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A42984 The true preserver and restorer of health being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers incident to men, women, and children : selected from and experienced by the most famous physicians and chyrurgeons in Europe : together with Excellent directions for cookery ... : with the description of an ingenious and useful engin for dressing of meat and for distilling th[e] choicest cordial waters with-out wood coals, candle or oyl : published for the publick good / by G. Hartman. Hartman, G. (George) 1682 (1682) Wing H1004; ESTC R24977 192,607 482

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Russel street Colonel Howard Esq Daugly My Lady Johnson in Hattengarden Madam Owen ditto Madam Keckwich ditto My Lady Smith in St. John's My Lady Blake ditto My Lady Greenfeld in York-street one made of Brass My Lady Bridgeman ditto Countess of Bedford in the Strand Countess of Portland Pellmail My Lady Dixon ditto My Lady Temple ditto Madam Atkins in Cabidge-Lane Mrs. Duncomb in Exeter-Exchange-Court My Lady Carterick in Fret-street Soho Mrs. Mansfield in Broadstreet Mrs. Ensworth in Basen-hall street Mrs. Slayter ditto Mrs. Dumstead in Grub-street Mrs. Broughton in Black Fryars Mrs. Willoughby in Coven Garden Mrs. Herbert in Three Crane Court Mrs. Herbert one sent into Wales to a Friend Mr. Whitehall Goldsmith in Lumbard street Mrs. Hoskins at Retheriff Mrs. Braddyll in St. Bartholemew Close Most of these Engines have been made of Tin by Mr. Waterman in Four Dove Court in St. Martins whom I have instructed to make them well as for the Tin-work An Explication of the Parts of this ENGINE A The whole Engine B The first Furnace with a Firestone and a Grate C The Ash-hole D The Hole to put the Fire in E The Second Furnace wherein stands the Balneum or Stew-pan F The Balneum or Stew-Pan G The Cover of the Stew-Pan with a hole in it so big that the upper part of the Cucurbite may come through it H The Cover of the Hole of the Stew-Pan to cover it when one hath a mind to boyl or stew meat in it The Cucurbite K The Glass Head L a little Hole in the Cover of the 〈◊〉 with a little shutter to put more Water into the Balneum when it consumes by Distilling M The Door of the Firehole sliding up and down N A piece fastned like a Spring to hold up the Door O The Lamp made of Tin P A Spout to fit on the Beak of the Glasshead Directions how to use this ENGINE for Distilling in Balneo Mariae which is the best way for Distilling the choicest Waters Having put your Materials which you mean to distill into the Body or Cucurbite marked I place the same into the Balneum F which being filled with Water and placed into its Furnace E put on its Cover G to keep in the heat of the Water Then put on the Glasshead and Lute it with a strap of Paper smeared over with paste made of flower and water then fit on the spout to the beak of the Glass Head with some Paper and this is called Distilling in Balneo Maria when the Body or Cucurbite stands in water But if you will Distill in Sand you must have a Pan or Balneum made of Brass for Tin would melt and unsoder then having but first an Inch thick of Sand in the bottom put your Cucurbite upon that with the Ingredients and then fill up the Pan with Sand round about the Cucurbite and give a gentle Fire and this is called Distilling Sand. A vsefull and necessary Engin for distilling all Sorts of waters ether in Balneo Mariae or in sand As also for boiling and Sterving all Sortes of meats either with charcoal or by a lamp with Spirit CHAP. I. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies in all affects of the Breast and Lungs as Consumption Phthisic Asthma shortness of Breath streightness of Breast Coughs spitting of Bloud c. A very excellent Pectoral Syrup against a Consumption ordered by a Phisitian for a great Lady TAke Ceterach Maidenhair Coltsfoot Aniseeds Liquorice of each one ounce Scolopender Lungwort Knotgrass of each one handful Root of Elecampane half an ounce thirty large Raisins of the Sun slit and stoned fifteen Figs cut small two Radishes cut small shred Herbs small and bruise the Roots and Seeds put them all in a large Pipkin and pour thereon five quarts of Springwater let it boyl gently upon a moderate fire until two quarts of the water be consumed then strain it To the strained liquour put two pound and half of double refined Sugar clarifie it with whites of Eggs and boyl it to the consistence of a Syrup whereof take one spoonful at a time by it self three or four times a day in the Morning fasting before Dinner at four in the Afternoon and at Night going to Bed let it run easily down your Throat you may take of it also at any time in the Night when there is occasion The Description of an Excellent Pectoral Decoction against Consumption Colds Coughs Asthma's c. TAke Paulsbittanny Maidenhair white Horhound of each two handfuls Root of Elecampane Liquorice Florence Orris of each two ounces Flowers of Borage Bugloss Roses red Poppies of each one handful Coltsfoot half a handful Nettleseed Carduusseed Aniseed sweet Fennelseed of each half an ounce Calamus Aromaticus Lignum Vita China Root of each one ounce Cinamon Galingal Cardamums Cloves of each three ounces Boyl all in ten quarts of water to six quarts then strain it and put into it three pound of refined Sugar drink it warm four ounces at a time three times a day Decoction for the Lungs TAke Maidenhair two handfuls Hysop Pennyroyal of each half a handful Roots of Florence Orris three drams Elecampane one dram and half Liquorice scraped and bruised half an ounce large Figs one ounce and half cut the Herbs and bruise the Roots and boyl it in two quarts of fountain-Fountain-water to a quart then strain it put to it one ounce tinckture of Safron then sweeten it with Sugarcandy or Loaf-sugar and take six spoonfuls of it warm three or four times a day The Tincture of Safron you may make presently by putting half an ounce of Safron into a Bottel or Phiol and then pouring upon it half a Pint of good Brandy if you have not Rectified Spirit of Wine set the Bottel in a warm place and shake it some times and the Brandy will extract the Tincture out of the Safron and leave it as white as straw which then hath no more vertue Another most Excellent Pectoral Decoction or Drink TAke half an ounce of French Barly boyl it in two quarts of Fountain-water for a quarter of an hour then put into it Raisins of the Sun stoned six drams Jujubes Sebesstens of each twelve in number fat Figs Dates stoned of each six in number all cut small let all these boyl with the Barly another quarter of an hour then put to them Lungwort Scabious of each one handful Hysop Politrice Flowers of Coltsfoot of each one pugil that is as many as you can hold between two fingers and your thumb Liquorice scraped and bruised two drams let them boyl all together a little more than a quarter of an hour then strain it when it is half cold It is an excellent Pectoral curing Obstructions and most other Diseases of the Breast and Lungs as Coughs Asthma's or shortness of Breath Phthisicks hoarsness c. The Patient may take about half a pint of it warm Morning and Evening Doctor Hornick his Excellent Pectoral Water against a Consumption TAke
bruise the Seeds and put them all in a pottle of Spring-water in a pipkin close covered which set on hot Embers for a whole day till the Liquor be half consumed then strain it without pressing it then sweeten it with brown Sugar-Candy and drink thereof Morning and Evening Dr. Harvey his Excellent Snail-water against Consumptions and Hectick Feavers Take a pound of Garden-Snails with their Shells especially those that are about Vines wash them well with water and a little salt then wash them once or twice more with fair water to wash off the salt then bruise them with their shells to a Mash in a stone-Mortar add to them Ground-Ivy Spedwell Lung-wort Scabious Burnet Coltssoot and Nettle tops of each a handfull English Liquoras half an ounce Dates stoned twelve in number of the four great cold Seeds of each one dram and a half Saffron a scruple put them with the Snails in a new glazed Pipkin or a Tin Coffee-pot which is better and pour on them a quart of Spring water fasten the Cover close to the pipkin by pasting it round with Dough Set the pipkin in a Kettle of hot water over the fire let it stand therein for twelve hours then strain it and press out the Liquor dissolving into it while it 's warm a quarter of a pound of clarified Honey put it up in Glass-Bottles and keep it in a Cellar Note That the Herbs must be shred the Seeds bruised and the Liquoras cut small This water cools the heat of the Hectick Fever through the cool clammy and glutinous substance of the Liquor of Snails It repairs the parts consumed it facilitates expectoration that is it makes the tough Matter and Flegm come up easie by Cough through its lenifying quality whereby it sweetens the Humors by allaying those gnawing Salts that prey on the Lungs Some would have this to be distilled but in the distilling of the Snails there is no part of the unctuous or glutinous Liquor that cometh over or passeth the Alembick but remains in the bottom of the Still and a meer Flegm and Elemantary water cometh over which hath not power to do the Effects above-mentioned For this and other Reasons the Doctors commend the aforesaid Water This Water is also good for Rickets in Children I have been told by several credible persons who have seen the experience of it that many persons have been recovered out of a Consumption by eating Snails boiled in Milk the Snails washed with water and a little salt and then washed again once or twice to wash off the Salt and then stamped with their Shels as in the foregoing Receipt then boil them in Milk and having strained it grate some Nutmeg in it and so eat it The Syrup of Turnips is very good for a Cough or Consumption Make it thus Bake a quantity of Turnips pared in a pipkin close covered in an Oven with Houshold-bread then press out the Liquor as hard as you can Take of this Liquor one pint hysop-Hysop-water half a pint boil it with brown Sugar-Candy to a Syrup and clarifie it with the White of an Egg. Another Remedy against a Cold or Cough Take a pint of Hysop-water a quarter of a pound of Sugar-Candy a spoonful of Aniseed bruised and a small stick of Liquoras scraped and bruised a Pippin sliced with the parings let this stand together all night the next morning boil it a quarter of an hour then strain it and take three or four spoonfuls of it at a time warm in the Morning and at Night when you go to bed and at any time in the Day Another Remedy for a Cough or Cold from an Eminent Lady Take Hysop Raisins of the Sun stoned and Figs sliced of each a small handful Aniseeds bruised two spoonfuls Colts-foot a good handful shred the Herbs and put all together into a Gallon of Spring-water boil it until above half be consumed putting into it towards the latter end a good stick of Liquoras scraped and bruised then strain it and stir in it three or four Spoonfuls of Honey Drink thereof warm four or five spoonfuls at a time in the Morning Afternoon and at Night An Excellent Electuary for a Cough or Consumption Take Enulacampana-roots boil them a little in Water then pour away the Water and boil them again in fresh water until they be tender then mix them with as much of the Pap of roasted Pippins the weight of these both of brown Sugar-Candy in fine Powder stamp these well together in a Stone-Mortar to a Conserve Take of this every morning the quantity of a Walnut for a week or fortnight and afterwards take it but three times a week Another Experimented Remedy for Asthma Shortness of Breath Straitness of Breast and Oppression of the Stomach c. Mr. Newel told me a Friend of his being much troubled with the Diseases above mentioned took for some time every morning three spoonfuls of the best Sallet Oyl he could get with a little Sugar this he continued for some time and was perfectly cured I have been told that several persons have been cured of dry consumptive Coughs by drinking every Morning a good Draught of Posset Drink and then taking three spoonfuls of good Sallet Oyl after it in the Posset was boiled some of the Moss that groweth upon Oaken pales a good handful in two quarts the Posset was repeated at night without the Oyl drinking it warm and sometimes in the Afternoon taking sometimes at night one of Matthews's Pills drinking the Posset after it going to bed Some have been cured of dry Coughs by the Use of this Posset alone boil'd with the white Moss that groweth upon Oaken pales drinking it warm three times a day Another Excellent Remedy against Consumpion Experimented by Dr. Bates Take Colts-foot Succory Endive Borage Liverwort of each six handfuls shred them all very small put them in a Gallon of new Milk let them steep all night in the morning distil them Take of this water and of Red-Rose-water of each three spoonfuls put this to half a pint of Red Cows Milk sweeten it with Sugar of Roses and so drink it warm repeat the same in the Afternoon and at night when you go to bed This is a very good Remedy the water is good against Hectick Fevers and the use of the Sugar of Roses is good when there is any Loosness The Syrup of Ground-Ivy is a very Sovereign thing in all consumptive cases it is pectoral cephalick and vulnerary and heals the Ulcers of the Lungs the best time of making it is in May. The way of making it is thus Take the Leaves and Stalks of it cutting only the Root then wash it and drain it well then shred it a little and stamp it to a Mash in a stone-Mortar then press it in a hair-bag in an Apothecaries Press to get out all the Juice which being setled powr it off and let it boil a walm or two and the curd or dross will rise
on the top of it which scum off then take two pounds of Sugar to a quart or Juyce and having clarified it with the White of an Egg boil it to the Consistence of a Syrup For a Cough of the Lungs or any stuffing or obstruction in the inward Parts which hath often been approved and found effectual by many Take a Cock dress him and cut him all to pieces and bruise all the Bones of him then take of Aniseed bruised four ounces Muiliene and Lungwort shred small of each a handful a Fennel-Root also shred small put all these to boil in a pottle of spring-water for three hours close covered and as the Liquor consumeth supply it with a quart of Hysop-water and at the latter end put into it two ounces of Liquoras bruised then strain it out and press the Ingredients a little then put into the Liquor two ounces of brown Sugar-Candy in powder Take of this Liquor half a pint at night instead of a Supper as hot as you can drink it and lie down upon your back for a quarter of an hour Do the like in the Morning before you rise and fast three hours after it An Excellent Receipt for an old Cough though never so great used by my L. Hatton Take Raisins of the Sun stoned and Figs washed and sliced of each two ounces unset Hysop a handful Enulacampana dried and bruised two ounces Aniseeds bruised one ounce boil all these in a gallon of small Ale till half is consumed then strain it and put to it Honey and sweet Butter of each four ounces Safron dried and powdred half a dram boil them again gently till they be well incorporated Drink of this Liquor warm half a pint in the morning and at night This Proportion made twice hath cured Coughs of long continuance and hath been often approved Dr. Hakins his Excellent Remedy for a Cold or Cough as also to strengthen the Lungs if there be any Defect in them Take three ounces of Enulacampana scrape off the Rind and cut it in thin slices then boil it in three pints of conduit-Conduit-water till it comes to a pint and a half then put therein a pound of fine Sugar and let it simper a little on the fire then take it off and let it cool and it will be a perfect Syrup whereof take three spoonfuls morning and evening An Approved Remedy in all Assects of the Breast and Lungs as Colds Coughs Asthma Phthisick Hasing or Wheezing and Ratling in the Pipes Take the best old Malago and distil it in a Glass Cucurbite in Balneo Mariae when you have drawn off the Spirit change the Receiver and continue the distillation drawing off the flegm until there remain in the bottom a Substance like Honey which powr out and mix it again with the flegm that you distilled off last Drink of this Liquor two or three times a day putting into every draught a few drops of the odoriferous Spirit of Benjamin which you may prepare thus Put a Pound of Benjamin into a low Cucurbite of Glass and distil it in B. M. or in a Sand Furnace and there will first come over a clear Liquor which will have all the odoriferous Scent of the Benjamin which is a most excellent thing for the Breast and Lungs A Remedy for the Lungs when they are stopt with Flegm c. Take Enulacampana root well dried Liquoras and Aniseeds of each an ounce Flower of Sulphur half and ounce Sugar-Candy six ounces make all into fine Powder and take thereof half a spoonful three times a day Also take the following Decoction Take a Pottle of Hysop-water Maidenhair Scabious Colts-foot and Horehound of each a handful Aniseeds and Liquoras bruised of each one ounce Figs sliced Raisins of the Sun stoned Dates sliced of each three ounces boil it all to a quart and sweeten it with fine Sugar Take a small draught of this warm in the morning fasting and at four in the Afternoon and at Night and as often as you think good An Excellent Mead for the same Boil one Gallon of Honey with half a pint of Water and scum it clean then add four Gallons of Water and boil it gently for two hours scumming it all the while then put into it four ounces of Raisins of the Sun stoned Enulacampana roots two ounces Fennel roots Marsh mallow roots and Polypode of each one ounce Maidenhair Colts-foot Sage Betony Scabious and Hysop of each a handful Aniseeds one ounce put all these Ingredients into it so soon as there rises no more scum then let it cool and work it with yeast and Tun it Drink thereof warm at pleasure It is excellent for the Breast and Lungs Against the Rising of the Lungs an Excellent Remedy There is nothing better than the water of Enulacampana roots stamp the green Roots in a stone-mortar and mix with them half as much of green Liquoras then distil it in a Glass-Still Take of this Water half a spoonful at a time whensoever the raising doth trouble you mix it with as much Muscadine or old Malago or take it in the water of Ladies Mantel or Leons foot if you cannot take it alone To make Excellent Lozenges against a Cold Cough of the Lungs and Consumption Take one pound of fine Sugar in Powder Liquoras and Enulacampana finely powdered of each four ounces put them into a little earthen Pan and moisten them with two or three spoonfuls of Unset Hysop-water distilled when it is in its Flower then sprinkle into it a little powdred Pepper and cast them upon a Pie-plate with Flower strewed on it when it is cold form them out Lozenges to hold under the Tongue against Cough Defluxions and Rheumes Take Mastick Nutmegs and Orrice roots in fine Powder of each half an ounce red Storax and Frankincense of each an ounce and half Raisins stoned and Sugar penidies of each two ounces make a Paste thereof with Mead and form it into Lozenges about the bigness of a small Bean a piece Hold one under your Tongue at your pleasure night and day but especially when you are laid to rest and let it dissolve of it self To make white Lozenges for the Breast and Lungs Cold Cough and Rheum in the Head Take fine Sugar four ounces white Sugar-Candy and Penide-Sugar of each one ounce Florence Orice-root in fine powder two drams Liquoras in powder three drams fine Starch-flower three drams Mix them all together and with Gum-Dragant steeped in rose-Rose-water make Lozenges To make Penide Sugar Dissolve fine Sugar in Barley-water over a gentle Fire and clarifie it with Whites of Eggs twice then strain it and boil it gently until it rises up in great bubbles and being chewed sticks to your Teeth Then powr it upon a Marble-stone anointed with Oyl of Almonds letting first the bubbles sink being removed from the Fire and almost cold keep it up in a body as near as you can by bringing back the outside to the middle with your Fingers being rubbed
wall broom bay-berries of each two drams prepare them all and powr thereon a sufficient quantity of Rhenish wine digest it in the Sun or in warm Sand for twenty days It is an excellent Remedy against the Stone and Gravel Vlcers in the Reins and Bladder it is good against the Colick it provokes Vrin and the Terms The Dose is seven or eight spoonfuls in morning fasting Another Remedy against the Stone and Gravel Make a Posset of a quart of Milk Ale and white wine a quarter of a pint then having taken off the Curd put into the Posset Parsly roots Leaves of Pellitory of the wall and Mallows of each a handful water cresses half a handful two sprigs of Thyme Liquoras bruised one ounce shred the herbs and let all boil until there remain but a quart which sweeten with Sugar-Candy and drink a Draught of it in the Morning or at any time before meat Dr. Horstius his great and approved Water to break dissolve and bring away the Stone and Gravel Take of the Juice of Leeks Onions and Radishes of each two pounds Juyces of Limons Pelitory and Mouse-ear of each half a pound Calx of Christal Pigeon-dung of each half a pound digest it for ten days then distil it This is recommended to be one of the most excellent Medicines yet known against the Stone and Gravel Dr. Salmon says he hath known it do wonders even in desperate Cases You may give it from one dram to half an ounce at a time in some fit Vehicle as Rhenish wine or Allone or in Perficary water Note That if you add to the Composition two pound of Monkey-pease the head● of them being pulled off and thrown away and then the Bodies bruised it will be much the better A Remedy to provoke Vrine much approved Take a black Flint stone that strikes Fire heat it red hot in a strong fire then put it into a pint of white wine and cover the pot and when it is thorowly quenched let the Patient drink it clear off Another for the same Take Horse-dung new made boil it in Malago then strain it and lay the Horse-dung very warm between two cloaths or Plaister-wise from the Throat to the bottom of the Belly eight or ten Inches broad apply it at night the Patient lying upon his Back apply hot Tiles on the outside to continue the Heat This hath been proved by many with good success To provoke Vrine in an hours time mix fine Powder of Saffron with black Sope and apply it to the Navil being spred on Leather Sir Kenelme Digby's Excellent Remedy against the Stone which the Lady Digby Sir Kenelme's Mother usually took and found the greatest Benefit by it Gather the Leaves of Golden-rod when it is in its greatest vigor dry them in the shade and when you are troubled with the Stone or Gravel take one ounce thereof made into subtil Powder in a small Glass of white wine and Milk of each a like quantity repeat this as often as there is cause for it When the Herb is fresh and green you may boil a handful of it in white wine Posset Drink and drink it instead of the dried Herb which is to keep all the year The Lord Ruthen's Receipt to prevent the growth of the Stone and Gravel Take French Barly a handful wash it in several waters Marsh-mallow roots half a handful Liquoras two drams sweet Fennel seed a spoonful boil these in a Pottle of spring-Spring-water till a Pint is consumed or more then strain it and dissolve in it a dram of Gum Arabick Drink of this cold in the Morning fasting and as often as you please till it gives you ease Another very good Remedy against the Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys Take of Mallows and Pelitory of the wall of each a handful sweet Fennel seeds Grumwel seeds bruised and Raisins of the Sun stoned of each one ounce Liquoras scrap'd and bruised half an ounce ten Figs sliced boil all these in a quart of new Milk till a fourth part is consumed then strain it and with white wine and small Ale of each three quarters of a Pint make a Posset drink thereof at pleasure half a Pint at a time adding to it a spoonful of Syrup of Marsh-mallows to every draught Another very good Remedy for the same much approved Take Saxifrage Pelitory of the wall wild Thyme young Radishes Leaves and Roots Parsly Leaves and Roots the tops of red Nettles red Sage and Harrs-horn rasped of each a handful shred them all very small or rather stamp them and infuse them all night in a Gallon of new milk the next morning distil it with a moderate heat Drink of this Water with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows Another for the Stone and Gravel and for Strangury and Stoppage of Vrine much approved Take the Fat of a Buck Rabbit melt it and anoint the Back and Reins with it This will open the Passage of Vrine wonderfully A Child was cured with this so that in twenty four hours it made four Pots full of Vrin Diet for prevention of the Stone and Gravel or to be observed by such as are troubled with it Forbear eating of Eggs all salt and tart meats and sauces Pork Milk or any thing made of Milk except Possets Cabbage Colworts Colli-flowers and such like let your Diet be Mutton Veal Rabbit and Fowl and the quantity moderate let your Drink be of the midling sort and not too stale forbear drinking Claret drink Spanish Wine rather than French CHAP. V. Select Remedies against all sorts of COLLICKS Dr. Turner's Remedy for the Cholick and Stone TAke two drams of Jet one dram of Elder-flowers Date-stones one Nutmeg Parsly-seeds and Gromwel seeds of each a spoonful let them be all powdered and finely searced take the weight of sixpence thereof in a draught of Posset-drink made with Ale and white Wine take it in the Morning fasting and about four in the Afternoon Another for the same Drink of the distilled water of Parsley in white Wine or good Ale it helpeth the Collick or Strangury and consumeth the Stone Another for the Collick Stone Strangury and Dropsie Take Sena one ounce Ginger Aniseeds Liquoras Mace Nettle-seeds and great Saffron of each two peny weight Cinamon three peny weight reduce it all into a fine Powder and take half a spoonful thereof in Posset Wine Ale or Broth. A present Remedy for all kind of Collick whatsoever Take Mint Sage both of them dry of each two handful digest them in a Pottle of the best Spirit of Wine in a Cucurbite for eight days then distil it in Balnco Mariae taking but a third part of it the rest is good but in a weaker degree Take of the first Spirit a dram and half in two ounces of white Wine For the Wind-Collick and Stone-Collick Take four long Pepper Corns two Races of Ginger both bruised two sprigs of Rosemary the shells of two new-laid Eggs in fine Powder the inner Skins being taken away boil
water after it An Excellent Perfume to burn and perfume the House in time of Infection Take Talk and reduce it to Powder and mix it with Vinegar and burn it upon a Fire-shovel of Coals and your House will be preserved from any infectious Air. This hath been sufficiently experienced Another Perfume Take Roots of Angelica dried and pulverised mix this powder with Vinegar and let it steep therein three or four days then put of this mixture upon a hot Brick every Morning and Night In Germany and Holland in time of Infection they burn Juniper-berries on a Chaffin-dish of Coals or upon a fire-shovel of Coals and so go about the house with it and into every Rohm If the Juniper-berries be bruised and mixt with Vinegar and then burn'd it will be more effectual My Lady Allens Plague-Water Take Rue Egrimony Wormwood Salendino Sage Balm Mugwort Dragons Pimpernel Marigolds Fetherfew Burnet Sorrel Scabious Wood-bittany brown Mayweed Avens Turmantil Carduus Benedictus of each a handful Rosemary two handfuls Angellica Burdocks of each one handful shred all these together very small then steep them in the best white Wine as much as will cover the Herbs then slice in a half quarter of a pound of Elecampane-roots let all these lye in steep three Days and Nights stirring them once in twelve hours covering the Tub close when you still it lay it not above an Inch thick in the bottom save the first running by it self The London-Plague-Water Take Roots of Angelica Masterwort Butterbur Piony-roots of each four ounces Vipers-grass Verginian Snake-roots of each one ounces leaves of Rue Rosemary Balm Carduus Benedictus Scordium Marigold with the flowers Dragon Gotsrue Mint of each two handfuls shred the Herbs and cut the Roots and stamp them a little and infuse them for two days in six quarts of Nants-brandy then put thereto six quarts of fair Water and distil it in a Limbec drawing from it two Gallons which put up in Bottles and hang two drams of Safron in it tyed up in a rag or make the Tincture of two drams of Safron with the first running and mix that with the rest of your water To every quart of this water put two ounces of fine Sugar This is an excellent thing against the Plague and all malignant Distempers as the small Pox Measles Malignant spotted and purple Fevers c. The Dose is from one ounce to two in Angelica or sage-Sage-water sweetened with Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers you may also make a Julep of it with Alexite●i Milk-water as is directed in the Chap. for Fevers Dr. Burges his sovereign Antidote against the Plague Take Sage Rue of each one handful shred and stamp them and boyl them in three pints of Malmsy till a pint is consumed then strain it and set it over the fire again and put it a penny-worth of long Pepper Ginger half an ounce Nutmegs and Cloves of each two drams beat and mix them together and let it boyl a Walm or two then put into it one ounce of Methridate and half an ounce of Treacle and a quarter of a pint of hot angelica-Angelica-water Take of this a spoonful at a time every Morning during the Contagion and if already infected take two spoonfuls and sweat upon it Vnder God you may be confident of this sovereign Antidote for there hath never been Man Woman or Child yet heard of that made timely use of it that it hath not secured It is excellent also in the small Pox and Measles or any malignant Fever Another very sovereign Antidote Take choice Myrrh Cinamon Aloes Succotrina of each three drams Bolarmoniach Mastick Lignum-Aloes Cloves and Mace of each half a dram powder the Myrrh Aloes and Mastick together by themselves and the other Ingredient together by it self then mix them well together and keep it in a Glass close stopp'd Take every Morning early two penny-weights of this powder in a Glass of white Wine mingled with a little water and you may boldy venter without fear under God among the infected without danger Sir Walter Raleigh's Experiment to draw forth a rising or Plague-sore Take a Cock-Chicken pull the Rump bare and hold it close to the sore till the venom is drawn out for then the Chicken will die but you must apply fresh till the Chicken lives A sovereign Remedy against the Plague Take Elder-leaves Rue red Sage and red Bramble-leaves stamp and strain them severally with a quart of white Wine for all the several strainings then mix it all together and add some white Wine-vinegar and Syrup of Wormwood drink a spoonful of this Morning and Evening and God willing it will secure you for there is no Medicine more effectual than this If the Sore appears use the Rump of the Chicken above-mentioned In the Chapter of Cordial Waters you will find more Plague-waters An approved Remedy to cure the biting of a mad Dog whether Man or Beast Take a handful of Rue shred and stamp it one dram of Treacle and a spoonful of the shavings or filings of Tin put all these into a quart of Ale and boyl it till half be consumed then strain it and give the Patient thereof two spoonfuls twice a day Morning and at Night A most excellent Remedy against the biting of mad Dogs Vipers Serpents or Snakes experienced by a famous Chirurgion Take of the lesser Consolida or Larks-spur Chervil the white ends of Leeks the tops of Broom of each two handfuls a little new Cream of the Morning-Milk and a good handful of Salt stamp them all together in a stone-Mortar and with Juice rub the part grieved which will be hard in the Flesh and sometimes black then lay the mark upon the part poultiswise and tie it fast on with Rouls the swelling will asswage in a short time and the evil will be cured Sir Kenelm D● relates that the said Chirurgion had cured some with this Remedy whom other Chirurgions would have cut off the Arms or Legs bitten by venomous Beasts and that among the rest he cured a man in Sir Ks. presence whose Arm was as black as Ink being bitten by a Serpent Against Venom or Poyson Take Seeds of Sage bruise them and boyl them in Goats Milk what quantity you please till it is wasted to a third part Drink thereof three days It is a very sovereign and effectual Remedy For biting of a mad Dog Take rusty Bacon stamp it well with Bittony Agrimony of each equal parts apply it to the Wound For biting of a Serpent or any venomous Creature Drink the Juice of Plantine and stamp Celendine and Plantine together of each a like quantity temper them with Urine the staler the better and apply it to the sore it will asswage the swelling and draw out the venom Also anoint the place with the Oyl of shell-Snails being prickt with a Needle and lay thereto a Snail unprickt CHAP. VIII Select Remedies against the FALLING-SICKNESS A very Efficacious Remedy against the Falling-Sickness wherewith
Mouth with the Water and rub it with the Herbs three or four times a day or oftner if need be Another for the same Take Honisuckles Plantane and Sage of each a handful Daizy Leaves an ounce boil them in a quart of Water till they come to a pint then put to it Vinegar and Honey of each one spoonful and a little Allom and white Salt Another Approved Medicine for a Canker in the Mouth Take a Pint of Wine-Vinegar the red is best Herb of Grace Red Mints Red Sage and Rosemary of each a sufficient quantity shred them small and boil them together in the Vinegar then put into it a spoonful of Honey the bigness of a Walnut of Allom and half a spoonful of white Salt Wash the Mouth well therewith It is a present and infallible Remedy which hath Cured many An Excellent Gargle for Inflammations of the Mouth Jaws and Throat desperate Squinsies and other Diseases of the Mouth Take Poppy-water Plantane water of each an ounce clarified Juice of Self-heal two ounces Diamoron six drams Saltpetre four drams mix them together and gargarize with it often Another for the same Take Album Grecum two drams Liquoras scraped one ounce Roch Allom one dram boil them a little in Rose and Poppy water and Self-heal water of each a sufficient quantity then strain it Take of this Decoction one pint Rhenish or White Wine a quarter of a pint Diamoron and Dianucum of each half an ounce mix them together and make a Gargle and use it often in a day Dr. Scroderus his Water against the Distempers and Inflammations of the Throat and Palat Take Leaves of wild Pear-tree Parsley Sanicle Woodbine Water-Germander Cinquefoil round Birthwort of each two handful Thorough-wax four handful Stale Ale six quarts bruise the Herbs and put all into a Vessel close stopped and let them ferment for three weeks then add three ounces of Album Graecum and distil them It is excellent against all Inflammations of the Throat and Palat and Soreness of the Mouth Drink two or three spoonfuls of it in the Morning in the Afternoon and at Night likewise gargle often with it or dip a linnen Rag into it and wrap it about the Throat An Excellent Water to cure the Squinsie sore Throats Cankers in the Mouth Heat and Inflammations Bleeding of the Gums and to fasten and whiten the Teeth Take Waters of Self-heal poppy-Poppy-water of each four ounces Diamoron Syrup of dried Roses of each an ounce Spirit of Sulphur half a dram mix them together and gargle your Mouth with it An Anodine Gargle for the Tooth-ach Take Roots of Pelitory of Spain two drams Ginger Olibanum of each half an ounce Red Sage Henbane Seeds bruised of each one dram Long Pepper Opium of each a scruple boil these in a pint of Vinegar then strain it and gargarize with it It gives present ease in all Pains of the Teeth Another Excellent Gargle against the Squinsie sore Throat Tumors and Pain of the Mouth and Jaws Take Milk hot from the Cow Album Graecum half an ounce Honey of Roses two spoonfuls Verdigreece half a dram boil them a little then strain it out and gargarize with it often It cleanses and heals Vlcers An Approved Remedy for the Tooth-Ach Take a little Cotton and imbibe it with Lucatellus 's Balsom and so put it into the hollow Tooth This cured a Person that had the Toath-Ach in great Extremity and had tried many Medicines in vain after a little while he had used this Medicine the Pain ceased but came again within a week after Then he applied the same Remedy a second time and the Pain soon ceased and never came again though before he was very often subject to this Pain An Excellent Water for the Scurvey in the Mouth and to fasten loose Teeth to preserve and strengthen the Teeth and Gums c. often approved Take Allom one dram Bolearmonick two drams Myrrh half a dram pulverize them and put them into a pint of Claret and when you use it shake it well and take a spoonful of it in your Mouth and rub the Teeth and Gums with it you may warm it Another for the same The Oyl of Myrrh is a most excellent thing to preserve the Teeth and Gums and to fasten loose Teeth Make it thus Take fine chosen Myrrh in subtil Powder put it in the Whites of hard Eggs which set in a Cellar in a Bason putting some Sand in the bottom of the Bason to set the Whites of Eggs in that they may stand upright and the Myrrh will all dissolve into an Oyl which is very excellent mix this Oyl with some Oyl of Sage made by distillation and put them into Canary wine wherein dissolve a little Salt Wash your Teeth and Gums with this Another Remedy for the Tooth-Ach Take Mastick and chew it in your Mouth till it be as soft as wax then put it into the hollow Tooth and let it remain till it is consumed and it will certainly take away the Pain thereof Sir Kenelm Digby 's Sympathetical Powder hath cured many Persons of the Tooth-Ach the Preparation whereof with its Vse and Virtues will be set down in another Chapter below Dr. Mynsight his Excellent Remedy for the Tooth-Ach Take the Shaving of Lignum Vitae which you may have at the Turners Shavings of Sassafras Sarsaparilla of each an ounce Roots of Pelitory of Spain Raw Allom Nitre of each half an ounce Seeds of Staves-acre and of Henbane of each two drams Opium Cloves Mother of Thyme Organy Saffron of each a dram reduce to powder what is to be powdered and then mix them well together and put them into a Bottle or Matress and powr upon them good Nantz Brandy and Vinegar of each one pint and half keep it in a warm place or set it in warm water for some days shaking it often let the Bottle be stopped very close with a Cork and tied with a Bladder Take a little of this Liquor in your Mouth and hold it on that side the Teeth ake and the Pain will cease immediately also given inwardly and used outwardly it is one of the greatest Anodines in the world eases Pain and causes Rest Dose is half a spoonful in a little Wine To Cure the Tooth-Ach by the Lady Jennings Take white Hellebore infuse it in white Wine Vinegar over a Chasing-dish of Coals then take half a spoonful of it and hold and gargle it in that side of your Mouth where the Pain is and it will give you present Ease Proved by Mr. Bearson Another against the Tooth-Ach and Rheum in the Teeth and Jaws Take a quart of old Crab-Verjuice put it into an earthen Pipkin put thereto Roch-Allom the quantity of a Walnut a few Cloves bruised Rosemary and Thyme of each one Branch boil all together to a Pint when it is cold put it into a Bottle and take a spoonful of it warm in your Mouth and gargle with it on that side the
quarts of damask-rose-Damask-Rose-water fit on the Head and lute it well and let it stand to digest eight days then distill it so long till you have seaven pints of water In this Water put Lignum C●ssia well bruised two ounces Safron half a dram Juice of Alkerms let it stand to digest for some days then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar or white Sugarcandy It is a most excellent Cordial and very odoriferous It exhilerates and comforts the Heart revives the Spirits comforts the Brain and Stomach augments natural heat causes a good digestion expels wind and is a most incomparable Remedy against the Chollick and griping of the Guts it takes aw●y Colds and opens Obstructions of the Lungs Liver and Spleen preserves Health and as the Author says keeps back grey hair and prolongs life Those that love Amber and Musk may put into the distilled Water with the other Ingredients Ambergreece and Musk of each half a scruple ground together in a little Mortar with a little Sugar and then tyed up in a little Sarsenet or you may perfume it at any time as you use it with a drop or two of the Tincture of Amber set down in the Chap. of Perfumes The Dose is one spoonful or two Cordials to be taken after Phisick to comfort and settle the Stomach and to cause Rest and Sleep Take of Alkermess one dram and half Syrup of Cowslips a good spoonful Dragon and red poppy-Poppy-water of each one ounce mix them and take it when you go to Bed Or take of the Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers two drams Diascordium one dram Syrup of Cowslips one spoonful mix them with strawberry-Strawberry-water Lettice Carduus or rose-Rose-water and take it Bedward Or take Conserves of Roses and Methridate of each the quantity of a Hasle-nut mix them with some Cordial Waters and Syrup Another Excellent Cordial to cause Rest and Sleep in a Fever or when one is oppressed with pain as also in a Surfeit or after Phisick Take Confection of Alkerms one dram and an half Diascordium one dram Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers a good spoonful mix them very well with two ounces of dragon-Dragon-water or red poppy-Poppy-water or carduus-Carduus-water as the Disease requires It is an excellent Cordial Dr. Farrar his great strengthening and restoring Cordial Electuary and Drink Take Conserves of Rosemary-flowers Conserve of Borage-flowers Conserve of Clove Gilly flowers of each half an ounce Electuary of Diasatirrion one ounce Candid Ringo-Roots six drams Venice-Treacle two drams Nettle-seeds and Seeds of Rocket of each half a dram Species Diomoschi duleis two scruples Syrup of Stoechado's so much as will suffice to make it up into an Electuary Take the quantity of a Nutmeg of this Morning and Night or when you will and drink a little of the following Decoction after it Take Leaves of Sage of Organy or wild Marjoram Rosemary and Nettle-tops of each one handful Chamaede Chamepit Stoechao's of each half an handful Seeds of Nettles of Rocket and of sweet Fennel-seeds of each three drams Roots of Pellitory of Spain half an ounce shred them all small and boil them in a quart of fountain-Fountain-water then strain it and mix the strained liquor with a pint of old Mallago-Sack This strengthens Nature wonderfully and is excellent for old Men taking a little glass-full after the foregoing Electuary CHAP. XII Select Cordial JULEPS An opening purging and cooling Julep for Choller and burnt Humors TAke French Barly two spoonfuls Succory with the Roots of Maidenhair Liverwort and Sorrel of each half a handful Roots of Fennel and Grass of each half an ounce of the four cold Seeds beaten of each two ounces boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water a pint and half then strain it and infuse in it half an ounce of Sena then take Tamarins and Polipode of each three ounces Mechoacan Jallop and Hermodactils of each two ounces Currans bruised half an ounce of Borage Bugloss and Rosemary-flowers of each half an ounce if they are to be had if not you may leave them out bruise them all and infuse them warm in a sufficient quantity of succory-Succory-water then boil them until there remains a pint then strain it and infuse in it four scruples of Rubarb in thin slices and three ounces then strain it again and add Syrup of Roses and Cream of Tartar of each one ounce then add the first decoction Take of this a quarter of a pint every Morning as long as it lasts A cooling opening Cordial Julep good in Feverish Distempers Take succory-Succory-water four ounces rose-Rose-water two ounces Syrup of Violets of Rosae Salutive of each half an ounce Spirit of Vitriol fifteen or sixteen drops mix and shake them together and take thereof two or three spoonfuls at a time Another Cooling Julep Take Barley-water and sorrel-Sorrel-water of each half a pint Syrup of Violets and Syrup of Juice of Citrons of each one ounce Spirit or Oyl of Vitriol twelve or fifteen drops or so much as will make it of a grateful ascidity A Cordial Julep against Melancholy Vapors and Palpitation of the Heart Take bawm-Bawm-water half a pint Borage and rose-Rose-water of each two ounces a few drops of Oyl of Sulphur in which infuse cold one scruple of Safron for four hours then strain it and dissolve in it one ounce of manus Christi Confection of Alkermes one ounce Syrup of Citrons and Clove Gilly-flowers of each half an ounce mix all and make a Julep It is comfortable and refreshing as also restorative Drink a spoonful or two at pleasure Dr. Mynsight his excellent Cordial and cooling Julep Take half an ounce of endive-Endive-water of Sorrel and rose-Rose-water of each half a pint of Water-lillies and Scabio's of each six ounces cinamon-Cinamon-water two ounces Syrup of Violets or Roses half a pound Juice of Limons two ounces mix them and add Spirit of Vitriol so much as to give it a grateful ascidity It is an excellent Remedy in a burning Fever in a spotted purple malignant Fever and all other malignant Distempers It is a very excellent thing it cools Insflammations quenches Thirst moistens a dry body and is a pleasant Cooler being cordial The Dose is five or six spoonfuls A most excellent Cordial cooling Tincture of Roses Take two quarts of water make it boiling hot then powr it into an earthen or white Bason or a deep Pan and put into it two or three spoonfuls of Spirit of Vitriol and stir it with a clean wooden stick then put into it a good handful of red dried Roses of that year stir them well and thrust them even in the liquor then cover it and let it stand to cool then strain it without pressing the Roses and you shall have a Tincture as red as a Ruby Be sure you do not make it in any Tin or Powter Vessel for it will lose the color It is a very pleasant Cooler and a great Cordial and strengthens the Liver the Kidneys and the Stomach It is excellent in Fevers A Cordial Water
then set it on the Fire and when the Scum rises take it off then strain it without pressing it then set it on the fire again and put into it a quarter of a pint of rose-Rose-water and boil it up to the Consistence of a Syrup Take thereof in the Morning fasting and at four in the Afternoon and when you go to Bed and at any time in the Night if you are troubled with a Cough It hath done much good to many it will keep a long time being kept in a Glass stopp'd with a Prune and tied on with a Bladder A Comfortable Syrup against Melancholy Take the clear Juice of Borage of Bugloss and Pippins of each half a pound Juices of Sorrel Hops and Endive of each two ounces Cinamon and yellow Sanders of each one dram Clarifie the Juices with the White of an Egg and boil it to a Syrup with one pound of Sugar Then take Cochines one dram Saffron half a dram Lignum Aloes rasped one scruple tie them up in a thin Cloth and hang it in the Syrup Another Syrup of Pippins against Melancholy by Dr. Fryer Take twelve large Pippins cut them through the middle and core them but pare them not boil them in two quarts of Water with a gentle Fire to a quart then strain it through a Hypocrass bag without crushing them then boil the Liquor to a Syrup with a sufficient quantity of Sugar then take four grains of Ambergreece and ten grains of Saffron put it in a little Tiffany bag and hang it in the Syrup Take of this Syrup now and then two spoonfuls with four spoonfuls of borage-Borage-water and eat now and then the quantity of a small Walnut of Conserve of Borage drinking the said Draught after it This Course is Excellent to Cure and prevent Melancholy Syrup of Clove-Gill flowers Take of the best and fragrantest Clove Gilli-flowers one pound the Whites clipt off put them in a Pipkin and powr upon them so much hot water as will cover them crush them well down and let them stand all night then strain them and warm the Liquor gently and dissolve in it fine Sugar in fine Powder three pound of Sugar will suffice for a quart of Liquor but take great heed you do not boil it for all Authors forbid because in the boyling of it you will lose all the fragrant and cordial Spirits of the Flowers If you find that your Syrup is too thin with three pound of Sugar to a quart of Juice then you may take four pound to one quart of Juice Some Women do admire that this Syrup should keep not being boiled but I can assure you upon experience that it will keep as well as if it had been boiled and I am sure that it is a great deal better and more cordial for the reason which I have given Note That some let them stand four or five days before they strain the Liquor To make the best and richest Syrup of Clove-Gilli-flowers Take what quantity you please of the best Flowers their Whites clipt off then take double the quantity of them of fine Loaf-Sugar powdred and sifted put some of the Flowers into a Crock or Pitcher and on the top of them some Sugar then another Lay of Flowers upon the Sugar and Sugar upon them and so continue till all your Flowers and Sugar are laid then set the Vessel in a Pot or Kettle of boiling water stopping the Pitcher and laying a weight upon it to keep it from rising in the Water keep the Water boyling for seven or eight hours having another Vessel of boyling Water ready to supply it as it wasts for it must be always kept fill'd up to reach as high as the Flowers in the Pot after this powr it hot through a Hair-Sieve into a Bason and when it is cold bottle it up and stop it close and you shall have a most rich Syrup very Cordial and Odoriferous far beyond all compare but if you would have more in quantity and not so rich powr some white Wine upon the Flowers and Sugar before you set it to boil and you will have also a very fine Syrup After this manner you may make Syrup of Roses but you need not clip the Roses and single refined Sugar will serve An Excellent Syrup of Aqua Vitae for a Cold or Cough or Shortness of Breath Take half a pint of the best Nantz-Brandy put it in a Silver or Pewter Porringer set it upon Embers and put into it four ounces of powdered Sugar candy when it is warm sire it with a Paper and let it burn until it goes out of it self and leaves a Syrup behind but you must stir it all the while with a Silver Spoon Take of this Syrup two parts and mingle it with one part of Oximel of Squills which is a most Sovereign thing for the Breast and Lungs Phthisick Astma and Shortness of Breath Syrup of Corn Poppy-flowers Take Fresh red Poppies two pound infuse them in warm water for twelve hours then strain the Liquor and infuse fresh Poppies in it as before then strain it again and with an equal quantity of Sugar make a Syrup in Balneo Mariae It is Excellent in Feavers causes Rest eases the Cough and all other Pains and the Colick abates the Rage of the Plurisie eases the violent pain of the Stone stops all sorts of Fluxes the Whites in Women the Loosness and bloody Flux The Dose is from one Spoonful to two To make Syrup of Aniseeds by Dr. Quirceton Take Aniseeds bruised two ounces infuse them in a quart of Sack for three days then strain it with one pound of Sugar boil it very gently to a Syrup This Syrup is good for the Breast and Lungs expels Wind eases the Colick provokes Vrine and cleanses the Reins Mothers and Nurses should never be without this Syrup for it is an excellent thing to give to young Children for the Gripes to which they use to be very subject A most Excellent Syrup to restore such as have been lingering in a long and wasting Consumption Take the Flesh of Snails four ounces French Barley two ounces Dates one ounce Raisins Liquoras of each six drams Sebestens and Jujebs of each twelve in number seeds of Cotton Mellons Cucumbers and Gourds of each half an ounce seeds of Lettice and white Poppies of each two drams the Herbs Coltsfoot and Lungwort of each a handful bruise the Seeds stone and bruise the Raisins and shred the Herbs and the other Ingredients and boil them all in three quarts of Water to two quarts then strain it and boil the Liquor to a Syrup with two pound of Sugar and Sugar of Roses and Diatragagant Frigida of each five ounces which you must have of the Apothecaries Dose two three or four ounces at a time Several other Pectoral Syrups as Syrup of Ground-Ivy of Turnips Syrup of Ale and others you have in the Chapter of Remedies for the Breast and Lungs CHAP. XV. Select EMULSIONS or
ALMOND-MILK To Make Emulsions or Almond-Milk Take sweet Almonds six ounces blanch them and stamp them in a stone-Mortar with a wooden Pestle powring to it a quart of Barley-broth but you must not make it too thin in the Mortar for then you cannot beat it for it will spatter about when you have beat it well powr more of the Barley-broth to it to make it thin then strain it and press it either through a clean Sieve or a Cloth then beat the remainder again with a little more Barley-broth then strain it again as before repeat this so often till you have got the Milk out of the Almonsd and that you have employed all your Barley-broth then sweeten it with Sugar and if you will you may scald it on the Fire without boiling it and it will be like Milk It is very nourishing and good against Consumptions and cures the Vlcers of the Lungs and is refreshing and strengthening An Emulsion for heat in the Reins and Kidneys Take of the four greater cold Seeds of each half an ounce Seeds of Lettice and white Poppies of each two drams with Barley-broth one pint make an Emulsion and sweeten it with Syrup of Water-Lillies three ounces It is excellent to cool the Reins and Kidneys and take off the Heat and Sharpness of Vrine Drink a little draught of it cold two or three times a day A Emulsion good in a Fever Take of the greater cold Seeds of each three drams Hempseed two drams white Poppy-seeds one dram beat them and make an Emulsion with Jelly of Hartshorn and poppy-Poppy-water of each half an ounce and sweeten it with Syrup of Corn-Poppies It is excellent good in a burning Fever pestilential Diseases and in the Plurisie A very good Emulsion for a sharpness and gnawing in the Stomack Take white Poppy-seeds two drams French-barley beaten half an ounce twelve blanched Almonds with bawm-Bawm-water and an alexitery-milk-Alexitery-Milk-water make an Emulsion to which add fine Sugar and red rose-Rose-water of each one ounce and a half Drink of this as often as you please CHAP. XVI Select Remedies for the GOUT and SCIATICA A Rare Ointment to asswage the Swelling and raging pain of the Gout TAke of the slender Sprouts of Dwarf-elder in the Month of March when they spring up out of the Ground from the Roots and are about a fingers length of each four handfuls stamp them and press out all the Juice from them as hard as you can then boil this Juice in a pound of Hogs-grease over a soft fire for two hours or you may boil the Herb stamped in the said Hogs-grease and then strain it and press it out as hard as you can This was given me by a worthy Gentleman who esteemed it much because he being much troubled with the Gout made much use of it and found great benefit by it It asswages the swelling and raging pain thereof and gives ease and strengthens the part afflicted In the Running Gout Numness and Raging pain in the Hands Fingers and other parts I have often approved it with great success after many other Remedies used in vain The part grieved must be bathed with it as warm as can be endured and well chafed in before a Fire An Excellent Poultice or Plaister to asswage the raging pain and swelling of the Gout Take a quantity of the whitest part of Pigeons Dung mix it with equal parts of good Mustard temper it with a little Vinegar then take the Grease of a Puppy-Dog so much as will make it into an Ointment or Salve then take a pint of Garden-Snails and stamp them with their shells with a handful of Parsley then mix and incorporate all well together and spread it upon Leather and apply it Parsley and Snails alone stamped and pownded together are good for the hot Gout A certain and infallible Remedy to prevent and cure the Fits of the Gout I knew a Gentleman in Germany who always cured and prevented his Fits of the Gout whensoever he perceived the least symptom of its approaching by the following Remedy He took a good quantity of the Herb-Mullin dryed which being shred and our small the stalks leaves and blossoms was boiled in a good quantity of the water taken out of the S●●●●'s Trough wherein he squenches his Irons when the water had drawn out the vertue of the Herb and that it was tender and being taken off from the Fire there was put in a large proportion of Chalk in powder In this Bath he bathed his Feet Legs and Knees in a Tub in which he continued bathing until it grew cold Then he caused a great Hole to be digged in his Garden into which this Bath with all the said Ingredients was put and then the Earth thrown upon it Thus bathing but once did always prevent his Fit of the Gout and freed him from all inconveniency of it for half a year when he perceived it would grow again upon him he used again this Remedy which did so prevent it that he was never troubled with any lameness swelling or pain at all to which I was an Eye-witness and I heard him say that if he did not use this Remedy to prevent it he would have very shrewd and racking Fits which would confine him to his Bed for a Month or six weeks he caused the Herb to be gathered in the Summer when it was in its vigor which is in June it is called Verbascum in Latin The Spirit of Salarmoniack mixed with Brandy and the parts grieved bathed therewith with Linnen-Clothes and then some Linnen-Clothes laid over it doth give great ease in the Gout and strengthens the Party much I knew a Gentleman at Leons in France who always used it and found great benefit by it A Bath for the Gout used by Sir William Paddy Take a gallon of new Grains and a quart of Bean-meal five ounces of Commin-seeds beaten a good handful and half of Roman Wormwood a good handful of red Rose-leaves dryed three spoonfuls of Bar-salt and one good spoonful of Honey beat all these together with so much Beer as will suffice to make it to a temperate set the Patient's Leg therein the space of half an hour and upon a light supper use it again at Night going to Bed and dip woolen-Cloths therein and foment the Legs therewith as hot as may be well endured Dr. Holsatius of Cullen his Bath for easing the Gout Take four ounces of Frogs-spawn-water one ounce of Mullen-water powder of Mirrh one dram Oriantal Safron half a dram reduce them to fine powder and mix them well together bath and foment the afflicted part therewith Another Plaister for the Sciatica or any kind of Gout Take Deers Suet yellow Wax Pitch and Rozin of each one pound Frankensence two pound beat the Gums severally then take a pan with a broad bottom set it upon the Fire and put into it first the Pitch Wax and Deers-suet stir them with a stick and when they are well melted put in the Rosin
set the Vessel in warm water to digest two days then strain it and add two ounces of Honey of Roses and take thereof from three ounces to six ounces It temperates and expells adust Humors abates the Heat of Fevers and cleanses the Skin from Scabs and Heat Monsieur Boucaud his Purging Infusion which purges universally all Humors and is very good to Purge and Prepare the Body before one enters into a Diet-Drink or at any other time Take Succory one handful French Barley one Spoonful boil them together in a pint of fair water to half a pint then strain it and let it cool well then put into it Sena two drams Rhubarb one dram Agarick half a dram let them infuse twenty four hours the next Morning strain it without pressing it and put into it half an ounce of Syrup of Limon and one ounce of Syrup of Violets The said Mr. B. took this usually himself and found it operate well and pleasantly without disturbance it is a very good Purge both for men and women it is good to cleanse a Woman after her lying in you may diminish the Dose as you see occasion A Purging Powder good against the Sciatica or Hip-Gout Take Seeds of Dwarf-Elder Turbith Hermodactils Sena and white Tartar of each a dram Cinamon two drams make all into a fine Powder for four Doses to be taken for four Mornings every third day Dr. Quercetan's Purging Decoction for Ladies Take Sena six drams strawberry-Strawberry-water half a pint infuse them in a close Vessel a Day and Night then add a spoonful of Juice of Limons and two Spoonfuls of Juice of Pearmains Sugarcandy two drams boil it a walm or two and clarifie it with the White of an Egg and a little cinamon-Cinamon-water This was invented to pleasure Ladies with being very pleasant in Taste and Purging gently without griping or making sick Another Purging Decoction called the Bitter Decoction Take the Tops of lesser Centery Flowers of Camomil of each one Pugil Roots of Gentian half a scruple Seeds of Carduus bruised one dram Sena two drams a little sliced Ginger to correct the Windiness of the Sena Cream of Tartar half a dram steep them all in half a pint of fair water all Night the next Morning boil it only a walm or two and then strain it and if you will have it work strongly you may add to the strained Liquor an ounce of Syrup of Roses or half an ounce of Syrup of Buck-thorn Berries It opens Obstructions and is prevalent against Agues and Fevers it eases Pains of the Breast and Spleen and is good against the Green Sickness and Stoppage of the Terms c. A very good Purge for the Itch. Take Tamarinds half an ounce sharp-pointed Dock-root two drams Fumitory and Succory of each half a handful white Tartar half a dram Ginger one scruple shred the Herbs small and stamp the Root and boil it in a sufficient quantity of fair water till there remain about a quarter of a pint to which being strained add one ounce of Syrup of Roses and two drams of Syrup of Buck-thorn Berries and take it in the Morning It is a good and approved thing for the Intention An Vniversal Purging Potion Take Sena two drams Ginger one scruple Rhubarb a dram Agarick two scruples sweet Fennel seeds half a dram Cinamon a scruple bruise them all and steep them all Night in a little more than a quarter of a Pint of the Decoction of Currans Press the Liquor the next Morning through a Strainer and dissolve in it one ounce of Syrup of Roses Another Vniversal Purge Take six Damask Prunes a handful of Agrimony half an ounce of Polipode roots one ounce of Currans half an ounce of Sena one dram of Aniseeds bruise them and boil them gently in half a pint of water strain and press it and sweeten it with brown Sugar Another Vniversal Purge Take of Sena half an ounce sweet Fennel-seeds bruised a dram steep them all night in a little more than a quarter of a pint of Posset made with Ale the next Morning boil it a walm then strain and press it out in the Liquor dissolve an ounce of good Manna while it is hot then strain it again and drink it A good Pectoral Purge for Consumptive People c. Take Roots of Marsh-Mallows and Liquoras of each two drams sweet Fennel-seeds half a dram yellow Saunders a scruple cream of Tartar half a dram bruise the Roots and Seeds and boil them in half a pint of water with a spoonful of French Barly till near half is consumed then strain it and whilst it is hot dissolve in the Liquor an ounce and half of Manna then strain it again and drink it I will recommend here to the Publick a most Excellent Purging Powder which Sir Kenelm Digby made much Vse of in his Family Take Scammony the purest and best an ounce Powder it grosly and spread it upon a piece of brown Paper then take some Fire in a Fire-shovel and put upon it some Brimstone hold the Paper with the Scammony over the Flame of Brimstone until you see it grow moist then Powder it finely and mix it with six drams of Diaphoretick Antimony and two drams of Cream of Tartar both in subtil Powder grind them together to incorporate and mix them well then put it in a Glass Vial and stop it close This Powder was called Cornachine by reason that Cornachine a Physitian of Bisa in Italy was the Inventer of it and had made a great Commentary upon it It hath done wonderful Effects it operates quickly safely and pleasantly it gently purges superfluous Humors from the Bowels and roots up the Cause and Matter of Agues Fevers and many other tedious Diseases as Monsieur Charras relates in his Royal Dispensatory Dr. Scroderus in his Chymical Dispensatory also recommends it as one of the best Purgatives that can be prepared Sir K. D. recommended it to me for the same The Dose is from half a scruple to half a dram or a whole dram It is to be taken in the Morning fasting in white Wine Broth in the Yolk of an Egg in a little Syrup or in some Confection The Diaphoretick Antimony you may buy for six pence an Ounce the Scammony for ten pence the Ounce and the Cream of Tartar one penny the Ounce This Powder is easie to give to Children for the Itch or Scab as also for the Worms CHAP. XXVIII Select VOMITIVES A Gentle Vomit TAke of Hemetick Wine and Oximel of Squills of each an ounce mix them together and take it taking Posset-drink with a Spoonful of Oyl of sweet Almonds in every draught to make it come up easie Another Dissolve two drams of Saltpeter in fat Broth and drink it Another Take three drams of Broom-flowers boil them in half a pint of small Ale for a quarter of an hour then strain it and drink it warm Another Take a dram of Nettle-seeds poudred or a dram of the inner Bark of
Walnut Tree powdered or three drams of Radish-seeds powdered taking them in fat Broth unsalted or in Posset Another which I have known used by Sir Kenelm Digby Take a Pint of Lukewarm water put into it six or eight spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl and drink it off Lukewarm The Antimonial Cup made of well purified Regulus of Antimony cast in Moulds is a very useful thing in a Family when you have a mind to use it fill it with white Wine and put a Clove or two in it and a little Mace and let it stand all Night the next Morning drink the Wine and it will taste of nothing but Wine and will work safely first by a Vomit and then by stools also when it works drink Posset with a spoonful of Oyl of sweet Almonds in every Draught or sweet Sallet Oyl to facilitate the Vomiting If it be taken in the beginning of an Ague when they have had but a Fit or two it commonly carrieth it off being taken half an hour before the Fit The Virtue of this Cup will never diminish for it will have the same Operation an hundred year hence that it had when it was newly made And according as you would have it work either gentle or strong you may put the Wine in sooner or later at Night CHAP. XXIX Select GLISTERS A Glister for the Colick and Griping of the Guts TAke Roots of Mallows and Marsh-Mallows with the whole Plant of each an ounce and a half French Barly an ounce Flowers of Camomil and Elder flowers of each half an ounce boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water then strain it and add to a Pint of the Liquor three ounces of Linseed Oyl and an ounce of Cassia extracted Aloes half an ounce Nitre an ounce and a half mix them and give it duly warm It powerfully expels Wind loosens the Bowels and eases the Colick and Gripings Dr. Scroderus his Emollient Glister Take of the Emollient Herbs which are Leaves of Mallows Violet Leaves Beets Herb Mercury of each a handful Roots of Althaea an ounce Camomil flowers half an ounce five Figs sliced boil them in a sufficient quantity of fair water to a pint then strain it and put to it Cassia four drams Benedicta laxitiva one ounce Sal Gem a scruple Oyl of Olive or Oyl of Roses three ounces brown Sugar an ounce mix it and give it It loosens and mollifies the Bowels evacuates their Slime and Filth and cleanses them from Wind and Water and is good in Fevers A very good Common Glister Take of the Emollient Herbs of each a handful Camomil flowers half a handful sweet Fennel seeds half an ounce Linseeds two drams cut the Herbs and bruise the Seeds and boil them in Water to a Pint then strain it CHAP. XXX Select Remedies relating to WOMEN-KIND Containing Excellent and Approved Remedies for such Distempers as are particularly incident to Woman-kind Concerning the Retention or Stoppage of the Monthly Purgations THe Retention of them cometh of Opilation in the Matrix abundance of gross Blood or after great Evacuation or Fatness of the Womb They are Cause of many Evils as swollen Legs weak Backs Pains in the lower Parts of the Belly Drowsiness Retention of Urine a weak Stomack Loss of Appetite and want of Digestion Vomiting Shortness of Breath Loss of Complexion Vapors and Fits of the Mother and Spleen c. If the Retention come of thickness of the Blood it is good for the Patient to use the Bath afterwards set down If the Retention come of cold and Phlegmatick Humors then it is good for her to take twice a day four ounces of the Decoction of Alexanders Smallage roots Cinamon and a little Safron and fast four hours after it forbearing of eating Meats that breed gross and moist Humors and gross Blood as Beef Pork Veal Fish and the like Let your Diet be Fowls Birds Partridges Rabbits and the like or Mutton and drink white or Rhenish Wine or Mead or Metheglin using in your Broth the following Ingredients viz. Aniseeds sweet Fennel-seeds Commin-seeds Caraway-seeds Smallage-roots wild Thyme Rosemary Parsly-roots Spinage Madder Cinquefoil Harts-tongue Lupins Organs Valerian Savory Sothernwood Garlick is an excellent thing if you like it Balm Carduus Horehound Cinamon and such like using a few of either sorts of them they thin and subtilize the Blood and open the Passages that descend to the Matrix A Bath to provoke the Terms Take Mugwort Motherwort Mother of Thyme Bawm Fumitory Camomil Lavender Organy of each a handful Juniper Berries bruised an ounce and an half Madder roots Parsly roots Polipode and Valerian of each three ounces let them boil in a sufficient quantity of Water to make a Bath and let her sit in it as hot as can be endured and when she comes out of the Bath going to Bed let her take a Decoction of Bugloss and Borage or the Decoction of Madder in fair water with a little Syrup of Fumitory If you cannot have all these Herbs you may take only some Camomil-flowers and Peniroyal for the hot water alone will be effectual in this Case bathing in it A Physical Course for provoking the Terms Take of the Powder of Hiera Picra simple of the Pills de tribus Fernelii of Agarick Trochiscated of each a scruple of Castor half a scruple of the Chymical Oyl of Thyme four drops make these up into Pills with Syrup of Mugwort let her take them immediately after her first sleep and sleep again upon them The next day following let her take the following Decoction Take Ale and white Wine of each a Pint and half unset Hysop Peniroyal Mugwort Germander of each a handful Madder Smallage Parsly and Fennel roots of each an ounce Juniper Berries and Cinamon bruised of each half an ounce boil them well and having strained the Decoction sweeten it with four ounces of Syrup of Mugwort Drink thereof twice a day in the Morning and at four in the Afternoon and four days before their accustomed time of flowing open the Vein in the Foot and bleed about three or four ounces to invite them downwards An Excellent Medicinal Wine to provoke the Terms by Dr. Mynsicht Take Tartar vitriolate Roots of Scorzonera of each an ounce and a half Filings of Steel from the Needle-makers an ounce Galingal the less Lignum Cassiae of each a dram Safron a scruple bruise them and put them in three pints of white Wine let it stand two or three or four days often shaking it then strain it This Wine opens all Obstructious of the Liver Spleen and Womb it provokes the Terms cures the green Sickness expels Wind discusses Swellings and Hydropical Humors cures the evil disposition in Virgins weakness of the Stomack and want of Appetite and ill Digestion Young People should take it five or six days before the New Moon but elder women as many days before the Full Moon The Dose is from four Spoonfuls to six or seven in the Morning fasting and to continue the
dram Roots of Tormentil two drams Syrup of Purslan as much as suffices to make an Electuary Take thereof the quantity of a large Nutmeg twice a day Drink after it a Draught of the following Decoction Take Succory Roots six drams Leaves of Lettuce Purslan and Horse-tail an Herb Shepherds purse of each a handful the four greater cold Seeds Purslan Seeds Sorrel Seeds of each a dram red Roses dried a handful bruise the Seeds and shred the Herbs and boil them all in a sufficient quantity of Water to a pint and a half then strain it and dissolve in it Gum Tragant and Arabick of each two scruples then add two ounces of Syrup of Purslan The Dose is a quarter of a pint Let the Patient wear about the Neck a little Bag with the Powder of a dried Toad Calcin'd which alone many times is said to Cure this Disease CHAP. XXXI Select Remedies to procure CONCEPTION Of choice and experimented Remedies to procure and forward Conception prescribed by several learned Doctors An excellent Remedy to procure Conception TAke of Syrup of Motherwort of Syrup of Mugwort of each half an ounce of Spirit of Clary two drams of the Root of English Snakeweed in fine powder one dram Purslain-seed Nettle-seed Rocket-seed all in subtil powder of each two drams candid Nutmegs Eringo-Roots Satirion-Roots preserved Dates Pistaches Conserve of Succory of each three drams stamp and work all these Ingredients in a Mortar to an Electuary then put it up into Gally-pots and keep it for use Take of this Electuary the quantity of a large Nutmeg in a little glassful of white Wine in the Morning fasting and at four in the Afternoon and as much at Night going to Bed but be sure not to do any violent exercise Another experienced by the Countess of Arundel Make a Syrup of Eringo-Roots and take thereof three times a day in the Morning fasting and in the Afternoon and at Night having first prepared the Body with some gentle Purge The foregoing Remedy is more effectual Another approved Remedy to procure Conception Take of Clarified Honey 3 drams of Linseed and shavings of Ivory of each an ounce Borage three ounces beat it into an Electuary with four ounces of fine Sugar Musk and Amber of each one scruple and a half Oil of Cinamon two grains Oil of Cloves and Mace of each one grain Take of it Morning and Evening Dr. Scroderus his Cordial Drink to cleanse and strengthen the Womb and procure Conception Take Bawm Penyroyal Maidenhair Sage Calaminth Mugwort of each half a handful Shenath half a dram Marygolds Wall-flowers of each two pugils that is as much as you can hold betwixt two Fingers and the Thumb Nutmegs Mace Cubebes Cardamoms grains of Paradice Zedoary of each one dram prepare them all and infuse them in two quarts of Canary Wine for some days in a Bottle close stopp'd then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar to your Taste drink thereof three times a day This I know an approved Remedy Dr. Mynsight his Bath against Barrenness much approved Take Roots of Madder of Parsley of Polipode of the Oak Valerian of each three ounces Seeds of wild Rue and Darnel of each two ounces green Juniper-berries of each one ounce and a half Leaves of Motherwort Mother of Thyme Bawm Mugwort Fumitory Marjoram Lavender Agrimony Mellilot Mullin Camomil Calamint Organy of each one ounce shred and bruise them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of water for a Bath Let the person sit therein in a bathing Tub as hot as can be endured repeating it every day for fifteen or twenty days abstaining all the while from Venery The Author says it is an approved thing for the intention She may also at the same time use either the Electuary with the white Wine or Dr. Scroderus his Drink By using the said Remedies and abstaining all the while from Venery she will be very apt afterwards to conceive for the parts will be very well disposed It is much observed also that Women after long absence from their Husbands when they come again usually soon conceive Note That the greater the womans desire of Copulation is the more subject she is to conceive Women are most subject to conceive a day or two after their monthly Terms are stayed It is good to eat Crabs Lobsters Prawns and Shrimps for they are fruitful Creatures and very nutritive as also Pigeons and Sparrows half a dram of Castor being taken in powder or a scruple in Malmsey Wine in the Morning is good to procure Conception As also the stones of a Fox dryed and beaten to powder and a dram taken in milk in the Morning As also the stones of a Boar taken in the like manner A Plaister of Labdanum spread upon Leather and applied to the Region of the Womb mightily disposes it to Conception Dr. Farrar his great Venereal to procure Conception Take Conserve of Rosemary-flowers of Borage-flowers and of Conserve of Clove-gilly-flowers of each half a dram of the Electuary of Diasatirion one ounce candid Eringo-Roots six drams old London or Venice Treacle two drams Seeds of Rocket and of Nettles of each half a dram Species Diamoth dulcis two scruples make it up into an Electuary with Syrup of Stechados as much as will suffice Take the quantity of a Nutmeg of this Electuary Morning and Night or when you will and drink a little of the following Decoction after it Take Leaves of Sage of Organy Rosemary Calamint Nettles of each a handful Chamedee Chamepit and Stechados of each half a handful of Nettle-seeds Rocket-seeds and sweet Fennel-seeds of each three drams Roots of Pellitory of Spain half an ounce boil all these in a quart of fountain-Fountain-water then strain it and put to it a pint of Malago Sack I could tell some great Secret to Women which for several Reasons I omit to publish here but if any Lady desires it of me I shall very freely communicate it to her CHAP. XXXII Rules and Signs of CONCEPTION Certain Signs whereby Women may know when they have Conceived AUthors have left many Ways for Women to know whether they be with Child or not which proves true indeed in many Women but not in all Some of them I shall relate here 1. A Coldness and Chilliness of the outward parts after Conception for the Heat retires inwardly to make the Conception 2. The Belly groweth very flat first of all because the Womb closeth it self together to nourish and cherish the Seed 3. The Breasts begin to swell and grow hard not without Pain and Soreness 4. The Tops of the Nipples look redder than formerly 5. Wringing or griping pains like Cramps happen in the Belly about the Navil 6. Loss of Appetice to Meat and illness after Meat and weakness of the Stomack 7. The Veins of the Breasts are more clearly seen than they were wont to be 8. It is a good Sign when the Veins in the Eyes are clearly seen and the Eyes seem
the Liver with Oyl of Nutmeg and Oyl of Roses Dr. Farrar gave this Receipt to Sir K. Digby who recommended him to the Lord and Sir K. made the Bargain between the Lord and the Doctor who was to have five hundred pound for his Cure and I heard Sir K. say that after twelve or thirteen days the Patient began to piss in great abundance and so very stinking noisom roping Matter that the Nurse which emptied the Pots was scarce able to endure the stench and noisomness of it And continuing the Remedy the Lord was perfectly cured The Silver Pills as we prepared them in Sir K. Digby's Elaboratory are also a specifick Remedy against the Dropsie the description thereof is in Sir Kenelm Digby's Collection of Chymical Secrets Printed for me in 1682. A very good Plaister to be applied to the Belly for the Dropsie Take Rue Camomil Melilot Calamint of each two ounces beat them small and boyl them in Wine and Oyl of Dill then add Gummi Caranae Gum of Wax of each as much as sufficeth to make a Plaister CHAP. IV. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies against the Stone and Gravel Dr. Mynsycht his Stone-breaking Wine TAke whole Barly red Cicers of each one ounce and half Roots of Rest-harrow of Eringo of Liquoras of each one ounce roots of Stone-Partly half an ounce Juniper-Berries bruised Winter-Cherries of each one dram Gromwel seeds Haws Seeds of Mallows and Marsh-Mallows of each one dram and half flowers of Broom and Violets of each one dram dried Figs and Sebestens of each twelve in number cut and bruise them all and put them to infuse in Rhenish wine and rain-Rain-water of each three pints for four and twenty hours then boyl it until a third part be consumed then strain it being cold and to the strained Liquor add a quarter of a pound of refined Sugar and keep it for Use It is much recommended to be of great Use in Diseases of the Reins it provokes Urine and the Terms breaks dissolves and expels the Stone whether in the Reins or Bladder it opens and dissolves all slimy and Tartarous Matter obstructing those Passages Drink a good draught of it every morning fasting A most Precious Spirit to break and bring away Stone and Gravel Take roots of Elecampane Burnet Parsly stones of a Perces head Crabs Eyes Goats-blood of each one ounce seeds of water-Carrots white Saxifrage Fennel-seed Aniseed Gromwel-seed Roman Nettles Broom Juniper berries Winter-Cherries of each half an ounce Pepper white black and long of each two drams bruise all the Ingredients and mix them and digest them in Spirit of Wine for twenty days then distil it in Balneo Mariae then dissolve in the distilled Spirit Salt of Crystal two drams then take a hundred Monkey-pease or Hoglice those that rowl themselves round when they are touched bruise them and infuse them in the Spirit until the Tincture is extracted then filter it and keep it for Use This breaks the Stones in both Reins and Bladder and brings it away by Urine as also the Gravel Take it in Arsmart water the Dose is from one spoonful to three It is a great Specifick in this Case Another Stone-breaking Spirit Take the shells of an Estridge Egg pulverize it and digest it in Spirit of Salt until it be dissolved and the Egg-shells appear in bits then filtre and keep it for Use This Medicine was invented by the Emperor's Physicians and as Closseus says is second to none against the Stone and stoppage of Urine it opens strongly forces away the Stone and Gravel expels Water in Dropsies provokes the Terms and sometimes purges by Stool Dr. Bacon's Remedy against the Stone and Gravel which he gave to Sir Kenelm Digby Take four Gallons of running water four pound of fine Sugar in Powder Eringo roots and Raisins of the Sun stoned of each one pound a Branch of fresh Rosemary Boyl all these together till half be consumed then work it up with a little Yeast then Tunn it and put the Peel of a fresh Limon into it when it hath done working you may bottle it if you please of this drink morning and evening and whensoever you are adry The said Doctor hath had great Experience of this The L. of Denbigh his Remedy against the Stone unto which he attributes his Cure of the Stone as he told Sir K. Digby Take a good ounce of Melon-seeds and near a quart of small quick Beer and a little Rhenish wine brew the chief quantity of the Drink with the yolks of six new laid Eggs and draw the Milk out of the Almonds with another part of it add a little Spirit of Clary and as much Virgin-Honey as will sweeten it then mingle and brew all together and drink a large draught thereof This Drink is also very healing and very strengthning every way If you have not good Melon-seeds you may take a good quantity of blanched Almonds and you may put in Juice of Orange and what you please An Experienced Remedy for the Stone and Gravel and Stoppage of Vrine Take wild Carot-seeds one dram bruise them a little and powr upon them a draught of white wine stop the Bottle close and let it stand all night the next morning strain it through a linnen Cloth and drink it This cured a Gentleman in France who was much troubled with Stoppage of Urine and Viscosities which they called the Stone once taking this Remedy preserved him from all inconveniencies of Urine for half a year When the Disease grew again upon him he took again this Remedy Another for the same A Gentlewoman told me that she was much troubled with the Gravel Strangury and stoppage of Urine so that in ten days time she did not make a pint of water which was a great torment to her she was taught to take Oyl of Olive and Milk of each a quarter of a pint and a spoonful of honey mix all together and drink it blood-warm This opened the passage of Urine and caused her to make water in abundance with Gravel and she was perfectly cured Oyl of sweet Almonds would have been better than Sallet Oyl Sir K. Digby's Remedy for the Gravel and Strangury and Stoppage of Vrine which I prepared many times for him and by which he found great Relief Take the white of a new-laid Egg and beat it well with a Spoon in a Porringer for a quarter of an hour then let it settle and take off the Scum mix the clear with two spoonfuls of white wine and four spoonfuls of red-Rose-water and put to it one ounce of Sugar-Candy in powder mix all well together and take it in the morning fasting and another at night going to bed Continue this six or seven days Another very precious Remedy against the Stone Gravel Stoppage and Strangury of Vrin of Dr. Horstius Take Saxifrage roots one ounce Jews stone one ounce and a half asparagus and Scordium of each half a handful seeds of Parsly Bishops weed Ivy of the
Sir Kenelm Digby cured a Minister's Son at Frankfort in Germany in the Year 1659 to which I was an Eye-Witness TAke of the Skull of a Man that died of a violent Death of the parings of Nails of a man of each three drams Reduce this to a fine Powder and grind it upon a Marble-stone then take Polypode of the Oak dried two drams Misleto of the Oak gathered in the wane of the Moon half an ounce Misleto of the Tile-tree two drams Piony roots half an ounce reduce all into a subtil Powder then take six ounces of Sugar boil it to the consistence of Sugar of Roses then mix all the Powders with it and stir them well together over the fire that they may well incorporate together then take it from the fire and make it up into Tablets or Lozenges about a dram a piece whereof give one in the Morning fasting and another two or three hours after Dinner and another two hours after Supper Continue this so long as the Lozenges last Another for the same Sir Kenelm Digby relates That in the year 1663. the Lady Warwick told him That a Daughter of her Husband 's Elder Brother had the Falling-Sickness in the greatest extremity so that she fell like a Logg seven or eight times a day without any motion They had put her into the hands of the Ablest Physitians in England who in effect could do her no good A Gentleman one of their Neighbours undertook the Cure and performed it thus Take true Misleto of the Oak the Leaves the Berries and all the tender Branches dry it gently in an Oven after the Bread is drawn then reduce it to a fine Powder of which give as much as will lie upon a Shilling for one of ripe years for middle-aged a Sixpence for a Child a Groat Give it Mornings and Evenings in Cowslip-water three days before and three days after the Full of the Moon Repeat this Remedy for some Months together This Cured also my Lord Herbert 's Son and many other persons of Quality The best time to gather the Misleto is in the Month of September when it bears Berries and in the waning of the Moon Dr. Mynsight his Excellent Remedy against the Falling-Sickness Take Sena two ounces Turbith Mechoacan of each half an ounce Raspings of Elks-hoof and Man's Skull Nutmegs of each two drams Roots and Seeds of Peony Misleto of the Oak of each half a dram Cardamoms Cassia ligna Cloves of each one dram Flowers of the Male-Peony of Lilly-convallis of Lavender of the Tyle-tree of each half a dram Rhenish Wine one quart and half a pint Digest it for two days in a warm place then strain it and sweeten it with double refined Sugar three ounces This hath been confirmed by many Experiences to be a singular Remedy against most Diseases of the Head and Brain and Dr. Mynsight says it is a Divine Remedy against the Falling-Sickness taking three or four ounces of it in the Morning fasting CHAP. VIII Of Choice Remedies against all Diseases of the EYES and to strengthen the Sight An Excellent Water against Dimness of Sight TAke Benjamin one ounce pure Honey half a pound water of Fennel and Rue of each two ounces Marjoram-water one ounce mix them together and distil it in a glass Still or in our Engine This Water hath made some see that have been quite blind washing twice or thrice a day with it It strengthens the Sight wonderfully Dr. Scroderus his Excellent Water for the Eyes Take water of Eye-bright of Fennel Vervain of each three ounces Juyces of Celan dine Rue of each two ounces long Pepper Cloves Nutmegs Saffron of each one scruple Rosemary flowers half a handful Sarcocol-Aloes of each three drams Galls of Partridges one ounce cut and bruise all small then add Sugar Honey of Roses of each one ounce put all into a Glass Alembick and distil it in Balneo Mariae with a gentle fire to every ounce of this Water put one dram of rectified Spirit of Tartar This Water being dropt into the Eyes two or three times a day cures Suffusioon or Catarachs Pearls Films and other defects of the Eyes as Experience hath often testified Another for the same Take white Vitriol two drams Barberries husked three drams Rose and fennel-Fennel-water of each one pint boyl them with a gentle fire to the consumption of half then add Cmaphir tbree drams then filter it through gray paper and keep it for use This Water takes away Films Spots Pearls and other things which dim the Sight A Green Eye-Water much Approved Take Verdigreece two drams yellow Orpiment one dram white Wine and rose-Rose-water of each five ounces boil it gently five or six Walms then take it off and leave it upon the Faeces without straining it This Water being dropt into the Eyes cures the Pin and Web takes away the Heat and Inflamation of the Eyes A Water against Heat Redness and sharp Rheum of the Eyes Take Rosewater Eyebright-water of each two ounces of Trochisci albi Rhasis one dram prepared Tutia twenty grains mix them together and keep them in a Glass for Use wash the Eyes therewith two or three times a day Another Water for the Eyes Take Rose Plantane and Fennel-water of each two ounces Tutia prepared two drams Fennel-seeds beaten half an ounce mix it all together and keep in a Phyol close stopped when you use it strain a little of it and wash the Eyes there with two or three times a day An Oyntment good for the Eyes Take Spirit of Wine two Spoonfuls Spirit of Therebintin one spoonful the yolk of a new-laid Egg and a spoonful of fresh Butter beat and mix it together and put a little of it into the corner of the Eye Dr. Salmon's Excellent Eye-Water Take Rose-water three quarts white Vitriol five drams digest them ten days then filter it then digest it ten days more then filter it again and add Saccharum Saturni six drams Camphire half a dram digest again twenty days then boil it and filter it and keep it for Use The Author says he hath made many see which had been blind several years with Films Pearls and other things by barely washing the Eyes therewith four or five times a day for some time It cures all manner of red and blood-shot Eyes and Rheumatick sore and inflamed for which it is to be esteemed as a Jewel A precious Water for the Eyes that hath restored the sight after some years lost in a short time Take red Rose-leaves dryed Smallage Maidenhair Hysop Endive Succory red Fennel Ribwort Celandine Eyebright of each two handfuls wash them and dry them and steep them in white Wine for twelve hours then distil it and wash the Eyes with the water Another Eye-water excellent for Pin or Web. Take white Wine red Rose-water each a pint put them into a bottel and add to it Aloes Hepatick Lapistutia in fine powder and of the finest Sugar of each four ounces stop the bottel
in a Glass for use It is very good for the purpose aforesaid the Ground Ivy is Alehoof Another for the same and to strengthen the Sight Take Rose and Plantine-water of each two ounces Aloes Epatica half a dram white Copperas two drams white Sugarcandy one dram boyl them with a soft fire being cold put it in a Glass for use drop thereof into the Eyes Another for the same Take Plantine two handfuls Housleek one handful stamp and strain them and let the Juice settle then powr off the clear and add half as much rose-Rose-water the fourth part of a spoonful of powder of white Sugarcandy and quench in it Lapis Caluminaris the bigness of a Wall-nut Drop four drops of this water into the Eyes Morning and Evening lying upon your back For a Pearl in the Eye Take Hemlock stamp it in a stone-Mortar then put little Honey to it and work them well together If the Pearl be in the right Eye apply a Plaster of it to the left Wrist if in the left Eye to the right Wrist let it continue there three or four days Another for the same Take the Marrow that is in a Goose-wing mingle with it Ear-wax and work them well together and anoint the Eye with it and it will kill the Pearl For a prick with a Bush stripe or blow in the ball of the Eye Take the white of a new-laid Egg beat it and then mix it with Honey set it over a soft fire and keep it stirring that it may not curdle then spread it on a little Flax and lay it on the Eye changing it every Morning and Evening and by the blessing of God it will help it Another for a stroke or blow in the Eye Take Juice of Smallage Juice of Fennel and the white of a new-laid Egg beat them well together and apply it to the sore Eye Another for a stroke in the Eye Stamp Wormwood with the white of an Egg and lay it warm three days together to the Eye or Eyes then wash the Eye with Plantine-water and Honey A precious Water for the Eyes Take Smallage Fennel Plantine Egrimony Bittony Eyebright Scabious Rice Pimpernel and Sage shred them all small and steep them in the Urine of a male-Child with a little Frankinsens then distill them Bath the Eyes with this water CHAP. IX Mr. Lochers an able Apothicarry of London his excellene Oyl for Deafness approved by himself and given to Sir K. Digby TAke Oyl of bitter Almonds and Oyl of Spicknard of each six drams black Hellebore half a scruple Coloquintida half a d●● Oyl of Exceter two drams Juice of Onyons Juice of Rue of each two drams boyl these gently till the Juices be consumed then strain it and add two drops of Oyl of Aniseed and one of Oyl of Oryganum Powr a drop or two of this Oyl into the Ear and lye upon your Bed with that Ear upwards that you intend to drop into lye still for a quarter of an hour after then drop into the other if it require It is to be continued a Moneth or two or three as you find benefit when you have dropt into the Ear you must stop it with a little black wool dipped in the Oyl This has curcd many of thick hearing and noise in the Ears come by cold or sickness Another Remedy much approved for the same Take a large Eel flaw it and cut it into three pieces then stick them with Rosemary and Sage and bake them in a pan in the Oven laying them upon two sticks in the pan to keep them from falling into the liquor in the bottom then strain the liquor and scum off the Oyl or Fat whereof take four spoonfuls and as much spirit of Wine mix them together take of this mixture two spoonfuls of Juice of Onyons and Juice of the white ends of Leeks of each one spoonful put all into a Phiol and stop it close and shake it well for an hour to make them well incorporate together powr two or three drops of this into the Ear and in all things observe the directions as in the former This was given me by a worthy Gentleman at Paris who assured me he had cured the Governour of Callais his Sectreary with it who had been deaf near twenty years his deafness comming by a sickness Another Excellent Remedy for the same Take an hundred of the large Ants Eggs black Hellebore Radishes sowr bread sweet Almonds white Amber of each one ounce Pulp of Coloquintida Castor Leaves of sweet Marjoram Wormwood Savin Rue of each two drams bruise and mix and infuse them in two quarts of spirit of Wine rectified digest them twenty days then distil it in Balneo Mariae then put into the distilled spirit an hundred live Munky-pease bruised digest again for twenty four hours then filter and keep it for use Put a few drops of this Spirit into the Ear Morning and Evening stopping the Ear with black Wool immediately and it will take away the difficulty of hearing and deafness as also all kind of noise continue it till you are cured Another Remedy for Deafness Take of the Juice of Bittony mingle it with a Womans Milk that gives suck to a Boy dip black wool therein and put it into the Ear use it eleven days together or more if in that time you find any benefit by it then take Milk boyl it with Oatmeal and Juice of Bittony and lay it poultiswise over the Ears Night and day and continue it for some time Another Remedy against Deafness that cometh of Cold. Take a ranged Loaf of Bread of a mean scantling well leavened and baked cut it asunder in the middle and lay both the parts very hot to both the Ears first laying a linnen Cloth doubled next to the Skin as thin as the Patient can endure the heat bind them on fast with a Cloth fastned on the head and let it continue as long as the Patient feels any warmth and then he may take another if the Cold be great you must use it for two or three Mornings together take heed of taking Cold when you leave them Dr. Clodius his Remedy against Deafness Drop into the Ear one drop no more of Oil or Quintessence of Rosemary which will not burn or pain them and after it is soaked in by lying with that Ear up stop the Ear with black wool dipped in the Spirit of Rosemary Repeat the Drop after a day still as you find need This will cure a Deafness caused by Cold and Humors clogging and benumming the Ears and causing sometimes pain in them Another for the same Take red Mint or Horse-mint mortifie and squeeze it in the hand till it renders Juice then take it with its Juice and put it in the Ear change it often this will help the Deafness if the person hath heard before Another for the same Take Rue Rosemary Sage Vervain Marjoram of each a handful of Camomil two handful stamp them to mash and mould
of each three spoonfuls make an Electuary with clarified Honey Take the bigness of a Nutmeg of it in the morning and when you go to bed let it go down leisurely and if the Cough troubles you in the night time take also of it This hath holpen extream great Colds or Coughs These Pectoral Electuaries were left out in the first Chapter An Electuary to comfort the Brain and Stomack and sweeten the Breath Take Sage two handful Rosemary flowers an ounce and a half Cloves five drams Cinamon a dram Nutmegs a Scruple all in fine Powder make it into an Electuary with Clarified Honey Take of it half a spoonful in the Morning and presently drink after it a Cup of burnt Claret Another Electuary to comfort the Spleen and Stomach Take Sarsaparilla one ounce the rind of the Root of Tamarisk three drams of the Root of Zedoary two scruples Purslane-seeds one dram reduce all into a fine Powder and with Syrup of Citrons and Syrup of the Juice of Borage a sufficient quantity make an Electuary An Electuary to comfort the Stomach and prevent engendring gross Humors in the Brain Take Cinamon one dram Lignum Aloes and Mace of each half a dram Cloves one scruple and fine Sugar or Sugar-candy half an ounce reduce them all into very fine Powder and with Wormwood water make it into an Electuary and take thereof two or three drams in the Morning fasting three hours before Dinner or make it into Lozenges of two or three drams a piece and eat them in like manner A most Excellent Electuary to strengthen the Stomack and Liver which is also very good against the Scurvey Take green Ginger preserved it is sold by the Confectioners and Conserve of Roman-Wormwood two ounces Conserve of Wood-sorrel two or three or four ounces more or ess as you conceive your Liver shall require beat and work them together into a Pulp Take thereof the quantity of a large Nutmeg two or three times a day You may make the Conserves by beating the herbs raw with two or three parts of fine Sugar to one of Herbs A Cordial Drink for weakness of the Stomack and want of Digestion Take three pints of good Claret Wine and half a pint of mint-Mint-water of Cinamon and Nutmeg of each half a dram of fine Sugar four ounces reduce the Ingredients to Powder and put all into a Coffee-pot and cover it close stopping the Pipe of the Coffee-pot and let it stand in hot water for twenty four hours but let not the Water boil Then take it out and strain it through a Hypocras-bag Drink of this warm a Sack Glass-ful at a time If you have not a Coffee-pot you may use a stone Jugg or Bottle stopping it close but let it not be full A very Excellent Plaister for the Stomack that hath done notable Cures Take Mithridate spread it pretty thick upon Leather then strew upon it all over some grated Nutmeg laid also pretty thick on and cover this with another Leather like the former sewing them together round about the edges lay this to the pit of the Stomack The bigness of the Plaister is to be a hands-breadth round It is excellent for all Indigestions Weakness and Pain in the Stomack which causes Loosness Another Cordial Drink for a weak Stomack and want of Digestion devised by Dr. Mynsight Take Cinamon Mint half an ounce Mastick Galingal Cloves of each two drams Calamus Aromaticus Cardamom Ginger of each half a dram Lignum Aloes Roots of Burnet and Zedoary of each half a dram reduce them all to Powder and digest them in a quart of Canary Wine in a warm place or in Sand or B. Mariae until the Tincture is extracted then strain it and take thereof a small Draught Morning and Evening with a few drops of Spirit of Vitriol It warms and comforts the Stomack and is excellent against trembling fainting and swooning Fits and Vomiting Another by Dr. Mily Take Cinamon half an ounce Cloves Mace and Nutmegs of each half an ounce seeds of Anise Coriander and Ginger of each two drams bruise them and digest them in five dints of Rhenish Wine then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar to your Taste Drink thereof a quarter of a pint at a time It comforts and warms a weak and cold Stomack causes a good Appetite and Digestion and rectifies most Distempers of the Head and Brain My Lord Chesterfield's excellent digestive Powder to comfort the Stomack after Meat or otherwise Take sweet Fennel-seed half an ounce Coriander seeds one ounce shavings of Harts-horn and Ivory of each half a dram Cinamon and Pear or Crabs-eyes of each half a dram Sugar of Roses two ounces white Sugar-candy three ounces reduce all these severally into a subtil Powder and then mingle them together and so take thereof keep it in a warm place Dose so much as will lie upon the point of a Knife Dr. Riverius his infallible Remedy to stay a Vomit Take the true Salt of Wormwood half a dram mix it with the Juice of half a Limon and give it the Patient to drink you may mix it with a little mint-Mint-water It is a Sovereign Remedy which I have often approved with great success it hath never failed To chear the Heart and comfort the vital Spirits and prevent Melancholy Take of Harts-horn one handful of the Roots of Celandine Flowers of Borage and of Langue de Beuf of each a handful shred the Herbs small or stamp them a little and steep them in a Gallon of Brandy for a night then distil it the distilled water sweeten with Sugar and hang two drams of Saffron in it tied up in a Sarcenet Bag. Drink a little of it in the Morning fasting Another Cordial to chear and comfort the Heart prevent Melancholy and make the Body lightsom Take a pint of Rhenish Wine half an ounce of cinamon-Cinamon-water Water of Baum Bugloss and Borage of each half an ounce Juice of Limons one ounce half a pound of Sugar-candy seeth them together in a little strong glass-Bottle setting it in boyling water drink thereof a quarter of a pint in the Morning fasting in-the Summer Season In the Winter season take a pint of Malmsie or Muscadine Cinamon Cloves and Ginger of each two drams Grains of Paradise one dram Sugar two drams Musk one grain bruise the Spices and boil all together in a Bottle of Water then strain it and take a quarter of a pint thereof fasting CHAP. XII Select Remedies for all Diseases of the MOUTH This Chapter contains Choice Remedies for the Teeth and Gums Scurvey in the Mouth c. For a Canker in the Mouth TAke the Leaves of Woodbine of Bramble of Columbine of each one handful a little Rosemary shred them and boil them in fair water to the consumption of half then strain it and put into the Liquor two or three spoonfuls of Honey and a piece of Roch Allum in Powder and three or four spoonfuls of Vinegar Gargle the
Megrim Vertigo loss of Memory dimness of sight Melancholy swounding Fits and Barroness in Women You may take half a spoonful to one whole spoonful of it in Ganary or in black cherry-Cherry-water or Syrup Note That in every Distillation you must distill to dryness because thn Spirit of Wine is rectified The flowers are to be put into the Spirit of Wine when they are in their prime and that infusion kept till the other things are ripe and fit to be put in Another great Cordial Water of great vertue Take great Ants that are full of Eggs and in the full of the Moon in May or June two handfuls put them into a glass-bottel and powr upon them so much Spirit of Wine as may cover them the breadth of three fingers digest them in the Sun until they turn to water by putrefaction into one pound of this water put flowers of Rosemary Borage Bugloss Roses Marjoram Bawm of each one handful Castor four ounces Confection of Ana Cardimus two ounces Diamoschu dulcis one ounce waters of Bugloss Bittony and Tile-flowers of each one pound bruised Cinamon one ounce digest them together forty days then distill it in Balneo Mariae If you burn the remaining Feces to ashes and extract the Salt out of it and put it to the distilled Spirit it will be more efficacious It is both Cephalick and Pectoral cureth Consumption and by reason of the Ana Cardimus wonderfully strengthens the Memory fortifies the Brain and strengthens Nature and is much recommended to beget courage It attenuates expelleth Wind and is vulnerary It revives the heart warmeth and comforts a weak and cold Stomach Dose two or three spoonfuls in Sack or any other fit vehicle A rare Cordial Water against Frights excellent for Women with Child to prevent miscarrying Dr. Scroderus Take Lillies of the Valley two handfuls infuse them in three quarts of strong white Wine for a fortnight then distil it in Balneo Mariae into the distilled water put Cinamon one ounce and half Cubebes half an ounce Cloves three drams Mace Calingal Ginger Zedoary Safron of each two drams bruise them all grosly and let them infuse in a Vessel close stopped for some days in the Sun then put into each Lavender-flowers of each one handful let them digest for some days longer then distil it in Balneo Mariae If you calcine the Feces and attract the Salt out of them and put it to the water it will be more effectual It is very proper for Women with Child being frighted It prevents Miscarrying and strengthens the Womb and the Child It is a great Cordial Child-bearing Women ought never to be without it The Alexitery Milk-water Take of Carduus Benedictus six handfuls Wormwood four handfuls Speremint two handfuls shred them small and stamp them a little then powr upon them two gallons of new Milk let them infuse for six hours and distill it in a cold Still or in an Alembeck taking off the head sometimes and stir the matter well with a stick else the milk will grow in a Cake at the top and hinder the water from rising My Lady Newports Excellent cooling Stomachal Alexitery Milk-water Take Angelica one part Mint and Carduus Benedictus of each four parts Wormwood two parts shred them small and bruise them a little and put them in an ordinary Still and powr upon them enough new Milk to soak them but not to have the Milk swim much over them Distill this as you do Rose-water stirring it some times with a stick to keep the Milk from growing to a Cake When you will drink this water alone sweeten it with fine Sugar to your Taste You may drink a Wine-glass-ful at a time Dr. Scroderus his Excellent Cordial Water fall Women which is esteemed as a Panacea among or the Noble Ladies of the Palatinate Take Cinamon Nutmeg Mace Ginger Cloves Grains of Paradise Cubebes Cardamom of each one ounce and a half long Pepper half an ounce Galingal Zedoary of each one ounce pulverise them every one by themselves then mix them together then take leaves of Sage Mint and Bawm of each one handful shred them small and mix them with the other Ingredients and powr upon them three quarts of good white Wine let it stand to infuse for fourteen days close stopped then distill it in a Balneo or in an Alembick well tinned within It strengthens the Womb cureth the Suffocation thereof expelleth Wind out of the Stomach and Bowels It also strengthens and warms the Stomach and a cold Womb and that so successfully that all the Noble Ladies of the Pallatinate esteem it as a Panacea or Alheal Dr. Scroderus his second Cordial Water of great Vertues Take Tops of Rosemary sweet Marjoram Sage Bawm of each one handful Cinamon grains of Paradice of each one ounce Mace Galingal of each two ounces Nutmeg Cloves Ginger of half an ounce Juniper-berries two ounces bruise the Spices and Seeds and shred the herbs small and infuse them all in three quarts of Rhenish Wine for a month then distill it This Water cures the Head-ach Megrim Vertigo Melancholy illness of the Stomach stinking Breath It causes fruitfulness facilitates Delivery It strengthens the Stomach and the Womb and 't is good against the Palsie and Apoplexy Dr. Horstius his most excellent Cordial Water for the Head and for the Womb. Take Nutmegs Mace Ginger grains of Paradice Cloves half an ounce Rhubarb one ounce Castor Spicknard of each half an ounce Oyl of Bays let the Spices be whole and infuse them in the best Canary or French Wine seaven quarts digest them in a glass close stopped for ten days then strain it and beat the Spices to a Pulp then digest them together again for three days then distill it in Balneo This Water is as good for the Head as for the Womb It cures most Diseases of both It is exceeding good against the Epilepsie and Fits of the Mother obstructions of the Spleen and Liver It is good against Melancholy ann gross vapors ascending to the Head A●other great Cordial Water of very great vertues which causeth fruitfulness and procures Conception Take of the great Ants or Pismires which are full of Eggs and in the full of the Moon in the month of May or June two handfuls Spirit of Wine rectified so much as may cover them the breadth of three fingers digest them in a close Vessel till the next full of the Moon or until they turn to water by putrefaction Then to a quart of this water take flowers of Rosemary Roses Bugloss Borage Marjoram Bawm of each one handful Castor four ounces ● Confection of Ana Cardimus two ounces Diamoschu dulcis one ounce bruised Cinamon one dram waters of Bugloss Bittony and Tile-flowers of each one pint digest them for forty days then distill in Balneo Mariae This is a great Cordial and Pectoral it is Cephalick and vulnerary and wonderfully strengthens the Memory and fortifies the Brain it strengthens Nature and some
thinks begets Courage causes fruitfulness and procures Conception A rare Water against Hectich-Fever Take Hysop Ground-Ivy Rosa solis Centory Maidenhair Sorrel Cinkfoyl Scabious Succory Burnet Dandikeon Yarrow Agrimony Hauls bittony Watercresses of each half a handful of the four greater cold Seeds of each half a dram flowers of Borage of Bugloss Roses Poppies two pugils Roots of Elecampane Succory Burnet of each thirty six Crayfish-shells Snails bruised of each twenty in number of a Calves Lung half a pound water of Liverwort one pint or instead thereof water of Dandy Leon being all prepared powr upon them so much of Goats Milk as will soak them well let them stand to infuse for five or six hours then distill it in an ordinary Still This water is very powerful against Hectick Fevers and most Diseases of the Lungs as Phthisick shortness of breath Asthma it destroies Accidities It nourishes and restores in Consumption being taken Morning Noon and at Night before Supper the Dose is about two ounces The Lady Elizabeth Gilfords Cordial Water Take four quarts of Nants-Brandy put therein Borage-water and Poppy-water of each a pint Sugarcandy two pound Figs shred and Raisins stoned of each one pound red Roses clipt and dryed two handfuls red Mint one handful Rosemary-flowers half a handful and as much Hysop a few Cloves bruised put all these in a large double Glass with a narrow mouth such as Apoticaries have in their Shops stop it close and set in the Sun for two or three months It is an excellent Cordial and Pectoral Water good for the Head and Stomach Breast Lungs The Lady Bagnals Cordial Water much Approved Take Angelica leaves two handful Carduus six handful Baum and Sage of each five handful Angelica seeds and sweet Fennel seeds of each five ounces Liquoras bruised two ounces shred three Herbs and bruise the Seeds and put them to steep in two Gallons of the best Canary with the Cordial powder of Aromaticum Rosatum Diamuscus dulcis of each one ounce let them stand four and twenty hours then distil it with a gentle Fire then put to the distilled Water Sugar dissolved in Rose-water Dr. Stephens's great Cordial Water for Women Take Cinamon Cloves Galingal Ginger Nutmegs Grains of Paradise Aniseeds sweet Fennel-seeds and Caraway seeds of each one dram Thyme Mother of Thyme Mint Sage Penniroyal Pelitory of the wall Rosemary red Roses dried Flowers of Camomil Origany of Lavender of each a handful shred the Herbs and bruise the Seeds and Spices and infuse them for twelve hours in a Gallon of French wine then distil it and save the first second and third Running by themselves It is Cordial strengthens the Heart comforts and revives the Spirits being given to a Woman in Labour it facilitates the Birth and causes a good Delivery and after Delivery it brings away the After birth cleanses the Womb of Impurity and restores Strength it comforts the Stomach and is good against Swooning and fainting Fits and Fits of the Mother It is good against the Stone and Gravel and preserveth Youth Dr. Mountford's Cordial Water Take Angelica leaves half a pound Angelica seeds and Carduus Benedictus of each six ounces Leaves of Baum and Sage dried of each four ounces sweet Fennel-Seeds nine ounces Liquoras half a pound Species of Aromaticum Rosatum dulce and Diamocum dulce of each one ounce infuse them in thirty two quarts of Sack for five or six days then distil it in an Alembick and draw off ten quarts of the strong to which add white Sugar candy half a pound and half a pint of Rose-water tie it up close and keep it for Use Aqua Mirabilis Sir Kenelm Digby 's Way Take Cubebs Galingale Cardamoms Melilot flowers Cloves Mace Ginger Cinamon of each half a dram Juice of Celandine one pint Juice of Speremint and Juice of Baum of each half a pint Flowers of Cowslips Rosemary of Borage Bugloss and Marigold of each two drams bruise the Spices and infuse all with the Juices in three pints of Sack one pint of strong Angelica water and half a pint of red-Rose water let it infuse twelve hours then distil it in a Glass Still and first lay Harts-tonge leaves in the bottom of the Still Keep the first second and third Runnings by themselves This is a great Cordial it comforts the Heart Stomach and Vital Spirits it strengthens the Head and Memory preserveth Youth and procureth a good Colour It is Cephalick and Pectoral it expels Wind and is of great force against the Cholick pains in the Side and Stomack it comforts and warms a cold Stomack and strengthens it it is good against Coughs Shortness of Breath and Asthma's as also for most Diseases of the Head and Brain It revives the Spirits and helpeth swooning Fits It is a counter-poyson and Antidote against the Plague and all malignant Fevers and pestilential Distempers and preserves from the Apoplexy The Dose is one ounce in Rosemary Water Sack or any other Cordial Water Dr. Augustine's Excellent Rosemary-Water Take the Tops and Flowers of Rosemary in the midst of May gathered before Sun-rising of each one handful four or five good Elecampane Roots of Red Sage two handfuls stamp them in a stone-Mortar then take Cloves Mace and Cubebs of each three ounces Aniseeds half a pound bruise them all severally then mix all together with the Herbs and put all into a large stone Bottle or Jugg and powr upon them six Gallons of good white wine stop it very close and set it in the ground fifteen days then distil with a gentle Fire and sweeten it with fine Sugar This is a most precious Cordial Water it rectifies all Distempers of the Head and Stomack comforts the Heart revives the Spirits and is excellent against the Palsie and Apoplexy all fainting and swooning Fits and Fits of the Mother Falling Sickness Convulsions Megrim Vertigo Lethargy and other Diseases of the Head Vse it both outwardly and inwardly An Excellent Approved Water against all Infections all cold Diseases of the Head and Stomack for the Dropsie Palsie preserving Health expelling all Tumors Devised by the King's Physician Take what quantity you please of Bawm-water and to every pint thereof take Aniseeds Liquoras of each two ounces bruise them and infuse them in the water four and twenty hours then put into the Still Treacle four ounces Sage and Celandine of each a good quantity powr the rest upon them then sprinkle over them one ounce of Bole-armenick in fine Powder distil it with a moderate Fire Dr. Butler's Admirable Cordial Treacle-Water Take one ounce of raspt Hartshorn boil it in three pints of Spring-water to a quart then take Roots of Gentian Elecampane Cypress and Tormentil of each one ounce of the Flowers of Borage Bugloss Rosemary and Marigolds of each two ounces Citron-peels one ounce then take one pound of the best Venice-Treacle and dissolve it six quarts of good strong white wine and three pints of red-Rose water infuse all
scorching and itching Humor that waters and itches which cured a Gentlewomans Arm which did abound with very ill disposed waterish Humors Take Fumitory four handfuls Langue de beif and Scurvey grass of each one handful Madder two ounces Harts-tongue one ounce Rhubarb sliced and Sena of each half an ounce sweet Fennel-seed bruised one ounce Roots of Elecampane and red Dock both bruised and Currans wash'd and bruised of each half a pound boil them all in two Gallons of Ale to a Gallon then strain it and drink a pint thereof in two draughts every Morning fasting at two hours distance taking the last draught three hours before Dinner Note That it is much better to boil it in clarified Whey An Ointment which she used with the Drink Take Sheeps Suet well tried one pound boil it in a pint of Plantane water and a pint of the Juice of Housleek over a gentle fire till a pint is consumed or more and out a pint remaining let it stand till it is cold then take off the Fat that is upon it and with the Liquor bath the Parts with a Spunge and having well bathed it anoint it with the Fat you took off and continue it till you are well as also the Drink A most Excellent Drink for prevention of the Stone and Gravel whether in the Reins or Bladder and for many other Diseases much Experienced by a famous Physitian in France who using it three times a year viz. just before Easter in the heat of Summer and at Michaelmass preserved himself by it to the Age of 122 years in perfect health Take two quarts of Oats the clearest and soundest you can get wash them well in several waters and rub them between your hands then drain them and boil them in five quarts of Fountain-water with a good handful of Dandelion-roots well wash'd and stamp'd in a stone Mortar let them boil an hour then strain it and put into the Liquor four ounces of Honey and half an ounce of Sal prunella let it boil a quarter of an hour then pour it into an Earthen Vessel and let it cool then put it into Bottles Take of this two Beer-glasses full in the Morning fasting taking the last Glass two hours before Dinner and another in the Afternoon and continue it for a fortnight without observing any Diet or keeping House It is much recommended to be very wholsom it cleanses the Reins is good against the Stone and Gravel purifieth and strengthens the Lungs cures all Fevers and Agues even Tertian and Quartains opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen helps all sorts of Colicks and pain in the side the Scurvey Dropsie Heaviness and Weariness of the Body revives the Senses clears the Sight sharpens the Appetite and causes rest in the Night strengthens Nature and preserves Health It may be taken at any time without danger A Diet-Drink against Melancholy Take Sena two ounces Fumitory Hops and Borage of each a pound boil them in two Gallons of Spring-water to one gallon then strain it and sweeten it with Sugarcandy or Honey and after a weeks time drink a draught of it in the Morning fasting and another about four in the Afternoon Another for the same Take a pint of Aqua vitae and a quart of Rose water four ounces of Liquoras bruised three ounces of Aniseed bruised boil all together with a gentle fire to a pint then strain it and take frequently thereof in the Morning fasting My Lord Brunkard's Diet-Drink for the Scurvey and Dropsie Take of Lignum vitae and Sarsaparilla of each eight ounces Sassafras one ounce Rosemary Marjoram Ground-Ivy Thyme Bark of the Roots of Capers Sea and Garden-Wormwood of each a handful an Orange Peel stuck with Cloves and of quartered Nutmegs put them all in a Bag and hang them in half a Barrel of six shilling Beer drink thereof when you are thirsty the staler it is the better A Rare and Excellent Drink of great Virtues for the Cure of several Distempers learnt of a Gentleman who at his Death confessed he had done many wonderful Cures with it Take half a pound of quick Lime new from the Kiln powr upon it a Gallon of fair water let it stand eight hours then pour off the Clear and strain it through a Sieve with a grey Paper in it put into this Liquor one pound of blew Currans beaten Liquoras bruised Aniseeds bruised Sassafras of each four ounces Mace two drams let these infuse in the Water twelve hours then strain it again and put it in Bottles for Use This Drinks Cures all manner of Obstructions inward and outward Vlcers strengthens Nature purifieth the Blood and is good for the Scurvey and Dropsie it cures Consumption and shortness of Breath it is excellent against the Stone and Gravel Strangury and retention of Vrine it creates an Appetite and causes a good Digestion it kills Worms and is an admirable Remedy against the cold Palsie Drink of it three times a day half a pint at a time with a little Syrup of Ground-Ivy CHAP. XIV Select Syrups A very good Syrup against cold Diseases of the Head Brain and Sinews as the Palsie Apoplexy Falling Sickness Cramp and Water distilling out of the Head lying in Bed TAke of the Flowers of Stechados four ounces Thyme Calamint Organum Sage Flowers of Betony and Rosemary of each an ounce and half Seeds of Rue Piony and Fennel of each three ounces boil them in five quarts of running water till half is consumed then strain it and boil it up to a Syrup with Sugar and Honey of each two pound then take Ginger Cinamon Calamus Aromaticus and Nutmeg of each two ounces bruise them and tie them up in a course thin Cloth of loose and open Threds and hang it in the Syrup A very good Syrup against the Scurvey and to sweeten and attemper the Blood Take of the Juices of Scurvigrass Brook-lime Fumitory Water-cresses of Bugloss and of Pippins or Permains of each half an ounce of the Bark of Roots of Capers and Polipode of the Oak of each half an ounce Epithymum Bawm Agrimony Maidenhair Broom-flowers and Borage-flowers of each half an ounce shred the Herbs small and bruise the Roots and boil them all to a pint and half then strain it and boil it to a Syrup with a sufficient quantity of Sugar Use it with White or Rhenish Wine An Excellent Syrup to clear and open the Breast and Lungs often Approved Take Liquoras small sliced ten ounces Maidenhair five ounces Hysop two ounces put all these into a Pottle-pot and powr thereon a quart of Spring-water set the Pot into a Kettle or Pot of hot water on the Fire and keep it almost boiling hot for fourteen hours and as the Water consumes in the Kettle fill it up again with hot water then strain it and put the Liquor in a clean Posnet and put to it clear Honey Sugar and Sugarcandy of each ten ounces put into it the White of an Egg beaten
and when that is melted put in the Frankinsence and as soon as it beginneth to rise take it from the Fire for fear it should enflame then put into it the other Gums stir them well together and when they are well incorporated strain it through a Canvas-Cloth when it is cold anoint your hands with Butter and make it up in Rowls Or you may spread it upon Leather while it is warm and so apply it using with it the Drink afore-mentioned A most sovereign Ointment for the Gout Take the eldest Gander you can get make him ●eady and draw him but let no water touch him take Sheeps Tallow fresh Hogs-grease Pitch Honey and black Soap new Wax two ounces a quantity of Salt Frankinsence in powder three ounces the flesh of an old fat Cat Meal or Flower of Beans and the Soot of a Chimney of each one handful mix them well together and put all into the Ganders Belly and sow him up close and rost him so long till he will drip no more then put up your Ointment and anoint the part grieved therewith A good Purge for the Sciatica or any kind of Gout Take Aloes Hermodactils and Scammony of each half a dram reduce them to subtil powder and make Pills thereof with Juice of Roses or with Syrup of Roses and for a Fortnight together take every third day one dram in the Morning Vse also the following Plaister Take two ounces of Pitch one ounce of Tar two drams of Treakle one ounce and half of Rosin one ounce of Honey boil and stir them till all is melted and well incorporated and united together then spread it on Sheeps-leather prickt full of holes and apply it as hot as can be endured Another for the Sciatica by Dr. Frank. Take a quart of Sack the bigness of an Egg of Salt-Peter boil them together till a fourth part is consumed then take new Cotton-Cloaths and dip them in it and wring them a little and foment the pained place spreading them upon it one after another many times until the pain cease Another Remedy for the Sciatica and Rheumatism Take Storax liquid yellow wax new Pitch and Honey of each four ounces Cinamon Pepper of each one ounce put all these in powder together into a new pot and let it boil but one walm stirring it carefully all the while then take it from the Fire and put into it four ounces of Aloes and one ounce of Oil of Lillies stir them well together to make them incorporate then put the Pot again upon hot Ashes and stir it until it be of the Consistence of an Ointment which spread warm upon Leather and apply it but if your Disease be in a whole Thigh then you may spread it upon a whole Lambs Skin You may leave it on seven or eight days if it require If the Disease come again put the Plaister on again This Medicine will keep a long time Another Bath for the Gout by Dr. Ruland Take Juniper-berry-wood cut small three pound Mint Camomil Linseeds of each half an handful bruise the Seeds and shred the Herbs and boil them in a sufficient quantity of water to make a Bath by the use of which the pain went away and the Party was perfectly cured A Drink for the Gout Dr. Scroderus Take Germander Groundpine tops of Sage of each one pound and a half Primrose Rosemary of each half a pound Misleto of the Oak half a pound China-Root sliced three drams digest them all in fifteen quarts of Rhenish Wine for ten days then strain it Drink thereof two or three times a day It is also good against the Sciatica and Rheumatism Another Drink for the Gout Take Hermodactils Sena of each one ounce Turb●th Mechoacan Ana one ounce and a half Leaves of Ground Ivy Vervain of each two drams Seeds of Fennel Aniseeds of each one dram and a half Cardamoms Cinamon Mace Safron of each one dram Flowers of Mullion Rosemary Flower de luce of each half a dram bruise and prepare them all and infuse them in eighteen quarts of Rhenish Wine in Balneo Marie for two days then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar and drink thereof three ounces a time with one dram of Cream of Tartar in the Morning fasting for some days It is prevalent against the Gout and several affects of the Stomach Liver and Spleen It draws thick Phlegm from the Joynts and remote parts An Approved Remedy for the Sciatica in the Hip or any kind of Gout Take two ounces of Burgundy Pitch Oxicrocium and Gum Caranna of each an ounce melt and mix them well together spread it on Leather and apply it to the part for nine days It hath cured many When you use the aforesaid Plaister use the following Infusion Take Sena half an ounce Epithimum Raisins stoned Fennel-seeds and Ginger of each half a dram put them in half a pint of Whey then make them warm and let it infuse twelve hours then warm it again and strain it and drink it all off in the Morning fasting Vse also the following Drink to give every day two or three Stools Make a strong Decoction of Lignum Vitae put into it Sena Hermodactils of each four ounces Epithimum two ounces Turbith one ounce Coloq●inrida half an ounce let them infuse in warm Sand or in a Kettle of warm Water in a Vessel close stopped for twenty four hours then strain it and drink thereof every Morning fasting and at Night take of the distilled Water of Lignum Vitae one ounce with half an ounce of Syrup of Cowslips and use to eat the quantity of a Nutmeg of an Electuary made of Conserve of Cowslips four ounces Conserve of Sage-flowers and Rosemary-flowers of each two ounces Conserve of Roses one ounce make them into an Electuary For a Prick that doth foster rankle and burn a present Remedy Take Burnet stamp it to mash then spread it on a Cloth and apply it to the place it will speedily help it CHAP. XVII Select Remedies for Bruises and Swellings A Pultice to open an Impostume and to ripen a Bile TAke one handful of Sorel twelve Figs sliced half a pint of the Juice of Sorel boil this together until it be very tender and put to it some wheat Flower and Hogs Grease and lay it warm to the place changing it twice a day continue this till it be drawn out Another for the same much Approved Take the Whites of two Leeks and wrap them up in a wet Linnen Cloth and bake them under hot Embers so that they be only soft and no more then pound them in a Stone-Mortar with a piece of Hogs-Grease spread this pretty thick and apply it changing it once in seven hours and in three times changing it the Matter will be all drawn out With this Cataplasm you may also Cure Deafness and Noise in the Head and Ears Mr. Stockdeal's Approved Remedy for a Bruise and Swelling Take a pint of fair Water and boil in it a handful
running Vlcers and is a most miraculous thing to cure scald Heads Take Amiantum four ounces burnt Lead twelve ounces Tutty prepared two ounces Calcine and Powder them then steep them in Vinegar for some Months stirring them once a Month after boil it for a quarter of an hour and let it stand till it is clear then take of this clear Vinegar Oil of Roses of each a like quantity beat them together into a white Balsom Dr. Hartmannus his approved Balsom which cureth any green Wound or Cut in twenty four hours Take Oil of St. Johns Wort Oil of Earth-worms Turpentine and Mastick of each one ounce mix and incorporate them over a gentle Fire then put it up and keep it for Use Apply it warm with a little Lint To make a green Ointment suddenly for any Scalding or Burning Take fresh Cows-dung and Hogs-grease of each equal parts mix and incorporate them well together over a gentle Fire An Ointment to break and open all Impostumes Biles and Plague Sores Take Oil of Olive two pound white and yellow Wax Rams Fat near the Kidneys pure Rosin black Pitch and Venice-Turpentine of each half a pound choice Mastick in fine powder two ounces mix them and make an Ointment according to Art This Ointment is very effectual to break all sorts of Apostemes as also Pestilential Carbuncles and Venereal Buboes The Consistence of this Ointment is harder than of other Ointments It is to be used from the first breaking of the Aposteme till the Cure be perfect An Approved Ointment for the Itch by Dr. Scroderus Take Litharge and white Lead of each half an ounce Vinegar half an ounce Oil of Roses four ounces Sulphur vive six drams Salt three drams Turpentine half an ounce fresh Butter three ounces mix them and make them an Ointment Anoint with it Morning and Evening and it will kill the Itch in about a weeks time An approved Oyntment for cold or hot swelling Humors It is a singular Remedy Take Vnguentum de Althaea and anoint the place swelled with it warm for hot Humors and lay some spred on a Cloth to the Swelling renewing it twice a day If it be a cold swelling Humor then take an ounce of Vnguentum de Althea and Oil of Peter half an ounce mingle them well together and anoint the place with it and apply some on a Cloth or Paper A most Sovereign Green Oyntment which cureth all Strains Bruises and Swellings Aches Kibes Cuts Cramps Scaldings and Burnings and all outward Griefs It eases the Sciatica and all Swellings in the Face and Throat yea though they look red and have an Ague in them Take young Bay-berries and Wormwood of each half a pound red Sage and Rue of each a pound gather them in the heat of the day and pick them but wash them not stamp them to a Mash in a Mortar then take fresh Suet pick'd and shred four pound beat them well together till they are well incorporated then put to them two quarts of good Oil work it well together with your hands till it be all of one colour and softness then put it into an earthen Pan and let it stand close covered in a cold place for eight days then boil it gently for seven or eight hours stirring it very well all that while and when it hath boiled about four or five hours put in four ounces of Oil of Spike you shall know when it is boil'd enough by taking a drop thereof in a clean Sawcer if it appear of a sad green let it still boil till it look of a fair green then strain it and keep it close in a Gallipot it will keep it seven or eight years A most Excellent Oyntment much approved for Tetters and Ring-worms Itch and Scabs Itching and Waterish Humors and all other Maladies and Infirmities of the Skin Take Litarge of Gold in very fine Powder two ounces Vinegar four ounces Oil of Roses half a pint grind the Litarge in a Mortar powring to it sometimes Vinegar and sometimes Oil stir it continually till the Vinegar do no more appear and that it come to a whitish Oyntment This Oyntment cured a man who had a very Malignant Tetter all over the back-sid of his Hand for many years he had tried many Remedies in vain but at last getting the Receipt of this Oyntment he presently made it and it perfectly Cured him in a short time as he related to me himself CHAP. XXV Select PLAISTERS and CERE-CLOTHES A most Excellent Plaister call'd the Emperor's Plaister TAke red Roses dried one ounce and half Bistort roots Cypress-Nuts all the Saunders Mint Coriander seeds of each three drams Mastick half an ounce Hipocystis Acacia Dragons Blood sealed Earth fine Bole red Coral of each two drams Turpentine washed in Plantane water four ounces Oil of Roses three ounces white Wax a pound Pine Rosin Juices of Plantane Housleek Orpin of each an ounce the Wax Rosin and Pitch being melted put to them the Turpentine and Oyl then the Hipocystis and Acatia dissolved in the said Juices and lastly the Powders to make an Emplaster according to Art It is much recommended to heal strengthen cool dry and bind being applied to the Crown of the Head shaved it is good against a Consumption stops the Rheum that falls upon the Lungs applyed to the Back it strengthens it much and removes Pains thence applied to the Belly it is said to stop a Loosness it is also very good to strengthen weak and luxative Joints and confirm feeble Limbs An admirable Plaister devised and prepared for the Vse of the late Arch-Duke Leopoldus in Flanders Take white Virgin-Wax one pound Emplastrum gratia Dei two ounces Diapalma an ounce Diacolon and Corimbum of each two ounces powder of Orrice roots one ounce Mercury precipitate half an ounce Cinnabre in fine powder one ounce Storax dissolved in Spirit of Wine and strained one ounce Musk three grains slice the Wax and Plaisters thin and melt them in a glazed Pipkin stir them well together continually till they are all dissolved then put in the Cinabre and Precipitate and after the Storax and Orrice stirring them continually then put in the Musk dissolved in a little Rose-water and last of all put in four ounces of Spirit of Wine by little and little for it will make the Composition to rise very high and if it boil over that the Fire take hold of it it will be spoiled and you cannot quench it The Experimented Vertues of this Plaister are as followeth 1. It eases the Pain of the Head being applied to the Forehead and Temples 2. It heals all Bruises and Swellings all Cuts Wounds Sores and Vlcers 3. It cures the Tooth-Ach being applied to the Cheeks and Temples 4. It dissolves any Swellings or Tumors about the Eyes or Throat proceeding from cold Causes as Squinsies and the like It is a most excellent Application for an Issue and to that end it was prepared for the said Arch-Duke Leopoldus The
all Pain and Inflammation as you see in Sir Kenelm's Relation of Mr. Howard To stanch the Blood either of a Wound or Bleeding at the Nose take only some of the Blood upon a Rag and put some Powder upon it or take a Bason with fresh water and put some of the Powder into it and bath the Nostrils with it CHAP. XLI Containing the choicest and rarest Cosmeticks to beautifie smoothen soften and whiten the Face and Skin and to preserve the Beauty and Complexion of Ladies devised by several Learned Physicians and used by Queens Princesses and other great Ladies in France Italy Germany and England The Word Cosmetick signifies Adorning or Beautifying A rare Cosmetick Water of Dr. Scroderus TAke the Whites of fifteen Eggs the Juice of one Limon three ounces of Snails white Lead a pound Camphir and Borax of each a dram and a half Myrrhe two drams Frankincense and Mastick of each half an ounce bruise them all and infuse them twenty four hours in water of Bean-Flowers and water of Elder-Flowers of each a pint and half then distil it in a Cucurbite in Balneo Mariae and keep the Water for Use It softneth whiteneth and smootheth the Skin Another more precious Cosmetick or beautifying Water by Sir Kenelm Digby Take white Lillies six drams Florence Orrice Roots Beans Cicers Lupins of each half an ounce fresh Bean-flowers a handful Gum Tragant white Lead fine Sugar of each half an ounce Crums of white Bread steeped in Milk an ounce Frankincense and Gum Arabick of each three drams Borax and feather'd Allom of each two drams the White of an Egg Camphire a dram and a half infuse them four and twenty hours in a sufficient quantity of Rose and Bean-flower water equal parts then distil it in B. M. This Water smoots whitens beautifies and preserves the Complexion of Ladies They may wash their Faces with it at any time but especially Morning and Evening Another Cosmetick water Take two young Pigeons gut them and cut them into pieces Crums of white Bread half a pound peach-kernels and the four greater cold Seeds cleansed and bruised of each four ounces the whites of twelve Eggs and the Juice of four Limons infuse them twelve hours in two quarts of Milk then distil them in B. M. To the distilled water add Borax Camphire Sugarcandy and burnt Allom of each three drams set them three days in the Sun then let them stand fifteen days in a Wine-Cellar then filtre it through gray Paper and keep it for Use This is an Excellent cosmetick-Cosmetick-water and hath all the Vertues of the former and is to be used in the same manner Another Cosmetick-Water Take fine Sugar one pound Roch-Allom three ounces white Poppy-seeds bruised Flower of Beans of Water-Lillies and of the greater Housleek of each a handful the Juice of four Limons the Crum of two white penny-Loaves bruise what is to be bruised and put them all into a Glass Alembick and powr upon it Goats Milk or Black Cows Milk and white Wine of each a quart distil it in Balneo Mariae and keep the Water for Use This Water is good to smooth whiten and preserve the Complexion of Ladies washing their Faces therewith Some Receipts of Cosmeticks which I took out of the Countess of D' Hospital her Book which she sent me at Paris A Cosmetick water used by the Queen Take the whites of two new layd eggs beat the shels of them to powder and put them in a quart bottle with the whites and let them be beaten together for three hours then put into it four ounces of burnt Allum in fine powder beat it two hours longer then put into it three ounces of white Sugar candy in powder and beat it also for two hours then put in it four ounces of Borax also in powder and beat it also then take a pynte of water that runs from under the wheel of a mill and put into it four ounces of white Poppy seeds well beaten mix them well together so that it be like milk then pour that into the quart bottle with the other things at four several times beating it every time the space of two hours then strain it through a fine white linnen cloath and having put it into the bottle again let it be beaten for two or three hours longer And to know when it is well made and well beaten is when it froths the breadth of three fingers above it It will keep a twelve month It is a very good Cosmetick it whitens smooths and softens the skin use it only three times a week To wash and prepare night gloves to keep the hands white smooth and soft Take pure white wax four pound Spermacetis two ounces oyl of the greater cold seeds cleansed and drawn without fire and Magistery of Bismuth or Tinglass prepared as shall be set down afterwards of each three drams Borax and burnt Allum finely powdered of each half a dram put them all into a Pipkin which set in a Kettle of hot boyling water and when they are melted stir them well together to incorporate them Then having washt first your gloves in several waters and steept them twelve hours in cream dip them in this composition whil'st it is hot The said Composition is good also to dip cloaths in and spread them for to line womens masks it preserves the Complection of Ladies The Ladies in France use it for both It is also a good Cosmetick anointing the face with it at night going to bed washing it oft in the morning with some Cosmetick water I have two choice Receipts more for the face which I Coppied out of the said Countess's Book which Maria de medicis the Queen of France used her self The said Countess's mother gave fifty pistols in gold for them to him who always prepar'd them for the Queen as was subscrib'd at the bottom of the Receipts forbear to publish them her but I shall be very willing without any Interest to communicate them to any Lady that shall desire them of me The Preparation or Magistery of Bistmuth or Tinglass Though this be a Chymical preparation yet that Ladies may be sure to have it true and well prepar'd I will set down here directions how any Lady may prepare it with ease and pleasure Let a Chymist prepare you an Aqua fortis with equal parts of Niter and Allum but be sure he do not sell you a common one made with Niter and Vitriol Then take four ounces of Bistmuth let it be beaten to a fine powder then wash it so often till the water come from it very clear then dry it and put it into a small glass cucurbit set it upon a round under a chimney and pour upon it by little and little twelve ounces of your Aqua fortis pour in but about the quantity of a spoonfull the first time it will presently begin to work upon the Bistmuth and a thick black smoak will ascend which being almost past pour in a
Lavender of Fennel of Aniseeds all drawn by distillation of each a like quantity or more or less as you like the Odour and would have it strongest incorporate with these half a dram of Ambergrease make all these into a Paste which keep in a Box when you have fill'd your Pipe of Tobacco put upon it about the bigness of a Pins Head of this Composition It will make the Smoak most pleasantly odoriferous both to the Takers and to them that come into the Room and ones Breath will be sweet all day after It also comforts the Head and Brains Approved by Sir Kenelm Digby CHAP. XLII Select PERFUMES An Excellent Odoriferous Perfume for Chambers and Rooms of Entertainment much used in France TAke the powder of Willow coals three ounces Labdanum two ounces Storax and Benjamin of each half an ounce Mastick sweet Taccamahacca and yellow Amber of each two drams Lignum Rhodium a dram and half reduce them all into a subtil Powder and make them up into small Candles with Gum Tragant steep'd in Rosewater then dry them in the shadow kindle the narrow end of them and set them in a Candlestick or heat the Pin of a Save-all and then thrust it into the bigger end and so set it upon a Candle-stick A Famous Odoriferous sweet Water call'd the Angel's Water Take Roots of Florence Orrice and Benjamin of each an ounce and half select Storax six drams Lignum Rhodium half an ounce Aromatick Reed and Labdanum of each two scruples Flowers of Benjamin a scruple pulverize them all and put them into a Mattress or in a strong Bottle and pour upon it a pint of rose-Rose-water and half a pint of Orange-flower-water Stop the Bottle or Mattress very close and set it in lukewarm water for twenty four hours then distil in a Cucurbite in Balneo Mariae and keep the water for Use If you please you may mix it with Musk and Ambergrease or you may put in it a few drops of the Essence of Amber afterwards set down This Water is call'd The Angels-Water because of its sweet and pleasing Odour you may after you have infused the Ingredients in the Waters strain the Infusion and having dissolv'd in it the Musk and Ambergrease keep the Liquor for Use without distilling it Of the Sediments you may make sweet Bags to put among Cloaths and Linnen The Countess of Dorset her sweet Water Take Rose-Leaves Bay-Leaves Lavender sweet Marjoram Eglantine and Pinks of each two handful Cloves and Cinamon of each an ounce bruise all these and pour upon them two quarts of strong Ale that is near the Grounds let them infuse twenty four hours then distil it and draw it till the Ingredients remain almost dry The Essence of Musk and Ambergrease drawn with Spirit of Wine Take a dram of Ambergrease and half a dram of Musk powder them and put them in a small Mattress with a long Neck and powr upon them four ounces of Spirit of Wine then stop it very close and cut the Cork even with the Neck of the Mattress after you have thrust it in as far as you can then close it all over with Spanish Wax then put the Mattress in a little earthen pan with Sand at the bottom and set it in the Sun in the hottest time of the year putting behind the Glass a Tin Leaf to receive the Sun-beams and reverberate them upon the Glass shake it sometimes and the Amber and Musk will dissolve in the Spirit of Wine and will tinge it of a red colour like a Ruby which powr out into a Glass Vial which stop well and tie a Bladder about it In all things where the Ambergrease is used two or three Drops of this Essence will go further in the Aromatizing of it than a whole dram of Ambergrease in substance One Drop of it Perfumes for ever whatsoever it touches that can imbibe it The End of the Medicinal Part. EXCELLENT DIRECTIONS FOR COOKERY TOGETHER WITH The Description of an Useful ENGIN serving for the same and likewise for Distilling the Choicest and Best Cordial Waters AS ALSO SELECT RECEIPTS FOR PRESERVING CONSERVING and CANDYING c. WITH A COLLECTION Of the Choicest Receipts for making of METHEGLIN SIDER CHERRY-WINE c. The SECOND PART LONDON Printed by T. B. for G. Hartman Chymist 1682. 6. It is very convenient for a small Family or For Lodgers especially in the Summer time for dressing their meat in it without making a fire which would heat the Room 7. The Door of the ENGINE being shut the Lamp where the Spirit burns is not seen so that if any body comes into the Room he will not know what it is unless you shew it him Of the several sorts of Meats which may with great conveniency be dressed in this ENGINE both the English and the French way with Excellent Direction how to do them 1. An Excellent and Savoury Fricasie after the French way either of Pigeons Chickens Veal Lamb Mutton Rabbits Lamb-stones or Sweet-breads 2. A Leg of Lamb boiled 3. Stewed Veal the French Way 4. Stew'd Broth the English way 5. Stew'd Rabbits the English way 6. A Hare stewed after the French way which they call Lieore en Civette which is exceeding Savoury Meat 7. A Hutch-pot the Dutch way which is excellent Meat 8. Pottage both English and French 9. Beans and green Pease 10. Milk-Pottage and Rice Milk Cawdles and Water-Gruel c. 11. A Carp in short Broth the French way ordinary way You must order the quantity of Eggs according to the quantity of your meat either more or less To stew a Rump of Beef Mrs. Herbert's way Take a Rump of Beef and Season it with pepper Salt and Nutmegs grated and mingled together Season and rub it on the bonyside and lay it in your Engine or in a Pipkin with the fat side downward Pour upon it three pintes of Vinegar and as much water and three great onions and a bunch of Rosemary tied up Stew them three or four hours together with a soft fire being close covered Then dish it up upon Sippets with some of the Gravy blowing off the Fat from it Elder Vinegar is better than ordinary Vinegar To make Red-Deer that will keep a quarter of a year and is Excellent Meat Take a piece of the buttock of Bief the leanest of it and beat it with a Rowling-pin the space of an hour till you think you have broken the grain of it and have made it very open both to receive the saucing drink and also to make it tender Then let it lie two days and two nights in Vinegar and Clarret-wine of each one pinte with two Nutmegs beaten Then take it out and Lard it with Lards as big as your biggest finger Rowl'd in pepper and salt Then take Pepper Cloves Mace and Nutmeg or Jamaica Pepper Beat and mix them all together and season it very well all over and so Bake it in Pye-paste and let it stand five or six hours in
the Liver of a Calf and the Lungs of a Fox the herb Lungwort Liverwort Sage Rue Hysop of each one handful Elecampane the Root of Flag of each half an ounce Aniseeds Carrawayseeds sweet Fennel-seeds of each half an ounce flowers of Borage of Bugloss of each two drams Cut them all very small then infuse them for twenty four good hours in two quarts of good old Mallago and Scabious and garduus-Garduus-water of each four ounces Hysop-water two ounces then distil it and sweeten it with Sugarcandy drink a little Glassful thereof two or three times a day This Water is much recommended against a Consumption It comforts and strengthens the Lungs and Liver facilitates Expectoration attenuates the tough and thick Phlegm expells wind out of the Stomach and Bowels and opens the obstruction of the Lungs and Liver Another Pectoral Water distilled TAke Scabious Paulsbittany of each two handfuls Maidenhair Sage Hysop Horhound Liverwort of each one handful Flowers of Borage and Bugloss of each one handful Elecampane Florence Orris Roots of Parslee of each half an ounce Aniseeds sweet Fennelseed Nettleseed Cinamon Safron of each half a dram Cut the Herbs and bruise the Seeds and put them all into a fit Vessel and pour upon them three quarts of good old Wine stop the Vessel close and let it stand to infuse for a week then distil it to the water distill'd add Sugar-candy Spanish Juice of Liquorice one ounce Salt of Tartar six drams drink thereof two or three times a day one ounce at a time This is recommended as the greatest and best Pectoral It not only opens all obstructions of Lungs helps Colds Coughs Asthma's spitting of Bloud and Matter but also gives ease in all pains of the Stone Dr. Scroderus his Asthmatick Water against Phthisick shortness of Breath It comforts a weak and cold Stomach and expells Wind and helps fainting Fits TAke Coltsfoot Sage Marjoram Hysop white Horhound of each half a handful Roots of Elecampane of Jentian of each three drams Cloves Ginger Cardamoms of each two drams and half Florence Orris Polipod of the Oak Liquorice Jujubes Sebenstens Currants sweet Almonds of each three drams Squils dry'd half a dram of seeds of Nettles Fennel and Basil of each three drams four soft Figs cut small bruise all the Roots and Seeds and shred the herbs put them all into a Vessel and pour thereon two quarts of Sack three Pints of Nants Brandy one ounce of Honey stop the Vessel close and let them stand to digest for ten days then distil it sweeten the distilled Water with the best refined Sugar to your taste and drink thereof one ounce at a time two or three times a day Dr. Salmon his Pectoral Wine TAke Rhenish Wine two quarts Salt of Tartar Aniseeds Corianderseeds Carraways of each one ounce bruise them all and digest them into the Wine for ten days then strain it To the strained liquor add Spanish Juice of Liquorice four ounces dissolve it in the Wine by the warmth of a Balneum or put it into a Coffy-pot and close it well and set it in warm water and being well-setled pour off the clear Liquor and keep it for use Salmon recommends this as an admirable Pectoral curing most Diseases of the Breast and Lungs as the inveterate Cough Asthma Phthisick Inflamation or Impostume of the Lungs with a shortness of Breath pains of the Side and Stomach and obstructions of both Liver and Spleen A most Excellent Pectoral Syrup against Asthma Consumption of a famous Physician TAke French Barly two ounces Roots of Fennel of Elecampane of Liquorice of Smallage of Butterburr Raisins of the Sun stoned of each one ounce and half twelve Dates Jujubes and Sebestens of each thirty Leaves of Coltsfoot of Lungwort the tops of Hysop of white Horhound Maidenhair of each one handful Aniseeds Cottonseed of each half an ounce flowers of Coltsfoot of Butcher-Broom of each half a handful The way of making this Syrup is thus boyl the Barly in nine quarts of water for half an hour then put in the Roots of Butterburr of Smallage of Elecampane and Fennel all well cleaned and cut small let them boyl also for half an hour then put in the Dates Jujubes Sebenstens and Raisins all cut small then let them boyl with the Eest for a quarter of an hour then put in the herbs cut small which boyl also for a quarter of an hour longer then put in the Liquorice and the Seeds bruised and the Maiden-hair and the Flowers and having boyled only five or six wallops take the Decoction off from the fire and when it is half cold strain it then put in five pound of double refined Sugar and having clarified it with the white of an Egg boyl it to the consistence of a Syrup with a very slow fire then being cold you may aromatise it with six drops of Oyl of Aniseeds and two drops of Oyl of Cinamon mixt with about an ounce and half of fine Sugar in fine powder This Syrop is good to cut and expectorate the cold and tough Phlegm of the Lungs and of all those parts which serve for respiration It giveth chiefly great ease and relief to those that are troubled with Asthma's Phthisick and shortness of Breath with old and inveterate Coughs for it opens the Pipes and brings away the Phlegm which stopped them One may call it the Palsom of the Lungs and chiefly of those of aged Persons one may take a spoonful of it at any time in the night and in the day-time some distance before and after meals and so continue the use thereof or begin again according as you see it needful Another Excellent Syrup for those that spit Bloud experienced by Squire Boil TAke Comfry Roots six ounces leaves of Plantine two handfuls beat them well together in a stone Mortar then press out the Juice which strain through a linnen cloth let it settle then boyl it up to a Syrup and clarifie it with the white of an Egg. Take a spoonful of this Syrup several times a day and at any time in the night If you will use this Syrup presently you may only use equal parts of the Juice and Sugar but if you would keep it all the year long you must take two parts of Sugar to one of Juice Another Remedy for spitting of Bloud TAke Leaves of Coltsfoot half a handful shred it very small then fry it with a little Bacon then put to it the yolk of an Egg and stir it well together eat it in the morning fasting continue this for some time A Broth with Chinaroot for a Consumption used by a great Lady TAke Chinaroots thin sliced two ounces white and red Sanders of each three drams put them into a large Pipkin and pour upon it four quarts of fair water cover it close and let it stand to infuse in a warm place or in hot water for twenty four hours then put to it a good Pullet or two Chickens let it boyl and
scum it well then put into it two handfuls of five-leaved-grass Maidenhair and Hartstongue of each half a handful twenty Dates cut small a little Mace with the under-crust of a Manchet let all these boyl together until two quarts be consumed then take out the Pullets or Chickens and stamp them in a clean stone Mortar then put it in the Broth again and let it boyl for half an hour longer then strain it and press out all the Broth from the Pullet If you please you may sweeten it with Sugarcandy Drink of this Broth warm early in the Morning and sleep after it if you can and another draught at four in the Afternoon and when you go to rest Another Broth for a Consumption TAke Conserves of Roses one ounce Conserves of Borage and Buglos-flowers of each half an ounce Pine Apple-kernels and Pistacios of each half an ounce yellow Amber in powder two drams beat and mix them very well in a stone Mortar then take a Pullet and put all these Ingredients in the Belly of it then sow it up clo●e and boyl it in three quarts of water when it hath boyled one hour put into it Egrimony Endive Succory Sparrowgrass-roots Fennel-roots Caper-roots and Raisins of the Sun stoned of each one handful let it not boyl until the Pullet be pretty tender then take it out and beat it in a stone Mortar then put it into the liquor again and let it only boyl five or six wallops then strain it and press out all the substance of the Pullet then put to the Broth a little red Rosewater and half a pint of white Wine Drink of this Broth warm in the Morning in your Bed and sleep after it if you can drink another draught of it in the Afternoon and at Night going to Bed Another restoring Broth against a Consumption TAke two or three Marrowbones of on Ox break them and boyl them in four quarts of water until two quarts be consumed then strain the liquor and let it cool then put it in a Pipkin with a young Cock and a Knuckle of Veal with the under-crust of a Manchet two ounces of Raisins stoned six Dates cut small and a little mace let all boyl togerher with a gentle fire until half be consumed then strain it make an Emulsion with a few Pistacios with some of this Broth then put this Emulscion to the rest of the Broth and drink thereof warm three times a day and so continue for some time Another restoring Broth for sick and convalescent Persons by Sir K. Digby TAke two spoonfuls of Frenchbarly scall'd it in two waters throw away the waters put the Barly into a Pipkin with a Crag-end of a Neck of Mutton and a Knuckle of Veal pour thereon a sufficient quantity of fair water and let it boyl scumming it well when it hath boyled one hour put into it a Pullet and let it boyl an hour longer then put in a large quantity of Sorrel Lettuce Purslain Borage and Buglos and boyl an hour more three hours in all Before you put in the Herbs season the Broth with Salt a little Pepper and Cloves then strain out the Broth and drink it warm Another restorative Broth for weak and consuming Bodies TAke of the best Chinaroot thin-sliced half an ounce infuse it twenty four hours in a Pottel of Springwater in a Vessel close stopp'd and set in hot water then put therein a small Chicken or a little piece of a Neck of Veal boyl it gently and put into it a Succory-root scrapt and pitthed leaves of Agrimony Buglos Ceterach and Endive of each one handful Hartshorn two drams with a Crust white Bread boyl it to the consumption of half the liquor then strain it and being sweetened to your taste with fine Sugar or Sugarcandy drink off warm early in the Morning and about four in the Afternoon about a third part of a pint continue it for the space of three weeks taking it every day A Cordial Broth against a consuming heat in the Body TAke a piece of Veal or Mutton and a good Chicken half an ounce of Hartshorn and as much Ivory one handful of Currants Roots of Sparrowgrass Fennel and Parslee-roots a few of each sliced and bruised Borage and Bugloss-flowers of each one handful with a little bundle of sweet herbs namely sweet Marjoram Rosemary Thime Wintersavory a sliced Pippin or two and a Crust of white Bread put all these in when the meat is well scummed and hath boyled awhile you must take three quarts of Springwater and boyl it to the consumption of half strain it and drink thereof warm two or three times a day It strengthens nature and allies the consuming heat in the Body An other Excellent Broth for Cansumptive Persons TAke Parslee and Fennel-roots two of each Elecampane and Piony-roots of each half an ounce Maidenhair Coltsfoot and unset Hysop of each one handful Liquorice bruised one ounce ten Figs four Dates sliced Raisins stoned four ounces two flakes of Mace Aniseeds bruised two spoonfuls and a little Safron put all these into the belly of a good Cock about a year old or more sow up the vent and the skin of the Neck very close boyl it in a Gallon of Springwater scum it very clean and put into it a spoonful of good flowery Oatmeal and one pugil of Thime let it boyl gently with a moderate fire to the consumption of a quart then strain it and press it gently Drink of this morning and evening warm eight or ten spoonfuls at a time An Excellent Snail-Broth for a Consumption TAke an hundred of Snails with their shels wash them in water and salt then wash them three or four times more in fair water to wash away all the salt then bruise them with their shells then take a red Cock-chicken Borage Buglos Agrimony Cinquefoyl Violet-leaves of each one handful a Mallowroot a Fennel-root a Succoryroot and a Blade of Mace boyl all these in a sufficient quantity of water then strain it and drink thereof every morning and about four in the afternoon A comfortable restorative Broth for the Stomach TAke Sassafrase three ounces of China sliced one ounce infuse it all Night in Springwater the next morning put thereto a Cock well-dressed and three handfuls of Raisins of the Sun stoned or of Prunes or of both if you like it and a little bundle of Rosemary Thime and a Crust of Manchet-bread and at the latter end a little whole Mace let it boyl close covered until half is consumed then strain it and take thereof a draught every morning very warm and another to bedward An Excellent purging Broth to preserve Health TTake a Knuckle of Veal cut away all the flesh and fat then break and bruise all the Bones and boyl it in a Gallon of fair water scum it clean and then put thereto four ounces of Raisins stoned two ounces of Currants two Fennelroots and one Succoryroot and a small quantity of Endive of Violet
four spoonfuls more of the said Julep after it this must be given when the hot Fit has been one hour upon him and once in two hours let him take five spoonfuls more of the said Julep and so continue as long as the hot Fit lasts The Cordial Julep Take of the Elixetary-Milk-water six ounces of Plague-water three ounces double refined Sugar six drams mix them together This was ordered by Dr. Brooks The Preparation of this Water you shall find in the Chapter of Cordial Waters Another Julep to cool in Fevers Take twelve parts of water and two of Honey boil them very gently together until you have scummed away all the Scum that will rise and have clarified it with Whites of Eggs then take it from the Fire and put to it one part of Vinegar and let it run twice or thrice through a Hypocras-Bag Drink three or four spoonfuls of it Morning Evening in the Night once in two hours or when you will This hinders the Fermentation of sharp Humors and their flying up to the Head A refreshing and cooling Drink in a Burning Feaver Take four Quarts of Fountain-water and five spoonfuls of French Barley scald the Barley first in two or three waters then boil it with half a pound of Corants until a Quart be consumed then put into it two handfuls of Wood-sorrel and as much common Sorrel shred small and stamped let them infuse in the Decoction for an hour without boiling then strain it and drink thereof with the Juyce of an Orange and a little Sugar An Excellent Julep of Lemons for a Calenture to Burning Fever Take Limons and peel them then press out all the Juyce from them which being setled four and twenty hours powr off the Clear and strain it or filtre it and digest it in a stone-bottle in hot water or in Sand for twelve days then filtre it again and digest again as before repeat this until it settle no more faeces in the mean time calcine the yellow Rind or Peel of the Lemons and with distilled water draw the Salt out of the Ashes put this Salt to the purified Juyce and digest them for some time together then put it into little Vials of an ounce a piece which is the Dose for a big body Two Dose of this will cure the greatest Burning Fever it is best to give it by it self but if the Patient doth not like the Tast of it you may mix a little Sugar with it This is much better than the Syrup of Lemons for in the boiling there evaporates away the greatest part of that which is the best of the Lemons This will keep good five or six years Dr. Farrar his approved Remedy for a Purple Fever Take Cochinele in fine powder thirty or forty grains to a person of twenty years give it in some fit Cordial Water or in Wine if you have no Cordial Water at hand If the Patient be younger proportion it to his Age as seven grains to a Child of three years old eighteen grains to one of 6 years after twice or thrice doing this and keeping the Patient warm the Disease will break out in Spots But fail not to give it once or twice after they are strucken out Mr. Busson a famous Chirurgeon in France his Approved Remedy for a Burning Fever wherewith he cured many and one in Sir Kenelm's presence Take of the Leaves of Honisuckle a good quantity stamp them in a Mortar put as much fair water to it as will make a Glister then strain it and put it into the Bladder or Syringe and give it the Patient not quite cold but blood-warm It opens the Body and cools the Veins A Drink good in a Burning or Intermitting Fever or in the hot Fit of an Ague Take Whey or Posset drink if you have not Whey boil in Borage Bugloss Purslan Endive Succory Sorrel Violet Leaves Lettice Knot-grass and Mallows with a Parsly root and a Fennel root all shred small let them boil until the strength is out then strain it and let the Patient drink thereof blood-warm all the time of the Feaver CHAP. VII Select Remedies against the PLAGUE The King of Poland's Preservative against the Plague TAke the best Wine-Vinegar six quarts Juice of Celandine clarified nine pints Leaves and Roots of Avens Roots of Elecampane of each one ounce Roots of Angelica Zedoary Juniper Berries of each two ounces Sage one handful digest this two days in a gentle heat then strain it and keep it in Bottles clean stopped This is a powerful Remedy both for preserving from and curing the Plague and other Malignant Fevers It also clears the Eye-sight to a wonder taking a little Glass-full of it in the Morning fasting It is recorded that no man that drank this Medicine in the Great Plague 1592. was infected with it but was preserved from it and all other Diseases Another great Preservative against the Plague Take Sage Leaves of Elder of Rubus Idens Rue Rosemary Wood-Sorrel of each half a handful stamp them all together in a stone-Mortar then put them into a stone-Pitcher or other like Vessel and powr upon them a pint of good white Wine and a pint of Vinegar let it stand to infuse for four and twenty hours then strain it and add to the strained Liquor half a pint of Angelica-water then dissolve in it Mithridate and Venice-Treacle of each one dram Take of this Liquor one spoonful in the Morning and at Night and you shall be preserved And if you fear you have taken any infection take two or three spoonfuls of it and go to Bed and procure Sweat The Great Antidote and Preservative which Sir Kenelm Digby bid me get prepared for his Family when that Great Plague began in London in the year 1665 was thus Take a pound of the Leaves of Wood-sorrel and pound them by themselves half an hour then take three pound of fine Sugar in powder and mix these together and keep it stirring and beating for three hours more and then take four ounces of Mithridate or London Treacle and pound them all together for half an hour longer which makes four hours in all then put it up in Gally-pots and tie it up close with a Bladder or Leather or Paper In time of Infection take the quantity of a large Nutmeg every Mornng fasting and if you have taken any Infection or if you find your self stricken with any Disease at the Heart or pain in the stomack take almost as much more and go to Bed and procure a moderate Sweat for an hour Of this I took my self and went up and down the City every day in the time of the Plague and through God's Blessing was preserved and all those that took it To preserve one in time of Infection Sir Kenelm says it is good to eat a little of the Tops of Rue with Bread and Butter and a little very old strong Cheese in the Morning and to drink a Glass of Stomack-water Claret-wine or wine and
Humor and Pain lieth it will dry and stay the Rheum and not draw it and will fasten the Teeth infallibly Proved by Mr. Fleetwood An Opiate for the Tooth-Ach Take Camphire two drams Opium one dram Castor half a dram pulverize them and mix them with Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers over the Fire that they may well incorporate to an Opiate It is excellent to asswage the Tooth-Ach when any of the Teeth are rotten and hollow put but a little into the hollow of the Tooth and let it remain there and renew it as often as need requires A most Excellent Opiate to cleanse and whiten the Teeth which is much used by all the Nobles in France Take Pumice stone burnt White Coral Cuttle-fish Bone and Cream of Tartar Florence-Orrice-root of each an ounce reduce them all to a fine powder Sal-armoniack pulverized two drams Musk and Amber of each six grains grind them all together upon a Ma●ble Stone or in a Stone-Mortar with an Iron Pestle adding so much Honey of Roses by degrees as will make it into an Opiate by girnding Then put it up in Gally-pots and keep it for Use Rub your Teeth with it Ladies that do not love the smell of Amber and Musk may leave it out and it will be never the worse for it and it may be perfumed by adding a few drops of Aromatick Oyls as Oyl of Cloves Cinamon Essence of Orange and Limon Peels c. An infallible and much experienced Remedy to cure the Tooth-Ach and to fetch out the Worms that are in the Gums and hollow Teeth Take Henbane Seeds well bruised two spoonfuls Bees Wax four ounces shred the Wax and make it soft in warm water then mix the Seed well with it and make a Candle thereof with Cotton Thred hold the Candle being lighted in your Mouth letting the Heat and Smoak of it go into your Mouth as much as may be endured and hold your Mouth over a Poringer full of Water and the Candle will draw out the Worms and they will fall with the Rheum into the Water so that you shall see some of them alive This hath been sufficiently experimented You may also put the end of a Funnel to the Tooth and so hold the Candle in the Funnel holding your Mouth over the Water CHAP. XIII Select CORDIAL WATERS Distilled This Chapter containeth the choicest Cordial Waters with the true description of that famous Water called the Queen of Hungarys Water The Lady Hewits great Cordial Water for all cold Diseases to comfort the Stomach the Spirits the Head the Heart to stay the Rheum the Hiccock the bloudy Flux against the Plague the Meazles the small Pox the Palsie the Dropsie and the Consumption of the Lungs Copied from a Receipt in my Ladies Daughters hand which she gave to the Countess of Monmouth TAke Roman Wormwood Sage Bittony Speremint unset Hysop Setwel Thyme mother of Thyme Bawm Pennyroyal Saincle Salendine Watercresses Hearts-ease Field-dazies Flower Leaf and Roots Angellica Germander Callamint Tamarix Colts-foot Carduus Benedictus Avens Valerian wild Marjoram Saxafrage Pellatory of the Wall Pimpernel Varvain Parsley Rosemary Savory Scabious Egremony of all these one handful pickt a quarter of a peck of Rosemary-flowers half a peck of Cowslip-flowers half a peck of red Roses of Camomile Madienhair sweet Marjoram Plantane Cumphry Yerrow and Rue as much of these as shall remain being picked out of a handful of each of Aromaticum Rosarum three drams Spicknard two drams Elecampane-Roots dried Calamus Aromaticus Galengal Cubebs Carda Noman Grains Pepper Lignum Alces Thinne Veroinca Juniper-berries one dram Zedoaria two drams Ginger Cinamon Cloves Mace Nutmegs Mellelet-flowers of each two drams then take Fennel-seeds Parsley-seeds Annyseeds Caraway-seeds of each two drams Hartshorn one pound all your Drug-spices and Seeds being beaten somewhat gross and all your Herbs being washed wrung in a Cloth and shred put them all into an earthen pot with two gallons of the strongest Sherry-Sack to steep all Night your Drug-spices and Seeds being to be put into the midst of the herbs Then when you still which must be the next day out of the whole quantity you must draw a quart of the first which is best then a pint of the second which is next in goodness and mingle those three pints together which is the usual water and if it prove too strong put a little more of the weaker sort to it The third and last sort is for other uses as hereafter you must Aromatine each Pottle of your first useful and drinking Water with thirty grains of Beaser twenty four grains of Musk twenty grains of Ambergreece one pound of Sugarcandy two drams of Coral two drams of Pearl and one dram of Amber all must be beaten very small and must be stirred twice a day till it be dissolved Another very precious Cordial Water of very great vertue called the Golden Palsie-Water Copied from my Lord of Portland's Copy that he had from my Lady Lovelace composed by Dr. Mathews Take flowers of Lavender two quarts spirit of Wine one gallon and half digest them in a glass-bottel close stopped in the Sun for six days then distill it in an Alembick with its refrigeratory and keep the Spirit Take flowers of Sage of Rosemary of Bittony of Borage of Bugloss Lillies of the Valley and Cowslips of each half a handful put them all into a gallon of Spirit of Wine and put into them leaves of Bawm of Fetherfew tops of Rosemary and flowers of Steehas and Bayberries of each half an ounce powr upon them the foregoing Spirit of Lavender-flowers and digest them twenty four hours then distill to dryness then put into this Spirit the thin yellow Rind of Citron-peel and Piony-seeds husked of each three ounces Cinamon Mace Nutmegs Cardamoms Cubebs yellow Sanders of each two drams wood of Alves half a dram bruise them all and digest for twenty four hours then strain it and put it up in a large glass-bottel and hang in 't the following Ingredients Take Pearls ground to subtil powder one dram Ambergreece Musks and Safron of each half a scraple red Rose dryed and red Sanders of each two drams red Sanders Citron-peels dryed all in subtil powder of each one dram put them all in a Sarsenet-bag and hang it in the Spirit Note That in the old Copy the quantity was double both of the Spirit and of Ingredients and the digestion was to be continued six weeks but being corrected by a judicious Phisitian who judg twenty four hours to be a time long enough for such rectified Spirits to extract the powers end vertues of any ordinary vegetable especially its flowers and leaves The Vertues It is of exceeding vertues against the Palsie Apoplexie the Falling sickness and all cold Distempers of the Head Brain and Womb It chears and comforts the Heart the Animal and vital Spirit warms strengthens and comforts a weak and cold Stomach and recovers lost appetite It is excellent against Fat 's Vapours Convulsions
together in a Vessel close stopped stirring it sometimes for two days then distil it in a Glass Alembick or in a Copper Alembick with its Refrigeratory or Bucked Head Keep every Running by it self and mix them as you best like and spend the weakest first sweetning it with Sugar It is an Excellent Cordial it comforts the Heart revives the Spirits prevents swouning and fainting-fits is very good against Agues and Fevers Worms and small Pox to drive the Venom from the Heart It is excellent against the Plague and Infection all Epidemical and Pestilential Diseases Dose two spoonful of the strongest for aged People and of the small for Children Dr. Bnessius a Physitian at Paris his Cordial Water of green Walnuts as he makes it every year He gave the Receipt to Sir Kenelm Digby Take a good quantity of the Flower or Bloomings of the Walnut-Trees it is a long green Excrescence and is the first thing that buddeth out stamp them in a stone Mortar and press out all the Juice from them in an Apothecaries Press distil this Juice in a Glass-Still in Balneo Mariae or in Sand and keep the Water save also the Mark that you p●essed the Juice out of Then when the Nuts are as big as Hazle Nuts take also a quantity of them and stamp them and press out the Juice which distil there remains in the bottom a thick Substance like an Extract whick keep as also the Water Then when the Nuts are growing big and have but a Jelly in them instead of a Kernel and are fit to preserve take a quantity of them and stamp them and press out the Juice which distil as before to a like Consistence as the other Mingle your three Waters together and this is his Water of Walnuts which is a great Cordial and is Diaphoretick It is much recommended for the Cure of Agues and intermitting Fevers and all malignant Fevers It fortifies the Stomack Head and Brain is good against the suffocation of the Mother it is good against the Colick caused by Wind and Flegmatick Matters The Dose is from three or four ounces to seven or eight I saw a Letter from a Person of Quality at Paris to Sir K. Digby wherein he related to Sir K. that he had cured himself of a Quartan Ague by taking a Glass full of the said water which he had made taking it assoon as he found the least Symptom of the approaching Fit he went to bed and covered himself very warm and fell asleep and had no Fit at all that time nor never after The thick Consistences which remain after the distillation of the Juices the said Doctor putteth together and when he hath evaporated them to a fit height for making of Plaisters if they were not so already by their distilling he putteth to them removed from the Fire a little Venice-Turpentine about an eighth or tenth part or a little more and a little Powder of Cinamon and Cloves and a little wheat-flower to thicken it also a little Salt and kept it in a Pot all the year of this he makes Plaisters for the Stomach from the Sternum to the Navil and six or eight fingers breadth which let remain on as long as it will stick taking it off sometimes to wipe away the Water This comfrots and strengthens the stomack wonderfully when it digesteth not well You should so proportion your Substances or Nuts as to have about a like quantity of juice of each For Crudities and indigestions of the stomach when a loosness followeth which usually commeth from eating more than one can digest he prescribeth two or three days very slender diet and to eat one Morning three or four candid or preserv'd green Walnuts and to drink a little burnt Claret after them or raw Wine eating a mouthful of bread this settleth the Stomach very right The way how to candite and preserve green Walnuts will be set down in the Chapter of preserving and candying A rare Cordial Water called the Royal Aqua Vitae Take Lignum Aloes Roots of Zedoary Angelica Carline Thistle and Valerian of each one ounce Cinamon Mace and Citon-rind of each six drams Cloves lesser Cardamoms and sweet Fennel-seed of each half an ounce flowers of Rosemary Sage and Marjoram of each two small handfuls which is to be bruised and put them into a stone Jugg or Bottle with Spirit of Wine and Malmsey Wine of each four pints stop the Vessel close and them macerate in a warm Bath for three days then distil them in a sand Bath or in Balneo Mariae dissolving in the distilled water fine Sugar then put it up for use And if you would have it perfumed you may dissolve in it Ambergreece and Musk of each half a dram This Water is much esteemed and used by all the Nobles in France The perfection of it is that although there be not many Ingredients yet they are of great vertue It fortifieth the Brain Head and Stomach strengthens the Memory comforts the Heart reviveth the Spirits when enfeebled by the distillation of the Spirits or overpressed by the abundance of ill qualities or bad humors It is to be taken fasting from one spoonful to three in some proper liquor A Cordial Water or Spirit of Cinamon Take chosen Cinamon bruised one pound Aqua Vitae three pints the best Rose-waeter two pints let them digest a day or two close stopped then distil it in dn Alembick with a Refrigeratory or in a Glass Cucurbite or a Tin Cucurbite with a Glass-head such as described in our Engine The first pint will be pretty good and the last milky and sweet of the Cinamon but strong of the Spirits You may distil this till you perceive it commeth no more strong of Cinamon Keep every one of these three Waters in a Vessel apart close stopped The spirituous Water of Cinamon is good speedily to comfort and fortifie all the noble parts and principally the Heart for which reason it is given with great success in swooning and faming Fits It comforts and strengthens the Stomach excites natural heat thereof helpeth Digestion stays Loosness expels Wind and eases Chollicks which are caused thereby It is much recommended to strengthen Women in Labour to facilitate the Birth and case their pains It is also very good to provoke the Terms and to exhail the vapors that rise in the Matrix It is given alone of the first runnings mixt together from half a spoonful to a spoonful when there is any necessity but when you take it often it is better to keep to the lesser Dose Sir Kenelm Digby says that Lignum Cassia maketh a much finer Spirit than Cinamon he made it thus as I make it now Take four ounces of the quilled sort which is the finest and best bruise it well and put it into a gallon of Mallago-Sack Digest them together three or four days in Balneo then distil it with a very gentle heat If you will rest there severe the first second and third
runnings as the custom is but if you will have it richer of the Wood distil off all together as long as it cometh with vigor and put that liquor upon fresh Cassia and digest as before and then distil repeat this till it be as strong as you desire but the last time you put fresh wood you may keep three runnings each apart you may also distil it with three parts of Wine and two parts of Rose-water then sweeten it with Sugar A Corda●l Water of Clove Gilly flowers Put Aqua Vitae or Sack upon Clove Gill-flowers digest them two days then distil it in a Glass Body laying other Clove Gilly-flowers upon the mouth of it upon a Boulter-Cloth that the spirit rising and passing through the flowers may tinge it self of a beautiful color then distil the Spirit as strong as you like it which sweeten with Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers Sir K. D. A Lemon-Water Pare of the yellow thin Rinds of Lemons so thin as to make Chips which will be as low as the Pores go and put them into a Glass-body with a Head and an Alembeck and distill them in Balneo with a gentle heat you shall have a very sprightful water with Oyl swimming upon it which conserves it whereof a little will aromatise Wine or any Liquor and make it very pleasant Sir K. D. If you distill Rasps in a cold Still and put a little of that Water into Sack or other Wine or into Claret or white Wine and Water it will aromatise it very strong of Rasps without changing the colour and make it very pleasant two or three spoonfuls is sufficient to a quart of Sack Sir K. D. An Excellent Orange-water or Spirit Take the parings or Chips of the Rind of an hundred Oranges into a Cuburbite so large that they fill not above a third part full powr upon them three quarts of good Aqua Vitae then put on the Head and Alembeck and lute it well with paste and paper stop the Vessel of the Alembeck and let it stand to digest three or four days then distill it with a gentle heat in Balneo keep the first quart by it self for it will be excellent good then change the Receiver and the Oyl will come over with the rest of Liquor when it beginneth to come weak leave off distilling Mingle one pint of excellent Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers with the first quart and it will be an excellent Cordial Water you may aromatise it with Ambergreece if you love Amber A Cordial Water very good for Women from a great Lady Take Penyroyal red Sage sweet Marjoram and Rosemary-flowers of each one handful pick them well and rub them in a Cloth then shred them small and put them into a stone Jugg and pour upon them one Gallon of Sack stop it close and let them digest two days then distill it carefully the best way of distilling this Water is in a Cucurbite with a Glass-head and in Balneo Mariae If you distill it in a a cold Still you must give a gentle fire keeping wet Napkins upon the top of the Still to keep it cool sweeten it with fine Sugar or Sugarcandy and hang a little Sarsenet in it with two drams of Safron The Grand Duke of Florence his Excellent Caelestial or Imperial Water of great vertues which he gave to the Duke of Vandome who gave it to Sir Kenelm Digby Take of Turbit that which is white and Gummish two ounces Mastick Nutmegs Cinamon Cubebs of each half an ounce yellow Sanders two ounces bruise all these and put them in a Glass-body and put into them two ounces of Venice Turpentine and two pound of white Honey then powr upon them two quarts of very good Spirit of Wine or Nants Brandy stop the Vessel very close and digest it two days then distill it in Balneo till it begin to come whitish then take the Vessel out of the Balneo and set it in a sand Bath and having changed the Receiver distill it by degrees and you will have a whitish water to which add half a pound of newly drawn Oyl of Spicknard and prepared Pearls and Corals of each hair an ounce an ounce of Cream of Tartar in subtil powder stop it close and keep it for use then encrease the fire and distill to dryness and you shall have a reddish Oylish Water which keep also by it self The first clear Water is a most sovereign Remedy for the Wind and Stone-Collick and for any pains of the Stomach it is also good for Surfeits and excellent for obstructions of the Spleen and Liver It purifieth the Blood comforts the Brain and strengthens the Memory It is a sure and infallible Remedy for the Fits of the Mother as also the Convulsion Fits and Falling-sickness the Dose is half a spoonful with as much of any distilled Water or in fair water The second whitish Water is an excellent Remedy for the Stone and Gravel it is also very good for Sores and Wounds Vlcers and Fistula's warmin a little of it and bathing the parts afflicted therewith it cures the Noli me tangere Erisipelas or St. Anthonies fire And if you mix some of the first water with it it will be more efficacious The reddish Water is an infallible Cure of the Hemoroids and Piles It is also excellent for the Gangreen and Wounds An Excellent Cordial Water for Surfeits and for an Ague Take six quarts of Aqua Vitae put into it a peck of red Poppy-flowers let them infuse twenty four hours in a Glass close stopped then strain it and press it well and put the clear Liquor into the Glass again with Figs and Raisins stoned of each two ounces Aniseeds beaten half an ounce all tied up in a Bag set this in the Sun for ten or twelve days For an Ague take two or three spoonfuls of this Water and dissolve in it the bigness of a Hasle-nut of London-Treacle an hour before his fit and let him stir upon it and do what moderate excercise he can and fast four or five hours after it Sir Kenelm Digbys Cordial Poppy-Water for Surfeits as he had it prepared every year for his Family is thus Take a wide mouth-Glass of six quarts and out into it five quarts of the best double stilled Aniseed-water then thrust in as many red Poppy-leaves as will fill it top-full and let them infuse twenty four hours then strain and press them out and put in as many fresh Poppies and let them infuse as long then strain them again and put in fresh and let them infuse six or seaven days then strain and press them well from the Liquor and then strain the liquor from the Dregs then put into it six ounces of stoned Raisins of the Sun and a pound of stoned Cherries and half a pound of fined Sugar then stop the bottle very close This is an excellent Surfeit-Water and very efficatious Sir Kenelm Digby's Cook-woman had once surfeited her self by eating of those venoms and dangerous
Seaventhly Minerals Minerals which are the Oriental Bole or Bole of Arminia the sealed Earth or Terra sigillata Coral the Vnicornu minirale or white Loadstone of each four drams Gold two drams To prepare these Earths that is to say the Oriental Bole and sealed Earth you are to take some of the liquid Extraction of the Vegetables aforesaid which enter into this great Cordial and Water these two Earths therewith into a Glass-boy till they are reduced into a liquid Pap then draw off this Liquor by distillation with a gentle heat of a vaporous Bath and this continue for seaven times or rather till the Operator can find out by the taste of the Earths that they are sufficiently impregnated with the savour and vertue of the Cordial Plants for then it is time to leave off drying what is in the Vessel in the same degree of heat till there appears no more moisture in the head of the Alembick nor a drop of Liquor pass through the Neck of the Alembick put afterwards these Earths thus impregnated in a glass-Viol very well stopt to enter them afterwards into our composition reduce the Vnicornu minorale into subtil powder Then all these various Ingredients must be mingled well together on a grinding stone as before and by degrees mingled with the Sugar-candy which must be a pound and half the Musk and Amber-greece according to Art Before you take this Cordial examine your Stomack and if it be troubled with some suddain indispositions which may cause a nauseousness or sickness by reason of some sharp malignant humors that sojourn in the bottom of the Ventrickle in this case the Stomack ought to be cleansed with a simple natural gentle vomit that indispositions of the Stomack may not be attributed to the Remedy and then this great Cordial to be made use of in all seasons from all sorts of persons of what Sex or Age soever but still with the advice of a Phisitian Its Dose is from six grains to half a dram to preserve and maintain health and from half a scruple or twelve grains to a dram or four scruples when concerns the care of such Diseases to which it is appropriated which only belongs to the Phisitian to discover who not only knows the vertue of this great Cordial but also examins the disposition of the subject both in health and sickness who is to receive it reflecting upon the Time Dose Age Sex Temper and Climate A Cordial to procure Sleep and Rest. Take a quart of the best unsophisticated Claret-Wine put into it a handful of Cowslip-flowers one handful of Borage-flowers and a slip of Rosemary set it on the fire and when it is ready to burn smother it in the first flame and keep it in the pot till it is cold then strain it and put thereto three ounces of Clove-gilly-flowers well mingled together and every Night at your going to Bed take a Wine-glass of it you must not warm it the second time CHAP. XIII Select Phisical ALES and DIET-DRINKS The Earl of Linsey's Scurvy-grass-Ale whereby he was cured of the Scurvy and Dropsie TAke half a peck of Sea-Scurvy-grass-leaves eight handfuls of Sage two handfuls of Wormwood one handful of Horse-radish-roots sliced two ounces of Scurvy-grass-seed two pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned one handful of Wood-Bittony and the peels of two Oranges put them into a thin bolter Bag and hang them in twelve gallons of small Ale after it hath done working and after it hath stood a week drink thereof The Lord Linsey was much troubled with the Scurvy Dropsie and pitting of his Legs of all which this Ale quitted him his use was to take a draught of it in the Morning fasting at least two hours before Meat and another in the Evening and sometimes also at Meals It caused a good digestion of his Meat and fortified his Stomack and made him more vigorous Sir Kenelm Digby's Scurvy-grass-Ale which he made frequent use of Take Sea and Garden-Scurvygrass of each half a peck and two ounces of the Seeds eight handfuls of red Sage English and Roman Wormwood one handful of Horse-Radish-Roots sliced two pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned one handful of Wood-Bittony two Oranges stuck with Cloves or bruised Cloves and two or three Oranges more slightly stampt with the other Ingredients put them all into a thin bolter Bag and hang it in an empty Vessel of a fit seize but first put some weight into it to make it sink and hang it so with a string fastned about the Bung-hole as the lower part of the Bag may only rest upon the bottom of the Barrel and the upper part hang by the string then turn upon it twelve gallons of midling Ale that so it may serment and better draw out the vertue of the Herbs This was the only Ale that Sir Kenelm made use of in the time of his health both for himself and for those of his Family that would drink of it Cock-Ale Take an old red or other Cock and boil him indifferent well then flea him skin-clean-off and beat him flesh and bones in a stone-Mortar all to mash then slice into him half a pound of Dates two Nutmegs quartered two or three blaids of Mace four Cloves and put to all this two quarts of Sack that is very good stop all this up very close that no air may get to it for the space of sixteen hours then Tun eight gallons of strong Ale into your Barrel so timely as it may have done working at the sixteen hours end and then put thereinto your Infusion and stop it close for five days then bottle it in stone-Bottles be sure your Corks be very good and tye them with Packthread and about a Fortnight or three weeks after you may begin to drink of you must also put into your Infusion two pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned Another Cock-Ale Take an old Capon or Cock pull draw and perboil it and cut off the Head and Legs then beat it to a mash as before in a stone-Mortar then take four Nutmegs an ounce of Mace if you will as many Cloves which being all bruised put to the Cock and powr on it all two quarts of good Sack let this steep four and twenty hours in an earthen Pipkin then take a pound of Dates four pound of Malago Raisins and if you please twelve Eggs-shells and all but first beat the Dates and Raisins and then mix all with your Infusion For this quantity you must take eight gallons of small Ale and when it has done working put in all your Preparation let it stand three days after which draw it into Bottles and let it be nine days before you begin to drink of it An Ale or Drink to cure a Consumption Approved Take half a Pound of blanched Almonds grosly beaten four ounces of Aniseed and three ounces of Liquoras bruised red Roses Hysop and Purslain of each three ounces a little bruised boil these in two gallons of
of Salt then bath the part swelled therewith as hot as you can endure it With this he cured himself of a great Bruise and Swelling upon his Foot which was caused by a piece of Brick that fell upon it from the Top of a Chimney Another infallible and often Approved Remedy for a Bruise and Swelling to discuss the Humors and Tumor Take some Tow of Flax or Hemp of Flax is best and moisten it with Nantz Brandy then spread it over with Honey then sprinkle some of the Brandy upon the Honey and having bathed the swell'd part with a little Brandy lay it on This cured a Boy who fell upon his Face and a Knob as big as an Egg swelled presently upon his Forhead they laid this Remedy to it and by the next Morning it was well The like happened to a Girl a Gentleman's Daughter and I coming into the House when it was newly done advised them to use this Remedy which they did and the next day all the Swelling was gone A Servant Maid fall down the Stairs and exceedingly bruised her foot and A●kle-Bone whereupon it swelled very much her Mistress seeing me go by called to me and told me of the Accident that happened to her Maid asking my Advice I advised her to use this Remedy which she did and it was perfectly cured It is a great Discussive of Humors CHAP. XVIII Select Remedies against the PLURISIE An Infallible Remedy for a Plurisie Experienced by Mr. Trear a Famous Chirurgeon and also by Dr. Tresfel TAke a Pippin open it at the Top take out the Core then fill it with white Frankincense then stop it again close with the piece you took out at the top and roast it in hot Ashes then beat it to Mash and let the Patient eat it Another Approved Remedy for the same Take three of the biggest round Balls of Horse-Dung break them in pieces and boil them in a quart of white Wine till a pint is consumed then strain it and sweeten it with Sugar and let the Patient drink a good draught of it and keep him warm in his Bed Another very Excellent Remedy for the same Let the Patient drink a good Glass-full of the Juice of Chervil which is a great purifier of the Blood It hath cured many Another Remedy for the Plurisie in case Bleeding cannot be admitted Take fine wheat-flower make and bake a Cake of it which cut through the middle parting one side from the other and spread upon the Crumb of each of them Treacle or Mithridate and apply each side of the halves to each side of the Patient and use at the same time the Drink made of the Horse-Dung boild either in Wine or strong Ale Stone-Horse dung is best A Purge for the Plurisie Take half an ounce of Sena French Barley and Liquoras of each an ounce Raisins Tamarins and Maidenhair of each half an ounce Violet and Strawberry-Leaves of each an handful boil all of them in a Pottle of water to a quart then strain it and drink a draught thereof every Morning for four or five days together and if you have not four or five Stools in a day take another Draught at two in the Afternoon For the Cramp Take Oil of Earth-worms and anoint the Hams well therewith the Calves of the Legs and under the Knees forward Another Take a fresh Eel flay it and dry the Skin and tie it about the place afflicted or put it over the place between the Blanket and Sheet when you are laid in Bed Another for the same Take Bawm and Rosemary of each a handful shred them very small and chop or stamp them then put them in a Dish upon a Chafing-dish of Coals cover the Dish with another and when the Herbs are very hot apply them to the place afflicted For the Falling of the Vvula which some call the Palat of the Mouth Sir Kenelm Digby says it is an infallible Remedy for the Falling of the Vvula to do thus Gag your self with the Joint of your Thumb whose one end joyneth to the Hand and the other is the middle Juncture of the Thumb let your two Rows of Teeth rest upon these two ends of that Joint so as to make you gape wide keep your self gaping thus as long as you can all the while sucking in your Breath When you are weary take out your Thumb and rest then repeat it again and ●●st again when you are weary you shall not have done so twice but your Vvula will be restored to its due place CHAP. XIX Select Remedies for the PILES and HEMORHOIDS Excellent Remedies for the Piles TAke white Lead in fine powder one dram burnt Allum two drams mix them with Hogs-grease and plantane-Plantane-water and then anoint the grieved place therewith Another infallible and often approved Remedy against the Piles Take Pilewort stamp it and mix it with fresh unsalted Butter in May working into it as much of the Herb as you can maake it well take in so that the Butter be highly green then melt it over the fire and let them boil gently till the Butter have taken in all the Juice and vertue of the Herb and the superfluous moisture be evaporated In a word you are to make the Butter as strong as you can of the Herb and that it be of a perfect green colour and no fermatick moisture remaining with it when it is cold it will be firm and hard· With this anoint the Piles putting unto them as in the foregoing Receit An approved Remedy against the Hemorhoids Take of the best and fattest Figs six in number cleave them through the middle lay them in a Porringer and powr upon them some good Brandy to cover them two good fingers breath then set the Brandy on a fire and let it burn so long as it will and your Figs will then be very tender and soft then apply one of them as hot as can be endured to the swelled Hemorhoids that comes out and let it remain until it groweth cold which will be less then half a quarter of an hour then apply another half of Figs as before and so continue till you have used all the twelve half Figs and to that end you must keep them warm by the fire This will give you perfect ease though the pain were never so great before and will take away all the swelling and knobs upon the Veins and make them retire orderly into the Body Dr. Bates his Remedy for the Piles wherewith he cured himself when he had them in the greatest extremity that could be he gave this Receipt to Sir Kenelm Digby Take flower of Sulphur one part fine Sugar three parts make this into Tablets or Lozenges with Gum Tragant soaked in red Rose-water into a Mucilage make them round and flat and about one dram a piece Eat of these four or five times a day one at a time doing thus it gave him three or four stools a day and in a little while he was
it perfectly cured Another approved Remedy for the yellow Jaundies Take Goose-Dung gathered in the Spring-time and drye it in the Sun and Sugarcandy of each one ounce pulverize them and give it from one dram to two in white Wine It perfectly cures it at three or four times taking Another approved Remedy for the same Take Hemp-seeds bruise them and boil them in milk then strain it and drink thereof warm two or three times a day This cured a great Lady Another approved Remedy for the yellow Jaundies Take Celandine the whole Plant one handful Leaves and Flowers of Hypericon of each half a handful Roots of Hog-fennel the inner Bark of Elder of each three drams boil them in Rhenish Wine and water of Hartstongue of each one pint then strain it and put into the strained Liquor powder of Goose-dung and Safron of each three drams tied up in a Rag sweeten it with Sugar It perfectly cures the Jaundies at thrice taking divide the whole quantity into three Doses and take them for three Mornings together Another Remedy for the yellow Jaundies that when some have been entring into the black have been cured by it Take Jean Treackle two ounces powder of Turmerick one ounce Safron one dram a Nutmeg grated and as much Honey as will sweeten it work it into an Electuary which put up into a Gally-pot and take of it the quantity of a Nutmeg three or four times a day CHAP. XXII Select Remedies against Ruptures To make an Excellent Ptisan for a Rupture the Vse whereof cured a great Lady of a great Rupture in a Fortnights time and likewise many others TAke Solomon's Seal Agrimony Milt-wast Maidenhair Roots of Strawberries of each a handful pick and wash them then shred them and stamp them in a Stone-Mortar and boil them in two quarts of white Wine but let the Vessel be close stopp'd that nothing may expire then strain it out and press it hard Drink of this Liquor a good Glass-ful in the Morning fasting and an hour after drink another and continue this taking two Glass-ful every Morning till you are cured An infallible and often approved Remedy for a Wind-Rupture Take fresh Cows-dung heat it in a Pot or Pan then spread it thick upon Leather as a Cataplasm and strew upon it some Commin-seeds bruised then apply it to the Rupture as hot as may be endured when it groweth cold put on a new one Continue this for two days This hath Cured several Children of a Wind-Rupture It is a Sovereign Remedy in that Case The Child must lie upon the Back Another Plaister for the same Take Polipode of the Oak and Elecampane beat them small in a Mortar then temper them with Oyl of Bays and lay it under the Truss changing it every Morning Continue it for a Month. Another Remedy for a Rupture Make Potage with Mutton and boil in it Plantane and Daizy-Leaves and Roots Sanicle Scabious and Polipode of each a handful two Leaves of Comfry eat thereof for two or three days and in the Morning fasting and at Night when you go to Bed drink Posset made with Ale and boil some of the said Herbs in it then strain it and mix the Herbs with a double quantity of Sanicle stamp them and stew them with Sheeps Suet and apply it under the Truss when you have drank the Posset lie on your Back an hour at least CHAP. XXIII Select Remedies for Tetters and Ring-worms An Ointment to Cure a Tetter or Ring-worm TAke Lytharge of Gold in very fine Powder half a pound Wine-Vinegar five ounces Oil of Roses one pound grind the Lytharge in a Mortar putting to it by turns sometimes Oyl sometimes Vinegar till by a continual grinding and st●●●ing the Vinegar doth no more appear and that it comes to a whitish Ointment It is good against Inflammations Burnings and Scaldings it is cooling drying and anodine it dries skins and healeth Sores and Vlcers cures Scabs Tetters Ring-worms and other Deformities and Discolouring of the Skin Another Approved Remedy for a Tetter or Ring-worm Take Boars-grease four ounces Quick-Silver mortified and Verdigreece of each an ounce Camphire one dram Black Sope and Mustard of each one Spoonful Juice of the Leaves of Walnuts three or four Spoonfuls grind this all together in a Stone Mortar or on a Painters Stone then put it in a Gallipot Anoint the Tetters or Ring-worms with it Morning and Evening until it kills and heals them This is an absolute Remedy which hath Cured many Another Remedy for Tetters and Ring-worms Itch and Scabs c. Take Water of sharp-pointed Dock four ounces Borax three drams common Salt one dram Vinegar of Squils one ounce mix them together It is excellent against all manner of Scabs Itch Vlcers Tetters and Ring-worms Morphew and other Deformities of the Skin To take away Warts and Corns Take Sal Armoniack Roman Vitriol and Verdigreece of each two ounces Allum one ounce Calx vive half an ounce distil them in a Glass Alembeck the Flegm comes first which cast away the Spirit follows which reserve for Use It takes away Warts and Corns by often touching them To take away Warts from any part of the Body Anoint them with Oyl of Sulphur two or three times a day and they will fall off Another Take a few Snails put them in a Glass with a little Salt and in two or three days there will be a Liquor with which anoint the Warts and they will wear away Another for the same Take the green Leaves of Marigolds mash them as small as green Sauce then rub the Warts with it and squeeze some of the Juice upon them For Corns in the Feet Take a little Copperas and as much Bay Salt and the quantity of them both of white Wine boil them till they are dissolved then wet therein a little black wool or a Linnen Rag and bath the Corns therewith every Morning then put to them a Plaister of Diapalma and in a short time they will wear all away Another for the same Take Galbanum two drams steep it in Wine Vinegar until it is as soft as Salve apply it to the Corns being first close pared until they wear away which will be in a short time you may anoint them with it and then lay a Plaister of Diapalma upon it Another Take Operment-Allum and Vitriol of each two drams reduce them to a fine Powder then temper it with Honey to an Ointment and anoint the Corns therewith being first pared and lay a Plaister of Diapalma over them and they will wear away in a short time CHAP. XXIV Select BALSOMS and OYNTMENTS The true and genuine Description of Lucatello's Balsome according to Sir Kenelm Digby's Receipt as he caused it to be prepared for his own Vse TAke three pints of the best Sallet Oyl which wash first with good Claret wine then wash and beat one pound of the best Venice-Turpentine in several white-Rose-waters till it be very white and Liquid likewise
and Saffron with common Brandy but the Myrrh and Mastick with good Spirit of Wine often shaking them then mix the Tinctures together and in a Glass Cucurbite in Balneo Mariae abstract all the Spirit of Wine till the Matter remain in the Consistence of Honey then powr it out into a white Bason and in Sand evaporate it to the Consistence of a Mass of Pills They strengthen the Head Stomach and Heart hinder Putrefaction cause a good Digestion and a good Appetite cure the Scurvey and are a good Pectoral They are a good Preservative in Pestilential times cleansing the Body of such Humors as might be apt to receive the Infection and to that end Sir Kenelm caused them chiefly to be prepared in the beginning of that great Sickness in London in the Year 1665. The Dose from one Scruple to half a Dram to be taken at Night before or after Supper Sir Kenelm Digby's Excellent purging Pills for the Head Stomach and Joynts which he took usually himself Take Aloes Succatrina choice Scammony and Pulp of Coloquintida in subtil Powder of each an ounce make them into a Mass for Pills with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Stechados the Dose is from one Scruple to half a dram or two Scruples in the Morning They are a most Excellent Cephalick they cleanse and strengthen the Head and Brain quicken the Senses clear the Eye-sight expel Wind from the Stomach and Bowels are excellent against the Scurvey and Dropsie Jaundies Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Dr. Floyd's Stomach-Pill which he usually took himself Take of the aforesaid Pill of Sir Kenelm's of Pil. Aggregativae of each two drams Hiera cum Agarico Stomack-Pills with Gums of each half a dram make them up into a Mass with Syrup of Betony Dose is one Scruple or half a Dram over Night and two Scruples or one Dram in the Morning taking a convenient time after them Broth or Posset-drink They are also very good for the Head Dr. Dyes his Excellent Pill wherewith he cured himself of a Malignant Tetter as he relates in the following Take Extract Rudii one scruple Mercurius dulcis twenty four grains Antimony diaphoretick Salt of Wormwood and Tartar Vitriolate of each half a Scruple Oyl of Juniper-Berries four drops make these into Pills with Venice Turpentine and gild them I my self having had a Tetter upon my left Heel which with an Oyntment I healed and made perfectly well in appearance but the Cause remaining the Effect ceased not but it still broke out again and at last in such extremity that it was spred over both my Ankles and upon my Instep both ends within a fingers breadth were met quite round my Heel and was grown so exceeding sore and painful as from the Heel upwards all along the Calf of my Leg Ham and all along the back part of my Hip and hard Lumps and Knots as if the Veins and Sinews had been crack'd whereupon I betook my self to these Pills doubling the quantities of the Composition of them the former proportion being for six Pills to be taken two Mornings three at a time and formed it into twelve Pills for four Mornings which I took in manner following three the first Morning and three the second the third Morning I omitted the fourth Morning I took three more the fifth I likewise omitted and the sixth Morning I took the three last Pills in all twelve which so clearly took away and corrected the Humor immediately that I was never after troubled with the like in that Part nor in any other using withal some proper Oyntments to the Sore Pills for the Sciatica or any kind of Gout Take Aloes and Hermodactils of each one dram Diagridium half an ounce reduce them to a very fine Powder and make into Pills with Syrup of Roses Take every day one dram for a Fortnight together Pills excellent for the Head and Stomack Take Aloes and Turbith of each half an ounce Pulp of Coloquint and Agarick of each one dram Scammony two drams Mastick and Bdellium of each two drams Ginger Cinamon Aniseeds Leaves of Wormwood of Mint of each two drams reduce all to a fine Powder and make them into a Paste for Pills with Oximel of Squills put them in a Gallipot and keep them for your Use The Dose is one dram for one that is easie to move and a dram and a half for one that is hard to move Excellent Pectoral Pills for the Breast and Lungs Take Tears of Storax two drams Juice of Spanish Liquoras one dram and a half Tincture of Saffron four scruples Labdanum Olibanum choice Myrrh and Extract of Opium of each a dram Ambergease a scruple Syrup of Citron Peels as much as suffices to make a Mass for Pills These Pills are excellent to stay Defluxions that fall upon the Lungs and to asswage the violence of Coughs The Dose is from five or six to eight or ten Grains at Night CHAP. XXVII Select PURGES A Purging Whey by Dr. Jackson TAke a Pottle of new Whey boil in it Succory Fennel and Parsley Roots of each a handful having first scrap'd slit and taken out the Piths very clean also one pugil of Damask Rose Leaves with ten or twelve Leaves of red Sage and two or three Tops of Rosemary boil it to a Quart then beat two Whites of Eggs very well and put into it remaining on the Fire which will make a kind of Curd that will rise together with the aforesaid Ingredients skim all these off together very clean then take a scruple or half a dram of Saffron in Powder bind it in a fine clean Rag and let it boil in the Whey a while then squeeze it out by degrees till the Saffron is all infused in the Whey then strain it and put it into a Glass or Earthen Pot. This is to be drunk at three equal Draughts an hour between each Draught continually walking all the time and drunk cold it must be made over night and drunk every Morning ten days together fasting five hours after it Take Borage flower or Bugloss flower water six ounces sweeten it with fine Loaf Sugar or rather with Conserve of Violets one ounce of this is enough to drink each Morning cold whilst the Body is costive and eat Barly Growel Another Purging Whey Take fresh ripe Rose Leaves the Whites cut off two ounces Rhubarb sliced two drams and a half Indian Spick one dram and a half bruise them and infuse them in half a pint of Whey over Night the next Morning strain it and drink it It is an exceeding good cooling Purge it cleanses the Blood and purges Choler and takes away Salt and sharp Humors and operates without Disturbance or Molestation Another purging Infusion of Whey Take Flowers of Borage Bugloss Fumitory Epithimum of each half a handful Polipode of the Oak six drams Fennel seeds two drams Sena a dram and a half shred the Herbs and bruise the Seeds and infuse them in three Pints of Whey
Use of it till they appear Another Approved Remedy for the same I was assured by a Gentlewoman of Credit that a Daughter of hers at twenty years of Age having never had her Purgations was cured by the following Remedy Take a pound of the smallest new Nails put them in a quart of white Wine let it stand four and twenty hours then drink thereof warm a quarter of a pint in the Morning fasting when you have taken three Doses of it put into it a pint of Wine more and let it stand for some time upon the Nails then take of it till you have taken it all this hath been approved upon many others you may put in with the Wine a few Orange Peels and Cloves An Experimented Remedy for the immoderate Flux of the Terms Take a dram of the Scrapings or Filings of the Skull of a man put it into a glass of white Wine let it infuse all Night in and in the Morning take it fasting In two or three times taking it every Morning it will cure it It is an Approved Remedy A Physical Course to prouoke the Terms prescribed by a Learned Physician to a Lady of great Quality Take the Roots of white Ditany Madder and round Birthwort of each half an ounce Orrice and Asaribecca Roots and sweet Flag Roots of each three drams Orange peels and Cinamon of each two drams Juniper Berries six drams Fennel and Commin seed of each one dram Tops of Wormwood Mugwort Horse-mint and Germander of each half a handful Flowers of Elder Savin and Rue of each a handful Saffron half a dram Filings of Steel an ounce tie the Steel up in a Rag and shred and bruise all the Ingredients infuse them in four pints of strong white Wine for twelve hours then strain it and drink thereof three times a day and after five or six days taking of it use the following Purge Take Sena a dram a half Cassia two drams Rhubarb half a dram sweet Fennel seeds and Cinamon of each a dram and a half Savin one pugil This is for two Potions to be taken for two Mornings together After Purging take the following Electuary Take Conserves of Wormwood and Mint of each half an ounce Conserve of Rue an ounce Candied Elecampane Root half an ounce Cinamon finely Powdered and Crocus Martis aperitive of each a dram of Oyl of Mace and Cinamon each six drops mix it and make an Electuary whereof take the quantity of a large Nutmeg three times a day An approved Remedy to stop the Abundance of the Terms Take a handful of red Dock Roots the yelllowest and best slit them and boil them in a Gallon of Conduit-water scum it and put in it Raisins of the Sun stoned two handful Liquoras bruised two ounces boil it until a third part be consumed then strain it and make Almond Milk thereof with Blanched Almonds A good Remedy for the Whites much Approved If the Woman wanteth her Monthly Terms when she hath the Whites they must by no means be stopp'd till the Terms are brought down for it is very dangerous Let all the Means then be used to provoke and bring them down first and then to stop the Whites take the following after some fit Purgation once or twice before Take the Ceruse of Antimony that is diaphoretick Antimony about fifteen grains for a Dose in a little white Wine in the Morning fasting two or three times a day Another for the same Take Garden-Tansie a handful great Dock Roots that are young and without Buds two ounces shred the Herb and bruise the Roots and boil them in a quart of Milk drink a Draught thereof warm sweetned with Sugar of Roses and Nutmeg grated in it You may also take the following Pills and drink a Draught of the said Milk after them Take Venice-Turpentine an ounce Dragons-Blood Nutmegs grated and Bolearmenick of each a dram mix them and make a Mass for Pills Take thereof a dram for a Dose The following Electuary is also very good the Body being Purged first Take Conserve of red Roses four ounces Conserve of Succory two ounces red Coral in subtil Powder Snakeweed Tormentil Roots and Shavings of Ivory of each two drams with Syrup of Mirtles make an Electuary and take thereof the quantity of a large Nutmeg every Morning Another Approved Remedy for the Whites and so the Heat in the Back and Kidneys Take four good sound Nutmegs put them in the middle of a Houshold Loaf of Bread then let the Loaf be baked and take out the Nutmegs then beat the white of a new laid Egg to an Oyl let it settle and take off the Froth and mix the White with four spoonfuls of Rose-water and as much Plantane-water then sweeten it with fine Sugar and grate into it half of one of the Nutmegs and drink it in the Morning fasting for seven days together This cured a Woman that had taken many Remedies in vain for the said Distempers It strengthens and cools the Reins and is good against the Stone and Gravel An Approved Remedy for the Fits of the Mother and for the Vapors Take Roots of round and long Birth-wort Piony and lesser Valerian of each two ounces Castor one ounce Tops of dried Wormwood Mugwort Fetherfew Tansie Elder and Camomil Flowers of each a handful having bruised and cut them all together infuse them in two quarts of rectified Spirit of Wine then distill them according to Art and keep the Spirit for Use This Spirit is very effectual to open the Obstructions of the Matrix and to suppress the Vapors and Fits that arise from it you may take of it from one to two or three drams at a time in some distilled Waters it may also be put into the Nostrils applied to the Temples or upon the Navil I have an incomparable Essence or Spirit of a Chymical preparation which is so effectual beyond all compare for the Vapors and Fits of the Mother c that several Women which could have no Children live by reason of their Vapors and Fits till they took of it had their Children live afterwards and were perfectly Cured of that Distemper A Remedy for a Bloody Vrine whether in Man or Woman also for a Bloody Flux or Spitting of Blood Take Shepherds Purse and Plantane shred them and boil them in fair water then strain it and sweeten it with fine Sugar drink thereof Morning and Evening Another for the same Take the Earth of Swallows Nest steep it in hot Water then strain it and let the Patient drink thereof two or three times a day A Remedy for one that cannot retain Vrin Take a Mouse newly kill'd burn it to Ashes with the Skin and Hair give a pretty quantity of it in Ale or dry the Mouse in an Oven so that you may reduce it to Powder which give to drink in the same manner Another for one that cannot keep his Water Take Conserve of Hips three ounces of red Roses an ounce Crabs Eyes a
five times at last the dye will be so deep that it will look almost black lay of it on a good deal beyond the pained part on all sides keep it thus continually covered and warm with it CHAP. XXXVIII Select Remedies for the Back For weakness in the Back TAke Dates stone them and take out the inner hard white skin then stamp them and mix them with the pith of an Oxe beat and work them well together then add to it eggs and grated bread mix them all well together with a sufficient quantity of cream fry them and eat thereof in the morning fasting strowing sugar upon it Another Take the pith of an Oxone pound Ale and Muscadine or Alegant or old Malaga of each one ●ynte Rasins of the Sun stoned half a handfull Currans four ounces ten or twelve dates sliced a stick of Liquorice bruised Anniseeds half an ounce boyl all these to the consumption of half then strain it and drink thereof warm in the morning fasting grating nutmeg into it Another for weakness in the Back Take the Kidneys of an Oxe or Steer slice them very thin then stew them easily in a quart of water close covered to the consumption of half then add half a pynte of Red Rose water and as much Alegant or Muscadine add Sugar and grated nutmeg take thereof four or five spoonfuls in the morning and at four in the afternoon for a week together then intermit a week and then take it again another week if you think it need Another to strengthen the Back and to restore marrow in it Take the pith of an Oxe half a handfull blew Currans washed and bruised two ounces boyl them together in Allegant or Muscadine then mix it with the yolks of two new layd eggs and grated nutmeg and take a spoonfull or two warm in the morning fasting Another often approved Remedy for a sprain in the Back and to strengthen it Take the yolk of a new layd egg beat it with a glass-ful of Muscadine Alegant or old Malaga then warm it well and grate nutmeg in it and drink it twice a day For a Crick in the Back an outward Remedy Take the marrow of the bone of a Horse warm it and anoynt the Back with it it will give speedy ease and in four or five times anoynting perfectly cure it For heat in the Back and Reins Take Rose water and infuse therein red and yellow sa●●ders and red rose leaves let it infuse for twelve hours then bathe your Back very well therewith it will asswage the heat and greatly comfort the Reins For pain in the Back Take Comfry roots and stamp them and boyl them in posset drink thereof four or five days together Also take Knot grass shred it and mix it with butter and make Tansie thereof and eat it it much availeth to the said Cure Sr. Kenelm Digby's Excellent astringent Plaister for the Back Take Comfry Roots Knot grass Cinquefoil roots Budweed or Bawdweed of each two good handfulls stamp all these and put to them a quart of the best sallet oyl let it boyl softly til the oyl hath extracted the vertues of the Roots then strain it then put to it four ounces of Venice Turpentine and as much of Virgin wax and two ounces of Pitch For an Ach in the Back Take Lilly roots Camomile Anniseeds of each a good handfull stamp them together and fry them in Hogs grease with a little Clarret wine make a plaister thereof and apply it to the Reins An Approved Remedy for a Sprain in the Back Take good Muscadine or in want thereof good old Malaga and a spoonfull of Madder incorporate them well together give it the Patient to drink for three mornings together and if need requires he may take it three times a day CHAP. XXXIX Select Remedies Relating to CHILDREN Of Choice and Approved Remedies for such Diseases as are incident to Children A Rare Balsom for Children breeding teeth to make them come without pain TAke two or three River Crabs and beat them in a stone Mortar then moisten them with a little water of blew bottles and press out two ounces of the juice take also two ounces of muscilage of Marshmallow roots put them together with May butter or other fresh unsalted butter three ounces Hens fat and Ducks fat of each two drams put them into a pipkin and boyl them over a gentle fire to the consumption of half the moisture then strain them and add Sugar candy finely powdered four ounces the yolk of one egg Musk and Amber grease of each six grains This Balsom hath been much experimented by many Persons of Quality in France for its Excellency to soften the gums of Infants whose teeth are ready to cut their Nurses must be carefull to anoint their gums often with it The use of it is no way inconvenient and being pleasing to taste and wholsome it can do no harm though it should be swallowed In Dr. Cnarra ' s Royal Dispensatory Another Balsom for the same Take the brains of a Hare either roasted or boyl'd mix it with honey and unsalted butter and a little distill'd water of Cullendine anoynt the Childs gums frequently therewith An approved Remedy for the Rickets Take roots of Smallage Parsly Fennel and Angelica of each a handfull slice them and boil them in distilled waters of Angelica unset Hysop and Colts foot of each one part till they are tender then strain it and boyl it up to a syrrup with white honey Then take a stick of Liquorice and scrape and bruise one end of it and give the Child with it one spoonfull of the syrrup in the morning at four in the afternoon and at night A Bath for the Rickets Liver grown or opilation of the Liver in a Child Take a Sheeps head with the wool on it cleave it in the middle and boyl it til it be tender and that the bones slip clean out of the flesh boyling with it Smallage Camomile Primrose leaves and Hysop of each four handfulls then bathe the Child all over with this broath as hot as it can endure twice a day then mash the herbs with the flesh and bind it warm to the joynts that are weak It is a certain and much approved Remedy Another Approved Remedy for the Rickets Take a quart of new milk boyl it with a handfull of Sanicle shred small til a pynte be boyl'd away let the Child drink of it warm in the morning fasting and let it neither eat nor drink within an hour after it And at night boyl a handfull of Red mint in a quart of milk and let the Child eat it last at night Continue this for a month An Oyntment for the Rickets Take Sanicle and red mints of each two handfulls shred them small and stamp them then boyl them in a pound of fresh butter then strain and press it out and anoynt the Childs breast Arms and Gullet-Bones with it warm before the Fire Another for the same Take
a peck of Garden Snails stamp them with their shells and put them in a Canvas Bag which hang up and put somthing under it to receive the Liquor that drops from it wherewith anoint the Childs Limbs and every Joint that is weak before the Fire every Morning and Evening It is credibly affirmed that it hath cured Children that have been extreamly weak and could not go alone in a Weeks time An Excellent Remedy for Convulsion-Fits and Falling-Sickness Take Piony Roots fresh digged scrape of them with a Knife and apply it to the Soles of of the Feet Another often approved Remedy for the same Take of the Skull of a mans Head and of the Stone which is found in some Ox-galls both in fine Powder of each ten grains give it in a spoonful of a Cordial made with black Cherry water and Piony water sweetned with Syrup of Piony Flowers give one Dose at the beginning of the Fit and another after the Fit It is an experimented Remedy and hath cured many For the Small Pox and Measles Take two or three grains of Saffron and dry it well by the Fire then put it in a little Rag and tie it up and infuse it in Posset-Ale and press it or in Mace-Ale or white Wine till all the Virtue is drawn out give that to the Patient to drink and keep him warm If he have Soreness in the Throat do this Take a quarter of a spoonful of dried Saffron tie it in a linnen Rag and boil it in half a pint of Milk till it be very yellow then boil in it a Stay of Linnen and put it warm and moist under the Throat when it is cold and dry put on another in the same manner and therefore you must have at least two of them that one may heat in the Milk whilst the other is about the Throat This will certainly take away all Pains of the Throat in six or eight hours Sir K. Digby To drive the Venomous Vapors from the Heart and Head in the small Pox and Measles Malignant Feavers and Epidemical Distempers with great success Take Seeds of Citron an ounce Seeds of Carduus Benedictus an ounce and a half beat them well and draw out all their Pulp with a quart of Scablous water or Carduus or Marigold-water and sweeten it with two or three ounces of Sugar Drink of this as often as you have a mind to drink a little warmed To prevent the Marks of the Small Pox. When the Pustules begin to dry anoint them with ordinaryVnguentum album This Sir Kenelm Digby says did preserve all his Children from any Marks Dr. Charras his Oyntment which he highly recommends to prevent the Scars and Marks of the Small Pox. Take Litharge of Gold in fine Powder and white Lead or Ceruse washed in Rosewater of each an ounce Oyl of the greater cold Seed and of bitter Almonds and Oyl of Eggs of each half an ounce Nightshade and Plantane-waters as much as suffices make it into an Oyntment by grinding it in a Stone-Mortar powring to it sometimes of the Oyls and sometimes of the Waters A Remedy for a Child that cannot hold its Water whether Male or Female Take the Navil-string of the Child when it is ready to fall from him dry it and powder it and give it the Child in two spoonfuls of small Beer in the Morning fasting A Remedy for breaking out of young Childrens Heads Take fresh Butter and Ale and boil it together till it be like an Oyntment anoint the Childs Head and Face therewith Or take pure Sallet Oyl and Vinegar and beat them together and anoint the Head therewith Or take Butter and Salt and fry them together till it be black and anoint the Childs Head with it 'T is said the Urine of the Father and Mother being mixt together will cure Childrens breaking out Dr. Riverius his infallible Remedy for Worms in Children There is nothing more effectual than the following Remedy which hath been so often experienced by that Famous and Learned Dr. Riverius which is thus Take Calomelanos eight grains Scammony six grains grind them to a subtil Powder and give it in the Morning in a spoonful of any Liquor This I have often experienced with good success The Calomelanos you may buy of the Chymists CHAP. XL. The Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy The true Preparation of the Powder of Sympathy as it was prepared every year in Sir Kenelm Digby's Elaboratory and as I prepare it now TAke good English Vitriol which you may buy for two pence a pound dissolve it in warm water using no more water than will dissolve it leaving some of the Impurest part at the bottom undissolved then powr it off and filtre it which you may do by a Coffin of fine gray Paper put into a Funnel or by laying a Sheet of gray Paper in a Sieve and powring your water or Dissolution of Vitriol into it by degrees setting the Sieve upon a large Pan to receive the filtred Liquor when all your Liquor is filtred boil it in an earthen Vessel glazed till you see a thin Scum upon it then set it in a Cellar to cool covering it loosly so that nothing may fall in after two or three days standing powr off the Liquor and you will find at the bottom and on the sides large and fair green Christals like Emerauds drain off all the Water clean from them and dry them then spread them abroad in a large flat earthen Dish and expose them to the hot Sun in the Dog-days taking them in at Night and setting them out in the Morning securing them from the Rain and when the Sun hath calcin'd them to whiteness beat them to Powder and set this Powder again in the Sun stirring it sometimes and when you see it perfectly white powder it and fift it finely and set it again in the Sun for a day and you will have a pure white Powder which is the Powder of Sympathy which put up in a Glass and stop it close The next year when the Dog-days come if you have any of this Powder left you may expose it again in the Sun spreading it abroad to renew its Vertue by the influence of the Sun-beams The way of Curing Wounds with it is to take some of the Blood upon a Rag and put some of the Powder upon the Blood then keep only the Wound clean with a clean Linnen about it and in a moderate Temper betwixt hot and cold and wrap up the Rag with the Blood and keep it either in your Pocket or in a Box and the Wound will be healed without any Oyntment or Plaister and without any pain But if the wound be somewhat old and hot and inflamed you must put some of this Powder into a Porringer or Bason full of cold Water and then put any thing into it that hath been upon the wound and hath some of the Blood or Matter upon it and it will presently take away
little more of your Aqua fortis and the ebulation and fumes being over pour in more and so continue til you have pour'd in the twelve ounces of Aqua fortis And if you see that it is not all dissolv'd after having stood some time set the Cucurbite upon a little sand in an earthen pan and set the pan upon a Chasing dish of coals and the Aqua fortis being warm will soon dissolve all the Bistmuth when all is well dissolv'd let it cool there will remain a few black feces in the bottom which cannot be dissolv'd pour it into a white bason full of fair water leaving the said black dreggs behind and it will immediately turn it as white as milk let it stand five or six hours until the water be very clear and the white powder be setled to the bottom pour fresh water upon it and let it settle as before then pour it off gently without stirring the powder and put on fresh fair water do thus ten or twelve times that the powder may be well dulcified and freed from all the acrimony of the Aqua-fortis then dry it in the shadow between two papers spreading it abroad upon the paper You shall have a pure white Magister which some have call'd the white of Pearls which is a most excellent Cosmetick fit for all Deformities of the skin and to preserve and beautifie the Complection of Ladies and smooth the skin for which it is recommended by all Authors and is much in use among the Ladies in France I have many times prepar'd it for Ladies of great quality at Paris you may make a Pomatum with it thus Take one ounce of white Virgins wax and four ounces of Oyl of sweet Almonds drawn without fire or four ounces of Oyl of the great Coldseeds and one dram of the said Magistery and so use it either at night or in the morning A rare Cosmetick of Ox-gall Take two pintes of Ox-galls digest it twenty four hours in a bottle set in warm water then take Roch-allum and Salt of Glass or Sand powder'd of each half an ounce mix them with the Oxgalls and put them together into a Matrass or in the same bottle stop it carefully and set it in the Sun shaking the bottle three or four times a day then filtre it through gray paper then take one ounce of Porcellane finely powder'd dissolve it in Spirit of Vinegar then take Borax and Spermacety of each half an ounce Sugar candy an ounce and half Camphir and sweet Sublimate of each one dram and a half mix them all well together and put them into the bottle stop it close and set it in the Sun again for ten days and shake it often then filtre it again and keep the Liquor for use This preparation is highly esteem'd by all the Noble Ladies in France for clearing the Face from Morphew Freckles and Sun-burning and to defend it from Sun-burning The face must be wash'd with it Evening and morning and in the morning you may wash afterwards with water of Lillies or Water-lillies You may travel in the Sun all day long with the face anointed with it and wash at night to prevent Sun-burning Monsieur Charras hath it in his Royal Dispensatory Dr. Scroderus's Cosmetick of Oxgalls which he highly commends in his Chymical Dispensatory is thus Take of Oxgalls what quantity you please dry it by degrees in the Sun then extract a tincture of it with Spirit of Wine which filtre and keep it for use It is a most excellent Cosmetick procuring a most beautiful white Skin even to admiration the face must be anointed with it two or three times over at night washing it the next morning when you make your self ready with Bean-flower water or water of Water-lillies or with one of the Cosmetick waters that are set down before Dr. Scroderus his Virginal-milk which is a rare Cosmetick taking away Freckles and Morphew in the Face Take waters of Night-shade Lettice Lillies and Sorrel of each two ounces mix them together and dissolve therein one ounce of Litharge of Silver white Cerus three drams Camphir one scruple set it in the Sun for some days shaking it often then let it settle and filtre or strain it The Author recommends this highly not only to Beautifie and whiten the face but that it is of so smoothing a nature that it will make a wrinkles Brow smooth it stops bleeding and takes off Freckles Morphew and Scabs Oyls of Sale which are said to whiten and beautifie the Face and Skin in other places and to blanch Pearls and Scarlet being dipp'd therein You may see them in my Book of Sr. Keneln Digby's Chymical Secrets Printed for me in the Year 1682. A Paste for the hands Take bitter Almonds blanch'd half a pound stamp them in a Stone Mortar sprinkling them with never so little Aqua vitae then add the yolk of two Eggs white Honey and Orrice-roots finely powder'd one ounce mix and reduce them to a Paste It is Excellent to cleanse the hands and easily prepar'd There is no need of wetting it for it may be used as it is An Incomparable Balsom for the Hands Take Venice Soape dissolv'd in juice of Lemmons half a pound white Virgin Honey two ounces Venecian Talk Sugarcandy and Orrice roots all reduced to a fine powder of each half an ounce Salt of Tartar Borax and Spermaceti of each two drams Peruvian Balsom one dram Oyl of Lignum Rhodium Oyl of Cinamon and Cloves of each one scruple and a half and if Ladies like the smell of Musk and Amber they may add ten grains of each Cut the Sap small and put it into an earthen glaz'd pot and dissolve it over a gentle fire in two ounces of juice of Limons then add the Honey the Spermaceti next with the Balsom Then take the pot from the fire and by degrees incorporate the powders and lastly the distill'd Oyls and Amber and Musk. The Talk must be layd before a quick fire for a quarter of an hour then pulverized in a Mortar heated heating also the end of the Pestle This Balsom is of an Incomparable and comfortable Odor It whitens cleanses and smooths the skin beyond any Paste or Pomatum that can be prepar'd 'T is enough to rub the hands with it nor is there any need of washing afterwards Another Perfume Take Coals of Rosemary-wood pulverized Labdanum two ounces Storax and Benjamin of each an ounce Roots of Cyprus Aromatick Reed Mastick and yellow Amber of each two drams Cloves a dram Musk Ambergrease and Civet of each ten grains reduce all to a fine Powder and make it up into little short Candles or Sticks with the Mucilage of Gum Tragant steep'd in orange-flower-Orange-Flower-water dry them and use them as the former Another richer Perfume being pleasant and wholsom to perfume Tobacco taken in a Pipe Take Balm of Peru half an ounce seven or eight Drops of Oyl of Cinamon Oyl of Cloves five drops Oyl of Nutmegs of Thyme of
Gelly Put at first but half the Sugar to the Liquor for so it will be the paler Boyl the Apples by themselves in fair water with a very little Sugar to make them tender then put them into the Liquor and the rest the other half of the Sugar with them Boil them with a quick fire till they be enough and the Liquor do gelly and that you see the Apples look very clear and as though they were transparent You must put the juice of two Limons and half an Orange to this in the due time Every Pippin should be lapped over in a broad Pill of Orange which you must prepare thus Pare the Orange broad and very thin and all hanging together rub it with salt PricK it and boyl it in several waters to take away the bitterness and make it tender Then the Orange Peels must be Preserved in ordinary manner and it imports not though they be done many days before the Apples be ready and kept in syrrup Preserve it by it self with sufficient quantity of Sugar when it is throughly done and very tender which you must cast to do before hand to be ready when the Apples are ready to be put up take them out of their Syrup and lap every Pippin in an Orange-Peel and put them into a Pot or glass and pour the Liquor upon them which will be Gelly over and about the Apples when all is cold This Proportion of Liquor Apples and Orange-Peels will take up about three quarters of a pound of Sugar in all If you would keep them any time you must put in weight for weight of Sugar Sir Kenelms Observation I conceive Apple Johns instead of Pippins will do better both for the Gelly and substance and especially at the latter hand of the year and I like them thin sliced rather than whole and the Orange-Peels scattered among them in little pieces or Chips My Lady Barclays's Sweet-meat of Apples My Lady Barclay makes her fine Apple-gelly with slices of John-Apples sometimes She mingles a few Pippins with the Johns to make the Gelly but She likes best the Johns single and the cooler is paler First fill the Glass with slices cut round-wise and then pour the Gelly into it to fill up the vacuities The Gelly must be boiled to a good stiffness then when it is ready to take from the fire put in some juice of Limon and of Oranges if you like it but these must not boyl yet it must stand a while upon the fire slewing in good heat to have the juices incorporate and penetrate well Amber-grease doth well in this Sweet-meat Gelly and slices of Golden-Pippins made as of John Apples and Pippins are exceeding good Mrs. Marbury the Queens Preserving-Woman makes her Apples in Gelly thus Cut your Apples into quarters either pared or unpared boyl them in a sufficient quantity of water till it be very strong of the Apples Take the clear Liquor and put to it sufficient Sugar to make Gelly and the slices of Apple so boyl them all together till the slices be enough and the Liquor Gelly or you may boil the slices in Apple-liquor without Sugar and make Gelly of other Liquor and put the slices into it when it is Gelly and they be sufficiently boiled Either way you must at the last put some juice of Limon to it and Amber ana Musk if you will You may do it with halfs or quartered Apples in deep glasses with store of Gelly about them To have these clear take the pieces out of the Gelly they are boiled in with a slice so as you may have all the Rags run from them and then put neat clean pieces into clear Gelly The other Gelly is as good to eat and will serve as well for glasses in which you stand not so much upon the outward beauty Dr. Bacon his Syrup of Apples You may make an Excellent Syrup of Apples thus Slice a douzen or twenty Pippins into thin slices and lay them in a deep Dish S. S. S. with pure double Refined Sugar in powder Put two or three spoonfuls of water to them and cover them close with another dish cutting their joyning that nothing may expire Then set them into an Oven and when you take out the Dish you will have an Excellent Syrup and the remaining substance of the Apples will be insipid You may proceed with Damsons in the same manner or other Plumbs and you will have excellent stewed Damsons as fair as Preserved ones swimming in a very fine Syrup To make Excellent Marmelade of Pippins Take the quickest Pippins when they are newly gathered and are sharp pare and coar and cut them into half quarters put to them their weight of the finest Sugar in powder Put them into the Preserving-Pan and pour upon them as much Fountain Water as will even cover them Boyl them with a quick fire till by trying a little upon a plate you find it gellieth when it is cold then take it from the fire and put into it a little of the Rinde of Limons rasped very small and a little of the yellow Rinde of Oranges boiled tender casting away the first water to correct their bitterness and cut into narrow slices as in the Gelly of Pippins and break the Apples with the back of the Preserving-Spoon whil'st it cooleth If you like them sharper you may put in a little Juice of Limons a little before you take the Fan from the fire When it is cold put it into Pots this will keep a year or two This is the juice of Apples strained out of Rasped Apples in such sort as you make Marmelade of Quinces with the juice of Quinces would not be better than fair water to boil your Apples and Sugar in Gelly of Quinces as it was made by Sr. Kenelms Direction and the Receipt set down by himself The Quinces being very ripe and having been long gathered I took twelve Quinces in quarters and the juice of sixteen others which made two pound of juice and I made a strong Decoction of about twenty four others adding to these twenty four to make the Decoction the stronger and more slimy the Coars and Parings of the twelve in quarters and the Coars and Parings of the twenty four and the Quinces sliced All these boyled about an hour and half in ten pintes of water then I strained and pressed out the Decoction and had between four and five pounds of strong Decoction To the Decoction and Syrup I put three pound of fine Sugar which being dissolved and scummed I put in the quarters often turning them and in near three quarters of an hour it was enough When it was cold it was store of firm clear red Gelly and the quarters very tender and well penetrated with the Sugar I found by this making that the juice of Quinces is not so good to make Jelly it maketh it somewhat running like Syrup Preserved Quinces made by Sr. Kenelm's Directions and set down by himself When I
out with the Spoon much of the thin Liquor leaving the Cherries moist enough but not swimming in clear Liquor then put to them your Sugar in Powder and boil it up quick scumming away the Froth that rises When it is well incorporated and clear strew in a little more of the Sugar which course will make the Colour the finer when they are boiled enough take them off and bruise them with the back of a Spoon and when they are cold put them up in Pots This will keep well all the Year To make a fine Marmalade of Currans with Juice of Raspes and Currans as Madam Mancy made it for the Queen Take three pound of Cherries stoned half a pound of clear Juice of Rasps and one pound of the Juice of red Currans and a pound of fine Sugar put them altogether into the Preserving-Pan boil them with a quick Fire especially at the first skimming them all the while as any Scum riseth When you find them of a fit Consistence with a fine clear Jelly mingled with the Cherries take them from the Fire and bruise the Cherries with the Back of your Spoon and when they are cold put them in Pots Peradventure to keep all the year there may be requisite a little more Sugar It is a very fine Sweet-meat To make Conserve of red Roses Dr. Glisson's way Take a pound of red Rose Leaves well pickt and the nails cut off in about a quart of Spring-water till the Water hath drawn out all the Tincture of the Roses into it self and that the Leaves be very tender and look pale which may be in half an hour keeping the pot covered while it boileth then pour the tinctured Liquor from the pale Leaves pressing it gently and set it upon the Fire by it self to boil putting into it four pound of double refin'd Sugar boil it till it be a high Syrup very near a Candy height but not to flake or candy then put the pale Rose Leaves into this high Syrup and presently take it from the fire and stir them exceeding well together to mix them uniformly If you put it into Pots while it is yet throughly warm and leave them uncovered some days putting them in the hot Sun or Stove there will grow a fine Candy upon the top which will preserve the Conserve without a Paper upon it The Colour both upon the Rose Leaves and the Syrup about them will be exceeding beautiful and red and the Taste excellent and the whole Composition very tender and smoothning and easie to digest in the Stomach without clogging it as doth the ordinary rough Conserve made of raw Roses beaten with Sugar which is very rough in the Throat When you have begun a Pot and have taken some out you must always keep a Paper lying close upon the Conserve or else it will be apt to grow mouldy on the top where you have broken the Candy that was upon it The Conserve of Roses is very good for Colds and Coughs and for the Lungs it is also exceeding good for Sharpness and Heat of Urine and Soreness of the Bladder eaten much by it self or drunk with Milk or Distilled Waters of Mallows and Plantane or milk-Milk-water Dr. Bacon's Way of making Conserve of Roses Take twelve pound of the best Lump or Kitchen-Sugar boil it with spring-Spring-water and clarifie it with Whites of Eggs taking away all the Skum then boil it to a Syrup and when it is half boiled begin to beat your Rose-Leaves being pick'd and the white Nails cut off beforehand put half a pound of them to every pound or Sugar into your Mortar and beat them well squeezing into them as you beat them the Juice of two Limons which brings out their Colour finely You must have finish'd beating your Roses by then the Sugar is come by boiling to a high Syrup for if you should let them lie still in the Air but a little while they would grow black and of ill colour then with your Ladle put the Roses to the Sugar and stir them well in it to incorporate all well and uniformly together let them boil gently and a thick scum of the Roses will rise which you must scum off from time to time continually as it rises and reserve it in a Pot by it self for it will be good hard Sugar of Roses and may be about an eighth or ninth part of the whole After it is clear from Scum and boiled near a quarter of an hour with the Roses in it and that you see by a drop upon a plate that is of a due consistence take the pan from the fire and stir all well together and put it into pots which leave uncovered ten or twelve days setting them in the hot Sun all the day long during that time to give the Roses a fine hard Crust or Candy at the top If the Sun favour you not you may use a Stove After twelve days tie Covers of Paper upon the Pots Dr. Bacon useth to make a pleasant Julep of this Conserve of Roses by putting a good spoonful of it into a large drinking-Glass or Cup upon which squeeze the Juice of Limon work these well together with the Back of a Spoon putting water to it by little and little till you have filled up the Glass with Spring-water so drink it He strains it sometimes and then it is a beautiful and pleasant Liquor To preserve green Walnuts as they are done in France and Germany Take green Walnuts when they are of a fit bigness to preserve which is about the beginning or the middle of July pierce them through three or four times and put them in fair water for three or four days shifting the water twice a day then boil them in fresh water for a quarter of an hour then throw away this water and powr fresh boiling water upon them and boil them therein till they be tender but not too tender then powr off the Liquor and to twelve pints thereof take six pounds of ordinary brown Sugar dissolve the Sugar in eleven pints of the water boil it up and clarifie it with Whites of Eggs so soon as it boileth put in the other pint of water which you kept for that purpose and as the Whites of the Eggs rise put them down again then strain it through an Hypocras Bag and when it is cold boil it up to a Syrup Then stick your Nuts with Cloves and Cinamon and put them into your pot and when your Syrup is cold powr it upon them so much of it that they may be just covered and let it stand four and twenty hours and the Syrup will be very thin by drawing out the water that was in the Nuts powr it off and boil it up again and when it is cold pour it upon them again and when it hath stood four and twenty hours powr it of and boil it again to its due Consistence then being cold powr it on again and as long as you see that the Syrup
fish called Mussels she was very bad her heart and Stomach very much oppressed and her Body was full of red spots she took a Cup of this Surfeit water and was perfectly cured and I my self have had experience of the good effects of this Water having at one time surfeited my self by eating of those Mussels so that I found my Heart and Stomach oppressed in such a manner that it seemed as if there lyed a very heavy burthen or weight upon my Stomach and could scarce fetch my breath thy Face and the white of my Eyes was as red as a Scarlet They gave me a Glass of this Surfeit-water and it presently cured me The Lady Dacreses Cordial of black Cherries wherewith she was cured of a great dizziness giddiness and swimming in her Head and many others have found the like effects of it Sir K.D. Take four pound of black Cherries squeeze out first all the Juice from them then bruise the rest with their stones in a stone-Mortar then put them with the Juice into a Bag with Bawm and tops of Rosemary shred very small or stamped of each one handful Cinamon and Nutmeg of each half an ounce then powr thereon two quarts of Sack stop it close and let it stand twelve hours then distill it and draw so much of it that it be weak like Aqua Mirabilis sweeten it with Sugarcandy to your taste The said Lady distilled this in an ordinary cold Still but Sir K. D. sayeth he thinks it were better to distill it in a Cucurbite you may have one made of Tin which will serve you many years whereas a Glass one is very apt to break and fit a Glass-head to it and so you may distill either in a sand-Bath or in Balneo Mariae It is a pleasant Cordial Water drink a little Wine a Glass-full at a time in the Morning fasting and at Night going to Bed My Lady Poltney told Sir Kenelm Digby that she had known black Cherrie-Wine do great effects in that case Make it thus Press out the Juice from black Cherries and then bruise the rest with the stones and press that again then put both Juices together and let them settle then put the clear into bottles with a lump of Loaf-Sugar into each bottle to make it work after it hath wrought and is ripe drink of it The true and genuine Receipt of that famous Spirit called the Queen of Hungaries Water so called by reason of the wonderful effects which a Queen of Hungary received by it at the age of seaventy two years Take four pound of Rosemary flowers gathered in a fair Morning two or three hours after Sun-rising and picked from all the green part put them into a Cucurbite and powr upon them three quarts of Spirit or Wine well rectified press down the flowers into the said Spirit and then cover the Cucurbite with its Head and Alembeck lute well all the Juncture with paste and paper then place it in a sand Bath and lute a Receiver to it then leave it so until the next Morning then distill it with so moderate a fire that whilst the Spirit distilleth the Head may not be so much as warm or to hasten the distillation you may cover the Head with a linnen Cloth doubled several times and dipped in cold water and dip again and cool the Head seleral times continue the distillation until you have drawn about three quarts of Spirit which will be very pure and charged with the best and volatile substance of the flowers then take out all the fire and let the bath cool unlute the Vessels and put the Spirit into a Bottle well stopped then strain and press out the liquor that remains in the Cucurbite and clarifie it then put it into the Cucurbite again and distill it until it remaineth in the bottom of the consistence near as thich as Honey or a thick Syrup which put into a Pipkin well glazed and boil it over a gentle fire to the thickness of an ordinary Extract Put the last Spirit into a bottle by it self The great fame and reputation of this Water and the great Vent for it in Germany and France for many years since has caused several persons as ignorant as wicked to prepare it after their manner taking only the tops of Rosemary with the flowers instead of the pure flowers well picked which makes the scent of the Water stronger but more tart and unpleasing as well as the taste and instead of rectified Spirit of Wine make common Aqua Vitae serve their turns The true Spirit of Rosemary-flowers well prepared is a most sovereign thing against all cold Distempers of the Head and Brain It is also an excellent Remedy against all cold Diseases and affections of the Nerves and Joints against Rheumatisms and cold Gouts It cureth the Head-ach dissolves and dissipates the vapors that causes the Megrim and Vertigo strengthens the Memory helpeth deafness and noise in the Ears by dropping two or three drops of it into the Ear strengthens and clears the sight by washing the Eye-lids therewith and dropping of it into the Eyes it healeth Contusions Bruises and Swellings it asswages the Tooth-ach fortifies and strengthens the Stomach and Bowels creates an Appetite and helpeth Digestion it opens obstructions of the Liver and Spleen as also the Womb suppressing the vapors thereof It is of great power to preserve and strengthen natural heat and to ease aged People of a great many of those Diseases that attend upon old Age. The Dose is from half a spoonful to a whole spoonful in Wine or any Cephatick Cordial Water For the Head-ach Megrim and Vertigo's you may snuff up a little of it into the Nostrils and apply it with a linnen Cloth doubled to the Temples and Forehead and in the same manner it is to be used for Bruises and Swellings Rheumatisms and the Siatica It whitens softens and smoothens the Skin preserving the Complexion and Beauty thereof being used either alone or mixt with wild Tansie-water Water of Lillies or Water-Lillies or May-dew distilled In short there is hardly any Remedy to be found that produceth so many and good effects as this Spirit as several famous Authors confirm and testifie as well as Experinece can testifie The second Spirit you distilled from the Liquor pressed out is also good and may produce good effects for it will stay longer in the Stomach than the first by reason it containeth less of the volatile part of the flowers The Dose must be doubled A most precious Cordial Elixir of Dr. Mynsight Take red Roses dried Mint Bawm white Sanders Cinamon Orange and Citron-peels of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes and Mace of each two drams Seeds of Coriander of Angelica of Anise of sweet Fennel of each half an ounce Spicknard Galingal the less Safron Cardamoms Cloves of each half a dram prepare and bruise them all and put them into a Cucurbite and having powred thereon three quarts of Spirit of Wine and two