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and_o want_v no_o money_n to_o quench_v thirst_n 3._o now_o a_o day_n it_o be_v common_o use_v 1._o to_o prepare_v the_o body_n for_o piâ—gation_n 2._o to_o open_a obstruction_n and_o the_o pore_n 3._o to_o digest_v tough_a humour_n 4._o to_o qualify_v hot_a distemper_n etc._n etc._n 4._o it_o be_v thus_o make_v i_o mean_v simple_a julep_n for_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v to_o compound_n here_o all_o compound_n have_v as_o many_o several_a idea_n as_o man_n have_v crotchet_n in_o their_o brain_n i_o say_v simple_a julep_n be_v thus_o make_v take_v a_o pint_n of_o such_o distil_a water_n as_o conduce_v to_o the_o cure_n of_o your_o distemper_n which_o this_o treatise_n will_v plentiful_o furnish_v you_o withal_o to_o which_o add_v two_o ounce_n of_o syrup_n conduce_v to_o the_o same_o effect_n i_o shall_v give_v you_o rule_n for_o it_o in_o the_o last_o chapter_n mix_v they_o together_o and_o drink_v a_o draught_n of_o it_o at_o your_o pleasure_n if_o you_o love_v tart_a thing_n add_v ten_o drop_n of_o oil_n of_o vitriol_n to_o your_o pint_n and_o shake_v it_o together_o and_o it_o will_v have_v a_o fine_a grateful_a taste_n 5._o all_o julep_n be_v make_v for_o present_a use_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o speak_v of_o their_o duration_n chap._n 4._o of_o decoction_n 1._o all_o the_o difference_n between_o decoction_n and_o syrup_n make_v by_o decoction_n be_v this_o syrup_n be_v make_v to_o keep_v decoction_n only_o for_o present_a use_n for_o you_o can_v hardly_o keep_v a_o decoction_n a_o week_n at_o any_o time_n if_o the_o weather_n be_v hot_a not_o half_o so_o long_o 2._o decoction_n be_v make_v of_o leave_n root_n flower_n seed_n fruit_n or_o bark_n conduce_v to_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o disease_n you_o make_v they_o for_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v they_o make_v as_o we_o show_v you_o in_o syrup_n 3._o decoction_n make_v with_o wine_n last_v long_o than_o such_o as_o be_v make_v with_o water_n and_o if_o you_o take_v your_o 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