Image 141, fourth book, folio 72a, Receipts 92 to 97
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| it out into an earthen panne: then put thereto a quarter of a pounde of | ||||
| white suger candye, & so much of red suger candye, then boyle it a litle | ||||
| untill the suger be melted, then take it from the fire, & put it into a gally* | ||||
| pot or glase, & it will be like a gellye*: then eate of it everye morninge a | ||||
| prety quantity, & by God’s grace thou shalt bee well. | ||||
| 92. A proved medicine for the timpanye*, or to | ||||
| remedye the griefe in man or woman. | ||||
| Take hawes, heps, & ashen keyes*, of eache like muche, & make them into | ||||
| powder, & morninge & eveninge & eveninge drinke a spoonfull of yt powder | ||||
| in white wine warme, & by God’s grace you shall have helpe. | ||||
| 93. A medicine for the blacke iaundice*. | ||||
| Take an handfull of sage, an handfull of rosemarye, & bruise out ye iuice | ||||
| of it with a little stale ale, take a sawcer full of wine vineger, & put there- | ||||
| to as much treacle of geane* as a nut, & chase it in the vineger till it bee | ||||
| consumed, & put thereto as much powder walltaris* as a nut, & chase | ||||
| all these together till it be bloudewarme, & so drinke it, & it will helpe the | ||||
| disease. | ||||
| 94. The oyntement of roses. | ||||
| Take of pigges greace freshe a portion what you liste, let it bee washed | ||||
| in hot water, & after in colde water, then stampe* a like quantitye & waighte | ||||
| of roses, let it lye seaven dayes, then seeth it a litle at a softe fire, then | ||||
| stampe agayne so many freshe roses, doeinge all as did before, & put | ||||
| to it the halfe waighte of the iuice of roses, after it hath reste seaven | ||||
| dayes, let it seeth agayne untill the iuice be spente. | ||||
| 95. An oyntemente for an ache or a bruise with | ||||
| a plaister very suffrant & approved. | ||||
| First take albyan* as much as a wallnut, & the like quantitye of masticke*, | ||||
| & pounde them together very small, & take the like quantitye of camphire | ||||
| & pounde it by it selfe, & then put them all together, & put thereto a | ||||
| quarter of a pounde of boares greace, & beate them all together, & put the | ||||
| in a boxe, & when you have neede, anoynte the patiente by the fire. | ||||
| 96. This for the plaister. | ||||
| Take twoe or three lilly rootes, lap* them in a browne paper, & roste them very | ||||
| tender, & put thereto as much as a wallnut of galbanum*, & pownde them | ||||
| white suger candye, & so much of red suger candye, then boyle it a litle | ||||
| & take 6 lb of figges, & 20 oysters, & pownde them together well, & the put | ||||
| them all together, & pownde them till they be full myxte, this done, take the | ||||
| salve & with yout thumbe spreade it upon a lynnen cloth as much as the | ||||
| payne or swellinge is, but if there be any skinne broken, laye smoother | ||||
| salve that will heale fleshe. | ||||
| 97. A water very good for the fallinge sickenes, & ye | ||||
| powder thereof very good for the palsye, or | ||||
| for them yt sounde:and approved. | ||||
| Take cowslips | ||||
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Transcribed by JM and CW