Casebooks

RN Mres Dorothy Latymer. 25 y may 10 ♃ h. 4. 40 p m 1632 |An extreme cold over all her body cānot sleepe|

& my opinion touching his bewitched child by 2 witches/

RN Alce Coo of Emmerton 44 y Iune 4 ♀ h. 2 45. p m. 1630

lame in all her ioynts hands arms legs feet

RN Mres Hanna White of Greeneford 21. y Ap. 17 ♂ h. 10. 30 ant m 1632. /D Barkom & S^r Th myddleton wrote in her behalfe\¹

RN A note of Directions for the noble lady Magdalen Egerton may 14^th 1633.

first give{illeg} \her/ onc a weeke 5 pils especially 2 or 3 days before the new moone & the full moone

But in case the flushing should come, observe the former directions & doe as you have seene me to doe

{illeg}|Th|at is give her a clyster. of Hamec the weight of six sixpences. that is thre shillings {illeg}|m|ixing it with Ierapicra cōposita the weight of twelfe pence sweete {illeg}|b|utter on sponefull salt a sponefull.

And that night apply a pigeon slitte the bloody te to the soales of the feete to each foote going to her bed & halfe a pigeon to the nape of the neck.

In the morning apply give her 5 pils very early to sleepe on them. or els another clyster as you did before in the after noone betwixt 3 & 4. & pigeons agayne to the soales of her feete

onc a fortnight you may apply to the outsyde of the foote |right leg| two leaches. & a week after two leaches to the outsyde of the left leg. this to p^rvent

But if the flushing heate will not leave her suddenly then it is good to apply 4 leaches to the emrod vaynes.

onc in a month it weare very behoofehull {sic} to take four graynes of the vomyting pouder & to soake it all night in thre onces of white {illeg}|w|yne on the gentle hot embers then in the morning to passe it thorough a lynen cloath into a cup & to Drink it fasting all at once & hot buttered posset Drink always after casting

If at any tyme you feare y^t her flushing heate will come on her. then you may be pleased to give her a vomyte to evacuate the humours. & a cl{illeg} washing clyster of clere hot posset Drink 3 quarters of a pint, sweete butter two sponefuls Hony a sponefull & white salt a sponefull. & if you please the next day about four of the clock a purging clyster of hamec & Ierapicra w^ch is before described

If it so happen y^t before you can make ready this purging dyet Drink w^ch followeth the flushing heate should Bine \be feared/

Brine four \or five/ gallons of good Ale worte & when it is tūned into a fitting & a convenient barle Then Take of Sene six onces, of rubarbe, Agarick, turbith of each on once \sliced/ a halfe. & of Calamus aromaticus, sassafras, sarzaperilla of each two onces sliced licoras anys seedes of each sliced & bruised four onces, cinamon nutmeg of each brused halfe an once citron & lemon pils of each a quarter of an once whit & yellow sanders sliced of each a quarter of an once, Divide all the stuffe into 3 lynen bags having a peeble stone in each bag after it is a weeke old, Drink of it liberally as you Did w^th vs & eate no flesh. till it hath d|w|rought well/ you may Drink hot posset Drinke to set it a working. & may dyne w^th potched egs & so m{illeg} it at sup.

If I say you cā not p^rpare this purging dyet drink soone inough to p^rvent her infirmity. Then be pleased to make this purging Decoction following

Take of Sene on once & a halfe turbith on once & a halfe, Agarick mechoicā & rubarbe of each six Drams the Weight of a dram is about six pence, mirabolans Called Chelulæ & Citrini of each on once all fynely sliced. hermedactils two onces sliced, licoras & anys seeds of each an ounce & a halfe boyle all these in six pints of water & two pints of white wyne boyle it to halfe strayne it. of this the lady Magdalen is to take six onces & to adde to it two sponefuls of syrope of roses & to Drink it for 3 mornings but the lady Alce is to take but four onces of this licour & to adde to it two sponefuls of syrope of roses.

The oyntment we vsed to y^e lady Magdalen was cōpounded of oyle of lillyes two onces of Capons greace two sponefuls of oynt|ment of| Dialthea a sponefull all weare melted & so vsed

& also her former playster some 3 onces eyther to be applyed {be}t{wix}t her shoulders & also the soales of her feete & on of those playsters to be applyed to the lady Ac|l|ces splene.

For the Lady Alce

When you shall see especiall cause they {sic} give to the lady two sponefuls & a halfe of the vomyting syrope mixed w^th a sponefull of white wyne let her Drink it fasting, taking always after laying vp of the stomack cleere hot posset Drinke

If her ladyship cōplayne of any gryping in her belly or any ach of her head then give this clyster.

Take of motherworte, wild thyme, lovage, rosemary, balme of each a quarter of a handfull bay beryes, Iunipor beryes, anys seedes Dill seedes of each a sponefull flours of cāmomyll a very litle boyle all in a quarte of posset Drinke made of malmesye or white muskadyn & milke of each a pinte take away the Curde & boyle all the forenamed species in it to halfe, strayne it & Take halfe a pinte of this decoction melt in it a sponefull of sweete butter, hony a sponefull, white salt a sponefull. let this be her clyster.

If you see occasion give her 5 litle pils Weighing about four pence about 5 in the morning

\let her smell to Her pomander./

And there after give the lady of the gentle purging decoction before named in the Description of it for the lady Magdalen. giving her of this Decoction four onces. syrope of roses a sponefull, & of the elect purging electuary p^rpared for the lady Alce the Weight of ten pence let albe well dissolued & give her this potion blood warme fasting betwixt six{t} & seaven & thin broath two hours after.

When you make of the purging dyet Ale, then be pleased to give her a good Draught of it in the same maner as her ladyship tooke it here with vs at linford

you have thre ounces of cōfortable lozenges to give vnto the lady Alce {illeg} on lozeng in a day for 3 or 4 mornings togeather fasting especially after a vomyte or a purge. & so to be vsed as occasion shalbe mynistred

RN M^r Lightford for a mad womā his neighbour Aug 5 {sic} h {sic} hor 7 ant m 163i then I had his lett^r he craved my helpe

RN Iohn Wright wrote for Elis Spencer of S^t Hutchin 42 yeres octob 5 ☿ h. 4. 40 p m. 163i

RN S^r Walter Leach. of Cadley. for his wife novēb 8 ♃ h 7 p m 1632. boath at Cadley hath a fulnes at her stomack & a litle oppression at her hart & a kind of heaving vnderneath it craveth my helpe

RN Mres Sterne of Barque parish in Hartford sheere 47 y Iuly 31 ☿ h 2 45 p m 1633

RN Mres Baphy Im {sic} kee at Stony stratford 36 y Sept 10. ☾ h. 10 30 ant m 1632.

dyed in Childbed h|e|xtremely weakned w^th the abudanc {sic} of her floures

RN martha Cowly of newp 20: y octob. 8 ♂. h. 1. p m 1633. his wench hath blystes {sic} & a drye itch.

RN Will Hartwell & Alice Claues young Children of 9 & the boy 13 of Turvey troubled w^th the kings evill vnder there chin w^th kernels Aug. 28 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1630

RN Iames BraceGyrdle of church Brāpton 28 y Iuly 7 ☿ h. 1. p m 1630

RN M^r Iames Andrewes \vicar of y^t place/ Andrews for his Daughters itch /of Weston of the greene by Oxford\ like the leaprosy Iuly 7 ☿ h. 5. 30 p m 1630

RN Capt Tyringhā  vxore Iuly 23. ♀ h. 11 39 {ant m 1630}

gave me a peece 20^s

RN Gregory Burre for his wife |May {sic} Burre| of Bugdone 50 y Sept: 13. y {sic} ☾ h. 2. 20 p m 1630

RN my Cosen Bury son & Rector of Heavytree in|by| Exeter in Devon for his Daughter Babington 26 y Ian 22. ♀ h. {1}|9| ant m. 1630

my Cosen Be{illeg}|rr|ys Daughter Babington 26 y in Devon Ian 21 {sic}. ♀ h. 9 ant m. 1630

RN S^r Kenelme Dighbee sent me a lett^r frō Charterhouse yard march. 20 h {sic} hor 6 p m 1630

to know how my Chim worke succeedeth & vnderstanding by young Rhenish that it hath boath fixation & fusion wisheth me out of Alnoldꝯ Raymond Lully to {illeg}|T|ake some fixed oyle to imbibe it w^ch he sayth y^t he will signify vnto me/

for on y^t cānot hold her water & for a lunacy

RN Elis: Dickermā of \great/ wickhā 4. y. {illeg}|t|he 7 of Decēb^r last ♃ h 8. 30 ant m but \her/ father came for her march 23 ♂ h. 6. 20 p m 1630

RN M^r \Th/ Will. for his Daughter 11 y troubled w^th convuls & falling sicknes at London march 31 ☿ h. 12. 1630.

RN {An} {sic} |An| Eland 20 y pater  filia The Chancelour of Lincolne & Archdeacon of Bedford |sine consensu{r} {sic}| 20 yers old Ap 26 ☾ h. 7. p m 1630 /pater  filio {sic}\ |the Comissary wrote in his behalfe|

nata novēb 13 1609

Goody

Mres An Eland of Lincolne 20 y