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V.a.140
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Receipt book [manuscript].
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compiled ca. 1600
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folio 29 verso || folio 30 recto
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Transcription:
folio 30 recto
30
*A medicine for the pestylence that was taught
kinge henry the vijth by his physysion
Take halfe a hanfull of rewe, lykewise of mandragoryes, fetherfey
sorrell Burnett lyke much: and a quantytie of cropes & rootes
of dragons: wash them cleane and seath them vppon a sought
fyer from a pottell to a quarte then strayne it thorough a
cleane cloth & yf it be bytter putt to yt a quantytie of
suger candy or other suger and yf this meadicine be vsed before the
purples be oute you shalbe whole by gods grace.
*A preservation agaynest the plague
Take a hanfull of sage a hanfull of reue a hanfull elderleaves a
hanfull of red bremble leaves stampe them together strayne it thorough
a cloth with a quarte of white wine take a quantytie of gin[su]ger and
myngell them all together and dryncke therof eueninge and morninge a
sponefull nyne dayes together
* ffor the party infected with the plage
yf it ffortune one be sicke before he hath taken the foresaide medicine
then take the water of scabias a sp[p]onnefull water of Bytton
asmuch a quantytie of treakell putt it together and drynke it
and it will expell all the venuim
* A medicine to breake the botch
yf the boch doe appeere then take bremble leaves Elder leaves mustard
seede & stampe them all together & make a playster of it & laye it to the sore
& it will drawe out all the vennum
* A medycine for the plage
Take iijte slyppes of rewe and syxe spoonefules of Vinygeare and beate
it to gether strayne oute the Ioyce thereof put thereto an ounce of
fyne treakell & an ounce of [trea] suger & stur it to gether then sett
it over the fyer & make thereof a sorrop then putt in to a pott or
glase and take a sage leafe & euery morninge fastinge spred as
much as a beane thereof vpon the same leafe & so eate it [from]
^yf he that taketh it be infected yt will drive it from the [his] harte & yf the partie be not infected it will [p] preserve him
xxiiij houers after
* A playser to drawe the sore
Take a sponnefull of honny, of Ioyse of spurge ij sponnefuls & a half
one sponefull of turpyntine, a quantytie of wheaten flower temper
these to gether with oute fyer & make of the same a playster & laye it
to the sore chaunge it at every xxiiij houers
* A good medicine agaynst the plauge approvid
Take a cocke pullett or [ch] chyckin & lett the fethers of the tayle of the highest
parte be plucked of till the rumpe be bare then holde the saide bare of the pullet
to the sore and the pullett will guape, & labore for lyfe, & in the ende will dye
then have another pullett & doe the lyke to the patiente, and yf that dye, then
still apply the patient with pullettes, so longe as any doe dye, for when
poyson by the saide chyckins is drawne fourth, the [patientes] chyckinges that be
offered there vnto will lyve, then the sore presently will swage
the party fourth which recovereth, this medicine nessysary to dryve
Vennum from the harte.
46
30
*A medicine for the pestylence that was taught
kinge henry the vijth by his physysion
Take halfe a hanfull of rewe, lykewise of mandragoryes, fetherfey
sorrell Burnett lyke much: and a quantytie of cropes & rootes
of dragons: wash them cleane and seath them vppon a sought
fyer from a pottell to a quarte then strayne it thorough a
cleane cloth & yf it be bytter putt to yt a quantytie of
suger candy or other suger and yf this meadicine be vsed before the
purples be oute you shalbe whole by gods grace.
*A preservation agaynest the plague
Take a hanfull of sage a hanfull of reue a hanfull elderleaves a
hanfull of red bremble leaves stampe them together strayne it thorough
a cloth with a quarte of white wine take a quantytie of gin[su]ger and
myngell them all together and dryncke therof eueninge and morninge a
sponefull nyne dayes together
* ffor the party infected with the plage
yf it ffortune one be sicke before he hath taken the foresaide medicine
then take the water of scabias a sp[p]onnefull water of Bytton
asmuch a quantytie of treakell putt it together and drynke it
and it will expell all the venuim
* A medicine to breake the botch
yf the boch doe appeere then take bremble leaves Elder leaves mustard
seede & stampe them all together & make a playster of it & laye it to the sore
& it will drawe out all the vennum
* A medycine for the plage
Take iijte slyppes of rewe and syxe spoonefules of Vinygeare and beate
it to gether strayne oute the Ioyce thereof put thereto an ounce of
fyne treakell & an ounce of [trea] suger & stur it to gether then sett
it over the fyer & make thereof a sorrop then putt in to a pott or
glase and take a sage leafe & euery morninge fastinge spred as
much as a beane thereof vpon the same leafe & so eate it [from]
^yf he that taketh it be infected yt will drive it from the [his] harte & yf the partie be not infected it will [p] preserve him
xxiiij houers after
* A playser to drawe the sore
Take a sponnefull of honny, of Ioyse of spurge ij sponnefuls & a half
one sponefull of turpyntine, a quantytie of wheaten flower temper
these to gether with oute fyer & make of the same a playster & laye it
to the sore chaunge it at every xxiiij houers
* A good medicine agaynst the plauge approvid
Take a cocke pullett or [ch] chyckin & lett the fethers of the tayle of the highest
parte be plucked of till the rumpe be bare then holde the saide bare of the pullet
to the sore and the pullett will guape, & labore for lyfe, & in the ende will dye
then have another pullett & doe the lyke to the patiente, and yf that dye, then
still apply the patient with pullettes, so longe as any doe dye, for when
poyson by the saide chyckins is drawne fourth, the [patientes] chyckinges that be
offered there vnto will lyve, then the sore presently will swage
the party fourth which recovereth, this medicine nessysary to dryve
Vennum from the harte.
46
transcribed_information
folio 30 recto
30
*A medicine for the pestylence that was taught
kinge henry the vijth by his physysion
Take halfe a hanfull of rewe, lykewise of mandragoryes, fetherfey
sorrell Burnett lyke much: and a quantytie of cropes & rootes
of dragons: wash them cleane and seath them vppon a sought
fyer from a pottell to a quarte then strayne it thorough a
cleane cloth & yf it be bytter putt to yt a quantytie of
suger candy or other suger and yf this meadicine be vsed before the
purples be oute you shalbe whole by gods grace.
*A preservation agaynest the plague
Take a hanfull of sage a hanfull of reue a hanfull elderleaves a
hanfull of red bremble leaves stampe them together strayne it thorough
a cloth with a quarte of white wine take a quantytie of gin[su]ger and
myngell them all together and dryncke therof eueninge and morninge a
sponefull nyne dayes together
* ffor the party infected with the plage
yf it ffortune one be sicke before he hath taken the foresaide medicine
then take the water of scabias a sp[p]onnefull water of Bytton
asmuch a quantytie of treakell putt it together and drynke it
and it will expell all the venuim
* A medicine to breake the botch
yf the boch doe appeere then take bremble leaves Elder leaves mustard
seede & stampe them all together & make a playster of it & laye it to the sore
& it will drawe out all the vennum
* A medycine for the plage
Take iijte slyppes of rewe and syxe spoonefules of Vinygeare and beate
it to gether strayne oute the Ioyce thereof put thereto an ounce of
fyne treakell & an ounce of [trea] suger & stur it to gether then sett
it over the fyer & make thereof a sorrop then putt in to a pott or
glase and take a sage leafe & euery morninge fastinge spred as
much as a beane thereof vpon the same leafe & so eate it [from]
^yf he that taketh it be infected yt will drive it from the [his] harte & yf the partie be not infected it will [p] preserve him
xxiiij houers after
* A playser to drawe the sore
Take a sponnefull of honny, of Ioyse of spurge ij sponnefuls & a half
one sponefull of turpyntine, a quantytie of wheaten flower temper
these to gether with oute fyer & make of the same a playster & laye it
to the sore chaunge it at every xxiiij houers
* A good medicine agaynst the plauge approvid
Take a cocke pullett or [ch] chyckin & lett the fethers of the tayle of the highest
parte be plucked of till the rumpe be bare then holde the saide bare of the pullet
to the sore and the pullett will guape, & labore for lyfe, & in the ende will dye
then have another pullett & doe the lyke to the patiente, and yf that dye, then
still apply the patient with pullettes, so longe as any doe dye, for when
poyson by the saide chyckins is drawne fourth, the [patientes] chyckinges that be
offered there vnto will lyve, then the sore presently will swage
the party fourth which recovereth, this medicine nessysary to dryve
Vennum from the harte.
46
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