itt off, putt in 3 or 4 Slices of Lemon, and when it is cold putt it in ~ To Coller an Eill ~ Scower him very well, and Slitt him downe the back, and take out the back bone then wash him very cleane, and drye him in a cloth, then take marjerum, time and a Little, Sage, chopp them very Small, then take mace, nuttmegg, and a Little pepper, all pounded, and Soe mix the hearbes, and Spices all togeather, and Season itt with Salt to yr discretion, take out the bones of the heade, and Soe putt the tayle, and the head togeather, in the middle, Soe role it upp, and tye itt, with a pack threed, Soe boyle him in water, and Salt, and Vineger, and a Little whitwine with a Little whole mace, and a Little whole pepper, Soe boyle itt, till be Soe ~ tender as to putt a reade into itt, then Lett itt Stand all togeather, ~ To Pickle orringe, Pills Take the pills, and pick out the midell, Laye them in water two dayes, then boyle them in vineger, and Suger, and keepe them covered, while they boyle, Lett them be very tender, and Soe keepe them, in one Liquor they, was boyled in ~ Divers Sauces for mutton ~ 1 Gravy, capers, Sampere, and Salt, Stewe them well togeather ~ 2 water, onyons, clarett wine, Sliced nuttmegg, and gravy boyled upp ~ 3 whole onyons, Stewed in Strong broath, or gravy, white wine, peper, capers, mace, 3 or 4 Slices of Lemon 4 mince a Little roast mutton hott from the Spitt, and add to that, Some chopt, persely an onyon, vineger, ginger, and pepper, and Stewe itt very well in a pipkin, Searve it under any Joynt, with Some gravy ~ 5 onyons, oyster Liquor, clarrett, capers, or broome buds, gravy, nutmegg, and Salt, togeather 6 Chopt perseley, verguce, butter, Suger, gravy, boyled togeather, ~ 7 Straine pruins, wine, and Suger ~ 8 Whitwine gravy, Large mace, butter, thickned, with 2 or 3, yeolkes, of eggs 9 Take oyster Liquor, and gravy, boyled togeather, thicken it with eggs, verguce Juice of orringe, and Sliced Lemon over itt ~ To make chicken pye Take 6 chicken, trussed for baking, Season them, with cloves, mace, nuttmegg cinamon, and Salt, roule upp Some of the Seasoning in butter, and putt in there 24 ~ To make Elder Wine. ~ Take twenty pound of good Malligo raisons, pick and rubb them Cleane but not Washe them, put to it 5 gallonns of Water, let it Stand together 10 dayes Stirring it once a day, then put to it 3 quarts of the juice of Elder berryes being drawne of in a Skellet of Water, as is usuall for jelleyes, Stir it well together and Straynes it through a haire range, then tunn it intoe a Vessell, and When it has done Working, Stopp it close and let it Stand in a Warm place, in 5 or six Weekes time this proportion may bee botth: the berryes must bee through ripe but not rotten and never gather any till the Michel may Weeke: ~ Mrs Broughton’s Lemmon Creame; ~ Take a Pint of Spring water, halfe a pound of Double refin’d Sugar, boyl it and then take it of the fire, and put in the juice of 3 lemmons: let it Stand to bee cold, take the Whites of 3 or 4 eggs beaten with Some of the Water and juice; then put it over the fire, stirring it constantly; till it is readdy to boyle: then take it of the fire, haveing yr bason readdy dress’d with: Some of the Pill cut Small; yu must boyle yr Pill in water before yu cut it, Strain yr Cream intoe yr: bason, and keep it Warm till it Gellyes, yu must make it 2 or 3 dayes before yu use it; Strain it thro’ a Cambrick or thinn Scotch Cloath: ~ My Mothers Receipt to make Spannish Butter ~ Take 4 quarts of New Milke and one of Cream, boyl them togather with a blade or 2 of Mace, when it boyles powr it intoe a pann and keep it Stirring, till it is as cool as newe milke from the Cowe then let it Stand till next day, or longr if yu please; when yu are to use it, take the Cream of as thick as yu can, put to it one good Spoonfull of Sack, and Some Suger, then whipp it with a Whisk, till it bee soe thick as to pyle upp; but if yu Whipp it too much it will runne to Buttr and Butter milke: ~ To make Flammery: Mrs Gaseoins Way: ~ Take Oatmeal, that is ground Small or pounded in a moxtarone quart, put it in an earthen Pot with 2 quarts of Water, Change it twice a day, that is pour of the Water as long as it runns clear the 3d day Strayn it thro’ a Sive adding as before 2 quarts of fresh water, let it on a Slowe fire Constantly Stirring it, for halfe an hower or more, till it pans from the Skellet yu boyle it in then powe it of quick, intoe Cupps and disshes: ~ A: Lemmon Creame: ~ Take half a pound of refined Suger: to a quarter of a pinte of water: and Lett itt melt on the fiar: when itt is Cold: putt in the Crust of: 3: good Lemmonds: with the Juice of one more beate very well: wth. the whites of: 4: Eggs: then Straine itt through: a hollen ragg: Keepe itt Stirring over the fiar: all one way till itt be thick enough butt nott White: you may putt in a Little orrange flower water and than putt itt into a Cleane bason: with Some thinn: Slices of Lemond pill ~ 24 There bellys, Laye them in, putt over, and between them peeces of marrowe quartered dates, with a Sliced Lemon, and halfe a handfull of barberries Striped Soe putt on butter, all over the topp, when itt is baked, make ready yr Leare, wth. white wine, Suger, grated nuttmegg, and beaten upp, with the yeolke of an egg and a Little butter, when you drawe, out the pye, cutt him upp, power, the Leare, all over, and Shake well togeather, and Searve itt upp ~ To make a Calfe head pye ~ You must cleave, yr calfs head, wash the cheeks, very well, when it is allmost boyled, and cold, cutt itt in peeces, of the bigness, of a greate oyster, then take a quantity of time, Sweet marjarum, rosmary, perseley, mince, them Small togeather, putt it to yr meate, with a Little pepper, Salt, cloves, mace, nuttmegg, Season, itt with Some Slices, of bacon, cutt very thin, with pepper, Sage Season, a handfull of oysters, with the Same, the pye being made, putt in the meate, with the bacon, and oysters, all over itt, Slice one Lemon, and putt a handfull, of barberries, with butter, all over it, Close yr pye, make yr Leare with gravy, drawne upp, with clarrett, wine, beaten thick, with 3 or 4 yeolkes of eggs, a Little butter, when itt is baked, open yr pye, power itt all over ~ To make a Quaking pudding ~ Take a pinte, or more of thick creame, 10 eggs, 3 whites, beate them, very well togeather, with two Spoonfulls, of roswater, mingle with the creame, three Spoonfulls of flower, mingle itt well togeather, that there be noe, Lumbs in itt then Season itt to yr taste, then butter, a cloth, very well, and Lett the cloth be thick, Lett itt boyle halfe an hower, as fast as you can, then take itt upp, yr Sauce is butter, roswater, Suger. You maye, blanch Allmonds, and Stick them on the topp To Pickle Coucombers ~ Putt them into an earthe pott, Lay first a Laye of Solt, and dill, then a Laye of cowcumbers, Soe till they be all Layd, putt in Som, mace, whole pepper and fennell Seeds, according to yr discretion, then fill itt upp with verjuce, put a boarde with a Stone, uppon itt, to keepe them within the Liquor ~ To dry neats Tongus ~ Take Salt, bay, beaten very fine, and Salt peeter, of each a Like, quantity, rubb yr tongus, very well with itt, and cover them, all over, with itt, and as itt wast putt on more, and when they are hard, and Stiff, they are enough then role them in brann, and drye, them, before a Soft fiar, and before you boyle them, Laye them all night, in pump water ~  25 To make white meade the best waye ~ Receve 5 gallons of water, of buglas, Sweet bryer, burrage, of each 2 good handfulls, of duble violetts as mutch, you please, Sweet marjorum time, of each a good handfull, of rosmary 2 or 3 branches, of cynamon, halfe an ounce, two nuttmeggs, 3 large mace, pretty Store of ginger, boyle yr hearbes in the water a Little then cleane itt from the hearbes, into a cleane vessel, and when itt is cold, then putt honey into itt, till itt will beare an egg, the breadth of a grate, to keepe ~ halfe a yeare, Sixpeny bredth, for a whole yeare, but 3 peny breadth, will make very good mead, then boyle itt, with yr Spices a good a good while, the next morning tunn it upp, keepe itt close Stopped, and give itt Vent 2 or 3 dayes following To make meade ~ Receve balme topps, rosmary, penneroyall broad time, as mutch as you can grige, in yr hands of they togeather, boyle them in 6 gallons of water, then take of the water, and Lett itt Stand till it be cold, and power itt then cleare from the hearbes then take 6 quartes of honey, and Lett itt dissolve in the water, then ~ take one ounce of the best ginger, a quarter of an ounce of cloves, 3 nuttmeggs an ounce of cynamon, bruise all these togeather, and putt them into a bagg boyle them in the water, and honey, and take halfe an ounce of Sweet fennell unbruised and boyle in itt well, and Scumm itt very well, and cleane, then Lett itt Stand till itt be thrue cold, and then putt it in yr barrel, take from itt all the ~ bottom, and power in the cleare, if you please to drinke itt presantly, then putt to itt a Little of the best Ale home, you can get, if you keepe itt Longer then putt none, until you drinke itt, if itt tast not of the Spice, you maye hang a bagg of any Spice, that you best Like, ~ To make white metheglin ~ Receve 6 gallons of water, putt in to itt rosmary, time, Sweet marjerum, Sage and winter Savory, of each the quantity of a handfull, Lett the water boyle gently, to give them a relish, itt must not boyle to Long Least itt turne browne then take itt off, and Straine itt, and Lett itt Stand till itt be cold, to every gallon, a quart of honey, mixed very well, until the honey be dissolved, if you will keepe itt half a yeare Lett itt beare an egg, the breadth of foure pence, then boyle itt till the Scumm arise, cleare from itt, then take itt off, and Straine itt, and Lett itt coole, putt 12 Spoonefulls of yeast, then putt itt into the barrel; you ~ Must putt 4 or 5 races of ginger, and Stickes of cynamon, halfe an ounce of cloves putt all these into a bagg, and putt itt into the barrell, and Lett itt remaine with the metheglin, ~ To make metheglin, that is white ~ Take 2 gallons of hony, 10 gallons of water, cloves, cynamon, halfe an ounce of each, one nuttmegg, two Leaves of bayes, one Sprigg of rosmary, and a handfull of wild time, the hearbes must be bound togeather, the Spices, beaten, and putt in a bagg, Lett the water, be blood warme, then putt in the honey Stirring  26 Stirring itt till itt be quite dissolved, then Lett it boyle halfe an hower, and Sett itt to coole, and when itt is cold putt a spoonfull of the Ale barme, and Lett itt worke 24 howres, then putt it into yr caske, and Lett itt Stand a fortnight, or three weekes, then bottle itt, throwing awaye the hearbes, putting the bagg of spice in the caske, ~ White Mead ~ Take a gallon of water, and a quart of honey, to 10 gallons, 2 ounces of ginger an ounce of nuttmegg, bruised, and putt into a bagg, and Soe boyled in yr mead, Lett itt be Scummed very cleane, then putt in these hearbs when allmost boyled, rosemary, Sweet bryer, marjarum, egremony, of all these, Soe boyle itt and when it is cold barrel itt, and att: 6: weekes end, bottle itt ~ White Mead ~ To every gallon of water, halfe a pound, of honey, and halfe a pound of Suger ~ when the honey, and Suger, is melted, Sett itt on the fiar, Lett itt boyle, and as itt boyle for an hower, power Softly Somtimes, a Little cold water, to raise, the Scumm, ~ Scumm itt cleane, and putt itt in a settle wild carret Seed, a Little Lemond pill, take itt off the fiar, and putt itt in a Vessell, when itt is blood warme, then Spread, a browne toast, with good Ale barme, putt itt into yr meade, before you putt itt in Squeese to yr meade, the Juice of a Lemond, if 4: gallons, cover itt close, and: 8: dayes, after bottle itt, ~ To make white Mead Take Spring water, and boyle itt well, with the topps of rosmary, Sweet bryer, betony, Strawbery, Leaves, wall flowers, burrage, buglas, take of each one good handfull, and two or three topps of red Sage, then take it off the fiar and putt in, a raw egg, Shell, and all, into itt, and power in Soe mutch of the best, white honey of the first, running, until, the egg riseth to the topp, then boyle itt againe, and Scum itt very well, and Soe Lett itt coble, then toon itt itt upp, putt a Little barme to itt, to ferment, then Stopp itt upp, with Sutch Spices as you Like best, itt will not be fitt to drink under three weekes ~ To make Cock Ale ~ Take an ould cock, and parboyle him, and pull off his Skinn, and beat him in a morter, and then Steep him all night, in two quarts of the best Sack, and then putt itt into: 8: gallons of Ale, before itt hath done working, with 4 pound of Sunn reasons Stoned, and beaten Small, with a quarter of a pound of dates, and halfe a quarter of a pound of cloves, and mace, bruised with a nuttmegg, Sliced, and a race of ginger, with one orringe, and Lemond, cutt round, putt all these ingrediences, into a boulter bagg, and Stopp itt upp close for ten dayes then bottle itt upp, itt must Stand a fortnight, in the bottles, then you may drinke itt Corrant Wine ~ Three pound of currants bruised, in a cleane morter, being picked and Stript one pound To make Ratifia. Take a Gallon of Good Brandy put it into a Square Glass Bottle, then put into it 200 Apricock Stones Broken, but do not Crack yr kernels, put the Shells & all into ye Brandy wth. a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon, & a pound of Sugar: Candy., both these Last must be a little bruis’d: Mix all these well together & let them Stand in the Sun Six Weeks Stirring them 3 times a day. You must be Sure to take it in every Night, & as often as it rains When it has Stood Six weeks, take it in, & let it Stand 6 Days without Stirring. Then Pour off all ye Cleare very Softly & Put all The Bottom into a clean glass Bottle, & as it clears pour it to the other N.B. When you put in the Apricock Stones you must put in 3 Dozen of Apricocks clean pared You make the orange Flower Brandy the Same way exactly, only Orange flowers Instead of Apricocks. Usquebagh Take a good quantity of Rosa Solis and put it into an Alembick with Strong Ale Draw off 4 Quarts of spirit. Then put it into the Alembick againe with 2 quarts of Brandy, & one Gallon of Strong Ale & the Same Quantity of Rosa Solis as at first, with one pound of Coriander Seeds, 8 ounces of Aniseed, 4 ounces of Liquorish, One Pound of Sun: Rasins Stoned, Dates, & broad Slit figs of each Six ounces, Nutmags, Cinamon, & Ginger of each One Ounce, Saffron one Shilling’s Worth. Put your Rosa Solis first, when the Seeds a little bruis’d, than the Spice, & the Saffron last. Let it drop on White Sugar: Candy, on Loaf: Sugar with Ambergrise or musk hanging in the Bottle. If it be drawn in a Cold Still the Last time it well be much Pleasanter to the Palate. 27 One pound of Suger, and one quart of water, Steepe itt 24 howres, runn the Liquor through a hayre cloth, then putt itt into an earthen pott, cloce, covered for a fortnight, or three weekes Stirring itt Severall Times, the first 24 howrs att the three weekes end, drawe itt out into bottles, tying downe the corkes, and in three weekes time itt will be fitt to drinke ~ Clove Gilli flower Sack ~ Take two quartes of Sack, putt into itt 300 Clove flowers, that are cutt from the whits, putt in two pound of fine Suger, Sett itt in a glass, in the Sunn, close covered, and Lett itt Stand 30 dayes, Stopp itt with a corke, then tye on itt a peece of bladder, when you Sett itt in the Sunn, then Laye a flatt Stone a topp to keep itt from being throwne downe, the Suger will be all melted, in this time, if itt Stand on Leads, and when the: 30: dayes is over, Straine the gilly flower from itt And putt upp the Sack in bottles ~ Cowslipp Wine ~ To 6 gallons of water, put: 7: pound of Loafe Suger, Stirr them well togeather and Sett itt on a cleare fiar, and Lett itt boyle, three howers, then have ready in a tubb, a bushel of pickt cowslipps, and power the water, to them, and Laye clothes on the topp, Soe Lett itt Stand twenty foure howres, then take a Little of itt and heate itt, to warme, all the rest, when itt is of a good heate for the working, cutt a manchett, in Slices, and Spread, them over, with barme, and putt them into the Liquor, Soe Lett itt Stand and worke, till, To make Cherrie Wine ~ Stone 6 pound of cherries, to which quantity, take, one pound and halfe of Suger, and dissolve itt in a pinte of Spring water, over the fier, then putt in the cherrys, and Lett them boyle, a quarter of an howre, and have a great care itt burnes not, then take them off, and putt them into an earthen pann and Lett them Stand till they be quite cold, then Straine the Liquor through a fine range, then bottle that Liquor, butt doe not corke itt in three dayes, putt in to itt a Little Loaf Suger, and after itt hath Stood: 3 dayes, corke itt downe harde this is excellent pleasant wine, and will keepe all the yeare, Scrape Suger, on the cherries, and drye them in the Sunn: ~ To make Cowslip Wine Mrs: Constantines Way. Take three Gallons of faire water (if yu can get it Spring water) put to it of the Lost Powder Sugar Six pounds, boyle those together halfe an hour or better as The Scumm rizath take it of, then poure it forth and set it a Cooling, when it almost could take a Spoonfull of Yeast, beat it well with Six ounces of Juice of Lemmons and brewing it uppon and down with a dish of the liquor then take a Gallon of fresh Pickt Cowslipps and put them into it, but first bruise them in a Stope Morter, When yu have put it together let it Stand too or three dayes, and then Strayne it out, put it intoe a Cask that it will just fill, and when it have done working over Stop it upp close, and in a month or 5 weekes time it will bee fit to bottle out, put intoe sack bottle a Lump of Sugar:  28 Cake ~ Bisketts ~ Gellys ~ Presearving, and Canding ~ To make Cakes of Allmonds ~ Take one pound, and halfe of fine flower, of Suger 12 ounces, beaten very fine, mingle them well togeather, then take halfe a pound of Allmonds, blanched and grind them fine in a morter, then Straine them with as mutch Sack as will mingle the flower, Suger, and allmonds togeather, make a past, bake them in a oven nott to hott ~ Allmond Cakes ~ Take a quarter of a pound of Allmonds, and blanch, in cold water, then take the whites of two new Layd eggs, and beate them with two Spoonefulls of roswater beate yr Allmonds, in a Stone morter, with two Spoonefulls of roswater, when you have beaten them very well, as for march pane, putt in Some of the froath of yr eggs, and beat with them, when they be Soe Small as for march pane, putt in halfe a pound, of duble refine Suger, beaten very fine, and Searced, through a tiffany, then beat itt all togeather, and make itt into Little paste, and role itt in yr hands and Laye itt on a plate, and cutt itt as you please, and Laye them on a paper, Sett them, into an oven, after they have drawne, manchetts, when they be Soft, take them out to drye in a Stove. ~ To make a very good Cake Mrs buttons way ~ Take halfe a pound of Suger, 3 pound and halfe of flower, dryed Searced twice, 2 pound, and halfe of currants, halfe a pound of raisons, Stoned, halfe a pinte of rosewater, a pinte of Sweet creame, one pound of Sweet butter, halfe a pinte of Strong Ale barme, make yr creame boyling hott, putt in yr butter Lett itt Stand off the fier till yr butter be melted, beate the yeolkes, of 10 eggs very well, mingle them with your barme, halfe yr roswater, yr halfe pound of Suger, cream, and butter, putt in your flower in a wooden boule, or traye, and make a Large hole in the midle of the flower, Straining in yr Liquor, Strowe on itt halfe an ounce, of beaten mace then Strowe Some of the flower, on the mace, Lett itt Stand warme will itt hath worked over the flower, then mingle itt and putt in the currants, of which, must be washed, and very drye, and the halfe pound of raisons, worke itt upp very well, and and Laye itt on a buttered Sheet, of white paper, and browne, paper under itt, yr oven must, be of a very good temper, not to hott nor to cold, itt must Stand in one howre, if yr oven be to hott take downe the Lead, att the howres end have whites of eggs, and the rest of the rosewater, and a quarter of a pound of Loafe Suger, Serced on itt, Lett itt Stand in the oven, a quarter of an hower, after ~ To make orringe Cakes ~ Take 12 faire orringes, with out Spotts, pare them, cutt them in halfes and wring out the Juice into a cleane dish, with yr knife take out the pill the meat, and putt the pill into, a good quantity of water for an hower, then Sett them,  29 Them on the fiar, in a Skillett of cleane water, and Lett them Seeth till they be allmost tender, then putt in 12 faire pippins, Lett them boyle with yr orringes till they be very tender, then take and pare them, and cutt off all them meate from the coare, when yr orringes are very tender, take them out, and draine the water from them, then waigh yr orringes, and yr pippins togeather, to every pound putt a pound and halfe of the best Loafe Suger, then beate yr orringes, and pipins in a morter, then putt them in a dish, and Sett them on, a chaffing dish of coales and with a Spoone Stirr them continually, till they begin to drye, then Sett your Suger in a Skillett, with as mutch water, as will wett yr Suger, and noe more then Lett itt boyle, Scumm itt very cleane, when you find itt candy very mutch, putt itt into yr orringes, and pippins, mingle itt very well togeather, then Laye itt on pye plates in cakes, or Leaves, and Sett them in a cubbard, very neare, the fiar, in three, or four dayes after, turne them on cleane plats, and Lett them Stand till they be drye ~ To make Amber Cakes ~ Take 2 pound of the best dubble, refind Suger, beat itt Small, Sift itt through, a fine Sive, then take the harde outside of a quarter of a pound, of canded Lemond and cutt itt very Small, putting itt to the Suger, which you must mingle into a pott with the Juice of Lemond, desolving in Some of the Juice, halfe a graine of muske, and as mutch Amber, greece, when the past is well mingled, which must not be made to wett, take cleane white paper, and role itt with yr hands, into Long roles which must nott be very thick, cutt them in Little peeces, and make itt betweene yr fingers, into Little round cakes, about the breadth of 3 pence, they must be Layd on a white paper one by one, and Sett in a very drye place, either neare the Sunn or by the fiar, if you find them pretty dry, after a day, and a night, turne them otherwise they are apt to Stick to the paper, when you find them throughly drye, putt them, in a box, or where, you please, they will keepe Soe ~ To make a Cake ~ Take to halfe a peck of flower, a pound of butter, breake the butter in peeces and mingle itt well with the flower, then putt three pound of currants pickt and washed cleane, and dryed well with a cloth, putt them into the flower, then putt a quarter of an ounce of cloves, and mace, pounded Small into itt, a race, of ginger, and a nuttmegg, beaten Small, a hapeth of Saffron, take a Little Salt and make itt Small with yr knife, halfe a quarter of a pound of Suger, foure Spoonfulls of rosewater, 4 Spoonefulls of barme, as mutch Salt as you thinke will Season itt, then take a penny worth of milke a quarter a pinte of Sack and a quarter a pinte of Stale Ale, mingle the Sack, and Ale togeather, make the possitt with itt, then make the dowe with the possitt, make itt as Stiff as for manchett, before you make the dowe, keeke a Little flower barme and butter, and mingle that by its Selfe, to make a case to putt the other in the oven must be as hott as for manchett, mingle the Saffron with the Same of the possitt, then putt it to the other things ~  30 To make a Cake ~ Take 3 pound and halfe of fine wheat flower, well dryed in a oven, a pint of creame, halfe a pinte of rosewater, the yeolkes of: 8 eggs, a pound of butter, melted putt the creame to itt Lett itt boyle togeather, one walme or two, then take itt off the fiar and Stirr itt till be allmost cold, then putt in the eggs, and rosewater putt to the flower, a penny worth, of cloves, and mace, a graine of muske, and Soe mutch Amber greece, a quarter of a pound of powderd Suger, beaten very Small, then make around hole in the flower, being in a milke pann, putt in three quarters, of a pinte, of the best Ale barme, being new, then putt in the creame, and other things, you mingle togeather blood warme, cover itt close and Sett itt to the fiar, and putt hott embers under itt, and round about itt, Stirr itt a Little with one finger, then Sprinkle, a Little of the flower, all over itt, taking itt from the Sides of the pann, Soe Lett itt Stand one hower, till the barme be risen, all over itt, then take itt from the fiar, and by degrees neade itt, and as you doe itt Lett one Sprinkle, three pound of corrants, on itt, washed, and dryed before the fiar, and halfe a pound of raisons of the Sunn, Stoned, and cutt Small then make itt upp, and Sett itt into the oven, as Soone as you cann, when tis all ~ most baked, take itt out, and Ice itt, with halfe a pound, of duble refind Suger beaten well with the best rosewater, one graine of Amber greece, one of musk you must be beating the Icing, all the while, the cake is baking, doe itt with a brush, all over, then putt itt into the oven againe, till the ice be risen, then ~ drawe itt, eate itt hott or colde, youle Saye its, a very good cake, Lett the currants be picked, washed, and rubed drye, with a cloth, then Sett to the fiar, and dryed upp in a pann, and Soe putt hott into the cake ~~~ To Ice, a Cake ~~~ Three quarters of a pound, of dubble refind Suger, the whits of 3 eggs, a Little rosewater, beate these to a froth, then weett the Suger with itt, beate an Hower and half, add musk, or Amber greece, as you will, putt itt on with a feather, as Soone as out of the oven, putt itt in noe more ~ To make a good Cake, Take three pints of fine flower, and of butter, one pound, and two pound of corrants, halfe a pinte of Ale barme, and halfe a pint of creame and a quarter of a pound of Allmonds, blanched, and finely beaten with rosewater, 6 eggs, two whites taken out, and nuttmeggs, and a glass of Sack, a quarter of a pound of Suger, crumble yr flower and butter togeather, before you putt itt into, worke in halfe a pound of carrawaye comfitts, you maye bake itt an hower, and halfe, yr oven, must be hotter then for manchett ~~~ Puff Cakes ~ Take halfe a peck of flower, and two pound of corrants, a pound of Suger two nuttmeggs  31 Two nuttmeggs, and a Little cloves, and mace, butter, mingle, all these well togeather, putt in a Little Salt, take a pound and halfe of butter, boyled in milke butt before you putt in that, put in a Little cold milke, then putt in a Little of the hott, then putt, in a pinte, and halfe of barme, then worke itt all togeather, very well, then putt in as mutch of the hott Liquor, as will make itt verry tender, allmost as tender as you made, a pudding, and Soe make itt upp, with flower, and putt itt on papers, and drive itt very flatt, and Lett yr oven be Soe hott, as for pys, and they will be reddy in Little more, then halfe an hower, ~ To make Perfumd Cake, to burne ~ Take: 100: damask rose budds, clip the whites of them, pound them verry Small, in a morter, and beate, into them halfe an ounce of Storax, one ounce of benjamen, with a quarter of an ounce, of Labdanum, and when tis well tempered, and mingled togeather, putt to itt one graine of musk, ready powdered then make them upp in cakes, and Lett them drye in a paper, in a Sunny, window turne them once if need be, they be cheap, and very good perfumes ~ To Ice a Cake ~ Take the whits of: 3 or 4 eggs, and whisk them to a Light froath, then fine Loafe Suger Searced, as will make into past, then with a Spoone keepe beating itt, putting in now, and then, a Little rosewater, till be of a fitt thinness, then drawe yr cake to the ovens mouth, with feather, Ice, him over, then putt him in a Little to drye ~ To make the Little plum Cakes ~ Take a pound, of fine flower, and drye itt, a pound of Loafe Suger beaten fine, mingle the flower, and Suger togeather, then take a pound of fresh, ~ sweet butter, wash itt in a Little rose water, then worke itt with yr hand, and Strowe in Some of the flower, and Suger, Still working itt, till halfe of the flower, and Suger be in, then take: 6: egg, but halfe of the whites, beate the eggs, and putt them to the butter, then worke in the other halfe of the flower and Suger, then add three or 4 Spoonefulls, of rosewater, a Little beaten mace and three quarters of a pound of corrants, washed, and picked cleane, then fill yr tinn pans halfe full; they must be well buttered, and Sift Some dubble refind Suger on the top of them, then Sett them, into a pretty quick oven, ~ A receipt for Cheese Cakes Take a pint of creame, and make a thickning with flower, and make itt as you would for papp, then putt a peece of butter, and Stirr itt well in, when you take itt off the fiar, then putt itt a cooling, and before itt is cold, putt to this 14 eggs, 4 of the whites, then beate itt exstrordinary well togeather ~ then take the curde of 12 quartes of milke, being, well wringed from the whaye, then worke in to this all togeather, two pound, and halfe of  32 of good Sweet butter, then putt it all togeather, and worke itt mighty well Season itt with grated nuttmeggs, rosewater, and Suger, when they be in the oven, and begin to rise, ice, them over with rosewater, and Suger, and Sett them in the oven againe, ~ To make perfume Cakes ~ Take 3 ounces of benjamen, Laye itt all night, in damask rose budds, the whites clipt of, beate them very fine, in Stone morter, then take the benjamen and beate itt with the roses, till itt come to a perfect peast, then mingle itt, with halfe a quarter of an ounce of muske, finely beaten, as mutch civett, mould them upp, in Little cakes, and drye them betweene two damask rose Leaves, each of them. Seaverall, ~ To make Corrant Cakes ~ Take a quart of fine flower, and the yeolkes of 4 eggs, a penny weight of Saffron, Strained out with a Little creame, into the flower, then putt in a quarrter of a pound of Suger, a Little rosewater, and as mutch creame, as will worke itt to a peast, itt must be very well worked, ther role itt out as thinn as whafers, then cutt them in Little round cakes, then have in readiness, 2 pound of corrants, cleane washed, and dryed, then Laye Some on a Sheet of yr past, Some of yr corrants, with a Little of what Syrrupe you please, then cover them, with another Sheet, and close them upp, with rosewater, bake them, in a temperate oven, and keepe them as Long as you please ~ ~ (Mrs Savages way of making a Cake:) ~ To three Quarts of flowre, take 5 pound of Currans, a pint of Yest, 2 pounds and halfe of Butter, a Quart of Cream, ten Yolkes of eggs with halfe those Whites neare a pound of Sugar, a Little Salt, halfe a pound of Almonds Blanch’t and beaten, with rose water: Some Carraway Seeds, Mace and Cinnamon a pretty deale of Cittron Slic’d, and some Candied Orange Pills, almost halfe a pint of Malligo Sack, and halfe as much rose water, with 2 graines of Ambergreas and if yu like it a little Saffron, melt yr butter in yr Cream, and let it standtill it bee but little better then blood warm, let yr Currans bee well dry’d, then mix all together with a Slice, it must bee as soft as pudding and put in a hoop the Ambergreas must bee dissolv’d in the Sack 2 howers and halfe will Bake him: ~ ~ To make Cakes for Lent: ~ Take 3 pints of flower, put to it 3 quarter of a pound of Curran, one Nutmegg Grater’d, a Quarter of a pound of powder’d Sugar or Anothing more, then have in Readineth some milke on it, a quarter of a pound of Butter, let it bee soe warme as to melt the butter halfe a pint of Strong ale Yest, mix it it very tender and let it lye before the fire Coverd or a Quarter of an hower, then mould it and rowle it in long peeeds the breadth of ones hand soe cut it intoe 3 Corner peeeds, and lay it on a flowr’d paper, Sharpe end, to meet in the middle, rownd together as if it were but one Cake, just as yu set it intoe the oven was hit with melted Butter and Suger beat well together they will bee bake in little more then halfe an hower: ~  33 Bisketts ~ To make biskett bread ~ Take one pound of duble refind Suger, beaten very fine, and so or 11 new Layd eggs, take out all the treads, and one white, then beate yr eggs a Little, then putt in yr Suger, and beate itt constantly for two howers, with a wooden Slice, have in readiness 10 ounces of very fine flower, dryed, and Searced, then Strowe itt in yr eggs, and Suger, att the two howers end, then Stirr itt well, butt beate itt nott, then putt in two ounces of Annisseeds, well dryed and rubbed, and dusted, Stirr them well in, and take itt upp by Spoonfulls, and Laye itt on plates, being well rubbed, before with a Little butter, Soe bake them yr oven must nott be to hott, when they are halfe baked Lift them upp ~ with a knife, and Sett them into the oven to drye againe ~ To make Spanish biskett ~ Take 10 eggs, putting a waye two of the yeolkes, and all the treads, putt to them a pound of good Suger finely beaten, and two Spoonefull of damask rosewater, beate them with a Stick, in a Silver, or earthen bason, one hower without intermition, then putt to itt 10 ounces of fine flower, Searce itt but beate itt noe more, putt to itt a grated nuttmegg, and Lett papers be cutt in readiness, to bake them on, this quantity will make: 6: or 7 dozen of cakes, the oven being Som what hott, and very cleane. Laye on the batter with a Spoone on the papers, Layd on a trencher plate one by one, Sett ~ them in the hoven, as fast, as may be, with a Little thinn peele for the purpose, they that Sett them in Strowe a Little Suger, on them as they goe in, when they are baked enough, as they will be in halfe an howre, Still be Setting in more, those that goe in Last will require more time, because the oven will be colder, as you drawe them, Laye them on a cleane table when they be a Little cold, they will best, com from there papers, Lay them nott on another for two or three dayes, when the oven is cleane through in Some flower, if itt burne itt is too hott, if browne itt is well ~ To make thin Light biskett ~ Take 5 eggs, breake them and take out the treads, butt keepe the yeolkes from breaking, and putt to them halfe a pound of Suger, finely beaten, and beate them togeather about an howre, till they Looke white, then putt in Six ounces of fine flower, Stirring itt in, and a fewe carrawaye Seedes, or any other, which you Like best, then putt itt by Spoonfulls on Little papers Strowing a Little Suger, on the topps, and Sett them in the oven one by one, as fast as you can, nott Staying till they be all Layd out, they will Soone be  34 baked, as you take them out, pull of the papers ~ To make Crackling bisketts Take 4 yeolkes of eggs, and 8 whites, and: 6: Spoonefulls of rosewater beate them togeather, two howers, then take a pound of Suger, as mutch ~ flower, mingle all togeather, and putt itt to the eggs, and beate itt in a Stone morter, if you are Sure to beate itt an howre, fill the coffins very thinn and Lett not the hoven be to hott, Sett them on a paper, and Sett them in the oven, all togeather, as Soone as they be in Sett upp the Stone, ~ To make French bisketts Take 4 eggs, two Spoonefulls of rosewater, beate them togeather a Little while then take halfe a pound of fine flower, as mutch of Suger, both must be dryed and Searced, then mingle them togeather, and putt them into the eggs a Little att a time, keeping itt beating, till itt Looke white, which will be about two howers, then butter the plats, and putt itt in, when you putt them into the oven, dust a Little of yr flower, and Suger on them, ~ To make Prince biskett ~ Take a pound of fine flower, one pound of Suger, 10 eggs, but halfe the whites, one Spoonefull of roswater being hott, an ounce of Annisseeds, pict cleane, and a little bruised, a Little Salt beate all this togeather, to a batter one howre, the more you beat itt, the better the bread will be, then take paper dishes, or coffins of Latten, rub them round with a Little Sweete butter, then putt in the batter, and Soe bake ~ To make biskett Kings ~ Take a pound of Suger, and two pound of flower, a quarter a pound of butter 5: or 6: Spoonefulls of rosewater, 4 yeolkes of eggs, and whites, well beaten A Little Salt, Annisseed, and corriander Seede, Soe make them of a paste, and and fashion itt as you thinks good, in ringes, or knotts, Laye them on papers, wth. flower under, and Soe bake them ~ To make the best Ginger bread ~ Take a pound of the best Allmonds, blanch them, then beat them very well, be Sure to drye them with a cloth, before, you beate them, very Small in a morter, and be putting in as mutch rosewater, as will keepe them from oyling, when they are very Small putt to them, 3 quarters of a pound of fine Suger and an ounce of Searced ginger, of nuttmeggs, and cyamon, mingle well together and make itt into a paste, mould itt print itt, be Sure you cast Searced Suger, on the past, as you print itt Lett itt nott Stick on the prints ~  35 Gellys ~ A Gelly ~ Boyle a knockle of Veale, and two calves feett, first cleane from fitt, and Steeped 12 howres, in faire water, in white wine and Spring water, of each two quartes till itt gelly Straine itt into a bason, putt itt in a Skillet clean from dross ~ with three quarters of a pound of fine Suger, beaten, a Stick of cynamon broken a nuttmegg, and a halfe in peeces, a race of ginger, pared, and beaten flatt, when itt is melted, putt three whites of eggs, Shells and all, boyle till cleare and hard run itt through a Jelly bagg, 2 or 3 times with a branch of rosmary or two in the bottom, ~ Gelly ~ Boyle a Shoulder of Veale, 4 Calves feet, the fatt pict cleane off, and Soked 24 howers in faire water, or more, in tow gallons of water, to halfe a gallon, Strained, when cold take of the fatt cleane, to a quart of this add ~ two pound of Suger, Som nuttmegg, ginger an ounce, and of cynamon, a ~ Spoonefull of corriander Seed, halfe a pinte of whitwine, as mutch of rosewater, boyle all halfe an hower, Skimming cleane, add the whites of 10: eggs beaten, boyle a quarter of an hower more, runn itt through, a Jelly bagg, by the fiar ~ A good Gelly ~ Take a knuckle of Veale, and a payre of calves feett, Laye them in water all night to Soake out the blood, then wash itt cleane, and Seath itt on the fiar, in a greate pipkin of water, that will hold 4 quartes, when itt is halfe boyled, putt in a pint of whitwine, Lett itt boyle while itt is hard gelly then putt itt through a Strainer, and Sett a cooling, when cold take of all the fatt, and putt the rest in a Skellett, all butt the drugs, then Sett itt over the fiar, when itt is all melted take itt off againe, then putt in itt a Large Stick of cynamon, two nuttmeggs grated, 4 cloves, a Little, Salt, and- Suger, to yr tast, the Juice of two or three Lemons, then take the whits of Six eggs, putt them in Some rosewater, beate them Lightly, and there will arise a froath, on the top of them, and Soe doe till they be all, beaten to froath, Stirr them well in the Skillett, Lett itt boyle Softly ~ till itt will, Jelly ~ A Gelly of Harts horne ~ Take half a pound of harts horne, Shaved, and putt into a gallon of faire water cold, make itt boyle as Soft as maye be for itt will be white and Soe Lett itt boyle, till allmost wasted to two pintes, then power itt into  36 Into a bason, all the clearest, and Lett itt Settle a quarter of an howre then claere itt into another bason, when itt is cold putt in duble refind Suger and a Little Amber greece, and musk in a bagg, when yr Jelly is Scalding hott ~ then putt in yr Juice of Lemon or orringe to yr taste, either Sweete or Sharpe as you please, and a Little rosewater, Soe putt itt in a glass for yr use ~ To make Jelly of Pare plums Take pare plums, and putt them into a glass, and Sett itt on the fiar, in a posnett of water, with a Little haye between the glass, and the posnett, to keepe the glass from breaking, and cover yr glass with a Loose paper, and Lift upp the paper often, when you, perseave water to issue out of the plums, power itt into a platter, Standing on a chaffing dish of coales, for itt must not be cold, until you have made an end, when you have gotten Soe mutch water, as you will out of them, and boyled itt a quarter of an howre, putt as mutch Suger to itt, made into candy, as will sweeten itt, be sure, to have candy enough, for if you Leave any itt will Searve, another time, after you have mingled itt, Sett, on the fiar, on a chafing dish of coales, and keepe Stirring halfe an howre, then take itt off and Stirr itt awhile, to keepe from creaming, till itt be cold enough to putt into boxes or glasses, then Sett itt min Some warme, cubbard, or place, where itt may candy all berrys, or plums maybe done in this manner ~ To make Jelly of orringes ~ Take the Juice of the orringes, and putt itt out, through, a Streiner, then putt itt into a posnett, and there to putt halfe a pound of very fine Suger and boyle the Same on a very Soft fiar, Scum itt cleane, and Lett itt Seeth till Sutch time as you See itt growe to Jelly, then take itt from the fiar ~ and putt itt into glasses, but cover them out, till itt is cold ~ To make Jelly Quinces ~ Take yr Quinces, pare them, core them, and quarter them, then putt them into an earthen pott well gleared, putt to them, a handfull of the coares, and Stopp them upp close with past, then bake them in a oven when they be baked Straine them through a Strainer, crushing them betweene two trenchers, as Long as itt runs cleare, putt to every pinte of Liquor, a pound or 3 quarters, of a pound of Suger, beate yr Suger, very fine, and Lett itt dissolve, in the Liquor, then Sett itt on the embers, till the Scum arise, when the Scum is risen, boyle itt a Little, continually Stirring till itt begin to Jelly, then putt itt into boxes, or glasses, ~ To Preserve Peaches. Lady Aston Take Newington Peaches Pare them as thin as Possible, Strew Sugar on them to keep colour, give them a Slit in the Seam to the Stone then take half the weight in Double refin’d Sugar. To every pound of Lady Aston Sugar, a quarter of a Pint of water, boil it, So Skim it, & put in the Peaches, let them boil half a dozen Walms, & Set them by ‘till next day, Laying a Sheet of white paper close to them. The next day boil ‘em So again, Strewing on ‘em the other half of ye Sugar, which will make ye full weight. The 3d Day take them out of ye Syrrup, & wth a Pen knife take out the Stones & lay them flat & Smooth, & boil them a walm or 2 Then have ready drawn in a Pos ye Juice of Some while Pear: plums of those which are greeness to every half pint of juice half a pound of fine Sugar beaten fine, put this to the Peaches The Syrrup being with them also, Let them boil ‘till it Jellys, So put them up ye Next day cover them wth more Jelly, keep them in Deep poss or Glasses. 37 Presearving, and Canding ~ To presearve cherries, in Jelly ~ Take the weight of the cherries of dubble refind Suger, being finely ~ beaten, Strowe a handfull of the Suger in the bottom of the posnett, then as you Stone the cherries, putt them in the posnett, when you have covered the Suger, then putt more, Soe cover them with Suger, as you Stone them, then take a Little Suger from the weight, as mutch as you thinke the weight of the Stalkes, and the Stones contaynes, then Sett them on a mighty gentle fiar that the Suger maye dissolve, then boyle them, and Scum them, and when ~ you thinke they are allmost thoroughly, presearved, have ready Some Juice of redd corrants, take the corrants picked cleane, in a Silver dish or coupp and with the back of a Spoone, bruise them, and Soe Straine itt, and putt some Suger to itt, Soe boyle itt and Scum itt, and putt it to the cherries, and give itt one boyle after, and Scum itt, and when itt is allmost cold, dish itt upp, you must have to 3 pound of Suger, above halfe a pinte, of Juice of corrants ~ To presearve Orringes ~ First take yr orringes, and water them whole: 5 or 6 dayes, in along earthen pott, Shifting them everydaye once, then Scrape them finely all over, and cutt them in the midle, and crush out all the Juice, and Save itt, and pick out all the Seedes, then water them, two dayes more, and the Last day, Sett them by the fiar, in the Same pott that watered them, and ever when the water is hott ~ Shift them, till the bitterness, be well worne a waye, then Seeth them till ~ they be tender, then take them out, and Laye them on a platter, or cloth ~ where the water, may well Soake out of them, then take to every pound of orringes, one pound of Suger, one pinte of faire water, and putt yr water and Suger togeather, in the pott, that you will, presearve them in, and Stirr, the water, and Suger togeather, until itt be melted, then Sett itt on a quick quier, and as itt doth Seeth, and that you have Scummed itt, putt in yr orringes, and Lett them Seeth halfe an howre, then putt your Juice of orringes, and halfe a nuttmegg, bruised very grosly, tied in a cloth and Lett itt Seeth, till you thinke yr Syrrupe be enough, which you may know by holding a Little in a Spoone, then take of yr orringes, and putt them upp in yr pott or glasses, if you meane to keepe them, if they be very good orringes, they will Sodd, in an howre, but if not, they will aske 2 howres att the Least, when you have yr Juice you must putt into itt a quarter, or halfe a pound of Suger, or elce itt will not keepe butt remember you abate that, when you presearve them, or elce they will candy, if itt be in froasty weather, you must Sett yr pott, where in you water them by the fiar, if they freese they are Spoyled ~  38 To drye Apples or peares ~ Take yr fruit and pare them, and putt them, into an earthen pott, closeing the pott with paste, and Sett them into an oven, with manchett, then take them out of the pott, and Laye them in a dish or plate, one by one, and Sett them in the oven, after yr bread is drawne, doe Soe divers times till you See they be allmost drye, enough, then take rosewater, and Suger, Stirring itt, first well togeather, wash yr fruit in itt, and Sett them once againe into the oven, after you may keepe them all yeare, to youre use, ~ To make ordinary mar'mullet, of Cherries ~ Take to a pound of cherries, when they are Stoned, a quarter, of a pound of your best power Suger, Soe boyle them and Scum them, till you think they be enough, ~ To Candy Chippings of Oringes, or Lemonds ~ Take orringes, or Lemons, and pare them very thin, in Little peeces, and Laye them in water 24 howres, and boyle them in two waters, then take the weight of them in Suger, and boyle yr Suger to a good Syrrupe, then power yr Syrrupe unto the chipps, they must Lye in yr Syrrupe: 6 or 8 days till they have Soaked upp the Syrrupe, then Laye them forth on plates and drye them, ~ Peach Chipps ~ Cutt yr peaches, pared into thin Slices, and Laye them in a bason, a Layne of them, and a Layne of Suger, Sett them on the fiar till the Suger be melted Lett them Lye in the Syrrupe three dayes, drye them, in a Stove, on glass plate To preaserve Cherries ~ A pound of cherries, as mutch Suger, a pint of Jelly of corrants, red, putt all into a Skillett, boyle quick, Scum cleane, Shake often, boyle till cleare, not to long ~ To presarve rasberries ~ Take good rasberries, and fine Suger, a Ligke weight, halfe the weight of Juice, Sett over the fiar, boyle a pace, Scum as they boyle, Shake now and then, when cleare, they are enough, be Sure doe not, over boyle, Straine the Jelly when hott into them, first putt into glasses, you may, preserve bar berries, currants, Like rasberries, ~ To presarve Pippins ~ Take the fairest pipins you can get, pare them and Slice them, into faire  39 Faire water, then boyle them to a pulp, take the pulp, and Straine Through a Strainer, after that Straine itt through a gelly bagg, take a pint of this Juice of pippins, and a pinte of faire water, two pound of duble refind Suger, then melt the Suger, in the Liquor, and Sett itt on the fiar, Scum itt, boyle itt a Little then putt in yr pippins, being well pared and coared in halves, putt them into faire water, as you pare them, till they be all ready, to goe into the Syrrupe, then boyle them a pace, uncovered, till the pippins, Looke cleare, and is tender, and the Syrrupe gelly, a Little before you take them upp, Squeese in the Juice of 4 Lemons, and two orringes, past through a Strainer, and putt into the pipkin To Candy Orringes ~ Take yr orringes, or Lemonds, and pare them thick, Laye them in water 24 howres, then boyle them tender, and take there weight in Suger, and boyle the Suger to a good Syrrupe, then power yr Syrrupe on yr chipps and Lett them Lye in yr Syrrupe 4 dayes, till they have Soaked upp the Syrrupe, then Laye them forth on plates, and dryes them before the fiar ~ To drye pippins Take of the fairest pippins, and pare them, and take to a pound of pippins halfe a pound of dubble refind Suger, clarryfye yr Suger, and while yr Suger is a clarifying, pare yr pipins, coare them, and cutt them in halves, when you have done Scumming yr Suger, putt in yr pippins, and Lett them boyle for halfe an howre, then take a Stone dish, and Sift, Some Suger, on itt, take yr pippins out of ye Syrrupe, and Laye them, a drying, on the botton of a rose Sive, when they be very well drayned, Laye them on the Stone dish, and Laye them one by one, and Sift Some, fine ~ Suger on them, then Sett them on a warme Stone att night, to drye, the next day turne them, and Laye them on a cleane dish, after you have turned them, Sift Some fine Suger on them, in this maner dry them they will be frye, in: 3 or 4 dayes, you must Laye them on a cleane dish every daye, turne them, butt nott Sift Suger on them, after the Second daye To make Chipps, of Apricockes; peaches, white peare plums or Quinces, or pippins ~ If you make yr chipps of quinces, you must codle them before you Slice them; take there of, the Severall fruits, and pare them, and waigh them then take halfe there weight, in dubble refind Suger, beate yr Suger; very fine  40 Fine, and as you Slice yr fruit, Laye in a Layne of Suger, and a Layne of fruitt, till they be Layd all in Laynes, into yr pann, the fruitt must be first Layd in, which done, Sett them on coales, when you See them begin to Simber, take them off, and gently Shake them in the pan, you must nott Stirr them with a Spoone, for feare of breaking them, when you have Shaked them, Sett them on coals againe, and when you See them begin to Simber, take them off the fiar againe, thus doe till allmost all the ~ Suger, be consumed, then take them one by one, and Laye them on Sheetes of glass, you must take them out of the Syrrupe, when itt is allmost consumed, you must begin to take them out on the fiar, having a great ~ care they boyle not, then Stove them, ~ To make Suger puffs, of muk or Amber greece ~ Take dubble refind Suger, beate itt and Searce itt, through, a fine, tiffany Steepe Some very good, and white gum dragon, in rosewater, and beate Some Amber greece, or muske, and mingle with yr Suger, make itt past, of yr Suger and gum, Straine yr gum, itt must not be to Soft, yr gum or paste make itt into what fashion you please, yr past must be well beaten in a Stone morter, yr oven must be butt a Little warmed, on papers Searce ~ Suger under them. ~ To Presarve pippins white ~ Pare two pound of faire pipins, make a hole through them with a bodkin, then Scald them a Little in water, take a quart of this water, putt to itt 2 pound of Suger, Lett itt boyle, and clarify itt with the whit of an egg, Scum itt very cleane, then putt yr pippin into itt, boyle them pretty ~ fast, when they be tender take them upp, and boyle the Syrrup thicker after ~ To make pippins Looke redd ~ Take there weight, in Suger, make yr Syrrupe, clarryfy, with an egg ~ pare them and make hole throgh them, with a bodkin putt them in the Syrrupe, boyle them Leasurly close covered, if all be redd, and tender, coole them out of the Syrrupe, doe them greene, as you doe greene plums ~ To presarve, Wallnutts ~ Gather them before they are Shald, prick them full of holes, Lay them in a tubb of water three dayes, togeather, Shifting twice a daye, then boyle them tender, in fayre water, take there waight in Suger, make a Syrrupe the with, boyle them as you doe Lettice Stalkes ~  41 To presarve mall cotoones ~ Boyle them in faire water, till they be tender, make a Syrrupe for them and preserve them as you doe other things ~ To Candy all kind of fruitts, rootes, and Spices, wth rock candy Take orringes, Spices, or what you will, presearve them, and drye them then melt fine Suger, boyle itt, and clarryfy itt, with the white of an egg Lett itt runn through a cloth to cleare itt, Sett itt on the fiar againe, Lett itt boyle till a threed, will hold, betwixt yr fingers, then place yr fruitt, and Spices, in a earthen pott, with a broade mouth, and Sett wiers betweene to to keepe them a Sunder, then power the candy on them, cover the pott close keepe itt covered, in a warme chimney 3 dayes, Shaking the pott often then dryes itt in a Stove, ~ To make past of Quinces ~ First codle yr quinces in warme water pretty Soft, take them out and pare them, and Scrape out all the meate from them to the coare, with a knife, to a pound of meate, take a pound of duble refind Suger, beaten very fine putt yr Suger, and quinces togeather, and Sett them on the fiar Lett them boyle, Softly till the Suger is melted, and then a great pace, Stirring itt all the while, have a care itt change nott the culler, if itt be good itt will Looke very white, yr Apple quinces, are the best, and they must be throughly ripe, and newly gathered, when itt is boyled thick take itt upp by Spoonfulls, and Laye itt on platts, when itt is coole, cutt them in peeces, ~ and print them thus, take duble refind Suger, and Searce itt on yr cakes, through a fine tiffany Searce, then Sift a Little in the prints, Laye yr cakes into the printes, the cakes must be thick they will keepe the moyster, Sett them before the fiar to drye, but not to nearne, nor the fiar to hott ~ Past of rasps ~ Take a pint of rasps, bruise them, putt to them 6 Spoonefulls of roswater Straine itt through, a canvas, putt to itt into s Skellett, and beate itt abroade a pound of refind Suger, into another Skillett, boyle itt to manus christie, then putt itt in, Stirr itt well togeather, and fashion itt well on a plate ~ To Candy, over raw fruitts ~ Take Some Suger, and wett itt in orringe flower water, or rosewater then boyle itt to a candy high, then dipp in the fruitts, and Laye them by to coole, and Soe you may dish them upp, ~  42 To make past of Apricockes ~ Scauld yr Apricockes, as you doe the Codling, take them and Straine ~ them, and drye them, drye the Stuff on a pye plate, or on a chaffing dish of embers, then take Suger, and boyle itt to a candy high, then putt itt in yr past, and worke itt togeather, or elce Suger finly Searced, and make itt upp into cakes, or what you will, and then in Some warme place, and drye a pound of itt, to a pound of Stuff. ~ Dice marmalett ~ Codle the fairest quince but not to tender pare and Slice them, butt nott to neare the coare, to a pound of quinces, take a pound and halfe of fine Suger, and a pinte of gelly, made with pippins Sliced, and the worst of quinces, or of coares, and rines, putt a Layre of quinces, and a Layre of Suger, into a Skellett, then putt in the gelly; Sett itt on a gentle fiar, boyle itt an orringe cuuller, when itt is allmost boyled, putt the rest of the Suger, by Little, and Little, putt them into glasses, first gelly them, ~ To make Jumballs of Quince, or Aprick cocks ~ Take of the purest fine Suger, and beate itt, and Sift itt, then take either part of quince, or dryed Apricockes, and pound them in a Stone ~ morter, Still Strowing on itt, as tis beating, of that fine Suger, till you find with beating, that is come to a perfect past, after which you may role itt on a paper, with yr hands, in very Small kind of Stringes, which you may make, in what Severall workes, you please, and Laying them, on cleane paper, they preasently dry of themselves, wthout further trouble. To Presearve Alicom pane ~ Take Allicom pane cutt itt a cross, pare of the Skinn, then putt itt in water, change itt twice a daye, for two or three dayes togeather, then boyle itt in water, as you doe other things, or change till itt is tender, then take two pound of Suger, to a pound of Allicom pane, and a pinte of water to a pound of Suger, putt in halfe the Suger into the water, att first, and Lett that boyle, and Skim itt, then putt in the Allicom pane, Lett that boyle, Leasurly a pretty while, then putt in the rest of the Suger, as itt boyleth, Soe boyle itt till itt be tender, then take itt off, if the Surrupe be nott thick enough boyle itt, a Little Longer, then putt itt to the Allicom pane, tis best to preaserve them, as Soone as you take them out of the boyling water before they be cold ~  43 To Presarve Orringes ~ Take yr orringes, and devide them in midle, cutt out the meat, boyle them, butt Lett the water boyle first, change yr water, often, when they are tendar take them upp, then take to a pound of orringes, a pound of Suger and a pint of water, Lett yr water, and Suger boyle, Skimed cleane, then putt in yr orringes, and keepe them from the bottom, and Sides of the Skillett, ~ To make marmallett redd of Quinces ~ Take the yollowest quinces, you can gett quarter them and coare them then pare them, and putt the quarters in faire water, then take them out of the water, and weigh them, to every pound of quinces take a pound of Suger, Lett yr porsnett be runced in water, then Strowe Some of the Suger in the bottom of the posnett, then Lay in Some of the quinces, all over the Suger, then Strowe more of the Suger, on the quinces, untill you have putt in halfe the Suger, then cover them and Sett the possnett on a Soft fiar, ~ Shake them now, and then, for feare of burning, as the Suger doth melt ~ Strowe in the rest, till the Suger be all in, then Lett them boyle, Leasurly till they be very tender, close covered, and Stirr them with a Spoone, and Shake them now and then for feare of burning, when they are tender take them off the fiar, and Sett them close, covered an howre, then break the biggest, Longest, and Sett them on the fiar, Lett them boyle Leasurely when they be allmost, enough, putt in Some Sliced ginger, if you will boyle itt upp, till itt come cleane from the bottom, of the posnett, then putt itt in boxes, or glasses, butt boxes will keepe itt best, ~ To Candy Angellica ~ Take a pound of the Stalkes, putt as mutch Suger, when they are prepared by pilling of the Skinn, the water must be boyling hott, where in they must be boyled fast till they be tender, then presently putt them out and Strewe the Suger, on them, Soe Lett them Stand: 3: howres then Sett them on a Soft fiar and cover them close, till they begin to be enough, there must be noe more water in itt then to wett the Suger, when they are greene enough, they must be covered noe more, butt boyle itt a pace, till itt be enough, which will be when the Suger, is allmost dryed upp, Still Shaking itt round, that all the Stalkes maye have a Like of the Suger, when enough they must be Layd out on plates, and Soe Sett in a Stove ~ To make &c: of Goosberries ~ Take goosberries, and putt them into Spring water, till they be very thick, in the water, and Lett them boyle very fast, without Stirring them, when you  44 you thinke the Strengh of the berries is boyled out, power out the ~ cleare, without pressing the goosberries, and two a pound of Sutch Liquor putt a pound of refind Suger, being beaten, and boyled upp very fast, untill itt will gelly, if you have a mind to doe yr berries whole, Lett them be ~ ready Stoned, When yr Liquor, is putt to boyling putt in yr Stond goosberries with there waight in Suger, and boyle itt fast untill you See itt will gelly when itt is a Little cold, glass them upp ~ To drye Plums ~ Take plums and Stone them, waigh them, and to a pound of plums, take halfe a pound of Suger, halfe a pinte of water, boyle upp the Syrrupe, when itt is kimmed, putt in the plums Lett them Simer a Little on the fiar, then take them off, and the next daye give them a walme or two, and the next day after as mutch, then Sett them with the Syrrupe, in the Stove, three dayes, putting in fiar every foott, then take them out, and Laye them on glasses, in the Stove, and Soe Lett them drye, when they be dry wash them a Little, with warme water, and putt them into the Stove, and the next day wash them with cold water, then dry them upp, when they be dry putt them in glasses, and Soe keep them, ~ To make orringe marmalett ~ Take orringes, and pare them very well and thinn, rubb them well with Salt, and wash itt well off, then cutt them through, the midle, take out the Juice, and the meate cleane, then boyle them in a Skillett of fayre water, while they boyle in one water, take another, boyling hott, ready to Shift them in, Soe boyle them in 3: or 4 waters, or according, as you Like them, for bitterness, then drye them well with a cloth, and cutt them in Little Square peeces, to every pound of orringes, putt a pound of Suger, butt you must only dipp the Lumps of Suger in water, then take pippins, and Slice them coare, and all, you must pare them, then boyle them with a ~ Little water, when the Liquor, is thick Scum itt from the apples, and of that Liquor, putt Somthing, more then a pinte to yr Suger, then boyle the orringes, and that togeather, about a quarter of an hower, then take the meate, and Juice, that comes, from yr orringes, and cutt the meat very ~ Small, picking out the Seeds, and Strings, then putt into the orringes more then a quarter of a pinte, and Somthing more then half a a quarter of a pint of the Juice, of Lemonds, before you putt itt in, warme it a Little, and in a thin peece of Lane boyle itt a Little, muske, and amber  45 Amber greese, if you Like itt, keepe itt Still boyling till itt will gelly pretty thick, then you may take itt upp, putt in the Juice of orringes, and Lemonds to yr tast, butt this is the right proportion, ~ To presarve Pippins ~ Boyle pippins cutt in quarters in faire water, till they mash, then run the Liquor from them, and take halfe a pinte of that Liquor, and halfe a pint of white, or rhenish wine, putt to itt a pound, of dubble, refind Suger and Sett itt in the fiar, when itt is Scumd, and ready to boyle, putt in a pound of the best, and clearest pippins, pared, and cutt coares awaye, in three or foure peeces of a pippin, or as they are in bigness, putt in the pill of a Lemond, which must, be taken out of water, they must boyle fast, and as itt, boyleth, putt in the Juice of 2 Lemonds, or orringes to yr tast, when allmost boyled putt in peeces of orring pill, which must be first boyled, in: 3: or 4 waters, Soe make them tender, and take out the exstream bitterness when the pippins Looke cleare, and the Syrryp white, itt is enough ~ To make marmalett of Apricockes ~ Take apricockes, and pare them, and cutt them in quarter, then take a pound of aprickcockes, to a pound of Suger, then putt in Some Suger in the bottom of the possnett, putt in a Spoonefull, or two of faire water then Laye the Apricocks, in quarters, in quarters in the Suger, putt more Suger over them, Soe boyle, them on a quick fiar, keepe them Stirring, for feare of burning, in the bottom, halfe an ounce ounce of Apricockes more then the Suger, ~ To Presarve pippins ~ Take yr pippins, and pare them, and core them, well, then take Suger and waigh with yr pippins, then take a pinte of faire water, and halfe a pinte of whitwine, and boyle yr Suger, with itt, and Scum itt, then putt in yr pippins and Lett them boyle Softly, to culler deepe. ~ To presarve, white currants, in gelly ~ Take of corrants when they are ripe to Stone and to a pound of Stoned corrants take a pound of refind Suger, then take Juice of corrants, nott ripe being Strained, and Lett itt Stand all night, the next day power off the clearest, into a glass, take off this Juice Soe mutch, as you thinke will ~ Satisfie, to make yr corrants, into a gelly, adding the waight of the Juice in Suger, Soe Lett yr Juice and Suger boyle upp fast, and Strowe in yr  46 In yr corrants, being newly Stoned, and boyle them exstreamly fast, untill you see they will gelly, then glass them upp for yr use. ~ To presarve rasberries ~ Take rasberries nott over ripe and to them take take there waight in in Suger, then take greene, Apples, and cutt them in two, Spring water be Stronge, Soe Straine itt, and take of the cleare of itt, into a glass, as mutch as you thinke fitt, to make yr gelly, and the waight of yr water in Suger, then boyle yr water, and Suger, and Scum itt, and putt in youre rasberries, boyling itt very fast till itt will gelly ~ To make marmalett of Cherries ~ Take 12 pound of cherries, and Stone them, and keepe the Juice by in a bason, then take: 3: pound of ordinary Loafe Suger, being beaten and Sett them over, a quick fiar, and boyle them exstreame fast, a good while, and Skim them, being halfe boyled, putt in the Juice of white corrants, a pinte, for want of white take red, when they are boyled that they will come cleane, from the thing, that they are boyled in then glass them upp for yr use ~ To drye Cherries Take cherries and Stone them, keeping the Juice, in a dish, that comes from them, in the Stoning, and to: 8 pound of Stoned cherries, take a pound of ordinary Suger, putt yr cherries, and Juice with the Suger, Soe boyle on a quick fiar, and boyle them a pace untill they be boyled, Scumm them very well, untill they be boyled, then putt them forth into Silver or earthen vessells, and Lett them Stand in the Syrrupe two dayes, ~ then take them out, and Laye, one by one another, on the bottoms ~ of cleane Sives, and Sett them in the Sunn, a drying, and turne them; when drye dipp, a cloth, in warme water, and wipe them over, and Sett them againe a drying, and being dryed, box them upp for yr use ~ To presarve Quinces white ~ Take yellow quinces coare them butt nott pare them, then parboyle them, and when they be cold pare them, then take to every pound of quinces, a pound of Suger, and claryfye itt, when itt is perfect cleare putt  47 Putt in yr quinces, and Lett them boyle Leasurely, uncovered, all waye. Stirring them, when they be boyled tender, take them upp, and boyle yr Syrrupe a Little by its Selfe, when itt is blood warme, you may pott them To Candy Angellico Cutt Angellico when itt is young and tender, and cutt the beynes in in the Joynts, as itt growes, then boyle itt in a pott close covered, with a Little Salt in the water, and the water must be cold when you putt in the Angellico butt there must be good Store of water, then Lett itt boyle till the Stalkes be tender, take itt upp and pill itt, putt itt into cold water as you does itt, this done take yr Angellico out of the water, and draine itt in a Sive, then putt for every pound of Angellico a pound of Suger, beat yr Suger, then Laye yr Angellico on a earthen dish, Stalke by Stalke, and Lett all the Stalkes be pilled and Laye a flowring of Suger and more Stalkes, and this maner till all is Layd, and cover itt close, and Soe Lett itt Stand all night, in the morning Laye itt in the presarving pann, and you may take a Spoonfull or two of water, to rence the Suger, forth of the dish, but noe more water, then Sett itt to boyle Softly, when itt hath boyled a while take off the cover, and Skim itt, as you See cause, be Sure to Stirr often about for feare of burning, and cover itt noe more, ~ after itt grow a Little thick take itt off the fiar Somtimes, and Sett itt on againe, itt will make itt the apter to candy, when you See Suger drye about the pann, then Laye a Stalke to coole, and if itt growe hard att a candy hight, then take itt upp if itt be enough will hard when colde, if you please to make cakes then take of the Smalest of the Stalkes, which are in the pann, and Shreed them very Small, if you thinke good of itt you may take mint, and Shreed Small, and boyle them upp, and then dropp them on a plate, ~ To make Cleare Cakes of goosberries, corrants Rasberries or damsons ~ Take yr fruitt and Sett it in a Silver tankerd, into a Skett of boyling water, Soe boyle itt untill the Juice part from the fruit, then power out the cleare into a Silver or earthen bason, and Lett itt Stand and Settle, then power of the cleare, and take the weight in duble refind ~ Suger  48 Suger, beaten very fine, and Sett yr Liquor, and Suger togeather, over a cleare fiar, keeping itt Stirring, and Skim itt if there be need, untill itt be ready to boyle, then take itt off and power itt into glasses, and Sett itt in a Stove, and when itt is on the other Side, then turne itt out on glass plats and Sett itt in yr Stove, to keepe for yr use; The Same waye apricocks done, only you Stone them pare them, and take the pulpe ~ To make white past of Quinces Take quinces and parboyle them, then pare them, and Scrape off the pulpe, from the coares, and to a pound of Sutch pulpe, take a pound of fine Suger, beaten fine, then beat yr pulpe in a morter, then mingle yr Suger and pulpe togeather very well, and glass itt upp in Little glasses, Sett itt adrying in a Stove, when itt is Iced over, turne itt out on glasses, and keepe itt for yr use ~ To presarve pippins in gelly ~ To a pound of pippins pared and coared, and quartered, take a pound, and quarter of fine Suger, and to itt take a pinte of water, boyle yr Suger, and Scum itt very well, and putt in yr pippins, wch if pared before you imeadiatly use them, must be flong into faire water, then putt in Som orringe pill, which before hath been boyled in 3 Seaverall waters The first water having Salt in itt, then boyle itt fast till itt begin to gelly, then putt in two Spoonefulls of the Juice of orringes, and as mutch Juice of Lemons, then Lett itt Just boyle, and take out yr pippins, and glass them upp, putting, a Little of yr Syrrupe, the rest putt in the next morning when itt is cold ~ To drye plums, without any Suger to be Seene ~ Take a pound of Suger, and putt to itt a pinte and halfe of water ~ boyle itt very well and Skim itt cleane, when yr Syrrupe is cold, take plums, and Sett them on the dinted Side, being in quantytie two pound and putt them into yr Syrrupe, and Sett itt over a Soft fiar, and Lett them Stand, and Stew continually, turning them till they be tender, to the Stone, but not Lett them boyle, then take them off, and Lett them Stand, in the Syrrupe two dayes, then Sett them over the fiar, and Lett them be hott, through to the Stone, Soe Lett them Stand a colding  49 a Colding, one dayes Space more, then putt them over the fiar, as before and when they be hott through, take them out of the Syrrupe, and Laye them a running on Little plates, and have them Some Scalding water ready, and wash every plum in the hott water, cleane from the Syrrupe, and drye them in a fine cloth, and Soe Laye them on cleane Sive bottoms, and Sett them adrying in the Sunn, or in a oven, the morning after manchett hath beene drawen, if you find any claminess on them, they must be washed in hott water, and dryed, as before, any kind of plum that is black or blue, butt yr plums, must be a day Longer, in the Liquor then ordinary and for to blewe them, adeepe, peauter dish is best, to doe them in, white pare plum, are done in the Same manner, on quicker in Silver or brass ~ To make white marmalett, of Quinces, with Less ~ then the waight in Suger, ~ Take to a pound of quinces, unpared, and coared, 6 ounces of fine Suger, being boyled very fine, Laye Some of itt, in the bottom of yr Skillett then pare and quarter yr quinces, and putt a Layne of them into yr Skillett on the Layne of Suger, and Soe untill they be all Layd the Suger with them, and Sett itt over a Soft fiar, Shaking them until the Suger be all dissolved, then boyle them, exstreame fast, until yr quinces, be all to mash then glass itt upp to yr use, ~ To presarve Quinces, white, whole ~ Take yr quinces, and waigh them, and to every pound of Quinces, take a pound, and halfe of refind Suger, then parboyle them, then coare them and, Afterwards pare them, and to a pound, and halfe of Suger you must putt a pinte of pippin water, then boyle yr water and Suger, and Scum itt, then yr quinces being, Layd upp, in tiffany, or Lawne, putt into yr Syrrupe, with a few quince Seedes, tied upp in a tiffany, and boyle itt upp fast, until itt gelly then take out youre quinces, and putt them in potts, with the holes upwards filling the holes, only with the hott Syrrupe, the rest of yr Syrrupe ~ keepe in a glass, untill the next morning, then power itt into yr quinces ~ make yr pippin water thus, take: 8: pippins, and pare them, and quarter them and two whole quinces, quartered, and uncoared, and unpared, and putt yr pippins, and quinces, thus ordered, into a Skellett, with a quantytie of Spring water, and boyle itt till the fruit, be all mashed, then power itt through a Strainer, into a white bason, and Lett itt Settle, untill the next morning, and take of the cleane of itt for yr use ~  50 To Candy Angellico ~ Take the Stalkes, and cutt them in what Lengh, you will, and Lay them in fayre water, and Lett them, Lye all night, if you please, then boyle them in the Same water, till itt be tender, keeping, itt close covered all the while then take them upp, and peele them, then putt them into the Same water, againe cover them close, and give them, one boyle, and Soe Lett itt Stand one howre, ~ take them up, and Laye them on dry cleane cloth, then take the waight in duble refine Suger, finely beaten, then Laye them on a earthen bason, putting, Suger betweene, every rowe, Soe Lett them Stand all night, the next day, putt them in a bell mettell Skilled, and boyle them very tender, on a Soft fiar, being close covered, Sometimes Sturr them, then take of the cover and boyle them to a candy, Soe drye them, ~ To Greene plums ~ Take yr plums and codle them, Soe that they maye peele, and when you have peeled them, greene them in the Same water, they weare codled in, then take them upp, and take there waigh in Suger, then make a Syrrupe, with the Suger, and Scum itt, and then putt in, the plums, and Soe boyle them, till they, Looke cleare, and the Syrrupe gelly ~ To make Jumballs ~ Take halfe a pound of Allmonds, and blanch them, and beat them wth Some rosewater, putt in a Spoonefull of Suger, and Stirr them well, togeather, take the whites of 3 or 4 eggs, and froath them very well, with a quill, and Stirr itt into the Allmonds, and Suger, make them into what - Shape you please, putt them into a pretty hott oven, and Lett them Stand till they are baked ~ To make mackarownes ~ Take a quarter of a pound of blanched Allmonds, beate them with rosewater, taking halfe, a pound of Suger, and two Spoonefulls of flower, Stiring them all togeather, then take the whites of two or three eggs, beate them with a Little rosewater, Stirr them well togeather, make them, in what Shape you please, Sett them on papers, and bake them in a hott oven, ~ To make Jumballs ~ Take a pound of flower, and dry itt a quarter of a pound of Suger, and drye itt, and the yeolkes of 21 eggs and putt itt all togeather, with a Spoonfull of rosewater, 4 Spoonefulls of creame, beate all togeather halfe an hower then putt  Then putt, a fewe carriwaye Seedes, butt more corriander Seedes, and worke itt in a paste, role itt and cast itt into knotts, bake them, butt burne them nott, ~    The ~ Table ~ Cookery ~ No To: make ye orringe, pudding. 1 To: make cakes with oyle for Lent, Idem ~ - To: make a Chicken pye, Idem. - To: make a Hash, of a Caulfes haed: Idem ~ - To: make a Frigasie, of Lambe. 2 To: Stew. a rumpe of beefe, Idem. - To: bake a Sperribb of porke, Id. - To: make a Frygasie, of rabitts or chicken; Idem. - To: make Forst meate, Idem. - To: Pickle Mushrewmes- 3 To Stew Mushrewmes; Idem. - To make a Possitt: Idem. - Sauce. for Fish: Idem. - Cheese Cakes: Idem. - To Stewe Mutton. 4 Sauce: for Fresh Fish: Idem - Soupe. or Liquor: Idem. - To pickle, a old: fatt goose Idem. - To make Sawsages. Idem. - To roufe: A Legg of Mutton. 5 To make pease pottage: Idem. - To Stewe: a rumpe of beefe: Idem. - To make: Allmond butter: Idem. - To make a Shaking: pudding: Idem - Orringe pudding. Idem - A possitt without Milke. 6. To: make white puddings Idem. - A Shaking pudding. Idem. - To: make; a dish of pease cods: Ide - Puffs. Idem. - A Shoulder of mutton, venison, Id: - Marrow puddings, Idem - To Quickin Wine. Idem - Sauce for boyled mutton, Idem. - Calves foot pudding: Idem. - To Solt. Bacon, Like: westphalia: - Cocke Ale. 7 Mutton Like Venison: Idem -  To Coller beefe. 7 To dress: a caulfes: head: Idem - An other waye: Idem - To dress Chickens: Idem - To Frye beefe. Idem - An apple Jansey: Idem - To roast a Pike: Idem - To boyle a Pike. 8 - To boyle a Carpe: Idem - To roast Lobsters: Idem. - To pickle: Cowcumbers: Idem - To bake a Hare. Idem - Artichoke pudding: Idem - To Collor Beefe. Idem - To make white puddings 9 To pickle Smelts. Idem - To roast a Trout: Idem - Sausages. Idem. - Black puddings: Idem - Capon pye. Idem - Calves Head: Idem - To dress: Larkes: or Little birds: - Lampres pye Idem. - To boyle a Salmon Idem - Ruin Cheese. 10 Wilde Curdes. Idem - Oyster pye. Idem - Egg. pye. Idem - Sawsages. Idem - Frygasye. Idem - A pottage. Idem - A Lemon Creame: Idem - An other Creame. Idem - Rice Creame. 11. Orringe Creame. Idem - To make Snow. Idem - Apple Creame: att any time Id: - Friffle Creame. Idem - Quince Creame: Idem: A Sillabub. 12 To make pastroyall white. - Egg pye. Idem - To boyle a Capon: Idem - To Souce: a pike.. Idem -  French Bead - 12 To make good Manchett. 12 To Pickle Mushrewmes: Id: - To Pickle Figgs. 13 To Pickle Cowcombers: Idem - To keepe: any Flowers. all the - yeare for Salletts. Idem - To make Snow. Idem - Damson Creame: Idem - To make a Friffle: Idem - To Stew Apples. Idem - To Stewe a Duck: Idem - To Stewe Birds. Idem - To Stewe Chickins. Idem - To boyle a rumpe of beefe - 14 To: dress: a Fillet of Veale: Idem - To hash. a. caulfes head: Idem - To: boyle a hare to butter. Id:- To: make. a Flesh: Sallett. Idem - To make a pottage. Idem Another waye. Idem Pottage: for Fasting: or other 15 A Frygasey. Idem A dish of Scotts collops: Idem A Stump pye. Idem - To make: a Capon pye: Idem: To make. a Capon pye: Spanish 16 A made dish: Idem. - To bake a Swan:. Idem - To roast a pike. Idem - A hash: of a Pike. Idem - To make norfolk Linkes: Idem - A good Hash. Idem - To pickle redige buds: Idem - To make good Sassages. 17 A Sack possitt. Idem - A French bullion. Idem - To make marrow pottets: Idem - Flesh pease pottage. 18 The bauls. Idem - To pickle Musherums: Idem - Another for the Same. - To dress Musherums Idem - A possitt. 19 Another possitt. Idem - Another possitt. Idem - To make bacon eate Like Venison. Idem. -  To make a Fresh Cheese. 19 A Codle of white wine. 20 Hoggs puddings. Idem - To make Toasts. Idem - To make Salmond coulor in the boyling. Idem - To make an Allmond Cadle: Idem - To roast a Fillett of Veale: Idem - To pickle purslan Stalkes: Idem To pickle barberries redd. 21 To pickle Samphier: greene: Idem - A trew receit of the pounded Hare pye. Idem - To Solt bacon hams: Idem - To pickle Cowcombers. 22 To make creame bully: Idem - A hash or Frygacy. Idem - A general Sauce for Flesh Fish or Fowle. Idem - Pancakes: the court waye: Idem - To Sowce a Sucking pigg. 23 To coller an Eill. Idem - To pickle orringe pills: Idem - Divers Sauces for mutton, Ide - To make chicken pye. Idem - A caulfes: head pye. 24 A Quaking pudding: Idem - Elderberry wine: Spannish Butter: A: Lemmon Creame: [Hummorym?] [G?scoing] way: To pickle Cowcombers: Idem. - To drye. neats Tongus Idem To make white Meade The best Waye. 25 To make Meade. Idem - To make white metheglin, Ide - Another for the Same. - White Meade. 26 White Meade Idem - To make white Meade: Idem - To make Cock Ale. Idem - Corrant Wine.. Idem - Clove gilly flower Sack. 27 Cowslipp Wine. Idem - Ratifia - 27 To make cherrie. Wine: Idem - To make Cowslip wine mrs: Constantines way: Cakes To make cakes of Allmonds 28 Allmond Cakes. Idem To make a very good Cake. - Orringe Cakes. Idem - To make Amber Cakes. 29 To make a Cake. Idem - To make a Cake. 30 To Ice a Cake. Idem - A good Cake Idem - Puff Cakes. Idem. -  Perfumd Cakes to burne. 31 To ice a Cake. Idem - The Little plum Cakes. Idem - Cheese Cakes. Idem - To make perfumd Cakes. 32 To make corrant Cakes. Ide - To make Cake Mrs: Savage’s way Idem: To make Cakes for Lent: Idem: Bisketts To make biskett bread:. 33 Spanish biskett. Idem - Thin Light biskett. Idem - Crackling biskett. 34 French biskett. Idem To make prince biskett: Idem - To make biskett Kings. Idem - The best Ginger bread. Idem - Gellys A Gelly. 35 A Gelly. Idem - A good Gelly. Idem - A Gelly of harts horne. Idem - A Gelly of pare plums. 36 A gelly of Orringes. Idem - A gelly of Quinces. Idem - Presearving Li Aston To Preserve Pe Peaches 1 To presearve: Cherries: in gelly 37 To presearve: Orringes. Idem To drye Apples: or Peares. 38 Ordinary: marmulett of Cherries - To Candy chippings of Orringes: or Lemonds. Idem. - Peach Chipps. Idem - To Presearve Cherries: Idem - To presearve: rasberries: Idem - To presearve Pippins. Idem - To Candy Orringes. 39 To drye Pippins. Idem - To make Chipps: of Apricockes: Peaches: white pare plums: Quinces: or Pippins: Idem - To make Suger puffs of musk: or Amber greece. 40 To preasarve Pippins White. Idem. - To make pippins Looke red. Idem - To presearve: Wallnutts: Idem - To presearve Mallcotoones 41 To Candy all kind of Fruitts rootes, and Spuces, with rock Candy. Idem. -  To make past of Quinces 41 Past of rasp. Idem - To Candy over. Raw Fruitts: Id - Past of Apricocks. 42 Dice Marmalett. Idem - To make Jumballs, of Quince or Apricocks. Idem - To presearve Allicompane: Idem - To presearve Orringes. 43 To make Marmallett, redd of Quinces. Idem - To Candy Angellica. Idem - To make &c: of Goosberries: Id To drye Plums. 44 To make orringe Marmallett - To presarve: pippins. 45 To make Marmallett of Apricocks. Idem - To presearve: pippins: Idem - To presearve: white Corrants in Gelly. Idem - To Presarve: rasberries. 46 To make Marmallett of Cherries. Idem - To drye Cherries. Idem - To presarve: Quinces: White: Id To Candy Angellica. 47 To make Cleare Cakes of Goosberries: Corrants: rasberries. or Damsons: Idem - To make White past of Quinces. 48 To presarve Pippins In Gelly. Idem - To drye Plums: without any Suger to be Seene: Idem - To make white Marmallett of Quinces: with Less: then the Waight in Suger. 49 To presarve Quinces White: and whole: Idem - To Candy Angellico. 50 To Greene Plums:. Idem - To make Jumballs: Idem - To make Mackarownes: Idem - To make Jumballs: Idem. -  The Table for the Following Receipts ~ Er Nom To make the Long things. 51 To Stew a Carpe in blood. Idem - To roast a Carpe, or Pike. Idem - To make an Orringe pudding. Idem - To make a Leamon Creame. Idem - Sauce for a Codds head. 52 Sauce for boyled Fish. Idem - Sauce for Stewed Fish. Idem - A Salt Fish pye. Idem To make Scotts Scollops. Idem To make puff past. 53 A most excilant pudding. Ide - To pickle oysters. Idem - To pickle Musheromes, Mr Dracott, Cooks ways: - To make a Lobster pye. Idem - To make pease Soope. 54 To roast a Shoulder of Mutton. Idem - To dress a pike, or any Fresh water Fish: Ide - To make a Sack Creame. 55 To make a Cake. Ide - To make puffs. Idem - To make puff past. Idem - To make Suger Cakes. Idem - To make the Little Cakes. 56 To make a Whip Creame. Idem - To Keepe Goosberries, all the yeare Idem - To doe Goosberries Like Hopps Idem To Candy Fruitt. 57 The Table: For the Receipts: received From your Ladyship: att Odstock: To Salt Tongues to Drye. LR. 57 To dress a Turkey Allamode Royall. Idem - To pickle mushroomes. Mrs Roses way. 58 How to dress a Shoulder of Venison. Idem - How to preserve Aprickcocks in Chipps: my mothers way 59 Directions for preserving, my mothers way: Ide - To brew Ebulum. Idem - To make pippen past. madam Borrowfeend 60 To preserve Apricockes. Idem - To drye Apricockes. Mrs Buckland Junior 61 To drye Figgs. Mrs Buckland Junior. Idem - How to drye plombes. Idem - To make Codling Creame, my Lady Shasberys: Way 62 To pickle Cowcoombers. Idem - To pickle Samphire. Idem - To make a Cake: madam: Ireland. Idem - To make a Seed Cake. 63: A receipt For Syder Mrs Brewning. Idem. 63: Mrs: Grelands Diet Drinke: - 64: Doctor Perinns diet drinke for myself - 64: Doctor for mrs [illegible] 51 Receipts: taken: out of Mrs Carews: Booke:: To make the Long: things: ~ Take a good of Veale: and cutt out of the flesh: a pound and Shredd: itt very Small, and then take a pound of good beefe ~ Suett: and Shredd with itt, then beat itt very well, this being done: take halfe an ounce of pepper, and Salt, and mix itt very well, then take the yeolkes of: 3: eggs: and the whits of: 2: and mingle these well togeather, and Soe make itt upp in a peast: and when you have Soe done, role itt upp in Long things ~ To Stew a Carpe in blood ~ Take your carp and Scrape him: and wash him cleane, then open him: and Save the blood: putt the row in againe: then out the carpe into a deepe dish: with the blood: and Som clarrett wine: as mutch as will Stew him: with the dish more: then halfe full, putt in: 4: pepper cornes: and: 4: cloves bruised: and: 3: blades: of mace: and: two onyons, cutt youre carpe in three or four places, on that Side you Lay uppermost, first, and when itt is enough, Slice a nuttmeg into itt, then putt itt into a cleane dish, with cippetts, and Searve it in: To rost a Pike or Carpe: ~ Take a pike or Carpe, Larde itt with pickld: herrings, fill the belly with oysters, rost itt, basting itt with clarrett wine, and anchovis ~ Sarve itt with Anchovy Sauce, and the gravy of the pike or carpe ~ To make an Orringe pudding ~ Take: 3: ounces of canded orringe peele, and a Little uncanded, and Shreed itt all very Small, then take the yeolkes of twenty eggs, three quarters of a pound of white Suger, and a pound of fresh butter, and putt itt all togeather, in a deepe dish, or bason, and Sett itt over, a chafing dish of coales, untill itt is all melted, be Sure to keepe Stirring of itt all the time, and putt itt in a dish, with puff paste, and then bake itt. ~ To make a Lemon Creame ~ Take the Juice of 4 Lemons, and the peels, being cutt very Small and putt thereto a pint and halfe of Spring water, and a pint of rosewater, and: 7: or 8: eggs, but not more then the whites of: 2: or 3: and Soe  52 And Soe putt itt over the fiar, and keepe Stirring of itt all wayes, one way till itt be ready, to boyle, first Sweeten itt to yr tast ~ A Sauce for a Codds head ~ Take whitwine, and dissolve in itt Som Anchovis, mace, cloves, nuttmegg, and pepper, and onyon, all this dissolved, beate itt upp with butter, you need nott boyle itt noe more: after the butter is in ~ Sauce for boyle Fish ~ Take Clarrett, or white wines, and putt into itt the peeces of capers, and mushromes, and oysters, and Anchovis, and a little mace pounded, and the Juice of Sweet margerun, and time, and onyons, and perseley, and any ~ other hearbes, that you Like, and putt in butter, and boyle all this together and cutt mushromes, and oysters, and putt in itt, and when itt hath, boyled, a good while, putt itt on yr fish ~ Sauce for Stewed Fish ~ Take clarrett wine, and oyster Liquor, and mushromes and Anchovis Liquor, and a bundle of Sweet hearbs, and an onyon, and boyle togeather and halfe frye yr fish, and putt itt into the Sauce, with the Same butter, that the fish, is fryed in, and Soe Stew itt till itt be ready ~ A Salt Fish pye ~ Take Salt fish boyle itt then chopp itt very Small and Season itt as you doe a mince pye, and Laye, a Layne of butter, and a Layne of fish and putt itt in very good crust, and bake itt well, and perhaps itt ~ may be good for nothing ~ To make Scotts Scholops ~ Take a Legg of Veale of a cow calfe, and Slice itt thinn, and hack itt thick, with the back, of a mincing knife, then Season itt with pepper Salt, nuttmeg, Sweet hearbes, minced, as fine Sweet margaram, and a Sprigg of penny royall, then worke itt upp in yeolkes of 2: or 3 eggs then frye itt with Sweet butter, with a gentle fiar, turning itt off ten times, and when itt is fryed enough, putt to itt: 2: Anchovis, dissolved, in a Little white wine, with a Spoonfull of capers minced in itt and an onyon Stued in itt, and the yeolkes of 2 eggs, Strained with a Little Strong broath, and a Little oyster Liquor and gravy, and oysters and a bundle of Sweet hearbes: 2 or 3 blades of Large mace, Shake itt all togeather in your pann, till itt be of a competent thicknes, rubb. ye bottom of yr dish with a clove of garlick, dish itt upp, and garnish yr dish, with  53 what the time affords ~ To make puff past ~ Take 3 pints, of the finest flower, in pound of the freshest: butter, rubb halfe the butter into the flower, then breake in 4 eggs ~ Leaving out the whits of one ~ A Most excilant pooden, ~ Take a peny Loafe and halfe, to a pint of creame, and as mutch, carrett as bread; 6 eggs, with a Little Suger, Spice, and Sack ~ To pickle Oysters ~ To every hundred of oysters, take: 3 or: 4: or 5 pepper cornes ~ and a Little whole mace, Lett yr oysters be washed very cleane, out of there Liquor, then Strayne yr Liquor, into the pott you boyle them in, Lett them nott boyle to Long, for feare of being to harde, when they are coole, putt them into yr barrel, and according to yr quantity of ~ oysters, Soe devide yr Liquor, then fill upp yr barrels, with the best, white wine, vinegar, and putt to every hundred of oysters, two or three cloves then Shake them togeather ~ To pickle, Musheroomes, Mr Dracott, Cooks Way ~ Take musheroones, of one nights, growth, and cutt the Stalkes very close and wash them Single very cleane, then putt them into a Skillett with Salt, according to the quantity, a peece of Lemon, and an onyon, or two, and boyle them upp in there owne Liquor, for Somthing above a quarter of an hower, all ways Skimming them as they ryse, when they are could drayne them, and putt them in white wine Vinegar, Lett them Lye there ~ two or three dayes, to make pickle, then take 3 parts of Vinegar, and of ginger, cutt in peeces, mace, cloves, pepper, nuttmeggs, quartered, and putt, Salt accordingly, and one quart of white wine, boyle this upp, and when it is cold, putt itt in a glass, with yr mushroomes, with: 4: or. 5: bay Leaves, and Soe tye them upp very close ~ To make a Lobster, pye ~ Scald yr Lobsters, and take them out of the Shells, cutt them, in peeces and Season them, with Salt, and pepper, hole mace, and a few Sweet hearbs, cutt grose, a Little Lemon, and a good peece of butter in yr pye, when you Sett itt in the oven, make itt in a pan, half an howre will bake itt ~  54 To make pease Soope ~ Take white pease, boyle them as for ordinary pease porridge, then take 2 quarts of fayre water, or what quantyty you please to make and Lett runn into itt, as many pease as will make itt thick enough, ~ then take: 2: Anchovis, and Some capers, and an onyon, and Some time and perseley, one redd herring, and Shread them very Small, and putt them into yr Soope, with a few cloves bruised, and Some whole pepper then take a pretty quantyty of Spinedge, and boyle itt in fresh butter till itt be very tender, then draine itt from the butter, and putt itt in and Lett itt boyle, a good while, after all is in, and when you thinke itt is enough, putt in a good peece, of butter, cutt bread into them, and Searve itt upp, a peece of bacon, will doe well if itt be nott fasting daye ~ To roast a Shoulder of Mutton ~ When you kill a sheepe Save the blood, take the Shoulder of mutton off warme, and take a few crums of bread grated, and nuttmegg, grated, a Little quantity of pepper, a Little ginger, a Little thime, Stript, Some Sweet margerum, a Little Savory, Shread all these hearbs, and putt them to the crums of bread, all these Seasoning, take: 2 or 3: Spoonfulls of the blood, and mingle all these, togeather, then Stuff the inside of the Shoulder, with these hearbs, itt being dipped all over in the blood, ~ allso Lay the caull over itt, as itt roasts, bast itt with Sweet butter ~~ To Dress a Pike, or any Fresh Water Fish ~ Take a pike or any fresh water fish, Scrape of the Scales, take out ye gutts and gaule, cutt him in peeces, about a quarter, Long, role itt with Salt, and Lay itt in Viniger, as mutch as will Steepe, itt, for a quarter of an hower, then have ready boyling, as mutch Ale, as will boyle itt, and a pint of whitwine, and as mutch Vineger, as itt was Steeped in, Lett the Liquor be boyling, then putt in the fish, with a blade or two of Large ~ mace, a few cloves, and Some whole pepper, a bundle of Sweet hearbs Soe Lett the fish boyle, till itt be enough, then make Sauce, of thick melted butter, with: 3 or: 4: Spoonfulls of the Liquor, the fish was boyled in, 2 Anchovis dissollved in itt, with Some horse radish, Scraped in itt Som oysters or Cockles, and a Little Leamon, make yr Sauce pretty thick ~  55 To make a Sack Creame ~ Take a quart of good creame, and boyle itt with Spice, then thicken itt with the yeolkes of 6 eggs, and then take out the Spices, and Stirring the creame, untill itt be butt Scallding hott, then putt in a quarter of a pint of Sack, by two, or three, Spoonfulls, att a time, continually Stirring itt till itt be cold, itt will be Like thick Creame, and you may keepe itt a day or two To make a Cake ~ Take a peck of fine flower, and drye itt in the Oven, putt to itt 8 pound of currants, a pound of Suger, one nuttmegg, and a Little cloves, and mace, then breake in: 14: eggs, with half the whites, and: 3: pound of butter, and a pint of barme, you must crumble yr butter into the drye flower, very Small, then take yr creame, and boyle itt, and Lett itt Stand till itt be cold and then wett yr Cake, to wash itt over, before you Sett itt in, take Some whits of eggs, Suger, rosewater, and butter, beate them very well togeather, then melt itt and wash the Cake over ~ To make puffs ~ Take a good quantity, of Cheese curds, and draine them drye, and putt to them 5 yeolks, and two whits of eggs, a Little grated bread, and a Little nuttmegg, mingle these togeather, then butter, a paper, and dropp itt, in Little round cakes, and Soe bake them, for Sauce to them, take rosewater Suger, and butter ~ To make puff past ~ Take 3 pints of the finest flower, 2 pound of the freshest butter, rubb half the butter into the flower, then break in 4 eggs, Leaving out one white To make Suger Cakes ~ Take a pound of butter, beat itt till itt is Soft, itt will beat the better, if you Steep itt in water, all night, add to itt a pound of Suger, and a pound of flower, Stirr itt in a Little att a time, then putt to itt the ~ yeolkes of 7 eggs, and the whites of 4, well beaten, have yr oven, and pan ready, you may putt in Currants, Sift on a Little fine Suger before you Sett them in the oven, you may putt in what Spice you please  56 To make the Little Cakes ~ Take a pound of Suger, and a pound of butter, and worke itt well together in a pann till itt comes, a very froath, worke itt with yr hands upwards then take the yeolkes of 6 eggs, and two whites, beate them well, with a Little rosewater, and Soe putt them into yr butter, and Suger, with a grated nuttmegg, or Som fine mace, then take a pound and half of flower well dryed, and, a pound of Currants, Strow itt in by turnes, till yr past be pretty Stiff, then make itt upp into Little Cakes, this quantity, will make a dossin, and half, butter, yr paper or panns ~ To make a whip Creame ~ Take two good, Spoonefulls of Sack, and as mutch Suger, as you think will Sweeten itt, allsoe take a pint of milk from yr pann, that hath ~ beene milk: 3 or 4: howers, before, or more, mingle all togeather, in a milk pann, then take a whisk, as is for clensing of Clothes, and whip itt exceedingly, and as yr froath, riseth; with a Skim dish, take itt upp and putt itt in yr renge, you use for milk, till all the cleare, is run off with a spoonfull att a time putt itt in yr bason, that is nott to deepe, and if you have time, Lett itt Stand a night, or a night, and a day ~ To keepe Goosberries, all the yeare ~ Take yr Inglish goosberries, when they are full growne, and putt them into a skellett of water, and putt to them a handfull Salt, and Stirr them well togeather, then Scald them, butt be Sure, you doe nott breake them, when they are Scalded, take them upp in arange, and Lett them Stand one night adreining, then putt them in white wine Vinegar, and power, a Little butter, on them, and Soe keepe them for yr use ~ To doe Goosberries Like Hopes ~ Take pricks of black thornes then take Goosberries, and cutt them, a a Little across, take out the Stones, putt them uppon the prickes, waigh as mutch Suger, as they waigh, and take a quarter, of a pint of water, and putt into the Suger, and Lett itt boyle a while, then putt in the hops, Lett them Stand and Scald, two howrs on the coales, till they be Soft, then take them out, and boyle the Syrrupe awhile, then take itt off, and putt them in ~ Two Receipts for the Rheumatism or high Scurvy ye first is Doctr. Borvhaavy - Take Gum Guind one dram & an half, Extract of Liquorice threr Drany venice Turpentine half a Dram mix them and make Pills, three grains Each Pill, of [illegible] take five an Hour before Breakfast, Dinner and Supper, Drinking ten Spoonfully of ye following Decoction after Each Dose - Take of the Roots of fresh Burdock, Liquorice, Comon Grass and Vipers Grass & Sifer of Each one ounce, Boyle them in 3 or 4 quarts of water to about five Pints, then add the fresh Herbs of Acrimony Betany & Balm, of each one handfull, Boil them again a little So as to have two Quarts when Strain’d Noe up of them to be continued for Six Weeks N:B: fifer is a Partnite or white Carrot but living not in info with as, [illegible] G'ceris meant, which is a kind of Vetch the other Rect: for the Rheumatism or Scurvy Lignum Vitae, one pound, Liquorice one ounce Boil them in two Gallons of Water to one, then Strain it off, and take half a Pint 3 times a day To the Ingredients remaining add half a pound of Raisins & Two Gallons of Water, let ‘Em boil again to Six quarts or less. of this Drink as Comon Beer 57 To Candy Fruite ~ Take the White of a new Layd egg, itt must nott be beate, then dipp in yr fruitt, Just to well itt, and Soe role them dubble, refind Suger, beat and Searsed, very fine, and Soe keepe them drye ~ To Salt Tongues to Drye ~ L R: 11: Take a peck of bay Salt, and a peck of other Salt, and a pound of Salt peeter, and putt itt into a bushell of water, then boyle itt togeather, Skimming itt well, then Lett itt Stand till the next day, and putt yr Toungs in Cold water, and Scrape ~ them well, and wipe them drye, and when the bryne is Cold putt them in, and for wine or: 10: dayes; take them out for an houre, and After Lett them Lye till they Sink, when you think ~ them Salt enough, hang them upp, and Strew them over with a Little Course brann, you must not Lett them hang, in too hott a Chimney, if you have, any ovasion, boyle the bryne, againe with a Little more Salt, added to itt, and Skimming itt as before, and Lett itt be Cold; Your Ribbs of beefe, must be rubbed over, with Salt peeter, for two or three days, and putt into the Same, bryne, as before, for: 3: weekes, then hang itt upp in a paper, bagg, in the Chimney, and when you Come to use itt, boyle itt well, first, and roast itt afterwards ~ To dress: a Turkey: Allamode Royall ~ First, bone itt, and After, take the meat from the bone, and mince itt with a Little fresh butter, and 3 eggs, Item, half a pound of Larde, the Same of beefe, Suett, 4: or 5, Shamp, onynions, a Spoonfull, of Salt, and the quantity, of: 3: or: 4: graines, of pepper, beaten, after itt is finely minced, Stuff the body of the Turkey, and Sowe itt upp, then putt itt uppon the Spitt, and half roast itt, then putt itt to Stewe, with the bullion of Leane beefe, you are to boyle, the Cox Combs Some twelve, and: 3: full Livers, and a pallett of beefe, before you mince itt, to Stew, the Turkey, and after you are to putt a quarter of a pint of Creame a Little before you Searve itt, to the table, you must Stewe with itt 152 To make the best Sorte of red Powder: Take of pimpernell: Turmentill rootes: and Leaves: Scabious bittoney, Cardus, Scordium, Speed well, Lilly com Vally: and of Angellica: Leaves of each a handfull: wash them: and drye them in a Cloath: then Cutt itt: and bruise itt a Little: putt to itt: 3: pintes of white wine: in a Jugg: Stopped: Close: for: 24: howers: during which time, Lett itt be often Shaken: then Straine itt: and add to itt fresh hearbes: and Lett itt Stand as before: then Straine itt, and and take a pound of the best Bolear moniack: made into fine powder: putt as mutch of the Wine, as will make itt of the thickness of butter, then Sett itt in the Sunn: till itt be drye: Soe putt to itt more Wine as before: till itt be all drunk upp: and when you putt in the Wine the Last time: putt to itt Methridate: dias cordium: burnte harts horne: Turmerick: of each one ounce: Saffron: bezar: Contrayerva: of each half a quarter of an ounce. All kermis: half an ounce: prepared pearle: a quarter of an ounce of redd Correll: a quarter of an ounce: and a booke of Leafe gold Soe Sett itt in the Sunn againe: and when itt is drye: make itt upp in balls: and Keepe itt for Use ~ This is Good For Agues: and Feavors: itt produceth Sweatt and drives out the Small pox: and Measells: from the Stomake or any other distemper: except: the pluresey: you must give to a man: as mutch: as will Lye on a Shilling: to a Wooman: or Childe: as mutch as will Lye on Six pence ~ To Cleanse Wounds: Take one ounce of Basilicon, mix it with as much precipitate as will lye on a 3 pence, and lay on Linnet or Tents as these is occasion: This is good to Cleanse all fowl ulcers and breed newe flesh, to keep it on, lay a plaister of the browne Salve It is good for Sore breasts or any other wound never Sent the Wound to the bottomme but just to keep it open: ~ To repell a Humour: ~ Take unguentum album, mix it Strong with Camphise, and annoynt about the wound; if that will not doe yu must make an issue. - - To Skinn a Sore: - Take a little mutton Suet. Squeeze it betwixt a Jayse of red hot tongues, drop it intoe cold water, spread it on a Cloath, and lay it on the Sore: - - A Strengthening bath for a Sprayne by mrs C: D: - Take beefe bryne 2 quarts, to a handfull of Sage, leaves, and a handfull of Comfrey rootes; let it boyle till halfe bee Consumed, then bath the part greev’d: Mrs Knowls Balsom for Wounds; ~ Bees wax rosin and pitch of roach halfe a pound of each, Hoggs lard a pound melt them together and put them intoe a pot for use; ~ 58 With itt: 3 or 4 Jyboles, and Some Shamp onyons, you must all Soe boyle, two Sweet breads, of Veale, to Stewe in the Sawce ~ itt is only the breast booe that is to be tooke out, and the flesh there off to be minced, the eggs, are nott, to be boyled ~ To Pickle Mushroomes Mrs Roses Way To a quart of whit wine Vinegar, a pint of whit wine,: 5: or 6: races of ginger, Sliced, two or: 3: blades of mace,: 50: pepper Cornes, and 4: or: 5: Cloves, Som bay Leaves; 3: or: 4 onyons, cutt in peeces, ~ Some Lemond peele, and Salt to yr tast, boyle all this togeather Some half a quarter, of an houre, then take itt off, and take out the oynions, and Lett itt Stand to be Cold, and keepe itt for yr use ~ Take the mushroomes, devide the Small from the others, putt them in water, and take them upp, and rubb them, with a Course Cloth, and throw them into water, when all is rubbed, take them out and in a Cullender, draine them, then putt them into Some Milk and water and boyle them till all the Scumm is risen, Lett them nott boyle too mutch then putt them into a Cullender, when drayned, drye them in a Course Cloth, and when quite drye, and Cold putt them into potts and putt the pickle Cold to them. ~ How to dress, a shoulder of Venison ~ When you kill yr buck, Save a quantity of blood, take the ~ Shoulder off, warme, take a fewe Crumms of bread, grated nuttmegg a Little quantity of pepper, a Little ginger, a Little time Stript, Some ~ Sweet margerum, a Little Savory, Shread all these togeather, and putt them to the Crums of bread, and Seasoning, take two, or: 3: Spoonfulls of the blood, and mingle, all, togeather, then Stuff the inside of the Shoulder, with these hearbs, itt being dipt, all over, in the blood then Laye the Cale, over itt, and as itt roast, bast itt with butter for Sauce, take Clarrett, wine, and the gravy, one Anchovis, and an oynion, Stew them all togeather, the Juice of Lemonds, and orrange and a Little, Sweet butter, power this on itt when you Serve itt upp ~ 151 Keepe good above: 2 months, butt you may take itt as new as you please I commonly take itt in morning, and Sleepe After itt, an hower or two which doctor Hower allows ~ For the Itch: Mr Ed: Webb ~ Two pound of Elecompane rootes, boyled in: 4: quartes of water, till itt come, to two, then power that away, and boyle itt, in: 4: quart, more, till itt comes to two againe, and Soe a third time, Save the Last water, and boyle itt woth: 12: penny worth of Saffron, then power itt out and Sweeten itt to youre tast, and when itt is Cold bottle itt upp, and drink every morning half a beare glass full, as Long as itt Last, Take the Elacampane pap, and pound itt with two pound of Larde, till itt comes to a soft oyntment, then Anoynt your Self all over before a fiar, espesially the wrists and Joynts, twice a day, till you are well, this is a Soveraigne, cure for the Itch ~ A Pomatum ~ Take a quart of neats foot oyle, and heat itt, in water, then Straine itt into an earthen pann, and wash itt in spring water, an hower, together every day for fourtnight or till itt be white, then take Solomons Seale rootes, and mash mallows, and white Lilly of each a Spoonefull, Slitt, and putt them into an earthen pott, and draine the water from ye oyle and putt itt to the rootes, then take froggs Spawne water, the blood of the Vine rosemary wine, and plant in water of each a quarter of a pinte, and putt itt into the rootes, and the oyle, and boyle itt in a kettle: 3: howers, then take your oyle from, the waters, and putt in an ounce, of parmacite, a penny worth of white tartar, dissolved, then take the Afforsaid fresh ~ waters, and putt them into the oyle, and beate itt, till itt be Cold, and Comes to a body, then putt itt into potts, and Lett itt be allways, Covered, with the blood of the Vine, for itt will nott, keepe without, that water, - and that must be purified, in the Sunn, after you drawe itt from the Vine ~ A receipt for Convulsions or Stalling Sicknesse: - Take an ounce of the powder of a dead mans Scull, that was never buried, and an ounce of messelltowe of the Oake, halfe an ounce of prepar’d pearle, halfe an ounce of - prepard Corrall, halfe an ounce of Single Piony roote, halfe an ounce of Elicampayne roote, make all intoe a fine powdr, and in any Cold Distill’d water, as Black cherry - Water, Worme water, as much as will lye on, a Six pence, at night when yu goe to bed 3 dayes before the full of the Moone, or at any time, in a fitt and 3 nights - after: ~ 59 How to preserve Apricocks in Chipps, my Mothers Way Make Syrrupe, with 3 quarters of a pound of double refined Suger, and boyle itt allmost, to a Candy, then Lett itt Stand, and coole, a Little, then Slice in a pound of Apricocks, pared and cutt round Like chipps, butt nott neare the Stone, Least they be to deepe Coulored, and when you have, Sliced them in, Lett them boyle as fast as possible, ~ till they be Cleare and then they be enough, if you will have them Lye in Gelly, putt about half a pint of pippin water, and the waight of itt in Suger, when the Aprickcockes, are half boyled, or rather Less then Lett all boyle togeather, you may doe Apricocks, in half thus, and they will Look very well, and pale yr Apricocks, must nott be ripe. Soe as to be yellow ~ Directions For preserving: my Mothers Waye ~ To a pound of Cherries take a pint, of white raw Currant Water To: a pound of Apricocks, in peeces, take Less, then half, a pint of Codding Juice, To: a pound of Stoned Goosberries, take a pint of Coddling, Juice, of Goosberries To: a pound of Apricocks, being allmost ripe, to make marmalett, take a pint of Coddling, to have yr marmalett, Lye in Cleare, Jelly ~ To a pound of Stoned, white, or redd Currants, half a pint of raw Juice, only to redd, the Juice of white, Currants, itt will make itt Looke finer ~ To make quideney of Currants, take the raw Juice ~ To a quideney of Goosberries, take the Coddling Juice of Goosberries and putt in waight, for waight of Juice double refined Suger to itt, and wett yr Suger, with Soe mutch, Spring, water, as will boyle itt to Suger againe, then putt in yr Juice, either of goosberries, or Currants, and Continually, Stirring itt butt never Lett itt boyle, and if there rise any Scumm, take itt off, and glass itt upp for yr use ~ To Brew Ebulum ~ Brew 5 Bushells, of barly mault to half an hoggshead, as for beare, boyle there in a pound of hopps, with a peck, and half of elderberries, Cleane pickt, half an houre, then, take the peele of Six 150 Or rose Still, well Luteng yr Sides, with past, then putt under your Still a glass, holding: 3: pints, where in you must putt a quarter of a pound of your best Suger Candy beaten to very fine powder, and: 2: graines of Amber greese, and one of muske, tyde in a Cloth, you must make e very Strong fiar att first, to make itt dropp. ~ To make Saffron, Water ~ Mrs Blount Take: 6: pound off black Cherries, that have been Steeped in brandy: bruise them Stones and all, putt to them: 3: pints of brandy. and a gallon of Strong beare,: 2: handfulls of egremony, two handfulls of balme, and two handfulls of mints, all Shread: Still all this in a Lymbeck, and draw itt to what ~ Strenght you please: Lett itt dropp: on fine Loaf Suger, then mix itt all togeather, and Couler itt with Saffron, very deepe, and devide, an ounce and a half of Cynnamon, equally Some into every bottle, and fill upp the bottles with the Water ~ A receipt for the Scurvy: ~ Mrs Frenchard Take: 4: ounces of burdockes, and: 4 ounces of dock rootes, take only the outside rine of them, and half a peck of Scurvy grass, and half a peck of brook Lyme, half a peck of water crest, half a peck of Senicle, take 3: gallons of best woorte: and boyle itt all togeather, very well, roots ~ and hearbes togeather, then Strayne itt and putt itt upp in allessell and putt barme to itt, a Small quantity to worke, and Lett itt Stand: 7: dayes before you drink itt, and then you may drink itt when you please, putt in Likewise half a peck of harts tongue Leaves, wash itt all Cleane first, if you keepe itt aney time, putt a Small percell of hopps in itt ~ For the paine of the Stomack: ~ Doctr Hower ~ RS of Hirapicra, half an ounce, the topps of wormwood and Sentry of each as mutch as you take upp, betweene: 3: fingers, infuse all in a pint of good rhenish, or whit wine: 3: or 4: nights, and dayes Shaking itt; 2: or: 3: times a day, then Straine itt through a fine peece of tiffany, and when itt is well Settled, power itt into a Violl, and take itt as you have occassion, for a woman, 9: or: 12: Spoonfulls, according, as you find itt worke and for a Child: 3: or 4: when you take itt rest 2 dayes, betwixt, twill nott keepe good 60 Six orranges, and Six Lemonds, and putt into the woort, and ~ boyle itt half, an houre more, then Coole and Sett itt togeather, as other beare, and keepe Some out to fill upp the Carrell After, itt is tunned, and workt out, when itt hath done working, putt into yr Carrell, one pound, and a half of Cleane Loafe Suger, with half an ounce of Corriander Seede, the Like of Angellica, rootes, and as mutch ~ ginger, Cloves, and nuttmeggs ~ To make Pippen Paste; Madam Borowfeend Take of the finest, pippins, cutt them in halfes, and Sett them over the fiar, and Coddle, them, very, tender, then have a baskett with a cleane Cloath, and as they tender, putt them in the baskett, that the water ~ may runn from, them, and when they are all in, twist the two ends of the Cloath, that the water may runn Cleane from them, then putt two all a time on the renge, and with the back of a Spoone, drive the pulp through, then weigh the pulp, and to every pound take a pound of Suger, then putt as mutch water, as will more then wett the Suger, Sett itt over the fiar, and Lett itt boyle, Soe Long, as when you drapp itt into water, itt will be harde, and breake Like a peece of glass, then itt is enough, then take itt off fiar, and putt in the pulpe and Soe keepe itt Stirring, till itt be Cold, then putt itt in a Tinn pann and Soe drye itt, you may doe quinces, the Same way, only, you must add a quart of Suger more, ~ To preserve Apricockes ~ Take Apricockes, when the Stones, are firme in them, and to every pound of apricockes, take a pound Suger, pare them very thinn, and Slitt the Same as you pare them, and putt them into Cold water, as you pare them, to keepe there Coullor, then putt them in a Skillett, with Cold water over the fiar, Close Covered, till the water, be Scallding hott, then take them off, the fiar, and Lett them Stand, till they be pretty Cold, then Sett 149 A Syrrupe for a Sore Throate: mrs Sheldon ~ Take rue, Sage, Collumbine Leaves, rosemary: finnell, Egremony, Sink folia, Straberrie Leaves, Violett Leaves, bramble Leaves, woodbine Leaves Adders tongue: throatwoort, plantin, of each two handfulls: pound them, and take the Juice, add to itt two good Spoonfulls of honey, and as mutch Suger as will make itt, to a good thick Syrrupe, before you take itt off, putt into itt as mutch Allome: as will make itt rough, uppon the tongue; this may be taken, in the Small pox: measles. or Quinsey ~ To make Cynnamon Water: Mrs Draycott ~ Take half a pound of french barly, and: 5: quarts of Spring water boyle itt till a pint be consumed, then putt in: 5: ounces of the best Cynnamon, beaten, and Soe distill itt in a Comon Still, draw: 3: pints of the water, the rest will, be good for Little, ~ For a Loosness Madam, Ireland ~ Make a glyster of Chicken broth, and give itt the party: probatum est To make the mellancolly Water: Madam Compton Take of wall flowers: 4: handfulls, of Violetts, one handfull, of rosmary flowers, 4 handfulls, of Cowslip flowers: 2 handfulls, of damask rose budds the whits cutt off: 3: handfulls: of pinks: 4: handfulls, of burrage, and Cuglas of each: 2: handfulls: of mary gold flowers: 4 handfulls: of bittany: and Sage flowers of each,: 2 handfulls: and of Lilly Conually; and Clove gilly flowers of each one: handfull, putt all these flowers into one pint of Strong Angellico water, and: 2: quartes of the Strongest, and best Sherry Sack: putt in your Liquor, and flowers, into a greate glass. or Stone Jugge, that have a wyd mouth, and Soe Lett them Stand Close Stopt, till all your flowers, be in, butt be Sure to keepe itt in a Cold place, or elce your wine will be apt to Sower you must once a day, Stirr itt with a Long Stick: then take off your topps of bame: 5: handfulls: half an ounce of Cynnamon: one ounce of Annisseeds ~ 3: nuttmeggs: 6: penyworth of Saffron, all your Spices must be grosly bruised putt all these to youre flowers, and wine: Adding one quart of Sack more Lett all these: Stand for two dayes: and nights, then distill them: in a glass or rose 61 To Drye Apricocks, Mrs Buckland, Junior ~ Take yr fairest, Apricocks, and Stone them, and pare them, taking there full waight, in double refined Suger, well pounded, and Searced, filling upp the hole, as you pare them, with Suger, Lett them Stand: 12: howers: with all the Suger uppon them, then boyle them upp quick, and Skimm them. Cleane, when you See them, tender, they be enough, Lett them, Stand: 12: howers more in the Syrrupe, then take them out, and Lay them on glasse dust them over, with fine Sifted Suger, putt them into a hott Stove, ~ keeping the fiar well to them, they will be drye, in: 4: or: 5: dayes, and ~ Looke very Lovely ~ To Drye Figgs: Mrs Buckland: Junior ~ Take a pound of figgs, and a pound, and a quarter of Suger, a pinte of water, Lett the water, and Suger boyle upp, then Skimm itt Cleane ~ then Slitt yr figgs on that Side yr Seame is on, putt them into yr Syrrupe and Lett them boyle, a good round pace, for an hower, then putt them into a gally pott, Sett them into a warme Stove, and in two, or: 3: dayes, they will have a Little Candy on the top: then take them out and drye them, in a hott Stove: Lett yr figgs be through ripe, when you doe them, you may keepe your figgs in Syrrupe all the yeare, and drye them, as you have occasion, ~ How to drye Ploombes ~ Take ploombs, and Stone them, and weigh them, and to a pound of plums take half a pound of Suger, and half a pint of water, and boyle upp yr Syrrupe and Skimm, itt, and then putt in the plums, Lett them Simber, a Little over the fiar, then take them off, and the next day, give them a warme or two, and the next After, as mutch, then Sett them with the Syrrupe into the Stove, three dayes, putting in fiar every foote, then take them out, and Lay them on glasses, in the Stove to drye, when they be drye, wash them with warme, water, a Little, and putt them in to the Stove againe, and the next day wash them, with Cold water and drye them upp, and when they be drye, putt them in glasses to keepe This in Nombrs: 44 148 High as the neck of the Urinall, then Sett itt on a Even fiar, in different quick, butt nott to hott, when yr oyle begins to heate, and Symer, you must be very Carefull of the fiar, for Should itt be in the Least two hott itt will flye all out without Staye, therefore itt must boyle very gently and when you See itt Looke Cleare, and Change Coulor, Like a pale ~ Clarrett wine, take itt from the fiar, and the heate of the Sand will keepe itt boyling half an hower After, in which time itt will be enough you may, in the boyling of itt, Stirr itt Somtimes, with a Slender Stick very gently, then Lett itt Stand in the Sand, till itt be Cold, then take itt out and drawe the ballsom, from the brimstone, which will be att the bottom, and keepe itt in a glass, for your use, itt must be tooke: 4: dropps in a Spoonfull of the best Sack, Last att night, and first in the morning fasting an hower After ~ A medecine for the Stone: Mr Seacombe ~ Take a gallon of newe milk, drawen from a redd Cow, and putt therto a handfull of pellitory of the wall, a handfull of wild time, a handfull of Saxifrage, a handfull of meade perseley, and two, or three radish rootes Sliced, Steepe all these togeather in the milk one night, the next morning, distill the hearbs with the milk, with a moderate fiar, the best time for to distill this water, is about the Later end of may, use itt in the maner following, take of the water Six Spoonefulls, and of renish wine, or ~ white wine: 5: or: 6 Spoonfulls, and a Little Suger, and Some Slices of nuttmegg, make itt Luke warme, and drink itt, and fast: 3: howers, using temperatt excercise, take itt two mornings togeather, and allsoe, the two ~ nights of those dayes, to bedward, every fortnight, att the full of the moone or the decrease, or oftner, as need requiers ~ This medecine, hath beene used by many to there great proffitt, but espessially by mr Farham, a pentioner to his majestie, who having beene for the Space of thirty yeares, most greviously handled, with the Stone, was by the use there of, nott only eased, and freed, butt to his dying day, Soe preserved from that dissease, that being opened After his death, there was nott found Soe mutch, as a Signe of a Stone in any part of his body ~ this is in no: 46 62 To make Codling Creame: my Lady: Shasberys Way Coddle yr Coddlings, very tender, then pulp them, through, a haire Siue and take of that pulp, a pound, or half a pound, according to the bigness. of the Vessell, you intend to putt them in, and putt itt into a Silver, or earthen, Vessell, and heate itt Scalding hott, Stirring itt for feare of burning, then take the Same quantity of Searced Suger, and heate that Scalding hott, putt the Codlings and the Suger, togeather, in an earthen pann, and beate itt very well with a Spoone, then take two whites of eggs, and whisk them with a whisk, to a very high white froath, and putt in a Spoonefull, or two, in the beating upp yr Creame, and Lett itt be beaten, till itt is as white as anye Creame, and Soe thick that you maye Lay itt in any forme, with s Spoone, thus you may make Creame, with any Sorte of Fruite: ~ To pickell Cowcombers ~ Take them, and rubb them, in a Course Cloth, then putt them, into a pott, with Salt, Cloves, mace, pepper, all whole, a handfull of dill: as mutch Viniger, as will Cover them, Soe Lett them Lye a month, then, boyle the pickle, and putt itt into the Cowcombers, as hott as you can, cover, them, close To pickell Samphear ~ Gather itt drye putt itt in faire water, Vineger, and Sault, in a month itt will be fitt to Serve, ~ To make a Cake ~ madam Ireland ~ Take a peck of fine flower, well dryed, and: 3: pound of butter, very well rubbed in the flower, one pound of Suger, finely beaten, and Strewed in the flower, as mutch Spice as you think fitt, beaten and Searced, in the flower, when all this is done, add: 10: pound of Currants, very well washed, and throughly, dried, two pound of reasons of the Sunn, Stoned, and Cutt Small, when all these things are well mingled togeather, putt: 3: pints of Ale yeist, and as mutch Creame as will, make itt, as Soft, as for a pudding: you must putt one wine glass full, of Sweet, water, with two grains of Ambers :147: Are done the redd poppyes: The Water is now made thus, take a quarte of the Sprirritt of Cardus, and a quart of the Spirritt of poppy, a Little Stronger then Sack, infuse there in: 4: ounces of marygold flowers Six ounces of Succory rootes, two ounces of London treackle,: 4: ounces of Cardus Seed, two ounces of harts horne, and twenty greene Wallnutts Sliced, infuse all these: 9: or: 10 dayes, then distill them in a Common Cold Still, mingle itt about the Strengh of Sack, and give itt the patient fasting, two howers, before and After the taking of itt, he must be in bedd, you must two howers after the taking of itt, give the party a draught of mace Ale or possitt drink, if they be nott asleepe, itt may be given them once, in twenty foure howers: or: 12: howers if need be,: 3: Large Spoonfulls for a man or woman, and two for a Child ~ To make Lemonade Mada Smittisons Waye ~ Take a gallon of Conduitt water, one pound of blew reasons of the Sunn Stoned, and half a pound of Suger, Squeese the Juice of the Lemonds, uppon the reasons, and Slice the rinde uppon them, boyle the water, and power itt in hott on the ingrediences, in an earthen pott, and Stirr them well together Soe Lett itt Stand: 24: howers, then putt itt into bottles, having first lett itt runn through a Strainer, and Sett them in a Celler, or other Coole place ~ The Woorme powder ~ Take of woormseed two ounces, of Sena half an ounce, Corriander Seedes and hartshorne of each two Scruples, rubarb two drams dryed rue, one dram: beate them into a fine powder, and mix them all togeather, the dose for Little Children, as mutch as will Lye on a Shilling, for bigger ones, a Spoonefull, 3 dayes before the Change ~ A Balsome Mrs Pikes, Way ~ Take one pound of oyle of white turpintine, and putt itt in a Strong urinall. then putt the purest flower of brimstone into itt, as mutch as will fill itt upp, half way to the neck, or Somthing better, then take a Strong pipkin, well glased. Sutch a one as will hold a gallon, then fill itt upp allmost full of Sand, made very Cleane from knobs, then ~ Sett downe the Urinall, in the midst of the Sande, Leaving Space, betweene the bottom of the Urinall, and the pipkin, the Sand must be as High as 63 Of Amber greace, as mutch musk, when all things are togeather take half a pound of Candied Cyteron, and orringes, cutt in slices and putt in heare, and there, as you think fitt to mingle itt, then putt in to your hoope, itt will take: 5: howers baking, when itt is enough, you must Ice itt, ~ To make a good Seed Cake ~ Take: Seaven pound of flower, and putt to itt an ounce of beaten ~ mace, mix them well together, then take: 30 eggs whits and all, and beate them, well together, then putt a quart of new Ale yeist, and half a pint of Sack, and Stirr them very well together, then take, a quart of Creame, and putt to itt a pound of butter, cutt Small, and keep itt Stirring with youre hand, that itt doe nott oyle, till itt be dissolved: then take itt off the fiar, and putt to itt a pound of fine Suger then make a hole in the flower, in the middle, and power, in the eggs and the Creame, and Stirr, them, well together, with yr hand, that you Leave, noe drye flower and when itt is well mixed, Strew a Little ~ flower over itt, and Cover itt with a Cloath, and Lett itt Stand with in the Ayre of the fiar, one houre, then take: 3 pound of Carraway Comfitts, one pound of Cyteron, and half a pound of orringe, and Lemon and with yr hand, mix them all in the Cake, then butter yr paper well, and flower after, and out in yr Cake att the Ovens mouth have a Quick Oven, one hower, and a half will bake itt, or Less ~ A receipt for Sider ~ Mes Brewning After the Apples have hung as Long as well they cann: on the trees off to Lye in heapes: 3 weekes: or more, then pick them Cleare from rotten ones, press: and Straine them through hayre Caggs, into a keeve or open Vessell, that will Contayne the whole Juice: then Cover itt over with a blankett: for: 4: or 5: dayes: fill itt to nott to full, butt Leave Space for itt to worke, then peerce itt above the Lees: and draw itt into Vessells: if the weather be good itt will Cleare in: 10: 12: or 15 dayes: to rack a Second time, which Clearness you may See, by percing: as before, and trying: it must nott be Covered close till: 5: or 6: weekes: to hinder itt from working too mutch 146 Rosa Solis Water:: ~ Take Liquorish: 8: ounces. Annisseed. Carriway Seede: of each one ounce dates, and raisons Stoned of each: 3: ounces, nuttmeggs, ginger, cynnamon and mace, of each half an ounce; galling all a quarter of an ounce, Cubbibs one dram: figgs two ounces, Suger: 4: ounces, bruise these, and disstill itt with a gallon of Aque Vita, when its distilled, you must Color with the hearbe rosa Solis ~ Butter Milke Water for a Feavor ~ Take of broad plantine, Elder flowers, and the flowers, of honey, Suckles of each a Like quantity, filling the Still, with fresh butter milke, and Still itt in a Cold Still, in a burning fitt, itt will quench, the thirst mightyly ~~ For the Yellow Jaundice: Mes: Knypes ~ Take a good handfull of the greene Leaves of Articokes, and boyle, in two quartes of middle beare, or white wine, till itt come to one quart, drink a wine glass of this, as Long as itt Lasts, morning and Evening ~ The Stomack Water ~ Take a gallon of the best brandy, two pound and a half of reasons of the Sunn Stoned, one pound of Loafe Suger, two penny worth, of Saffron, of Cloves, mace Cynnamon, nuttmegg, Annisseed: and Liquorish, and mellelott flowers of each half an ounce, bruise all these ingrediences, then putt them into an infusing, glass with one pinte of damask rosewater, and one pinte of redd poppy water then Shake itt well every morning for a fortnight, and then Straine itt, and take of itt the Cleare, and putt itt into bottles, for youre use, The Second: infusion putt in: 3: quartes of brandy more, with a pound of Suger, and one quart of milke water, and After this hath Stood Long enough, Straine itt, and Still the druggs, and you will have neare, a quart of water more, for aney Stommack, Illness, or Surfitt take: 4: Spoonfulls of itt in a morning for two or three dayes togeather ~ The Feavor Water of my Lady Brookes ~ Take good Stronge Ale, fill the pott, Sett the Lymbeck, and putt in as mutch Cardus, as will make itt very thick, Sett the Lymbeck over pasting itt, very close, then distill itt with a very Soft fiar, deviding the water, into two parts when you are to use itt, mingle itt a Little Stronger then Sack, in Like maner are done 64 To mutch: in which Consists: the Goodness of the Cyder: that is, that worke nott to mutch: then rack itt a Third time: and Stopp itt upp note ~ if you designe: to keepe itt Long: and have itt off a Strong body: take of pippins: or paremains: wiped Cleane: and putt into a hoggs head: the quantity: of a peck or more, whole and Intire: if the Syder doe nott Cleare in a Short time: after tis in the Vessell: and that itt keepes working very mutch, then the best way is to take itt out of the Vessell againe, and Lett itt Stand in a tubb: open a night or two: and putt itt upp againe, or Elce: Cleare itt with Ising glass which must be done thus ~ draw out about a gallon of Syder, out of a hoggs head: and boyle in itt a quarter: of a pound of Issing glass till tis dissollved: the next day when tis through Cold: itt will be in a Gelly: Soe putt itt into the Vessell in a weckes time itt will be Cleare: then itt must be drawed: off or bottled: for present drinking: for itt will nott keepe: Soe Long as: that: which Cleare: Its Self ~ - Mrs: Irelands Dict Drinke: - Take of Horseradish rootes, and Savage rootes, of such six ounces: of wormewood, Century and Sage, of each 2 handfulls: of Varius Seeds. 3 – ounces: of Juniper Berries 4 ounces. – Bruise all these seeds and Berries: Boyle all in good ale, 9 gallons to 7: Strayne it, set it to worke, and when it is cleare, drinke of it at right in the morning, and four in the afternoone: add to this 5 hanfulls of green Broome 2 of eyebright and ounces of Guacum Wood; When it has done working Hang in a bagge of Chisle bubbs halfe a pint bruisd. of nutmeggs number 6 slices, and a Bullet to make it sinke: - - Doctor Perinns Dict Drinke for my selfe: - Take of Sarsafras one pound, of marshmallow rootes halfe a pound, of Wild carrat seeds 2 ounces, boyle all in ale, being thinn Shred, and the seeds brusied in eight Gallons, and drinkes it of when it is cleare for berries. ad (age tore handfulls tore ounces of juniper ordinary drinking: - To make St 31 by Astons Sarsa drink Take eighteen quarts of spring water and sett it over the fire when scalding haft put in Sarsaparilla 6 ounces Ghina roots 4 ounces and ½ stick liquorish 2 ounces and 2 drains, Raisons of the Sun stoned 1 pound & half let them take one boyle them take them from the fine and let it stand close covered till it ve cold then sett it into the five again and boyle it easily until a third part be wasted take it off the five again let it stand till cold then Strain it & put a little barm to the clear liquor the next day draw the cleare Liquor into Bottles and you will have about ten quarts and it clos and deep it botle / Ad + other Ingredients Hartshorne ivory of each one ounce and half 145 The true Swallow Water, For the Falling Sickness ~ Take: 40: or 50: Swallows. when they are reddy to fly, bruise in a morter feathers. and all, add therto, Castoreum, two ounces, in powder, Sett itt in a cold Still, with three pints of whitwine Vineger, Still itt as other waters itt will be weake, you may Still itt with Suger, Soe keepe itt for yr use ~ The Virtues ~ Itt is good for the passion of the hearte, for the mother, for the falling Sickness, for Swounding fitts, the dead pallsy, for Lightness, or diziness, in the head ~ To make Ink ~ Take a quart of raine Water, putt into itt: 4: ounces of greene Coppris – 4: ounces of gauls bruised, Stirr this once a day, for the Space of: 8: dayes, then putt in: 2: ounces of gumaraback, Stirr itt once a day, for the Space of: 4: then boyle itt gently one hower, then Straine itt ~ To drye Purple ~ Take as mutch block wood, as you can take upp, betwene yr fingers, to a quart of rayne water, and as mutch Allome as a wallnutt, boyle itt half an hower, then putt in yr Stuff, or Silk, and Lett itt boyle a pretty, while, then rence itt in Cold water, wherein must begum, and a Little Suger ~ Doctr: Waldrons Electuary ~ Take of the powder of the rootes of Angellico, and Sed wall: of each half an ounce, of the rootes of tormentill, powdered, two ounces, Venice treacle, and methredate, of each two drams: Confection of Alshermis: 3: drams Syrrupe of: 5: oppening rootes: 4 ounces, bole armoniack one ounce Conserve of red roses one pound: all these mingled togeather ~ Mr Ropets receipt for the biting: of a madd Dogg ~ Take the inward yellow rind of bucksthorne, or wiarthorne, and Steepe a handfull of itt in a pinte of milke, all night, in the morning boyle itt, and Straine itt, take this quantyty for: 3: mornings togeather full and newe moone  144 Well, and Straine itt, give a Little Child, about: 3 or 4: months old: 3: childs Spoonefulls; according to the Strengh of the Child you must increase the number of the woodlice, and give bigger Spoonefulls, this is to be given; 3 dayes before, and: 3: days, after, the full, and new moone The Swallow Water for the Falling Sickness ~ Take of dubble piony flower, Cowslipp flowers, of each a pound, putt them in Vineger, in Severall, Vessells, keepe them close Stopt, then take 8: or 10 Score, of young Swallows, Stamp them with nuttmeggs, and, cinnamon, of each: 4: ounces, mace, and piony Seeds, of each two ounces, cloves one once, putt: 3: or 4: handfulls of rosmary, in the bottom of the Still and on the topp,: 6: handfulls of red roses, Steepe them: 24: howers, in as mutch, whitwine Vineger, as will cover them, then Still it in a Limbeck, ~ with a very Soft fiar, you may Steep dryed flowers, if the fresh, are past ~ For a Consumption ~ Take a pigg, a fourtnight old, take out the Eyes, braines, and Gutts and draw itt very cleane, wash itt and putt in the belly, 3 quarters of a pound of currants, allmost half an ounce of mace, then Sow upp the belly, and take a new earthen pott, thatt hath Stood a day with water in itt and wash itt cleane, and putt in the pigg, putt in allsoe: 3: pints of malmsey then Stopp the pott fast, and Sett itt in a kettle of water, and Lett the water Seeth, till the pigg, be consumed, then take itt upp, and power itt through a Strainer, as cleare as you can, without, rubbing, or crushing then Lett the Liquor Stand, till itt be cold, and then Scum of the fatt, very cleane, and putt in some redd rosewater, and warme there off, two Spoonfulls evening, and morning, or att no one, and give the patient to drink, and itt will help him, all though, he be farr Spent, Mrs Waight: ~ For a Tetter or Ringworme ~ Take the white of an Egg, roasted, mix itt with white Copris, Straine ~ them through a Linnen cloth into a glass, or Stone, and annoynt, evening and morning ~ For the Pallsey ~ Take Flowers of rosmary, and flowers of Cowslipps, in good quantity, Steep them in Malmsey, all the night, and Still them, and drink the Water ~  143 Good to Stay the Water, in a man Woman, or Child ~ Take porkers claws, and dry them in an Oven, pound them to powder and take as mutch of the powder, as will Lay on a groat, or Six pence in the morning fasting, for a month togeather, in anything She takes ~ The Greene Oyntment ~ Take of night Shade, red Sage, rosmary, Loufage, Adders tounge rose of solos, bays, rue, plantin, woormwood, Spike, Ishope, Sowther wood, Self heale, white worth, tuttson, of each a Like quantity, Shreed them, and Lay them in barrow hoggs Larde, all night, then boyle them till all the Sape of the hearbes be out, and putt itt in a pott ~ To Cleare the Eyes ~ Take a Little Vargice, and a Little, white Suger candy, putt them togeather, and dropp them into the eyes, Mrs Waight ~ For the Goute ~ Take a handfull of mallows, and as mutch red nettle topps, and as mutch of camomill flowers, and as mutch of Crums of bread, boyle all these in a quart of running water, rising from the east, and make a playster, and roule itt very hard, and apply itt, as mutch as the patient, can Suffer: ~ An approved Medecine for Loosness ~ Take the white of an egg, and beat itt thorrowly, mingle itt with Chalk very finely, Scraped, till itt be thick enough to Spread, Spread itt on a peece of white Leather, and Lay itt to the navill ~ A Speciall Salve for any Green Wound ~ Take: 4: handfulls of Clowns All heale Stamoed: 4 ounces of barrows greace half a pint of oyle, of ollive: wax three ounces, which boyle to the consumption of the Juice which is when itt Leaves bubling, then Straine itt and putt itt to the fiar againe, adding, two ounces of Turpentine, boyle itt a Little, when you use itt warme itt, and dipp in tents to putt in ye wound For Fitts in Children: ~ Take of penny royall, rue, and black cherrie water, of each, three ~ Spoonefulls, putt thereto: 100: or Six score wood lice, bruise them, very well,  142 For a Straine. or bruise ~ Take rosum, bees wax, Stone pitch, and frank comsence, of each a quarter of apound, of Sallett oyle, and cloves, a Little, boyle itt all togeather, and keepe itt for yr use, when you have need of itt, Spread itt on Sheeps Leather, prick itt full of holes, and pound cloves, and Strow thereon, be Sure you bruise yr Stone pitch well or elce, itt will not melt ~ To Stay. any Bleeding ~ Take half a dram of Alloes, a dram of frank comsence, a dram of bole armonick the best, beat all these into a powder, the way to use itt, is with the white of an egg, and the furr of a hare, to be beaten togeather and Strow the powder uppon itt, and if the floucks of blood be mutch, Lett itt Stay on 24 howers, if itt be nott mutch: 12: howers, will be enough, ~ A receipt for a Third Ague ~ Take a pint of midling beare, a Small Spoonfull of pepper bruised 4 or 5 bay Leaves, the Inward pyle of young Ash, of this yeares Shoots half a handfull, boyle all these togeather, and give the patient, a good draught of itt Just as the fitt cometh, and Lett him Stirr after itt, as mutch as he cann, then Sweate, R: H, from Mrs Englfield ~ For a Cough ~ Take half a penyworth of powder of Liquorish, and as mutch of the powder of Allicompane, and as mutch of flower of brimstone, and an ounce of browne Suger candy, half a penyworth of powder of Annisseeds mix these with honey, to the Consistence of an ellectuary, and take there off: 2: or 3 times a day, the bignes of a Fillberd:, T Brue ~ For a Cold ~ Take a pound of treacle, a quarter of a pound of Suger candy, finely beaten, putt them into an earthen pott, on a Soft fiar, till they be dissolved, then putt in the quantity, of a wallnutt, of Sweet butter, Stirr itt, with a Liquorish Stick, Scraped, take itt evening, and mornings according to dirrection, Hamersmith ~  141 Fixed, itt will make the party very Sick, for itt only worketh on the humors, more or Less, as itt find cause, this hath cured a hundred without any danger, att all in itt, if the patient, be exstreamly weake att the first, taking there off, itt may be Left off att the first taking ~ for the present, butt the perfect cure is to take itt as before, att thrice and then itt is in fallible, in Sutch Sort, that the party, will never, be ~ troubled with itt againe, this causeth, the patient to Vomitt, which if itt doe painfully, he may take Some thinn broath, which will cause to come upp the Sooner, and more easily ~ A receipt for the Scurvy, or to make one. Digest ~ his Meate ~ Stamp, and Straine Severally, Garden, and Sea Scurvygras, brook Lime and water cresses, mingell of these Juices, a Like quantity togeather, in a deepe earthen pott, to a quart of Juice, Squeese in, the Juice of 10: or: 12 orringes, Soe Lett itt Stand all night, the next day power gently, the cleare from the greene dregs, through a Flannell, into bottles, putt intoe each, bottell, two Spoonfulls of Suger, take in the morning, and att: 4: a clock: in the Afternoone: 5: Spoonfulls in a glass, of whitwine, or Ale, walk an hower itt, you maye take itt a fortnight, or a month, as you please ~ The redd: Powder Take one ounce of white camfire two ounces of white Coppris, four ounces of the best bole Allmonick, take the camfire and Sett itt over the fiar, in a earthen pott close covered, till itt is well dissolved, that you may bruise itt to a powder, burne the Copprice in a fiar pann ~ drye yr bole Allmonick, and pound them well togeather, ~ To make the Water ~ Take a pint of Spring Water, and Lett itt boyle, and putt in half a Spoonfull of powder, and Lett itt Stand, while you may tell twenty ~ To make the Greene Oyle ~ Take hounes tounge, Ellicompane, tutson, Selfheale, plantin henbane, nits hade of each a quarter of a pound, to: 5: pints of oyle boyle over a gentle fiar, till the hearbs, be crisp, itt must be made in June, ~  140 Give to the Child, three Spoonfulls, first in the morning, and Last att night, for three dayes togeather, and rest three dayes, Soe doe till ye doas is taken, the march month is the best time to take itt, if the Child be very weake itt must take two doases, resting two weekes betweene, then itt must eate noe milk while itt is taking of itt nor Suck ~ For one that hath Miscarryed: or Like to Miscarry ~ Take redd wine, or Clarrett, with the treading of: 6: eggs, and a pretty deale of crimson Silk, cutt in itt with Loaf Suger, and take warme, is very good To repeall a Ymor Take uguintum album, mix itt Strong with Camphir, and annoynt about the wound, if that will nott doe you must make an Isshen ~ For the Cure of a Sting, by Snake, or Adder, in Man or beast ~ Take one Spoonefull of bay Salt, pound itt very Small, and two great redd onnyons, Shread them Small, and pound them with the Salt, putt there to a Spoonfull of honey, and a Spoonfull, of Sallett oyle, mix these ingredients well togeather, which is Suffitiant, for once to annoynte, the place agreeved, and noe more, Soe that if there be occasion of more you must dubble the quantity of the Said Ingreadiants, probatum, est ~ A Playster, for an Ache in the Shoulder; Arme or. elce, where that cometh, by Cold: or other wayes ~ Take execrotium of diapalma, of diacculum, cum Gummis, of parracellcis, of each, half an ounce, dissolve them in Vinegar, good for all Aches ~ A most Seartaine Cure for the Falling Sickness If itt be rightly Applyed ~ Take one handfull of polly podum of the oake, and as mutch fox gloves Leaves, which drye, and chopp them Small, and Steepe them in a quart of good Ale or beare, all night, boyling itt, the next morning, to a pinte then Strayne itt, and devide itt equally, into three parts, giving the patty to drink thereoff, every other morning for three times, the party must keep very warme, and about an hower, and half after, he must take a draught of warme thinn broath, if the dissease, be very, firmly fixed  139 The Swelling Oyntment ~ Take Chick weed, hay hose, mother wort, browne Sage, of each a good handfull, burdock roots, washed, and Scraped very cleane, the pyth ~ taken out one good handfull, boyle these in hoggs Larde till the ~ hearbs be crisp ~ To Incorperatt Flesh ~ Take ortius Linimentium, and apply to the wound, appon, Linnitt ~ To make the Greene Oyntment ~ Take a cleane Skillett, and putt into itt of rosin the quantity of a wallnutt and when melted, putt into itt the Like quantity of wax, and when that is melted, putt to itt of tried hoggs grease, hale a pound, allsoe being melted, putt into itt of common Inglish honey, one Spoonefull, all being melted, Stirr itt well togeather, and putt into itt of ordinary, turpentine, half a pound, and when itt is dissolved, take itt off the fiar, and putt into itt of Verdigrease, made into fine powder one ounce, and Stirr itt well togeather, but be carful itt runn nott over, for the Vardigrease will make itt rise, then Sett itt over the fiar till itt doe Simer, butt Lett itt nott boyle, because itt will then turne redd, and Loose its Virtue of healing, and become Corrosive: Stryne itt through a Cloth, into an earthen pott, and keepe itt for your use itt is good for any green wound on horses ~ Take Fayre Water: 2 quarts, and putt into itt of greene Coppris, half a pound, and of Salt one handfull, and of ordinary honey one Spoonfull, and a branch or two of rosmary, boyle all these, till one half of the water be consumed, and a Little before you take itt from the fiar, putt to itt the quantity of a doves egg of Allom burnt, then take itt from the fiar, and when itt is cold, putt itt into a glass bottle, and Stopp itt close, and keepe itt for yr use, and when you are to dress any Soare, wash itt cleane with this water, and of the wound be deepe, Serring itt, this is to be used before the greene oyntment is putt on, ~ For the Ricketts Take: 12: Spoonfulls of harts toung water, add to itt: 4: Spoonefulls of of Syrrupe of gilly flowers, as mutch Allcermis, as a hassell nutt, and six dropps, of Spirritt of Sullfer, if itt be very good, if nott more give  138 The Greene Oyntment ~ Take clarifyd rosin, the bignes of a wallnutt, breake itt Small, then putt itt into a Skilled, when itt is melted putt in as mutch bees wax, and Sturr itt togeather, when itt is melted putt in half a pound of ordinary, turpentine, keepe Sturring of itt with a Stick all the while, when that is melted. putt in one good Spoonefull of honey, when all this is melted, and well Sturred togeather, then, take itt off the fiar, and Lett itt Stand, a Little while, then putt in one ounce of Verdigreas, made into fine powder keep Stirring of itt, whilst you are putting of itt in, that itt may not run over, the Sett itt over the fiar againe, and when itt begins to Seimor take itt off, and Strayne itt through a thick Linnen cloth, but you must not Squeese itt, tye itt upp close for yr use; The Virtues, Itt cures all Fistulos, or ulcers, conditionally, that you Seartch itt to the bottom itt keeps proud flesh from rysing, about any wound, for cutts or Strayning in any beast, only annoynting the wound, itt will keepe itt from Swelling, or festaring, allthough itt be att aney time of the yeare you must not cover the wound, you use, this for, nor tent itt, unles itt be a deepe wound, and that must not be of above: 2: or 3 dayes, itt cures a gald horse back, and will keepe the flyes, from any wound, itt drawes, out thornes, out of horses, feett, and for a greene wound itt hath noe fellow ~ For the griping of the Gutts Take: 3: drops, of oyle of ginepat in whay or possitt drink ~ A Medecine for the Shingles Take the Juice, of whitwort, and Sallett oyle and beat itt togeather, till itt be thick, then annoynt, the party greived ~ For the hardnes, in the Breast ~ Take a peece of new flannel, and cutt itt, with a hole, for the nippell, frye itt well in salt butter, as a pancake, and apply itt as hott as you can well Suffer itt, change itt againe if the paine continue ~ For a Fistilo ~ Take a quart of Spring water, putt as mutch white coppris, as Allom in powder, as will Lye on half a crowne, and putt itt into the water when itt is redy to boyle, and keepe itt for yr use ~  137 The Browne Salve ~ Take one pint of oyle, half a pound of red Lead, a quarter of a pound of wax, boyle these till itt be of a browne couller, then Straine itt into an earthen pann, and Stirr itt, till itt be cold, then make itt upp in roles, this is good for Straynes, and for all wounds, old or new bruises Burnes after ~ the fire is out The Burnt Oyntment ~ Take to one pint of Sallett oyle, of elder buds, and the midle rine, of elder, of Singreene, of plantin, of each a good handfull, two Inches of a cotton, candell, and the: 6th: part of a pint of vinegar, boyle these togeather, att a soft fiar, for halfe an howre, Stirring itt, Somtims then pass itt through a course cloth, and putt itt in againe, into the pipkin, then putt to itt, an ounce and half of yellow wax, when itt is melted and cold, putt itt in a pott, when you use itt, Spread itt then, on Linnen, and Laye itt on the burnt place, letting itt Lye 24 howers ~ if that Suffice nott, refresh itt, the other 24 howers, itt doth preasantly take out the fiar, cooles in a quarter of an hower, itt is good for Swelling ~ Angell Salve ~ Take perrosin: 8: ounces and rosin 8 ounces. Virgins. Wax, and Frankensence, of each ~ 4 ounces, mastic & Myrrh one ounce of each, harts Suett 4 ounces, camphir. 2 drams ~ beat the rosin, mastick, and frankinsence, in a morter, together, to fine powder, then melt the rosin, and wax togeather, then putt in the powder and when they are well melted. Straine itt through a cloth into a pottle of whit wine, and boyle itt togeather, till itt be Somthing thick, then Lett itt coole, and putt in the camphir, and 4 ounces of venice turpentine drop by drop, Stirring itt continually, then make itt upp into roles, and doe with itt, to the pleasure of god: and health of man: itt will draw and heale ~ The Cough Medecine ~ Take Aneseed, Liquorish, of each two ounces, of elicompane, halfe an ounce, of ginger, a quarter of an ounce, mix all these powderers, very well togeather, then take half a pint of honey, and make itt boyle ~ Skim of all the froath, very cleane, and putt in two good Spoonefulls of this powder, and Sturr itt well togeather, take as mutch of this as a nuttmegg, morning, and evening, and att any time, when the Cough is troublesom, probatumest, itt is good for Cough or Tissick ~  136 Glassfull att a time, the party must for beare Salt meats, as mutch as he can, and any excess in drinking, if itt purge by urin, itt will ceartainly cure, if you follow itt Some Short time ~ To make the Sweet Water ~ Take a Thousand damask. rosebuds, cutt of the Whites, three handfulls of the topps of Lavender, one ounce of cloves, finly beaten, one quart of raine water, beat all these in stone morter, Lay a row of roses, a row of Lavender Sprinkle in the Spices, wetting itt, Still with raine water, and Soe keepe beating itt till itt will worke Like dow, then Still itt in a Cold Still, with a gentle fiar, in the bottle, that you receave the water in, hang in a Tiffany bagg two graines of musk, Still itt as Long as itt will dropp, if you cannott have raine water, you may take other water, but raine water, is the best ~ A receipt for a Seare Cloth ~ Take a quart of the best Sallett oyle, half a pound of redd Lead, half a pound of white Lead [a pound] halfe a pound of body wax, boyle them all togeather, untill they, be thick enough to Stick to the Cloth, itt must be allways Stores, with an Elder Stick butt when the oyle, and Leads be boyled, then putt in a dram of Camfeare ~ when its taken of the fire: An aproved: poultis, for a Straine ~ Take: 6: Shell Snailes, after there Shells, are taken awaye, putt them in to a dish or bole, and Stamp them Small, togeather, with a handfull of redd Sage, then putt them into a Skillett, putt thereto a handfull of oatemeale, and a pint of milk, boyling all togeather, till itt be of a convenient thicknes, for a poultis, then applye itt to the place greived changing yr poultis every: 12: howers, for: 3 times, within which time by gods blessing, will be found ease, probatum est ~ To drive: any redness out of the Face ~ Take a pint of whitwine, and half a pint of brandy: 4: ounces of bitter Allmonds, blancht, and pounded, with Some of the whitwine, to a perfect milk, then mix itt togeather, with a penyworth of can feare, and the Juice of a Large Lemon, ~ The Burdock Oyntment ~ Take: 2: pound of hoggs Larde: 2: handfulls of redd Sage, a pound and half of burdock rootes, Scraped, and wipt, not washt: 2: handfulls of burdock Leaves, Lett these boyle till the hearbs, be crisp, itt is most excellent for any Swelling, or Straine in man, or beast ~  135 To make an Oyntment, for all Squatts, Cankers ~ tettars, ould Soares. and many other distempers Take of the rootes, of wild buglis otherwise called, All cannett, Scrape of the rine to the pyth, being first rubbled cleane, with a drye cloth, puut yr Scrapings, into an earthen pott, or pipkin, then cover them close for: 24: houres, then take unwashed butter, and claryfye itt well and Skimm itt well and cleane, then putt the butter, boyling hott into the Scrapings, that done Sett the pipkin, on the ember, and Lett itt boyle half an howre, then take itt off the fiar and Strayne itt, and boyle itt a pace, for half an howre Longer ~ which done, take itt off the fiar, and putt itt into gally potts and keepe itt for yr use, you are to putt to every pound of butter, two pounds of Scrapings ~ may butter is the beast ~ Take one pound, of the Scrapings, of buglis, Alis, alcannett, and a pound of clarified butter, unwashed, and a pint of the best oyle of ollive, 20 earthworms well purged in moss, putt the earthwormes, into the Scrapings, claryfye, the oyle and putt itt very hott togeather, putt itt very hott, with the butter, to the ~ Scrapings, and earth worms, Sett itt to the fiar, and Lett itt Seimer or boyle A quarter of an hower, that done Straine itt into a glass, and keepe itt for yr use, itt is good for all inward, ulcers, rotten Lunges, or any other inward greife, you must take, two Spoonfulls, of the Afforsaid oyle, and one Spoonefull of Sack, Luke warme, and drink itt att anytime, when need requiers ~ Thorne Apple Oyntment: ~ Boyle the freshest, and greenest of the Leaves, first Steept in Larde, till itt be very greene, then Straine itt, and keepe itt for yr use ~ For Salve ~ Boyle them in Sheeps Suett, two pound, when itt is very greene Straine itt and rosum one pound, makes itt upp in roles, the oyntment, ceartainly cures all burns, and hott, and Salt yeoumors, the Salve is very good, for any wound: or ~ Sore, new or old ~ For a Dropsie Take a quart of renish or whit wine, and put into itt halfe a porrenger of the Ashes, of wormwood, a porringer full of the Ashes of broome, Steepe these: 12 houers, in the whit wine, add a good Stick of Cynnamon, then draine itt ~ through a gelly bagg, give to the party morning, Afternoone, and night, a wine glassfull  134 All, Spotts, and yallowness, a good march mallow roote, made very cleane, but not Scraped, Slitt itt, from the pith, bruise itt in a morter putt them into a well glassed, earthen pott, and add to them, 7 or 8 Slices of white Lilly rootes, two as mutch of the rootes of Sollomons Seale, Some 10: Leaves of Sende greene, called house heale, pile, and bruise them, putt them into the pott, have in readiness, half an ounce, of bengimen, as mutch of Storex, bruised, and: 20: great fatt Snayles, cleansed, and taken out of there Shells, wipe them, and putt, them into yr pott, then putt, uppon these things, a Lay of Suett, Some of yr bengemen, and Storex, and a blade of mace then Suett, and Sie the rest, till all be into yr pott, Sett yr pott, into a pott of water, close covered, and Lett itt boyle, Leasurly: 3: howers, you must putt into yr Suett, a pint of damask rosewater, and beane flower water before you putt, the pott into the water, where itt is noyled, Straine itt into an earthen bason, through a fine cloth, doe not wring itt, Soe Lett itt coole, when itt is cold, take the Cake of the water, wipe itt drye, Scrape of the bottom, and hang itt in a cold place, for Sometime, keepe itt allways cold, when you are to use itt Slice itt into an earthen bason, or pott, Sett itt in a pott of hott water, when itt is ~ well melted. Strayne itt into a gally pott through a fine cloth, where in is halfe an ounce of parmacyty, that is white and cleane, and ~ beate yr Suett one hower, then putt into itt, one ounce of oyle of beane or oyle of Sweet, or bitter Allmonds, and beat itt an hower more, if you will have itt very Sweet, putt: 2: graines of musk bruised, and ~ tyed upp in a tiffany, putt itt to the Suett, the Second melting ~ A Drainch for a mad Dogg ~ Take Veruaine, betteney, rew, box, gladden davemores, wood roase Staros of the earth, and gods of the earth, of each a good handfull, ~ egremony, powder of Ellicompane, two penyworth, blacks of crabbs claws a pound, boyle this in Strong beare, and give a pretty, quantyty, to the dogg, three times, before the new, and full of the moone ~ and Soe for three moones of following, att itt will ceartainly cure ~ The Fistula powder ~ Of white Coppris, and roch Allom, of each a Like quantity, and pound them Small, putt them into a new earthen dish, Sett itt on the fiar, boyle boyle itt till itt be harde, Stirring itt Continually ~  133 A Receipt for the Tooth Ache ~ Take a Little whit wine Vinegar, and putt itt in a sawcer, over a few coales, putt into itt a Little Lump of Allom, and as mutch tobacco Ashes tyed in a ragg, as is Left of the Smoking of two pipes, after itt hath Stoode a Little while on the coales, take a Little rag, twisted on a a Stick, and dipp in the Liquor, and putt to the hollow part of the tooth A receipt for the Kings Evill ~ Take a good quantity of redd nettles, and half as mutch of Spedwell or fluellen, take if guiacum, half a pound, Sarsaparilla: 4: ounces, bruise, ye hearbs well, before you putt them in, and add now milk, one gallon, two quartes of white wine, and two quartes of Ale, and draw off 6 quarts, take a quarter, of a pint, every morning, and att: 4: a clock, in the Afternoone and att night, Sweetened, with, Syrrupe, of Elder berries ~ To make the Mellilote Salve ~ Take Sheepes Suett: 2 pound, minced very Small, putt itt into a Skillett, over the embers, then take: 5: or 6: handfulls of mellilote, minced Small, and putt into the Suett, and when itt is, well boyled, Straine itt out, and putt thereto: 2: ounces of turpentine, as mutch wax, with an ounce, and halfe of rosum, more or Less, according, as you will have itt for Stiffness, then Lett itt boyle againe, over a soft fiar, and keepe itt Stirring, till all be melted, then Straine itt upp, for yor use ~ A Very good Wash, for the Face ~ Take a quart of butter milk, a quart of beane flowers, and: 4: young puppye doggs, quartered, and cleane wiped, and putt into the Still, with :2 or 3 Lemons, and Still itt in a cold Still, youes this water every, morning with a fine cloth, ~ How to make a Pomato ~ Take the Caull of a fatt weather, that is white, throw, itt into Spring water, as Soone, as itt, comes out of the Sheeps belly, wash itt in Seaver all, waters, till the water Looks cleare, them pick itt from Vaines Skins, and kernells, water itt: 9: dayes, Shifting itt twice a daye, butt doe not touch itt, then drye itt in a cleane cloth, and beat itt, in a course cloth, till it be as Soft, as butter, to a pound of this Suett you must have a white Lilly roote, cleane washed, and picked, from all,  132 Receipts, taken, forth of Mrs Carews: booke A Pomatum, for the breast ~ Take the Light of a fatt weather, whilst itt is hott, putt itt into whit wine: 24: howres, to Soake out the blood, then pick itt cleane from Vaines, Skins, and kernells, then putt itt into running water ~ for: 8 or 9 days, Shift itt twice a day, then drye itt well in a course cloth, then beat itt with a rolling pinn, till itt will worke Like doe then putt itt into a glassed pott, putt to itt a march mallow roote a white Lille, roote, one ounce of parmaceti; 20: earth woormes ~ washt cleane, and dryed in a cloth,: 20: great Snayles, fedd with ~ Suger, 9 or 10: dayes, and after, cleansed in brann, breake the Shells and wipe the Snayles, Sett all these, in a pott of water, cover itt ~ and Lett itt boyle: 4: howres, Straine itt through a thick fine cloth and beate itt in a gally pott: 2: howers, Still powring out the dross water, then putt to itt one good Spoonefull of oyle of bene, as ~ mutch of oyle of bitter Allmonds, beate itt upp one hower more, if you desire to have itt Sweeter, putt in to the Suet: 2 graines of musk, bruised, and tyed upp in a tiffany, beat itt with Suet, then putt itt, or cast itt into a cake ~ Doctar: Senbarbes Salve: For the Seatica, or any old Ache ~ Take of the oyle of oxes feet, and Sheeps feet, of the oyle of St Johns wort, earth woormes, and mares fatt of each halfe a pound, of white Lead, and cerus, of each five ounces, of minium a pound, of yellow wax, and turpentine, of each: 4: ounces, of Saffron, and campfor, of each: 3: drams, of Lapis, hemetibis, and Sanguis, dragonis, and cassia exstracted: in Aqua, Spermatis, ranarum, of each foure ounces ~ To make the Black Salve ~ Take Stone pitch: 2: pound, and being bruised, putt itt into a pann or a pott, over the fiar, then take rosum, and frank comsence, of each: 2: pound beaten to powder, one pound of Sheeps Suett, cloves, Saffron, and mace of each, two ounces, Landanem: 3: ounces, half a pound of comminseed ~ dryed, and well beaten, all these made to powder, putt in togeather, wth your pitch, when itt hath boyled, make itt upp into roles, and Soe keepe itt this Salve, being imployed to the Sole, of the feet, helpeth, any, impedyment, either, for the Sight, or hearing, or any Humors ~ The Table For the receipts: receved From your Ladyship: att Odstock ~ Doctor Walldrons: Electuary. 145 Mr Ropers: receipt: for the byting of a madd dogg - Rosa Solis Water. 146 Butter milk water for a Feavor. Idem - For the Yellow Jaundies. Mrs Knypes: Ide - The Stomake Water. Idem - The Feavor Water of my Lady Brookes - To make Lemondade, madam, Smittisons way. 147 The Worme powder. Idem - A Ballsome: ~ Mes Pikes way. Idem - A medecine for the Stone: Mr Seacomb. 148 A Syrrupe for a Soare throate: Mrs Shelldon. 149 To make Cynnamon Water. Mrs Draycott - For a Loosness: madam: Ireland. Idem - To make the malloncolly water, mad - Compton - To make Saffron Water: Mes Blount. 150 A receipt for the Scurvy: Mrs Frenchard. - For the paine of the Stomack: Doctr Hower. - For the Itch: Mr. Ed Webb. 151 A receipt for Convulsions or ffalling Sicknesse A pormatum: ~ Idem. 151 To cleanse wounds: - 252 To repell a humour - 152 To Skinne a Sore: - 152 A strengthening bath for a Sprayne by Mrs C: D: - 152 Mr Knowle’s Balsom for wounds: - 152 Thorne Apple ointment. 135 Thorne Apple Salve. Idem - For a Dropsey. Ide - To make the Sweet Water. 136 A receipt. for a Seare cloth. Idem - A poultis for a Straine: Ide - To drive redness, out of the Face - The Burdock: ointment Ide - The browne Salve ~ 137 The burnt oynment. Idem - Angell Salve. Idem - The Cough Medecine. Idem - The Greene oyntment. 138 For the griping of the Gutts. Id - For Shigles. Id. - For the hardness, of the breast. - For a Fistilo. Idem - The Swelling oyntment. 139 To Incorporate Flesh: Ide - The Greene ointment: Idem - For the Ricketts. Idem - For one that hath: miscarryed or Like to Miscarry. 140 A playster. for any Ach: that Cometh. by Cold, or other ways: Id - For the Falling Sickness. Ide - To repeale a Umor. Idem - For a Sting, by Snake, or Adder in man or beast – Idem - For the Scurvy, or to make one Digest his meate. 141 The redd Powder. Idem - To make the Water. Idem - To make the Greene oyle: Ide - For a Straine or bruise. 142 To Stay any bleeding. Idem - For a Third Ague. Idem - For a Cough. Idem - For a Cold. Idem - To Stay the Water, in Woman or Child. 143 The Greene oyntment Idem - To Cleare the Eyes. Idem - For the Gout. Idem - For Loosness. Idem - For any Greene Wound. Idem - For Fitts in Children. Idem - The Swallow Water, for the Falling Sickness. 144 For a Consumtion. Idem - For Tettar, or ring worme: Idem - For the Pallsey. Idem - The true Swallow Water For the Falling Sickness ~ 145 The Virtues. Idem - To make Inke. Idem - To dye purple. Idem -  The Florentine preparation of Antimony. 128 The preparation of Scammony. Idem - Antim: 11: Scam: 9: Tart: 5: Dos: Gr:. Idem - A receipt for Stomake pills: La Win wood:. Idem - Receipt: prescribed by Mr Smith: 1619. Idem - Emplaystrum. Idem - Purge pill. Idem - To whiten any Cloth. 129 The making of redd Wax. Idem - To make good Ink Speedely. Idem - For the fashions: or Scratches in a horse: Sr Warr Hele: Id - A note for the understanding of Markes. Idem - Directions: for the removing: and Setting of Slipps: planting of Artichockes: goosberries: roses: privet: white thorne: and 130 all maner of Flowers: and Sowing of Seeds. 131 The Table for the Following Receipts ~ A pomatum for the breast ~ 132 Doctor: Senbarbes, Salve, for the Seatica, or any: old Ach, Idem - To make the black Salve. Idem - For the tooth Ach. 133 For the Kings Evill. Idem - To make the Mellilott Salve. Idem - A Very good Wash for the Face. idem - How to make a pomato. Idem - A drainch for a Madd Dogg. 134 The Fistula powder. Idem - An oyntment for all Squatts, tetters, and Sores, and Cankers: &c. 135  An oyntment: for the Stomake: good against the Cough. 120 The making the greene Oyntment. 121 The Greene ointment:. Ide - An oyntment: to kill woormes in the Stomake: &c:. Idem - An oyntment: for Children: that are Weake: and healpe elder Idem - An oyntment: for tetters: ringwoormes: or other Soares: &c: Idem 122 A good oyntment: for Aches: in the bones. Idem - Another oyntment for an Ach, in the bones. Idem - An oyntment for the Spleene. Idem - A very good oyntment: called oyle of exciter. Idem - An oyntment: of the hearb: Nicoitiana: and Virtues. 123 An oyntment: for all kind of Aches: and bruises. Ide - An oyntment for: Ach: or bruise: noyse in the head: and drawe out A Thorne. Idem - The golden oyle: for all Aches and bruises Mr Burgen. 124 The redd oyle: to heale a Small Cutt: or great wounde: Idem - The making of oyle of roses. Idem - An oyntment good for the drobsye. Idem - An excellent oyntment called the yeallow oyntment: and Virtues 125 An oyle for the Shrinking of Veines or Sinews &c: Idem - An oyntment: for Aches: bruises: Mr Burgen. Idem - An oyntment: for any old or new Ach La: Chamberlaine: Id - Mr Smiths: to Strenghen: the Weakness of the fundament &c: Id - An oyntment: for a burne or Scald. 126 An oyntment: for the Herina: or any tumefaction proceeding of wind and Water: Dor Lodge. Idem - Mr Wakmans oyntment: a redd: oyntment for the kings evill pluresie: burnings or Scaldings: Stiches: greene wounds: Sore eys. - Other Virtues of the A forsaid oyntment. Idem - To make Lucatellods Balsome, and Cure the Kings Evill and in idem. 127  Ht Greenes: Ittalian Flowers: and Virtues: to be used with The Water. 116 A Salve to heale burning: or greene Wounds. Idem - For the plague: Small pox: measells: Surfitts: or other hott disease - The Cordiall. Idem - An approved Medecine: for a Consumtion:. [Idem] 117 To take a way heat: Sun burne: Morphen: or Frecktes: in ye Face. - A receipt against the Scurvy. Idem - Mrs White her Seare cloth. Idem - A receit for the Whites. Idem - A receipt of the compounded Tobacko: good against rhewme - :Oyntments: To make an oyntment for the pallsey. 118 An oyntment: of St Johns Woort: good for all Aches &c: Idem - An oyntment: for the Collick: or any greif in the belly &c: Idem - An oyntment: of redd roses: to coole heat in the chest &c: Id: - An oyntment: of the woormes: of the earth: and Virtues. Idem - An oyntment: of Swallows: for Shrinking of Sinews, and Strain: 119 An oyntment: for agrene Wound: bruised Stones: or Itch: Idem - An oyntment: called pam pillion and Virtues. Idem - An oyntment for all disseases in the healed: that cometh of cold: Ide - A medecine for the dead pallsey:. Idem - A Water for the pallsey: Quicken Memory and cleare the Sight 120 A Drink for the pallsey. Idem - A Water for the passion of the heart: and for those: that have taken Thought. Idem - A Water for the biting of a mad dogg:. Idem -  To bring To bring a waye the after birth or False Conseption 112 The ballsom. Idem - For a Fistula: Soare eyes: or the Stone. Idem - Consumtion Cakes. Ide - For the Scurvy. Idem - To make Lossinges for a Cold. Idem - To Staye the Flux: Aproved. 113 A pill to purge. Idem - A Very good purgation for a Wooman. Idem - A Vomiting pill. Idem - The Sleeping pill. dem - To drye upp evill yeoumors: in the body: and to [Comforyte?] Stomak - To make the black Salve. Idem - A plyster for the Stone in the Kidneys: Idem - For a Cancer. Idem - To make the Yellow Salve: and Greene. 114 A pulltis: to breake any Swelling: that another will not: Id - A rare Medecine: against Tettars: and ringwoormes: Idem - To Take awaye redness in the Face: an excellent Pomatum: - For the Face. Idem - To take awaye Morphew or Freckles. Idem - For the Scarlett Feavor. Idem - Gaskins powder: good against Agues: pox: or Measells. 115 For the drith in a Feavor. Idem - To heale a Wounde in foure dayes. Idem - To make Ht Greenes powder and Water: to wash greene Wounds: and Soares: to keepe them from Festring: and excellent for any Sore eys: that proceed: from any hott rheume. Idem - To make the Water. Idem -  A Salve for the Gout, or other Ach 105 Water for new or old Soare: Ide - The making of Treat: Idem - For the Itch:. Idem - For an Itch:. Idem - For any Swelling:. Idem - For an Old Soare:. Idem - For any bruise:. 106 For the Falling of the Mother: Ide - A Soveraine Salve: for any Itch: Ide - For Swelling in the Leggs: Ide - For a Theife: or Fellon. Idem - Another for the Same. Idem - To Allter: and drive: away: a Ague - For a Fellon. Idem - A Seare Cloth for all maner of heate: burning: or Scalding &c: Ide - A Seare Cloth: to Skin and heale: Ide A Water: and Salve to heale a cutt 107 For a Fistula. Idem - For a Scotch or cutt. Idem - Paracellsus: his playster: good For many disseases. Idem- A Seare Cloth of excellent Virtues: Mr Tayler. 108 Item lady Westmorland A Salve to heale. a Small cutt: Idem - A Water for any Sore: La Pagett 109 A Seare Cloth: for old Ach: Mrs Heath. - A Seare cloth: for any Swelling or Ach - A Water for an old Soare: Idem - A Salve or playster for any Ach: or Swelling of an Ague. Idem - The Leaden Emplayster: Idem A pultess: to abate any Swelling and heale any Soare by Mr Fenton 110 For a bruise: Mr Westwood: Id - A Pulress for a bruise or Straine in any tender part of the body: Idem - Another for the Same. Idem - Greene Salve for greene wounds or old Sores: to draw: and heale: Id - For Stinging of an Adder: Snake or any other Venemous thing. 111 A Ballsom: to be taken: inwardly or outwardly. Idem - A redd: Salve: pretious: for Wounds - A purge for Waterish yeoumors 112 For a bruise or Straine. Idem - A Lenative Electuary: for the Spleene head: and obstructions. Idem - Against a sharp humor in the Lower parts. Idem - For a Continuall Loosness. Idem - To make a dyett drink:. Idem - The redd powder: by the Lady Farmer - There is by mistake two Leavs: 112 - For the Collick or Loosness:. 112  To kill a Wild fiar: or any other inflammation &c: 100 For the Shingles. Idem For a dissease called the flox:. Idem For Leggs that are: Swollen: with the drobsie: and chang not coller: 101 For a Tettar that waters. Idem – For an Itch: that hath beene of Long: continuance: Id – For Stinging of an Adder. Idem – Another for the Same. Idem – For the pricking of a Thorne, and to drawe itt out. Ide – For an An come. Idem – For a Fellon. Idem 102 Another Spetiall good Medecine for the Same: Ide – A Water to wash any Festered Soare or Canker. Idem – Another Water for the Same purpose. Idem – A Water for a Soare: that bleedeth. Idem – A powder for a Wound or old Soare that bleedeth match 103 To Staunch the bleeding: of a greene Wound: and will heale itt – To eate out dead Flesh out of any Wound::. Idem – To heale any old Soare: and is good for the Spleene: Idem – to bring a greene Wound that gapeth together: and cause itt matter – A Water: or drink: to Allter or drive awaye an Ague: Feaver – For the Scyatica. Idem – For a Straine or bruise. Idem – For burning or Scalding. Idem – For a Wound in the head. Idem – To Cleans: and heale: all maner of greene Wounds. 104 For Gunshott. Idem – For the Scyatica. Idem – A Water for a Fistula:. Gray. Idem  Ox meale good for Tough Fleame: and for the woormes 96 Mell rosarum. Idem – The use of the hearbe helliborus niger. Idem – To make Syrrupe of Mullberries. Idem – Syrrupe for an Impostume. Idem – To make Syrrupe of Clove Gilly flowers. Idem – To make Syrrupe of Violetts. 97 To make Syrrupe of Violletts. Idem – Syrrupe of Damaske roses. Ide – Dyacydomum: or Jelly of Quinces. Idem – :Salves: Seare cloths: Medecines: Elder Bal Elder Balsam - 98 A Seare cloth: for all Aches: and bruises: greene Wound or old Sore 98 A Seare cloth: for the Spleene: of Stich: or wind: to Staunch bleeding: - A Salve to heale a Canker Soare. Idem – A Salve for old Sore: and to take out broken bones: Idem – A drawing and healing Salve for any Soare. Idem – A Salve to heale and Skin a sore: full of Water &c. 99 A Salve for all Soares, to be made in Maye. Idem – A Salve Called Gratia Dei. Idem – To heale any greene Wound: having noe bone perished &c – A pultess for a Legg that is Swollen. Idem – A pultess for one that hath wrenched his Legg. Idem – A Bath for a Legg, that is Swollen, with Cold. Idem – A Bath for the drobsie in the Leggs. Idem – A pultess for a Legg: that is Swoolen: and is hard and Cold 100 A Salve to Cure the biting of dogg: hogg: horse: or man: Idem For a Legg that is poysoned or Venomed: &c: Idem  A Water for Consumtion of the Flesh. 91 A Cordiall: for the Stomake: Gripes: and Surfitts: Idem – An excellent Water for an old Sore. Idem – Elder Water. Idem – The Fistula Water. Idem – A Water: for the Pallsey: to quicken Memory: and cleare ye Sight – :Syrupes: A Syrupe for the Cough of the Lunges. 92 A Syrupe for the Lunges: and Shortness of breath: Ide – A Syrupe: to Coole in a hott Feavor: to breake Chollar &ca: I: - A Syrrupe to Coole the Stomake: and Allay Chollar: Ide – A Syrupe to provoke one to Sleepe. Idem – A Syrrupe of damask roses: to purge Chollar. Idem 93 A Syrrupe of hore hound for the Consumtion of the Lunges: I – A Syrrupe: Cordiall for Sutch: as have taken Thought. Idem – A Syrrupe for the Stomake: and to digest a Surfitt.. Ide – A Surrupe: to open: the pipes: comfort the heart: exspell: malloncolly. – A Syrrupe of marsh Mallowes. 94 The Conserve: or Syrrupe of Allcacangy berries. Idem – A Syrrupe or Conserve: good for the Stone. Idem – A Syrrupe to restore Nature. Idem – A Syrrupe to breake any Cold: and Scower the pypes: &c: Id: - The making of Consearve: of redd rose. 95 A Syrrupe good for a Consumtion. Idem – A Syrrupe: very newtritive, and preservative: Idem – The making of rose Sugar. Idem A Syrrupe for any great: Cold: La Shefeild:. 96  Waters: Distillations To make rosa Solis. 81 A Quintessence: to digesta Surfitt: or one in a deadly: Swounde: - Cynamon Water. Idem – Dor Stevens Water: &c: Idem – The making: and Virtue: of Aqua Mirabilis: ett pretiosa – 82 Mr Keebells redd Water. Idem – Cynamon Water. Ide Another Cynamon Water. 83 Balme Water. Idem – A Water for the Collick: and Stone – Snayle Water for the yellow Jaundies: or Sutch Like. Idem – A Water for the Stone: Idem A Water for the Stone Mr Gidmer A Water for a Surfitt A H. 84 A Water to Cure an ulcer: in in the blader. Ide A Water for a fistula. Ide To make tents for the Same: Id- A Water: for a Consumtion: 85 Ale of Health: and Strenght for all disseases Mr Stich. Idem – Treacle Water. Ide 85 & 88 Surfitt Water. Ide Cock Water for a Consumtion: 86 The After paine Water: Ide – For: an Impostume. Ide – Cynamon Water. Idem – Milke Water. Idem – For the Jaundies or Collick of the Stomack or Consumtion: - A Water: for any Infection plauge: Feavor or Consumtion &c: 87 Pallsey Water: and Virtues: Id – For the falling Sickness. 88 Aqua Mirabilis. Idem – Aqua Mirabilis. Idem – The Angell Water. Idem – A Water for a Consumtion: Ide – The never failing Cordiall: Ide – Green Bame Water. 89 Surfitt Water. Ide – Orringe Water. Ide – To Still Balme or Minte. Ide – Cherry Water. Idem – Treacle Water. Idem – A Water to keeps the face Smooth 90 Surfitt Water of Cad weed: Ide – A Water to Wash the face: Idem – The Cordiall Aqua Mirabilis: Id: - Plauge Water. Idem – Plurisic Water. Idem - A Cordiall: Aqua Mirabilis: my Lady Sturtons Waye. Idem –  To distill a Cock: for those that are in a hott consumtion 74 To distill a pigg: for those that are Weake and Faint &c: Idem – A distillation: for those that are Weake by an Ague &c: Idem – A Water for those: that are in a burning Feavor: Idem – A Cawdle of Allmonds: for those that have weaknes: in there back 75 A Cawdle for those that are troubled: with great dryness: Id To make Martress: to give to those that are Weake. Idem A broth for those that are falling into a Consumtion: Idem China broth: to rectifie distemper of parts &c:. 76 A broth to keepe: the back from Slymy causes: and &c: Idem – A broth for the Stone. Idem – A broth for those: that are grieved with Mellancolly: Idem – A Comfortable Gelly: for those that are Weake. 77 Item an other there. 77 To Smore a Capon: very restorative. Idem – A very Comfortable broth for any Weakness. Idem – Another restorative broth. Idem – A Water for the recovery: of an exstreame Consumtion. 78 A Gelly for the restoring of a weake body. Idem – A broth for a Consumtion: Dor Lewcknor. Idem – A broth and drink for the Hectick Feavor. &c:. 79 A broth for the Spleene Mrs Arundell. Idem – A broth for a Cold: by Dor Arslow. Idem – Chyna broth by Dor Fryer. Idem – A broth by Dor Moore. Idem - Chyna broth by Dor Moore. 80 A bagg to be hanged in a kilderkin of beare by Dor Moore – To make Jelly. Idem – To make the Strong broth. Idem –  A Speedy Dilivery of a wooman with Child. 67 Another for the Same. Idem – A Medecine. Idem – To procure throwes for the Same: Id – For a push or boyle. Idem – For bloody Urine. Idem – Another for bloody Urine Ide – For an Ague. Idem – To help Consception: in Wooman 68 For the Greene Sickness: Idem – For the Scurvy. Idem – A bagg for Ale. Idem – A bath: for the Leggs. Idem – A playster and oyntment: for the Scurvy. Idem – Another for the Same Idem – A drink for the Scurvy. Idem – Mr Barlett for the Scurvy. 69 For a Tympany or great Swelling: in the body. Ide – To breake an Impostume: or to cure an Iward bruise. Idem – For an Ague or Feavor: Idem – For an Ague or Feavor. Idem – Another for the Same. Idem – For the pricking of a Thorne: Id: - For a Teartian Ague. 70 The Bittr: purging drinke: 70: A drink in any Contagious: or burning Feavor. Idem – A Medecine: to Skin and heale: Id – For the Falling of the Fundament: Id – Dor Fryars: against the Scurvy: Ide – Te Cordiall. Idem – For the Whites or running in the raynes. Idem – Brother: Culltesses: Jellys: A broth for a hott Feavor. 71 A Culltess for those that be weake – A Sharp broth for those that be Sick: of any dissease. Idem – A broth for those that be weak with Sickness. Idem A broth for those that have a great Weakness in there back 72 Another for the Same: Idem – A Gruell for the Spleene Ide – A broth for those that are, entring into a Consumtion. 73 A broth for those that are in a Consumtion: after: a hott Feavor: Id – For those that have any paine in there backs: any kind of Flux or wast of nature. Idem Dr Lowers Milk Water - 65 For the biting of a Mad-Dog 65 For a Sore Breast - 70 - 70. For a Soare Throate - 70 - 70 For the Gout. 61 To Ease the gout. Idem – Another for the Same. Idem – For the gout that cometh of a – hott humor. Idem – For the gout: and to drawe out all evell yeoumors: from the body: Ide – Generall Medecines: For the pyles. 62 Another for the pyles. Ide – For the running of the reynes: Id – For the running of the reynes: Id – For a rupture. Idem – A playster for the Same: Idem – For a rupture. Idem – For the pyles. 63 To Stay the emrods. Idem – For Sutch as make water Like cleare blood. Idem – For wind in the bladder: and bloody Urine. Idem – For heat in the kidneys. Idem – For the palsey in the head. Idem – For the Palsey. Idem – For the Falling Sickness. Idem – For the Timpany. 64 For Scalding or burning. Idem For Swelling in the Leggs. Idem – For Cornes in the feete: Idem – For Cornes: Lady Dorsett: Idem – Another for the Same. Idem – Another for the Cornes. 65 Another for the Same. Idem – For Cornes Mr Short. Idem – For Knobbs: that growe in the Flesh Like wartes: Somtimes: running In Secrett places. Idem – For paine in the Joynt: Idem – For: the: Scyatca: in the hipbone: Id – Mr Short for the Scyatica: Idem – For drawing out any Venome of rusty Iron. Idem – To keepe the biting of a madd dogg from rankling. Idem – For a Fellon. Ide For a Tettar. Idem – For a Dropsie. 66: Another for the Same. Idem – For a dropsey: and all waterish: humors – For the Greene Sickness – Idem – For the Falling Sickness: Idem – For any exstremity of the whites: - For Falling of the Mother: Idem – For rising of the Mother. Idem – For a Child broken out with the Itch: all over. 67  . Sweate . To presearve one from the Sweat. 56 A posset Ale good for those that have the Sweats – A Very good drinke: to procure: them to Sweate Idem – Receipts belonging to the Plaugue. Treacle Water - 58 A diett. in the time of Sickness: to preaserve from the plague 57 For those: that have taken: the infection, of the plaugue Id – For the plague: to be taken: as Soone: as the party falls Sick – An Allmond Milke: to Coole those that be in the plague: Ide – To trye whether: those will Live or dye: that have the plague. 58 To: ripen, break: and drawe the Coare: of the plague Soare. Idem A pomander: to presearve: the bearers from the plague Idem Minardus:, For the pestilence. Idem An Electuary in the time of pestilence. Idem A presarvative, against, the infection of the plague. 59 Another presarvative: against the plague. Idem – To Presearve from the plauge. Idem – For the plague: to be taken, as Soone: as you fleel: yr Selfe Sick: Ide – Mr John: Kendall of Acton: his receipt, for the plague. Idem – Dor Gulstone: for the ordering of diett, in Contagious time: Ide – A Medecine against the plague. 60 Another ordinary receipt: Dor King. Idem – A presarvative: against the plague. Idem – Dor Balbianus: direction: against the plague. Idem – Goute For the Goute by the Irish Doctor. 61  Purgations: Glystars: Fluxes.: Loosness: How to take Alloes: Sucketrino 48 A purgation of Seeney: Idem – A Glistar for the Collick: Idem – A Glister to Staye the bloody Flux – Another for the bloody Flux: Ide – Another for any Flux. Idem – Another for any kind of Fluxes: - To Staye the Scowring: that proceeds: from Weakness: in the back: Ide – For any paine in the back. 49 A Suppositor: on any occasion: Ide – A Suppositor for the Collick and Wind: - A Suppositor: on occasion: Idem – To Stay any Scowering or flux for Wooman: in Childbed. Idem – Another to Stay a Flux. Idem – The dutches: of Ferias Washing of Allowaies: a purging pill: Idem – A purging drinke for Aches. 50 Amber pills for a Consumtion: Id – The Usuall diett drinke: Idem – For Weakness in the back. 51 For the bloody Flux: Idem – To Stopp a Flux. 52 A purging Ale. Idem – A Glister: against Mellancolly: Id – For the bloody Flux: Idem – A purging Drinke. Idem – ffor a loosenesse or Collicke: Idem: Jaundies. For those: that are entring into the Yellow Jaundies. 53 Another for the Same. Idem – For the Jaundies: black or Yellow – A drinke for Mellancholly and Weeping. Idem – Against Malloncolly. Idem – For the Jaundies: black or Yellow 54 For the Jaundies. Idem – A drinke for the Yellow Jaundies: Ide – For the Jaundies. Idem – Another for the Yellow Jaundies. – Another for the Same. Idem – Another for the Yellow Jaundies – For the Jaundies: Mrs Booth.. Idem – Bleeding. To Stanch bleeding: att the nose. 55 Another for the Same. Idem – Another for the Same. Idem – To Staunch bleeding: of a Sore and to heale an old Soare. Ide – To Staunch any bleeding Wound: Idem –  The electuary of three peppers 38 To make the redd powder. Idem – The Bitter Docoction for the Stomacke Wormes ~ For the woormes, in old Children and to prevent an Ague. 39 A drink for the Woormes: Ide – A oyntment for the Woormes: Ide – For Small Man Woormes: Ide – My Lady Brookes Oyntment for the Wormds 39: Collick:. Stone. For the Collick. 40 For those that cannot make water – For the Stone in the kidneys: Ide – A drinke for the Same: to be taken when you doe apply the quills: Ide – For the Collick: by Wind: Idem – Another for the Same. 41 For the Collick: and Stone: Idem – For the Strangullion. Idem – A Quintasy: for the Stone. Idem – For the Collick: and Stone: Idem – For the Stone. Idem – For Wind in the Stomake. 42 For the Stone. Idem – For the Stone. Idem – Another for the Stone: Idem – For the Collick. 43 For the Stone. Ide – For the Collick: and Stone: Idem – A powder for the Stone: Idem – For the Stone Idem – A powder for the Stone. 44 A powder for the Stone. Ide – For the Stone. Ide – For the Collick. Idem – For the Wind Collick in Stomake or belly. Idem. – To procure Urine: and good for the Strangurie. Idem – For the Strangurie Mr Burgen. 45 For the Stone. Idem – For the Collick: Lady: Wintor: I – Lady Shellie: for the Stone: Ide – Lady Loucher: For the Stone. 46 For the Stone: by Mr Buttlar of Cambridge. Idem – An Allmond: milke for the Stone: Ide A water for the Stone. 47 A powder for the Stone. Idem – For the Stone. Idem – For the Stone. Idem – For the Stone: Strangurie Wind and Stopping. Idem – To procure Urine: Do Moore. –  For the Pluresey. 33 For the Stich: and is good for the pluresey. Idem – An outward Medecine to Coole the Livar. Idem – For the Swelling of the Spleene. Idem – Another for the Spleene. 34 For the Jaundies: or any Stopping of the Livar. Idem – For the Spleene. Idem – For the opening of the Spleene: and to abate any Swelling: Id For the Spopping: opilation: or hardness of the Spleene: Ide For the hardness of the Livar. 35 Good for the pluresey. Idem – Receipts for the Stomake. To digest a Surfitt, or putt any Grife from the Stomake. 36 For those that have: a moyst Stomake: by rhewme: Ide. – For Wind in the Stomake. Idem. – A drink for Wind in the Stomake. Idem. – For an Impostumation in the Stomake. Idem. – Lady Atkins The Alsome Wine - 37 To Cleanse: any Impostumation: or bruise. 37 The Confection of Quinces: good for the Stomake: Idem – For Wind in the Stomake: and healp disgestion. Idem – A very good Water for a Surfett. Idem – To Comfort the Stomake: and to have delight to meate: Ide – For an Impostumation that is broake. Idem - For Wind in the Stomake: or other part of the body. 38 A droge for Wind in the Stomake. Idem – For Weakness: in the Stomake: and aptness to cast. Idem – For the Stomake: and Spleene, a bruise: or pluresie. Idem –  A Water for the Lungs: Shortnes of breath: or Loss of Speech. 28 A Tistant for Lunges or Stomake. Idem – A powder for the Same to be eate with meate. Idem – For one that is in a Consumtion. Idem – Another for a Consumtion. Idem – For the Chine Cough: and Cough of the Lunges. Idem – To keepe one from falling into a Consumtion. 29 For the Cough. Idem – For a Cough or Cold: or breaking of Fleame. Idem – For the Stopping of the pipes. Idem – For the Cough: Shortnes of Breath: in a Feavor: Idem – A powder to breake and healp: a great Cold. Idem – To Cutt and Voyd Tough Fleame in young or old. Idem – For Cold or Cough: to young or old. 30 Buttard beare for the Cold. Idem – Doctor Coles receipt for a Cold- Idem – For the Lungs: Mr Heskett. Idem – To procure Sleepe and Stay the Cough. Idem – A receipt for a Cough and Lozenges for a Cough Mrs Irelands way: Pluresey:. Stich. Spleene. Livar. A Tistant: to unstop the Livar: and Spleene: to digest Malloncholly: and purge the pluresey. 31 For the pluresey. Idem – Another for the pluresey. Idem – To breake the pluresey: to drawe itt from the Side. 32 To Trye a pluresey from a Stitch: and good for a Stich Idem – A posset Ale for a Stich. Idem – Another for a Stich. Idem – For the opening: Liver Spleene: and gaule: and Stopping of the Lunges –  A Gargle for a Sore Throate. 22 For the Kings Evill or any other Swelling of the Throate – A Gargle for a Sore Throate. Idem – For the ricketts. Idem – Receipts belonging to Breasts. To ripen: a Soare breast or any Impostumation. 23 For a breast broken wth the pultess Aforsaid. Idem – For an old Sore in a breast: or for a rupture. Idem – To drye up a woomans Milke: or take away awenn. 24 To keepe a breast from breaking: or Asswage any Swelling: Idem 24 To breake any Impostumation: where a pultes: canot be Layd: I 24 For any Swelling of the breast. Idem 24 For a Sore breast. Idem 24 For a Sore breast Mr Turnar. Idem 24 For a Sore breast: or any Swelling Mrs An Monington: I 25 For an Ague in a woomans breast. idem 25. Too receipts for a Cancer the breast by mrs Rooper and mrs Golden: Idem 25: Receipts belonging to Lungs: Cough:. For the Cough of the Lungs: and that have had itt a Long time 26 A posett Ale for the Cough: of a hott rhewme: Idem. – For a Hott rhewme. Idem – A Quilt: for those that have a drye and weake Cough: Id – A Consearve for the Same Greife. Idem – For the bleeding of the Lungs. 27 A Barly Creame for the Lunges: or any hott Sickness: Id~ – A Tistant for the Cough of the Lungs: or Consumtion: Id~ –  A medecine for the morfew. 18 Another for the Same. Idem – For any Swelling in the Face. Idem – Receits belonging to the Teeth: A medecine for the tooth Ach. 19 Another for the tooth Ach. Idem – To Skower the Teeth: and keepe from perishing. Idem – For those that have Lost there Speech, by Sickness: - Feare or otherwise. Idem – For those that have a Canker: in there Mouth Idem – For the rhewme in the teeth or Gums. Mrs Maynard. 20 A very good medicine for the tooth Ach. Idem – For a Canker in the mouth or throate. Idem – For a sore mouth, that Children have: in breeding Teeth: Idem – For the tooth Ach: An Aproved medecine. Idem – Another for the Same. Idem – Tnother for the Same. Idem 21 For the Thrush in Children. Idem – Teeth. Idem – For the tooth Ach. Idem – Receipts belonging to the Throate For a Sore Throate. 22 Another for the Same. Idem – For Quinsey: or Swelling of the kernalls in the Throate – Another for the Same. Idem – The Mirr Water. 18 For the Yallowness of the Skinne Idem: The Talke Water. Idem: For a pin and Webb: or Sutch infirmity in the Eye. 13 To Comfort the Sight. Idem – To cleanse a Sore Eye: covered wth blood: Like a Jelly: Idem – A Medicine for Sore Eys. Idem – A very good powder: to preserve the Ey Sight. 14 For any Sorness: or rhewme in the Eys. Idem – For the Eyes that be Sore. Idem – A water for the humors: that falls into the Eys: Idem – A drink for the pinn: and Webb in the Eys. Idem – For a pinn: and webb in the Eye. Idem – Too receipts by My Lady Trene hard; and one by Str: Gerard for the eyes idem 14: Receipts belonging to the Eares. For those that are deafe to recover hearing. 15 To drawe out an Impostume in the Eare. Idem – To drawe an eare wig: out of the Eare. Idem – For any Impostume: in the Eare: or head:. Idem – For kernells: about the Eares. 16 For the Singing in the Eares. Idem – Another for the Singing in the Eares. Idem – Another for the Same Greife. Idem – For Deafness: that cometh wth noyse in the head: Ide – To recover hearing:: La Weston. Idem Receipts belonging to the Face. To Cure: a Face that is redd: and full of pimples. 17 For those that have a Flushing in there Faces: and to cleare itt of Woormes: or Sutch Like. Idem  For the paine in the Head. 8 A Comfortable Medecine for the paine in the head – For the Falling of the Vuola. Idem – Against an old greife: or paine in the Head. Idem – Against an old greife: or piane in the Head. Idem – Receipts belonging to the Eyes ~ For a pinn: and Webb: or any other Sore Eye. 9 A powder to take awaye the pearle in the Eye: Ide – To Staye the humors from falling to the Eyes: Idem – For a bruise in the Eye. 10 For reddness in the Eys: wch come only of hott humors: Id – To Comfort a weake Eye. or to healp those that have – had the Small pox or Measells in there Eyes. Idem – For reddness of the Eyes: without paine. Idem – To Cleare the Eyes: and preserve the Sight. 11 To eate out proude flesh: wth in the cover of the Eye: Idem – To take awaye the pin and Webb in the Eys &c: Idem – For a burne in the Eye: by Fiar or Gunpowder. Idem – A drinke to Cleare the Sight. Idem – Another drinke to Cleare the Sight. 12 A playster to Staye the humors: that feed the Cato rick: to be applied: when these drinks are taking: Idem – A Speciall good Water for the Eyes. Idem – For Sore Eyes. Idem – For reddness in the Eyes. Idem Another for reddness in the Eys. 13 For a Stripe in the Eye. Idem –  The Table Receipts properly belonging to phissick. Nom. 1 A receipt to Sweeten the blood. Idem – A purge. Idem – Receipts: belonging to the Head: A Gargas: for the Megreeme in the head. 2 A playster: for the Same: to be Applied after: Idem – For the paine in the head: that cometh by a Feaver: - Another for the Same Greefe. Idem. – A Giult to Staye the rhewme, of what kind Soe ever: Id – The Cause, and the remedy: and how: you Shall: know these paine 3 For those that canott Sleepe / mrs Huseyes ffistula water = 4 Another to procure Sleepe. Idem. – Another to procure Sleepe. Idem – For the paine in the head: by Cold humors. Idem. – To Cleans the braine: and a Stinking Ayre att the Nose 5 For Wind in the head. Idem – Another for the Same: to be used: presently After. 6 For the falling of the Uvola. Idem – A Gargle for a Soare Throate. Idem – To putt upp the Uvola. 7 For the Stopping of the head. Idem – For the Megreeme. Idem – For the Falling of the Vuola. Idem Very good bauls: to Staye the rhewme. Idem A Gargle good for the rhewme. 8    131 Queene Gilli flowers, Sowe in March, Aprill, May, June, the moone in the Waine ~ Snape dragon, French Mallowes, white redd, and carnation, Pinckes, pincke gilly flowers, Sowe in March, Aprill, Maye, and June, the moone in the waine ~ Sparagus, barberries, Sowe in Jan: Febr March, the moone in the waine ~ Coleworts, Turneps, Sowe in Aprill, Maye, June, July, August, the moone in the Wayne ~ Nicotiana, Peton, male, and Female, Sowe in Aprill, May, the moone in the waine ~~~ Larkspurr, blue, and white, coole flowers, Sowe in March Aprill and Maye ~ the moone, in the waine ~  130 Directions, for the removinge, and Setting of Slippes Planting of Artichockes, goosberries, roses, Privett, white thorne, and all maner of Flowers ~ Remove, and sett slippes, and all kind of flowers, from our Lady day in August to our Lady day in September, ~ Sett all kind of quick setts from September to March, Sett Frees, in Nobr: decembr: Jan: Febr: March Sett all maner, of flowers, and hartichockes, in the Latter end of Febr, March, and aprill, Graft all maner of trees, as peare, Aple, Plum, Cherrie, in March, the Moone, newe ~ Prune trees, and open the earth, aboute the roote, and Launce the barke, in december, Febr, new moone ~ Cutt Vines, in the Latter, end of Jan, Febr, march, the moone, in the waine ~ Cutt roses, damaske, and redd, in october, the moone in the waine, it is Sufficient to cutt them once in two yeares, to have them, beare, plenty, of roses, for if you cutt them, twice a yeare, as Some use to doe, they will Springe, with to many Leaves, and fewe blossomes ~~~ Open the earth, about yr old trees: 30 foot compass, and take awaye the earth, till you come to the roote, and Soe Lett them Stand open, decembr and January, and towardes, the Latter end of Febr ~ putt a Loade or two of kennel dounge, to every tree, and itt will bringe downe the mosse, this is to be done, once in foure yeares ~ For the killing of a Canker, in any tree, take a Chissell, and a mallet, and cutt the canker till you come to the very quick, then take a quantity of Swines dounge, and fill upp the place, putt claye on it, and mosse on that, then binde all in, with a cloth, and Lett itt remayne till itt fall off itt Selfe, and Soe the barke reneweth ~ A note of the best times for Sowing, these hearbes, and Seedes Following Cabbage, coole, both white and, redd, Sowe, in Jan: Febr, march, and August, the moone in the waine, replant the Same ~ Lettice, Cabbage, white Lettice, Soe att times the moone in the waine ~ Raddish, white, and black, Soe in March, Aprill, Maye, June, July, August, the moone decreasing ~ Parsnips, Sowe, in december, Jan; Febr, March, and Aprill, the moone, in the waine ~ Carretts, yeallow, redd, and white, Sowe in Febr, March, Aprill, Maye, the moone in the Waine ~ Onions, redd and white, Sowe, in Jan:, Febr:, March, Aprill, and August, the moone in the waine Leekes, greate and Small, Sowe, in Febr, March, Aprill, and Maye, the moone in the waine ~ Succory, Endive, Sorrell, burnett, Lange beefe, buglas, Summer Savory, Sowe, in Febr, March aprill, Maye June, and July, the Moone in the Waine ~ Allexander, Skirrotts, Parselye, beanes, hasty, pease, Sowe, in Jan, Febr, March, the moone in the Waine Marierome, Basill, Purslaine, Bucks horne, Flower gentle, Stock gelliflowers, doble marigolds, Rockett, Tarragon, Thyme, and hyshope, Sowe in Aprill, Maye, the moone in the waine Pampions, winter Savory, Sweete Fennell, Some in Aprill, May, and June, the moone in the waine ~ Cowcumers, Millions, Pompions, Gourds, Sowe, in Aprill and Maye, the Moone in the waine ~ White poppye, doble, and Single, Rose, Campions, French marygolds, Spanish, marygolds French broome, Sowe in March, Aprill, and Maye, the moone decreasing ~ Spinage, round, and Square, Sowe, in March, Aprill, Maye, August, Septembr: the moone in the waine ~ Rhewe, Cardus benedictus, Artichockes, Cardus, Sowe, in Jan, Febr, March: Aprill, the moone in ye waine ~ Wallflowers, doble, holyokes, redd rubies, Sticados, Cassidoma, Paunces Queene queene  129 Letio:, Rs: lig: Ind: tib iii cimiris cuisdem, tibi coma♃: Abscinthii, Salvia rorismarini, fol: ros: rub, cuiusqawii Som: Anessi, carvi, cynimi, baccan laurian ℥ii: cort quecini: tib β: coq exaqua fontis tib 12 ad medias, colatura, facta, forti, exespressioni, reservetur, ad foment ~ Rs masse pillutar, mastichinar, fferntii, & pillutar, imperialum, Ana, Is boni, bom ponderis, olei chimici thimi, gatt mes: Salis, abscinth, granuses Sumat, Paulo, antecenam, utatur alterms noctibus, Dor moore ~ To Whiten any Cloth ~ Laye a buck of newe clo, drive it, and drye itt, then make a Strong Lye with Ashes and Juy, Lett it Stand a daye and night, untill it be good and Sharpe, then Straine it and make itt Seething hott, put yr cloth into itt, and Lett itt Lye all night, hang it out in the morning, and before itt be drye, wett it with water, as in whiting is usually, att night take it in, make the Lye hott againe, and putt it therein all night, in the morning, doe as before Soe continue it 9 dayes, and itt will make any cloth veary white ~ The making of redd Wax ~ Take two pound of good wax, three quarters of a pound of rozin, put both into a cleane pipkin, and Sett it on the fiar, and Lett them melt, togeather, all wayes Stirring itt then take ℥iii of vermilion, ground Small on a painters Stone, with Linseed oyle, Somthing thicke, and putt to the wax and rozin, and Lett it incorporate togeather, on the fiar allwayes Stirring it, and when it is well coulered, powre it on a wett table, and make itt into roles, or as you please, the rozin, must be Small beaten, and Sifted very fine ~ To make good Incke Speedilie. ~ Take to foure quartes of wine, or raine water, 1 tib of gaules 3 ℥ of greene, copperis boyle them togeather, Still Stirring itt, for one quarter of an howre, then take it of the fiar, and putt to it two ounces of gumm Arabick, when it is cold use it and keepe itt ~ A healing remedy for the Fashions, or Scratches in a Horse, Sr War: Hele ~ Take black Soape, unsletcht Lime, of each a Like quantity, mingle them togeather, and annoynte, the place, infected, and within three dressings it will heale, and cure ~ A note for the Understanding ~ of these, ensuing markes ~ A graine: Gn a barlie corne A Scruple: ℈ a third part of a dram or 20 graines A drachme: ʒ the weight of vij☍. ob Sterlinge. An ounce: ℥ eight drachmes. A quarter: gr a quarter of anything A pound: lib a pound of anything Semiss: S β the halfe of anything A manuple: M is a Large handfull. Ana: Ana of each a Like quantity  128 The Florentine preparation of Antimony ~ Take one ounce of Antimony beaten to powder, and two ounces of Salt peeter, beaten Small mingle them well togeather, and putt them into an earthen pott, being first warmed, then Sett the pott or pipkin, againe on the fiar, and Stirr it that it may well incorporate, then take a redd hott Iron, or burning coale, and burne with itt the powder, as mutch as is possible, Scearching it round aboute, with the Iron, whether it will burne more or noe, then take it out of the pipkin, and beate itt into powder, adding to it two ounces of Salt peeter, more and burne itt in the Same Sorte, or maner as before, then take it out of the pipkin againe, as before, and beate itt into powder, adding againe two ounces of Salt peeter, to itt buring itt as before, which being done thrice, the Antimony is prepared ~ The Preparation of Scammony Take one ounce of Scammony, beaten to powder very Small, and Spreade it very thinn on browne paper, then take brimstone beaten finely, and cast Some of itt into a chaffing dish of coales, with done, take the browne paper Spread with Scammony, and drye it over the fiar ~ untill itt Stick to the paper, If you will may burne the Anitimony, and Salt peeter, by casting them into a pipkin redd hott, ~ Antim: 11: Scam: 9: Tart: 5: Dos: Gr: ~ Take of the gummes, Tamachahaha, and Caraneis, of each, in waight, a Like quantity, well mixed, and Spread, for a plaister ~ A receipt for Stomacke Pills ~ La Winwood ~ RS, Speciem, Hiere picre, ℥ij: galbam dissoluti in caceto ʒi chlabis, preparati ℥i:s: Speciem, diacumini ʒii:cum: S: q: Surupo, de Stecadeis, fiunt pille, ad modum, parveita, ut ex, ʒis. f pill 25 ~ RS: conser, abs in thii, majorane, fl: Salvie an ℥i: conser, botryose ℥is: Speciem, Diagalangie, diambre, radiridis, florentine, pulveriz, an ℥i looch, radicis, helenii ℥iii cum, S: q: Sirupi, de menthe, f conditum, conserve, consicentia ~ Receipts prescribed by Mr Smyth: 1619 ~ Letio:, Take the Leaves, of wormwood, marjorum, egremony, germander, origanum pennyroyall, callamint, and rewe, each halfe an handfull, the Leaves of elder, walworth, and red coleworts, each an handfull, the Leaves of oake, cypress, bramble, and Lawreolum, each an handfull, the flowers, of cammomill, and melilote, each, halfe a handfull, the Seede of annis, fennell, dyll, cummyn, each one ounce, baye berries, gaules, cypress, nutts, of each:8: of allome, Salt, each: 6: ounces, boyle all in Lye of oake Ashes, where with foment, the place ~ Emplastrum ~ Take the Juice of wallworte, and Laureolum, each three ounces, quick brimstone 3 ℥, allome ℥i the flower, or meale of Lupines, and orobus, each, ℥ii:, Sollanella, powdered ℥iiii: anniseeds, fennel, comin, each ℥ii comon Salt parched ℥iii; turpentine, ℥iiii; pitch ℥vi:, add all this powder fine to cowes dounge, tb: 1: goates doung, tb: s: well beaten, and boyled in Strong venegar, make it a plaister, ~ Purge Pill ~ Rs, mass: pill: agregat ʒii: pilderubarbe ʒiss: bitutn, Soldanell, ʒiiii, absynthii: Sic, trochisci Derubarbari: a a Ji cinamoni, se Anisi, merathri, Schenanthi, a a Ji cum succo, Jiridis fiat Masa, ʒi a dram Ji a Scuple, ~  127 Toutched, it will heale itt, in foure, or five, times dressing, Soe noe other thing be applyed Secondly it healeth, any burning or Scalding, by fiar or water, or any other meanes, Likewise it healeth any bruise, or cutt, being first annoynted with the Same oyle, and a peece of Linnen cloth, or Lint dipt, in the oyle, warmed, and Layde, unto the place, itt healeth it without any Scarr remaining ~ Thirdly it taketh awaye any paine or greife, that might grow by reason of cold moisture ~ catarrhe, or Aches, in the bones, or Sinews, first annoynting the partes Soe offended, with the Saide oyle, heated, and a warme cloth, Layd uppon itt ~ Fourthly, it helpeth the headache, only, annoynting, the temples, and nostrills, there with ~ Fiftly it is good against the collick, winde, or Stich, in the Side, applied there to ~ warme, with hott clothes, foure mornings, togeather, every morning a quarter of an ounce Sixtly, itt is good, against poyson, and healpeth a Surfett, taking anounce, in a Little Sack warme Seavently itt is good against the plague, annoynting only the nostrills, therewith in the morning, before the party goeth forth, and for that daye by gods permission he neede not feare the plague Eightly itt healpeth, the biting of a madd, dogg or any other beast ~ Ninthly itt allsoe healeth a fistula, or ulcer, be it never Soe deepe, in any parte of the body being applyed, as a foresaide for a cutt, ~ Tenthly, it is good against wormes, or Cancer, being used, as for a cutt, but require Longer time ~ Eleavently, is very good for one Infected with the plague, measells, or the Like, Soe itt be presently taken in warme broth, the quantity, of a quarter, of an ounce, foure mornings togeather, and Sweat uppon itt, allsoe itt keepeth one from Vermine ~ Twelvethly it allsoe helpeth digestion, annoynting, the navill, and Stomack, therewith when the party, goeth to bed, itt will Stanch any blood of a greene wounde, presently, putting a plaister of Linte on itt, and tie itt very harde, the Saide oyle or balme maye be kept twenty yeare, and never Loose its Vertue, butt be mutch the better ~ To Make Lucatelloes Balsame the easier Way by Str: G: 127: Take a pound of a Venice Turpentine 3 pints of the best Sallet oyle, six ounces of bees wax; and one and halfe of red Sanders; Sherry Sack a Quarter of a Pint, let the Turpentine bee washed papp white in red rose water or Plantan water, and alsoe wash yr Sallet Oyle with the Sack, then put the Oyle and Turpentine, and Wax being sliced verry thinn intoe a bettnettalld Skellet, and Stirr it gently over the fire for an hower and halfe with an Iron ladle continually; then take it of and when it is almost Cold, Search yr Sandess intoe it, then put it for halfe and hower over the fire just to Simmer, still Stirring it; then take it of, and put it intoe Gallipotts for yr use stirring it till it bee cold ~ To Cure the Kings Evill: by F: R: Take Sallet Oyle, or Hoggs Lard, melt it then put it intoe a pretty deep pot, then put in the Loaves and flower of Collandine or Pilewort, Bruise them in a Mortar and put [them] them in the Lard, put in as many as the Lard will wet, then Cover the Pot and tye it Close, and set it in a Pot of Water over the fire, and let the Water boyle Slowly all a day, Observe to put in more water as it boyls [away] away, then Strayne it and let the Par by annoynt the Lumps or Sores, with it often, and let them were the roors of this herbe abt their necks, Sowd in a Peece of Sassnet, this herbe flourishes in March [and] or Aprill and is quite gone in May: ~ For a Sprayne: Take of Oxecrotium and Paracessus a like Quantity melt them togather and [cross out] Spread them on a peece of Olo linnen cloth for use:  126 On this oyntment, make a fomentary, with milke, boyling, in redd rose Leaves, and pomgranett flowers, where with wash the fundament, and foment it conveniently warme, then anoynte the fundament Soe out, with the Saide oyntment, very warme, and force upp the fundament, if it be not gone upp, of it Selfe, and presently after, take a Little franck ensence, and putt it in a close Stoole, uppon a Little fiar, and Soe Lett the patient Sitt over itt Some halfe an howre att a time, Probatumest ~ An oyntment, for a burne or Scalde ~ Take a pounde of newe butter, unsalted, put to it a pretty quantity of Ale hoofe, of the ~ greene barke of younge elder, as mutch, with a yealowe dock roote, picte very cleane, boyle all ~ well in the butter, untill it Looke Like a Salve, then putt to it Some newe Sheepes dounge, and ~ when it is well incorporated togeather, Straine it, and keepe itt for yr use, Annoynte the place there with a feather, and onnoynte, the out Side of a primrose Leafe, knocking downe, the Seams and applye to the place, and Soe dress it morning, and evening, Probatum, est ~ Anoyntment for the Herina, or any tumefaction, proceeding of Wynde, and Water, Dor: Lodge ~ Take of topps of rosemary, of the topps, of unsett Isope of each a pounde, of the Juice of the Leaves of tobacco, greene foure ounces, of rozin halfe a pounde, of deares Suett tried a pound dissolve the rozin, and deares Sewett on the fiar, then putt in yr hearbes, and Juice, and after they are Sodden awhile, Straine them Strongly, through a Linnen cloth, and keepe this oyntment for yr use, when you applye itt rubb itt in, and chafe it warme into the partes affected ~ twice a daye, very dilligently, and Laye a cloth dipped, therein to the place, bolstering itt upp with warme clothes, and by gods grace, you Shall finde ease beyond yr exspectation ~ Mr Wake mans oynt, a redd, oyntment, to be given both ~ inwardly, and outwardly, for the kings evill Pluerisie ~ burnings, or Scaldings, Stiches, greene wounds, and Sore eyes ~ Take a pounde of venice turpentine, and wash itt in plantin water first, than Afterwards in ~ damaske water, or either of them, then take three pintes of the best Sallett oyle, and three pintes of faire running water, and beate the oyle and water exceeding well togeather, then putt it into a pipkin, and Sett it on the fiar, till it be reddy to boyle, then take itt off the fiar, and Skumme, of from the water, the oyle, yett Leave rather, Some of the oyle uppon the water, then take of the water with itt then take a Little Skillett, and putt therein yr oyle, turpentine, and halfe a pound of bees wax but Lett yr wax be first moulten, and boyle itt well togeather, Still Stirring itt untill it boyle up againe then take three ounces of Sanders, and putt it into itt, Stirring itt well togeather, after you have taken itt of the fiar, then Straine itt into the pipkin, that is was washed in, Still Stirring itt till it be colde, and when the oyntment is cold, putt it into a gally pott, but if you use any of itt for Sore eyes, putt noe Sanders, into itt att all, ~ This a foresaide, pretious oyntment, or balsam, is good, in all ~ Perfection to cure these under written infirmities ~ First, the Saide oyntment, is good to cure, any wound, inward, or outward, be Squirted in warme, if inward, if outward being applied, with fine Linte of Linning, anoynting allsoe thoe partes, there abouts, itt not only taketh awaye the paine, but allsoe keepeth itt from in inflamation, and Soe draweth forth, all broken bones, or any other thing, that elce might putrifie, or fester itt, Soe that the braine, or inwards, as the hearte, gutts or Liver be not touched  125 An excellent oyntment for any Ache or bruise ~ Comonly called, the yeallowe oyntmente ~ Take foure pound of unsalted, and unwashed butter, fresh from the chourne, halfe a peck of broome flowers, as mutch of the upermost, Leaves, or topps of bryars, that runn a Longe the grounde, and a good handfull of rosemary topps, Stampe these in a morter, and boyle them very well, with the butter, then Straine itt, and afterwards boyle therewith, a quarter of an ounce of mace, finely beaten, and after it hath boyled, putt thereto, a quarter of a pinte of queuite, composita, then melt two ounces of unwrought wax therein Stirring itt Still till it be melted, and till Sutch time as nothing a peare, either of the Juice of the hearbs alone, or butter alone, butt that all Seeme one perfect oyntment, after which Straine itt into an earthen pott, itt will keepe good, close Stopped a yeare, if any have paine att the Stomacke annoynte, therewith, and applye warme clothes, and itt will bringe greate ease ~ An oyle for the Shrinkinge of Veines, or Sinnewes, as well by fiar, or burninge, as otherwise ~ Take 8 dramms of the clearest neates foote oyle, two ounces of malmsey, boyle them to Togeather, in an earthen vessell, well glassed, till the malmessey be cleane consumed, Stirr itt Continually, whilest they boyleth, either, with Some Small Iron or Steele Sticke, and when it is colde keepe itt for yr use, annoynte itt allwayes colde, and Lett the patient Strike the Veine or Sinnew, the contrary waye, as mutch as he can doe this twice a daye ~ An oyntment for Aches, bruises &c Mr Burgen Take baye Leaves, rosmary, marjorum, pellitory, Sage, dasies, oake of Jerusalem, rhewe, Sanicle, red and white rose leaves, clary of each, two handfulls, Item, flowers of Lavender, commin wormewood, hermodictyll, or water roses, of each, foure handfulls, Item, nettles, yarrowe, Isope tansey, Alecoste, of each one handfull, Item, mugwoorte, plantia, egremony, flaggs, and buglas, of each three handfull, the flowers, and hearbes, must be gathered, before Sunn Setting and drye, Shred, brayed, or pounded, and boyled, in Six pound of fresh maye butter, the Space of two howers, with a Soft fiar, then Straine out all the Juice, and add thereto of virgin wax one pounde, of oyle of ollive, two ounces, of pullverised mastick 4 ounces, incorporate them well over a Soft fiar, and keepe it for yr use ~ An oyntment for any old, or newe Ache, La Chamberlaine ~ Take of Sage, rewe, rosemary topps, feather fewe, cammomyll, younge bayes, Lavender garden tansey, of each one handfull, boyle these all togeather, in neates footte oyle, and when the hearbes begin to be tender, putt thereto the gaule for an ox, of frankencence, Storax, and benjamen, of each one ounce, of cloves and nuttmeggs halfe an ounce, and of the Shanke bones of redd, or fallowe deare, twenty or thirty, boyle them all very well togeather, then Straine it and keepe it for yr use ~ Mr Smiths, receipt, to Strenghen, the weaknes, of the Fundament, that is ~ apt to come forth ~ Take 20 eggs, boyle them in water, Soe Longe, as they maye be very harde, Soe as they Looke blue, then take out all the yeolkes, only, and worke them all in a marble morter, throughly putt them unto the yeolkes Soe wrought, a pinte of redd wine, and worke itt togeather, untill all be throughly, incorporated, as anoyntment, then Lett itt boyle togeather halfe an howre, and Soe take itt from the fiar, and Straine itt, and keepe it for yr use, but before you Laye on.  124 The golden oyle, good for all Aches, and bruises, Mr Burgen ~ Take of Sage, neipe, Smallage, Lavender, Sotherwood, wormewood, rosmary, rose leavs rewe, Lavender cotton, fether fewe, Tansey, mints, camomill, Thyme, oake of Jerusalem ~ cowslipps, pennyroyall, varvin, Savory, marjorum, Lovage, wyld Tansey, Issope, balme ~ mintes of ramana Visa, white minte, penny Leaves, dasie Leaves, baye Leaves, Dill of each one handfull, bruise them in a morter, then putt them in a faire glass vessel, and putt there to a pottle or three quartes of the best candy oyle ollive, Sett the vessel in the Sonn, for a month, then putt it oute into a pann, and Sett it on a Soft fiar, and Lett it Seeth Softly, and Stirr it Still, then putt thereto a quarte of the best whitwine, and Soe Lett it Seeth Softly till the wine be wasted, after which take it from the fiar, and Lett it coolde, then Straine itt through, a Linnen cloth, and putt it into glasses, and use itt as you neede, black Snayles, allsoe gathered in may: and putt in a pitcher, with baye Salt, will become, an oyle, and itt is Spetiall good for horses Leggs Strained, or bruised, and maye be applied, for that purpose to any other creature ~ An oyle, called the redd, oyle Speciall good to heale a Small ~ Cutt, or greate Wounde, and is availeable, to many other purposes It must be applied Warme ~ Take a pinte or a quarte of Sallett oyle, or as mutch, as you think good, to make, for it will continue good 6 or 7 yeares, then take to every pinte of Ale, two ounces of Alcanett rootes which is to be had, att all times att the Apothecarys for [3?] or [4?] the ounce, three good handfulls of dragon or Serpents tongue, two handfulls of valerion, and an handfull of an hearbe, called, Live in idleness, chopp all the hearbes, as Small, as hearbes for the pott, and pounde the rootes as Small as other, Spices, that done putt all togeather into the oyle, and boyle itt till you, thinke the hearbes Sufficiently boyled, then Straine the Same through a fine cloth, and putt the oyle Soe Strained into a glass, and Sett it in a place, where the Sunn cometh, as Longe as you will, and to to make itt more perfect, and medecinable, uppon midsomer eve, gather, three or foure handfulls of St Johns worte, the blossoms of it, and with announce of the Alcanett roote pounded, boyle them in a pinte of oyle as before, then Straine it, and putt it to the other oyle, and Sett it all togeather in the Sunn, butt if any or all the Saide hearbes canot be gotten, the oyle, and rootes only used, and boyled togeather, as before, will heale Sufficiently ~ The makeing of oyle of Roses ~ Take roses, cutt of the whites, Stampe them, and putt them into a glass, of oyle of ollive, Soe that only halfe the glass, be filled with the bruised rose leaves, Sett it in the Sunn for the Space of: 7: dayes, and then Seeth them in a duble vessel, three howers, and then Straine them, and putt to the oyle rose leaves, cutt and bruised, as before, and Lett them Stand in the Sunn 40 dayes, well covered, and in this maner you maye make oyle of camomyll, dill, wormwood, and rhewe, ~ An oyntment good for the dropsie ~ Take Lavender cotton, holy oake, bettany, thyme, Issope, Sage, Lavender, Spicke, rue, and camomyll, Shridd them Small, putt them in a pan and putt as mutch may butter, melted to them as will cover them, then Seeth it a pretty while, and Lett them Stande from the fiar, 12: howers, after which, Seeth them againe, untill the butter be greene, then Straine it and keepe itt for yr use ~  123 Bottome, and if you can dissearne, noe water in the Spoone, it is boyled enough, then take it off the fiar, and cast it imediatly into a bagg of Stronge newe canvas, and Straine it forceably, betweene two Staves, putt it up into a vessell oftin or glass, for noe other kind of vessell will contayne itt Soe well, and keepe it for yr use, this oyle or oyntment maybe aplied, and will be availeable, to Sutch places of a man or woman, as are bruised, with gouts and palsies, in Summer anoynte in the warme Sunn, and in winter by the fiar, and after the anoynting Laye on the place, black wooll, that never was washed, made hott against the fiar this oyntment is good against all manner of maladies, that be in the Sinews, by ovasion of any cold, and is medicinable, for all bruises of bones, and Joyntes, itt must be made up in the month of June, for all the yeare after, and with good keeping, continue good three yeares ~ An oyntment of the hearbe nicoitiana, good for any cutt or wound, and for any Ach in the bones, allsoe where the Skin is take awaye it will heale ~ Take in the month of August, as many of the Leaves of the hearbes, nicoitiana, as shall weigh, Six ounces, Stampe them in a cleane Stone morter, then take the Like quantity of good Sheeps Suett, the Skinns being cleane taken awaye, mince itt Small, and Stamp it in the morter alone, after which then Stamp them well togeather, then take 8 ounces of the best old Sallett oyle, and mingle all these, very well togeather, and keepe itt in an earthen pott, Six dayes, and Stirr itt well togeather, twice a daye, after boyle itt on a Soft fiar, till it Looke greene, then Straine itt through a thick canvas, and keepe itt in gally potts ~ An oyntment for all kind of Aches, and bruises ~ Take 1 lib of Sage Leaves, as mutch of rewe, half a pound of wormwood, and as mutch of bay leaves, all this purely picked, and gathered, in the heate of the daye, that they maye ~ not neede washing, cutt them Small, and beate them in a morter, then take three pound of Sheepes Suett, new from the Sheepe, and when it is cold, mince it Small, and putt it into the morter, to the hearbes, beate them togeather, untill Sutch time as the Suett maye not be dissearned, but that the hearbes, and it be all one in coullor, then take it out, and putt it into a ~ cleane bason, add thereto a pottle, of Sweet oyle of olive, and worke the oyle with yr hands, in to the hearbes, untill it be all of a Like Softnes, then putt it into an earthen pott and cover it, close, and Soe Lett it Stand 8 dayes, then Seeth it, in a fiare pott brass, with a Soft fiar you Shall perceave when it is Sodden enough, by this, take a Spoonefull or two there of, and putt into a newe cloth, and wringe the Juice into a Sawcer, and if the Liquor Looke browne, itt is nott Sufficiently Sodden, but when it is enough it will be a cleare oyntment, and when it is ~ Sodden, putt it into an earthen pott, for Sutch will keepe it best, and when use this oyntment, After the place greeved, is well chaffed with the oyntment, Laye a warme cloth on the Same, and Soe continue to doe, and change not the cloth, that you first Laye on, for any other, ~ A veary good oyntment for any Ache, or bruise, or for any noyse in the Heade, and to drawe out a Thorne ~ Take a Little rozin, a Little redd deares Suett, and a Little Camphere, put this to a Little white wine, and Lett them boyle on s soft fiar, a walme, after it is all mouten, then Straine it into white wine, and beate itt till itt come to an oyntment, which you may keepe in gally potts for yr use and when you dress any bruise or Ache, chafe itt in well before the fiar ~  122 A Speciall oyntment good for any Tetter, ringwoormes or other Sore that blistereth or Watereth, &c ~ Take of the hearbe called felter grasse, otherwise Scaldwort, and of rusty bacon, of each a Like quantity, gather the felter grass drye, and wash it not, butt pick the earth and dust ~ cleane from it, Shredd it and the bacon Small togeather, and frye them in a frying pann, till it Looke Somwhat drye, then wringe it through Some thin cloth, into Some earthen or other fitt vessell, and as it cooleth, putt to the Same of the best tarr, you can gett, by a Little and a Little Stirring and mixing it well togeather, Soe mutch as will bringe it to an oyntments thicknes, ~ which you maye keepe for yr use, and there with all anoynte the place, as oft as you See occasion, and when the Skinn groweth hrade or Skuffly, wash it with the Liquor, or fatt of fryed rusty bacon, and plantin water, and it will Supple, molifie, and take awaye Sutch Skurfe ~ A good oyntment for Aches in the bones ~ Take Aqua vite, and Sallet oyle that is old, a Little parmacety, and the youngest of topps of rosmary, which must be chopped very Small, boyle these foure togeather, and when they are Sufficiently boyled, Lett it runn being hott, through a Strainer, and keepe it for yr use, in an earthen pott, and when you feele any paine, Lett the place be well chafed, with the oyntment before the fiar, and keepe itt warme ~ An other oyntment for an Ache in the bones Take the oyle of bulls feet well clarified, and Soe many Spoonfulls of aquavite, as you have of the oyle, then take an handfull of cammomill, faire washed, and fryed, Stampe or chopp it very Small, and put it into the oyle, and Aquavite, as allsoe the gaule of the bull, with the Skin and all, making only an hole in the Skinn, that the gaule maye issue out, and Soe Lett itt Seeth togeather, until you canot dissearne the Aquavite, nor the gaule, then Straine itt, and putt it in a pott or box, and keepe itt for yr use ~ An oyntment for the Spleene ~ Take greene Ashe, and burne it to Ashes, and make Strong Ligh, and when it is cleare take a gallon of the water, and putt to it one of giltes grease, and boyle itt togeather, till one quarter of it be wasted, then power itt into a faire platter, and when it is colde, tak of the giltes grease from the Ligh, and putt to it a good handfull of mellilott bruised, and boyle it a walme or two then Straine itt through a thin peece of canvas, and Stirr itt untill it be cold, and there with anoynte yr Side, as you See cause, if you canot get mellylott, the Ligh and the giltes grease will Searve A very good oyntment called, oyle of Exeter ~ Take in the month of may 1 tib of the flowers of cowslippes, and Steepe them in oyle of ollife, as mutch in quantity as may easily, be Layd in, then take callamint, hearbe John, Sage turmentill, Sotherwood, wormewood, pennyroyall, Lavender, pellitory of Spaine, peritory, rosemary, camomill, heriffe, Leaves of Lawry, flowers of Lillys, of eyther an handfull, gathered in the month of June, grinde them in a morter, as it were for Sawce, then take the flowers above Saide, and wring them out of the oyle, with cleane hands, put them in a morter, with the other hearbes, and grinde them togeather, that done put them into Soe mutch white wine as they maye easilie be Steeped in, and Lett it Lye there 24 howers in a vessell, close Stopped then take the hearbes with the wine, and the oyle of ollive, that the flowers was Steeped in and Lett boyle on a Soft fiar, togeather, till the wine and the water of the hearbes, be wasted awaye, which you maye thus know, take a Spoonfull of the Liquor that is in the pans bottome  121 The making of the Greene Oyntment ~ Take 1 tib of Sage 1 tib of rewe, half a pound of wormwood, halfe a pound of baye Leaves, they must be chopped, and wayed, Severrally, then take: 5: tib of Sheepes Suett, purely tryed, and minced, and two handfulls of cammomyll, and one handfull of rosmary, chopped allso mingle all this togeather, and Stampe them in a morter by a Little att once, until the Suett be not Seene, then take a pottle of Sallett oyle, and mingle itt with itt, and Soe Lett itt Stand nine dayes, then boyle itt with a Soft fiar, allwayes Stirring it with a Stick, and after it hath boyled two howres, trye if the baye Leaves, crmble Like ashes, betweene yr fingers, and then take itt, from the fiar, and Straine itt putting into it once ounce of oyle of Spike, and Soe keepe itt ~ The Greene Oyntment ~ Take Sweet butter, without Salt, two pound, mallowes halfe a pound, nightshade, hemlocke mugwoort, elder leaves, Strawberrie leaves, St Johns wort, the tops of younge cale of each, two good handfulls, Stampe all these hearbes togeather, in a morter, then boyle them well together for the Space of an howre, untill you bring itt to a greene coullor, then take it of from the fiar ~ and Straine the hearbs from the oyntment, untill the hearbs become very drye, then Sett the ~ oyntment on the fiar, and putt in two ounces of Salt, of Lead halfe an ounce, of camphier two ounces of Sallett oyle the Sweetest you can get, if the weather be very warme, then putt to it three ounces of of beese wax for to make the body Stronge, Soe give it a Sturr or two, about, and putt it up into potts as you please ~ An oyntment good to kill woormes in the Stomake, allsoe to healp a ~ weake disgestion, and it is good to procure an Appetite ~ Take of Sotherwood, hearbe grace, and woormwood, of each a good pretty quantity, ~ boyle them in good vineger, untill they be tender, after which, boyle them, with, a pretty quantity of fresh butter, a Little, Straine itt into Some convenient vessell, that the vineger and dreggs, maye Settle to the bottome, when it is colde, take the top and purest part thereof, putt it upp in a box, and keepe it for yr use, and as you find occasion, anoynt, the Stomake or belly there with ~ A Speciall good oyntment, for Children that are weake, itt will ~ healpe those that are elder whoe have beene brought weake, with Sicknes, or are entring into a consumtion, as it hath beene often exsperienced Take a good quantity of mullet Leaves, as mutch of cammomill, as mutch of fether fewe ~ Shrid them, but not very Small, mix them with a convenient quantity of newe Sweete butter, Unsalted from the chorne, Sett it on the fiar, and when the butter is all melted, take itt of, and Lett it Stand, and Settle togeather 24 howers, after which Sett it againe on a Soft fiar, and Lett it cymber togeather, till all the water, of moisture, that cometh from the hearbes, be consumed, then Straine it through, a thick canuas Strainer, putt it up in a pott or glass, and keepe it for yr use, and when you doe use itt, annoynte the child, from the rootes of the haire in the neck downewards, back, Sides, Shoulders, brest, and all over the body, unto the knees, doe this morning, and att night, and continue it, as you See occasion, and whilst you, use this oyntment, make broath with egremony, and roman wormewood, otherwise called cypress, and Lett the child eate or drinke thereof, and it will be very good to give Sutch a child, a Little rubarb, once or twice att first, if by any meanes you can gett him to take itt ~  120 A Water for the Palsey, good to quicken memory, and cleare the Sight ~ Take of prim rose flowers, with the young budds, and Leaves of Cowslip flowers, and buds of rosmary flowers, and budds, and the flowers, and budds of harts ease, otherwise called, wall gilly flowers, of each of these, the Like quantity, then take as mutch of balme, as of all the other, mingle, all this togeather, and when they are Somwhat dryed, Still them and use the water, as you would doe other distilled waters, then keepe it for yr use, and take there of when you doe feele either Lightnes, in yr head, or coldness, or any other paine, which cometh of cold in yr head, and as you doe take itt hold Some of itt in yr mouth, that the Sent maye assend, to yr head, and you Shall find ease ~ To make a drinke for the Palsey ~ Take of balme, rosmary, and Sage, of each of these halfe a handfull, boyle them togeather, with a quart of clarett wine, uppon a Soft fiar, in a pipkin or pewter pott, untill halfe a pinte be consumed: and you must boyle there with Soe many primrose flowers, as you cann take betweene yr three fingers, and the Like quantity of Cowslip flowers, then putt thereto a Little Sugar, and Soe putt all togeather into a pott, and drinke there of evening, and morning ~ And att three of the clock in the afternoone, and it will healp you, and you must not use often to rubb, the noddle of yr head, and the nape of yr neck, keepe them warme, and you Shall finde ease A water good for the Passion of the heart, and for those that ~ have taken thought, and it is to be made only in the month of May Take foure greate handfulls of rosmary flowers, budds and all, and of Sage, of Alacampane rootes, being Scraped and Sliced, and of thyme that is blowne, of each of these two good handfulls and of primrose flowers, and cowslip flowers, a platter full, and of Violett flowers, buglas flowers, and burrage flowers, the Like quantity, of dryed redd rose leaves, two handfulls, and putt thereto as mutch of balme, as is of all the rest, Stampe all these well togeather, and putt them into a gallon of good clarrett wine, adding thereto a pound of Annisseeds, as mutch of Liquoriss, foure good nuttmeggs and halfe an ounce of cloves, all being beaten Small, Stirr all this togeather in yr wine, and Soe Lett it Stand 24 howers, then distill it in a Stillitory of glass, or in a common Stillitory, then put the water into a glass, and keepe it for yr use, and use it as you doe finde occasion, it will remaine good three yeares, being well kept, and close Stopt A water good for the biting of a madd dogg, if it be taken ~ within, nyne dayes, it will help, either man or beast ~ Take of mattffellon, with the purple flower, of white Lilly Leaves, of yarrow, of night Shade, with the blewe flower, and of wilde Sage, of each, of these a Like quantity, mingle them well togeather and Soe distill them, and use the water as you would doe other distilled water, then putt it into a glass, and keepe it for yr use, and when you doe use it if itt be for a man, or a wooman, you ~ must take Six Spoonefulls, of the water, in a porringer, and putt thereto a quantity of treacle ~ and mingle them well togeather, then putt thereto of an Ale berrie or cawdle, and Soe drinke itt warme, doe this fasting three dayes togeather, and assuredly itt will healpe, for a dogg you must insteed of a cawdle, blend itt with pottage, or with milke, and for a beast, with drinke, you maye if you please add to the former hearbes, a Little mercury, knottgrass, hore hounde, and Scabious ~ An oyntment for the Stomake, good against the Coughe ~ Take of capons grease foure ounces, and of rosmary, two handfulls, Stripping itt downeward Stampe it Small, and putt it into the grease, and Lett them boyle togeather, untill it be greene the Stronger it be of rosmary the better, itt is, when it is redy to be Strained, putt in halfe an ounce, of the powder of mace, Searced, very finely, then Lett itt be Strained, and use it to the mouth of the Stomake warme ~  119 To Scowre, the Space of 24 howres, then Chopp, them Small, and putt them to a quart of neates foote oyle, then take a platter full, being chopped very Small, of field dasies ~ all saving the rootes, they must be a platter full, when they be chopped, then putt them to the oyle, and wormes boyling them on a Soft fiar, all togeather, the Space of two howres, ~ then Straine it and putt it up in a vessell, and keepe it for yr use, this oyntment is to be made only in Aprill, or att Michaelmas ~ An oyntment of Swallowes, good for the Shiringking of Sinnews ~ or for a Straine ~ Take of Lavender cotten, of Isope, and of the runnings oute of Strawberries, of each of this a greate handfull, chopp them Small, and Stampe them with a pound of fresh ~ butter, that hath neither beene washed, nor Salted, and Stampe there with, Eight, young Swallowes out of the nest, putting them in, one by one, feathers, gutts, and all, and Soe Stampe them untill they be very Small, then boyle all togeather on a Soft fiar, untill it doe Looke very greene, then Straine it, and put it up in a pott, and keepe it for yr use ~ An oyntement to heale any greene Wound, itt will, healpe a man that hath bruised his Stones, if you put to it brimstone tis good for ~ Any Itch ~ Take of the yealowest dock rootes, being pithed and Scraped, of Alacampane rootes, and of Sallendine, of each of this three greate handfulls, chopp all this togeather very Small, then Stampe them well togeather, with two pound of fresh unsalted butter, then boyle it on a Soft fiar the Space of an howre, and halfe, then Straine it and putt it up in a pott, for yr use ~ An oyntment, called Pampillion, it is good to a swage, any Swelling to take awaye any heate, and to Supple, any Sore, that is Stiff ~ it will a swage, a Sore breast, and keepe it from breaking, if it be ~ ~ taken in time ~ Take of the Leaves of popler tree, before they be opened, any bigger, then younge cocks combs, and of Smallage, of each of these, a great Lap full, chopp them very Small, togeather ~ and Stampe them very well with a quart of fresh hoggs grease, then putt it upp in a vessell and Soe Lett it Stand to rott 15 dayes, then boyle itt on a Soft fiar, the Space of an howre, after Straine it and keepe it for yr use ~ An oyntment for all diseases in the Head, that cometh of Colde ~ Take a greate quantity of Lavender, flowers, being Stripped from the Stalkes, chopp them very Small, then Stampe them well, with Soe mutch of the fresh grease of am hogg, as ~ will Serve to make it Somwhat Softe, then putt it up in an earthen pott, and Lett it Stand Soe the Space of three weekes to rott, then boyle it on a Soft fiar the Space of halfe an howre, then Straine it and putt it upp in a pott, and keepe it for yr use, you must anoynte the place where yr greife is there with, and allsoe the temples of yr head, the noddle, and the nape of yr neck, and it will healpe you ~ A medecine for the deade Palsey ~ Anoynte the place, that is taken there with, with Sallet oyle, then Strowe there on pepper being beaten, neither to Small, nor to greate, then Laye the party in Sutch Sorte, as all, the parte that is greeved maye Lye uppon nettles, and when there is warmth come to the Linnen, then take awaye the nettles, and anoynte the oyle that is good for the palsey, and Lapp them, in warme clothes, then make tents of cloth, and wett them in mustard, and aquavite, being blended togeather, and put them upp the parties nose, this will purge the head, quicken the Sences, and help them, if please god ~  118 ~ Oyntments ~ To make an otntment for the Palsey ~ Take of primrose flowers, with Some of the youngest Leaves, a great quantity, chopp them Small, and Stampe them with fresh hoggs grease, and worke it up into a dough, and putt it into an earthen pott, then take the Like quantity, of the flowers and budds of rosmary, chopp them Small, and Stampe them with hoggs grease, as the other, and putt them into the pott, with the other, take allsoe the Like quantity of cowslips, the flowers, and budds togeather, use them in the Same Sorte, and putt them to the other, and Likwise of balme, of camomill, when it bloweth, and of Lavender Spike, when it is full blowne, of each of these the Like quantity, use them Seaverly, as the others, and putt them into the Same pott, and Soe Lett them Stand togeather the Space of a month after which boyle them on a very Soft fiar, the Space of an howre, and then Straine them, and putt all into an earthen pott, and when it hath Stood all night, then make an hole through the oyntement, and power the water cleane from it, then melt it againe, and Soe put it upp into potts or glasses, and keepe it for yr use, itt is good for the palsey or cramp, or any other Ache, that cometh of cold if it be not in the back, you must be carefull to gather yr hearbes drye ~ An oyntement, of St Johns wort good for all Aches, and is good ~ either of it Selfe or to be put in Salves, for watring Sores, it is ~ allsoe good for any prick, or greene wounde ~ Take youre St Johns worte, a weeke before mid sumer, or a weeke after Stripp it from the Stalkes, chopp it Small, Stampe it with fresh hoggs grease, temper it Like dough, and putt it in to an earthen pott, and Soe Lett it Stand and rott the Space of a fortnight, or 3 weekes, then ~ boyle itt on a Soft fiar, the Space of an howre, after Straine it, and Soe put it up in a vessel, for yr use ~ An Oyntment for the Collick or any other greife in the ~ Belly or Sides that cometh of Winde ~ Take a good quantity of broome flowers, chopp them Small, Stampe them with the fresh grease of an hogg, and temper it Like to dough, and putt it up into an earthen pott, then take of balme, and of elder flowers, of each of these, the Like quantity, and when you have used them Seaverally, as the other, putt them into the Same pott, and Soe Lett them Stand and rott togeather, the Space of three weekes, and boyle them togeather on a Soft fiar, the Space of halfe an howre, or more, then take itt off, and Straine it into a vesell, and when it hath Stood all night, then make an hole through the oyntment, and power the water cleane from it, then melt it againe, and Soe keepe it up in a vessell, and keepe it for yr use ~ An oyntment of red roses, good to coole heate in the Chest, that ~ Cometh of the inflamation, of the Lunges, or of heate in the Palms ~ of the handes, or Soles of the feete, the wch: maye happen, by Sickness, or, otherwise Take a bushell of red rose leaves, clipp of the whites of them, chopp them Small, and Stampe them with Soe mutch fresh grease of a hogg, as will Searve to make it Somwhat Soft, temper itt well togeather, and Soe putt itt into an earthen pott, and Lett it Stand the Space of three weekes to rott, then boyle it on a Soft fiar, the Space of an howre, and when you have Soe done, Straine it, and putt it upp in a vessell, and keepe it for yr use, This oyntment is good to put into Salves, for Sores, that be in great, heate, and doe burne, and Looke redd ~ An oyntment of the Woormes of the Earth, good to Strenghthen ~ the Back, to coole it, and to take a waye, Aches ~ Take a greate platter, full of woormes of the earth, Laye them on fennell, or Sutch Like to  117 An aproved medecine for a Consumtion ~ Take a pinte of redd rosewater, and halfe a pinte of Violett Leaves water, one pound of the finest Sugar you can gett, and three nuttmeggs, and breake them as fine as you can then putt them all togeather, into a pottle pott, and boyle them, till they come to a pinte Stirring itt Still as Long as yett Seath, then take it from the fiar, and put it into a very faire Viall, and Stop it close, and when you goe to bedd, drinke one Spoonefull could of itt, and Soe in the morning as mutch, and fast two hours after, and in 3 dayes it will help you ~ For to take awaye heate, or Sunburne, or Morfew, or freckles, in the Face ~ Take creame, that is of the Strokins of cowes two ounces, of the oyle of bitter Almonds, a quarter of an ounce, Lewtrich of gold, halfe an ounce, incorporate, all these togeather in a morter, very well,then putt to it, halfe a handfull of tansey, that hath beene very well Stampt in a morter then putt to it, the whites of foure eggs, Soe mingle them all togeather, and put it into an earthen pott, and into that pott one pinte of rosewater, and one pinte of Spring water, Stirr them well togeather, Soe Stop it up close, that noe winde gett in, then putt it into the Sun, where it Shines very hott, for the Space of: 6: dayes, when you use itt dipp in yr finger and anoynte yr face att night, when you goe to bedd, in the morning wash it of with, faire water, ~ A receipt against the Scurvy ~ Take mirch, and Aloes of each halfe an ounce, Sweet marjorum, an ounce, Saffron: 3: penny worth, all these things finely powered, make into pills, with Syrrup of ruberbe ~ before you take of the pills, take a Lemon and cutt of the top, and pick out the Seedes, and fill it with Saffron, and put on the topp againe, and put it either into a Sawcer, of porringer and roast or bake it, and putt it into a fine muslin cloth, and hang it in a quarte of white wine, and drinke a wine glass full, every morning, and walke or Stirr, after itt ~ Mrs Whits her Seare cloth ~ Take halfe a pinte of Sallet oyle, and a quarter of a pound of beese wax, Lett the wax first melt, then put in the oyle, and Lett it boyle, and then putt in a quarter of a pound of redd Leade fine Sifted, and Shake itt in Lightly, by degrees, keepe Storing itt with a Stick all the while, and when it is of a brownish coller, it is enough, then dipp in yr clothes, and hang them uppon a Stick and when they are cold, dipp them in againe, and then Stroke it betweene yr hands, and first putt Some oyle into the palme of yr hands, Soe Stroake out the wringkles, and rubb out the nubbs, this is good for any greene wounde or old Sore ~ A receipt for the the Whites ~ Take two ounces of Venice turpentine put it in a dish, put to it redd rosewater, and beate it very well, then change the water, and beate it againe, untill it Looke white, then power awaye the water, and all add to it two ounces of cynamon, finely beaten, and Searced, three ounces of dubble refined Sugar, mix all these well togeather, and putt it in a pott, and take of itt every morning fasting the quantity of a wallnutt, and fast Some howres after, and whilst you take it be Sure to eate Some roast meate, hott for dinner, anything except Veale ~ A receipt of the compounded Tobacko, good against the rhume ~ Take bittany, rosemary, colts foot, of each a Like quantity, Amber, benjamen, Storax, frankensence of each a Like quantity, tobacco what you please, the hearbes must be dryed, and cutt Small, the amber, benjamen, and Frankensence, are to be bruised, and the Storax cutt Small ~ The Juice of dasies in the Summer time you must make it of the flowers, and Leaves, in the winter of the rootes, the party greeved must Snuff Some of it, into the contrary nostrell, with a quill two or three times att a time, if you find ease not the first, the party is to Lye downe after itt ~  116 you use it mingle it with red rosewater, because it Should not be to tarte for the eye [?t] Greens Itallian flowers, to be used, with this Water, good for impostumation Greene wounds, ould Sores, it metigates paines, Aches, applied Like a Seare cloth it takes awaye pimples in the face, it cures fellons, and those that are gaeled by riding, it cures cornes, if you pare them after the full of the moone, as neare as you can Soe that they bleed not, then Laye on this, and Lett it Lye on four dayes then take it of, and take of the corne, any hardnes, that ariseth, 5 or 6: of these Plaisters, will bring the corne out by the rootes, and take awaye all paine if you cutt till you chance to fetch blood, you must change the plaisters every 12 houres Take two ounces of oyle of ollive, foure ounces of yellow wax, of Litrige of gold and Silver, of each of these foure ounces a peece, of mirh foure drams, of venice turpentine foure ounces first put into a posnett, that you meane to boyle it in, two partes of three of the oyle, with all the wax Sliced, when the wax is melted, put in the mettles, one after an other, allwayes Stirring of them all the while, on a moderate fiar, the posnett Standing on a travett, when it is boyled to a brownish coller, then put in the mirh, and the other three partes of the oyle, and Lett them ~ boyle tpgeather, Still Stirring them, till it come to a browne culler, then take it of the fiar, and put in the venice turpentine, Stirring it well togeather, then power it oute Suddently into a buckett of faire water, as Soone as ever you can tutch it kneade it a Little, and mold it on a boarde, and make it upp in roles, for yr use, and keepe it in a bladder ~ A Salve to heale Burning or greene Woundes ~ Take of St Johns woorte, of Selfe heale, in the hearball this called, Sopwort of gill rue by go round, of mallowes, and of elder leaves, of each of these a good handfull, and mince them Small, then putt them with a pinte of Sallett oyle, into a Skillett, and Lett them boyle together untill it Looke very greene, when it is allmost boyled putt into it one Spoonfull of turpentine and two ounces of beese wax, when that is dissolved, Straine it into a pott you means to keepe itt For the Plague, Small pox, measles, Surfitts, or any, hott Disease Take three pintes of malmsey, or the best Sack you can gett, boyle in it of Sage, and rue, each a handfull, till a pinte be consumed, Straine it Sett it on the fiar againe, putt thereto, a quarter of an ounce of ginger, as mutch of Long pepper, and halfe an ounce of nuttmeggs, beaten well togeather, then Lett it boyle a Little, then putt to it of Methridate an ounce, of treacle two drams, hott Angellico water which it best, a quarter of a pinte, take this allwayes warme, morning, and evening a Spoonfull or two a time, if you be diseased Sweate after it, if not once a daye is Sufficient, if the party be very weake, boyle in this three drams of Leafe gold, boyle the drinke if possible, on a charcoale fiar, as for the the plague it Sends it forth, for the Small pox, and measells, it Strikes it from the heart, itt will keepe above a yeare, younge, or old maye take itt, without harme, a Spoonfull att a time, is well The Cordiall ~ Take annisseedes, carriwaye Seedes, fennell Seedes, baye berrie, Juniper berrie of each: 4: ounces, ellicompane, Angellico rootes, exstollachange, of each 6 ounces, boyle all these in one quarte of treacle, after the rootes and Seedes, are powdered Lett it boyle againe, for the Space of halfe an howre, then take it of the fiar, putt in halfe a pound of browne Suger candy, disolved in halfe a pinte of the best brandy, burnt, Soe putt it over the fiar for the Space of a quarter of an howre, keeping itt continually Stirring, keepe it close Stopt, when you have taken it off, This will make two quartes, it will Stand you in 38 ☍6  115 Gaskins Powder, good against Agues, Pox, or Measles ~ Take of pearle, redd correll, white amber, occulus cancer, harts horne, of each one ounce being redy beaten, and Searced, and the weight of all these, of the blackest, claws, of king crabs being beaten, and Searced, make all these into a past with the gelly of harts horne, then make it in Little cakes, or Small bauls, Lett them Lye and drye, the doce is either, 8: 10: or 12 graines, acording to the age of the party, they must Sweate, after the taking of it gently. ~ For the drithe in a Feaver ~ Take halfe a pinte of redd rosewater, and halfe a pinte of Speere minte water, infuse all ~ night, one dramm of rewbarbe, in the water, on embers, halfe apound of damaske pruins, boyle them very tender, then take them upp, and Stone them, and beate them to pommis, halfe a pound of currants, wash them and drye them in a cloth, and pound in a morter, halfe a pound of figgs Sliced, one pinte of clarett wine, putt all this togeather, in the a forsaide water, boyle itt in a newe pipkin, and Lett it boyle the ~ Space of halfe an howre, then take it back, and Lett it Stand, an houre, and halfe Simmering, then Straine it, and putt to it, two ounces of Syrrupe of damaske roses, and Lett the patient take three Spoonfulls morning ~ To heale a wound in foure dayes ~ Take Sentry, and Stampe it, when it is greene, and Laye it to the wound, and Shall &c. ~ To make [?t] Greens powder, and water, excellent to wash greene ~ Wounds, and Sores, and to keepe them from festring, and excellent ~ For any Sore eyes, that proceed from any hot rheume, but for cold tis not good Take one ounce of camphier, finely beaten, Searced, and Shake it Lighly, into a Little black earthen pott, then take foure ounces, of the whitest copperis, finely beaten, and Searced, Likewise, and Shake itt in Lightly as before, a top of the camphier, and Sett it in a deepe chafing dish, or a pann filled upp of good warme embers, but take care it be not to hott, and Sett the pott in the midle, and Lett the embers Lye close to itt, allmost to the top of the pott, and Lett it Stand in these pretty hott embers, untill it be disolved, into a kind of water, and after it be disolved, put a paper 4 or 5 times duble, on itt, and a ~ Sawcer on that, with the bottom of the Sawcer into the pott, and a pound weight in it, to keepe downe that noe breath come out, and Soe Lett it Stand till it growe to a harde Stone, but you must take heede it doe not Smoake, for that Looseth all the camphier, therefore the embers must be of a temperat heate not Soe hott as to make itt Smoke, nor Soe cold as not to disolve it first, and harden it after, but if it be of a good warme temper, att the beginging, itt will Last neare all the daye, Letting the pan or chaffing dish, Stand in the chimney corner, when it is through hardened, and turned to a Stone, Standing in the embers all that daye and the night, and the next daye take it out, breake the pott with a pessell ~ for itt will be Soe harde, that you cannot get it out, when you have it out, beate it in a brass morter ~ Still Stirring with a Spoone, as you beate it, that it doe not Stick togeather, when it is as fine as you can make it, Searce it, then take foure ounces of bolalmoniack, finely beaten, and Searced, and mingle them togeather in the morter, well, then waigh it in halfe ounces, and putt them upp in Severall ~ papers, close, and keepe all togeather, in a tinn box, close wrapped upp in paper ~ To make the Water ~ Take a quart of faire water, and Sett it on the fiar, when it is redy to boyle, take it of, and power itt into a cleane bason, presently put in one of the papers of the powder, and Stirr it now and then till it be colde, then put it in a glass, and Stop it close, with a corke, for Soe it must be kept, now and then Shaking of the glass, because the powder will Sinke to the bottome, but when you use it Lett it Settle and use it only when it is cleare, unless it be when there is proude or dead flesh in a wound, or to Stanch, a violent bleeding, of a wound, then take Some of the redd powder, and Leye on till it be Stayed or elce the cleare, and for Sores or wounds it must be warmed, of they be deepe, Sirrenged in, but for eyes, used cold, and allwayes the cleare of the water, when you make it a purpose for eyes, you Should then, putt one of these papers of powder into an Ale quarte, of See thing water, or elce when you  114 To make the Yellowe Salve, and Greene ~ Take a pound of butter, unwasht, and unsalted, put it in a posnett, and Sett it on the fiar, till it be melted, then take three ounces of frankensence, as mutch of wax, and 5 ounces of rozin, a good peece of deares Suitt, put these into the butter, when melted, put in three penyworth of oyle of gease, and as it riseth take off, and Stirr it for feare of running over, when you thinke it is ~ boyle enough, take it of, and Straine as mutch as you please to have for yollow Salve, then putt in two pennyworth of verdigrease, pounded Small, Lett it boyle a walme or two, take it of and Straine it into an earthen pann, Lett it Stand till the next daye before you, cove itt, if you will make noe yellow Salve but all greene, then putt in a hapeth, more then you doe, when you make both greene and yellow Salve, of Verdigrease, to make it Stronge of the virdigrease, when it hath risen upp: 10: times it is enough ~ To make a Pultes to breake any Swelling that another will not ~ breake, but trye another, first, when the Swelling is drawne to a head ~ ~ that you See it will breake, then puton this morning, and evening, till itt breakes ~ Take halfe a pinte of newe milke, of white Lilly rootes, wash them evry cleane, and drye them very well with a cloth, then take as mutch of the rootes, as you can well hold in yr hand, put milk and the Lilly rootes into a posnett, See boyle them togeather till be allmost as thick as a pulltis, then take it of the fiar, and put into the posnet a Spoonefull of honey, a yeolk of an egg, and a Spoonefull of honey, and a Spoonefull of flower, then Sett it to the fiar, Stirr it for feare of burning, Soe doe all the while tis boyling, before Stirr itt now and then, for feare of burning too, and as Soone as it boyleth up take it of, and Stirr it well togeather, Soe Spread it with a knife on a ~ cloth, and Laye it to the Swelling as hott as the party can endure it, till the Swelling be broken ~ A rare medecine against Tetters, and Ring wormes ~ Take black Soape, and allmost as mutch ginger, in powder, and mix them well togeather, then annoynte the with any tetter or ringwoorme, every daye the Space of three or foure dayes and it will heale it: Probatumest. ~ To take awaye rednes in the Face, an excellent Pomatum Take the caule of a younge Lamb, and beate it in a Stone mortar, but not water it, put it in a Leaden pott, that hath a close cover to it, and power, on it as mutch tistilled vinegar, as will cover itt over, then Stop it and bind it fast, Soe Sett it in a hott dunghill 14 dayes then take it forth, and put awaye the vinegar, and the other, in a gally pott, in a Skillett of water, and Soe ~ keepe itt in a cake, when you use it melt it againe, in a gally pot as before, Soe beate itt upp with yr hand till it be colde ~ For the Face ~ Take an ounce of virgins wax, as mutch of parmasety, as mutch of oyle of beane, Scrape yr wax or Shave it to be as thinn as the parmasety, add to it one ounce of oyle of tartar, when the wax parmasety and beane, are melted into one body, and halfe a dram of the flower of benjamen, beate all this up to a poomate, it is good for heates, rednes of the face, and to make the face faire, and younge ~~~ To take awaye morphew or Freckles Take foure Spoonefulls of maye dewe, and Spoonefull of oyle of tartar, mingle them together and wash, the place where the freckles be, and Lett it drye on of it Selfe, itt will cleare the Skinn, and weare them awaye ~ For the Scarlett Feaver ~ Take Spring water, and Suger, dye itt a good yellow with Saffron, and take it by a Spoonfull att a time, as Longe as the dright Lasteth, and keeping in a warme bedd for three dayes, for if they take cold, they will Strike in againe, and make them Ill, though they thinke them Selves, Safe when a bedd ~  113 To Staye the Floox Aproved ~ Take the best bole armoniack, beate it very Small, put thereto, Some consearve of red roses mingle them well togeather and give the Sick the quantity of a hasle nutt att a time ~ A Pill to Purge ~ Take of Argruk ij dramms, of alloes ij dramms, of colliquentita, a Scruple, and an halfe of deigrediat, a Scruple, and a halfe, of mastick, bedilum, Arabicus, of each halfe a Scruple yr dose is the weight of: 7: pence ~ A very good Purgation for a Woman ~ Take Stone ferne, one handfull, one handfull of mayden haire, one quart of water, Sett it on the fiar, when redy to boyle, take itt and Lett it Stand all night, then boyle it to a pinte, and Straine itt putt in two pennyworth of Liquorish, and boyle it all togeather, drinke it morning and evening ~ A Vomiting Pill ~ Of fine flower one ounce, of Stetium, one dramm, of oyle of Anniseedes, one Scruple, beaten with a Little gum dragon, Soe make them upp, yr dose is one dramm, ~ The Sleeping pill ~ Of cinamon water two ounces, of opeum, one ounce and halfe, of Mirh, and mummia of each halfe an ounce, castier, a dramm, the topps of Sage one dramm, the oyle of Anniseeds two Scruples rose of Solis, two ounces, muske one Scruple, disolve the gum, and the opium, in the rose of Solis, and the cynamon water, Soe boyle itt to the hight, and make yr pills, yr dose is four graines, a Scruple is the weight of Six pence ~ To drye up evill humors in the body, and to comfort the Stomake ~ Receive redd Sage, and hearbe grass of each a handfull, of Suger candy, two nuttmeggs cloves, mace, and cynamon 9i ij or as you please, to mak itt hott, and boyle them all in a quart of white wine, and putt itt into a quart pott with the hearbes, and allsoe drinke a quarter of a pinte every morning fasting, and Lett the next drinke be a Little Ale bue ~ To make the Black Salve ~ Take a pinte of the best Sallet oyle, and halfe a pound of redd Lead, keepe oute a Spoonfull of the oyle, then putt the oyle, and Lead togeather, into a posnett, mingle them well togeather with a cleane Stick, befor you, Sett it on the fiar, Sett it on a fiar of charcoale, noe more then ~ will mak itt boyle, Softly, Soe Lett itt boyle, Stirring it one waye, then dropp a dropp into water, if enough, then dropp will not runn aboute, butt will be harde that you maye take itt oute, with yr fingers, role itt in roles, or putt it in an earthen pann, ~ A Plaister for the Stone in the kidneys ~ Take one once of perreson, as mutch of white Virgins wax, as mutch of oyle of roses, halfe an ounce of the mother of frankensence, boyle all these togeather, in the aforesaide oyle of roses, make a plaister there of, and Laye itt twart the back, on the kidneys will you find ease ~ I thinke it would ~ doe well if you did use, the milke of turpentine, the quantity of halfe an ounce, att a time, for twise, and resting, three or foure dayes, or a weeke betweene, and use this twice while yr plaister is on ~ For a Cancer ~ Take a newe Layd egg, the yeolke of itt, as mutch allome as the yeolke, the quantity a Like, beate the Allom very Small, mingle the yeolke, and the Allome togeather, with a Spoone in a earthen pipkinn Sett the pipkin on Some coales, Soe boyle itt Leasurely, Stirring it togeather with a Spoone, till it come to a powder, putt a cloth on a Stick, put Some of the powder on the cloth, tutch the cancer with the powder, Lett the powder Lye on itt, dress it after you have eaten, or dranke, Soe Lett itt rest, and itt will help the greatest cancer that is ~  112 A dramm, of Ambergreese, the weight of three barly cornes, of bezer Stone, the weight if two barly cornes, make all these into powder, and in a Little burnte clarrett wine, give as mutch of of this powder as will Lye on a penny, morning and night, first and Last: 3 or: 4 times will Serve make allsoe Some broth with plantin rootes, Sheperds purse, nott grasse, burnett, and bryarleavs and drinke itt att yr pleasure ~ For the Collick or Loosnes ~ Take one ounce of rewbarb, pullveressed, putt it into a pinte of the Strongest Anneseed ~ water, and keepe it Stopt, for a months Space, Shaking itt every daye, the dose is three Spoonefulls ordinary, and to a Strong body, you maye give foure, in the morning, and fast two hower, after itt To bring awaye the after birth, or False conseption Aproved ~ Take the inner rine of the bowes of elme, that are aboute the bignes, of a mans Steeve, and drye them in an oven, after breade, and beate itt to powder, and take as mutch of the powder as will Lye on a Shilling, you maye take the Like quantity, within an hower after, as you finde cause, Some take it mixt with Irish Slatt, Soe Soone as they be brought to bed, all though all be well within them, ~ The Balsom ~ Take Linseed oyle one pinte, rozin one pound, beese wax: 3 ounces, Venice Turpentine 2 ounces burgama pitch two ounces, gum Araback two ounces, gum ellene three ounces, black pitch one ounce, melt all togeather very well, untill they be redy to boyle, then take itt off from the fiar, and putt in oyle of Spike oyle of turpentine, oyle of cloves, oyle of rosemary, of each two ounces, gallbanum, halfe an ounce, Storax Liquidum, one ounce putt them all togeather, over a gentle fiar, for to incorporate, Soe fill itt upp into potts as you please, be Sure yr fiar be butt gentle att the first ~ For a Fistula, Sore eyes, or the Stone Take a handfull of rewe, a handfull of redd Sage, and a pint of wood lice, Stamp them Small togeather then Shutt them close into a vessell of foure gallons of Ale, after itt hath done working, then Lett the diseased drinke, noe other drinke ~ Consumtion Cakes ~ Take the Juice of yarrow, mingle itt with fine flower, the yeolkes of a new Layd egg, and browne Suger, make all this into a past, and make of it cakes, as bigg and thick as a halfe crowne, bake them on a fiar Shovell, in the morning dissolve one or two into Small Ale, and eate them, and drinke ~ the Ale, this hath beene used with good Success, you maye make a frayse of itt, putting itt into more Juice to make itt Limber, ~ For the Scurvy ~ Take water cresses, brooke time, Scurvy grasse, of each 8 handfulls, cutt Small the rootes of Succory, monkes rubarb, horse radish, of each foure ounces, Sliced them, Liverwoort, fumetory ~ elder barke, the middle barke of Ivy, younge Spriggs of turmindale, of each two handfulls, orringes Stuck with cloves, Suspend them in 5 gallons of newe Ale, and within two or three dayes, drink, halfe a pinte in the morning, and att foure of the clock in the Afternoone, ~ To make Losinges for a Cold Take a quarter of a pound of powder Liquorish, finely beaten and Searced, as mutch of the power of aniseeds, two Spoonefulls of the powder of elicompane, as mutch of the powder if horse radish and mix all togeather, with a pound of white sugar, and finely beaten, and searsed, then take some rose water, Steepe Some gum dragon in it all night, and with this water beate upp the powder, in a morter, into a paste, then take itt oute, and role it on a paper, Soe cutt it in Little round peeces with a thimble, then putt them on paper, and Lett them drye, in a oven, that is Just warme, or in a Stove, if you please you maye putt Amber greese or muske into itt ~  112 A receipt of a Purge for Waterish Humors ~ Take broth made of chicken, or veale, when this broth is boyled, and Strained, take two ounces of mana, and mingle itt with, halfe a pint of the Said broth, then putt in halfe a dram of Jollap and add a Little Scrapt ginger to it ~ A receipt for a bruise or a Straine ~ Take halfe a peck of cowsleeps, with the flowers and heads, halfe as mutch redd nettles and as mutch redd Sage, chop all these togeather, then take two pound of fresh butter, clarified, then putt all the hearbes, chopt, into the butter, and Sett itt on a Soft fiar, and Stirr itt untill the Strenght of all the hearbes, be out, then Straine itt for yr use ~ Probatumest ~ A Lenative, Electuary, good for the Spleene and head, and for obstructions Take of the conserve of damask roses, halfe an ounce, rubarb in fine powder one dramme, of the powder of nuttmegs, the weight of three pence with Syrupe of a apples, or Syrupe of damaske roses make an electuary, add of oyle of Sulpher, three drops, but if you have Syrupus de pomis, regis Sapor make the electuary with that, you maye use insteed of the oyle of Sulpher the Juice of Lemons ~ take of this electuary, the quantity of a good pruin, more or Less, as you find occation to be taken once in two or three dayes, Doctor Story ~ Against a Sharp humor in the Lower parts ~ RS a pint of milke, and a quart of water, and Shake, or brewe them well togeather, and drink drinke itt off, as Suddanly blood warme, as you cann, Dr Hurst ~ Allsoe itt will doe good to take every full and newe of the moone of unsalted butter, and honey, the quantity of a wallnutt of both togeather, working them upp in powder of Liquorish and Swallow itt, and then drinke the aforsaid drink presently after itt ~ For a Continuall Lousnes ~ Take of Pigins dung, and heate itt in white wine vinegar, and put it in a bagg and applie itt to the navel, very hott, and when itt is cold heate itt againe ~ To make a Dyett Drinke ~ Take a pound of redd dock rootes, halfe a pound of perseley rootes, of fennell rootes halfe a pound of pollipodium rootes halfe a pound, Slice them very thinn with the pith taken oute, two good grips of water creasces, and red brooke lime, of Liverwoorte two good handfulls, of Succory two good gripes one of dandilyon, two of egromony, as mutch of bettony, of Scabious as mutch, one handfull of red Sage two handfulls of primrose Leaves, and a peck of primrose flowers, and handfull of ashen budds, a handfull of Sweet marjorum, foure ounces of Liquorish, of anniseeds after they are rubbed and made cleane, of carrawaye Seed foure ounces, of fennell Seed foure ounces, a pound and halfe of figgs, and a pound and halfe of reasons of the Sunn Stoned, and Slice them very thinn, take halfe a pound of Lignumuity, one ounce of Saxifrage rootes, Lett these two be infused togeather in running water, a night and a daye, before you brue yr ale, Lett yr Seedes be bruised, and yr Liquorish Slitt, boyle all these in: 12: gallons of woorte, putt yr infusion into the rest, and Lett itt boyle on a soft fiar, till four gallons be wasted, them take a peck of Scurvy grasse, and Stamp itt, putting the Juice of itt Strained into the barrel, when itt hath all most done working, then take: 6: ounces of Sena, one ounce of rewbarbe, an ounce of each Seeds before mentioned, and two ounces of Liquorish Sliced, thinn, of reasons and figgs of each a good handfull, Stone the reasons, and Lett them be both Slitt thinn, putt these into a bagg putting Stones in the bottom of itt that itt maye Lye att the bottom of the barrell, Lett the bagg be putt in the barrel before you tunn yr woorte into itt, Six dayes after itt hath done working you maye drink of itt, putt a greene, turf on the barrll to keepe itt cold ~ The red powder Aproved by the Lady Farmer ~ Take of dragons blood one dram, which is the weight of a peny, of powder of red correll a dramm  111 youre hearbes, as harde as you can therewithall, after Lett itt boyle a walme or two, and take itt from the fiar, then put to it these things following: Viz: take one pound of rozin, one pound of ~ turpentine, three quarters of a pound of wax, and one ounce and halfe of mastick, beaten into fine ~ powder, Lett these thinges be melted, in a Skillett, then Straine them into yr a forsaide Liquor, and Let them boyle togeather, untill itt be neare enough, then power itt into a pottenger, full of the Juice of per Seley, and Stirr yr pann, with a good Stick, Soe fast as you maye, when you power in yr Juice, Lett itt have a walme or two after, then take off yr pann, and Stirr itt continually till be Soe colde as you maye worke itt upp in roles, and Soe keepe itt cleane from dust ~ For Stinging of an Adder or Snake, or any other Venemous thinge ~ Take a good quantity of St Johns woorte, and Stamp it well, put thereto a pretty quantity of good wine venegar, and applye itt to the place it will drawe out the venome and cure, rotten eggs have the Same operation being well beaten, togeather, therewithall rubbing and chaffing, well for a good, Space togeather, the place, Stung, itt hath beene of ten exsperienced, in the cure of the udder of a cowe and other partes of beasts Soe Stounge, and itt will be good to researve Sutch eggs, allwaies in a red dines to be kept on purpose, ~ To make a balsome, which maye be taken Inwardly or outwardly ~ Take the Spirritt of wine, drawne from Sack, one quart put it in a Strong glass bottle, if the Spiritt be good it will Looke Like whit wine, and one dropp of it, put into faire water, will turne it as white as milke, then take Sarsapereley, and cutt of all the Stringes, and wipe itt with a cleane napkin, but Lett it not touch any water, then drawe it in foure quarters, and cutt it as Long as yr finger, and bruise, it a Little in a morter, put: 4: ounces of Sarsaperella, into yr Spiritt of Sack, Lett it there remaine till yr Spiritt Looke as yellow as gold, then Straine yr Spiritt and putt into it: 8: ounces of gumguacum wiped and beaten into powder, Shake itt, and Sett yr glass or bottle, into a oven, after bread is drawne afterward Sett it in Some warme place for 9 dayes Shaking it every daye, the place must not be to warme that you keepe it in, when the gumguacum, is disolved, put in yr Spiritt a good Spoonefull of indian balsome, if you use it for old Sores, heate it and burne itt as you doe Sack, Stirr yr balsome ~ very well in the Spirritt, the more gumguacum you put in, the colder it is and the more Indian balsom the hotter it is, The Virtues It cureth the french pox or any dissease being taken inwardly by the patient, two Spoonfulls in a pinte of beare morning and evening, it maye be given to any in helth for itt purgeth gently, it is good phisick to purge withall att anytime, and if it purgeth bot itt turneth to nurishment it cureth all cutts, wounds and bruises being applyed within 24 howres, it must be dropt into the cutt or wound, and a Linnen ragg dipt in it, and Layd on the wounde, but old woundes and Sores it inflameth, and makes it worse, but if you burne awaye the Spirritt of it, it worketh the Same cure in old Sores, you maye allsoe mix it with indian balsome, and Sell it for it doth as good cures, Soe Long as the patient take it inwardly he must not eate any butter or cheese, vensson, wine nor any hogs flesh, and if you take it Long, you must not use any venerius ackt, for three weekes after, nor in the time of taking itt, for a broken vaine or any inward wounde mix the balsome with conserves of roses, and make itt into pills, and Swallow it downe, and drink after a draught of plant in water A redd Salve pretious for Wounds Take Sallett oyle one quart or three pintes, yeallow wax halfe a pound, of venice turpentine: 6: ounces Liquid Storax, 6 ounces, oyle of opprishon halfe an ounce, naturall balsome halfe an ounce, rosewater and plant in foure pennywoorth, redd Sanders two ounces, dragons blood one ounce, mummey one ounce and of rosmary and bayes togeather, one handfull, of Sweet marjorum one handfull, putt the hearbs dragons blood, yellow wax, and mummy, into a pipkin, Sett it on a Soft fiar, and Lett them boyle Lea Surely, then putt into another pipkin, the Sallett oyle, turpentine, Storax, and oyle of opprishon in a quart of conduit water, the plant in and rosewater, Lett them boyle a quarter of an howre on a Soft fiar, then take itt off, and putt there in the balsome, and Sanders, and give them a boyle, then Straine itt into an earthen pann, Letting itt Stand, till it be cold, then take the water from it and melt itt againe, putt it into potts ~  110 must not Leave Stirring it untill the matter be turned, into the colour of oyle Somwhat, darker then dropp of itt uppon a wooden trencher, and if itt cleave not to the finger it is enough, then make itt upp into roles, it will keepe xx yeares the elder the bettar, the virtue of this emplaister, itt being Layd on the Stomake, it provoketh appetite, it taketh awaye any greife in the Stomake being Layd on the belly, is present remedy for the collick, and Layd uppon reines of the back ~ the same healeth, the bludy flux, the running of the reines, the heate of the kidneys, and weaknes of the back, the Same healeth all Swellings, bruises, and taketh awaye Aches, it doth breake Fellon, pushes, and other impostumes, and healeth them, the Same draweth out any runninge humors, without breaking the Skinn, and being applied to the fundament, it healeth any disease there growing, being Layd on the head, it is good for the Uvola, it healpeth the headache, and is good for the eyes, it easeth and cureth cornes ~ A Pultess to abate any Swelling, and to heale any Sore by Mr Fenton Take of mallowes, of mullet, of each 4 handfulls, of the rootes of Althea, halfe a pound, of Lillic rootes: 4 or 5: of figgs 4 ounces, of cammomill flowers, three handfulls, boyle first the Althea rootes the Lilly rootes and the figgs togeather, in a Sufficient quantity of water, till they be very tendar ~ then take them out of the water, and beate them in a Stone morter very Small, then putt yr mallowes mullet, and cammomill flowers, into the water, and Lett them boyle till they be very tendar, and then beate the hearbes, and the rootes togeather, till they be very Soft, and Small, and after putt them all againe into the water, that they weare boyled in, and put unto them Soe mutch beane meale, as will make itt thick, putting Last of all unto them of the best honey halfe a pounde, of wine vinegar a quarter of a pinte, of Linseed oyle: 6: ounces, and Stirr them all well togeather, on a very Soft fiar, and when they be well mixed, togeather, take them off, from the fiar, and preserve them for yr use, Probatum ~ For a Bruise ~ Mr Westwood ~ RS woormwood, cumminseede, each halfe an ounce, meale of Lupines one ounce, Salt one dram, mallows and Smallage, each halfe a handfull, Lygh of oake Ashes: 4: s: make a pultess ~ RS mustard Seede, nettle Seede, brimstone, rounde Aristologia, Saforne, bdelium, each one ounce, Armoniacum, oyle of woormwood, wax, each two ounces, make here of a plaister, annoynte with oyle fitt for nerves ~ A Pultes good for a bruise or Straine, in any tender parte of the body ~ Take a white Lillie roote or two, either rost them in the Ashes or boyle them in faire water, till they be Tender, then beate them fine in a Stone morter, and Sett them to the fier againe, with a pinte of white wine and: 4: Spoonfulls of honey, and putt to them a quarter of a pound of beane flower, or Somwhat more, two ounces of meale, of Linseede halfe an ounce, of powder of commin Seeds, two Spoonefulls, of powder of cammomill flowers, one Spoonefull, of the powder of redd ros leaves, two ounces of ox meale Simplex, and foure ounces of oyle of oyle of cammomill, Stirr them togeather, with a Spatula, and Lett them boyle a Little to the forme of a pultes, of which applie to the parte greeved, made warme, and change itt every 24 howres ~ Another for the Same ~ Take a quarter of a pinte of (a pinte) of white wine, and put to it two Spoonefulls of honey, Sett them in a pottendish, uppon coles, on a chaffing dish, and when the honey is melted, then powre into them by Little and Little, Soe mutch beane flower, as will bring them to the forme of a pultess, Stirring itt Still with a Spatula, and amongst the beane flower putt in halfe a Spoonefull of powder of commin Seedes, and a Spoonefull of powder of canomill flowers, two ounces of ox meale, and three ounces of oyle of cammomill, make not the pultes to thick, and applie itt warme as above Saide ~ The making of greene Salve very good for greene Woundes ~ or old Sores, it will both drawe and heale ~ In May or June gather, these hearbes following, Viz: Plantin, Ribwoorte, yarrowe, Varuen bettony, egremony, burnett, mugwoorte, of each one good handfull, gather these cleane, with oute dust, for you must not wash them, Shridd them Small, and Stampe them till they be Like a Salve, ~ then boyle them halfe an hower, in a pottle of good whit wine, then Straine yr Liquor, and wringe youre  109 And the Like quantity, of the Leaves of, Live in idleness, otherwise called paunces, chopp all these very Small, and take Sutch a quantity of butter, unsalted, and unwasht, as you Shall thinke good, and the Like quantity of Virgin wax, or rather more, that the Salve maye be the more thick and Stiff, putt all togeather, and boyle them untill Sutch time, as the hearbs be very well Sodden, then Straine the Same and itt will be a perfect Salve ~ An aproved medecine or Water, good, for any Sore ~ La Pagett Take bole arminiack 4 ounces, champhere one ounce, white copperis 4 ounces, boyle yr coperis and campheere togeather, in a Little black pott, untill they become water, Stirring them together untill they become hard in Seething, beate them in a morter, then take the bole arminiack, ~ beate itt to powder, by it Selfe, and mingle them togeather, and keepe yr powder in a bladder, when when you have occasion to use the water take a pottle of running water, and Sett it on the fiar, untill itt doth begin to Seeth, then take itt from the fiar, and putt three Spoonefulls of the powder, into the warme water, and putt the water into a glass, and Lett it rest till itt be ~ cleare, in the upper parte, then take the clearest of the water, and wash the Sore there with very warme, and Laye a Linnen cloth wett in the Same hott water 4 dubble on the Sore, and bind itt fast with a roler, and keepe itt warme, doe this evening and morning ~ A Seare cloth for an old Ache ~ Mris Heath ~ Take halfe a pinte of oyle Olive, a quarter of a pound of redd Leade, boyle them togeather and Stirr them, untill they be black, then take itt off, and put thereto as mutch, Stone pitch as a wallnutt, and the Like quantity of deares Suitt, Stirr them well togeather, untill both be moulten then dipp a Linnen cloth, therein, and make there off a Seare cloth ~ A Seare cloth good for any Swelling or Ache ~ Take a pound of frackensence, halfe a pound of rozin, a pound of Pitch, halfe a pound of wax as mutch of deares Suitt, and for want thereof as mutch of Sheepes Suitt, and a quarter of a pound of turpentine, melt them togeather, and Spreade them on a Linnen cloth, plaister wise ~ An Aproved medecine or Water for an old Sore ~ Take a quart of whit wine, an handfull of hony suckl Leaves, as mutch of ground Juy, as mutch of plantin Leaves, a peece of white coperis, of the quantity of a haslenutt, putt these into the wine, and Sett itt on the fiar, in a Skillett and Lett it boyle, untill it come to a pinte and halfe, then Straine itt through a faire cloth, and Soe put it up in a glass and wash any old Soe therewith, twice a daye with a faire Linnen cloth wett, this hath beene often exsperienced, to be a very Soveraine, medecine for an old Sore that is not in Small deepe holes ~ An excellent Salve, or Plaister, for an Ache, or for the Swelling of an Ague ~ Take halfe a pound of bores grease, and a quarter of a pound of new yellow wax, and melt them both togeather, then take one ounce of good campheere, as Small beaten as you cann putt it into the rest and Stirr it well togeather, and Lett itt Stand on the hott coale a pretty while, but have care that itt boyle not mutch, then Straine itt into Some wooden Vessell, and keepe itt till you have a casion to use itt, and then it must be Spreade uppon a thicke new Linnen cloth, as thinn as you can and Laye itt to the place greeved ~ The Leaden Emplaister ~ Take two pound and foure ounces, of the best oyle olive, off good read Leade one pound, of white Lead as mutch, both beaten very well, into dust, and Searsed, of Spanish Sope, 12 ounces incorporate, all these well togeather, in a earthen pott, well glassed, before you putt them to boyle, and when they are well in corporated, that the Soape cometh upwards, putt it on a Small fiar of coales, continueing the fiar for the Space of one howre and halfe, Still Stirring itt with an Iron ball on the top of a Stick, then make the fiar Somwhat bigger, untill the rednes be turned into a graye colour, butt you must  108 And melted, with the other things, and you must take heed with all, Least the matter be over mutch melted, and soe boyle over into the fiar, for itt is very hott of itt Selfe, afterwardes putt into itt these things following, take of two kindes of Aristologia, rotunda, callaminaris, mirhe, Frankensence or every of them an ounce, beate them into very fine powder, and putt them into the Said matter and power on the Same an ounce of oyle of bayes, and Lastly, putt therein, foure ounces of pure and fine turpentine, Lett them boyle and Stirr them aboute continually, with very greate diligence, and ~ when you will know wheather itt be well and Sufficiently Sodden, putt a Little there of into cold water and if itt be Soe Soft that it cleave to yr fingers, it is to Soft, and therefore Lett it boyle Longer, untill itt be well boyled, and then att Lengh take itt from the fiar, and power itt into a greate bason, full of water, and when itt is well colded that you maye handle itt with yr hands, annoynte yr hands ~ with oyle of cammomyll, or oyle of roses, and neade itt well with yr hands, three or foure times, till an houre be past every time, that is three or foure howres, and Soe Laye itt upp in a cleane vessell, and itt will continue good about: 50: yeares, and be then as medecinable, as itt was the first daye itt was made The virtues of this emplaister, by Paracelsus, are Inumerable, itt is good for old and new Sores itt dryeth, it cleanseth, itt breedeth good flesh, itt confirmeth, itt comforteth, itt healeth more in one weeke, then any other, in a whole month, itt will not Suffer any Sore to putrifie, or corrupt, or any evill flesh to growe, itt is most excellent for Sinnews, cutts, bruises, or prickes of a thorne, and Sutch Like, itt draweth out of wounds, Iron, Lead, or wood, and other Sutch Like, if you doe but Laye itt thereon itt cureth the biting of venomous beast, Itt causeth all kind of impostumes, and byles to breake, and ripen and itt is most Soverainge, against a canker, or Fistula, the Shingles, St Anthonies fiar, and allsoe a Spetiall and present healpe, to a swage all kinds of paines, and aches, and for all kind of woundes, and itt hath beene exsperienced, to be a Singular, and Speedy healp for bones out of Joynte Soe that by Laying one, or two, or three, att the most plaisters, on the place in 14 dayes itt hath Soe cured, that the patients, have felt noe paine, or weaknes after, allsoe it is good for Foynes or thrusts, but you must not tent them, except they matter before the plaister be Layd on, only Laye this all over itt, and two ~ plaisters comonly, are Sufficient, to heale any Sore or Swelling, butt if the dead flesh be in a Sore ~ before the plaister come att itt, it will not destroye it, nor drawe itt oute, but if itt find none there it will not Suffer it to breed, when you Laye upp the plaister, wrapp itt only in paper or Leather, or both for itt will keepe it the bettar, from over mutch drying, and Laye itt in a place, defended from the Sunn, and the winde ~ A Spetiall, good, Seare cloth, of excelent Virtues, as after Apeareth, Mr Tayler ~ RS oyle ollife, lib. j β: redd Lead lib: Ss, white Leade ℥: 6: castle Soape ℥ 4: oyle of bayes ℥: 2: put yr oyle ollife into a pipkin, adding thereto the oyle of bayes, and the castle Soape, Sett itt over a very gentle fiar of embers, untill all be well melted togeather, then Strowe into itt a Little of the powders of the redd and white Leade, being mingled togeather, Still Stirring itt with a greate Splatted of wood and Soe Strowe in more of yr Leade, by Little and Little untill itt be all Strowed in, Stirr itt continually att the bottom for an howre, and halfe, then make the fiar Soom what bigger, till the rednes be turned to graye, coullor, butt you must not Leave, continually Stirring of itt, untill the matter be turned into a perfect black collour, Like pitch, then dropp a Little of itt on a wooden trencher, and if itt cleave ~ not to the fingers, nor to the trencher itt is enough, then take Long Linnen clothes, and dipp them there in making Seare clothes thereof, which will Last good 20 yeares, Lett the powder of the lead be Searsed most fine and Shred the Soape Small, The virtues of this Seare cloth are these, being Layd on the Stomach itt procureth an appettite, and taketh awaye any paine in the Stomake, Laye uppon the belly, itt is a present remedy for the collick, Layd to the reignes of the back, itt is good for the bloody Flux, the running of the reines, the heate of the kidneys, and weaknes of the back, itt healeth all, Swellings and bruises, itt taketh awaye Aches, itt breaketh fellons, and other impostumes, and healeth them, itt draweth out any running yew more, without breaking the Skinn, being applied to the fundament, it helpeth any dissease there, and cureth any old Sore, itt will require Six houres to make itt ~ A Salve to heale a Small Cutt ~ Take of Sarpents tongue two or three handfulls, or as mutch as you please, according to the quantity of Salve you meane to make, take as mutch of valerion, halfe a handfull of Sett well, as mutch of Dithander leaves, as mutch of the Leaves, of hold me to you, as mutch of the Leaves of groundsill and A Sear: Cloath. Lady Westmoreland Take a Pint of Jaller: Oil, Half a pound of Red: Lead, a quarter of a Pound of Virgins Wax, an Ounce of ye Oil of Camomill, a quarter of a pound of Populion, one ounce of oil of Roses, & a Dram of Mastick Boil all these together ‘till they loose black on a Gentle fire, so dip yr Cloath into it; or rather make it into great Rolls, & spread it on Allum Leather, when you have occasion to use it. 107 hath boyled a Little Space, take it off the fiar, and Lett itt runn through a thinn cloth, and then dipp yr cloth into it, and Stroke them Smooth, and when they be cold Sleeke them, to make them more Smooth ~ A Water and Salve to heale a Cutt ~ Take three handfulls of Sallendine, as mutch of Sage, as mutch of hony suckle Leaves with flowers and all, a quart of honey, two pound and halfe of roch Allome, and one ounce of graines, and Seeth all this togeather in running water from a gallon to a pottle, and then Lett all runn through a Strainer, into a vessell, and keepe itt for yr use, and for the Salve take a quantity of rozin, and a greate quantity of Sheepes Suitt clarified, Seeth them both togeather, and Scum itt well, then take it from the fiar, and Sett it by untill the heate be a swaged, and then putt it into a glass of water and temper itt therein, itt Skilleth not mutch what Salve be Layd to the wound, if you wash itt with the aforsaid water, for the Salve doth butt keepe itt Supple ~ An aproved good medecine for a Fistula ~ Cutt a peece of Lawne bias, or overtwart, that may be fitt to make a tent, according to the depth or Lengh and widenes of the Sore, then melt a Little rozin proportionable, and therein dipp the Lawne and make itt upp in a tent, then take of the young Spriggs first growing, after a oake hath beene felled, and make them as itt were into charcoale, which you maye doe by wrapping itt in a paper, and then Laying itt in hott embers, beate these coales, into fine powder, Searse itt, and mix, and temper itt with a convenient quantity of hoggs grease, and Slipp the tents Slightly through itt, and Soe applye itt to the Sore, as Speeding as you maye, because otherwise, the heate of the body, will make the ~ tent Liquid, and Less Stiff, and with all once in 7 or 8 dayes you must use a corosive, in this manner take a pretty quantity of redd mercury, and being in powder, putt to it Soe mutch good aquavite as will moysten itt, well, butt not Soe mutch, as the aquavite doe floate, or Swim over itt, then Sett the aquavite on fiar, and Lett itt burne as Long as it will, when the mercury, is soe burned, itt will Looke with a darkish coulor, and the force of itt will be Soomwhat qualified, then wash itt in plantin water drye itt make itt into powder, Searse itt, and Strowe thereof on the tent, for the Space of an Inch or there abouts, according to discretion, and minister itt Speedily, as before, you maye over the tent and Sore with a plaister, made of any good Slave, for that it not be otherwise, avaliable, then to keepe in the tent, this medecine, will assuredly healp, where Sutch a tent may be made, to fill all all the Sore ~ A medecine for a Scotch or Cutt ~ Take the yeolke of an egg, wheaten flower, and Inglish honey, beate these togeather, then putt there to the Juice of wilde dasie Leaves, and rootes being washed, and againe well dryed, and applye itt to the Sore renewing itt every foure and twenty howres ~ Parceelsus his Plaister, called Implastrum Fodicationum ~ Paracelci, good for many Dissease, as Followeth ~ Take of these foure gumms, that is to Saye, galbanum, opponex, of each one ounce, Amoniacum, be delium of each two ounces, Lett them be beaten very Small, and putt them into an earthen pott, Leaded or glased, powring uppon the Same very good wine vinegar, and Lett them Soe remaine twent four houres, then boyle them in the Same vinegar, on a gentle fiar of coales, that the gums may melt and when they be thoroughly melted, power the Same out hott through a bagg, and wring or press well the Same that they may be well cleansed, from the dregs, which dregs must be cast awaye, then the Said Liquor soe Strayned out, must boyle in a pott, untill the venegar be all Sodden awaye, evaporated, and in the boyling you must continually Stirr itt, without ceasing, Least the gummes be burned, keepe this very cleane and close covered, that nothing fall into itt, then take oyle ollife two poundes, new wax halfe a pound, and Lett them be putt in a earthen pott, well Leaded or glased, Sutch a one as is of Sufficient bignes, Sett the Same over a fiar of coales, and Lett them melt Soft, and by Leasure, and att Lenght putt into itt, Lithargi, beaten into very fine powder a pound an halfe, Stirring itt continually, with a Stick, or Spadula, or Sutch Like, untill all this be well and throughly mixed togeather and the matter be of a tawny coller, then take off the aforesaide gums that was first boyled ~ the quantity of a nutt, and putt it into the Same matter, and Soe by Little and Little putt into itt, Sutch a Like quantity, of the Saide gummes, till all the Saide gumes be Soe putt in, and be well mixed and melted  106 For any Bruise ~ Take cowslipe flowers, and Leaves, and redd nettle topps, as mutch as you thinke convenient, and Stampe them Small, then mingle them with maye butter, and Lett itt Stand Soe three or foure dayes, then Sett itt on the fiar, and Lett itt boyle Softly, after Straine it through a cloth and keepe itt for yr use ~ For the Fallinge of the Mother ~ Take one good handfull of pomgranett flowers, or Seede, as mutch of cypress nutts, and boyle them in three pintes of faire water, untill itt be butt a quarte, and being very warme wett a Lock of white woole in itt and bath the place, two or three times, or more in a daye ~ A Soveraigne Salve for any Itch ~ Take woorwoode, and redd rose leaves, dryed camomyll flowers, and hartshorne, of each an handfull, boyle, these with halfe an ounce of cloves, bruised in halfe a pinte of Sack, and a quarter of a pinte of Sallett oyle, and Lett them boyle to the consuming of the wine ~ For a Swellinge in the Leggs ~ Take a good quantity of white mosse of an oake, boyle it till it be tender, then Squease the water from it, and applye itt to the place very warme ~ For a Theife or a Fellon ~ Take of rew a good handfull, and more, boyle itt in as mutch water as will make itt Soft, or tender then thicken itt with oatmeal, crums of bread, when itt is boyled take itt off the fiar, and putt thereto two Spoonefulls of fresh grease, and applie itt warme ~ Another medecine for the Same ~ Role hounds tongue in a paper, and rost itt in the embers, as itt weare a roote, and applie to the fellon Somwhat warme, renew this once in 12 or 24 houres, and itt will either a swage or breake itt after itt is broaken you maye dress itt with any ordinary Salve ~ An aproved good medecine to alter, and drive away an Ague ~ Take of roach Allom the quantity of a wallnett, as mutch of bay salt, beate them Small and mingle them togeather then take of the inner greene barke, the outside Scraped awaye of a wallnutt tree, Soe mutch as the Allome and Salt togeather, Scrape itt thinn and Small and mix all well togeather, and applie itt to both the wrists, two howres before the fitt cometh ~ A Sufficient medecine for a Fellon ~ Take an egg, and putt out all the white, the yeallow only remaining, in the Shell, then take the young leaves of mallowes, and mince them very Small, and putt them to the egg with the crums of Leavened bread, and make itt thick, and Laye on the felon, and a plantin Leave uppon itt, and itt will both ripen itt, and drawe out the core, and when that is done take another egg and putt out the white and putt to the yeolkes a Little honey and thicken itt with fine flower, and applie itt as a Salve, and itt will Skin itt, this hath beene aproved, and itt is good for itt, and will in Like manner cure and if itt be applied to a white lowe or a boyle ~ A Very good Seare cloth, for all maner of heate, for any burning or Scalding, or to a swage the heate aboute, any Sore ~ Take of deares suit, of maye butter, capons grease, of oyle of roses, honey, wax, Allom, and redd rosewater, of all these a pretty quantity, according to discretion, add to all these a quantity of the Juice of howslick, then Sett them on the fiar, and Lett them boyle togeather, a quarter of an howre or better, then Straine itt, through a cleane cloth, and after dipp yr clothes in itt, and Smooth them well with yr hands against the fiar, and when itt is cold, folde them up, and keepe itt well for yr use, one Seare cloth, will Searve foure dayes, if you wipe itt cleane, every dressing, and Laye the other ~ Side to the Sore, or place greeved ~ A Spetiall good Seere cloth double, to Skinn and Heale ~ Take halfe a pound of deare Suitt, as mutch of maye butter, and a quarter of a pound of wax, when this are well moulten, putt to it halfe a pound of Lapis calaminaris, beaten and Searsed, when itt hath  105 A Salve for the Goute, or any other Ache ~ Take three pintes of the best white wine, that can be gotten, and Sett it on the fiar in a Skillett, then take halfe a pound of rozin, finely beaten, and Searsed, two ounces of yeallow wax, two ounces of deares Suitt, and putt all into the wine on the fiar, and when they be all melted, then putt in one ounce of olibanum, finely Searsed, one ounce of mastick finely Searsed, two drams of camfeere ~ two ounces of Venice turpentine, and Lett all these boyle, Some three or foure walmes, allwayes Stirring itt, then take itt off the fiar, and Stirr it Some Little while, then Lett itt Stand till it be colde, and all the Salve will gather downe to the bottome, then take the purest Sallett oyle you can get, and rubb all yr hands over, and take Some of the Salve, and beate itt upp betweene yr handes, till you have beaten out all the wine, then Lett there be Some cleane paper rubbed over with oyle, and Soe worke yr Salve into roles, and after that Sorte use all the rest, itt must be Spreade uppon thinn white Leather and when it is Spread, you must prick itt full of holes with a knife, and Soe aplye itt to the place where any ache is, the Salve must be kept allwayes in oyled papers, and Soe you maye keepe itt a Long time ~ An aproved good Water for any new or old Sore ~ Take a quart of Strong Ale, or for want there off take beare, and Sett it on the fiar, and Scumm it, and putt in as mutch Allome, as a crabb, and three or foure Spoonefulls of honey, and Lett itt boyle togeather a good while, then Scum itt and putt in a quarter of a pound of madder and breake the clotts, and Stirr it well Still, till it be boyled to a Syrupe, Soe Straine it, and putt it into a stone pott, or bottle, and when it is cold, Stopp it close, warme a Little there of in a Sawcer, as you use itt ~ The making of Treate ~ Take an ounce of Frankenscence, two ounces of deares Suit, foure ounces of wax, 8 ounces of rozin, melt yr Suit wax, and rozin, togeather uppon, the fiar, and when it is well melted beate yr frankensence, and putt to it, and Lett all melt togeather, then power it out when the heate is a Little past, putt it into a boule of faire water, keeping the Scumm back with a whinge, and power itt Softly, that if there be any dross, in the bottom, it maye Staye behind, then work it well in the water one howre att the Least, and Soe make it upp in roles, and for any Sore Spreade it on a cloth, and if there be occasion to tent s Sore, make tents of the treate, Soe Spread dipping them in the water afore written, and Laye a playster of treate, over the tent, and if itt be a deepe Sore, ~ wash it with the Same water, and dipp Lint, and putt it into the Sore, and Laye a plaister of the treat uppon it, pricked full of holes, every other daye will be Sufficient to dress itt ~ A Medecine for the Itch ~ Take butter unsalted out of the churne, and a good handfull of Sage Leaves, cutt very Small, frye this togeather, then Straine itt into a pott, and when itt is very cold, putt thereto brimstone, beaten Small, and temper them well togeather, and there with all annoynte the place ~ Another medecine for an Itch ~ Take a pinte of white wine, and three Spoonefulls of the powder of baye berries, one Spoonefull of the powder of ginger, Lett this boyle in a earthen pipkin for a quarter of an howre, with a soft fiar, then putt in two Spoonefulls of brimstone finely beaten, and a Little peece of Sweet butter, then Lett itt boyle againe a Little Softly, and Soe take itt off, and annoynte, with itt warme ~ For any Swelling ~ Take a good many of mallows, and boyle them in faire water, when they are tender, wring the water out of them, and putt thereto a quantity of creame if itt be a pinte, add the yeolke of three eggs, if half a pinte two yeolkes will Searve, then put there to Sum crums of white breade and Stirr all well togeather, and applye it Like a pultes to the place Swolen ~ A medecine for an olde Sore ~ Take of platin, woodbine leaves, and ground Ivy, of each one handfull, putt them picked cleane into a pottle of white wine, and Lett it Seeth till halfe be consumed, then putt in a Little, white copperiss, and warme it and wash the Sore ~  104 To cleanse and heale all maner of greene Wounds ~ Take venice Turpentine, wash itt well with redd rosewater, and when the water is cleane ~ taken awaye, putt to itt the yeolke of an egg, and a very Little Saffron, and the weight of two grain of redd mercury presipitate, Spreade this on a plaister, then take mell rosarum, and oyle of roses, and dipp yr Lint in that, and applye it to the wound, and after Laye yr other playster on that and Soe dress itt upp ~ A Medecine for Gunshott ~ First if you can by any meanes get oute the Shott, but whether you can or noe dress it in this maner, take a pinte of Venice turpentine, as mutch of oyle of Lynseede, a quarter of an ounce of verdigrease, beaten into fine powder, Lett this boyle togeather one walme, then Straine them and putt itt upp close, use itt thus, warme itt and dipp yr Lint in itt and Soe applye itt to the wounde and besides power Some of itt warme into the wounde ~ An aproved medecine for the Scyatica ~ Take two good handfulls of Spanish horiganum, and as mutch of damaske rose Leaves dryed, and three or foure ounces of white tartar, commonly called wine Stone, putt the rose leaves with the horriganum into a greate pewter platter, mingle them well togeather, wetting itt with Stronge malmsey, then Strowe the tartar, being first beaten Small in a morter, and made into fine powder uppon itt, and Still with yr hand, mingle and Stirr it all togeather, Soe as the powder of the tartar maye hold uppon the horriganum, and rose leaves, for otherwise being heavy itt will Sink down to the bottome of the platter, and not Stick on the Stuff, thus this being well incorporated, togeather you must have two Linnen bags, of the Lenght of a Span, and not Soe broade, then devide the Stuff into two partes, and putt either parte into the Severall baggs, which done you must close and ~ quilt the bags Soe as the Stuff maye not runn oute, nor togeather, butt remayne Like a quilt well Stiched, then you must have, a new earthen pott, with a cover well Leaded or glased, conteyning about three pottles, putt into this pott a gallon of Strong malmsey, not Sweet and Artificiall, butt pan and right, or for want of Sutch as mutch Strong sack, add thereto a pinte of good aquavite, then covering itt close, Sett itt on a fiar of coels, Soe that in any case itt have noe flame, and when youre pott doe begin to Seeth, putt yr two quilts into the pott, and Lett itt Seeth togeather, till a quarter of it be consumed, and applye it as followeth, Lett the patient keepe before a fiar, and with yr warm hand Stroake the patient, from the upper parte of the huckle bone downeward, rubbing it in the Same manner, Still downward, a good Space, when it is Soe well rubbed drye, then take of the Liquor in the pott, as warme as the patient maye Suffer itt, and with the Same rubb itt Still downewardes a good while before the fiar, that done take forth one of quilted baggs, and wringe the Same betwixt two trenchers, as drye as you cann, and Laye itt plaine on the Huckle bone as warme as the patient can Suffer itt, and tye halfe a Sheet aboute the patient, Soe as the bagg maye remayne where it was Layd, and when that bagg begineth to be cold, take itt awaye, and Laye on the other in the Same manner, removing itt allsoe when itt begineth to be colde, then Lett the patient rest him an howre in the bedd warme, and well covered, continue this the Space of Seaven dayes, twice every daye mornings and evenings, itt is good to make a good quantity of of the Stuff, att the first, for that if you Should make more to the baggs it will not be Soe good as the first, and allwayes in warming of the Same take heede that noe flame of the fiar touch it but uppon hott embers and well covered ~ A Speciall aproved Water for a Fistula ~ Gray ~ First note what matter issueth out, if the matter be white, it is in the flesh, if it be Likely it is in the bone, if redd itt is in the Veine, the party that taketh it in hand must be Sure to try itt, to the bottome, and to mundifie it with woodbine, and plantaine water mingled togeather, with a Little honey, then take a quarte of Stronge Ale, putt thereto a pennyworth of Allome, a roote of the garden blue flower deluce, washed pict and Sliced, of Sage, and wood bine Leaves a Like quantity, as you maye gess with yr hand, and a Little Selfe heale, putt all to the Ale and let itt Seeth or cymber Softly, uppon ashes or embers, halfe an howre, then putt it into a beare pott close Stopped, when you will use itt Stirr itt well, and putt soe mutch as you need into a Sawcer, Sett it on hott coales, and ever Seething, take a Linnen cloth wash and poose the Sore, that Soe itt maye pearce, putt in a tent, and cover the Sore with the Same hott Linnen cloth, dipped in the water and as itt healeth Shorten the tent ~  103 A Powder for a Wounde or old Sore that bleedeth mutch ~ Take the Longe woormes of the earth, and putt them into a payle, with hearbes to Scowre them Selves, then putt them into an earthen vessel, or platter, and Sett them in the oven, after bread to drye, and when they be Sufficiently dryed, then beate them into Small powder, and put there to the Like quantity of Verven Leaves, and Soe mutch of powder of bolearmoniack, then mingle them well togeather, and keepe it for yr use, the best tyme to make it is in maye or June ~ A Medecine to Stanch the Bleeding of a greene wound, and will heale itt Take of the greene mosses that groweth, uppon a greene hasell and Laye it thick on the wounde when it is newe hurte, and Soe Lett it Lye the Space of 24 howres, and then dress itt with Salve if occasion ~ A Medecine good to eate oute Dead flesh, out of any wound ~ Take of white Allome, and Laye itt on a hott fiar Shovell, and Sett itt on the coales, and Soe Lett it boye Soe Longe as it doth rise uppon bubles, when it is boyled enough itt will Stand Still uppon a heate and Looke white then when it is cold take itt off the fier Shovell and make it in very Small powder and Soe dress the Sore there with ~ A Salve to heale any old Sore, and is good for the Spleene ~ Take a quarte of Strong Ale and boyle it untill it doe come to a thick Salve, then applye it to the Sore, as you would doe other Salve, and for the Scyatica, put thereto grose pepper, and ~ Spreade itt uppon Leather, and Laye it to the place greeved, and Lett itt Lye untill itt doe fall off ~ A Medecine, to bring a greene wound that gapeth togeather, and to cause it matter Take a peece of fresh beefe, of an inch thick, and broyle it uppon a griddicon, and turne it untill it be through hott, then Slitt it in the midst, Some what more then halfe then halfe through, and Soe Laye itt a broade with the inside, uppon the wounde, and Lett itt Lye 24 howres and it will bring the wound togeather, and cause matter, then dress it with Salve, as you Shall See occasion ~ A Water or Drinke to Alter or Drive awaye a Feaver or Ague ~ Take three or foure of the rootes of burres, wash them cleane, and Slitt them, and cast them into three pintes of good beare, putting unto them one handfull of featherfoy, and Lett them boyle togeather ~ with a quarter of a handfull of camomyl, as mutch of mouseare, and as mutch of bugs horne, other hearbe Juy, growing flatt to the grounde Like a Starr, wash all the hearbes well, and Lett them Soe boyle togeather, untill the one halfe thereof be consumed, and then put into it one Spoonefull of grose pepper, and Lett it boyle a Little after, then Save it in a pott, covering it close, and keepe it for yr use, and one hower before the fitt cometh, take one Large draught there off as hott as you can drinke itt and cover yr Selfe very warme, and Sweate uppon it, use this three Seaverall times and itt will with the healp of God drive awaye yr Ague from you ~ A Medecine for the Syatica ~ Putt to a pound of wax, the Juice of Mariorum, red sage of each Six spoonefulls, of the Juice of onions two Spoonefulls, of franckensence, nuttmegs, cloves, mace, and Annisseeds of each a penyworth and applye itt uppon Leather ~ A Medecine for a Straine or bruise ~ Take of the Softest new cowe dounge, putt thereto two penyworth of fresh butter, halfe a pinte of ~ Milke, foure ounces of oyle of roses, or Sallett oyle, Sett these over a Soft fiar a good while and Stirr them well, there will be aboute the Sides an oyle where with, first annoynte the place greeved, then applye a plaister of the other very hott ~ A Medecine for a Burning or Scalding ~ Take a good quantity of ground Juy, Stampe it well then let it boyle, in a Sufficient quantity of deares Suit, over a Soft fiar, untill it Looke black, then Straine it and keepe itt in a cake as Long as you will, and When you will use itt, melt a Little in a Sawcer, and with a feather, annoynte itt ~ A Medecine for a Wound in the Heade ~ Take a quantity of Aquavite, and putt into itt Suger, and there with all, throughly wash the wound and Stopp itt upp with Linte dipped therein, dress itt thus once in twenty foure howres ~  102 Continually, then putt thereto Soe many of the crumms of Leavened breade, as will make it of a Sufficient thicknes, for a plaister, then Spreade it Somwhat thick uppon a cloth, and Soe Laye it uppon the place, noe hotter then you can well Suffer it and Soe Lett it Lye 24 howres dress it thus as often as you Shall See cause, and when it doth Looke very redd, and is Soft with all in someone, place, Then take a Shell Snaile and Stamp it, and Spreade it thick uppon a cloth and Laye it where the Soft place is, then cover it over with yr plaister as before, and in 24 howrs it will breake it, then tent it and dress itt with Salve untill it be well ~ A Medecine for a Fellon ~ Take halfe a handfull of groundsill, halfe a handfull of baye Salt, and a Spoonfull of Soote, Stampe, all this togeather, very Small, putt thereto the yeolke of a newe Layde egg, and the Like quantity of barrelled Soape, Stirr all this well togeather, and temper it with Soe mutch Leaven as ~ will Searve to make it Like a Soft Salve, then dress the fellon there with once a daye, and it will ripen breake and heale itt ~ Another Spetiall good Medecine for the Same ~ Take of rozin the quantity of a greate hasell nutt, putt it into a oyster shell, and Sett it uppon the embars untill it doe boyle, then take a new Layd egg, and put the white cleane oute of it, and Stir the yeolke well togeather in the Shell, then power it into yr rozin, as itt doth boyle, by a Litle att a time, and as you doe putt it in, Stirr with a knife untill it doe clutter aboute yr knife, then Laye itt with Speede uppon a cloth, and Soe clapp itt on the fellon, as it cometh boyling from The fiar, for unless it be Layde on Soe hott it will not cleave to itt, and then you must dress itt againe, for itt will doe noe good, unless it doe cleave, let it Lye 24 howres, and then dress it againe, twice dressing will breake itt, and then dress itt with Some good drawing Salve till itt be whole ~ A Water good to wash any Festred Sore or Cankar ~ Take of wood bine Leaves, of house lick, and of Sage, of each of these, three great handfulls and boyle them all togeather, in running water, untill the water be very Strong of the hearbs and doe Looke, veary yellow, then Straine it and boyle itt againe, and when it is cleane Scummed, putt to every quart of water, a pound of roch Allome, and of white copperisse three ounces and Soe Lett itt boyle untill the Allom and copperiss be moulted, then Scum itt cleane, and to, every quart of the water, putt a pinte of honey, and Lett it boyle on a very Soft fiar, the Space of an hower, and as it doth boyle Scumm it cleane, then take it off the fiar, and when it is colde putt it into a vessell, that hath a tapp, and when you have occasion to use it, and draw it out in a Sawcer, and warme it before you doe wash the Sore there with, and when you have washed itt, then dress itt with Linte and Salve as you See occasion ~ Another Water for the Same Purpose ~ Take of egremony, of Plantin, and of bryar Leaves, of rew, and of hony suckle leaves, of each of these, three good handfulls, boyle all these togeather in running water, untill the water be very Strong of the hearbes, and doe Looke very yealowe, then Straine it and putt to every quarte of water a pinte of honey, a quarter of a pound of roche Allome, and three ounces of greene copperise, then boyle the water untill, one halfe pinte, be consumed, uppon a very Soft fiar, and Scumm itt cleane, when itt is cold, putt itt into a close vessel, that hath a tap and Soe drawe itt oute into s Sawcer as you have occasion, to use it, warming itt, and then wash the Sore there with with a Linnen cloth, butt if it be for a very old Sore, then boyle yr hearbes, in the water of a tanpitt insteed of the running water ~ A Water for a Sore that Bleedeth ~ Take a quarte of running water, and when it doth boyle putt thereto, two ounces of roch Allome, as mutch of white copperise, and foure ounces of the powder of bolearmoniack, being finely beaten and Lett itt boyle untill these things, be cleane dissolved, then Scumm it cleane and putt thereto ~ halfe a pinte of honey, and Soe Lett itt boyle with, a Soft fiar, untill halfe a pinte be consumed, and as it boyleth Scumm itt cleane, then take it off the fiar, and when it is cold putt it upp in a vessell with a tapp, and use itt as the other waters, this water, being thus kept, and used will continue good all the yeare ~  101 Like an oyntment, anoynte the Sore there with 3 times a daye, and it will heale it, fresh butter without Salt, is very good, for the Same greife, annoynting the Sore there with, you Shall See the dissease by this, itt riseth Like a blister, but is harde in the topp, and the oftner you ~ doe Lett out the water, the broader it will goe, and will growe in the end to a greate Sore, itt maye be healed as aforesaide ~ A Medecine for Leggs, that are Swollen, wth. the Drobsie, and change not Coulor Make a very Strong bryne of naye Salt, then Seeth it and Scumm it cleane, put thereto three or foure handfulls of water creases, and two or three handfulls of wheaten brann, and Soe Lett them boyle togeather, a good Space, then take two peeces of white cotton fitt to come aboute yr Leggs, and wett them in the Liquor, and Lett them Lye all night, and untill the next, Lett them be as hott as you can Suffer them, and as they coole wett them againe in the Liquor, thus doe 4 or 5 times, and then wringe yr clothes very drye, and Soe make them fast aboute yr Leggs as hott as you can, and Lett them Lye all night, and untill the next night, and then dress them in the Same Sorte againe, this doe, and in 7 or 8 dayes it will healp you ~~ A Medecine for a Tetter that Waters ~ Take the Juice of Sallendine and annoynte it there with, 4 or 5 times a daye, and an hollow ~ thing uppon it, to keepe that the clothes, touch it not, and in shorte time itt will heale it, allsoe the Juice of bryamy berries, that groweth uppon hedges, Like a wyld hopp, being imployed as the other will heale itt, and for a drye Tetterm Mustuard, or Inck will kill and heale itt ~ A Medecine for an Itch, that hath beene of Longe continueance Take Six gallons of new beare, put it into a close Vessell, add thereto a quarter of a pound of madder, and Stirr them well togeather, and Soe Lett itt Stand 7 or 8 dayes, untill itt be Stale then Lett the party drinke there of every morning, and evening, and in the afternoone, and withall Lett the party, every morning Sitt naked, before a good fiar, and Lett him be rubbed with course canvas rubbers, all over his body, and Soe the heate of the fiar, and the rubbing will make the itch to come oute, then take a Smooth flatt Stick, and annoynte the boddy, very thinn over ~ with tarr being moulten, with fresh grease or Sheepes tallow, being tried, and Lett him not putt on his clothes, till it be drye, this doe for the Space of twelve dayes, and itt will healp ~ A Medecine for Stinginge of an Adder ~ Take a cocke and cleave him in the midste, Soe Soone as he is killed, the feathers being uppon him and Laye him to the place, gutts and all, before he be could, and Soe Lett him Lye 7 or 8 dayes howers, and then Laye another, in the Same Sorte, and itt will healpe, and with all give the partye treacle to drinke to keepe the poyson from the harte ~ Another Medecine for the Same ~ Take mustard seede and bruise it in a wooden dish, with dragons water then opening the wounde with a fine needle, first binding the patient aboute the place where he is hurte for Swelling any further bath the wounde and all aboute, as farr as it is Swelled, with the dragon water, and then Lay the medecine on the wounde, binding itt on with a faire cloth, and when you dress itt againe anoynte it with oyle of roses, giving the party triacle and dragon water to drinke, when you dress itt first ~ A Medecine for the pricking of a Thorne, and to drawe it oute ~ If you can drawe oute the thorne, then Laye barrelled Soape to the place, and it will drawe out the venome and heale it, but if you cannot gett out the thorne, then take the kernells of hasell nutts, and chew them in yr mouth very Small Like dough, and Soe Laye it uppon the place, and holde it uppon with yr hand untill it doth cleave to the place, then bind a cloth uppon it, and Soe Lett it Lye untill it doe fall off it Selfe, the which will not be, untill it doe bring out the thorne and healed itt ~ A Medecine for an Ancome ~ Take a handfull of rew, as mutch of Sage, and the Like quantity of ground sell chopp all these togeather, and boyle them in the grounds of Ale, and put thereto, halfe a pound of Sheepes tall owe, being Shredd very Small and Soe Lett them boyle, the Space of an howre, Stirring itt continually  100 of the hearbes, Laye yr brickes, note that this must be done in a tubb, the patients Leggs, being Sett uppon the hearbes, where he must Sweate an howre, then wipe the Leggs, and Lapp them upp warme, and Laye the patient, to reast quiet lie, on his bed, the Space of two howres A Pultiss for a Legg that is Swollen, and is harde and cold ~ And where of there is noe Skinn broaken ~ Take the tops of wall woorte, and cammomill, of each foure greate handfulls, Shred them a Little and putt thereto: 4: greate handfulls of redd rose leaves, boyle all these togeather in faire water untill they be very tendar, then put there in a good dish full of cowe dounge, that is newe made, and Soe Lett it boyle, untill it be Soe thick that you maye Spreade itt uppon a cloth and Soe Laye it warme to the patients Leggs, and change it once in 24 howrs, and in 5 times dressing it will help them ~ A Salve to cure the bighting of a Dogg, a Hogge, a Horse or Mann Take of rugwoort, otherwise called Fennell woorte, or carpenters woorte, it groweth in the fieldes, and beareth a yellow flower, on the topp, Somewhat Like to tansey, growing high, and ~ hath a ragged Leafe, take a greate quantity of the Leaves there off, chopp them very Small, then temper it with a pound of fresh butter, and make it Like dough, then Stampe them well togeather and when you have thus done, boyle it in a Skillett, untill it doe Looke vearie greene, then Straine itt into a vessel, and keepe itt for yr use, and when you doe use it, take of drawne Linte, according to the wounde, and Lapp it thick in the Salve, and Laye the Salve very thick uppon the playster dress it thus, once in twenty foure howres, and it will helae it in very short time ~ A Soveraigne good medecine for a Legg that is Poysoned or ~ Venomed either, with Salve, water or otherwise ~ Take Small oatmeale and temper it with fresh buter untill it be Like dough, then make it into very thinn cakes betwixt yr fingers and thombe, and Soe Laye them uppon yr Legg, one close to another, Soe farr as the venominge, goeth, and if there be a Sore, then Laye them over the Sore, on high uppon the playster, and Shift them once in 24 howres, and in Short time it will help you ~ A Medecine, to kill a wilde fier or any other inflamation that ~ Cometh of a Sore or otherwise, it will heale any burne or Scald ~ being taken in time, and used as Followeth ~ Take of Alehoofe the Leafe, and Stalkes, Soe mutch, as is tender of itt, and chopp them veary Small Then Stampe them with very thick creame, putting thereto Soe mutch creame, as yr hearbes will make to Looke very greene, then Straine it, and with a feather anoynte, the greeved place, there with 4 or 5 times the daye, for the Space of two or three dayes, att the first, and after, three or foure times a daye will Searve, you must Laye a good quantity on att a time, and Lett it drye uppon ~ Laying the new Still: on high uppon the old, and in the end it will grow to a thick crust, and the thicker it doe crust the better, doe this as soon Shall See cause, and itt will kill the wild fiar, coole any inflamation, and is good for any burne or Scalde, being taken in time, you Shall know the wilde fier by this, itt will fall Suddently in any parte of the body, with Swelling, and burning, and will Looke redd for a daye or two att the first, and then it will change to purple, and will blister and water, it doth fall most commonly in the Leggs, and it doth happen offten times where there is noe hurte nor Skinn broken ~ A Medecine for the Shingles ~ Take the bloode of a catt, or of a Pigeon, and annoynte the place there with, and after you have killed the dissease heare with, then dress it with the oyntment going next before, and it will be whole, and Skin itt ~ A Medecine for a Dissease, called the Floxe. Take of the yellowest dock rootes, being pithed two greate handfulls, and three or foure greate nettle rootes, being cleane washed, putt these into a quantity of faire water, and Soe Lett them Seeth togeather, untill the dock rootes be very tendar, then take upp yr rootes, and Lett the water runn cleane from them, then Stampe them very Small, and Straine them, the Juice there off will be Like  99 A Salve to heale and Skinn a Sore, that is full of water and runeth mutch Take of rozin a quarter of a pounde, Soe mutch of wax, halfe Soe mutch of Sheepes tallow or deeres Sewitt melt all these togeather, and put thereto of oyntment made of St Johns worte, or of the oyle, the quantity of a quarter of a pound or more, and one Spoonfull of turpentine, mingle them well togeather, and Straine them into a vessel, with water and make it in a cake, and use it as neede Shall require ~ A Salve for all Sores, and must be made in Maye ~ Take a pound of wax, as mutch of rozin, as mutch of Sheepes tallow, well tried, a greate handfull of Sage, Soe mutch of dock leaves, Soe mutch of Smallage, two handfulls of wood bine leaves. one handfull of valerion, as mutch of plantin, chopp all these hearbes, and when the wax rozin are melted and the tallow, uppon a soft fiar, putt into them yr hearbes, and Lett them Soe Soake, uppon the embars, the Space of one howre, then boyle them on a Soft fiar, untill the Salve Looke greene, then Straine it into a vessell of water, and make it upp in roles, working it well, and Soe use it as neede Shall require ~ A Salve called, Gratia Dei ~ Take halfe a pound of rozin, Soe mutch of Sheeps tallow, Sett them uppon the fiar, with a quart of faire water, and when it is melted, put into it of barrel Sope, halfe a quarter of a pound, then Lett it boyle well, the Space of halfe a quarter of an howre, and Straine it into a vessell, of coole water, Letting it Stand one daye and one night, then worke it upp in roles, and if you will have the flesh to growe in the wounde, boyle in it three good handfulls of Ale hoofes or Ale hooves chopped, and Stamped, and boyle it till it Looke greene, the Sope must be put in after the hearbes ~ A Medecine to heale any grene wounde, having noe bone perished It is good Likewise to Staunch the blood, and to knit the Sinnews ~ Take the Longe redd woormes, of the earth, commonly called knott woormes Stamp them, and Spread them very thick uppon a cloth, and Soe Laye them to the wounde, note that Soe Longe as it cleaveth you must not take it off, but if it falleth off, then you must applye more of them to the wounde thus if you take it in time, you maye heale it 8 or 9 dayes ~ A Pultes for a Legg that is Swollen ~ Take two handfulls of brookelyme, as mutch of mallowes, the like quantity of Viollet Leaves, Spread all these togeather, and boyle them in a pinte of water, and as mutch of milke, putt there to a quarter of a pound of Sheepes tallow, Lett them boyle halfe an howre togeather, then put into it one handfull of redd rose leaves, and as mutch oate meale well bruised, then it must Seeth till it be very thick, then Spread it uppon a cloth, and Soe applye it to the Leggs, the wounde being Still covered with a playster, it must not be removed, untill it hath Lien 24 howres ~ A Pultis for one that hath wrenched his Legg ~ Take a good quantity of Smallage, brookelime, and camomyll, chopp them togeather, and boyle them in Urine and water, with a good quantity of Sheepes tallow, untill they be very thick, then put in a Little wheaten brann, and Stirr them togeather, Speade it uppon a cloth, and applye it to place which is hurte ~ A Bath for a Legg, that is Swollen with Could ~ Take a good handfull of rosemary and as mutch of Sage, the like quantity of thyme, and as mutch of Isope, and as mutch of plantin, as of all the rest boyle all these togeather in running water halfe an howre, then powre them into a boule, and into the bath you must putt a wooden dish with the bottom, upwards, in Sutch Sorte as the patients heele, maye rest uppon it, without touching the water, then must a Sheete, and a warme cloth be cast over, the Legg, to keepe in the Steeme, and Soe must he Sweate, an howre, then must the Legg be wiped with warme clothes and Lapped upp very warme, and after Lett the patient Lye on his bed 2 or 3 howres ~ A Bath for the Dropsie in the Leggs ~ Take two brickes and heate them in the fiar redd hott, then quench them in water, and take wall woorte, otherwise called danes woorte, or ground elder, and over a good quantity of  98 ~ Salves ~ Seare cloths ~ Medicines ~ ~ A Seare cloth good for all Aches, and bruises it being applied Presently upon the hurte, it is good for any greene wounde or old Sore, Saving ~ The Pockes ~ Take one pounde of the best roszin caled Peare roszin, as mutch of franckencence, of olibanum two ounces, of yellow wax a quarter of a pounde, of mastic two ounces, of Sage Sewett a quarter of a pound, beate yr roszin, frankensence, and gumms into fine powder, boyle them togeather in a gallon of white wine, on a soft fiar, untill they be all moulten, then take it from the fiar, and putt into itt three quarters of a pound, of unwasht turpentine, Stirr them all togeather well, then Straine itt through, a course thinn canvas, into an earthen pann, Letting it Stand two dayes, then cutt it in peeces, the Length of halfe yr hand, and the breadth of two fingers, worke these peeces, drawing them in Lenght, till you think they be well mixed, then Laye the peeces againe in the wine, where in Sodden, and use them thus three ~ daye togeather, then make them in roles, betwixt yr hands, annoynting yr hands with butter and Soe keepe them for yr use, and when you will use itt Spreade this uppon tawed Sheepes skinns, uppon the flesh Side, and applye itt till itt fall off, and for a wounde Spread itt uppon cloth, and dress not the wounde after ~ A Seare cloth for the Spleene, of Stich or winde in the boody ~ good allsoe to Staunch bleeding ~ Take greeke pitch melt it in an earthen pott, and putt noe Liquor or other thing to it, when it is throughly melted, then with a flatt Smooth Stick Spreade it uppon Leather, and apply it to ~ Stopp bleeding, Laye the playster, uppon the reignes of the back, and betweene the Shoulders: up to the necke, and for the Spleene Laye itt on the Left Side. ~ A Salve to heale a Canker Sore ~ Take three good handfulls of mat felon, Soe mutch of Scabious, the Like quantity of Self heale, of plantin Soe mutch, of wey breade, otherwise rib woorte Soe mutch, chopp all these togeather Stampe them togeather with butter oute of a chourne, not Sallted nor washed, Soe as you maye make itt upp in greate balls, then Laye them for the Space of 12 dayes in a Low Seller where they maye rott, then boyle them, and when you see it Looke very greene, Straine it and putt itt into an earthen pott, and keepe itt for yr use, and when there is occasion to use it, take Soe ~ mutch Lint which must be drawne, and not Scraped, and make it Soe broade as maye over the the Sore, and fill the wounde, Spreade itt very thick with the aforesaide Salve, and Laye itt on the Sore, dressing it once in 24 howres, and every 9th daye you must take fresh cheese curdes wring out the whaye, and Laye them to the Sore, without the plaister, for the Space of one one howre, and plucke itt awaye Suddently, and it will drawe, woormes out of itt, then dress it againe with yr Salve till itt be whole ~ A Salve to cure, every old Sore, and to take out broken bones Take three handfulls of Sage, the like quantity of ruew, chopp them Small, then take three ~ Small Slices of yellow rustiffe bacon, the Slices, Soe Long, as a mans hand, Spread the bacon very Small by it Selfe, and Shredd, the hearbes allsoe by them Selves, then putt them togeather, and Stampe them till it come to a very fine Salve, then putt to it the yeolkes of four new Layd eggs, and aboute foure Spoonefulls of wheate flower, and Soe mutch honey as maye make it Some what thinn, and Stirr it well togeather, and putt it upp in a vessell to keepe for yr use, and when you will use it, take Soe mutch Lint drawne, and not Scraped and make there of playsters, to cover the Sore, and Spread it and applye it as before Shifting it once in 24 howers, the best time to make this is in the month of maye for all the yeare ~ A Drawing and healing Salve for any Sore ~ Take halfe a pound of wax, as mutch of Sheepes tallow, finely tryed, Soe mutch of rozin, melt all these togeather, in a vessel, and when they are moulten, putt into them, of hoggs grease or clarified butter, without Salt, the quantity of a greate apple, then take it from the fiar, and putt thereto two pounces of common turpentine, then Straine it into a vessell with cold water, and make it into a cake, and Soe keepe it for yr use, if the Sore be very old, put into this Salve Soe mutch pitch as a great wallnutt ~ Elder Balsam Take 3 Gallons of Elder Berry Juice ( Prepared as for Jelly ) Boyle it to a quart in this Manner. Set a quart on the fire & when half a pint is boyl’d away, put to it a quarter of a pint more & so do till the whole 3 gallons Boyl’d to a quart. Syrup of Strawberries Search 2 tb. of fine Sugar, a lay of Sugar & a lay of Strawberries into an earthen pot, till all be in, The Sugar must be at on the Top & Bottom. Let it Stand 24 hours, then Stir it twice a Day for 5 or 8 days together. Then run it through a fine Tifting or Lawn, but do not Squeeze it. let ye Liquor Stand 2 days, Then take off ye Scum, & put ye Syrrup into glass bottles not to be close Stopp’d. Syrup of Currans Take a large quantity of Currans, & Strip them from the Stalks, & 10th the Back of a Spoon or Ladle mash ‘em Then let the clear run through a Sieve, put it into stone jug, cover it wth paper, Let it in a Cellar for 2 days, and it will be thick on ye top like a Jelly, Take yt off, & let ye Rest Run thro’ a Jelly: Bag: to every quart of this clear Juice put a pound of Double Refind Sugar, But for ordinary use Single will Serve, when it is melted let it boyl a quarter of an hour, Scum it & when it is Cold Bottle it. 97 next daye Lett it Just boyle to Skimm itt, and Soe putt it upp when it is colde, you maye ~ keepe the flowers for Salletts, if you putt in Som white wine vineger to them, while they are warme, butt then you must not Straine them to hand, you must cover the picker close when you putt them to Stewe, in the kettle of water, this is a good waye to make Syrupe of roses ~ To make Syrupe of Violetts ~ Take blewe Single Viletts, pick them Sift the Seedes cleane out, pound them Small in a Stone morter, take two pound of good Loafe Sugar beaten fine, putt Soe mutch water to it as will wett it, then boyle it to a thick Syrupe, then putt in more violets, Stirr all well togeather till it is well mingled, it must not boyle, then Straine it through a Straine, this is for yr best Syrupe, you maye putt in Some water and Some more Sugar to yr Strained Violetts, and boyle that and it will be good Syrupe, enough to Spend Suddently and for glisters, there must be a pound of pickt Violetts, to two pound of Sugar ~ To make Syrupe of Viletts ~ Take a pound of Suger, and three quarters of a pinte of water, and boyle it to a Syrupe as thick as you would have itt, then take as mayny Violetts, as you thinke will caller it well, then bruise the Viletts and put to the Syrupe, as Soone as it comes from the fiar, then Straine it but doe not boyle the Violetts att all ~ Syrupe of Damask Roses ~ Take a pottle of damask roses water, and Sett it over the fiar in a cleane earthen pipkinn and putt the pipkin into a pott of water, putt into the rose water a bushell of damask roses, cleane pickt and Searsed, butt not the whites cutt off, putt in a Little peece if fine Sugar, Lett them Stand till there coullor begon in boyling on a Soft fiar, as Soone as the coullor is gon take them out and putt in fresh, Soe Shifting them Still, till the Liquor growe higher coullered, then the roses Still taking them forth, and wringing them with yr hands, or with a press, when the Liquor hath the full coullor of the roses, Straine it cleane from them, then take to every pinte of Liquor a pound of Sugar, and boyle it to a good high, itt will keepe two or three yeare ~ Dyacydomum, or Jelly of Quinces ~ Take, Six pound of Suger, and dissolve itt in four pintes of pure water, take of the Scum, and clarify itt with whites of eggs, and then take: 8: pound of good ripe quinces, pare off, there utter Skin, and take out there coares, and Seedes, and devide every one into: 4: partes, and putt them into the water, and Suger, and boyle them till they be very tender, then putt them and Syrrupe togeather, into a Strainer, made of bolster cloth, and Lett the Syrrupe or Liquor runn through itt, and Afterwarde boyle itt to the height of a gelly, adding in the end of the boyling, 4: ounces of excellent Strong white wine vinegar, and Soe take itt from the fiar, and putt itt into glasses, or gally potts, and keep itt for yr use: Butt of you have itt with Spices, to warme the Stomacke, then when you take itt from the fiar, whilst itt is yett hott, putt into itt these Spices, being grosely cutt,: Viz: ginger: 1: ℥ white pepper, cynamon, and nuttmeggs, of each a quarter of an ounce, and Soe box itt upp for yr use ~ Dor Moore ~  96 Them, very Small, then take rose water and Sugar, and boyle it to a very thick Syrupe, putt in then yr rose leaves, and Lett them have a walme, then take it off the fiar, and when it hath Stoode a while in the pann, powre it out uppon a plate, and Lett it Stand till it be cold, and then cutt it informe of Lozanges or in what fashion you will, in this maner you maye doe Gilliflowers, or Sage, you must take to every pound of redd rose Leaves, three pound of very good Sugar ~ A Syrupe good for any great Cold: La Sheffeild ~ Take of the distilled water of hore hounde, one pinte, and add there unto to make a Syrupe three quarters of a pound of fine white Sugar, candy, beaten very Small, mix these well togeather, and Sett them uppon a quick charcoale fiar, then take Some good english Liquorish, of the best tasted, cleane Scraped and Slyced and putt in, and Lett it boyle in the Saide Syrupe, the quantity of one Spoonefull, and when it Seemes as it weare halfe halfe boyled, take three graines of Amber greese, reasonally well bruised and putt into the Same Syrrupe, and Lett them boyle togeather, butt Lett any Scumm that ariseth, be taken off before, you must have a care, that it boyle not with to mutch height, and when it is come to a Little thicknes, being cold it is Sufficently boyled, elce it will be all candy and noe Syrupe, while it is hott itt is must be Strained, through a fine cleane cloth, before it be putt upp in any glass ~ Ox meale good for tough Fleme and for the Woormes Take a pinte of honey and clarifie itt with the whites of eggs, putt there to of Vinegar, and of faire water of each halfe a pinte, make it Like a Syrupe ~ Mell Rosarum ~ Take a pinte of honey, and clarifie it as before, add thereto a pinte of the Juice of redd roses ~ and boyle it on a Soft fiar ~ The use of the hearbe Heliborus niger ~ The right helibourus niger which is to be used for the conservation of mans body, from all corruptions, must be gathered, in may or June, and Layd to drye in Some chamber or garrett out of Sunn and in an east agre, that is before windows, that Stand open to the east, this hearbe being thus ~ throughly dryed, thus, must be brought into powder, and then mingled with as mutch powder of fine Sugar as the weight of the powder of the hearbes is, and Soe keepe it Stopped in a pott or glass as consearves ar kept, of this composition every one daye, in the morning fasting, must be taken halfe a dramm, from the Age of 50 to the Age of: 80: unto the end of Life, once in Six daye a whole dram Probatum ~ To make Syrupe of Mulberies ~ Take mulberies and putt them in a pott close covered, and putt yr pott in a kettle of boyling water Soe Lett yr mulberries Steepe till all the goodnes be come out, then poure yr Juice into a glass, and waie it, and over against, yr Sugar, allow for the weight of yr glass, and Soe boyle itt upp, and Scumm it very cleane, till it be a thick Syrupe, and then power it into a white dish, and when it is cold bottle itt for yr use, take Some of this with planting water, plainly Stilled, is very good for a Sore throate, and when you make the Syrupe of mullberries, insteed of putting yr Syrupe, to the mulberries, you maye boyle yr Sugar to a candy height, first before the Liquor of mulberries goe and then never Lett it boyle, butt Stirr it, and Soe power forth yr Syrupe, it will keepe better then Aforesaide ~ Syrupe for an Impostume ~ Boyle two handfulls of diviles bitt rootes and all, in one quarte of whit wine, to a pinte, boyle this Liquor to a Syrupe, with a pound of Loafe Sugar, one nuttmegg cutt in quarters, a penyworth of cinamon in peeces, putt into it taken off the fiar two Spoonefulls of the best aquavite, take three mornings two Spoonefulls fasting, fast two howres after ~ To make Syrupe of Clove Gilly Flowers ~ Take the best clove gilly flowers, cutt the whites from them, and to a pound of those a pound and halfe of Sugar, putt them in an earthen pitcher, Laying a Laine of flowers, and a Laine of Sugar, till all is in them putt in a quarter of a pinte of buglas water, or you maye putt in as Mutch Sack insteed, putt the pitcher in a kettle of water, Lett the water boyle till the Strenght of the flowers is well out which will be in 4 or 5 howres, then Straine them very harde, and next  95 Quarter of a handfull of borrage, halfe a handfull of buglas, a good quantity of elicompane, and Lett this Seeth, till yr water come to a pinte, then take it off and putt in the quantity of two Sticks of Liquoriss, Scraped, and Sliced, while the water is hott, and Lett it Stand all night close Stopped, in the morning drinke, Seaven Spoonefulls, and as mutch when you goe to bedd, and continue it daye by daye, and night in Sutch maner till you finde ease ~ The making of Conserve of redd roses ~ Take to one pound of redd rose Leaves, either budds, or half blowne, the whites first well cliped off, and all the Seedes, finely cleaned out of them, three pound of good Sugar, and make yr Syrroupe in this Sorte, take to yr Sugar faire water only, and make it boyle, butt you must make it att the first very thinn, putting in more water then is usuall for preserving other fruitts when the Sugar is throughly moulten, and boyleth upp, on high, then beate two whites of eggs togeather, and powre them into yr pann, and Stirr it all aboute, then Lett it boyle a pretty while, ~ till the eggs, have gathered to a thick Scumm, on the topp, then take it off the fiar and Straine yr Sirroupe, after which Lett itt boyle till it come to a Syrupe, Soe thick as it will hang Like a haire when it droppeth from yr Spoone, then Lett it coole, and putt yr rose Leaves by Some and Some into a Stone morter, and beate them a Little, as it weare to make them tendar, butt in any wise beate them not to mutch, and Still as you have beaten them putt them into yr Syrupe, it being Somthing cold, that done putt the pann againe to boyle, and when you See the water cometh off, the roses is consumed, and yr Syrupe, doth begin againe, to be Somthing thick, then fill yr potts and Lett them be through cold befor you close them upp, and when you Sett Syrup and roses to the fiar, allwayes Stirr it A Syrupe good for a Consumtion ~ Take a quarte of the Juice of burrage, and clarifie it wih the white of an egg, then put to itt a pound and halfe of Sugar, and the weight of two French crownes of bassill Seede, and Seeth itt to a thick Syrrupe, and being all most cold, Stopp it very close, and keepe it for yr use, this may be taken in any hott burning feavor, or att any other time as you finde occasion ~ A Syrupe very newtritive, and espetially Presarvative Take 20 dates that be Sound and good, take out the Stones and the white rindes, and cutt awaye the Little hard Stems, that be att the endes of the dates, then wash them in Ale, and cutt them in Little Small peeces, beate them in a morter, till they be incorporated togeather, Like fine wax, and putt them into a pottle of very good muscadell, breake them a Sunder with a Slice of wood, and Still Stirr the wine and them togeather, then take of the rootes of Allexander, and perseley of each the quantity of two dates, very cleane washed, cutt in Small peeces, and bruised in a morter, as a Spoonefull of consearve of roses, halfe a pound of white Sugar candy, a quarter of a pound of white Sugar, of cinnamon beaten into powder, two Spoonefulls, of galling all Soe beaten one Spoonfull two nuttmeggs cutt in thinn Slyces, and a few Large mace, putt all these into the muscadell, and Stirr them well, and Lett them Stand close covered one houre, then boyle them in a pipkin, with a Soft fiar very Leasurely, and Stirr itt well in boyling, and clarifie itt, in taking of the Scumm, and when a fourth parte is consumed in boyling, take it from the fiar, and being butt blood warme, putt there to a Spoonefull of the powder of ginger, finely Searsed, and two or three Spoonfulls of rose water, Stirr them well and Lett it be Strained, and keepe it in a glass close covered, and if you would have it Like a conserve putt to all the afore written, halfe a pound of Allmonds, blanched and beaten Small, in a morter, two Spoonefulls of wheate clean picked, and well rubbed, and five or Six preserved quinces bruised, boyle this ~ with all the rest, till they be of that thickness you Like off, and Stirr them well in boyling, Straine it and keepe it in close boxes, or a gally pott close covered, and when you will use it, take the quantity of two nuttmeggs of the consearve, or a Spoonefull of the Syrupe att a time in the morning Sitting in yr bedd halfe an houre before you arise, you maye allsoe take there off, when you goe to bed att night butt Less in quantity, and you maye use a Spoonefull of the Syrupe, in a Little thinn broath, make with mutton, or rabitts or chicken ~ The making of Rose Sugar ~ Take rose budds, and clipp of all the whites of them, then take faire water and make it boyle, Laye yr rose Leaves in a cullender, and power the water uppon them, then drye them in a cloth, and shridd them  94 A Syroupe of Mershe Mallowes ~ Take two gallons of running water, and putt into it a handfull of plantine, and as mutch of pellitory of the wall, and as mutch of white Saxifrage, of the rootes of Asparragus, take two ounces and of marsh mallowe rootes, the pith being taken out, and of the flowers and Leaves four ounces of fennell rootes, perseley rootes, and knee holme rootes, the pithes being taken out, of each one ounce, of Adyamthum of both kindes one ounce, of the cordiall flowers, Viz, burage, buglas and violett flowers one handfull, and two ounces of Liquoris, and one ounce of Annisseeds, boyle all these, till they be halfe consumed awaye, then power it out into a faire bason through a Strainer, and wringe oute the Strengh of the rootes, and Soe Lett it Stand till it be Settled and an houre or two after, then take the clearest of it, and to every pinte of the Liquor, take a pound of Sugar, and boyle it to a Sirrup, there must be first putt in allsoe, Sych pease, bruised, two ounces, of the foure great cold Seedes two ounces, of the foure Letter cold Seedes, one ~ ounce, and this you maye keepe a whole yeare, and use of itt att yr pleasure, the foure great Seedes are this, Cowcumbers, millions, pompions, and gourds the foure Lesser cold Seedes, are Lettice, purslayne, endeeve, and Succory ~ The Conserve or Syrupe of Alcacangy Berries ~ Take of eringus rootes, faire Scraped, the pith being taken out, aboute one pound and halfe and two ounces of asparagus rootes, and a pinte of Saxafrage water, and putt them into a faire earthen pott, and Stop them close with past, and putt them into a pott of water, and Lett it boyle 12 howres, then power all out into a cullender, and Stamp it as Small as you can and rubb it through a Strainer, with a quarter of a pound of Alcacangy berries, Soe Seeth it upp with Sugar to a consearve ~ A Syrupe or Conserve good for the Stone ~ Take Secheley rootes, pilled, and picked, and Laye them in water, two or three houres, boyle ~ them in Saxifrage water, till they be very tendar, then Straine it, and take the pulpe, to the quantity of halfe a pound, with wyld, eglantine berries, cutt them and pick out all the Stone, and haires and Seeth them in Saxifrage water, and Straine itt and take the pulpe to the quantity of a ~ quarter of a pound, take winter cherries otherwise called alcacangy Straine it and take a quarter of a pound of the pulpe, take of poom cittrons two ounces, being boyled, to take awaye the bitternes, mince it Small, and beate it in a morter, and Soe mixe all these aforesaide things togeather, and boyle them on a chaffing dish of coales, with a pound of Sugar, till it be as thick as a consearve, or as thinn as marmalett, Soe putt it in boxes, and use them fasting twice or thrice a weeke as you finde yr greife, this is to me made only about All hallon tide ~ A Syrupe to restore Nature ~ Take the Juice of Lemmons, borrage water, or the Juice of borrage, three or foure Leaves of fine gold, or more according to the quantity of the receipt, cutt very Small, putt there in one ~ nuttmegg grose, and Sugar candy then let it boyle in a Small Silver or earthen vessell till it grow thick to a Syrupe, Stirr it with a Liquoriss Stick, Scrape in Six graines of the best Amber greese butt Lett not the Amber greese boyle, add to the Same Syrrupe 4 or 5 graines of harts horne, take of this every morning one Spoonefull, and as mutch att night, and fast Some reasonable time ~ after, and it will be very effectuall in opperation ~ A Syrupe or water, to breake any Cold, and Scowre the Pypes, it will ~ Beesides, Strangly cleare the blood and keepe the Lunges in good temper ~ Take running water and putt there in, allmost a handfull of French barley, and Lett it Seeth till the water be redd, then change yr water, and Lett it Seeth againe, till it be ready to breake, then cast it out, and let it Seeth the third time, till it have broken, and one quarter of an houre after, then take the water cleane from the barley, being in quantity a quarte, when you have Soe parted them asunder, Sett the water on the fiar againe, putting to it halfe a handfull of endeeve, well washed, a quarter of a handfull of Savory, halfe a handfull of Violett Leaves a quarter  93 A Syrupe of Damaske Roses, good to purge Chollar ~ Take one gallon of faire running, in a pipkin with a cover, and putt thereto, Soe mutch damask roses, clipped from the white, as you cam thrust into the pott, when the water Seetheth ~ take it from the fiar, and Soe covering the pott, close, Lett it Stand till the next daye, then wring out the roses, and againe Sett the water uppon the fiar, till it be Scallding hott, and putt againe to it Soe many Like roses, as will drinke up the water, use this in this Sorte every daye, untill the water cometh to one pinte, and an halfe, then Straine the water into a cleane pipkin and boyle it, putting thereto one pound and halfe of Sugar, Scumm itt and boyle it to a thick Syrrup then putt it into a glass, and keepe it for yr use, take for a child one Spoonefull, for an elder body two or three Spoonefulls ~ A Syrupe of Horehound, good for the Consumption of the Lunges ~ Take three handfulls of horehounde, and a good quantity of mayden haire, and a fennell roote of one yeares growth, three perseley rootes, and a handfull of pennyroyall, boyle all these in a pottle of running water, but Lett yr water Seeth before you putt in yr hearbes, and then Seeth them with a Soft fiar, untill it be consumed to a pinte and a halfe, then Straine it and Lett it coole, and of the clearest of it, a pinte being taken, putt thereto, a pound of Sugar, then Lett it boyle, and cleare it of the white of an egg well beaten, with redd rose water, and Soe Scumm it cleane, and Lett itt boyle to a Syrrup, hight, then putt in two Spoonefulls of the Lunges of a fox, being dryed, you must take a Little att once of itt with a Liquoris Stick as you Shall need ~ A Syrupe Cordiall, good for Sutch, as have taken Thought ~ Take halfe a pinte of the Juice of burage, as mutch of the Juice of buglas, the Like quantity of the Juice of balme, putt all these Juices togeather, and Seeth them in a Skillett, and the greene will rise upp, thick Like a posset curde, then cleare itt with the whites of two eggs, well beten and Scumm it cleane, then putt it into a cleane bason, and Sett it on a chaffing dish of coales, putt thereto halfe a pinte of red rose water, with the weight of foure pence of dryed Violett flowers and the Like quantity of dryed roemary flowers, with as mutch of cowslip flowers, being dryed as mutch allsoe of prim rose flowers, and Likewise of the clove gilly flowers, well dryed, with the the blades of Saffron, thus Lett it boyle on the coales, untill it be consumed to a good pinte, then ~ Straine it through a peece of white cotton, and putt there in a pound of white Sugar, and Scumm it with the white of an egg, beaten with redd rose water, and boyle it to a Syrrup height, when it is allmost boyled, take a graine of muske well miced with two Spoonefulls of rose water, and putt it ther in, you must take a Spoonefull thereof att once ~ A Syrupe good for the Stomake, and to disgest a Surfitt ~ Take a quarte of clarrett wine putt into a bason, and putt there in Soe many of the Leaves of redd poppy that groweth among wheate, as maye well be Steeped therein, then Sett it on a chafing dish of coales and Laye two white flatt Stickes, over the bason, and take a peece of white, cotton of a Spann Long, being an inch broade att the one end, and Small at the other, hang this on the Side of the bason, Soe Soe that, the broader end, maye hange in the Liquor, and the other into a glass then whelme an other bason on high, uppon the Sticks, over yr Liquor, and Soe Lett it distill into yr glass, by the cloth, untill all the Liquor be dryed upp, then take the Liquor, that is Soe distilled, into the glass, and to every pinte there of putt a pound of Sugar, and Soe boyle it Syrup hight, and when it is cold putt it into a glass for yr use A Syrupe to open the Pipes to Comfort the Hearte ~ and to exspell mallancholly ~ Take a quart of honey, and putt it into a wide mouth glass, add there to Soe many of the flowers of rosemary, as you can moisten therein, by Stirring them well togeather, then Sett in the Sunn 2 or 3 dayes and as the honey wasteth thon with the heate, of the Sunn, Soe Stuff it full with the flowers, thus doe Soe Long as there, aryseth any moysture to cover yr flowers, and when yr honey, being throughly melted in the Sunn in this Sorte, will continew noe more flowers, then being very well Stirred togeather, Sett it in the Sunn to distill togeather, the Space of foure months, and it will be Like a conserve, you must turne yr glass of ten times, that all Sides maye take the Sunn a Like, and when you have thus done, keepe it for yr use, and when it is a quarter of a yeare old, then take there off every morning the quantity of a wallnutt, and you Shall finde the opperation, very effectuall ~  92 ~ Syrupes ~ A Syrupe for the Cough of the Lunges ~ Take of Scabious, three good handfulls and halfe, Soe mutch of foale foote, the Like quantity of Synicle, the Like of pennyroyall, boyle all these togeather in a gallon, and halfe of Stale Ale with a Soft fiar, till the one halfe be consumed, putt into it before you Seeth it, two good Sticks of Liquoriss, Scraped and bruised, and three Spoonfulls of annisseeds, Likwise bruised, then Straine it into an earthen pott, Soe Letting it Stand all night, take the next daye the clearest of it and to every pinte and halfe, putt one pound of fine Sugar, then boyle it againe and Scum it, Letting it boyle untill it come to a Syrrupe, thickness, that it maye Stand uppon yr naile when it is cold, then Lett the Sick Partie take a Lycoris Stick, and pare it and Jagge it att the end, and dipp it in the afforesaide Syrup, and Soe Suck it as often as he or Shee Shall please, the oftner the better ~ To make a Syrupe, of Lycorese, good, for the Lunges, and Shortnes of Breath ~ Take a pound of Lycoresse cleane Scraped and bruised with a hamer, then with greate pinns or Sutch Like things, pluck it a sunder Like Stringes, or threedes, into a deepe bason, then putt to it one wine pinte of Issop water, Soe mutch of redd rose water, the Like of horehound water, the Like of pennyroyall water, Soe Lett them Lye infused togeather twenty foure houres, often putting downe the Liquoriss, into the water, and boyle it, uppon a chafing dish, of coales, till the water be very Strong of the Liquoriss, and consumed allmost to one halfe, then Straine it into a cleare Skillatt, and therein boyle it, putting thereto of white Sugar candy one pound, and a halfe, or want of Sugar candy you maye use barrbary Sugar, and use att yr pleasure ~ To make, a Syrupe of Veniger, good for to coole in a hott Feavor or any other, hott Sicknes, and to breake, Cholar, and grosse Fleame In the Stomake ~ Take one Fennell roote of one yeares groth, and foure perseley rootes of a good bignes, if they be Small rootes, take Soe many as maye equall yr fennell roote, and Soe mutch of Succory rootes, and and two great rootes of docks, the yellowest are the best, take the piths out of them all, and Seeth them in a pottle or gallon of water, add thereto one handfull of Violett Leaves, and of young mallows and endive, of each as mutch Lett all these Seeth, till three parts of the water, be consumed, then Straine it into a cleane vessel, letting it Settle, then take all the clearest of the water, and to every two pintes there off, putt one pinte of the best wine vinegar, that you can get, and one pinte and halfe of honey, then Seeth it and Scumm it, untill it come to a Syrupp, putt it into a glass and use it att yr pleasure, when you will take it, putt to Soe mutch Syrrup as you doe meane to take, Soe mutch borage or cleane water boyled, as will make it thinn to drinke, if you Like not honey in the Syrrupp take for every pinte of honey, one pound of Sugar ~ A Syrupe to Coole the Stomake, and to Allaye Chollar ~ Take of the Juice of orringes, Six Spoonfulls, the Like quantity of the Juice of Lemmons, as mutch of the Juice of pomgrannetts, if you can gett it, putt to it as mutch redd ros water as all those Juices doe amount to, and Likwise, Soe mutch faire water, as will equall the aforesaide Juices, and rose water, then measure all togeather, and to every halfe pinte, putt halfe a pound of Sugar, finely beaten and Soe putt all togeather, and boyle it till it come to a Syrrup, then putt it into a glass and keepe it for yr use, and when you will use it, take Some borrage water, or rose water, or faire running water boyled, mingle it with Soe mutch Sugar, as you will take, Soe as you maye drinke itt ~ A Syrupe to Provoke one to Sleepe ~ Take of white poppy Seedes, cutt nott off the ripest, foure ounces, bruise it a Little, and putt it into A pottle of raigne water, Soe Letting itt Infuse 24 howres, then Seeth it, till more then the one halfe be consumed, Straine it into a cleane Vessell, Letting itt Settle, and to every pinte of the clearest of itt, putt one pound of Sugar then boyle it to a Sirrup, and Scumm it cleane ~ and then putt it into a glass, and take butt one Spoonefull att a time ~  91 One dram, of the flowers of cowslips, of burrige, of red Sage, of buglas, of mary golds, of elder two drams, of the flowers of rosmary, of clove July flower four drams, of Juice of Sellandine one pinte, of the best Sack three pintes, of Strong Angellico water one pinte, of red rose water, half a pinte, bruise the Spices, and putt all these ingreedience, a Steepe with Sack, over night to this quantity putt halfe a pound of white Sugar candy finely beaten, putt it into the bottles and lett the water drop to it, you maye have of this three pintes of Strong water ~ A Water, for Consumtion, of the Flesh, most excellent ~ Take three pintes of new milk, one pinte of red wine, the yeolkes of 24 eggs, beate them all togeather, then Slice in halfe a pound of dates, very thinn, and the white Skinn pick out, the crum of a halfe peny Loafe Sliced thinn, a handfull of rosmary flowers, a handfull of dryed July flowers, 20 old pippens, pared, and Sliced, thinn, and Steepe them all togeather over night ~ and Still them in a cold Still next morning, take three Spoonefulls in the morning blood warme Sweetten it with a Spoonefull of gilly flowers Sirrup, and Soe take att three a clock in the afternoone, and putt a Spoonefull of it into all brothes, and every draught of drink you drink, if the party belowe then putt in 20 Shell Snailes it will doe well ~ A Cordiall, very comfortable, for the Stomack ~ Gripes and Surfitts ~ Take to every quart of good brandy, as many poppys as you can well Steepe, after they have Stood a weeke, Straine them out, and putt to each quart of brandy three dozen of resons of the Sunn Stoned, three figgs Sliced, two dates quartered, and the whites of them taken out cloves, mace cynnamon, of each a quarter of anounce, two racis of ginger Scraped and Sliced angellico Seedes, and cardius two drams of each, three Spoonfulls of annisseeds pickt and rubbed one quarter of a pound of fine Sugar, Steepe all these for the Space of 16 dayes, Shaking it ~ twice every daye, then Straine it through a Jelly bagg, and putt it upp into bottles, then putt to it one ounce of Annisseede comfitts, one ounce of Amber comfitts, one ounce of manus, Christy ~ An excellent Water for an Ould Sore ~ Take a peck of black berries ripe putt them in a tubb, and bruise them to mash, putt there to a quarter of a pound of unslatcht Lyme, a quarter of a pound of Allome pounded Small, putt all this and wash it well togeather, and cover it, and Lett it Stand two dayes, and then Still it in a cold Still, this water, blood warme, washing the wound, twice a daye with a cloth, and Lett the cloth Lye uppon it, hath cured an ould wound of: 7: yeares being ~ Elder Water ~ To a bushell of berries ripe and cleane picked from Stalkes, ad Levon ℥i [illegible] of Spi putt in an earthen pott, breake well the berries, Sett warme by the fiar, worke it 10 dayes, close covered distill in a Limbeck, Lett them boyle awhile before the Limbeck Setton ~ The Fistula Water ~ Of white copperis and roach Allom of each a Like quantity, and pound them Small, putt them into a new earthen, chrich, Sett it on the fiar, boyle it till be harde, Stirring it continually ~ A Water for the Pallsey it is good to quicken ~ memory and to cleare the Sight ~ Take of primrose flowers, with the younge budds and Leaves of cowslips flowers, and buds of rosemary flowers and buds, and the flowers, and budds of harts ease, otherwise called wall gilly flowers, of each of these, the Like quantity, then take as mutch of balme as off all the other mingle all this togeather, and when they are Somwhat dryed Still them, and use the water as you would doe other distilled waters, then keepe it for yr use, and take there off, when you doe felle either Lightness in yr head, or coldness, or any other paine which cometh of cold in yr heade, and as you doe take it hold Some of itt in yr mouth, that the Sent maye affende into yr head and you Shall find ease ~  90 To make a Water, to keepe the Face Smooth ~ Take two penniworth of barly, and putt Some faire water to it, boyle it in that water a Little then putt that water from it, putt in Some more faire water, to the barley, and boyle that, Soe ~ continue, changing the water, and boyling them till the water Looke cleare, then take two pen worth of bitter Allmonds, Scrape them and cutt them in Little peeces, then take the barley, but Lett the water, come cleare from it, then putt the barley and the Almonds in a quart of whit wine Soe wash yr face with it a mornings ~ To make the Surfitt Water of Cad weed ~ Take a quart of Anniseeds water, and fill it full of cad weed, Lett it Stand Steeping, three or foure dayes, then power it out, as cleane from the cad weed, as you can, putt it into a bottle glass, and putt in a quarter of an ounce of cloves, and a quarter, of an ounce of Large mace, and a quarter of an ounce of nuttmegg, and Somewhat more of cinamon, and halfe a pound of Sugar, and Lett it Stand, and keepe it for yr use ~ A Water to wash, the face, and Lett it drye in ~ Take a peck of house Snailes, Shells and all, Strowe, Strowe brann, or fennall on them one night, to cleanse them, wipe every Snaile and breake the Shell, and take them out, pound them, and putt to them, a gallon of beane flower, and a gallon of Sollomons Scale rootes, bruised, Still them in a cold Still with a gentle fiar, as Long as it will dropp, Sunn the water a month or Six weekes ~ To make the Cordiall Aqua mirabilis ~ Take of cubibs, gallingall, mellilett flowers, cloves, and mace, nuttmeggs, one dram, of cardamus Seede picked cleane two drams, of each flowers of Lavander of mother time, of white archangle, one dram, of the flowers of cowslips of burrage, of red Sage, of buglas of marygold of eder two drams of the flowrs of rosmary, of clove Jelly flowrs 4 drams, of the Juice of Sallendine one pint, of the beast Sack three pints, of Strong Angellico, water one pinte, of red rose water, halfe a pinte, bruise the Spices, flowers, Steepe them in the Sack, and Juice one night, the next morning, distill it in a cold Still, Lett it drop into a bottle, hanging in the bottome white Sugar candy, finely beaten, after the rate of a pound to three quartes ~ Plague Water ~ Take egremony, rue, woormewood, Sallendine, Angellico, Scabious, tormentill, Sage, mugwoorte, pimpernell, dragon, balme, fether few, wood Sorrell, cury, burnett Speermint, Scordium, cardus bene dictus, marygold flowers, cowslip flowers, perseley flowers, of each halfe a pound, rosmary a pound, annisseedes, Sweet fennell Seeds, corriander Seedes, and cardimum, Seedes of each two ounces a roote of elicompane, Scraped and Sliced Small, putt these togeather, and Shreed them Small then Steepe them in a gallon, and a quart of Sack, and as mutch whit wine, three dayes and three nights, in a earthen pott, glased, and well Stopped, and after, distill them, heare to you maye add, methridate, foure ounces, of venice treacle, one pound, to infuse with the rest, and then distill it, the first runn keepe by it Selfe for it will be Stronger then the rest, this is excellent against the plague, pestelent feavers, Ague, ill Stomack, and to keepe any Sickness from the heart, you maye Still it in a close Still, close Stoped, in the Stilling Laye wett clothes Soomtimes about the top of the Still, and you may keepe aboute a quart, buy it Selfe of this proportion, which will be exceeding hott, and for the rest you maye mingle togeather, doe not Still anymore when you find it growe Sowar, give 8 Spoonefulls of this water att a time, or there abouts and when you think it decayes, you maye quicken it with a Little of the Strongest Sort, you must Still it gently till it is neare the end, of Stilling, then Still it off faster, ~ Plurisie Water ~ Take brandy, and horse dongue, and make it into a morter, then Stamp poppy flowers, into it as mutch as you can conveaniantly, and Still it in a cold Still as you doe roses, reveale not this ~ To make, a Cordiall, Aqua marebulis, my Lady Stortons waye ~ Take of cubebs, gallingall, mellilot flowres, cloves, mace, and nuttmeggs, of each one dram of cardemus Seedes, picked cleane two drams, of the flowers of Lavander, of mother time, of white archangell, one  89 of the Sunn Stoned one pound, bruise the Seedes, Slice rootes, and putt them into two quartes ofnants brandy, and Lett them infuse, 8 dayes, close Stopped, then Straine yr Liquor off and add to it one ounce of venice treacle, the dose is two Spoonefulls att night, and two in the morning ~ Green Bame Water ~ Fill a Limbeck with wine Leese, or Ale, and good Store of bame, drawe it off as Long as any Strengh remains, when you have a Still full of this water, putt it into a Limbeck, the Second time with Store of bame, a gallon of the third draught, putt corriander Seedes lt 55, cloves bruised ℥ii, mace and nuttmeggs ℥ 1/4 Lett it dropp into a recever, filled with fresh bame Leaves, not washed nor brused when it hath Stood you maye putt fresh, then Lett it Stand a weeke then cleare it, adding an ℔ij of Sugar, dissolved in damaske rose water, warme, you maye add Amber greese and muske, orringe or Lemmon pill, Stopp it butt not to close, for it maye breake yr glass except cold ~ Surfitt Water ~ Take three gallons of new Ale, and of gallingall rootes, and mellilott flowres, and cubibs and cardimus, and graine, and Long peppar, three drams of a Sorte, halfe a pound of great figgs, and a pound of raisons of the Sunn, of cloves, and mace, and ginger and nuttmeggs, halfe an ounce of each of these Spices, take a peck of poppy Leaves and wipe them very drye, and putt into the Ale bruise all these things togeather, and Lett it infuse one night, next morning when you drawe yr water, take a quantity of poppy Leaves, and wipe them very drye, and cutt awaye the blackes, and Lett yr water dropp to them, then Sweeten it with fine Sugar, a quarter of an ounce of dates, if you please putt Amber, greese and muske, and Leafe gold, Probatum est ~ To make Orringe Water ~ Take two dozen of the Smoothest orringes of right civill, 4 quartes of mallago Sack, then wipe the Orringes, cutt them in halfes, and Squeese the Juice out very well, then cutt them all to bitts and Stamp them in a morter, then putt them in a Still with the Juice and Sack, and Lett them Stand foure or five dayes, Stirring once a daye, and tye a cloth close aboute it, then past the Still, and to every bottle put in Some white Sugar candy ~ To Still Balme or Minte ~ Take a Still full of balme or minte, and Stamp or cutt them, and putt to the balme more then a pinte of brandy, putt to the minte not Soe mutch, the first bottle Sett by it Selfe, then Still it off, and to the next Still full of hearbes, Sprinkle it with the Last water, adding a Little brandy, Sweeten it with Sugar, and mingle it all togeather ~ Cherry Water Take foure pound of ripe cherries and Stone them, take 6 pintes of clarrett wine, halfe a handfull of topps of rosmary, Six Large nuttmeggs, a handfull and halfe of balme, Six ounces of cinamon putt all these into a Large Still, and Lett them Stand 24 houres, close Stopt, distill the water, add to the water, being distilled, halfe a pound of the finest Sugar, of musk and Amber greve, 20 graines Treacle Water ~ Take of the rootes of Allicompane, gention, cypress, turmentill, Angellico of each one ounce, Leaves of Lady thisle, or cardus, two ounces, marygold flowers two ounces, citron rigne one ounce, then take a pound of the best venice, treacle, and disolve in three pints of whit wine, three pints of good Sack, three pintes of redd rose water, and a quart of cardus water, then Infuse all this togeather all night, in the morning Stirr it, and Soe distill it, in a close Stopt Still, you must have a full pound of treacle besides the waight of the pott, it will be Stilling a daye, and most part of the ~ night, the fiar when once in must not goe oute, till done, because the water will wast, you must Still it to the Last, or elce you will not have, all the Strengh of the hearbes, and rootes, Lett it runn on fine Sugar it will keepe the bettar, Lett the rootes be Scraped, and prepared att the Apothycaries ~ and they must be the full weight afterwards, Still it gently att first, and keepe, every bottle by it Selfe, towards the Last you must Still off fast Lest it growe Sowar, when you find it growe Sowar Leave off, when cold, you maye mingle it togeather, and keepe it close Stopt, give it for Surfitts or heats and colds, 7 or 8 Spoonefulls, Lett the party Sweat after it, tis good for headach, and to quicken Labor, when anything oftends the Stomack ~  88 Memory, all weaknes of the Stomack, take of it inwardly and bathed outwardly, take of it a quarter, of a Spoonfull and fast a quarter of an howre after itt ~ For the Falling Sicknes ~ Take a nest of young ravens, gutts and all and drye it to powder, and putt it into a glass putt to it one pinte of black cherrie, water, two pints of white wine, putt to this wine and water one ounce of this powder, and Shake it till when you take out, drinke three Spoonfulls: 30: dayes togeather, eate noe perseley ~ probatum ~ Md Irelands To make Aqua mirabilis ~ Take gallingall, cloves, cubitts, ginger, mellilott, cardimony, mace, nuttmegs, of each a dram, and of the Juice of Sallendine, halfe a pint, mingle all this made into powder, with the Juice, and with a pint of good Aquavite, and three pints of good whit wine, then putt all these togeather in a Stillitory of glass, and Soe Lett it Stand all night, and in the morning distill it with, as easy a fiar as may be ~ Aqua mirabilis ~ Take gallingall, cubitts mellilott, flowrs, cardimony, cloves, mace, nuttmegg, ginger, of each two drams, the Juice of Sallendine one pint, mingle all this made into powder, with the Said Juice Aquavite one pinte, and two pintes of good white wine, Steepe them all night togeather in a glass Still, and the next day distill it with a very Soft fiar, Lett it dropp into yr glass uppon fine suger or powder of white Suger candy and a very Little bagg of Saffron ~ To make the Angell Water ~ Take a quart of the best rose water, one ounce of benjamen, one ounce of Storay, and beate it Small, putt it over a Soft fiar, for two howres, and Lett it boyle close covered, and Lett it Stand till the next daye, and then Strayne it out, and putt it in a glass, then putt in Six grayness of civett four graines of musk, and tye it upp in a fine rag, and hange it in the glass, and in nine dayes you maye use it, butt the Longer it stand it is the better ~ A Water for a Consumtion Mes Arbella, Whites ~ ꝶ a peck of garden Snayles, in there Shells, and wash them in a greate bowle of beare, then make an oven, very hott, Soe Laye them in the oven pretty thinn, and Lett them wast as Long as you heare them make any noise, then take them, and pick them out of the Shells, and wipe them from all the greene froath, very cleane, then bruise them in, a Stone mortar, Shells and all, take allsoe a quarte of earth woormes, Slitt them and Strewe them with Salt, two or three times, then wash them cleane and putt them in a Stone mortar, and Stamp them to peeces, then Sett yr pott as it must Stand, and Laye in the bottome two handfulls, of Angellica, them two handfulls of Sallendine, then two quartes of rosemary flowres, allsoe bares foot, egrimony, red dock rootes, Sliced, the barke of a barr berrie tree, wood Sorrell, bettany, of each two handfulls, of rue, fenewgrick, turmerick, of each ~ one ounce, well beaten, then Laye the Snailes and woormes, on the topp of all those things, then powre in three gallons of the Strongest Ale, and cover yr pott, and Lett it Stand all night in the place you meane to putt fiar under it, in the morning putt in of Saffron beaten to powder the weight of Six pence, of harts horne, grated or beaten to powder Six ounces, you must not Stir it after you have putt in the harts horne, Lett it burne to the bottome, then Sett on the Limbeck fasten it with doe, and receave it as you doe other hott waters, in pinte you maye receave Six pints or more, the first is Strongest, and must be kept by it Selfe, and Soe by degrees, the Smallest maye be mended by the Strongest, the water maye be given the patient, in the morning, two howrs before eating or drinking anything, and must not Sleepe, in two howres after, it must be given thus two Little Spoonefulls, in two or three Spoonefulls of Small beare, and exercise after it if you can if the patient, be very weak take it allsoe att night, butt then butt one Spoonefull two howrs before he goes to Sleep, butt Sometimes, Leave it for a daye or two ~ The never failinge Cordiall Take of carriander Seedes, commin Seeds, fennell Seedes, and Annisseedes, of each three ounces, of Liquorish, and elicompane, rootes three ounces, of each, of horse radish rootes two ounces, of Sena four ounces, of raisons of the Sunn  87 Long as you heare them make a noyse, and then you must take them out, with a knife and make them very cleane, and wipe them with a course cloth, of all the greene froth ~ from them, then bruise them in a morter, Shells and all, Take allsoe a quart of earth woorms Slitt them and Scowre them with Salt, then wash them and beat them in peeces, the pott being made reddy for yr Lymbick, putt them in, then take two handfulls, of Angellico, uppon that putt a quart of rosmary flowrs, putt allsoe egremony, beares foot, redd dock rootes, the barkes of barberry trees, wood Sorrell, bitteny of each, two handfulls, rue halfe a handfull ~ fennegrick, and turmerick, of each, an ounce, of Saffron well dryed, and beaten to powder the weight of Six pence, then power in three gallons of the Strongest Ale you can gett, good measure, cover yr pott and Lett it Stand Soe all night, in the place where you meane to Sett fiar in the morning you must putt two ounces of cloves, very well beaten to powder, and Six ounces of harts horne, beaten to powdar, you must nott Stirr it after you have putt in yr harts horne, for feare it Sink to the bottom, fill yr Limbick, and make it close with doe, and Soe receave yr water in pints ~ This water must be given in the morning, and fast two howrs after, and not Sleepe on it, or it maye be given between meales, two howres from each meale you must take two Spoonfulls of Ale or whit wine, and when you give of the Smallest Sort you ~ maye give as mutch of the water, as of drink, ~ To make Preservative Water, good, against, any Infection ~ Plague or Feaver, or Consumtion, or woormes in Children ~ Take one pound of bame, one pound of rue one pound of rosmary, one pound of woormwood one pound of mug woort, one pound of Small Sage, one Large pound of pimpernell, one pound of Scabious, one pound of egremony, one pound of dragon, one pound of Liver worte, one pound of cardus benedictus, one pound of Sallendine, one pound of harts tounge, one pound of Long wort one pound of fox Longues, in all 16 Sortes, take all these pick them and wipe them that have neede, butt not wash them, and cutt them a Little, then putt them in a great pott, and putt to them two gallons of whit wine Leese, or more, as mutch, as mutch as you will find, will Steepe them, when they are close putt downe, and covered close, with a cloth, and a pye plate, on the topp, one whole daye and a night, the next morning Still it in a cold Still, and if you will have it of a good Strenght, paste the Still round aboute, and keepe the Strongest, by its Selfe, and the Second by it Selfe, the Smallest Sort is good for feavors, if you give it to one that hath or is inclining to a consumtion, that hath a Cough, doe not putt in Soe mutch rue, for that is not Soe good for the Longues, Angellico, insteed there of ~ An Excellent, Palsy water of great Virtue, and allsoe ~ in Dissines of the Head, and weaknes of Sinews ~ Take of Lavender flowers, cleane picked, Striped, fill a glass of a gallon, then powre on them good Spirrit of wine, to fill the glass, then Sett it to Steepe, in a warme place, for Six weekes, close Stopped if you cannot have Spirrit of wine, then take exceeding good, [aquavite] Brandy, then take flowrs of Sage rosmary, bittony of each one handfull, burrage flowres, buglas flowres, Lilly connally flowres, and cowslip flowres of each two handfulls, digest them, in good Spirrit of wine, six ounces gather everyone in his Season, take bame, motherwort, Spicknerd, baye Leaves, and if you can gett it, the Leaves, and flowers ade pion ie seeds has red six drams of orringe trees of each one ounce, cutt or hopp these herbs, putt into the Spirrit as aforesaide, [illegible] nutmags, mace cardimons cuberbs in powder of each half an ounce then take citron pills, you maye take Lemmon peels, yellow Sanders in powder of each halfe an ounce, [crossed out] Liquid Aloes one dram, putt these into the Spirritt, Juinbes the Stone taken out one ounce, and Shreed them, then distill it all in a Limbeck, Save it in Severall glasses till all the virtue be out, putt in this water of fine prepared pearle two drams, of prepared, Smarage Stone one Scruple, of good Amber greese, of muske, and Saffron, of each, halfe a Scruple, of drye red roses of yellow and red Sanders, Shaved Small, of each one ounce, putt these in a fine Sarsnett bagg and hang them in it, close Stopped: This water is of great virtue, in all Swooning weaknes of the hearte and decaying of Spirrits and is of great Virtue, in all appoplexys, paullsys, allsoe in all paine of Joyntes coming of coldes, in all bruises, outwardly bathed, it Strenghneth, the ~ memory  86 And cutt awaye the blackes, and Lett yr water drap to them, then Sweeten it with fine Sugar, a quarter of an ounce of dates, and if you please to putt Amber greese, and muske, and Leafe gold, add three or foure quartes of brandy ~ probatumest ~ The Cocke Water for a Consumtion ~ Take a red cocke of a yeare olde, Strangle him, and quarter him, wipe of the blood with a cleane napkin, break all the bones, with a pestle, then take a pottle of Sack a pottle of new milke from a redd cowe, a pound of currants washed, and rubbed drye, one pound of resons of the Sunn, washed, and rubbed drye, and then Stoned, a quarter of a pound of dates the Stones and Skines taken out and, Slyced, thinn, two handfulls of pimpernell, one handfull of rosemary tops one handfull of broade thyme, one handfull of rosmary flowers, one handfull of marygold flowrs one handfull of peniroyall, one handfull of burrage or buglas, halfe a handfull of Sage, Steepe all this together, one night, and putt them into a cold Still, the next morning putt in the glass that receves the water, five or Six ounces of white Sugar candy, finely beaten, halfe a booke of Leafe gold, and foure graines of Amber greese, made into powder, you must putt a bottle that will holde aboute five pintes of the best water, you must take a Little wind glass full att a time Probatum The receipt of the After paine Water ~ Take two handfulls of Issope, as mutch of penneriall, as mutch of grownesell, as mutch of balme one handfull of wilde minte cleane pickt and washed, Laye them in a pott or earthen Vessell, Shred these hearbes, and Lett them Lye in a quart of Spring water, for a daye and night, then Still the hearbes and water togeather, in a rose Still, then Lett the glass bottle Stand in the Sunn for two monthes close Stopt, give a gill of this water, milke warme with Some Sugar, as Soone as the wooman is brought to bedd, before Shee Sleepes, and it will ease her ~ A Receipt for an Impostume ~ Take of the Strongest hott water you can gett, made of all the hearbes, and rootes, you can gett to Still in it, then take of cattnip pound and Strained, of penyroyall the Like quantity of each one Spoonefull, and of the Hott water two Spoonefulls, which makes foure Spoonefulls take the proporsion, morning, and evening, and if the patient doe find the impostume to role upward, then take the Same proportion, Soone after diner, this will cause them to Spitt it upp att Severall times, in yr hott waters, you must have figgs, reasons, and Liquoriss, and Annisseeds and wine what quantity you thinke fitt, to prevent the increase of the in postume, take figgs and Slitt them, and toast them, and eate them filled with mustard, morning, and evening ~ To make Cinamon Water ~ Take Cynamon, grosly beaten, two ounces, two pintes of aquevite, infuse them four dayes, the vessell being close Stopped, in the meane time, dissolve, halfe a pound of Sugar candy in a quart of damisk rose water, Straine the infused, and mix both the Liquors together, Stopp it close, hanging a Little bagg in it with 10 graines of Amber greese, and 4 of muske ~ To make the Milke Water ~ Take one gallon of new milke and Six handfull of cardious, benedictus, and three handfulls of Speere mints, three handfulls, of woormwood, three handfulls of rue, and a pretty many dragons Shreed the hearbes, and putt into yr milke, yr dragons must be Shreed Stalkes, and all, to putt into yr milke, Lett it Stand all night, the next morning, Still it out in an ordinary Still, with a quick fiar ~ A receipt, against the Janders, or Collick, of the Stomack, or Consumtion Take a peck of garden Snailes and wash them in a great, bole of beare and then ~ make yr chimney, very cleane, then take halfe, a bushell, of charcole, and Lite them a fiar and when they are well kindled, then with a Shovell make a great hole in the coales, and pow in the Snailes, and Scatter Some of the fiar, amongst them, and Soe Lett them roast, as Long  85 An aproved good Water for a Consumtion ~ Take a running cock pull him alive, then kill him, when he is allmost colde cutt him a broade by the back, and take oute the entralls, and wipe the body cleane, then cutt him in quarters, and breake the bones, putt him in Sutch a Still as you Still rose water, with add to itt a pottle of good Sack, one pound of currants, one pound of raysons of the Sunn Stoned a quarter of a pound of dates, the Stones picked out, and the dates cutt Small, add more two hanfulls of pimpernell, one handfull of rosemary, one handfull of wilde thyme, as mutch of buglas, as mutch of borrage, two handfulls of organum, and a pottle of newe milke, of a redd cowe, distill ~ this with a Soft fiar, putt into the glass that the water doth dropp into, a quarter of a pound of Sugar candy, beaten very Small, halfe a booke of Leafe gold, cutt Small among the Sugar four graines of Amber Greece, and ten graines of prepared pearle, you must mingle the Stronge water with the Small, and drinke two Spoonfulls, att a time, in the morning fasting, and one howre before Supper, you must Shake aboute the glass when you drinke it ~ A receipt to make Ale of health and Strenght good for ~ All Disseases ~ Mrs Stich ~ Take of Saxafrax wood, halfe an ounce, of tarsaparilla three ounces, of white Sanders, one ounce of Lignum rodium halfe an ounce, of chyna roote, halfe an ounce, of Lignum Vite foure ounces of mace halfe an ounce, the woodes must be cutt in thinn chips and bruised, of camapeis, a good handfull, of cowslip flowers, a good handfull, of Sage, rosmary, bettany, mug woorte, balme, Sweet mariorum, and egremony, of each of these, halfe a handfull, and of roman woorme wood, an ~ handfull, if the Stomack be cold, and you maye add, what other good hearbes you thinke good, you must boyle, these woodes in Six gallons of good woorte, untill it come to foure, and then Straine it into a tubb, or boule, and if you boyle these things in Six gallons more of good woorte, it will tast very well of the woods, and when it is Sufficiently cold, putt good, yeast to ripen it, as you doe other Ale, yr hearbes, must not boyle, Soe Long as the woodes, therefore you may boyle ~ them in yr Last woorte, and when it is allmost well boyled, putt in a few hopps, to make it keepe, when it is Stale att Least tenn dayes old, drink there off, a mornings, att yr meales, and as often, as you please ~ Probatum ~ Treacle Water ~ Take of the rootes of elecompane, cypress, tormentill, angelica, of each, one ounce, Leaves of Lady thistle, or cardus, two ounces, merry gold two ounces, citron rine one ounce, then take a pound of the best, venice treacle, and dissolve it in three pints of white wine, three pintes of very good Sack, three pintes of redd rose water, and a quart of cardus water, infuse all this together all night, and in the morning Stirr it well, and Soe distill it, in a close Stoped Still, you must have a full pound of treackle, besides, the weight of the pott it is in, it will be Stilled, and most part of the night, the fiar when it is once in must not goe out till it is done, because the water will waste, you must Still it to the Laste, or elce you will not have all the Strengh of the hearbes, and rootes, Lett it runn uppon Some fine Sugar it will keepe the better, Lett the rootes be Scraped and prepared att the Aphothycarys, and they ~ must be the full weight, after they are prepared, Still it gently att first, and keepe ~ every bottle, by it Selfe, and towards the Last you must Still it off faster, Least it grow Sower, and you Smell it grow Sower Leave off ~ To make Surfitt Water ~ Take three gallons of new Ale, of gallingall roots, and mellilat flowers, and cubibus, and cardimus, and graines, and Long peppar, three drams of a Sorte, halfe a pound of great figgs and a pound of raisons of the Sunn, of cloves, and mace and ginger and nuttmeggs, halfe an ounce of each of these Spices, take a peck of poppy Leaves, and wipe them very drye and putt them into the Ale, bruise all these things togeather, and Lett it infuse one night, next morning, when you drawe yr water, take a quantity of poppy Leaves, and wipe them very drye and cutt  84 Rootes Slyced, then Lett them Lye in the milke, all night, and in the morning, put the milke with the hearbes, into the Still, distilling them with a moderate fiar, keepe the water in a glass for yr use, and when you will use it, putt 6 Spoonefulls of this water overnight in a good draught of white wine, with a Little Sugar, and thereto in the morning, halfe a nuttmegg, thinn Slyced, and Soe drinke the Same fasting, thrice the first weeke, twice the Second weeke, and once Lest weeke ~ An excellent good Water for a Surfett ~ A H ~ Take of Scordius, Saluca, Angellica, balme, of each, 6 handfulls, of cardus bnedictus Sorrell of the wood tansey, with topps and all, of each foure handfulls, of redd Shankes ~ wallnutt Leaves, and nutts when they are younge, hearbe grace, rosemary, peny royall burnett, of each three handfulls, of wilde radish rootes, and Leaves, dictanders, drago Saxifrage, thyme, Scabious, bittany, buglas, borrage, of each two handfulls, of Spearmints flowers of rosmary, redd roses, Violetts, cammomill, of each three handfulls, of anniseeds three pounds of Liquoriss two pounds, of the upper pills of Lemmons dryed, two ounces, ~ all these hearbes, must be Sett on a boarde, in the Shadow for the Space of three dayes, in an open chamber, and when the moystnes is partly consumed, but not to drye, then putt all these aforesaide, into Strong Spanish wine, or mighty Strong Ale, in cornes, for two or three dayes, and Stirr it well for twice or thrice a daye, and when the Ale hath done working, distill all a Limbeck, with a very Soft fiar, and keepe it for yr use, and take a Spoonfull there of as you find occasion ~ A wound Water, exsperienced to cure, an Ulcer ~ In the bladder ~ Andrew Thompson ~ Take rosemary flowers, Selfe heale, dasy Leaves, and rootes, Senicle, Adders tounge, tormentle pimpernill, plantin, egremony, the tendar, topps of clott burrs, wilde tansey, foale foot of each a good handfull, or Soe many of the Saide hearbes as you can gett, madder rootes, two ounces, Saxifrage rootes, Sarsaparilla, and the barke of guicum, of each foure ounces, boyle alle in two gallons of white wine, in a diet pott, which you maye have att queene hith Laye the rootes and hearbes all ~ night, to Steepe before, you boyle them, then putt in the hearbes, in the morning and boyle them Six or eight howres with charke coale, the pott being close Stopped, with the white of an egg and wheate meale, mixed togeather to a Soft past, then Lett it Stand from the fiar awhile, Straine it and putt to the drink, a quart of good english honey, and boyle it againe ~ two or three walmes, and drink of it first and Last, this is a great cleanser and healer, feare not the whytwine for the Sharpeness, is taken awaye with the hearbes and honey ~ A water for to heale a fistula, experienced ~ Take of wood bine Leaves, and grounde Juie of each two handfulls, of century, woorme wood, Sowe therwood, St Johns worte, cammomill, Valerion, rosemary, Salendine, Sage, and hearbe grace of each one handfull, boyle them in foure quarts of woorme wood wine, or in white wine one howre then Straine it through a fiare cloth, putt to the Liquor one gall of an oxe, off roach Allome one pound and halfe, of Sugar candy two ounces, of white copperas one ounce, of Liquoriss beaten one ounce, as mutch Salt as the Shell of an egg, will containe, and one pinte or halfe a pinte of honey, boyle all well togeather, Scumm it with a feather, and take good heede it boyle not over keepe this water close Stopped in a glass, and when you use it warme it and applye it to the Soare warme, with a Stirringe ~ To make tents for the Same ~ Take a good quantity of rosen and a Little wax, and melt it on a Soft fiar, then cutt Small peeces of Lawne as deepe as the wounde and make them Sharpe, two wards the poynte, and Soe keepe them till you have neede, then dipp the tent in Some good oyle, and putt them into the Ullcers ~  83 Another waye for the makinge of Cynamon Water ~ Take one pounde of perfett Cynamon, beaten in a morter, and infuse it in three pintes of Strong and pleasant white wine, and one pinte and halfe of pure rose water, and keepe it very close, that it breath not forth, in balnea marie, tempered for the Space of 24 howres, after which distill it as is usuall, See the Limbeck well closed, as allsoe the receavor, that it may not breath forth, Lett it distill Soe Long as the water cometh, from Strong of tast and Savor, then change the receavor, for that will be a perfitt water, keeping it in a glass ~ vessel, afterwardes you maye drawe the rest, which will be weaker, which if you will have allsoe to be very good, keepe it till you have a Second water, of another pound of cynamon and then mingle the two Second waters togeather, and add to them a pinte of wine halfe a pinte of rose water, and 8 ounces of cynamon, and use it as is before Saide, and then distill it and it will be an excelent water, and allwayes take heede, that you keepe yr distilled waters in noe ~ other thing butt glass, and that they be close Stopped ~ The making of Balme Water ~ Take a gallon of clarrett wine, and a handfull of Liquoriss bruised, of Annisseedes bruised halfe an ounce, of fennell Seedes bruised, as mutch, of balme two or three handfulls, these must be putt all togeather, into the wine overnight, and Soe the next daye distill it in a Limbeck, when you have taken of this, the best, do the quantity of a pinte drawe noe more, otherwise the first pinte will be over weake ~ The making of a Water, good for the Collick, and Stone ~ Take Avens, Smaleage, thime, marjorum, brome flowers, eldar flowers, harts tounge, philupendula, occulus cristi, Saxifrage, beane cods, unsett Leekes, balme mintes, and perseley, distill ~ of everyone of these, Seaverally, a Little measure, of aboute a pinte, putt them togeather into a glass, then take, as mutch mamesey, or good whit wine, as of all these waters, and putt it with the waters into a glass Stillotory, and with a reasonable fiar distill it, and drinke there of a Little quantitie as you have neede ~ The making of a Water good for the Stone ~ Take two handfull of broome flowers, one handfull of thyme, as mutch of Sorrell, as mutch of St Johns hearbe, distill all these togeather, and drinke three Spoonfulls there of morning, and eveninge first and Laste, use it two or three dayes, in a weeke, or take to every quarte of good white wine Six Lemons, and Slice them Skins and all into the wine, and putt to it one good handfull of perseley and Soe distill it in a glass Stillitory, or other wayes, and when you are in dout of the Stone drink a competent draught of this water ~ The making of Snayle Water, good for the Yealowe Jaundies or ~ Sutch Like Stoppinges ~ Take foure gallons of Ale, the Strongest you can gett; 6: ounces of harts horne, Scraped very Small foure ounces of cloves bruised, an handfull of Sallendine, and halfe a handfull of Angellico, wash the hearbes well, and bruise them with yr handes, and putt them with the rest into the Ale, then take a peck of garden Snailes, with there Shells on there backes, make a fiar of charke coale, and when it is burned bright make an hole in the midest of yr fiar, and putt them in, and cover them with the coeales, and Soe Lett them Lye till the mishing noyse cease, then take them forth and wipe them one by one, very cleane, in a Linnen cloth, then bruise them in a morter, and ~ putt them into yr Ale, and Stirr them well togeather, and Soe Lett it Stand all night, After putt all into a potter, Limbeck, and distill it as you would doe aquavite, with a Soft fiar, and take and keepe the first and Second water ~ An Aproved good Water for the Stone Mr Gidmer ~ Take a gallon of newe milke, and putt there in an handfull of pellitory of the wall, as mutch of wyld thyme, as mutch of Saxifrage, as mutch of perseley, and two or three, radish rootes  82 The making and Vertue of Aqua Mirabilis ~ ett Pretiosa ~ Take gallingall, cloves, cubibes, ginger, mellilott flowers cardimony, maces nutmeggs, of each a dramm, and of the Juice of Selendine halfe a pinte, mingle all this made in powder, with the Juice, and with a pinte of good aquavite, and three pintes of good white wine, then putt all this togeather, in a Stillitory, of glass, and Soe Lett it Stand all night, and in the morning, distill it, with as easie a fiar, as maye be, the excelency of this water, it dissollveth, the Swelling of the Lunges, without any greife, and if the Lunges be perished, or ~ wounded, it mightily, healpeth them, and comforteth them, it Suffereth not blood to putrifie, and he Shall never use to be Lett blood, that useth, this water, it Suffereth not the hearte, to be brent, nor melancholy, nor phleeme, to be Lift upp, nor have dominion above nature, It allsoe exspelleth the rhewme, and profiteth, the Stomack, and conserveth the body, in very good estate, it ingendreth couler, and keepeth and preserveth visage and memory, it is good for the winde, collick, it distroyeth the pallsey of Limms and tounge this water being given to man or wooman, Laboring towards death, one Spoonfull therof releeveth, of all waters Artificiall, this is the best, in Summer use there of fasting once a weeke to the quantity of a Spoonefull, and in winter, two Spoonfulls of it fasting ~ The making of Mr Keebells red Water ~ Take of mighty and Stronge Ale, three gallons putt thereto three Spices, Seedes, rootes, woode gumms, hearbes, and flowers, informe and quantity, following, of Anisseedes, cleane dressed ~ and bruised, three quarters of a pound, of Liquoriss, cleane Scraped, thin Sliced, and bruised ~ halfe a pound, of cynamon, of the rootes of enula campana, dryed of the rootes of treas of each two ounces Slyced, of baye berries, blanched and bruised of ginger pared and thinn and thinn Sliced, of nuttmeggs thinn Slyced, of great gallingall, thinn Slyced of cassia Ligna, of each one ounce, of cloves, of graines, of Long peppar, of camyn Seed, of collyander Seede, of cubibes, of the Seedes of a monicum, of the Seedes of a meos, of winter Savory, of Saxifrage Seede, of gromell Seede, of piony Seede, of Sweete fennell Seede, of Angellica Seede, of each of this bruised, halfe an ounce, of the rootes of callamus, aromaticus, of the rootes of gentian, of each halfe an ounce, thinn Slyced, of olibanum, of mastick, of mirhe of each one ounce, a Little bruised, of Lignum Allowes, thinn Slyced, of mace, and Sett well roots thinn Slyced, of Spyknard of each a quarter of an ounce, of redd rose leaves dryed two handfulls of the flowers of Sticados, of the flowers of cammomill, of each halfe a handfull, of the ~ flowers of century two ounces, of canapitis, of diptamus. ereticus, of St Johns woorte of phylopendula, of pimpernell, of Scabius, of bittony, of egremony of Juniper berries, of each an handfull Somwhat dryed, of cypress rootes foure ounces, of Sugar foure ounces, of Allcanet two ounces halfe yr cynnamon and Lignum Alloes, must be receaved out of the brass pott, and knitt in a Little bagge, and Layde in the bottom of yr receaver, all yr hearbes, and flowers, must be Left out of the brass pott, untill you have, drawne, yr first, draught, and when yr first ~ draught is drawne, take awaye yr receaver, and the bagg, that is there in, and wring it harde into the receavor, that done take off yr Limbeck, and all the Substance, that is in the brass pott, and Lett it runn through a Sieve of haire, into Some faire brass pann, all the Liquor from the Spices, putt those Spices into the brass pott againe, and all yr hearbes and flowers, and allsoe those Same Spices that are in the bagg, putt unto them one gallon and halfe of fresh Ale, then Sett it on yr Limbeck, and drawe itt oute as you did before, and in the receavor, putt the other ounce of cynamon, knitt in the bagg, and draine it as you did before, and then putt the first, and Second draught togeather, in Some of glass bottle, and keepe it for yr use ~ Another receipt to make Cynnamone Water ~ Take a pottle of redd rose water, and a pinte of white wine, either of Anjoye or of courte, and a pound of cinnamon bruised, putt all into a glass Still, and Lett it Stand, in a pott of water uppon embars, 24 howres, to be infused, then distill, it in the glass Still, as other waters are accustomed ~  81 Waters ~ Distillations ~ The waye how to make rosa Solis ~ Take halfe a peck of the hearbe, called rosa Solis, being gathered before the Sunn doe arise in the Latter end of June, or the beginging of July, pick them and Laye them uppon a boarde to drye all the daye, then take a quarter of a pound of raysons of the Sunn Stoned, Six dates, and 12 figgs, Shred all this togeather, Somwhat Small, and putt them into a great mouthed glass, then take of Liquoriss, and annisseedes of each an ounce, of cynamon halfe an ounce, a Spoonefull of cloves, three nuttmeggs of corriander Seedes, and of carriway Seedes of each halfe an ounce, bruise all this, and putt them into yr glass, allsoe, then putt in yr hearbs and two pounde of Sugar, of the best being finely, beaten, and putt thereto a pottle of good, aquevite, then Stirr them well, togeather, and when you have thus done, Stopp yr glass very close, then Sett it in the Sunn, for the Space of 7 or 8 weekes, often turning yr glass aboute in the Sunn, butt Lett it Stand where the rayne maye not come to it, and Shake it often times togeather, and when it hath Stoode Soe Longe, Straine it and putt yr water upp in a duble glass and Soe keepe it for yr use, and if you please when you have Strained it, you maye putt thereto a Leafe of gold, and a graine or two of muske ~ The making of a Quintessence, good to disgest, a ~ Surfett, or to revive, one being in a deadly Swounde ~ Take of annisseeds, of white pepper, and of cinnamon of each of this being bruised, a good handfull then take of Liquorass halfe an ounce, of ginger two good races, 10 or 12 cloves, and one nuttmegg ~ bruise this allsoe, then putt all togeather, into a quart of clarrett wine, and boyle them in a bason, uppon a chafing dish of coales, untill allmost the one halfe be consumed, then Straine it and when it is Strained, Lett it Stand awhile to Settle, then take the clearest of it, and putt it into yr bason againe, it being cleane, then putt thereto a quarte of aqua composita, and a pound and halfe of good Sugar, being finely beaten, and Soe Lett it boyle againe uppon a ~ chaffing dish of coales, the Space of halfe an howre, and Scumm it cleane, then Straine it and when it is cold, then putt it upp in yr bottles, and use it as you finde occassion ~ The making of Cynamon Water ~ Take a pound of cynamon, breake it into very Small peeces and bruise it a Little, then putt it into a glass Still, with three pints of whit wine, and [a pinte] 3 quarts of red rose water, as much of a glas water, then cover yr glass close, and Lett it Stand Soe 24 howres, being first well Stirred togeather, then See yr Still very close Stopped, and Soe Sett it in Ashes to distill, with a moderate fiar, neither must you Lett the fiar goe out untill it be all distilled, you maye if you please keepe a pinte of that, which ~ runneth first by it Selfe, for it will be more Stronge, then that which runneth after, and distil in A glas still yett the Latter will be good if you take butt, a pinte of the Stronger from it ~ The making of Dor Stevens Water, good for the Goute ~ the Palsey, the toothach, and all disseases, that come of Rhewme ~ Take of rosemary, Sage wilde thyme, pellitory of the wall, cammomill and red rose leaves, of ~ each a greate handfull, chopp them all togeather, very Small, and putt them into a gallon of clarrett wine, then putt thereto halfe a pounde of Liquorisse, and as mutch of Annisseedes, being finely beaten, and halfe an ounce of cloves, an ounce of cynamon, and two nuttmeggs, being butt bruised, and of coliander Seedes, carriwaye Seedes, and of Sweet fennell Seede of each an ounce, being bruised, putt all this togeather into yr wine, and Stirr them well togeather then cover it close, and Lett it Stand Soe 24 howres, then putt it into a brass pott, and putt yr Limbeck uppon it, make it close with paste, and Soe Lett it distill on a Soft fiar, and as it doth distill, keepe the cover, colde with wett clothes, or sutch Like, and when it is disttilled, then putt yr water into a glass, and use it as other distilled waters, and Soe keepe it for yr use, and drink there of when you doe finde yr Stomake ill, or are troubled with the rhewmes, or any of the greefes, before, mentioned, the time to make it is aboute Mid Summer ~  80 Chyna Broth Prescribed by ~ Dor Moore ~ Take of the woods, as the apothecary will deliver. and infuse them all night in Six pintes of faire water, in the morning boyle them, untill a quarte of the of the water be Spent, then putt to them a good peece of a neck of mutton, or the freshy end of a Legg of mutton, a handfull of raysons of the Sunn Stoned, a Sprigg of rosmary, and thyme, a roote of perseley, and Succory, a Spoonfull of french barley, a crust of bread, and a flake of mace, then Lett them boyle untill there remaine only a quarte of the broth, which Straine through a Jelly bagg with a Little cynamon, where of drinke every morning, halfe a pinte, and as mutch att frure of the clock in the Afternoone ~ The receipt of a bagg, to be Hanged in a kilderkin of beare by Dor Moore Take of roman woormewood 8 Small handfulls of Sassafras roote, cutt in Little thin chips three ~ ounces, of Sweett fennel Seedes, a Little bruised, two ounces, of Stecados, Sage and egromony of each a Small handfull, mixe all these togeather, and Sowe them in a bagg, and hang the bagg in a kelderkin of beare, and when it is ten dayes old drinke thereof, and Soe continue for Some good time ~ A receipt to make Jelley ~ Take foure calves feete, a Large Knuckle of veale, Sett them on in a Sufficient quantity of water and when it boyles Scumm it well, keepe in gently boyling, till the meate is boyled to peeces, then take it off, and Straine out the broth, and the next morning take off the fatt, and the Settling att the bottome, and putt the cleare part into a pipkin, putt in as mutch nuttmeg and cloves as you thinke will give it a taste, then putt in a quarte of renish wine, Six Spoonefulls of the Juice of orringes, as mutch of the Juice of Lemons, three Spoonfulls of rose water, then Season it to yr taste with duble refine Sugar, then Sett it on the fiar, and before it boyles putt in the whites of 12 eggs and Soe Lett it boyle till it begins to cleare, and then Straine it through a Jelly bagg, putting in a Sprige of rosemary in the bagg, if you have noe orringes nor Lemons, insteed of them putt white wine vinegar ~ To make the Strong Broath ~ Take an old cock, and breake his bones, and Sett him in the fiar, in a pipkin, that will hold two quarts, or Something more, full of water, make it boyle, and Scumm itt very well, then put in a quarter of a pound of harts horne, thin, Soe Lett this Stewe togeather, 12 houres, keepe itt very hott but not boyle mutch, then the next morning putt in handfull of raysons, of the Sunn Stoned, and a handfull of currants picked, and washed, cleane, and foure dates, Stoned, and Sliced, the bottom, and the topp, of a Stale manchett, and of redd yarrow, and must Stew and boyle 12 houres Longer, untill you thinke, be wasted to a pinte, and halfe, then Straine itt through a course cloth, betweene two that is pretty Strong, for you must not Leave one dropp. Behind for the Last is the best, then you must Sweeten itt with white Sugar candy or dubble refined Sugar, and give itt one boyle after, and itt is to be taken, in the morning, and foure a clock in the Afternoone, the best waye to doe itt is over, charcoale, and keepe the pipkin close covered, and Somtimes Stiring itt, drinke halfe a pinte att a time ~  79 A Broth, and drinke good for the Hectick Feaver ~ With a dry cough, and debillity, of Stomacke ~ Take a good bigg chicken, two ounces of conserve of redd roses, a good quantitie of the foure cold Seedes, with Sorrell, violet leaves, borrage, and buglas, putt all this into the, belly and Skinn of the neck of a chicken, Soe it upp fast, putt it into a hansome pipkin, with bettar then a quarte of faire water, Scumm it cleane, and covering it very well, Lett it boyle with a very Soft fiar, till there remaine not above a pinte, then Lett it runn through a Strainer, cleare from the flesh, and Lett the patient take halfe a pinte warme, early in the morning, and Sleepe after it is he cann and Soe continue it till he find ease, and att his meales, Lett him eate any wholesome meates Sutch as his appetite Shall require, butt for his usiall drink in that time, take three quarts of the best running water you can gett, putt thereto an ounce and halfe of whole, coliander Seedes, Lett it boyle well togeather, to a pottle, then add, thereto, when it is allmost Sodden, aboute three ounces of Sugar, and Lett it have a walme or two, and when you take it off the fiar, putt therto halfe an ounce of cinnamon, broaken into Small peeces, and Stopp it very close with a cloth, and Sett it in a celler or cold place, and Lett him drink there off att meales, or betweene his meales, as mutch as he will, with this medecine, a Spanish Phisition, recovered an english gentlman that was thought past cure ~ A Broth good for the Spleene ~ Mrs Arundell ~ Take of tamericke, rosmary, and cetarche, each an handfull, buglas rootes, two or three, raysons of the Sunn, Stoned, one handfull, make a Strong, broth, with mutton or chicken ~ A receipt of a broth good for; a Could, prescribed by Dor Arslowe ~ Take a peece of a chine of mutton, or any other bones of mutton, or Veale, putt it into a pottle of good running water, Sett it on the fiar, and Scum it cleane, then putt to it these hearbes, and rootes following, buglas, borrage, and cinque foyle, of each a Small quantitie, of mayden haire dryed the weight of 12 pence, of egremony, twice as mutch, a Small rootes of fennell, the Like rootes of Succory and a peece of Sparagus roote of Like quantitie, with a whole mace or two, Lett all boyle togeather on a Soft fiar, by the Space of two howres or more, and aboute halfe an howre, before it be throughly boyled, putt into it the crust of the bottom of a manchett, and Season it with Salt, when it is taken of the fiar, if the patient like there off, putt as mutch wheaten brann into a cloth, binding it close togeather, like a button, as will Seeme as bigg as a Small wallnutt, and hang it in the broth, untill it be throughly, Soaked, then bruise it a Little with a Spoone, against the Side of the pipkin, or bole, and it will, make the broth Somwhatt white, Soe drink a competent draught there off Somwhat warme, every morning, and if the patient be costive, and Like there off, you maye putt into the broth with the hearbes, a few raysons of the Sunn Stoned and Some damaske pruims ~ Chyna, Broth, prescribed by Dor Fryer ~ Infuse all night into three quarts, of water, one ounce of chin a Slyced thinn and one Spoonefull of hartshorne, and as mutch Ivory, on the embars in the morning boyle it to two quartes then putt a Little chicken, par boyled, and first Scummed, or a chopp of veale or mutton, a perseley roote, and fennell roote, one handfull of Violett flowers, a Little bunch of egremony, mayden haire Liver woorte, and endive, an handfull of raysons of the Sunn Stoned, the bottome of a Loafe, one Spoonfull of boyled barley, a Spring of rosemary, of thyme, and flake of mace, boyle these to a quarte and drink halfe a pinte morning, and evening ~ A Broth prescribed by Dor Moore ~ Make broth with mutton or chicken, and the rootes of perseley, grase, Suvorry, and asparagus add to it these hearbes, Sydrach, mayden haire, rosemary, thyme, and endeeve, with a handfull of raysons of the Sunn Stoned, and a crust of breade, Straine it and take a reasonable quantity a mornings, putting to it halfe a dram of the creame of tartar ~  78 or 10 french pruins to Sharpen it, and Soe mutch Salt, as maye conveniently Season it then Slack yr fiar, and Lett it boyle or cimber Softly, the Space of Seaven howres, uncovering it ~ once in halfe an howre, and Stirring it well from the bottome, for feare of Setting to, then Lett it runn through, a Strainer, and when it is cold it will be Like a Jelly, take awaye the fatt and use a reasonable quantitie Luke warme, in the morning, and one oure before Supper, it may be taken oftner, as the patients Stomake doth Like, there off, it will keepe well 5 or 6 dayes, it will not be a misse to add, the fennell, perseley, and dock rootes, conteyned in the former broth to this broth allsoe, and Shall finde it verye restorative, in operation ~ A Water, good, to be taken, for the recovery, of an, exstreame, Consumtion Take a younge cock, or capon of halfe a yeare old, wring the neck of it, pluck it cleane, head and all, cutt of the combe, and bill, Shripp the hose, and cutt off the clawes, drawe it and wipe it cleane, with a cloth in the bellye, quarter it and all to bruise all the bones, cleave the head ~ and cast awaye the braine Laye it in Soake for one night in a quart of Sack, or muscadell ~ which the patient, can best Like of it, in the morning putt it into a Still, adding there unto a quart of new milke a pound of good raysons, of the Sunn, Stoned, and halfe a pound of currants, being chopt togeather, then take three greate handfulls of pimpernell, a great handfull of buglas, as mutch of borrage, two good handfulls of Violetts, flowers and Leaves and a great handfull of egremony, chopp all these togeather as Small as hearbes for pottage and Soe putt them into the Still mixing them all togeather, then take two good ounces of cynamon, being broken in Small peeces, and a Little bruised, and mingle it with the aforesaide hearbes, and Soe distill it with a moderate fiar, Stopping the glass that receaves it very ~ close, of this water Lett the patient take a Spoonefull, or two, when he is most faint, twice or thrice a daye, and if the water Seeme to Stronge for the patient, allaye it with pimpernell, water, and a Little Sugar, a Spoonefull or two of pimpernell water, alone, taken in any broth is very good, to recover any consumtion ~ A Jelly for the restoring of a Weake, boddy withoute ~ Annoyance of the Stomacke, or inflamation of the Liver ~ Take a well fleshed capon, or cocke not very fatt, Lett it be faire Scalded, and dressed, Splitt it in foure quarters, take out all the entralls, and allsoe the Little hard kidneys, in the Side of the Skinn, and the hinder partes, for making the Jelly fullsome, then take a knuckle of Veale, pick ~ out all the blood, then Laye the capon, and veale in water, a good Space after which, taking it out chrush out all the blood, and water, in a cloth, Soe Long, as either water or Strings of blood will appeare, then putt all the meate cutt in peeces, into a faire earthen pott, with a pottle of good white wine, and as mutch water or Less as you Shall thinke good, Sett it on the fiar, and Lett it boyle Softly, till the meate be all to peeces, then Lett the Liquor runn through a cloth, not very thick, crush not out the meate, butt only receave the Liquor, into a faire, bason, where in Lett it Stand till it be cold, then Scumm off all the fatt with a Spoone, take the cleare from the cleare in the bottome, and boyle it with Sugar, as mutch as will Sweeten it, and two nuttmeggs Sliced, Lett it not boyle past halfe an houre, and then Lett it runn through a faire Jelly bagg, washed wth. whit wine, with a rosemary branch, Lett it runn, till it be cleare, and Soe keepe it uppon, bay Salt in Some cold place, or Sellar, and eate there of as you find ocasion ~~~ A Broth for a Consumption ~ Dor Lewcknor ~ Take of chyna, Slyced, two french crowne weight, Steepe it in a pottle of water all night, uppon hott embers, in the morning, boyle a pullett, in the belly of which putt of conserve of redd roses, three ounces of Scabious, and fole foote, of borrage, of violett flowers, of mayden haire, of each halfe a handfull of raysons, Stoned, a few, a figg or two minced, a mace or two, and a Little Saffron, Sow upp the oppen, part and boyle the Same, untill the flesh, be Loose from the bone, Lett it Stand untill it be colde then Straine it and drinke, every morning, a draught of it in yr bed, and cover yr Selfe with clothes ~  77 It a chicken, whole, withall the apertennes, except the Small pudding, and then Lett it boyle againe and Scumm it cleane, putt into it halfe a dosen Leaves of buglas, Soe mutch of borrage, and of thime halfe a dosen branches of Tameras, and as mutch of hydrache, as you maye take upp betweene yr three fingers and fiftie great raisons of the Sun Stoned, and a crust of manchett, and Soe Lett it boyle, Softly, till it come to the quantitie of a pinte, and Season with a Little Salt, then take upp the chicken, and the raysons with the hearbes, and Stamp them in a mortar, and Straine it with the Same broth, and Soe putt it upp in a pott, and drinke it in the morning, and att foure a clocke in the Afternoone, Somwhat warme ~ A very comfortable Gelly for those that are Weake ~ Take two capons, kill them, truss them, and take all there fatt from them, trise the bones, wash them, and Lett them Lye all night in water, the next morning putt them in a pott, very well Scoured with two gallons of faire water, and when it begineth to boyle, Lett it be very well Scummed, and all the fatt taken cleare off, Lett it boyle very Softly, a Long time, untill you See it, begin to come to a Stiffe Jelly and then Straine it meate and all through a faire cloth, and Sett it where it maye be cooled, when it is cold, pare off all the fatt on both Sides, then putt it into a faire pipkin or posnett, and Lett it melt, then putt in as mutch Sugar as will Sweeten it, with a Little Salt, to Season it, take a Spoonefull or two of rose water, with as mutch vinegar, and putt it in with the Sugar, take the whites of Six eggs, and beate them very well, and a Little before it boyle putt them, in then Stirr it a Little, and when it boyles upp take it off, and putt it in a Jelly bag with a branch of rosmary, in the end there off, and keepe there off for yr use ~ To Smore a Capon, Veary Restorative ~ Take a good capon, halfe rosted, Save all the gravy of it, and breake it up as to Serve, then Laye it in a pipkin, with the breast downwarde, and putt all the gravy to it, then take a pinte of clarrett wine, and putt thereto, aboute two Spoonefulls of the vearie utter rinde of orrange ~ which is yeallowest, cutt as fine as dust, putt this wine, with the powder of orringes uppon a ~ chaffing dish of coales, and when it doth Seeth, putt into it Soe mutch Sugar as maye make it pleasant, and Soe putt all into the capon, and cover the pipkin close, and Lett it Stew untill it be very tendar, when it is ready to take upp, putt in Slyced orranges, with Sugar, and uppon Sippetts dish it in ~ A Veary Comfortable broth, for any Weaknes ~ Take a good bigg chicken, three quarts of water, and Lett it Seeth on the fiar, keeping it well Scummed, then take one handfull of endeeve, halfe a handfull of Succhory, halfe an handfull of egremony, as mutch of mayden haire, one handfull of Scabius a quantity of Liverwoort, of fennell rootes three, of perseley rootes as many, of yeallow dock rootes, two and those must be ~ well washed and Scraped, and the pith taken out of them, then take one handfull of pruins one handfull of raysons of the Sunn, as many of currants, and a quantitie of whole mace, every of these fruits, must be washed very cleane, and then putt with the rest into the pott, Lett all ~ Stewe togeather, a good while, and then putt to them the bottome of a manchett, then Lett all Seeth togeather, till the broth begin to change to a reddish couller, and be not in quantitie past one quart, and Soe Straine, the Same and keepe it, continue this broth fourteene dayes togeather, it must be taken Luke warme, once in the morning, and one howre before Supper Another Restorative Broth ~ Take to a Large Legg of Veale, chopt in gobletts bones and all, two gallons of water, when it hath boyled awhile, and is cleane Scummed, putt there to a good platter full of these hearbes following, cleane washed, and picked, mayden Haire, Scabious egremony, Liverwoort, endeeve Succhory, burrage, buglas, Strawberrie, cinque foyle, Leaves and Spinage, after these hearbs Soe putt in have boyled a pretty while putt in halfe a pound of currants, and Some: 8 ~ or 10 A Jelly For those that are Weak. Serst. Bernard Isinglass, Sago, Harts horn, & Ivory made into a Jelly Take of this Morning Evening 76 ~ The making of China Broth, to rectifie, the distemper of Partes ~ Correct, malignity, of humors, and to restore yr Selfe, of Substance, and Strenght ~ Take of chyna wood, thyn pared, and Slyced one ounce, Lett it Steepe Six or Seaven howres att Least in foure pints of the best Spring water, Standing on hott embars, in an earthen pott close Stopped then putt unto it three or foure of the Largest maces, of fennell rootes elect and prepared the ~ weight of three Shillings, of the best raysons of the Sunn Stoned, halfe a Score, of the topps of mother thyme, of the Leaves of good bettany, of harts tounge, of Liverwort, of mayden haire, of each ~ halfe a Small handfull, of the flowers of marygold, of buglas, of borrage, each as mutch, and one branch of rosemary, Lett all these hearbes be bounde togeather, and when these have boyled, till a third parte of the Liquor be wasted, then take out the hearbes and rootes, and putt into the Liquor, one reasonable, bigg chicken, fleshy and well fedd, per boyled before, till all the Skinn be taken off, and have boyled a walme or two, when the chicken is putt in Lett it boyle with the china, Leasurely, and close Stopped, with a Stick of cynnamon, and 5 graines of grose peppar, till The Strenght there of be Sufficiently in the broth, then take out the chicken, Straine the broth and drinke a good draught there of every morning warme. And another two howres before Supper, for the Space of: 9: dayes togeather, making Still new broth, as need Shall require, the chicken is not unwholesome to be eaten, of Sutch as can Like the taste there off ~ A Broth, to keepe, the back, from Slymy, causes, and from bleeding of the Stone ~ Take a knuckle of Veale, and a young cock or pullet, Laye them in water to Soake out all the blood an howre or two, and Sett them on the fiar, in a gallon and halfe of water, and Soe Scumme it, then take two ounces of french barley, and wash it, in a Little warme water, and Seeth it by it Selfe in two waters, untill the rednes be gone, then Lett the water draine from it, and cast the barley into the broth, where the flesh is, then take an ounce of the foure greate cold Seedes, and bruise them ~ grosely in a mortar and putt them into the broth, and there with forty plums of Sebastian, and forty raysons of the Sunn Stoned, then take halfe an ounce of Asparagus rootes, the pith being taken out and as mutch of knee, holme rootes, otherwise called, butchers broome, of perseley rootes and fennell rootes a Like quantitie, the pith being taken out, of Lettice and purslaine, of each, halfe a handfull of burrage and buglas, Leaves and flowers halfe an ounce, you must Lett all these Seeth togeather untill the flesh, become from the bones, and the broth Like a thinn Jellie, then take the clearest of it and Straine it through a Hippocras bagg or thick Strainer, till it be cleare, and Soe putt it upp into an earthen pott, and it will Last foure fayes, when you will use it, you must take 3 or 4 Spoonefulls of this broth, and putt to it a Spoonefull and halfe of the Sirrupp of marsh mallows and the Juice of a Lemon, and Sett it on the fiar, and heate it and drinke it, when it is bloode warme the foure great cold Seedes are these, Cuccumers, millions Pompions, Gourdes, the foure Lesser Seedes are these Lettice, Purselaine, endeeve and Succory ~ A Broth to be take every Morning, or most Morning, Fasting A good draught for the Stone ~ Take apothecaries barlic first Scalded, and that water cast awaye, a Little Small handfull, the rootes of Allthea, Scraped and the pith taken out, three in munber, the rootes is allsoe called the marsh mallow roote, mercury, or if you cannot have it, Pellitory of the wall, or for want of both, mallow or violet Leaves one handfull, boyle all these in common conduit water, with a chicken, or peece of a neck of Veale, or both, and make there off a broth, without thicking or Salt, Take a mess thereof putt to it Sugar att yr best Liking, and drink it fasting for yr breakefast, Dor Johnson ~ A Broth for those that are grieved with Mallanchollie ~ Take the knuckles of mutton and chopp them Small, and putt them into a pipkin with three pints of water, and Sett them on the fiar, and Lett them boyle untill Sutch time as the broth doth Smell of the meate, and allwaies as the Scum doth rise take it off, and then putt into it  75 A Cawdle of Allmonds, good for those that have a Weaknes in there Backes Take a quarter of a pound of Allmonds, being blanched, three dates, grind these very Small together with a Little Ale then Straine them with halfe a pinte of muskadell, and a pinte of Ale, and putt thereto of a grated nuttmegg, and a Little Sugar, and Soe boyle it, and Lett the partie eate there off as mutch and as often as he will and in time they Shall find ease ~ A Cawdle good for those that are troubled, with a greate Dryness ~ Take a pinte of whit wine, or of rhenith, and Somewhat more of water, putt them togeather and Straine them with Soe mutch of oaten meale, as will make it to Looke white, then boyle it the Space Of halfe an howre, a putt therto, a grated nuttmegg, and Soe mutch Sugar as will make it pleasant then Lett the partie eate thereof as mutch and as often, as he will, and in Short time he Shall find good thereby How, to make Martresse, good to give to those, that be Weake ~ Take the brawne of a cold capon or henn that hath beene rosted, Shred it very Small all Saving the Skinn, then take a quarter of a pound of Almonds, being blanched, grinde them in a mortar very Small, with a Little Sack if the parties Stomack be colde, or elce with white wine Soe mutch as will make them a Little moyst, and then noe more, then putt yr meate to them, and grind them very Small togeather, putt thereto the yeolkes of two eggs and three or foure Spoonfulls of redd rose water, and when you have tempered them well togeather, drive them through a Strainer then Sett it uppon a chafing dish of coales, and Season it with Salt, and if the parties Stomake be colde putt thereto a Little cynnamone and ginger, and Soe mutch Sugar as will make it pleasant, but if the partie be hott putt only Sugar to it, and Soe boyle it untill it doe come to be as thick, as Allmond butter, then give the partie there off, this will keepe good three dayes ~ A Broth to be used, in a Morning of those that ~ are falling into a Consumtion ~ Take a Legg of veale of the best that maye be gotten cutt of all the fatt, and wash it very cleane, then putt it into a pott of water, which water must be a gallon, Sett it on the fiar Scumming it Soe Long, as you Shall See either fatt or Scumm, rising thereon, this being done putt thereto, foure greate Spoonefulls of french barley, which must be ordered after this maner Laye it all night in a quantitie of a quart of faire water, in the morning taking it out wash it twice or thrice in faire water, till it be veary cleane, then putt it into a pott of water, and Lett it Seeth by it Selfe, untill Sutch time, as the barley be Swolne to the utter most, the barley being thus used, must be cleane taken out of the water, and putt into the Liquor where of the broath is to me made, adding there unto, this hearbes and rootes following, Take of the rootes of fennell persely, and Succhory, the pithes being taken out, and the rootes cleane Scraped, and washed, of each of them, being not old foure rootes, of Scabious, egremony, bittany, Strawberrie, Leaves ~ violett Leaves, thyme, rosemary, of each of these, a bunch as bigg as a mans thumbe, if theye were bound togeather all, which must be putt Loose into, the pott, with a quarter of a pound of raysons, Stoned and as mutch of currants, a dozen damaske pruins; 4 or 5 great mace; 10: or 12 cornes of pepper, cutt in halfe or quartered, one nuttmegg cutt in thinn peeces, which nuttmegg must not be putt in, till the broth be allmost Sodden, all these must be boyled, with a Soft fiar, the Space of three howres in which time, the State of the meate and hearbes, will be boyled out, you maye putt a Little ~ Salt into it if you thinke good, this being done take out the Veale, and the hearbes from the broth, as neare as you maye, and Straine the broth, into a faire earthen pott, and reserve it for yr use, it will Last if it be well made two or three dayes, The best taking of it, is in the morning, two howers, after yr rising, and Likwise att foure a clock in the afternoon, att both which times you must, take the quantitye of halfe a pint, as hott as you cann Suffer it, without either bread or any other thing in it, if you cannot gett those hearbes greene you must have them att the Apothecaries dryed, which will Stand you in as great Steede ~  74 Another waye how to distill a Cocke for those ~ That are in an Hott Consumtion ~ Take a redd cock of a yeare and halfe old, being plucked, drawne, chopped in peeces, all the bones broken, and putt him into a pewter pott of a pottle, unwashed, with the blood feet, head, and all as in the former distillation, and through thereon, halfe a Spoonefull of Salt, then put there to halfe a pinte of french wine or of Small clarett wine, of borrage water halfe a pinte, and as mutch of buglas water, then take: 40 raysons of the Sunn, the Stones being taken out, two Spoonfulls of currants, three dates, and one nuttmegg, Shred all these togeather, and putt them into yr pott, then take if endive, borrage, and buglas of each of this Six Leaves, and Laye the one halfe of them, under yr cock in the pott, and the other, halfe on high uppon yr cock, and putt there to one Spoonfull of good wine vinegar, and Soe mutch Sugar as the topp of yr thumbe, then past the cover of yr pott downe, and bind it as close as you can, Sett it in a kettle of water, Seething upp to the neck, and Lett it boyle continually the Space of 12 howres, and as the water in the kettle doth wast, fill it upp againe, with hott water, then take it off the fiar and Straine it as in the former distillation, then putt it upp, and give thereof to the partie warmed, three or foure Spoonefulls att a time, and Lett him continue it as you Shall See cause, and in time you Shall find it very effectuall, you Shall have as mutch Liquor when it is Strained, as you did putt in yr pott ~ The waye how to Distill a Pigg, good for those that are Weake, and ~ Fainte, and yett not Sick, but many times distembpered, with heate ~ Take a pigg of 12 daies old, or there abouts, being, Scalded, garbeshed, and washed, and ~ take the foure quarters, and the feet, thereof and wash them in a pinte of whit wine, one after another, and Lett them Soake a Little in the wine, then drye them with a drye cloth, and rubb ~ them over with a Spoonfull of Salt, then putt them in a pewter pott of a pottle, and Laye halfe a handfull of Sage, under them in the pott, then putt thereto a pinte of white wine, as mutch of faire water, an ounce of cynnamon, being broken in Small peeces, two Spoonfulls of wine vinegar and as mutch of Sugar as a good apple, putt all these togeather, into yr pott, and Laye halfe a handfull of Sage on high, uppon the topp of all, then Stopp upp yr pott close as in the distillation going before, and Soe Sett it in a kettle of Seething water, upp to the neck, and Lett it boyle continually the Space of: 14: howres, and as the water wasteth fill it upp againe with hott water and when it hath boyled Soe Long, powre it into a Strainer, and Lett it runn without wringing untill it be runn drye, then keepe it and give the partie thereof warmed: 5: or 6 Spoonfulls att a time, and Lett them take it as often as they will, and continue it as Long as they List, and they Shall find ease thereby ~ A water or distillation good for those that are brought ~ Weake, with an ague or Sutch Like Sickness ~ Take a young cock of a quarter old being plucked, drawne and washed, chopp him verye Small, the bones Leggs, with the heade and all, then putt it into a pewter boule, and Sett it within yr Still, and putt thereto a quart, of milke warme from the cowe, Six Spoonefulls of redd rose water, and of egremony, Scabious, burrage, buglas, and red rose leaves, of each of these halfe a handfull, and Soe distill them, all togeather, and keepe the water for yr use and give the party thereof in his broth, cawdle, or Ale berie, 4: or 5: Spoonfulls att a time, and Somtimes Lett him drinke thereof alone with a Little Sugar, use this and you Shall finde it very nourishing, and a proved good to putt awaye Malancholly ~ A Spetiall good water, for those that are in a burning feaver ~ Take a quart of red wine, and a quart of milke, distill them togeather, and Lett the partie, drink of the, water, thereof, as mutch and as often as he will, and it will kill the heate, and bring there boddyes into good temper ~  73 To make, a broth for those that be entringe into a Consumtion, and will Preserve, them from it, if it be taken, in time, and continued, Soe Long as you feele ocation Take the Shyn bone of beefe, from the knee upwards to the next Joynt of the forelegg, chopp the flesh and bones togeather, and boyle it on two gallons of water, and when it is cleane Scummed, Lett it cimber, uppon a Soft fiar, the Space of two howres, then putt thereto, the hinder quarters of a old coney, three or foure knuckle bones of mutton, and a young cock of a quarter old, the bones of them all being broaken, putt this into yr broth, and Soe Lett it cimber halfe an howre more, then take, burage buglas, endeeve, egremonie and Sowe thistles, of this, an handfull, and of thyme and perseley of each a Like, the quantity of halfe a handfull in all, putt all these into yr broth and Lett it cimber an hower more, then take a pound of greate raysons the Stones being taken out, halfe a pound of pruins and a quarter of a pound of currants, and eight dates, Shred all these togeather, and putt there to a few whole mace, putt all these in yr broth, and Lett it cimber an howre, and an halfe more, then Season it with Salt and Straine it with a Strainer, wring it not butt Lett it runn cleare, Soe Long as there will any moysture come from it, then putt it into Sutch a vessell as you doe meane to keepe it in, and when you give thereof to the partie, take Soe mutch of it as you doe meane to give him att one time, and when it is warme Straine it with 20 Almonds, being ground Small, and Soe give it to the partie as warme as he Shall Like to take it, this will keepe good a Weeke. ~ To make a good broth for those that are in a consumtion, butt espetially for those that enter, into a Consumtion, after a hott feaver ~ take a hinder quarter of good Large weather mutton, and roast it with a Soft fiar untill it be more then halfe enough, then Scotche it and prick it with, two knifes, being uppon the Spitt, and make hast whilst it is hott, and Lett the gravye runn out into a platter, as mutch as you cann gett of it, then Sett yr gravie on a chaffing dish of coales, and Scumm the fatt as cleane of as you can with a Spoone, then Season it with Salt, and putt thereto halfe a pinte of french wine, and if you ~ can have none of that, then putt thereto halfe a pinte of the Smallest clarrett wine you can gett and halfe a pint of red rose water, and a Stick of cynnamon of the Lenght of yr hand, being broaken in to Small peeces, and Lett it boyle halfe an howre uppon the coales, then putt thereto, one Spoonfull of wine vinegar, and Soe mutch Sugar as will make it pleasant, then putt it upp all togeather into Sutch a thing as you, doe meane to keepe it in, and give thereof to the partie to drinke ~ warmed three times the daye, and 4 or 5 Spoonfulls att a time, doe this Soe Long as you Shall ~ find occasion, and it will healp ~ A very comfortable receipt, for those that have paine in there backes, it Will Staye yr boddy, if it be troubled, with any kind of flux, or Wast of nature ~ Take a redd cock of a yeare and halfe old, being plucked and drawne, chopp him in peeces and bruise the bones well, then putt him into a pewter pott, of a pottle unwashed, with the blood, feete heade and all, and through there in halfe a Spoonefull of Salt, then putt thereto a pinte of muskadell, halfe a pinte of redd rose water, 6: dates being cutt in peeces, and three or four maces Shake all these well togeather in yr pott, you maye putt thereto, what gold you please, more or Less, butt the more you doe putt in the more effectually, it will worke, then past downe the cover of yr pott, and tye a cloth Soe close about it, that noe ayre goe either in or out, then Sett it into a kettle or pott of Seething water, upp to the neck, and Soe Lett it boyle continually the Space of 24: howres, and as the water doth wast fill upp the kettle againe, with Hott water, and when it hath boyled thus Long, take out yr pott, and powre it into a Strainer, and Lett the Liquor runn into a vessell Soe Long as it will runn, but wringe it not, then putt it upp as you will keep it, and give ~ the partie there of warmed, three or foure Spoonfulls att a time, and continue it as you Shall See cause, and you Shall find ease, you Shall have, as mutch Liquor when it is Strained, as you did putt into yr pott, This is called the distilling of a cocke ~  72 And Soe Lett it boyle very Leasurely the Space of three howres more, untill the broth beconsumed to a quart or there aboute, butt Stirr not yr brothe in any wise, for breaking the capon, then Season yr broth with Salt, and a Little, bruised peppar, and having thus done, take it from the fiar, and power yr broth as cleane as you can from the capon into Sutch a thing as you doe meane to keepe it and when it is cold it will be Like a yellow Jelly, then you maye give it warmed to the party as you Shall See cause, but warme noe more there of att once then you doe meane to Spend att one time, you may bestowe yr capon att yr pleasure ~ To make a broth for those that have a great weakness in there back, which Cometh, with an exstreame, Scowring it will Strenghten the body and ~ Staye any kind of Loosnes or Flux ~ Take a good Leg of mutton and being Joynted, putt it into a pott with a gallon and halfe of water, and when it doth boyle and is cleane Scummed, Lett it cimber uppon a Soft fiar, the Space of two howers, then putt thereto an old coney, being chopped in three or foure peeces, and the bones broken all Saving the head, and when it hath boyled againe being cleane Scummed, then Lett it cimber one howre more, putt therto three handfulls of basyll mints, or of Speermints or of white mints, and when you have put these thereto, Lett it boyle a Little after, Stirring, it well togeather then putt thereto a pint of rice, being boyled, as it weare for potage, an an ounce of cynamon being broaken in Sticks, then Stirr it well together and Soe Sett it on the embars, the Space of two howres, and Stirr it often, as it doth boyle the Last two howres, then Season it with Salt, and a Little grose peppar, and Soe Stampe it through a cullender into Sutch a Vessell as you doe meane to keepe it in, and give it warmed to the partie as you Shall See occassion, this broth will keepe good five or Six dayes ~ An other broth for the Same Purposes ~ Take a redd cock of a yeare and halfe old, pluck him a Live, and beate him with a rod untill the blood doe a peare, through the Skinn, then breake his neck and drawe him, chopp him in peeces, and Soe putt him unwashed, blood and all into a pipkin, with a gallon of water the Leggs and head being cutt off and when it doth boyle Scum it cleane, and Lett it cimber uppon a very Soft fiar the Space of an howre an halfe, then putt thereto of egremonic, Scabius, burrage, buglas, neppe, clary comfrey and white archangle, of each of these halfe a handfull, and Soe Lett it cimber halfe an howre more then putt thereto a quarter of a pound of currants, halfe a pound of raysons of the Sunn Stoned halfe a pound of pruins, and two nuttmegs being cutt in Small peeces, putt all these into yr broth, and Soe Lett it cimber three howres more untill the broth be consumed to a pint and an halfe, Season it with Salt, and Straine it through a cullender, Stampe all that remaine in the cullender very Small, and Straine it with the broth, through a Strainer, into a bason, then Sett it uppon a chaffing dish of coale, untill it be ready to boyle, Stirring it well togeather, give thereof to the partie, twelve Spoonefulls att a time being warmed, this will keepe good a Sea night ~ To make a broth, called gruell good for those that have the greife of ye Spleene Take foure good peeces of the better end of a neck of mutton, and boyle it in a pipkin with a reasonable quantity of water, and when it is cleane Scummed Lett it cimber uppon a Soft fiar the Space of one howre, then putt thereto a peece of a fennell roote, and two persely rootes being pithed, and of burrage buglas of each an handfull, as mutch of penyroyall, binde all these, together and putt them into yr broth, and Lett it cimber one howre more, then take upp yr hearbes and wring them over yr broth, then putt into yr broath Soe mutch of bruised woate meale, that hath beene Steeped in water, an howre before, as will Serve to thicken it, withall and Lett it cimber an howre more and when it hath Soe done Season it with Salt, and putt thereto a Little bruised peppar and a few cloves and mace, with Soe mutch Saffron as will a Little change the couller of it then Stirr it well togeather and Soe putt it upp into a vessell and give there of to the party warmed, and Lett him eate there of att his pleasure, and in time he Shall find ease ~  71 Brothes ~ Culltesses ~ Jellies ~ A Broth for those that are Sick of a hott Feaver ~ Take the knuckle of veale, and the Knuckle bones of mutton, being chopped, boyle this in a pipkin, wth a gallon of water, and after, they be cleane Scummed, Lett them cimber uppon a Soft fiar, the Space of an howre, then putt therto a good fennell roote, and three or foure perseley rootes, being cleane Scraped and picked, and of violett leaves, Strawberrie Leaves, endive, borrage and buglas, of each of this a Like quantitie, and of currants a quarter of a pound, the Like quantitie of raysons, the Stones being taken out, chopp all this fruits togeather, and putt it allsoe into yr broth, and add thereto the bottom of an manchett, and Soe Lett it cimber uppon a very Soft fiar, the Space of two howres, then Season it wth Salt, and putt therto halfe, a pint of French wine, if you have it, with a Little Sugar, if not then putt there to three Spoonfulls of vinegar, being made Somwhat pleasant with Sugar, and the powder of an nuttmegg, or a Little mace or peppar, which the partie best Liketh, or none of them if he doe Like it without then Lett it cimber awhile, after all these be therin, Then take it from the fiar and Straine it through a cullender, then take the bones from that which Stayeth in the cullender, and Stamp all the rest in a morter together, and Straine it with Some of the broth, then warme all the rest of the broath, uppon coales, and blend togeather, and Soe putt it upp, as you will keepe it, and when it is cold it will be Like a Jelly, in the winter it will keepe a weeke, and in the Summer three or foure dayes, and you must allwayes warme it, when you give it to the partie ~ To make a Culltess for those that be Weake to be taken ~ as oft as there Stomacke will Serve ~ Take the foure nuckle bones of a mutton, being chopped and boyle them in a pipkin with three pints of water, and it is cleane Scummed, Lett it boyle Leasurely the Space of an howre, and an halfe then putt thereto, a Little thyme and perseley, bound in a bunch, noe bigger then yr Little fingar, then take a chicken and putt perseley, in the belly of it with three or foure whole mace, and Soe putt it into the broth, with the head, feet, Livar, gissorne, and Soe Lett it boyle againe, untill the chicken be tender, and Season it with Salt, then take forty Allmonds and grind them in a mortar with a Little of the broth, untill they be very Small, then putt yr chicken and all yr hearbes thereto, and Soe Stamp bones and all togeather, untill the chick be very Small, then Straine it with all the broath into a platter, and Soe Sett it on a chafing dish of coales, to warme, and putt thereto three Spoonfulls of redd rose water with a Little Sugar, and Soe give it to the partie, it will continue good butt 24 howrs To make a Sharpe, broth for those that be Sick of any dissease ~ Take a chine of mutton, or Some other bones, Sutch as be not fatt, chopp them Small and boyle them in faire water, and when it is cleare Scummed, Lett it cimber uppon a Soft fiar the Space of an howr and when it hath Soe done, putt thereto of perseley, endive, borrage, buglas, and a branch of thyme ~ being all bound in a faggott, togeather, then Lett it boyle againe the Space of an howre and an halfe and when it hath Soe done, Season it with Salt, and putt thereto either goosberries, barberries, or grapes as the time of the yeare Shall Serve, then thick it with the yeolkes of two eggs, being Strained with a Little verges, or vinegar, with a Little Sugar, putt into yr broth and Stirr it well, butt Lett it not Seeth after You have putt in Sutch Spice, as is most fitt for the Sickness, and you may boyle a chicken therein with the mutton for the party to eate if you please ~ To make a broth for those that be Weake with Sickness ~ Take a good capon of two yeares old being well fleshed, butt not very fatt, dress him as you would doe to boyle Leaving the head and the Leggs att the boddy, then fill the belly full of currants ~ blended with an ounce of mace, and Soe Sowe upp the belly, you must have a pipkin on the fiar with a gallon of water and when it doth Seeth putt in yr capon with the breast downewards, and when it is cleane Scummed, Lett it Symbar uppon a very Soft fiar the Space of two howers then putt thereto a branch of rosmary, two burrage, being Sliced, and a good crust of manchett - and Soe  70 For a Teartian Ague ~ Dor Griffith ~ Take of Sarsaparilla, one ounce, of Cynque foyle, centuary, mayden haire, St Johns Woort, rosmary of each of them, an handfull, of Liquoriss Six drams, of mace the weight of tenn pence, of faire, running water three pints, Seeth all with a Soft fiar an hower, Straine it and Lett the patient, drink a good draught thereof, three howers before dinner, and a Less draught two howers before Supper ~ A Spetiall good: drinke, to be taken often, in any contagious, or, burning fever ~ Take a pottle of faire water, two handfulls of balme, as mutch of Scabious as mutch of wood Sorrell as mutch of Strawberrie Leaves and a pretty quantity of Liquoriss, Scraped, and bruised, boyle all together to a quarte, Straine it and Lett the patient, drinke often thereof, either cold or milke warme ~ An Aproved medecine to Skinn: and Heale ~ Take a pint of good Sallett oyle, one pound of Sweet Sheepes Sewett, minced very Small, and a reasonable quantity of common, greene Tobacco, chopped Small, Sett it on a temperate fiar, untill all be well boyled incorporate and that it Looke greene, Straine it, and keepe it for yr use and annoynte the place, galled, or hurte, as oft as you have occasion ~ For the falling of the Fundament ~ Putt into a pinte of whit wine, an ounce of the oyle of Turpentine,and take two Spoonefulls of it, being well Jogged together, every morning for Seaven, mornings togeather, fasting two howres after it ~ See amonst the oyntments for the Same ~ Dor Friars, against the Scurvy ~ ꝶ 8 handfulls of woormwood, 4 of cardus bedictus, 2 of mints, half a peck of Scurvy grasse, a quarter of a pound of horsradish, Sliced thinn, bruise the hearbes, and putt them into a gallon of milke to infuse all night, and distill off: 5: pints for use, drinke a quarter of a pinte or more, alone, or relished, with a Little Sugar, or Sirrup of Lemons, or Juice of orringes, twice a daye ~ The Cordiall ~ Take annisseeds, carrua Seedes fennell Seedes, baberriers, Juniber berries of each 4 ounces, alecompaw angellico rootes, oxstollacahnga, of each Six ounces, boyle all these in one quart of triacle, after the rootes and Seedes are finely powdered, Lett it boyle very easaly for the Space of halfe an howre then take if off from the fiar, and putt in halfe a pound of browne Sugar candy, dissolved in ~ halfe a pint of the best brandy, burnt, Soe putt it over the fiar, for the Space of a quarter of an howre, keeping of it continually Stirring, keepe it be Sure close Stopped when you have taken it off, this will make two quartes, it will Stand you in 38-[6?] ~ A Medicine for the Whites or running in the Raynes ~ Take one ounce of white Sanders, two ounces of yellow Sanders, three ounces of redd Sanders, beate them all togeather very fine, then take Soe mutch Venice turpentine, as will drye that upp, worke it very well togeather, and make it upp in a hard Lumpe, this being done take a new Layd egg putt from it the white, then take the quantity of a hasle nutt, of the aforesaide, and putt it into the yeolkes, and temper well togeather in the Shell, and Soe drinke it, take this for three mornings togeather, then rest two or three dayes, and take it againe two mornings togeather, and Soe continue the taking of it for the Space of two monthes, and in that time this medecine will help them that Shall use it, it must not be taken to often att a time for feare of Staying it to Suddanly, then you maye use a playster of Diapalma, to yr raynes and if you find the heumor to be hott then drink Some plantain Water The Bittr Purging Drinke: Bay Wards, Century, cammomill flowers, of each one handfull, Cardus Seeds one ounce, = Leaves of Scona halfe an ounce, red gentian one Dram and halfe; boyle all these in a quart = of Water, till halfe a pint or more bee consum’d, Strayne and bottell it for use: take in the = morning fasting a small draught more or lesse as it works: It is good for worms any Stoppage or Illnesse of the Stommacke; The Black Salve for a Sore Breast Take of Rosin half a pound, Burgundy Pitch, & ye best Frankincens of each half apd. Stone Pitch 3 qrrs. of apd, Bees Wax two penny worth Mastick 3 penny worth, Venice Turpentine as much. First cut Wax thin, & Beat yr Other things into a Powder. Then put ym into a Pan Dissolve them one after another, When all are Melled put in your Venice Terpentine, & Six Spoonfulls of ye best oil of Olives Stir yr all together let them Boile a little, Then Strain them thro’ a thin Cloath into Cold Water, So make it up into Rowls & keep for yr use. Take as much Sheeps Leather as will cover ye Whole breast, cut a Hole for ye Nipple anoint ye Breast wth a little Butter, &, lay ye Plaster was on ye sore If it Run much take it of once or twice a day dry ye Corruption & lay it on again Renew nor ye plaster too often But as need Requires. N.B. Take care you don’t, Boil it too much, one Boil, after all is slowly melted will be Sufficient. If ye beast be broken then twice a Day lay on black salve under ye Great Plaster; But for shove ye can Endure it a Pustis is best. Made as follows. Take a quart of Ale dregs put in as much Mallows as you can stirr in it, cut them Small & boile them till they be tender over a slow fire, Then thicken it wth white Bread Crum, & cut in as much Hogs Lard as an Egg Lay it all over ye beast warm a good Thickness. For a soare Throate - Mrs Mu Take one pinte of oyle: and a quarter of a pound of white Lead and as mutch of redd Lead: finely powered: and two ounces and half of Castle Soape: Slice the Soape: and putt itt all together: and boyle itt till itt, will role: Stirring Stirring itt all the time 69 Mr Barletts Receipts for the Scurvy ~ If cetarach, mayden haire, Sassafras, Liquorisse of each one ounce, boyle them to the consumtion of 1/3 m a pottle of Spring water, then add more Anisseeds one ounce Sena one ounce and halfe, Letting ~ them infuse by a Little fiar, butt not boyle, Straine it, and take daylie: 7: Spoonfulls for a weeke togeather ~ ꝶ Scurvy grasse ½ a peck, callamus, Aromaticus Amios, gallingal, cloves, each one ounce, watercresses, brookelyme, each one handfull, brew all in 4 gallons of Ale for yr daylie drink ꝶ conserve of roses, rosemary flowers, gillo flowers each one ounce, Methridate one dram, musk Amber greese and bezuar each foure graines, eate att anytime ~ For a Tympanye, or greate, Swellinge in the Boddy ~ Take: 5: pints of rennish or white wine, and 3 porringers full of the Ashes of broome, a quantity of cynnamon bruised Steepe the Ashes and cynnamon in the wine all night, the next daye runn it through a gelly nag, Soe often, untill it Looke cleare, add to it Soe mutch Sugar as will please yr taste, then putt it into a bottle of Stone or glass, and Soe Lett it Stand one whole daye, then drink of it morning and evening, and one howre, before meales, and after yr going, att each time, a good draught, could as it is, Eate noe pottage broth, milke or Spoone meate, that is most Salt meate, nor fruite and drinke butt once or twice att a meale, the Lesser the better, drink noe wine, unless yr Stomack be weake A excellent Medecine to breake, an Impostume within the Boddy ~ or to cure an inwarde bruise ~ Seeth two or three handfulls of Scabius, in a quart of white wine till all the virtue of the Scabius be dram out, then draine the Liquor from the hearbes, and putt to the Liquor, as mutch Sugar as will Suffice to boyle it to a Sirrup, when it is boyled neare the hight of a Sirrup, putt into it a nuttmeg cutt in thick Slices, and two or three, whole Sticks of cynnamon, the Lett it boyle a Little with the Same Spices which done, take it off the fiar, and putt to it Six Spoonfulls of very good, aquavite, or aqua composite, and then putt it in to a glass and Stopp it close, take thereof three mornings togeather, two Spoonfulls att a time, and fast two howers after, it will happily give a Stoole, this medecine will carrye, the impostume downewards bagg and all ~ Probatum Sepe ~ For an Ague or Feaver ~ Take a good quantitie of ribworte, rootes and all, Slitt the rootes and wash all cleane, Seeth it well in a pottle of Strong Ale, to the quantitye of less then a pinte, Straine it from the Rearbe, and putt to the Liquor of bolearmoniack fine and Smale beaten two Spoonfulls, then of Jeane triacle three Spoonfulls, then Lett it boyle togeather a Little and putt it upp in a Violl to be taken Luke warme as followeth, fast two howres before you take this medecine, and begin to take it a just houre, as neare as you can before yr fitt cometh Then take first nine Spoonfulls, a quarter of an howre after take: 7: Spoonefulls, a quarter of an howre after take: 5: Spoonefulls, and the fourth and Last quarter, take: 3 Spoonfulls, fast two howres after and keepe yr Selfe very warme ~ For an Ague or Feaver of any Kinde Take of the distilled water of cardus bedictus, Angelico, dragon, pimpernell Scabius and plantaine of each two Spoonefulls, mix them with two penyworth of common triacle, and Lett the patient drink it made as hott as he can take it att the beginging of the fitt ~ For the Same another medecine ~ Take feather few, hearbe grace, Sage, plantin or ribworte, neepe and hemlock of each 9 or 10 Leaves, add to them the quantity, of a wallnutt of black Soape, and as mutch of baye Salt, pound all in a mortar, till it be Like a Salve, Spreade thereof on Linnen cloth, and bind it being heate Luke warme to yr wrists of each arme and Soe applye it 3 or 4 times, when the fitts doe come, if as in winter the Leaves of the Hemlock cannot be gotten, take 3 Little rootes thereof, they will then be use them as aforesaide ~ A Pultess for the pricking of a Thorne, in the foote finger, or any other place ~ Take claret wine, wheate meale and honey, make a pultes thereof Laye it to the place and it will help ~  For the greene, Sicknes, an approved Speedy remedy ~ Take cloves, mace, nuttmeggs, rootes of madder, enulacampana, prepared, pearle of every one two drams, of pulvis ferri, or Steele, prepared one ounce, of Sugar foure ounces, make all into fine powder, and mix them well, and Lett the patient take halfe a Spoonefull thereof, as it is att 8 in the morning, and as mutch att foure in the afternoon, walking an howre after, and then eate Some warme, thyn broath, this continued 14 dayes, att the most will make a perfect cure For the Scurvy divers Medecines ~ ~ Itt is necessary, before any of these medecines, be used, to take the counsill Of Some Learned, Phisition, and to purge, the humor, that breedeth, and nourishth the disease A Bagg for Ale ~ Take of woorwood: 3 handfulls, of watercreasses two handfulls, of rosemary one handfull and an halfe, of Scurvy grass, foure handfulls, of brooke Lime two handfulls, of egrimony, mayden haire, balme of each halfe a handfull, of water plantin one handfull, and a halfe, of germander and, chamepitheos of each halfe a handfull, of cychory rootes, two ounces, of Lignumvite, four ounces, of ginger three drams, of cynamon halfe an ounce, of fumeterre, two handfulls, putt these into a bagg of bolster Stuff, with a plumett of Lead, and hang it upp in 5 gallons of Ale, for 4 dayes Space, and drink ther off A Bath for the Legges ~ Take of camomill and melilote flowers, of each two handfulls, of mallowes and marsh mallowes of each three handfulls, of fumoterre flowers of hopes, wild thime of each, of each one handfull, of woormwood of Scurvy grass, of each two handfulls of brooklime of watercresses of each two handfulls boyle these in a Sufficient quantity of water for a bath, and use it accordingly ~ A Plaister and, oyntment for the Scurvy Prescribed by Mr Fenton ~ Take of maye butter: 12 ounces of the Juices of woormwood, watercreasses and Scurvygras of each ~ three ounces, of malmesey three ounces, boyle them togeather untill the Juce and wine be wasted then putt into it of yellow wax Seaven ounces, of burgamy pitch, Six ounces boyle them togeather to the forme of a plaister, then putt unto it of Juniper berries, finely beaten three ounces, and incorporate them well togeather, and make them into rowles for yr use, The oyntment is the Same Leaving outte the wax and burgomy pitch, and it is good to annoynte the Leggs therewith before the aforesaide, bath be used ~ A Plaister for the Same, Prescribed by Dor Foster ~ Take of the wild cucumber rootes finely beaten one pounde, Steepe them in a quart of distilled wine vinegar, by the Space of 24 howers, of clarified honey two pounde, boyle them together to the forme of a plaister, then putt into it of emplaistrum diachilon, cumgummis ℥ij of olei, irini Limacei, of each two ounces, of cominseed in fine powder foure ounces, mingle them well togeather for yr use ~ A Drinke for the Scurvy ~ Take of fumetorre, of Scurvy grasse gotten by the Seaside, of each: 4 handfulls of watercresses two handfulls of brookelime, one handfull, wash all these, and take them cleane from the water, Stampe them Small, put them into a gallon of Strong boare, or Ale, and Lett the hearbes Lye in it, drinke thereof every morning a good draught, and fast one hower after, take thereof againe, one howre before diner, and att night when you goe to bedd, the more you can Stir after it, the better, though it be painfull, use this for a fortnight or 3 weekes as you find yr Selfe to mend, and it will help by gods grace ~ if you canot gett greene fumitory, wch is best, you maye have it dryed att the apothecaries ~  67 As att first, then Laye it to heate betweene, two lyles, till it be Somwhat yellow, and then in a thinn Linnen, cloth Laye it to the Side, Somthing higher, then the mother is, and Lett it Lye 12 hours and it will very Soone cause it to fall to the right place, this is to be used either when the fitt is come or that they feare the coming of it ~ A medecine for a Childe, broken, out with, the Itch, all over ~ Take Sallendine, and Stamp it and Straine it, and mingle the Juice, thereof and red wine vinegar togeather, and Soe annoynte the childe morning and evening, by the fiar, and in noe wise, putt not of the Shirffe, that will arryse, till it fall of it Selfe, trye first Some part of the boddy and if it doe that part good, then use it to his face ~ To Procure, a Speedy: delivery of a Wooman with Child ~ Take of white Ambar three penny waight, of very fine cynamon, foure peny waight and Somewhat more, beate them fine each one by themselves, into fine powdar, then take: 6 or: 7: Spoonefulls of good gascoyne wine, clarett, putt it into a faire porrenger, then putt the powder into it and with a Spoone Stirr it well, that it run not into Lumpes, and heate it Luke warme, and Lett it be druncke off, and by gods grace you Shall heare good tydings Shortly after probatumest ~ Another for the Same ~ Take the canes of the castia, the cashia being taken out, and Scrape them cleane and beate them to powder, then take 2 parts of that powder, and one parte of the powdar of date, Stones beaten and give to drink as mutch as will Lye uppon Six pence, in any warme thing ~ A Medecine ~ Take the whitest of the hard Lees of wine, beate it and putt it into a goldsmiths pott, and uppon a hott fiar Lett it boyle and burne untill it come to Ashes, then putt it into a Strong peece of course Lawne, and hang it in a moyt place, and reserve the water that drops from it to yr use it will continue good Long ~ Another, Medecine to Procure Throwes for th Same ~ Take as mutch of the Seed of Savoryas, will Lye on a groate, being beaten, and give it to the partie to drink in any warme thing For a Push or Boyle Make a pultes of white breade, milke or english Saffron, it will ripen, breake drawe and heale ~ A Medecine for Bloody Urine ~ Take of the Juice of howeslick, plantin, fetherfew and tansey, a Like quantity and with beane flower, and a Little Honey, boyled togeather, make a playter, and Laye it warme to one of the kidneyes, and roule it not to be remooved for two dayes and two nights, that being taken off, doe it in Like maner to the other kidney, butt if the first healp, applye not the Second ~ Another for bloody Urine ~ Take a pinte of Sack, a quarter of a pound of Sugar of the powder of coriander Seedes prepared and parseley Seed, of each, a Spoonfull, boyle it to halfe and drinke it three nights to bedward ~ A Spetiall Medecine for an Ague ~ Take an handfull of Angelico, as mutch of the tops of rosmary, as mutch of redsage as mutch of hearbe grace, as mutch of Smallege, as mutch of perriwincke, as mutch of balme, two pennyworth of mayden faire, a penyworth of unguentum Album, and an handfull of baye Salt chopp all the hearbes with the Unguentum, and Salt togeather, and Soe keepe them in a pott or box, and when you have occasion to use it, Spread thereon a cloth, and Laye it to both the wrists the night before the fitt Should come, and againe a fresh in Like manner an howre before the fitt cometh ~  66 A Medecine for a Dropsey ~ Take two gallons of Ale worte, one pound of quacum wood, boyle it till a quart be consumed, then use it after it is Strained, with Ale yeast as you doe Ale, and when it is Soe old as it Leaves working, drinke there of att all times, and in the Space of 3 weekes it will help, as it hath beene exsperienced in many though past cure ~ Another for the Same ~ Take 2 gallons of Ale or beare, putt therto two handfulls of enulacampana rootes, as mutch of woormwoode, of rue as mutch, of Lovage as mutch, a pound and halfe of Anisseeds, a pound of Lycoriss a quarter of an ounce of coloquintida, and a pinte of honey, Seeth all this togeather untill the halfe be consumed and use it att all times ~ A most excelent, a proved remedy for the Perfect curing of the ~ Dropsey, and discharging the body of all water and waterish humors ~ Take a dragm of mechocan, made into powder and Steepe it a whole night in Small beare the next morning drinke it warme, and Some 8 or 14 dayes after, that againe, and afterwards as you Shall find yr Selfe, it hath cured Some att once or twice, taken, other have taken it oftner ~ A Medecine for the greene Sickness ~ Take halfe a pound of raisons of the Sunn 3 ounces of Liquoriss, Scraped Slyced and Somewhat bruised, as mutch of Annisseeds, an handfull of cammomill, as mutch of costmary as mutch of Sorrell as mutch of Violett Leaves, and as mutch of French mallowes, or of other if they can be gott Lett all these be infused in 6 quarts of running water 12 houres and then Lett it boyle on a Soft fiar, the Vessell being close Stopped, till it be cold, after Straine it, and putt it in a bottle and take thereof every morning before you a rise, the third part of a pint, and Sweat gently if it ofter its Selfe ~ An electuary good for the falling Sickness ~ Take peritum, costus rootes, Stecados of every one 1o drames, Agarick 5 drames, dill Seede assafedita, Aristrologhe, rotunda, of every one two drams, and a halfe, Juyce of Scavilles, clarefied honey of each: 14 ounces, boyle them on a Soft fiar untill it be meetly thick, afterwards when it begineth to coole mix the other engredience, with it and take of it every morning and 3 dramms, for a child 2 will Suffice, fast 4 houres after ~ A medecine for any Exstremity of the Whites ~ Take one ounce of Venice turpentine, well washed in plantaine water, rubarb 4 drams ~ made into powder, Suger two ounces, Scinamon one ounce, made into powder, mingle them togeather, and take of it first and Last 3 pills of the bigness of pease, and in the morning after it take on the point of a knife a Little diadiscordium, and a good draught of Virgess posset, hott to wash it downe, and fast after it one houre, and take heed of Strayning them by Lifts or Sutch Like, the posset and diadiscordum, must be used after the pills in the morning use this 3 or 4 dayes, and if you find it begin to Staye use it the Longer, otherwise Leave it and after Som three dayes, use it againe till you find ease ~ A medecine for the falling of the Mother First bathe the place very cleane with warme milke, and presently after Laye a plaister on the place, made of blue beans, beaten to fine flower, and then Soe mutch wine vinegar as will make it Spreade, Shift it once every twenty foure howres, till it goe upp ~ A medecine for the riseing of the Mother ~ Take chickweede and Laye it as thick as yr finger, and as Longe and broade as a Large hand then Laye on whole mace on it, after more chickweed, and more mace, and att Last the hearbes as  65 Another medecine for the Cornes La Dorsett ~ Take Hoggs grease that is not tried, beate it a Little with a pestle, Spred it upon a a peece of white cotten, on the rugged, Side thereof, and bind it to yr cornes, dressing it once or twice a daye and it will weare it awaye Shortly ~ Another for the Same Take the white that is within the Shell of an oyster, drye it in an oven, and beate it in A morter very Small, cutt the corne and putt it uppon the place, and Some arsnick on it keepe it to the place wax or otherwise it will cure ~ For Cornes ~ Mr Short BC Gummi Armomaci in auto, Soluti ℥j Vitreoli Romam Calcis uiui Ana ʒvi Auripigmenti ett cantharidum, ana ʒi cera none ℥iiij chamomeli, ett euphorbia ana qrs sic fiat emplastrum A Medecine for Knobbs that growe in the flesh ~ begining, Like, wartes, Somtime, runing in Secrett places ~ Take the Juice of Slowes, when they grow black and wash the place, there with ~ For paine in the Joynt called the woorme in the North ~ Take the rootes of rirecoale otherwise called horse radish, and the being cleane rubbed from it bruise it in a morter, till it be Like past, them Spredd it Somwhat thick uppon a cloth thats course and applye thereof unto the place every 12 houres till you find ease ~ For the Scyatica in the Hip bone ~ Take black Sope, and chaffe it well into the place, before a fiar, both evening and morning, and in a few dressing it will procure ease ~ Mr Shorts direction for an Emplaister, for the Scyatica ~ Tacamahava ℥i carama ℥s cumceraa: qr 8 liqs facta, commsso exstenditur Super Aluted ~ For the drawing out of any Venome of rusty Iron ~ Make a pultes of red wine, and wheaten bran, and applye it unto the place and it will drawe out any Sutch Venome ~ To keepe the bitting of a mad dog from Ranckling ~ Take betony, egremony, plantin, and rusty bacon, beate them fine togeather and laye them to the place bitten ~ See a water for the Same amongst oyntements ~ A Medecine for a fellone ~ Take rewe a good quantity boyle it in as mutch faire water as will make it tendar, then thicken it with oeate meale, or crumes of bread, when it is boyled take it of, and putt therto two Spoonfulls of french grease, and applye it warme, Allsoe roole hound stoung in a paper and rost it in the embers, as it were a rootes, and applye it to the felon, Somwhat warme ~ renew this once in 12 or 24 howres, this will either ass wage it or breake it, and after. it is broken applye any ordinary Salve thereto ~ A Medecine or Water for a Fettar ~ Take gum arabick one dram, Sal Armonick two drams, beate them to powder and putt thereto ~ 6 ounces of white, vinegar and boyle all togeather untill halfe be consumed, then Straine it and putt it into a glass and wash the tettar there with ~ Doctr Lower’s Milk Water Take a handfull of dry Mint, 3 handfull of Ground Ivy, 3 Nutmeg sliced, a Pint of Whites if Eggs beat to Water, Distill these in a Gallon of New Milk in a Cold still, wth 2 sheets of White paper in ye bottom of 5 still. Draw of 3 Quarts &, Mix all ye Distillations together. You may Sweeten it as you use it, & add if you please a quart of Cherry to ye Gallon of Milk. Nephretick Water. Lady Drake her Way Take May Flowers, pick them off from the Green stalks when full blow. But before they drop, a peck or more according to the Bigness of yr Cold still Grate 4 Nutmegs, and when you have put a good thick Lay of Flowers so pick’d at the Bottom of yr still, add a thin Lay of ye Grated Nutmeg. Then another Lay of flowers & nutmeg in the same manner till the still is full as it will well still but all ye Nutmeg, must be put in. Then pour in upon it a quart of Good White Mountain Wine, or strong white Port. This quantity will not give, above One qt. & half a pint of Good. You may raw an other half Pint, but don’t put it amongst the older keep it to mix with the strong. This was given me Chiefly for the Gravel, & great fits of the stone The Doze I commonly give to a Man is 6 spoonful of the Naphtretick In 6 spoonfull of strong White Wine, with the Juice of half a Lemon & half a Scraped Nutmeg, sweeten’d with Syrrop of Althea or marsh mallow All Stir’d well together & made blood Warm; & so taken. I have known this water so great Cures for the stone, gravel, & Stoppage of urine. Dr Ratcliffe used so give it in several other is temper It was a Favourite Medecine with Him. This method I use in Distilling & Giving it. May However or white thorn flowers For the Biting of a Mad: Dog. Take an Ounce Rubarbe, Goats Rue, Common Rue, Red Sage Cat Nep of each a handfull, 4 or 5 Heads of Garlick: Boyle all these in 1 quarts of Strong Beer till half be consum’d: you may give about 8 Spoonfull to a Man. N.B. Cat nep resembles a Nettle, you may know it by its Strong Smell Hen Carter To Make Sympathetick Powder. Take Roman Vitrol one Ounce, beat it to fine Powder & Sift it thro’ a very fine Sieve, then put it into a glass Vial & Cute it very Close So let it Stand in the Sun from the End of March to the End of augst Shaking it every Day often to keep it from Sticking to the glass. When you use it, you must only apply it to the Matter or Blood that Comas from the Wound Wrapping it up close & Keeping it Warm. 64 of the oake an ounce made very cleane and Scraped, and of Diapheenicon which is a compound in the, apothecaries, Shoppes, Six drames, The Pollipodie must be beaten in a mortar untill they be in fine paste, and then mingle with: Diapheenicon, and Soe made into morssells and taken with the powdar of Sugar, this purgation must be taken three dayes togeather and then for: 14: daies the medecine before written, then the purgation againe, and then the medecine, and Soe continue, three coursess, the best time to take it, is in the begining of the Springe, when the Sunn is new entred into the Signe Aries, never less it hath had good Success att other times ~ A medecine for the Tympanie ~ Take the berries of eldar, when, they be black ripe and drye them in the Sunn, and then rubb them and putt a waye all, but the white Seedes, that is within them, and when it is through drye, beate them into powdar, and give the patient, thereof to drinke fasting, in white wine or Ale, fourteene, dayes togeather ~ A Medecine for Scalding, or Burning, and to take, awaye, the Heate ~ Take Sage and Seeth it in running water, and there with all wash the wounde, and it will take awaye the heate, imeadiatly, then take, Take Sage, harts tounge, and Sheepes dounge, and frye it with Sheeps Sewett, and annoynte the wounde, with a feather, and Lett it Lye Still on, then take Sheepes dounge dryed into powdar, and Strowe it thereon twice a daye. and annoynte it as oft, and take heede of picking it awaye, Lest there be holes, remayning ever after in the Skinn, And to asswage the Stiffness, when you can abide it noe Longer, bath a Little with Sage water, but the Less bathing the Sonner it will heale ~ A Good Medecine for anie Swelling in the Legges ~ Take a good quantitie of the white mosse that groweth on an old oake, boyle it in water and baye Salt and then wringe it drye and applye it to the Leggs with a cloath to keepe it close to, and it will asswage the Swelling ~ A Medecine for the Cornes in the Feete ~ Take a beane and Laye it in yr owne chamber Lye, untill it will blanch Like a almond ~ and then laye it againe in the like Lye, changing or Shifting it every morning, untill it become very Soft, then take an Ivy Leafe, and prick it full of holes, and Spread of the Soft beane uppon the Same, and applye it to yr cornes, allsoe the Leaves of howe Slicke ~ bruised and, Layd to the corne, will both drawe it out and mollifie it Soe as you maye with more facillity cutt it, and by often mollifying and cutting it in fine cleane take it awaye allsoe white pitch Spread uppon glovers Leather, and applyed to the corne mutch growne when it hath Lyen to it 4 or 5 dayes if you pluck it awaye Suddently it will bring away with it the corne, and give ease a Long time after ~ To take awaye Cornes Lady Dorsett ~ Take howseleeke or Sen greene of the biggest you can gett, pare with a knife the thinn ~ Skinn of one leafe thereof, that is within the Side of the Leafe, laye it to Steepe in red wine vinegar: 8 or 9 howres, before you use it, then Laye that Side you pluckt the Skin from next the corne, and bind it close, Soe dress it morning and evening in Like Sort, att att the Least every morning untill yr corne weare awaye Another for the Same ~ Take the rootes of white Lillie and boyle it in Vinegar, make it Like a plaister and Laye it on the corne, and Soe Lett it continue on it three dayes, without removing and it will cause the corne to fall off ~  63 A medecine for th Pyles ~ Take wax Venice turpentine, deeres Suett of each alike quantity, melt all togeather and dipp a Linnen cloth in it, applye it to the place as hott as the party can Suffer it, and after Laye a peece of Scarlett on it, and it will cure within a Short Space ~ A good medecine, to Staye the Emrodes ~ Take the powdar of bole Armoniake, Terre Sigillate, and Sanguis draconis, each a Like quantity putt the weight of three pence of this powder, to a Little white of an egg, and beat it well together Spredd it uppon a cloth, and applye it to the place, and once a daye make a new plaister, but if you perceave them to Looke blacke, then take awaye the plaister, for feare of to sudden Staying them, it is allsoe good for the emrodes, to take a good handfull of yarrow, Stampe and Straine it, with beare or Ale, and drinke there of cold morning and evening ~ A medecine for Sutch as make water Like Cleare Blood ~ Take a good handfull of bettony, boyled in new milke of a cowe that hath not beene att bull ~ and drinke it warme every morning, and evening, till you find it remydied ~ For Winde in the Bladder, and bloody Urine ~ Take the powder of the mistle of a thorne Searce it then take baye berryes, beaten to powder and the powder of white Amber, of each alike quantitie, mingle them well togeather, take as mutch as will Lye on a three pence morning and evening, in a Little possett drinke, this will ease the paines after the making of water, and it will Staye the Staying of the Urine, Mrs Peeces A medecine for heate in the Kidneyes ~ Take the Leaves of Henbane, and rost them in dock leaves untill they be very Soft, then take them out of the dock leaves, and putt to them the white of an egg, woomans milke, Some rose water and a Little white wine Vinegar, beate this togeather, with a Spoone till it be Like a Salve ~ then Spredd, it on a cloth, and when you goe to bedd, Laye it cold to the place greeved, and pinn a dubble cloth, uppon it, use this to doe, Somtimes, when you feele any heate ~ A medecine for the Palsey in the Heade ~ Take three Sage Leave, and prick them with a pinn, and Laye them in Steepe, in aquevite and in the morning take first one of them, and Laye it under, the patients tounge and when that hath Lyen there a while, putt it out and take an other and use them all every morning ~ and wash his Jawes, Temples and the nape of his neck, with Spike water and he Shall find ease An aproved medecine for the Palsey ~ Take a fox and uncase him, then mince his flesh as Small and as fine as it possible, then take a fatt goose, and Scalde her very cleane, pluck out her gutts, and fill her belly with the Same minced fox, and Sow upp the hole againe, that none come out putt her uppon a Spitt and roast her ~ and keepe the dripping there of, cleane, and close in a neyled pott and annoynte the place there with, where the greefe is, and chafe it well by the fiar ~ A Spetiall good medecine for the falling Sickness ~ Take of the Scull of a mans head, and of Hepiony rootes, digged in the Latter of feburary of each one ounce, of bettany, Six drams and of Lavandr, Spike 3 drams, the Scull must be fyeled, very fine, and beaten very Small in a morter the rootes, and hearbes must be dryed in the Shadow, and then made into Small powdar and must be mingled well togeather the dose, thereof is one dram att a time with Syrrop of Sticados butt first the patient must be purged with this receit following, Take of the rootes of Pollipodie greene of  62 Generall Medecines ~ A medecine for the, Pyles ~ Take the upper Leather of old Shoes, and burne it, and beate it to powdar take the Like quantity of brimstone, finely beaten, mingle these two togeather, with fresh gress of an hogg, Like an oyntement, with this annoynte the place, and then Laye a mullet Leafe, uppon it ~ Another medicine for the Pyles Take a pretty quantity of eldar flowars, as mutch of beane meale as mutch of Sallet oyle ~ when, it is mingled well togeather, will make Like a Salve, then Spread it on a cloth and apply it ~ A medecine for the running of the Reynes ~ Take rice and laye it in water, all night, boyle it after in the milke of one cowe, of one collor when it is allmost full boyled, take archangle flowers, red for men white for wooman, and put thereto, Season it with Sugar, cynamon and nuttmag, and Soe eate it, closing the back and roling it For the running of the Reynes ~ Take a quarte of new milke from the cow, Seeth it with a good handfull of mynts either Speare or callamints, when it hath boyled a quarter of an howre, take out: 6: Spoonefulls, and putt thereto, halfe a Spoonfull of powdar of the Seeds of roses, and Soe drinke it off and after ~ drinke a good draught of the other, thus doe morning and evening, then Laye a playster of pitch to the back where they find the weaknes ~ A medecine for one that hath a Rupture Take of comfry a good handfull of wild daysie rootes allsoe a good handfull and as mutch of knotted grass, Stampe all these togeathar, and Straine it withn malmsey, and give it to the patient to drinke, morning and evenings, nine dayes bllod warme, if It be a man that hath beene Longe Soe, he must be nine dayes uppon his back, and Stirr as Little as he cann, if it be a Child he must be kept, Soe mutch Lying as you maye, for those nine dayes, if you thinke the drink be to Strong for the child, give it him butt 3 dayes in Mallmsey and the rest in Stale Ale, and be Sure the partie hath a good trusse, and keepe him trussed a hole yeare att the Least ~ A Plaister for the Same ~ Take all the aforesaide, hearbes and make Juice of them, then take fresh butter and clarifie it, and unwrought, Virgin wax, and clarifie it of each of these a Like quantity then take the rootes of comfry, and drye it and make powdar of it, and the powdar of comminseeds, and Anniseeds boyle these powdars in the buttar and unwrought wax, uppon a Soft fiar, a good while togeather Then putt in yr Juice, and Lett it boyle a walme or two, then take off the fiar, and Stirr it all togeather till it be cold, then take thereof, and Spredd it and Laye it to the codds, as hott as the patient maye Suffer it and use this till he be whole, this plaister is most excelent for a child that is burst att the navill ~ For a Rupture ~ Take carselium cumfrey Leaves, knott grasse of each alike quantity drye them in the Shado beate it to powdar, and Searce it, eate as mutch as will Lye on a groate in pottage, and boyle of these three hearbes greene in pottage, Soe eate it with the powdar, mornings and evenings for a month or: 6 weekes, Take these three hearbes greene and boores grease and honey, Stamp them togeather, to a treate, Laye it to the place greeved under a truss with blacke wooll, taken neare, the codd or flanke of a blacke Sheepe, there is an hearbe called doves foote, which if it maye be had, is Spetiall good to be added to the other three hearbes ~  61 ~ Goute ~ A Receipt, for the, Goute, by the Irish Doctor ~ Take a younge mastive, puppy that is fatt, and take the Skin of and the gutts out, and 20 black Snailes, and halfe an ounce of comminseed, and take three handfulls of unsett Issssopp, and Stamp it well, and a quarter of a pound of frankincence, pounded, Soe mince, bruse or mingle all these togeather, putt them in the belly of the puppy, and Sowe upp the belly and then Spitt it as you doe a pigg, and rost it, and bast it, with the oyle of Spike, and the oyle of cammomill, 2 ounces of each mixed, togeather, and when it hath done dropping Lett it Settle and take, of the topp of it, and use it annoynting the place, diseased, before a good fiar, and rubb it in well, and it never fayle ~ A Receipt for the Goute ~ Take a Spoonfull of bristoll Soape or blacke Soape, then take a new Layd egg well beaten only the yeolke of it, mixe it with the Soape, take a penyworth of Sallett oyle, mixe it with it then take halfe a Spoonfull of baye Salt bruised and dryed to a powder, then take a penniworth of Saffron, bruised and dryed to a powder mix all togeather and annoynte the ~ greeved place with it, and bind a linning playster of the Same to it ~ An aproved good Medecine to Ease the Goute ~ Take the yeolke of new layd egg and the like quantitie of blacke Soape and of Saffron, being ground into fine powdar, Soe mutch as you can take uppon the poynte of a knife, Stirr these well togeather, then Spread it uppon a cloth, and Laye it to the place greeved 24 howres, it will drawe out waters and yr paine will cease, doe this as you find occasion it will ease yr paine and Strenghen the Limm, this medecine is for a goute that cometh of a could hewmor ~ Another Medecine for the Same greife ~ Take the broath of bacon and when it doth boyle take it off the fiar, and putt thereto Soe mutch of old cheese, being Scraped, as will make it being well Stirred togeather, Like unto bird Lyme, then Spread it thick uppon a cloth, and Laye it to the place greeved as warme as you can Suffer it, and Soe Lett it Lye, untill it doe fall of, and you Shall find ease ~ Another Medecine for the Goute the cometh of an ~ Hott humor, it will ease the Paine, and coole the heate ~ Take of cowe dounge when it is new made, and putt thereto Soe mutch of new milke from the cowe as will make it Somewhat thinn, Stirr them well togeather, and boyle it uppon a Soft fiar untill it be thick then Spread it uppon a cloth, and Laye it to the place greeved as warme as you can Suffer it, Shift it once in 24 howres and in Short time you Shall find ease, use this you Shall find occasion ~ A Medecine good for the Goute, and to drawe, out All evill humors ~ From anie part of then body, allsoe, very good, to amend the Sight ~ ease any place, in the, head, breake any impostume, and to help difects ~ in Hearing ~ Take 2 pound of pitch, as mutch of rosen as mutch of frankencence each finly beaten and Searced Seaverally, one pound of Sheeps tallow, one ounce of Saffron, 2 ounces of cloves, as mutch of mace, halfe a pound of commin, and 3 ounces of Lapdanum, beaten and Seirced, all this must be Sodden the Space of an howre, the pitch must be putt in first alone afterwards the rest and when it is Sodden, make it in Longe roalls and keepe it, when you will use it take fine, tawed Sheeps leather and there of cutt Soales to covar yr feete, and Spred of the aforsaide plaister, uppon them and weare them next yr feete, within yr Stockes the Space of a month or untill they fall of, and use them Soe Long as you Shall find occasion ~ For the Goute Take of the Best Jallop, Turbith Stermadeacks, Tartar Vitriolated of each fifteen grains, for a weak Body ten grains, Infuse all then Powders warm in about a quarter of a Pint of White Wine, Strain it, & take it early in the morning once a month for 3 months together, & once in 3 months all the year after. Not to be taken whilst ye fit is upon you 60 A Medecine against the Plague ~ Take rewe and woorme wood of each an handfull chopp or bruise them, then putt them into a quarte of Vinegar, Straine the Liquor and use it, taking a good Spoonfull or more if you please every morening fasting, this cleaneseth the Stomake from all crude humors, apt to inflame or putrifie the blood and resists the infection of the plauge ~ Another ordinary receipt Dor Kinge ~ Take two or three handfulls of egromony, bruised and Steeped: 24: howres in good white vinegar take there of two Spoonfulls in a morning fasting this tampars the blood and preserves ~ from contagion this from Sr Thomas Berkley, whoe a firmed, that many Shutt upp in howses infected escaped all danger by using this familiar remedye ~ A Preservative against the Plauge ~ Take a handfull of Sage a handfull of rue a handfull of eldar Leaves, a handfull of redd bramble Leaves and a handfull of Angellico, and Stampe them togeather, and Straine them through a cloth with a quart of whit wine, then take a Spoonefull of ginger and mingle ~ them all togeather, and drinke thereof every morning and evening 2 Spoonfulls for a: 11: dayes togeather ~ Doctor Balbianus direction, against the Plague, mutch practised in Italy ~ Take three pintes of malmesey, or muskadine, and boyle therein one handfull of rewe one of Sage untill a pinte be wasted, then Straine it and Sett it over the fiar againe, putt into it one penyworth of Long pepper, halfe an ounce of ginger, one quarter of an ounce of nuttmegg, of Saffron beaten togeather, Lett all these boyle a Little, then putt to it one ounce of methridate, halfe an ounce of treacle a quarter of a pinte of Angellico cater, take of this morning and evening, one Spoonefull, Searves both times, equally devided, keepe this rare Secrett, as thy Life, before any wordly treasure, under god trust to this, itt never itt deceived any, itt is good against the measells, Small pox, Spotted feaver, or any disease in Like nature, ~  59 Soe that he maye Sweate as long as is possible, Soe without dought it will prove a present remedy this electuary is of Soe greate Virtue in them that doe receve it once in 24 howres that they maye be Sure from all evill, infections of corrupt ayres, and contagions, all the daye after, butt in them that are infected allready and are taken with the pestilence, if they drinke of it but one Spoonfull ~ as is Said afore, espetially after Letting blood, if it be convenient for the patient and Laye them downe and Sweate uppon the Same, if the Venome have not utterly overcome the hart, they Shall undoutedly recover, It hath beene exsperienced that after the drinking of the Same medecine, when the patient made his water in an Urinall, the glass hath burst in peeces, by reason of the Venome, hath it purged out ~ A Medecine presarvative, against the Infection of the Plauge or Pestilence ~ Take an old wallnutt, and Shred it Small, and putt to it a Little rew, finely minced, and when they be well mingled, togeather, oppen a figg and putt them into it, and Soe close upp the figg againe and in the time of infection eate this fasting, it is very preservative and hath beene proved ~ Another Medecine, Pesarvative, against the Plague ~ Take an handfull of eldar leaves as mutch of redd bramble leaves, as mutch of hearbe grace, and as mutch of Sage leaves, wash them and Swinge them in a faire cloth togeather, Stampe and Straine them with a quart of white wine, and then putt it in a glass, and putt it to good quantity of ginger, and drink a good Spoonefull of it and it will preserve from the infection 20 dayes, and 9 times taking will be Sufficient for the hole yeare ~ A Medecine to Preserve from the plague ~ Take the rootes of Settwell to the quantity an nuttmegg race it Small, and in two or three Sponfulls of malmsey drinke it in a morning, and it is preservative ~ A Medecine for the Plague To be taken, as sone, as you feele yr Selfe Sicke ~ Take the rootes of Settwell, to the bignes of the top of yr thombe, a Spoonfull of teane triacle, 3 Spoonfulls of faire water, and 3 Spoonfulls of wine vinegar, grate the root Smale mingle all togeather and make it blood warme, and drinke it and if you cast, take as mutch, and Soe continue, till you Staye casting, then goe to bed and Sweat if you cann, and be very carfull, not to take cold ~ Mr John Kendall of Acton, his receipt for the Plauge ~ Take 3 pints of malmsey, boyle it in a hattfull of rew as mutch of Sage, untill one pint be consumed Straine it Sett it to the fiar, againe, and putt thereto of Long peppar ginger and nuttmegg, made into powdar of these three, butt one ounce, Lett it boyle awhile, then take it from the fiar, putt there in of good methridate one ounce, of good triacle 2 ounces, of aquavite a quarter of a pinte, and keepe it for yr use, if you thinke the Sick partie be infected, take morning and evening one Spoonefull there of att a time Luke warme, if you be conversant with Sutch as be infected, and you not infected, then once or twice in a weeke is Sufficient, halfe a Spoonfull att a time use Sweating immeadiatly after the taking thereof if the Sicke person can take noe rest, then anoint the temples with the oyle of poppies ~ Dor Gulstone direction for the ordering of Diett in ~ the generall, to be ordinarely observed in contagious time ~ Keepe yr Stomake hungrye butt not emty, cating thrice a daye Short meales, Steepe herbe grace in all yr drinke and Sometime rosmary or balme, or cost mary of woorme wood, every morning eate either raysons with buttar and woormseeds, or a few Leaves of hearb grace or of Sage or figgs with the Like, Allsoe for a chaunge use figgs or raysons with a Little Saffron perfume yr house below with tarr, pitch and Vinegar yr chamber above with olibanum and Storax annoynt yr bedpost with oyle of Spick ~  58 A Medecine to trye whither, those will Live or Dye ~ that have the Plauge, come out uppon them ~ Take a gumme called galbanum, and dissolve it with the Juice of field dasies, then Spread it uppon, the flash Side of glovers Leather, butt Lett the playster, be noe broader, then the Soare is discovlered, then Laye it uppon the Soare and hould it on with yr hand, the Space of a quarter of an houre and if then it doth cleave, the party will Live without all dout, if not he will dye and if it doe cleave it will ripen the Soare and break it, in 24 howres, and that before it doe com of probatum est Another, Medecine, to ripen, breake and drawe, the coare, of the plauge Sore Take a great redd, onion, and rost it in the fiar untill it be Like halfe rosted then wringe ~ out the core of it, and Laye the hollow place therof, right the topp of the Soare as warme as the partie, can well indure it, and hold it Lightly uppon with yr hand the Space of halfe an houre, then bind it on with a cloth and Lett it Lye Soe the Space of 24 howres and if it be not broken by that time then Laye on another, in the Like Sort, this will both ~ breake it and drawe out the core, and then dress it with good drawing Salve that hath there in noe hearbes ~ To Make, a Pomander, good to Preserve, the bearers from the Plauge ~ Take the quantytie of a good apple of yellow wax, a good Spoonfull of tarr, and five or Six Spoonfulls of good wine vinegar, and then putt thereto, Soe mutch of the powdar of woormwood, as will make it very thicke, and when it is not Stirred togeather, take it of the fiar, and being cold make it upp in balls, and make a hole through one of them, and with a String weare it about yr neck in time of Sickness and by good grace it will preserve you from infection ~ Allsoe, a peece of the roote of Angellico or a peece of the pill of a Lemmon or orrange, or a Leife of Sorrell, any of these being carried in yr mouth, and chewed a Little is very good against the infection ~ Menardus Medecine for the Pestilence ~ Take the dryed blood of a drage, and of a duck, of a goose, and of a kidd, rew, fennel Seed, the Seed of comcommin, dill, and of wild neps or garden neps, or rapes of every one three drames, the rootes of gentian treyfoyle, Squinatum, frankenscence, roses fryed, of each 4 drames, white peppar, Long costilerian Vallerian, Annis cinnamon, of each two drams, mirrhe, narde of each; 6: Drames, benjamin, Assorum Gum Armoniacke of each 3 drams, Allowes, Agorick of each two drames, carpobalsan, 20 graines Yreos, Saffron, rubarbe, and rewpontick, ginger mastick, of each one dram, Sticadoes, 5 dramms make a fine powdar of all these and with 4 times as mutch of clarified honey mingle all togeather and keepe it in a Silver, Vessell or glasse close Stopped it is an high treasure in Sutch a case ~ the dose of it is two drames in wine or water of Sorrell ~ An Electuary, of a wonderfull, Virtue, in the time of Pestilence Take cinamon, elect one ounce, terrasigilla, 6 drames, fine mirrhe: 3: drames, unicornes horne one dram, the Seed and rind of cytron, rootes of dipranie, burnett or turpentine, Leddorie, redd corrall of each, two drames, yellow Saunders 4 Scruples, redd Saunders 2 Saunders, white beene and redd flowars of marygolds, of each one dram, Ivory raced Scabions, Veroinei, Juinci, Seed of basill the bone of a Stags heart, Saffron of each 2 Scruples, make a fine powder and add unto it of bolearmoniack preparate 2 ounces white Sugar 3 pound, and with a Sirrup of Acetositati ~ citri, make a Soverainge, electuary, and keepe it in a glass, if the pestilence cometh wth great excess of heate, drinke a Spoonfull thereof uppon rose water and Vinegar, butt if the patient feele any cold Lett him take it in a draught of wine, and cover him with clothes ~ Soe Treacle Water. Take an ounce of Harts Horn Shaved & boil’d in 3 pints of Spring water till it come to a quart. Then take ye Roots of Elicampane, Setwell, Gentian, Bless’d [Lady thistle] Thistle Angelica Roots Cypress, & Tormentil, of each one ounce; Citron Rimds one ounce Then take one pound of old Treacle of the best & dissolve it in 3 Pints of white wine, & 3 pints of Red Rose water; Infuse it altogether for 24 hours, Then Still it in a Cold Still. You may add Rosemary flowers, Clove July flowers, Mary-Golds Buglass flowers of each 2 ounces. The Virtue of this water are to Restore the Spirits, & Speech, Swoonings & faintings. It is good for Agues, Worms, Smal Pox, & Convulsions in Children. Orange Water. Take yr Oranges & a few Lemons pare them very thin & cut them very Small, put them into a pot wth. two quarts of Malaga Sack, & 2 quarts of Strong Angelica water, & one of Small, half an Ounce of Cocheneal bruis’d, 2 drams of Saffron, 2 ounces of Cinamon, & 2 of Kermis berries bruis’d; & the night before yu Still it, add to it 2 qrts of ye Juice of Oranges. you may distill either in a Cold or hot Still upon refin’d Sugar. 57 Plague ~ An order of Diet to be used in time of Sickness, and ~ Will preserve, the observors, thereof from the Plague ~ In the morning att yr uprising burne tarr, uppon a chafing dish of coales, before you take the Ayre, and take the ayre thereof, and drink a good draught of beare or Ale, where in these ~ hearbes have Stoode all night, that is to Saye, Sage, woormwood, hearb grace and plantaine ~ when you have dranke upp the drinke, fill upp yr pott againe, it is not a misse if you drinke thereof againe in the Afternoones, Shift yr hearbes, twice or thrice a weeke if you use this order in the time of infection you Shall before ~ A Medecine for those that have taken the Infection of the Plague ~ Take a pint of malmsey, burne it with a Spoonfull of graines, bruised with as mutch Sugar as will make it Sweet, and keepe it for yr use, it will keepe good a fortnight or 3 weekes, when anye, fall Sick take two or three, Spoonfulls thereof in a porengar, putt thereto a good quantity of triacle Stirr them well togeather, and Lett the partie drink it a Little warmed, and Lett him drink a great draught of the Same drink warmed, without triacle, presently after, if the partie doe Vomitt it upp againe, give him more untill it Staye, with him, Lett him Sweate Afterwardes for the Space of 12 or 16 howres, with moderate clothes, being well tended, for taking of cold, as he doth Sweat Lett him drinke Ale or beare, being boyled with Sage made pleasant with Sugar and warme If the partie doe retaine these drinkes, and be well tended, there is noe dout but he Shall Live these drinkes are allsoe good in a pestilent feavor ~ Another: Medecine, for the Plague, to be taken as Soone ~ As maye be, After the Partie falls Sicke ~ Take of Mastick and myrche, each halfe an ounce, a quarter of an ounce of Allowaye, beate them into fine powdar, and putt them into halfe a pound of triacle, with Soe mutch Saffron ground Small as will Lye on the pointe of a knife, Stirr them very well togeather, and putt them into a Leaden box, Stopp it close and keepe it for yr use, it will continue good 20 yeares Lett the partie greeved take the quantity, of a nutt thereof, and Lett him drinke presently, after A good draught of Malmsey and triacle as they be in the former, medecine, or of Ale boyled with Sage and Sugar, being warmed and Lett him take it untill he doe brooke it, and then keepe him in a Sweate as in the former medecine, and if he doe retaine it, heare is noe dout butt he Shall Live ~ To make an, Almond milke, to coole those that be in the exstreame ~ Heate of the Plague ~ Take the kernalls of old hassell nutts, pick them leane and grind them Small with a few blanched Allmonds, then take as mutch of those waters following, as will Searve to Straine them with that is to Saye, of turmentell, of pimpernell of bust, bustores, of buglas and of borrage of each a Like quantity, butt if you cannot gett the distilled waters of all these hearbes, then take all these hearbes, Saving pimpernell, of each a Like quantity and boyle them in faire water a good Space, and when they are well boyled, then Straine them and take Soe mutch of the water as will Seavre to Straine of nutts and Allmonds with, then Straine them and give the milke ~ thereof warmed to the partie to drinke, as often as he will with Sugar, this will cooll the ~ heate, and healp the disease ~  56 ~ Sweate ~ A Medecine, to Preserve, one from the Sweate ~ Take balme, rosmary and burrage, putt them in Ale or beare, Lett it Stand 12 howres att the Least, and drinke thereof every morning, Afternoone, and when you goe to bed, use this and it will presearve you from the Sweate ~ To Make, A Posset, Ale, good for, those, that have the Sweats Take a pottle of possett Ale, putt there in a great handfull of marygolds, Soe mutch of fennell with the young Seeds and the leaves togeather, Lett them boyle togeather halfe an howre ~ then putt it into a vessel togeather, Lett the partie drinke thereof as often as he will and he Shall find greate comfort, withall, Lett him be kept with moderate clothes without taking ayre, ovar manye, clothes doe mutch hurt ~ And because, this Disease, is most Dangerous to those that ~ Cannot, Sweate, butt burne heare followeth a very good Drinke ~ To Procure, them to Sweate ~ Take a pinte of malmsey, burne it, and putt thereto a Spoonfull of graines, bruised with Soe mutch Sugar. as will make it pleasant, drinke a good draught thereof warme, Soe give him Selfe to rest and it will procure Sweate ~  55 Bleeding A medecine to Stanch bleeding att the Nose ~ Take Issope bruise it putt it into a cloth, hold it to yr nose, and it will Stopp it, or take a cloth wett in red wine, vinegar, Laye it to yr navell and it will Staye it ~ Another for the Same ~ Take the bones of a carps head, when it is drye, beate it to powdar, take of it in a Spoone with a Little drinke, and drinke after it, to wash it downe, and it will Staye yr bleeding ~ Another for the Same, and will Assuredlie; help, if all others faile ~ Make a playster of pitch, uppon Leather, Laye it betwixt yr Shouldars cold, Lett yr playster be cutt to cover one halfe of yr Shoulder, blades, Soe goe Small, upwards to the nape of yr neck, Laye another of the Same uppon the reines of the back, these undoutedly will Staye bleeding ~ A water, to Staunch the bleeding of a Soare, or to heale, an olde Soare ~ Take woodbine, leaves, Sage and Salandine of eace one, a handfull, putt them into a pottle of water, with an ounce of Alloes, hypatue, a pennyworth of Allome, as mutch honie, the like quantitie of graines, beaten in to powdar, Seeth them till the Alloes and Allome be dissolved, keepe for yr use, Allsoe halfe a quarter of an ounce of mercurie, Supplemate, putt to halfe a pinte of fayre water, one Spoonefull there of mixed with 4 or 5 Spoonefulls of this water, is good for an inflamed face, being used cold ~ A Powdar, to Staunch, any Bleeding Wounde ~ Take terra Sigillata, Sangwis draconis, bole armoniak Allowes hipatice of each halfe an ounce make them into fine powdar and cast it into the wounde that bleedeth ~  54 A Spetiall good Medecine, for the Jaundies, black or Yellow, if it be taken in time ~ Take of Sallendine and yarrow, each a handfull or more, a good quantitye of Long earth woormes cleane Scraped, from the earth, Stampe them very well, either Seaverall or togeather, Straine it with beare or Ale, Soe mutch as maye, retayne the Strengh of the hearbes, and woormes, putt into it a pretty quantytie of old Ivory, or harts horne, Scraped Small, a pennyworth of Saffron made in fine powder, Sett it on the fiar butt Lett it not Seeth, when it is through warme putt it in a glasse and Lett the patient take 9 or 10: Spoonfulls mornings and evenings and it will help you ~ A Medecine for the Jaundies Take howselick, Stampe and Straine it with woomans milke and every night when the patient is ready to goe to bedd, annoynte, him well there with, before a great fiar, from the rootes of his haire, to the Lowest part of his backe, chafe it well in with yr hand, and continue it untill he be recovered A Drink for the Yellow Jaundies ~ Take of the inner barke of barberrie tree, the inner barke of eldar, with a Little inglish Saffron, boyle them well, in ale or beare, putt thereto Some long peppar, and drink thereof, or take Salandine, inglish Saffron and powdar of Ivory, Seeth it till it be Strong, and drink it mornings, and evenings, 9 times, or take 9 or 10 Seedes of hempe doe awaye the Hulls, bruise them in Ale and drink it fasting: 9: mornings togeather and it will help ~ An aproved medecine for the Jaundies Take of garden woormes cutt of as mutch of them att the knott about the midst as the breadth of yr thum Lett the wooemes be the reddest, and bigest you can gett, take the knott which you have cut of, Slitt them and take out all that is within and wash them, with Ale, putt them in goblett, add to them 3 or 4 Spoonefulls of Ale, bruise them, with a Spoone, Stirring them, till the woormes, be allmost consumed and Lett it runn through, a Strainer, allsoe take two or three cloves of Saffron Something Small, disolve it in two Spoonefull of Ale, and Straine it to the rest, drinke it fasting three mornings togeather, with a Little uncornes horne, if it be 5 mornings the bettar, 3 or 4 peeces of woormes will Serve att one time this medecine often exsperienced hath never failed ~ Another good medecine for the Yellow Jaundies ~ Take a pinte of Ale and put to it turmerick, and Saffron of each a Like quantytie, allsoe take earth woormes wash them in warme waters untill they be very faire, and the earth cleane out of them Shred them Small, knitt them in Linnen cloth, Seeth them in Ale with the Saffron and turmerick amd Lett the patient drinke thereof as often as neede requiereth ~ Another for the Same ~ Take red dock rootes, Scraped and Lightly washed and pithed put to two gallons of good Ale that is working three handfulls of Sutch, Scraped rootes, in a cypresse, or other, thin cloth, washed cleane without Soape, after it hath wrought, and is 2 or 3: dayes old, drinke thereof mornings, no one and night ~ Another Medecine for the Yellow Jaundies ~ Take a pinte of Ale 9 burrage leaves, 9 pepper cornes, grose beaten, a Little Saffron and the powdar of unicorne horne, Seeth them togeather, Straine it and Lett patient drinke thereof every morning fasting for the Space of: 6: dayes or take bettony Leaves, drye, and make them into powdar, and Lett the patient drink thereof oftentimes, or of St Johns worte, in wine drinking the wine, or take new Sheepes doung Steepe it in Ale or beare, 12 howres, Straine it and putt to it a Little Saffron, and give it to the patient to drinke, three mornings fasting ~ For the Jaundies ~ Mrs Booth ~ Take a Little castle Soape, halfe a Sponefull of treacle a Little Saffron, a good quantitie of harts horne, turmarick as mutch as will Lye on a knifes point att twice, putt these into a Little Ale, warme it and Stirr it till it be melted, Soe drinke it: 3 mornings togeather and walke or use excerise After it ~  53 Jaundies A medecine for those, that are entering, into the yellow Jaundies ~ Take of the merbarke of a young ash, and allmost Soe mutch of the rootes of yellow dockes, being pithed, boyle these in a quart of Ale, till halfe be consumed, putt thereto a Little Saffron and when you doe drinke thereof, take there with, att every time, halfe a Spoonefull of the powdar of Ivorie, or of Staggs horne and drinke a good draught, thereof every morning, Luke warme, and in 7 or 8: dayes it will help you ~ Another Medecine for the Same ~ Take a good rosting apple cutt of the top of it and take out the coare then fill it up with the powder of turmerick, or of Staggs horne, and a Little Saffron, then Sett on the topp, rost it very Soft when it is roasted, wring it out upon a Sawcer, Scrape Sugar thereon, and eate Soe mutch for the Space of 8 or 9 dayes and it will help you ~ A Spetiall good medecine, for the Jaundies, whether, it be, Black or Yellow Take the greene of 8 or 9 knotts of goose dounge, when it is new made, putt it into a pottle of Stale Ale, and Shake them well togeather, let them Stand 24 howers, and after you have, Shaken it well againe, Straine it and Sett it on the fiar, when it doth, Seeth putt thereto, the white of an egg, being, beaten to clarifie it withall, when it doth gather thick upon the top, Like a posset curde Scum it cleane and putt thereto a good handfull of the yellowest rootes of docks, pithed, a great handfull of the inner barke of a young ash. 20 great earth woormes, Slitt and washed, Lett them boyle uppon a Soft fiar, untill one halfe be consumed, putt thereto a Little Saffron, keepe it for yr use, Lett the partie drink thereof, three times a daye and it will help ~ A Speciall good, drink for those, that are given to Mallancholly, and Weeping ~ Take a quarte of claret wine putt it into an earthen vessell and thereto a quart of rosemary flowars, cleane picked, halfe an ounce of cinamon, butt before in these add halfe a pound of Sugar to yr wine, Sett it uppon a very Soft fiar, when it doth boyle and is cleane Scumed, putt thereto yr rosemary flowars and cinamon, Lett them cimbar Softly, togeather for the Space of one howre, then take it of, when it is cold putt it into a glasse all togeather, drink thereof with a Little clarett wine after, meate and when you goe to bed, if you doe make it of dried flowars, a pint of flowars will Serve to quart of wine ~ A Receipt against Mellanchollie ~ Take of Sene the weight of 4 Shillings english Licorise the weight of [10?], of cinamon the ~ weight of [4?]: bruise yr Liquorise, cleane Scraped, with yr cinamon in a mortar, infuse all in 38 Spoonfulls of fayre Spring water one howre Sett it on a charcoale fiar, halfe burnte, let it boyle verye Softlye untill all the gross Substance fall to the bottome, then take it of and covar it, when it is allmost cold Straine it, take of this decoction, 12 Spoonefulls for a man and 10 for a wooman, add to these 3 Spoonfulls of the Syrrup of vinegar, and the weight of [6?] of the creame of tartar putt it in a cupp, warme it in a posnett of Seething water a Little more then blood warme, Stirr it well togeather, putt thereto halfe a Spoonefull of woorwood water, drinke this in yr bedd and fast 4 howres after, you must Lye one houre in yr bedd and neither Sleepe nor Sweate, then make you broth either of chicken or the neck end of a rack of veale, putt into yr broth one handfull of raysons of the Sunn Stoned of fennel, Succory and perseley of each a roote, the pith being taken out, thicken. it with the bottome of a manchett Slice therein halfe a nuttmegg, it will give 4 or 5 Stooles if it doe not worke Soe well as you would have it, take about 4 of the clock in the Afternoone a draught of burnte Sacke ~ Dr.. Griffeth ~  52 An approved, good medecine, to Stopp a fluxx ~ Take a good quantytie of Sea cocles, being beaten into verie fine powdar, putt it into beare or Ale mingle and Stirr it well, and Lett the patient, drink thereof, if he cannot take the powdar in that Sort, Lett it Stand all night and Straine the drinke in the morning, and Lett the patient drinke ~ thereof in the morning, and att all times when he drinketh, for two or three dayes and by Gods healp it will cure ~ A Purging Ale ~ Take two gallons of new Ale of the Strengh of a peny a quart, of Sena and polipodium, cleane Scraped, of each two ounces, halfe an ounce of bay berries, annisseed and fenell Seed of each one ounce, bruise all these in a mortar, putt them into a Linnen bagg, with a Stone therein to make it Sincke, tye the bagg close and hang it by a String, into the ale, Lett it worke togeather, when it is a weeke ould, drinke it fasting every morning, if you would have it worke mutch, drinke it all Soe att foure a clocke in the afternone ~ A Glistar good against Malanchollie: Dor: Lodge ~ Take of anniseed cominseed of the Lessar, cadomones, fennel Seed, a meosseed of each three drams of calamints, peneroyall, organum of each one handfull, of the topps of dill, camomill flowars and mellilott flowars of each a Small handfull, boyle the Seeds and cardomones, being first bruised in five halfe pints of waters, till there be butt one pint Left, then Straine it forth hard, and into the Liquor, disolve of the powdar o Hierasnuplex, gall, three drams of Via phenicon: 6 drames oyle of camomill, and honey of roses of: 3: ounces, Lett them be all mingled togeather and use it ~ A Medecine for the bloodye fluxx ~ Take a pretty quantyty of milke putt to it Some rise flowar with 2 Spoonfull of red rose water boyle it togeather, with Some Sugar, and putt into it as mutch, bole armonake as will Lye on Six pence Mrs Rogers ~ A Purging Drinke, Sr: Hen ~ Guilford ~ Take Sarsaparilla, one ounce, Sliced and cutt to the length of an inch, Lignum Allowes halfe an ounce, Sliced, Sett these to infuse, 12 howres in Some fitt vessel in 8 pints of water Sett it after Sutch infusion over the fiar, and Lett it Seeth close covered the Space of 2 howrs then restore Soe mutch water, as is consumed, putt in of pollipodium one ounce and halfe bruised, Hermodactilum one ounce, thin Sliced, add these hearbes cutt Small, egremonic Liver worte and Seabiose of each one handfull, Liquorise bruised one ounce, Lett these Seeth togeather one houre and halfe, then putt in a quart of whit wine and as mutch water ~ as is consumed, that there remaine: 8 pints of Liquor and two of whit wine, that in all there be: 10: pints, into which putt all these things following; Sene leaves. 12 drames, Sticados epithini cytrach, mayden hayre of each halfe an ounce, Sweett fennell Seeds 3 ounces bruised, calamint halfe a handfull, Lett all these att Last Seeth, but one quarter of an howre then remove, the Vessell from the fiar, Lett it Settle all night, in the morning Straine it and keepe it for yr use ~ For a Loosnesse or Collicke: Too a Quart of Strong Anniseed watr, take too ounces of Rubarbe finely Powderd Shake it for 30 dayes together, and give to the Party 4 or 5 Spoonfulls of it according to the Strength of the Patient that takes it. Shake it well before yu give it;  51 And Seedes, and putt to it 4 ounces of fresh wood, boyle it in: 16 pints of water to: 8: with Liquorise and anniseeds of each halfe an ounce, bettanie, Sage, rosmarie, campitis of each an handfull, currants a quarterne, power it out after it is Settled, into a glass or fayre earthen pott covered, this is to be taken att meales or when the partie is drye, Lett the partie eate only rose meate, mutton rabbitt chicken Sparinglie ~ A Medecine to be taken: inwardlye: good for a Weaknes in the backe Take a new layd egg, presently from the henn, pare of the Shell on the crowne of the egg putt out the white, leaving nothing, butt the yeolke, and putt thereto, a Spoonefull or more of pure red rose water, and as mutch powdar of astick, as will Lye on a broade pointed knife, and as mutch of the powdar of whitest Ambar, warme these things being Stirred togeather, in the Shell with a few embars and Suck it of; After the receaving of it neither eate nor drinke by the Space of two howres, and it will be good to applye Some Strenghening, Seare cloth to the Small of the back, where the paine is, Letting it Lye, till it fall of, of itselfe ~ An approved good medecine for the bloody fluxx ~ Take in the morning a new layd egg, put out the white and add to the yeolkes the waight of a halfe crowne of mastick, beate into powder, and Supp it upp, then boyle rise in faire water, with a Little plantain, Some knotted grasse, and bursapatoris, bound togeather, with this Liquor make Allmond milke with which make rise pottage, let this be yr meat for ceartaine dayes, make then a cullese of a cocke capon, hen, or chicken, Strained only with the water it was Sodden in, putting thereto Some verges without Salt, the meat Left of the cock &c: is good to be eaten, butt drinke the culles halfe an howre before yr meate, Lett yr drinke be Small, and allwaies, putt a gad of Steele, red hott into the Same ~ Att afternoones Laye you downe to rest, and bind yr armes above yr elbowes, as hard as you cann Suffer it, and if this healp not, and that you perceave greate abundance to avoide from you, Take of the Syrrupp of the, foure colde Seedes, which you maye have att the Apothecaries, and putt a pretty quantytie thereof, in a good draught of woodbine, and plantain water, mixe, it well togeather ~ and drink thereof cold for the Space of: 8 or 10, dayes in the morning earlye, and att 4: a clock in the afternoon, this will purge the blood, and after the purging for the Stopping of the Flux Take a new Layd egg, breake the top of it, take out the white, then take of torra Sigillata, bole earmoniake, white Ambar, red roses, red mints, mastick, Sangwis draconis, and Sugar of each a pretty quantitye, made into fine powder, mingle all togeather, and putt the waight of a crowne thereof into the yeolke of the egg, and fill it upp with good red wine, drink this every morning att 6 or 7: a clock for 9 or 10: dayes, Sleepe after it if you will, Take allsoe a gallon of Sacke as mutch running water, of rosemary and Sage of each a handfull, a quantytie of the dounge of a mare, or an asse, putt this togeather, into a diet pott, Stopp the mouth, thereof with elage Lett it Seeth, till the third part be consumed, unstop the pott, and putt a funell on the topp Sett it within a close Stoole, Sitt uppon it, and receave, the fume into yr bodye, and wash the fundament there with very often, When it is Stayed if parchance it come againe, take as att first the weight of halfe a crowne of the powdar of mastic in the yeolke of an egg, a mornings when you goe to bed, drinke Somtime a draught of burrage water, after the Stopping to Strenghen yr back, use for yr breakfast, to eate of the pith of an: ox: a Little, Tansey made of camphere Shred verie fine with a couple of new layd eggs, and Strow Some Sugar candy uppon it, eate allsoe Sometimes neates feet and calves feete. Stued with Some good hearbes, use thus to doe and by the healp of god, this will Assuredly, healp you of any ffluxx ~  50 After the bread is drawen, lett it be there till it be disolved, Straine it harde through a fayre cloth, and Sett it in the Sunn or in warme embars, till it thicken, like a conserve, Stirring it 3 or 4 times, the daye, then take nuttmeggs, cinamon, ginger, cloves, mace and egrick cubibes of everyone of these a duckett weight, bruise all these as it weare for Iporras, and laye them in three quarters of a pint of very good muskadell, three dayes, then Straine it, and after beate the Spices as Small as you can, and grind it with the Same wine againe, wring it as hard as can be then putt that wine to yr conserved Allowaies, Lett it Stand Soe long in the Sunn or embars, till it have drunck upp that and come to a conserve againe, Stirring it often times in the daye putt it in a close pott and keepe it for an excelent purging pill, to be taken once a weeke the quantitie of a beane rowled into a pill, and taken an howre before Supper, it doth cure the headache comfort the Stomake, and hath manic other good opperations Approved ~ A Purging Diet drinke good for Aches ~ Take of Sarsaparilla, epethini Stecados Hermodactill and annyseeds of each one ounce, Ligaum vite; 4: ounces, Liquoress 2 ounces, of cortex guaci and Sene Allexandrine, of each one ounce, cleave and cutt in peeces the Sarsaparilla, bruise yr anniseeds, Scrape and bruise yr Liquorise, breake in Small peeces the cortex putt all Saving the Hermodact into 5 quarts of fayre running water in a pott or pipkin, well Stopped Lett it biyle Softlye togeather till two quarts of the water be consumed, then Scrape or pare thin the Hermodactis, after Slice it thin or beat it Small, and putt it to the rest, Lett it Stand Some good Space from the fiar, then Straine it and putt it into bottles close Stopt, the next daye drinke thereof a competent draught att a time as often as you thinke good, that in two dayes you maye drinke all, let it be Still made warme as you drinke it a Little more then blood warme, it will purge gentlie, drye upp rewmes take awaye Aches and ease goutes, Sweat competentlie the daye after purging, It is good to infuse the Sarsaparilla, cortex and, Lignum vite in the water 24 howres before you boyle it and putt in all the other ingrediences after it hath boyled a good while and the Hermodactill Last, Sliced thin or made into powdar Ambar Pills good for a Consumtion ~ Take an ounce of Venice Turpentine, unwsht and: 6: graines of ambar, finely powdered mixe them togeather and Sett it in a cleane pott, uppon a few embars, butt Lett it not Stand to hott now and then dipp, the pointe of a knife in it and dropp it on the bottome of a dish or in Some colde fayre water, when the dropp is colde, that it cleave not to yr, fingers it is Sufficiently boyled when you perceave it is well, power it forth, and when it is colde, you Shall perceave it harde and cleare like ambar, then take warme water and putt it into it and it will be Soft Soe that you maye works it into the forme of pills, which being rolled you must keepe in this powdar following, Take of ambar, corrall Seed pearle and the midst of the barke of an oake of each a quarter of an ounce, cynnamon and nuttmegg of each halfe an ounce, three ounces of white Sugar, beate all these togeather verie Small, Searce it through a fine Searce, untill all goe through, and putt the pills therein, when you will use them Lett the patient be Sufficiently purged by Some Skillfull, phisition after which, lett him take, three of the forsaide pills att night when he is going to bedd, in the morning, let him take as match of the powdar as will Lye on a Shilling, tempering it with the yeolke of a new layd egg, and Supp it up, this let him doe untill he find himself well A receipt to make the Usuall Diett Drinke ~ Take of Lignum vite otherwise called guacum, as it is be bought att the turnars one pound, Steepe it in: 12: wine pints of water 24 howres in an earthen pott, that holdeth as mutch agiane, Soe as it maye be Soe Long be kept warme, uppon the embars, boyle it to three pints with Liquorise halfe an ounce, great raysons Stoned halfe a pound anniseeds halfe an ounce, of this Strained Lett the partie drinke a draught in the morning att Seaven of the clock, and att foure att night, half a wine pint att a time, it will Searve for 3 dayes, Still a daye before be readye, with a new against the fourth daye, you neede make butt twice a Weeke Then take the Wood Left picked from the raysons and  49 A Medecine, to take, inwarde, good for any paine in the Backe ~ Take a new layd egg, presently from the henn, pare of the Shell of the crowne of the egg, put out the white, and leave nothing, butt the, yeolke, putt thereto a Spoonefull or more of pure red rose water with Soe mutch, powdar of mastic as will Lye uppon a broade pointed knife, as mutch of the powdar of whitest Amber, warme these, things, being Stirred, togeather, in the Shell, with a few embars and Suck it of after the receaving, thereof, neither eate nor drinke, for the Space of two howres it will be allsoe good, to applye, Some Strenghtning, and comfortable, Seare cloth and playter to the Small of the back where the paine is, Letting it lye untill it fall awaye of it Selfe ~ To make, a Suppositar, to Purge, with, upon any, occasion ~ Take of honey, bay salt and beare or ale of each a Like quantity putt thereto a Little deare suett and Lett, them boyle togeather, untill it be Soe thick, that when you dropp into water, it will forth with, become hard, when it is boyled power it upon a trencher, Strowe it over with the powder if Alloes Sucketrino, and when it is Somwhat cold make it up in Little roules, being Small att the one end and bigg att the other, when it is through cold anoynte it wth buttar, to make it Slipp, and ministar it to the partie upward ~ To make, a Suppositarie, good for those, that are, troubled, with, collick, or Winde ~ Take a figg make it as flatt as you can, cleave it in two, Laye one the outside of one of those parts, 2 or 3 cornes of baye Salt, role it up with that Side and the Salt inward, lapp a thred about it from the one end to the other, in Sutch Sort as it maye be Small att one end, and bigg att the other, anoynt it with a Little buttar, to make it Slipp, and minister it upward to the partie, as the other, you maye doe the Like with a good great rayson, being oppened att one end ~ To make, a Suppositor, good, to Purge, gentlie, upon occasion ~ Take the yeolke of a new layd egg, putt thereto Soe mutch white Salte as well make it thick add thereto two or three drops of honey, when you have Stirred them well togeather, take a fine Linnen cloth and putt a Little of yr Stuff therein, binde it upp close with a thred, that it maye be about the bigness of a button, cutt it of and Lett the partie, take this upward as the other ~ A medecine, to Staye any Scowering: or flux, especially for Woman, in childbed; Exsperienced Take of the inner barke of a Slow bush, the Like barke of a running bramble and of a young oake of each halfe a handfull, Seeth them all togeather in a quart of fayre running water, with a quarter of an ounce of cinamon, first bruised and a Little mace, untill a quarter thereof be consumed, then take unblanch allmonds, parch, them in a fier Shovell, Stampe them an make allmond milke, with the Liquor then take rise and Seeth it, with Soe mutch running water as you maye have Some of the water to remaine, when the rise is Sodden, then powre that Liquor cleane from the rise, and putt it into the first Liquor, before you draine yr your Allmonds and in the Liquor, quench two gads of Steele, then make up yr Allmond milke and putt it into yr rise, with the powdar of cinamon, mace and Sugar finely beaten, and Soe boyle it upp as you doe rise pottage ~ Another medecine to Staye a fluxx ~ Take of comfrey, perriewincle, and Senacle and Ladyes matle of each one handfull, boyle all these in a pottle of fagre, running water, untill it be halfe consumed, and make Allmond milke with it butt Lett yr Allmonds be unblanched, drink of this a whole daye if the partie be in exstreamitye ~ The Dutchese, of Feria: her, Washing of Allowaies a good Purging Pill ~ Take two ounces of very good Allowaies, putt thereto a quarter of a pint of the Juce of damaske roses, with as mutch of the Sirrup of Violetts, two Spoonfulls of Vinegar then Sett it in a Soft oven after  48 Purgations ~ Glystars ~ Fluxes ~ Loosness ~ An order howe, to take Alloes, Sucketrino ~ Take of the alloes as mutch as a good, beane, warme it over a chafing dush of coales, uppon yr knifes pointe, untill, it be Soft, rolle, it upp in, three pills, betweene yr hands, with a Little rose water take, them in the papp of an apple, and Sugar, halfe an howre after, drinke a draught of posset ale, or Sutch Like ~ To make a Purgation of Seeney ~ Take half an ounce of Seeney, and putt it into a pinte of whit wine, putt thereto; 5 or 6: of the rootes of pollipodium, the which is the, fearne that groweth, uppon, the oak, cutt them in Slices, and putt them therein, with 20: Sunn raysons, Stoned, a Small race of ginger, Scraped and bruised, a peece of nuttmeg: cutt Small, a Spoonefull of annisseeds, rubbed and dusted, putt all these togeather, in to yr wine, Lett them Stand all night, and in the morning boyle them togeather, uppon a verye Soft fier, till more then halfe be consumed, Straine it while it is hott, putt thereto 2 Spoonefulls of the Sirup of damask roses, Stirr it togeather, and drinke it as warme as you cann ~ To make a glistar good for the Collicke ~ Take penyroyall, thime Isope, mallowes and camomill of each a handfull, boyle all these togeather in a pottle of water, when it doe Seeth putt thereto of annisseeds and cominseed of each 5 or 6: Spoonefulls, Soe Lett them boyle untill it come to a pinte, then Straine it into a platter, and putt it upon a chafing dish of coales, and putt thereto a good quantytie of baye Salt, and of the oyle of dill, and oyle of hearbe grace, of each of these a good Spoonefull, Stirr them well, putt them into a glistar blader, and ministar, it to the partie, blood warme, a pints enough ~ To make a glister, good to Staye the Bloody fluxx ~ Take of one cowes milke warme as it cometh from her, a pinte, Straine it into a platter and Sett it uppon a chafing dish of coales, putt thereto, of tryed, Sheeps tallow, or of goates tallow the quantitye of a pretty apple, with the Like quantitye of Sugar, when these are through lye melted togeather, then ministar it to the partie, blood warme ~ Another medecine for the bloody fluxx ~ Take of chalke finely Scraped a Sawcer full, temper it as it were dough with the white of an egg as mutch as will make two pretty cakes, bake one of them, uppon the hearth, and when it is baked Laye it to the navell, as hott as you can Suffer it, when that is cold bake the other and applye it in the Same Sort, this doe Still with fresh cakes untill it be Stayed ~ Another medecine, to Staye any fluxx ~ Take halfe a Spoonefull of the Seedes of red roses, dryed in the fitt Season of the time of the yeare, putt it into an Ale berrie, or milke boyled, with flowar, take thereof, twice or thrice a day and it will help you ~ Another medecine to Staye any kinde of Fluxes ~ Take of the red leaves that growe upon the young Springs of an oake, that hath beene lopped, distill them and take 4 or 5 Spoonefulls of the water, thereof, if it be for a childe, take butt 2 or 3 Spoonfull, putt it into an ale berrie, or SUtch like, and Lett the partie take thereof once or twice, as there disease is and it will help you A medecine to Staye the Scowring that proceeds from Weaknes in the Backe ~ Take a plasyter of Stone pitch and laye it to yr backe, take of comfrey nepp and clary of each a Like quantietie, Shred them very Small, beate them with two or three eggs, and make a tansey thereof when it is baked, putt a Little verges to it and Strowe it over with Sugar, eate thereof every morning Soe Longe as you Shall find occasion, it is good for anie weakness or bruise in the back ~  47 till halfe be consumed, the with an ounce of blanched almonds and Sugar, make, almond, milke where of Lett the patient, take halfe a pint in the morning and as mutch att the Same houre att night when, he goeth, to rest, and the other, halfe pint, the next morning, mingling, with each draught, one ounce of the, Surrupp of marsh mallowes Mrs Stich ~ A good, water for the Stone ~ Take the young croops of brome, persely pearce Stone which groweth on barly land and Spredeth on the ground, eldar flowars, and arsmart of each one handfull, bruise them and Lett them, Lye all night in a pottle of white wine, close Stopped, distill them in a Limbeck with a gentle fiar, keepe this water, close Stopped, and as occasion, Serveth, use this with, Sugar, and putt thereof into yr drinke or broth, with, Some distilled, milke, Mrs Mabill ~ A Powdar for the Stone ~ Take eldar bloomes, drye them gentlie over a gentle fier, pound them in a mortar, and Searse them through a fine laune, when you make use of them, the best, time being att the new and full of the moone, take as mutch of the powdar, as will Lye heaped, on a Six pence, wch putting into a draught of whit wine or renish wine or Strong, ale, take fasting, and walke an howre after if you cann ~ it maye be taken att anie time, it is good for the Stone and wind in the Stomake, probatmest Mr Bewknor For the Stone ~ Of Sirrup of Allthea one ounce and a halfe, Specus electuarij Lythontribon one Scruple, oyle of vitroll 3 dropps, take this with a good draught of Saxifrage water, allsoe new milke hott from the cowe, three mornings, togeather, once a month, New Milke hott from the cow, in may or June Life honey, dranke a mornings, is good for the Stone ~ For the Stone ~ Take a drame of the Indian wood called Lignum Niphriticum, beaten to powder or cutt in Small peeces, putt unto it halfe a drinking glass of fayre water, Lett it Soake there in a whole night in the morning the water will be dyed of a blewish colour, power out this blewish water and putt thereto as mutch renish wine, drink it off and walke uppon it, att night you maye putt as mutch fayre water againe, in the morning power it off as before, and drinke it mingled ~ with as mutch renish wine, thus you maye continue Soe long, as you See the water, having ~ the wood in it, is colloured, by it, when it is noe more collored, it is a Signe, the virtue is all Soaked out, Then must a fresh dram, be Steeped, in water as before continue thus, you Shall find great ease and remedie: R V:, ~ For the Stone, Strangurie, Winde, and Stoping ~ Take hearbe mercurie, mallowes, philupendula, ransens, pellitorie, clivars, ashen, leaves, radish, browne fennell, lovage, meade perseley, alivs Saxifrage, water cressus, and brooklime of each, two or three handfulls, Shred them Small, putt to them, two pound of Lenten, figgs, currants and raysons of the Sun of each two pound, one pound of dates, the Stones first taken out putt all these into one pottle of whit wine, and as mutch Ale, distill all these togeather in arose Still, add: then to it two pound of white Sugar candy, and melt it in the water, drinke thereof, mornings and evenings, a wine glass att anie, time of the yeare, 3 or 4 times, a weeke as you See and finde the operation, and See cause ~ To Procure Urine Dor: Moore ~ Take of the topps, or flowars, of lavander, a good handfull; as mutch of the flowers, of mariegolds, both a little dryed, in a Shadowed, place, a handfull of the berries, of Juniper, bruised, putt these into a glass bottle of a quart, or 3 pints, with, malmsey, Sherrie, Sacke, or good muskadine, Sett the glass close Stoped, in the Sunn where is noe reflection from anie wall, when the Strenght of the flowars, is exstracted into the wine, keepe it for yr use; it will help the Virtigo, taking about 2 Spoonfulls att a time, when you dout that infirmity, it will allsoe oppen the passages and procure urine ~  46 Aboute one houre after it hath beene ministred, and hath done working Soe as the Stomake maye be emty, take 7: Spoonfulls of her Lady Ships, water, See waters, for the Stone, and 7: Spoonefulls of white wine, halfe an ounce of, Sirrup of marsh mallowes, or as mutch of Sirupp of violetts, which of those, Sirrupes, Shall, best, Like the patient, mix all well togeather, make it Luke warme, and drinke it of, during the, time the patient findeth, himselfe, ill of the Stone, this water maye be taken twice a daye, att 8 in the morning and att 6 in the afternoone, att other times, to prevent, it is good, to take, the glister, and the water, Soe prepared once a fortnight ~ Lady Loucher Medecine, for the Stone ~ Take a gallon of new milke of a red cow, of wild thyme of Saxifrage of pellitory of the wall of philupendula, of each one handfull, of perseley two handfulls, and, 2 or 3 radish rootes ~ Sliced, Steepe all these in the milke all night, in the morning distill the milke and the hearbs with a moderate fier, the best time to doe this is about the end of maye, when you use it, take of this water; 6: Spoonfulls, and as mutch of renish wine, or whit wine, a Little Sugar, and Some, Sliced, nuttmegg, make it Luke warme, and drinke it, fast after it: 3: howers, using, Some, temperate excercise, take this 2 mornings and two nights, togeather, when you rise and when you goe to bed: as need, Shall require. This medecine was approved by one Mr Farnom, Somtime, pentioner, to his Matie. who having beene by the Space of 30 yeares ~ trubled, exceedingly, with the, Stone, was, by the use there of, not only eased, and freed, butt allsoe, to his dienge daye, Soe, preserved, from that disease, as being opened after, his dicease, there, was not found, Soe mutch, as any, Shew of the Stone, in any part of his body Since, which time many, have used, it to, there, great, comfort, probatumest ~ An outward Medecine for the Stone, Prescribed, into ~ Sr Horatio, Paulo, Vicina: by Mr Butlar of Cambridg ~ Take Smallage, lovage, Stone crop, pellitory of the wall, fumitory and Saxifrage of each a handfull two groates of Stone powder, wch you Shall have, att the apothecaries, or in Steade thereof, the weight of, twelve pence of the powdar of a Stone, taken out of an ox gaule, boyle all these togeather in a pottle of the best whit wine, untill the one halfe be consumed, then take two Linnen bags as reach from the huckle bone, of that part, which is not pained, to the place greeved, Lett the Same bagg come over the Navell of the patient, being well filled, with Some of the hearbes, Soe to be applyed, to the bare Skinn, as hott as, the patient can endure it, and ever as the heate of the bagg abateth, take, the other, bagg, and applye it as before, and if the patient have not present ease, in case, the whole, Liquor, be consumed, putt more whit wine, to the hearbes, boyled as before, within one howre, the paine will cease, and never, paine you more, and for as mutch as the medecine doth, ovoide, the Stone with great Speede, to the end it maye be more easaly, avoyded Take this posset drinke following, to carrie the gravell the more easaly, there of drinke, Libberally, and begin to drinke, before the applycation of the medecine, and afterward, the more the better, make a posset of the best whit wine, when the curd is cleane taken awaye, putt therein the rootes of mother thime, of perseley of phylopendula, and of marsh mallows, the piths of them all cleane taken awaye, and very thin, Sliced, Lett them, boyle, well in the possett drinke and take it as before ~ An Almond Milke good, to be used, in anye, exstremity of the Stone ~ Take french barly, well washed, and cleansed, 2 Spoonfulls of the Seeds of purslaine, muskmillion cucumber and pumpion of each, three drams well bruised, of the rootes of perselye fennell and mallowes, washed and the pith, taken out, there in number, boyle all these with a Little chicken or a peece of mutton or veale, which you Like beast, in three pints of fayre water on a gentle fiar till ~  45 For the Strangurie Mr Burgen ~ Take of redd cow milke hott from the udar, putt to it a pugill of bettoney leaves dryed, if it be greene it will curdle, the milke, boyle, them, and, Straine it, and drinke it in the morning, fastting. Some dayes togeather, and fast 2: howers after it, att night take hott redd cowe milke, with a Little white Sugar candy, if the collerick humor, be not quite exspelled, with this medecine ~ then take inwardlye, this medecine, wash venice turpentine in rose water or endive water, then take powder of Liquoriss, and masticke, pulurified, make Little pills of the washed, turpentine, and powdars, give 3 or 5 of them to the patient, once a weeke in the morning fasting it is good for those that are troubled with this disease, to eate for Sawce, to rost meat, the Juce of mallowes, purslin, violetts, and cucumber, Seede mingled, togeather ~ A Soverayne medecine for the Stone ~ Take the rootes of white Saxifrage of perseley, break Stone and ashen keyes of each a handfull. of aringorootes, two handfulls, bruise them well togeather, in a morter, and tonn them up in a bagg, in Six gallons of Ale, wort, or beare wort, drinke of it when it is fortnight old everye morning fasting, halfe a pint, and fast an howre after, the white, Saxifrage ~ beareth a white flowar, and bloweth in the beginning of maye, the rootes are red, about the bigness of a pease, and growe togeather, in clustars like grapes, you maye use both the hearbe, and rootes togeather, the best time is to bye them in Aprill, with the perseley breake Stone, to keepe for all the yeare, they are to be had, in cheapeside, the drye, aringo are best to be had, att the, drugest, for ten pence, a pounde, the persly breake Stone is nott easely knowne, butt by the credit of the Seller, it Seemeth Something like yarrow, ashen keyes maye be kept all the yeare ~ For the Collicke ~ Lady Wintour ~ Quilt Some Small quantitie of cotten to a Linnen cloth, the Same being moderatly warme or hott, take as mutch aquevite, in a porrenger plate or Sawcer, as maye wett the exstremitie of the cotton, Lett the aquevite, be a Little heated, that it fume not before, the cotton be dipped or touched in it, there neede noe greate quantity of aquevite, three Spoonfull is enough the cloth, to which the cotton is, Streightly, quilted, maye be only of a handfull and halfe in breadth, and a handfull or little more in Lenght, wch. is to be applyed to the navell, and if you find greate paine, to the Stomake for a time, butt it maye not be Longe, for it will procure a dull paine, and trouble, in it, butt placed on yr navell, it will infallibly in Small time, take awaye the paine, it being, used Some 2 or 3 dayes att the navell, below the Stomake, it will Leassen, the winde att the Stomake, it is Sufficient that you wett it well, once for 3 dayes ~ but for the collick it Selfe it will disperse, the humor of it presentlye, and doe mutch more naturallye, in a quarter of an howre then other remedies in a yeare, one which had the collick Six monthes, allmost continually, for 3 or 4 times a daye, before he tooke this remedye, Since nevar, had it, and hath recovered, his Stomake, which, before, he had absoelutly Lost ~ Ladie Shellie her direction for the Stone ~ Take a pint of new milke and a quart of Ale make a possett, thereof and take of the curde then putt into it one handfull of mallowes, or in the winter 4 or 5 of the rootes, 2 fenell rootes 2 perseley rootes one handfull of violett Leaves, halfe a handfull of cemomill, one Spoonfull of ~ Sweet fennel Seede as mutch annyseedes, boyle all this untill a third part be wasted, away then, Straine it and putt into it one ounce and hafe of Sirrup of Violetts 3 ounces of Sugar, one, Spoonefull of Sallett oyle, then take of this decoction a pint and halfe, for a glister aboute  44 An approved good Powdar for the Stone ~ Take the Seeds of broome, the cropps of red nettles the cropps of red thyme, the budds of red oake the lights of a fox, the flowers of eldars, Hipp berries, Stone crope, ashen, keyes, orringe pills ~ Saxifrage perseley Seed, gather, all these, Simples in there due time, drye and beate them Seaverally into powdar, putt these powders into Sevirell boxes or bladders, take of every of these powders Soe ~ mutch as will fill a hasle nutt mingle and, Stirr them well togeather putt them into a pint or or Something more or Less, of the patient use all drinke or whit wine, let it Stand close covered in a pott, 12 howres, let him drinke thereof in the morning a good draught, and walke or bowle ~ or use anie moderate exercise, for the Space of 2 or 3 howres, thus, Lett him doe, twice in 7 dayes or once a weeke or fortnight, more or less, as he Shall feele his greife, this will cause great a voye dance of the, Stone, and hath been proved. ~ A Powder for the Stone ~ Take mugwort, in the Sping, drye it in an oven and beate it into fine powdar, keepe it in drye boxes, once in a weeke or tend ayes, take as of this powdar as you can, take upp betweene yr finger and yr thumbe, mingle it with white wine, and drink thereof in the morning fasting Take allsoe the cutting of a Vine, and burne it cleane in a oven, keepe the ashes and drink one Spoonefull thereof: att a time in a draught of whit wine, it will breake the gravell and ease the paine of the Stone ~ A medecine for the Stone ~ Take pelitory of the wall, Saxifrage, Holyoake, Smallage, mallowes, and tansey, of each a handfull, chopp them, Small, and quilt them in two Linnen baggs, then take a pottle of the upper most of new milke when it hath, Stoode awhile, and halfe a pint of malmesey, with a Little fayre running water, putt them togeather in a pott, Sett them on the fier and when it doth Seeth putt in one of the baggs, and Seeth it awhile, in that Liquor, then take it out and wringe it betweene two ~ trenchars, and Laye it to the place greifed, as hott as it maye be Suffered, when that bagg ~ waxeth cold, Seeth and applye the other, Still changing, the bags as they begin to be cold ~ Soe Lett them be often applied, to the, greef, untill it cease ~ A Verye good Medecine for the Collicke ~ Take a toast of the browne bread, two fingers thick, toast it and Spreade it with the best white Sope you can gett, toast it againe, and putt on more, Sope, worke it in with knife, as you doe a buttard tost, when it will receve no more Sope, applie it as hott as you can Suffer it, wrapped in a cloth Laye it Somthing lower then yr paine, and follow it as the paine removeth ~ A Present Medecine, for the wind, Collick, in Stomake, or Belley ~ Take of ambar, corrall and Jeate of each alike quantitie, Seaverallie and Justlie weighed: beate them very, fine togeather, take of the powdar, to the quantytie of a halfe nutt, mingle it with a ~ whole, nutmegg, finely beaten, take it in a good Spoonefull or two of hott posset or broth and god willing you Shall find preasant ease ~ An aproved, good medecine, to procure Urine, is good for Strangurie, Mr Gold Smith Take of the berries of hawe thorne, a pottle, Stampe them well putt to them a pint of good white wine and distill it as you doe roses, give a quarter of a pint of the water, to any patient, that findeth his water, Stopped, by Stone or Strangurie, it will presently give ease ~  43 A Medecine for the Collicke ~ Take a pound of fennell Seed: a quarter of a pound of annyseed, halfe a quarter of a pound of comminseed, laye these in good clarett wine, 24 howres, then drye them and, Sift awaye the the dust as cleane as maye be from them, beate it into powder, and use, halfe a Spoonefull, there of att a time, in yr broth and it will free you, from the collicke ~ A Medecine for the Stone ~ Take a pretty quantytie of Sugar candy, and putt it into three of foure Spoonefulls of oyle of Sweet allmonds, new lie made, drink it upp, and walke after it an howre after, which, drinke a good draught of white wine and Lymons, or whit wine and onions, and you Shall find ease, allsoe the blood of an goate, dryed and made into fine powder, a pretty quantitie thereof putt into a draught of Ale and druncke is very good for the Stone ~ A verie Soverainge, Medecine, for the Collicke, and Stone ~ Take a handfull of Saxifrage, halfe a handfull of grumell as mutch of Sage of virtue; 4 handfull of redd nettle topps, 3 branches of wild thime, that groweth in gravellie grounde, 3 branches, of rose marye and 2 or 3 Shells of new layd eggs, drye these in a oven, and grinde or beate them into a powder, and keepe them drye, take Soe mutch of this powder att once, as you can take up beetweene yr finger and yr thumbe, att 3 times, putt it into a competent draught of Ale or beare, drinke it first and Last mornings and evenings, for beare, fresh beefe, mallards and Eelles A Good and well Aproved, Powdar, for the Stone ~ Take the weight of 8 pence in Parmacelly, 2 penyworth of cloves, as mutch of mace as mutch of cynamon, as mutch of annyseed, one penyworth of Small peppar, as mutch of bay berries, as mutch of Liquoress, one handfull of red Sage, as mutch of red fennell, 3 date Stones, 4 a cornes 4 cloves of a lilly roote, burne three oyster Shells in the fier, untill they will devide, and take of the, inside of the Shells Soe devided, and putt to the rest, all which well dryed must be must be beaten into fine powdar, mixed and Searsed, togeather, after they are Soe tryed with a Searce, take the parmacelly and rubb it with the powdar betwixt yr handes, for it maye not be mixed, with the powdar, before it be Searsed, that done keepe it for yr use and drinke thereof, first in the morning, and Last att night, or anie time as occasion Shall require one Spoonefull or more in Stale Ale, or beare or in possett ale, or anie other drinke blood warme and fast one howre, after the receipt, if the exstreamitie, be to great as Sutch as Stoppeth the water, take one handfull of perseley, in Summer, and in winter the rootes, and Seeth it in old ale, the quantitie of a pottle, till one halfe be comsumed, boyle allsoe therein: 20 or 30: pruims Straine it and putt thereto, one or two Spoonfulls of the aforesaide powdar and drink thereof as, aforesaid. A Medecine for the Stone ~ Make possett ale of renish wine, and milke if not renish, of the Smallest whit wine, lett the wine be more in quantitye then the milke, putt into the posset ale one good handfull of the Smalest perseley a Little mother thyme, and a Little pellitorie of the wall, lett it boyle in the posset ale, till one quarter be consumed, wring out the hearbes into the possett ale; Sett it on the fiar with Some Sweet buttar Some Sugar and one Spoonefull of white peppar bruised, Lett these boyle a Little togeather, then ~ drinke thereof morning and evening, first and Last for two or three dayes, allso make pottage of charvell and mutton without anie other thing except greate ote meale, eat thereof a mornings and to bed ward, make possett ale with the Same hearb, and drink when you goe to bedd  42 A Dredge for winde in the Stomake ~ Take of the comfeets of carrow way Seed, any Seed and Sweet fennell Seed of each two ounces, putt thereto an ounce of corryander Seed, 2 ounces of any Seed, an ounce of Sugar candy, grosely beaten eight, knotts of gallingall, cutt in very fine peeces, mingle all togeather, and eate thereof as ~ you feele occation, after meales or att other, times ~ A Soveraingne, Medecine for the Stone ~ Take of the Seedes of blue villets of the Seeds of comon burrs with there Little podds, well dryed, in an oven, of each a pound, of dryed, oken, Leaves, 4: ounces, of dryed, Saxifrage or ~ Samphire, halfe a pound, of dryed, bay berries, 5 ounces, beate all these into fine powder, Searce and mingle them well, togeather, take a Live, hare, and Strangle, him with a corde that none of the blood, be Lost, putt him whole or in peeces, into Some fayre earthen, or other, convenient, vessell, feett, gutts head, and all. Sett it into a hott oven, that as well the bones as the Skin, and the flesh, maye, be, beaten, into fine powder, which done, Searce it and mingle it wth the other powdars, Lett the patient, take of this powdar as much, as will Lye a groate, in a competent draught of whit wine, a mornings, it will cleanse, and exspell gravell, and cure the, Stone; to make it have the more Speedy and forcible operation use the receipt following Take 3 or 4 radish rootes, cutt or Sliced very thinn, putt them into a violl glasse, full of white wine, malmesey, or any other, good wine, lett it Stand in the Sunn, or the ayre 24: howres then take to one part of that wine, two parts of the dounge, of oxen, neither, over, fresh or to drye, when they goe to grasse about Maye, with a Soft fier, halfe apart of Strawberie water, with 2 or 3 dropps of the Juce of Lemons, or cytrons, Soe as all togeather maye be aboute halfe a pinte, or Somewhat more, into the which putt a peece of Sugar, and as much, of the aforsayd powder, as will Lye, on a groate, Lett the patient drinke it a mornings, wch he maye continue for the Space of 12 dayes, or there abouts, as he Shall find occasion, the wine with the radish rootes, and the Juce of lemons or citrons, must be renued every daye the powdars and waters with good usage, will continue, long, the water of oxe, dounge, will take awaye, Spotts and blemishes, in the face, being washed there with in the morning, and att night, the best and most usuall waye, to take, the aforesayde powdar, is to make a possett ale of violett Leaves, of the Leaves of holye oake, or mallowes, and of wild thyme, and putt the quantitye of the powdar, aforsaide, into a Little of the possett Ale, and drinke a good draught therof presently, to wash it downe, use, thus to doe, three dayes togeather, Soone after the full, and change of the moone, you maye ad, a Little Sugar, and of the Juce, of Lemons, to the possett ale, to make it pleasant to the tast, ~ An approved, medecine for the Stone ~ Take in maye a peck of tansey as mutch of feather few as mutch of plantaine, half a peck or Somwhat more, of Syn greene, pound the hearbes all togeather, and Straine the Juce, cleare out of them, keepe it for yr use, and when you, feelle any paine, take a pretty quantytie of the Juce, thicken it with beane flower, then Spread it on a duble, Linnen cloth a hand breadth, and Soe long as it maye come about, midle, to yr belly, let it be Spread all over the cloth, and every morning and evenning renew it as it dryeth, continue this for the Space of a weeke or Longer, time if you find cause ~ Another Medecine for the Stone ~ Take the buds of eldar when they be noe biggar then a Little pearle, drye them out of the Sunn or winde, beat them to powder, a drinke Soe mutch of it as will Lye uppon, a french crowne in white wine every morning ~  41 Another Medecine for the Same, greife ~ Take woorwood, feather few, camomill, Sage, mints and rosemarye of each a handfull, take, a wooden dish of a quart, laye cold ashes in the bottome of it, and fill it halfe full with, hatt embars, Laye yr hearbes on the top of the embars, and heape them there on, then take a napkin, and, laye over them, fasten it under the bottome of the dish, and warme it before the fier that with the embars and fier, it maye be through, hott, and Laye it to the place where the ~ paine is, Lett it Lye Soe Long as the embars will mayntaine the heat ~ A Powder for the Collick and Stone ~ Take the powdars of broome Seed, of eglantine berry Seed, baye berrie Seede, and a cornes, of each of these a Spoonefull, putt thereto as mutch of the powdar of Seeney, as there is of all the rest putt therto, anisseed, and of the powder of licorish of each two Spoonefulls mingle all these together and keepe it for yr use, take thereof as you find occation, either in yr potage or drinke and you Shall find ease ~ An assured medecine for the Strangullion ~ Take of the, berries of eldar, when they be ripe, hang them in a chamber to drye, uppon a thred, when they be drye, you may keepe them all the yeare, eat of them duiars times in the ~ daye, and they will healp you, or if it be in the time of yeare, you maye eate them greene from the tree, they will take the Same affect ~ A Quintasye for the Stone ~ Take of the waters of rams persley, like, pellitory of the wall. beane flowars, Ivy berries harts tounge, bettoney, grumell: of each a pint putt to it as mutch muskadell as all the waters come to, distill them in a Limbeck as you doe aquevite, draw from it two quarts and keepe for yr use, preserve the muskadell, and the water wch is called the grounds in Some glasse bottle, it is of wonderfull virtue against the Stone, Lett the patient, trubled with the Stone take of the quintasey, halfe a pint, or of the other water a whole pint, Lett him drinke of the halfe pint or of the whole pint as he is able to drinke, let him walke after it as mutch as he can, holding, his water, when he can hold it noe longer, Lett him take ~ butt halfe Soe mutch, in the evening, and then he Shall not need to walke Soe long after it, before he takes his rest ~ A Medecine for the Collick Stone ~ Taka penyworth of cloves and mace halfe a penyworth of Long peppar, or Somwhat more, a Spoonefull of grumell, Seed: as mutch of an oxegavle Stone as a beane, one ounce of baye berries, the hulls picked awaye, two, a cornes, the hulls picked awaye, one Spoonefull of Sweet bramble, bryar Stones two penyworth of turmerick, a Spoonefull of burr seed, halfe a Spoonefull or more of haw Stone pound all these togeather in a mortar, till they be fine powdar, then take as mutch of the powdar as you maye take upp, with three of yr fingers, or more the more the bettar. if you can endure the bitterness of it, putt it in, 8 or 9, Spoonfulls of white wine, luke warme, drinke it in the ~ morning, and if any, Stick to the cupp Sides, as it will, renew, it with a little more, wine ~ Soe, that you maye, take it all, it will ease you ~ A medecine for the Stone ~ Take the great end of a mary bone, laye it in an earthen vessel, before the fiar, and by force of the Same, drawe out the oyle, or marrow, thereof, there with anoynt the passages and it will procure ease ~  40 ~ Collicke ~ Stone ~ A medecine for the Collicke ~ Take a quarte of posset Ale and putt thereto of Isop and penyroyall of each one handfull a pretty quantytie of thyme, boyle them togeather, in the possett ale, untill the hearbes, begin to looke yellow, then take it of and putt thereto Soe mutch, cake, Soape, as the bigness of a wallnutt and Soe mutch, Sugar as will make it pleasant, to drinke, drinke there of warme, and it will cause, you to avoyd, gravell ~ A medecine for those, that cannot make Water ~ Take, three or foure of the Shells of Snayles wash them cleane, and drye them before the fiar ~ beat them into, powder, then take the halfe a Spoonefull of it, and putt thereto a little of the possett ale, before written, and give it to the patient, let him wash it downe with a good draught of the Same of the Same Ale if this will not, help you, take the like quantity of Jeate, in Sutch Sort as is appoynted for the othar, butt take this with cleare possett ale, and it will healp you butt with all anoynte yr bellye, with buttar, and Ale or beare boyled togeather ~ A medecine for the Stone in the kidneys Take of mallowes of cammomill of pellitory of the wall of each two great handfulls, of howslick leaves a great quantitye, chop all these togeather, very Small then putt there to dryed, elder flowers, fenegreeck meale, and linseed of each of these a good handfull, mingle all these togeather and make there with: 2: quilts, then boyle those quilts in milke, the Space of an howre, take them out and, Squeese them, betweene two, trenchars, laye one of them as warme as you can, Suffer it to the Side where yr paine is, when that is cold, laye it into the milke to warme and Laye the other to the Side, continue this att yr discreation, it will procure ease ~ : A Drinke for the Same, greife, and is to be, taken, when, you doe ~ : aplye, the quilts: if you can, have, them togeather, if not one, of them alone ~ Take the chawe, bones of a pike, drye them and beat them very Small in powdar, then take a Pint of renish or white wine, Slice therein a lemon putt to it as mutch Sugar as will mak it pleasant, let it Stand all night, then take halfe a Spoonefull of yr powder, and putt thereto a little of yr wine, drinke it downe, then take a good draught of yr wine, to wash it downe, use this as you Shall feele occasion and it will ease you ~ A Medecine for anye collicke or greife, that cometh of winde ~ Take of rosmary thyme Lavandar, camomill, mints and Sage of each alike quantitie, boyle all these togeather in a quart of malmsey, or for want thereof take any other wine, and the Like quantity of water, when they doe Seeth, putt thereto of any Seeds and comin Seed of each, Six Spoonefulls, lett them boyle untill halfe the, Liquor, be consumed, then take a bladder of an oxx or a cowe, putt the, Liquor and hearbes, there in, as they come hott from the fier putt there in if ~ you have it, a Little oyle made of eldar flowers, or oyle of cammomill, tye the mouth of the bladder close, and, Laye it to be place where the greife is, as the greife doth remove follow it, and when it is cold warme it againe, as you Shall find occasion, this will continue good, 5 or 6: times warming  39 ~ Wormes ~ A medecine for the Wormes, either, in, old: folke or, children ~ it will, procure, Loosnes, and, is good, to present, an, ague, in a Child ~ Take, worme wood, and feather few, of each a handfull: 4 unsett Leekes, chopp these, togeather and mingle, them, with, the gaule, of a beast, frye them in Sweet, buttar, when they be fryed putt them in the foldes of a cloth and Laye it to the Stomake, let it come over the navell, fastten it, let it Lye two dayes and two nights, and then change it if you See cause ~~~ To make a Drink for the wormes ~ Take a good quantiety of cominseeds, and, boyle them in malmsey, and for want thereof in Ale untill the one halfe, be consumed, then take it off, and, drinke thereof every morning warme, and it will help you ~ An oyntment, for the Wormes ~ Take a pretty quantytie of garlick Seeth it well in fayre water untill it be tendar, mix it with, Sweet, butter, make a playster, thereof and applye it to the bellye ~ A medecine for Small, mawe Wormes ~ Take a good handfull, of rosemary, Stampe it and Straine it in drinke, and take thereof a competent draught, nine dayes, togeather, if it be exstreame use it once in a month or Six weekes and as they weare awaye, leave it by Little, and Little ~ My Lady Brookes Oyntment for the Wormes: Take an equall Quantity of Savin and Back leaves, put as much Lard to them as will wet them well, then boyle it till the herbes are Crisp, take it of Soe Strayne it and keep it for use annoynt the party with it Man Woman or Child from the Throat to the bottom of the belly: Then after it their must bee taken some gentle purge to carry of the dead Wormes: ~  38 A Powder, good, for, winde, in the Stomake, or in anye, other part of ye bodye Take of Seeney one ounce, Seduarge, commin Seeds, persley Seed, dill Seed, of each two drams, gingar, a drame, cloves, nuttmeggs, callamus, aromaticus, valerian, anisseeds, of each a drame and a halfe, of Sugar, one ounce, make them into fine powdar, and take a dram, thereof, after, it is well mingled, togeather, first and Last, for the Space of foure dayes, and then, but in morning ~ A Drodge, good, for Winde in the Stomake ~ Take two oucnes of carrowaye Seed, comfeets, as mutch of fenell Seed as mutch of anisseeds ~ both in comfeets, one ounce; of coryandar, Seed, two ounces, one ounce of Sugar candy, grosly, beaten 8 knotts of galingale cutt in very fine Slices, two good Sticks of Liquorire cutt in like manner, three, nuttmeggs, likewise, Sliced, putt these togeather, in a plater, Sett it uppon embars and, tose, them togeather, till they be very drye, putt it up in boxes, and use it as you find occasion For Weaknes in the Stomake and aptness, to cast Take to a pretty quantytie of wine vinegar, two penyworth of Suffron, beaten Small, heat it hott uppon a chafing dish of coale, wet a hand, kercher, therein, and applye it to the Stomake as hott as it maye be Suffered, and Shift it as it cooleth ~ For the, Stomake, and Spleene, and allsoe, for a bruise or Pluresey ~ Take of muskadine a pinte of red rose leaves and tops of rosemary of each one handfull, of mace, beaten to powder, a quarter of an ounce, of Sweet buttar, a quarter of a pound of oyle of roses one ounce, putt them all into the muskadine, lett them boyle untill they be thick, then Laye them uppon, toae, and aplye it to yr. Stomake, as hott as you can Suffer it and Soe Likewise, where anye bruise is ~ Mr Short, his receipt, for Making, the, electuary of, three, Peppars Take of each of the three peppars the weight, of two and Sixpence, orringe or Lemon pills dryed and of annisseeds of each, the weight of two, pence of Ambar grease, foure graines of english honie clarified, 9 or 10, ounces, with a Little, decoction of thime, or rosmary, boyle all and make an electuary To Make the red, Powdar; Take of turmentill rootes and leaves, Seabius pimpernell, cardus, bettonie, Scordium, Angellica Leaves of each one handfull, washed and dryed in a cloth, threed a Little, and bruised, putt it into a pint of white wine, and, Stirr, it often, Lett it Stand 24 howres, Straine it and putt it in fresh once more, then take a pound of the best, bole all moniack, powdered and Searched putt it in a bason, and Straine as mutch of the wine in, as will make it like buttar, Stirr well and Sett it in the Sunn, and Stir it often, and when it is drye, put in more, Soe doe untill you have putt in all, when you putt in the Last putt in, [12?] of Saffron, one ounce of Methridate one ounce of harts horne in fine powder, when it is drye make it upp into round, balles ~ To make the Bitter Decoction: Take one ounce of gentian shed, an ounce of Cardus Seeds, a handfull of Canomill- fflowers, and a handfull of the Topps of Century, boyle all in too Quarts of Water till it comes to 3 pints, then drinke halfe a pint in a morning fasting; for 9 dayes; you may ad an ounce or half an ounce of juniper beris and 2 Spoonfulls of sack when you drink it  37 To make a Posset, Ale, to cleanse, anye, Impostumation; or bruise ~ Make a quart of cleare possett ale, and putt, thereto a great handfull of charnell otherwise called, St marie perseley, as mutch, field dazeis, but take not the rootes there of, let them boyle togeather, untill the rootes begin to Looke yellow, then putt all togeather into a pott and drinke there of both morning and evening and divars times in a daye and it will healp you in time, these hearbes, being made in potage with, fennell rootes, the pottage is very Soe veraigne, for the Same, Greifes, if you doe use to eat, Somtime there of being well it will preserve you from Impostums and cleanse you of Bruses ~ The Confection, of Quinces, good, for the Stomake ~ Take of the Juice of quinces, and clarified honey, of each a pound or a pint, of excellent wine vinegar a two parts of a pint, devided in three parts, boyle them on a Soft fier, allwayes Scumming it, to the thickness of honey, then putt to it this powdar, following and mingle it well, take of the powdar of long pepper, ginger and cinnamon of each, two drams and two Scruples, of cloves and, lignum alloes each one dram and a Scruple of muske 8 graines, beat all into powdar and mingle as aforesaide, the virtue of this is to Strenghen the Stomake and the, livar, to healp digestion ~ and to containe meate in the Stomake, a dram is the weight of Seaven pence halfe penny. a Scruple is the third part of a dram ~ An electuary, of three, Peppers, good: against Winde in the Stomake ~ ~ And to healpe Digestion ~ Take of the three peppers, each five drams, and of any Seeds, thyme and ginger each two Scruples and a quarter, mingle these with clarified honey, to the quantytie of a pint, or 4 times as mutch as the Spices, the dose of this and of the afore written, confection of is a dram or two att a time, fasting, fasting, two or three, howrs after ~ A Verye good Water for a Surfet ~ Take three gallons of Strong ale and two hatt fulls of cowslip flowers as manie of rosemarye flowers, buds and all, of annisseeds, Liquoress, Scraped, and bruised, raisons of the Sunn, Stoned, of each, halfe a pound, Laye all these a Steepe, in the Ale, all night, and after distill it in a Limbeck, untill Sutch time as the water will not burne, then take a Sliced nuttmegg, a Little cynnamon, and a Little white Sugar candy, putt these in a cloth hang it in the glasse, where in the water, is contayned, and keepe it for yr use ~ A Medecine to comfort the Stomake, and to, make: one, to have, delight to his, meate Take the crumes of Sharpe, leavened, whiater bread the quantytie of an ale pint a penyworth of the powdar of mints, Speare mints, basil mint or cala minte, a penyworth of the powdar of woomrwood ~ mingle yr powdars, togeather, then take a pinte of wine vinegar and boyle them in a Skillett putt in yr powders and yr crumes of bread, being well mingled, togeather, Still Stiring it untill, it be like doughe, make a cake there of, and Laye it, betweene two clothes, uppon the Stomake on yr Leaft Side, when it is drye you maye tempar it againe, and with, vinegar, renew it A medecine for, an Impostumation, that is broake ~ Drinke the waters of feather few and cardus, benedictus by equall, portions with Soe mutch, methridate, as a good, bigg, beane, thus doe, three, times, morning and evening ~ The Milk Water for Doctor Lowers bitter if used Take of the Leaves of meadow Sweet of the Wards of the blessed [Shift?] Goats Rus of Each 6 handfulls the Wards of mint and Wormwood of Each 5 handfulls [Loaves] of Rhue 3 handfull [Loaves] of Angelica 2 handfulls, bruise and infuse them in 3 Gallons of New milk 24 howers then distill according to Art Put to on quart of this watter genittan Rootes Sliced halfe Drachra [Carduze?] Seeds Cruised 2 Druchms, Topps of Sanctuary a Pugill, Roman Wormwood Three Pugills, Camomils flowers 2 Pugills infuse them a week without heat then Strain it out through a Woolm bagg and have Ready Sheept in a quarter of a pintt of white wine 3 Ounces of the filling of [??eel] Straine it through the Gagg into the infusion and add to it the Compound Wormwood & Compound Gentian Watters of Each 6 Ounces bottle it up and Corke it Close drink Every morning 4 or 5 Spoonfuls [Exer] Exercise an hower after it in the Air fust the howers after it that the Shell twice a day whilst it is in fusing in the white wine which [rainiest?] be a week Doctor Southwells Cordiall waters called Febrifica Take bay berries of Culamax Aramuticus of Gentian Rootes of Gallingall of Zecedory of valerian Root or [Sacufrus?] of Long pepor Each of all these 2 drachms of Clows Cinamon of the Roots of Angolica Each on Drachm Let all these be poudered Grosly ye hardest Spices then the other Soo mix all together and divide them into two parts and put them into a Glass bottles then pour upon Each a Quart of brandy or Less for them must be Some Space lost for the infusion to work then Set it into the Oven for half an hower after Manchett is drawn or in the Sun or in Some warme places till you See a Red Tinchen to a Rise then it is enough See keep for your use upon the Ingridients It is a good Cordiall flears the back of Graveell good against Surfeets and Agues Espeacialy 2 or 3 Spoonfulls put in a quarts of a pint of warm Ale a quarter of a Spoonfull to a Child a quarter old [Paslery?] The Alsome Wme Lady Arkins Take the knots of Wormwood before they be blown open, Cardus & Centaury of each three handfulls, Cardamums, Lignum Aloes Gallingal Zeduary & Gentian Roots of each one ounce & a half, Rhubarb a quarter & half quarter of an ounce. The thin Rine of ared clean from the white of Nine good large Sevil oranges, & Six quarts of Nants Brandy. Take a large Jar glass wth a wide mouth, & first put in yr Cardus & Centaury, then yr other things. The Cardamums & Aloes are to be beat up Small. The Gallingals Zeduary & Rhubarb are to be Sliced thin & all laid in the glass upon ye Cardus & Centaury, ye Gentian Root must be Scraped first & then Sliced thin, after that Lay the Orange Peel, & then ye wormwood on the top of all. Then put in the Brandy Be sure to Stop & tye it very close up, Set it on the Sun, or by a fire for 6 weeks or two Months then Strain it out, & keep it close stop up in Bottle for use N.B. It is to be taken half a Spoonful or a Small Spoonful in a little white wine or Sack in a morning fasting, & fast an hour after it. 36 Stomake ~ A Very, good, Medecine, to Digest, a Surfett, or to, Put awaye any greife ~ From the, Stomake ~ Take the bottom of a wheat Loafe a finger thick Sett it befor the fiar, the crust Side being first towardes the fier, Soe lett it toast leasurelie untill it be through warme, then turne the ~ other side and Lett it tost in like Sort, and when it begineth to wax browne then bast it wth aquavite or with malmesey, and as you doe bast it Lett it Soake in before the fier when you have thuse done, Strowe it over with the powdar, of mints and woormewood of each a Like ~ quantitie, then put thereto of cloves and mace and a Little nuttmegg, cast a cloth over, it ~ and Laye it to yr Stomake, as warme as you can Suffer it, and role it on with a Cloth, lett it Lye 12 howres, then renew it or change it att yr discretion, this doe as often as you See cause ~ A Medecine for those that have a Moyst, Stomake, the which Cometh, of the Rewme Falling into the Stomake ~ Take a toast of white bread of a reasonable, thickness of the breadth of yr fingers the crust ~ being taken off on both Sides, lett it be of the length of halfe yr hand, then toast it verye ~ Leasurely, and drye butt not browne, laye it uppon, a plate, and Steepe it well with malmsey, and Strow it over with the powder of mints, and woormwood of each a Like quantitie, then Scrape, over a good deale of Sugar, and cutt it in 3 or 4 peeces, eat of it every morning, fast an howre after, continue this and you Shall find ease ~ A Medecine, for Winde in the Stomake ~ Take a new layde egg, and roast it reare, then open the top of it, put out the white that Lyeth on the top them tempar the egg with, a good quantiety of peppar, and annisseeds being bruised eate this fasting, and in the afternone, if cause require, continue this a good, Space and it will help you To make a Drinke to Dissolve Winde in the Stomake ~ Take a quarte of white wine, and Sett it to the fyar, in a pewtar pott, when it doth Seeth putt thereto, a good handfull of Sage, an ounce of commin Seed, being well rubbed, with a cloth and picked, then lett it Symbar uppon a Soft fyar, untill allmost the one halfe be consumed, then take it off and drink there of divars times in the daye with Sugar, doe this a good Space, and it will healp you, for want of white wine you maye, take good Ale ~ A Medecine, for an Impostumation in the Stomake ~ and will, consume it without, breaking it upwards ~ Take a Spoonfull of the powdar of rozin, being finely, beaten, with a Little ale or beare, and Swallow it downe quickly, that it Staye not in yr mouth, and wash it downe with a draught of drinke ~ and Sometimes you maye take with it treacle, tempering it very thick with the powder, it is beast to be taken every morning and evening but you maye take it any time of the daye ~ when you doe find occassion, take the quantiety of a great nutt att a time and drink after it to wash it downe, it is good being thus taken to drive any paine or infection from the harte it will cleanse any Stuffing or toughtness, from the hart or Stomake, it is good allsoe for a bruise, you Shall find the powder to be very Soveraigne for any of these greefes if you doe use to take it when Sometimes, when you are well, you Shall be free from these, greifes ~  35 New fresh butter: 8 pound frankencense, in powdar four ounces, fresh cow doung two or three Spoonefulls, fresh, hen doung, two Spoonfull. a Little Salt, melt yr buttar, and putt in the Snayles boyle them gentlie till they be dead, then ad yr hearbes, bruised and yr othar things, after boyle them all moderatlie, Lett them macerate, 3 dayes, heat them againe and Straine out the oyntment, which, for Paine, Swelling, or hardness of the Spleene is of Soveraingne, vertue it must be Stroaked, from the Short ribs crose to the Secrett parts ~ For the Hardnes of the Livar Take the rootes of wild brionie otherwise called wild Vine, a good quantitie boyle them in hoggs grease, and anoynte, the Livar Side, morning and evening, warming yr hands att the fiar Good for the Pluresey ~ Take one once of burdockes or what you please, when it is Just on flowing redd the burs and drye them, and bruise it into powder, and Searce itt fine, and give as mutch as will Lye on a Shillinge, in cleare possit drinke, made with garden tansey, for want of tansey, in cleare possett drinke, it Selfe, twice or thrice will Suffice ~ It is good for falling Sicknes, confullsion, or mother fitts take a Little, Arsafetitoe, Some fewe drops, Spiritt of caster, and Spirrit of Amber, and a Little of caster it Selfe, and tye itt upp all in a bagg, and ~ hang itt aboute the parties neck, if violently in them, elce itt will Suffice to have it neare them.  34 Another Medecine for the Spleene ~ Take of capors and currants of each Six Spoonefulls, being boyled in water before, mingle These togeather and putt, thereto a Little vinegar, then Scrape, Sugar thereon, and eat there of one hower, before meate, this is good allsoe to digest Mellancholly and if you thinke yr Spleene be full of wine, make a playter of Stone pitch, and Laye it to yr Side, Lett it Lye there untill it fall of, This is good allsoe to drawe wind from the kidney or Lungs being Soe aplyed A Speciall Medecine, for the, Jaundies, or any Stoping of the Livar ~ Take three Spoonfulls of hulled barley pick it and wash it cleane, and Seeth it as is occostemed, with fayre water, keepe the barly, Soe Sodden, till you have, the reast of the things ready take of red dock rootes, washed cleane, the hard pith, taken out of them, and, Slyced very Small one ounce; of the rootes of Sycorie, likewise made cleane, pithed and Slyced, the rootes of russcus, and the rootes of asparragus of each of these three, halfe an ounce, Raysons of the Sun the Stones taken out, two ounces, putt all these into a gallon of cleare, running water, Sett them to boyle with a Soft fiar, till you thinke a pint be consumed, then putt thereto of egromonie Sycorie, came, pitheos, cytrach, or Aspleno, Harts toung of each of these, hearbes halfe a handfull earth woormes, prepared, and dryed, the wayt of three french crownes, boyle all togeather, till you thinke another pint be consumed and wasted, then Straine all through a faire cloth and keepe ~ the Liquor in an earthen, Vessell, if you make a pint of allmond, milke, you must take two ounces or more, because there will be Loss, of bitter allmonds, blanch them in warme water, and Lett them be putt into cold water, the Space of halfe an howar, beat them and the barly togeather very Small in the beating, Sprinkle, them with redd rose water, and putt to, by Little and Little, Soe mutch of the Liquor, made with the, rotes hearbes and other thinges afore written, as will make milke according to the allmonds, you must make it pleasant, with Sugar according to yr tast be it more or Less ~ A Very good Medecine for the, Spleene ~ Take the gaule of an ox or two and for every gaule take one pottle of Vineger, boyle them togeather till halfe be consumed, and with the Liquor all to, bath yr Side, before the fiar, then take a peece of blue woollen cloth, wett it well in the Liquor, and as hott as you may Suffer it Laye it to yr Side, weare it all daye, use thus to doe every morning and in Short time it will take awaye all Swelling of the Spleene, Allsoe the outward barke of the rootes of young ashes or when the Strengh is not in the rootes, ashing keyes, boyled in wine with a Little Sugar and ~ dranke is good for the Same disease ~ For the openning of the Spleene, and to abate, anie ~ Swelling thereof, and to take awaye the Paine ~ Take of feather few, Tameris, cammomill, mullen leaves of evirie one a handfull, Stampe, them and putt to them, halfe a pint of oyle of capors, ad thereto as mutch buttar as will covar it Seeth it till it be greene, then, Straine it and there with anoynte the place, first and Last ~ For the Stoping, opilation or Hardnes of the Spleene ~ Take Sothern wood the tops of rosemary, costmary, mints bug lose, the leaves of eldar or wall woort, rue, woorme wood, brookelyme, lavandar cotton, cammomill of every one ~ two handfulls, lavendar, or young, Speeke two handfulls and a halfe, blacke, Snayles four pound new  33 A Medicine for the Pluresey ~ Take of the balls of the dounge of horses that are kept in the House Stirr them well togeather either in ale or beare, Straine it out that it maye well, for Strenght, but not to thick or to fullsome to drinke, unto a quart of that drinke putt a good Spoonefull or more of treacle, and a race of ginger, grated Small, drinke a competent draught there of morning, and evening ~ Lett the patient patient, keepe his bed: after, either of the times, lying uppon that Side where the paine is, and bring himselfe into a moderate Sweate if he cann, this drinke will take awaye any Stich, and, exspell the pluresey, if it be taken att first, or in time, but if it grow to exstremity, besides the use of this drinke, take a good, quantytie of brooklime, Shred it Small and boyle it in Soe mutch, brooke water, as will make the hearbes very tendar add therto a good peece of Sheepe, Sewett, Shred very Small, the caule or the part about the kidney is best when it is Sufficiently Sodden, putt it into two Linnen bags, and applye the one as hott as the patient can Suffer it to the place greeved, and when that groweth Somwhat cold, applye the othar, and then againe the first, being made very warme continue Soe one after another for a good Space and in 24: howers, it will not onlie ease the paine, butt perfectlie cure the pluresey as it ~ hath, beene exsperienced ~ A Medecine for Stich, and, is allsoe good for a Pluresey ~ Take a quince costard cutt of the crowne, and core it, then take olibanum fineley beaten and of a peach Stone, and an acron, greated, alike quantitie, of ginger and cammomill, halfe Soe mutch, a Little Sugar, then Laye on the crowne againe and Sett it on the embars, till it be througly roasted, then give it to the patient ~ An outward Medecine To Coole the Livar ~ Take two, Spoonefulls of Juice of house like otherwise called Sell greene, as mutch of the Juice of ~ Sorrell, putt thereto 12 Spoonefull of red rose water, and twice Soe mutch of woomans milke, putt all these into a platter, and Sett it over a chafing dish of coales, to warme, putt thereto, a heaped Spoonefull of Saunders, Stirr, these, togeather, when it is warme take one halfe of a red rose cake and Laye the upside of it downeward, in the Liquor, when it is warme Laye it to yr Side, butt lett it Lye noe forwardar, then the Side of yr Briskett, though it doe reach over yr back: backwards it forceth not, butt in anywise lett it not come over any part of yr Stomack: Rowle it on with a cloth and Lett it lye 24 howers, then warme it againe or change it and Laye on a new one this doe for the Space of a weeke, then leave it for the Space of another weeke, then as you See cause use it againe, as before, this doe Soe Long as you have occassion and it will healp you ~ A Medecine for the Swelling of the Spleene ~ Take of woormewood, mint, fetherfew, each an handfull: chopp them togeather very Small, then take the crumms of Sharpe, Leavened, breade to the quantytie of halfe yr hearbes, mingle these well togeather, then take a pint of good white wine vinegar, Sett it on the fiarr in a ~ Skillett, and when it doth, boyle powre in yr, Stuff, Softlie with one hand, and Stirr it with the other hand, untill it be thick as dough: then take it off and putt it betwixt, the foldes ~ of a cloth and, laye it to yr Side, Some what hott, Shift it every two or three dayes and it will healp you ~  32 A Drinke to break the Pluresey, and, to drawe, it from the Side ~ Take two, knots of horse dunge to a pint of white wine, or ale, putt it into a pewtar pott, or Stone Jugg, and when it doth boyle putt yr, knotts hole there in, and putt thereto a race of ginger, being being cleane Scraped, and bruised a Little, and Soe Lett them, Symbar, Softly togeather, uppon the embars, without Stirring, untill a quarter of the Liquor be consumed, then take it off the fiar and power of the clearest of the Liquor and Straine it, This quantytie will be Sufficient to drinke att twice, and when they drinke it lett them putt Soe mutch Sugar, to it as will make it pleasant, and lett it be Somewhat warme, drink this, first and, last, as you See cause, and itt will help you A Medecine, to trye, a Pluresey: from, a Stich, and, is good, for the Stich ~ Take a pint of oates, and halfe a pint of baye Salt, mix them well togeather and putt them into a frying pann, Sett them over the fiar and parch them well: Sprinkling them often with, vinegar when they be through hott putt them into, two Linnen baggs, and Laye one of them as hott as can Suffer it to the place, wheare the paine is, if it be a Stich it will Shift, then follow it with the other bagg, and allwayes as they be cold, warme them in the frying pann as att the first this doe as you Shall find neede, following the Stich as it doth Shift with the baggs and it will help you if it be a Stich, elce not, if it be a pluresey it will abide Still in one place and thereby you Shall know it: probatumest ~ To make, Possett Ale, for the Stich ~ Take a quart of posset ale and of pennieroyall, and Stick wort of each a handfull: putt these into yr ale and lett them boyle togeather, untill the hearbes, boyle yellow, then putt a Little ~ buttar to it, and take it off and use it as followeth, Take the powdar of one acorne, and the Like quantytie of broome Seeds, and twice Soe mutch annisseeds, halfe a dozen commin Seeds, finely beaten, mingle all these powdar togeather and keepe it for yr use when you doe feele yr greife, take halfe a Spoonefull thereof, and drinke a good draught of yr posset ale, to drive it downe; before you mingle the powdars, togeather putt thereto as mutch Sugar finely, beaten as there is powdar, this doe as you Shall feele cause and it will healp you ~ Another Medecine for a Stich ~ Take a Turfe of the payring of a flowar, where mutch going is, broyle it uppon a gridiron and bast it with vinegar on both Sides, when it is well broyled, putt it betwixt the foldes, of a Linnen cloth, and laye it to the place where yr paine, is as hott as hott as you can Suffer it as the paine Shifteath, follow is withall you must drinke of the powdar of baye barries, doe this, as Long as you Shall feele cause and it will healp you ~ A Medecine for the openning the Livar, the Spleene and the Gaule ~ And for the Stoping of the Lunges, with a great Cough ~ Take of fennell rootes, perseley rootes, and Sycorie rootes, and the yellowest of dock roots, of each a handfull, a Little of the barke of an ash, the outside being Scraped off, boyle these in a gallon of running, water Scumming it cleane, then put in a penyworth of mayden hayre, as mutch of Sydrake, 4 or 5 good, Sticks of Liquorisse, Scraped and bruised, and putt them therein, as allsoe one ounce, of Annisseedes, lett, these boyle togeather, untill a quart of the water be consumed, then putt into the Same, a penyworth of red Saunders, and Lett it boyle togeather, Softly, a quarter of an hower, after, Straine it into a cleane, Vessell, and after it hath Stood a quarter of an hower, powar out the cleare there off: and putt it into a pipkin, adding, thereto: [1?] of of raisons of the Sun, a quarter of a pound of currants, halfe a pint of capors watered, Soe Lett it boyle till the raisons be tendar, take take there of a Spoonfull att a time mornings and att foure of the clock, in the afternoone ~  31 Pluresey ~ Stich ~ Spleene ~ Livar ~ To make a Tistant, to unstop, the Liavr and, the Spleene, it is allsoe ~ Good, to Digest, Melanchollie, and to Purge, the Pluresey ~ Take two gallons of fayre water putt it into a pipkin, and when it doth Seeth Scumm it cleane, and putt thereto, two Small, handfulls of the beast of the fennel, rootes, being used as in the, former medicines, is Sett downe, the, Like quantitye of perseley rootes, the, like of Dock rootes, that looke most yellow, both being, cleane, Scraped, washed, and picked, as the other rootes, then putt ~ all these into the water, and Soe, let them, boyle, for the, Space of halfe an hower and Scumm ~ them cleane, Then putt thereto, two ounces mayden haire, one ounce of Sydrake, one handfull of the Leaves of wild, tayssly, as mutch of Violett leaves as mutch of endive, and two handfulls of egromony, halfe a pound of, Liquoress being cleane, Scraped and bruised with a hamer, two ounces of annisseeds, being well rubbed with a cloth, and winnowed cleane, putt all these into yr Liquor, and let them boyle, Leasurelye, a good while, untill it become unto a very pleasant tast then take it from the fiar, and Lett it Stand in the Same, pipkin, you must take it in this Sort ~ Take 20 almonds, blanched, grinde them, Small in a morter, as you grind them, temper it with ~ 6 or 7 Spoonefulls of yr Liquor, and when they are ground very Small, and well tempered with the water, then, Straine it and warme it and drink, thus mutch att a time, ever when you doe feele any pricking, or paine either in yr chest or Sides, and thinke good, doe this and you Shall find ease ~ An assured, good, Medecine for the Plurecey ~ Take a Lapfull of Brooklime, cutt of the roote, wash the hearbes and chopp them Small as you would doe hearbes for the pott, then putt them into a sufficient, quantytie of water, and putt thereto, halfe a pound of Sheeps caule, being chopped as it weare for puddings boyle them togeather untill the hearbes begin to looke yellow, then, take wheat brann, and as you doe Stirr it with one hand putt in the brann with the other hand, this doe untill it be thick enough to make a playter, thereof, then take it off the fiar, and putt there off, betwix two folde of a cloth and laye it to the Side where the paine is as Hott as you can endure it, and as it cooleth ~ putt it into the pott againe, and take of the Hott, and putt into yr cloth, and Laye it to yr Side as before, this doe untill yr paine be gone, and if yr Stuff doe wax to thick, you maye putt more water, and of the Same tallow, to it, and boyle it and Stirr it, well as before, and as you doe applye this medecine, you must eate of this receit following, to cleanse the corruption downeward Take a good roasting apple, cutt of the topp of it, and take out the coare, then fill up the hole with olibanum, being beaten, or elce with the white of Frankensense, being cutt very Small then covar yr apple with the top, and Sett it uppon a fiar Shovell, before the fiar, and Lett it roast very Soaft, then take it and wring it presantlye, togeather into a Sawcer, and temper it togeather as hott as you cann, as you doe temper it Lett one Scrape, Sugar uppon it, and when it is Sweet enough, lett the partie eate it as hott as he cann, doe this continually after dinner and Supper, Soe long as you Shall See cause, and it will Scowar, the corruption from you ~ Another Medecine for the Plureseye ~ Make a cake of leaven, dough, and bake it uppon the hearth, when it is baked, if the pluresey be on both Sides, cleave yr cake in the midst, if it be but in one Side, then leave, the one Side thickar ~ then, othar, and Spread the thickar Side with tarr and Soe laye it to yr Side or Sides, as hott as you can Suffer it, and when it doe wax cold, toast it before the fiar, Spread it againe, wth Tarr and Laye it to yr Side as before, when you doe applye this medecine you mjust withall take this drink Following, Take hearb grass, Stamp it and Straine it with a draught of ale, and when it is ~ Strained, putt therto as mutch treacle, as the quantytie of a halfe nutt, warme it a Little and ~ Stirr it togeather, and Lett the partie drinke it, doe this three mornings fasting and it will healp you, This medecine of the cake and tarr being used as is heare, Sett downe, will ripen and breake any Impostumation either in the back or Sides ~ probatum, est ~  30 For a Cold or Cough, and maye be given to young or old ~ Take a pint of running water, as manie blue currants as will Lye in the palme of yr hand a Spoonfull of annisseedes, a pretty quantitye of Liquoriss boyle them all togeather, till the water Looke, yellowish then putt in as mutch white Sugar candy as will make it Sweet, take there of 3 or 4 Spoonfulls att night going to bed or att any other time of the daye warme or cold ~ A Medecine or buttard: beare for the cold: ~ Take of Rosmary, Sweet mariorum and Sage of each a handfull, boyle them in Strong beare, with cloves nuttmeggs, Synamon, buttar and an egg or two, make buttard beare to drinke morning, and to bedward Sweeten it with Sugar, Make a bath of cammomill, baye leaves and Lavandar and Lett the patient bath and Sweet a Little in it, and annoynte the, Stomacke and Limes with capons grease and aquavite For the Lunges ~ Mr Hesket ~ Take comfrey rootes: 3: handfulls, Stampe them Smale, red rose, leaves, bettanye, plantain, pimpernell polligon, Scabius, Tuslaginis, of every one, two handfulls, putt them in two gallons of water and Seeth them to three quarts, then Straine them, and putt to the Liquor, two pound and halfe of Sugar, and Seeth it to a Surupp, Take halfe an ounce of it first and Last and in the midle ~ time of the daye and rubb yr breast with the oyle of mace ~ To Procure Sleepe, and, Staye the Cough ~ Take two heads of white poppie, huske and Seedes, cutt them in 4 or 5 peeces, boyle them in, three parts of a pint of fayre running water, to halfe a pinte, and with that water, Strained, from the Husks and Seeds, and aboutte, 20 almonds, blanched, make almond milke, Sweeten it with Sugar, and you please add to the Same, the quantitie of a bigg, hasle nutt of conserve of redd roses, and give it to the patient to drinke att night, when he Settleth, himselfe to rest and it will cause good effects, ~ See for a Broath, for a cold, amonst the, Brothes, prescribed by Dor: Arslowe ~ ~ Another Receipt for a Cough: ~ Take 4 ounces of conserve of red roses, 2 ounces of White Sugar candy and of brown 2 ounces of raisons of the Sunne Ston’d, beat all these together in a Stone mortar till they come to one Substanee; then put to it 12 dropps of the Oyle of Sulphur Six dropps of the Oyle of Vitrioll, beat them altogether till they bee all of a Colour they take the Quantity of a Walnut, fasting an hoar after it and at night when yu goe to bed: ~ Lozenges for a Cold: Mrs Ireland Way: ~ Take a pound of Double refind Sugar, halfe a pound of White Sugar Candy, 3 graines of Pearl in fine powder, 2 graynes of muske as much of Amber greece melt these in red rose water, with a little Lemmon pill grated, and a Very Little juice of Lemmon, put in the juice but just before yu dropp it intoe Little Cakes, yu must boyle it to a Candy heigth, before ye put in the juice of Lemmons, which must be but very little ~ ffor a Cold Drop of Balsome of Sulphur made upp With Spirit of Turpentine 15, 16 , (or 20 droppe of it bee thinn) intoe one ounce of powder Sugar and mix it well together you may send for 2 dramms of the Balsome of Sulphur Doctor Cole  29 Cast awaye the greggs, and every morning and att night give the partie, nine Spoonefulls to drinke and it will have effectuall operation ~ A Speciall good Medicine, and, will keepe those that Doe use To take it, from falling into a Consumtion ~ Take two new layd eggs and Sett them into the embars untill they be through warme, butt Lett not the ~ white be hard, then make little holes in the tops of them, and power, forth the whites as cleane as you can, and fill upp yr eggs with red rose water, powder of Synamon, and Sugar, then warme them againe in the embars and Soe eat them, use this and you Shall find it very effectuall ~ A Verye good Medicine for the Cough ~ Take english honey, halfe Soe mutch Sweet buttar, as mutch of the Juice of Isopp as you may guesse to be the quntitye of a quartar of the honey, and buttar, boyle these a Little togeather, Stiring it well, when it is cold make a toast and eate of this 3 or 4 mornings, if the cough be Soe exstreame that is goe not awaye att first within 2 or 3 dayes use those tost againe, and by gods healp you Shall find great ease ~ An aproved medicine for a cough or for a colde and for breaking of Fleame ~ Take Isope, balme, horehound, peneroyall, and prim rose, leaves, of all these togeather about a ~ handfull ~ one Spoonefull of annyseeds, bruised, one Spoonfull of Liquorise Sliced very fine ~ putt all these togeather in a pint of good ale, with a Little Sweete buttar and a Little ~ Sugar candy, Seeth all these togeather untill, a quartar of it be Sodden awaye, then Straine, it through a fine cloth, and drinke of it morning and evening: 4 or 5: Spoonfull att a time as warme as you cann A Medicine for the Stopping of the Pipes ~ Take a handfull of featherfew, Seeth it in a pottle of Smale, beare, untill the halfe be consumed ~ then Straine it and putt to the drinke three ounces of honey and one ounce of Liquorise, and the Like quantitye of anniseeds, beaten into powdar, Seeth them a Little and drinke it first and Last ~ A Medicine for the cough, with Shortness of breath, it hath cured, Some ~ Troubled there with, togeather with a continuall feavar; La Russell ~ Take of Scabius, and cardus benedictus of each a Like quantitye, boyle them with Liquoriss and anniseeds in a quantytie of water from a quart to a pint, and to halfe a pint there of putt, 3 Spoonefulls of Sirupp, of Vinegar, water and Sugar, called, Syrrupus, Acetosus, Simpt and Soe drinke it warme or rather cold, which is deemed bettar ~ A Powder good to breake, and help a great Cold ~ Take anniseeds and Liquoriss of an ounce, ginger, alicampane rootes, the Lunges of a fox, of each the weight of eight pence, make all these into fine powder, and putt thereto halfe a pound of fine Sugar Searse all these through a fine hayre Searce mix them all togeather with the Sugar and eate thereof as you find occation ~ To cutt and Voyde, tough, Fleame, in young or old: ~ Take wine vinargar, Issop water, Sallett oyle, white Sugar candye of each a pretty quantytie boyle them togeather, uppon a Soft fiar and give the patient a Spoonefull att a time ~  28 To Make a Water of Liquoriss to cure the Stoping of the Lunges To healpe the Shortness of the breath or Losse of Speech, the ~ Which cometh of the Suffocation of the Lunges ~ Take a quart of faire water and when it doth Seeth, Scum it well, then take, three good, Liquoriss, Sticks, Scrape them cleane, and bruise, them with a hamer, very mosie but not to powder, then cutt them in peeces of an Inch and halfe long, and Soe putt them into yr water and Lett it boyle, till it doe tast Strong of the Liquoress, and Looke of a deepe yellow, then putt thereto as mutch Sugar as as the quantitye of a good apple, Lett it Seeth and ~ Scum it very cleane, Soe take it off and putt it into a: and take continually of it in this Sort, hold one of the Sticks of Liquorise in yr mouth and wett it often in the Liquor, Soe Suck the Liquor from it, and when it is drye wett it againe, thuss doe continually till you find ease and Somtimes take a Spoonefull of the Liquor and Lett it goe Softlie downe, there is noe ~ healp in any medicine unless it be trulie ministred according to the true prescription there of, This water, helpeth allso the plurisie, being being dillegently taken in Sutch: Sort as is heare Sett downe ~ probatum est ~ A Tistant: Either for Lunges or Stomacke ~ Take harts toung, livarwort and Longwort, colts foote, mayden haire, a Little: ellacampana rootes, raisons of the Sunn Stoned, Sum Loquoriss, Scraped and Stamped, aniseeds, bruised, lett all these be boyled togeather in faire running water according to the quantytie of the hearbes and when it is Sodden, Sufficiently that the Virtue of the hearbes be in the water Straine it, and drinke att any time when you will ~ To Make a Powder for the Same, to be: eate with ~ Meate, Insteed: of Salt, using, it but now, and then ~ Take the lunges of a fox wash it in white wine and Laye it in whit wine 12 howers, drye it in a faire cloth, and Sett it into an oven, till it be Soe drye as it maye be beate to powder, putt to it a Little powder of Liquoriss, finely beaten, a Little any Seeds, fine lye beaten into powder a Little Sugar candy allsoe made into powder, Lett the greatest quantitye be of the fox Lunges when you eate not of this powder, take 2 or 3 times a daye, Some conserve of Red roses ~ A Medicine for one, that, is in a consumtion ~ Take a quartar of a pinte of new milke, as it cometh from the cow, or goates milke, and use it after ~ this manner, take a new Layd egg, and poach it as, keare as you can possible, then taking it out of the water, putt the yelke into the Milke, Stir it a Little uppon a Soft fier, not Suffering it to boyle ~ Sweeten it with manas christie, or good Sugar, and drink it in the morning fasting: and att night when you goe to bedd ~ Another Medicine for a consumtion ~ Take a pinte of milke as it cometh from the cow, a pinte of redd rose water, the yeolkes of 30 new layde eggs, one ounce of, Sinamon, bruised, putt all these into a disstillatorie, and disstill it with a Soft fiar use a Spoonefull or two thereof in Sutch, broth as you eate or in any other thing, att any time when you please this is good to use in the former receipt ~ A Medicine for the Chine cough, and, cough, of the Lunges, many: times, exsperienced: Take 2 or 3 handfulls of, Scabius 3 or 4 rootes of enulacampana, Scrape them, Slice them and bruise them in a mortar, likewise, gallingalle, cutt and bruised, with fennell rootes, the like quantytie then take a pottle of good ale and putt the rootes into it, bruise the Scabius with yr hands in the midst and putt it into the ale and let it boyle from a pottle to a quart, when it is allmost Sodden putt it into a bason and Lett it Settle about 10 houers, then take the uper most of it putt it into a cupp cast  27 Full of redd rose water to quaile it with, then take it off the fier and lett it Stand a while then take a course holland cloth, and wett it and wring, the water cleane out of it, then power yr Liquor, thereon, and hold itt or hange it uppon a pinn, Soe thet the whaye maye dropp from it, and when it hath done dropping, take out the Stuffe and putt it uppon a dish putt thereto a pound of Sugar finely beaten, then Sett them uppon a chaffing dish of coales and Stirr them well togeather Soe let them boyle for the Space of half an hower, then take it off and when it is cold putt it in a glass or gally pott and keep it for yr use, when you doe use it, eate therof, first and last and att other times of the daye, att yr discretion, and you Shall find ease A Medicine for the Bleeding of the Lunges ~ Take a Spoonefull of the powdar of corrall being finely beaten, and Six Spoonfulls of the ~ conserve of red roses, mingle these well togeather and eate thereof, divers times in the daye and with all you must eate very often both by daye and night of the conserve of ~ redd roses alone, the conserve that must Searve for this greife must be made with 3 pound of Sugar, to a pound of red rose leaves, the whites being clipped off, use, this and it will in Short time help you To Make a Barley Creame that is good for: ~ All Disseases: of the Lunges, or anye hott, Pickness: ~ Take a quarter of a pound of french barley wash it cleane, boyle it in faire water, and ~ when the water is red, Shift it into hott water and boyle it againe, thuse doe Soe long ~ as the water doe change to red, then putt thereto a fennel roote, and 2 or 3 persley rootes being picked and Scraped, and Lett it boyle untill it be thicke like, frumentye then take it off putt it into a bason or earthen vessell and let it Stand all night, then take a quarter of a pound of almonds, blanch them in cold water and grinde them in a mortar wth 5: or: 6 Spoonefulls of yr boyled barley, with the liquor untill the Almonds be very Small, then Straine it with this water following, Take of Violett leaves of Synk foyle, Strawberrie leaves, ~ endive, of each alike quantytie, Soe that you have in all a great handfull, boyle all ~ these togeather, in faire water, with a good Liquorise Stick cleane, Scraped and bruised and when it hath boyled well, Straine yr allmonds there with, this proportion of ~ Allmonds and barly will Serve to make a pint of creame, and when it is Strained putt there to 3 or 4 Spoonefulls of red rose water and Soe mutch Sugar as will make it pleasant, and drinke thereof, warmed, in the morning afternoone, and going to bedd, you must drink it ~ Leasurely a pint will be Sufficient for a daye, the rest of yr boyled barley will Searve for twice or thrice more or perhaps oftner, Lett it be allwayes Soe thick as good, almond milke, in wintar it will keepe two dayes, butt in Sumar, you must make it fresh every daye To make a Tistant for those that have, the Cough, of the Lunges ~ And will Healpe them though, they be entred into the first ~ And: Second: degree of a Consumtion ~ Take a gallon of good Smale ale put it into an earthen pipkin, boyle it and Scum it cleane, then putt thereto, a great handfull of Sage, as mutch of pennyroyall, one handfull of fennell rootes cleane Scraped, washed and pilled from the pith, as in the former medicine, with; 6: persley rootes dressed in the Same Sort, Lett all these, boyle togeather, and when it is cleane Scumed ~ putt thereto: 3: good Spoonfulls of annisseeds, cleane picked and a Little bruised, 3: ounces ~ of Liquorise cleane Scraped and bruised with a hamer, halfe a pound of Razins, the Stones being taken out, ten figgs, quartered: in foure peeces, then boyle all all these togeather on a Soft: fier, untill allmost the one halfe be consumed then take it off, and Lett it Stand in the Same pipkin, and drinke thereof as you doe the other Medicines, and it will help you ~  26 Lungs Cough A Medicine for the Cough of the Lungs and will healpe Them that have had it, Longe time Take the hearbe caled foale foot, drye it and make it into powder then take a Chafing dish of coales and putt of this powder uppon the coales, then take a funnell and cover the coales there with, Hold yr mouth to the Small end of the funnell, and take the ~ Steame att yr mouth noe hotter then you cann well endure, doe this in the Morning and att night, first and, Last for the Space of 3 or 4 dayes, and if yr cough come of a Hott, Rhewme it will drye upp the Rhewme and healp you ~ A Possett ale: for the Cough that cometh of an hott Rhewme, Make a quart of cleare possett ale, made of ale: then take of Sinecle and foule foote of each one handfull, putt them into yr possett ale with a Stick, of Liquoresse cleane Scraped ~ and bruised, boyle all these togeather untill halfe a pint be consumed, then putt it in a pott and drinke thereof warmed in the morning fasting, in the afternoone, and att night when you goe to bedd: drinke it Leasurly a good quantity att a time, continue it as you find cause ~ A Medicine for, an Hott Rhewme ~ Take a quart of faire water and boyle it with a good peece of white bread untill halfe a pint be consumed, then putt thereto as mutch Sugar as will make it Sweet, putt it upp in a pott and cover it close and drinke thereof divers times in a daye, butt before you drinke thereof, putt up the Vuola of yr mouth with yr thumb, drinke it Leasurely, a good draught att a time, then take the Quilt for the rhewme which is written before in this ~ Booke made of Sage, baye Salt, brann: and flax and Laye it to yr head as is there exspressed ~ A Medicine and Quilt for those that have, a drye: and Weake, cough ~ Which cometh of the drinese of the Lungs or of a Salt Rhewme ~ The which is most incielent to them that are Aged ~ Take a peece of Linnen cloth of the compass of yr breast, cutt it Soe that it maye be fastned be hinde yr neck: then take blacke wooll, toose it Light, and bast it Lightlye uppon the cloth the compase of yr breast, that it maye come close upp to yr throate, and camell bones then moysten it with the oyle of Sweet Almonds and Laye it to yr breast, venue the moytning once or twice a weeke as you Shall See cause, and with all take the Syropp of Liquorise or Scabios which you Shall find written amongst the Syrops, you must take it in this Sorte lick it out of a Sawcer wth a Liquoriss Stick, being Jagged att the end, and Soe Suck it from the Stick and Swallow it Leasurely doe this divers times in the daye and it will help you all Siropps for the Lungs must be taken in this Sort ~ To Make a conserve for the Same Greife Take a quarter of a pound of almonds and Laye them to blanch in cold water, the Space of: 2: dayes and: 2: nights then blanch them and wipe them cleane with a cloth, then take an ounce of the, kernalls of pineaples and pick them verye cleane, beat the almonds and them togeather, in a mortar, then take of redd rose water, Isopp water, and horehound water of each a like quantytie, to the quantitye of a good pint in the whole, temper yr almonds ~ and kernalls there with, as you beate them, and Soe beat them very Small, then Straine it and Sett it uppon the fier in a Skillett and when it doth Seeth putt thereto a Sawcer full  22 Throate ~ A Medicine for a Sore throate ~ Take halfe a handfull of cullembine leaves, and the like quantytie of Synck foyle, boyle these in a pint of new milke, and drinke thereof divers times in a daye, as hott as you cann use this, as you Shall have neede, and it will healpe you, or elce take a Jews eare, and putt in yr drinke, and drinke thereof att yr meales, and att other times, and this allsoe will help you ~ Anoather for the Same ~ Take the conserve of blackberries, that doe growe uppon brambles, and eate a god quantytie thereof in the morning, att middaye, and att night, and it will help you, you Shall finde the making thereof ~ amongest other conserves in this Booke ~ A Medicine for the Quinsey or Swellinge ~ of the kernalls in the throate ~ Take a redd cocke, of a yeare old, or more, cutt of the Leggs, and Slitt him in the back, and Soe Laye him about ~ the Sore part of yr neck, the gutts and all as warme as you cann, and let it Lye there the Space of 12 houres, and it will Swage yr kernalls ~ Anoather for the Same ~ Take pampilion, an oyntment that you Shall finde, hear after in this booke, and anoynte the place, divers times in the daye, and in time it will asswage the Swelling of it, or anye other Swelling in the neck, if it be taken before it be growne to putrification ~ A Gargle for a Sore Throate ~ Take a quart of Springe water. Lett it boyle a Litle, on the fier, then take of collembine, of Synckque foyle, of plantaine, and of honey Suckle leaves, of each an handfull, 5: figgs cutt in peeces, halfe an ounce of quince Seedes, and if it be a cold Rhewme, add thereto a Litle Sage, elce not, when it is halfe boyled, putt to it as mutch clarified honey, as will Somewhat alter the coler of it, and when it hath boyled a Litle, togeather, take it upp, and Straine it, and use it evening and morning, being gargled Somewhat hott, continue it as you Shall See cause ~ allsoe rice, and white Salt mingled togeather and dryed uppon a very hott fier, Shovell, and Soe made into fine powder, is good for the Same disease ~ A good Medicine for the kings evill: beinge, used, in time att the Begineing And, is good for anye other Swellinge in the throate, or anye, other, part of the Body Take a prettye quantitie of Slices of course breade, either of wheat or rye, that is Strong of the leaven, and an handfull of redd, dryed rose leaves, boyle these in a quart of beare, and when it becometh Somwhat thick, putt thereto 4 or 5 Spoonefulls of English hony, and on a cloth applye it warme to the palce greived, after 12 houers thift it, and applye fresh as you Shall See occation ~ For a Sore throate a Gargle, ~ Take a handfull of Isopp, 3 or 4 figgs, Some raisons of the Sunn, Stoned, 3 or 4 Spoonefulls, of annyseed, and Liquorise cleane Scraped, boyle all togeather, and when the Strengh of the hearbes is well out, putt in a Spoonfull of honey, lett it boyle till the Scumm, riseth, then clarifie it, and there with, Somthing warme, gargle often For the Rickits ~ Take 12 good Spoonefulls of harts, tounge, water, 4 Spoonefulls of Sirrup of clove gilly flowers, Arkermist as mutch as: a good hasell nutt, with: 5: dropps of Spiritt of Sulpher, give of this cordiall: 3 good Spoonefulls, first in the morning, and Last and night, for, 3 dayes togeather and rest 3 dayes, take it this manner till the dose be done, the child must eate noe milke ~  21 Anoather Medicine for the Same ~ Take as mutch alybaster, as the quantitye of a Little tenis ball, heat it redd hott in the fier putt it Soe hott into halfe a pint of white wine, Stirr it with a Spoone, untill the alybaster be disolved, then take a Spoonefull thereof, and applye it to yr tooth, where the pain is, after a little Space, Spitt out that, and take as mutch more, Soe continue it and you Shall find ease An approved Medicine for a Disease ~ In children called the Thrushe ~ Take aboute a Spoonfull of English Honey, and clarifie it, putt thereto as mutch of the ~ powder of burnt allome, as will Lye on a penny, Soe mutch mosse of a blacke thorne, burnt to ashes, as will Lye on a peece of two pence, and a Litle wheat flower, boyle all togeather a very litle, Take the quantitye of halfe a pease thereof, att a time, on the topp of yr Little finger, and there with: annoynte the inside if the childes Lipps, doe it often: and in few dayes it with help Teeth: ~ Take Sage, and rosemary, and organe, and rootes of pellitory of Spaine, of each two handfulls butt of the pellitory, one ounce, boyle all these in a pint of rose water, untill it be halfe consumed, then Straine the hearbes from the water, and putt the water into a bottle, close Stopped, and you must putt into it 2 ounces of bay Salt, when you use it, you must putt a quarter of a Spoonefull uppon a course towell, Soe rubb yr teeth every Morning ~ For the Toothach ~ Take white wine vinegar, a quarter of a pinte, and a handfull of hysop, and boyle it a quarter of an howrer, or better, and take a Spoonefull or two very hott, and hold it in the midst of the mouth, where the paine most is, put that out, and Soe doe untill the paine be a Swaged ~  20 Skumm it cleane, and Soe take it off, and putt all togeather in a pott, and use it as followeth take a Sawcer full of this water, with Some of the leaves, of Sage, wood bind, and plantaine and when it is warme, take a cleane cloth, and lapp it about yr forefinger, then wett it in the liquor, and rubb there with yr mouth, and gummes, and under yr tongue, and then Spitt it out, and laye of the leaves about the gummes, and under the tongue ~ letting them lye there a little while, then Spitt them out, you must dresse it in the morning fasting, about 4 of the clocke in the afternoone and againe when you goe to bedd: if the disease be in the throate, lapp yr cloth about the end of a flatt Stick and lett it hang an inch over the end of the Stick, then fasten it with a threade and wett it in the Liquor, and Soe wash yr throate, there with, and after wash yr ~ mouth with the Liquor, allsoe doe this as often as occasion is ~ A Medicine for the Rhewme in the teeth ~ or Gummes, Mrs Maynard Take two or three quinces, as they come from the tree, if you can gett noe Sutch ~ quinces, others that have bene kept to bake will Serve, boyle them in faire, runing water, till the water be very Strong of the quinces, then take out yr quinces and putt into the liquor one handfull of sinck foyle, with a handfull of spearmint and lett them boyle togeather, till the hearbes be tender, then take the water from the hearbes, and putt it into a glasse, and keepe it for yr use, it will last all the yeare, and allwayes when yr paine, increaseth, take a Little of it in a Sawcer, and heat it upon a few: coales, then wash yr gumes: and garle it: and in 2 or 3 times using it you Shall find ease A very good Medicine for the toothache ~ Take of Isope, and Sage, of each 3 or 4 cropps, one rootes of henbane, if not the roote, then take, halfe a dramm of the Seede, pellitory of Spaine, Staveaker, of each gale, of camphora, one Scruple of alani halfe an ounce, honey one Spoonefull, Vinigre one pint, and of rose water: 12 Spoonefulls boyle: all these togeather, till one part be consumed, then putt it into a glasse, and with three Spoonefulls of this warmed, wash yr teeth every Morning ~ A Medicine for a Canker in the mouth or Throate: ~ Take of wine, vinigre, halfe a pint: a pretty handfull of the greene barke of elder, Scraped cleane, boyle it well till the Strenght be taken awaye, then take awaye the barke cleane, and putt thereto, three or foure Spoonefulls of honey, a good race of ginger, Searsed, or made into fine powder, boyle it a Litle, and with a cloth fastned, to a Stick, rubb well the Soare, twice or thrice a daye ~ For a Sore Mouth, that Children use to have in breeding of there, teeth ~ Take toade flax otherwise called Stagger wort, bruise the greene thereof well in yr hand: and: Laye a good quantitye, under the chinn, and Jawes of the childe, fasten it with a cloth, and change it once in 12 or 14 houres ~ For the toothache. an aproved Medicine ~ Take of the powder of Liquorisse: ginger: fennel, Seeth, of each two drames, and 3 drames of the Leaves of griganum made into powder, and there with fill the hollow tooth and it will presently ease ~ Anoather Medicine for the toothache ~ Take of the Juice ground sill: putt it in Some open glasse, or vessel, moysten Some crummes: of white bread in yr mouth, and make 2 or 3 like Small bulletts, or pease, Laye first one in the Juice a Little Space, and applye it to the akeing tooth, and when that groweth hott, applye anoather cold, and Soe continue it untill you find ease ~  19 Teeth ~ A Medicine for the toothach: ~ Take a Spoonfull of the powder of galls, and as mutch of the powder of rosemary. Cudds being dryed, take halfe as mutch of bruised pepper, and the like quantytye of the powder of allsome, then take as mutch honey, as will Serve the temper it well togeather, like a conserve and putt it upp in a pott, or box, and keep it for yr use, and when you doe use it, take a little of it, and make it in a ball, and if yr tooth be Hollow, putt it there in, if not ~ hold it betwixt yr teeth, and right uppon the tooth that aketh, and lett the water as it falleth, runn out of yr mouth, this will drawe downe the Rhewme, if it be a worme it will kill it, and it will burne upp the marrow, use this as you have occassion and it Will help you Anoather Medicine for the toothache ~ Take an henbane roote, Scrape it, and wash it cleane, then Slice it, and boyle it in a good good quantytie of wine vinegree, and three Spoonefulls of rose water, boyle these togeather uppon a chaffing dish of coales, in a platter, untill the vinegree be consumed, that it will Scarse cover the rootes, then take if of, and take one of the Slices, and hold it betwixt yr tooth, Somewhat warme, uppon the tooth that doth ake, and take a little of the liquor in yr mouth warme, and leave yr head on that Side yr greife is onn, and after that you have holden it in yr mouth, for the Space of halfe an houre, having changed twice or thrice, in that time, then putt it out, doe this as you Shall have occassion and you Shall find ease probatum A Medicine to Skower: the teeth: to make them cleane: and: Stronge ~ and to preserve: them from perishing: beinge: used: twice or thrice: a Weeke ~ Take of corrall, and of amber, being finely beaten, of each a Like quantitye, then blend them with as mutch honey, as will Serve to make it like a conserve, temper these well togeather then putt them into a glasse, and keepe it for yr use, and when you doe use it, take a Little of it on a course cloth, and rubb yr teeth there with, as mutch as a barley corne will Serve for all yr teeth A Medicine for those that have Loss there Speech ~ Either by Sicknes feare or otherwise ~ Take a primrose root, Scrape it cleane, then take a Slice of the inner part of it, of a good thicknes and putt it under the partyes tounge, then annoynte the noddle of his heade, the nape the nape of his neck, and about his eares, and Jawes, with the oyntment for the palsey you Shall finde the receite heare after in this boke, chafe it well, and lapp a Cloth a cloth about it, being butt warmed att the fier, and Soe lapp it upp close with Sufficient clothes, to keepe it warme, dresse him thus once in 12 houers, and continue it as you Shall See occassion, too mutch heat of the fier is hurtfull, to those that have the palsey butt warmth is good ~ A Medicine for those that have a Canker in theire Mouth ~ Take a pint of white wine, and as mutch of faire water, then take if the little Slipps of rosmary of hearbe grasse, otherwise called rue, and of Sage, of each of those halfe a handfull, and of woodbine leaves, and plantain leaves, of each of these an handfull, and when yr Liquor doth boyle, then putt in all these earbes, being cleane washed, and Soe lett them boyle ~ Softlye, untill the hearbes beegin to looke yellow, then putt thereto as mutch allome as will make the Liquor to tast very Sharpe, or rough uppon yr tounges, end, then putt thereto as mutch honey, as will make it Looke yellow, and to tast very Sweet, then Skumm  18 A Medicine for the Morfewe ~ Take the rootes of Bryany, Still them: drye in an oven, then burne them to ashes, in a fier Shovell: take the ashes thereof, and the meale of beares, a little cake of brimstone, and a little white vineger, and putt all these thinges into Stilled water, of elder flowers, and att the first mingling of them, Stirr all togeather, and with a Litle cloth dipped in this water, wett where the morfew is come out ~ Anoather Medicine for the Same: ~ Take fumitory and make there with a possett, and drinke of the possett ale in the morning ~ before you rise, and Sweat two houers after, then take the powder of Seeney, and Seeth it in ale, with annyseeds, and Sugar, and drinke thereof Likewise in the morning and then take a new layd egg, and laye it in white wine, vineger, for 24 houres after pricke the egg, with a pinn, and take that which cometh out, and anoynte the morfew and it will goe awaye ~ For any Swelling in the face ~ Take of the Juice of Selandine, and Rhewe, with the white of an egg, and wheat flower make thereof a Little pultes, mixing it well togeather, Spread it on Lock rome, annoynte the place with honey, and Soe applye it, till it fall of it selfe, ~ The Mirr Water Take a gallon of Snailes: Sprinkle them well with Sack: when they have Scowered them Selfes, take them out of there Shells: putt them into a Cold Still, and the Leafes of about: twenty white Lillies: Sprinkle: them well with Sack: take: two ounces of good mirr: bruise itt: and putt itt amongst: the Snayles: and Lillies ~ Still itt with a gentle fiar, itt will be two dayes a Stilling: I doe putt in a quart of beane blossoms: and a pinte of Sack ~ For Yallowness of the Skinne: ~ Putt a Spoonefull of mustarde Seede: into one pinte of whit wine the yeolkes of: 3: new Layd eggs, that are roasted harde, you must use itt nights only: and nott rubb: the Skinne: butt wipe itt with a wett Cloath: old Sherry Sack: make a possett of new milke, and the Juice of two Lemonds: wash the face: the next day with: ~ The Talke Water ~ Take: 4: ounces of white bejamen: putt itt into the recever of this following Liquor, take one pound of talke, one pound of bitter ~ allmonds: blanched: and beaten: one quart of white due Snayles, the blossoms of white Lillies: beans: and rosemary: of each: one handfull: putt all these together in a Still: with new milk: fill youre Still: ~  17 Face A Medicine to cure a face that is Red ~ and full of Pimples ~ Take two pennyworth of quick Silver, putt it in a little glasse, and putt thereto Soe mutch fasting Spittle, as will Serve to kill it, then Shake them well togeather, the quick Silver when it is killed will looke like dust, then take Sutch a Stone as painters doe grinde there cullers uppon, being cleane washed, and take of the oyle of bayes the quantytie of a good apple, grind yr quick Silver and it togeather uppon the Stone and temper it Still with wood bynde water, and Soe grinde it untill the oyntment doe looke very graye, then putt it in a box, and anoynte yr face there with, every evenning and morninge, for the Space of 14 dayes, keeping yr Selfe close in yr chamber all that time, and using the drinke following, one weeke before you applye the oyntment, all the time you doe applye it, and one weeke after; Take a quantitye of newe beare, and to every tenn gallons, take halfe a pound of mader, Stirr these well togeather, and putt them in a Vessell, and when they be Stale, drinke thereof both morning, and evening, and divers times in a daye, these being used as is a foresaide, will by gods help heale, butt for a Space of a Senight, yr face will looke worse then before, untill Sutch time as humor be killed, that is betwixt the flesh and the Skinn ~ A Medicine for those that have a flushing in there faces ~ and to cleare there faces of Wormes and Sutch like thinge, ~ Take a greate handfull of peach flowers, and of wild daysie flowers, and of the whitest wilde tansey, of each of these the like quantitye, putt all those in a pewter bason, and putt thereto a quart of new milke, from the cowe, then Sett it within yr Still, and when you have Stilled it, putt the water thereof into a glasse, and keep it for yr use ~ it will keepe good all the yeere, and when you have occassion to use, take 4 or 5 Spoonfulls thereof, and putt thereto of the clearest allome, as mutch as a great beane and wett there in a cloth: then wett the place, and laye the wett cloth uppon it when you goe to bed, and lett it lye att it all night, and in the morning, take of it wash all the face with the Same water, without allome, and Soe drye it with a cloth, Lett the partie doe this as they Shall have occassion, and it will healp them butt withall they must drinke a good draught of this water following, both in the morning fasting, and att foure of the clock in the afternoon, Take three pints of faire Spring water, or of running water, and when it doth Seeth, putt thereto a great crust of white bread, and when it hath boyled a good while, putt thereto as mutch Sugar as will make it pleasant, then take it off, and putt it in an earthen pott, cover it close and use it as afterward, this is good if the flushing proceed of heat in the liver or lounges, but if it proceed of cold in the Stomake, which doth commonly come of over mutch abstinence, Soe as when warme meat cometh to the Stomacke, it Striveth and ~ causeth the flushing in the face, then lett the partye use after there meat, to eate continually a popp of a toste, Steeped in any kind of wine, then Steepe yr Tost in ale and when it is Steepd, Strowe uppon it the powder of ginger, Synamon, and Sugar and Soe eate thereof presently after, yr meat, and it will healp you if it be taken att first, before it be gone to farr ~  16 For Kernalls aboute the Eares ~ Take a quart of beare, a good handfull of red rose leaves, and boyle them all togeather, till it comes to a pinte, the putt Soe mutch of the crumes of course leaven, or rye bread thereto, as will make itt fitt for a pultes, when it is allmost boyled, putt there to two Spoonefulls of honey: Spread it uppon a cloth, and applye it warme to the place and renew it once or twice in twenty foure howers ~ A Medicine for the Singing in the Eares ~ Take barley flower, and bake a Loafe of it, and when you have drawen it out of the Oven ~ devide it in the midest, and Strow uppon it the powder of nuttmeggs, and as hott as you cann Suffer it, hold it to yr eares, and thus doe often times and you Shall find ease, it hath been aproved Anoather medicine for the Singing in the Eares ~ Take a quart of Sacke, and putt thereto an handfull of ground Juye, and as mutch of pennyroyall, and lett them boyle well together, and as hott as you can Suffer it, Lett the Steeme thereof goe into yr eares, by a tunnell that will close cover the pott, use it in the morning and when you goe to bedd, and keep yr Selfe warme ~ Anoather Medicine for the Same greife ~ Take a great onyon, and cutt of around peece of the crowne, make an hollow place within it and putt into it a Little mythridate, a Little old Sallett oyle, and a Spoonfull of aquavity and close it with the peece you cutt of the crowne, and ropp it in paper, and rost it in the embers, and when it is very Soft, take it out of the fier, and bruise it all togeather and laye it in a cloth, and as hott as you cann Suffer it, hold it to youre eare ~ A Medicine for Deafnes that cometh with noyse in the Heade ~ Take oyle of Lillies, Some 5 or 6: dropps, as mutch Strong angelico water, halfe as mutch oyle of bitter allmonds, beate these togeather untill it looke very white, then make it Somewhat warme, but not to hott, and dropp Some 5 or 6 dropps into the eare, then take Some black wooll and dipp in the Same, and tease the wooll against the fier, untill it be warme, then Stop the eare with Some of it, and laye Some of the Same wooll on the topp of the eare, every night to bedward, the quantytie of the oyle is thus Small, because the oftner it is made it is Stronger force To Recover Hearinge La: Weston, ~~ Take thyme: rosemarye, bayes, cammomill, and Sage of each an handfull, boyle them in water; untill the water be very Stronge of the hearbes, then power the water, Seething hott into a narrow mouth bottle, the pewter bottles have the narrowest mouthes and putt a tunnell into the mouth of the bottle, and lett it be held close to the eare that a keth this must be done often ~  15 Eares A medicine for those that are Deafe: and to recover, hearinge Take halfe a pinte of malmasey, and halfe an ounce of cloves, putt these into an ~ earthen pott, and Sett it uppon the embers, and lett it boyle Leasureley, untill a quarter of it be consumed, awaye, then putt all togeather in a narrow mouthed: bottle or cupp, and Soe Laye yr eare to the mouth of a tunnell, putt in to the Same cupp that the Steeme maye goe into yr eare, and cover yr head close with a Sheet, but lett not the Streame be to hott, this continue for the Space of halfe an houer, att a time: use it this for the Space of s Senight, both evening, and morning, and every daye putt a Little more malmasey to the cloves, and after the first time doe butt make it of a Sufficient warmeth, to cast a Steame, fitt for yr taking: and after every time that you doe take it, take of the Liquor before Sett downe, that is made with neats foot oyle and dropp of it into yr eare, with black wooll, laying the wooll uppon: yr eare in Sutch Sort as is formerly written, in the medicine for winde, in the head, and when you have Layd this to yr eare, have a quilt made with black wooll, having felt on the outside to keepe out winde, and Linnen cloth on the inner Side, Keepe this close to yr eare, untill you have eare waxe in yr eare, and let those that will procure there hearing, take heede that they pick not there eares ~ A medicine to Drawe out an Impostume ~ that is Breade in the eare: ~ Take a tost of ripe leavened bread, that is Sharp of the leaven, lett it be Somewhat thick tost it before the fier Somewhat browne, on both Sides, then cleave it in the midest and take the thicker side, and wett the inner Side of it in vineger, and laye it to yr eare as hott as you cann, and Soe lett lett it Lye as hott as you cann for the Space of 12 houers and in twice or thrice dressing, it will drawe out the bagg, and when it is come out, if it doe not breake of its Selfe, then launce it, and when it is broken, make a tent of lint and dresse it with the oyntment of St Johns wort, and putt it into yr eare, then make a playster of the Same oyntment, and laye it uppon yr eare, dresse it thus once in 24 howers, untill it be well, if you have none of this oyntment you may take any other Soft Salve, and dress it as with the other, butt keep yr eare warme ~ that you take out cold after it ~ A Medicine to Drawe an Eare wick out of yr eare ~ Take a Sweet apple and rost it in the fier, untill it be halfe rosted, then take of the Softest of it, and spreade it very thick uppon a Linnen cloth, and laye it to yr eare, as hott as you can Suffer it, and lye uppon the Same Side, and when you doe feele it Stir, you must Lye very Still, untill it become to the apple, and then you must Suddenly pluck it awaye, least the care wick returne, into yr eare againe, and if you doe thinke there: be anymore Laye a new plaister A very good: medicine for any: Impostume in the: Eares or head ~ and is good for the megrame ~ Take a pint of malmasey, and 4 or 5 topps of rosemary, and a Spoonefull or two of comminseed, and boyle them all togeather, in the malmesey, and when they have boyled a good while, that it is Strong: putt it in a pott, that you maye cover close with a tunnell, putt the Small end of the tunnell into the eare of the patient, and keep his head, and neck very warme, with a Sheet and lett the, breath of the medicine goe in att the eare, or both the eares, one after another, whielst the patient is doing thus you maye laye of the hearbes and Seeds, on the neck, being, Soe kept warme ~  ~ The Lady Trechards Eye Water for Rheumes: ~ Take Futtey prepared Aloes Hepatica, White Sugar Candy of each ʒij white wine, and red rose water [crossed out] ℥vi cake the thinges intoe a fine powder, and put them ~ intoe a Strong glasse close stopp’d, Setting it intoe the Sunne for a Month Styrring it every day: ~ Another from the Same Lady for a great Rednesse and inflammations:) of the Eyes:) Take ʒi of Quinceeds, ℈ij of Crocus Metallorum, of Red rose water, Strawbery Water, and Plantan of each Six Spoonfulls, of Browne ffennell Water three Spoonfulls putt all this intoe a glasse that will hold a Quart, and set it ~ intoe a place, where it may have a little heat of the fire, and Shake it often when yu use it must bee Straynd, and then put inn too or 3 dropps intoe the eye, and yu must take a thinn Cloath too or 3 time double, and Wet it in the Water, and lay it on the Eye, and then it is dry it ~ must bee wet againe, and the eye bound upp and kept Warme: I used both the Water to the eye of the Womans, by the Ladyes order and the Woman hath her Sight very cleare agayne: ~ Another ready howe to make Eye Water by S Gerard; ~  14 A Verye good: powder to preserve the Eye Sight ~ Take bettony: rue: Selandine: Saxifrage: Loveage: wild thyme: Anniseed: Synamin eybright, of each one handfull: graines: ginger: fennell, persley: hyssop: wilde marjerome; pennyroyall, and pellitory of Spaine, of each one drame: Galling ale one ounce, of Sugar one ounce, make all these into powder, and eat of this every daye with yr meat, it is incredible, what this will effect: yea though the Sight be halfe perished ~ A Medicine for any Sornes or Rewme in the Eye ~ Take white henbane, and good English honey, of each a pretty quantity, beat and mingle them well togeather, Spread it on a cloth, or leather, and laye it to both the wrists Soe lett it continue foure dayes, togeather, and if healp not, applye the like for foure dayes, and with gods healp it will perfectly cure ~ For the Eyes that be Sore ~ Take daysie rootes, and leaves, pound them, take the Juice thereof, and running water, and boyle it in the Shell of a new layd egg, and breake not the creame of the egg, in the bottome and when it is well boyled, wash yr eyes there with, and it will cleare the Sight ~ A Water for the Humors that falls into the Eyes: ~ Take red fenell, daysies rootes, and leaves, pound them togeather, Straine them with a Spoonfull or twoe of verye cleare water, putt into the Shell of a new layd egg, not breaking the creame, that lyeth in the bottomme of the Shell, and Sett it on a chaffing Dish of embers Soe that it maye boyle modearatly, putting there into as mutch white copperas as a good white pease, and with the top of a cleane feather, take awaye the Scumm that riseth on the topp of it, and when it hath boyled one part awaye, take itt off and Straine it through a fine cloth, and keepe it in a Violl, and wash yr eye there with twice or thrice a daye, when you wash lye, upright, that the water may fall into yr Eyes ~ A Drinke to help the Pin and Webb in the Eye ~ Take a good handfull of balme, and a good Spoonefull or two of lobis, otherwise called woodlice ~ that lye betweene the tree and the rined, Stamp them togeather, and Straine them ~ with a pint of good ale, or beare, and Drinke thereof morning, and evening, five or Six dayes, this is for all especially young children: and to this affect in young children, which have Sutch Webbs in there eys, it is good besides the foresaid drinke, to add this Emplayster, take every night when the childe goeth to bedd, a little peece of the Lights of a Sheepe, parboyle it a Little, Laye it warme and dry: att the childes nape of the head, and bind: it fast and in the morning, take it awaye and wipe it well For a Pinn and Webb, In the: Eye: to be applied ~ to the contrary wrist and to be Shifted every 24 howers ~ and Will: cure in three applications or dressinges ~ Take hemplocke, and Vervine, of each alike quantitye, beate them well in a morter, putt to it a peece of rye leaven, a Little baye Salt, made into fine powder, and Some wine, vinegre mixe all togeather, and applye it to the wrest: in or betweene a thinn cloth as above ~ probatum  13 Anoather Medicine for Rednnes in the Eyes ~ In maye take new milke, lett it not Stand to creame, but putt it into yr Still, before it be colde, and when you have drawne the water, Sett it in the Sunn 10: or 12 dayes then putt to every pint of water, as mutch campheere as a wallnutt, If there be any heat in the Eyes use it colde, otherwise let it be blood warme ~ A Medicine for one that hath a Stripe ~ In the eye, or Bruise in the face ~ Take the papp: of a black Soft rotten apple, the yealke of an Egg, and halfe a Spoonefull of good sallett oyle, or oyle of roses, and putt to it a spoonefull of red rose water, then with a spoone stir them, and beat them well togeather add thereto Soe many or crumms of manchett, as will make it thick, to Spread ~ uppon a cloth, like Salve, then lett the patient winck hard, and laye the playster on the outside of the eyelidd, and if the bruise be uppon the face aplye it to ye place ~ A Medicine for a pinn and Webb: or any ~ Sutch like Infirmitie in the eye, ~ Take 16 or 20 Sluggs, and wash them in good ale, many times, till they be cleane and then bruise them with a little ale, in a pottenger, with the back of a Spoone till they be allmost consumed, and then let it runn through a Straine, and give it to the patient to drinke, morning fasting, and if it be a Child, that is the patient then a dozen Sluggs will Serve att a time probatum Est ~ A Medicine to comfort the Sight ~ Take the leaves of eyebright, and make them into fine powder, Searsed, take of this powder, as mutch as will Lye on a Sixpence, in a Reare Egg, or broth, or drinke, use it fasting, in the morning, allsoe the conserve of the flowers and leaves mingled with feennell Seeds or with Sweet marioram, taken last att night, or presently upon meat to close the Stomacke, to the quantity of a nuttmegg: doth comfort the Sight, and the hearb, likewise. brued: upp with ale or beare: hath the Same affect A Medicine to Cleanse a Sore Eye, that is ~ all covered with: blood like: a Jelley ~ Take an egg, and rost it very hard, then take Sutch a quantitye of yealke, thereof as you thinke convenient, and bruiseing it with yr fingers, put it into a cleane peece of Lawne, that is washed from the Sope, and Laye it to the eye, and if you open the eye, laye it close thereto, change it once in 24 houres, till the filme of the the blood be comsumed, that Soe you maye the better discerne the disease of the eye A Medicine for Sore Eyes:: ~ Take pearle worte: Stamp and Straine it, and mingle the Juice thereof, with Woemans milke, and white Sugar candy, powdered, and so dropp it inmto the eye, take allsoe Ribbwort: and if it be need full to wash it, lett it be well dryed from the water, and Stampe and Straine it, and dropp a good dropp thereof 2 or 3 times in the daye into the eye This of Ribbwort, is good for any beast or Cattle allsoe that have Sore Eyes ~  12 Anoather Drinke to Cleare the Sight ~ Take a good handfull of pimpernells, three great Spoonfulls of woodlice ~ otherwise caled Sowes, Stampe these togeather, and Straine it, with a pint of ~ ale, keepe it for yr use, and drinke this att two draughts, in the morning ~ and att foure of the clocke in the afternoon, use this for one whole Weeke, making new drinke for every daye, and att the Weekes end, leave it off for the Space of an other weeke, and then if you feele yr Selfe not well, use it againe, for another weeke, and this doe as long as you Shall have neede, but use it not two weekes togeather, nor when the Signe is in the head, This Drinke Shall consume the Cathoricke in the eye, or any other greife within the ball of the eye, you Shaull know the Catoricke by this, it dimmeth the Sight att the beginning, the eye looking very faire, the blacke of the eye Soone after will wax greater and greater ~ and Some of them will rise like a blacke pearle, in the blacke of the eye, and there is noe water will help them, nor anything elce except these drinke doe healp ~ A Playster to be applied to the Temples ~ For to Staye the Humors: that feed the ~ Catoricke and is to be applied: when: these: drinkes: are: in taking Take quantity of bettanye leaves, and chopp them verie small, mingle it with the yealke of an egg, and a little honey, and putt as mutch wheaten flower to it, as will make it stiff to spread on a cloth, then cutt three little playsters of Holland: or lockcram, that is new, and spread this uppon them Somwhat thick, and laye: on each temple one, and the third in the middest of the browe, even with the ~ lower part of the browe, and when these playsters doe fall of, laye a new: uppon and not before, and eat three or foure times in the daye of conserves of bettany ~ for it is good for that greife ~ A Speciall good water for the Eyes ~ Take of alloes Surketrine, the quantitye of a wallnutt, Shrid it Small, and put it in to halfe a pint of red rose water, in a Violl glasse, and let it distill uppon the embers twelfe houres, when it is cold, dropp it often into youre Eyes ~ A Medicine for Sore Eyes ~ Take three leave grasse, with white Speckles, and wild daysie rootes, beat them a little, and boyle them in faire water, till they have lost there colour, then putt in Soe mutch: allome, as will make it taste rough upon yr tongue, and as mutch home, as will make it Somewhat Sweet: after Straine it, and there wth dress yr eys morning and evening A Medicine for rednes in the Eyes ~ Take a queene apple, and chopp it very Small, the like quantitye of grated manchett and a Little Sother wood, bruised, boyle all these together in faire running water untill it be Soe thick that it maye Spread uppon a playster, and when you goe to bed winck and apply it to the Eye ~  11 A Speciall Good Water for the Clearing ~ of the Eye: and to preserve the Sight ~ Take one handfull of red fenell, and as mutch of Salendine, the like quantitye of Sorrell, as as mutch hearb grasse, and two good Spoonefulls of eye bright, and the like quantity of houslick, and three handfulls of red rose leavs, and as mutch of white rose leaves, and the like quantity of wood binde, Flowers, and as mutch of white flowers of the three leaved grasse, and putt att those together and still them, and put the water in a glasse, and keepe it for yr use, this water is allsoe good, for the pin and webb in the eye: if it be taken att the first begining of it, and used as followeth, Take foure Spoonfulls of the water, and putt there in a peece of Allome, as bigg as a great pease, and Soe dropp it out of the Spoone into yr eys, evening, and morning, this water is likewise good ~ for the Rhewme in yr Eys ~ A Medicine to: eate out Proude flesh: ~ Growing within the Cover of the Eye: ~ Take of the hardest of the Honey, and mingle it with a Little Saffron, and dropp a little of it, att night when you goe to bed, uppon the place greeved, and lett not the party Shut his eye to close, for Squeasing it out, and lett him in the morning, and twice or thrice in the daye, dropp of the water that is first ~ written, into the eye, dropping three or foure dropps att a time, Staying and closeing his eye only a little space, betwixt every dropp ~ Another Medicine to take awaye the Pin and Webb: in the ~ Eye or a in the Eye growing: from the corner: of: the Eye to the blacke And is like a Little gutt: ~ Take of fine white Sugar, as mutch as a wallnutt, and a peece of Sanquis draconis as bigg as a beane, and beat them together, very fine, and Searse it through a peece of lane, and putt a Little of this powder into yr eye, evening and morning and att midday and slumber a Little after, and by gods help it shall cure you A Medicine for a burne in the eye: by fier or Gunpowder ~~ Take halfe a handfull of ale house, and wash them cleane, drye them in a cloth, stamp: them and putt thereto, three spoonefulls of thick and Sweet creame, stamp them together, and straine them, and drop of the Liquor into yr eye, often times both by day and night, and anoynt of the same about yr eye, with a feather, this must be made every day in the summer and every two dayes in the winter ~ A Drinke to Cleare the Sight ~ Take an handfull of rosemary, and a great handfull of balme, Stamp them togeather and straine them with a quart of ale, and drinke of it in the morning fasting, and three of the clocks in the afternoon, and att night going to bed, and you Shall find ease, This drinke doth consume the Vapors, that coming from the barine, doth hurt the Sight  10 A Medicine for the Bruise in the Eye ~ Take the white of one new layd egg, and beat it very well, till all be if a froth then putt thereto, two Spoonefulls of red rose water, and make little balls of flax, and wett them in the aforsaid liquor, and shift it morning, and ~ evening, and if the humors come mutch to the Eys, take the white of one egg being beaten, and putt it into a good quantitye of bole armanack, and laye it to the forhead uppon a Linnen Cloth, this will keepe ye humors from coming downe A Medicine for Rednes in the Eyes: ~ the which: proceedth: onlye of hott humors ~ Take a new layd egg, and breake a Small hole in the top of it, then putt out all the meat, and fill it full of the Juice of hounslick, otherwise caled Selgreene and Soe Sett it in the embers, when it doth boyle, Skume it, untill it be cleane and cleare, then putt into it as mutch white copperas, as a great barly corne and Soe let it boyle, untill the copperas be moulten, then Straine it through a cleane cloth, and putt it into a glasse, and when you doe use it, keepe yr eye close with a peece of silke, you must take it when you goe to bed, and one houre: befor you arise, if you putt in yr copperas, before the water be cleane it will make the water to looke black, butt it will be medicinable notwithstanding ~ Avery good Medicine to comfort a Weake Eye: or to: ~ Healep those: that: have: had the Small Pox or Measells in there Eys ~ Take a new layd egg, and rost it faire, and hard, in the fier, then pill it cleane, and as hott as you can cutt it in sunder, and take out the yealke, with great speede fill upp the holes where the yealke was, with the powder of white sugar candy finely beaten, and Soe clapp the two Sides together, the hotter they be the better then putt them into a fine cloth, of Linnen, and tie the cloth close about it putting the Egg in the Midest of the cloth, and hang it up by the ends, and let it dropp into a Sawcer, as allmond butter doth, untill it will dropp noe longer, then take the water, and putt itt in a glasse, and use it evening ~ and morning when you have occasion ~ A Medicine for redness: of: the Eyes Without Paine ~ Take peeces of fine manchett bread, of an Inch thick, being the breadeth of yr eye or bigger, and cutt holes, in the midst of them, then drye them before the fier but make them not browne, put them in faire running water, and when they be Soft, Laye them uppon yr Eyes, the hollow Side being towards yr eye, and after it hath Lyen an houre, bind them fast to yr eys, with a ~ cloth, this must be done, when you goe to bed, and in the morning, wash yr eys with faire water, and lye still an houre after ~  9 Eyes A Medicine for a Pinn: and: webb: or: any: other: Sore Eye Take one handfull of three leave grasse, that is most Spotted, with white ~ gather it close to the root as mutch of wild daysie rootes, Stamp them all in a wooden dish, and boyle them in one pint of water, in a cleane brasse: Skillet with a very Soft fier, when it is Scummed, put in Soe mutch allome as will make the water tast rough, on yr Toang, after put in Soe mutch Home, as will make it looke yellow, and tast very sweet, when it hath boyled a pretty while, and is cleane Skummed, Straine it into a cleare vessel, and when it is cold, power the clearest into a glasse, and keepe it in a cold place, and it will last three weeks in winter, and 14 dayes in Summer, the water is to be aplyed to the Eyes, one houre before they rise, and when they goe to bed: if the eye be very Sore, dress it att two of the clock in the afternoon, and Sleep after if they cann A Powder to take: awaye the Pearle in the Eye ~ Take the whitest of henns doung, that you can gett, and drye it, and that it into fine powder, and Searse it through lane, and to one Spoonfull of that powder, take three Spoonefulls of Suger candy finely beaten, and as mutch powder of the best ginger, as will lye on a groat then Searse them all together in a peece of fine: cleane lawne and att noght putt into the Eye a Little of the powder, and in the morning use the water before written, only keep yr powder very drye, and it will last Long and this is allsoe very good for any kind of Scales that groweth uppon the Eye A Medicine to Staye the humors from falling ~ To the Eyes:: and good for the Megreeme: ~ Take one handfull of wild dasye rootes, and wash: and drye them in a cleane cloth them Shred them, and take a dozen great earth woormes, and Stampe them well toogether, putt to all this as mutch the white of an Egg, and Spread it uppon a Duble linnen cloth, Soe large as the forehead is, that it maye come even to the browes, and cover the temples, let the party lye on his back, one houre after the medicine is layd on, after bind it with a kerecheefe, and Soe lett it lye till it be all loose of it Selfe, when you use this medicine, make a bagg of dryed Sage, Soe longe as will cover from the mould of the head, to the nape of the neck and take a pretty quantity of greeke pitch, and melt it alone, in a little earthen pott, and Spread it with a flatt Stick uppon the fresh Side, of the best glovers Leather, and cutt yr playster Soe large Soe large, as it maye lye betweene the Shoulders, and upp towards the nape of the neck, and let it lye Soe longe as it cleaveth: Itt is very good for the patient to forbeare mutch butter, or anything where in garlick, Onyons, or any Leekes be used ~  8 A Gargle good for the Rhewme ~ Take halfe a Spoonefull of mustard Seed, of long: pepper, of Pellitory of Spaine, and Stave acre, of each two penny weight, and one Spoonfull of honey, with three Spoonfulls of Vinegree, boyle them in a pint of water till halfe be consumed, then Strayne it, and take for 2 or 3 mornings halfe a Spoonefull att once, Somwhat warme, in yr mouth, but lett it not goe downe, this will cause exceeding a voydance of the Rhewme ~ A Medicine for the Paine In the Head: ~ Take the hearb: Idioll, or ale worth, or there wise caled ground Ivye, laye it to the crowne of the head, and towards the neck, and it will give ease and help the paine in the Head ~ A Comfortable medicine for Paine In the Head: ~ Make a little Small rowle of fine lawne, and wett it in good rose water, dipp the topp of it in the powder of nutmeggs, finely Searsed, or beaten, and put it in both yr nostrills, but not to high and it will give Ease ~ For the falling of the Vuola ~ Take of the powder of the root of pellitory of Spaine, finely beaten, or Searsed and of the powder of ginger, and rubb the place there with: and it will cause it to goe upp ~ A most excellent medecine, aproved, against an old greife, or paine ~ In the Head ~ Take of baye Salt, Stamped by it Selfe, as mutch comming Seed Stamped by it Selfe, as mutch browne fenell, then Stampe them all togeather, then with as mutch pure vinegar, and a Little roese water, mix, and Stirr them all togeather, in a dish over a chafing dish of hott coales, then Laye Some of the Same hott a cloth, and applye it, to the hinder parte of the head att night, and tye it fast thereto, that it fall not awaye, and allsoe Laye another plaister, thereto the next night and Soe doe nine nights togeather, one after another, and it will not only healp the Same perhaps within three or foure times Soe doing, but allsoe it will cleare the Sight, and drive the ~ yeoumors, cleare awaye that run out of the head into the eyes, and drye the Same, this medecine never failes for it is pretious ~  7 A Medicine to Put upp the Vuola ~ Make a fier Shovell very hott on the fier, and laye there on a pretty quantitye of rice, and white Salt, and when it is very drye, make it into powder, and mingle it well togeather, and there with all putt upp the Vuola, The hearbe called Idiall, or ailehoofes, or ground Juye being layde to the Crowne of the head, and towards the neck is very good for that disease, and will Staye the Rhewme ~ A Medicine For the Stoppinge of the Heade ~ Take a quart of new milke, a handfull of cammomile, flowers, as mutch of red rose leaves, a little quantity of Sage, and as mutch of rosmary, and a nuttmegg grated, boyle all to a pint, and take the Steeme and keepe yr head warm A Medicine for the Megreeme ~ Take a handfull of field daysies, leaves and all to the roots, twenty great woormes, of the earth, Stampe them togeather, Small, and there unto the quantytie of an apple of the Sowerest leaven, Stamp it with the other untill it be like dough, then putt in the white of an egg, mingle it with the other, and Soe Spread it on a Cloth, and laye it all over the forehead downes to the browes and temples, never Stir it untill it fall of each place of it Selfe A Medicine for the fallinge of the Vuola ~ Take a pretty quantitye of wheaten leaven, and make two little cakes, there of, Bake them uppon a brick, or an hearth, that they only may be through warme, and then Strowe uppon them the powder of white amber, and applye one cake to the mould of the head and the other to the napp of the neck through warme and no more To Make very good Balls to Staye the Rhewme ~ Take foure ounces of Liquoress Scraped, and finely Searsed, 5 or 6 handfulls of the topps of Issop, 4 handfulls of foale foote, and a good, handfull of rosemarye, Stamp all these hearbes in a Stone morter, Straine them with halfe a pint of Issope water, or faire water, then beat the whites of two or three Eggs, and when the Skumme is well boyled up, then Scumme it cleane, and clarifie it twice with the whites of Eggs, Then put to it 3 or 4 ounces of red Sugar candy and when that is moulten and Skummed Starine yr Liquor, and then through in yr Liquorisse, and Stir it continually, for it will be apt to burne, if great heed be not taken, and when it is Soe mutch boyled as the whole masse, will Stir with the Staff from the pans bottome, then make it upp in round balls or in what fashion you please, you must keepe it neare the fier for it will be apt to growe Soft, a very Smale quantitye will Staye the Tickling Rhewme ~  6 Another Medicine for the Same Greefe ~ To be used: Presently after: you have the former ~ Take a Spoonfull of neats foot oyle, and as mutch of malmesey, or of white wine, put these into a Sawcer, and lett them boyle on the coales and when it doth boyle, Putt thereto the powder of halfe a nutmegg and lett it boyle, untill it be Somewhat thick, then take black wooll and wett it in the liquor, and dropp it into yr eare, and lye uppon the contrary Side, for the Space of halfe an houre, after, that the liquor maye Sinck into yr head, Lett the liquor be like warme and after the dropping. Stop the wooll lightly into yr eare, and let the wooll lye bound to yr eare, from one dressing to another, and keep yr eare very warme this doe evening and Morning ~ A Medicine for the Falling of the Vuola ~ Take a peece of fine lynnen cloth, cutt it round as bigg as the mould of the Head, laye fine flax all over it, not very thick, then take nigella, romana. nuttmeggs, and: commin, and beat them all togeather, to powder, and laye of that powder all over the flax as before, then take baye Salt and drye it as drye as you cann, and beat it into Small powder and laye it all over upon yr flax, cutt around peece of cloth as before, and quilt all these, together that the powder runn not abroade, giving a speciall marke to that Side the Salt is on, laye this quilt to the mould of the Head, very hott, the Salt Side upper most from the head, and when it waxeth moyst, uppon the head, as it will drye the Same onn a Dish uppon a chafing dish of of coales, applying the Same as often as you have cause, ~ A Gargle for a Sore Throate ~ Take a quart of Spring water, let it boyle, a Little on the fier, then take of Synquefoile, of cullen binde, of plantaine, of Hony Suckle, leaves of each an handfull, five figgs cutt in peeces, halfe an ounce of Quince Seeds, if it be a cold reume lett there be a Little Sage, or else not, when it is halfe boyled putt to it as mutch clarified honey as will Somwhat alter the coulor of it, when it hath boyled, a little togeather, take it upp, and Straine it, Then take of it evenning and morning, or otherwise, as they Shall See cause, being gargled Somwhatt Hott ~  5 : A Medicine to Cleanse the Braine: and to Healp: : those that have a Stinking ayre att there noses and to: Cleanse the lunges of Sutch grosse Heumores as are Distilled Downe from the Putrified Head. ~ Take a good quantytie of rosemary leaves, and chew them: lightlye in yr mouth, that the ayre maye asscend into yr head, and as you this, hold downe yr head, and Voyd the humors as they doe fall out of yr mouth doe this for the Space of halfe an houre, att a time, chaunging the leaves as you Shall See occassion, doe this in the morning fasting, and two hours before you go: to Supper, and att every time after you have taken this eate presently: the quantitye of two wallnuts of this receit ~ following, Take a good quantytie of penyroyall, Shreed it very Small mingle it with the best honey, and beat them together untill they be like a conserve, then keepe it for yr use, and Eat of it as is aforesaide doe you this as you Shall find occassion, and when you have made an end of these you must have tents to put up into yr nose, to open the conduets. and to drawe downe the corrupt matter that offended you, make yr tents of fine linnen Cloth, Small att the upper end, wett these tents in the Juce of primrose leaves, and a little clarified butter to make them to Slipp: put these upp into yr nose and lett them Staye there a pretty while, then take them out and wett them againe in the Juice only, and put them in as before, this doe for the Space of half an houre, att a time, use this for a good Space, and it will healp you If God Please ~ A Medicine for those that are troubled With winde in there Heades Take a peece of Sharpe leaven dough, as bigg as an apple, put thereto halfe an ounce of comminseed, finely beaten, worke it upp in the dough, and make it in a Little Loafe, then bake it uppon the, hearth and when it is well baked, open the Loafe, and moysten the crumme a Little, Either with malmece, or aquavite, then take two prettye peeces of the crumme and putt them betweene the foldes of a Linnen cloth and Soe fasten them Somwhat warme to yr Eares and Lett them Lye there for the Space of twelfve Houres and then Laye new This doe five or Six times and keep yr Eares and yr head very ~ warme both att the time and after and it will help if god Will ~  4 Medicine for those that cannot Sleepe: ~ Take a Spoonefull of Juce of Houseleek, as mutch of woomans Milke the like quantity of Red rose water, a little good wine vinegre, and a little of the oyle or oyntment of red rosses, warme all these together uppon a chaffing dish of coales, then cutt three peeces of a red rose cake and laye them in the liquor, laying the upper side of the cake ~ downewards in the dish and when they be warme, laye two of them to yr temples, and the third in the middest of yr forehead: Even with the lower part of yr browes, and Soe bind them on and they ~ will procure yr Sleepe if God Please ~ Anoather Medicine to Procure Sleepe ~ Take of white Lettice Seed one ounce, and beat it in a morter, with a quantity of good white Suger, untill it doth come to a moyst: conserve, and if you can gett it put thereto halfe a Spoonefull of discodium, them temper them togeather and keepe them Soe for yr use, and when you doe take of itt take a good quantitie at a time and a pretty while after drinke a draught of posset ale, this done dispose yr selfe to rest and you Shall Sleepe: if god please ~ Anoather Medicine to Procure Sleepe ~ Take of white poppy Seed one Spoonefull, beat it to powder then put thereto a litle posset ale made with violetts Strawbery leaves and Synk foyle drinke there of warme and it will procure you to Sleep ~ A Medicine for the Paine in the Head ~ That cometh of cold Humors ~ Take of cammomill, rosmary, and Sage, of each a like quantytie, drye them well, then putt them within the fold of an hankercher, and laye, it Soe as it maye come round yr head, then bind it fast, and lett it lye a Daye and a night, and you Shall find Ease, let those that are troubled with cold in there heads, take of the oyntment of Lavender: and anoynte there with there temples, about there Eares, the napp of there neck and there noddle, or any other place of there head, where cold is felt ~ Mrs. Hussey’s ffistula Water: ~ Take of white Coppras, and Rock allum of each a pound, Beat, mix, and boyle, in a flat bottom’d pann till in all fixt, beat it agayne put it intoe paper Cut lages for use: put a Spoonfull of this powder, intoe 3 pints of Water boyleing hot Cover it for a fowle Sore and violent humour make it Stronger, if too Strong Weaken it with common or Plant an Water it Curds all Sores Sore eyes itch &c: ~  3 Anoather laye of Sage, and flaxx, over, all, as you did att first, and Soe bast it betweene two folds of linnen cloth, being, made fitt to cover yr head from the mould unto the nape, Ayre it well over Frankensence, and laye it to yr head, when you goe to bedd, and Sett itt every daye where you maye have yr ayre of the fier, and thus use Soe long as you Shall find occassion, this will continue: good five or Six weeks, it must be aired over frankensence, every time you laye it to yr head ~ The cause where of many of the Paines of the head: ~ Doe proceed how you Shall know these Paines and the ~ Remedyes for them: ~ One of the principall causes where of many of the paines of the head doe proceed, is by openning of the head, The which doth happen commonly by one of these three meanes, By over mutch moysture being about the braine, by a Sudden Jump or fall, Or by Vechement riding or Sutch like. The meanes wherby you Shall know when yr head is open, is this, bowe downe the end of yr thum, and if you cannot receave the Space that is betwixt the two Joynts, betweene yr teeth the upper Joynt being towards yr upper teeth, and the lower Joynt to yr lower teeth, then yr head is oppened, If by the paine you have and by this Exsperiment you doe find yr haed to be open, then doe you thus, leane yr Selfe uppon yr Elbowes with yr head Somewhat low over a table putting yr face betweene yr hand, Setting yr thums under ye great Kull bone, that is behind yr Eares, yr fingers reaching up towards the mould of yr head, gather yr face into yr hands, leaning Somwhat hard and Squeesing yr afce and the temples of yr head togeather, let yr fingers meet above yr head, and thus continue for the Space of halfe an oure, att a time, using thus to doe often, Soe long as you Shall find occassion you Shall know when yr head is closed, as by yr Thum, aforesaid ~ and as you doe thus to close yr head annoynt yr temples about about the Eares, and the noddle of yr head, and Soe downe to the napp of yr neck, wth the oyntment of lavender, or with the oyntment for the palsey, you Shall find these oyntments heare after in this Booke amongst the rest of the oyntments, and with all when you doe use these oyntments as is aforesaid, you must take a quart of milke from the cow, putt there to a handfull of Balme, Either greene or dryed and as mutch of rosemary, boyle all these togeather over a Soft, fier and when they doe boyle, putt there to a little of nutmegg, being grated and take it off the fier, and putt it all together in a Close pott, and drinke of it, as hott as you can, houlding it in yr mouth, that the ayre maye ascen into yr head, you must Drinke a quart of it every daye, but if you cannot gett of these oyntments take the milke allone being used as is aforesaid, and holding yr head as is before Sett downe, and it will healp you if god be pleased ~  2 A Gargas or Medicine for the Megreeme in the Head ~ Take Sage, rosemary, and of pellitory of Spaine, the rootes of each of these, alike quantitie, and boyle them in a pint of vinegree uppon a Chafing dish of coales, untill halfe be consumed, then: putt in two good Spoonfulls of mustard, being made with god: Vinegree and Soe lett it boyle: awhile, and then take a Little of it as hott as you can Suffer, and hold it in youre mouth, as you Shall feele occassion after awhile Spitt it out, and take more, and this doe 5 or 6 times every morning, Soe long as you Shall see cause or feele youre Selfe greeved A Plaister for the Same greefe to be applied after you have taken: ye Gargas Take Six Spoonfulls of the gaule of an oxe, or cow, Putt thereto: two Spoonfulls of the powder of long wormes, of the earth, and of the.. powder of halfe a nutmegg, being greated, boyle all these togeither upon a Chafeing dish of coales, untill it be Soe thick as you may Spread it upon a cloth, then take a duble linnen cloth, and cutt it fitt for yr forehead, and as it maye cover the temples, Spread this uppon it and laye it to youre forehead, luke warme, and let it lye untill it fall of of it Selfe, you Shall know the meagtream, by this, it Lyeth in the one Side of your head, or in the browes, or in the nod of your head A Medicine for the Paine In the Heade: ~ that cometh with a Burning Feavor: ~ Take an ounce of Comin, and beat it into powder, mingle it with ~ the whites of two new layd Eggs, Spread it betwixt two foldes of browne paper, and make it fitt to cover from the midest of youre forehead unto the crowne of youre head, with a kercher, and let it lye Soe 24 howers, and it will help if God will ~ Anoather Medicine for the Same Greefe ~ Take a new layd Egg, and roast it very hard, and cleave it into two take out the yeelke, and fill the hollow places, with the powder of commin Seed, putt them betweene two foldes of a hand kercher and laye it to the nape of yr necke, make it fast, and let it lye all night, doe this as oft as you Shall have need, and God Willing you Shall find Ease ~ To Make a guilt to Staye the rume ~ of what kind Soe Ever it be ~ Take two good handfulls of Sage, made very drye, then take a Small handfull of baye Salt, dryed very well, and as mutch of very course wheaten brann, in like maner dryed, then take flax Spread it thin, cover it over wth Some of yr Sage, then cover yr Sage then cover yr Sage wth Salt and brann Mingled togeather then make a  Pag: 1 Receiptes propperly belonging to Phissirke 60 Graines makes one dragme ) 08 dragms makes one Panre ) 12 ountes makes one pounde) Twenty Grains makes a Scruple & Three Scruples makes a Dram Take of Sukory Water a quarter of a pinte, of white wine as muth, of Rubarbe a quarter of an Ounce, of a garicke a dragme, of senarke 3 dragmes, of Lignum Alloes; mate, & synamon, of each ye waite of 2 pence, Slit ye Rubarbe, & Agoritke Small: bruse ye rist but not ye senarke, & put yr in a Pipkin over ye Embers all ye night those Stopped yr Straine it into a dishe: & make it Hot on a Chafing dishe of Coales, Soe yr it may not boile; yr disolve in it an ounce of Manna & Straine it A Receipte to Sweeten ye Bloode Take 2 ounces of Lirkoriske brused & put it into a Stone Bottell, & put to it 2 quartes of Springe Water well boiled, & Stope it those & Set it all by a Fier: yt it may keepe warme yr open it & Set it in a Coole place & keepe it for use, & drinke a good draught in a morning, mixed with new milke; hot from ye Coue, halfe milke & ye other parte water At ye new of ye moone, take a Shilling woorthe of Safferon & in fuse in it a quarte of white Wine, & drinke in it a little sliced nutmeag, in it & a wine glass will bee enoug at a time A Purge Take an ounce of Jollup & put it into to quartes of Brandy boile it til it comes to one with a quarter of an ounce of Gynger in pouder give of this to a Man 4 Spoonefuls this is good for all waterish Humours Hindes clixe 4 it is very good purge for man Woaman or Childs giving to a man 4 Spoonefuls Hee neede not keepe Chamber  Horse Medicines. Mr Masseys Horse Purge ꝶ Aloes, Sucot. an ounce & Quarter. London Treacle an Ounce, Crème of Tartar 2 Drams Syrup of Roses 3 ounces. Stir ye Horse well ye Day before For Cleansing a Horse Stomack & Clearing His Coat Take 3 ounces of Spanish Ball, Infuse it in a Pint of Spring Water ‘till half be wasted. then put into it half an Ounce of ye Oil of Sweet Almonds, give it in a Small quantity of Strong Ale 2 or 3 Mornings together. Walk him moderately after it. For a Cold. Take Anis Seeds 4 ounces. Liquoris 4 ounces, Elicompane 2 ounces all in fine Powder, a good Spoonfull of flower of Brimstone Make it up wth clarified Hony Balls to Carry of Grease Liquorise, Anisseeds, & Sugar Candy of each an ounce Sulphur half an ounce made into Bals, when yu Ride him hard give him a Ball about ye bigness of a large Walnut. To Stay a Horse Runing at ye Heels & healing them Take an ounce of white Coperus boyle it in a quart of Spring Water, till it comes to a Pint, wash ye horse heels wth it. 5 or 6 times a day.  Cat: Webbe her Book