Image 129, fourth book, folio 66a, receipts 42 (contd) to 46
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| the stomacke, & make them descende which woulde ascende up to the | ||||
| heade, & make it to ake. | ||||
| 43. Againste the sciatica passio*, & all manner | ||||
| of aches: & for the megryme*. | ||||
| Take Sixe oxen galles*, & seeth** them until they be halfe consumed, and | ||||
| put thereto a quarterne* of a pounde of blacke sope**, but take it from ye fire, | ||||
| for the Sope will make it to runne over the vessell, & put thereto halfe | ||||
| a pinte of aqua vitae, & meddle* them well together, & keepe it in vessell | ||||
| of glasse to serve your use, & when you will occupye thereof, take beans | ||||
| flower or wheate flower in a vessell by it self, & temper it with ye sayd | ||||
| medicine, & make a plaister after the length & bredth of the sore, & lay | ||||
| thereto, & it will soone heale it without doubte, & it is experte & true. | ||||
| 44. A plaister that will heale twoe contrarios, | ||||
| that is to saye, both hot & colde. | ||||
| Take a quantity of oyle & set it over the fire, & when it begins to seeth put | ||||
| thereto di j lb of redleade, & stirre it well, & then put thereto di lbjj of white | ||||
| leade, & then stirre it well, & put thereto a quaterne of litarge*, and then | ||||
| let them boyle well together, & evermore stirre it for burninge to ye bottome | ||||
| of the vessell, & when it is well turned to white, & thou seest it to waxe | ||||
| stiffe or thicke, take the sclyse* or spatter* & drop thereof in colde water, | ||||
| and if that it be harde as waxe, then it is good. | ||||
| 45. An implaister called gratia dei.* | ||||
| Take lb .j. of virgin waxe, frankencense, masticke, colofonye* j. q perosin | ||||
| an j. lb. rosin lb .j. sheepes tallowe . lb di. of honye, & thereto take ℥ .j. of rewe, | ||||
| ℥ .j. of hysop*, calaminte, smaleache, orpin, Suthernwoode, ground ivye leaves | ||||
| an ℥.[S] lb di jj of tanseye*[*], lb .j. of gratia dei**, & boyle all these hearbes in white | ||||
| wine, from a gallon to a pottle, & then strayne it,& unto that wine put all | ||||
| thy gummes aforesayde, & boyle them a litle, & then let them coole, & when | ||||
| they are colde, make it in rowles, & keepe it to thy use. | ||||
| 46. An other gratia dei or cerott* which is good for all | ||||
| woundes both old & newe, & other sores: excepte | ||||
| ye canker, moremall, impetigo, serpigo, antrax, | ||||
| noli me tangere: & such of theire kinde.* | ||||
| Take betanye, verbaine, pympernell, an.m. ½ gratia dei the more, m. ½.gra- | ||||
| tia dei the mideliste, & gratia dei the lesse an.m. j.** pigle, bugle, Samicle | ||||
| an.m. j. grounswell*, watercresse .an. m. j. herbe Roberte the red, m. | ||||
| cowsoope.*. agnus castus* .m. *½. planten.*. leaves of loryall*. lb rib- | ||||
| worte .m ½.leaves of the red coole* m. 2: Stampe** all these well together, | ||||
| & lay them in white wine sufficiently, & if you cannot have white | ||||
| wine enoughe, take thereto childes urine & for the utter lackeinge of | ||||
| wine, take alltogether brine, & let them lye so therein a daye or twoe at | ||||
| the moste, & then set them on the fire, & boyle them untill that the licor | ||||
| be wasted, allwayes styrringe* it with a sclyse**, & then take it downe, & | ||||
| presse out the licor in the best manner thou canst, untill yu have gotten | ||||
| out as much | ||||
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