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