it is not used by us for Food However Take the Powder of that Flesh a dram volatil Salt of Amber twelve grains Sal Armoniack four grains these being mixed for a Dose are prevalent against the Gout Again Take of the Flesh of a Kite in Powder one dram Salt of Man's Skull a scruple Filings of Elk-hoofs and native Cinabar of each ten grains mix these for a Dose against the Epilepsie Kites-Ashes of the whole Kite given in the same manner as before-mention'd are prevalent against the fame Diseases so also is the volatil Salt and Oil made by distillation as Oil and Salt of Man's Skull which may be given from twelve or sixteen grains to a scruple in any convenient Liquor kites-Kites-Blood Anoint the Forehead and Temples with it and it eases Pains in the Head and prevents strange and frightful Dreams causes Sleep and sets a fair Complexion on the Skin Made up with Oil of St. John's-wort and Wormwood into an unguent it eases Pains in the Joints and is good to anoint the Head and Stomach with in case of the Falling-sickness Kites-Dung Take of the Dung of a Kite the younger the better an ounce and half Camphire in fine Powder two drams common Soap as much as will suffice to make 'em into a Cataplasm This applied hot immediately eases the raging Pain of the Gout insomuch that several Persons of Note who have been troubled with this afflicting Distemper have caused Kites to be taken either the young ones or others and kept them tame as charily as their Hawks for no other purpose than for their Dung Kites-Grease This is good to anoint old Sores and Swellings also Pains and Aches it supples the Joints and resists the penetration of sudden Heats Iron Instruments rubbed with it and afterwards heated in the Fire become very hard and are rarely after subject to rust or decay as some say Kites-Liver is good against the Gout and Epilepsie and also Convulsions Take of the Powder three drams oil of Rosemary and Lavender of each five drops and make them up into one Dose Kites-Testicles Take of the Powder one dram extract of Satyrion one dram and half Powder of Vipers half a dram mix them for a Dose and for some time being taken it helps Barrenness and causes Fruitfulness 't is exceeding good in Consumptions To conclude of a Creature so little taken notice of by most few have better or more Virtues to do good in these kinds Knapweed its Virtue and Use This Herb or Weed grows in Fields and Meadows about the Borders and Hedges its Virtue is to stay Bleeding both at the Mouth and Nose or any other outward parts and those Veins that are broken or inward Wounds as also the Fluxes of the Belly it stays the distillations of thin and sharp Humours from the Head upon the Stomach and Lungs it is good for those that are bruised by any Falls Blows or otherwise it is very profitable for those that are bursten and troubled with Ruptures by drinking the Decoction of the Root and Herb in White-wine and applying it outwardly to the grieved Part it is singular good in all running Sores Cancers and Fistula's drying up the moisture and healing them gently without sharpness it is of special use for the soreness of the Throat the Swelling of the Uvula and Jaws Knapwel This grows in most Fields and Meadows and about their Borders and Hedges and in many wast Grounds As for the time it flowereth it is in June and July and the Seed is soon after ripe This Herb stayeth the Flux at the Mouth Nose and other outward Parts also those Veins that are inwardly broken or inward Wounds as also the Flux of the Belly It stays the Distillation of thin and sharp Humours from the Head upon the Lungs and Stomach It is good for those that are bruised by any Falls Blows or otherwise It is very profitable for those that are Bursten and have Ruptures by boiling the Herb and Root in Wine and drinking the liquid Decoction sweeten'd with Sugar and applying the Herb and Roots so boiled as a Poultis to the grieved Part It is singular good in all running Sores Cancers and Fistula's drying away the Moisture and healing them up gently It does the like to running Sores or Scabs on the Head or other Parts It is of singular use for the soreness of the Throat Swelling of the Uvula and Jaws or to stay Bleeding and heal up green Wounds Knees Swelled Take a handful of Goats Dung and mix it with Barley-Meal boil them in Vinegar and Water till they become thick enough to spread as a Plaister and then apply them to the Swelling often renewing This Plaister will quickly asswage the Pain and in time remove the Swelling It is also good for Swellings occasion'd by Pains of the Gout or the like in any Part of the Body Knot-Grass The common sort of this Grass for there are divers sorts of Knot-Grass has a Root hard woody and single and many Fibres It 's of an astringent Tast and has many Stalls sometimes standing upright but oftner bending towards the Earth The Seeds are pretty large triangular and of a dark Chesnut colour It closes Wounds and contributes towards their healing as being drying and astringent It stops inwardly Fluxes and outwardly the Bleeding of Wounds The Juice of it allays Inflammations especially of the Eyes A noble Man that vomited Blood and had used many other Medicins to no purpose upon the using this viz. the Juice had his Flux of Blood stayed which else perhaps had not ended but with his Life Knot-Grass This kind of Grass springs up late in the Spring and abides till Winter when all the Branches perish The Juice of it is excellent in staying Bleeding being drank in steeled or red Wine It stays Bleeding at the Nose being applied to the Forehead and Temples or squirted up the Nostrils It 's good also for the Bloody-Flux stops the Courses It is singular good to provoke Urine and is helpful against the Dysury Gravel Biting of venomous Beasts Rheums Worms Heat Choler Inflammations Imposthumes Gangreens Fistula's Ulcers Cancers and Wounds in the Ears with many such like Distempers LAce or Point To Wash and Starch these Put your Lace or Point on a Tent and make a strong Lather with Spanish-Soap usually called Castile-Soap then with a small soft Brush dipt therein rub your Point or Lace well but with a light and gentle hand for fear of fretting it continue to wash it on both sides for four Lathers then rince it in Spring-water or Pump-water which is all one and after pass it over on the wrong side very lightly with white Starch made as thin almost as Water and follow it with your Brush then suffer it to dry and with a round Bodkin or Skewer open the holes or parts that were closed in the washing as also set in order the Gimp or Over-layings if it be Point not suffering it to ruckle then with a moderate
the Gout and all other Aches and Pains proceeding from a cold Cause Helps Strains and Hurts of the Nerves and Muscles and strengthens weak Limbs Of this Spirits Oil and Balsam are extracted by distillation in a large Retort in Sand distilling first with a very gentle Heat till all the Flegm and Spirit in which is contained the volatil Salt is come over and then gradually encreasing the Fire to force over the Oil and Balsam which are to be rectified from Colcothar or Bonet Ashes This Spirit is very Excellent For it takes off the tartarous Mucilage in the Lungs Reins Breast and Stomach Uriters and Bladder It hinders the generation of the Stone and Gout The Dose is from one to three drams The Oil dissolves Tumours of the Gout strengthens the Nerves cures the Palsie Tumours Wounds and Ulcers and all manner of Convulsions Cramps Aches Pains Strains and Bruises proceeding from a cold Cause or Violence the Part grieved being often anointed with it The Balsam has the same Virtue but not so penetrating and therefore is mostly used in the curing old Sores Fistula's Ulcers Pain in the Gout and Sciatica's c. Rue This is for its wonderful Virtues called the Herb of Grace 'T is very Attenuative Incisive and Digestive Resolutive and Provocative It driveth out Windiness by reason of its heat in the third Degree and not only sharp in Tast but bitter also by reason whereof it may resolve and penetrate gross and clammy Humours and through the same qualities provoke Urine It consists of subtil Parts and is numbred among Medicins which are great dryers and therefore it is good against Inflammations asswaging any lustful Appetite The Seed boiled and drank in Wine greatly resists Poison The Leaves eaten alone or made into a Conserve if the Party take half an ounce fasting it resists ill Airs causeth pestilential Fevers and consequently the Plague The Decoction drank easeth Pains in the Breasts and Sides Inflammations of the Liver and the Pains of the Gout also the Shaking of Agues Being eaten raw it cleareth the Sight and is good against Difficulties of Breathing and the Cough Being mixed with French Cherries dried it allayeth the Pains and Heaviness of the Eyes and with Oil of Roses and Vinegar it easeth the Head-ach Being bruised and put up the Nostrils it stays Bleeding The distilled Water of it infused into an equal portion of Wine and Rose-water is very soveraign for any Pains in the Head or Stomach Rue of the Meadow This is to be found on the Borders of moist Meadows and by Ditch sides flowring towards the end of July and beginning of August Dioscorides highly approves it for Bruises and the healing of old Sores being applied to them Poultiswise or they washed with the Juice The distilled Water and Flower of this Herb have the like Virtue Some People use it shred among common Pot-herbs in their Broth for opening Obstructions of the Body and to render it soluble But the Roots clean washed shred or sliced and boiled in Ale I hold to operate more in that kind than the Leaves yet they provoke Stool but very gently The Roots boiled in Water destroy Lice and Vermin incident to humane Bodies by only anointing the Places with their Decoction Camerarius tells us That it is in great Esteem in Italy as an Antidote against the Plague and that the Saxons use it with success in the Yellow Jaundice Ruffy's Pills Take of the best Aloes two ounces Myrrh and Saffron of each an ounce mix these finely powdered with as much Aromatick as will make them into Pills These taken one at a time as big as a Pea help Concoction and Digestion clear the Stomach and create a good Appetite and are much available against pestilential Airs and Contagions Ruffs and Redshanks to Boil Take these Fowl put them upon a Spit and lay them to the Fire with a little Basting till they are half roasted then having Water boiling in a Pipkin after you have stuck at few Cloves about them put them into it but it must be very little and when they have taken a warm or two put out all the Water to a pint then put in some Claret-wine and strong Broth a few Mace and Cloves with the Gravy that dropt from them when they were roasting then and some Pepper Ginger fried Onions and Salt stew all well together and serve them up on Sippets Rupture Having a good Truss Take Comfry half a handful bruise it well with the Filings of Iron spread it thin on a Plaister of Diatulum and apply it to the Rupture and keep it close up and by often renewing it great Advantage is found Rupture to Cure Take Cyprus Nuts make them into Powder and take Juice of green Hops or the tender Tops mix them well together and having the Bowels put up and well trussed lay it at the bottom of the Belly and in all convenient Places as a Plaister and as it dries supply the place of it with a moist one Rupture on the Navel The Rupture or Burstenness is generally known by the falling down of the Bowels into the Cods tho' there is a Rupture that appeareth above the Privy Parts or at the Navel of Men and Women the Rupture of the Navel being known by a swelling or hanging out of the fore-part of the Belly To remedy this Take Comfry tow ounces stamp it well mix it well with an ounce of Bees-wax over a gentle Fire till it can be brought into a Plaistor and apply it to the Navel But if the Rupture be great often renew it and anoint the Back-bone of the Party with Bears-grease chafing it in hot and let the Party take Morning and Evening a dram of the Herb Thorough wax in a little Wine Rupture a Plaister Take Daisie-roots the like of wild Tansie and Comfry of each half an ounce Mastick a quarter of an ounce Pomgranet-flowers and the Juice of Sloes half a dram of each Hares-wool clipt small one dram Stone-pitch two ounces Bird-lime an ounce Wax five drams Oil of Roses as much as will make them into a Plaister and apply it to the Intestines being put up and a Truss over them to secure them You need not take off the Truss but when you renew the Plaister which need not be under five or six Days Or use this viz. Take of Cyperus-Nuts two ounces Myrrh and Cyperus-Roots Marjoram Galls Juice of Sloes and Frankincense of each an ounce then dissolve an ounce of Gum-Tragacanth in Wine and temper the rest with it and then over a gentle Fire by well mixing and a consumption of the moisture make it into a Plaister and lay it on the Runture Rupture through Water This is a hydropical watery Humour in the Liver Veins and Pores which falls down into the Cods and is known by the swelling of them and the Navel To remedy this Take Mastick one ounce Cyperus-Nuts half an ounce Gum-Tragacanth half an ounce bruise them and temper them well together
Basil-seeds of each two drams Angelica-roots Gilliflowers Thyme Calamint Liquorish Calamus Masterwort Peniroyal Mint Mother of Thyme and Marjoram of each two drams Red-Rose-seeds and Flower Bettony and Sage of each a dram and half Cloves Nutmegs and Gallingall of each two Drams the Flower of Stechadoes Rosemary Borrage and Bugloss of each a Dram and half Rind of Citron three Drams Bruise these well together and put to them Cordial-Powders the Spices made with Pearl of each three drams Infuse them in twelve pints of Aquavitae in a close stopt Glass fifteen Days with often shaking then distil them in an Alembick and hang in the Spirit a Cloath two drams of Musk half a dram of Ambergrease and ten or twelve grains of Gold This excellent Cordial fortifies the Heart against the Plague and all pestilential Diseases expels Poison and heals Aches and Pains Aqua Epidemica This is the London Plague-Water To make it Take the Roots of Tormentile Angelica the greater Piony Liquorice Elecampane of each half an ounce the Leaves of Sage the greater Celandine Rue the tops of Rosemary and Mugwort Burnet Dragons Scabeous Bawm Carduus Benedictus Bettony the lesser Centaury the Leaves and Flowers of Marigolds of each a handful shred bruise and steep them four Days in a glass Alembick and take from a quarter of an ounce to half an ounce at a time and it mainly resists the Plague pestilential Fevers and all infectious Diseases reviving and cheering the Heart and Brain and rarefying and sweetening the whole Mass of Blood Aqua Lactis alexiteria Take Carduus Benedictus the Leaves of Meadow-sweet and Goats-Rue of each six handfuls Mint and common Wormwood of each five handfuls Angelica two handfuls Rue three handfuls bruise them very well and put to them three Gallons of the best new Milk and suffering them to infuse for twelve Hours distill them in a cold Still This Water though it be frequently used as a simple Water in making up Medicines is nevertheless of singular use it self being a very gentle Alexipharmick and may be given to expel Malignity and prevent the Infection with other things It comforts the Heart and Stomach and sweetens the Blood taken singly and so inoffensive it is that you may take four five or six ounces at a time Aqua Mirabilis To make this according to Dr. Willoughby's Receipt Take Galingales Mace Cloves Cubebs Ginger Cardamoms Nutmeg Mellilot and Saffron of each an equal quantity in all four ounces beat and bruise them well and add Agrimony-Water a dram or two Take of the Juice of Celandine half a pint mingle them together with a quart of Aqua-vitae and three pints of White-wine put them in a glass Still and let them infuse twelve Hours then distill off the Water with a gentle fire under a Sand-Bath This Water dissolves the Swellings and removes the Oppressions incident to the Lungs helps and comforts them being Wounded not suffering the Blood to putrefie and those that use it often will have little cause to be blooded at any time unless in cases of sudden or violent Bruises or internal Bleedings c. Aqua Mirabilis To make this Take Cubebs Cardamoms Galingal Mace Cloves Ginger Mellilot-Flowers of each one dram bruise them then take a pint of the Juice of Celandine the Juices of Bawm and Spearmint of each half a pint Sugar a pound Flowers of Cowslips Borrage Rosemary Marigolds and Bugloss of each two drams Canary three pints strong Angelica-water one pint bruise the Spices and Flowers well and steep them in the Sack and Juices the space of twelve Hours and distil them the next Morning in a glass Still laying Hearts-Tongue Leaves in the bottom of it This Water is an excellent Preserver of the Lungs purifying the Blood and removing the Defects of the Spleen it helps Digestion preserves a youthful Complexion and contiues a good colour in the Face Aqua Mirabilis Take Cinamon the best sort an ounce Nutmegs and Citron-Peel of each six drams Cloves Galangal Cubebs Mace Cardamoms Ginger of each two drams bruise them all together and let them infuse in White-wine and Spirit of Wine of each a pint distil them in a moderate Sand-Bath This is an excellent Cordial taken from half an ounce to an ounce at a time It fortifies the noble Parts and resists Poison c. Aquavitae Regia Take Lignum Aloes Roots of Zedoary Carline-Thistle and Valerian of each an ounce choice Citron-Rind Mace and Cinnamon of each six drams Cloves the lesser Cardamoms and Fennel-seeds of each half an ounce Flowers of Oranges Rosemary Sage and Marjoram in the flower of each two handfuls bruise what requires it and put them into a Matras with the Spirit of Wine and Malmsey of each two quarts stop the Vessel close and let them infuse over a gentle fire for the space of three days then distil them and dissolve into the distilled Bath Musk and Ambergrease of each a dram and a half and keep it for use in a close Vessel or rather in glass Bottles This Water fortifies the Brain Head and Stomach and all the noble Parts when enfeebled by the dissipation of the Spirits or over-pressed by the ill Qualities or abundance of bad Humours It is to be taken fasting in a Morning from one dram to half an Ounce mixed with proper Liquors as Bawm-water and Mint-water Aquine's Diuretick-Water Take the Roots of Parsley Eringoes Rest-Harrow Juniper-Berries and Alkekengi of each two ounces Pimpernel Water-cresses and Elder-flowers of each two handfuls bruise and macerate them twentyfour Hours in White-wine add a quart of the Juice of Radishes with one ounce of Narbone-Honey Venice-Turpentine half a pound distil them in a moderate Sand-Bath adding to every part of the distilled Water dulcified Spirit of Salt This is an exceeding prevalent Water to strengthen the Heart but is chiefly designed for opening Obstructions in the Ureters and Bladder and causing a free Passage for the Urine You may safely take it from one to three or four ounces Arcanum Carolinum Put red Precipitate into an earthen Vessel well glazed pour on it Spirit of Wine well rectified so set fire to it and when the Spirit is consumed add more do this six times This is excellent for Purging and sometimes procures Vomiting opening Obstructions and dissolving scirrhous tumours and mainly contributes to the Cure of the French Disease The Dose is from three to five or six grains Arsmart The common sort of this is hot and dry chiefly used in outward Wounds or Swellings A Decoction of it is good to wash old Sores The Water helps the Gravel in the Kidneys or Bladder the Root or Seed put into an hollow Tooth cures the Tooth-ach Artery-Hurt Take Olibanum two ounces Aloes Hepatica one ounce the Wool of a Hairs Scut a little the Juice of Ash-Leaves half an ounce mix with these the Whites of Eggs beaten to Water and dipping a Rag into the liquid Compound lay it to the Artery either cut bruised or otherways
Birch-Tree-Leaves These are hot and dry cleansing and resolving opening and bitter for which Cause they are much available in Dropsies in the Cure of the Itch and taking away Scurf and Deformities from the Skin and the decoction of them in Water or White-wine is very good to wash old Sores or Breakings-out in any Part of the Body Birds-foot This is of a drying quality and therefore used successfully in Drinks or Potions to be given for Wounds as also to be applied outwardly It also helpeth the Rupture being taken inwardly Bisket To make Bisket the best way Take half a peck of Flower four Eggs half a pint of Yest an ounce and a half of Anniseeds make these into a Loaf with sweet Cream and cold Water fashion it somewhat long and when it is baked and a Day or two old cut it into thin slices like Toasts and strew them over with powdered Sugar dry it in a warm Stove or Oven and sugar it again when dry and so do three or four times and so put them up for use Bistort the greater This is cooling and drying the Root is harsh and astringent being mostly used to stay Vomitings and to prevent Abortion c. The Powder of the Root mixed with Conserve of Roses prevents spitting of Blood as also the Bloody-Flux It stops the immoderate Courses and the Powder sprinkled on fresh Wounds stays Bleeding Take of the Roots of Bistort and Tormentil of each an ounce of the Leaves of Burnet Wood-sorrel and Meadowsweet of each a handful burnt Harts-horn two drams Ivory the like quantity boil them in three pints of Spring-water to the Consumption of a third part then add three ounces of red Roses strain the liquid part and take six Spoonfuls a Day if you see convenient Bistort-Water It is excellent in making the white Potion for a Gonorrhea and the Whites in Women The fresh Root made into a Cataplasm eases the Pain in the Gout The Herb is cold dry and astringent stays Fluxes in the Bowels also Vomiting and brings a disordered Body into a good Temper and Habit. Biting by a Snake Adder or Mad Dog Take a handful or more of Hazle-Nuts Rue about a quarter of a handful a Clove of Garlick stamp these with a quarter of a handful of Ash-leaves or Ash-keys squeeze out the Juice and put a little Venice-Treacle to it and drink it very warm in Beer Ale or Wine Black-Pudding To make this the best and far exceeding the common way Boil the Umbles of a Hog tender take some of the Lights with the Heart and all the Flesh about them taking out the Sinews and mincing the rest very small do the like by the Liver add grated Nutmeg four or five Yolks of Eggs a pint of sweet Cream a quarter of a pint of Canary Sugar Cloves Mace and Cinamon finely powdered a few Carraway-seeds and a little Rose-water a pretty quantity of Hogs-fat and some Salt roul it up about two Hours before you put it into the Guts and then put it into them after you have rinsed them in Rose-water Blamanger to make Take a Capon either boiled or roasted and mince it small then blanch a pound of Almonds and beat them finely till they become a Past beat the minced Capon among it with some Rose-water mingle it with Cream and ten Whites of Eggs and grated Manchet then strain all the foresaid things with Salt Sugar and a little Musk boil them in a clean Pan or broad Skillet to the thickness of Pap stir it continually in the boiling and being boiled strain it again and serve it according to what form or fashion you please To make your Past into quaint devices Take a quart of fine Flower a quarter of a pound of Butter and the Yolks of four Eggs boil your Butter in fair Water and put the Yolks of eight Eggs on one side of your Dish and make up your Past quick and stiff but not too dry Blamanger another way Take half a pound of fine searsed Rice-flower put to it a quart of Morning-Milk set a broad Skillet and strain them into it set it on a gentle Fire and stir it with a slice and when it is a little thick take it from the Fire and put in a quarter of a pint of Rose-water set it to the Fire again and stir it well and in stirring beat it to the sides of the Skillet and when it becomes as thick as Pap take it off and put it into a fair Dish and when it is cold lay three slices in a Dish and scrape on Sugar Blisters to draw To do this without the help of Cantharides Take Crows-foot a handful put to it about a spoonful of Mustard beat them very well together to the consistence of a Poultis put this to the thickness of a Man's little Finger in a Box-cover cut shallow and about the breadth of the Palm of ones Hand and cut a hole of the wideness of the Box in a Plaister of Diapalma or the like to make it stick and this apply to the Part and let it lye on twelve or fourteen Hours because it works as well more slowly than Cantharides as more safely and innocently Blisters Another Take Cantharides reduced to Powder and upon half an ounce of this put two or three ounces of Spirit of Wine let them continue together four or five Days that the Spirit may gain a good Tincture then filter it and dip into it a Linnen Rag six or seven times double and of the figure and largeness that you desire This Cloath being thoroughly wet and covered with a Melilot-Plaister or a Plaister of Diachylum to keep it sticking on apply it to the Part and at the end of five or six Hours you may take it off Blites This Herb eaten as a boiled Sallad loosens the Belly cools Heats of the Stomach and Bowels The Juice which may be taken to four ounces provokes gentle Vomits A Syrup made of the Juice is very cooling and allays the Heat of the Blood also of the Liver and Spleen abates the Heat of violent burning Fevers and a Saline or salt Tincture of it opens Obstructions cools the Reins and Bladder provoking Urine Blood extravasated Grate or rasp the Roots of well grown Burdocks into a fine Powder spread it on a Linnen-Cloath bind it quite round the affected Part and renew it twice a Day Blood-spitting Take Comfry-Roots six ounces Leaves of Plantain two handfuls beat them well together in a stone Mortar then press out the Juice which strain through a Linnen-Cloth let it settle then boil it up to a Syrup and clarifie it with the White of an Egg. Take a spoonful of this Syrup several times a Day and at any time in the Night Blood-spitting Another Take Leaves of Colts-foot half a Handful shred it very small then fry it with a little Bacon then put to it the Yolk of an Egg and stir it in the Morning fasting Continue this for some time Blood to stanch Take
distilled from it provoke Urine and remove Obstructions in the Reins and Bladder Cammock to make the Distilled Water You must take four pounds of the Rinds of the green Roots cut them very small and infuse them in a gallon of Malmsey or Mallaga and then set them over a gentle heat Distill them in a glass Alembick in Balneo Mariae and you will have a pleasant Water fit for the abovesaid Uses Capon Boil'd the Italian way Take a young Capon draw it and truss it to boil then lay it in fair Water and parboil it a little then boil it in strong Broth until it be enough Then take a good quantity of Beet-leaves boil them in fair Water very tender press out the Water and take six Sweetbreads of Veal boil and mince them and the Herbs very small then add the Marrow of four or five Bones steep the Sweetbread Herbs that are minced small and boil the bigger pieces in Water by themselves and lay on the Capon on the top of the Dish Then take Raisins of the Sun stoned shred them small with half a pound of Dates a quarter of a pound of Pomcitron minced and a pound of Naples Bisket grated put them together in a large Dish or Charger with half a pound of Sweet-butter and work it with your hands into a piece of Paste season it with a little Nutmeg Ginger Cinamon and Salt well beaten and some Parmisan grated and mingled with fine Sugar then make a Paste of fine Flower six Yolks raw of Eggs a little Saffron beaten small and half a pound of Butter and a little Salt then drive out a long sheet with a Rowling-pin very thin and lay the Ingredients in small heaps round or long then cover them with the Paste and cut it asunder and lay about the Capon till you have filled the Dish then pour on Butter with little strong Broth garnish it with Lemons and serve it up Carbuncle Take Salt well beaten to Powder sift it and incorporate it with the Yolk of an Egg and applying it it will draw away the Venom and offensive Humours break any Boil or Plague-sore and contribute much towards the healing of it Carp to Roast Make a Pudding of Almond-paste and Cream grated Bread Nutmeg Currans and Salt and when the Carp is drawn without cutting open viz. through the Gills put in the Pudding that way till the Belly be full tie it to a Spit and when it is roasted make the Sauce with what drops from it and the Juice of Oranges Cinamon and Sugar beaten up with Sweet-butter Carp Stewed Having bled him save the Blood scrape off the Scales and take out the Intrails then put him into your Stew-pan with Made Ginger Cloves Nutmeg Sweet-herbs and a large Onion quartered with half a pound of Butter mix some of the Blood with Claret put it in and being enough garnish it with sliced Lemons and green Spinage and serve it up to the Table Cassia its Vertues It 's Loosening and a Purifier of the Blood it allays Heat and moderately loosens the Belly provokes Urine purges Choler and Phlegm and mollifies the Breast and Throat it resolveth Inflammations and cleanses the Reins from Sand and Gravel Caustick Liquor of Verdigrease Take Verdigrease four ounces Salt of Niter eight ounces mix them together fire them and let them burn in an Iron or Marble Mortar well heated then make them into a Powder and put them into a convenient Vessel Let them by dropping dissolve in a moist place and preserve the Liquor that falls in a thick Glass or glazed earthen Pot. This Liquor is highly approved for consuming proud and corrupted Flesh and likewise all sorts of Excrescencies more particularly such as accompany Venereal Distempers Caustick Powder or Specifick Corrosive of Paracelsus To make it Take Corrosive Mercury Sublimate three ounces Sal Armoniack two ounces powder them together put them into a Matras pour on them a pint of Aqua fortis which evaporate in a moderate heat till the Ingredients come to the consistence of a Paste dry the whole Mass in such a moderate heat as will reduce it to a fine Powder This Powder Cauterizes very speedily and violently any superfluous Flesh and such Excrescencies as are to be removed It is quick in Operation and the regard that is to be had to the Nature of the Corrosive Sublimate requires much Caution and Prudence in the Use of it insomuch that you must put on but a very little at a time and use it only upon strong Bodies and it is to be applied upon no other Parts than what are remote from the Emunctories of the Noble Parts Celandine the greater The Juice of this is very good to take out Spots Pins and Webs in the Eye but by reason of its sharpness you may allay it with a little Breast-milk Being put into hollow Teeth often it will loosen them and greatly facilitate their Drawing Warts frequently rub'd with the Juice of Celandine will dry up and peel off The Decoction of the Root being drank with Aniseeds and Whitewine is good for the Jaundice or to wash eating Ulcers withal The Root being chewed asswageth the Tooth-ach Celandine the less It breaketh the Skin where it is applied as a Poultis it cause bad Nails and Hair to fall off the Juice of it snuffed up the Nose greatly purges the Brain A Gargarism made of the Decoction of it with Honey has the same effect Centaury major The chief Vertues of this consists in the Root which is used for Ruptures Difficulty in Breathing old Coughs Pleurisies and Spitting of Blood It is successfully given in the Dropsie and Jaundice being either infused in Wine or beat to Powder and drank immediately Centaury minor Of this Lesser sort Galen has written a large Treatise It purgeth Choler and Phlegm for which cause the Decoction thereof is given in Tertian Agues It kills Worms in the Belly The Leaves of this Herb being applied fresh to Wounds search them and heal up Ulcers Cephalick Elixir Take Misleto that grows on the Oak Piony-roots the Bigger Valerian of each an ounce and an half Piony-seed Laurel and Juniper-berries of each one ounce Cinamon Mace and Cubebs of each three drams Flowers of Tillet Rosemary and Lavender of each a handful bruise what is to be bruised and macerate them together for twenty four hours in the Water of Lilies of the Valley Black-Cherry-water the rectified Spirit of Wine of each a pint and an half then distill them according to Art To the Liquor distilled add refined Sugar one pound Tincture of Ambergrease a dram put this Elixir in an Earthen-Pot well stop'd and glazed This Elixir is of wonderful Use in Epilepsies Apoplexies and other cold Diseases of the Brain being taken fasting from half a spoonful to two spoonfuls Cerate for Masks for Women Take white Bees-wax four pound Sperma Ceti two ounces Oil of the four greater cold Seeds cleansed extracted without fire and Bismuth precipitated of each
this mixture with a small spoon-full of white Sugar-candy beaten into Powder or for want of that Loaf-sugar and letting it go a little down your Throat gugle it up again These will cool and allay the Heat and take away the hot Humours that occasion them Garlick This being stampt and infused in Vinegar and drank resists the Plague and is good to dissolve the Stone and bring away Gravel and being made into a Syrup by boiling and squeesing out the Juice and adding as much Sugar as will bring it into a Syrup it wonderfully preserves the Lungs removes Coughs and Colds and kills Worms in the Belly and Stomach Garlick It provokes the Courses and Urine and helps the Bitings of Mad Dogs and other venomous Creatures It kills Worms in Children and avoideth tough Phlegm purging the Head helping the Lethargy It is a good Preservative against the Plague also cures Sores and Ulcers takes away Spots and Blemishes in the Skin and eases Pains in the Teeth breaks Imposthumes and eases Pains in the Ears It hath a special quality to discuss the Inconveniences coming by corrupt Airs and Mineral Vapours or by drinking unwholsom Waters or Liquors as also by unadvisedly taking Wolf-bane Henbane or Hemlock or other dangerous Herbs It is held good in the Jaundice Cramp Convulsions Falling-sickness the Piles or Hemorrhoids and such like Diseases proceeding from Cold. But it has not its Vertues without its Vices for it heats very vehemently and all such hot Simples send up ill Vapours to the Brain In Cholerick Persons it will encrease the Choler and in those that are troubled with Melancholy it will attenuate the Humours and cause strange Fancies and Visions in the Head therefore let it be taken inwardly with great Moderation but for outward Applications you need hot be so strict Giblets to Bake Let them be well cleansed and scalded and season them well with Pepper Sale and Nutmeg put them into a Pye then put some Butter slice an Onion or two and close up the Coffin with a Lid bake them well and soak them three Hours then pour in more Butter into which a Nutmeg has been grated Giblets to Boil Take the Giblets of a Goose or any other Fowl scald them well and boil them whole in Water and Salt and two or three Blades of Mace and so serve them on Sippets finely carved with beaten Butter Lemons scalded Gooseberries scalded Grapes Mace Barberries and Lemons sliced Gilliflowers to Candy Take refined Sugar or white Sugar-Candy to the weight of your Flowers sift it and put to if some Rose-water set them over a Fire made of Charcoal but not too hot stir these till they be a candied Syrup height then keep them in a dry place and use them as you find occasion and if you use them for Sallads put a little Wine-Vinegar to them to make the Syrup thinner Gilliflowers to Pick Take Clove-Gilliflowers when just blown clip the white Bottoms from them when taken out of the Husks lay them to steep a little in fair Water boil up some Whitewine-Vinegar till the scum will come no more on it squeeze the Water out of your Gilliflowers and the Vinegar being cool put them into it then melt as much Sugar as is convenient in Rose-water put it to them with a little broken Cinamon and a few Blades of Mace stop them up close and when you use them mince them small and putting a little fresh Vinegar to them strew a little white Sugar finely beaten and they are an excellent Sauce for Mutton or Lamb. Glove-Gilliflowers These Flowers are of a fine temper neither excessive in heat nor cold nor dryness nor moisture that can be perceived in them They are great strengthners of the Heart and Brain and therefore serve indifferently for Cephalicks or Cordials good in Consumptions and easie to Nature helping it in many Emergencies The Syrup and Conserve of these Flowers are wonderfully fortifying against pestilential Fevers and Poisons and may be taken with great safety at any timely Young or Old either by themselves or dissolved or mixed in any convenient Liquors Ginger It is a Root belonging rather to a Herb or Plant than a Tree for it bears a Top like Reeds and runs knotty in the Ground a great way yet is of admirable use viz. It helpeth Digestion looseneth the Belly moderately is good for the Stomach and profitable against all things that dim and hinder the Sight It heateth much though not at the first tasting like Pepper for which Cause some will not allow it to consist of subtil parts though that may be attributed to its earthiness as being a Root and known to be composed of gross and undigested Substance tending much to watery yet is of excellent Use in Physick and Diet. Ginger-Bread to Make Take a pound of Jordan-Almonds a penny white Loaf grated and sifted among the Almonds when blanched and finely beat them together then add an ounce of Ginger finely scraped Licorice and Aniseeds in Powder each a quarter of an ounce add two or three spoonfuls of Rose-water and make them all up in a Past with half a pound of Sugar mould it and roul it thin then print it and dry it in a Stove And thus you may make Ginger-bread of Sugar-plate putting Sugar sufficient to it that will keep all the Year round Gladwin That here intended is that they call the Stinking sort The Juice of it snuffed up the Nose causes Sneezing and purges the Head Rheums and offensive Matter the Powder of the Root drunk in Wine has the same Effect and gives ease to the Cramp and Convulsions of the Nerves It mainly avails in the Pain of the Gout or Sciatica and gives ease to those that are afflicted with griping Pains in their Bowels as also in the Strangury The Roots boiled in Wine and drank effectually procure Womens Courses but is dangerous to be taken by a Woman with Child lest it cause Abortion half a dram of the Powder removes Obstructions in the Ureters and Bladder and immediately provokes Urin. Gleetings Take four ounces of Spring-water or rather Plantane-water dissolve it in about one scruple of Sympathetick-Powder or so much as will give it a sensible but yet a faint Vitriol like Tincture inject as much as is usual through a small Syrup every Morning and Evening as long as need requires Gloves to Perfume lightly Rub over your Gloves with Gleer of Eggs and Benjamin-water very thin and fine wherein a grain of Musk Ambergrease or any other strong Perfume has been infused and it will take and hold the Scent a long time You may as you like for change and alteration of Scent rub them over with a fine Puff of Silk dipt in Gessimine Orange-flower Butter Essence of Roses c. Goards This Plant is cooling and mollifying by Nature The fresh Leaves applied to the Breasts of Women in Child-bed lessen their Milk the Seeds are accounted among the four great cold Seeds for a red fiery Face or
having cut it in two halves take out the Core of each of them and fill up the cavity with the tender Tops of common Wormwood and so close them together by tying the halves and when it is well roasted take off the Skin bruise it into a kind of a Poultis and apply it warm to the Eye spread on a Cloth Internal Piles Take two parts of Flower of Sulphur and one of Sugar very finely poudered mix them exactly together and make them up with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth into Lozenges of about a dram weight and take one at a time thrice a day or if need require four or five times a day St. Iohn's-wort This is a soveraign Herb for Wounds or internal Bruises boil it in White-wine and drink it very warm with a little Sugar For Wounds make it into an Ointment or Bath It opens Obstructions and dissolves Swellings It closes up the Lips of Wounds and strengtheneth the Parts that are weak and feeble The Seed especially if brought into a Powder and drank with the Juice of Knot-grass helpeth all manner of Spitting or Vomiting of Blood closes a Vein broken inwardly and helps those that are stung by any venomous Creature It is good for those that are troubled with the Stone or Gravel in the Kidneys or have difficulty in making Urine Two drams of the Powder of the Seed taken in a little Broth gently expels Choler or congealed Blood in the Stomach The Decoction of the Leaves and Seeds being drank somewhat warm before the Fit of an Ague whether Tertian or Quartan does alter the Fits and by often using takes 'em away The Seed is very much commended being drank for forty days together in helping the Sciatica Falling-sickness and Palsie Ioints Afflicted Take Bay-leaves two large handfuls and of the Berries half a pound Colewort-leaves a pugil Neats-feet-oil five pints Beef-suet two pound bruise what is to be bruised and mingle the rest boil them till the Berries and Leaves are crisp then strain out the Ointment and use it by suppling or bathing pretty hot in all cold Distempers that afflict the Nerves and Joints Ioint-stiffness c. Take of the Flowers and Tops of Rosemary Marjoram Rue Wild Thyme and the Roots of Wake-Robin and Wild Cucumers of each four ounces and an half and of the Leaves of Bays Sage Savin Briony-roots of each three ounces Fleabane Spurge Laurel of each nine ounces the Leaves of wild Cucumers and Calamint of each half a pound they must be gathered very fresh cleansed and bruised and infused seven days in five pints of the best Olive-oil and one of the Spirit of VVine boil them gently till the watery Humour be evaporated strain out the Oil and melt it in fifteen ounces of yellow Bees-wax Bears-grease and the Oil of Bays of each three ounces of Mascheleum half an ounce Petroleum an ounce Butter four ounces stir them and sprinkle in the following Powders viz. of Mastick and Olibanum of each six drams of Pellitory of Spain Pepper Ginger and Euphorbium of each an ounce make them into an Ointment over a gentle fire with well mixing and stirring and lastly straining out the liquid part keep it close stopt in an earthen Vessel for your use This is an excellent Ointment for all cold Diseases as Palsies Stiffness of the Joints Cramps Convulsions and the Colick and Pains of the Reins c. Italian Bisket Take a pound of fine Sugar beat it yet finer and sift it and to it put a pound of fine Wheat-flower and six Eggs beaten very thin then beat them all together in a stone Mortar for an hour's space not suffering it to stand still lest it prove heavy then put in half an ounce of Aniseeds rub Butter over your Plates and drop the Ingredients with a Spoon as fast as possible you can set them into an Oven and bake them but let them not be too much by any means Italian Chips Take Past of Flowers beat them till they are reduced to a fine Powder then sift them and take some Gum-dragon steep'd in Rose-water beat them in a wooden or stone Mortar to a perfect Paste then roul it very thin and lay one colour upon another in a long roul and being rouled very thin cut them overthwart and they will appear of divers curious and delicate Colours like Marbling Itch to Cure Take strong Lime-water one pound and put it into a gallon of Spring-water let them work together for some hours and then carefully pour off what is clear filter the rest and take two ounces of Quicksilver tied up in a linnen Bag let this hang in the Liquor and boil it half an hour or more then pour off the clear Liquor and with it wash the part afflicted and when it is well dried in anoint the same places with Ointment of Tabacco which you may have ready prepared Itch another way to Cure Take a handful of the Roots of Elecampane and as much of sharp-pointed Dock shred them small and boil them in two quarts of Spring-water till a pint be consumed then strain out the Liquor and wash with it the place affliccted once or twice a day Itch a Durge Take Tamarinds half an ounce sharp-pointed Dock-roots two drams Fumitory and Succory of each half a handful white Tartar half a dram Ginger a scruple let the Herbs be shred very small then stamp the Roots and boil all in a sufficient quantity of fair Water till it be consumed to about a quarter of a pint to which being strained add an ounce of the Syrup of Roses and two drams of Syrup of Buckthorn Berries Take it in the Morning fasting and it will purge and cleanse the Blood so that the Humours that occasion the offensive Disease will be expelled by gentle Swellings Iuice of Crabs This is commonly called Verjuice it cools drys binds and quenches the Thirst asswages the heat of burning Fevers stops Fluxes and causes Appetite In other Countries they imitate ours with the Juice of unripe Grapes It is used with Sauces in Food to sharpen the Appetite and made into Lohoch with Virgin-Honey it cools in hot Diseases and cuts tough Phlegm Iuice of Cucumbers Here is meant the wild ones It is Catharick it prevails against the Gout Scurvy and King's-Evil Obstructions of the Viscera and Jaundice also the Dropsie It is to be taken from two drams to three four or five To make a Syrup of it Take of the Juice two pound of choice Senna two ounces and a half mix and infuse them over a gentle Heat close covered sixteen or twenty four Hours then strain it out and boil it up with as much white Sugar as will make it into a Syrup The Dose is from two three four or five spoonfuls in any of the Distempers or Grievances before-mentioned It purges out watery Humours very strongly Iuices Depurated Let your Juices settle for twelve Hours then pour it off gently from the gross Impurities settled at the bottom
Ginger fill up the Skin again till it appear to be a perfect Tongue as before and having stopped the hole with some Mutton-Skin or Caul of Veal lard it with small Lardings of Bacon and tye it to a Spit and then being roasted make Sauce with Gravy Nutmeg Butter and the Juyce of Oranges and serve it up with Lemons sliced and pickled Barberries Neats-Tongue Fryed Boil it first and take it off then cut it into thin slices season it with Nutmeg Sugar and Cinamon dip the Slices into the Yolks of Eggs add the Juice of Lemon and mix them together then having your Pan pretty hot with sweet Butter in it take up the rest in Spoonfuls and put them in then being fryed enough serve them up with White-wine Sugar and Butter well beaten together Neats-Tongues the Italian Way When the Tongues are boil'd in an earthen Vessel till they may be blanched Take them out and put them into some strong Mutton or Beef Broth covering them very close and having boiled them a while put in two or three large Blades of Mace with a quarter of a pint of Canary or White-wine and some slices of interlarded Bacon scum the Liquor when it boils and put in more Mace with some Ginger Pepper and Nutmeg To these add a few Raisins Currans Prunes Sage-Leaves Saffron and Cherries then slice the Tongues and being well stewed serve it up on French Sippets Neats-Tongue Pye To do this Take a couple of large Neats-Tongues set them over the Fire in Spring-water and parboil them pare off the Roots and the Skin mince the Meat with Beef-Suet and a littte Parsley sweet Marjoram Thyme and Pennyroyal season it with grated Ginger beaten Mace Cloves and Pepper finely sifted add to these grated Bread and fine Sugar and the Yolks of three or four Eggs make your Coffin into the fashion of a Tongue and put these in bake it and then make a Liquid of Butter and Verjuice with some Sugar and Rose-water and pour it in at a vacant place left for that purpose or raising the Lid on one side Neats-Tongue Pye another Take fresh Neats-Tongues boil blanch and mince the Meat with four pound of Beef-suet by it self mingle them together and season them with an ounce of Cloves and Mace finely beaten some Salt half a preserved Orange and a little Lemon-peel minced with a quarter of a pound of Sugar four pound of Currans and a little Verjuice and Rose-water and a quarter of a pint of Canary stir these all well together and fill up your Pyes in Coffins of what Figure you shall think fit or convenient Neats-Tongue Pye another way Take a Tongue and mince it raw the Skin as much as may be being pared off Then take another and boil it very tender cut it likewise into pieces the bigness of a Walnut mince with them some Beef-Suet or Lard and lay some of the minced Tongues in the bottom of the Pye and the Pieces on it and make Balls of the other minced Meat as big as the pieces of the Tongue with some grated Bread Cream and Yolks of Eggs the Bottoms of Artichoaks cut like small Dice Nutmeg Salt Pepper and a few sweet Herbs finely shred Marrow Grapes boiled Chesnuts sliced and slices of interlarded Bacon liquor it then with Gravy Verjuice and the Yolk of Eggs well beat together bake it and as the former eats best cold so this must be served up hot Neats-Tongues another way Make a hole in the root-end of the Tongue Take out the Meat mince it small with the Fat of Bacon or Beef-Suet season it with grated Nutmeg and Salt put to it then the raw Yolks of Eggs Marjoram Thyme and Pennyroyal minced small Pepper and Ginger and fill the Tongue with this Composition viz. the Skin from which the Meat was drawn out wrap it then in a Caul of Veal boil it till it will blanch then put it into a Pipkin or other convenient earthen Vessel with some Claret and Gravy Cloves Salt and Pepper grated Bread and sweet Herbs reduced small by chopping or shredding then add fried Onions Marrow concocted in strong Broth and laid over it and to compleat it with a garnish rake some scalded Grapes when very green Gooseberries the slices of Oranges or Lemons and so serve it on Sippets running it over with Butter well beaten with the Whites of Eggs and mixed with the Powder of Cinnamon Neats-Tongue otherways Boll a fresh Tongue very tender and blanch it and when it is cold slice it into thin slices season it lightly with Pepper and Nutmeg Cinamon and Ginger all finely beaten then put into the Pye half a pound of Currans lay the Meat on and stoned Dates in halves the Marrow of four Bones large Mace Grapes or Barberries and Butter close it up and bake it then liquor it with Claret Butter and Sugar and so ice it over Neats-Tongue to Roast Take a Neats-Tongue tender boiled and blanched and when it is cold cut a hole in the but-end take out the Meat and put in the Meat minced with sweet Herbs finely shread a Pippin and two or three hard Yolks of Eggs minced as also Beef-suet and Bacon made very small mix with all these Ingredients beaten Ginger and fine Salt fill the Tongue and stop the end with a Caul of Veal lard it and roast it and then make Sauce with Butter Gravy and the Juice of Oranges Neats-Tongue Stewed Boil them first very tender then slice them and put them into a Pan with fresh Butter fry them a little and so put them into a Pipkin or Stew-pan with some Gravy or Mutton-Broth large Mace and sliced Nutmeg Pepper Claret and a little Wine also a little Vinegar and Salt and when the Stewing at your discretion is almost compleated then put to the Meat two or three slices of Oranges Asparagus Skirts Chesnuts and serve them up on fine Sippits cover them with Butter slices of Lemon and Marrow Neats-Tongues another Let your Neats-Tongues be seasoned with Pepper Salt and Nutmeg then lard them with Bacon and let them steep in Claret all night and you may if you please add to it a little Vinegar put in then Nutmegs sliced and Ginger finely pared whole Cloves and beaten Pepper with a little Salt steep them in an earthen Vessel and cover them up close they being undelayed with Sippets of Whitebread some Cinamon and Nutmeg grated on the top Nep or Catmint This procures the Courses and being taken inwardly or outwardly alone or with convenient Herbs to bathe them or sit over the hot Fumes of it and by frequent use it removes Barrenness and the windy Pains of the Mother it is used likewise in pains of the Head proceeding from cold Causes as Rheums Catarrhs Swimming and Giddiness of the Head and is an excellent Remedy for Windyness in the Stomach and Belly It is profitable in Cramps and cold Aches to dissolve the cold and expell the Wind that afflicts the Parts where they happen
is singular good to stay the Flux of the Belly The Leaves of the Pomegranet-Tree well beaten and the Juice of them mixed with the Oil of Roses does very much help the inveterate Pains of the Head and so sovereign it is that most hold that no venomous Creature will come near the Boughs of it for which reason the Ancients laid them in their Beds and stuck them about their Houses The Decoction of the Root of a Pomgranet-Tree being drank kills the large Worms in the Belly and causes them to be cast out Pork-Pie The Pork you intend to put into Pies must have the Skin taken off then cut the Pork in streaks and take half an ounce of Ginger and the like quantity of Pepper well beaten slice or scrape in two Nutmegs season it pretty well with Salt and put in a little fair Water that has been well boiled and scummed and so bake it sufficiently and serve it up Poppy-Red The Flowers are very cooling and asswage Pain and bring Sleep to weary Eyes and therefore are chiefly used for Fevers Pleurisies and Quinsies and other Diseases especially of the Breast that need cooling Medicins and for immoderate Fluxes The Conserve the distilled Water and the Powder of them are greatly in use but the Syrup most To make it Take the fresh Flowers of Red Poppies two pound and pour upon them two quarts of Spring-water well warmed press them out the next Day and infuse the quantity of fresh Flowers in the Liquor as before then strain it and put in as much Sugar as the Liquor weighs and so make it into a Syrup by boiling it to a thickness over a gentle Fire Poppies a Syrup Take the Heads of black Poppies freshly gathered six ounces and of white ones not thoroughly ripe eight ounces Aqua Coelestis two quarts boil them to the consumption of one quart of the Liquid and put therein Sugar and Penids of each eight ounces boil them to a Syrup This is excellent good to allay the Heat of the Forehead or when it too much afflicts the Brain It is given with success in Frensies or to those that are restless and cannot sleep well as also for Catarrhs and Coughs Pottage To make this very excellent nourishing and conducing to Health and Strength take the Knuckle end of a Leg of Veal very largely cut put into it a gallon or six quarts of Spring-water a pint of Oatmeal sifted very fine Pennyroyal Parsly Thyme and Winter-savory of each a little Faggot or bundle unshread also Sweet-marjoram Sorrel Violet and Marrigold-leaves you may let it stand a whole Night over a gentle Fire and boil it up the next Morning with some Mace Currans Harts-horn Shavings and Sugar then strain it and eat it warm This is very good against a Consumption or any Defect in the Lungs or Stomach Powder of Amber Take six ounces of Bean-flower and pass it through a fine Sieve with four ounces of Cyprus-wood two ounces of Saunders two ounces of Benjamine and half an ounce of Storax two drams of Calamus Aromaticus and as much Laudanum pass these likewise through a Sieve and to two pound of the Composition add four grains of Ambergrease and half an ounce of Pomander Privet beaten and sifted which you must mix in a hot Mortar with Amber then mix them altogether and keep them in a glass Bottle close stopped and make of it sweet Bags to perfume your Cloaths Powder of Aromatick-Rosatum Take red Roses the Whites at the bottom of the Flower the Leaves clipped off 15 drams Licorice finely scraped seven drams sharp and quick biting Cinamon five drams Wood of Aloes and yellow Saunders of each three drams Mace Cloves Indian Spicknard Gum-Arabick and Gum-Tragacanth of each two drams and half Cardamoms the Lesser and Galangal of each one dram Ambergrease two scruples and Oriental Musk one scruple reduce these into a Powder by beating and sifting c. This is excellent good to strengthen the Brain and Stomach it dissipates superfluous Humours and moisture of the Entrails resists Putrefaction creates Appetite and stays Vomiting and want of Retention in the Intestines and is proper to strengthen and restore those that have been weakned by long Sickness The Dose is from half a scruple to half a dram in Wine or any convenient Liquor Powder to create Cheerfulness Take the Seeds of Clove Basil Zedoary or Setwell Saffron yellow Saunders Cloves the outward Peel of Citron dried Galangal Nutmeg Mace Calamint and Storax of each three drams and a half Anniseeds Shavings of Ivory Thyme Dodder of Thyme Oriental Pearl prepared and the Shavings of the Bone of a Stag's-Heart of each one dram Ambergrease Oriental Musk and Leaves of Gold and Silver of each a scruple make these into a very fine Powder This corrects the cold and moist temperature of the Stomach and Liver it helps Digestion restores the Appetite it is very good against Weakness and Palpitations of the Heart also to restore a good Habit of Body and to create a good Complexion to keep the Breath sweet and sweeten it when it is defective to restore decayed Strength and dissipate Melancholy proceeding from an internal or no real Cause The Dose is from ten to twenty grains in any convenient Vehicle Powder the Countess of Kent 's Take the black parts of the Claws of large Sea-Crabs four ounces River-Crabs Eyes oriental Pearl and red Coral prepared of each an ounce Roots of Contrayerva and white Amber of each six drams the Bone of a Stag's-Heart four scruples Bezoar-stone three drams Saffron two scruples make these into a fine Powder and sprinkle it with an ounce and a half of the Spirit of Honey and mixed with Jelly of Vipers you may make it into Trochiscs letting them dry in the Shade to be powdered as occasion requires for the better preservation of its Virtue This Powder is highly in Request for the Remedy of Epidemical Diseases particularly in the Small-pox or Measles It is also used in the Plague as well to preserve from the Infection as to cure it when taken by reason it mainly strengthens the Heart and other vital Parts against Infections and the malignity of the before-mention'd Diseases Not only the English but other Nations approve it and use it with wonderful Success The Dose is about ten grains Powder of Diamargaritum Take oriental Pearl prepared half an ounce red Roses cleansed and Flower of Water-Lilies and Violets of each three Drams Wood of Aloes Saunders red and yellow Roots of Tormentil and white Dittany Myrtle-berries Cinquefoil Grains of Kermes Melon-seeds Endive Sorrel Shavings of Harts-horn Ivory white Coral and red Coral prepared of each two drams Ambergrease and the Leaves of Gold of each half a dram oriental Musk four grains make these into a fine Powder This wonderfully strengthens the noble Parts restores the languishing force and cures swimming and fainting Fits It is good in Fevers and other Diseases It is given to asthmatick and consumptive Persons and