Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take the grissle or bone that grows in the heart of a Stag dry it on
paper then powder and search it fine and take as much of it as will lye
on a 3 pence in half a wine glass of Sack 3 mornings fasting, fast an
hour after it.
238. _For Deafness._
Take the Ivy that have white strings in it and pound it put some of it
into the ear and let it lay there all night.
239. _For an Imposthume or Gathering._
Take half a pint of Sallet oyle and a good handfull of cammomile pound
it and put it into the oyle in an earthen pot and set it in a oven or
the chimney corner and let it stand there 48 hours then strain it out
and anoint the place that is swelled keep it in a bottle close stopt
if any inward imposthume take venice treacle methridate and leafe gold
mixt together take y^e quantity of a small nutmeg ye last thing at
night for 4 or 5 nights together.
240. _For a Sore Throat._
Take tops of rosemary fennell sage marygolds with the black middles
sinkfoins of each a like quantity a good handfull altogether. a little
cammomile boyle it in a quart of ale till tis very strong of the herbs
then strain it and sweeten with honey or Sugar, you may boyle a piece
of gold or a gold Ring if you please in it.
241. _For the Stone Collick, or Gravell in ye Kidneys._
Take a quart of white wine or renish and burn it, take mouse-ear
pellitory of the wall, and nettle tops with the seeds and a few Juniper
berrys boyle these in Spring water till all the vertue is out then
strain it and put the water to the wine and bottle it up, drink a wine
glass (sweetened with Sirrop of elder berrys and De-althea & horse
raddish and squeez in some juice of lemon) once a day. Approved D^r May.
242. _For ye Same when ye Person is much weakened by pain. Dr May._
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._
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