half Camphire an ounce and an half two scruples and five grains Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Butter-bur-roots dry four ounces and seven drachms Garden and Common Valerian-roots both dry Angelica-roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula-Campana Snake-grass roots of each one ounce and in half two drachms and five grains Contrayerva Zedoary and Galingale of each one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains Rue-leaves dry White-Horehound Scordium Carduus Benedictus of each one ounce and an half Elder-flowers Lavender and Mace of each seven drachms and an half Citron pills drie Juniper-berries of each two ounces three drachms and an half Green Walnuts with the husks four ounces and seven drachms Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each four drachms and an half Aniseeds best seven ounces two drachms and an half Camphire two drachms and fifteen grains distill into fine Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound For Vse let the party infected take of this Water one Ounce mingled with warm Posser drink or any other water proper in that case and be kept warm and sweat well thereon Aqua nostra contra Pestilentiam or our plague-Plague-Water Y-worth Take of Spanish Angelica Roots half a pound English Angelica leaves Rue and Sage of each three handfuls Long Pepper Nutmegs and Ginger of each one ounce and an half Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each four ounces Malaga Wine two quarts Aqua Vitae Glauberis one gallon digest twenty daies and then distil into fine Spirit S. A. Addition Contrayerva Virginia Snake root and Zedoary of each three ounces the Powers of Vipers four ounces Camphire one ounce Syrup of Wine Vinegar one pound with which refine down after distilled This Water is an incomparable preservative in and against the Plague Small-Pox Measles and all Pestilential and Contagious Diseases Two Spoonfuls being taken three or four times a day as a Cordial 'T is good also for all cold Stomacks want of Digestion and the like Aqua Florum or Water of Flowers Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons and put it into a wide-mouth'd-pot or other Vessel stop'd very close take these several Flowers following in their Seasons and being clean pickt put them to the Spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Woodbine Stock-Gilli-flower of all the three sorts Damask-Roses Musk-Roses Sweet-Briar-flowers Lillium Convallium Jasmine Citron-flowers Orange-flowers or their pils dry Tillia-flowers Garden-Limmon and wild Thyme-flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot and Elder-flowers of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them add thereunto Aniseeds three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Coriander seeds one pound nine ounces and five drachms bruise the seeds 't were also best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the Spirit for the more orderly working Distil into fine Spirit S. A. then add to the distin'd water Roses Gilly-flowers and Elder-flowers of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms after twelve days Infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar sixteen pound and being fine it may be drawn for use Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons put it into a wide-mouth'd Pot or other Vessel stopt very close take those several flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the Spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Woodbine Stock-Gilli-flower of the three sorts Damask-Roses Musk-Roses Sweet-Brier-flowers Clove-Gilly-flowers Lillium-Convallium Jasmine Citron and Orange-flowers or their pils dry Tillia-flowers garden-Limmon and Wild Thyme-flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder-flowers of each two ounces three drachms and an half Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them add thereunto Aniseeds nine ounces four drachms and an half Coriander seeds four ounces and seven drachms bruise the seeds and 't were also best to bruise all the Flowers as you put them up into the Spirit for their more ord erly working Distil into fine Spirit S. A. then add to the distiled water Roses Gilli-flowers Elder-flowers of each four ounces and seven drachms after Twelve days Infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar three pound and being fine it may be drawn for use Y-worth This is a great Cordial for strengthening and refreshing the Spirits and therefore proper for those who are troubled with Hypocondriack Melancholy The Dose is from one drachm to five according to the Age Strength and Condition of the Patient Aqua Frugum or Water of Fruits Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Juniper-berries six pound six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Quince and Pipping-pairings both dry of each three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Limmon-pils Orange-pils dry of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms Nutmegs six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Anisceds three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Cloves three ounces one drachm and an half Distill into fine Spirit S. A. To the Spirit add Strawberries Rasberries bruised of each eight pound stir them well together and after ten daies it being clear may be drawn off then dulcifie with Syrrup made as is taught in Aven's Water and so let it stand till clear and then draw it off for use Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Juniper-berries one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples and five grains Quince and Pipping-pairings both dry of each nine ounces four drachms and an half Limmon-pils Orange-pils dry of each four ounces and seven drachms Nutmegs one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains Aniseeds nine ounces four drachms and an half Cloves four drachms and an half Distill into fine Spirit S. A. To the Spirit add Straw-berries Ras-berries bruis'd of each one pound and an half stir them well together and after ten daies it being clear may be drawn off Then dulcifie with Syrrup made as is taught in Aven's Water and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use Y-worth This is a great Carminative expelling Wind good in Surfeits and Fevers it abates Thirst The Dose is from one drachm to five in some proper Vehicle or dilated to a Julip We having thus run through the Prescriptions of such which are varied into a greater and lesser Composition we shall add some Observations and then proceed to lay down some particular waters that are purely for the use of such as would supply the defect of an Apothecary when not near c. You are first to observe that in the distilling of these Waters you must not make use of the Wool in the Head for that will be apt to suckand drink in too much of the Oleous part and so considerably destroy the vertues of the waters and altho there will often come
Wine what sufficeth Infuse them in the Wine two days and then Distill in Bal. Mariae Y-worth 'T is good for such as have the Mercurial Property abounding and are troubled with dulness of Spirit as also against Faling-sickness Convulsion Fitts and Infirmities of the Brain The Dose is from one to three drachms Observe Here is no quantity of Spirits given because the Distillers have a usual way in this thing to go by their own Experience that is they 'll make them no richer of the Herbs Seeds and Spices than as they 'll answer their cost in the Sale therefore they sometimes put two or three Cans more than we prescribe nay and omit one half of the Ingredients only observing that according as the Water is called to let that Herb Seed or Fruit to have the predominance of the flavours so that they go more by Custom than by Book but for our part we don 't in all things approve of this for we love true Prescriptions though the Waters be something thing the dearer and so to unite sound Theory and Practice together Aqua Salviae or Sage Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons great Sage dry four pound twelve ounces six drachms and a half Red Sage dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Lavender Flowers Sage Flowers ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Lavender Cotton dry Southern-wood dry ana twelve ounces six drachms and a half Nutmegs one pound bruise or beat them as is most proper and then Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what sufficeth Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons great Sage dry fourteen ounces three drachms and a half Red Sage dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Lavender Flowers Sage Flowers ana four ounces five drachms Lavender Cotton dry Southern-wood dry ana two ounces three drachms and a half Nutmegs one ounce bruise or beat them as is most proper and then Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Aqua Salviae Composita or Sage Water Compound Distiller Take Sage Marjoram Thyme Lavender Epithymum Bettony ana one ounce Cinamon half an ounce lreos Roots of Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus ana one ounce Storax Benjamin ana one drachm and a half infuse them four days in four pound of Spirit of Wine and then Distill in Balneo Y-worth 'T is good for such as are cold and Phlegmatick to revive the Spirits and fortifie the digestive faculty as also against oppressive Vapours that disturb the Microcosm The Dose is from two drachms to an ounce Aqua Caryophillatorum or Avens Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Avens Roots six pound six ounces three drachms grains five Orrice Roots Nutmegs Yellow Sanders Mace ana three ounces one drachm and a half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamin ana one ounce and a half grains fifteen Angelica Roots four ounces six drachms and a half Limon Pills Green twelve ounces six drachms and a half sweet Foenil-seeds Aniseed ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Cloves two ounces Roman Wormwood Mint dry ana four handfuls and a half Red Roses Staechas Flowers ana six handfuls and a half sweet Marjoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry ana nine handfuls and a half Alkermes Berries three ounces one drachm and a half bruise them all that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. and then dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rosewater six pound six ounces three drachms grains fifteen white Sugar sixteen pound boyl it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it on the Fire again adding thereto Confection of Alkermes six ounces three drachms and a half Syrup of Gilly-Flowers one pound nine ounces five drachms Ambergreese dissolved in Rosewater four scruples grains sixteen let these boyl a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Avens Roots one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains five Oâ—rice Roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace ana four drachms and a half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamin ana two drachms grains fifteen Angelica Roots seven drachms and a half Limon Pills green two ounces three drachms and a half sweet Foenilseeds Aniseeds ana four ounces six drachms Cloves three drachms Roman Wormwood Mint dry ana q. s Red Roses Staechas Flowers ana q. s e. sweet Majoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry ana q. s e. Alkermes Berries four drachms and a half bruise them all that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. and then dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rose water one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains fifteen white Sugar three pound boyl it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it on the Fire again adding thereunto Confection of Alkermes one ounce two drachms one scruple grains ten Syrup of Gilliflowers four ounces seven drachms Ambergreese Dissolved in Rose-water grains eighteen let these boil a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Y-worth This water is a very great Cordial Exhilarating the Spirits strengthning and comforting all the inward parts it not only preserves against the Consumption but also strengthens and revives those that are in it The Dose is from one to six scruples according to the age and strength of the Patient Rosa Solis Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinamon the best twelve ounces six drachms and a half Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Ginger Cara-way seeds ana six ounces three drachms Marigold-flowers Aniseeds ana one pound nine ounces five drachms bruise them and Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish one pound nine ounces five drachms Raisins of the Sun brown Sugar ana eight pound Red Sanders six ounces three drachms bruise the Liquorice and Raisins stir them well together and let them stand twelve days then being clear it may be drawn for use Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Cinamon the best two ounces three drachms and a half Cloves four drachms and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana one ounce one drachm Marigolds Aniseeds ana four ounces seven drachms bruise them and Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish four ounces seven drachms Raisins of the Sun brown Sugar ana one pound and a half Red Sanders one ounce one drachm bruise the Liquorice and Rasins stir them well together and let them stand twelve days then being clear it may be drawn for use Addition Add to the Spirit half as much as the rule of every particular Ingredient therein expressed And instead of Sanders give it the Tincture of Roses Gilliflowers or Poppies S. A. Y-worth 'T
of each one ounce and a half the best Jujubes the Kernels taken out one pound and a half let them digest twenty one days then strain the Liquor from the drugs to which add prepared Pearl six ounces prepared Emrald one drachm Ambergreese Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders ana three ounces Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dried ana three drachms let all these Species be tyed in a Silken bag and hang'd in the foresaid Spirit Composition the lesser Take of Lavender Flowers one gallon Spirit of Wine three gallons prepare it as before directed then take the Flowers of Sage Rosemary Bettony of each a handful Burrage Bugloss Lilly of the Valley Cowslips of each two handfulls the Flowers being truly gathered and macerated in a gallon of the Spiritus Vini Glauâ—eris must be added to the Spirit of Lavender as the former together with the Leaves of Bawm Motherwort Orange Tree newly gathered the Flowers of Stechados Oranges Bayberries of each an ounce and so digest and Distill as before directed then add the outward Rinds of Citron six drachms the seeds of Peony husked six drachms Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Cardamums Cubebs Yellow Sanders of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes one drachm the best Jujubes the Kernels taken out half a pound Digest and prepare as the former to which Liquor add of prepared Pearl two drachms prepared Emrald one scruple Ambergreese Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders of each an ounce Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dried of each a drachm let these Species be tyed in a Silken bag and hanged in the foresaid Spirit Addition The Essence of Musk and Ambergreese ana Drops twenty the Mel of Black-cherries and of Rasberries ana five ounces the Syrup of Quinces two ounces so let it refine S. A. Y-worth This is a most excellent Cordial wonderfully strengthning the principal faculties good in Epilepsies Convulsions Palsies and all Diseases of the Nerves 't is also excellent good to wash the wound bitten by any Venemous Creature or to bath any grieved part the Dose inwardly is from one drachm to three either per se or in Wine Aqua Scorbutica or French's Scorbutick VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take of the Leaves of Garden and Sea Scurvey-grass picked and cleansed of each eighteen pound let them be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add the Juice of Brook-lime Water cresses of each one pound and a half of the best white-White-wine three gallons thirty six whole Limons cut of the fresh Roots of Briony twelve pound of the fresh Roots of Horse-Raddish six pound of the Bark of Winteran one pound and a half of Nutmegs twelve ounces let them be macerated three days and then Distilled Composition the lesser Take of the Leaves of Garden and Sea Scurvey-grass picked and cleansed of each six pounds let these be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add of the Juice of Brook-lime Water-cresses of each half a pound of the best White-wine eight Pints twelve whole Limons cut of the fresh Roots of Bryony four pound the fresh Roots of Horse-Raddish two pound of the Bark of Winteran half a pound Nutmegs four ounces let them be macerated three days then Distill Addition Syrup of Mustard two ounces Syrup of Elder three ounces Tincture of Corall and Milk of Pearl of each Drops forty mix them S. A. Y-worth This is a most excellent Anti-scorbutick not only good in the Scurvy but also prevalent in the Jaundice and other refractary Diseases The Dose is from half an ounce to two ounces first in a Morning and last at Night Aqua Aperitiva or a Carminative opening Water Composition the greater Distiller Take Roots of Eringo Vipers-Grass Fern the greater Centaury of each one ounce and a half Roots of Foenil Barks of Capparis Tamarisk Ash of each one ounce one drachm Barks of Citrons seven drachms and a half seeds of Carduus Benedictus Cichorie of each one ounce and a half seeds of Endive Cresses Citrons Scariol of each six drachms Polytricon Adianthum Ceterach Dodder Scolopendria Bettony Endive of each four handfuls and an half tops of Thyme Epithymum Hops Flowers of St. John's Wort Broom Borage Bawm of each three handfuls small Raisins three ounces Cinnamon four drachms and a half Spec. Dialacc one drachm and a half Water of Carduus Benedictus Hops Scolopendria Paul's Bettony of each three pound rhenish-Rhenish-wine seven pound and a half let them stand two days in a warm place in a Vessel close stopp'd afterward Distill them in Balneo Composition the lesser Take Roots of Eringo Vipers-Grass Fern the greater Centaury of each half an ounce Roots of Foenil Barks of Capparis Tamarisk Ash of each three drachms Bark of Citrons two drachms and a half seeds of Carduus Benedictus Cichory of each half an ounce seeds of Endive Cresses Citrons Scariol of each two drachms Polytricon Adianthum Ceterach Dodder Scolopendria Bettony Endive of each a handful and a half tops of Thyme Epithymum Hops Flowers St. Johns Wort Broom Borrage Bawm of each one handful small Rasins one ounce Cinamon one drachm and a half Spec. Dialacc half a drachm Water of Carduus Benedictus of Hops of Scolopendria of Paul's Bettony ana one pound Rhenish Wine two pound and a half let them stand two days in a warm place in a Vessel close stopp'd afterward Distill them in Balneo Addition Aqua Vitae Glauberis two pound the Juice of Goose-berries two pound or in place thereof Goose-berry Wine made as prescribed in our Brit. Magazine of Liquors the Juice of Black-berries half a pound the Juice of Buckthorn Berries six ounces Cinnamon and Nutmegs ana two ounces Sugar half a pound let it be prepared Secundum Artem. Y-worth T is a prevalent Water to open the Obstructions of the whole Body especially of the Liver Spleen and Mesentery The Dose is from two drachms to six or eight two or three times a day Aqua Vulneraria or VVound VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take Plantain Rib-wort Bone-wort Wild Angelica Red Mints Bettony Agrimony Sanicle Blew-Bottles White-Bottles Scabius Dandelion Avens Honey-Suckle Leaves Bramble buds Haw-thorn buds and Leaves Mugwort Daisie Roots Leaves and Flowers Wormwood Southern-wood of each four handfuls boyl all these in two gallons of white-wine and as much Spring water till one half be wasted and when it is thus boyled strain it from the Herbs and put to it two pound of Honey and let it boyl a little after then divide this into two parts the one part head with common ferment and let it ferment for three days then add into every Quart thereof a pound of Aqua Vitae Glauberis and Distill into high Proof Spirits S. A. Addition Cinnamon Lignum Aloes of each four ounces Mirrh Aloes and Saffron of each one ounce then perfume and colour as in other precious Waters and dulcifie with Syrup of Cinnamon and Syrup of Poppies of each three ounces and lastly add in of Laudanum Liquidum four drachms Tincture of Coral six
it is perfectly clear Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Ennula-campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each four ounces and seven drachms Cyprus-roots bark of the roots of Bay-tree or as much leaves Sassafras with the bark Cinamon white of each one ounce six drachms and fifteen grains Calamus-aromaticus Orange-pills drie one ounce and a drachm Clary red Mints Calamint Elder-flowers Camomile-flowers of each an ounce and an half Sweet-Fennel-seeds Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each one ounce and a drachm Coriander-seeds Cardamums Cubebs Grains of Paradise Cloves and Ginger of each six drachms Pepper long and white of each three ounces bruise them all grosely and distill into fine goods S.A. then dulcifie with white Sugar three pound and draw it for use when it is perfectly clear Aqua Sudorifica or Water to procure Sweat Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit 16 gallons Butter-bur-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each one pound and an half one ounce and five drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each one pound three ounces one drachm and an half Cowslip-flowers Marigold-flowers of each one pound Juniper-berries two pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the Lesser Take of Strong Proof Spirit three gallons Butter-bur-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and in half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each four ounces seven drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each two ounces four drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each three ounces four drachms and an half Cowslip-flowers and Marigold-flowers of each three ounces Juniper berries six ounces bruise them all and diâ—â—ill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with White Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is very excellent in proâ—â—king Sweat the Patient drinking an Ounce thereof â—â—d then to be covered close in bed by which means â—iny Disseasysdea's will be dissipated and carried off and â—e Spirits and Body strengthened Aqua contra Crapulam or Surfeit Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Juniper berries three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula Campana roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms Calamus aromaticus Galingale of each six ounces and three drachms Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry of each four ounces Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each three ounces one drachm and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark and White Cinamon of each four ounces six drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Cloves and Ginger of each one ounce and an half two scruples and five grains Red-Poppy-flowers six pound six ounces and an half Aniseeds four pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Juniper berries nine ounces four drachms and an half Ennula Campana roots dry four ounces and six drachms Calamus-aromaticus and Galingale of each an ounce and a drachm Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry or each six drachms Carraway-seeds and Angelica-seeds of each four ounces and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark white Cinamon of each seven drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Ginger and Cloves of each two drachms and fifteen grains Red-Poppy-flower sone pound three ounces and an half Aniseeds twelve ounces bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is not only good for Surfeits but also for Feavers Agues and Obstructions and all others wherein a sharp and Acid ferment too much affects the Blood The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce If in this Dose you mix two or three drachms of 〈◊〉 Spiritus Mundus and drink it two or â—hree times a day it will cure most Plurisies without â—mae-section Aqua contra Scorbutum or Scorbutical Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Horse-radish-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula-Campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses and Garden-cresses Taragon Balsamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water Sweet-Chervile of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Arsmart twelve ounces six drachms and and half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what sufficeth For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of the Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Horse-raddish-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and an half Enula-Campana-roots dry and Aniseeds of each four ounces and six drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses Garden-cresses Taragon Baisamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water and Sweet-Chervile of each one ounce six drachms and five grains Arsmart two ounces three drachms and an half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each seven ounces and an half Citron pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Y-worth This Water is excellent for purifying the Blood and for carrying off the Scorbutick Acidity by way of mortification for it sweetens the same all one as Spirit of Wine doth the Spirit of Salt The Dose for such is from two to six drachms twice or thrice a day Aqua contra Pestilentiam or Plague-Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Butter-bur-roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms garden and common Valerian-roots both dry Angelica-roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula-Campana Snake-grass-roots of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Contrayerva Zedoary and Galingale of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Rue-leaves dry white Horehound Scordium Carduus-Benedictus of each eight ounces Elder-flowers Lavender and Mace of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils dry Juniper-berries of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Green Walnuts with the husks one pound nine ounces and five drachms Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each three ounces one drachm and an half Aniseeds best two pound six ounces three drachms and an
Germander Hermodactyls Tormentil White Frankincense the pith of Dwarf Elder Juniper-berries Bay-berries the Seeds and Flowers of Motherwort the Seeds of Smallage Fennel and Anise the Leaves of Sorrel Sage Felwort Rosemary Marjoram Mints Penny-Royal Stechados the Flowers of Elder Red and White Roses of the Leaves of Scabious Rue the lesser Moonwort Egrimony Centory Fumitary Pimpernel Sowthistle Eyebright Maiden-hair Endive Red Saunders Aloes of each four ounces pure Amber the best Rhubarb of each four drams dried Figs Raisins of the Sun Dates stoned sweet Almonds Grains of the Pine of each two ounces of the best Aqua vitae to the quantity of them all of the best hard Sugar two pound of white Honey one pound then add the Root of Gentian Flowers of Rosemary Pepperwort the Root of Bryony Sowbread Wormwood of each an ounce Now before these are distill'd quench Gold being made Red hot oftentimes in the aforesaid Water put therein Oriental Pearls beaten small two pound and then distill it after twenty four hours Infusion Y-worth This is a very good Cordial Water prevailing against Malignant Pestilential Feavers a great restorative to such as are in Consumption it comforts the Heart and revives drooping Spirits 't is very hot in Operation you must not exceed half a drachm for the largest Dose without the Advice of a Physitian In Feavers mix it with cooling Juleps Aqua Nostra Multifera Virtutum or our Water of Many Virtues Y-worth Take Pawme Sage Bettony Buglosse Cowslips all gather'd in their prime of each a handful Motherwort Bay Leaves of each a handful and half Marygold-flowers two handfuls flowers of Rosemary Lavender Lillies of the Valley Rosa-solis of each four handfuls the Juice of Salendine two pound Saffron two ounces Lignum Aloes an ounce and half Turmerick four ounces Spirit of Wine six Quarts digest all six days and then distil in B. S. A. This Water is excellent in the Diseases of the Head Breast and Heart Liver and principal parts fortifying the Faculties and strengthning Nature as far as can be expected from simple Cordial Spirits without being enriched with some Mineral Sulphurs the which will be shown in our Spagyrick Phylosophy Asserted and Spagyrick philosophies Tryumph Now by the way observe that most of these Waters or Spirits are too strong to be taken alone Nature not loving to ride in fiery Chariots 't is best therefore that they be dilated and reduced into Cordials the way by which 't is performed will be shown in our Medicina rationalis Crollii Aqua Theriacalis Camphorat Or Crollius his Treacle Water Camphorated Take of Andromachus his Treacle ten ounces the best Myrrh five ounces the best Saffron one ounce Camphire four drams mix them together then pour upon them of the best Spirit of Wine â—wenty ounces and let them stand twenty four hours in a warm place then distill them in Balneo with a gradual Fire Cohobate the Spirit three times Y-worth This Water is of Excellent Virtue against the Pestilence and other Feavers 't is a very good Counter-poyson and good for those that have been bit by any Venemous Creature or such as have the French Pox for it drives forth all virulent Humours from the heart and is a great Cordial The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Aqua Composita contra Scorbutum or a Scorbutical Water Take of the Leaves of both sorts of Scurvy Grass being made very clear of each twelve pound let these be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add the Juice of Brooklime Juice of Water Cresses of each a pound of the best white Wine sixteen Pints twelve whole Lemmons cut of the fresh Roots of Briony eight pound of the fresh Roots of Horse-radish four pound of the Bark of Winteran one pound of Nutmegs eight ounces let them macerate three days and then distill S. A. Y-worth This Water is Excellent for the Scurvy with all the Symptoms that attend the same 't will radically cure those that are not too Rebellious in a Month or six Weeks time if you take two Spoonfuls thereof in a Morning and Evening I could indeed inlarge my self with various other Prescriptions but I think it needless seeing you have here what is sufficient to accomplish any Distiller nay peradventure more than ever you may have occasion to make so that others of a more Superior and Higher Order will be superfluous as to such as have a desire to know more thinking them necessary in their Medicinal practice let them resort to our Medicina Rationalis where they shall find them under the head of such Diseases as they are appropriated to And for those that would be curious and have variety of chargeable Prescriptions let them apply themselves to the London Dispensatory and other Authors wherein they are prescribed But as to such as desire the healing Virtues of one single Cordial which hath been found for many years to supply the place of many others such we advise to our Spiritus Propheâ—â—â—ticus Imperialis treated of in our Spagyrick Philoâ—â—phy asserted for this indeed is various ways to be â—â—dered and that to such an advantage as that it â—â—swers all that can be desired from any thing of this Nature and therefore for the good of such as languish under deplorable Diseases we thought it â—â—quisite to give its Virtue and Use First of the Spirit and then of the way of dilating it into a Cordial Spiritus HEADrophelacticus Imperialis or the Antipeleptick HEADowers Soveraign for all the Diseases of the Head Womb-Fits sudden surprisals and infectious Diseases being a general Cordial for all Diseases incident to the Body As to its Preparation 't is given in our Spagyrick Philosophy Asserted Its Virtues in General This is a great Cordial truly helping Nature inâ—â—rdly or outwardly applyed and is of admirable benefit to poor fainty drooping Spirits and weak Nature and a great Reliever and Comforter of Old Aged people Strengthning and Comforting the Heart and Stomach prevalent against Wind Chollick Gripes Yellow Jaundice Cough and Colds and such like Distempers And also Bruises and Contusions wither'd and benumbed Members and Cramp 't is efficacious against Cold moist Diseases of the Head Stomach and Heart as Apoplexies Falling Sickness Palsies Trembling Head-ach Megrim Vertigo Carus Lethargy Sleepiness and Dimnâ—sâ— of Sight cold Rheums Catarrhs Rhumatisms Old Aches of the Back and Loyns stinking breath as also good against Convulsions It s Use and Dose For any Bruise Squatt Aches or weak and decayed parts you must dip a Cloath therein and lay it four or five times double on the part and at last having repeated this three or four times bind it fast thereon For the Diseases of the Face and Head you must annoint your Face and Temples and take the savours up your Nostrils For Rickets in Children it must be applyed as well outwardly as inwardly chasing the grieved part with the clear Spirit before the Fire Dipping a Scarlet cloath in it and laying it
P. 46 Aqua Menthae simplex simple Mint Water P. 47 Aqua Violae tricoloris simplex simple Hearts-ease Water P. 48 Aqua Raphani simplex Radish Water simple P. 49 Aqua Sabinae corticis simplex Savine Water simple P. 50 The Way to perfume and dulcifie any of these Waters ibid. Concerning Medicinal Spirits P. 51 Spiritus Salviae Spirit of Sage ibid. Spiritus Cochleariae the Spirit of Scurvey-Grass P. 52 Spiritus Lavendulae Spirit of Lavender P. 53 Spiritus Angelicae Spirit of Angelica P. 54 Spiritus Croci Spirit of Saffron P. 55 Spiritus Dauci Spirit of Daucus P. 56 Concerning the Art of Distillation and how it may be obtained by this Book if not the Author advises you to have recourse to an Artist P. 57 Of the secundum artem in Distillation which is the very Marrow of Distillation and that by which the Artist is crowned and of it's difficulty to be delivered in Writing ibid. Of such Waters as are compounded and are really necessary for the Master Distiller to be furnished withal P. 58 Of the Measures made use of in this Book P. 59 That a Tun of Proof Spirits make a Tun and half of Common Waters ibid. Aqua vitae Prescription the first P. 60 Aqua vitae a second Prescription ibid. Aqua vitae aurea Glauberis Glaub Golden Aqua vitae P. 62 Aqua Anisi Aniseed Water P. 63 Aqua Angelicae Angelica Water P. 64 Aqua absynthii Wormwood Water P. 65 Aqua Melissae Bawm Water P. 66 Aqua Menthae Mint Water P. 68 Aqua Rosmarini Rosemary Water P. 69 Aqua Limoniarum aut Aurantiorum Limon and Orange Water P. 70 Aqua Majoranae Marjoram Water P. 71 Aqua Melliphylli Balsamint Water P. 72 Aqua Caryophyllorum Clove Water P. 73 Aqua Cinamomi communis Cinamon Water common P. 74 Aqua Cinamomi propria Cinamon Water proper ib. Aqua Cinamomi nostra Our Cinamon Water P. 75 Aqua Sem. Faen dul Sweet Fennel seed-Water P. 77 Aqua Calendularum Marigold-water P. 78 Aqua Seminum Carui or Caraway-water P. 79 Aqua Nucum Moschatarum Nutmeg-water P. 80 Aqua Lavendulae Lavender-water P. 81 Aqua Lavendulae Composita Lavender-water Compound P. 82 Aqua Salviae Sage-water P. 83 Aqua Salviae Composita Sage-water Compound P. 84 Aqua Caryophillatorum Avens-water ibid. Rosa Solis P. 86 Ros Solis proprius P. 88 Aqua Stomachica min. Stomack-water the lesser P. 90 Aqua Stomachica major Stomack-water the greater P. 91 Aqua Stomachica nostra Our Stomack-water P. 92 Vsquebaugh P. 93 Irish Vsquebaugh P. 94 Vsquebaugh Royal. P. 95 Aqua Bezoartica Bezoar-water P. 96 Aqua Matthiae Dr. Matthias's Water P. 98 Aqua Contra Scorbutum Dr. French's Scorbutick-water P. 101 Aqua Apertiva A Carminative Opening Water P. 102 Aqua Vulucraria a Wound-water P. 103 Aqua Mariae The Ladies water P. 105 Aqua Anticholica Our Water against the Cholick P. 106 Aqua in Vermes Our Worm-water P. 108 Aqua Convulsiva nostra Our Water against Convulsions P. 109 Aqua Preciosa the Precious Water P. 111 Aqua Carminativa Wind-water P. 113 Aqua Sudorifica Water to procure Sweat P. 114 Aqua contra Crapulam Surfeit-water P. 115 Aqua Antiscorbutica Scorbutical-water P. 117 Aqua Contra Pestilentiam Plague-water P. 118 Aqua nostra contra Pestilentiam Our Plague-water P. 120 Aqua florum Water of Flowers P. 121 Aqua frugum Water of Fruits P. 123 Aqua Rubra Londinensis the London Red. water P. 125 Aqua Mirabilis P. 127 Aqua Mirabilis Nostra ibid. Dr. Stephen's Water P. 128 Aqua Imperialis ibid. Aqua Caelestis P. 129 Aqua nestra multifera Virtutum Our Water of many Virtues P. 130 Crollii Aqua Theriacalis Camphorat Crollius's Treacle-water Camphorated P. 131 Aqua Composita Antiscorbutica A Scorbutical-Water Compound P. 132. Spiritus prophelacticus Imperialis Antipileptick Powers P. 133 Cordialis nostra generalis Our general Cordial P. 135 The Doctrine of Vegetable Powers Oleosums and Essential Salts P. 138 The difference between Oleosums and Powers ibid. The Theory of the Preparation of Oyls so as to unite with Water or Spirit of Wine P. 139 The exact Modus and Praxis thereof P. 140 The Author's Observation concerning such as pretend to Essential Powers and Spirits and yet are defective in Volatilizing the fixed Alkalie of that Concreat whence prepared P. 141 Potestates per Hermaphroditicum Salem Ammoniacum or Powers prepared by the help of an Hermaphroditical Sal Armoniack P. 142 The way to prepare the said Sal Armoniack ibid. The Modus of Distilling it into a Spirit P. 143 Potestates Cinnamomi Powers of Cinamon P. 144 Potestates Menthae The Powers of Mint P. 146 Potestates Melissae The Powers of Bawm P. 148 Potestates Sambuci Succinatae The Powerful united Spirit of Elder Essentificated with Amber P. 149 Potestates Rosmarini The Powers of Rosemary P. 154 Potestates Cochleariae The Powers of Scurvey-grass P. 156 Potestates Emundantes Our general cleansing Powers P. 160 Potest Neâ—enthae Our Annodyne Pain-easing Powers P. 163 Potestates Baccharum Juniperi The Powers of Juniper-berries P. 165 Potestates Cosmeticae Our Beautifying Powers P. 168 Potestates Mercurii The Powers of Mercury ibid. Potestates Nobilissimae Succedaneae Specificae per Sal. Tartari Volatilem or noble Succedaneous Specifick Powers P. 170 Potestates Absinthii or the Powers of Worm-wood P. 172 How to make Essential Salts and to know their goodness when prepared P. 174 Potestates verae arcanae per Salem nostrum Panaristos or the true Essential and Genuine Powers of Bodies P. 178 Helmont's Commendation of the first Ens of Cedar for long life P. 179 The Author's Observation concerning this Sal-panaristos and its universal Tendency in preparing Powers from the Vegetable Animal and Mineral Kingdom P. 180 Concerning the most principal Subjects sc Tartar Sulphur and Venus usefully in the meliorating Wines and Spirits when prepared by the said medium P. 183 The prevalency of the Element of fire of Venus and Common Sulphur being Philosophically prepared not only in exalting small Wines but olso in restoring such as are defective ropy and decay'd P. 184 The manner of using the said Sal-panaristos for the bereaving Malt and Molasses-Spirits c. of their adustion and ill tangue whereby they are advanced to the desired perfection P. 185 The Authors Answer to the request of a worthy Friend in which is Contained the names of those his Books that are or shall be Printed by Divine Permission c. P. 187 Advertisement WHereas the Author hath formerly in his Writings made mention of a noble Spirit sc Spiritus Odontugiasus or Mouth-wash so highly approved of by the most Learned and Ingenious Persons for it's prevalency in demonstrating its unparallel'd Virtues in whitening Black Yellow and Corrupted Teeth fastning such as are loose Curing the Cancer and Scurvey in the Mouth after so safe and effectual a manner as to bring up new flesh upon the Gums and prevent the Teeth from future
Corn cannot be burnt and therefore makes good Brandy Now 't is observable that that Brandy made from Wheat-Corn is the most near of any other from any Grain whatsoever to that of Gallia Let thus much at present suffice concerning Corn because the distinct rules of bringing it into Low-wines Proof Spirits and rectified goods will be laid down in their proper places we shall therefore now proceed to the second Head sc Molasses Sugar and Honey As to Molasses you need to do no more than down with it into the Backs seeing for promise-sake we must open so many truths and add thereto three or four times its weight of Liquor prepared as in the second Head i. e. to every Hundred of Molasses thirty six forty or forty six Gallons of Liquor according as you will have it small or rich of the Molasses for you must observe that the stronger it is the longer 't will be before it comes to Fermentation and this if it be not well Fermented will yield but poorly i. e. very little quantity of Spirits therefore is it abundantly nicer to be wrought than that of Malt and especially in these cold Climates for you must observe to set your Back at once in a good temper being not so well to be holpen by hot or cold Liquors as that of Corn and you must have good store of Yeast or Ferment to Head it well at once or else it will not come on but if you use Wash instead of Water and Tilts the Grounds of very Strong Beer will help its Fermentation on so that abundantly less Yeast will serve and you must observe that it stands especially in the Winter time in a very warm place and if in the second day it should not begin to come well on the which it will not if set either too hot or too cold then you must have ready by you a Pot of very strong Mustard with a Horse-Raddish and good Onion and the value of an Egg or two of these must be cast in you may dip the Onion and Horse-Raddish in the Mustard and this will highly promâ—te its Fermentation especially if you add a Ball of Whiting Tartar or Argill is not to be despised in the Doctrine of Fermentation for 't will give a secret and sure internal one yet when a Back is in too high a Foam 't will kindly flat it In all this you must observe that Experience must be your chief guide for tho' we discover true things yet several accidents may occur wherein this Mistress may and will be your best help For you must know that when it is truly Fermented you must take it in the right nick neither too high nor too flat neither too sweet nor too sowre for by any extream you may lose of your quantity of Spirit as well as by the want of due Fermentation therefore if a Back of Molasseâ— have not yielded you Spirit enough let it cool sit to set again and then add in a few Gallonâ— of fresh Treacle stir them well together and Ferment with Ale Yeast and a ball of Whiting as before and so draw a second time Ingeniouâ— Reader make not strange of this working over of Molasses a second time seeing it hath been often done and we are credibly informed by a Person of Ingenuity that in Barbados and those Islands where the Sugar Canes are in large quantity they take the Molasses foul Sugars and their Canes and Ferment them together with remains of the former Distillation and upon a defect of Fermentation they cast in some Wood-Ashes newly made together with some live Coals He farther said that when it is almost brought to its height in Fermentation they add five Gallons more of Molasses and then stir and Ferment as before and then again five Gallons always keeping it in Fermentation and with other reiterate additions proceed until it is very rich of the Molasses But if so than are they in this Case beholding to their Climate for the heat which helps on their Fermentation for here that would not be performed under a long and tedious time therefore we shall omit it but as for the using their remains we much because it carries with it so strong an Hogo the way of bringing it into Low-wines Proof Goods and Rectified Spirits will be shown in its proper place Honey must be mixed with four five six seven or eight parts of warm water and dissolved and then to the Solution you must add Ferment as was spoken concerning Malt which afterward must be left covered in some heat for to be Fermented being fit for Distillation when it comes to wax hot Now know that too great a quantity of Honey makes a very slow Fermentation viz. Of some Weeks or Months wherefore for acceleration sake we advise that a greater quantity of Water be added although otherwise it yields plenty of Spirits but ungrateful which therefore we would have no body to Distill as being unprofitable unless any one know how to take away the ungratefulness thereof which will be more largely shown in the Chapter of Rectification low-Low-wines Proof goods and Rectified Spirits may be made from those Meads described in our Britannean Magazine of Wines and most excellent and flavorous Spirits they are indeed Moreover as to what concerns Sugar it may be performed by what is laid down of Molasses and Honey and therefore being needless to repeat it we shall pass on to another Head Now as to Cyder Perry and Artificial Wines together with such Liquors as may be made from English growths according to the general way commonly known as also that already they being well Fermented and by Age come to be ripe and fine there is no difficulty to obtain there from a generous Spirit Note that Cyders yield but little quantity of Spirit let them be made never so fine by age therefore 't is requisite that you again open them and bring them to a fresh Ferment and then they will yield plentifully also when they are declining prick'd ropy or flat it is requisite that they be again helped into a Fermentative State by such additions as will measurably revive them sometimes Whites of Eggs and Flour will do it or some Alkalisated Calx and if not then must you proceed to your common way and Ferment by which and warmth new Cyder may be so brought as in five six or seven days it will be fit to be Distilled and so of the rest Now among many fine Goods excellent Stuff may be made from sound Fruits especially Cyder that so with small additions good Brandies may be made therefore why should we contemn the perfect knowledge of Molasses and Cyder-Spirits seeing by a little Industry great things may thereby be performed But what is here said being sufficient for all kind of Fruits seeing the Doctrine of Fermentation is elsewhere more largely laid down passing this by we shall come to the fourth Head Raisins Figs and other Foreign Fruits may either be stamped in
fit for the Verge and an Inch or two of vacancy between whereby to put in the Water may you have an Artificial Balneum for rectifying your Spirits We shall now proceed to the second Extraction which is thus Take two or three Cans of Water put them into your Still and a small handful of Salt and charge your still with low-Low-wines to a convenient height let down your Head and give Fire then put your Beck into the Worm and gradually proceed till all is over the which you may know by the weakness of that which comes Observe You may also use a small portion of some Herb which hath a proper Signature with the Vine And it is a general custom among the Distillers in order to make their Spirits hot strong and fiery in the mouth to use Spanish Grains which are sold by the Druggists which do accomplish their end but with little other advantage to the Spirit Therefore do we reject it tho' a thing so much practised seeing more agreeable and pleasant ways are easily to be found Now we shall reveal one thing more which will be helpful to the Distiller which is in taking away part of the gross Sulphur from whence much of the Evil Tang proceedeth and 't is thus Take a pound of Wool wash it exceeding clean and dry it and with a loop hang it in the Head of the Still in which the oleous parts ascending will be insorbed and when the Operation is over wash clean dry and keep it for the like service Having thus finished the second Extraction we think it not amiss to show what quantity of Low-wines Proof goods and fine Spirits may be Extracted from a Quarter of Malt. You must know that in the first place 't will make about Fifty Gallons or something more than three Barrels of Wash which in the first Extraction will make thirty two thirty four or thirty six Gallons of Low-wines and these if you let them lie will in the second Extraction yield eleven or twelve Gallons of Proof Spiriâ— nay sometimes through the goodness and richness of the Malt thirteen especially if in the second Extraction you add some Water into thâ— Still which in the third Extraction we count iâ— truly Proof lose not many Gallons in a Tun. Note also the English receive their low-Low-wines Proof and Fine Goods in Cans but the Dutch object against this way saying that it is disadvantageous because the Spirit is exhausted through the Magnetick or Attractive property of the Air therefore they place large receiving Vessels their full height or more in the Ground so as to place thick boards over them in which they have two holes the one for a Funnel to receive the Low-Wines or Proof Goods the other to put in an Hand-Pump to Pump them out when they please which indeed is very commodious not only for the Reasons mentioned but also because the Still may be set lower a Funnel requiring not so large a space or height as a Can whereby it may be the better and easier commanded Thus having run through what was promised in this Chapter we shall here conclude the same and pass on to Rectification CHAP. II. Wherein we shall Treat of Rectification in general as also of those Mediums by which 't is best performed so as to make excellent Stuff and Artificial Brandies IN the former Chapter we treated concerning the way of erecting a Work-House as also of proper Utensils thereunto belonging together with the way of making Low-wines and Proof Spirits so that we shall here come to that of Rectification showing how far we can advance in making excellent Stuff and Artificial Brandies concerning the possibility of which we shall first give you the Opinion of that famous Radolph Glauber P. 1. pag. 57. Where he mentions the difference of Malting The difference of Malt by reason whereof it yields better or worse Beer and Spirit consists for the most part in the preparation thereof for being made after the Vulgar way it retains its taste wherefore it can't yield good Spirit nor good Beer which is observed by very few wherefore they could not draw forth good Spirit out of Corn but such as savours of the taste and smell of the Malt which is not the fault of the Corn but of the Artificer not operating a-right in the Preparation of his Malt in Distillation and Rectification For if it were prepared a-right in all things Corn yields a very A smaler Still for Rectification I the Ash hole â—… the Fire place â—… the body of the Still â—… the Head â—… the entering of the Crane neck â—… the joyning of the nose therof to tho Worme â—… the Worme Tubb â—… the Can The Common Alimbeck wherein small quantityes of Waters are drawn AA the Ash hole B the Fire place C the body of the Still D the joynt whereat the Head shuts into the Body E the Cooler containing water to refrigerate the Spirits F the joyning of the Receiver to the beck of the Alimbeck G the Receiver good Spirit not unlike to that which is made out of the Lees of Wine in taste odour and other virtues Which Art although it be not known to all yet it doth not follow that it is impossible To which Opinion we can the more freely assent seeing that we by our former experienced tryals which were about five years ago at which time we had a good quantity of our Percipiolum of Tartar by us have made most excellent Wines and Artificial Brandies from the chief Heads before mentioned Concerning which Tartar we have many Mysteries to write but for obligation sake must reserve some of them as being assisted therein by a Glauberian but however we shall lay the thing before your view by repeating the words of the Famous Author P. 2. pag. 139. Take white or red Tartar for both of them being well mundified are as good one as the other dissolve it in Water and separate all its gross Sulphur by a certain precipitating matter This impurity abiding in the Water is to be separated from the precipitated Tartar by pouring out the Water the which Tartar remains in the bottom like a Snowy Sand and is to be well purged by reiterated washings with Water so long until all the impurities being well separated the Powder it self becomes like to the white Snow He also adds that this may be so highly exalted as to be associable to Gold but the knowledge of a matter Precipitating Tartar is not easie to be attained to without which it will never suffer it self to be precipitated and purged 't is an hard thing to find but he that knows it it renders him all his labour facile and easie Any impure Tartar whether it be white or red may be so wash'd in one or two hours space and so Purged that losing nothing save its Faeces it will become most white and much more apt for many Operations These make such fine Spirits of Wine without any violent Distillation
that those Spirits added to Water will make good Wines if you again add in the depurated Tartar You may also see what he further says in P. 2. pag. 59. and P. 1. pag. 292. Now if you cannot attain to this Tartar you must endeavour so to prepare your Spirits as that they may be sweet and pleasant though something different in taste from those of the Vine which taste proceeds from the signature of that specificated Sulphur from whence the Spirits are prepared which geneous Nature will preserve what in her lies to the utmost Iliad but strong Savours come from the violence of Fire and Adustion so that the fault is not to be ascribed to Nature but to the Ignorance of the Artificer seeing such the same will happen even from the Products of the Vine therefore the skillful one must first bereave them of this taste and smell and then he may easily introduce such others as have a measurable Homogeniety and Affinity to the Vine this and this only is the great business of Art and the Artificial Preparation we would point forth for as we 've elsewhere said if Spirits were thus Stilled so as to get an ill Tang they must again be bereaved thereof which is not accomplished till your Spirits are brought in a manner as free from taste as Water only Fiery and Spiritual whereby much of the gross Sulphur from whence the adustion and consequently ill Tang proceeds is cast off and separated we mean as to its domineering qualities The like may be done to great content even on Rum which is the strongest in smell and taste of all the Vinor Spirits drawn from Vegitable Concretes Which taste we are well satisfied comes not so much from the Internal Natute of the Concrete as from their rough Preparation of the same sc their so often using the remains and reliques of Sugar and Canes seeing that by pure Salts and great Quantities of fresh water they are cleansed therefrom as a Leper is when cleansed from his defilements and brought to a sweet and pleasant Spirit which said sweetness cannot by all the Art imaginable be equally produced from some other Spirits seeing those that proceed from the Vinor Root it self are not equally indued with Fragrant Rich and Sweet Effluviums For one Simple is naturally sweeter than another ex gr All sweet Wines will naturally yield sweet Spirits and clear Wines yield abundantly sweeter Spirit than those made from the Lees although proceeding from one and the same vessel for Claret Wine gives by much a sweeter Spirit than the Faeces or sediment thereof there being therein a more gross and feculent Sulphur the which corrupts their simple sweetness which chiefly is to be preferred wherefore do we esteem the Glauberian way of Distilling laid down in the fourth Head because the Low-wines and Proof Spirits come off from thence abundantly sweeter than those from Wash And as the Author says P. 1. pag. 159. may in all things be made to taste like natural Brandy N. B. But if any man will give this Brandy a rellish like that made of the Lees of Wine then he must rectify it upon the Lees of Wine for this way by the Oyl of Wine which is plentiful among the Lees he acquires his ends and in all things he may use this instead of that Objection But some may say how can this possibly be so sweet as that drawn from pure Wines seeing that you but even now said that those gave a sweeter Spirit than that drawn from the Lees But in Answer to these We will not compare them with those drawn from pure Wines but with such as are drawn from Vinor Roots of a more inferiour Nature and especially from the Lees because these having their adustion on them are apt to get a stronger smatch being exposed to the Fire than such Spirits will which are already worked so pure that in the Rectification they will only suck out the Volatile Sulphureous and pleasant parts as is evident in this If those Lees from whence you have drawn your Spirits be afterward Fermented and then again Distilled they will yield but little quantity of Spirit and that deficient in its flavour so that 't is evident that there is a difference of Magnetical attraction and violent Distillation the one bringing up only the Homogeneous parts and the other sending off the more gross with the Volatile ones and yet more if the Spirit you use is already sweet and pleasant and the Argel by Art separated from all its impure and terrene Faeces as before mentioned and again we see a considerable difference in such Spirits as are purified by such Salts as will Magnetically attract their impurities and Aquacities so that their Spirituality is separated and then Distilled from such Spirits as are worked and rectified through the body of Salt in the Still for altho ' these may in some measure rob them of something yet again they also add something of the Nature of that Salt whence rectified and therefore can't be so pure as the former seeing they are worked by a simple intention their impurities being gone before they come into the Still You have a clear example in this that whereas Bay Salt is used in the common Method of Rectification Bay leaves Orrice Ginger Mugwort Prunes Pellitory all Spice Tamarinds Clary c. Yet are not these Spirits by far so pleasant as those which are thus prepared Take of pure Indian Peter and white Tartar of each a Pound the best Yellow Sulphur half a Pound and being finely powder'd and mixed together you may with a red hot Iron fire them and when they will burn no more melt them well in the fire and when cold pour them out into a Mortar and pulverize them very fine immediately or else they will Magnetically attract the Air and so not easily admit of pulverizating these forthwith put into a Glass and pour thereon two quarts of high proof Spirits such as you would bereave of their smell and put them into a cold place for four or five days remembering to shake them twice or thrice a day then Filter them through a Cap-paper or Filtre and draw off two third parts by Distillation in Bal. Mariae and so have you your Spirit again but of a wonderful pleasant taste and smell far above the former although no Herbs are as yet added and tho' this at the first appearance may not seem to you a thing of profit yet it carries with it in its demonstration such great truths as will confirm not only the Nature and Difference of these being so wrought but also the possibility of meliorating and bettering such things as are not drawn from the Products of the Vine and its profits may also hereafter be considerably discerned but in all this here is hitherto our mishap that we are forced to be beholding to the Products of Foreign Lands whenas the thing which must answer the grounded intention of this business must proceed
every Peck one Pound of Honey and a little Bay Salt and let them Ferment two or three days in a cold Cellar for in a warm place much of their Crasis will be lost which consists in a Volatile Salt then cram these into your Still as close as ever you can and pour upon them of th e best Aethereal Spirit of Wine enough only to moisten them clap on your Still and Distil all with a very slow fire it can't be too gentle therefore in this be very careful and what comes over first will be the true Spirit of Scurvey-Grass you may proceed by a second Repetition and then to every Gallon of this Spirit add a pound of its own Seeds or Flowers and Distill again And be sure in these Operations you observe to take no more than the high Spirit Now for the remaining Spirit in the Still you must put to it a quantity of decripitated Bay-Salt and Distill as long as it comes Proof with which you may begin your next Distillation with fresh Scurvey-Grass proceeding as before This is the true and best way to prepare the right Spirit of Scurvey-Grass To make it Golden and Purging we referr you to our Clymicus Rationalis Its Virties 'T is proper in the Scurvey Dropsie or Jaundice c. which we shall not here repeat seeing we have spoken thereof in its proper and genuine Preparation so that of Powers The Dose is from thirty to Fifty Drops according to the Age and strength of the Patient Spiritus Lavandulae or Spirit of Lavander Take of Brandified Spirit three Gallons of Lavander Flowers twelve pound Oyl of Salt per deliquium two pound macerate in a gentle warmth ten or twelve days then Distill in Bal. as long as goodness comes in which macerate one pound of the Oyl of Salt per del and eight pound of fresh Flowers and Distill as before Lastly Rectifie from six pound of Flowers per se and so it is prepared Its Virtues 'T is excellent for all Diseases of the Head as Megrims Epilepsies Convulsions and Calentures as also for violent and inveterated Head-Achs here it is a Specifick it is prevalent in fortifying the Animal Spirits and good in the Cholick Strangury and Dysentery the over much Flowing of Womens Terms and all other Fluxes of Blood The Dose and manner of Administration is as the former Observe after this way is prepared the Spirit of Rosemary but seeing we have at large showed its right and genuine Preparation in Chapter the fourth together with its virtues and use we shall omit it here Spiritus Angelicae or Spirit of Angelica Take of Angelica in its right signature as much as you please pound it in a large Stone Mortar with a Wooden Pestil and putting it into your Still cover it over a Fingers breadth with pure Brandified Spirit and with a piece of Leaven let it macerate three or four days then Distill as long as goodness will come repeat this a second time with fresh Herbs then to every Gallon of Spirit add of Spanish Angelica Roots sliced thin two pound and rectifie therefrom the fine Spirit you must reserve for use and the other may serve for a new beginning Its Virtues 'T is very prevalent against all Poison and Infectious corrupted Airs the Pestilential Fever or Plague it carries off the Venom by Sweat and Urine and insensible Transpiration it comforts the Heart and Vital Spirits and therefore excellent to be used by such as are bitten with any Venomous or Mad Beast whatsoever 't is powerful in opening the Obstructions of the Liver or Spleen bringing down the Terms and expelling the Secundine The Dose is from one Scruple to three in a Glass of Spanish or Rhenish Wine Spiritus Croci or Spirit of Saffron Take of the best English Saffron one pound of Malaga Sack a Quart Honey half a pound Chrystals of Tartar four ounces let the Chrystals of Tartar be beat very well with the Saffron in a Mortar then put it into a Glass and add in your Honey and Wine lute all fast and in a gentle heat let them Ferment and macerate ten twelve or fourteen days the longer the better then take off the blind head and add in three Quarts of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine put on its Helm with a proper recipient being truly adapted lute all fast and Distill in Balneo the two first Quarts will be the true Spirit Observe from what remains with fresh Spirit of Wine you may draw the Extract which though small in quantity yet virtuous The Spirits Virtues 'T is an excellent Cordial Fortifying the Vital Natural and Animal Spirits 't is a great Preservative in time of Plague 't is beyond all the cooling Cordials in England for Measles and Small Pox for it strengthens the Heart it opens Obstructions and heals the Phthisick it brings breath when almost gone and 't is said to prolong Life if you wash the Face with it mixt with Rose Water in the time of Small Pox and Measles it preserves the Face and Eyes from being hurt thereby The Dose is from ten to twenty and from twenty to sixty Drops in some Cordial Julep or Wine as the Patient best likes Spiritus Dauci or Spirit of Daucus Take of Wild Carrotseed twelve pound beat them small put them into your Still and add thereunto of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine three Gallons of Mevis Sugar three pound macerate them for ten or twelve days and then Distill off one half the which preserve for Spirit the other half may be run off for fresh beginnings You may if you please put it all together on fresh Seeds and make another Reiteration Its Virtues It is a Carminative breaking and consuming Windiness good in the Gripes and Cholick Fits of the Mother provoking the Terms in fine 't is good in the Strangury Dysury Gravel and Stone and provokes Urine The Dose is from thirty to sixty Drops proper at all times for such as are subject to the forementioned Diseases but principally when mostly therewith assaulted Thus Reader have we laid you down examples sufficient for the making of simple Waters and Spirits so that if you have but an ordinary Genius you may arrive to what you desire therein and if you can't attain to the Art of Distillation by these plain rules and precepts contained in this Book then do we highly doubt whether you 'll ever be able to attain it but by Ocular Demonstration therefore our advice is that you should apply your self to some honest Distiller for you may learn more of him in six Weeks time than in years by your own Study and chargeable operations and therefore count it a considerable favour if such an one will be thy Friend yet have we done here to our utmost to serve you and according to our twenty years experience have left nothing deficient not so much as a tittle If you proceed therein Secundum Artem Distillationis which is impossible to be delivered in writing
Experience must be the chief Mistriss herein and as you proceed so we doubt not of prizing our Labours which are committed to the World for the benefit of such as are groaping as we may say at Noon day for satisfaction therein but here if you clear your sight you will discern a small Lamp burning by the which you may open the Chest to the choicest Mysteries thereof I have described all the necessary Stills and Furnaces in their several Figures so that we shall now proceed to the next Chapter in which will be laid down all the necessary Waters that will fully supply the Distiller with what may be desired of him for publick Sale CHAP. III. In which we shall give you the Composition and way of preparing of Aqua Vitae and other rich Cordial Waters in their greater and lesser Pondus stated from the greatest Authority of Art THE Receipts here prescribed derive their Foundation from the best Masters in Europe sc German Dutch and English c. that have Master-like treated hereof so that we have been at no small pains to compare and then compute their differences thence taking such a Mâ—dium as that the subsequent prescriptions may well serve for either nay indeed much beter than some others extant for in the firsâ— place the exact quantity of the Spirit is mentâ—oned and in the second the just Pondus anâ— quantity of all the Ingredients even to a Grain Now as to the first 't is very convenient and helpful to the young Practitioners in this Art seeing they may be mistaken in that general term Taâ—â— Proof Spirit what sufficeth and so take either toâ— much or too little and thereby destroy the haâ—monious A Philosophicall Alimbeck invented by the Author wherein you may obtain Oyl Spirit and Flegm at one time and a Spirit so Etheriall as to Fire Gun powder A bolt head for a Receiver AA the Ash hole B the Fire place C C the body of the Alimbeâ—â— d d the Flews of the Furnace e A pipe to fill the still ff the joynt G the Head for Flegâ— and Oyle H the joyning of the Rpe to the Receiver I the Receiver h h ii the Coolor to Refrigerate the Spirits K the pipe through wch the Spirits Ascend NN the Helm for their Condensation Place this Figure before Chap III in pag. 59. flavours of their Waters so is also the second for many Grains in a Composition where various things are named will amount to Scruples and Drachms and so make a considerable alteration especially in such as are prescribed for Physical uses in the which we ought to be very cautious that so their virtues may answer the Prescriber's end Now having given you to understand the reason why we have stuck so close to this Method sc for its exactness from whence superiority proceeds what remains as convenient to be treated of in this place is only to mention the Measures and then go on to the Receipts themselves As to the Measures the Dutch use Cans Stopes Small Cans Pints Half-pints and Muddikeys The English Cans Gallons Quarts Pints Half-pints and Quarter-pints the Dutch-Can is six Stopes and three Stopes are exactly two English Gallons so that their Quarts Pints Half-pints and Quarters are abundantly bigger than the English but finding the English Can generally to be four Gallons which exactly make six Stopes which is the same with the English Can we shall divide our measure thus into Cans Half Cans and Quarter-Cans which is to be understood four Gallons two Gallons and one Gallon this the English may compute by their Gallons and the Dutch by their Cans so that neither need to be in any Labyrinth Now by the way you are to observe that in the following common Waters that a Tun of Proof Spirits will make near a Tun and a half thereof That is by help of the sweets and allays Aqua Vitae Composition the greater Distiller Take of Strong Proof Spirit four Cans or sixteen Gallons Aniseeds bruised one pound eight ounces three drachms twelve Grains and adding a Can of Water as advised in Rectification Distill into fine goods or as long as it comes pleasant If it should be above Proof you may allay it the way how will be shown hereafter Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons or ¾ of a Can Aniseeds bruised four ounces four drachms and Distill into fine goods as before directed S. A. Aqua Vitae A second Prescription and Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen Gallons Aniseeds two pound Caraway Seeds Coriander seeds ana four ounces distill into sine goods S. A. Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three Gallons Aniseeds nine ounces six drachms Caraway Seeds Coriander Seeds ana one ounce one drachm distill them into fine goods S. A. Y-worth 'T is the manner of the Dutch to colour these Aqua Vitae's with Alkanet Root or Turnsole which is Linen Rags died Red their manner is thus They take a quart of Aqua Vitae and of either of these four ounces Musk and Ambergreese ana grains fourteen or sixteen or more or less as they will have it in strength they stop it close in a Bottle setting it in a gentle Warmth and then draw off the Tincture the which when cold they add in such quantity to their Aqua Vitae's as they would have them in height of Colour But the London Distiller uses Gilly-Flowers Roses Poppy Sanders or any of them severally what sufficeth and infuses them in Aqua Vitae or Proof Spirit till the Tincture be drawn out then decants the Spirit and reserves it close stopt for use which is to tinge or colour your Aqua Vitae's upon occasion the proportion may be about eight ounces to one Gallon or what more or less you think sufficient to answer your expectation If you add in a little fine Sugar 't will not be amiss Its Virtues 'T is an excellent Carminative for two or three spoonfuls being drank will expell Wind in the Bowels or any other parts of the Body a spoonfull thereof being taken in any Paroxism with as much Water relieves or helps the Patient being also very proper for such as are weak and faint through obstructions to be taken Mornings Aqua Vitae aurea secundum Glauber or Glauber's Goulden Aqua Vitae Composition the least Take of high Proof Spirit drawn from the aurified Salt spoken of in the Chapter of Rectification one Gallon to which add Flowers of the Lily of the Valley twelve ounces red Roses Cinnamon Mace Cardamums Burrage Rosemary Sage Lavender ana half a pound Ambergreese and Musk ana two three or four scruples let all these Flowers be fresh gathered and being in the Vessel with the dried Spices let them macerate for ten or twelve days then distill If you cannot get fresh Flowers you must even content your self with dried ones but the fresh gather'd would be better if they can be had Y-worth This is an incomparable
Water off the Stomach it prevents sowre belchings and hath a specifick virtue against Vomitting The Dose is from three drachms to seven or eight Aqua Rosmarini or Rosemary Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Rosemary stript and dry three pound Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar five pound Addition Sweet Foenil seeds Cinnamon ana twelve ounces six drachms and a half Aniseeds Rosemary dry ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Carawayseeds three ounces one drachm and a half Spearmint dry three handfuls white Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Rosemary stript and dry nine ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar half a pound Addition Sweet Foenil seeds Cinnamon ana two ounces three drachms and a half Aniseeds Rosemary dry ana four ounces seven drachms Carawayseeds four drachms and a half Spearmint dry a competent quantity white Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth Rosemary Water is an excellent Cephalick and Stomachick for it comforts the Brain revives the Senses easing violent pains of the head it strengthens the Stomach and is good against the Diarrhoea Dysentery or Irish Flux as also the Strangury or difficulty of making Water It may be safely Administred these three ways sc one ounce and a half to be drunk given in a Clyster or injected into the Yard Aqua Limoniarum aut Aurantiorum Limon or Orange Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirits sixteen gallons Limon or Orange Pills dry three pound Aniseeds the best one pound nine ounces five drachms bruise the Pills and seeds and then Distill into fine Spirit and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Caraway seeds six ounces four drachms Aniseeds Limon Pills dry ana one pound and a half five drachms grains six white Sugar four pound In the like manner and quantity you may make your Composition with Orange Pills dry Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Limon or Orange Pills dry nine ounces Aniseeds the best four ounces eight drachms bruise the Pills and seeds and then Distill into fine Spirit Secundum Artem dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Carawayseeds one ounce three drachms grains fifteen Aniseeds Limon Pills dry ana four ounces seven drachms white Sugar twelve ounces In the like manner and quantity you may make your Composition with Orange Pills dry Y-worth This is a great strengthener of the Spirits Natural Vital and Animal and by its fragrancy is very refreshing to the Stomach breaking away wind 't is also a good Cordial restorative opening Obstructions and being indued with a Balsamick Virtue heals inward defects The Dose is from three drachms to six Aqua Majoranae or Marjoram Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons sweet Marjoram dry four pound thirteen ounces Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Carawayseeds six ounces three drachms grains fifteen Calamus Aromaticus nine ounces five drachms bruise them and Distill into fine goods then dulcifie with white Sugar what is sufficient Secundum Artem. Addition Cinnamon eight ounces Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Limon Pills dry four ounces six drachms and a half Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons sweet Marjoram dry fifteen ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Carawayseeds one ounce three drachms grains five Calamus Aromaticus one â—â—nce seven drachms bruise them and Distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Cinamon one ounce and a half Cloves four drachms and a half Limon Pills dry seven drachms and a half Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth 'T is good against the Infirmities of the Liver and Spleen and shortness of Breath 't is a great Corroborater and strengthner of the inward parts The Dose is from three drachms to six Aqua Meliphylli or Balsamint Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Balsamint dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Aniseeds best one pound and a half one ounce five drachms Carawayseeds six ounces three drachms Limon Pills dry twelve ounces six drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound S. A. Addition Sweet Foenil Cinnamon ana eight ounces Nutmegs four ounces six drachms and a half Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Balsamint dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Aniseeds best four ounces seven drachâ—â— Carawayseeds one ounce one drachm Limon Pills dry two ounces three drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirits and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half S. A. Addition Sweet Foenil Cinnamon ana one ounce and a half Nutmegs seven drachms and a half Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth This is a good Stomachick and Carminative The Dose six or eight drachms Aqua Caryophyllorum or Clove Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cloves one pound Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Cloves three ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Y-worth This Water is esteemed very good for helping Digestion breaking Wind opening the Urinary passage and provoking Urine for fortifying the Vital Spirits and the Heart the fountain thereof The Dose is from two to four drachms Aqua Cinnamomi Communis or Cinnamon Water Common Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinnamon the best eight pound Aniseeds one pound Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar twelve pound S. A. Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Cinnamon the best one pound and a half Aniseeds three ounces Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar two pound four ounces Aqua Cinnamomi Propria or Cinnamon Water Proper Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinnamon the best and large sixteen pound Distill into fine goods Then take white Sugar twenty pound Rosewater six pound six ounces three drachms make them into a Syrup and dulcifie therewith S. A. Addition Musk and Ambergreese ana two scruples grains eight white Sugar Candy instead of common white Sugar qu. sat e. S. A. Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Cinnamon the best and large three pound Distill into fine goods Then take white Sugar three pound thirteen ounces Rosewater one pound three ounces one drachm make them into a Syrup and dulcifie
is esteemed an excellent Water for strengthning the Stomach expelling Wind and fortifying the Sanguifying Faculty The Dose is half an ounce Ros Solis Proprius Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Ros Solis gathered in due season and clean picked six pound six ounces three drachms two scruples grains five Juniper Berries four pound twelve ounces six drachms and a half Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway-seeds ana six ounces three drachms two scruples grains five Marigold-Flowers one pound nine ounces five drachms Aniseeds two pound six ounces three drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into fine Goods S. A. Then take hereof ten pound three ounces add thereto of Aqua Pretiosa dulcified one pound nine ounces five drachms Liquorice bruised one pound nine ounces five drachms and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound If you add none of the aforesaid Water then instead thereof take Musk one drachm and a half grains six Ambergreese four drachms and a half grains eight colour it with the Tincture of Gilliflowers and Roses what is sufficient S. A. Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Ros Solis gathered in due season and clean pick'd one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains five Juniper Berries fourteen ounces three drachms and a half Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway-seeds ana nine drachms two scruples grains five Marigold-Flowers four ounces seven drachms Aniseeds seven ounces two drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into fine goods S. A. Then take hereof one pound twelve ounces four drachms and a half add thereunto of Aqua Pretiosa four ounces three drachms dulcified Liquorice bruised four ounces three drachms dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth If you add none of the aforesaid Water then take instead thereof Musk grains eighteen Ambergreese grains twenty four colour it with the Tincture of Roses or Gilliflowers what sufficeth S. A. Y-worth This carries with it all the Virtues of the former being also powerful in opening Obstructions relieving decayed Natures and giving help in the Falling sickness The Dose is from two to six drachms Aqua Stomachica minor or Stomach Water the lesser Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons spearmints dry Lovage Roots dry Aniseeds ana one pound nine ounces six drachms Calamus Aromaticus Ginger sweet Foenil-seeds Imperatoria Roots Wormwood dry and stript ana twelve ounces seven drachms two scruples Caraway and Coriander-seeds ana nine ounces five drachms Cummin-seeds Cloves ana four ounces six drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Spearmints dry Lovage Roots dry Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Calamus Aromaticus Ginger sweet Foenil-seeds Imperatoria Roots Wormwood dry and stript ana two ounces five drachms Caraway and Coriander-seeds ana one ounce seven drachms Cummin-seeds Cloves ana seven drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Aqua Stomachica major or Stomach VVater the greater Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Calamus Aromaticus nine ounces five drachms Guajacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingal ana six ounces and a half Citron Pills dry Orange Pills dry white Cinamon ana four ounces seven drachms grains fifteen Wormwood common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spearmint Rosemary tops Costmary Sweet Marjoram wild Thyme all dry ana three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Cinamon ana four ounces four drachms Cubebs Cardamums ana two ounces three drachms grains fifteen Sweet Foenil-seeds Coriander-seeds ana eight ounces Aniseeds two pound six ounces three drachms bruise all that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons Calamus Aromaticus one ounce seven drachms Guajacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingal ana twelve ounces Citron Pills dry Orange Pills dry white Cinamon ana one ounce one drachm two scruples grains five Wormwood common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spearmint Rosemary tops Costmary sweet Marjoram wild Thyme all dry ana four drachms and a half Nutmeg Cinamon ana six drachms Cubebs Cardamoms ana three drachms two scruples grains five sweet Foenil-seeds Coriander-seeds ana one ounce and a half Aniseeds six ounces one drachm bruise those that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Aqua Stomachica Nostra or Our Stomach VVater Y-worth Take Spirit Vini Sulphurat mentioned in the Chapter of Rectification ten gallons of Gascoigne Wine one gallon mix them together and digest in the Still with a gentle warmth twenty four hours then add in of Ginger Galingal Nutmegs grains of Paradise Cloves ana four ounces Aniseeds sweet Foenil-seeds Carawary-seeds Hearts-Ease ana eight ounces Sage Mint Red Roses the Flowers of the Lily of the Valley ana ten ounces Thyme Pelitory Camomil Lavender Avens ana four large handfuls Spanish Angelica Roots Zedoary Snake Root ana five ounces Musk and Ambergreese ana five scruples put on the head and lute all close and let them remain with a gentle warmth twenty four hours more and then Distill into high Proof Spirit S. A. To every gallon of this add ten ounces of our Potestates Rosmarini and a pound and a half of the Syrup of Rasberies or Black Cherries and let it refine S. A. Its Virtues 'T is a great Preservative against all Pestilential and Infectious Diseases powerfully corroborating and strengthning the Stomach being indued with such salutiferous Virtues as that it will really perform as much as any other Stomachick what ever The Dose is from two to four drachms Usquebaugh Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana six ounces three drachms Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish Raisins of the Sun ana three pound three ounces one drachm and a half bruise the Liquorice and Raisins and then dulcifie with brown Sugar eight pound stirr them well together and so let it stand ten days and then being fine draw off and keep it for use Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Cloves four drachms and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana one ounce one drachm Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish Raisins of the Sun ana nine ounces four drachms and a half bruise the Liquorice and Raisins and then dulcifie with brown Sugar
one pound and a half stirr them well together and so let it stand ten days and then being fine draw it off and keep it for use Irish Vsquebaugh Y-worth Take of strong Canary Sack a Quart the best Tent one Pint Aqua Vitae one gallon put them into a Glass Vessel adding thereunto Raisins of the Sun choice and stoned two pound Dates stoned and the white skin thereof pulled out two ounces Cinamon grosly powdered two ounces four good Nutmegs bruised of the best English Liquorice sliced and bruised one ounce stop the Vessel very close and let them infuse in a cold place six or eight days then let the Liquor run through a bag called Manica Hypocratis made of white Cotton Vsquebaugh Royal. Y-worth Take of Aqua Vitae Glauberis three gallons Muskadine one gallon Raisins of the Sun stoned seven pound Figs one pound and a half Dates stoned and the white skins pulled off seven ounces Cinnamon eight ounces Nutmegs three ounces Cloves broad Mace ana one ounce English Liquorice twelve ounces let them infuse in a cold place for twenty days in a Vessel close stop'd and then let them run through an Hypocrates Sleeve Bottle it up carefully adding thereunto of the Syrup of Quinces and Syrup of Limons ana four ounces of the well tinged Powers of Saffron two ounces let it refine it self and keep it close stop'd Addition Powers of Musk and Ambergreese Tincture of Pearl ana drops twenty So doth it become excellent and vitally fragrant This is a most famous and excellent Liquor fit indeed for such as its Name and Superiority belongs unto it is a most estimable Jewel for such as are inclined to Melancholy to drink now and then a quarter of a Spoonful thereof 't is so great a Stomachick that it helps the digestive faculties prevalent in Surfeits and the defects of the Lungs as Phthisick Consumption causing expectoration in brief 't is equal to any Cordial Spirit whatever for fortifying the Natural Vital and Animal Spirits The Dose is from two to six spoonfuls at the most Aqua Bezoartica or Bezoar Water Prescription the first Composition the greater Distiller Take of the Leaves and Rootâ— of Celandine twenty one handfuls Rheu six handfuls Scordium twelve handfuls Dittany of Creet Carduus Benedictus ana nine handfuls the Roots of Zedoary Angelica ana two ounces two drachms the inward Pill of Citron and Limon ana three ounces six drachms Clove-Gilliflowers eight ounces four drachms Red Roses Centory Flowers the least ana one ounce four drachms let those be bruised that are to be bruised and cut that are to be cut and put them into the proper Vessel and pour on them of the best Spirit of Wine and Malaga Wine ana ten Quarts one Pint let them all steep three days adding Vinegar of Cloves and Juice of Limons ana six pound and let them be Distilled in Baln in a large Glass Cucurbit with its proper Helm and Recipient Addition Cinamon two ounces two drachms Cloves one ounce seven drachms Venice Treacle two ounces two drachms Camphire four drachms Troches of Vipers three ounces Mace one ounce and a half the Wood of Aloes six drachms Yellow Sanders one ounce one drachm the seeds of Carduus Benedictus six ounces the Kernels of Ciâ—rons two ounces two drachms the Modus of its preparation is either to digest these with the former and Distill them over together at once or else after the first part is Distilled to add to the Liquor this addition and Distill a second time in B. M. with a most gentle Fire and after you have removed a third of the Aereal Spirit you may Cohobate the rest two or three times to get the virtue of the Ingredients out your Liquors you may add together and let it refine according to Art Composition the lesser Take of the Leaves of the great Celandine together with the Roots thereof three handfuls and a half Rue two handfulls Scordium four handfulls Dittany of Crete Cardius ana an handful and half Roots of Zedoary and Angelica ana three drachms the outward Rind of Citrons and Limons ana six drachms the Flower of Wall Gilliflowers one ounce and a half Red Roses the lesser Century ana two drachms Cloves Cinnamon ana three drachms Andromachus's Treacle three ounces Mithridate an ounce and half Camphire two scruples Trochies of Vipers two ounces Mace two drachms Lignum Aloes half an ounce Yellow Sanders one drachm and a half the Seeds of Carduus one ounce the seeds of Citron six drachms cut those things that are to be cut and let them be macerated three days in Spiritus Vini Glauberis and Muskadine ana three Pints and a half Vinegar of Wall Gilliflowers and the Juice of Limons ana a Pint let them be Distilled in the Glass Vessel before described in B. Observe that after something more than one half of the Liquor is Distilled off from either of these two Compositions then the remainder in the Vessel must be strained through a Linnen Cloath and gently evaporated to the thickness of Honey which is called the Bezoar Extract Y-worth We think it convenient to hang in the neck of the Alembick Pearl prepared white Amber ana three ounces Orientall Bezoar and Ambergreese ana six scruples and when the preparation is over what remains may be added to the Extract then do both Spirit and Extract obtain a Nature something agreeable to the name and doubtless the Virtues are more powerful being an excellent Sudorifick Alexipharmick and Antifebritick and prevalent against all Pestilential and infectious Diseases 't is not in vain said of it that iâ— resists Melancholly and chears the Spirits comforting such as are in a languishing Nature or Consumptive the Dose is from one drachm to an ounce in Scordium or Honey-Suckle-water first in Mornings and last at Nights but for such as are afflicted with Fits let them take it in the time of the Paroxism Aqua Mathiae or Doctor Mathias his VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take of Lavender Flowers three gallons pour on them of the best Spirit of Wine ten or twelve gallons the Vessel being closely stopped let them macerate in a gentle heat or in the Sun for the space of seven days and then Distill in an Alembick with its refrigeratory and you have a Spirit of Lavender to which add Sage Rosemary Bettony ana three handfuls Burrage Bugloss Lilies of the Valley Cowslips ana six handfuls let the Flowers be fresh and seasonably gathered and macerated in a gallon of the best Spirit of Wine or rather Spiritus Vini Glauberis and mix it with the aforesaid Spirit adding thereunto the Leaves of Bawm Motherwort Orange-Tree newly gathered the Flowers of Staechados Oranges Bayberries of each three ounces and after they are digested three days let them be Distilled again to which add of the outward Rind of Citron and the seeds of Peony ana two ounces two drachms Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Cardamums Cubebs Yellow Sanders Lignum Aloes
drachms let it resin S. A. Y-worth 'T is not only excellent for such as are wounded but also for those that are subject to internal bleedings it mortifies the Corrosive Acid and Saline juices so sweetens and thickens the Blood the Dose in such a case is from half an ounce to an ounce and half according to the Age Strength and Constitution of the Patient every three hours as also every two hours for three days together for such as are subject to Vomitting of Blood The first Water made by decoction is very famous in curing Wounds Impostumes and Vlcers such cures have been done by it that few may credit it it first gives ease in a very short time and then perform the cures if not so far declined as that the highest Specificks will not prevail For inward wounds you must take this with the other but this Mornings and Evenings four or five spoonfuls at a time and that all times of the day If the Wound be outward it must be washed therewith and Linen Cloaths wet in the same be applyed thereto Note that the Herbs herein contained must be gathered in their true Signature as also in the Month of May. Aqua Mariae or the Ladies Water Composition the greater Distiller Take Sugar Candid four pound Canary Wine one pound and half Rosewater one pound boyl them well into a Syrup to which add Aqua Caelestis eight pound Ambergreese Musk ana one drachm grains twelve Saffron one drachm Tincture of Coral saith Dr. Boylwharfe one ounce Yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Caelestis hereafter described one ounce Distill or make a clear Water S. A. Composition the lesser Take Sugar Candy one pound Canary Wine six ounces Rose-water four ounces make of these a Syrup and boyl it well to which add of Aqua Imperialis two Pints Ambergreese Musk of each eighteen grains Saffron fifteen grains Yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Imperialis two drachms Addition Aqua Preciosa hereafter expressed half an ounce the Tincture of Coral Bezoar and the aucrified Sulphur of Antimony ana two drachms refine and unite S. A. Y-worth 'T is very good against the Plague and all Pestilential Diseases and an excellent Counterpoison it strengthens the Spirits and is prevalent against fainting and swooning fits it is good against most cold Diseases of the Head Brain and Stomach and principally for Men but not so good for Women unless the Musk and Ambergreese be left out The Dose is a spoonful or two first in the morning and last at night going to Bed Aqua Anticolica Nostra or Our VVater against the Colick Composition the greater Y-worth Take of Daucus or wild Carrots twelve ounces Aniseeds eight ounces Cummin-seeds three ounces two drachms Cinnamon four ounces and a half Mace Cloves Nutmegs ana seven drachms Galingal one ounce and half Calamus Aromaticus dried two ounces and a half the dried Rind of Oranges and Limons ana six ounces Galls and Grains ana one ounce two drachms infuse these by way of Fermentation for twelve days in the fragrant Wine of Camomile Flowers five gallons Elder-wine a gallon and half then pour on five Gallons of Proof Spirit and draw into high Proof or fine goods dulcifie with white Sugar four pound Addition Apricocks Centaury Agrimony Adonis of each half a pound Palma Christi Hart-wort Lavender of each six ounces Yarrow and Zedoary of each four ounces white Sugar four pound Tinctura Anodyna or Laudanum Liquidum four unces refine S. A. Composition the lesser Take of Daucus or wild Carrots four ounces Aniseeds two ounces five drachms one scruple Cumminseeds one ounce two scruples Cinnamon one ounce and a half Mace Cloves Nutmegs ana two drachms one scruple Gallingal half an ounce Calamus Aromaticus dried seven drachms the dried Rind of Oranges and Limons ana two ounces Galls and Grains ana three drachms one scruple infuse these by way of fermentation for twelve days in fragrant Wine of Camomile Flowers one gallon and a half Elder-Wine half a gallon then pour on a gallon and half of Proof Spirit and draw into high Proof or fine goods dulcifie with white Sugar one pound four ounces Addition Apricocks Centaury Agrimony Adonis of each two ounces five drachms Palma Christi Heart-wort Lavender of each two ounces Yarrow and Zedoary of each one ounce two drachms grains fifteen white Sugar one pound six ounces Tinctura Anodyna or Laudanum Liquidum one ounce two drachms two scruples refine S. A. Its Virtues It is not only good against the Colick but also oppression of wind in the Stomach and Bowels how offensive soever it be and the more especially if you dilate it in a little cold Distilled Water of Yarrow and sweeten it with the Syrup of Poppies and drink it as a Cordial in which Case you may take half a Pint at two draughts with an hours intermission 't is most excellent also for the Gripes in Sucking Children being taken to the quantity of a spoonful or spoonful and haâ—f in Breast Milk Aqua Nostra in Vermes or Our Worm-Water Composition the greater Y-worth Take of Hellebore Savin Broom Flowers and tops ana a Peck pour thereon the Water of Tansie Rue and Peach Flowers ana two gallons adding thereunto Sugar five pound and with the common ferment let them ferment five or six days then take of Worm-seed bruised one pound Wormwood tops and seeds six handfuls Peach Flowers three handfuls the fine shavings of Harts-horn a pound strong Proof Spirit ten gallons Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Agrimony Cedar Elecampane Garlick Mustard Nettles Harts-tongue Leaves ana an handful Aloes bruised six ounces Christals of Tartar half a pound fine Sugar six pound Composition the lesser Take of Hellebore Savin Broom tops and Flowers ana a quarter of a peck pour thereon of the water of Tansie Rue and Peach-flowers ana four Pints adding thereunto Sugar one pound four ounces and ferment with the common ferment five or six days then take of wormseed bruised four ounces Wormwood tops and seeds two handfuls Peach flowers a large Pugil the fine shaving of Harts-horne four ounces strong Proof Spirit two gallons and ahalf Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar two pound Addition Agrimony Cedar Elecampane Garlick Mustard Nettles Harts-tongue Leaves ana half a Pugil or a small Pugil Aloes bruised one ounce and ahalf Chrystals of Tartar four ounces fine Sugar one poundand a half Its Virtues 'T is prevalent against all kind of Worms both in Young and Old for being Dilated into a Cordial with the Syrup of the three first Herbs it becomes a Medicine not to be surpassed by any thing short of a specifick The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce according to the Age Nature and condition of the diseased you must observe to take it seven mornings together fasting Aqua Nostra Convulsiva or Our Water against the Convulsion Coposition the greater Y-worth Take of Black-cherries bruised
over a white thick shadowary Oyle towards the latter end by which the pure fine Spirits are troubled and made thick yet we say that this may be thus prevented Take a fine Holland-Cloath and rub one side of it very well with Black-Lead and bind the side so rub'd inwardly towards the end of the Worm and this will keep the thickness back as Experience demonstrates But as to Rich and Costly Waters you need not draw so long and yet no loss for what remains being Fermented will give a very good Spirit for other beginnings and altho in every Receipt the way to colour perfume and dulcifie the same is shewed yet the Distiller as seldom regards it as he doth the quantity of Spirits to the Pondus of Herbs and Spices for they are led by that rule which will return most Profit into their Pockets their general way is thus they make a Syrup with ordinary Sugar and too too often Treacle having first decocted Brasil Sanders or the like to colour the same and then strain the whole through a Canopy and so add it to the water to allay and dulcifie one of their Prescriptions is thus For Red Water Take of Spring-water one gallon or rather of the purified Liquor for allayes of Red Sanders one pound Brasil half a pound decoct these in the water closely stopt on the Embers so long until you obtain all the Tincture from the Wood then the wood is strained out to which quantity of water you add six or eight pound of Treacle or course Sugar and let it gently simper then Clarifie with the whites of ten or twelve Eggs and strain it through a fustian Canopy this you add to twenty or thirty gallons of common Aqua-vitae more or less according as it is in strength and you would have it in sweetness then to fine it 't is usual to take Flower and the Whites of two or three Eggs and with a spoonful or two of Yeast you beat them well together adding thereunto a scruple of Musk and ten grains of Amber-grease and put them in a small bag the which you let hang by the Bung-hole into your Liquor and in fourteen days it will be fit for sale Now these following Simples are generally made use of for colouring your Liquors withal viz. Reds with Rose leaves Poppie leaves Clove-Gilli-flowers Turnsole Root-Akanet Coachenele Juices Cherries Rasberries Mul-berries and Black-berries For Yellows Safron Turmerick and Yellow-Sanders But seeing we must colour this way we think it convenient to add our Opinion concerning the same which is if you use Woods whether Brasil Sanders c. that you decoct them in the cold distil'd water of the herb appropriated to the Water or else in cold distil'd Rose-water twenty four hours on gentle Embers and then strain forth and add of fine clean Sugar boyle up and Clarifie with a sufficient quantity of Whites of Eggs so let it pass through the Canopy or Fustian-sleeve and then add it to the Waters you intend to Dulcifie and as for the Perfumes you add in it is best that they be ground very well in a Mortar with some of he Spirits and then added or else let them be dissolved in it close luted in a gentle heat and then added to the Quantity otherwise your waters will want that smell to Perfume them which only radical Dissolution obtains Now for tender Leaves as Poppies Roses c. you had best also to take out their Tinctures by some of the Spirit in a Vessel close luted in Balneo which you must repeat so often till they remain pale the which you must add to your Quantity with your Sweets and that you fine it with Let your Fruits and Berries be separated from their stones and strained so as that they may not be broken therein for then it will make the pleasant Juice bitter to these so prepared you may add your Sugar and proceed as hath been directed S. A. by such Variations as Experience must prompt you in thus have we â—â—id down what is sufficient for any reasonable and Industrious person to build his practise on so that what remains is only to give you the Prescriptions of those Rich and Costly Waters promised Aqua Mirabilis Take Cloves Cubebs Galingale Mace Nutmegs Cardamums and Ginger of each two drachms the Juice of Salendine one pint Spirit of Wine two pints White-wine six pints Infuse all these twenty four hours and then distill off four â—ints by an Alembick Y-worth This is of Admirable Force and Verâ—â— to preserve the body from the Apoplexy and all Diseases of the Nerves it is very good against the Palsâ— Coâ—vulsion and Cramp as also for cold stomacks The Dose is from two drachms to half an ounce Aqua Mirabilis Nostra Y-worth Take Cloves Galingale Cubebs â—ace Cardamums Nutmegs and Ginger of â—ach three drachms Balm Sage Betony Bugâ—oss and Cowslip-flowers all gathered in their â—â—ime of each one handful the Juice of Salendine one pint and and half Aqua vitae Glauberis three pints the Wine of Black Currants two gallons digest twenty four hours and distil off one gallon in Balneo Mariae This hath all the Vertues of the former in Superiority more Cordial thence wonderfully strengthening the Heart Stomack and principal Vessels and therefore by us often called Aqua Coroborans The Dose is the same with the former Dr. Stephens's Water Take of gascoign-Gascoign-wine two gallons Ginger Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Grains Ani-seeds Fennel-seeds and Caraway-seeds of each two drachms Sage Red Mints Red Roses Thyme Pellitory Rosemary Wild Thyme Camomile and Lavender of each two handfuls beat the Spices small and bruise the herbs letting them macerate twelve hours stiring them now and then Distil by an Alembick or Copper-still with it's Refrigeratory keep the first quart by it self and the second by it self N. B. that the first quart will be the hotter but the second the stronger of the Ingredients Y-worth It is very Excellent in strengthening the Heart fortifying the Spirits relieving languishing Nature The Dose is from one drachm to two Aqua Imperialis Take of the Rind of Citrons and Oranges dried Nutmegs Cloves and Cinamon of each four ounces the roots of Flower-de-luce Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary Galingale and Ginger of each one pound of the tops of Lavender and Rosemary of each four handfuls the Leaves of the Bay-tree Marjoram Balm Mints Sage Thyme the Flowers of White and Damask-Roses of each one handful rose-Rose-water eight pints the best white-White-wine two gallons bruise what must be bruised then Infuse them all twenty four hours after which Distil Y-worth This Water strengthens and Coroboâ—ates the Heart and is therefore Good for such as are subject unto faintings swoonings and Palpitations of the Heart and is a preservative against Apoplexies The Dose is from one drachm to three Aqua Celestis Take of Cinamon Cloves Nutmegs Ginger Zedoary Galingale Long pepper Citron pill Spicknard Lignum Aloes Cubebs Cardamums Calamus Aromaticus Mace Ground-pine
found For the Phthisick shortness of Breath Consumption Dropsy Scurvey and Stone in the Bladder you must take forty drops every six hours in the juice of baked Turneps clarified and as much of its own syrup as will serve to make it into a Cordial whose use must be continued until Relief is found this also does excellent well in the Gout and for Ricketty Consumptive Children as also for sprains bruises and squatts only let the spirit without any mixtion be externally used and chaff the grieved part therewith In fine its Vertues are so excellent that we advise all Sea faring-men never to be without some bottles of it for t will not only preserve them from such Diseases as are incident to them as Scurveys Calenture Loathings Gripes c. but also ease and cure them of the same being taken in Water sweetned with its own Syrrup or a little Sugar in which Cases the ordinary Dose is from thirty to sixty drops according as the strength and Age of the Patient is The Price of our first Powers of Elder is one Shilling the Ounce-bottle but of these one shilling and six pence Observe Mine is only to be had at my house because there is a nameless Bill put forth by one Andrew Sowle who hath made use of most of my words out of my receipt given in our Britanean Magazine and therefore I thought it convenient to signifie that I cannot own his Spirit much less his proceedings seing t is great imprudence in him to ascribe to himself that which his Experience can't demonstrate the hundredth part of Potestates Rosemarini or the Powers of Rosemary Take the Leaves of Rosemary gathered in the right signature and dryed and put them into a large Matrix and cast thereon four or five handfuls of fine Calx vive and gently stir them together if your quantity is large it must be more even a third part of the weight of the herb then pour thereon rain-rain-water distil'd from its Feces after forty days putrifaction and distil off about two thirds and you will have a low-Low-wine very pregnant and strong of the herb then take the like quantity of Rosemary and put it into the distil'd rain-rain-water just enough for the water to cover and putting on a blind head decoct it Thirty hours in Balneo let this be put blood-warm upon an other quantity of Rosemary-leaves flowers and all and the aforesaid Low wines already distil'd off and adding a pound of Sugar to every gallon stir them well together head them well with Yest and let them ferment five days distil again a second time into Proof-goods and adding fresh Rosemary with a little Bay-salt bring it into rectified Spirits and a fourth time make it fine by Rectifying from fresh herbs and equal parts of the Oyl of its own fixed Salt run per del Tartar or any other fixed Alkaly then unite two pound of this with one pound of the highly purifyed Sal Armoniack by the help of the aforesaid Calx and add this to a gallon of the aforesaid prepared Spirit put it into a great Cucurbit and fill as full as you can with flowers and let it stand close luted in the Sun for five days then put on the Alembick with its Receiver and distil and you will have a volatile subtil and fragrant Spirit which quantity being united with a pound of the Oyl as was directed in the other Powers you have the true Powers of Rosemary Their Virtues This indeed is a Medicine of praise-worthy Virtues for superiour to the slop Hungarian Water sold being prevalent against most Diseases of the head stomack heart womb or any other viscera it may be applyed to any disease of the head especially Apoplexy Epilepsy Convulsions and Vertigoes the weakness of Nerves Head-ach hardness of Hearing and dimness of Sight it comforts the Head and Brain refreshing the Animal Spirits and clearing the Vital ones therefore good against all palpitations faintings swoonings and fits of the heart neither doth it forget to do its part toward the natural Spirits for it opens the obstructions of the Liver Spleen Womb and so cures Agues Feavers Scurveys Jaundice and several other Deseases as will be seen by its Vse and Dose For any of the aforesaid Diseases you must take from Twenty to thirty drops three or four times a day in a glass of Mead or Wine that is an hour before each meal but for the Gripes of the Guts Cholick Oppression of Wind or sharp Acrimonious Humours in the Spirits or Bowels you must take sixty drops in a glass of muli'd Sack in the Paroxisins repeating it every three hours 'till relief is found For Agues you must take the largest dose an hour before the fit and soundly sweat thereon 't is also good to be given thus in mull'd Wine both before and after Delivery to facilitate the Birth and to ease After-pains It is Observable to us that it is an health-preserving Medicine keeping People lively that take it But for Old Aches the Gout Rheumatism pains and weakness of Sinews and Nerves the Palsy and Cramp violent Head achs and dimness of sight you must externally strike the grieved parts therewith two or three times a day taking the savours up the nostrils if you wash the face therewith t is an excellent Cosmatick clearing and beautifying the Skin The Price is Twelve Pence an Ounce Observe thus may be prepared the Powers of Peniryal and others Potestates Cochleariae or the Powers of Scurvey-grass Take Scurvey-grass-wine the Preparation of which is shown in our Britanean Magazine of Liquors or else in place of that take Scurvey-grass in May June or July when it is in its flowers and stamp it in a stone Mortar and put it into a large Tun and pour thereon as much Liquor blood-warm in which Molasses or Honey is dissolved as will just cover them head them well with Yeast and set them to ferment and after four days distil into Low-wines and Proof-spirits Observe that the Fermentation is promoted by an Onion dipt in strong Mustard and a Ball of Whiting cast in this will bring a Tun of Molasses-goods forward when defective in working Argell does well to give an internal Ferment it also moderates and flats a Tunn when too violent now being brought into Proof-goods you must take Scurvy-grass which hath been compressed with Christals of Tartar or Salt Hony or Molasses in a close Tub smeered over with Barm but no Liquor must be put to it and having stood three days in a cold place for in a warm one we have observed that much of the Crafis will be lost which consists in a Volatile Armoniack put it into your Distil as full as you can cram and then pour thereon the aforesaid Aireal Spirit for t is far superiour to Spirit of Wine which too too many use enough to cover or moisten them just to the top close the Head of your Still very exactly and let your Recipient be so as that no
in Baln adapt a Receiver lute close and call off two thirds the which may be put away for other uses then evaporate the Flegm unto the consistence of an Extract the which add to your Medicine and digest with three ounces of fine Sugar till united and if any thing precipitate decant the clear the which carefully preâ—erâ—â— for use VIRTUES These Powers are a noble Medicine carrying a superiority of Virtue with them answering all that is attributed to the Powers of Turpentine the Stone powers and others but if you esteem of Cantharides Hog-lice and dryed Toads distiled by violence of Fire and then rectified and united you may take them for me and I 'le administer these altho we confess that if these were dissolved by the volatile and genuine Spirit of Tartar or having respect to Glauber in his prescription for the Stone which is prepared by his wonderful Sal Mirabilis much might be expected therefrom for we know that a Toad altho so great a poyson may by these be so prepared as to deserve the name of an Arcanum in the Plague far above any hitherto known in the World but this being treated of in its proper place shall be omitted here and so proceed to speak on of the excellent virtue of these Powers which indeed are profitable in many Diseases especially in the Strangury or difficulty of making Water Stone Gravel Sand or Sline and such offensive things which obstruct the a Vrinary passage they open Obstructions and highly provoke Vrine being very profitable in all kind of Fluxes excellent in Fevers Agues Jaundice Scurvey Leprosy and all foulness and corruption of Blood externally used they cure new and green Wounds tho in the Nerves Old Aches Vlcers tho never so rebellious they are excellent for Noli-metangere's and Plague-soars Impostumes and Fistula's they case the Gout and are helpful in Rheumatisms Palsy and weakness of Members they are good in the Hemmorrhoids or Piles and many other Diseases for they will perform all that can be expected of a Medicine short of succedanous ones Their Way of being Taken You may take from fifteen to twenty drops mornings only iâ— a glass of Rhenish-wine sweetned with the Syrrup of Marsh-mallows but strong Constitutions may take thirty or forty For external uses where any grief is you must bath the part till relief is found for Sore-eyes or those that have a Pearl you must drop in a drop once in two days but for Wounds and Vlcers you must dip a pledge therein and apply it with some proper Plaister The Price is 2 s 6 d an Ounce Potestates Nepenthoe or our Annodyne Pain-easing Powers Take Poppies gathered in their right signature and in a cold Still Distil the Water therefrom then take fresh Poppy-leaves and putting them into a Matrix strow them over with Calx vive after the same manner as directed in making Potestates Rosmarini distil off about 5 8 thereof ferment with Sugar Distil into low-Low-wine and from fresh flowers rectify into Proof-goods and by reiteration into fine Spirits then take a large quantity of Poppy-seeds which by Art must be macerated and so distil into Essential Oyl then take of the best Thebian Opium and with the aforesaid Spirit extract all the Tincture and make an Extract as before directed and to every three pound of the Spirit you call over add one pound of the aforesaid purified Sal Armoniack and a pound of the prepared Calx of Oyster-shells and macerate them together with the Faeces of the Opium that was left of the Extract put them into a retort and by violence of fire force over all that will come the which preserve and the Faeces that are in the Retort set in a cold moist Cellar to run per deliquium the which exactly filtre and Christallize and you will have a noble Opiated Salt take the whole quantity of this Salt and of Cinamon ten ounces Nutmegs Cloves and broad Mace of each four ounces macerate them and put them into a Retort and pour the aforesaid Spirit on them and distil in B. to dryness then take this Spirit so prepared and aromatized and equal parts of the first Spirit put them together and add in the Extract and Camphire one ounce of the Narcotick Sulphur of Venus six ounces and of the aforesaid Essential Oyl eight ounces digest till united which will easily be if you proceed by Cohobation and Digestion as before directed These are wonder-working Powers and perform more than we are willing to put upon them being far above any Liquid Laudanum hitherto extant to the World and more prevalent in any Disease to which that is attributed for by this method is the Opium well corrected and brought to a safe and pleasant Medicine prevalent against Spitting of Blood Catarrhs Fluxes of any kind Terms Whites and Gonorrhea's as also in Restlesness Watchings and Fevers Melancholy Frensy Epilepsy Convulsion and Fits of the Mother Plurisy Vomiting and Cholick there is hardly a better Remedy to be found for any violent Pain or Restlesness in the Body whatever vain Applauses too too many fill Books with who make as if one Medicine should be Vniversal against all Diseases but our Knowledge of Nature hath learned us so much the contrary that we have a perfect abhorrence against this canting way however our limitations being given in other Writings we shall omit it here The Dose is from three to five from thence to twenty Drops in some Cordial Julep according to the strength of the Disease and Age and Constitution of the Patient The Price is 2 s. 6 d. an Ounce Potestates Baccarum Juniperi or the Powers of Juniper-berries Take of Juniper-berries twenty or thirty pound or what Quantity you please pound them small and putting them into a Tub pour thereon Rain-water adding thereunto an handful of Bay-salt and so let them stand ten or twelve days and then distil in a Copper-still with a Refrigeratory so that pure Oyl will ascend with Water in good quantity and when the Liquor and Berries are taken out of the Still if you press through an hair-bag filtre and evaporate you shall find good quantity of Extract and yet the more if they have had a ferment by some Gummous and Vinor Nature the Water that comes over must be separated from the Oyl by a separating glass and then distil'd over again with resh Berries and Calx vive as directed in other Powers and so brought to low-Low-wines Proof-goods and Rectified Spirits by adding in fresh Berries to enrich the same Now some talk of drawing the Calcin'd Salt out of the Berries but we as an Operator tell you that the Quantity will be so insignificant as not to be worth your fire and time spent about it as upon Tryal you will find if it is to cleanse your Spirit Salt of Wormwood or Tartar will do the same But to talk of Volatilizing this or any other fixed Alkaly in a whiff is stuff for 't is not to
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The chiefest cleansing of our Mercury is by the help of Wine to deprive it of its Saturnal Form and Darkness that so it may become clear and pellucid like a Christalline Transparent Salt which Salt is impossible to be made but by the help of the said Wine and this Wine is also very difficult to be obtain'd witness Basilius Valentinus in p. 310. where he speaks of the true Spirit of Wine by which the Tincture of Sol is extracted and without which there can be no true Aurum Potabile but saith he few men know how a true Spirit of Wine is made much less can it's property be wholy found out for t is indued with such a strange one as not to be prepared by any new invented ways for Nature hath an irrevocable Law therefore tho this hath been sought after by many yet it hath been found by very few Its qualities are such as to declare its Excellency for it must be subtil penetrating without any Phlegm Pure Aerial and Volatile so that Air in a Magnetick quality may attract it therefore it had need to be kept close in 't is of a penetrating and effectual Operation and its uses are several for without it you cannot obtain any true Specifick Medicine and 't is by this that we prepare the Powers before described and therefore we thought it necessary to insert this that if this Aqua-vitae be truly rectified and lighted then the Mercury and Vegetable Sulphur separate and that Sulphur being a meer fire burns bright and the tender Mercury betakes himself to his wings and flies to his Chaos therefore shall we conclude concerning this with the words of Basilius where t is said He that can shut up and catch this fiery Spirit may boast that he hath gotten a great Victory in the Chymical Battle Now what remains is to show the harmonious Familiarity and Love that there is in Wine with Mankind and Gold Wine doth not only allure the Spirits of man to show forth their greatest Activity but also Comforts the same for as Helmont saith the Spirit of Wine is soon Converted into the Arterial Blood it also obtains the Tincture of Sol or that true Aurum Potabile which expells Melancholy and Sadness and rejoyces man's heart restoring the Diseased unto Sanity now Basilius calls man or you may understand it the Vrinous Classis because he says that he that drinks Wine converts it into the same in a more noble form yea even into a clear Salt which makes fixed things volatile as in p. 283. Wine and Gold three Stones Animal Vegetable and Mineral saying that he who hath them may boldly depend that he hath the Stones of the Vniversal abundantly talked of but the true Nature thereof little known but we also say that besides the three Principles Urinous or Microcosmical therefore called Animal which by the help of Salt unite Sulphur so as to bring it into Azoth or an Exalted Lunar Oyl the Vegetable is discerned as they 're separated from the Volatile Corruptions of the nethermost waters and purified by the Servant of Nature so as to flow forth into a pure Vinor Spirits and the Mineral as the Wine is put into a glass by means of the Gold runs not over as the famous John Grasseus alias Cortalasceus saith but Coagulates into Laton which is the true Magical Gold or Leo rubus and Blood of the Red Lion c. you have three Universal Stones Medicinal Angelical and Transmutative Medicinal as 't is brought to a Quintessence and diluted into an Aurum Potabile Angelical as this Red Stone is again Volatilized into a glorified yellowish purple Oyl and that again imbibed by more of the rubified Quintessence by which 't is made yet more highly Spiritual penetrating all things and Transmutative as the said Rubified Quintessence is melted and fermented with common Gold so as to be brought to exalt imperfect Metals These are the three Triumphant Stones of the Wise-men or Universal most Universal Cabalistical Elixerating Tinctures for Men and Metals called by some the Triune Stone because proceeding from one matter or root sc That general Chaos described by all the Philosophers containing a spermatical Essence of all created beings the Book of Wonders and Looking-glass of Nature wherein so many misteries may be discerned that we dare not here discover them because time and place are too short therefore shall desist from speaking any further of it and come to show some Excellent virtues of our Sal Panaristos not only in preparing those things by which Liquors are exalted but also in exalting them itself The things prepared by it principally for this use are Tartar Sulphur and Venus altho it dissolves all tangible Bodies yet we shall here describe no more than what is pertinent to the discourse sc for the meliorating and exalting these Spirits at Tartar we have already you may remember largly touched but however we once more tell you that all Salts for this use must be Calcined with a very strong fire especially Tartar Sulphur and Venus or else you shall not obtain any radical melioration by them but the ingress must be such as that any Spirit of Wine may extract its Tincture but you must know that the Ancients had a two-fold fire sc the Culinary which by its sharp flames Corrodes and Calcines Bodies bringing them to Fixity but indeed 't is after such a way as that the Volatile and Active Parts thereof go away in smoak or fume learn therefore to catch that the which you may if you know but that Vulcan which was husband to Venus yet consecrated to the use of the chast Vesta 't is indeed a Christalline Pure or Liquid Fire yet abundantly more sharp penetrative and Corrosive than the former for it radically dissolves and preserves those which the other will not touch if it doth not destroy it by the fury of its flames and altho we cannot be without it yet happy is he that knows the other seing that by it we are able to perform the great business of Art and desire of the Artist for in plain Terms 't is through this that we are able to Volatilize the sweet Colcothar of Venus radically fixed and then to distil and bring it all over the Helm the Sulphur being separated from the Mercury which is then called the Element of Fire of Venus and is an excellent Arcanum for meliorating Wines and Vinor Spirits being therein diluted you must also know the Office of our Sal Panaristos and by it to reduce common yellow Sulphur into a red fiery stone which then will meliorate Wines like that of the Sulphur of Venus and if you put a little thereof into a Cask of Wine the Wine acquires a grateful Tast and Odour and will be so consolated as not easily to admit of changing or perishing which otherwise so often happens to Wines especially such as have not had their exalted maturity by the benevolent Raies of Sol this Solar
or Lunar Salt doth not only measurably supply this defect but also enrich and meliorate Spirits for having prepared your Magnet we shall give you the use of it in sweetning of Spirits Take of any sort of ill smelling Spirit or Brandy made from Corn one part of pure spring water two parts mix them together that so the stinking and ingrateful Savours may diffuse themselves into the added water having so done you must again free this Brandy thus tempered with the water by putting your Magnet thereinto and so will you draw therefrom all the stinkingness and 't is then just as if you had washed that Wine and rinsed off all it's filth without any charge or difficulty for the Magnet or exalted Salt desires not to contract friendship with any Impurity N. B. It remaining the same as before being freed from its flegm so that this Work is neither chargable nor difficult therefore the principal business is to be Master of such a Salt the virtues whereof are known by Experience because some years ago we have prepared it and are now again preparing of it altho at present the quantity that we have by us is very inconsiderable as having lost above two pound three ounces of it by the misfortunate breaking of a glass in a considerable Tryal for which great loss we often lament our unhappy mischance seing we might have been more wary in making smaller Tryals but this we shall pass by hoping that Providence may in due time multiply our Stores if not we must learn to be content submitting our will to the Divine Pleasure who distributes of his Riches and Gifts in his own time and there is no obtaining of it by force 't is his own free Gift so that if it is not again bestowed on us we may say with Helmont God Almighty knows for why he hath given the Goat so short a Tail peradventure we use not the Tallent bestowed upon us aright for we are convinced in our conscience that had we applyed it the genuin way it might have been helpful to hundreds that languish c. We having run through what is necessary to be treated off as to this Part shall Conclude the same only we think it Convenient to add this following and general Head Containing as it were a Summary of our Labours being an Answer to the Request of a Person of Worth which is as follows Worthy Friend IN Answer to your earnest Desire I have given you the Heads of my Books Printed and those ready for the Press First you have our Britannean Magazine or Assays to Artificial Wines which God willing we intend suddenly to Correct and Enlarge with Experimental Additions Secondly Cerevisiarii Comes or the Art of Brewing Containing the Grounds thereof proved and demonstrated by sound Philosophy Thirdly Chymicus Rationalis or the Chymical Art rationally stated and demonstrated by a short but effectual Course containing the Heads of the chief Medicines so highly valu'd Fourthly this said Treatise which is the Art of Distillation Compleat to which is added the Doctrine of the Nature and Preparation of Vegetable Powers Fifthly Spagyrick Philosophy Asserted or the true Physical Principles demonstrated by way of Answer to that Learned Dr. Boylwharf in which the Foundation and Preparation of true Specificks are so delivered as easily distinguishable from those pretended to be such by the Pseudo-Chymists a Work highly necessary and as much desired and therefore God willing as soon as may be shall see the Light Sixthly Speculum Morborum in which you may see various Opinions concerning the Original of Diseases and also discern the true Nature thereof Seventhly Medicina Rationalis or the whole body of Physick rationally stated upon a new Hypothesis containing not only the Original and Definition of Diseases but also their Cure Eighthly Historia nova de Thesauro Britannioe interno Celato or a new History containing the yet undiscovered Mysteries of Englands Gloay and unspeakable Riches which may be obtained by the true advancing of its Vegetables and Minerals by a multiplying and concentrating the Universal Spirit Ninthly The Magicians Magazine or the Wise-man's Store-house containing the chief and profitable Heads of all the Voluminous Writings of the Ancient Philosophers Tenthly Our Ideas of Divine and Natural Things being a Philosophical Discourse of the Macro and Microcosmical World all which shall be hastned with what possible speed can be so that I hope in the mean while you will accept of what is done for that our Resolutions are to improve our Talent according to the Abilities given and that for the Benefit of such as prefer realities as they are delivered For we can truly say in what we have done we have cleared our Conscience towards the Sons of Art as for my rewards I expect it at the Final End if I persevere in Christian Duties only to be the Sentence of Well done thou good and faithful Servant Hence forth is prepared for thee a Crown of Bliss Amen FINIS A Catalogue of Books Printed for and Sold by John Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard In Folio THE Travels of Monsieur Thevenot into the Levant in three Parts viz. into Persia Turkey and the East-Indies Rushworth's Historical Collections Dr. Goad's Aphorisms of the Weather Tarsis and Leile a new Romance Book of Homilies for Churches Smith's Christians Religions Appeal In Quarto Mr. Love's Compleat Surveyor or the Art of Measuring Land made easy in a more exact Method than hitherto Extant Curious Enquiries in six Discourses viz. of the Longitude the Tricks of Astrological Quacks of the Depth of the Sea of Tobacco of Europe's being too full of People the various Opinions concerning the Time of keeping the Sabboth Mr. Strode's new and easy method of the Art of Dyalling Several Letters written by French Protestants refug'd in Germany concerning the Unity of the Church Foxes and Fire-brands or the Harmony of Popery and Separation Arch-Bishop Cranmer's Judgment concerning the Holy Scripaures Published by Edmund Gee with a Preface The present French King drawn to the Life Angliae Decus Tutamen or the Glory and Safety of this Nation under our present King and Queen The Church of Englands Doctrine of Non-resistance Justified and Vindicated as truly rational and Christian by Lewis Sharp Rector of Morton-Hamstead-Deoon In Octavo Mr. Boyl's Free Enquiry into Nature in English and Latine His Disquisition about the final Causes of natural things with a Tract of Vitiated sight His Martyrdom of Theodora and Dydimus His Christian Virtuoso Experimenta Observationes Physicae Wherein are briefly treated of several Subjects relating to Natural Philosophy with a Collection of strange reports Quintilian's Declamations in English with the Approbation of several eminent School-Masters of Lond. Lord Vicount Shanon's Moral Essays on several Subjects relating to the present times Reasons why a Protestant should not turn Papist Le Grand's Historia Sacra Situation of Paradice found out Dr. Owen's Meditation of the Glory of Christ Osborn's Works Divine Moral Historical and Political Dr. Newton's Compleat Arithmetician A double Grammar for Germans to learn English and for English to learn the German Tongue In Twelves The Modern Courtier Dr. Salmon's New Method of Cuting the French Pox wherein is the Practise of an eminent French Author with the Method of Monsieur Blauchard as also Dr. Sydenham's Judgment on the same Rider's Practical Surgery in Observat Cases and Cures both for Sea and Land Galliae notitia Or the Present state of France containing a general Description of that Kingdom Mr. Gouge's Young man's Guide and Word to Saints and Sinners Minelius on Virgil. Dyer's Works History of the Wars of York and Lancaster Mr. Evelin's French Gardener Bishop Hall of Contentment An Exposition of the Church Catechism History of Lysander and Sabina A Novel Observations on the Mineral Watch in France Books newly Published Dr. Salmon's Medicina Practica or Practical Physick shewing the Method of Curing the most usual Diseases happening to human Bodies to which are added the Philosophick Works of Hermes Trismegist Kalid Persicus Geber Arabs Artefius Langoevus Nicholas Flammel Roger Scriptures and George Ripley Compleat in three Books Cervisiarii Comes or the newest and truest Art of Brewing Illustrated by various Examples in making Beer Ale and other Liquors so that they may be most durable and fragrant with the true method of making Salt Water Fresh and the Art of manuring Lands by W. Y-worth M. P. Miracles Performed by Money A Poem Just Published The true Interest of Familys or Directions how Parents may be happy in their Children the Children in their Parents to which is Added a Discourse about the right way of improving our time by a Divine of the Church of England with a Preface by Ant. Horneck D. D. A Sermon at the Funeral of the Hon. Rob. Boyle at St. Martin's in the Fields by the Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum Mr. Boy 's Seraphick Love c. General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small drawn out for the use of Travellers and Navigators Imparted by the late Honorable Rob. Boyle Fellow of the Royal Society Ordered to be Published in his Life time at the Request of some Curious Persons to which is Added other Directions for Navigators c. with particular Observations of the most noted Countries in the World by another hand Finis