33pA soverain medicine for ye plaug. given by King Henry to his soul=diers at Bully.

Take a handfull of sage, of rue a handfull of elder

leaues a handfull of red bramble leaues a handfull

stampe yem alltogether in a mortar, and straine yem into a faire

5vessell or pot, through a faire linnen cloth with a

quarte of white wine, and a quantity of white wine vine=

=gar, and a quantitye of good white ginger, and mingle alltogether

and drink of this medicine a sponnefull every day for

9 days together and it will preserue you by ye grace of god.

10___________________ And if in case any be

stricken with ye plaug before he haue drank of ye

medicine aforesaid yen put yereto a spoonefull of scabious

water, a spoonefull of Betony water, a quantity of fine

treacle and a good quantity of cardus benedictus (1) a handfull

15and put yem alltogether and cause ye patient to drink it. if it soe

chance yat ye push doe appeare, yen take ye leaues of red

brambles, ye leaues of elder and mustard seed, and stampe yem

alltogether and make a playster yereof, and lay it to ye sore and it

will draw out all ye venome and helpe ye partye.

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Take a quarte or a pinte of malmesye, and with milke

make yereof a posset, and yen take bay berries,

acornes and kneeholme, and beate every one severally

in fine powder, yen take of every of yese a like quantitye,

25make youre proportion soe as yere may be as much of yem

alltogether as will lye vpon a tester, and yen put it into

as much posset ale as you well can well drink at

a drought, and soe drink it off and vse this and it will

helpe you. probatum est.

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Take 1/2 pound of fennell seed 1/4 of a pound of anniseed

and 1/2 quarter of a pound of cummin seeds, and steepe yem alltogether

in a quarte of very good claret wine for 24 houres, then

take yem out and dry yem on platters eyther before ye fire

35or in an oven, and being soe dryed rub ye dust from you

betweene youre hands, and yen dust yem cleane and beate yem to

fine powder, and as you haue need vse this powder by a

small spoonefull at a time, eyther in a draught of