35pmost staine proved medicine against ye manner of pestil=ence and [...] be never [...] vehement

Take an onion and cut it overthwart, yen make a

litle hole in each peece and fill it vp with fine

treacle, and yen set ye peeces together again as yey were

5before, this done wrap it in a wet linnen cloth, soe

closed, yen cover it in ye embers or hot ashes to rost

and when it is well rosted, presse it out thorow a faire linnen

cloth, and giue this juice to ye partye to drink being pressed

out, <.> a spoonefull thereof by it se: in quantity and ye

10patient immediately shall begin to amend, and without faile

he shall be whole again. probatum est.

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For ye Ague you may adde a handfull of red sage.

Take a handfull of bay leaues and 1 ounce. of good peper

15beaten grossly, and boyle yem together in a quarte of good beere

or ale vntill it be consumed to a pint, and then let ye

patient drinke yereof a good draught, and let him

get him to bed and sweat vpon int, or let him runne

after it, till he sweat soe yat he take noe cold

20vpon it which is very dangerous. this must ye patient

drink a litle before yat he knoweth his fit will

come, and it will helpe him. probatum est.

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A water to cleanse a wound or any foule <v>lcer orsore

25Take rue sage Philbert leaues, penny ryal, hony suckells

of woodbine each a handfull hony 5 spoonefulls good ale

a large pottell rock allum ye quantity of 2 wallnuts, youre ale

must be first clarifyed, and yen put in youre stuffe aforesaid and

boyle it to ye wasting of one parte of three, and yen straine it

30strongly into a pot, and covyr cover it very close, ye elder

it be ye better it is; vse it thus when occasion requires

take some in a saucer and dip a faire cloth yerein and wash

ye sore, and soe dip it after, and it will first make it sweate

and yen cleanse it, and in continuance heale it, though it were

35ye fowlest cankered sore yat ever was.

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A greene balme to incarnate consume and dry vp flithy vlcers.

Take of ye finest and best aquavitae, oyle of roses, venice

turpentine, of every of yese a pint, boyle yem with a soft

40fire of coales, and after a plaw or 2 put in an

ounce. and 1/2 of verdigrease made in very fine powder

and yen boyle it to a good and perfect substance, and being

a day or 2 old vse it for a most exellent receipt

to incarnate very well proved.