If the Scauld or burn is on the head when the wound is well anoint it with honey to make ye hair grow again.
246. To make Pidgeons increase.
Take 2 gallons of water in a pot or kittle and hang it over the fire, and put in half a peck of Salt, one peck of fetches 2 pound of comming seed and 3 ounces of annyseeds let these continue over the fire till the begin to boyle, then strain the seeds from the liquor and dissolve in the liquor 2 ounces of Assafetita, and pour in 3 ounces of oyle of Spike and a pint of aquavite wth this liquor wash your dove or pigion holes and cast ye seeds on a table in the house for the pidgeons to feed on you may use this immediately after they have done breeding & a month before they begin to breed.
247. For the Palsey.
Take half a handfull of Bittony and boyle it in a pint of milk wrist the herb before you put it in that it may be very strong of it, then turn it with beer and drink a draught of it sometimes and take rosemary and bittony of each a like quantity still them and put 2 spoonfulls of the water in a glass of beer and drink it every morning fasting or sometimes give as much powder of bittony dryed and searched as will lye on a groat in a glass of canary, or a draught of ye forementioned liquor.
248. To keep the Skin from breaking where ye Dead Palsey is.
Take 2 quarts of cream and one pound of mutton sewit pickt clean and shred small, boyle these together to an oyle anoint a cloth with it & lay on Searcloth-wise if it be on a part convenient, but if the whole side is dead, you must have enough dipt to Lay on.
249. To draw out Fire when tis just burnt.
At first lay on Guzzle Dirt let it lay on an hour then wash it off, cut the blister and lay on a plaister made with a spoonfull of honey and the quantity of a small nutmeg of black soap mixt well together, let it Lay on 12 hours & then lay on the poultise at ye 245 Receit.