TAke wedges of fyne golde, well warmed in the Fyre, and quen­che it .xlii. tymes within the water of a good welle or Fountayne. And the water strayned and kepte clenly in a vyoll of glasse, & let the dyseased person drynke it with wyne or good ale after as the pacient it requyreth, the vertue & propertie of that water of golde is suche that it is good vnto y^e people that be hoole, and also for thē that be sycke of the syckenes, that mē called, cardia pastio, for it exalteth & comforteth the herte merueylously it illumineth the spirites, and consumeth y^e superfluyte, and comforteth the vertue conteyned in all the membres [Page] within forth, & moche it auay­leth vnto the fluxe of the wōbe, more than the water wherin yron is put, it auaileth moch vnto the leprous, & vnto them the whiche ben yll dyspo­sed. Men make this water of golde, by science of Arquimie. But I put it not here for that, but that maner of makyng is moche harder, but I wyl speake nomore of it at this tyme.

This water is of great, & meruey­louse vertue and hath many greate properties in bodyes humaines and sycknesses colde? it ratifieth the appetite and recomforteth the spirite and the hete natural, bycause of her good odour, wherin the soule taketh plea­sure and gathereth the vertue of the membres togither, it comforteth specially the brayne, and all the mem­bres synewed, and yf a man wasshe his face with it, it maketh it fayre, & [Page] yf a mā washe his heres it reteyneth them and kepeth them from fallyng and multiplyeth them, and the continuaunce and vse of this water pre­serueth a man from the botche, and from all yll syckenesse it comforteth the substaunce of the herte, and also consumeth the fleume, & melancoly, & maketh youth to pourge, & who so shal continue this water w^tinforth & w^toutforth he shalbe preserued long withoute corrupcyon, and to wasshe his mouth oftē with water ratifyeth the teth and the gūmes? it heleth the Cāker, and of the fystures and ratifyeth the yll woundes and dryeth thē, it vaileth vnto the Cardiacle passion that is to say, tremblyng of the hert and prohibiteth the vomytynge, & it is good vnto the fluxe of the wombe & vnto those y^t be benōmed, as vnto people the whiche tremble in theyr body, & vnto relexacion of wormes, & dryueth away all venom, as tryacle [Page] and also aydeth vnto the mother of the belly of women and them preser­ueth of their Floures, and the bayne aydeth moche to consceyue, and who so baineth him ryght often in the decocktion of this floure, he reneweth his youth as an aygler y^t is a thyng ryght secrete & ryght meruaylous, & who so shall make it in the maner and fasshyon the whiche foloweth. Fyll ye a great vyoll or glasse of the Floures of Rosemarye and stop it a­boue & afterwarde bery it depe with in the banke of the see, and let it lye therby halfe a yere in the season & tyme the whether is most hotest, and abyde there the space of a month, and afterwarde it shall be tourned in to water the which water must be strōgly strayned, & put in to another vyoll in the sonne, by the tyme or space of xl. daies, this water shall sprinkle & haue the scence as baulme, it auayl­leth moche to comfort the herte, and [Page] the brayne and all the body, vayleth agayne the dibilyte and wekenes of the synewes & taketh away the spottes of the vysage and kepeth the mā in good state of youth and auayleth agaynst the syckenes & teares of the eyes to put within them .ii. droppes at a tyme, it ratyfyeth the membre slepy & benommed, and also it heleth of the Fystula, & also of the Canker where the other remedyes profyteth nothynge, and who so shuld make of the water brennynge of wyne of the decocktion with these floures y^t shuld be a ryght excellente thynge for the syckenesses abouesayde.

This water comforteth the hert and all the membres to dyssolue, and they well dyssolued, it restoreth them and bycause of her good odoure aromatyque, & specially it cōforteth the spirites, & the hete naturall it prohybyteth the putrifaction in dyssentery [Page] and lyentery the which ben fluxes of the wombe bledyng, it comforteth y^e vertue retentyue and it is good vnto the feblenesse of the herte and vome­tynge and agayne the swete dyafor­ti (que), it maketh swete and comforteth the gōmes and maketh to haue good odour in the mouthe and maketh to haue ferme Flesshe who so wassheth hym often with it, and putteth it w^t in his eyes with a lytell wyne for y^e mondyfyeth and dryeth, it comfor­teth the humodyte, and moystnes superflue of the eyes, and in especyall whan a man putteth therin a lytell of thuthie p̄pared or a lytell of aloes and fyne suger, yet the sayde water with Suger Candye put within the eyes clenseth and mondifieth the substaunce without payne.

This hath many great properties for it breketh the stone in the bledder and in the raynes, it mondifyeth the [Page] breste and the lyghtes, and heleth of the Epylence, and dryueth away the venom, & auayleth vnto the bytynge of a beast venemous, it auayleth vn­to the strangulyon, and purgeth the fleume of the stomacke downewarde or by vometynge, and it auayleth to the eructacyon ayger, it prouoketh y^e vryne and looseth the wombe, it hel­peth moche the payne of the mylte, it comforteth the stomacke and aydeth vnto y^e dysgestion, & vayleth agaynst the encreasynge of the blode, and a­gaynste the payne of the Chynke, and of the raines, and also of the bledder & agaynst the cold dropsye, it is good to clense the woundes of the hede, & to drawe the bones broken out of the woundes, it is good for the payne of the teeth, and for the darknes of the eyes corcosyue, and vnto the difficult of chyldren, it kepeth frō dronkenes and taketh away the fātasyes of the people the whiche sourdeth of sycke­nes, [Page] it is good for the payne of the wombe, and for the payne podagre, & taketh awaye the venom of Dogges enraged, it is good for the payne of the eares, & for people that be deafe in what maner so euer it be, and for ronning eyes, & for the fluxe of blode of vaines, and vnto people the which sythē for the sycknes of the stomacke for vometynge, & for the payne of the stomacke and bytyngꝭ, and auayleth to drynke vnto people wery of the feuer quarteine, it is good for the paralysye sownynge, and tremblynge of the membres, and auayleth moche vnto the paine of the wombe, and for the swellynge.

This water is moche abster, drye and incarnatyue, and it is very good for woundes corrosyues, it is good for the stoppynge, it is good for the ronnynge out of the belly and fleyng of the guttes in drynkynge, it wor­keth [Page] the opylacions of the lyuer & of the mylt makynge clene and kylleth the inflamacion of the blode and in­carneth the Fistules & the other woū des, and preserueth from emoroides and it is good vnto the vlceracion of the mouth and vnto the payne of the teeth vnto the bytynge of a dogge & vnto the brennynge of the Fyre, and of hote water for the vlceratiō of the lyghtes and vnto the spyttynge and vnto the feuer tarcian.

This water is aparatiue of vaynes, and comforteth the lyuer, and maketh warme, and in especiall it is good for the hote Apostumes, and vnto flumes & maketh a man to slepe & it is good for y^e pollucion ī the nyght it is good for the Iaundes, and vnto the opelacion of the lunges, and the mylke of Endyue maketh cleane the woūdes that ben in the raines of the [Page] backe it auayleth moche agaynst the colere y^e which is within y^e stomacke

This water fortifieth the stomacke and it mondifieth and prouoketh the vrine and auayleth agaynst the scab and infection, it pourgeth the colere and mondyfyeth the blode of the hu­mours adustes.

This water is verye good for the s [...]omake colde and moyst and aydeth vnto the digestion and disgesteth the mete, it comforteth the herte and the braine & taketh away the yll thoughtes and pouxes the which procedeth of melancolie and humours adustes and auayleth against the bytynge of a dogge and Scorpion, and is good for the ache of the teeth, and suffocacion in dreames and vnto extorcion of the belly, & resolueth the lunges.

The water of the leues, floures and [Page] rotes of elder altogither comforteth the herte of the man, and merueylouslye it mondifieth & maketh clene the blode and taketh away the melancoly, and it heleth the braine the which is infect of humours melancolyes, & it endureth and heleth the foles enraged in the contynuaunce & it is good to hele the scab and of the lepre.

The water of Elder and of buglose made by egall parties is moche merueylouse vnto people melancolyous and vnto people the whiche hath trē blynge of the hert and the brennyng of the geder, it taketh awaye the he­uynes and gyueth gladnes and ma­keth the man to be of good reason & of good vnderstandyng, but in this cause he shulde put the floures of buglose and of elder, and red roses, myngled togyther, asmoch of the one as of the other.

This water openeth the opelacy­ons of the lyuer, and of the mylt, and of the raines, and preserueth the mā from the passyon colleryke and ven­touse it taketh awaye the blakynge of the stomacke and ratifyeth the disgestion, it encreseth the dede vnto norysshes, and taketh awaye the payne of the raynes, caused of Uentosytie, and purgeth the grauel, and maketh the payne sodenly to cease, and it maketh good coloure vnto those that doeth vse it.

This water hath many great properties to prouoke the man, and to mondifie and make clene the raynes and the bledder of the grauel, and it auaileth vnto the vlceracions of the raynes, vnto people the whiche pysse blode.

This water is moche marueylous vnto the opelacion of the lyuer, and of the mylt, and heleth the iaunders whan a man wyll dryncke of it, hym behoueth to put therto of fyne suger and it may be droncke with wyne at his repastes, and it is proued.

The water of Fenell is gyuen vnto the obscurite and darknes of the eyes vnto the dropsye, and vnto the lytar­ge, and it auayleth against venom, & purgeth the raynes and the bledder of grauell, it prouoketh the man and maketh the flourꝭ come vnto the woman, it subtilieth the fat humors, & prouoketh the dede vnto women, and vnto man the sperme, and also it ta­keth awaye the wyll to vomete, and helpeth the stomacke.

This water is meruaylouse good, to comforte the syght and to recouer it yf it be possyble and in especiall vnto people flumatyques, & vnto aged people, the which it shall compose togither with Ueruene, Rewe, Roses, and Celydoyne. This shalbe a ryght merueilouse good water, to conserue to comfort, and to repaire the syght.

The water of Ysop drye maketh cleane the raynes, and the breaste, and the longes of the matter grosse Fleumatyque, and vystose is moche good vnto the coughe the which procedeth of the coldenes, and of moystnes, it clarifieth the voyce, and auayleth moche vnto those the which fal­leth of the fallyng euyl, and it is called in latyn aperylentia.

This water heleth of the strangu­rye, [Page] and profyteth moche for to gen­dre, and multyplye the people.

This water is good vnto all syckenesses colde, of the synewes, as ben the Palsey, the tremblyng of the mē bres swolunynge, epilensye and such lyke sycknesses, & it is good vnto the Reuolucion of the gommes, and of the paine of the teth, and whan they chellen, and it is good vnto the sycknes of the stomacke colde, and vnto the mother of y^e wombe, as is suffocacion of the mother, and also this water maye be vsed within forth in drinking, & without forth ī washyng & by other maners the which ben after the dyscrecion of hym, or of her, the whiche doth vse it.

This water lowseth the wombe and openeth the opylacions of the mylte and heleth the dropsye, yposarque [Page] and taketh away the swellynge of the feete.

This water stronge is of ryghte greate and meruaylous vertue, ex­cellentlye aboue all the other. For it kylleth the wormes & dyssolueth the worke, cōsumeth the rotten humors within the body, in the places and cō duites secretes, and bicause of some vertue wrytten, it comforteth where ben the rotonesses, and it is openyng and comfortynge the stomacke, and it clenseth the ordures, and openeth the opylacions of the mylte and of the lyuer, and it auayleth to recouer the speche, and agaynst the venom, it comforteth the syghte, warmeth the stomacke, and refresheth the lyuer it prouoketh the vryne, and the floures vnto women, and resysteth vnto the venym of oputhe bayci, and of ius­quiauim, and of all other of this na­ture, [Page] and it is good vnto people deth woū [...]ed whā the surgiens wassheth theyr woundes they kepe it for enfe­strynge and engendring of yll flesshe it auayleth agaynst the epydymye, & agaynst eyres pestilencial it taketh awaye the wyll to vomet, and auay­leth vnto swellynges, and paynes of the membres, and vnto the palsye, & taketh away the fleellynge from the tonge, and delyuereth in makynge gargarisme.

This water dronke with good red wyne comforteth the stomacke affir­meth the wombe.

This water of colde and moyste, & maketh soft the wombe and is alte­ratyue of these opostumes hote, and it maketh softe the durter, it prouo­keth the fluxe vnto women.

[Page]This water is cōsumptyue and dissolutyue, & is good vnto the scab, or brekynge out, or lepre, and serpigine impectigne, and vnto the dredefull & vnto the amoureus.

This water breketh the stone in the raynes and in the bledder, and prouoketh the vrine, and is good vnto pen­syfenes and thought.

This water is moche consumpty­ue dyssolutyue, and comfortatyue, & auayleth moche against the opylaci­ons of the lyuer, and of the mylt, and of the conduytes of the vryne, and vnto the stynkynge of the mouthe, and of the gommes and prycketh the ap­petite to eate & to vomet and is good vnto the faylyng of the herte, it mondyfyeth the mother of the wombe, & it dissolueth the mylke quayled in the brestes, it auayleth agaynst the venō and sleyth the wormes, and is good [Page] agaynst the coughe, the muries colde and tenme colde, it prouoketh the v­ryne, and prohybyteth the colde of [...] entes droukē one houre before with good tryacle.

This water is subtylatyue, apper­tyue, abstersyue mondyfycatyue, and prouocatyue of the vryne, and auay­leth agaynst the storgyne, ympecty­giue, and taketh away the humoure from the membres, modyfyed of the brest, and maketh clere the voyce and subtyleth y^e grosse humours the whi­che ben in the breste, and in the lon­ges, it is good vnto the bityng of the Scorpion, and sleeth the Scorpions and auayleth vnto Feuer quartayne and vnto the Dropsye, and vnto the Iaundes, it breketh the stone, and a­uayleth agaynste the bytynge vene­mous, resolueth the humoures, the whiche ben in the corner of the eye, and taketh away the pympylles frō [Page] the bysage, it resolueth les quantytie and the syuellynge of the mylt, it prouoketh the floures vnto women, and is good vnto them the whiche hathe eaten fruytes venymous.

This water is vyscose and contractyue of the flux of the belly, it taketh away the styngynge of the teeth and auayleth vnto the stynkinge blode, & apostumes hoote, and vnto the bur­nynge of the stomacke, and vpon the calefacion of the lyuer, and of the al­teracion of the guttes, and vnto the flux of the mother, it weketh y^e syght and lettynges aboue the heade, and prohibyteth the frenasye.

This water is moche colde and repercustiue of apostumes hote of a­bulatyues, it swageth the payne of the podagre hote, & auayleth moche vnto the brennynge of fyre with oyle [Page] rosat, and vnto the payne of the heed and sleyeth the nyttes, and is moche good vnto the flux of the wombe and vnto the vlceracions of the guttes, & prohybyteth the frenasye.

This water is stytyque, and reper­cusyue, and auayleth moche vnto a­postumes hote at the begynnynge, it consolydeth, and incarneth the woū ­des fresshe and bledynge, and it a­uayleth moche vnto the payne of the eares, and dryeth the fylth of the ea­res, and auayleth moche vnto the vlceracions of the guttes, and vnto the flux of the neze, & to the flux of blode of what place soeuer it springeth out it prohybyteth the frenasye.

This water is moch aftersi [...]e, and moche mondificatyue, and auayleth moche vnto serpygne, and ymperty­gyne [Page] melled with honye, and it ma­keth the vysage fayre and clere, and handes in washyng them, it maketh also the vysage moche roddy, and taketh awaye the spottes from the vy­sage, it prouoketh y^e fleures vnto the women, and taketh awaye the hardnes of the mother from the bellye, it incarneth the woūdes that ben rotte and auayleth vnto the brennynge of the fyre, and bytynge venymous.

This water ereuoketh the sleepe and consumeth the shakynges, and dybylytie of the membres, and was­teth, and taketh away the polucions noctournes, and is good for the cou­ghe, and weepynge eyes, it maketh softe the wombe and auayleth vnto the Fluxe of the wombe ancyan, and vnto the vlceracions of the guttes, it resolueth the Apostumes of the mylte and auayleth moche vnto no­su [...] whyghte.

This water is dyssolutyue, and subtylatyue, and auayleth moche vnto y^e scalle and scab of the heade, and ke­peth the heeres from fallynge, it maketh clene the breste, and the lyghtes, from great humors, and breketh the stone, and is good for the Iaundyse, and it dyssolueth the estrophules and maketh cleane the stomacke, and guttes of the superfluytes, & colerykes.

Take the flesshe of a foxe, and cut it ryght small, & dystylle it in a stylle­tory, and rubbe ye the sycke body ther with, for it is a souerayne remedy.

This water is moche subtylaty­ue apertiue, and mondyfycatiue, and auayleth moche to make cleane the vlcers sordibus, it prouoketh the v­ryne, and the fleures vnto women, & maketh the enfante dede within the [Page] wombe of the mother, to auoyde out and chaseth awaye the venome, and the beaste venemous, bayneth them in the decockcion of y^e seede of brome it auayleth moche vnto the payne of the mother of the wombe and atricion of wormes.

These symple waters ben of the [...]oures of be [...]es, waters of the seede of melos, waters of the floure of el­der, water of the floure delyce, water of the rote of Yris, & of Dragontyne and of the rote of sygilon salmonis.