Image 162, fifth book, folio 82b, receipts 102 (contd) to 113
| The fifthe booke. | ||||
| it causeth hayre to growe if thou be balde. | ||||
| 103. Agaynst the crampe. | ||||
| Take the water of dyll, in the morninge and at nighte, and it is good allso |
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| for one that doth perbrake* too muche, and hee shall amende. | ||||
| “104. For one that hath loste his minde. | ||||
| Take and shave of the hayre of the moulde* of his heade, then take archangell**, | ||||
| and stampe* it, and binde it to his heade where it is shaven, and let him take a | ||||
| sleepe therewithall, and when he awaketh, he shall be righte weake, and | ||||
| sober enoughe.” | ||||
| 105. To close a wounde. | ||||
| Take a little planten*, and make an oyntemente of the iuice thereof, with bar- | ||||
| rowes* grease, and sheepes tallowe, and turpentine, frankencens, and waxe: | ||||
| meddle* all these together, and make a salve thereof. | ||||
| 106. Agaynste the pestilence*. | ||||
| Take the powder of turmentyll*, with the water of scabeas**, if it be drunke | ||||
| at the beginninge of the sickenes, it will doe greate good. | ||||
| 107. For limmes*[*] that are beaten or bruised. | ||||
| Take grounsell*, and seeth** it in wine, it is good for the ache of the limmes that | ||||
| are beate or bruised, for it taketh away the swellinge forthwith, and abateth ye | ||||
| payne or ache, allso an oyntemente made therewith, is good to close woundes, | ||||
| and to ripe* them. | ||||
| 108. For all scabbes and botches*. | ||||
| Take and seeth the iuice of scabias in oyle and vineger, take it be somewhat | ||||
| thicke, and anoynte the scabbed places therewith. | ||||
| 109. To make a woman fruitefull. | ||||
| Take and drinke an ownce and a halfe of the water of yellowe violets three or | ||||
| foure weekes continueinge is good to make her fruitefull. Allso drinke of | ||||
| the same water first and laste at each time an ownce is good for them that have | ||||
| loste theire wits, for it doth comforte them, & restore them agayne. | ||||
| 110. To multiplye & increase sperme, and lecherye. | ||||
| Take & drinke an ownce & an halfe of the water of radishe roots, & it will do it. | ||||
| 111. For one that hath a dymme sighte. | ||||
| Take the water of verven*, put it into your eyes once or twice a day, and it | ||||
| strengthneth them, and bringeth the shineinge agayne, anoynte them with it: | ||||
| It is good for the pyles, if a cloth be wet, and layde to them. If an ownce | ||||
| and an halfe be dranke in the morninge, it breaketh the stone. | ||||
| 112. For one that is broken. | ||||
| Take the powdere of bloudeworte*, and eate thereof in your meate, for it | ||||
| resolveth marveilouslye. | ||||
| 113. To make a ptisan* with barlye. | ||||
| Take barlye, and stampe it, so that the hulls* may bee taken awaye, and of the | ||||
| cleanest take a certayne measure, and two times so much water, and seeth | ||||
| it tyll it come to one measure, and then strayne it, and drinke thereof, for it is | ||||
| good to keepe health, and to moisten the bodye, & if the patient will be more | ||||
| cooled, put thereto a little vineger, and if he bee of a hot nature, put thereto | ||||
| a little | ||||
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Transcribed by GB and KS