Boyle Rosemary in faire water, with some ten or twelve Cloves, shut, and when it is boyled take as much Claret wine as there is water left, and mingle with it, and make it boyle but a little againe, then strayne it into some glasse, and wash the mouth there with morning and evening; this will take away the Rheume in short time; and if you boyle a little Mastick. therewith, it is the better.
For the Emroids.
Take Egremony and bruise it small, and then fry it with Sheep suet, and Honey, of each a like quantity, and lay it as hot as you can suffer it to the Fundament, and it will heale very faire and well.
An approved medicine for the Dropsey.
Take the Hearb called Bitter sweet, it grows in waters, and bears a purple flower, slice the stalks, and boyle a pretty deale of them in White-wine, drink thereof first and last, morning and evening, and it will cure the Dropsey.
A Powder for Wounds.
Take Orpiment, and Verdigreese, of each an ounce, of Vitriall burned till it be red, two ounces, beat each of them by it selfe in a brasen Morter, as small as flower, then mingle them all together, that they appear all as one, and keep it in bagges of leather, well bound, for it will last seaven years with the same vertue, and it is called Powder peerlesse, it hath no peer for working in Chyrurgery, for put of this powder in a wound where is dead flesh, and lay scrap't lint about it, and a Plainer of Disklosions next upon it, and it will heale it.
An approved Medicine for the Green sicknesse.
Take a quart of Clarret wine, one pound of Currants, and a handfull of young Rosemary crops, and halfe an ounce of Mace, seeth these to a pint, and let the Patient drink thereof three spoonfulls at a time, morning and evening, and eat some of the Currants also after.