Conserve of roses purslane water, plantain water of each 2 ounces, Sugar of roses one ounce, Red correll, blood stone, bole-armeniack, Brasigelata of each half a dram, troses of amber one scruple, oyle of vitriol 5 drops whites of eggs beat to water sirrop of yarrow, Comfry, Shepard pouch, Bittony of each an ounce all mixt.
243. To make a Fume to fetch up the Mouth.
Take rosemary fennell sage, marrygolds, Cammomile and balme and sinkfoin a few cloves bruised, and the rine of a lemon boyle all these in milk and water when tis very strong put it into a close mugg and put a cloth over the head and put a gold ring between the teeth to keep the mouth open and if the throat be very bad throw little bits of butter into the mouth then hold the mugg with the stuff as hot as you can suffer under your mouth and hold it till cold and try to sleep; and besure to keep the head warme after it.
244. For Scalds Burns or Childblains.
Take half a pound of deers or mutton sewit pick it clean and melt it Take a handfull of the Ivy with white streaks pick it clean and shred it small and take one spoonfull of goose dung set it on the fire and boyle it till the leaf will break Dry and crimp them then strain it and keep it for use in a gallypot.
245. A Poultise for Burns or Scaulds.
Take half a pint of milk 2 spoonfulls of grat’d white bread take Singreen and cut off the red edge and pound it and take 2 spoonfulls of the juice and put into ye milk and bread and a spoonfull of damask rose leaves shred mixt and let it boyle altogether very well to the thickness of a poultise then take it off the fire & put into it a spoonfull of civill or Sallet oyle. this poultise must be laid upon ye foregoing ointment till ye flesh is grown even & then leave off this poultise and use only ye ointment to skin it.
If the sinews are injured take Snails with their house & prick them whence will come a water with which anoint ye wound with a feather before you lay on the poultise, change ye poultice twice a day.
If any watery humour feeds ye wound then make a plaister with ye white of an egg wheat flour bole-armeniack & vinegar and lay it above the wound.
To bring the skin to the couler again Take a handfull of parsley roots washt & scraped very clean & shred very small boyle them in half a pint of cream and anoint therewith.