wall broom bay-berries of each two drams prepare them all and powr thereon a sufficient quantity of Rhenish wine digest it in the Sun or in warm Sand for twenty days It is an excellent Remedy against the Stone and Gravel Vlcers in the Reins and Bladder it is good against the Colick it provokes Vrin and the Terms The Dose is seven or eight spoonfuls in morning fasting Another Remedy against the Stone and Gravel Make a Posset of a quart of Milk Ale and white wine a quarter of a pint then having taken off the Curd put into the Posset Parsly roots Leaves of Pellitory of the wall and Mallows of each a handful water cresses half a handful two sprigs of Thyme Liquoras bruised one ounce shred the herbs and let all boil until there remain but a quart which sweeten with Sugar-Candy and drink a Draught of it in the Morning or at any time before meat Dr. Horstius his great and approved Water to break dissolve and bring away the Stone and Gravel Take of the Juice of Leeks Onions and Radishes of each two pounds Juyces of Limons Pelitory and Mouse-ear of each half a pound Calx of Christal Pigeon-dung of each half a pound digest it for ten days then distil it This is recommended to be one of the most excellent Medicines yet known against the Stone and Gravel Dr. Salmon says he hath known it do wonders even in desperate Cases You may give it from one dram to half an ounce at a time in some fit Vehicle as Rhenish wine or Allone or in Perficary water Note That if you add to the Composition two pound of Monkey-pease the headâ— of them being pulled off and thrown away and then the Bodies bruised it will be much the better A Remedy to provoke Vrine much approved Take a black Flint stone that strikes Fire heat it red hot in a strong fire then put it into a pint of white wine and cover the pot and when it is thorowly quenched let the Patient drink it clear off Another for the same Take Horse-dung new made boil it in Malago then strain it and lay the Horse-dung very warm between two cloaths or Plaister-wise from the Throat to the bottom of the Belly eight or ten Inches broad apply it at night the Patient lying upon his Back apply hot Tiles on the outside to continue the Heat This hath been proved by many with good success To provoke Vrine in an hours time mix fine Powder of Saffron with black Sope and apply it to the Navil being spred on Leather Sir Kenelme Digby's Excellent Remedy against the Stone which the Lady Digby Sir Kenelme's Mother usually took and found the greatest Benefit by it Gather the Leaves of Golden-rod when it is in its greatest vigor dry them in the shade and when you are troubled with the Stone or Gravel take one ounce thereof made into subtil Powder in a small Glass of white wine and Milk of each a like quantity repeat this as often as there is cause for it When the Herb is fresh and green you may boil a handful of it in white wine Posset Drink and drink it instead of the dried Herb which is to keep all the year The Lord Ruthen's Receipt to prevent the growth of the Stone and Gravel Take French Barly a handful wash it in several waters Marsh-mallow roots half a handful Liquoras two drams sweet Fennel seed a spoonful boil these in a Pottle of Spring-water till a Pint is consumed or more then strain it and dissolve in it a dram of Gum Arabick Drink of this cold in the Morning fasting and as often as you please till it gives you ease Another very good Remedy against the Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys Take of Mallows and Pelitory of the wall of each a handful sweet Fennel seeds Grumwel seeds bruised and Raisins of the Sun stoned of each one ounce Liquoras scrap'd and bruised half an ounce ten Figs sliced boil all these in a quart of new Milk till a fourth part is consumed then strain it and with white wine and small Ale of each three quarters of a Pint make a Posset drink thereof at pleasure half a Pint at a time adding to it a spoonful of Syrup of Marsh-mallows to every draught Another very good Remedy for the same much approved Take Saxifrage Pelitory of the wall wild Thyme young Radishes Leaves and Roots Parsly Leaves and Roots the tops of red Nettles red Sage and Harrs-horn rasped of each a handful shred them all very small or rather stamp them and infuse them all night in a Gallon of new milk the next morning distil it with a moderate heat Drink of this Water with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows Another for the Stone and Gravel and for Strangury and Stoppage of Vrine much approved Take the Fat of a Buck Rabbit melt it and anoint the Back and Reins with it This will open the Passage of Vrine wonderfully A Child was cured with this so that in twenty four hours it made four Pots full of Vrin Diet for prevention of the Stone and Gravel or to be observed by such as are troubled with it Forbear eating of Eggs all salt and tart meats and sauces Pork Milk or any thing made of Milk except Possets Cabbage Colworts Colli-flowers and such like let your Diet be Mutton Veal Rabbit and Fowl and the quantity moderate let your Drink be of the midling sort and not too stale forbear drinking Claret drink Spanish Wine rather than French CHAP. V. Select Remedies against all sorts of COLLICKS Dr. Turner's Remedy for the Cholick and Stone TAke two drams of Jet one dram of Elder-flowers Date-stones one Nutmeg Parsly-seeds and Gromwel seeds of each a spoonful let them be all powdered and finely searced take the weight of sixpence thereof in a draught of Posset-drink made with Ale and white Wine take it in the Morning fasting and about four in the Afternoon Another for the same Drink of the distilled water of Parsley in white Wine or good Ale it helpeth the Collick or Strangury and consumeth the Stone Another for the Collick Stone Strangury and Dropsie Take Sena one ounce Ginger Aniseeds Liquoras Mace Nettle-seeds and great Saffron of each two peny weight Cinamon three peny weight reduce it all into a fine Powder and take half a spoonful thereof in Posset Wine Ale or Broth. A present Remedy for all kind of Collick whatsoever Take Mint Sage both of them dry of each two handful digest them in a Pottle of the best Spirit of Wine in a Cucurbite for eight days then distil it in Balnco Mariae taking but a third part of it the rest is good but in a weaker degree Take of the first Spirit a dram and half in two ounces of white Wine For the Wind-Collick and Stone-Collick Take four long Pepper Corns two Races of Ginger both bruised two sprigs of Rosemary the shells of two new-laid Eggs in fine Powder the inner Skins being taken away boil
of each three spoonfuls make an Electuary with clarified Honey Take the bigness of a Nutmeg of it in the morning and when you go to bed let it go down leisurely and if the Cough troubles you in the night time take also of it This hath holpen extream great Colds or Coughs These Pectoral Electuaries were left out in the first Chapter An Electuary to comfort the Brain and Stomack and sweeten the Breath Take Sage two handful Rosemary flowers an ounce and a half Cloves five drams Cinamon a dram Nutmegs a Scruple all in fine Powder make it into an Electuary with Clarified Honey Take of it half a spoonful in the Morning and presently drink after it a Cup of burnt Claret Another Electuary to comfort the Spleen and Stomach Take Sarsaparilla one ounce the rind of the Root of Tamarisk three drams of the Root of Zedoary two scruples Purslane-seeds one dram reduce all into a fine Powder and with Syrup of Citrons and Syrup of the Juice of Borage a sufficient quantity make an Electuary An Electuary to comfort the Stomach and prevent engendring gross Humors in the Brain Take Cinamon one dram Lignum Aloes and Mace of each half a dram Cloves one scruple and fine Sugar or Sugar-candy half an ounce reduce them all into very fine Powder and with Wormwood water make it into an Electuary and take thereof two or three drams in the Morning fasting three hours before Dinner or make it into Lozenges of two or three drams a piece and eat them in like manner A most Excellent Electuary to strengthen the Stomack and Liver which is also very good against the Scurvey Take green Ginger preserved it is sold by the Confectioners and Conserve of Roman-Wormwood two ounces Conserve of Wood-sorrel two or three or four ounces more or ess as you conceive your Liver shall require beat and work them together into a Pulp Take thereof the quantity of a large Nutmeg two or three times a day You may make the Conserves by beating the herbs raw with two or three parts of fine Sugar to one of Herbs A Cordial Drink for weakness of the Stomack and want of Digestion Take three pints of good Claret Wine and half a pint of Mint-water of Cinamon and Nutmeg of each half a dram of fine Sugar four ounces reduce the Ingredients to Powder and put all into a Coffee-pot and cover it close stopping the Pipe of the Coffee-pot and let it stand in hot water for twenty four hours but let not the Water boil Then take it out and strain it through a Hypocras-bag Drink of this warm a Sack Glass-ful at a time If you have not a Coffee-pot you may use a stone Jugg or Bottle stopping it close but let it not be full A very Excellent Plaister for the Stomack that hath done notable Cures Take Mithridate spread it pretty thick upon Leather then strew upon it all over some grated Nutmeg laid also pretty thick on and cover this with another Leather like the former sewing them together round about the edges lay this to the pit of the Stomack The bigness of the Plaister is to be a hands-breadth round It is excellent for all Indigestions Weakness and Pain in the Stomack which causes Loosness Another Cordial Drink for a weak Stomack and want of Digestion devised by Dr. Mynsight Take Cinamon Mint half an ounce Mastick Galingal Cloves of each two drams Calamus Aromaticus Cardamom Ginger of each half a dram Lignum Aloes Roots of Burnet and Zedoary of each half a dram reduce them all to Powder and digest them in a quart of Canary Wine in a warm place or in Sand or B. Mariae until the Tincture is extracted then strain it and take thereof a small Draught Morning and Evening with a few drops of Spirit of Vitriol It warms and comforts the Stomack and is excellent against trembling fainting and swooning Fits and Vomiting Another by Dr. Mily Take Cinamon half an ounce Cloves Mace and Nutmegs of each half an ounce seeds of Anise Coriander and Ginger of each two drams bruise them and digest them in five dints of Rhenish Wine then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar to your Taste Drink thereof a quarter of a pint at a time It comforts and warms a weak and cold Stomack causes a good Appetite and Digestion and rectifies most Distempers of the Head and Brain My Lord Chesterfield's excellent digestive Powder to comfort the Stomack after Meat or otherwise Take sweet Fennel-seed half an ounce Coriander seeds one ounce shavings of Harts-horn and Ivory of each half a dram Cinamon and Pear or Crabs-eyes of each half a dram Sugar of Roses two ounces white Sugar-candy three ounces reduce all these severally into a subtil Powder and then mingle them together and so take thereof keep it in a warm place Dose so much as will lie upon the point of a Knife Dr. Riverius his infallible Remedy to stay a Vomit Take the true Salt of Wormwood half a dram mix it with the Juice of half a Limon and give it the Patient to drink you may mix it with a little Mint-water It is a Sovereign Remedy which I have often approved with great success it hath never failed To chear the Heart and comfort the vital Spirits and prevent Melancholy Take of Harts-horn one handful of the Roots of Celandine Flowers of Borage and of Langue de Beuf of each a handful shred the Herbs small or stamp them a little and steep them in a Gallon of Brandy for a night then distil it the distilled water sweeten with Sugar and hang two drams of Saffron in it tied up in a Sarcenet Bag. Drink a little of it in the Morning fasting Another Cordial to chear and comfort the Heart prevent Melancholy and make the Body lightsom Take a pint of Rhenish Wine half an ounce of Cinamon-water Water of Baum Bugloss and Borage of each half an ounce Juice of Limons one ounce half a pound of Sugar-candy seeth them together in a little strong glass-Bottle setting it in boyling water drink thereof a quarter of a pint in the Morning fasting in-the Summer Season In the Winter season take a pint of Malmsie or Muscadine Cinamon Cloves and Ginger of each two drams Grains of Paradise one dram Sugar two drams Musk one grain bruise the Spices and boil all together in a Bottle of Water then strain it and take a quarter of a pint thereof fasting CHAP. XII Select Remedies for all Diseases of the MOUTH This Chapter contains Choice Remedies for the Teeth and Gums Scurvey in the Mouth c. For a Canker in the Mouth TAke the Leaves of Woodbine of Bramble of Columbine of each one handful a little Rosemary shred them and boil them in fair water to the consumption of half then strain it and put into the Liquor two or three spoonfuls of Honey and a piece of Roch Allum in Powder and three or four spoonfuls of Vinegar Gargle the
quarts of Damask-Rose-water fit on the Head and lute it well and let it stand to digest eight days then distill it so long till you have seaven pints of water In this Water put Lignum Câ—ssia well bruised two ounces Safron half a dram Juice of Alkerms let it stand to digest for some days then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar or white Sugarcandy It is a most excellent Cordial and very odoriferous It exhilerates and comforts the Heart revives the Spirits comforts the Brain and Stomach augments natural heat causes a good digestion expels wind and is a most incomparable Remedy against the Chollick and griping of the Guts it takes awâ—y Colds and opens Obstructions of the Lungs Liver and Spleen preserves Health and as the Author says keeps back grey hair and prolongs life Those that love Amber and Musk may put into the distilled Water with the other Ingredients Ambergreece and Musk of each half a scruple ground together in a little Mortar with a little Sugar and then tyed up in a little Sarsenet or you may perfume it at any time as you use it with a drop or two of the Tincture of Amber set down in the Chap. of Perfumes The Dose is one spoonful or two Cordials to be taken after Phisick to comfort and settle the Stomach and to cause Rest and Sleep Take of Alkermess one dram and half Syrup of Cowslips a good spoonful Dragon and red Poppy-water of each one ounce mix them and take it when you go to Bed Or take of the Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers two drams Diascordium one dram Syrup of Cowslips one spoonful mix them with Strawberry-water Lettice Carduus or Rose-water and take it Bedward Or take Conserves of Roses and Methridate of each the quantity of a Hasle-nut mix them with some Cordial Waters and Syrup Another Excellent Cordial to cause Rest and Sleep in a Fever or when one is oppressed with pain as also in a Surfeit or after Phisick Take Confection of Alkerms one dram and an half Diascordium one dram Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers a good spoonful mix them very well with two ounces of Dragon-water or red Poppy-water or Carduus-water as the Disease requires It is an excellent Cordial Dr. Farrar his great strengthening and restoring Cordial Electuary and Drink Take Conserves of Rosemary-flowers Conserve of Borage-flowers Conserve of Clove Gilly flowers of each half an ounce Electuary of Diasatirrion one ounce Candid Ringo-Roots six drams Venice-Treacle two drams Nettle-seeds and Seeds of Rocket of each half a dram Species Diomoschi duleis two scruples Syrup of Stoechado's so much as will suffice to make it up into an Electuary Take the quantity of a Nutmeg of this Morning and Night or when you will and drink a little of the following Decoction after it Take Leaves of Sage of Organy or wild Marjoram Rosemary and Nettle-tops of each one handful Chamaede Chamepit Stoechao's of each half an handful Seeds of Nettles of Rocket and of sweet Fennel-seeds of each three drams Roots of Pellitory of Spain half an ounce shred them all small and boil them in a quart of Fountain-water then strain it and mix the strained liquor with a pint of old Mallago-Sack This strengthens Nature wonderfully and is excellent for old Men taking a little glass-full after the foregoing Electuary CHAP. XII Select Cordial JULEPS An opening purging and cooling Julep for Choller and burnt Humors TAke French Barly two spoonfuls Succory with the Roots of Maidenhair Liverwort and Sorrel of each half a handful Roots of Fennel and Grass of each half an ounce of the four cold Seeds beaten of each two ounces boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water a pint and half then strain it and infuse in it half an ounce of Sena then take Tamarins and Polipode of each three ounces Mechoacan Jallop and Hermodactils of each two ounces Currans bruised half an ounce of Borage Bugloss and Rosemary-flowers of each half an ounce if they are to be had if not you may leave them out bruise them all and infuse them warm in a sufficient quantity of Succory-water then boil them until there remains a pint then strain it and infuse in it four scruples of Rubarb in thin slices and three ounces then strain it again and add Syrup of Roses and Cream of Tartar of each one ounce then add the first decoction Take of this a quarter of a pint every Morning as long as it lasts A cooling opening Cordial Julep good in Feverish Distempers Take Succory-water four ounces Rose-water two ounces Syrup of Violets of Rosae Salutive of each half an ounce Spirit of Vitriol fifteen or sixteen drops mix and shake them together and take thereof two or three spoonfuls at a time Another Cooling Julep Take Barley-water and Sorrel-water of each half a pint Syrup of Violets and Syrup of Juice of Citrons of each one ounce Spirit or Oyl of Vitriol twelve or fifteen drops or so much as will make it of a grateful ascidity A Cordial Julep against Melancholy Vapors and Palpitation of the Heart Take Bawm-water half a pint Borage and Rose-water of each two ounces a few drops of Oyl of Sulphur in which infuse cold one scruple of Safron for four hours then strain it and dissolve in it one ounce of manus Christi Confection of Alkermes one ounce Syrup of Citrons and Clove Gilly-flowers of each half an ounce mix all and make a Julep It is comfortable and refreshing as also restorative Drink a spoonful or two at pleasure Dr. Mynsight his excellent Cordial and cooling Julep Take half an ounce of Endive-water of Sorrel and Rose-water of each half a pint of Water-lillies and Scabio's of each six ounces Cinamon-water two ounces Syrup of Violets or Roses half a pound Juice of Limons two ounces mix them and add Spirit of Vitriol so much as to give it a grateful ascidity It is an excellent Remedy in a burning Fever in a spotted purple malignant Fever and all other malignant Distempers It is a very excellent thing it cools Insflammations quenches Thirst moistens a dry body and is a pleasant Cooler being cordial The Dose is five or six spoonfuls A most excellent Cordial cooling Tincture of Roses Take two quarts of water make it boiling hot then powr it into an earthen or white Bason or a deep Pan and put into it two or three spoonfuls of Spirit of Vitriol and stir it with a clean wooden stick then put into it a good handful of red dried Roses of that year stir them well and thrust them even in the liquor then cover it and let it stand to cool then strain it without pressing the Roses and you shall have a Tincture as red as a Ruby Be sure you do not make it in any Tin or Powter Vessel for it will lose the color It is a very pleasant Cooler and a great Cordial and strengthens the Liver the Kidneys and the Stomach It is excellent in Fevers A Cordial Water
the warm Balsom and lay it in the wound then take a fine Cloth and wet also in the Balsom and lay upon the Lint and thereon a piece of Bladder well rubbed dress it twice the first day that so it may the better soak out the Blood but afterward once in four and twenty hours The Use of the same for a Bruise or Wrench Set some in a Saucer before the Fire but not on Coals and when it is warm wet your Fingers in it and gently rub and chafe in the Oyl where the Bruise is before the Fire an hour together then wipe your hands on a fine Linnen Cloth and bind up the pained place with the Cloth upon it dress it thus twice a day and in four or five days with God's Help it will be perfectly well The Lady Barington's Rare Balsom for the Palsie Apoplexies and weak Sinews or old Strains c. Take two quarts of very strong Aqua-vitae or Spirit of Sack infuse in it one pound of Imperatory Sarsaparilla and Castorum of each half an ounce bruise all these a little and add to them two handful of ordinary Lavender Flowers and Sage-flowers of each one handful steep these Ingredients in an earthen Pitcher that is well glazed on the Inside so stop it with a Cork and a Bladder very close and keep it in a Chimney Corner where there is a constant fire kept for the space of four days and nights setting the Pot often on warm Embers shake the Vessel twice or thrice a day all the time then take nine drams of Camphire dissolved in half a pint of the strongest Spirit of Wine when the time of Infusion is expired put the Vessel in a cool Cellar to settle the Spirits and when you feel the Pitcher well cooled then open it and stir into it the dissolved Camphire and Spirit of Wine then pass it two or three times through an Hypocras-bag so keep it in Glasses very close stopped This Balsom is always to be used cold the Spirits are so quick that it will vapour all away When you use it put some of it into a Spoon and rub it in till it be dry for the Palsie rub the Mould of the Head and Nape of the Neck it is good for all parts where there is any Contraction of the Sinews or debility of the Nerves for the Gout or any Crick or Aches rubbing the Places it is very good for any Distemper that proceeds from Cold and also for the Head-Ach rubbing the Temples This Balsom must be always close stopp'd and kept in a cool place and that it may be seldom opened take in little Glasses for your daily Use it must be used Night and Morning rubbing it well into the place For the Dead Palsie Sir Kenelm Digby relates That Madam de Monpesson told him that a certain and by her often approved Remedy for the Dead Palsie is this Shred Onions small the white are best and and put them into an earthen pot or pan uncovered or but slightly to keep out the dust and set it in an Oven moderately hot to bake stirring the Onions sometimes let them bake till they are become Pap make a thick Cataplasm of this and lay it upon the benummed part change it every twenty four hours and continue it till you are well If it be an universal Paralisie you must use the Cataplasm all over An Ointment for the Palsie Take Sage Rue Savin Lavender Sothern-wood Rosemary Laurel Mullin Primrose Cowslips Betony Avens Watercresses Mallows the Leaves and Berries of Ivy and red Nettles of each a handful stamp them all and strain them and mix the Juice with red Wine let it stand six or seven days then boil it and add boars Grease Cats Grease Fox Grease Castor when they are well boil'd strain it through a Canvas into a Bason and add Wax and Rosin An Ointment for the dead Palsie Take two pound of fresh Butter melt and scum it clean then take red Sage Dill Bay-leaves Rosemary Thyme Costmary Tansie Lavender leaves Winter-Savory Maudlin Penniroyal Speremint Camomil Lavender-Cotton of each a quarter of a handful then take two handful of Angeltouches wash them clean and dry them in a Napkin then shred them all very small then warm the Butter and strew all into it stirring it over a soft fire till it comes to a green Ointment then strain it and let it stand till it is cold It must be made in May. The true Balsom or the Oil of St. John's Wort. Take Tops and Flowers of St. John's Wort when they are near ripe two pound stamp them in a Stone-Mortar and put them into a stone Jugg and powr upon them Oil Olive four pound good strong wine half a pint stop it close and set it in warm water for twenty four hours or in a Sand-Furnace then put it into a Kettle of water and let the water boil stirring the Ingredients sometimes with a wooden Spatula then strain it and press it out strongly then take the same quantity of the Tops and Flowers of St. John's Wort and put them into the Pitcher and powr the strained Oil upon them let it digest as before then set it in boiling water as before then strain and pour it out repeat a third time with new Tops of St. John's Wort then strain and press it hard and keep the Oil for use Then to make this Oil more efficacious having separated it from the Faeces and Moisture set it over a gentle Fire and put into it 2 pound of Venice-Turpentine and stir and incorporate them well together then take it from the Fire and mix with it three ounces of Tincture of Saffron stir them well together and keep the Oil for Use This Oil thus prepared is an effectual Balsom it warms attenuates dissipates and dries and therefore is very proper against all Pains Aches and Numness proceeding from Cold particularly against all sorts of Infirmities and Weakness in the Joynts the Sciatica and all sorts of Gouts it cases the pain of the Teeth It is an excellent thing to heal all sorts of Wounds together with those of the Nerves for it glutinates and cicatrises it extends shrunk Sinews and strengthens them it is good for Burnings and Scaldings it is good against Convulsions being given inwardly This Balsom is also mixed in vulnerary Injections in Digestives in Cataplasmes and in the Composition of Lucutella 's Balsom made after Sir K. Digby 's Receipt Dr. Scroderus his Balsom against the Plague Take distilled Oils of Rue of Citron of Angelica of each half a Scruple Oil of Amber rectified five drops of Camphire three ounces Oil of Nutmegs by expression half an ounce mix them and make a Balsom It is an excellent Preservative in time of Infection anoint the Temples Nostrils Stomach and Pulses therewith and take every Morning fasting the quantity of six or eight grains in a little Canary A most Excellent Balsom to dry up all running and moist Sores Issues moist Scabs old and
little more of your Aqua fortis and the ebulation and fumes being over pour in more and so continue til you have pour'd in the twelve ounces of Aqua fortis And if you see that it is not all dissolv'd after having stood some time set the Cucurbite upon a little sand in an earthen pan and set the pan upon a Chasing dish of coals and the Aqua fortis being warm will soon dissolve all the Bistmuth when all is well dissolv'd let it cool there will remain a few black feces in the bottom which cannot be dissolv'd pour it into a white bason full of fair water leaving the said black dreggs behind and it will immediately turn it as white as milk let it stand five or six hours until the water be very clear and the white powder be setled to the bottom pour fresh water upon it and let it settle as before then pour it off gently without stirring the powder and put on fresh fair water do thus ten or twelve times that the powder may be well dulcified and freed from all the acrimony of the Aqua-fortis then dry it in the shadow between two papers spreading it abroad upon the paper You shall have a pure white Magister which some have call'd the white of Pearls which is a most excellent Cosmetick fit for all Deformities of the skin and to preserve and beautifie the Complection of Ladies and smooth the skin for which it is recommended by all Authors and is much in use among the Ladies in France I have many times prepar'd it for Ladies of great quality at Paris you may make a Pomatum with it thus Take one ounce of white Virgins wax and four ounces of Oyl of sweet Almonds drawn without fire or four ounces of Oyl of the great Coldseeds and one dram of the said Magistery and so use it either at night or in the morning A rare Cosmetick of Ox-gall Take two pintes of Ox-galls digest it twenty four hours in a bottle set in warm water then take Roch-allum and Salt of Glass or Sand powder'd of each half an ounce mix them with the Oxgalls and put them together into a Matrass or in the same bottle stop it carefully and set it in the Sun shaking the bottle three or four times a day then filtre it through gray paper then take one ounce of Porcellane finely powder'd dissolve it in Spirit of Vinegar then take Borax and Spermacety of each half an ounce Sugar candy an ounce and half Camphir and sweet Sublimate of each one dram and a half mix them all well together and put them into the bottle stop it close and set it in the Sun again for ten days and shake it often then filtre it again and keep the Liquor for use This preparation is highly esteem'd by all the Noble Ladies in France for clearing the Face from Morphew Freckles and Sun-burning and to defend it from Sun-burning The face must be wash'd with it Evening and morning and in the morning you may wash afterwards with water of Lillies or Water-lillies You may travel in the Sun all day long with the face anointed with it and wash at night to prevent Sun-burning Monsieur Charras hath it in his Royal Dispensatory Dr. Scroderus's Cosmetick of Oxgalls which he highly commends in his Chymical Dispensatory is thus Take of Oxgalls what quantity you please dry it by degrees in the Sun then extract a tincture of it with Spirit of Wine which filtre and keep it for use It is a most excellent Cosmetick procuring a most beautiful white Skin even to admiration the face must be anointed with it two or three times over at night washing it the next morning when you make your self ready with Bean-flower water or water of Water-lillies or with one of the Cosmetick waters that are set down before Dr. Scroderus his Virginal-milk which is a rare Cosmetick taking away Freckles and Morphew in the Face Take waters of Night-shade Lettice Lillies and Sorrel of each two ounces mix them together and dissolve therein one ounce of Litharge of Silver white Cerus three drams Camphir one scruple set it in the Sun for some days shaking it often then let it settle and filtre or strain it The Author recommends this highly not only to Beautifie and whiten the face but that it is of so smoothing a nature that it will make a wrinkles Brow smooth it stops bleeding and takes off Freckles Morphew and Scabs Oyls of Sale which are said to whiten and beautifie the Face and Skin in other places and to blanch Pearls and Scarlet being dipp'd therein You may see them in my Book of Sr. Keneln Digby's Chymical Secrets Printed for me in the Year 1682. A Paste for the hands Take bitter Almonds blanch'd half a pound stamp them in a Stone Mortar sprinkling them with never so little Aqua vitae then add the yolk of two Eggs white Honey and Orrice-roots finely powder'd one ounce mix and reduce them to a Paste It is Excellent to cleanse the hands and easily prepar'd There is no need of wetting it for it may be used as it is An Incomparable Balsom for the Hands Take Venice Soape dissolv'd in juice of Lemmons half a pound white Virgin Honey two ounces Venecian Talk Sugarcandy and Orrice roots all reduced to a fine powder of each half an ounce Salt of Tartar Borax and Spermaceti of each two drams Peruvian Balsom one dram Oyl of Lignum Rhodium Oyl of Cinamon and Cloves of each one scruple and a half and if Ladies like the smell of Musk and Amber they may add ten grains of each Cut the Sap small and put it into an earthen glaz'd pot and dissolve it over a gentle fire in two ounces of juice of Limons then add the Honey the Spermaceti next with the Balsom Then take the pot from the fire and by degrees incorporate the powders and lastly the distill'd Oyls and Amber and Musk. The Talk must be layd before a quick fire for a quarter of an hour then pulverized in a Mortar heated heating also the end of the Pestle This Balsom is of an Incomparable and comfortable Odor It whitens cleanses and smooths the skin beyond any Paste or Pomatum that can be prepar'd 'T is enough to rub the hands with it nor is there any need of washing afterwards Another Perfume Take Coals of Rosemary-wood pulverized Labdanum two ounces Storax and Benjamin of each an ounce Roots of Cyprus Aromatick Reed Mastick and yellow Amber of each two drams Cloves a dram Musk Ambergrease and Civet of each ten grains reduce all to a fine Powder and make it up into little short Candles or Sticks with the Mucilage of Gum Tragant steep'd in Orange-Flower-water dry them and use them as the former Another richer Perfume being pleasant and wholsom to perfume Tobacco taken in a Pipe Take Balm of Peru half an ounce seven or eight Drops of Oyl of Cinamon Oyl of Cloves five drops Oyl of Nutmegs of Thyme of
Lavender of Fennel of Aniseeds all drawn by distillation of each a like quantity or more or less as you like the Odour and would have it strongest incorporate with these half a dram of Ambergrease make all these into a Paste which keep in a Box when you have fill'd your Pipe of Tobacco put upon it about the bigness of a Pins Head of this Composition It will make the Smoak most pleasantly odoriferous both to the Takers and to them that come into the Room and ones Breath will be sweet all day after It also comforts the Head and Brains Approved by Sir Kenelm Digby CHAP. XLII Select PERFUMES An Excellent Odoriferous Perfume for Chambers and Rooms of Entertainment much used in France TAke the powder of Willow coals three ounces Labdanum two ounces Storax and Benjamin of each half an ounce Mastick sweet Taccamahacca and yellow Amber of each two drams Lignum Rhodium a dram and half reduce them all into a subtil Powder and make them up into small Candles with Gum Tragant steep'd in Rosewater then dry them in the shadow kindle the narrow end of them and set them in a Candlestick or heat the Pin of a Save-all and then thrust it into the bigger end and so set it upon a Candle-stick A Famous Odoriferous sweet Water call'd the Angel's Water Take Roots of Florence Orrice and Benjamin of each an ounce and half select Storax six drams Lignum Rhodium half an ounce Aromatick Reed and Labdanum of each two scruples Flowers of Benjamin a scruple pulverize them all and put them into a Mattress or in a strong Bottle and pour upon it a pint of Rose-water and half a pint of Orange-flower-water Stop the Bottle or Mattress very close and set it in lukewarm water for twenty four hours then distil in a Cucurbite in Balneo Mariae and keep the water for Use If you please you may mix it with Musk and Ambergrease or you may put in it a few drops of the Essence of Amber afterwards set down This Water is call'd The Angels-Water because of its sweet and pleasing Odour you may after you have infused the Ingredients in the Waters strain the Infusion and having dissolv'd in it the Musk and Ambergrease keep the Liquor for Use without distilling it Of the Sediments you may make sweet Bags to put among Cloaths and Linnen The Countess of Dorset her sweet Water Take Rose-Leaves Bay-Leaves Lavender sweet Marjoram Eglantine and Pinks of each two handful Cloves and Cinamon of each an ounce bruise all these and pour upon them two quarts of strong Ale that is near the Grounds let them infuse twenty four hours then distil it and draw it till the Ingredients remain almost dry The Essence of Musk and Ambergrease drawn with Spirit of Wine Take a dram of Ambergrease and half a dram of Musk powder them and put them in a small Mattress with a long Neck and powr upon them four ounces of Spirit of Wine then stop it very close and cut the Cork even with the Neck of the Mattress after you have thrust it in as far as you can then close it all over with Spanish Wax then put the Mattress in a little earthen pan with Sand at the bottom and set it in the Sun in the hottest time of the year putting behind the Glass a Tin Leaf to receive the Sun-beams and reverberate them upon the Glass shake it sometimes and the Amber and Musk will dissolve in the Spirit of Wine and will tinge it of a red colour like a Ruby which powr out into a Glass Vial which stop well and tie a Bladder about it In all things where the Ambergrease is used two or three Drops of this Essence will go further in the Aromatizing of it than a whole dram of Ambergrease in substance One Drop of it Perfumes for ever whatsoever it touches that can imbibe it The End of the Medicinal Part. EXCELLENT DIRECTIONS FOR COOKERY TOGETHER WITH The Description of an Useful ENGIN serving for the same and likewise for Distilling the Choicest and Best Cordial Waters AS ALSO SELECT RECEIPTS FOR PRESERVING CONSERVING and CANDYING c. WITH A COLLECTION Of the Choicest Receipts for making of METHEGLIN SIDER CHERRY-WINE c. The SECOND PART LONDON Printed by T. B. for G. Hartman Chymist 1682. 6. It is very convenient for a small Family or For Lodgers especially in the Summer time for dressing their meat in it without making a fire which would heat the Room 7. The Door of the ENGINE being shut the Lamp where the Spirit burns is not seen so that if any body comes into the Room he will not know what it is unless you shew it him Of the several sorts of Meats which may with great conveniency be dressed in this ENGINE both the English and the French way with Excellent Direction how to do them 1. An Excellent and Savoury Fricasie after the French way either of Pigeons Chickens Veal Lamb Mutton Rabbits Lamb-stones or Sweet-breads 2. A Leg of Lamb boiled 3. Stewed Veal the French Way 4. Stew'd Broth the English way 5. Stew'd Rabbits the English way 6. A Hare stewed after the French way which they call Lieore en Civette which is exceeding Savoury Meat 7. A Hutch-pot the Dutch way which is excellent Meat 8. Pottage both English and French 9. Beans and green Pease 10. Milk-Pottage and Rice Milk Cawdles and Water-Gruel c. 11. A Carp in short Broth the French way ordinary way You must order the quantity of Eggs according to the quantity of your meat either more or less To stew a Rump of Beef Mrs. Herbert's way Take a Rump of Beef and Season it with pepper Salt and Nutmegs grated and mingled together Season and rub it on the bonyside and lay it in your Engine or in a Pipkin with the fat side downward Pour upon it three pintes of Vinegar and as much water and three great onions and a bunch of Rosemary tied up Stew them three or four hours together with a soft fire being close covered Then dish it up upon Sippets with some of the Gravy blowing off the Fat from it Elder Vinegar is better than ordinary Vinegar To make Red-Deer that will keep a quarter of a year and is Excellent Meat Take a piece of the buttock of Bief the leanest of it and beat it with a Rowling-pin the space of an hour till you think you have broken the grain of it and have made it very open both to receive the saucing drink and also to make it tender Then let it lie two days and two nights in Vinegar and Clarret-wine of each one pinte with two Nutmegs beaten Then take it out and Lard it with Lards as big as your biggest finger Rowl'd in pepper and salt Then take Pepper Cloves Mace and Nutmeg or Jamaica Pepper Beat and mix them all together and season it very well all over and so Bake it in Pye-paste and let it stand five or six hours in
the Liver with Oyl of Nutmeg and Oyl of Roses Dr. Farrar gave this Receipt to Sir K. Digby who recommended him to the Lord and Sir K. made the Bargain between the Lord and the Doctor who was to have five hundred pound for his Cure and I heard Sir K. say that after twelve or thirteen days the Patient began to piss in great abundance and so very stinking noisom roping Matter that the Nurse which emptied the Pots was scarce able to endure the stench and noisomness of it And continuing the Remedy the Lord was perfectly cured The Silver Pills as we prepared them in Sir K. Digby's Elaboratory are also a specifick Remedy against the Dropsie the description thereof is in Sir Kenelm Digby's Collection of Chymical Secrets Printed for me in 1682. A very good Plaister to be applied to the Belly for the Dropsie Take Rue Camomil Melilot Calamint of each two ounces beat them small and boyl them in Wine and Oyl of Dill then add Gummi Caranae Gum of Wax of each as much as sufficeth to make a Plaister CHAP. IV. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies against the Stone and Gravel Dr. Mynsycht his Stone-breaking Wine TAke whole Barly red Cicers of each one ounce and half Roots of Rest-harrow of Eringo of Liquoras of each one ounce roots of Stone-Partly half an ounce Juniper-Berries bruised Winter-Cherries of each one dram Gromwel seeds Haws Seeds of Mallows and Marsh-Mallows of each one dram and half flowers of Broom and Violets of each one dram dried Figs and Sebestens of each twelve in number cut and bruise them all and put them to infuse in Rhenish wine and Rain-water of each three pints for four and twenty hours then boyl it until a third part be consumed then strain it being cold and to the strained Liquor add a quarter of a pound of refined Sugar and keep it for Use It is much recommended to be of great Use in Diseases of the Reins it provokes Urine and the Terms breaks dissolves and expels the Stone whether in the Reins or Bladder it opens and dissolves all slimy and Tartarous Matter obstructing those Passages Drink a good draught of it every morning fasting A most Precious Spirit to break and bring away Stone and Gravel Take roots of Elecampane Burnet Parsly stones of a Perces head Crabs Eyes Goats-blood of each one ounce seeds of water-Carrots white Saxifrage Fennel-seed Aniseed Gromwel-seed Roman Nettles Broom Juniper berries Winter-Cherries of each half an ounce Pepper white black and long of each two drams bruise all the Ingredients and mix them and digest them in Spirit of Wine for twenty days then distil it in Balneo Mariae then dissolve in the distilled Spirit Salt of Crystal two drams then take a hundred Monkey-pease or Hoglice those that rowl themselves round when they are touched bruise them and infuse them in the Spirit until the Tincture is extracted then filter it and keep it for Use This breaks the Stones in both Reins and Bladder and brings it away by Urine as also the Gravel Take it in Arsmart water the Dose is from one spoonful to three It is a great Specifick in this Case Another Stone-breaking Spirit Take the shells of an Estridge Egg pulverize it and digest it in Spirit of Salt until it be dissolved and the Egg-shells appear in bits then filtre and keep it for Use This Medicine was invented by the Emperor's Physicians and as Closseus says is second to none against the Stone and stoppage of Urine it opens strongly forces away the Stone and Gravel expels Water in Dropsies provokes the Terms and sometimes purges by Stool Dr. Bacon's Remedy against the Stone and Gravel which he gave to Sir Kenelm Digby Take four Gallons of running water four pound of fine Sugar in Powder Eringo roots and Raisins of the Sun stoned of each one pound a Branch of fresh Rosemary Boyl all these together till half be consumed then work it up with a little Yeast then Tunn it and put the Peel of a fresh Limon into it when it hath done working you may bottle it if you please of this drink morning and evening and whensoever you are adry The said Doctor hath had great Experience of this The L. of Denbigh his Remedy against the Stone unto which he attributes his Cure of the Stone as he told Sir K. Digby Take a good ounce of Melon-seeds and near a quart of small quick Beer and a little Rhenish wine brew the chief quantity of the Drink with the yolks of six new laid Eggs and draw the Milk out of the Almonds with another part of it add a little Spirit of Clary and as much Virgin-Honey as will sweeten it then mingle and brew all together and drink a large draught thereof This Drink is also very healing and very strengthning every way If you have not good Melon-seeds you may take a good quantity of blanched Almonds and you may put in Juice of Orange and what you please An Experienced Remedy for the Stone and Gravel and Stoppage of Vrine Take wild Carot-seeds one dram bruise them a little and powr upon them a draught of white wine stop the Bottle close and let it stand all night the next morning strain it through a linnen Cloth and drink it This cured a Gentleman in France who was much troubled with Stoppage of Urine and Viscosities which they called the Stone once taking this Remedy preserved him from all inconveniencies of Urine for half a year When the Disease grew again upon him he took again this Remedy Another for the same A Gentlewoman told me that she was much troubled with the Gravel Strangury and stoppage of Urine so that in ten days time she did not make a pint of water which was a great torment to her she was taught to take Oyl of Olive and Milk of each a quarter of a pint and a spoonful of honey mix all together and drink it blood-warm This opened the passage of Urine and caused her to make water in abundance with Gravel and she was perfectly cured Oyl of sweet Almonds would have been better than Sallet Oyl Sir K. Digby's Remedy for the Gravel and Strangury and Stoppage of Vrine which I prepared many times for him and by which he found great Relief Take the white of a new-laid Egg and beat it well with a Spoon in a Porringer for a quarter of an hour then let it settle and take off the Scum mix the clear with two spoonfuls of white wine and four spoonfuls of red-Rose-water and put to it one ounce of Sugar-Candy in powder mix all well together and take it in the morning fasting and another at night going to bed Continue this six or seven days Another very precious Remedy against the Stone Gravel Stoppage and Strangury of Vrin of Dr. Horstius Take Saxifrage roots one ounce Jews stone one ounce and a half asparagus and Scordium of each half a handful seeds of Parsly Bishops weed Ivy of the
Humor and Pain lieth it will dry and stay the Rheum and not draw it and will fasten the Teeth infallibly Proved by Mr. Fleetwood An Opiate for the Tooth-Ach Take Camphire two drams Opium one dram Castor half a dram pulverize them and mix them with Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers over the Fire that they may well incorporate to an Opiate It is excellent to asswage the Tooth-Ach when any of the Teeth are rotten and hollow put but a little into the hollow of the Tooth and let it remain there and renew it as often as need requires A most Excellent Opiate to cleanse and whiten the Teeth which is much used by all the Nobles in France Take Pumice stone burnt White Coral Cuttle-fish Bone and Cream of Tartar Florence-Orrice-root of each an ounce reduce them all to a fine powder Sal-armoniack pulverized two drams Musk and Amber of each six grains grind them all together upon a Maâ—ble Stone or in a Stone-Mortar with an Iron Pestle adding so much Honey of Roses by degrees as will make it into an Opiate by girnding Then put it up in Gally-pots and keep it for Use Rub your Teeth with it Ladies that do not love the smell of Amber and Musk may leave it out and it will be never the worse for it and it may be perfumed by adding a few drops of Aromatick Oyls as Oyl of Cloves Cinamon Essence of Orange and Limon Peels c. An infallible and much experienced Remedy to cure the Tooth-Ach and to fetch out the Worms that are in the Gums and hollow Teeth Take Henbane Seeds well bruised two spoonfuls Bees Wax four ounces shred the Wax and make it soft in warm water then mix the Seed well with it and make a Candle thereof with Cotton Thred hold the Candle being lighted in your Mouth letting the Heat and Smoak of it go into your Mouth as much as may be endured and hold your Mouth over a Poringer full of Water and the Candle will draw out the Worms and they will fall with the Rheum into the Water so that you shall see some of them alive This hath been sufficiently experimented You may also put the end of a Funnel to the Tooth and so hold the Candle in the Funnel holding your Mouth over the Water CHAP. XIII Select CORDIAL WATERS Distilled This Chapter containeth the choicest Cordial Waters with the true description of that famous Water called the Queen of Hungarys Water The Lady Hewits great Cordial Water for all cold Diseases to comfort the Stomach the Spirits the Head the Heart to stay the Rheum the Hiccock the bloudy Flux against the Plague the Meazles the small Pox the Palsie the Dropsie and the Consumption of the Lungs Copied from a Receipt in my Ladies Daughters hand which she gave to the Countess of Monmouth TAke Roman Wormwood Sage Bittony Speremint unset Hysop Setwel Thyme mother of Thyme Bawm Pennyroyal Saincle Salendine Watercresses Hearts-ease Field-dazies Flower Leaf and Roots Angellica Germander Callamint Tamarix Colts-foot Carduus Benedictus Avens Valerian wild Marjoram Saxafrage Pellatory of the Wall Pimpernel Varvain Parsley Rosemary Savory Scabious Egremony of all these one handful pickt a quarter of a peck of Rosemary-flowers half a peck of Cowslip-flowers half a peck of red Roses of Camomile Madienhair sweet Marjoram Plantane Cumphry Yerrow and Rue as much of these as shall remain being picked out of a handful of each of Aromaticum Rosarum three drams Spicknard two drams Elecampane-Roots dried Calamus Aromaticus Galengal Cubebs Carda Noman Grains Pepper Lignum Alces Thinne Veroinca Juniper-berries one dram Zedoaria two drams Ginger Cinamon Cloves Mace Nutmegs Mellelet-flowers of each two drams then take Fennel-seeds Parsley-seeds Annyseeds Caraway-seeds of each two drams Hartshorn one pound all your Drug-spices and Seeds being beaten somewhat gross and all your Herbs being washed wrung in a Cloth and shred put them all into an earthen pot with two gallons of the strongest Sherry-Sack to steep all Night your Drug-spices and Seeds being to be put into the midst of the herbs Then when you still which must be the next day out of the whole quantity you must draw a quart of the first which is best then a pint of the second which is next in goodness and mingle those three pints together which is the usual water and if it prove too strong put a little more of the weaker sort to it The third and last sort is for other uses as hereafter you must Aromatine each Pottle of your first useful and drinking Water with thirty grains of Beaser twenty four grains of Musk twenty grains of Ambergreece one pound of Sugarcandy two drams of Coral two drams of Pearl and one dram of Amber all must be beaten very small and must be stirred twice a day till it be dissolved Another very precious Cordial Water of very great vertue called the Golden Palsie-Water Copied from my Lord of Portland's Copy that he had from my Lady Lovelace composed by Dr. Mathews Take flowers of Lavender two quarts spirit of Wine one gallon and half digest them in a glass-bottel close stopped in the Sun for six days then distill it in an Alembick with its refrigeratory and keep the Spirit Take flowers of Sage of Rosemary of Bittony of Borage of Bugloss Lillies of the Valley and Cowslips of each half a handful put them all into a gallon of Spirit of Wine and put into them leaves of Bawm of Fetherfew tops of Rosemary and flowers of Steehas and Bayberries of each half an ounce powr upon them the foregoing Spirit of Lavender-flowers and digest them twenty four hours then distill to dryness then put into this Spirit the thin yellow Rind of Citron-peel and Piony-seeds husked of each three ounces Cinamon Mace Nutmegs Cardamoms Cubebs yellow Sanders of each two drams wood of Alves half a dram bruise them all and digest for twenty four hours then strain it and put it up in a large glass-bottel and hang in 't the following Ingredients Take Pearls ground to subtil powder one dram Ambergreece Musks and Safron of each half a scraple red Rose dryed and red Sanders of each two drams red Sanders Citron-peels dryed all in subtil powder of each one dram put them all in a Sarsenet-bag and hang it in the Spirit Note That in the old Copy the quantity was double both of the Spirit and of Ingredients and the digestion was to be continued six weeks but being corrected by a judicious Phisitian who judg twenty four hours to be a time long enough for such rectified Spirits to extract the powers end vertues of any ordinary vegetable especially its flowers and leaves The Vertues It is of exceeding vertues against the Palsie Apoplexie the Falling sickness and all cold Distempers of the Head Brain and Womb It chears and comforts the Heart the Animal and vital Spirit warms strengthens and comforts a weak and cold Stomach and recovers lost appetite It is excellent against Fat 's Vapours Convulsions
together in a Vessel close stopped stirring it sometimes for two days then distil it in a Glass Alembick or in a Copper Alembick with its Refrigeratory or Bucked Head Keep every Running by it self and mix them as you best like and spend the weakest first sweetning it with Sugar It is an Excellent Cordial it comforts the Heart revives the Spirits prevents swouning and fainting-fits is very good against Agues and Fevers Worms and small Pox to drive the Venom from the Heart It is excellent against the Plague and Infection all Epidemical and Pestilential Diseases Dose two spoonful of the strongest for aged People and of the small for Children Dr. Bnessius a Physitian at Paris his Cordial Water of green Walnuts as he makes it every year He gave the Receipt to Sir Kenelm Digby Take a good quantity of the Flower or Bloomings of the Walnut-Trees it is a long green Excrescence and is the first thing that buddeth out stamp them in a stone Mortar and press out all the Juice from them in an Apothecaries Press distil this Juice in a Glass-Still in Balneo Mariae or in Sand and keep the Water save also the Mark that you pâ—essed the Juice out of Then when the Nuts are as big as Hazle Nuts take also a quantity of them and stamp them and press out the Juice which distil there remains in the bottom a thick Substance like an Extract whick keep as also the Water Then when the Nuts are growing big and have but a Jelly in them instead of a Kernel and are fit to preserve take a quantity of them and stamp them and press out the Juice which distil as before to a like Consistence as the other Mingle your three Waters together and this is his Water of Walnuts which is a great Cordial and is Diaphoretick It is much recommended for the Cure of Agues and intermitting Fevers and all malignant Fevers It fortifies the Stomack Head and Brain is good against the suffocation of the Mother it is good against the Colick caused by Wind and Flegmatick Matters The Dose is from three or four ounces to seven or eight I saw a Letter from a Person of Quality at Paris to Sir K. Digby wherein he related to Sir K. that he had cured himself of a Quartan Ague by taking a Glass full of the said water which he had made taking it assoon as he found the least Symptom of the approaching Fit he went to bed and covered himself very warm and fell asleep and had no Fit at all that time nor never after The thick Consistences which remain after the distillation of the Juices the said Doctor putteth together and when he hath evaporated them to a fit height for making of Plaisters if they were not so already by their distilling he putteth to them removed from the Fire a little Venice-Turpentine about an eighth or tenth part or a little more and a little Powder of Cinamon and Cloves and a little wheat-flower to thicken it also a little Salt and kept it in a Pot all the year of this he makes Plaisters for the Stomach from the Sternum to the Navil and six or eight fingers breadth which let remain on as long as it will stick taking it off sometimes to wipe away the Water This comfrots and strengthens the stomack wonderfully when it digesteth not well You should so proportion your Substances or Nuts as to have about a like quantity of juice of each For Crudities and indigestions of the stomach when a loosness followeth which usually commeth from eating more than one can digest he prescribeth two or three days very slender diet and to eat one Morning three or four candid or preserv'd green Walnuts and to drink a little burnt Claret after them or raw Wine eating a mouthful of bread this settleth the Stomach very right The way how to candite and preserve green Walnuts will be set down in the Chapter of preserving and candying A rare Cordial Water called the Royal Aqua Vitae Take Lignum Aloes Roots of Zedoary Angelica Carline Thistle and Valerian of each one ounce Cinamon Mace and Citon-rind of each six drams Cloves lesser Cardamoms and sweet Fennel-seed of each half an ounce flowers of Rosemary Sage and Marjoram of each two small handfuls which is to be bruised and put them into a stone Jugg or Bottle with Spirit of Wine and Malmsey Wine of each four pints stop the Vessel close and them macerate in a warm Bath for three days then distil them in a sand Bath or in Balneo Mariae dissolving in the distilled water fine Sugar then put it up for use And if you would have it perfumed you may dissolve in it Ambergreece and Musk of each half a dram This Water is much esteemed and used by all the Nobles in France The perfection of it is that although there be not many Ingredients yet they are of great vertue It fortifieth the Brain Head and Stomach strengthens the Memory comforts the Heart reviveth the Spirits when enfeebled by the distillation of the Spirits or overpressed by the abundance of ill qualities or bad humors It is to be taken fasting from one spoonful to three in some proper liquor A Cordial Water or Spirit of Cinamon Take chosen Cinamon bruised one pound Aqua Vitae three pints the best Rose-waeter two pints let them digest a day or two close stopped then distil it in dn Alembick with a Refrigeratory or in a Glass Cucurbite or a Tin Cucurbite with a Glass-head such as described in our Engine The first pint will be pretty good and the last milky and sweet of the Cinamon but strong of the Spirits You may distil this till you perceive it commeth no more strong of Cinamon Keep every one of these three Waters in a Vessel apart close stopped The spirituous Water of Cinamon is good speedily to comfort and fortifie all the noble parts and principally the Heart for which reason it is given with great success in swooning and faming Fits It comforts and strengthens the Stomach excites natural heat thereof helpeth Digestion stays Loosness expels Wind and eases Chollicks which are caused thereby It is much recommended to strengthen Women in Labour to facilitate the Birth and case their pains It is also very good to provoke the Terms and to exhail the vapors that rise in the Matrix It is given alone of the first runnings mixt together from half a spoonful to a spoonful when there is any necessity but when you take it often it is better to keep to the lesser Dose Sir Kenelm Digby says that Lignum Cassia maketh a much finer Spirit than Cinamon he made it thus as I make it now Take four ounces of the quilled sort which is the finest and best bruise it well and put it into a gallon of Mallago-Sack Digest them together three or four days in Balneo then distil it with a very gentle heat If you will rest there severe the first second and third
to prevent and cure the Apoplexy Take Tops of Marjoram Jilly-flowers of Lillies of the Valley of Rosemary Lavender Sage Primroses of each three handfuls infuse them in Spirit of Wine rectified and Orange-flower-water of each three pints set it in the Sun for eight days then distil it in a sand Bath and keep the Water This Water is excellent to fortifie the Brain and the noble parts and is given from half a spoonful to a whole one as well to prevent as to cure the Apoplexy and all Diseases of the Brain The best way to distil a most Odoriferous and Spirituous Rose-water far beyond any that can be drawn by ordinary means and as much to be commended for its pleasant and penetrating Odour as for its Vertues Take 20 pound of Damask-Roses pick'd stamp them in a Stone-Mortar with a wooden Pestle mix and beat with them by degrees one pound of gray Salt powdered put it into a large earthen Pitcher or into two crush and stamp them down very close and order it so that the Pitcher may be quite full then stop it up close with a Cork fitted to it then close it up with yellow Wax made warm so that no Air can get in then tie a Bladder about it and set it in a Cellar for six weeks Then open the Pitcher and you shall find the Roses to have a kind of smell of Wine which is a Sign of their fermentation and of the aptness of the spiritual parts to separate from the terrestrial and to ascend in distillation Take out a pound of these fermented Roses and distil them in a Cucurbite in Balneo Mariae between lukewarm and boyling hot until the Roses remain almost dry then take them out and make the Cucurbite clean and put into it seven or eight pound of fresh Roses out of the Pitcher stopping the Pitcher up close again then powr upon the Roses the water that you distilled distil it as before until the Roses be almost dry then take them out and put in fresh Roses and powr upon them the distilled water and distil again as before Continue doing thus till you have distilled all your Roses and thus you shall have a most Odoriferous Rose-water which will smell all the House over while you are distilling and you may pickle what quantity of Roses you please whilst they are in their season and several Pitchers with them instead of one and you may distil them when you please at Michaelmas or at Christmas for they will keep good a long time provided your Pitchers he well stopp'd and closed Thus they commonly do them in Germany and in France And of this Rose-water you may draw an inflamable Spirit that will burn like Spirit of Wine by rectifying it in a Mattress with a long Neck with a Head upon it Sir Walter Raleigh's great Cordial according to the Counsel and Advice of Sir Ken. Digby and Sir Alexander Fraiser first Physitian to his Majesty The first Ingredients of Animals Harts-horn calcin'd in the Vapors Distillations and Circulations of Spirit of Wine with some rasp'd Harts-horn both powdered of each an even quantity in all four ounces The Second Oriental Bezoar-stone reduced into inpalpable Powder three ounces The Third Oriental prepared Pearl two ounces The Fourth Of the Flesh Hearts and Livers of Vipers they being first stripped of their Skins and dried in a Glass-bottom in Maries Bath until they are fit to be reduced into Powder three drams put two drams thereof to the Vegetables and add one dram to the Powders The Fifth Musk powdered with some white Sugar-Candy in a Marble or Stone Mortar thirty grains and afterward dissolve it in a vaporous Bath with Spirit of wine in a Pelican and draw off the Spirit again with a gentle heat of the same Bath unto the consistency of a thick Syrup which must be afterwards mixed with the other things The sixth Amber-greece four drams powdered in a Marble or stone-Mortar with some white Sugarcandy so long till they are perfectly united which will be very troublesom without the subtil and fiery Oyl of rectified and thrice passed over most pure salt of Tartar in Maries Bath therefore this mixture of Sugar and Amber-greece must be put in a Glass-bottle and powr over it of this subtil Oyl until it overtops it the breadth of four fingers then close the Vessel and place it in a vaporous Bath until it be united by dissolution then siltre it through Cotton into a glass-Viol and being cooled there will be united of these three Bodies a Butter or Cream most delicious and pleasing which already of it self is a great Cordial thus the Amber-greece must be prepared for this Operation The Tincture of Coral to be taken as in the Author's first Receipt and strike down the Pearl with Oyl of Vitriol and Oyl of Sulphur equal parts for that is the best way Vegetives and first Roots Which are the Angelica Tormentil and round Birthwort-roots of each one ounce the Fraxinella or white Dittany-Roots the Carline the Contra Yerva and Gentian-Roots the Serpentary of Virginia the Valerean and Zedoary-roots of each half an ounce the fittest time to gather these Roots is the beginning of the Spring Secondly Plants Which are Bittony Carduus Benedictus Soâ—rdium or Water-Germander the Dittany of Creet Marjoram Mints Bawm and Seddual of each four handfuls these Plants to be gathered a little after Sun-rising in a serene dry day the Dew being dried off and not after Rain Thirdly Flowers Which are Borage and Bugloss-flowers Clove-gilly-flowers the red Rose Rosemary-flowers Rosa solis the Marygold and Elder-flowers of eacn one Pottle Safron half an ounce flowers of Nutmegs or Mace two ounces Fourthly Fruits and Berries Namely Cardamoms Cubebs Alkermes-Berries Juniper-Berries Cloves and Nutmegs of each one ounce the Juice of Alkermes of which all over Europe is made the Confection of Alkerms is supposed better than the dried Berry as in the Authors Receipt Fifthly Barks and Rinds Which are Sassafrass and Cinamon of each four ounces Limon and Orange-rinds of each two ounces The Vegitables if they be dry must be put into gross powders if green they must be cut very small with Sissers for shredding with a Knife will waste the Juice Sixthly Woods Wood of Aloes and Sassafras of Virginia of each four ounces These Woods must be extracted in a pure and simple Spirit or some of that Spirit drawn off from the course extract to perform which there needs no more than to proceed simply in the same manner as before in the digestion and filtration of the last Extract then mix this resinous Extract with the Sugar the Extracts Powders Syrup which must be done by dissolving gently with some of its proper Spirit in a Pan and thus unite it gently with some Syrup before it be joyned with the rest otherwise it will remain in lumps and will not dissolve in the Stomack with ease enough to communicate its vertue when it is needful a Cordial should operate
Russel street Colonel Howard Esq Daugly My Lady Johnson in Hattengarden Madam Owen ditto Madam Keckwich ditto My Lady Smith in St. John's My Lady Blake ditto My Lady Greenfeld in York-street one made of Brass My Lady Bridgeman ditto Countess of Bedford in the Strand Countess of Portland Pellmail My Lady Dixon ditto My Lady Temple ditto Madam Atkins in Cabidge-Lane Mrs. Duncomb in Exeter-Exchange-Court My Lady Carterick in Fret-street Soho Mrs. Mansfield in Broadstreet Mrs. Ensworth in Basen-hall street Mrs. Slayter ditto Mrs. Dumstead in Grub-street Mrs. Broughton in Black Fryars Mrs. Willoughby in Coven Garden Mrs. Herbert in Three Crane Court Mrs. Herbert one sent into Wales to a Friend Mr. Whitehall Goldsmith in Lumbard street Mrs. Hoskins at Retheriff Mrs. Braddyll in St. Bartholemew Close Most of these Engines have been made of Tin by Mr. Waterman in Four Dove Court in St. Martins whom I have instructed to make them well as for the Tin-work An Explication of the Parts of this ENGINE A The whole Engine B The first Furnace with a Firestone and a Grate C The Ash-hole D The Hole to put the Fire in E The Second Furnace wherein stands the Balneum or Stew-pan F The Balneum or Stew-Pan G The Cover of the Stew-Pan with a hole in it so big that the upper part of the Cucurbite may come through it H The Cover of the Hole of the Stew-Pan to cover it when one hath a mind to boyl or stew meat in it The Cucurbite K The Glass Head L a little Hole in the Cover of the 〈◊〉 with a little shutter to put more Water into the Balneum when it consumes by Distilling M The Door of the Firehole sliding up and down N A piece fastned like a Spring to hold up the Door O The Lamp made of Tin P A Spout to fit on the Beak of the Glasshead Directions how to use this ENGINE for Distilling in Balneo Mariae which is the best way for Distilling the choicest Waters Having put your Materials which you mean to distill into the Body or Cucurbite marked I place the same into the Balneum F which being filled with Water and placed into its Furnace E put on its Cover G to keep in the heat of the Water Then put on the Glasshead and Lute it with a strap of Paper smeared over with paste made of flower and water then fit on the spout to the beak of the Glass Head with some Paper and this is called Distilling in Balneo Maria when the Body or Cucurbite stands in water But if you will Distill in Sand you must have a Pan or Balneum made of Brass for Tin would melt and unsoder then having but first an Inch thick of Sand in the bottom put your Cucurbite upon that with the Ingredients and then fill up the Pan with Sand round about the Cucurbite and give a gentle Fire and this is called Distilling Sand. A vsefull and necessary Engin for distilling all Sorts of waters ether in Balneo Mariae or in sand As also for boiling and Sterving all Sortes of meats either with charcoal or by a lamp with Spirit CHAP. I. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies in all affects of the Breast and Lungs as Consumption Phthisic Asthma shortness of Breath streightness of Breast Coughs spitting of Bloud c. A very excellent Pectoral Syrup against a Consumption ordered by a Phisitian for a great Lady TAke Ceterach Maidenhair Coltsfoot Aniseeds Liquorice of each one ounce Scolopender Lungwort Knotgrass of each one handful Root of Elecampane half an ounce thirty large Raisins of the Sun slit and stoned fifteen Figs cut small two Radishes cut small shred Herbs small and bruise the Roots and Seeds put them all in a large Pipkin and pour thereon five quarts of Springwater let it boyl gently upon a moderate fire until two quarts of the water be consumed then strain it To the strained liquour put two pound and half of double refined Sugar clarifie it with whites of Eggs and boyl it to the consistence of a Syrup whereof take one spoonful at a time by it self three or four times a day in the Morning fasting before Dinner at four in the Afternoon and at Night going to Bed let it run easily down your Throat you may take of it also at any time in the Night when there is occasion The Description of an Excellent Pectoral Decoction against Consumption Colds Coughs Asthma's c. TAke Paulsbittanny Maidenhair white Horhound of each two handfuls Root of Elecampane Liquorice Florence Orris of each two ounces Flowers of Borage Bugloss Roses red Poppies of each one handful Coltsfoot half a handful Nettleseed Carduusseed Aniseed sweet Fennelseed of each half an ounce Calamus Aromaticus Lignum Vita China Root of each one ounce Cinamon Galingal Cardamums Cloves of each three ounces Boyl all in ten quarts of water to six quarts then strain it and put into it three pound of refined Sugar drink it warm four ounces at a time three times a day Decoction for the Lungs TAke Maidenhair two handfuls Hysop Pennyroyal of each half a handful Roots of Florence Orris three drams Elecampane one dram and half Liquorice scraped and bruised half an ounce large Figs one ounce and half cut the Herbs and bruise the Roots and boyl it in two quarts of Fountain-water to a quart then strain it put to it one ounce tinckture of Safron then sweeten it with Sugarcandy or Loaf-sugar and take six spoonfuls of it warm three or four times a day The Tincture of Safron you may make presently by putting half an ounce of Safron into a Bottel or Phiol and then pouring upon it half a Pint of good Brandy if you have not Rectified Spirit of Wine set the Bottel in a warm place and shake it some times and the Brandy will extract the Tincture out of the Safron and leave it as white as straw which then hath no more vertue Another most Excellent Pectoral Decoction or Drink TAke half an ounce of French Barly boyl it in two quarts of Fountain-water for a quarter of an hour then put into it Raisins of the Sun stoned six drams Jujubes Sebesstens of each twelve in number fat Figs Dates stoned of each six in number all cut small let all these boyl with the Barly another quarter of an hour then put to them Lungwort Scabious of each one handful Hysop Politrice Flowers of Coltsfoot of each one pugil that is as many as you can hold between two fingers and your thumb Liquorice scraped and bruised two drams let them boyl all together a little more than a quarter of an hour then strain it when it is half cold It is an excellent Pectoral curing Obstructions and most other Diseases of the Breast and Lungs as Coughs Asthma's or shortness of Breath Phthisicks hoarsness c. The Patient may take about half a pint of it warm Morning and Evening Doctor Hornick his Excellent Pectoral Water against a Consumption TAke
them together for a quarter of an hour in a pint of white Wine then beat the yolk of an Egg in a little white Wine let it boil a walm and brew them together with two ounces of Loaf-Sugar drink it warm going to bed This hath holpen very many Another for the Wind-Collick and Stone Take four hard red Onions boil them in three pints of strong Ale till a quart is consumed then strain it and drink it warm For the Collick and griping of the Guts Take Sage and Mint boil them in a fit proportion of Claret Wine then strain it and sweeten it with a little Sugar and drink it warm Another for the same from the Lady Drury Take a green Turf of Grass and lay it to the Navil the green side next the skin and let it remain there till you find ease Another for the Collick Pain in the Stomack or Worms Take a spoonful of the Powder of dried Oaange peels drink it in Wine Broth or warm Ale For the Collick or Vlcer in the Kidneys Make a Posset of Milk and white Wine put thereto three spoonfuls of red Nettles and an ounce of Syrup of Althaea Take this proportion for three Mornings together and by God's assistance it will ease you of the pain For the Wind-Collick Take Columbine Leaves Camomile red Sage of each a handful stamp and press the Juyce out of them put as much Beer to it as will make a Posset and having taken off the Curd put into it Ginger and Nutmeg at discretion and drink it warm CHAP. VI. Of Remedies against all sorts of AGUES and FEAVERS A Remedy against an Ague TAke a large Nutmeg and grate half of it and mix it with the yolk of an Egg beaten then put to it five or six spoonfuls of Plague-water shake it well together and let the Patient drink it an hour or two before the Fit or assoon as he perceives that his Nails begin to change blew repeat this until it be cured This is a very wholsome Medicine it strengthens the Back wonderfully and cannot be taken too often Another for the same Take a spoonful of good strong Mustard mix it with a draught of hot Ale and let the Patient drink it whenever he perceives his Fit will come upon him Repeat this two or three times if it cures not the first time Another for the same Take four spoonfuls of the Juyce of red Nettles mix it with eight spoonfuls of strong Ale give this to the Patient warm an hour or two before his Fit let him lie warm covered in bed to sweat with Bottles of hot wather at his feet and under his Arm-pits to cause Sweat You need not give so much of the Juyce to a Child proportion it according to their age This quantity here set down is for midling persons If his Fit be uncertain let him take it so soon as he feeleth any emotion of his approaching Fit Another Remedy for an Ague Take of Rue and Peniroyal each a handful boil them together in a Posset made of Ale and Milk drink a good draught thereof warm in a Morning fasting and when you go to bed continue this for three days together This cured a Woman that gave suck Sir Kenelm Digby's Remedy for the Ague which hath cured many Take three drams of Venice or London Treacle put it into a quarter of a pint of white Wine and put it into a little pot very close covered let it stew simpringly for half an hour stirring it sometimes Let the Patient take this an hour or two before his Fit shaking it well together and drinking it warm let him go to bed and cover himself warm to sweat Repeat this two or three times This Medicine was fetched far and near and it was delivered to all that came for it and many persons were cured by it both rich and poor as also several of Sir Kenelme 's Family It is a wholesome and safe Remedy A Plaister for the Ague Take Hops and Salt of each a handful Corants a quarter of a pound stamp these together in a Mortar and lay it to the wrists Another Plaister Take Linseed and bruise it well in a Mortor make it into a Pultice with the Patient 's own water and lay it to the wrists Another Take of the Leaves of strong Tobacco six drams Corants a small handful beat them together in a Mortar then mix them with so much Turpentine as will make them into a Salve which spread upon Leather and lay it to the wrists Spread it an inch thick and lay it on twenty four hours before the Fit It will cure either a Tertian Quotidian or Quartan Ague The Countess of Kents Powder according to Sir Kenelme Digby's Method and as it was prepared by his Order in his Laboratory and as I prepare it now Take four ounces of black ends of Crabs-claws taken when the Sun is in the Sign of Cancer Crabs-eyes fine Pearls and Corals prepared of each an ounce yellow Amber half an ounce roots of Contrayerva Virginian Snakeroot of each six drams Oriental Bezoar three drams of the bones that are found in the hearts of Stags four scruples reduce all into a subtil Powder sprinkle the Crabs-claws and Crabs-eyes and the Powder of Pearls and Corals with a little Juice of Limon to make it ferment a little Then the next day mix all well together adding one ounce of Tincture of Saffron and powr upon the Mass when you incorporate it three or four spoonfuls of Spirit of Honey or Jelly of Harts-horn and Jelly of the Skins of Vipers that have been dried in the shadow Then add to this Composition one ounce of Trochisque of Vipers grind it all well together to make it well incorporate then make it up into little Balls and let them dry and keep them for Use The Vertues This Powder is a most Sovereign Remedy in all Pestilential and Epidemical Distempers in all Malignant spotted or Purple Fevers it drives out the Small Pox and Measles drives the Venom from the Heart and hinders the Vapors to fly up to the Head and Brain it is sudorifick and drives out by transpiration all bad humors resists Corruption and corroborates and strengthens Nature The Dose is from six to twenty or thirty Grains and in an extremity of the Plague one may give it from thirty to forty grains Sir K. D. had this Powder always ready by him in his Closet and many persons of Quality far and near sent to him for some of it when any of their Children had the Small Pox or Measles and never any did miscarry of all that took it It is also good against the biting of mad Dogs stinging of Vipers and other venomous Beasts A Cordial Julep to be taken with this Powder in the hot Fit of an Ague and Fever Take of the Countess of Kents Powder twelve grains Cochincle two grains grind them together and let the Patient take it in a spoonful of the following Cordial Julep drinking
Sir Kenelm Digby cured a Minister's Son at Frankfort in Germany in the Year 1659 to which I was an Eye-Witness TAke of the Skull of a Man that died of a violent Death of the parings of Nails of a man of each three drams Reduce this to a fine Powder and grind it upon a Marble-stone then take Polypode of the Oak dried two drams Misleto of the Oak gathered in the wane of the Moon half an ounce Misleto of the Tile-tree two drams Piony roots half an ounce reduce all into a subtil Powder then take six ounces of Sugar boil it to the consistence of Sugar of Roses then mix all the Powders with it and stir them well together over the fire that they may well incorporate together then take it from the fire and make it up into Tablets or Lozenges about a dram a piece whereof give one in the Morning fasting and another two or three hours after Dinner and another two hours after Supper Continue this so long as the Lozenges last Another for the same Sir Kenelm Digby relates That in the year 1663. the Lady Warwick told him That a Daughter of her Husband 's Elder Brother had the Falling-Sickness in the greatest extremity so that she fell like a Logg seven or eight times a day without any motion They had put her into the hands of the Ablest Physitians in England who in effect could do her no good A Gentleman one of their Neighbours undertook the Cure and performed it thus Take true Misleto of the Oak the Leaves the Berries and all the tender Branches dry it gently in an Oven after the Bread is drawn then reduce it to a fine Powder of which give as much as will lie upon a Shilling for one of ripe years for middle-aged a Sixpence for a Child a Groat Give it Mornings and Evenings in Cowslip-water three days before and three days after the Full of the Moon Repeat this Remedy for some Months together This Cured also my Lord Herbert 's Son and many other persons of Quality The best time to gather the Misleto is in the Month of September when it bears Berries and in the waning of the Moon Dr. Mynsight his Excellent Remedy against the Falling-Sickness Take Sena two ounces Turbith Mechoacan of each half an ounce Raspings of Elks-hoof and Man's Skull Nutmegs of each two drams Roots and Seeds of Peony Misleto of the Oak of each half a dram Cardamoms Cassia ligna Cloves of each one dram Flowers of the Male-Peony of Lilly-convallis of Lavender of the Tyle-tree of each half a dram Rhenish Wine one quart and half a pint Digest it for two days in a warm place then strain it and sweeten it with double refined Sugar three ounces This hath been confirmed by many Experiences to be a singular Remedy against most Diseases of the Head and Brain and Dr. Mynsight says it is a Divine Remedy against the Falling-Sickness taking three or four ounces of it in the Morning fasting CHAP. VIII Of Choice Remedies against all Diseases of the EYES and to strengthen the Sight An Excellent Water against Dimness of Sight TAke Benjamin one ounce pure Honey half a pound water of Fennel and Rue of each two ounces Marjoram-water one ounce mix them together and distil it in a glass Still or in our Engine This Water hath made some see that have been quite blind washing twice or thrice a day with it It strengthens the Sight wonderfully Dr. Scroderus his Excellent Water for the Eyes Take water of Eye-bright of Fennel Vervain of each three ounces Juyces of Celan dine Rue of each two ounces long Pepper Cloves Nutmegs Saffron of each one scruple Rosemary flowers half a handful Sarcocol-Aloes of each three drams Galls of Partridges one ounce cut and bruise all small then add Sugar Honey of Roses of each one ounce put all into a Glass Alembick and distil it in Balneo Mariae with a gentle fire to every ounce of this Water put one dram of rectified Spirit of Tartar This Water being dropt into the Eyes two or three times a day cures Suffusioon or Catarachs Pearls Films and other defects of the Eyes as Experience hath often testified Another for the same Take white Vitriol two drams Barberries husked three drams Rose and Fennel-water of each one pint boyl them with a gentle fire to the consumption of half then add Cmaphir tbree drams then filter it through gray paper and keep it for use This Water takes away Films Spots Pearls and other things which dim the Sight A Green Eye-Water much Approved Take Verdigreece two drams yellow Orpiment one dram white Wine and Rose-water of each five ounces boil it gently five or six Walms then take it off and leave it upon the Faeces without straining it This Water being dropt into the Eyes cures the Pin and Web takes away the Heat and Inflamation of the Eyes A Water against Heat Redness and sharp Rheum of the Eyes Take Rosewater Eyebright-water of each two ounces of Trochisci albi Rhasis one dram prepared Tutia twenty grains mix them together and keep them in a Glass for Use wash the Eyes therewith two or three times a day Another Water for the Eyes Take Rose Plantane and Fennel-water of each two ounces Tutia prepared two drams Fennel-seeds beaten half an ounce mix it all together and keep in a Phyol close stopped when you use it strain a little of it and wash the Eyes there with two or three times a day An Oyntment good for the Eyes Take Spirit of Wine two Spoonfuls Spirit of Therebintin one spoonful the yolk of a new-laid Egg and a spoonful of fresh Butter beat and mix it together and put a little of it into the corner of the Eye Dr. Salmon's Excellent Eye-Water Take Rose-water three quarts white Vitriol five drams digest them ten days then filter it then digest it ten days more then filter it again and add Saccharum Saturni six drams Camphire half a dram digest again twenty days then boil it and filter it and keep it for Use The Author says he hath made many see which had been blind several years with Films Pearls and other things by barely washing the Eyes therewith four or five times a day for some time It cures all manner of red and blood-shot Eyes and Rheumatick sore and inflamed for which it is to be esteemed as a Jewel A precious Water for the Eyes that hath restored the sight after some years lost in a short time Take red Rose-leaves dryed Smallage Maidenhair Hysop Endive Succory red Fennel Ribwort Celandine Eyebright of each two handfuls wash them and dry them and steep them in white Wine for twelve hours then distil it and wash the Eyes with the water Another Eye-water excellent for Pin or Web. Take white Wine red Rose-water each a pint put them into a bottel and add to it Aloes Hepatick Lapistutia in fine powder and of the finest Sugar of each four ounces stop the bottel
in a Glass for use It is very good for the purpose aforesaid the Ground Ivy is Alehoof Another for the same and to strengthen the Sight Take Rose and Plantine-water of each two ounces Aloes Epatica half a dram white Copperas two drams white Sugarcandy one dram boyl them with a soft fire being cold put it in a Glass for use drop thereof into the Eyes Another for the same Take Plantine two handfuls Housleek one handful stamp and strain them and let the Juice settle then powr off the clear and add half as much Rose-water the fourth part of a spoonful of powder of white Sugarcandy and quench in it Lapis Caluminaris the bigness of a Wall-nut Drop four drops of this water into the Eyes Morning and Evening lying upon your back For a Pearl in the Eye Take Hemlock stamp it in a stone-Mortar then put little Honey to it and work them well together If the Pearl be in the right Eye apply a Plaster of it to the left Wrist if in the left Eye to the right Wrist let it continue there three or four days Another for the same Take the Marrow that is in a Goose-wing mingle with it Ear-wax and work them well together and anoint the Eye with it and it will kill the Pearl For a prick with a Bush stripe or blow in the ball of the Eye Take the white of a new-laid Egg beat it and then mix it with Honey set it over a soft fire and keep it stirring that it may not curdle then spread it on a little Flax and lay it on the Eye changing it every Morning and Evening and by the blessing of God it will help it Another for a stroke or blow in the Eye Take Juice of Smallage Juice of Fennel and the white of a new-laid Egg beat them well together and apply it to the sore Eye Another for a stroke in the Eye Stamp Wormwood with the white of an Egg and lay it warm three days together to the Eye or Eyes then wash the Eye with Plantine-water and Honey A precious Water for the Eyes Take Smallage Fennel Plantine Egrimony Bittony Eyebright Scabious Rice Pimpernel and Sage shred them all small and steep them in the Urine of a male-Child with a little Frankinsens then distill them Bath the Eyes with this water CHAP. IX Mr. Lochers an able Apothicarry of London his excellene Oyl for Deafness approved by himself and given to Sir K. Digby TAke Oyl of bitter Almonds and Oyl of Spicknard of each six drams black Hellebore half a scruple Coloquintida half a dâ—â— Oyl of Exceter two drams Juice of Onyons Juice of Rue of each two drams boyl these gently till the Juices be consumed then strain it and add two drops of Oyl of Aniseed and one of Oyl of Oryganum Powr a drop or two of this Oyl into the Ear and lye upon your Bed with that Ear upwards that you intend to drop into lye still for a quarter of an hour after then drop into the other if it require It is to be continued a Moneth or two or three as you find benefit when you have dropt into the Ear you must stop it with a little black wool dipped in the Oyl This has curcd many of thick hearing and noise in the Ears come by cold or sickness Another Remedy much approved for the same Take a large Eel flaw it and cut it into three pieces then stick them with Rosemary and Sage and bake them in a pan in the Oven laying them upon two sticks in the pan to keep them from falling into the liquor in the bottom then strain the liquor and scum off the Oyl or Fat whereof take four spoonfuls and as much spirit of Wine mix them together take of this mixture two spoonfuls of Juice of Onyons and Juice of the white ends of Leeks of each one spoonful put all into a Phiol and stop it close and shake it well for an hour to make them well incorporate together powr two or three drops of this into the Ear and in all things observe the directions as in the former This was given me by a worthy Gentleman at Paris who assured me he had cured the Governour of Callais his Sectreary with it who had been deaf near twenty years his deafness comming by a sickness Another Excellent Remedy for the same Take an hundred of the large Ants Eggs black Hellebore Radishes sowr bread sweet Almonds white Amber of each one ounce Pulp of Coloquintida Castor Leaves of sweet Marjoram Wormwood Savin Rue of each two drams bruise and mix and infuse them in two quarts of spirit of Wine rectified digest them twenty days then distil it in Balneo Mariae then put into the distilled spirit an hundred live Munky-pease bruised digest again for twenty four hours then filter and keep it for use Put a few drops of this Spirit into the Ear Morning and Evening stopping the Ear with black Wool immediately and it will take away the difficulty of hearing and deafness as also all kind of noise continue it till you are cured Another Remedy for Deafness Take of the Juice of Bittony mingle it with a Womans Milk that gives suck to a Boy dip black wool therein and put it into the Ear use it eleven days together or more if in that time you find any benefit by it then take Milk boyl it with Oatmeal and Juice of Bittony and lay it poultiswise over the Ears Night and day and continue it for some time Another Remedy against Deafness that cometh of Cold. Take a ranged Loaf of Bread of a mean scantling well leavened and baked cut it asunder in the middle and lay both the parts very hot to both the Ears first laying a linnen Cloth doubled next to the Skin as thin as the Patient can endure the heat bind them on fast with a Cloth fastned on the head and let it continue as long as the Patient feels any warmth and then he may take another if the Cold be great you must use it for two or three Mornings together take heed of taking Cold when you leave them Dr. Clodius his Remedy against Deafness Drop into the Ear one drop no more of Oil or Quintessence of Rosemary which will not burn or pain them and after it is soaked in by lying with that Ear up stop the Ear with black wool dipped in the Spirit of Rosemary Repeat the Drop after a day still as you find need This will cure a Deafness caused by Cold and Humors clogging and benumming the Ears and causing sometimes pain in them Another for the same Take red Mint or Horse-mint mortifie and squeeze it in the hand till it renders Juice then take it with its Juice and put it in the Ear change it often this will help the Deafness if the person hath heard before Another for the same Take Rue Rosemary Sage Vervain Marjoram of each a handful of Camomil two handful stamp them to mash and mould
Mouth with the Water and rub it with the Herbs three or four times a day or oftner if need be Another for the same Take Honisuckles Plantane and Sage of each a handful Daizy Leaves an ounce boil them in a quart of Water till they come to a pint then put to it Vinegar and Honey of each one spoonful and a little Allom and white Salt Another Approved Medicine for a Canker in the Mouth Take a Pint of Wine-Vinegar the red is best Herb of Grace Red Mints Red Sage and Rosemary of each a sufficient quantity shred them small and boil them together in the Vinegar then put into it a spoonful of Honey the bigness of a Walnut of Allom and half a spoonful of white Salt Wash the Mouth well therewith It is a present and infallible Remedy which hath Cured many An Excellent Gargle for Inflammations of the Mouth Jaws and Throat desperate Squinsies and other Diseases of the Mouth Take Poppy-water Plantane water of each an ounce clarified Juice of Self-heal two ounces Diamoron six drams Saltpetre four drams mix them together and gargarize with it often Another for the same Take Album Grecum two drams Liquoras scraped one ounce Roch Allom one dram boil them a little in Rose and Poppy water and Self-heal water of each a sufficient quantity then strain it Take of this Decoction one pint Rhenish or White Wine a quarter of a pint Diamoron and Dianucum of each half an ounce mix them together and make a Gargle and use it often in a day Dr. Scroderus his Water against the Distempers and Inflammations of the Throat and Palat Take Leaves of wild Pear-tree Parsley Sanicle Woodbine Water-Germander Cinquefoil round Birthwort of each two handful Thorough-wax four handful Stale Ale six quarts bruise the Herbs and put all into a Vessel close stopped and let them ferment for three weeks then add three ounces of Album Graecum and distil them It is excellent against all Inflammations of the Throat and Palat and Soreness of the Mouth Drink two or three spoonfuls of it in the Morning in the Afternoon and at Night likewise gargle often with it or dip a linnen Rag into it and wrap it about the Throat An Excellent Water to cure the Squinsie sore Throats Cankers in the Mouth Heat and Inflammations Bleeding of the Gums and to fasten and whiten the Teeth Take Waters of Self-heal Poppy-water of each four ounces Diamoron Syrup of dried Roses of each an ounce Spirit of Sulphur half a dram mix them together and gargle your Mouth with it An Anodine Gargle for the Tooth-ach Take Roots of Pelitory of Spain two drams Ginger Olibanum of each half an ounce Red Sage Henbane Seeds bruised of each one dram Long Pepper Opium of each a scruple boil these in a pint of Vinegar then strain it and gargarize with it It gives present ease in all Pains of the Teeth Another Excellent Gargle against the Squinsie sore Throat Tumors and Pain of the Mouth and Jaws Take Milk hot from the Cow Album Graecum half an ounce Honey of Roses two spoonfuls Verdigreece half a dram boil them a little then strain it out and gargarize with it often It cleanses and heals Vlcers An Approved Remedy for the Tooth-Ach Take a little Cotton and imbibe it with Lucatellus 's Balsom and so put it into the hollow Tooth This cured a Person that had the Toath-Ach in great Extremity and had tried many Medicines in vain after a little while he had used this Medicine the Pain ceased but came again within a week after Then he applied the same Remedy a second time and the Pain soon ceased and never came again though before he was very often subject to this Pain An Excellent Water for the Scurvey in the Mouth and to fasten loose Teeth to preserve and strengthen the Teeth and Gums c. often approved Take Allom one dram Bolearmonick two drams Myrrh half a dram pulverize them and put them into a pint of Claret and when you use it shake it well and take a spoonful of it in your Mouth and rub the Teeth and Gums with it you may warm it Another for the same The Oyl of Myrrh is a most excellent thing to preserve the Teeth and Gums and to fasten loose Teeth Make it thus Take fine chosen Myrrh in subtil Powder put it in the Whites of hard Eggs which set in a Cellar in a Bason putting some Sand in the bottom of the Bason to set the Whites of Eggs in that they may stand upright and the Myrrh will all dissolve into an Oyl which is very excellent mix this Oyl with some Oyl of Sage made by distillation and put them into Canary wine wherein dissolve a little Salt Wash your Teeth and Gums with this Another Remedy for the Tooth-Ach Take Mastick and chew it in your Mouth till it be as soft as wax then put it into the hollow Tooth and let it remain till it is consumed and it will certainly take away the Pain thereof Sir Kenelm Digby 's Sympathetical Powder hath cured many Persons of the Tooth-Ach the Preparation whereof with its Vse and Virtues will be set down in another Chapter below Dr. Mynsight his Excellent Remedy for the Tooth-Ach Take the Shaving of Lignum Vitae which you may have at the Turners Shavings of Sassafras Sarsaparilla of each an ounce Roots of Pelitory of Spain Raw Allom Nitre of each half an ounce Seeds of Staves-acre and of Henbane of each two drams Opium Cloves Mother of Thyme Organy Saffron of each a dram reduce to powder what is to be powdered and then mix them well together and put them into a Bottle or Matress and powr upon them good Nantz Brandy and Vinegar of each one pint and half keep it in a warm place or set it in warm water for some days shaking it often let the Bottle be stopped very close with a Cork and tied with a Bladder Take a little of this Liquor in your Mouth and hold it on that side the Teeth ake and the Pain will cease immediately also given inwardly and used outwardly it is one of the greatest Anodines in the world eases Pain and causes Rest Dose is half a spoonful in a little Wine To Cure the Tooth-Ach by the Lady Jennings Take white Hellebore infuse it in white Wine Vinegar over a Chasing-dish of Coals then take half a spoonful of it and hold and gargle it in that side of your Mouth where the Pain is and it will give you present Ease Proved by Mr. Bearson Another against the Tooth-Ach and Rheum in the Teeth and Jaws Take a quart of old Crab-Verjuice put it into an earthen Pipkin put thereto Roch-Allom the quantity of a Walnut a few Cloves bruised Rosemary and Thyme of each one Branch boil all together to a Pint when it is cold put it into a Bottle and take a spoonful of it warm in your Mouth and gargle with it on that side the
Megrim Vertigo loss of Memory dimness of sight Melancholy swounding Fits and Barroness in Women You may take half a spoonful to one whole spoonful of it in Ganary or in black Cherry-water or Syrup Note That in every Distillation you must distill to dryness because thn Spirit of Wine is rectified The flowers are to be put into the Spirit of Wine when they are in their prime and that infusion kept till the other things are ripe and fit to be put in Another great Cordial Water of great vertue Take great Ants that are full of Eggs and in the full of the Moon in May or June two handfuls put them into a glass-bottel and powr upon them so much Spirit of Wine as may cover them the breadth of three fingers digest them in the Sun until they turn to water by putrefaction into one pound of this water put flowers of Rosemary Borage Bugloss Roses Marjoram Bawm of each one handful Castor four ounces Confection of Ana Cardimus two ounces Diamoschu dulcis one ounce waters of Bugloss Bittony and Tile-flowers of each one pound bruised Cinamon one ounce digest them together forty days then distill it in Balneo Mariae If you burn the remaining Feces to ashes and extract the Salt out of it and put it to the distilled Spirit it will be more efficacious It is both Cephalick and Pectoral cureth Consumption and by reason of the Ana Cardimus wonderfully strengthens the Memory fortifies the Brain and strengthens Nature and is much recommended to beget courage It attenuates expelleth Wind and is vulnerary It revives the heart warmeth and comforts a weak and cold Stomach Dose two or three spoonfuls in Sack or any other fit vehicle A rare Cordial Water against Frights excellent for Women with Child to prevent miscarrying Dr. Scroderus Take Lillies of the Valley two handfuls infuse them in three quarts of strong white Wine for a fortnight then distil it in Balneo Mariae into the distilled water put Cinamon one ounce and half Cubebes half an ounce Cloves three drams Mace Calingal Ginger Zedoary Safron of each two drams bruise them all grosly and let them infuse in a Vessel close stopped for some days in the Sun then put into each Lavender-flowers of each one handful let them digest for some days longer then distil it in Balneo Mariae If you calcine the Feces and attract the Salt out of them and put it to the water it will be more effectual It is very proper for Women with Child being frighted It prevents Miscarrying and strengthens the Womb and the Child It is a great Cordial Child-bearing Women ought never to be without it The Alexitery Milk-water Take of Carduus Benedictus six handfuls Wormwood four handfuls Speremint two handfuls shred them small and stamp them a little then powr upon them two gallons of new Milk let them infuse for six hours and distill it in a cold Still or in an Alembeck taking off the head sometimes and stir the matter well with a stick else the milk will grow in a Cake at the top and hinder the water from rising My Lady Newports Excellent cooling Stomachal Alexitery Milk-water Take Angelica one part Mint and Carduus Benedictus of each four parts Wormwood two parts shred them small and bruise them a little and put them in an ordinary Still and powr upon them enough new Milk to soak them but not to have the Milk swim much over them Distill this as you do Rose-water stirring it some times with a stick to keep the Milk from growing to a Cake When you will drink this water alone sweeten it with fine Sugar to your Taste You may drink a Wine-glass-ful at a time Dr. Scroderus his Excellent Cordial Water fall Women which is esteemed as a Panacea among or the Noble Ladies of the Palatinate Take Cinamon Nutmeg Mace Ginger Cloves Grains of Paradise Cubebes Cardamom of each one ounce and a half long Pepper half an ounce Galingal Zedoary of each one ounce pulverise them every one by themselves then mix them together then take leaves of Sage Mint and Bawm of each one handful shred them small and mix them with the other Ingredients and powr upon them three quarts of good white Wine let it stand to infuse for fourteen days close stopped then distill it in a Balneo or in an Alembick well tinned within It strengthens the Womb cureth the Suffocation thereof expelleth Wind out of the Stomach and Bowels It also strengthens and warms the Stomach and a cold Womb and that so successfully that all the Noble Ladies of the Pallatinate esteem it as a Panacea or Alheal Dr. Scroderus his second Cordial Water of great Vertues Take Tops of Rosemary sweet Marjoram Sage Bawm of each one handful Cinamon grains of Paradice of each one ounce Mace Galingal of each two ounces Nutmeg Cloves Ginger of half an ounce Juniper-berries two ounces bruise the Spices and Seeds and shred the herbs small and infuse them all in three quarts of Rhenish Wine for a month then distill it This Water cures the Head-ach Megrim Vertigo Melancholy illness of the Stomach stinking Breath It causes fruitfulness facilitates Delivery It strengthens the Stomach and the Womb and 't is good against the Palsie and Apoplexy Dr. Horstius his most excellent Cordial Water for the Head and for the Womb. Take Nutmegs Mace Ginger grains of Paradice Cloves half an ounce Rhubarb one ounce Castor Spicknard of each half an ounce Oyl of Bays let the Spices be whole and infuse them in the best Canary or French Wine seaven quarts digest them in a glass close stopped for ten days then strain it and beat the Spices to a Pulp then digest them together again for three days then distill it in Balneo This Water is as good for the Head as for the Womb It cures most Diseases of both It is exceeding good against the Epilepsie and Fits of the Mother obstructions of the Spleen and Liver It is good against Melancholy ann gross vapors ascending to the Head Aâ—other great Cordial Water of very great vertues which causeth fruitfulness and procures Conception Take of the great Ants or Pismires which are full of Eggs and in the full of the Moon in the month of May or June two handfuls Spirit of Wine rectified so much as may cover them the breadth of three fingers digest them in a close Vessel till the next full of the Moon or until they turn to water by putrefaction Then to a quart of this water take flowers of Rosemary Roses Bugloss Borage Marjoram Bawm of each one handful Castor four ounces â— Confection of Ana Cardimus two ounces Diamoschu dulcis one ounce bruised Cinamon one dram waters of Bugloss Bittony and Tile-flowers of each one pint digest them for forty days then distill in Balneo Mariae This is a great Cordial and Pectoral it is Cephalick and vulnerary and wonderfully strengthens the Memory and fortifies the Brain it strengthens Nature and some
thinks begets Courage causes fruitfulness and procures Conception A rare Water against Hectich-Fever Take Hysop Ground-Ivy Rosa solis Centory Maidenhair Sorrel Cinkfoyl Scabious Succory Burnet Dandikeon Yarrow Agrimony Hauls bittony Watercresses of each half a handful of the four greater cold Seeds of each half a dram flowers of Borage of Bugloss Roses Poppies two pugils Roots of Elecampane Succory Burnet of each thirty six Crayfish-shells Snails bruised of each twenty in number of a Calves Lung half a pound water of Liverwort one pint or instead thereof water of Dandy Leon being all prepared powr upon them so much of Goats Milk as will soak them well let them stand to infuse for five or six hours then distill it in an ordinary Still This water is very powerful against Hectick Fevers and most Diseases of the Lungs as Phthisick shortness of breath Asthma it destroies Accidities It nourishes and restores in Consumption being taken Morning Noon and at Night before Supper the Dose is about two ounces The Lady Elizabeth Gilfords Cordial Water Take four quarts of Nants-Brandy put therein Borage-water and Poppy-water of each a pint Sugarcandy two pound Figs shred and Raisins stoned of each one pound red Roses clipt and dryed two handfuls red Mint one handful Rosemary-flowers half a handful and as much Hysop a few Cloves bruised put all these in a large double Glass with a narrow mouth such as Apoticaries have in their Shops stop it close and set in the Sun for two or three months It is an excellent Cordial and Pectoral Water good for the Head and Stomach Breast Lungs The Lady Bagnals Cordial Water much Approved Take Angelica leaves two handful Carduus six handful Baum and Sage of each five handful Angelica seeds and sweet Fennel seeds of each five ounces Liquoras bruised two ounces shred three Herbs and bruise the Seeds and put them to steep in two Gallons of the best Canary with the Cordial powder of Aromaticum Rosatum Diamuscus dulcis of each one ounce let them stand four and twenty hours then distil it with a gentle Fire then put to the distilled Water Sugar dissolved in Rose-water Dr. Stephens's great Cordial Water for Women Take Cinamon Cloves Galingal Ginger Nutmegs Grains of Paradise Aniseeds sweet Fennel-seeds and Caraway seeds of each one dram Thyme Mother of Thyme Mint Sage Penniroyal Pelitory of the wall Rosemary red Roses dried Flowers of Camomil Origany of Lavender of each a handful shred the Herbs and bruise the Seeds and Spices and infuse them for twelve hours in a Gallon of French wine then distil it and save the first second and third Running by themselves It is Cordial strengthens the Heart comforts and revives the Spirits being given to a Woman in Labour it facilitates the Birth and causes a good Delivery and after Delivery it brings away the After birth cleanses the Womb of Impurity and restores Strength it comforts the Stomach and is good against Swooning and fainting Fits and Fits of the Mother It is good against the Stone and Gravel and preserveth Youth Dr. Mountford's Cordial Water Take Angelica leaves half a pound Angelica seeds and Carduus Benedictus of each six ounces Leaves of Baum and Sage dried of each four ounces sweet Fennel-Seeds nine ounces Liquoras half a pound Species of Aromaticum Rosatum dulce and Diamocum dulce of each one ounce infuse them in thirty two quarts of Sack for five or six days then distil it in an Alembick and draw off ten quarts of the strong to which add white Sugar candy half a pound and half a pint of Rose-water tie it up close and keep it for Use Aqua Mirabilis Sir Kenelm Digby 's Way Take Cubebs Galingale Cardamoms Melilot flowers Cloves Mace Ginger Cinamon of each half a dram Juice of Celandine one pint Juice of Speremint and Juice of Baum of each half a pint Flowers of Cowslips Rosemary of Borage Bugloss and Marigold of each two drams bruise the Spices and infuse all with the Juices in three pints of Sack one pint of strong Angelica water and half a pint of red-Rose water let it infuse twelve hours then distil it in a Glass Still and first lay Harts-tonge leaves in the bottom of the Still Keep the first second and third Runnings by themselves This is a great Cordial it comforts the Heart Stomach and Vital Spirits it strengthens the Head and Memory preserveth Youth and procureth a good Colour It is Cephalick and Pectoral it expels Wind and is of great force against the Cholick pains in the Side and Stomack it comforts and warms a cold Stomack and strengthens it it is good against Coughs Shortness of Breath and Asthma's as also for most Diseases of the Head and Brain It revives the Spirits and helpeth swooning Fits It is a counter-poyson and Antidote against the Plague and all malignant Fevers and pestilential Distempers and preserves from the Apoplexy The Dose is one ounce in Rosemary Water Sack or any other Cordial Water Dr. Augustine's Excellent Rosemary-Water Take the Tops and Flowers of Rosemary in the midst of May gathered before Sun-rising of each one handful four or five good Elecampane Roots of Red Sage two handfuls stamp them in a stone-Mortar then take Cloves Mace and Cubebs of each three ounces Aniseeds half a pound bruise them all severally then mix all together with the Herbs and put all into a large stone Bottle or Jugg and powr upon them six Gallons of good white wine stop it very close and set it in the ground fifteen days then distil with a gentle Fire and sweeten it with fine Sugar This is a most precious Cordial Water it rectifies all Distempers of the Head and Stomack comforts the Heart revives the Spirits and is excellent against the Palsie and Apoplexy all fainting and swooning Fits and Fits of the Mother Falling Sickness Convulsions Megrim Vertigo Lethargy and other Diseases of the Head Vse it both outwardly and inwardly An Excellent Approved Water against all Infections all cold Diseases of the Head and Stomack for the Dropsie Palsie preserving Health expelling all Tumors Devised by the King's Physician Take what quantity you please of Bawm-water and to every pint thereof take Aniseeds Liquoras of each two ounces bruise them and infuse them in the water four and twenty hours then put into the Still Treacle four ounces Sage and Celandine of each a good quantity powr the rest upon them then sprinkle over them one ounce of Bole-armenick in fine Powder distil it with a moderate Fire Dr. Butler's Admirable Cordial Treacle-Water Take one ounce of raspt Hartshorn boil it in three pints of Spring-water to a quart then take Roots of Gentian Elecampane Cypress and Tormentil of each one ounce of the Flowers of Borage Bugloss Rosemary and Marigolds of each two ounces Citron-peels one ounce then take one pound of the best Venice-Treacle and dissolve it six quarts of good strong white wine and three pints of red-Rose water infuse all
fish called Mussels she was very bad her heart and Stomach very much oppressed and her Body was full of red spots she took a Cup of this Surfeit water and was perfectly cured and I my self have had experience of the good effects of this Water having at one time surfeited my self by eating of those Mussels so that I found my Heart and Stomach oppressed in such a manner that it seemed as if there lyed a very heavy burthen or weight upon my Stomach and could scarce fetch my breath thy Face and the white of my Eyes was as red as a Scarlet They gave me a Glass of this Surfeit-water and it presently cured me The Lady Dacreses Cordial of black Cherries wherewith she was cured of a great dizziness giddiness and swimming in her Head and many others have found the like effects of it Sir K.D. Take four pound of black Cherries squeeze out first all the Juice from them then bruise the rest with their stones in a stone-Mortar then put them with the Juice into a Bag with Bawm and tops of Rosemary shred very small or stamped of each one handful Cinamon and Nutmeg of each half an ounce then powr thereon two quarts of Sack stop it close and let it stand twelve hours then distill it and draw so much of it that it be weak like Aqua Mirabilis sweeten it with Sugarcandy to your taste The said Lady distilled this in an ordinary cold Still but Sir K. D. sayeth he thinks it were better to distill it in a Cucurbite you may have one made of Tin which will serve you many years whereas a Glass one is very apt to break and fit a Glass-head to it and so you may distill either in a sand-Bath or in Balneo Mariae It is a pleasant Cordial Water drink a little Wine a Glass-full at a time in the Morning fasting and at Night going to Bed My Lady Poltney told Sir Kenelm Digby that she had known black Cherrie-Wine do great effects in that case Make it thus Press out the Juice from black Cherries and then bruise the rest with the stones and press that again then put both Juices together and let them settle then put the clear into bottles with a lump of Loaf-Sugar into each bottle to make it work after it hath wrought and is ripe drink of it The true and genuine Receipt of that famous Spirit called the Queen of Hungaries Water so called by reason of the wonderful effects which a Queen of Hungary received by it at the age of seaventy two years Take four pound of Rosemary flowers gathered in a fair Morning two or three hours after Sun-rising and picked from all the green part put them into a Cucurbite and powr upon them three quarts of Spirit or Wine well rectified press down the flowers into the said Spirit and then cover the Cucurbite with its Head and Alembeck lute well all the Juncture with paste and paper then place it in a sand Bath and lute a Receiver to it then leave it so until the next Morning then distill it with so moderate a fire that whilst the Spirit distilleth the Head may not be so much as warm or to hasten the distillation you may cover the Head with a linnen Cloth doubled several times and dipped in cold water and dip again and cool the Head seleral times continue the distillation until you have drawn about three quarts of Spirit which will be very pure and charged with the best and volatile substance of the flowers then take out all the fire and let the bath cool unlute the Vessels and put the Spirit into a Bottle well stopped then strain and press out the liquor that remains in the Cucurbite and clarifie it then put it into the Cucurbite again and distill it until it remaineth in the bottom of the consistence near as thich as Honey or a thick Syrup which put into a Pipkin well glazed and boil it over a gentle fire to the thickness of an ordinary Extract Put the last Spirit into a bottle by it self The great fame and reputation of this Water and the great Vent for it in Germany and France for many years since has caused several persons as ignorant as wicked to prepare it after their manner taking only the tops of Rosemary with the flowers instead of the pure flowers well picked which makes the scent of the Water stronger but more tart and unpleasing as well as the taste and instead of rectified Spirit of Wine make common Aqua Vitae serve their turns The true Spirit of Rosemary-flowers well prepared is a most sovereign thing against all cold Distempers of the Head and Brain It is also an excellent Remedy against all cold Diseases and affections of the Nerves and Joints against Rheumatisms and cold Gouts It cureth the Head-ach dissolves and dissipates the vapors that causes the Megrim and Vertigo strengthens the Memory helpeth deafness and noise in the Ears by dropping two or three drops of it into the Ear strengthens and clears the sight by washing the Eye-lids therewith and dropping of it into the Eyes it healeth Contusions Bruises and Swellings it asswages the Tooth-ach fortifies and strengthens the Stomach and Bowels creates an Appetite and helpeth Digestion it opens obstructions of the Liver and Spleen as also the Womb suppressing the vapors thereof It is of great power to preserve and strengthen natural heat and to ease aged People of a great many of those Diseases that attend upon old Age. The Dose is from half a spoonful to a whole spoonful in Wine or any Cephatick Cordial Water For the Head-ach Megrim and Vertigo's you may snuff up a little of it into the Nostrils and apply it with a linnen Cloth doubled to the Temples and Forehead and in the same manner it is to be used for Bruises and Swellings Rheumatisms and the Siatica It whitens softens and smoothens the Skin preserving the Complexion and Beauty thereof being used either alone or mixt with wild Tansie-water Water of Lillies or Water-Lillies or May-dew distilled In short there is hardly any Remedy to be found that produceth so many and good effects as this Spirit as several famous Authors confirm and testifie as well as Experinece can testifie The second Spirit you distilled from the Liquor pressed out is also good and may produce good effects for it will stay longer in the Stomach than the first by reason it containeth less of the volatile part of the flowers The Dose must be doubled A most precious Cordial Elixir of Dr. Mynsight Take red Roses dried Mint Bawm white Sanders Cinamon Orange and Citron-peels of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes and Mace of each two drams Seeds of Coriander of Angelica of Anise of sweet Fennel of each half an ounce Spicknard Galingal the less Safron Cardamoms Cloves of each half a dram prepare and bruise them all and put them into a Cucurbite and having powred thereon three quarts of Spirit of Wine and two
running Vlcers and is a most miraculous thing to cure scald Heads Take Amiantum four ounces burnt Lead twelve ounces Tutty prepared two ounces Calcine and Powder them then steep them in Vinegar for some Months stirring them once a Month after boil it for a quarter of an hour and let it stand till it is clear then take of this clear Vinegar Oil of Roses of each a like quantity beat them together into a white Balsom Dr. Hartmannus his approved Balsom which cureth any green Wound or Cut in twenty four hours Take Oil of St. Johns Wort Oil of Earth-worms Turpentine and Mastick of each one ounce mix and incorporate them over a gentle Fire then put it up and keep it for Use Apply it warm with a little Lint To make a green Ointment suddenly for any Scalding or Burning Take fresh Cows-dung and Hogs-grease of each equal parts mix and incorporate them well together over a gentle Fire An Ointment to break and open all Impostumes Biles and Plague Sores Take Oil of Olive two pound white and yellow Wax Rams Fat near the Kidneys pure Rosin black Pitch and Venice-Turpentine of each half a pound choice Mastick in fine powder two ounces mix them and make an Ointment according to Art This Ointment is very effectual to break all sorts of Apostemes as also Pestilential Carbuncles and Venereal Buboes The Consistence of this Ointment is harder than of other Ointments It is to be used from the first breaking of the Aposteme till the Cure be perfect An Approved Ointment for the Itch by Dr. Scroderus Take Litharge and white Lead of each half an ounce Vinegar half an ounce Oil of Roses four ounces Sulphur vive six drams Salt three drams Turpentine half an ounce fresh Butter three ounces mix them and make them an Ointment Anoint with it Morning and Evening and it will kill the Itch in about a weeks time An approved Oyntment for cold or hot swelling Humors It is a singular Remedy Take Vnguentum de Althaea and anoint the place swelled with it warm for hot Humors and lay some spred on a Cloth to the Swelling renewing it twice a day If it be a cold swelling Humor then take an ounce of Vnguentum de Althea and Oil of Peter half an ounce mingle them well together and anoint the place with it and apply some on a Cloth or Paper A most Sovereign Green Oyntment which cureth all Strains Bruises and Swellings Aches Kibes Cuts Cramps Scaldings and Burnings and all outward Griefs It eases the Sciatica and all Swellings in the Face and Throat yea though they look red and have an Ague in them Take young Bay-berries and Wormwood of each half a pound red Sage and Rue of each a pound gather them in the heat of the day and pick them but wash them not stamp them to a Mash in a Mortar then take fresh Suet pick'd and shred four pound beat them well together till they are well incorporated then put to them two quarts of good Oil work it well together with your hands till it be all of one colour and softness then put it into an earthen Pan and let it stand close covered in a cold place for eight days then boil it gently for seven or eight hours stirring it very well all that while and when it hath boiled about four or five hours put in four ounces of Oil of Spike you shall know when it is boil'd enough by taking a drop thereof in a clean Sawcer if it appear of a sad green let it still boil till it look of a fair green then strain it and keep it close in a Gallipot it will keep it seven or eight years A most Excellent Oyntment much approved for Tetters and Ring-worms Itch and Scabs Itching and Waterish Humors and all other Maladies and Infirmities of the Skin Take Litarge of Gold in very fine Powder two ounces Vinegar four ounces Oil of Roses half a pint grind the Litarge in a Mortar powring to it sometimes Vinegar and sometimes Oil stir it continually till the Vinegar do no more appear and that it come to a whitish Oyntment This Oyntment cured a man who had a very Malignant Tetter all over the back-sid of his Hand for many years he had tried many Remedies in vain but at last getting the Receipt of this Oyntment he presently made it and it perfectly Cured him in a short time as he related to me himself CHAP. XXV Select PLAISTERS and CERE-CLOTHES A most Excellent Plaister call'd the Emperor's Plaister TAke red Roses dried one ounce and half Bistort roots Cypress-Nuts all the Saunders Mint Coriander seeds of each three drams Mastick half an ounce Hipocystis Acacia Dragons Blood sealed Earth fine Bole red Coral of each two drams Turpentine washed in Plantane water four ounces Oil of Roses three ounces white Wax a pound Pine Rosin Juices of Plantane Housleek Orpin of each an ounce the Wax Rosin and Pitch being melted put to them the Turpentine and Oyl then the Hipocystis and Acatia dissolved in the said Juices and lastly the Powders to make an Emplaster according to Art It is much recommended to heal strengthen cool dry and bind being applied to the Crown of the Head shaved it is good against a Consumption stops the Rheum that falls upon the Lungs applyed to the Back it strengthens it much and removes Pains thence applied to the Belly it is said to stop a Loosness it is also very good to strengthen weak and luxative Joints and confirm feeble Limbs An admirable Plaister devised and prepared for the Vse of the late Arch-Duke Leopoldus in Flanders Take white Virgin-Wax one pound Emplastrum gratia Dei two ounces Diapalma an ounce Diacolon and Corimbum of each two ounces powder of Orrice roots one ounce Mercury precipitate half an ounce Cinnabre in fine powder one ounce Storax dissolved in Spirit of Wine and strained one ounce Musk three grains slice the Wax and Plaisters thin and melt them in a glazed Pipkin stir them well together continually till they are all dissolved then put in the Cinabre and Precipitate and after the Storax and Orrice stirring them continually then put in the Musk dissolved in a little Rose-water and last of all put in four ounces of Spirit of Wine by little and little for it will make the Composition to rise very high and if it boil over that the Fire take hold of it it will be spoiled and you cannot quench it The Experimented Vertues of this Plaister are as followeth 1. It eases the Pain of the Head being applied to the Forehead and Temples 2. It heals all Bruises and Swellings all Cuts Wounds Sores and Vlcers 3. It cures the Tooth-Ach being applied to the Cheeks and Temples 4. It dissolves any Swellings or Tumors about the Eyes or Throat proceeding from cold Causes as Squinsies and the like It is a most excellent Application for an Issue and to that end it was prepared for the said Arch-Duke Leopoldus The
Use of it till they appear Another Approved Remedy for the same I was assured by a Gentlewoman of Credit that a Daughter of hers at twenty years of Age having never had her Purgations was cured by the following Remedy Take a pound of the smallest new Nails put them in a quart of white Wine let it stand four and twenty hours then drink thereof warm a quarter of a pint in the Morning fasting when you have taken three Doses of it put into it a pint of Wine more and let it stand for some time upon the Nails then take of it till you have taken it all this hath been approved upon many others you may put in with the Wine a few Orange Peels and Cloves An Experimented Remedy for the immoderate Flux of the Terms Take a dram of the Scrapings or Filings of the Skull of a man put it into a glass of white Wine let it infuse all Night in and in the Morning take it fasting In two or three times taking it every Morning it will cure it It is an Approved Remedy A Physical Course to prouoke the Terms prescribed by a Learned Physician to a Lady of great Quality Take the Roots of white Ditany Madder and round Birthwort of each half an ounce Orrice and Asaribecca Roots and sweet Flag Roots of each three drams Orange peels and Cinamon of each two drams Juniper Berries six drams Fennel and Commin seed of each one dram Tops of Wormwood Mugwort Horse-mint and Germander of each half a handful Flowers of Elder Savin and Rue of each a handful Saffron half a dram Filings of Steel an ounce tie the Steel up in a Rag and shred and bruise all the Ingredients infuse them in four pints of strong white Wine for twelve hours then strain it and drink thereof three times a day and after five or six days taking of it use the following Purge Take Sena a dram a half Cassia two drams Rhubarb half a dram sweet Fennel seeds and Cinamon of each a dram and a half Savin one pugil This is for two Potions to be taken for two Mornings together After Purging take the following Electuary Take Conserves of Wormwood and Mint of each half an ounce Conserve of Rue an ounce Candied Elecampane Root half an ounce Cinamon finely Powdered and Crocus Martis aperitive of each a dram of Oyl of Mace and Cinamon each six drops mix it and make an Electuary whereof take the quantity of a large Nutmeg three times a day An approved Remedy to stop the Abundance of the Terms Take a handful of red Dock Roots the yelllowest and best slit them and boil them in a Gallon of Conduit-water scum it and put in it Raisins of the Sun stoned two handful Liquoras bruised two ounces boil it until a third part be consumed then strain it and make Almond Milk thereof with Blanched Almonds A good Remedy for the Whites much Approved If the Woman wanteth her Monthly Terms when she hath the Whites they must by no means be stopp'd till the Terms are brought down for it is very dangerous Let all the Means then be used to provoke and bring them down first and then to stop the Whites take the following after some fit Purgation once or twice before Take the Ceruse of Antimony that is diaphoretick Antimony about fifteen grains for a Dose in a little white Wine in the Morning fasting two or three times a day Another for the same Take Garden-Tansie a handful great Dock Roots that are young and without Buds two ounces shred the Herb and bruise the Roots and boil them in a quart of Milk drink a Draught thereof warm sweetned with Sugar of Roses and Nutmeg grated in it You may also take the following Pills and drink a Draught of the said Milk after them Take Venice-Turpentine an ounce Dragons-Blood Nutmegs grated and Bolearmenick of each a dram mix them and make a Mass for Pills Take thereof a dram for a Dose The following Electuary is also very good the Body being Purged first Take Conserve of red Roses four ounces Conserve of Succory two ounces red Coral in subtil Powder Snakeweed Tormentil Roots and Shavings of Ivory of each two drams with Syrup of Mirtles make an Electuary and take thereof the quantity of a large Nutmeg every Morning Another Approved Remedy for the Whites and so the Heat in the Back and Kidneys Take four good sound Nutmegs put them in the middle of a Houshold Loaf of Bread then let the Loaf be baked and take out the Nutmegs then beat the white of a new laid Egg to an Oyl let it settle and take off the Froth and mix the White with four spoonfuls of Rose-water and as much Plantane-water then sweeten it with fine Sugar and grate into it half of one of the Nutmegs and drink it in the Morning fasting for seven days together This cured a Woman that had taken many Remedies in vain for the said Distempers It strengthens and cools the Reins and is good against the Stone and Gravel An Approved Remedy for the Fits of the Mother and for the Vapors Take Roots of round and long Birth-wort Piony and lesser Valerian of each two ounces Castor one ounce Tops of dried Wormwood Mugwort Fetherfew Tansie Elder and Camomil Flowers of each a handful having bruised and cut them all together infuse them in two quarts of rectified Spirit of Wine then distill them according to Art and keep the Spirit for Use This Spirit is very effectual to open the Obstructions of the Matrix and to suppress the Vapors and Fits that arise from it you may take of it from one to two or three drams at a time in some distilled Waters it may also be put into the Nostrils applied to the Temples or upon the Navil I have an incomparable Essence or Spirit of a Chymical preparation which is so effectual beyond all compare for the Vapors and Fits of the Mother c that several Women which could have no Children live by reason of their Vapors and Fits till they took of it had their Children live afterwards and were perfectly Cured of that Distemper A Remedy for a Bloody Vrine whether in Man or Woman also for a Bloody Flux or Spitting of Blood Take Shepherds Purse and Plantane shred them and boil them in fair water then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar drink thereof Morning and Evening Another for the same Take the Earth of Swallows Nest steep it in hot Water then strain it and let the Patient drink thereof two or three times a day A Remedy for one that cannot retain Vrin Take a Mouse newly kill'd burn it to Ashes with the Skin and Hair give a pretty quantity of it in Ale or dry the Mouse in an Oven so that you may reduce it to Powder which give to drink in the same manner Another for one that cannot keep his Water Take Conserve of Hips three ounces of red Roses an ounce Crabs Eyes a