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 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 The lady Mordant sent {vnto} me to know how her brother Doth after his ph{ysick} I {sic} & also the Cookes state Iuly. 9. ☿ h. 2. {20} p m. 1623

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her m^r Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken w^th strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

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 Rich: Lucas of G Nortot a yeomans sonne 30 27 of Ap 27. 1595. about 12. ☉ at noone sent march. 3. ☿ h. 5. 39 p m. 1624. /mayed {sic} 2 yeres. on child a twelfmoth {sic} old\

3 quart of a yere ill in his head mynd braye {sic} & head troubled mopish & fe{l} careles of his busynes. |Worst at the full of y^e moone 3 days before or after/|

boath the fathers obst{in}at of & on in y^ere maage {sic} pater sine cōsensu. et vxor cū Consensu sed nō filius wheath^r they should bring him heather.

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 my lord Mordants litle child ten weekes on satt last it was borne the 19 of marh {sic} last betweene 10 & 11 in y^e morning. it was healthfull vntill weddensday last. may 25. h. 4. 30 ant m it was taken w^th a stretching out of the arms a galling of the eys & skryking & trēbling of all tes vppon may 26. it had 3 fits 2 in y^e morning. & on at noone. & hath an arising in y^e throte w^ch is seene & felt. & by holding downe by hand hath some ease & it riseth moore. the left syde of the throate. sent to me Iune 2. ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1625.

RN The lady Butler touching her child y^t is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeath^r till after a eleaven in y^e morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

U[1622–4] S^r Thomæ Midletons literæ Redduntur: M^o Richardo Napiero. a{p} Linford. 1624. d. ♃. h. 8. p. Feb. 19 RN /signifying to my lady Earffild that His lady was querysh.\ U[1622–4]

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 Michaell Adams of Over. 43. y. may 31. ☿. h 7. ant m. 1626.

melanch false feares touching sathans illusions fearfulnes of synne |apt to sleepe|¹

M^r Baker wrote in his behalfe

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 Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 ♂ h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeath^r her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

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 Georg Spencer of Coaple 50 y mutch distempered in his head by melancholy conceitꝭ to w^ch he yealdeth to overmutch Iuly 10 ♃ h. 11. 45 ant m 1623

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