pains of the Joints and Sinews the Jaundice Dropsie and all other Melancholick Diseases The Pale Colour in Girls proceeding from obstructions with Agues of all sorts They open the stoppages of the Liver Spleen and other parts strengthen all the inward faculties and may be used with safety in all cases where purging is necessary having been found by long experience and much use to conduce greatly to the preserving of health and to the removing of many stubborn Diseases Take one Dram at a time in the morning fasting made into six Pills once in four daies about two or three hours after rise from your bed drink warm Posset or broath and keep in Take them three or four times following or oftener if need require A person of reasonable strength may take one Dram others half as much or two Scruples made into 3 or 4 Pills THe Strong Pills purge all humours from the deepest and remotest parts of the body as the Brain Nerves Muscles Joints Breast and Womb. They may be used for inveterate pains of the head Apoplexy Falling sickness Palsey Madness or any difficult distemper throughout the body Give them only to strong Constitutions half a Dram two Scruples or one Dram at a time in the morning fasting two or three hours after drink warm Posset or broath and keep in the use of them may be repeated three or four times or oftener if there shall be occasion THe Purging Powder is known by long experience to be a safe and good Medicine purging gently Choler Phlegm Melancholy and Waterish humours from the Head Stomach Lungs Liver Spleen and Bowels It cleanses those parts of evil humours opens all Obstructions strengthens the Senses procures Mirth purifies the blood causes a fresh and lively Habit of the body and is good in all sorts of Agues Persons of ripe years may take one Dram and half at a time in the morning fasting in White-wine Syder or Posset fast two hours after then drink now and then some warm Posset and keep within doors Take it once in two or three daies for three or four times Children may take from ten Grains to a Dram according to their age and strength 'T is a proper Medicine to be given after the Small Pox and Measles to prevent the inconveniencies which oftentimes happen by the neglect of purging Physick THe Rheume Pills have a marvellous operation in all manner of Thin and Subtle Defluxions and Distillations of Rheum whether it falls upon the Breast and Lungs with a Cough or into the Teeth or any where else they procure sleep and have been known absolutely to cure any new Cough though never so violent in four times taking In the incurable Cough they give much ease free the Breast from foul humours open Obstructions and strengthen the body exceedingly Take three of them at a time every other night going to sleep for four times or until the Cough be gone using the Drink made of Liquorice Figs and Anniseed half a Pint or more at a time warm mornings and evenings first and last Those nights you take the Pills the drink may be used an hour or two sooner THe Pectoral Roles are an excellent Medicine they very much open the Wind pipe and help its roughness wheesings hoarsness and difficulty of breathing Ripen the Cough bring forth Phlegm quench thirst are good against sour and offensive belchings the heat of the Mouth and Stomach as also the heat in the breast called by some Heart-burning all griefs of the Chest and Lungs Ptisick and Consumption Hold some of them in your mouth to dissolve at any time especially at night in bed Pectoral Drink TAke of Figs a quarter of a Pound opened Liquorice one Ounce bruised Anniseed half an Ounce boil them in three quarts of water to two quarts strain it and take it warm half a Pint or more at a time Mornings and Evenings first and last for Coughs of all sorts The use of this hath often proved very successful For Stuffing of the Breast and Lungs with Phlegm add to a pint of this Liquor two Ounces of Syrup of Scabious and take a good draught at a time Pectoral Drink TAke of Fair water Four Quarts dryed Hysop one handful Liquorice half an Ounce Raisons of the Sun stoned and Figs of each two Ounces boil all gently till a quart is consumed strain it and add of Honey a quarter of a pound boil it again a turn or two Scum it well bottle it and use it as the former for the same purposes with Syrup of Scabious or without it as there shall be cause THe true Elixir Proprietatis so highly esteemed for its great virtues and sold at so many places in London is here also to be had rightly and exactly Prepared whose Virtues follow It is moderately hot and dry preserves from putrefaction is admirably effectual against corrupted Air and affects of the Head Breast Stomach and Lungs It expels crude humours from the Stomach procures a good Appetite and Digestion strengthens a weak stomach very much and is profitable in Rheums Coughs Shortness of Breath and Consumptions it comforts the Heart strengthens the Memory revives the Senses drives away Dimness of sight dissolves the Stone of the Reins preserves from the Palsey and Gout removes Melancholy causes Cheerfulness cures all sorts of Agues and Feavers heals all inward Wounds and Ulcers expels all Crudities and other inconveniencies occasioned by excess in eating or drinking 't is said to be the Balsom of the Antients by most strong conservation it hinders Age from surprizing Youth too soon may with good success be used by Aged persons against whatever Malady they are subject unto It cures every Disease both hot and cold which is incident to the body of man neither is there any Vegetable Medicine that exceeds it The Dose is from six to twelve drops or more in Wine Ale or any other appropriated Liquuor MIthradate and Venice Treacle have been esteemed of all other Confections the most renowned and worthiest for more then 1600 years The admirable effects they have and do still produce is the cause they are so much in use and disposed of in such vast quantities throughout the greatest parts of the world Mithridate is good against Poison the stinging of Adders and bitings of Mad dogs being taken inwardly in the largest quantity and applyed outwardly expels from the body all ill humours and Diseases coming of cold and wind from head to foot warms and strengthens the Brain removes the stopping of the passages of the senses by cold heals the infirmities of the Mind drives away vain fears from persons affected with Melancholy helps a cold waterish Stomach and strengthens it much is profitable for such women as cannot Conceive by reason of cold provokes sweat hath a peculiar power to preserve against bad Airs the Plague and all Pestilential Diseases opens the Breast allays the Cough and provokes the tough humours to be coughed up It is good to remove all Agues
in the beginning and all bruises caused by falls or other waies The same directions are to be observed in the taking of it as are prescribed in Venice Treacle and the same quantity to cause Sweat the Virtues of both being the same Mithridates King of Pontus a most Potent and Learned Monarch was the Inventor of this Noble Antidote who being vanquished by Pompey and fearing he would lead him in Triumph to Rome took Poyson from which he received not the least trouble having before made frequent trial of this Medicine for the prevention of such poisonous practises which he suspected might treacherously be used against him and it proved indeed so great a Counter-poyson that although he wanted not skill to frame his deadly Potion yet could not his body feel any ill effect by it whereupon he called a Souldier to him desiring him to kill him whose slow and trembling hand Mithridates himself forced to his own slaughter Amongst his Treasuries and Spoils a great many Medicinal Receipts were found which the King had laid up most safely as great secrets Pompey brought these to Rome and gave them to Damocrates and Andromachus Roman Physitians who approved of all the Remedies but especially of the Mithridate whose description Damocrates set forth and therefore it is called by the Antients Mithridatium Damocratis This Mithridate hath been most in use until the last great Plague since which time in some parts of the Country Venice Treacle called Theriaca Andromachi because it was set forth by Andromachus one of Nero's Physitians hath been in greater request Mithridates is justly made the Author of both for Damocrates Andromachus only disposed the matter whereof they consist more orderly added some few things It is not without good Ground that they call Mithridate the Father and Theriack the Mother of Medicaments seeing in Dignity and Excellency they far exceed all others and comprehend all others Faculties for there is scarce any preternatural affection whereunto one of these duly prepared doth not conduce THeriaca Andromachi or Venice Treacle resists all Poyson Diseases and Evils which may happen unto the Body of Man Cures Head-Aches Giddiness Dulness of Sight and Hearing the Apoplexy Falling Sickness Difficulty of Breathing Old or New Coughs Helps Concoction Cold Stomachs all Gripings and Wind in the Bowels the Jaundice Dropsie Gout hardness of the Spleen Vain Fears and Melancholy Pains in the Joints and Kidnies It kills Worms represses the immoderate beating of the Heart comforting and fortifying it greatly together with the Brain and whole Body Is good against Swoonings and Weakness preserves from Contagion in Pestilential times Expels the Monthly Flowers casts out the Dead Child as also the Stone in the Reins and Bladder It helps the bitings of Mad Dogs and Stinging of Adders if inwardly given and outwardly applyed It opens all Obstructions gives a good and lively colour to those who want it and hath been found upon long Experience to be of singular use and benefit in the beginning of all sorts of Agues and Feavers especially Quartans In Feavers Agues all cold Distempers of the Limbs and Joynts and other inconveniences occasioned by cold and Bruises a Man or Woman may take One Dram and half or Two Drams in Carduus Posset or Mace Beet to Children the quantity must be proportioned according to their several ages Cover your self warm in the Bed and Sweat three or four hours or so long as shall be thought convenient drinking either Carduus Posset or Mace Beer in the time of Sweating at the end of which have an hot Shirt in readiness to be put on and wipe off the Sweat with warm Cloaths In other cases a Dram or half a Dram may be taken at a time Mornings and Evenings in Sack or Beer To preserve from Contagion mix one Ounce of the Confection of Gilliflowers with half an Ounce of this and take the quantity of a Nutmeg at a time Mornings and Evenings or when there shall be occasion DIascordium is an Exccellent Cordial in the Plague and Pestilential Feavers settles and composes the Spirits when disturbed by Feaverish or any other Distempers Allays the pains of the Head is good to be used by Women in Child bed to hasten their Labour and help their usual Sickness at that time It stops Fluxes strengthens the Stomach and Heart and provokes Sleep VVeak People and young Children may take from five Grains to a Dram those who are stronger a Dram and half or somtimes two Drams LOndon Treacle is a good Antidote in Pestilential times resists Poyson helps Digestion strengthens cold Stomachs and is a good Cordial in any Disease whatever A quarter of an Ounce or half as much may be taken at a time or it being mixt with an equal quantity of Confection of Gilliflowers the quantity of a Nutmeg or more may be taken Mornings and Evenings or once in six hours COnfection of Gilliflowers is of a temperate quality and a very choice Cordial It resists the Plague or any Venom the Small-Pox and Measles as also any sort of Feaver or Ague strengthens Nature and is good against Consumptions and all other Weaknesses Give the quantity of a Wallnut so often as cause shall be seen If one Dram of Confection of Hyacinth be mixed with one Ounce of this it will add to its Cordial virtue in Feavers and if one Dram of Confection of Alkermes be mixed with a like quantity it will render it the more Effectual in any kind of VVeakness One Ounce likewise of this Confection being mixed with half an Ounce of Diascordium Mithradat or Venice Treacle and the quantity of a Nutmeg taken when there shall be cause will be of great benefit in such cases wherein those Medicines may be used as also a good preservative against any Infection or ill and Corrupted air THe Tincture of Roses corrects and strengthens the Stomach mightily is an approved Medicine in violent Vomitings and Purgings also when digestion is Weak and Natural Appetite to Meat Defective It is highly profitable in the Disease called Cholera which is a violent Vomiting and Purging both at once and useth to kill very suddenly But in this case it must be taken in a great quantity at a time as Glasful after Glasful till a Quart three Pints or more be drankt and if the party happens to Vomit up the first draughts he ought nevertheless to keep on drinking until it staies in the Stomach It causes even to admiration a wonderful calm in the Body by appeasing of those hot Tempests which sharp Cholerick humours have stirred up and by mixing it self with the humours offending and taking away whatever is acrimonious in them Also it is a very pleasing and useful Liquor in all hot Feavers continual or intermitting to be used for ordinary Drink its constant use being that which takes away the cause of those Diseases and this being done the effects must necessarily cease To make this Tincture take of dryed red Rose leaves
sweat well afterwards Cinamon Water is very Cordial comforteth a weak and cold Stomach helpeth Griping pains in the Bowels occasioned by cold causeth a fresh and lively colour in the Face provoketh Urine and the Terms It sweetneth the Breath resisteth Poyson stops Fluxes and Vomitings hastens the Birth helps the fainting Spirits and trembling of the Heart strengthens the Retentive Faculty comforts the Brain and Sinews and is exceeding good for Cold and Moist bodies Spirit of Mints comforts the Head and Memory warms the Stomach and Bowels expels Superfluous Humours causes Digestion stirs up the Appetite stays Vomiting and the Hiccough helps a Cold Liver and removes its Obstructions It is also good for women in Child-bearing in their hard and sore labours BEzoar water is a very great Cordial it expels from the Heart and Spirits evil Vapours and Humours which annoy them It drives forth Pestilential and Malignant Feavers by Sweat resists Melancholy and wonderfully relieves the Spirits being overwhelmed therewith It is Excellent in Swooning Fits a spoonful being taken at a time mixt with Borrage water and a little Syrup of Gilliflowers it may be taken otherwise alone or in Sack or in any Cordial water but in Swoonings and to provoke Sweat if there be cause two or three spoonfuls may be taken at a time AQua Coelestis doth exceedingly help such as are loaden and oppressed with Melancholy by expelling annoyances from the Heart and cheering the Spirits It enlivens the dull and stupid Senses is available in all Malignant Feavers and in swoonings half a spoonful being taken at a time in a draught of the Decoction of Hartshorn or in cold distilled Cordial or Imperial Water and sweetned with Syrup of Gilliflowers AQua Mirabilis comforts and strengthens the Heart Stomach and Brain and is of great use in Faintings and Swoonings and for Women in Travail with Child for which purpose mix with it Cinamon water Spirit of Mints Bezoar water or Aqua Coelestis and Imperial water which being sweetned with Syrup of Gilliflowers or fine Loaf Sugar give two or three spoonfuls at a time as often as there shall be cause IMperial water is of a Milde and Moderate Temper and may safely be used two or three spoonfuls with Syrup of Gilliflowers at any time against Faintings and Swoonings and is a Preservative against Consumptions TIncture of Ambergreise Strengthens Comforts Warms and Refreshes the Brain and Senses exceedingly quickens the dulness of them eases the pains of the Head dissolveth the Cold Defluxions of Humours which fall thereon and on the Nerves and Sinews It likewise strengthens the Memory and is very beneficial to the Heart and Fainting Spirits takes away the Passions and Tremblings of the Heart making it Merry and Joyfull It expells Sadness removes Barrenness proceeding from a cold cause and is accounted conducible to Venereous actions it most conveniently agrees with Aged Persons for it Warms Comforts and Strengthens their Cold Decayed Spirits A few Drops of this Tincture will Perfume any Cordial water Wine or other thing and impregnate it with its Virtue It is made thus Take of Ambergreise two Drams Musk half a Dram let the Amber be very finely shaved or cut as thin as may be put it into a thin Linnen bag tye it close and let it ly in a strong Glass bottle with half a Pint of the best Spirit of Wine stop it well with Cork and Bladder and set it in a warm Bath or in the Sun for a Fortnights space then pour off the Tincture and keep it in a Bottle close stopped for use put to the Ambergreise half a Pint more of Spirit of Wine stop it close and set it in the Sun as before after which preserve it for your use BEzoar Stones are much commended against the bitings of Venomous Beasts stinging of Vipers and against all Contagious Diseases as the Small Pox Measles Pestilence Malignant Feavers and the like They also cure Swoonings long Sorrows Hysterical Passions with many other ill Affections A Man or Woman may take ten or twenty Grains at a time A Child three or four Grains or more according to the Age. GAscoign Powder is good in all sorts of Feavers in the Small Pox Measles Swoonings and Tremblings of the Heart It cheers the Heart and Vital Spirits exceedingly and is a safe and harmless Medicine which may be given in any case six eight or ten Grains at a time to Children and twenty or thirty Grains to Persons of full Age. Take it in any thing you like best once in six hours as long as there shall be cause THe Red Cordial Powder is a special remedy and is given with great success in all Malignant and Pestilential Diseases in Feavers of all sorts Small Pox and Measles It is very profitable against Poyson and stinging of Adders resists Putrefaction strengthens the Heart and Brain purifies the whole Mass of Blood and is an excellent powder to dissolve congealed Blood occasioned by Falls Bruises Imposthumes and the like It may be taken from Ten to Sixty Grains according to the age in any convenient mixture which is most proper to the occasion MEtheglen is a Drink which the ancient Britains did put an high value upon keeping it in their Houses as Nectar and affirming thar it was more pretious than Malmsey for when it is old 't is reckon'd a wine most agreeable to the Stomach which it strengthens exceedingly it potently concocts cold Humours hinders Crudities restores the lost Appetite and is good for those who are troubled with the Cough and shortness of Breath It helps Expectoration Expells Wind Mitigates the Pains of the Colick is profitable in the Yellow Jaundies in Diseases of the Brain and in those which proceed from Melancholy as the Quartan Ague Scurvy c. It conduceth much to cold Constitutions is very nourishing to the Body and by the use of it many have lived to extream old Age Pertinent hereunto is that relation of one of an Hundred Years Old who being demanded by Augustus Caesar what means he chiefly used to preserve that Vigor of mind and Body which he was observed at that time very briskly to retain made this reply to the Emperor that he imputed his long continued health to nought besides this Drink which he verily thought to be the greatest cause thereof Mr. Butler discoursing of it in his Treatise of Bees saith that as good and Old Metheglen Excelleth all VVines both for pleasantness of tast and preserving of Health so being burnt it is better than any burnt Wine whatsoever to comfort and settle a Weak Stomach and to procure natural heat The manner of burning it is first to set on the Fire a deep Skillet or Kettle almost full of Water when it boils put in a Pewter Pot full of Metheglen which you must Skum before it begins to boil and put into it two or three bruised Cloves with a branch of Rosemary then beat the Yolk of an Egg in a Dish and mix with it