7vA playster for women that haue sore

Brests, an excellent Remedy:

Take the yolkes of two new Layde eggs, the waight of six-

pence of good new wax, a Little oyle of Roses, A Little Tutia,

5mingled in rose water, melt all these togather in A clean uessell

and when itt is cold you must spread itt un A peece of cloth, but

before you lay itt on you must wash the sore with white wine.

which hath binne boyled, with rose Leaues: plantan Leaues, And Bay

Leaues either green or dryed, but espetially green if they may

10bee had, and After you haue washed and dryed itt, Lay on the said

playster, and in A shote time godwilling itt will bee well:

The right Tutia is light and white like flax of woole

falling into dust, As soon As itt is touched, this breedes

of the sparkles of Brazen fu^/r\naces, whare into store of

15 minerall calamine, beaten to dust hath binne cast:

The heale the Kings Euill, by A substance

beinge taken in ward:

Take A Hen and boyle itt untill itt be boyled all to peeces, with

much water, and that without salt in A new pott, then take the

20Bones which is boyled from the Hen, And take them and Lay them

in An ouen to bee dryed, soe that they bee not burnt and then-

beate them to powder uerry small, and passe itt through A sea

-rce, then take the seeds of sasamum in English the oyle of

pulse, which is A graine, well pounded, and mingled togather

25As much of the one, As of the other, of both A porringer full

mingled with honey, gieuing thereof to the patente when hee

goeth to bed and when hee ariseth, this must you giue the

first quarter of the moon, continuing untill the last quar

ter, this is an Excellente seeritt: ...

30 Jtt hath hapned that this sicknes hath binne

of soe longe continuance that itt hath not helped

the which J haue made them take of this forenamed

powder with oyle As followeth:

Take A little young serpent which cannot yett see, hee hath

35the skynne thicke and harde, take this snake and boyle itt

in oliue oyle, untill itt bee all in peeces then take of this oyle

and anoynt the sore, and lay thereon som Bastard or wild

hempe, letting itt lay there on 3 or 4 dayse, then Anoynt itt

again A fresh and couer itt againe with this hempe, with

40this medicine J haue helped many a one with gods helpe:

A water of greate effect to keepe

the body from infirmities:

Take 4 pound of uerry good Aquauitae distiled 2 pound

of uerry good wine 2 pound of salt burned, 4 ounce of Brim

45stone exstinguished, 4 ounce of white Tartar, of Hasell wood

Burned, of Auelains, of filburds, or the wood 3 ounce of selde

roche, in English hard rocky salt 3 ounce Lett all these bee

beaten to fine powder, and sifted, and mingle them altogather

puttinge thereon presently the Aquauitae, and put itt in

50A Limbecke to bee distilled

The property of this water:

1: The first distilling hath this property, that noe veno-

mus beast will com nigh, itt alsoe Keepeth the flesh from

being poysoned, As well As with Balme, itt heales and takes

55away all straines, spotts, and ulcers from the face, itt

heales all scabs, and watry eyes:

2: Jtt helps all impostums in the body and other deseases

of the body, itt bringith forth and helpeth All hollowe

teeth, and taketh away all greife of the Liuer:

603: Itt maketh cleane All spotts of Leprosy, itt helpeth all

stincking Breaths, and purgith all meate from the

stomacke, As meate vndigested:

4: Itt clenseth all corrupted and congealed blood in

the body: