7rA Medicine Against the plague:
Take either A bottle or A glasse, And fill the third part
of itt, with uerry good Treacle, and the other third with =
Aquavitae, and the other third part, with the vrine of a =
5man child which is A virgin, and uerry sound in hea^/l\th of
body, giue of this to the patient to drincke, three mor-
-nings togather A glass full, this hath binne Experemen-
taly proued:
A Medicine for the plague:
10Take the seeds of A bay tree being ripe, peele of the
owtward Skyn of them, which is blacke, dry them, and =
beate them well to powder, mingle with them A little =
salt, and Assoon As you feele your selfe strucken with the
burninge Ague, you must take A spoonfull of this powder
15with A Little vineger, and water, mingled togather, warm
itt a Little, then drincke itt and goe to bed, and couer you =
warme, and sleepe, and swet thereon, and you will soon
bee well, but if the Ague coms un you with cold or shaking
then instead of vineger, take this forenamed powder
20with good wine, this is an excellent Remedy, and hath
binne tryed un many:
To stay the Hic-cok:
Take A spoonfull of good vineger, and drincke itt, and itt
will soon cease:
25A Medicine to make the Haire to
growe un the head, or face:
Take only the head of A Herneshaw, or Herne, burne itt to
cynders, then mingle with these Ashes som of the herns fatt
and rub. the head therewith which is Bald, and the hayre will
30com againe, yea though there had binne scarrs, or hurtes, which
hath hindered the growth thereof:
Another for the same:
Take A Herne and Burne All to Ashes, then take Beares gre
-ase, and mingle therewith of the powder of this Herne, or Ashes
35then rub therewith the bald place, and the haire will com again
as well As euer itt did:
A present Remedy against the Grauell, and
to make one make water that hath not made
water in 4 or 5 dayse, And will Breake the stone
40in 10 or 12 dayse:
Take uerry fine powder of virga Aurea, put A spoonfull of itt
into an egg soft rosted, Lett the patiente sup itt in the morning
fastinge after itt som 5 howres, then hee will make water in lesse
then Halfe an Howre, and if they continue takeing of this, for 10
45or 12 dayse togather, hee will easely void the stone:
Against the greife of the spleen:
Take the lightes of A fox, dry itt and Beate itt to powder giue
this to drincke to the patient, in white wine, either to eat or =
drincke, and itt will soon helpe god willinge:
50To stanch Bleedinge:
Take Humains blood, and dry itt in the sunne, and beinge =
dryed make itt into powder, and if itt fortune that any one =
haue hurte a uaine, that greate store of Blood com from itt
take of this powder and Lay itt to the greife, and it will helpe