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A76199	The ladies cabinet enlarged and opened: containing many rare secrets, and rich ornaments of several kindes, and different uses. Comprized under three general heads. Viz. of [brace] 1. Preserving, conserving, candying, &c 2. Physick and chirurgery. 3. Cookery and houswifery. Whereunto is added, sundry experiments, and choice extractions of waters, oyls, &c. / Collected and practised; by the late Right Honorable and learned chymist, the Lord Ruthuen. With a particular table to each part.; Ladies cabinet opened.	M. B.; Forth and Brentford, Patrick Ruthven, Earl of, 1573?-1651.	1654 (1654)	Wing B135; Thomason E1528_1; ESTC R16539	109,847	253

be for it worketh this operation viz. as soon as it joineth to the stomack it draweth to it all the evil humors of the body and imbraceth them and carrieth them forth of the body both by vomit and seige and so leaveth nature unburthened which may prevaile at pleasure because it hath no impediment and the order to make it is thus Take fine white sugar four ounces pure Pearls Musk Saffron Lignum aloes Cinamon of each one scruple Petra Philosophale four drams mix them together and make thereof Lozanges with Rose water according to art the which ye shal keep in a box of Wood close shut and the order to use it is thus When the physician goes do visit any sick person and intends to prepare him some medicine to take inward the best and most perfect inward medicine that he can ordain is this Aromatico because it evacuateth the stomack by vomit and the body downward and his operation is such that it doth in manner help any crude sort of infirmity and the quantity is from one dram to two drams and may be taken in broth in wine in water or mix it with any pils or potion giving charge that when it is put into any potion thou leave none in the bottom of the cup where thou drink it out because the Petra Philosophale is heavy and wil remain in the bottome for if that remain it wil not work at all giving also charge the day that you give this medicine that you let the patients drink as much crude water as they wil and give them little meatto eat that day and this is the order to use this medicine 3 Caustick Take Arsenick Cristaline sal Armoniak Sublimate of each alike boil them being sinely ground in as much strong vinegar as the matter weigheth until 2 third parts be consumed and that there remain a third then keep it in a glass close shut for thy use as I wil shew thee in divers places when occasion shal serve 4 A Magistrale Cerot against the white Scal. This Cerot is of great vertue and of marvellous experience to resolve the white scal because it is penetrative Mundificative and Resolutive and causeth the hair to grow where it is fallen away to the great content of the Patient and honor of the Physician and it is made in this order Take Frankincense that is strained from his filth what quantity you wil and distil it in a retort and give it fire at the least forty hours then let it cool and break the glasse and in the bottome thou shalt find a black mase the which make into powder then for every pound of the said powder put thereto one ounce of Wax and four ounces of the said oyl that you distilled and half an ounce of the heads of Bees the which are easie to be had in Summer Mix all the aforesaid things in a vessel of Copper and with a smal fire make them in form of a liquid unguent and when thou wilt use it shave the head and wash it and lay thereon this Cerot upon a fair cloth warme and every two daies change it and so in short time thou shalt see strange effects of his vertue This serveth also against breaking of bones dislocations and for scabs ulcerated because it dryeth and comforteth and resolveth all the evil qualities giving charge in the distilling because the fire many times consumeth it so that in the bottome their remains nothing that is good and therefore beware in the making 5 Pillole Magistrale which is good against any infirmties These pils are of great vertue and especially against all kind of pains coming of corrupt humors for they purge the putrified humors and preserve the body from corruption and the order to make it is thus Take Olibanum Mastick Mirrhe Sarcocolla aloes hepatica Eleborus niger Saffron Turbit Colloquintida of each what you please Stamp them finely and for every ounce of the aforesaid matters put thereunto two Carets of Musk and then incorporate it with hony of Roses and Aqua vitae of each a like and this paste thou mayest keep six months in a vessel of lead the quantity is from two drachms to three drachms in the morning fasting and drink thereon a little wine These pils are most excellent to take away the pains of the Gout and to preserve a man from it they are also good for them that have the french pox because they evacuate the gross and viscous humors and maintain the body in good temperature and using them in those diseases it preserveth the body in good temperature They are also good for women that are troubled with pains of the Mother and retention of their terms for these are aperative and provoke them and purgeth the Matrix of all impediments contained therein They serve against the Megrum and all pains of the head and also against all kind of putrified fevers as the experience thereof hath been seen sundry times 6 To make a Quintessence of marvellous vertue Quintessence is so called because it is an essence taken from the elements without corrupting them and it 's called Quinta essentia because its an effence above the four elements which hath a marvelous vertue in preserving all things from putrefaction and is of so much vertue that drinking every morning half an ounce thereof as soon as a person riseth out of his bed it preserveth in continual health It helpeth wounds and sores of all sorts by washing them therewith It preserveth all flesh fish and fruits that are put therein The order to make it is thus Take fourteen pound of good strong wine common hony one pound Annis-seed Coriander Lignum aloes Calamus Aromoticus of each three ounces Rose water foure ounces Beate those things which are to be beaten grosly and infuse them in the said wine two daies and then put them in a gourd of glasse and distil it by Balneo so long til the extracted water burn and when it wil burn distil it no more then keepe that which is distilled in a glasse close stopped that it take no air and so keep it til thou have occasion to use it for it is a most rare liquor because it resolveth all indispositions that happen to mans body If any desire to have this Quintessence more perfect let him take a tenth part of good hony with a little Cinnamon and distil it again by Balneo and the Flegm wil remain all in the bottom of the vessel and the Quintessence wil be so fine that the air will take it away And therefore he that can make this well shall work strange cures therewith even to admiration 7 Quintessentia solutiva which is of Marvelous operations in divers matters This Quintessentia solutivae evacuateth the body with great ease and without any detriment and it purgeth all parts of the body that are troubled with gross and viscous humours it resolveth swellings and taketh away the pains it preserveth the sight and killeth worms and causeth a

Wormwood Gum-arabick Mastich Cyprus Costus Ginger of each half an ounce Calamus Aromaticus Olibanum Aloes of each three drams Cloves Mace Cinnamon Spikenard Nutmegs Gallia Moschata Schaenanthis of each one dram and a half with Rob of Quinces make it into an emplaister and when you have spread it upon a cloth persume it with wood of Aloes and apply it to your stomack 167 A Preservative against the Pestilence when it is first suspected Take a half-penny weight of English Saffron two pennie weight of Bole Armanack one penny weight of Mace made all in fine powder and of Treacle the quantity of a hasell nut put them all in small Ale luke-warm mixe it well with the Ale and let the partie drinke it and lie down on a bed and lay upon him a temperate quantity of clothes and so let him sweat two hours 168 An approved good drink for the Pestilence Take six spoonfuls of Dragon water two good spoonfuls of wine vinegar two penny weight of English Saffron and as much treacle of Jane as a little Walnut resolve all these tother upon the fire and let the Patient drink it blood-warme within twenty hours or sooner that he is sick and let him neither eate nor drink six hours after but lie so warme in his bed that he may sweat This expelleth the disease from the heart and if he be disposed to a sore it wil straightwaies appear which you shall draw out with a plaister of Flos Unguentorum 169 A medicine for the Plague Take of Setwal grated one root of Jane treacle two spoonfuls of Wine vinegar three spoonfuls make all these more then luke-warm steep them well together and drink them off at once Sweat after this six or seven hours and it wil bring forth the plague sore To break which lay a roasted Onion also seeth a white Lillie root in Milk til it be as thick as a Pultis and lay it to the same If these faile lance the sore and so draw and heal it with salves for Botches or Boils 170 Signs of death in the Plague Take a live Frog and lay the belly of it next the sore if the Patient will escape the Frog wil burst in a quarter of an houre then lay on another and this you shall doe til more do burst for they draw forth the venome If none of the frogs do burst the party wil not escape This hath been frequently proved Some say a dried toad will do it better 171 A water to drive out any infection Take Dragons Angelica Rue Wormwood of each a handfull chop them pretty smal and steepe them in a quart of White-wine twenty four hours then distil them in a Stil and reserve the water in a glasse close stopped Give to the sick Patient six or seven spoonfuls hereof at a time fasting and let him fast an hour and an halfe after and keep himself very warm in his bed or otherwise 172 A Medicine for a Plurisie Stitch or VVind offending in any part of the Body Gather the young shoots of Oak after the fall of a Wood and picking out the tenderest and softest of them especially those which look reddest bind them up together in a Wet paper and rost them in hot Embers as you doe a Warden whereby they will dry to a powder of which powder let the patient take a spoonful in a little Posset Ale or Beer warmed in the morning fasting after it two hours or more if he be able doing the like about three afternoon and two hours after supper four or five daies together which thus done in the beginning of the disease is by often experiments found to cure such windy pains in the side stomack or other parts of the body You may dry them also in a dish in an oven after the bread is drawn you shall do well to gather enough of them in the spring and make good store of the powder then to keep for all the yeare following 173 A great and sore Plurisie cured by M. R. A certain man of 24 years old was vexed with a most grievous Plurisie with a pricking shooting and a cough with a continual fever and inflamation of the tongue First there was good store of blood taken from the liver vein on that side where the pain was then were these syrups that do decoct and purge ministred unto him Take Syrupi de Liquoritia de Hysopo acetosae ana one ounce Oximelitis squilitici acet squilit ana three drachms make thereof a loch Of this he licked in the morning with a liquorice stick which caused him to spit easily and took away the heat or burning of the tongue being used with this direction following of French barley three ounces Carduus Benedictus M. 1. Roses Violets ana P. 1. Liquorice scraped three drams three figs Raisins a pound and a half Sugar Candy two ounces Boil them in sixteene pound of water till two pound be wasted and so to drink them cold His diet was also light and thin as broth and drink c. 174 To take away Pock holes or any spots in the face Wet a fine cloth in white Rosewater and set it all night to freeze and then lay it upon your face till it be dry also take three Poppies the redest you can get and quarter them taking out the garbage then still them in a quart of new milk of a red Cow and with the water thereof wash your face 175 A Pultis to stay fluxes proceeding from a cold cause to be applied to the Belly Take oasts of Bread steeped in vinegar six ounces beat it in a mortar and adde Mace Mastick Mirtle Berries stones of Raisins Galany Cloves flowers of Pomegranates of each one ounce oyl of Wormwood and Mints of each two ounces Make a Cataplasm 176 For the heat of the Back Take oyl of Roses six ounces and an half and put it to a little wax and foure drops of vinegar and annoint the Back therewith 177 Astma or the Ptisick and its cure This disease is cured four manner of waies First by letting blood under the tongue cutting those veins overtwhart and sucking them as much as may be which evacuates and opens the opilation of blood and easeth the lungs of all the offending matter Secondly By taking a dose of Aromatico Leonardo which evacuateth the stomack of all evil qualities that offend the lungs Thirdly By eating every morning for a month together one ounce of Electuario de Althea Fourthly By annointing the stomack every night with Magno liquore For speeding the cure take every ten daies a dose of Electuario Angelica Leonardo and keep a sober diet refraining Fish Pork Slimie things spice baked meats cheese and such like which nourish grosly and infect the blood 178 A very good Poultesse for any Member swelled and inflamed and not broken to take away the pain Take three pints of new milk of stale Manchet crummes two handfuls or so much as shall make the milk somewhat thick adde thereto

black Cerot of Godfredo di Medio and the beforesaid Cerot Magistrale with Precipitate are able to helpe be they never so evil 219 An approved Remedy to stay Vomiting by M. R. A man of thirty years old was troubled a long time with sore vomiting throwing up presently whatsoever he eat or drank and was relieved by this receipt Take of Malmsey six ounces oyl of Vitriol six drops or more mix them together and take thereof every morning fasting an ounce or thereabout and in short time it wil stay the vomit 220 A Receipt for to make Vomits Take of the glass of Antimony pounded as smal as may be five grains infuse the same all night in four ounces of white wine shaking it divers times early in the morning pour out all the cleer part whereunto adde one ounce of Oximel Julinizans so take it drinking after every vomit a draught of posset-ale Or take of Mercurius vitae five grains in a spoonful of white wine Or take two ounces of Crocus Metallorum Or take warm warer wherein a Raddish root hath been boiled adding to it a little sallet oyl also a little Oximel of the squil may be added This vomit is taken specially for the weaknesse of the stomack and for four or five daies together it is taken for expelling the flegmatick and malign humors 221 To kil Warts an approved Medicine Take a Raddish root scrape off the outer side of it and rub it all over with salt then see it thus dressed upright in a Sawcer or some other smal dish that you may save the liquor which runneth from it and therewith annoint your Warts three or four times in a day the oftner the better and in five or six daies they wil consume away Saepe Probatum 222 For one that cannot make water Take the white strings or filmy roots of Primeroses wash them very clean and boil of them halfe a handful in a pint of Beer or white wine til half be consumed then strain it thorow a clean cloth and drink thereof a quarter of a pint somewhat warm morning and evening for three daies and it wil purge away all viscous or obstructious stopping the passage of the water Probatum 223 An excellent medicine for a child that cannot make water Kill three or four hive Bees then dry them upon an hot slate being thorow dry bruise them to smal powder then put the powder into a quart of small ale and give it the patient to drink and he shal have present remedy 224 For one that pisseth bloud Take Toutsain Sanguinary and Parsley of each one handful stamp them together very smal and mix the herbs juyce and altogether with warm Goats milke and drink a good draught thereof fasting every morning 225 To kil the wild fire Take Plantaine Sorrel Marigold leaves of each one handful stampe them and strain out the juyce and boil it with twice so much vinegar and put it up in a glasse for your use 226 How to order a woman with child before in and after her labour To preserve the infant and prevent abortion take Coriander seed prepared 2 drachms of the root of Bistort the shavings of Ivory and red Coral of each a drachm of white Amber Chrystal of each a scruple Alkerms halfe a scruple Sugar dissolved in four ounces of Rose water make tables each of them weighing a drachm Let the patient take one every other day morning and evening between whiles let her sup up a rathe new egge thickned a little with Magisterium of Pearl or fine powder or red Coral But if her brests after their filling should begin to lessen and fal it is a signe of future abortion to prevent which let her take root of Bistort and Corianders of each two drachms of unripened Gales red Sanders and Hipocistidos of each one drachm Gum Labdanum Mastick of each halfe an ounce choice Frankincense Bdelium the Gum of a tree in Arabiae of each two drachms Coral Amber of each one drachm Powder those which are to be powdered and with oyl of Turpentine and Wax make two or three Cere-clothes apply them sometimes to her loins and sides and someimes under the Navel Shee must avoid all sudden and violent motions both of the mind and body as Coughs sneezeings Frights also spices and strong wines And thus much before labour In labour to procure ease and speed take three or four drops of the distilled oyl of Nutmegs in a spoonful of white wine Or Take white Dictamne root Stones of Dates Borax of each two scruples Cinnamon Cassia lignea Amber fine pearl of each one scruple Saffron half a scruple make a smal powder which divide into two equal parts and let her take one part in a draught of the water of Lilies or posset Ale made with Rhenish wine and the other part let her take about six hours after if need require If shee should be subject to sainting or swouning before or after labour take now and then a spoonful of this excellent Cordial following Take Borage water Rose water Strawberry water and Rhenish wine of each two ounces species of Diamargaricum frigidum one scruple make a warm infusion for the space of an hour then strain it and add thereunto Manus Christi made with Pearl four ounces Syrup of Baum one ounce Syrup of Gilli-flowers of each two ounces Oriental Bezoar Unicorns horn and Ambergreece of each six grains Make a Cordial Julep Many times after labour great pains follow women newly delivered for which this plaine simple remedie is very good Drink a good draught of beer boiled with a spoonful of Camomile flowers and in greater pains let her drink six ounces of the oyl of sweet Almonds fresh drawn To dry up milk a quick and safe remedy is new sponges wet in vinegar where a handful of Comminseed boiled is bruised tyed close to the brests annointing them with Unguentum populeum To procure store of milk use posset drink made and boiled with Fennel and the sweet seeds of Annis seeds and Fennel These Remedies are approved to be safe sure and forcible to effect what is propounded 227 Te bring a woman to a speedy birth Take of Piony root dried as much as half an Almond beat it to very smal powder and give it the woman to drink in an Aleberry 228 For the same Take Hysop Vervine and Betony of each one handful stamp them smal with some old Ale and strain out that Ale and juyce and put as much more ale as will make a pretty draught and let the woman in her labour drink it and shee shall be speedily delivered 229 For a dead child in a womans body Take juyce of Hysop temper it in warm water and give it the woman to drink 230 A medicine for a woman in travel to make her have Throwes Take Coral Amber Date-stones Pearl Piony seeds Saffron Commine beat all these in powder and put it into Malmsie and take Unicorns horn and put it into a spoon with

Nature helpeth Digestion provoketh Urine and looseth the Bodie which things are most comfortable to the bodie The order of making it is thus Take ten ounces of the seeds of Quinces the pils of Citrons six ounces Balm Nettles of each four ounces beat all these grosly and infuse them in twelve pound of strong white wine and there let it remain six dayes then distill it with six ounces of honey and fifteen ounces of sugar untill you have received two pound of water then take it from the fire and let it coole and strain it by a filter and then put therein the first water and eight grains of Musk dissolved with about two ounces of Rosewater and then for every pound of the said Water put thereunto one scruple of the oyle of Vitriol and incorporate them well together then keep it in a Glasse close stopped that it take no aire And of this you may take one ounce in the morning cold and fast thereon for whosoever they be that shall use this in their health shall seldome be sick but shall live in much health For into this Composition there entereth the seeds of Quinces which resolve the evill quality of the stomack and make the heart merry the Pomecitron pils preserve and help digestion the Balm purifieth the blood he aleth the Liver causeth good digestion and comforteth the heart The nettles warm provoke urine mundifie the reins and resolve the malignity of the sinnews The Wine comforteth nature strengtheneth the head and sustaineth the strength The Musk is warme by nature and resolveth the windinesse and purgeth the blood The oyl of vitrioll healeth all the Scoriationes of the mouth the brest and stomack and preserveth the body from all corruption So by this you may see of what importance this Composition is through the vertue of the Simples that are therein So to conclude I say this is one of the best Compositions that can be made because of its nature It letteth alteration in our bodies and helpeth against all diseases and infirmities and prolongeth life 155 An exceeding good remedie against the yellow Jaundice Take one handful of red nettle-tops Plantane and Saffron and boil them wel in a pint of Ale then strain it and drink thereof for four or five daies together and you shall find help 156 An excellent receipt to destroy any Impostume Take of the roots of Flower-de-luces and roots of Lillies of each a like quantity stamp them together and put therein a quart of hony boil them all together either in wine or Ale and when they are well boiled then take the liquor thereof and strain it thorow a fine linnen cloth and when occasion serves let the Patient drink two or three spoonfuls at a time especially in the morning and evening first an last and this will speedily cure it 157 To make an issue Take Rice flowers and Mustard seed beaten to powder and with water make a little paste and lay a ring upon the place made of a rush and applie it 158 A medicine for the Itch of the body Take sweet butter unwrought wax vinegar Brimstone a little Rosewater red Cloves whole boil them together till they be like a salve then annoint the flesh three sundry nights by the fire therewith and no more 159 For kibed heels Take a Turnep make a hole in the top of it take out some of the pith infuse into that hole oyl of Roses then stop close the hole rost the Turnep under the embers when it is soft apply it plaister wise warme to the Kibe bind it fast 159 Of Waxing Kernels called by some Scrophulae their cure These kernels are commonly in the throats of young children being caused by superfluous melancholly humors corrupted and are a kind of Ulcers very hard to be holpen and evil to endure for when they are broke they cause excessive pain in that great abund ance of humors runneth thereunto and they are so hot and corrupt that outward medicines alone wil never help them because they proceed from an inward cause Therefore if thou wilt help them remove the cause first First then give them the Syrup against melancholly humors which you shall find among the syrups in the Experiments of Conserving and Candying then give them a dose of Aromatico fasting which will evacuate the stomack of choller and flegm and dry up those humors that run to the sores The Medicines to be applyed are two the first is Costick which wil mortifie it in 24 hours and take away the corruption but the Askar must not be taken away till it fall out it self The other medicine to be applied to the sore is the black Cerot of Godfredo de Medic. which is also written in Galen Thus it wil be cured in a short time as hath been proved 160 A special receipt to destroy Lice Take Frankincense and beat it into fine powder and a good quantity of Bores grease boil them together in an earthen pan and when it is boiled annoint therewith the place where the lice are and you shal be suddenly rid of them Or take stavesacre beaten to powder searced and mingled with soap and Tobacco ashes and annoint often therewith it wil speedily destroy them 161 How to cure the Measels In the curing of this disease it being only necessary to defend the heart and preserve the stomack from corruption and putrefaction you shall use this receipt Take Julep of Violets two cunces Rose water four ounces Oyl of Vitriol four grains mix them and let it be drunk cold This is a most rare medicine 162 To cure the disease of the Mother Take six or seven drops of the spirit of Castoreum in the beginning of the fit in two or three spoonfuls of posset Ale applying a plaister of Gavanum to the Navel 163 For the dead Palsie Annoint the neck pit often with Oleum Benedictum and that wil restore the speech annoint also the place affected oftentimes with mustard against the fire and after that bath it with wine and bath it again morning and evening if the party be young with Aqua vita if old take a spoonful of Aqua vitae and halfe a spoonful of Sage-water distilled and bath it therewith drink also every morning and night as much treacle as four Pease in some stale Ale 164 A plaister for a Bile or Push Take a yolke of an egge and half a spoonfull of English hony mix them together with fine Wheat-flower and making it to a Plaister apply it warme to the place grieved 165 A very good Plaister to heale and dry up a sore or cut suddenly Take of Marigold leaves Porret blades or leaves and House-leek of all two handfuls beat them all very smal in a morter and put to them the whites of two new laid egges and beat them very well til they be throughly incorporated with the eggs and apply this til you be well Renew it every day 166 A plaister for the Stomack Take of wood of Aloes

good appetite with many other good qualities which I shall leave at this time and the order to make it is thus Take Lignum aloes Cinnamon Turbit aloes hepatica of each one ounce Colloquintida two ounces Cloves Saffron of each three scruples Musk of Levant one drachm Julep of Violets one pound Mix all the aforesaid maters together in a glasse and put thereon two pound of Quintessence and so let it stand twelve daies and then strain it and put it into a vessel of glasse close shut this may be taken with broth wine or with what sirup or potion you wil the quantity is from two drams to four drams in the morning fasting without keeping of any diet at two ounces and it shal work wel without trouble at all 8 Syrupo Solutivo or the soluble Syrup with the order how to make and use it This soluble Syrup made in decoction is very wholsome and of great vertue and especially in crude humors for it disperseth the matter and evacuates it with great ease and without danger or trouble of the Patient The order to make it is thus Take Sage Rosemary Siccory Carduus Benedictus Nettles Organy of each an handful Figs Raisins Dates sweet Almonds Sal Gemma of each four ounces Colloquintida Aloes hepatica Cinnamon Mirabolani citrini of each two ounces common hony two pound Stamp them all grosly and put them to infuse in eighteen pound of fair water then boil it til half be consumed then strain it and distil it by a filter and atomatize it with two carets of Musk and a pint of Rosewater and then it is made which you shal keep in a glass bottle close stopped The dose is from foure ounces to six In winter you must take it very warm and in the spring and Autumn take it warm and no more in summer you must take it cold This purgeth the grosse humors of the body and hurteth not the stomack You may use it in a Fever for four or five daies together and it wil help it In crudity of humors as the French Pox Gouts Catarrhs Dogly Artetica and such like matters where there is no accident of Fevers you may take it ten or fifteen daies together and it cannot hurt for it purgeth most excellently It is given against the cough against flux of the urine and pains in the head and carnasity in the yard or the Hemeroids And in brief it is good against all diseases caused of corrupt humors for it hath such vertue that it draweth from all parts and evacuateth the humors intestinal There hath been great experience of this syrup in such persons as had in a manner utterly lost their taste who by using it have been brought to a good temperature there have been also infinite experiments on ulcerated persons and ful of sores ill handled by poverty and weaknesse who finding no means to cure them have been cured by this syrup in fourteen or fifteene dayes Cum multis aliis c. 9 Sirrupo Magistrale Leonardo which serveth against an infinite number of diseases and is a rare medicine This syrup is solutive and very plesant to use and cannot hurt in any wise which is seldom seen in other Medicines and the order to make it is thus The leaves of Sine two ounces Fumitory Maiden hair Harts-tongue Liver wort Epitemum Ellemo Pollipody of the oake the flowers of Borage Bugloss Liquorice of each three ounces Colloquintida Eleborus niger Aloes hepatica Mirabolani Indi of each one ounce Pruins fourteen Sebestien twelve Tamerisk one ounce Stamp them grosly and infuse them in ten pounds of fumitory water then boil it until the consumption of the third part and then strain it and in that which is strained put these things Syrup of Staecados one pound Saffron one scruple mel rosarum six ounces Rectified Aqua vitae four ounces Musk one drachm the mussege of Marish Mallows foure ounces Benjamin one ounce Rose water three ounces and then it is made which ye shal keep in a glasse close stopt and keep it in a temperate place and this you must take warm the quantity is from two ounces to four ounces and it is a most safe medicine to be used without keeping of any diet It helpeth those much that have Pellaria Scabs Hemeroids and such like diseases and may be given unto a woman with child without any danger when she shal have occasion to use any 10 To make artificial Balm and the vertues thereof This balm hath all the vertues of the natural balm although not in quality yet in vertue The order of making it is this Take one pound of Venice Turpentine oyl of Bayes perfect without mixture four ounces Galbanum three ounces Gum Arabic four ounces Olibanum Mirrha elect Gum Hederae of each three ounces Lignum Aloes Galingal Cloves Consolida minore Cinnamon Nutmegs Ginger Zedoaria Diptamnum album of each one ounce Musk of Levant Ambergreece of each one drachm Beat all these things together and put them into a Retort of glass wel luted and put thereto six pound of rectified Aqua vitae without flegm and so let it stand eight daies and then distil it by sand and the first extraction wil be white water mixed with oyl then keep the fire smal until there come forth a blackish oyl then change the receiver and set thereto another and increase the fire til all the spirits be drawn out then separate the oyl from the black water and likewise from the white and keep them a sunder by themselves The first water that is white is called Aqua del Balsamo or a Balm water and the oyl seperated from that is called Oleum del Balsamo or oyl of Balm The second water that is black is called Mater del Balsamo or mother of Balm and the oyle separated from that water is called del Balsamo artificiato or artificial Balme which should be kept as a most precious Jewel Each of these Waters and oyls have their several admirable vertues and operations for effecting of wonderful cures but the artificial Balm is a most miraculous liquor as for the Stitch in the side for which the dose is two drachms the Cough Catarrhe coldnesse in the head or stomack wounds in the head andinfinite others yea I know no disease either hot or cold but it doth good to it and that by its own quality and hidden vertues cooling the hot and heating the cold In a word whosoever hath this precious liquor may be kept from or cured of all infirmities and need not seek for the natural Balm with so great expences and the hazard of life as hath been often seen 11 Vegetable syrup which is miraculous and divine This Syrup is a secret with which many miracles have many times been wrought in divers operations on many infirmities The order to make this syrup is thus Take Lignum aloes Riopontico Eupatorio red Saunders of each two ounces beat them and make thereof a decoction in good form and