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