Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
It is good to anoint and tent all sores or wounds for it doth heal
first at the bottom it will not suffer proud or dead flesh to grow
in a wound it draws out thornes and splinters, it is excellent for
bruises in any part of ye body to anoint the place outwardly or to take
inwardly to drink 10 or 12 drops to a man or woman and half so much to
a child in a spoonfull of ale or white wine posset drink and drink a
little more posset drink after it 3 or 4 nights and mornings it will
drive out any bruised blood out of the body you may give it to a woman
after her travell it is good for deafness that comes by cold drop 3 or
4 at night and morning for 2 or 3 days together so used it will help
an imposthume in the head break and heal it you may drop into the eye
if it be bruised with a blow it is good to anoint ye throat for the
swelling of the almonds and to drop into ye ear for ye toothache.
516. _To stop Bleeding if a Veine be cut asunder._
Take the shell of goose or hen that the chick comes out of when hacht &
make it into powder being first burnt and cast thereon & it stanch it
presently. Probatum Est.
517. _For the Jaundice._
Take a handfull of earth wormes and put them awhile in salt & water to
cleanse themselves then put them into a quart of white wine to steep
until they dissolve then strain them out then put to the strain’d
liquor 4 penny worth of english saffron and let that steep well in
it also and let the party grieved take of this liquor thus prepared
a quarter of a pint first in the morning and at 4 a clock in the
afternoon and last at night. Probatum Est.
518. _Dr. Willis his electuarie for a Dead Palsey._
Take conserve of sage flowers, bittony Rosemary of each an ounce the
flowers of turrica 2 ounces preserved Mirobalence number 2 preserved
nutmegs 2 drams spirits diambra, Salt of wormwood, powder of pioney
roots and of pioney seeds of each one dram white amber white corral
prepared of each 2 scruples & a half with a sufficient quantity of
sirrop of stœchas to make it into an electuarie.
519. _His Whey for ye same Palsey._
Take bittony sage mugwort pennyroyall fumetory of each one handfull
damask rose leaves 3 handfulls epythum 2 ounces corriander & sweet
fennell seeds of each an ounce cut these and dry them in the shade and
so keep y^m for your use mixing them altogether one handfull of these
herbs must be boyled in new whey a quarter of an hour & ye liquor drank
when almost cold.
The above mentioned Electuary prescribed to be taken every morning very
early in your bed and last at night the quantity of a nutmeg.
520. _An Eye Water._
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