16pTo helpe him yat hath ye plaug.
Take and wash cleane a lilly roote and boyle it in
a pint of white wine vntill ye one halfe be consumed
yen giue it to ye sick to drinke, and he shall immediately
5breake out in bladders, and yey will dry vp and ye party
shall be whole probatum est.
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To make a searcloth for an ach.
Take red lead 2 pound. common oyle 2 pound. and soe boyle yem
10till yey be stitte, and soe strike yem on lether and it
will draw out all ache etc.
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For a stitch
Take a wooden dish and put hot embers yerein, yen take
15yese herbs and put yereto. Herbegrace rosemary fennell
Hysop, and soe lay a cloth over ye dish, and lay ye same
dish to youre side where youre paine is, and it will take
away ye stitch and paine yereof. probatum est.
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20To heale a burne or scald.
Take sope and rotten apples and compound yem together and if
ye skin be not broken it will heale it presently making
ye same in ye forme of a playster, and lay it to ye place
greived. probatum est.
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To heale a scald head
Take quicksiluer and fresh butter and compound yem
together yen take brimstone and beate it very fine in powder
and soe compound ye powder with ye ointment and yerewith
30annoint often ye place greived, and it will dry it vp
and heale it. probatum est.
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To helpe ye yellow jaundise
Take Ivory English saffron and turmerick of each a
35dram and beate yem in fine powder, and giue ye said powder
in milk to him, and if you will haue him rid yereof
for ever giue him syrrop of succory with rubarbe and
ye syrop of ye 5 rootes of each 2 ounce. you must giue
ye partye yese syrops before you giue him ye powder
40and in soe doeing he shall be whole. probatum est.
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Pills for ye head.
Take pillulae auriae 1 ounce. and make yem into pills and
take 1/2 dram at most (you may take lesse) in ye
45morning and fast till 11 clock, and yese pills will
purge ye head and take away ye paine yereof. probatum est.