Image 130, fourth book, folio 66b, receipts 47 (contd) to 48
| The fourthe booke | ||||
| out as much of the iuice as may bee: then take new Swines grease that | ||||
| is molten & clarified.lb di. & as much weathers* tallowe, in the same man- | ||||
| ner used, & then put thereto rosin* small powdered lb di masticke*, and | ||||
| olibanum* .an. ℥3 & then set them a litle on the fire, & boyle them, and | ||||
| allwayes be stirring of them, least that any of the powder cleave to the | ||||
| bottome & burne too. And when that it is boyled, put thereto lb di of cleane | ||||
| molten waxe, & then boyle all these together until that the halfe bee | ||||
| wasted with a litle fire, so that the boylinge be allwayes kepte, & conti- | ||||
| nually stirred:& when that thou hast set it from the fire, put thereto lb di. | ||||
| of turpentine, & stirre it allwayes untill it waxe colde, & if it bee too | ||||
| liquid put thereto more waxe, & looke that thou have of Sage m. 2. of | ||||
| rewe* .m. 2. & pownde them both together, & strayne out the iuise**, & put | ||||
| it into the sayde matters, & whilest that it is yet hot, & stirre them well | ||||
| together untill it be colde, & then put it into a vessell, & keep it to | ||||
| thy use, for this is the righte makeinge of it. | ||||
| 47.Oleum praetiosum*. At the beginning it is good above | ||||
| all medecines in ye worlde, agaynst the gowte & aches, | ||||
| & sicknesses that doe come of colde, it withstandeth | ||||
| aches caused of colde, & of age, also it renuethe the | ||||
| fleshe of the visage, & the bloud of man, it keepeth | ||||
| dead bodyes from rottenge, & all corruption: also it | ||||
| is good above all other things agaynst ye palsy, & ye | ||||
| falling sickenes*, & agayst the stone in the raignes**, | ||||
| & allso in the bladder, & to all the crookednes | ||||
| in ye lymmes*: and it is thus made. | ||||
| Take oleum benedictum*.lb .j. gumme of ivye lb di seede of baume*, lb di but the | ||||
| seede of bawme first shall be enbybyd in the oyle of bawme, & then take | ||||
| mirrhe* that is chosen, aloes Succotrine*, turpentine an..℥.4. & meddle** | ||||
| all together, set them on a softe fire three or fowre times, untyll that | ||||
| they have a cytryne* coloure, & shineinge: & till that it come to ye colour | ||||
| of hony or turpentine, & then keepe it pretiouslye*. | ||||
| 48. Unguentum alabastri* is good agaynste cold fevers, & | ||||
| for the stone*, for ye megrime*, & for ye disease of | ||||
| the matrice*, & it is made as followeth. | ||||
| Take greene savyn*, grounde ivye, myllfoyle, mugworte, & fenecreke, lyn- | ||||
| seede, hearbe bennet an. ℥6. stampe all together, & put them in di lb of | ||||
| cleane water, & let them lye therein three dayes, & then put thereto | ||||
| di lb good oyle olyffe*, & seeth** them easilye until the water be cosumed, | ||||
| & then strayne it through a canvas, & put thereto waxe, colophonye*, | ||||
| turpentine, galbanum*, gumme edere, pitch of Spayne, rosin, masticke, | ||||
| an. ℥ 5. storax calaminary*, spickenarde, red storax an. lb j. balsamu, | ||||
| ℥.4. melte all that will be molten, & meddle with them the powders | ||||
| of the other thinges, & keepe it to thy use. | ||||
| Flos unguentorum* | ||||
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Transcribed by CTW and JMCN