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