Take one ounce of alloes washt clean in damask rose water half an ounce of mirrhe half an ounce of saffron & a dram of rubarb make them into a mass with Sirrop of lemons, and 3 of them take when you see occasion about ye bigness of a small pease at night going to bed.
173. For a Rupture.
Take Snails & dry them well & beat them to powder & drink ye powder in drink.
174. For the Megrime in the Head.
Take goates dung and mix it with vinegar of squils and anoint the head and temples therewith, or this, frankinsence mirrh and an egg beat them together & apply it to the head and temples.
175. For the Dropsey.
Take green broom 3 handfulls and burn it to ashes and steep it in a pottle of white wine all night then strain it and drink a wineglass of it every morning then afterwards take a greater quantity of green broomes 2 gallons of sweet wort & boyle it and put it into a runlet wth elecampane or liquorish.
176. Against the Plague.
Take a handfull of elder leaves and a handfull of rue & as much brown Sage a handfull of wormewood & a handfull of brier leaves steep them in strong beer or white wine 2 quarts take 2 spoonfulls at a time morning and evening & walk half an hour after it.