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A97281	The Britannian magazine: or, A new art of making above twenty sorts of English wines viz, of apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, sloes, damasins, quinces, figgs, goosberries, mulberries, currens, blackberries, elderberries, roses, carnations, cowslips, scurvy-grass, mint, and balm, &c. More pleasant and agreeable to the English constitution than those of France. With the way of making brandy and other spirits: as likewise how to make artificial clarets, rhenish, &c. The second edition. To which is added, the foundation of the art of distillation: or the true and genuine way of making malt into low-wines, proof-spirits, and brandy-wines, compliant to the late act of Parliament concerning distillation. By W.Y. M.D.	Y-Worth, W. (William)	1694 (1694)	Wing Y214; ESTC R230793	82,523	252

Bodies viz. into Juices Blood Flesh and other parts as uphold the Fabrick of the body just so is it in the Mineral and Vegitable Kingdom for 't is as is said the fat and sulpherous vapour that nourisheth them and is by degrees converted into their own nature and if any of these want this nourishing vapour they soon decay pine and wither O how wonderful is nature in her operations and how many ways hath she unsearchable and past finding out for as the Phylosophers say Life is short and Art is long but let us return I say then that the Earth doth abound with this sulpherous fatness and sometimes is so over-gorg'd therewith that it spews it forth through the pores thereof as is evident by Petrelaeum an Oyl that flows naturally from the rocks and this we know that Art both may and often doth supply Nature's defects for if thou take pure Salt of Tartar and pour distill'd Vinegar thereon until 't is assatiated every time drawing off the Fleam and then distill it in a coated Retort by fire of degrees and lastly rectify the Oyl thorough the Spirit of Vitriol 't wil become lucid pleasant and fragrant grant of so great virtue that I call it my Olcum regeneratum With this Oyl much may be done for frutifying and nourishing the Vinor natures either externally or internally I have also much to write concerning the sulpherous Oyl of the Magnesia which will revive and cause to vegetate afresh the most declining Tree Shrub or Plant How wonderfull is the Operation and virtue of such sulpherous fatness in the nourishing of growths let it be judg'd of by the Judicious and let a determination be made therein only by the experienced Philosophers or true knowers of Natural things which are greatly discovered to us by our Spagirical Operation as they are made in Imitation of Nature and furthermore Wines may be wonderfully exalted by Essential Salts thus First Chymically seperate the Oyl of any Concret and the remainder Calcine to ashes the pure Salt extract and christalize from thence and reunite Spagirically the fixed Salt and the Essential Oyl and bring them to a Christalline Salt or with the Spirit of the Concret distill and cohobate so long untill it is all brought over in a Balsamick Spirit this Spirit being imbodied by the Essential Salt plainly manifesteth its Callidum innatum or drying enriching sulpher which gives life and sulpherous fatness and durable lasting and substantial virtues unto Wine exalting both the taste and smell thereof Thus the Salt or Essence of Wormwood will make rich Wormwood Wine the like will that of Mint Balm and Angellicoe c. It also gives fermentation thereunto and makes it pure Wine indeed as Wine refin'd from its Lees and gives it such qualities as deserves the highest of commendations as I could prove by undeniable reasons in philosophy which we must omit here lest this Volume should swell beyond its prefixed Volume and pass on to the meliorating and enriching Wines which is yet more highly to be performed by the Element of Fire of Venus which is made by seperating the Sulphur from the Mercury and mortifying the Sulphur and distilling of it into a Spirit and Glauber doth wonderfully commend the Element of Fire made from common yellow Sulphur and says that if it be put to defective Wine it is a present Medicine for if any one put a little of it in a Cask of Wine the Wine acquires a grateful tast and odour and will be so comforted as not easily to admit of changing or perishing as otherwise is wont to happen to common Rhenish Wine see more in his Works pag. 3. par 3. and I say that Wines are also enriched by essential and fragrant Oyls so prepared as to unite with Water or Spirit of Wine or other Wines for being dilated by a proper ferment they are easily united and so the Wines are enriched thereby thou may'st remember that I said in the last Chapter that the fumes of Sulphur Vive wonderfully preserves and enrich Wines and therefore such excellent Medicines as these cannot fail of performing much more high and that I may fully accomplish the desire of the Ingenious I think it convenient to speak concerning the Red Wine of the Philosophers which produceth and maketh my Sal Panaristos to appear for that is prepared from the three first principles christalliz'd in the three last contained in the fiery Spirit of Wine as Sandivogius says it burns up three and leaves one which is the Diamond like powder the true fixed Salt Nitre of the wise and as much may be perform'd by it as Glauber hath attributed to his Sal mirabilis But what shall I say I fear the time is not yet come to reveal such Secrets in for from hence proceeds the very Key to the chiefest of Arcana's and principally to Tinctures Essences or Elixirs universal or particular Medicines according to the specificated degrees of the exalted Sulphurs for as Basilius Valentine saith that the Spirit of Wine or the true Aquavitae of the wise hath been sought for by many but found by very few It is the Vegitable stone indeed and man loved Gold and Wine above all other creatures which may be beheld with Eyes Gold loveth man and Wine because it lets go its noble parts therein for if true Spirit of Wine be put to it being made potable it gives strength to man and prolongs his Life and Health For thus much I am bold to assert that an Aurum potabile is an Universal Medicine and without a true Spirit of Wine an Aurum potabile cannot be made for Wine bears affection to man as also to Gold because it easily unites with the Tinctures of Sol then it expells Melancholly and Sadness rejoycing Man's heart For there is originally three stones so call'd viz. the Urinous or Microcosmical one therefore called Animal which may be beheld in the beautiful Azoth or Lunar Oyl the Vegetable discern'd in the Vinor Spirit the Mineral in the golden Tincture or Sulphur of Laton The three Triumphant stones of the Wisemen viz. Medicinal Transmutative and Angelical the Triune stones or Universal most Universal the Caballistical Elixerating Tincture for Men and Mettals so much talk'd of but so little known for why they do not understand the true subject Matter from whence these three stones are obtained for it proceeds from one confused Chaos containing a spermatical Essence of all created beings the Book of Wonders and Looking-Glass of Nature wherein so many Mysteries may be discerned face to face that I dare not discover them here because time and place is too short I shall therefore conclude with the words of Basilius where 't is said He that catcheth this fiery Spirit hath got victory in this Chymical Battle c. because from hence proceedeth the foundation of all Spagirical Medicines and consequently the true exaltation of Wine which we have here candidly treated of and so shall pass on to the making

ADVERTISEMENT CHymico Medicus Or The Chymical Physician Giving a rational and true Account of the Fundamentals and Perfection of Chymistry and Physic in Examples and Demonstrations of 1. Distillation 2. Rectification and Exaltation of Vinor Spirits 3. Tinctures 4. Oyls 5. Salts 6. Powers and Oleosums Set down in such a method as to retain the Specifick Vertue of Concrets in full Power and Force with their Medicinal Properties Nature Qualities and Application for most Diseases Recommended to all Physicians Chyrurgeons Chymists Drugsters c. and all such as love the knowledge of true and natural Philosophy By W.Y. M. D. Tryon's New Art of Brewing Beer Ale and other sorts of Liquors so as to render them more healthful to the Body and agreeable to Nature with less Trouble and Charge than generally practised with the Art of making Mault The third Edition 12 ves Price bound 1 s. Wisdom Dictates Or Rules Physical and Moral for preserving the Health of the Body and the Peace of Mind fit to be regarded by all that would enjoy the Blessings of this World To which is added a Bill of Fare of 75 noble Dishes of excellent Food without either Fish or Flesh 12 ves Price bound 1 s. The Measurer's Guide Or The whole Art of Measuring made short plain and easie shewing how to measure any plain Superficies all sorts of Regular Solids Artificers Works viz. Carpenters Joyners Plaisterers Painters Paviers Glaziers Bricklayers Tylers c. with the Art of Gauging of singular use to all Gentlemen Artificers and others By J. Barker 21 ves Price bound 1 s. THE Britannian Magazine OR A New Art of Making Above twenty Sorts of ENGLISH WINES VIZ. Of Apples Pears Peaches Cherries Plums Sloes Damasins Quinces Figgs Goosberries Mulberries Currens Blackberries Elderberries Roses Carnations Cowslips Scurvy-grass Mint And Balm c. More Pleasant and Agreeable to the English Constitution than those of France With the Way of making Brandy and other Spirits As likewise how to make Artificial Clarets Rhenish c. The Second Edition To which is added The Foundation of the Art of Distillation Or the true and genuine Way of making Malt into Low-Wines Proof-Spirits and Brandy-Wines compliant to the late Act of Parliament concerning Distillation By W. Y. M. D. London Printed by W. Onely for T. Salusbury at the King's Arms in Fleet-street 1694. Dr. Worth's LETTER IN Answer to W. R. Gent. In which the Foundation of the Art of Distillation is handled being a Key to the following Treatise Esteemed Friend YOurs I have received and having consulted the Matter therein contain'd I shall in brief return you this by way of answer to what is there desir'd First I need not to make any Apology to the Distillers concerning the publishing the Grounds of that Art seeing 't was with a design to serve the Publick And secondly as to the Book it self and the Process therein contained which some when they saw the Copy were of opinion that I had there made the Art too plain whatever others may think I can sincerely say That I took a Medium in my Writing that so the true Enquirer might receive profitable Instruction thereby and if any thing may remain yet dubious in any point for want of knowing the Phrase of the Land I shall be ready to explain my self as I have promised in my Book in order to gratifie those that design the publick good and I hope you are of this number as the shadows of your Letter seem to appear and in Answer to your Request I have sent you the true and genuine way of working of Malt into Low-Wines Proof-Spirits and Brandy-Wines I have set forth my Experience concerning Distillation in such a Method that none of the London-Distillers can object Thus First Heat the Water a little above Blood-warm that is to say between Blood-warm and scalding hot and then the Malt being in a Mash-Tub add so much Liquor to it as is sufficient just to wet it and this is called Mashing then row or stir it up very well for half an Hour together Observe Some let every Liquor stand an Hour on the Grain till 't is all mixed in every part then cover it over close with a Mashing-cloth strow it over with fresh Malt and let it stand an Hour and half or two Hours and then let off and mash again with fresh Liquor and row it up as before but let it not stand above an Hour and so a third time but then let it not stand above half or three quarters of an Hour some will wet their Malt a fourth time but in my opinion 't is not fit to still but only for making small Beer or being warmed to put on fresh Malt in another Mashing Now every Wort that comes is pump'd up out of the under Back into the Cooler there to cool and then from the Cooler into the Wash-Backs and there let it remain till all the three Worts come together and by the way observe thou art neither to hop nor boil thy Wort as for Beer now when this is down in the Back add to it of good Yest and work it up as for Ale now as the Yest rises beat it down again and keep all the Yest in and let it work 5 or 6 days in which time 't will be ripe which thou may'st know by these signs 'T will work it self down again flat and then the thick Yest will sink to the bottom and what lies on the top will be a kind of an hoary or yesty head and you are to observe That your Wash must neither be sour nor sweet but taken in a medium between both for then 't will be most profitable for the Distiller Now when you have proceeded thus pump up the Wash out of your Back into the Still and observe as you pump to row or stir up all together that so the thick in the bottom may be brought up the Still may be filled something more than half or two thirds at the most then clap on your Head and make a good Fire until it begins to work the Head may be put into the Worm and all luted fast and the Still being brought to work the Fire may be damp'd with wet Sinders Ashes or the like Now in the first Extraction in drawing off your Low-Wines 't is very observable that some Malt will at the beginning run off a Can or two of Proof-Spirits and then it generally runs very long other Malt will sometimes run as long altho' at the beginning not so fully proof now your Low-Wines being all run of 't is observable they will by lying much better themselves for which reason some clap them in the Sun to sharpen them others in a cold Cellar to make them mellow which indeed ought to lye 10 15 or 20 days before you proceed to a second Extraction now as they come fine by rectification into high Spirits they will lose by lying RULES to know what Quantities may be extracted from every

them a foot asunder and with the three in the middle a little open looking downward or backward for they must not stand streight one by another but in the form of a Goose-path or step called erdo quincunciislis on the point of the out-standing yard must stand three and three that they may yield a point and thus do with all your cuts which may be put in one plat in lines by one amongst another these twiggs on the other end thus over-grown must be set not upright but slooping which gives the quadrant of a Circle that is the middle betwixt an upright and lying line and the leg or guard about a foot long upward cover'd with Earth slooping so that the nether part where 't was over-grown be but half a foot long in the ground from the super jicies and if that part hath sore Eyes or Joynts 't is to be thrust in till the upmost Eye which stand out that must give the growth if you have thus proceeded you have done well ye are to observe that things thrust too deep in the ground be it Trees or others will not prosper it cannot help it self 't is better to set them shallow Now these are to be let alone 2 years but Roots at the first year and at the time when other Vines are digged about or open'd which is the Week before Easter the inlaid Roots must be open'd not only to make the ground more porous and the Weeds to be rooted out but the roots must also be rid of the by-shots and plucked off which grow not downward on the Roots these off pluckt Roots are not taken out but let them set because the roots be not stirred But if thou wilt repair an old Vine these are taken out and are now call'd Wortlings because they have gotten about the over-grown heads the best root on the nether part is fine to behold looking like a Swiherbeard then you may cleanse them from superfluous roots and may set them in for a Vine if you please in the manner as it is set down in the foregoing rules and such prepared Roots and over-grown Vines is far better than others for these out Wortlings after they have their root well together are the better able to defend against the Frost when others hang'd about an Ell high with roots are kill'd by the Frost and so the Vines are the more weakned and are like old Vines in respect of ours Besides such a stock in the driving is stronger than those which are put in the ground presently after they are cut from the Vine where they must take root not taken out till they be set in the rebstuck If a new Vineyard be made of a ground which formerly was full of bushes and a hedge for Hares brood the first new set of such twiggs drive so strongly that the double number of such twiggs must be laid in as 8 or 10 twiggs into one place all which may prosper yield and bear Grapes in other Vineyards for to one stock are laid but 3 or 4 twiggs call'd Palmites and that must be done for some Years together in a new break he that doth not know this and doth not do so the blossom then will fall off yearly the which I have seen come to pass for the driving in such a new plat if the ground be good is too strong thrusts out and off the Blossoms that you must look for your Grapes in the Spring under the Vines amongst the B●o●●oms but if you let your stock grow into Wood it spreadeth in that new till'd ground and is weakned thereby and brought to a temperature for each twigg receiveth so much strength and driving as much as it hath need to the full seed and enough for the saving of it and thus your Vineyards being dress'd in this manner will prove and yield double more in the Vintage than other men's will Thus according to Van Shandragh the which I shall pass from the Vintage being come let them proceed how they will so that they have a good Vintage from the well manuring ordering and dressing their Vines they may expect good store of Bacchean Virtues the usual way of making Wines from the Grapes is as follows Example In these Countrys that abound with Vineyards they proceed thus The Grapes when ripe are pounded in Troughs or the more common way is to put them in large half Buts or Tubs and tread them with their feet and afterwards with a large press they press out the juice as is done in making of Syder here in England this is Barrel'd up and let stand to ferment and to clear and resine it self and then they draw it off into smaller Casks from its dregs and this is perform'd naturally and artificially by fermentation untill the Wine comes to a good body and is fine Observe they stop not the Bung hole in its fermentation but let it stand with a pibble-stone on the Bung-hole by which means it is kept fresh and brisk the longer and is not so liable to become sower Thus in Rotterdam I have drank Rhenish Wine of considerable age Observe that Wines are preserved from Corruption powerfully and effectually as experience shews by the sumes of burning sulpher vive These are general rules for the making all sort of Wines from the Grapes but every Country may have some variation in their way and instruments used but however from what hath been said thou canst not be ignorant how to make a guess and of the other for by a Penny we know how a Shilling is Coined The best that are on the Rhine are from Baccharach Herbipolis Klingenberg and Hoccheime also Muscadine from Candy Riballa is a strong Zant Wine Rappidavia is a mild Wine from Gallatia and White-Whine and Claret from France Canary from the Canary Islands Sherry from Spain and several other good Wines from other parts which I shall pass off and come to its general Virtues The Vine is above any other Vegitable in vertue being medicinal from the Roots to the Branches as thou may'st ●e at large in Doct. Robert Lovel's Herbal p. 481. and as Soloman saith Oyl makes a chearful countenance and Wine makes the heart glad not only so but we can speak something of its Medicinal vertues by our own experience for the Rhenish-Wine is the best vehicle for any Medicine administred in the Stone White-wine for the loss of Appetite or Surfeits and Obstructions in Women Sack for Weak and Consumptive people the Spirit of Wine to bath griev'd and brused parts the Argell or Tartar hath a vertue surpassing for as Bassillius Valentine saith he wants words to express its virtues for a Spirit made from the crude Tartar well rectify'd and ting'd with Verjuice is excellent for the provoking the Menses also good in the Jaundice Dropsy Leprosy Plurisy Frenzy and French Disease the Cream of Tartar for Obstructions and Hypocondriack Melancholly and Worms Tartar vitriolate for Feavers abating Thirst opening Obstructions and killing

Worms the Salt of Tartar cleansed by decoction is not only powerful in opening of Minerals but being brought over the Helme as the Author does it is the true Key call'd the Circulatum minimum by which succedanous and true specifick Medicines are prepared which as Helmont says cures all Diseases in such a way that what such will not perform nothing in the Vegitable Kingdom will be found to do it also the Essence of Wine which is the union of the fixed Salt and Oyl of Tartar with the Spirit of Wine so as to be brought to a Balsamick Nature will I say cure musty sick and ropy Wines Indeed I have many more things to write of the Nature and Vertues of Vinor growths and principally of the friendly and balsamick nature of Raisins but seeing it will be done in another place I shall omit it here and so proceed to the Anatomizing of Concrets CHAP. II. Treateth concerning the Spagirical way of dissecting Concrets and the office of Essences exalting Wines FIrst we shall consider the various sorts of dissections there be to be performed through Chymical and Spagirical operations between which I put a considerable difference For by Chymical ye are to understand such dissections as are made by the violence of the Callenary Fire which rends asunder those tender parts and interwoven attomes which nature had so friendly united by her internal motion and hidden power of digestion fermentation and concretion and where this is perform'd in a pure Matrix generally there proceeds a perfect and pure birth but these being thus separated and especially in those things which are tender and volatile the precious Life and Virtue thereof is put to flight invisibly as the Spirit is at Man's decease and nothing but the bare Principles remain but that you may the better understand what I mean by this invisible Life of concreted Beings by which the Principles are held in Unity so as to maintain the Texture of that Being I shall give you an Instance which to demonstrate proceed thus â„ž Twenty Gallons of a fragrant Wine put it into a Refrigitory with its Helme lute all close and distill off the Spirit as long as any will come good then let all cool draw forth the Fleame in which there is a Salt of Wine and add the Spirit drawn off to it again and the Pondus will be very little diminished but the alteration will be very considerable for as it was before pleasant and fragrant Wine the tye being broken it becomes stinking and obnoxious and unsavory to be drunk for why the Life is fled away invisibly as is plain because all Savour proceeds from thence and I do affirm that he that can reduce this to its first state of fragrancy deserves the name of a Philosopher and to wear the Garland amongst Spagiricks not that I think it impossible to be done but difficult and cannot be performed by any other way and means but that which adds a new Life by fermentation and and yet not destroy the Original Nature and Form of the specificated Sulphur therein contained call'd the Callidum innatum of which no Being can be destitute and yet this reuniting Medium must have power to blot out the evil Character and hidden wrathful quality of Death which the violency of Fire stirr'd up and appease again so as to make an harmonious Unity Of this Nature is the Essence of Wine and Sal panaristos but these are Spagirical Operations and shall be touch'd at in their proper place we shall now return to speak of the Office of Chymistry and that part of it which may seem pertinent and advantagious to us in this Discourse which is principally that of Distillation which retaineth and condenseth the loose Atoms especially those of Spirits after Fermentation and those let them either be Vinor or Urinous or very Volatile now Essential Oils are also made by Distillation requiring a greater degree of Fire being the Sulphurs in another and more ponderous Form it is also profitable for making acid Spirits and also to make Sal alkali for why the Fire of Calcination burns up all evil and combustible Sulphurs and fixes down the more ponderous Sulphur and incorporates it with the grosser parts of the Body and so assumes a new Form containing its Sulphur in occulto for all Salts are salimo-sulphureous and all Sulphurs sulphureous Saline as will be manifested by union and retrogradation of Form and volatalization but this being a spagirick Operation it shall be spoken more largely of in its proper place and so conclude the usefulness of Chymistry as to this part only to consist in Distillation and Calcination for the other viz. Union and Exaltation are Spagirical which we shall now come to Treat of Spagirical Operation is not only a separating of the pure from the impure but also a re-uniting the Principles and bringing of them to a Balsamick and friendly Nature for we see by experience the more any pure Bodies are exalted the more do they contain of the vital fatness the greater is their Virtue and operative Quality on others but most principally on Vinor Spirits which are always enriched by a sulphureous fatness for as Glauber says That Vines draw Odors and Savors from the Earth beyond all other Plants and that Savours may be communicated to the Vine by the skilful at pleasure both in their growth and after they are maturated for if the Herb Scarlet be cast into Rhenish Wine it becomes very little inferior to Muscadine and again he says that those rich Wines on the Rhine before-named are as he calls it upon a Mineral Soil and therefore suck up the universal and balsamick fatness from thence as may be seen in Pag. 126. Par. 2d where he says That if the Scarlea or any other odoriferous Herb be apply'd to the root of the Vine 't will bestow its Odour on the Grapes he farther says That if you pour any Oil upon the Root of a sweet and odoriferous Nature the Vine will produce Muscadine for Ten years and 't is observable that he lays stress upon the Oil of Seacoal throughly cleans'd and rectified with the Spirit of Salt his reasons as I conceive be because abundance of Seacoals grow and are digged from thence and if this is really so why may not there be an encouragement for Vineyards here in England and other pleasant growths seeing there is such rich Soil and so well stor'd with Minerals and Sea-coal and we are well assured that the Mineral or moist Vapour which is a principal Life to concreeted Beings in that by its Spirituality it unites with the universal Powers and Forms it self into a nitrous or sulphureous balsamick Oil nourisheth the Vegetables as it flows forth and is sublimed by the Archeius to their Roots which afterward is elevated into the Branches and Fruit thereof and are changed by the forming Sulphur all one as the different Aliments which we take in are changed into the substance of our

Leaves a Pound Treacle Honey or rather Sugar 10 Pounds decoct as before directed and clarify it well with the White of 6 Eggs let this whole quantity be added to a Barrel of Aqua vitae and then make a small Bag and put therein the White of 3 Eggs a spoonful or two of Barme all beat together to which add a scruple of Musk 10 Grains of Ambergreece and let the said Bag hang by the Bung-hole in the Liquor and in 14 Days 't will be fit for Sale Now these following Simples are generally made use of for colouring your Liquors withal viz. Red Rose Leaves Poppy Leaves Turnsole Cochineel and the Root Alkaneet As we have thus prescrib'd Simple Waters useful in Families we shall now add proper compounded ones Right Irish Usquebagh Take the best Aqua vitae made from the strongest Beer Ten Gallons Aniseeds one Pound Cloves Two Ounces Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds of each 4 Ounces and Distill them into proof Spirit S. A. then add to this Distill'd Liquor Spanish Liquorish Raisons of the Sun stoned of each Two Pounds let both be bruised of Date-stones the white skins plucked out 4 Ounces Cinamon 4 Ounces stop all close for three Days then add in Three Grains of Musk and Ambergreece dissolved and dulcified with 5 Pounds of Mevis Sugar stir them well together and after Ten Days let it run through Hypocrates's Sleeve and Fine it down with Whites of Eggs and Flower but some only draw it off the Lees into other Casks when Fine the Author hath a way of making Usquebagh-Royal worth Eight shillings a Quart a great Cordial in Nature wonderfully strengthening the Heart and all the principal Faculties Aqua-Corrob●rans or a Cordial Water Take Balme Sage Bettony Bugloss Cowslips all gathered in their prime of each an handful Low Wines Two Gallons Distill it into proof Spirit then add Galanga Nutmegs Cloves Mace Cubebes Cardamums Melolet flowers of each 6 Ounces the juice of Celandine 3 Pounds the proof Spirit the whole quantity White-wine or rather Current-wine a Gallon digest 24 hours and then Distill in Balneo till dry this is a great Cordial wonderfully strengthenging the Heart Stomach and principal Faculties being taken as a Cordial The Author 's Aqua Stomatica on Stomach water Take a Gallon of Gaskin-wine or instead thereof a midling Spirit of Wine Ginger Galanga Nutmegs Grains Cloves Anniseeds Fennel Carraway-seeds of each one Ounce Sage Mint Red Roses Thyme Pellitory Camomel Lavander Avens of each one handful bruise your Spices in a Mortar by themselves and cut your Herbs and put altogether into your Spirit or Wine and let them stand three Days in the cold keeping the Vessel very close and then Distill and Dulcify it with Syrrup of Rasberries The Author 's Aqua Pestilentia or Plague-water Take Angelica-leaves and Roots of Rue and Sage of each three handfuls long Pepper Nutmegs and white Ginger of each an Ounce and half the Spirit of Elder one Gallon Malaga wine two Quarts Venice-Treacle and Methridate of each four Ounces digest them Ten Days then Distil so long as 't will come pleasant and add to what comes over a pound of Hungarian Water and a pound of Syrrup of Vinegar and a piece of Loaf-Sugar and let it ferment with the white of an Egg and a little Flower ty'd up in a Bag 5 or 6 Days and then 't is fit for use It 's virtues This Water is an excellent preservative against the Plague Small Pox and Measles and all Pestilential Diseases two Spoonfuls being take 3 or 4 times a day as a Cordial 'T is good also for all cold Stomacks want of Digestion and the like The Author 's Aqua Multifaria or Water of many Virtues Take Balme Sage Bettony Bugloss Cowslips all gather'd in their prime of each one handful Motherwort Bay-leaves of each one handful and half of Marigold Flowers two handfuls Flowers of Rosemary Lavander Lillies of the Valley and Rosasolis of each handfuls the juice of Celau●●●e two pound ●●ffron two Ounces Lig●●● A●ce●● an Ounce and hal● T●●merick four Ounces Spirit of W●●●●●● Quatis d●●●st all six days and Distill it in Bal. Sal Art its virtues 'T is excellent in the Diseases of the Head Breast and Heart Liver and principal parts fortifying the Faculties and strengthening Nature so far as can be expected from simple Cordial Spirits without being enriched with some Mineral Sulphurs which will be shewn in our Spagirick Phylosophy asserted also in Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph Now by the way observe that most of these Waters or Spirits are too strong to be taken alone Nature not loving to ride in fiery Chariots 't is best to be dilated and reduced into Cordials the way by which 't is performed will be shewn in the succeeding Lines The Author 's Aqua Triplex or Triple Water Take Venice Turpentine four pound Frankincense Mastick of each two Ounces Aloes Epatica Date-stones Laudanum Castor the Roots of Bettony Elicampane of each two Ounces Cardemums Cloves Nutmegs Ginger Galingale Zedoare● Pepper Spiknard Laurel-berries Sma●● lage-seeds Mugwort-seeds F●nnel-seeds Annis-seeds Flowers of Brasil Elder-flowers Red and White Roses Lignum Aloes Cubebs Calamus Aromaticus Mace Germander Tormenmentil Juniper-berries Agrimony Centory Fumetory Pimpernel Dandelyon Eyebright Endive Seeds of Sorrel Yellow Sanders Fethersue Aloes-hepatick Ana of each 2 Ounces Rhubarb 3 Ounces dried Figgs Raisins Dates stoned sweet Almonds of each 4 Ounces Honey 6 pound Sugar 10 pounds Spirit of Elder highly rectified enough to over-top all sour Fingers breadth Musk and Ambergreece of each two Drachms Saffron 2 Ounces and half all being put into a Retort and its Mouth being very well clos'd with a Cork and then luted over and Lastly tyed fast to the Bladder and let it putrify 40 days in Horsedung and then remove it and Distill it in a strong Bal First will come a white Spirit then a Saffron colour and Lastly Red with some floating Oil let each be received apart and when the operation is over 〈◊〉 Baln thou mayst Distill it in violent Fire in Sand to see what more will be produced Its Virtues The first Water is proper for new Wounds old Aches and Plague Sores for weak Eyes and those that have a Pearl in them for the Strangury and Stone The Second Water for corrupted Blood and Leprosie for weak Members and for Agues The Third Water for a weak Brain and Catarrh and for the Palsie and Gout And what I have to say further is that these Bodies being opened by a proper Menstruum viz. The sweet Spirit of Salt or true Spirit of Tartar much might be expected from it for Wounds Ulcers Neli me tangere's Plague-sores Pearl in the Eyes Strangury and Stone Leprosie weak Members Agues Rheumes Impostumes Fistula's Hemorrhoids but now observe by means of the Menstruum they 'l not rise in those diversities but in an united Form ponderous and balsamick and yet more according to the degrees of exaltation impos'd thereon by the Spagyrick Physician To reduce

Spirits for the making of Cordials Reduction of Spirits is in order to bring them to a middle Temperature by uniting the Aquous part with the most Spiritual and fermenting to a Union as may be seen by the following Example Take a quart of Water and a pound of white Loaf Sugar boil them well together half an Hour or more then let it cool fit to put Barm to it but while it is Blood-warm put in Spices such as you best fancy as Jamaica-Pepper Cinamon Cloves or Orice roots sliced and and when cold enough add your Barm and let it work as Beer and after it hath well work'd you may use it for bottleing of Ale Mead Cyder and Wine if you add to every Bottle two Spoonfuls thereof a little Orice-root and a sew grains of the Chrystal of Tartar and a bit of Loaf-Sugar and being laid close 't will make it drink exceeding brisk A Cordial Take a pint of this Liquor and a pint of our Aqua Corroborans and 4 Ounces of the Syrrup of Balme and mix them together S. A. 〈◊〉 Another very M●dicinal Take Plantain and Balm-water of each a pound Cinamon half a pound digest three days and Distill off the Water and add of this to any strong Cordial Spirit equal parts and half the weight of Syrrup of Violets or Clove-gilly-flowers as you best like adding a little Cocheneel and thus you 've a Noble Cordial The way of making Cordial will be more largely shewn in my Chymicus rationalis and Medicina rationalis to which I shall refer 1 you CHAP. VII Treats concerning the exaltation of high Spirits and how to make the Powers of Scurvey-grass Elder-berries with their Virtues also to make other high Spirits fit for China Japan or Lack-varnish c. IN this Chapter we shall Treat concerning the highest Exaltation of Vinor Spirits viz. so perfectly bereaved of their Flegm as to fire Gunpowder Of this nature is the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and Spirit of Elder and Hungarian-water which I shall shew by several Examples beginning my Foundations from the Wines of the Third Chapter and First of Potestates Cochleariae or the powerful united Spirit of Scurvy-grass ℞ The Scurvy grass Wine and Distill therefrom its Spirit which put upon fresh Scurvy-grass and Distill again repeat this operation till it become very strong and fragrant of the Grass and will burn all away in a Spoon then by Distillation make the Oil of Scurvy-grass and by Calcination its fixed Salt and Spagirically re-unite these and so have you the Powers or whole Virtues thereof and if 't is rightly done 't will look very green by which the Authors may be known Its Virtues These Powers abundantly surpass the Spirit in Virtue being only originally prepared by me in Holland and presented to both Universities did parallel nay in some degrees outstripp'd that of the greatest Pretenders in the European Parts both for strength and pleasantness of Tast The Modus Operandi thereof I never fully discover'd but however for the popular Service I taught several of my Disciples in their Chymical course the true and genean Spirit and this I have observed That this very Spirit althô much inferior in preparation to the Powers hath been sophisticated and when brought to the Publick we have clearly discern'd that it hath not been Distill'd by Fermentation per se but they have supplyed their defects here by adding Horse-reddish which hath not affinity therewith this hath much lessen'd its value in coming short of its Original for too too many there be that care not how indifferent a thing is so they can but make it at a cheap rate and in great quantity especially if they have their Name up Now considering this together with the prevalent Arguments of Ingenious persons and of what great service the Powers of Scurvy-grass might be more than the Spirit if Publish'd I have in answer thereunto done it accordingly and the more especially seeing its virtue is such as to continue its use c. For the Powers of Scurvy grass have an excellent Virtue in many Diseases but particularly against the Scurvy because the Herb hath a singular signature against the Disease and thus much I will be bold to say of those my powers that they give Circulation to the Blood by dissolving and dissipating congealed humours for by their Alkalizated Nature they mundify and by their Vinor nature the Venoms are embib'd and the humours thin'd giving sanity to the principal Faculties for being duly taken they destroy not only the Saline but also the Acid and Crude humours from whence the Scurvy hath its original whether bred by the eating of Gross Raw or Crude ●ruit or Raw Herbs or Salt Fish of long continuance for they are Enemies to many as is plainly seen by the Incident of the disease upon Sea-faring persons and especially such as use long Voyages for through the multiplicity of Salt food the Scurvy there greatly abounds And 't is agreed upon by all the Learned Physitians as well Modern as Ancient which experience daily confirms that there is not one Herb in the Vegetable Kingdom of a more particular specifick Virtue for curing the Scurvy than the aforesaid Scurvy-grass for its internal Texture is made up of a volitile Armoniack and Vinor Essence united with a fragrant Vital and Medicinal Crasis as may be demonstrated by the true Powers Therefore the Scurvy withall its Symtoms may in great measure be abated were but these Powers duly taken in proper time and season not only for prevention but also for healing if the Disease is not by long continuance too Rebellious for these have a specifick Virtue both at Sea and Land where-ever this popular Disease reigneth as also in Camps and Armies against the Chill-bane and Rot which are usually there by which Men die as Chore-Sheep It s Vse and Dose For the Scurvy Jaundice Dropsy Consumption Phthisick or shortness of Breath these Powers may be used at all times the oftner the better The Dose is from 10 to 30 drops in a glass of Wine Beer Tea or Coffee as the Patient best likes and after the spending of three or four Bottles of these Powers take half a Bottle of the Golden or Purging Spirit once a Week keeping moderately warm and promoting its Operation by Water-Gruel or such warm supping the Patient best likes and this will carry off the Reliques of the Disease purifying the Blood and such crudities from whence Worms are bred c. Potestates Sambuci or the powerfull united Spirit of Elder ℞ The Wine of Elder made according to the Third Chapter adding thereunto Elder-flowers and ferment it a second time and be sure to take it at the nick of Fermentation and in the greatest fragrancy for for if you let it flat most of its strength will be lost put this in the Still and Distill it as long as goodness will come S. A. But observe that those Wines you make for Distillation ought to be made from the Juice

pressed out only adding its proper ferment and some Sugar and Honey to help it on Now these Spirits so distill'd if you design to have them strong in taste and smell of the Flowers then add fresh and taken in their prime and reiterate the Fermentation and Distillation and so wilt thou have an excellent fragrant Spirit purely impregnated with the vertue of the Concret according to its Ideal and Spiritual Qualities so then to every pound of this Spirit add an Ounce of its Salt and 2 of its Oyl and unite them Spagirically for this Operation belongs unto it Its Virtues These Powers abundantly excell any preparation of the Elder and it is now some years since I began to enquire after the Knowledge Virtues and Operative power of the Elder-Tree and the Dwarf-Elder and experience hath acquainted us that this said Tree is richly furnished with Medicinal qualities in all and every part thereof even from the Root to the most tender Buds and Branches thereof so that it stands parallel with any single E●s in the Vegetable Kingdom and if you consider the reason 't is no wonder it should be so for that this Tree hath its Character or Signature from the friendly Planet Venus and by her Circular correspondence abates Mars's fury in the Centre of which is the Sun who sends his Vertues to the Archeius thereof and furnisheth the Callidum Inatum with the bountiful concreting Sulphur which by Nature's Fermentation and artificial Circular Sublimation of those Juices through its Pipes with a kind of a Pulse hence proceedeth subtilty and purity to the fruit which returneth so richly loaden with a virtuous Tincture from the Fountain of Nature Now Tincture shews maturity and that brings Sanity and so by consequence other properties of health c. For this Tree hath to the Microcosme First a Cephalick Virtue Secondly an Elixipharmick and by consequence a Diuretick and Diaphoretick Finally a Balsamick and Paragorick thence prevalent in Fits Scurveys Dropsies Strangueries c. which may be evidently discern'd by another Authority besides mine for Herballs contain pages of the vertues thereof Nay the Judicious Houswife hath her remarks thereon which may easily be discerned by its various uses for out of its Buds is made a Spring-broath which cleanseth the Blood of Scorbutick and Hydroptical humours and is good in Obstructions the Wine wherein the Flowers are impregnated is most fragrant and an excellent Febrifuge cleansing the Blood of Acidity Venome and Putrifaction therefore a powerful Medicine in Surfeits Measles Small-Pox Swine-Pox and Pestilential Corruptions the Vineger made from the Flowers is used in the like causes also for Inflamations on any part of the Body The Distilled Water for weak Eyes and to clear the Skin The Oyl for Scorbutick Itches Bruises Sprains and good in the Piles also for Burnings and external pains of the Gout c. The inward bark of the Elder and Dwarf-Elder is generally prescribed in Dropsies the dry'd pith for Issues The Wood of the Tree is very durable whence may be an Oyl prepar'd for long Life and therefore pitty it should be used by so many Mechanick Artificers 't is also observable that from the innate Virtue 't is early in budding and late in declining Moreover the Berry or Fruit is made into Syrrup and preserved to be used in many Diseases there is also a Balsom of great virtue made hence Wherefore then should not the Powers of Elder seeing the Principles are therein radically united contain all the aforesaid Virtues and in great Superiority First because the Spirit is made by Fermentation and exalted to a Vinor ens wholly sulphureous and inslamable which to perform some have esteem'd so great a secret Secondly the Spirit is enriched by its own Oyl And Thirdly Strength and by the Salt so that these Powers are advanced so high as to contain the medicinal Virtue of the whole now perceiving of what general service these Powers might be I thought it convenient to publish it and the more especially discerning the things of single Virtue have taken place in the World by some kind of Service as namely the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and Spirit of Rosemary or Hungarian-water These Powers of Elder carry with a more general benefit and will manifest from their own central Virtues the popular service they have for the multitude especially for that they are so effectual against the contagious Diseases that now Reign Indeed should I be particular in every Virtue they have I might fill a Sheet but well knowing that their Operation is such that will demonstrate themselves beyond words I shall therefore leave the rest for the Patient and Prudent Experiencer thereof and so come to give their Use and Dose For the Diseases of the Head as Convulsions Falling-sickness Vertigo's Calentures and suddain Swoonings 't is very prevalent and therefore let those that Travel by Sea or Land never be without a Bottle of it For upon the approach of a Paroxisme if you drop 30 or 40 drops into a glass of Water and drink the same 't will wonderfully abate the violence thereof and strengthen Nature also you are to dip the end of your Handkerchie● in the Powers and snuff up the Savours thereof and strike the Temple● therewith repeating the same till relief is found For young Children 〈◊〉 or so drops is sufficient in a Spoonf●● of Water and sweetned with Sugar but let the Mother drink a full Dos● while the Child is sucking and the● their prevalency will be seen if th●● method be observed not only in cuting those that are afflicted but also prevents it in others They also abate the oppression of Wind which Children are so generally subject to They also are prevalent for the diseases of the Breast as Astma's Dropsies Consumptions spitting of Blood and the like and for those of the Stomack as want of Appetite and principally in Surfeits and in the beginning of Fevers let from 30 to 60 drops of these Powers be dropt into a glass of Water and sweetned with its own Syrrup and after taking of them drink a good hearty draught of Marigold Posset drink and sweat plentifully in Bed and as often as Nature thirsteth for refreshment let 20 drops betaken in the Liquor and by this means the offending Matter will be abated and carried off by Sweat and Urine These Powers are also prevalent for the Gripes of the Guts Cholick and Strangury and want of Rest you must take a Brandy Caudle and as 't is fit to drink put half a bottle therein and sweat in Bed and thus in few hours admirable relief will be found 'T is also prevalent for the Dropsy Hypocondriack Melancholy Scurvy Oppressions of Fear You are to take constantly of these Powers in your common Beer till relief is found 'T is also prevalent for such diseases as infect the whole mass of Blood as the Measles Small Pox and Swine Pox and other pestilential diseases for which you are to proceed thus Take of