Take of alloes Sickatryna and beat it in 2 spoonfulls of english honey half a pint of white wine vinegar and a little piece of allome boyle these together till they be thick then make a plaister thereof on a piece of leather and apply it to the navel of the belly as hot as may be suffred it cureth the ague and killeth wormes.
504. For Agues of all Sorts.
Take venice turpentine and white frankinsence finely powdered and strew it into your turpentine till it be stiff enough not to run abroad well mingling it together with a knife then spread it on round pieces of leather 2 inches and half over for a man & less for children and when you have spread over your plaister with this liquid turpentine and frankinsence mingled as before then strew on more of the powder finely search’d and so let them lay and dry till a white paper will not stick to them and so puting papers between each plaister lay them up for use & when you use them warme them and apply them to the navel a little before the fit comes & let it lay on till they fall off themselves if one plaister cures not then use a 2d and so a 3d but a 1st seldom fails. Probatum est.
505. An Ointment for Eyes.
Take 4 ounces of may butter 2 ounces of virgins wax 2 scruples of tutty fully prepared 2 scruples of camphir 4 spoonfulls of white or red rose water melt the butter and wax and then put in all the materialls and besure to keep it stiring till it be quite cold when there is occasion to use it take a little of it and put it into the palme of your hand & when it is softned then with your finger anoint all about it on the outside of your eyes and the temples the last thing you do when you go to bed if there should be occasion to wash ye eyes in the morning white or red rose water is best.
506. A Puff Paste.
Take 2 pound of flour a pound and half of butter 2 eggs 3 spoonfulls of Sack make the paste not to stiff with cold water work it very smooth rowle it out 4 square beat up your butter lay it on in thin slices strewing flour between rowle it up again till ye butter is used up in a sheet as thick as a finger half an hour will bake it.
507. A Water for Wounds and Old Sores.
Take 2 ounces of white copperas and a quarter of an ounce of camphir put them into some little earthen pot and set it in hot embers and stir it till it be melted and dryed again to a powder then take 2 ounces of boel-armeniack and beat it small and mix it with the other powder when this is done take 2 pottle of spring water and let it boyle till a quarter of it be consumed then take it off and put half of the powder into it So put it into a glass and keep it for your use it will keep a long time before you dress any wound (shake the glass well then let it settle again least any of the powder should be amongst it when you dress the wound and so eat into the flesh) which having washt well fould a clout 6 or 8 double weting it throughly with ye same water and lay it on the wound then take another clout 8 or 10 times double as near as you can guess to the bigness of the wound or a thought less and lay it on the other cloth as wet as the former full in the mouth of the wound and so bind it on with a swath or rowler it is excellent good for men to use yt have le grand veroll aue vierge pour le laver. Probatum est.