A maruellous Medicine to cure a great paine,
If a Mayden-head be lost to get it againe.
To a pleasant new tune.
ONce busie in study betwixt night and day,
with choyse of inuentions I had in my minde,
And many odde matters my minde did assay,
but any to please me I could not well finde:
Then suddenly casting the nose in the winde,
I smelt out a Medicine both precious and plaine,
How to help silly Maydens that had béen somwhat kind
to get by good order their Mayden-head againe.
First the Mayde must be brought into a sléepe,
for thrée houres together before she awake,
And seuen dayes after this dyet must keepe,
with these kind of compounds the which shee must take,
She must eate neyther rost-meate, sod, neyther bake,
but all kinde of dainties shée must refraine,
Saue onely this medicine, the which if shee take,
then it will restore her Mayden-head againe.
The first day giue her the slime of an Gele,
blowne through a Bag-pipe with the wind of a bladder,
With two or thrée turnings of a spinning whéele,
boyld in an Egge-shell, and streind through a ladder:
The tongue of an Vrchin, the sting of an Adder,
boyld in a blanket in a showre of raine,
With seuen notes of musicke to make her the gladder,
and it will restore her mayden-head againe.
The second day giue her the péeping of a Mouse,
with thrée drops of thunder that fals from the skie,
And temper it with thrée leapes of a Louse,
and put therein thrée skips of a Flye,
With a gallon of water of a Widdowes eye,
that wéepes for her husband when death hath him slaine,
Let her take this medicine and drinke by and by,
and it will restore her mayden-head againe.
The third day giue her the chattering of a Sparrow,
rosted in a Mitten of vntan'd Leather,
Giue it her with the rumbling of a wheele-barrow,
and baste it with thrée yards of a blacke Swans feather,
The iuyce of a Whetstone thereto put together,
with the farr of a Fryer brought hither from Spaine
Let her lay all these in an ell of Louse leather,
and lay warme to her belly to helpe her great paine.
The fourth day giue her the song of a Swallow,
well tempered with Marrow wrung out of a log,
With thrée pound and better of Stock-fish tallow
hard fryed in the left horne of a Butchers blue dog,
With the gaggling of a Goose, & the friskes of a Frog
the bill of a shouell, or a Humble-bées braine:
Giue her this fasting, with the grunting of a Hog,
and it will restore her mayden-head againe.
The fift day giue her betwixt eight a clocke and nine,
some gruell of Grantum made for the nonce,
The braines of a birdbolt powdred very fine,
and beat in a Morter of Ginne-wrens bones,
Boyld in a nut-shell betwixt two mill-stones:
with the guts of a Gudgin before she be staine:
Let her be sure to drinke all this at once,
and it will restore her mayden-head againe.
Now marke well the sixt day what must be her trade,
she must haue a Woodcocke, a Snipe, or a Quaile,
Bak'd fine in an Ouen before it be made,
and mingle it with the blood of a Snaile,
With foure or fiue Inches of a Iacke-an apes faile:
what though for a while it put her to paine,
Yet let her take it without any faile,
and it will restore her mayden-head againe.
The seuenth day giue her a pound of Maydes moches,
brayd in a basket of danger and blame,
With conserues of Coleworts bound in a boxe,
to comfort her stomacke with the sirrup of shame:
Although she be past all hope of good name,
and vnto her honestie a very great staine.
Let her take it to remedy the same,
and it will restore her mayden-head againe.
Loe these are our Medicines for Maydens each one,
which in their Virginitie amisse somewhat fell,
Pray you if euer you heare them make moane,
and gladly would know the place where I dwell,
At the signe of the Whip and the Eg-shell,
néere Pancake ally on Salisbury Plaine,
There shall they finde remedy vsing this well
or else neuer to recouer their mayden-head againe.
Printed at London for H.G.