7vFor a Dropsye, and cured my losen wilt. Faunt

in a desperate estate, W. F./.

Take at night when you goe to bed, a sheeps skim, newly from the sheeps

backe, and as hott as it comes off, lap that side round about your belly,

5and so lett it lye on till the next morninge, and doe this so longe

as you see cause, it will draw out a greate quantitye of water every

night, so it did out of his, it must be the smooth side, must be to

your belly./.

A restoringe comfortable Drinke, or water./.

10Take a Cocke chicken, scald it, and cutt it in the midst, and take out

the entrailes, wipe vp the blood drye, and seeth it in faire runninge

water, vntill the flesh fall from the bones, puttinge to it one

Ounce of China roote sliced, and two Ounces of french Barley cleane

washed, one handfull of Maiden hayre, and a quarter of a pound of raisons

15of the sunne stoned, vse this for the space of a Fortnight in the

morninge, about fower or fiue a clocke warme, and sleepe one

hower after it./.

For a Dropsye. Bu:

Take a water snake that is a reasonable large one, bye him by the

20tayle with a small cord, and hange him vp, then sett a vessell of faire

water vnder him, where he hangs, and after a certaine time he will

void out of his mouth a stone, which beinge taken out of the vessell

he drinks vp all the water, lett this stone be tyed to them that haue

the Dropsye, and it will exhaust, and fetch out the watry humor

25that affecteth./.

A receyt for the Dropsye, and to purge ill humors./

Take a scuruy grasse halfe a pecke, sage, smallage, lovage, watercresses

clivers, Auens, Mercury, of each a good handfull, stamp them all very small

and putt them into a Firkin with tap, to three Gallons of New

30Ale, then take some Anniseeds, and sweet Fennellseeds, of each

three Ounces, long pepper, saffron, and graines, of each one penny

worth, bruise them all well, and putt them into a thinn, bagge, with

a stone of weight into the Ale, and lett it stand so three dayes

drinke thereoff Constantly every day vntil you be well, the which

35wilbe in three weeks or a months space at the farthest, and in

the meane time drinke no other drinke, and refraine Fish, and

all sorte of routes. the word Mercury, is meante the hearbe

Mercury./