your Coffin put in a spoonful or two of Canary and the like quantity of Rose-water into every Pye To make the Crust stand fine and eat short sprinkle the Flower as much as there is occasion with cold Water and work the Past with pieces of unmelted Butter and being brought into a form and thinness the Crust when baked will far out-doe that made with hot Water and melted Butter as the usual way is You may strew over the Tops a little ambered Sugar and grind two or three grains of Ambergrease and half a grain of Musk the which quantity will serve five or six Pyes But instead of Neats-tongues if you please Veal Beef or Calve's Chaldrons will do very well Minced-Pyes to Season To do this Take the Meat you design to make them on minced finely when parboiled let it lye pressed all Night then put two pound of Beef-suet minced small to every pound of Meat mix them very well together and take half art ounce of Cloves and Mace beaten half an ounce of Nutmegs the like weight of Cinnamon and a little Salt half an ounce of Carraway-seeds five Pippins minced small without the Core a Lemon-peel scraped and a quarter of a pint of Rose-water a pound of Dates half a pound of Sugar a pound of Raisins of the Sun two pound of Currans mix them well together and put them to every pound of Meat and Suet. Mineral-Crystal To make this pure Dissolve it when pretty well reduc'd to a smalness before in damask Rose-water evaporate it and then filter it warm through a brown Paper on which Rose-leaves are strewed moistned with a little Spirit of Sulphur with a few grains of Musk and Ambergrease and so let it crystalize and it will become a delicate mineral Crystal pleasant in colour and smell being endued with all the Virtues of exalted and pure Nitre If is a true Anodyn and an excellent allayer of Thirst extinguishing the preternatural Heat of all manner of Fevers It is a peculiar and special Antidote against the Plague and all manner of pestilential Infections It removes Stoppages of the urinary Parts and provokes Urin gives ease in the Quinsie in hot sharp and scalding Urin and Gonorrhoea and for these purposes it is best to take a dram of it in Wine sweetned with Sugar Mint This is meant of that sort of Garden Mint called Spear-Mint Its Virtues are very many viz. Beat it and lay it to the Stomach that is weak and wants digestion and it comforts and fortifies it It is a soveraign Herb to restore the Smelling and Feeling to those wherein they are much decayed for the first being often held to the Nose and for the other the Decoction of it very strong applied to the numbed part The Leaves dried and powdered given to young Children kill and bring away Worms The Juice drank with Vinegar stenches Blood and with the Juice of sower Pomegrante restraineth Vomiting Hicups and Colick-Passions This Mint with Rose-water and grated Nutmeg laid on the Forehead asswageth the Head-ach and laid on the tender Dugs full of Milk it easeth the Pain of them Applied with Salt it is good for the Biting of Mad Dogs And the Juice of it mixed with Honey dissolved in Water being dropt into the Ears easeth the Pain of them The whole Herb distilled In a glass Alembick in a Bath of hot Water or otherways four ounces being drank stayeth Bleeding at the Nose Those that affect much Milk to prevent the curdling of it in their Stomachs would do well to chew Mint in their Mouths and swallow the Juice after it If Cheese be sprinkled with the Juice or Decoction of it it will keep from Corruption or Rottenness Mint-Syrup Take about a pint of the Juice of Quinces when they are almost ripe the Juice of Pomgranets half as much dried Mint six ounces red Roses two ounces steep them in the Juices twenty four Hours then boil it half away and strain out the rest and with fine Sugar make it into a Syrup and if it be too thick add a little Mint-water Mint-Water Take Baum Penyroyal and Mint of each a handful Canary-Lees a gallon and after the Infusion of twenty four Hours put them into a Still of Pewter and keep a quick Fire under it cover the Still with wet Cloaths and put into the receiver as much fine Sugar as will conveniently sweeten it and then distil it over again This is excellent in Fevers or any hot pestilential Diseases It comforts the Heart and strengthens the Memory and given with Syrup of Licorice is good for Obstructions of the Lungs and Difficulty of Breathing Mirabilis To make this Water so wonderfully commended by the Learned Sit Kenelm Digby Take Galingal Cardamums Cubebs Mellilot-flowers Mace Cloves Ginger and Cinnamon of each a dram bruise them small and infuse them in a pint of Celandine-Juice and as much Spear-mint-water half a pint of the Juice of Baum and one pound of the Flowers of Couslips Rosemary Borrage Bugloss and Marigolds of each two drams three pints of the best Canary a pint of strong Angelica-water red Rose-water half a pint bruise the Flowers and Spices and infuse them in the Waters Juices and Wine for twenty four Hours then distil them in a glass Still This Water is excellent against fainting Fits comforts the Heart is good in Consumptions the Spleen and Melancholy it keeps the Countenance fresh and young and very much helps the decay of the Memory Taken fasting it creates a good Appetite is excellent in internal Bruises and indeed a better Cordial for any pectoral Distempers or Defects cannot be founnd Miscarriage In this it is proper that young Women should not be ignorant of the Symptoms or Signs threatning or fore-running Miscarriage and some of them are these Sudden Pains in the Back or Belly the Breasts often filling and falling upon which let her apply this following Cerecloath to the Reins of the Back or Breast Take the Roots of Bistwort and Coriander-seed of each two drams unripened Galls Saunders and Hypocistides of each a dram Labdanum and Mastick of each half an ounce Frankincense and Bdellium of each two drams reduce those that can be so served into a Powder and with Oil of Mastick Turpentine and Bees-wax make two or three Cerecloaths and apply them sometimes to the Loins at other times to the Sides and the Region of the Womb under the Navel the Party for a considerable time altogether avoiding any violent motion both of Body and agitation of Mind as Excess of Joy Anger Melancholy c. relating to the latter also violent Sneezings Coughs Strainings or Affrights Miscarriage to Prevent Take Coriander-seed two drams the Root of Bistwort Shavings of Ivory and red Coral prepared of each a dram of white Amber and Crystal of each a scruple reduce all these to fine Powder make them up into Tablets Lozenge-wise with four ounces of Rose-water and half a scruple of the Confection of Alkermes their weight
them without chewing Stump-Pye to Season Take Veal or Mutton mince it raw and make it up into Balls about the bigness of large Walnuts then put half an ounce of Pepper half an ounce of Nutmegs and half an ounce of Cloves and Mace Marjoram Thyme and Savory cut small then add a pound of Currans mix these well together and put them to two pound of the Meat then work them up into Balls of the aforesaid bigness with six Eggs and at the closing up put a pound of Butter dispersed among them in little Balls as big as Marbles Then make a Caudle with a quarter of a pint of Whitewine half a quartern of Verjuice the Yolks of three Eggs and a little whole Mace then putting in about a quarter of a pound of Butter when they are well beaten up and thickned over a gentle Fire put it into the Pye and so closing the Lid bake it in an indifferently well heated Oven Surfeit-Water Take what quantity of Brandy you please and steep a proportionable quantity of red Poppy-flowers in it the black Bottoms being taken off and when the colour is extracted press them out and put in fresh and so do till the Brandy is of a deep Tincture then slice in Nutmeg Ginger and Cinnamon of each two drams to a quart of the Brandy and add an ounce of fine Sugar likewise to every quart Then keep it close stopt and it is excellent good for Surfeits Wind or Illness of the Stomach Sweat to Provoke Take the Herb or Plant called Rape the Roots of Plantain the Lesser and Knot-grass of each a handful bruise them well and boil them in Vinegar strain out the liquid part and take about a quarter of a pint of it going to Bed and keep your self warm and it will purge out the ill Humours by a gentle breathing Sweat Swelling to Break Take of salt Butter half an ounce Leaven one ounce white Mustard-seed two drams Garlick one dram Oil of Camomil three quarters of an ounce bruise and mix these together and apply them hot Poultiswise spread on Colwort-leaf suffering it to lye on four or five Hours and then if the Matter be soft and the Skin not broke open it gently with a Lancet or potential Cautery of Cantharides and being opened for its speedier Cure use this Decoction Take round Aristolochia Agrimony Self-heal Parsly-roots and Gentian of each an ounce boil them in half a pint of Wine and as much Water and tenting it with proper Unguents lay on this consolidating Plaister Take the dried Leaves of round Aristolochia one ounce Frankincense Mastick and Myrrh of each two drams Aloes-succotrine one dram Litharge four scruples red Lead two scruples Meal of Lupins one dram make these into a very fine Powder then dissolve Deers-suet one ounce Oil of St. John's-wort six drams washed Turpentine half an ounce Bees-wax three ounces and being well incorporated over a gentle Fire put in the Powder and make all into a Plaister This is admirable in any Tumours or Swellings and more-particularly in Plague-Sores Swelling when the Gout ceases To Remedy this Take the Ashes of burnt Oister-shells or rather the Powder of them when they are calcined the Ashes of Spongel and Dodder of each an ounce boil them in a pint of sharp Vinegar and a quarter of a pint of Water and with the Decoction bath the liquid part as hot as may be endured Swelling of the Liver or Milt Take the Leaves and Berries of Ivy infuse them when bruised ten days in Whitewine then boil it till the Wine is nearly consumed strain out by hard pressing what liquid part remains and put to it a like quantity of Olive-oil and half the quantity of Bees-wax and therewith being warm'd over a gentle Fire anoint the Place nearest to the Internals so grieved as hot as it may be endured and in so often doing you will find great Advantage thereby Swelling of the Matrix This is frequently caused by Ventosities or Windiness after the Birth of Children To Remedy it Take Mustard-seed or Rape-seed and boil them in Water make a Fomentation and inject it but if it happen through inflammation or evil purgation attended with an Ague let the Party take a dram of the Powder of Peony-roots in warm Broth fasting in which has been boiled the Flowers of Chamomil Swallow-Water Take twelve Swallows out of the Nest cast them whole into a glass Alembick add thereto the Shavings of a Man's Skull three ounces Castor one ounce and a half Powder of Misleto one ounce Juice of the Roots and Leaves of Male-Peony six ounces Water of the Flowers of Tillet Lavender and Lily of the Valley of each a pint and a half Vinegar of Squills half a pint macerate them over a gentle Fire the space of forty hours then distil them in a moderate Sand-bath and keep the Water for use It is an excellent corrected Anti-Epileptick-Water and has particular Virtues against that Distemper It is given about a spoonful in the Fit and may be continued every Day as occasion requires after the use of general Remedies Swelling of the Yard Take the Juice of the Herb called Cauda Equina mix it with the Juice of Endive and take four spoonfuls Morning and Evening or Take the Water of the Herb distilled through an Alembick to the like quantity anointing the grieved Part with a Mixture of the Oils of Mallows Roses and Earth-worms Syrup of Citron-Iuice Take three pints of Citron-Juice extreamly purify'd put it into a glass or glazed earthen Vessel then dissolve therein six pound of fine Sugar stir it till the Sugar be wholly incorporated with the Juice continue stirring as well when it is off as when upon the Fire and observe that you make use of no Vessels for the preparation of this or any other Syrup of acid Juices but such as are made of glass or glazed Earth for if they be of Metal the Acids will take their Tincture and spoil This is a great cooler and therefore given in Fevers and hot Diseases also to cut Flegm and gargarize sore Mouths Syrup of Coral Take four ounces of red Coral well chosen beat it into Powder on a porphyry Stone moisten it with Rose-water and being dry put it into a glass Cucurbit and pour on it three pints of the Juice of Barberries well clarified put the Cucurbit in a Bath of Ashes moderately hot forty hours stirring the Ingredients from time to time with a wooden Spatula then filter the Liquor through a brown Paper weigh it and return it into a glass Cucurbit set in Balneo Mariae dissolve in it the double weight of Sugar and it is excellent in pestilential Distempers Syrup of Elder Take ripe Elder-berries bruise them well press out the Juice and put to a gallon a pint of Canary or Muscadel boil it to the consumption of almost one half keeping it well scummed and when 't is hot off the Fire put in the Sugar and stir it about then set it
take off the Skin and mingle the Pulp and Grease together then spread it thick on a Linnen-Cloath and apply it to the Place grieved very warm and cover it over with a piece of a Bladder or the Skin of Suet and by often renewing it the Party will find it a Remedy Breast cold for a Cold in the Breast Take half a Sheet of brown Paper of as even a mixture as can be had anoint it over as even as may be with the Tallow of Candles that have been made a long time do this before a Fire so that the Paper may be thoroughly penetrated then grate over it as much Nutmeg as will cover it clap it warm to the Pit of the Stomach that it may reach a good way above and below it Breast sore This comes many times though want of Milk and frequently after Child-birth To remedy this Take of Barrows-grease half a pound yellow Bees wax an ounce Burgundy-Pitch five ounces Venice-Turpentine one ounce put these into a Skillet with a quarter of a pint of fair Water and let them simper over a gentle Fire scuming off the bubling Froth and pour it into an earthen Pan to cool when it is cold take it out of the Pan and scrape off the Dregs or Dross at the bottom melt it again and refine it over the Fire and so making it into Plaisters or Cere-cloaths apply it to the Place grieved Breasts of Women Womens Breasts especially after their Lying-in contract a hardness and are sore occasioned by gross Humours fixing there To remedy this Take two Turnips boil them in Spring-water till they are very tender then press out the Water and mash them in a wooden Dish or Mortar scrape on them an ounce of Bole-Armoniack and make them into a Poultis with fresh Butter and being layed to the Breasts very warm on a hot Linnen-Cloath they will take away the Pain Breath shortness thereof to help Take a quarter of a pound of blue Figs an ounce of Licorice Caraways and Anniseeds of each half an ounce boil them in two quarts of Ale till a pint be consumed and then sweeten it with Sugar-Candy Drink half a pint Morning and Evening Breath to sweeten Take the dried Flowers and tops of Rosemary Sugar-Candy Cloves and Mace of each two drams Cinamon one dram dry these and beat them into fine Powder About a dram of this at a time in a new-lay'd Egg suckt up fasting Morning and Night clears the Lungs from offensive Matter and sweetens the Breath Brook-lime is excellent in the Scurvy it powerfully expels the Stone in the Bladder and Kidneys it provokes the Courses For the Scurvy Take the Juice of Brooklime Water-Cresses and Scurvy-grass of each half a pint the Juice of Oranges four ounces fine Sugar two pound make a Syrup of it and take a spoonful of it in your ordinary Drink Broken-Belly or Burstenness Take Cranes-Bill usually called Columbinum reduce the Roots and Leaves to a fine Powder take about half a spoonful of this Night and Morning forabout three Weeks together washing it down with a spoonful or two of Red Wine or Claret Broom The Root of this is an excellent Opener being one of the five opening Roots and is principally made use of for Obstructions of the Liver the Urine and the Courses The Syrup of the five opening Roots is thus Take the Roots of Fenel Butchers-Broom Asparagus Parsley and Smallage of each two ounces Spring-water three quarts digest 'em hot and boil them in Balneo Broom-Rape The Herb or Roots of this are to be had Candied and are very good in the Diseases of the Spleen and Melancholy Broth very excellent Parboil two young Cocks the Legs and Wings being cut off scum the Water you boil them in very clean then take them out and wash them in cold Water and with a pint of Rhenish-Wine and two quarts of strong Broth put them into a Pipkin or convenient Vessel add two ounces of China-Root and an ounce and a half of Harts-horn with an ounce of Cloves Mace Pepper and Ginger mixed together season it with a little Salt and cover the Pipkin close and set it in a Pot of boiling Water so that the Water get not into it let it boil for six Hours then pour out the Broth squeeze into it the Juice of Lemons and serve it This is excellent to strengthen or restore decayed Bodies after Sickness and for such as are Consumptive Bruise To remedy the Pain of a Bruise or Swelling Take a pint of fair Water boil in it a handful of Salt and half a handful of Ash-leaves or Ash-bark bruise then the Bark or Leaves and straining out the Liquid part dip Linnen-Rags in it and apply them to the Place grieved Bruise in the Head Take Rosin and a little Red-Deer's Suet Camphire and White-wine set them over a moderate Fire till it boil then strain it and beat it till it comes to an Ointment over a somewhat gentler Fire and anoint the Place grieved with it as hot as you can and chafe it in Bruise with great Swelling Take Hemp Tow or Flax moisten it with Brandy and spread it over with Honey then sprinkle Brandy again upon the Honey and bathing the swelled Part withsome Brandy very warm lay on the other and it will not only sink the Swelling but give ease to the bruised Part by dispersing the gathering Humours Bucks-Horn This is a small Plant or Herb growing in barren and sandy Grounds and comes up with some of its Leaves jagged or sprouting out at the sides like the Horns of a Buck from which Allusion I suppose it takes its Name This is a kind of Plantane different from some others and has a quality of binding and drying The Decoction in Wine drank and the bruised Leaves outwardly applied ease the Pains and remedy the Bitings of most venemous Creatures and the Juice helpeth those that are troubled with the Stone or Gravel in the Kidneys Bladder or Reins and stops Bleeding Bugle its Virtues Either inward or outward it is a good vulnerary Herb it is used in the Yellow-Jaundice and Obstructions in the Liver Reins and Bladder Bugloss Take the Juice of Bugloss clarified three pound white Sugar two pound boil them up to a Syrup This Syrup chears the Heart prevents swooning Fits and expels Melancholy Bullock's-Cheek the Italian way Break the Bones so that the flesh be as little mangled with them as may be wash it very clean in shifted Waters and let it steep three or four hours then boil it in fair Water with some Bolonia-Sausage and a piece of interlarded Bacon and when they are tender boil'd dish them up and garnish them with Flowers and Greens and serve them up with Mustard and Sugar in Saucers Bullock's-Cheek to Stew Having cleaned well soaked and ordered them by taking out the Bones after you have half-roasted the Meat by an indifferent quick fire save the Gravy and put them into a Pipkin with some more Gravy
three spoonfuls Morning and Evening and you 'll find it exceedingly strengthen the Back especially of old People Balls of Eggs tryed Put your Butter or tryed Suet into the Pan and when it is melted and hot stir it about till it runs round in Circles then break an Egg in the midst of the whirling and whirle it round till it becomes as an Egg poached and it will with the motion become as round as a Ball then take it up with a slice and put it into a warm Pipkin or Dish and set it a leaning against the Fire You may do thus by divers and serve them up with fryed and toasted Collops as a dainty Dish Balsom The following Balsom is very excellent for any Wounds Burns Scalds old Sores Botches Scabs c. Take Conduit or Spring-water and Olive-oil of each a quart Turpentine four ounces Liquid-Storax six ounces put them in an earthen glazed Pot and suffer them to stand together all Night in the Morning having melted half a pound of Bees-wax shred Marjoram Rosemary and Bays of each a handful beat and bruise them very small then add Dragons-Blood and Mummy made small of each an ounce Let them boil in the Wax a while then add Oil of St. John's-wort and Rose-water of each two ounces boil it together a little more and then put in some red Balsom and red Saunders pulveriz'd and being cooled make a hole to let out the Water dissolve it again on a Fire and put it up in a close Pot for your use This Balsom likewise cures the Head-ach only by anointing the Nostrils therewith also it is exceeding good in the Wind-Colick or Stitches in the Side being warmly applied to the Side or Belly an ounce at a time for four Mornings Balsom That called Lucatello's so highly in esteem for its Virtues is made after this manner Olive-Oil three pints Venice-Turpentine one pound Sack six spoonfuls yellow Wax one pound natural Balsom half an Ounce Red-Saunders in Powder and Oil of St. John's-wort of each an ounce wash the Turpentine three times in Rose-wawater water then slice the Wax thin and place it on the Fire and being thinly melted put in the Turpentine incorporate them well by stirring then let it stand till the next Day cut it in thick slices and let all the Water drain out and melt it again put in the aforesaid Oils Balsam and Saunders with about six spoonfuls of Sack stir them well together again over a gentle Fire for the space of an Hour that it may become thick and being cool use it for Wounds with Gun-shot Scalds with Lead Sulphur Blasting c. Balsom of Fallopius Take of clear Turpentine two pound Linseed-Oil one pound Rosin six ounces Myrrh Aloes Mastick Sarcocoll Mace Wood of Aloes of each two Ounces Saffron half an ounce put them in a glass Retort and set them in Ashes and when they are distilled there will come out a clear Water and after that a redish Oil which is excellent in curing Wounds healing old Sores cleansing Ulcers c. Balsom of Sulphur It has an excellent Virtue to cure Ulcers of the Lungs and Breast and wonderfully cleanses all other Ulcers The Dose is from ten to twenty Drops and may at any time be taken though not too often with any convenient Liquor mixed with Sugar to abate a little the sharpness of it Barberries These are cooling and astringent they provoke Appetite are great strengtheners of the Stomach which is the reason the Conserve is used so much in Fevers Loosness and Bloody-Flux for which it is very good The inward Bark of the Branches and Root steeped in White-wine are prevalent in the Cure of the Yellow-Jaundice A Concoction of the Bark the Juice of the Berries or the Juice of the Leaves mixed with Vinegar cure the Tooth-ach occasioned by fluxion of Rheums The Conserve is usually taken with success in Inflammations of the Mouth and Throat or more expeditiously if the Mouth be gargled with some of the Conserve dissolved in Vinegar and Water Barberries to pickle Take the largest Bunches steep them an Hour or two in warm Water and Salt then boil up the Water with more Salt having first taken the Barberries out when the Liquor is cool put in a few slices of Ginger and a little lump of Alom and then press the Barberries down with a Stone or Slate cover them close and keep them for your use Thus Medlars Services Grapes and such-like Things are pickled to keep all the Year Barberry-Tree the Virtue The inward Rind of this Tree boiled in White-wine and every Morning a quarter of a pint of it drank is very much approved for cleansing the Body from cholerick Humours and freeing it from such Diseases as Choler causeth viz. Scabs Itch Tetters Ring-worms Yellow-Jaundice Boils and the like It is also excellent for Agues and Burnings scalding Heat of the Liver and the Bloody-Flux The Berries have the same Virtue Barly This is a common Grain amongst us and of great use in many Cases many of its Virtues are known but to a few It is too well known to need a Description Its Virtues The Meal of Barly boiled in Honey and Spring-Water resolveth all Inflammations or Imposthumes with Rosin and Pigeons-Dung it ripeneth all hard Swellings with Mellilot and Poppy-seeds it easeth Pains in the Sides applied Poultiswise pretty hot and mixed with bruised Quinces or Vinegar it easeth the Inflammation of the Gout in the Legs or Feet The Ashes of burnt Barly mixed with Olive-Oil is very good for Burns or Scalds Barly-Posset Boil half a pound of French Barly in three pints of Milk boil it till it is enough then put in a pint of Cream some Mace and Cinnamon sweeten it with fine Sugar and when it is just warm pour in a pint of White-wine froth it up and eat it with a Spoon or press out the liquid part and drink it Barly-Pottage Take a pound of French Barly cleanse it well from Husks put it into two quarts of Milk to steep and boil it a little when it is pretty well boiled put in a quart of Cream an ounce of Salt some Mace a little Stick of Cinamon broken in small pieces and when it is thick enough scrape some fine Sugar into it and serve it up Basil Garden This comforts the Heart and expels Melancholy moves the Courses and cleanses the Lungs There is another sort called Wild Basil which forces the Courses and the Birth and removes Melancholy being bruised and infused in Wine Bastings of Meats or Fowls 1. Clarified Suet. 2. Fresh Butter 3. Minced Sweet-herbs Butter and Claret-wine and this last is excellent for Mutton or Lamb. 4. Water and Salt 5. and especially for a Flayed Pig Cream and melted Butter well beaten up together 6. Yolks of Eggs Juice of Oranges and grated Bisket And if this be intended for large Fowl as Bustards Peacocks or Turkeys you may use the same Bath for the Legs For Diseases in the Legs make
also of single Daisies greatly tempers cholerick Heats refreshes the Liver and other inward parts A Decoction of them much availeth in the cure of Wounds in the hollowness of the Breast or Stomach as also for Ulcers and Pustles in the Mouth Tongue or Privy-Parts The Leaves bruised and applied to the Testicles or any other hot and swelled part dissolves the Swelling and temperates the Heat being boiled with Wall-wort and Agrimony they greatly help in the Palsie Gout or Sciatica dispelling Knobs or Kernels in any fleshy part They help Bruises and Ails occasion'd by Falls or Contusions by Blows They are successfully used in case of Ruptures the Ointment of them cools and expedites the cure of inflamed Wounds especially when they happen in or near the Joynts the Juice may be dropt into rheumatick sore Eyes Damascens to Preserve Gather your Damascens in dry Weather suffering them to be very ripe or they will be but of an indifferent colour to every pound of them put a spoonful of Rose-water and a pound of Sugar finely beaten then put the Fruit in a large bottom'd Pan one by one and set them on a Chafing-dish of five Coals but not at first too hot then put in as much Sugar and Rose-water as will melt it and when the Pan is warm cast on half your Sugar and let it be no hotter than you can endure your hand upon it forbearing to turn them till there be as much Syrup as will bear them up then turn them and cast on the rest of the Sugar not suffering them to seeth when you turn them lest they break on both sides when they are enough take off the Skins gently and when they are cold put them up in a Glass and put into them four or five Cloves and as many little bits of Cinamon and so you may Preserve any Plums Rut to any sort of White Plums put neither Cloves nor Cinamon Dandelyon or Denti de Leon or Lyons Tooth Its Quality is Cleansing and Opening by which means it is effectual in removing the Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Gall and such Diseases as arise from them as Hypochondriacal Passions and the Jaundice c. opening the Passage of Urine in Men and Women of all Ages cleansing Aposthumes and the inward urinary Passages and then by a temperate and drying quality heals them In this case you may boil the Leaves in White-wine or shred small put them into Broth. It is good likewise in a Consumption boiled in Broth or the Juice of the Root drank in Canary or in the bad Disposition of the body call'd Cachexia it procures Rest and Sleep when the Body is disorder'd by Agues The distilled Water is good in Pestilential Fevers and to wash old Sores Dates Of these there are divers kinds and as to their Physical Virtues some of them are dry and binding as those of Egypt others are soft moist and sweet as those growing in Syria Palestine and Jericho the rest are a mean between those two kinds and all of them are hard in Digestion and not very good for the Head because they many times cause the Head-ach but the Powder of them is successfully taken by such as spit Blood or are troubled with the Bloody-flux Deafness Take Betony and Horehound and stamp them in a Mortar strain out the Juice and when the Party is in bed and lying on one side drop in three or four drops into the Ear and it will in a few days time restore the Hearing if the Party was not born Deaf or some Violence has hot been offer'd to the Organs of Hearing Decoction to Open the Body Take twelve Prunes Licorice Aniseeds Currans and Fenel-seeds of each half an ounce Flowers of Borrage and Bugloss of each a dram and an half boil them bruised and shred in a quart of fair Water till the third part be wasted then strain it and drink it at three several times very hot and walk about upon it It loosens the Belly Decoction for Clysters Take the Leaves of Violets Mallows Pellitory Mercury the Herb so called of each a handful the Flowers of Camomil two pugils Sweet Fenel-seeds half an ounce Linseed two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water or Milk to a pint These are the Herbs commonly used in Clysters to cool and empty the Bowels in Stoppages or hot Diseases but to make them work well you must add brown Sugar Decoction Pectoral Take Raisins of the Sun stoned an ounce Jubebs and Sebestenes of each fifteen six Dates and eight fat Figs Barley cleansed an ounce Licorice half an ounce the Leaves of Maidenhair Hyssop Scabious and Coltsfoot of each one handful boil them in three pints of Spring-water to the consumption of a third part A quarter of a pint taken of it every Morning is excellent good for Heats Pains Swelling or any Distemper or Diseases of the Breast and to help Expectorations Decoction of Senna Take two ounces of the Leaves of Senna of the Roots of Polypody of the Oak of each half an ounce Raisins of the Sun stoned two ounces Ginger one dram Sebestens and Damask-prunes of each a dozen of the Flowers of Borrage Red Roses Violets and Rosemary of each two drams boil them in two quarts of Spring-water till half be consumed This is an excellent Purging Potion The Dose is four ounces If it be given to a strong Body that it may work the better put to three ounces of it an ounce of the Syrup of Buckthorn or Roses solutive This may be safely taken as often as any occasion of Ilness or Indisposition requires it or for prevention Decoction of Woods Take Sarsaparilla-roots split and cut small four Ounces Guaiacum three ounces the Bark of the Wood two ounces Sassafras one ounce and an half the Roots of Burdocks and Butterbur of each two ounces and an half Rhodium-wood and Yellow Saunders of each an ounce Carduus-seeds and Juniper-berries of each six drams of the outer Bark of dried Citrons two drams infuse them all night in six quarts of fair Water and then boil them to the consumption of half the Liquid This drank as a Diet-drink is exceeding good for those that are troubled with the French Disease King 's Evil Rheums or Coughs It may be taken four times a day for twenty or thirty days together Decoctum Amarum This bitter Decoction or Draught is made in the following manner Take the Flowers of Camomil the Tops of the Lesser Centaury of each a pugil or very small handful Gentian-root half a scruple the Leaves of Senna cleansed and Carduus-Benedictus-seeds of each one dram boil them in a sufficient quantity of clear Spring-water to four ounces This strengthens the Stomach restores lost Appetite and causes a good Digestion You may take four ounces of it for a Dose fasting five or six Mornings together Defluxion on the Eyes Take red Sage and Rue of each a handful fine Wheat-Flower a spoonful the White of a new-lay'd Egg beaten to
Kidneys or Bladder Dock It is a great cleanser of the Blood and strengthener of the Liver when they are afflicted with Choler Some hold that the yellow Dock-roots work most effectually when they are so afflicted All Docks have in them a kind of a cooling drying quality but not all alike The Sorrel being most cold and the Blood-wort most drying the Seed of them stays the Lasks and Fluxes of divers kinds The Roots boiled in Vingear cure and take off the Itch or Scabs the place being washed with the Concoction and the Breakin gs out of the Skin The distilled Water of the Herb and Roots have the same virtue and more-especially cleanse the Skin from Morphew Spots Freckles or other discolourings Any of the several Docks being boiled with Meat make it boil sooner Bloodwort especially is a very wholsom Pot-herb though some ignorant of its virtues refuse it because it makes the Pottage blackish but those are more nice than wise Doctor Stephen's Water Take a gallon of Claret-Wine or Canary Cinnamon Ginger Grains of Paradise Gallingal Nutmegs Aniseed and Fenelseed of each three drams Sage Mint red Roses Pellitory of the Wall wild Marjoram Rosemary wild Thyme Camomil and Lavenden of each a handful bruise the Spices small cut and bruise the Herbs and put all into the Wine in an Alembick and after it has stood twenty four Hours distil it Dodder a Decoction Take of Mirobolans half an ounce Arabian Stoechas Raisins of the Sun stoned Dodder of Thyme and Senna of each an ounce Fumitory half an ounce Hemp and Agrimony five drams of the Roots of Polypody of the Oak six drams Turbith half an ounce Whey two quarts boil them all but the Dodder till the Liquid be consumed to a quart then put in the Dodder and make it afterward just ready to boil and so take it from the Fire adding a dram and a half of the Roots of black Hellebore of Agarick half a dram Sal Gemma a dram and a half When these have been infused about ten hours press out the Liquor and take four ounces of it at a time as an excellent Purge for Madness or Melancholy Dodder of Thyme It is effectual in Melancholy and purges black or burnt Choler it takes away the Trembling of the Heart swoonings or Faintings all Diseases and Griefs of the Spleen and Melancholy arising from the windiness of the Hypochondria It purges the Reins and Kidneys it opens the Obstructions of the Gall and is hereby helpful in case of the Jaundice It purges the Reins of phlegmatick and cholerick Humours and mixed with a little Wormseed is good in Agues in Children Dog-Biting If you are bitten by a mad Dog or any other Take the Roots of Gentian one dram Myrrh two drams the Eyes or black Claws of Crabs burnt and powdered two drams put them into White-wine boil them and straining out the Decoction drink a quarter of a pint at a time fasting if you can and very warm then wash the Wound with your own Urin wherein Rue and Carduus have been boiled and so continue to do three or four Days successively having first laid some of the Powder dry on it to draw out the putrefied Blood and cleanse it Dogs-Grass It is gentle in its operation being boiled in Whitewine or Ale it openeth Obstructions of the Liver and Gall it removes the Stoppage of Urin eases Gripings and Pains of the Belly and Inflammations The Seeds work powerfully in expelling Urin and the Decoction of them stays Lasks and Vomiting The Roots boiled in Whitewine are a general Remedy against all Diseases occasion'd by Stoppages Dogs-tooth This is a kind of Grass so called and has in it many excellent Vertues in Physick viz. The Decoction of it healeth the Pains of the Belly helps difficulty in making Water breaketh the Stone and brings away Gravel The Root bruised and applied searcheth Wounds and keepeth them from Inflammation If the Decoction be put into a little Wine or Honey and the third part of so much Myrrh Pepper and Frankincense and be made to boil in some Copper Vessel it is a singular Remedy for the Tooth-ach and Rheums falling into the Eyes It is good for the Head-ach being stamped and applied to the Forehead It likewise stenches Bleeding at the Nose And the Seed thereof greatly provoketh Urine and bindeth the Belly and stayeth Vomiting c. Darnel The Meal of it is good to be applied to Gangreens or any the like fretting and consuming Cancers or corrupted Sores It is excellent to cleanse a Leprous Skin or that which is affected with Ringworms or Morphew It dissolves Knots and Kernels being used in quick Brimstone and Vinegar breaking those that will not easily dissolve Being boil'd with Pigeons-Dung and Linseed in White-wine it gives ease to the Sciatica The Meal of it applied Poultis-wise draws Splinters or Thorns out of the Flesh as also Splinters of broken Bones so that they may be easily taken out The Red Darnel concocted in Red Wine is excellent to stay Lasks Fluxes and bloody Issues and retains Urine that would otherwise pass away too suddenly Doves-foot Is a present Ease for the Wind-colick it expels the Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys and boiled in White-wine is good for Bruises Hurts or Wounds stays Bleeding dissolves and expels congealed Blood cleanseth old Sores and Ulcers being washed therewith and also Fistula's The green Herb bruised and applied to green Wounds asswageth the Pain and allays the Inflammation The Decoction of it in Red Wine eases the Pains of the Gout and Aches in the Joints or Sinews the Powder or Decoction of it taken for some time together is experienc'd to be very helpful in the Rupture or Burstenness of Old or Young This Herb by some is called Cranes-Bill Down by some called Cotton-Thistle The Leaves and Roots help if the Juice or Decoction of them be drank Cricks and Pains in the Neck Galen affirms That the Roots and Leaves are of a Healing Quality and help against Convulsions of the Nerves whereby any Part of the Body is drawn up by some Spasm as the Rickets in Children and the Shrinking of the Sinews in Old People Dragons The Water of this distilled scoureth and cleanseth the Body being apply'd outwardly it takes away Freckles Morphew and Sun-burn especially if mixed with strong Vinegar an Ointment of it is good in Wounds it consumes the offensive Flesh growing in the Nostrils call'd Polypus and Cancers If dropt into the Eye it takes off Films It is likewise good against the Pestilence Drink in Fevers This is most excellent in hot and continued Fevers viz. boil a handful of the Leaves of Rue in fair Water till it taste very strong of it strain it and add an ounce of beaten Licorice and two ounces of Sugar to half a pint of this add ten drops of Spirit not Oil of Vitriol and use it for an ordinary Drink and it will allay and drive out the Heat that occasions the Fever Drink
another Take half a pint of Small-beer half an ounce of burnt Harts-horn powder it and boil it a little in the Liquor and it will fortifie the Heart and expell the Heat Drink for Malignant Fevers Take Spring-water a quart give it a walm or two put into it an ounce of burnt Harts-horn the Mixture being cold put in three ounces of Syrup made of the Juice of Lemons make them well together and take a quarter of a pint both Morning and Evening Drink for Head-Pains Take of the Leaves of Senna one ounce Cinamon Aniseeds Fenel-seeds and Currans of each a dram Licorice two drams Rosemary and Sweet Marjoram a handful shred and bruise these and slice in three or four new Figs boil them in three pints of Water with an ounce of Sugar till a third part be consumed then strain it The Dose to the weak is about two ounces but for stronger Bodies from two to four ounces It removes Pains if the Body be open or soluble that the Vapours arise not too hastily to afflict the Brain ☞ Note If the Heâ—d be pained and the Body bound endeavour the first thing you do to open and render it soluble otherwise the ascending of Vapours to the Brain will so disturb the Head and distemper it with Heat and Pain that Lightness of the Head Phrensies or raging Madness may happen to ensue if not timely prevented Drink correcting sharp Humours Take an ounce of choice Barley wash it very clean then boil it in a quart or more of Spring-water till the Grains begin to burst then strain the Decoction through a Cloth and drink it for your ordinary Drink at Meals Drink for the Scurvy Take two handfuls of Water-trefoyl and suffer it to work in about eight gallons of Wort use it for all or the greatest part of your ordinary Drink and it will purge out by gentle breathing Sweats the noxious Humours that occasion the Distemper Drink for Wheezing Take five pints of fair Water half a pint of Honey six Figs an ounce of Blue Currants two drams of Licorice boil them to the consumption of a pint and drink a quarter of a pint of it both Morning and Evening pretty hot This brings away tough Phlegm cures the phlegmatick and slimy Cough and remedies Shortness of Breath Dropsie Take Smallage Thyme Hyssop Watercresses Pennyroyal Nettle-tops of each a handful Caraway-seeds Calamint Elecampane-roots of each one ounce boil them in six Quarts of running Water until one half be consumed then strain it put to this Liquor two quarts of Canary add Licorice scraped and bruised two ounces Sweet-Fenel-seeds one ounce Cumin-seeds and Alexander-seeds of each two drams boil all these together again for half an hour then strain it for use Take nine spoonfuls of this Liquor in the Morning fasting and as much about three or four in the Afternoon and continue it for some time Dropsie Take the Root of Gors it groweth upon Hills and Heaths and is full of Prickles and yellow Flowers pare off the outward Bark which throw away then scrape off the inner Rinde and fill a pint Bottle with it lightly then fill it up with Rhenish or White-wine let it stand to infuse all night the next morning drink a glass-ful of it and continue it till you are cured Dropsie Take Rue Camomil Melilot Calamint of each two ounces beat them small and boil them in Wine and Oil of Dill then add of Gummi Carana as much as sufficeth to make a Plaister Dropwort-Root its Vertue A Decoction of it provokes Urin and expels Gravel cures the Heat of Urin and removes the difficulty in making it The Juice of the Root and the Powder are held to be successful in the Falling-sickness The Dose is a dram of the Powder or Juice of the Root in Wine It 's excellent in stopping Fluxes It heals the Ruptures of the Belly and cures the Bloody-flux Ducks-Meat It swims on the Tops of Ponds mostly in Summer-time it helps Inflammations and St. Anthony's-Fire as also the Gout when applied Poultis-wise with Barley-meal The distilled Water of it is good against Inflammations inwardly and Pestilential Fevers It removes the Redness of Sore-eyes and the Swellings of the Breasts of Women if apply'd before they be grown too large The Herb fresh easeth the Pains of the Head if caused by Hear or hot Inflammations Dullness of Hearing Take the Juice of Red Onions and drop it into the Ears stopping them with Cotton-wool or the Juice of Briony-root but not too often nor too much at a time and the Obstructions by this means being opened and removed the Hearing will be recovered and removed the Hearing will be recovered and restored Dysentery for this Disease which many times proves very dangerous Take the Dung of a Pig dry it very well and burn it till it becomes grey in Ashes put about half a dram of it into a spoonful of Vinegar and drink it both Morning and Evening and it will remove this Distemper Dysentery To remove this and other sharp Fluxes Take the Herbs and Leaves of Fleabane dry it by degrees till it be reduceable to a Powder take about a dram of it twice or thrice a day in White-wine or you may take it rolled up in Conserve of Roses EArs Imposthumated If you perceive any Imposthume breeding in the Ears To ripen it Take fine Wheat-flower an ounce and an half Fenegreek-seed Eels-grease Litharge of Gold Ceruse and Frankincense of each one dram mix them together and make a Plaister of them lay it all over the Ear having first dropt in some Oil of Myrrh when 't is ready to break take Sarcocolla Aloes Dragons-blood Myrrh and Frankincense the Dross of Iron and Verdegrease of each half a dram mix them with Vinegar to a thinness dip a Taint therein and put it into the Ear. Earth-worms Prepared To do this that they may be kept for any use you must only slit them down the middle wash them well in White-wine or Whitewine-Vinegar then dry them in the Sun and put them up into dry Boxes to make Powders or for other Uses upon occasion Ebony The Decoction of it when rasp'd or made thin in Shavings is approv'd in Convulsions if it be drank sweetned with Honey Eels to Collar Take a large silver Eel take out the Back-Bone dry and season it after its having been washed with beaten Nutmeg and Salt then cut off the Head and roul in the Tail being seasoned in the sides bind it up close and straight in a fine white Cloth then put it into a fit Pipkin with as much fair Water and Whitewine as will cover it upward of two inches of each a like quantity then season it with some Salt and the Eel being put into the boiling Liquor when it is boiled pretty tender take it up and when the Liquor is almost cool put to it a little Vinegar and make a souce of it adding some Blades of Mace and a few Bay-Leaves and Tops of Rosemary and when
Leaves of Hemlock four ounces Vinegar of Squills and Gum-Ammoniack of each eight ounces dissolve the Gum in the Juice and Vinegar and after a sufficient Infusion make them into a Salve over a gentle fire This is a very good Plaister to soften hard Swellings or take away Inflammations Hemorrhoids If these be not too much inflamed dip your Finger or a fine Rag in the Balsom or Sulphur made with Oil of Turpentine and besmear and anoint the Tumours once or twice a day But if inflamed much take Myrrh Olibanum common Frankincense of each a like quantity powder and mix them very well and receive the Fume of this Mixture cast on a Chafing-dish of Coals with Embers in a Close-stool or some such convenient thing about a quarter of an hour more or less as the Party can endure it Hemorrhoids another To prepare these for a Cure Take White-wine boil it in a handfull of Incense which is only to comfort it then wash with it the part grieved very often then dip some Lint or Rags in Oleum Magistrale to make which you will find under O L and often apply it as a soveraign Ointment for this Grievance Then for a Plaister Take the said Oil Venice-Turpentine and new Bees-wax of each an ounce set them over a gentle fire and keep them stirring a quarter of an hour then let it cool and being cold apply it as a Plaister This is good for Fistula's Ulcers and all such Grievances occasion'd by hot Humours offensive to Nature It is applied in Wounds made by a Sword c. Gun-shot and Blasts by Gun-powder Scalding with Lead or any Mineral Hemorrhoids another way Take the Sole of an old Shoe worn by a Man much used to travel cut it to pieces and burn it yet neither to grey nor white Ashes but to a fryable and tender Coal reduce it into an impalpable Powder Take then unsalted Hogs-lard and work it with it to an Ointment and anoint the afflicted part often therewith Hen-Pye Take away the Hens Breast-bone truss and set them in warm Water lard it with Lard not too big season it with Pepper Salt and Nutmeg raise your Paste to an Oval form and put in your Hens and garnish or fill them with Champignons Artichoak-bottoms Livers of Fowls Sweet-Herbs and Lard melted or beaten cover the Pye with the Lid and let it bake for the space of three hours and being baked put in some Juice of Lemons beaten up with Butter and Gravy Hern-Pye Take your Hern and pull the Feathers and Stumps clean off break the Breast-bone and lay it to soak in warm Water and Salt for the space of an hour then having Sweet-Herbs and Onions shred make little Balls of them sticking them together with Butter and put it into the Belly season it with Salt Pepper Nutmeg Mace and Ginger finely beaten then lard the Breast and stick pieces of Lard under the Wings lay also other Balls about it of the Composition of these that were put into the Belly till the Coffin is full then sprinkle on some Juice of Lemon and so bake it for two hours when it is enough pour melted Butter into it set it in a dry place till cold and then serve it up Hern to Roast Take a Hern that is not too old lard the Back and Breast after you have parboil'd it then put it on a Spit baste it with Butter and White-wine beaten up together and dridge it with grated Bread and Sweet-Herbs cut very small and when it is sufficiently roasted make a Sauce of the beaten Yolks of Eggs Anchovy Claret and Vinegar garnish your Dish with Oranges Lemons Savory and Tops of Rosemary Herring-Pye to Season Take about eight middle-sized Herrings the soft-Roes are the best slit them down the Backs and taking out the Bones rub them over with Pepper and Salt then mince Onions Leeks and Apples and scrape in Lemon-peel then strew over them some Nutmeg finely grated half a pound of Currans and mix a pound of Butter with a little Flower and place it above and beneath in thin slices Hiccough This is dangerous when it happens in Fevers therefore to remedy it in that extremity Take only two or three preserved Damascens at a time keeping your mouth close shut and holding your breath now and then Hippocras of White-wine Take about three quarts of the best White-wine a pound and an half of Sugar and an ounce of Cinamon two or three Tops of Sweet-Marjoram and a little whole Pepper let these run thorough a filtering Bag with a grain of Musk then add the Juice of a large Lemon and when it has taken a gentle heat over the fire and stood for the space of three or four days close covered put it in Bottles and keep it close stopt as an excellent and generous Wine as also a very curious Cordial to refresh and enliven the Spirits Or if you think it best as to the Colour you may make it of the Colour of Claret though this at pleasure may be coloured with Red Wine Syrup of Elder-berries Mulberries Clovegilly-flowers c. It easeth the Palpitations and Tremblings of the Heart and removes the Causes of Panick-Fears Frights and sudden Startings It giveth Rest to weary Eyes and heats the cold Stomach Hispidula Known otherwise by the name of Colts-foot is an Herb growing on Hills and bearing a Red Flower and sometimes a White it has a particular Virtue against the Ulcers of the Lungs Phthisick and Spitting of Blood A distilled Water of the whole-Plant and a Syrup made of the Juice are either of them admirable good against the Consumption of the Lungs The Essence of the Juice is singular good against the Bloody-flux and ether Fluxes of the Bowels Hoarseness Take three ounces of Hyssop-water and sweeten it with fine Sugar then beat well in it the Yolk of a new-lay'd Egg and drink it fasting Holly The Prickles of Leaves boiled in Posset-drink wonderfully ease the Colick and Pains in the Bowels as hath been often approved when other Remedies more costly have failed Honey Clarified Boil Honey that hath been clarified with the Whites of Eggs until it come to a thickness then take it off the fire and when it is cool put it up for your use This is good in Inflammations either taken inwardly or outwardly applied to any Part where extraordinary Heat is predominant Honey of Raisins the Best Take three quarts of Water heat it and when it bubbles up scum it stone two pound of Raisins and put them into it till they swell and are pulpy then boil them to the consumption of half the Water then strain and press out the remainder of the liquid part boil the Decoction to the thickness of a moderate Honey and then add two pound of clarified Honey and being well mingled boil it to the thickness of a perfect Honey This is good for any Stoppages or Defects in the Lungs if mixed with White-wine it helps Digestion and mixed with cooling simple
boil it gently in a Pipkin and take off the Scum or Curds letting it boil only a warm or two then strain it Iuice of Garden or Field-Sorrel This made into a Syrup or the Juice sweetned with Sugar is very cooling and astringent it allays the Heat of the Liver and Stomach stays Fluxes and inward Bleedings It is good to expel the afflicting hot Vapours infesting the Brain in Fevers and to hinder the Lightness in the Head Eaten in Sallads it cools the Blood and thins it Applied Poultis-wise it asswages hot Swellings or any external Inflammation takes off the Redness and Heat of the Face or any Part of the Body being washed with the distilled Water of it and that of Scabious Iuice of Hypocistis This Juice proceeds from a Plant growing like Mifleto It thickens and binds strongly and is used chiefly to stop all Fluxes of the Belly Womb and Stomach It stays Vomiting and Spitting of Blood by reason of internal Bruises An aqueous or vinous Tincture of it is used to stop the Gonorrhoea and Whites in Women A Lohoch made of it with red Wine and adding a third part of Honey that it may be inspissated to a thickness is given for the Cure of Ulcers in the Lungs Stomach or Bowels Iuice of Licorice Of Licorice there are two kinds viz. the Spanish and the English though much of the same Virtues The Spanish Juice is made by boiling the Juice to a thickness or inspissating it by Evaporation and then making it up into Rolls or Cakes which they wrap up in Bay-leaves and that which is best good breaks free and is clear and shining like Jet The English Juice is made into round Balls and is generally a Composition made of the Juice and the Pulp of Prunes and so inspissated to a Body It is one of the greatest Pectorals good against Coughs Colds Hoarsness Wheesing ' Difficulty of Breathing Shortness of Breath stuffing of the Lungs Breast and Stomach also for Ulcers in the Kidneys sharpness of Urine and the Corrosion of the Bladder It helps Expectoration lenifies roughness loosens the Bellies of Children and takes away the Gripings and other Pains It helps to overcome and remove the Effects many times left behind of strong and sharp Purgers To make an aqueous Tincture of Licorice take this Rule Take Spanish Juice very thin sliced or bruised to pieces in a Mortar one ounce fair Water three quarts Salt of Tartar three drams mix and put all these into a glass Body digested over a very gentle Heat twenty four Hours and a pure Tincture will arise into the Water leaving all the Faeces or earthy substance behind in the same form or shape it was put in Beware you shake it not but decant the pure clear Liquor for use and cast away the Faeces It wonderfully sweetens the Blood and is excellent in the Scurvy and French-Pox Iuice of Licorice white Take clean Powder of Licorice-roots and Orris of each six scruples Wheat-flower two ounces Sugar finely beaten one pound Eastern Musk and Ambergrease of each three grains incorporate these together with a mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth extracted in Rose-water mixing and beating them together in a solid Paste make them up into Tablets or Rolls and dry them in the Sun or before a gentle Fire on fine Paper The Juice of white Licorice is more pleasing than the black very acceptable to the Tast and Smell and dissolved in Mint or Rose-water with a little Syrup of Gilliflowers is good against Coughs Colds Phthisicks Asthmas and most pectoral Diseases Iuice of Nettles It stays Bleeding mixed with white Sugar and snuffed up the Nose A quarter of a pint of the Juice of the Tops of young Nettles drank at a time stops internal bleeding It is also good made into a Syrup with Sugar against the Diseases of the Lungs as Colds Coughs Asthmas Peripenumony Pleurisies Stitches in the Side Heat Pain and Stoppage of Urin whether proceeding from Sand Gravel or other mucilaginous Matter Iuice of Pomgranet This is cooling and Cordial chearing the Heart and refreshing the Spirits It resists Poison and the Infection of the Plague and all other pestilential and contagious Distempers It cools and that which is most acid is grateful to the Stomach It is given in cholerick Fevers the Pica in Women with Child Gonorrhoea's and cures the sore Mouth The Wine like Juice that is between sower and sweet is Cordial and Cephalick good against the Megrims Vapours fainting and swooning Fits the sweet Juice is good against old Coughs Of the acid or sharp Juice is made first Syrup with a sufficient quantity of Sugar to make it into a convenient thickness secondly Lohochs with Honey and the distilled Spirit of the Wine of Pomgranets is an excellent Cordial mixed with cooling Waters in all hot Diseases Iuice of Wood-Sorrel Take four pints of the Juice of Wood-sorrel purifie it and pour it into a glass Cucurbit cover it with its Alembick slightly luted place it in Balneo Mariae and distil about half the moisture with a moderate Fire then take away the Cucurbit and let it cool this being done pour out the acid Juice that remains by inclination and pass it through a brown Paper to separate the Dregs gathered in distillation then weigh out a quart of the clarified Juice and in it dissolve four pound of fine Sugar and give it a little time to wamble over the fire Take it off and scum it when it is come to the thickness of a Syrup you may likewise clarifie the fine powder'd Sugar with the White of an Egg and fair Water and boil it to the strong consistency of a solid Electuary and afterward incorporate the Juice of the Wood-sorrel prepared as is directed This Syrup is very cooling and is useful to quench Thirst in hot Diseases also the Heat of the Liver and Stomach It is very much commended in Burning Fevers and in Malignant and Epidemick Distempers It comforteth and strengtheneth the Heart and allays the Inflammation of the Mouth and Tongue likewise that of the Palate and Throat the distilled Water of the Juice may be very properly mixed with the Syrup or you may drink the Water alone The quantity to be taken is from half an ounce to an ounce and may be taken in the Morning fasting and at Night when you go to rest or at any time of the day as necessity requires Iujubs a Syrup Take six Jujubs Barley pick'd Licorice and Maiden-hair of each an ounce fresh Violets a handful Seeds of Mallows Quinces White Poppey Melons and Lettice of each three drams put the Barley into a glazed earthen Pot with six pints of Water and let it boil over a gentle fire for half an hour then put in the Jujubs sliced and let them boil a quarter of an hour then add the Licorice scraped and bruised the Maiden-hair cut and the Seeds bruised let them boil a while and then add the fresh Violets thrusting them down into the Decoction at
and Thirst and retaineth that Virtue many Days The Juice of it held when very thick in the Mouth and there suffer'd to melt hath the same Effect It is good for the Breast and Lungs and is therefore successfully given to those that are short-winded and breath with much difficulty or such as are in Consumptions or Pleurisies The Juice asswages prickings not only of the Arteries of the Lungs but the Bladder also and does excellently relieve Thirst as being tempered with moisture and colder than our Nature It is to be noted that the Root in which consist all these properties is much better being fresh taken out of the Ground than when it is dry and is exceeding more pleasant in the Tast when used in Medicins Lignum Columbrinum This is a great Expeller of Poison the Wood Bark and Root being beaten grosly and boiled in White-wine and drank hot about a quarter of a pint at a time Lignum Molucense This is brought from the Molucca Islands in the East-Indies This Wood is a great causer of Sleep Taken inwardly or outwardly it expels hot Poisons being rasped and decocted in Whitewine It likewise remedies the Biting of any venomous Creature Ten grains of the Powder of it being taken in Rose-water cures Wounds made by poisoned Arrows yet half a scruple of it is a Dose for the strongest Man When it is used for Purging the Party that takes it must abstain from much eating It purges Humours in general but more particularly gross clammy and melancholy Humours It is good for quotidian Agues and continual Fevers for the iliack Passion Wind-Colick Dropsie and Gravel for Difficulty of making Urin Pain of the Joints and Scirrhus and the King's-Evil It kills all sorts of Worms and restores lost Appetite Some use it against inveterate Head-aches and the noises in the Head The Indians keep it so choice that they will scarce let a Stranger see it though the greatest use they know of it is to catch Birds withal by boiling it with Rice and when the Birds have eaten of the Rice boiled with it they fall down in a Sleep and if they eat too much they dye And if in taking it it work too much let the Party take a little of the Decoction of Rice and it will qualifie it Lily of the Vallies The Flowers and Leaves of this are held exceeding good for the Apoplexy Falling-Sickness Palsie Giddiness and other cold Diseases of the Brain Take the Conserve of these Lilies six ounces of the Powder of Male-Peony half an ounce Man's Skull prepared in powder three drams the Seeds and Flowers of Male-Peony dried and powdered of each two drams Red Coral prepared Pearl and white Amber of each a dram the Salt of Coral four scruples the Syrup of the Flowers of Male-Peony a sufficient quantity to make into an Electuary Take of this two drams Morning and Evening against any of the before-mention'd Distempers but especially in Fits of the Apoplexy c. Lily-Water This is distilled from white Garden-Lilies in a cold Still as you do Roses and other Simples It is given with success to Women that have hard Labours and to expel the After-birth The Root of these Lilies are admirable in Cataplasms to asswage Pains and ripen Tumours The Oil extracted from them has not only the same but a more powerful Virtue We find in several noted Authors that they have mainly contributed to the Cure of divers troubled with the Dropsie viz. The Juice mixed with Barly-Flower and made into Bread and eaten with their usual Diet Thirty or Forty Days together Limbs to Comfort Apply to the Part grieved a Plaister of Oxicrocium made in this manner Take two ounces and a half of Saffron Ship-pitch Colophony and yellow Wax of each four ounces Galbanum Turpentine and Ammoniacum Myrrh Olibanum and Mastick of each one ounce and three drams to the melted Wax add the Pitch cleansed from the Dross and Strained next to that the Colophony These being melted take them from the Fire and let them cool a little then add the Ammoniacum and Galbanum dissolved apart in Vinegar and strained and boiled to the consumption of the Vinegar and mixed with the Turpentine then sprinkle in Frankincense Myrrh and Mastick in very fine Powder a quart and in conclusion the Saffron finely powdered and well mixed and so make it into a Plaister This comforts and strengthens the Limbs and is an excellent Emollient for Aches and to discuss cold Tumours or any cold Humours setled in the Joints or afflicting the Nerves and Sinews and consequently a very good Gout-Plaister Limbs a strengthening Plaister Take Minion powdered one pound Cerusse prepared half a pound Soap ten ounces common Olive-Oil a quart Orange-flower-water nine ounces boil them according to Art till they become thick enough to spread on a Plaister This is very highly commended for strengthning the Ligaments and the Matrix being spread upon a round piece of Leather and applied it also strengthens the Backs of Women near Travel and eases the Pains that frequently afflict them on that score Lime-Tree The Leaves and Bark of this Tree repel dry and provoke Urin A Mucilage made of the Bark is good in Burns and Wounds The Leaves bruised and sprinkled with Water discuss Swellings in the Feet The Flowers are cephalick and of a very fragrant Scent The distilled Water is much in esteem for the Apoplexy Falling-Sickness and Giddiness the Dose being from an ounce to an ounce and a half It is likewise a great Beautifier of the Face and drank with Water of Camomil it cures the Gripes The Berries dryed till reduced to powder are much commended for the Bloody-flux and other Fluxes of the Belly Being mixed with Vinegar and put up the Nostrils the Bleeding at the Nose is stayed Lime-Water to Make Take a pound of clean quick Lime slack it in a gallon of warm Water and let it stand till all that will subside be setled to the bottom and separation being made the Water swim clear at top at which time it will often happen that a kind of thin and brittle substance almost like Ice will cover the surface of the Liquor As soon as the Water is thus impregnated delay not to pour it off warily and keep it well stopped This is useful on divers occasions as to wash Sores supple Pains and Aches cure the Tooth-ach the Mouth being washed with it and a little Honey If it be designed for Consumptions or Obstructions it must be made thus Take a gallon of Lime-water made as the former infuse in it cold Sassaffras Licorice and Anniseeds of each an ounce adding thereto half a pound of Currans or the like quantity of Raisins of the Sun stoned The Dose of this compound Lime-water is from four to five ounces and may be taken twice a Day Limonade To make this Scrape the Lemon-peel as much as you think fit into Water and Sugar and add a few drops of the Essence of Sulphur with some
slices of Lemon observing always to put half a pound of Sugar to a pint of Water This is very wholsom for the Stomach creates Appetite and good Digestion and is a very pleasant cooling Liquor and in case of the Distemper call'd Furor Uterinus Take the Feathers of a Partridge burn them for a considerable time under the Party's Nose so that the Fume may ascend the Nostrils and drink a quarter of a pint of this Limonade after if Liniments for Hemorrhoids Take of the Flower of Sulphur two drams Oil of Eggs half an ounce Oil of Roses one ounce mingle them for the Liniment for application Or Take of the Oil of Linseed the Pulp of an Onion well baked or roasted in Embers of each two ounces white Wax half an ounce of these make a Liniment Or Take Hog-Lice and mash them the Ointment of Poplar of each an ounce Extract of Opium half a dram mix them and make them up into a Liniment All these are very proper to asswage the Swelling and Pains of the Hemorrhoids and other violent hot Swellings occasioned by infectious Humours Liniment to prevent Scars of the Small-Pox Take Litharge of Gold prepared and well washed in Rose-water of each one ounce Oil of the four great Seeds cleansed bitter Almonds and Eggs of each half an ounce Night-shade and Plantane-water as much as is sufficient This Liniment is a great restorer of Beauty Liniment for the Sciatica Take three new whelped Puppies as many live Moles Earth-worms one pound Lees of Rosemary Laurel Lavender Mother of Thyme and St. John's-wort of each a handful boil them in common Oil and red Wine then strain and press them strongly out and to the Liquor add of yellow Wax and Goose-grease of each ten ounces This Liniment is much praised and commended for its excellent Virtue in easing the Pains of the Sciatica and all sorts of Rheuma tisms and Gouts Liniment for Tetters Take Mercurial precipitate and green Vitriol of each one ounce Verdigrease and Borax of each two drams Juice of red Dock two ounces Hogs-grease and new Butter of each four ounces pressed Oil of Henbane one ounce This Liniment is excellent to cure Tettars Ring-worms or any other Sores Liniment to stay Vomiting Take of the Oil of Nuts strongly pressed out and the Queen of Hungary's Water of each half an ounce distilled Oil of Wormwood one dram select Mastick finely powdered two drams and then make up a Liniment of it This being applied hot to the Stomach immediately stays Vomiting and eases the Defects of the Stomach removing the Causes that force violent Vomitings and Strainings Links to Make Take thâ— Fillet of a Leg of Pork and cut it Dice fashion season the Meat with Mace Cloves and Pepper finely beaten mince a handful of Sage mix it with a handful of Salt and put it to them then hang the Guts in the Air till the moisture is a little taken out of them then fill them and hang them up a drying again and when you spend them boil fry or roast them as you please They also make a good Dish stewed with divers kinds of Meat Linnen Scorch'd To recover this Accident if it be not gone too far Take two ounces of Fulling-Earth half a pint of Whitewine-Vinegar half an ounce of Castile-soap half an ounce of Hens-dung and with two Onions quartered boil them in a quart of fair Water till it begins to be thick then let it cool and being in a kind of a Jelly by putting in a little white Starch spread it on the Place so scorched and if it be but lightly done it will soon recover it so that in a wash or two no marks of the Fire will remain Linnen Stained Take two ounces of Castile-Soap boil it to a Jelly in a quart of Milk keeping it from any thick curdlings then if your Linnen has been trained by Fruits or the like spread it on as you do Fulling-eâ—…th and suffer it to lye on all Night and that being taken off wet the Place with the Juice of Lemon and in a wasting or two the Stains will disappear Lips Chap'd Take the Brains of a Goose mix them with that of a Buck or Stag and put to them so much Deers-suet as will bring it into an Ointment and with it anoint the Lip or for want of these take Litharge of Silver Myrrh Ginger of each two drams beaten fine and then with Wax Honey and Olive-Oil make them into an Ointment over a gentle Fire and having rubbed your Lips over with your Tongue to supple them put this Ointment on a Linnen-Rag and lay it on your Lips when you go to Bed and in the Morning you will find them reduced to a smoothness or at least in twice applying it This may serve for the Hands Arms Knees or any other Parts appertaining to the Body Liquid-Amber This is the Rosin that flows from a Tree that has Leaves like those of Ivy If is much used in Physick it heats and strengthens resolves and is Anodyne it comforts the Brain the Head being anointed with it it cures all sorts of Pains proceeding from cold Causes It provokes Appetite strengthens the Stomach and helps Concoction It likewise gives Gloves a very fragrant Scent It resolves Tumours and opens Obstructions of the Womb asswaging the Tumours of it It is good to provoke the Courses Some cut the Wood of the Tree from which it flows into small pieces and boil it and take off the Fat that arises from it and sell it for the true Oil. Some Apothecaries sell that for Liquid-Storax when indeed it has little or nothing of the Virtue of the Liquid-Amber or Storax Liquor for Vlcers Take the green Bark of Oak bruise it well and upon it pour good Lime-water which before you are directed to make and let the Infusion continue till the Liquor has acquired a deep Tincture and with this wash any Ulcers or old Sores Bruises or Wounds if need require it twice a Day Liver Cooled Take two Gallons of Whey new made and boil therein one Fennel-root and one Mallow-root their Piths taken out bruise the Roots with Senna Borrage Bugloss Violet-Leaves Endive Sorrel Agrimony Scurvygrass Watercresse and Cinquefoil of each a handful Licorice six drams Fennel-seed an ounce Cloves Mace Cinamon and Juniper-Berries of each two drams boil these in the Whey till one half be consumed then strain out the Liquid part into an earthen Vessel being cool bottle it up and drink it as you find occasion It mainly fortifies the Stomach and helps Digestion Liver Obstruded Take Lavender-Cotten when flower'd a handful cut off the gross Stalks that grow toward the Roots concoct the rest in a pint of Whitewine sweeten it with some Powder of white Sugar-Candy and drink a quarter of a pint of the Decoction Morning and Evening as hot as may be It likewise removes Obstructions in the Kidneys and Ureters is helpful in the Jaundice and kills Worms The Leaves and Flowers are also good
Whitewine or Milk and eaten take away Hoarseness and being beaten with Sage-leaves make a singular Poultiss for Wounds Bruises or Inflammations They also are good against the Biting of any venomous Creature being applied Poultis-wise with Leeks and Onions stamped very small The Juice if dropt into the Ear appeaseth the Tingling Singing or Buzzing Noise in the Head The Herb and Root concocted till the Concoction seem somewhat clammy and sweetened viz. the Liquid part with a little Honey is successfully given to Women to restore Strength after a hard Labour in Child-bearing The Seed if powder'd and drank with Red Wine prevents excess in Vomiting Six ounces of the Juice of Mallows sweetened with a little Sugar extremely removes Melancholy and are of such virtue that they were call'd by the Antients Omnia Morbia that is to say Good against all Diseases Mallows Wild These are another sort which Physicians distinguish somewhat from the former though their Virtues are little less being sod in White-wine or Water and Honey they expedite the healing of Wounds by warning them with their Concoction and being applied Poultiswise they are good to allay the Swellings of the Kings-Evil draw Imposthumes to a Ripeness allay Inflammations of the Breast and help Ruptures of the Fundament Ventosities and Shrinking of the Sinews The Leaves bruised with a little Oil are applied for Bitings Burns or Scalds The Seed powder'd and drank in White-wine is good against the Dysentery and Flux of the Belly Master-wort its Virtues It cures the Bitings of venomous Creatures being stamped and applied to the Wound with Bay-salt It is given in malignant Diseases helps Expectoration sweetens an offensive Breath 'T is also accounted good for the Dropsie and a piece of it stopped in a hollow Tooth eases the Pain thereof May-weed This Herb though very common and of no pleasant scent is nevertheless of admirable Virtue for if boiled in Ale or Small-beer with Figs Licorice and Aniseeds of each an ounce and the Decoction drank hot it eases the Colick and all violent Pains in the Bowels If heated between two hot Tyles with Elder-leaves and applied it draws the violent Heat of the Fever from the Head The Decoction in Whitewine is successfully given for the Kings-Evil and other Diseases Mead-White Take Rosemary Thyme Sweet-Briar Agrimony-wood Betony Eye-bright Roman Wormwood and Scabious of each a like quantity which is the sixteenth part of a handful each cover them with Water in a wooden Vessel open at the top and let them steep a Night and a Day and then boil them very well in another Water till the colour be very high then in another quantity of Water boil them up till the colour looks green and so let it boil as long as any greeness continues then with the Herbs in it let it stand a Day and a Night and to every gallon of Water put two pound of clear Honey the Liquor first strained from the Herbs and when it will bear an Egg to Three-pence breadth above Water work it together until the Honey is quite dissolved then after a Night 's setling boil it again a quarter of an Hour with the Whites and Shells of six Eggs then strain it let it cool and put it up with Cloves Mace Nutmegs and Cinnamon bruised together being hung in the Cask in a Bag and if you require it to drink very speedily take the Whites of two or three Eggs a spoonful of Yeast and two spoonfuls of Wheaten-flower beat them together put them into the Cask and when it has worked stop it up with Clay and Bay-salt well tempered and so it will keep long Measles Take two or three grains of Saffron dry it well by the Fire and then put it into a Rag and tying it infuse it in Posset-Ale and then press it or it may be done in Mace Ale or White-wine till all the Virtue of the Saffron is exhausted in the Liquids and let the Party drink it keeping very warm And if in this Distemper or the Small-pox for it is good in either there is a soreness in the Throat do thus Take half a dram of dried Saffron tye it as the other in a Rag and boil it in half a pint of new Milk till the Milk becomes very yellow then boil in it a Stay of Linnen and put it wet and warm under the Throat where the Sore is and when that is cold and dry put on another so ordered and this will in six or eight Hours take away the Pain or Soreness Meat to Roast When a Capon Chicken or Fowl has been long enough before the Fire and thoroughly hot that they require basting do them once over very well with sweet Butter dridge them over with Flower and by so doing it will make a thin Crust that will keep in all the Juice so that they are best without any more basting till they are enough then bast them well with Butter as before which will make the Crust relent and fall away this being done and they grow brown on the outside sprinkle them over with a little ordinary white Salt in gross Grains then bast them over with Yolks of Eggs finely beaten continuing so to do till another Crust of the Eggs arise on them and they are sufficiently enough to dish sauce and serve up to the Table Medicine for the Stone Take a Male-Kid of nine Months old keep him up in a close Place and feed him with Smallage Parsley Fennel Pimpernel Ivy and Lovage and kill him in the Month of August when the Sun is going into the Sign Cancer and receive the Blood in a clean Vessel take off the thinnest part and Water and dry the rest in an Oven till it may be powdered Take a dram of it in Whitewine wherein Onions or Lily-roots are infused Medlars to Preserve Scald the fairest of them when indifferently ripe till Skin may be easily taken off then stone them at the Head and add to each pound of them a pound of fine Sugar dissolved in the Liquor till it become ropey then take them from the Fire and put them up in a close Pot for your Use Megrim Take a large handful of ground Ivy commonly call'd Alehoof wash it clean and dry it well by swinging in a Cloath shread and bruise it a little in a Mortar boil it in a quart of strong Ale to the consumption of a pint and drink it hot in the Morning fasting This cures Pains and Inflammations Defluxions in the Eyes and is good against the Jaundice and Coughs of the Lungs Consumption Stone and Gravel Obstruction of the Liver and Spleen and according to the Learned and Judicious Sir Kenelem Digby being applied to a Fellon like a Cataplasm it cures it by ripening and kindly breaking it being admirable likewise for old Sores that want cleansing if a little Honey and Copperas be mixed among the Juice Megrim This dangerous Distemper in the Head is removed by taking an ounce of Honey Whitewine-Vinegar the White
of an Egg beaten to Water Pepper and Frankincense of each two drams bruise and mix them well together with some Flower as much as will thicken them to a Past and spread some of it on two pieces of Silk or Leather and apply them to the Temples observing to renew them Morning and Evening Megrim or Vertigo Take Aaron-roots cut them small and steep them in Whitewine twelve Hours then pour fresh Whitewine upon them and steep them a considerable time then dry and reduce them to Powder Take of this Powder two ounces Acorns and Burnet of each an ounce Crabs-Eyes half an ounce Cinnamon three drams Salt of Wormwood and Juniper of each half an ounce Sugar of Roses an ounce make these into a Powder very fine keep them close stopp'd and take a dram at a time in an ounce of Mint and Betony-water This is a good Cephalick and Excellent especially against the before mention'd Grievances It also removes Coldness and Weakness of the Stomach Wind Stone Quartan-Agues and all tartarous Obstructions The Dose to a strong Body may be augmented to two drams Take it in Canary Mellatons to Bake Wipe them clean and put them in a Pye made Scollopwise or some other quaint Device of Paistry put them in whole with their weight in refined Sugar close it up and when it is baked ice it over with Sugar and Rose-water Sometimes for change you may add small bits of Cinnamon or whole Cloves and sliced Ginger Melancholy Take Borrage-flowers Clove-Gilliflowers Couslip-flowers and Conserve of Roses of each an ounce preserved Citrons two ounces Alkermes half an ounce preserved Nutmegs and Mirabolans of each half an ounce Bezoar 15 grains Tincture of Saffron half a dram mix these together and make them up into an Electuary with Syrup of Clove-Gilliflowers adding two or three drops of Oil of Cinnamon and take a quarter of an ounce at a time and after it a glass of Canary when you find your Spirits lumpish dull or heavy Melancholy another Before you eat any thing in the Morning and so consequently before every other Meal drink a glass of Claret with a spoonful of the Syrup of Glove-Gilliflowers and after Dinner a quarter of an Hour eat some Marmalade of preserved Quinces or Citron Melancholy another Take Horseleeches and place them to the Fundament and at Spring and Fall purge with Mechoacan-Ale or some such-like like easie Purging-Ale for the space of a Fortnight then take Conserve of Roses two ounces Bugloss and Marrigolds the Conserve of each an ounce Powder of Cinnamon one dram make these into an Electuary with the Syrup of Field-Poppies and take about a quarter of an ounce at a time washing it down with a glass of Sack or some warm Ale Melancholy another Take Borrage and Bugloss-flowers the Conserve of them half an ounce each Alkermes the Confection of it one ounce Diamber a penny-weight Aromaticum Rosatum two penny-weights two Leaves of Gold imbody these well together and make thereof an Electuary and take a little of it every Morning fasting or at any time when you are Afflicted Pensive or Melancholy Melancholy a Cordial-Water This Water the famous Dr. Butler recommended to the World out of his large Experience of its Effects viz. Take Pinks Marrigolds the Flowers of Couslips Clove-Gilliflowers Stock-Gilliflowers single and damask Roses of each three Handfuls the Leaves of Baum the Flowers of Borrage and Bugloss of each two handfuls infuse these damped well in a quart of Canary put them into a close earthen Bottle or Jug stopped with a well boiled Cork often shake them and after two Days put to them Anniseeds bruised one dram Saffron two penny-weighty and within twelve Hours after distil them in a cold Still with a quick Fire hanging at the Nose of the Still a little Ambergrease and Musk in a fine Linnen-Rag and when the Water is distilled put into it six ounces of white Sugar-Candy in powder and put the distilled Water in a glass two Hours in hot Water This Cordial taken three spoonfuls at a time three times a Week in the Morning fasting or oftner if you find your self oppress'd or afflicted expels all melancholy Fumes and infinitely comforts the Heart and vital Spirits Melancholy a Diet-Drink Take Fumitory-Hops before they are ripe for gathering and Borrage of each a pound boil them in two gallons of Spring-water till they come to the consumption of half strain out the Liquid part and sweeten it with Sugar-Candy or Honey and let it stand about eight Days to settle and digest and drink a moderate Draught of it in the Morning fasting and the like at Night when you go to Bed and it will much enliven the Spirits and remove the Causes of Melancholy Melancholy to Suppress Take Epithymum Fumitory the Flowers of Bugloss and Borrage of each a quarter of a pound Senna half an ounce Poly-podium of the Oak an ounce Fennel-seeds two drams Whey three pints infuse them three hours and then boil them to the Consumption of a quart whereunto add two ounces of the Syrup of Roses and when you drink half a pint of it warm in a Morning strained and setled mix with it a dram of the Electuary or Roses and in two or three times taking you will find wonderful Ease and Comfort And so as often as you find your self oppressed with Melancholy use it in the manner prescribed Melion This is cold and moist Take of the Seed and that of Pompion half an ounce the Seeds of white Poppies two drams and eight Almonds blanched beat them in a Mortar mix them with a pint and half of Barly-water strain and sweeten it with fine Sugar and make an Emulsion for the Heat of the Urin. Melilot This Herb mollifies and eases Pain for which purpose it is frequently used in Cataplasms To ease the Pains of the Pleurisie with it take the following Fomentation Melilot and Pellitory of each two handfuls Betony one handful make a Decoction and often wash the Breast or Stomach with it Mermaid-Pye Take a Pig scald it and bone it and having dried it well with a Cloath season it with beaten Nutmeg Pepper and chop'd Sage then take two Neats-Tongues when dried and cold after boiling and slice them in lengths and as thick as a half Grown and lay a quarter of your Pig in a square or round Pye and the slices of the Tongue on it then another quarter and more Tongue and thus do four times double and lay over all these some slices of Bacon scatter a few Cloves put in some pieces of Butter and Bay-leaves then bake it and when it is so fill it up with pieces of sweet Butter and make your Past white of the Butter and Flower This Pig or Mermaid-Pye so called is to be eaten cold Metheglin its Virtues Metheglin has been highly held in Esteem in this Nation and is of excellent use among us if rightly made nor can it be otherways since Honey its principal Ingredient is the
take them up and dry them and dip them in a Batter made of Flower and the Yolks of Eggs some Salt and Cream and so fry them and when they are fried keep them warm then take some of the Spices Liquor of the Oisters and some Butter beat them up thick with some slices of Orange or Yolks of Eggs and dish the fried Oisters over a Chafingdish of Coals run the Sauce over them with the Spices and garnish them with Barberries and grated Manchet and then serve them up Oister-Ielly Take ten Flounders two small Pikes or Place and four ounces of Isinglass finely cleansed boil them in an earthen Vessel in two quarts of Spring-water and as much Whitewine with some sliced Ginger and large Mace and being boiled to a Jelly strain it through a Strainer into a pretty deep Dish and when it is cold pare the top and bottom and put it into a Pipkin with the Juice of six or seven Lemons to each two quarts of Jelly also three pound of fine Sugar beaten with the Whites of twelve Eggs. Rub altogether with a Rolling-pin and put among the Jelly being melted but not too hot set the Pipkin on the Fire to stew put into it a grain of Musk and as much Ambergrease well rubbed and let it stew half an Hour on the Embers then stew the Oisters in Whitewine their own Liquor and the Juice of Oranges Mace sliced Nutmeg whole Pepper and some Salt and having dished them with some preserved Barberries large Mace or Pomegranatekernels run the Jelly over them and garnish them with preserved Lemons large Mace and preserved Barberries Oister-Pye Parboil your Oisters and season them with Pepper Salt and Nutmegs and the Yolk of hard Eggs and the Pye being made put a few Currans in the bottom and lay on the Oisters with some sliced Dates blades of and Barberries then put on Butter and close it up and bake it then liquor it with Butter Whitewine and Sugar beat up together Or this way Season them as before but boil them not put in two or three Onions cut in Quarters but leave out the Currans and Sugar slice a Nutmeg on them as also hard Eggs must be layed in halves with large Mace and Barberries liquor them as before only add to the Liquor Juice of Oranges Oister-Shells Take the inward part of the Shell that is of a shining White or Pearl colour and reduce it to powder by calcining It easeth Heart-burnings and the Pain of the Stomach and Colick as also other Pains of the Bowels proceeding from sharpness of Humour it chears the Heart and has almost the Virtue of Pearl Olives their Virtues Olives are gathered either that Oil may be extracted out of them or that they may be reserved for Banquets by pickling them in Salt and Water The Olive hath in it a very restringent Virtue for the Decoction of the Leaves in a Clyster stayeth the Flux of the Belly and the Juice with Whitewine or fair Water being often drank restraineth the Bloody-flux The Sap distilling out of the Olive-Tree or that out of as the Wood where it is burning cures the Itch Tettars and Ring-worms Leuk-Olives especially being eaten provoke Appetite and get a good Stomach The Oil extracted or rather flowing from them of its own accord is of singular Virtue being either applied outwardly or nwardly according to the indisposed Parts of the Body It looseth and mollifieth the Belly abateth the force of Poison taken inwardly and if any Venom Burn or Scald happen on the outward Parts bath it well with this Oil. It is so generally approved that few Oils Unguents or Salves are compounded without it Oleum Magistrale Take a quart of the best old White-wine Olive-oil three pounds Hypericon half a pound Carduus Benedictus Valerian the least and Sage of each four ounces steep them in the Wine and Oil twenty four Hours then boil them in a nealed Pot or copper Vessel keeping them stiring over a gentle Fire till the Wine is consumed strain it and melt in a pound and half of Venice-Turpentine then set it again on a soft Fire a quarter of an Hour add Olibanum five ounces Myrrh three Sanguis Draconis one ounce and make it into an Ointment It 's good against Sores Wounds Gun-shot Blasts by Gun-powder and Pains in the Joints Onion This is proper to such as are afflicted with cold vicious Humours because they procure Sleep and help Concoction prevent sower Belchings open Obstructions force Courses and the Urin promote insensible Transpiration but are not proper to be taken by those that are of colerick Constitutions because they disturb their Heads and cause troublesome Dreams and offend the Eyes an old Onion steeped in Water a Night's time and the Water with a little Honey given the next Morning kills the Worms in Children a large Onion filled with Venice-Turpentine and roasted softens hard Swellings laid Plaisterwise also opens them a raw Onion stamped with Salt draws the Fire out of Burns or Scalds and the inward Cloves under the several Coats of a raw Onion laid to the Gums ease the Pains of the Tooth-ach Opiate-Plaister to Make Take the great Diachylon four ounces Quick-silver two ounces Opium one ounce mingle them and make them into a Salve with a very gentle heat and apply Plaisters of it to any Part afflicted with Pains or Aches Opiate for the Tooth-ach Take Camphire two drams Castor half a dram Opium one dram bring these into a powder mix them with the Syrup of Gilliflowers and make an Opiate This asswageth the Pains of the Teeth very speedily and if any of them be rotten put a very little of it into the hollow Tooth and leaving it there it will ease it Opthalmick Ointment Take Oil of Roses two ounces Narbone-Honey half an ounce choice Aloes and Sarcocol of each two drams infuse them three Days in a Woman's Milk without stiring yet shift the Milk very gingerly powder of white Trochiscs of Rhases Bolearmoniack Tutty prepared of each four scruples white Vitriol and Sugar-candia of each one dram Powder of Saffron Myrrh and Olibanum of each two scruples Thebeian Opium fifteen grains make of these an Ointment according to Art This is excellent for Infirmities of the Eyes Put to this purpose a large drop of it into the Eye and sleep upon it and in the Morning when you rise wash it with white Rose or Plantane-water and so order it once or twice after the first time and you will find wonderful Benefit Oranges to Dry Rasp or scrape off their outward Rinds cut them into halves and take out their Pulp lay them in Water three or four Days then shift them into fresh Water and boil them tender shifting them likewise in boiling to take away their bitterness When they are tender take them out and wipe them with a clean Cloath and put to them as much clarified Sugar as will cover them and let them boil leisurely two Hours then take them off the
the moisture anoint the Stomach with Oil of Nard and walk about with a quick motion This remedies that Disease of the Stomach likewise called Nausea Pannado to Make Take a quart of Spring-water and put it on the Fire in A Skillet then cut A Penny white-Loaf in slices about the bigness of a Sixpence and as thin as a Wafer and lay it on a Dish placed on a Chafing-dish of Coals then put it into the Water with a handful of clean pick'd Currans and a little large Mace and being boiled to a sufficient thickness season it with a little fine Sugar beat well and dissolved in Rose-water Parsly It hath many Properties in Physick as well as for Kitchen uses viz. the Decoction of the Leaves or Roots thereof openeth the urinary Passages bringeth away Sand and Gravel easeth Colick and the Pains in the Reins being used in the nature of a Fomentation upon the grieved Parts And the Seed is of the greatest Virtue in those Matters it voideth Windiness in the Bowels and is good in the Biting of any venomous Creature The often eating of Parsly or drinking the Juice of it sweetens the Breath Being bruised with the Crumbs of fine White-bread and applied it healeth Tetters and Ring-worms and asswageth the Swelling of the Dugs It diminishes the Milk of Women in Child-bed Past of Apricocks Take the ripest Apricocks pare them very thin and set them in a Preserving-pan over a gentle Fire with as much Water as will keep the bottom of the Pan moist then break them and stir them about with a Skimmer suffering it to stand till the moisture consume and they come to something of a driness then with Sugar boil them to the thickness of a Conserve and so by continuing longer it will become stiff in order to a Past Past of Cherries Boil some of the ripest Cherries till they are reduced to a soft Pulp then strain them through a coarse Cloath or hair Bag and boil a fourth quantity of Pippins not over-ripe till they are very soft then take away the Core and Rind and mash them into Pulp add to these an ounce of fine Sugar to every pound spread it then on Plates and fashioning it as you please let it dry for your use Past to scowre the Hands Take the Husks of Bitter Almonds half a pound bruise them in a marble Mortar sprinkling on them a little Salt and Aquavits then add two Yolks of Eggs and Narbone Honey one ounce and half Orris-roots finely powdered one ounce mix and mould them well together and make them into a Past and use it as you see occasion This is excellent to cleanse the Hands and is easily prepared There is little occasion for wetting it in Water for it may be used as it is prepared if you let it not dry too much Parsly-Water This must be distilled from the Leaf Root and Stalks in Balneo Mariae being gathered in the beginning of the Spring It Attenuates Opens Cleanses and is Hepatick and Diuretick insomuch that many allow it to cure all Pains and Effects of the Stone where the Party frequently and freely drinks of the Water but this is certain that being exceeding Diuretick it nevertheless forces without Pain and makes the Urin come freely from those that have had Obstructions for many Years and in some it has brought away the Urin with ease after it had been totally obstructed for many Days It may be taken from six ounces sweetned with white Sugar-candy or alone to eight or you may add to it ten or twelve grains of Salt of Tartar or what other Diureticks you think convenient Pear-Pie Take Wardens or other hard Winter-Pears bake them with a little Water and a good quantity of Sugar in a Pot covered with a Lid of Dough. Let them not be fully baked e're you draw them then quarter them taking off the Rind and Core raise a Coffin of Past and between every laying scatter a few Cloves Cinnamon and candied Orange-peel cut small and putting in the Liquor that issued from them in the Pot let them bake to a fitness Pear-Pie another Bake your Pears first in an Oven either upon the Stone or in a Pot peel and core them put them in halves into your Coffin with some slices of Quinces between them and the shaving of Lemon-peel some whole Cloves Cinnamon and Sugar and when baked raise the Lid on one side and put into it some Cinnamon Powder beaten up with Sugar and Rosewater and so serve it to the Table either hot or cold as you please Pear-Pudding Take a cold Capon or one half roasted which is the best of the two then shred some Suet very small as also the Meat taken off the Bones with half as much grated Bread and two spoonfuls of Flower beaten Nutmegs Mace Cloves and Sugar as much as will season it half a pound of Currans the Yolks of two Eggs six Pears the Pulp of them and as much Cream as will make it up into a kind of a Past then make it up into the fashion of a Pear stick a piece of Cinnamon for the Stalk and for the Head a Clove Pearls to Whiten Take half an ounce of Bean-flower Lime and Eggs an ounce white Salt a pound Water of Confound Alcohol of Wine eleven ounces distil the Water and if you wash solid or clouded Pearls in it it will restore them to their native Lustre Pectoral Pills for the Lungs Take Tears of Storax two drams Juice of Spanish Licorice a dram and half Tincture of Saffron four scruples Labdanam Olibanum Myrrh and Extract of Opium of each a dram Ambergrease a scruple Syrup of Citron-peels as much as suffices to make a mass for Pills These Pills stop Defluxions on the Lungs and asswage Coughing The Dose to be taken is five or six grains at Night Pepper boil'd in White-wine is good against the Ague and in most cold Diseases but is more commonly used in seasoning Meats than in Physick and indeed is more proper in the general to that purpose by reason its driness qualifies the moisture that ever abounds in many Meats and causes it to digest kindly in the Stomach Perfumed-Cakes Take Benjamin four ounces Storax two ounces Laudanum a dram Cloves in number twelve Calamus Aromaticus a dram and a little Citron-peel Take a new glazed earthen Pot and boil the Benjamin and Storax in it in half a pint of Rosewater for an Hour if the moisture holds long without being evaporated then put in the rest of the Materials mention'd in a little Linnen Bag adding more Rose-water and when they have boiled a while take them off and strain them through a Linnen Cloath and so soon as cold there will be a curious perfumed Past Perfume for Confection Take of Myrrh a scruple Musk or Civet the like quantity Oil of Nutmegs as much infuse them in Rose-water and with it when well dissolved sprinkle your Confections or Sweet-meats and they will have a curious pleasant Scent
Pike Stewed the City-way Take your Pike splat it and lay it in a dish and when the blood is washed out put to it as much Whitewine as will cover it and set it a stewing and when it boils put in the Fish and scumm it then put in some large Mace whole Cinamon and Salt and being well-stewed dish it up on Sippets finely carved Then thicken the Broth with two or three Yolks of Eggs some thick Cream Sugar and beaten Butter give it a warm and pour it on the Pike with some boiled Currans and boiled Prunes layed all over it as likewise some Mace Cinamon and Bunches of Barberries and sliced Lemon garnish with the same and scrape on fine Sugar In this manner you may stew Carp Bream Barbel Chevin Roach Conger Gurnet Tench Dace Pearch or Mullet Pikes to Souce and Ielly The Fish being scalded and cleansed bone it and season it with Nutmeg and Salt rowl up three or four Pikes like Brawn or coloured Eel and bind them in that posture then put them in a clean Cloth and boil them in Water Whitewine and Salt with the Spice observing always that the Pot boils before you put them in keep it scummed and add some large Mace and slices of Ginger If you only intend to souce them boil them not down so much but if they are to be Jellied put to them some Isinglass and serve them up in the Collars standing in the Jelly and thus you may do with Eels Tench Salmon Congen c. Pike and White-Broth Here the Pike must be cut into three equal pieces and boiled in Water seasoned in a little Salt and sweet Herbs when it boils beat in the Yolks of six Eggs with a little Sack and Sugar melted Butter and some of the Broth then dish the Pike putting the Head and Tail together cleave the middle piece in two and take out the Back-bone put one piece on the one side the other on the other blanch all pour the Broth on and garnish it with Sippets fine Sugar or Ginger and serve it up Pills against Cachexies Take Trochiscs of Alhandal half an ounce Galbanum Myrrh Aloes and Amoniack of each three drams Mercury precipitated prepared with Gold two drams Scamony Jalap the whitest Agarick one dram and half pressed Oil of Nutmegs one dram Amber Cinnamon and Cloves the Oil of each six drops Extract of Juniper as much as will make these into Pills The Pills are much commended for remedying what they are propos'd for also in Quartan-Agues Dropsie and Jaundice and the Retention of the Menstruums the weight of each Pill must not exceed two grains and they may be taken two or three of them as often as is necessary Pills Diuretick Take Chios Turpentine and white Vitriol finely powdered mix them into a mass and make Pills of them exceeding small The vomitive quality of the Vitriol being corrected by the Turpentine the Pills work good Effects especially in all difficulties of making Water being given from half a dram to a dram Pills for the Dropsie Take Elaterium and Extract of Aloes prepared with the Juice of French Orris of each half an ounce choice Mastick made into Powder two drams make them up into Pills according to Art as small as is convenient These Pills powerfully purge Hydropick-Waters they are to be taken in a Morning fasting from six to twelve or fifteen grains using them as often as occasion requires Pills for the Green-sickness Take Extract of Mars prepared with Musk one ounce Aloes-Succotrine prepared with the Juice of Succory six drams Extract of Rhenbarb half an ounce Extract of Saffron two drams distilled Oil of Cinnamon six drops mix them to a mass and so make small Pills of them These Pills cure the Green-sickness in young Virgins the Party so grieved taking a scruple at a time in a Morning fasting and drinking after them two or three ounces of Wormwood-wine and walking after that about an Hour for several Mornings together Pills for the Stomach Take Extract of Licorice two drams and a half Tears of Storax two drams distilled Oil of Cinnamon six drops Extract of Saffron four scruples Labdanum Olibanum choice Myrrh and Extract of Opium of each one dram Ambergrease one scruple Syrup of Citron-peel as much as suffices to make them into a Mass and so into Pills These are excellent to stay Defluxions that fall upon the Lungs and to asswage the violence of Coughs The Dose is from five or six to eight or ten grains Pimpernel Of this there are three sorts the one groweth very great and hath long Roots the other sort is little the third bears red Flowers and grows in most Gardens the Roots of the two first in which consists their main Virtue boiled in Whitewine are very good for Pains in the Reins and Bladder caused by the Stone for it driveth out Gravel and the long retained Urine The Juice of the Root drank in White-wine is good against all Poisons or infectious Airs and the Biting of venomous Creatures It is used with success in the Plague the Root being stamped and laid to the Sore As for the third sort though little differing in likeness yet in Virtue it does from the two former for it is more restringent in Tast and very nourishing for which cause it may be thought to be of a binding nature wherefore it stayeth the Dysentery and other Fluxes and Vomitings proceeding from colerick Humours or Causes it heals Wounds and Ulcers and is of special use in Ointments that are made for Wounds in the Head and for Cankers Some Physicians have much commended it in the Cure of pestilential and contagious Fevers concluding that the often drinking the Juice of it in Wine or other convenient Liquors is a soveraign Preservative against the power of those dangerous Diseases Plague to Preserve from Take Barberries when they are ripe steep them in warm Water that the Husks or outward Skin may come off then dry them that they may be beaten to Powder with a little Salt and when you find your self somewhat discomposed by the effects of ill Airs hot or feverish mix this Powder with strong Vinegar about two drams in half a quarter of a pint and drink it up warm and keep your self warm also that you may sweat upon it but if you find your self under such apprehensions shivering with Cold you must take the Powder in strong Wine Plague-Sickness Take Water of Scabious Endive Rue and red Roses of each four ounces white Dittany Tormentile white Coral Gentian and Bole-Armoniack with Terra-sigillata reduce those that are to be powdered separately Infuse them in the Water in a glass Vessel and drink about an ounce at a time pretty warm keeping the Body warm after it Or Take a Viol or some other Glass and fill it to the third part with Venice-Treacle the other third part with Brandy or Spirit of Wine mix these well together by shaking and take Morning and Evening half an ounce in two ounces
bound up then being almost boil'd take up some of the Broth in a Pipkin put to it some Raisins of the Sun Mace and Gravy stew them well and let them be thickened which is best done with grated Bread and the Yolks of hard-boil'd Eggs and before you dish up your Broth have Parsley Marjoram Thyme Sorrel Marrigold-flowers and Spinage stript or pick'd bruise them with the back of your Ladle give it a warm and dish up your Leg of Veal on carved Sippits and run it over with beaten Butter Leg of Veal another way To dress this Take out the Meat and leave the Skin and Knuckle whole together then with some Beef-suet mince the Meat so taken out as also some Sweet-Herbs then season it with Nutmeg Ginger Pepper Salt and three or four Yolks of hard Eggs and cut into quarters Pine-apple-seeds two or three Eggs raw Pistaches Chesnuts and Artichoaks sliced then with all these so order'd fill up the Skin again and prick it with a Skewer or sow it up close with white Thread then boil it in two or three gallons of fair Water and a quart of White-wine if you think it convenient scum it and take up some of the Broth and put to it Pistaches Chesnuts Pine-apple-seed Marrow large Mace slices of Artichoak bottoms stew them together dish it on Sippets of fryed Bread put on Marrow garnish it with sliced Lemon and the Peel run it over with beaten Butter and so serve it up Leg of Veal Sour'd Bone it and Lard it but first season the Lard with Pepper Cloves and Mace and the Veal with the same and a little Salt and then strew minced Sweet-Herbs over it roul it up like a Collar of Brawn boil it or stew it in an Oven with Water Salt and White-wine serve it in a Collar whole or sliced or fill it with Butter the Liquor being put away or bake it with Butter in a Roul Jelly it and mix some of the Broth with Almond-Milk and Jellies in slices of two Collars and then serve it up Lemons They are very Cooling the Juice of them is taken with success in all hot Diseases it likewise if mixed with a little unslack'd Lime cureth the Itch cleanseth Spots and destroyeth Worms in the outer-part of the Body in the Nose or parts of the Face or Breast where they many times appear with their black Heads even with the Skin like studs of Gunpowder the Juice of them only takes away Pimples and Redness in the Face and if made into a Syrup with fine Sugar it kills Worms in the Belly it is given with success in all Fevers if you steep Pearl in this Juice a considerable time they will dissolve or become as soft as Wax Lemon-Paste Take Lemons that have plump and well-coloured Rinds put them into Water and in the boiling shift them six times till they are tender the first Water being season'd with a handfull of Salt then put them into a Wooden Vessel but be sure not into any of Mettal beat them into a Pulp with a wooden Rouling-pin or Pestle and strain them with very hard wringing thorough a coarse linnen Cloth then take somewhat more than what they weigh in fine Sugar and boil up what you have squeez'd out of your Lemons with it to almost a Candy-height then take it our spread it pretty thin upon Plates dry it in a gentle Oven or Stove turn it and cut it out into what Form you please Lenten-Tansie Take Tansie Fetherfew Parsley Violet-leaves bruise them and strain out the Juice into eight or ten Egs well beaten then stamp Almonds with the Spawn of a Pike or Carp and strain them with the Crumbs of fine Manchet Sugar and Rose-water and fry it thin in sweet Butter or put the Juice of the Herbs only strained with eight or ten Eggs fry them in sweet Butter and dish them up with Sugar or you may put a little Flower and Rose-water to them Leprosie Take crude Antimony well chosen and powder'd about one two or three scruples Morning and Evening according to your Age and Strength in a spoonful of the Syrup of Clovegilliflowers or Elder-berries this if need require may be continued four or five Months So that if the first Dose prove beneficial in cases not urgent a scruple or half a dram may serve nor need it be continued for so long a time Leprosie a specifick Take one ounce of Pomatum the Flower of Sulphur a dram Sal Prunellae half an ounce mix them very well into an Ointment and with it anoint the Part afflicted Lettuce They are cooling to the Stomach qualifie Choler and Heat dispose to Rest and encrease Milk they yield good Nourishment In Phrensies Madness and Burning Fevers c. let them be applied to the Temples and the Coronal Suture and Wrists but it is better to dip double Rags in Lettuce-water wherein Sal Prunellae has been dissolved viz. half an ounce to half a pint of the Water Lettuce-Stalks to Candy Boil them tender in Water and then having boiled up your Sugar to a Candy put them into it let them boil therein then take them out and lay them a drying in a warm place and so put them up in Boxes as a Sweet-meat which much cools and moistens the Mouth Being eaten when going to rest they cause gentle slumbers In this manner you may candy Fenelstalks or any kind of Flower that is not extraordinary tender Lettuce-Water This is an exceeding Cooling Drink it allays the Heat and Disturbances of the Brain occasion'd by hot Vapours and disposes to sleep Eating the Herb boiled or raw it qualifies the Heat of the Stomach also the Effects of Choler and encreases Milk in Women yielding good Nourishment yet it ought not to be eaten too excessively Being applied Poultiswise to the Coronal Suture and Temples and also the Wrists bound about with double Rags dipp'd in Lettuce-water wherein Sal Prunellae has been dissolved viz. Half an ounce of the Salt to a pint of the Water it proves exceeding helpful in Frenzies Madness burning Fevers and such-like Distempers occasioned by violent Heats or Fermentations Leveridge-Pudding Boil a Hog's-Liver very dry and being cold grate it taking as much grated Manchet as Liver sift them through a fine Sieve or Cullender season them with beaten Cloves Mace Cinamon and Nutmeg you may if you please put in a little Ginger but no Pepper put then half a pound of Sugar and a pound and half of Currans half a pint of Rose-water and three pound of Beef-suet eight Yolks of Eggs and but four Whites put these in the small Guts of an Ox or the great ones of a Hog clean washed and beware of breaking them in boiling or you may do it in a fine Cloath sewed up narrow and long Licorice is in Virtue abstersive cleansing and allayeth the bitterness of Humours and therefore is very good for the Heat of the Urin being chewed especially whilst it 's green or fresh it allayeth Hunger
of Mint Rue or Baum-water But of all others in this contagious Distemper this occurs as a very much approved Remedy viz. Take Wallnuts when the green Husk is on them and before the Shell is hardned underneath put them when bruised to steep in White-wine eight Days then with some Baum Rue and Tops of Fetherfew and Wormwood a little bruised put them into an Alembick and distil them then when you drink an ounce and a half of the Water which you may do Morning Noon and Night put into it some perfumed Comfits and stir them well about till they are dissolved Plague-Sore to Break Take Bay-salt Rye-meal and the Yolks of Eggs as many as will make them into a Past then spread it on a piece of Leather and apply it to the Sore or Carbuncle and it will draw the Poison to a centre so that the Sore will ripen and being broke the Infection will come away to expedite the Cure of which when it is broke put the Rump of a live Chicken to the Mouth of the Sore so that its vent may be placed on it and it will draw the Infection into the Body of the Chicken insomuch that in a short time it will dye and so will one or two more if the Infection be great but when they cease to do so it is a sign the Poison is exhausted and the Party in a very fair way of recovering Health Plaister of Bay-Berries Take of Bay-berries two ounces Myrrh Mastick and Frankincense of each half an ounce Honey just warm'd four ounces powder Costus Bay-berries and Cyperus finely together and mix with the Honey powder the Myrrh Mastick and Frankincense apart and put them to the other then add the Oil of Bay-berries Turpentine and Wax melted together and so make a Plaister This expels Wind and strengthens the Stomach also eases Pains proceeding from Cold and Weariness Plaister for Bruises Take Oil of Olives six ounces yellow Bees-wax an ounce and half Ammoniacum and Bdellium of each half an ounce Galbanum Opopanax and Oil of Bays Lapis Calaminaris and either of the Bithworts Myrrh and Frankincense of each two drams refined Turpentine an ounce Litharge of Gold powdered four ounces boil the Oil and Litharge together keeping them stirring and when it will not stick to your Fingers take it from the Fire and melt the Wax into it add the Turpentine with the Gums afterward the Powders and being cold put in the Oil of Bays and Frankincense and make it into a Plaister This Peracelsian Plaister is good for Bruises and all manner of Aches Plaister-Cleansing c. Take the Mucilages of Raisins of the Sun Figs Roots of Marshmallows Linseed and the Seeds of Fenugreek Bird-lime the Juice of Orris Squills the Oil of Sheeps-feet Dill and Camomil of each eight ounces Litharge of Gold powdered finely one pound Turpentine three ounces Rosin of the Pine and yellow Wax of each two ounces mix the Litharge well with the Oil and boil it over a gentle Fire keeping it continually stirring till it grows thick then take it off and being a little cool add the Mucilages being first boiled with the Oil and strained and gently boiled to the consumption of the superfluous moisture after that add the Bird-lime and Squills boil them till the Juices are consumed and whilst they are boiling melt the Wax and Rosin take them presently from the Fire and mingle with them the Turpentine so well stirring the Mass that it may be brought to the consistence of a Plaister This is called the Great Diachilon-Plaister and is excellent in cleansing and healing also to asswage Swellings and Inflammations for it very much discusses and softens Plaister for the Head Take two ounces of clarify'd Rosin Stone-pitch an ounce Turpentine and Labdanum and Pidgeons-Dung of each half an ounce Gum of Juniper and Nutmeg of each two drams dissolve the Turpentine with the Labdanum in a hot Mortar and mingle the rest so that it may be made into a Plaister and if any Cause requires it to be stronger add the Powder of Euphorbium and Pellitory of Spain and black Pepper of each about two scruples This wonderfully strengthens the Head and eases the Pains of it the Crown being shaved and it applied Plaisterwise to it as also to the Temples Though upon many occasions it is applied to the Soles of the Feet to draw down the Vapours that afflict the Brain Plaister of Mastick Take three ounces of Mastick Bole-Armoniack washed in red Wine one ounce and half red Roses six drams Myrtle-berries and Ivory of each half an ounce Turpentine Colophony Tacamahaca and Labdanum of each two ounces Oil of Myrtle four ounces Bees-wax a pound The things that are to be powdered powder apart melt the Wax and the Oil together and take it from the Fire and add the Turpentine and afterward the Roses and Bole-Armoniack the Ivory being finely powdered order the Mastick in like manner and so being well mixed in a Mortar that is pretty hot make them into a Plaister This layed to the Stomach very much strengthens it as also stays Vomitings and Defluxions Plaister of Melilot-Simple Take of yellow Rosin clarified eight pound yellow Wax four pound Mutton-suet of the Kidneys cleansed from the Skin and Fibers two pound melt them and add to them green Melilot cut small five pound and being thickned bruise it with the afore-mention'd Ingredients and bring it to the Consistence of a Plaister This draws very gently and therefore is commonly used in dressing of Blisters and in gentle Swellings and Tumours Pleurisse Distil about the end of May three handfuls of Burnet or as much as you think convenient and the grieved Party drinking of this Morning and Evening about half a quartern at a time will find wonderful ease and in a little time be restored Polonia to Make Take the Fillets of a Hog mince them very small and do the like by Sage Pennyroyal and Thyme of each half a handful stript from the Stalks then season it with beaten Ginger and Pepper finely sifted put it into a Hog or Sheep's great Gut and lay it in Water and Salt three Nights then boil it gently for fear of breaking and hang it up in a Chimney or dry place and they will keep a long time Pomatum Take Bacon-lard and by washing it well and often melting take out the Salt then boil a handful of Oates and some white Starch in it and strain out the oily part which is of excellent use for Chaps Sores Burns Scalds as also to make the Skin supple smooth and plump Pomegranet Of these there are three sorts Sweet Sharp and Winy and the quality of them all is Restringent but not alike for by their Tast you may judge their difference and their Grains are more binding and drying than their Juice the Rind more than the Grain and the Blossoms have the same Virtue with the Fruit. The powder of a Pomgranet dried in an Oven in a new earthen Pot close stopt
is singular good to stay the Flux of the Belly The Leaves of the Pomegranet-Tree well beaten and the Juice of them mixed with the Oil of Roses does very much help the inveterate Pains of the Head and so sovereign it is that most hold that no venomous Creature will come near the Boughs of it for which reason the Ancients laid them in their Beds and stuck them about their Houses The Decoction of the Root of a Pomgranet-Tree being drank kills the large Worms in the Belly and causes them to be cast out Pork-Pie The Pork you intend to put into Pies must have the Skin taken off then cut the Pork in streaks and take half an ounce of Ginger and the like quantity of Pepper well beaten slice or scrape in two Nutmegs season it pretty well with Salt and put in a little fair Water that has been well boiled and scummed and so bake it sufficiently and serve it up Poppy-Red The Flowers are very cooling and asswage Pain and bring Sleep to weary Eyes and therefore are chiefly used for Fevers Pleurisies and Quinsies and other Diseases especially of the Breast that need cooling Medicins and for immoderate Fluxes The Conserve the distilled Water and the Powder of them are greatly in use but the Syrup most To make it Take the fresh Flowers of Red Poppies two pound and pour upon them two quarts of Spring-water well warmed press them out the next Day and infuse the quantity of fresh Flowers in the Liquor as before then strain it and put in as much Sugar as the Liquor weighs and so make it into a Syrup by boiling it to a thickness over a gentle Fire Poppies a Syrup Take the Heads of black Poppies freshly gathered six ounces and of white ones not thoroughly ripe eight ounces Aqua Coelestis two quarts boil them to the consumption of one quart of the Liquid and put therein Sugar and Penids of each eight ounces boil them to a Syrup This is excellent good to allay the Heat of the Forehead or when it too much afflicts the Brain It is given with success in Frensies or to those that are restless and cannot sleep well as also for Catarrhs and Coughs Pottage To make this very excellent nourishing and conducing to Health and Strength take the Knuckle end of a Leg of Veal very largely cut put into it a gallon or six quarts of Spring-water a pint of Oatmeal sifted very fine Pennyroyal Parsly Thyme and Winter-savory of each a little Faggot or bundle unshread also Sweet-marjoram Sorrel Violet and Marrigold-leaves you may let it stand a whole Night over a gentle Fire and boil it up the next Morning with some Mace Currans Harts-horn Shavings and Sugar then strain it and eat it warm This is very good against a Consumption or any Defect in the Lungs or Stomach Powder of Amber Take six ounces of Bean-flower and pass it through a fine Sieve with four ounces of Cyprus-wood two ounces of Saunders two ounces of Benjamine and half an ounce of Storax two drams of Calamus Aromaticus and as much Laudanum pass these likewise through a Sieve and to two pound of the Composition add four grains of Ambergrease and half an ounce of Pomander Privet beaten and sifted which you must mix in a hot Mortar with Amber then mix them altogether and keep them in a glass Bottle close stopped and make of it sweet Bags to perfume your Cloaths Powder of Aromatick-Rosatum Take red Roses the Whites at the bottom of the Flower the Leaves clipped off 15 drams Licorice finely scraped seven drams sharp and quick biting Cinamon five drams Wood of Aloes and yellow Saunders of each three drams Mace Cloves Indian Spicknard Gum-Arabick and Gum-Tragacanth of each two drams and half Cardamoms the Lesser and Galangal of each one dram Ambergrease two scruples and Oriental Musk one scruple reduce these into a Powder by beating and sifting c. This is excellent good to strengthen the Brain and Stomach it dissipates superfluous Humours and moisture of the Entrails resists Putrefaction creates Appetite and stays Vomiting and want of Retention in the Intestines and is proper to strengthen and restore those that have been weakned by long Sickness The Dose is from half a scruple to half a dram in Wine or any convenient Liquor Powder to create Cheerfulness Take the Seeds of Clove Basil Zedoary or Setwell Saffron yellow Saunders Cloves the outward Peel of Citron dried Galangal Nutmeg Mace Calamint and Storax of each three drams and a half Anniseeds Shavings of Ivory Thyme Dodder of Thyme Oriental Pearl prepared and the Shavings of the Bone of a Stag's-Heart of each one dram Ambergrease Oriental Musk and Leaves of Gold and Silver of each a scruple make these into a very fine Powder This corrects the cold and moist temperature of the Stomach and Liver it helps Digestion restores the Appetite it is very good against Weakness and Palpitations of the Heart also to restore a good Habit of Body and to create a good Complexion to keep the Breath sweet and sweeten it when it is defective to restore decayed Strength and dissipate Melancholy proceeding from an internal or no real Cause The Dose is from ten to twenty grains in any convenient Vehicle Powder the Countess of Kent 's Take the black parts of the Claws of large Sea-Crabs four ounces River-Crabs Eyes oriental Pearl and red Coral prepared of each an ounce Roots of Contrayerva and white Amber of each six drams the Bone of a Stag's-Heart four scruples Bezoar-stone three drams Saffron two scruples make these into a fine Powder and sprinkle it with an ounce and a half of the Spirit of Honey and mixed with Jelly of Vipers you may make it into Trochiscs letting them dry in the Shade to be powdered as occasion requires for the better preservation of its Virtue This Powder is highly in Request for the Remedy of Epidemical Diseases particularly in the Small-pox or Measles It is also used in the Plague as well to preserve from the Infection as to cure it when taken by reason it mainly strengthens the Heart and other vital Parts against Infections and the malignity of the before-mention'd Diseases Not only the English but other Nations approve it and use it with wonderful Success The Dose is about ten grains Powder of Diamargaritum Take oriental Pearl prepared half an ounce red Roses cleansed and Flower of Water-Lilies and Violets of each three Drams Wood of Aloes Saunders red and yellow Roots of Tormentil and white Dittany Myrtle-berries Cinquefoil Grains of Kermes Melon-seeds Endive Sorrel Shavings of Harts-horn Ivory white Coral and red Coral prepared of each two drams Ambergrease and the Leaves of Gold of each half a dram oriental Musk four grains make these into a fine Powder This wonderfully strengthens the noble Parts restores the languishing force and cures swimming and fainting Fits It is good in Fevers and other Diseases It is given to asthmatick and consumptive Persons and