115rSuger candy into the eggs, and sett them in hott Embers, to boyle, and in
the boylinge scumme it with a feather, then take them out of the Embers
and sett them in salte till they be cold, then poure the top of it into a
glasse, but lett the bottom remaine, and when it is cold with a feather
5drop it into the Eyes two, or three times and they wilbe well./
To make an Excellent Eye water, taught me by the
Lady Hubert and by her tryed vpon very many./.
Take a pottle of May dew, a quarter of an Ounce of white Copperis and, a
a quarter of an Ounce of white salt, lett the salte be first roasted in a
10wett cloath in hott embers, then make both the salte and copporis in fine
powder, then putt it into the dew, in a new well glased pipkin with a
couer. the dew must be gathered in may after a hott deye day, before
sun risinge and lett the dew be very cleare before you vse it, it must
be scummed very cleane, and not boyle to fast, boyle it till the pottle
15be reduced to a quart, then putt it in a glasse, and couer it with paper
with holes in it, and sett the glasse in a window where the sun doth
shine, for a fortnight, then stop it close, and in a mouth after you
may applye it to the Eyes./.
Another approved reseyte for Eyes, given me by
20the Lady Hubert and approved by her vpon many./
Take of Hoggs grease very good three Ounces, wash it in red rosewater six howrs
after that wash it other six howers in white wine, wherein lapis calaminaris
hath beene twelue times quenched, then take of Tutia well prepared one
Ounce, of the stone Hemetitis well washed and prepared two scruples
25of Aloes washt, and finely powdered twelue graines, of pearle in powder
Fower graines, mixe all together with a little of the powder of red Fennell, the
Alloes must be dissolued in red Fennell water, and so dryed in the sun,
till it hath consumed the water, and beinge hard dryed make it into
powder, then make all these into a salue, and so applye it./
30A reseyt of a water for itchinge or heat of wateringe
Eyes, taught me by Mr Fr:/
Take a pint of cunditt water, and the weight of six pence, of purest white
copperis, halfe an ounce of white suger candy, bruise these together in a paper
very small, and putt them into the water, and shake it very well and sett
35it in the sunne for three dayes, if it be in somer, if in winter then sett
it in a little warme water, and shake it once a day, and drop two, or three
drops, in the eyes affected at night when you goe to bed, and dip little
raggs in it, and lay it vpon the oyes./.