it may be kept close; and for an old Wound take of the thinnest,
and for a green Wound, of the thickest, and having dressed them
with this Water, cover the soare either with _Veale_, or _Mutton_, and
skin it with _Dock_ leaves.


_For a Swelling that cometh suddenly in mans
Limbs._

Take _Harts_ tongue, _Cherfoyle_, and cut them small, and then take
dreggs of _Ale_, and _Wheat_ Branne, and _Sheeps_ tallow molten, and
doe all in a pot, and seeth them till they be thick, and then make
a Plaister, and lay it to the swelling.

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_Of Apricocks_.


_To dry Apricocks_.

Take them when they be ripe, stone them, and pare off their
rindes very thin, then take halfe as much _Sugar_ as they weigh,
finely beaten, and lay them with that _Sugar_ into a silver or earthen
dish, laying first a lay of _Sugar_, and then of Fruit, and let them
stand so all night, and in the morning the _Sugar_ will be all melted,
then put them into a Skillet, and boyle them apace, scumming