40pA medicine for ye greene sicknesse.
Take speeremint and dry yem soe as yey may be beaten
to powder, and wormewood allsoe of each of ye powders
alike quantitye, yen take of cinamon in powder as much
5as of bothe ye other and mingle yem together yen make a tost
of manchet, and with a spoone sprincle a litle muscadell
or malmesye on it, and yen put a pretty quantity of ye powder
vpon ye toast, and soe eate it and drink a good draught
of ye muscadell or malmesye after it, and walk after
10it halfe an howre or a quarter at ye least, and it will
help you in 5 or 6 times taking. probatum est.
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Running of ye raines or weaknese of ye back.
Take a pottle of goates milk new and warme as it is milked
15and for want yereof take cows milk, yen take a handfull of
hempeseed as it groweth and a handfull of acornes ye
husks being taken away, and dry yem soe as yey may be
beaten to powder, yen take one roote of plantaine and one
roote of dasies, and bruise yem and yen put yem with ye powder
20into ye milk and seeth yem together vntill ye milk be half consumed
yen straine it from ye grounds and drink a good draught of
it take warme every morning, and drink not in 2 howres
after it and it will help you in short space. probatum est.
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25To purge ye head A purgarum well proved by Dr. Smith
Take of galnigall alias cyprus 1/4 ounce. liquorish 1/2 ounce.
elicampane roote 1/4 ounce. polipodium of ye oake 1 ounce. dry
ernigo 1/4 ounce. coriander prepared 1/4 ounce. of anniseeds 1/4 ounce.
of sene 2 ounce. bruise all yese grossly saving ye sene,
30yen boyle yem in 3 pints of faire water vntill ye third parte be
consumed, and yen straine it and take it luke warme a pretty
draught draught. boyle it if you list with halfe white wine
and halfe water, and put to it a small handfull of raysons
stoned. if it work not well in ye morning take at night 4
35or 5 spoonefulls cold when you goe to bed.
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A medicine for ye swelling and hardnesse of ye spleene
Take ye barke of ye ash and seeth it in running water
but make it very strong of ye ash, and soe drink it 5 days
40morning and evening, and yen leaue it a day or 2 and yen
take it again and it will take away ye hardnesse and swelling of
ye spleene this hath bin well proved. probatum est.