6rA Remedy for Such As cannott vrine:
Take 4 or 6 Leekes and fry them in oyle of Scorpion, then
take them forth and stampe, or Bruse them, And make A
playster of itt, And Lay itt As hott As possable, un the patients
5kidnies As hee can suffer itt, As much, And of As greate force
hath the stailes of the Leekes, beinge dried And put to powder
giueinge of the party thereof to drincke in white wine;
puttinge thereto the seedes of Burre well Beaten to powder
Breaketh the stone And causeth to uoyde the grauell, this
10is excellente good, And Approued:
A Medicine for the swellinge of the stomacke=
greife of the sides for the stone, flegmes, collicks,
Hemerods, And greife of the fundament, Alsoe to
Restrayne womens flowers, Alsoe for greife of
15the Liuer spleen or milt, Alsoe for the thick-up and
for the falling sicknes:
Take one ounce of Elacompane Rootes, of fennell seedes 3 ounce
of blacke pepper 2 ounce pound each of these by themselues
verry fine And small, then put them in Hony that is halfe
20sodd, then giue thereof to the patiente the Bignes of A Nut-
meg with warme water, som giue itt with sirrup of vinni_
ger made with Hony, others with wine, others take itt by itt
selfe in A spoon, to make the stones pass Away the Better:
To if ˄ /itt\ bee the King Euell or noe, which one
25 suspectes:
Take A Liue worme out of the earth, And Lay itt un the
swelling or sore, and couer itt with A Leafe, if itt bee the Kings
Euill, the worme will ster itt selfe into earth, if itt bee not
the Euill, the worm will bee neuer the worse:
30A Medicine that Nicodemus the King used
to keep him that noe poyson should offende
him:
Take Juniper seeds, and earth called in french Lemnie
in Latine Lemnia, or sigillata of each 2 drams, beate them
35to A fine powder and mingle itt either with hony, or sallett
oyle, Keep itt and when you will use itt take the bignes there
of of a Hassell Nutt, and temper itt with A Little Honyed water
and you shall bee sure neuer to bee poysoned:
Another Medicine Against Poyson:
40Take Trakle, medridate, And dragon water, togather
with A medicinable earth called Terra sigillata, shelles
of Acorns, giue the patient oft of this to drincke, with
good wine, there meate that they eate must bee fatt And
old flesh, And fatt Broths, fatt Hens, And such Like, And
45ffatt fish, and they must sleepe but seldome:
To make one vomit the poyson:
Take 2 graines of Bezar, which is A stone that coms from
Est Jndia, and itt is green And Tawny and beeing Broken
within itt is like Ashes, or of An Ashcolar, giue itt to the
50patient to drincke with A Little milke, and hee will pre
-sently cast up the poyson:
A Medicine for one that is venomed:
Take A quantety of flies, dry them, And Beate them
to powder, And giue there of to him that is venomed
55to drincke with good wine, And this will soone
helpe: