7rCittron, sanders, saffron, the yellow parte of an Orange pill, bruise

the spices, and pills, lett the sanders be rasped fine, then putt all these

things together, with three quartes of White Wine, in some glasse

vessell, stopt close with dough, sett the glasse in a kettle of water

5(in which you putt hay to keepe the glasse from the sides of the

kettle) to feeth fower and twenty howers, and if the water in the

kettle doe Waste you must putt more in, but it must be made

hott before you putt it in, else it will breake the glasse, and when

it hath boyled fower and twenty howers vpon the fire then take it

10off the fyer, and when it is cold, strayne, forth all the Iuice you

can gett out, and putt halfe a pound of suger thereto, and seeth it

a little, and this is good to helpe the greene sicknes, ill complexions,

to precure courses of women, and to helpe all other Inconvenientes

ensuinge the want of them./

15A very good Medicine for Deafenes to helpe it

Mr Mathias./

Take greene Elme, and lay it on the middest of the fire, keepe the

water that comes out of the ends of the Elme, take a spoonefull of it

and a spoonefull of the Iuice of Howsleeke and a good spoonefull of

20White Wine, and a spoonefull of eeles grease, of a black eele, that is

fier red beneath the Navell, boyle all these together over a soft fyer

a quarter of an hower, and so putt it vp into a Glasse, and when

you are in bed, drop of it luke warme into your eare, and so lye vpon

the contrarye side, and in a shorte time it will helpe./

25A good Medicine for the Dropsye often approved

by Mrs Williams./

Take sea cawle, which some call sea Colewort, or soldanella, make

it in powder, and eate it in broath, or any Spoone meate, and

drinke it in beere or Wine, and it will in short time, by gods blessing

30helpe you, probatum./.

Mrs Barkers drinke she giues generally to all she takes in hand

either in Physicke or Chirurgerye./

Take a quarte of white wine, a quarter of an Ounce of blacke pepper,

a penniworth of Pomegranate pills, both in very fine powder and searced

35sett them on the fier, and lett them boyle a little, then take them from the fyer

and putt into it, in very fine powder halfe a quarter of an Ounce of English

saffron, stirring it well a good while together, and whilst it is warme putt

into it halfe a quarter of a pinte of good Aqua vitae, and shake all well together

putt no other hott water to it, and diuide this into six parts, and take it

40cold six mornings together fastinge./