49pAnother <e>xellent <r>eceit <f>or ye Ague vsed by <ye> Lady Stafford
An howre before ye cold doth come as neare as
you can guesse, Take this drink following.
Take a pint or a quarte of ale, and boyle it and skim
5it cleane, yen take a handfull or 2 of red sage and
boyle it in yat liquor till halfe be consumed, yen to
make it pleasant and more comfortable, put in
some sugar and whole maces and boyle it a little
again yen take it off ye fire and drinke noe other
10drink but this warme till youre cold be past.
Allsoe when. you begin to drink this drink make this
medicine following, and ye cold a litle taken off
before ye fire bind it to youre wrests.
Take of red nettles a handfull and more, and stampe
15yem very small, yen put yereto 2 spoonefulls of
bay salt in fine powder, and as much olibanum as
a wallnut powdered in like sorte, yen beate yem
well again together and yen lay it vpon a faire cloth, and yen
ye cold as aforesaid taken off against. ye fire, binde
20it to youre wrists, and soe let it lye 24. howres.
notwithstanding if you will you may shift it again in
ye morning, and presently vpon ye taking of this drink
and medicine walk till you sweate, or goe to bed to
procure youre selfe to sweat if you can, and take great
25heed you take noe cold vpon it. In all remedies
for Agues a moderate sweat vpon ye medicine
taken, is as needfull to ye health of ye patient
allmost as ye medicine it serves for ye forced
heate preventeth ye course of ye cold which is ye
30cheifest parte of any shiuering aque. probatum est.
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<A>n exellent <m>edicine <fo>r womes <ey>ther in <o>ld or <y>oung.
Take Aloes succatrina a good pretty quantitye, and
mingle it with hony, soe yat it may be very
35strong of ye Aloes, and being incorporated very
well together anoint ye navell of ye patient. probatum
est.