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V.a.140
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Receipt book [manuscript].
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Receipt book [manuscript].
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compiled ca. 1600
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folio 49 verso || folio 50 recto
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Transcription:
ys well washed prycke yt in many places & fill the
same with grayne of pepper, and infarre the
lyver with the leaves of fennill & eybright then
rost it with a softe fyer clere, not smokye vntyll it be
reasonably rosted: and in the tyme of rostinge receyve
the lycor which doth distyll in a Convenient vessell
and applye the same to your vse./
Avicenna in his third fenn and third booke and
fouerth treatis, Cap: de debilitate visus aboue
Collerium de fellibus all other thinges doth commende the medycyne called
Collerium de fellibus for that yt clenseth the poores
of the eyes, clereth and conserveth the sperites,
Mundyfyeth the moystures or waters of the sight
as you may read in Avicenna in the foresaid place.
Inwarde medycynes.
Medycynes to be taken inwardly ar in nomber
manye but I thinke best at this tyme to mention
A powder for the sighte a few which are easy to be had [and] and as of great
efficacye most Commended. And [so] of such the
powder followinge is most symple yet by experience
appoved of suche force that manye their sight
haue byn decayed haue by the vse of it receyved
againe the same perfectly: the powder is this made
Take of the powder of eybright fouer ounces of
Mace one ounce myngle them together and take
thereof the weight of three pence before meat
Montanus in his 92 Counsell gyveth ^great praise of a syrope
against the decaye of the sight thoroughe weak=
nes and dymnes of the same which he compoundeth
14
folio 50 recto
50
thus take of the yuices of fennell of vervayne of
of roses of eche too ounces the leaves of the herbe
eybright of endyve of Cellendyne of ech halfe a
handfull boile the herbes in too pyntes of water,
vntill halfe be spent: then strayne it hard and
myngle the yuices with the decoction and with suger
accordinge to arte make a syrope which is to be
kept in a glasse vessell. you may take ij ounces of
this sirope in three ounces of the water of eye=
bright in the morninge fastinge In wyndye bodyes
he maketh the siropp thus: Take of fennell seedes
of Anysseedes of eche iij ounces of the herbes eybright
of vervayne drye rose leaves of eche iij handfulls
of Cellendyne one handfull of Ruhe a handfull
& an halfe boyle therein water vntill halfe be
consumed: strayne it harde and with suger syropyze
the decoction both theis syropes are excellent good
to defende the sight from dymnes./
Mesue in his book called Grabadyn wrytinge An electuary to preserue the sight./
of the diseases of the eyes aboue all other medy=
cynes extolleth an electuarye vnder the name
of hummayn as havinge noble vertues to preserue
the eyes and contynue the visible spirites in their
clerenes which he compoundeth thus: Take the herb
Adhill that is eybright too ounces, fennell seedes fyve
ounces, mace, Cubebs, Cynamon, longe pepper,
cloues of eche one ounce beat all into a powder
serse yt then take of good honye clarified one
pounde of the yuice of fennell boyled and cla=
rifyed one ounce of the yuices of Ruhe and Celendyne
15
same with grayne of pepper, and infarre the
lyver with the leaves of fennill & eybright then
rost it with a softe fyer clere, not smokye vntyll it be
reasonably rosted: and in the tyme of rostinge receyve
the lycor which doth distyll in a Convenient vessell
and applye the same to your vse./
Avicenna in his third fenn and third booke and
fouerth treatis, Cap: de debilitate visus aboue
Collerium de fellibus all other thinges doth commende the medycyne called
Collerium de fellibus for that yt clenseth the poores
of the eyes, clereth and conserveth the sperites,
Mundyfyeth the moystures or waters of the sight
as you may read in Avicenna in the foresaid place.
Inwarde medycynes.
Medycynes to be taken inwardly ar in nomber
manye but I thinke best at this tyme to mention
A powder for the sighte a few which are easy to be had [and] and as of great
efficacye most Commended. And [so] of such the
powder followinge is most symple yet by experience
appoved of suche force that manye their sight
haue byn decayed haue by the vse of it receyved
againe the same perfectly: the powder is this made
Take of the powder of eybright fouer ounces of
Mace one ounce myngle them together and take
thereof the weight of three pence before meat
Montanus in his 92 Counsell gyveth ^great praise of a syrope
against the decaye of the sight thoroughe weak=
nes and dymnes of the same which he compoundeth
14
folio 50 recto
50
thus take of the yuices of fennell of vervayne of
of roses of eche too ounces the leaves of the herbe
eybright of endyve of Cellendyne of ech halfe a
handfull boile the herbes in too pyntes of water,
vntill halfe be spent: then strayne it hard and
myngle the yuices with the decoction and with suger
accordinge to arte make a syrope which is to be
kept in a glasse vessell. you may take ij ounces of
this sirope in three ounces of the water of eye=
bright in the morninge fastinge In wyndye bodyes
he maketh the siropp thus: Take of fennell seedes
of Anysseedes of eche iij ounces of the herbes eybright
of vervayne drye rose leaves of eche iij handfulls
of Cellendyne one handfull of Ruhe a handfull
& an halfe boyle therein water vntill halfe be
consumed: strayne it harde and with suger syropyze
the decoction both theis syropes are excellent good
to defende the sight from dymnes./
Mesue in his book called Grabadyn wrytinge An electuary to preserue the sight./
of the diseases of the eyes aboue all other medy=
cynes extolleth an electuarye vnder the name
of hummayn as havinge noble vertues to preserue
the eyes and contynue the visible spirites in their
clerenes which he compoundeth thus: Take the herb
Adhill that is eybright too ounces, fennell seedes fyve
ounces, mace, Cubebs, Cynamon, longe pepper,
cloues of eche one ounce beat all into a powder
serse yt then take of good honye clarified one
pounde of the yuice of fennell boyled and cla=
rifyed one ounce of the yuices of Ruhe and Celendyne
15
transcribed_information
ys well washed prycke yt in many places & fill the
same with grayne of pepper, and infarre the
lyver with the leaves of fennill & eybright then
rost it with a softe fyer clere, not smokye vntyll it be
reasonably rosted: and in the tyme of rostinge receyve
the lycor which doth distyll in a Convenient vessell
and applye the same to your vse./
Avicenna in his third fenn and third booke and
fouerth treatis, Cap: de debilitate visus aboue
Collerium de fellibus all other thinges doth commende the medycyne called
Collerium de fellibus for that yt clenseth the poores
of the eyes, clereth and conserveth the sperites,
Mundyfyeth the moystures or waters of the sight
as you may read in Avicenna in the foresaid place.
Inwarde medycynes.
Medycynes to be taken inwardly ar in nomber
manye but I thinke best at this tyme to mention
A powder for the sighte a few which are easy to be had [and] and as of great
efficacye most Commended. And [so] of such the
powder followinge is most symple yet by experience
appoved of suche force that manye their sight
haue byn decayed haue by the vse of it receyved
againe the same perfectly: the powder is this made
Take of the powder of eybright fouer ounces of
Mace one ounce myngle them together and take
thereof the weight of three pence before meat
Montanus in his 92 Counsell gyveth ^great praise of a syrope
against the decaye of the sight thoroughe weak=
nes and dymnes of the same which he compoundeth
14
folio 50 recto
50
thus take of the yuices of fennell of vervayne of
of roses of eche too ounces the leaves of the herbe
eybright of endyve of Cellendyne of ech halfe a
handfull boile the herbes in too pyntes of water,
vntill halfe be spent: then strayne it hard and
myngle the yuices with the decoction and with suger
accordinge to arte make a syrope which is to be
kept in a glasse vessell. you may take ij ounces of
this sirope in three ounces of the water of eye=
bright in the morninge fastinge In wyndye bodyes
he maketh the siropp thus: Take of fennell seedes
of Anysseedes of eche iij ounces of the herbes eybright
of vervayne drye rose leaves of eche iij handfulls
of Cellendyne one handfull of Ruhe a handfull
& an halfe boyle therein water vntill halfe be
consumed: strayne it harde and with suger syropyze
the decoction both theis syropes are excellent good
to defende the sight from dymnes./
Mesue in his book called Grabadyn wrytinge An electuary to preserue the sight./
of the diseases of the eyes aboue all other medy=
cynes extolleth an electuarye vnder the name
of hummayn as havinge noble vertues to preserue
the eyes and contynue the visible spirites in their
clerenes which he compoundeth thus: Take the herb
Adhill that is eybright too ounces, fennell seedes fyve
ounces, mace, Cubebs, Cynamon, longe pepper,
cloues of eche one ounce beat all into a powder
serse yt then take of good honye clarified one
pounde of the yuice of fennell boyled and cla=
rifyed one ounce of the yuices of Ruhe and Celendyne
15
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