36pA Poultise for swolne leggs as red as Saint Anthonyes fire

Take ye broth of a fat hen sodden in cleane

water a pottell, and take yereof ye vppermost,

then take mallows a great handfull or 2, as

5youre liquor will serue, boyle it till ye herbes

be soft, and ye liquor consumed to ye half, yen

put in of ye oyle of elders with your flowrs yat be

yerein and of oyle of roses with your flowers of each

a good saucerfull and a handfull of wheat bran,

10make it thick and bray it, and lay it to hot, this

will disperse and dissolue ye matter without brea=

=king and take away ye dolore and paine marveilously.

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A playster to ripen any impost=ume yat must needs be broken.

15Take and boyle figgs till yey be something tender 8

in number, and ye roote of a young white lilly, camo=

mill sorrell, mallows violet leaues and featherfew

of each a pretty handfull yen make a coffin like a pye

of barly and wheate flower mixed by even portions

20together and shred youre herbes grossly, and with 2 spoonefulls

of boares grease or hogs grease, put yem into ye coffin, and

cover it close with a lid of ye same, and when it is well

baked in an oven, or vnder a pan take out yat which is

within with a spoone, and take off ye soft part yat is in ye

25bottome yerewith and incorporate yem together very well in a mortar

and being good and hot lay it to ye inpostume, and it will surely

breake it for it hath bin very well proved. whyther it

be in a man or woemans breast, or plaug sore or any

other hard or horrible impostume. this is allsoe a

30soveraine remedy to breake ye impostume of ye cods which

must needs be broken.

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A remedye for ye squin=sye

let ye partye bloud on ye left arme or ye liver veine

353 or 4 ounce. and let him gargase white wine viniger war=

=med and water of each a like quantitye, let him gargase it

often and spit it out, and let him haue some methredate

in white wine, and let him sweat vpon it an howre or two

and if ye squinsye be swelled allready in his throate, yen

40make a Playster as followeth and it will aswage ye paine

and take away ye swelling quickly.

The Playster

Take a swallos nest as you find it, with birds or with

eggs, or else without, and put to it 8 handfulls of mallows

45with as much watercresses, boyle yem together in milk till

yey become soft, and ye milk cleane consumed, yen take