strength Moreover this Medicine may be given two or three times or more according to the condition of the Patient c. in all Complexions and Constitutions of bodies to Women with Child to Children and Infants without any hurt or danger especially if the state of the disease be such that they dare not give those hot Theriacal and Alexiterical Antidotes But if the condition of the sick seems so to require that a Vein should be opened or the body cleansed by some Vomit or Purge these things ought first to be done and after if need be some Sudorifick given Also if the constitution of the Patient be such that he cannot sweat easily as indeed many such are sometimes found when such a Patient shall be committed to your care that cannot sweat though covered never so warm and other means used to force it give a Dose of this Arcanum and it will work either by Vomit or Stool or by Urine or some other insensible Perspiration like a pestilential Vulnerary that drives the peccant matter from the Centre to the Emunctories and out of the body and no other ways doth it invade the malignity therefore we may also expect the same effect from this Antidote which in other cases and bodies is produced from Sweat-driving Medicines Also in the giving of it great care is to be taken lest any thing of Vinegar or other sharp Liquor be mixed with it nay any acetous Syrups are also forbidden as Syrup of Citrons Goose-berries Barberries c. But this Extract of Bezoar may be precipitated another way which will fall to the bottom of the Vessel like Powder and not easily dissolve But if any should read this especially one ignorant of the Secrets of Nature and will not believe or doth not know the efficacy and power of this Divine Medicine let him prove it in this manner let him give poison to a Pigeon Hen Dog Cat or any other Animal and when it is ready to dye then let him give it of this Medicine in some appropriate Vehicle and he may see what is to be done by the works of his Creator Moreover I have often proved it and by the Grace of God I have given it with wonderful success among the infected in acute Diseases the Plague Petechia poisonous Draughts c. Lastly it is to be observed that this Potable Bezoar is not to be kept in Venice or Bohemian Glasses but in thick German Glasses for the more sure keeping of its spiritual virtue for which give praise and honour to God Magistery of the Bezoar-stone OF the Oriental Bezoar-stone there is also a most excellent and precious dry Magistery prepared of a subtile and penetrating virtue thus Dissolve the Bezoar according to art in the Menstruum whose preparation was mentioned before when it is dissolved filter it through a Paper and have ready at hand either distilled Vinegar or Juyce of Citrons clarified pour this by drops upon the solution yet pour it on quick holding your hand a good distance above it and presently soft and subtile particles will precipitate to the bottom almost without any acrimony then draw off the Menstruum and edulcorate it with Cordial waters which being done dry it and keep for use as the true and sincere Magistery of Bezoar Virtue Use and Dose This noble Magistery thus prepared is profitable in all malignant affects and Symptoms and is given against all poisonous humors or vapors that infect the Heart especially where the quality and putrefaction is judged to be hot and therefore in all other cases where Bezoar is useful it may be safely given and in the first place to those who are of a tender Nature and nauseate Physick also to Women with Child and to Infants because it hath almost neither smell nor taste The Dose of it to Infants is from two or three grains to four but to those of riper years according as the age and necessity may require from ten or twelve to fifteen grains in distilled Waters or other convenient Medicine according as the skilful Physician shall think most fit Magistery of Coral with Roses Take of distilled Vinegar four pound and red Roses dryed Put the Roses into the Vinegar and let them stand in infusion till it is of a red Tincture which filter and in this Liquor dissolve according to art red Coral and into this solution drop Spirit of Vitriol and there will suddenly a red Powder precipitate it self to the bottom this Powder dry in the shade and not in the Sun or by the fire without any edulcoration lest the sharpness of the Vitriol should be lost and the Tincture of Roses washed away and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This Magistery is given in those cases and to those persons where the use of the other Corals is thought too dear It comforts the Heart and vital Spirits and preserves the body from all poison It purifies the blood and resists putrefaction and all other diseases arising from blood corrupted It gently refrigerates drys and contracts by which means it roborates all the internal members debilitated by an intemperate heat and preserves the body in a good state of health It is by Experiment found most profitable in a weak Stomach Vomiting Bleeding at the Nose Flux of the Liver Suffocation of the Matrix superfluous Terms the Whites Abortion Gonorrhoea Stone in the Reins Dysentery and all other Fluxes of the Belly The Dose is from four grains to six in any Vehicle appropriate to the Disease Annotation In like manner you may prepare Magistery of Corals from Flowers of Piony good in the Epilepsie and other dangerous affects and is a very commendable Medicine and the same is to be understood in preparing it from certain other Flowers Scammony Rosated Take Spirit of Vitriol first rectified with Spirit of Wine three ounces red Roses dryed a dram and a half Infuse the Roses in the Spirit till it become red then filter it and you have the Spirit of Vitriol rosated Afterward dissolve crude Scammony in the Spirit that it may be like Broth or thick Pottage then dry it again and this labour repeat the second and third time then add a little Spirit of Roses the Pestle being first smeared with Oyl of sweet Almonds and work it strongly into a mass from which afterward with some drops of Oyl of Roses and Cinamon make Troches of a fragrant and sweet odour which may be kept many years Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth divers humors but especially yellow Choler without any trouble and cleanseth the Vessels and blood hence it is given with good success in many diseases that require evacuation and this it performs gently without any Gripes of the Belly The Dose is from thirteen or sixteen grains to twenty either in Pills or in Powder given in any proper Vehicle Annotation In the whole Spagyrick Republick I have not found a more noble Corrective for Scammony as I can witness by my own Experience for this doth
of Citrons one pound Distil it and separate the Oyl from the water rectifie it and reserve it for use Then take of white Sugar Candy three ounces Oyl of Citrons rectified half an ounce Mix them and you have a most odorate Eleosaccharum of Citrons Yet there is another more secret way of preparing an Eleosaccharum of Citrons and Oranges and that is thus from the exterior coat of them being yet recent the oily Juyce is prest and mixt with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar Candy and well incorporate and so you have an Eleosaccharum far more sweet and excellent both in smell and taste which is also easier to be prepared Virtue Use and Dose It helps the imbecillity of the Heart and Ventricle it promotes Concoction and discusseth Flatulencies it is good against Poisons and causeth a sweet breath It being also mixed with Wine doth wonderfully advance it by its most sweet odour and taste The Dose is from half a scruple to a scruple in any convenient Vehicle Annotation This way of Preparation may be observed almost in all Spices Gums Barks Herbs Flowers and Seeds c. to wit in Clove-gilli-flowers Cinamon Cassia lignea Nutmegs Mace Pepper white Amber Mastich Marjoram Sage Rue Lavender flowers of Chamomil and Roses Aniseeds Fenil-seed Angelica Caraway Cummin-seed Dill c. From these and such like may Eleosaccharum be prepared most friendly to humane Nature Magistery of Parsley Take Ashes of Hearts-ease or Salt of Tartar half a pound and with a sufficient quantity of Rain-water make a strong Lixivium clear c. Then take Parsley not dryed in the Sun and cut small what quantity you please Put it into a Glass and pour upon it your Lixivium already made let them stand in digestion in a warm place to extract the Tincture To this being impregnate and the Lixivium yet hot pour upon it warm crude Alum half a pound dissolved in Rain-water mix them well together and the true Tincture of the Parsley will precipitate with the ebullition and be a little green which diligently edulcorate and keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It heats and cuts the Humors it strongly provokes the Terms and Urine it discusseth Wind and expels the Stone The Dose is from six grains to ten or twenty in some appropriate Vehicle Annotation In like manner Magisteries or Tinctures of green dryed Herbs as of Rue Watercresses Water-Mints Rosemary Sage c. are extracted and kept for the use of them in Physick SECT II. Of Liquid Tinctures Tincture of Coral TAKE true Spirit of Honey Philosophically distilled but not that corrosive and poisonous vulgar sort pour it upon the pure red fragments of Coral first Spagyrically and without fire calcined to draw the Tincture until the body remains white and as it were dead All the Extractions being mixed after due ablution and Coagulation draw it off gently in Balneo Mariae and the remaining Essence of the dissolved matter not of the dissolving Menstruum again draw off with rectified Spirit of Wine until you do receive a most red Tincture like blood which you shall make into the form of an Oyl at least of an Alcoole by evaporating the mediety thereof and keep it for your use as the true and genuine Preparation of Corals but by no means make your Tincture with Aqua Mellis as many have hitherto done by hiding of this Secret Virtue Use and Dose Hitherto the Hermetical Artists have kept this noble and precious Essence to themselves for they used it with happy and great success in Phantastical imaginations Epilepsie and Melancholy because it mundifies and renews the blood throughout the whole body It also resists all defects rising in the blood by putrefaction and corruption and it radically throws off all internal diseases It also comforteth the seven principal Members but especially the Heart and vital Spirits which it defends against poison and all other evil and dangerous accidents Also it wonderfully opens all obstructions of the principal Members as the Lungs Liver Spleen and Kidneys and it allays Inflammations It eats up the heat of Feavers and consumes their matter c. It is a divine Medicine in the most vehement suffocation of the Matrix superfluity of the Terms in the Dropsie Scurvy Palsie Pox Leprosie Dysentery Gonorrhoea Convulsions and Blood congealed or stagnant The Dose is from six drops to half a scruple or a whole scruple in Vehicles convenient and proper to the disease Tincture of Mars Take of Sal Armoniack two parts of filing of Steel one part Mix them and in a Retort distil them by degrees first with a gentle after with a more strong fire and the Essence of Mars will remain in the bottom take this and edulcorate it well that it may be free from all the sharpness of the Sal Armoniack then put this matter thus edulcorated into a little Cucurbit and with Spirit of Wine extract a Tincture and when it will tinge no more take away the tinctured Spirit and draw it off to the half in an Alembick that which remains with the Essence extracted filter through a Paper and reserve that for use as the true Tincture of Mars Virtue Use and Dose This Tincture of Mars is by Experiment found to be of singular use in all obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Also in Hypochondriack Melancholy Quartan Agues ill habit of Body Dropsie Green-sickness Scurvy the Terms too much either in flux or retention The Dose is from six drops to half a scruple in Wine Syrups Decoctions or other convenient Liquors that the strength of it may so much the better penetrate which is effectual even to the remote and extreme parts of the body but in the use of this the body ought to be often and gently purged of the peccant humors and a good Diet to be observed Tincture of Antimony TAke Vitriol calcined to a redness what quantity you please pour upon it distilled Vinegar Let them stand in a warm place for two or three days take the Tincture by inclination filter it and the Menstruum is prepared Then take a sufficient quantity of crude Antimony well pulverized and pour upon it of your Menstruum before-mentioned what quantity you please and let them digest according to art until the Menstruum appear yellow which pour off and pour on fresh till all the Tincture is extracted This being done and all the several Tinctures mixed let them be distilled to the thickness of Honey then at last draw it off again with Spirit of Wine to the half and you shall then receive a reddish Tincture which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It doth wonders in the Epilepsie Melancholy Madness Love potions and poisonous Draughts The Dose is six grains in some convenient Vehicle Tincture of Sulphur EXtract flowers of Sulphur with Spirit of Turpentine in the usual manner which being done let the Spirit evaporate by degrees till the rest is dry then take out the drâ—ed matter and pulverize it and with Spirit of
seeds of Roses of each two drams dead Nettles with their red flowers a dram and a half Nutmegs Cinamon the lesser Galangal and Cloves of each a dram Sebestens nine Boil these according to Art in three pound of Plantane to the consumption of one third and in the clear strained Liquor dissolve one dram of Camphire and if you please edulcorate it also with Miya of Quinces Virtue Use and Dose It is an experienced Medicine in Dysenteries and other Fluxes of the Belly and it also cures divers Haemorrhages The dose is a good draught in a morning fasting Decoctum Polypodii purgans or a purging Decoction of Polypody Take roots of Polypody of the Oak and Raisons stoned of each two ounces Carthamus seeds and Barley of each an ounce and a half Liquorish half an ounce Hyssop Scabious Coltsfoot and Germander of each a dram Iujubes fifteen fat Figs six and Dates cleansed from their skin four Boil them in so much Whey that there may remain about twenty one ounces and about the end of the Decoction add Leaves of Sena three ounces Troches of Agarick three drams seeds of Fenil and Anise of each a dram and a half Let them stand over the fire a while but not boil much then make a clear Potion according to Art Virtue Use and Dose We happily use it in the Asthma Phthisick Pleurisie and other Pectoral diseases The dose is from four ounces to five and the body being purged let the Patient drink our Pectoral Decoction called Subacidum or Subdulce as occasion serves Decoctum Galli antiqui farcinati or a Decoction of an old Cock stuffed Take Polypody an ounce and a half Carthamus seeds an ounce Cinamon three drams leaves of Sena white Turbith and Orange peel of each two drams white Ginger the lesser Galangal and Mace of each a dram species Diacymini and Dianisi of each half a dram and one Bay-berry The Species being mixed and put in a linen Rag let them be put in when the Cock is almost boiled enough Virtue Use and Dose It is very useful in the Colick when it proceeds from a thick flatulent and flegmatick Cause Decoctum Sanguinem mundificans or a Decoction to cleanse the Blood Take Citrine Myrobalans an ounce flowers of Violets dryed a dram Prunes nineteen Sebestens and Iujubes of each eight Boil them in water of the flowers of Acatia to three ounces in which dissolve of our potable Scammony a scruple Oyl of Cinamon and Aniseeds of each a drop Mix them and make a draught for one dose Virtue and Use. It purgeth Choler of both kinds Flegm and other Humors It also mundifies the Blood and keeps the body laxative in Feavers Decoctum Senae or a Decoction of Sena Take elect Sena three drams acid Tartar a dram Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little yet so as that the Tartar may be throughly dissolved and in the strained Liquor while it is warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Citrons ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose to be given warm Virtue and Use. It is a good Purge for the whole Body for it opens the obstructions of all the Bowels and mundifies the blood But in the first place it purgeth Choler both black and yellow and Flegm also It cleanseth and strengthens the Head Brain Heart Lungs Liver Spleen and all the Senses of the Body and carrieth off all that offends them It retardes Age increaseth Youth Moreover it is an excellent Medicine in all chronical tartarous and melancholy diseases as the Epilepsie Dotage Deliria's Heach-ach Gout Elephantiasis Scabs Pustles Itch and all other vices of the Skin It is also profitably given to Women with Child and to Children and Men of all ages for it purgeth modestly without any molestation But for Children and young Patients half or a third part of it is sufficient Decoctum Senae cum Rhabarbaro or a Decoction of Sena with Rhubarb Take elect Sena two drams the best Rhubarb and acid Tartar of each a dram of Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little enough to dissolve the Tartar afterward the expression being made and in the strained Liquor while warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Aniseeds ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose which is to be taken warm Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth Flegm and both kinds of Choler chiefly from the Stomach Liver and Spleen c. It mundifies the Blood opens all Obstructions and cures all Affects thence proceeding as Jaundice Dropsie Tumor of the Spleen putrid and continual Feavers pains of the Hypochonders c. Let no man wonder at the small dose of Sena in this Prescript for four drams of Sena infused in four ounces of Fumitory water do not purge more than two drams macerated in the like quantity because the water doth extract as much as it can and leaves the rest therefore two drams of Sena are sufficient to quicken other things in four ounces of Water Decoctum Rhabarbari or a Decoction of Rhubarb Take of the best Rhubarb a dram and a half red Roses dryed half a dram roots of Liquorish sliced and flowers of Marsh-mallows of each a scruple Let them be cut and bruised and infused all night in three ounces of Plantane water warm in the morning strain it in the strained Liquor dissolve of the best Manna half an ounce Elaeosaccharum of Nutmegs ten grains Spirit of Vitriol four drops Mix them for one dose and give it warm in the morning for a draught Virtue and Use. It is very effectual in all Fluxes of the Belly it gives one or two motions and by those it expels the cause of the bloody Flux Annotation Many use Rhubarb torrefied which is an evil practice because it consumes the virtue of it and the terrene part only remains and so makes it more stiptick Decoctum Violatum purgans or a purging Decoction of Violets Take leaves of Sena two ounces Fenil seeds and acid Tartar of each half an ounce dryed Violet flowers and the best Rhubarb of each a dram and a half white Ginger and Cinamon of each a dram Galangal the less and Cloves of each half a dram Let them infuse all night in Fumitory water warm in the morning boil them a little and afterward strain it and take of the clear strained Liquor ten ounces Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb and Syrup of the juyce of Violets Syrup of the juyce of Sorrel and Oxysaccharum simple of each an ounce Mix them and make a Potion which divide into four equal parts for four doses Virtue and Use. It is good in Tertian and Quotidian Feavers c. and gently purgeth all humors that offend
Vitriol calcined a very red Oyl take the Caput mortuum and from thence extract the extreme Salt free from all the taste of Vitriol then mix three parts of this extracted Salt with two parts of the distilled Oyl put upon a fire till it be dry Repeat this labour so often till the Salt is double the weight it was at first then put this Salt into a glass Cucurbit and pour upon it so much Oyl of Vitriol seal it Hermetically and set it to putrifie and afterwards into warm Sand which within a few days you shall find coagulated and so it is prepared Vertue Use and Dose This Arcanum is not only a stomachical Specifick but also a most powerful Remedy against all kind of Diseases which I happily use in general to conserve the Body in health The Dose from three and five grains to six or eight in some appropriate Vehicle Nitre Vitriolated TAke of Nitre prepared one part Spirit of Vitriol rectified two parts Mix them and distil it in a Retort by degrees first with a gentle then with a more strong fire till the Retort wax very hot and when the Spirit will no more ascend let it cool by degrees and in the bottom of the Retort will remain a white Powder almost void of its sharp corrosive and nitrous quality Upon this Powder pour so much fresh Spirit of Vitriol as is sufficient for its dissolution then filter it through a brown Paper and let it half evaporate away and put it then into a cool place to crystallize Take these Crystals and dry them and keep them for use and so you have the true Nitrum vitriolatum which by certain Chymists is called the Coagulated Spirit of Vitriol Virtue Use and Dose It hath the same virtue and operation that the Spirit of Vitriol hath only it refrigerates more and hath a greater diuretick force in colouring any thing it is also the same only it exceeds the Spirit The operation of it chiefly consists in cutting humors in dissipating mundifying drying contracting and resisting putrefaction and by its tartness it restrains thirst Hence it is a most excellent Medicine in all Feavers whether malignant pestilential putrid Hungarian or Epidemical which from a sulphureous astral and poisonous influence are caused and kindled in mens bodies containing in it a Bezoardick property by which it often moves Sweat and Urine and consumes all internal fervid noxious Vapors it also purgeth and comforteth the Stomach by a natural heat and helps it in Concoction it stirs up the Appetite takes away putrefaction and the cause of a stinking Breath it also kills the Worms which are the effects of Putrefaction and Crudity It is also a most profitable Remedy for all Hepatick diseases and for those who have their Faces painted with red Pustles or are subject to a Diarrhoea It is an useful Medicine in the Quincy pestilential Pleurisie Tumors of the Spleen putrid Gonorrhoea the Whites in Women the Scurvy and the like The Dose is from four or six grains to eight or ten in Conserves Electuaries Syrups Juleps or other convenient Liquors In cold distempers it is given mixt with Wine but in Feavers in Barley-water In Diarrhoea's and imperfections of the Liver as also in a Gonorrhoea and Fluxes in Women it is given mixed with Conserve of red Roses that it may become tart and red like blood But all they who are subject to Contraction and Convulsion of the Nerves and those who have dry Brains or lean spare Bodies also those whose Stomachs are small and weak and have the mouth of their Ventricle small and tender also Women and Virgins who are troubled with the obstruction of the Terms must abstain from the use of this Medicine Flowers of Nitre DIssolve Nitre prepared in Rose-water then put the solution into a new Pot not glazed and set it in a cold place for some days till the flowers of the Nitre pass through the Pot and stick to the outside of it then with a Hares foot let them be diligently wiped off and keep them for your use without any other preparation Virtue Use and Dose It is of excellent use in the Hungarian and other malignant burning Feavers It repels and takes off all Inflammations also the roughness of the Jaws and the heat of the parts adjoyning especially when they begin to wax black It is an admirable Remedy to alter and remove the intemperate heat of the Heart Ventricle Lungs Liver Spleen Kidneys and Bladder It brings away the Stone and expels Urine too long retained The Dose is from half a dram to a dram in some appropriate Medicine Spirit of Salt Coagulated TAke crystalline Salt of Wormwood or the common Salt well rectified add to this so much Spirit of Salt as will Spagyrically coagulate and unite these together yet let it be so done that the Spirit of Salt may abound both in favour and strength This so coagulated and justly consistent keep for your use in a glass Vessel for this is much more profitable than the Spirit of Salt it self both to take keep and carry about as need shall require Virtue Use and Dose This is a most excellent Medicine having a Balsamick property by which it renews the whole man and purifies the Blood it comforts the Head Heart and Stomach opens obstructions of the Liver and Spleen it takes away discusses mundifies and resists putrefaction It is also a most powerful Diuretick and therefore a Specifick in Dropsies powerfully expelling by Urine all the watry and flatulent humors and all the tartarous and snivelly matter by which the Stone in the Reins and Bladder is generated It is a present Remedy in the Iliack and Colick passions in the yellow Jaundice in long burning Feavers Dysenteries Palsies Apoplexies Gout Leprosie Worms Rupture the English Sweat the Plague Poisons c. The Dose from six or seven to ten or fifteen grains in specifick and appropriate Vehicles In the Dropsie it is given other Remedies being given before in Wormwood-water mixed with Spirit of the flowers of Elder of each equal parts and this continued daily till the Dropsie or Tympany is cured which will be in few days Spirit of Vitriol Coagulated IN the same manner is Spirit of Vitriol coagulated with Salt of Sorrel and is without doubt of great force in Physick as is witnessed by Experience the Mistress of all things Virtue Use and Dose It is a great Secret in corroborating a weak stomach whose digestion it also helps it is useful in Feavers of the Stomach in Inflammations and Thirst. We also use it in all diseases of the Head suffocation of the Womb Stone Jaundice Plague Epidemical diseases c. for it doth powerfully resist the Enemy of Nature and preserves from putrefaction The Dose the body being first cleansed is so much as will make any thing sharp or tart yet so that it may not offend the Teeth it is given in Mutton or other warm Broth or in any other proper Vehicle yet cholerick men
exceed all other Preparations yea the very Rosin of Scammony it self For it dissipates its tough viscous and poisonous malignity and doth correct it and doth certainly purge which doth not always follow from the taking of the Rosin only Magistery of Scammony THE true and Spagyrick Preparation and Correction of Scammony which is used as a Secret by Physicians is this Take a sufficient quantity of select Scammony which dissolve in Philosophical Spirit of Wine after due filtration draw it off again in an Alembick at least to half then pour upon it Rose-water as much as shall seem necessary for precipitation and the pure Rosin of Scammony will be precipitated void of all its poisonous quality and freed from its nauseous smell and taste which when the humidity is separated from it reserve for use Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth the body of both sorts of Choler and divers other diseases without any offence to the body neither can there be a more mild sweet and noble Cathartick found in the whole bosom of Nature The Dose is from half a scruple to a whole scruple in Conserves or other appropriate Vehicles Magistery of Gum Guttemaw or Gambogia BY the forementioned Method may a Magistery or Flowers be prepared of this Peruvian Gum which is an incomparable Cathartick to purge serous and thick humors let it be prepared carefully and reserved for use The Dose is from ten twelve or fifteen grains to a scruple especially in robust bodies Gum of Peru Rosated Take Gum of Peru or Guttemaw well pulverized an ounce Chicory-water half an ounce Spirit of Vitriol rectified a dram These being well mixed put it into a Glass or a well glazed Vessel and in a warm place but if it be too hot it will grow black and be spoiled let it evaporate and grow dry till it looks of an earthy colour Afterward pulverize this and add to it powder of red Roses an ounce of red Sanders two drams and pour upon it a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine and let it circulate for twenty four hours and when it is grown cold again filter it through a Paper and by degrees let it evaporate till it is dry and so you have a red Extract of valid and excellent efficacy and in aspect fair and lovely though the Gum by it self or the Magistery of it is of an unpleasant yellow colour and doth easily nauseate Hitherto it is revealed and communicated to none but to the ingenious and worthy for which end it was found Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth serous humors without danger and difficulty from all parts of the body for which reason it is used with excellent success in all ill habits of body Dropsie Gouts of all sorts and such kind of diseases also in the Scurvy and Greensickness it is found excellent by Experience The Dose is from fifteen grains to twenty one especially in robust strong bodies Amber Muskified Take of the best pure Amber an ounce of the most odorate Musk a dram Elaeosaccharum of Citrons half a dram Mix them and bring the mass into a most subtile Powder which moisten with Spirit of Roses hot and let it dry again and this labour repeat certain times and afterward let it be again finely powdered and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It heats and drys It comforts the Brain it roborates and succours it in all its affects it helps the continual pain of the Head it cleanseth the Eyes of white specks and consumes the moist defluxions thereof It wonderfully gives help to old people and to those who are naturally cold it hastens drunkenness being infused in Wine The Dose is from four to six and eight grains at the most in Sack or other proper Vehicle Regal Diacinamon Take of the best Cinamon four ounces three Nutmegs of our Syrup of Cinamon as much as will suffice Make it into an Electuary to which add Confectio Alkermes an ounce Oyl of Cinamon half an ounce Amber Muskified Troches of Pearls of each a dram Leaves of Hungarian Gold thirty one Mix them and so make a Royal magnificent Medicine which reserve for use Virtue Use and Dose It is of a hot quality It comforts the Brain and Heart above measure it discusseth the vitious humors of the Stomach and helps Concoction it helps the Syncope and Palpitation of the Heart it resists the inflation and swelling of the Stomach and dissipates wind It allays the Colick-pains proceeding from a cold Cause and it sweetens the Breath It resists all putrefaction It is very agreeable to old people who are cold and debilitated and in whom the native Balsam and natural heat are lessened and impaired It doth wonderfully recover strength increase Seed and promotes the strength of Procreation it excites to Venery and much sweetens the pleasure thereof and safely increaseth the motion thereunto The Dose in the morning fasting and in the evening at going to bed is the quantity of a Hazel-nut more or less according to the Complexion and Sex of the Patient Pearls Trochiscated TAke white Salt of the Oriental Pearls and free from all its acetosity what quantity you please dissolve it in water made of May-dew gathered from the standing Wheat or in some Cordial liquor to this solution add by drops of Spirit of Vitriol rectified as much as shall seem requisite for precipitation and a white Powder will precipitate to the bottom which the flegm being removed edulcorate and dry it according to art and you have the true Magistery of Pearls Then take of this Magistery an ounce the true Oyl of Roses and Oyl of Cinamon of each a scruple Mix them and with Tragacanth dissolved in equal parts of Rose-water and Cinamon-water let little Troches be made according to art which lay by for use and reserve it like a Treasure Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Comfortative in all affects of the Heart as Pain Sorrow Trembling Pulsation Palpitation defects of the Mind c. Also in pains of the Head Vertigo Epilepsie Apoplexy Palsie Contractures resolution of the Nerves Convulsion Phrensie Melancholy Madness Gout and Gouty pains in the Joynts Consumption Blasting the numbness and decay by Age Stone Dropsie Scurvy French Pox and Feavers c. It purifies the Blood it comforts all the Senses Brain Memory and Heart and preserves the whole body sound It fortifies Nature within also the Child in the Womb it roborates the Spirits repairs the strength and increaseth the humane Seed it amends Milk in Women takes away the spots of the Eyes and consumes Catarrhs c. And these Troches of Pearls thus made by our ordination have been highly approved by many Great and Noble men and by them esteemed as a great Secret and equal in effect to the Aurum Potabile The Dose according to the nature of the infirm and the Judgment of the Physician is from six grains to eight in appropriate Vehicles Elaeosaccharum of Citrons Take of Rose-water sixteen pound the exterior bark
St. Iohns-wort strained and depurated two pound of Pimpernel with purple flowers strained and depurated one pound blood of an Ass taken from the veins behind his ears half a pound flowers of Bugloss red Roses and Rosemary of each six drams Confectio Alkermes and Cassia lignea of each half an ounce of Saffron one dram Let them infuse all night and then distil them in B. M. cohobate the Liquor and repeat the work the second time Take of this water two pound Essence of the flowers of St. Iohns-wort made with Spirit of Wine half an ounce Let them stand all night in a warm place in the morning filter it so often till you have a most red Tincture which edulcorate with white Sugar Candy and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This Water is a great Secret in Melancholy Madness Witchcraft Inchantments yea in the Imagination impaired or abolished and as much as lyeth in art it amendeth the weakness dulness and stupidity of the Mind and the slowness of the Understanding it happily takes away all the affects of the Imagination It also provokes Urine and the Terms it helps Tertians and Quartans and is useful for all diseases of the Reins and Bladder The Dose is from three spoonfuls to four twice in the day in the morning before Sun-rising and at night going to bed Tinctura Vitae Take simple Spirit of Wine six pound of the best Rose-water four pound Orange peels Citron peels red Roses dryed water-Mints Balm white Sanders Cinamon of each eight ounces wood of Aloes Mace of each two drams seeds of Angelica Coriander Anise and Fenil of each a dram and a half Spicknard Galangal the less Oriental Saffron Cardamoms the less Cloves of each half a dram Ambergriese and Alexandrian Musk of each half a scruple Let them stand in digestion for eight days and then distil them in an Alembick Then take of this Spirit drawn off seven pound Cassia lignea two ounces Confectio Alkermes half an ounce Oriental Saffron a scruple Let them digest until the liquor is perfectly tinctured afterward let the tinged Spirit be edulcorated with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar Candy dissolved in its proper liquor and reserved for use Virtue Use and Dose By the pleasantness of its smell it refresheth the Heart and Spirits it exhilarates and prolongs life and comforts the Stomach and Brain it increaseth the heat of the Ventricle confirms its strength dissipates wind and encourageth digestion it helps the Gripings of the Guts and keeps them sound yea it is very profitable in the cold distempers of the Thorax Liver and Spleen The Dose is from one spoonful to two Tincture of Guajacum Take raspings of Guajacum four ounces of the best Mastich an ounce resinous wood of Aloes a dram Clove-gilliflowers half a dram These being mixed pour upon them a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine to extract the Tincture which afterward filter and reserve for use Virtue and Use. Let the Mouth and aking Teeth be washed often with this Tincture for the pain often proceeds from the defluxions of the Head it drys Catarrhs takes away the stink and rottenness of the mouth and renders the breath sweet at the same time let there be warm Plasters applied to the Temples made of Mastich or Gum Elemi and after spitting let the mouth be diligently washed with a Decoction of Aniseeds Tincture of Sassafras Take Fountain-water well boiled and while it is yet hot eight pound Sassafras cut into small thin chips two ounces Let them stand in infusion all night in a new well glazed Pot close covered until it cools of it self in the morning filter it and the straining being clear let it be a little aromatized with a Tincture of Cassia lignea and keep it for your daily use Virtue Use and Dose It is a Nectar in Catarrhs and Arthritick pains because of its vast driness and moderate heat it is an excellent remedy in Defluxions of every kind which it doth radically consume and also expels the Stone It discusseth Wind prepares the Womb for Conception provokes the Terms helps Digestion corrects Vomiting and moves the Belly downwards but to those who are weak and extenuated it is useless The Dose is not strictly observed but the Patient may drink his fill of it and continue it for some weeks A Tincture for the Toothach Take Guajacum two ounces Sassafras and Sarsa parilla of each an ounce roots of wild Pellitory crude Alum Nitre prepared of each half an ounce seeds of Staveacre and Henbane of each two drams Opium Spagyrically prepared Cloves of each a dram and a half wild Time Origanum and Saffron of each a dram Mix them and make a Powder which put into a Glass and pour upon it simple Spirit of Wine and Wine-Vinegar a pound and a half and of these make a Tincture Virtue Use and Dose A little of this Tincture held warm in the Mouth on the place where the Teeth ake after a while spit it out and take in fresh if need be doth powerfully allay and take away all pains of the Teeth by hindring the sharp flux of Humors nay it wonderfully takes away those humors that are already fallen on the part and although at first it seems to increase the pain yet it is suddenly mitigated and doth vanish Tinctura Uterina Take the berries of Elder and dwarff Elder of each four ounces roots of Bryony an ounce of the herb Marjoram a dram Mix them and pour thereon a sufficient quantity of Aqua Hyster Lit. A. add also a few drops of Spirit of Vitriol and make a digestion in B. M. for certain days till you shall receive a most red Tincture which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It hath a manifest Hysterical and Cephalick force against all suffocations and torsions of the Womb and other dangerous affects yea it takes away all dolors and compressions of the Diaphragma The Dose is from half a spoonful to a whole spoonful by it self or in some Hysterical liquor A Diaphoretick Tincture Take Spirit of Wine left in making our Solar Bezoar and flowers of Elder rectified of each four ounces Tartar often rectified three ounces of the best Vitriol an ounce Confectio Alkermes six drams Digest them for certain days shaking them often till the liquor be perfectly tinged Virtue Use and Dose It is a singular Medicine in the Plague putrid Humors diseases of the Head Palsie rectifying the Blood trembling of the Heart ill habit of Body Dropsie Jaundice Asthma Pleurisie Quinsie prickings of the Sides Pox Leprosie Worms Contractures Courses retained Feavers c. for it comforts the principal Members consumes superfluities corrects and expels noxious humors and by its Diaphoretick force penetrates the Nerves Muscles and Marrow and reduces all into its natural and pristine state The Dose is from half a spoonful to a whole one in water of Carduus Elder or Hearts-ease Tinctura Stiptica or the Stiptick Tincture Take the yolks of twenty one Eggs
of Suffocation for if one or two be taken in the morning for three days together in our Hysterical water or in any other appropriate they do under God cure the Patient for which Divine gift let God alone be blessed Trochisci de Alumine or Troches of Alum Take crude Alum roots of Pellitory of each half an ounce long Pepper a dram seeds of Henbane Wheat-meal white Chalk Nitre prepared of each a dram and a half white Ginger Cloves Opium prepared of each a dram Mix them and with Juyce of the lesser Nettles make Troches Virtue and Use. They take away pain being applied to the Teeth and Gums due Purgation or Phlebotomy being first used Trochisci de Satureja pro Lixivio or Troches of Summer-Savory for a Lixivium Take dryed Savory half an ounce Marjoram and Origanum of each two drams Lavender flowers red Roses Rosemary flowers of each a dram and a half wood of Aloes Gum Arabick white Tragacanth roots of Avens and Flower-de-luce of each a dram Cloves Nutmegs Cardamoms the less Cubebs of each a dram Ambergriese and Musk of each a scruple Mix them and with the Whites of Eggs make Troches each weighing a dram Virtue and Use. Boil two three or more of these Troches in a sufficient quantity of Lixivium and with that wash the Head in the morning fasting having first been at stool and presently let the Head be rubbed and dryed with warm Linen It takes away all the sweat and filth of the Head and strengthens it opens the Pores of the Skin drys up Catarrhs comforts the Memory and quickens the Sense Trochisci de Nitro or Troches of Nitre Take Rotula's of the juyce of Barberries and Rotula's of the juyce of Goosberries of each eight ounces species of Diarrhodon Abbatis moistned with spirit of Vitriol Nitre prepared of each an ounce powder of red Roses vitriolated two drams Oyl of Cinamon four drops Mix them and with Tragacanth dissolved in Juyce of Citrons make Troches Virtue Use and Dose They are of great use in the Quincy Inflammation of the Mouth and Tongue boiling of the Blood heat of Urine burning Feavers and especially putrid Semi-tertains The dose is from one dram to two in appropriate Vehicles Styli Dentrifricii or a Medicine for the Teeth Take the powder of calcined River-flints two ounce Pumice stone prepared burnt Alum of each half 〈◊〉 ounce roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce white ashes of Indian Tabaco of each two drams Gallia Moschata oyl of Rhodium of each a scruple Mix them and with Gum Tragacanth dissolved in Rose-water make little Rowls to cleanse the Teeth Virtue and Use. They are most used to cleanse the Teeth and to remove their ill colour For when the Teeth turn yellow black c. this Powder doth wonderfully cleanse them and make them white if they be often rubbed and cleansed with it Pomum Ambrae Take roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce Cloves Mace Cinamon of each half an ounce wood of Aloes yellow Sanders Styrax Calamit Benjamin of each two drams Ambergriese a dram Alexandrian Musk half a dram Balsam of Peru Oyl of Rhodium of each a scruple All being diligently mixed add of true Civet two drams then with Gum Arabick and Tragacanth of each alike dissolved in water of Marjoram Narcissus Roses and Lavender make a mass of which make Troches Balls Cakes c. which put into a Glass and kept will grow hard Virtue and Use. It is a specifick odoriferous Medicine which in cold Cephalalgia's Vertigo Epilepsie Apoplexy pestilential Air Colick suffocation of the Matrix falling out of the Womb c. and especially when Medicines cannot be taken into the Body if these be applied to the Nose or other parts they comfort the Heart and vital Spirits exceedingly Sapo odoratus or perfumed Sope. Take Venetian Sope dissolved in water of Narcissus a pound roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce an ounce Styrax Calamit Benjamin of each half an ounce wood of Aloes yellow Sanders of each two drams Ambergriese and Civet of each a dram of Musk Balsam of Peru of each half a dram the Oyls of Rhodium Lavender Cinamon and Cloves of each a scruple Mix them and with Oyl of Tartar per deliquium make little Balls and as you are making them up anoint your hands with the aforesaid Oyls SECT X. Of Suffiments Suffimentum Angelicum TAke Styrax Calamitis and Benjamin of each equal parts Dissolve these in the best Rose-water and presently well prest afterwards dryed pulverized and kept for use Take of this powder thus prepared an ounce wood of Aloes two drams red Roses dryed and Ambergriese of each a dram true Civet and Musk of each half a dram Balsam of Peru and Oyl of Rhodium of each a scruple Ivory calcined till it be black a sufficient quantity Mix all well and with Rose-water make a Paste of which make little black Cakes put them among Rose-leaves and dry them in the shade then put them in a glass Vessel and keep them for use Virtue and Use. They are used for a Perfume by Kings Princes and Great men for one or two being laid upon hot Coals or infused and boiled in Rose-water give a most sweet delectable and celestial Odor which doth refresh the Brain and vital Spirits and prevents the contagious Infection of a malignant Air. Suffimentum Imperiale or an Imperial Perfume Take Styrax cleansed Benjamin of each half aâ— ounce wood of Aloes two drams true Civet a dram Gallia Moschata a scruple Oyl of Cloves and Roses â—f each ten grains Mix them and make all into little Balls or Cakes which keep for use Virtue and Use. These sweet Balls being laid upon hot coals send forth a most grateful Odor which doth not only correct a poisonous stinking and putrid Air but sweetly and pleasantly refresh the internal Spirits of man the Fume also conveyed by a Tunnel or other such Instrument into the Orifice of the Womb doth wonderfully help Women that are almost suffocated and stays all the inordinate motions of the Matrix But when it is thus used take care to cover the Head close lest the Patient should receive the odor by the Nostrils also Suffimentum Epilepticum or an Epileptick Fume Take white Amber eleven drams red Myrrh elect Mastich Gum Animae Galbanum and Elemi of each two drams Misleto of the Oak seeds of Peony huked Iuniper-berries shavings of Elks horn of each a dram Wormwood Marjoram Lavender flowers flower of Lily of the valley red Roses of each half a dram Mix them and with an Infusion of Tragacanth made in our Epileptick water make little Troches or Balls Virtue and Use. These being laid on coals and the Fume received up into the Nose by one that is grieved with the Epilepsie takes away the fit and is very profitable for those who are troubled with dangerous diseases of the Head as the Apoplexy and Palsie c. It is also used against the suffocation and falling out of the Womb. Suffimentum de Sandaracha Take of the
all depraved Humors The dose is from a scruple to a dram in appropriate Vehicles Sal Uterinum Take roots of Bryony two pound roots of white Diptamus and Peony of each a pound Misleto of the Oak Dwarff Elder and common Elder-berries of each half a pound Rosemary Balm Motherwort Nep and Penny-royal of each four ounces Mix all and calcine them to ashes and with Balm water or any other appropriate Water extract a most white Salt Virtue Use and Dose It opens all obstructions of the Womb helps Convulsions precipitates Suffocations and Fumes and provokes the Terms It removes sterility and takes away many other infirmities of those parts The dose is from a scruple to half a dram in appropriate Vehicles Sal Carminativum Take Chamomil two pound Pennyroyal Mother of Tyme Water-mints and Dill of each a pound Let them be calcined according to Art into white Ashes then add the Ashes following i. e. ashes of Anise Cummin Caraway and Fenil seeds of each two ounces ashes of the lesser Galangal white Ginger and Zedoary of each an ounce Mix all and with Chervil-water make a most white Salt according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is excellent to discuss wind It helps the Gripes and allays all pain proceeding from wind The dose is from a scruple to half a dram in our Carminative water Sal Febrile Take Sal Armoniack divers times sublimed Nitre prepared Salt of Carduus benedictus of Wormwood and the lesser Centaury of each an ounce Dissolve them all in Succory-water and make of all a most white Salt according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Alexipyretick in Feavers of all kinds whether Quotidians Tertians Semitertians or Quartans c. without danger It is given from half a dram to a dram two or three hours before the Fit in Centaury-water or any other Specifick expecting Sweat toward the end of the Fit And the same dose is to be repeated if the first or second dose doth not perform it Annotation If any one proceeds so ingeniously that from the forementioned specifick Compositions he desires to prepare with the safe and secret Spagiâ—ists the Essential Salts as they call them let him â—ake the simple Herbs or mixt with other Ingrediâ—nts and being well dryed by a temperate heat boil â—hem in common Water according to Art till all â—heir strength and native Salt is well excocted for otherwise his labour is in vain then pour off the Deâ—oction and again boil that to the consistence of Hoâ—ey or to the thickness of a Syrup put that into a â—ery cool place till it shoots into Crystals which â—ake off and purifie well by divers Solutions Filtraâ—â—ons and Coagulations until it be fit for Physical â—se This excellent Salt is also extracted from the â—uyce of Herbs made thick concerning which see â—eguinus Lib. 2. cap. 17. And do thou know Reaâ—er that three grains of these Essential Salts will be â—ore effectual than a scruple of the vulgar made by â—alcinations SECT XII Of Marmelades Marmelada Cephalica or a Marmelade for the Head TAke Diacydonium simple four ounces Rotula's of Diamoschu dulce and Diambrae of each two ounces preserved roots of Peony an ounce Conserve of Rosemary flowers half an ounce preserved Walnuts three Nutmegs preserved in India one Emerauld prepared a dram Elaeosaccharum of white Amber Marjoram and Rosemary of each a scruple Mix them and without any other additional Medicine make a Marmelade according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It roborates the Brain and resists all the affects thereof It is also happily given in the Apoplexy Epilepsie Vertigo Lethargy Palsie Trembling c. The dose is from a dram to half an ounce Marmelada Stomachica frigida or a cold Marmelade for the Stomach Take Diacydonium simple four ounces preserved rooâ— of Succory two ounces Rotula's of Diarrhodon Abbatâ— an ounce preserved Emblick Myrobalans Conserve 〈◊〉 red Roses of each half an ounce Nitre vitriolated haâ—â— a dram Mix them and without any additional Medicine make a Marmelade according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It relieves the Stomach oppressed with hot Humors It comforts and provokes Appetite Moreover it alters a hot Temperature and is happily given to those that have pains about the Heart or are subject to vomit The dose is the quantity of a Chestnut Marmelada Stomachica calida or a warming Marmelade for the Stomach Take Diacydonium simple four ounces aromatick Rotula's Succulata Inda of each an ounce Bengale Ginger preserved Calamus aromaticus preserved Chebul Myrobalans preserved of each half an ounce preserved Orange and Citron peels of each two drams Elaeosaccharum of Cinamon and Cloves of each a scruple Mix all and without any addition make a Marmelade according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It roborates the Ventricle and parts serving for nutrition It helps Digestion moves Appetite discusseth wind and preserves from putrefaction It opens the obstructions of the Veins and helps Hiccup and Vomiting The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg Marmelada Pectoralis or a Pectoral Marmelade Take Diacydonium simple four ounces our Pectoral Morsels and Rotula's prepared with the juyce of Violets of each two ounces compound flowers of Sulphur an ounce preserved roots of Fenil and Elicampane of each half an ounce extracted juyce of Liquorish two drams species Diaireos simple Confectio Alkermes of each a dram Mix them and without any other addition make a Marmelade and cover it with gold Virtue Use and Dose It helps those who are troubled with infirmities of the Lungs Coughs Asthma's pains of the Breast It also helps those who are subject to a deflux of humors from the Brain upon the Thorax and vital parts The dose is from a dram to two Marmelada Cordialis calida or a hot Cordial Marmelade Take Diacydonium simple four ounces preserved roots of Borage and Bugloss of each an ounce and a half aromatick Rotula's species of Aromaticum Rosarum species de Gemmis and Diambra of each six drams preserved Citron peels and Confectio Alkermes of each half an ounce Magistery of Oriental Pearls and red Coral of each a dram Mix all and make a Marmelade according to Art without any other addition Virtue Use and Dose It strengthens and exhilarates the Heart and all the vital Spirits hurt by cold and refreshes them by its heat It wonderfully helps old people and women troubled with cold Diseases and is very proper for the distempers of the Womb. The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg Marmelada Cordialis frigida or a cold Cordial Marmelade Take Diacydonium simple three ounces Manus Christi perlati Rotula's of Diamargariton frigid of each an ounce and an half Pulp of preserved Citrons Conserve of red Roses of each six drams preserved roots of Succory half an ounce Confectio Alkermes two drams precious Stones prepared of each a scruple Mix them and bring all into a Marmelade Virtue Use and Dose It comforts the Heart and extinguisheth the heat thereof it contemperates the
Medicine for the Head TAke our species Dialunae an ounce and a half roots of white Diptamus Citron seeds huskt of each half an ounce Kermes seeds or berries seeds of Sorrel Extract of Lilies of the valley of each two drams Emerauld prepared Salt of mans Skull white Amber prepared of each a dram and a half Essence of Oriental Pearls and red Coral of each four scruples Oriental Saffron prepared lesser Galangal Cubebs of each a dram bone of a Stags heart Hyacinth prepared of each two scruples Conserve of Peony flowers vitriolated Rosemary flowers of each an ounce white Sugar Candy dissolved in Aqua Apoplectica Syrup of the juyce of Citrons of each eight ounces Mix them and make of all an Electuary Virtue Use and Dose It is good for all or at least the most dangerous diseases of the Head which it takes away and happily cures And is very agreeable to Suffocations Vertigo Apoplexy Epilepsie and Lunacy and was only invented to dry the humidity of the Brain The dose is from a dram to a dram and a half more or less in appropriate Vehicles Confectio Opiata or an Electuary of Opium Take Opium Spagirically prepared and extracted half an ounce species Diamoschu dulce and Diambrae of each a dram Magistery of Oriental Pearls and red Coral of each half a dram Extract of wild Poppy flowers and Oriental Saffron Foreign Mumy of each a scruple Gallia Moschata Oriental Bezoar bone of a Stags heart Unicorns horn of each half a dram And with Confectio Alkermes make an Electuary according to Art to which add Oyls of Cinamon Nutmegs Marjoram Sage white Amber and Cloves of each four drops Virtue Use and Dose This Medicine is called by this name which signifies an Opiate or an Electuary of Laudanum for Laudanum opiatum is hard to dissolve and doth usually remain in drops or little particles undissolved therefore in place of it this Electuary may be profitably used the effect of which is the same in use It is given from five to six seven and ten grains in some appropriate Liquor or in our Aqua Hypnotica Cinamon-water c. or in any other respecting the Disease Confectio Narcotica or a stupefying Medicine Take Nutmegs half an ounce Bole Armoniack Opium Spagirically extracted of each three drams Extract of wild Poppy flowers Oriental Saffron Trochisci Ramich of each two drams Crocus Martis made by reverberation a dram and a half roots of Tormentil Snakeweed and Zedoary of each a dram Magistery of red Coral white Amber prepared burnt Harts-horn Cloves of each half a dram Camphire five grains Mix them and with simple Syrups of Poppies and Jujubes of each four ounces make an Electuary according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It wonderfully mitigates all pain but chiefly of the Head Breast Stomach Matrix and Belly It doth safely and powerfully provoke sleep It cures the bleeding of any part gripes of the Guts bloody Flux Pleurisie Iliack Passion and Colick pains pains in the Kidneys c. It allays Vomiting Hiccup and Cough It gives ease in shortness of breath It stops the Terms and Piles and is good in a Gonorrhoea and Satyriasm The dose is from half a dram to a dram at going to bed Confectio pretiosa or a precious Electuary Take Elaeosaccharum of Citrons six drams true Tincture of Coral Magistery of Oriental Pearls of each two drams Kermes berries Elks horn Spagirically calcined of each a dram and a half the best Mastich wood of Aloes lesser Galangal the lesser Cardamoms of each a dram Nutmegs preserved in India one the five precious Stones prepared Ambergriese Extract of Oriental Saffron of each two scruples Alexandrian Musk bone of a Stags heart of each a scruple our Aurum Potabile half an ounce Oyl of Cinamon and Mace of each a scruple Oyl of Cloves and Roses of each a scruple Conserve of Gilly-flowers Conserve of red Roses vitriolated of each eight ounces Mix them and with Syrup of Chermes berries make an Electuary according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is a most noble Cordial Medicine against the trembling and violent pulsation of the Heart and there is not a more excellent Medicine in the whole Republick of Physick for the distempers of the Mind than this is It is given with good success to old and weak people that are sick to recover their strength for it refresheth and fortifies the vital animal and natural Spirits in all the Members renews the humidum Radicale and is a true Preservative from the Vertigo Epilepsie Apoplexy Leprosie Gout Scurvy and Dropsie The dose is from half a dram to a dram by it self or in appropriate Vehicles Confectio Pectoralis or a Pectoral Electuary Take our species of Diasulphur nineteen drams Diarrhodon Abbatis eleven drams of our simple Pectoral Syrup a pound Conserve of red Roses tinctured with our Elixir of Sulphur two pound Oyl of Cinamon a dram Mix them and make an Electuary according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is a very pleasant Medicine to the Sight Taste and Smell and is by me used in the Asthma straitness of the Breast Phthisick Hectick and all affects of the Thorax in which cases I have experienced its wonderful power beyond other Medicines and am willing to communicate it to be used by others It is to be given a little at a time and often in the day and not to swallow it presently for if so then it passeth to the Ventricle and not to the place affected The dose is the quantity of a Hazel-nut or of a Nutmeg more or less according to the Disease and Age of the Patient Confectio Zingiberis Indi or an Electuary of green Ginger Take green Ginger preserved in India fourteen ounces species Aromaticum Caryophyllatum Diagalangal Diarrhodon Abbatis of each an ounce Diacydonium simple eight ounces Oyl of Cinamon a dram Conserve of red Roses vitriolated a pound Mix them and with Syrup of the before-mentioned Ginger make an Electuary according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It comforts the Heart and Stomach helps Digestion takes away Nauseating and Vomiting warms and assists the parts and Organs of Nutrition resists Putrefaction dissolves and discusseth ventose Humors excites the native Heat repels all noxious humors of the Breast and cures a Cough contracted from Cold it restores the Liver Spleen Reins and other Members to their native action being depraved by Cold. This is a most excellent and stately Electuary and I often use it for great and rich people The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg morning or evening or in time of necessity but you may give more or less according to the Age Sex and Complexion of the Patient Zingiber Rosatum or Ginger prepared with Roses Take Conserve of red Roses vitriolated twelve ounces green Ginger preserved in India four ounces Oyl of Cinamon a scruple Oyl of Cloves half a scruple Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of the Juyce of Violets vitriolated make an Electuary according
all other hot Cholerick distempers proceeding from mixt and complicated causes and is used by Kings and Princes It purgeth both kinds of Choler without trouble or any offence to the Stomach and kindly draws out the other offending humors even from the Joynts and Limbs and carries off the tartarous humors that oppress the Reins and Bladder It refrigerates the Heart mundifies the Blood and addeth strength to all the principal Members The dose is from a dram to four scruples Annotation For the ordinary and common sort of people you may instead of Confectio Alkermes substitute Conserve of Violets vitriolated and the Composition will be equally efficacious Catharticum Rosatum or a Purge compounded with Roses Take Conserve of red Roses vitriolated seven ounce Scammony rosated ten drams species Diarrhodon Abbatis moistned with Spirit of Vitriol an ounce Nitre prepared a dram and a half Oyl of Cinamon a scruple With a little Syrup of Roses solutive vitriolated mix them into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It expels yellow Choler without trouble and purgeth a hot Liver It is a worthy Remedy for all distempers of the Joynts proceeding from a hot Cause and for Tertian Feavers and is also of a good and grateful taste and therefore pleasant to the Stomach and Bowels It is an appropriate and suitable Purge for tender Virgins Children and Old people that are oppressed with Choler and cholerick Nauseating The dose is from two drams to three given with great profit and no trouble nor disturbance to the sick Catharticum Violatum or a Purge compounded of Violets Take new Conserve of Violets vitriolated four drams true Hermodactyls cleansed from their busks three ounces Magistery of Scammony ten drams Tartar vitriolated six drams Cinamon Cloves white Ginger of each a dram Oyl of Cummin seeds a scruple With Syrup of the Juyce of Violets vitriolated mix all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose This Confection of Hermodactyls is of admirable virtue and forde in the Gout Sciatica and such like pains of the Joynts for it safely purges all gouty humors we have also seen many Patients languishing with that tormenting pain and rouling in their beds to have been so restored by the use of this Medicine twice thrice or more and the help of external Unctions that they have soon returned to their former business And they would do wisely not to use it only under the impending pain but for their preservation to use it twice every year that is Spring and Fall The dose is from two drams to three Catharticum Caryophyllatum or a Purge of Clovegilly-flowers Take Conserve of Clovegilly-flowers vitriolated seven ounces white and gummy Turbith two ounces Scammony rosated ten drams of the best Cloves an ounce Cream of Tartar six drams Cinamon and Mace of each a dram and a half Oyl of Oranges a scruple And with Syrup of Citron peels muskified mix all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It doth pleasantly and plentifully purge all cold Humors but chiefly Flegm from the Head Breast Stomach Joynts Guts and other principal Members and also from those deputed for nutrition It is good for complicated and continual Feavers and is very useful in the Colick coming of a cold Cause and for all other Diseases that proceed from frigid humors It is a good Remedy for those who are troubled with sour Belchings they being constantly troubled with Loathings and do generally abound with Spittle The dose is from a dram and a half to three drams especially in strong bodies more or less according to the age strength and season Zingiber Purgans or Purging Ginger Take Conserve of Rosemary flowers four ounces condited Ginger of Bengal three ounces Scammony rosated ten drams species Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce the lesser Galangal and Mace of each a dram Cardamoms the less Cloves of each two scruples yellow Orange peels and Citron peels of each half a dram Gallia Moschata a scruple And with Syrup of the before-mentioned candied Ginger make all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It safely purgeth the whole body of Flegm and all other vicious Humors It draws away Choler of both kinds from the Stomach gives a sweet Breath comforts the Intestines being too cold and removes all Frigidity It dissolves thick flatulent Humors and clarifies the Blood neither hath it any ungrateful smell or taste It is very profitable in all kind of Feavers and in all other Diseases proceeding from a cold Cause also in the Colick Wind and pain of the Stomach Heart Liver Spleen Reins and Back The dose is from two drams to three in the morning early Cinamomum Laxativum or Laxative Cinamon Take white Sugar dissolved in Cinamon water four ounces Scammony rosated six drams species of Diacinamon half an ounce Oyl of Cinamon a scruple Mix all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth Choler Flegm and Melancholy from the Head Thorax Stomach Liver and Joynts c. and that without any trouble And this Composition may be also made into a solid form The dose is from two drams to three Catharticum Cholagogum or a Choler-purging Medicine Take juyce of red Roses exprest white Sugar of each eight ounces species of Diarrhodon vitriolated nine drams Magistery of Scammony an ounce Spodium a dram and a half Gallia Moschata a scruple Let the Sugar be boiled to a consistence with the Juyce of Roses and then let the Species being pulverized be added so make all into an Electuary of the Juyce of Roses Virtue Use and Dose I happily use it to purge hot and cholerick Humors in all hot and cholerick Diseases and Affects The dose is from two drams to three Catharticum Vitae or the Purge of Life Take Venice Treacle three ounces our species of Diaesula an ounce and a half Mercurius vitae a dram Mix them and with our Pectoral Syrup make an Electuary Virtue Use and Dose It is an excellent Medicine in Feavers Plague diseases of the Head Pox Leprosie ill habit of Body Dropsie fetid Ulcers c. and is a Secret in Quartan Agues for it leaves no impurity behind it in the body The dose is from a dram to two But let it not be given before meat but after it and so the sick do vomit sooner and easier Diaturbith Minerale Take Mithridate of Damocratis four ounces true Turbith Mineral species Diarrhodon Abbatis of each half an ounce our species of Diavitrioli and our Carminative Oyl of each a scruple Mix them and with Syrup of Jujubes bring them into the form of a thick Electuary Virtue Use and Dose It is an excellent Purge in all desperate Diseases as the Dropsie Pox Gout and Jaundice and by its expulsive force nothing is more excellent and noble in Fistula's malignant Ulcers Plague and most kind of Feavers c. The dose is from a dram to a dram and a half drinking after it a little white Wine Confectio Passulata or a
Wine and in the morning distil them in an Alembick in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose It comforts the Heart and preserves it from trembling and other dangerous accidents sometimes also it cures the loss of Reason and the defect of the Mind For by its nourishing and increasing quality it raiseth both the vital and natural Spirits and relieves the Heart as speedily as any thing The dose is from one spoonful to two or three Aqua Cordialis frigida or a cooling Cordial Water Take Conserve of red Roses a pound and a half Rasberries a pound species Diarrhodon Abbatis Diamargariton frigid of each an ounce and a half seeds of Docks an ounce Sanders red white and yellow of each half an ounce the Cordial Flowers of each two drams Mix them and infuse them in these Waters following water of Sorrel water-Lily Strawberries Violets Borage and Bugloss of each a pound Mix them and digest them for some days and then again add Cinamon water buglossated a pound and a half juyce of Quinces depurated juyce of Lemmons and Citrons of each half a pound Again mix them and distil them by an Alembick in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose It doth sweetly and effectually refresh and strengthen the Heart in all burning Feavers and all other hot and corrosive Diseases by which means it removes imbecillity and fortifies strength through the whole body It also helps those who are disturbed in Mind whether it takes its Original from the Heart or Stomach it discusseth and throws off all Poyson and poysonous qualities that offend the Vitals and it restores the Spirits that languish with weakness from an excessive heat to their pristine state and strength The dose is from one ounce to two Aqua Cordialis calida or a hot Cordial Water Take Cinamon four ounces roots of Avens three ounces Cloves sealed Earth of each an ounce both sorts of Cardamoms Galangal the less Mace Zedoary the peels of yellow Oranges Citron peels seeds of Basil of each half an ounce odoriferous wood of Aloes Oriental Saffron Spicknard Pennyroyal dryed of each three drams flowers of Borage and Bugloss of each a dram and a half All being pulverized and mixed let them infuse eight days in four pound of Spanish Wine then add Cinamon water distilled with Wine Clove gillyflowers of each a pound and a half flowers of Rosemary Lavender Balm and Sage of each a pound Mix them and in an Alembick in Balneo let it be distilled Virtue Use and Dose It doth help wonderfully in all cold affects of the Heart and is a good Remedy for its palpitation and the defect of the Mind It cureth the Syncope and Swooning refresheth the vital Spirits it takes away a sorrowful heaviness and the cause thereof and exhilarates the Heart It also restores those to health who are weak by the continuance of a lingering Disease and is an excellent Roborative It renders the whole body lively retards Baldness For whosoever is old and useth this Medicine will need no other Conservation for his Health The dose is from one spoonful to two or three at a time Aqua acetosa Stomachalis or a tart Stomach-water Take white Sugar a pound Conserve of Roses and Rose-water of each four ounces Spirit of Vitriol rectified half an ounce Make a Mixture and when it is strained keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This tart Stomach-water is good in any intemperance as well cold as hot and is very effectual in the loss of Appetite or Loathing which is caused by the vitriolated Juyce that is vitiated in the bottom of the Stomach and for this property it cannot be sufficiently praised For it doth most excellently restore Concoction whether it be lost impaired or vitiated and fortifies the Stomach It is to be given in some proper Vehicle two hours before meat without exercise or an hour before meat with exercise after it respecting the disease for in a hot distemper it may be given in Pomegranate-wine or Syrup of Lemmons or of the Juyce of Citrons or Tincture of Roses c. but in a cold defect with our hot Cordial or Stomach-water Wormwood-wine Malmsy or other generous Wine c. The dose of it is so much as will make the Liquor it is taken in tart and sharp Aqua Stomachica calida or a hot Stomach-water Take lesser Galangal an ounce and a half Cloves Nutmegs Cinamon white Ginger Mastich roots of Burnet Elicampane water-Acorus of each an ounce water-Mints six drams Rosemary Sage and Wormwood of each half an ounce both sorts of Cardamoms sweet Reed Mace long Pepper Cummin seeds of each three drams Squinanth Spicknard wood of Aloes of each two drams Bruise and mix them and macerate them in eight pound of Malmsy Wine and of Balm and Pennyroyal water of each a pound let them digest eight days and then distil them in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose It warms the Ventricle and rectifies the coldness thereof It allays the Gripes pains and punctures of it It also digests and concocts Flegm and crude Humors collected there It stays Vomiting and Loathing and is a present Remedy for sour Belching It is a Divine help in Leanness and the disposition of Old age and to excite appetite and heat in old people to expel thick ventose humors to open obstructions and to resolve moist humors and corrupt superfluities The dose is from one spoonful to two or three or from half an ounce to one or two Aqua Epatica frigida or a cold Epatick Water Take ripe Strawberries a pound species Diarrhodon Abbatis four ounces roots of Succory Agrimony Scorzonera and Eryngo of each an ounce flowers of the lesser Centaury Liverwort Borage and red Roses of each half an ounce Rhubarb three drams Sanders three sorts of each two drams the four greater and lesser cold Seeds Dock seeds of each a dram and a half Let them be cut and bruised and infused in four pound of red Wine Let them infuse eight days and then add water of the flowers of Liverwort Purslain Sorrel Endive Melons Succory Rasberries and Dodder of each a pound Mix them and distil by an Alembick in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose The use of this Water is most safe and happy in its success in all Feavers as burning Tertians Quotidians Quartans and other noxious distempers rising from the heat of body in which the Liver suffers Moreover it corrects and amends the intolerable and corrosive heat of the Stomach Lungs and Spleen The dose is every other hour from one ounce to two or three by it self or with some specifick Syrup Aqua Epatica calida or a hot Epatick Water Take species Diacubeba three ounces roots of bitter Costus roots of Smallage Turmerick and Fenil Iuniper-berries seeds of Anise Cummin and Carrots of each an ounce sweet Reed Rhubarb Cassia lignea of each six drams Spicknard Oriental Saffron and Squinanth of each three drams Southernwood Wormwood Agrimony Mother of Thyme and water-Germander of each half an ounce flowers
173 217 273 345 348 363 Diaphragma 56 Defluxions and Destillations See Catarrhs Dropsie 16 17 21 22 23 24 27 31 41 44 47 48 50 57 59 62 64 65 94 123 125 127 142 157 158 160 165 171 175 179 182 189 190 192 208 212 236 237 251 263 264 273 285 291 294 237 364 Diarrhoea 29 57 178 Dysentery 31 33 47 52 57 84 91 98 104 167 178 197 198 203 205 251 260 291 313 326 326 327 365 Dislocations 366 Dropsical swellings 375 E. EYes 90 115 116 122 129 144 145 181 225 226 226 227 228 231 248 250 257 302 351 English sweat 31 59 Epilepsie or Falling sickness 7 12 16 17 20 27 43 46 62 69 84 89 90 94 96 101 102 105 115 117 122 130 138 144 149 151 156 169 171 198 204 209 211 213 221 241 249 250 251 251 261 268 293 302 313 318 335 346 362 Elephantiasis 7 64 115 123 273 291 293 317 339 Erysipelas 35 59 88 114 175 179 256 370 377 Epidemical diseases 14 20 31 35 39 61 107 252 284 346 F. FAce to beautifie 247 256 257 280 Feavers 15 16 26 27 29 31 31 33 35 44 47 50 57 59 62 65 69 89 102 106 109 110 115 116 117 118 122 123 125 127 130 140 148 161 161 164 165 174 179 180 183 183 186 186 188 189 190 197 203 209 212 223 232 235 248 248 249 253 260 260 263 264 284 294 336 340 346 Flux of the Womb 198 305 Flux of blood in Women 84 311 Flux of the Liver 198 Fluxes of the Belly 27 39 52 57 68 98 103 126 155 167 178 183 197 205 206 260 291 294 313 324 324 324 325 359 Flegm to cut 140 166 201 228 282 Fat to make 166 Feet swelled 365 375 Fundament chaps c. 331 G. GAll 182 Giddiness see Vertigo Green-sickness 24 41 48 Gout 7 16 20 22 31 44 50 59 62 65 69 94 97 100 106 107 116 117 122 127 171 187 190 191 192 193 196 253 256 264 268 280 293 295 349 369 370 373 377 Gonorrhoea 24 27 29 39 41 47 91 100 168 171 194 198 240 260 338 347 Gripings 52 54 160 171 203 234 See Bowels Gravel See Stone H. HAir to cleanse 303 Hair to fall off 356 Hands to whiten 114 350 Hands Ulcers there 356 Head-diseases 23 56 96 102 102 103 115 116 117 122 129 130 138 142 144 145 156 157 167 169 170 189 200 213 249 250 353 258 268 273 275 276 293 335 336 368 Haemorrhoids 91 111 205 Haemorrhage 198 291 See flux of Blood Heat of Urine 148 Hearing 17 115 116 215 216 333 334 337 339 Heart pains or distempers 69 89 101 103 105 130 135 140 142 143 163 164 171 188 203 210 233 250 258 Heart strengthens 47 52 54 94 107 110 129 131 133 134 144 146 164 171 173 174 186 198 198 202 202 214 231 232 232 249 250 268 293 Hypochonders easeth 67 106 117 141 201 201 237 239 264 294 335 336 339 367 367 Hypochondriack Melancholy 47 115 335 Hungarian Feaver 18 19 29 29 30 35 59 See Feavers Hemicrania 51 62 127 200 249 Hiccup 69 107 163 171 202 217 239 377 Humors cold and flegmatick 95 97 102 108 116 117 117 119 122 166 187 188 189 191 193 214 234 292 292 293 294 315 316 366 Humors Cholerick 39 40 97 106 110 116 117 122 122 162 174 183 186 186 188 189 190 191 193 203 206 224 264 284 315 326 348 365 Hysterical Passions 128 See Suffocation of the Womb. Hectick see Feavers Hoarsne's 140 195 195 197 I. JAundice black 115 123 125 127 130 142 158 175 179 182 190 192 237 252 264 266 285 294 306 Jaundice yellow 7 16 17 22 24 31 31 50 57 59 65 84 110 125 127 130 142 158 175 179 182 190 192 252 264 285 294 306 Ill habit of Body 24 41 47 57 59 189 208 263 Inflammations of the Throat 19 47 148 Inchantments 7 53 Intermitting Feavers 23 See Feavers Imposthumes 49 59 94 100 102 108 228 296 346 347 Iliack Passions 59 66 171 321 Inflammations 30 31 52 130 134 257 296 320 369 370 373 Joynts distempered 7 44 65 69 106 107 110 116 117 118 125 186 186 187 191 191 254 268 308 339 366 Itch 7 50 123 179 263 289 293 K. KIngs-evil swellings 366 Kidneys 47 50 53 110 118 157 167 171 172 174 178 181 188 191 193 198 214 218 279 335 336 355 359 364 367 L. LEprosie 23 31 47 50 57 59 64 94 97 123 171 179 189 193 250 291 Lientery 57 198 326 348 365 Life prolongs 14 33 54 Liver 31 52 54 59 62 65 105 110 115 116 122 124 125 126 128 133 134 135 142 144 158 165 166 172 174 182 183 186 188 198 214 231 236 237 250 262 263 273 278 278 282 283 291 293 336 339 367 367 Love-potions 17 Lungs 52 110 132 157 163 195 201 201 210 228 229 239 266 283 283 293 339 Lunacy 89 169 Lethargy 89 156 162 221 262 274 313 318 Loosness See Flux Lice 361 Lipothymies 156 See Syncope Loins 167 243 354 M. MAtrix see Womb. Madness 7 13 17 43 53 69 123 145 224 249 275 309 316 317 Malignant Feavers 30 84 See Feavers Mange 64 123 179 Marrow 57 252 Melancholy 7 13 16 17 20 24 43 46 51 53 59 62 65 69 103 105 122 123 130 145 189 191 193 202 210 224 236 251 251 275 293 309 315 317 Menses to stop 91 104 See Terms Mind dulness amends 53 115 144 146 See Spirits and Memory Muscles 57 252 358 358 Morphew 7 Milk increaseth 98 132 198 Members or parts c. 103 115 117 185 254 358 Memory 12 44 105 129 148 198 222 222 232 232 233 249 262 270 302 339 341 Measles 284 286 Mouth sore c. 297 298 299 314 N. NAture restores 43 See Spirits restores Nerves strengthens 52 57 94 116 117 127 138 157 204 222 252 302 335 336 339 345 350 354 368 Nephritick pains 69 Noli me tangere 7 347 369 Numbness of the Limbs 338 O. OBstructions opens 16 24 31 33 47 50 53 59 65 168 168 191 201 201 212 235 237 252 266 282 293 294 Obstructions of the Liver 47 See Liver Obstructions of the Spleen See Spleen P. PAleness of the Face 142 Pains in the Back 107 188 194 337 340 354 Pains in the Sides 193 196 259 262 367 Palpitation of the Heart 42 43 See Trembling Palsie of the Tongue 374 Palsie 31 43 47 50 51 56 62 130 138 151 151 162 198 200 204 211 213 219 222 251 252 262 304 320 320 337 339 343 350 Pain in the Guts 84 See Bowels Pains in the Head 16 17 20 42 65 See Head Plague 13 15 16 20 22 29 31 31 49 52 56 59 61 107 117 137 175 179 180 184 189 190 220 246 248 252 270 272 273 284 346 Pestilential Feavers 29 See Feavers Pimples in the