Image 035, first book, folio 18a, receipts 72 (contd.) to 75.
| The firste booke. Fo. j | ||||
| Liber j | ||||
| Take 4 ? of lynseede, & beate it very small & one good handfull of | ||||
| chickeweede, & a good handfull of rose leaves, & put them into a quarte | ||||
| of milke & seeth them together till they be so thicke that you may spread | ||||
| it upon a cloth: & lay it as hot to the breaste as ye patient may suffer it: | ||||
| & if it chaunce to breake then tente* it with youre greene salve nexte | ||||
| above written: & by Gods helpe it shall heale it. | ||||
| For the pyles or emrodes. 73. | ||||
| Take flockes of scarlet*, & seeth** them in milke till they be thicke, and | ||||
| therewith bath the place infected, & then use this salve which must be | ||||
| made in Maye: Take an handfull of elder toppes, as much of mullet* | ||||
| leaves, & stampe the very small, & boyle them verye well in sweet | ||||
| sheeps sewet, & the oyle of roses till ye salve bee greene, & then strayne | ||||
| it, & when it is colde use it to ye place & put it up as farre as you may. | ||||
| For a sore mouth. 74. | ||||
| Take rosemary tops, sage, synkefille*, planten, bramble leaves, honye- | ||||
| succle leaves, of each an handfull, seeth* all these together from a pottle** | ||||
| to a quarte in fayre running water, then strayne it & put thereunto two | ||||
| spoonefull of honye, & as much allome* as a wallnut beaten, then seeth | ||||
| it over the fire agayne, & give it one walme, then strayne it, & let it | ||||
| settle, & use the cleare water thereof, & if it bee a canker, besides this | ||||
| water, burne the shreddes of scarlet, & lay the powder thereof | ||||
| upon the sore, & it will kill it. | ||||
| A playster for olde bruises, or sores, uncomes*, cuts, | ||||
| or any such like which will both breake & drawe & | ||||
| heale: & it is allso good for scarres, & will serve for | ||||
| a seere clothe*, for a sciatica, or for any olde sore | ||||
| or newe. 75. | ||||
| I thinke this sheeps | Take a quarter of j lb of hartes sewet or goates sewet, & of sheepes sewet | |||
| sewet should be so | 6 ? & boyle it with 4 ? of the iuice* of clumenon**, till yt juice be consu- | |||
| much waxe. | med, then adde unto it a quarter of j lb of 0lybanum*, of rozen* di j lb, of per- | |||
| rosen* halfe j lb, then beate your rosen & your gummes** as small as you | ||||
| can, & melte your waxe & sewet, that beinge molten, put in your gummes, | ||||
| & still boyle them till all be well molten, & then streyne it into a pottle | ||||
| of good white wine through a linnen cloth, & being all well boyled toge- | ||||
| ther neere halfe an houre, then take it downe & let it coole, till you may | ||||
| gather it from the wine: then melte it agayne, in an other cleane panne | ||||
| & being molten, stirre it well with a wodden splatter* till it be allmoste | ||||
| colde, & then you must have 4 ? of good turpentine first washed in good | ||||
| rose water, & put it thereinto, before it be colde, then set it on ye fire | ||||
| agayne, & being well molten, stirre it together agayne, & when it is | ||||
| allmost colde, then take & put thereunto 2 drams of camphire*, & stirre it | ||||
| together till it be full colde, then make it in rowles, or boxe it as you liste*. | ||||
| till you |
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Transcribed by JW and LF