Image 054, second book, folio 28b, receipts 121 to 129.
| The seconde booke | ||||
| 121. For ye throate being streight* & sore. | ||||
| Take motherhoofe* stampe* it & drinke ye iuice* thereof wth stale ale*, the | ||||
| water of ambrosia* is good for ye liver, lungs, & hoarsenes in ye throate. | ||||
| 122. For all manner quinsies* & sicknes in the throate. | ||||
| Seeth* an egge harde, cut it in two, & lay it unto the crowne of the heade | ||||
| being shaven before, allso snayles with the shells grounde, & plastred | ||||
| without shells, doe rype* & breake the quinsye with speed. | ||||
| 123.This medicine passeth all. | ||||
| Take a childes turde or your owne, & it will help: allso columbinde*, the | ||||
| hearbe or the seed dronke helpeth: also rew* sodden*, & make paste of rye | ||||
| meale with it, then open the mouth of ye party, & given him to sucke, & it | ||||
| shall avoyd the quinsye, & restore the speach agayne with speed, allso | ||||
| shave the heade & ventouse* the heare* & it shall drawe away ye quinsies, | ||||
| allso take powder of an howdes* turde burnt in a new earthen pot, mingle | ||||
| it with honye, & it will destroye the quinsye. | ||||
| 124. For blasting ye face wth evill & corrupte ayre*. | ||||
| Take the white of an hens egge roasted hard, a quarter of 1 ℥ of coppo- | ||||
| ras*, grinde them well together in a brasen* mortar, that it bee like an | ||||
| oyntmente, then anoynt ye face therewith, & it shall cease ye ach*, & put | ||||
| away ye swellinge, & when it is allmost whole, anoynt ye face wth poppi- | ||||
| licrum*, & it shall doe downe ye skinne, & bringe ease. | ||||
| 125. For all uncomes*, of unkinde heate, blaynes*, swellings, | ||||
| & bladders, fervently burninge. | ||||
| Take ye best unguentum album* & the newest, & to bedward** anoynte | ||||
| therewith your face, then take liverworte* to ye quantity of an egge, being | ||||
| stamped*, & lying downe, lay it to your righte side agaynst ye liver | ||||
| plastred, but let it not come up to ye stomacke, bind the plaster there yt | ||||
| nighte, & no longer, but use unguentum album 3 or 4 dayes and nightes, & | ||||
| ever on the morrowe* wash your unguentum album awaye. | ||||
| 126 To doe away ye wenne* in the face. | ||||
| Take blacke sope*, & unsleeked lyme* in powder, temper them together, | ||||
| then make a cake of waxe, & make an hole in ye middest*, & put the sope & | ||||
| lime therein, & lay it on ye wenne 8 houres, then take it awaye, & lay to | ||||
| it a collop* of bacon to rayse it withall, & when the coore is out, heale | ||||
| it out with healing salve. | ||||
| 127. To doe away a fellon* in the face. | ||||
| Take woodsomer*, & pine yarrowe*, of each lyke much, grind them toge- | ||||
| ther, & temper them with honye, & keep this for your salve. | ||||
| 128. For swellinge of ye cheekes. | ||||
| Take commyn*, & dry figs, seeth the in wine, & lay a plaster thereof | ||||
| to your cheekes. | ||||
| 129. For pymples in the face. | ||||
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Transcribed by KW and YR