2pbest devotions for your worshipp and your worshipp’s cheifly honore[d]
long lives and increase of manye happy daies as also for the
rest of your worshipps family and shall then /ever\ say my self to be
most unhappie when I may not say my selfe so happye
5as to remaine for ever
The true and faithfull Servant
to your commands
Mathewe Lucatellye
10An excellent Balme of Aqua Pendente Phisition of þe University[e]
in þe City of Padua.
Take old sallet oyle ounce iij of Venice Turpentine ounce viij.
whole corne wheate ounce j. Hypericon ounce ij. The roots of Carduus seed *
þe roots of setwell ounce j. Frankensense in per os: ounce ij. cutt þe roots grossly
15and put them into a pipkin with white wine as much as sufficeth to infuse for 24
hours; then put to it þe oil and þe corne and sett it to boil untill þe
wine be consumed then strain it and put to it þe turpentine and the
frankensence and reserve it in a glass.
This Balme cures a green wound in a short time but remember
20to wash þe wound first with white wine.
A Balme for green wounds and paine in þe bodye
Take oil of Nutts pound ij. White wine iiij pints. Mans grease ounce i[j]
oil of Lavender ounce iij. Ground pine and rose leaves ana. ounce iij.
25Green Colewort leaves no. 6. well bruised in a mortar. sett them
boil gently in a new pipkin untill þe wine be consumed, then
straine it and keep it in a glass well stopped, and when you
will use it you must wash the wound with cla
wine warme or vinegar mingled with water and then
30anoint it with a feather laying upon it a colewort
leafe, and a peice of linnen cloath welt in warm wine
and in this manner you must dress it twice a day
morning and evening.