Casebooks

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all y^t he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā y^t having taken an extreme cold & p^rsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost y^t he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled w^th any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick y^t he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

RN M^r Page of Oxford a noice in his head it made him mad & w^th mutch a doe cured now craveth my helpe & counsell & would come over Ap 13 h {sic} hor 7. 15 ant m. 1622¹

RN S^r Francis Ventrys wrote a most kind letter boath concerning his owne love & desyres to take physick of me for his head & other infirmityes as also for his neighb page of Sheaford craveth pils

march 26 ☾ h. 2. 20 p m 162i

RN M^r Powell of London sent to M^r Cooke to have some thing to thicken his seed troubled w^th the gonorrea lyeth on his bed back els cānot sleepe is to may {sic} shortly wanteth virility & erection sweateth at night. Ian. 11 h. 8. 20 ant m 1623¹

RN S^r Robart Napeir the elder sent for physick for his stone cholick & bloody water & wyndynes of his belly Aprill 13. ☿ h. 6. 30 ant m. 1625. |stone Cholick|

RN I receaved from my lord p^rsid a kind Hon. loving lett^r craving the same pils because his Honour is mutch bound & swelled in his belly & fumeth vp into his head Iune 19 ♂ {sic} h 5. p m. 1628

RN Goodmā Cardwell of this towne sent his water march 10 ☉ h. 9. 30 ant m 1622 ¹

RN S^r Iohn Temple bitten w^th a mad Dog march 4 tuesd ☾ sep a △ ♂ var ap ⚹ ♃ sent his water march 6 ♃ h. 3. p m 1623 |troubled in mynd|

RN M^r vnderhill sent me a booke & desyreth to know wheath^r his disease be naturall or vnnaturall octob 16 ♃ h. 5. 45 p m. 1623

RN M^r Wyllyscot of Barksheere sent {illeg}|f|or my opinion touching the rags in|&| whites in his water sinc his cutting May 6 ♃ h. 8. 45 ant m 1624 |{w}rote it Ap 16. 1624| /for p^rservation frō the breeding of the {sic} another stone\

he sent me x^s in gold for my Consayle & craved my opinion whenc his {sic} voydeth in his vryne now then sand sometyms matterye whytish clots. these 2 sink downe to the bottome of the vrinall Downye woolly lintie cobwebby threads rags & drags somtys {sic} higher or lower in his vryne according to ther thīnes lightnes thicknes & heavines of substanc & matter ceeding as some think frō the vlcer y^t was in his bladder 2 others frō the foulnes of his bladder 3 others frō the bake 4 others frō the vaynes & the whole body generally.

he is Desyrous to know whenc it comes fearing least it should be a wast of nature & a weakning of his body.

RN S^r Iames \Evington/ sent hiswater 30 y Decēb 22 ♀ h. 5. p 4. 45 p m. 1626 /subiect to melanch\

S^r Iames Evington sent his water enquiring my Consayle for his spots & issue y^t will not be stayd notw^thstanding all the physick he hath taken Decēb 22 ♀ h. 5. p m 1626

Wheath^r good to have an issue in his left arme

RN M^r Will: Booth sent a Letter to M^r Baphies at Stony stratford & at 2 months |after a weeke| end send|t| to me Ap 6 ♀ h. 7. 20 p m 1627

sent for pil spl. ʒij & something for his memory a medson to p^rserve the teeth frō rotting |yest 7|8| weekes|

RN M|S|^r Will Mounson for his owne body. Decēb 12 ♃ h. 5. 30 p m. 1622.

craveth my answ & opinion touching the state of his body in generall & his legs in ticular resolving only to relye on my counsell.

RN My Honourable Lord sent me a letter Decēb 20 h {sic} hor. 3. p m 1628

the Doctor supposeth it to be a putryfyed humour & in 3 weekes {sic} weekes will cure him

where he shall overcome this disease 2^ly wheather the Docter shall Doe him good¹

RN M^r Anthony King of Ashbee 22 y Decēb 31. ♃ h. 2. 15 p m 1629

sent me 2 couple of rabbots  zonio & plovers.

had but 2 fits in y^e day sinc midsomer last but every night hath had sore fits y^t him selfe knoweth not of in his bed

keepeth his Issues q still

Desyrous to have salves to heale them. & very desyrous to come to at the spring to take physick Craveth my consayle in this busynes/ |a kind letter, godly & religious|

RN On sent to Iohn Byrd \Thomas Woodland of Castle Ashby/ to take my advice & to come & let blood a neighbour of his whose {sic} died yest of the same disease May 22 ☾ h. 9. ant \post/ m 1620

RN M^r Iohn Hortan of London marchant sent his water w^th a letter Ap 19 ♃ h. 8 {20} p m 162i desyring physicke & my counsell.

RN M^r Colton {sic} \Todkin/ scholemaster of Somerton vnder S^r Rich farner sent his vryne & note May 15 ☿ h. 2. 30 p m. 1622

RN M^r Vuedale sent his water Iuly 27 h {sic} hor 7 ant m 1622 /he sent his water very mutch & good but thin\

RN I receaved a lett^r frō M^r Edward Dyer y^t he could not broke his pils but did cast thē craved my counsell