Items

• The Ruburb for will

  A remedy for the "will," which probably refers to the contemporary usage of the word to mean "pleasure" or "desire" given the rhubarb was often used for purging ill humors from the body during this period. Recipe calls for rhubarb and small ale.
• My Cousen Shirards Resept For A Dropsy

  A remedy for dropsy, also known as edema, the excessive build of fluid in the body. Includes brooklime, watercress, nettles, elder bark, scurvey grass, red dock roots, dwarf elder roots, green broom, ale, juniper berries, red gallingale root, and gention root.
• Doctor Cole

  Brief description for a remedy to aid digestion that can be purchased at a local inn. Unclear whether the drops are produced by a local doctor.
• For the flux

  Remedy for flux, the abnormal and/or excessive discharge of liquids from the body, including blood and/or diarrhea. More specifically, "flux" may refer to dysentery. Calls for boiling red wax (presumably melting it) with milk.
• An Excelent Resept for the worms in children

  Remedy for getting rid of worms in children by putting a piece of cloth dipped in sack wine on a child's mid section, along with dried spearmint.
• Greene [strikeout] ointment

  A recipe for ointment made from red sage, rosemary, bay leaves, rue, sheep suet, and olive oil. The ingredients are mixed together, and buried in a pot for several days prior to being heated and strained.
• For sore nipples

  A remedy for women experiencing soreness in conjunction with breast feeding. Calls for covering their nipples with gold leaf. Also includes instructions for using the ashes of sea coal (pieces of coal washed up by the sea) to end lactation once the breastfeeding child has been weaned.
• for Convultion Fits

  A recipe for a powder comprised of peony root and other ingredients to be taken with Rosemary water or other waters for convulsive fits.
• Fits of Mother & Confultions

  A medication to be taken by mothers experiencing convulsions comprised of senna, long pepper, anise seeds, licorice, elecampane, and white peony root; and boiled in sack (wine). Should be taken with honey and bread dipped in vinegar. An additional recipe with mercury plant, gerrymander, spearmint, fennel, liverwort, broom, wormwood, and betony is also given.
• The best way to make honey of roses

  Recipe to infuse honey with roses.
• To cover a Naked Bone with Flesh

  Recipe for an ointment to put on exposed bone that includes oil or roses, ginger, and honey of roses.
• Broken Ribs or Bones to knit in 6 days

  Remedy for promoting the healing of broken bones that can be drunk in ale or applied directly to the injury.
• To dry up milk

  Two methods for drying up breast milk (presumably after weaning a breast feeding child) by applying soaked cloths; one with alum, and the other, diachylon .
• For a Sore breast

  Use of part of a rennet bag (the fourth stomach of ruminants) as a treatment for breast pain.
• A Pultis for a Sore breast

  Hot poultice to treat sore breasts made from milk, linseeds, sage, and olive oil.
• To desolve a hard Brest

  A poultice to dissolve a hard breast (breast lump?) made from honey, brandy, and wax.
• Sore Brests . . . Bruised Blood to bring a way . . .

  A poultice for treating sore breasts made of linseed oil and beeswax.
• To asowage the pain of any Scald how great so vever

  Poultice for treating scalds with a poultice made of cloth dipped in rennet.
• Sympathetick pouder

  Recipe for a powder of sympathy, believed to cure wounds through a sympathetic magic.
• A Bruise, Black or Blewnes or humors settled in any part

  A remedy for bruises or other settled humors (swelling?) involving the application of sheep or cow liver.
• Imposthume in the Stomach

  Remedy for treating a stomach abscess.
• Imposthume in the head

  Remedy for treating an abscess in the head (ear?) made with honey and garlic.
• A watter that keeps the body in health

  A tonic to preserve overall health.
• Feavors, to asswage [assuage] & to Cool the Spirits or blood & settle them

  Various remedies for treating fevers.
• Eyes to restore Sight, An drink, and Wash

  Recipes for a draught and eye wash to restore vision using herbs infused in white wine.