What Woundes are.

WOundes are those which in Latine is called Vul­nus, & of the vulgar Vulnere, and they are of two kindes, that is, simple & compoūd. The simple are those that are onely in y ^e flesh, the compound are those wher are cut sinewes, veynes, muscles and bones, and these are of diuers and sundry kindes. And the difference that is among them is, by the varietie of the place where they are wounded, and by the difference of the weapon where-with they wer hurt, for some goe right, some ouerthwarte, some long, some broade, some are thrusts or stocate, that offende diuers partes of the bo­dy. The simple are of small importaunce, bicause if ye kéepe them cleane and close shut, nature wil heale thē without any kinde of medicine. But those where veynes are cut, haue néede of some Art or practise, with the which they may stop the bloud, & in any wise not to suffer y ^e wound remaine open, but to sowe it vp verye close, so that the veyne may heale. Also those where si­newes are hurt are of great importaunce, and would be healed with great spéede, so y ^t the sinews may ioyne with more ease. But those where bones are hurte, are of greater importaunce, for if the bone be seperated frō the other, of necessitie it must be taken [...]rth, before the [Page 4] wound be healed. So that by this meanes euery one may know what woundes are, and their kindes.

Of Vlceres, and what they are.

VLcers are of diuers and sundrye kindes, and are ingendred of many causes, as hereafter I wil shew. But first I will write of those kinde of Vlcers that are caused of woundes. You shall vnderstande that wounds in what part of the bodie soeuer they be, bée­ing impostumated, or cancrenated, they chaunge their names, and are no more called wounds, although the originall was a wound. For when it is cancrenated, it is called Vlcera corasiua, bicause it goeth eating and créeping on the flesh. But when the woūd is impostu­mated and full of matter, it is called, Vlcera putrida, that is putrified, & it is bicause it is filthie & stinketh. But when it is neither cancrenated nor yet apostuma­ted, but that through some euill disposition the wound is closed, and that there commeth in it euill qualyties without alteration, then it is called Vlcera sordida, bi­cause therin is euil qualytie, & it appeareth but a litle, but it is euill to heale. There be other sorts of vlcers also, the which are caused of diuers & sundry kindes of tumors, & the most euill & mischeuous, are those that are of tumors caused of the pocks, for vnto those there runneth aboundance of euil humors that augmēt the vlcer, & they be the worst sort, for they can not be hea­led by themselues, except the body be well purged and euacuated of al the humors that are offensiue. Ther is another kinde of vlcer the which cometh of an Impo­stume, as well hot as colde, and those are more gentle and easie to be helpt, if ye know the medicines that are apt to helpe and dissolue those kinde of vlcers.

These are the thrée kinde of Vlcers that commonlye [Page] happen vnto men and women through diuers causes, as it is sayd before, so that these are the principal cau­ses of those maligne vlcers.

Of Impostumes, and their kindes.

IMpostumes are a certeine kinde of tumor that is called in diuers manners, bicause they come in diuers places of y ^e body, as those sorts of Impostumes that come in the groyne, which in Venice is called Pannoche, in Rome Tencone, in Naples Dragonsel­ly, in Spayne Incordi, and the Auncient called them Buboni, and some with other names. There are other that come in all parts of the bodye, and when they come they cause great payne, and then they ripen and breake of themselues for the most parte, and these in Naples are called Autrax, and in Rome Chicolini, in Venice Vn nasito, in Lumbardie Vn bungo, and in Spayne Vn nacido mui viliaco. There is an other kinde of Impostume, that is ingendered of a contusi­on or broose, and is properly called Apostumato pro Amacatura. In the head there grow certeine kindes of sores that are called Talpa or Topinare, y ^e which are of small importaunce, for they maye bée healed in short time, as it is séene in childrens heads y ^t are oftē trou­bled there-with, and also in their throats, and for the most part about the eares.

Of Fistoloes, and their kindes.

ALl manner of sores that doe not cicatrize perfectly and haue communication with the inward parts, are called Fistoloes, and we terme them in Italian Sofio or Spiraculo, as ye may sée by experience, and this is perillous when a Fistoloe closeth, being in the [Page 5] body and specially those fistoloes that are in the fun­dament, for Nature hir selfe doth ingender it for ease. But these fistoloes that come in dyuers parts of the body are troublesōe, but not perillous, also al such sores as tary long before they be incarnated come to fisto­loes, & many times it commeth through long curing, by tenting with their tentes, the which are cause that nature maketh a Callow & leaueth the sore so hollow, that it will neuer be filled with flesh, but so remaine hollow, as it is séene easely by experience. There be o­ther sorts of fistoloes in forme of a sore, and they bée those sores that most commonly come on the legges, the which do purge a long time, and are also very hard to heale, bicause if ye heale one of them presently, there wil rise another hard by it, and that is a kinde of fisto­loe. There is another kinde of fistoloe that is caused of those sores that are vpon the bone, the which by his continuance do breake and consume the skine and the bone, and these many times remaine fistolated, but who so taketh away the cause of the sore, nature it self will preuaile mightely and heale it, as may be séene dayly by experience, in those that be so troubled. The fi­stoloes that come in the eyes, are called Fistola Lacri­mosa, and they haue some communication with the in­ward partes, and are euill to be healed. Bicause first the cause must be taken away inwardly, and then na­ture will heale it by it selfe, as I haue séene by experi­ence, so that these are the kind of fistoloes most know­en vnto all men, and the causes of these fistoloes are two: and for my part I am fully perswaded it is so. The first is of woundes euil healed, that remaine Fi­stolated. The second cause I find to be of sores caused of the poxe, and to shew a troth, yée shall cure them of the Poxe, and their fistoloes will heale of themselues without any other helpe, as it is dayly to be séene:

[Page]There may be many other causes the which as yet I know not, but these two are a sufficient reason, and to be considered of the professors of this art, if they de­sire to come to any excelencie: and therefore I wyll reason no more of the matter, bicause the science and my experience will reach no farther.

Of all sortes of scabbes.

THere be dyuers kindes of scabbes, but I will onelye intreate of those in which I haue had most experi­ence, and will set them forth as plaine as I can, that euery one thereby may haue profite. The first kinde of scabbe is that which is caused of Riplexione of the body, by eating much meate of great nourishment, and then not to digest it, so in that cause nature to ease it selfe, sendeth forth that humiditie, and when it ioyneth to the skinne it ingroseth and causeth an Impostume, and passing to the outwarde partes it is alreadie cor­rupted, and so causeth the Pustules, as by experience may be séene, and this kinde is a viscous and fat hu­mour with great humiditie. There is another kinde of scabbe that is alwayes drye with readnesse, and is smal, with great heate and itching, and the same in my iudgement is caused by much heate of the Lyuer and adustion of bloud, and may be healed easely. There is another kinde of great scabbe, that hath a greate drye crust on them and they growe bigge, and the same is of the french poxe being new taken. There is another kinde like serpigo that goeth créeping, and hath a drye crust, and hath no matter vnder it: and the same is al­so of the french poxe Inueterated. There are also dy­uers other kindes, the which I wil leaue at this time, [Page 6] bicause they are of small importaunce, and may be helpt with those medicines which are fit for the kindes aforesaide.

Of Formicola and his effects.

THose kinde of vlcers that are commonly called Mal­di formica, are so called bicause they are a kinde of maling Vlcers and corosiue that goeth creping vppon the flesh, and maketh many holes that are lifted vp on the sides and are red, and these for the most parte are caused of the poxe as may be séene by experience, and those sores are euill to be healed, bicause therevnto runneth aboundance of humors, the which cannot be resolued but with inwarde medecines, that is, with ex­quisite purgations that purifie the bloud, and that cut­teth away the euill humours that runne therevnto, & cause great alteration with burning. This kinde of sore commeth many times in the heade, and when it commeth in that part, it is called Tigna, or the white scalle, and to shewe that this is the troth, ye may sée that those medecines which heale Formicola, doth also heale the white scalle, for this is a kinde of the pox, as by the effects ye may plainly sée, for if any shoulde say the contrary, I woulde aunswere him againe that this may well be, bicause the same infirmitie may bée taken in the mothers wombe, or as soone as the childe is borne it may take it of the Nurse that giueth it sucke, if she be infected with that disease, so that I con­clude it may be so. But there are a number of that kinde of disease, which I let passe bicause I haue séene no experience of them.

A discourse of woundes and other kindes of inward sores.

WOundes that are within the body, as in the sto­macke or belly or in Testinalles, in the bladder, raines, or guttes: The Milt, Lyuer, Lungs, Heart or other muskles or Arteres, as there be a number, I con­fesse to know nothing therein, and I will shewe you the reason, you shall vnderstand that when a wounde doth offende the interior parts, the Phisition, or Chy­rurgion or great Anatomist what so euer he be, can­not know all those partes offended in the body, for af­ter the weapon is with-in the bodye, it may turne and with the point hurt other parts a farre off the wound, and offend diuers particuler parts one different from the other, & therefore I beséech you excellent Chyrur­gions, when such a case commeth, how do you know or discerne which parts are hurt, but to say y ^t troth, I be­léeue in that case they know al alike, but what shold I say of y ^e cure of such a wound, if the Chyrurgion know not where it is, nor of what importance, but worketh by imagination, and if that nature doth preuaile, and that the wounde doth heale, it is by the good for­tune of the phisition, so y ^t for wounds inwardly I con­clude no other at this time, but will leaue it to those that know more then I, and hereafter I will discourse of vlcers and impostumes inwardly what they are and how to cure them with our order: ye shall vnder­stand that there are a number of kindes of vlcers and impostumes that may ingender inwardly, but it sée­meth to me so hard to vnderstand, that I can determine nothing that were true, and the cause is this, that wée haue séene an infinite of Phisitions and Chyrurgions that haue visited one Impostumated or Vlcera­ted, and the Physition coulde not knowe the place, [Page 7] and particular of that impostume or vlcer, if that the patient do not tell him and shew him, and cause him to féele with his hande, and this is most true, & there­fore if one cannot resolue him of outward things that he may sée & féele with his hande, how can he resolue him when one of those accidents is within the bodye, where the patient knowes not himselfe, which is grie­ued. Truely I would gladly know what iudgement they would giue of that matter, for bicause if ther be any Impostume or vlcer in any part of the body, the sicke shall féele great offence and paine, neuerthelesse he cannot tell wher it is, nor what part is hurte, so that I conclude, if that the Patient know not, much lesse the Phisition knoweth, and of this I haue made a large discourse in Caprici medicinalle, for as I haue sayd before, in this case I know nothing. Neuerthe­lesse when it shall come to his place, I will write a discourse of the order to cure the most part of Vlcers and Impostumes, but touching woundes, I will pro­misse no more thē I haue said before. Also I wil write excellent remedies of great experience, with the which all woundes, so they be not mortall, may be helpt and healed, and also the reasons conuenient in that mat­ter.

An order to vse in healing all manner of diseases apperteining vnto the Chy­rurgian.

WOundes and all other sorts of sores, are of sun­dry and diuers kindes, as is aforesaid, neuerthe­lesse the order to helpe them is not much different one from y ^e other, if we should say only the troth without abuse. For ye shal vnderstand that Nature is the ma­ster of al things created, & the Phisitian and Chyrur­gian are helpers of that Nature, as the Auntient pro­fessors [Page] of the Art haue affirmed. Than séeing this is so, what néede we to make so much adoe, hauing Na­ture that worketh so gently, if it be not hindered by the minister, & therefore if we wil speake of woundes, I say that the minister hath thrée operations to do, and no moe, and the rest leaue to nature that worketh gen­tly. The thrée operations that the Master hath to doe, are these: To defend the wound so that there runneth no humours to it, and that it putrifie not, and to kéepe it cleane, and when the minister hath done that, letto Nature worke that which she will worke well, and if any desire to sée if it will be so in effect, ye may sée by a dogge, for if he hath a great wound vpon his bodie, he healeth it without any medicine, onely with dyet & kéeping it cleane with his tongue, and this is most true, that those which doe helpe woundes by inchaunt­ment, doe nothing but kéepe the wound cleane, & cause the patient kéepe a dyet, & so nature worketh as well on man as on a dog, therefore let none maruell of this authoritie of a dogge, although I approue the lyke of a Christian. But for so much as it woulde be good to helpe Nature, that it might worke with more spéedi­nesse, as husbandmen do and gardeiners, who bicause they would haue Nature to worke the better & quic­ker in their ground, doe cast there-on diuers sorts of dounges, &c. The which is done only to helpe Nature to worke the quicker, and to conclude, I saye that the Chyrurgian should do the same in helping of wounds. But as for vlcers of diuers sorts, it were necessary to finde out the cause, bicause they come of diuers causes, for when y ^e cause is found, it wil bée more easie to bée helpt, bicause vlcers cannot come but by great distem­peraunce of nature in our bodyes, as by great heat or colde, or by replexions of y ^e body. Therfore in this case it is necessary to purge the body: first, to ease Nature [Page 8] which is offended, & to extinguish the superfluous heat or colde that is in the body: That being done y ^e mini­ster or helper of Nature hath thrée things to do. The first is to mortifie or kil y ^e sore, the second to mundifie, & the third to incarnate, & then nature wil cicatrize it, & these thrée operations are to be vsed in vlcers. Also Im­postumes are caused of diuers accidēts, in the which it is also necessary to seeke out the cause, where-by to know what purgations are fit to purge y ^e body of the superfluous humors, & then the minister hath .3. things to do in y ^t case. First to bring it to maturation quick­ly, then when it is ripe and broke to mundifie it well, and thirdly to incarnate it, & these are the .3. operations that are to be done in an impostume to help nature to worke wel, and so following this order thy worke shal proue wel & go y ^e right way, as héerafter I wil shew in his place y ^e operatiōs to vse in y ^e effect with y ^e order to helpe thē, & also to make thy vnguents, shewing their qualytie & vertue, & will proue by reason those things that are doubtfull, so that euery one shall be satisfied in that matter.

Of medicines to be vsed in all kinde of woundes outward with ease and breuitie.

HAuing declared what outward woundes are, it is also necessary to shew y ^e order how to cure them, with as much spéed & ease as it is possible, & therfore I wil begin first with simple wounds y ^t are only in the flesh, without offence of veynes, sinewes, or bones, al­though these néede no helpe, but onely to ioyne y ^e lyps close together, & if néede be to stitch them close, & then let nature worke, y ^e which in short tyme will heale them, but if thou by Art wilt helpe nature, thou shalt anoynt them with oyle of frankencense once a daye. [Page] But wounds where veynes are cut, haue néede of pre­sent helpe, and artificiall meanes and sufficient reme­dies to helpe it with as much spéede as may be, so that the veynes cut may ioyne agayn together, without a­ny great offence of the woūd, & that is done in this or­der. The first thing is to ioyne the parts close together & stitch it wel, not as the common Chyrurgians do, but as they doe vse to stitch bagges, and when it is stitch­ed close, annoynt it onely vppon the wounde with our Magno licore, and lay there-on a cloth wet in y ^e same Oyle very warme, then take Hipericon with the séed, Millefolli, Viticella, Ana, and make theroff a powder, the which thou shalt strowe vppon the wound béeing drest, and round about it, for this medicine doth assut­tiliate the matter that runneth vnto the wound, and taketh it forth with great ease and without paine of the wound, for this is the most suffereigne medicine in that case, that Nature with Art may make, & hath bene proued a thousand times by experience in diuers places. But those woundes where bones and sinewes are hurt, haue néede of great artificie and cunning, bi­cause they be of importaunce. But when the sinews be onely offended, it were necessary to stitch them pre­sently, as I haue sayd of those where veynes are cut, but not to dresse it with Magno licore, but in stéede thereoff to take our Oleum benedictum, and Oyle of frankencense, of each a lyke, for those Oyles doe excée­dingly comfort the sinewes that are cut, and when it happeneth that a sinew hath a puncture or is cut halfe way, in y ^t case it wer necessary to cut it ouer-thwart, bicause it shall bring no Spasmus to the wound, but if so be than that the bone be hurt, and that there be a­ny part to come forth: it were necessarye to leaue the wound open, vntill the bone commeth forth, and then to incarnate it, and this thou shalt doe with our arti­ficiall [Page 9] balme, for the same [...] for woundes, and lay therevpon the Cerote of Gualtifredo di medi, the which healeth it with spéede, and so with these orders thou maist helpe all the aforesaide sorts of woundes, and the defensiue to vse in these woundes is this. Rec. Aqua vitae made of pure wine & that wil burne all a­way, and put therein Hipericon, Millifollie, Viticella, Betonica, and then wet a cloath in that infusion and lay it for a defensiue rounde about the wounde, and so thou shalt haue thine intent to the great satisfaction of the patient. Wounds in the heade, are helpt as those are, where the sinowes are offended, there are also dy­uers other sorts of wounds which are helpt with the aforesaide remedies.

To helpe vlcers of all sortes.

SEing that vlcers are of diuers & sundrie kindes, it were necessarye to knowe of what kinde and quality they are, so that thou maist help them in forme and order conuenient, and first I will write of the co­rosiue vlceras of a wound Cancrenated, mal di Formi­cola, and other sortes of vlcers that go créeping vppon the flesh. The cure of these kindes of vlcers is to apply quickly our Caustike to mortifie the euill, the which thou shalt do thus, wette a little bumbaste in our Caustike, and therewith wash all the sore, & then leaue it so open 24. houres without binding it fast, & when 24. houres are past, washe the sore with strong Vine­ger & water, of eche a like quantitie, with charge that there remaine none of the Caustike in the sore, then laye theron butter washed, with a coleworte leafe vn­till the asker or deade flesh fall away, then take our Cerote Magistrale, with a little Precipitate strawed thereon, and their annoynt it with Magno licore, and [Page] lay it vpon the sore▪ for this [...] helpeth al manner of coraliue vlcers without any other helpe, and euerye plaister will serue thrée or foure dayes, taking them off, euery 24. houres, and make them cleane, and then laye them on againe, and as for the filthy vlcer that I haue shewed off in his Chapter, yée shall dresse them onely with our Vngento magno. The which without any other helpe will heale them quickelye: But yée must euery foure dayes touch them with Aqua fortis, drawen from Precipitate, the whiche watter draweth forth the offensiue matter, and leaueth it purified and cleane, and in all other sortes of Vlcers, our Balme artificiall, our Magno licore, Oyle of Waxe and Ter­pentine, the blacke Cerote of Gualtifredo, di medi, our Cerote Magistrale with Precipitate, are able to helpe, be they neuer so euell.

The order to be vsed in curing Im­postumes of diuers sortes.

THere be manye sundrye kindes of Impostumes that commeth to mannes bodye, that are caused, of dyuers sundrye accidentes, and therefore must be cured by dyuers orders and with sundrye me­dicines according to his kinde, bicause some Impos­tume is caused of a contusion or brused flesh, some are certeine grieues, that Nature woulde discharge hir selfe off, and so sendeth forth that matter, some are caused of colde, other of melancholike humours, and other are caused of corrupsion of the Pockes, and these are the kindes of Impostumes that commonly come, and hereafter I will shewe the order to cure them, one after another.

And first of those that are caused of a contusion bi­cause it is brused flesh, for euerye contusion must bée [Page 10] putrified and brought to matter, therefore make a Maturatiue and bring it to supperac [...], and when you knowe there is matter, presently launce them and dresse them with this medecine as well within as without, the whiche without any other helpe will heale any great contusion. But you must make the Vnguent freshe euery day, and with newe Egges, yee shall mixe the youlke of an Egge with our Magno licore, and there-with dresse them. And as for those Impostumes that come by indisposition of Nature, are certeine, Sboryne, a word so called in Italian, by the which nature woulde preuaile, it were necessarye to let those haue their cures according to Nature, vn­till they breake of themselues, and when they are brooken dresse them within with this Vnguent. Rec. Oyle of Roses, ounc. 6. Litarge of gold in fine powder, ounc. 2. Storax liquida ounc. 1. Terpentine, ounc. 2. yel­low Waxe ounc. 3. mixe them and boyle them on the fire vntill it be blacke, and if it be to hard put thereto more oyle of Roses, & make it in forme of an vnguent, and therewith dresse those kindes of Impostumes, and lay thereon the Cerote Diapalma, and there-with will be wrought myracles. Also for those Impostumes cau­sed of colde, ye shall vse hot medicines and [...]tractiue: the Cerote of Oxicrocij is excellent in those kinde of impostumes, our Balme artificial, or the water, & such like thinges as are temperate by Nature. But those Impostumes that haue their Originall of the french pockes, are euil & maling, bicause their cause is [...]a [...]ing and euell, and therefore their cure is with great pur­ging, & to let the impostume ripe of himself, & when ye launce it, dresse it within, w ^t our vnguento magno, mix­ed thus. Rec. vnguēto magno, ounc. 2. magno licore ounc. 1. precipitate ounc. (s) semis. mixe thē wel together, & therew ^t dresse y ^t impostume, y ^e which will heale quickly & well, [Page] and lay theron our Cerote Magistrale, with this charge that in all the cures aforesaid yée purge the body wel, so that the humours runne not vnto the place offended, and vse defensiues according to the kinde of Impos­tume, as Oyle of Frankēsence, of Terpentine, of wax, of hunny, Aqua vitae, al these are excelēt defensiues by themselues, annoynting them rounde about the Im­postume.

The order to cure all man­ner of Fistoloes.

FIstoloes as I haue said before, are of diuers kindes, and caused of dyuers accidents, and so likewise they haue néede of dyuers medicines, and first I wil write of those fistoloes that come of woundes euill healed, and that haue made a callowe in that order that na­ture cannot scicatrise and so remaine fistolated, and y ^e cure of these kind of fistoloes is to put therin a Rup­ture that doth cutte and mortifie the callow, and cau­seth it to fall awaye, and then with incarnating medi­cines, incarnate them and scicatrise them and this is the true cure of these fistoloes. But those kinde of fisto­loes that nature causeth, to ease hir selfe of some acci­dent, commonly doe come in the lower partes about the fundament and they be very perillous, and not to be healed as they before were. But they must bée with purging the bodye, stomacke, and heade, the which is to be done thus. First purge them x. or xij. dayes with our Magistral Syrope, then giue them our Aromatico, and drinke thereon a little white Wine, then purge the heade with a perfume made of Mirra, and Cyna­ber, after these thinges bée done yée shall rectifie the Lyuer with some decoccion fitte for that purpose, as of Lignum sanctum, or Salsa peryllia, or such like, [Page 11] that worke effecte, for this medicine doth also helpe Fistola lacrimosa, that cōmonly come about the eyes, or eares. There be other Fistoloes in forme of a sore, which must be helpt with purging, and laye vpon the sore our Cerote magistrale with Precipitate & annoint it with Magno licore, for with this Cerote only may all fistolated sores be healed, for it doth mundifie and afterwardes cicatrize it, there be also diuers suche lyke matters that are cured easely, if ye apply there­vnto those medicines that are appropriate.

To helpe all manner of scabbes.

THe kindes of scabbes be many, and caused of diuers causes, and their cures are also diuers wayes. Those that are caused of replection of the body and of grose bloud, y ^e which is caused by eating aboundance of such meates as are of great nourishment, y ^e which if thou wilt cure them, it were necessary to purge them with our Siruppe Solutiuo .x. or .xij. dayes, then giue him or hir one dram of our Aromatico in y ^e morning fasting, and drinke ther-on a cup of swéete wine, then let him sweat thrée or foure times, and after annoint him with our Vnguento magno two or thrée times, & it will heale him of those kinde of scabbes.

Now to cure that kinde of scabbe that is red and small, and causeth great itching, you shall make a de­coction of hearbes that coole the lyuer and purifie the bloud, as Borage, Buglosse, Endiue, Mayden-haire, Liuer-wort, Harts-tongue, Agrimony, Citrach, Suc­cory and such lyke hearbs, then purge with Aloes, the iuyce of Elder rootes, Iera pigra solutina, and such like as doth coole the liuer and bloud, & then annoint them with Vnguento di Litargirio, & therw ^t you shal helpe [Page] all those kinde of scabbes. There be also certein great scabbes ouer all the body, the which are very thicke, & those are a kinde of the Pockes, the which maye bée helpt with giuing thē our Pillole contra il mal Fran­cese, the quātitie is according to the discretiō of y ^e Phi­sition, and these Pilles ye shall take thrée times euery third day, and then annoynt them with our Vnguen­to magno, and he shal be helpt. Ther is an other kinde of scabbe that goeth créeping with a dry crust like vn­to petigine, and those are the méere Pockes inuetera­ted, and the order to cure them is thus, giue them our Sirop against the melancholike humour, bicause it purgeth the bloud and cooleth the lyuer, and dissolueth that viscous humour that ingendereth that crust, that being done giue them our Aromatico, & annoint them with our Magno licore, and he shall be perfectly helpt in shortt space. There are other kinde of scabbes that come through great colde, and those are healed onelye with annoynting them with Oyle of Frankensence thrée or foure times.

To helpe Mal di formica.

THose be certein vlcers which go créeping in the vp­per parte of the fleshe and haue manye orifices or mouths, and these are caused of the Peckes béeing inueterated, the which are cured in that order that the Pockes is; and that is this. First, purge the bodye with▪ our Electuario Angelica, the which purgeth away grose and maligne humors, and euacuateth the stomacke of cholar and fleame, this being done, cause the patiēt to sweat, for that wil a subtiliate the humors, and cause them to come forth, that being done, take our Cerote magistrale and stroe there-on Precipitate, and then annoynt it with our Magno licore, and laye it [Page 12] vppon the sore, and ther let it lye .24. houres before yée chaunge it, then make it cleane and lay it on againe, for that Plaster may serue foure dayes, making it cleane euery .24. houres, and when the Plaster will draw no more matter, you shall vse our Vnguento magno, the which wil help it in short time. But if it do happen that this order doe not cure thē, then it would be necessary for them to be annoynted with the vncti­on for y ^e Porks, and to annoynt them so long til the mouth be sore, and when that signe doth appeare, an­noynt them no more, for hée will spit or vaper at the mouth, for twelue or fiftéene dayes, and as soone as he vapoureth, make a Bathe and washe him well, and wash the mouth with wine and with-out all doubte it shall helpe him God willyng, nowe héereafter I will write of certeine thinges which are vsed of com­mon Chyrurgians, with a briefe discourse vppon them.

Of the Towe which is layd vpon wounds of common Chyrurgians.

THe pleggits of Tow which is layd vpon woundes when they are first stitched is made in this order. Rec. The white of an Egge, Salt, and Rose-water, and beat them together, and when the wound is stit­ched, they lay it ther-on, bicause the bloud should stint, and the wound remaine shut, so that it maye be helpt with more ease. Now touching this, I will shew the reason why they vse it in their first cure, ye shall vn­derstand that euery like desireth his like, to succor him or kéepe company with him, and therefore the Aunci­ent, our auncient professors of Arte, willed the white of an Egge to be occupied in woundes, bicause it is a [Page] substaunce of flesh lyke vnto the other flesh, and to de­clare the troth I will proue it by naturall reason, for ye shall vnderstand that the white of the Egge is that part which ingendreth the flesh, the skinne, and the fe­thers of the henne, and the yolke engendreth only the guts and other entrayles of the animall, then séeing the white is that which ingendreth the flesh onely, it is lyke vnto flesh, as it is sayd before, then the salt is a materiall which preserueth al things from putrifac­tion, as is séene by experience dayly, and for that con­sideration it was put in this cōposition to preserue the flesh, the Rose-water by nature is colde and drye, and by his coldnesse defendeth the inflamation, and by his drynesse is repercussiue & mitigateth, so that these are the reasons why the sayd Tow is layd vpon wounds, but I would to God that such things were vsed as by their excellent operations would helpe and heale from the beginning to the latter ending, & to leaue of such trifling orders.

Of the disgestiue with the which they dresse woundes after the afore­sayd Towe.

AFter that the tow is taken away from the wound they dresse it with a composition called disgestiue, bicause it disgesteth y ^e wound although this medicine be som what scrupulus & against science, & the reason is this, ye shal vnderstand that when a man is woun­ded, the place before was sownde, and therefore be­ing wounded, our true duetie is to help y ^e same wound and not to disgest or rotte it, as commonlye all Chy­rurgians doe, for by rotting of it in that order, it is perillous, and more daungerous to be cured, as is daily séene by experience, and this no man can denye. [Page 13] But nowe I will followe our regiment in shewing what this disgestiue is, the which is made thus.

Rec. The youlke of two Eggs, Terpentine washed ounce 1. Oyle of Roses ounce (s) semis. mixe them in an Vn­guent, and this is the disgestiue wher-with they dresse it vntil the sore haue made quitter or matter ynough, and then they vse to dresse it with medicines much dif­fering from the same, but I meruaile much at the diuersitie of this matter, that this disgestiue being ap­plied to a putrified vlcer, worketh diuers effects, for it healeth it diuinely: and moreouer, ye shall vnderstand that if it be applied vnto when they be incarnated, it will scicatrise them meruailously, for truelye these are thinges worthy to bee knowen, and he that vnder­standeth the reason I accompt him to bee wise, for if this disgestiue be laide on fresh woundes it putrifieth and rotteth them, againe being laide on a filthy sore it doth mundifie and heale, and then if it be applyed on a wounde incarnated, it Scicatriseth it and healeth, for this I haue done diuers and sundry times, the which is to be woundred off.

Of the mundification vnguent wherewith they dresse the woundes after they are di­gested to mundifie them.

WHen woundes are come to digestion and that they purge, alwayes they chaunge vnguents, and they apply Vnguentes that haue vertue to mundifie the wounde and make it cleane, so that it may the bet­ter incarnate, and that vnguent is called properly a mundificatiue, the which is made of Barly flower & is the mundificatiue they vse 8. or 10. dayes to-gether for if the wounde were not well mundified, it woulde [Page] neuer incarnate-well so that this vnguent is most ne­cessary in that operation in respect of the ingredience.

Of their incarnatiue wherwith they dresse the wounde after it is mundified.

WHen that the wounde is mundified, so that, ther­vnto commeth small quantitie of matter, than it is necessary to apply vnguentes that incarnate, so that they may cicatrize with more ease, and this kinde of incarnatyue is in the most vse among the commō Chi­rurgions, the which is made of Terpentine, Waxe, and Franckenscence, and a little Oyle of Roses mixt of the fire, and this is their incarnatiue.

A rare secreate, the which this author did sende vnto a very friende of his, being in the warres in Africa, the which helpeth all woundes, either by cut, thrust, galling with arrowes, or hargabush shotte, or otherwise.

THe first thing that ye shall doe is to wash the wounde very cleane with vryne and than dry it very well, then put there-in our Quintaes­sence of wine, and presently ioyne the partes close together, and stitch or sowe them well, but in any wise sowe nothing but the skinne, for other-wise it woulde cause great paine, then put thereon fiue or sixe droppes of our Balsamo, and vppon the wounde laye a cloth weate in our Magno licore, as hotte as he may suffer it, and this do the first day, then the next day fo­low this order, first put thereon our Quintaessence & a little Balsamo, and then our Magno licore very hot & neuer chaunge this medicine vntill he be whole▪

Of those vnguents that Cicatrize wounds.

THe vnguents that cicatrize wounds after they are incarnated be of dyuers kindes, although they work one effect in cicatrizing or causing a skine. The diges­tion that is written off before, being applyed vppon a wounde incarnated, it doth cicatrize it with spéede, the like doth Diachilon & vnguentum de tutia. The Cerote called Gratia dei, although these be sundrie compositi­ons one differing from another, yet in effect they serue all to this cicatrization as ye may see by experience, & this they doe bicause they be temperate and of good qualities and so they helpe nature to work more quie­litier, and they are called helpers of nature. But these kinde of vnguents that worke by them-selues, as Vn­guento Apostolorum, the Causticke, Aegyp [...]atum, the rottery & such like vnguents as worke with violence, and suppresse nature, and do that which nature cannot doe by it selfe without helpe, but all those vnguentes that are not violent, neither in heate or colde, are apt to cicatrize woundes, and all sores, that are mundified and incarnated.

A remedie to helpe a wounde with great speede, of our inuention.

WOundes of diuers and sundry forts are very pe­rillous of life, but to helpe them quickly bicause the patient may take no harme, ye shall vse this secret, wash the wound with our water of balme, and cleanse it well, and lay theron clothes wet in Oyle of Fran­kencense made by distillation, and therwith thou shalt heale any great wounde in short time, as I haue pro­ued diuers and sundry times, in sundry causes.

An excellent secreate to heale woundes of Gunne shotte or Arrowes without any daunger.

IF thou wilt helpe the aforesaide wounds it were necessarye first to ioyne the partes close too, and wash it with our Aqua celestis, and laye thereon our Oleum balsami, & there-with thou shalt saue the liues of many wounded persons.

A discourse vppon olde woundes that are not yet healed and their soue­reigne remedie.

WHen that woundes are euel healed and that they impostumate, and that the arme, or legge, or o­ther partes where they were wounded is indurated and full of paine, thou shalt vse this secrete of our in­uention neuer knowen before of olde nor newe wri­ters, for it is of greate vertue and many times pro­ued: first yée shall wash the wounde well and make it cleane rounde about, then wash the wounde with our Quintaessence, and make it to fume, bicause our Quintaessence doth open the powers, and asuttiliateth the matter, and causeth the humour to come forth, that being done, annoynt it al ouer w ^e our Magno licore, & thus doing, before thrée dayes ende he shal féele great ease, and in short time it shall bée helpt bicause this medecine taketh awaye the hardenesse and healeth the wounde, and comforteth the place offended.

To dissolue a broose in short time, when it is new done.

THese are called contusions, vnto the which nature sendeth quickly great quantitie of humiditie, and in that place, it causeth Impostumation: But if our Chyrurgians would be dilygent and quicke, all con­tusions might be helpt with great ease in short time, and therefore if thou wilt worke miracles in y ^t cure, vse this our meanes, and it will tourne to thy great honour, and the remedy is this.

Rec. Lyquid Vernish, pound .3. Yeolow waxe, ounce. 4. Common ashes, ounce .6. Aqua vitae rectified, poūd. 2. Put al the afore-sayd matters in a Retort of glasse, and distill it with a gentle fire vntill al the substance be come foorth, the which will be Oyle and water, the which ye shall seperate, and kéepe them, and when oc­casion serueth, annoynt the broose there-with and laye ther-on a cloth wet in y ^e same, for this is a miraculus medicine experimented & proued by reason, for an ex­periment without reason is as a man without clothes, and therefore if thou wilt know great & rare secrets neuer written before, looke in my Spechio del scientia vniuersalli, and in my Thesoro del vita humana, and there-in thou shalt finde straunge things, proued by reason and experience, the which bookes God willyng, I meane to set foorth in the Englsh tongue to the pro­fite of my Countrey.

To helpe a wound quickly that is in perill of any accident.

WOundes in some parts of the body are very daun­gerous of lyfe, and specially where sinewes bée [Page] cut or pearced, or veynes or muscles hurte, or bones broke, and by an infinit of other particulars, which be­ing open or euil healed, the patient may be in daunger of lyfe, bicause the winde entereth in, and they cause paintes and inflamation, and therefore to auoyde all these afore-sayd matters, so that the wound shall haue no detriment, vse this remedie. First ioyne the parts close together, and put ther-in our Quintaessence, and lay there-on a cloth wet in our Balme, and binde it falt that the ayre get not in, for it is very hurtfull, ye shall vnderstand that these are two of the excellentest medicines that maye be found, bicause our Quintaes­sence doth assuttiliate the bloud, and taketh it foorth, and taketh away the paine, & the Balme doth warme and comfort the place offended, and will not suffer a­ny matter to runne ther-vnto by any meanes, for this is most true, as I haue proued diuers & sundry times, and alwayes haue had good successe.

To stop the flux of blood in woundes with great speed.

VVHen there is any great flux of bloud in wounds by reason of some [...]eyne that is rut, and that the Chyrurgians would shop it, it were necessary to stitch it well, but not as the common Chyrurgians do with wide stitches, but stich it very close and hard, and put ther-in our Quintaessence, and vpon the wound strew the bloud of a man dryed in powder, and laye vppon the bloud a cloth wet in our Balme artificiaill, verye warme, and vppon that binde the wounde with liga­ments very straight, and euerye daye twice, wash it with our Quintaessence, and round about annoynt it with our Balme, and also cast ther-on our secret pow­der for woundes, and that do morning and euening, [Page 16] euery day without opening of the wound, and in that time the wound wil remayne wel, and the-veynes wil be in a manner healed so that they will not bléede, gi­uing you charge that the wounded man-kéepe no dy­et, bicause y ^e vertue being weake, [...]elaueth the veynes, and that causeth the fluxe of bloud.

An other remedie to stay the slux of blood in a wounde.

WHen there is a great slux of blood in a wounde, the perfectest remedie, is to stitch it verye close, then take mans bloud being dryed and made in pow­der, and cast it vpon the wounde, and binde it some­what straight, and so let it remaine .24. houres & when ye vnbinde it, take héede that ye remoue nothing, and cast on more dryed bloud vppon the wound▪ annoint it rounde about with our Oleum Philosophorum de Terpentina & Caera, and binde it vp againe other 24. houres, & then binde it gently, and annoynt y ^e wound with Oyle of Frankensence, & so in shorte time it will be whole, giuing, thée great charge that ye putte in no tent or such lyke, and then thou shalt sée miracles.

Of our Cerote magno, that helpeth against all sorts of sores and woundes.

THis Cerote is of great vertue, and healeth all mā ­ner of sores and wounds if it be spred on a cloth and layd there-on, and the order to make it is thus.

Rec. Galbanum. ℥.1. Ammoniacum. ℥.2. Oppopo­nax. ℥.2. Aristolochia longa. ℥.1. New wax. ℥. 18. Fiue Mirrha, Olibanum, Verdigrese, ana. ℥.1. Bedellin. ℥.2. Gum of the Pr [...]in [...] trée. ℥. [...]. Lapichemarites. ℥.2. Ter­pentine, Frankencense, of each. ℥. 4. Oyle of wax. ℥. 3. [Page] Beath all those that are to be beaten, and searce them finely, and kéepe euery one by him-selfe, then dissolue the gummes in distilled Vineger, according to Arte, and then vaper away the Vineger againe, & strayne the gummes through a cloth, then take the wax with as much swéet oyle and melt them on the fire, & when they are melt, put there-vnto ounce .2. of Litarge of gold finely searced, and stirre them continually vntill it be boyled, the which ye shall know by this token. Put a feather there-in, & if it be boyled inough, it wil burne straight wayes, or els let it boyle vntill it burn it, then take it from the fire and let it coole a lyttle, & than put in the gunns & stir them wel together, & set it on y ^e fire again, & it wil rise with a great noyse, & ther­fore let it boyle vntil it do fal down againe, that take it from the fire & put there-vnto all y ^e afore-said pow­ders, and stir it vntill it be colde, and there-with thou shalt worke meruaylous cures, if it be made wel, ac­cording to Art.

Of our magistral Vnguent that helpeth diuers sortes of sores.

THis Vnguent is appropriate for manye kinde of sores bicause it comfortech the sore & taketh awaye the payne and draweth the matter from the lower parts or bottome of y ^t sore. The which matter is cause of the payne, it kéepeth it also from accidents, giuing you charge that it be made artificially, for other-wise it will not bée of so much vertue, and this is the Vn­guent.

Rec. Litarge of golde, ounce .4. Oyle of Roses, pound 2. Boyle them in a Copper pan so long, as if ye put a feather there-in, it will burne it, then it is sodde, then put there-to of newe Waxe, ounc. 6. Storax liquida, [Page 17] ounce 2. common bunny, ounce 3. then let it boyle a while vntil they be wel incorporated, thē take it from y ^e fire, & put ther-to Olibanum, Mirra, Mercury Preci­pitate, Oyle of Waxe, Oyle of Terpentine, Oyle of Frankensence, ana ounce 2. mixe them wel till they be incorporated, then put therto pure rectified Aqua vitae, ounces 4. and mixe them well, and then it is ended: & this is of my inuention, where-with I haue done very straunge cures.

To make Oyle of Frankensence.

TAke a retort of glasse, wel luted, and fill it halfe full of Frankensence, & for euery pounde of Fran­kensence put there-vnto ounces 3. of common Ashes finely serced, then distill it in sande, and the first that commeth forth will be water, the which wilbe cleare, then increase the fire, and there will come foorth an Oyle of the coulour of a Rubye, the which kéepe close in a glasse, the first water is of merueilous vertue in diuers operations, but one myraculous experiment I will not leaue to write off, bicause it is a thing verye necessary, & is this. For those that haue chilblanes, or kibes, or chophes in the handes or féete that commeth through colde, ye shall first perfume the parts that are sore ouer the fume of hot water, so that they may sweate, then drie them and wash them with the afore­saide water, and put on a paire of gloues, and in short time they shall be whole, it helpeth also the white scall and scabbes, and such like thinges. The Oyle serueth in many operations, and specially in all colde diseases, if they be inwardly, giue thereof euerye morning one scruple to drinke, and if they be out­ward annoynt. Also it helpeth all manner of wounds be they neuer so great.

[Page]If ye annoynt them therwith, and kéepe them close from the ayre: And in any wise vse no tenting to kéepe them open but wette a cloth therein, and lay it ther­on, and in short space they will be healed, also it dissol­ueth a broose in short space if ye annoynt it often ther­with, this oyle serueth also for painters to make ver­nish.

Of Oyle of Waxe and his effect.

THis Oyle of Waxe is merueilous excellent, for so much as it serueth for the most part against all dis­eases: which Oyle Raymond Lulli doth approue to be a more heauenly and deuine medecine then humaine, and is most rare for woundes, but it is not good for commō Chirurgions bicause it helpeth a great wounde in x. or xij. dayes at the most, but as for small wounds it healeth them in 3. or 4. dayes annoynting onely the wounde therewith, and lay there on clothes wette in the same. Also this oyle worketh myracles against di­uers diseases inwardly, if ye giue theroff one drame w ^t white wine, & as for those whose heaire & heard do fal away it is a rare thing and of great profite, and the or­der to make it is thus.

Rec. A retort of glasse well luted and put therein what quantitie of Waxe you will, so that it bee not halfe full, and for euery pounde of Waxe put thervn­to 4. ounces of y ^e powder of bricks, then set it in a for­neyes, and giue it gentle fire vntill all the substance be come forth, the which oyle will be congealed hard, the which is his perfection, for if you will distill it so ma­ny times that it congeale no more, it will be too hot & sharpe, and not to be vsed within the body in any wise, but the first distillation you may vse safely inwardlye and make Vncions for any kinde of disease where néede shall require, and alwayes it will be good, and [Page 18] doe no hurte in any wise in any disease, and there­fore this Oyle ought to be had in greate regarde of all men.

To helpe the tooth atch, that is caused of rot­ten teeth, or that commeth of a dissen­tion of the heade.

THe téeth being rotten or corrupted alwayes causeth great paine and many times it com­meth of a dissention from the heade and such like humours as Cattars, Erisipella, but let it come of what cause it will I will shewe a remedy of great importance, and it is very short, ye shal take our Aqua realle and holde it in your mouth a good white and then spit it out againe, and this ye shall doe for thrée dayes together euery day once, then afterwarde it were necessary to wash your mouth in the like man­ner w ^t our Aqua balsami for the space of a moneth, & so the tooth atch shalbe taken away with ease, for this is our secrete and may be vsed in all times of the yeare.

Against a stincking breath.

THe breath may stincke through many causes, as by vlcers in the mouth or by corrupt and rotten téeth, and sometime it commeth of the stomacke, and that is euill to be helpt, and therefore if thou wilt helpe these thou must vse diuers remedies, and first to helpe those that haue their mouthes vlcerated, ye shall giue them a quantitie of our Pillole aquilone, and then let them wash their mouthes with our Aqua realle, and so the vlcers shalbe helpt, and the mouth shal not stincke. But when the stench commeth of rotten téeth, vse the aforesaide remedie or medicine that is written, [Page] for the tooth atche, the which will make the téeth as white as snowe, and will acke no more, but when the stincke commeth from the stomacke, it were necessary to purge the body with our Sirope Solutiuo, sixe or se­uen dayes, and then to take our Aromatico, that be­ing done, take rectified Aqua vitae & y ^e water of hun­ny and Oyle of Terpentine of ech a like, mixe them well together, and euerye morning drinke thereoff, ounce (s) semis. fasting, for the space of a moneth or there a­bout.

To helpe those that haue a great cough in the stomacke.

THe cough doth come of diuers and sundrye cau­ses, but let it come of what cause it will, it al­wayes offendeth the stomacke and the heade, for alwayes when the stomacke is offended of necessitie the heade is offended, bicause it hath communication with the stomacke, so that the stomacke is cause of the paynes in the heade, and therefore it is necessary to helpe the stomacke first, & that thou shalt do with our Pillole aquilone the which is written in this booke folowing, and if so be you cannot take pilles, take our Aromatico, this being done, if there be no feuer, giue him euery morning 1. ounce of our electuary magis­trale per la tosse, and euery night annoynt his sto­macke with Magno licore, and also his heade and nos­trelles, but if it happen that the aforesaide thinges helpe it not, then take bloud of the Lyuer vaine, and purge the bodye with our Sirope against the melan­cholike humor, and so by the grace of God they shall remaine healed.

To helpe those that can-not hold their water.

THis procéedeth of two causes principally, the first is of superfluous heat of the body, through y ^e which heat, nature doth assuttiliate too much that humid part, and continually doth send it downe into the bladder. The second cause is, that the powers are too much re­laxed or opened, by the which operation the vrine doth passe with-out retention, and these are the two causes why the vrine can-not stays, and this commeth com­monly to young children, bicause they are very hot of complection, and the order to helpe them, is this.

Giue them our Pillole Aguilone thrée times, the quantitie is from one dram, to one and a halfe: that being done, ye shall make them a decoction of Hisop of the mountaine, and put ther-in sugar, & this they shal vse .x. or .xij. dayes at the least, for this mundifieth the place offended, and disposeth it to solution. Then af­ter this is done, ye shall giue him for .x. dayes together halfe a dram of Masticke with a little Plantaine wa­ter, for this is hot and restringeth the powers, and ingrosseth the Vryne, and so the Patient shall re­maine whole of that infirmitie, by the vertue of the a­fore-sayd thrée medicines, and it is a verye easie cure and souereigne for that purpose. But some-time there happeneth a flux of vryne some-what lyke this, and it is not of the afore-sayd causes, but of causes much dif­ferent from them, for this is in men and womē of age, and this I finde to be caused of the Pockes that cau­seth the flux, and they voyd certeine threds which some call Gonorea, and the remedie there-off is onely with great purging and sweating, and then to annoint them fiue or sixe nights with our Vnguento magno, & kéepe [Page] them warme in bedde vntill ye haue ended to annoynt him, and then go to the stowe, and he shall be helpt of that infirmitie.

To helpe those that can-not make water.

THe vryne is stayed through diuers and sundry cau­ses, and the principall are thrée, of the which one is the stone that ingēdreth in the bladder, for alwaies it hangeth down in the necke of the bladder, and stop­peth the Meat [...] or powers that the vryne can not passe, the which grieueth the patient meruaylously. The o­ther is caused of grauel or grose and viscous humours that cannot passe the powers, and so cause that reten­tion of vryne with great payne. The third is caused of an obstruction or restriction of the powers or cun­duites, where the vryne doth passe, and so kéepeth the vryne with-in, with great payne so that these bée the thrée chiefest causes of the retention of vryne.

The cure of the first cause which is the stone, is to purge them well, and then to vse our most souereigne remedie that is written in this booke following, the which is of great vertue to breake the stone, as I haue proued many times, but whē this medicine is not able to breake it, then it is necessary to cut it foorth, & this is all concerning the first cause.

To helpe the second cause, it were necessary to vse purgations that purge the reynes well, & then to giue them our Aromatico, and then to annoynt the reynes sixe dayes euery day once with Vnguento magno, and with this medicine thou shalt helpe him perfectly.

To cure the third cause it were necessary to purge with aperatiue things, & then to annoynt his reynes and vnder the members and belly with our Balme ar­tificiall, and giue him to drinke the powder of Hogge [Page 20] lyce or Centum pedes, that are founde vnder stones, and by the grace of God he shall be perfectly whole.

To helpe those that haue great bur­ning of their vrine.

THe burning of the vryne may come of diuers & sū ­drye causes, but I finde foure principall, of which one is y ^e stone in the bladder being great or smal. The second cause is a certaine heat y ^e which corrupteth the place where it passeth and caryeth forth as it were cer­teine long thrids the which causeth that burning. The third cause is a certein viscousnesse the which holdeth to the botome of the Vrinal, and it wil not wel break, and this is called Gonorea. The fourth cause is certein fluxes of Vrine caused of some kinde of the Pockes, as ye may sée by those that vse company with euil wo­men and take harme, for presently this burning com­meth, and therefore this showeth me playnely to bée the Pockes that causeth that burning of vryne.

But if thou wilt helpe the afore-said foure causes thou mayst doe it with ease hauing the true Art of a good Phisition, and the remedie of the first cause com­ming of the stone, is to take it foorth of the bladder.

The seconde cause, is to be helpt with purging with our Siropo solutino, & then after that, to vse our oyle of Vitriole compound taking thereoff euery morning .1. ounce, and so they shall remaine helpt.

The third cause is helpt with taking euery tenue dayes a quantitie of our Aromatico, and so with this onely remedie they shall be helpt.

The fourth cause is helpt with medicines appro­priate for the Pocks, and to annoynt them with Vn­guento magno.

To helpe those that haue great payne of the Goute.

THe Goute is a corrupt and maligne infirmitie, and properly ingendred of corruption, as it is plainely séene in those that are troubled there-with, & to proue it to be true, Nature doth shewe it wel, bicause you may sée how great the alteration is of that accident, & séeing that humour is caused of a windie humour and alteration of the bloud, as is séene by experience, I be­léeue the same disposition hath his original and begin­ning of the stomacke, for so much as all those that are troubled with that disease, the first signe that appea­reth vnto them, is a great payne in the stomack .3. or 4. dayes or more before the griefe commeth, and then the payne increaseth excéedingly, so that by the sayde signe, I iudge this accident can-not procéede of other place then the stomacke, and to affirme it better, yée shall vnderstand that those which are troubled there-with, can finde no better remedie then to euacuate the stomacke from all corruption, and therefore if thou wilt helpe them of that accident, the first thing y ^t yée shall doe is to giue them a quantitie of our Aromati­co in the morning fasting, and drinke there on a litle white wine, that béeing done, it would be necessarye to make a fomentacion with Nettells, that bée well boyled in water, and then to annoynt them with our Balsamo artificiato, and so for that time the Gout wil be gone, and will remayne away for a long time.

But if God permit me lyfe, I will héereafter set forth the order to helpe the Gout, that it shall neuer come again, with a certein order to be obserued in the same, found out by this Authour, and hath bene proued an infinite number of times in diuers places, & on diuers [Page 21] noble men as ye may well vnderstande in his Theso­ro della vita humana.

A remedie against the pestilence, that pre­serueth those that vse it.

THe pestilence is a certeine corrupt humour y ^e which is cause of the euill disposition of the ayre that is corrupted, and poysoned, and it is so contagious that in 36. houres it corrupteth the body, & causeth them to dye, and therefore if any will defende them from that infection they may do it by the helpe of God and the Phisition with these medicines, the first thing is to confesse our selues vnto almightie God, and to praye hartely vnto him, and then as concerning Phisical me­dicines, thrée things are to be vsed, which may saue the liues of many. The first thing is to euacuate the stomacke, the second to sweate, the thirde vnccion. And touching y ^t first, ye shal vse euery 3. dayes our Pillole aquilone for they euacuate the contagiousnes and wil not let it corrupt the bodye. For the seconde yée shall cause them to sweate by artificiall meanes, for that e­uacuateth a certeine matter very apt to corrupt. And the thirde is to annoynt all the body with our Balme artificiall, for that preserueth the body, and defendeth it from the contagiousnesse, so that by these 3. meanes men and women may be preserued from that violent death.

To helpe Pellaria, that is a disease which causeth the haire and bearde to fall away.

THis Pellaria is a certeine kinde of fantasticall in­firmity the which we by practise do know y ^e cause, [Page] the which is by vsing company with women corrup­ted with the pockes, and by the same practise we sée that those whose haire doth fall awaye, doe fall into great infirmities of the pockes, although not all, yet the most part, and therefore if thou wilt helpe that ac­cident, it were necessary to purge them with our Si­ropo Solutiuo, 8. or 10. dayes together, that being done, giue them our Aromatico, and then annoynt the place where the haire is fallen away euery euening with our balme artificiall, so that with the vse of these thrée medicines the patient shall remaine perfectly whole of that matter, bicause the sirope purgeth the whole bodye vniuersally, and the Aromatico purgeth the stomacke and the heade, and the Balme comforteth and defen­deth the place where the haire is fallen, so that it shall fall no more, for this I haue proued an infinite of times. You shall vnderstande that there be two other kindes of Pellaria the which wil not be helpt in the a­fore-said order, for the one commeth of a great feare, & the other commeth bicause they haue had Mal di mas­suca, and their heads be corrupted by that meanes, and for these two I knowe no remedye but to let nature haue hir course.

To helpe a Carnosite in the yarde.

THe Carnosite that commeth in the yarde hindereth the vryne so that it can-not passe, and groweth in the mouth of the bladder, and is a kinde of matter in­gendred in that place, the which is much like vnto an Emerode that commeth in the necke of the intes­tine about the fundament, and bicause it is a grosse and vlcerated matter the vrine passeth with difficul­tie and great burning, the which is verye painefull, [Page 22] vnto those that haue it, but if thou wilt helpe that in­conuenience it were necessary to purge the body wel, and to kéepe a dyet, and to drincke the Decoccion of Hipericon made with hunnye, and vse to eate drye meates as muche as is possible, and then make cer­teine little Waxe Candles of Waxe and Franken­sence, and then make this vnguent.

Rec. Reade leade ounce 1. white hunny ounce 1. but­ter two ounces, white Wine as much as will suffise to incorporate them in a liquid forme, on a soft fixe, and then take tenne quilles that hath bloude in them out of the winge of a young Pigion that is fat, and ther­with stirre the vnguent when it boyleth, and when one quill is dryed take another, and so chaunge them vn­till the Wine be consumed, and then it is made, and when thou wilt occupie it, take one of the saide Can­dles of Waxe and vppon the ende put of this vnguent, and put it into the yarde vntill it touch the Carnosite, and this thou shalt vse day, by day vntill the Candell passe without any impediment, and then the patient shalbe helpt, for this is most true, and I haue proued it an infinite of times to my great credite and content of the patient.

To helpe the white scall.

THis disease being so odious, is a corrupt hu­mour the which is not onely in the heade as many do thinke, but it dependeth of the in­warde partes and hath communication with the heade, and this humour is like vnto the Fume, for continually it vaporeth vp, and when it can assend no more bicause it is hindered in the skinne, then it [Page] setleth and ingrosseth and causeth the heade to breake forth in that grieuous order as is séene. But I will shewe a secreate to helpe it, so that it shall neuer come againe, and the order it thus. You shall giue them our Siropo Solutiuo 8. or 10. dayes together, that bée­ing done giue them our Pillole Aquilone thrée times, the which pilles must be taken euery thrée dayes once, that being done, take Sinaber finely beatē, two ounces, Olibanum, Mura, ana one drame, mixe them together, & deuide it into 5. partes & make therof fiue perfumes in fiue mornings, and couer their heades with a cloth so that it touch not the heade, then let the pouder bée cast on by little and little vntil it be spent, vpon a cha­sing dish of coles, and so let them stande couered one houre without mouing, and this do euery one of the times, that being done annoynt the heade for the space of a moneth with Oyle of Waxe and Terpentine, and they shalbe helpt, for this is a remedy that cannot faile, for I haue proued it an infinite of times, in Palermo, in Mesina, in Naples, in Rome, and in Venice, and al­wayes I haue had good successe to my great credit, and profite of the diseased person.

To helpe those Caruolli that come vppon the yarde, and their causes.

THose Caruoli that come vppon the yarde, are of diuerse kindes, as by reason and experience thou maist sée, but y ^e most parte are taken by vsing y ^e cōpany of lewd & corrupt womē, infected w ^t the pocks, and those are the worst kinde, for they are the first o­riginal of y ^e pockes, & of those caruolli come Pannochie or botches, & certaine great scabbes, Pellaria, aiches, & tumors, & an infinite of other euill effects & these are y ^e [Page 23] first kinde. There are another kinde the which com­monly come of their own accord by reason of heat, and those are easie to be holpe, and are not perillous or paynefull. There is an other kinde, the which is as though it were scorched or burnt, the which commeth thorow debilytie of the yarde, & hauing company with women, and these are also of small importaunce.

The first kinde are certeine Vlcers that come vp­pon the end, and some vppon the proper substaunce of the yard, & some vpon the skinne, and the order to cure them is thus. Ye shall mortifie them with-in & with-out with our Causticke, and when they are mortified, ye shall dresse them with our Magno licore, and they shall be whole quickly.

But ye shal wel note, that many times after they are healed afore .xv. dayes doe passe, there will come a certeine alteration in the throate, so that they canne scarce swallow their meat, and this alteration many times endureth viii. or x. dayes, and than it resolueth by it selfe, and that is a certeine signe of Pellaria.

And therefore if thou wilt auoyde that inconuenience that the haire fall not off, assoone as ye féele any of the a afore-sayd griefes, then presently take a quantitie of our Electuario Angelica, and then take our Siropo magistrale .4. or .5. dayes, and annoynt thy heade .x. or xij. dayes with our Magno licore, & so by these meanes thy haire shall not fall. Bicause our Electuario Ange­lica doth euacuate the stomacke, and clenseth the head, & dryeth vp the matter, the which is already alterated by that diseases. Also our Siropo magistrale, doeth euacuate the bodye, and purifie the bloud, and slaketh the furye of the disease. Our Magno licore preserueth the haire from drying and fallyng.

There commenth manye times, after those Caruoli are healed certeine Impostumes in the groyne, of the [Page] which we will speake off in an other booke particular­ly. The other kinde of Caruolli that come vppon the yard, are holpe onely by washing thē with some bath that is restrictiue and comfortatiue. The other kinde which is lyke scorching or burning, are holpe by kée­ping them cleane, and annoynting them with a Li­niment of Tutia camphorata.

And thus I make an ende, giuing to vnderstande to those that practise, how that they may auoyde that disease called Pellaria or falling of the haire or beard, for this is one of my secrets, where-off I meane to write a great number if God permit me.

A discourse of those sores that come of the Pockes, and how to helpe them quickly.

THe Pockes as I haue written of diuers times, be­ing a putrified and corrupt disease, the sores com­ming there-off, of force must be of his nature, that is corrupt and stinking, therefore if thou wilt help them and take away their paine quickly thou shalt vse thrée operations, the first is to giue them our Pillole Aqui­lone, and then to wash the sore with oyle of Sulphur, & then lay ther-on our Cerote magistrale, with Preci­pitate, and annoynt it with Magno licore, and there-with thou shalt helpe thē quickly, bicause those Pilles are appropriate for that disease, & the oyle of sulphur draweth forth the filth from y ^e senter, & the precipitate draweth forth the grose matter, so that of force it must heale.

The cure of one that had the Pockes in his heade.

BEing in Naples, among al other that I cured, ther came vnto me a Spaniard called Il signor Diego [Page 24] di Menas, a man of the age of .36. yeares, of complec­tion cholericke aduste, the which had the Pockes, and in his forheade hée had a certeine tumour the which had perished a great part of the skull, and was open, and he had bene taken in hand of diuers men, & none could doe him good, I séeing that toke him in hande, & gaue him our Siropo solutiuo .8. or .9. dayes together, afterward I gaue him our Aromatico, and thē gaue him the rootes of Cina in decoction, and then perfumed him with Olibanum, Mastick, Mirrha, & Scinaber, and so by these meanes he was holpe of y ^e infirmitie, but the bone remained bare, & I layde ther-on our Cerote magistrale, and so in short time, the bone did seperate of his owne accord, and one day I tooke it off altoge­ther, and was so great that it couered the fourth part of the heade, than presently this signor Diego went abroade, shewing what was taken from his head, as diuers can testifie.

The cure of a wound in the head and in the hande.

THere was a certeine Gentleman called Gionan Iacopo Veniciane, the which had a great wound on the heade, and in one of this handes, the which béeing taken in hande of diuers Chyrurgians, was brought to a very euil case by reason of great alteration in the woundes, and the Phisition that had hm in hande, was one called Realdo polumbo cremense, the which dressed his heade with Wine and Oyle, and the hand with Turpentine and Oyle of Roses. Than I being in company tolde him, y ^t it were good to chaunge those medicines, bicause in woūds of y ^e head, those medicines were not conuenient, for y ^e oyle being crud putrifieth, [Page] and the wine is repercussiue, and will not suffer the putrifaction to come forth, that the oyle ingendereth, and for that reason the sayd medicine woulde not bée vsed.

And as for the medicine for his hand, I say that the Turpentine is not conuenient, for where there is of­fence of skinne, veynes, sinewes, and bones, Turpen­tine is not good, bicause it is hot and putrifactiue, by meanes of the Oyle, and causeth inflamation, and therefore it ought not to be vsed.

But if thou wilt helpe the head and hande both, ye shal vse a kinde of medicine that comforteth the place offended, and that doth assuttiliate the matter and incarnate, to the which the sayde Realdo aunswered and sayd, my reason was good, if I coulde finde reme­dies that will doe that effecte, the which I sent for to my house, and vsed them in this order.

First, I did put our Quintaessence into his wound in the head being colde, and then a lyttle of our Balsamo colde, the which séemed straunge to Realdo, and then I layd there-on our Magno licore, and vpon the cloth I layd a lyttle of our secret Powder, and the lyke I did to the hande, and so in .14. dayes the wounds were whole, to the great meruayle of a number.

A great secret particular for the flux, and dissenteria.

THe fluxes of the body are no other but a distempe­raunce of Nature, and are of two kindes, the one is caused of an euill qualytie and distemperaunce of the lyuer, and that is called Flusso epatico. The other is caused of great heat, Feuer, and distemperment of Nature, and this is called Disenteria, that is, a di­stemperment of the guts, & both these sorts are harde [Page 25] to be holpe of the auncient doctours, as it is well séene by experience, of those that practise, for they will helpe them with repression and restrictiues, but that is not the way if wée shall beléeue Galen, the which wri­teth, Fluxus Fluxus curat, the which is most true, for I haue cured a thousande of the fluxe with giuing them our Aromatico, and thrée or foure dosses of our Siropo Solutiuo, therefore Galen saith true.

But the Disenteria is cured with giuinge them our Electuario, Angelica, and then euery day after dynner stande in a bathe of water of the sea colde, two houres at the leaste, and so in this order thou shalt helpe any crud kind of Disenteria in short time and with greate ease, vse this as a secreate.

The cure of one that was poysoned with Arsenycke.

THere was a certeyne man poysoned with Arse­nycke giuen him in a messe of Ryce pottage, in an euyning at supper, and as soone as it was in his stomacke hée beganne to grone and sweate, and vomyte, in such order as it was straunge to sée, and it happened that at the saide time there was a learned man in the house, who séeing this man in that case susspected him to bée poysoned, and so sent for me, and when I came, the poore man was all-most deade, then presentlye I called the wife of the house and tolde hir that hir husbande woulde dye, and that shée shoulde haue the Lawe for poysoninge of him, but if that shée woulde tell him what poyson shée had giuen him perhappes hée might recouer hym againe, with many wordes more, so to conclude shée tolde him that shée had giuen him two graynes of Arsenycke [Page] in Rise pottage, then presentlye I called for a cuppe of Sacke, and caused him to drinke, and then he vo­myted and went to the stoole, and then I annoyn­ted hym wyth our Oyle of Hiperecone, and Scorpio­nes, all the body ouer, and styll caused him to drinke that hée might euacuate that poyson, but all his mouth and throate remained swollen, and he did spite greate aboundaunce, and I caused him to vse that vngnent, and euery morning gaue him Theriacle with wine & euery thrée dayes, I gaue him a quantitie of Pillule Aggregatiue, and last of all I caused him to vse Aqua vitae compounde, and so ere fortie dayes hée was perfectlye whole, and rydde of a terryble dis­ease the which he had a fore he was poysoned.

The cure of an Vlcerated legge.

THere was a certaine man of the age of sixe and thirtie yeares, of complexion cholerike and sanguine, the which had his lefte legge all vlcerated, in such order that the Phisiti­ons and Chirurgions of the citie woulde haue cutte it off, but in any wise I woulde not consent there-vn­to, but tooke it in hande, and gaue him fyrst our Ma­gistrall Sirope, in the morning eight or nyne dayes together, and in the meane time I washed the legge with Wine where-in was boyled Mallowes, Conso­lida maiore, Cardus benedictus, and Hunny, and then wette cloathes therein and layed them on twise a day, than I caused hym to vse a decoccion of Lignum vitae and the barke with Iua artetica, Cardus benedictus, Pollipodi, Ripontico, Wine, and Sugar, and his com­mon drinke was wine and water boyled on the festes [Page 26] of the same, and this he vsed foure and twentie dayes than I perfumed him with Cinaber thrée times, and ere thrée monethes were past he was perfect whole, for his disease came of the Pockes, and those sores are commonly called Mal di formica.

The cure of the goute on a cer­teine Gentle-man.

IN the aforesaide yeare, in the moneth of August I was called to visite a noble Gentle-man called Ill seignor Don Christofalo della roca, a man of fiue and thirtie yeares, of complexion chollerike and san­guine, the whiche was sore troubled with the goute, and bicause it was in the beginning of August, our auncyent Doctours haue for bodden to take any so­libell medicine in that time. In respecte of the Cani­culare dayes. Neuerthelesse I called Armellio, and Leonardo Testa, two excellent Phisitians, the which gaue their counsaile to take no medicine, neuer the lesse I proued that the goute was extreame whote, and for that I ordayned a colde Sirope to mittigate the superfluous heate, the whiche was made of Ly­uerworte, Hartes tongue, Dates, Raysons, Figges, Sugar, and Succorye water, and Aromatised it with Muske and Rose water, of the which hée tooke euerye day foure ounces, and for the alteration of the goute, I washed it thrée or foure times a daye with our A­qua del Balsamo, bicause it penetrateth and openeth the powers, & a suttiliateth and dryeth the humoure offensiue, also I ordeined him breade of Barly, bicause it coleth the bloud and is of good disgestion, and caused him to refraine from all fat brothes and his drink was [Page] temparate, and to this one of the Doctors did agrée, but the other woulde not, neuer the lesse the Gentleman was content with my aduise, then I beganne to giue him the afore-saide decoccion, with our solible Quintaessence, and there with he had euery day two or thrée stooles, and I washed the gout thrée or foure times a day with our Aqua Balsami, and the first day hée beganne to féele ease, and the seconde he felte more, so that in seuen dayes all his paines was taken away, and then I applyed ther-vnto our secreate of secreats, for that kinde of disease, the which in thrée dayes de­lyuered him: then I caused him to vse certeine medi­cines to defende the goute for comming againe, and so he continued whole to his great satisfaction.

Of the causes of the Scyatica, and how ye may helpe it.

THe Sciatica is a disease so called, bicause it com­meth in that place of the body called, Sio, and is caused of an euill qualytie and grosse humores, that are stayed in that place, bicause they cannot passe downe, and this is séene by experience dayly, for where that paine is, there is alteration, and the cure there­of is with Glisters, Vomittes, Purgations, and Vnc­tions, bicause the Glister doth euacuate those places next vnto it, and so easeth the humour, the vomitte cleanseth the stomacke, the purgaciones doe euacuate the bodye downewardes, the vnctions dissolue the winde, and so by these meanes thou maist helpe the Scyatica, as I haue done many times to my great ho­nour, and satisfaction of the patient.

A most excellent remedie to helpe the flux of the body, with a certeine discourse there-on.

IF thou wilt helpe the flux of the body, it were ne­cessary to know first from whence it proceedeth, for he that knoweth not the cause, is lesse to be credi­ted to cure the effect, and therefore I will shew thée what the flux is, and from whence it commeth, & then I will shew the order to cure it, also to make the me­dicines.

The fluxe of the bodye is caused of a superfluous heate conceiued in the stomack, the which make a con­tinuall solution inwardelye, as ye maye sée by expe­rience of those that are troubled there-with, for so long as the cause is not taken awaye, all their meat dothe tourne into that matter, the which if it bée so, that is true which I doe saye, that the fluxes are a distemperance of the body, caused of hot and corrupt humours in the stomacke, and therefore if thou wilt cure it, it wer necessary to extinguish the heat and to take away the corruption, the which thou shalt doe with the rednesse of Marte Militare, written in this booke following, for that is the most souereigne reme­die that can be found. But first ye shall take twelue graynes of our Petra Philosophalla, with halfe an ounce of Mel Rosarum, and then take for foure mor­nings together one scruple of y ^e rednes of Marte, with half an .℥. of sugar Rosat, & ther-with thou shalt work miracles,

A discourse as concerning cornes in the feete or els where, with their remedies.

THis callowes matter, is a certeine hot humour, of the which Nature would discharge hir-selfe, and [Page] when that humor is driuen forth of Nature, it goeth vnto the lower parts, into the ende of the toes, for in that extreme part of the toes, that skinne that is cal­led Epiderma, is hard, and wil not suffer it to passe or exalare, and there many times it ingendeth a tumor in the skinne with great hardnesse, and many times that tumor doth increase and cause such paine, that it doth not onely hinder their going, but hindreth them from sléepe in the night, and this kinde of tumor is called commonly Callo or Cornes in English, and I thought it good to call them Creste, bicause they are alwayes growing, and is of great importance among the Chyrurgians, for an infinite number of persons are troubled there-with, & therefore I will shew thée our secret to helpe them quickly, and with great ease, which secret was neuer knowen afore of any. First, ye shal pare them with a sharpe knife vntil the bottome, and there ye shall finde a certeine thing lyke matter, but if ye finde no matter, ye shal pare it vntil y ^e bloud doth appeare, than touch it once with oyle of sulphur, and then dresse it with our Balsamo artificiato, once a day vntill it be whole. Kéepe this as a secret.

Of an infirmitie of importaunce that commeth vpon the extremitie of the toe, vppon the nayle.

THere are manye men that are troubled with a cer­tein infirmitie vnder y ^e nayle of their great toe, the which séemeth as though y ^e nayle grew in the flesh, the which is not so, but the flesh groweth ouer the naile, and although this séemeth to be a thing of nothing, & that the Auncients haue had small consideration ther­off. Neuerthelesse it is an infirmitie of great impor­taunce, and to be considered of, bicause many are trou­bled there-with, & specially men of authoritie, & in spe­cially [Page 27] those that are troubled with the Goute. I cal to remembrance, that in the time that I was in Naples, I cured a great number, & specially those that were of great authoritie, to my great honour and profite. The first thing that I did I cut the nayle on y ^t part which was grieued, and toke it away the which was done ea­sely and with little paine, the which thing being done, I touched it with our Caustike, and so let it remaine thrée dayes together, an than I dressed it euery day with our Magno licore vntill it was whole, the which was in short time.

A discourse vpon the Hemerhodes, with the order to cure them with most excellent medicines of our inuention.

THe Hemerhodes are a certeine kind of euil tumor, caused of the bloud in the veynes Emorodiale, and these come alwayes in the extremitie of the Intesti­nals about the fundament, & some of them cause great paine, & some of them do burne excessiuely, or do scald. The which commeth thorow the qualitie of the good & euil humors. As ye may sée by experience how y ^t some haue such burning y ^t they cannot rest in the night, the other haue such payne that they canot sit, y ^e other are so scalded that they cannot abide it, ye shall vnderstād this infirmitie is more paynefull in one complection than in another, and the cure there-off is difficile. Neuerthelesse it maye be cured, and the order is this.

First take our Aromatico, then take our Siropo so­lutiuo thrée or foure dayes, then take our perfume thrée or foure times on the fundament, that being done, an­noynt the place with our Balme artificiall, for that dryeth and taketh away the payne altogether, and so the Patient shall remaine perfect whole.

[Page]There is also a great secret in the tooth of a Horse­fish if it be worne on a mans finger, to take away the Hemerhodes, the which tooth I haue known proued at the least .7. or .8. times, for I haue a ring made ther­off and haue vsed it.

A great secret to helpe those that are burst or haue the Rupture.

THis is rare secret, neuer knowen afore of anye man, and in specially for those that haue not béene burst long time, & that the Rupture hath not yet made a callow, and the order to cure it, is thus.

First ye shall giue them our Aromatico, euery ten dayes once, and euery morning fasting giue them one ounce of fine Tartar beaten in powder with water or wine to drinke, and lyke-wise in the euening two houres afore supper giue him as much, and his bread shall be Bisket made of Rye, also he must weare a trusse made fit for that purpose, and vse this remedie.

Rec. Rectified Aqua vitae with-out fleame, ounce xij. Rosen of the Pine trée that is drye, Ohbanum, Masticke, Sarcocolla, ana ounc. semis. Mixe them alto­gether, and with this water wash the Rupture euery day twice, and then cast there-on presently the pow­der of a hearbe called Bislingua and Balsamina, ana, and than wet a cloth in the sayde water, and laye it there-on, and binde the trusse very hard, and kéepe thy house with as much ease as thou mayst and strayne not thy selfe in any wise, and thus with-in .100. dayes thou shalt help any great Rupture, kéeping the afore­sayd order.

A rare secrete and deuine, to helpe those that are troubled with the spleene.

THe Mylte is alterated & commeth harde, by reason of a superfluous humidity, the which it receiueth, by the euill disposition of the lyuer and longes, and there­fore if thou wilt helpe it, it were necessary to vse me­dicines abstersiue and drying, & to giue them our A­romatico once, and then to vse this electuarye, the which is of meruailous vertue, in that operation.

Rec. Squamma ferri one ounce, Scolopendria, one ounce, Spignarde, Lapis Lasuly, ana, two scruples, Si­namon, ounce halfe, beate them fine and make there­off an electuary with purified hunny, according to art, & ther-off take euery morning a spoonefull, & as much at nyght, two houres before supper, & annoynt y ^e place where the Mylte lyeth, with our Balsamo artificiato, & so by the grace of God and meanes of these medicines, thou shalt be holpen quickely.

A nother great secreat to helpe the spleene with great speede

THe Mylt as is a foresaide, is grieued thorowe a­boundaunce of humiditie he which it receiueth, and therefore thou must onely séeke to drye that humi­ditie, and for that purpose, I will shewe thée 2. great secreates, where-with thou shalt worke myracles, and are of great reason and experience. The one is to bée let bloude vnder the tongue in one of these 2. veynes: that is, on that side where the Mylte lyeth, that béeing done, ye shall take Mustarde & myxe it with the vrine of a boye, and laye it betwéene two cloathes, and lay it on the sore place one nyght, and than if it bée not [Page] well, vse it still vntil it be holpen, for this I haue pro­ued an infinite of times.

The cure of a certeine Spanyard called, Cara­basall di Cordonet the which was trou­bled with the Pockes.

THis souldiour being of the age ot two and thirtie yeares, was myghtely troubled with the Pockes with extréeme paines and sores, a­mong the which he had all his thigh so eaten away as though he had béene gnawen with dogges, with most extréeme payne, and the way that I cured him was thus. I gaue him 12. graynes of our Petra Philosophalle, with Sugar Rosate, the which caused him to vomyte and to euacuate downe-warde, of the which he found great ease, that being done, I prepared him our decoction of Lignum sanctum solutiue, the which is written off hereafter, with a certeine drinke made with wine and Lignum vitae, and this he vsed fiue and twentie dayes, and then I annoynted, him with our vnguento Magno, and in the space of fortie dayes he was perfectly holpen to the sight of all men.

The cure of the stytch in the side with re­tention of vryne.

THere was a certaine gentleman called, Marco di Chiuffune of the age of sixe and thirtie yeares, the which was troubled with a terrible stytch in the side, and had proued many medicines & none did him plea­sure, the which after, I toke him in hande, I gaue him our Aromatico, and after that the paine slacked, than I caused him to annoynt all those partes with the [Page 29] Oyle of Nutmegs, and the Oyle of Egges mixte to­gether, and so he remayned quite whole, for in this or­der I haue cured an infinite of persones to my greate honour.

A cure of a certaine Spanyard wounded in the heade in Naples.

THere was a certeine Spanyard called Zamora, of the age of foure and thirtie yeares, of complexion cholorike and sanguine, the which was wounded in the left side of the heade, with inscicion of the bone, al­so ye shall vnderstande, that in Naples the ayre is most euill for woundes in the heade, by reason that it is so subtile, and for that cuase the doctours did feare the cure, neuerthelesse I dressed him with out Magno li­core, and Balsamo, artificiato, kéeping the wounde as close as was possible, annoynting it onely vppon the wounde, and so in fourtéene dayes he was perfectlye whole, to the great wonder of a number, of Chirurgi­ons of that cytie.

The cure of a certeine gentleman that had Mal di formica.

THere was a certeine Gentleman Neapolitan, the which was called Ill signior Giouan Francisco Gaetauo, of the age of 38. yeares, the which was meruailously tormented with a sore arme and a sore legge, called Mall di formica, and he was of complexi­on cholerike and melancholyke, and these sores went créeping vppon the flesh, healing in one place and bre­king in another, and in his arme hée had nyne sores, and in the legge fouretéene, and this Gentleman had sought helpe the space of 2. yeares & could finde none, [Page] and had twise taken the dyet, and yet coulde finde no helpe, the which Gentle-man I tooke in hande, and the first thing that I gaue him was this, one ounce of Ge­rapigra Galenie with twentie graines of our Petra Philosophalle, the which prouoked both vomitte and sege dyuers times, that being done, I gaue him our Siropo Solutiuo, xij. morninges together, that be­ing done I gaue him a medicine with our Petra Philo­sophalle and Eleborus niger, the which caused him al­so to vomite and purge downe-wardes, that being done I caused him to make a sirope of Lignum sanctum, and the barke, Iua Artetica, and Cardus bene­dictus, in the which I put seuen pounde of wine, and one of Sugar, and then I caused him to make a drinke with water, wine, and hunny to drinke continuallye, and that I caused him to vse fiue and twentie dayes, and then I annoynted him with our Vnguento Mag­no, fiue times without fire, the which vnguent caused him to spitte a boundance of filthy matter, and at the last it caused him to spitte bloud, then I caused him to make a bathe the which is written in our Regiment of the pestilence, called the ioyful Iewell: I laid on the sores our Cerote Magistralle, and thus with in 38. dayes hée was perfecte whole.

Certeine cures that this authour did when he trauailed into Afryca.

IN the yeare 1550. hée trauailed into Africa, and there he was chosen by Il. S. Don Pietro di Tole­do vicere di Napoli, to be Phisition vnto the campe vn­der Don Gracia his sonne, and so in the yeare .1551, in the moneth of May he departed from Naples with all the army of the Emperour, Carolo quinto, D. Austria, & so hauing a prosperous wind, ariued in Barbary by a [Page 30] certeine olde citie called Monasterio, and ther gaue an assiege, & tooke it, with-out any remissiō or rāsoming, & made slaues of all those that were lefte alyue, and it remained vtterlye destroyed, but not with-out greate mortalytie of our Christian souldiers, and beside those that were killed, there was a great number wounded the which were brought into the Gallyes, and caryed to the Ile of Sicilia in a certeine citie called Trapano, the which say they, was buylded by a great Idolater called Tarpos, and there in the hospital those wounded persons were lefte, with certeine Chyrurgians that were vnder my iurisdiction, & with certeine medicines of my inuention, and so in shorte time the most parte were holpe, and then the army retourned vnto Naples againe, and refreshed them with new men and victual. And then on the .15. of Iune, we set vp sayle and say­led, and when we were in the midst of the goulfe be­twéene Naples & Palermo, there happened a great mis­fortune, the which was thus.

In the Galley of Signor Giordano Captaine gene­rall of the Galleyes of the Duke of Florence, it happe­ned that he being at the table with diuers captaines & gentlemen, & as they were at dinner, a certeine Cap­taine being grieued with an other, multiplyed words, and tooke a loafe of bread & threw it at his face, with­out any reuerence or respect of the sayde Generall S. Giordano. That being done, the sayde Generall ryse from the table & tooke him by the bosome, & gaue him 5. stocados in the breast the which pearced within the body, and there he fell for dead, that being done, the sayd Generall repented him-selfe of his rashnesse, and presently sent for me being in the Gally of Don Gra­cia, to come and dresse him, and so my Generall cau­sed me to doe with all dilygence, and when I came, this poore Captaine laye as though he had bene dying, [Page] neuerthelesse I dressed him with great dilygence, and the medicines which I vsed were these. First I put in to the wounds, of our Quintaessence, and vppon the wound I dressed it, with ur Balme artificiall, and gaue him a vomite, the which caused him to cast great quantitie of bloud, and then euerye morning I gaue him halfe an ounce of our Aqua Balsami, & thus with­in two dayes after we ariued at Palermo, the Capi­taine was perfecte whole, to the great meruayle of a number. After that we departed from Palermo, and went to the citie of Trapano, wher the rest of the gal­leyes were, and there continued .4. dayes, and then on Saint Iohns euen, we went to an Iland called Fanig­nana, and there kéept the feast of Saint Iohn, and then we departed with all the army, and went on the side of Africa, and on Saint Peters day we landed in the Gardeins of that citie, and there began to offer bat­tayle, and there remayning about .24. or .25. dayes, the army beganne to be infected with a certeine kinde of fluxe, where-off a great number dyed, euerye daye. My Generalll séeing that, called me, and asked if it were possible to finde some remedie for that fluxe, vnto the which I aunswered willyngly, and sayde, I would deuise by the help of God some remedie, bicause it was my duetie, aswell as for th health of the soul­diors of the Emperour, the which thing I did in short time thorow the whole campe: as I wil write héere­after in the next chapter.

The cure of the flux, where-with I holpe the Armie of the Emperour in Africa.

BEing as I haue sayd afore in y ^e campe, wher they were meruaylously tormented with a flux, & many dyed there-off, and could finde no helpe, although they [Page] had medicines. Than I which had the experience in hand, began to laugh to my selfe, & the remedy wher­with I holpe them all, was this. First, I caused them to eate wel, & thā on y ^e morning, I gaue them a vomit, and then euery day after they had eaten, I caused thē to goe into the water of the Sea, and there to remaine 4. or .5. houres, and so doing with-in .4. or .5. dayes they were holpe, for I sweare as I am a Knight, that if I had not bene there, the whole army had dyed of that fluxe, for of .14. or .15. thousande that were there, there was not left, 2. thousand but they were infected with tha flux or distemperaunce of the lyuer, caused of su­perfluous heate, the which heate distempereth the sto­macke, & causeth y ^e continuall flux: ye shall vnderstand that our vomit doth euacuate the stomacke of the pu­trified humor, & the salt water cooleth the heat, & restrai­neth the flux, so that by these meanes they were holpe.

A goodly remedy found out by me, for woundes in the head.

WOundes in the head, were very perillous in that place, so that if a .100. wer hurt in the head, it was not possible to recouer .x. and that came thorowe two things, the which were much contrary in that region, for the day was so hot, y ^t it burned all things, and the night to the contrary so extreame colde, that it was in­tollerable, & not to be credited, & so by this distēperance whē Craneum was vncouered that y ^e aire might touch it, presently they dyed without any helpe, than I sée­ing that, beganne to consider of the matter, desiring to finde some meane to helpe them, & so studying, it came in my memory, that the aire was cause of their death, as it was in troth.

Than presently I commaunded all those Chyrur­gians that wer vnder my iurisdiction, y ^t they shold not [Page] meddle with any wound in the head without my pre­sence, the which thing was done, & as many as were wounded, the first thing y ^t I did in stéede of cutting or launcing or discouering, according to the cōmon order, I ioyned the parts & sowed them close & dressed them vpon the wound with our Quintaessence, & with Bal­samo and Magno licore, and so in short time the most part were holpe, and there dyed none so desperate as they did afore, and therefore to my Iudgement, this was a good inuention, and neuer vsed of any afore, and this order of curing is very naturall, for Nature doth shew it in hearbes, plants, and stones, how that they cannot stande dis vnited: then much more our fleshe cannot stande dis vnited, with-out great torment of the Patient, for vntill it be ioyned together againe, it is vnpossible to be holpe, then seing that is true, it is most natural for the wound to be ioyned together, and to vse those medicines that wher they be applyed, wil not suffer the humor to come there-vnto, nor putrifie the place that is hurte, and seing it is so, as by expe­rience is séene, wée must beléeue this to be a naturall and most wholsom remedie, so that I affirme that the ioyning of the parts of the wounde in the heade and other parts of the body, is most souereine and of great satisfaction to the sicke, for they neuer féele payne, nor haue no feuer nor other sorte of accident, for of those I haue cured a great number with good successe.

The cure of one that had his nose cut off, and set on agayne.

IN that time when I was in Africa, there happe­ned a straunge case, and that was thus.

A certeine Gentleman a Spaniard that was called Il Signor Andreas Gutiero, of the age of .xxix. yeares, [Page 33] vppon a time walked in the fielde, and fell at words with a souldiour, and began to drawe his weapon, the souldiour séeing y ^t, stroke him with the left hande & cut off his nose, and there fell downe in the sande, than I hapened to stande by, and tooke it vp, and pyssed there­on to wash away the sande, and stytched it on againe verye close, & dressed it with our Balsamo Artificiato, and bound it vp, and so let it remaine viii. dayes, thin­king that it woulde haue rome to matter: neuerthe­lesse when I did vnbinde it, I founde it fast congluti­nated, & then I dressed it onelye once more, & hée was perfectly whole, so that all Naples did meruaile there at, as is well knowne, for the saide S. Andrea doth liue yet, and can testifie the same.

The cure of an arme of S. Gior­dano Vrsino.

AT the same time, the saide S. Giordano Vrsino, and S. Antamo Sauello Romano, and S. Astor Baglione, with diuers other, toke their horses, & ryd about two myles from the campe, and there perceiued certeine Mores on horsebacke, the which dyd assault these gen­tlemen, and one More with his launce, did thrust tho­row the arme from y ^e elbow through the shoulder, then the said S. Giordino returned to the campe with great paine, and presently I was sent for, and when I had séene it I put therein our Quintaessence, and vpon the wounde I laide our Balsamo and Magno licore, and bounde it straite, and so left it, and in fiue dayes it was whole and sound, and than went to the assaulte most valyantly, as many can testifie, bicause he was generall of Firenze.

A great chaunce that happened at the assault in Africa.

AT the same time, there was a Gentleman Floren­tine that was with y ^e said S. Giordano Vrsino, that was called Milllematti, the whiche fought with his sworde and target, and defended many shotte of Caly­uers and such like, at the last one persed his targette, and stroke him vppon the breast, and brused him mer­ueilously, and yet broke no skinne, and there-with all he fell to the ground for dead, and the caryer of deade men or Becamort, as they call them, woulde haue bu­ryed him in a mine, I then being present caused him to be brought to the tent of S. Astor Baglione, and ther I put our Quintaessēce into his mouth, and that cau­sed the bloude to liquifie and come forth at the mouth, and layd vppon his stomacke a plaister of Ashes and Oyle, as hot as he coulde abide, and that I chaunged morning and euening, and alwayes I gaue him of our Quintaessence to drinke, so that in short time hée was holpe, and yet lyueth in health: and this was one of the most straungest thinges that euer I sawe, that a pellet of a Calyuer could not breake the flesh, and that came by certaine wordes that the saide Millemat­ti dyd carry written vppon his breast, as he perswaded me afterwarde for the saide. In verbis, & in herbis, & in lapidibus sunt virtutes, &c.

The cure of woundes being poysoned, and of other sortes.

WHile that warres dured in Africa, many times the Christians were poysoned with venomous [Page 34] Arrowes and such like, for the Mores commonly whē they fight against the Christians, they stycke the heads of their arrowes in a Squill and poyson it with the iuyce, and when those arrowe heades or other wea­pon goeth into the flesh of a man, it causeth so greate burning that it bringeth Spasmus, and so in short time they dye. And vntill this time there hath béene no o­ther medicine found, but to cut away all the flesh that the weapon hath touched, or els to cauterise it two or thrée times with a redde hot yron, to exstinguish the venome, but I thorowe the grace of God haue founde the true and perfect way to helpe them quickelye and with great ease, and without detriment of the woun­ded, and the remedy is this, ye shall put our Quinta­essence into the wounde, and laye there-on our Magno licore, the which are two medicines that kill the poy­son of the Squille, and therefore if any wil proue this to be true: To sée the experiēce, take a péese of a Squil­la, and scratch it with thy nayle, and then put thy fin­ger into thy eare, or scrach any other place that yée may touch the flesh, and presently thou shalt féele a terribell bourning, and to quench it, presently take of our Quintaessence, and wash the place therewith, and presentlye the payne will cease, and therefore vse this as a secrete, for there-with I haue cured a great num­ber.

A remedie founde out by me against the poyson of a fish.

WHen that I caused so many sicke of the fluxe to go into the sea whereby they were holpe, there was a certeine kinde of fish y ^t as soone as they touched [Page] the flesh of a man, presentlye it inflamed and the poy­son so increased, that in two or thrée dayes, it caused co­rosiue sores, the which caused many to dye, and many were stonge with that fish the which neuer could finde helpe, I than séeing that desparate case, vppon a time visited a young man being a Romaine, the which was hurte on the coddes and yarde, with such a spasmus that it was wonderfull to behold, and hauing a glasse full of my Quintaessence in my hande, I opened the sore and washed it therewith, and presently the paine ceased, then afterwarde I dressed it with an vnguent made of the fat of the fish, & so there with he & a great number more were holpe in short time, and these are secretes of my inuention.

Of the taking of Afrika and his distruction.

IN the yeare .1551. the 11. of September about the 19. houre the generall asault was giuen to the ci­tie of Africa, and in the space of 2. houres it was takē, and destroyed by the soulders of Carolus Quintus, Em­perour, where at was slaine a great number of both parts, and there was such a number hurte that it was to bée wondered at, the which were healed with our Magno licore, and Balsamo, and when the citie was ta­ken and all ended, the Galles remayned there all Sep­tember, and the fourth of October euerye man went to serue at their portes appoynted, and so we tourned to Naples to passe the Winter, but yet we remayned but a while, for there was occasion to go to Siena, the whych rebelled against the Emperour, & so we went with Don Pietro da Toledo the which dyed after at Firenza, &c.

The cure of a great wound on the head.

IN this yeare .1551. in the moneth of Nouember, there came vnto my house a Spaniard, the which was called Giouan Ruiz di Zamora, the which had a great wound ouer the eare, on the left side that reach­ed halfe ouer the head, with great fracture of the bone, the which I presently stitched with diligence, and put there-in our Quintaessence, and vppon the wounde I dressed it with Magno licore, and Balsamo, and made a gentle ligature with a péece of silke, and sent him home to his lodging, and commaunded him to come againe the next day about the sayd houre, & those that were about me, fell a laughing at my words, and sayd that he woulde dye of that wounde, bicause I let him goe foorthe in the ayre, to the which I aunswered that hée might safely goe foorth, and so the next day he came a­gayne, and I tooke off the lygament, bu not the cloth, and ther-on I put of our Quintaessence and Balme, and so in thrée dayes I touched it not, and then I tooke off the Lygament agayne, and dressed it vppon the cloath, and lette it remaine vntill the .8. daye, and then I opened it and tooke away the cloath and found the wound so healed that ye could scarce perceiue any scarre, and many said that it was vnpossible to be hea­led, for it would come to impostumation, neuerthelesse it remayned perfectly whole, for .5.or .6. moneths that he remayned in that citie, in the which time I cured a great number in the same order that were wounded in the head, to the great wonder of those that dwelt in Naples, for they count all woundes in the heade to be mortall, bicause the ayre is so pestilentiall, for as soone as it toucheth the scull it corrupteth the wound.

But vsing our order thou mayst safely helpe them, so that the wounde be not mortall, for by kéeping it [Page] close shut it is preserued.

A very straunge thing that happened in the afore-sayd yeare.

THere was a certeine young Mariner of the age of 26. yeares, the which was called, Francisco di Gio­uanni Raguseo, of the Ile of Mezo, the which being in fight fell downe, and the other that fought with him cut him ouer the side and backe a handfull long, inso­much that a péece of the Milt was cut ouer-thwart, then hée was caryed to a Chyrurgian, and hée stitched him vp, than the next day I was called, and ther I foūd the wounde not well stitched, the which I ripped vp agayne, and found the belly full of bloud, and when I saw that, I caused diuers to make water, and there-with I washed him, and with takinge foorthe of the bloude, there came a péece of the Milte that was cut, the which I washed, and gaue it to a Mari­ner that stoode by, and the Patrone of the ship tooke it from him and caryed it away, then I stitched him vp againe and left a lyttle hole or orifice beneath, where the matter might come forth, and dressed him with our Quintaessence, with Balsamo, and Magno licore, and in the space of .22. dayes he was whole perfectly.

The cure of a Fistoloe in the lower parts.

IN the yeare .1552. in the moneth of Marche, I was broughte vnto a man of the age of fourtie yeares of complection, cholericke, and melencholicke, the which had a Fistoloe in the lower parts, y ^e which was of this Nature, that it had alterated the coddes, the member, and al the parts ther-about, with .xi. holes infistolated▪ at the which .xi. he made water with great burning & intollerable paine, & which are accident of a feuer in manner continual, y ^e which Patient had ben [Page 36] taken in hand of diuers & none could do him plesure. Than the first thing that I did, I gaue him our Aro­matico, that being done, I gaue him .xij. dayes together our Quintaessencia solutiuo, that being done, I gane him a quantitie of our Electuario Angelica, a then he vsed one of my secrets, the which I will not write in this place, that being done I caused him to spitte with one of my confections, written héere-after, and so by these meanes he was perfectly whole.

Of many that I cured in Naples.

IN that time that I remayned in the famous Ci­tie of Naples vntil y ^t yere .1555. in y ^e Moneth of Fe­bruarie, & then I thought it good to go to Rome where at this time I cure a number of persons, & haue holpe so many by the helpe of God, the which if I should re­cord them it would be sufficient to fil a great volume, for ther came such a number to my dore, that the peo­ple wondred ther-at, & with .4. medicines compounded by me, I holpe in māner all of euery disease, & the me­dicines were these, one Pil made with our Petra phi­losophile, Elbero negro, Olio di sulpho, Olio dimelle, mixed w ^t marchpane, & made in pilles. The second re­medie was soluble pilles, made w ^t Aloe hepatico, Col­loquintida, Siena, & oyle of vitrioll, made in paste w ^t su­gar, & common hunny, The third remedie was a vnc­tion, made w ^t Sage, Rosemary, Worme-woode, Rew, Mint. Nutmegs, Cloues, Cinamon, Mastick, Frankē ­cense, Terpentine & waxe with common oyle. The .4. remedie was our Quintaessence, & these .4. remedies, I gaue vnto those people to help their griefes: & I willed thē y ^t tooke these medicines to eat wel & of good meats, & so alwayes they praised these medicines, the which was not without great reason, bicause y ^e pilles first e­uacuate y ^e stomack of al impedimēts, a leaueth nature eased, y ^e second pilles euacuate y ^e body of the corrupptiō.

[Page]The Vnction comforteth the stomacke, and helpeth disgestion, and mitigateth the payne. The Quintaes­sence comforteth the stomacke, causeth good disgestion, purifieth the bloud, and comforteth the heade, so that be these aforesaid resons, ye may vnderstand that these foure remedies may help against al indispositions in­wardly, and for cause of those remedies those people honour me lyke a Prophet, and alwayes haue had mée in great reuerence, as longe as I remayned amonge them.

A cure of Vlcera putrida, the which was in the arme.

IN the yeare afore-sayd & in the month of August, there came to my hande a certeine Gentleman of the Imbassadours of Portingall, that was called, Il signor Iari, a man of the age of .32. yeares of complec­tion melancholyke: the which had a putrified vlcer a­bout the lefte shoulder, that he had caryed aboue thrée yeares, and was a bigge as a hand, and verye déeps the which could not be healed of the common Chyrur­gians, nor yet be eased of his payne, than I reasoning with this Gentleman, tolde him that the cause of that sore, was corrupt and putrified bloude, and by that meanes the [...]yuer receiued euill qualyties, and that if he would be holpe, the cause must bee remoued, the which was hard to bée done, bicause the bloude must be euacuated a little, and then the stomacke must bée euacuated of moyste matter that offendeth it, and hindereth disgestion of the meate, and will not suffer good bloud to ingender, than it will also be necessarye to euacuate the body downwards, that the corruption sendeth no vp his vapors to the vpper parts of y ^e bo­dy, and hinder the cure of the vlcer, al this being done, [Page 37] it were necessary to euacuate the humor betwéene the skinne and the flesh; by sweate, so that all the partes of the body may remaine purified, and so by these meanes the vlcer may easely mundifie, incarnate, and scicatrise, and shalbe a perfect cure, to the which thing the Gentle-man was willing, for hée had as wil­lingly dyed as lyued, and so in the name of GOD I tooke him in hande, and the first thing that I gaue him was a vomitte that purged the stomacke, and tooke away great parte of his paine: then I purged him with our Quintaessencia Solutiuo, eight dayes together, that being done I made him a fomentation, that caused him to sweate well, and to spitte aboun­daunce, than I caused him to be let bloud vnder the tongue, and then I annoynted all the vlcer with our Causticke, the which mortified all the filthinesse there­in, and then I dressed it with Magno licore, and our cerote Magistralle, and so with these remedies in short space the saide Gentle-man was cured, to the greate meruaile of the saide Ambassadour, and all those that sawe it, by reason of that cure came another of the same house vnto me called Il seignor diego Iaimes the which was troubled with a difficultie of vrine, the which troubled him mightely, the which I gaue thrée times our Petra Philosophalle, and once the iuyce of Elder barkes, and he was holpe: I cured another in the same house of a feuer with our Oyle of Hunny, and with Balsamo: The Ambassadour like wise being troubled with the gout, willed me to take him in hande y ^e which I did, and cured him so that in thrée yeares after which I continued in Rome he neuer felt paine, and of these cures I holpe an infinite in Spaine, as is wel knowne to the inhabitaunts thereoff.

The cure of ethesia in the beginning.

I [...] [...]he yeare 1555. in the moneth of Marche, there came to my handes a young man of Milayne the which was a painter, of the age of fiue and twentye yeares, the which was fallen into a spice of etisie, and did spitte much bloude with a continuall feuer, the which I cured in this order.

First I let him bloude vnder the tongue on the right side, and after that I gaue him a quantitie of our Aromatico with Plantaine water, bicause the bleding taketh away the superfluous bloude of the breast, the which nature sendeth forth by it selfe, and the Aro­matico with Plantayne water is colde and dry, which are most necessarye for that disease, for they euacuate the stomacke, repercute and mittigateth y ^t alteration, those things being done, I caused him to vse our Quin­taessence solutiue to euacuate the body in respect of the putrification alreadye conceiued with-in the intesti­nalles, also I caused him to vse the Quintaessence of the flower of flowers, and I annoynted his stomacke with Magno licore, and also he vsed our Electuarie of Althea, and so by these meanes he was holpe perfect­lye.

The cure of a certeine man wounded in thirteene places.

IT happened that a certeine man called Alessan­dro Oresice, was wounded afore my lodging in 13. places, and there fell for deade, and then by a cer­teine friende was brought into my lodging, and there I layde him vpon a table and tooke of his clothes, and sowed all those wonndes which were to be sowed or [Page 38] stitched, and dressed him with our Quintaessence, and Balsamo, and Magno licore, and our secrete powder, and so by those meanes in 15. dayes hée was perfecte whole.

Of remedies that helpe many diseases.

THere are diuerse and sundry diseases, and they bée holpe with dyuers and sundry medicines, therefore I will make a note onely of those the which are most vsed.

And first I will write of those remedies that helpe the feuers of all sortes, the which are these, the sirope of Burrage, Buglos, Endiue, Cicory, Hoppes, Fumitori, Rhabarb, Cassia, Scamony, Sine, Barlye water, sirope of Scytrones, and such like.

The remedies that helpe the pockes are these, A­loes, Coloquintida, Turbit, Hermodactilis, Scamony, Precipitate, Oriola, Oliuella, the vnction of Mercurie, Lignum sanctum, Cina, Salsa perilla, the perfume of Scinaber, a stoue of hearbes, our Ceroto Magistralle, and such like thinges, those remedies that helpe the cough, are Enula Campane, Garlike, Sulfure, Hunny, Lapaciolle, the Oyle of Sulfure, and such like, those remedies that helpe the scabbes are the iuyce of Aure­ola, Sulfure, Litarge, Aqua Realle, Roch Allome, those that are troubled with paines in the bodye, may vse Genciane, Nutmegs, Dictamus albus, Euphorbio, those that are wounded shall vse Terpentine, our Balsamo, Magno licore, Aqua Balsamo, Elixer vitae, Ceroto ma­gistralle, Oyle of Hiperconie of our inuention, and such like: Those y ^t prouok vrine, are y ^t flowers of Mallows, Alcakēgi, Hoggs lise, Cantarides, & such like, & therfore I will not trouble you further bicause I haue writ­ten sufficiently in my other bookes in sundrye places, [Page] and hereafter I will write of dyuers, and sundry me­dicines of our inuention neuer founde out a fore of a­ny man.