Image 062, second book, folio 32b, receipts 195 to 202
| The seconde booke | ||||
| 195. To kill kyrnells* | ||||
| Take sulphur vine*, wheate branne, & turpentine, grynde them well | ||||
| together, & lay them to the kyrnells. | ||||
| 196. For womens kyrnells , & fervent wheals*. | ||||
| Take coryander, stampe* it & wringe out ye iuice**, mingle it wth beane meale, | ||||
| & anoynte them therewithe, & it will destroy them. | ||||
| 197. For wartes. | ||||
| Take sorrel de boyse*, washe it & bynde it in worteleaves*, rost** it a while | ||||
| in the embers, then take it out, stampe it, & put thereunto a litle powder | ||||
| of roch allome*, & a litle vineger, & keepe it in a boxe while you do occupy** | ||||
| it: allso mingle orpiment* with vineger, & plaster it aboute ye warte. | ||||
| 198. To knowe whether ye gowte* be hot* or colde*. | ||||
| Put vineger & rye meale together, & lay it in ye gowte, & if it be ye hot | ||||
| gowte, it will grieve him sore: if it be ye cold gowte it will grieve him | ||||
| nothinge at all. | ||||
| 199. For the hot gowte. | ||||
| Anoynte the gowte, with the oyle of henbayne*, which oyle muste lye a pu- | ||||
| trifyinge marveoluslye* all a whole yeare, in ye earth in pots, & so to be fully | ||||
| wroughte in his owne kynde*: this oyle is allso good for ye mygryme* in ye | ||||
| heade, allso take the marrowe of an horse leg, & myngle it wth ote* flower** | ||||
| over the fire, & layd upon shornewooll* is good for ye hot gowte. | ||||
| 200. For ye colde gowte. | ||||
| Frye pellitorye of Spayne*, & oyle together, & plaster it to ye leg: allso | ||||
| seeth* cowslyps, sage, lavender, red nettles, & primeroses in water, and | ||||
| wash ye place with yt water, & it will ease for that time. | ||||
| 201. For all manner of gowtes. | ||||
| Take smallage*, hearbe Bennet*, planten*, orpine*, & chyvers*: stamp them, & | ||||
| temper them with milke, & let it stande tyll it be turned lyke whaye*: | ||||
| & when you will make the plaster powre out a quantity into a skillette, | ||||
| then stampe oatemeall small, & put it into ye licor tyll it be thicke, then | ||||
| laye it to as hot as you may: allso anoynte the gowte with the oyle of | ||||
| wormewoode* myxte with fine Aquavitae* agaynste ye fire. Item shred | ||||
| mallowes* very small, & seeth them with mylke & oatemeale tyll it be as | ||||
| thicke as pappe, & lay it to the gowte: allso flos unguentorum* a plaster | ||||
| thereof is good for ye same: allso oatemeale bruised* & dryed, rose leaves | ||||
| sod* in ye mylke of one coloured cowe is good for the same, | ||||
| 202. Of festred gowtes*. | ||||
| Of festers some be hot, & some be colde. | ||||
| The colde fester hath narrowe holes: & is lesse to be dreaded. | ||||
| The hot fester hath large holes, & is more perilous. | ||||
| For ye festred |
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Transcribed by KW and YR