Part 5 (1/2)

Take a certain quant.i.ty of _Barrowes_ grease; Oyle of sweet _Almonds_, and _Rose-water_, either red or damask, of each a like quant.i.ty, but of neither so much as of the _Hoggs_ grease, beat them together to an Oyntment, put it in some gally pot, and when you would use it, heat it, and therewith annoynt the Back and Reins.

_Of Beanes._

_To defend Humours._

Take _Beanes_, the rinde or the upper skin being pul'd off, bruise them, and mingle them with the white of an Egg, and make it stick to the temples, it keepeth back humours flowing to the Eyes.

_To dissolve the Stone; which is one of the Physitians greatest secrets._

Take a peck of green _Beane_ cods, well cleaved, and without dew or rain, and two good handfulls of _Saxifrage_, lay the same into a Still, one row of _Bean_ cods, another of _Saxifrage_, and so Distill another quart of water after this manner, and then Distill another proportion of _Bean_ codds alone, and use to drink oft these two Waters; if the Patient be most troubled with heat of the Reins, then it is good to use the _Bean_ codd water stilled alone more often, and the other upon comming downe of the sharp gravell or stone.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Beanes]

_Unguentum Sanativum_.

Take of _Terpentine_ one pound, _Wax_ six ounces, Oyle of _Cammomile_ halfe a pint, put all these together in a pan, and put to them a handfull of _Cammomile_, bruised, or cut very small, boyle them upon a soft fire till they be well melted, and no more; then take it from the fire, and strayne it into a clean pan, and so let it coole all night, and in the morning put it up for your use. This Oyntment is good for any cut, wound, or breaking of the flesh, it eateth away dead flesh, and ranklings, and doth heale againe quickly.

_A Serecloath for all Aches_.

Take _Rossen_ one pound, _Perrossen_ a quarter of a pound, as _Mastick_ and _Deer sewet_ the like, _Turpentine_ two ounces, _Cloves_ bruised, one ounce, _Mace_ bruised, two ounces, _Saffron_ two drams, boyle all these together in Oyle of _Cammomile_, and keep it for your use.

_An Oyntment to be made at any time of the yeare, and is approved good, and hath helped old Paines, Griefes, and Aches._

Take _Steers Gall, Sallet Oyle_ and _Aqua vita_ of each five spoon-fulls, boyle them together a little, and therewith annoint the place pained, by the fire, and lay a warm cloath on it.

_An Oyntment for the Sciatica_.

Roaste a handfull or two of _Onions_, and take _Neats-foot_ Oyle, and _Aqua vita_, of each a pint, stamp, or rather boyle all these together to an Oyle, or Oyntment, and straine it into a gally pot, and therewith annoynt the place grieved as hot as you can endure it, morning and evening.

_A Water to drive away any Infection._

Take _Draggons, Angelica, Rue, Wormwood_, of each a handfull, chop them pretty small, and steep them in a quart of _White-wine_, twenty four hours, then distill them in a Still, and reserve the water in a gla.s.se close stopped; give to the sick Patient six or seaven spoonfuls thereof at a time fasting, and let him fast an houre and an halfe after, and keep himselfe very warme in his bed, or otherwise.

_An excellent Conservative for the stomach, helping digestion, warming the braine, and drying the Rheumes_.

Take two ounces of good old Conserve of red _Roses_, of chosen _Methridate_ two drams, mingle them well together, and eat thereof to bed-ward, the quant.i.ty of a hazell nut; this doth expell all windinesse of the stomach, expelleth raw humours and venomous vapours, causeth good digestion, dryeth the Rheume, strengthneth the memory and sight.

_An Oyntmnt for any wound or sore_.