49pAnother <e>xellent <r>eceit <f>or ye Ague vsed by <ye> Lady Stafford

An howre before ye cold doth come as neare as

you can guesse, Take this drink following.

Take a pint or a quarte of ale, and boyle it and skim

5it cleane, yen take a handfull or 2 of red sage and

boyle it in yat liquor till halfe be consumed, yen to

make it pleasant and more comfortable, put in

some sugar and whole maces and boyle it a little

again yen take it off ye fire and drinke noe other

10drink but this warme till youre cold be past.

Allsoe when. you begin to drink this drink make this

medicine following, and ye cold a litle taken off

before ye fire bind it to youre wrests.

Take of red nettles a handfull and more, and stampe

15yem very small, yen put yereto 2 spoonefulls of

bay salt in fine powder, and as much olibanum as

a wallnut powdered in like sorte, yen beate yem

well again together and yen lay it vpon a faire cloth, and yen

ye cold as aforesaid taken off against. ye fire, binde

20it to youre wrists, and soe let it lye 24. howres.

notwithstanding if you will you may shift it again in

ye morning, and presently vpon ye taking of this drink

and medicine walk till you sweate, or goe to bed to

procure youre selfe to sweat if you can, and take great

25heed you take noe cold vpon it. In all remedies

for Agues a moderate sweat vpon ye medicine

taken, is as needfull to ye health of ye patient

allmost as ye medicine it serves for ye forced

heate preventeth ye course of ye cold which is ye

30cheifest parte of any shiuering aque. probatum est.

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<A>n exellent <m>edicine <fo>r womes <ey>ther in <o>ld or <y>oung.

Take Aloes succatrina a good pretty quantitye, and

mingle it with hony, soe yat it may be very

35strong of ye Aloes, and being incorporated very

well together anoint ye navell of ye patient. probatum

est.