and is good against the Yellow Jaundice and any Poiso◠whatsoever but it is more appropriated 〈◊〉 Men than Women because 't is hurtful to the Faetus Now Nasturtium or the Her◠Cresse common may be worked in all things like this whose Virtues as 't is said were among the Persians esteemed so great that when from home they eat no other meat to revive their Spirits Aqua Menthae simplex or simple mint-Mint-Water Composition the lesser Take of Brandified Spirit three Gallons Mints gathered in their right signature and gently dried eight Handful macerate them three days and then Distill in Balneo S. A. and with the Distilled Water of the Green Herb made in a cold Still with the same preparation as before directed dulcifie and allay This Water heats the Stomach and prevents Vomiting two or three spoonfuls being taken as occasion requires Observe that by this Rule you may make many other Waters as Bawm Angelica Wormwood c. Being gathered in their prime and gently dried and you may proportion them to your Brandified Spirit more or less in quantity according as you will have your Waters weaker or stronger of the Herb. And you must also observe the Nature of the Herbs for one is abundantly stronger than the other for an handful of Wormwood will go farther than two or three of some other Herbs now in making your Wormwood-water we advise you not to take the Water made from a cold Still but that which comes from the Distillation of the Oyl and to every quart thereof add two ounces of Ginger and one of Orrice and Distill again in a cold Still and then with what quantity of fine Sugar you please gently dissolved upon the Embers you may allay and dulcifie As to their virtues they shall be here omitted seeing 't is plainly to be conceived that they contain the virtues of the simple Herb and all other that can be attributed to any other preparation of this kind And as to their more exalted preparations and Virtues they are treated of more at large in the Chapter of Powers Aqua Violae Tricoloris Simplex or simple Hearts-Ease-Water Composition the least Take of Artificial Brandy one Gallon Hearts Ease in the prime sc when seeded being gently dried one pound and a half put them into your Still and let them macerate three days then Distill in Baln into fine Goods S. A. You may allay and Dulcifie as before directed either with their own Syrup or Syrup of Violets Its Virtues T is an excellent Cordial far above any other for such as are faint and weak in the French Pox also for Fevers Measles or Small-Pox and for Agues Convulsions and Falling-Sickness the Aegyptians highly esteemed of this for Epilepsies but we know that this Water is good for those that have weak and inflamed Lungs Consumptions c. Aqua Raphani Simplex or Radish Water Simple Composition the lesser Take of Brandified Spirits three Gallons of Garden Radish fresh gathered clean washed and sliced six pound macerate three days with Mustard and an Onion and then Distill in Balneo S. A. You may allay with the cold distill'd water of Arsmart and dulcifie with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows and then let it become fine and so is it prepared Its Virtues 'T is an excellent Lithontriptick bringing off Gravel and provoking Urine it dissolves Cluterated Blood and expels it 't is good in old Coughs attenuating gross humours in the Chest it kills Worms and expels them it provokes the Terms and gives ease in the Cholick 't is good for Women after Delivery to help to expel the Secundine and also to prevent from Feverish Symptoms in brief its Virtue is such as that it may be safely Administred in Melancholick Splenetick and Scorbutick Diseases Its Dose is one two three or four Spoonfuls according to the Age and strength of the Patient Aqua Sabinae Corticis simplex or Savine Water simple Composition the least Take of Brandified Spirit one Gallon of the Bark of Savine six ounces macerate three days and Distil S. A. You need not dulcifie it nor allay it For 't is mostly designed for washing of Ulcers either Scrophulous or Cancerous for abating Inflammations and dissipating Nodes and Tumors 't is seldom or never given inwardly without it be to provoke the Menses or to expel the dead Foetus then the Dose is half a Spoonful or Spoonful in White or Rhenish-Wine sweetned with Sugar Having laid down these Examples we shall not insist upon any more of this kind seeing they are sufficient to show you the Preparation not only of Seeds Herbs Flowers Roots and Barks but also of Berries and Spices and others of the Vegetable Kingdom We shall in the next place show you the way of Perfuming them and then proceed to those of an higher order sc Spirits The way to perfume them Take of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine mentioned in the Chapter of Rectification three pound Jessamine Flowers half a pound Honey Suckle Flowers four ounces Orange Flowers or the fresh Pill two ounces macerate twenty four hours and Distil in Balneo S. A. And to the Spirit that comes over add Ambergreese four scruples Musk two scruples which being cut small put them into a Bolthead Seal them Hermetcally and digest with a very gentle heat 'till dissolved the which put in Bottles with stone stoppers for use The manner how is to add such a quantity to the Waters as you will have them in strength of the Perfume Of Spirits Spiritus Salviae or Spirit of Sage TAKE of Artificial Brandy three Gallons Sage in its blossom prime and chief signature twelve pound macerate them for three days and then Distil as long as goodness comes Then take six or eight pound of fresh Sage and Distil as before and with fresh Sage six pound repeat a third time carefully preserving the first Gallon that comes and what comes more you may reserve for another Operation to use instead of Brandy Its Virtues 'T is one of the greatest friends that the Female Sex have amongst all the single Concretes in the Vegetable Kingdom for 't is prevalent in opening of all Obstructions it cleanses the Blood provokes the Menses closes the Matrix and makes them Fruitful and very excellent when with Child to keep them from miscarriage It s general Virtues are for quickning the Senses and memory strengthening the Sinews and Nerves and therefore good in Apoplexies Palsies and Convulsions nay should we be particular in every point of its Virtues we might fill a whole sheet therewith This Spirit makes Excellent Sage Beer or Wine an ounce thereof being put into a quart of either But when you take the Spirit alone in drops the dose is from twenty to sixty according to the Age and Strength of the Patient in a Glass of either Spiritus Cochleariae or the Spirit of Scurvey-Grass Take of Scurvey-Grass in June or July Herbs Flowers and all bruise it well in a large Marble Mortar and put to
Experience must be the chief Mistriss herein and as you proceed so we doubt not of prizing our Labours which are committed to the World for the benefit of such as are groaping as we may say at Noon day for satisfaction therein but here if you clear your sight you will discern a small Lamp burning by the which you may open the Chest to the choicest Mysteries thereof I have described all the necessary Stills and Furnaces in their several Figures so that we shall now proceed to the next Chapter in which will be laid down all the necessary Waters that will fully supply the Distiller with what may be desired of him for publick Sale CHAP. III. In which we shall give you the Composition and way of preparing of Aqua Vitae and other rich Cordial Waters in their greater and lesser Pondus stated from the greatest Authority of Art THE Receipts here prescribed derive their Foundation from the best Masters in Europe sc German Dutch and English c. that have Master-like treated hereof so that we have been at no small pains to compare and then compute their differences thence taking such a Mâ—dium as that the subsequent prescriptions may well serve for either nay indeed much beter than some others extant for in the firsâ— place the exact quantity of the Spirit is mentâ—oned and in the second the just Pondus anâ— quantity of all the Ingredients even to a Grain Now as to the first 't is very convenient and helpful to the young Practitioners in this Art seeing they may be mistaken in that general term Taâ—â— Proof Spirit what sufficeth and so take either toâ— much or too little and thereby destroy the haâ—monious A Philosophicall Alimbeck invented by the Author wherein you may obtain Oyl Spirit and Flegm at one time and a Spirit so Etheriall as to Fire Gun powder A bolt head for a Receiver AA the Ash hole B the Fire place C C the body of the Alimbeâ—â— d d the Flews of the Furnace e A pipe to fill the still ff the joynt G the Head for Flegâ— and Oyle H the joyning of the Rpe to the Receiver I the Receiver h h ii the Coolor to Refrigerate the Spirits K the pipe through wch the Spirits Ascend NN the Helm for their Condensation Place this Figure before Chap III in pag. 59. flavours of their Waters so is also the second for many Grains in a Composition where various things are named will amount to Scruples and Drachms and so make a considerable alteration especially in such as are prescribed for Physical uses in the which we ought to be very cautious that so their virtues may answer the Prescriber's end Now having given you to understand the reason why we have stuck so close to this Method sc for its exactness from whence superiority proceeds what remains as convenient to be treated of in this place is only to mention the Measures and then go on to the Receipts themselves As to the Measures the Dutch use Cans Stopes Small Cans Pints Half-pints and Muddikeys The English Cans Gallons Quarts Pints Half-pints and Quarter-pints the Dutch-Can is six Stopes and three Stopes are exactly two English Gallons so that their Quarts Pints Half-pints and Quarters are abundantly bigger than the English but finding the English Can generally to be four Gallons which exactly make six Stopes which is the same with the English Can we shall divide our measure thus into Cans Half Cans and Quarter-Cans which is to be understood four Gallons two Gallons and one Gallon this the English may compute by their Gallons and the Dutch by their Cans so that neither need to be in any Labyrinth Now by the way you are to observe that in the following common Waters that a Tun of Proof Spirits will make near a Tun and a half thereof That is by help of the sweets and allays Aqua Vitae Composition the greater Distiller Take of Strong Proof Spirit four Cans or sixteen Gallons Aniseeds bruised one pound eight ounces three drachms twelve Grains and adding a Can of Water as advised in Rectification Distill into fine goods or as long as it comes pleasant If it should be above Proof you may allay it the way how will be shown hereafter Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons or ¾ of a Can Aniseeds bruised four ounces four drachms and Distill into fine goods as before directed S. A. Aqua Vitae A second Prescription and Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen Gallons Aniseeds two pound Caraway Seeds Coriander seeds ana four ounces distill into sine goods S. A. Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three Gallons Aniseeds nine ounces six drachms Caraway Seeds Coriander Seeds ana one ounce one drachm distill them into fine goods S. A. Y-worth 'T is the manner of the Dutch to colour these Aqua Vitae's with Alkanet Root or Turnsole which is Linen Rags died Red their manner is thus They take a quart of Aqua Vitae and of either of these four ounces Musk and Ambergreese ana grains fourteen or sixteen or more or less as they will have it in strength they stop it close in a Bottle setting it in a gentle Warmth and then draw off the Tincture the which when cold they add in such quantity to their Aqua Vitae's as they would have them in height of Colour But the London Distiller uses Gilly-Flowers Roses Poppy Sanders or any of them severally what sufficeth and infuses them in Aqua Vitae or Proof Spirit till the Tincture be drawn out then decants the Spirit and reserves it close stopt for use which is to tinge or colour your Aqua Vitae's upon occasion the proportion may be about eight ounces to one Gallon or what more or less you think sufficient to answer your expectation If you add in a little fine Sugar 't will not be amiss Its Virtues 'T is an excellent Carminative for two or three spoonfuls being drank will expell Wind in the Bowels or any other parts of the Body a spoonfull thereof being taken in any Paroxism with as much Water relieves or helps the Patient being also very proper for such as are weak and faint through obstructions to be taken Mornings Aqua Vitae aurea secundum Glauber or Glauber's Goulden Aqua Vitae Composition the least Take of high Proof Spirit drawn from the aurified Salt spoken of in the Chapter of Rectification one Gallon to which add Flowers of the Lily of the Valley twelve ounces red Roses Cinnamon Mace Cardamums Burrage Rosemary Sage Lavender ana half a pound Ambergreese and Musk ana two three or four scruples let all these Flowers be fresh gathered and being in the Vessel with the dried Spices let them macerate for ten or twelve days then distill If you cannot get fresh Flowers you must even content your self with dried ones but the fresh gather'd would be better if they can be had Y-worth This is an incomparable
Aqua Vitae and may safely be used in all sickness of the Body whatsoever and most profitable where the vital Spirits Heart and Brain want to be strengthen'd The Dose is from half a spoonful to two spoonfuls at most as occasion requires And this being taken in case of necessity or as some illness presents you may easily discern how far its virtues surpass other Aqua Vitae's Aqua Anisi or Aniseed Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen Gallons Aniseeds bruised seven pound eight ounces seven drachms eight grains distill into strong Proof Spirit and then dulcifie with white Sugar seven pound eight ounces seven drachms eight grains S. A. Addition of Aniseeds and white Sugar ana seven pound eight ounces seven drachms eight grains or what is sufficient to answer your end as you 'll have it stronger or weaker of the Seeds and Sugar Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons Aniseeds bruised one pound and a half then distill into strong Proof Spirit and dulcifie it with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Aniseeds white Suger ana one pound and a half Y-worth This is an excellent Water to strengthen the Stomach Breaking Cutting and Expectorating tough Phlegm helping the digestive Faculty giving ease and strengthning in the Phthisick or shortness of Breath it abates wind in the Stomach Bowels and other parts of the Body and therefore proper for such as give suck to be taken to the quantity of half an ounce to prevent Wind which sucking Children are so subject to Aqua Angelicae or Angelica Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen Gallons Angelica Roots two pound six ounces and a Qr. or Angelica Herb green eleven pound and a half Aniseeds one pound nine ounces six drachms slice the roots thin or bruise them and the Seeds then distill into fine Goods and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Caraway Seeds Coriander Seeds ana four ounces six drachms and a half Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary ana six ounces and a half Aniseeds Cassi Lignea ana half a pound four ounces and a half Angelica Root twelve ounces and a half or Herb Angelica three pound three ounces one drachm and a half white Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three Gallons Angelica Roots six ounces six drachms or Angelica Herb Green two pound four ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms slice the Roots thin or bruise them and the Seeds then Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar a pound and a half Addition Carawayseeds Coriander Seeds ana seven drachms and a half Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary ana eleven drachms fifteen Grains Aniseeds Cassia Lignea ana two ounces three drachms thirty Grains Angelica Roots two ounces three drachms Grains thirty or Herb Angelica nine ounces four drachms Grains thirty white Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth This is an excellent Cardiack wonderfully strengthning the Heart Stomach and inward parts 't is a great Counter-poison and Preservative against the Plague Measles Small-Pox and other Pestilential and Infectious Diseases The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Aqua Absinthii or wormwood-Wormwood-Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen Gallons Aniseeds bruised one pound eight ounces three drachms Grains twelve Wormwood common leaves and Seeds stript and dry three pound six drachms Grains twenty four Distill them into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Cinnamon Cubebs ana six ounces two scruples Grains eight sweet Foenil-seeds Aniseeds ana twelve ounces three drachms Grains six Cloves Caraway seeds Nutmegs ana four ounces and a half two drachms Grains six Wormwood dry one pound white Sugar three pounds twelve ounces Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons Aniseeds bruised four ounces seven drachms Wormwood common Leaves and seeds stript and dry ten ounces and a half Distill them into fine Goods and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Cinamon Cubebs ana one ounce one drachm grains forty five sweet Foenil seeds Aniseeds ana two ounces three drachms grains thirty Cloves Caraway seeds Nutmegs ana seven drachms grains thirty Wormwood dry three ounces white Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth This Water stops Vomiting and provokes a good Appetite it consumes and expells wind and strengthens the Stomach wonderfully fortifying such as are of a cold and moist Nature and Constitution it diverts Melancholy and prevents many of those Vapours which otherwise would ascend to the Head for its disturbance it easeth Gripes and destroys Worms The Dose is the same with Aniseed-Water Aqua Melissae or Bawm-Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirits sixteen Gallons Bawm dry four pound twelve ounces four drachms Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine Goods and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Garden Thyme Penny-royal ana five handfuls Cardamums three ounces grains thirty sweet Foenil seeds Aniseeds ana twelve ounces six drachms grains thirty Bawm dry one pound nine ounces four drachms Nutmeg Ginger Calamus Aromaticus Galingal Cinamon ana six ounces three drachms grains fifteen Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons Bawm dry thirteen ounces and a half Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine Goods and dulcifie with white Sugar a pound and a half Addition Garden Thyme Penny-royal ana a small Pugil Cardamums four ounces and a half sweet Foenil-seeds Aniseeds ana two ounces three drachms and a half Bawm dry four ounces and a half Nutmeg Ginger Calamus Aromaticus Galingal Cinamon ana one ounce one drachm and a half grains fifteen Y-worth This is highly esteemed for Womens Diseases especially in Hysterick Passions Vapours and Fits of the Mother it shows its prevalency in comforting Women in the difficulty of Travail not only strengthning the Heart whereby they are enabled the better to bear their pain but also promoring a more quick and safe Delivery in which Case the Dose may be one ounce or two Aqua Menthae or Mint Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of high proof-Proof-Spirit sixteen gallons Spearmint dry four pound twelve ounces two drachms grains five Aniseeds best one pound nine ounces five drachms and Distill into strong Proof-Spirits and then dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Spear-Mint dry Aniseeds ana one pound twelve ounces seven drachms Calamus Aromaticus six ounces three drachms grains fifteen white Sugar four pound four ounces Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof-Spirit three gallons Spear-Mint dry four ounces two drachms grains five Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Spear-Mint dry Aniseeds ana four ounces seven drachms Calamus Aromaticus one ounce two drachms one scruple grains five white Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth This Water is an excellent Cardiack Lienick Splenetick and Stomachick helping Concoction and taking the
Water off the Stomach it prevents sowre belchings and hath a specifick virtue against Vomitting The Dose is from three drachms to seven or eight Aqua Rosmarini or Rosemary Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Rosemary stript and dry three pound Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar five pound Addition Sweet Foenil seeds Cinnamon ana twelve ounces six drachms and a half Aniseeds Rosemary dry ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Carawayseeds three ounces one drachm and a half Spearmint dry three handfuls white Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Rosemary stript and dry nine ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar half a pound Addition Sweet Foenil seeds Cinnamon ana two ounces three drachms and a half Aniseeds Rosemary dry ana four ounces seven drachms Carawayseeds four drachms and a half Spearmint dry a competent quantity white Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth Rosemary Water is an excellent Cephalick and Stomachick for it comforts the Brain revives the Senses easing violent pains of the head it strengthens the Stomach and is good against the Diarrhoea Dysentery or Irish Flux as also the Strangury or difficulty of making Water It may be safely Administred these three ways sc one ounce and a half to be drunk given in a Clyster or injected into the Yard Aqua Limoniarum aut Aurantiorum Limon or Orange Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirits sixteen gallons Limon or Orange Pills dry three pound Aniseeds the best one pound nine ounces five drachms bruise the Pills and seeds and then Distill into fine Spirit and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Caraway seeds six ounces four drachms Aniseeds Limon Pills dry ana one pound and a half five drachms grains six white Sugar four pound In the like manner and quantity you may make your Composition with Orange Pills dry Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Limon or Orange Pills dry nine ounces Aniseeds the best four ounces eight drachms bruise the Pills and seeds and then Distill into fine Spirit Secundum Artem dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Carawayseeds one ounce three drachms grains fifteen Aniseeds Limon Pills dry ana four ounces seven drachms white Sugar twelve ounces In the like manner and quantity you may make your Composition with Orange Pills dry Y-worth This is a great strengthener of the Spirits Natural Vital and Animal and by its fragrancy is very refreshing to the Stomach breaking away wind 't is also a good Cordial restorative opening Obstructions and being indued with a Balsamick Virtue heals inward defects The Dose is from three drachms to six Aqua Majoranae or Marjoram Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons sweet Marjoram dry four pound thirteen ounces Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Carawayseeds six ounces three drachms grains fifteen Calamus Aromaticus nine ounces five drachms bruise them and Distill into fine goods then dulcifie with white Sugar what is sufficient Secundum Artem. Addition Cinnamon eight ounces Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Limon Pills dry four ounces six drachms and a half Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons sweet Marjoram dry fifteen ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Carawayseeds one ounce three drachms grains five Calamus Aromaticus one â—â—nce seven drachms bruise them and Distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Cinamon one ounce and a half Cloves four drachms and a half Limon Pills dry seven drachms and a half Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth 'T is good against the Infirmities of the Liver and Spleen and shortness of Breath 't is a great Corroborater and strengthner of the inward parts The Dose is from three drachms to six Aqua Meliphylli or Balsamint Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Balsamint dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Aniseeds best one pound and a half one ounce five drachms Carawayseeds six ounces three drachms Limon Pills dry twelve ounces six drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound S. A. Addition Sweet Foenil Cinnamon ana eight ounces Nutmegs four ounces six drachms and a half Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Balsamint dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Aniseeds best four ounces seven drachâ—â— Carawayseeds one ounce one drachm Limon Pills dry two ounces three drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirits and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half S. A. Addition Sweet Foenil Cinnamon ana one ounce and a half Nutmegs seven drachms and a half Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth This is a good Stomachick and Carminative The Dose six or eight drachms Aqua Caryophyllorum or Clove Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cloves one pound Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Cloves three ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Y-worth This Water is esteemed very good for helping Digestion breaking Wind opening the Urinary passage and provoking Urine for fortifying the Vital Spirits and the Heart the fountain thereof The Dose is from two to four drachms Aqua Cinnamomi Communis or Cinnamon Water Common Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinnamon the best eight pound Aniseeds one pound Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar twelve pound S. A. Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Cinnamon the best one pound and a half Aniseeds three ounces Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar two pound four ounces Aqua Cinnamomi Propria or Cinnamon Water Proper Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinnamon the best and large sixteen pound Distill into fine goods Then take white Sugar twenty pound Rosewater six pound six ounces three drachms make them into a Syrup and dulcifie therewith S. A. Addition Musk and Ambergreese ana two scruples grains eight white Sugar Candy instead of common white Sugar qu. sat e. S. A. Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Cinnamon the best and large three pound Distill into fine goods Then take white Sugar three pound thirteen ounces Rosewater one pound three ounces one drachm make them into a Syrup and dulcifie
therewith S. A. Addition Musk and Ambergreese ana grains nine white Sugar Candy instead of common white Sugar qu. sat S. A. Observe In respect that Musk for some causes may give offence to the receiver 't is requisite to omit the use thereof in some of your Water of this kind to serve for such particular uses Aqua Cinnamomi Nostra or Our Cinnamon Water Y-worth Take of our Spiritus Vini Sulphurat one gallon for when you make such rich Cordial Waters 't is best to make use of such Brandified Spirits as the Spirit of Malt or any other bereaved of their ill Tang and Hogo and then impregnated with an Azural Salt and Sulphur of a Vinor Nature of the best Cinnamon in small powder one pound four ounces Sugar half a pound Chrystals of Tartar four ounces let them infuse therein ten days or the longer the better and then Distill into High Proof Spirits and thus have you the true Spirit of Cinnamon most proper for any Physical use whatever But to allay it into a Cordial Water you must proceed thus Take of fresh Cinnamon half a pound Spring Water three Quarts put them into your Alembick with its Refrigeratory and Distill over and what Oyl comes will sink to the bottom the which you may separate and then to every Quart of this water add of Loaf Sugar one pound and over a gentle warmth dissolve it and so with this you may allay your Spirit to Proof or what height you please Its Virtues are excellent against Vomittings weakness of the Stomach and stinking Breath 't is a good Cardiack Pectoral Lienick and Splenetick comforting the Vital and Animal Spirits giving strength even to the Brain and Sinews The Dose is according as dilated the weaker one ounce the stronger two or four drachms at the most Aqua Seminum Foeniculi dulc or sweet Foenil seed Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons sweet Foenil seeds eight pound Carawayseeds six ounces three drachms Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Sweet Foenil seeds eight pound Caraway seeds six ounces three drachms grains fifteen Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Cinnamon twelve ounces six drachms and a half Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Sweet Foenil seeds one pound and a half Carawayseeds one ounce one drachm Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Sweet Foenil seeds one pound and a half Carawayseeds one ounce three drachms grains five Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Cinnamon two ounces three drachms and a half Cloves four drachms and a half Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth This Water takes off Stomachick Loathings and creates an Appetite strengthening the Tones imbibing sharp humours and expelling Wind. The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce and half Aqua Calendularum or Marigold Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Marigold Flowers new gather'd pick'd clean three pecks and a quarter bruise them sweet Foenil seeds Aniseeds ana one pound Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Cinamon sweet Foenil ana half a pound Caraway Cloves ana three ounces one drachm and a half Marigolds three pecks ¼ Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Marigold Flowers new gather'd and pick'd clean ¾ peck or what more sufficeth bruise them sweet Foenil seeds Aniseeds ana three ounces Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Cinamon sweet Foenil ana one ounce four drachms Caraway Cloves ana four drachms and a half Marigolds qu. s e. Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth 'T is a wonderful strengthner and as great a Preserver against any Infection whatsoever The Dose is an ounce or two in the morning especially when contagious Diseases do reign Aqua Seminum Cariu or Caraway Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Caraway seeds three pound Aniseeds one pound Rosemary dry six ounces three drachms Limon Pills dry Cloves ana four ounces six drachms and a half Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Caraway seeds nine ounces Aniseeds three ounces Rosemary dry one ounce one drachm Limon Pills dry Cloves ana seven drachms and a half Distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Y-worth This Water hath been found very good for such as have been oppressed with cold and moist Stomachs as also for such as have been subject to Wind in the Bowels for it warms comforts and strengthens The Dose is from three to six drachms Aqua Nucum Moschatarum or Nutmeg Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Nutmegs two pound Aniseeds one pound bruise them and Distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Nutmegs six ounces Aniseeds three ounces bruise them and Distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Y-worth This Water chears the Spirits Natural Vital and Animal it sweetens the Breath and is a good Carminative and Diuretick The Dose is the same with Caraway Water Aqua Lavendulae or Lavender Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Lavender Leaves dry four pound twelve ounces six drachms and a half Lavender Flowers dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Mace twelve ounces six drachms and a half Nutmegs one pound nine ounces five drachms Lavender Cotton dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Staechados twelve ounces six drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what less sufficeth Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Lavender Leaves dry fourteen ounces three drachms and a half Lavender Flowers dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Mace two ounces three drachms and a half Nutmegs four ounces seven drachms Lavender Cotton dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Staechados two ounces three drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. Dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Aqua Lavendulae Composita or Lavender Water Compound Distiller Take Flowers of Lavender Lily of the Valley ana twenty four handfuls Piony Tillia Flowers of Rosemary ana half an handful Sage Cinamon Ginger Cloves Cubebs Galingal Calamus Aromaticus Mace Misseltoe of the Oak ana one drachm and a half Piony Roots one ounce and a half of the best
Wine what sufficeth Infuse them in the Wine two days and then Distill in Bal. Mariae Y-worth 'T is good for such as have the Mercurial Property abounding and are troubled with dulness of Spirit as also against Faling-sickness Convulsion Fitts and Infirmities of the Brain The Dose is from one to three drachms Observe Here is no quantity of Spirits given because the Distillers have a usual way in this thing to go by their own Experience that is they 'll make them no richer of the Herbs Seeds and Spices than as they 'll answer their cost in the Sale therefore they sometimes put two or three Cans more than we prescribe nay and omit one half of the Ingredients only observing that according as the Water is called to let that Herb Seed or Fruit to have the predominance of the flavours so that they go more by Custom than by Book but for our part we don 't in all things approve of this for we love true Prescriptions though the Waters be something thing the dearer and so to unite sound Theory and Practice together Aqua Salviae or Sage Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons great Sage dry four pound twelve ounces six drachms and a half Red Sage dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Lavender Flowers Sage Flowers ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Lavender Cotton dry Southern-wood dry ana twelve ounces six drachms and a half Nutmegs one pound bruise or beat them as is most proper and then Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what sufficeth Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons great Sage dry fourteen ounces three drachms and a half Red Sage dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Lavender Flowers Sage Flowers ana four ounces five drachms Lavender Cotton dry Southern-wood dry ana two ounces three drachms and a half Nutmegs one ounce bruise or beat them as is most proper and then Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Aqua Salviae Composita or Sage Water Compound Distiller Take Sage Marjoram Thyme Lavender Epithymum Bettony ana one ounce Cinamon half an ounce lreos Roots of Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus ana one ounce Storax Benjamin ana one drachm and a half infuse them four days in four pound of Spirit of Wine and then Distill in Balneo Y-worth 'T is good for such as are cold and Phlegmatick to revive the Spirits and fortifie the digestive faculty as also against oppressive Vapours that disturb the Microcosm The Dose is from two drachms to an ounce Aqua Caryophillatorum or Avens Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Avens Roots six pound six ounces three drachms grains five Orrice Roots Nutmegs Yellow Sanders Mace ana three ounces one drachm and a half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamin ana one ounce and a half grains fifteen Angelica Roots four ounces six drachms and a half Limon Pills Green twelve ounces six drachms and a half sweet Foenil-seeds Aniseed ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Cloves two ounces Roman Wormwood Mint dry ana four handfuls and a half Red Roses Staechas Flowers ana six handfuls and a half sweet Marjoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry ana nine handfuls and a half Alkermes Berries three ounces one drachm and a half bruise them all that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. and then dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rosewater six pound six ounces three drachms grains fifteen white Sugar sixteen pound boyl it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it on the Fire again adding thereto Confection of Alkermes six ounces three drachms and a half Syrup of Gilly-Flowers one pound nine ounces five drachms Ambergreese dissolved in Rosewater four scruples grains sixteen let these boyl a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Avens Roots one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains five Oâ—rice Roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace ana four drachms and a half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamin ana two drachms grains fifteen Angelica Roots seven drachms and a half Limon Pills green two ounces three drachms and a half sweet Foenilseeds Aniseeds ana four ounces six drachms Cloves three drachms Roman Wormwood Mint dry ana q. s Red Roses Staechas Flowers ana q. s e. sweet Majoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry ana q. s e. Alkermes Berries four drachms and a half bruise them all that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. and then dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rose water one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains fifteen white Sugar three pound boyl it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it on the Fire again adding thereunto Confection of Alkermes one ounce two drachms one scruple grains ten Syrup of Gilliflowers four ounces seven drachms Ambergreese Dissolved in rose-Rose-water grains eighteen let these boil a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Y-worth This water is a very great Cordial Exhilarating the Spirits strengthning and comforting all the inward parts it not only preserves against the Consumption but also strengthens and revives those that are in it The Dose is from one to six scruples according to the age and strength of the Patient Rosa Solis Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinamon the best twelve ounces six drachms and a half Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Ginger Cara-way seeds ana six ounces three drachms Marigold-flowers Aniseeds ana one pound nine ounces five drachms bruise them and Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish one pound nine ounces five drachms Raisins of the Sun brown Sugar ana eight pound Red Sanders six ounces three drachms bruise the Liquorice and Raisins stir them well together and let them stand twelve days then being clear it may be drawn for use Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Cinamon the best two ounces three drachms and a half Cloves four drachms and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana one ounce one drachm Marigolds Aniseeds ana four ounces seven drachms bruise them and Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish four ounces seven drachms Raisins of the Sun brown Sugar ana one pound and a half Red Sanders one ounce one drachm bruise the Liquorice and Rasins stir them well together and let them stand twelve days then being clear it may be drawn for use Addition Add to the Spirit half as much as the rule of every particular Ingredient therein expressed And instead of Sanders give it the Tincture of Roses Gilliflowers or Poppies S. A. Y-worth 'T is esteemed an excellent Water for strengthning the Stomach expelling Wind and fortifying the Sanguifying Faculty The Dose is half an ounce Ros
Solis Proprius Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Ros Solis gathered in due season and clean picked six pound six ounces three drachms two scruples grains five Juniper Berries four pound twelve ounces six drachms and a half Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway-seeds ana six ounces three drachms two scruples grains five Marigold-Flowers one pound nine ounces five drachms Aniseeds two pound six ounces three drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into fine Goods S. A. Then take hereof ten pound three ounces add thereto of Aqua Pretiosa dulcified one pound nine ounces five drachms Liquorice bruised one pound nine ounces five drachms and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound If you add none of the aforesaid Water then instead thereof take Musk one drachm and a half grains six Ambergreese four drachms and a half grains eight colour it with the Tincture of Gilliflowers and Roses what is sufficient S. A. Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Ros Solis gathered in due season and clean pick'd one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains five Juniper Berries fourteen ounces three drachms and a half Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway-seeds ana nine drachms two scruples grains five Marigold-Flowers four ounces seven drachms Aniseeds seven ounces two drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into fine goods S. A. Then take hereof one pound twelve ounces four drachms and a half add thereunto of Aqua Pretiosa four ounces three drachms dulcified Liquorice bruised four ounces three drachms dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth If you add none of the aforesaid Water then take instead thereof Musk grains eighteen Ambergreese grains twenty four colour it with the Tincture of Roses or Gilliflowers what sufficeth S. A. Y-worth This carries with it all the Virtues of the former being also powerful in opening Obstructions relieving decayed Natures and giving help in the Falling sickness The Dose is from two to six drachms Aqua Stomachica minor or Stomach Water the lesser Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons spearmints dry Lovage Roots dry Aniseeds ana one pound nine ounces six drachms Calamus Aromaticus Ginger sweet Foenil-seeds Imperatoria Roots Wormwood dry and stript ana twelve ounces seven drachms two scruples Caraway and Coriander-seeds ana nine ounces five drachms Cummin-seeds Cloves ana four ounces six drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Spearmints dry Lovage Roots dry Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Calamus Aromaticus Ginger sweet Foenil-seeds Imperatoria Roots Wormwood dry and stript ana two ounces five drachms Caraway and Coriander-seeds ana one ounce seven drachms Cummin-seeds Cloves ana seven drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Aqua Stomachica major or Stomach VVater the greater Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Calamus Aromaticus nine ounces five drachms Guajacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingal ana six ounces and a half Citron Pills dry Orange Pills dry white Cinamon ana four ounces seven drachms grains fifteen Wormwood common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spearmint Rosemary tops Costmary Sweet Marjoram wild Thyme all dry ana three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Cinamon ana four ounces four drachms Cubebs Cardamums ana two ounces three drachms grains fifteen Sweet Foenil-seeds Coriander-seeds ana eight ounces Aniseeds two pound six ounces three drachms bruise all that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons Calamus Aromaticus one ounce seven drachms Guajacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingal ana twelve ounces Citron Pills dry Orange Pills dry white Cinamon ana one ounce one drachm two scruples grains five Wormwood common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spearmint Rosemary tops Costmary sweet Marjoram wild Thyme all dry ana four drachms and a half Nutmeg Cinamon ana six drachms Cubebs Cardamoms ana three drachms two scruples grains five sweet Foenil-seeds Coriander-seeds ana one ounce and a half Aniseeds six ounces one drachm bruise those that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Aqua Stomachica Nostra or Our Stomach VVater Y-worth Take Spirit Vini Sulphurat mentioned in the Chapter of Rectification ten gallons of Gascoigne Wine one gallon mix them together and digest in the Still with a gentle warmth twenty four hours then add in of Ginger Galingal Nutmegs grains of Paradise Cloves ana four ounces Aniseeds sweet Foenil-seeds Carawary-seeds Hearts-Ease ana eight ounces Sage Mint Red Roses the Flowers of the Lily of the Valley ana ten ounces Thyme Pelitory Camomil Lavender Avens ana four large handfuls Spanish Angelica Roots Zedoary Snake Root ana five ounces Musk and Ambergreese ana five scruples put on the head and lute all close and let them remain with a gentle warmth twenty four hours more and then Distill into high Proof Spirit S. A. To every gallon of this add ten ounces of our Potestates Rosmarini and a pound and a half of the Syrup of Rasberies or Black Cherries and let it refine S. A. Its Virtues 'T is a great Preservative against all Pestilential and Infectious Diseases powerfully corroborating and strengthning the Stomach being indued with such salutiferous Virtues as that it will really perform as much as any other Stomachick what ever The Dose is from two to four drachms Usquebaugh Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana six ounces three drachms Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish Raisins of the Sun ana three pound three ounces one drachm and a half bruise the Liquorice and Raisins and then dulcifie with brown Sugar eight pound stirr them well together and so let it stand ten days and then being fine draw off and keep it for use Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Cloves four drachms and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana one ounce one drachm Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish Raisins of the Sun ana nine ounces four drachms and a half bruise the Liquorice and Raisins and then dulcifie with brown Sugar
with their Kernels two gallons of the Flowers of Lavender nine handfuls White-Mustard seeds bruised three ounces mix them together and put some ferment to them and let them ferment for five or six days then add two gallons of our Sulphurated Spirit of Wine or rather Aqua Vitae Glaâ—beris and Distill into fine Spirits according to Art Then take of Ros Vitrioli which is the water that Distills from Vitriol in the Calcination thereof six quarts Misseltoe of the Oak and Paeony ana two ounces two drachms of Rue three handfuls Juniper Berries three ounces Bay-berries an ounce and a half Camphire an ounce Rhubarb sliced two ounces and an half Cats Blood two pound Spirit of Turpentine three ounces digest ten days and then Distill in Balneo Mariae you may mix this with the former in equal parts Addition Bawm Dean-wort Capers Coffee Hearts-Ease Mastick Bright-wort St. John's Wort Spicknard Rosemary and Valerian ana six handfuls fine Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of Black-cherries bruised with their Kernells four Pints of the Flowers of Lavender two handfuls and a half white Mustard seed bruised six drachms mix them together and put some ferment to them and let them ferment for five or six days then add of our Sulphurated Spirit of Wine or rather Aqua Vitae Glauberis four Points and Distill into fine Spirits S. A. Then take of Ros Vitrioli three Pints Misseltoe of the Oak Paeony ana four drachms one scruple grains ten Rue one handful and a half Juniper-berries half anounce two drachms Bay-berries three drachms Camphire two drachcms Rheuburbisliced five drachms Cats-blood half a pound Spirit of Turpentine six drachms digest ten days and then Distill in Balneo Mariae you may mix this with the former in equal parts Addition Bawm Dean-wort Capers Coffee Hearts-Ease Mastick Bright-wort St. John's wort Spicknard Rosemary Valerian ana one handful and a half fine Sugar two pound Its Virtues 'T is excellent for the weakness of the head not only good against Convulsions but also for Vertigoe's and most Disseases of the superior region it strengthens the Sinews and expells wind out of the Head and Stomach-giving powerful relief in Hypocondriack and Hysterick Passions 't is a prevalent help for Children that have Convulsive Fitts and especially if given in a few drops of our Essentia Crani-humant spoken of in our Chymic Rational The Dose is from a drachm to two and from thence to an ounce or an ounce and half according to the Age and strength of the Patient Thus Reader I have given the Basis and foundation of such Waters as hitherto have not been so plainly published that so they may be of some advantage to such as languish under the burthen of Diseases for want of their pretious Virtue for whose benefit we shall yet proceed as follows first of Aqua Preciosa or Precious Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons of the Roots of Enula Compana Avens Angelica Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus Sassafras ana eight ounces Zedoary Galingal ana six ounces three drachms Cassia Lignea Lignum Rhodium Yellow Sanders ana four ounces six drachms and a half the dry Pills of Citrons and Oranges ana nine ounces four drachms Cinnamon white Nutmegs Mace Ginger ana eight ounces the choicest Cinnamon two pound Cloves Cardamoms Cubebs ana three ounces six drachms sweet Chervile-seeds Basil-seeds ana five ounces three drachms Coriander-seeds sweet Foenil-seeds ana one pound Aniseeds two pound bruise them and Distill into Proof Spirits and then dulcifie with white Sugar twenty four pound S. A. and let it stand till it be fine then draw it off and add Musk one drachm two scruples Ambergreese six drachms two scruples then let it clear and draw it off for use Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Roots of Enula Campana Avens Angelica Cypress Caamus Aromaticus Sassafras of each one ounce and a half Zedoary Galingal ana one ounce one drachm Cassia Lignea Lignum Rhodium Yellow Sanders ana six drachms and a half the dry Pills of Citron and Orange ana one ounce six drachms grains fifteen Cinnamon white Nutmegs Mace Ginger ana one ounce and a half Cinnamon best six ounces Cloves Cardamoms Cubebs ana six drachms sweet Chervile-seeds Basil-seeds ana one ounce one drachm Coriander-seeds sweet Foenil-seeds ana three ounces Aniseeds six drachms bruise them and Distill into strong Proof Spirit and then dulcifie with fine white Sugar four pound and a half S. A. Let it stand till it be fine then draw it off and add Musk grains eighteen Ambergreese one drachm grains twelve then let it clear and draw it for use The Syrup for dulcifying the water is thus to be made Take Apricocks Quinces Cherries English Currants of each what sufficeth all full Ripe and of equal weight when they are thus prepared as followeth Prepare the Quinces and Apricocks take out the stones and Kernels and slice them very thin stone the Cherries and bruise them and the Currants then lay them in a flat bason or pan thus A lane of Fruit of a fingers thickness and then a lane of white powder Sugar of like thickness and so proceed in order lane upon lane till all be laid into the bason then pour on good Aqua Vitae gently till all be covered therewith and so let it stand two hours then bruise or posh them all together and press out the Juice as dry as possibly you can through a thick linnen bag then take the Juice and let it stand till it be settled clear which Juice by a gentle Exhalation in a hot bath boyl up to a Syrup height according to Art and keep it for use To every eight pound of the Spirit put a pound of this Syrup and when it is clear draw it off for use Y-worth T is a rare and excellent Water for such as are inclined to Melancholy for it strengthens the Heart revives the Spirits preserving and comforting the Sences and will demonstrate its vertue in the time of Contagious Diseases as Plagues and malignant Feavers The Dose is from two Drams to an Ounce Aqua Carminativa or wind-Wind-water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong proof Spirits 16 Gallons Enula Campana roots drie Aniseeds of each one pound nine ounces five drachms Cyprus-roots bark of the roots of Bay-tree or as much leaves Sassafras with the bark Cinnamon white of each nine ounces four drachms two scruples and five grains Calamus-aromaticus Orange pills drie of each 6 ounces and 3 drachms Clary red Mint Calamint Elder-flowers Camomile-flowers of each eight ounces sweet Fennel seeds Carraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each six ounces and three drachms Coriander-seeds Cardamums Cubebs Grains of Paradise Cloves and Ginger of each four ounces Pepper long and white of each two ounces bruise them all grosely and distill into sine Goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound and draw it off for use when
it is perfectly clear Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Ennula-campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each four ounces and seven drachms Cyprus-roots bark of the roots of Bay-tree or as much leaves Sassafras with the bark Cinamon white of each one ounce six drachms and fifteen grains Calamus-aromaticus Orange-pills drie one ounce and a drachm Clary red Mints Calamint Elder-flowers Camomile-flowers of each an ounce and an half Sweet-Fennel-seeds Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each one ounce and a drachm Coriander-seeds Cardamums Cubebs Grains of Paradise Cloves and Ginger of each six drachms Pepper long and white of each three ounces bruise them all grosely and distill into fine goods S.A. then dulcifie with white Sugar three pound and draw it for use when it is perfectly clear Aqua Sudorifica or Water to procure Sweat Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit 16 gallons Butter-bur-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each one pound and an half one ounce and five drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each one pound three ounces one drachm and an half Cowslip-flowers Marigold-flowers of each one pound Juniper-berries two pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the Lesser Take of Strong Proof Spirit three gallons Butter-bur-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and in half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each four ounces seven drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each two ounces four drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each three ounces four drachms and an half Cowslip-flowers and Marigold-flowers of each three ounces Juniper berries six ounces bruise them all and diâ—â—ill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with White Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is very excellent in proâ—â—king Sweat the Patient drinking an Ounce thereof â—â—d then to be covered close in bed by which means â—iny Disseasysdea's will be dissipated and carried off and â—e Spirits and Body strengthened Aqua contra Crapulam or Surfeit Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Juniper berries three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula Campana roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms Calamus aromaticus Galingale of each six ounces and three drachms Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry of each four ounces Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each three ounces one drachm and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark and White Cinamon of each four ounces six drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Cloves and Ginger of each one ounce and an half two scruples and five grains Red-Poppy-flowers six pound six ounces and an half Aniseeds four pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Juniper berries nine ounces four drachms and an half Ennula Campana roots dry four ounces and six drachms Calamus-aromaticus and Galingale of each an ounce and a drachm Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry or each six drachms Carraway-seeds and Angelica-seeds of each four ounces and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark white Cinamon of each seven drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Ginger and Cloves of each two drachms and fifteen grains Red-Poppy-flower sone pound three ounces and an half Aniseeds twelve ounces bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is not only good for Surfeits but also for Feavers Agues and Obstructions and all others wherein a sharp and Acid ferment too much affects the Blood The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce If in this Dose you mix two or three drachms of 〈◊〉 Spiritus Mundus and drink it two or â—hree times a day it will cure most Plurisies without â—mae-section Aqua contra Scorbutum or Scorbutical Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Horse-radish-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula-Campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses and Garden-cresses Taragon Balsamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water Sweet-Chervile of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Arsmart twelve ounces six drachms and and half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what sufficeth For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of the Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Horse-raddish-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and an half Enula-Campana-roots dry and Aniseeds of each four ounces and six drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses Garden-cresses Taragon Baisamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water and Sweet-Chervile of each one ounce six drachms and five grains Arsmart two ounces three drachms and an half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each seven ounces and an half Citron pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Y-worth This Water is excellent for purifying the Blood and for carrying off the Scorbutick Acidity by way of mortification for it sweetens the same all one as Spirit of Wine doth the Spirit of Salt The Dose for such is from two to six drachms twice or thrice a day Aqua contra Pestilentiam or plague-Plague-Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Butter-bur-roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms garden and common Valerian-roots both dry Angelica-roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula-Campana Snake-grass-roots of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Contrayerva Zedoary and Galingale of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Rue-leaves dry white Horehound Scordium Carduus-Benedictus of each eight ounces Elder-flowers Lavender and Mace of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils dry Juniper-berries of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Green Walnuts with the husks one pound nine ounces and five drachms Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each three ounces one drachm and an half Aniseeds best two pound six ounces three drachms and an
half Camphire an ounce and an half two scruples and five grains Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Butter-bur-roots dry four ounces and seven drachms Garden and Common Valerian-roots both dry Angelica-roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula-Campana Snake-grass roots of each one ounce and in half two drachms and five grains Contrayerva Zedoary and Galingale of each one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains Rue-leaves dry White-Horehound Scordium Carduus Benedictus of each one ounce and an half Elder-flowers Lavender and Mace of each seven drachms and an half Citron pills drie Juniper-berries of each two ounces three drachms and an half Green Walnuts with the husks four ounces and seven drachms Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each four drachms and an half Aniseeds best seven ounces two drachms and an half Camphire two drachms and fifteen grains distill into fine Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound For Vse let the party infected take of this Water one Ounce mingled with warm Posser drink or any other water proper in that case and be kept warm and sweat well thereon Aqua nostra contra Pestilentiam or our Plague-Water Y-worth Take of Spanish Angelica Roots half a pound English Angelica leaves Rue and Sage of each three handfuls Long Pepper Nutmegs and Ginger of each one ounce and an half Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each four ounces Malaga Wine two quarts Aqua Vitae Glauberis one gallon digest twenty daies and then distil into fine Spirit S. A. Addition Contrayerva Virginia Snake root and Zedoary of each three ounces the Powers of Vipers four ounces Camphire one ounce Syrup of Wine Vinegar one pound with which refine down after distilled This Water is an incomparable preservative in and against the Plague Small-Pox Measles and all Pestilential and Contagious Diseases Two Spoonfuls being taken three or four times a day as a Cordial 'T is good also for all cold Stomacks want of Digestion and the like Aqua Florum or Water of Flowers Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons and put it into a wide-mouth'd-pot or other Vessel stop'd very close take these several Flowers following in their Seasons and being clean pickt put them to the Spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Woodbine Stock-Gilli-flower of all the three sorts Damask-Roses Musk-Roses Sweet-Briar-flowers Lillium Convallium Jasmine Citron-flowers Orange-flowers or their pils dry Tillia-flowers Garden-Limmon and wild Thyme-flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot and Elder-flowers of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them add thereunto Aniseeds three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Coriander seeds one pound nine ounces and five drachms bruise the seeds 't were also best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the Spirit for the more orderly working Distil into fine Spirit S. A. then add to the distin'd water Roses Gilly-flowers and Elder-flowers of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms after twelve days Infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar sixteen pound and being fine it may be drawn for use Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons put it into a wide-mouth'd Pot or other Vessel stopt very close take those several flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the Spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Woodbine Stock-Gilli-flower of the three sorts Damask-Roses Musk-Roses Sweet-Brier-flowers Clove-Gilly-flowers Lillium-Convallium Jasmine Citron and Orange-flowers or their pils dry Tillia-flowers garden-Limmon and Wild Thyme-flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder-flowers of each two ounces three drachms and an half Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them add thereunto Aniseeds nine ounces four drachms and an half Coriander seeds four ounces and seven drachms bruise the seeds and 't were also best to bruise all the Flowers as you put them up into the Spirit for their more ord erly working Distil into fine Spirit S. A. then add to the distiled water Roses Gilli-flowers Elder-flowers of each four ounces and seven drachms after Twelve days Infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar three pound and being fine it may be drawn for use Y-worth This is a great Cordial for strengthening and refreshing the Spirits and therefore proper for those who are troubled with Hypocondriack Melancholy The Dose is from one drachm to five according to the Age Strength and Condition of the Patient Aqua Frugum or Water of Fruits Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Juniper-berries six pound six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Quince and Pipping-pairings both dry of each three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Limmon-pils Orange-pils dry of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms Nutmegs six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Anisceds three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Cloves three ounces one drachm and an half Distill into fine Spirit S. A. To the Spirit add Strawberries Rasberries bruised of each eight pound stir them well together and after ten daies it being clear may be drawn off then dulcifie with Syrrup made as is taught in Aven's Water and so let it stand till clear and then draw it off for use Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Juniper-berries one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples and five grains Quince and Pipping-pairings both dry of each nine ounces four drachms and an half Limmon-pils Orange-pils dry of each four ounces and seven drachms Nutmegs one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains Aniseeds nine ounces four drachms and an half Cloves four drachms and an half Distill into fine Spirit S. A. To the Spirit add Straw-berries Ras-berries bruis'd of each one pound and an half stir them well together and after ten daies it being clear may be drawn off Then dulcifie with Syrrup made as is taught in Aven's Water and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use Y-worth This is a great Carminative expelling Wind good in Surfeits and Fevers it abates Thirst The Dose is from one drachm to five in some proper Vehicle or dilated to a Julip We having thus run through the Prescriptions of such which are varied into a greater and lesser Composition we shall add some Observations and then proceed to lay down some particular waters that are purely for the use of such as would supply the defect of an Apothecary when not near c. You are first to observe that in the distilling of these Waters you must not make use of the Wool in the Head for that will be apt to suckand drink in too much of the Oleous part and so considerably destroy the vertues of the waters and altho there will often come
Germander Hermodactyls Tormentil White Frankincense the pith of Dwarf Elder Juniper-berries Bay-berries the Seeds and Flowers of Motherwort the Seeds of Smallage Fennel and Anise the Leaves of Sorrel Sage Felwort Rosemary Marjoram Mints Penny-Royal Stechados the Flowers of Elder Red and White Roses of the Leaves of Scabious Rue the lesser Moonwort Egrimony Centory Fumitary Pimpernel Sowthistle Eyebright Maiden-hair Endive Red Saunders Aloes of each four ounces pure Amber the best Rhubarb of each four drams dried Figs Raisins of the Sun Dates stoned sweet Almonds Grains of the Pine of each two ounces of the best Aqua vitae to the quantity of them all of the best hard Sugar two pound of white Honey one pound then add the Root of Gentian Flowers of Rosemary Pepperwort the Root of Bryony Sowbread Wormwood of each an ounce Now before these are distill'd quench Gold being made Red hot oftentimes in the aforesaid Water put therein Oriental Pearls beaten small two pound and then distill it after twenty four hours Infusion Y-worth This is a very good Cordial Water prevailing against Malignant Pestilential Feavers a great restorative to such as are in Consumption it comforts the Heart and revives drooping Spirits 't is very hot in Operation you must not exceed half a drachm for the largest Dose without the Advice of a Physitian In Feavers mix it with cooling Juleps Aqua Nostra Multifera Virtutum or our Water of Many Virtues Y-worth Take Pawme Sage Bettony Buglosse Cowslips all gather'd in their prime of each a handful Motherwort Bay Leaves of each a handful and half Marygold-flowers two handfuls flowers of Rosemary Lavender Lillies of the Valley Rosa-solis of each four handfuls the Juice of Salendine two pound Saffron two ounces Lignum Aloes an ounce and half Turmerick four ounces Spirit of Wine six Quarts digest all six days and then distil in B. S. A. This Water is excellent in the Diseases of the Head Breast and Heart Liver and principal parts fortifying the Faculties and strengthning Nature as far as can be expected from simple Cordial Spirits without being enriched with some Mineral Sulphurs the which will be shown in our Spagyrick Phylosophy Asserted and Spagyrick philosophies Tryumph Now by the way observe that most of these Waters or Spirits are too strong to be taken alone Nature not loving to ride in fiery Chariots 't is best therefore that they be dilated and reduced into Cordials the way by which 't is performed will be shown in our Medicina rationalis Crollii Aqua Theriacalis Camphorat Or Crollius his Treacle Water Camphorated Take of Andromachus his Treacle ten ounces the best Myrrh five ounces the best Saffron one ounce Camphire four drams mix them together then pour upon them of the best Spirit of Wine â—wenty ounces and let them stand twenty four hours in a warm place then distill them in Balneo with a gradual Fire Cohobate the Spirit three times Y-worth This Water is of Excellent Virtue against the Pestilence and other Feavers 't is a very good Counter-poyson and good for those that have been bit by any Venemous Creature or such as have the French Pox for it drives forth all virulent Humours from the heart and is a great Cordial The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Aqua Composita contra Scorbutum or a Scorbutical Water Take of the Leaves of both sorts of Scurvy Grass being made very clear of each twelve pound let these be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add the Juice of Brooklime Juice of Water Cresses of each a pound of the best white Wine sixteen Pints twelve whole Lemmons cut of the fresh Roots of Briony eight pound of the fresh Roots of Horse-radish four pound of the Bark of Winteran one pound of Nutmegs eight ounces let them macerate three days and then distill S. A. Y-worth This Water is Excellent for the Scurvy with all the Symptoms that attend the same 't will radically cure those that are not too Rebellious in a Month or six Weeks time if you take two Spoonfuls thereof in a Morning and Evening I could indeed inlarge my self with various other Prescriptions but I think it needless seeing you have here what is sufficient to accomplish any Distiller nay peradventure more than ever you may have occasion to make so that others of a more Superior and Higher Order will be superfluous as to such as have a desire to know more thinking them necessary in their Medicinal practice let them resort to our Medicina Rationalis where they shall find them under the head of such Diseases as they are appropriated to And for those that would be curious and have variety of chargeable Prescriptions let them apply themselves to the London Dispensatory and other Authors wherein they are prescribed But as to such as desire the healing Virtues of one single Cordial which hath been found for many years to supply the place of many others such we advise to our Spiritus Propheâ—â—â—ticus Imperialis treated of in our Spagyrick Philoâ—â—phy asserted for this indeed is various ways to be â—â—dered and that to such an advantage as that it â—â—swers all that can be desired from any thing of this Nature and therefore for the good of such as languish under deplorable Diseases we thought it â—â—quisite to give its Virtue and Use First of the Spirit and then of the way of dilating it into a Cordial Spiritus HEADrophelacticus Imperialis or the Antipeleptick HEADowers Soveraign for all the Diseases of the Head Womb-Fits sudden surprisals and infectious Diseases being a general Cordial for all Diseases incident to the Body As to its Preparation 't is given in our Spagyrick Philosophy Asserted Its Virtues in General This is a great Cordial truly helping Nature inâ—â—rdly or outwardly applyed and is of admirable benefit to poor fainty drooping Spirits and weak Nature and a great Reliever and Comforter of Old Aged people Strengthning and Comforting the Heart and Stomach prevalent against Wind Chollick Gripes Yellow Jaundice Cough and Colds and such like Distempers And also Bruises and Contusions wither'd and benumbed Members and Cramp 't is efficacious against Cold moist Diseases of the Head Stomach and Heart as Apoplexies Falling Sickness Palsies Trembling Head-ach Megrim Vertigo Carus Lethargy Sleepiness and Dimnâ—sâ— of Sight cold Rheums Catarrhs Rhumatisms Old Aches of the Back and Loyns stinking breath as also good against Convulsions It s Use and Dose For any Bruise Squatt Aches or weak and decayed parts you must dip a Cloath therein and lay it four or five times double on the part and at last having repeated this three or four times bind it fast thereon For the Diseases of the Face and Head you must annoint your Face and Temples and take the savours up your Nostrils For Rickets in Children it must be applyed as well outwardly as inwardly chasing the grieved part with the clear Spirit before the Fire Dipping a Scarlet cloath in it and laying it
writing but from a sluggish neglect of their heedful observation and of putting them into use for have we not named besides the Lees of Wine and what proceeds from that root with the Viner Heiggs c. and others which you count Spagyrical things of such a degree as any one may conceive as Bay Salt Bay Leaves Orrice c. And to those already named we will add Cherries without the Stones Arsmart Pepperwort the Herb Scarleae the Blackberry first made into Wine as directed as also Wheat Corn for from thence proceed most excellent flavours as we know by large Experience therefore accept of our plain and kind Communication and by a few tryals you may hit the profitable truth especially if you over Dose not the Spirit with the Herb for do we not see how a few drops of the Oyl of Cinamon Cloves and Mace being dropt into Sugar and cast into Wines alter their taste especially if some Essence of Ambergreese is added as may be hereafter more largely shown in the next Impression of our Britannean Magazine of Liquors we also see that the Elder-flower cast into well decocted Mead makes it just like Wine made of the Apian or Muskadine Grape All which presidents make clear the Art of Rectification so that enough and more than enough is said of this Nature seeing the diligent hand must by trials obtain that which may greatly redound to the satisfaction of the searcher for doth not Solomon say the diligent hand makes rich which may be understood in Knowledge as well as Substance since that he preferrs Wisdom and Understanding before all the Riches and Glory of this World saying that Kings and Princes must come and throw down their Crowns and Scepters before it And how can any man be said to excel another if he have not some gifts above him and a Practical knowledge in that of which the other understands nothing but into this part must every man enter by his own self-labour and uncessant seeking and knocking until Divine Providence through his perseverance opens it unto him For we can neither lay nor yet think of any Limitations in this Case but as to what we have written we think it sufficient for any rational Genius to make enlargements on and the more especially seeing we have shown the Preparation of Powers and Essential Salts in the second Head in the fourth Chapter sc of noble specificated Powers as also in the third Head touched at the Office of our Sal Panaristos which will perform on Wines and Spirits all that the Artist can desire nay even to the Superlative degree and yet the radical Product of England therefore did we in our first Part Metaphorically describe the Actions of the Planets in order to set forth this thing and to show that the Universal Spirit may have its pure Effluviums so concentrated as to be brought into a Corporeal or Bodily Form this is that when so prepared which hath power to transmute one Nature into another and as Vulgar Venus will Cloath Pale-Faced Sol with a deeper and more beautiful Garment so will our Chaos of Mars and Venus mentioned in the Preface of our Chymicus Rationalis or rather our Vitriol of Venus and Mars Philosophical be a Medium for the exalting of Spirits into a purer Nature and how can it be otherwise seeing the Vine is under the Signature of Venus and the Juice thereof hath only from thence its sweet Salt but this hath the Virtue of all the Planets Concatinated into a pure sweet and Chrystaline Salt the very Key to the Golden and Lunar Magnet and other such perfect ones which by their internal purities will magnetically attract and separate Impurities from other beings and so doth this the Flegm and gross Sulphur in Spirits which being stirred up by the Fire cause their Nauseous smell and taste and sometimes faetid especially if burnt and so brings them to a more perfect state but this cannot be so properly called a Transmutation of form for that is a changing out of one kind into another as an Alteration or Melioration from a more inferiour to a more superior degree but seeing the Original of this Salt together with its Office is shown in the fourth Chapter sc that of Powers we shall thither referr you for it and come to show what remains as pertinent to be treated of in this following part of the Chapter sc The true way of preparing Simple Waters and Spirits such we mean as have no more than the Spirit and one single entire Herb in them because in many cases 't is convenient to have their single Virtues perse especially where they are expected to operate according to their Simple Virtue all laid down in the lesser or least Composition sc three Gallons or one Of Waters Aqua Anisi Simplex or Simple Aniseed Water Composition the least TAKE of Artificial Brandy one Gallon Aniseeds bruised twelve ounces put them into the like Alimbeâ—k desâ—ried in Fig. 3 and in Balmeo Distill off the fine Spirit S. A. then take two quarts of the Water cleansed by Calx vive Aniseeds bruised four ounces and in a cold Still Distill off something more than a quart in which Water gently dissolve on the Embers twelve ounces of fine white Sugar and when cold therewith allay and dulcifie the Spirits already refined and so is the Water prepared This Water is an excellent Carminative expelling Wind in the Bowels and all parts of the Body in brief it answers all that can be attributed to the Spirit Tincture Infusion or Decoction of the Seeds The Dose from one Spoonful to three Aqua Cardamomi Simplex or Simple Cardamom Water Composition the least Take of Brandified Spirits one Gallon Cardamom seeds one pound Operate in all things as in the former likewise prepare a Syrup as there directed with which dulcifie and allay This Water is very prevalent in warming and strengthning the Stomach comforting the Vital Spirits and expelling Wind carrying with it all the Virtues that may be attributed to any other preparation of the Seed The Dose is the same as the former After this way may be prepared the Water from most Seeds as Caraways Daucus Sweet-Foenil seeds c. The which we shall not repeat seeing their preparation is one with this and their Virtues to be understood after the same manner Therefore I shall proceed no further therein but come to Herbs Aqua Cardami simplex or simple Garden Cress-water Composition the least Take of Brandified Spirit one Gallon Garden Cresses fresh gathered half a peck macerate them in your Alimbeck three days and then Distiâ—… into fine goods S. A. Also from the Herb per sâ— in the cold Still Distill the cold Water to every three pound of which you must add one pounâ— of fine Sugar the which dissolve therein and then therewith allay and dulcifie the Spirit let it refine and so is it prepared This Water helps to expectorate and raise tough Flegm destroys Worms
one pound and a half stirr them well together and so let it stand ten days and then being fine draw it off and keep it for use Irish Vsquebaugh Y-worth Take of strong Canary Sack a Quart the best Tent one Pint Aqua Vitae one gallon put them into a Glass Vessel adding thereunto Raisins of the Sun choice and stoned two pound Dates stoned and the white skin thereof pulled out two ounces Cinamon grosly powdered two ounces four good Nutmegs bruised of the best English Liquorice sliced and bruised one ounce stop the Vessel very close and let them infuse in a cold place six or eight days then let the Liquor run through a bag called Manica Hypocratis made of white Cotton Vsquebaugh Royal. Y-worth Take of Aqua Vitae Glauberis three gallons Muskadine one gallon Raisins of the Sun stoned seven pound Figs one pound and a half Dates stoned and the white skins pulled off seven ounces Cinnamon eight ounces Nutmegs three ounces Cloves broad Mace ana one ounce English Liquorice twelve ounces let them infuse in a cold place for twenty days in a Vessel close stop'd and then let them run through an Hypocrates Sleeve Bottle it up carefully adding thereunto of the Syrup of Quinces and Syrup of Limons ana four ounces of the well tinged Powers of Saffron two ounces let it refine it self and keep it close stop'd Addition Powers of Musk and Ambergreese Tincture of Pearl ana drops twenty So doth it become excellent and vitally fragrant This is a most famous and excellent Liquor fit indeed for such as its Name and Superiority belongs unto it is a most estimable Jewel for such as are inclined to Melancholy to drink now and then a quarter of a Spoonful thereof 't is so great a Stomachick that it helps the digestive faculties prevalent in Surfeits and the defects of the Lungs as Phthisick Consumption causing expectoration in brief 't is equal to any Cordial Spirit whatever for fortifying the Natural Vital and Animal Spirits The Dose is from two to six spoonfuls at the most Aqua Bezoartica or Bezoar Water Prescription the first Composition the greater Distiller Take of the Leaves and Rootâ— of Celandine twenty one handfuls Rheu six handfuls Scordium twelve handfuls Dittany of Creet Carduus Benedictus ana nine handfuls the Roots of Zedoary Angelica ana two ounces two drachms the inward Pill of Citron and Limon ana three ounces six drachms Clove-Gilliflowers eight ounces four drachms Red Roses Centory Flowers the least ana one ounce four drachms let those be bruised that are to be bruised and cut that are to be cut and put them into the proper Vessel and pour on them of the best Spirit of Wine and Malaga Wine ana ten Quarts one Pint let them all steep three days adding Vinegar of Cloves and Juice of Limons ana six pound and let them be Distilled in Baln in a large Glass Cucurbit with its proper Helm and Recipient Addition Cinamon two ounces two drachms Cloves one ounce seven drachms Venice Treacle two ounces two drachms Camphire four drachms Troches of Vipers three ounces Mace one ounce and a half the Wood of Aloes six drachms Yellow Sanders one ounce one drachm the seeds of Carduus Benedictus six ounces the Kernels of Ciâ—rons two ounces two drachms the Modus of its preparation is either to digest these with the former and Distill them over together at once or else after the first part is Distilled to add to the Liquor this addition and Distill a second time in B. M. with a most gentle Fire and after you have removed a third of the Aereal Spirit you may Cohobate the rest two or three times to get the virtue of the Ingredients out your Liquors you may add together and let it refine according to Art Composition the lesser Take of the Leaves of the great Celandine together with the Roots thereof three handfuls and a half Rue two handfulls Scordium four handfulls Dittany of Crete Cardius ana an handful and half Roots of Zedoary and Angelica ana three drachms the outward Rind of Citrons and Limons ana six drachms the Flower of Wall Gilliflowers one ounce and a half Red Roses the lesser Century ana two drachms Cloves Cinnamon ana three drachms Andromachus's Treacle three ounces Mithridate an ounce and half Camphire two scruples Trochies of Vipers two ounces Mace two drachms Lignum Aloes half an ounce Yellow Sanders one drachm and a half the Seeds of Carduus one ounce the seeds of Citron six drachms cut those things that are to be cut and let them be macerated three days in Spiritus Vini Glauberis and Muskadine ana three Pints and a half Vinegar of Wall Gilliflowers and the Juice of Limons ana a Pint let them be Distilled in the Glass Vessel before described in B. Observe that after something more than one half of the Liquor is Distilled off from either of these two Compositions then the remainder in the Vessel must be strained through a Linnen Cloath and gently evaporated to the thickness of Honey which is called the Bezoar Extract Y-worth We think it convenient to hang in the neck of the Alembick Pearl prepared white Amber ana three ounces Orientall Bezoar and Ambergreese ana six scruples and when the preparation is over what remains may be added to the Extract then do both Spirit and Extract obtain a Nature something agreeable to the name and doubtless the Virtues are more powerful being an excellent Sudorifick Alexipharmick and Antifebritick and prevalent against all Pestilential and infectious Diseases 't is not in vain said of it that iâ— resists Melancholly and chears the Spirits comforting such as are in a languishing Nature or Consumptive the Dose is from one drachm to an ounce in Scordium or honey-suckle-Honey-Suckle-water first in Mornings and last at Nights but for such as are afflicted with Fits let them take it in the time of the Paroxism Aqua Mathiae or Doctor Mathias his VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take of Lavender Flowers three gallons pour on them of the best Spirit of Wine ten or twelve gallons the Vessel being closely stopped let them macerate in a gentle heat or in the Sun for the space of seven days and then Distill in an Alembick with its refrigeratory and you have a Spirit of Lavender to which add Sage Rosemary Bettony ana three handfuls Burrage Bugloss Lilies of the Valley Cowslips ana six handfuls let the Flowers be fresh and seasonably gathered and macerated in a gallon of the best Spirit of Wine or rather Spiritus Vini Glauberis and mix it with the aforesaid Spirit adding thereunto the Leaves of Bawm Motherwort Orange-Tree newly gathered the Flowers of Staechados Oranges Bayberries of each three ounces and after they are digested three days let them be Distilled again to which add of the outward Rind of Citron and the seeds of Peony ana two ounces two drachms Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Cardamums Cubebs Yellow Sanders Lignum Aloes
of each one ounce and a half the best Jujubes the Kernels taken out one pound and a half let them digest twenty one days then strain the Liquor from the drugs to which add prepared Pearl six ounces prepared Emrald one drachm Ambergreese Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders ana three ounces Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dried ana three drachms let all these Species be tyed in a Silken bag and hang'd in the foresaid Spirit Composition the lesser Take of Lavender Flowers one gallon Spirit of Wine three gallons prepare it as before directed then take the Flowers of Sage Rosemary Bettony of each a handful Burrage Bugloss Lilly of the Valley Cowslips of each two handfulls the Flowers being truly gathered and macerated in a gallon of the Spiritus Vini Glauâ—eris must be added to the Spirit of Lavender as the former together with the Leaves of Bawm Motherwort Orange Tree newly gathered the Flowers of Stechados Oranges Bayberries of each an ounce and so digest and Distill as before directed then add the outward Rinds of Citron six drachms the seeds of Peony husked six drachms Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Cardamums Cubebs Yellow Sanders of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes one drachm the best Jujubes the Kernels taken out half a pound Digest and prepare as the former to which Liquor add of prepared Pearl two drachms prepared Emrald one scruple Ambergreese Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders of each an ounce Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dried of each a drachm let these Species be tyed in a Silken bag and hanged in the foresaid Spirit Addition The Essence of Musk and Ambergreese ana Drops twenty the Mel of Black-cherries and of Rasberries ana five ounces the Syrup of Quinces two ounces so let it refine S. A. Y-worth This is a most excellent Cordial wonderfully strengthning the principal faculties good in Epilepsies Convulsions Palsies and all Diseases of the Nerves 't is also excellent good to wash the wound bitten by any Venemous Creature or to bath any grieved part the Dose inwardly is from one drachm to three either per se or in Wine Aqua Scorbutica or French's Scorbutick VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take of the Leaves of Garden and Sea Scurvey-grass picked and cleansed of each eighteen pound let them be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add the Juice of Brook-lime Water cresses of each one pound and a half of the best White-wine three gallons thirty six whole Limons cut of the fresh Roots of Briony twelve pound of the fresh Roots of Horse-Raddish six pound of the Bark of Winteran one pound and a half of Nutmegs twelve ounces let them be macerated three days and then Distilled Composition the lesser Take of the Leaves of Garden and Sea Scurvey-grass picked and cleansed of each six pounds let these be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add of the Juice of Brook-lime Water-cresses of each half a pound of the best White-wine eight Pints twelve whole Limons cut of the fresh Roots of Bryony four pound the fresh Roots of Horse-Raddish two pound of the Bark of Winteran half a pound Nutmegs four ounces let them be macerated three days then Distill Addition Syrup of Mustard two ounces Syrup of Elder three ounces Tincture of Corall and Milk of Pearl of each Drops forty mix them S. A. Y-worth This is a most excellent Anti-scorbutick not only good in the Scurvy but also prevalent in the Jaundice and other refractary Diseases The Dose is from half an ounce to two ounces first in a Morning and last at Night Aqua Aperitiva or a Carminative opening Water Composition the greater Distiller Take Roots of Eringo Vipers-Grass Fern the greater Centaury of each one ounce and a half Roots of Foenil Barks of Capparis Tamarisk Ash of each one ounce one drachm Barks of Citrons seven drachms and a half seeds of Carduus Benedictus Cichorie of each one ounce and a half seeds of Endive Cresses Citrons Scariol of each six drachms Polytricon Adianthum Ceterach Dodder Scolopendria Bettony Endive of each four handfuls and an half tops of Thyme Epithymum Hops Flowers of St. John's Wort Broom Borage Bawm of each three handfuls small Raisins three ounces Cinnamon four drachms and a half Spec. Dialacc one drachm and a half Water of Carduus Benedictus Hops Scolopendria Paul's Bettony of each three pound Rhenish-wine seven pound and a half let them stand two days in a warm place in a Vessel close stopp'd afterward Distill them in Balneo Composition the lesser Take Roots of Eringo Vipers-Grass Fern the greater Centaury of each half an ounce Roots of Foenil Barks of Capparis Tamarisk Ash of each three drachms Bark of Citrons two drachms and a half seeds of Carduus Benedictus Cichory of each half an ounce seeds of Endive Cresses Citrons Scariol of each two drachms Polytricon Adianthum Ceterach Dodder Scolopendria Bettony Endive of each a handful and a half tops of Thyme Epithymum Hops Flowers St. Johns Wort Broom Borrage Bawm of each one handful small Rasins one ounce Cinamon one drachm and a half Spec. Dialacc half a drachm Water of Carduus Benedictus of Hops of Scolopendria of Paul's Bettony ana one pound Rhenish Wine two pound and a half let them stand two days in a warm place in a Vessel close stopp'd afterward Distill them in Balneo Addition Aqua Vitae Glauberis two pound the Juice of Goose-berries two pound or in place thereof Goose-berry Wine made as prescribed in our Brit. Magazine of Liquors the Juice of Black-berries half a pound the Juice of Buckthorn Berries six ounces Cinnamon and Nutmegs ana two ounces Sugar half a pound let it be prepared Secundum Artem. Y-worth T is a prevalent Water to open the Obstructions of the whole Body especially of the Liver Spleen and Mesentery The Dose is from two drachms to six or eight two or three times a day Aqua Vulneraria or VVound VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take Plantain Rib-wort Bone-wort Wild Angelica Red Mints Bettony Agrimony Sanicle Blew-Bottles White-Bottles Scabius Dandelion Avens Honey-Suckle Leaves Bramble buds Haw-thorn buds and Leaves Mugwort Daisie Roots Leaves and Flowers Wormwood Southern-wood of each four handfuls boyl all these in two gallons of white-wine and as much Spring water till one half be wasted and when it is thus boyled strain it from the Herbs and put to it two pound of Honey and let it boyl a little after then divide this into two parts the one part head with common ferment and let it ferment for three days then add into every Quart thereof a pound of Aqua Vitae Glauberis and Distill into high Proof Spirits S. A. Addition Cinnamon Lignum Aloes of each four ounces Mirrh Aloes and Saffron of each one ounce then perfume and colour as in other precious Waters and dulcifie with Syrup of Cinnamon and Syrup of Poppies of each three ounces and lastly add in of Laudanum Liquidum four drachms Tincture of Coral six
drachms let it resin S. A. Y-worth 'T is not only excellent for such as are wounded but also for those that are subject to internal bleedings it mortifies the Corrosive Acid and Saline juices so sweetens and thickens the Blood the Dose in such a case is from half an ounce to an ounce and half according to the Age Strength and Constitution of the Patient every three hours as also every two hours for three days together for such as are subject to Vomitting of Blood The first Water made by decoction is very famous in curing Wounds Impostumes and Vlcers such cures have been done by it that few may credit it it first gives ease in a very short time and then perform the cures if not so far declined as that the highest Specificks will not prevail For inward wounds you must take this with the other but this Mornings and Evenings four or five spoonfuls at a time and that all times of the day If the Wound be outward it must be washed therewith and Linen Cloaths wet in the same be applyed thereto Note that the Herbs herein contained must be gathered in their true Signature as also in the Month of May. Aqua Mariae or the Ladies Water Composition the greater Distiller Take Sugar Candid four pound Canary Wine one pound and half Rosewater one pound boyl them well into a Syrup to which add Aqua Caelestis eight pound Ambergreese Musk ana one drachm grains twelve Saffron one drachm Tincture of Coral saith Dr. Boylwharfe one ounce Yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Caelestis hereafter described one ounce Distill or make a clear Water S. A. Composition the lesser Take Sugar Candy one pound Canary Wine six ounces Rose-water four ounces make of these a Syrup and boyl it well to which add of Aqua Imperialis two Pints Ambergreese Musk of each eighteen grains Saffron fifteen grains Yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Imperialis two drachms Addition Aqua Preciosa hereafter expressed half an ounce the Tincture of Coral Bezoar and the aucrified Sulphur of Antimony ana two drachms refine and unite S. A. Y-worth 'T is very good against the Plague and all Pestilential Diseases and an excellent Counterpoison it strengthens the Spirits and is prevalent against fainting and swooning fits it is good against most cold Diseases of the Head Brain and Stomach and principally for Men but not so good for Women unless the Musk and Ambergreese be left out The Dose is a spoonful or two first in the morning and last at night going to Bed Aqua Anticolica Nostra or Our VVater against the Colick Composition the greater Y-worth Take of Daucus or wild Carrots twelve ounces Aniseeds eight ounces Cummin-seeds three ounces two drachms Cinnamon four ounces and a half Mace Cloves Nutmegs ana seven drachms Galingal one ounce and half Calamus Aromaticus dried two ounces and a half the dried Rind of Oranges and Limons ana six ounces Galls and Grains ana one ounce two drachms infuse these by way of Fermentation for twelve days in the fragrant Wine of Camomile Flowers five gallons Elder-wine a gallon and half then pour on five Gallons of Proof Spirit and draw into high Proof or fine goods dulcifie with white Sugar four pound Addition Apricocks Centaury Agrimony Adonis of each half a pound Palma Christi Hart-wort Lavender of each six ounces Yarrow and Zedoary of each four ounces white Sugar four pound Tinctura Anodyna or Laudanum Liquidum four unces refine S. A. Composition the lesser Take of Daucus or wild Carrots four ounces Aniseeds two ounces five drachms one scruple Cumminseeds one ounce two scruples Cinnamon one ounce and a half Mace Cloves Nutmegs ana two drachms one scruple Gallingal half an ounce Calamus Aromaticus dried seven drachms the dried Rind of Oranges and Limons ana two ounces Galls and Grains ana three drachms one scruple infuse these by way of fermentation for twelve days in fragrant Wine of Camomile Flowers one gallon and a half Elder-Wine half a gallon then pour on a gallon and half of Proof Spirit and draw into high Proof or fine goods dulcifie with white Sugar one pound four ounces Addition Apricocks Centaury Agrimony Adonis of each two ounces five drachms Palma Christi Heart-wort Lavender of each two ounces Yarrow and Zedoary of each one ounce two drachms grains fifteen white Sugar one pound six ounces Tinctura Anodyna or Laudanum Liquidum one ounce two drachms two scruples refine S. A. Its Virtues It is not only good against the Colick but also oppression of wind in the Stomach and Bowels how offensive soever it be and the more especially if you dilate it in a little cold Distilled Water of Yarrow and sweeten it with the Syrup of Poppies and drink it as a Cordial in which Case you may take half a Pint at two draughts with an hours intermission 't is most excellent also for the Gripes in Sucking Children being taken to the quantity of a spoonful or spoonful and haâ—f in Breast Milk Aqua Nostra in Vermes or Our Worm-Water Composition the greater Y-worth Take of Hellebore Savin Broom Flowers and tops ana a Peck pour thereon the Water of Tansie Rue and Peach Flowers ana two gallons adding thereunto Sugar five pound and with the common ferment let them ferment five or six days then take of Worm-seed bruised one pound Wormwood tops and seeds six handfuls Peach Flowers three handfuls the fine shavings of Harts-horn a pound strong Proof Spirit ten gallons Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Agrimony Cedar Elecampane Garlick Mustard Nettles Harts-tongue Leaves ana an handful Aloes bruised six ounces Christals of Tartar half a pound fine Sugar six pound Composition the lesser Take of Hellebore Savin Broom tops and Flowers ana a quarter of a peck pour thereon of the water of Tansie Rue and Peach-flowers ana four Pints adding thereunto Sugar one pound four ounces and ferment with the common ferment five or six days then take of wormseed bruised four ounces Wormwood tops and seeds two handfuls Peach flowers a large Pugil the fine shaving of Harts-horne four ounces strong Proof Spirit two gallons and ahalf Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar two pound Addition Agrimony Cedar Elecampane Garlick Mustard Nettles Harts-tongue Leaves ana half a Pugil or a small Pugil Aloes bruised one ounce and ahalf Chrystals of Tartar four ounces fine Sugar one poundand a half Its Virtues 'T is prevalent against all kind of Worms both in Young and Old for being Dilated into a Cordial with the Syrup of the three first Herbs it becomes a Medicine not to be surpassed by any thing short of a specifick The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce according to the Age Nature and condition of the diseased you must observe to take it seven mornings together fasting Aqua Nostra Convulsiva or Our Water against the Convulsion Coposition the greater Y-worth Take of Black-cherries bruised
which Salt remove and carefully preserve for t is of an inestimable value Then take Oyster-shells wash them very clean dry them and Calcine them to an exceeding white Calx the which power very finely and sift through a fine sieve then take of this and the highly purifyed Sal-Armoniack of each a like quantity mix them well together and put them into a Retort and pour thereon twice their weight of the Alkalizated Spirit of that Concrete whence you intend to make your Powers and by degrees of fire distil to dryness the spirit that comes over you may rectifie from a proportionable Quantity of dryed herbs spices or seeds from whence you make your Powers or Oleosum and then unite three pound thereof with half a pound of Essential Oyl by two or three Cohobations or if your oyl is prepared as before directed you may only shake them together and they shall be united or in defect of this you may do it by digestion by adding in three or four ounces of our Common Reconciler or Vegetable-preserving-Salt and so have you an Oleusum or Powers superiour to any as yet by others exposed to sale being not only indued with the middle nature of the Concreate but also an Abstersive Vertue as will be seen more at large hereafter for what is here said in general is sufficient to signifie unto you the preparation and nature of those Powers and Oleosums prepared by the Hermaphroditical Sal-Armoniack we shall therefore proceed to the Particulars and first of Potestates Cinamomi or the Powers of Cinamon Take of the aforesaid prepared Sal-Armoniack one pound of the highly Alkalizated Spirit of Wine four pound Distil and Unite as before directed then Rectifie from Cinamon one pound moistned with a little Oyle of common salt run per del in a strong B. M. and Cohobate two or three times upon the Cinamon by which means its Vertue will be obtained put this upon a pound of fresh Cinamon and Cohobate as before repeat this a third time and your Spirit will become very rich of the Cinamon now on the Cinamon that remains pour good Spirit of Wine and extract the Tincture as long as any will come add these Tinctures together and put them into a Retort and call off 8 4 gently dry the Extract the Cinamon that remains after Distillation must be gently dryed and Calcined into Ashes the which while so warm as to be handled must be put into a Cucurbit pouring thereon the before mentioned Spirit call'd over by making the Extract put on a blind head and digest three days decant the clear and if after that you think any Spirit remains in the Ashes you may call it off by Distillation and then with Distil'd rain-Rain-water extract the Salt from the Ashes in the Cucurbit the which exactly filtre evaporate and Christallize Now add your two Spirits together and then take the Salt and extract and grind them together with six ounces of the Oyle of Cinamon put them into a large Retort and pour your Spirits on them Distil off and Cohobate three or four times and lastly return your spirit back adding in of our Common Reconciler four ounces digest four days decant the clear and so are the Powers prepared Their Vertues They are prevalent in Vertigoes Palsies Apoplexies deprivation of Sense Frensies Madness inveterate pains of the Head Megrims sudden Coughs Colds and difficulty of Breathing they not onely comfort the Head and Brain and refresh the Sences but also cheer the Heart resist Poyson and revive the Spirits being a powerful Medicine in Palpitations Faintings Swoonings and Sickness at the Heart and Stomack good against a stinking Breath Indigestion and want of Appetite and other the like Defects They are good for vomiting and spitting of Blood and excellent for weak and consumptive People They are also prevalent in the Cholick Griping of the Guts Wind Pain of the Stomack and Spleen Iliack Passion sharp and corroding humours in the Bowels and all other pains whatsoever they cure a Diarrhea Dysentery and Lientery the flux of the Liver over-flowing of the Terms and Whites in Women Their use and manner of being Taken For Fits or any Diseases that suddenly approach take thirty or forty drops in a glass of spring-water sweetned with a little Sugar anointing the fore-head and temples therewith and forcing the savours up the nostrels but for weakness and fluxes let forty drops be drank in a glass of Tent two or three times a day observe by the same rules are made the Powers of Sassafras and all such woods as will yield an Essential Oyle by Distillation all of which are more noble in vertue than any of their common Prescriptions hitherto Dispenced The price ten shillings an ounce Potestates Menthoe or the Powers of Mint Take of Mint gathered in the right signature in a clear day what quantity you please let them be chop'd very small or rather pounded in a great stone Mortar and put them into a large Tunn or Oyle-fatt as is ordered for Distillation and pour thereon new Wort or rather Mead sufficient to cover them at least an hands breadth either of which must be blood-warm head them well with yeast and let them work as we have ordered in our first part of Distillation and after five days distil with a large Refrigeratory into Low-wines the which pour again upon a fresh quantity of Mint gently dryed the herbs are best to be hang'd in a bag as described figure the second for so they will get no ill tangue and distil into proof goods then add fresh herbs as before and distil a third time which is called Rectification but in this we advise you to put in a Can or two of water to keep the body of your Still from burning as is usual in Reâ—â—ification then rectifie from Christallized Salt of Tartar and unite it with purified Sal Armoniack and again rectify from the herbs in a large Cucurbit with its glass Helm and so the Spirit becomes rich pure vital strong and fragrant of the Herb take of this three pound of the oyl of Mint six ounces and unite as directed in the generals Observe that if Essential oyls are rectified from mortified Bay-Salt they may be brought to unite in equal pondus with the Spirit VIRTUES These Powers are superior to any of this nature hitherto extant and wonderfully fortify the Spirits exhilerate the mind strengthen the stomack and provoke Appeâ—ite stays the Hiccough and Vomiting and stops the fury of cholerick Passions their like prevalency is also seen in stopping the Flowers and Whites externally the Temples being bathed with them eases the Head-ach and cures Watry-eyes strengthening weak sinnews and being internally taken and externally applyed are a Counter-poyson against the venom of Serpents The Dose is from twenty to forty Drops in Mead Wine or rather some cordial Julep made from it's distil'd water or Syrrup The Price is Twelve pence an ounce Potestates Melissoe or the Powers of Bawm Let
M Vander Gucht scul The Art of Distillation here behold More perfect than before taught by tenfold Introitus Apertus ad Artem Distillationis OR THE Whole ART OF DISTILLATION Practically Stated And Adorned with all the New Modes of WORKING now in Use In which is Contained The Way of making Spirits Aquavitae Artificial Brandy and their Application to Simple and Compound Waters in the exact Pondus of the Greater and Lesser Composition as also many Curious and Profitable Truths for the exalting of Liquors being the Epitomy and Marrow of the whole Art supplying all that is omitted in the London Distiller French and Baker c. Experience being the true Polisher hereof To which is Added The True and Genuin Way of preparing Powers by three noble Menstruums sc A Purified Sal Armoniack the Volatile Salt of Tartar and Sal Panaristos through which they are exalted to an higher degree of Perfection than any hitherto Extant together with their Virtues and Dose Illustrated with Copper Sculptures By W. Y-worth Medicinae Professor in Doctrinis Spagyricis per Ignem Philosophus London Printed for Joh. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard MDCXCII THE Epistle to the READER Courteous Reader THE End and Intention of our Writing and Compiling these Sheets is to bring the Art of Distillation into one compleat and entire Volume containing all the necessaries thereunto belonging For hitherto this hath been but short and defectively performed for it hath had the mishap as many other Excellent Arts have had sc To be Treated of by such as have not practically known the same or else by those who have on purpose concealed that which in reality ought to have been discovered so that the Authors hitherto extant are either filled wiih needless Prescription confused Workings long and tedious Prolixity of Words and Circumlocutions as we may say going about the Wood or else have concealed the Ariadnean thread which should lead directly to the Practick and so are only useful to those who have served seven Years Apprentiship to the imploy then knowing what to choose and what to refuse and being able to pick the Rose from among Thorns without pricking themselves for what a chargable and confused piece of work should we have were we to provide our selves with all those Vessels and Instruments described by Baker for the making Waters Aqua vitae and Burning Spirits and to separate them from their Flegm which when done would neither answer the end nor countervail the charge for 't is well known to all ingenious men how difficult a thing it was to prepare a Spirit which would fire Gun-powder or be so purely Aetherial as to vanish in the Sun 'till the use of Salt was known by whose help we are able to perform it in large quantities even in our common Stills with their Refrigeratory And the most exact way that we ever saw is to work with Salts in a large Copper body with its Alembick and Refrigeratory in Baln For with a lent heat you will have your Spirit perfectly deflegm'd which for curiosity sake you may repeat a second time and then will it far excell any of those made by the difficult Inventions before mentioned and therefore why should we go to so much charge and trouble when it may be performed with so much facility and ease And again he is filled with abundance of Chymical Preparations which have not the least adherence to the making of Spirits and so the mind of the Reader is diverted from that which only should be of Service to him nay this is so apt to fill their heads with fancies that they rest unsatisfied 'till brought to Tryals which either considerably exhaust their Substance or else take them from their business nay sometimes wholy incapacitates them for the same therefore shall we pass by him and come to consider that of French Dr. French indeed was a man of Ingenuity as his Works plainly show seing many curious things are therein contained yet can we not wholly clear him from some of these defects And as for the London Distiller tho his Prescriptions there laid down are proper yet is he defective both in the exact Modus of working the ordering of the Wash and Backs for a quick Fermentation and upon a defect in their Working to bring them kindly forward again as also in the great business of Rectification concerning which there is so great a noise about the Town and indeed not without good reason seing too too many are deficient in so advantageous a Secret as this is yet is both he and French so scarce that one of them is hardly to be gotten and then again on the other hand what we have formerly written in order to have supplied these defects was in such general Terms and so short as that of it self it was not sufficient to mâ—ke any one prompt-perficient in the Art Therefore we being desired by several Ingenious Persons to communicate our Experience to the World and so to supply the defects before mentioned as much as in us lay have upon a mature Consideration thereunto condiscended with this Resolution that we would do it so as to capacitate any one tho of a mean Genius and never brought up to the Art in a little time by Study and Practice to be a compleat Master in the same without having recourse to any other Author for which end we have comprised it into a Pocket-Volume that so it might be the more portable and by consequence ready for their Perusal Now that you may the better conceive what is therein contained we shall in brief proceed as follows In the First place we have described the manner of Working in general with all the necessary Vtensils thereunto belonging and then in a more particular way have showed various and profitable ways of making Low-wines from any of the six Materials some by Decoction and others without giving you our Opinion which we best Approve of we have indeed here laid down such Rules in the ways of Brewing and Ordering the Wash as also in the bringing it into Low-wines as that there is â—o Material in Nature that will yield a Vinor Spirit but what may be wrought by some or other of them and being thus far brought the time of their lying for their bettering is signified together with the way of bringing them into Proof-goods And then In the Second we have shown the exact way of Rectification by and through such Mediums as that they are brought into most excellent Stuff and if the use of Tartar Sulphur whether common or that of Mars and Venus joyned with the sweet Salt were known certainly sweet and pleasant Spirits might be brought forth but more especially by the help of our Sal Panaristos might English goods be so ordered as that in Tast and Smell they might be little Inferior to those of Gallia and equal in Vertue to the English Constitutions because of their Climatary Affinity Concerning which
we have not only given you our own Experience but also the Authority of the famous Radolphus Glauber which being so prepared we have likewise shown their various uses in making Cordial-Waters and Spirits In the Third we have shown all the Necessary and Vseful Compositions in the Art according to the greater and lesser Pondus to which we have added many rare ones of our own together with an Usque-bagh-Royal never Published before and also the way of Dulcifying and Perfuming these Wares or Liquors so that they may be the most Commodious for Sail. And in the Fourth we have moreover shown the True and Genuine way of making Powers by three noble Menstruums sc a Purified Sal Armoniack the Volatile Salt of Tartar and Sal Panaristos together with their Vertues Vse and Dose for the Benefit of such as languish under the burthen of Refractory Diseases and can find no Relief from the common Prescriptions for we have through much Expence and Labor by the Providence of God thereunto attained and by more than Ten Years Experience knowing their admirable Vertues to be such as to relieve when past the hopes of other means we thought we could no better befriend the World especially the Ingenious Lovers of Art than freely to communicate their Composition that so they might the better Judge of their Nature and Property and altho we have not attributed so many Vertues thereunto as others have done to more Inferiour Powers yet this hath been on purpose omitted for two Reasons The First because we hate fruitless repetitions or to speak more of the Vertue and Vse of things than we know they will really perform for we would rather that a Medicine should Cure Ten Diseases when we speak but of Five than to speak of Forty when 't will very rarely Cure One and especially in these seing their Administration is general and safe without the least difficulty The other is because we have looked upon it as a grand Error too often Committed by our New Compiler to attribute that to one sleight or common Preparation which can but in due right be ascribed to the highest Specifick or Arcanum nay even to the Universal it self therefore tho we know that ours are farr superior yet were we resolved therein to be very cautious least others should suppose us guilty of the like default Now what we have further to say is that we have great reasâ—n to bless the Lord our God who of his infinite mercy hath given us Wisdom and Knowledg of the things of Nature not only in their Original Form and Texture but also in their true Preparation and Virtue whereby we are inabled to demonstrate that which we doubt not will uphold our Writings in a greater splendor than now set forth to the dishonor of such as are ambitious of that which really does belong to others but seing ours is no Foster-child but a true birth brought forth by difficult Travel we are bound to defend it from the Karps of such Momus's and the more especially seeing we have daily Confirmations from most parts of the Kingdom of its kind acceptance by and among the Ingenious Laborious and Honest-hearted which lays a further Obligation on us to be yet as serviceable to such as in us lies in the resolution of which we subscribe our selves their sincere Friend in all things agreable to the entire Law of Innocency From the Academia Spagyrica nova in St. Paul's Shadwel Lond. W. Y-worth Geboor tigh tot Shipham Burger van Rotterdam The CONTENTS or Chief Heads of the Matters Contain'd in this Book THE Original of Distillation its Use P. 1 Of a Fit Work-house Conveniencies and proper Utensils belonging to the Art P. 2 Of the Basis and Grounds of Distillation and under how many Heads they may properly be Comprehended P. 8 The various Ways of Brewing and of those most profitable for Distillation P. 9 How to order Corn so that it shall not burn in the Still P. 13 The Way to Order a Back of Molasses and upon Defect of Fermentation how to restore it into a generous one P. 14 Of Honey how Ordered P. 17 Cyder tho never so generous ought to be opened again in order to yield the greater quantity of Spirit P. 18 The Office of Calx-vive and Argall in promoting Raisons and other Fruits into Fermentation P. 19 Of what Wines Brandy is generally made P. 20 The Dutch way of exalting Small Wines Ibid. How the Lees of Wine are to be Ordered for Distillation P. 21 The way of Ordering and Fermenting Herbs in order to make them give the greater quantity of Spirit in Distillation ibid. Important Considerations concerning the Doctrine of Fermentation and Distillation in general P. 22 The Way of Charging the Still with liquid things P. 24 How to Lute and of what the Past must be made together with the way of bringing the Still to Work ibid. How those things wherein the Corporality must be Distilled are to be Ordered P. 25 The Author 's new Invention to Distill all manner of Corporal Things so that the Still shall not be burnt nor the Low-Wines receive an ill Tangue ibid. How long 't is convenient for Low-Wines to lye to Enrich and better themselves P. 26 The Author 's new Invention of a Balneum within the great Still wonderfully advantageous to sweeten the Spirits in the second and third Extraction P. 27 The true way of proceeding in the second Extraction ib. A new Invention to take the Oyliness out of Spirits P. 28 What Quantity of Low-Wines and Proof-Spirits may be Extracted from every Quarter of Malt. ib. The Dutch way of Receiving Low-Wines and Proof-Spirits P. 29. Of Rectification in General P. 30 The Nature and Difference of Corn in the making of Spirits from whence their goodness or badness proceeds as also of the possibility of bettering the same ibid. The Office of purified Tartar in exalting of Corn-Spirits P. 31 The variety of Tasts proceeding from the several Specificated Sulphurs or Ideal Forms which being truly prepared carry with them a Medicinal yet no evil Savours P. 32 Adustion and evil Savours proceed from the violence of the Fire ibid. How to take off the Adustion from Spirits even from Rum and Rack P. 33 That one But of Wines will yield different Spirits ib. The practical Way of exalting Malt Spirits and how to indue them with flavours measurably like those of Wine P. 34 The excellent efficacy of sulphurated Salts in sweetening of Spirits P. 35 From whence the curious flavors proceed to Brandies P. 37 The possibility of the alteration and melioration of Spirits stated from that of the Transmutation of Form P. 38 Philosophical Considerations in the Art of Rectification P. 41 The way of preparing such Waters as are simply indued with the virtue of one herb only P. 44 Aqua Anisi simplex simple Aniseed Water ibid. Aqua Cardamomi simplex simple Gardamum Water P. 45 Aqua Nasturtii simplex simple Garden-cress Water
P. 46 Aqua Menthae simplex simple Mint Water P. 47 Aqua Violae tricoloris simplex simple Hearts-ease Water P. 48 Aqua Raphani simplex Radish Water simple P. 49 Aqua Sabinae corticis simplex Savine Water simple P. 50 The Way to perfume and dulcifie any of these Waters ibid. Concerning Medicinal Spirits P. 51 Spiritus Salviae Spirit of Sage ibid. Spiritus Cochleariae the Spirit of Scurvey-Grass P. 52 Spiritus Lavendulae Spirit of Lavender P. 53 Spiritus Angelicae Spirit of Angelica P. 54 Spiritus Croci Spirit of Saffron P. 55 Spiritus Dauci Spirit of Daucus P. 56 Concerning the Art of Distillation and how it may be obtained by this Book if not the Author advises you to have recourse to an Artist P. 57 Of the secundum artem in Distillation which is the very Marrow of Distillation and that by which the Artist is crowned and of it's difficulty to be delivered in Writing ibid. Of such Waters as are compounded and are really necessary for the Master Distiller to be furnished withal P. 58 Of the Measures made use of in this Book P. 59 That a Tun of Proof Spirits make a Tun and half of Common Waters ibid. Aqua vitae Prescription the first P. 60 Aqua vitae a second Prescription ibid. Aqua vitae aurea Glauberis Glaub Golden Aqua vitae P. 62 Aqua Anisi Aniseed Water P. 63 Aqua Angelicae Angelica Water P. 64 Aqua absynthii Wormwood Water P. 65 Aqua Melissae Bawm Water P. 66 Aqua Menthae Mint Water P. 68 Aqua Rosmarini Rosemary Water P. 69 Aqua Limoniarum aut Aurantiorum Limon and Orange Water P. 70 Aqua Majoranae Marjoram Water P. 71 Aqua Melliphylli Balsamint Water P. 72 Aqua Caryophyllorum Clove Water P. 73 Aqua Cinamomi communis Cinamon Water common P. 74 Aqua Cinamomi propria Cinamon Water proper ib. Aqua Cinamomi nostra Our Cinamon Water P. 75 Aqua Sem. Faen dul Sweet Fennel seed-Water P. 77 Aqua Calendularum Marigold-water P. 78 Aqua Seminum Carui or Caraway-water P. 79 Aqua Nucum Moschatarum Nutmeg-water P. 80 Aqua Lavendulae Lavender-water P. 81 Aqua Lavendulae Composita Lavender-water Compound P. 82 Aqua Salviae Sage-water P. 83 Aqua Salviae Composita Sage-water Compound P. 84 Aqua Caryophillatorum Avens-water ibid. Rosa Solis P. 86 Ros Solis proprius P. 88 Aqua Stomachica min. Stomack-water the lesser P. 90 Aqua Stomachica major Stomack-water the greater P. 91 Aqua Stomachica nostra Our Stomack-water P. 92 Vsquebaugh P. 93 Irish Vsquebaugh P. 94 Vsquebaugh Royal. P. 95 Aqua Bezoartica Bezoar-water P. 96 Aqua Matthiae Dr. Matthias's Water P. 98 Aqua Contra Scorbutum Dr. French's Scorbutick-water P. 101 Aqua Apertiva A Carminative Opening Water P. 102 Aqua Vulucraria a Wound-water P. 103 Aqua Mariae The Ladies water P. 105 Aqua Anticholica Our Water against the Cholick P. 106 Aqua in Vermes Our Worm-water P. 108 Aqua Convulsiva nostra Our Water against Convulsions P. 109 Aqua Preciosa the Precious Water P. 111 Aqua Carminativa Wind-water P. 113 Aqua Sudorifica Water to procure Sweat P. 114 Aqua contra Crapulam Surfeit-water P. 115 Aqua Antiscorbutica Scorbutical-water P. 117 Aqua Contra Pestilentiam Plague-water P. 118 Aqua nostra contra Pestilentiam Our Plague-water P. 120 Aqua florum Water of Flowers P. 121 Aqua frugum Water of Fruits P. 123 Aqua Rubra Londinensis the London Red. water P. 125 Aqua Mirabilis P. 127 Aqua Mirabilis Nostra ibid. Dr. Stephen's Water P. 128 Aqua Imperialis ibid. Aqua Caelestis P. 129 Aqua nestra multifera Virtutum Our Water of many Virtues P. 130 Crollii Aqua Theriacalis Camphorat Crollius's Treacle-water Camphorated P. 131 Aqua Composita Antiscorbutica A Scorbutical-Water Compound P. 132. Spiritus prophelacticus Imperialis Antipileptick Powers P. 133 Cordialis nostra generalis Our general Cordial P. 135 The Doctrine of Vegetable Powers Oleosums and Essential Salts P. 138 The difference between Oleosums and Powers ibid. The Theory of the Preparation of Oyls so as to unite with Water or Spirit of Wine P. 139 The exact Modus and Praxis thereof P. 140 The Author's Observation concerning such as pretend to Essential Powers and Spirits and yet are defective in Volatilizing the fixed Alkalie of that Concreat whence prepared P. 141 Potestates per Hermaphroditicum Salem Ammoniacum or Powers prepared by the help of an Hermaphroditical Sal Armoniack P. 142 The way to prepare the said Sal Armoniack ibid. The Modus of Distilling it into a Spirit P. 143 Potestates Cinnamomi Powers of Cinamon P. 144 Potestates Menthae The Powers of Mint P. 146 Potestates Melissae The Powers of Bawm P. 148 Potestates Sambuci Succinatae The Powerful united Spirit of Elder Essentificated with Amber P. 149 Potestates Rosmarini The Powers of Rosemary P. 154 Potestates Cochleariae The Powers of Scurvey-grass P. 156 Potestates Emundantes Our general cleansing Powers P. 160 Potest Neâ—enthae Our Annodyne Pain-easing Powers P. 163 Potestates Baccharum Juniperi The Powers of Juniper-berries P. 165 Potestates Cosmeticae Our Beautifying Powers P. 168 Potestates Mercurii The Powers of Mercury ibid. Potestates Nobilissimae Succedaneae Specificae per Sal. Tartari Volatilem or noble Succedaneous Specifick Powers P. 170 Potestates Absinthii or the Powers of Worm-wood P. 172 How to make Essential Salts and to know their goodness when prepared P. 174 Potestates verae arcanae per Salem nostrum Panaristos or the true Essential and Genuine Powers of Bodies P. 178 Helmont's Commendation of the first Ens of Cedar for long life P. 179 The Author's Observation concerning this Sal-panaristos and its universal Tendency in preparing Powers from the Vegetable Animal and Mineral Kingdom P. 180 Concerning the most principal Subjects sc Tartar Sulphur and Venus usefully in the meliorating Wines and Spirits when prepared by the said medium P. 183 The prevalency of the Element of fire of Venus and Common Sulphur being Philosophically prepared not only in exalting small Wines but olso in restoring such as are defective ropy and decay'd P. 184 The manner of using the said Sal-panaristos for the bereaving Malt and Molasses-Spirits c. of their adustion and ill tangue whereby they are advanced to the desired perfection P. 185 The Authors Answer to the request of a worthy Friend in which is Contained the names of those his Books that are or shall be Printed by Divine Permission c. P. 187 Advertisement WHereas the Author hath formerly in his Writings made mention of a noble Spirit sc Spiritus Odontugiasus or Mouth-wash so highly approved of by the most Learned and Ingenious Persons for it's prevalency in demonstrating its unparallel'd Virtues in whitening Black Yellow and Corrupted Teeth fastning such as are loose Curing the Cancer and Scurvey in the Mouth after so safe and effectual a manner as to bring up new flesh upon the Gums and prevent the Teeth from future
Corn cannot be burnt and therefore makes good Brandy Now 't is observable that that Brandy made from Wheat-Corn is the most near of any other from any Grain whatsoever to that of Gallia Let thus much at present suffice concerning Corn because the distinct rules of bringing it into Low-wines Proof Spirits and rectified goods will be laid down in their proper places we shall therefore now proceed to the second Head sc Molasses Sugar and Honey As to Molasses you need to do no more than down with it into the Backs seeing for promise-sake we must open so many truths and add thereto three or four times its weight of Liquor prepared as in the second Head i. e. to every Hundred of Molasses thirty six forty or forty six Gallons of Liquor according as you will have it small or rich of the Molasses for you must observe that the stronger it is the longer 't will be before it comes to Fermentation and this if it be not well Fermented will yield but poorly i. e. very little quantity of Spirits therefore is it abundantly nicer to be wrought than that of Malt and especially in these cold Climates for you must observe to set your Back at once in a good temper being not so well to be holpen by hot or cold Liquors as that of Corn and you must have good store of Yeast or Ferment to Head it well at once or else it will not come on but if you use Wash instead of Water and Tilts the Grounds of very Strong Beer will help its Fermentation on so that abundantly less Yeast will serve and you must observe that it stands especially in the Winter time in a very warm place and if in the second day it should not begin to come well on the which it will not if set either too hot or too cold then you must have ready by you a Pot of very strong Mustard with a Horse-Raddish and good Onion and the value of an Egg or two of these must be cast in you may dip the Onion and Horse-Raddish in the Mustard and this will highly promâ—te its Fermentation especially if you add a Ball of Whiting Tartar or Argill is not to be despised in the Doctrine of Fermentation for 't will give a secret and sure internal one yet when a Back is in too high a Foam 't will kindly flat it In all this you must observe that Experience must be your chief guide for tho' we discover true things yet several accidents may occur wherein this Mistress may and will be your best help For you must know that when it is truly Fermented you must take it in the right nick neither too high nor too flat neither too sweet nor too sowre for by any extream you may lose of your quantity of Spirit as well as by the want of due Fermentation therefore if a Back of Molasseâ— have not yielded you Spirit enough let it cool sit to set again and then add in a few Gallonâ— of fresh Treacle stir them well together and Ferment with Ale Yeast and a ball of Whiting as before and so draw a second time Ingeniouâ— Reader make not strange of this working over of Molasses a second time seeing it hath been often done and we are credibly informed by a Person of Ingenuity that in Barbados and those Islands where the Sugar Canes are in large quantity they take the Molasses foul Sugars and their Canes and Ferment them together with remains of the former Distillation and upon a defect of Fermentation they cast in some Wood-Ashes newly made together with some live Coals He farther said that when it is almost brought to its height in Fermentation they add five Gallons more of Molasses and then stir and Ferment as before and then again five Gallons always keeping it in Fermentation and with other reiterate additions proceed until it is very rich of the Molasses But if so than are they in this Case beholding to their Climate for the heat which helps on their Fermentation for here that would not be performed under a long and tedious time therefore we shall omit it but as for the using their remains we much because it carries with it so strong an Hogo the way of bringing it into Low-wines Proof Goods and Rectified Spirits will be shown in its proper place Honey must be mixed with four five six seven or eight parts of warm water and dissolved and then to the Solution you must add Ferment as was spoken concerning Malt which afterward must be left covered in some heat for to be Fermented being fit for Distillation when it comes to wax hot Now know that too great a quantity of Honey makes a very slow Fermentation viz. Of some Weeks or Months wherefore for acceleration sake we advise that a greater quantity of Water be added although otherwise it yields plenty of Spirits but ungrateful which therefore we would have no body to Distill as being unprofitable unless any one know how to take away the ungratefulness thereof which will be more largely shown in the Chapter of Rectification Low-wines Proof goods and Rectified Spirits may be made from those Meads described in our Britannean Magazine of Wines and most excellent and flavorous Spirits they are indeed Moreover as to what concerns Sugar it may be performed by what is laid down of Molasses and Honey and therefore being needless to repeat it we shall pass on to another Head Now as to Cyder Perry and Artificial Wines together with such Liquors as may be made from English growths according to the general way commonly known as also that already they being well Fermented and by Age come to be ripe and fine there is no difficulty to obtain there from a generous Spirit Note that Cyders yield but little quantity of Spirit let them be made never so fine by age therefore 't is requisite that you again open them and bring them to a fresh Ferment and then they will yield plentifully also when they are declining prick'd ropy or flat it is requisite that they be again helped into a Fermentative State by such additions as will measurably revive them sometimes Whites of Eggs and Flour will do it or some Alkalisated Calx and if not then must you proceed to your common way and Ferment by which and warmth new Cyder may be so brought as in five six or seven days it will be fit to be Distilled and so of the rest Now among many fine Goods excellent Stuff may be made from sound Fruits especially Cyder that so with small additions good Brandies may be made therefore why should we contemn the perfect knowledge of Molasses and Cyder-Spirits seeing by a little Industry great things may thereby be performed But what is here said being sufficient for all kind of Fruits seeing the Doctrine of Fermentation is elsewhere more largely laid down passing this by we shall come to the fourth Head Raisins Figs and other Foreign Fruits may either be stamped in
fit for the Verge and an Inch or two of vacancy between whereby to put in the Water may you have an Artificial Balneum for rectifying your Spirits We shall now proceed to the second Extraction which is thus Take two or three Cans of Water put them into your Still and a small handful of Salt and charge your still with Low-wines to a convenient height let down your Head and give Fire then put your Beck into the Worm and gradually proceed till all is over the which you may know by the weakness of that which comes Observe You may also use a small portion of some Herb which hath a proper Signature with the Vine And it is a general custom among the Distillers in order to make their Spirits hot strong and fiery in the mouth to use Spanish Grains which are sold by the Druggists which do accomplish their end but with little other advantage to the Spirit Therefore do we reject it tho' a thing so much practised seeing more agreeable and pleasant ways are easily to be found Now we shall reveal one thing more which will be helpful to the Distiller which is in taking away part of the gross Sulphur from whence much of the Evil Tang proceedeth and 't is thus Take a pound of Wool wash it exceeding clean and dry it and with a loop hang it in the Head of the Still in which the oleous parts ascending will be insorbed and when the Operation is over wash clean dry and keep it for the like service Having thus finished the second Extraction we think it not amiss to show what quantity of Low-wines Proof goods and fine Spirits may be Extracted from a Quarter of Malt. You must know that in the first place 't will make about Fifty Gallons or something more than three Barrels of Wash which in the first Extraction will make thirty two thirty four or thirty six Gallons of Low-wines and these if you let them lie will in the second Extraction yield eleven or twelve Gallons of Proof Spiriâ— nay sometimes through the goodness and richness of the Malt thirteen especially if in the second Extraction you add some Water into thâ— Still which in the third Extraction we count iâ— truly Proof lose not many Gallons in a Tun. Note also the English receive their Low-wines Proof and Fine Goods in Cans but the Dutch object against this way saying that it is disadvantageous because the Spirit is exhausted through the Magnetick or Attractive property of the Air therefore they place large receiving Vessels their full height or more in the Ground so as to place thick boards over them in which they have two holes the one for a Funnel to receive the Low-Wines or Proof Goods the other to put in an Hand-Pump to Pump them out when they please which indeed is very commodious not only for the Reasons mentioned but also because the Still may be set lower a Funnel requiring not so large a space or height as a Can whereby it may be the better and easier commanded Thus having run through what was promised in this Chapter we shall here conclude the same and pass on to Rectification CHAP. II. Wherein we shall Treat of Rectification in general as also of those Mediums by which 't is best performed so as to make excellent Stuff and Artificial Brandies IN the former Chapter we treated concerning the way of erecting a Work-House as also of proper Utensils thereunto belonging together with the way of making Low-wines and Proof Spirits so that we shall here come to that of Rectification showing how far we can advance in making excellent Stuff and Artificial Brandies concerning the possibility of which we shall first give you the Opinion of that famous Radolph Glauber P. 1. pag. 57. Where he mentions the difference of Malting The difference of Malt by reason whereof it yields better or worse Beer and Spirit consists for the most part in the preparation thereof for being made after the Vulgar way it retains its taste wherefore it can't yield good Spirit nor good Beer which is observed by very few wherefore they could not draw forth good Spirit out of Corn but such as savours of the taste and smell of the Malt which is not the fault of the Corn but of the Artificer not operating a-right in the Preparation of his Malt in Distillation and Rectification For if it were prepared a-right in all things Corn yields a very A smaler Still for Rectification I the Ash hole â—… the Fire place â—… the body of the Still â—… the Head â—… the entering of the Crane neck â—… the joyning of the nose therof to tho Worme â—… the Worme Tubb â—… the Can The Common Alimbeck wherein small quantityes of Waters are drawn AA the Ash hole B the Fire place C the body of the Still D the joynt whereat the Head shuts into the Body E the Cooler containing water to refrigerate the Spirits F the joyning of the Receiver to the beck of the Alimbeck G the Receiver good Spirit not unlike to that which is made out of the Lees of Wine in taste odour and other virtues Which Art although it be not known to all yet it doth not follow that it is impossible To which Opinion we can the more freely assent seeing that we by our former experienced tryals which were about five years ago at which time we had a good quantity of our Percipiolum of Tartar by us have made most excellent Wines and Artificial Brandies from the chief Heads before mentioned Concerning which Tartar we have many Mysteries to write but for obligation sake must reserve some of them as being assisted therein by a Glauberian but however we shall lay the thing before your view by repeating the words of the Famous Author P. 2. pag. 139. Take white or red Tartar for both of them being well mundified are as good one as the other dissolve it in Water and separate all its gross Sulphur by a certain precipitating matter This impurity abiding in the Water is to be separated from the precipitated Tartar by pouring out the Water the which Tartar remains in the bottom like a Snowy Sand and is to be well purged by reiterated washings with Water so long until all the impurities being well separated the Powder it self becomes like to the white Snow He also adds that this may be so highly exalted as to be associable to Gold but the knowledge of a matter Precipitating Tartar is not easie to be attained to without which it will never suffer it self to be precipitated and purged 't is an hard thing to find but he that knows it it renders him all his labour facile and easie Any impure Tartar whether it be white or red may be so wash'd in one or two hours space and so Purged that losing nothing save its Faeces it will become most white and much more apt for many Operations These make such fine Spirits of Wine without any violent Distillation
that those Spirits added to Water will make good Wines if you again add in the depurated Tartar You may also see what he further says in P. 2. pag. 59. and P. 1. pag. 292. Now if you cannot attain to this Tartar you must endeavour so to prepare your Spirits as that they may be sweet and pleasant though something different in taste from those of the Vine which taste proceeds from the signature of that specificated Sulphur from whence the Spirits are prepared which geneous Nature will preserve what in her lies to the utmost Iliad but strong Savours come from the violence of Fire and Adustion so that the fault is not to be ascribed to Nature but to the Ignorance of the Artificer seeing such the same will happen even from the Products of the Vine therefore the skillful one must first bereave them of this taste and smell and then he may easily introduce such others as have a measurable Homogeniety and Affinity to the Vine this and this only is the great business of Art and the Artificial Preparation we would point forth for as we 've elsewhere said if Spirits were thus Stilled so as to get an ill Tang they must again be bereaved thereof which is not accomplished till your Spirits are brought in a manner as free from taste as Water only Fiery and Spiritual whereby much of the gross Sulphur from whence the adustion and consequently ill Tang proceeds is cast off and separated we mean as to its domineering qualities The like may be done to great content even on Rum which is the strongest in smell and taste of all the Vinor Spirits drawn from Vegitable Concretes Which taste we are well satisfied comes not so much from the Internal Natute of the Concrete as from their rough Preparation of the same sc their so often using the remains and reliques of Sugar and Canes seeing that by pure Salts and great Quantities of fresh water they are cleansed therefrom as a Leper is when cleansed from his defilements and brought to a sweet and pleasant Spirit which said sweetness cannot by all the Art imaginable be equally produced from some other Spirits seeing those that proceed from the Vinor Root it self are not equally indued with Fragrant Rich and Sweet Effluviums For one Simple is naturally sweeter than another ex gr All sweet Wines will naturally yield sweet Spirits and clear Wines yield abundantly sweeter Spirit than those made from the Lees although proceeding from one and the same vessel for Claret Wine gives by much a sweeter Spirit than the Faeces or sediment thereof there being therein a more gross and feculent Sulphur the which corrupts their simple sweetness which chiefly is to be preferred wherefore do we esteem the Glauberian way of Distilling laid down in the fourth Head because the Low-wines and Proof Spirits come off from thence abundantly sweeter than those from Wash And as the Author says P. 1. pag. 159. may in all things be made to taste like natural Brandy N. B. But if any man will give this Brandy a rellish like that made of the Lees of Wine then he must rectify it upon the Lees of Wine for this way by the Oyl of Wine which is plentiful among the Lees he acquires his ends and in all things he may use this instead of that Objection But some may say how can this possibly be so sweet as that drawn from pure Wines seeing that you but even now said that those gave a sweeter Spirit than that drawn from the Lees But in Answer to these We will not compare them with those drawn from pure Wines but with such as are drawn from Vinor Roots of a more inferiour Nature and especially from the Lees because these having their adustion on them are apt to get a stronger smatch being exposed to the Fire than such Spirits will which are already worked so pure that in the Rectification they will only suck out the Volatile Sulphureous and pleasant parts as is evident in this If those Lees from whence you have drawn your Spirits be afterward Fermented and then again Distilled they will yield but little quantity of Spirit and that deficient in its flavour so that 't is evident that there is a difference of Magnetical attraction and violent Distillation the one bringing up only the Homogeneous parts and the other sending off the more gross with the Volatile ones and yet more if the Spirit you use is already sweet and pleasant and the Argel by Art separated from all its impure and terrene Faeces as before mentioned and again we see a considerable difference in such Spirits as are purified by such Salts as will Magnetically attract their impurities and Aquacities so that their Spirituality is separated and then Distilled from such Spirits as are worked and rectified through the body of Salt in the Still for altho ' these may in some measure rob them of something yet again they also add something of the Nature of that Salt whence rectified and therefore can't be so pure as the former seeing they are worked by a simple intention their impurities being gone before they come into the Still You have a clear example in this that whereas Bay Salt is used in the common Method of Rectification Bay leaves Orrice Ginger Mugwort Prunes Pellitory all Spice Tamarinds Clary c. Yet are not these Spirits by far so pleasant as those which are thus prepared Take of pure Indian Peter and white Tartar of each a Pound the best Yellow Sulphur half a Pound and being finely powder'd and mixed together you may with a red hot Iron fire them and when they will burn no more melt them well in the fire and when cold pour them out into a Mortar and pulverize them very fine immediately or else they will Magnetically attract the Air and so not easily admit of pulverizating these forthwith put into a Glass and pour thereon two quarts of high proof Spirits such as you would bereave of their smell and put them into a cold place for four or five days remembering to shake them twice or thrice a day then Filter them through a Cap-paper or Filtre and draw off two third parts by Distillation in Bal. Mariae and so have you your Spirit again but of a wonderful pleasant taste and smell far above the former although no Herbs are as yet added and tho' this at the first appearance may not seem to you a thing of profit yet it carries with it in its demonstration such great truths as will confirm not only the Nature and Difference of these being so wrought but also the possibility of meliorating and bettering such things as are not drawn from the Products of the Vine and its profits may also hereafter be considerably discerned but in all this here is hitherto our mishap that we are forced to be beholding to the Products of Foreign Lands whenas the thing which must answer the grounded intention of this business must proceed
from something which is a proper Product of this Land or else how should we supply our selves with good wares in time of difficulty and therefore leaving all Foreign things as Tartar Wine-Lees Chrystals Verdigreese or any Vitriol of Venus c. although we know that something from these if rightly prepared may be performed as well as from common Sulphur or Sea Salt and such others as are aptly made for the great business of Rectification nay we say from the Stone Parietes or natural Vitriol of Mars being opened by the fixed Salts contained in Hermaphroditical ones from whence proceeds a pleasant Earth which to our knowledge is very homogeneous to Viner Spirits for by it we are able before men of understanding to prepare better Stuff than hath hitherto been usually done although Concentrated Vinegar is not to be despised if so imbodied as to preserve its Tartness in its Vitality especially if the Spirits are so Distilled as to retain their sweet flavours for as we have elsewhere said from the tart and sweet together with the predominance of the Specificated Sulphurs come the different flavours unto Viner Spirits for if the sweet hath the predominance with the flavours of the Rhinal soyl then the violet taste is evidently discernable but from the red mold of France the tart gives the Rasbery taste and these again mixing give neutral and other pleasant flavours whose difference is easily discernable by curious palates although it cannot be so exactly compared to what 't is most like in flavour seeing so many curious ones are intermixed many things of this Nature might be said seeing Nature is so bounteous and large in her gifts even to the filling of many Sheets and that with profit too to the Reader but we must be forced to omit many things least the Treatise should swell too big wherein we design to be as concise and compact as may be yet we think it needful to stir up the minds of the Ingenious to the search of that which by Trials may to their great content be measurably attained for we know that Spirits prepared from the Products of this Land may be much bettered for as we see 't is no difficult matter to take the Garments off a poor man and to give him richer so is it the same in this Case if we have a true knowledge of the Fountain of Nature and if it is really so as the Ancient Philosophers testifie sc that in the Mineral Kingdom by help of the first Ens or Seed of Metals they can transmute all the impure ones into vendible Sol and Luna why then may not the true Spagyrist by help of the Universal Vegetable Seed take off the drowsie Nature of Saturn or Spirit of Barley or the Airy Nature of Jupiter or Spirit of Fruits and bring them into that friendly one of Venus and the Sun to which the Vine belongs seeing the possibility of Transmutation is by the most Pregnant Wits of this Age believed And there is hardly any one that pretends to any thing of Art but will argue for the same and there have been given such undeniable demonstrations of its verity that we think it an impossibility that any reasonable man should at this time of day doubt thereof neither indeed have they the least cause concerning this of meliorating and bettering Spirits for if the Ingenious and Lovers of Art and others that are unskilful in the ways of working will but take the Method we prescribe they may in time therein become prompt perficients because we labour what in us lies to encourage them to supply their own defects c. which to do let them thus proceed Your Proof Spirits being well prepared or measurably bereaved of their Maltish taste then charge therewith your Rectifying Still with a Can or two of Water according to their quantity and take any sort of Herb you best like with your prepared Salt and tie them up in a bag called a Rectifying bag and throw it into the Still lute all fast and gently and warily draw off your Fine Goods You must be very cautious of Fire and Candles especially where there is any breaking out of fume least they should Fire and so do a great deal of mischief for this Reason Rectification is abundantly more dangerous than drawing Low-wines therefore be not too hasty but proceed warily and moderately and govern it so that the stream may not run above the bigness of a large Crow Quill or at most a small Goose one and you must observe not to let it run off too long for the latter part of your Spirit will be apt to carry some of the ill savour with it to the great detriment of the former therefore let them be saved apart the first for Brandies the latter to be again Rectified so as to Fire Gunpowder and then it may be used in Varnishes or else it may well serve for some Compound Waters Now to know when all the Spirituality is come over you must proceed thus Take a Taster of that which runs in the left hand and a lighted Candle in the right throw it upon the Neck or Head of the Still at work immediately putting the Candle thereunto and if it fires and burns you may proceed otherwise your Operation is at an end Now your first fine Spirits must be allayed into Proof or the strength of Brandy with Liquor for the which some make use of this following Water They take Calx vive and mix a small proportion of Sassafras with it and being put in a Tub they pour Spring Water thereon and so letting it settle till very clear then make use of it but we are for making our Liquor by Distilling it through some Azural Salt for then it freely mixes without the least bubble or white speck and seeming Precipitation and being brought to Proof it may be a little tinged with the Tincture of Saunders and 't will not be a miss if you add a small portion of Spices in a bag as Cinamon Broad-Mace and Nutmegs and then have you good Saleable Wares especially if your Proof Spirits were truly prepared and from a good Basis Now if this tryal although Good Wares doth not in all things answer your expectation then proceed to a second or third sometimes with one sort and sometimes with another and in greater or lesser quantity nay you may mix two Species together and so proceed in your Tryal till your end is answered for your experiments will be little loss or cost to you seeing if you proceed not irregularly your Goods will be nevertheless vendible especially if you observe but the rules laid down But least some should object and say that those high Preparations mentioned as Spagyrical which Art we understand not are not easie to be obtained and so the Art of Rectification must remain wholly hidden unto us In Answer to this we must be forced to say that it proceeds not from any deficiency in the Rules contained in this
every Peck one Pound of Honey and a little Bay Salt and let them Ferment two or three days in a cold Cellar for in a warm place much of their Crasis will be lost which consists in a Volatile Salt then cram these into your Still as close as ever you can and pour upon them of th e best Aethereal Spirit of Wine enough only to moisten them clap on your Still and Distil all with a very slow fire it can't be too gentle therefore in this be very careful and what comes over first will be the true Spirit of Scurvey-Grass you may proceed by a second Repetition and then to every Gallon of this Spirit add a pound of its own Seeds or Flowers and Distill again And be sure in these Operations you observe to take no more than the high Spirit Now for the remaining Spirit in the Still you must put to it a quantity of decripitated Bay-Salt and Distill as long as it comes Proof with which you may begin your next Distillation with fresh Scurvey-Grass proceeding as before This is the true and best way to prepare the right Spirit of Scurvey-Grass To make it Golden and Purging we referr you to our Clymicus Rationalis Its Virties 'T is proper in the Scurvey Dropsie or Jaundice c. which we shall not here repeat seeing we have spoken thereof in its proper and genuine Preparation so that of Powers The Dose is from thirty to Fifty Drops according to the Age and strength of the Patient Spiritus Lavandulae or Spirit of Lavander Take of Brandified Spirit three Gallons of Lavander Flowers twelve pound Oyl of Salt per deliquium two pound macerate in a gentle warmth ten or twelve days then Distill in Bal. as long as goodness comes in which macerate one pound of the Oyl of Salt per del and eight pound of fresh Flowers and Distill as before Lastly Rectifie from six pound of Flowers per se and so it is prepared Its Virtues 'T is excellent for all Diseases of the Head as Megrims Epilepsies Convulsions and Calentures as also for violent and inveterated Head-Achs here it is a Specifick it is prevalent in fortifying the Animal Spirits and good in the Cholick Strangury and Dysentery the over much Flowing of Womens Terms and all other Fluxes of Blood The Dose and manner of Administration is as the former Observe after this way is prepared the Spirit of Rosemary but seeing we have at large showed its right and genuine Preparation in Chapter the fourth together with its virtues and use we shall omit it here Spiritus Angelicae or Spirit of Angelica Take of Angelica in its right signature as much as you please pound it in a large Stone Mortar with a Wooden Pestil and putting it into your Still cover it over a Fingers breadth with pure Brandified Spirit and with a piece of Leaven let it macerate three or four days then Distill as long as goodness will come repeat this a second time with fresh Herbs then to every Gallon of Spirit add of Spanish Angelica Roots sliced thin two pound and rectifie therefrom the fine Spirit you must reserve for use and the other may serve for a new beginning Its Virtues 'T is very prevalent against all Poison and Infectious corrupted Airs the Pestilential Fever or Plague it carries off the Venom by Sweat and Urine and insensible Transpiration it comforts the Heart and Vital Spirits and therefore excellent to be used by such as are bitten with any Venomous or Mad Beast whatsoever 't is powerful in opening the Obstructions of the Liver or Spleen bringing down the Terms and expelling the Secundine The Dose is from one Scruple to three in a Glass of Spanish or Rhenish Wine Spiritus Croci or Spirit of Saffron Take of the best English Saffron one pound of Malaga Sack a Quart Honey half a pound Chrystals of Tartar four ounces let the Chrystals of Tartar be beat very well with the Saffron in a Mortar then put it into a Glass and add in your Honey and Wine lute all fast and in a gentle heat let them Ferment and macerate ten twelve or fourteen days the longer the better then take off the blind head and add in three Quarts of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine put on its Helm with a proper recipient being truly adapted lute all fast and Distill in Balneo the two first Quarts will be the true Spirit Observe from what remains with fresh Spirit of Wine you may draw the Extract which though small in quantity yet virtuous The Spirits Virtues 'T is an excellent Cordial Fortifying the Vital Natural and Animal Spirits 't is a great Preservative in time of Plague 't is beyond all the cooling Cordials in England for Measles and Small Pox for it strengthens the Heart it opens Obstructions and heals the Phthisick it brings breath when almost gone and 't is said to prolong Life if you wash the Face with it mixt with Rose Water in the time of Small Pox and Measles it preserves the Face and Eyes from being hurt thereby The Dose is from ten to twenty and from twenty to sixty Drops in some Cordial Julep or Wine as the Patient best likes Spiritus Dauci or Spirit of Daucus Take of Wild Carrotseed twelve pound beat them small put them into your Still and add thereunto of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine three Gallons of Mevis Sugar three pound macerate them for ten or twelve days and then Distill off one half the which preserve for Spirit the other half may be run off for fresh beginnings You may if you please put it all together on fresh Seeds and make another Reiteration Its Virtues It is a Carminative breaking and consuming Windiness good in the Gripes and Cholick Fits of the Mother provoking the Terms in fine 't is good in the Strangury Dysury Gravel and Stone and provokes Urine The Dose is from thirty to sixty Drops proper at all times for such as are subject to the forementioned Diseases but principally when mostly therewith assaulted Thus Reader have we laid you down examples sufficient for the making of simple Waters and Spirits so that if you have but an ordinary Genius you may arrive to what you desire therein and if you can't attain to the Art of Distillation by these plain rules and precepts contained in this Book then do we highly doubt whether you 'll ever be able to attain it but by Ocular Demonstration therefore our advice is that you should apply your self to some honest Distiller for you may learn more of him in six Weeks time than in years by your own Study and chargeable operations and therefore count it a considerable favour if such an one will be thy Friend yet have we done here to our utmost to serve you and according to our twenty years experience have left nothing deficient not so much as a tittle If you proceed therein Secundum Artem Distillationis which is impossible to be delivered in writing
over a white thick shadowary Oyle towards the latter end by which the pure fine Spirits are troubled and made thick yet we say that this may be thus prevented Take a fine Holland-Cloath and rub one side of it very well with Black-Lead and bind the side so rub'd inwardly towards the end of the Worm and this will keep the thickness back as Experience demonstrates But as to Rich and Costly Waters you need not draw so long and yet no loss for what remains being Fermented will give a very good Spirit for other beginnings and altho in every Receipt the way to colour perfume and dulcifie the same is shewed yet the Distiller as seldom regards it as he doth the quantity of Spirits to the Pondus of Herbs and Spices for they are led by that rule which will return most Profit into their Pockets their general way is thus they make a Syrup with ordinary Sugar and too too often Treacle having first decocted Brasil Sanders or the like to colour the same and then strain the whole through a Canopy and so add it to the water to allay and dulcifie one of their Prescriptions is thus For Red Water Take of Spring-water one gallon or rather of the purified Liquor for allayes of Red Sanders one pound Brasil half a pound decoct these in the water closely stopt on the Embers so long until you obtain all the Tincture from the Wood then the wood is strained out to which quantity of water you add six or eight pound of Treacle or course Sugar and let it gently simper then Clarifie with the whites of ten or twelve Eggs and strain it through a fustian Canopy this you add to twenty or thirty gallons of common Aqua-vitae more or less according as it is in strength and you would have it in sweetness then to fine it 't is usual to take Flower and the Whites of two or three Eggs and with a spoonful or two of Yeast you beat them well together adding thereunto a scruple of Musk and ten grains of Amber-grease and put them in a small bag the which you let hang by the Bung-hole into your Liquor and in fourteen days it will be fit for sale Now these following Simples are generally made use of for colouring your Liquors withal viz. Reds with Rose leaves Poppie leaves Clove-Gilli-flowers Turnsole Root-Akanet Coachenele Juices Cherries Rasberries Mul-berries and Black-berries For Yellows Safron Turmerick and Yellow-Sanders But seeing we must colour this way we think it convenient to add our Opinion concerning the same which is if you use Woods whether Brasil Sanders c. that you decoct them in the cold distil'd water of the herb appropriated to the Water or else in cold distil'd Rose-water twenty four hours on gentle Embers and then strain forth and add of fine clean Sugar boyle up and Clarifie with a sufficient quantity of Whites of Eggs so let it pass through the Canopy or Fustian-sleeve and then add it to the Waters you intend to Dulcifie and as for the Perfumes you add in it is best that they be ground very well in a Mortar with some of he Spirits and then added or else let them be dissolved in it close luted in a gentle heat and then added to the Quantity otherwise your waters will want that smell to Perfume them which only radical Dissolution obtains Now for tender Leaves as Poppies Roses c. you had best also to take out their Tinctures by some of the Spirit in a Vessel close luted in Balneo which you must repeat so often till they remain pale the which you must add to your Quantity with your Sweets and that you fine it with Let your Fruits and Berries be separated from their stones and strained so as that they may not be broken therein for then it will make the pleasant Juice bitter to these so prepared you may add your Sugar and proceed as hath been directed S. A. by such Variations as Experience must prompt you in thus have we â—â—id down what is sufficient for any reasonable and Industrious person to build his practise on so that what remains is only to give you the Prescriptions of those Rich and Costly Waters promised Aqua Mirabilis Take Cloves Cubebs Galingale Mace Nutmegs Cardamums and Ginger of each two drachms the Juice of Salendine one pint Spirit of Wine two pints White-wine six pints Infuse all these twenty four hours and then distill off four â—ints by an Alembick Y-worth This is of Admirable Force and Verâ—â— to preserve the body from the Apoplexy and all Diseases of the Nerves it is very good against the Palsâ— Coâ—vulsion and Cramp as also for cold stomacks The Dose is from two drachms to half an ounce Aqua Mirabilis Nostra Y-worth Take Cloves Galingale Cubebs â—ace Cardamums Nutmegs and Ginger of â—ach three drachms Balm Sage Betony Bugâ—oss and Cowslip-flowers all gathered in their â—â—ime of each one handful the Juice of Salendine one pint and and half Aqua vitae Glauberis three pints the Wine of Black Currants two gallons digest twenty four hours and distil off one gallon in Balneo Mariae This hath all the Vertues of the former in Superiority more Cordial thence wonderfully strengthening the Heart Stomack and principal Vessels and therefore by us often called Aqua Coroborans The Dose is the same with the former Dr. Stephens's Water Take of Gascoign-wine two gallons Ginger Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Grains Ani-seeds Fennel-seeds and Caraway-seeds of each two drachms Sage Red Mints Red Roses Thyme Pellitory Rosemary Wild Thyme Camomile and Lavender of each two handfuls beat the Spices small and bruise the herbs letting them macerate twelve hours stiring them now and then Distil by an Alembick or Copper-still with it's Refrigeratory keep the first quart by it self and the second by it self N. B. that the first quart will be the hotter but the second the stronger of the Ingredients Y-worth It is very Excellent in strengthening the Heart fortifying the Spirits relieving languishing Nature The Dose is from one drachm to two Aqua Imperialis Take of the Rind of Citrons and Oranges dried Nutmegs Cloves and Cinamon of each four ounces the roots of Flower-de-luce Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary Galingale and Ginger of each one pound of the tops of Lavender and Rosemary of each four handfuls the Leaves of the Bay-tree Marjoram Balm Mints Sage Thyme the Flowers of White and Damask-Roses of each one handful Rose-water eight pints the best White-wine two gallons bruise what must be bruised then Infuse them all twenty four hours after which Distil Y-worth This Water strengthens and Coroboâ—ates the Heart and is therefore Good for such as are subject unto faintings swoonings and Palpitations of the Heart and is a preservative against Apoplexies The Dose is from one drachm to three Aqua Celestis Take of Cinamon Cloves Nutmegs Ginger Zedoary Galingale Long pepper Citron pill Spicknard Lignum Aloes Cubebs Cardamums Calamus Aromaticus Mace Ground-pine
on the part affected repeating of it as often as occasion requires and swathing from the Arm-pits to the Groins with a Linnen Swath For weak and pained Limbs the same Method is to be observed as before 'T is also an Excellent preserver for dead Bodies for if you wash the dead over with it two or three times and then strike over all the body with our double Spiritus Odontugiasus it preserves the same a â—â—iderable while without being embowell'd and more â—â—â—cially if you afterward apply to the Mouth Stomach â—â—â—â—el and bottom of the belly some of our Elixer â—â—â—oprietatis Helmontii with a Spunge by which â—â—bod the dead shall be not only preserved but also kept 〈◊〉 giving the least Annoyance or Evil Smell to any 〈◊〉 shall come a near it or the least infection although 〈◊〉 died of an infectious Disease for if you repeat the 〈◊〉 of these three or four times the poysonous Venom 〈◊〉 be totally mortified Now of what moment â—â—â—ht this be in preserving people in the Family 〈◊〉 the Chambers are kept sweet and the person 〈◊〉 ever so gross from purging as experience maâ—â—â—â—â—sts Thus having given you its External uses 〈◊〉 shall now proceed to the Internal ones Viz. as 〈◊〉 dilated into a Cordial â—â—â—dialis Nostra Generalis or our General Cordial Take Spiritus Prophelacticus Imperialis well tinâ—â—â— with Pilula Nepenthe nostr one pound the â—â—grant Wine of Camomile Flowers Yarrow and â—â—â—cus two pound Mel Vegetabile qu. sa e. to Dulâ—â—â— it into a Cordial to which add of the Radiâ—â—â— Tincture of Gold Bezoar and the Milk of â—â—â—â—s Eyes of each Gutt 20. shake them well â—ther then let it stand and settle and decant 〈◊〉 clear so is it prepared â—his Cordial is in many Cases as profitable unto the 〈◊〉 as their Food especially for weakness Faintness and violent Illness that seize on people for this will if design'd for Life measurably fortifie and strengthen the Vital Natural and Animal Spirits it cherisheth the prinoipal Organs and makes them better to perform their Office in the preparing of good Juices for it agrees with the Callidum Innatum or Sulphur as well as with the Humout Radicalis or Mercury it stirs up the digestive Faculties and so not only prevents from being surfeited but also Relieves from Surfeits when Contracted and therefore may it properly be esteemed as a rich Treasure in Families it comforts both Young and Old 't is good in oppressions of Wind and Cholick expelling the same from the Stomach and Bowels and is also good for the Strangury and Gravel c. There is not yet known or Practised by a more Excellent Medicine both for safeness pleasantness and speed to expell the painful Gripes in Children whether with or without a Looseness which are so incident to these poor Babes that thousands die thereof as we may see by the weekly Bill of mortality therefore let such as have Children subject to Wind or as are so themselves make use thereof and in few Minutes they shall find the comfortable Relief thereof and indeed so will such as are subject to fainting and painful Diseases 'T is very prevalent not only to prevent Fits in Children but also to relieve such as have them In fine it s almost imparallel'd Virtues are such as that we could fill pages therewith but however shall here omit them seing we have been more large in the precited Book which God willing shall ere long see the Light seeing it may be of such publick Service in the distinguishing of the Nature of truly prepared Medicines from the common slops The Dose of this Cordial is from a pap Spoonful to three or four Ordinary Spoonfuls according to the Age Strength and Condition of the Patient and that as often received as is requisite which must at least be three and sometimes five or six times a day when the Patient takes little Food or Rest Thus Courteous Reader have we with painful Labours passed through the Garden of Distillation in which the various Flowers are to be gathered which may be found profitable to you the which indeed was the end of our undertaking it that you may see the Nature and difference of Waters even of the first second and third order and that you may not be deficient in any thing which may be said to appertain to this Art we shall stretch forth our hand in the following Chapter and show you the True and Genuine way of preparing of Vegetable Powers c. CHAP. IV. Treatis concerning Vegetable Powers Oleosum's and Essential Salts A Separating Glasse An Vn … 〈◊〉 Funnell A Retort the Helm A 〈◊〉 Body and Head A bolt Head A Retort Place this Figure before Chap IIII in pag. 139. Potestates per Hermaphroditicum Salem Ammoniacum or Powers by the help of a prepared Sal-Armoniack And under the second Potestates nobilissimae succedaneae Specificae per salem Tartari Volatilem or Noble Succedaneous and Specifick Powers And under the third Potestates verae arcanae per salem nostrum Panaristos or the true essential and genuine Powers Now these are the three heads under which may be comprehended all that can be said of Powers we shall begin with the first they being easiest to be prepared Now seeing that every one cannot obtain the Volatile Salt of Tartar neither will some indeed spend their time or money after it but would rather accept of easie things for the sake of such we shall first describe those which are made by the help of the said Sal-Armoniack and how the said Sal Armoniack is also to be prepared Those which are made by the help of the said Sal-Armoniack are of a noble and cleansing nature the which they borrow from the Hermaphroditical Salt that is radically united with the Oyl and Spirit and this in part supplies the want of the Volatile Salt of Tartar and enriches the Powers far above those that have no Salt in them for this Preparation to perform it well is no small part of the Chymical Art and there be many of those who pretend to succedanous Keys that cannot not do it for the Urinous Spirit must first be bereaved of its faetor or stink and secondly radically united with the Vinor and Oleous ones the way to bereave it of its faetor is thus take of pure Red-Wine two pound and filtre exactly through a double Cap-paper put it in digestion for seven days pouring on now and then four or five ounces of Spirit of Wine distil'd from rich Aromaticks and as it begins to smell very fragrant put in a pound of common Sal-Armoniack that hath been dissolved in the distilled waters of Aromatick-spices exactly filtred and again boiled up into the body of Salt which being therein dissolved you must feed it as before with the Aromatick Spirit adding thereunto of the Essential Oyl of Cinamon Guaiacum and Sassaphrax of each half an ounce and by a very gentle heat bring it to a dryness the
found For the Phthisick shortness of Breath Consumption Dropsy Scurvey and Stone in the Bladder you must take forty drops every six hours in the juice of baked Turneps clarified and as much of its own syrup as will serve to make it into a Cordial whose use must be continued until Relief is found this also does excellent well in the Gout and for Ricketty Consumptive Children as also for sprains bruises and squatts only let the spirit without any mixtion be externally used and chaff the grieved part therewith In fine its Vertues are so excellent that we advise all Sea faring-men never to be without some bottles of it for t will not only preserve them from such Diseases as are incident to them as Scurveys Calenture Loathings Gripes c. but also ease and cure them of the same being taken in Water sweetned with its own Syrrup or a little Sugar in which Cases the ordinary Dose is from thirty to sixty drops according as the strength and Age of the Patient is The Price of our first Powers of Elder is one Shilling the Ounce-bottle but of these one shilling and six pence Observe Mine is only to be had at my house because there is a nameless Bill put forth by one Andrew Sowle who hath made use of most of my words out of my receipt given in our Britanean Magazine and therefore I thought it convenient to signifie that I cannot own his Spirit much less his proceedings seing t is great imprudence in him to ascribe to himself that which his Experience can't demonstrate the hundredth part of Potestates Rosemarini or the Powers of Rosemary Take the Leaves of Rosemary gathered in the right signature and dryed and put them into a large Matrix and cast thereon four or five handfuls of fine Calx vive and gently stir them together if your quantity is large it must be more even a third part of the weight of the herb then pour thereon rain-water distil'd from its Feces after forty days putrifaction and distil off about two thirds and you will have a Low-wine very pregnant and strong of the herb then take the like quantity of Rosemary and put it into the distil'd rain-water just enough for the water to cover and putting on a blind head decoct it Thirty hours in Balneo let this be put blood-warm upon an other quantity of Rosemary-leaves flowers and all and the aforesaid Low wines already distil'd off and adding a pound of Sugar to every gallon stir them well together head them well with Yest and let them ferment five days distil again a second time into Proof-goods and adding fresh Rosemary with a little Bay-salt bring it into rectified Spirits and a fourth time make it fine by Rectifying from fresh herbs and equal parts of the Oyl of its own fixed Salt run per del Tartar or any other fixed Alkaly then unite two pound of this with one pound of the highly purifyed Sal Armoniack by the help of the aforesaid Calx and add this to a gallon of the aforesaid prepared Spirit put it into a great Cucurbit and fill as full as you can with flowers and let it stand close luted in the Sun for five days then put on the Alembick with its Receiver and distil and you will have a volatile subtil and fragrant Spirit which quantity being united with a pound of the Oyl as was directed in the other Powers you have the true Powers of Rosemary Their Virtues This indeed is a Medicine of praise-worthy Virtues for superiour to the slop Hungarian Water sold being prevalent against most Diseases of the head stomack heart womb or any other viscera it may be applyed to any disease of the head especially Apoplexy Epilepsy Convulsions and Vertigoes the weakness of Nerves Head-ach hardness of Hearing and dimness of Sight it comforts the Head and Brain refreshing the Animal Spirits and clearing the Vital ones therefore good against all palpitations faintings swoonings and fits of the heart neither doth it forget to do its part toward the natural Spirits for it opens the obstructions of the Liver Spleen Womb and so cures Agues Feavers Scurveys Jaundice and several other Deseases as will be seen by its Vse and Dose For any of the aforesaid Diseases you must take from Twenty to thirty drops three or four times a day in a glass of Mead or Wine that is an hour before each meal but for the Gripes of the Guts Cholick Oppression of Wind or sharp Acrimonious Humours in the Spirits or Bowels you must take sixty drops in a glass of muli'd Sack in the Paroxisins repeating it every three hours 'till relief is found For Agues you must take the largest dose an hour before the fit and soundly sweat thereon 't is also good to be given thus in mull'd Wine both before and after Delivery to facilitate the Birth and to ease After-pains It is Observable to us that it is an health-preserving Medicine keeping People lively that take it But for Old Aches the Gout Rheumatism pains and weakness of Sinews and Nerves the Palsy and Cramp violent Head achs and dimness of sight you must externally strike the grieved parts therewith two or three times a day taking the savours up the nostrils if you wash the face therewith t is an excellent Cosmatick clearing and beautifying the Skin The Price is Twelve Pence an Ounce Observe thus may be prepared the Powers of Peniryal and others Potestates Cochleariae or the Powers of Scurvey-grass Take Scurvey-grass-wine the Preparation of which is shown in our Britanean Magazine of Liquors or else in place of that take Scurvey-grass in May June or July when it is in its flowers and stamp it in a stone Mortar and put it into a large Tun and pour thereon as much Liquor blood-warm in which Molasses or Honey is dissolved as will just cover them head them well with Yeast and set them to ferment and after four days distil into Low-wines and Proof-spirits Observe that the Fermentation is promoted by an Onion dipt in strong Mustard and a Ball of Whiting cast in this will bring a Tun of Molasses-goods forward when defective in working Argell does well to give an internal Ferment it also moderates and flats a Tunn when too violent now being brought into Proof-goods you must take Scurvy-grass which hath been compressed with Christals of Tartar or Salt Hony or Molasses in a close Tub smeered over with Barm but no Liquor must be put to it and having stood three days in a cold place for in a warm one we have observed that much of the Crafis will be lost which consists in a Volatile Armoniack put it into your Distil as full as you can cram and then pour thereon the aforesaid Aireal Spirit for t is far superiour to Spirit of Wine which too too many use enough to cover or moisten them just to the top close the Head of your Still very exactly and let your Recipient be so as that no
Air may come in give it for the first day a ferment in the still and the second distil but as it begins to work you must damp your fire very close for it must come but softly so let it run as long as any goodness comes you must repeat this Operation a second and third time with fresh Grass and if you add in a little Volatile Salt of Tartar or Sal Anotasier Lybianus and have a Peuterhead you may distil and receive a part as long as it runs all fire the after running you may save for afresh beginning Observe when you think that you have too much flegm in the Still you may add a quantity of decripitated Bay-salt and so will it be deflegm'd the way to make the Spirit purging is shown in our Chymicus Rationalis but for the Powers proceed thus take Scurvy-grass and smeer it over with new Mustard and lay a lay of that and another of Scurvey-grass-seed so continue str sup str and smeer up the uppermost also with Mustard ferment with Water and Salt and distil into Essential Oyl the way is shown in our Chymicus Rat. then being separated unite one pound of this with six pound of the Spirit according to the way directed in other Powers and so are they Prepared Their Virtues These Powers are abundantly surpassing in virtue any other preparation of Scurvy grass whatsoever and as I formerly told you they were originally prepared by me in Holland and presented to both Vniversities which for goodness strength and pleasantness of Tast were allowed to stand parallel with nay some were of Opinion that they clearly out striped those of the greatest Pretenders in Europe the Modus Operandi of which I never so plainly before communicated but I have now done it on purpose to be serviceable to the Ingenious and to destroy the use of that sophisticated Spirit sold which is made in six or eight hours time with a little Malt Spirit and Scurvey grass made burning and sharp in Tast with Horse-radish but this Spirit is not to be valued for t is impossible to take out the specifick virtue of the Grass without an higher exaltation and the reason why the sick are often disappointed in their Expectation is this the slight preparation that many Pretenders make for the Grass will not so easily give forth its central Virtue for this when truly obtained hath an excellent effect in relieving from many Diseases and principally the Scurvey because the herb hath a signature against the Disease it helps the Liver Spleen and other Viscera in their Defects it fortifies the vital Spirits and gives Circulation to the Blood it s internal texture being made up of a Volatile Armoniack and Vinor Essence united with a vital medicinal Crasis and as the Learned Physicicians allow as well Modern as Ancient which that worthy Mrs. Experience daily confirms there is no herb in the Vegetable Kingdom of a more Specifick Virtue in curing the Scurvey than the aforesaid Scurvey-grass for t is a great Abstersive and so dissolves and dissipates congealed humours for by its Alkalisated nature it opens and mundifies and by it's Vinor are the Venoms imbibed and destroyed so by its carrying off all the Saline trude humours which are the Original Cause of the Scurvey whether proceeding from living in crude moist and foggy Airs where the Sea-damps are or from raw sowr fruits or exceeding Salt Fish or Flesh as is plainly demonstrated by the incident of the Diseaseupon Seafaring-persons especially such as use long Voiages it sweetens the blood this Spirit doth not only cure this Disease in all its Symptoms but also prevents it from approaching in such as take it for prevention sake therefore in brief what we have to say is that it is indued with virtue to give Sanity to the principal Faculties and is a certain specifick both at Sea and Land where this popular Disease Reigns as also in Camps and Armies against the Chill-bane and Rot which are usually there by which men dye as Chore-sheep Their Vse and Dose For the Scurvey Jaundice Dropsy Consumption Phâ—hisick or shortness of Breath these Powers may be used at all times the oftner the better The Dose is ten twenty thirty or forty drops according to the Age Strength and Constitution of the Patient in a glass of Wine Beer Tea or Coffee as best liked The Price is one Shilling an Ounce Now according to these Rules you may make any Vegetable Powers therefore we shall omit instancing such as depend on common places and come to give a description of such as are Compound Potestates Emundantes or our General Cleansing Powers Take of Venice-Turpentine four pound Tartarizated Spirit of Wine the like quantity and put them into a large Retort distil and there will ascend a Spirit and fragrant Oyl as we have shown in making the Essential Oyl of Turpentine in our Chymicus Rationalis the Oyl must be made Aireal by Rectifying several times from Bay-salt as is also there shown the Spirit you must pour on Frankincense and Mastick of each two ounces Aloeshepatic Date-stones Laudanum Castor the Roots of Bettony and Elecampane of each one ounce and an half Cardamums Cloves Nutmegs Ginger Galingal Cubebs Calamus Aromaticus Lignum Aloes Yellow-Saunders Zedoary Pepper Spicknard Lawrel-berries Smallage-seeds Mug-wortseeds Sweet-fennel-seeds Ani-seed Sorrel-seeds of each two ounces and an half the Flowers of Brasil red and white Roses of each three ounces Germander Tormentil Juniper-berries Agrimony Centory Fumitory Pimpernel Dandelion Eye-bright Feverfew of each two ounces Rhubarb three ounces dryed Figs Raisons Sweet Almonds of each four ounces Virgins Hony six pound Mevis Sugar ten pound to these add of our Fermentative Salt three ounces and being close luted digest in the heat of Horse-dung twenty daies in the Vessel described fig. 4. Then take out and clapping on an head with its Receiver lute all fast and distil in B. 'till all is over that will ascend which first will come in a white Spirit secondly more deep and thirdly a yellowish-red with some floating Oyl which fragrant Spirit and Oyl preserve and unite with the aforesaid Etherial Oyl of Turpentine Observe you may remove your Vessel out of the B. into a Sand or Reverberatory Furnace and by degrees of fire force over all that will come which will be a stinking Flegm with some fetid Oyl the which may be rectifyed from Spirit of Salt as we have taught in our Chymicus Rationalis and so it will become fragrant and fit to be united with the Medicine then take of Musk and Ambergreece three ounces Safron four ounces Camphire three ounces and Cohobate in B. two or three times till united and lastly force all over till dry in the Bottom the subtil Spirit carefully preserve out of the faeces that remains in the bottom you must extract the Tincture with highly Rectified Spirit of Cinamon as long as it tinges the Spirit all which said Tinctures put together and Filtre and putting it
or Lunar Salt doth not only measurably supply this defect but also enrich and meliorate Spirits for having prepared your Magnet we shall give you the use of it in sweetning of Spirits Take of any sort of ill smelling Spirit or Brandy made from Corn one part of pure spring water two parts mix them together that so the stinking and ingrateful Savours may diffuse themselves into the added water having so done you must again free this Brandy thus tempered with the water by putting your Magnet thereinto and so will you draw therefrom all the stinkingness and 't is then just as if you had washed that Wine and rinsed off all it's filth without any charge or difficulty for the Magnet or exalted Salt desires not to contract friendship with any Impurity N. B. It remaining the same as before being freed from its flegm so that this Work is neither chargable nor difficult therefore the principal business is to be Master of such a Salt the virtues whereof are known by Experience because some years ago we have prepared it and are now again preparing of it altho at present the quantity that we have by us is very inconsiderable as having lost above two pound three ounces of it by the misfortunate breaking of a glass in a considerable Tryal for which great loss we often lament our unhappy mischance seing we might have been more wary in making smaller Tryals but this we shall pass by hoping that Providence may in due time multiply our Stores if not we must learn to be content submitting our will to the Divine Pleasure who distributes of his Riches and Gifts in his own time and there is no obtaining of it by force 't is his own free Gift so that if it is not again bestowed on us we may say with Helmont God Almighty knows for why he hath given the Goat so short a Tail peradventure we use not the Tallent bestowed upon us aright for we are convinced in our conscience that had we applyed it the genuin way it might have been helpful to hundreds that languish c. We having run through what is necessary to be treated off as to this Part shall Conclude the same only we think it Convenient to add this following and general Head Containing as it were a Summary of our Labours being an Answer to the Request of a Person of Worth which is as follows Worthy Friend IN Answer to your earnest Desire I have given you the Heads of my Books Printed and those ready for the Press First you have our Britannean Magazine or Assays to Artificial Wines which God willing we intend suddenly to Correct and Enlarge with Experimental Additions Secondly Cerevisiarii Comes or the Art of Brewing Containing the Grounds thereof proved and demonstrated by sound Philosophy Thirdly Chymicus Rationalis or the Chymical Art rationally stated and demonstrated by a short but effectual Course containing the Heads of the chief Medicines so highly valu'd Fourthly this said Treatise which is the Art of Distillation Compleat to which is added the Doctrine of the Nature and Preparation of Vegetable Powers Fifthly Spagyrick Philosophy Asserted or the true Physical Principles demonstrated by way of Answer to that Learned Dr. Boylwharf in which the Foundation and Preparation of true Specificks are so delivered as easily distinguishable from those pretended to be such by the Pseudo-Chymists a Work highly necessary and as much desired and therefore God willing as soon as may be shall see the Light Sixthly Speculum Morborum in which you may see various Opinions concerning the Original of Diseases and also discern the true Nature thereof Seventhly Medicina Rationalis or the whole body of Physick rationally stated upon a new Hypothesis containing not only the Original and Definition of Diseases but also their Cure Eighthly Historia nova de Thesauro Britannioe interno Celato or a new History containing the yet undiscovered Mysteries of Englands Gloay and unspeakable Riches which may be obtained by the true advancing of its Vegetables and Minerals by a multiplying and concentrating the Universal Spirit Ninthly The Magicians Magazine or the Wise-man's Store-house containing the chief and profitable Heads of all the Voluminous Writings of the Ancient Philosophers Tenthly Our Ideas of Divine and Natural Things being a Philosophical Discourse of the Macro and Microcosmical World all which shall be hastned with what possible speed can be so that I hope in the mean while you will accept of what is done for that our Resolutions are to improve our Talent according to the Abilities given and that for the Benefit of such as prefer realities as they are delivered For we can truly say in what we have done we have cleared our Conscience towards the Sons of Art as for my rewards I expect it at the Final End if I persevere in Christian Duties only to be the Sentence of Well done thou good and faithful Servant Hence forth is prepared for thee a Crown of Bliss Amen FINIS A Catalogue of Books Printed for and Sold by John Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard In Folio THE Travels of Monsieur Thevenot into the Levant in three Parts viz. into Persia Turkey and the East-Indies Rushworth's Historical Collections Dr. Goad's Aphorisms of the Weather Tarsis and Leile a new Romance Book of Homilies for Churches Smith's Christians Religions Appeal In Quarto Mr. Love's Compleat Surveyor or the Art of Measuring Land made easy in a more exact Method than hitherto Extant Curious Enquiries in six Discourses viz. of the Longitude the Tricks of Astrological Quacks of the Depth of the Sea of Tobacco of Europe's being too full of People the various Opinions concerning the Time of keeping the Sabboth Mr. Strode's new and easy method of the Art of Dyalling Several Letters written by French Protestants refug'd in Germany concerning the Unity of the Church Foxes and Fire-brands or the Harmony of Popery and Separation Arch-Bishop Cranmer's Judgment concerning the Holy Scripaures Published by Edmund Gee with a Preface The present French King drawn to the Life Angliae Decus Tutamen or the Glory and Safety of this Nation under our present King and Queen The Church of Englands Doctrine of Non-resistance Justified and Vindicated as truly rational and Christian by Lewis Sharp Rector of Morton-Hamstead-Deoon In Octavo Mr. Boyl's Free Enquiry into Nature in English and Latine His Disquisition about the final Causes of natural things with a Tract of Vitiated sight His Martyrdom of Theodora and Dydimus His Christian Virtuoso Experimenta Observationes Physicae Wherein are briefly treated of several Subjects relating to Natural Philosophy with a Collection of strange reports Quintilian's Declamations in English with the Approbation of several eminent School-Masters of Lond. Lord Vicount Shanon's Moral Essays on several Subjects relating to the present times Reasons why a Protestant should not turn Papist Le Grand's Historia Sacra Situation of Paradice found out Dr. Owen's Meditation of the Glory of Christ Osborn's Works Divine Moral Historical and Political Dr. Newton's Compleat Arithmetician A double Grammar for Germans to learn English and for English to learn the German Tongue In Twelves The Modern Courtier Dr. Salmon's New Method of Cuting the French Pox wherein is the Practise of an eminent French Author with the Method of Monsieur Blauchard as also Dr. Sydenham's Judgment on the same Rider's Practical Surgery in Observat Cases and Cures both for Sea and Land Galliae notitia Or the Present state of France containing a general Description of that Kingdom Mr. Gouge's Young man's Guide and Word to Saints and Sinners Minelius on Virgil. Dyer's Works History of the Wars of York and Lancaster Mr. Evelin's French Gardener Bishop Hall of Contentment An Exposition of the Church Catechism History of Lysander and Sabina A Novel Observations on the Mineral Watch in France Books newly Published Dr. Salmon's Medicina Practica or Practical Physick shewing the Method of Curing the most usual Diseases happening to human Bodies to which are added the Philosophick Works of Hermes Trismegist Kalid Persicus Geber Arabs Artefius Langoevus Nicholas Flammel Roger Scriptures and George Ripley Compleat in three Books Cervisiarii Comes or the newest and truest Art of Brewing Illustrated by various Examples in making Beer Ale and other Liquors so that they may be most durable and fragrant with the true method of making Salt Water Fresh and the Art of manuring Lands by W. Y-worth M. P. Miracles Performed by Money A Poem Just Published The true Interest of Familys or Directions how Parents may be happy in their Children the Children in their Parents to which is Added a Discourse about the right way of improving our time by a Divine of the Church of England with a Preface by Ant. Horneck D. D. A Sermon at the Funeral of the Hon. Rob. Boyle at St. Martin's in the Fields by the Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum Mr. Boy 's Seraphick Love c. General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small drawn out for the use of Travellers and Navigators Imparted by the late Honorable Rob. Boyle Fellow of the Royal Society Ordered to be Published in his Life time at the Request of some Curious Persons to which is Added other Directions for Navigators c. with particular Observations of the most noted Countries in the World by another hand Finis