45p<A> very <s>oueraine <and> approved <m>edicine <for> ye palsy <to> be ministred

<and> it taketh away ye speech.

When ye palsy entreth into ye toung of any patient

soe yat yey be speechlesse, to bring yem to your speech again

5slit ye eare of a fox and take ye bloud yereof, and rub

and chafe ye neck and throate of ye patient yerewith

outwardly, and allsoe his wrists, and cease not to chafe

it much and it will help ye pallsye probautm est.

Another. Make a bag of linnen cloth as much as

10ye vpper parte of youre thumbe and put yerein stauesaker

and lay it vnder ye roote of ye toung in ye mouth of ye

patient and it will help him. probatum est.

Take of rue 1/2 handfull stampe it and straine ye juice

yereof into a saucer, putting yereto a few cornes of

15bay salt and a litle aqua vitae. yen stir yem alltogether and let

ye patient with a fine linnen cloth about his finger

wet in ye same juice, rub ye rootes of his toung as

low as he can reach into his throate with his finger

and in soe doeing 3 or 4 times, it will brind his speech

20to him again probatum est.

___________________

<A>nother <v>ery exe=<=lle>nt for <ye> same <we>ll proved. <A>gainst ye <sh>acking <of> it.

Take red sage and heate it between 2 tiles, and if ye palsye

be in ye head lay it as hot as he can suffer it to ye nape

25of his neck, his temples and vnderneath ye chinne tow=

=ards ye roote of his toung. Allsoe take cowslip rootes

and dry yem. and beate yem to powder, and let him vse to eate

it allways with his pottage, and if ye pallsye be given

to shake him, lay of ye powder vpon his toung, and in

30often doeing yereof, it will take it away. probatum est.

___________________

To aswage ye swelling in ye hand yat is like to be a fellon

Take strong ale grounds, and ye crumbes of rye

bread, and a litle peece of white sope, and boyle yem together

35till yey be thick, yen spread it on a cloth and lay it to

ye swelling and it will help you. probatum est.

___________________

<T>o take <a>way ye <.>les of <y>e pox.

Take a peece of fat bacon and wash it in 3 or 4 waters

40something warmed to take away ye extreame saltness of it.

yen roast it on a spit, and saue ye dripping yereof in a dish,

yen take rue when ye dew is gone off it, if you can, gather it

while ye sunne is on it, and stampe it and mingle ye juice

yereof with ye dripping of ye bacon in such sort as you may make

45it like a greene ointment. and when ye pox be full come out

and growne to a scab, yen take a feather and anoint