Image 043, second book, folio 23a, receipts 47 (contd) to 50.
| The seconde booke .fo. 23 | ||||
| Liber 2 | ||||
| seeth*, not drye, & after that it hath this kind of seethinge, cast it all into a | ||||
| jelly bagge, or in a strayner, save the bones, that ye licor away drayne* | ||||
| from it without compulsion, & immediately it will be in a jellye, & yt | ||||
| done seeth it upon the fire agayne, in an other vessell, & clarify it so | ||||
| purely that there be no manner fat seene upon it, & then give ye patient | ||||
| three or fowre spoonefull warme to drinke, & as oft as he can to receive | ||||
| it, & by the grace of God hee shall recover. | ||||
| 48 For one that hath surfected*, & cannot dygeste. | ||||
| Take the bottome of a wheaten loafe, & tost it at the fire till it be very | ||||
| browne, & harde: then take a good quantitye of Aquavitae*, & powre it upon | ||||
| the same toste, & put it in a single linen cloth. & lay it at ye breaste of | ||||
| the patient all nighte, & with the helpe of God, he shall recover, for | ||||
| hee shall eyther vomyt, or purge the same. | ||||
| 49. To heale a white scale*. | ||||
| Take of the after burden* of a woman burned & beaten to pouder, & | ||||
| the marye* bone of a shoulder of mutton burned & beaten to pouder, of | ||||
| each like quantitye, & temper it with boares grease, & make it somewhat | ||||
| stiffe into a bale, then take ye patient & pull out ye hares yt groweth | ||||
| in the scale by the rootes, then take ye furre of ye chamber bole*, yt is stale, | ||||
| & first rubbe harde & annoynte ye scalle therewith, & after with the | ||||
| oyntement before written, & as you shall see it begin to heale, so forbeare | ||||
| the often dressing of it, first dresse it everye 2 dayes a weeke or twayne, | ||||
| and oftener as you by good discretion shall see occasion, & this shal heale | ||||
| it by Gods helpe. | ||||
| 50. To make a soveraigne medicine for ye plague or any other | ||||
| infectious disease that doth oppresse ye hart or stomache. | ||||
| Take rewt, eyrimenye, wormewood, sellondine*, sage, balme, rosemarye, | ||||
| mugworte, dragons*, pympernell, fetherfewe, burnet, sorrell, & a little | ||||
| of the roote of elacampanye* s[?]apte & shred small, & you must have as | ||||
| much more rosemarye as of anye of the other hearbes, & you must save | ||||
| of each of the hearbes like waighte, then soke them in a pottle* of the beste | ||||
| white wine you can get 3 dayes & 3 nightes, then wringe out ye hearbes | ||||
| from the wine, & still ye wine by it selfte, & this water that cometh of ye wine, | ||||
| is very good for all agues*, but the water of the herbes distilled, & mingled | ||||
| with a litle treacle or mithredatum*, & given to the patient, shall drive | ||||
| any sicknes from ye harte, now if ye patient be infected with ye plague, | ||||
| & if he keepe it after he hath taken it, he is like to recover by ye grace | ||||
| of God, but if he vomit it up he is in greate daunger: cause ye patient | ||||
| if he may walke after he hath taken it an howre: This medicine hath | ||||
| bene proved. | ||||
| 51. To make unguentum album*. | ||||
| Take neates oyle* as much as you lyste, & put it in a cleane basin, stirre it | ||||
| allwayes with a knife or a slice, & sprinkle thereupon vineger, untill the | ||||
| oyle be fayre & cleare, the 4 parte of as much vinegar, as of the oyle, | ||||
| then take litarge* of leade stamped small, & boulte** it through a cloth into | ||||
| the oyle |
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Transcribed by YR and KW