THE MIRROR or Glass of Health.  
Necessary and needful for every person to look in, that will keep their body from the Sickness of the Pestilence, and it showeth how the Planets do reign in every hour of the day and night, with the natures and expositions of the xii. Signs, divided by the twelve Months of the year.  
And showeth the remedies for divers infirmities and diseases that hurteth the body of man..  
¶ Imprinted at London, in Fleetstreet, beneath the Conduit, at the Sign of S. john Evangelist, by Hugh jackson.   

¶ The Prologue of the Author.  
I Do you well to wit that this Book profiteth greatly to every Surgeon, for to know in what sign, or in what degree of the sign, the sun and the moon sitteth every day in any of the twelve signs, and not only it is profitable to Surgeons, but also to Physicians and to all that use to give medicines or laxatives, or to use any Bassions, or cutting, or letting of blood. For as the Sun passeth through all the twelve Signs by the space of a year, abiding in a sign thirty days, right so doth the Moon pass through all the twelve signs, that in thirty days, abiding in a Sign three score hours.  
And as the Moon among all planets is next the earth in course, so she hath most effect of working in these earthly things after the disposition of the nature of the signs that she hath her course in. And therefore it is full necessary truly, to know the state, the course, and the nature of the moon, for thereby a man may know when it is good to begin many divers things, & when it is not good. And also what weather is most likely to fall, after the nature of the signs, whether dry or moist, hot or cold, there shall follow after the nature of the sign that she is in. In divers conjunctions of Planets that is joined therewith, and therefore naturally in order, I purpose me to declare shortly in the sixth Chapter, the nature and the state of every sign that she passeth by. (⸪)   

¶ Here followeth the Table of this present Book.  

THE first part of this Book showeth divers causes, how the Pestilence may be engendered. Capitulo i  
The second part showeth, how man woman, and child, should preserve and keep them from the pestilence. Capitulo ii  
The third part showeth, and if it be that man, woman, or child be taken with the pestilence, what remedies and medicines is best therefore. cap. iii  
After that followeth the seven days with the Planets. cap. iiii.  
How the planets reign in every hour of the day and of the night, and the first is the hours of Sunday. Cap. v.  
The natures and expositions of the twelve signs divided by the. xiii. Months of the year. cap. vi.  
For the headache. ca seven.  
For the aching of the head. ca viii.  
For to spurge the head. ca ix.  
Also for to spurge the head. ca x.  
For the toothache. ca xi.  
For the ache of a hollow tooth. ca xii.  
Also for the toothache. ca xiii.  
Also for the toothache. cap. xiiii.  
Also yet for the toothache. cap. xv.  
For the stench in the mouth. ca xvi.  
For stinking breath. ca xvii.  
for ache and worms in the ears. Capitulo. xviii.  
A precious water for poison and specially against the pestilence ca nineteen.  
for running eyen. cap. xx.  
for red bleared eyen. cap. xxi.  
for eyen that been dasuned or dark. Capitulo. xxii.  
A precious water for the sight of the eyen. ca xxiii.  
for the pin and the web in the eye. Capitulo. xxiiii.  
For all evils in the eyen. ca xxv.  
for boiling in the eye. ca xxvi.  
for a stinking breath. ca xxvii.  
for a hot swollen stomach. ca xxviii.  
for the stomach that acheth, cometh of cold. cap. xxix.  
For to force the stomach. ca thirty.  
For the stomach and the belly that acheth. ca xxxi.  
For a man that is sick at the stomach or in the belly, or at the heart or head, or were bitten with any venomous beast. ca xxxii.  
For rising under the stomach. Capitulo. xxxiii.  
A good plaster for the rising under the stomach. ca xxxiiii.  
For heat in the stomach. ca xxxv.  
For brenning in the stomach. Capitulo. xxxvi.  
For to avoid flume out of the stomach and the head. Cap. xxxvii.  
For all evils in the stomach. ca xxxviii.  
For a disease at the heart. Cap. xxxix.  
For weakness of the heart. cap. xl.  
For faintness of the heart. cap. xli.  
For the heart that is encumbered. ca xlii.  
For a man woman or child, that is broken in the belly. cap. xliii.  
A plaster to knit him. cap. xliiii.  
For that plaster in May. cap. xlv.  
For to break wind in the belly. ca xlvi.  
For a swollen womb. cap. xlvii.  
For aching of the womb. cap. xviii.  
For the heart breaking. cap. xlix.  
For sore sides within. cap. l.  
Contra telamet masculam in Oculo. cap. li.  
For a woman's pape that is sore. Capitulo. lii.  
For the liver that is corrupt, and wasted. cap. liii.  
For heat in the liver. cap. liv.  
Also for the heat in the liver of a man, that his colour is yellow. cap. lv.  
For a man's breast that is encumbered. cap. xlvi.  
For a man that hath worms in his belly, and his body lean. cap. lvii.  
For the breast and the lungs. Capitulo. lviii.  
For to avoid and destroy flume. Capitulo. lix.  
For the stone. cap. lx.  
Another for the stone. cap. lxi.  
For the colic, Strangury, and the Stone. Cap. lxii.  
For a man that is a leper, and it take in his legs, and go upward. cap. lxiii.  
For a derte in a man's flesh. Ca lxiiii.  
For a sauce flume visage. ca lxv.  
For him that may not hold his water. cap. lxvi.  
Another for the same. ca lxvii.  
For to destroy flume. ca lxviii.  
For a womb that is hard. ca lxix.  
For the bloody menyson. cap. lxx.  
For a man's stones that be swollen. ca lxxi.  
For to make one slender. ca lxxii.  
For him that lacketh wind. ca lxxiii.  
For him that is costife. ca lxxiiii.  
For a wicked blast in the visage. Capitulo. lxxv.  
For the shingles. ca lxxvi.  
For the cough. ca lxxvii.  
For the perilous cough. cap. lxxviii.  
Also for the chincough. ca lxxix.  
For the Itch. ca lxxx.  
For to draw a bile from one place to another. cap. lxxxi.  
For him that pisseth blood. ca lxxxii.  
For him that hath lost his mind. Capitulo. lxxxiii.  
Another for the same. ca lxxxiiii.  
For him that hath the frenzy. ca lxxxv  
For one that vomiteth to much. Capitulo. lxxxvi.  
For a disease in the ears. ca lxxxvii.  
For a man that his ears 'swounds within. cap. lxxxviii.  
For sinews that shrink after that they have been hurt, and bleed again. Capitulo. lxxxix.  
For to staunch blood. cap. xc.  
For to staunch blood. cap. xci.  
For the empostume. cap. xcii.  
For spitting of blood. ca xciii.  
For wild fire, that is called the fire of Hell. ca xciiii.  
For biting of a mad dog. ca xcv.  
For to do away a wen. ca xcvi.  
For to break a fellow in a night. Capitulo. xcvii.  
For the megrim. cap. xcviii.  
for the Morfew. cap. xcix.  
For to stop the flux. ca C.  
for the Canker, wild fire, and ignis sancti Antoni. cap. Ci.  
for to make heir to grow. cap. Cii.  
For to do away heir. ca C. iii.  
for a scald head. ca C. iiii.  
For the yellow jaundice. ca Cv.  
for the black jaundice. ca Cvi.  
For worms and heat in the hands Capitulo. Cvii.  
For the Gout. ca Cviii  
For sore knees that doth swell and ache. cap. Cix.  
For the falling evil. cap. Cx.  
For brenning and scalding. ca Cxi.  
Also for brenning with fire. ca cxii.  
To heal hurts & wounds. ca cxiii.  
To make a Salve to draw, and to heal. ca Cxiiii.  
For stinging of adders, and Snakes Capitulo. Cxv.  
For him that may not sleep. ca cxvi.  
For the palsy cap. Cxvii.  
A good drink for the Pox. ca Cxviii.  
A salve for the Pox. cap. Cxix.  
For the gout or the sweling of joints knobs and knorres that cometh of the ache of the pox. Cap. cxx.   
¶ Here endeth the Table.   

¶ Here beginneth the first part of this Book, that showeth divers causes how the Pestilence may be engendered. Capitulo. i.  
considering that this treatise is very needful and necessary against the sickness of the pestilence, and for a common wealth & health of the Queen's liege people, I Thomas Moulton doctor of Divinity, of the order of the Frere Preachers, the which for to gather moveth me for divers causes, the one is prayers of mine own brethren.  
Another is cause of prayers of many worthy Gentles.  
And another is compassion that I have of the poor people, that was & is destroyed every day thereby, for default of help.  
And the fourth cause that moveth the most of all, pure conscience, for every christian man, & woman, is bound by the law of conscience, and they know their even christian in great peril, or that is likely to fall to great mischief, to help them if he may by his wit with his travail, and with his goods. And these four causes moved me to compound and to gather this treatise, and to set it in print so in english, that every man both learned and lewd, rich and poor, may the better understand it, and do thereafter. And so every man, woman, and child to be their own Phisytion in time of need, against the vengeance and corruption of the pestilence, that now is reigning with other diseases many more, and this treatise for the pestilence is divided, and parted in iii parts, and consequently ensueth the seven days with the Planets, with the natures and expositions of the xii. signs, divided by the xii months of the year, with the remedies for many divers other diseases that hurteth and grieveth the body of man.  
And the first part of this book telleth divers causes how the pestilence may be gendered.  
The second part telleth how man, woman and child, shall preserve and keep themselves from the pestilence, if so the man woman or child be cutable, that falleth therein.  
The third part telleth the remedy, help, and medicine against the pestilence.  
In the first part I say of this treatise, as I told, be showed divers causes, which may be the ground of this Pestilence that now reigneth, I find by the treating of four Doctoures, the four Pillars that upholdeth holy church, that is to say S. Austen, S. jerom, S. Gregory, & S. Ambrose, where they speak of this matter, they say, that sin that reigneth among the people, and namely that sin that reigneth among head men, & the governors of the church, and of the law, is cause of the Pestilence Vengeance, taken for sin. Hereof I find ensample and figure in holy Wryt, in the second book of Kings, in the xxiii chapter. There showeth holy Writ openly, that for the sin of King David, God sent unto him his Prophet, and gave him choice of three things, whether that he had liefer that GOD should send upon him for his sin, and of his people, hunger seven year, or else he had leaver that he should send upon him pursuit of enemies, and to be overcome of them three months, or yet that he had liefer that he should send upon him Pestilence three days & three nights. And than King David truly chose Pestilence, so that from that time, that he had chosen thus pestilence, or it was none of the day, there was dead. xxvii. M. of his people. And then King David saw that vengeance was taken for his sin by pestilence, mourningly with great sorrow & great compassion of heart, he cried God almighty mercy, and when he had done, anon the pestilence ceased. And for sin that reigned in the people, hydyous pestilence hath been taken, as was showed on jerusalem, as telleth Vincent in speculo Historiali, & Eusebius telleth the same. Therefore every man in what degree or what state he be, put away sin through heartily sorrow, and very contrition, ask of good meekly mercy and forgiveness entirely, and amending their life, than he putteth away the cause of pestilence, that in case his vengeance taken for sin, and soothly, saving we ought not to deem lightly of God's privities, this may be well one cause of that hideous pestilence, that now is reigning.  
¶ And they say generally in this realm, and truth it is that many tokens are showed, that men likely dame that this sin is cause in part of this pestilence, as the corrupt air and the venom thereof, the which was caused by a conjunction of Saturn and iovis, the which Planets their working within few years, and the malice of thy complexion, and of other sin, this left in the air and beneath, the which malice and venom hath his respect and his influence more in the complexion of man then of beast, in as much as the working of the conjunction and of other sin was more principally in the sin of mankind, then in the sin of another manner of beast. But the working of other conjunctions divers are before hand had their working in the signs of other beasts, & their influence in the complexions of them. And therefore the malice of the conjunctions was cause why that the morel fell of such beast, more than of other that time, but this conjunction aforesaid, the which was wrought more principally in the sin of mankind, more than of any other, whose venom and malice yet reigning, is the cause of the corruption of the air, the which air corrupt, is cause of the Pestilence that now is reigning, but nevertheless if so that it be impossible by: all Philosophers, that the Element of the Air, should in his own kind, and in his own substance be corrupt or else infect, sithen it is simple and clean is his substance, wrought without any venom or corruption. Nevertheless yet by the way of vaporous fumosytyes and humours the which that are corrupt and drawn from the earth beneath, by virtue attractive of the bodies that been above, & minged with the air, so by accidental cause is the air corrupt and in part cause of this pestilence. But than thou mayst move against me, & say that if so were that the venomous air, and the corruption thereof should be cause of pestilence: or else man, woman, and child, should be infect thereby, that it seemeth every man, woman and child, should be infect & corrupt by the pestilence. In the country there the air corrupt is reigning, sithen the air in such a place is common to all manner of men. To this answered Avicen in his Canon in the part there he treateth, De cura februm: that if all the pestilence air be reigning in a country, & if it be common to all the inhabitants of that country, yet there shall none be infect therewith, but they that be replete, and full of corrupt humours, the which corrupt humours have their respect, and according to receive the corruption and the venom of the air, else in what country, or City that such air were corrupt or venomed, in all manner of men that receiveth that air in the same country, or in the same city, should be venomed and dead thereby, ye see well and know well, that the Element of the fire, hath no predomination nor will not burn, but matter that is combustible, and according to receive fire. On the same wise the Element of the air that is pestilence corrupt, in fecteth neither man, woman, nor child, but such as have such venomyd & corrupt humours within themself disposed to the same, the Pestilence thereof in such time that such pestilence air raignech in.  
After dyversity of venomous humours and corruption in men reigning. And through the working of that venomous pestilence air or divers sickness and perilous gendered in man, woman, and child. And this alteration in kind, is wrought by the malice & influence of the conjunction aforesaid, the which malice of conjunction, is likewise to be cause of many other wonderful alterations betwixt King and King, Lord and Lord, man and man, woman, and woman, father & son, brother and brother, and many other. Also it is likely to be cause of deposing of Lords out of Lorshippes, and enhancing and inhighing of knaves. And Emperors of mighty men, spoiling and destroying of Kingdoms and Lordships. And also it is like to be cause of great fires, great mists and great water by land. And cause of many great perils by the sea.  
Also it is likely to be cause of many wonderful tokening of great winds, & many other wonderful things. Also destroying of many cities, and principally of the Sarisins sect, and of many other wonderful sickness. Also the Sismy of holy Church is likely to cease, and divers states to end, and therewith many things is likely to fall, by the judgement of Astronomy, the which I will not write for divers causes. But know it well all manner of men, that these things, I rehearse not as things told by prophecy, but as conclusions following and showing by Astronomy, and also by Astrology, for as declareth hippocras in his Book, that he made (De Epidimia) there shall never Phisytion be true in working ne sure Practisor of Physic, but he work and practise by rules of Astronomy, for hippocras sayeth, that it is impossible that a man shall cure a sickness, but if he know the cause of his sickness, there is some sickness that is caused by moving and working of the bodies above, the which a man may not know without Astronomy and Astrology, than it seemeth well that it is impossible to a man to cure sickness generally, but he can of Astromye and of Astrology. For as I find in Lybro Interprecationem, all the four Elements and all other things beneath, that been compound of them, are gendered by the course of the planets above, and all the lively bodies beneath have in part, there being their heal, & the sickness by the moving of the bodies above.  
¶ Thus endeth the first part of this Pestilence Treatise.   

¶ Here followeth the second part that showeth how man should preserve and keep him from the Pestilence. Cap. ij.  
THe second part of this treatise is how thou shalt govern and preserve thyself from the malice of the Pestilence air, and from the venom & corruption that is gendered thereby, the which party is principal cause of this pestilence that now is reigning. The first and the principal preservation there against, is this. To govern thee well and wisely, and for to fly all that may gender any Fever or Ague. first, thou needeth to keep thee severally from all manner of excess and outrage of meat and drink, and namely from all manner of Fevores meats, as Goose, Dove, Birds, Mallards, Venison, Lampray, Scate and Eels. And also other Fevores meats, eat no great meat, no Onions, nor leeks, nor garlic, nor no fruit. For all these gathereth and engendereth unkindly heats, and so bringeth a man to an ague, & he be in any wise of nigh disposition thereto, and use no Baths nor Stues, sweat not to much, for all openeth the pores of a man's body, and maketh the venomous air to enter, and for to infect the blood, & the spiritual members of man, & for to destroy all lively spirits in man. Also keep thee from haunting of lechery, for that both openeth the pores, and destroyeth the kind natural, and also enfeebleth the spiritual members, and the lively spirits of man.  
Also in the time of pestilence, in no wise suffer to great thirst, and if thou thirst, look thou drink but measurably, and not but for to slaken thy thirst, and namely such drinks as will abate thy heat, as is Tisan water mingled with vinegar, or water of Borage, water of let use, water of Roses, water of Scabious, water of Turmentill, water of Diten mingled in even portions, or else by themself. For these drinks if the Pestilence reign in the heat of the summer been profitable, and sovereignly to them that been colorike of complexion, for they be hotter and drier than other, also to sleep on afternones and when thou shalt go to bed, shut thy doors and thy windows close, and in an earthen pan full of Charcoal fire, cast this powder made of these things, of Lorell leaves, dried Rosemary, and dried Frankincense, of each of them a like much, & cast half a spoonful of this powered in the fire.  
Also use fire in thy chamber all the times of the day and of the night, of these things, as fire of jenoper and if thou may not get this jenoper, make the fire of clean dry Ash wood and use to cast in the fire alway Frankincense, Storax, Calamint, Lapdanum, and the fumosities of these and the smoke if the air be corrupt, of the virtue actractive of the lively spirits, and the spiritual members outward by the veins of the heart, and so inuenomes it, & these hasteth a man to his death. But if the nature of the Pestilence be gendered betwixt the thigh and the body, it is a tokening that it cometh from infection of the liver, & than if the matter appear in the scher beside the privy members, bleed on the foot in the same side, on the vain that is betwixt thy great toe, and the next toe, for if the botch be drawing thither. And thou bleed on the arm, the matter then will draw up again to the liver, and so to the heart & that is perilous. And if the botch be more outward to the side, and farther from the privy members, bleed than on the vain between the ankle and the foot, & the heel, or else on the vain that is under the ankle that is called the Sophem: or else look that thou be soon ventused with a ventosing, best beneath the botch, but that is very painful. Nevertheless in case that the vain may not be taken or else that the vain may not bleed, it must needs be suffered, in such peril may thou be. If the matter appear in the cleansing part of the head consider well on what side it appeareth, and bleed on the vain, or on the arm the which vain lieth next the Cardiacle, the which Cardiacle lieth in the midst of the arm, right in the booth of the arm, or else bleed on the vain that is on the hand, that is betwixt the thumb and the next finger, or else be ventosed betwixt the shoulders. But take good heed, that when so ever thou haste bled of any of these veins, take good heed that thou sleep not after thy blood letting of xiii hours. If thou be rich and may well spend, than it were good to have this Pomamber, evermore in thy hand, hold it to thy nose that thou may receive the savour and smell thereof, for comforting of the brain, (and of all other Spiritual members, the which thou shalt make thus, take Lapdanum, pured one ounce storax, calamint, dissolved Roses, Cloves, Maces, of each one three halfpenny weight, & make them in powder, that aught to be made in powder, & five spoonful of oil de-bay, an ounce of Virgin wax, and dissolve them, and when they be dissolved, put all together and mingle them well, unto they be cold, & make thereof a ball the quantity of a walnut, and that is called the Pomeamber, the sent or the smell thereof will comfort the lively spirits in man, and if thou rule thee thus as I have taught thee, thou may by the grace of god and by his governance preserve thyself from the Pestilence.  
¶ Thus endeth the second part of the Pestilence treatise.   

And here followeth the third part that showeth & a man be taken with the pestilence, what remedy and medicine is best therefore. Cap. iij.  
HEre the third part of this treatise, telleth what is against this sickness of the pestilence, that reigneth among the people, and what medicine is best therefore. Avicen in his Canon on the part, there he treateth De dura februm, there is no sickness that falleth in kind but there is medicine in kind for it. Therefore if so be it be taken in due time, than if thou shalt fall into this sickness, look that thou be let blood, as I have told. And if there be any fever, or any ague annexed thereto and the corrupt blood be drawn away, on this bleeding as I have told. (And the principal members ventused,) the heart ought then to be comforted with good Letwers, or with cold water stilled, the which Letwers be these, that will withdraw unkindly heats, as conserve of Violets, conserve of Borage, conserve of Buglos drawn with sugar, decoct with water of Turmentill, water of Endive, Water of Roses, water of Borage, mingled by even portion. And then take these every day, & every hour of the day, with water of Turmentil, water of Scabious, water of Violets, or else water of Endive.  
Also it were needful to have this water distilled of these herbs, of Detan of Scabious of Turmentill, of Violets, of Endive, and Letise, and for to drink these mingled with white wit of Gascan, or else of Rochel wit, and namely, the whilst that unkindly heat reigneth.  
Also it were needful to have water of Roses, and Byttayne to wash thy temples withal, and thy pulse withal, of thy Arm and thy hands.  
And also it were needful to take of the last, that is to say of Rose, and of 〈◊〉 and put thereof in a saucer of pewter, or in a silver piece, & chause it of little, and ●●p a linen Cloth four wide, and were it therein. And the 〈◊〉 thou art in thy great heat of the agrie, lay the linen cloth were in the water upon thy temples, & upon thy forehead, and another upon thy liver. Take also two other clothes lapped and were on the same wise, and lay in every armehole one, and this practising shall do thee great ease, whether thou be curable & shall live, or uncurable, and shall die.  
But the most nedeefull thing of all, if so he that this were in any wise aforesaid, is for to draw the botch by craft away from the cleansing place a great space from the heart. And that shall I tell the how, & in all my practising in Physic this xviij year, I wyft it never fall but twice, and that was not long of the medicine. And one other time but of other defaults the which I will not write, at this time, though it will expel, and vorde it. And look in the time of pestilence that thy codmares be always freshly washen, and after the washing, look that they be dipped in the fine water of Roses, and on the same wise the kerchief that thou lappest thy head in on nights, and let it dry by the fire: and not by the pestilence air. And when thou layest thee down to sleep, lay under thy head and under the end of thy pillow that is toward thy visage, Rosemary, Isope, sovereign mints, Perial, Rial, Lorel leaves, put in thy mouth Maces, and Cloves, or else Nutmegs, look every day that thou take of fine Treacle proved the quantity of a bean, and a half. Also bear in thy purse these manner of spices, Maces, Cloves, Duybybes, Canel, or else Cinnamon, and chew thereof, and eat thereof all the times of the day.  
¶ And if thou be a poor man, and may not intend to the costs of these things. Take then every day fasting, mine syppes in fine vinegar of white wine, or else of read wine, and drink to them a saucer full of vinegar, or thou pass out of thy house or place.  
Also one of the best governance of all, is in blood letting, for thou shafts understand that a man is in spiritual members principal, that is for to say, the heart, the liver, and the brain, and every one of these hath his place given him by kind, by the which he may avoid all such superfluities, and clear himself.  
The heart hath his cleansing place in the arm hole.  
The cleansing place of the liver, is betwixt the thigh and the body.  
The cleansing place of the brain, is under the ears of the ear roots, and the throat.  
Then this sickness of the pestilence cometh thus, when the poors of a man are open, than first entereth the venomous and the corrupt air, and as soon as it hath mastery, and mingled with man's blood, then runneth it to the heart, that is root & ground of man's life, for to destroy mankind, and for to infect and destroy all lively spirits in a man, and so finally for to kill and slay him, but the heart and the clean blood, flieth all that is noyous, & contrarious unto kind. And in as much as in him is expelled all such manner of corruption, and venomous from him, to his cleansing place to the armehole: But than for that place is sometime stopped that it may not out, and it passeth then all the principal member, next that is the liver for to destroy it.  
And then it doth as the heart doth in his kind. And expelleth it from him to his cleansing place, betwixt the thigh and the body, for it is also spared in case, and stopped it may not out, but passeth the meats and the veins unto the third principal member, that is the brain, but then he would expel it to his cleansing place that is under the ears, and it may not in case out, therefore the stopping and the sparing of the meats and poors and for thickness of the foul and corrupt blood, and the venomous matter is moving, that is mingled therewith, and thus long time the matter is moving or it resteth in any place, sometime twelve hours, and sometime xxiiij hours, and sometime more & sometime less, after the degree and the gentleness, & the greatness of the sickness corruptions and venomous that be gendered. But then at the last sometime within xxiiij hours, it passeth not out of the cleansing place, nor at no other place through bleeding, than it festures in some place and cast a man into an ague & maketh a botch in some of the three cleansing places, or else next to them on some vain, ye shall well wit that a botch groundeth him evermore and setteth him on a vain, and letteth the blood that than it may not have his kind lie course by the vain as he should have, but it is infect thereby. And so all the principal and spiritual members are infect, and thus slayeth men.   

Thus endeth the third part of this Pestilence treatise. And hereafter followeth the vij days, with the Planets. Capitulo. iij.  
IN these seven planets thou oughtest to know that the Sunday hath his doing under the Sun.  
The Monday under the Moon.  
The Tewesday under Mars.  
The Wednesday under Mercury.  
The Thursday under jupiter.  
The Friday under Venus.  
The saturday under Saturn.  
Note-well that all the true act and operation, aught to be made under this Planet and is best & it be made on his proper day of the Planet, and the hour proper exempt.  
Under Saturn is the life edifice, doctrine, and ●●tacion comprynse.  
Under, jupiter, obtain honour, richesse, and gay costly garments.  
Under Mars, battle, prison, marriage, and inimite.  
Under the sun, esperance, gain, Fortune, and heritage.  
Under Venus, Love, socyetye, Life, loving, and pilgrimage.  
Under Mercury, sickness, Misery, Death, and fearfulness.  
Under the Moon, sloth, evil thoughts, and theft.   

¶ Here followeth, how the planets reign in every hour of the day, and of the night. And the first is the hour of the Sunday. Cap. v.  
THe first hour of sunday reigneth sol, the second Venus, the third Mercury, & fourth Luna, the fift Saturn, the sixth jupiter, the seventh Mars, the eight sol, the ninth Venus, the tenth Mercury, the xi Luna, the. xii. Saturn.  
The hour of the Sunday night.  
The first hour jupiter, the second Mars, the third Soll. the four Venus, the fift Mercury, the sixth Luna, the vij Saturn, the eight jupiter, the ninth Mars, the tenth sol, the eleventh Venus, the twelve Mercury.  
The hours of the monday.  
The first hour Luna, the second Saturn, the three jupiter, the fourth Mars, the fift sol, the sixth Venus, the seventh Mercury, the eight Luna, the ninth Saturn, the ten jupiter, the eleventh Mars, the twelve Sol.  
The hours of the Monday night.  
The first Venus, the second Mercury, the third Luna, the fourth Saturn, the fift jupiter, the sixth Mars, the seventh sol, the eight Venus, the ix Mercury, the tenth Luna, the eleventh Saturn, the twelve jupiter.  
The hours of the Tewesdaye.  
The first Mars, the second sol, the third Venus, the fourth Mercury, the .v. Luna, the uj Saturn, the seventh jupiter, the eight Mars, the ix Sol, the ten Venus, the xi Mercury, the xii Luna.  
The hours of the Tuesday night.  
The first Saturn, the two jupiter, the iii Mars, the fourth Sol, the .v. Venus, the sixth Mercury, the seventh Luna, the eight Saturn, the ninth jupiter, the ten Mars, the xi Sol, the twelve Venus.  
The hours of the Wednesday.  
The first Mercury, the second Luna, the third Saturn, the fourth jupiter, the .v. Mars, the sixth Sol, the seventh Venus, the eight Mercury, the ninth Luna, the tenth Saturn, the eleventh jupiter, the twelve Mars.  
The hours of the Wednesday night.  
The first Sol, the second Venus, the iii Mercury, the four Luna, the .v. Saturn, the sixth jupiter, the vii Mars, the eight Sol, the ix Venus' the ten Mercury, the xi Luna, the xii Saturn.  
The hours of the Thursday.  
The first jupiter, the second Mars, the third sol, the fourth Venus, the fift Mercury, the sixth Luna, the seventh Saturn, the right jupiter, the ninth Mars, the tenth sol, the eleventh Venus, the twelve Mercury.  
The hours of the Thursday night.  
The first Luna, the second Saturn, the third jupiter, the fourth Mars, the fift Sol, the sixth Venus, the seventh Mercury, the eight Luna, the ninth Saturn, the tenth jupiter, the xj Mars, the twelve Sol.  
The hours of the Friday.  
The first Venus, the second Mercury, the third Luna, the fourth Saturn, the fift jupiter, the sixth Mars, the seventh▪ sol, the eight Venus, the ninth Mercury, the tenth Luna, the xj Saturn, the twelve jupiter.  
The hours of the friday night.  
The first Mars, the second sol, the third Venus, the fourth Mercury, the fift Luna, the sixth Saturn. the seventh jupiter, the eight Mars, the ninth Sol, the tenth Venus, the eleventh Mercury, the xii. Luna.  
The hours of saturday.  
The first Saturn, the second jupiter, the third Mars, the fourth Sol, the fift Venus, the sixth Mercury, the vij Luna, the eight Saturn, the ninth jupiter, the ten Mars, the xj Sol, the twelve Venus.  
The hours of the saturday night The first Mercury, the second Luna, the third Saturn, the fourth jupiter, the fift Mars, the sixth Sol, the seventh Venus, the eight Mercury, the ninth Luna, the ten Saturn, the xj jupiter, the twelve Mars.  
Note that jupiter and Venus be good, Saturn and Mars evil, Sol and Luna indifferent, Mercury is good with them that be good, & evil with them that be evil.  
Also note well that the hours of the planets been different, to them of the Clocks, for the hours of the Clocks he equal always of lx minutes but they of the planets when the day and the night been equal, that that sun is in one of the Equinocts, they be equal, but as soon as the days longeth or shorteth, so doth the natural hours, by this it is convenient always for the day to have twelve temporal hours, and the night xii temporal hours, and when the days be long, and the hours long, and the days short, and the hours short, in likewise the night, and nevertheless, an hour of the day, & an hour of the night, both together hath lx minutes, as for two hours artificyals, that the one leaveth and the other taketh. And then take we out Planets from the sun rising, & not before upon the sun going down, & then all the remnant is night, and about the month of December, the days have but eight hours, artificials of the Clock, and they have twelve temporals, then let the eight hours Artificials be divided in twelve equal parts, and it shall be twelve times lx minutes, and every part shall be a temporal hour, that shall be of a forty minutes, and no more, thus in December the temporal hours of the day have but forty minutes. But the hours of the night have lxxx minutes. For that time the nights have but sixteen hours artificials if they be divided in the twelve parts, be lxxx minutes, for every temporal hour of the night in December, have lxxx minutes and xl For an hour of the day, been six score minutes in two temporal hours, as many in twelve hours artificials, that been each of forty minutes, in the month of june is the contrary, in March and in September all hours be equal, as is the days in other months by equal portion.  
Thus endeth the vij planets, upon the vij days in the week.   

¶ And hereafter followeth the natures and expositions of the twelve signs, divided by the twelve months in the year.  
¶ March hath the sign of the Ram. And is indifferent for taking of purgation, and is very good to let blood.  
ARies is a sign movable, hot and dry, colorike, nature of fire, and hath Lordship in man's head, and the face, and the parties longing to the head, when the moon is in that sign beware of cutting in the head, or in the face, or in any vain that longeth to the head.  
Also it is perilous in the beginning of Aryes, to take any headache, or any hurting in the head, for it were ●●ken of long during, or else of death, but it is not so perilous in the end of it, and this sign is movable Oriental, of masculine kind, then is good to work all things that is wrought with fire, and it is good to take voyages towards the east, and it is good to let blood on the arm, and to bathe thee, and to sow seeds and to make matrimonies, and to begin all good works, that would soon have end, and is evil to do things which thou wouldst should last long, for as much as the Ram is a beast, that rangeth, and casteth up again the meat that he eateth tofore. Therefore there then should no medicine nor passion be taken inward, while the Moon is in that sign, for all natural medicines and passions received in that time, men should cast them up again, and so it falleth in all the signs that been ranging, as Aries, Taurus, and Caprycorne, and the last party of sagittary. In all these there should no passions be given, for dread of casting up again. For this Sign riseth out of the Orient, & causeth the time to be hot and dry. The man that is borne under the sign of Aries, by kind of complexion is Chollorick, & shallbe witty and wise, and deceivable, small of bones, yellow of colour and kind of heart. The Sun entereth into the sign of Aries, the xu Kal. of March, and dwelleth therein unto the xuj Kalen. of April.  
And in the Month of March is three perilous days to take any sickness upon, that is to say, the. xu.xvii. and the xix  
¶ April hath a sign of the Bull, and is evil for to take purgation. And also evil to let blood.  
THe Moon being in Taurus, that is the sign of the Bull, the which sign reigneth in the neck & the throat it is then perilous to be ventused in the neck, or catch sickness in the throat and much more perilous in the beginning than in the end, this sign is steadfast, Merydyonall that is of the South party, he is cold and dry, earthly, and of feminine kind, and melancholy of complexion, it is then good to sow seeds, to plant trees and wines, for they shall readily grow and it is good to build houses and to wed a wife, and every thing to do that thou wouldst have long to endure, and stably to abide. It is evil to begin battle or to fight. For it causeth the time to be cold and dry and the wind to have his course nigh the earth, and the skies to fly abroad by the earth.  
The man that is borne under this sign, is by kind of complexion melancholy, unstable and untrue, white lyvered and scarce of his purse. The sun entereth in the sign of Taurus the xu Kalen. of April, and dwelleth therein unto the xvi Kalen. of May.  
And in this month of April is two perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say, the xvi and the xxi  
¶ May hath the sign of two twins and is indifferent to take purgation, and is evil to let blood.  
WHen the Moon is in Gemini, that is the sign of two twins or two children of one birth, the which Sign reigneth in the arms, and the hands of a man. This sign is double bodied and occidental, that is the West party, and is Sanguine of complexion, hot, and moist, after the air. In that time beware of cutting in the shoulders, arms & hands nor in that time upon no vain in those places.  
It is good that time to treat of friendship, and when the moon is in the sign of Gemini, beware of letting of blood, for it is evil, and specially in the blumes, for Gemini governeth them, and if one take the sickness in a house and die, all the other be in great danger to die of the same. The man that is borne while the moon is under the Lordship of this sign, he shall by way of kind be very wise, privy and true, he shall have three wives and he shall travail mighty fast to purchase worships, the Sun entereth the sign of Gemini, the xu kalen. of May, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalen. of june. And in the month of May is three dangerous days, that is for to say, the vij the xv. and the twenty june hath the sign of the Crevice. And is good for to take purgation, and is indifferent to let blood.  
¶ Cancer is a sign movable cold, moist; flumatick and watery, and hath of man's body the breast and the stomach, the spleen and the ribs, when the moon is in this sign, it is good to begin a way by water, and is meetly good to take medicines, but beware to wed any maid when the sign is in Cancer. And if any man taketh sickness in any time while the Moon is in the sign of Cancer, it is great fortune if he die not. For it is perilous both in the beginning and in the end, this sign is septentryonall, that is of the north party, also it is evil to build houses, or to set trees, or to begin any thing that shall last long.  
The man that is borne while that the Moon entereth in this sign, he shallbe feminine of face, melancholious, faint hearted and white of skin, and he shall love a woman which shall grieve him, his destiny shallbe hard in his youth, but when he is past thirty. year, he shall have a malady in the reins, and he escape he shall live by kind a hundred year.  
The Sun entereth in the sign of Cancer, the xu Kalen. of June, and dwelleth therein to the xuj Kalen. of july.  
And in this month of june, is two dangerous days to take sickness upon, that is to say the four & the vij  
july hath the sign of the Lion, & is evil to take purgation, and very evil to let blood.  
FOr Leo is a sign steadfast, Oriental, hot, and dry, chollorick, nature of Fire, masculine kind, and hath of man's body the sides and the back sinews, bones and gristles, beware while the moan reigneth there of ventosing or cutting, or harm catching in those places, for it is full dangerous in the end of Leo, to take sickness, more than in the beginning, for than he may relieve by good governance, and it is evil to give medicine to the heart or stomach, and the veins touch with iron.  
A man that is borne while the Moon entereth in the sign of Leo, by kind he shall be holden easy, he shall take a wife, a heady strong woman, he shallbe loved as the Lion among the beasts, & he shall have great power among strong men. The sun entereth in this sign, the xu Kalen. of july, & dwelleth therein, till the xvi Kalen. of August.  
And in this month of july is two dangerous days to take any sickness upon, that is to say, the fifteen and the twenty.  
August hath the sign of a Virgin and is evil to take purgation, and indifferent to let blood.  
VIrgo is a sign double bodied, meridional, that is of the South part, cold and dry, Melancholy of complexion, nature of the earth and of Femine kind, and hath of man's body, the womb, middrife & guts, the liver, Gall and milt. But chiefly in the limbs beneath the middrife, then beware of breaking or cutting in the belly of privy places within.  
Also it is perilous for a man to take any sickness in the beginning thereof, but not so perilous in the end, but rather token of health, it is not good to wed a maid, for she will be barren, but it is good to wed a widow.  
The man that is borne under this sign, he shall be well loved, and a man of great pity, and wise, & live much in ease, his name shall be good among all manner of men, he shall have worship in his age, he shall have a sign in the head. The Sun entereth in the sign of Virgo, the xu Kalen. of August, & dwelleth therein unto the xvi Kalen. of September.  
And in the month of August is two perilous days to take any sickness on, that is to say the xix and the twenty  
September hath the sign of the Balance, and is good to take purgation, and is very good to let blood.  
LYbra is a sign movable, hot and moist, Sanguinaryus, and hath the over part of a man, and the neither end of a woman, that is to say, the navel, the reins, and the low parties of the womb, & the share, when the Moon is in Lybra, it is good to let blood, and is best to make medicines for the navel, and to do all thing that thou would have brought to end, and this sign is Occidental, Sanguine of complexion, & of masculine kind. And it is good to begin that shall long last. And know well from the degree of Lybra, to the degree of scorpio, it is evil to begin divers things, for the moon is that time in the worst.  
The man that is borne under this sign, he shallbe well beloved, & good shall never fail him, he shall have a sign in the neck, or in the shoulder bone, he shallbe in great peril till that he be thirty year old, and then shall he come to great worship. The sun entereth in the sign of Lybra, the xu Calendar of September, and dwelleth therein till the xvi Calendar of October.  
And in the month of September is two perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say, the sixth, and the seventh.  
October hath the sign of a Scorpion, & is good for to take purgations, and is indifferent to let blood.  
SCorpio is a sign of a Serpent, cold & moist, flumaticke, nature of water, Septentrional, that is of the North party, and hath of a man's body the privy members and the bladder, and when the Moon is in this sign, it is good to give medicines to the members of man and woman, and to take laxatives, & to make all things that shall last long, and it is good to make a way by water.  
The man that is borne under this shall love well the company of women, and have other men's heritage's, he shall be Melancholyus, his words, shall turn well, in age he shall be in travail, and in the head he shall have a token, or in the face, he may live by kind xl year. The sun entereth in the sign of Scorpio, the xu Kalen. of October, and dwelleth therein till the xvi. Kalen. of November.  
And in the month of October, is one perilous day, that is to say, the sixth day.  
¶ November hath the sign of the Archer, and it is good to take purgation, and also it is good to let blood.  
I Do you to wit that Sagittarius is a sign of an Archer, and double bodied, hot and dry, nature of the fire and coloricke of complexion, and of masculine kind, Oriental, that is of the east party, & this sign reigneth in the thighs, and loddoges of man, and then beware of cutting of two places, and then is good to let blood, and to treat of peace, and to wed a wife, and to make all medicines that is made with fire.  
The man that is borne under this sign shall be hasty and bold to do folly, and he shall have a sign in the cheek or in the shoulders, he shall be bitten of a dog, he shall have tribulations, he shall have sickness in his eyen, he shall have two wives, & the second shall beguile him, and he shall wax sick at xl winter, and he escape, he shall live by way of kind a. C year. The Sun entereth into his sign of Sagittaryus, the xu Kal. of November, and dwelleth therein, till the xvi. Kalen. of December.  
And in the month of November, is two perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say the xu and the xix  
December hath the sign of the Goat, and is evil to take purgation and is evil to let blood.  
CApricornus is a sign movable, and unsteadfast, of the South party, endly cold and dry, Melancholy, nature of the earth, and of feminine kind, & hath of man's body the knees, when the moon is in this sign, it is good to make medicines to the knees, but beware of cutting or hurting thereof, for dread of touching of the sinews and veins, for it is perilous while the moon reigneth there, and greater peril in the end then in the beginning.  
The man that is borne under this sign, shall be wise, fair, & hasty, & he shall have a token in the head, or in the knee, he shallbe Mellancholye, and he shall live by kind a C. year, as Astronomers saith, the sun entereth in the sign of Capricornus the xu ka. of December, & dwelleth therein till the xvi. Kal. of the month of Ianuarye.  
And in the month of December, is six perilous days to take sickness or any disease on, that is the. iii.vi.vii.ix.xv. and xvi  
january hath the sign of a man shedding water, and is good to take purgation, indifferent to let blood.  
AQuarius is a sign steadfast, Occidental that is of the west party, hot and moist, after the kind of the air, and sanguine of complexion, and hath of man's body the shanks, unto the end of the ankles, and when the moon is in that sign, it is good to set trees, and build, and to wed, and is evil to take sickness in all times while the moon reigneth there.  
The man that is borne under this sign of Aquarius shallbe worshipped, he shall be good and true, and well beloved, & have often headache, he shall have a fall from riches, but he shall be happy in the west country, and he shall be in peril of water.  
The Sun entereth in the sign of Aquarius, the xu Kalen. of january and dwelleth therein till the xvi Kalen. of February.  
And in the Month of Ianuarye is eight perilous days to take sickness, that is to say, the first, the second, the. iiii.u.x.xu.xvii. and the xix  
February hath the sign of three fishes, and is good for to take purgations, and is indifferent to let blood.  
PIsces is a sign common, double bodied, Septemtryonal, cold, and moist, watery, flumatick of complexion, and of feminine kind, and hath of man's body the feet, than is it perilous to let blood, or open any vain in that place, and if a man take sickness in any time of that sign it is not right great peril, but it is good to go to counsel to accord and to make all thing that may go by water, and to make a thing that shall last long.  
The man that is borne under this sign of pisces, shallbe a great leachour and go far a pilgrimage, he shall have an evil hurt in his head, in his youth he shall have many maladies, he shall fall in water, and escape well, he may live by kind a. C. year, and if he will have good, he must dwell in the North. The sun entereth in this sign of pisces, the xu Kalen. of February, and dwelleth therein, till the xvi kalen. of the month of March.  
And in the month of February is iij. perilous days to take any manner of sickness on, that is to say, the eight, the tenth, and the xvii  
Thus endeth the natures and expositions of the xii signs, divided by the xii months of the year, upon blood letting, with the most dangerous days for to do any thing touching Physic.  
And hereafter followeth the remedies for many divers infirmities, and diseases that grieveth and hurteth the body of man.   

For the headache. Capitulo vij  
TAke Hemlock and seethe them, till they be soft as pap, than lay them to the head where the pain is, and let them lie all night, and on the morning lay another hot plaster of the same, and do so two or three times, and he shall be whole.   

For aching of the head. Capitulo viii  
Take and make lie of Veruayn or else of betake, of Wormwood, and therewith wash thy head thrice in the week, and it shall do thee good and take away the ache.   

For to spurge the head Capitulo ix  
Take the Seed Stavisacre, and beat it small to powder, & when it is beaten small, take a fine linen cloth, and put the powder therein, & make thereof a little ball, the quantity of a great hazel Nut, and put it to thy mouth, and rol to & fro, betwixt thy teeth chawing, holding down thy head the space of an hour, & it will spurge thy head and thy gums, and keep thy teeth from aching.   

Also for to spurge the head. Cap. x.  
Take the rote of pelater of spain, and chew it betwixt thy teeth, to and fro a good while, and it will spurge well thy head, & also fasten thy teeth and spurge thy gums.   

For the toothache. Cap. xi.  
Take Betany and wild gordes, and seth them in wine, or else in vinegar, and then put it in thy mouth as hot as thou mayst suffer, & hold it a good while in thy mouth, and it will take away thy pain.   

For the ache of a hollow tooth. Capitulo. xii.  
Take Assa fetida, & put it in thy tooth that is hollow, and it will appease and take away the ache.   

Also for the toothache. Cap. xiii.  
Take Henbane & bruise it, and hold it between thy teeth a good while, and lay it also upon the tooth that acheth, and it will suage the pain anon.   

Also for the toothache. Cap. xiiii.  
Take the seed of Henbane, & cast it upon a Chafing dish of Charcoal fire, & hold thy mouth over the fire, that the smoke may enter into thy mouth, and then hold thy mouth over a Basin of fair clean water, & thou shalt see upon the water as it were small worms that shall come dropping out of thy mouth, also take the seed of Henbane and beat it to small powder & meddle it with wax and make a little pellet that it may be full of powder without forth, and put it in the hole of the hollow tooth that acheth, and it will lightly slay the ache of the tooth.   

Also for the Toothache. Cap. xv.  
Take the rote of Hemban, & seethe it in vinegar till the third part be sudden away, & with the same wash thy mouth & hold thy mouth full a good while and it will slay the tothach. Also take the rote of henban, & hold it between thy aching tooth, and it will do away the pain.   

For the stench in the mouth. Cap. xvi.  
Take the juice of Veruayn, & bruise it, and put it in thy mouth, & hold it a good while close in thy mouth, and it will take away the stench.   

For a stinking breath. Cap. xvii.  
Take oil Doret, Turpentine, honey, oil Olive, Virgin wax, as much of one, as of another, and boil them all together, & make an ointment thereof, & use it every day in the patient's nostrils, and let it be put into the nose every day in the morning with tents made of lint, scraped of fine linen cloth, and he shall be hole.   

For ache and worms in the ears. Cap. xviii.  
Take the juice of henbane & put it in to thine ears and it will take away the ache and slay the worms in them.   

A precious water for poison and specially against the pestilence. ca nineteen.  
Take Turmentil, Scabious, Golds, betayne, & Pimpernel, of every alike much, and distill thereof a water, and drink it fasting every day in the morning, first next your heart, for it shall do much good.   

For running eyen. Cap. xx.  
Take black snails, and seethe them in fair water, then take the grease that is on the water, & therewith anoint thy eyen that be watery and runneth.   

For red bleared eyen. Cap. xxi.  
Take the juice of Rue, and powder of comen, meddle them together, then take coten & dip it well therein, & lay it thereto, and anoint the temples, & the brows and the lids of the eyen therewith, and they shall be hole.   

For eyen that been dasuned or dark. Capitulo. xxii.  
Take the root of red Fenel in winter, & in summer the leaves, or else both roots & leaves, and stamp them and wring out the juice, and temper the juice with fine clarified honey, & make thereof an ointment & anoint the eyen therewith, and it shall put away the darkness, & it shall clear thy sight.   

A precious water for the sight of the eyen. Capitulo. xxiii.  
Take Smalage, red Fenell, ivy, vervain, Betain, Egrimony, Pimpernel, Enfrage, Sauge, Salendine of every a like much in quantity, and wash them well and clean, and stamp them, and put them in a fair brazen pan, and take the powder of fifteen pepper Corns, fair sareid into a pint of good white wine, and put it into the herbs, with three spoonful of lively honey, and five spoonful of the water of a man-child that is an infant, and meddle them altogether, and boil them over the fire, & when it is sudden, strain it through a clean linen cloth, & put it in a glass and stop it well and close, till you will occupy it, & when need is, do thereof into the sore eyen with a feather, & if it be waxed dry, temper it with good white wine, for it is very good for the sight of the eyen.   

For a pin and a web in the eyes. Capitulo. xxiiii.  
Take a courtesy of clean clarified honey, and as much of woman's milk that nourisheth a maid child, and for the woman, the man child, and seethe them together, and when it is cold, put it in a Glass, and close it from the air, and thus do two or three days ii or iii times every day and he shall be hole.   

For all the evils in the eyen. cap. xxv.  
Take clean clarified honey one part, and more than of half the honey, & of the gall of a Hare, meddle them together in a vessel over the fire, but make it but lukewarm, & keep it in a glass but beware that thou take not to much thereof in thine eyen, for the quantity of a small pings head, is enough at once when thou goest to bed, & that is sufficient for vii years, if a man have a pearl or a web in his eyen, & be it not dry, put thereto some deal more of the gall, then of the honey.   

For boiling in the eyen. Cap. xxvi.  
Take May butter, and powder of coming, & stamp them together, and lay it on a linen cloth to the eyen, and often times renew it when the boiling is suaged, take safron, and woman's milk, and grind them together, and drop thereof in the sore eyen, and then thou shalt be hole.   

For a stinking breath. Cap. xxvii.  
Take ii handful of powder of coming, & seethe it in good white wine from a quart till a pint, and drink this first and last always hot, & he shall be hole within ix days drinking.   

For the stomach that is hot and swollen. Cap. xxviii.  
For the stomach that is hot and swollen, take the rote of smallage and stamp it, or put it in sweet wine or in other good wine all a day & a night, and then let it be passed through a a fair linen cloth, and put it in a clean vessel, and use to drink a curtsy thereof every day fasting viii or ix days, and he shall be hole.   

For the stomach that acheth, that cometh of cold. cap. xxix.  
For the stomach that acheth, that cometh of cold, take an herb that is called Poleo and dry beans, an handful of singrin, & as much of this poleo, & put it in a vessel with fair water, & let it seethe there on the fire, till the third part of the water be sudden away, and put thereto sugar of Ston, and a courtesy of honey, & drink it six days fasting, and he shallbe hole.   

For to force the stomach Cap. thirty.  
To force the stomach, take Canell three poise, and one pois of Mastic, and one poise of the parings of Pomegarnades, and half a poise of Galingale, and stamp all these together and temper it with honey that hath been boiled of the fire, and well scummed, & use of this as much as a Nut, every day during ten days fasting, and he shall be whole.   

For the stomach and the Belly that acheth. Capitulo. xxxi.  
For the stomach and the belly that acheth, take the flower of a herb that is called Nemaham, that is like to Mint, & it hath a good savour, take four poise of Cosmer, and seven poise of water, and seethe altogether to the third part, and with sugar drink this five days fasting in the morning, and he shall be whole.   

And if a man be sick at the stomach or in the belly, or at the heart or head, or were bitten with any evil venomous beast, or poisoned. Cap. xxxii.  
And a man were by the way travailing, or in house, and he had all these sicknesses, and he had with him a Lectuary that is made of five things to eat thereof, or drink thereof in water three poise or four, he should be hole, and he use it fifteen days fasting, and when he goeth to bed lest he should not be hole of all the sickness in his body, and he drink every time two poise, and these things they be, Scorlogio, Morre, Genciana, Grandorer, and Zataont, as much of one as of another, and stamp them, and strain them, and meddle them with honey that hath been well boiled on the fire and scummed fair and clean, for this is called the lectuary of life.   

A good medicine for rising under the stomach. Cap. xxxiii.  
Take pepper, long pepper, grains, saffron, ginger, annyes, licoris, and sugar, seethe all these in good ale till it be thick, and give it the sick to drink and he shall be whole.   

Also a good plaster for the rising under the stomach. Cap. xxxiiii.  
Take yellow, otherwise called milfoly, red Fenel, red Mints, Borage, Rue, fetherfoy, clotes leaves, Peritorie, egrimony, of every a like much and the grease of a barrow Hog for a man, and for a woman of a yelk Hog, that is of a Sow kind, and seth them altogether in good ale, and make a plaster thereof, and lay it to the stomach as hot as it may be suffered ii or three times, and he shall be hole.   

For to destroy the heat in the stomach. Cap. xxxv.  
Take fair clear water, and boil it well, and scum it, and put therein shivers of brown bread, and let them lie therein an hour, till the water be almost cold, and then drink thereof two or three days by divers times, and he shall amend in short time.   

For burning in the stomach. ca xxxvi  
Take and eat green parseley, and galingale, without any other thing.   

For to avoid flume out of thy stomach and the head. Cap. xxxvii.  
Take powder of Pelatory of spain, and powder of coming, powder of long pepper, powder of ginger, mustard, vinegar, and meddle them together, and chaufe them on the fire till they wax thick, & then as hot as ye may suffer, put part thereof in your mouth galking in your throat up and down, but let none enter to your stomach, & do this divers times spitting out by the space of an hour, and this is gargarism.   

For all evils in the stomach. ca xxxviii.  
Take ash seed, linne seed & Commin, of every a like much, & give it to the sick body to drink with hot wort, or else with fair hot water.   

For the disease at the heart. ca xxxix.  
Take ●●●uary, and seethe it in stolen ale, and when it is well sudden, stamp it in a mortar, & seethe it again with the same liquor and then cleanse it through a cloth and proportion the juice, put thereto three spoonful of clarified honey, and boil it well together again, and put it in a box, and give it to the patient every day a three spoonful fasting till he be hole, and this shall do away the glut from his heart, & make him to savour his meet.   

For weakness of the heart. Cap. xl.  
Take Rose water, Pearls beaten small to powder, and meddle it with sugar, and drink it two or three days.   

For faintness of the heart. Cap. xli.  
Take the filing of Gold, and the powder of the bone of a Heart's heart, meddled with the juice of Borage, & sugar, made in syrup, for that is very good forswoning.   

For the breast that is encumbered. Capitulo. xlii.  
Take Isope and seethe it in a pottle of wine till that it come to a quarre, & let the sick use thereof, first in the morning, and last at even hot, and at morrow cold, till he be hole.   

For a man, woman, or child that is broken in the belly. ca xliii.  
Take in May the tender crops of herb Osmonde, and dry them with the wind, and not in the sun, and make powder thereof and sacre it, and keep it dry in a bladder, & let the patient drink of the powder, with white wine even and morrow, winter and summer, saving in May: in May drink of the tendering of the said Osmond, for this drink will make the broken belly green, as it were new broken, and the Patient must be well and easily trussed, that he or she may go with it all day, and lie with it all night, till he be hole, and that will be within fourteen days, if he be well ruled, for he must lie upright, as much as he may, both day and night, and not strain his belly, but as little as he can. And he must keep him lax as long as he is sick, and lie in his bed two hours in the morning after he hath drunk this medicine, & must eat no white meat till he be whole, nor walk but easily for straining.   

The plaster to knit him. Capitulo. xliiii.  
Take polypody that groweth on an oak, the roots thereof, and pair the clean, and the roots of Elenacampana, and pair them clean, and then beat them in a mortar, as small as thou canst, & temper it with Oil of Bay, and make it a plaster thick, and lay it on a thick cloth a good quantity, and lay it there the sick is grieved under the truss, from the even till the morrow, and on the morrow change it again, this is for all the year, save in May, than the leaves be better.   

For the plaster in May. Cap. xlv.  
Take Polipone leaves, and the leaves of Elenacampana, and daysye leaves and beat them small, and temper them with oil of bay as thou seemest best, to make a plaster, and lay it there the sore is, even and morrow, and he shall by the grace of God be whole.   

For to break wind in the belly. Cap. xlvi.  
Take Commin, Fenell seed and annis beaten in powder, then seethe it in wine, and drink it first and last.   

For a swollen womb. Cap. xlvii.  
Take the juice of Rue, and let the patient drink it with wine or ale, and he shallbe hole on warrantise.   

For aching of the womb. Cap. xlvii.  
Take Tansye, Rue, Sothernwood, & eat them with salt, & he shallbe hole.   

For the heart brenning. Cap. xlix.  
Take the crop of Fenel, and chew it in thy mouth, and suck the juice thereof and spit out the other part, and he shall be hole.   

For the sore sides within forth. Cap. l.  
Take Alesanders, Persly, Lovage, red fennel, smallage, Burnet, & Gromell, and seethe them in white wine, till half be consumed, then strain it and let the sick drink it first, and last, at even hot, and at morrow cold.   

Contra telamet masculam in oculo. Capitulo. li.  
Take fenel, unset golds, vervain, and Betaine, Aum, and stamp them and temper them with Ale, or white wine, and strain it, and then stamp nine lowpes, otherwise called Cheflocks, and put them in the said liquor and give it to the patient to drink, nine days following, and he shall be hole.   

For a woman's Pap that is sore. Cap. lii.  
Take the root of Bryan, that is to say, wild Neppe, and make bare all the over part of the said rote, & that is to say, the top of the rote, and make an hole therein, and cover it with the tile stone, and put it in the earth, and lay earth upon it, and let it stand so four or five days, then open it, and take the juice that ye find in the hole and keep it in a Glass, and therewith anoint the breast and it shall be hole.   

For the liver that is corrupt and wasted. Capitulo. liii.  
Take a good quantity of Lyverworte, and bruise it a little, and then seethe it in good strong wort with a quantity of Rubard, and use this medicine, and thou shalt be whole.   

For the heat in the liver. Cap. liiij.  
Take the juice of four apples, and sweet apples, of each a pound or more, as much as you think best, and two pound of sugar, & meddle these things together, and let them boil on a simple fire, till it be thick as syrup, and use a courtesy thereof every day fasting, with lukewarm water.   

For the heat in the liver of man, that his colour is yellow. Cap. lv.  
Take the water of Sicore, and water of lettuce, and water of the leaves, and small branches of a wild morger tree, or else take the herbs and stamp all these together, and as much one as of another, and take the juice of these things, and as much as all this of Sugar, and boil all together till it be as thick as a Syrup, and then put thereto a poise and a half of Rubard, and use a quantity of this syrup and cold water every day fasting, and at night, and he shallbe hole.   

For the breast that is encumbered. Capitulo. lvi.  
Take & drink this eight days or ten of the Fumer that cometh of silk worms every day a poise, in syrup of Isope, and if a man may not have this drink, take the pure heart Daulignam also in syrup of Isope x. days and he shall be hole.   

For a man that hath worms in his belly, and his body be lean. Cap. lvii.  
Take the Gall of a Cow, and flower of lupious a courtesy, and meddle them together, and make a plaster of wool, and lay it on his belly, where the grief is, and do this four or five days, and he shall be hole.   

For the breast and the lungs. Capitulo lviij  
Take a quart of clarified honey, and boil it, and when it is boiled, put thereto half a pound of Pere wardens mynsed, and boil them well together, and then put thereto an ounce of powder, made of the roots of Elenacampana, & a ounce of powder of lycores, and let them boil till it be somewhat stiff, then take it from the fire, and when it is nigh cold, put thereto an ounce of powder of Ginger, & stir it well together, use this first and last.   

For to avoid and destroy flume. Capitulo lix  
Take parsley roots, fennel roots, Perytory, and Isop, & seethe them in good ale with licore, and a quantity of clarified Honey and use to drink it, and thou shalt behole.   

For the sto●e. Cap. lx.  
Take the roots of thornback, and dry them fair, & make powder thereof, & then take thereof i pence weight, and put thereto two spoonful of water of Ramsyns, and drink it every day and every night, and than thou shalt be hole. And if it be a great stone, take a spoonful of water or sto●erop, two spoonful of water of Ramsyns, and two penny weight of the aforesaid powder meddled together, and use this medicine iii times, and thou shalt be helped, be the stone never so great.   

Also for the stone. Cap. lxi.  
Take the blood of a male Kid, and dry it in an oven, and make powder of it, then take gromelseed, ground ivy berries, stanmarch seed, the root or the seed of Saxfrage, roots of turmentill, and of Phylipen●ula by even portion, and beat it all t● small powder, then take as much● of the powder of kids blood, as of the seeds & roots abovesaid, & use this in powder whā●●eede is, in sauce or in Pottage, a penny weight at once, and no more.   

For the Colic stranguary, and the stone. Cap. lxii.  
Take Careaway, Fenell seed, spicknarde, annes, Coming, Cinnamon, and Galingale, of every half an ounce, grommel seed, and lycores, of every of them an ounce, seethe weight of all them, and beat them all to powder; and put half a spoonful of the same powder in ale lukewarm, and drink it, & walk thereafter an hour, or thou eat or drink any manner of thing.   

For a man that is a Lepper, and it take in his legs and go upward. Cap. lxiii.  
For a man that is a Lepper and it take first in his legs and go upward into his body, he may be soon hole, & if he will take Charobote, that is to say, a Bettill and burn it to ashes, and beat it all to powder small, & then take barrows grease and melt it well on the fire, and temper it together, and as much as half that of Blanchet, and make Ointment thereof, and use it on the sore, and upon the ointment, look that ye put a plate of lead full of small holes in many places, and change it both in the morning and at night the Ointment, but not the lead, and he shall be hole of that sickness.   

For a derte in a man's flesh. Cap. lxiiii.  
Take a worm that▪ is called Pieacher, that is as great as a been, and is clean blue or sender, and it hath many small feet, and white under the belly. And when a man toucheth it, he waxeth round, as a Button, take the worm, & rub it well against the derte that it be all broken, and do this every day three or four times, and at every time, rub three or four worms, and anon it shall be hole.   

For a sauce flume visage. Ca lxv.  
Take Elenacampana, and seethe it in a pot with Vinegar, till it be sodden in, than stamp it small, and than put thereto quick silver and Brimstone, & guilts grease, and bray it together, and make thereof a plaster, and lay it to thy visage all night, and on the morrow wash it oft.   

For him that may not hold his water. Cap. lxvi.  
Take goats talow, and bren it, and make thereof powder, and put it into the Patient's Pottage, and let him use this, and he shall piss measurably enough.   

Another for the same. Cap. lxvii.  
Take Synshone and sheeps tallow and seethe them well together, and as hot as may be suffered, lay it to the member, and he shall make water anon.   

For to destroy flume. Cap. lxviii.  
Take betake and dry it, and make thereof powder, & keep it till thou have need, and when thou wilt occupy thereof, take a quantity of honey and of the powder, and make thereof two or three pellets, and swallow them down all hole, last when thou goest to bed, and that shall do thee much good.   

For a womb that is hard. Cap. lxix.  
Drink the juice of weybred with old wine, and he shall be hole.  

Also another for the same.  
Take cinquefoil, that is to say five leaved grass, and stamp it, & drink it with hot milk, and he shall be eased.    

For the bloody manyson place. ca lxx.  
Take millfoil, and plantine, of every a like much, stamp them well together and keep it, and when thou wilt take thereof, and temper it with wine, and let the patient drink it, and he shallbe hole.   

For a man's stones that be swollen. Cap. lxxi.  
Take an herb that is called Mare clee in french, and fry it well in oil Olife, and lay it to the stones that is so swollen, as hot as it may be suffered eight days, or more and need be, for this will heal the swelling.   

For to make one slender. Cap. lxxii.  
Take and seethe fennel in water, and drink the water last at even, and first at morrow, and it shall suage him or her shortly.   

For him that lacketh wind. Capitulo. lxxiii.  
Take mallows Mercury, and Borage, and seethe them together with a piece of pork, and make thereof Pottage and eat it, and drink the broth, with white wine, or with whey that is made of milk.   

For him that is costyfe. Cap. lxxiiii.  
Take the juice of walwoorte and meddle it with honey, and give it to the patient to drink.   

For a wicked blast and wind in the visage. Cap. lxxv.  
Take a hen egg, and roast it hard, then take the white thereof, and an ounce of coperas, and beat it together small in a brazen mortar, till it be like an ointment, and therewith anoint thy face that is blasted, and when it is hole, then anoint it with Populyon, and that will supple the skin, and make it whole.   

For the Shingles. Cap. lxxvi.  
Take Doves dung, and Barley meal, and stamp them together, and temper them with eisell, and lay it thereto.   

For the cough. Cap. lxxvii.  
Take Nettles, and gather them between saint Mary days in Harvest, of them that beareth seed, and dry them in the sun, & rub out the seed, and grind it, and drink it withal, and thou shalt be hole.   

For him that hath the perilous cough. cap. lxxviii.  
Take sage, rue, coming, and powder of pepper, and seethe them in honey, & make thereof a lectuary, & use thereof a spoonful at even, and another in the morning.   

The cough that is called the Chicough. cap. lxxix.  
Take the roots of Horsheele, and Camfyre, as much of one as of another, and stamp them small in a mortar, & seethe them in a fair water, till the half be wasted, and then take the third part of honey boiled and scummed, and put them together & make thereof a Lectuary, and do it in a box, and let the sick use thereof five days, or vi. a good quantity at once, first and last, and he shall be hole.   

For the Ich. Capitulo lxxx  
Take frankincense and bray it small, and meddle it with Oil of bay, and then anoint whereas it itcheth.   

For to draw a bile from one place to another. Capitulo lxxxi  
Take a herb that is called Oculus christi, and vervain, and make a plaster of it, and lay it from the bile two fingers broad, & when it hath line a good while, remove it, and do so still till it be there as thou would have it, and there let it break.   

For them that pisseth blood ca lxxxii.  
Take parsley, Ambrose, and Bursapastories, of every a like much, and stamp them, and temper them with a quart of goats milk, and strain it, and let him drink it three days, at e●en and at morrow; and this will staunch him shortly.   

For him that hath lost his mind. ca lxxxiii.  
Take the juice of golds, of sage; and of wormwood, of evirich of them a spoonful▪ and take as much of white wine and put thereto, & let him drink it at even▪ and as much at morrow cold, and serve him thus five days during, and he shall be hole.   

Another for the same. ca lxxxiiii.  
Take and sheue of the heir of the mould of his head, then take Archaungell, and stamp it, and bind it to his head where it is shaven, and let him take a sleep therewith, and when he waketh, he shall be right weak, and sober enough. etc.   

For him that hath the frenzy. Capitulo lxxxv.  
Take oil of roses, oil of violets, & of every of them twenty poise, and as much of water of Concord, and put it in a new vessel of earth, and boil it till all the water be failed, then put out that, and put in other in the same vessel as much of that water, & boil it thus vii times, and then put thereto half of the four part of the poise of canfere, & meddle it well together, and use it on his head, when it is new shaven.   

For a person that vomiteth to much. cap. lxxxvi.  
Take Roses, and boil them well in good strong vinegar, make a plaster thereof, and lay it to the persons stomach.   

For a man that hath a disease in his ears. cap. lxxxvii.  
Take fair oil olive, and let it be blown out of a man's mouth that is clean and fasting, into the ears of the sick man, & let this be done iii or four times, and let that side of the head be turned downward, that the odure of the head may run out, and use this viii. or ten days, and he shall amend.   

For a man that his ears 'swounds within. Cap. lxxxviii.  
Take Almonds, and the Carnels of Peaches, and let them be clean peeled in hot water, and make oil of them, and let that oil be put into the ears of the sick body, with tents made of fine linen cloth, and use this viii or ten days, and he shall be hole.   

For sinews that shrink after that they have been hurt and healed. cap. lxxxix.  
Take incense, calasome, mastic, hantit, turpentine, galbenon, visque, the marrow of an Ass, sheeps suet, old swine's grease, and butter, and of every of them half an ounce, than take an ounce and an half of wax, & an ounce of oil Olife, and stamp them, & boil all these things together, and make it in manner of an ointment hard, to make plasters, and then make thereof a plaster, and lay it on the hurt sinews, and let this lie xu days or more, and they shall stretch out.   

For to staunch blood. Cap. xc.  
Take an herb that is called, Lunenahaf, and stamp it, and lay it on the wound, or take the green leaves thereof and lay it on the wound, and it shall staunch, and if a man may not have this herb, let him bren the feathers of a cocks neck, and take the ashes of them, and lay on the wound, and the blood shall soon be staunched.   

Also to staunch blood Cap. xci.  
Take a piece of salt beef, that is well salted, or else a piece of salt beef that hangeth in the roof, & cover it in hot embers till it be through hot, & take as much as will stop the hole, & bind it fast to, as hot as the patient may suffer it, and it shall staunch anon, but let the beef be fat and lean together.   

For an Empostume. cap. xcii.  
Take barley, and dry beans, and liquors, and let boil them with fair water altogether, of every a like much, and drink thereof with sugar, every day fasting, & at night when he goeth to bed, and use this vi days or more, and he shall cast out that postume.   

For spitting of blood. cap. xciii.  
Take ache, mints, rue, and betain, & seethe them well in good milk, give it him to drink first in the morning, and last at night, and he shall be hole.   

For wild fire, that is called fire of Hell. cap. xciiii.  
Take red worms of the earth, and the rote of Valerian, & stamp them together, and lay it thereto, and take valerian the rote, and the leaves, and stamp it, & temper it with water and give it him to drink, & he shallbe hole.   

For biting of a mad dog. ca xcv.  
Take the seed of Box and stamp it and temper it with holy water; and give it him to drink.   

For to do away a wen. Cap. xcvi.  
Take and bind fast the Wen, then take verdigrece, sulphur, Soap, oil of eggs, alum, and honey, & temper them together, and lay it thereto, and it shall do away the wen, and heal it without doubt.   

For to break a fellow in the night. Cap. xcvii.  
Take powder made of Cantarides, and temper it with sheeps tallow, & make a plaster thereof, and lay it thereto and it shall break.   

For the Megrim. Cap. xcviii.  
Take four handful of red rose flowers fresh in summer, and in winter welked, and three handful of Camomile, and as much of vervain, and break them small with thy hands and boil them in a pottle of white wine of Gascoyn, if it may be had, or else in Rochel wine, till it come to a quart, and put them in three bags broached flat like a plaster, & lay it where the ache is, as hot as the sick may suffer, and change them hot and hot during a day and a night, and longer if need be.   

For the Morfew. Cap. xcix.  
Take the water of elder, and drink it three spoonful in the morning two. or three times, and when ye receive it, walk after, and catch a good heat, & than take a pint of white vinegar, and ix oak apples and cut them, and lay them three days and three nights in the same vinegar, and after take a fair linen cloth, and put the apples in the same cloth, and strain them, and with the liquor thereof anoint thy body four days, & it will do away the morfew.   

For to stop the flix. Cap. C.  
Take an onion, and roast it till it be tender, then bruise it and lap it in a linen cloth, and put it betwixt the cleft of the buttocks, even joining to the fundament, and set him down thereon, as hot as he may suffer, a long time, and take another onion, and pluck out the core, and fill the hole full of frankincense, and english saffron, and take the covering of the onion, and cover the hole, and put in the embers, and let it boil till it be somewhat tender, than put away the covering, and lay the onion as hot as it may be suffered upon his navel hole and bind it fast that it fall not away, and he shall be hole.   

For the Cancre, wild fire, and Ignis sancti Antoni. ca Ci.  
Take and roast Sorrel in a wet linen cloth, the space of an half hour under the hot embers, & then stamp it with fine clarified honey, and lay that to the sore, and without doubt it will do away the brenning blackness and stink, and heal it perfectly.   

For to make heir to grow. cap. Cii.  
Take and seethe mallows, roots and all, & wash the place thereas the heir lacketh, and it shall grow.   

For to do away heir. cap. Ciii.  
Take horseleeches, and burn them to powder, and meddle with eisell, and touch the place where the heir groweth, & it shall grow no more there.   

For a scald head. cap. Ciiij.  
Take a pennyworth of lamp oil, & half a pint of fair water, & boil it well together, and when it is cold put thereto half a pennyworth of quick silver, & temper it well together, and anoint thy head.   

For the yellow jaundice. Ca Cv.  
Take a quantity of Turmeryke, and as much of ivory beaten to powder, & as much of the inner bark of a berberye tree, and a quantity of english saffron in powder, and meddle them all together, and drink it three or four days fasting.   

For the black jaundice. Ca cvi.  
Take genciana, long pepper, Calamus, aromaticus, avencis, licores, resyns of coraunce, white soap of spain of everich three i and ii spoonful of mustard, boil all these in a quart of wine till the third part be wasted, and let the patient drink it.   

For worms and heat in the hands Capitulo. Cvii.  
Take chickweed and bruise it a little, and then seethe it in running water, till the water be wasted half away, then take and wash the sore hands therein, as hot as the patient may suffer it, and do thus iii or four days, and he shall be hole.   

For the gout. cap. Cviii  
Take red mints, and cressons, and unset leeks, and let th●●e herbs seethe well together, and wash there as the sickness is, every day ii times a day, and if he cannot have these herbs, let the sick body be washed with hot water, and anoint him before the fire, or in the Sun with this ointment and rub him well therewith, take Virgin wax, turpentine, Saffron, the yolk of an egg, oil olive, oil of Almonds, may butter, oil of nuts, oil doret, the grease of a male hog, oil of camamil, & sheep suet, with good clarified honey, and let all these be meddled together, and boiled fair and easily by the fire.   

For sore knees that doth swell and ache. Cap. Cix.  
Take rue, lovage, and stamp them together, and put thereto honey & make thereof a plaster, and lay it to the sore knees, and that shall fetch away the swelling, and the ache.   

For the falling evil. Cap. Cx.  
Take the blood of his little finger, that is sick, & write these three verses following, and hang them about his neck.  
jasper fert Mirram, thus Melchi or Baltazarum.  
Hec quicumque secum portat, tria nomina regum.  
Soluitur a morbo, domini pietate Caduce.   

For brenning and scalding. Cap. cxi.  
Take fresh Geese dung, and fry it with fresh butter, and sheeps suet, and strain it through a cloth, & lay it on the sore, and it will heal it anon.   

For brenning with fire. cap. Cxii.  
Take the rind of a clyne tree, and seethe it half a day in fair water, & let it keel, and gather of the thick that thou findest upon the water, with a feather, and every day anoint with the feather even and morrow.   

For to heal hurts and wounds. Capitulo. Cxiii.  
Take mallows and seethe them well and when they be well sudden, take & stamp them, and then take old Barrows grease, and clean Barley meal, & mingle the juice, the meal, and the grease altogether, and make a salve thereof, for it is a ready healer.   

Also to make a salve to draw, and to heal. cap. cxiiii.  
Take a quarter of a pound of Virgin wax, and ii ounces of sheep suet, and melt them together a little, and then take them from the fire, & put thereto an ounce of frankincense, and steer it well together and do it in a box and this will both draw and heal.   

For stinging of Adders and Snakes. Ca Cxv.  
Take dragons and drink it, also stamp Dragons, and lay it to the place there the stinging is, and that shall suck out the venom, and ease the smarting.   

For him that cannot sleep. Capitulo. Cxvi▪  
Take petimoral and stamp it, and wring out the juice, then take four spoonful of the juice, & four spoonful of woman's milk, and a spoonful of vinegar and heat it, and therewith anoint his temples and his forehead and as it drieth anoint it again, and then wet a cloth therein, and lay it upon his forehead, & use this often times, and this shall make him sleep.   

For the palsy. Capitulo. Cxvii.  
Take the Gall of an Ox, or of a bull of one colour, if it may be gotten, and three or four red onions, & roast them till they be tender, and then stamp them well in a bowl dish, and mingle the gall, and then together, and look there be iiii. times as much of the gall as the onions, and therewith anoint well the place that is greeue●, till it be broken, and then take a soft sheet new washen, and warm it again the fire, and wrap the sick body therein, and this must be used at night, to bedward, and within ix nights it will amend and make the flesh grow, though it be much away, and if the skin be waxed thick by vanishing away of the flesh, take red nettle roots and rub well the skin, and the ointment will better drink in, and this ointment is good for all manner aches for every body.   

A good drink for the pox. cap. cxviii.  
Take salendine, & english saffron, the weight of a half penny, and a farthing worth of grains, a quartern of long pepper, a penny weight of mare, and stolen ale, stamp your herb & powder your saffron, and meddle them all together, and then drink it.   

A salve for the Pox. cap. Cxix.  
Take white lead i quarter of verdigris. ii.d. ob. mastic i .d. camphor. i.d rasen ii ounces ●erious i. d▪ mercury, ob. turpentine, break all these in a mortar, & meddle your turpentine with oil olive, and then mingle them altogether, and make thereof a salve.   

¶ For the gout, and swelling of joints, and knobs that cometh of ache of the pox. Ca cxx.  
Take may butter, and half a pound of coming, and a quarter of a pound of black soap, and a handful of rue▪ and a little of sheep suet, & stamp all these in a mortar, then take the gall of an Ox, and & spoonful of bay salt, and fry all these together in a frying-pan till it be thick, then lay it in a woollen cloth, and lay it to the ache as hot as it may be suffered, during iii weeks, and every week a new plaster, and it shall take away the ache & the swelling without doubt.   

For the Cramp. ca Cxxi.  
Bero berto bert●ro, these 〈◊〉 be said three times when the Cramp came upon a man or a woman.   

For the spots of the morfew. ca cxxii.  
●ost four 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, and put them broken all hot into a 〈…〉 with a 〈◊〉 of vinyger, and let it stand so three days & three nights well stopped, and then cleanse it through a linen cloth, and wash the spots therewith, till they be away.   

For to put away the rot of the Morfewe. cap. Cxxiii.  
Take 〈◊〉 eight handful, ●orage s●a●ious of each ●oure handful, & ●ray them together in a small 〈◊〉, & put thereto a pottle of clean whey, then strain them together, and 〈◊〉 it over an easy fire, till it have a heart of scum than set it down and strain it clean, and set it over the fire again, & put thereto clarified honey, and boil them together clean, that is to say, boil them easily, as long as any scum will arise, or else ye may clarify it with eggs, who so clarifieth whey & take thereof viii. spoonful, or a good draft or ii as ye think best or a good quantity, for it shall do much good.   

¶ For a Child that is iawfall, or moldfall, or rofefall. cap. cxxiiii.  
Take a handful of chickweed, and lap it in a red coal leaf, or else in a linen cloth, and roast it in hot embers, in the fire, and it shallbe a green salve & then lay the said salve to the bone in the neck, as hot as it may be suffered, & take sour leaven of white bred & from it on the mould of the child's head as a plaster, and it shall raise up the bone or mould by the grace of God, within nine hours.   

For the mother. ca Cxxv.  
Take moderwort, called the mother of all herbs, that is to say, shortly mugwort, herb Simond, savoury, and red Mint, and drink this juice withered wine.   

For all fever agues, and for young children sucking the breast. cap. Cxxvi  
Take powder of crystal, and lay it to soak in wine, & give it to drink to the nurse of the child, & the sucking child shall be hole, also take the rote of inursus diaboli, with the herb, and hang it about the neck of the child.   

For to destroy poison. ca Cxxvii.  
Take a quantity of dragons, and a quantity of betaine, and a quantity of plantain, and make thereof words and use them three days, and this shall destroy poison and venom, but the most part must be dragons.   

For the ague. cap. Cxxviii.  
Take endive, sowthistle, dandelion, let use, sorrel, of every a like much, & still these altogether, and the water will be passing good for the ague.   

For the hot ague, infected with pestilence take betimes. cap. Cxxix.  
Take the juice of singrene, and the white of four eggs, and fair flower of wheat, and meddle it well together and make thereof a fair plaster, and lay it to the patients sides, and than take the water of betaine, & the water of pēpe●nel, & the water of scabious, and the water of turmentil, and water of ●adis of every alike much meddled together, and give the patient to drink.   

For the gout. cap. Cxxx.  
Take tansy, and wormwood, of each a like much, temperately enough of sheeps suet, according to your herbs and fry them in a pan over the fire till it be green, but beware it be not brent, and when ye will ocupy it, cast a spoonful of linesede therein, and if it be the cold gout, lay it to hot, and if it be the hot gout, lay it to cold winter and Summer.   

To draw out ache. cap. Cxxxi.  
Take Cantarides, and take of their heads, & stamp them four or v. hours in good vinegar, and then lay them up on a plaster of diaculum, and above upon them a fine linen cloth, or else fine double of lawn next the skin, & sow in your 〈…〉 of a quilt, and lay it to the ache, and it will make it to blister, than 〈◊〉 it out with a needle, & then take this medicine following, and it shall dry it,   

For to dry the same. cap. Cxxxii  
Take ground ivy a quantity and stamp it in a mortar, them take sheeps suet, and put them both in a pan, and fry them well together, till it be green and then ye shall strain it, and make of it a cake and when it is cold, make thereof a plaster, brother than your Cantarides was, within four days after, all shallbe passed and dry.   

For the swelling in a man's knee, or leg that acheth. Cap. Cxxxiii.  
Take a blue or a blanket woollen cloth, as much as will lap about the 〈◊〉 or leg, & then take the white of ii or iii hens eggs, and beat them well in a dish, and spread it upon the cloth, so done, then take yolks and heat them in a dish, and put thereto black soap, as much or more, & beat them well together, and when they be well beaten together, make thereof a fair salve, and spread it thick upon the cloth on the white of the eggs merely thick, & lap it about the sore knee or leg, and roll it, and let it lie three days, and it will fetch away the swelling and the ache. (⸫)  
Finis.