130pA uery good oyntment for an ache or bruse

Take of sage and rew of each a pound, of wormwood and

bay leaues of each halfe a pound , cut them small and beate

them in a stone morter , with three pound of sheepe

5suit, newe from the sheepe , yet could , mince it small

then beate the herbs and it togeither till it cannot bee

disarned from the herbs , but all of one culler , then

put it into a bason , and put to the same a potle of

sallet oyle , and worke it in with your hands till it

10bee all of like softness , then put it into an earthen

pot and cover it with a close couer 8 dayes . then seeth

it in a grass pot , with a soft fyre till the strengh of

the herbes bee gone : which you shall preceive by takeinge a

spoonefull and putinge it in a newe Cannis bagg , and wringe

15the iuce from the herbs and if in the last wringinge there come

like a browne water , then it is not boyled enough , for there

must come nothinge but oyntmtent , and this way you may

try all other oyntments , and when you haue strained it

put it into a stone pot for your use you must anoynt

20the patient eueninge and morneinge warme keepeinge

the same linin cloth next it for drinkinge up to much

of the oyle ;