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.
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<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.
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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.
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<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