47p<A> very <e>xellent <m>edicine <f>or ye <fa>lling sick=<n>esse which <h>ath bin <ve>ry well <pro>ved to <h>elp div= <=e>rs both <o>ld and <y>oung.

Take an herbe yat grows in low grounds called

Lady treate, it groweth with a long stalk having flowers

all along ye stalk writhing about it. it must be gathered

5betweene ye 2 lady days in harvest, for it groweth but

at yat time in ye yeere, and if you giue it to any at yat time

whilst it is greene vse it to ye temples and neck. and thus

you must vse it, bind of this herb to ye patients temples

and nape of his neck with a cloth, yen take of ye powder of it and

10ye powder of ye seede of vervine of each a like quantitye, (1)

of yem both together halfe a spoonefull and yen put it into a litle warm

broth, and let ye patient drink yereof once or twice in a day

by ye space of 8 or 9 days, keeping ye howse all yat time,

and soe a month after ye first taking of youre medicine, and in

15yat time take noe aier, neyther may you eate cockells muscells

or any shell fish or salt fish, or new bread or new

drink, and if it be a young child giue him this intreat which

milk. probatum est.

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20<T>o help extremi=<ti>e of a <c>ough, when. <it> forceth <b>loud to <co>me with <d>raining

Vse conserue of roses of 3 or 4 yeere old with a litle

powder of terra sigillata vpon ye point of a knife.

Take allsoe of syrrop of hoare hound 1 ounce. of syrrop of

liquoris as much, of syrrop of mayden haire as much, of

25syrop of Hysop as much, yen put all yese 4 together and take a

peece of liquorish scraped p /and\ gagged and dip it into youre syrop

and soe take it often times in ye day, you must vse allsoe

Loranum made with ye lungs of a fox, and when you goe to bed

take a litle of ye juice in youre mouth. probatum est.

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For a bur==ning Ague

Take of violet leaues woodbine leaues, sorrell leaues

buglose leaues of each a good handfull Then make a posset

of a good quarte of small ale, and ye curd taken off put

35in youre herbs, and boyle yem in ye posset ale a good while,

yen cleanse it from ye herbes and when. ye patient is dry, let

him drink yereof as hot as he can suffer it. probatum est.

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<A>nother <fo>r ye same

40Take red colewort leaues, and make yem noe broder yan yey

may cover ye hole of ye sole of ye patients foote, and

spread yem over with black sope reasonably thick, yen

strew vpon yem some bay salt somewhat bruised and soe

lay it to bothe ye soles of ye patients feete, bind it soe

45yat it may not slip off, and it will procure him ease very soone

and helpe him. and allsoe take away ye raging heate in ye

head and body. probatum est.