37pand beate it in a bowle vnto a tender playster, and take
as much of ye same as youre fist, and make it as hot as
ye partye may suffer it, and in manner of a playster bind it
about his neck where ye swelling is, and soe change it
5often times till ye paine be gone. probatum est.
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For ye biting of a mad dog or for ye <s>tinging of an Adder
Take a handfull or more of hazell nuts, and a quarter of
a handfull of rue, and a cloue of garlick, and take ye
10juice of all these stamped together and put into yem a litle
treacle, and if it be a man yat is stung giue him it to
drinke in ale beere or wine, but if it be a dog giue
him it in milke, yen take yt from whence ye juice was
bruised, and binde it to ye place yat was stung it is a
15present remedy well proved. probatum est.
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A singuler water for ye heate colour and <r>awnesse of ye pri=vities such a se=cret as is
unknowne
Take cereus alias white lead washed in rose water
20seaven times yat is every 12 howres changing youre water
and putting to new 4 ounce. yereof, of tutty preparate one ounce.
starch flower 2 drams, gumme tragacanth and gumme
arrabeck of each 2 drams. when youre cerussa (1) white lead
is dried and yt and ye other made in powder forme yem in
25trossicks with raine water and dry yem. The vse hereof:
Put one of ye balls and a saucerfull of water all night, and ye
next day stir yem together till ye ball be perfectly dissolved, yen
with a syringe if it be within, or with slopes wet if it
be without cast or apply youre water, if ye neck of ye bladder
30were perished or vlcered, it would help it, and yat marveilously
probatum est.
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A very ex=ellent me=dicine for ye plaug
Take ye best malmesye you can get, as it were halfe a draught
35or somethhing more, and put yereto as much sallet oyle as will make
it vp a good draught, and if it be an old body yat is infected, put
yereto 2 penny worth of methredate, but if it be a young body
put in not passing a penny worth yereof, this being all well
mingled together let ye party infected drink it off, and yen sweat vpon
40it and it will help him, within 5 or 6 houres by procuring him
to a vomite or working downeward 2 or 3 or 4 stooles. this
hath bin very well proved to help divers yat haue bin infected.
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To make haire to grow.
45Take ye water of red mother worte, and wash ye place
with it where you would haue haire grow. probatum est.