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.
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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