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The yelke of an egg fodden untill itbe hard,and tempered with a litde fifiron,withhonyalfo 
and bre(t-milke,and fo reduced into a liniment,allaicth the pain of the eies,ifthey be annointed 
or fomented therewith: or if the {ame be incorporat with oilerofat andihonyed wine) &ilofpred 
upon a quilt of wooll and applied,itworketh the fame effect. Others there bewhotaketHe yelke 
ot an hard egg, mix therewith the powder of perfley feed,adding theretotried barly mealedried, 
and honied wine ; with which compofition they annointthe fore cies. A Ifo the yelke of aloficgs 
alone, {upped off and fwallowed downe cleare thatit couch not the teeth by the way, is vingular 
‘ata 
good for thofe that bee troubled with the.cough, with the rheumevor catarvhe chat hathtakena d 
| way tothe breft or peétorall parts; yea and the roughnefle of thethroataddpipes whichcauferh 
_ *Which name hoarfeneffe :but principally if onebe bitten with the worme or ferpent called * Hemotrhois, let 
-oaaheg 72" him both fup off the yelke of anegg raw or {oft,and apply it alfo to the wounded place, It hel: 
of bloud at peth the infirmities of the reins; it healeth the fretting, excoriation, andulcers of thebladders 
fundrie parts, yea. and cureth thofe that reach and caftup bloud. Five yelks of egs{upped off rawin onehemin 
of wine, are fingular good for the dyfenteric;or-bloudie flix, and namely, with the-powder of 
the {hels from whence they came, the juice of poppie, and a little wine withall « Forthe flux of 
the belly proceeding froma feeble ftomacke, they ufe to give the faid yelks of eggs raw, with as 
, Much in weight of good and full raifins, and the rind of apomegranat; with diretion tothe pas 
tient, for to take this medicine three daies togither by even portions, andno more oneday than 
another : for which purpofe alfo, there is another way to ule them; namely,to take three yelks of 
an ¢gg, to incorporat the fame in as many ouncesof honey andold lard, putting thereto three - 
cyaths alfo of good old wine ; and ftamping all togitherinto one compofition untillfach time 
asitbe reduced to the confiltence or thicknefle of honey of which the patient muftdrinke as 
need requireth,with water, the quansitie ofan hazle nutaca time. Alfo itis good to lay three egs 
in vinegre for three daies togither, and upon the fourth day to eat them, for the forefaid flux of 
the ftomacke: after which manner it availeth much to take them againft the oppilations & hard- 
neflc of the {plene : but to fuch as arefubje& to cafting and reaching bloud upward, Phyficians 
prefcribe to take them in three cyaths of new wine. Some ufe the yelks of egs that have been old 
kept, for co reduce the skin that is blacke and blew to thefrefh and lively colour againe; bur chey 
incorporat the fame in honey with bulbe roots: the fame fodden and drunke in wine,doe reprefic 
the immoderat flux of womens months: but applied raw with oile and wine, they difcufle & re- 
folve the ventofities within the matrice. Lncorporat with oile rofat & goofe greace,theyaregood © 
to be applied unto the nape of the necke forthe cricke and paine thereof: beeing rofted againft 
the fire hard, and fo prefently applied hot unto the feat, they are good for the grietsandaccidents 
of the fundement: but more particularly for the {welling piles and bigs rifing in thofe parts,they 
would be laidtoo with oile of rofes. Beeing fodden in wateruntill they bee hard, they ferve verie 
wellfor any burye or {cald; with this charge, That prefently the afhes ofthe fame eg-fhells cal- 
cined upon burning coles, be applied to the place, and then to annoint the fame with the fore- 
faid yelks and oile rofat mixed togither. Nowitfalleth outfometime, thategsbe all yelke within, 
and have no white at all ; namely, when the hen hath couved and fitten over them three dates to- 
gither,and then be taken away from under her; and fuch kind of egs the Greeks call Schifta. 
Dalechampie Take the egs from under the hen when they be full of chicken, a little before theyfpring and 
ae have the chicke be hatched, togither with halfe as much of gall-nuts, and give the fame forto ftreng- 
e fame egsto : f p : ais 
bedried and, then a feeble and weake {tomacke; with this caution, That the patient have eat nothing in two 
ae hours before. And fome do advifefor the dyfenteric or bloudie flix,to give the {aid chickens fod. 
‘ quantitie of oile and parched barley groatsdrie. The fine pellicle or skin thatis within the egg+ 
~ fhell, beeing taken from it (whetherthe egg be raw or fodden it skilleth not) healeththe chaps 
that are in the lips, ifit be appplied thereto, The afhes of an:egg- fhell drunke in wine, ftoppeth 
the iffue of bloud guthing outat any part :butthe fame ought tobe burnt orcalcined without 
«the pellicle or skin aforefaid ; and fo ic makesan excellent dentifrice alfo to cleanfe and fcoure 
the teeth white : aliniment made with the faid afhes and myrrhe togither, ftaieth the{uperfluous - 
flux of womens terms, And here I cannot chufe but note unto you by the way,the ftraunge pro- 
pertie and wonderfull nature that ege-thels have: for fo hard compaé and ftrong they be, that 
if youhold orferan egg endlong noforcenorweight whatfoever is ableto breake and crufhit, 
fo long as it ftandeth ftreight and plumbe upright, untill fuch timeas the head inclinetoa * 
an 
den egg and all togither, putting thereto one hemine of auftere or fharpewine, and anequall- 
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