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./