A 
Little BOOK 
OF 
Rare Receipts 
For the CURE of 
SEVERAL
DISTEMPERS, 
VIZ, 
The King’s Evil, Stone, Chollick, 
Black and Yellow Jaundice, Piles, 
Ague, Worms, Black Thrush in 
Childrens Mouths, Breakings out in 
their Infancy, Rickets, Small-Pox, 
the Itch, &c.
Set forth for the Benefit of all Poor 
Christians, By Giles Parsons, 
Printed for A. Bettesworth, at the 
Red-Lyon on London- Bridge. 



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A Little Book, &c.
This is to Satisfie all People, 
both Young and Old, that 
here is a Certain Cure for the 
Kings Evil; besides several other 
Receipts for Several Distempers, 
which I shall set forth for the 
Good of all Christians, both Rich 
and Poor. 
For Curing of the Evil. 
FIRST, you must get the 
quantity of two handfuls 
of Pilewort Roots in the May 
Month, and Wash them very 
Clean, and beat them into a 
Mash,  and boil them in the
	             

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quantity of half a Pound of fresh 
or washt Butter, until it is half 
boiled away, and then take it 
up, and strain it through a fine 
Cloath, and anoint the Places 
where the Evil is, and it will 
certainly take away the Swell- 
ing, and make a perfect Cure 
of the Wounds in a short time; 
and take you the quantity of a 
handful of those Roots, and dry 
them, and beat them to a Pow- 
der, then take the quantity of 
as much as will lye upon a Six- 
pence, for Nine Mornings in half 
a pint of Small-beer, and put some 
of thofe Roots upon a string, and 
hang them about your Neck, un- 
til they drop off, wherein, with 
God's help, you will find a cer- 
tain Cure for the King's Evil. 

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A Certain Cure for the Stone,
Chollick, &c.
You must get two or three 
Heads of Garlick, and for a Man 
or Woman, they must take five 
and twenty Cloves of Garlick, 
and pound them, and let them 
steep in the quantity of half a 
Pint of the best Ale out of the 
Tun, and let it sleep about a quar- 
ter of an hour, and Drink it off 
in a Morning Fasting, for four 
or five Mornings together, and 
you will find (with God's help) 
a certain Cure for the Stone, 
and for a Child, they need take 
but ten Cloves after the same 
manner; and get you the value 
of a Half peny-worth of Oyl of 
Turpentine, and take Six drops 
in the quantity of half a pint of
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Small Beer,luke - warm, for fix 
Mornings together; and that 
is a perfect Cure for the Stone, 
Chollick, or Wind Chollick. 
A Certain Cure for the Black or 
Yellow Jaundice. 
Get the value of half a pint 
of New Milk, and boil it, and 
Turn it with one Spoonful of 
Tar, and make a Posset of it, 
and sweeten it with White Su- 
gar, and drink it off two Morn- 
ings; whereof you Shall find 
(with God's help) a certain Cure 
for the Black and Yellow Jaun- 
dice. 

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A Certain Cure for the Piles, that 
will help them in Eight and 
Forty Hours, with a perfect Cure, 
either for Man or Woman 
Get you some Roman Viterol- 
stone, the quantity of a small 
Nut, and dissolve it in the quan- 
tity of two Spoonfuls of Spring 
Water, and Wash your Secret 
Places with it, where the Piles 
are, it makes a certain Cure for 
Man or Woman, in Eight and 
Forty Hours. 
A Certain Cure for the Ague, for 
Man, Woman, or Child. 
Grate the quantity of half a 
Nutmeg, and as much more of 
Roman Allum, and put it in, and 
mix it with one spoonful of 


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Vinegar; and take twice before 
your Ague comes, wherein you 
shall find a certain Cure for 
the Ague, 
A Certain Cure for the Ague for 
Children, that their Stomachs 
will not bear the other Medicine, 
Take you a Salt White Her- 
ring, and Split him in the Mid- 
dle, and lay them to the Bottoms 
of their Feet for the space of 
Seven Days and Nights; where- 
in you shall find a certain Cure 
for the Ague for Children, 
A Certain Cure for the Worms, 
in Men, Women, or Children, 
Take a small quantity of Bares 
Foot, and dry it to a Powder, 
and take as much at a time as

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will lie upon a Six-pence, and 
mix it with a little Honey, and 
let them take it for two Morn- 
ing Fasting, and it will Destroy 
the Worms in either Man, Wo- 
man, or Child, if they have ne- 
ver so many; or if you can get 
a Bulls Gall, and hang it up, 
and dry it in the Chimney, and 
take you some of the Gall, and 
spread it upon some sheeps Lea- 
ther, of the Fleshey side, and lay 
it upon the Navel of either Man, 
Woman, or Child; that will 
Destroy the Worms, and bring 
them from you, if you have 
Thousands in your Body. 
A  Certain  Cure for the Black Thrush 
in Young Childrens Mouths.
You must get Twelve-penny- 
worth of the Oyl of Almonds
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and as much Sugar-Candy, as you 
can dissolve in that quantity of 
Oyl of Almonds, and rub the 
Infants Mouth with it, wherein 
you shall find a certain Cure for 
the Black Thrush. 
A certain Cure for Young Children 
breaking out in their Infancy, if 
they be all over like a Leper. 
Take half a pound of fresh Mut- 
ton Suet, and about a quarter of 
a pint of Tar, and boyl them to- 
gether, and anoint the places 
where it is broken out, and in 
it you will find a certain Cure 
for that Distemper. 
A certain Cure for Ricketey Chil- 
dren.
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Male-Fern, and the Apothecary 
will tell you what it is, and dry 
the Roots of them in an Oven, 
and beat them to a Powder, and 
fist it very fine, and put the quan- 
tity of as much as will lie upon 
a Six-pence, in either Milk, or 
Broth, or Beer, what they take; 
and that will certainly Cure 
them in a Month or Six Weeks 
time. 
A Drink to Cure the Small- Pox, 
Purples, or Measles, 
Make Posset-Ale, take the Curd 
off, and boyl therein one hand- 
ful of Red Fennel; when it is 
well boyled, strain it, and put 
thereto the quantity of an Nut- 
meg of fine Treacle, Setwall, 
English Saffron; being all mingled 
together, give it the Patient to 
drink Warm. 

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A certain Cure for the Itch. 
Get you half a pound of fresh 
Butter, and an handful of Red 
Dock Roots, and scrape them, 
and Boyl the Scrapings in the 
Butter, then take half an Ounce 
of Flowr of Brimstone, and Boyl 
them together, and take it up, 
and strain it, and anoint your 
Joynts with it every Evening, 
and you will find a certain Cure 
for that Distemper. 
FINIS.