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speedy deliverance thereof; but let it be taken away as soon as the Child doth come forth, lest the Matrix go out after the Child.-Tortula de Passionibus Mulierum,

30. Here followeth an Electuary of a wonderful virtue in the time of Pestilence; this Electuary is of so great virtue, in them that do receive it, once in twenty-four hours, that they may be free from all evil infections of corrupt and contagious Airs all the day after. But them that are infected already, and are taken with the Pestilence, if they drink of it but one spoonful, as shall be said hereafter (especially after letting of blood, if it be convenient to the patient), and lay him down and sweat upon the same, if the yenom hath not utterly overcome the heart, he shall undoubtedly recover, It hath beeu lately proved that after drinking of the said medicine, when the patient made his water in an urinal, the glass hath burst to pieces by reason of the venom that it purged out. This is the making of the said Electuary: Take Cinnamon one ounce; Terra Sigillata six drachms; fine Myrrh three drachms; Unicorn's Horn one drachm; the Seed and Rind of Citron, Root, of Dittany, Burnet, Tormentil, Zedoary, Red Coral, of each two drachms; Yellow Saunders four scruples; Red Saunders two scruples; White Bean and Red, Flowers of Marigolds, of each one drachm; Ivory rasped, Scabious, Vencetoxici, Seed of Brasil, the Bone, of a Stag's Heart, Saffron, of each two scruples. Make of fine powder and add unto it of Bole Armoniac prepared two ounces; White Sugar three pounds, and with a syrup of Acetositate Citri, make a good Electuary, and keep it in a glass. If the Pestilence cometh with great excess of heat, drink it in Rose Water and Vinegar; but if you feel it cold, take it in a draught of Wine, and cover you with clothes, so that you may sweat as long as is possible; for without doubt it is a present remedy as I myself have now of late proved. Thus much Thomas Playre, in his Treatise of the Pestilence.

31. The seeds of Carduus Benedictus stamped and drank, doth help the grief, pains, prickings, and stitches of the Side, and the griping of the Guts and the lower parts of the Belly. Proved for truth.

32. If any do sprinkle his head with the powder of a skin that a Snake doth cast off, gotten or gathered when the Moon is in the full, being also in the first part of Aries, the Ram, he shall see terrible and fearful dreams. And if he shall have it under the sole of his foot, he shall be acceptable before Magistrates and Princes.-Cardanus.

33. If Worms gnaw upon, or hurt the mouth of the Sto mach, put Honeycombs into the mouth fasting, and hold them there, and the Worms will draw unto the Houey, and so void by the Mouth.-It hath been proved.

34. In the first beginning of any Sickness, or at any time of any question for the Sick, if the Moon be Oriental, nigh to the Sun, within twelve degrees, it is sign of Death, and the nearer to the Sun, and in Combustion, the worse.Johannes Ganivetus.

35. With this secret following, Benedictus Victorius had always good success in passions and griefs of the Heart. Take of the Juice of Bugloss, cleansed and purified at the fire, two ounces; White Sugar two drachms; mix them well together, and let the diseased party drink it every night going to bed; and there will not ten days pass, but the party will be cured of the passion or grief of the heart.

36. This following is a notable tried medicine for the Gout, and for the Swelling of Joints, and for Knobs or Knots coming from the French Pox. Take May Butter a quarter of a pound, half a pound of Cummin Seed, beaten into fine pow der; a quarter of a pound of Black Soap, one handful of Rue, half a handful of Clarified Sheep's Suet: stamp all these together in a mortar, then take the Gall of an Ox, and a spoonful of Bay Salt, and fry them all together till it be thick; then lay it on a woollen cloth, and so apply it to the Ache, as hot as may be suffered, and let it lie unremoved a whole week, and then lay another plaster thereof to it, and let it lie unremoved as long; then lay the third plaster thereto, and let it lie thereto as the other, which will be the whole three weeks, and without doubt it will help him. Į haze seen it proved. This I had out of a very old book.

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37. Whosoever hath the Bloody Flux (be it never so great or grievous) let them drink the Wine wherein the roots of Hollyhocks cut in pieces are sodden and strained. If the party have an Ague, then let the roots be sod in water with some Plantain leaves, and so strained, which is an approved and sure medicine for that disease, whether the party have an ague or

not.

38. If you seeth Briony in Water, and use to drink the same, it helps and cureth them that have the Dropsy-Proved.

39. Marvellous and notable virtues of the Eyebright do follow. Let the leaves, stalks, and flowers, with the whole substance, be distilled when it beareth flowers; the Water thereof dropped, and stroaked about the Eyes, causeth clear Eyes, and sharpeneth the Sight, and ceaseth the pains of the Eyes; the Water dropped into the Eyes an hour before night, and stroked about them, and drank to the quantity of three ounces at one time, comforteth, strengtheneth, and preserveth the Sight, especially in aged persons and phlegmatic complexions. The Herb dried and brought to powder, and eaten every day, in a poached egg, for a certain time together, restoreth Sight;

the Water mixed with half a drachm of the Powder, and drank every evening for a month together, recovereth a weak Sight.

40. This precious medicine following will bring forth a Cancer, and pluck it up by the roots, out of the Sore, wherever it be, either in Man or Woman: Take Rosager, and make powder thereof; then take Barrows or Hog's Grease that is new and fresh (first melted, and cold after), then mix the powder therewith very well, then put thereof upon a piece of white leather, which may cover the Sore; then sprinkle on the plaster fine flour of the pure Wheat, then on the same spread Honey, and then put upon the Honey, Woman's Milk, then put the said plaster upon the sore where the Cancer is, and put the nether Crust of a new White Loaf upon the plaster and tie it fast upon the same that it remove not, and in the morning thou shalt find the Cancer dead on the said plaster. This is most true.--I copied this out of an old written book.

41. The Juice of Lily Roots, and Vinegar, of each a like quantity mixed together, and the Sawsfleam, or the Red Pimpled Face anointed therewith every morning, for the space of nine or ten days, doth help it perfectly.

42. You shall know whether the Dropsy be hot or cold, by this that followeth : If the swelling begin first at the feet, and go upward, then it comes of a hot cause; if the swelling begin first in the face, and go downward, then it comes of a cold cause. This likewise I had out of an old written book, wherein were many things credible.

43. Cast the Water of any Sick Person, newly made at night, on Red Nettles, and if the Nettles be withered and dead in the morning after, then the sick Party is like to die of that disease: if they be green still, then he is like to live.

44. A certain wicked Fellow that killed his Father, did sit in company with his Companions, eating and drinking; over whose head was a Swallow's Nest, with young Swallows in the same; at which time the said Swallows made a great noise and chattering, when suddenly the said wicked Fellow got a pole, and burst the Swallow's nest, whereby the Swallows fell down, and he trod on them, and crushed them in pieces. Being asked by one of them why he did so I have good cause so to do, said he, for did you not hear, said he, how they told that I killed my father; whereupon he was suspected, examined, and so confessed, and was executed.-Plutarchus.

45. Dry a Goat, Sheep, or Neat's Bladder, and make Powder thereof, and let them drink thereof with Vinegar and Water, when they go to bed, that cannot hold their Water, and it will help them.-Galen affirms this.

46. To kill Serpents in your Dream signifies victory ; to see

sails of Ships is evil; to dream that all your Teeth are bloody, signifies the death of the Dreamer; but that the Teeth are drawn out, signifies the death of another; that Birds enter into a House, signifies loss; to weep, betokens joy; to handle Money, signifies anger; to see dead Horses, signifies a lucky event of things. Artemidorus.

47. If you stamp Lupines (which are to be had at the Apothecaries'), and therewith rub round about the bottom or lower part of any tree, no Ants or Pismires will go up ör touch the said tree.Mizaldus.

48. Rub the Leaf of a Marigold between your fingers and put the same into your Nose, and let it stay there a little while, and it will bring forth abundance of Humours out of your head, and it will the Rheum within a little while, if you usé it.This I had of a friend as an excellent secret.

49. The eating of two drachms of Great Raisins (the stones taken out), in the morning fasting, doth profit for concerning Youth, because they make better digestion, and phlegm is diminished by them; they comfort the liver and make it fat, because they are friends of the stomach and liver, and they increase blood and make it thick ; and when they are taken after meat, they strengthen and moisten the belly.-Johan. Ganevetus.

50. Stop both your Ears with your fingers, or drink a glass of fair Water, and the Hiccup will go away within a while.

Proved.

51. The Roots of Elder, sod and strained, and drank thirty days together, thrice every day, at morning, noon, and night, doth cure the Dropsy perfectly.-Proved.

52. If the Paps of a Woman who is with Child of two, do wax little, she shall lose one of them; and if it be the right Pap, it is a Man Child that will be lost; and if it be the left, a Woman Child.-Hippocrates in Aphor.

53. Take Garlick and Houseleek, of each a like quantity, and stamp them both together, and plaster the same either to hot or cold Gout, and it will help and ease it marvellously.This was reported to me to be excellent therefor.

54. The Flour of Ointments, called Flos Unguentorum, is made as followeth. Take of Rosin and Perrosin, of each half a pound; Virgin Wax and Olibanum, of each a quarter of a pound; Mastich one ounce; Hart's Tallow, or Sheep's Tallow, a quarter of a pound; Camphire two drachms. Make your Gums in fine Powder, and sear them; then melt the Wax and Tallow, and mix the Powders therewith, and boil them well together; then strain it through a canvas bag into a bottle of White Wine; then let it cool, until it be blood warm; then put thereto the Camphire, and a quarter of a pound of Turpentine, by little and little, continually stirring it, till it be

quite cold; then make it up in rolls, and keep it for your use, as the best salve for all things following that ever was made, by the sufferance of God; wherefore esteem this salve above any other, for it hath been experienced and substantially proved. It heals Wounds old and new; it cleanseth very well, and gathereth good flesh; it cureth the Head Ache and Imposthume in the Head, or in the Body; Swoln Ears or Cheeks, Sawsfleanis in the Face, Sinews cut, sterk, or sprained in Travel. It draws out Iron and Thorn; it helps venomous Biting and Pricking; it healeth all manner of Blotches, all Swelling and Aches of the Cods, and all other members; it ceases the Flux in the Emrods, and it is special good to make Sear Cloth for all manner of Griefs. This was written and cast into the Recluse or Anchy or, at the Red Hill in Almain, wherewith he wrote many marvels, and never used any other medicine than this.-I copied this out of a very old book, and I have proved it many times to be precious

55. Whosoever hath the Grief or Swelling of the Spleen never so much, and hath had it a long time, and doth heat the ends of a pair of Tongs in the Fire until they be glowing or red hot, and then quencheth the same in half a pint of White Wine, and drink the same Wine, it will help them thereof perfectly, -This was credibly told me for a very truth. But it is more certain, if they be so heated and quenched five or six times, and then drank, and to take the same four or five mornings together; which I know to be excellent. The like unto this is afirmed to be most true, and proved by Anthony Benevenius.

56. Coriander Seeds niade into Powder, and mixed with Honey, and plastered upon a Carbuncle or other grievous Biles, destroys the same quite.— Arnoldus de villa nova.

57. The Black Sea Coal, mixed with Oil, will be made soft; wherewith if one anoint Vines, it will destroy Worms, which destroy or eat the buds of the Vines.-Severinus Gebeleus.

58. The Gum of a Cherry dissolved in White Wine, and so given to them that are grieved with the Stone, it will help them marvellously.-Mizaldus affirms that it is very certain, and often proved.

59. It was credibly told me for truth, that there was a very poor Woman being brought to bed of a Child (having many Children before), to whom a Sister of her's (being rich, and that never as yet had a Child) came to see her, who said as followeth: Ah, Sister, Sister, here are mouths, and little meat. To whom the poor Sister answered: Content yourself, Sister; God never sends mouths, but he sends meat. After, it chanced the rich Sister was with Child, which when it was born had never a mouth; so that there was much meat and no mouth. A worthy and rare example, to make all covetons, greedy, and

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