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-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-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-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
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 headâ— 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-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
and boil in it five or six handfuls of Mallows and two pound of fresh Mutton-Suet that which is next the Kidneys skinned and shred small and half a peck of Wheat bran boyl it till the Fat be throughly melted and the Vertue of the Mallows drawn out into the Liquor then strain it into a Tub or a large wooden Bowl and bath your feet and legs therein for half an hour or an hour fomenting the legs with the Herbs as hot as you can endure it This will draw much water from the legs for after you have taken the Garlick and Wormwood-Ale awhile it will drive the humors into the legs and feet which will be much swelled with it and pit much but the Bath will draw all the Humors and Water out of them This hath often been experienced with happy success You may also use the following dry Bath Take yellow Amber the worth of three pence or four pence pulverize it and mix it with a quart of good Wine-Vinegar then take a Brick and make it hot but not red hot put it into a Tub putting some Ashes under it then powr upon the Brick the mixture of the Vinegar and Amber and hold the swell'd legs over the smoak of it covering the Tub well with Sheets or Blankets that none of the Smoak may come out and immediatly the Water will come out of the Legs and they will be cured whether they be swoln with the Dropsie or with any other bad Humour Sir Kenelm Digby relates that an Eminent person of Quality was exceedingly overgrown with the Dropsie and his Belly swell'd to a prodigious Bigness he sate in a sweating Stove such as men use to sweat in and used this Remedy powring the Liquor with the Amber upon hot Bricks laid upon Ashes to save the wood from burning when the Bricks grew cold they changed them putting in other hot ones and in a little while it melted him away to an incredible proportion but whilst he was in that Steam he felt a wonderful active heat piercing into his Body The Stove was covered close at the top with Sheet and Blankets leaving only his Head in the Air with the Cloaths fastned about his Neck Once sweating thus served his turn all his Servants with fresh hot Napkins could not suffice to wipe dry the sweaty water that ran out of his Body Another Excellent Remedy against the Dropsie which Dr. William gave to Sir K. Digby Take Elder wood and pare off first the grey outward Bark then scrape off the inner green Rind whereof take four handfuls and one handful of Wormwood then take two quarts of Beer and as much Ale and two quarts of white Wine put them together with the Ingredients into a large Stone Bottel stop it close and let it stand so three or four days that the Liquor may imbibe to it self all the virtue of the Ingredients then strain it and bottle it up into quart Bottles which being stopt close it will grow very quick and pleasant Drink of this at Meals and all times when you have need to drink If you add to this Composition two handfuls of the inner Rind of the Root of Gost it will be more efficacious as you will understand by the following Remedy If you find the Drink too strong of the Ingredients you may add more Beer and Ale and Wine The Doctor said that the mixture of the several sorts of Liquors will cause the Patient to make water in abundance Another Experimented Remedy against the Dropsie wherewith a man was cured who had been in the Hospital but without Benefit or Hope of Cure Take the Root of the Shrub called Gost it groweth upon Hills and upon Heaths it is full of Prickles and yellow Flowers pare off the outward Bark which throw away then scrape off the inner Rind and fill a pint-pot therewith loosly then fill it up with Rhenish or white Wine let it stand to infuse all night the next morning drink a good Glass full of it and continue it till you are cured A Famous Cure of a desperate Dropsie by a Diet of Garlick performed by Dr. Farrar upon an Eminent Lord. Having well purged the Patient first with some fit Purge to carry away waterish Humors the Doctor ordered him the following Diet of Garlick Make some moderate Broth of Mutton Chickens and Capon or Hen but not Veal it must not be too strong of the Meat nor too weak but such as you may drink all the day for you should drink no other Liquor You must make but about a Pottle of Broth at a time by reason it will not keep and for this quantity you must take a Gallon of Water into which put above a handful of Garlick and Rosemary Thyme Penniroyal sweet Marjoram Fennel roots and Parsly roots as also Currans and a sufficient quantity of Salt And after some days taking the Broth put into every draught you take of the Broth a spoonful or more of the Juice of Garlick made by stamping raw Garlick and then pressed out But if you cannot bear it always to take this Broth then use the following Decoction Take Sarsaparilla twelve ounces China root five ounces Sassafras three ounces cut all these very small and powr upon them so much Fountain-water as may cover them the breadth of three fingers let them infuse in a Pipkin which set in a Kettle of hot water for the space of four hours then throw away this water and stamp the Ingredients in a Stone-Mortar then boyl them in ten quarts of Fountain-water in a Vessel close covered till four quarts of it be consumed Of this Decoction drink without any other Liquor but the Garlick-broth taking sometimes the one and sometimes the other Another Drink Take all the aforesaid Ingredients in the same manner prepared and stamped and put them into a Bag and hang them in a clean Vessel filled with Beer to every of the Ingredients you must take a quart of Beer Either of these Drinks is only in case you cannot bear the Use of the Garlick-broth which alone will dispatch the Cure much the sooner if you can bear it This course of the Garlick-broth is for all Obstructions and Superfluity of cold raw Humors clogging the Brains as well as for the Dropsie To strengthen the Liver use the following Electuary Take Powder of Turmerick make an Electury of it with Sugar add to every ounce of it three drops of Oyl of Aniseeds made by distillation and if you put a little Ambergreece to it it will be better Take of this Electuary two or three times a day the quantity of a hazel-nut but take not above one ounce in a day Besides this to strengthen the Stomach use this following Stomacher Take Wormwood Marjoram Rosemary Rue of each one handful Cloves Cinamon Mace of each an ounce bruise these Spices and mix them with herbs shred small and make a Stomacher thereof and apply it And you may likewise anoint your Stomach and Region of
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
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-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-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
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-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-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
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-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 cloâ—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
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-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-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
with a little starch flower When it is grown almost quite cold and ropy draw it out in Threds and twist them in what shape you please CHAP. II. Of Exquisite Remedies against the SCURVEY The Compound Horse-Radish Water against the Scurvey TAke of Garden and Sea-Scurvey-Grass of each three pound stamp them and press out the Juice of them which mix with Juice of Water-cresses and Brook-lime of each three quarters of a pint to this Mixture add two quarts of the best white Wine six Limons cut into small slices fresh Briony roots two pound Horse-radishes one pound Winters bark four ounces Nutmeg two ounces steep them all for three days then distil it The best way of distilling this water is in our Engine prefixed to the Book of Cookery if you have not an Alembick with a Refrigeratory or Bucked head or a Worm for if you distil it in an ordinary Still you will lose a great part of its volatile Spirit it being composed of all volatile things You may also distil it in a Tin Cucurbite with a Glass-Head in a Sand Furnace that is an Iron Pot set up in Brick-work as they do a Copper and instead of a Glass Cucurbite have one made of Tin which will last many years whereas a Glass one will be apt to break to which fit a Glass-head as is describ'd in the page of our Engin having put Sand in the bottom of the Iron Pot about an Inch thick set the Cucurbite upon that and having fitted the Head and Receiver to it and luted all the Junctures with Paste and Paper fill the Pot with Sand round about the Cucurbite and make a fire in the Furnace under the Pot. The Vertues of the aforesaid Water It is not only prevalent against the Scurvey but it is also very good against the Dropsie and the Stone and Gravel both in the Reins and Bladder Strangury of Urine c. for it is very diuretick it is good against the Green Sickness Stoppage of the Terms and cleanses the womb it opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and purifies the Blood The Dose is from one spoonful to two or three in Rhenish wine morning and evening you may also take it in a smart water which is very good for the Stone and Gravel To prepare an Excellent Antiscorbutick Wine of Dr. Mynsycht in Scroderus Dispensatory Take the Juyce of Scurvigrass of Water-cresses of Brooklime of Sorrel all depurated of each a quarter of a pint Rhenish wine two quarts roots of Horse-radish Enulacampana of Flower-de-luce cut into thin Slices of each an ounce and an half Seeds of Rocket bruised one ounce two Nutmegs bruised put all into a Stone Bottle stop it very close and keep it in a cold place for Use It universally evacuates all evil humors curing the Scurvey to a wonder It is recommended to be a perfect and infallible Experiment to purifie the Blood being taken morning and night a quarter of a pint at a time The manner of depurating Juyces is thus Let your Juyces settle for twelve hours then powr it off gently from the gross impurities setled at the bottom boyl it gently in a Pipkin and take off the Scum or Cords letting it boyl only a walm or two then strain it The Countess of Arundel's Scurvigrass-Ale Take Garden and Sea-Scurvigrass of each six handfuls Fumitory and Ground-Ivy or Ale hoof of each six handful of Brook-lime three handfuls of Watercresses six handfuls of Horse-radish half a pound wash them very clean and dry them in a Linnen Cloth then shred them and stamp them a little in a Stone-Mortar then take a bag of Boulter-cloth and put it into the Bung of your Barrel and put a Gad of Steel in the bottom of it to sink it down keep the upper end of the bag out of the bung and put into it your Ingredients then put into it three Gallons of new Ale and after three or four days drink of it a draught in the Morning fasting and another an hour before Dinner in the Afternoon with some moderate Exercise after it Also taking a gentle Purge before you use this Drink as some gentle Night-Pills or the like CHAP. III. Of Choice and Experimented Remedies against the DROPSIE A very Good and Approved Remedy against the Dropsie wherewith a Great Lady was cured TAke Smallage Thyme Hysop Water-cresses Penyroyal Nettle tops of each a handful Caraway Seeds Calamint Elecampane roots of each one ounce boil it in six quarts of running water until half be consumed then strain it then put to this Liquor a pottle of Canary Sack add Liquoras scraped and bruised two ounces sweet Fennel-seed one ounce Cummin seed and Alexander seeds of each two drams boyl all these together again for half an hour then strain it and keep it for Use Take nine spoonfuls of this Liquor in the Morning fasting and as much about three or four in the Afternoon and continue it for some time together Another very good Diet-Drink against the Dropsie Take Polipode of the Oak six ounces the Bark of Lignum vitae three ounces Sassafras four ounces Sena six ounces Aniseeds three ounces Epithymum Stechados of each half an ounce Raisins of the Sun stoned half a pound Hermodactyles three ounces Agarick Rhubarb China root of each half an ounce Liquoras four ounces put all these being well bruised into two Gallons of Ale and six quarts of white wine let them infuse all night then boil it in a Vessel close covered for two hours and a half then strain it being cold Let the Patient drink of this Liquor three times a day half a pint at a time viz. in the Morning early and another draught an hour or two before dinner and about four in the Afternoon Boil the remaining Ingredients in Ale as before and drink of this second Liquor at meals and at any other time drinking no other Liquor but these two Let your Diet be of Roast-meat of Mutton and Fowl but not Veal eating often Raisins of the Sun with Biskets instead of a Supper Another Approved Remedy against the Dropsie Take quick good midling Ale and put therein a sufficient quantity of the best Wormwood let it stand over night the next morning take three or four Cloves of Garlick peel them and then prick them with a Needle in three or four places then swallow them whole if you can if not you may cut them less then drink a good draught of the Wormwood-Ale after it and then do upon it as much Exercise as conveniently you can at Dinner eat what you will of good wholsom Diet but at night sup not or but very little and at going to bed take the Cloves of Garlick again and drink a good draught of the Wormwood-Ale after it a in the Morning Continue this till you are well which usually is in twenty or thirty days But during the Cure you must every morning and night use the following Bath or Fomentation Take three Gallons of conduit-Conduit-water
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-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
them together for a quarter of an hour in a pint of white Wine then beat the yolk of an Egg in a little white Wine let it boil a walm and brew them together with two ounces of Loaf-Sugar drink it warm going to bed This hath holpen very many Another for the Wind-Collick and Stone Take four hard red Onions boil them in three pints of strong Ale till a quart is consumed then strain it and drink it warm For the Collick and griping of the Guts Take Sage and Mint boil them in a fit proportion of Claret Wine then strain it and sweeten it with a little Sugar and drink it warm Another for the same from the Lady Drury Take a green Turf of Grass and lay it to the Navil the green side next the skin and let it remain there till you find ease Another for the Collick Pain in the Stomack or Worms Take a spoonful of the Powder of dried Oaange peels drink it in Wine Broth or warm Ale For the Collick or Vlcer in the Kidneys Make a Posset of Milk and white Wine put thereto three spoonfuls of red Nettles and an ounce of Syrup of Althaea Take this proportion for three Mornings together and by God's assistance it will ease you of the pain For the Wind-Collick Take Columbine Leaves Camomile red Sage of each a handful stamp and press the Juyce out of them put as much Beer to it as will make a Posset and having taken off the Curd put into it Ginger and Nutmeg at discretion and drink it warm CHAP. VI. Of Remedies against all sorts of AGUES and FEAVERS A Remedy against an Ague TAke a large Nutmeg and grate half of it and mix it with the yolk of an Egg beaten then put to it five or six spoonfuls of plague-Plague-water shake it well together and let the Patient drink it an hour or two before the Fit or assoon as he perceives that his Nails begin to change blew repeat this until it be cured This is a very wholsome Medicine it strengthens the Back wonderfully and cannot be taken too often Another for the same Take a spoonful of good strong Mustard mix it with a draught of hot Ale and let the Patient drink it whenever he perceives his Fit will come upon him Repeat this two or three times if it cures not the first time Another for the same Take four spoonfuls of the Juyce of red Nettles mix it with eight spoonfuls of strong Ale give this to the Patient warm an hour or two before his Fit let him lie warm covered in bed to sweat with Bottles of hot wather at his feet and under his Arm-pits to cause Sweat You need not give so much of the Juyce to a Child proportion it according to their age This quantity here set down is for midling persons If his Fit be uncertain let him take it so soon as he feeleth any emotion of his approaching Fit Another Remedy for an Ague Take of Rue and Peniroyal each a handful boil them together in a Posset made of Ale and Milk drink a good draught thereof warm in a Morning fasting and when you go to bed continue this for three days together This cured a Woman that gave suck Sir Kenelm Digby's Remedy for the Ague which hath cured many Take three drams of Venice or London Treacle put it into a quarter of a pint of white Wine and put it into a little pot very close covered let it stew simpringly for half an hour stirring it sometimes Let the Patient take this an hour or two before his Fit shaking it well together and drinking it warm let him go to bed and cover himself warm to sweat Repeat this two or three times This Medicine was fetched far and near and it was delivered to all that came for it and many persons were cured by it both rich and poor as also several of Sir Kenelme 's Family It is a wholesome and safe Remedy A Plaister for the Ague Take Hops and Salt of each a handful Corants a quarter of a pound stamp these together in a Mortar and lay it to the wrists Another Plaister Take Linseed and bruise it well in a Mortor make it into a Pultice with the Patient 's own water and lay it to the wrists Another Take of the Leaves of strong Tobacco six drams Corants a small handful beat them together in a Mortar then mix them with so much Turpentine as will make them into a Salve which spread upon Leather and lay it to the wrists Spread it an inch thick and lay it on twenty four hours before the Fit It will cure either a Tertian Quotidian or Quartan Ague The Countess of Kents Powder according to Sir Kenelme Digby's Method and as it was prepared by his Order in his Laboratory and as I prepare it now Take four ounces of black ends of Crabs-claws taken when the Sun is in the Sign of Cancer Crabs-eyes fine Pearls and Corals prepared of each an ounce yellow Amber half an ounce roots of Contrayerva Virginian Snakeroot of each six drams Oriental Bezoar three drams of the bones that are found in the hearts of Stags four scruples reduce all into a subtil Powder sprinkle the Crabs-claws and Crabs-eyes and the Powder of Pearls and Corals with a little Juice of Limon to make it ferment a little Then the next day mix all well together adding one ounce of Tincture of Saffron and powr upon the Mass when you incorporate it three or four spoonfuls of Spirit of Honey or Jelly of Harts-horn and Jelly of the Skins of Vipers that have been dried in the shadow Then add to this Composition one ounce of Trochisque of Vipers grind it all well together to make it well incorporate then make it up into little Balls and let them dry and keep them for Use The Vertues This Powder is a most Sovereign Remedy in all Pestilential and Epidemical Distempers in all Malignant spotted or Purple Fevers it drives out the Small Pox and Measles drives the Venom from the Heart and hinders the Vapors to fly up to the Head and Brain it is sudorifick and drives out by transpiration all bad humors resists Corruption and corroborates and strengthens Nature The Dose is from six to twenty or thirty Grains and in an extremity of the Plague one may give it from thirty to forty grains Sir K. D. had this Powder always ready by him in his Closet and many persons of Quality far and near sent to him for some of it when any of their Children had the Small Pox or Measles and never any did miscarry of all that took it It is also good against the biting of mad Dogs stinging of Vipers and other venomous Beasts A Cordial Julep to be taken with this Powder in the hot Fit of an Ague and Fever Take of the Countess of Kents Powder twelve grains Cochincle two grains grind them together and let the Patient take it in a spoonful of the following Cordial Julep drinking
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-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-Stomack-water Claret-wine or wine and
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-water sweetened with Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers you may also make a Julep of it with Alexiteâ—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-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 Dâ— 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
close and set it in the hot Sun for a moneth shaking it two or three times a day This Water is most Excellent for any Pin Web or Film upon the Eyes It also taketh away the itching heat and soreness thereof Another precious Water for the Eyes Take Ground-Ivy Celandine and Daisies of each one handful stamp them with a little fine Sugar or Sugarcandy in a stone-Mortar then add half a pint of Rose-water then press it out and put the liquor in a bottel and keep it for use This is recommended to be one of the best Eye-medicines that can be made It taketh away all manner of Inflamations Spots Webs Itchings and smartness in the Eyes strengthens the Sight and restores it though near lost Dip a Feather in it and drop it into the Eye Another Excellent Water for sore red or blood-shot-Eyes Take Lapae Calaminaris the worth of a groat make it red-hot in the fire then quench it in a pint of white Wine do this nine times presently one after another then grind some of the same Stone to fine powder and put it into the Wine put all into a Glass well-stopped and drop some of it into the Eyes with a feather For a Pearl in the Eye Take an Egg make a hole in it at one end and shake out the white and yolk then take the Cocktread and put it into the shell again with the quantity of a Haslle-nut of Honey and the quantity of a Pea of white Copperas then fit up the shell with Conduit-water and set it to boyl gently upon hot Embers till half of it be consumed then filtre it and drop frequently thereof into the Eyes it will continue good a Fortnight An Approved Water for the Eyes especially for the thick Cream growing over the sight of the Eyes Rost an Egg very hard then peel it and cleave it in the middle and take out the yolk then put into it a small piece of Allum and while it is hot joyn it together again then put it in a Cloth and wring it very hard and save the water that will drip from it then put into this Water a little fine powder of Ginger mix it together and drop it into the Eye with a feather two or three times a day For sore red and blood-shot-Eyes Take green Parsley stamp it very well with the white of an Egg lay it to the sore Eyes it will soak out the Blood and take away the redness A Drink for dimness of sight caused by swimming in the Brows Take a handful of Suddernwood boyl it in a quart of white Wine sweeten it with Sugar and drink thereof Morning and Evening Another Drink which cures all Pains Inflamations Soreness and Defluctions in the Eyes Much approved of by Sir Kenelm Digby Take a handful of Ground-Ivy-leaves and stalks wash it clean and swing it in a Cloth then shred it and stamp it a little then boyl it in a quart of good Ale to a pint then strain it and take half a pint of it in the Morning fasting and the other half at Night going to Bed This is as admirable also to cure all Head-ach Coughs of the Lungs Consumptions Stone and Gravel It also cures the Jaundies Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Another Remedy for the Eyes Take English Copperas four ounces grind it with one ounce of Camphir put this in a Pipkin and cover it with a Poringer with some weight in it to keep it down then set it upon gentle fire to calcine it and when it is hard take off the Pot and let it cool then take out the matter and grind it to powder and add four ounces of Bolarmoniac then sift it finely Take of this powder half an ounce put into it a quart of water and boyl it together then put it in a Glass and keep it for use Dip a little green Sarsenet in it and shut your Eyes washing only the Eyelids except they be very ill and inflamed and then you may drop some into them and if you find it too strong of it self take one spoonful of it and two spoonfuls of Rose-water and so use it To restore a decay'd sight and refresh and strengthen the Memory Take Eyebright gathered in August before Sun-rising make it into small bundles and hang them up to dry where the Sun comes not then bruise them grosly and infuse them in white Wine and drink thereof three or four times a day leaving the Wine always upon the Herbs An Excellent Remedy to strengthen the Optick Nerves help a weak sight and kill a Pin or Web. Take a handful of Mayweed two Munky-pease some call them Sows or Hog-lice these which roul themselves round like a Pepper-corn when you touch them stamp and strain this together into a quart of Ale putting in a little Ale to strain with Drink of this till you find help which God willing you will do in three or four quarts Another Excellent Water for the Eyes to strengthen the sight Take three quarts of Mallago-Sack six ounces of Ship Bisquets four ounces of white Sugarcandy reduce them to fine powder two handfuls of dried Elder-flowers let them infuse twenty four hours then distill it in Balneo Mariae and with a piece of soft Spunge bath your Eyes therewith Morning and Evening when you go to Bed and at any other time To stay a great flux of Rheum in the Eyes oft proved Take the white of an Egg beat it until it is all froath then let it settle and cut a round piece of Sheeps-leather prick it full of holes and wet it in the Egg-water taking off the froth then scrape over it some Bolarmoniach and apply it to the Temples but if the humour abound then lay a piece along the Forehead at Night when you go to Bed Let it reach over the Temples To draw back Rheum from the Eyes Take a red Colewort-leaf as much in quantity of red Sage and a little Bay-salt stamp them together and put it in a Linnen cloth and lay it in the hollow of the Nape of the Neck use it two or three Nights together and God willing it will draw the Rheum from the Eyes Another approved one for a Pin or Web. Take white Sugarcandy in fine powder Honey and red Rose-water of each one handful boyl it together and scum it clear and drop it into the Eye Another to dry Rheum to strengthen and clense the sight Take Rose-water one ounce and a spoonful of white Wine Tutia one dram Aloes Epatica and white Sugarcandy of each twenty grains all in fine powder put all into a bottel and drop thereof now and then into the Eyes For redness soreness itching heat and inflamations of the Eyes Take Celendive three-leav'd-grass Daisy-leaves and Ground-Ivy of each one handful pick wash and drean them then stamp them and put in four spoonfuls of white or red Rose-water then strain it and put into it the bigness of a Wall-nut of white Sugarcandy keep it
them Rie-Dough make thereof one Loaf bake it as other Bread then cut it in the middle and as hot as may be suffered bind to your Ears and keep them on warm and close for one day CHAP. X. Select Remedies against the MEGRIM and HEAD-ACH A Sovereign Remedy for all Head-Ach much approved TAke a good handful of Ground-Ivy or Ale-hoof wash it clean and swing it in a Cloth then shred it and stamp it a little and boil it in a quart of strong Ale to a pint Give half of it in the Morning fasting and half at night going to bed This cures also all Pains Inflammations and Defluxions in the Eyes it is good against the Jaundies Coughs of the Lungs Consumptions Stone and Gravel Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Sir Kenelm says That the Herb being stamped and applied to a Felon like to a Cataplasm cures it marvellously and speedily it is admirable for old Sores which if they need cleansing you may add a little Copper as and Honey An Approved Remedy for Phrensie and Madness Sir Kenelm Digby relates that he was assured by a person of Credit that one cured a woman that had been mad some years by giving her a draught of the Juice of Ground-Ivy or Jill-go-by-th ' ground at once taking and they tried it afterwards upon several others and it had always the same infallible effect Another Approved Remedy for Phrensie and Madness Take the Juice of Sage of Burnet and of Ground-Ivy and give it to the Patient to drink For the Head-Ach Take red Rose Leaves dried mix them with Wheat-flower Vinegar and Oyl of Roses and some Housleek boyl them together until it be thick the spread it upon a linnen-Cloth and lay it upon the Forehead and Temples and it will ease the pain The Conserve of Rue is excellent for the Head and Brain preserving against Apoplexy Paralisie and the like Make it thus beat two parts of fine Sugar with one of Rue into a Conserve eat thereof in the Morning fasting about the bigness of a large Nutmeg Another for the Head-ach or Megrim Take of the Oyntment called Vnguentum desicativum Rubrum one dram Mastick powder'd two drams mix them and make them into a Plaster which spread upon Leather and lay it to the Temple on the pained side or on both sides and renew it every other day until the pain cease This I have approved Another for the same Take a spoonful and half of the Whites of Eggs beaten a spoonful of white Wine-vinegar Pepper in powder and Frankinsens of each two drams a spoonful of Honey mix all these well together with as much Wheat-flower as will make it into a Plaster whereof make a Plaster taking it all and apply them to the Temples changing them every Morning and Evening An Epitheme for the Forehead to take away the Head-ach Take four ounces of Rose-water Oyl of Roses one ounce Rose-vinegar half an ounce mix them together and beat the white of an Egg therein dip linnen-Cloth In it being milk warm apply them to the Forehead It asswages the pain of the Head and repelleth hot vapours Another for the Head-ach Boyl Camomil and Bittony in red Wine and drink thereof For noise in the Head or troubling in the Ears Take a green Ashen-stick and put one end into the fire and out of the other end will issue forth waters which must be saved and mixt with a little Sivet drop thereof a drop or two into the Ear and immediately stop it with a little black wool moistned in the same lye still a quarter of an hour with that Ear upwards you dropt into then drop also into the other in the same manner An approved Medicine for a scald head Take half a peck of Oyster-shells where the Oysters are newly taken out burn them in a clear fire and when they are well calcined reduce them to a fine powder and sift them as fine as flower then mix it with unguentum album so that it be pretty stiff keep it in a Gally-pot for use it will last a year Anoint the Head with it every day This is good also to dry up a waterish itching humour in any part of the Body Another for a scald head Take Oyl of Olives two ounces put it into a dishful of clear running water stir and beat them well together as you would make Butter then add some fine powder of Brimstone and May-butter and make an Oyntment thereof and anoint the head therewith Another for the same Take Rosen half a pound Pitch two ounces then put into it the bigness of a small egg of Hogg-fleet Barrows-grease let them boyl a little together stirring it well then take it off and keep it in a Gally-pot for use Clip off all the hair from the scald head as close as possible may be Then whiles the Oyntment is yet warm spread it upon new Lockerum that was never washed in Soap and out them into divers Plasters and keep them by you you may make as many at once as will serve a month when you lay them on warm them a little before the fire only to make them stick dress it twice in a week and when you see that the Plasters have taken away the hair and that the head is as bare as ones hand then dress it but once a week you must pick off that hair with the point of a Knife that the Plasters bring not off with them which you must do every time you dress it till all the hair is clean come of Begin to dress it Michaelmas and continue it till March is past and when the Head and Skin looks white then it is a Cure but as long as it looks red it is not cured therefore dress it until it looks white The hair you clip off from the Patients head you must burn and mix the ashes with the Oyntment while it is boyling For the Head-ach Take Cloves Mace Nutmeg of each one dram fine Sugar half an ounce reduce all to a fine powder and take the fourth part thereof in a Cup of warm Posset made with Ale It is very effectual Also the Juice of Ground-Ivy snuffed up in the Nose doth purge the Head and doth often cure very great and old pains in the Head Another for the Head-ach and to draw humours out of the head and face Take a new-laid Egg open the top and put out part of the white then put in some powder of Commin-seed by degrees and powder of Aniseed then close up the Egg with course paste then set it in the Embers to roast leasurely till it is very hard and then cut it in the middle and lay it hard to the Nape of the Neck It is approved For a Cold and stuffing in the Head to draw Rheum from the Head and comfort the Brain Take an Orange and pare off very thin the yellow Rind rowl it up conveniently to thrust up into the Nostril turning the inner moist side outward to be next
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-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
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-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
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-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 Aâ—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 â— 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
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 pâ—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
quarts of 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 Câ—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 awâ—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-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-water Lettice Carduus or 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-water or red Poppy-water or 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-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-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-water four ounces 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-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-water half a pint Borage and 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-water of each half a pint of Water-lillies and Scabio's of each six ounces 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
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
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-water and an Alexitery-Milk-water make an Emulsion to which add fine Sugar and red 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 Sâ—â—â—â—'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
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 â—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 Turbâ—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 Coloqâ—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
perfectly cured of his Piles This hath cured many both Men and Women A Remedy for the Hemorhoids Boil a pint of Milk and in the boiling slake it as often as it riseth with Plantane-water so continue doing till you have used a pint of Plantane-water in slaking the Milk then take it off of the fire and put thereto three ounces of Mel rosatum Drink of this at pleasure Another for the same Take the whites of two Eggs and four ounces of fresh Butter out of the Churn well-washt and one ounce of Safron work these well together and put frequently a little up into the Fundament and if the pain continue add to the Composition two handfuls of Nightshade which will make it much more effectual Another Make an Ointment with the Roots of Pilewort stamped and Mutton-suet shred boil them together over a soft fire then strain it and use it Another Remedy for the Hemorhoids Take the third part of a pint of Milk and as much Smiths water out of the Forge wherein quench Gads of Steel many times then put into it two ounces of the Juice of Clary and so give it for a Clister lookwarm Another for the same Take the fat of an Eel and the Yolk of an Egg of each one spoonful beat them together In this roul a Lint so as to make it take up as much as you can and put it into the Fundament and lay also a Pledget covered with the like Ointment upon the outward swelling and this will give some case presently Change your Tents and Pledgets as they grow dry and hot and in a small time the Veins will be open run and it will be well The fat of Eel is made by boiling Eels in water and skimming off the fat or if you rost an Eell take the fat that dripped from it or you may bake it as when you prepare the Oil for deafness CHAP. XX. Select Remedies for all sorts of FLUXES and LOOSNESs A certain and often approved Remedy for all sorts of Fluxes or Loosness old Hepatical and bloody Fluxes TAke filings of Steel which you may buy of the Needle-makers four ounces put them in a well-glassed Pipkin and pour thereon a quart of deep red Wine that which is used to colour white Wine let it boil until about three parts of Wine is consumed stirring it often then strain it while it is hot give of this two or three spoonfuls in warm Broth or Ale in the Morning fasting for some time together This I have often approved with happy success even in a bloudy Flux Another for the same Take a pint of Claret-wine and put into it two penny-worth of Cinamon and as many Cloves boil this gently close covered till half be consumed then make a Toast or two of light Bread and cover them with Sugar then strain the Wine upon them eat them for Dinner and the like for your Supper eating no other sustenance that day It uses to cure in a day Another for the same Take of the ourtward Bark of an old Oak the rough part a little scraped off two ounces Canamon one ounce two sound Nutmegs sliced thid eighteen black Pepper-Corns and as many Cloves bruise them all and boil them in two quarts of New Milk until a pint be consumed then strain and divide it into four parts Take one of these as hot as you can drink it early in the Morning and another about ten a Clock and another at four in the Afternoon and the fourth at Night when you go to Bed and make fresh every day The first draught will take away the pain and griping and then afterwards it is not necessary to take it so very hot It doth not bind it suddenly but smootheth and healeth the Guts and strengthens the Stomach and if the Patient have lost his Appetite so that he can eat nothing as usually hapneth in great Fluxes this Milk giveth him sufficient nourishment An excellent Clister to cure any Flux or Loosness Take a handful of Barley-meal with all the Bran in it or take a good handful of Barley and beat in a Mortar to a fine powder Wheat Bran and dried Roses of each one handful boil these gently in a glassed Pipkin covered in three pints of water for three quarters of an hour then strain it through a Linnen Cloth and press it hard to get out all the thick and slimy substance of it This is enough for two Clisters when carefully done Take half of it and put into it the yolk of two Eggs and one ounce of Mulrosat and give it duly warm He may keep it three or four hours without trouble because the quantity is less than of an ordinary Clister and that it is of a Balsamick and comforting quality to the excoriated Guts It is an excellent Remedy to any sharp tormenting Flux when the Cuts are enflamed excoriated and ulcerated either through ordinary causes as by eating Fruit or the like or by taking Mercury to flux one by Salivation you will presently find ease at the first taking it but it is well to repeat it once or twice a day Dr. Butler's Remedy for a Flux Take the Root of Holly-oak Elder-tree-Roots and Plantane-Roots of each a like quantity cut them small and boil them in red Wine or Ale Drink thereof as often as you please and need requires If it be distastful sweeten it with Loaf-Sugar A Remedy to cure the Bloody-Flux and heal the Vlcers in the Guts caused thereby Take the inner Rinds of a supling Oak of about twenty years growth two handfuls cut them into small pieces and boil them in a quart of Milk when it is ready to run over shake it with cold water and so boil it and shake it five or six times let the Patient Drink half a Pint at a time adding a little Pepper grosly beaten boil also of the same Bark in water with a little Cinamon and drink thereof at Meals besides the other To cure a Bloody-Flux bloody Vrine or spitting of Blood Take Shepherds-pouch and Plantane of each a like quantity stamp them and boil them in Spring or conduit-Conduit-water mixt with the distilled water of red Nettles add thereto a little fine Sugar and drink it every Morning and Evening CHAP. XXI Select Remedies for the JAUNDIES Dr. Farrar his excellent and often approved Remedy for the Jaundies of any kind black or yellow Take eight ounces of chosen Currans well washed and picked from all the little stalks put to them one ounce of choice Rhubarb in fine powder beat them together in a mortar seaven or eight hours Take of this every morning fasting and at Night about the quantity of a small Walnut It purifieth the Blood and strengthens the Liver wonderfully and if centinued carrieth away the pâ—ccant humours of the Body This is a sovereign Remedy for a Flux or Loosness as well as for the Jaundies I my self had once a great Flux for a Fortnight and Sir Kenelm ordered this Remedy for me and
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
little burnt Clarret and an hour after she had taken it to send him word how she did And within less than an hour she sent to thank him and that she was delivered of a lusty boy within half an hour after taking it Upon that I asked Sr. Kenelm whether it was a Chymmical preparation and he told me it was nothing but a dram of myrrh in subtil powder An Infallible and much approved remedy to bring away the After Burthen or any fowlness or a dead Child and to cure the After throws and Gripings after a woman is delivered Take the inward wrinkled skins of Gizards of Hens that are laying of eggs wipe them clean and lay them by to dry when you have need to use them beat them to a fine powder of which give one dram for a dose in a little white wine you will see the effects of it in a short time If it be needfull you may repeat the dose once or twice the same day Women and Midwifes should never be without this remedy An Excellent Powder to asswage the pains after Delivery Take the Roots of Athamantick Spignel and bigger Comfry of each two drams Amber in fine powder Peach kernels cleansed of each one dram and a half Cynnamon Mace and Saffron of each two scruples mingle them and make a powder for use This Powder is highly esteemed to asswage the tormenting pains that happen to most women after delivery it is to be given in broth from one scruple to two In Monsieur Charras's Royal Dispensatory who says also that it is credibly affirm'd that the bloud which Issues from the navil when the Midwife cuts it a spoonfull of it given hot is a soverain remedy to prevent and appease these pains Another Remedy after Labour to take away the pains and pangs which many times attend women newly delivered Let her drink a draught of Beer boyled with a spoonfull of Camomil flowers and in greater pains let her take six ounces of the oyl of sweet Almonds fresh drawn CHAP. XXXVII Select Remedies for Women Lying in An Excellent Cerecloath to be laid upon the Breasts after Chilabearing TAke oyl of Roses six ounces Perriwincle bruised three ounces juice of mint and lesser Sage of each one ounce and a half Boyl them over a soft fire til the juice be consumed then strain and press them out into the strained oyl put yellow wax cut small three ounces when the Ingredients are half cold and half an ounce of choice Mastich finely powdred stir them well together and then dip the cloaths in it This Cerecloath is very proper to prevent the breasts from growing big after Child bearing as also to change the course of the milk and to turn it downward The Cerecloath must be layd hot upon the breasts and wrapt up with warm cloaths and be continually applied til the milk be gone Another Remedy presently made to dry up the milk in Womens breasts Take Aqua vitae and sweet butter melt them and beat them well together and anoynt the breasts therewith laying a brown paper upon them and as often as the paper dries anoynt again til the milk be dryed up This is also good to keep the Ague out of the breasts To encrease womens milk Take fennel seeds bruised and boyl them well in barley water and let the Nurses and Suckling women drink very often in winter warm in Summer cold and let them forbear drinking much strong drink or wine for they are hot and great dryers up of milk Another to increase milk Boyl sweet Fennel seed and Anniseeds bruised in Posset drink and drink thereof Authors write that the hoofs of the forefeet of a Cow dryed and powdred and a dram of the powder taken in the morning in any convenient liquor increases milk The Thistle call'd our Ladies thistle is an excellent thing to increase milk If the Child be much troubled with wind and gripings let the Nurse use Fennel seed or Anniseeds in her broaths or in posset drink A Remedy for a sore breast that comes of curl'd milk in Childbed and to dry up the milk Take half a pound of Hogs grease yellow wax one ounce Burgundy pitch five ounces Venice Turpentine one spoonfull Honey two spoonfuls put all these in a skillet with a little fair water and boyl them over a gentle fire for a while scumming it then pour it into a pan to cool when it is quite cold turn it out of the pan as a cake and scrape off all the soft dregs that are at the bottom then melt it again and dip linnen cloaths in it to make Cerecloaths and apply them For an Ague in a Womans Breast Take the Leaves of Hemlock fry them in unsalted Butter and as hot as can be endured lay it to the Breasts and lay a piece of Flann el warm over it This is good also for any Swelling in any other Part. An Admirable Poultice that hath cured many Women of hard and sore Breasts Take Turneps and boil them well in Water so that they be very tender then squeeze out the water clean from them and stamp them to Mash and mingle with them some fresh Butter unsalted and apply this warm to the Breasts Poultice-wise upon a thick Cloth very large change it Morning and Night In three days it perfectly cures though before the pain and hardness hath been very great The Countess of Dorset 's Remedy for a hard and sore Breast wherewith she was cured her self of a hard and sore breast Take chosen Jollop reduce it to fine powder which keep in a glass stopp'd take half a dram or one dram or four scruples of it in a little white wine and sugar and by this you will increase or diminish the Dose to the need Continue this for a month continually And alwaies keep over the breasts a linnen cloath that hath loose slox of flax stitch'd upon it in such sort that there may be no hardness felt any where let it be very thick and warm A most excellent Cataplasme for cancered breasts to take away and cool and dissolve the swelling and hardness if it be dissolvable and if not to make it break and separate with ease and without sharpness Take an old mellow Pippin cut off a cap at the top of it and take out the Coar leaving the side of the Apple whole then fill it with Hogs grease and cover it again with the cap and roast the apple to pap then take off the skin and mingle the pap and the grease perfectly well together and spread it thick upon linnen and apply it warm to the breast covering it with a bladder Sr. Kenelm Digby relates that a Chyrurgeon cured a Lady of great quality with this of a cancered breast For aches and soreness in womens breasts or in any part of the body an approved Remedy Cause a Dyer to dye you some thick spongy flannel of the blew colour called Coventry-blew when it is dry dye it again dye it thus
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 â—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 saâ—â—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
Another strengthening Cawdle Take a quart of the best strong Ale-wort of the first running and put into it three Dates shred small one Nutmeg grated a small stick of Cinamon and three Leaves of Comfry boil them all together to a pint then put thereto half a pound of of the Pith of an Oxe and a pint of good Muscadine let it boil three or four walms and then add a pint of red Rose-water and twelve yolks of Eggs sweeten it with white Sugar candy to your Taste An Emulsion or Almond-Milk to strengthen cool and to induce Sleep Take half a pound of blanched Almonds beat them in a Mortar sprinkling them now and then with Barly-water then when they are well beaten put more Barly water to them and strain it through a Cloth beat the Almonds again with that remaineth in the Cloth and strain them again with more Barly-water do this again till you get all the Milk out of the Almonds and that you have employed a quart of Barly-broth then put them to two ounces of Rose-water and four ounces of fine Sugar and so drink it Very good Oatmeal Pap by Dr. Colladon Put beaten Oatmeal to soak an hour or two in Milk as you do in Water when you make Flummery then strain it out into a Posnet through a sitting Strainer and if you judge it too thick of the Oatmeal for sufficient boyling add more Milk to it Set this to boil putting then into it a Lump of Sugar about as big as a little Walnut and stir it well all the while that it burn not to About an hours boyling is sufficient by which time it should be grown pretty thick put then a good Lump of fresh Butter to it which being well melted and stirred into the Pap and incorporated with it take it from the fire and put it into a Dish and strew some fine Sugar upon it or mingle some Sugar with it to sweeten the whole quantity You may season it also with Rose-water or Orange-flower-water or Ambergrease or some Yolks of new-laid Eggs. You may put in a very little Salt at the first Wheaten Flummery In the West-Countrey they make a kind of Flummery of Wheat-flower which they judge to be more hearty and pleasant than that of Oatmeal thus Take half or a quarter of a Bushel of good Bran of the best Wheat which containeth the purest Flower of it though little and is used to make Starch and in a great wooden Bowl or Pail let it soak with cold water upon it three or four days then strain out the Milky water from it and boil it to a Jelly or like Starch which you may season with Sugar and Rose and Orange flower-water and let it stand till it be cold and gellied then eat it with White or Rhenish Wine or Cream or Milk or Ale Pap of Oatmeal-Panado Beat Oatmeal small put a little of it to Milk and let it boil stewingly till you see that the Milk begins to thicken with it then strain the Milk from the Oatmeal this is as when you soak or boil out the Substance of Oatmeal with Water to make Flummery then boil up that Milk to the height of Pap which sweeten with a little Sugar and put to it some yolks of Egg dissolved in Rose or Orange-flower-water and let it mittoner a while upon a Chafing-dish quaere of a little Sack if it turn not the Milk and a little Butter if you like it you may boil a little Mace in the Milk Another Beat a couple of new-laid Eggs in good clear Broth heat this a little stirring It all the while then powr this upon a Panado made thick of the same Broth and keep them a little upon the Chafing-dish to incorporate stirring them all the while quaere of putting to it a little Wine also Juice of quick Oranges To stew Wardens or Pears Pare them put them into a Pipkin or into our Engin with so much red or Claret Wine and Water of each at much as will near reach to the top of the Pears stew or boil them gently till they grow tender which may be in two hours after a while put in some sticks of Cinamon bruised and a few Cloves when they are almost done put in Sugar enough to season them well and their Syrup which you powr out upon them in a deep Plate To stew Apples Pare them and out them into Slices stew them with Wine and Water as the Pears and season them in like manner with Spice towards the end sweeten them with Sugar breaking the Apples into Pap by stirring them When you are ready to take them off put in good store of fresh Butter and incorporate it well with them by stirring them together You stew these between two Dishes the quickest Apples are the best A Sack-Posset as Sir Kenelm's House-keeper made it for him Take three pints of Cream boil in it a little Cinamon a Nutmeg quartered and two spoonfuls of grated Bread then beat the yolks of twelve Eggs very well with a little cold Cream and a spoonful of Sack when your Cream has boil'd about a quarter of an hour thicken it up with the Eggs then sweeten it with Sugar and take half a pint of Sack and six spoonfuls of Ale and put it into the Bason or Dish you intend to make it in with a little Ambergrease if you please then powr your Cream and Eggs into it holding your hand as high as conveniently you can gently stirring in the Bason with a Spoon as you powr it so serve it up If you please you may strew Sugar upon it You may strew Ambered Sugar upon it as you eat it or Sugar beaten with Cinamon if you like it Sillibubs by the Lady Middlesex My Lady Middlesex makes Sillibubs for little Glasses with Spouts thus Take three pints of sweet Cream one of quick white Wine or Rhenish and a good Wine-Glass full better than a quarter of a pint of Sack mingle with them about three quarters of a pound of fine Sugar in powder Beat all these together with a whisk till all appeareth converted into Froth Then powr it into your Sillibub-Glasses and let them stand all Night The next day the Curd will be thick and firm above and the Drink clear under it I conceive it may do well to put into each Glass when you powr the Liquor into it a Sprig of Rosemary a little bruised or a little Limon-peel or some such thing to quicken the Taste or use Amber-Sugar or Spirit of Cinamon or of Lignum Cassiae or Nutmegs or Mace or Cloves a very little A Receipt for a Tansie Spinage Sorrel Tansie Wheat a Quart of Cream Bread the quantity of a twopeny Loaf twenty Eggs and half the Whites one Nutmeg half a pound of Sugar and the Juice of a couple of Limons Spinage is the chief Herb to have the Juice Wheat also is very good when it is young and tender You must not take much Sorrel for fear of
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-water Dr. Bacon's Way of making Conserve of Roses Take twelve pound of the best Lump or Kitchen-Sugar boil it with 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
each half a handful and two or three branches of Rosemary the seeds of Caroway Coriander and Fennel of each two spoonfuls and three or four blades of large Mace Boyl all these in eight gallons of running water three quarters of an hour then strain it and when it is but bloud warm put in as much of the best Honey as will make the Liquor bear an Egg the breadth of six pence above the water Then boyl it again as long as any Scum will rise Then set it abroad a cooling and when it is almost cold put in half a pinte of good Ale-barm and when it hath wrought til you perceive the Barm to fall then Tun it and let it work in the Barrel til the barm leaveth rising filling it up every day with some of the same liquor When you stop it up put in a bag with one Nutmeg sliced a little whole Cloves and Mace a stick of Cinamon broken in pieces and a grain of good Musk. You may make this a little before Michaelmas and it will be fit to drink at Lent My Lady Grovers Receipt to make white Mead which is very Excellent Take to four gallons of water one gallon of Virgin honey let the water be warm before you put in the honey and then put in the whites of three or four Eggs well beaten to make the scum rise when the honey is throughly melted and ready to boyl put in an Egg with the shell softly and when the Egg riseth above the water to the bigness of a groat in sight it is strong enough of the honey the Egg will quickly be hard and so will not rise therefore you must put in another if the first do not rise to your sight you must put in more water and honey proportionable to the first because of wasteing away in the boyling it must boyl near an hour you may if you please boyl in it a little bundle of Rosemary Sweet Marjorum and Time and when it tastes to your liking take it forth again many do put sweet Bryar berries in it which is held very good when your Mead is boyled enough take it off the fire and put it into a Kive when it is bloud warm put in some Ale barm to make it work and cover it close with a blanket in the working the next morning Tun it up and if you please put in a bag with a little Ginger and a little Nutmeg bruised and when it hath done working stop it up close for a month and then Bottle it Dr Floyds Receipt to make Methaglin which is highly Commended Take Spring water and boyl it with Rosemary Sage Sweet margerum Baum and Sassefras until it hath boyl'd three or four hours the quantity of herbs is a handful of them all to one gallon of water of each a like proportion and when it is boyled set it to cool and settle until the next day then strain your water and mix it with honey until it will bear an Egg the breadth of a groat above the water then set it over the fire to boyl take the Whites of twenty or thirty Eggs and beat them mightily and when it boyls pour them in at twice stir it well together and then let it stand until it boyls apace before you scum it and then scum it well and then take it off the fire and pour it in earthen things to cool and when it is cold put to it five or six spoonfuls of the best yeast of Ale you can get stir it together and then everyday scum it with a bundle of feathers until it hath done working then Tun it up in a Cask that Sack was in and to every six gallons of Metheglin one pinte of Aqua vitae or a quart of Sack and a quarter of a pound of ginger sliced with two or three Limons and Orange-peals in a bag to hang in it When this Lady made this Meade She used to make a Rundlet of ten or twelve gallons at a time to which the Whites of Eggs above-named was a fit proportion My Lady Salisburies Receipt to make Meath Take to six quarts of water a quart of the best Honey and put it on the Fire and stir it till the Honey is melted and boil it well as long as any scum rises and now and then put in some cold water it makes the scum rise clear off and keep your Kettle up as full as you put it on when it is boiled enough about half an hour before you take it off then take a quantity of Ginger sliced and well scraped first and a good quantity of Rosemary and boil both together for the Rosemary and Ginger put in to please your own Taste more or less and when you take it off the Fire strain it into your Vessel either into a well seasoned Tub or a great Cream-pot and the next Morning when it is cold powr it softly the Top from the Setlings into another Vessel and then some little quantity of the best Ale-Barm to it you can get and cover it with a thick Cloath over it in the Summer and the Winter it will be longer ripening keep it warmer covered in a close place and when you go to Bottle it take with a Feather all the Barm off and put it into your Bottles and stop it close up in ten days you may drink it and if you think six quarts of water be too much and would have it stronger then put in a greater quantity of Honey My Lord Gorge his Mead. Take a sufficient quantity of Rain-water and boil in it the Tops of Rosemary Eglantine Betony Strawberry Leaves Wall-Flowers Borage and Bugloss of each a handful a sprig of Bays and two or three of Sage then take it off the Fire and put a whole raw Egg in it and powr in so much Honey till the Egg rise up to the Top then boil it again scumming it very well and so let it cool then Tun it up and put Barm to it that it may ferment well then stop it up and hang in it such Spices as you like best it will not be right to drink under three or four Months The Lady Vernon's White Metheglin Take three gallons of water Rain-water is best boil in it broad Thyme Rosemary Peniroyal Muscovy of each three handful then put it into a Stone-pan to cool and strain away the Herbs and when it is cold put in a quart of Honey and mix it very well then put to it one Nutmeg and a little Cinamon Cloves and Ginger some Orange and Limon Peels then boil it very well and scum it very well while any will rise then put in your Spices and try with a new laid Egg and the stronger it is the longer yon may keep it and if you will drink it presently put it up in Bottles and rub the Corks with Yeast that it may touch it and it will be ready in three or four days to drink and if you make it in the Spring
put no Spices but Cloves and Cinamon and add Violets Marigolds Cowslips and Gilliflowers and be sure to stop your Vessel close with Cork and to this put no Yeast for the Gilliflowers will set it to work My Lady Gargrave's Metheglin Take a Gallon of Honey put to that four gallons of Water stir them well together and boil them in a Kettle till a gallon be wasted which boiling and scumming then put that into a Vessel to cool when that is almost as cold as Ale-wort then clear it out into another Vessel then put Barm upon it as you do to your Ale and so let it work and then Tun it up into a Vessel and put into it a Bag with Ginger Cloves and Cinamon bruised a little and so hang the Bag in the Vessel and stop it up very close and when it hath stood a month or six weeks bottle it up and so drink it My Lady used to put a little Limon peel into some of her Metheglin for those that liked that Taste which most persons did very much My Lord Herbert's Receipt to make Metheglin Take fair water and the best Honey beat them well together but not in a wooden Vessel for wood drinks up the Honey put it together in a Kettle and try it with a new-laid Egg which will swim at the top if it be very strong but if it bobb up and sink again it will be too weak boil it an hour and put into it a bundle of Herbs what sort you like best and a little Bag of Spice of Nutmeg Ginger Cloves and Mace and Cinamon scum it well all the while it boils when it hath boiled an hour take it off and put it into earthen Pans and so let it stand till next day then powr off all the clear of it into a good Vessel that hath had Sack in it or white Wine hang the Bag of Spice in it and so let it stand very close stopt and well fill'd for a month or longer then if you desire to drink it quickly you may bottle it up if it be strong of the Honey you may keep it a year or two if weak drink it in two or three months one quart of Honey will make a gallon of water very strong a sprig or two of Rosemary Thyme and Marjoram are the Herbs that should go into it My Lady Pooley's Receipt to make Metheglin Take eight gallons of water set it over a clear fire in a Kettle and when it is warm put into it sixteeen pound of very good Honey and stir it well together till it be well mixed and when it boileth take off the Scum and put in two large Nutmegs cut in quarters and so let it boil at least an hour then take it off and put into it two good handfuls of grinded Malt and with a white staff keep beating it together till it be almost cold then strain it through a hair-Sieve into a Tub and put to it a wine-pint of Ale-yeast and stir it very well together and when it is cold you may if you please Tun it up presently into a Vessel fit for it or else let it stand and work a day and when it hath done working in your Vessel stop it up very close it will be three weeks or a month before it be ready to drink My Lady Roberts her Receipt to make white Metheglin Take Rosemary Thyme sweet Briar Penniroyal Bayes of each a handful steep them four and twenty hours in a Bowl of fair water covered close the next day boil them very well in another water till the colour be very high then take another water and boil the same Herbs in it till it look green and so boil them in several waters till they do but just change the colour of the water then it must stand four and twenty hours with the Herbs in it the Liquor being strained from them you must put in as much fine Honey till it will bear an Egg you must work and labour the Honey with the Liquor a whole day till the Honey be consumed let it stand a Night a clearing in the Morning put your Liquor a boiling for a quarter of an hour with the whites and shells of six Eggs so strain it through a Bag and let it stand a day a cooling so Tun it up and put into the Vessel in a Linnen Bag Cloves Mace Cinamon and Nutmegs bruised all together if you will have it to drink presently take the whites of two or three Eggs a spoonful of Barm a spoonful of wheaten Flower then let it work before you stop it afterwards stop it well with Clay and Salt My Lady Mary Astons Receipt to make Metheglin Take five gallons of water and to that take one gallon of good white Honey then set it on the fire together and boil it very well and scum it very clean then take it of the fire and set it by then take six ounces of good Ginger and two ounces of Cinamon one ounce of Nutmegs bruise all these grosly and put them into your hot Liquor and cover it close and so let it stand until it be cold then put as much Ale-barm to it as will make it work then keep it in a warm place as you do Ale and when it hath wrought well Tun it up as you do Ale or Beer and when it is a week old drink of it at your pleasure The Countess of Cork's Receipt to make white Mead. Take six gallons of water and put in six quarts of Honey stirring it till the Honey be throughly melted then set it over the fire and when it is ready to boil scum it clean then put in a quarter of a ounce of Mace so much Ginger half an ounce of Nutmegs sweet Marjoram broad Thyme and sweet Briar of all together a handful and boil them well therein then set it by till it be throughly cold and Barrel it up and keep it till it be ripe Another from the same Lady To every gallon of water take a quart of Honey and to every five gallons a handful of sweet Marjoram half a handful of slic'd Ginger boil all these moderately three quarters of an hour then let it stand and cool and being lukewarm put to every five gallons about three quarts of Yeast and let it work a Night and a Day then take off the Yeast and strain it into a Rundlet and when it has done working then stop it up and so let it remain a month then drawing it out into Bottles put into every Bottle two or three stoned Raisons and a Lump of Loaf-Sugar it may be drunk in two months My Lady Fortescu's Receipt to make Metheglin Take as many gallons of water as you intend to make of Meath and to every gallon put a quart of Honey and let it boil till it bear an Egg To every gallon you allow the white of an Egg which white you must remove and break with your hand and put into the Kettle before you
put it over the Fire before it boils there will arise a scum which must be scummed off very clean as it rises Put to every gallon two Nutmegs sliced and when it hath boiled enough take it off and set it a cooling in clean Wort-Vessels and when it is as cold as Wort put in a little Barm and work it like Beer and when it hath done working stop it up and let it stand two months My Lady Gerrard's Mead. My Lady Gerrard makes her Mead with a little Rosemary and sweet Marjoram but a large quantity of Bryar-Leaves and a reasonable proportion of Ginger Boil these in the Liquor when it is scummed and work it in due time with a little Barm then Tun it in a Vessel and draw it into Bottles after it is sufficiently setled Whites of Eggs with the shells beaten together do clarifie Mead best and leave a benignity in it as my Lady Fortescue Wintour conceiveth If you will have your Mead cooling use Violet and Strawberry Leaves Agrimony Eglantine and the like adding Borage and Bugloss and a little Rosemary and sweet Marjoram to give it Vigor Tartar makes it work well To make Metheglin my Lady Willoughby's way Take four gallons of running water and boil it a quarter of an hour and put it in an earthen Vessel and let it stand all Night then next day only take the water and leave the Setling at the bottom so put the Honey in a thin bag and work it in the water till all the Honey is dissolved take to four gallons of water one gallon of Honey then put in an Egg if the Honey be good that it be strong enough the Egg will part of it appear on the top of the Liquor if it do not put more Honey in it till it do then take out the Egg and let the Liquor stand till next morning then take two ounces of Ginger and slice it and pare it some Rosemary washed and stripped from the stalk dry it very well the next day put the Rosemary and Ginger into the Drink and so set it on the fire when it is almost ready to boil take the Whites well beaten of three Eggs with the shells and put all into the Liquor and stir it about and scum it well till it be clear be sure you scum not off the Rosemary and the Ginger then take it off the fire and scum it let it run through a hair sieve and when you have strained it pick the Rosemary and the Ginger out of the Strainer and put it into the Drink and throw away the Egg-shells and so let it stand all night the next day Tun it up in a Barrel be sure the Barrel be not too big then take a little Flower and a little Bran and the white of an Egg and beat them well together and put them into a Barrel on the top of the Metheglin after it is Tunn'd up and so let it stand till it has done working then hoop and stop it up as close as is possible and so let it stand six or seven weeks then draw it out and bottle it you must tie down the Corks and set the Bottles in Sand five or six weeks and then drink it To make Meath or Mead the Lady Say's way Take to every gallon of water a quart of Honey and set it over a clear fire and when it is ready to boil scum it very clear then take two handfuls of sweet Marjoram as much Rosemary and as much Bawm and two handfuls of Fennel-roots as much Parsley-roots and as many Asparagus roots slice them in the middle and take out the Pith wash and scrape them very clean and put them with your Herbs into your Liquor then take two ounces of Ginger one of Nutmegs and half an ounce of Mace bruise them and put them in and let it boil until it is so strong that it will bear an Egg then let it cool and being cold put in three or four spoonfuls of Ale-yeast and so scum it well and put it into a Rundlet and it will work like Ale and having done working stop it up close as you do new Beer and lay Salt upon it Mrs. Conquests Receipt to make Metheglin In every three gallons of water boyl Rosemary Liverwort Baum of each half a handful and Cowslips two handfuls when the water hath sufficiently drawn out the vertue of the herbs pour all into a Tub and let it stand all night then strain it and to every three gallons of the clear liquor or two and a half if you will have your drink stronger put one gallon of Honey and boyl it til it bear an Egg Scumming it til no more scum will rise which to make rise the better put in now and then a pottinger full of cold water then pour it into a Tub and let it stand to cool til it be bloud-warm and then put by degrees a pint of Ale-yeast to it to make it work so let it stand three days very close covered Then Scum of the yeast and put it into a seasoned Barrel but stop it not up close til it have done hissing Then either stop it very close if you will keep it in the Barrel or draw it into Bottles Put into this proportion Ginger sliced Nutmegs broken of each one ounce Cinamon bruised half an ounce in a bag which hang in the Bung with a Stone in it to make it sink Sometimes She addeth two handfuls of sweet bryar leaves and one of Bettony to this proportion of water or one gallon more To make Sr. William Pastons's Meade Take ten gallons of Spring-water and put therein ten pintes of the best honey let this boyl half an hour and scum it very well then put in one handful of Rosemary and as much Bay-leaves with a little Limon-peel Boyl this half an hour longer then take it off the fire and put it into a clean Tub and when it is cool Work it up with yeast as you do Beer When it is wrought put it into your Vessel and stop it very close within three days you may Bottle it and in ten days after it will be fit to drink White Mead as it was made for Kenelm Digby by his Direction Boyl what quantity of Spring water you please three or four walms and then let it settle twenty four hours and pour the clear from the setling Take sixteen gallons of the clear and boyl in it ten handful of Eglantine Leaves five of Liver-wort five of Scabious four of Baum four of Rosemary two of Bay-Leaves one of Thyme and one of Sweet Marjoram and five Eringo Roots splitted if you can get them when the water hath drawn out the vertue of the herbs which it will do in half an hours boyling let it run through a strainer or sieve and let it settle so that you may pour the Clear from the Dregs To every three gallons of the clear take one of pure Honey and with clean Arms stripped up layd it
Spiggot My Lady Shanons Receipt to make the best white-mead Take to every Gallon of water a quart of Honey and to every five gallons a handful of Sweet Marjoram and half a handful of sliced Ginger boyl these moderately three quarters of an hour then let it stand and cool and being Luke-warm put to every five gallons about three quarts of yeast and let it work a night and a day then take off the yeast and strain it into a Rundlet and when it hath done working stop it up so let it remain a month then draw it out into Bottles and put in every Bottle two or three sliced Raisons and a Lump of Loaf-Sugar it may be drunk in two months you must let the water boyl before you put in the honey Sweet Marjorum or Ginger My Lady Lusson's Receipt to make Mead. Take four gallons of water two quarts of Honey two ounces of Ginger one ounce of Nutmegs a good handful of Rosemary tops and a like handful of Bay-Leaves two ounces of dryed Orange Rinde or Peels Boyl all these til it be so strong as will bear an Egg and not sink When it is so far cooled as new milk from a Cow Work it up with yeast or barm during twenty four hours and then Barrel it up And after three months you may Bottle it up at your pleasure As you desire a greater quantity of the Drink you must augment the Ingredients according to the proportions above recited My Lady Bridges her white Metheglin To three Gallons of spring-Spring-water take three quarts of Honey and set it over the fire till the Scum arise pretty thick then take off the Scum and put in Thyme Rosemary and Maiden-hair of each one handful and two handfuls of Eglantine Leaves if you can have them and half a handful of Organe The Spices Ginger Nutmegs Cinamon and a little Mace and boil all these together near half an hour then take it from the fire and let it stand till it be cold and then strain it and so Tun it up and stop it close the longer you keep it the better Sir John Arundel's Receipt to make white Mead. Take three gallons of Honey and twelve gallons of water mix the Honey and water together till you think the Honey is dissolved so let it stand twelve hours then put in a new-laid Egg if the Liquor bears the Egg that ye see the breadth of a groat upon the Egg dry you may set it over the fire if it does not bear the Egg thus you must add a quart or three pints more of Honey to the rest and then put it over the fire and let it boil gently till you have scummed it very clean and clarified it as you would do Sugar with three whites of new-laid Eggs when it is thus made clean them from all Scum let it boil a full hour till the fourth part is wasted then take it off the fire and let it stand till the next day then put it into your Vessel when it has been in the Barrel five or six days bake a white Toast and dip it in all yeast so put the Toast into the Barrel and let it work when it has done working stop it up very close this will keep three quarters of a year and you may drink it within half a year if you please you may add in the boiling what Herbs you like the Taste of or what is Physical My Lord Hollis Way to make Hydromel In four parts of spring-Spring-water dissolve one part of Honey or so much as the Liquor will bear an Egg boyant to the breadth of a Groat then boil it very well and let all the Scum be taken away he addeth nothing to it but a small proportion of Ginger sliced of which he putteth half to boil in the Liquor after all the Scum is gone and the other half he putteth into a Bag and hangeth in the Bung when it is tunn'd The Ginger must be very little not so much as to make the Liquor tast strongly of it but to quicken it I should like to add a little proportion of Rosemary and a greater of sweet-Briar Leaves in the boyling as also to put into the Barrel a Toast of white Bread with Mustard to make it work he puts nothing to it but it s own strength in time makes it work of it self It is good to drink after a year Morello Wine To half an Aeme of white Wine take twenty pounds of Morello Cherries the Stalks being first plucked off bruise the Cherries and break the Stones Powr into the Wine the Juice that comes out from the Cherries but put all the solid Substance of them into a long Bag of Boulter Cloath and hang it in the Wine at the Bung so that it lie not in the bottom but only reach to touch it and therefore naple it down at the mouth of the Bung then stop it close for variety you may put some clear Juice alone of Cherries but drawn from a larger proportion of Cherries into another parcel of Wine To either of them if you will aromatize the Drink take to this quantity two ounces of Cinamon grosly broken and bruised and put it in a little Bag at the Spigot that all the Wine you draw may run through the Cinamon You must be careful in bruising the Cherries and breaking the Stones for if you do all at once the Liquor will sparkle about but you must first bruise the Cherries gently in a Mortar and rub through a Sieve all that will pass and strain the residue hard through your hands then beat the remaining hard mark so strongly as may break all the Stones then put all together and strain the Clear through a subtil Strainer and put the Solid or Substance into the Bag to hang in the Wine Currans Wine to cool the Liver and cleanse the Blood Take a pound of the best Currans clean picked and powr upon them in a deep strait-mouth'd earthen Vessel six pounds or pints of hot water in which you have dissolved three spoonfuls of the purest and newest Ale-yeast stop it very close till it ferment then give such vent as is necessary and keep it warm for about three days it will work and ferment Taste it after two days to see if it be grown to your liking assoon as you find it so let it run through a strainer to leave behind all the exhausted Currans and the Yeast and so bottle it up it will be exceeding quick and pleasant and is admirable good to cool the Liver and cleanse the Blood it will be ready to drink in five or six days after it is Bottled and you may safely drink large draughts of it Mrs. Evelin's Way of making Cherry-Wine Take twenty four pound of the best ripe Cherries bruise them well that all their Juice may issue forth if you also break the Stones the Wine will have a bitterness not ungrateful let them continue so to ferment twelve hours which will give the
Wine a deep colour by fermenting upon the skins then let them run through an Hippocrass or gelly-bag putting the whole Mash into the Bag. In the Vessel that the Liquor runneth into put one pound of the best double refined Loaf Sugar in subtil Powder which will be melted by the Liquor then put it into Bottles filling them up above half way their necks within a good inch of the Corks This will keep a year or more and be exceeding pleasant and stomachal and will have no dregs in it and be of a pure deep Claret colour multiply this quantity keeping the proportion of Sugar as much as you will This quantity will make about six quarts of Wine It is the running through the Bag that makes it so clear I should like to put it into Barrels after it is bien cuve to let it ferment more there I think less Sugar would serve the turn The Lady Newport makes it near after the same manner but she first picks the stones as well as the stalks from the Cherries then breaks them very well with Hands or a Ladle and after twelve hours fermenting together strains them through a Napkin wringing it very well to press all out that can come which she putteth into Barrels to ferment with Sugar and after a long time setling draws it into Bottles it will draw well to the last if you drink it out of the Barrel without Botling Mrs. Marbury's Receipt to make Syder Take a peck of Apples and slice them and Boyl them in a Barrel of water til the third part be wasted then cool your water as you do for wort when it is cooled you must pour the water upon three measures of grownd Apples then drayn out the water at a Tap three or four times a day for three days together then press out the Liquor and Tun it up when it hath done Working then stop it up close Sr. Paul Neals Way of making Syder The best Apples make the best Syder as Pearmains Pippins Golden-pippins and the like Codlins make the finest Syder of all they must be ripe when you make Syder of them and is in prime in the Summer Season when no other Syder is good but lasteth not long not beyond Autumn The Foundation of Making perfect Syder consisteth in not having it work much scarce ever at all but at least no second time which ordinary Syder doth often upon Change of Weather and upon Motion and upon every working it grows harder Do then thus Chuse good Apples Red-streak are the best for Syder to keep Gennet-Moils the next then Pippins let them lye about three weeks after they are Gathered then stamp and strain them in the ordinary way into a wooden Fat that hath a Spiggot three or four fingers breadth above the bottom Cover the Fat with some hair or Sack-cloath to secure it from any thing to fall in and to keep in some of the Spirits so to preserve it from dying but not so much as to make it ferment When the juice hath been there twelve hours draw it by the Spiggot the Fat inclining that way as if it were a little Tilted into a barrel which must not be full by about two fingers leave the bung open for the ayr to come in upon a Superficies all along the Barrel to hinder it from Fermenting but not so Large a Superficies as to endanger dying by the ayrs depredating too many Spirits from it the drift in both these setlings is that the grosser parts consisting of the substance of the Apple may settle to the bottom and be severed from the Liquor for it is that which makes it Work again upon motion or Change of Weather and spoyls it After twenty four hours draw off it to see if it be clear by the setling of all the dregs above which the spigot must be If it be not clear enough draw it from the thick dregs into another Vessel and let it settle there twenty four hours This Vessel must be less than the first because you draw not all out of the first If then it should not be clear enough draw it into a third yet lesser than the second but usually it is at the first When it is clear enough draw it into Bottles filling them within two fingers which stop close After two or three days visit them that if there be danger of their Working which would break the Bottles you may take out the stopples and let them stand open for half a quarter of an hour then stop them close and they are secure for ever after In cold freezing weather set them upon bay and cover them over with hay or straw In open weather in winter transpose them to any other part of the Cellar to stand upon the bare ground or pavement In hot weather set them in Sand. The Syder of Apples of the last Season as Pippins not Pearmains not Codlins will Last til the Summer grow hot though this never Work it is not of the nature of stummed wine because the naughty dregs are not left in it Mr. Web's way of Making Bragot He takes the first Running of strong Ale and boyls a less proportion of honey in it then when he makes his ordinary Mead but double or treble as much Spice and herbs As for example to twenty gallons of the strong Wort he puts eight or ten pound according as your taste liketh more or less honey but at least treble as many herbs and treble as much Spice as would serve such a quantity of small Meade for to a stronger Mead you put a greater proportion of herbs and Spice then to a small by reason that you must keep it a longer time before you drink it and the length of time mellows and tames the taste of the herbs and Spice and when it is Tunned in the Vessel after Working with the Barm you may hang in it a bag of bruised Spices rather more then you boyled in it which is to hang in the Barrel all the while you draw it He makes also Mead with the second weak Running of the Ale and to this he useth the same proportions of Honey Herbs and Spice as for his small Mead of pure water and useth the same manner of boyling working with yeast and all other circumstances as in making of that FINIS
for two or three hours to dissolve the honey in the water lade it twice or thrice that day The next day boyl it very gently to make the scum rise and scum it all the while and now and then pour to it a Ladle full of cold water which will make the scum rise more when it is very clear from scum you may boyl it the more strongly til it bear an egg very high that the breadth of a groat be out of the water and that it boyl high with great walmes in the middle of the Kettle which boyling with great Bubbles in the middle is a sign it is boyled to its height Then let it cool til it be Luke-warm at which time put some Ale-yeast into it to make it Work as you would do Ale and then put it up into a fit Barrel first seasoned with some good sweet White wine as Canary Sack and keep the Bung open til it have done Working filling it up with some such honey-drink warmed as you find it sunk down by working over When it hath almost done working put into it a bagg of thin stuff such as Bakers use to Bolt in fastned by a Cord at the Bung containing two parts of Ginger sliced and one a piece of Cinamon Cloves and Nutmegs with a pebble stone in it to make it sink and stop it up close for six months or a year and then you may draw it into Bottles if you like Cardamum seeds you may add some of them to the Spices Some do like Mint exceedingly to be added to the other herbs If you will have it stronger put but two gallons and a half of water to one of honey You may use what Herbs or Roots you please either for their taste or vertue after the manner here set down If you make it work with yeast you must have great care to draw it into Bottles soon after it hath done working as after a fortnight or three weeks for that will make it soon grow stale and it will thence grow sowr and dead before you are aware But if it work singly of it self and by help of the Sun without admixtion of other Leaven or yeast it may be kept long in the Barrel so it be filled up to the top and kept very close stopt I conceive it will be exceeding good thus When you have a strong honey Liquor of three parts of water to one of honey well boyled and scummed put into it as soon as you take it from the fire some Clove-gilliflowers first wiped and all the whites clipped off one good handful or two to every gallon of Liquor Let these infuse thirty or forty hours then strain it from the flowers and either work it with yeast or set it in the Sun to Work when it hath almost done working put into it a bag of like Gilliflowers and if they be duly dryed I think they are the better hanging in it at the Bung. I conceive that bitter and strong herbs as Rosemary Bays Sweet marjorum Thyme and the like do conserve Mead the better and longer being as it were instead of Hops But neither must they no more then Clove-gilliflowers be too much boyled for the volatile pure Spirit flies away very quickly therefore rather infuse them Beware of Infusing Gilliflowers in any Vessel of Metal excepting silver for all metals will spoyl and dead their colour Glazed earth is best My Lady Dormers Receipt to make Metheglin Take four Gallons of water and one of Honey boyl it and skim it then put into it Liver wort Harts-tongue Wild-carrot and Yarrow a little Rosemary and Bays one Parsly-root and a Fennel-Root let them boyl an hour altogether you may hang a little bag of Spice in it if you please when it is cold put a little Barm to it and let it work like Beer The Roots must be scraped and the Pith taken out My Lady Morrices Receipt for Mead. My Lady Morrice makes her Mead thus Boyl first your water with your herbs Those She likes best are Angelica Baum Borage and a little Rosemary Spirit of Myrrh if the taste here be good not half so much as of any of the rest a handfull of all together to two or three gallons of water After about half an hours Boyling let the water run through a strainer to sever the herbs from it into wooden or earthen Vessels and let it cool and settle To three parts of the clear put one or more of Honey and boyl it til it bear an Egg leaving as broad as a shilling out of the water skimming it very well Then pour it out into Vessels as before and next day when it is almost quite cold pour it into a Sack-Cask wherein you have first put a little fresh Ale-yeast about two spoonfuls to ten gallons hang in it a bag with a little sliced Ginger but almost a pottinger full of Cloves cover the bung lightly til it have done working then stop it up close You may keep and draw it a year or two after It is excellent good Her Sister makes Hers thus Dissolve your Honey in the water til it beareth an Egg higher or lower according to the strength you will have it of then put into it some Sea-wormwood and a little Rosemary and a little Sage about two good handfuls of all together to ten gallons when it hath boyled enough to take the vertue of the herbs skim them out and strew a handful or two of fine wheat flower upon the boyling Liquor This will draw all the Dregs to it and swim at the top so that you may skim all off together and this She holdeth the best way of clarifying the Liquor and making it look pale Then pour it into Vessels as above to cool let it stand three days then Tun it up into a Sack Cask without yeast or Spice and keep it stopped til it work then let it be open til it have done working filling it up still with other honey drink Then stop it up close for a year or two you may at first stop it so that the strong working may throw out the stopple and yet keep it close til it work strongly She saith that such a small proportion of Wormwood giveth it a fine quick taste and a pale colour with an eye of green The Wormwood must not be so much as to discern any the least bitterness in the taste but that the composition of it with the honey may give a quickness The Rosemary and the Sage must be a great deal less than the Wormwood sometimes She stops it up as close as soon as she hath Tunned it and lets it remain so for three months Then pierce it and draw it into Bottles which stop well and tye down the stoppels this will keep so a long time She useth this way most It makes the Mead drink exceeding quick and pleasant when you pierce the Cask it will fly out with exceeding force and be ready to throw out the stopper and