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         Blochwitz, Martin.
      
       
         
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             Anatomia sambuci, or, The anatomy of the elder cutting out of it plain, approved, and specific remedies for most and chiefest maladies : confirmed and cleared by reason, experience, and history / collected in Latine by Dr. Martin Blochwich ...
             Blochwitz, Martin.
          
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           61
           THE
           ANATOMIE
           of
           the
           Elder
           ,
           cutting
           out
           of
           it
           plain
           ,
           approved
           ,
           and
           specific
           remedies
           for
           most
           chiefest
           maladies
           ,
           by
           Dr.
           Martin
           ,
           Blockwich
           ,
           recommended
           by
           the
           Royal
           Society
           ;
           octavo
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
             1677
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             Anatomia
             Sambuci
          
           OR
           THE
           ANATOMY
           OF
           THE
           ELDER
           :
           Cutting
           out
           of
           it
           Plain
           ,
           Approved
           ,
           and
           Specifick
           Remedies
           for
           most
           and
           chiefest
           Maladies
           ;
           Confirmed
           and
           cleared
           
             By
             Reason
             ,
             Experience
             ,
             and
             History
             .
          
        
         
           Collected
           in
           Latine
           By
           Dr.
           
             MARTIN
             BLOCHWICH
          
           ,
           Physician
           Ordinary
           of
           Oshatin
           .
        
         
           Translated
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           Recommended
           by
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           .
        
         
           
             Nullum
             numen
             abest
             ,
             si
             ●it
             prudentia
             —
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gun
           at
           the
           West
           End
           of
           St.
           Pauls
           ;
           and
           
             Tho.
             Sawbridge
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Three
           Flowers
           de
           Luce
           in
           Little
           Britain
           ,
           1677
           ▪
        
      
       
         
         
           
           THE
           PRINTER
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THe
           Ornaments
           of
           Nature
           are
           so
           many
           and
           marvellous
           ,
           that
           they
           not
           only
           submit
           the
           mind
           of
           Man
           in
           a
           devote
           honour
           to
           that
           Being
           that
           preserveth
           this
           variety
           in
           so
           sweet
           a
           consort
           ;
           but
           force
           also
           our
           thoughts
           to
           pursue
           the
           inquest
           of
           the
           several
           ties
           and
           dependencies
           of
           this
           beautiful
           proportion
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           we
           may
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           things
           in
           their
           causes
           and
           connexion
           .
           This
           Pythagoras
           most
           properly
           termed
           Philosophy
           .
           And
           indeed
           Nature
           hath
           not
           been
           in
           this
           ,
           neither
           in
           any
           other
           of
           her
           works
           ,
           empty
           :
           but
           hath
           bestowed
           on
           us
           largely
           all
           means
           fit
           for
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           our
           wishes
           .
           Amongst
           which
           Experience
           and
           Reason
           deservedly
           challenge
           precedency
           :
           Experience
           ,
           being
           beholding
           to
           Chance
           and
           Imitation
           ,
           is
           pleased
           to
           impart
           her
           Observations
           to
           Reason
           ;
           who
           not
           
           being
           discourteous
           ,
           doth
           assist
           her
           with
           her
           own
           Principles
           ,
           and
           so
           mustereth
           in
           the
           fields
           of
           Learning
           Noble
           Squadrons
           of
           Conclusions
           against
           their
           common
           enemy
           Ignorance
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           vigorously
           illustrated
           by
           the
           Relation
           of
           famous
           Galen
           ;
           A
           Viper
           by
           chance
           being
           stifled
           in
           Wine
           ,
           and
           a
           Leprous
           person
           drinking
           it
           ,
           was
           cured
           .
           A
           Philosopher
           hearing
           it
           ,
           used
           the
           same
           means
           ,
           and
           was
           rid
           of
           the
           same
           Malady
           .
           Chance
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           Imitation
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           asserted
           the
           experience
           :
           Which
           Reason
           now
           in
           others
           makes
           plausible
           use
           of
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           Base
           is
           the
           Noble
           Frame
           of
           Medicine
           raised
           to
           so
           great
           a
           magnificence
           :
           For
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           being
           by
           event
           or
           advice
           delivered
           from
           their
           sickness
           ,
           hung
           up
           votive
           Tables
           in
           the
           Chapels
           of
           their
           Gods
           ,
           drawn
           with
           the
           Lineaments
           of
           their
           Disease
           and
           Remedy
           .
           Out
           of
           these
           approved
           ,
           yet
           scattered
           ,
           Records
           did
           the
           divine
           Hippocrates
           gather
           those
           Theorems
           ,
           which
           all
           Posterity
           adore
           and
           embrace
           as
           the
           highest
           Masterpiece
           of
           this
           skill
           .
        
         
           And
           our
           Author
           seems
           in
           this
           his
           Treatise
           of
           the
           Elder
           to
           tread
           the
           foot-steps
           of
           that
           more
           than
           mortal
           old
           man
           :
           For
           here
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           curious
           Landskip
           ,
           he
           hath
           clearly
           and
           methodically
           represented
           to
           your
           view
           the
           Experiments
           and
           Vertues
           of
           this
           humble
           Shrub
           ;
           
           whether
           by
           chance
           discovered
           to
           the
           Commons
           ,
           or
           by
           improvement
           to
           the
           rational
           .
           In
           whose
           ragged
           Cote
           are
           contained
           ,
           I
           dare
           aver
           ,
           rarer
           and
           safer
           Medicines
           ,
           than
           the
           rob'd
           Indies
           enrich
           us
           with
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           seem
           but
           homely
           ,
           and
           the
           Products
           of
           Peasants
           ;
           yet
           are
           more
           safe
           and
           effectual
           for
           our
           bodies
           and
           diseases
           ,
           than
           the
           most
           renowned
           Exoticks
           :
           For
           Nature
           ,
           with
           a
           plentiful
           Horn
           ,
           hath
           provided
           each
           Climate
           proper
           Medicines
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           considered
           by
           the
           ingenious
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           only
           inforce
           upon
           them
           a
           grateful
           remembrance
           of
           the
           Author
           for
           collecting
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Translator
           also
           for
           imparting
           his
           Experiments
           to
           us
           in
           our
           Mother
           Tongue
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           though
           I
           might
           put
           in
           for
           my
           share
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           Thanks
           ,
           yet
           of
           Acceptance
           ,
           for
           this
           Bill
           of
           Revival
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           so
           term
           it
           ,
           which
           brings
           you
           at
           present
           a
           new
           sight
           of
           that
           Translation
           ,
           which
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           things
           of
           great
           value
           ,
           seem'd
           lately
           buried
           in
           the
           rubbish
           of
           our
           Cities
           Ruines
           ,
           I
           shall
           content
           my self
           with
           performance
           of
           a
           work
           conducing
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           my
           Countrymen
           :
           and
           hope
           that
           this
           second
           apparence
           of
           so
           useful
           a
           Piece
           will
           be
           no
           less
           acceptable
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           first
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           cannot
           be
           less
           useful
           ,
           if
           the
           frequent
           and
           urgent
           enquiries
           with
           which
           the
           Book
           was
           demanded
           ,
           when
           out
           of
           Print
           ,
           deceive
           me
           not
           ,
           
           But
           without
           peradventure
           ,
           the
           great
           Experience
           which
           hath
           lately
           justified
           the
           Vertues
           of
           the
           Elder
           Tree
           (
           such
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           as
           hath
           far
           exceeded
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Elder
           Times
           )
           will
           make
           for
           me
           with
           them
           that
           know
           ,
           as
           many
           do
           ,
           that
           from
           its
           Berries
           is
           drawn
           a
           Spirit
           of
           such
           use
           and
           request
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           Shops
           ,
           but
           Private
           Houses
           also
           ,
           are
           thought
           ill
           furnished
           without
           it
           .
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           by
           a
           tedeous
           Preface
           detain
           you
           any
           longer
           from
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           excellent
           Discourse
           ,
           of
           which
           it
           is
           not
           the
           least
           commendation
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           sufficiently
           commend
           it self
           .
        
         
           
             
               Novemb.
               1.
               1669.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           For
           his
           honoured
           Friend
           ,
           
             Alexander
             Pennicuik
          
           of
           New-Hall
           ,
           sometime
           Chirurgion
           to
           General
           Bannier
           ,
           and
           late
           Chirurgion
           General
           to
           the
           Auxiliary
           SCHOTCH
           ARMY
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Ornaments
           of
           Nature
           are
           so
           many
           and
           marvellous
           ,
           that
           they
           not
           only
           submit
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           in
           a
           devote
           honor
           to
           that
           being
           that
           preserveth
           this
           variety
           ,
           in
           so
           sweet
           consort
           ;
           but
           force
           also
           our
           thoughts
           to
           pursue
           the
           inquest
           of
           the
           several
           ties
           &
           dependencies
           of
           this
           beautiful
           proportion
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           we
           may
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           things
           in
           their
           causes
           and
           connexion
           .
           This
           Pythagoras
           most
           properly
           termed
           Philosophy
           .
           And
           indeed
           Nature
           hath
           not
           been
           in
           this
           ,
           neither
           in
           any
           other
           of
           her
           works
           empty
           ;
           but
           hath
           bestowed
           on
           us
           largely
           all
           means
           fit
           for
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           our
           wishes
           .
           Amongst
           which
           Experience
           and
           Reason
           deservedly
           
           challenge
           precedency
           :
           Experience
           being
           beholding
           to
           Chance
           &
           Imitation
           ,
           is
           pleased
           to
           impart
           her
           Observations
           to
           Reason
           ;
           who
           not
           being
           discourtious
           ,
           doth
           assist
           her
           with
           her
           own
           Principles
           ;
           and
           so
           mustereth
           in
           the
           fields
           of
           Learning
           Noble
           Squadrons
           of
           Conclusions
           ,
           against
           their
           common
           enemy
           ,
           Ignorance
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           vigorously
           illustrated
           by
           the
           Relation
           of
           famous
           Galen
           ;
           A
           Viper
           by
           chance
           being
           stifled
           in
           Wine
           ,
           and
           a
           Leprous
           person
           drinking
           it
           ,
           was
           cured
           .
           A
           Philosopher
           hearing
           it
           ,
           used
           the
           same
           means
           ,
           and
           was
           rid
           of
           the
           same
           Malady
           .
           Chance
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           Imitation
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           asserted
           the
           experience
           :
           Which
           reason
           now
           in
           others
           makes
           plausible
           use
           of
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           Base
           is
           the
           Noble
           Frame
           of
           Medicine
           raised
           to
           so
           great
           a
           magnificence
           :
           For
           the
           Ancients
           being
           by
           event
           or
           advice
           delivered
           from
           their
           sickness
           ;
           hung
           up
           votive
           Tables
           in
           the
           Chapels
           of
           their
           Gods
           ,
           drawn
           with
           the
           Liniaments
           of
           their
           Disease
           
           and
           Remedy
           .
           Out
           of
           these
           approved
           ,
           yet
           scattered
           Records
           ,
           did
           the
           Divine
           Hippocrates
           gather
           those
           Theorems
           ,
           which
           all
           Posterity
           adore
           and
           imbrace
           as
           the
           highest
           Master-piece
           of
           this
           skill
           .
        
         
           And
           our
           Author
           seems
           in
           this
           his
           Treatise
           of
           the
           Elder
           to
           tread
           the
           foot-steps
           of
           that
           more
           then
           mortal
           old
           man
           :
           For
           here
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           curious
           Land-skip
           ,
           he
           hath
           clearly
           and
           methodically
           represented
           to
           your
           view
           ,
           the
           Experiments
           and
           vertues
           of
           this
           humble
           Shrub
           ;
           whether
           by
           chance
           discovered
           to
           the
           Commons
           ,
           or
           by
           improvement
           to
           the
           rational
           .
           In
           whose
           ragged
           Coat
           are
           contained
           ,
           I
           dare
           averr
           ,
           rarer
           and
           safer
           Medicines
           ,
           then
           the
           rob'd
           Indies
           enrich
           us
           with
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           seem
           but
           homely
           ;
           and
           the
           Products
           of
           Pesants
           ;
           yet
           are
           more
           safe
           and
           effectual
           for
           out
           bodies
           and
           diseases
           ,
           then
           the
           most
           renowned
           Exoticks
           :
           For
           Nature
           with
           a
           plentiful
           Horn
           hath
           provided
           each
           Climate
           proper
           Medicines
           .
        
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
           This
           being
           considered
           by
           the
           ingenious
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           only
           press
           upon
           them
           a
           thankful
           remembrance
           of
           the
           Author
           for
           gathering
           ;
           but
           of
           you
           also
           for
           procuring
           the
           Translation
           of
           these
           Experiments
           .
        
         
           This
           Translation
           owes
           you
           its
           Life
           ,
           and
           lies
           prostrate
           at
           your
           feet
           ,
           to
           be
           exposed
           ,
           or
           cherished
           .
           If
           it
           please
           you
           ,
           't
           is
           all
           the
           Translator
           desires
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           't
           is
           all
           he
           could
           do
           in
           these
           rough
           and
           rugged
           hils
           ,
           where
           even
           the
           common
           elements
           are
           barbarous
           .
           But
           he
           knows
           you
           are
           ready
           to
           entertain
           any
           foundling
           of
           his
           ,
           though
           full
           of
           deformities
           ,
           thereby
           to
           encourage
           him
           for
           better
           births
           :
           Wherefore
           he
           beseecheth
           ;
           you
           will
           take
           this
           Paper-indeavor
           ,
           as
           a
           fragment
           of
           the
           great
           duty
           he
           owes
           you
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           able
           in
           more
           worthy
           expressions
           ,
           to
           declare
           himself
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             
               Your
               sincere
               Clyent
            
             ,
             C.
             de
             IRYNGIO
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             Camp
             in
             Athol
             ,
             
               June
               30.
               1651
               ,
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           INDEX
           OF
           THE
           ANATOMY
           of
           the
           ELDER
           .
        
         
           
             Sect.
             I.
             
          
           
             OF
             the
             names
             ,
             kinds
             ,
             form
             ,
             place
             ,
             &
             qualities
             of
             the
             Elder
             ,
             
               page
               1
            
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             II.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Medicines
             made
             of
             the
             Elder
             ,
             10
          
           
             
               Chap.
               1.
            
             
             Of
             the
             Medicines
             of
             the
             Berries
             ,
             11
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 Rhob
                 ,
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 Extract
                 .
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 Wines
                 13
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Spirits
                 and
                 Waters
                 14
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Syrups
                 and
                 Trageas
                 16
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 oyle
                 pressed
                 from
                 the
                 stones
                 ,
                 ib.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               2.
            
             
             Of
             the
             Medicines
             of
             the
             flowers
             .
             
               
               
                 1.
                 
                 Conserves
                 
                   p.
                   18
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Syrups
                 and
                 Honey
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Water
                 and
                 Spirits
                 19
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Vinegar
                 and
                 Oxymel
                 21
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Wines
                 22
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Oyles
                 by
                 Infusion
                 ,
                 Distillation
                 23
              
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               3.
            
             
             Of
             the
             Medicine
             of
             the
             buds
             26
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Powders
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Conserves
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Syrups
                 27
              
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               4.
            
             
             Of
             the
             Leaves
             ,
             middle-bark
             ,
             roots
             ,
             Jews-ears
             ,
             &c.
             28
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Waters
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Syrups
                 29
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Oyles
                 and
                 Liniaments
                 ib.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Chap.
               5.
            
             
             Of
             the
             Salt
             and
             its
             Spirit
             32
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             III.
             
          
           
             Shewing
             the
             practice
             and
             use
             of
             the
             Elder
             Medicaments
             35
          
           
             
               Chap.
               1.
            
             
             Of
             the
             Cephalalgia
             
               page
               36
            
          
           
             2.
             
             Of
             ravings
             and
             wakings
             38
          
           
             3.
             
             Hypocondriack
             Melancholy
             40
          
           
             4.
             
             Of
             the
             Epilepsie
             45
          
           
             5.
             
             Of
             the
             Apoplexie
             and
             Palsie
             56
          
           
             6.
             
             Of
             Catharres
             61
          
           
             
             7.
             
             Of
             the
             Toothach
             63
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             diseases
             of
             the
             eyes
             66
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             dregs
             of
             ears
             and
             hearing
             70
          
           
             10.
             
             Of
             the
             nose
             and
             smelling
             ib.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             Of
             the
             face
             and
             head
             74
          
           
             12.
             
             Of
             the
             mouth
             and
             throat
             76
          
           
             13.
             
             Of
             Dispnea
             and
             Astmate
             79
          
           
             14.
             
             Of
             the
             host
             and
             hoarsnesse
             82
          
           
             15.
             
             Of
             the
             plurisie
             and
             pthisis
             85
          
           
             16.
             
             Of
             the
             diseases
             of
             the
             dugs
             89
          
           
             17.
             
             Of
             swouning
             and
             faintnesse
             91
          
           
             18
             Of
             Feavers
             ,
             and
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Of
                 intermitting
                 93
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Of
                 continued
                 and
                 burning
                 104
              
            
          
           
             19.
             
             Of
             the
             pest
             ,
             and
             pestilential
             feavers
             106
          
           
             20.
             
             Of
             the
             small-pox
             and
             measles
             118
          
           
             21.
             
             Of
             the
             diseases
             of
             the
             stomach
             120
          
           
             22.
             
             Of
             the
             Diseases
             of
             the
             Intestines
             of
             the
             Collick
             125
             
               
                 Worms
                 128
              
               
                 Leienterie
                 and
                 Coeliack
                 Fluxes
                 130
              
               
                 Dyssentery
                 131
              
               
                 Constipation
                 of
                 the
                 belly
                 135
              
               
                 Hemorrhoides
                 136
              
            
          
           
             
             23
             Of
             the
             obstructions
             of
             the
             Mesentery
             ,
             Liver
             ,
             Lien
             ,
             from
             whence
             proceed
             both
             the
             Jaundies
             and
             Scurvie
             138
          
           
             24.
             
             Of
             the
             Hydropsie
             144
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Ascites
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Anasarca
                 158
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Tympany
                 161
              
            
          
           
             25.
             
             Of
             the
             stone
             in
             the
             Reins
             ;
             of
             the
             Dysury
             ,
             and
             Iscury
             163
          
           
             26.
             
             Of
             the
             diseases
             of
             the
             Matrix
             170
             
               
                 Retention
                 of
                 Flowers
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Fluxion
                 173
              
               
                 Suffocation
                 of
                 the
                 Matrix
                 174
              
            
          
           
             27.
             
             Of
             Arthritical
             Diseases
             183
          
           
             28.
             
             Of
             the
             scab
             ,
             and
             its
             kinds
             192
          
           
             29.
             
             Of
             the
             Erysipelas
             ,
             or
             Rose
             201
          
           
             30.
             
             Of
             Inflammations
             ,
             Oedemas
             ,
             and
             Schirrous
             Tumors
             208
          
           
             31.
             
             Of
             Wounds
             ,
             Ulcers
             ,
             and
             Contusions
             211
          
           
             32.
             
             Of
             burning
             and
             congelation
             219
          
           
             33.
             
             Of
             poyson
             outwardly
             and
             inwardly
             224
          
        
         
           
             
               Medicines
               set
               down
               in
               the
               Practice
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               An
               Amulet
               Epileptick
               .
               
                 Sect.
                 3.
                 
                 Cap.
                 4.
              
               
            
             
               
               For
               the
               Rose
               29
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               Balsam
               vulnerary
               31
            
             
               3.
               
               A
               Bath
               for
               the
               scab
               28
            
             
               4.
               
               A
               Cataplasm
               for
               a
               spreading
               Herpes
               .
               ib.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               A
               decoction
               for
               host
               and
               hearsnesse
               14
            
             
               6.
               
               A
               decoction
               against
               Philtres
               ,
               and
               other
               poyson
               33
            
             
               7.
               
               The
               Experiment
               of
               Countess
               
                 Emylia
                 24
              
            
             
               8.
               
               Extract
               Granor.
               Actes
               ,
               Quer.
               26
               
                 
                   Lithontribon
                   25
                
                 
                   Antilemick
                   19
                
              
            
             
               9.
               
               Lac
               aureum
               29
            
             
               10.
               
               A
               liquor
               of
               Snails
               and
               Elder-kernels
               ,
               which
               is
               Anodine
               27
            
             
               11.
               
               Oyle
               topick
               in
               the
               Plague
               19
            
             
               12.
               
               Oyle
               of
               Elder-sugar
               13
            
             
               13.
               
               Misture
               uterine
               26
            
             
               14.
               
               Powder
               Traumattick
               31
            
             
               15.
               
               Polychrestick
               of
               the
               buds
               3
            
             
               16.
               
               Rob
               Antimelick
               of
               the
               Elder
               19
            
             
               17.
               
               A
               specifick
               in
               the
               Rose
               
                 The
                 Spirits
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
                 24
              
            
             
               18.
               
               Apoplectick
               5
            
             
               19.
               
               Bezoartick
               19
            
             
               29.
               
               Epileptick
               4
            
             
               
                 
                 21.
              
               
               Hysterick
               26
            
             
               22.
               
               Lythonthriptick
               25
            
             
               23.
               
               Pneumatick
               13
            
             
               24.
               
               Stomachick
               21
            
             
               25.
               
               The
               syrup
               acetous
               of
               the
               Elder
               19
            
             
               26.
               
               Sugar
               candid
               of
               the
               Elder
               14
            
             
               27.
               
               Tragea
               Granorum
               Actes
               22
            
             
               28.
               
               Trochiscation
               of
               Elder-stones
               3
            
             
               29.
               
               A
               water
               Anodine
               ,
               &c.
               27
            
             
               30.
               
               A
               water-purge
               of
               the
               berries
               24
            
             
               31.
               
               The
               Wine
               of
               the
               berries
               of
               Quercetan
               ib.
               
            
          
        
         
           Mundus
           regitur
           opinionibus
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           OF
           THE
           ANATOMY
           OF
           THE
           
             Elder
             or
             Boor
             Tree
          
           .
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Name
             ,
             Kinds
             ,
             Form
             ,
             Place
             ,
             and
             Quality
             of
             the
             ELDER
             TREE
             .
          
           
             SEeing
             the
             Elder
             is
             a
             Tree
             most
             known
             even
             to
             the
             rudest
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             it
             seems
             a
             matter
             not
             worth
             the
             pains
             to
             describe
             it
             in
             many
             words
             ;
             Nevertheless
             ,
             lest
             in
             this
             respect
             our
             Treatise
             should
             seem
             lame
             ,
             some
             things
             are
             to
             be
             prefaced
             out
             of
             the
             ancient
             and
             Modern
             Botanicks
             .
          
           
             
             
               I.
               The
               Name
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               called
               by
               Dioscorides
               ,
               and
               other
               Greeks
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               a
               lover
               of
               brinks
               ,
               and
               shadowy
               banks
               ,
               as
               is
               thought
               by
               Pena
               and
               Lobel
               ,
               in
               their
               Advers
               .
               of
               Plants
               ,
               p.
               434.
               which
               name
               
                 Theophrastus
                 Paracelsus
              
               hath
               retain'd
               ,
               in
               whose
               ,
               and
               the
               modern
               Chymist-writing
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               frequent
               mention
               of
               
                 Granorum
                 Actes
              
               ,
               and
               of
               Medicines
               prepared
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               called
               of
               the
               
                 Latins
                 ,
                 Sambucus
              
               ,
               or
               by
               others
               ,
               chiefly
               of
               
                 Q.
                 Serenus
              
               ,
               as
               witnesseth
               
                 Hugh
                 Frida
                 ,
                 Val.
                 l.
              
               2.
               
                 de
                 tuend
                 .
                 san
                 .
                 c.
              
               26.
               
               Sabucus
               ,
               from
               the
               likeness
               the
               musical
               Instrument
               called
               Sabuc
               ,
               or
               Sambuck
               ,
               hath
               with
               its
               hollow
               and
               pith-emptied
               rods
               ;
               Pena
               and
               Lob
               ,
               in
               the
               place
               before
               cited
               .
               Whence
               till
               this
               day
               't
               is
               called
               by
               the
               
                 Spaniards
                 ,
                 Sabuco
              
               ,
               or
               Sabugo
               ;
               by
               the
               
                 Germans
                 ,
                 Holunder
              
               ;
               or
               by
               contraction
               ,
               Holder
               ,
               albeit
               there
               be
               some
               which
               imagine
               't
               is
               from
               the
               many
               vertues
               
               thereof
               called
               Holder
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               deduced
               from
               Hulder
               ,
               Or
               Hulderich
               ;
               but
               in
               this
               we
               will
               not
               contend
               with
               any
               .
               The
               Italian
               names
               it
               Sambuco
               ;
               the
               
                 French
                 ,
                 Susier
                 ,
                 Suyn
              
               ,
               and
               Susau
               ;
               the
               
                 Bohemians
                 ,
                 Bez
              
               ;
               the
               English
               ,
               the
               
                 Elder
                 tree
              
               ;
               the
               
                 Scots
                 ,
                 Boor
                 tree
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Bore
                 tree
              
               ;
               the
               Low
               
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 Ulier
              
               .
               See
               
                 Tabernomontanus
                 Herbal
                 ,
                 part
              
               .
               3.
               sect
               .
               1.
               c.
               62.
               
            
          
           
             
               II.
               The
               Kinds
               .
            
             
               Matthiolus
               and
               others
               speak
               of
               four
               kinds
               thereof
               :
               The
               Domestick
               ,
               the
               Mountain
               ,
               the
               Water
               Elder
               ,
               and
               the
               Little
               Elder
               or
               Danwort
               ;
               whereof
               the
               first
               and
               last
               are
               most
               commended
               in
               Medicine
               by
               Physicians
               ,
               who
               herein
               follow
               
                 Dioscord
                 .
                 viz.
              
               the
               Elder
               tree
               ,
               properly
               so
               called
               ,
               and
               the
               Ebulus
               called
               the
               less
               ,
               Dwarf
               ,
               or
               low
               Elder
               .
               But
               because
               both
               these
               kinds
               ,
               as
               we
               will
               hear
               anon
               out
               of
               Dioscorides
               ,
               differ
               little
               ,
               or
               not
               at
               all
               ,
               one
               from
               the
               other
               in
               vertue
               ,
               I
               will
               describe
               here
               the
               Domestik
               ,
               or
               Elder
               tree
               ,
               properly
               so
               called
               ,
               
               by
               which
               you
               may
               easily
               judge
               what
               is
               to
               be
               thought
               of
               the
               Ebulus
               .
            
          
           
             
               III.
               The
               Form.
               
            
             
               The
               Elder
               Tree
               in
               figure
               is
               like
               the
               Ash
               ,
               sendeth
               forth
               long
               ,
               small
               ,
               reed-like
               branches
               ,
               covered
               with
               an
               outward
               bark
               of
               an
               ash
               colour
               ;
               the
               next
               rine
               to
               it
               is
               green
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               yellow
               and
               succulent
               which
               next
               clotheth
               the
               wood
               ;
               within
               which
               is
               contained
               a
               white
               and
               fungous
               pith
               ;
               the
               leaves
               are
               like
               those
               of
               the
               Walnut
               tree
               ,
               but
               less
               ,
               growing
               by
               intervals
               by
               threes
               ,
               fours
               ,
               yea
               if
               you
               look
               to
               both
               the
               sides
               of
               the
               branch
               ,
               by
               fives
               and
               sevens
               ,
               incompassing
               it
               together
               ;
               of
               an
               heavy
               smell
               ,
               lightly
               cut
               in
               edges
               .
               In
               the
               tops
               of
               the
               branches
               and
               twigs
               there
               springeth
               sweet
               and
               crisped
               umbels
               ,
               swelling
               with
               white
               ,
               sweet
               smelling
               flowers
               (
               in
               June
               befor
               St.
               Johns
               Eve
               )
               which
               by
               their
               fall
               give
               place
               to
               a
               many
               branched
               Grape
               ,
               first
               green
               ,
               then
               ruddy
               ,
               lastly
               of
               a
               black
               ,
               dark
               ,
               
               purple
               colour
               ,
               succulent
               and
               tumid
               ,
               with
               its
               winish
               liquor
               .
               Of
               all
               the
               wild
               plants
               't
               is
               first
               covered
               with
               leaves
               ,
               and
               last
               unclothed
               of
               them
               .
               We
               omit
               other
               descriptions
               ,
               this
               being
               full
               .
            
          
           
             
               IV.
               The
               Place
               .
            
             
               The
               place
               of
               its
               nativity
               is
               every
               where
               ,
               and
               scarce
               can
               you
               find
               any
               place
               where
               any
               other
               tree
               or
               shrub
               enmantle
               themselves
               in
               their
               green
               garments
               ,
               which
               the
               bountiful
               enricher
               of
               Nature
               hath
               envyed
               this
               treeling
               .
               But
               it
               most
               delighteth
               in
               hedges
               ,
               orchards
               ,
               and
               other
               shadowy
               places
               ,
               or
               on
               the
               moist
               brinks
               of
               rivulets
               and
               ditches
               ,
               unto
               which
               places
               't
               is
               thrust
               by
               the
               Gardeners
               ,
               lest
               by
               its
               luxury
               and
               importunate
               encrease
               ,
               whereby
               yearly
               it
               doth
               spread
               and
               enlarge
               it self
               ,
               it
               should
               possess
               the
               place
               of
               more
               honourable
               ,
               as
               they
               conceive
               ,
               and
               of
               more
               pretious
               Plants
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               V.
               The
               Qualities
               and
               Vertues
               .
            
             
               The
               Qualities
               in
               general
               are
               described
               by
               
                 Galen
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               6.
               
               
                 Simpl.
                 Medic.
                 facul
                 .
                 sect
              
               .
               That
               it
               hath
               the
               force
               of
               desiccating
               ,
               conglutinating
               ,
               and
               digesting
               moderately
               ;
               which
               word
               for
               word
               is
               repeated
               by
               the
               Galenick
               Physician
               Paulus
               of
               
                 Aegian
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               7.
               
               Medic.
               ●
               .
               3.
               
            
             
               Dioscorides
               ?
               who
               ,
               as
               Galen
               witnesseth
               ,
               hath
               of
               all
               others
               written
               most
               accurately
               ,
               most
               truly
               ,
               and
               most
               learnedly
               of
               Plants
               )
               did
               long
               agoe
               in
               more
               proper
               colours
               limn
               them
               in
               his
               fourth
               Book
               ,
               and
               175
               Chapter
               ,
               of
               the
               
                 Matter
                 of
                 Medicine
              
               .
               These
               are
               his
               words
               .
            
             
               The
               faculty
               and
               use
               of
               both
               (
               he
               meaneth
               the
               Elder
               and
               Ebulus
               )
               is
               the
               same
               in
               exiccating
               ,
               and
               drawing
               water
               from
               the
               belly
               :
               They
               are
               indeed
               troublesom
               to
               the
               stomach
               ,
               nevertheless
               their
               leaves
               being
               boyled
               as
               pot-hearbs
               ,
               will
               purge
               bile
               and
               pituite
               :
               Their
               tender
               stalks
               being
               boyled
               in
               
               pot
               or
               pan
               effect
               the
               same
               .
               The
               root
               being
               boyled
               in
               wine
               and
               given
               in
               meat
               ,
               helpeth
               the
               Hydroped
               ;
               yea
               it
               helpeth
               those
               that
               are
               bitten
               of
               a
               Viper
               ,
               drunk
               after
               the
               same
               manner
               .
               Being
               boyl'd
               with
               water
               for
               bathing
               ,
               it
               softneth
               and
               openeth
               the
               vulva
               ,
               and
               corrects
               what
               enormities
               are
               there
               abouts
               .
               The
               berries
               thereof
               drunk
               with
               Wine
               work
               the
               same
               effect
               .
               Anointed
               on
               the
               hair
               ,
               they
               make
               them
               black
               .
               The
               recent
               and
               tender
               leaves
               mitigate
               inflammations
               ,
               being
               with
               Polent
               anointed
               thereon
               .
               Their
               anointing
               helps
               burning
               and
               the
               bitings
               of
               mad
               dogs
               .
               They
               conglutinate
               profound
               and
               fustulous
               ulcers
               ,
               and
               helps
               the
               guttish
               ,
               being
               together
               with
               the
               fat
               of
               a
               Bull
               or
               hee
               Goat
               anointed
               .
            
             
               These
               vertues
               so
               nobilitate
               the
               Elder
               ,
               that
               if
               after
               ages
               had
               not
               found
               out
               any
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               enough
               to
               commend
               it
               to
               us
               .
               But
               as
               in
               all
               other
               things
               (
               as
               Seneca
               witnesseth
               ,
               
                 Quest
                 .
                 Natur.
                 l.
              
               7.
               c.
               31.
               )
               Nature
               doth
               not
               at
               once
               discover
               her
               mysteries
               ,
               neither
               are
               her
               secrets
               
               promiscously
               laid
               open
               to
               all
               ,
               being
               withdrawn
               and
               shut
               in
               her
               inmost
               Cabinets
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               ,
               some
               in
               this
               age
               ,
               some
               in
               another
               ,
               is
               received
               and
               unfolded
               .
               Even
               so
               here
               ,
               one
               day
               hath
               taught
               another
               .
               And
               the
               later
               Physicians
               with
               more
               intent
               thoughts
               ,
               falling
               into
               the
               contemplation
               both
               of
               other
               herbs
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               they
               have
               tryed
               it
               in
               many
               affections
               to
               be
               most
               wholsom
               ;
               so
               that
               not
               undeservedly
               they
               esteem
               it
               a
               Panacaea
               ,
               or
               All-heal
               :
               For
               what
               is
               given
               to
               others
               apart
               ,
               experience
               proves
               together
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Elder
               .
               That
               I
               may
               say
               nothing
               of
               its
               wondrous
               and
               hid
               operations
               in
               expugning
               Epilepsies
               ,
               Plague
               ,
               Erysipelasses
               ,
               and
               other
               malign
               affections
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               spoken
               of
               afterwards
               :
               It
               hath
               a
               wonderfull
               force
               in
               purging
               out
               of
               the
               body
               all
               hurtfull
               ,
               bilous
               ,
               pituitous
               ,
               and
               especially
               serous
               humors
               ,
               from
               which
               bud
               such
               troops
               of
               sicknesses
               ,
               as
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               that
               famous
               and
               learned
               Treatise
               of
               the
               ingenious
               
                 Piso
                 De
                 serosa
                 Colluvie
              
               .
               Besides
               
               't
               is
               Anodyne
               ,
               and
               by
               rarifying
               the
               skin
               ,
               and
               digesting
               the
               humors
               and
               vapours
               ,
               it
               lulleth
               the
               pain
               ,
               it
               provokes
               urine
               ,
               sweat
               ,
               expelleth
               the
               stone
               ,
               provoketh
               the
               stopt
               flowers
               ,
               and
               doth
               other
               rarities
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               parts
               and
               preparation
               thereof
               .
               That
               not
               without
               cause
               ,
               what
               the
               more
               sober
               and
               learned
               Chymists
               have
               attributed
               to
               their
               manifold
               Medicinal
               
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 Vitriol
              
               ,
               we
               may
               admit
               ,
               admire
               ,
               and
               acknowledge
               in
               our
               Elder
               ,
               though
               I
               willingly
               confess
               with
               some
               difference
               ;
               yea
               ,
               we
               are
               more
               to
               admire
               this
               ,
               seeing
               what
               is
               got
               in
               that
               Triad
               of
               Minerals
               ,
               is
               got
               with
               such
               sweat
               and
               pains
               ,
               by
               those
               indefatigasearchers
               of
               the
               many
               works
               and
               windings
               of
               Nature
               ;
               but
               we
               attain
               our
               desire
               in
               this
               with
               light
               and
               little
               labour
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Receipts
             of
             Medicaments
             drawn
             out
             of
             the
             Elder
             .
          
           
             BEfore
             we
             come
             to
             the
             Diseases
             cured
             by
             the
             Elder
             ,
             't
             is
             worth
             our
             labour
             first
             to
             explain
             the
             Medicaments
             ,
             which
             out
             of
             each
             part
             thereof
             ,
             ought
             ,
             and
             can
             be
             prepared
             ,
             lest
             in
             divers
             affections
             the
             same
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             loathing
             and
             labour
             be
             repeated
             ,
             we
             will
             here
             set
             down
             the
             more
             curious
             and
             common
             ,
             beginning
             with
             the
             Berries
             ,
             as
             the
             best
             and
             last
             product
             of
             that
             Simple
             .
          
           
             
             
               CAPI
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Medicaments
               from
               the
               Berries
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 Rob
                 ,
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 Extarct
                 ,
                 or
                 Essence
                 ,
              
               
                 TAke
                 the
                 ripe
                 Berries
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 picked
                 from
                 their
                 stalks
                 ,
                 press
                 the
                 juice
                 out
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 strained
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 thickned
                 on
                 a
                 soft
                 and
                 clear
                 fire
                 .
                 Some
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 their
                 inspissating
                 add
                 a
                 little
                 sugar
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 pallat
                 may
                 rellish
                 it
                 the
                 better
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 Rob
                 of
                 Elder
                 berries
                 with
                 sugar
                 .
                 Of
                 the
                 Rob
                 ,
                 or
                 inspissat
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 Berries
                 without
                 sugar
                 ,
                 the
                 Tincture
                 and
                 extract
                 is
                 prepared
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 a
                 pound
                 of
                 this
                 Rob
                 ,
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 long
                 and
                 capacious
                 Glass
                 ,
                 called
                 by
                 the
                 Chymists
                 a
                 Cucurbite
                 ,
                 put
                 thereon
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 proper
                 spirits
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 described
                 in
                 this
                 
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 be
                 a
                 handful
                 high
                 above
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 Glass
                 being
                 well
                 closed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 spirit
                 may
                 not
                 exhale
                 ;
                 digest
                 it
                 in
                 Balneo
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 days
                 ,
                 shaking
                 the
                 Glass
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 :
                 After
                 that
                 strain
                 the
                 whole
                 matter
                 contained
                 in
                 the
                 Cucurbit
                 ,
                 through
                 gray
                 paper
                 .
                 Take
                 the
                 strained
                 liquor
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 obscurely
                 reddish
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 called
                 of
                 some
                 ,
                 the
                 Tincture
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 or
                 
                   Granorum
                   actes
                
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 kept
                 without
                 further
                 distillation
                 to
                 good
                 purpose
                 )
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 Glass
                 Cucurbit
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 put
                 on
                 the
                 Alembick
                 ,
                 distil
                 it
                 on
                 a
                 slow
                 Balnean
                 heat
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 spirit
                 ,
                 drop
                 by
                 drop
                 separate
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 extract
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 bottom
                 like
                 hony
                 .
                 If
                 the
                 Menstruum
                 be
                 not
                 totally
                 extracted
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 remains
                 in
                 the
                 Cucurbit
                 is
                 called
                 by
                 the
                 modern
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 the
                 liquid
                 extract
                 of
                 
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                
                 .
                 You
                 shall
                 find
                 another
                 extract
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 Quercetan
                 in
                 the
                 third
                 Section
                 ,
                 and
                 26
                 Chapter
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 II.
                 WINES
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 the
                 Elder
                 Berries
                 cleaned
                 of
                 their
                 stalks
                 ,
                 beat
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 stone
                 mortar
                 ,
                 or
                 earthen
                 vessel
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 wooden
                 pestle
                 ,
                 till
                 all
                 the
                 Kernels
                 be
                 well
                 bruised
                 ;
                 with
                 this
                 succulent
                 matter
                 fill
                 the
                 8
                 ,
                 10
                 ,
                 or
                 12
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 little
                 barrel
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 it
                 of
                 more
                 or
                 less
                 efficacy
                 ,
                 fill
                 up
                 the
                 rest
                 with
                 Must
                 ,
                 or
                 new
                 Wine
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 work
                 together
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 boyle
                 equal
                 parts
                 of
                 this
                 succulent
                 matter
                 and
                 Must
                 together
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 consumption
                 of
                 a
                 third
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 ,
                 on
                 a
                 slow
                 fire
                 ;
                 then
                 straining
                 it
                 through
                 a
                 thin
                 linnen
                 cloth
                 ,
                 they
                 put
                 it
                 (
                 as
                 is
                 said
                 )
                 in
                 a
                 greater
                 quantity
                 into
                 a
                 Barrel
                 ,
                 put
                 Must
                 thereon
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 suffer
                 them
                 to
                 work
                 .
              
               
                 Quercetans
                 receipt
                 thereof
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 seat
                 .
                 3.
                 cap.
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 is
                 an
                 excellent
                 way
                 .
              
               
                 
                   R.
                   Of
                   Elder
                   Berries
                   well
                   dried
                   in
                   an
                   Oven
                   ,
                   lib.
                   1.
                   
                
                 
                   Cinnamon
                   ,
                   the
                   strongest
                   and
                   sharpest
                   ,
                   unc
                   .
                   3.
                   
                
                 
                   
                   Caryophill
                   .
                   Aromatic
                   .
                   ounc
                   .
                   1.
                   and
                   an
                   half
                   .
                
              
               
                 Being
                 all
                 grosly
                 pulverised
                 ,
                 sow
                 them
                 loosly
                 in
                 a
                 knot
                 ;
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 vessel
                 that
                 holds
                 twelve
                 English
                 quarts
                 ,
                 or
                 thereabouts
                 ,
                 fill
                 up
                 the
                 rest
                 with
                 the
                 best
                 and
                 most
                 fragrant
                 white
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 place
                 it
                 a
                 fortnight
                 or
                 above
                 in
                 a
                 Wine
                 Cellar
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 repast
                 ,
                 for
                 t
                 is
                 an
                 excellent
                 stomachical
                 drink
                 ,
                 most
                 delicious
                 in
                 colour
                 ,
                 taste
                 ,
                 and
                 smell
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 III.
                 The
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Water
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 the
                 ripe
                 berries
                 ,
                 express
                 the
                 juice
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 break
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 in
                 a
                 wood
                 vessel
                 till
                 they
                 begin
                 to
                 ferment
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 work
                 the
                 sooner
                 ,
                 some
                 add
                 a
                 little
                 of
                 the
                 yiest
                 of
                 beer
                 or
                 wine
                 :
                 some
                 add
                 none
                 ,
                 but
                 keep
                 the
                 same
                 process
                 .
                 
                   D.
                   Finck
                
                 .
                 keeps
                 in
                 the
                 extracting
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 black
                 sweet
                 Cherries
                 ,
                 
                   Enchiridii
                   ,
                   c.
                
                 6.
                 
                 After
                 the
                 fermentation
                 let
                 them
                 be
                 distilled
                 in
                 a
                 Vesica
                 ,
                 and
                 rectified
                 acording
                 to
                 Art.
                 
              
               
               
                 The
                 rectification
                 is
                 best
                 accomplished
                 first
                 in
                 a
                 Vesica
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 in
                 Balneo
                 ;
                 where
                 in
                 place
                 of
                 a
                 Concurbit
                 use
                 a
                 long-necked
                 Viol
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 most
                 spiritous
                 part
                 will
                 de
                 abstracted
                 ,
                 the
                 phlegm
                 beating
                 again
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Viol
                 will
                 again
                 fall
                 down
                 .
              
               
                 Others
                 prepare
                 it
                 thus
                 ;
              
               
                 Take
                 the
                 ripe
                 berries
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 dryed
                 in
                 the
                 weak
                 heat
                 of
                 an
                 oven
                 ,
                 being
                 pulverised
                 grosly
                 with
                 a
                 third
                 part
                 of
                 Barley
                 meal
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 being
                 well
                 mixed
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 an
                 Oken
                 Barrel
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 boyling
                 water
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 some
                 hops
                 have
                 been
                 before
                 macerated
                 ;
                 stop
                 the
                 Vessel
                 close
                 ,
                 and
                 suffer
                 them
                 to
                 ferment
                 some
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 days
                 :
                 To
                 hasten
                 the
                 fermentation
                 and
                 digestion
                 add
                 some
                 dreggs
                 of
                 Wine
                 or
                 Beer
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 said
                 before
                 )
                 distill
                 and
                 rectifie
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 first
                 way
                 is
                 preferred
                 deservedly
                 by
                 most
                 ,
                 as
                 more
                 simple
                 and
                 pure
                 :
                 The
                 Purging
                 water
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 extracted
                 by
                 Quercetan
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 sect
                 .
                 3.
                 c.
                 24.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 IV.
                 The
                 Syrup
                 and
                 Tragea
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Syrup
                 is
                 thus
                 prepared
                 :
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 extracted
                 from
                 the
                 new
                 gathered
                 ripe
                 berries
                 ,
                 and
                 clarified
                 ,
                 lib.
                 1.
                 
                 Sugar
                 clarified
                 ,
                 lib.
                 1.
                 boyl
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 on
                 a
                 soft
                 fire
                 in
                 a
                 double
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 
                   Bal.
                   Mar.
                
                 to
                 the
                 consistency
                 of
                 a
                 liquid
                 Syrup
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 shall
                 find
                 the
                 
                   Tragea
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Tragea
                 of
                 the
                 Bore-tree-berries
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 22
                 cap.
                 of
                 the
                 third
                 sect
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 V.
                 Oyle
                 drawn
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Stones
                 or
                 Kernels
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 the
                 grains
                 ,
                 or
                 stones
                 of
                 these
                 berries
                 left
                 in
                 the
                 cloth
                 after
                 the
                 juice
                 is
                 strained
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 wash
                 them
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 dry
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 aire
                 ,
                 bedew
                 them
                 with
                 odoriferous
                 white-Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 in
                 a
                 press
                 strongly
                 squeeze
                 out
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 do
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 seeds
                 of
                 the
                 flaxes
                 or
                 line
                 ,
                 rocked
                 
                 Poppy
                 or
                 Henbane
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 ;
                 that
                 being
                 purified
                 by
                 residency
                 ,
                 keep
                 it
                 for
                 your
                 use
                 in
                 a
                 glass
                 ;
                 for
                 't
                 is
                 an
                 excellent
                 Vomitive
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 good
                 Balsam
                 in
                 externals
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Dose
                 to
                 take
                 it
                 inwardly
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 drachme
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 drachme
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 in
                 hot
                 ale
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 convenient
                 liquor
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Oyl
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 Hematick
                 and
                 Cathartick
                 ,
                 if
                 instead
                 of
                 the
                 Wine
                 ,
                 the
                 Kernels
                 be
                 bedewed
                 with
                 Malago
                 ,
                 wherein
                 
                   Crocus
                   metallorum
                
                 hath
                 been
                 infused
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 Oyl
                 expressed
                 out
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 dose
                 will
                 be
                 much
                 more
                 effectual
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               II.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Medicines
               made
               of
               the
               Flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 CONSERVES
                 .
              
               
                 TAke
                 the
                 fresh
                 flowers
                 ,
                 pull
                 them
                 in
                 little
                 pieces
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 each
                 ounce
                 of
                 them
                 add
                 two
                 ounces
                 of
                 the
                 whitest
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 incorporate
                 them
                 well
                 together
                 in
                 a
                 Marble
                 Morter
                 with
                 a
                 woodden
                 pestle
                 :
                 Expose
                 it
                 afterward
                 in
                 a
                 Glass
                 ,
                 or
                 earthen
                 Vessel
                 to
                 the
                 Sun
                 for
                 some
                 dayes
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 thus
                 prepared
                 ,
                 reserve
                 it
                 for
                 your
                 use
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 The
                 SYRUP
                 and
                 HONEY
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 recent
                 Flowers
                 lib.
                 1.
                 let
                 them
                 macerate
                 12
                 hours
                 in
                 lib.
                 6.
                 of
                 warm
                 fountain
                 water
                 ;
                 having
                 exprest
                 and
                 strained
                 the
                 liquor
                 ,
                 put
                 in
                 again
                 recent
                 flowers
                 ,
                 yea
                 do
                 it
                 the
                 third
                 time
                 .
                 Add
                 four
                 ounces
                 of
                 the
                 whitest
                 
                 Sugar
                 to
                 each
                 five
                 ounces
                 of
                 the
                 liquor
                 that
                 is
                 last
                 strained
                 ,
                 boyle
                 them
                 up
                 to
                 a
                 Syrup
                 according
                 to
                 art
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 if
                 in
                 place
                 of
                 the
                 Sugar
                 you
                 add
                 the
                 same
                 quantity
                 of
                 Honey
                 ,
                 and
                 boyle
                 it
                 to
                 a
                 fitting
                 consistence
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 
                   Mel
                   Sambucinum
                
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 commended
                 by
                 some
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 III.
                 The
                 WATER
                 and
                 SPIRITS
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 sundry
                 wayes
                 of
                 distilling
                 Waters
                 from
                 Herbs
                 and
                 Flowers
                 set
                 downe
                 by
                 
                   Wecker
                   ,
                   Euonimus
                   ,
                   Quercetan
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 easiest
                 .
              
               
                 Takes
                 as
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 as
                 you
                 list
                 ,
                 put
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 warm
                 water
                 thereon
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 marcerate
                 a
                 night
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 distill
                 them
                 
                   per
                   Vesicam
                
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 which
                 distilleth
                 first
                 is
                 excellent
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 is
                 worse
                 ,
                 beware
                 then
                 thou
                 urge
                 them
                 not
                 too
                 much
                 ;
                 poure
                 the
                 water
                 on
                 fresh
                 flowers
                 ,
                 distil
                 them
                 the
                 second
                 time
                 ;
                 yea
                 reiterate
                 it
                 the
                 third
                 time
                 ;
                 so
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 water
                 fit
                 
                 for
                 the
                 uses
                 set
                 down
                 afterward
                 in
                 the
                 practice
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 extant
                 in
                 the
                 Apothecaries
                 shops
                 ,
                 is
                 nothing
                 but
                 meer
                 phlegm
                 ,
                 not
                 worthy
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 distilled
                 water
                 .
                 No
                 wonder
                 then
                 the
                 sick
                 so
                 seldom
                 find
                 the
                 wished
                 and
                 expected
                 fruits
                 therof
                 .
                 If
                 from
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 water
                 in
                 a
                 long
                 necked
                 Viol
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 soft
                 Balnean
                 heat
                 ,
                 you
                 extract
                 the
                 more
                 spirituous
                 part
                 ,
                 in
                 quantity
                 about
                 the
                 twelfth
                 part
                 thereof
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 a
                 most
                 fragrant
                 and
                 penetrating
                 Spirit
                 .
                 Or
                 prepare
                 the
                 Spirit
                 as
                 Quercetan
                 hath
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 lib.
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Pharm
                   .
                   Dogm
                   .
                   restitut
                   .
                   cap.
                
                 7.
                 and
                 
                   D.
                   Sennertus
                
                 way
                 ,
                 
                   Inst.
                   Med.
                   lib.
                
                 5.
                 part
                 .
                 3.
                 sect
                 .
                 3.
                 cap.
                 5.
                 is
                 it
                 not
                 much
                 different
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Cake
                 which
                 remains
                 in
                 the
                 Vesica
                 after
                 the
                 distillation
                 of
                 the
                 water
                 ,
                 called
                 of
                 the
                 Chymists
                 
                   Caput
                   Mortuum
                
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 thrown
                 away
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 reserved
                 for
                 the
                 uses
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 Practice
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 IV.
                 The
                 VINEGAR
                 and
                 OXIMEL
                 .
              
               
                 Pour
                 upon
                 the
                 fresh
                 ,
                 or
                 half
                 withered
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 of
                 white
                 Wine
                 ;
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 in
                 a
                 close
                 stopped
                 glass
                 Vessel
                 in
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 hot
                 place
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 more
                 exactly
                 may
                 draw
                 out
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 flowers
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 have
                 drawn
                 out
                 fully
                 all
                 the
                 vertue
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 easily
                 know
                 by
                 its
                 fragrant
                 smell
                 ,
                 and
                 golden
                 colour
                 .
                 After
                 strain
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 and
                 reserve
                 it
                 for
                 your
                 use
                 .
              
               
                 An
                 excellent
                 and
                 red
                 Vinegar
                 may
                 be
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 and
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 branches
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 frequent
                 in
                 France
                 ,
                 as
                 Lobell
                 and
                 Pena
                 witness
                 in
                 their
                 
                   Advers
                   .
                   stirpium
                   nov
                   .
                   p.
                
                 434.
                 
              
               
                 Take
                 instead
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 branches
                 ,
                 the
                 berries
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 dryed
                 in
                 the
                 slow
                 heat
                 of
                 an
                 Oven
                 or
                 Furnace
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 them
                 put
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 well
                 
                 purified
                 by
                 straining
                 and
                 subsidency
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 impregnant
                 with
                 the
                 shining
                 transparent
                 purple
                 ,
                 I
                 pour
                 it
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 on
                 new
                 still
                 ,
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 a
                 purple
                 tincture
                 .
                 The
                 sowre
                 Syrup
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 described
                 sect
                 .
                 3.
                 c.
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Oximel
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 which
                 Quercetan
                 .
                 in
                 
                   Pharm
                   .
                   Dogm
                   .
                   restit
                   .
                   lib.
                
                 1.
                 c.
                 10.
                 mentioneth
                 ,
                 is
                 thus
                 prepared
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Honey
                   scummed
                   well
                   
                     lib.
                     1.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   Of
                   Elder
                   Vinegar
                   
                     lib.
                     5.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   Of
                   Simple
                   water
                   ,
                   or
                   water
                   of
                   Elder
                   Flowers
                   
                     lib.
                     1.
                  
                   
                
              
               
                 Being
                 mixt
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 Cucurbit
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 them
                 be
                 boyled
                 in
                 Balneo
                 to
                 a
                 fit
                 consistence
                 .
                 You
                 may
                 use
                 here
                 the
                 simple
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 either
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 of
                 a
                 purple
                 die
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 shall
                 please
                 the
                 phancy
                 of
                 the
                 Physician
                 or
                 his
                 Patient
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 V.
                 WINF
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 Umbels
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 
                 dryed
                 in
                 the
                 shadow
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 pulled
                 in
                 little
                 pieces
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 knot
                 of
                 fine
                 thin
                 linnen
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 little
                 clean
                 white
                 stones
                 (
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 knot
                 sink
                 )
                 throw
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 vessel
                 full
                 of
                 Must
                 ;
                 let
                 the
                 wine
                 work
                 .
                 Some
                 bid
                 take
                 a
                 pound
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 rightly
                 dried
                 and
                 picked
                 off
                 their
                 stalks
                 ,
                 to
                 60
                 Congions
                 or
                 70
                 Gallons
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 promise
                 after
                 the
                 working
                 of
                 the
                 Wine
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 of
                 an
                 excellent
                 Muscadel
                 taste
                 and
                 smell
                 .
              
               
                 Mark
                 ,
                 that
                 whatsoever
                 Apples
                 or
                 fruits
                 are
                 covered
                 and
                 wrapped
                 in
                 the
                 flowres
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 Tree
                 ,
                 shall
                 acquire
                 a
                 taste
                 and
                 smell
                 much
                 like
                 Muscadel
                 Pears
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 VI.
                 The
                 OYLE
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 Take
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 of
                 the
                 fresh
                 flowers
                 beaten
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 Vessel
                 of
                 glass
                 ,
                 pour
                 on
                 them
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 clear
                 Sallet
                 Oyle
                 ,
                 macerate
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 
                 hot
                 place
                 for
                 15
                 dayes
                 ;
                 then
                 decoct
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 double
                 vessel
                 ;
                 strain
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 cast
                 them
                 away
                 ;
                 put
                 in
                 fresh
                 ones
                 ;
                 proceed
                 as
                 you
                 did
                 before
                 ,
                 reiterate
                 your
                 practice
                 the
                 third
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 strained
                 it
                 ,
                 keep
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 vessel
                 .
              
               
                 Mark
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 gross
                 dregs
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 all
                 other
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 macerate
                 in
                 Oyle
                 ,
                 and
                 strained
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 called
                 of
                 the
                 Physicians
                 ,
                 Stymma
                 ,
                 which
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 now
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 remember
                 it
                 when
                 't
                 is
                 mentioned
                 hereafter
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 following
                 Oyl
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 is
                 commended
                 of
                 many
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 a
                 Cucurbite
                 or
                 Glass
                 of
                 middle
                 capacity
                 ;
                 fill
                 a
                 third
                 part
                 thereof
                 with
                 Elder
                 flowers
                 gathered
                 in
                 a
                 clear
                 pure
                 day
                 ;
                 put
                 so
                 much
                 Malvatick
                 Wine
                 thereon
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 third
                 part
                 at
                 least
                 of
                 the
                 glass
                 may
                 remain
                 empty
                 ;
                 having
                 stopped
                 the
                 mouth
                 well
                 ,
                 expose
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Sun
                 a
                 fortnight
                 :
                 then
                 putting
                 the
                 whole
                 matter
                 in
                 a
                 glaspot
                 on
                 a
                 slow
                 fire
                 of
                 Charcole
                 ,
                 heat
                 it
                 a
                 
                 little
                 ;
                 then
                 strain
                 it
                 with
                 great
                 force
                 into
                 another
                 clean
                 vessel
                 ,
                 above
                 which
                 within
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 a
                 yellowish
                 Oyl
                 to
                 swim
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 a
                 funnel
                 or
                 separatory
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 separate
                 from
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 liquor
                 according
                 to
                 art
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 liquor
                 that
                 remaineth
                 will
                 serve
                 for
                 the
                 maceration
                 of
                 fresh
                 flowers
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 reiterate
                 sometimes
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 divers
                 vessels
                 ,
                 seeing
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 you
                 will
                 get
                 but
                 little
                 Oyl
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 Oyl
                 is
                 prepared
                 by
                 distillation
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 Sennerte
                 and
                 others
                 prepare
                 the
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Roman
                 Cammomile
                 flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 other
                 sweet
                 smelling
                 flowers
                 ;
                 thus
                 ,
                 Take
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 dryed
                 betwixt
                 two
                 linen
                 cloaths
                 in
                 the
                 aire
                 ,
                 being
                 pulled
                 in
                 little
                 pieces
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 an
                 earthen
                 vessel
                 ,
                 or
                 large
                 Cncurbite
                 ;
                 to
                 every
                 pound
                 of
                 flowers
                 add
                 an
                 ounce
                 and
                 half
                 of
                 common
                 salt
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 a
                 span
                 high
                 covered
                 them
                 with
                 warm
                 water
                 ,
                 leave
                 them
                 in
                 digestion
                 ten
                 dais
                 ,
                 or
                 
                 more
                 ,
                 after
                 distill
                 them
                 in
                 Vesica
                 ;
                 and
                 according
                 to
                 art
                 separate
                 the
                 Oyl
                 from
                 the
                 water
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               III.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Medicines
               of
               the
               Buds
               or
               Breakin
               gs
               of
               the
               Elder
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 The
                 POWDER
                 .
              
               
                 TAke
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 ,
                 or
                 first
                 breakin
                 gs
                 forth
                 of
                 the
                 leaf
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ;
                 being
                 dryed
                 in
                 the
                 shadow
                 ,
                 pulverise
                 them
                 :
                 either
                 keep
                 this
                 Powder
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 or
                 mix
                 it
                 with
                 equal
                 parts
                 of
                 Sugar
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 many
                 Medicinal
                 Powder
                 of
                 the
                 Buds
                 is
                 described
                 sect
                 .
                 3.
                 cap.
                 3.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 The
                 CONSERVE
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 the
                 fresh
                 tender
                 buds
                 smally
                 cut
                 ,
                 lib.
                 5.
                 of
                 the
                 purest
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 lib.
                 1.
                 upon
                 a
                 slow
                 Charcole
                 fire
                 ,
                 mix
                 them
                 
                 well
                 together
                 with
                 a
                 stone
                 pestle
                 ,
                 and
                 expose
                 them
                 in
                 an
                 earthen
                 pan
                 eight
                 days
                 to
                 the
                 Suns
                 rayes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 III.
                 The
                 SYRUP
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 Juice
                 prest
                 out
                 of
                 these
                 first
                 buds
                 and
                 breaking
                 of
                 the
                 Bore-tree
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 tree
                 and
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 subsidency
                 purified
                 from
                 the
                 dregs
                 lib.
                 11.
                 of
                 fine
                 white
                 Sugar
                 lib.
                 1.
                 s
                 .
                 or
                 
                   q.
                   s
                
                 .
                 let
                 them
                 be
                 concocted
                 with
                 a
                 slow
                 balneal
                 fire
                 to
                 the
                 consistency
                 of
                 a
                 Syrup
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 aromatised
                 with
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 choice
                 Cinnamon
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 drachmes
                 of
                 Cloves
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 reserved
                 in
                 a
                 glass
                 vessel
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               IV.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Medicines
               taken
               from
               the
               Leaves
               ,
               middle
               Bark
               ,
               Roots
               ,
               Pith
               ,
               and
               Spunge
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 The
                 WATER
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 the
                 fresh
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 being
                 grosly
                 beat
                 or
                 cut
                 ,
                 fill
                 the
                 half
                 of
                 a
                 Vesica
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 warm
                 water
                 on
                 them
                 ;
                 macerate
                 them
                 therein
                 for
                 a
                 night
                 ,
                 and
                 distill
                 them
                 ;
                 put
                 the
                 distill'd
                 water
                 on
                 fresh
                 leaves
                 ,
                 distill
                 them
                 again
                 .
                 After
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 green
                 and
                 succulent
                 bark
                 water
                 is
                 prepared
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 some
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 succulent
                 roots
                 ,
                 pith
                 ,
                 and
                 spunges
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 or
                 mixed
                 together
                 ,
                 doe
                 distill
                 waters
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 much
                 commend
                 in
                 Hydropsies
                 ,
                 which
                 first
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 well
                 shred
                 and
                 macerated
                 a
                 night
                 inconvenient
                 liquor
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 vertues
                 
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 easily
                 drawn
                 out
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 The
                 SYRUP
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 of
                 the
                 Juice
                 of
                 the
                 Buds
                 ,
                 so
                 from
                 the
                 Juice
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 bark
                 ,
                 or
                 roots
                 ,
                 a
                 Syrup
                 may
                 be
                 prepared
                 for
                 the
                 nicer
                 sort
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 Suger
                 be
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 juice
                 ,
                 well
                 clarified
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 a
                 soft
                 fire
                 boyled
                 to
                 a
                 syrup
                 ;
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 aromatised
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 syrups
                 indeed
                 are
                 esteemed
                 less
                 efficacious
                 then
                 the
                 crude
                 juices
                 ,
                 seeing
                 in
                 their
                 boyling
                 they
                 lose
                 something
                 of
                 their
                 Cathartick
                 faculty
                 ,
                 which
                 Fernele
                 observed
                 .
                 Nevertheless
                 they
                 are
                 more
                 safe
                 ,
                 and
                 less
                 noysom
                 to
                 the
                 stomach
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 intrals
                 .
                 Therefore
                 their
                 dose
                 is
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 strength
                 to
                 be
                 augmented
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 III.
                 OYLES
                 and
                 LINIMENTS
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 An
                 useful
                 Oyl
                 is
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 bark
                 ,
                 macerated
                 in
                 old
                 clear
                 
                 let
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 expressed
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 spoken
                 in
                 the
                 Flowers
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 Bark
                 and
                 Leaves
                 prepare
                 them
                 thus
                 ;
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 Bark
                 and
                 Leaves
                 ,
                 equal
                 parts
                 ,
                 fry
                 them
                 in
                 May
                 Butter
                 and
                 Linsed
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 any
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 soft
                 fire
                 ;
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 a
                 while
                 fryed
                 ,
                 press
                 out
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 bark
                 ;
                 put
                 in
                 fresh
                 leaves
                 and
                 bark
                 again
                 ,
                 fry
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 express
                 ;
                 do
                 so
                 the
                 third
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 Liniment
                 or
                 unguent
                 which
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 
                   Matthiol
                   .
                   super
                   Diosc
                   .
                   l.
                
                 4.
                 c.
                 168.
                 
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 green
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 which
                 is
                 next
                 the
                 outward
                 ash
                 coloured
                 rine
                 ,
                 being
                 of
                 an
                 hearb
                 colour
                 ,
                 lib.
                 1.
                 of
                 Oyl
                 washed
                 off
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Elder
                 flowers
                 lib.
                 2.
                 let
                 them
                 warm
                 a
                 while
                 together
                 ,
                 then
                 strain
                 and
                 press
                 them
                 ;
                 to
                 this
                 add
                 of
                 new
                 well
                 smelling
                 wax
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 twigs
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ounce
                 4.
                 then
                 suffer
                 them
                 again
                 to
                 boil
                 till
                 the
                 juice
                 be
                 consumed
                 .
                 Take
                 it
                 then
                 from
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 stirr
                 and
                 mix
                 all
                 together
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 add
                 of
                 liquid
                 Varnish
                 ounc
                 .
                 2.
                 of
                 
                 white
                 Frankincence
                 beat
                 to
                 dust
                 ,
                 ounc
                 .
                 4.
                 likewise
                 add
                 two
                 whites
                 of
                 eggs
                 ,
                 first
                 well
                 beat
                 ;
                 mix
                 all
                 diligently
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 clean
                 vessel
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Another
                 Liniment
                 wich
                 the
                 most
                 happy
                 Plater
                 .
                 used
                 to
                 prepare
                 .
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 one
                 ounce
                 and
                 half
                 ;
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 its
                 more
                 tender
                 leaves
                 one
                 drachme
                 ,
                 Linsed
                 Oyl
                 washed
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Elder
                 flowers
                 two
                 ounces
                 ;
                 of
                 Barrowgrease
                 so
                 washed
                 onu
                 .
                 1.
                 of
                 good
                 yellow
                 wax
                 one
                 ounce
                 and
                 half
                 ,
                 of
                 Frankincence
                 one
                 ounce
                 ,
                 boyl
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 closed
                 pot
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 ;
                 are
                 cold
                 ,
                 gather
                 and
                 keep
                 the
                 Oyntment
                 that
                 swims
                 above
                 .
                 Of
                 all
                 these
                 we
                 will
                 speak
                 in
                 burning
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 external
                 affects
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Medicines
                 that
                 are
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 are
                 copiously
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 places
                 that
                 handle
                 the
                 diseases
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 appropriate
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               V.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Salt
               and
               its
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 The
                 SALT
                 .
              
               
                 SAlt
                 is
                 prepared
                 not
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 and
                 leaves
                 after
                 the
                 distillation
                 of
                 waters
                 ,
                 and
                 expression
                 of
                 juice
                 ;
                 but
                 of
                 the
                 bark
                 and
                 whole
                 tree
                 For
                 all
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 dryed
                 ,
                 burned
                 in
                 a
                 clear
                 and
                 open
                 fire
                 ,
                 reduced
                 to
                 ashes
                 ;
                 of
                 these
                 ashes
                 make
                 a
                 Lie
                 with
                 pure
                 and
                 clean
                 water
                 ,
                 still
                 pouring
                 on
                 firesh
                 water
                 ,
                 till
                 all
                 the
                 saltishnes
                 be
                 extracted
                 ;
                 boyle
                 the
                 Lie
                 ,
                 being
                 filtrate
                 ,
                 in
                 an
                 earthen
                 vessel
                 on
                 a
                 soft
                 fire
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 water
                 exhale
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 salt
                 be
                 left
                 ;
                 which
                 by
                 a
                 reiterate
                 solution
                 ,
                 filtration
                 ,
                 and
                 coagulaion
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 purified
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 most
                 gallantway
                 of
                 purifying
                 such
                 like
                 Salts
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 or
                 Oyl
                 of
                 common
                 Salt
                 ,
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 19
                 Chapter
                 of
                 
                   Finckius
                   Enchirid.
                   Hermet
                
                 .
              
               
               
                 Some
                 praise
                 this
                 process
                 ,
                 R.
                 of
                 the
                 burned
                 ashes
                 of
                 Elder
                 and
                 Sulphure
                 ,
                 equal
                 parts
                 ,
                 being
                 mixt
                 ,
                 calcine
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 reverberatory
                 fire
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 a
                 Potters
                 Furnace
                 ;
                 after
                 extract
                 a
                 Lie
                 with
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 filtrate
                 and
                 boyled
                 to
                 a
                 half
                 on
                 a
                 slow
                 fire
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 placed
                 in
                 a
                 Celler
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 salt
                 may
                 run
                 in
                 Christals
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 The
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
               
                 R.
                 Of
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 lib.
                 1.
                 of
                 common
                 Bole
                 lib.
                 3.
                 being
                 well
                 powdered
                 and
                 mixt
                 together
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 well
                 Luted
                 Retort
                 ,
                 fit
                 to
                 it
                 an
                 ample
                 Recipient
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 closed
                 the
                 commissures
                 ,
                 add
                 fier
                 by
                 degrees
                 .
                 First
                 there
                 shall
                 still
                 a
                 waterish
                 liquor
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 spirits
                 shall
                 follow
                 ;
                 augment
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 degree
                 ,
                 lest
                 the
                 spirits
                 remit
                 ,
                 so
                 long
                 till
                 no
                 more
                 spirits
                 flow
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 recipient
                 become
                 clear
                 ;
                 the
                 vessel
                 being
                 cold
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 clay
                 that
                 luted
                 them
                 together
                 
                 being
                 with
                 a
                 wet
                 cloth
                 for
                 an
                 hour
                 together
                 softened
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 recipient
                 may
                 be
                 separate
                 without
                 breaking
                 the
                 glasses
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 find
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elders
                 salt
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 separate
                 from
                 its
                 phlegme
                 by
                 distilling
                 in
                 Balneo
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lute
                 ,
                 for
                 arming
                 your
                 glasses
                 ,
                 and
                 luting
                 them
                 to
                 their
                 recipients
                 ,
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 by
                 
                   Begwine
                   ,
                   l.
                   c.
                
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Tyrocin
                   .
                   Chym.
                
                 By
                 
                   Libavius
                   l.
                
                 1.
                 
                 Epist
                 .
                 24.
                 
                 
                   Epist
                   .
                   Chymicarum
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 .
              
               
                 Others
                 use
                 other
                 ways
                 of
                 distilling
                 the
                 spirits
                 of
                 vegetable
                 salts
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 famous
                 Senart
                 .
                 mentions
                 by
                 the
                 by
                 ,
                 
                   Instit
                   .
                   Medic.
                   pag.
                
                 1215.
                 but
                 we
                 may
                 use
                 all
                 things
                 we
                 use
                 in
                 distilling
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 common
                 salt
                 :
                 of
                 which
                 see
                 Sennert
                 .
                 and
                 
                   Begwine
                   ,
                   l.
                
                 2.
                 c.
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Tyros
                   .
                   Chymio
                
                 .
                 and
                 others
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             Shewing
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             ELDER
             ,
             and
             Medicines
             belonging
             thereto
             .
          
           
             VVE
             have
             considered
             already
             the
             nature
             and
             qualities
             of
             the
             Elder
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             most
             short
             and
             clear
             way
             set
             down
             its
             Medicines
             .
             It
             remains
             we
             briefly
             shew
             the
             practice
             thereof
             ,
             and
             how
             't
             is
             a
             safe
             Medicine
             for
             most
             Diseases
             that
             follow
             our
             frailty
             ;
             and
             of
             other
             preparations
             specifick
             to
             each
             part
             .
             We
             begin
             with
             the
             affections
             of
             the
             head
             .
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               I.
               
            
             
               Of
               Cephalalgia
               .
            
             
               IN
               mitigating
               the
               pain
               of
               the
               head
               ,
               and
               removing
               the
               distempers
               thereof
               in
               women
               ,
               we
               use
               happily
               the
               Cake
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               left
               in
               the
               Vesica
               after
               the
               distillation
               of
               the
               water
               ;
               it
               must
               not
               be
               burned
               ;
               which
               being
               dedewed
               with
               the
               vinegar
               of
               the
               flowers
               we
               apply
               it
               to
               the
               head
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               besprinkling
               of
               frech
               vineger
               ,
               renew
               it
               .
               It
               rarifieth
               the
               skin
               ,
               and
               by
               digesting
               the
               vapors
               .
               dispels
               them
               .
            
             
               Some
               use
               rose
               cakes
               bedewed
               with
               the
               vinegar
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               which
               where
               the
               heat
               is
               more
               vehement
               ,
               the
               brain
               more
               sensible
               ,
               and
               more
               offended
               with
               the
               piercing
               smell
               is
               far
               better
               .
            
             
               Or
               ,
               
                 
                   R.
                   Take
                   of
                   recent
                   Elder
                   leaves
                   two
                   handfuls
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Rose
                   and
                   water
                   Lillie
                   flowers
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   handfull
                   .
                
              
               
               Being
               shorne
               and
               pounded
               ,
               poure
               on
               them
               a
               like
               quantity
               of
               Elder
               vinegar
               ,
               and
               the
               water
               distilled
               out
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               press
               out
               strongly
               the
               juice
               ;
               mix
               with
               it
               expressed
               two
               whites
               of
               eggs
               well
               beat
               ;
               in
               which
               dip
               a
               double
               linen
               cloth
               ,
               and
               apply
               it
               to
               the
               head
               oft
               in
               the
               day
               .
               The
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               mixt
               with
               the
               white
               of
               an
               egg
               and
               a
               littile
               vinegar
               ,
               is
               most
               comfortable
               in
               any
               Cephalalgia
               ;
               chiefly
               in
               a
               Feaverish
               ,
               being
               applyed
               to
               the
               brows
               ,
               temples
               ,
               and
               crown
               of
               the
               head
               .
               The
               vinegar
               by
               it self
               is
               fitly
               used
               in
               the
               pain
               that
               proceeds
               or
               follows
               drunkenness
               .
            
             
               Or
               draw
               out
               with
               the
               vinegar
               and
               distilled
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               from
               the
               kernels
               of
               the
               Peach
               and
               bitter
               Almond
               ,
               amilky
               Emulsion
               ,
               wherein
               dip
               a
               linnen
               cloth
               ,
               and
               apply
               it
               oft
               to
               the
               brows
               and
               crown
               of
               the
               patient
               .
            
             
               Pliny
               saith
               ,
               That
               the
               juice
               of
               the
               Elder
               helps
               the
               collections
               of
               the
               brain
               ,
               and
               especailly
               mitigateth
               the
               tunicle
               wherein
               it
               is
               next
               inwrapt
               .
            
             
             
               This
               decoction
               is
               excellent
               to
               dispel
               the
               vapours
               of
               the
               brain
               ,
               and
               make
               one
               sleep
               soundly
               ,
               if
               the
               legs
               and
               arms
               be
               soundly
               rubbed
               therewith
               when
               you
               go
               to
               sleep
               .
               Take
               six
               umbels
               of
               the
               Elder
               flowers
               when
               they
               are
               full
               ,
               of
               Anise
               umbles
               ,
               of
               Roman
               Camomile
               flowers
               one
               handful
               ,
               six
               Poppy-heads
               with
               their
               seed
               ;
               being
               put
               together
               ,
               beat
               them
               in
               rain
               water
               :
               If
               the
               evil
               hath
               its
               fewel
               from
               the
               stomach
               ,
               matrix
               ,
               or
               other
               parts
               ,
               they
               are
               first
               to
               be
               remedied
               after
               that
               manner
               as
               is
               declared
               ,
               particularly
               in
               each
               part
               .
               'T
               is
               enough
               here
               to
               have
               touched
               this
               Topick
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               II.
               
            
             
               Of
               Raving
               and
               Wakings
               .
            
             
               THe
               same
               things
               are
               profitable
               here
               ,
               that
               are
               set
               down
               in
               the
               remedy
               of
               the
               Cephalalgie
               ;
               seeing
               it
               oft
               these
               riseth
               to
               forerun
               or
               accompany
               
               maladies
               ,
               adding
               ever
               to
               these
               some
               grainsof
               Opium
               ,
               or
               a
               little
               of
               the
               seed
               of
               white
               Poppy
               ,
               to
               mitigate
               and
               allay
               the
               furious
               and
               fiery
               spirits
               .
               For
               example
               ,
               Take
               of
               the
               best
               water
               of
               Elder
               flowers
               4
               dr
               .
               of
               water
               Lillie
               and
               Rosewater
               of
               each
               2
               drach
               .
               of
               
                 Thebaick
                 Opium
              
               half
               a
               scrup
               .
               of
               Elder
               Vinegar
               to
               dissolve
               the
               Opium
               6
               scrup
               .
               mix
               them
               for
               an
               Epithenie
               ,
               wherein
               a
               double
               or
               treble
               linnen
               cloth
               being
               wet
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               applyed
               warm
               to
               the
               brows
               and
               crown
               of
               the
               head
               .
            
             
               Or
               in
               place
               of
               the
               Opium
               ,
               an
               ounce
               of
               the
               seeds
               of
               white
               Poppy
               ;
               and
               by
               baking
               according
               to
               art
               ,
               make
               an
               Emulsion
               ,
               unto
               which
               you
               may
               fitly
               add
               the
               white
               of
               an
               egg
               well
               beaten
               .
            
             
               If
               the
               belly
               be
               bound
               ,
               dissolve
               of
               the
               Syrup
               or
               juice
               of
               the
               berries
               ,
               and
               also
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               ounc
               .
               3
               ,
               or
               4.
               in
               the
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               and
               give
               it
               when
               the
               Patient
               is
               dry
               like
               a
               Julip
               ;
               for
               it
               will
               not
               only
               open
               the
               belly
               ,
               but
               sweetly
               quiet
               the
               spirits
               .
            
             
             
               When
               in
               Anno
               1626.
               the
               Plague
               was
               raging
               in
               Haina
               ,
               and
               many
               of
               the
               infected
               were
               troubled
               with
               head
               aches
               ,
               ravings
               ,
               and
               wakings
               ;
               a
               worthy
               man
               told
               me
               ,
               he
               found
               no
               readier
               help
               to
               dissipate
               those
               venomous
               vapours
               ,
               and
               bring
               sleep
               in
               his
               own
               and
               others
               bodies
               ;
               then
               after
               the
               giving
               of
               several
               medicines
               ,
               to
               bind
               their
               heads
               about
               with
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               III.
               
            
             
               Of
               Melancholy
               ,
               and
               chiefly
               Hypocondriack
               and
               flatulent
               .
            
             
               IN
               Hypocondriack
               Melancholy
               't
               is
               profitable
               first
               of
               all
               ,
               if
               the
               diseased
               be
               prone
               to
               vomit
               ,
               to
               provoke
               it
               by
               the
               Oyl
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               bark
               of
               the
               Elder
               ;
               lest
               by
               preparing
               and
               purging
               Medicines
               ,
               those
               crude
               and
               excrementitious
               humors
               ,
               which
               oft
               are
               gathered
               in
               the
               stomach
               be
               carried
               to
               the
               more
               principal
               parts
               
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               augment
               the
               obstructions
               .
            
             
               Or
               give
               of
               the
               syrup
               made
               of
               the
               sap
               of
               the
               buds
               and
               berries
               an
               ounce
               ,
               br
               .
               1.
               s.
               with
               some
               grains
               of
               the
               extract
               of
               Scammonie
               ,
               and
               3
               guts
               of
               the
               Oyl
               of
               Elder
               flowers
               distilled
               ,
               in
               the
               distilled
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               thereof
               .
            
             
               Or
               use
               the
               Clyster
               that
               is
               described
               in
               the
               22
               cap.
               following
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               ,
               the
               Wine
               which
               is
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               berries
               and
               flowers
               ,
               is
               not
               of
               meanest
               worth
               ,
               for
               it
               opens
               obstructions
               ,
               cuts
               gross
               humors
               ,
               and
               by
               little
               and
               little
               thrusts
               them
               to
               the
               dore
               Moreover
               it
               refresheth
               the
               vital
               and
               animal
               spirits
               .
               Drink
               a
               cup
               full
               thereof
               each
               morning
               for
               a
               month
               ,
               taking
               before
               a
               spoonful
               or
               two
               of
               fresh
               broth
               ,
               or
               a
               saft
               egg
               .
            
             
               That
               it
               may
               work
               more
               safely
               ,
               you
               may
               each
               week
               mix
               with
               the
               use
               of
               these
               ,
               once
               or
               twice
               ,
               the
               manyfold
               working
               powder
               of
               the
               buds
               of
               the
               Elder
               ;
               wich
               is
               thus
               prepared
               ;
            
             
               
                 Take
                 of
                 Elder
                 buds
                 dried
                 in
                 the
                 
                 shade
                 ,
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Elder
                 Kernels
                 Trochiscated
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Sennie
                 leaves
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Christallised
                 Elder
                 salt
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 three
                 drachmes
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 extract
                 of
                 Scammonie
                 ,
                 two
                 drachmes
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Galengale
                 ,
                 of
                 Macer
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 half
                 a
                 drachme
                 ,
              
            
             
               Being
               all
               subtilly
               pulverised
               ,
               distill
               upon
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 of
                 Cloves
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Fennicle
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 six
                 drops
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Cinnomon
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Carvi
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 three
                 drops
                 .
              
            
             
               Let
               them
               be
               mixt
               exactly
               in
               a
               Marble
               Morter
               for
               a
               Powder
               ,
               whose
               dose
               is
               from
               a
               scruple
               to
               a
               drachme
               .
            
             
               The
               Trochiscation
               ,
               or
               preparation
               of
               the
               seeds
               or
               kernels
               of
               Elder
               is
               thus
               ;
               Take
               one
               ounce
               of
               the
               lesser
               Esula
               ,
               prepared
               as
               is
               known
               in
               infusion
               in
               Vinegar
               ,
               and
               grosly
               pulverised
               .
               Infund
               it
               in
               the
               Spanish
               Wine
               of
               
                 Peter
                 Simons
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               5.
               let
               them
               macerate
               8
               days
               in
               the
               Sun
               ,
               or
               in
               winter
               in
               the
               
               chimny
               corner
               ,
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               glass
               being
               well
               stopped
               ;
               after
               strain
               them
               through
               gray
               paper
               ,
               and
               purifie
               them
               .
               Take
               the
               clean
               Arillas
               of
               the
               Elder
               berries
               ,
               dry
               them
               ,
               pulverise
               them
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               sufficient
               quantity
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               Esula
               ,
               make
               them
               in
               paste
               ;
               dry
               it
               ;
               being
               dryed
               ,
               bedew
               them
               with
               the
               same
               infusion
               ,
               and
               again
               work
               it
               into
               paste
               ;
               of
               which
               from
               your
               Trochisces
               ;
               dry
               them
               ,
               and
               keep
               them
               for
               your
               use
               .
            
             
               And
               because
               those
               excrementitious
               humours
               lurking
               about
               the
               stomach
               ,
               and
               vicine
               places
               ,
               and
               much
               troubling
               both
               the
               Physician
               and
               Patient
               ,
               in
               all
               Hypocondriack
               Diseases
               ,
               are
               more
               easily
               evacuate
               by
               vomit
               then
               purge
               ,
               you
               may
               use
               commodiously
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               kernels
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               prepar'd
               by
               bedewing
               them
               with
               the
               infusion
               of
               Antimony
               ,
               as
               as
               hath
               been
               shewn
               in
               the
               second
               Section
               ;
               a
               little
               after
               drinking
               warm
               water
               ,
               vomit
               is
               pvovoked
               ;
               and
               that
               obstructions
               may
               be
               sooner
               dissolv'd
               ,
               
               and
               the
               matter
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               Meseraick
               veins
               into
               the
               intestines
               ;
               besides
               these
               internal
               things
               ,
               use
               this
               fotus
               .
            
             
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 bar
                 ;
                 of
                 Elder
                 Roots
                 ,
                 ounce
                 1.
                 s
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 well
                 dried
                 Elder
                 flowers
                 ,
                 M.
                 3.
                 
              
            
             
               Make
               a
               decoction
               in
               equal
               parts
               of
               Wine
               and
               Water
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               may
               penetrate
               the
               more
               ,
               add
               as
               much
               as
               you
               think
               fit
               of
               the
               Vinegar
               of
               the
               Elder
               ;
               in
               which
               fomentation
               dip
               a
               sponge
               ,
               and
               therewith
               foment
               the
               whole
               belly
               ,
               but
               chiefly
               the
               left
               Hypochondre
               .
            
             
               See
               the
               other
               hereafter
               in
               the
               23
               Chapter
               of
               the
               Misenteries
               obstruction
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               altering
               of
               the
               bloud
               and
               spirrits
               in
               the
               true
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Hypocondriac
               Melancholy
               ;
               after
               generals
               ,
               the
               syrup
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               the
               berres
               ,
               and
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               Elder
               ,
               is
               praised
               ;
               of
               each
               of
               which
               ,
               in
               the
               morning
               fasting
               ,
               every
               day
               ,
               let
               the
               Patient
               take
               oun
               .
               1.
               in
               the
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               Burrage
               .
            
             
             
               You
               are
               likewise
               to
               take
               a
               care
               that
               the
               belly
               be
               kept
               open
               ;
               which
               is
               to
               be
               done
               by
               the
               Syrup
               and
               the
               Clyster
               mentioned
               in
               the
               2
               cap.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               Paroxisme
               of
               your
               Hypocondriac
               Melancholy
               give
               a
               spoonful
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               Elder
               in
               a
               draught
               of
               Malmsey
               ,
               for
               it
               dissipateth
               the
               ascending
               vapours
               ,
               and
               strengtheneth
               the
               spirits
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               IV.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Epilepsie
               .
            
             
               AS
               this
               is
               a
               grievous
               ,
               and
               a
               disease
               much
               to
               be
               lamented
               ;
               so
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               it
               expects
               its
               most
               specifick
               cure
               ,
               almost
               from
               the
               Elder
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cure
                 of
                 Children
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 Infants
                 new-born
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 give
                 them
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 swallow
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 give
                 them
                 with
                 great
                 profit
                 .
                 a
                 
                 spoonful
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 Elder-berries
                 ,
                 to
                 evacuate
                 that
                 putrid
                 ,
                 yellowish
                 ,
                 and
                 sometime
                 blackish
                 water
                 gathered
                 in
                 the
                 stomach
                 ,
                 and
                 parts
                 about
                 ,
                 while
                 the
                 infant
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 mothers
                 belly
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 these
                 Syrups
                 do
                 not
                 only
                 change
                 and
                 evacuate
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 also
                 preserve
                 from
                 ,
                 and
                 resist
                 malignity
                 .
              
               
                 Macerate
                 a
                 handful
                 of
                 Elder
                 flowers
                 well
                 dried
                 in
                 the
                 wine
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 best
                 sort
                 use
                 to
                 wash
                 their
                 new-born
                 babes
                 in
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 consumes
                 the
                 humors
                 gathered
                 about
                 the
                 joynts
                 ,
                 and
                 comforts
                 the
                 members
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 also
                 commended
                 ,
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 simple
                 buds
                 1
                 drach
                 .
                 of
                 the
                 whitest
                 Sugarcandie
                 1
                 drach
                 .
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 of
                 herb
                 Paris
                 Number
                 6.
                 pulverise
                 them
                 most
                 subtilly
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 give
                 half
                 a
                 scruple
                 for
                 9
                 days
                 together
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Elder
                 flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 convenient
                 liquor
                 you
                 please
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Paroxisme
                 ,
                 the
                 least
                 spoonfull
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 given
                 
                 with
                 three
                 or
                 five
                 of
                 the
                 seeds
                 of
                 
                   Peony
                   excorticat
                
                 ,
                 is
                 praised
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 of
                 
                   Peony
                   excorticat
                
                 2
                 drach
                 .
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 one
                 ounce
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 ,
                 of
                 Linden
                 flower-water
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 .
              
               
                 Make
                 an
                 Emulsion
                 according
                 to
                 art
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 edulcerate
                 
                   Rotalis
                   manus
                   Christi
                   perlatis
                
                 ,
                 give
                 it
                 by
                 spoonfuls
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 the
                 Nurse
                 sometimes
                 take
                 the
                 Conserves
                 ,
                 Syrup
                 ,
                 or
                 water
                 of
                 Elder
                 flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 having
                 taken
                 the
                 spirit
                 ,
                 juice
                 ,
                 or
                 extract
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 let
                 her
                 provoke
                 smell
                 ,
                 that
                 thereby
                 her
                 milk
                 being
                 clear
                 of
                 the
                 sharper
                 and
                 more
                 malignant
                 serosities
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 more
                 wholsom
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 knew
                 an
                 infant
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 taken
                 sometime
                 with
                 Epileptick
                 fits
                 ,
                 each
                 day
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 crying
                 ,
                 and
                 pain
                 of
                 belly
                 ,
                 did
                 dung
                 a
                 yellowish
                 greenish
                 matter
                 ;
                 whom
                 neither
                 Clysters
                 ,
                 nor
                 cleansing
                 Linctussies
                 did
                 any
                 good
                 .
                 I
                 counselled
                 his
                 mother
                 ,
                 seeing
                 I
                 saw
                 her
                 milk
                 more
                 serous
                 and
                 
                 thin
                 ,
                 that
                 she
                 should
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 a
                 week
                 take
                 the
                 rhob
                 ,
                 or
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 Elder-berries
                 ,
                 mixt
                 with
                 burn'd
                 Harts-horns
                 ;
                 and
                 drink
                 a
                 draught
                 of
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 above
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 provoke
                 her self
                 to
                 sweat
                 in
                 her
                 bed
                 ,
                 or
                 couch
                 :
                 Which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 Epileptick
                 fits
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 those
                 painfull
                 wringings
                 of
                 the
                 childs
                 belly
                 did
                 cease
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 ,
                 the
                 excrements
                 came
                 to
                 their
                 natural
                 form
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 cure
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 come
                 to
                 age
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 come
                 to
                 age
                 't
                 is
                 first
                 necessary
                 above
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 to
                 purge
                 the
                 body
                 well
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Spring
                 time
                 macerate
                 the
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 Elder
                 in
                 the
                 whey
                 of
                 Cows
                 milk
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 dulcerat
                 with
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 each
                 morning
                 take
                 a
                 hearty
                 draught
                 thereof
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Take
                     the
                     Polichrestick
                     powder
                     of
                     the
                     buds
                     two
                     scruples
                     ,
                     or
                     one
                     drachme
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     Of
                     recent
                     Rob
                     of
                     the
                     Elder
                     ,
                     well
                     thickned
                     with
                     good
                     Sugar
                     ,
                     as
                     much
                     as
                     will
                     make
                     a
                     bole
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Or
                 take
                 the
                 prescribed
                 bole
                 ;
                 dissolve
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 whey
                 of
                 Milk
                 ,
                 add
                 thereto
                 the
                 Syrup
                 made
                 of
                 Juice
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 and
                 berries
                 ,
                 ounce
                 I.
                 mix
                 it
                 ;
                 prepare
                 a
                 draught
                 :
                 But
                 if
                 the
                 Patient
                 be
                 prone
                 to
                 vomit
                 ,
                 give
                 him
                 the
                 oyl
                 expressed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 kernels
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 and
                 berries
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Paroxysm
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 great
                 power
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 more
                 efficacious
                 thus
                 :
              
               
                 
                   R.
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   middle
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   roots
                   of
                   Poeonie
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   six
                   drachms
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   dried
                   Elder
                   leaves
                   and
                   buds
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Lynden-tree
                   flowers
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   handful
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Rew-seed
                   two
                   drach
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Berries
                   of
                   herb
                   Paris
                   ,
                   numb
                   .
                   20.
                   
                
                 
                   Of
                   Jews-ears
                   ,
                   numb
                   .
                   6.
                   
                
              
               
                 This
                 being
                 cut
                 and
                 pounded
                 ,
                 put
                 as
                 
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 thereon
                 ,
                 as
                 will
                 be
                 a
                 hand
                 broad
                 high
                 above
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 hot
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 well
                 stopped
                 vessel
                 ,
                 macerate
                 them
                 eight
                 daies
                 ;
                 distil
                 them
                 in
                 glass
                 vessels
                 in
                 
                   B.
                   M.
                
                 till
                 they
                 be
                 dry
                 ;
                 mix
                 with
                 them
                 the
                 distilled
                 spirits
                 ,
                 the
                 salt
                 drawn
                 out
                 of
                 its
                 dregs
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 Anti-Epileptick
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
               
                 Whereof
                 give
                 a
                 whole
                 ,
                 or
                 half
                 spoonful
                 to
                 the
                 Epileptick
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 his
                 Paroxisme
                 ;
                 afterwards
                 using
                 it
                 every
                 quarter
                 of
                 the
                 Moon
                 ,
                 to
                 dissipate
                 the
                 Epileptick
                 corruption
                 by
                 sweating
                 ;
                 or
                 insensible
                 transpiration
                 ▪
                 and
                 to
                 guard
                 the
                 brain
                 .
              
               
                 With
                 this
                 same
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 fit
                 ,
                 rub
                 the
                 nostrils
                 ,
                 gums
                 ,
                 and
                 pallat
                 ,
                 adding
                 thereto
                 a
                 Grain
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 Castor
                 .
              
               
                 Herein
                 likewise
                 excels
                 the
                 tincture
                 and
                 extract
                 of
                 
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                
                 ;
                 the
                 preparation
                 and
                 using
                 of
                 which
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 31
                 Chapter
                 out
                 of
                 Quercetan
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 
                   
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     Granorum
                     actes
                     scrup
                     .
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     berries
                     of
                     Herb
                     Paris
                     ,
                     pulverised
                     ,
                     half
                     a
                     scrup
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Mix
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 form
                 pils
                 thereof
                 ,
                 numb
                 .
                 15.
                 or
                 being
                 dissolved
                 in
                 the
                 Anti
                 epileptick
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Eldergive
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Paroxisme
                 .
              
               
                 Mark
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 berries
                 of
                 herb
                 Paris
                 ,
                 called
                 by
                 some
                 Bear
                 or
                 Wolf
                 grapes
                 ,
                 is
                 held
                 by
                 some
                 Matrons
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 great
                 secret
                 against
                 the
                 Epilepsie
                 :
                 and
                 they
                 give
                 them
                 ever
                 in
                 an
                 unequal
                 number
                 ,
                 as
                 3
                 ,
                 5
                 ,
                 7
                 or
                 9
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Linden
                 Tree
                 flowers
                 or
                 of
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 Squamaria
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 my self
                 have
                 found
                 effectual
                 in
                 some
                 children
                 .
                 Seeing
                 these
                 berries
                 are
                 mixt
                 with
                 some
                 Antidotes
                 ,
                 especially
                 with
                 the
                 Saxonian
                 ,
                 and
                 half
                 a
                 drachm
                 of
                 the
                 seeds
                 of
                 these
                 berries
                 ,
                 as
                 Matthiolus
                 relates
                 ,
                 being
                 given
                 ,
                 avail
                 much
                 against
                 long
                 sickness
                 ,
                 and
                 Witchcraft
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 not
                 seem
                 strange
                 to
                 any
                 man
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 much
                 help
                 in
                 the
                 Epilepsie
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 consider
                 seriously
                 the
                 maligne
                 
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 Epileptick
                 vapor
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 enmity
                 with
                 the
                 brain
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 affirm
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 drawn
                 up
                 into
                 the
                 nose
                 prevails
                 much
                 against
                 the
                 Epilepsie
                 and
                 Vertigo
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 same
                 affects
                 the
                 eyes
                 and
                 face
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 washed
                 oft
                 with
                 this
                 water
                 .
              
               
                 Anoint
                 gently
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 fit
                 it self
                 ,
                 the
                 contracted
                 members
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 description
                 ,
                 that
                 thereby
                 the
                 Acrimony
                 of
                 the
                 humors
                 and
                 vapors
                 may
                 be
                 mitigate
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 matter
                 may
                 be
                 dissipate
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 nerves
                 comforted
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 and
                 third
                 description
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 distilled
                 oyl
                 ,
                 is
                 much
                 commended
                 ;
                 if
                 the
                 palmes
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 soles
                 of
                 the
                 feet
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 temples
                 of
                 the
                 head
                 and
                 nape
                 of
                 the
                 neck
                 be
                 anointed
                 therewith
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Amulets
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 likewise
                 set
                 down
                 a
                 singular
                 Amulet
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 growing
                 
                 on
                 a
                 Sallow
                 .
                 If
                 in
                 the
                 month
                 of
                 October
                 ,
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 the
                 full
                 Moon
                 ,
                 you
                 pluck
                 a
                 twig
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 the
                 cane
                 that
                 is
                 betwixt
                 two
                 of
                 its
                 knees
                 ,
                 or
                 knots
                 in
                 nine
                 pieces
                 ;
                 and
                 these
                 pieces
                 being
                 bound
                 in
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 linnen
                 ,
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 thred
                 so
                 hung
                 about
                 the
                 neck
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 touch
                 the
                 spoon
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 sword-form'd
                 Cartilage
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 stay
                 more
                 firmly
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 bound
                 thereon
                 with
                 a
                 linnen
                 or
                 silken
                 roller
                 wrapt
                 about
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 thred
                 break
                 of
                 it self
                 .
                 The
                 thred
                 being
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 roller
                 removed
                 ,
                 the
                 Amulet
                 is
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 be
                 touched
                 with
                 bare
                 hands
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 hold
                 on
                 by
                 some
                 instrument
                 ,
                 and
                 buried
                 in
                 a
                 place
                 that
                 no
                 body
                 may
                 touch
                 it
                 .
                 
                   Petraeus
                   Nosilog
                   .
                   Harmon
                   .
                   l.
                
                 1.
                 dissert
                 .
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Finkius
                   Ench.
                   Harm
                   .
                   c.
                
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 cause
                 of
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 absolutely
                 hid
                 ,
                 seeing
                 the
                 Elder
                 and
                 its
                 grains
                 help
                 this
                 disease
                 .
                 These
                 are
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 Petraeus
                 in
                 the
                 mentioned
                 place
                 .
              
               
               
                 There
                 are
                 some
                 that
                 ascribe
                 the
                 same
                 effect
                 to
                 the
                 Bore
                 tree
                 ,
                 growing
                 on
                 the
                 Tylia
                 or
                 Linden
                 tree
                 ,
                 seeing
                 both
                 by
                 a
                 peculiar
                 property
                 are
                 anti-epileptick
                 ;
                 some
                 hang
                 a
                 cross
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 and
                 Sallow
                 ,
                 mutually
                 in
                 wrapping
                 one
                 another
                 about
                 the
                 childrens
                 neck
                 ,
                 
                   Petr.
                   Loco
                   Allegat
                
                 .
              
               
                 Albeit
                 there
                 be
                 some
                 that
                 deny
                 all
                 specifick
                 operation
                 to
                 Amulets
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 growing
                 on
                 the
                 Sallow
                 and
                 Linden
                 tree
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 all
                 other
                 Amulets
                 .
                 Nevertheless
                 their
                 reasons
                 are
                 not
                 of
                 such
                 weight
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 satisfie
                 the
                 mind
                 of
                 a
                 desirous
                 learner
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 impossible
                 that
                 so
                 little
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 bound
                 to
                 the
                 skin
                 should
                 break
                 the
                 force
                 of
                 so
                 stubborn
                 a
                 disease
                 :
                 for
                 though
                 it
                 do
                 not
                 draw
                 out
                 sensibly
                 the
                 vitious
                 humors
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 may
                 act
                 against
                 the
                 morbifick
                 cause
                 ,
                 and
                 rout
                 it
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 ,
                 by
                 alluring
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 expugning
                 those
                 vitious
                 humors
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 malignant
                 Miamse
                 ,
                 most
                 noisom
                 to
                 the
                 brain
                 ,
                 it
                 having
                 in
                 little
                 bulk
                 great
                 force
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 
                 or
                 removed
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 likely
                 the
                 Epilepsie
                 will
                 cease
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 humors
                 remain
                 ;
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 altogther
                 corrupt
                 :
                 which
                 humors
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 purged
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 diversities
                 of
                 constitutions
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 use
                 such
                 Amulets
                 .
                 Read
                 
                   Sennert
                   .
                   l.
                   de
                   Cons
                   .
                   &
                   dissen
                   .
                   Gal
                   &
                   .
                   Chymic
                   .
                
              
               
                 Whereas
                 they
                 object
                 ,
                 That
                 in
                 all
                 these
                 Amulets
                 do
                 not
                 hold
                 :
                 This
                 will
                 not
                 prove
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 indewed
                 with
                 an
                 Anti-epileptick
                 faculty
                 ;
                 otherwise
                 many
                 famous
                 Medicaments
                 should
                 be
                 called
                 in
                 question
                 ,
                 seeing
                 many
                 times
                 they
                 are
                 disappointed
                 of
                 their
                 actings
                 in
                 some
                 subjects
                 ;
                 because
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 used
                 in
                 fit
                 quantity
                 ,
                 time
                 ,
                 or
                 after
                 due
                 prepration
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 errours
                 are
                 committed
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 hinder
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 approved
                 Medicine
                 to
                 take
                 effect
                 ;
                 neither
                 is
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 power
                 alwaies
                 of
                 the
                 Physician
                 or
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 diseased
                 should
                 be
                 releived
                 :
                 some
                 times
                 the
                 evil
                 excels
                 the
                 cunningest
                 art
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               V.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Apoplexie
               and
               Palsie
               .
            
             
               AS
               preservative
               a
               against
               the
               Apoplexie
               and
               Palsie
               ,
               the
               Salt
               of
               the
               Elder
               is
               much
               commended
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               mixt
               with
               a
               third
               part
               of
               the
               volatile
               salt
               of
               Amber
               (
               which
               volatile
               salt
               useth
               to
               stick
               to
               the
               neck
               of
               the
               retort
               ,
               in
               the
               distillation
               of
               the
               oyl
               of
               Amber
               )
               and
               given
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               new
               Moon
               ,
               or
               full
               moon
               ,
               in
               a
               convenient
               liquor
               ,
               in
               the
               weight
               of
               a
               scruple
               ,
               or
               half
               a
               drachme
               .
               The
               salt
               of
               the
               Elder
               must
               be
               first
               excellently
               Crystallized
               in
               the
               water
               of
               Sage
               ,
               as
               you
               know
               .
            
             
               Amwald
               desires
               that
               three
               parts
               of
               the
               extract
               of
               black
               Hellebore
               be
               mixed
               with
               the
               Rob
               of
               Elder
               ;
               which
               he
               commends
               as
               a
               gallant
               specifick
               against
               the
               Apoplexie
               ,
               and
               all
               noysom
               affections
               of
               the
               brain
               .
               The
               receit
               is
               set
               down
               in
               his
               Treatise
               ,
               
                 Panacea
                 Amwaldina
                 ,
                 fol.
              
               23.
               
            
             
               
                 Pulvis
                 Tureonum
                 Polychrestus
              
               ,
               doth
               not
               only
               purge
               the
               stomach
               and
               nearest
               vessel
               ,
               but
               likewise
               the
               brain
               from
               
               its
               gross
               ,
               pituite
               ,
               and
               serous
               humors
               ,
               whereof
               give
               a
               drachme
               thereof
               when
               it
               is
               needful
               in
               form
               of
               a
               Pill
               .
            
             
               Oxymel
               Samb
               .
               is
               likewise
               useful
               in
               these
               cold
               distempers
               of
               the
               brain
               ;
               whereof
               give
               oft
               in
               the
               water
               of
               Sage
               ,
               a
               little
               masted
               before
               purging
               ,
               at
               least
               two
               or
               three
               ounces
               for
               the
               cutting
               and
               preparing
               that
               gross
               matter
               .
            
             
               The
               Spirit
               likewise
               distilled
               from
               the
               Berries
               is
               excellent
               ,
               if
               once
               a
               week
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               each
               quarter
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               a
               spoonful
               thereof
               mixt
               with
               crums
               of
               wheat
               bread
               ,
               and
               a
               little
               sugar
               ,
               for
               it
               consumes
               the
               phlegmatick
               humors
               ,
               and
               drieth
               and
               comforteth
               the
               brain
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               taken
               in
               place
               of
               a
               simple
               Anti-epileptick
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               said
               in
               the
               former
               Chapter
               ,
               Or.
               
            
             
               You
               may
               prepare
               it
               new
               thus
               ,
               only
               for
               this
               affection
               ,
               in
               what
               quantity
               you
               please
               ,
               thus
               ;
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Sage
                   ,
                   Marjoram
                   ,
                   Ivy
                   Arthritica
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   two
                   drachmes
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Couslip
                   flowers
                   ,
                   Conval
                   
                   Lilly
                   flowers
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   drach
                   .
                   and
                   an
                   half
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Rochet
                   seed
                   ,
                   two
                   drachmes
                   .
                
              
               Which
               ,
               all
               being
               cut
               ,
               and
               grosly
               pulverised
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               macerated
               in
               a
               sufficient
               quantity
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               Elder
               ,
               and
               after
               eight
               daies
               to
               be
               distillid
               in
               
                 B.
                 M.
              
               till
               they
               be
               dry
               ;
               for
               the
               Apoplectick
               spirit
               of
               the
               Elder
               ;
               in
               a
               part
               of
               which
               Castoreum
               may
               be
               dissolved
               ,
               and
               oft
               times
               transcolate
               ;
               of
               which
               mixture
               a
               spoonful
               ,
               chiefly
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Paroxisme
               ,
               should
               be
               instilled
               ,
               as
               the
               cause
               is
               of
               exigency
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               same
               rub
               the
               pallat
               ,
               nostrills
               ,
               crown
               of
               the
               head
               ,
               and
               nuke
               of
               the
               neck
               .
            
             
               Two
               or
               three
               drops
               of
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               second
               or
               third
               description
               ,
               or
               distilled
               ,
               being
               instilled
               in
               the
               ear
               ,
               or
               anoynted
               on
               the
               pallat
               ,
               after
               the
               manner
               the
               spirit
               is
               thought
               to
               help
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               Mark
               ,
               That
               those
               things
               we
               have
               now
               commended
               ,
               have
               chief
               place
               in
               that
               Apoplexie
               that
               proceeds
               from
               pituite
               
               or
               other
               gross
               humors
               ,
               and
               is
               familiar
               to
               old
               men
               ;
               but
               that
               which
               proceeds
               from
               depression
               of
               the
               scul
               ,
               or
               inflammation
               of
               the
               brain
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               cured
               by
               other
               Medicines
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               our
               part
               here
               to
               handle
               .
            
             
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Palsie
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 if
                 the
                 Apoplexie
                 end
                 in
                 a
                 Palsie
                 of
                 the
                 sides
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 members
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 useth
                 ,
                 having
                 observed
                 those
                 universals
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 provision
                 of
                 whole
                 body
                 and
                 brain
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 necessary
                 oft
                 in
                 the
                 week
                 to
                 provoke
                 sweat
                 .
              
               
                 Half
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 the
                 Apoplectick
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 useful
                 here
                 ;
                 also
                 two
                 drachms
                 of
                 the
                 rob
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 in
                 Sage
                 water
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     extract
                     of
                     the
                     Rohob
                     of
                     the
                     Elder
                     ,
                     drach
                     .
                     5.
                     and
                     an
                     half
                     .
                  
                   
                     Antimony
                     diaphoretick
                     ,
                     most
                     white
                     ,
                     half
                     a
                     drachm
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Of
                 which
                 every
                 morning
                 give
                 to
                 the
                 Paralitick
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 exactly
                 mixt
                 ,
                 1
                 drachm
                 in
                 2
                 or
                 3
                 ounces
                 of
                 the
                 decoction
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Burdock
                 ,
                 and
                 command
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 
                 being
                 well
                 lapped
                 in
                 his
                 bed
                 ,
                 he
                 swet
                 for
                 half
                 an
                 hour
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 sweat
                 more
                 freely
                 and
                 fully
                 you
                 may
                 mix
                 with
                 the
                 potion
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 the
                 Apoplectick
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 enervat
                 ,
                 or
                 hanging
                 members
                 are
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 to
                 be
                 rubbed
                 ,
                 first
                 with
                 hard
                 sharp
                 clothes
                 ;
                 afterward
                 with
                 the
                 spirit
                 drawn
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 and
                 inebriate
                 with
                 the
                 essence
                 of
                 Cephalick
                 herbs
                 .
                 So
                 those
                 gross
                 and
                 viscid
                 humors
                 that
                 trouble
                 the
                 nerves
                 ,
                 and
                 compresse
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 stop
                 the
                 passage
                 of
                 the
                 animal
                 spirits
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 attenuate
                 ,
                 and
                 dissipate
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 stupified
                 spirits
                 will
                 be
                 raised
                 and
                 allured
                 .
              
               
                 Nevertheless
                 ,
                 lest
                 by
                 these
                 hot
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 drying
                 spirits
                 ,
                 the
                 matter
                 it self
                 and
                 nevres
                 should
                 be
                 hardned
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 mix
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 a
                 third
                 of
                 the
                 oyl
                 drawn
                 from
                 the
                 Kernels
                 of
                 its
                 berries
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 will
                 attemperate
                 the
                 
                 too
                 too
                 much
                 exsiccating
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 nevertheless
                 digest
                 and
                 consume
                 the
                 matter
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 case
                 likewise
                 ,
                 the
                 decoction
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 and
                 Ebulus
                 in
                 simple
                 water
                 is
                 much
                 praised
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 seeing
                 oft
                 times
                 the
                 Palsie
                 of
                 the
                 tongue
                 ,
                 and
                 difficulty
                 of
                 speaking
                 remains
                 ,
                 the
                 tongue
                 is
                 oft
                 times
                 to
                 be
                 rub'd
                 ,
                 and
                 humectated
                 with
                 a
                 sponge
                 ,
                 dipped
                 in
                 the
                 Apoplectick
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               VI.
               
            
             
               Of
               Catarrhs
               .
            
             
               IN
               this
               the
               Wine
               prepared
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               berries
               ,
               is
               much
               commended
               ,
               because
               it
               excellently
               purgeth
               the
               body
               of
               that
               serous
               inundation
               ,
               of
               which
               ,
               after
               you
               have
               taken
               a
               little
               broth
               ,
               drink
               a
               cupfull
               in
               the
               morning
               .
            
             
               The
               simple
               Powder
               of
               the
               buds
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               taking
               a
               scruple
               thereof
               in
               a
               
               soft
               egg
               ,
               or
               in
               some
               syrup
               ,
               or
               in
               a
               spoonful
               of
               the
               Oximel
               of
               the
               Elder
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               or
               Harvest
               ,
               for
               14
               daies
               each
               morning
               ,
               and
               fasting
               two
               hours
               at
               least
               after
               it
               ,
               doth
               mightily
               consume
               the
               Catarrhous
               matter
               .
               Or
               instead
               of
               the
               Powder
               use
               the
               Conserve
               of
               the
               buds
               ,
               mixt
               with
               the
               third
               part
               of
               the
               Conserve
               of
               the
               flowers
               ;
               the
               Dose
               
                 ounc
                 .
                 s.
              
               
            
             
               If
               the
               body
               stand
               in
               need
               of
               greater
               evacuation
               ,
               exhibit
               once
               or
               twice
               the
               polichrestick
               powder
               of
               the
               buds
               .
            
             
               The
               salt
               of
               the
               Elder
               by
               it self
               ,
               or
               mixt
               with
               the
               third
               part
               of
               the
               volatile
               salt
               of
               Ambre
               ,
               dose
               scrup
               .
               1.
               is
               esteemed
               likewise
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               Elders
               salt
               ,
               taking
               weekly
               six
               drops
               thereof
               ,
               or
               more
               in
               broth
               made
               of
               flesh
               .
            
             
               Also
               ,
               a
               spoonful
               or
               two
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               berries
               and
               flowers
               ,
               taken
               with
               crums
               of
               bread
               and
               sugar
               .
            
             
               Concerning
               other
               things
               ,
               especially
               sweetning
               ,
               which
               is
               sometimes
               conducible
               to
               consume
               the
               matter
               in
               
               this
               disease
               ,
               read
               the
               precedent
               Chapter
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               VII
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Toothach
               .
            
             
               SEing
               this
               disease
               oft
               flowes
               from
               defluxions
               ,
               those
               things
               are
               to
               be
               first
               used
               that
               are
               set
               down
               in
               the
               former
               Chapter
               .
            
             
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 will
                 onely
                 prescribe
                 here
                 Topicks
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
                 
                   Raymund
                   Minder
                
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Military
                   Medicine
                   ,
                   cap.
                
                 10.
                 commends
                 much
                 the
                 decoction
                 of
                 the
                 roots
                 in
                 Wine
                 and
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 used
                 to
                 gargarise
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 protests
                 that
                 no
                 one
                 Medicine
                 sooner
                 easeth
                 this
                 great
                 pain
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 Example
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     roots
                     of
                     Elder
                     cut
                     in
                     slices
                     ,
                     two
                     ounces
                     and
                     an
                     half
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Elder
                     ,
                     or
                     simple
                     Vinegar
                     ,
                     of
                     white
                     Wine
                     ,
                     of
                     each
                     six
                     ounces
                     .
                  
                
                 Boyl
                 them
                 for
                 a
                 water
                 to
                 wash
                 the
                 
                 mouth
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 oft
                 to
                 be
                 spit
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 renewed
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     middle
                     Elder
                     bark
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Elder
                     flowers
                     ,
                     of
                     each
                     an
                     handfull
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Jews
                     ears
                     one
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Boyl
                 them
                 likewise
                 in
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 Vinegar
                 and
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 use
                 it
                 .
                 Where
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 suspicion
                 of
                 worms
                 in
                 the
                 hollow
                 tooth
                 ,
                 the
                 hollowness
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 filled
                 with
                 the
                 spongiola
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ;
                 at
                 last
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 held
                 hard
                 betwixt
                 the
                 teeth
                 :
                 Likewise
                 the
                 vapor
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 decoction
                 may
                 be
                 received
                 through
                 a
                 funnel
                 at
                 the
                 mouth
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 make
                 Tooth-pickers
                 ,
                 and
                 Spoons
                 of
                 Elder
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 attribute
                 much
                 in
                 preserving
                 from
                 this
                 pain
                 .
                 The
                 common
                 people
                 take
                 these
                 tooth-pickers
                 ,
                 being
                 bloudy
                 with
                 pricking
                 and
                 picking
                 the
                 tooth
                 ,
                 and
                 glew
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Trunk
                 of
                 an
                 Elder
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 irradiated
                 with
                 the
                 morning
                 Sun
                 beams
                 ;
                 they
                 pull
                 away
                 the
                 bark
                 ,
                 and
                 cover
                 the
                 place
                 with
                 rosin
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Pine
                 :
                 and
                 thus
                 they
                 cure
                 all
                 tooth-aches
                 .
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 not
                 apparent
                 by
                 what
                 vertue
                 this
                 is
                 done
                 ;
                 when
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 attributed
                 to
                 the
                 incision
                 ,
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 attributed
                 to
                 the
                 blooding
                 ,
                 or
                 time
                 of
                 continuance
                 ,
                 wherein
                 most
                 diseases
                 are
                 eased
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 leave
                 every
                 man
                 to
                 his
                 judgement
                 ,
                 
                   Scal.
                   Exerc.
                
                 183.
                 sect
                 .
                 11.
                 
              
               
                 If
                 from
                 a
                 defluction
                 ,
                 the
                 gums
                 and
                 cheeks
                 do
                 swel
                 ,
                 anoynt
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 the
                 dregs
                 or
                 crassament
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 will
                 digest
                 and
                 resolve
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               VIII
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Affects
               of
               the
               eyes
               .
            
             
               
                 PLaterus
                 Tom.
              
               2.
               praxeos
               .
               hath
               observed
               ,
               that
               Chirurgeons
               used
               to
               apply
               to
               sore
               eyes
               a
               Pill
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               macerated
               in
               common
               ,
               or
               Rose
               water
               ,
               or
               other
               convenient
               ,
               to
               mitigate
               the
               pain
               .
            
             
               The
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               mixt
               with
               a
               like
               proportion
               of
               Rose
               water
               ,
               wounderfully
               mitigateth
               ophthalmike
               pains
               ,
               and
               strengtheneth
               the
               sight
               ;
               into
               which
               sometimes
               prepared
               tutty
               in
               a
               knot
               is
               to
               be
               put
               ,
               to
               ease
               the
               itch
               ,
               and
               a
               spunge
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               macerated
               in
               Pennyroyal
               water
               ,
               to
               be
               applyed
               to
               the
               nuke
               or
               hollow
               of
               the
               neck
               .
            
             
               This
               following
               liquor
               anointed
               on
               the
               eyelids
               with
               a
               feather
               is
               profitable
               .
            
             
               R.
               Elder
               flowers
               gathered
               in
               the
               
               month
               of
               June
               ,
               before
               the
               rising
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               picked
               from
               their
               stalks
               as
               much
               as
               you
               will
               ;
               beat
               them
               in
               a
               Marble
               Morter
               ;
               and
               in
               a
               glass
               well
               stopped
               ,
               expose
               them
               for
               a
               month
               to
               the
               rayes
               of
               the
               Sun
               ;
               them
               let
               then
               be
               involv'd
               in
               a
               leavened
               Rie
               loaf
               ,
               and
               baked
               with
               other
               bread
               in
               an
               oven
               ;
               which
               being
               taken
               out
               and
               opened
               ,
               you
               shall
               find
               an
               oleaginous
               liquor
               ,
               which
               you
               must
               carefully
               preserve
               in
               another
               glass
               for
               your
               use
               .
            
             
               The
               tender
               and
               recent
               leaves
               ,
               with
               polent
               or
               barly
               meal
               ,
               applyed
               to
               inflammations
               ,
               doth
               mitigate
               them
               ,
               by
               dissolving
               and
               digesting
               ,
               as
               was
               taught
               before
               by
               Dioscorides
               ;
               which
               may
               be
               used
               externally
               in
               Ophthalmies
               ,
               general
               Medicines
               being
               premised
               .
               Or
               rather
               use
               this
               Cataplasme
               ,
               which
               did
               much
               help
               in
               a
               more
               vehement
               tumor
               of
               the
               eyelids
               ,
               whereby
               the
               whole
               eye
               was
               hid
               .
               Make
               of
               the
               Mucilage
               of
               the
               seed
               of
               Psyllium
               ,
               and
               Linseed
               ,
               extracted
               by
               the
               best
               water
               of
               Elder
               flowers
               ,
               of
               each
               six
               drachmes
               ,
               add
               of
               
               Elder
               oyl
               half
               an
               ounce
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               meal
               of
               the
               flowers
               as
               will
               suffice
               .
            
             
               Make
               thereof
               a
               Cataplasm
               .
            
             
               The
               little
               spunge
               of
               the
               Elder
               macerate
               well
               in
               the
               best
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               til
               they
               swell
               great
               ,
               do
               wipe
               away
               gallantly
               the
               dirt
               and
               matter
               in
               those
               blemishes
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               other
               wounds
               and
               ulcers
               of
               the
               eyes
               ,
               immediately
               laying
               thereon
               a
               tender
               and
               recent
               Elder
               leaf
               .
            
             
               They
               say
               that
               the
               ashes
               thereof
               blown
               in
               the
               eye
               ,
               hath
               consumed
               a
               beginning
               Panincle
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               IX
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Diseases
               of
               the
               Ears
               and
               Hearing
               .
            
             
               FOments
               of
               the
               decoction
               of
               Elder
               ,
               and
               Camomile
               flowers
               ,
               mitigates
               the
               pain
               of
               the
               ears
               .
               The
               oyl
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               may
               be
               with
               profit
               anointed
               ;
               or
               adding
               the
               meal
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               make
               thereof
               a
               Cataplasm
               ,
               
               which
               is
               to
               be
               applied
               hot
               to
               the
               whole
               region
               of
               the
               ears
               .
            
             
               The
               difficulty
               of
               hearing
               ,
               through
               gross
               humors
               and
               vapors
               that
               possess
               the
               auditory
               organs
               ,
               is
               greatly
               helped
               after
               you
               have
               used
               universals
               ,
               and
               the
               polychrestick
               buds
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               by
               the
               vapor
               of
               the
               decoction
               of
               the
               roots
               and
               leaves
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               made
               in
               a
               fit
               Lixive
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               Lixive
               ,
               if
               you
               add
               Origanum
               ,
               the
               ears
               are
               to
               be
               oft
               washed
               ,
               and
               still
               well
               dried
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               vapor
               takes
               away
               the
               tingling
               ,
               whistling
               ,
               and
               other
               sounds
               of
               the
               ear
               ,
               which
               are
               also
               remedied
               by
               a
               drop
               or
               two
               of
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               second
               or
               third
               description
               ,
               being
               put
               on
               a
               bombaceous
               tent
               ,
               thrust
               in
               the
               ears
               ,
               for
               it
               consumes
               and
               dissipates
               the
               flatuosities
               ,
               from
               which
               these
               arise
               .
            
             
               Some
               who
               suspect
               the
               unctuosity
               of
               the
               oyl
               ,
               use
               after
               the
               same
               manner
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               berries
               ;
               chiefly
               the
               apoplectick
               ,
               which
               by
               its
               penetrating
               
               force
               doth
               discuss
               them
               egregiously
               .
            
             
               The
               juice
               prest
               out
               of
               the
               recent
               leaves
               ,
               with
               a
               little
               Wine
               ,
               and
               instilled
               in
               the
               ears
               ,
               doth
               cleanse
               the
               filth
               of
               the
               exulcerate
               ears
               ,
               and
               kill
               the
               worms
               .
               It
               doth
               likewise
               cleanse
               and
               consolidate
               wounds
               and
               ulcers
               ;
               of
               which
               in
               his
               proper
               Chapter
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               X.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Defects
               of
               the
               Nose
               ,
               and
               Smelling
               .
            
             
               THe
               best
               Water
               of
               the
               Flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               oft
               drawn
               up
               in
               the
               nose
               ,
               doth
               help
               the
               smelling
               ,
               that
               is
               diminished
               by
               some
               great
               sickness
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               exulceration
               of
               the
               nose
               by
               a
               salt
               defluxion
               ,
               the
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               bark
               are
               profitable
               ,
               seeing
               they
               deterge
               ,
               dry
               ,
               and
               conglut
               inate
               .
            
             
               In
               a
               greater
               exulceration
               ,
               where
               the
               flesh
               is
               too
               proud
               ,
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               salt
               is
               needful
               ,
               which
               being
               mixt
               with
               
               the
               rest
               ,
               it
               consumes
               the
               proud
               flesh
               ,
               and
               hindreth
               further
               putresaction
               .
               See
               the
               Chapter
               of
               curing
               ulcers
               .
            
             
               
                 Gabel
                 Rover
              
               doth
               commend
               the
               Spunges
               that
               grow
               on
               the
               stock
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               being
               dryed
               ,
               pulverised
               ,
               and
               given
               in
               a
               fit
               liquor
               ,
               for
               staying
               the
               Hemorage
               of
               the
               nose
               .
            
             
               
                 Tragea
                 Granorum
                 actes
              
               ,
               which
               is
               described
               in
               the
               cure
               of
               the
               Dyscentery
               ,
               is
               good
               in
               this
               case
               .
               The
               dose
               half
               a
               drachme
               ,
               or
               two
               scruples
               ,
               in
               a
               spoonful
               or
               two
               of
               Quercetans
               Corralline
               Syrup
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               Styptick
               red
               Wine
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               distilled
               water
               of
               the
               Sperm
               of
               Frogs
               ,
               Shepherds
               purse
               ,
               or
               Purslain
               ,
               &c.
               or
               make
               a
               Powder
               of
               the
               equal
               parts
               of
               Tragea
               ,
               and
               the
               little
               sponges
               ,
               which
               is
               both
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               the
               mentioned
               liquors
               ,
               and
               lightly
               and
               easily
               to
               blown
               into
               the
               nostrils
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XI
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               blemishes
               of
               Face
               and
               Head.
               
            
             
               IF
               you
               wash
               the
               face
               oft
               with
               the
               distilled
               water
               of
               the
               leaves
               and
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               it
               cleanseth
               and
               drieth
               up
               all
               pimples
               and
               pustles
               of
               the
               face
               .
            
             
               Dispensatories
               affirm
               ,
               that
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               mundifieth
               and
               makes
               clear
               the
               skin
               .
            
             
               
                 In
                 Lentiginibus
              
               ,
               commonly
               called
               Freckles
               ,
               by
               signature
               ,
               a
               decoction
               of
               the
               flowers
               in
               water
               is
               commended
               ;
               for
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               are
               spotted
               ,
               
                 Oswald
                 Croll
                 .
                 de
                 signaturis
                 .
                 Dioscorides
              
               teacheth
               ,
               that
               the
               juice
               anointed
               ,
               makes
               the
               hair
               black
               .
               This
               will
               be
               a
               profitable
               experiment
               to
               those
               that
               endeavour
               to
               make
               their
               red
               hair
               black
               ;
               albeit
               the
               colour
               be
               more
               comely
               in
               many
               ,
               than
               ill
               favoured
               .
               What
               we
               must
               allow
               to
               those
               old
               Ruffins
               that
               are
               ashamed
               of
               their
               white
               locks
               ,
               Galen
               hath
               taught
               
               hath
               taught
               us
               ,
               l.
               1.
               
                 de
                 Compos
                 .
                 Medicament
                 .
                 secund
                 .
                 Loc.
                 c.
              
               3.
               and
               this
               transcursorily
               occasioned
               by
               Dioscorides
               his
               words
               .
            
             
               Take
               Elder
               roots
               cut
               very
               small
               ,
               adding
               a
               little
               of
               the
               seed
               of
               
                 Staphis
                 agriae
              
               made
               in
               a
               Lixive
               ,
               wherein
               wash
               the
               head
               that
               is
               full
               of
               scales
               &
               lice
               .
               The
               same
               decoction
               heals
               the
               Tineam
               or
               Favum
               in
               children
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               over
               strong
               and
               painful
               ,
               dilute
               it
               with
               the
               decoction
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               leaves
               .
               The
               pain
               is
               likewise
               mitigated
               by
               the
               anointing
               of
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               if
               after
               washing
               it
               be
               anointed
               .
            
             
               The
               oyl
               expressed
               out
               of
               the
               berries
               and
               kernels
               ,
               and
               mixt
               by
               stirring
               ,
               with
               a
               third
               part
               of
               Turpentine
               ,
               and
               anointed
               ,
               doth
               cure
               by
               drying
               and
               cleansing
               ,
               all
               ulcers
               of
               the
               head
               ,
               the
               whole
               Elder
               leaf
               after
               being
               applyed
               .
               
                 Oleum
                 Saccharo
                 sambucinum
              
               is
               likewise
               commodious
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XII
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Diseases
               of
               the
               Mouth
               and
               Throat
               .
            
             
               THe
               Common
               Women
               ,
               so
               soon
               as
               they
               suspect
               any
               Disease
               in
               the
               Throte
               of
               their
               young
               ones
               ,
               they
               steep
               the
               sponge
               of
               the
               Elder
               in
               their
               drink
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               is
               sweld
               ,
               they
               therewith
               carefully
               wipe
               away
               all
               the
               filth
               of
               the
               pallat
               ,
               gums
               ,
               and
               tongue
               .
            
             
               The
               expressed
               juice
               of
               the
               leaves
               mixt
               with
               simple
               or
               Elder
               honey
               ,
               doth
               absterge
               and
               exsiccate
               egregiously
               all
               the
               ulcers
               of
               the
               gums
               and
               throat
               :
               If
               therewith
               they
               be
               anointed
               by
               a
               pencil
               ,
               or
               if
               it
               be
               disolved
               in
               the
               water
               of
               the
               leaves
               and
               bark
               ,
               and
               gargarised
               therewith
               .
            
             
               You
               shall
               add
               more
               vertue
               thereto
               in
               deterging
               ,
               in
               purifying
               ,
               if
               you
               mix
               a
               little
               of
               the
               salt
               of
               the
               Elder
               therewith
               ,
               or
               dissolve
               the
               said
               juice
               in
               a
               
               weaker
               Lixive
               ,
               and
               use
               it
               as
               a
               Gargarisme
               .
            
             
               If
               the
               ulcers
               be
               more
               malignant
               ,
               and
               the
               product
               of
               the
               great
               Pox
               ,
               't
               is
               necessary
               that
               twice
               or
               thrice
               a
               day
               you
               rub
               them
               with
               a
               sponge
               or
               pencil
               dipped
               in
               the
               spirit
               of
               Elder
               berries
               ,
               wherein
               a
               little
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               Sulphur
               hath
               been
               dissolv'd
               ,
               and
               immediatly
               after
               wash
               them
               with
               the
               decoction
               of
               the
               leaves
               ,
               and
               besprinkling
               them
               with
               the
               small
               flower
               of
               the
               Elder
               pith
               .
            
             
               The
               Tonsils
               being
               tumefied
               by
               a
               thin
               and
               saltish
               defluxion
               ,
               let
               them
               be
               gargarised
               with
               water
               ,
               or
               decoction
               of
               Elder
               flowers
               ,
               wherein
               a
               little
               Elder-hony
               hath
               been
               mixed
               ;
               for
               licking
               the
               Rhob
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               inspissated
               with
               Sugar
               ,
               is
               commodious
               ;
               which
               is
               our
               womens
               common
               and
               used
               Medicine
               ▪
               you
               may
               use
               the
               syrup
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               the
               berries
               ,
               or
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               or
               the
               hony
               of
               either
               .
            
             
               Outwardly
               anoint
               them
               with
               the
               oyl
               of
               Elder
               flowers
               infusion
               ,
               which
               doth
               resolve
               it
               .
            
             
             
               In
               the
               Squinancy
               ,
               having
               first
               used
               universals
               ,
               to
               the
               foresaid
               Gargarism
               add
               some
               leaves
               of
               Self-heal
               ,
               with
               one
               or
               two
               of
               the
               sponges
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               called
               by
               many
               Jews
               ear
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               sure
               experiment
               .
               
                 Lob.
                 in
                 Advers
                 .
                 Novis
                 stirp
                 .
                 p.
              
               434.
               
            
             
               The
               Linctus
               must
               be
               the
               former
               ,
               only
               add
               some
               pulverised
               Jews
               ears
               ;
               or
               make
               this
               Eclegme
               ;
               Take
               Jews-ears
               two
               or
               three
               ,
               let
               them
               sharpen
               an
               hour
               or
               two
               in
               a
               sufficient
               quantity
               of
               the
               water
               of
               Elder
               flowers
               ;
               then
               let
               them
               boyle
               lightly
               ,
               and
               them
               in
               a
               Marble
               Mortar
               ,
               and
               put
               them
               through
               a
               Setace
               ;
               add
               unto
               this
               Musilage
               as
               much
               as
               is
               needful
               of
               the
               Syrup
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               sugar
               ,
               as
               will
               make
               a
               Linctus
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               oft
               use
               ;
               besides
               ,
               it
               opens
               the
               belly
               .
            
             
               Outwardly
               apply
               an
               Anadyne
               Cataplasm
               ,
               which
               doth
               digest
               and
               resolve
               ,
               made
               of
               Elder
               leaves
               ,
               and
               Reddish
               stalks
               ,
               pounded
               and
               boyled
               in
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               Elder
               flowers
               ,
               
               to
               the
               consistency
               of
               a
               Pulticle
               .
            
             
               The
               Acetoses
               Syrup
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               dissolved
               in
               the
               decoction
               of
               Barley
               ,
               and
               given
               as
               a
               Julap
               when
               't
               is
               necessary
               ,
               tempereth
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               blood
               and
               whole
               body
               .
               See
               afterward
               the
               cure
               of
               the
               continued
               Fevers
               .
            
             
               In
               spitting
               of
               blood
               
                 Tragea
                 granorum
                 actes
              
               is
               profitable
               ;
               whereof
               we
               have
               made
               mention
               in
               the
               tenth
               Chapter
               ,
               which
               being
               taken
               in
               some
               convenient
               Syrup
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               used
               for
               a
               Linctus
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XIII
               .
            
             
               Of
               Dyspnei
               and
               Asthma
               .
            
             
               THat
               those
               things
               may
               be
               remov'd
               in
               these
               diseases
               ,
               and
               expectorat
               ,
               which
               are
               gathered
               through
               the
               proper
               imbecility
               of
               the
               Lungs
               ,
               use
               the
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               in
               which
               a
               third
               part
               of
               Elder
               Oximel
               is
               dissolved
               ,
               and
               as
               Julap
               twice
               a
               day
               drink
               two
               or
               three
               ounces
               thereof
               ,
               it
               
               cuts
               the
               gross
               matter
               ,
               and
               facilitateth
               the
               expectoration
               thereof
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               Oximel
               thickned
               with
               Sugar-candy
               ,
               and
               taken
               off
               a
               liquorice-stick
               like
               a
               Linctus
               ,
               and
               swallowed
               leasurely
               ,
               worketh
               well
               in
               expectoration
               .
            
             
               The
               Syrup
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Juice
               of
               the
               Berries
               and
               Buds
               ,
               &c.
               are
               wholsome
               taken
               after
               the
               same
               manner
               .
            
             
               The
               Bark
               of
               the
               Elder
               entreth
               that
               famous
               Oximel
               ,
               Helleborat
               of
               Gesner
               .
            
             
               The
               spirit
               of
               the
               berries
               in
               a
               great
               Dispnoea
               is
               profitable
               ,
               half
               a
               spoonful
               ,
               or
               a
               spoonful
               thereof
               taken
               with
               sugar
               .
            
             
               Use
               this
               following
               Asmalick
               ,
               or
               Pneumatick
               Spirit
               ,
               if
               you
               please
               .
            
             
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 Elder
                 bark
                 Liquorish
                 ,
                 well
                 shaven
                 ,
                 six
                 drachms
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 Allacompaine
                 ,
                 of
                 Florentine
                 Ireos
                 ,
                 Of
                 each
                 two
                 drachms
                 .
              
               
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 whole
                 herb
                 Erysimum
                 ,
                 two
                 handful
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Fennel-seed
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 .
              
            
             
               Being
               cut
               ,
               and
               shaked
               together
               ,
               infuse
               them
               in
               a
               sufficient
               quantity
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               
                 Granorum
                 actes
              
               ,
               in
               which
               let
               them
               stand
               seven
               days
               ,
               every
               day
               twice
               stirring
               all
               together
               ;
               afterward
               let
               them
               be
               distilled
               in
               Bal.
               Mar.
               for
               the
               Pneumatick
               spirit
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               which
               in
               time
               of
               necessity
               is
               to
               be
               taken
               either
               by
               it self
               ,
               or
               dulcerat
               with
               a
               little
               sugar
               ,
               or
               the
               syrup
               of
               Violets
               .
            
             
               Or
               with
               the
               same
               with
               Canary-sugar
               ,
               or
               of
               Madara
               ,
               prepare
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               Elder-sugar
               as
               followeth
               .
               Take
               of
               this
               Pneumatick
               spirit
               rectified
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               you
               will
               ,
               mix
               with
               it
               half
               the
               quantity
               of
               Sugar
               ;
               fire
               the
               spirit
               with
               a
               wax-candle
               ,
               or
               light
               paper
               ,
               stir
               it
               hither
               and
               thither
               with
               a
               knife
               ,
               till
               all
               turn
               to
               a
               thick
               and
               oily
               liquor
               ,
               and
               the
               flame
               cease
               of
               it self
               .
               Use
               it
               as
               an
               Eclegme
               with
               a
               stick
               of
               Liquorice
               by
               it self
               ;
               or
               mix
               with
               an
               equal
               part
               of
               Elder
               Oximel
               ,
               it
               mightily
               moves
               expectoration
               ,
               
               &c.
               't
               is
               profitable
               to
               anoint
               the
               breast
               in
               the
               greatest
               difficulty
               of
               breathing
               with
               the
               oyl
               of
               Elder-flowers
               of
               the
               first
               description
               ;
               you
               may
               mix
               therewith
               some
               drops
               of
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               third
               description
               .
            
             
               In
               suffocating
               Catars
               ,
               besides
               these
               abundantly
               declared
               ,
               it
               availeth
               much
               ,
               if
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               fit
               ,
               you
               put
               a
               sponge
               dipped
               in
               Elder-vinegar
               to
               the
               nose
               ,
               and
               therewith
               wet
               the
               crown
               of
               the
               head
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XIV
               .
            
             
               Of
               Hoasting
               and
               Hoarsness
               .
            
             
               VVOmen
               with
               great
               success
               ,
               give
               to
               their
               coughing
               unquiet
               children
               ,
               the
               recent
               Rob
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               liquid
               .
            
             
               In
               older
               ,
               the
               Linctus
               of
               the
               Oyl
               of
               Elder-sugar
               is
               profitable
               .
            
             
               In
               that
               wild
               Cough
               ,
               where
               corrupt
               
               matter
               is
               exercat
               ,
               and
               more
               corruption
               feared
               ,
               this
               is
               much
               praised
               .
            
             
               Take
               of
               the
               Elder-leaves
               recent
               ,
               or
               dried
               in
               the
               shadow
               ,
               M.
               I.
               boil
               them
               in
               a
               quart
               of
               Fountain
               ,
               or
               clear
               River
               water
               ,
               to
               the
               consumption
               of
               a
               third
               part
               ;
               the
               strained
               drink
               is
               to
               be
               sweetned
               with
               Sugar-Candy
               ,
               or
               scummed
               hony
               ,
               of
               which
               every
               day
               ,
               morning
               and
               evening
               ,
               drink
               a
               warm
               draught
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               is
               commended
               in
               hoarsness
               proceeding
               from
               a
               Catar
               ,
               that
               fils
               the
               inequalities
               of
               the
               wind-pipe
               ,
               or
               
                 Arteriae
                 Asperae
              
               .
            
             
               Or
               where
               more
               detersion
               in
               necessary
               for
               the
               same
               effect
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               fit
               Lixive
               prepared
               of
               the
               ashes
               of
               the
               leaves
               with
               the
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               which
               being
               sweetned
               with
               sugar
               or
               hony
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               oft
               taken
               by
               spoonfuls
               in
               the
               day
               .
               This
               ,
               if
               any
               thing
               ,
               will
               take
               away
               hoarsness
               ,
               &
               is
               a
               great
               secret
               amongst
               women
               ,
               as
               the
               giving
               their
               own
               proper
               urine
               to
               the
               diseased
               to
               drink
               ,
               which
               is
               loathsom
               to
               many
               .
            
             
             
               To
               make
               a
               clear
               voice
               ,
               this
               is
               a
               secret
               of
               Alexis
               .
            
             
               Take
               of
               Elder-flowers
               dried
               in
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               pulverised
               ,
               of
               which
               drink
               a
               little
               every
               morning
               in
               white
               Wine
               fasting
               .
            
             
               The
               Cough
               and
               hoarsness
               proceeding
               from
               heat
               in
               feavers
               ,
               is
               excellently
               remedied
               by
               a
               Linctus
               of
               the
               Syrup
               made
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               Elder-berries
               ,
               with
               equal
               parts
               of
               the
               Syrup
               of
               Violets
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               list
               ,
               and
               have
               leasure
               ,
               you
               may
               make
               Elder-sugar
               in
               imitation
               of
               Violet-sugar-candy
               ,
               Cinnamon
               ,
               or
               Rose-sugar
               ;
               of
               which
               in
               these
               pectoral
               diseases
               ,
               hold
               some
               still
               to
               be
               dissolved
               in
               your
               mouth
               ,
               that
               by
               little
               and
               little
               it
               may
               descend
               into
               
                 Asperae
                 Arteriae
              
               ,
               or
               wind-pipe
               .
               'T
               is
               thus
               made
               .
            
             
               Take
               of
               the
               best
               Canary-sugar
               lib.
               6.
               let
               it
               melt
               and
               boil
               in
               the
               fragrant
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               till
               it
               acquire
               a
               fit
               thickness
               ,
               for
               making
               up
               tablets
               :
               Then
               infuse
               the
               fresh
               juice
               pressed
               
               from
               the
               berries
               ,
               well
               purified
               ,
               or
               the
               frequent
               infusion
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               as
               vou
               please
               to
               have
               the
               colour
               ,
               lib.
               2.
               on
               a
               soft
               fire
               boil
               them
               to
               the
               consistency
               of
               a
               syrup
               ,
               then
               in
               a
               glass
               ,
               or
               earthen
               pot
               ,
               put
               sticks
               in
               order
               ,
               two
               fingers
               broad
               asunder
               ,
               and
               pour
               the
               liquor
               hot
               thereon
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               warmed
               shop
               ,
               the
               vessel
               being
               bound
               up
               in
               a
               thick
               Cotton
               cloth
               ,
               leave
               it
               there
               to
               congeal
               .
               See
               more
               of
               this
               in
               the
               famous
               Botanicks
               Pena
               and
               
                 Lobel
                 p.
              
               20.
               
                 advers
                 .
                 Nov.
                 Stirpium
                 &
                 Cas
                 .
                 Bauhine
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               I.
               c.
               19.
               
                 de
                 comp
                 .
                 Medicam
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XV.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Pleurisie
               and
               Phthisis
               ,
            
             
               IN
               a
               bastard
               Pleurisie
               't
               is
               a
               very
               safe
               and
               us'd
               Medicine
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               no
               fever
               ,
               to
               provoke
               sweat
               ,
               by
               taking
               the
               Rhobob
               
                 Granorum
                 actes
              
               in
               the
               water
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               or
               
                 Cardui
                 benedicti
              
               ,
               seeing
               it
               ariseth
               from
               the
               serous
               
               and
               flatulent
               humors
               that
               fall
               betwixt
               the
               Pleura
               ,
               and
               intercost
               all
               muscles
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               In
               a
               true
               Pleurisie
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               a
               continual
               fever
               adjoyn'd
               ,
               proceed
               more
               warily
               :
               For
               after
               the
               use
               of
               universals
               ,
               the
               rob
               ,
               water
               ,
               and
               spirit
               of
               Elder-flowers
               are
               not
               to
               be
               much
               feared
               here
               ,
               seeing
               with
               success
               we
               use
               hotter
               sudorificks
               of
               the
               blessed
               and
               milky
               thistles
               of
               the
               simple
               and
               composed
               spirit
               of
               Vitriol
               ,
               &c.
               for
               many
               expert
               men
               acknowledge
               a
               malignity
               in
               these
               humors
               ,
               which
               Paracelsus
               likeneth
               to
               Auripigmentel
               Poyson
               which
               doth
               corrode
               the
               life
               like
               a
               fire
               .
               
                 Diosc
                 .
                 lib.
              
               5.
               c.
               121.
               
            
             
               
                 Pectorals
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 expectoration
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 in
                 the
                 Lungs
                 ,
                 use
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 weak
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 and
                 berries
                 inspissat
                 with
                 sugar
                 ,
                 or
                 Elder
                 candied-sugar
                 ,
                 likewise
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 inspissat
                 ,
                 &
                 supped
                 down
                 ,
                 
                 you
                 may
                 mix
                 with
                 these
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Tragea
                   Gran.
                   Actes
                
                 for
                 the
                 spitting
                 of
                 blood
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 Externally
                 anoint
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 with
                 the
                 fat
                 of
                 a
                 Capon
                 ,
                 or
                 saltless
                 May-butter
                 ,
                 or
                 foment
                 oft
                 the
                 side
                 with
                 linnen
                 dipt
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 or
                 decoction
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 and
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ;
                 for
                 by
                 ratifying
                 the
                 skin
                 and
                 parts
                 ,
                 they
                 digest
                 &
                 resolve
                 those
                 sharp
                 vapors
                 and
                 humors
                 :
                 Or
                 take
                 Elder-leaves
                 and
                 flowers
                 Camomile
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 an
                 handful
                 ;
                 make
                 a
                 decoction
                 in
                 milde
                 beer
                 ,
                 which
                 put
                 in
                 a
                 Cows-bladder
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 opening
                 of
                 a
                 vein
                 ,
                 being
                 oft
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 applyed
                 warm
                 ,
                 it
                 did
                 wonderfully
                 ease
                 a
                 Smith
                 in
                 my
                 Country
                 ,
                 whose
                 wife
                 I
                 counselled
                 to
                 do
                 so
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Phthisis
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 preserving
                 and
                 curing
                 the
                 Phthisis
                 ,
                 
                 besides
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 the
                 decoction
                 for
                 the
                 wild
                 cough
                 ,
                 being
                 taken
                 by
                 spoonfuls
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 little
                 &
                 little
                 swallowed
                 ,
                 is
                 used
                 with
                 success
                 ,
                 seeing
                 it
                 proceeds
                 from
                 the
                 ulcer
                 of
                 the
                 Lungs
                 ,
                 which
                 requires
                 detersion
                 ,
                 exsiccation
                 ,
                 and
                 consolidation
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 mixed
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 sugar
                 or
                 honey
                 ,
                 work
                 these
                 effects
                 ;
                 they
                 think
                 to
                 satisfy
                 all
                 the
                 indications
                 by
                 this
                 decoction
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 had
                 rather
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 simple
                 sugar
                 &
                 hony
                 ,
                 use
                 tabled
                 sugar-roset
                 ,
                 or
                 honyroset
                 strained
                 ,
                 and
                 mix
                 a
                 scruple
                 ,
                 or
                 half
                 a
                 drachm
                 of
                 this
                 following
                 powder
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 were
                 much
                 arterious
                 blood
                 with
                 the
                 spittle
                 is
                 cast
                 up
                 .
                 Take
                 of
                 
                   Tragea
                   Gran.
                   actes
                   drach
                
                 .
                 1.
                 of
                 Jews
                 ears
                 dryed
                 in
                 a
                 Furnace
                 .
                 
                   Oculorum
                   Cancri
                   praep
                   .
                   an
                   .
                   drach
                   .
                
                 and
                 half
                 ,
                 Saffron
                 Oriental
                 ,
                 scrup
                 .
                 1.
                 
                   sugari
                   rosat
                
                 .
                 tabled
                 ,
                 drach
                 .
                 2.
                 being
                 all
                 pulverised
                 well
                 ,
                 mix
                 them
                 together
                 exactly
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 have
                 an
                 eye
                 to
                 the
                 prime
                 cause
                 of
                 this
                 ulcer
                 ,
                 whose
                 knowledge
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 elsewhere
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   George
                   Amwald
                
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Panacea
                   ,
                   p.
                
                 29.
                 commends
                 the
                 unction
                 of
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 in
                 a
                 Phthisis
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XVI
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               affections
               of
               the
               Duggs
               .
            
             
               SEeing
               the
               Duggs
               of
               women
               oft-times
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               sudden
               and
               abundant
               affluxion
               of
               blood
               ,
               for
               the
               generating
               of
               milk
               ,
               chiefly
               after
               their
               delivery
               ,
               use
               to
               be
               inflamed
               ;
               or
               as
               the
               blood
               is
               of
               thinner
               consistence
               ,
               and
               hotter
               ,
               use
               to
               have
               an
               Erysipelas
               ,
               or
               Rose
               ;
               the
               following
               receipts
               may
               safely
               and
               securely
               be
               applyed
               .
            
             
               In
               Inflammations
               ,
               the
               
                 Caput
                 mortuum
              
               ,
               or
               the
               cake
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               with
               the
               red
               Vinegar
               thereof
               ,
               in
               one
               Erysipelas
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               bedewed
               with
               the
               distilled
               water
               of
               the
               leaves
               and
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               and
               so
               applied
               warm
               :
               For
               it
               digests
               and
               resolves
               that
               which
               hath
               flowed
               in
               ,
               and
               
               is
               compacted
               ,
               and
               doth
               moderately
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Vinegar
               repel
               the
               inflammation
               ,
               &
               extinguish
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               blood
               .
               Anoint
               he
               hardened
               kernels
               of
               the
               dugs
               with
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               infusion
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               and
               put
               the
               leaves
               of
               the
               Elder
               thereupon
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               exulcerat
               ,
               the
               
                 lac
                 aureum
              
               ,
               or
               Golden-milk
               is
               most
               fitting
               ,
               being
               made
               of
               the
               common
               or
               elder
               Lixive
               ,
               and
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               infused
               flowers
               and
               bark
               ,
               mixed
               by
               hard
               shaking
               and
               stirring
               together
               ;
               in
               which
               linnen
               being
               dipt
               ,
               and
               wrung
               afterward
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               applied
               warm
               to
               the
               ulcers
               :
               'T
               is
               also
               profitable
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               hasty
               and
               happy
               perfecting
               of
               the
               cure
               ,
               to
               blow
               on
               it
               the
               powder
               of
               Elder-leaves
               .
               So
               the
               ulcer
               ,
               whatever
               it
               be
               ,
               shall
               be
               cleansed
               ,
               dryed
               and
               dighted
               ;
               view
               these
               in
               their
               proper
               places
               .
            
             
               I
               knew
               a
               woman
               ,
               whereof
               I
               made
               mention
               in
               the
               fourth
               chapter
               ;
               which
               oft
               being
               taken
               with
               the
               Rose
               in
               her
               paps
               ,
               who
               having
               taken
               the
               Rob
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               and
               provoked
               sweat
               moderately
               
               in
               her
               bed
               ,
               useth
               to
               apply
               no
               other
               Medicine
               to
               the
               diseased
               part
               ,
               but
               a
               knot
               of
               red
               fine
               linnen
               ,
               wherein
               Elder-flowers
               are
               sewed
               so
               ingeniously
               to
               avoid
               all
               the
               exulceration
               which
               would
               have
               ensued
               .
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XVII
               .
            
             
               Of
               Swouning
               and
               Faintness
               .
            
             
               THe
               Vinegar
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               imbib'd
               in
               a
               sponge
               ,
               recovers
               those
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               from
               death
               ,
               that
               are
               subject
               to
               swounings
               and
               faintings
               upon
               every
               the
               lightest
               cause
               or
               occasion
               ;
               for
               it
               excellently
               refresheth
               the
               spirits
               ;
               for
               which
               Physicians
               highly
               prize
               it
               ,
               being
               mixt
               with
               other
               cordial
               Epithemes
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               alone
               dip
               linnen
               cloths
               ,
               and
               apply
               them
               to
               the
               pulses
               of
               the
               temples
               of
               the
               wrists
               ,
               &
               near
               the
               ankles
               .
            
             
               Or
               make
               this
               Epitheme
               ,
               where-with
               the
               face
               and
               the
               palms
               of
               the
               hands
               are
               to
               be
               washed
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 3
                 ounces
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Incarnation
                 Roses
                 ,
                 2
                 ounces
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vinegar
                 of
                 red
                 Berries
                 ,
                 two
                 dra
                 .
                 mix
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tragea
                 Granorrum
                 actes
              
               made
               after
               this
               manner
               ,
               is
               much
               commended
               .
            
             
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 Tragea
                 of
                 the
                 grains
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 choice
                 Cinnamon
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 one
                 drach
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Cloves
                 ,
                 Galangale
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 without
                 the
                 stalks
                 ,
                 of
                 of
                 each
                 one
                 scruple
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Sugar
                 Rosat
                 ,
                 of
                 Anthosat
                 tablets
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 two
                 drachms
                 and
                 an
                 half
                 .
              
            
             
               Make
               all
               into
               a
               fine
               powder
               ,
               of
               which
               give
               to
               the
               diseased
               half
               a
               drachm
               in
               Wine
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               convenient
               Liquor
               .
            
             
               How
               Women
               that
               faint
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               matrical
               diseases
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               helped
               by
               the
               Medicines
               of
               Elder
               ,
               I
               have
               set
               down
               in
               the
               26
               chap.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XVIII
               .
            
             
               Of
               Fevers
               in
               general
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 1.
                 
                 Of
                 intermitting
                 Fevers
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 common
                 people
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 find
                 the
                 first
                 touch
                 of
                 a
                 Fever
                 ,
                 they
                 take
                 the
                 Rob
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 in
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 ,
                 spirit
                 ,
                 or
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 thereof
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 in
                 their
                 beds
                 ,
                 being
                 well
                 covered
                 with
                 cloths
                 ,
                 dispose
                 themselves
                 for
                 sweating
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Physicians
                 do
                 not
                 disapprove
                 ,
                 seeing
                 experience
                 proves
                 ,
                 that
                 Fevers
                 by
                 these
                 are
                 many
                 times
                 prevented
                 and
                 dissipated
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 most
                 probable
                 reason
                 thereof
                 ,
                 That
                 that
                 putrid
                 filthiness
                 is
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 discussed
                 without
                 delay
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 body
                 rarified
                 ;
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 left
                 longer
                 in
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 without
                 doubt
                 would
                 have
                 daily
                 encreased
                 the
                 corruption
                 ,
                 &
                 given
                 vigor
                 to
                 the
                 Fever
                 ;
                 as
                 is
                 learnedly
                 
                 discoursed
                 by
                 the
                 famous
                 Sennert
                 .
                 in
                 his
                 Treatise
                 of
                 fevers
                 .
                 But
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 that
                 this
                 be
                 only
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 beginnings
                 of
                 fevers
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 such
                 bodies
                 as
                 are
                 not
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 rubbish
                 of
                 corrupt
                 humors
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 't
                 is
                 more
                 safe
                 and
                 sound
                 to
                 open
                 the
                 parts
                 and
                 passages
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 by
                 Emetick
                 and
                 Cathartick
                 Medicines
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Emeticks
                   and
                   Catharticks
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   purified
                   Oyl
                   expressed
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   kernels
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   ,
                   is
                   commended
                   in
                   strong
                   and
                   lusty
                   bodies
                   ,
                   1
                   dra
                   .
                   or
                   a
                   drac
                   .
                   and
                   half
                   thereof
                   ,
                   being
                   taken
                   in
                   the
                   broth
                   of
                   flesh
                   ;
                   for
                   it
                   gently
                   moveth
                   vomit
                   ,
                   and
                   loosneth
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   not
                   without
                   a
                   singular
                   good
                   temper
                   of
                   the
                   body
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   the
                   same
                   use
                   ,
                   the
                   juice
                   expressed
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   roots
                   ,
                   are
                   commended
                   ,
                   being
                   taken
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   greater
                   quantity
                   .
                   
                     Bernhard
                     Gordon
                  
                   in
                   his
                   Treatise
                   of
                   preserving
                   mans
                   life
                   ,
                   biddeth
                   us
                   take
                   so
                   much
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   
                   half
                   of
                   an
                   egg
                   shell
                   will
                   contain
                   .
                
                 
                   Concerning
                   the
                   Wine
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   infusion
                   of
                   the
                   bark
                   of
                   Elder
                   roots
                   ,
                   which
                   provoketh
                   vomit
                   ,
                   and
                   emptieth
                   the
                   belly
                   of
                   corrupt
                   humors
                   ,
                   read
                   the
                   28
                   Chapter
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Oyl
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   infus'd
                   flowers
                   and
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   being
                   drank
                   from
                   one
                   ounce
                   to
                   three
                   ,
                   provoketh
                   vomit
                   ,
                   and
                   purgeth
                   the
                   belly
                   ;
                   the
                   same
                   alone
                   ,
                   or
                   in
                   a
                   decoction
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   given
                   in
                   a
                   Clyster
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Polych●est
                   powder
                   of
                   Elder
                   buds
                   ,
                   doth
                   not
                   only
                   purge
                   both
                   the
                   biles
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   phlegm
                   and
                   serous
                   humors
                   ;
                   whereof
                   drink
                   in
                   hot
                   and
                   tertian
                   feavers
                   ,
                   in
                   whey
                   ;
                   but
                   in
                   cold
                   and
                   quartanes
                   ;
                   in
                   Wine
                   a
                   scruple
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   drachm
                   or
                   4
                   scrules
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   strength
                   of
                   the
                   diseased
                   will
                   admit
                   .
                
                 
                   Or
                   let
                   pils
                   of
                   Tragachanth
                   be
                   fomented
                   with
                   this
                   ,
                   or
                   some
                   syrup
                   or
                   musilage
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   above
                   them
                   the
                   mentioned
                   liquor
                   be
                   drank
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   young
                   ones
                   ,
                   the
                   syrup
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   buds
                   or
                   bark
                   ,
                   &c.
                   suffice
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   The
                   commons
                   praise
                   this
                   ,
                   Take
                   a
                   cup
                   full
                   of
                   Goats
                   milk
                   whey
                   ,
                   which
                   holds
                   about
                   four
                   ounces
                   ,
                   macerate
                   therein
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   of
                   the
                   middle
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   dried
                   in
                   the
                   shadow
                   ;
                   being
                   strongly
                   prest
                   out
                   ,
                   drink
                   it
                   warm
                   in
                   the
                   morning
                   ,
                
                 
                   In
                   which
                   a
                   few
                   things
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   observed
                   :
                   That
                   the
                   commons
                   are
                   fully
                   perswaded
                   ,
                   and
                   call
                   experience
                   to
                   witness
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   those
                   middle
                   barks
                   be
                   pulled
                   downward
                   from
                   the
                   Tree
                   ,
                   it
                   emptieth
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   evil
                   humors
                   by
                   purge
                   ;
                   if
                   they
                   be
                   pulled
                   upward
                   ,
                   it
                   worketh
                   by
                   vomit
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   truth
                   of
                   which
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   dare
                   not
                   call
                   in
                   question
                   seeing
                   I
                   know
                   the
                   same
                   thing
                   is
                   asserted
                   of
                   Assarum
                   by
                   some
                   Physicians
                   ;
                   if
                   notwithstanding
                   it
                   be
                   free
                   for
                   me
                   to
                   give
                   my
                   opinion
                   without
                   prejudice
                   to
                   others
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   truth
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   we
                   ought
                   rather
                   to
                   ascribe
                   the
                   effect
                   to
                   the
                   constitution
                   and
                   peculiar
                   property
                   of
                   the
                   receivers
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   the
                   nature
                   of
                   present
                   humor
                   .
                   I
                   will
                   say
                   nothing
                   now
                   of
                   the
                   imagination
                   ,
                   
                   whereby
                   the
                   receivers
                   perswade
                   themselves
                   ,
                   the
                   Medicine
                   will
                   work
                   downward
                   or
                   upward
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   endevour
                   to
                   help
                   by
                   sundry
                   waies
                   ,
                   by
                   motion
                   ,
                   compression
                   of
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   suppositors
                   ,
                   thrusting
                   their
                   fingers
                   in
                   their
                   throats
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   forth
                   .
                
                 
                   Nevertheless
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   deny
                   that
                   the
                   bark
                   ,
                   and
                   whole
                   Elder
                   also
                   ,
                   hath
                   divers
                   vertues
                   in
                   purging
                   the
                   noxious
                   matter
                   ,
                   by
                   divers
                   places
                   ;
                   nevertheless
                   I
                   doubt
                   that
                   these
                   are
                   rather
                   to
                   be
                   ascribed
                   to
                   the
                   divers
                   pulling
                   it
                   off
                   the
                   Tree
                   ,
                   then
                   to
                   these
                   causes
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   more
                   weighty
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   leave
                   to
                   the
                   serious
                   consideration
                   of
                   the
                   learned
                   ,
                   and
                   proceed
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   stalks
                   and
                   leaves
                   of
                   the
                   hearbs
                   ,
                   being
                   boyled
                   ,
                   doth
                   purge
                   phlegm
                   ,
                   is
                   manifest
                   out
                   of
                   Dioscorides
                   ;
                   to
                   which
                   nevertheless
                   the
                   sprigs
                   or
                   sprouts
                   are
                   preferred
                   ,
                   if
                   in
                   the
                   Spring
                   time
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   they
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   found
                   ,
                   they
                   be
                   macerated
                   a
                   little
                   in
                   hot
                   water
                   ,
                   and
                   prepared
                   with
                   oyl
                   and
                   vinegar
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   eaten
                   sparingly
                   
                   before
                   supper
                   ,
                   in
                   place
                   of
                   a
                   sallet
                   ;
                   for
                   they
                   gently
                   loose
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   unlock
                   the
                   obstructions
                   of
                   the
                   Mesentery
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   frequently
                   eaten
                   ,
                   deliver
                   and
                   preserve
                   from
                   contumacious
                   feavers
                   .
                
                 
                   Instead
                   of
                   these
                   the
                   Conserve
                   of
                   buds
                   ,
                   mixed
                   with
                   the
                   Conserve
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   ,
                   is
                   profitable
                   ;
                   of
                   which
                   take
                   daily
                   an
                   ounce
                   ,
                   half
                   an
                   hour
                   before
                   supper
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   water
                   of
                   the
                   bark
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cutting
                   Medicines
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   such
                   feavers
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   lengthened
                   from
                   the
                   cramming
                   of
                   the
                   Meseraick
                   veins
                   ,
                   and
                   from
                   the
                   grosness
                   and
                   toughness
                   of
                   the
                   humor
                   ,
                   
                     Oxymel
                     Sambucinum
                  
                   ,
                   dissolved
                   in
                   the
                   distilled
                   water
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   ,
                   or
                   barly
                   water
                   ;
                   and
                   daily
                   on
                   the
                   intermitting
                   daies
                   drank
                   an
                   hour
                   or
                   two
                   before
                   supper
                   is
                   commended
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Crystallized
                   salt
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   taken
                   from
                   half
                   a
                   scruple
                   to
                   a
                   whole
                   is
                   profitable
                   ;
                   also
                   six
                   drops
                   of
                   the
                   ,
                   spirit
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   taken
                   in
                   the
                   broth
                   
                   or
                   flesh
                   ;
                   for
                   all
                   these
                   do
                   powerfully
                   open
                   obstructions
                   and
                   cut
                   asunder
                   the
                   grosness
                   and
                   toughness
                   of
                   the
                   humor
                   ,
                   they
                   cleanse
                   the
                   bowels
                   and
                   vessels
                   ,
                   and
                   both
                   by
                   urine
                   and
                   sweat
                   dissipate
                   the
                   feverish
                   matter
                   .
                   See
                   more
                   in
                   the
                   23
                   Chapter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Before
                   the
                   Fit.
                   
                
                 
                   Internal
                   Medicaments
                   .
                
                 
                   Those
                   which
                   are
                   used
                   before
                   the
                   Fit
                   are
                   of
                   two
                   sorts
                   ;
                   for
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   move
                   vomit
                   and
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   others
                   provoke
                   sweat
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   in
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   fit
                   the
                   matter
                   tendeth
                   upward
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   known
                   by
                   the
                   sudden
                   straitness
                   of
                   the
                   brest
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   stretching
                   of
                   the
                   Hypocondriac
                   ,
                   by
                   nauciousness
                   and
                   propensity
                   to
                   vomit
                   ,
                   give
                   him
                   a
                   spoonful
                   or
                   drachm
                   and
                   a
                   half
                   of
                   the
                   oyl
                   pressed
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   kernels
                   in
                   warm
                   Ale
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   putting
                   your
                   finger
                   in
                   his
                   throat
                   hasten
                   the
                   vomit
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   
                     Joseph
                     Quercetan
                  
                   in
                   his
                   1
                   Book
                   ,
                   and
                   8
                   chapter
                   of
                   Dogmatick
                   Pharmacy
                   ,
                   asserteth
                   that
                   this
                   following
                   decoction
                   is
                   excellent
                   in
                   intermitting
                   fevers
                   ,
                   quotidan
                   and
                   quartan
                   .
                
                 
                   Take
                   Elder-roots
                   and
                   bark
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   ounce
                   1.
                   of
                   Asarium
                   drachms
                   3.
                   of
                   good
                   Cinnamon
                   drachm
                   1
                   and
                   an
                   half
                   ,
                   boyl
                   them
                   in
                   milk
                   .
                   This
                   decoction
                   at
                   one
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   moves
                   vomit
                   and
                   sedge
                   .
                   Let
                   it
                   be
                   taken
                   at
                   the
                   beginning
                   of
                   the
                   fit
                   ,
                   and
                   reiterate
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   needful
                   .
                   If
                   the
                   body
                   be
                   evacuate
                   ,
                   and
                   nature
                   encline
                   to
                   sweating
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   fit
                   use
                   these
                   following
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Rob
                   of
                   Elder
                   in
                   greatness
                   of
                   a
                   Walnut
                   ,
                   being
                   mixed
                   with
                   half
                   a
                   drachm
                   of
                   the
                   powder
                   of
                   the
                   blessed
                   Thistle
                   ,
                   and
                   swallowed
                   and
                   drinking
                   vinegar
                   above
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   two
                   hours
                   before
                   the
                   fit
                   ,
                   provoking
                   sweat
                   in
                   bed
                   ,
                   is
                   an
                   usual
                   Medicine
                   .
                
                 
                   Or
                   make
                   this
                   mixture
                   ;
                   Take
                   half
                   a
                   drachm
                   of
                   the
                   extract
                   of
                   the
                   rob
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   and
                   half
                   a
                   scruple
                   of
                   the
                   salt
                   
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ;
                   mix
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   form
                   of
                   them
                   with
                   the
                   powder
                   of
                   Hearts-horn
                   ,
                   Pills
                   ;
                   which
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   in
                   a
                   spoonful
                   of
                   the
                   syrup
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   :
                   two
                   hours
                   before
                   the
                   fit
                   give
                   the
                   half
                   thereof
                   to
                   the
                   younger
                   and
                   weaker
                   complexions
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   Fevers
                   less
                   hot
                   ,
                   especially
                   quartans
                   ,
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   spoonfuls
                   of
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   the
                   Elder-berries
                   ,
                   given
                   before
                   the
                   fit
                   ,
                   is
                   commended
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   are
                   some
                   which
                   dissolve
                   this
                   following
                   powder
                   in
                   it
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   cannot
                   praise
                   enough
                   this
                   Medicine
                   in
                   more
                   obstinate
                   quartans
                   ,
                   especially
                   if
                   the
                   day
                   before
                   the
                   fit
                   the
                   stomach
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   vessels
                   nutritive
                   ,
                   be
                   well
                   purged
                   by
                   the
                   oyl
                   pressed
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   stones
                   of
                   the
                   Elder-berries
                   .
                
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Hearts-horn
                   prepared
                   ,
                   without
                   burning
                   of
                   the
                   finest
                   Antimony
                   diaphoretick
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   half
                   a
                   scruple
                   ;
                   let
                   them
                   be
                   exactly
                   powdered
                   .
                
                 
                   Neither
                   is
                   the
                   heat
                   of
                   this
                   spirit
                   here
                   to
                   be
                   feared
                   ,
                   seeing
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   fevers
                   ,
                   Galen
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   famous
                   Physicians
                   ,
                   prescribe
                   Theriack
                   ,
                   Methridate
                   ,
                   Myrrh
                   ,
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   Wine
                   ,
                   the
                   water
                   of
                   Zedoary
                   ;
                   for
                   a
                   hard
                   knot
                   must
                   have
                   a
                   hard
                   wedg
                   :
                   And
                   experience
                   proves
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   Medicines
                   ,
                   being
                   administred
                   before
                   the
                   fit
                   ,
                   do
                   not
                   only
                   stop
                   the
                   fierceness
                   of
                   the
                   fit
                   ,
                   but
                   likewise
                   quite
                   overthrow
                   the
                   fever
                   ;
                   which
                   before
                   would
                   neither
                   yield
                   to
                   preparing
                   nor
                   purging
                   Medicines
                   ;
                   the
                   reason
                   is
                   ,
                   because
                   the
                   feverish
                   matter
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   is
                   more
                   moveable
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   prepared
                   by
                   nature
                   it self
                   ,
                   more
                   easily
                   followeth
                   the
                   course
                   of
                   the
                   Medicine
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Externals
                   or
                   Topicks
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   Topick
                   is
                   commended
                   to
                   be
                   applied
                   to
                   the
                   pulses
                   .
                   Of
                   Elder
                   &
                   Lavender
                   leaves
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   half
                   an
                   handful
                   ,
                   of
                   salt
                   half
                   as
                   much
                   .
                   They
                   being
                   pounded
                   well
                   ,
                   incorporate
                   them
                   with
                   the
                   oyl
                   of
                   Elder
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   become
                   a
                   paste
                   ;
                   whereof
                   apply
                   one
                   half
                   to
                   the
                   
                   wrist
                   of
                   the
                   right
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   to
                   the
                   wrist
                   of
                   the
                   left
                   ,
                   and
                   bind
                   them
                   with
                   a
                   rowler
                   wet
                   in
                   Elder-vinegar
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Foelix
                     Plater
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   part
                   of
                   his
                   Practice
                   ,
                   hath
                   this
                   ,
                   Take
                   of
                   Elder
                   ,
                   Rue
                   ,
                   Marigolds
                   ,
                   and
                   Nettle-leaves
                   
                     ana
                     m.
                  
                   1.
                   let
                   them
                   be
                   pounded
                   with
                   salt
                   and
                   vinegar
                   ,
                   and
                   let
                   them
                   be
                   applyed
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   double
                   linnen
                   cloth
                   dipt
                   in
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   
                     Granorum
                     actes
                  
                   is
                   applyed
                   with
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   comfort
                   to
                   the
                   belly
                   ,
                   chiefly
                   to
                   the
                   stomach
                   before
                   the
                   fit
                   ,
                   in
                   a
                   quartan
                   ;
                   for
                   seeing
                   the
                   fuel
                   of
                   the
                   evil
                   is
                   setled
                   in
                   these
                   places
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   altogether
                   routed
                   by
                   the
                   application
                   of
                   this
                   Epitheme
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   much
                   weakned
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   take
                   away
                   the
                   shaking
                   ,
                   and
                   mitigate
                   the
                   chilness
                   ,
                   the
                   back-bone
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   rubb'd
                   with
                   the
                   same
                   spirit
                   being
                   hot
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 2.
                 
                 Of
                 continual
                 and
                 burning
                 Fevers
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 continual
                 and
                 hot
                 Tertian
                 and
                 burning
                 Fevers
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 heat
                 is
                 more
                 intense
                 ,
                 and
                 great
                 drought
                 tormenteth
                 the
                 Patient
                 ,
                 make
                 this
                 Julap
                 .
              
               
                 R.
                 Of
                 Fountain
                 or
                 River-water
                 ,
                 lib.
                 3.
                 of
                 Elder-vinegar
                 ounces
                 3.
                 of
                 the
                 finest
                 Sugar
                 ounces
                 2.
                 let
                 them
                 boyl
                 together
                 a
                 little
                 in
                 a
                 fit
                 vessel
                 ;
                 unto
                 which
                 ,
                 being
                 warm
                 ,
                 add
                 one
                 drachm
                 of
                 Cinnamon
                 in
                 powder
                 ;
                 let
                 them
                 cool
                 of
                 themselves
                 in
                 a
                 close
                 vessel
                 ,
                 and
                 strain
                 them
                 through
                 Hyppocrates
                 sleeve
                 for
                 a
                 Julap
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 which
                 give
                 the
                 patient
                 oft
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 it
                 extinguisheth
                 the
                 feverish
                 heat
                 ,
                 cuts
                 the
                 gross
                 and
                 tough
                 matter
                 ,
                 cleanseth
                 the
                 thin
                 and
                 bilous
                 ,
                 unlocks
                 obstructions
                 ,
                 it
                 purgeth
                 humors
                 that
                 offend
                 through
                 their
                 convenient
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 its
                 acceptable
                 acidity
                 it
                 
                 sharpneth
                 the
                 appetite
                 ,
                 and
                 refresheth
                 the
                 strength
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 same
                 is
                 performed
                 by
                 the
                 acetory
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 described
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 dissolved
                 in
                 Barley-water
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 consistency
                 of
                 a
                 Julap
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 example
                 ,
                 Take
                 the
                 sharp
                 Elder-syrup
                 ounc
                 .
                 3.
                 simple
                 Barley-water
                 lib.
                 1.
                 mixed
                 ,
                 or
                 Oximel
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ounc
                 .
                 2.
                 clear
                 Fountain-water
                 lib.
                 mix
                 them
                 ,
                 give
                 four
                 ounces
                 or
                 more
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 ,
                 at
                 each
                 time
                 ;
                 otherwise
                 if
                 you
                 give
                 less
                 ,
                 and
                 only
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 they
                 rather
                 encrease
                 than
                 diminish
                 heat
                 .
                 
                   P.
                   Egineta
                   lib.
                
                 2.
                 cap.
                 36.
                 for
                 as
                 Charcole
                 in
                 a
                 Smiths
                 Forge
                 ,
                 being
                 besprinkled
                 with
                 water
                 ,
                 burneth
                 more
                 ardently
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 feverish
                 heat
                 is
                 rather
                 kindled
                 than
                 quenched
                 by
                 drinking
                 sparingly
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 you
                 may
                 extinguish
                 the
                 intemperate
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 refresh
                 the
                 vanquisht
                 strength
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 an
                 Epithem
                 apply
                 to
                 the
                 pulses
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 mixed
                 with
                 Rose-water
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 imbibed
                 by
                 double
                 or
                 treble
                 linnen
                 cloths
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 loose
                 without
                 danger
                 in
                 these
                 fevers
                 the
                 bound
                 belly
                 ,
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 is
                 convenient
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 dissolve
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 ounces
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ;
                 use
                 it
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 Julap
                 ,
                 and
                 drink
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 gently
                 looseth
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 and
                 evacuateth
                 the
                 feverish
                 matter
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XIX
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Pest
               and
               Pestilential
               Fevers
               .
            
             
               IN
               curing
               and
               preserving
               from
               the
               Plague
               ,
               great
               is
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Elder
               .
               A
               little
               sponge
               being
               wet
               in
               Vinegar
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               and
               carried
               in
               a
               hollow
               globe
               made
               of
               Juniper-wood
               ,
               and
               smell
               it
               ,
               it
               mightily
               strengtheneth
               the
               spirits
               against
               the
               impression
               of
               the
               infectious
               contagion
               .
            
             
               Red
               hot
               bricks
               ,
               being
               besprinkled
               
               with
               this
               Vinegar
               ,
               and
               a
               vapor
               raised
               ,
               it
               doth
               dissipate
               the
               contagious
               virulency
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               cannot
               insinuate
               it self
               in
               mens
               houses
               and
               cloths
               .
               By
               what
               means
               it
               may
               be
               indued
               with
               an
               Antilemick
               force
               more
               efficacious
               ,
               shall
               appear
               by
               what
               I
               will
               now
               say
               .
            
             
               Rob
               of
               the
               Elder
               and
               the
               extract
               prepared
               of
               it
               ,
               here
               are
               excellent
               :
               The
               first
               whereof
               is
               named
               by
               many
               .
               The
               Country-mans
               Theriack
               ,
               of
               which
               each
               week
               to
               swallow
               the
               bigness
               of
               a
               Walnut
               ,
               and
               drink
               above
               it
               its
               proper
               Vinegar
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               sweat
               in
               bed
               ,
               is
               a
               commonly
               received
               preservative
               .
               This
               may
               be
               fitly
               used
               by
               those
               who
               are
               infected
               with
               the
               Plague
               ,
               especially
               if
               you
               mix
               with
               it
               some
               of
               the
               anti-pestilential
               powders
               ;
               or
               at
               least
               drink
               above
               it
               three
               or
               four
               spoonfuls
               of
               Antilemick
               Vinegar
               of
               the
               Elder
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               Rob
               chiefly
               it
               that
               is
               most
               recent
               ,
               being
               spread
               more
               thickly
               on
               a
               shive
               of
               bread
               ,
               and
               eaten
               an
               hour
               or
               two
               before
               your
               meat
               ,
               loosneth
               the
               belly
               ;
               in
               whose
               place
               you
               may
               give
               a
               
               spoonful
               or
               two
               of
               the
               syrup
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               the
               berries
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               enough
               to
               swallow
               sometimes
               in
               a
               morning
               before
               you
               go
               out
               the
               greatness
               of
               a
               pease
               of
               the
               extract
               .
            
             
               
                 Rohob
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Extract
                 Antilemick
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
               
                 
                   R.
                   Roots
                   of
                   Tormentillae
                   ,
                
                 
                   Buterdock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Pimpanels
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Angelica
                   ,
                
                 
                   Leaves
                   of
                   Scordium
                   ,
                
                 
                   Berries
                   of
                   Juniper
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
              
               
                 Macerate
                 the
                 roots
                 24
                 hours
                 in
                 Elder
                 vinegar
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 dry
                 them
                 at
                 leasure
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 powdered
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 add
                 the
                 leaves
                 of
                 Scordium
                 ,
                 and
                 berries
                 of
                 Juniper
                 ,
                 likewise
                 in
                 powder
                 ;
                 mix
                 them
                 all
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 Vinegar
                 that
                 remained
                 besprinkle
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 work
                 them
                 most
                 exactly
                 with
                 a
                 pound
                 of
                 Rob
                 Sambuci
                 ,
                 in
                 form
                 of
                 an
                 opiat
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 give
                 
                 to
                 the
                 infected
                 person
                 two
                 drachms
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 liquor
                 ,
                 to
                 provoke
                 sweat
                 ,
                 and
                 thrust
                 out
                 the
                 poyson
                 from
                 his
                 heart
                 .
                 Of
                 which
                 also
                 besprinkled
                 with
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Elder
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 prepare
                 the
                 extract
                 that
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 Section
                 and
                 first
                 Chapter
                 of
                 this
                 Book
                 .
                 The
                 dose
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 infected
                 is
                 one
                 scruple
                 or
                 drachm
                 in
                 convenient
                 liquor
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 by
                 it self
                 is
                 here
                 very
                 powerful
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 preserving
                 ,
                 a
                 few
                 drops
                 thereof
                 being
                 taken
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 white
                 bread
                 in
                 a
                 morning
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 disease
                 ,
                 a
                 spoonful
                 or
                 two
                 being
                 taken
                 thereof
                 before
                 the
                 feverish
                 heat
                 be
                 powerful
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 that
                 spirit
                 is
                 far
                 more
                 noble
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 drawn
                 off
                 by
                 an
                 Alimbeck
                 in
                 the
                 preparation
                 of
                 the
                 Antilemick
                 extract
                 ;
                 seeing
                 from
                 the
                 volatile
                 essence
                 of
                 those
                 Bezoartick
                 simples
                 it
                 hath
                 carried
                 much
                 with
                 it
                 .
                 Or
                 at
                 least
                 infufe
                 those
                 simples
                 in
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ;
                 &
                 being
                 macerated
                 therein
                 
                 for
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 ,
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 strained
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Antilimbeck
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 whose
                 vertues
                 in
                 curing
                 and
                 preserving
                 cannot
                 be
                 praised
                 enough
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 the
                 same
                 Alexitaries
                 ,
                 and
                 chiefly
                 by
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 Angelica
                 and
                 Juniper-berries
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 red
                 Elder-vinegar
                 of
                 my
                 description
                 be
                 impregnat
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 becomes
                 Antilemick
                 Elder-vinegar
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 a
                 vehicle
                 to
                 other
                 Alexipharmacal
                 Medicaments
                 ,
                 but
                 moreover
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 intense
                 heat
                 and
                 fever
                 will
                 not
                 admit
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 more
                 hot
                 medicines
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 drops
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Elder-salt
                 given
                 in
                 the
                 broth
                 of
                 flesh
                 is
                 a
                 preservative
                 .
              
               
                 Neither
                 is
                 it
                 unwholsom
                 ,
                 if
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 a
                 week
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 an
                 hour
                 or
                 two
                 before
                 dinner
                 ,
                 a
                 cup
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 wine
                 prepar'd
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 be
                 taken
                 but
                 remember
                 to
                 take
                 before
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 broth
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 loosneth
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 hindreth
                 putrefaction
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Bezoartick
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 
                 it
                 preserveth
                 the
                 body
                 from
                 contagion
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 supper
                 drink
                 a
                 cup
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 wine
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 dried
                 berries
                 ,
                 which
                 strengtheneth
                 the
                 stomach
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 special
                 Topick
                 Oyl
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 greatly
                 commend
                 in
                 the
                 Pleague
                 this
                 oyl
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 fill
                 therewith
                 a
                 Cucurbit
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 more
                 ample
                 Glass
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 middle
                 ;
                 strew
                 upon
                 them
                 Marsh
                 Mallows
                 ,
                 and
                 tops
                 of
                 Hypericon
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 only
                 the
                 fourth
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Glass
                 shall
                 remain
                 empty
                 ;
                 powre
                 thereon
                 so
                 much
                 sweet
                 clear
                 Oyl-Olive
                 as
                 will
                 cover
                 the
                 flowers
                 ;
                 close
                 exactly
                 the
                 mouth
                 of
                 the
                 Glass
                 
                   sigillo
                   hermetico
                
                 ,
                 or
                 lute
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 through
                 all
                 Summer
                 or
                 for
                 three
                 months
                 set
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 may
                 draw
                 the
                 vertues
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 into
                 the
                 oyl
                 ;
                 then
                 having
                 strongly
                 pressed
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 strain
                 the
                 oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 purified
                 by
                 
                 setling
                 ,
                 reserve
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 well
                 closed
                 vessel
                 ;
                 unto
                 each
                 ounce
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 use
                 it
                 ,
                 add
                 a
                 scruple
                 of
                 Sal
                 Nitre
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 prepare
                 it
                 suddenly
                 thus
                 ,
                 They
                 take
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 infused
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 is
                 necessary
                 ,
                 in
                 it
                 they
                 immerge
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Marsh
                 Mallows
                 and
                 Hypericon
                 ,
                 and
                 boil
                 them
                 together
                 in
                 Bal.
                 Mar.
                 for
                 some
                 hours
                 ;
                 afterwards
                 they
                 express
                 strongly
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 strain
                 it
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 strained
                 oyl
                 they
                 immerge
                 recent
                 flowers
                 ,
                 boil
                 them
                 ,
                 press
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 strain
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 afterward
                 add
                 Nitre
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 using
                 it
                 is
                 this
                 ;
                 The
                 whole
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 infected
                 person
                 within
                 24
                 hours
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 anointed
                 with
                 this
                 oyl
                 warm
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 wrapt
                 in
                 warm
                 sheets
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 laid
                 in
                 a
                 warmed
                 bed
                 to
                 sweat
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 affirm
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 proved
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 only
                 remedy
                 many
                 have
                 safely
                 escaped
                 the
                 fierceness
                 of
                 this
                 poison
                 :
                 which
                 unction
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 disapproved
                 ,
                 seeing
                 it
                 openeth
                 the
                 pores
                 of
                 the
                 skin
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 by
                 them
                 draws
                 out
                 and
                 dissipates
                 the
                 pestilential
                 infection
                 and
                 malignity
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 consequence
                 is
                 used
                 commodiously
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 in
                 the
                 plague
                 and
                 pestilential
                 fevers
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 in
                 other
                 malignant
                 and
                 chiefly
                 spotted
                 fevers
                 :
                 So
                 we
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 wary
                 ,
                 lest
                 in
                 this
                 sharp
                 and
                 dangerous
                 disease
                 ,
                 we
                 neglect
                 to
                 use
                 the
                 internal
                 Bezoarticks
                 &
                 Alexiterix
                 already
                 mentioned
                 ;
                 but
                 rather
                 ought
                 to
                 join
                 them
                 with
                 these
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 united
                 forces
                 both
                 ways
                 ,
                 internally
                 and
                 externally
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 vanquish
                 the
                 malignity
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 seems
                 this
                 hath
                 come
                 from
                 the
                 Egyptians
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 Alpinus
                 in
                 his
                 4
                 Book
                 and
                 15
                 Chapter
                 relates
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 use
                 this
                 medicine
                 in
                 pestilential
                 fevers
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 spots
                 are
                 either
                 begun
                 to
                 appear
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 profit
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 once
                 a
                 day
                 using
                 this
                 hot
                 linament
                 ,
                 after
                 which
                 ,
                 without
                 delay
                 ,
                 they
                 cover
                 the
                 feverish
                 with
                 many
                 cloths
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 draw
                 the
                 poisonous
                 humor
                 from
                 the
                 bowels
                 to
                 the
                 skin
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Comforting
                 and
                 Altering
                 Medicines
                 .
              
               
                 Lest
                 the
                 diseased
                 in
                 sweating
                 altogether
                 faints
                 ,
                 we
                 ought
                 to
                 hold
                 often
                 to
                 his
                 nose
                 a
                 sponge
                 dipt
                 in
                 the
                 Antilemick
                 Vinegar
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ;
                 for
                 this
                 Vinegar
                 doth
                 powerfully
                 dissipate
                 these
                 narcotick
                 vapours
                 ,
                 and
                 recreate
                 the
                 strength
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 likewise
                 to
                 be
                 applyed
                 to
                 the
                 temples
                 with
                 linnen
                 cloths
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 ease
                 the
                 heat
                 and
                 thirst
                 you
                 are
                 oft
                 times
                 to
                 give
                 to
                 the
                 diseased
                 ,
                 in
                 and
                 after
                 his
                 sweat
                 ,
                 some
                 spoonfuls
                 of
                 the
                 Julap
                 which
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 burning
                 fevers
                 ;
                 or
                 prepare
                 this
                 acetous
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 provoking
                 sweat
                 ,
                 in
                 resisting
                 putrefaction
                 and
                 contagion
                 ,
                 in
                 strengthening
                 the
                 heart
                 and
                 other
                 intrails
                 ,
                 is
                 far
                 more
                 excellent
                 than
                 the
                 common
                 acetous
                 syrup
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Alexiterous
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Take
                     clear
                     Fountain-water
                     lib.
                     3.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                     White
                     Sugar
                     lib.
                     2.
                     and
                     an
                     half
                     .
                  
                
                 Boyl
                 them
                 on
                 a
                 clear
                 fire
                 of
                 Charcole
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 half
                 be
                 consumed
                 ,
                 scumming
                 them
                 well
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 boiling
                 :
                 After
                 add
                 sharp
                 Elder-vinegar
                 lib.
                 1.
                 and
                 an
                 half
                 ,
                 boil
                 them
                 again
                 on
                 the
                 consistence
                 of
                 a
                 syrup
                 :
                 You
                 may
                 ,
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 more
                 sweet
                 smell
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 knot
                 of
                 fine
                 linnen
                 infuse
                 in
                 it
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 Cinamon
                 grosly
                 powdered
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 wring
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 syrup
                 being
                 cold
                 ,
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 kept
                 in
                 a
                 galli-pot
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 give
                 oft
                 some
                 spoonfuls
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 or
                 dissolve
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 distilled
                 water
                 of
                 Burrage
                 ,
                 sweet
                 Roses
                 ,
                 Elder
                 ,
                 Scabious
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 like
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cure
                 of
                 the
                 Buboes
                 and
                 Carbuncles
                 .
              
               
                 Apply
                 to
                 Buboes
                 pestilential
                 ,
                 and
                 Carbuncles
                 ,
                 a
                 Plaster
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 meal
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 and
                 Hony
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 excellent
                 in
                 ripening
                 these
                 tumors
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 take
                 of
                 the
                 oyl
                 more
                 special
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 just
                 now
                 was
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 Of
                 crude
                 Hony
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 ;
                 of
                 Salt
                 Ammoniac
                 drach
                 .
                 1.
                 of
                 the
                 Meal
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 and
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 sufficeth
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 all
                 be
                 exactly
                 wrought
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 become
                 like
                 a
                 plaster
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 apply
                 the
                 feces
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 macerated
                 in
                 oyl
                 ,
                 and
                 press
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 call
                 Stymma
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 rost
                 Onions
                 under
                 the
                 ashes
                 ,
                 and
                 pound
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 mix
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 Rob
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 them
                 as
                 a
                 Cataplasm
                 to
                 the
                 risings
                 of
                 the
                 skin
                 .
              
               
                 Amongst
                 other
                 vesiccatories
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 applied
                 happily
                 to
                 these
                 contumacious
                 lumps
                 ,
                 the
                 famous
                 Sennert
                 .
                 recites
                 these
                 following
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 Mustard-seed
                 ,
                 of
                 middle
                 Elder-bark
                 ,
                 equal
                 parts
                 ,
                 pound
                 them
                 with
                 Vinegar
                 in
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Cataplasm
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 spread
                 on
                 a
                 white
                 linnen
                 cloath
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     leaves
                     of
                     the
                     Elder
                     ,
                     of
                     Burrage
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                     Of
                     Mustard-seed
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Rancide
                     Nut-kernels
                     ,
                     equal
                     parts
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Let
                 them
                 be
                 pounded
                 and
                 applied
                 ,
                 having
                 first
                 anointed
                 the
                 place
                 round
                 about
                 with
                 Theriack
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Apostume
                 being
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 become
                 an
                 ulcer
                 ,
                 a
                 linament
                 made
                 of
                 hony
                 and
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 Elder-leaves
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 applied
                 ;
                 which
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 being
                 put
                 in
                 with
                 lint
                 tents
                 ,
                 it
                 dighteth
                 away
                 the
                 quittous
                 ,
                 and
                 mundifies
                 the
                 ulcer
                 :
                 the
                 oyl
                 pressed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 kernels
                 ,
                 and
                 mixt
                 with
                 the
                 third
                 and
                 fourth
                 part
                 of
                 Turpentine
                 oyl
                 ,
                 is
                 much
                 praised
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 rest
                 in
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 Ulcers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XX.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               Small
               Pox
               and
               Measles
               .
            
             
               SEeing
               these
               spots
               and
               pushes
               depend
               upon
               that
               putred
               and
               malign
               humor
               ,
               which
               nature
               ,
               troubled
               with
               it
               ,
               doth
               expel
               to
               the
               skin
               and
               external
               parts
               ;
               it
               is
               commodious
               to
               commit
               the
               whole
               business
               to
               nature
               ,
               if
               she
               work
               righly
               and
               effectually
               .
            
             
               But
               seeing
               ,
               before
               they
               break
               out
               ,
               a
               fever
               doth
               possess
               those
               tender
               bodies
               ,
               which
               is
               unknown
               whether
               it
               be
               a
               token
               of
               the
               Pox
               and
               Meazles
               ,
               or
               of
               pituite
               putrefying
               in
               the
               stomach
               ,
               or
               neighbouring
               parts
               :
               It
               is
               commodious
               to
               give
               to
               Infants
               a
               spoonful
               or
               two
               of
               the
               infused
               flowers
               :
               For
               if
               it
               be
               the
               Pox
               ,
               it
               causeth
               them
               to
               strike
               out
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               putred
               pituit
               in
               the
               stomach
               ,
               it
               gently
               purgeth
               it
               .
            
             
               If
               it
               be
               to
               one
               of
               riper
               age
               ,
               give
               him
               one
               or
               more
               ounces
               ,
               adding
               according
               to
               his
               strength
               ,
               yea
               on
               the
               first
               day
               ,
               &
               
               before
               nature
               go
               about
               to
               expel
               the
               Pox
               ,
               of
               the
               Polichrestick
               powder
               of
               the
               Elder-buds
               ,
               a
               scruple
               or
               half
               a
               drachm
               ,
               whereby
               nature
               being
               disburdened
               of
               the
               sinck
               of
               the
               first
               region
               ,
               more
               happily
               and
               easily
               may
               expel
               the
               rest
               ,
               which
               is
               mixed
               with
               the
               mass
               of
               blood
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               ,
               the
               water
               of
               the
               Elder-flowers
               given
               in
               spoonfuls
               is
               good
               :
               for
               it
               strengeheneth
               the
               heart
               ,
               and
               thrusteth
               forth
               that
               putred
               and
               malign
               humor
               ,
               both
               in
               children
               and
               in
               those
               that
               are
               older
               ;
               it
               may
               be
               sweetned
               with
               syrup
               of
               the
               berries
               .
               Which
               ,
               if
               they
               come
               forth
               more
               slowly
               or
               sparingly
               ,
               besides
               internals
               ,
               we
               must
               use
               unctions
               ;
               of
               whose
               matter
               and
               manner
               we
               have
               spoken
               in
               the
               former
               Chapter
               .
            
             
               Alpinus
               testifies
               ,
               that
               the
               Egyptians
               have
               none
               more
               excellent
               and
               familiar
               in
               all
               their
               Pox
               and
               malignant
               spots
               than
               these
               .
               And
               our
               women
               would
               do
               well
               to
               follow
               their
               foot-steps
               ,
               forsaking
               old
               wives
               fables
               ,
               which
               oft
               
               times
               bring
               not
               so
               much
               help
               as
               hazard
               .
               Nevertheless
               we
               are
               to
               have
               a
               care
               ,
               that
               a
               little
               after
               we
               wipe
               the
               whole
               body
               with
               soft
               and
               warm
               linnen
               cloths
               ,
               in
               a
               warm
               place
               ,
               free
               of
               all
               cold
               .
            
             
               To
               quench
               thirst
               where
               the
               feverish
               heat
               is
               more
               vehement
               ,
               and
               the
               strength
               more
               vanquisht
               ,
               use
               those
               Julaps
               we
               have
               mentioned
               in
               the
               cure
               of
               Fevers
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               you
               perceive
               by
               the
               continued
               host
               ,
               that
               the
               Pox
               hath
               seized
               on
               the
               lungs
               ,
               abstain
               from
               these
               sharp
               things
               ,
               and
               instead
               of
               them
               ,
               use
               the
               syrup
               of
               the
               flowers
               or
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               Elder-berries
               ,
               being
               thickned
               with
               Sugar
               ,
               for
               a
               Linctus
               :
               The
               distilled
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               sweetned
               with
               the
               same
               syrups
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               used
               for
               a
               Julap
               to
               strengthen
               the
               intestines
               ,
               and
               prevent
               a
               flux
               ;
               mix
               with
               it
               
                 Tragea
                 granorum
                 actes
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXI
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Diseases
               of
               the
               Stomach
               .
            
             
               A
               Weak
               ,
               cold
               stomach
               ,
               and
               of
               hard
               digestion
               ,
               is
               helped
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               
                 Granorum
                 actes
              
               ,
               which
               doth
               greatly
               strengthen
               the
               same
               ,
               consumes
               corrupt
               phlegm
               ,
               and
               helps
               concoction
               :
               being
               taken
               with
               a
               little
               fine
               white
               Bread
               and
               Sugar
               ,
               in
               quantity
               a
               spoonful
               or
               two
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Stomatical
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
               
                 Is
                 more
                 efficacious
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 this
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   our
                   Acorous
                   roots
                   and
                   Ginger
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Mynt
                   Crisped
                   ,
                   one
                   handful
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Fennel-seeds
                   and
                   Anise-seeds
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   two
                   drachms
                   .
                
              
               
                 Being
                 cut
                 and
                 pounded
                 ,
                 pour
                 upon
                 them
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 grains
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 four
                 fingers
                 deep
                 above
                 them
                 .
                 Let
                 them
                 infuse
                 
                 twelve
                 or
                 fourteen
                 days
                 ,
                 every
                 day
                 stirring
                 them
                 about
                 .
                 Afterward
                 strain
                 or
                 distil
                 from
                 them
                 the
                 stomatical
                 spirit
                 ,
                 whose
                 uses
                 are
                 many
                 :
                 For
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 inwardly
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 said
                 ;
                 but
                 likewise
                 externally
                 to
                 be
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 cold
                 and
                 weak
                 stomach
                 with
                 linnen
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 helps
                 difficulty
                 of
                 concoction
                 ,
                 stops
                 vomit
                 ,
                 and
                 mitigateth
                 all
                 pains
                 and
                 sobbings
                 ,
                 which
                 proceed
                 from
                 a
                 cold
                 temper
                 or
                 windy
                 humor
                 .
                 If
                 there
                 be
                 nauceousness
                 or
                 vomit
                 ,
                 with
                 oppressing
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 difficulty
                 of
                 breathing
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 suspicious
                 that
                 these
                 effects
                 proceed
                 from
                 tough
                 phlegm
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 putred
                 humor
                 gathered
                 there
                 ;
                 then
                 give
                 two
                 ounces
                 of
                 the
                 oil
                 of
                 infused
                 flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 with
                 black
                 water
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 thrusting
                 the
                 finger
                 in
                 the
                 throat
                 provoke
                 vomit
                 ;
                 or
                 give
                 a
                 drachm
                 of
                 the
                 oil
                 drawn
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 and
                 kernels
                 in
                 a
                 draught
                 of
                 warm
                 Ale
                 ,
                 &
                 hasten
                 vomit
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 which
                 means
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 's
                 trouble
                 to
                 the
                 stomach
                 will
                 be
                 cast
                 up
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 give
                 a
                 spoonful
                 of
                 the
                 stomatical
                 Elder-spirit
                 or
                 simple
                 ,
                 well
                 sweetned
                 with
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 and
                 imbibed
                 in
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 Rie-bread
                 for
                 strengthening
                 the
                 stomach
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 Wine
                 which
                 is
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 dried
                 berries
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 appointed
                 ,
                 is
                 altogether
                 stomatical
                 ,
                 and
                 greatly
                 helpeth
                 the
                 weak
                 and
                 windy
                 stomach
                 ;
                 whereof
                 you
                 must
                 drink
                 oft
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 supper
                 a
                 cup
                 full
                 or
                 two
                 .
              
               
                 Neither
                 is
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 objected
                 that
                 Dioscorides
                 says
                 ,
                 That
                 Elder
                 is
                 hurtful
                 to
                 the
                 stomach
                 ,
                 seeing
                 he
                 speaks
                 there
                 of
                 the
                 crude
                 and
                 unprepared
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 acknowledge
                 is
                 hurtful
                 to
                 the
                 stomach
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 preparations
                 thereof
                 likewise
                 are
                 ;
                 but
                 experience
                 it self
                 doth
                 attest
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 wine
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 medicines
                 thereof
                 ,
                 have
                 great
                 vertue
                 in
                 corroborating
                 and
                 comforting
                 the
                 stomach
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 spirit
                 of
                 Elder-salt
                 ,
                 taken
                 in
                 six
                 grains
                 or
                 more
                 ,
                 weekly
                 in
                 flesh-broth
                 ,
                 doth
                 cleanse
                 the
                 stomach
                 ,
                 and
                 stir
                 up
                 appetite
                 .
              
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 burning
                 of
                 the
                 stomach
                 and
                 Cardialgia
                 ,
                 proceeding
                 from
                 hot
                 bilous
                 humors
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 flowed
                 into
                 it
                 from
                 other
                 parts
                 ,
                 or
                 hath
                 been
                 ingendred
                 and
                 corrupted
                 there
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 needful
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 give
                 a
                 vomit
                 of
                 the
                 oyl
                 pressed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 kernels
                 .
                 The
                 acetous
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 described
                 in
                 the
                 19
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 is
                 profitable
                 ;
                 whereof
                 give
                 an
                 ounce
                 for
                 a
                 dose
                 ,
                 dissolved
                 in
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 ounces
                 of
                 Barley-water
                 .
                 Or
                 make
                 this
                 powder
                 :
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 
                   
                     Tragea
                     Granorum
                     Actes
                     ,
                     ounces
                     2.
                     
                  
                   
                     Oculi
                     Cancrorum
                     prepared
                     dr
                     .
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     Sugar
                     rosat
                     .
                     intablets
                     .
                  
                   
                     Sugar
                     perlat
                     .
                     half
                     an
                     ounce
                     ,
                     mix
                     them
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Of
                 which
                 give
                 a
                 drachm
                 in
                 two
                 spoonfuls
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 now
                 commended
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXII
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               diseases
               of
               the
               Intestines
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 Colick
                 .
              
               
                 BEcause
                 ,
                 besides
                 a
                 bare
                 distemper
                 ,
                 a
                 pituitous
                 humor
                 ,
                 a
                 vitrious
                 or
                 flatulent
                 useth
                 oft
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 the
                 Colick
                 ;
                 therefore
                 their
                 encrease
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 .
              
               
                 Wine
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 or
                 flowers
                 work
                 this
                 effect
                 leasurely
                 :
                 Likewise
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 bark
                 and
                 roots
                 ,
                 mixt
                 with
                 a
                 third
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 and
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ;
                 which
                 wonderfully
                 mitigate
                 pain
                 ;
                 whereof
                 take
                 oft
                 an
                 hour
                 before
                 meat
                 ,
                 for
                 preserving
                 you
                 four
                 ounces
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 where
                 nature
                 is
                 more
                 strong
                 ,
                 give
                 a
                 half
                 or
                 whole
                 drachm
                 of
                 the
                 Polychrestick
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 in
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 made
                 thin
                 with
                 Wine
                 .
              
               
               
                 To
                 dissipate
                 wind
                 ,
                 mitigate
                 pain
                 ,
                 and
                 loosen
                 the
                 bound
                 belly
                 ,
                 use
                 this
                 Clyster
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Elder-leaves
                   two
                   handfuls
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Elder-flowers
                   and
                   Cammomile-Roman-flowers
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   an
                   handful
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   stones
                   of
                   Elder-berries
                   dryed
                   drach
                   .
                   2.
                   
                
              
               
                 Being
                 cut
                 and
                 pounded
                 boil
                 them
                 in
                 pure
                 wine
                 ,
                 or
                 wine
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Colature
                 come
                 into
                 eight
                 ounces
                 ;
                 add
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   The
                   oyl
                   of
                   the
                   infused
                   flowers
                   three
                   ounces
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Elder-hony
                   two
                   ounces
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Yeolk
                   of
                   one
                   Egg
                   ;
                   mix
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   a
                   Clyster
                   ,
                   apply
                   it
                   hot
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 is
                 of
                 great
                 vertue
                 here
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 dissipateth
                 not
                 only
                 in
                 the
                 stomach
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 intestines
                 also
                 ,
                 all
                 mescusness
                 of
                 pituite
                 and
                 other
                 viscid
                 humors
                 .
                 By
                 its
                 great
                 diaphoretick
                 vertue
                 ,
                 it
                 dissipateth
                 all
                 thin
                 and
                 serous
                 humors
                 in
                 the
                 intestines
                 ;
                 it
                 warmeth
                 by
                 its
                 penetrating
                 
                 heat
                 the
                 intrails
                 ,
                 made
                 cold
                 by
                 drink
                 ,
                 air
                 ,
                 &c.
                 and
                 so
                 taken
                 ,
                 both
                 inwardly
                 ,
                 and
                 anointed
                 ,
                 it
                 stilleth
                 the
                 huge
                 pains
                 that
                 arise
                 thence
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 Church-man
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 this
                 spirit
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 dissipateth
                 the
                 Collick
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 familiar
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 the
                 least
                 occasion
                 bred
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 place
                 of
                 this
                 use
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 well
                 purified
                 from
                 its
                 phlegm
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 distilled
                 oyl
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 imbibed
                 in
                 silk
                 ,
                 and
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 navel
                 with
                 a
                 ventose
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 most
                 gentle
                 paregorick
                 .
              
               
                 Whereof
                 also
                 give
                 four
                 drops
                 in
                 a
                 spoonful
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 flowers
                 or
                 berries
                 .
                 The
                 spirit
                 of
                 Elder-salt
                 ,
                 given
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 broth
                 in
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 six
                 ,
                 or
                 seven
                 ,
                 or
                 eight
                 drops
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 cleansing
                 and
                 dissipating
                 vertue
                 ,
                 preserving
                 from
                 the
                 Collick
                 :
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 perceive
                 by
                 the
                 thirst
                 intense
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 constitution
                 of
                 the
                 patient
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 pains
                 arise
                 from
                 the
                 abundance
                 of
                 hot
                 and
                 sharp
                 boylous
                 
                 humors
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 hot
                 cause
                 ;
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 use
                 these
                 things
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 stomach
                 ;
                 unto
                 which
                 add
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 either
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 alone
                 ,
                 or
                 made
                 thin
                 with
                 the
                 best
                 stilled
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 II.
                 Of
                 Worms
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 Chrystaline
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 preserveth
                 and
                 freeth
                 from
                 worms
                 :
                 It
                 robs
                 them
                 of
                 their
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 kills
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 purgeth
                 them
                 out
                 .
                 The
                 dose
                 is
                 ,
                 from
                 half
                 a
                 scruple
                 to
                 half
                 a
                 drach
                 or
                 two
                 scrup
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 those
                 of
                 riper
                 years
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 troubled
                 with
                 worms
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 prepare
                 in
                 the
                 Spring-time
                 a
                 dish
                 made
                 of
                 Elder-buds
                 ,
                 delivered
                 from
                 their
                 bitter
                 naucious
                 taste
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 effusion
                 of
                 boyling
                 water
                 ,
                 with
                 oyl
                 ,
                 salt
                 ,
                 and
                 vinegar
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 as
                 a
                 sallet
                 before
                 supper
                 :
                 For
                 the
                 oyl
                 closeth
                 the
                 breathing
                 places
                 of
                 the
                 worms
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 maketh
                 the
                 belly
                 slippery
                 :
                 Salt
                 and
                 vinegar
                 cleanse
                 ,
                 cut
                 ,
                 and
                 kill
                 the
                 worms
                 .
                 The
                 Elder-buds
                 do
                 loosen
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 purge
                 the
                 worms
                 and
                 thrust
                 forth
                 their
                 fuel
                 .
                 That
                 this
                 sallet
                 may
                 be
                 more
                 pleasant
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 add
                 some
                 tender
                 leaves
                 of
                 sorrel
                 ,
                 which
                 likewise
                 resist
                 worms
                 .
                 At
                 other
                 times
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 taken
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 for
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 ,
                 a
                 scruple
                 at
                 once
                 in
                 broth
                 ,
                 is
                 commendable
                 .
              
               
                 Give
                 to
                 more
                 delicate
                 persons
                 frequently
                 a
                 spoonful
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 ;
                 with
                 which
                 mix
                 half
                 a
                 scruple
                 of
                 prepared
                 Hearts-horn
                 .
                 Some
                 press
                 out
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 recent
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 mix
                 it
                 with
                 honey
                 ,
                 or
                 honey-roset
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 it
                 sometimes
                 before
                 other
                 meat
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 kill
                 and
                 purge
                 out
                 worms
                 .
              
               
                 Where
                 the
                 stomach
                 and
                 intestines
                 are
                 furred
                 and
                 filled
                 with
                 a
                 greater
                 quantity
                 of
                 tenacious
                 putrid
                 pituit
                 mucilage
                 ;
                 give
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 the
                 Polichrestick
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 in
                 their
                 syrup
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 3.
                 
                 Of
                 Lienterick
                 and
                 Celiaick
                 Fluxes
                 .
              
               
                 ALbeit
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 sight
                 the
                 Elder
                 seem
                 not
                 fit
                 for
                 fluxes
                 ;
                 notwithstanding
                 in
                 Lienteries
                 &
                 Celiaick
                 fluxes
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 meat
                 and
                 drink
                 are
                 either
                 in
                 that
                 form
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 received
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 half
                 concocted
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 much
                 altered
                 ,
                 voided
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 sooner
                 than
                 was
                 fitting
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 weakness
                 of
                 the
                 retentive
                 faculty
                 of
                 the
                 stomach
                 and
                 intestines
                 ,
                 proceeding
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 from
                 a
                 cold
                 and
                 humid
                 distemper
                 ,
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                
                 ,
                 both
                 simple
                 and
                 stomatical
                 ,
                 is
                 used
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 profit
                 .
                 Therefore
                 a
                 spoonful
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 oft
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 with
                 Rie
                 or
                 Wheat-bread
                 ;
                 or
                 being
                 imbibed
                 in
                 a
                 double
                 linnen
                 cloth
                 applyed
                 to
                 the
                 stomach
                 or
                 abdomen
                 .
              
               
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 
                   Tragea
                   granorum
                   actes
                
                 ,
                 &
                 the
                 cordial
                 powder
                 prepared
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 profitable
                 ;
                 whereof
                 give
                 twice
                 a
                 
                 day
                 ,
                 viz.
                 morning
                 and
                 evening
                 before
                 meat
                 ,
                 a
                 drachm
                 in
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 spoonfuls
                 of
                 generous
                 wine
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 drink
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 meat
                 you
                 may
                 use
                 wine
                 prepared
                 of
                 Elder-berries
                 dried
                 ,
                 Cinnamon
                 and
                 Cloves
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 4.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 Dissentery
                 .
              
               
                 IN
                 the
                 Dissentery
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 bloudy
                 and
                 painful
                 emptying
                 of
                 the
                 belly
                 .
                 
                   Oswald
                   Crollius
                
                 ,
                 from
                 their
                 signiture
                 ,
                 commends
                 the
                 Elder-berries
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 but
                 chiefly
                 Quercetan
                 ,
                 in
                 lib.
                 1.
                 cap.
                 2.
                 of
                 his
                 
                   Dogmatick
                   Pharmacy
                
                 ,
                 describes
                 this
                 Tageam
                 ,
                 communicated
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 D.
                 VVolfius
                 ,
                 Professor
                 in
                 the
                 University
                 of
                 Marpurg
                 ,
                 so
                 often
                 mentioned
                 and
                 commended
                 by
                 me
                 in
                 this
                 Treatise
                 .
              
               
                 Press
                 the
                 juice
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Elder-berries
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 ripe
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 Autumn
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 Juice
                 and
                 Rye-flower
                 make
                 paste
                 ,
                 work
                 it
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 thereof
                 make
                 little
                 Cakes
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 a
                 Oven
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 baked
                 to
                 the
                 hardness
                 
                 of
                 Bisket
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 reduced
                 to
                 a
                 subtile
                 powder
                 ;
                 which
                 powder
                 is
                 again
                 to
                 be
                 imbibed
                 in
                 the
                 juice
                 and
                 made
                 in
                 paste
                 ,
                 baked
                 and
                 pulverised
                 as
                 before
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 the
                 third
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 last
                 ,
                 all
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 reduce
                 it
                 again
                 to
                 a
                 subtile
                 powder
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 keep
                 long
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 a
                 hid
                 specifick
                 against
                 a
                 Dissentery
                 .
                 Take
                 a
                 drachm
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 a
                 Nutmeg
                 ,
                 incorporate
                 them
                 well
                 with
                 a
                 soft
                 rosted
                 egg
                 ,
                 and
                 sup
                 it
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 is
                 called
                 
                   Tragea
                   granorum
                   Actes
                
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 a
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 grains
                 of
                 Elder
                 .
                 And
                 thus
                 far
                 Quercetan
                 .
              
               
                 Others
                 prepare
                 it
                 thus
                 :
                 Take
                 Rie-bread
                 hot
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Oven
                 ,
                 moisten
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 Elder-berries
                 ,
                 and
                 bake
                 it
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 Oven
                 ;
                 being
                 dry
                 again
                 ,
                 moysten
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 Elder-berries
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 so
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 times
                 ;
                 then
                 reduce
                 this
                 bread
                 into
                 powder
                 ,
                 whereof
                 take
                 a
                 drachm
                 alone
                 or
                 a
                 half
                 ,
                 with
                 as
                 much
                 nutmeg-powder
                 .
                 Of
                 which
                 see
                 the
                 famous
                 Sennert
                 .
                 
                 in
                 the
                 10
                 Chapter
                 of
                 the
                 Treatise
                 of
                 the
                 Dissentery
                 .
                 But
                 a
                 care
                 must
                 be
                 taken
                 that
                 the
                 belly
                 be
                 not
                 over
                 soon
                 stopped
                 ,
                 but
                 place
                 must
                 be
                 left
                 for
                 the
                 evacuating
                 of
                 sharp
                 humors
                 ,
                 lest
                 that
                 befal
                 which
                 hapned
                 to
                 the
                 Maid
                 mentioned
                 by
                 the
                 learned
                 Fernel
                 .
                 in
                 lib.
                 6.
                 cap.
                 9.
                 
                 Pathol.
                 
              
               
                 Therefore
                 to
                 purge
                 the
                 sharp
                 humors
                 ,
                 and
                 mitigate
                 the
                 cruel
                 pain
                 ,
                 give
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 before
                 you
                 use
                 the
                 Astrictive
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 one
                 ounce
                 or
                 one
                 ounce
                 and
                 half
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 prepared
                 by
                 three
                 infusions
                 in
                 three
                 ounces
                 of
                 Barley-water
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 .
                 You
                 may
                 with
                 profit
                 add
                 to
                 this
                 one
                 scruple
                 or
                 half
                 a
                 drachm
                 of
                 white
                 Mechoacan
                 subtilly
                 pulverised
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 gently
                 purgeth
                 and
                 bindeth
                 the
                 belly
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 three
                 days
                 are
                 past
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 have
                 used
                 all
                 necessary
                 evacuations
                 ,
                 &
                 clangings
                 ,
                 and
                 pain
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 is
                 ceased
                 ,
                 then
                 we
                 may
                 more
                 safely
                 use
                 our
                 Tragea
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 doth
                 not
                 only
                 
                 restrain
                 the
                 belly
                 ;
                 but
                 together
                 with
                 this
                 gives
                 a
                 contrary
                 motion
                 to
                 these
                 sharp
                 and
                 salt
                 humors
                 ,
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 disposing
                 them
                 for
                 sweat
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 taken
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 morning
                 and
                 evening
                 ,
                 mixt
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 ,
                 yet
                 with
                 a
                 fasting
                 stomach
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     R.
                     Tragea
                     Gran.
                     Actes
                     ,
                     drach
                     .
                     1.
                     
                  
                   
                     The
                     Spirit
                     of
                     the
                     flowers
                     of
                     the
                     Elder
                     Gutt
                     .
                     35.
                     
                  
                
                 They
                 being
                 well
                 wrought
                 together
                 in
                 a
                 Marble
                 Mortar
                 ,
                 pour
                 on
                 it
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 ;
                 
                   
                     The
                     water
                     of
                     Tormentil-roots
                     an
                     ounce
                     and
                     half
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Syrup
                     of
                     the
                     juice
                     of
                     Plantain
                     half
                     an
                     ounce
                     .
                  
                
                 Mix
                 them
                 and
                 use
                 them
                 hot
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 dissipate
                 the
                 malignity
                 by
                 sweating
                 and
                 evaporation
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 bind
                 the
                 belly
                 by
                 stopping
                 the
                 flux
                 of
                 the
                 humor
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 same
                 things
                 may
                 be
                 used
                 in
                 a
                 Diarrhoea
                 or
                 white
                 Flux
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 5.
                 
                 Of
                 Constipation
                 or
                 Boundness
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 are
                 commended
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 health
                 to
                 open
                 their
                 womb
                 ,
                 by
                 Egineta
                 ,
                 and
                 Hippocrates
                 in
                 his
                 second
                 Book
                 of
                 Diet.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 same
                 is
                 performed
                 by
                 the
                 distilled
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 bark
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 a
                 third
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 infused
                 flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 or
                 buds
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 mixed
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 pleasant
                 taste
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 same
                 syrups
                 being
                 taken
                 alone
                 loosneth
                 the
                 belly
                 ;
                 or
                 drink
                 a
                 draught
                 of
                 wine
                 at
                 your
                 breakfast
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 having
                 taken
                 a
                 little
                 broth
                 ;
                 or
                 take
                 a
                 drachm
                 of
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 in
                 Plum-broth
                 or
                 a
                 soft
                 rosted
                 Egg
                 :
                 Or
                 use
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 this
                 the
                 conserve
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 .
                 The
                 recent
                 Rob
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 spread
                 thick
                 upon
                 a
                 slice
                 of
                 bread
                 ,
                 and
                 eaten
                 before
                 other
                 dishes
                 ,
                 is
                 our
                 Wives
                 domestick
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 they
                 use
                 likewise
                 in
                 their
                 Infants
                 and
                 Children
                 whose
                 bellies
                 are
                 stopt
                 longer
                 than
                 ordinary
                 ;
                 for
                 this
                 Juice
                 is
                 most
                 pleasant
                 and
                 familiar
                 to
                 children
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 if
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 thickning
                 of
                 it
                 you
                 do
                 add
                 a
                 little
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 as
                 hath
                 been
                 told
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 VI.
                 Of
                 Hemmorhoides
                 .
              
               
                 THere
                 is
                 nothing
                 more
                 excellent
                 to
                 ease
                 the
                 pain
                 of
                 the
                 Hemmorhoides
                 than
                 a
                 stove
                 or
                 fomentation
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 Elder
                 and
                 Verbasie
                 or
                 Hony-suckle
                 in
                 water
                 or
                 milk
                 :
                 for
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 it
                 easeth
                 the
                 greatest
                 pain
                 .
                 I
                 experimented
                 this
                 first
                 in
                 a
                 Countrey
                 Miller
                 ,
                 then
                 in
                 a
                 City
                 Baker
                 :
                 which
                 both
                 did
                 wonder
                 at
                 the
                 sudden
                 ease
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 great
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 in
                 readiness
                 beside
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 when
                 necessity
                 shall
                 require
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 anointing
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 infused
                 flowers
                 ,
                 mixed
                 with
                 a
                 third
                 part
                 of
                 Unguent
                 Populeon
                 ,
                 is
                 Anodine
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Or
                   take
                   of
                   the
                   infusion
                   of
                   Elder-flowers
                   ,
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Elder-kernels
                   and
                   Yeolks
                   of
                   Eggs
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   two
                   drachms
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   white
                   Wax
                   enough
                   making
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   art
                   an
                   Unguent
                   .
                
              
               
                 To
                 stay
                 the
                 Hemmorhoides
                 in
                 a
                 night
                 a
                 singular
                 Cataplasm
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 Elder-leaves
                 boiled
                 in
                 water
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 consistency
                 of
                 a
                 Poultice
                 ,
                 and
                 mixed
                 with
                 Oyl-olive
                 spread
                 on
                 a
                 scarlet
                 cloath
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 warm
                 to
                 the
                 Hemmorhoides
                 :
                 being
                 oft
                 renewed
                 through
                 the
                 whole
                 night
                 ,
                 the
                 Patient
                 lying
                 on
                 his
                 face
                 ,
                 is
                 commended
                 by
                 Alexis
                 in
                 his
                 Secrets
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 what
                 means
                 their
                 flux
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 stopt
                 is
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 stopping
                 of
                 the
                 Hemmorhoides
                 in
                 the
                 nose
                 ,
                 and
                 monthly
                 terms
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 stopping
                 the
                 blood
                 in
                 wounds
                 .
              
               
                 Mark
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 the
                 falling
                 of
                 the
                 Anus
                 ,
                 amongst
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 the
                 outmost
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 commended
                 by
                 
                   Mindererus
                   ,
                   cap.
                
                 7.
                 
                 M.M.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXIII
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Obstructions
               of
               the
               Mesentery
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               Milt
               ;
               from
               whence
               proceed
               both
               the
               Jaundies
               and
               Scurvy
               .
            
             
               TO
               hinder
               and
               cure
               the
               obstructions
               ,
               drink
               in
               the
               morning
               and
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               repast
               ,
               a
               cup
               full
               of
               the
               wine
               of
               Elder-berries
               ,
               for
               some
               days
               and
               weeks
               ;
               for
               it
               cutteth
               the
               thick
               ,
               tartarous
               ,
               serous
               and
               bilous
               matter
               ,
               it
               cleanseth
               ,
               evacuateth
               ,
               and
               by
               opening
               obstructions
               and
               purifying
               the
               blood
               ,
               gives
               the
               body
               a
               more
               fresh
               colour
               ;
               especially
               if
               once
               at
               least
               of
               the
               week
               you
               mix
               with
               it
               a
               half
               or
               whole
               drachm
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               parties
               strength
               ,
               of
               the
               Polychrestick
               powder
               of
               the
               buds
               .
            
             
               In
               these
               diseases
               this
               following
               powder
               is
               commended
               .
            
             
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 Elder-buds
                 dried
                 in
                 the
                 shade
                 drach
                 .
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 
                 Of
                 Crystalline
                 Elder-salt
                 scrup
                 .
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 Wormwood
                 scrup
                 .
                 4.
                 
              
            
             
               Make
               of
               all
               a
               subtile
               powder
               ,
               and
               give
               a
               scruple
               ,
               or
               half
               a
               drachm
               thereof
               in
               broth
               in
               the
               morning
               for
               many
               days
               ,
               commanding
               him
               to
               fast
               four
               hours
               ,
               and
               use
               moderate
               exercise
               .
               Those
               that
               are
               not
               pleased
               with
               the
               powder
               may
               form
               it
               into
               pils
               ,
               with
               the
               rob
               or
               juice
               of
               the
               berries
               ,
               &
               drink
               broth
               above
               it
               .
            
             
               A
               Lixive
               made
               of
               Elder-ashes
               ,
               prepared
               with
               wine
               or
               the
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               powerfully
               unlocks
               obstructions
               ,
               and
               attenuateth
               and
               changeth
               bilous
               and
               tartarous
               humors
               .
               Whence
               it
               is
               a
               profitable
               Medicine
               in
               the
               Jaundies
               ,
               some
               spoonfuls
               thereof
               being
               taken
               morning
               and
               evening
               ,
               dulcerat
               with
               sugar
               ,
               hony
               ,
               or
               Elder-hony
               .
            
             
               Oximel
               Sambucinum
               taken
               in
               an
               ounce
               and
               half
               weight
               dissolved
               in
               the
               water
               or
               flowers
               of
               the
               bark
               is
               more
               meek
               and
               pleasant
               .
            
             
               Or
               where
               the
               heat
               is
               greater
               ,
               and
               a
               Fever
               joyned
               ,
               an
               ounce
               and
               a
               half
               of
               
               the
               acetous
               syrup
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               dissolved
               and
               given
               at
               one
               dose
               .
            
             
               Some
               commend
               four
               or
               six
               drops
               of
               the
               oyl
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               the
               second
               description
               in
               a
               spoonful
               of
               the
               spirit
               or
               best
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ;
               give
               it
               twice
               a
               week
               ,
               and
               command
               moderate
               exercise
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               case
               the
               spirit
               alone
               ,
               the
               rob
               and
               its
               extract
               are
               safe
               medicines
               .
               For
               whilst
               the
               sink
               of
               the
               belly
               is
               emptied
               by
               the
               Polychrestick
               powder
               of
               the
               buds
               ,
               they
               provoke
               sweat
               by
               their
               penetrating
               vertues
               ,
               they
               unlock
               the
               obstructions
               and
               crammings
               of
               the
               Mesentery
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               Milt
               ,
               and
               Gall
               ;
               and
               cut
               and
               prepare
               the
               thickness
               of
               humors
               .
            
             
               The
               yellow
               middle
               bark
               is
               commended
               by
               his
               signature
               for
               the
               yellow
               Jaundies
               ;
               by
               
                 Crollius
                 de
                 Signaturis
                 rerum
              
               .
               'T
               is
               therefore
               to
               be
               macerated
               in
               wine
               with
               two
               or
               three
               Jews
               ears
               ;
               of
               which
               strained
               ,
               drink
               a
               sound
               draught
               morning
               &
               evening
               .
               Or
               you
               must
               use
               the
               distilled
               water
               thereof
               ;
               
               or
               the
               syrup
               made
               of
               its
               juice
               :
               For
               besides
               that
               they
               open
               the
               belly
               and
               evacuate
               hurtful
               humors
               ,
               the
               Medicines
               prepared
               of
               this
               bark
               ,
               have
               great
               vertue
               to
               open
               all
               obstructions
               .
            
             
               Six
               drops
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               Elder-salt
               taken
               in
               broth
               ,
               is
               commended
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               having
               premised
               these
               purging
               and
               cutting
               Medicines
               ,
               the
               greatest
               hope
               of
               health
               and
               helps
               is
               placed
               in
               evacuating
               the
               serosities
               by
               sweating
               :
               whence
               Plater
               affirms
               the
               rob
               of
               Elder-berries
               or
               Walwort
               to
               be
               very
               convenient
               ,
               adding
               to
               three
               ounces
               of
               these
               one
               ounce
               of
               the
               syrup
               of
               Popie
               .
               The
               dose
               drachms
               2.
               
               The
               extracts
               of
               these
               are
               more
               convenient
               and
               penetrating
               ,
               of
               which
               give
               one
               scruple
               ,
               or
               one
               drachm
               ,
               in
               a
               spoonful
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               or
               of
               
                 Carduus
                 Benedictus
              
               ,
               or
               of
               Scurvigrass
               ;
               and
               then
               let
               him
               provoke
               sweat
               in
               his
               bed
               ,
               or
               in
               a
               dry
               Bath
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 EXternally
                 anoint
                 frequently
                 the
                 Hypocondriacks
                 ,
                 where
                 those
                 bowels
                 are
                 placed
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 infused
                 flowers
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 ordinary
                 and
                 us'd
                 Dispensatories
                 affirm
                 to
                 cure
                 the
                 Jaundies
                 ,
                 and
                 help
                 the
                 stopt
                 Liver
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 a
                 hard
                 and
                 Scyrous
                 Milt
                 boyl
                 the
                 leaves
                 of
                 Elder
                 in
                 Wine
                 and
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 consistence
                 of
                 a
                 Poultice
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 through
                 a
                 Searse
                 or
                 Setace
                 ,
                 then
                 mix
                 therewith
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 meal
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 Elder
                 and
                 Cammomile
                 as
                 will
                 suffice
                 ;
                 then
                 apply
                 it
                 hot
                 like
                 a
                 Cataplasm
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Cere-cloth
                 ,
                 or
                 Serat
                 ,
                 is
                 commended
                 for
                 mollifying
                 and
                 digesting
                 scyrous
                 tumors
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 boil
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 recent
                 Elder-leaves
                 in
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 still
                 pressing
                 the
                 leaves
                 well
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 put
                 in
                 new
                 ones
                 .
                 Then
                 ,
              
               
                 
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   oyl
                   so
                   prepared
                   ounc
                   .
                   3.
                   
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   powder
                   of
                   tender
                   Elder-leaves
                   one
                   ounce
                   and
                   half
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Turpentine
                   and
                   yellow
                   Wax
                   ,
                   enough
                   .
                
              
               
                 Of
                 which
                 apply
                 every
                 day
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 affected
                 some
                 of
                 this
                 spread
                 on
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Leather
                 ,
                 cut
                 like
                 a
                 Cowes
                 tongue
                 ,
                 and
                 covered
                 with
                 a
                 fine
                 linnen
                 cloth
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Scorbutick
                 persons
                 ,
                 amongst
                 other
                 symptoms
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 neither
                 time
                 nor
                 place
                 to
                 mention
                 ,
                 are
                 troubled
                 with
                 a
                 pain
                 in
                 the
                 soals
                 of
                 their
                 feet
                 and
                 tops
                 of
                 their
                 fingers
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 famous
                 Sennert
                 .
                 affirms
                 to
                 be
                 cured
                 by
                 this
                 :
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 two
                 handfuls
                 ,
                 boil
                 them
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 adding
                 two
                 drachms
                 of
                 sope
                 spread
                 on
                 a
                 cloth
                 ,
                 and
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 diseased
                 part
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXIV
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Hydropsie
               ,
               and
               its
               kinds
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Of
                 Ascites
                 .
              
               
                 SEeing
                 this
                 depends
                 of
                 serous
                 humors
                 ,
                 fallen
                 into
                 the
                 Abdomen
                 ;
                 and
                 seeing
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 to
                 exsiccate
                 and
                 draw
                 water
                 from
                 the
                 belly
                 by
                 the
                 consent
                 of
                 Dioscorides
                 and
                 all
                 Physicians
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 man
                 that
                 doth
                 not
                 perceive
                 that
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 of
                 great
                 vertue
                 in
                 this
                 disease
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Purging
                   Medicines
                   .
                
                 
                   First
                   then
                   boil
                   in
                   Wine
                   ,
                   in
                   a
                   close
                   vessel
                   ,
                   those
                   middle
                   barks
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   with
                   one
                   or
                   two
                   Jews-ears
                   ;
                   sweeten
                   the
                   decoction
                   ;
                   and
                   for
                   some
                   days
                   give
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   diseased
                   party
                   morning
                   and
                   evening
                   to
                   drink
                   .
                
                 
                   Some
                   praise
                   this
                   ;
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   middle
                   bark
                   subtilly
                   grated
                   ,
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   
                   you
                   will
                   ,
                   boiled
                   in
                   a
                   sufficient
                   quantity
                   of
                   Goats-milk
                   ,
                   that
                   being
                   put
                   through
                   a
                   Searse
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   acquire
                   the
                   consistence
                   of
                   a
                   syrup
                   or
                   honey
                   ;
                   of
                   which
                   give
                   an
                   ounce
                   ,
                   or
                   an
                   ounce
                   and
                   a
                   half
                   ,
                   for
                   certain
                   days
                   in
                   white
                   wine
                   .
                   The
                   water
                   of
                   the
                   succulent
                   middle-bark
                   ,
                   distilled
                   in
                   the
                   Spring-time
                   ,
                   and
                   given
                   with
                   a
                   third
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   syrup
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   buds
                   ,
                   or
                   roots
                   ,
                   is
                   used
                   in
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   ounces
                   weight
                   .
                
                 
                   Quercetan
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   book
                   and
                   seventh
                   chapter
                   of
                   his
                   
                     Dogmatick
                     Pharmacy
                  
                   commends
                   this
                   purging
                   water
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   ;
                   Take
                   the
                   seeds
                   or
                   berries
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   and
                   Ebulus
                   ,
                   perfectly
                   ripe
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   in
                   Autumn
                   ;
                   out
                   of
                   these
                   with
                   a
                   press
                   draw
                   out
                   the
                   wine
                   or
                   juice
                   ,
                   shaking
                   out
                   the
                   inmost
                   kernels
                   ,
                   and
                   mixing
                   them
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   distil
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   water
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   Cohobat
                   thus
                   upon
                   the
                   dregs
                   ,
                   hath
                   a
                   notable
                   efficacy
                   in
                   purging
                   ,
                   &
                   chiefly
                   of
                   serous
                   humors
                   ;
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   aromatized
                   with
                   Cinnamon
                   ,
                   
                   Coriander
                   prepared
                   with
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   Lemmons
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   like
                   ;
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   Hydropick
                   persons
                   from
                   one
                   ounce
                   to
                   two
                   .
                   Thus
                   far
                   Quercetan
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   example
                   ,
                   R.
                   Of
                   the
                   water
                   preserved
                   ounces
                   two
                   ,
                   Syrup
                   or
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   and
                   buds
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   ounce
                   and
                   half
                   mixed
                   .
                   Of
                   this
                   composed
                   water
                   you
                   may
                   see
                   more
                   in
                   the
                   cited
                   place
                   of
                   Quercetan
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Wines
                   we
                   have
                   often
                   made
                   mention
                   before
                   ,
                   chiefly
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   Section
                   ;
                   nevertheless
                   we
                   will
                   set
                   down
                   this
                   of
                   Quercetans
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   first
                   Book
                   and
                   ninth
                   Chapter
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   differs
                   little
                   from
                   others
                   ;
                   The
                   seeds
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   prest
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   juice
                   drawn
                   out
                   ,
                   which
                   being
                   mixed
                   with
                   a
                   double
                   quantity
                   of
                   the
                   Must
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   white
                   wine
                   ,
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   put
                   in
                   a
                   Hogshead
                   of
                   convenient
                   bigness
                   ,
                   till
                   it
                   be
                   fully
                   digested
                   and
                   fermented
                   .
                
                 
                   Note
                   ,
                   That
                   it
                   is
                   better
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   done
                   in
                   a
                   close
                   Hogshead
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Hogshead
                   be
                   not
                   altogether
                   full
                   ;
                   
                   but
                   at
                   least
                   the
                   third
                   part
                   be
                   left
                   empty
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   well
                   closed
                   that
                   nothing
                   do
                   exhale
                   .
                   Which
                   being
                   done
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   fermentation
                   being
                   in
                   a
                   moneths
                   time
                   finished
                   ,
                   the
                   hogshead
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   opened
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   be
                   filled
                   up
                   to
                   the
                   brim
                   with
                   wine
                   ,
                   wrought
                   after
                   that
                   manner
                   with
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   berries
                   in
                   another
                   hogshead
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   wine
                   doth
                   purge
                   all
                   serous
                   humors
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   helpeth
                   Hydropick
                   persons
                   ;
                   the
                   dose
                   is
                   a
                   cup
                   ,
                   less
                   or
                   smaller
                   as
                   the
                   strength
                   of
                   the
                   person
                   is
                   .
                
                 
                   Dioscorides
                   writeth
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   root
                   being
                   boiled
                   in
                   wine
                   ,
                   and
                   given
                   to
                   Hydropick
                   persons
                   in
                   their
                   meat
                   ,
                   doth
                   help
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   Whose
                   juice
                   being
                   pressed
                   out
                   ,
                   doth
                   purge
                   upward
                   and
                   downward
                   like
                   Antimony
                   ,
                   as
                   Mindererus
                   witnesseth
                   in
                   his
                   
                     Military
                     Medicine
                     ,
                     cap.
                  
                   6.
                   
                   So
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   to
                   use
                   it
                   warily
                   ,
                   and
                   only
                   so
                   much
                   in
                   quantity
                   as
                   the
                   half
                   of
                   a
                   Walnut-shell
                   will
                   hold
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   honestly
                   informs
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   He
                   commends
                   there
                   likewise
                   a
                   Sallet
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   buds
                   ,
                   oyl
                   ,
                   salt
                   ,
                   and
                   vinegar
                   ,
                   which
                   we
                   have
                   set
                   down
                   in
                   the
                   cure
                   of
                   the
                   intestine
                   diseases
                   .
                   
                     Forestus
                     lib.
                  
                   19.
                   
                   Observat
                   .
                   44.
                   affirms
                   ,
                   That
                   by
                   long
                   experience
                   he
                   had
                   learned
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   leaves
                   of
                   Elder
                   being
                   put
                   in
                   Hydrogogick
                   decoctions
                   ,
                   do
                   excellently
                   purge
                   water
                   ,
                   chiefly
                   in
                   the
                   Hydropsie
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   same
                   Forestus
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   book
                   and
                   87
                   Observ
                   .
                   hath
                   this
                   ,
                   The
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   root
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   reduced
                   in
                   a
                   Succus
                   ,
                   the
                   dose
                   is
                   two
                   ounces
                   ,
                   in
                   fragrant
                   Wine
                   .
                   
                     Benedic
                     .
                     Veronensis
                  
                   writes
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   give
                   four
                   drachms
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   bark
                   of
                   Elder-roots
                   .
                   Others
                   give
                   for
                   9
                   days
                   together
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   Elder-bark-roots
                   in
                   a
                   pretty
                   quantity
                   ,
                   or
                   an
                   ounce
                   in
                   the
                   waning
                   of
                   the
                   Moon
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   cure
                   Hydropick
                   persons
                   :
                   for
                   it
                   bravely
                   purgeth
                   water
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   middle
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   doth
                   likewise
                   .
                   Nicholas
                   at
                   one
                   time
                   gives
                   six
                   ounces
                   of
                   the
                   decoction
                   of
                   middle
                   Elder-bark
                   :
                   The
                   same
                   man
                   
                   giveth
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   drachms
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   Ebulus
                   four
                   drachms
                   to
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                   Some
                   give
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   middle-bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   with
                   Oximel
                   .
                   Thus
                   far
                   Forestus
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   this
                   I
                   have
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   may
                   know
                   there
                   was
                   great
                   difference
                   of
                   the
                   dose
                   amongst
                   the
                   Ancients
                   .
                   Nevertheless
                   let
                   him
                   observe
                   faithfully
                   Mindererus
                   his
                   dose
                   ,
                   till
                   he
                   know
                   the
                   vertues
                   exactly
                   of
                   each
                   .
                
                 
                   Muller
                   in
                   his
                   Medicinal
                   Mysteries
                   saith
                   ,
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   perfect
                   cure
                   of
                   the
                   Hydropsie
                   ;
                   R.
                   Of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   recent
                   roots
                   of
                   the
                   white
                   Lilly
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   green
                   middle-bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   spoonful
                   .
                   Take
                   it
                   in
                   common
                   water
                   or
                   thin
                   Oximel
                   ever
                   after
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   days
                   :
                   This
                   purgeth
                   the
                   belly
                   strongly
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   tumors
                   that
                   are
                   left
                   about
                   the
                   knees
                   ,
                   feet
                   ,
                   &c.
                   lay
                   to
                   them
                   the
                   leaves
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   Bur-docks
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   draw
                   out
                   the
                   water
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Polychrestick
                   powder
                   of
                   the
                   
                   buds
                   in
                   a
                   drachm
                   ,
                   given
                   in
                   white
                   wine
                   sweetned
                   with
                   Oximel
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   or
                   syrup
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   is
                   commended
                   in
                   this
                   disease
                   .
                
                 
                   Or
                   ,
                   
                     
                       Take
                       of
                       the
                       Polychrestick
                       powder
                       of
                       the
                       buds
                       four
                       scruples
                       .
                    
                     
                       Of
                       Gum
                       of
                       Peru
                       of
                       Galingale
                       ,
                       of
                       each
                       half
                       a
                       scruple
                       .
                    
                  
                   Make
                   an
                   exact
                   mixt
                   powder
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   in
                   what
                   liquor
                   you
                   please
                   ,
                   at
                   two
                   times
                   to
                   a
                   patient
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   yet
                   weak
                   ;
                   for
                   it
                   powerfully
                   evacuateth
                   serous
                   humors
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   the
                   form
                   of
                   powder
                   displease
                   you
                   ,
                   work
                   it
                   with
                   the
                   syrup
                   of
                   hony
                   of
                   Elder
                   in
                   form
                   of
                   Pills
                   ,
                   or
                   with
                   the
                   Rob
                   of
                   Elder
                   in
                   form
                   of
                   a
                   Bole.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Hydroticks
                   or
                   Sudorificks
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   by
                   these
                   Catharticks
                   the
                   body
                   be
                   emptied
                   well
                   enough
                   ,
                   then
                   you
                   may
                   safely
                   proceed
                   to
                   Sudorificks
                   &
                   Diureticks
                   :
                   For
                   if
                   we
                   proceed
                   otherwise
                   ,
                   the
                   whole
                   stream
                   will
                   be
                   devolved
                   on
                   the
                   reins
                   and
                   ureters
                   ,
                   whereby
                   
                   the
                   gathering
                   together
                   thereof
                   grievous
                   symptoms
                   will
                   arise
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Rob
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   and
                   its
                   extract
                   are
                   Sudorificks
                   .
                   The
                   first
                   whereof
                   given
                   in
                   two
                   drachms
                   weight
                   is
                   commended
                   by
                   the
                   Augustans
                   for
                   this
                   purpose
                   .
                   The
                   second
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   in
                   as
                   many
                   scruples
                   ,
                   dissolved
                   in
                   the
                   water
                   and
                   vinegar
                   of
                   Elder-flowers
                   for
                   one
                   dose
                   .
                
                 
                   Or
                   where
                   the
                   Liver
                   is
                   more
                   cold
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   urine
                   less
                   red
                   ,
                   give
                   a
                   spoonful
                   or
                   two
                   of
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   or
                   tincture
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   made
                   thin
                   with
                   the
                   water
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   ,
                   and
                   sweetned
                   with
                   the
                   syrup
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   .
                   Then
                   in
                   bed
                   or
                   in
                   a
                   dry
                   Bath
                   provoke
                   sweat
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   spirit
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   is
                   more
                   gentle
                   ,
                   nevertheless
                   it
                   excellently
                   provoketh
                   sweat
                   ,
                   and
                   dryeth
                   strongly
                   the
                   water
                   of
                   the
                   Hydropick
                   person
                   ,
                   especially
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   well
                   rectified
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Diureticks
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   move
                   Urine
                   .
                
                 
                   Besides
                   those
                   rehearsed
                   ,
                   these
                   that
                   follow
                   are
                   Diureticks
                   .
                   The
                   salt
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   with
                   a
                   third
                   or
                   equal
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   salt
                   of
                   Wormwood
                   .
                   The
                   dose
                   from
                   a
                   scruple
                   to
                   half
                   a
                   drachm
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   spirit
                   distilled
                   from
                   the
                   salt
                   powerfully
                   moveth
                   urine
                   ,
                   and
                   drieth
                   moisture
                   ;
                   six
                   drops
                   thereof
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   in
                   broth
                   some
                   days
                   .
                
                 
                   Where
                   the
                   bowels
                   are
                   more
                   hot
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   urine
                   more
                   red
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   oft-times
                   a
                   deadly
                   token
                   in
                   Hydropick
                   persons
                   ,
                   instead
                   of
                   these
                   give
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   ounces
                   of
                   the
                   acetous
                   syrup
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   dissolved
                   in
                   the
                   water
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   and
                   leaves
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   half
                   a
                   pound
                   ;
                   whereof
                   four
                   or
                   five
                   ounces
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   drank
                   before
                   meat
                   twice
                   a
                   day
                   morning
                   and
                   evening
                   .
                   The
                   poor
                   mans
                   Euporist
                   ,
                   viz.
                   A
                   Lixive
                   prepared
                   of
                   Elder
                   and
                   Juniper-ashes
                   ,
                   with
                   one
                   part
                   of
                   white
                   wine
                   ,
                   and
                   three
                   parts
                   
                   of
                   simple
                   water
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   distilled
                   water
                   of
                   Elder-flowers
                   ;
                   whereof
                   give
                   a
                   cup
                   full
                   twice
                   a
                   day
                   to
                   the
                   Patient
                   fasting
                   ,
                   and
                   command
                   moderate
                   exercise
                   for
                   half
                   an
                   hour
                   or
                   longer
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   possible
                   ;
                   add
                   to
                   it
                   a
                   sufficient
                   quantity
                   of
                   Sugar
                   and
                   Cinnamon
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   smell
                   and
                   taste
                   more
                   sweetly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Experiment
                   of
                   Emylia
                   ,
                   Countess
                   of
                   Isinburg
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   seeing
                   we
                   have
                   made
                   mention
                   here
                   of
                   Diureticks
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   pass
                   by
                   this
                   Receipt
                   of
                   the
                   Countess
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   alone
                   she
                   cured
                   many
                   poor
                   people
                   of
                   the
                   Hydropsie
                   ;
                   in
                   which
                   ,
                   albeit
                   much
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   attributed
                   to
                   the
                   potion
                   it self
                   ,
                   nevertheless
                   I
                   ascribe
                   the
                   chief
                   effects
                   of
                   this
                   happy
                   Medicine
                   to
                   the
                   wine
                   prepared
                   of
                   the
                   Elder-flowers
                   and
                   sponges
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Hydropick
                   use
                   in
                   time
                   of
                   their
                   cure
                   ;
                   therefore
                   I
                   have
                   set
                   down
                   the
                   whole
                   course
                   of
                   the
                   cure
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   faithfully
                   
                   communicated
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   true
                   Sons
                   of
                   this
                   noble
                   Art
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   famous
                   Finck
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   26
                   Chapter
                   of
                   his
                   Enchirid.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     old
                     Acorns
                     unshelled
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     old
                     roots
                     of
                     Parsley
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     white
                     Oculi
                     Cancrorum
                     ,
                     of
                     each
                     two
                     scruples
                     and
                     an
                     half
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Sugar
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Cinnamon
                     ,
                     of
                     each
                     one
                     drachm
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   All
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   subtily
                   pulverised
                   and
                   searced
                   .
                
                 
                   Before
                   the
                   diseased
                   person
                   altogether
                   lye
                   down
                   ,
                   first
                   let
                   him
                   moisten
                   three
                   shives
                   of
                   wheat-bread
                   in
                   strong
                   wine
                   ;
                   may
                   be
                   it
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   beside
                   the
                   purpose
                   ,
                   if
                   before
                   in
                   that
                   wine
                   he
                   had
                   macerated
                   some
                   Elder-flowers
                   ;
                   then
                   presently
                   let
                   him
                   sprinkle
                   upon
                   these
                   shives
                   4
                   scruples
                   down
                   weight
                   of
                   that
                   powder
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   night
                   before
                   he
                   go
                   to
                   bed
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   eat
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   go
                   to
                   bed
                   and
                   sleep
                   above
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   day
                   next
                   following
                   ,
                   early
                   in
                   the
                   morning
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   eat
                   as
                   many
                   shives
                   of
                   bread
                   so
                   prepared
                   ,
                   and
                   fast
                   one
                   or
                   two
                   hours
                   after
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Thirdly
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   same
                   day
                   at
                   night
                   let
                   him
                   eat
                   the
                   same
                   preparation
                   ,
                   eating
                   and
                   drinking
                   nothing
                   above
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   go
                   to
                   sleep
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   this
                   diet
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   observed
                   ;
                   Let
                   the
                   diseased
                   person
                   abstain
                   from
                   fish
                   ,
                   swines-flesh
                   ,
                   herbs
                   ,
                   cheese
                   ,
                   cold
                   water
                   ,
                   thin
                   and
                   superfluous
                   drink
                   :
                   Let
                   him
                   use
                   wine
                   prepared
                   after
                   this
                   manner
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   esteem
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   chief
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   cure
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     whole
                     dried
                     umbels
                     of
                     Elder-flowers
                     ,
                     three
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Jews-ears
                     exsiccate
                     in
                     a
                     dry
                     air
                     ,
                     two
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     white
                     wine
                     two
                     quarts
                     ;
                     or
                     for
                     the
                     use
                     of
                     a
                     middle-child
                     ,
                     one
                     quart
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Let
                   them
                   stand
                   all
                   night
                   in
                   infusion
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   patient
                   may
                   drink
                   thereof
                   at
                   his
                   pleasure
                   ;
                   but
                   let
                   him
                   abstain
                   from
                   all
                   other
                   drink
                   till
                   the
                   tumor
                   be
                   evanished
                   .
                
                 
                   Mark
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   patient
                   by
                   this
                   cure
                   find
                   not
                   an
                   evident
                   alteration
                   ,
                   &
                   abating
                   of
                   the
                   tumor
                   ,
                   he
                   may
                   after
                   a
                   fortnight
                   
                   renew
                   the
                   cure
                   ;
                   and
                   without
                   doubt
                   ,
                   by
                   divine
                   assistance
                   ,
                   he
                   shall
                   recover
                   his
                   former
                   health
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Topicks
                   .
                
                 
                   Apply
                   outwardly
                   to
                   the
                   tumified
                   parts
                   a
                   Cataplasm
                   of
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   incorporate
                   with
                   Goates-dung
                   ,
                   which
                   hath
                   an
                   eminent
                   vertue
                   in
                   digesting
                   those
                   salt
                   &
                   waterish
                   humors
                   .
                
                 
                   Or
                   anoint
                   the
                   tumified
                   parts
                   with
                   the
                   oyl
                   of
                   the
                   bark
                   and
                   leaves
                   ,
                   prescribed
                   before
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   place
                   ;
                   unto
                   which
                   add
                   this
                   same
                   dung
                   to
                   give
                   it
                   consistence
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   tincture
                   drawn
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   rob
                   and
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   doth
                   excellently
                   discuss
                   and
                   dry
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   rubb'd
                   on
                   the
                   belly
                   and
                   legs
                   .
                
                 
                   Or
                   ,
                   take
                   a
                   sufficient
                   quantity
                   of
                   the
                   leaves
                   and
                   bark
                   ,
                   boil
                   them
                   in
                   a
                   common
                   Lixive
                   ,
                   wherewith
                   foment
                   the
                   belly
                   and
                   tumified
                   parts
                   twice
                   a
                   day
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   The
                   vapour
                   of
                   which
                   decoction
                   ,
                   held
                   under
                   the
                   Hydropick
                   legs
                   ,
                   draweth
                   the
                   serosity
                   from
                   thence
                   ,
                   and
                   discusseth
                   it
                   by
                   sweat
                   ;
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   poured
                   on
                   hot
                   bricks
                   in
                   a
                   close
                   vessel
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   vapour
                   may
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   heat
                   .
                
                 
                   Others
                   bid
                   the
                   feet
                   and
                   legs
                   only
                   to
                   be
                   bathed
                   in
                   a
                   decoction
                   of
                   the
                   leaves
                   ,
                   wherein
                   a
                   handful
                   or
                   two
                   of
                   common
                   salt
                   hath
                   been
                   dissolved
                   .
                
                 
                   Note
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   pith
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   being
                   pressed
                   with
                   the
                   finger
                   ,
                   doth
                   pit
                   ,
                   as
                   Hydropick
                   feet
                   do
                   ;
                   therefore
                   the
                   juice
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   distilled
                   water
                   of
                   Jews-ears
                   ,
                   are
                   profitable
                   .
                   
                     Crollius
                     de
                     signaturis
                     rerum
                  
                   ,
                   hither
                   you
                   may
                   transfer
                   the
                   example
                   of
                   the
                   Hydropick
                   and
                   gravelly
                   clown
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   set
                   down
                   in
                   the
                   Chapter
                   concerning
                   the
                   Stone
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   cured
                   by
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   pith
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 2.
                 
                 Of
                 Anasarca
                 or
                 Leucophlegmatia
                 .
              
               
                 IN
                 Anasarca
                 or
                 Leucophlegmatia
                 ,
                 having
                 prescribed
                 lighter
                 purges
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 immediately
                 to
                 proceed
                 to
                 Sudorificks
                 and
                 cutting
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 ,
                 extract
                 ,
                 and
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 forth
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 by
                 these
                 the
                 serosity
                 that
                 resides
                 in
                 the
                 musculous
                 flesh
                 ,
                 and
                 swels
                 the
                 members
                 ,
                 are
                 discussed
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 desired
                 heat
                 is
                 restored
                 to
                 the
                 cold
                 and
                 weak
                 members
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 intrals
                 appointed
                 for
                 nutrition
                 are
                 opened
                 and
                 strengthened
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 wine
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 excellent
                 for
                 ordinary
                 drink
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 alone'tis
                 manifest
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 after
                 long
                 fevers
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 chronical
                 diseases
                 ,
                 becoming
                 Leucophlegmatick
                 did
                 in
                 an
                 instant
                 untumifie
                 :
                 wherefore
                 may
                 be
                 that
                 experiment
                 of
                 Emylio
                 the
                 Countess
                 were
                 more
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 
                 used
                 in
                 this
                 than
                 in
                 the
                 Ascites
                 .
              
               
                 Note
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 certain
                 Citizen
                 of
                 Haina
                 ,
                 who
                 for
                 two
                 years
                 being
                 vexed
                 with
                 a
                 continual
                 falling
                 again
                 into
                 fevers
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 that
                 became
                 Leucophlegmatick
                 through
                 his
                 whole
                 body
                 ,
                 by
                 my
                 advice
                 he
                 was
                 cured
                 by
                 these
                 following
                 ;
                 First
                 ,
                 I
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 use
                 wine
                 wherein
                 the
                 Elder-bark
                 and
                 flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 tops
                 of
                 wormwood
                 in
                 equal
                 parts
                 were
                 infused
                 ,
                 thereby
                 to
                 open
                 the
                 obstructions
                 of
                 the
                 Meseraick
                 vessels
                 ,
                 &
                 to
                 purge
                 the
                 serous
                 &
                 pituitous
                 inundations
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 region
                 .
                 Of
                 which
                 every
                 morning
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 a
                 little
                 broth
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 take
                 a
                 good
                 draught
                 .
                 From
                 which
                 time
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 belly
                 had
                 for
                 a
                 few
                 days
                 answered
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 I
                 desir'd
                 him
                 to
                 swallow
                 a
                 pretty
                 spoonful
                 of
                 Elder-rob
                 ,
                 mixt
                 with
                 Hearts-horn
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 drank
                 Vinegar
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 mixed
                 with
                 Wine
                 ,
                 go
                 to
                 sweat
                 in
                 bed
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 done
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 ,
                 his
                 whole
                 body
                 did
                 detumifie
                 ;
                 a
                 more
                 lively
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 laudable
                 appetite
                 did
                 return
                 ;
                 neither
                 to
                 this
                 day
                 hath
                 appeared
                 any
                 residity
                 of
                 Fevers
                 .
              
               
                 While
                 I
                 was
                 writing
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 a
                 grave
                 Matron
                 told
                 me
                 this
                 history
                 ;
                 she
                 was
                 almost
                 threescore
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 being
                 troubled
                 for
                 some
                 weeks
                 with
                 a
                 white
                 Flux
                 of
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 she
                 fell
                 into
                 an
                 Hydropsy
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 her
                 belly
                 &
                 flesh
                 wonderfully
                 swelling
                 ,
                 her
                 strength
                 marvellously
                 decayed
                 ;
                 her
                 daughters
                 being
                 amazed
                 and
                 doubtful
                 of
                 their
                 mothers
                 health
                 ,
                 they
                 went
                 to
                 a
                 Physician
                 their
                 kinsman
                 ,
                 then
                 famous
                 in
                 this
                 Country
                 ,
                 they
                 earnestly
                 desired
                 his
                 counsel
                 &
                 help
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 albeit
                 he
                 was
                 terrifi'd
                 by
                 her
                 weakness
                 proceding
                 from
                 her
                 age
                 &
                 sickness
                 ,
                 to
                 use
                 any
                 cure
                 ;
                 yet
                 nevertheless
                 through
                 their
                 intreaty
                 he
                 appointed
                 some
                 comfortablethings
                 amongst
                 which
                 he
                 chiefly
                 commended
                 the
                 conserve
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 each
                 morning
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 should
                 be
                 given
                 her
                 thereof
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 alone
                 ,
                 through
                 divine
                 assistance
                 ,
                 
                 she
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 recovered
                 ,
                 and
                 lived
                 till
                 she
                 was
                 fourscore
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 wonder
                 of
                 all
                 those
                 that
                 saw
                 and
                 heard
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 Of
                 a
                 Timpany
                 .
              
               
                 SEeing
                 of
                 this
                 disease
                 the
                 belly
                 is
                 so
                 swelled
                 of
                 flatuosities
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 sounds
                 like
                 a
                 drum
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 beat
                 on
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 these
                 flatuosities
                 do
                 proceed
                 from
                 no
                 other
                 cause
                 than
                 from
                 a
                 weak
                 stomach
                 ;
                 the
                 stomach
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 strengthened
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 flatuosities
                 discussed
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 indications
                 ,
                 a
                 Purge
                 being
                 premised
                 ,
                 if
                 needful
                 ,
                 are
                 well
                 satisfied
                 by
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                
                 simple
                 and
                 stomatical
                 ,
                 commended
                 much
                 before
                 for
                 a
                 weak
                 stomach
                 ,
                 seeing
                 it
                 not
                 only
                 strengtheneth
                 ,
                 but
                 likewise
                 by
                 his
                 subtile
                 faculty
                 penetrateth
                 the
                 most
                 subtile
                 passages
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 discusseth
                 all
                 flatuosities
                 ;
                 chiefly
                 if
                 the
                 dose
                 of
                 the
                 Carminant-seeds
                 ,
                 of
                 Anise
                 and
                 Fennel-seeds
                 ,
                 be
                 augmented
                 :
                 
                 Give
                 every
                 day
                 a
                 spoonful
                 ,
                 and
                 anoynt
                 the
                 belly
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     Spirit
                     of
                     the
                     Stomatical
                     Granorum
                     Actes
                     ,
                     two
                     ounces
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Elder-flowers
                     ,
                     one
                     ounce
                     and
                     an
                     half
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     white
                     Sugar
                     Candy
                     pulverised
                     ,
                     one
                     ounce
                     :
                     mix
                     them
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 dose
                 ,
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 spoonfuls
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Benedict
                   Victor
                   Favorin
                
                 .
                 in
                 25
                 cap.
                 of
                 his
                 Empyricks
                 hath
                 these
                 :
                 I
                 saw
                 a
                 wonderful
                 effect
                 in
                 curing
                 the
                 flatulent
                 Hydropsie
                 ;
                 every
                 morning
                 in
                 the
                 dawning
                 this
                 drink
                 was
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 patient
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     water
                     of
                     the
                     roots
                     of
                     Danewort
                     ,
                     two
                     ounces
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     Elder
                     ,
                     four
                     ounces
                     ,
                     mix
                     them
                     .
                  
                
                 Continue
                 without
                 interruption
                 this
                 drink
                 for
                 thirty
                 days
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 wonderful
                 effect
                 will
                 follow
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 would
                 ever
                 add
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 or
                 flowers
                 ,
                 seeing
                 the
                 distilled
                 water
                 given
                 alone
                 much
                 troubleth
                 the
                 fasting
                 stomach
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXV
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Stone
               .
            
             
               IN
               the
               Stone
               of
               the
               Bladder
               a
               Laxative
               of
               the
               Elder
               Locusts
               ,
               which
               is
               most
               useful
               in
               this
               and
               other
               diseases
               ,
               because
               it
               only
               helps
               nature
               naturally
               to
               go
               to
               stool
               ,
               
                 Petraeus
                 Nosolog
                 .
                 harm
                 .
                 diss
                 .
              
               40.
               
               Thes
               .
               53.
               
            
             
               The
               wine
               made
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               berries
               help
               greatly
               here
               ;
               for
               first
               they
               disburden
               the
               stomach
               and
               intestines
               of
               that
               serous
               and
               mucid
               humor
               ,
               whereby
               pure
               Chyle
               ,
               and
               less
               impregnant
               with
               those
               tartarous
               tinctures
               is
               brought
               to
               the
               liver
               .
               Whence
               it
               is
               that
               the
               serous
               comes
               not
               so
               impure
               &
               muddy
               to
               the
               urinal
               passages
               .
               And
               besides
               ,
               if
               any
               slip
               be
               committed
               here
               ,
               and
               the
               tartarous
               humor
               be
               gathered
               together
               in
               these
               vessels
               ,
               this
               wine
               changeth
               them
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               urine
               thrusts
               them
               out
               of
               the
               body
               :
               Drink
               it
               fasting
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               the
               
               dose
               a
               cup
               full
               ,
               having
               supt
               a
               little
               broth
               before
               it
               .
            
             
               An
               Anodyne
               and
               Emollient
               Clyster
               may
               be
               made
               of
               the
               decoction
               of
               the
               flowers
               and
               leaves
               of
               the
               Elder
               ;
               unto
               every
               eight
               ounces
               of
               the
               strained
               decoction
               ,
               add
               three
               or
               four
               ounces
               of
               the
               oil
               of
               infused
               Elder-flowers
               ;
               if
               we
               will
               change
               more
               ,
               pour
               this
               decoction
               through
               the
               ashes
               of
               Elder-leaves
               a
               little
               ,
               and
               mix
               with
               it
               ,
               besides
               the
               oyl
               ,
               two
               ounces
               of
               Elder-hony
               .
            
             
               The
               pith
               being
               cut
               and
               swallowed
               ,
               is
               commonly
               much
               praised
               for
               moving
               urine
               ,
               and
               purging
               those
               dregs
               .
               And
               I
               know
               a
               man
               ,
               who
               being
               troubled
               with
               the
               Ascites
               and
               Stone
               ,
               by
               the
               perswasion
               of
               a
               Country-woman
               ,
               used
               only
               this
               pith
               ;
               having
               avoided
               these
               dregs
               ,
               and
               much
               serousness
               daily
               by
               his
               urine
               ,
               was
               cured
               of
               his
               Nephritick
               pains
               and
               Hydropsie
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               some
               that
               cutting
               it
               in
               thin
               shaves
               ,
               infused
               it
               in
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               berries
               ;
               and
               after
               a
               fortnight
               ,
               
               press
               the
               pith
               strongly
               and
               strain
               the
               spirits
               ,
               and
               give
               a
               spoonful
               of
               the
               Colature
               ,
               which
               they
               commend
               much
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Lithonthryptick
                 Elder-spirit
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 two
                 ounces
                 of
                 the
                 Elder-pith
                 cut
                 as
                 is
                 said
                 :
                 put
                 thereon
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 well
                 rectified
                 as
                 will
                 cover
                 it
                 .
                 Let
                 them
                 stand
                 seven
                 days
                 in
                 a
                 hot
                 place
                 ,
                 in
                 vessels
                 well
                 closed
                 ,
                 that
                 nothing
                 evaporate
                 .
                 After
                 pressing
                 the
                 pith
                 ,
                 strain
                 hard
                 the
                 spirit
                 a
                 few
                 times
                 :
                 Put
                 into
                 the
                 Colature
                 some
                 bruised
                 Juniper-berries
                 ,
                 viz.
                 two
                 ounces
                 .
                 Leave
                 it
                 likewise
                 for
                 two
                 days
                 in
                 infusion
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 hot
                 place
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 close
                 vessel
                 :
                 Afterward
                 press
                 it
                 again
                 ,
                 &
                 strain
                 it
                 .
                 Again
                 infuse
                 as
                 much
                 Juniper-berries
                 into
                 the
                 colature
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 it
                 for
                 three
                 days
                 in
                 the
                 infusion
                 ,
                 and
                 again
                 press
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 strain
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 purifie
                 it
                 from
                 all
                 the
                 feculent
                 grounds
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 are
                 able
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 you
                 have
                 the
                 stone-break
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 indued
                 
                 with
                 the
                 essence
                 of
                 Elder-pith
                 ,
                 and
                 Juniper-berries
                 ;
                 which
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 keep
                 in
                 a
                 stopt
                 close
                 glass
                 ,
                 whose
                 use
                 is
                 excellent
                 in
                 breaking
                 and
                 expelling
                 the
                 stone
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 used
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 the
                 nefritick
                 person
                 is
                 to
                 purge
                 his
                 belly
                 with
                 Polychrestick
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 ,
                 or
                 with
                 the
                 Clyster
                 prescribed
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 anoynted
                 his
                 loynes
                 with
                 Elder-oyle
                 ,
                 he
                 must
                 go
                 into
                 a
                 〈◊〉
                 made
                 of
                 Pease-straw
                 and
                 Mallows
                 ▪
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 Elder
                 and
                 Cammomile
                 ;
                 afterward
                 let
                 him
                 drink
                 a
                 spoonfull
                 of
                 this
                 spirit
                 in
                 white-Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 stay
                 in
                 the
                 Bath
                 till
                 he
                 avoid
                 the
                 Stone
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 avoid
                 swouning
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 hold
                 to
                 his
                 nose
                 a
                 sponge
                 dipt
                 in
                 Elder-vinegar
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 him
                 moisten
                 his
                 pulses
                 with
                 this
                 same
                 vinegar
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 cordial
                 Epithem
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Medicine
                 hath
                 its
                 original
                 from
                 the
                 experiments
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Matthiolus
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 called
                 a
                 wonderfull
                 Medicine
                 by
                 Muller
                 in
                 his
                 Mysteries
                 Medicinal
                 .
                 Nevertheless
                 
                 this
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 preferred
                 to
                 that
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 the
                 vertues
                 it
                 hath
                 from
                 the
                 pith
                 ,
                 or
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 to
                 break
                 the
                 stone
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Stonebreak
                 Essence
                 ,
                 or
                 Extract
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 that
                 pleaseth
                 may
                 prepare
                 an
                 excellent
                 Essence
                 ,
                 or
                 Extract
                 ,
                 against
                 stony
                 &
                 tartarous
                 diseases
                 ,
                 as
                 followeth
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   Pith
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   one
                   ounce
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   dryed
                   Berries
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   recent
                   Juniper-berries
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   an
                   ounce
                   and
                   half
                   ;
                
                 
                   Of
                   Liquorice
                   mundified
                   ,
                   six
                   drachmes
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Pith
                 and
                 Liquorice
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 in
                 small
                 pieces
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 berries
                 grosly
                 powdered
                 ;
                 being
                 mixed
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 be
                 infused
                 in
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 Elder
                 spirit
                 ;
                 and
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 in
                 a
                 hot
                 place
                 for
                 a
                 fortnight
                 together
                 ,
                 stirring
                 each
                 day
                 the
                 glass
                 ,
                 and
                 stopping
                 the
                 mouth
                 
                 thereof
                 well
                 ;
                 that
                 time
                 being
                 ended
                 ,
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 linnen
                 bag
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 press
                 press
                 them
                 strongly
                 ;
                 put
                 the
                 strained
                 liquor
                 in
                 a
                 Cucurbit
                 ,
                 and
                 putting
                 to
                 the
                 Alimbeck
                 thereof
                 ,
                 distil
                 that
                 spirit
                 in
                 Balneo
                 ,
                 till
                 that
                 which
                 remains
                 in
                 the
                 bottom
                 become
                 as
                 thick
                 as
                 hony
                 ,
                 having
                 mixed
                 before
                 with
                 it
                 two
                 drachms
                 of
                 the
                 Magisterie
                 or
                 salt
                 Ocular
                 .
                 Cancror
                 .
                 being
                 mixed
                 ,
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 glass
                 vessel
                 :
                 whereof
                 give
                 from
                 a
                 scruple
                 to
                 a
                 drachm
                 dissolved
                 in
                 a
                 spoonful
                 of
                 that
                 spirit
                 that
                 was
                 distilled
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Linaria
                 distilled
                 with
                 Rhenish
                 wine
                 ;
                 observing
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 were
                 prescribed
                 before
                 in
                 the
                 administration
                 of
                 the
                 stonebreak
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 salt
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 commendable
                 in
                 salt
                 &
                 tartarous
                 diseases
                 ,
                 given
                 alone
                 or
                 mixed
                 with
                 the
                 former
                 extract
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 liquor
                 ,
                 8
                 or
                 6
                 grains
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 salt
                 doth
                 cleanse
                 these
                 tartarous
                 muddinesses
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Dysuria
                 and
                 Ischuria
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 difficulty
                 of
                 making
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 not
                 making
                 water
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 these
                 Medicines
                 are
                 excellent
                 ;
                 seeing
                 these
                 symptomes
                 arise
                 from
                 a
                 muddy
                 and
                 mucid
                 humor
                 ,
                 or
                 from
                 a
                 glewish
                 toughness
                 that
                 obstructeth
                 the
                 urinal
                 passages
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 chiefly
                 the
                 stonebreak
                 extract
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 good
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 ;
                 whereof
                 give
                 a
                 scruple
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 Vinaria
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 diseased
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 fomented
                 about
                 the
                 secrets
                 with
                 the
                 decoction
                 of
                 the
                 Radish
                 and
                 Vinaria
                 .
                 Pliny
                 saith
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 stones
                 being
                 drank
                 in
                 two
                 ounces
                 weight
                 move
                 urine
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXVI
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Affections
               of
               the
               Womb.
               
            
             
               TO
               mollifie
               and
               open
               the
               secrets
               of
               a
               woman
               ,
               and
               cure
               the
               diseases
               about
               them
               ,
               it
               is
               affirmed
               by
               Dioscorides
               to
               be
               done
               by
               incession
               ,
               made
               of
               the
               Roots
               of
               Elder
               boyled
               in
               water
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 stopping
                 of
                 the
                 Monethly
                 Terms
                 .
              
               
                 MAny
                 Medicines
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 in
                 the
                 defect
                 of
                 the
                 monethly
                 Termes
                 ;
                 which
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 proceeds
                 from
                 a
                 gross
                 bloud
                 ,
                 or
                 tough
                 humor
                 ,
                 closing
                 or
                 obstructing
                 the
                 orifices
                 of
                 the
                 Histerick
                 veins
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 then
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 use
                 things
                 which
                 open
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 and
                 disburthen
                 it
                 of
                 that
                 putrid
                 filth
                 ;
                 give
                 them
                 therefore
                 
                 to
                 drink
                 the
                 wine
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 which
                 looseneth
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 and
                 maketh
                 thin
                 the
                 bloud
                 and
                 grosse
                 humors
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 distilled
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 middle-bark
                 ,
                 mixt
                 with
                 the
                 purging
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 prepared
                 as
                 Quercetan
                 directs
                 ,
                 serves
                 for
                 both
                 ends
                 :
                 The
                 dose
                 is
                 three
                 ounces
                 ,
                 with
                 one
                 ounce
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 bark
                 ,
                 or
                 buds
                 .
              
               
                 Which
                 if
                 you
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 Cathartick
                 ,
                 add
                 to
                 it
                 half
                 a
                 drachm
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 sufficeth
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Polychrestick
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Elder-rob
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 white
                 Dittany
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 Pimpinel
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 womens
                 Medicine
                 .
                 
                   Gabel
                   Shover
                
                 hath
                 this
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   ripe
                   Elder-berries
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Rosemary
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   handful
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Pimpinel-roots
                   ,
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   ,
                
              
               
                 Boyled
                 in
                 a
                 quart
                 of
                 strong
                 old
                 Wine
                 ;
                 whereof
                 drink
                 a
                 good
                 draught
                 warm
                 each
                 morning
                 for
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 their
                 courses
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 let
                 them
                 fast
                 two
                 houres
                 after
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 is
                 likewise
                 usefull
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 its
                 subtility
                 passes
                 through
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 through
                 the
                 least
                 vessels
                 thereof
                 ,
                 cutting
                 and
                 attenuating
                 the
                 grosness
                 of
                 the
                 humors
                 ;
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 before
                 the
                 courses
                 use
                 to
                 flow
                 :
                 The
                 dose
                 is
                 a
                 pretty
                 spoonfull
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 distilled
                 water
                 ;
                 in
                 place
                 of
                 the
                 simple
                 spirit
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 take
                 the
                 Hysterick
                 described
                 hereafter
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 quantity
                 and
                 manner
                 ;
                 for
                 his
                 vertue
                 is
                 great
                 ,
                 in
                 moving
                 the
                 courses
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 description
                 is
                 commendable
                 ,
                 if
                 two
                 or
                 four
                 drops
                 thereof
                 be
                 added
                 to
                 these
                 spirits
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Scyrrous
                 disposition
                 of
                 the
                 matrix
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 cram'd
                 humor
                 is
                 hardened
                 into
                 a
                 Scyrrous
                 ,
                 closing
                 the
                 orifice
                 of
                 the
                 veins
                 ,
                 and
                 stopping
                 the
                 courses
                 ,
                 besides
                 these
                 Medicines
                 you
                 must
                 make
                 incessions
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 root
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 boyled
                 in
                 water
                 ,
                 as
                 Dioscorides
                 commands
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 there
                 likewise
                 be
                 an
                 oyntment
                 
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 infused
                 flowers
                 and
                 leaves
                 ,
                 mixed
                 with
                 the
                 fat
                 of
                 a
                 hen
                 .
                 This
                 same
                 fat
                 dissolved
                 in
                 the
                 decoction
                 of
                 the
                 roots
                 and
                 leaves
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 injected
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 flowing
                 of
                 the
                 Courses
                 .
              
               
                 
                   TRagea
                   granorum
                   actes
                
                 excelleth
                 in
                 stopping
                 these
                 ;
                 whereof
                 give
                 half
                 a
                 drachm
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 much
                 Nutmeg
                 in
                 a
                 soft
                 egg
                 ,
                 or
                 red
                 Wind
                 ,
                 singed
                 by
                 the
                 quenching
                 of
                 red
                 hot
                 gold
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Tragea
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Nutmegs
                   ,
                   a
                   little
                   roasted
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   roots
                   of
                   Tormentil
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   red
                   Coral
                   prepared
                   with
                   Rosewater
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   two
                   scruples
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Sugar-rosat
                   in
                   Tablets
                   ,
                   six
                   drachmes
                   .
                
              
               
                 Let
                 them
                 be
                 mixed
                 for
                 a
                 Tragea
                 ;
                 whereof
                 take
                 morning
                 and
                 evening
                 two
                 drachmes
                 for
                 a
                 dose
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 liquors
                 .
              
               
               
                 If
                 the
                 bloud
                 be
                 too
                 serous
                 and
                 fluid
                 ;
                 that
                 serousness
                 is
                 either
                 to
                 be
                 purged
                 gently
                 by
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 weak
                 Hydroticks
                 by
                 sweating
                 ;
                 whereof
                 we
                 have
                 spoken
                 largely
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Gabel
                   Shover
                
                 hath
                 this
                 ;
                 Give
                 to
                 the
                 woman
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 three
                 spoonfuls
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 command
                 her
                 to
                 fast
                 three
                 hours
                 after
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 Suffocation
                 of
                 the
                 Matrix
                 .
              
               
                 SEeing
                 this
                 most
                 perillous
                 Disease
                 dependeth
                 from
                 a
                 malignant
                 and
                 cold
                 air
                 ,
                 exhaled
                 from
                 the
                 womb
                 and
                 uterine
                 vessels
                 to
                 the
                 Midriff
                 ,
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 Brains
                 ,
                 the
                 womb
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 purged
                 of
                 all
                 malignant
                 and
                 putrid
                 humors
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 strength
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 corroborated
                 .
              
               
                 Apply
                 here
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 were
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 stopping
                 of
                 the
                 Courses
                 ;
                 both
                 because
                 these
                 used
                 not
                 
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 least
                 and
                 seldomest
                 cause
                 of
                 these
                 malignant
                 vapors
                 ;
                 and
                 likewise
                 because
                 the
                 Medicaments
                 purge
                 and
                 dissipate
                 these
                 uterine
                 filths
                 gathered
                 upon
                 whatsoever
                 occasion
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 half
                 or
                 whole
                 spoonful
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 or
                 berries
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 greatly
                 availeth
                 here
                 ,
                 both
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 fit
                 ,
                 for
                 both
                 powerfully
                 discuss
                 these
                 cold
                 and
                 poysonous
                 vapors
                 ,
                 evacuate
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 utrenal
                 sink
                 ,
                 and
                 vindicate
                 the
                 more
                 nobler
                 intrals
                 from
                 their
                 infection
                 ,
                 and
                 restore
                 freer
                 breathing
                 .
                 
                   Gabel
                   Shover
                
                 taketh
                 a
                 handful
                 of
                 Jews-ears
                 ,
                 and
                 infuseth
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 quart
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ;
                 of
                 the
                 which
                 he
                 giveth
                 the
                 diseased
                 a
                 full
                 draught
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 her
                 fit
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Antiepileptick
                 Elder-spirit
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 used
                 instead
                 of
                 the
                 Juniper
                 ,
                 is
                 good
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 it
                 anoynt
                 the
                 belly
                 below
                 the
                 navel
                 toward
                 the
                 secrets
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 prepare
                 for
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 diseases
                 ,
                 this
                 that
                 follows
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Histerick
                   Spirit
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   .
                
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   middle
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   one
                   ounce
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   roots
                   of
                   white
                   Dittany
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   round
                   Birthwort
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   three
                   drachmes
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   dried
                   leaves
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   one
                   handfull
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   red
                   Artimesia
                   .
                   or
                   Mugwort
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Prrsley
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   half
                   an
                   handfull
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   flowres
                   of
                   white
                   Lillies
                   ,
                   two
                   drachmes
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   clean
                   Jews-ears
                   ,
                   three
                   in
                   number
                   .
                
              
               
                 Being
                 cut
                 ,
                 infuse
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 competent
                 quantity
                 of
                 Elder-sprit
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 hand-breadth
                 above
                 them
                 .
                 Let
                 them
                 stand
                 in
                 infusion
                 for
                 ten
                 daies
                 ;
                 &
                 every
                 day
                 stirr
                 them
                 twice
                 ;
                 afterwaad
                 distill
                 them
                 in
                 Balneo
                 ,
                 foa
                 the
                 Histerick
                 spirit
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 give
                 a
                 half
                 ,
                 or
                 whole
                 spoonfull
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 fit
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 anoynt
                 the
                 lower
                 belly
                 ,
                 by
                 rubbing
                 it
                 in
                 ,
                 as
                 hath
                 been
                 prescribed
                 .
              
               
               
                 Not
                 only
                 in
                 the
                 suffocation
                 of
                 the
                 Matrix
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 excellency
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 Histerick
                 passion
                 ;
                 but
                 also
                 it
                 is
                 excellent
                 for
                 the
                 stopped
                 flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 cold
                 and
                 moist
                 diseases
                 of
                 the
                 womb
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 helpeth
                 likewise
                 to
                 expel
                 the
                 dead
                 child
                 &
                 secondines
                 ,
                 if
                 after
                 universals
                 ,
                 and
                 topicks
                 ,
                 a
                 spoonfull
                 thereof
                 be
                 given
                 in
                 white
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 distilled
                 water
                 ,
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 drops
                 of
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 description
                 ,
                 being
                 mixt
                 therewith
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Extractum
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                   Hystericum
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   ripe
                   grains
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   dried
                   in
                   the
                   shadow
                   ,
                   Quercetan
                   forms
                   an
                   Extract
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   a
                   specifick
                   Histerick
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   called
                   of
                   the
                   Chymists
                   ,
                   
                     Extractum
                     Granorum
                     Actes
                  
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   thus
                   prepared
                   :
                
                 
                   Gather
                   a
                   great
                   quantity
                   of
                   the
                   grains
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   well
                   dried
                   in
                   the
                   shadow
                   ;
                   &
                   having
                   thrown
                   all
                   the
                   rest
                   
                   of
                   the
                   berry
                   away
                   ,
                   reserve
                   the
                   grains
                   only
                   ;
                   with
                   which
                   fill
                   a
                   long-necked
                   great
                   Cucurbit
                   to
                   the
                   middle
                   ;
                   put
                   upon
                   it
                   the
                   strong
                   spirit
                   of
                   wine
                   ,
                   made
                   acid
                   with
                   the
                   acid
                   liquor
                   either
                   of
                   Vitriol
                   or
                   Sulphure
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   fingers
                   broad
                   above
                   the
                   matter
                   ;
                   the
                   vessel
                   being
                   closed
                   ,
                   that
                   nothing
                   may
                   breath
                   out
                   :
                   Digest
                   it
                   for
                   five
                   or
                   six
                   days
                   in
                   B.M.
                   till
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   the
                   wine
                   receive
                   the
                   tincture
                   of
                   a
                   Ruby
                   ,
                   which
                   you
                   shall
                   separate
                   by
                   inclination
                   ,
                   having
                   a
                   care
                   that
                   none
                   of
                   the
                   dregs
                   or
                   troubled
                   matter
                   go
                   with
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   which
                   tincture
                   not
                   having
                   separated
                   its
                   menstruum
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   the
                   
                     aqua
                     vitae
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   without
                   any
                   corruption
                   or
                   alteration
                   will
                   be
                   kept
                   long
                   ;
                   unto
                   which
                   you
                   may
                   add
                   a
                   little
                   Sugar
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   make
                   it
                   have
                   a
                   more
                   pleasant
                   taste
                   ;
                   you
                   may
                   give
                   a
                   half
                   or
                   whole
                   silver
                   spoonful
                   to
                   women
                   troubled
                   with
                   the
                   suffocation
                   of
                   the
                   Matrix
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   unexpectedly
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   
                   were
                   miraculously
                   weakened
                   ,
                   and
                   restored
                   to
                   their
                   perfect
                   health
                   .
                
                 
                   Again
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   separate
                   from
                   it
                   the
                   
                     aqua
                     vitae
                  
                   by
                   an
                   Alimbeck
                   in
                   
                     Balneo
                     vaporoso
                  
                   ,
                   till
                   the
                   extract
                   remain
                   in
                   the
                   bottom
                   of
                   a
                   most
                   excellent
                   red
                   colour
                   ,
                   whereof
                   give
                   a
                   scruple
                   for
                   a
                   dose
                   in
                   its
                   own
                   proper
                   distilled
                   water
                   ,
                   or
                   in
                   other
                   convenient
                   waters
                   ,
                   or
                   in
                   white
                   wine
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   will
                   become
                   red
                   .
                   Thus
                   far
                   Quercetan
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Uterine
                   mixture
                   which
                   I
                   used
                   to
                   prepare
                   is
                   this
                   ;
                
                 
                   First
                   I
                   take
                   the
                   berries
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   dried
                   in
                   a
                   flow
                   heat
                   of
                   the
                   Bake-house
                   ;
                   of
                   Mugwort
                   and
                   of
                   Castoreum
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   I
                   please
                   ;
                   I
                   put
                   upon
                   each
                   of
                   them
                   by
                   themselves
                   in
                   a
                   Viol
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   rectified
                   spirits
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   and
                   draw
                   out
                   the
                   essence
                   according
                   to
                   art
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   purifie
                   each
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   by
                   themselves
                   ,
                   and
                   keep
                   them
                   in
                   Glasses
                   .
                
                 
                   Afterwards
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     essence
                     of
                     Elder-berries
                     six
                     ounces
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                     Of
                     Balm-mint
                     three
                     ounces
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Castor
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Of
                     the
                     spirit
                     of
                     Vitriol
                     well
                     rectified
                     ,
                     of
                     each
                     one
                     ounce
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Being
                   mixed
                   ,
                   I
                   put
                   them
                   in
                   a
                   Glass
                   of
                   a
                   narrow
                   throat
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   digest
                   them
                   for
                   ten
                   days
                   in
                   a
                   warm
                   Balneo
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   be
                   well
                   united
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   any
                   dregs
                   be
                   in
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   may
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   bottom
                   ;
                   from
                   which
                   I
                   separate
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   clear
                   ,
                   I
                   strain
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   keep
                   it
                   in
                   a
                   well-stopped
                   Glass
                   .
                   The
                   dose
                   is
                   a
                   little
                   spoonful
                   alone
                   ,
                   and
                   dissolved
                   in
                   some
                   appropriate
                   water
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   the
                   body
                   be
                   full
                   of
                   ill
                   humors
                   ,
                   I
                   first
                   purge
                   it
                   with
                   the
                   Polychrestick
                   powder
                   of
                   Elder-buds
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   place
                   of
                   Appendix
                   I
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   joyn
                   hereto
                   the
                   Medicines
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   long
                   ago
                   ,
                   commended
                   and
                   commanded
                   by
                   our
                   great
                   Chieftain
                   and
                   Master
                   Hippocrates
                   ,
                   in
                   Uterine
                   Affections
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Hydropsie
                   of
                   the
                   Matrix
                   ,
                   he
                   commendeth
                   the
                   fruit
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   given
                   fasting
                   in
                   wine
                   ,
                   lib.
                   1.
                   
                     de
                     morb
                     .
                     mulier
                  
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   He
                   saith
                   ,
                   this
                   purgeth
                   things
                   to
                   be
                   purged
                   in
                   Child-bed
                   ;
                   boil
                   the
                   leaves
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   the
                   water
                   thereof
                   to
                   drink
                   ,
                   ibidem
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   the
                   womb
                   be
                   inflamed
                   in
                   child-birth
                   ,
                   let
                   her
                   sup
                   hot
                   the
                   tender
                   leaves
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   lightly
                   boiled
                   with
                   the
                   grossest
                   part
                   of
                   recent
                   wheat-meal
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   same
                   place
                   he
                   commands
                   us
                   to
                   put
                   into
                   the
                   secrets
                   a
                   long
                   piece
                   of
                   Elder-pith
                   ,
                   the
                   tenderer
                   part
                   being
                   shaven
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   Ulcers
                   of
                   the
                   womb
                   pound
                   Linseed
                   and
                   Elder-berries
                   together
                   ,
                   mix
                   hony
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   a
                   Plaster
                   ,
                   and
                   use
                   it
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   Or
                   the
                   leaves
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Lentisk
                   ,
                   being
                   boiled
                   in
                   water
                   and
                   strained
                   ,
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   injected
                   warm
                   ,
                   
                     Lib.
                     de
                     natur
                     .
                     mulier
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   same
                   things
                   being
                   likewise
                   pounded
                   with
                   Muss
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   outwardly
                   applied
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   In
                   a
                   filthy
                   ulceration
                   of
                   the
                   Matrix
                   ,
                   boyl
                   the
                   berries
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   and
                   
                   Lawrel
                   ,
                   in
                   equal
                   potions
                   in
                   wine
                   ,
                   afterward
                   inject
                   that
                   wine
                   ,
                   lib.
                   1.
                   
                     d.
                     m.
                     m.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   Or
                   take
                   the
                   berries
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   Anice
                   ,
                   Franckincense
                   ,
                   Myrrh
                   ,
                   Wines
                   ,
                   and
                   inject
                   their
                   juices
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   Whereby
                   the
                   courses
                   are
                   likewise
                   provoked
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   To
                   expel
                   the
                   Secondine
                   ,
                   first
                   apply
                   a
                   Foment
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   decoction
                   of
                   Elder-leaves
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   made
                   of
                   Cantharides
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   In
                   very
                   great
                   fluxes
                   of
                   the
                   courses
                   apply
                   a
                   Cataplasm
                   made
                   of
                   Elder
                   and
                   Mirtle-leaves
                   ,
                   lib.
                   2.
                   
                     m.
                     m.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   Or
                   boil
                   in
                   water
                   the
                   leaves
                   of
                   Elder
                   and
                   Lentisk
                   ,
                   and
                   with
                   the
                   Colature
                   warm
                   wash
                   the
                   Matrix
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   strangulation
                   of
                   the
                   Matrix
                   ,
                   R.
                   Three
                   half
                   quarts
                   of
                   Oyl
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   handful
                   of
                   Elder-leaves
                   ;
                   boil
                   this
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   a
                   fomentation
                   therewith
                   ,
                   or
                   with
                   hot
                   shels
                   put
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   make
                   a
                   Stove
                   ,
                   placing
                   the
                   woman
                   in
                   a
                   chair
                   ,
                   and
                   covering
                   her
                   with
                   cloths
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Or
                   boil
                   the
                   leaves
                   of
                   Elder
                   and
                   Mirtle
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   strained
                   water
                   boil
                   Barley-chaff
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   a
                   Stove
                   ;
                   if
                   she
                   can
                   endure
                   the
                   heat
                   thereof
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   the
                   pain
                   be
                   vehement
                   after
                   her
                   purging
                   boil
                   in
                   black
                   wine
                   the
                   Lawrel
                   and
                   Elder-berries
                   ,
                   and
                   wash
                   it
                   therewith
                   ,
                   ibid.
                   
                
                 
                   Or
                   boil
                   the
                   Elder
                   in
                   water
                   ,
                   and
                   having
                   strained
                   the
                   water
                   ,
                   put
                   to
                   it
                   sweet
                   wine
                   ,
                   and
                   wash
                   therewith
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   which
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   others
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   view
                   Hippocrates
                   in
                   those
                   Books
                   and
                   places
                   mentioned
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XXVII
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Arthritick
               Disease
               .
            
             
               HOw
               stiff
               this
               Disease
               is
               ,
               and
               how
               miserably
               it
               tormenteth
               the
               patient
               ,
               is
               known
               even
               to
               children
               ;
               notwithstanding
               it
               expects
               ease
               ,
               if
               not
               full
               cure
               ;
               which
               sometimes
               is
               done
               by
               the
               Medicines
               of
               our
               Elder
               .
            
             
             
               And
               seeing
               nothing
               is
               more
               able
               to
               preserve
               than
               that
               great
               encrease
               of
               serous
               humors
               being
               hindred
               ,
               &
               those
               that
               are
               sprung
               be
               evacuated
               :
               Seeing
               from
               these
               ,
               if
               not
               only
               ,
               yet
               most
               commonly
               ,
               Arthritick
               pains
               have
               their
               beginning
               ;
               as
               experience
               can
               testifie
               .
               These
               Medicines
               therefore
               that
               follow
               are
               convenient
               .
            
             
               Viz.
               The
               wine
               of
               the
               berries
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               is
               to
               drink
               a
               cup
               full
               oft
               in
               the
               week
               ,
               in
               the
               morning
               or
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               dinner
               :
               But
               that
               is
               of
               most
               force
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               set
               down
               in
               the
               24
               Chapter
               out
               of
               Quercetan
               .
            
             
               The
               water
               distilled
               out
               of
               the
               succulent
               bark
               in
               the
               Autumn
               ,
               or
               Spring
               ,
               is
               oft
               to
               be
               drank
               .
               Let
               it
               be
               sweetned
               with
               the
               third
               part
               of
               the
               syrup
               of
               the
               berries
               or
               buds
               ;
               the
               dose
               is
               four
               ounces
               .
               That
               it
               may
               purge
               more
               forcibly
               ,
               mix
               therewith
               a
               half
               or
               whole
               drachm
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Patients
               strength
               ,
               of
               the
               Polychrestick
               powder
               of
               the
               Buds
               .
            
             
             
               Vomits
               are
               good
               to
               preserve
               from
               this
               disease
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               provoked
               once
               a
               moneth
               by
               those
               that
               are
               used
               to
               it
               .
               In
               cure
               of
               the
               Arthritick
               ,
               chiefly
               of
               the
               Sciatick
               or
               Gout
               ,
               seeing
               vomit
               doth
               revel
               ,
               and
               derive
               by
               the
               upper
               parts
               ,
               it
               performs
               more
               than
               any
               downward
               purge
               .
               Therefore
               you
               are
               to
               reiterate
               it
               two
               days
               and
               more
               ,
               if
               the
               evil
               persevere
               .
            
             
               The
               oyl
               pressed
               out
               of
               the
               kernels
               of
               the
               berries
               ,
               and
               half
               a
               drachm
               thereof
               taken
               in
               the
               broth
               of
               Ale
               ,
               doth
               excel
               in
               this
               disease
               .
               The
               oyl
               of
               the
               infused
               flowers
               or
               bark
               is
               good
               ;
               the
               dose
               is
               one
               or
               two
               ounces
               in
               warm
               water
               .
            
             
               You
               shall
               repress
               the
               Arthritick
               assaults
               ,
               if
               you
               once
               or
               twice
               in
               the
               moneth
               sweat
               ,
               having
               first
               purged
               the
               body
               :
               For
               the
               serous
               matter
               gathered
               in
               the
               body
               is
               easily
               discussed
               by
               sweat
               ;
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               natural
               or
               artificial
               sweat
               appears
               ,
               there
               is
               great
               hopes
               of
               safety
               .
               See
               
                 Hildanus
                 ,
                 Centor
              
               5.
               observ
               .
               3.
               
            
             
             
               Give
               then
               of
               the
               Rob
               of
               the
               Elder
               two
               drachms
               with
               a
               scruple
               of
               Harts-horn
               prepared
               ;
               or
               half
               a
               drachm
               or
               two
               scruples
               of
               the
               extract
               
                 Granorum
                 actes
              
               ;
               or
               one
               spoonful
               or
               two
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               berries
               or
               flowers
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               uporist
               of
               some
               ,
               
                 
                   The
                   Roots
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   or
                   Walnut
                   ,
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   pulverised
                   Kernels
                   ,
                   drachm
                   1.
                   
                
              
               Let
               them
               macerate
               for
               a
               night
               in
               white
               wine
               ,
               whose
               Colature
               being
               a
               little
               sweetened
               with
               Sugar
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               given
               in
               the
               morning
               in
               bed
               ,
               to
               provoke
               sweat
               .
               If
               it
               be
               given
               a
               little
               before
               the
               fit
               ,
               it
               disappoints
               it
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Spring-time
               the
               buds
               prepared
               with
               oyl
               ,
               vinegar
               and
               salt
               ;
               and
               frequently
               being
               eaten
               before
               supper
               ,
               being
               mixed
               with
               other
               Sallets
               ,
               is
               commendable
               ;
               for
               they
               gently
               purge
               the
               belly
               and
               purifie
               the
               blood
               from
               serosity
               .
            
             
               The
               powder
               of
               the
               buds
               dried
               in
               the
               shadow
               ,
               is
               good
               for
               preventing
               of
               Gouts
               and
               all
               Arthritick
               Diseases
               ;
               
               whereof
               take
               in
               the
               Spring-time
               or
               Harvest
               ,
               for
               a
               whole
               month
               together
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               half
               a
               scruple
               in
               a
               soft
               egg
               with
               a
               little
               salt
               .
               Or
               take
               the
               Conserve
               of
               the
               buds
               alone
               ,
               or
               mixed
               with
               the
               Conserve
               of
               the
               flowers
               in
               equal
               parts
               .
               The
               dose
               is
               the
               bigness
               of
               a
               Walnut
               or
               Chesnut
               ,
               morning
               and
               evening
               before
               meat
               .
               Drink
               above
               it
               some
               of
               the
               water
               of
               the
               flowers
               ,
               sweetned
               with
               a
               little
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               the
               berries
               .
            
             
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 linnen
                 cloth
                 dipt
                 in
                 the
                 distilled
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 and
                 applied
                 warm
                 ,
                 wonderfully
                 asswages
                 the
                 pain
                 ,
                 unlocks
                 the
                 pores
                 ,
                 digests
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 strengthens
                 the
                 nervous
                 parts
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 it
                 may
                 more
                 penetrate
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 the
                 colour
                 and
                 heat
                 is
                 greater
                 you
                 may
                 add
                 in
                 equal
                 quantity
                 Elder-vinegar
                 .
                 Where
                 the
                 matter
                 is
                 colder
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 pain
                 longer
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 dip
                 the
                 
                 same
                 clothes
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 liquor
                 as
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 them
                 hot
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   Elder-berries
                   ,
                   three
                   ounces
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   spirit
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   ,
                   drach
                   .
                   2.
                   
                
                 
                   Of
                   Opium
                   of
                   Thebes
                   ,
                   scruples
                   two
                   ,
                   mix
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 By
                 its
                 Narcotick
                 vertue
                 it
                 mitigateth
                 the
                 pains
                 ,
                 and
                 discusseth
                 the
                 more
                 stubborn
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 refresheth
                 the
                 members
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Goutish
                 Anodine
                 Water
                 .
              
               
                 Quercetan
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 book
                 and
                 seventh
                 chapter
                 sets
                 down
                 this
                 Podagrick
                 water
                 ;
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 green
                 leaves
                 and
                 flowers
                 of
                 Elder
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 lib.
                 1.
                 more
                 or
                 less
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 greater
                 or
                 less
                 quantity
                 ;
                 pound
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 macerate
                 them
                 well
                 in
                 B.
                 M.
                 then
                 distill
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 Glass
                 ,
                 or
                 Copper
                 vessel
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 be
                 dry
                 ;
                 with
                 this
                 water
                 forment
                 the
                 pained
                 place
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 ;
                 yea
                 you
                 may
                 use
                 it
                 constantly
                 in
                 that
                 Gout
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 proceeds
                 from
                 hot
                 humors
                 .
                 So
                 far
                 he
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Oyle
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 or
                 Ebulus
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 leaves
                 or
                 fine
                 extract
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 hath
                 been
                 boyled
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 Dwarf-Elder-seed
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 the
                 seeds
                 of
                 the
                 greater
                 differ
                 little
                 ,
                 is
                 much
                 praised
                 here
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 prepared
                 thus
                 ;
                 beat
                 the
                 ripe
                 and
                 clean
                 seeds
                 in
                 a
                 paste
                 ,
                 boyle
                 it
                 in
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 gather
                 the
                 scum
                 thereof
                 ,
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 long
                 Glass
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 warm
                 place
                 for
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 daies
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 oyle
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 greenish
                 ,
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 bottom
                 ;
                 the
                 same
                 oyle
                 pressed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 seeds
                 is
                 most
                 powerfull
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 Plater
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 practice
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 take
                 oyle
                 of
                 infused
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 ounces
                 two
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 it
                 pressed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 kernels
                 ,
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 .
              
               
                 Being
                 mixt
                 ,
                 apply
                 them
                 warm
                 to
                 the
                 grieved
                 place
                 .
                 Dioscorides
                 affirms
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 recent
                 leaves
                 applyed
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 fat
                 of
                 a
                 Goat
                 or
                 Bull
                 ,
                 doth
                 help
                 the
                 Goutish
                 .
              
               
               
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 that
                 whensoever
                 he
                 is
                 troubled
                 with
                 the
                 Gout
                 useth
                 only
                 this
                 unction
                 ;
                 He
                 taketh
                 new
                 Cream
                 of
                 Milk
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 mixeth
                 with
                 it
                 the
                 Powder
                 made
                 into
                 fine
                 meal
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 and
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 acquire
                 the
                 consistence
                 of
                 a
                 Poultice
                 ,
                 or
                 Cataplasme
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 spread
                 on
                 a
                 linnen
                 cloth
                 ,
                 he
                 applyeth
                 it
                 hot
                 to
                 the
                 diseased
                 part
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 this
                 easie
                 and
                 simple
                 Medicine
                 he
                 exspects
                 ,
                 and
                 experiences
                 with
                 happy
                 successe
                 ,
                 great
                 ease
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Gabel
                   Shover
                
                 ,
                 amongst
                 others
                 ,
                 hath
                 this
                 ;
                 Take
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 ounces
                 2
                 ;
                 mix
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 clothes
                 moystened
                 therein
                 :
                 Some
                 take
                 two
                 ounces
                 of
                 Elder-water
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 
                   aqua
                   vite
                
                 ,
                 and
                 mix
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 same
                 man
                 much
                 commendeth
                 in
                 pains
                 of
                 the
                 joynts
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 cold
                 defluctions
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 the
                 resolution
                 and
                 Palsie
                 of
                 the
                 joynts
                 do
                 proceed
                 ,
                 this
                 :
              
               
                 Take
                 a
                 good
                 quantity
                 of
                 Elder-pith
                 ,
                 
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 a
                 pint
                 of
                 Rhenish-Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 your
                 own
                 urine
                 ,
                 being
                 mixed
                 ,
                 boyle
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 new
                 pot
                 ,
                 till
                 half
                 be
                 consumed
                 .
                 Then
                 anoynt
                 the
                 grieved
                 place
                 with
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 rub
                 it
                 well
                 in
                 .
                 Afterward
                 apply
                 a
                 woollen-cloth
                 hot
                 ,
                 dipt
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 decoction
                 .
                 And
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 dry
                 ,
                 dipt
                 it
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 again
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 before
                 you
                 go
                 to
                 bed
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 praise
                 this
                 that
                 follows
                 ,
                 in
                 Arthritick
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 which
                 are
                 hot
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Mucilaginous
                 Andonyne
                 Liquor
                 .
              
               
                 R.
                 Of
                 quick
                 Snails
                 ,
                 newly
                 taken
                 whole
                 out
                 of
                 their
                 shelly
                 cottages
                 ;
                 Of
                 Elder-berries
                 dried
                 in
                 the
                 Oven
                 ,
                 and
                 pulverized
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 common
                 salt
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 ;
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 straining
                 bag
                 called
                 Hippocrates
                 sleeve
                 ,
                 making
                 one
                 row
                 upon
                 another
                 so
                 oft
                 as
                 you
                 please
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 first
                 
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 Snails
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 of
                 the
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 last
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 ,
                 continning
                 so
                 till
                 the
                 bag
                 be
                 full
                 ;
                 hang
                 it
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 Cellar
                 ,
                 and
                 gather
                 diligently
                 the
                 glutinous
                 liquor
                 that
                 distils
                 out
                 of
                 it
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 Mucilage
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 put
                 in
                 a
                 stopt
                 Glass
                 ,
                 expose
                 it
                 four
                 days
                 to
                 the
                 Sun
                 ;
                 and
                 therewith
                 anoynt
                 gently
                 the
                 grieved
                 part
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XXVIII
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Scab
               ,
               Psora
               ,
               Itch
               ,
               Herpes
               ,
               and
               other
               Cutaneous
               Diseases
               .
            
             
               T
               Is
               a
               Golden
               saying
               of
               our
               Divine
               Master
               ,
               Aphorism
               21.
               
               Sect.
               1.
               
               That
               we
               carefully
               observe
               the
               motion
               of
               Nature
               and
               its
               course
               ,
               and
               with
               our
               Medicines
               assist
               it
               as
               much
               as
               we
               are
               able
               .
            
             
               Seeing
               in
               most
               of
               these
               out-breakings
               in
               the
               skin
               Nature
               doth
               thrust
               
               the
               hurtful
               matter
               from
               the
               principal
               parts
               to
               the
               more
               ignoble
               and
               less
               principal
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Cutaneous
               ,
               it
               seemeth
               best
               here
               to
               use
               Sudorificks
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               expel
               to
               the
               circumference
               of
               the
               body
               .
            
             
               Because
               many
               times
               a
               great
               heap
               of
               putrid
               humors
               are
               seated
               about
               the
               stomach
               ,
               Mesentery
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               and
               Melt
               ;
               that
               sink
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               is
               possible
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               emptied
               by
               Emetick
               and
               Cathartick
               Medicines
               ,
               lest
               omitting
               and
               neglecting
               this
               evacuation
               ,
               the
               putrid
               and
               salt
               humors
               ,
               by
               the
               unseasonable
               use
               of
               Sudorificks
               ,
               being
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               Jacks
               of
               the
               first
               region
               ,
               be
               thrust
               into
               the
               greater
               and
               nobler
               veins
               ,
               and
               so
               raise
               more
               dangerous
               damages
               .
            
             
               
                 Purges
                 and
                 Vomits
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 delicate
                 bodies
                 and
                 children
                 ,
                 the
                 water
                 distilled
                 from
                 the
                 succulent
                 bark
                 ,
                 by
                 two
                 cohobies
                 ,
                 and
                 sweetned
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 
                 berries
                 ,
                 doth
                 work
                 this
                 effect
                 ,
                 being
                 given
                 in
                 a
                 few
                 spoonfuls
                 .
                 Also
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 juice
                 ,
                 being
                 given
                 alone
                 ,
                 from
                 an
                 ounce
                 to
                 an
                 ounce
                 and
                 half
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 those
                 of
                 riper
                 age
                 ,
                 give
                 the
                 purging
                 water
                 made
                 according
                 to
                 Quercetans
                 descripton
                 ,
                 from
                 two
                 ounces
                 to
                 three
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 buds
                 or
                 bark
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 use
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 the
                 Polychrestick
                 Powder
                 of
                 the
                 Buds
                 in
                 Whey
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 incorporate
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 Conserve
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 for
                 a
                 bole
                 ;
                 or
                 reduce
                 it
                 into
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 pill
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 syrup
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 such
                 like
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 good
                 Medicine
                 to
                 purge
                 the
                 body
                 from
                 salt
                 and
                 feculent
                 humors
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 take
                 a
                 cupful
                 of
                 Whey
                 ,
                 macerate
                 in
                 that
                 ,
                 half
                 or
                 a
                 whole
                 ounce
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ;
                 the
                 Colature
                 being
                 strained
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 drank
                 warm
                 .
                 The
                 wine
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 bark
                 and
                 root
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 subtilly
                 grated
                 ,
                 is
                 good
                 to
                 provoke
                 vomit
                 ,
                 and
                 empty
                 the
                 belly
                 of
                 
                 evil
                 humors
                 ;
                 it
                 doth
                 this
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 infused
                 together
                 for
                 a
                 night
                 .
                 These
                 are
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 Vigo
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Chirurg
                   .
                   part
                
                 .
                 1.
                 lib.
                 7.
                 
              
               
                 Or
                 take
                 a
                 drachm
                 of
                 the
                 oyle
                 pressed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 kernels
                 ,
                 more
                 or
                 less
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 the
                 patient
                 ;
                 give
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 cup
                 of
                 luke-warm
                 Ale.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 were
                 likewise
                 profitable
                 for
                 the
                 Scabby
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 made
                 a
                 Sallet
                 of
                 those
                 young
                 buds
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 those
                 out-breakings
                 and
                 pustles
                 of
                 the
                 skin
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 singular
                 favour
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 as
                 contemperanious
                 ,
                 doe
                 bud
                 forth
                 ;
                 being
                 first
                 macerated
                 a
                 little
                 in
                 hot
                 water
                 ,
                 with
                 oyle
                 ,
                 salt
                 ,
                 and
                 vinegar
                 ;
                 and
                 sometimes
                 eaten
                 ,
                 it
                 purgeth
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 and
                 freeth
                 the
                 bloud
                 from
                 salt
                 and
                 serous
                 humors
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sudorificks
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 things
                 being
                 premised
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 remains
                 yet
                 in
                 the
                 skin
                 ,
                 or
                 
                 mass
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 emptied
                 by
                 Sudorificks
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 and
                 the
                 clearer
                 spirit
                 of
                 them
                 may
                 be
                 given
                 even
                 to
                 children
                 .
                 For
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 pleasant
                 taste
                 sweeten
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 syrup
                 of
                 the
                 infusion
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 Medicines
                 following
                 agree
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 come
                 to
                 years
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   Rob
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   two
                   drachms
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Harts-horn
                   burn'd
                   and
                   prepared
                   one
                   scruple
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Water
                   of
                   Elder-flowers
                   three
                   ounces
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Oximel
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
              
               
                 Mix
                 them
                 ,
                 &
                 make
                 a
                 draught
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Or
                   ,
                   take
                   of
                   the
                   extract
                   of
                   Elder-berries
                   two
                   scruples
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Elder-salt
                   half
                   a
                   scruple
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   water
                   distilled
                   from
                   its
                   flowers
                   two
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Vinegar
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
              
               
                 Mix
                 them
                 for
                 a
                 draught
                 .
              
               
               
                 After
                 taking
                 of
                 these
                 sweat
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 provoked
                 in
                 Bath
                 or
                 Bed.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Conserve
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 with
                 the
                 Conserve
                 of
                 Cicory-flowers
                 is
                 commodious
                 to
                 change
                 ,
                 alter
                 ,
                 and
                 strengthen
                 the
                 intrals
                 or
                 inward
                 parts
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 make
                 this
                 Julap
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 must
                 use
                 every
                 day
                 an
                 hour
                 or
                 two
                 before
                 supper
                 ;
                 or
                 after
                 you
                 come
                 from
                 Bath
                 or
                 sweating
                 ,
                 drink
                 four
                 ounces
                 thereof
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   Conserve
                   of
                   Elder-flowers
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Burrage
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Cicory
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
              
               
                 Dissolve
                 them
                 on
                 a
                 soft
                 fire
                 in
                 a
                 quart
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 water
                 ;
                 to
                 the
                 strained
                 Colature
                 add
                 of
                 the
                 sharp
                 Elder-syrup
                 two
                 ounces
                 ,
                 mix
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 a
                 more
                 universal
                 ,
                 filthy
                 ,
                 and
                 continuing
                 Scab
                 ,
                 Tetter
                 or
                 Psora
                 ,
                 &c.
                 prepare
                 this
                 sort
                 of
                 Bath
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   recent
                   Elder-leaves
                   ,
                   ten
                   handfuls
                   ,
                
                 
                   Six
                   whole
                   Umbels
                   of
                   the
                   flowers
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   quick-sulphure
                   ,
                   two
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   crude-Allum
                   ,
                   one
                   ounce
                   .
                
              
               
                 Boyle
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 rainwater
                 ,
                 unto
                 which
                 afterward
                 add
                 a
                 sixth
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Lixive
                 .
                 Let
                 the
                 diseased
                 every
                 day
                 sit
                 once
                 in
                 a
                 Bath
                 ,
                 to
                 provoke
                 sweat
                 ,
                 not
                 neglecting
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 the
                 former
                 internals
                 .
                 Or
                 where
                 only
                 the
                 hands
                 or
                 feet
                 are
                 scabby
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 decoction
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 less
                 quantity
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 prepared
                 ;
                 wherein
                 daily
                 the
                 feet
                 and
                 hands
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 washed
                 ;
                 yet
                 nevertheless
                 you
                 may
                 add
                 other
                 things
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 Sorrel
                 ,
                 and
                 Alacampain
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 the
                 Bath
                 ,
                 the
                 exulcerate
                 and
                 clift
                 places
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 anoynted
                 ,
                 to
                 mitigate
                 their
                 pain
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 infufed
                 flowers
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 give
                 a
                 more
                 drying
                 and
                 healing
                 vertue
                 to
                 the
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 subtilly
                 pulverised
                 till
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 consistence
                 of
                 a
                 Liniament
                 .
              
               
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 use
                 the
                 Liniament
                 of
                 Matthiolus
                 ,
                 or
                 Plater
                 .
                 Or
                 this
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   oyle
                   of
                   the
                   infused
                   flowers
                   and
                   bark
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   3
                   drachms
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   washed
                   Ceruse
                   ,
                   one
                   drachm
                   ,
                   or
                   four
                   scruples
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Wax
                   ,
                   enough
                   .
                
              
               
                 Make
                 thereof
                 a
                 Liniament
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 black
                 ,
                 round
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 very
                 red
                 pustles
                 ,
                 which
                 break
                 forth
                 frequently
                 in
                 the
                 feet
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 of
                 women
                 ,
                 are
                 oft
                 to
                 be
                 washed
                 with
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 mitigated
                 with
                 the
                 foresaid
                 unctions
                 .
              
               
                 Mark
                 ,
                 There
                 was
                 a
                 Bakers
                 wife
                 in
                 Heyna
                 ,
                 which
                 could
                 not
                 go
                 out
                 of
                 dores
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 abundance
                 of
                 those
                 Pustles
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 greatly
                 disquieted
                 by
                 their
                 heat
                 ,
                 having
                 premised
                 what
                 was
                 fitting
                 ,
                 she
                 used
                 for
                 a
                 Topick
                 milk
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 flowers
                 were
                 macerated
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 ,
                 clothes
                 being
                 dipped
                 ,
                 were
                 applyed
                 warm
                 with
                 great
                 ease
                 .
                 Where
                 the
                 heat
                 and
                 redness
                 is
                 more
                 intense
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 simple
                 milk
                 ,
                 take
                 
                 sowre
                 or
                 Butter-milk
                 .
              
               
                 Only
                 sweating
                 by
                 taking
                 the
                 rob
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 sometimes
                 doth
                 cure
                 the
                 simple
                 Herpes
                 by
                 the
                 abstersive
                 and
                 siccative
                 quality
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 this
                 the
                 oyl
                 pressed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 kernels
                 of
                 the
                 berries
                 reduced
                 in
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Liniament
                 with
                 Sugar
                 of
                 Saturn
                 ,
                 is
                 much
                 praised
                 by
                 some
                 :
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 anointed
                 on
                 the
                 pustles
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 opened
                 with
                 a
                 needle
                 ,
                 and
                 cleansed
                 from
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 putting
                 thereon
                 a
                 green
                 leaf
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 or
                 one
                 dried
                 in
                 the
                 shadow
                 .
                 In
                 an
                 eating
                 Herpes
                 ,
                 having
                 purged
                 ,
                 sweat
                 ,
                 and
                 breathed
                 a
                 vein
                 ,
                 this
                 Cataplasm
                 is
                 commended
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 she-Montebanks
                 have
                 gained
                 largely
                 .
              
               
                 Pound
                 in
                 an
                 Earthen
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 woodden
                 Pestle
                 ,
                 the
                 green
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 adding
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 pounding
                 a
                 little
                 Elder-vinegar
                 ,
                 after
                 that
                 manner
                 that
                 women
                 make
                 sawces
                 of
                 the
                 Watercress
                 ,
                 Sorril
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 :
                 Mix
                 with
                 this
                 pounded
                 and
                 succulent
                 matter
                 one
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 ashes
                 
                 of
                 Elder-leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 become
                 like
                 a
                 paste
                 or
                 thick
                 Cataplasm
                 .
                 Add
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 stick
                 the
                 better
                 ,
                 a
                 little
                 Turpentine
                 dissolved
                 with
                 the
                 yeolk
                 of
                 an
                 Egg
                 ;
                 apply
                 it
                 twice
                 a
                 day
                 to
                 the
                 ulcerous
                 places
                 ,
                 being
                 first
                 wiped
                 with
                 clean
                 linnen
                 .
              
               
                 Neither
                 is
                 this
                 a
                 mere
                 new
                 invention
                 ,
                 for
                 
                   John
                   de
                   Vigo
                
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 part
                 an
                 7th
                 .
                 book
                 of
                 his
                 Chirurg
                 .
                 saith
                 ,
                 That
                 Elder-leaves
                 pounded
                 with
                 Hellebore
                 and
                 Oximel
                 Scillitick
                 ,
                 doth
                 cure
                 Ringworms
                 ,
                 Itches
                 ,
                 and
                 Scabs
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XIX
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Erysipelas
               or
               Rose
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               usual
               as
               soon
               as
               the
               Rose
               invadeth
               ,
               to
               take
               those
               Medicines
               whereby
               nature
               is
               helped
               to
               thrust
               the
               matter
               from
               the
               inward
               to
               the
               outward
               parts
               :
               For
               which
               end
               the
               rob
               with
               the
               water-vinegar
               of
               the
               Elder-flowers
               
               are
               applyed
               ;
               for
               learned
               Physitians
               do
               acknowledg
               that
               this
               matter
               wanteth
               not
               its
               own
               malignity
               .
               Wierus
               useth
               this
               potion
               :
            
             
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 three
                 ounces
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Parsley-seed
                 ,
                 half
                 a
                 drachm
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 T.
                 Sigillata
                 ,
                 half
                 a
                 scruple
                 .
                 Mix
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               are
               some
               ,
               that
               in
               all
               Erisipelas
               ,
               even
               in
               that
               which
               followeth
               oft-times
               the
               Scurvie
               ,
               doe
               swallow
               this
               bole
               ,
               and
               drink
               the
               water
               of
               Elder-flowers
               above
               it
               ,
               to
               discuss
               the
               malignity
               by
               sweating
               .
            
             
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 Rob
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 two
                 drachmes
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Mineral
                 Bezoartick
                 six
                 grains
                 ,
                 mix
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 take
                 of
                 the
                 extract
                 of
                 Elder-Rob
                 ,
                 two
                 scruples
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Sulphurat
                 nitrate
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 half
                 a
                 scruple
                 ,
                 mix
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               if
               the
               belly
               be
               bound
               ,
               give
               the
               syrup
               made
               of
               the
               berries
               juice
               ,
               which
               looseneth
               the
               belly
               ,
               and
               resisteth
               malignancy
               .
            
             
             
               In
               more
               strong
               bodies
               ,
               and
               where
               evil
               humors
               stick
               in
               the
               first
               passages
               ,
               you
               may
               give
               a
               half
               ,
               or
               whole
               drachm
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               patients
               strength
               ,
               of
               the
               Polychrestick
               Powder
               of
               the
               buds
               .
            
             
               To
               temper
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               bloud
               in
               the
               intrails
               ,
               these
               things
               are
               set
               down
               in
               the
               cure
               of
               the
               hot
               feavers
               .
            
             
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Topicks
                 here
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 cooling
                 ,
                 repelling
                 ,
                 or
                 fat
                 ,
                 which
                 obstruct
                 the
                 pores
                 of
                 the
                 skin
                 ,
                 lest
                 that
                 sharp
                 and
                 malignant
                 matter
                 be
                 thrust
                 to
                 more
                 noble
                 parts
                 ,
                 or
                 closed
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 diseased
                 ;
                 whence
                 oft
                 times
                 the
                 part
                 hath
                 been
                 gangrenat
                 :
                 For
                 which
                 cause
                 the
                 common
                 people
                 by
                 all
                 means
                 avoid
                 moystening
                 of
                 the
                 part
                 ,
                 &
                 when
                 any
                 evil
                 here
                 ariseth
                 ,
                 ascribed
                 it
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 rightly
                 ;
                 for
                 all
                 moystening
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 avoided
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 restringent
                 ,
                 repellent
                 ,
                 &
                 things
                 that
                 obstruct
                 the
                 pores
                 ;
                 
                 but
                 those
                 which
                 unlock
                 the
                 pores
                 and
                 digest
                 the
                 humors
                 and
                 consume
                 them
                 .
                 Though
                 they
                 be
                 liquid
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 hurting
                 that
                 they
                 greatly
                 help
                 .
              
               
                 
                   John
                   de
                   Vigo
                
                 testifieth
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Elder
                 hath
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 resolving
                 ,
                 drying
                 and
                 opening
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 subtilty
                 of
                 its
                 parts
                 :
                 wherefore
                 these
                 following
                 made
                 of
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 safely
                 used
                 .
              
               
                 Shave
                 the
                 bark
                 from
                 the
                 trunk
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 every
                 day
                 three
                 times
                 round
                 about
                 the
                 part
                 diseased
                 of
                 the
                 Rose
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 R.
                 of
                 white
                 Sope
                 ounce
                 1.
                 dissolve
                 it
                 in
                 lib.
                 3.
                 of
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 apply
                 it
                 warm
                 to
                 the
                 diseased
                 part
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 it
                 drieth
                 renew
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 dry
                 them
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 them
                 dry
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 satisfie
                 the
                 peoples
                 desire
                 ,
                 that
                 much
                 fear
                 moysture
                 in
                 this
                 disease
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 commended
                 :
                 
                   
                     Take
                     of
                     the
                     water
                     of
                     Elder-flowers
                     five
                     ounces
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Theriack
                     of
                     Andromache
                     one
                     
                     drachm
                     .
                     Mix
                     them
                     .
                  
                
                 Dip
                 linnen
                 cloths
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 wring
                 them
                 in
                 your
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 them
                 warm
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 dry
                 dip
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 liquor
                 and
                 apply
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 R.
                 The
                 dried
                 berries
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ounce
                 1.
                 the
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 M.
                 1.
                 
                 Having
                 pounded
                 ,
                 cut
                 them
                 ,
                 boil
                 them
                 in
                 lib.
                 2.
                 of
                 the
                 simple-water
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 consumption
                 of
                 the
                 third
                 part
                 .
                 Add
                 to
                 the
                 Colature
                 ounces
                 3.
                 of
                 a
                 thin
                 Lixive
                 ;
                 mix
                 them
                 :
                 Dip
                 a
                 linnen
                 cloth
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 warm
                 ,
                 wring
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 part
                 ,
                 as
                 hath
                 been
                 shewn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Taberna
                   Montanus
                
                 saith
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 tryed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Rose
                 being
                 anointed
                 with
                 the
                 Rob
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 doth
                 ease
                 and
                 discuss
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lac
                   Aureum
                
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 prepared
                 of
                 the
                 Lixive
                 and
                 oyl
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 well
                 stirred
                 together
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 acquire
                 a
                 milky
                 colour
                 ,
                 is
                 commended
                 much
                 ;
                 chiefly
                 here
                 when
                 the
                 Rose
                 enclines
                 to
                 ulceration
                 and
                 gangrenates
                 :
                 For
                 by
                 its
                 
                 drying
                 and
                 cleansing
                 vertue
                 ,
                 it
                 hindereth
                 further
                 putrifaction
                 and
                 corruption
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 mixing
                 the
                 oyle
                 ,
                 it
                 mitigateth
                 the
                 pain
                 ,
                 and
                 cureth
                 the
                 ulcer
                 ;
                 apply
                 it
                 hot
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 that
                 avoid
                 all
                 moysture
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 use
                 clothes
                 dipt
                 oft
                 in
                 these
                 liquors
                 ,
                 and
                 dryed
                 ;
                 or
                 which
                 is
                 common
                 ,
                 sprinkle
                 upon
                 the
                 diseased
                 part
                 ,
                 small
                 bran
                 ,
                 mixt
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Specificks
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 prevent
                 this
                 disease
                 ,
                 many
                 wonderfully
                 praise
                 this
                 following
                 ;
              
               
                 R.
                 Of
                 new
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 defect
                 thereof
                 ,
                 of
                 those
                 well
                 dryed
                 ,
                 M.
                 1.
                 of
                 Milk
                 of
                 a
                 red
                 Cow
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 with
                 red
                 spots
                 ;
                 boyle
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 close
                 vessel
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 a
                 slow
                 fire
                 .
                 Let
                 him
                 drink
                 once
                 ,
                 twice
                 ,
                 or
                 thrice
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Moon
                 waineth
                 ;
                 or
                 if
                 they
                 will
                 ,
                 through
                 every
                 month
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 of
                 this
                 colature
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 afterward
                 free
                 of
                 this
                 disease
                 .
                 See
                 Dr
                 :
                 
                   Sennert
                   .
                   de
                   febrib
                   .
                   lib.
                
                 2.
                 cap.
                 16.
                 
              
               
               
                 Neither
                 is
                 this
                 Medicine
                 destitute
                 of
                 reason
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 probable
                 that
                 the
                 fluxibility
                 and
                 accrimony
                 of
                 the
                 bloud
                 ,
                 being
                 taken
                 away
                 by
                 this
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 Nature
                 is
                 less
                 afterward
                 pricked
                 by
                 it
                 ;
                 yea
                 those
                 malignant
                 impressions
                 stampt
                 on
                 the
                 liver
                 &
                 reins
                 ,
                 defiling
                 the
                 bloud
                 by
                 their
                 contagion
                 ,
                 are
                 altogether
                 wiped
                 off
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 frequent
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 specifick
                 Medicine
                 .
              
               
                 An
                 Amulet
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 on
                 which
                 the
                 Sun
                 never
                 shined
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 piece
                 betwixt
                 the
                 two
                 knots
                 be
                 hung
                 about
                 the
                 patients
                 neck
                 ,
                 is
                 much
                 commended
                 ;
                 some
                 cut
                 it
                 in
                 little
                 pieces
                 ,
                 and
                 sew
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 knot
                 in
                 piece
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 shirt
                 ,
                 which
                 seems
                 superstitious
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 learned
                 the
                 certainty
                 of
                 this
                 experiment
                 first
                 from
                 a
                 friend
                 in
                 Lipsick
                 ;
                 who
                 no
                 sooner
                 err'd
                 in
                 diet
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 seized
                 on
                 by
                 this
                 disease
                 ;
                 yet
                 after
                 he
                 used
                 this
                 Amulet
                 ,
                 he
                 protested
                 he
                 was
                 free
                 ;
                 yea
                 that
                 a
                 woman
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 lent
                 it
                 ,
                 was
                 likewise
                 delivered
                 from
                 this
                 disease
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 I
                 leave
                 
                 the
                 whole
                 matter
                 to
                 other
                 mens
                 judgments
                 ,
                 who
                 may
                 easily
                 try
                 it
                 ,
                 seeing
                 there
                 is
                 so
                 many
                 secret
                 works
                 in
                 Nature
                 ,
                 whose
                 operation
                 is
                 evident
                 ;
                 yet
                 their
                 causes
                 are
                 hid
                 in
                 such
                 deeps
                 of
                 obscurity
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 cannot
                 be
                 searched
                 out
                 by
                 the
                 sharpest
                 sight
                 of
                 mens
                 reason
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XXX
               .
            
             
               Of
               Inflammations
               ,
               Oedema's
               ,
               and
               Schirrouses
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Of
                 Inflammation
                 .
              
               
                 DIoscorides
                 writeth
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 green
                 and
                 tender
                 leaves
                 ,
                 being
                 applyed
                 with
                 polent
                 ,
                 mitigate
                 Inflammations
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 cakes
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 and
                 leaves
                 left
                 after
                 distillation
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 wet
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 infused
                 flowers
                 ,
                 is
                 applyed
                 fitly
                 to
                 an
                 inflammation
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 R.
                 Of
                 Elder-leaves
                 M.
                 3.
                 of
                 
                 Barley
                 polent
                 M.
                 1.
                 boiled
                 in
                 simple
                 water
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 consistency
                 of
                 a
                 Poultice
                 :
                 Being
                 put
                 through
                 a
                 Serce
                 ,
                 add
                 of
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 infused
                 Elder-flowers
                 ounces
                 two
                 ;
                 of
                 the
                 meal
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 flowers
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 enough
                 .
                 Make
                 a
                 Cataplasm
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 digesteth
                 ,
                 resolveth
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 Inflammation
                 Apostemat
                 ripeneth
                 ,
                 the
                 Aposteme
                 being
                 opened
                 ,
                 cure
                 it
                 as
                 an
                 Ulcer
                 .
                 Of
                 which
                 afterwards
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 Of
                 an
                 Oedema
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 s
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 the
                 Ascites
                 how
                 the
                 Elder
                 helpeth
                 Oedematous
                 tumors
                 ,
                 chiefly
                 in
                 the
                 feet
                 .
                 See
                 there
                 the
                 fomentation
                 for
                 the
                 feet
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 decoction
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 in
                 a
                 Lixive
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 seeing
                 these
                 fomentations
                 are
                 tedious
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 enough
                 to
                 carry
                 the
                 green
                 and
                 dry
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 in
                 the
                 stockings
                 .
                 A
                 great
                 Lawyer
                 was
                 delivered
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 simple
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 oft
                 applied
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 
                 desire
                 of
                 a
                 worshipful
                 Knight
                 of
                 Misnea
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 Of
                 a
                 Schirrus
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 cure
                 of
                 a
                 Schirrus
                 is
                 known
                 by
                 cure
                 of
                 the
                 obstruction
                 of
                 a
                 Schirrus
                 Melt
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 some
                 that
                 say
                 the
                 leaves
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 doth
                 mollifie
                 and
                 discuss
                 Schirrus
                 tumors
                 by
                 Signature
                 ;
                 because
                 it
                 groweth
                 in
                 dark
                 and
                 shadowy
                 places
                 :
                 For
                 which
                 reason
                 in
                 the
                 23
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 we
                 set
                 down
                 a
                 Splenetick
                 Searcloth
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 Which
                 may
                 be
                 fitly
                 applyed
                 here
                 ,
                 the
                 tumors
                 being
                 anoynted
                 with
                 this
                 following
                 .
              
               
                 Take
                 of
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 ounce
                 1.
                 of
                 Amonick
                 dissolved
                 in
                 Elder-Vinegar
                 ,
                 drachms
                 2.
                 boyle
                 it
                 on
                 a
                 soft
                 fire
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 consumption
                 of
                 the
                 watrishness
                 .
                 Add
                 white-Wax
                 ;
                 and
                 according
                 to
                 art
                 ,
                 make
                 an
                 oyntment
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXXI
               .
            
             
               Of
               Wounds
               ,
               Ulcers
               ,
               and
               Contusions
               .
            
             
               NO
               man
               that
               ponders
               well
               the
               rehearsed
               words
               of
               Dioscorides
               and
               Galen
               ,
               will
               deny
               the
               Elders
               vertue
               to
               be
               great
               in
               these
               Diseases
               ;
               especially
               in
               Wounds
               and
               Ulcers
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cure
                 of
                 Wounds
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 common
                 people
                 keep
                 as
                 a
                 great
                 secret
                 in
                 curing
                 wounds
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 gathered
                 the
                 last
                 day
                 of
                 April
                 ;
                 which
                 ,
                 to
                 disappoint
                 the
                 Charms
                 of
                 Witches
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 affixed
                 to
                 their
                 dores
                 and
                 windows
                 ;
                 but
                 seeing
                 the
                 Elder-leaves
                 of
                 themselves
                 are
                 found
                 efficacious
                 enough
                 to
                 heal
                 wounds
                 ,
                 this
                 superstitious
                 opinion
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 laughed
                 at
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 A
                 Vulnerary
                 Balsam
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 cure
                 wounds
                 safely
                 and
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 take
                 the
                 green
                 and
                 tender
                 Elder
                 leaves
                 ;
                 stamp
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 put
                 a
                 little
                 Wine
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 wring
                 out
                 the
                 juice
                 strongly
                 .
                 Take
                 of
                 this
                 juice
                 ,
                 being
                 purified
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 add
                 thereto
                 in
                 equal
                 quantity
                 ,
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 infused
                 flowers
                 ;
                 boyle
                 it
                 on
                 a
                 clear
                 fire
                 ,
                 still
                 stirring
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 Spatula
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 wateriness
                 be
                 consumed
                 ;
                 afterwards
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   oyle
                   so
                   prepared
                   ,
                   four
                   or
                   five
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   it
                   pressed
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   berries
                   kernels
                   ,
                   two
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   clear
                   Venice-Turpentine
                   ,
                   three
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Verdigrease
                   ,
                   three
                   drachms
                   .
                
              
               
                 Being
                 well
                 mixed
                 together
                 on
                 a
                 slow
                 fire
                 with
                 a
                 Spattle
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 eight
                 days
                 in
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 hot
                 place
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 dregs
                 may
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 bottom
                 ;
                 from
                 which
                 separate
                 
                 the
                 pure
                 Balsam
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 applyed
                 hot
                 to
                 the
                 wound
                 with
                 lintcotton
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 wound
                 to
                 be
                 bound
                 up
                 with
                 linnen
                 clothes
                 ;
                 it
                 doth
                 imitate
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 precious
                 Balsams
                 ;
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 the
                 Sugar
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 may
                 be
                 added
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Plaster
                 of
                 the
                 Balsam
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 mollifie
                 wax
                 with
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 this
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 according
                 to
                 art
                 ,
                 it
                 cureth
                 wounds
                 suddenly
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 stop
                 a
                 great
                 Hemmorage
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Tragea
                   Granorum
                   Actes
                
                 being
                 mixed
                 with
                 an
                 equal
                 part
                 of
                 Jews-ears
                 ,
                 is
                 commended
                 in
                 stopping
                 of
                 bloud
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 make
                 this
                 Powder
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   
                     Tragea
                     Granorum
                     Actes
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   dryed
                   Jews-ears
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   three
                   drachmes
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   white
                   of
                   an
                   Egg
                   dryed
                   in
                   the
                   Sun
                   ,
                   two
                   drachmes
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                   Of
                   the
                   pith
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   purest
                   Gum-tragant
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   drachm
                   .
                
              
               
                 Pulverise
                 subtilly
                 every
                 one
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 mix
                 them
                 exactly
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Use
                 .
                 The
                 bloud
                 being
                 drank
                 up
                 of
                 a
                 sponge
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 wound
                 being
                 dryed
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 is
                 possible
                 ,
                 put
                 therein
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 Powder
                 ;
                 if
                 it
                 succeed
                 not
                 at
                 first
                 ,
                 dry
                 the
                 wound
                 again
                 with
                 the
                 sponge
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 in
                 the
                 Powder
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 it
                 in
                 with
                 torne
                 pieces
                 of
                 cloath
                 put
                 thereafter
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Puncture
                 of
                 Nerves
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Puncture
                 and
                 wounds
                 of
                 Nerves
                 ,
                 the
                 Learned
                 Surgeon
                 
                   de
                   Vigo
                
                 in
                 his
                 seventh
                 book
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 daily
                 experience
                 doth
                 attest
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 infused
                 flowers
                 is
                 much
                 praised
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Oyle
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 description
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 or
                 Plaister
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 Balsam
                 ,
                 being
                 put
                 thereon
                 ,
                 worketh
                 effectually
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Cure
                 of
                 Ulcers
                 .
              
               
                 Dioscorides
                 hath
                 taught
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 leaves
                 of
                 Elder
                 do
                 cure
                 deep
                 ,
                 perverse
                 ,
                 and
                 Fistulous
                 Ulcers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 An
                 Uporist
                 .
              
               
                 Apply
                 then
                 here
                 either
                 the
                 juice
                 alone
                 ,
                 put
                 in
                 ,
                 being
                 nevertheless
                 wrung
                 out
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 Wine
                 or
                 Urine
                 ;
                 and
                 afterward
                 lay
                 upon
                 it
                 the
                 pounded
                 leaves
                 like
                 a
                 Plaster
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 Country-remedy
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 make
                 this
                 Liniament
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Elder
                   vulnerary
                   Balsam
                   ,
                   one
                   drachm
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Leaves
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   subtilly
                   pulverised
                   ,
                   one
                   drachm
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   Verdegrease
                   ,
                   two
                   scruples
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Elder-salt
                   ,
                   one
                   scruple
                   .
                
              
               
                 Mix
                 all
                 together
                 exactly
                 for
                 a
                 Liniament
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 daily
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 put
                 some
                 in
                 with
                 Tents
                 in
                 impure
                 and
                 Fistulous
                 ulcers
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 convenient
                 Plaster
                 
                 above
                 it
                 .
                 Injections
                 and
                 washings
                 of
                 deep
                 and
                 putrid
                 ulcers
                 ,
                 when
                 need
                 requireth
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 leave
                 sand
                 bark
                 ;
                 which
                 do
                 excellently
                 cleanse
                 and
                 hinder
                 corruption
                 .
                 Apply
                 them
                 before
                 you
                 make
                 a
                 new
                 binding
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 filth
                 cleansed
                 ,
                 and
                 washed
                 by
                 the
                 former
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 together
                 with
                 them
                 washed
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 those
                 Ulcers
                 which
                 cast
                 out
                 that
                 icor
                 ,
                 which
                 Paracelsus
                 calls
                 Synovia
                 ;
                 the
                 Vulnerary
                 Balsam
                 chiefly
                 availeth
                 ,
                 being
                 hot
                 put
                 in
                 ;
                 seeing
                 it
                 drieth
                 moderately
                 ,
                 and
                 keepeth
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 the
                 wounded
                 part
                 temperate
                 .
                 You
                 may
                 sprinkle
                 afterwards
                 above
                 it
                 the
                 Powder
                 of
                 the
                 dried
                 Pith
                 and
                 Jews-ears
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 much
                 praised
                 by
                 many
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Gabel
                   Shover
                
                 hath
                 this
                 R.
                 of
                 Elder-Pith
                 drachms
                 two
                 ,
                 of
                 Orenge-Pills
                 scruple
                 half
                 ;
                 mix
                 them
                 for
                 a
                 Powder
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 either
                 to
                 be
                 sprinkled
                 in
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 with
                 a
                 fasting
                 stomach
                 in
                 a
                 morning
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 same
                 man
                 taketh
                 as
                 many
                 Elder-flowers
                 
                 as
                 is
                 needful
                 ;
                 he
                 fryeth
                 them
                 in
                 butter
                 and
                 applyeth
                 them
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 Vulnerary
                 potion
                 in
                 these
                 and
                 other
                 Ulcers
                 over-flowed
                 ;
                 he
                 giveth
                 daily
                 a
                 drachm
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 drachm
                 and
                 half
                 of
                 following
                 powder
                 in
                 warm
                 buttered
                 Ale.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Elder
                   pith
                   three
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   dryed
                   Jews-ears
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   prepared
                   Oculi
                   Cancrorum
                   ;
                   of
                   each
                   two
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Orenge-pills
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Citron
                   Pills
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Nutmegs
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   scruple
                   .
                
              
               
                 Make
                 a
                 subtil
                 Powder
                 of
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 dilating
                 of
                 Wounds
                 and
                 Ulcers
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 keeping
                 Issues
                 open
                 ,
                 the
                 Pith
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 is
                 convenient
                 :
                 For
                 while
                 that
                 sponge-like
                 substance
                 drinks
                 in
                 the
                 humors
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 dilated
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 distendeth
                 the
                 lips
                 of
                 the
                 Wounds
                 and
                 Ulcers
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Cure
                 of
                 Contusions
                 and
                 Bruises
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 Contused
                 parts
                 ,
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 Elder-leaves
                 ,
                 pressed
                 out
                 with
                 wine
                 ,
                 and
                 anoynt
                 on
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 or
                 linnen
                 dipt
                 therein
                 and
                 applyed
                 ,
                 doth
                 discuss
                 the
                 black
                 bloud
                 ,
                 and
                 strengthens
                 the
                 part
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 take
                 of
                 the
                 Meal
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 ounces
                 two
                 ;
                 of
                 Camomile
                 and
                 Wormwood-flowers
                 ,
                 of
                 each
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 ;
                 mix
                 them
                 with
                 Elder-oyle
                 ,
                 and
                 work
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 become
                 like
                 a
                 Cataplasm
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 applyeddaily
                 to
                 the
                 contused
                 part
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 marks
                 and
                 impressions
                 ,
                 anoynt
                 them
                 with
                 oyle
                 of
                 infused
                 flowers
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 intertrigoes
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 the
                 skin
                 ,
                 is
                 infected
                 ,
                 the
                 unction
                 of
                 Plater
                 or
                 Matthiolus
                 his
                 Liniament
                 ,
                 besprinkling
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 subtile
                 Powder
                 of
                 Elder-leaves
                 ,
                 is
                 profitable
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 make
                 this
                 Magisterial
                 Powder
                 ,
                 
                 
                 
                 which
                 with
                 great
                 commodity
                 is
                 sprinkled
                 on
                 the
                 emunctories
                 of
                 new-born
                 babes
                 ,
                 viz.
                 behind
                 their
                 ears
                 ,
                 in
                 their
                 armpits
                 and
                 groines
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   Elder-leaves
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   flowers
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Red-Roses
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   two
                   drach
                   .
                
              
               
                 Mix
                 them
                 for
                 a
                 Powder
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 sprinkled
                 ,
                 consumeth
                 the
                 moysture
                 ,
                 and
                 drieth
                 the
                 place
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CAP.
               XXXII
               .
            
             
               Of
               Burning
               and
               Congelation
               .
            
             
               
                 Topicks
                 .
              
               
                 DIoscorides
                 ,
                 saith
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 green
                 and
                 tender
                 leaves
                 ,
                 being
                 applyed
                 with
                 Pollent
                 ,
                 helpeth
                 burning
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 following
                 are
                 commended
                 by
                 Authors
                 :
                 first
                 ,
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 infused
                 flowers
                 and
                 bark
                 :
                 secondly
                 ,
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 bark
                 fryed
                 in
                 butter
                 and
                 oyle
                 ;
                 thirdly
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 liniaments
                 
                 of
                 Matthiolus
                 and
                 Plater
                 ;
                 the
                 receits
                 of
                 which
                 are
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 Section
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 and
                 fourth
                 Chapters
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Uses
                 .
                 A
                 member
                 being
                 burned
                 with
                 fire
                 ,
                 gun
                 Powder
                 ,
                 boyling
                 water
                 ,
                 &c.
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 easily
                 anoynted
                 with
                 these
                 warm
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 to
                 be
                 wrapt
                 in
                 soft
                 and
                 warm
                 linnen
                 :
                 For
                 each
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 hath
                 the
                 vertue
                 of
                 rarifying
                 the
                 skin
                 ,
                 of
                 drawing
                 out
                 hot
                 vapors
                 ,
                 mitigating
                 pain
                 ,
                 digesting
                 and
                 drying
                 of
                 serosity
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 curing
                 the
                 raised
                 blabs
                 in
                 ulcers
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 restoring
                 the
                 diseased
                 place
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 is
                 possible
                 ,
                 to
                 its
                 wonted
                 beauty
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 burning
                 pierce
                 more
                 deep
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 blabs
                 being
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 skar
                 taken
                 a
                 way
                 ,
                 it
                 degenerateth
                 into
                 an
                 ulcer
                 ;
                 besides
                 these
                 oyles
                 and
                 oyntments
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 sprinkle
                 easily
                 and
                 lightly
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 pith
                 ;
                 which
                 doth
                 excellently
                 dry
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 by
                 cleansing
                 moderately
                 ,
                 doth
                 fill
                 ulcers
                 with
                 flesh
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 this
                 case
                 oyles
                 are
                 more
                 profitable
                 
                 then
                 liniaments
                 ,
                 as
                 will
                 be
                 easily
                 found
                 by
                 any
                 that
                 use
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 following
                 unguent
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 singular
                 experiment
                 ,
                 is
                 commended
                 in
                 all
                 kinds
                 of
                 burning
                 by
                 the
                 famous
                 Don●relius
                 ,
                 for
                 easing
                 pain
                 ,
                 or
                 quenching
                 the
                 force
                 of
                 the
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 and
                 safely
                 curing
                 the
                 ulcers
                 ;
                 also
                 it
                 is
                 happily
                 applyed
                 to
                 Herpes
                 Miliaris
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 out-breakings
                 ,
                 which
                 come
                 from
                 yellow
                 bile
                 ,
                 or
                 salt
                 humors
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   middle-bark
                   of
                   the
                   Lynden-tree
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   of
                   each
                   one
                   handful
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Linseed
                   half
                   an
                   ounce
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 barks
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 in
                 small
                 pieces
                 ,
                 &
                 infused
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 a
                 sufficient
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 three
                 hours
                 warm
                 ;
                 then
                 add
                 half
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 sheeps
                 dung
                 ;
                 mix
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 boyle
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 double
                 vessel
                 in
                 May-butter
                 unsalted
                 ,
                 washed
                 oft
                 in
                 fountain
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 in
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 humidity
                 be
                 perfectly
                 consumed
                 .
                 Strain
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 add
                 of
                 
                 yellow
                 wax
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 sufficeth
                 ;
                 mix
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 according
                 to
                 art
                 make
                 an
                 oyntment
                 .
                 They
                 are
                 Donerelius
                 his
                 words
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 ulcer
                 become
                 more
                 sordid
                 ,
                 use
                 the
                 things
                 in
                 the
                 precedent
                 Chapter
                 .
                 
                   Lac
                   aureum
                
                 drank
                 up
                 in
                 Linnen
                 clothes
                 ,
                 and
                 applyed
                 ,
                 is
                 profitable
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 spoken
                 in
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 Erysipelas
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Internals
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 many
                 parts
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 situated
                 next
                 the
                 nobler
                 parts
                 ,
                 are
                 burned
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 the
                 unnaturel
                 heat
                 spreadeth
                 it self
                 over
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 use
                 those
                 things
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 the
                 hot
                 feaver
                 .
                 Or
                 make
                 this
                 Julap
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Take
                   of
                   the
                   water
                   of
                   Elder-flowers
                   ,
                   half
                   a
                   pound
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   acetous
                   syrup
                   of
                   the
                   Elder
                   ,
                   two
                   ounces
                   ,
                
                 
                   Of
                   Hearts-Horn
                   burned
                   and
                   preparred
                   ,
                   two
                   scruples
                   .
                
              
               
               
                 Mix
                 them
                 for
                 two
                 doses
                 :
                 for
                 it
                 cooleth
                 the
                 heatned
                 spirits
                 ,
                 it
                 extinguisheth
                 the
                 thirst
                 ,
                 dissipateth
                 the
                 Empereum
                 ,
                 and
                 roborateth
                 the
                 strength
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cure
                 of
                 Congelation
                 or
                 Brosting
                 .
              
               
                 Apply
                 to
                 the
                 frosted
                 parts
                 ,
                 the
                 middle
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 or
                 linnen
                 moystned
                 in
                 their
                 decoction
                 .
                 When
                 they
                 clif
                 ;
                 the
                 powder
                 of
                 Elder-bark
                 ,
                 pith
                 ,
                 and
                 flowers
                 ,
                 reduced
                 to
                 a
                 liniamenth
                 with
                 the
                 oyle
                 of
                 infused
                 flowers
                 ,
                 in
                 commended
                 ,
                 the
                 parts
                 therewith
                 being
                 anoynted
                 daily
                 .
                 Apply
                 upon
                 it
                 linnen
                 moystned
                 in
                 the
                 Golden
                 Milk
                 of
                 the
                 Elder
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 drieth
                 and
                 hindreth
                 a
                 Gangreene
                 .
                 See
                 more
                 in
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 Ulcers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CAP.
               XXXIII
               .
            
             
               Of
               Poysons
               .
            
             
               Inflicted
               outwardly
               ,
               or
               taken
               into
               the
               body
               .
            
             
               IN
               the
               stinging
               of
               venemous
               beasts
               ,
               the
               green
               leaves
               of
               the
               Elder
               being
               applyed
               ,
               are
               praised
               ,
               because
               they
               draw
               out
               the
               poyson
               ,
               and
               dry
               the
               wound
               .
            
             
               Dioscorides
               especially
               commends
               the
               same
               pounded
               leaves
               applyed
               to
               the
               bite
               of
               a
               mad
               dog
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Amwald
              
               in
               his
               Panacea
               bids
               us
               dissolve
               Rob
               of
               the
               Elder
               in
               Vinegar
               and
               Wine
               ,
               and
               rub
               therewith
               the
               stung
               or
               bitten
               place
               ,
               and
               wash
               it
               therewith
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               stinging
               of
               Wasps
               and
               Bees
               anoint
               the
               place
               with
               the
               oyle
               of
               the
               infused
               flowers
               ▪
               or
               with
               that
               which
               is
               prest
               out
               of
               the
               kernels
               of
               the
               berries
               ,
               and
               put
               a
               leaf
               thereon
               ;
               it
               mitigateth
               
               the
               pain
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               short
               time
               causeth
               the
               tumor
               to
               fall
               and
               evanish
               .
            
             
               To
               stop
               the
               poyson
               of
               the
               Vipers
               bitings
               ,
               besides
               these
               Topicks
               ,
               Dioscorides
               bids
               us
               boyle
               the
               roots
               of
               Elder
               in
               Wine
               ,
               and
               drink
               the
               Colature
               .
               He
               attributeth
               the
               same
               vertue
               to
               the
               berry
               drank
               in
               Wine
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               better
               to
               use
               the
               Wine
               of
               the
               berries
               ,
               to
               take
               two
               drachmes
               of
               the
               Rob
               ;
               or
               as
               many
               scruples
               of
               the
               extract
               in
               the
               water
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               and
               provoke
               sweat
               .
            
             
               In
               Philtrums
               ,
               or
               those
               Potions
               wicked
               Whores
               use
               to
               give
               for
               love
               ,
               or
               in
               other
               poysons
               taken
               inwardly
               nothing
               is
               better
               ,
               then
               upon
               the
               suspition
               immediately
               to
               cast
               all
               up
               by
               vomit
               ,
               that
               is
               in
               the
               stomach
               .
            
             
               Give
               two
               ounces
               or
               three
               of
               the
               oyle
               of
               the
               infused
               flowers
               or
               bark
               of
               the
               Elder
               in
               warm
               Ale
               ,
               and
               accelerate
               vomit
               .
            
             
               Or
               ,
               take
               an
               indifferent
               spoonful
               of
               the
               oyle
               pressed
               out
               of
               the
               kernels
               ;
               give
               it
               in
               warme
               Ale
               :
               For
               by
               this
               
               means
               all
               venom
               that
               is
               in
               the
               stomach
               ,
               is
               happily
               excluded
               ,
               and
               the
               corrosive
               acrimony
               of
               the
               poyson
               is
               qualified
               ;
               use
               it
               again
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               needful
               .
            
             
               Which
               being
               done
               ,
               provoke
               sweat
               ,
               that
               that
               which
               sticketh
               in
               the
               veins
               (
               for
               the
               more
               maligne
               the
               humor
               is
               ,
               the
               more
               it
               penetrateth
               ,
               and
               like
               ferment
               ,
               infecteth
               the
               whole
               bloud
               )
               must
               be
               evacuated
               by
               sweat
               .
            
             
               Those
               things
               which
               were
               brought
               for
               the
               Plague
               ,
               are
               profitable
               here
               :
               Rob
               simple
               ,
               and
               Antilemick
               ,
               their
               extracts
               ,
               &c.
               of
               which
               give
               as
               much
               as
               is
               convenient
               to
               the
               age
               and
               strength
               of
               the
               patient
               ,
               dissolved
               in
               the
               distilled
               water
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               of
               other
               convenient
               liquor
               .
               And
               seeing
               seldom
               the
               force
               of
               the
               poyson
               is
               daunted
               by
               once
               or
               twice
               ;
               but
               rather
               under
               the
               subtile
               shew
               of
               a
               servant
               ,
               as
               being
               overcome
               ,
               and
               obeying
               Natures
               command
               ,
               by
               secret
               mines
               lurketh
               and
               worketh
               to
               overthrow
               the
               strength
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               overcome
               it
               by
               little
               and
               little
               .
               Therefore
               the
               use
               of
               these
               
               Alexitericks
               is
               not
               to
               be
               intermitted
               but
               to
               be
               continued
               ,
               till
               all
               the
               poyson
               and
               maligne
               impressions
               that
               remain
               be
               extirpate
               out
               of
               the
               body
               .
               This
               mixture
               is
               profitable
               .
            
             
               Take
               of
               the
               Conserve
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               of
               the
               flowers
               of
               Burrage
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               you
               will
               ;
               mix
               them
               .
               Give
               half
               an
               ounce
               thereof
               daily
               ,
               an
               hour
               or
               two
               before
               dinner
               .
               Drink
               a
               spoonful
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               the
               berries
               above
               it
               .
            
             
               Give
               two
               drachmes
               every
               week
               of
               the
               Rob
               of
               the
               Elder
               ,
               in
               the
               water
               of
               Elder-flowers
               ,
               and
               provoke
               sweat
               in
               bed
               ,
               or
               bath
               .
               After
               the
               sweat
               ,
               the
               heat
               to
               be
               tempered
               with
               a
               spoonful
               or
               two
               of
               the
               sowre
               syrup
               of
               the
               Elder
               .
            
             
               This
               experiment
               is
               praised
               by
               many
               ;
               Take
               of
               the
               middle
               Elder-bark
               ,
               subtilly
               shaven
               ,
               and
               dry
               it
               lightly
               in
               the
               shadow
               ,
               a
               little
               more
               then
               a
               handful
               ;
               put
               on
               it
               three
               quarters
               of
               a
               pound
               of
               Goats
               milk
               ,
               boyle
               it
               on
               a
               soft
               fire
               till
               the
               half
               be
               consumed
               ;
               of
               whose
               Colature
               drink
               morning
               and
               evening
               .
            
             
             
               They
               say
               that
               this
               doth
               absolutely
               out-rout
               all
               poyson
               given
               by
               whores
               and
               knaves
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               given
               three
               years
               before
               .
               If
               it
               do
               not
               succeed
               at
               first
               ,
               the
               patient
               is
               to
               use
               it
               often
               ;
               and
               by
               divine
               assistance
               he
               shall
               obtain
               the
               wished
               event
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             THese
             things
             ,
             Courteous
             and
             kind
             Reader
             ,
             I
             thought
             fit
             to
             set
             down
             of
             the
             Elder
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             thereof
             ,
             and
             Medicines
             .
             Those
             Dishes
             which
             may
             be
             prepared
             of
             the
             flowers
             and
             berries
             ,
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             to
             be
             had
             in
             great
             abundance
             green
             :
             for
             the
             preventing
             of
             many
             diseases
             ;
             seeing
             they
             are
             well
             known
             to
             Cooks
             by
             daily
             experience
             .
             To
             what
             diseases
             they
             agree
             ,
             is
             known
             by
             what
             is
             said
             .
             If
             there
             occur
             any
             thing
             here
             which
             doth
             not
             please
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             your
             part
             favourably
             to
             construct
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             withhold
             the
             censure
             ,
             till
             you
             try
             all
             things
             more
             exactly
             in
             the
             infallible
             ballance
             of
             reason
             and
             experience
             .
          
           
             
             
               I
               leave
               ,
               for
               praise
               ▪
               nor
               crave
               ;
            
             
               For
               praise
               enough
               I
               have
               ;
            
             
               If
               not
               contemned
               by
               thee
               ,
            
             
               Courteous
               Reader
               ,
               I
               be
               .
            
          
           
             If
             those
             things
             that
             are
             omitted
             ,
             obscure
             ,
             or
             not
             rightly
             delivered
             ,
             be
             by
             thy
             more
             pollisht
             judgment
             added
             ,
             illustrated
             and
             corrected
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             deserve
             infinite
             favours
             from
             me
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             honorers
             of
             Medicine
             and
             Nature
             :
             For
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             happy
             then
             to
             know
             much
             ;
             and
             we
             are
             to
             learn
             ,
             that
             we
             way
             know
             .
             Neither
             at
             any
             time
             was
             there
             any
             of
             such
             qualified
             reason
             ,
             but
             things
             ,
             age
             ,
             and
             use
             will
             afford-him
             some
             new
             objects
             ,
             some
             new
             observations
             :
             So
             that
             what
             thou
             thoughtst
             thou
             knewst
             ,
             thou
             unknowst
             ;
             and
             despisest
             that
             upon
             thy
             tryal
             ,
             which
             thou
             didst
             most
             trust
             .
             For
             there
             was
             never
             any
             thing
             more
             unrighteous
             then
             an
             unjust
             man
             ,
             which
             holds
             and
             believes
             nothing
             right
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             fathers
             .
          
           
           
             Farewel
             ,
             and
             what
             ere
             thou
             art
             ,
             favour
             these
             endeavors
             ;
             and
             together
             with
             me
             in
             this
             wonderful
             and
             unexhaustible
             variety
             of
             things
             ,
             devoutly
             admire
             ,
             and
             piously
             worship
             ,
             the
             unsearchable
             depths
             of
             Divine
             Wisdom
             and
             Goodness
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

