9r they could they put this medicine down his thro-
-ate, and soon After hee turned himselfe ouer the
Bed, and uoided or spatt greate quantety of matter
which came from the impostum, then hee turned him
5 to sleepe more then 9 howres, and when hee Awaked
hee called for meate, and was presently well:
dioscorides, conserning the use of wormes:
Jtt is said by dioscorides, A phylosopher, that liue wormes
being Layde up sinnews ˄ /that are\ newly cut will speedely heale them
10and bringe them togather, Alsoe that wormes being boyled
with faire water and Honey, drinckinge thereof fastinge,
helpeth them, that of a Long time could not ˄ /well\ make vrine
Alsoe that worms sodden in goose grease doth helpe all pain
in the eares, Alsoe that worms bruised to powder and dru
15-nckt in wine, breketh the stone in the blather, Also that
being boyled in oyle, Laying of itt in the contrary eare, that
the toothAch is, itt helpeth the toothAch:
for one that hath by nature A red face:
Take 4 ounce of Peach, Kernells, 2 ounce of pompion seedes, And
20make there of an oyle, therewith must you Anoynt your face
morning, and eueninge, this hath bin Approued:
for sinews that are cut or shruncke:
Take wormes and stamp them well, with porkes or Gates
grease, then binde itt to the greife for 3 dayse, and itt will
25helpe, alsoe the powder of sage, strawed un sinnews cut
will helpe them, and bring them togather, Also if the sin
-newe bee cut take Juyce of sage, with the Leaue stampt, and
Lay itt to the greife, itt is of greate operation:
A Remedy against A greate greife And
30 Buzzing in the Eares:
Take oyle of castoreum 2 ounce of oyle of Roses And of Bitter
Allmonds, of each of them one ounce Aquauitae 2 ounce mingle
these togather, and Lett them boyle untill they bee consumed
to 2 ounce: then att nightes when you goe to bed dripe into
35your eares 4 dropes of this oyle, As hott As you can suffer
itt, and stop your eares close with cotten that smels of
muske, itt is A thinge exsperienced:
To stanch Bleedinge:
Take the Juyce of an Asses Turd and snuffe itt up into
40the nostrills, and itt will stop the bleeding, tryed by many
for the ffalling sicknesse:
Take the Hoofe of An Asse, and burne itt and beate itt to
powder, and drincke there of, this helpeth the falling sick
-nesse, Alsoe the same mingled with sallett oyle, dissolues
45the Kings Euill, the sam property alsoe hath the horse =
hoofe:
for one that is deafe and cannott heare:
Take A quicke Eele, and spit itt quicke and rost itt quicke
and take the grease that coms from itt, then take A heade
50of Garlicke, and rost itt in hott embers, then take A clowe=
of itt, dipping of itt in the eeles grease, and soe putt itt As =
hott As you can suffer itt to the greued eare, lyeing down
un the wronge eare, the eare that you putt itt in beinge
upward, and presently you shall see the ill humor com =
55forth:
Against the plague Approued, itt hath binne
tryed that this hath helped in A night or two:
Take of the Berries of Juy, that growes Against A wall or on
trees (and not of that that growes un the ground) take of those
60Berres, when they bee ripe, or not All out ripe, and Lay them
in the shade to dry, and being dryed, Lay them up close in A Box
they will hold good A yeare, and when you will use of itt
Beate there of in A morter that is uerry clean, And take