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./