Take of the oyle of roses or the best oyle of olives an ounce & half rock allome, flour of brimstone salt of prunella of each 2 scruples, Roman vitriol a scruple let all these be finely powder’d & well mixt with ye oyle then add to all these as many drops of oyle of Rhodium as will give it a sweet smell. anoint herewith ye wrists and joints affected. Tis an excellent good one.
178. Aquamirabilis.
Take mellilot, cubibs, gallingall, mace, Ginger cloves beat all these to fine powder steep them all night in 3 pints of the best white wine one pint of aquavite & half a pint of the juice of Sallendine being paste all night & still it off next morning with a soft fire.
179. For a Sore Mouth or Throat.
Take a quart of milk and put into it a good handfull of woodbine leaves and a handfull of brier leaves a handfull of collenbine leaves and boyle all these till half be consumed when it is almost enough pound 3 or 4 almonds and put into it and a good spoonfull of honey of roses & when tis enough strain it & drink it as hot as you can.
180. For the Yellow Jaundise.
Take horehound 2 ounces hops one ounce egrimony bugloss roots elecampane roots of each half a dram lignum alloes a dram & half boyle all these in 3 pints of white wine to the consumption of a 3d part when it is cold but the liquor from the herbs without straining it but if the party be feavorish then boyle the herbs in half hyssop water & half white wine & do as you did before take 5 spoonfulls of this drink Sweetened with fine Sugar every morning fasting 2 hours after it & as much every night ye last thing going to bed.
181. Dr. Burgesses Receipt against Ye Plague.
Take 3 pints of the best muskadine or malmesey boyle therein rue and Sage of each one handfull untill a pint be consumed then strain out the herbs hard then set the liquor on the fire again and put thereto long pepper ginger cutcheneale or grains of each an ounce a quarter of an ounce of nutmegs all beaten to poweder let all these boyle together a little then take it off the fire and put therein an ounce of the best methridate 2 ounces of ye best treacle and a quarter of a pint of angellicoe water keep this and your life above all worldly Treasures take it always warme morning and evening a spoonfull at a time but if infect’d 2 spoonfulls this is good against the plague ye sweting disease, the smallpox, measells surfets all pestilent distempers and feavours used as followeth take a spoonfull of it when you first fall sick & swet 3 hours in bed after it & then carefully taken out of it if they are dry they must drink posset drink with marygolds boyled in it & drink nothing but caudles & warme drink at other times.