MEDICAL REMAINS. 239 



may make the broth for two days, and take the one- 

 half every day. 



If you find the stone to stir, forbear the toast for 

 a course or two. The intention of this broth is, not 

 to void, but to undermine the quarry of the stones 

 in the kidneys. 



The fomentation . 



Take of leaves of violets, mallows, pellitory of the 

 wall, together, one handful ; of flowers of camomile 

 and melilot, together, one pugil ; the root of marsh^ 

 mallows, one ounce ; of anise and fennel seeds, toge 

 ther, one ounce and a half; of flax-seed two drams. 

 Make a decoction in spring water. 



The second receipt, shewing the way of making a certain 

 ointment , which his lordship called Unguentum fra- 

 grans, sive Romanum, the fragrant or Roman un 

 guent. 



Take of the fat of a deer half a pound ; of oil of 

 sweet almonds two ounces : let them be set upon a 

 very gentle fire, and stirred with a stick of juniper 

 till they are melted. Add of root of flower-de-luce 

 powdered, damask roses powdered, together, one 

 dram ; of myrrh dissolved in rose-water half a 

 dram ; of cloves half a scruple ; of civet four grains ; 

 of musk six grains ; of oil of mace expressed one 

 drop ; as much of rose-water as sufficeth to keep the 

 unguent from being too thick. Let all these be put 

 together in a glass, and set upon the embers for the 

 space of an hour, and stirred with a stick of juniper. 



