133pA Poultis for a sore brest or any swellinge
in any parte of the bodie ,
Take march mallows and wormewood , of each alike quantetie and
boyle them till the bee uerie tender , then lay them wheare
5they water may dreane from them , to euerie pound of them
take tow ounces of giltes grease cleane skined and worked all of
them togeither in a stone morter , lay them plaister wayes
a finger thicke of a duble cloth as hot as the patient cann
suffer it , and before it brust change it as often as it grows could ,
10but after once in twelue hours will sufise , this will ripe it
from further putrefaction , and if it bee not alredie putrefied
it will take the swellinge quite away ,
A Medecine for the dropsie
Take a quart of broome ashes finely temsed and an ounce of
15Sinamind beaten smale , and a potle of whitewine put al these
togeither into an earthen pot , and let it stand three dayes
Couerd it must bee stirred twice euerie day , then cleare into a
glass and drinke therof three times aday , three spoonefull at a
time , at morneinge and noone and when you goe to bedd ,
20An excelent powder for winde
Take any seedes and Collyander seedes prepared , of each 2 ounces
Cinamond halfe an ounce liquoris one ounce , of cloves and mace
the waight of d pence , beate all these and serce them and mixe
them with asmuch white sugar Candie , as all the reste ,