Image 305 (unnumbered folio), one receipt
| Receipt for a Plaster or Sear Cloth for all sorts of Pains | ||||
| Strains or Sores | ||||
| Take half a Pint of Sallad Oil, 3. Ounces of Oil of Bays, | ||||
| 2. Ounces of Bees Wax | ||||
| 4. Ounces of Read Lead | ||||
| Boil all these together over a Slow Fire putting in first | ||||
| Boil all these together over a slow fire putting in first the Oils & then the Bees Wax & Red Lead | ||||
| the Oils, then the Bees Wax and Red Lead; ⁁ when it begins to Boil: | ||||
| but be sure to keep it stirring all the time for Fear it Boils over. | ||||
| and when it is Boiled Black and find it is like plaister, which | ||||
| will be about half an Hour then pour it over into a Pail of Water | ||||
| till it be Cold, and Work it Altogether like paist*, and so make it | ||||
| into Rowls and keep it for Use. | ||||
| When you Work it into Rowls, put a little Oil on | ||||
| your hands and on the place where you work it, otherwise it will | ||||
| stick fast – | ||||
| {Take half a Pint of Sallet Oil } Boil all these together over | ||||
| {3. Ounces of Oil of Bays } a Slow Fire putting in first | ||||
| {2. Ounes of Bees Wax } the Oils, the the Bees Wax | ||||
| {4. Ounces of Red Lead } and Red Lead – | ||||
| Boil all together over | ||||
| a Slow Fire putting in first the | ||||
| Oils and the Bees Wax and Red Lead. | ||||
| when it begins to Boil but be sure to keep it stirring | ||||
| all the time for Fear it Boils Over, and it is Boil’d Black | ||||
| and find it is like plaister, which will be about half an Hour | ||||
| then Pour it over into a pail of Water ’till it be Cold, and Work it | ||||
| altogether like paist, and so make it into Rolls and keep it for Use. | ||||
| When you Work it into Rowls, put a little Oil on your hands | ||||
| and on the place where you work it, otherwise it will stick fast – | ||||
| S Moore | ||||
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Transcribed by JW and LF