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./.