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.