Casebooks

RN Ralfe \Isbell:/ write of Mutch houghten 60 y novemb Decēb. 6. ♃ hor. 10|i| 1604. a mydwife. /keepeth her bed.\ ever sinc sunday belly & harte.

RN margery Iames of Greete by Winscombe in Glocester sheere 50 myles henc almost 50 y Iuly 21 h {sic} {illeg}|h|or. {8} {sic} h {sic} 7. 30 ant m 1632 |ma\r/yed|

She is hanted as she thinketh w^th an ill spirite & feeleth some living thing roll vp & downe in her & it will pluck her & gather all togeather./ then downe in the bottome of her belly & then rū vp to her hart & syde ill sinc whitsontyde

M^r freemā her m^r cured her 15 y since.

was very sickly always.

RN Thomas Gardner of Dunsanger of 62 yeres old y^t pissed blood & was mended by the herbꝭ y^t I sent him in a receipte. sinc y^t time had on Waly who hath w^th his Clisters Done him litle good but is swollen in his belly w^c is growen very harde. & mutch payned in his share & can make but a litle water halfe a sponefull at a time would knowe wheath^r leekly to die or live. went not to ground sinc munday last about 12 a clocke sent to me this 18 of Apr. die ☿. h. 7. ant m 1599 burneth in his yarde.

RN Iohn Trueman of Willing i9 come lāmas. hath a swellinge in his legs fallen downe lately w^thin this sennet his \belly & body/ was before swollen. he hath taken phisick this 4 yeres. & hath taken Drinkꝭ of many & of M^r Glover of Northampton. Drinkes losing him y^t hath had taken a diet losing Drinke for 3 days fasting & had 2 cakes & hath in a day. his excrementꝭ looke white & his face & eyes all yellowe but a fully faced youthe. 24 of Apr. die ♂ h. 9. 30 p m {sic}. 1599. cathed it w^th a wet & cold. faynt & feeble.