Liquorish two drams boil all these in three pints of fair running water to a quart or less then take the weight of a French Crown of the Kernels of each of the three cold seeds and beat them with a few Almonds and white Rose-water and Sugar and make Almond Milk Dr. Atkins excellenâ—t Receipt of Almond Milk to cool and cleanse the Kidneys Take a pint and a quarter of Barley-water and in that boil Althea Iringus Gramen and Sparagus Roots each a French Crowns weight Strawberries and five leaved Grass both Leaves and Roots each a few boil them till the Barley-water be but a pint then strain out the Barley-water and take a French Crowns weight a piece of the four cold seeds and peel off the husks then beat the seeds with the Almonds and strain them forth together with the Barley-water and put to it a little Rose water and Sugar and make it an Almond Milk A Receipt for the Stone Take a gallon of new Milk Wilde Time Sassafras Pellitory of the Wall Philipendula roots Saxifrage of each one handful Parsley leaves two handfuls three or four Radish-roots and as many Parsley roots Anniseeds one ounce cut and slit the roots bruise the hearbs and seeds and put them to infuse in the milk a whole night the next morning distil it in a Rose distiliatory Take ten or twelve spoonfuls of the water and as much White or Rhenish Wine a little Sugar and a sliced Nutmeg It is very good every full and change of the Moon to take morning and evening to prevent sickness and at any time if need require For the green sickness Take Aloes and Rhubarb of each four ounces finely beaten and searsed prepared Steel four drams mix these together with Claret Wine and make them into twenty seven pills and take every morning in three of them using exercise till all be gone and drink after them at each time a glass of Claret wine For any sore Breasts or Paps Take a pottle of running water Sage two good handfuls small minced and a quantity of Oatmeal-greats small beaten boil all these to the thickness of white bread dough but let it not burn to then put to it three spoonfuls of honey and a little saffron stir it well together and boil it to a quart somewhat stiff This Pultess will break and heal it soon and draw away the pain without breaking It will cure any sore Breast or Pap if it be not a Canker or Fistula A Syrrup lasting many years good for Swounding and Faintness of Heart it comforteth the weak Brain and Sinews it may be used as much as half a nut at once at your pleasure Take Borage Bugloss white Endive one little handful of Rosemary-flowers Time Hysop Winter Savory of each one little handful break these between your hands and seethe them in three quarts of water to three pints then strain it and put to it a pint of good Malmsey one ounce of whole Cloves powder of cinamon half an ounce powder of Ginger a quarter of an ounce one Nutmeg in powder Sugar half a pound or more let them seethe upon a soft fire well stirred for burning to until it come to the thickness of Honey then take it up and let it cool and put it in pots or glasses at your pleasure Prescribed by Dr. Twine An approved Medicine for a woman in Labor to make come prove safe deliverance Take powder of Cinamon one dram powder of Amber half a dram finely beaten mingle it with eight spoonfuls of Claret Wine and so let her drink it To know how much Bezar Stone must be taken when one is heart sick Take Bezer Stone the weight of three Barley corns or five at a time once in six or ten hours and give it in a spoon with Carduus Bean-water Borage or Bugloss Ale or Beer Doctor Stevens excellent water wherewith he cured many Diseases following Take one gallon of Gascoign Wine Ginger Gallingal Cammomil Nutmegs Grains of Paradise Cloves Anniseeds Caroway seeds of each one dram then take Sage Mint red Roses Time Pellitory Rosemary Penniroyal Montanum Cammomil Babin Harts-tongue Lavender Avance of each a handful bray the spices small and let it stand so twelve hours stirring it divers times then still it in a Limbeck and keep the first by it self for it is best then will there come a second water which is good but not so good as the first for it is fainter The vertues of this water is to comfort the Vital Spirit greatly and preserve the youth of man or woman and helps the inward diseases that come of cold helpeth the shaking of the Palsie and cureth contractions of Sinnews it strengthneth the Marrow in the bones it helpeth the conception of Women that are barren it killeth Worms in the body and cureth the cold Gout and Tooth-ache and it helpeth the Stone in the bladder and the pain in the Reins of the Back and will make one seem young a long time one spoonful of this Aqua vitae shall do more good to a man that is sick then four spoonfuls of any other and this Aqua vitae shall be better if it stand in the Sun all Summer long For the Falling Sickness Take half a peck of Peony roots cleanse rub wash and stamp them and as you stamp them put in Sherry Sack let them be beaten very small and then put to them a pottle of Sherry Sack stir all well together and let it stand close covered twenty four hours then pour of the clearest into bottles and take thereof a little draught every change of the Moon for three mornings one morning after another A Pultess to break a Bile or Imposthume Take Sorrel one handful twelve Figs quartered half a pint of Sorrel juyce boil and break these together till it be very tender and put to it some Wheat flower and when it is well boiled put to it a good piece of butter and lay it warm to the place twice a day till it be drawn enough A Remedy for Worms in Children Take one spoonful of juyce of Lemons powdered Saffron half a scruple and a little Sugar and give this same quantity to the Patient three mornings together For Worms Dr. Wetherborn Take Rhubarb one dram Wormwood half a dram Corralline one scruple Currans one good handful beat them all to a Conserve and mix it with Syrup of Violets to an Electuary and give a childe the quantity of a Walnut thereof every other morning fasting An Oyntment to heal any Bruise or Wound Take Sage Self-heal Smallage Sothernwood Plantain Time Ribwort Rue Parsley Marigold leaves Mercury Wormwood Betony Scabious Valerian Comfrey Lions-tongue Buck-horn of each one handful wash them clean and put them into a Sieve to drain all night and when they are dry chop them very small and put to them two pounds of unwashed Butter well beaten then boil it till half be consumed then strain it into the pot you mean to keep it in It is
reviveth him in 〈…〉 use one spoonful à week fasting in the winter two spoonfuls A Water for fainting of the Heart Take Bugloss and red rose-Rose-water of each one pint Milk half a pint Anniseeds and Cinnamon grosly bruised of each half an ounce Maiden-hair two handfuls Harts tongue one handful both shred mix all together and distill it in an ordinary still drink of it morning and evening with a little sugar A Surfeit Water Take half a bushel of red Corn Poppy put it into a large dish cover it with brown paper and lay another dâ—sh upon it set it in an Oven after brown bread is baked divers times till it be dry which put into a pottle of good Aqua vitae to which put Raisins of the sun stoned half a pound six figs sliced three Nutmegs sliced two flakes of Mace bruised two races of Ginger slâ—ced one stick of Cinnamon bruised Liquorish sliced one ounce Anniseed Fennill-seed and Cardamums bruised of each one dram put all these into abroad glasse body and lay first some Poppy in the bottom then some of the other Ingredients then Poppy again and so till the glasse be full then put in the Aqua vitae and let it infuse till it be strong of the spices and very red with the Poppy close covered of the which take two or three spoonfulls upon a Surfeit and when all the liquor is spent put more Aqua vitae to it and it will have the same effect the second time but no more after D. Butlers Cordial Water against Melancholly c. Most approved Take the flowers of Cowslips Marigolds Pinks Glove-gilly-flowers single stock Gilly-flowers of each four handfulls the flowers of Rosemary and Damask Roses of each three handfulls Borage and Bugloss flowers and Balm leaves of each two 〈◊〉 put them in a quart of Canary Wine into a great Bottle or jugg close stopped with a Cork sometimes stirring the flowers and wine together adding to 〈◊〉 Anniseeds bruised one dram two â—utmegs sliced English Saffron two penniworth after some time infusion distill them in a cold Still with a hot fire hanging at the Nose of the Still Ambergreese and Musk of each one grain then to the distilled water pat White Sugar candy finely beaten six ounces and put the glass wherein they are into hot water for one hour Take of this water at one time three spoonfuls thrice a week or when you are ill it cureth all melancholly fumes and infinitely comforts the spirits The admirable and most famous Snail Water Take a peck of garden shell Snails wash them well in small Beer and put them in an hot Oven till they have done making a noise then take them out and wipe them well from the green froth that is upon them and bruise them shells and all in a stone Mortar then take a quart of earth worms scowre them with salt slit them and wash them well with water from their filth and in a stone Mortar beat them to pieces then lay in the bottom of your distilled pot Angelica two handfuls and two handfulls of Celandine upon them to which put two quarts of Rosemary flowers Bears foot Agrimony red Dock Roots Bark of Barberries Betony wood sorrel of each two handfuls Rue one handful then lay the Snails and Worms on the top of the Hearbs and Flowers then pour on three Gallons of the strongest Ale and let it stand all night in the morning put in three ounces of Cloves beaten six penniworth of beaten Saffron and on the top of them six ounces of shaved Harts-horn then set on the Limbeck and close it with paste and so receive the water by pints which will be nine in all the first is the strongest whereof take in the morning two spoonfuls in four spoonfuls of small Beer and the like in the afternoon you must keep a good Diet and use moderate â—â—ercise to warm the blood This Water is good 〈…〉 Obstructions whatsoever It 〈◊〉 a Consumation and Dropsie the stopping of the Stomach and Liver It may be 〈◊〉 with Milk for weak people and 〈◊〉 with Harts-tongue and Elecamâ—ane A singular Mint Water Take a still full of Mints put Balm and Penniroyal of each one good handful steep them in Sack or Lees of Sack twenty four hours stop it close and stir it now and then Distill it in an ordinary still with a very quick fire and keep the still with wet clothes put into the Receiver as much sugar as will sweeten it and so double distill it Distillings A most excellent Aqua Coelestis taught by Mr. Philips Apothecary TAke of Cinnamon one dram Ginger half a dram the three sorts of Saunders of each of them three quarters of an ounce Mace and Cubebs of each of them one dram Cardamon the bigger and lesser of each three drams Setwell-roots half an ounce Anniseed Fennil-seed Basil-seed of each two drams Angelica roots Gillyflowers Thime Calamint Liquorish Calamus Masterwort Penniroyal Mint Mother of Thime Marjoram of each two drams red Rose-seed the flowers of Sage and Betony of each a dram and a half Cloves Galingal Nutmegs of each two drams the flowers of Stechados Rosemary Borage and Bugloss flowers of each a dram and half Citron Rindes three drams bruise them all and put in their Cordial Powders Diamber Aromâ—â—â—cam Diamuscum Diachoden the spices made with Pearle of each three drams infuse all these in twelve pints of Aqua vitae in a glass close stopped for fifteen dayes often shaking it then let it be put in a â—â—â—â—beck close stopped and let it 〈◊〉 distiâ—â—ed gently when you have 〈…〉 in a cloth two drams of 〈…〉 â—alf a dram of Ambergreese and 〈…〉 twelve grains of gold and so 〈◊〉 it to your use Hypocras taught by Dr. Twine for Winde in the Stomach Take Pepper Grains Ginger of each half an ounce Cinnamon Cloves Nutmegs Mace of each one ounce grosly beaten Rosemary Agrimony both shred of each a few crops red rose leaves a pretty quantity as an indifferent gripe a pound of Sugar beaten lay these to steep in a gallon of good Rhennish or White Wine in a close vessel stirring it two or three times a day the space of three or four dayes together then strain it through an Hypocras strainer and drink a draught of it before meat half an hour and sometimes after to help digestion Marigold flowers distilled good for the pain of the Head Take Marigold flowers and distill them then take a fine cloth and wet 〈◊〉 the aforesaid distilled water and so lay it to the forehead of the Patient and being so applied let him sleep if he can this with Gods help will cease the pain A water good for Sun-burning Take water drawn off the Vine dropping the flowers of white Thorn Bean-flowers Water Lilly-flowers Garden Lilly-flowers Elder-flowers and Tansie flowers Althea flowers the whites of Eggs French Barley The Lady Giffords Cordial Water Take four quarts of Aâ—â—a Vitae Borrage and Poppy-water 〈◊〉 each a pint two
in the morning fasting To make Saffron Water Take seven Quarts of white Wine and infuse in it all night one ounce of Saffron dried and in the morning distill it in a Limbeck or glass body with a head and put some white Sugar-candy finely beaten into the Receiver for it to drop on Mr. Stepkins Water for the Eyes Take four ounces of white Rose water and two drams of Tutia in powder shake them well together in a glass vial and drop of it a little into the Eyes evening and morning it is very good for any hot Rheum A precious Water to revive the Spirits Take four gallons of strong Ale five ounces of Aniseeds Liquorish scraped half a pound sweet Mints Angelica Betony Cowslip flowers Sage and Rosemary flowers sweet Marjoram of each three handfuls Pelitory of the wall one handful After it is for two or three dayes distill it in a Limbeck and in the water infuse one handful of the flowers aforesaid Cinamon and Fennel-seed of each half an ounce Juniper berries bruised one dram Red-rose buds rosted Apples and Dates sliced and stoned of each half a pound distill it again and sweeten it with some Sugar-candy and take of Ambergreece Pearle red Coral Harts-horn powdered and leaf Gold of each half a dram put them into a fine linnen bag and hang it by a thread in a glass The Bishop of Worcesters admirably curing Powder Take black tips of Crabs claws when the Sun enters into Cancer which is every year on the eleventh day of June pick and wash them clean and beat them into fine powder which finely searce then take Musk and Civet of each three grains Ambergreece twelve grains rub them in the bottom of the Mortar and then beat them and the powder of the Claws together then with a pound of this powder mix one ounce of the magistery of Pearle Then take ten skins of Adders or Snakes or Slow worm cut them in pieces and put them into a pipkin to a pint and a half of Spring water cover it close and set it on a gentle fire to simmer onely not to boil for ten or twelve hours in which time it will be turned into a Jelly and therewith make the said powder into balls If such skins are not to be gotten then take six ounces of shaved Harts-horn and boil it to a Jelly and therewith make the said powder into balls the horn must be of a red Deer kil'd in August when the moon is in Leo for that is best The Dose is seven or eight grains in beer or wine To make Spirit of Castoreum Take Calamints four ounces Orange peels two ounces Nep half a handful Walnut blossoms half an ounce Rosemary flowers and tops of Sage of each one handful Castoreum one ounce white Wine one quart distil them in a Limbeck This Water is good for swounding fits weak stomachs and rising of the Mother A Water for the Stone Take a quart of clean pickt Strawberries put them in a glass pour on them a quart of Aqua vitae let them stand and steep and take two or three spoonfuls of it morning and evening with fine Sugar or white Sugarcandy It will keep all the year Approved To make Dr. Stephens Water Take a gallon of Claret wine or Sack Cinamon Ginger Grains of Paradise Gallingall Nutmegs Anniseed and Fennel-seed of each three drams Sage Mint red Roses Pellitory of the Wall Wilde Marjoram Rosemary Wilde Time Cammomile Lavender of each one handful bruise the said spices small cut and bruise the Herbs and put all into the Wine in a Limbeck and after it hath stood twenty four hours distil it gently and keep the first water by it self and so the second For a Tetter Take water of red Tar and wash it therewith This is an approved remedy A special water for a Consumption Take a peck of garden shell Snails wash them in small Beer put them into a great Iron dripping-pan and set them on the hot fire of Charcoals and keep them constantly stirring till they make no noise at all then with a knife and cloth pick them out and wipe them clean then bruise them in a stone Mortar shells and all then take a quart of Earth Worms rip them up with a knife and scoure them with Salt and wash them clean and beat them in the Mortar then take a large clean Brass pot to distill them in put into it two handfulls of Angelica on them lay two handfuls of Celandine a quart of Rosemary flowers of Betony and Agrimony of each two handfuls Bears-foot Red dock leaves the bark of Barberries and Wood Sorrel of each one handful Rice half a handful Funugreek and Turnerick of each one ounce Saffron dryed and beaten into powder the weight of six pence Harts-horn and Cloves beaten of each three ounces when all these are in the Pot put the Snails and Worms upon them and then pour on them three gallon of strong Ale then set on the Limbeck and paste it close with Rye dough that no air come out or get in and so let it stand one and twenty hours and distill it with a moderate fire and receive the several Quarts in several Glasses close stopt The Patient must take every morning fasting and not sleep after it two spoonfuls of the strongest water and four spoonfuls of the weakest at one time fasting two hours after it Syrup of Pearmains good against Melancholly Take one pound of the juyce of Pearmains boil it with a soft fire till half be consumed then put it in a glass and there let it stand till it be settled and put to it as much of the juyce of the leaves and roots of Borage Sugar half a pound sirup of Citrons three ounces let them boil together to the consistence of a sirup Tincture of Ambergreece Put into half a pint of pure spirit of Wine in a strong glass Ambergreece one ounce Musk two drams stop the glass close with a cork and bladder and set it in hot horse-dung twelve dayes then pour off the spirit gently and put as much new spirit on and do as before and pour it off clean after all this the Ambergreece will serve for ordinary uses One drop of this Tincture will perfume any thing besides it is a great Cordial Dr. Price and Mâ— Fenton the Chyrurgion their excellent Medicine for the Plague after Infection Take assoon as you finde your self sick as much Diascordium as the weight of a shilling with ten grains of the powder called Speciei de gemmis well mingled together and streight after this let the party drink a good draught of hot posset ale made with Carduus Benedictus Sorrel Scabiosa and Scordium within eight hours after the first taking of it the party must take the Diascordium and Posset again as aforesaid and in like sort the third time within eight hours after but not above three times nor the third time if the party mend after the first or second taking Doctor
any one do dye for when the poyson is quite drawn out the Chick will live the sore presently will asswage and the party recover Mr. Winlour proved this upon one of his own Children the thirteenth Chick dyed the fourteenth lived and the party cured Lord Treasurers Receipt for an Ague Take a quantity of Plantain shred it and double distil it and take six or eight spoonfuls of the Water with as much Borage-water with a little Sugar and one Nutmeg and drink it warm in the cold fit by Gods help it will cure you For Rheume in the Eyes Take one spoonful of Commin-seed finely beaten and boil it in Verjuyce till half be consumed put to it some course wheat bran and boil it till it be dry then put it in a small linnen bag and lay it to the nape of the neck so hot as you can endure it and it will draw the Rhume away To break the Stone and bring away the Gravel Take the inner bark of red Filberd-tree and shave a good handful of it and take as much Saxifrage and steep them in a quart of Ale or white Wine and drink a good draught thereof nine mornings together fasting A cordial Water in the time of Infection by Sir Thomas Mayner Take the juyce of green Walnuts shells and all two pound the juyces of Balm Carduus Benedictus and Marigolds of each three pounds roots of great Docks half a pound Butchers broom roots and all three quarters of a pound Angelica and Masterwort of each three ounces Scordium leaves two handfuls Treacle Venice and Mithridate of each four ounces Canary Wine three pints juyce of Lemons one pint digest these in a glass body two dayes close stopt then put on a glass head and distill it and when it is half distilled strain that which is left in the glass through a linnen cloth and distill it till it grow thick as honey which put into a Gally pot and give some of it in the time of Infection on a knifes point The distilled water is also good for the same purpose China broth for a Consumption Take an ounce of China root chipped thin and steep it in three pints of water all night on embers covered the next day take a Cock chicken deplumed and exenterated and put in its belly Agrimony Maidenhair of each half a handful Raisins of the Sun stoned one good handful and as much French barley boil all these in a pipâ—in close covered on a gentle fire for six or seven hours let it stand till it be cold strain it or let it run through a Hypocras bag and keep it in a glass for your use Take a good draught of it in the morning and at four a clock in the afternoon A comfortable Bag for the Stomach Take Balm Wormwood Rosemary Spearmints sweet Marjoram Winter savory of each half a handful dry them between two dishes on a chafing-dish of coals sprinkling them often with good Vinegar when they are well dryed put to them some crumbs of bread Cloves Cinamon and Nutmeg beaten to powder put them in a fine linnen bag quilt it and lay it warm to the stomach To encrease Womans Milk Bruise Fennel seed and boil them in Barley water and let the Woman drink thereof often To expell Winde Take a handful of Groundswel stripped downwards as much of sage and a quarter of a pound of currans boil these in a pint of Ale and drink it For the Piles Take white Lead finely scraped one dram burnt Allum two drams temper them with hogs lard and plantain-plantain-water and therewith anoint the grieved place For a Thrush or Canker in the Mouth Take two spoonfuls of clarified honey and put a piece of Allum between red hot tongs and hold it till it drop into the Honey and therewith dress the mouth often until it be perfectly cured A green Oyntment good for Bruises Swellings and Wrenches in Man Horse or other Beast Take six pound of May Butter unsalced Oyl Olive one quart Barrows-grease four pound Rosin and Turpentine of each one pound Frankincense half a pound then take these following Hearbs of each one handful Balm Smallege Lovage Red Sage Lavander Cotten Marjoram Rosemary Mallows Cammomile Plaintain Alheal Chickweed Rue Parsley Comfrey Laurel leaves Birch leaves Longwort English Tobacco Groundswel Woundwort Agrimony Briony Carduus Benedictus Betony Adders Tongue Saint Johns-wort pick all these wash them clean and strain the water clean from them These hearbs must be gathered after Sun rising Stamp them very small in a stone Mortar then beat the Rosin and Frankincense to powder and melt them alone then put in the Oyl Butter and Hogs grease and when all is well melted put in the Hearbs and let them boil half a quarter of an hour then take it off the fire and scum it very clean a quarter of an hour and when it is off the fire put in the Turpentine and two ounces of Verdigreese stir it well on else it will run over and so stir it till it leave boiling then put it in an earthen pot which stop very close with a cloath and a board on the top and set in an Horse Dunghil one and twenty dayes and take it out and put it into a Kettle and let it boil a little taking heed that it boil not over then strain it through a course cloath and put to it half a pound of Oyl of Spike and cover the pot close till you use it When you have any occasion to use it warm it a little for a cold cause and anoint the place grieved Mix this Oyl with the like quantity of the Oyl of Bayes when it is for a Melander in a Horse or a dry Itch in a Horse or Mare then take Quick-silver and beat it often with fasting spittle till it be killed and look black and take a quart of Comfrey to the quantity of Quick-silver to which put thrice so much of the said Oyl beat all well together and use it For a man it must be well chafed in the Palme of the hand three or four times If you use it for a Horse put to it Brimstone finely beaten and work it altogether as aforesaid An excellent Sear-cloth for a Wound Bruise or Ache. Take a pint of Oyl Olive four ounces of Unguentum Populeon the Oyls of Cammomile and Roses of each one ounce Virgins Wax three ounces Red Lead in powder eight ounces boil these together continually stirring them till they will stick to a cloth which is enough then wet your clothes in them and hang them up to dry The best time to make it is in March Dr Reads Perfume to smell against the Plague First take half a pint of red Rose water and put thereto the quanity of a hazle Nut of Venice Treacle or Mithridate stirring them together till they be well infused then put thereto a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon broken into small pieces and bruised in a Mortar twelve cloves bruised the quantity of
of White Lillies two of Dragon leaves two of Rue two of Wormwood two of Mints one of Sweet Marjoram one of Pellitory of Spain one of Feaverfew one of Angelica one of Betony stamp well these herbs and put them into a great pottage pot and boil them in two quarts of running water till the water be consumed then put to it two quarts of Cowslip flowers that have been steeped in Oyl Olive four weeks and have been kept in the Sun all that time and two quarts of White Wine and also two quarts of Oyl Olive boil them together one or two hours till you think it almost dry then strain in the Oyl from the herbs and put it into a glass and blow the uppermost of the Oyl into the glass for the very bottom is not so good A Medicine for the Worms Take a little fresh Butter and Honey melt it and anoint therewith the childe from the Stomach to the Navil then take powder of Mirrhe and strew it upon the place so anointed cover it with a brown paper and binde a cloth over it and so anoint the childe three nights one after another This Mirrhe is also good to swallow in a morning for shortness of breath and to chew it in the mouth for Rhumes A Powder for the winde in the Body Take Anniseed Caroway-seed Jet Ambergreese red Coral dried Lemon or Orange peels new laid Egg shells dried Dates stones pillings of Goose-horns of Capons and Pigeons dried Horse radish-roots of each half a scruple in fine powder well mixed and take half a scruple thereof every morning in a spoonful of Beer or white Wine To make Oyl of Eggs. Take twelve yolks of eggs and put them in a pot over the fire and let them stand till you perceive them to grow black then put them in a press and press out the oyl This oyl is good for all manner of burnings and scaldings whatsoever To make Oyl of Mustard seed Take two pounds of Mustard seed and four pounds of Oyl Olive grinde them together and let them so stand nine dayes and then stir it well and keep in boxes This Oyl is good for the Palsie Gout Itch c. To make Oyl of Fennel Take a good quantity of Fennel and put it betwen two iron Plates and make them very hot in the fire then press out the liquor This Oyl will keep a great while it is good for the Tissick and for Burnings or Scaldings To make Oyl of Rue Cut Rue leaves small and put them into a pot with some Oyl Olive and let them stand twelve dayes then boil them till they be wasted to the third part then strain it and keep it close This Oyl is good to keep away all causes of Pestilences in man woman or childe To make Oyl of Cammomile Stamp a good quantity of Cammomile flowers in a Mortar put them in a pot with some Oyl Olive and let them stand twelve dayes then boil it a little on the fire then take it off and press it out hard and put the juyce into glasses and put to them more Cammomile flowers stamped small and let them stand for your use A Sovereign Medicine for a Fistula Take pure Rosin one pound Sheep Suet the bigness of a great Egg or somewhat more in Winter and set them on a fire in a pot till it be ready to boil then pour it in a pan of cold water and work it with your hands rubbed with butter till it become so small as packthred scrape it on a cloth and spread it thin then cut it out small and narrow and when you use it roul it up small like tents The Powder Take an Ox-horn and steep it nine dayes in water shift every day into fresh water then take it out and fill it full of black Soap and fry it over the fire in a Frying-pan and the horn will melt away and burn to powder dip the end of ten tents in this powder The Water Take Allum and white Copperas of each half a pound beat them into fine powder and mix them well together and put them in an earthen pot and let them boil on a soft fire till they be hard and will boil no longer then beat them to powder Two spoonfuls will make a gallon of water and one spoonful will make a pottle but let the water seethe first then take it off and at first sprinkle a little of the powder lest it flame up and after the rest wet a fair cloth and dress the sore twice a day If green Copperas be used two pound must be put to one pound of Allum When the sore is dressed it must be tented as aforesaid if need require and lay on a cloth still wet in the said water As the water comes hot from the fire put in one spoonful of the said powder by degrees A special Medicine for a Looseness Burn three Nutmegs to ashes in the flame of a wax candle and when they are thorowly burnt rub them to powder and mix it with the like quantity of Bean flower and Cinamon finely beaten and searsed then make up into a paste with the white of an Egg and a little red Wine and make the paste into small round pills fit for swallowing and dry them hard in a clean fire and when you take them drink a little red wine after it For an Vncomb or sore Finger Shred one handful of Smallage very small and put to it one spoonful of Honey the yolk of an Egg and a little Wheat flower to make it thick then spread it on a cloth and lay it to the sore twice a day For the same in young Children or any other in the beginning Take Celandine and bruise it well between your hands and binde to your Navil and the soles of your feet hang it once in twenty four hours till they be well A Medicine for the Purples proved Take Purple Silk and shred it as small as you can and put it into a spoon and put a little Ale or Beer unto it lukewarm and so take it and drink after it a little and so do five mornings together and fast an hour after it Dr. Twines Almond Milk Take a pot of water when it is boiled and stood to be clear then boil therein Violet leaves Strawberries the whole herb with the root of each a pretty handful Sorrel a good root all well washed a crust of white bread raisins of the Sun stoned two ounces boil all these from a pottle to a quart and with fifty Almonds blanched and thirty Pompion Kernels all well beaten draw an Almond Milk sweetned with good â—ugar to your liking and drink a good draught thereof morning and evening towards the quantity of a pint Dr. Blacksmiths Almond Milk Take of the roots of Ruscus Gramen Sparagus and Succory each three drams Barley prepared half a handful of the leaves of Mallows Violets five leaved Grass Strawberries Borage Bugloss Maiden-hair of each half a handful sliced
keep it in a glass close stopt for your use An Electuary for the passion of the Heart Take Damask Roses half blown cut off their whites and stamp them very fine and strain out the Juyce very strong moisten it in the stamping with a little Damask rose-Rose-water then put thereto fine powder Sugar and boil it gently to a thin Syrup then take the powders of Amber Pearl and Rubies of each half a dram Ambergreece one scruple and mingle them with the said sirup till it be somewhat thick and take a little thereof on a knifes point morning and evening A Drink for a hot Feaver Take spring-Spring-water and red Rose-water of each one pint and a half the juice of three Lemons and white Sugar-candy one ounce and mix them together and give the Patient thereof six or eight spoonfuls at a time often in a day and night until the unnatural heat be extinguished For the Cholick Take equal portions of Honey and Wine put them on a fire and put thereto ground Wheat-meal and a pretty quantity of bruised Cummin-seeds and as much Sorrel boil all together for a pretty while then put them into a linnen bag and apply it to the belly as a plaister Or take a pretty bundle of Time and boil it with a little slice of Ginger in a pint of Malmsey till the third part be wasted and drink thereof as warm as you can For stopping of the Vrine Take the shells of quick Snails wash them and dry them clean and beat them into fine powder whereof take a pretty quantity in White Wine or thin broth For the Stone in the Kidneys Take a pottle of new Ale and as much Renish Wine and put into it two whole Lemons sliced with the peels and all and put to them one Nutmeg beaten and two handfuls of Scurvey-grass beaten and strained into the Ale and half a penniworth of grains of Paradise bruised put all together in a little stand with a cover and after three dayes drink of it with a taste It is also good against the winde Cholick proceeding from the Stone To make Hair grow thick Take three spoonfuls of Honey and a good handful of Vine sprigs that twist like Wire and beat them well and strain their juyce into the Honey and anoint the bald places therewith For the Rhume or Cough in the Stomach Take a pint of Malmsey or Muscadine and boil it in five ounces of Sugarcandy till it come to a Syrup and in the latter end of the boiling put to it five spoonfuls of Horehound distilled water and so suck it from a Liquorish stick bruised at the end Use this onely to bed-ward For the Sciatica Take a pound of yellow Wax six spoonfuls of the juyce of Marjoram and red Sage two spoonfuls of the juyce of Onions of Anniseeds Cloves Frankincense Mace and Nutmegs of each one penniworth and as much Turpentine boil these together to the consistence of a Salve and so apply it For the Piles Roste quick Snails in their shells pick out their meat with a pin and beat them in a Mortar with some powder of Pepper to a Salve then take the dried roots of Pilewort in powder and strew it thin on the Plaister and apply it as hot as you can suffer it To Procure sleep Chop Cammomile and crumbs of brown bread small and boil them with White Wine Vinegar stir it well and spread it on a cloth and binde it to the soles of the feet as hot as you can suffer it You may adde to it dried red Rose leaves or red Rose cakes with some red Rose water and let it heat till it be thick and binde some of it to the Temples and some to the Soles of the feet A good Purge Take Diacatholicon and Syrup of Roses Laxative of each one ounce mix them well together in a penny pot of white Wine and drink it warm early in the morning This purgeth Choller Phlegm and all manner of watry humours For a Fellon in a Joynt Dry Bay salt and beat it into powder and mix it with the yolk of an Egg and apply it to the grieved place in the beginning before the Fellon be broken but if it be first broken then take the juyce of Groundsel the yolk of an Egg a little Honey and Rye flower mix them well together and so apply it To heal a fresh Wound with speed Take the leaves of Columdine Nettles Plantain Ribwort wilde Tarras Wormwood red Roses Betony Violets of each one handful wash them clean and beat them well with the White of an Egg and strain out the juyce through a cloth to which juyce put the quantity of two Walnuts of Honey and half an ounce of Frankincense stir them well together and put it in a box and use it plaister wise Or take Rosin Wax fresh Butter Barrows grease well tried of each a little quantity oyl them well and put it into a bason of cold water and work it with your hands into little rolls spread it on a cloth and apply it If the wound be deep tent it with lint For the pricking of a Needle or Thorn Take boulted Wheat-flower and temper it with red Wine boil them together to the thickness of a Salve and lay it on so hot as you can suffer it This will open the hole draw out the filth and ease the pain For to kill a Corn. Take of the bigness of a Walnut of Ale yeast that is hard and sticks to the tub side put to it a little dried salt finely powdered work them well together and put it in a close box make a plaister of some of it and binde it to the Corn. For Bruises Swellings broken Bones Take Brooklime Chickweed Mallows Smallage Groundsel of each one handful stamp them with a little Sheeps tallow Swines grease and Copin put thereto wine dregs and a little Wheat bran stir them well together over the fire till they be hot so apply it to the place grieved For Burning or Scalding Take Goose dung and the middle bark of an Elder tree fry them in May butter strain them and therewith anoint the burnt or scalded place To help Deafness Take a piece of Rye dough the bigness of an Egg and of that fashion bake it dry in an Oven cut off the end and with a knife cut out the paste and make it hollow then put into it a little Aqua Composita and stir it and so hot as you can endure it apply it to the deaf ear till it be cold you must keep your head very warm If both ears be grieved make two of them and use those three times For the Cholick Take half a sheet of white paper anoint it all over with Oyl Olive and strew thereon gross pepper and so lay it to the belly from the navil downward For the yellow Jaundies Take Pimpinel Groundsel Sheebroom with the tops of each one handful boil them in a quart of Ale till half be consumed then divide it into three
and take the marrow thereof and anoint the nipple therewith To dry up Milk in a Womans Breast Take a quantity of Aqua vitae and a quantity of sweet Butter melt and temper them together and anoint the Breast therewith laying a brown paper betwixt them and so do as often as the paper drieth till the Milk be dried up this is also good to keep the Ague out of the Breast To make a woman have a nipple that hath none and would give suck Take a Wicker Bottle that hath a little mouth and fill it full of hot water and stop it close til the bottle be through hot then let out the water and set the mouth of the bottle close to the Nipple as long as there is any heat in the bottle it will cleave fast To heal the Nipple of a Womans Breast Take a quantity of Cream and put it into the juyce of Valerian stamped and strained and as much of the juyce of sea-green used in like sort boil all these together till it come to be as Butter then take it and put it into a box and anoint the Nipple therewith three or four times a day and lay a Walnut shell or some other hollow thing over it to keep the clothes from it till it be whole or else make a Posset Ale of Alom and lay the curd to the Nipple warm till the childe doth suck and then lay on again A Medicine for Worms in young Children Take a Plaister of white Leather or brown paper and spread it with Honey warm it a little against the fire but first strew some of the best Aloes Succotrinae thereon then lay it all over the Stomach of the Childe warm the like plaister is to be laid on the Childes Navil at the same time if you have no Honey mix the juyce of Plantain and lay it on the leather Dr. Forsters Infusion purging Choller Take Damask Roses two ounces or Rhubarb two drams and a half of Spikenard one scruple of Orcin one scruple cut all small and infuse in a quart of clarified whey all night in the morning strain gently and put to it one ounce of Syrup of Roses or Syrup of Violets Dr. Fosters Infusion purging Melancholly Take Fumitory Epithymum flowers or leaves of Borage and Bugloss of each a good half handful Polypody of the Oak one ounce Sena half an ounce Fennil-seed two drams Whey three pints infuse and boil to a quart whereunto adde two ounces of Syrup of Roses solutive the dose is half a pound you may quicken a draught with a dram of Electuary of Roses An opening purging Julip and cooling for Choller and hot Humors Take of Barley two little handfuls of Savory with the roots Maidenhair Liverwort Sorrel each half a good handful of roots of Grass of Fennil each half an ounce of the four cold seeds each two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of Succory water unto sixteen ounces in which infuse half an ounce of Sena Tamarindes and Polypody of each three drams Jalap and Hermodactils of each two drams Fennil-seed Anniseed and Liquorish of each one dram Currans bruised half an ounce of Borage Bugloss and Rosemary flowers of each one dram infuse these warm then boil them until five ounces of the Succory Water be consumed then strain it and adde the expression of four scruples of Rhubarb infused in three ounces of Manna and syrup of roses one ounce of the Christals of Tartar one dram mingle them the Dose is four or five ounces every morning Doctor Mores Powder or grosly prepared Drug to be taken in mornings and after Meals to mend Concoction comfort the Brain break Winde and make sweet Breath Take Liquorish cut small Anniseed Comfits with one skin of Sugar of each two ounces sweet Fennil seed Comfits with one skin of Sugar Corianders prepared and Caroway-seed of each one ounce of white Ginger Cinamon Calamus Aromaticus and Nutmegs of each one ounce cut very small of the Lozenges of Aromaticum Rosatum of Manus Christies with Chymica Oyl of Cinamon Cloves and Lozenges of Dâ—ambra cut into small pieces each half an ounce to be taken about a spoonful at the time aforesaid Lucatello's Balsam admirable for all Wounds Take Venice Turpentine one pound Oyl Olive three pints Sack six spoonfuls yellow Wax one pound natural Balsam half an ounce Oyl of Saint Johns-Wort red Sanders powdered of each one ounce wash the Venice Turpentine three times in red Rose-water then slice the Wax thin and set it on the fire in a big Skillet and when it is well molten put the Turpentine to it and stir them well together till they boil a little take it off the fire and let it cool till the next day then cut it into thick slices and pour all the water out of it then set it on the fire again and when it is molten stir it well and put it into the aforesaid Oyls Sack Balsam and Sanders and stir them well together that they may incorporate then â—et it boil again for a short space take it off the fire and stir it well for the space of two hours that it may become thick and when it is cold put it up in several Gallipots and when you use it apply it tented into a deep and hollow wound if it be onely a slit cut anoint the wound with it and binde it fast on with the cloth A Purge by Dr. Mayhern Take of the best Sena six drams of Rhubarb two drams Cream of Tartâ—r half a dram of sweet Fennil-seed as much and a little Cinamon infuse all these one night in half a pint of white Wine in the morning let it boil one walm or two strain it and put of the best Manna an ounce dissolve it over the fire then strain it again then put to it an ounce of Salatine syrup of Roses so drink it fast two hours after from meat and drink sleep and then drink nothing but thin broth An approved Medicine to beautifie the Face or to take away Pimples or Heat in the Face Take a fair earthen Pipkin and put into it a pottle of clean running water and an ounce of white Mercury beaten to white powder then set it on the fire and let it boil until one half be consumed and keep it close covered saving when you stir it then take the whites of six new laid egs beaten half an hour or more and put it into the liquor after it is taken from the fire you must put in also the juyce of Lemons being very good and half a pint of new Milk and a quarter of a pound of bitter Almonds blanched and beaten with half a pint of Damask Rose-water strain all these together through a strainer and let it stand three weeks before you use it and I will warrant you fair c. An excellent water for the Eyes that are red or full of Rhume Take young Hazle Nuts when they are so soft that you may thrust a pin through
Betony Pimpernel and Turmentine roots of each a pound steep these all night in three gallons of strong Beer and distil them all in a Limbeck and when you use it take a spoonful thereof every four hours and sweat well after it draw two quarts of water if your Beer be strong and mingle them both together Poppy Water Take four pound of the Flower of Poppies well pickt and sifted steep them all night in three Gallons of Ale that is strong and still it in a Limbeck you may draw two quarts the one will be strong and the other will be small c. A Water for a Consâ—mption or for a Brain that is weak Take Cream or new milk and Claret VVine of each three pints of Violet flowers Bugloss and Borage flowers of each a spoonfull Comfrey Knotgrass and Plantain of these half a handfull three or four Pome-waters sliced a stick of Liquorish some Pompion seeds and strings put to this a Cock that hath been chased and beaten before he was killed dress it as to boil and parboil it until there be no blood in it then put them in a pot and set them over your Limbeck and the soft fire draw out a pottle of water then put your water in a Pipkin over a charcoal fire and boil it awhile dissolve therein six ounces of white Sugar-candy and two penny weight of Saffron when it is cold strain it into a glass and let the Patient drink three or four spoonfulls three or four times a day blood-warm your Cock must be cut into small pieces and the bones broken and in case the flowers and hearbs are hard to come by a spoonful of their stilled waters are to be used Another for the same Take a pottle of good Milk one pint of Muscadine half a pint of red Rose-water a penny manchet sliced thin two handfuls of Raisins of the sun stoned a quarter of a pound of fine sugar sixteen Eggs beaten mix all these together then distill them in a common still with a soft fire then let the Patient drink three or four spoonfuls at a time blood-warm being sweetened with Manus Christi made with Corral and Pearle when your things are all in the Still strew four ounces of Cinnamon beaten this water is good to put into broath c. A good Stomach Water Take a quart of Aqua Composita or Aqua vitae the smaller and put into it one handfull of Cowslip flowers a good handfull of Rosemary flowers sweet Marjoram a little Pellitory of the Wall a little Betony and Balm of each a little handful Cinnamon half an ounce Nutmegs a dram Anniseeds Coriander seeds Caroway seeds Gromel-seeds Juniper berries of each a dram bruise the spice and seed and put them into Aqua Composita or Aqua vitae with your Hearbs together and put into them a pound of very fine sugar stir them well together and put them into a glass and let it stand in the Sun nine dayes and stir it every day two or three Dates and a little race of Ginger sliced into it will make it the better especially against winde c. A Bag of Purging Ale Take of Agrimony Speedwell Liverwort Scurvy-grass Water-Cresses of each a handful of Monk of Rhubarb and red Madder of each half a pound of Horse-Radishes three ounces Liquorish two ounces Sassafrage four ounces Sena seven ounces sweet Fennil-seeds two drams Nutmegs four pick and wash your hearbs and roots and bruise them in a Mortar and put them in a bag made of a Bolter and so hang them in three galons of middle ale and let it work in the Ale and after three dayes you may drink it as you see occasion c. The Ale of Health and Strength by Viscâ—unt St. Albans Take Sassafras wood half an ounce Sarsaparilla three ounces white Saunders one ounce Chamapition an ounce China root half an ounce Mace a quarter of an ounce Chamapition an ounce cut the wood as thin as may be with a knife into small pieces and bruise them in a Mortar put to them these sorts of Hearbs viz. Cowslip Flowers Roman VVormwood of each a handful of Sage Rosemary Betony Mugwort Balm and sweet Marjoram of each half a handful of Hops boil all these in six gallons of Ale till it come to four then put the wood and hearbs into six gallons of Ale of the second wort and boil it till it come to four let it run from the dregs and put your Ale together and run it as you do other purging Ale c. A water excellent good against the Plague Take three pints of Malmsey or Muscadine of Sage and Rue of each one handful boil them together gently to one pint then strain it and set it on the fire again and put to it one penniworth of Long Pepper Ginger four drams Nutmegs two drams all beaten together then let it boil a little take it off the fire and while it is very hot dissolve therein six penniwoth of Methridate and three penniworth of Venice Treacle and when it is almost cold put to it a pint of strong Angelica water or so much Aqua vitae and so keep it in a glass close stopped A Cordial Cherry-water Take a pottle of Aqua vitae two ounces of ripe Cherries stoned Sugar one pound twenty four Cloves one stick of Cinamon three spoonfuls of Aniseeds bruised let these stand in the Aqua vitae fifteen dayes and when the watet hath fully drawn out the Tincture pour it off into another glass for your use which keep close stopped the Spice and the Cherries you may keep for they are very good for winde in the Stomach The Lord Spencers Cherry-water Take a pottle of new Sack four pound of through ripe Cherries stoned put them into an earthen pot to which put an ounce of Cinnamon Saffron unbruised one dram tops of Balm Rosemary or their flowers of each one handful let them stand close covered twenty four hours now and then stirring them then put them into a cold Still to which put of beaten Amber two drams Coriander seed one ounce Alkerms one dram and distill it leasurely and when it is fully distilled put to it twenty grains of Musk. This is an excellent Cordiall good for Faintings and Swoundings for the Crudities of the Stomach Winde and swelling of the Bowels and divers other evill Symptomes in the Body of Men and Women The Herbs to be distilled for Vsquebath Take Agrimony Fumitory Betony Bugloss Wormwood Harts-tongue Carduus Benedictus Rosemary Angelica Tormentil of each of these for every gallon of Ale one handful Anniseeds and Liquorice well bruised half a pound Still all these together and when it is stilled you must infuse Cinnamon Nutmeg Mace Liquorish Dates and Raisms of the Sun and sugar what quantity you please The infusion must be till the colour please you Dr. Kings way to make Mead. Take five quarts and a pint of VVater and warm it then put one quart of Honey to every
gallon of Liquor one Lemon and a quarter of an ounce of Nutmegs it must boil till the scum rise black that you will have it quickly ready to drink squeeze into it a Lemon when you tun it It must be cold before you tun it up To make Syrup of Rasberries Take nine quarts of Rasberries clean pickt and gathered in a dry day and put to them four quarts of good Sack into an earthen pot then paste it up very close and set it in a Cellar for ten dayes then distill it in a Glass or Rose-still then take more Sack and put in Rasberries to it then when it hath taken out all the colour of the Raspiss strain it out and put in some fine Sugar to your taste and set it on the fire keeping it continually stirring till the scum doth rise then take it off the fire let it not boil skim it very clean and when it is cold put it to your distilled Raspis but colour it no more then to make it a pale Claret Wine This put into bottles or Glasses stopt very close To make Lemon Water Take twelve of the fairest Lemons slice them and put them into two pints of White Wine and put to them Cinamon two drams Gallingale two drams of Rose leaves Borage and Bugloss flowers of each one handfull of yellow Saunders one dram steep all these together twelve hours then distill them gently in a Glass Still until you have distilled one pint and an half of the Water and then adde to it three ounces of Sugar one grain of Ambergreese and you will have a most pleasing cleansing Cordiall water for many uses To make Gilly-flower Wine Take two ounces of dried Gilly-flowers and put them into a pottle of Sack and beat three ounces of Sugar-candy or fine Sugar and grinde some Ambergreece and put it in the bottle and shake it oft then run it through a gelly bag and give it for a great Cordial after a weeks standing or more You make Lavander Wine as you do this The Lady Spotswood Stomach water Take white Wine one pottle Rosemary and Cowslip flowers of each one handful as much Betony leaves Cinnamon and Cloves grosly beaten of both one ounce steep all these three dayes stirring it often then put to it Mithridate four ounces and stir it together and distill it in an ordinary Still Water of Time for the passion of the heart Take a quart of white Wine and a pint of Sack steep in it as much broad Thime as it will wet put to it of Galingale and Calamus Aromaticus of each one ounce Cloves Mace Ginger and grains of Paradise two drams steep these all night the next morning distill it in an ordinary Still drink it warm with sugar A Receipt to make damnable Hum. Take species de Gemmis Aromaticum Rosatum Diarrhodon Abbatis Laetificans Galeni of each four drams Loaf Sugar beaten to powder half a pound small Aqua vitae three pints strong Angelica water one pint mix all these together and when you have drunk it to the Dregs you may fill it up again with the same quantity of waters The same powders will serve twice and after twice using it it must be made new again An admirable Water for sore Eyes Take Lapis Tutiae Aloes Hepatica fine hard Sugar of each three drams beat them very small and put them into a Glasse of three pints to which put red rose-Rose-water and white Wine of each one pint set the Glass in the Sun in the Moneth of July for the whole Moneth shaking it twice in a day for all that while then use it as followeth put one drop thereof into the Eye in the evening when the party is in bed and one drop in the morning an hour before the Patient riseth Continue the use of it till the Eyes be well The older the VVater the better it is Most approved A Snail Water for weak Children and old People Take a pottle of Snails and wash them well in two or three waters and then in small Beer bruise them sheâ— and all then put them into a gallon 〈◊〉 red Cowes Milk red Rose leaves dried the whites cut off Rosemary sweet Marjoram of each one handful and so distill them in a cold still and let it drop upon powder of white Sugarcandy in the receiver drink of it first and last and at four a clock in the afternoon a Wine glass full at a time Clary water for the Back Stomach c. Take three gallons of midling Beer put it in a great brasse Pot of four gallons and put to it ten handfuls of Clarey gathered in a dry day Raisins of the Sun stoned three pounds Anniseeds and Liquorish of each four ounces the whites and shells of twenty four eggs or half so many if there be not so much need in the back the shells small and mix them with the whites 〈…〉 the bottoms of three white lâ—â—ves put into the receiver one pound of white Sugarcandy or so much fine loaf Sugar beaten small and distill it through a Limbeck keep it close and be seldom without it for it reâ—â—eth very much the stomach and heart â—trengtheneth the back procureth Appetite and Digestion driveth away Melancholly sadness and heaviness of the heart c. Dr. Montfords Cordial Water Take Angelica leaves twelve handfuls six leaves of Carduus Benedictus Balm and Sage of each five handfuls the seeds of Angelica and sweet Fennil of each five ounces bruised scraped and bruised Liquorish twelve ounces Aromaticum Rosatum Diamoscus dulcis of each six drams the Hearbs being cut small the seeds and Liquorish bruised infuse them into two gallons of Canary Sack for twenty four hours then distill it with a gentle fire and draw off onely five pints of the spirits which mix with one pound of the best Sugar dissolved into a Syrup in half a pint of pure red rose-Rose-water Aqua mirabilis Sir Kenelm Digby's way Take Cubebs Gallingale 〈◊〉 Mellilot flowers Cloves 〈◊〉 Ginger Cinnamon of each one 〈◊〉 bruised small juyce of Celandine 〈◊〉 pint juyce of Spearmint half a 〈◊〉 juyce of Balm half a pint Sugar one pound flower of Cowslips Rosemary Borage Bugloss Marigolds of each two drams the best Sack three pints strong Angelica water one pint red Rose-water half a pint bruise the spices and flowers and steep them in the Sack and juyces one night the next morning distill it in an ordinary or glass still and first lay Harts-tongue leaves in the bottom of the Still The Vertues of the precedent water This Water preserveth the Lungs without grievances and helpeth them being wounded it suffereth not the blood to putrifie but multiplieth the same this water suffereth not the heart to burn nor melancholy nor the 〈◊〉 to be lifted up above nature it expelleth the Rhume preserveth the Stomach conserveth Youth and procureth a good colour it preserveth Memory it destrâ—yeth the Palsie if this be given to one a 〈◊〉 a spoonful of it
for a Dropsie approved by the Lady Hobby who was cured her self by it Take Carawayes Smallage Time Hysop Watercresses Penniroyal Nettle tops Calamint Elecampane-roots of each one little handful Horse radish two pounds boil them in six quarts of running water until half be consumed then strain it boil it a new with a pottle of Canary Sack Liquorish twelve ounces sweet Fennel-seed one ounce bruised and a quarter of an ounce of Cumin-seed bruised boil all these above half an hour then strain it and keep it for your use nine spoonfuls in the morning fasting and as much at three or four a clock in the afternoon use it for some time together This the Lady Hobby proved by her self Dr. Adrian Gilberts most Sovereign Cordial Water Take Spearmint Broom-mint Mother of Time the Blossome tops of Garden Time red Penniroyal Scabious Celandine Wood Sorrel Wood Betony Angelica leaves and stalkes set Wall Leaves Peony leaves Egrimony Tormentil sweet Marjoram red Sage Rue Rossolis Angelica roots Elecampany roots set Wall Roots green Peniroyal Comfrey Blossoms and Leaves Juniper-berries of each a pound Balm Carduus Benedictus Dragon Feaverfew Wormwood of each two pounds steep all these in the lees of strong pure venient Claret Wine for nine dayes every day twice turning them to mingle them well in the Lees then distil them in a Limbeck with a red clear head with two pounds of shaved Harts horn and Ivory twelve ounces draw as long of it as you may in several pottle glasses the first is accounted the best and uncompounded and the perfectest against the Plague spotted Feavers small Pocks ordinary Feavers divers times experienced by my self either to prevent or in the time of these sicknesses If you will compound it because the water hath an ill taste then take the first gallon of the water and mix it with a pottle of the best Malaga sack and put into them three pounds of Raisins solis stoned Figs one pound and a half the flowers of Clove-gilly-flowers Cowslips and Marigolds blue Violets of each two pounds red Rose buds one pound Ambergreece Bezoar stone clarified Sugar Aniseeds Liquorish and what else you please These are Adrian Gilberts Receipts having had experience of them most constantly sure The uncompounded Water is the more excellent and if in time of infection one take two spoonfuls of it in good Bear or white Wine he may safely walk from danger by the leave of God If any of the former diseases attache any person then he must take four ounces of the first water and mix therewith either the syrups of Violets Clove-gilly-flowers or Angelica as the disease is one spoonful of the Syrup is sufficient for four ounces of the water so take it in three times For a swoln Face Take Oyl of Elder and Plaintain-water of each one ounce beat them well together until they be exactly incorporated and therewith anoint the tumefied place twice or thrice in a day until the swelling be chased away Cock water for a Consumption Take a running Cock pull him alive then kill him cut him abroad by the back take out the entrails and wipe him clean then quarter him and break his bones then put him into a rose-Rose-water still with a pottle of Sack Currans and Raisins of the sun stoned and Figs sliced of each one pound Dates stoned and cut small half a pound Rosemary flowers Wilde Time Spearmint of each one handful Organs or Wilde Marjoram Bugloss pimpinel of each two handfuls and a bottle of new milk from a red cow Distill these with a soft fire put into the Receiver a quarter of a pound of brown Sugar-candy beaten small four grains of Ambergreece fourty grains of prepared pearl and half a book of leaf gold cut very small you must mingle the strong water with the small and let the patient take two spoonfuls of it in the morning and as much at going to bed A precious Cordial for a sick body Take three spoonfuls of Mint water and as much of Muskadine and Wormwood water two or three spoonfuls of fine Sugar and two or three drops of Cinamon spirit beat these well together with two or three spoonfuls of Clove-gilly-flowers spirit and give the Patient now and then one spoonfull thereof especially when he or she goeth to bed Wormwood Cakes good for a cold Stomach and to help Digestion Take pure searced Sugar two ounces and wet it with the Spirit of Wormwood then take a little Gum Tragiganth and steep it all night in Rose water then take some of this and the wet sugar and beat them together in an Alablaster Mortar till it come to a paste like dough if you please put a little Musk to it then make it up in little cakes of the breadth of a groat or three pence lay them upon plates and dry them gently in an Oven and keep them in a dry place for your use and upon occasion hold one of them in your mouth to melt and swallow the dissolved juyce thereof for the infirmities aforesaid To make water of Life Take Balm leaves and stalks Burnet leaves and flowers Rosemary red Sage Taragon Tormentil leaves Rossolis red Roses Carnation Hysop Thyme red strings that grow upon Savory red Fennel leaves and roots red Mints of each one handful bruise these herbs and put them in a great earthen pot and pour on them as much white Wine as will cover them stop them close and let them steep for eight or nine dayes then put to it Cinamon Ginger Angelica seeds Cloves and Nutmegs of each one ounce a little Saffron Sugar one pound Raisins Solis stoned one pound Dates stoned and sliced half a pound the loins and legs of an old Coney fleshy running Capon the red flesh of the sinnews of a leg of Mutton four young Chickens twelve Larks the yolks of twelve Eggs a loaf of white bread cut in sops and two or three ounces of Mithridate or Treacle and as much Bastard or Muscadine as will cover them all Distill all with a moderate fire and keep the first and second waters by themselves and when there comes no more by distilling put more Wine into the Pot upon the same stuff and distil it again and you shall have another good water This water must be kept in a double glass close stopt very carefully it is good against many Infirmities as the Dropsie Palsie Ague Sweating Spleen Worms Yellow and Black Jaundies it strengtheneth the Spirits Brain Heart Liver and Stomach Take two or three spoonfulss when need is by it self or with Ale Beer or Wine mingled with sugar Dr. Atkinsons excellent Perfume against the Plague Take Angelica roots and dry them a very little in an Oven or by the fire and then bruise them very soft and lay them in Wine Vinegar to steep being close covered three or four days and then heat a brick hot and lay the same thereon every morning this is excellent to air the house or any clothes or to breath over
an hazle Nut of Angelica root sliced very thin as much of Setwal roots sliced three or four spoonfuls of White Wine Vinegar so put them altogether in a glass and stop it very close and shake it two or three times a day together so keep it to your use when you wet the spunge shake the glass in the Winter you may put to it three or four spoonfuls of Cinamon water or Sack A Perfume against the Plague Divers good Physicians opinions are that to burn Tar every morning in a chafing-dish of coals is most excellent against the Plague also put in a little Wine Vinegar to the Tar. It is most excellent and approved Sir Edward Tertiles Salve called the chief of all Salves Take Rosin eight ounces Virgins Wax and Frankincense of each four ounces Mastick one ounce Harts Suet four ounces Camphire two drams beat the Rosin Mastick and Frankincense in a Mortar together to fine powder then melt the Rosin and Wax together then put in the powders and when they are well melted strain it through a cloth into a pottle of White Wine and boil it together till it be somewhat thick then let it cool and put in the Camphire and four ounces of Venice Turpentine drop by drop lest it clumper stirring it continually then make it up into Rolls and do with it to the pleasure of God and health of man The Vertues and use of it 1. It is good for all Wounds and Sores old or new in any place 2. It cleanseth all Festers in the flesh and heals more in nine dayes then other salves cure in a moneth 3. It suffers no dead flesh to ingender or abide where it comes 4. It cureth the Head-ache rubbing the Temples therewith 5. It cureth a salt fleam Face 6. It helpeth Sinnews that grow stiff or spring with labor or wax dry for want of blood 7. It draweth out rusty Iron Arrow-heads Stubs Splints Thorns or whatsoever is fixed in the flesh or wound 8. It cureth the biting of a mad Dog or pricking of any venemous creature 9. It cureth all Felons or white flaws 10. It is good for all festering Cankers 11. It helpeth all Aches of the Liver Spleen Kidneys Back Sides Arms or Legs 12. It cureth Biles Blanes Botches Impostumes Swellings and Tumours in any part of the body 13. it helpeth all aches and pains of the Genitors in man or woman 14. It cureth Scabs Itch Wrenches Sprains Strains Gouts Palsies Dropsies and waters between the flesh and skin 15. It healeth the Hemorrhoides or Piles in man or woman 16. It cureth the bloody Flux if the belly be anointed therewith 17. Make a Sear-cloth thereof to heal all the abovesaid Maladies with very many other which for brevity sake are omitted A Restorative Broth. Take a young Cock or Capon flea it and cut it in four quarters take out the bones and chop the flesh somewhat small put it into an earthen pot of three quarts with a close cover and pour on it a quart of good red wine and a pint of red rose-Rose-water and put to one handful of Currans ten Dates stoned and cut small of Rosemary flowers or leaves and Borage of each half a handful then close on the cover of the pot very fast and set the said pot in a big brass pot of water and let it boil five or six hours taking heed that the water in the brass pot get not into the other pot when it is well boiled let it cool leasurely in the brass pot and then bruise all with a ladle and strain out the liquor whereof take morning and evening four or five spoonfuls blood warm For the Piles Take one spoonful of white dogs turd as much white Frankincense and twenty four grains of Alloes beat them fine and searce them then take one spoonful of honey the yolk of an egg and as much oyl of Roses as will make it to an ointment mingle them well together and anoint the grieved place if the sore be inward wet a Tent of lint in the ointment and put it into the Fundament and spread some of the ointments on a cloth and put that on it This is a present remedy For a sore Throat Mingle burnt Allum the yolk of an Egg powder of white Dogs turd and some Honey together tye a clout on the end of a stick wet in this mixture and therewith rub the throat or mix white Dogs turd and Honey spread it on sheeps leather and apply it to the Throat To void Phlegm from the Head Lungs or Stomach Mix Pelitory roots and Mustard together and hold it in the mouth and it will draw out much Phlegm from the Head but if you boil Pelitory roots Hysop and Mustard in Wine and Vinegar and gargle the Throat with it it will cleanse the Lungs and Stomach perfectly The Lady Drury's Medicine for the Cholick Proved Take a turfe of green Grass and lay it to the Navil and let it lie till you finde ease the green side must be laid next to the belly A Medicine for one thick of Hearing Proved Take the Garden Dasie-roots and make juyce thereof and lay the worst side of the head low upon the bolster and drop three or four drops thereof into the better Ear this do three or four dayes together An excellent drink for the Stone Take Sussafras and Sussaparilla of each two ounces shaved small China root and Tormentil roots of each one ounce sliced small Liquorish half a pound beaten Anniseed four ounces bruised steep all these in three gallons of running water for twelve hours then put to them these simples following picked and washed viz. Columbine Lady mantle Marsh Mallow and Moulear-roots slit Hearb Robert Ribwort Sanible Scabious Agrimony Coltsfoot and Betony of each two handfuls boil all these together on a soft fire till one gallon be consumed then strain it out and keep the liquor in a glass close stopped then take all what remains in the strainer put it into the pot again and pour thereon two gallons of running water and boil them till half the Liquor be consumed then strain it out and put both liquors together set them on the fire and put a quart of White Wine to it and let it boil a while gently and scum it clean then take it off the fire and put to it half an ounce of Rhubarb slit and two ounces of good Sena leaves and stir them well together and cover the pot close to keep in the heat and let it stand all night and in the morning stir it well and cover it again and so let it stand four dayes Take of this Liquor in the morning fasting four a clock in the afternoon and after supper at bed time at each time the quantity of six ounces and so used it must be till you feel ease To preserve a Woman with Childe from miscarrying Put a few Cloves and Cinamon with a spring of Baulm and Rosemary into a pint of Claret Wine and burn it
please as you wet it let it dry in May dew is the best An excellent Oyl to take away the Heat and Shining of the Nose Take twelve ounces of Gourd-seed crackle them and take out the kernels peel off the skin and blanch six ounces of bitter Almonds and make an Oyl of them and anoint the place grieved therewith you must alwayes take as much of the Gourd-seed as of the Almonds use it often For Heat or Pimples in the Face Take the Liverwort that groweth in the Well stamp and strain it and put the juyce into Cream and so anoint your face as long as you will and it will help you Proved Also the juyce of Liverwort drunk in beer warm is good for the heat of the Liver To take away Hair Take the shells of fifty two Eggs beat them small and still them with a good fire and with the water anoint your self where you would have the hair off Or else Cats Dung that is hard and dryed beaten to powder and tempered with strong vinegar and anointed on the place Dr. Friers Receipt for sweating in the face Take a little handful of Penniroyal and as much Cinquefoil and seethe them in white Wine or Vinegar if you take Vinegar put a little to it when it is sodden this done you must hold your head over it and cast a sheet over your head and keep in the air close as long as you can endure it and so ten or twelve times a day An approved Medicine taught by Dr. Blacksmith for the Cough Take the roots of Folefoot and dry them in an Oven and powder them then heat a Tile red hot and strew it thereupon then set the bottom of a tunnel upon it and let the patient receive the same morning and evening An approved Medicine for the same by Doctor Blacksmith Take a pint of Hysop-water and a quarter of a pound of Sugar-candy a spoonful of Anniseed bruised and a small stick of Liquorish sliced and bruised put them together and let them stand all night boil it a quarter of an hour upon a fire then strain and take of it two or three spoonfuls at a time warm you may take it at any time best at night when you go to bed or in the morning For the Kidneys swlon with cold or other Accident Take the Oyls of Roses and Quinces of each two drams and warm them in a saucer or porringer and anoint the place therewith against the fire lest you take cold in the doing of it A Vomit for an Ague Take blue Lilly-roots sliced small and bruised and steep it in as much Vinegar as will cover them and when the Patient feels his fit coming let him drink a draught of it in Ale and keep him very warm while it worketh A restorative Bag for a cold or windy Stomach Take Rose leaves Rosemary tops and flowers red Mints and Borage flowers of each one handful warm them in a platter on a chasing-dish of coals and ever as you stir it sprinkle it with Sack and Rose water and when it is as hot as can be put it in a cloth or silk bag and lay it to the bottom of the Stomach as hot as can be endured and keep your self from studying or musing and it will comfort very much A Drink for cold Rhumes or Phlegms Take the Roots of Fennel Comfrey Parsley and Liverwort Harts-tongue Mousear Horehound Sandrake Maiden-hair Chinquefoil Hysop Bugloss and Violet leaves of each one handful wash and dry them very clean Raisins of the Sun eight ounces Anniseeds four drams Liquorish two drams Elecampane-root two drams half a pint of Barley washed and bruised boil these in a pottle of fair water until half the liquor be consumed strain it and put to it one quart of White or Renish Wine and one ounce of Sugarcandy and boil it again till half be consumed take it from the fire and when it is cold put it into a clean glass and drink thereof every morning and evening a draught first and last and by Gods grace it will make you well and sound Approved For Rhume in the Throat Make a Cap of brown paper perfume it with Frankincense and apply it hot to the head then take the hard Eggs and lay them hot to the Nape of the Neck and anoint the Throat with Oyls of Rice and sweet Almonds and lay your self to sweat and after sweating mix Mell Rosarum Syrup of Mulberries Plantain water together and gargle the throat therewith In want of the said Syrup use Woodbin water A Remedy for the Stone Take a quart of Milk Ale and white Wine of each four ounces make them into a clear Posset drink the curd taken off to which put Parsley-roots Mallow leaves and Pellitory of the wall of each one handful Water-Cresses one handful and a half all small shred two sprigs of Time and Liquorish one ounce bruised boil all together to the consumption of a quart and take a draught thereof in the morning or at any time before meat sweetened with sugar to your taste A Broth for the Cough of the Lungs devised by Dr. Brasdale Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Fryer for the Lord Treasurer Take one paper of the prepared China Roots and steep it in six pints of fair water three hours then boil it unto three pints in an earthen pipkin then boil a Chicken and one ounce of French Barley together in a Pipkin six or seven Walmes and scum it then put away the water and put the Barley and the Chick to the China with the China in the paper a little green Endive twenty Raisins of the Sun stoned a little crust of Bread and a little Mace boil them together unto a pint and half strain it and let the party drink every day two draughts thereof one in the morning fasting and another at four a clock in the afternoon use it as often as you see cause For a Burning or Scalding Take Alehoof one handful the yolk of an Egg and some fair water stamp them and strain it and therewith wash the grieved place till the fire be out Or boil some Alehoof and Sheeps Suet together with Sheeps Dung and Plantain leaves till they come to a salve and apply it To Pâ—â—cure Sleep â—ruise a handful of Anniseeds and steep them in red Rose-water and make it up in little bags and binde one of them to each Nostril and it will cause sleep To sharpen a sick mans Appetite and to restore his Taste Take Wood or Garden Sorrel one handful and boil it in a pint of white wine vinegar till it be very tender strain it out and put to it Sugar two ounces and boil it to a Syrup and let the Patient take of it at any time A comfortable Juleb for a Feaver Take Barley-water and White Wine of each one pint Whey one quart put to it two ounces of Conserve of Barberries and the juices of two Lemons and two Oranges This will cool and open the body and
good while then shift it and boil it in another quart of water a good while shift it again and boil it in a pottle of running Spring water to a quart then take two ounces of sweet Almonds lay them to soak all night then stamp and strain them into the last Barley-water put to it four spoonfuls of Damask Rose-water the juyce of one Lemon and with Sugar sweeten it to your taste drink of this often in the night or when you are dry or hot To clear the Stomach and comfort it Take a pint of Sherry Sack put in it two ounces of Jean Treacle and four ounces of white Sugarcandy boil them into a Syrup with a soft fire and take one spoonful in the morning fasting A Plaister for the same Take a red Rose Cake and toste the upper side of it at the fire stick it thick full of Cloves and dip it in a little quantity of Aqua vitae and white Wine Vinegar warmed very hot in a Chafing-dish of coals lay it to the Stomach as hot as can be suffered and binde it fast on all night For a Rupture Take a sheet of Cap Paper wet it in water and fold it so wet and lay it upon the Rupture the party lying upon his back but close up the Rupture first with your fingers and so binde it down untiâ— it be dry and then it will hold and grow with the flesh you may wear a Truss upon it if you will To procure speedy Deliverance to a Woman in Labour with Childe Take a pint of Ale and boil it and put to it a Womans Milk to make a Posset of it and let the Woman in Travel drink it this hath procured easie and speedy Deliverance to divers Women in Childe-birth To cure a great Flux or Looseness of the Belly Take a hard Egg and peel off the shell and put the smaller end of it hot to the Fundament or Arse-hole and when that is cold take another such hot fresh hard and peeled Egg and apply it as aforesaid For to strengthen weak Eyes Mr. Stepkins Take one pint of red Rose water Sugarcandy one ounce Lapis Tutia two drams both finely pulverised put them into the Rose water and stir them well together and after it hath stood twenty four hours wet a bit of new clean spunge in the said water and wash the sore eyes therewith lying backward and when the water is almost spent put into the glass more red Rose-water A rare Oyl or St. Johns-wort Take a quart of Oyl Olive one pint of White Wine two handfuls of Saint Johns-wort stripped seeds and all bruise them and put them into the Oyl and put to it Oyl of Turpentine two ounces put all into a great double glass close stopped and set in the Sun ten dayes then put the glass with all that is in it into a Kettle of Water with some hay or straw in the bottom and let the water boil gently for ten or twelve hours then strain the Hearbs from the Oyl into which Oyl put as much fresh Saint Johns-wort and seeds bruised and let it stand ten dayes more in the sun this Oyl will be then of a deep red colour and will last seven years it is good to heal any wound the venemous bitings of Dogs or Serpents and for Sprains A Glyster for a hot Feaver Take one handful of French Barley boil it a while in water till it be red then pour off the water and put the Barley into a quart of running water with Mallow and Strawberry leaves of each one handful a few dried Cammomile flowers and a spoonful of Anniseeds bruised then boil it half away and strain it out put to the liquor a sawcer of Oyl Olive and four ounces of brown Sugar with four spoonsuls of Syrup of Violets use it something more then luke-warm An excellent Drink to keeps ones Mouth moist Take of Rosemary Cinquefoil and a stick of Liquorish bruised seethe them in a quart of fair water till half be consumed then strain it from the Hearbs and put in Sugarcandy and let it seethe a while again and then take it off the fire and let the Patient drink thereof cold or luâ—e-warm To stay Vomiting Seethe a good quantity of Cloves in Ale very well that it may be strong of the Cloves then sweeten it with Sugar and drink it warm An excellent Receipt for Swounding and bringing quickly to Life Take of the common round black Pepper and bruise it a little and take half a sheet of white paper and fold it up together and between every fold strew some of the same and burn the one end thereof in the fire and hold it to the Nostrils it is very good Against Fainting Take Amber and scrape it and put it in a spoonful of hot broth and take it in the morning fasting or at other time when you finde your self faint and fast an hour after Dr. Lukeners Medicine to strengthen the Back Take a pottle of fair water and a Cock Chicken then take three French Crowns weight of Sassafras as much of China wood one dram of orango roots one dram of Marsh Mallow roots scrape and cut all these in small pieces and put them in a close Pipkin and paste it fast that no air come out and let it stand twenty four hours upon the fire and stew but never boil then open the pipkin and put in one French Crowns weight of Fennil-seed and red Rose leaves Borage Bugloss and Rosemary flowers of each a small quantity of Prunes and Raisins of the Sun each a handful the bottom of a Manchet boil all these together very well till it come to a pretty thick broth then strain it and let the Patient take of this a reasonable draught at eight in the morning and at four in the afternoon three dayes together To hold Vrine Take the Claws of a Goat and burn them to powder and let the sick use hereof in their pottage a sooonful at once it will help them To stay Looseness Take Sage and dry it on the fire between two dishes and then put it in a linnen bag and sit upon it as hot as you can suffer it and continue it till you finde ease A singular Medicine that the marks of the Small Pocks be not seen Take a fat piece of Beef being througly powdered and boil it a great while then take a good quantity of the fattest broth and strain it and put thereto a quantity of red Rose water and beat them well together a good while and when the pocks begin to itch anoint two or three times a day herewith till they be clean gone and when the party is throughly well let them take the broth of lean powdered Beef and mingle it with white Wine and so let them wash their Face therewith and it shall bring it to smoothness and colour as it was before in any wise keep not the throat nor face too hot To dry up the Small Pocks Take
half a pint of new cream and as much Saffron as will make it of a deep Saffron colour and boil together half a quarter of an hour and keep it in a glass and when the Pocks begin to wheal warm some of the Oyntment in a Sawcer and anoint them with a feather twice a day till they be dried up Dr. Eaglestones Cure for the Small Pocks or Measles Take a quart of Ale or Beer and seethe it in a skillet and put thereto a good handful of Fennel and six or seven Figs scraped and cut in pieces two good spoonfuls of Anniseeds and a little Saffron put all these to the drink and let them seethe together till the liquor be more then half consumed and in the of Bores grease half an ounce of Sheeps suet two ounces of Neat-foot Oyl two ounces of Plantane and Rose water each two drams of Spike water one dram of Dragon water half an ounce as much of Borage water and Dr. Stevens water two Nutmegs twelve Cloves and some Mace of the best beat them small together and put them into a pot and boil it over a soft fire untill it become a Salve then chafe the place where the party is grieved as hot as he may suffer and then spread it on a fine linnen cloth and lay it upon the place six or eight dayes The Countess of Mounteagles excellent Medicine for the Cramp Proved Take a handful of the Herb called Perriwinkle some of it beareth a blew flower and some white and also take a good handful of Rosemary tops put them into a Pewter dish and set them upon coals dry them and turn them very often and when they are very hot lay them upon the place that is so taken with the Cramp and binde a cloth upon them when you go to bed and this will help you take it in the morning and lay fresh at night A Posset-drink for one that is Heart sick to remove it thence though it be the Plague Take Ale and make Posset-drink thereof and clarifie it then take Pimpernel and seethe in it till it be strong of it and drink often thereof Remedies against the Falling-sickness Take Powder of Harts-horn drink it with Wine it helpeth that disease so do Ravens Eggs taken with the juyce of Wilde Rue and the juyce of Misletoe To avoid Phlegm Take clarified Posset-drink and put thereto sweet butter the yolk of an Egg and a little small Ginger Hysop red Mints and Sugar let these seethe all together and drink thereof first and last as warm as you can suffer it A very good means to stay a Looseness that happeneth in Childe-bed First in the water you mean to use quench a gad of Steel sundry times then take the inward barks of the Sloe of the Bramble and of the young Oak of each a like quantity and so much as will suffice according to the liquor you intend to make if you use three pints of water a pretty handful of each bark will serve finely scraped when they are well boiled that one pint is wasted strain your liquor and make it into Almond Milk with unblanched Almonds finely grown then with well boiled Ivy thicken your Milk and other Rice broth and season it with Sugar and Cinamon finely beaten let the party forbear drink as much as may be and eat thereof once in two or three hours a little at once as her stomach will serve If she have any gripe in her belly I wish this to be used which I know to be singular good for any stoppage by sudden cold in Childe-bed Gather a great deal of Cammomile and heat it well between two Chargers upon a Chafing-dish of Coles and when the moisture of the Herb is somewhat spent strew in a handful of bruised Cummin-seed and sprinkle it now and then with a little Malmsey and so being a little dryish put it into a thin bag and apply it to the belly as hot as may be suffered and as it cooleth warm it again till she have ease instead of Malmsey you may use Muscadine This hath been many times proved For a Knock or Bruise in the Face Take a piece of brown paper and wet it in beer and lay it where the knock is and as it beginneth to dry lay on fresh a good while together For a Wen. Take Stone Lime and put it into water till it have done boiling then take a quantity of it and mix it with some barrel Soap laying them both on a cloth let it be applied to it and it will eat away the Wen. Mr. Potter Chyrurgeon His Cure for a man that is bursten Take the roots of baked Fern and the Roots of Elecampane of each a like quantity wash and pare them clean cut them as small as you can and stamp them in a Mortr as fine as you can and temper it with Oyl of Bay and two spoonfuls of Oyl of Exceter and when you have made the Salve spread it upon his Cod to his Belly and lay the Plaister upon the hole and remove it every two dayes and then use another space of ten dayes you must use another Salve or Plaister as followeth Take a quarter of a pound of 〈…〉 and the white of three or four Eggs and temper them together and when they are well tempered put in two spoonfuls of Pescolion temper all these together and use the same as you did the former salve when you take off the Plaister you must lay fine clothes under the bolster of the Truss until you think the skin be grown A medicine to destroy Warts Take Radish Root and shred it thin and put it in a pewter dish and cast salt upon it and cover it with another dish and shake the slices up and down and then take a piece thereof and rub the Warts therewith then throw away that and use another so three or four times in a day To take away Corns Take Hogs Grease that is not tried and beat it with a Pestle and spread it upon a piece of white Cotton on the rugged side and binde it on the Corns dressing it once or twice a day and it will wear them away To take away Freckles or Morphew Take four spoonfuls of May dew and one spoonfull of the Oyl of Tartar mingle them together and wash the places where the freckles be and let it dry of it self it will clear the skin and take away all foul spots rise about some four times then take Barberries and take the outside Rinde of them and beat them into very fine powder and take every morning and evening and drink either a draught of the said Water or small Beer after it continue this and it will cure you For an Ague congealed or fallen into a Womans Breast Take a quantity of stone Honey and the rustiest Bacon you can get Smallage Alexander red Cole Marigolds with black seeds of Groundsel Plantane and Sage of each a quantity put all these in a mortar and stamp
them and weigh them half a pound of sugar to half a pound of them then pare them and slice them into that liquour take the weight of it in sugar then take as many Rasberries as will â—â—â—lour it and strain them into the liqâ—â—â— then put in the sugar boil it as fast as you can then skim it till it be very clear then put in your Barberries and 〈◊〉 Sugar you weighed and so let them boil till the skin be fully risen up then take them off and skin them very clean and put them up To make Lozenges of red Roses Boil your Sugar to Sugar again then put in your Red Roses being fiâ—ely beaten and made moist with the Juyce of a Lemmon let it not boil after the Roses are in but pour it upon a Pye-plate and cut it into what form you please To make Chips of Quinces First scald them very well then slice them into a Dish and pour a Candy syrup to them scalding hot and let them stand all night then lay them on plates and searse sugar on them and turn them every day and scrape more sugar on them till they be dry If you would have them look clear heat them in syrup but not to boil To make Sugar of Wormwood Mint Anniseed or any other of that kinde Take double refined Sugar and do but wet it in fair water or Rose-water and boil it to a Candy when it is almost boiled take it off and stir it till it be cold then drop in three or four drops of the Oyls of whatsoever you will make and stir it well then drop it on a board being before â—ifted with Sugar To make Syrup of Lemons or Citrons Pare off all the rindes then slice your Lemons very thin and lay a lare of Sugar finely beaten and a lare of Lemons in a silver Bason till you have fitted it or as much as you mean to make and so let it stand all night the next day pour off the liquor that runs from it into a glass through a Tiffany strainer Be sure you put Sugar enough to them at the first and it will keep a year good if it be set up well To make Jumbals of Apricocks or Quinces Take Apricocks or Quinces and quoddle them tender then take their Pulp and dry it in a dish over a Chaâ—ing-dish of coals and set it in a stove for a day or two then beat it in a stone Mortar putting in as much Sugar as will make a stiff paste then colour it with Saunders Cochinele or blew Starch and make it up in what colour you please rowl them with battle-doors into long pieces and tye them up in knots and so dry them To make cherry-Cherry-water Take nine pound of Cherries pull out the stones and stalks break them with your hand and put them into nine pints of Claret Wine take nine ounces of Cinamon and three Nutmegs bruise them and put them into this then take of Rosemary and Balm of each half a handful of sweet Marjoram a quarter of an handful put all these with the aforenamed into an earthen pot well leaded so let them stand to infuse twenty four hours stirring it once in four or five hours so distill it in a Limbeck keeping the strongest water by it self put some Sugar finely beaten into your glasses If your first water be too strong put some of the second to it as you use it If you please you may tie some Musk and Ambergreese in a rag and hang it by a thread in your glass To make Orange Cakes Take Oranges and pare them as thin as you can then take out the meats clean and put them in water let them lie about an hour shift the water and boil them very tender in three or four waters then put them up and dry them on a cloth mince them as small as you can then put them into a dish and squeeze all the juyce of the meat into them and let them stand till the next day take to every pound of these a pound and a quarter of double refined Sugar Boil it with a spoonful of water at the bottome to keep it from burning till it be Sugar again then put in your Oranges and let them stand and dry on the fire but not boil then put them on glass plates and put them in a stove the next day make them into Cakes and so dry them as fast as you can To preserve Oranges the French way Take twelve of the fairest Oranges and best coloured and if you can get them with smooth skins they are the better and lay them in Conduit water six dayes and nights shifting them into fresh water morning and evening then boil them very tender and with a knife pare them very thin rub them with salt when you have so done core them with a coring Iron taking out the meat and seeds then rub them with a dry cloth till they be clean and to every pound of Oranges a pound and half of Sugar and to a pound of sugar a pint of water then mingle your sugar and water well together in a large skillet or pan beat the whites of three Eggs and put that into it then set it on the fire and let it boil till it rises and strain it through a Napkin then set it on the fire again and let it boil till the syrup be thick then put in yonr Oranges and make them seethe as fast as you can now and then putting in a piece of fine loaf sugar the bigness of a Walnut when they have boiled near an hour put into them a pint of Apple water then boil them apace and half a pint of White Wine this should be put in before the Apple water when your Oranges are very clear and your sirup so thick that it will gelly which you may know by setting them to cool in a spoon when they are ready to be taken off from the fire then put in the juyce of eight lemons warm into them then put them into an earthen pan and so let them stand till they be cold then put every Orange in a several glass or pot if you do but six Oranges at a time it is the better To preserve green Plum The greatest 〈◊〉 Plum is the best which will 〈…〉 in the midst of July gather them about that time or later as they grow in bigness but you must not suffer them to turn yellow for then they never be of good colour being gathered lay them in water for the space of 12. hours and when you gather them wipe them with a clean linnen cloth and cut off a little of the stalks of every one then set two skillets of water on the fire and when one is scalding hot put in your Plums and take them from the fire and cover them and let them rest for the space of a quarter of an hour then take them up and when your other skillet of water doth boil put them into it let
boil your Quinces in Apple-water as you do your Plums To make Quiddony of all kindes of Plums Take your Apple-water and boil the Plums in it till it be red as Claret Wine and when you have made it strong of the Plums put to every pint half a pound of Sugar and so boil it till a drop of it hang on the back of a spoon like a quaking gelly If you will have it of an Amber colour then boil it with a quick fire that is all the difference of the colouring of it To make Marmalet of Oranges or Orange Cakes c. Take the yellowest and fairest Oranges and water them three dayes shifting the water twice a day pare them as thin as you possible can boil them in a Water changed five or six times until the bitterness of the Orange be boiled out those that you preserve must be cut in halves but those for Marmalet must be boiled whole let them be very tender and slice them very thin on a Trencher taking out the seedes and long strings and with a Knife make it as fine as the Pap of an Apple then weigh your Pap of Oranges and to a pound of it take a pound and half of Sugar then you must have Pippins boiled ready in a Skillet of fair water and take the Pap of them made fine on a Trencher and the strings taken out but take not half so much Pippins as Oranges then take the weight of it in Sugar and mix it both together in a silver or earthen Dish and set it on the coals to dry the water out of it as you do with Quince Marmalet when your Sugar is Candy height put in your stuff and boil it till you think it stiff enough stirring it continually if you please you may put in a little Musk in it Touching Pastrey and Pasties To make Sugar Cakes TAke three pound of the finest Wheat Flower one pound of fine Sugar Cloves and Mace of each one ounce finely searsed two pound of Butter a little Rose water knead and mould this very well together melt your Butter as you put it in then mould it with your hand forth upon a board cut them round with a glass then lay them on papers and set them in an Oven be sure your Oven be not too hot so let them stand till they be coloured enough To make clear Cakes of Plums Take Plums of any sorts Raspiss are the best put them in a stone Jug into a pot of seething water and when they are dissolved strain them together through a fair cloth and take to a pint of that a pound of sugar put to as much colour as will melt it and boil to a Candy height boil the liquor likewise in another Posnet then put them seething hot together and so boil a little while stirring them together then put them into glasses and set them in an Oven or Stove in a drying heat let them stand so two or three weeks and never be cold removing them from one warm place to another they will turn in a week beware you set them not too hot for they will be tough so every day turn them till they be dry they will be very clear To make Paste of Oranges and Lemons Take your Oranges well coloured boil them tender in water changing them six or seven times in the boiling put into the first water one handfull of Salt and then beat them in a wooden Bowl with a wooden pestle and then strain them through a piece of Cushion Canvas then take somewhat more then the weight of them in sugar then boil it dry and fashion it as you please To make Rasberry Cakes Take Rasberries and put them into a Gallipot cover them close and set them into a skillet of water aud let them boil till they are all to mash then rub them through a strainer of Cushion Canvas put the liquor into a silver bason and set it upon a very quick fire and put into it one handfull or two of whole Rasberries according to the quantity of your liquor and as you shall like to have seeds in your paste Thus let it boil very fast till it be thick and continually stir lest it burn then take two silver disâ—es that are of a weight and put them into your scales in the one put the Raspis stuff and in the other double refined Sugar finely beaten as much as the weight of Raspiss stuff then put as much water to the Sugar as will melt it set it upon the fire and let it boil till it be very high candied then take it from the fire and put your Raspis stuff into it and when your Sugar and Rasberries are very well mixt together and the Sugar well melted from about the dish which if it will not do from the fire set it on again but let it not boil in any case when it is pretty cool lay it by spoonfuls in plates and put it into your stuff keeping temperate fire to it twice a day till it be candied that will turn them joyn two of the pieces together to make the cake the thicker To make Paste of Genoa Citrons Take Citrons and boil them in their skins then scrape all the pulp from the coar strain it through a piece of Cushion Canvas take twice the weight of the Pulp in Sugar put to it twice as much water as will melt it that is half a pint to every pound of Sugar boil it to a candy heightâ— dry the Pulp upon a Chafing dish of Coales then put the Syrup and the Pulp hot together boil it with stirring until it will lie upon a Pie-plate set it in a warm stone Oven upon two Billets of wood from the heat of the Oven all one night in the morning turn it and set it in the like heat again so turn it every day till it be dry To make a French Tart. Take a quartern of Almonds or thereabouts and peel them then beat them in a Mortar take the white of the breast of a cold Capon and take so much Lard as twice the quantity of the Capon and so much Butter or rather more and half a Marrow-bone and if the bone be little then all the Marrow with the juyce of one Lemon beat them all together in a Mortar very well then put in one half pound of loaf sugar grated then take a good piece of Citron cut it in small pieces and half a quarter of Pistanius mingle all these together take some flower and the yolks of two or three Eggs and some sweet Butter and work it with cold water To make Cakes of Pear-plums Take to a pound of the clear or the Pulp a pound of Sugar and boil it to a Sugar again then break it as small as you can and put in the clear when your sugar is well melted in it and almost cold put it in glass plates aud set them into your stove as fast as you can with coals under them and so