104vAn approued water for Sore Eyes. Cousin Pury./
Take White wine, Eyebright water, white, or red Rose water, of each a quarter
of a pinte, and one pinte of runninge water, putt all these waters in a
glasse together, then putt into the glasse white Copperis, and Greene Copperis
5of each flower drachms, beaten to powder, of Tuttie one drachme, and so
Stopp the glasse, and lett it stand in the sun, eight dayes, once, or
twice a day shakinge the glasse, and when you vse it, putt two or three
dropps into your Eyes, when you goe to bed, it will continue good for a
yeare, whon you vse it shake not the glasse./.
10A most excelent approved Drinle for any kinde
of Sore Eyes, and will take off a pearle,
Sister K. Sta:/.
Take two handfuls of the leaues, and rootes, of red Honey=Suckles, and one
handfull of the leaues, and roots, of white Honey=Suckls, and fortye Sowes,
15Such as lye in ould rotten wood, wash them very faire by themselues, and
The leaues, and rootes by themselues, then putt the sowes, leaue and roots
into a Mortar, and when they are throughly beaten, putt into the
morter amongst them, a pinte of Ale, then stirre it well together and
straino it into another pinte of Ale, and so drinke a good draught of it
20in the morninge fastinge two howors after it, and as much at night
when you goe to bed, hauinge neither eaten nor drunke two howers
Before, this Medicine is for a man, or boy, but if you give it to a woman
or Girle, you must then putt in but one handfull of the red Honey=
suckle leaues and roots, and two, of the white./
25An excellent good water for sore Eyes,
And very safe. Doct. Haw:
Take a lump of lapis Calaminaris, the quantitye of Fower Ounces, heat
it red Fyer hott, then putt it into a quarte of white wine, and
quench it, then putt it into the Fier againe, and quench it in this
30manner seauen times, every time puttinge it into tho Fyer againe
then take that lumpe, after so often quenchinge, and beate it into
fine powder, and searce it, then putt the fine powder, into three
quarters of a pinte, of Fresh white wine, and once a day for a week
shake the bottle or glasse, that you putt it in, and when you vse
35it, beinge settled, putt a droppe at a time in your Eye, and the
same wine you quench it in first, will serue all the seauen
times./