Image 192, sixth book, folio 98b, receipts 80 (contd) to 86
| The sixthe booke. | ||||
| it is somewhat warme, take it up in good bigge balles, and drawe it | ||||
| with your handes oftentimes untill it be coloured like waxe, & so make | ||||
| it up in fayre rowles*, and preserve it in alomed** leather, and when | ||||
| you will occupye it, spreade it on the flesh side of the leather, and | ||||
| laye it to the griefe. | ||||
| 81. For such as are called paralitici*. | ||||
| Take oleum benedictum*, and therewith anoynte the necke pit behinde | ||||
| oftentimes, and that will restore thy speeche: and allso anoynte well | ||||
| the sicke place with mustarde agaynste the fire oftentimes, and after | ||||
| washe it with wine, and anoynte that afterwardes with aquavitae*, | ||||
| at morninge, & at nighte, if thou be yonge: if thou be aged, take a | ||||
| spoonefull thereof, and a spoonefull of rosewater, and allso drinke | ||||
| everye daye at morninge & at nighte treacle with stale ale, the | ||||
| quantitye of three peasen*, |
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| 82. For the toothe ache. | ||||
| Take the roote of betanye*, and drye it, and take an handfull of sage, | ||||
| and a good quantitye of baye salte*, and stampe them all together, and | ||||
| make powder thereof, and then take a litle thereof, and put it in a | ||||
| linnen cloth, and wet it in aquavitae, and put it in the hollowe toothe, | ||||
| and it will helpe thee. | ||||
| 83. An other for the same. | ||||
| Take greene copporas*, to the quantitye of a nut, and as muche baye | ||||
| salte, and a litle rosemarye fine shred, put these together, and make | ||||
| litle bagges of linnen clothe, & fill it with the same powder, then laye | ||||
| the bagge upon the sore toothe, holdeinge your teeth together, and let | ||||
| the water runne out of your mouthe, but let it touche no linnen, for | ||||
| it will stayne all thinges that it toucheth: and allso make your teeth | ||||
| blacke: but heereafter followeth a remedy for the same. | ||||
| 84. A remedy to make teeth white. | ||||
| Take a pinte of fayre water, and put therein time, rosemarye, sage, and | ||||
| woodebine leaves, of eache like much, and as much roch allome* as the | ||||
| quantitye of halfe a wallnut, and a good spoonefull of English honye, | ||||
| and a let it seeth tyll it be halfe consumed, & it will make your teethe | ||||
| white, if you wash them therewith, and allso it is good for a canker. | ||||
| 85. A powder for the stone. | ||||
| Take fennell seede, annys seede, coryander, carrawaye, grunwell* | ||||
| seede, parslye, Alexanders*, gallingall*, of eache an ownce, spignaull* a | ||||
| quarter of an ownce, time seede as muche: beate all this into fine pow- | ||||
| der, and with white wine, or malmesye*, give it to the patiente to | ||||
| drinke, everye morninge and eveninge by the space of nine dayes, | ||||
| and it will breake the stone by Gods grace. | ||||
| 86. For the swelling in the legges, | ||||
| or feete. | ||||
| Take water |
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Transcribed by KS and GB