And yt ys good for fester or canker, and for noli me tangere.

 

Cerecloths.

A Cerecloth of Ammonicum.

Take of Ammonicacum dissoved in Vinegar, an ounce; Unguentum de Althaea, Miliot Plaster, of each half an ounce; Bran, an ounce; powder of the roots of Briony and Orris, of each half an ounce; the Grease of Ducks, Geese and Hens, of each three drams; Oil of Orris, one ounce and a half.

Let them boil gently in the mussilages of Lin and Fenugreek seeds, so much as is sufficient. By adding Wax, four ounces, make it into a Cerecloth according to art.

It assuages swellings, or ripens and breaks them, and eases pains thereby coming.

A Cerecloth of Galbanum.

Take of Galbanum prepared, one ounce and a half; Asafoetida, half an ounce; Carrot seeds, one scruple; Myrrh, two drachms; Bdellium, one drachm; Featherfew (Matricaria), Mugwort, of each half a drachm.

Let the Gums be dissolved in Vinegar, and with a sufficient quantity of Wax make into a cerecloth according to art.

Being applied to the belly of a woman after labour, it cleanses her of any relicts accidentally left behind, helps the fits of the mother, and other accidents incident to women in that case.

Ceratum Oesipatum - Galen.

Take of Oesypus, ten ounces; Oil of Chamomel and Orris, of each half a pound; Yellow Wax, two pound; Rosin, one pound; Mastic, Turpentine, of each one ounce; Spikenard, two drams and a half; Saffron, a drachm and a half; Ammoniacum, an ounce; Styrax Calamitis, half an ounce. 

Make them into a cerecloth according to art.

It mollifies and digests hard swellings of the liver, spleen, womb, nerves, joints and other parts of the body, and is a great easer of pain.

Ceratum Sant Alinum - Mesue.

Take of Roses, twelve drachms; Red Sanders, ten drachms; Bole Armenick, seven drachms; Spodium, four drachms; Camphire, two drachms; White Wax washed, thirty drachms; Oil of Roses, six ounces.

Make it into a cerecloth according to art. 

It wonderfully helps hot infirmities of the stomach, liver and other parts, being but applied to them.

Ceratum Stomachium - Galen.

Take of Red Roses, Mastic, of each twenty drachms; dried Wormwood, fifteen drachms; Spikenard, ten drachms; Wax, four ounces; Rosewater, so much as is sufficient; Oil of Roses, a pound and a half.

Let it boil so till it be like an ointment; then, add Oil of Roses, eight ounces; Wax, fourteen ounces; the powders afore mentioned (excepting the Mastic which must be melted in the Oil of Roses), of all them used in this manner make a cerecloth according to art.

It strengthens the stomach and liver, eases their pains provokes appetite to one's meat, and helps digestion.

Emplastrum a Nostratibus.
Commonly called Flower of Ointments.

Take of Rosin, Per-rosin, Wax, Sheep's Suet, of each half a pound; Olibanum, four ounces; Turpentine, two ounces and a half; Myrrh, Mastic, of each one ounce; Camphire, two drams; White Wine, half a pint.

Boil them together into the form of a cerecloth.

I found this receipt in an old manuscript written in the year 1513, the quantity of the ingredients but very little altered (except analogically), and the virtue of it thus described verbatim:

Yt ys well cleansande and well sowdande and generande the flesh, and heland more tn eight days then ony other Ttete woll doe yn a monyth, for yt wyll soffer noe corrupcion in a wounde, ne noe dead flesh to byde thereyn, also yt ys good for headache and for wynde in the brayne, and for all mannyr posthymes yn the head, or in the body, for swelling of the eares, or of the cheekes, for all mannyr of synowes that ys grieved or breysyd or sprong, and yt woll draw out yrne or splynts of trees, or thornes, or broken bones, or ony other thyngs that may grow yn a wounde, and yt ys good for bytyng of venemos bests, and yt rotts and healls all mannyr of boches without fawt, and yt ys good for fester or canker, and for noli me tangere, and yt drawys out all mannyr of akyng yn the liver or reyns, or mylt, and helpyth the emerauds.