8rA Reseyte for the Dropsye giuen me by the Lady Hubart

which cured sr Tho. Glover./

Take every night, for two, or three nights together so much Aloes

as a Horse beane, then forbeare it, for a weeke or fortnight, then

5take it againe Once a fortnight, or as oft as they need, but constantly

once in a Fortnight, or three weeks, for it is a great purger of

watrye humors, and constantly helps and cures the paine of the

headach./

For the Dropsye Doctor Gibbs./

10Take Gambogia either in broath, or possett drinke, as hott, as can be

suffered, and fast three howers after at the least, then sweate two

mornings, and after this manner continue, vntill you haue taken fiue

fine quantities of the powder, and tenn sweats, then stay as many

more dayes, as you were takinge the powder, and sweats, then take

15it againe in manner as you did before, which beinge done, you must

take a dyett beere every springe and fall, or as often as you finde

your selfe to swell, either in belly, or leggs, And the manner to

sweate, it is this./

Take a Bathinge tubb, with a halfe bottom full of holes, only where the

20seate must be, there must be hoopes ouer the tubb, to beare vp a

rugge, and as many blanketts as you like best your selfe, you

must sitt, in a chaire, or on the side of your bed, in your night

Gowne, and you will sweat exceedinge well./

The Bath is thus made./

25Take halfe a Bushell of Oakes, a good deale of red sage, a good deale

of Ivye, two pound of Iuniper Berries, some camomill, Rosemarye

and Penneroyall, a pretty quantitye, and halfe a pecke of Bay salte

seeth all those together, and putt it into a tubb, and couer it with

a cover full of holes, and putt your leggs ouer the Fumes, and so sweat

30as longe as you please, and then goe to a warme bed and sweate

there./

Heere Followeth another way./.

If this sweate please you not, then take a Wooden Chayre, and

lay at the backe round about it, a rugg, and blankitts, sitt naked in

35the chayre, and lett the rugge, and blanketts come about your necke

very close that no ayre may come in, but lett you chaire be

heated with a chattinge dish of coales, before you sitt in it