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: