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believe_v the_o syrup_n cleanse_v the_o liver_n well_o and_o be_v exceed_o good_a for_o such_o as_o be_v trouble_v with_o hypocondriack_n melancholy_a the_o strong_a may_v take_v two_o ounce_n at_o a_o time_n the_o weak_a one_o or_o you_o may_v mix_v a_o ounce_n of_o it_o with_o the_o decoction_n of_o senna_n syrupus_fw-la de_fw-la epithymo_fw-la page_n 67._o in_o the_o latin_n book_n or_o syrup_n of_o epithimum_n the_o college_n take_v of_o epithimum_fw-la twenty_o dram_n mirobalan_n citron_n and_o indian_a of_o each_o fifteen_o dram_n emblick_n bellericks_n polypodium_n liquoris_fw-la agrick_n time_n calaminth_n bugloss_n stoechas_n of_o each_o six_o dram_n dodder_n fumitory_n of_o each_o ten_o drachm_n red_a rose_n annis_n seed_n and_o sweet_a fennel_n seed_n of_o each_o two_o drachm_n and_o a_o half_a dwell_v sweet_a prune_n ten_o raisin_n of_o the_o sun_n stone_v four_o ounce_n tamarind_v two_o ounce_n and_o a_o half_a after_o twenty_o four_o hour_n infusion_n in_o ten_o pint_n 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and_o liver_n cleanse_v the_o body_n of_o addust_a choler_n and_o addust_a blood_n as_o also_o of_o salt_n humour_n and_o help_v disease_n proceed_v from_o these_o as_o scab_n itch_n tetter_n ringworm_n leprosy_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o truth_n be_v i_o like_v it_o the_o better_a for_o its_o gentleness_n for_o i_o never_o fancy_v violent_a medicine_n in_o melancholy_a disease_n a_o mean_a man_n may_v take_v two_o ounce_n at_o a_o time_n or_o ad_fw-la one_o ounce_n to_o the_o decoction_n of_o epithimum_n syrupus_fw-la è_fw-la floribus_fw-la persicorum_fw-la page_n 68_o in_o l._n book_n or_o syrup_n of_o peach-flower_n the_o college_n take_v of_o fresh_a peach-flower_n a_o pound_n steep_v they_o a_o whole_a day_n in_o three_o pound_n of_o warm_a water_n then_o boil_v it_o a_o little_a and_o strain_v it_o out_o repeat_v this_o infusion_n five_o time_n in_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d in_o three_o pound_n of_o which_o dissolve_v two_o pound_n and_o a_o half_a of_o sugar_n and_o boil_v it_o into_o a_o syrup_n culpeper_n a._n it_o be_v a_o gentle_a purger_n of_o choler_n and_o may_v be_v give_v even_o in_o fever_n to_o draw_v away_o the_o sharp_a choleric_a humour_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o andernacus_n who_o receipt_n all_o thing_n consider_v differ_v little_a from_o this_o syrupus_fw-la de_fw-la pomis_fw-la purgans_fw-la page_n 68_o in_o the_o l._n book_n or_o syrup_n of_o apple_n purge_v the_o college_n take_v of_o the_o juice_n of_o sweet_a smell_a apple_n two_o pound_n the_o juice_n of_o borrage_n and_o bugloss_n of_o each_o one_o pound_n and_o a_o half_a senna_n two_o ounce_n annis_n seed_n half_a a_o ounce_n saffron_n one_o drachm_n let_v the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v sleep_v in_o the_o juyce_n twenty_o four_o hour_n and_o after_o a_o walm_n or_o two_o strain_n it_o and_o with_o two_o pound_n of_o white_a sugar_n boil_v it_o to_o a_o syrup_n according_a to_o art_n the_o saffron_n