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A83965	England's happiness improved: or, An infallible way to get riches, encrease plenty, and promote pleasure Containing the art of making wine of English grapes, and other fruit, equal to that of France and Spain, &c. with their physical virtues. To make artificial wine, and order all sorts of wine to keep well, and recover what is faded, &c. The whole art and mistery of distilling brandy, strong-waters, cordial waters, &c. To make all sorts of plain and purging ales, cyder, mead, matheglin, rum, rack, and many other useful liquors. To gather, order, and keep fruit, in all seasons. The art and mistery of pickling flowers, fruits, herbs, buds, roots, fish, flesh, &c... .		1699 (1699)	Wing E2977A; ESTC R229812	87,200	207

and Sugar-Candy to it then fine it with Whites of Eggs and a little Ising-glass and so draw it off and keep it for use Its Virtues This is chiefly appropriated to Derects of the Lungs helping shortness of Breath removing Colds or Inflamations of the Lungs it also comforts the Stomach and eas● pains of the Bowells Wine of Roses to make it TO do this fit a Glass Bason or Body 〈◊〉 for want of it a well glazed Earthe● Vessel and put into it three gallons of Rose water drawn with a cold Still put into 〈◊〉 a convenient quantity of Rose Leaves cove● it close and put it for an hour in a kett●● or Cauldron of Water heating over th● fire to take out the whole strength and Tincture of the Roses and when cold press th● Rose-Leaves hard into the Liquor and stee● fresh ones in repeating it till the Liquo● has got a full strength of the Roses and then to every gallon of Liquor add three Pound of Loaf-Sugar stir it well that it may melt and disperse in every part then pu● it up into a Cask or other Convenien● Vessel to ferment and to make it do so the better add a little fixed Nitre and flower and two or three Whites of Eggs and let it stand cool about 30 days and it will be ripe and have a curious flavour having the whole strength and scent of the Roses in it and you may add to Meliorate it some Wine and Spices as your Tast or Inclination leads you And by this way of Infusion wine of Car●ations Clove-gilly-flowers Violets Prim●oses or any Flower having a curious ●cent may be made to which to prevent ●epetition and go on with as much brevity ●s conveniently may be I refer you The Virtues Wines thus made are not only pleasant ●n Tast but rich and medicinal being excellent for strengthning the Heart refresh●ng the Spirits and gently cooling the Bo●y making it Lenitive and so purges the ●irst digestion of Flegm sometimes Chol●ar abates the heat of the Fevor quenches Thirst mittigates the Inflammation of the ●ntrails and may on sundry occasions serve for a good Counter-poison Cowslip Wine to make it PUt 5 pound of Loaf-sugar to 4 Gallons of fair water simper them over a fire half an hour to well dissolve the Sugar and when it is taken off and cold put in half a peck of Cowslip-flowers clean pickt and gently bruised then put two spoonfuls of new Ale-yest and a pound of Syrup of Limons beaten with it with a Limon-peel or two and so in a well seasoned Cask or Vessel let them stand close stopped for thre● days that they may ferment well then p●● in some Juice of Cowslips and give it 〈◊〉 convenient space to work and when it h●● stood a month draw it off into Bottles pu●ting a little lump of Loaf-Sugar into eac● and so you may well keep it the space of 〈◊〉 Year and thus you may make Wine o● such other like Flowers that are of pleasa●● Tast and scent as Oxlips Gesmine Peach blooms Comfry Scabeons Fetherfew Fumitary and a number more as your Fancy and Gust leads you for I have shewed yo● different ways to let you know that yo● need not exactly keep to one certain Rule but please your Pallate by such additions a● you think convenient though by straying too far you may happen to mar th● whole design therefore in all things keep as near as you can to the Rules I have given Its Virtues Cowslip-Wine moderately drunk much helps the Palsey Cramp Convulsion and all other Diseases of the Nerves and Sinners also eases pains of the Joints and Gout and contributes mainly to the curing of Ruptures Scurvy-Grass Wine to make it SCurvy-Grass or Spoon-wort is a very Soveraign medicinable Herb appropri●ted chiefly to the health of English Bodies 〈◊〉 many Medicins chearfull the Wine made ●f it containing all its Virtues with addition ●ust needs be very acceptable to make it ●en Take the best large Scurvy-Grass Tops ●nd Leaves in May June or July bruise ●hem well in a Stone Mortar then put it in a well-glazed earthen Vessel and sprinkle it over with some pouder of Christal of Tartar ●hen smeer it over with Virgin-honey and ●eing covered close let it stand 24 hours ●hen set water over a gentle fire putting to every Gallon three Pints of Honey and when the scum rises take it off and let it cool then put your stamped Scurvy-Grass into a Barrel and pour the Liquor to it setting the Vessel conveniently endways with a Tap at the bottom and when it has been infused 24 hours draw off the Liquor and strongly press the juyce and moisture out of the Herb into the Barrel or Vessel and so put the Liquor up again then put a little new Ale-yest to it and suffer it to ferment three days covering the place of th● Bung or Vent with a piece of Bread sprea● over with Mustard-seed downward in a co● place and so let it continue till it is fin● and drinks brisk then is your time to dra● off the finest part leaving only the dreg● behind add more Herbs and so fermen● with White of Eggs Flower and fixe● Nitre Verjuce or the Juice of green Grape● if they be to be had to which add 6 Poun● of the Syrup of Mustard all mixed and we● beaten together to refine it down and i● will drink brisk but is not very toothsom● Being here incerted among Artificial Wine● rather for the Health of Persons than fo● the delightfulness of Gust Its Virtues It helps Digestion warms cold Stomachs carries off Phlegm purefies the Blood purges out salt watery Humours cleanse● the Bowells from cold slimeyness eases pain● in the Limbs Head Heart and Stomach as also those pricking pains that are occasioned by Scorbutick Humours c. Of Mint Balm and other Herbs c. TO come more briefly to a conclusion of this Chapter know that the Wine of Mint Balm and other Fragrant Herbs are best made after this manner viz. First distil the Herb in the cold still then add Honey to it and work as in Scurvy-Grass and then refine it and work it down by a due proportion of its own Syrup and so the Wine will become very fragrant and continue the whole virtue of the Herb Wormwood-wine Wine of Rue Cardus and such strong physical Herbs may be made by Infusion only in small White-Wines Cyder Perry or the like adding a little Sweets to palliate them that they may be more agreeable to the Tast That of Black Currants may be made as of other Currants and are very proper to be kept in all Families Their Virtues They indifferently all of them resist Pesti●ential Airs are good in Agues and cold Diseases prevent Mother-fits and Vapours and ease Pains in the Joints and Sinues cleansing the Blood and are great hinde●ers of Appoplexies Epilepsies and the like ●nd the Wines have not only the Virtues of ●he Herbs but an addition to heat streng●hen and revive

Fermentation and Distillation and so the Spirit will be very fragrant purely impregnated with the Virtues of the Concret and to every Pound or Pint of this Spirit add an Ounce of its Salt and two of the Oyl and so unite them together Its Virtues The Virtues of the Powers are many and rare It cleanses the Blood and expels Hydropical Humours and is good in Obstructions It takes away Putrifaction and Inflammations in any part of the Body It clears and cools the Skin The Oil of it is excellent against Scorbutick Humours as the Itch Piles Braises Strains or any Cold settling in the Joints and allays the Pains of the Gout In Convulsions Palsies Virrigoes Calentures or sudden Swoonings 't is very prevalent T will last many Years carried by Sea or Land And upon the Approach of a Proxism if you drop 20 or 30 Drops into a Glass of Water and drink it 't will wonderfully abate the Violence thereof and strengthen Nature Dip also for this the Corner of your Handkerchief in it snuff up the Scent and smeer the Temples with it For Children 9 or 10 Drops are sufficient in a Spoonful of Water sweeten'd with Sugar or the like But the Mother may take a full Dose as 20 or 30 Drops whilst the Child is sucking and then the Prevalency of it will appear It also abates the Oppression of Wind which Children are much subject to It helps Diseases in the Breast as Asthma's Dropsies Spitting of Blood Consumptions and such like It creates a good Appetite and 't is good for many other Things The Powerful United Spirit of Rosemary to make it TAke a sufficient quantity of the Flowers of Rosemary in their prime infuse them in Rectified Spirits of Wine then distil them and unite the Spirit with the proper Oil and Salt which far out-does the Hungarian Water And by these Examples you may be enabled to prepare what Powers you will from Herbs Flowers Gums c. Its Virtues This not only beautifies the Face Hands c. to admiration but also 20 or 30 Drops being taken in a Glass of Wine or any other convenient Liquor fortifies the Heart cleanses the Blood recovers the fading Spirits causes a fresh and ruddy Complexion is good against Fits and helps in any cold Disease prevents Faintings and Swoonings drives out bad Airs or Vapours contracted in Infectious Places Elixir Salutis the best Receipt TAke of Guaiacum the dried Roots of Elicampaign Carraways Coriander and Anniseeds each 2 Ounces the Leaves of Senna 4 Ounces Raisins of the Sun ston'd half a Pound Liquorice 2 Ounces infuse these in 3 Quarts of good Brandy 4 days then draw it off and infuse in it half an Ounce of good Ruburb thinly slic'd when the Ruburb is well infused put it into small Bottles and keep it well stop'd Its Virtues This Elixir so much fam'd and long kept as a Secret purifies the Blood carries away slimy Matter from the Bowels eases Pains in the Belly removes Gravel and Sand bringing it away with Ease by taking 2 or 3 Spoonfuls of it Morning and Night Elixir Proprietatis to make it TAke Aloes Myrrh and Saffron of each half an Ounce infuse them in 3 Quarts of Spirit of Wine drop in a few Drops of Spirit of Sulphur then let them digest in a Glass well stop'd 30 days at the end of that time having often shaken it you will perceive a black Tincture on the top pour that off and let it stand 24 hours then decoct it till no Foeces remains at the bottom Take a moderate Spoonful of this in a Glass of Wine in a Morning fasting Its Virtues 'T is exceeding helpful in Agues or Rhumatisms and indeed in any cold Diseases It fortifies Nature and gives a lively fresh Complexion But observe that you continue temperate in Meats and Drinks the day you take it that it may work the better up●n the Crudities and disburthen Nature of what is oppressing and most noxious to her Marigold-Flower-Water to make it TAke a quarter of a Peck of well-blown Marigold-Flowers dry them a little in ●he Sun put to them a Quart of Spirit of Wine and distil them in a cold Still till ●hey become dry Its Virtues This is admirable for Pains and Noises in ●he Head It cures Inflammations in the Eyes and Heart-sickness The curious Cordial called Dr. Stephens's Water or The Golden Cordial how to make it the right way TAke a Gallon of Claret or brisk Canary not over-sweet of Ginger Cinnamon Grains of Paradise Nutmegs Gallingale Fennil and Coriander-seeds each 3 Drams Mint Sage Rose-Pellitory Rosemary Wild Marjorum Wild Thyme Cammomile and Lavender of each a handful beat the Spices very small cut and bruise the Herbs put them to infuse in the Wine 24 hours and distil them in an Alimbeck This is called the Golden Cordial and is a great Fortifier of the Heart and Stomach 'T is good in Pestilential Diseases and is a long Continuer of Health even to extrea● Old Age. Orange-Water to make it TO make this pare Sevill-Oranges an● put the Piels into Low-Wines or Spirits and distil them and it will produce 〈◊〉 curious Water both for Scent and Taste 'T is sometimes in Proof-Spirits done only by Infusion This with a little Saffron infused in it is an excellent Cordial to ease Pains in the Head Heart or Spleen and very much warms and enlivens the whole Body Surfeit-Water to make it TAke good Brandy as much as you think convenient steep a good quantity of Red Single-Poppy-Flowers in it the black Bottoms being taken away and when by Infusion and squeezing the Brandy is well tinctur'd with them put in fresh ones till it becomes deeper dyed then take of Ginger Cinnamon and Nutmeg 2 Drams each to a Quart of the Liquor bruise them grosly and infuse them then to every Quart add a quarter of a Pound of Loaf-Sugar let this infuse 20 days then strain off the Liquid Part and keep it for Use as an excellent Cordial in case of any Surfeit or Over-charging It eases Pains in the Head and strengthens the Heart And so from these I shall regularly pro●ed to other curious useful Things plea●●t and profitable and in all Particulars ●●ke good what I have promised with ●●ny Additions CHAP. IV. 〈◊〉 make Perfum'd Waters and such as are proper for Scenting and Beautifying Rosa Solis to make it PUT 2 Pounds of Sugar to a Quart of Water in a Copper Vessel over an Ember Fire let them seeth to the ●onsumption of a fourth part then put in 〈◊〉 spoonfuls of Orange-Flower-Water and ●row in an Egg White Shell and all well ●eaten stir it well with a Whisk in the Li●uor and when it boils take it off strain it ●ell 2 or 3 times and when it becomes ●ear pour into it a Quart or 3 Pints of right ●randy and add Essence of Hypocrass or ●mber and it will be a curious Persum'd ●olis Essence of Hypocrass to make it TAke a Glass Bottle