that are to be beaten in a Mortar and put them in a Canvas bag and let it stand eight dayes in a Rundlet of four gallons of ten shillings Beer a little lower then the middle of the Beer and so tun it Take thereof in the Spring and Fall three or four dayes together in manner following every morning at six a clock fasting take half a pint cold and use some exercise after it till you be warm and fast till nine a clock then take such another draught and fast one hour after it then take some thin warm broth and keep a good diet at meals eating no Sallads or Flegmatick meats after dinner at three a clock take thereof another half pint thus do for three or four dayes in the same manner This will purge gently clear the blood and inward parts and prevent diseases If you please you may put to the abovesaid ingredients two handfuls of Maiden-hair The Countess of Worcesters Medicine for the Green Sickness Approved Take a pint of Malsey and 2 handfuls of Currans clean washed and put them together also take a little Wormwood and a little crop or two of red Mint either green or dryed and lay it in the Malmsey over night and in the morning eat a spoonful or two of the Currans fasting and walk after it eating nothing in an hour use this twelve dayes together and if you shall see cause also take Wormwood and warm it between two Tyles and put it in a cloth and lay to the stomach when you go to bed and so fresh every night Proved by the Lady Worcester A Diet Drink for a Fistula or for a Body full of gross Humors Take Sarsaparilla Sassafras the Wood and Bark of Oak root of each four ounces cut small Agrimony Coltsfoot Scabious of each four handfuls Marsh Mallow Roots half a handful Betony Ladies Mantle Sinacle Columbine roots of each one handful shred the Herbs and Roots small and boil them all in three gallon of Spring water or two gallons then strain them through a Cullender and put thereto one gallon of clear water and boil it to a gallon and an half and strain it again till all the moisture be out put thereto a pottle of good white Wine and a pint and a half of good Honey and boil it softly scum it very clean take it off the fire and put to six drams of Rhubarb sliced small and two ounces of Sena and keep it in a stone vessel close covered and drink thereof at five a clock in the morning and at four a clock in the afternoon till half of it be wasted afterwards let the Patient drink thereof every morning a draught and dress the Fistula with the green salve and this will cure it When this Drink is made as abovesaid let it stand three dayes onely shaking it together twice or thrice a day It is fit to be drunk at three dayes end In the time of taking it all fish white meats fruit wine anger and passion must be avoided For one that hath no speech in Sickness Take the juyce of Sage or Pimpernel and put it in the Patients mouth and by the grace of God it shall make him speak A Water good for Lightness of the Head and the aforesaid Take the flowers of single White Primroses and still them and drink of the water and that is good for the lightness of the head and for bringing of the speech again mingle therewith the like quantity of Rosemary-flower water and Cowslip-water and the same will restore the speech again Sir Edward Boustwards precious Oyntment for Aches in the Bones or Sinews that come of cold Causes Take Wormwood red sage the green and tender leaves and buds of Bayes and of Rue of each one pound chop them and beat them in a mortar very small put to them Mutton Suet well picked from the skins one pound and an half and beat all well together and put to them a pint and a half of good Oyl-Olive or Neatsfoot Oyl mix them all well together in an earthen pot and set them in a warm Oven five hours then take it out and strain it and keep the Oyntment in an Earthen Pot anoint the grieved therewith well by the fire and cover the place with black wool unwashed Dr. Atkins An excellent Medicine for the Jaundies Take of Rhubarb finely sliced the weight of a shilling Red Dock Roots sliced the weight of three shillings one Nutmeg bruised grosly and put them iâ— a bottle of new beer or any beer the bottle being three quarts or a pottle let it be close stopped for three dayes or two at least and then begin to give him to drink thereof every morning a draught next his heart and about five a clock in the afternoon drink this till his stool come yellow if his body be loose with it give him but onely in the morning if he will not take this give him two spoonfuls of the sirup of Succory with Rhubarb one morning and every day after give him the weight of six pence of the powder after written in drink or broth or alebery next his heart for a week together Dr. Atkins Powder Take Earth-Worms and slit them and wash them with white Wine then dry them in an Oven and powder them and put to every shilling weight of their Powder a groat weight of Ivory and as much of Harts-horn scraped and mingle them together boil in his broth Parsley Roots and Fennil Roots and a little Nutmeg if he will not take this give him every morning two spoonfuls of Oxymel Compositum alone or in Beer or else burn some Juniper and take one ounce of the ashes and put in an Hypocras bag with a quarter of a Nutmeg beaten and run a pint of Rhenish Wine or white Wine through it four or five times and let him every morning drink a draught of the Wine with Sugar An approved Medicine for the Yellow Jaundies Take the peels of Barberries and scrape off the outside of it and take the inner peel of them a quarter as much as one may hold in their hand a small Reasin of Turmerick grated very small four or five blades of English Saffron to be dried and beaten very small then put all together and boil in a pint of milk or posset drink until it be very bitter then strain it and drink every morning fasting and at night when you go to bed nine dayes together and by the grace of God it will help you or else you may lay it asteep in strong Ale or Beer twenty four hours and then drink a quantity of it as you should the other and if it be bitter you may put a little sugar to sweeten it To make Oyl of Excester Take Sage two handfuls one of Time one of the wilde Vine two of Hysop one of Saint Johns Wort two of Bay leaves one of Goose-grass two of Rosemary one of Letterwood two of Penniroyal two of Cammomile two of Lavender two
drink very often in Winter warm in Summer cold and let them beware of drinking much strong Beer Ale or Wine for they are hot and great driers up of Milk and so are all Spices and to much Salt or salt meat To keep Iron from Rusting Take Lead filed very small and put so much Oyl Olive upon it as will cover it in a pot then make your Iron very clean first and anoint the Iron with the said Oyl after it hath stood nine dayes and it will never rust To make Golden Colour without Gold Take the juyce of Saffron flowers when they are fresh on the ground but if you cannot get them then take Saffron dried and powdered and put to it Yellow and Glistering Auripigment that is scaly and with the Gall of a Hare or Pike fish which is better mix them together then put them in a glass Vial close stopped which set in a warm Dunghil for certain dayes then take it out and keep it for your use To make Golden Letters without Gold Take Auripigment one ounce fine Crystal one ounce beat them to powder severally then mix them and then temper them with the whites of eggs and so write with it To make Silver Letters without Silver Take Tin one ounce Quicksilver two ounces melt them together then beat them well with Gum water and so write with it To make the Face Fair. Take fresh Bean blossoms and distill them in a Limbeck and with the water wash your face A wound Drink Take Southernwood Wormwood Bugle Mugwort White bottle Sanicle Plantane Dandelion Chinquefoil Ribwort Wood Betony Clary roots Avens called Herb Bennet Hawthorn buds Agrimony Oak leaves and buds Bramble buds wilde Angelica Mints Scabious Strawberry leaves Violet leaves Comfrey of each twenty handfuls gather them in May and dry them in a room without much fire turn them often that they may not become musty and when they are dry put them up in Canvas bags severally Then take of these several herbs so dried of each three handfuls and put them into two quarts of running water and one quart of white Wine boil them to three pints strain the liquor from the herbs and put thereto one pint of Honey which boil again taking away the froth then strain it and keep it in a glass bottle close stopped and take thereof in the morning fasting and at night last two or three spoonfuls at one time This water wil not continue good above three or or four weeks at the most It cureth old sores green wounds Impostumes Fistulas and stencheth bleeding Tent no wound but search and cleanse it in a tent and cover the place with a clean cloth During the cure the Patient must keep a spare diet and abstain from Wine and strong Drink For Worms in Children Take three pound of Prunes Sena one ounce and a half sweet Fennel-seed one ounce and a half Rhubarb half an ounce tie all these in a bag with a stone to it and put them into a great quantity of water then put the Prunes on the top and let it stew six or seven hours till the liquor be even with the Prunes so drink of the liquor two or three spoonfuls and eat of the Prunes in the morning fasting and at four a clock in the afternoon A Green Salve Take one pound of Butter Bees-wax five ounces Rosin one pound and a half Frankincense four ounces Oyl of Bayes two ounces Deer suet one ounce and a half Verdigreese one ounce and a half boil the butter a little then boil the Wax in it and stir it now and then take it off the fire put in the Oyl of Bayes set it on the fire again then put in the Deer suet and let it boil one walm for if it have more it will turn black and when it is off the fire put in the Verdigreese powdered then strain it into pots and keep it for your use A Receipt for the Kings Evil Fistula sore Breasts Legs or other sores Take Samnil Agrimony Avens wilde Bugle red Dandelion Wood Betony Ribwort Wilde Clary roots and leaves Mugwort Plantain Wormwood and Bugle beaten and bruised of each two handfuls boil them in six quarts of White Wine until their vertue be extracted very softly then with your hand squeeze all the juyce out of them into the Wine then strain the liquor out and set it on the fire and clarifie it with so much Honey as will make it dainty pleasant and not sharp then let it boil a little more and when it is cold put it in bottles close stopped and it will last a year whereof give the Patient six spoonfuls at a time in the morning fasting and at four a clock in the afternoon To ease Womens Childe-bed throws that are taken with cold a week or two after their Delivery Take one or two spoonfuls of Oyl of sweet Almonds newly drawn either in Posset drink or in a Caudle warm morning and evening it will help For Womens swounding fits after delivery of Childe Take the powder of White Amber as much as will lie on a three pence and give it in Mace Ale warm An approved Medicine to speed a Womans Delivery in difficult Travel and to send out the after-burthen safely Take Cinnamon two drams and a half one dram and a half of white Amber Myrrhe two scruples Castoreum one scruple Borax half a scruple Saffron five grains powder and mix them whereof give one dram at a time in white Wine and Sugar and sweat after it This hath been often tried with much good success An approved Medicine for the Megrum Take one spoonful and a half of the white of an Egg beaten very clear White Wine Vinegar one spoonful of Pepper and Frankincense of each two drams powdered and one spoonful of Honey mix them with so much Wheat flour as will make it into paste whereof make two plaisters and lay them to the temples of the head and change it duly every morning and evening For to ease Head pain Take red Rose leaves dried mix them with Wheat flowers Vinegar Oyl of Roses and some Housleek boil them till they be thick spread it on a linnen cloth and lay it to the Forehead and Temples and it will ease the pain To cure a Sheck Dog that hath the Mangie Take four ounces of Tar mix it with someâ—fresh greese so as it may run then put to it some Brimstone powder half a spoonful of Gun powder pouder'd and two spoonfuls of Honey mix them well and therewith anoint the Dog in the Summer time tie him in the hot Sun that the oyntment may soke into him in the Winter time lay him on thick fresh Hay and there keep him that the heat of his body may heat and melt it Thrice dressing will cure him Dr. Goffes Receipt to preserve a Woman with childe from miscarrying and abortion Take a fillet of Beef half rosted hot from the fire then take half a pint of Muscadine Sugar Cinamon Ginger Cloves
Mace Grains of Paradise and Nutmegs of each half a dram and make thereof a Sawce then divide the Beef into two pâ—eces and wet them in the Sawce and binde the one piece to the bottom of the womans belly and the other to the reins of the back as hot as may be suffered and keep them on twenty four hours at the least and longer if need be thereof For any pain in the Stomach Cut a piece of new Scarlet in the shape of a Heart put it in a pewter dish and wet it with the strongest Cinamon or Wormwood water then set it on a Chafing-dish of Coals and cover it close and when it is dry wet it again which do so often until the sent of the hot water be strong in it â—nd lay it very hot to the Stomach and renew it once or twice in a week For the Winde in the Veins Take powder of Liquorish Caroway-seed and Sugarcandy beaten small of each an equal quantity to your taste to which put Rhubarb in powder a third part or more with as much Cream of Tartar pulverised put it in a box and keep it in your pocket and eat as much of it as will lie on a six pence twice or thrice in a day for a week together This will gently purge you cool the blood and expel the Winde out of the Veins This hath holpen those that have not been able to go An excellent Sear-cloth for a Bruise Strain or Wound Take one pint of Oyl Olive Red Lead eight ounces Virgins Wax four ounces Oyntment of Populeon four ounces the Oyls of Roses and Cammomile of each one ounce set the Oyl on the fire then melt the Wax in it then put in the Populeon and Oyls and when all are molten put in the red lead stir them well together and let it boil till it be black then dip in your clothes and apply them to the places ill-affected Mr. Lumley Chyrurgeon His Pippin drink for a Consumption Take the thick paring of six pippins boil them in three pints of Spring-water to a quart then sweeten it with Sugar-candy whereof drink the quantity of a Wine glass when you go to bed In a Feaver it is very good with a little Syrup of Lemons An approved Medicine for the Spleen Drink for three mornings together pure Whey as it comes naturally from the Curd the first morning two pints the second morning three pints the third morning four pints The best exercise after it is gentle riding A rare Balsam Take Venice Turpentine one pound wash it four times with fair water and as many times in Damask Rose water till it be as white as snow then take an earthen pot of a gallon make a hole in the bottom of it which stop with a cork and a rag and tie a string about the cork into which pot put five pints of pure Oyl Olive and three pints of Spring water boil this half a quarter of an hour then melt eight ounces of yellow Wax in a skillet which put to the Turpentine in the pot take it off the fire and stir them together with a spoon till they be wellâ—mingled then pluck the cork out of the earthen pot and let out all the water in a platter and the Oyl and the Turpentine into the Wax in a large Bason and set them over the fire stirring them well then pour all out into a large earthen pan and when it is through cold melt it again on the fire so that it wilâ— slip out then pour out the water in the bottom and melt it again on the fire stirring all well together and so put it up into Galli-pots for your use and you have a most excellent Balsam made by decoction whose effects follow The Vertues of it 1. It is good for any inward wound squirted warm into it and outwardly to it on fine Lint and anointing the place It also preserveth the wound from inflamation and putrefaction 2. It heals any bruise or cut being first anointed therewith and then a piece of lint dipped in it and laid to the place 3. It cures all burnings and scaldings 4. It helps the Head-ache anointing the Nostrils and Temples therewith 5. It expelleth the winde Cholick or stitch in the side being anointed and applied four mornings with warm cloths and every morning bathing it before the fire a quarter of an hour 6. It helps a Surfet taking one ounce thereof in warm Sack 7. It preserveth from the Plague onely by anointing the Lip and Nostrils therewith before the party goeth abroad in the morning 8. It is good against Cancers and Worms applied as before for a cut 9. It helps digestion and keepeth from Vermin if the Navil or Stomach be anointed therewith before the party goeth to bed The Operator that made it healed himself being sorely scalded To cure the Rickets in Children Approved Take a quart of new Milk put into it one handful of Sanicle boil it half away and give it to the Patient Childe to drink in the morning for a breakfast and let it not eat any thing for an hour or two after it and at night take a quart of Milk and one handful of red Mints boil it half away as before and let the Childe eat it last at night This continue for a moneth or longer as occasion is This quantity of Milk so made will serve for twice An Vnguent to anoint the Ricketted Childes Breast Take fresh butter Sanicle red Mints of each one pound stamp the Herbs very small then mix it with the butter to a perfect Unguent and therewith anoint the childes breast every morning and evening before the fire you must anoint it from arm to arm that it may open the breast and also anoint the gullet bones that they may open for in this disease they will seem to close To anoint the Ricketted Childes Limbs and to recover it in a short time though the Childe be so lame as to go upon Crutches Take a peck of Garden Snails and bruise them put them into a course Canvas Bag and hang it up and set a dish under it to receive the liquor that droppeth from them wherewith anoint the Childe in every Joynt which you perceive to be weak before the fire every morning and evening This I have known made a Childe that was extream weak to go alone using it onely a weeks time A Plaister for an Ague Take strong Leaf Tobacco six drams Currans a small handful and as much Bores Grease as will make it into a salve by beating and stamping together in a Mortar of stone when it is beaten to a salve take two pieces of sheeps leather and spread the salve an inch thick on both of them and lay them upon the veins of both wrists twenty four hours before the fit cometh This will cure either a quartane or Tertian Ague A dainty cecling Drink for a hot Feaver Take French Barley one ounce boil it first in a quart of fair water a
and take the marrow thereof and anoint the nipple therewith To dry up Milk in a Womans Breast Take a quantity of Aqua vitae and a quantity of sweet Butter melt and temper them together and anoint the Breast therewith laying a brown paper betwixt them and so do as often as the paper drieth till the Milk be dried up this is also good to keep the Ague out of the Breast To make a woman have a nipple that hath none and would give suck Take a Wicker Bottle that hath a little mouth and fill it full of hot water and stop it close til the bottle be through hot then let out the water and set the mouth of the bottle close to the Nipple as long as there is any heat in the bottle it will cleave fast To heal the Nipple of a Womans Breast Take a quantity of Cream and put it into the juyce of Valerian stamped and strained and as much of the juyce of sea-green used in like sort boil all these together till it come to be as Butter then take it and put it into a box and anoint the Nipple therewith three or four times a day and lay a Walnut shell or some other hollow thing over it to keep the clothes from it till it be whole or else make a Posset Ale of Alom and lay the curd to the Nipple warm till the childe doth suck and then lay on again A Medicine for Worms in young Children Take a Plaister of white Leather or brown paper and spread it with Honey warm it a little against the fire but first strew some of the best Aloes Succotrinae thereon then lay it all over the Stomach of the Childe warm the like plaister is to be laid on the Childes Navil at the same time if you have no Honey mix the juyce of Plantain and lay it on the leather Dr. Forsters Infusion purging Choller Take Damask Roses two ounces or Rhubarb two drams and a half of Spikenard one scruple of Orcin one scruple cut all small and infuse in a quart of clarified whey all night in the morning strain gently and put to it one ounce of Syrup of Roses or Syrup of Violets Dr. Fosters Infusion purging Melancholly Take Fumitory Epithymum flowers or leaves of Borage and Bugloss of each a good half handful Polypody of the Oak one ounce Sena half an ounce Fennil-seed two drams Whey three pints infuse and boil to a quart whereunto adde two ounces of Syrup of Roses solutive the dose is half a pound you may quicken a draught with a dram of Electuary of Roses An opening purging Julip and cooling for Choller and hot Humors Take of Barley two little handfuls of Savory with the roots Maidenhair Liverwort Sorrel each half a good handful of roots of Grass of Fennil each half an ounce of the four cold seeds each two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of Succory water unto sixteen ounces in which infuse half an ounce of Sena Tamarindes and Polypody of each three drams Jalap and Hermodactils of each two drams Fennil-seed Anniseed and Liquorish of each one dram Currans bruised half an ounce of Borage Bugloss and Rosemary flowers of each one dram infuse these warm then boil them until five ounces of the Succory Water be consumed then strain it and adde the expression of four scruples of Rhubarb infused in three ounces of Manna and syrup of roses one ounce of the Christals of Tartar one dram mingle them the Dose is four or five ounces every morning Doctor Mores Powder or grosly prepared Drug to be taken in mornings and after Meals to mend Concoction comfort the Brain break Winde and make sweet Breath Take Liquorish cut small Anniseed Comfits with one skin of Sugar of each two ounces sweet Fennil seed Comfits with one skin of Sugar Corianders prepared and Caroway-seed of each one ounce of white Ginger Cinamon Calamus Aromaticus and Nutmegs of each one ounce cut very small of the Lozenges of Aromaticum Rosatum of Manus Christies with Chymica Oyl of Cinamon Cloves and Lozenges of Dâ—ambra cut into small pieces each half an ounce to be taken about a spoonful at the time aforesaid Lucatello's Balsam admirable for all Wounds Take Venice Turpentine one pound Oyl Olive three pints Sack six spoonfuls yellow Wax one pound natural Balsam half an ounce Oyl of Saint Johns-Wort red Sanders powdered of each one ounce wash the Venice Turpentine three times in red Rose-water then slice the Wax thin and set it on the fire in a big Skillet and when it is well molten put the Turpentine to it and stir them well together till they boil a little take it off the fire and let it cool till the next day then cut it into thick slices and pour all the water out of it then set it on the fire again and when it is molten stir it well and put it into the aforesaid Oyls Sack Balsam and Sanders and stir them well together that they may incorporate then â—et it boil again for a short space take it off the fire and stir it well for the space of two hours that it may become thick and when it is cold put it up in several Gallipots and when you use it apply it tented into a deep and hollow wound if it be onely a slit cut anoint the wound with it and binde it fast on with the cloth A Purge by Dr. Mayhern Take of the best Sena six drams of Rhubarb two drams Cream of Tartâ—r half a dram of sweet Fennil-seed as much and a little Cinamon infuse all these one night in half a pint of white Wine in the morning let it boil one walm or two strain it and put of the best Manna an ounce dissolve it over the fire then strain it again then put to it an ounce of Salatine syrup of Roses so drink it fast two hours after from meat and drink sleep and then drink nothing but thin broth An approved Medicine to beautifie the Face or to take away Pimples or Heat in the Face Take a fair earthen Pipkin and put into it a pottle of clean running water and an ounce of white Mercury beaten to white powder then set it on the fire and let it boil until one half be consumed and keep it close covered saving when you stir it then take the whites of six new laid egs beaten half an hour or more and put it into the liquor after it is taken from the fire you must put in also the juyce of Lemons being very good and half a pint of new Milk and a quarter of a pound of bitter Almonds blanched and beaten with half a pint of Damask Rose-water strain all these together through a strainer and let it stand three weeks before you use it and I will warrant you fair c. An excellent water for the Eyes that are red or full of Rhume Take young Hazle Nuts when they are so soft that you may thrust a pin through
them still them in a Rose still Husks Shells and all and with the water wash your eyes To cure a Wound though the Patient be never so far off Take a quart of pure Spring water and put into it some Roman Vitriol and let it dissolve then if you have any blood of the wound either in linnen or woollen or silk put the cloth so blooded in the water and rub the cloth once a day and if the wound be not mortal the blood will out if it be it will not Let the patient keep his Wound clean washing it with white Wine when ever you wash the cloth the party wounded shall sensibly finde ease let the cloth be constantly in the water To make Oyl of Swallows Take swallows as many as you can get ten or twelve at the least and put them quick into a Mortar and put to them Lavender Cotton Spike Cammomil Knot-grass Ribwort Balm Valerian Rosemary tops Woodbine tops strings of Vines French Mallows the tops of Alehoof Strawberry strings Tutsane Plantain Walnut leaves tops of young Bayes Hysop Violet leaves Sage of vertue fine Roman Wormwood Brooklime Smallage Mother of Time of each of these a handful two of Cammomil and two of red Roses beat all these together and put thereto a quart of Neats-foot Oyl or May Butter stamp them all together and beat them with one or two ounces of Cloves and put them all together in an earthen pot stop it very close with a piece of dough round about so close that no air can come out set them nine days in a cellar and then take them out and boil them six or eight hours on the fire or else in a pan of water but first open your pot and put in half a pound of Wax white or yellow whether you will and a pint of Sallet Oyl and strain them through a Canvas cloth To make Lead Plaister Take two pound and four ounces of the best and greenest Sallet Oyl with a pound of good red Lead and a pound of white Lead beat them well into dust then take twelve Ounces of Castle-Sope incorporate all these well together in a well glassed and great earthen pot that the Sope may come upwards set it on a small fire of coals the space of one hour and a half alwayes stirring it with an iron ball or round Pommil then make your fire somewhat bigger until it be the colour of Oyl then drop a little on the board and if it cleave neither to your finger nor the board then it is enough then take the clothes and make them into what breadth or size you please in Searcloth let not your cloth be course but of a reasonable new Holland and when you have dipped them then rub them with a Slick-stone it will last two years and the elder the better as long as it will stick it is good The vertues of the Leaden Plaister 1. If it be laid to the Stomach it provoketh appetite and taketh away any grief in the same 2. If laid to the belly it is a present remedy for the ache 3. If laid to the Reins of the back it cureth and healeth the Bloody Flux the running of the Reins heat in the Liver or weakness of the Back 4. Itâ— healeth all bruises and Swellings it taketh away aches it breaketh Fellons Pushes and other Impostumes and healeth them 5. It draweth out any running Humour without breaking of the skin and being applied to the Fundament it healeth any disease there growing 6. The same laid to the head is good for the eyes 7. The same laid to the Belly of a Woman provoketh the Tearms and maketh apt for Conception For the Stone and Gravel Take and dry the roots of red Nettles make them into powder and drink a spoonful of the powder in a draught of white Wine something warm and it will break the Stone though it be never so great with speed use it every day until the Stone and Gravel be all broken and consumed A thing of small price and great vertue A drink to purge the body being very good for them that have the Scurvey or are inclined to it Take a pottle of fine running water and a pint of Rhennish Wine for a young body and for any elder take a quart set it on the fire put into it three or four slices of Horse Radish a great handful of Water Cresses and a handful of Brooklime both a little bruised slice in two or three Oranges outsides and insides let them boil all together better then half an hour then have ready a greater quantity of scurvey-grass bruised or a pint of the juyce of Scurvy-grass ready strained and put into the liquor and set over the fire again then there will arise a curd which being taken off put it into the drink when it is cold three or four Lemons more or less as best pleaseth the taste sweeten it with Sugar and drink a Wine draught in the morning and at four a clock in the afternoon and then walk and use some exercise after it The party that hath the scurvy and whose legs are much swelled may put into the drink some Juniper berries bruised half an ounce or thereabouts Dr. Bates his Medicine against a Consumption Take Liverwort two handfuls Succory six Endiffe Borage Colts-foot of each six handfuls shred these finely put them in a gallon of new Milk let them steep all night in the morning distil them in a glass still then take three spoonfuls of red Rose-water three spoonfuls of this water with half a pint of red Cows Milk and as much Sugar of Roses as will sweeten it To make Gascony Powder Take the black tips of Crabs claws gotten when the Sun is in Cancer pick out from within them all the fish beat them to as fine a powder as you can then searse it through a very fine searse take an ounce of this powder and put to it half an ounce of the Magestical of Pearl and as much of the Magestical of Coral mix them well together then put a little Rose-water in a glass in which you must hang a little Saffron in a bag and a little Musk and Ambergrece in another let them hang in Rose-water two or three dayes till the vertue of them be gone into the water then put your powder either into a Silver Porringer or a white earthen one and put as much of the Rose-water as will moisten your powder then dry it in the Porringer by a gentle fire and so wet your powder three or four times and as often dry it after this make a Gelly as followeth Take a Viper alive in May or June cut off his head and tail above the Navil pull off his skin and with a clean cloth rub it dry and so you may hang them up and take two of those skins and slice them small with a little Harts-horn and make a Gelly of them you need not make much then when your powder is dry wet it
in the morning fasting To make Saffron Water Take seven Quarts of white Wine and infuse in it all night one ounce of Saffron dried and in the morning distill it in a Limbeck or glass body with a head and put some white Sugar-candy finely beaten into the Receiver for it to drop on Mr. Stepkins Water for the Eyes Take four ounces of white Rose water and two drams of Tutia in powder shake them well together in a glass vial and drop of it a little into the Eyes evening and morning it is very good for any hot Rheum A precious Water to revive the Spirits Take four gallons of strong Ale five ounces of Aniseeds Liquorish scraped half a pound sweet Mints Angelica Betony Cowslip flowers Sage and Rosemary flowers sweet Marjoram of each three handfuls Pelitory of the wall one handful After it is for two or three dayes distill it in a Limbeck and in the water infuse one handful of the flowers aforesaid Cinamon and Fennel-seed of each half an ounce Juniper berries bruised one dram Red-rose buds rosted Apples and Dates sliced and stoned of each half a pound distill it again and sweeten it with some Sugar-candy and take of Ambergreece Pearle red Coral Harts-horn powdered and leaf Gold of each half a dram put them into a fine linnen bag and hang it by a thread in a glass The Bishop of Worcesters admirably curing Powder Take black tips of Crabs claws when the Sun enters into Cancer which is every year on the eleventh day of June pick and wash them clean and beat them into fine powder which finely searce then take Musk and Civet of each three grains Ambergreece twelve grains rub them in the bottom of the Mortar and then beat them and the powder of the Claws together then with a pound of this powder mix one ounce of the magistery of Pearle Then take ten skins of Adders or Snakes or Slow worm cut them in pieces and put them into a pipkin to a pint and a half of Spring water cover it close and set it on a gentle fire to simmer onely not to boil for ten or twelve hours in which time it will be turned into a Jelly and therewith make the said powder into balls If such skins are not to be gotten then take six ounces of shaved Harts-horn and boil it to a Jelly and therewith make the said powder into balls the horn must be of a red Deer kil'd in August when the moon is in Leo for that is best The Dose is seven or eight grains in beer or wine To make Spirit of Castoreum Take Calamints four ounces Orange peels two ounces Nep half a handful Walnut blossoms half an ounce Rosemary flowers and tops of Sage of each one handful Castoreum one ounce white Wine one quart distil them in a Limbeck This Water is good for swounding fits weak stomachs and rising of the Mother A Water for the Stone Take a quart of clean pickt Strawberries put them in a glass pour on them a quart of Aqua vitae let them stand and steep and take two or three spoonfuls of it morning and evening with fine Sugar or white Sugarcandy It will keep all the year Approved To make Dr. Stephens Water Take a gallon of Claret wine or Sack Cinamon Ginger Grains of Paradise Gallingall Nutmegs Anniseed and Fennel-seed of each three drams Sage Mint red Roses Pellitory of the Wall Wilde Marjoram Rosemary Wilde Time Cammomile Lavender of each one handful bruise the said spices small cut and bruise the Herbs and put all into the Wine in a Limbeck and after it hath stood twenty four hours distil it gently and keep the first water by it self and so the second For a Tetter Take water of red Tar and wash it therewith This is an approved remedy A special water for a Consumption Take a peck of garden shell Snails wash them in small Beer put them into a great Iron dripping-pan and set them on the hot fire of Charcoals and keep them constantly stirring till they make no noise at all then with a knife and cloth pick them out and wipe them clean then bruise them in a stone Mortar shells and all then take a quart of Earth Worms rip them up with a knife and scoure them with Salt and wash them clean and beat them in the Mortar then take a large clean Brass pot to distill them in put into it two handfulls of Angelica on them lay two handfuls of Celandine a quart of Rosemary flowers of Betony and Agrimony of each two handfuls Bears-foot Red dock leaves the bark of Barberries and Wood Sorrel of each one handful Rice half a handful Funugreek and Turnerick of each one ounce Saffron dryed and beaten into powder the weight of six pence Harts-horn and Cloves beaten of each three ounces when all these are in the Pot put the Snails and Worms upon them and then pour on them three gallon of strong Ale then set on the Limbeck and paste it close with Rye dough that no air come out or get in and so let it stand one and twenty hours and distill it with a moderate fire and receive the several Quarts in several Glasses close stopt The Patient must take every morning fasting and not sleep after it two spoonfuls of the strongest water and four spoonfuls of the weakest at one time fasting two hours after it Syrup of Pearmains good against Melancholly Take one pound of the juyce of Pearmains boil it with a soft fire till half be consumed then put it in a glass and there let it stand till it be settled and put to it as much of the juyce of the leaves and roots of Borage Sugar half a pound sirup of Citrons three ounces let them boil together to the consistence of a sirup Tincture of Ambergreece Put into half a pint of pure spirit of Wine in a strong glass Ambergreece one ounce Musk two drams stop the glass close with a cork and bladder and set it in hot horse-dung twelve dayes then pour off the spirit gently and put as much new spirit on and do as before and pour it off clean after all this the Ambergreece will serve for ordinary uses One drop of this Tincture will perfume any thing besides it is a great Cordial Dr. Price and Mâ— Fenton the Chyrurgion their excellent Medicine for the Plague after Infection Take assoon as you finde your self sick as much Diascordium as the weight of a shilling with ten grains of the powder called Speciei de gemmis well mingled together and streight after this let the party drink a good draught of hot posset ale made with Carduus Benedictus Sorrel Scabiosa and Scordium within eight hours after the first taking of it the party must take the Diascordium and Posset again as aforesaid and in like sort the third time within eight hours after but not above three times nor the third time if the party mend after the first or second taking Doctor
an hazle Nut of Angelica root sliced very thin as much of Setwal roots sliced three or four spoonfuls of White Wine Vinegar so put them altogether in a glass and stop it very close and shake it two or three times a day together so keep it to your use when you wet the spunge shake the glass in the Winter you may put to it three or four spoonfuls of Cinamon water or Sack A Perfume against the Plague Divers good Physicians opinions are that to burn Tar every morning in a chafing-dish of coals is most excellent against the Plague also put in a little Wine Vinegar to the Tar. It is most excellent and approved Sir Edward Tertiles Salve called the chief of all Salves Take Rosin eight ounces Virgins Wax and Frankincense of each four ounces Mastick one ounce Harts Suet four ounces Camphire two drams beat the Rosin Mastick and Frankincense in a Mortar together to fine powder then melt the Rosin and Wax together then put in the powders and when they are well melted strain it through a cloth into a pottle of White Wine and boil it together till it be somewhat thick then let it cool and put in the Camphire and four ounces of Venice Turpentine drop by drop lest it clumper stirring it continually then make it up into Rolls and do with it to the pleasure of God and health of man The Vertues and use of it 1. It is good for all Wounds and Sores old or new in any place 2. It cleanseth all Festers in the flesh and heals more in nine dayes then other salves cure in a moneth 3. It suffers no dead flesh to ingender or abide where it comes 4. It cureth the Head-ache rubbing the Temples therewith 5. It cureth a salt fleam Face 6. It helpeth Sinnews that grow stiff or spring with labor or wax dry for want of blood 7. It draweth out rusty Iron Arrow-heads Stubs Splints Thorns or whatsoever is fixed in the flesh or wound 8. It cureth the biting of a mad Dog or pricking of any venemous creature 9. It cureth all Felons or white flaws 10. It is good for all festering Cankers 11. It helpeth all Aches of the Liver Spleen Kidneys Back Sides Arms or Legs 12. It cureth Biles Blanes Botches Impostumes Swellings and Tumours in any part of the body 13. it helpeth all aches and pains of the Genitors in man or woman 14. It cureth Scabs Itch Wrenches Sprains Strains Gouts Palsies Dropsies and waters between the flesh and skin 15. It healeth the Hemorrhoides or Piles in man or woman 16. It cureth the bloody Flux if the belly be anointed therewith 17. Make a Sear-cloth thereof to heal all the abovesaid Maladies with very many other which for brevity sake are omitted A Restorative Broth. Take a young Cock or Capon flea it and cut it in four quarters take out the bones and chop the flesh somewhat small put it into an earthen pot of three quarts with a close cover and pour on it a quart of good red wine and a pint of red Rose-water and put to one handful of Currans ten Dates stoned and cut small of Rosemary flowers or leaves and Borage of each half a handful then close on the cover of the pot very fast and set the said pot in a big brass pot of water and let it boil five or six hours taking heed that the water in the brass pot get not into the other pot when it is well boiled let it cool leasurely in the brass pot and then bruise all with a ladle and strain out the liquor whereof take morning and evening four or five spoonfuls blood warm For the Piles Take one spoonful of white dogs turd as much white Frankincense and twenty four grains of Alloes beat them fine and searce them then take one spoonful of honey the yolk of an egg and as much oyl of Roses as will make it to an ointment mingle them well together and anoint the grieved place if the sore be inward wet a Tent of lint in the ointment and put it into the Fundament and spread some of the ointments on a cloth and put that on it This is a present remedy For a sore Throat Mingle burnt Allum the yolk of an Egg powder of white Dogs turd and some Honey together tye a clout on the end of a stick wet in this mixture and therewith rub the throat or mix white Dogs turd and Honey spread it on sheeps leather and apply it to the Throat To void Phlegm from the Head Lungs or Stomach Mix Pelitory roots and Mustard together and hold it in the mouth and it will draw out much Phlegm from the Head but if you boil Pelitory roots Hysop and Mustard in Wine and Vinegar and gargle the Throat with it it will cleanse the Lungs and Stomach perfectly The Lady Drury's Medicine for the Cholick Proved Take a turfe of green Grass and lay it to the Navil and let it lie till you finde ease the green side must be laid next to the belly A Medicine for one thick of Hearing Proved Take the Garden Dasie-roots and make juyce thereof and lay the worst side of the head low upon the bolster and drop three or four drops thereof into the better Ear this do three or four dayes together An excellent drink for the Stone Take Sussafras and Sussaparilla of each two ounces shaved small China root and Tormentil roots of each one ounce sliced small Liquorish half a pound beaten Anniseed four ounces bruised steep all these in three gallons of running water for twelve hours then put to them these simples following picked and washed viz. Columbine Lady mantle Marsh Mallow and Moulear-roots slit Hearb Robert Ribwort Sanible Scabious Agrimony Coltsfoot and Betony of each two handfuls boil all these together on a soft fire till one gallon be consumed then strain it out and keep the liquor in a glass close stopped then take all what remains in the strainer put it into the pot again and pour thereon two gallons of running water and boil them till half the Liquor be consumed then strain it out and put both liquors together set them on the fire and put a quart of White Wine to it and let it boil a while gently and scum it clean then take it off the fire and put to it half an ounce of Rhubarb slit and two ounces of good Sena leaves and stir them well together and cover the pot close to keep in the heat and let it stand all night and in the morning stir it well and cover it again and so let it stand four dayes Take of this Liquor in the morning fasting four a clock in the afternoon and after supper at bed time at each time the quantity of six ounces and so used it must be till you feel ease To preserve a Woman with Childe from miscarrying Put a few Cloves and Cinamon with a spring of Baulm and Rosemary into a pint of Claret Wine and burn it
of White Lillies two of Dragon leaves two of Rue two of Wormwood two of Mints one of Sweet Marjoram one of Pellitory of Spain one of Feaverfew one of Angelica one of Betony stamp well these herbs and put them into a great pottage pot and boil them in two quarts of running water till the water be consumed then put to it two quarts of Cowslip flowers that have been steeped in Oyl Olive four weeks and have been kept in the Sun all that time and two quarts of White Wine and also two quarts of Oyl Olive boil them together one or two hours till you think it almost dry then strain in the Oyl from the herbs and put it into a glass and blow the uppermost of the Oyl into the glass for the very bottom is not so good A Medicine for the Worms Take a little fresh Butter and Honey melt it and anoint therewith the childe from the Stomach to the Navil then take powder of Mirrhe and strew it upon the place so anointed cover it with a brown paper and binde a cloth over it and so anoint the childe three nights one after another This Mirrhe is also good to swallow in a morning for shortness of breath and to chew it in the mouth for Rhumes A Powder for the winde in the Body Take Anniseed Caroway-seed Jet Ambergreese red Coral dried Lemon or Orange peels new laid Egg shells dried Dates stones pillings of Goose-horns of Capons and Pigeons dried Horse radish-roots of each half a scruple in fine powder well mixed and take half a scruple thereof every morning in a spoonful of Beer or white Wine To make Oyl of Eggs. Take twelve yolks of eggs and put them in a pot over the fire and let them stand till you perceive them to grow black then put them in a press and press out the oyl This oyl is good for all manner of burnings and scaldings whatsoever To make Oyl of Mustard seed Take two pounds of Mustard seed and four pounds of Oyl Olive grinde them together and let them so stand nine dayes and then stir it well and keep in boxes This Oyl is good for the Palsie Gout Itch c. To make Oyl of Fennel Take a good quantity of Fennel and put it betwen two iron Plates and make them very hot in the fire then press out the liquor This Oyl will keep a great while it is good for the Tissick and for Burnings or Scaldings To make Oyl of Rue Cut Rue leaves small and put them into a pot with some Oyl Olive and let them stand twelve dayes then boil them till they be wasted to the third part then strain it and keep it close This Oyl is good to keep away all causes of Pestilences in man woman or childe To make Oyl of Cammomile Stamp a good quantity of Cammomile flowers in a Mortar put them in a pot with some Oyl Olive and let them stand twelve dayes then boil it a little on the fire then take it off and press it out hard and put the juyce into glasses and put to them more Cammomile flowers stamped small and let them stand for your use A Sovereign Medicine for a Fistula Take pure Rosin one pound Sheep Suet the bigness of a great Egg or somewhat more in Winter and set them on a fire in a pot till it be ready to boil then pour it in a pan of cold water and work it with your hands rubbed with butter till it become so small as packthred scrape it on a cloth and spread it thin then cut it out small and narrow and when you use it roul it up small like tents The Powder Take an Ox-horn and steep it nine dayes in water shift every day into fresh water then take it out and fill it full of black Soap and fry it over the fire in a Frying-pan and the horn will melt away and burn to powder dip the end of ten tents in this powder The Water Take Allum and white Copperas of each half a pound beat them into fine powder and mix them well together and put them in an earthen pot and let them boil on a soft fire till they be hard and will boil no longer then beat them to powder Two spoonfuls will make a gallon of water and one spoonful will make a pottle but let the water seethe first then take it off and at first sprinkle a little of the powder lest it flame up and after the rest wet a fair cloth and dress the sore twice a day If green Copperas be used two pound must be put to one pound of Allum When the sore is dressed it must be tented as aforesaid if need require and lay on a cloth still wet in the said water As the water comes hot from the fire put in one spoonful of the said powder by degrees A special Medicine for a Looseness Burn three Nutmegs to ashes in the flame of a wax candle and when they are thorowly burnt rub them to powder and mix it with the like quantity of Bean flower and Cinamon finely beaten and searsed then make up into a paste with the white of an Egg and a little red Wine and make the paste into small round pills fit for swallowing and dry them hard in a clean fire and when you take them drink a little red wine after it For an Vncomb or sore Finger Shred one handful of Smallage very small and put to it one spoonful of Honey the yolk of an Egg and a little Wheat flower to make it thick then spread it on a cloth and lay it to the sore twice a day For the same in young Children or any other in the beginning Take Celandine and bruise it well between your hands and binde to your Navil and the soles of your feet hang it once in twenty four hours till they be well A Medicine for the Purples proved Take Purple Silk and shred it as small as you can and put it into a spoon and put a little Ale or Beer unto it lukewarm and so take it and drink after it a little and so do five mornings together and fast an hour after it Dr. Twines Almond Milk Take a pot of water when it is boiled and stood to be clear then boil therein Violet leaves Strawberries the whole herb with the root of each a pretty handful Sorrel a good root all well washed a crust of white bread raisins of the Sun stoned two ounces boil all these from a pottle to a quart and with fifty Almonds blanched and thirty Pompion Kernels all well beaten draw an Almond Milk sweetned with good â—ugar to your liking and drink a good draught thereof morning and evening towards the quantity of a pint Dr. Blacksmiths Almond Milk Take of the roots of Ruscus Gramen Sparagus and Succory each three drams Barley prepared half a handful of the leaves of Mallows Violets five leaved Grass Strawberries Borage Bugloss Maiden-hair of each half a handful sliced
also good for swollen Breasts May is the best time to make it in For a Bruise in a Womans Breast that is hard swoln Take Wood-lice and dry them between papers before the fire and make them into fine powder whereof take as much as will lie on a three pence in a spoonful of Grout Ale do thus first and last for three weeks together and after you may take twice a week till you finde the Breast well But you must be sure to keep a white Cotton fried in Goose grease to it constantly though you leave taking the said powder until you finde the breast cured This hath cured breasts that should have been cut off A Medicine for a childe that cannot hold his or her Water Take the Navil string of a childe which is ready to fall from him dry it and beat it to powder and give it to the patient childe Male or Female in two spoonfuls of small Beer to drink fasting in the morning A. R. C. Shred two handfulls of Rosemary flowers and boil them in a quarter of a pint of Aqua vitae a little together At nâ—ght when you go to bed and in the morning you must have two little pieces of white Cotton and take some of this liquor and set it on the embers in a dish and put in one of the pieces of Cotton and when it is hot wring out the liquor and lay it to the grief Do thus three times evening and morning keeping the last piece of Cotton to the grief all night and so all day An Electuary for the Liver Take Cichory roots wash and rub them very dry in a cloth then slit them and take out their pith and cut them in small pieces of these roots thus ordered take eight ounces and beat them small in a Mortar and put to them two ounces of currans well washed and dry rubbed in a cloth and beat them well together put one ounce of the best grated Rhubarb and half a pound of double refined Sugar beaten to powder and beat all well together in the Mortar to the consistence of a well formed Electuary and keep it in a galley-pot for your use close covered Take as much thereof as a Walnut in the morning fasting and as much at four a clock in the afternoon A Purging Ale for the Liver Take Scurvy-grass six handfuls Brooklime Water-cresses of each three handfuls Agrimony Speed-wel Liverwort of each two handfuls Fennel and Parsley roots of each three ounces Horse-radish two ounces Monks Rhubarb one pound as well picked washed and bruised then put to them Sena five ounces Polypody of the Oak four ounces Nutmegs bruised two ounces Fennel-seed bruised one ounce Liquorish slit and bruised two ounces Sassafras cut small three ounces put all these in a bag or boulter and hang it in five or six gallons of second Ale and after five dayes infusion drink thereof half a pint every morning fasting and walk upon it A Medicine for the Stone Take the Pulp of Cassia Fistula newly drawn one ounce and a half Rhubarb in powder one dram and a half Venice Turpentine seven drams Liquorish half a dram Species of Diatragacanthum Frigidum one scruple mix them well together with a sufficient quantity of Marsh Mallows and take thereof in the morning fasting the quantity of a Walnut and drink after it a good draught of posset drink use it three mornings at every new Moon For the Whites and Heats in the Back Take three or four Nutmegs and put them into the middle of a brown loaf set it in an Oven and when it is baked take out the Nutmegs and every morning for nine dayes one after another beat the white of a new laid Egg to water then put to it of Plantain and red Rose water of each four spoonfuls and grate into it some of the said Nutmegs and sweeten it with a little Sugar and drink it off Syrup of Ale for the same Disease Take a gallon of new Ale wort of the first tunning and hang it over the clear fire in an Iron Pot and scum it till no more will rise and when it is boiled to a pint take it off and put it into an earthen pot with a cover and take a little thereof on a Pen-knifes point every morning and evening An excellent artificial Balsam Take Conduit-water and Oyl Olive of each one quart Turpentine four ounces liquid Storax six ounces put them in a Bason and let them stand together all night the next day melt half a pound of Bees-wax on the fire and put to it Rosemary Bayes and sweet Marjoram of each one handful shred small and also Dragons Blood and Mummey of each one ounâ—â— made small and let them boil in the wax a while then put into the Bason Oyl of Saint Johns-wort and rose-water of each two ounces and boil it together a little more then put in some natural Balsam and red Sanders pulverised and let it boil a little then strain it into a bason and when it is cold make a hole in it with a knife to let out the water so dissolve it on the fire and put it up for your use The Vertues and Operations of this Balsam are 1. It is good to cure any wound inward if inward squirt it in or apply it with a tent if outward anoint the place 2. It healeth any burning or scalding bruise or cut being therewith anointed and a linnen cloth or lint dipped therein laid to the place warm 3. It takes away any pain or grief that comes of cold and moisture in the bones or sinews anointing the place grieved with this Oyl heated and a warm cloth laid on it 4. It cureth the headache onely anointing the temples and nostrils therewith 5. It is good for the Winde Cholick or Stitch in the sides applied thereunto warm with hot clothes four mornings together every morning a quarter of an ounce And many other cures it doth c. To make the Green Oyntment Take Rue and Sage of each one pound Bay leaves and Wormwood of each half a pound Melilot the Herb and Flowers of Cammomile Spike Rosemary red Rose leaves Saint Johns wort and Dill of each one handful chop them first very small then stamp them and put thereto the like weight of Sheeps Suet chopt very small and stamp them all in a stone Mortar to one substance that all be green and no Suet appear Then put it into a large earthen pan and pour on it five pints of pure and sweet Oyl Olive and work them together with your hands to one substance then cover the pan with paste close that no air enter and let it stand seven dayes then open it and put it in a fresh pan and set it on a soft fire alwayes stirring it till the herbs begin to grow parched then strain it into a fresh pan to which put the Oyls of Roses Cammomile white Lillies Spike and Violets of each one ounce stir them well together and
three or four times with this Gelly and as often dry it and at last put no more Gelly then will moisten the powder then make it up in balls as big and as little as you please and dry them in a stove and so keep them all the year Take of this powder twelve or fourteen grains either dry or in a spoonful of small beer in which there is a little Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers Certain Plaisters and their Vses 1. Emplast Deminum two pound it is good for all kinde of bruises or biles or old sores c. 2. Emplast Mellilot two pound it is good for all sorts of green Wounds or bruises or swellings or to breed flesh being wanting 3. Diapalma two pound it is a very fine drying Plaister and a good defensive to defend wounds from Inflamation c. 4. Oxicroceum four ounces it is an extraordinary good warming Plaister for broken bones or any cold cause c. Certain Oyntments and their use 1. Vnguentum Dalthea one half pound it is good to asswage pain dissolve swellings or hardness 2. Vnguentum Populeon it is a great cooling Oyntment for fire or any great inflamation or any burning 3. Vnguentum Album six ounces a fine cooling skinning Oyntment to mix with others c. 4. Vnguentum Nervinum four ounces it is good for all cold causes of the Sinnews or Joynts 5. Vnguentum Tutiae two ounces good for watring sore Eyes 6. Vnguentum Basilicon seven ounces good to fill hollow Ulcers with flesh and apply a Plaister on the top of it 7. Balsam two ounces good for all sorts of green wounds being put in warm A receipt of the Oyl of St. Johns-wort Take a quart of the best white Wine infuse therein pickt flowers of Saint Johns-wort then stow those flowers very dry and put in more into the same Wine infuse them again so long that the Wine be very strong and red coloured with the Saint Johns-wort then strain out the Wine clear from the flowers put thereto a pint of the best Sallet Oyl a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon bruised a quarter of Cloves bruised one race of very good Ginger sliced one good handful of the yellow flowers of Saint Johns-wort pickt very clean boil all these on a very soft fire till the Wine be all evaporated when it is almost boiled put in one good spoonful of pure Oyl of Turpentine let thâ—t boil in it a little so keep it for your use the elder the better A QUEENS DELIGHT OR THE ART OF Preserving Conserving and Candying As also A right Knowledge of making PERFUMES and Distilling the most Excellent Waters Never before Published Printed by R. Wood for Nath. Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill 1660. A QUEENS DELIGHT OF Conserves and Preserves Candying and Dâ—stilling Waters To preserve white Pear-plums or green TAke the Plums and cut the stalk off and wipe them then take the just weight of them 〈◊〉 Sugar then put them in a skillet of water and let them stand in and scald being close covered till they be tender they must not seethe when they be soft lay them in a dish and cover them with a cloth and stew some of the sugar in the glass bottom and put in the Plums strewing the Sugar over till all be in then let them stand all night the next day put them in a pan and let them boil apace keeping them clean scummed and when your Plums look clear your syrup will gelly and they are enough If your plums be ripe peel off the skins before you put them in the glass they will be the better and clearer a great deal to dry if you will take the Plums white if green do them with the rines on To preserve Grapes Take Grapes when they be almost through ripe and cut the stalks off and stone them in the side and as fast as you can stone them strew sugar on them you must take to every pound of Grapes three quarters of a pound of Sugar then take some of the sower Grapes and wring the juyce of them and put to every pound of Grapes two spoonfulls of juyce then set them on the fire and stâ—ll lift up the pan and shake it round for fear of burning to then set them on again and when the Sugar is melted boil them as fast as you can possibly and when they look very clear and the syrup some what thick they are enough To preserve Quinces white Take a pair and coar them and to every pound of your equal weights in Sugar and Quince take a wine pint of water put them together and boil them as fast as you can uncovered and this way you may also preserve pipins white as you do Quinces To preserve Respâ—ss Take a pound of Respass a pound of fine Sugar a quarter of a pint of the juyce of Respass strew the sugar under and above the respass sprinkle the juyce all on them set them on a clear fire let them boil as soft as is possible till the syrup will gelly then take them off let them stand till they be cold then put them in a glass After this manner is the best way To preserve Pippins Take fair Pippins and boil them in fair water till they be somewhat tender then take them out and peel off the skins and put them into a fair earthen pot and cover them till they be cold then make the Syrup with fair Water and Sugar seethe it and scum it very clean then being almost cold put in your Pippins so boil them softly together put in as much rine of Oranges as you think will taste them if you have no Orange take whole Cinamon and Cloves so boil them high enough to keep them all the year To preserve Fruits green Take Pippins Apricocks Pear-plums or Peaches when they be green scald them in hot water and peel them or scrape them put them into another water not so hot as the first then boil them very tender take the weight of them in Sugar put to it as much water as will make a Syrup to cover them then boil them something leasurely and take them up then boil the Syrup till it be somewhat thick that it will batten on a dish side and when they are cold put them together To preserve Oranges and Lemons the best way Take and boil them as for paste then take as much Sugar as they weigh and put to it as much water as will cover them by making a Syrup then boil them very leasurely till they be clear then take them up and boil the Syrup till it batten on the dish side and when they are cold put them up c. An approved conserve for a Cough or Consumption of the Lungs Take a pound of Elecampane roots draw out the pith and boil them in two waters till they be soft when it is cold put to it the like quantity of the pap of rosted Pippins and three times their weight of brown Sugarcandy beaten
any one do dye for when the poyson is quite drawn out the Chick will live the sore presently will asswage and the party recover Mr. Winlour proved this upon one of his own Children the thirteenth Chick dyed the fourteenth lived and the party cured Lord Treasurers Receipt for an Ague Take a quantity of Plantain shred it and double distil it and take six or eight spoonfuls of the Water with as much Borage-water with a little Sugar and one Nutmeg and drink it warm in the cold fit by Gods help it will cure you For Rheume in the Eyes Take one spoonful of Commin-seed finely beaten and boil it in Verjuyce till half be consumed put to it some course wheat bran and boil it till it be dry then put it in a small linnen bag and lay it to the nape of the neck so hot as you can endure it and it will draw the Rhume away To break the Stone and bring away the Gravel Take the inner bark of red Filberd-tree and shave a good handful of it and take as much Saxifrage and steep them in a quart of Ale or white Wine and drink a good draught thereof nine mornings together fasting A cordial Water in the time of Infection by Sir Thomas Mayner Take the juyce of green Walnuts shells and all two pound the juyces of Balm Carduus Benedictus and Marigolds of each three pounds roots of great Docks half a pound Butchers broom roots and all three quarters of a pound Angelica and Masterwort of each three ounces Scordium leaves two handfuls Treacle Venice and Mithridate of each four ounces Canary Wine three pints juyce of Lemons one pint digest these in a glass body two dayes close stopt then put on a glass head and distill it and when it is half distilled strain that which is left in the glass through a linnen cloth and distill it till it grow thick as honey which put into a Gally pot and give some of it in the time of Infection on a knifes point The distilled water is also good for the same purpose China broth for a Consumption Take an ounce of China root chipped thin and steep it in three pints of water all night on embers covered the next day take a Cock chicken deplumed and exenterated and put in its belly Agrimony Maidenhair of each half a handful Raisins of the Sun stoned one good handful and as much French barley boil all these in a pipâ—in close covered on a gentle fire for six or seven hours let it stand till it be cold strain it or let it run through a Hypocras bag and keep it in a glass for your use Take a good draught of it in the morning and at four a clock in the afternoon A comfortable Bag for the Stomach Take Balm Wormwood Rosemary Spearmints sweet Marjoram Winter savory of each half a handful dry them between two dishes on a chafing-dish of coals sprinkling them often with good Vinegar when they are well dryed put to them some crumbs of bread Cloves Cinamon and Nutmeg beaten to powder put them in a fine linnen bag quilt it and lay it warm to the stomach To encrease Womans Milk Bruise Fennel seed and boil them in Barley water and let the Woman drink thereof often To expell Winde Take a handful of Groundswel stripped downwards as much of sage and a quarter of a pound of currans boil these in a pint of Ale and drink it For the Piles Take white Lead finely scraped one dram burnt Allum two drams temper them with hogs lard and plantain-water and therewith anoint the grieved place For a Thrush or Canker in the Mouth Take two spoonfuls of clarified honey and put a piece of Allum between red hot tongs and hold it till it drop into the Honey and therewith dress the mouth often until it be perfectly cured A green Oyntment good for Bruises Swellings and Wrenches in Man Horse or other Beast Take six pound of May Butter unsalced Oyl Olive one quart Barrows-grease four pound Rosin and Turpentine of each one pound Frankincense half a pound then take these following Hearbs of each one handful Balm Smallege Lovage Red Sage Lavander Cotten Marjoram Rosemary Mallows Cammomile Plaintain Alheal Chickweed Rue Parsley Comfrey Laurel leaves Birch leaves Longwort English Tobacco Groundswel Woundwort Agrimony Briony Carduus Benedictus Betony Adders Tongue Saint Johns-wort pick all these wash them clean and strain the water clean from them These hearbs must be gathered after Sun rising Stamp them very small in a stone Mortar then beat the Rosin and Frankincense to powder and melt them alone then put in the Oyl Butter and Hogs grease and when all is well melted put in the Hearbs and let them boil half a quarter of an hour then take it off the fire and scum it very clean a quarter of an hour and when it is off the fire put in the Turpentine and two ounces of Verdigreese stir it well on else it will run over and so stir it till it leave boiling then put it in an earthen pot which stop very close with a cloath and a board on the top and set in an Horse Dunghil one and twenty dayes and take it out and put it into a Kettle and let it boil a little taking heed that it boil not over then strain it through a course cloath and put to it half a pound of Oyl of Spike and cover the pot close till you use it When you have any occasion to use it warm it a little for a cold cause and anoint the place grieved Mix this Oyl with the like quantity of the Oyl of Bayes when it is for a Melander in a Horse or a dry Itch in a Horse or Mare then take Quick-silver and beat it often with fasting spittle till it be killed and look black and take a quart of Comfrey to the quantity of Quick-silver to which put thrice so much of the said Oyl beat all well together and use it For a man it must be well chafed in the Palme of the hand three or four times If you use it for a Horse put to it Brimstone finely beaten and work it altogether as aforesaid An excellent Sear-cloth for a Wound Bruise or Ache. Take a pint of Oyl Olive four ounces of Unguentum Populeon the Oyls of Cammomile and Roses of each one ounce Virgins Wax three ounces Red Lead in powder eight ounces boil these together continually stirring them till they will stick to a cloth which is enough then wet your clothes in them and hang them up to dry The best time to make it is in March Dr Reads Perfume to smell against the Plague First take half a pint of red Rose water and put thereto the quanity of a hazle Nut of Venice Treacle or Mithridate stirring them together till they be well infused then put thereto a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon broken into small pieces and bruised in a Mortar twelve cloves bruised the quantity of
altogether then beat the yolks of six new laid eggs and put them into the Wine on the fire then take the Cock-treading of twelve eggs and the white of one egg and beat them to an Oyl take off the white froth from it and put this Oyl into the Wine and brew all well together with as much powder sugar as will make it of an indifferent sweetness whereof let the said woman take four spoonfuls at a time when she feeleth any pain to begin in her back or belly To make Childrens Teeth come without Pain Proved Take the head of a hare boild or rosted and with the brains thereof mingle honey and butter and therewith anoint the childes gums as often as you please Dr. Mays Juice of Liquorish to stay Rheum and preserve the Lungs Take six little handfuls of the tops of Hysop Rosemary flowers one little handful of the leaves of Coltsfoot four little handfuls stamp and take the juyce of them and put to it a pint of Hysop-water or running water unto all these put four ounces of Liquorish finely beaten and searsed then set it on the fire and boil it till it be as thick as cream then strain it through a fine strainer and set it again to the fire and stir it continually till it boil and put into it boiling four ounces of Yellow Sugar-candy let it boil till it rise from the bottom which stirring and when you may handle it make it up in Cakes and Roles as you please To kill a Felon quickly Take a little Rue and Sage stamp them small put to it Oyl of the white of an Egg and a little Honey and lay it to the sore A Remedy for the pain in the Stomach Take a pottle of white Wine eight ounces of Currans and four ounces of Elicampane-roots sliced a sprig of Marjoram and Spearmint boil all these together till the Currans be soft adding to it one spoonful of sweet Fennel-seed bruised Drink of the liquor every morning fasting at four a Clock in the afternoon and when you go to bed the quantity of six spoonfuls While you drink this apply to your stomach one spoonful of Conserve of Roses two penniworth of Mithridate Cinnamon Cloves and Nutmegs of each one spoonful and a penniworth of Saffron mix these together with Rose-water and Wine Vinegar and put them in a Linnen Bag and warm it and lay it to the Stomach To cure Diseases without taking any thing at the Mouth Take one pound of Aloes Hepatica Myrrhe four ounces both beaten very fine Aqua vitae and Rose-water of each one pinte after one nights infusion distil them in Sand twenty four hours very softly and in the end make a great fire and there will come a Balsome wherewith if you rub the Stomach with a warm cloath dipped therein it will purge Phlegm and Choler and all Worms which infect the brain and breed the Falling sickness it expelleth corrupruptions of the Stomach it helps digestion and appetite it expurgeth all dross in the bottom of the Stomach it cureth the Gout being mixed and well beaten with Aqua Vitae and applied warm to the Gouty place and left long on it To break the Stone Take Cammock roots dry them in an Oven beat them to powder searse it and put as much thereof as will lie on a groat into half a pint of White Wine half a sliced Lemon a top or two of Rosemary and some Sugar let them lie in steep all night in the morning stir them well together and drink it off and walk thereupon a good while Use this three or four mornings together and it will make the Stone break and void away in gravel but if the Kidneys be ulcerated then use the Medicine following viz. To help Vlceration in the Kidneys Take two drams of China-root sliced small Golden Rod Maiden-hair Pauls Betony Mousear Agrimony Comfrey Scabious Bugle red Bramble leaves Pelitory of the Wall Marsh Mallows and Plantain of each half a handful then take one spoonful of French Barley a stick of Liquorish sliced small one handful of Raisins of the Sun stoned boil all these softly in a pottle of running water to a quart then take it from the fire and put to it two ounces of Conserve of red Roses stir them together and let it run through a fine cloth and keep it close stopt in a glass and drink thereof blood-warm every morning and evening twelve spoonfuls at a time for two three or four weeks more or less as you see occasion and finde ease or pain A Special Medicine for one that cannot swallow although no inward Medicine can be taken for it Take the soiling of a Dog that is hard and white powder it and mingle it well with English Honey spread it thick upon a linnen cloth and hold it to the fire and lay it all over the Throat down to the Channel bone use fresh morning and evening binde it hard to and by Gods grace it will help To draw up the Vvula Take a new laid Egg and roste it till it be blue and then crush it between a cloth and lay it to the crown of the head and once in twelve hours lay new till it be drawn up A Purge for Children or Old men Take one spoonful of Spirit of Tartar prepared with Sugarcandy and Rose water put it in a little broth and give it either of them it purgeth gently it comforts the heart and expelleth Phlegm and Melancholly For a Noli me tangere Take the Herb called Turnsol cut it in small pieces and put it in a bottle and pour so much Aqua vitae on it as will cover it four fingers stop the bottle and set it in the Sun ten dayes and in the night in the Chimney corner but not too near the fire then pour of the Aqua vitae and keep it close then calcine the dregs remaining in the bottle between two calcining pots well luted which will be done in a day then put the calcined ashes into the said Aqua vitae and they will all dissolve Keep this as a great Treasure and give one spoonful thereof to the party fasting in white Wine and wet a cloth in the said Liquor and binde it on the sore place and without fail it will dry it up It helpeth also those that are troubled with the Gravel and Stone given as aforesaid with white Wine and it is very excellent for those that have the Dropsie Palsie or are taken with a Quartane Ague To make the Face fair and for a stinking Breath Take the flowers of Rosemary and seethe them in white Wine with which wash your face if you drink thereof it will make you have a sweet breath For heat in the Face redness and shining of the Nose Take a fair linnen cloth and in the morning lay it over the grass and draw it over till it be wet with dew then wring it out into a fair dish and wet the face therewith as oft as you
please as you wet it let it dry in May dew is the best An excellent Oyl to take away the Heat and Shining of the Nose Take twelve ounces of Gourd-seed crackle them and take out the kernels peel off the skin and blanch six ounces of bitter Almonds and make an Oyl of them and anoint the place grieved therewith you must alwayes take as much of the Gourd-seed as of the Almonds use it often For Heat or Pimples in the Face Take the Liverwort that groweth in the Well stamp and strain it and put the juyce into Cream and so anoint your face as long as you will and it will help you Proved Also the juyce of Liverwort drunk in beer warm is good for the heat of the Liver To take away Hair Take the shells of fifty two Eggs beat them small and still them with a good fire and with the water anoint your self where you would have the hair off Or else Cats Dung that is hard and dryed beaten to powder and tempered with strong vinegar and anointed on the place Dr. Friers Receipt for sweating in the face Take a little handful of Penniroyal and as much Cinquefoil and seethe them in white Wine or Vinegar if you take Vinegar put a little to it when it is sodden this done you must hold your head over it and cast a sheet over your head and keep in the air close as long as you can endure it and so ten or twelve times a day An approved Medicine taught by Dr. Blacksmith for the Cough Take the roots of Folefoot and dry them in an Oven and powder them then heat a Tile red hot and strew it thereupon then set the bottom of a tunnel upon it and let the patient receive the same morning and evening An approved Medicine for the same by Doctor Blacksmith Take a pint of Hysop-water and a quarter of a pound of Sugar-candy a spoonful of Anniseed bruised and a small stick of Liquorish sliced and bruised put them together and let them stand all night boil it a quarter of an hour upon a fire then strain and take of it two or three spoonfuls at a time warm you may take it at any time best at night when you go to bed or in the morning For the Kidneys swlon with cold or other Accident Take the Oyls of Roses and Quinces of each two drams and warm them in a saucer or porringer and anoint the place therewith against the fire lest you take cold in the doing of it A Vomit for an Ague Take blue Lilly-roots sliced small and bruised and steep it in as much Vinegar as will cover them and when the Patient feels his fit coming let him drink a draught of it in Ale and keep him very warm while it worketh A restorative Bag for a cold or windy Stomach Take Rose leaves Rosemary tops and flowers red Mints and Borage flowers of each one handful warm them in a platter on a chasing-dish of coals and ever as you stir it sprinkle it with Sack and Rose water and when it is as hot as can be put it in a cloth or silk bag and lay it to the bottom of the Stomach as hot as can be endured and keep your self from studying or musing and it will comfort very much A Drink for cold Rhumes or Phlegms Take the Roots of Fennel Comfrey Parsley and Liverwort Harts-tongue Mousear Horehound Sandrake Maiden-hair Chinquefoil Hysop Bugloss and Violet leaves of each one handful wash and dry them very clean Raisins of the Sun eight ounces Anniseeds four drams Liquorish two drams Elecampane-root two drams half a pint of Barley washed and bruised boil these in a pottle of fair water until half the liquor be consumed strain it and put to it one quart of White or Renish Wine and one ounce of Sugarcandy and boil it again till half be consumed take it from the fire and when it is cold put it into a clean glass and drink thereof every morning and evening a draught first and last and by Gods grace it will make you well and sound Approved For Rhume in the Throat Make a Cap of brown paper perfume it with Frankincense and apply it hot to the head then take the hard Eggs and lay them hot to the Nape of the Neck and anoint the Throat with Oyls of Rice and sweet Almonds and lay your self to sweat and after sweating mix Mell Rosarum Syrup of Mulberries Plantain water together and gargle the throat therewith In want of the said Syrup use Woodbin water A Remedy for the Stone Take a quart of Milk Ale and white Wine of each four ounces make them into a clear Posset drink the curd taken off to which put Parsley-roots Mallow leaves and Pellitory of the wall of each one handful Water-Cresses one handful and a half all small shred two sprigs of Time and Liquorish one ounce bruised boil all together to the consumption of a quart and take a draught thereof in the morning or at any time before meat sweetened with sugar to your taste A Broth for the Cough of the Lungs devised by Dr. Brasdale Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Fryer for the Lord Treasurer Take one paper of the prepared China Roots and steep it in six pints of fair water three hours then boil it unto three pints in an earthen pipkin then boil a Chicken and one ounce of French Barley together in a Pipkin six or seven Walmes and scum it then put away the water and put the Barley and the Chick to the China with the China in the paper a little green Endive twenty Raisins of the Sun stoned a little crust of Bread and a little Mace boil them together unto a pint and half strain it and let the party drink every day two draughts thereof one in the morning fasting and another at four a clock in the afternoon use it as often as you see cause For a Burning or Scalding Take Alehoof one handful the yolk of an Egg and some fair water stamp them and strain it and therewith wash the grieved place till the fire be out Or boil some Alehoof and Sheeps Suet together with Sheeps Dung and Plantain leaves till they come to a salve and apply it To Pâ—â—cure Sleep â—ruise a handful of Anniseeds and steep them in red Rose-water and make it up in little bags and binde one of them to each Nostril and it will cause sleep To sharpen a sick mans Appetite and to restore his Taste Take Wood or Garden Sorrel one handful and boil it in a pint of white wine vinegar till it be very tender strain it out and put to it Sugar two ounces and boil it to a Syrup and let the Patient take of it at any time A comfortable Juleb for a Feaver Take Barley-water and White Wine of each one pint Whey one quart put to it two ounces of Conserve of Barberries and the juices of two Lemons and two Oranges This will cool and open the body and
Liquorish two drams boil all these in three pints of fair running water to a quart or less then take the weight of a French Crown of the Kernels of each of the three cold seeds and beat them with a few Almonds and white Rose-water and Sugar and make Almond Milk Dr. Atkins excellenâ—t Receipt of Almond Milk to cool and cleanse the Kidneys Take a pint and a quarter of Barley-water and in that boil Althea Iringus Gramen and Sparagus Roots each a French Crowns weight Strawberries and five leaved Grass both Leaves and Roots each a few boil them till the Barley-water be but a pint then strain out the Barley-water and take a French Crowns weight a piece of the four cold seeds and peel off the husks then beat the seeds with the Almonds and strain them forth together with the Barley-water and put to it a little Rose water and Sugar and make it an Almond Milk A Receipt for the Stone Take a gallon of new Milk Wilde Time Sassafras Pellitory of the Wall Philipendula roots Saxifrage of each one handful Parsley leaves two handfuls three or four Radish-roots and as many Parsley roots Anniseeds one ounce cut and slit the roots bruise the hearbs and seeds and put them to infuse in the milk a whole night the next morning distil it in a Rose distiliatory Take ten or twelve spoonfuls of the water and as much White or Rhenish Wine a little Sugar and a sliced Nutmeg It is very good every full and change of the Moon to take morning and evening to prevent sickness and at any time if need require For the green sickness Take Aloes and Rhubarb of each four ounces finely beaten and searsed prepared Steel four drams mix these together with Claret Wine and make them into twenty seven pills and take every morning in three of them using exercise till all be gone and drink after them at each time a glass of Claret wine For any sore Breasts or Paps Take a pottle of running water Sage two good handfuls small minced and a quantity of Oatmeal-greats small beaten boil all these to the thickness of white bread dough but let it not burn to then put to it three spoonfuls of honey and a little saffron stir it well together and boil it to a quart somewhat stiff This Pultess will break and heal it soon and draw away the pain without breaking It will cure any sore Breast or Pap if it be not a Canker or Fistula A Syrrup lasting many years good for Swounding and Faintness of Heart it comforteth the weak Brain and Sinews it may be used as much as half a nut at once at your pleasure Take Borage Bugloss white Endive one little handful of Rosemary-flowers Time Hysop Winter Savory of each one little handful break these between your hands and seethe them in three quarts of water to three pints then strain it and put to it a pint of good Malmsey one ounce of whole Cloves powder of cinamon half an ounce powder of Ginger a quarter of an ounce one Nutmeg in powder Sugar half a pound or more let them seethe upon a soft fire well stirred for burning to until it come to the thickness of Honey then take it up and let it cool and put it in pots or glasses at your pleasure Prescribed by Dr. Twine An approved Medicine for a woman in Labor to make come prove safe deliverance Take powder of Cinamon one dram powder of Amber half a dram finely beaten mingle it with eight spoonfuls of Claret Wine and so let her drink it To know how much Bezar Stone must be taken when one is heart sick Take Bezer Stone the weight of three Barley corns or five at a time once in six or ten hours and give it in a spoon with Carduus Bean-water Borage or Bugloss Ale or Beer Doctor Stevens excellent water wherewith he cured many Diseases following Take one gallon of Gascoign Wine Ginger Gallingal Cammomil Nutmegs Grains of Paradise Cloves Anniseeds Caroway seeds of each one dram then take Sage Mint red Roses Time Pellitory Rosemary Penniroyal Montanum Cammomil Babin Harts-tongue Lavender Avance of each a handful bray the spices small and let it stand so twelve hours stirring it divers times then still it in a Limbeck and keep the first by it self for it is best then will there come a second water which is good but not so good as the first for it is fainter The vertues of this water is to comfort the Vital Spirit greatly and preserve the youth of man or woman and helps the inward diseases that come of cold helpeth the shaking of the Palsie and cureth contractions of Sinnews it strengthneth the Marrow in the bones it helpeth the conception of Women that are barren it killeth Worms in the body and cureth the cold Gout and Tooth-ache and it helpeth the Stone in the bladder and the pain in the Reins of the Back and will make one seem young a long time one spoonful of this Aqua vitae shall do more good to a man that is sick then four spoonfuls of any other and this Aqua vitae shall be better if it stand in the Sun all Summer long For the Falling Sickness Take half a peck of Peony roots cleanse rub wash and stamp them and as you stamp them put in Sherry Sack let them be beaten very small and then put to them a pottle of Sherry Sack stir all well together and let it stand close covered twenty four hours then pour of the clearest into bottles and take thereof a little draught every change of the Moon for three mornings one morning after another A Pultess to break a Bile or Imposthume Take Sorrel one handful twelve Figs quartered half a pint of Sorrel juyce boil and break these together till it be very tender and put to it some Wheat flower and when it is well boiled put to it a good piece of butter and lay it warm to the place twice a day till it be drawn enough A Remedy for Worms in Children Take one spoonful of juyce of Lemons powdered Saffron half a scruple and a little Sugar and give this same quantity to the Patient three mornings together For Worms Dr. Wetherborn Take Rhubarb one dram Wormwood half a dram Corralline one scruple Currans one good handful beat them all to a Conserve and mix it with Syrup of Violets to an Electuary and give a childe the quantity of a Walnut thereof every other morning fasting An Oyntment to heal any Bruise or Wound Take Sage Self-heal Smallage Sothernwood Plantain Time Ribwort Rue Parsley Marigold leaves Mercury Wormwood Betony Scabious Valerian Comfrey Lions-tongue Buck-horn of each one handful wash them clean and put them into a Sieve to drain all night and when they are dry chop them very small and put to them two pounds of unwashed Butter well beaten then boil it till half be consumed then strain it into the pot you mean to keep it in It is
draughts and take it morning and evening For the Bloody Flux Take Bean flower mingle it with Malmsey and make a paste thereof and bake it in an Oven like a Cake but not too hard and lay it upon the Navil of the belly as hot as can be suffered and wet it over with Malmsey and keep it warm It will help in three dayes A Drink to drive the Plague from the Heart Take a great Onion cut off the top of it and take out so much of the Core as the bigness of a Walnut which hole fill up with Treacle put on the top again and wrap the Onion in a piece of brown or gray paper roste it throughly and peel it and trim it finely and put it in a clean linnen cloth and strain it hard into three Porringers and drink the juyce so strained out for it hath been found most excellent by often proof not onely for the expulsion of the Plague but also for the eradicating of all Poison and Venome The onely Receipt against the Plague Take three pints of Muscadine and boil therein a handful of Sage and a handful of Rue until a pint be wasted then strain it and set it on the fire again then put thereto a penniworth of long Pepper half an ounce of Nutmegs all beaten together then let it boil a little and put thereto three penniworth of Treacle and a quarter of the best Angelica water you can get keep this as your life above all worldly Treasure Take of it alwayes warm both morning and evening a spoonful or two if you be already infected and sweat thereupon if not a spoonful in the morning and half a spoonful at evening in all the Plague time under God trust to this for there was neither Man Woman nor Childe by this deceived This is not onely for the Common Plague which is called the Sickness but for the Small Pox Measles and Surfeits and divers other Diseases A good Almond Milk for the bloody Flux Take Mutton and boil it in fair water and scum it very clean then put to it a handful of Borage leaves as much Prunes some Cinamon and whole Mace the upper crust of a Manchet boil all these well till their strength be gone into the broth then strain it through a Cullender then take Jordan Almonds and parch them as you do Pease and let them boil two or three Walms then strain them through a cloth and season it well with Sugar and a little Salt and let the Patient drink thereof at all times of the day It is very Medicinal To take Fish by Angling Take Assa Fetida Camphire Aqua vitae and Oyl Olive bray them together till they come to a soft Oyntment then box it and anoint your baits therewith For an Ache or Swelling Take Oatmeal Sheeps Suet and black Soap of each four ounces boil them in water till they be thick make a plaister of it and apply it to the grieved place hot For a Childes Navil that comes out with much crying Take Wax as it comes from the Bee-hive let it not be altered but onely strained from the Honey then melt some of it in a Sawcer and dip some black Sheeps Wool in it and binde it to the Navil For Womens sore Paps or Breasts Take Bean flowers two handfuls Wheaten Bran and powder of Fenugreek of each one handful one pound of white Wine Vinegar three spoonfuls of Honey three yolks of Eggs boil all till they be very thick and lay it warm to the Breast This will both break and heal it Crush out the matter when you change the Plaister Or take Oyl of Roses Bean flower and the yolk of an Egg with a little Vinegar set it on the fire till it be luke-warm and no more then with a feather anoint the sore places For an Ague in Womens Breasts Take the leaves of Hemlock fry them in sweet Butter and as hot as may be suffered apply it to the Breasts and lay a warm white Cotton on it and in short time it will drive the Ague out of them To draw Rhume from the Eyes back into the Neck Take twenty Catharides cut off their heads and wings and beat their bodies into small powder which put in a little linnen bag and steep it all night in Aqua vitae or Vinegar and lay it to the Nape of the neck and it will draw some blisters which clip off and apply to them an Ivy or Cabbidge leaf and it will draw the Rhume from the Eyes Or roste an Egg hard cut it in half and take out the yolk and fill either side with beaten Cummin-seed and apply it hot to the Nape of the Neck For a Canker in the mouth Take a pint of strong Vinegar Roach Allum the bigness of a Walnut as much English Honey as will sweeten it and boil it in a skillet put it up in a close stopt glass warm a little of it in a Sawcer and therewith wash the mouth often and lay some lint wet in the same warm liquor upon the places To make a sweet Breath Take the dried flowers and tops of Rosemary Sugarcandy Cloves Mace and Cinamon of each a like quantity dried and beaten into fine powder then take a new laid Egg and put of the powder into the Egg and sup it off fasting in a morning do so seven dayes one after another and it will sweeten the breath For an old sore Leg. Take the whitest hard Soap you can get scrape a quantity thereof into a Sawcer put to it some Deer suet and boil them on the fire then spread it on a clean linnen cloth and lay it to the sore morning and evening and in a short time it will heal For a Stitch in the Side Take a piece of white leavened bread and toste it on both sides then spread one side thereof with the best Treacle you can get and cover it with a fine linnen cloth and so lay it to the grieved place A most excellent Salve for a Wound Take a good quantity of the tops of Maiden or unset Hysop shred them small and beat them very small in a Mortar then take Oyl Olive and clarified Honey of each one spoonful put thereto half a handful of Wheat flower compound them together cold and make it up into a fine Salve which use to the purpose aforesaid A Pultess to ripen any Bile or Impostume Take a Lilly root and roste it in the Embers in a brown paper then take Figs and pound them small aud Fenugreek and Linseed of each a like quantity when the Lilly root is rosted pound it very well then boil all therein new Milk from the Cow till it be so thick that a spoon may stand upright in it and stir it alwayes in the boiling and put to it some barrows grease and apply it to the place grieved To encrease Womens Milk Take Fennel seeds bruised and boil them well in Barley water whereof let wet Nurses and Suckling Women
good while then shift it and boil it in another quart of water a good while shift it again and boil it in a pottle of running Spring water to a quart then take two ounces of sweet Almonds lay them to soak all night then stamp and strain them into the last Barley-water put to it four spoonfuls of Damask Rose-water the juyce of one Lemon and with Sugar sweeten it to your taste drink of this often in the night or when you are dry or hot To clear the Stomach and comfort it Take a pint of Sherry Sack put in it two ounces of Jean Treacle and four ounces of white Sugarcandy boil them into a Syrup with a soft fire and take one spoonful in the morning fasting A Plaister for the same Take a red Rose Cake and toste the upper side of it at the fire stick it thick full of Cloves and dip it in a little quantity of Aqua vitae and white Wine Vinegar warmed very hot in a Chafing-dish of coals lay it to the Stomach as hot as can be suffered and binde it fast on all night For a Rupture Take a sheet of Cap Paper wet it in water and fold it so wet and lay it upon the Rupture the party lying upon his back but close up the Rupture first with your fingers and so binde it down untiâ— it be dry and then it will hold and grow with the flesh you may wear a Truss upon it if you will To procure speedy Deliverance to a Woman in Labour with Childe Take a pint of Ale and boil it and put to it a Womans Milk to make a Posset of it and let the Woman in Travel drink it this hath procured easie and speedy Deliverance to divers Women in Childe-birth To cure a great Flux or Looseness of the Belly Take a hard Egg and peel off the shell and put the smaller end of it hot to the Fundament or Arse-hole and when that is cold take another such hot fresh hard and peeled Egg and apply it as aforesaid For to strengthen weak Eyes Mr. Stepkins Take one pint of red Rose water Sugarcandy one ounce Lapis Tutia two drams both finely pulverised put them into the Rose water and stir them well together and after it hath stood twenty four hours wet a bit of new clean spunge in the said water and wash the sore eyes therewith lying backward and when the water is almost spent put into the glass more red Rose-water A rare Oyl or St. Johns-wort Take a quart of Oyl Olive one pint of White Wine two handfuls of Saint Johns-wort stripped seeds and all bruise them and put them into the Oyl and put to it Oyl of Turpentine two ounces put all into a great double glass close stopped and set in the Sun ten dayes then put the glass with all that is in it into a Kettle of Water with some hay or straw in the bottom and let the water boil gently for ten or twelve hours then strain the Hearbs from the Oyl into which Oyl put as much fresh Saint Johns-wort and seeds bruised and let it stand ten dayes more in the sun this Oyl will be then of a deep red colour and will last seven years it is good to heal any wound the venemous bitings of Dogs or Serpents and for Sprains A Glyster for a hot Feaver Take one handful of French Barley boil it a while in water till it be red then pour off the water and put the Barley into a quart of running water with Mallow and Strawberry leaves of each one handful a few dried Cammomile flowers and a spoonful of Anniseeds bruised then boil it half away and strain it out put to the liquor a sawcer of Oyl Olive and four ounces of brown Sugar with four spoonsuls of Syrup of Violets use it something more then luke-warm An excellent Drink to keeps ones Mouth moist Take of Rosemary Cinquefoil and a stick of Liquorish bruised seethe them in a quart of fair water till half be consumed then strain it from the Hearbs and put in Sugarcandy and let it seethe a while again and then take it off the fire and let the Patient drink thereof cold or luâ—e-warm To stay Vomiting Seethe a good quantity of Cloves in Ale very well that it may be strong of the Cloves then sweeten it with Sugar and drink it warm An excellent Receipt for Swounding and bringing quickly to Life Take of the common round black Pepper and bruise it a little and take half a sheet of white paper and fold it up together and between every fold strew some of the same and burn the one end thereof in the fire and hold it to the Nostrils it is very good Against Fainting Take Amber and scrape it and put it in a spoonful of hot broth and take it in the morning fasting or at other time when you finde your self faint and fast an hour after Dr. Lukeners Medicine to strengthen the Back Take a pottle of fair water and a Cock Chicken then take three French Crowns weight of Sassafras as much of China wood one dram of orango roots one dram of Marsh Mallow roots scrape and cut all these in small pieces and put them in a close Pipkin and paste it fast that no air come out and let it stand twenty four hours upon the fire and stew but never boil then open the pipkin and put in one French Crowns weight of Fennil-seed and red Rose leaves Borage Bugloss and Rosemary flowers of each a small quantity of Prunes and Raisins of the Sun each a handful the bottom of a Manchet boil all these together very well till it come to a pretty thick broth then strain it and let the Patient take of this a reasonable draught at eight in the morning and at four in the afternoon three dayes together To hold Vrine Take the Claws of a Goat and burn them to powder and let the sick use hereof in their pottage a sooonful at once it will help them To stay Looseness Take Sage and dry it on the fire between two dishes and then put it in a linnen bag and sit upon it as hot as you can suffer it and continue it till you finde ease A singular Medicine that the marks of the Small Pocks be not seen Take a fat piece of Beef being througly powdered and boil it a great while then take a good quantity of the fattest broth and strain it and put thereto a quantity of red Rose water and beat them well together a good while and when the pocks begin to itch anoint two or three times a day herewith till they be clean gone and when the party is throughly well let them take the broth of lean powdered Beef and mingle it with white Wine and so let them wash their Face therewith and it shall bring it to smoothness and colour as it was before in any wise keep not the throat nor face too hot To dry up the Small Pocks Take
them and weigh them half a pound of sugar to half a pound of them then pare them and slice them into that liquour take the weight of it in sugar then take as many Rasberries as will â—â—â—lour it and strain them into the liqâ—â—â— then put in the sugar boil it as fast as you can then skim it till it be very clear then put in your Barberries and 〈◊〉 Sugar you weighed and so let them boil till the skin be fully risen up then take them off and skin them very clean and put them up To make Lozenges of red Roses Boil your Sugar to Sugar again then put in your Red Roses being fiâ—ely beaten and made moist with the Juyce of a Lemmon let it not boil after the Roses are in but pour it upon a Pye-plate and cut it into what form you please To make Chips of Quinces First scald them very well then slice them into a Dish and pour a Candy syrup to them scalding hot and let them stand all night then lay them on plates and searse sugar on them and turn them every day and scrape more sugar on them till they be dry If you would have them look clear heat them in syrup but not to boil To make Sugar of Wormwood Mint Anniseed or any other of that kinde Take double refined Sugar and do but wet it in fair water or Rose-water and boil it to a Candy when it is almost boiled take it off and stir it till it be cold then drop in three or four drops of the Oyls of whatsoever you will make and stir it well then drop it on a board being before â—ifted with Sugar To make Syrup of Lemons or Citrons Pare off all the rindes then slice your Lemons very thin and lay a lare of Sugar finely beaten and a lare of Lemons in a silver Bason till you have fitted it or as much as you mean to make and so let it stand all night the next day pour off the liquor that runs from it into a glass through a Tiffany strainer Be sure you put Sugar enough to them at the first and it will keep a year good if it be set up well To make Jumbals of Apricocks or Quinces Take Apricocks or Quinces and quoddle them tender then take their Pulp and dry it in a dish over a Chaâ—ing-dish of coals and set it in a stove for a day or two then beat it in a stone Mortar putting in as much Sugar as will make a stiff paste then colour it with Saunders Cochinele or blew Starch and make it up in what colour you please rowl them with battle-doors into long pieces and tye them up in knots and so dry them To make Cherry-water Take nine pound of Cherries pull out the stones and stalks break them with your hand and put them into nine pints of Claret Wine take nine ounces of Cinamon and three Nutmegs bruise them and put them into this then take of Rosemary and Balm of each half a handful of sweet Marjoram a quarter of an handful put all these with the aforenamed into an earthen pot well leaded so let them stand to infuse twenty four hours stirring it once in four or five hours so distill it in a Limbeck keeping the strongest water by it self put some Sugar finely beaten into your glasses If your first water be too strong put some of the second to it as you use it If you please you may tie some Musk and Ambergreese in a rag and hang it by a thread in your glass To make Orange Cakes Take Oranges and pare them as thin as you can then take out the meats clean and put them in water let them lie about an hour shift the water and boil them very tender in three or four waters then put them up and dry them on a cloth mince them as small as you can then put them into a dish and squeeze all the juyce of the meat into them and let them stand till the next day take to every pound of these a pound and a quarter of double refined Sugar Boil it with a spoonful of water at the bottome to keep it from burning till it be Sugar again then put in your Oranges and let them stand and dry on the fire but not boil then put them on glass plates and put them in a stove the next day make them into Cakes and so dry them as fast as you can To preserve Oranges the French way Take twelve of the fairest Oranges and best coloured and if you can get them with smooth skins they are the better and lay them in Conduit water six dayes and nights shifting them into fresh water morning and evening then boil them very tender and with a knife pare them very thin rub them with salt when you have so done core them with a coring Iron taking out the meat and seeds then rub them with a dry cloth till they be clean and to every pound of Oranges a pound and half of Sugar and to a pound of sugar a pint of water then mingle your sugar and water well together in a large skillet or pan beat the whites of three Eggs and put that into it then set it on the fire and let it boil till it rises and strain it through a Napkin then set it on the fire again and let it boil till the syrup be thick then put in yonr Oranges and make them seethe as fast as you can now and then putting in a piece of fine loaf sugar the bigness of a Walnut when they have boiled near an hour put into them a pint of Apple water then boil them apace and half a pint of White Wine this should be put in before the Apple water when your Oranges are very clear and your sirup so thick that it will gelly which you may know by setting them to cool in a spoon when they are ready to be taken off from the fire then put in the juyce of eight lemons warm into them then put them into an earthen pan and so let them stand till they be cold then put every Orange in a several glass or pot if you do but six Oranges at a time it is the better To preserve green Plum The greatest 〈◊〉 Plum is the best which will 〈…〉 in the midst of July gather them about that time or later as they grow in bigness but you must not suffer them to turn yellow for then they never be of good colour being gathered lay them in water for the space of 12. hours and when you gather them wipe them with a clean linnen cloth and cut off a little of the stalks of every one then set two skillets of water on the fire and when one is scalding hot put in your Plums and take them from the fire and cover them and let them rest for the space of a quarter of an hour then take them up and when your other skillet of water doth boil put them into it let
them but stay in it a very little while and so let the other skillet of water wherein they were first boiled be set to the fire again and make it to boil and put in you plums as before and then you shall see them rivet over and yet your Plums very whole then while they be hot you must with your knife scrape away the riveting then take to every pound of Plums a pound and two ounces of Sugar finely beaten then set a pan with a little fair water on the fire and when it boils put in your Plums and let them seethe half a quarter of an hour till you see the colour wax green then set them off the fire a quarter of an hour and take a handful of Sugar that is weighed and strow it in the bottom of the pan wherein you will preserve and so put in your Plums one by one drawing the liquor from them and cast the rest of your Sugar on them then set the pan on a moderate fire letting them boil continually but very softly and in three quarters of an hour they will be ready as you may perceive by the greenness of your Plums and thickness of your Syrup which if they be boiled enough will gelly when it is cold then take up your plums and put them into a Gallipot but boil your Syrup a little longer then strain it into some vessel and being blood-warm pour it upon your Plums but stop not the pot before they be cold Note also you must preserve them in such a pan as they may lie one by another and turn of themselves and when they have been five or six dayes in the Syrup that the Syrup grow thin you may boil it again with a little Sugar but put it not to your Plums till they be cold They must have three scaldings and one boiling To dry Plums Take three quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of black Pear-plums or Damsins slit the Plums in the crest lay a lay of sugar with a lay of Plums and let them stand all night if you stone the Plums fill up the place with sugar then boil them but gently till they be very tender without breaking the skins take them into an earthen or silver dish and boil your syrup afterwards for a gelly then pour it in your Plums scalding hot and let them stand two or three dayes then let them be put to the Oven after you draw your bread so often until your syrrup be dried up and when you think they are almost dry lay them in a sieve and pour some scalding water on them which will run through the Sieve and set them in an Oven afterwards to dry To preserve Cherries the best way bigger then they grow naturally c. Take a pound of the smallest Cherries and boil them tender in a pint of fair water then strain the liquor from the substance then take two pound of good Cherries and put them in a preserving pan with a lay of Cherries and a lay of sugar then pour the syrup of the other Cherries about them and so let them boil as fast as you can with a quick fire that the syrup may boil over them and when your syrup is thick and of good colour then take them up and let them stand a cooling by partitions one from another and being cold you may pot them up To preserve Damsins red Plums or black Take your Plums newly gathered and take a litle more sugar then they do weigh then put to it as much water as will cover them then boil your syrup a little while and so let it cool then put in your Damsins or Plumbs then boil them leasurely in a pot of seething water till they be tender then being almost cold pot them up To dry Pippins or Pears Take your Pippins Pears Apriâ—â—â—ks pare them and lay them in a broad earthen pan one by one and so rowl them in searsed Sugar as you flower fried fish put them in an oven as hot as for manchet and so take them out and turn them as long as the oven is hot when the oven is of a drying heat lay them upon a paper and dry them on the bottom of a Sieve so you may do the least plum that is To dry Pippins or Pears another way Take Pippins or Pears and lay them in an earthen pan one by one and when they be baked plump and not broken then take them out and lay them up and lay them upon a paper then lay them on a Sieves bottom and dry them as you did before To dry Apricocks tender Take the ripest of the Apricocks pare them put them into a silver or earthen skillet and to a pound of Apricocks put three quarters of a pound of Sugar set your Apricocks over your fire stirring them till they come to a pulp and set the Sugar in another skillet by boiling it up to a good height then take all the Apricocks and stir them round till they be well mingled then let it stand till it be something cold and thick then put it into Cards being cut of the fashion of an Apricock and laid upon glass plates fill the Cards half full then set them in your Stove but when you finde they are so dry that they are ready to turn then provide as much of your pulp as you had before and to put to every one a stove when they are turned which you must have said before and pour the rest of the pulp upon them so set them into your stove turning them till they be dry To dry Plums Take a pound of Sugar to a pound of Plums pare them scald your Plums then lay your Plums upon a sieve till the water be drained from them boil your Sugar to a Candy height and then put your Plums in whilest your Syrup is hot so warm them every morning for a week then take them out and put them into your stove and dry them To dry Apricocks Take your Apricocks pare and stone them then weigh half a pound of sugar to a pound of Apricocks then take half that sugar and make a thin sirup and when it boileth put in the Apricocks then scald them in that sirup then take them off the fire and let them stand all night in that Syrup in the morning take them out of that syrup and make another syrup with the other half of the sugar then put them in and preserve them till they look clear but be sure you do not do them so much as those you keep preserved without drying then take them out of that syrup and lay them on a piece of plate till they be cold then take a skillet of fair water and when the water boils take your Apricocks one after another in a spoon and dip them in the water first on one side and then on the other not letting them go out of the spoon you must do it very quick then put them on a piece of a plate
boil your Quinces in Apple-water as you do your Plums To make Quiddony of all kindes of Plums Take your Apple-water and boil the Plums in it till it be red as Claret Wine and when you have made it strong of the Plums put to every pint half a pound of Sugar and so boil it till a drop of it hang on the back of a spoon like a quaking gelly If you will have it of an Amber colour then boil it with a quick fire that is all the difference of the colouring of it To make Marmalet of Oranges or Orange Cakes c. Take the yellowest and fairest Oranges and water them three dayes shifting the water twice a day pare them as thin as you possible can boil them in a Water changed five or six times until the bitterness of the Orange be boiled out those that you preserve must be cut in halves but those for Marmalet must be boiled whole let them be very tender and slice them very thin on a Trencher taking out the seedes and long strings and with a Knife make it as fine as the Pap of an Apple then weigh your Pap of Oranges and to a pound of it take a pound and half of Sugar then you must have Pippins boiled ready in a Skillet of fair water and take the Pap of them made fine on a Trencher and the strings taken out but take not half so much Pippins as Oranges then take the weight of it in Sugar and mix it both together in a silver or earthen Dish and set it on the coals to dry the water out of it as you do with Quince Marmalet when your Sugar is Candy height put in your stuff and boil it till you think it stiff enough stirring it continually if you please you may put in a little Musk in it Touching Pastrey and Pasties To make Sugar Cakes TAke three pound of the finest Wheat Flower one pound of fine Sugar Cloves and Mace of each one ounce finely searsed two pound of Butter a little Rose water knead and mould this very well together melt your Butter as you put it in then mould it with your hand forth upon a board cut them round with a glass then lay them on papers and set them in an Oven be sure your Oven be not too hot so let them stand till they be coloured enough To make clear Cakes of Plums Take Plums of any sorts Raspiss are the best put them in a stone Jug into a pot of seething water and when they are dissolved strain them together through a fair cloth and take to a pint of that a pound of sugar put to as much colour as will melt it and boil to a Candy height boil the liquor likewise in another Posnet then put them seething hot together and so boil a little while stirring them together then put them into glasses and set them in an Oven or Stove in a drying heat let them stand so two or three weeks and never be cold removing them from one warm place to another they will turn in a week beware you set them not too hot for they will be tough so every day turn them till they be dry they will be very clear To make Paste of Oranges and Lemons Take your Oranges well coloured boil them tender in water changing them six or seven times in the boiling put into the first water one handfull of Salt and then beat them in a wooden Bowl with a wooden pestle and then strain them through a piece of Cushion Canvas then take somewhat more then the weight of them in sugar then boil it dry and fashion it as you please To make Rasberry Cakes Take Rasberries and put them into a Gallipot cover them close and set them into a skillet of water aud let them boil till they are all to mash then rub them through a strainer of Cushion Canvas put the liquor into a silver bason and set it upon a very quick fire and put into it one handfull or two of whole Rasberries according to the quantity of your liquor and as you shall like to have seeds in your paste Thus let it boil very fast till it be thick and continually stir lest it burn then take two silver disâ—es that are of a weight and put them into your scales in the one put the Raspis stuff and in the other double refined Sugar finely beaten as much as the weight of Raspiss stuff then put as much water to the Sugar as will melt it set it upon the fire and let it boil till it be very high candied then take it from the fire and put your Raspis stuff into it and when your Sugar and Rasberries are very well mixt together and the Sugar well melted from about the dish which if it will not do from the fire set it on again but let it not boil in any case when it is pretty cool lay it by spoonfuls in plates and put it into your stuff keeping temperate fire to it twice a day till it be candied that will turn them joyn two of the pieces together to make the cake the thicker To make Paste of Genoa Citrons Take Citrons and boil them in their skins then scrape all the pulp from the coar strain it through a piece of Cushion Canvas take twice the weight of the Pulp in Sugar put to it twice as much water as will melt it that is half a pint to every pound of Sugar boil it to a candy heightâ— dry the Pulp upon a Chafing dish of Coales then put the Syrup and the Pulp hot together boil it with stirring until it will lie upon a Pie-plate set it in a warm stone Oven upon two Billets of wood from the heat of the Oven all one night in the morning turn it and set it in the like heat again so turn it every day till it be dry To make a French Tart. Take a quartern of Almonds or thereabouts and peel them then beat them in a Mortar take the white of the breast of a cold Capon and take so much Lard as twice the quantity of the Capon and so much Butter or rather more and half a Marrow-bone and if the bone be little then all the Marrow with the juyce of one Lemon beat them all together in a Mortar very well then put in one half pound of loaf sugar grated then take a good piece of Citron cut it in small pieces and half a quarter of Pistanius mingle all these together take some flower and the yolks of two or three Eggs and some sweet Butter and work it with cold water To make Cakes of Pear-plums Take to a pound of the clear or the Pulp a pound of Sugar and boil it to a Sugar again then break it as small as you can and put in the clear when your sugar is well melted in it and almost cold put it in glass plates aud set them into your stove as fast as you can with coals under them and so
twice a day whilest they be dry enough to cut if you make them of the clear you must make Paste of Apples to lay upon them you must scald them and beat them very well and so use them as you do your Plums and then you may put them into what fashion you please To make Cakes viz. Take a pound of sugar finely beaten four yolks of Eggs two whites one half pound of Butter washt in Rose water six spoonfuls of sweet Cream warmed one pound of Currans well pickt as much flower as will make it up mingle them well together make them into Cakes bake them in an Oven almost as hot as for manchet half an hour will bake them To make a Cake the way of the Royal Princess the Lady Elizabeth daughter to King CHARLES the first Take half a peck of Flower half a pint of Rose-water a pint of Ale-yeast a pint of cream boil it a pound and a an half of Butter six Eggs leave out the whites four pound of Currans one half pound of Sugar one Nutmeg and a little Salt work it very well and let it stand half an hour by the fire and then work it again and then make it up and let it stand an hour and a half in the Oven let not your Oven be too hot To make Paste of Apricocks Take your Apricocks and pare them and stone them then boil them tender betwixt two dishes on a Chafing-dish of coals then being cold lay it forth on a white sheet of paper then take as much Sugar as it doth weigh and boil it to a Candy height with as much Rose-water and fair water as will melt the Sugar then put the Pulp into the Sugar and so let it boil till it be as thick as for Marmalet now and then stirring of it then fashion it upon a pie-plate like to half Apricocks and the next day close the half Apricocks to the other and when they are dry they will be as clear as Amber and eat much better then Apricocks it self To make Paste of Pippins like leaves and some like Plums with their stones and Stalks in them Take Pippins pared and coared and cut in pieces and boiled tender so strain them and take as much Sugar as the Pulp doth weigh and boil it to a Candy height with as much Rose-water and fair water as will melt it then put the pulp into the hot Sugar and let it boil untill it be as thick as Marmalet then fashion it on a pie-plate like Oaken leaves and some like half plums the next day close the half hlums together and if you please you may put the stones and stalks in them and dry them in an Oven and if you will have them look green make the paste when Pippins are green and if you will have them look red put a little Conserves of Barberries in the Paste and if you will keep any of it all the year you mâ—st make it as thin as Tart stuff and put it in Gallipots To make Paste of Elecampane roots an excellent remedy for the Cough of the Lungs Take the youngest Elecampane roots and boil them reasonably tender then pith them and peel them and so beat it in a Mortar then take twice as much sugar as the Pulp doth weigh and so boil it to a Candy height with as much rose-water as will melt it then put the Pulp into the sugar with the Pap of a roasted Apple then let it boil till it be thick then drop it on a Pie-plate and so dry it in a Oven till it be dry To make Paste of flowers of the colour of Marble tasting of natural flowers Take every sort of pleasing flowers as Violets Cowslips Gilly-flowers Roses or Marigolds and beat them in a Mortar each flower by it self with sugar till the sugar become the colour of the flower then put a little Gum Dragon steept in water into it and beat it into a perfect paste and when you have half a dozen colours every flower will take of his nature then rowl the paste therein and lay one piece upon another in mingling sort so rowl your Paste in small rowls as big and as long as your finger then cut it off the bigness of a small nut overthwart and so rowl them thin that you may see a knife through them so dry them before the fire till they be dry To make Paste of Rasberries or English Currans Take any of the Frails and boil them tender on a Chafing-dish of coals betwixt two dishes and strain them with the pap of a roasted Apple then take as much Sugar as the Pulp doth weigh and boil to a Candy height with as much Rose-water as will melt it then put the Pulp into the hot Sugar and let it boil leasurely till you see it as thick as Marmalet then fashion it on a Pie-plate and put it into the Oven with two billets of wood that the place touch not the bottom and so let them dry leasurely till they be dry To make Naples Bisket Take of the same stuff the Mackaroons are made of and put to it an ounce of pine-apple seeds in a quarter of a pound of stuff for that is all the difference between the Mackaroons and the Naples Bisket To make Italian Biskets Take a quarter of a pound of searsed Sugar and beat it in an Alablaster Mortar with the white of an Egg and a little Gum Dragon steept in rose-water to bring it to a perfect paste then mould it up with a little Anniseed and a grain of Musk then make it up like Dutch bread and bake it on a pie-plate in a warm Oven till they rise somewhat high and white take them out but handle them not till they be throughly dry and cold To make Prince Biskets Take a pound of searsed Sugar and a pound of fine flower eight Eggs with two of the reddest yolks taken out and so beat together one whole hour then take you Coffins and indoice them over with Butter very thin then to it put an ounce of Anniseeds fine dusted and when you are ready to fill your Coffins put in the Anniseeds and so bake it in an Oven as hot as for Manchet To make Marchpane to Ice and Gild and garnish it according to Art Take Almonds and blanch them out of seething water and beat them till they come to a fine Paste in a stone Mortar then take fine searsed Sugar and so beat it all together till it come to a perfect paste putting in now and then a spoonfull of Rose-water to keep it from Oyling then cover your March-pane with a sheet of paper as big as a Charger then cut it round by that charger and set an edge about it as about a Tart then bottom it with Wafers then bake it in an Oven or in a Baking-pan and when it is hard and dry take it out of the Oven and Ice it with Rose-water and Sugar and the white of an Egg being as thick
as Butter and spreead it over thin with two or three feathers and then put it into the Oven again and when you see it rise high and white take it out again and garnish it with some pretty conceit and stick some long Comfits upright in it so gild it then strow Biskets and Carawayes on it If your Marchpane be oyly in beating then put to it as much rose-water as will make it almost as thin as to Ice Lorenges Take Blossoms of Flowers and beat them in a bowl-dish and put them in as much clarified sugar as may come to the colour of the cover then boil them with stirring till it is come to sugar again then beat it fine and searse it and so work it up to paste with a little Gum Dragon steep it in Rose-water then print it with your mould and being dry keep it up To make Walnuts artificial Take searsed Sugar and Cinnamon of quantity alike work it up with a little Gum Dragon steep it in Rose-water and print it in a mould made like a Walnut-shell then take white sugar plates print it in a mould made like a Walnut kernel so when they are both dry close them up together with a little Gum Dragon betwixt and they will dry as they lie To make Collops like Bacon of Marchpane Take some of your Marchpane Paste and work it in red Saunders till it be red then rowl a broad sheet of white Paste and the sheet of red Paste three of the white and four of the red and so one upon another in mingled sorts every red between then cut it overthwart till it look like Collops of Bacon then dry it To make artificiall Fruits Take a Mould made of Alablaster three yolks and tie two pieces together and lay them in water an hour and take as much sugar as will fill up your mould and boil it in a Manus Christi then pour it into your mould suddenly and clap on the lid round it about with your hand and it will be whole and hollow then colour it with what colour you please half red or half yellow and you may yellow it with a little Saffron steept in water Touching Preserves and Pomanders To make an excellent Perfume to burn between two Rose-leaves TAke an ounce of Juniper an ounce of Storax half a dozen drops of the water of Cloves six graines of Musk a little Gum Dragon steept in water and beat all this to paste then roll it in little pieces as big as you please then put them betwixt two Rose-leaves and so dry them in a dish in an Oven and being so dried they will burn with a most pleasant smell To make Pomander Take an ounce of Benjamin an ounce of Storax and an ounce of Laudanum heat a Mortar very hot and beat all these Gums to a perfect paste in beating of it put in six grains of Musk four grains of Sivet when you have beaten all this to a fine paste with your hands with Rose-water rowl it round betwixt your hands and make holes in the beads and so string them while they be hot To make an Ipswich Water Take a pound of fine white Castle Soap shave it thin in a pint of Rose-water and let it stand two or three dayes then pour all the water from it and put to it half a pint of fresh water and so let it stand one whole day then pour out that and put half a pint more and let it stand a night more then put to it half an ounce of powder called sweet Marjoram a quarter of an ounce of powder of winter Savory two or three drops of the Oyl of Spike and the Oyl of Cloves three graines of Musk and as much Ambergreese work all these together in a fair Mortar with the powder of an Almond Cake dried and beaten as small as fine Flower so roul it round in your hands in Rosewater To make a sweet Smell Take the Maste of a sweet Apple tree being gathered betwixt the two Lady-dayes and put to it a quarter of Damask Rose-water and dry it in a dish in an Oven wet it in drying two or three times with Rose-water then put to it an ounce of Benjamin an ounce of Storax Calamintae these Gums being beaten to powder with a few leaves of Roses then you may put what cost of Smells you will bestow as much Civet or Ambergreese and beat it all together in a Pomander or a Bracelet Touching VVine To make Hypocras TAke four gallons of Claret Wine eight ounces of Cinnamon three Oranges of Ginger Cloves and Nutmegs a small quantity Sugar six pound three sprigs of Rosemary bruise all the spices somewhat small and so put them into the Wine and keep them close stopped and often shaked together a day or two then let it run through a gelly bag twice or thrice with a quart of new milk The Lady Thornburghs Syrup of Elders Take Elder-berries when they be red bruise them in a stone Mortar strain the juyce and boil it to a consumption of almost half scum it very clear take it off the fire whilest it is hot put in sugar to the thickness of a Syrup put it no more on the fire when it is cold put it into Glasses not filling them to the top for it will work like Beer This cleanseth the stomach and spleen and taketh away all obstructions of the Liver by taking the quantity of a spoonful in a morning and fasting a short time after it To make Gelly of Raspis the best way Take the Raspis and set them over the fire in a Posnet and gather out the thin Juyce the bottom of the skillet being cooled with fair water and strain it with a fine strainer and when you have as much as you will then weight it with Sugar and boil them till they come to a Gelly which you may perceive by drawing your finger on the back of the spoon To dry Fox Skins Take your shee Fox Skins nail them upon a board as strait as you can then brush them as clean as you can then take Aqua Fortis and put into it a six pence and still put in more as long as it will dissolve it then wash your skin over with this water and set it to dry in the Sun and when it is dry wash it over with the spirits of wine this must be done in hottest time of summer Choice Secrets made known To make true Majestery of Pearl DIssolve two or three ounces of fine seed Pearl in distilled Vinegar and when it is perfectly dissolved and all taken up pour the Vinegar into a clean glass Bason then drop some few drops of Oyl of Tartar upon it and it will cast down the Pearl into fine powder then pour the Vinegar clean off softly then put to the Pearl clear Conduit or Spring water pour that off and do so often until the taste of the Vinegar and Tartar be clean gone then dry the powder of Pearl upon warm
Betony Pimpernel and Turmentine roots of each a pound steep these all night in three gallons of strong Beer and distil them all in a Limbeck and when you use it take a spoonful thereof every four hours and sweat well after it draw two quarts of water if your Beer be strong and mingle them both together Poppy Water Take four pound of the Flower of Poppies well pickt and sifted steep them all night in three Gallons of Ale that is strong and still it in a Limbeck you may draw two quarts the one will be strong and the other will be small c. A Water for a Consâ—mption or for a Brain that is weak Take Cream or new milk and Claret VVine of each three pints of Violet flowers Bugloss and Borage flowers of each a spoonfull Comfrey Knotgrass and Plantain of these half a handfull three or four Pome-waters sliced a stick of Liquorish some Pompion seeds and strings put to this a Cock that hath been chased and beaten before he was killed dress it as to boil and parboil it until there be no blood in it then put them in a pot and set them over your Limbeck and the soft fire draw out a pottle of water then put your water in a Pipkin over a charcoal fire and boil it awhile dissolve therein six ounces of white Sugar-candy and two penny weight of Saffron when it is cold strain it into a glass and let the Patient drink three or four spoonfulls three or four times a day blood-warm your Cock must be cut into small pieces and the bones broken and in case the flowers and hearbs are hard to come by a spoonful of their stilled waters are to be used Another for the same Take a pottle of good Milk one pint of Muscadine half a pint of red Rose-water a penny manchet sliced thin two handfuls of Raisins of the sun stoned a quarter of a pound of fine sugar sixteen Eggs beaten mix all these together then distill them in a common still with a soft fire then let the Patient drink three or four spoonfuls at a time blood-warm being sweetened with Manus Christi made with Corral and Pearle when your things are all in the Still strew four ounces of Cinnamon beaten this water is good to put into broath c. A good Stomach Water Take a quart of Aqua Composita or Aqua vitae the smaller and put into it one handfull of Cowslip flowers a good handfull of Rosemary flowers sweet Marjoram a little Pellitory of the Wall a little Betony and Balm of each a little handful Cinnamon half an ounce Nutmegs a dram Anniseeds Coriander seeds Caroway seeds Gromel-seeds Juniper berries of each a dram bruise the spice and seed and put them into Aqua Composita or Aqua vitae with your Hearbs together and put into them a pound of very fine sugar stir them well together and put them into a glass and let it stand in the Sun nine dayes and stir it every day two or three Dates and a little race of Ginger sliced into it will make it the better especially against winde c. A Bag of Purging Ale Take of Agrimony Speedwell Liverwort Scurvy-grass Water-Cresses of each a handful of Monk of Rhubarb and red Madder of each half a pound of Horse-Radishes three ounces Liquorish two ounces Sassafrage four ounces Sena seven ounces sweet Fennil-seeds two drams Nutmegs four pick and wash your hearbs and roots and bruise them in a Mortar and put them in a bag made of a Bolter and so hang them in three galons of middle ale and let it work in the Ale and after three dayes you may drink it as you see occasion c. The Ale of Health and Strength by Viscâ—unt St. Albans Take Sassafras wood half an ounce Sarsaparilla three ounces white Saunders one ounce Chamapition an ounce China root half an ounce Mace a quarter of an ounce Chamapition an ounce cut the wood as thin as may be with a knife into small pieces and bruise them in a Mortar put to them these sorts of Hearbs viz. Cowslip Flowers Roman VVormwood of each a handful of Sage Rosemary Betony Mugwort Balm and sweet Marjoram of each half a handful of Hops boil all these in six gallons of Ale till it come to four then put the wood and hearbs into six gallons of Ale of the second wort and boil it till it come to four let it run from the dregs and put your Ale together and run it as you do other purging Ale c. A water excellent good against the Plague Take three pints of Malmsey or Muscadine of Sage and Rue of each one handful boil them together gently to one pint then strain it and set it on the fire again and put to it one penniworth of Long Pepper Ginger four drams Nutmegs two drams all beaten together then let it boil a little take it off the fire and while it is very hot dissolve therein six penniwoth of Methridate and three penniworth of Venice Treacle and when it is almost cold put to it a pint of strong Angelica water or so much Aqua vitae and so keep it in a glass close stopped A Cordial Cherry-water Take a pottle of Aqua vitae two ounces of ripe Cherries stoned Sugar one pound twenty four Cloves one stick of Cinamon three spoonfuls of Aniseeds bruised let these stand in the Aqua vitae fifteen dayes and when the watet hath fully drawn out the Tincture pour it off into another glass for your use which keep close stopped the Spice and the Cherries you may keep for they are very good for winde in the Stomach The Lord Spencers Cherry-water Take a pottle of new Sack four pound of through ripe Cherries stoned put them into an earthen pot to which put an ounce of Cinnamon Saffron unbruised one dram tops of Balm Rosemary or their flowers of each one handful let them stand close covered twenty four hours now and then stirring them then put them into a cold Still to which put of beaten Amber two drams Coriander seed one ounce Alkerms one dram and distill it leasurely and when it is fully distilled put to it twenty grains of Musk. This is an excellent Cordiall good for Faintings and Swoundings for the Crudities of the Stomach Winde and swelling of the Bowels and divers other evill Symptomes in the Body of Men and Women The Herbs to be distilled for Vsquebath Take Agrimony Fumitory Betony Bugloss Wormwood Harts-tongue Carduus Benedictus Rosemary Angelica Tormentil of each of these for every gallon of Ale one handful Anniseeds and Liquorice well bruised half a pound Still all these together and when it is stilled you must infuse Cinnamon Nutmeg Mace Liquorish Dates and Raisms of the Sun and sugar what quantity you please The infusion must be till the colour please you Dr. Kings way to make Mead. Take five quarts and a pint of VVater and warm it then put one quart of Honey to every
reviveth him in 〈…〉 use one spoonful à week fasting in the winter two spoonfuls A Water for fainting of the Heart Take Bugloss and red Rose-water of each one pint Milk half a pint Anniseeds and Cinnamon grosly bruised of each half an ounce Maiden-hair two handfuls Harts tongue one handful both shred mix all together and distill it in an ordinary still drink of it morning and evening with a little sugar A Surfeit Water Take half a bushel of red Corn Poppy put it into a large dish cover it with brown paper and lay another dâ—sh upon it set it in an Oven after brown bread is baked divers times till it be dry which put into a pottle of good Aqua vitae to which put Raisins of the sun stoned half a pound six figs sliced three Nutmegs sliced two flakes of Mace bruised two races of Ginger slâ—ced one stick of Cinnamon bruised Liquorish sliced one ounce Anniseed Fennill-seed and Cardamums bruised of each one dram put all these into abroad glasse body and lay first some Poppy in the bottom then some of the other Ingredients then Poppy again and so till the glasse be full then put in the Aqua vitae and let it infuse till it be strong of the spices and very red with the Poppy close covered of the which take two or three spoonfulls upon a Surfeit and when all the liquor is spent put more Aqua vitae to it and it will have the same effect the second time but no more after D. Butlers Cordial Water against Melancholly c. Most approved Take the flowers of Cowslips Marigolds Pinks Glove-gilly-flowers single stock Gilly-flowers of each four handfulls the flowers of Rosemary and Damask Roses of each three handfulls Borage and Bugloss flowers and Balm leaves of each two 〈◊〉 put them in a quart of Canary Wine into a great Bottle or jugg close stopped with a Cork sometimes stirring the flowers and wine together adding to 〈◊〉 Anniseeds bruised one dram two â—utmegs sliced English Saffron two penniworth after some time infusion distill them in a cold Still with a hot fire hanging at the Nose of the Still Ambergreese and Musk of each one grain then to the distilled water pat White Sugar candy finely beaten six ounces and put the glass wherein they are into hot water for one hour Take of this water at one time three spoonfuls thrice a week or when you are ill it cureth all melancholly fumes and infinitely comforts the spirits The admirable and most famous Snail Water Take a peck of garden shell Snails wash them well in small Beer and put them in an hot Oven till they have done making a noise then take them out and wipe them well from the green froth that is upon them and bruise them shells and all in a stone Mortar then take a quart of earth worms scowre them with salt slit them and wash them well with water from their filth and in a stone Mortar beat them to pieces then lay in the bottom of your distilled pot Angelica two handfuls and two handfulls of Celandine upon them to which put two quarts of Rosemary flowers Bears foot Agrimony red Dock Roots Bark of Barberries Betony wood sorrel of each two handfuls Rue one handful then lay the Snails and Worms on the top of the Hearbs and Flowers then pour on three Gallons of the strongest Ale and let it stand all night in the morning put in three ounces of Cloves beaten six penniworth of beaten Saffron and on the top of them six ounces of shaved Harts-horn then set on the Limbeck and close it with paste and so receive the water by pints which will be nine in all the first is the strongest whereof take in the morning two spoonfuls in four spoonfuls of small Beer and the like in the afternoon you must keep a good Diet and use moderate â—â—ercise to warm the blood This Water is good 〈…〉 Obstructions whatsoever It 〈◊〉 a Consumation and Dropsie the stopping of the Stomach and Liver It may be 〈◊〉 with Milk for weak people and 〈◊〉 with Harts-tongue and Elecamâ—ane A singular Mint Water Take a still full of Mints put Balm and Penniroyal of each one good handful steep them in Sack or Lees of Sack twenty four hours stop it close and stir it now and then Distill it in an ordinary still with a very quick fire and keep the still with wet clothes put into the Receiver as much sugar as will sweeten it and so double distill it Distillings A most excellent Aqua Coelestis taught by Mr. Philips Apothecary TAke of Cinnamon one dram Ginger half a dram the three sorts of Saunders of each of them three quarters of an ounce Mace and Cubebs of each of them one dram Cardamon the bigger and lesser of each three drams Setwell-roots half an ounce Anniseed Fennil-seed Basil-seed of each two drams Angelica roots Gillyflowers Thime Calamint Liquorish Calamus Masterwort Penniroyal Mint Mother of Thime Marjoram of each two drams red Rose-seed the flowers of Sage and Betony of each a dram and a half Cloves Galingal Nutmegs of each two drams the flowers of Stechados Rosemary Borage and Bugloss flowers of each a dram and half Citron Rindes three drams bruise them all and put in their Cordial Powders Diamber Aromâ—â—â—cam Diamuscum Diachoden the spices made with Pearle of each three drams infuse all these in twelve pints of Aqua vitae in a glass close stopped for fifteen dayes often shaking it then let it be put in a â—â—â—â—beck close stopped and let it 〈◊〉 distiâ—â—ed gently when you have 〈…〉 in a cloth two drams of 〈…〉 â—alf a dram of Ambergreese and 〈…〉 twelve grains of gold and so 〈◊〉 it to your use Hypocras taught by Dr. Twine for Winde in the Stomach Take Pepper Grains Ginger of each half an ounce Cinnamon Cloves Nutmegs Mace of each one ounce grosly beaten Rosemary Agrimony both shred of each a few crops red rose leaves a pretty quantity as an indifferent gripe a pound of Sugar beaten lay these to steep in a gallon of good Rhennish or White Wine in a close vessel stirring it two or three times a day the space of three or four dayes together then strain it through an Hypocras strainer and drink a draught of it before meat half an hour and sometimes after to help digestion Marigold flowers distilled good for the pain of the Head Take Marigold flowers and distill them then take a fine cloth and wet 〈◊〉 the aforesaid distilled water and so lay it to the forehead of the Patient and being so applied let him sleep if he can this with Gods help will cease the pain A water good for Sun-burning Take water drawn off the Vine dropping the flowers of white Thorn Bean-flowers Water Lilly-flowers Garden Lilly-flowers Elder-flowers and Tansie flowers Althea flowers the whites of Eggs French Barley The Lady Giffords Cordial Water Take four quarts of Aâ—â—a Vitae Borrage and Poppy-water 〈◊〉 each a pint two