The fourthe boooke | ||||
125. For the collicke* that cometh by winde in ye bellye. | ||||
Take an harde onyon, & cut a good hole in the toppe, fill it full of pepper, | ||||
cover it & roste it in ye embers till it be softe, then take it & binde it to the | ||||
patients navell as hot as he may suffer it. Probatum est*. | ||||
126. A medecine for the ache in the legge, | ||||
though the partye goe cripplewise. | ||||
Take three sheepes heades with the gether*, & seeth** them all three untill the | ||||
fleshe be consumed, & then strayne them, & let the patient set his legges in | ||||
the licor as hot as he may suffer it, & hee shall be whole. Probatum est. | ||||
127. A medicine for ye heade ache. | ||||
Take camomyll, vervayne, lettice, betonye*, wormewoode, of each an hand- | ||||
full, & seeth them in a pinte of vineger unto halfe a pinte, & put thereto | ||||
commyn* seede beaten to powder, & stirre them together, & a litle bath the | ||||
heade, separate the hayre with your fingers, & binde the hearbes to the | ||||
temples, to the foreheade, and to the hinder partes of the heade, & thus | ||||
doe three times. Probatum est. | ||||
128. For the colde & hoarsenes. | ||||
Take an harde onyon or more, & roste them well, & then eate them with | ||||
sallet oyle*. Probatum est. | ||||
129. For the rume. | ||||
Take a quantity of licoras*, scrape it & slice it, & put it into an earthen pot, | ||||
& then put hysop water unto it untill it be a good inch above the licoras, & | ||||
then let it simper on the fire untill that three partes of it be sodden* awaye, | ||||
then strayne it & put it into a little earthen panne, & set it in the sunne whereas | ||||
it may have the full heate, & where no dust nor rayne may come to it, and | ||||
set it in the sunne dayly untill it be so harde that you may temper* it like | ||||
waxe, & then make it into what forme you wish, & then set it in ye sunne | ||||
agayne, that it may be harde & dry: this must be done in ye latter end of Julye. | ||||
130. For the eyes. | ||||
The iuice of pimpernell must be dropte into the eyes, if for a man, yt which | ||||
beareth a red flower: if for a woman, that which beareth a white flower. | ||||
Probatum est. | ||||
Heere endeth this booke. | ||||
heere | ||||
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Transcribed by JM and CW