up the Oil then press them hard and keep the Oil that comes from them for your use It is used with Success in Wounds and Ulcers Aegyptiacum To make the Ointment so called observe to take of Verdigrease Five Ounces Honey Fourteen Drams Vinegar Seven Ounces put them together and let them thicken and incorporate over a gentle Fire and it will be of a purple Colour so make it up into an Ointment and use it in cleaning Ulcers that are it inveterate and Fistula's It consumes proud spongy and dead Flesh Aethiops Mineralis Take of Crude Mercury one part and of the Flowers of Sulphur twice as much mingle them well together in a Glass Mortar and fire the Composition till it becomes a Black Powder This is exceeding successful in the French Disease commonly called the Pox also for old Sores and in the Dropsie The Dose is properly half a Dram and no more and is best taken Night and Morning mixed with the Syrup of Clove-Gillyflowers or you may make it into a Bolus with Conserve of Red Roses and continue taking it for the space of Three or Four Weeks yet it may be convenient though there is no danger of its Fluxing to take a gentle Purge once a Week during the Course Agrimony its Vertues It cleanses the Blood removes Obstructions of the Liver and is consequently good in the Dropsie and Jaundice the Leaves of it being boiled in their ordinary Drink it may be used outwardly in Baths to strengthen weak Limbs Half a Dram the Powder of the Leaves in Conserve or Wine restrains involuntary Pissing Agrimony-common This strengthens and cleanses the Blood and opens the Obstructions of the Liver for which reason it is very available in Dropsies the Jaundice and ill Habits of the Body if you infuse it in Ale or Beer or your ordinary Drink Eight Handfuls in Four Gallons are sufficient It is used also outwardly in Baths and Lotion There is a Pouder likewise made of it which is done by drying the Leaves to prevent involuntary Urin half a Dram of it in the Conserve of Roses being to be taken going to Bed for Three Weeks successively Agues to Cure To make an excellent Water for the Cure of Agues Take the Roots and Leaves of Fennel the Leaves of Rue Sage Wormwood Mugwort Rosemary or Rosemary-Flowers the Tops of the lesser Centaury of each a Handful bruise them and let them stand Three Days in a Gallon of White-Wine and so distil them This Water is highly commended and approved in the Fits of the Ague especially the Quartan given at the beginning of the Fit from One to Four Ounces Ague-Tertian to remove Take of Rhubarb one Dram infuse it in Six Spoonfuls of succory-Succory-Water over a gentle Fire for Three Hours then strain it and add half a Dram of the Syrup of Rhubarb three Spoonfuls of the Syrup of Roses and a Spoonful of Cinamon-Water take this fasting after the Fourth Fit But if the Distemper has not so much weakned the Body but that it will bear somewhat a stronger Purge add a Dram of the Leaves of Senna and Two Drams of Fennel-Seeds and it will in once or twice taking effect the Cure Ague falling into any part of the Body If the Ague take its station in any particular Place and affect not the whole Body at once to remove and expel it Take Parsley Smallage and Hemlock of each a small Handful bruise them and add Four Ounces of Barrows Grease then mix them by braying well together and boil them half an Hour stirring them continually until they become very green then putting them in a Canvas-Bag strain out the Oily and Liquid part and with it bathe the afflicted Place as hot as may be endured before a Fire And in so doing Two or Three times it will remove the cold Humour that occasions the Ague Ague in a Woman's Breast To remedy this Take the Leaves of Hemlock bruise them and then fry 'em with the best sweet Butter and being made into a Poultis apply it to the Breast as hot as it can be well endured clapping over it a Handful of white Cotton and it will in a short time cure the Ague Ague in the Breast To remedy this Take Grounsil the Leaves of single Daisies also the Roots and coarse Wheat-Flower and as much of the Parties own Water as when they are well beaten together will bring them to be spread Plaister or Poultis-wise on a Leather or thick Cloath and apply it to the Stomach or Parts where the Coldness or Trembling is most observed as hot as may be well endured and in so often doing it will prove a Remedy Ague to cure a Powder Take Antimony and Cinnabar an Ounce common Salt roasted Two Drams pouder them together and put them into a glass Cucurbit and pour on them Four Ounces of the Oil of Sulphur let them digest for Two Days over a moderate Heat in a Bath of Ashes then by encreasing the Heat evaporate the superfluous Moisture and having well washed the Mass that remains dry it and reduce it to a Powder and mix it with Four Ounces of the Flower of Sulphur and set it over live Coals in an earthen Platter stir it continually with an iron Spatula and when the Flowers are consumed pour in Spirit of Wine Three Fingers high and when it is consumed take the remaining Mass powder it and keep it for use This is a Powder extreamly commended for the Cure of all intermitting Agues being taken half an Hour before the Fit from 15 to 20 Grains in some Syrup or Cordial-Water and supping a little Broth about Two Hours after it and if the first and second Dose prevails not a Third may be taken for it works easily and mostly by Sweat Alder The Leaves of it bruised and applied Poultis-wise to Tumours easily discuss them and being put into the Shoes of Travellers some say prevent in a great measure Weariness Aleberry Boil Ale or Beer a Quart scum it well put in slices of fine Manchet and blades of large Mace boil it well and put in some Sugar with a sprig or two of Rosemary strain it and drink it hot It is not only Strengthening but very good against Colds and Rheums Ale-Purging To make this according to the true Receipt left by the famous Dr. Butler Take Two Ounces of Sarsaparilla Senna and Polypody of the Oak of each Four Ounces Anniseeds and Carraway-seeds of each half an Ounce Licorish Two Ounces Agrimony and Maiden-Hair of each a small Handful Scurvygrass Ten Handfuls beat and bruise these together grosly put them into a Bag made of Canvas and hang it in Five or Six Gallons of Ale and when it is Three Days old drink it This Liquor chiefly purges by gentle breathing Sweats and Urin being excellent to expel Scorbutick Humours and Dropsies c. Ale a Syrup of it Take of new Ale a Gallon it being the Wort of the first running put it into an iron Pot over a clear
in a moderate Sand Bath This is properly called a Corrected Antiepileptick Water of Langius and has been long in request and by the preparing it as here directed it is excellent given in Epileptick-Fits The Dose is two Drams It may be also used for the prevention as well as the Cure of this Distemper and is very proper for all cold Diseases in the Brain Antimonial Claret-Water Take Glass of Antimony finely powdered two Drams Claret-Wine a pint and a half macerate them over a gentle Fire for a considerable time in a Matrass carefully stopt and often shaking it mix then with the whole four Ounces of fine Loaf-Sugar two drops of the Chymical Oil of Cinamon and keep it for use This Liquor must be kept in a double Glass-Bottle well corked and tyed down It is very pleasing and agreeable to the Taste purging gently upward and downward Two Drams being taken for a Dose Antimony its Cinabar Put into your Retort of Sublimate Corrosive and Antimony as much as half fills it powdered and well mingled together let the Retort be placed in Sand in a small Furnace fit to it a Receiver lute the Junctures and so make a Distillation and perceiving a red Vapour appear take away the Receiver and put another into its place not luted encreasing the Fire by degrees till the Retort is red hot and so let it continue three or four hours then suffering it to cool break it and you will perceive a sublimated Cinabar sticking to the Neck of it separate it and keep it It is a very much prized Remedy for the French Disease it likewise forces Sweat and remedies the Falling-Sickness it may be taken if the Party be carefull of him or her self from six to fourteen grains Antimony Diaphoretick To do this mix three parts of purified Salt-Peter with one part of Antimony and your Crucible being very hot cast in a Spoonfull of this mixture which will make a kind of a thundring and after that is past do the like by another Spoonfull and so do by all the rest and when it has been on the Fire about two hours throw the Matter which then will be white into an Earthen Vessel almost full of fair Water let it soke ten or twelve hours that the Salt-Peter which is fixed may dissolve in it then let the Liquor be separated by Inclination wash the White Powder you find remaining in the bottom Five or Six times with hot Water so dry it and you will have Diaphoretick Antimony It is Sudorifick causing Sweats and notably resists Poyson and is approv'd in Malignant Diseases and the Plague The Dose is from six Grains to thirty in some proper Liquid Antimony an Oil or Liquor Take six Ounces of fine white Sugar-Candy beat it to powder then do the like by eight Ounces of Hungarian Antimony and mix them well together and put them into a Glass Retort and distill them on a Sand-Bath with a gradual Fire This Liquor cures intermitting Agues given in White-wine three four five or six drops at the beginning of the Fit and so repeating it two or three times Antinephritick-Water Take of Narbone Honey half a pound Venice-Turpentine two Ounces Nephritick Wood and Roots of Rest-Harrow of each an Ounce and a half Lignum Aloes an Ounce Galingal Cloves Cinamon Mace Cubebs and Mastick of each half an Ounce bruise and macerate them for three days together in two Quarts of Rectified Spirits of Wine or for want of that in Aqua vitae and distill them over a moderate Fire This Water is highly recommended for removing of Gravel or Sand out of the Bladder or Kidneys as also for easing the Pains of the Colick given from one Dram to half an Ounce either alone or mixed with proper Liquors Antiscorbutick Elixir Propritetatis Take Myrrh of Alexandria Aloes Succotrina and Saffron beaten into Powder of each four Ounces digest them in a close stopped Vessel for eight days in a moderate Sand Bath with four pints of Antiscorbutick Spirit then for one hour encrease the heat of the Bath and filtre and keep it apart then pour on the remaining Mass a pint of fresh Spirit and reiterate digestion and filtration then draw off the Spirit in a Sand-Bath with a moderate Fire till there only remains a third part and when the Vessels are cool preserve the Elixir and when it is to be used mix it with a third or fourth part of the volatil Spirit of Harts-Horn This Elixir is now wonderfully in use and highly esteemed in all Diseases that proceed from Corruption of Humours but chiefly used in the Cure of the Scurvy for it purifies the Blood and quickens the Motion of its Circulation It may be taken in Wine or some other Liquors from Seven or Eight to Fifteen or Twenty Drops Appetite to restore Take Wood or Garden-sorrel a Handful boil it in a Pint of White-wine-Vinegar till it becomes very tender then strain it out sweeten it with Two Ounces of Sugar and boil it to a Syrup and take a quarter of an Ounce at any time when you find your Appetite fail you Apple-Cream Take Ten or Twelve Pippens when pretty ripe pare them take out the Cores and slice them thin cut them in quarters and put them into a Pipkin with Claret-Wine a few slices of Ginger Lemon-peel scraped as also some white Sugar let them boil up together till they are very soft then take then off the Fire and put them into a Dish and when they are pretty cool take a Quart of new Cream boil'd with a little Nutmeg and put in of the Apple stuff to make it of what thickness you please and so with a little sprinkling of Sugar and Rose-water serve it up as a most acceptable Banqueting Apple-Tansey To make this Pare your Apples thin cut them in round slices fry them in sweet Butter beat Ten Eggs in a Pint of Cream add Cinnamon Nutmeg and Ginger of each a Dram well beaten or grated Sugar Three Ounces rose-Rose-water Two Ounces these being well beaten together pour on the Batter fry them moderately and dust them over with Sugar and a sprinkling of rose-Rose-water and serve them up Apples a Purging Syrup Take of the Water and Juice of the best scented Pippins of each a Pint and a half Borrage and bugloss-Bugloss-water and Juice of each Nine Ounces Eastern Senna half a Pound Fennel and Anniseeds of each Three Drams Cretan-Dodder Two Ounces White Agarick and the best Rhubarb half an Ounce Mace and Ginger of each Four Scruples Saffron half a Dram let the Rhubarb be infused with the Senna a part in White-wine and the Juice of Apples of each Two Ounces infuse except the Saffron all the rest in the afore-mention'd Water The following Day pour on the Juices and set them on the Fire let them simper gently take off the Scum then strain the liquid Parts and add Four Pounds of white Sugar boil it to a Syrup the infusion of Rhubarb being put into it
and the Saffron often dipt in it tyed up in a Rag and so squeezed out This Syrup is held to be a very gentle Purge for melancholy People and very safe and easie but proves more effectual in its Operation and Strength if Two Ounces of it be taken in Three Ounces of the Decoction of Dodder apoplectick-Apoplectick-Water Take of the Lilies of the Valley Rosemary Lavender Sage Primroses of each three handfuls let them macerate eight Days in the Sun or in a Stove in rectified Spirits of Wine and Orange-Flower Water of each three pints then distill them in a Sand-Bath and preserve this excellent Water for your use It fortifies the Brain and noble Parts being taken from half to a whole spoonful It is successful as well to prevent as to cure the Apoplexy and all other violent Diseases of the Brain Apoplectick-Water another Bruise four pound of Black-Cherries Roots of Valerian and Shavings of Harts-Horn of each three ounces grated White-Bread one pound Cloves and Mace beaten fine and sifted of each half an ounce Saffron two drams Flowers of Lilies of the Valley and Lavender of each three handfuls mix them well together by bruising and shredding and macerate them twenty four Hours in a warm Water-Bath then encrease the heat and put them in Balneo Mariae This Water eases Apoplectick Pains Palsie and other Distempers in the Head and Brain arising from Cold being taken at seasonable times from half an ounce an ounce Apoplexy To cure this violent and dangerous Distemper Take two quarts of the Spirit of Wine infuse in it a pound of Imperatory Castor and Sarsaparilla of each half an ounce being bruised a little add to them two handfuls of ordinary Lavender and Sage-Flowers steep them in an earthen Pot well glazed stop it very close and set it in a Chimney-corner or other warm place four or five Days often setting it on warm Embers and as often shaking it then take nine Drams of Camphire dissolved in half a pint of Sack and put it in setting it in a cool place and then philter it two or three times and when the Distemper approaches which is known by a shooting Pain in the Head a swimming dizziness of the Eyes c. rub the Forehead and Temples with it till it drys in and it gives speedy ease Apricocks Apricocks are a delicious Fruit to the Tast and much more wholsom than the Peach but above all from the Kernels of them an excellent Oil is extracted for Hemorrhoids Pains in the Ears Swellings and Inflammations The Kernels much avail in the Heart-burn Apricock-Cakes To make this Take the largest and smoothest Fruit parboil them in Spring-Water till they become very tender then pressing out the Pulp put to it an equal weight of Sugar set them over a gentle sire and keep them continually stirring and when you can see the bottom of the Skillet or Pan they are enough then put the Pulp and Sugar into Cards sewed round and dust them over with sifted Sugar and letting them stand two or three Days turn them and then if they be candied take them out of the Cards and dust them with Sugar again and so often turning them let 'em dry for your use in a gentle heat Apricocks to Candy Take the Apricocks pare them very thin and strew fine Sugar lightly on them then lay them on a broad pewter Dish and so put them into an Oven as hot as usually heated for Manchet and as the Liquor comes from them pour it forth and turn them strew more Sugar and sprinkle them with Rose-Water turn and sugar them till near dry then lay them on a Lettice-Wyre till they are dried which you may do in an Oven after the drawing and by this means they will keep all the Year Apricocks to dry In the first place Take out the Stones then weigh the remainder and take the weight of them in double refined Sugar and make a Syrup with so much Water as will wet them and boil it up so high that if a drop be drop'd on a clean Plate it slip off being cold put in your Apricocks pared when the Syrup is heated stir them about and turn them out and tye them one by one in Tiffanies then put them in again and set the Syrup over a quick fire making it to boil as fast as it can and scum it well and when they look clear take them from the fire then lay them on a Sieve to drain and being well drained take them out of the Tiffanies and dry them in a Stove or the Sun in Glasses to keep off the dust Apricock-Iambals Take Apricocks scald them to a tenderness and dry the pulp in a pewter or earthen Dish over a Chafing-dish of Coals then for a Day or two set it on a Stone and beat it afterward in a Stone Mortar adding as much fine Sugar as will make it a stiff Past then colour it with Saunders Cochineel or Indico rowl them long tye them into Knots and so dry them for use Apricock-Past To make this Pare your Fruit and stone them set them between two Dishes on a Chafing-dish of Coals till they are boiled very tender let them cool and lay them out on white Paper take their weight of Sugar and boil it to a Candy heighth with as much fair Water and Rose-Water as will dissolve the Sugar then put the Pulp into it and let it boil till it be as thick as Marmalade still keeping it stirring then on a Pye-Plate fashion it into the shape of whole Apricocks and so being dried it will be very transparent and eat more luscious and pleasant than Apricocks newly gathered from the Trees Apricocks to preserve Take them when they are pretty well buttoned yet so tender that you may run a Needle through the Stones and all without any difficulty then put them into luke-warm Water to break them and let them stand close covered in that Water till a thin Skin will come off with scraping and all this while they will look yellow then put them into another Preserving-Pan or Skillet of hot Water and let them stand covered till they recover a curious green colour then having equally weigh'd them with a like weight of Sugar clarifie the Sugar with the White of an Egg or some Water and so preserve them for use If you would preserve them when ripe you must take out the Stones you need not at all boil them in Water but with the Juice of some of them dissolve the Sugar and stew them in it then having a Syrup of Sugar boiled to a height put them in it till they look clear and so set them up close covered for your use Aqua Coelestis To make this Take of Cinnamon one dram Ginger half a dram the three sorts of Saunders of each of them a quarter of an Ounce Cubebs and Mace of each of them a Dram Cardamum the bigger and lesser of each three drams Setwell-Roots half an ounce Fennel-seeds Anni-seeds and
quarters in the Tart with a thin slice of Quince under each quarter and the scrapings of Orange or Lemon-peel strew them over with Sugar and rose-Rose-water after you have poured in the Syrup of Quinces or the Syrup of Pippins scatter over them a little Cinamon beaten into fine Powder close up the Lid and bake them in a gentle Oven Cods-Head to Dress Cut it fair and large boil it in Water and Salt add a pint of Vinegar so that all the Head and Appurtenances may be just covered put into the Mouth of it a quart of stewing Oisters a bundle of sweet-Herbs and an Onion quartered and when it is sufficiently boiled set it a drying over a Chafing-dish of Coals then take Oister liquor sliced Onion and two or three Anchoves a quarter of a pint of White-wine and a pound of sweet Butter shred the Herbs mix them with the Oisters and garnish it with them adding withal some slices of Lemon grated Bread and a little Parsley Colick and Stone Drink of the distilled Water of Parsley in White-wine or good Ale Colick and Stone Take four long Pepper-Corns two races of Ginger both bruised two sprigs of Rosemary the shells of two new-lay'd Eggs in fine Powder the inner Skin being taken away boil them together for a quarter of an Hour in a pint of White-wine let it boil well and brew them together with two ounces of Loaf-Sugar and drink it warm going to Bed Complexion to preserve Take Water-Lily Flowers Mint Vine-Leaves Violets Myrtle-Berries or Seeds Roses white and yellow Saunders Citron-peels dryed Quinces dryed Prunes of each a dram Camphor and Saffron of each a scruple make them up into Balls with Vinegar wherein the best Bolus has been dissolved and it is not only of an excellent Scent but dissolved in fumitory Water it causes a very charming Complexion as well as preserves Beauty Confection to cause Sweat Take Treacle and Mithridate of each an ounce Pimpernel and Angelica of each ten grains Cardamoms and Camphire of each five grains bruise and mix them well together and make them up into a Confection with ten grains of beaten Cinamon and of this take to the quantity of a Hazle-Nut in Carduus or Sorrel-water first dissolving it well and keep close and warm in Bed and you may continue sweating three or four Hours if the Distemper be violent or a less while as occasion requires For want of this Confection if any sudden Cause requires sweating you may take a dram of Mithridate in Carduus Treacle or Sorrel-water and keep your self warm for some Hours afterwards lest the Pores by this means opening suddenly suck in the cold Air and do more harm than good Confection against Pestilential Airs Take white Diapalma fine Bolus sealed Earth Myrrh Wormwood Scabious Pimpernel Sorrel Zedoary and Rue of each a dram and a half Tormentile Aristolochy and Bay-Leaves of each a dram five or six Walnut-Kernels peeled twelve new Figs Mithridate and Treacle of each an ounce Camphor and Saffron of each a Scruple Unicorns-Horn Bone of a Stag's Heart prepared Pearl burnt and Harts-Horn of each a dram and a half of either the Seeds of Citron peeled and bruised half an ounce Mace a dram make them into a Powder and with Citron-Syrup mingle them to the thickness of a Confection Take half a dram Morning and Evening in a glass of Canary or Muscadine and it mainly strengthens and preserves Nature against corrupt and pestilential Airs For want of Wine in Summer especially yon may take it in Rose or Mint-Water Confection to help the Sight Take Eye-bright and Fenel of each a Dram Cardamoms and Mace of each a dram and a half Seeds of Rue and Celandine of each a quarter of an ounce Rosemary an ounce Anniseed Lignum-Aloes and Carraways of each half an ounce make of these finely beaten a Confection with Honey or Sugar This is called the Oculists Confection and is very strengthening to the Eyes and Brain it restores decayed Sight Take three or four Drams in five or six spoonful of Wine Confection Another for the Sight Take Celandine dryed Bettony Eye-bright Hyssop Peneroyal of each a dram Fennel Coriander prepared Marjoram and Basil-seeds Cardamoms Cinamon Ginger Galingale Nutmegs Cloves long Pepper Lignum-Aloes Mastick Spicknard of each half a dram preserved Citron-peels three drams Conserve of Borrage and Rosemary-Flowers of each six drams make them up with Sugar and Fennel-water or for want of Fennel-water Rose-water Three drams at a time of this may be taken in White-wine Rhenish or any other convenient Liquor Conserve of Citron-Flowers Take their weight or more in white Sugar dissolve them in rose-Rose-water hang it over a gentle Fire then take it off and boil it almost to the consistence of a Syrup then put in the Flowers and boil it up to a height and mash them to a Conserve Consolidative-Plaister Take the dryed Leaves of Aristolochia and the round ones an ounce Mastick Frankincense and Myrrh of each two drams Aloes Succotrina one dram Litharge four scruples red Led two scruples Meal of Lupins a dram make them into fine Powder and dissolve an ounce of Deers-suet Hogs-grease half an ounce Oil of St. John's-wort six drams Turpentine washed half an ounce yellow Wax three ounces incorporate them over a gentle Fire to the consistence of a Plaister This is excellent for the Plague sore or any such poisonous or infectious Swelling Consumption Take Colts-foot Succory Endive Borrage Liverwort of each six handfuls shred them all very small put them in a gallon of New-Milk let them steep all night and in the morning distill them take of this Water and Red Rose-water of each three spoonfuls put this to half a pint of Red Cow's Milk sweeten it with Sugar of Roses and so drink it warm at least three times every day Consumption a Broth Take China-roots thin sliced two ounces White and Red Saunders of each three drams put them into a large Pipkin and pour upon it four quarts of fair Water cover it close and let it stand to infuse in a warm place or in hot Water for twenty-four hours then put to it a good Pullet or two Chickens let it boil and scum it well then put into it two handfuls of Five-leav'd-grass Maiden-hair and Hart's-tongue of each half a handful 20 Dates cut small a little Mace with the under-Crust of a Manchet Let all these boil together till two quarts be consumed then take out the Pullets or Chickens and stamp them in a clean Stone-Mortar then put it in the Broth again and let it boil half an hour longer then strain it and press out all the Broth from the Pullet If you please you may sweeten it with Sugar-candy Drink of this Broth early in the Morning and sleep after it if you can and another Draught at Four in the Afternoon and another at night when you go to Rest Consumption a Broth Take two spoonfuls of French Barley scald it in two Waters throw away
break in your Eggs one by one putting away the better half of the Whites make a place in your Dish of Meat and therein put the Yolks of the Eggs round in order among it so set them to stew till your Eggs be enough taking care they harden not then grate in a little Nutmeg and the Juice of a couple of Oranges but none of the Seeds wipe the sides of the Dish and garnish it with slices of Oranges and Lemons and a little Pepper Sugar and Salt Eggs Quelquechose Break about forty Eggs and beat them together with some Salt fry them at four times on one side and before you take them out of the Pan make a Compound or Composition of hard Eggs boil some Sweet-Herbs finely shred with some Currants Then put them to the Eggs and strew them over with beaten Cinamon Almond-paste Juice of Oranges and Sugar and dividing them roul them up like Wafers and put them in a Dish with Juice of Lemons and white Sugar then warm and Ice them over in an Oven with beaten Butter and fine Sugar and serve them up as a Dish very admirable and rare Eggs the Spanish way Take about twenty new-lay'd Eggs break and mix them with a quarter of a pint of Canary and a quarter of a pound of fine Sugar some grated Nutmeg and Salt beat them together with the Juice of an Orange set them over a gentle fire keep them stirring till they begin to thicken serve them up in a Dish with toasted Manchet and scraped Sugar sprinkle them over with Orange-juice Comfits or sweet Wine having dipt the Toasts before you lay them in Juice of Oranges Claret or White-wine Electuarium Diacarthamum Take of the Spices of Diatragacanth frigid half an ounce of the Pulp of Preserved Quinces one ounce of the Marrow of the Seeds of Bastard-saffron half an ounce white Ginger two drams Diagrydium powder'd a-part three drams of white Turbith six drams Manna two ounces Solutive Honey of Roses strained and Sugar-candy of each an ounce of Hermodactyls half an ounce white Sugar boiled to the Consistence of solid Electuary ten ounces and an half and when it is hot mix with it the Honey of Manna and Pulp of Quinces then add the Powders and make it up into solid Electuary to be formed into Tablers It is excellent good for Pains in the Stomach and comforteth the Heart and Brain Electuarium Diaprunum 'T is so called from the Plums of which it is partly made and is made of Damascens after the following manner Take of those that are large ripe and fresh about a quart let them boil in a sufficient quantity of Water till you can easily pulp them thorough a Sieve then boil an ounce of Violet-flowers fresh or dried in the same Liquor and strain it and add to it two pound of Sugar boil'd up to a Syrup then add the Pulp above-nam'd and of the Pulp of Cassia and Tamarinds strained and dissolved in a small quantity of the Liquor of each an ounce boil it up again stir it continually and add the following Powders viz. Saunders White and Red and Rhubarb of each three drams Red Roses Violets the Seeds of Purslain Endive Barberries Gum Tragacanth and the Juice of Licorice of each two drams of the great Cold Seeds one dram These being made into an Electuary are exceeding good in Fevers as being Cold and Moist Electuary of Citron Solutide Take Citron-peel candied of the Conserve of the Flowers of Bugloss of Species of Diatragacanth frigid and Diagrydium of each half an ounce of Turbith five drams Ginger half a dram of the Leaves of Senna six drams and of the Seeds of sweet Fenel a dram of white Sugar dissolved in Rose-water and boiled up to a sufficiency ten ounces beat in a Brass Mortar the Turbith and Ginger being first cut small the Senna Fenel and Diagrydium must be powder'd apart and mixed with a little of the Diatragacanth the Bark of the Citron must be pounded in a Marble Mortar then add the Conserves pulped thorough a fine Sieve and boiled a little in the Sugar dissolv'd take it off the fire and when it is just warm put in the Powders and lastly the Diagrydium and Diatragacanth of this Paste make Tablets which are good against Pestilential Distempers or for such as have been bit by any venomous Creatures Electuary of Lawrel-Berries Take ten drams of the Powder of dried Rue the Seeds of Bishops-weed Cumin and Lovage Caraways Nigellum wild Marjoram wild Carrots Parsley Bitter Almonds Round and Long Pepper Horse Mint Lawrel-Berries and Castor of each two drams Sagapenum half an ounce Clarify'd Honey a pound and an half Opopanax three drams these things being well beaten bruised and mixed together add the Gums towards the end dissolved in White-wine and make them up into an Electuary A dram of it may be taken at any time It is good for the Colick expels Wind and strengthens the Stomach and when upon extraordinary Occasions it is given in Clysters near half an ounce of it may be mingled with the other Ingredients Electuary Lenitide Take of Raisins stoned Polypody of the Oak Oriental Senna of each two ounces Mercury a handful and an half Jubebs and Sebestenes of each twenty five Maidenhair Violets and Barley cleansed of each a handful Damask Prunes and Tamarinds of each six drams Licorice half an ounce boil them in five quarts of Water to the consumption of a third part then strain them out hard in part of the Liquor dissolved of the Pulp of Cassia and Tamarinds fresh Prunes Violets and Sugar of each six ounces and in the other part of the Liquor dissolve two pound of fine Sugar then add an ounce and an half of the Powder of Senna and two drams of the Powder of Aniseeds for every pound of the Electuary and so make it up according to Art This is an excellent Electuary for Cooling and Purging gently The Dose is from an ounce to an ounce and an half Electuary for Obstructions Take Cinamon Mace the Roots of Asarabacca Spikenard Mastick and Saffron of each six drams unwash'd Aloes twelve ounces and an half clarify'd Honey a pound and three ounces make these up into an Electuary It powerfully opens Obstructions yet purgeth but gently and greatly cleanses the Stomach The Dose is from two to three drams Electuary Purging Take Rhubarb an ounce bring it into Powder then in a Marble or Glass Mortar put about half a pound of Currans clean pick'd and wash'd and bruis'd as small as may be strewing and incorporating the Powder of Rhubarb with them and of it take in the Morning fasting as much as an ordinary Walnut This is good for Pains and Gripes and especially Worms in Children Electuary of Sassafras Take of this fragrant Wood two ounces three pints of spring-Spring-water boil them to the consumption of a third part adding towards the end half an ounce of Cinamon bruised then place two pound of Sugar in an earthen Pan and
Saxifrage-water or the Woman's Milk is given with success or about the time of their breeding Teeth from the 7th to the 10th Month it is accompanied with a Cough or what is worse Vomiting and Loosness voiding green Excrements In this case apply a blistering Plaister as soon as may be to the hinder Part of the Neck Take of Langius's Epileptick Water three drams Liquid Laudanum two drops or more if the Child be strong Syrup of Peony one dram mix them for a Draught which must be presently given or Take of the VVater of Rue three ounces Langius's Epileptick Water the Compound of briony-Briony-Water of each an ounce Syrup of Gilliflowers half an ounce Of these well mixed together make a Cordial or Julep and give a spoonful every Hour if the forementioned Draught has not discussed the Paroxysm Eringoes otherways called Sea-Holly It forces Urin and the Courses expels VVind helps the Jaundice and eases the Gripes in the Belly and Stomach The Roots candied are reckoned amongst Sweet-meats as very wholsom and pleasant and are good Preservatives against the Plague contagious Fevers and infectious Airs those that have the Consumption would do well to eat them often The Roots candied cure the Gonorrhea and prove advantagious in contributing to the Cure of the French-Pox Some hold that being stamped and applied to the Bellies of VVomen they prevent Abortion Erysipelas This is a very strange Distemper for all Parts of the Body with the Face especially are swollen red and full of Pains overspread with little thick Pimples which sometimes rise into Blisters and the Eyes seem to be closed with the Swellings Coldness Shivering and the like In this case open a Vein in the Arm let not the quantity taken away exceed nine or ten ounces Then take of Lily-roots and Marshmallow-roots of each an ounce Camomil-flowers Elder an Base Mullein Mellilot the Tops of St. John's-wort an the lesser Centaury of each a handful Fenugreekseed and Linseed of each half an ounce boil them to three pound in a quantity of Water sufficient to do it strain out the Liquor and when you design it for use add two ounces of the Spirit of Wine and in this Water so strained out dip pieces of new Flannel and having squeezed them apply them hot often anointing the Parts so grieved after fomentation with the fllowing Direction Take half a pint of the Spirit of Wine Treacle two ounces Long-pepper and Cloves in Powder of each two drams make these by mixture and infusion as strong as may be and being strained dip Cap-paper into the Liquid so strained and apply it wet and warm to the afflicted Part and for the more speedy Remedy after letting Blood the Party may take a Clyster of Milk with Syrup of Violets and cooling Emulsions and Juleps Erysipelas An experienced Remedy for this is the Blood of a Hare best in March but at other times may serve Take it hot if you can and anoint the Place infected with it otherwise apply a Linnen-Rag that has though a good while since throughly imbibed the fresh Blood and dryed in the Air but if it be too hard or stiff soften it with a little fair VVater the cold taken off Evil for this commonly called the Kings-Evil Take Cuttlebone uncalcined scrape off the outside or that which is coloured dry the white part and beat it to Powder very fine and take half a dram in a spoonful of Aqua Malvae Excoriation This is when the true Cutis is affected then Take Prunella called in English Self-heal bruise it well in a Mortar of glass or stone and apply it to the Part afflicted renewing it but seldom and sometimes not at all Excoriations Melt Mutton-Suet of the Kidneys freed from Fibres or Strings two ounces add by little and little sixteen or eighteen drops though in small Matters eight or ten may serve of Oil of Turpentine spread the Mixture on a Linnen-Cloath and apply it to the Part afflicted by binding or otherwise Expectoration This is designed to ripen Coughs and dissolve Phlegm To do it Take hard Onions fry them with sweet Butter or first with a little fair Water to take away their Tast then take them out of the Pan and boil them with new Milk till it be well impregnated with them and they become tender Mash them together and for your better Accommodation you may scrape Among them some Sugar-Candy it matters not whether white or brown and put it up in a Gally pot taking Night and Morning two or three spoonfuls Eyes Blistered Take Saffron half a dram the Juice of Sloes a scruple mix them with Rose-water and beat them into as fine a thinness as you can with the White of an Egg and drop a little of it into the Eyes and anoint the Eye-lids with it when you go to Bed Eye bright It chiefly helps and strengthens the Sight and cures such Diseases as are incident to the Eyes The distilled VVater wonderfully strengthens the Sight and the Juice is very good on the like account Divers knowing Oculists order the Parties whose Sights are defective to use this Herb in Sallads and in their Broths and Drink Eye Bruised Take Bettony and Eye-bright VVater of each a spoonful drop three or four drops of clarified Hony into it then shake them together dip a fine Rag or Cotten into it and lay it to the Part grieved Eyes Burnt or Scalded Take Mucilages of Quince-seed Fleawort Linseed and Fenugreekseed of each a scruple boil them a little in four ounces of Bettony-water filter it and apply it to the Part. Eyes to Cure If the Eyes be dull cloudy or specks spots or films begin to appear on them Take Paracelsus Zibethum Occidentale viz. Human-Dung of a good colour and consistence dry it by degrees moderately till it be capable of being reduced to Powder then powder it and searce it very fine a little of which must be blown once or twice a day into the Eyes as the nature of the defect requires then keep it in for a time by closing the Lids and so wash it off with Eye-bright-water Eyes foul a Water Take prepared Pearl and Coral of each a scruple Aloes finely powdered three grains red Rose-water and Succory of each an ounce mix them well and if you would have the Mixture stronger put in a few grains of Trochisci Albi Rhasis in very fine Powder and wash the Eyes with it as you see occasion Eyes Inflam'd or Blood-shot Boil a new-lay'd Egg hard cut it in halves without taking out the Yolk and apply one of these considerably warm but not too hot to the Eye grieved and keep it on if need requires six or eight hours and it will draw away the Heat Or you may make a Poultis with it and rotten Apples and apply it in the same manner Eyes Inflamed Take the Juice of a rotten Pippin some Hen-dung that of it which is the whitest beat the White of an Egg very fine burn the Hen-dung to Powder
a Mortar till the Flower be very fine then take a pint of thick Cream and the Whites of three or four new-lay'd Eggs beat them well together with a little Rose-water and set them on a soft Fire boil it very thick and so put it into a Dish and let it stand till it is cold then slice it out cast some Bisket on it and serve it up Flummery to Make This in the Western Parts of England is made of Wheat-Flower which is held to be the most heartning and strengthening To make this Take half a peck of Wheat-Bran let it soak in cold Water three or four Days then strain out the milky Water of it and boil it to a Jelly then season it with Sugar Rose and orange-flower-Orange-flower-water and let it stand till it is cold and thickned again then eat it with white or Rhenish Wine or Cream or Milk or Ale Flux of the Belly Take half an ounce of Mithridate two ounces of fine Sugar dissolve these over a gentle Fire in a pint of new Milk and take it as a Clyster Flux-Bloody Take Syrup of Sloes two ounces the Powder of Acorns a quarter of an ounce the Ashes of Ash-keys or the Bark of the Root of an Ash-Tree two drams Conserve of Roses a quarter of an ounce dissolve them in a quarter of a pint of Claret or red Wine and drink it fasting somewhat warm Do this two or three times and you shall find the Flux abate and the Body restored to a liveliness Flux-Bloody another Take the Powder of Crepitus Lupi or Fuss-Balls make it up with Conserve of Provence-roses and take it often from a scruple at a time to about half a dram of the Powder and it will stop the efflux of Blood and heal the Bowels Flux or Loosness Take the Filings of Needle-makers Steel four ounces put them into a glazed Pipkin and pour thereon a quart of the deepest red Wine let it boil till about three parts of the Liquid be consumed stir it often and strain it whilst it is hot then take two spoonfuls of it in warm Broth or Ale in the Morning fasting for three or four days sucessively This likewise is good to stay the Bloody-flux and remove the Cause Flux of the Whites To remedy this Take half an ounce of Ising-glass dissolve it over a gentle fire in a pint of New-Milk Frankincense This grows chiefly in the Forest of Arabia where they launce the Bark of the Trees the better to let the Frankincense flow out or else the Liquor whereof it is made This being drank about a dram in a glass of Whitewine well digested is very good against the Dysentery and Fluxes of the Belly encreases the Memory chases away Sadness and cheareth the Heart It stays the Bleeding at the Nose being powder'd and incorporated with the White of an Egg and Aloes and held to it or put up the Nostrils tentwise It eases the Pains and Megrims being mixed with the Whites of Eggs and the Powder of Myrrh and spread on a linnen Cloth and applied to the Forehead and Temples Freckles to take away Take four spoonfuls of Fumitory-water a spoonful of the Oil of Tartar and the Gall of a Cock mingle these together over a gentle fire till they become a kind of Ointment and with it anoint the places where the Freckles are and let it dry on them Then take a little Rye-meal put it into Milk and wash off the Ointment French way for Carps To stew these Fish the French way Put it in boiling Liquor and take a good large Dish or Stew-pan that will contain the Carp put it into as much Claret as will cover it wash off the Blood and take the Fish out and put into the Wine in the Dish three or four slices of Onions some large Blades of Mace and Pepper grossly beaten with a little Salt and when the Pan boils put in the Carp and cover it close and being well stewed down dish it with fine carved Sippets round about it pour the Liquor it was boiled in on it with the Spices Onion sliced Lemon and Lemon-peel run it over with beaten Butter and garnish it with dry Bread French-Pox Take good Mercury sublimate Mithridate or Venice-Treacle of each an ounce mix them well and infuse them into a quart of Spring-water set them in Balneo to dissolve in a close Vessel and of this Liquor well settled take about half a spoonful or if need require it a spoonful but not above a spoonful and an half by any means take it in a quarter of a pint of small Ale fasting in the Morning and an ounce in the Afternon or Evening the Stomach being as near as may be empty intermitting every second Day and taking a gentle Purge Frenzy or Madness Take the Juice of Burnet Sage and Ground Ivy of each half an ounce sweeten it with half an ounce of Virgin-Honey and give it to the Party so distemper'd or afflicted Fricasie of Chickens The Chickens for this purpose must be cut in small pieces and fry'd in Butter then pour on them some hot Broth or boiling Water put into it an Onion quartered and a little shred Thyme and Parsley with Pepper and Salt enough to season them the Lean of Bacon cut small and a few Cloves the Yolks of Eggs beaten fine with the Broth or Whitewhine-Vinegar keep it in motion till the Sauce be thickened and then serve it up Note If in this manner they be stewed too long they will be Tough Fricasie of Pidgeons Take young Pidgeons cut off the Wings and Legs and quarter the Bodies put them into a Stew-pan add to them some fat Bacon cut square in small pieces as much whole Pepper and Salt as will season them a few Cloves a bundle of Parsley and Thyme and an Onion quartered then pour on so much fair Water as will nearly touch the top of the Pidgeons when they are tender put in a sufficient quantity of Butter change the Parsley and Thyme for some more that is fresh then take the Yolks of Eggs finely beaten in a little of the Broth White-wine and Verjuice lay them out in a Dish upon Sippets with the Broth squeeze an Orange over them and serve them up Fritters the English way Take a Pint of Canary the like quantity of Ale and a litte Ale-Yest the Yolks and Whites of nine Eggs beaten first very well by themselves and then with the rest add a pound of fine Flower and little Ginger Let the Butter stand a while and then put in Apples thin sliced and fry them with Beef-suet clarified or a little Butter take them out and strew them over with fine Sugar then sprinkle them with Rose or cinnamon-Cinnamon-water Or Take a quart of Flower three pints of Mutton-broth when cold Nutmeg and Cinnamon of each a quarter of an ounce beat them fine as also a Race of Ginger five Eggs and a little Salt and strain the Materials put to them some thin slices of Pippins
Water is good for Beautifying and sets a rare Complexion on the Face and Hands Head-ach Inveterate Take strong Vinegar dip a Rose-cake in it and sprinkle that over with scraped Nutmeg and Powder of Wormwood lay it to the Forehead and burn Feather few under your Nose on a Chafing-dish that the Smock may ascend up your Nostrils Head-ach or Megrim Take Unguentum desiccativum rubrum one dram the Power them well together and make them into a Plaister upon a piece of new Leather and lay to the Temples upon the pained side or if that by reason of an universal Pain cannot be distinguished lay it on both sides renewing it every other day and the desired Cure will be effected Head Bald To cover it with a comly Hair if Age has not proceeded too far and utterly denied it Take a handful of Southernwood dry it to Powder or reduce it to Ashes by Fire mix it with the Oil of Radishes and anoint the place and in a few times so doing you may perceive the Hair to sprout amain Head Breaking-out This mostly happens to Children caused by the super-abundance or hot Humours and is very afflicting and offensive to them To cure it boil some Olive-oil and Vinegar to the consumption of a third part of Hogs-lard an ounce anoint it with these when they come to the thickness of an Ointment both Morning and Evening putting on after the anointing a linnen Cap and give them to drink Whey wherein Scabious Agrimony and a few Tops of Wormwood have been boiled to clear and purifie the Blood Head Breaking-out another way to cure Take Butter and Salt and fry them till a Blackness appear Or Take fine Olive-oil and Vinegar beat them together and anoint the place afflicted both Morning and Evening If these have no effect Take a quart of Whey boil in it Agrimony Scabious and Wormwood of each an ounce and wash the Breaking out with the Liquid you must give two ounces of it to drink at the same time Head to Clear Snuff up in the Morning fasting a spoonful or somewhat less of the clarify'd Juice of Ground-Ivy or of Beets spitting out from time to time as much Liquor as comes into your Mouth Head disturb'd with Noises Take a green Ash-stick and whilst one end is burning receive the Water or Moisture that hisses out of the other dissolve in it a little Civet and being well dissolved drop a drop or two of it into the Ear when you go to rest and immediately stop it with Lint moisten'd in the same Liquid and lie still about half an hour with that Ear uppermost that it is dropt into in so often doing the Noise will cease and the Head be restored to its former Ease and Quiet Head Lightness If by reason of a violent Sickness as Fevers Small-pox c. there is a Lightness in the Brain that disorders the Understanding Take the distilled Waters of White single Primroses and Couslips of each an ounce put into them a dram of the Powder of Pearl and a grain of Bezoar-stones and let the Party take it and compose himself as much as the Disorder will permit to rest after it This has brought many to their Speech again Head Lightness another For the Lightness or Swimming of the Head especially in or after Sickness Take the Flowers of single White Primroses distill them and drink of the Water If this succeed not mingle with it the like quantity of Rosemary-flower-water and Couslip-water and this will soon restore your Speech Head and Nerves Take of the fresh Roots of both the Peonies gathered about the Full of the Moon of each an ounce and a half of Contrayerva half an ounce Elks-hoof an ounce of Rosemary before it is flower'd a handful or with the Flowers Bettony Hyssop Wild Marjoram Ground-Pine and Rue of each three drams of the Wood of Aloes Cloves and the Seeds of the Letter Cardamom of each two drams Ginger and Spikenard of each one dram Stechas and Nutmegs of each two drams and an half After a warm Digestion for one day in three quarts of the distilled Water of the Roots of Peony boâ—… them to two in a Bath then strain and with four pound of Sugar make it into a Syrup an a Bath This is good for most Diseases of the Head and Nerves The Dose is an ounce which may safely be taken at one time Head Noisie If there be a beating or singing in the Head and Ears Take a pretty large silver Eel newly caught tie it to a Spit and let it roast without any basting unless with a little Water rubb'd on with a cloth to keep it moist having before you lay it down put some Cummin-seeds into the Belly of the Eel then take what drops from it and putting it into a glazed earthen Vessel let it stand close covered with some fresh Cumimn-seed on warm Embers and then going to Bed drop three or four drops into your Ears or that only on which side of the Head the Noise is most Head-Pains a Cephalick Wine Take two ounces and a half of Succory the like quantity of the Roots of Avens Elecampane one once Ceterach Bettony Red-Sage Liverwort Carduus Centaury of each a handful dried Orange-peel half an ounce and two drams bruise the Barks and Roots and shred the Herbs small infuse them three or four days in a gallon of Rhenish-wine often shaking them and then strain it and drink about three ounces of it every Morning fasting and the like at Night when going to rest This helps the most violent Distempers of the Head and also those of the Spleen and is an excellent Pectoral for the Breast and Lungs as likewise for curing Catarrhs Head-Pains tending to Madness Take a quarter of a pint of the Juice of Ground-Ivy of the Juices of Burnet and Red Sage of each two ounces drink them fasting in the Morning and at Night when going to rest and do it for twelve or thirteen days but not successively intermitting a day between if the Distemper continue so long and after it you may take Red Rose-leaves dried mix them with Flower and Vinegar Oil of Roses and the Juice of Housleek boil them together until they be thick and spreading them as a Poultis or Plaister apply them to the Forehead and Temples The Conserve of Rue is also excellent for the Brain preserving it from the Fits of the Apoplexy Palsie and such like painful and dangerous Distempers Make it in this manner with one part of Rue mix two parts of fine Sugar mixing them well together so that they may be made into a Conserve of which eat both Morning and Evening to the bigness of a large Hazle Nut. Head Powder Take the Flowers and Leaves of Bettony Damask-Roses and the Flowers of Rosemary and Sage dry these well and add the Powder of Lignum-Aloes and some Seeds of Nigella Romana make them into a fine Powder to be used as an Hair-Powder when the Party goes to rest his
Head cover'd close with a Cap. This is excellent against the Head-ach Pains in the Eyes and likewise Swimming of the Head Head to Purge Take Agarick and Mastick of each three drams the Roots of Flower-de-luce and Hare-hound of each one dram Turbith five drams in Powder Hiera Picra half an ounce Pulp of Coloquintida and Sarcocoll of each two drams Myrrh one dram Sapa as much as shall suffice to make them into a mass These purge very strongly from all parts of the Body both Choler and Phlegmatick Humours but especially from the Head and Breast and are good against old Colds and Catarrhs The Dose is half a dram Head Scald Take Olive-oil put it into a Dish-full of fair Water beat them well together then add some fine Powder of Brimstone and May-Butter make an Ointment thereof and anoint the Head therewith Head Scald another Take Olive-oil two ounces put it into half a pint of Spring-water stir and beat them well together then add half an ounce of Flower of Brimstone and three ounces of May-Butter and over a gentle fire make it into an Ointment and anoint the Head therewith as hot as may be endured bath it about seven or eight hours afterwards with Oil of Roses and Camomel melted or mixt together over a gentle fire and by often so doing you have the Remedy Head Scald another Take half a peck of Oyster-shells out of which the Oysters have newly been unshell'd calcine them in a clear fire so that they may be reduced to Powder sift it as fine as Flower and mix it with White Ointment so that it may be something stiff and anoint the Head with it daily and you will soon find the Effects answer your desire Head to Strengthen Take Ointment of Mastick and anoint the Temples and Forehead therewith You may make it in this manner Take of the Oils of Mastick Wormwood and Nard of each one ounce Mastick Mint Coral Red Roses Cloves Cinamon and Wood of Aloes of each a dram and of Yellow Wax a sufficient quantity to make it into an Ointment This not only strengthneth the Head but the Nerves and Stomach and is Astringent Hearing For Thickness of Hearing Take Garden Daisie-roots and beat then till a Juice may be pressed from them then laying your Head on a Bolster your Body lying at length drop three or four drops into the Ear you hear best withal and so continue to do for three of four days together stopping the Ear with Cotton-wool or Lint to keep the Air out Hearing to Recover Take the Juices of Celandine and Daisie roots and drop into the Ears stopping them afterward with Black Wool or Cotton lying on your Back with your Head very low for the space of half an hour after it and in twice or thrice so doing you will find great advantage by it Heart-Burning Take Red Coral finely poudered about a dram take it in White-wine or Ale for want of this scrape some Chalk that has been well burnt in the fire and drink it in the abovesaid Liquors Heart to Cheer Take Carduus Bean Borrage and Bugloss-waters equal quantities and in all but one ounce put into them three grains of Bezoar-stone finely beaten to Powder and having infused it for the space of an hour drink it off and keep your self warm an hour afterward and then drink a glass of Muskadel and in so doing often it will remove Heart-sickness Pains and Tremblings as also Melancholy c. Heart to Chear and Comfort Take of the Leaves of Celandine the Greater with the Roots three handfuls of Rue a handful of Scordium two handfuls Dittany of Creet and Carduus Benedictus of each a handful and an half the Roots of Angelica and Zedoary of each three drams the outward Peels of Citron and Lemon of each five drams of July-Flowers one ounce and an half Red Roses and of the Flowers of the Lesser Centaury of each two drams shred what is to be shred and infuse them three days in three pints of Malaga-Wine or the Spirit of Wine The Vinegar of July-Flowers and the Juice of Lemons of each a pint distill them in a Bath in a Glass Vessel and to the distilled Liquor add of Cinamon three drams Cloves two drams and an half Mithridate an ounce Venice-Treacle three ounces Troches of Vipers half an ounce Camphire two scruples Wood of Aloes a dram Mace two drams Yellow Saunders one dram and an half of the Seeds of Carduus Benedictus one ounce of the Seeds of Citron three drams let these be infused two days then with a gentle fire distill them twice or thrice and draw off half thereof This Water is excellent to Cheer and Enliven the Heart and for expelling Melancholy Heart-Passion Boil Pimpernel the Garden sort Herb Flower and Roots in Ale till the Ale be very strong of them drink it up hot sweetned with a little Syrup of Roses or Violets this twice or thrice done removes Heartsickness or the Infection of the Plague and made into Posset-drink with Milk is good in Pestilential Fevers Heart-sickness to Remove Take Ale and make a Posset-drink thereof then clarifie it and seeth Pimpernel in it till it becomes strong of the Herb sweeten it a little and drink it often Heat in the Eyes Beat the White of an Egg and dissolve in it a pretty quantity of fine Loaf-Sugar beat them till they become thin then drop it into the Eye Heat in the Face Dip a Cloth in the Juice of Lemons and Salt and Atom heated in White-wine and in often applying it the Heat or Redness of the Face will be removed and the Skin become clear smooth and of its proper Colour Heats or Inflammations of the Eyes Take the Powder of Tutty-stone Aloes and Sugar of each an ounce infuse them in a quart of Red Rose-water and White-wine being put into a double Glass and placed in Balneo Mariae five or six days with often shaking wash the Eyes Forehead Temples and indeed the whole Head with this often so you will find a speedy Remedy Heat of the Liver Take Liverwort Garden and Wild and Endive of each a handful Maidenhair half an handful boil them in Water with a little Sugar and being clarified put into the Decoction a little of the Wine of Pomgranates and drink it alone and in your usual Drink for a Week together or as you see occasion The Dose is a quarter of a pint at a time Hellebore to Prepare Infuse the Roots of Black Hellebore in the Juice of Quinces three days in a moderate Heat then dry them and keep 'em for use Hemlock This by reason of its Coldness is supposed to be poisonous yet it is frequently used and not without success for Tumors and Inflammations of the Spleen A Cataplasm or Plaister of it with Ammoniacum powerfully discuss all Tumors or hard Swellings Twenty grains of the Root in Powder is an admirable Diaphoretick in any Malignant Fevers Hemlock Plaister Take of the Juice of the
Leaves of Hemlock four ounces Vinegar of Squills and Gum-Ammoniack of each eight ounces dissolve the Gum in the Juice and Vinegar and after a sufficient Infusion make them into a Salve over a gentle fire This is a very good Plaister to soften hard Swellings or take away Inflammations Hemorrhoids If these be not too much inflamed dip your Finger or a fine Rag in the Balsom or Sulphur made with Oil of Turpentine and besmear and anoint the Tumours once or twice a day But if inflamed much take Myrrh Olibanum common Frankincense of each a like quantity powder and mix them very well and receive the Fume of this Mixture cast on a Chafing-dish of Coals with Embers in a Close-stool or some such convenient thing about a quarter of an hour more or less as the Party can endure it Hemorrhoids another To prepare these for a Cure Take White-wine boil it in a handfull of Incense which is only to comfort it then wash with it the part grieved very often then dip some Lint or Rags in Oleum Magistrale to make which you will find under O L and often apply it as a soveraign Ointment for this Grievance Then for a Plaister Take the said Oil Venice-Turpentine and new Bees-wax of each an ounce set them over a gentle fire and keep them stirring a quarter of an hour then let it cool and being cold apply it as a Plaister This is good for Fistula's Ulcers and all such Grievances occasion'd by hot Humours offensive to Nature It is applied in Wounds made by a Sword c. Gun-shot and Blasts by Gun-powder Scalding with Lead or any Mineral Hemorrhoids another way Take the Sole of an old Shoe worn by a Man much used to travel cut it to pieces and burn it yet neither to grey nor white Ashes but to a fryable and tender Coal reduce it into an impalpable Powder Take then unsalted Hogs-lard and work it with it to an Ointment and anoint the afflicted part often therewith Hen-Pye Take away the Hens Breast-bone truss and set them in warm Water lard it with Lard not too big season it with Pepper Salt and Nutmeg raise your Paste to an Oval form and put in your Hens and garnish or fill them with Champignons Artichoak-bottoms Livers of Fowls Sweet-Herbs and Lard melted or beaten cover the Pye with the Lid and let it bake for the space of three hours and being baked put in some Juice of Lemons beaten up with Butter and Gravy Hern-Pye Take your Hern and pull the Feathers and Stumps clean off break the Breast-bone and lay it to soak in warm Water and Salt for the space of an hour then having Sweet-Herbs and Onions shred make little Balls of them sticking them together with Butter and put it into the Belly season it with Salt Pepper Nutmeg Mace and Ginger finely beaten then lard the Breast and stick pieces of Lard under the Wings lay also other Balls about it of the Composition of these that were put into the Belly till the Coffin is full then sprinkle on some Juice of Lemon and so bake it for two hours when it is enough pour melted Butter into it set it in a dry place till cold and then serve it up Hern to Roast Take a Hern that is not too old lard the Back and Breast after you have parboil'd it then put it on a Spit baste it with Butter and White-wine beaten up together and dridge it with grated Bread and Sweet-Herbs cut very small and when it is sufficiently roasted make a Sauce of the beaten Yolks of Eggs Anchovy Claret and Vinegar garnish your Dish with Oranges Lemons Savory and Tops of Rosemary Herring-Pye to Season Take about eight middle-sized Herrings the soft-Roes are the best slit them down the Backs and taking out the Bones rub them over with Pepper and Salt then mince Onions Leeks and Apples and scrape in Lemon-peel then strew over them some Nutmeg finely grated half a pound of Currans and mix a pound of Butter with a little Flower and place it above and beneath in thin slices Hiccough This is dangerous when it happens in Fevers therefore to remedy it in that extremity Take only two or three preserved Damascens at a time keeping your mouth close shut and holding your breath now and then Hippocras of White-wine Take about three quarts of the best White-wine a pound and an half of Sugar and an ounce of Cinamon two or three Tops of Sweet-Marjoram and a little whole Pepper let these run thorough a filtering Bag with a grain of Musk then add the Juice of a large Lemon and when it has taken a gentle heat over the fire and stood for the space of three or four days close covered put it in Bottles and keep it close stopt as an excellent and generous Wine as also a very curious Cordial to refresh and enliven the Spirits Or if you think it best as to the Colour you may make it of the Colour of Claret though this at pleasure may be coloured with Red Wine Syrup of Elder-berries Mulberries Clovegilly-flowers c. It easeth the Palpitations and Tremblings of the Heart and removes the Causes of Panick-Fears Frights and sudden Startings It giveth Rest to weary Eyes and heats the cold Stomach Hispidula Known otherwise by the name of Colts-foot is an Herb growing on Hills and bearing a Red Flower and sometimes a White it has a particular Virtue against the Ulcers of the Lungs Phthisick and Spitting of Blood A distilled Water of the whole-Plant and a Syrup made of the Juice are either of them admirable good against the Consumption of the Lungs The Essence of the Juice is singular good against the Bloody-flux and ether Fluxes of the Bowels Hoarseness Take three ounces of Hyssop-water and sweeten it with fine Sugar then beat well in it the Yolk of a new-lay'd Egg and drink it fasting Holly The Prickles of Leaves boiled in Posset-drink wonderfully ease the Colick and Pains in the Bowels as hath been often approved when other Remedies more costly have failed Honey Clarified Boil Honey that hath been clarified with the Whites of Eggs until it come to a thickness then take it off the fire and when it is cool put it up for your use This is good in Inflammations either taken inwardly or outwardly applied to any Part where extraordinary Heat is predominant Honey of Raisins the Best Take three quarts of Water heat it and when it bubbles up scum it stone two pound of Raisins and put them into it till they swell and are pulpy then boil them to the consumption of half the Water then strain and press out the remainder of the liquid part boil the Decoction to the thickness of a moderate Honey and then add two pound of clarified Honey and being well mingled boil it to the thickness of a perfect Honey This is good for any Stoppages or Defects in the Lungs if mixed with White-wine it helps Digestion and mixed with cooling simple
having cut it in two halves take out the Core of each of them and fill up the cavity with the tender Tops of common Wormwood and so close them together by tying the halves and when it is well roasted take off the Skin bruise it into a kind of a Poultis and apply it warm to the Eye spread on a Cloth Internal Piles Take two parts of Flower of Sulphur and one of Sugar very finely poudered mix them exactly together and make them up with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth into Lozenges of about a dram weight and take one at a time thrice a day or if need require four or five times a day St. Iohn's-wort This is a soveraign Herb for Wounds or internal Bruises boil it in White-wine and drink it very warm with a little Sugar For Wounds make it into an Ointment or Bath It opens Obstructions and dissolves Swellings It closes up the Lips of Wounds and strengtheneth the Parts that are weak and feeble The Seed especially if brought into a Powder and drank with the Juice of Knot-grass helpeth all manner of Spitting or Vomiting of Blood closes a Vein broken inwardly and helps those that are stung by any venomous Creature It is good for those that are troubled with the Stone or Gravel in the Kidneys or have difficulty in making Urine Two drams of the Powder of the Seed taken in a little Broth gently expels Choler or congealed Blood in the Stomach The Decoction of the Leaves and Seeds being drank somewhat warm before the Fit of an Ague whether Tertian or Quartan does alter the Fits and by often using takes 'em away The Seed is very much commended being drank for forty days together in helping the Sciatica Falling-sickness and Palsie Ioints Afflicted Take Bay-leaves two large handfuls and of the Berries half a pound Colewort-leaves a pugil Neats-feet-oil five pints Beef-suet two pound bruise what is to be bruised and mingle the rest boil them till the Berries and Leaves are crisp then strain out the Ointment and use it by suppling or bathing pretty hot in all cold Distempers that afflict the Nerves and Joints Ioint-stiffness c. Take of the Flowers and Tops of Rosemary Marjoram Rue Wild Thyme and the Roots of Wake-Robin and Wild Cucumers of each four ounces and an half and of the Leaves of Bays Sage Savin Briony-roots of each three ounces Fleabane Spurge Laurel of each nine ounces the Leaves of wild Cucumers and Calamint of each half a pound they must be gathered very fresh cleansed and bruised and infused seven days in five pints of the best Olive-oil and one of the Spirit of VVine boil them gently till the watery Humour be evaporated strain out the Oil and melt it in fifteen ounces of yellow Bees-wax Bears-grease and the Oil of Bays of each three ounces of Mascheleum half an ounce Petroleum an ounce Butter four ounces stir them and sprinkle in the following Powders viz. of Mastick and Olibanum of each six drams of Pellitory of Spain Pepper Ginger and Euphorbium of each an ounce make them into an Ointment over a gentle fire with well mixing and stirring and lastly straining out the liquid part keep it close stopt in an earthen Vessel for your use This is an excellent Ointment for all cold Diseases as Palsies Stiffness of the Joints Cramps Convulsions and the Colick and Pains of the Reins c. Italian Bisket Take a pound of fine Sugar beat it yet finer and sift it and to it put a pound of fine Wheat-flower and six Eggs beaten very thin then beat them all together in a stone Mortar for an hour's space not suffering it to stand still lest it prove heavy then put in half an ounce of Aniseeds rub Butter over your Plates and drop the Ingredients with a Spoon as fast as possible you can set them into an Oven and bake them but let them not be too much by any means Italian Chips Take Past of Flowers beat them till they are reduced to a fine Powder then sift them and take some Gum-dragon steep'd in rose-Rose-water beat them in a wooden or stone Mortar to a perfect Paste then roul it very thin and lay one colour upon another in a long roul and being rouled very thin cut them overthwart and they will appear of divers curious and delicate Colours like Marbling Itch to Cure Take strong Lime-water one pound and put it into a gallon of Spring-water let them work together for some hours and then carefully pour off what is clear filter the rest and take two ounces of Quicksilver tied up in a linnen Bag let this hang in the Liquor and boil it half an hour or more then pour off the clear Liquor and with it wash the part afflicted and when it is well dried in anoint the same places with Ointment of Tabacco which you may have ready prepared Itch another way to Cure Take a handful of the Roots of Elecampane and as much of sharp-pointed Dock shred them small and boil them in two quarts of Spring-water till a pint be consumed then strain out the Liquor and wash with it the place affliccted once or twice a day Itch a Durge Take Tamarinds half an ounce sharp-pointed Dock-roots two drams Fumitory and Succory of each half a handful white Tartar half a dram Ginger a scruple let the Herbs be shred very small then stamp the Roots and boil all in a sufficient quantity of fair Water till it be consumed to about a quarter of a pint to which being strained add an ounce of the Syrup of Roses and two drams of Syrup of Buckthorn Berries Take it in the Morning fasting and it will purge and cleanse the Blood so that the Humours that occasion the offensive Disease will be expelled by gentle Swellings Iuice of Crabs This is commonly called Verjuice it cools drys binds and quenches the Thirst asswages the heat of burning Fevers stops Fluxes and causes Appetite In other Countries they imitate ours with the Juice of unripe Grapes It is used with Sauces in Food to sharpen the Appetite and made into Lohoch with Virgin-Honey it cools in hot Diseases and cuts tough Phlegm Iuice of Cucumbers Here is meant the wild ones It is Catharick it prevails against the Gout Scurvy and King's-Evil Obstructions of the Viscera and Jaundice also the Dropsie It is to be taken from two drams to three four or five To make a Syrup of it Take of the Juice two pound of choice Senna two ounces and a half mix and infuse them over a gentle Heat close covered sixteen or twenty four Hours then strain it out and boil it up with as much white Sugar as will make it into a Syrup The Dose is from two three four or five spoonfuls in any of the Distempers or Grievances before-mentioned It purges out watery Humours very strongly Iuices Depurated Let your Juices settle for twelve Hours then pour it off gently from the gross Impurities settled at the bottom
bound up then being almost boil'd take up some of the Broth in a Pipkin put to it some Raisins of the Sun Mace and Gravy stew them well and let them be thickened which is best done with grated Bread and the Yolks of hard-boil'd Eggs and before you dish up your Broth have Parsley Marjoram Thyme Sorrel Marrigold-flowers and Spinage stript or pick'd bruise them with the back of your Ladle give it a warm and dish up your Leg of Veal on carved Sippits and run it over with beaten Butter Leg of Veal another way To dress this Take out the Meat and leave the Skin and Knuckle whole together then with some Beef-suet mince the Meat so taken out as also some Sweet-Herbs then season it with Nutmeg Ginger Pepper Salt and three or four Yolks of hard Eggs and cut into quarters Pine-apple-seeds two or three Eggs raw Pistaches Chesnuts and Artichoaks sliced then with all these so order'd fill up the Skin again and prick it with a Skewer or sow it up close with white Thread then boil it in two or three gallons of fair Water and a quart of White-wine if you think it convenient scum it and take up some of the Broth and put to it Pistaches Chesnuts Pine-apple-seed Marrow large Mace slices of Artichoak bottoms stew them together dish it on Sippets of fryed Bread put on Marrow garnish it with sliced Lemon and the Peel run it over with beaten Butter and so serve it up Leg of Veal Sour'd Bone it and Lard it but first season the Lard with Pepper Cloves and Mace and the Veal with the same and a little Salt and then strew minced Sweet-Herbs over it roul it up like a Collar of Brawn boil it or stew it in an Oven with Water Salt and White-wine serve it in a Collar whole or sliced or fill it with Butter the Liquor being put away or bake it with Butter in a Roul Jelly it and mix some of the Broth with Almond-Milk and Jellies in slices of two Collars and then serve it up Lemons They are very Cooling the Juice of them is taken with success in all hot Diseases it likewise if mixed with a little unslack'd Lime cureth the Itch cleanseth Spots and destroyeth Worms in the outer-part of the Body in the Nose or parts of the Face or Breast where they many times appear with their black Heads even with the Skin like studs of Gunpowder the Juice of them only takes away Pimples and Redness in the Face and if made into a Syrup with fine Sugar it kills Worms in the Belly it is given with success in all Fevers if you steep Pearl in this Juice a considerable time they will dissolve or become as soft as Wax Lemon-Paste Take Lemons that have plump and well-coloured Rinds put them into Water and in the boiling shift them six times till they are tender the first Water being season'd with a handfull of Salt then put them into a Wooden Vessel but be sure not into any of Mettal beat them into a Pulp with a wooden Rouling-pin or Pestle and strain them with very hard wringing thorough a coarse linnen Cloth then take somewhat more than what they weigh in fine Sugar and boil up what you have squeez'd out of your Lemons with it to almost a Candy-height then take it our spread it pretty thin upon Plates dry it in a gentle Oven or Stove turn it and cut it out into what Form you please Lenten-Tansie Take Tansie Fetherfew Parsley Violet-leaves bruise them and strain out the Juice into eight or ten Egs well beaten then stamp Almonds with the Spawn of a Pike or Carp and strain them with the Crumbs of fine Manchet Sugar and Rose-water and fry it thin in sweet Butter or put the Juice of the Herbs only strained with eight or ten Eggs fry them in sweet Butter and dish them up with Sugar or you may put a little Flower and rose-Rose-water to them Leprosie Take crude Antimony well chosen and powder'd about one two or three scruples Morning and Evening according to your Age and Strength in a spoonful of the Syrup of Clovegilliflowers or Elder-berries this if need require may be continued four or five Months So that if the first Dose prove beneficial in cases not urgent a scruple or half a dram may serve nor need it be continued for so long a time Leprosie a specifick Take one ounce of Pomatum the Flower of Sulphur a dram Sal Prunellae half an ounce mix them very well into an Ointment and with it anoint the Part afflicted Lettuce They are cooling to the Stomach qualifie Choler and Heat dispose to Rest and encrease Milk they yield good Nourishment In Phrensies Madness and Burning Fevers c. let them be applied to the Temples and the Coronal Suture and Wrists but it is better to dip double Rags in lettuce-Lettuce-water wherein Sal Prunellae has been dissolved viz. half an ounce to half a pint of the Water Lettuce-Stalks to Candy Boil them tender in Water and then having boiled up your Sugar to a Candy put them into it let them boil therein then take them out and lay them a drying in a warm place and so put them up in Boxes as a Sweet-meat which much cools and moistens the Mouth Being eaten when going to rest they cause gentle slumbers In this manner you may candy Fenelstalks or any kind of Flower that is not extraordinary tender Lettuce-Water This is an exceeding Cooling Drink it allays the Heat and Disturbances of the Brain occasion'd by hot Vapours and disposes to sleep Eating the Herb boiled or raw it qualifies the Heat of the Stomach also the Effects of Choler and encreases Milk in Women yielding good Nourishment yet it ought not to be eaten too excessively Being applied Poultiswise to the Coronal Suture and Temples and also the Wrists bound about with double Rags dipp'd in Lettuce-water wherein Sal Prunellae has been dissolved viz. Half an ounce of the Salt to a pint of the Water it proves exceeding helpful in Frenzies Madness burning Fevers and such-like Distempers occasioned by violent Heats or Fermentations Leveridge-Pudding Boil a Hog's-Liver very dry and being cold grate it taking as much grated Manchet as Liver sift them through a fine Sieve or Cullender season them with beaten Cloves Mace Cinamon and Nutmeg you may if you please put in a little Ginger but no Pepper put then half a pound of Sugar and a pound and half of Currans half a pint of Rose-water and three pound of Beef-suet eight Yolks of Eggs and but four Whites put these in the small Guts of an Ox or the great ones of a Hog clean washed and beware of breaking them in boiling or you may do it in a fine Cloath sewed up narrow and long Licorice is in Virtue abstersive cleansing and allayeth the bitterness of Humours and therefore is very good for the Heat of the Urin being chewed especially whilst it 's green or fresh it allayeth Hunger
Butter garnish it with sliced Lemon or you may cut it into the fashion of Dice and warm it with White-wine and Butter put it into a Pipkin with Claret-wine or Grape-verjuice and grated Manchet and so fill a Scollop-shell or other convenient thing with it and serve it up garnish'd with Samphire Loches to Suppress The sign of these are a Swelling of the Belly a heavy Pain in the lower Parts the Loins and Groin Redness of Face Difficulty of Breathing and the like To remedy or suppress which apply the Hysterical Plaister to the Navel then take this Electuary viz. Conserve of Roman Wormwood and Rue of each one ounce Troches of Myrrh two drams Castoreum and English Saffron Volatile Salt of Amber Sal Armoniack and Assa Foetida of each half a dram make these with Syrup of Violets and Rose-water into an Electuary and take to the bigness of a Nutmeg every four hours Then take of Rue-water four ounces compound Bryony-water two ounces Sugar-candy as much as will sweeten it into a Julip and let the Party take her rest after the taking what is prescrib'd and the Effect will no doubt answer her Expectation Loin of Veal to Bake If you put it into the Oven with the Bones joint them very well season it with Salt Nutmeg and Pepper and put it into your Pye put Butter to it and close it up being sure always to have a well-season'd strong Crust liquor it with sweet Butter In this manner you may bake a Breast of Veal in either Pye or Pasty also a Rack or Shoulder stuff'd with sweet Herbs and Beef-suet London Plague-Water See Aqua Epidemica Looseness To stay it boil a convenient quantity of Cork in spring-Spring-water till the Liquor taste strong of it then sweeten it and drink a pint at a time and in two or three times so drinking he will find the effects of it Or Drink in the morning fasting a moderate Draught of your own Urine Lozenges of Flowers Make a good Syrup of Sugar then take the Blossoms or Flowers that are wholsom of what sort you please shred 'em small and beat them in a wooden Mortar and put in as many as upon boiling up will colour the Syrup of the proper Colour of the Flower then boil it with stirring till it may be taken clean from the bottom of the Pan and so thick that it will scarce drop out of the Spoon then pour it on a wet Plate and wetting your Knife or Spatula spread it abroad to the thinness of a Crown-piece then cut it like Diamonds or in what fashion you please and as the Virtue of the Flower is and the Virtues of divers Flowers treated of in this Book so will the Lozenges be available Lucatello's Balsom See Balsom Lumber-Pye Take grated Bread Cloves and Mace finely beaten Beef-suet cut small into square pieces then Veal or Capon minced small with Suet and sweet Herbs Salt Sugar and the hardboiled Yolks of six Eggs and about half a pint of Cream work them up in the Caules of Veal like Sausages then put them into a Dish and bake them to a half and so your Pye being ready and dried in an Oven put them into it with some Butter Verjuice Sugar Dates large Mace and Grapes or Barberries and Marrow and when it is baked scrape over some Sugar and serve it up Lumber-Pye to Season Take any cold Meat Beef or Pork excepted shred a pound of Beef-suet to every pound of Meat then put to them two Nutmegs grated half an ounce of Cloves and Mace finely beaten a quarter of an ounce of beaten Ginger and the usual sweet Herbs shred very small then work them up together the Meat being likewise minced small with a little Salt and six Eggs into Balls as big as Pullets Eggs and put into the Pye one pound of Currans one pound of Raisins and a quarter of a pound of Dates sliced and close up all with a pound of Butter conveniently dispers'd among the Ingredients And if you will have it finer make this Caudle and put into it A quarter of a pound of Sugar a quarter of a pint of Canary half a quartern of Verjuice the Yolks of three Eggs and about a quarter of a pound of Butter boil them up to a thickness with a little Mace and put it hot into the Pye when it is about to be served up to the Table Lunacy This is a Distemper first seated in the Blood and then afflicting the Brain When the Symptoms of it first begin to appear by extraordinary Flushing and Heat and the Party talk wildly Let Blood but not too much fourteen ounces is sufficient Then take a quarter of an ounce of Rhubarb thin sliced Angelica-roots an ounce a sprig or two of Savine boil these in a quart of spring-Spring-water till it consume to a pint and let it be drank luke-warm at two Draughts an hour's time between each Draught sweeten'd with Sugar and the Party put into bed and a warm Caudle or else some strengthening Broth provided and sup'd up about an hour afterward by a gentle breathing sweat the afflicting Humour will be dispers'd and by degrees evaporate Lungs and Breast Diseases Take the best Old Malaga and distill it in a Glass Cucurbite in Balneo Mariae when you have drawn off the Spirit change the Receiver and continue the Distillation drawing off the Flegm until there remain in the bottom a substance like Honey which pour out and mix it again with the Flegm that you distilled last drink of this Liquor two or three times a day putting into every Draught a few drops of the odoriferous Spirit of Benjamin Lungs Infected Take the Leaves and Seeds of Marsh-mallows and boil 'em in Milk or Wine with a few Aniseeds and bruised Licorice and let the Party drink half a pint pretty warm in the morning fasting Lungs Inflamed Take the Leaves of Red Poppy-flowers a quarter of a peck infuse them in spring-Spring-water very hot but not boiling-hot and let them stand twenty-four hours then wring them out infuse the like quantity of fresh Flowers and having well press'd them after a convenient standing boil up the Liquor into a bath till with its equal weight of Sugar it is made into a Syrup Half an ounce at a time is a sufficient Dose and being exceeding Cooling it not only helps the Inflammation of the Lungs but also Pleurisies and is good in most Heats or hot Diseases easing Pains in the Head and causing rest Lungs to Purge Take Agarick Trochiscated three drams the Roots of Orris with the Blue or Skie-colour'd Flowers Mastick and Hore-hound of each a dram Turbith five drams Sarcocol and Troches of Alhandal of each two drams the Species of Hiera Picra half an ounce Myrrh a dram and as much Sapa as will amass them and of this take half a dram at a time and it gently purges the Lungs carrying off those Humours that chiefly create their Diseases and afflict them Lungs Rising There
and is used for Colds Coughs and shortness of Breath The Juyce drunk in Wine is advantagious in Bruises The green Herb when bruised applied to the Fundament for two or three hours easeth the pains of the Piles but the Juice being made into an Ointment is the more effectual to that purpose The Scabs or breaking out of the Head are taken away being washed with its Decoction in fair Water and has the same Effect upon the breakings out of any other Parts tending to the like nature Nerves afflicted Take the Roots of Male-Peony new taken out of the ground one ounce of the Seeds of that Plant two drams and with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Peony beat them up into an Electuary of which take the quantity of a large Hazel-Nut or more if need require it twice a day Nerves their Diseases to cure Take of the Powder of Castor half an ounce Spirit of Castor half a pint digest them in the Cold ten days then strain out the Spirit and when it is well settled take ten drops inwardly in any proper Liquor This not only strengthens the Nerves and is good for the Diseases of the Head and Fits of the Mother but provoke the Courses and remedies Deafness Nerves prickt Take Peruvian Balsom and warm it a little then bathe it in where the grief is and in a little time it takes off the acrimony of the Sanies from whence proceeds the Pain and Convulsion when we are wounded or bit by venomous Creatures It iâ— excellent in staunching blood insomuch that it is affirmed that the Beads in Peru and New Spain from whence it comes finding themselves so hurt by an Instinct of Nature rub themselves against the Tree from whence it issues It is of a dark colour fragrant Smell and brought to us in little earthen Jars Nerves Vncover'd To Remedy this Take the Oil which is thus prepared Powder grosly three or four ounces of the best Camphire and having put it into a Mattress pour on of Spirit of Nitre twice as much stop the Vessel close and let it over a Pot half full of Water pretty well heated frequently stirring it to help forward the Dissolution which will be done in two or three hours and by this means you will find the Camphire turned into a clear Oil which will swim above the Spirit then separate it in a Viol for use This is not only used to touch the Nerves that lye uncovered but for the caries of Bones yet this Oil is nothing but a Dissolution of the Camphire in the Spirit of Nitre for if you cast Water upon it to kill the Force of the Spirit it will turn into Camphire as before Nerves Wounded Take Horsetail distill it and if the Nerves be much hurt or wounded Take three spoonfulls of it in a morning fasting apply it likewise outwardly this stays bleeding cures Ulcers in the Reins and Kidneys and if the Lungs be ulcerated drink three ounces of the Decoction of it or two ounces of the Juyce morning and evening a dram of Powder made of this Herb and taken in three ounces of Plantane-water morning and evening is held very good for a Consumption Nettle Iuice This is good to stop bleeding and ease the Pains in the Head being drunk it provokes Urine and is helpfull in the Dropsie the Leaves of Nettles made into a Poultis and applied to Inflammations and Tumours allay them mixed with Hogs Lard and Flax-seed Nipplewort Out of this comes a bitter Milk or whitish Juyce which being mixed with Woman's Milk and a little Oil of Roses and mingled well over the fire in a Saucer is greatly available to allay the Heat and Anger of sore Nipples and recover them so that the Infant may suck without giving the Woman any pain Niter This is held an excellent Medicine for the Colick or any Pains prepared after the following manner viz. Take of the best Nitre an ounce rub it sufficiently in a clean Mortar of Glass or Stone then grind it with half a Scruple of Saffron and of this Mixture take about half a dram at a time infused in about three or four ounces of Spring-water Nodes These are a kind of Knots occasioned many times by Scorbutick Humours Take two drams of Rhubarb boil it in half a pint of Ale till it consume to a quarter of a pint drink it in a morning fasting and anoint the place where these Knots are with Oil of Camomil mixed with the Spirit of Wine three or four times intermitting the first for a day Noise in the Ears Take the Oil of Ben-Nut drop it into the ear and it not only cures the Noises but in a great manner helps Deafness It cleanses the Skin from Spots or Morphew and the longer it is kept the better it is This Ben-Nut likewise mixed with Honey dissolves hard Swellings and the Kings-Evil made up to a Poultis with Barly-Meal it is good in the cold Afflictions of the Nerves Mixed with Meal of Lupins it takes off the Obstructions afflicting the Liver and Spleen it subverts the Stomach occasions Nauseousness and moves the Belly It purges gross and clammy Flegm by Vomit and Stool wherefore it is good for a flegmatick Colick Noise a singing Noise in the Ear This is usually the Forerunner of Deafness and few that have it to any purpose escape the losing their Hearing especially for a time therefore the best way is timely to prevent it to do which Take the Pills de Hiera or Hiera cum Agarico with which the Apothecary or Druggist will furnish you Take of them a dram at a time going to Bed and settle your self as well as may be to rest and the next morning take the following Decoction viz. Take the Tops of Mint Marjoram and the Flowers of Wood-Roses Bettony Sage and Camomil of each half a handfull boil them in a convenient quantity of Water 'till half be consumed then taking them from the fire let the Fume or hot Vapour ascend into the Ears by laying first one and then the other side of the head over it or you may drop three or four drops of the Oil of Amber palliated with Oil of Roses into the Ears and stop them close from the Air when you go to Bed Nose Bleeding To stay this speedily and effectually Take the long things that grow on Hazle-Trees before they Leave by some called the Nut-Blossoms burn them so that they may be reduced to a Powder but not to Ashes and when the Blood issues from the Nose blow up some of it with a quill into the Nostrils and let the Party drink the Juice of Plantane or plantane-Plantane-water and Milk and the Bleeding will stay This also will stay inward Bleeding till better Remedies can be obtained though many times of it self it is effectual and there needs no other unless some large Vein be broke or some extraordinary Flux of Blood otherways happens Noses to Dress This is meant of an Ox Steer Cow
Fire and put them into an earthen Vessel for four Days then set them on the Fire again till they be thorough hot let them drain and take fresh Sugar boil it to a Candy heighth and put your Oranges to the hot Sugar which being boiled up take out the Oranges and lay them on a Wyre or Sieve to dry in a Stove or Oven and within ten Days they will be dry and fit for use In this manner Lemons are candied Orange-Marmalade Take the fairest Rind Oranges cut them in halves and take out the Pulp boil the Peels tender in fair Water often shifting to take out the bitterness then take them up and squeeze all the Water from them beat them in a stone Mortar with the Pulp of three or four yellow Pippins then strain and boil it with stirring until it become thick take it from the Fire and lay it on White Paper and take as much refined Sugar as the Pulp weighs put it into a Pan with as much Rose-water as will melt it boil it to a Candy height and put the Pulp into the Sugar keeping stirring till it rises from the bottom of the Pan then put it into Boxes and so into a Stove uncovered and when it is tolerably dried cover it up for your use Oranges a Past Take Oranges well coloured and boil them in Water shift them six or seven times in the boiling and put into the first Water a handful of Salt then beat them in a wooden Bowl with a wooden Pestle strain out the Pulp and take the weight of Sugar equal to them boil it up to a Candy height dry it on Plates and fashion it as you please And in this manner you may make Past of Lemons or Citrons Oranges The Water of these besides the pleasantness of the Fruit and other Advantages that arise from them being distilled in an Alembick by paring the Oranges and putting the Peels into a convenient quantity of low Wines or Spirits is not only excellent in Scent and may be sprinkled as a Perfume to give a fragrancy to what you please to asperse it on but is very good in pestilential Fevers It strengthens the Heart and the Brain Three or four spoonfuls taken going to Bed causes likewise a gentle breathing Sweat The Juice of Oranges is cold and therefore resisteth Corruption and is given with a little Sugar successfully to cool and temperate the Blood in Fevers and hot Diseases Orpin This kind of Herb is vulnerary and astringent and is chiefly used for healing Ulcers of the Bowels occasioned by the Bloody-flux also for Ruptures and Burns 'T is held excellent in easing Pains both in fresh Wounds and old Ulcers The Herb roasted on Embers and mixed with Hogs-Lard cures a Fellon Ostiocolla This is a kind of a Stone found in Saxony Silesia c. and grows in the Sand like a Coral It is of a glutinous Quality and therefore of excellent use for binding and knitting broken Bones immediately breeding Matter for a Callus and thereby hastening the Conglutination The Dose in subtil Powder is from one to two drams in any convenient Liquor and outwardly to be applied to the Place in a Cataplasm or Emplaster Aldrovandus affirmeth That broken Bones being rightly placed and tied up it heals them being used outwardly with a mixture of the Oil of Cranes-Bill and inwardly with red Wine It dries and binds without Agrimony and is good against Poison and the Plague Ouzle its Dung Half an ounce of the Dung of this Ouzle or Black-bird mixed with two ounces of the Juice of Lemons and a dram of the Powder of Camphire and applied to the Face or Hands takes away Freckles Lentils and other Deformities of the Skin The Flesh of this Bird frequently eaten wonderfully restores Consumptive People and gives ease to the Colick Pains and is held to be prevalent against the Dysentery and Infection of the Plague especially the raw Flesh being applied to the Sore draws out the Poison Oxgall to Beautifie Of this an excellent Cosmetick is made in the following manner Take four pints of the Galls of an Ox digested twenty four Hours in Balneo Mariae Roach Alom Salt and of glass powdered of each one dram mix them well and put them into a Matras stop it carefully and expose it in May to the heat of the Sun shaking it four or five times a Day then filter the Materials and in the filtered Liquor put two ounces of Porcellane powdered very fine and dissolved in the Spirit of Vinegar Borax and Sperma-Ceti of each an ounce sweet Sublimate and Camphire of each three drams then expose them to the Sun again ten Days often shaking the Ingredients then filter the Liquor and keep it for its proper use Oxymel Simple Take of the best Honey four ounces of spring-Spring-water a pound or pint boil them till half the Water be consumed then pour them into a pint of Whitewine-Vinegar and let them boil to the thickness of a Syrup and take about half an ounce at a time This extenuates gross Humours and carries away slimy Matter opens old Obstructions and Obstructions of the Lungs with Flegm and what Causes arise from shortness of Breath PAin of the Bladder Take of Pulegium and Spicknard of each a little quantity bruise them and putting them into a little Bag apply it warm as near as you can to the Place grieved at the same time drinking about a quarter of a pint of the Decoction of Horehound boiled in a like quantity of Wine and Water Pain in the Eyes Take Melilot-flowers the Flowers of Marigolds and Elder of each a handful Linseed Fenugreek Fleawort Cummin and Quince-kernels of each half a scruple French Barly half an ounce Damask Roses half an ounce Spring-water a pint and half mix and make a Decoction with which foment die Forehead Temples and Eye-brows being sufficiently warm and by Efficiently warm and by often using it the Pain will not only be abated but the Eyes will be very fresh and lively the sight more quick and penetrating than usual Pains in the Loins Take of Quick-sulphur half an ounce beat it into Powder mix it with an ounce of Hogs-lard powder the Seeds of wild Mint add a little Wheat-flower and make them into a Plaister or Ointment with a little Wine over a gentle Fire and apply it warm to the Place grieved often renewing it Pain of the Stomach Take a quantity of green Peach-leaves bruise them with Knot-grass boil them in Whitewine to the thickness of a Poultis and apply them warm to the Stomach or Take Rue Dill Cummin and Smallage of each half a handful boil them in a pint and a half of Whitewine the Leaves picked clean from the Stalks then add three pound of Olive oil boil them again and being taken from the Fire dip therein so much unwashed Wool as spread pretty thick may cover the Stomach lay this where the Grief is most apparent pretty hot and when the heat has dried up
you fry it cut it out in pretty thick slices Scabious This Herb though wild and mostly growing in the Field is of excellent use The Herb and Root boiled in Wine or the Juice of it or the distilled Water of it cures Imposthumes Pleurisies Coughs or other Diseases incident to the Breast or Lungs 'T is good also in the Quinsie Plague Ulcers in the Fundament Itch and likewise for Beautifying Scabs Take the Roots of Celandine Wormwood and red Dock of each a handful Lawrel and Ivy-Leaves of each half a handful bruise them well and fry them in Butter till they become crisp then strain out the Butter with hard pressing and keep it as an Ointment of special use in all manner of Scabs Breakings-out Botches or Blains and if mixed with a little Powder of Sulphur it is excellent for the Itch and to hinder the biting of Bugs or cure those that are Bit. Scabious-Water Take four handfuls of Scabious-flowers a handful of the tender Tops of Comfrey-flowers of Fumitory four ounces Roots of Orris three ounces Baum and Celandinetops of each a pugil distil these in a cold Still with four ounces of Almonds blanched and steeped in warm Water till they swell This is an excellent Beautifier and causes a fresh Colour Scalds to Cure Take a quart of sweet Cream then wash pare and slice a handful of Fern-roots boil them together in an earthen Pipkin with two ounces of Dove's-Dung finely powdered or for want of that Hen's-Dung for the space of half an Hour or till by continually stirring it it jellies or thickens then let it cool and so spreading some of it on a Cloath apply it to the Place scalded So by often applying the Fire will be taken out in a little time and the Pain removed Scaily-Nails to take off Take the Seeds of wild Mint and Linseed of each a quarter of an ounce bruise them and mix them with Honey make a Plaister and fix it on the Nails and in a little while they will fall off and other sound ones grow in their stead Scaily-Spots To remedy these rough and unseemly Deformities of the Skin Take half an ounce of Nigella-seeds bruise and boil them in a quart of strong Vinegar until half be consumed then add as much of the Oil of Walnuts as will when strained and a little more boiled reduce it to an Ointment with which anoint the Place often and it will make it smooth and beautiful This is likewise a Remedy for the fretting and gauling of the Skin and Itch. Sciatica Take four handfuls of Straw-berries boil them in a quart of Water and having bathed the grieved Place with the liquid part strained from them very warm dry it and then anoint it with this Ointment viz. Unguentum Dialtheae one ounce Honey half an ounce Bees-wax a dram mix them over a gentle Fire and make an Ointment for the aforesaid use and by often anointing the Pain will cease scorbutick-Scorbutick-Water Take the Juices of Scurvigrass and Water of Pimpernel depurated of each three pints fine white Sugar two pound make them into a Syrup over a gentle Fire The use of this Syrup is very successful taken in scorbutick Maladies from one spoonful to two in any scorbutick-waters Mint or Penny-royal-waters c. Scorbutick-Water of Scurvigrass Take the Bark of Capers Tamarisk Ash-Tree Polypode-roots of the Oak of each two ounces Water-cresses the Tops of Baum Agrimony Germander and Ground-pine of each two handfuls Fenel and Aniseeds Carduus-Benedictus of each one dram and half the Flowers of Broom St. John's-wort Centaury the Less Elder and wild Thyme of each a pugil let these be infused in fumitory-Fumitory-water and Whey of each three pints Whitewine two quarts add Oxymel of Squils one pound then strain them by pressing out the Liquor very hard dissolve in it Troches of Capers six drams after distil it in an Ash-bath and take two ounces at a time for Pains in the Stomach Vapours arising to the Brain Breakin gs out Scurfiness of the Body Nodes or Knots in the Skin and for carrying off all gross and ill Humours by Sweat Stool or Urin. Scurvigrass-Bath Take Scurvigrass and Fumitory of each a handful Fenugreek-seeds three ounces and a half Flowers of Mellilot two handfuls and of Camomil one handful Mallow-roots Brooklime and Mugwort one handful and half the Seeds of Water-Bettony and Parsley of each three ounces and half Bay-leaves a handful boil these in two gallons of fair Water to the consumption of a quart This removes hard Swellings and Pains in the Joints allays the Pain occasioned by excessive heat restores shrink'd Nerves and Sinews and is good in easing Pains of the Gout being applied to the grieved Part. Scurvigrass its Essence Take Scurvigrass Fumitory Germander and Wormwood of each three handfuls of Orange-peel six drams digest them with Spirit of Scurvigrass and Elder of each so much as suffices to the Extraction of their Tincture and let them be strongly pressed out and put of the former Herbs and Powder into the straining and do this three or four times and when it is clarified by settling add of the Spirit of Fern and Scurvigrass of each three ounces and a half Spirit of Tartar nine drams mix them and take it from twelve to twenty drops in Ale Beer Wine or any other convenient Liquor This is good against Fits of the Mother Falling-sickness Oppressions of the Stomach Afflictions of the Matrix and cause Urin. Scurvigrass Physick-Wine Take Water-cresses and Wall-rue of each one handful wild Radish-roots and Roots of Polypody of each two drams black Hellebore-roots and Jalap of each one ounce the Leaves of choice Senna one ounce the inward or yellowest Rind of an Orange two ounces best Cinnamon one dram and a half crude-Tartar three drams These being cut and grofly bruised put them into a thin Bag sew them up lay them by in a stone Pot and pour upon it two quarts of Whitewine let it stand eleven Days draw it off and take three ounces or more according to the Strength of your Body This purges Choler and Melancholy cleanses the Stomach and eases Pains in the Bowels causes gentle Sweats and cleanses the Blood Scurvigrass-VVine Take the Juice of Scurvigrass Water-cresses Brooklime Sorrel all depurated of each a quarter of a pint Rhenish-wine two quarts Roots of Horse-radish Elecampane Flower-de-luce cut into thin slices of each an ounce and half two Nutmegs bruised put all into a stone Bottle stop it very close and keep it in a cold place for use Taking Morning and Night a quarter of a pint cures the Scurvy to a wonder and purifies the Blood Scurvigrass-Wine another Take of fresh Scurvigrass four handfuls beat it very small pour upon it two quarts of Rhenish Wine let it stand in a cool place three or four Days then strain it and let it settle and so draw it off from the dregs Drink of this half a quarter of a pint fasting and it will purifie the Blood help Digestion
Sore Throat Take a piece of greasie linnen Cloth so much as being double may make a Bag in the from of a Stay to reach from one side of the Throat to the other and contain as much Matter as may make it of the thickness of an inch or more then filling it with common Salt heat it thoroughly and apply it to the Part affected as warm as may be well endured and when it grows cold apply another like it well heated and so continue to do forty eight Hours if the Remedy be so long needed This makes the Kernels fallen down retire to their proper places and abates Swellings Speech lost This is not meant of those that are deaf from their Infancy and so consequently dumb but of such as through accident or hoarsness are deprived of their Speech To remedy this Take Ireos half an ounce Pennyroval Hysop and Licorice of each three drams Gum-Tragacanth and bitter Almonds Kernels of Pines Cinnamon and Pepper of each one dram and a half Figs Dates and Currans of each two ounces red Styrax three scruples and a half cut the Fruits small and powder the rest and to every ounce add three ounces of Sugar and make it into an Electuary with Honey or Syrup of Hyssop and take in the Morning fasting and at Night going to Bed a quarter of an ounce washing it down with warm Ale and so do for five or six Days and Nights and the Cure will be effected Speckles For these or Pimples th t are not angry or fiery Take the Blood of a Hare warm if you can get it and the Oil of Cinnamon and anoint the Face with it Specifick-Purge Take raw Antimony and Sal Amoniack powdered and mixed together of each six ounces sublime the combustible red Flowers according to Art and of them take four ounces of the best Nitre take eight ounces let them fulminate in subliming Pots and gather the Flower without wasting any of it dulcifie the Flower with hot Water till there be on more saltness remaining upon this Powder dried over a very gentle Fire pour rectified Spirit of Wine four Fingers breadth above the Matter put them all into an Alembick with a Receiver luted to it then distil them at first with a gentle Fire increase it by degrees that the substance may come to a driness expose the Powder being perfectly dried to the Fire for the space of an Hour and keep it for use in a close Box or Gally-pot This remarkable Preparation of Antimony is sudorisick powerfully provoking Sweat pens the Belly gently being taken at a distance from Meals from twenty to thirty grains in some Conserve in a Bolus or dissolved in some agreeable Cordial-water Speedwel The Male sort of this Herb is of excellent Virtue for opening Obstructions of the Lungs for the Colick and Spleen and is an Antidote against the Plague and is helpful in Wounds curing the Itch. We have it from good Hands That a large Dose of the Decoction of this Herb taken for some time expelled a Stone from the Kidney of a Woman that had been tormented with it for fifteen or sixteen Years Also a Woman that was accunted Barren seven Years conceived upon taking the Powder of it in the distilled Water for a considerable time The Syrup is of great use in the Disease of the Lungs and a Person who had a very dangerous Ulcer in his Leg found Ease and in a short time a Remedy by washing in the Water of it and applying wet Rags dipt in the said Water by taking away the Inflammation and all the Symptoms that accompanied it One who had a Fistula in the Breast and in vain had used divers Medicaments it 's said was cured with this Water by inwardly taking it Rags dipped in it and applied hot do make Scabs fall away in Children and then wash them over with Water of Fumitory and Whey But for all these Experiments the Reader may try them as occasion offers and be more amply satisfied The Virtues of this Herb are many Spirit-Antiscorbutick Take Elder and Juniper-berries and bruise them the Seed of Scurvigrass Carduus-Benedictus and Garden â—…ses of each two poundâ— put them all into a convenient Vessel and having mixed with them a pint of Ale-Yeast set them to ferment in a Stove or hot Place and when that is over distil them and preserve the Spirit Spirit Epileptick Take the Flowers of Lily of the Valley Lavender Sage Tillet Primroses and Rosemary of each two handfuls gather the Flowers in their season and macerate them altogether in six pints of the Spirit of Wine rectified then add to them Misleto of the Oak Roots of Valerian and Male-Peony of each four ounces being bruised and macerated eight Days in a pint of Malmsey Cinamon Cloves Mace and Nutmegs of each half an ounce mix them altogether and distil them in a glass Cucurbit covered with its Head in a Sand-bath and preserve the Spirit as a very excellent one It is very proper for the ease and cure of Epileptick Diseases It is to be given from two drams to half an ounce alone or mixed with cephalick Liquors It may be also put up the Nostrils applied to the Temples and other Parts for easing Pains and preventing the arising of Vapours to the Brain which occasion Fits and Disorders Spirit of Salt Take the finest white Salt and dry it over a Fire or else in the Sun so powder it finely to the quantity of two pound weight mix it well with six pound of Potters-earth finely powdered make them up into a Mass very hard with Rain-water as much as will conveniently do it from this Mass by dividing into Balls in the bigness of a Hazle-nut and let them dry in the Sun a considerable time and when they are dried put them into a large earthen Pot or a Glass that may be luted a third part of it being left empty place the Retort in a reverberatory Furnace and fit to it a large Receiver luting the Joints and give a moderate heat to warm it and so make an insipid Water drop forth and when white Clouds succeed those drops pour out that which is in the Receiver and having re-fitted it lute the Joines close and by degrees encreale the Fire to the last degree of all and so in this condition continue it twelve or fifteen Hours when all that time the Receiver will be hot and full of white Clouds but when it grows cold and they disappear then unlute the Junctures for the operation is at an end and then you will have the Spirit of Salt in the Receiver So pour it into a glass or earthen Bottle and stop it with Wax This singular Spirit has an aperitive quality and therefore is used in Juleps to an agreeable Acidity for such as are subject to the Stone or Gravel 't is also used to cleanse and whiten the Teeth also to fasten loose Teeth being â—empered with a little Water and to consume the rottenness of the
on again till it thickens to a Syrup This cleanses the Stomach and Spleen takes away the Obstructions of the Liver by taking a spoonful fasting often Syrup Epileptick Take Misleto of the Oak Roots of Peony the Shavings of a dead Man's Skull that dy'd a violent Death of each half an ounce Flowers of Lily of the Valley Rosemary Lavender Sage and Marigolds of each a little handful bruise the Misleto and Roots and put them together with the Shavings of the Skull and Flowers into a Matras and pour on them one pint of rectified Spirit of Wine and having well closed the Vessel let them macerate a Week together over a moderate Heat then with a gentle heat draw off half the Spirit of Wine and preserve it a-part The remainder being pressed reduced and filtered bring it into the consistence of a Syrup with eight ounces of the finest Sugar then aromatize it with two drops of distilled Cinnamon This Syrup is very highly commended for the Prevention and Cure of the Epilepsie It is to be taken alone and fasting from half an ounce to an ounce You may re-inforce the Dose with a dram of the Spirit drawn off and mix the Syrup with cephalick Waters or Decoctions Syrup of Rhubarb Take of the best Rhubarb and the Leaves of Senna of each two ounces and a half a handful of Violet-flowers Cinnamon one dram and a half Ginger half a dram the Water of Bettony Bugloss and Succory of each a pint and a half let these infuse over warm Ashes or Embers a Night the liquid part being well pressed out through a close Strainer and then boil it up with Sugar to a Syrup adding to it four ounces of the solutive Syrup of Roses This is a very curious and gentle Purge and may be safely given to Children and weak People upon any urgent occasion they being kept from taking Cold upon its reception The Dose is from one ounce to an ounce and a half It expels evil Humours fortifies the Stomach and causes a good Digestion kills Worms in Children and causes gentle breathing Sweats Syrup for Rheums Take Syrup Jubebs Syrup of Corn Poppy-flowers and dried Roses of each an ounce mix these together and take half a spoonful at a time Syder to Make and Order Take your Apples as you fancy the Syder most convenient to your Palate viz. either Red-streaks Pearmains Pippins Golden-Pippins c. when they are indifferent ripe so that upon shaking they will fall with tolerable Ease bruise or grind your Apples very small and then putting them into a Hair-Bag squeeze out the Juice in a Press by degrees and not over-hastily put up the Liquid part into a Cask seasoned by burning a Rag in it at the end of a Stick dipped in Brimstone when the Smoak is evaporated and the Vessel washed with a little warm Liquor that has run through the second straining or Husks of the Apples and to make it work kindly put in a little Flower and Honey made up in a Past and enclosed in a thin Rag so let it stand in a moderate warm place six or seven Days and then draw it off from the Lees or Settlings into another Cask so ordered or Bottle it up at your discretion But in Bottling take care to leave an inch space from the Cork lest it working or fermenting again it either force out the Cork on break the Bottles Or if such Danger appear by the singing of the Air thro' the porous Part of the Cork you may open them and give them vent or have a Quill run through the Cork which you may stop and open at pleasure with less danger and difficulty And so of the Cask in Winter keep it in a warm place for fear of chilling or freezing and in Summer in a cold Place lest it ferment and that tainting it it grow musty or thick You may likewise preserve it from these latter by putting a little lump of Loaf-Sugar for it to feed on Syder of Codlins This is usually made for present spending for it will not keep longer than Autumn though it is of an excellent Tast and very pleasant and sparkling to the Eye and so called Summer-Syder To do this Take your Codlins when they begin to be ripe and lay them in Hay or Straw three Days after they are gathered to sweat a little then cut them in quarters and take out the Coar and Kernels and bruise them as the former squeeze out the Liquid part and let it run into a Vessel beneath the Press through a very fine Hair or Tiffany-Sieve that may stop the Fragments that will come away with it Being drawn off warm it over a gentle Fire but suffer it not to boil scum off the part that bubbles up and sprinkle into it some fine powdered white Sugar-candy then put it up into a Cask and with a little of it heat about half a pint of Ale-Yeast and pour it in very warm and so let it work for Twenty four Hours then draw it off into another Cask or Bottles and leave either of them open ten or twelve Hours in a cool place till it is fit to stop up close and so ordering it it will be fit to drink in eight or ten Days and have a curious cooling tart flavour with it Syder another way Take such Apples as are suitable to your Palate pare them and cutting out the Core and Kernels slice them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water till a third part be consumed A Peck of sliced Apples to a Barrel of Water when first put in before the consumption is sufficient Then strain the Water from the boiled Apples and pour it on three Pecks of bruised Apples that are not boiled and so letting it after fourteen or fifteen Hours steeping run from them then press out what will not otherways come away by the swelling of the Apples and put it up for use Let it work sufficiently then stop it close and be careful to mind it also giving vent if there be occasion lest it force the Cask or Bottles and when it is fined it will be in Colour and Tast like Champaign Wine Syder another Way Take a peck of Apples and slice them and boil them in a Barrel of Water till the third part be wasted then cool your Water as you do for Wort when it is cooled you must pour the Water upon three measures of grownd Apples then drain out the Water at a Tap three or four times a day for three Days together then press out the Liquor and Tun it up when it hath done working then stop it up close Syder its Spirit This may be gained without distilling and the better way by setting a Hogshead of Syder to freeze in Winter and so the strength of it retiring to the middle which will be about twelve or fourteen gallons when the weaker part is over-power'd by the coldâ— let it out by broaching with a hot Iron It will prove stronger then Canary
be violent Virginia Trout to Make This as it is usually done is only the cutting off the Heads of pickled Herrings and the Bodies being layed twenty four Hours in Water wash them and season them with Mace Cinnamon Cloves Pepper and a little red Saunders then mince some Onion and Lemon-peel season them with Mace Cinnamon Cloves Pepper and a little red Saunders then mince some Onion and Lemon-peel strip a few pickled Barberries and sprinkle them on between each Layer of the Fish and when they are thus ordered put in a pint of Claret and tye on a double wetted brown Paper on the Pot and so set it in the Oven with Houshold-bread and being drawn and cooled they will look as red as Salmon or Trout tast curiously and eat altogether as well Vlcers in the Breast Take Millepedes otherways called Wood-lice or Sows-lice wash them clean dry them with a Linnen-cloath and beat them very well in a glass or marble Mortar and press out the Juice that comes from them and if the Mass be too dry you may agitate with them a little Whitewine or Ale which penetrating and softening them the Liquor may the better part with its Juice Half a dram of which take in two spoonfuls of Whitewine fasting in a Morning Vlcers to Cleanse Take four ounces of Turpentine and wash it in Scabeous-water the Yolks of two Eggs and an ounce of Barly-meal Saffron Sarcocol Mastick and Frankincense of each half a dram bruise and mix them well together and make them a Plaister with the addition of clarified Rosin Honey and Oil of Roses This being applied not only cleanses Ulcers but ingenders in them new Flesh where it is wasted and makes after the Cure is past the Skin smooth again Vlcers External Take the gross Stalks of red Colwort dry them pretty well then put them into an earthen refining Pot or such-like and put them on a hot Fire till they are reduced to Ashes and apply those Ashes to the Ulcer or take the green Bark of an Oak chop or bruise it very small pour upon it Lime-water freshly made let it infuse till the Liquor has a duskey colour and with this Water wash the Ulcer twice a Day Vlcer in the Mouth To remedy this Take a pound and a half of white Sugar the Juice of Pomgranates clarified a pint mix these well over a gentle Fire and bring them to the consistence of a Syrup and gargle the Mouth with it also the Throat as far as may be very often and it will bring away the Corruption and Cause the Sore to heal It is astringent and also strengthens the Stomach Vlcers another Take one dram of Corrosive Sublimate reduce it to fine Powder and dissolve it in a quart of fair Water suffering it to lye there four or five Days in a light Digestion then drop in it as much Sal-armoniack or as much Oil of Tartar per Deliquium as will precipitate it all then filter it carefully and keep it close stopt for use viz. To dip Pledgets into it and apply them to the ulcerous Part once twice or thrice a Day as you see occasion Vlcus Vteri Take Asphaltum or the true and choice Bitumen Judaicum reduce it to a curious fine Powder and take of it about a dram at a time in any proper Vehicle once or twice a Day as you see occasion Vmble-Pasty To make a Pasty or Pye after the newest fashion Cut the Umbles in small pieces and do the like by fat Bacon mix them together and season them with Pepper Salt and Nutmeg fill your Pasty or Pye with the Materials having a little stript Thyme and shred pieces of Lemon scatter'd among them then cover them with slices of Butter and Bacon very thin and close it let it soak well in the Oven and when it is drawn beat up Butter with Claret Lemon and stript Thyme and serve it up hot Vmble-Pye Make a Laying of minced Beef-suet in the bottom of your Coffin or Slices of interlarded Bacon cut the Umbles in pieces as big as small Dice and your Bacon in like form season it with Nutmeg Pepper and Salt and fill your Pye with it and close it up with slices of Bacon and Butter when it is enough pour in at the place you have left vacant Butter and Claret beat up together and so serve it up at the Table whilst it is hot Be sure it be well baked or it is altogether spoiled Vnguent for St. Anthony's Fire Take Vervine Pimpernel Bettony of each a handful bruise them and put them into three pints of Whitewine boil them in a fined Vessel if possible then strain them and set the Decoction over a gentle Fire again in a glazed Vessel then take washed Turpentine three ounces Rosin one pound new white Wax four ounces when these are melted and well mixed add to them Mastick-powder one ounce and the Milk of a Woman that has born a Male-Child two ounces make these into an Unguent or Ointment over a gentle Fire and anoint the Party afflicted with this hot Distemper often bathing it in and it will repel the Heat It is also very necessarily used for Fistula's Cankers and hot Swellings in the Joints and Sinews Vnguentum Aegyptiacum Take Verdigrease five drams good Honey fourteen scruples strong Vinegar seven scruples boil them together till they incorporate to the thickness of an Unguent and be of a purple colour This forcibly cleanses inveterate Ulcers and consumes proud spongy and dead Flesh Vnguentum Album Take Ceruse four ounces Litharge half an ounce let them steep a while in rose-Rose-water then put them into a Mortar and by degrees pour in so much Rose-water as they can conveniently soak up continually stirring them till they are formed into an Unguent then add a little Whitewine-Vinegar and of Camphire one dram and a half This Ointment is very cooling it asswageth Pains occasioned by Heat and Inflammations heals Excoriations and takes away Scabs and the Itch. Vnguentum Apostolorum Take Turpentine white Wax Bees-wax and Rosin of each sixteen scruples Opopanax and Verdigrease of each two scruples Amoniacum sixteen scruples long Aristolochia and great Incense of each six scruples Myrrh and Galbanum of each three scruples Bdellium six scruples Litharge nine scruples Olive-oil two pound mix the Litharge with two ounces of the Oil and let them stand five Hours then boil it gently till it be as thick as Honey keeping it continually stirring and take it from the Fire putting in the Wax and Rosin being dissolved with the Oils then whilst it is cooling put in the rest of the Gums dissolved in the Vinegar boiled and incorporated with the Turpentine then the Aristolochia Myrrh and a little Frankincense finely powdered and sprinkled on the rest then make the whole Composition into an Ointment the Verdigrease being put in last This by detersion purgeth and cleanseth Wounds and dangerous Ulcers also Fistula's wasteth dead Flesh and encreaseth the new Vnguentum Aureum
Take yellow Wax six ounces the best Olive-oil two pound Turpentine two ounces Rosin and Colophonia one ounce and half Olibanum and Mastick of each one ounce Saffron a scruple dissolve Wax in the Oil and so putting in the rest finely bruised make an Unguent and when they are all well incorporated take the whole Mass from it and put in the Turpentine stirring it about that it may dissolve and imbody with the rest This is excellent in fresh Wounds and makes them speedily heal Vnguentum of St. Cosme and Damian Take Bettony Pimpernel and Vervine of each a handful stamp them and put them into five pints of Whitewine boil them together in a tin Vessel to the consumption of a third part then strain out the Liquid part and set it over a gentle Fire again in a glass Vessel then take Turpentine washed six ounces clarified Rosin a pound new white Bees-wax four ounces and when they are melted together in the same Glass or Pot add to them an ounce of the Powder of Mastick of a Woman's Milk who has newly born a Male-Child and another a Female-Child of each two ounces make them into an Unguent by incorporation over the Fire This wonderfully availeth for Wounds or Bruises in the Sinews as also Cankers Fistula's and St. Anthony's Fire the grieved Places being bathed with it hot Vnguentum Enulatum To make this Take the Roots of Elecampane sod in Vinegar and bruised one pound Hogs-lard and Olive-oil of each three ounces new Bees-wax one ounce Quick-silver extinct and Turpentine washed of each two ounces common Salt beaten half an ounce mix the Lard Wax and Oil well together by melting over a gentle Fire then add the Elecampane Quick-silver and Salt and then the Turpentine take care to kill the Quick-silver with a little Grease and Turpentine and so mix them well to the thickness of an Ointment It is an excellent Ointment for Scabs Itch Scurf Breakings-out Botches or the like Vnguentum Populeon Take the Buds of Poplar freshly gathered one pound macerate them in three pound of Hogs-lard prepared for the space of two Months then take of the Leaves of red Poppey and those of Mandrake Henbane and the tender Crops of Black-berry Bramble Night-shade Lettuce Stonecrop Housleek great Burs and Penny-grass of each three ounces White-wine a pint bruise them and mix them with the Buds of Poplar and set them in a warm Place eight Days then add a pint of strong Vinegar and boil them tiil it be consumed which may be known by casting a little of it on the Fire then strain it and keep it close for use This Unguent is good to asswage the Burning of the Fever following the Ague Heat afflicting the Brain Parts of the Head and Kidneys by anointing those Parts with it where the Grief is predominant and the Temples being anointed with it mightily provokes Sleep Vnguentum Vulpinum Take a Fox and draw out the Intrails and take Sage Rosemary Juniper-leaves and Berries Dill wild Marjoram Lavender and Chamomil of each half a pound stamped and well bruised in a stone Martar and the Fox being cut in pieces put him with the Herbs into a Vessel of eight gallons add two quarts of Olive-oil and a pint of Neats-foot-oil Calves and Deers-suet Badgers-grease and Goose-grease of each a pound and a half Water with Salt dissolved in it pretty strong three quarts and as much Malmsey or Mallaga boil them till the Water and Wine appear as consumed and that the Flesh and Bones of the Beast be separated asunder then press it hard through a Linnen-cloath This is a soveraign Ointment for all manner of Aches and to restore the Limbs and Joints lamed through the Pains of the Gout Vnicorn Stone This is of very great Virtue It is mostly found in Germany Moravia Saxony and Silesia in subterraneous Caverns where Nature has lay'd it up for the use and benefit of Man It is drying and binding and stops all manner of Fluxes of the Belly Gonorrhoea's Bleeding at the Nose Hepatick Flux and all other Fluxes of the Blood by strengthning the Stomach Heart and vital Spirits It is also profitable against the Apoplexy Vertigo Falling-sickness and divers other Diseases incident to the Head and Brain the levigated Powder being given to a dram or four scruples in any convenient Liquid It is also good against the Pestilence and Plague and all manner of malignant Fevers likewise the Measles Small-pox Purple or Spotted-fever c. It is also held powerfully to resist Poison whether inwardly or outwardly injurious the Biting of Serpents or any other venomous Creature by causing a gentle Sweat and driving the Poison from the Heart It is good against Faintings and Swoonings and Passions of the Heart Heart-burning and Palpitation the Disease of the Viscera by absorbing the acid Humours when daily taken from half a dram to a dram for a certain time in some proper Cordial-water or Wine Voiding Blood Take two drams of Henbane seed and as much of white Poppy-seed mix them after they are well beaten with an ounce of the Conserve of red Roses and of that take fasting as near as you can the quantity of a Walnut Or Take Plantane-leaves a considerable quantity bruise them and press out the Juice do the like by about six ounces of Comfrey-roots sweeten it with a little fine Sugar and drink it up and you will soon find a restraint of Bleeding though it come from several Parts Vomiting in Children To stay this when excessive and dangerous many times caused by Worms in the Stomach Take dried Rue and Frankincense of each a dram heat them to a fine Powder and give it them in a Glass of Rhenish or Wormwood-Wine Vomiting to Provoke Take the Rind of the Root of an Elder-tree bruise it and steep it in Whitewine all Night so that the Wine may be very strong of it drink off the Wine only luke-warm the next Morning fasting and it will gently cleanse the Stomach and Belly Vomiting to Provoke another Take a pound of the green Husks of Walnuts a pound and a half of the Roots of Garden-Radishes a pound of the green Leaves six ounces of Asarabacca and four ounces of Radish-seed pour on them three pints of Whitewine-Vinegar and let them digest a Day or two then distil it in a glass Vessel in hot Water Two spoonfuls of this will cause a strong Body to vomit therefore those that are weaker may take only a spoonful or one and a half to prevent any overstraining that it may occasion Vomiting to Stay Take spearmint-Spearmint-water four ounces Syrup of Quinces two ounces and cinnamon-Cinnamon-water two drams Take of this two or three spoonfuls at a time Vomiting to Stay another Take about half an ounce of Cloves bruise them grosly put them into a pint of Ale with half an ounce of Lemon or Citron-peel boil them over a gentle Fire to the consumption of a third part and then drink it cold when strained adding a spoonful
as much Oil of Tartar per deliquium as will cause a sensible but not considerable strong Tast and\ make it into an Ointment and with it often anoint the Warts as hot as you can well endure it and they will either sink or peel off Warts Bloody For these Cut off the Warts or Knobs of the black Elder and Mallows of each three ounces of the Syrup of Comfrey one ounce let the Party take four spoonfuls immediately and so continue to do four or five times a Day Warts to Remove Wash the Warts often with the hot Blood of a Pig suffering it to dry on them then wash it off with Lye of Wood-ashes and lay on a Plaister of Elder-bark mixed with Oil of Turpentine Wash If you would have your Skin of a sweet and fragrant Scent Supple and of a lively Colour Take Baum and Hyssop of each a handful the Boom of Peaches and Garden Musk a Herb so called infuse them with an ounce of Frankincense beaten to Powder and four drams of the Oil of Spicknard in two gallons of fair Water over a moderate Fire strain them and wash your self with it or make a Bath of it and it will not only render you amiable and charming but contribute to the settling a healthful Constitution Water for Bruises Take two handfuls of Scabious-flowers of Smallage Bay-leaves Pennyroyal and Chamomil of each a handful the Powder of Myrrh half an ounce Harts-horn two ounces bruise the Herbs and put them to infuse in two quarts of Mallaga then distil them and let the Party drink two ounces of it Morning and Evening It is excellent good for internal Bruises or Hurts also for Spitting of Blood and Inflammations Water for Cankers If you are troubled with a Canker in the Mouth c. Take Sage the Bark of Elder-Tree Comfrey Sorrel and Endive of each two handfuls stamp and strain them when infused twelve Hours in two quarts of Whitewine gargle your Mouth with it or anoint or wash the Place with it elsewhere and it will make it at a stay and in a little time heal it Water for the Head-ach Take Roses Bettony and Elder-flowers Sage Chamomil and Marjoram of each four handfuls Lavender and Wheat-bran of each two handfuls boil them in about two gallons of fair Water With this bath your Forehead and Temples and put your Feet info it as into a Bath as hot as may be and then repose your self after it keeping warm taking inwardly a quarter of a pint of Mint and Bettony-water And in so doing twice or thrice the Pain in the Head will cease and the Brain be much comforted Water for Heat For Hear or Pimples in the Face or hot Inflammations in the Eyes take this recommended Water Take white and red Rose-water of each a pint Tutty-stone in Powdâ—r Aloes Epatick fine Sugar and Rosemary flowers of each an ounce put them in a double Glass and place them in Balneo Mariae five or six Days yet frequently in the mean space move and shake them together then with the Water wash your Face Eyes and other Parts inflamed or breaking out with Heat and it will by a constant use remove it and make the Skin beautiful Water to cool the Liver Take Barberry-leaves and Wood-sorrel of each two handfuls Plantane-roots and Leaves a handful Mellon-seeds Borrage and Comfryflowers of each an ounce bruise them well and infuse them in a gallon of spring-Spring-water distil them in that Water and drink a quarter of a pint of it fasting with the Syrup of Limon Citron or Violets and walk about a while after the taking thereof Water for the Plague Take a pound of Celandine Rosemary Baum Mugwort Rue Pimpernel that is found amongst the Corn Dragons Mugwort Scabious Agrimony Bettony Angelica Pellitory of Spain Carduus Marigold-leaves and Flowers Borrage-leaves and Flowers Rosa-solis Fetherfew Pellitory of the Wall red Sage Setwell Mother of Thyme Devils-bit and Tormentil of each a good handful with a few Sprigs of Rue and Walnut-leaves or green Walnuts bruised bruise them well and let them infuse in a sufficient quantity of White-wine three Days and as many Nights keeping the Pot they are in very close yet often shaking it that the Ingredients may move in the Wine then distil the Wine Herbs and set the Water that is drawn off close stopped in glass Bottles where the Sun may come to them The best time of distilling this Water is in May if the Materials by reason of the forwardness of the Spring may be had so early Ten spoonfuls of it may be taken Blood-warm to prevent the Plague and this must be done when the first Symptoms of it appear And upon taking it walk about till you sweat again for the space of an Hour not eating or drinking after it for the space of two Hours or more and then go to Bed upon it If it chance to cause you to Vomit it is a sign it has taken the better Effect This is also good against Agues or any infectious Diseases of the Stomach being taken before the Fit or Infection too far seizes Water for the Stone Take Saxifrage Pellitory of the Wall Mother-Thyme green Sage Radish-roots sliced of each of them a handful steep the Roots Herbs a Night in Milk and the next Morning distil them Two spoonfuls drank fasting with as much White-wine is good also to provoke Urin and prevent Stoppages Water for Vlcers To cleanse Ulcers use this Water as the most Excellent viz. Take red Rose-water and Plantane-water of each a pint the Juices of Housleek Night-shade and Pimpernel of each two ounces red Roses half a handful Myrtle and Cyprus-nuts of each half an ounce the Rind of a Pomegranet three drams St. John's-wort half a handful Flowers of Mulleyn a pugil Myrrh and Frankincense of each a scruple Honey of Roses four ounces distil them when beaten mixed and well infused and of this Water take a pint and dissolve it in six ounces of the Conserve of Roses and one ounce of the Syrup of dried Roses with twelve drops of the Oil of Sulphur when it has infused a while press out the Liquid part and wash and bath the grieved Place with it often and it will heal it Weakness after Delivery Take Syrup of Violets half an ounce and as much of Citron-syrup add to these two drams of the Powder of Rhubarb and an ounce of Treacle-water with as much Diascordium dissolved in it as will lye on a Groat and to these add half a pint of Hyssop-water let the Party take an ounce at a time and after it some Broth or warm Posset-drink the Woman likewise taking great care of her self after it for fear of catching cold by her too timely rising or stirring for then the Cold has opportunity to penetrate and settle in the open Parts of the Joints causing Numbness and Pains in the Limbs and sometimes by such violent Intrusions ferments the Blood to a Fever And if any such thing unfortunately
Basil-seeds of each two drams Angelica-roots Gilliflowers Thyme Calamint Liquorish Calamus Masterwort Peniroyal Mint Mother of Thyme and Marjoram of each two drams Red-Rose-seeds and Flower Bettony and Sage of each a dram and half Cloves Nutmegs and Gallingall of each two Drams the Flower of Stechadoes Rosemary Borrage and Bugloss of each a Dram and half Rind of Citron three Drams Bruise these well together and put to them Cordial-Powders the Spices made with Pearl of each three drams Infuse them in twelve pints of Aquavitae in a close stopt Glass fifteen Days with often shaking then distil them in an Alembick and hang in the Spirit a Cloath two drams of Musk half a dram of Ambergrease and ten or twelve grains of Gold This excellent Cordial fortifies the Heart against the Plague and all pestilential Diseases expels Poison and heals Aches and Pains Aqua Epidemica This is the London Plague-Water To make it Take the Roots of Tormentile Angelica the greater Piony Liquorice Elecampane of each half an ounce the Leaves of Sage the greater Celandine Rue the tops of Rosemary and Mugwort Burnet Dragons Scabeous Bawm Carduus Benedictus Bettony the lesser Centaury the Leaves and Flowers of Marigolds of each a handful shred bruise and steep them four Days in a glass Alembick and take from a quarter of an ounce to half an ounce at a time and it mainly resists the Plague pestilential Fevers and all infectious Diseases reviving and cheering the Heart and Brain and rarefying and sweetening the whole Mass of Blood Aqua Lactis alexiteria Take Carduus Benedictus the Leaves of Meadow-sweet and Goats-Rue of each six handfuls Mint and common Wormwood of each five handfuls Angelica two handfuls Rue three handfuls bruise them very well and put to them three Gallons of the best new Milk and suffering them to infuse for twelve Hours distill them in a cold Still This Water though it be frequently used as a simple Water in making up Medicines is nevertheless of singular use it self being a very gentle Alexipharmick and may be given to expel Malignity and prevent the Infection with other things It comforts the Heart and Stomach and sweetens the Blood taken singly and so inoffensive it is that you may take four five or six ounces at a time Aqua Mirabilis To make this according to Dr. Willoughby's Receipt Take Galingales Mace Cloves Cubebs Ginger Cardamoms Nutmeg Mellilot and Saffron of each an equal quantity in all four ounces beat and bruise them well and add agrimony-Agrimony-Water a dram or two Take of the Juice of Celandine half a pint mingle them together with a quart of Aqua-vitae and three pints of White-wine put them in a glass Still and let them infuse twelve Hours then distill off the Water with a gentle fire under a Sand-Bath This Water dissolves the Swellings and removes the Oppressions incident to the Lungs helps and comforts them being Wounded not suffering the Blood to putrefie and those that use it often will have little cause to be blooded at any time unless in cases of sudden or violent Bruises or internal Bleedings c. Aqua Mirabilis To make this Take Cubebs Cardamoms Galingal Mace Cloves Ginger Mellilot-Flowers of each one dram bruise them then take a pint of the Juice of Celandine the Juices of Bawm and Spearmint of each half a pint Sugar a pound Flowers of Cowslips Borrage Rosemary Marigolds and Bugloss of each two drams Canary three pints strong Angelica-water one pint bruise the Spices and Flowers well and steep them in the Sack and Juices the space of twelve Hours and distil them the next Morning in a glass Still laying Hearts-Tongue Leaves in the bottom of it This Water is an excellent Preserver of the Lungs purifying the Blood and removing the Defects of the Spleen it helps Digestion preserves a youthful Complexion and contiues a good colour in the Face Aqua Mirabilis Take Cinamon the best sort an ounce Nutmegs and Citron-Peel of each six drams Cloves Galangal Cubebs Mace Cardamoms Ginger of each two drams bruise them all together and let them infuse in White-wine and Spirit of Wine of each a pint distil them in a moderate Sand-Bath This is an excellent Cordial taken from half an ounce to an ounce at a time It fortifies the noble Parts and resists Poison c. Aquavitae Regia Take Lignum Aloes Roots of Zedoary Carline-Thistle and Valerian of each an ounce choice Citron-Rind Mace and Cinnamon of each six drams Cloves the lesser Cardamoms and Fennel-seeds of each half an ounce Flowers of Oranges Rosemary Sage and Marjoram in the flower of each two handfuls bruise what requires it and put them into a Matras with the Spirit of Wine and Malmsey of each two quarts stop the Vessel close and let them infuse over a gentle fire for the space of three days then distil them and dissolve into the distilled Bath Musk and Ambergrease of each a dram and a half and keep it for use in a close Vessel or rather in glass Bottles This Water fortifies the Brain Head and Stomach and all the noble Parts when enfeebled by the dissipation of the Spirits or over-pressed by the ill Qualities or abundance of bad Humours It is to be taken fasting in a Morning from one dram to half an Ounce mixed with proper Liquors as Bawm-water and Mint-water Aquine's Diuretick-Water Take the Roots of Parsley Eringoes Rest-Harrow Juniper-Berries and Alkekengi of each two ounces Pimpernel Water-cresses and Elder-flowers of each two handfuls bruise and macerate them twentyfour Hours in White-wine add a quart of the Juice of Radishes with one ounce of Narbone-Honey Venice-Turpentine half a pound distil them in a moderate Sand-Bath adding to every part of the distilled Water dulcified Spirit of Salt This is an exceeding prevalent Water to strengthen the Heart but is chiefly designed for opening Obstructions in the Ureters and Bladder and causing a free Passage for the Urine You may safely take it from one to three or four ounces Arcanum Carolinum Put red Precipitate into an earthen Vessel well glazed pour on it Spirit of Wine well rectified so set fire to it and when the Spirit is consumed add more do this six times This is excellent for Purging and sometimes procures Vomiting opening Obstructions and dissolving scirrhous tumours and mainly contributes to the Cure of the French Disease The Dose is from three to five or six grains Arsmart The common sort of this is hot and dry chiefly used in outward Wounds or Swellings A Decoction of it is good to wash old Sores The Water helps the Gravel in the Kidneys or Bladder the Root or Seed put into an hollow Tooth cures the Tooth-ach Artery-Hurt Take Olibanum two ounces Aloes Hepatica one ounce the Wool of a Hairs Scut a little the Juice of Ash-Leaves half an ounce mix with these the Whites of Eggs beaten to Water and dipping a Rag into the liquid Compound lay it to the Artery either cut bruised or otherways
three spoonfuls Morning and Evening and you 'll find it exceedingly strengthen the Back especially of old People Balls of Eggs tryed Put your Butter or tryed Suet into the Pan and when it is melted and hot stir it about till it runs round in Circles then break an Egg in the midst of the whirling and whirle it round till it becomes as an Egg poached and it will with the motion become as round as a Ball then take it up with a slice and put it into a warm Pipkin or Dish and set it a leaning against the Fire You may do thus by divers and serve them up with fryed and toasted Collops as a dainty Dish Balsom The following Balsom is very excellent for any Wounds Burns Scalds old Sores Botches Scabs c. Take Conduit or Spring-water and Olive-oil of each a quart Turpentine four ounces Liquid-Storax six ounces put them in an earthen glazed Pot and suffer them to stand together all Night in the Morning having melted half a pound of Bees-wax shred Marjoram Rosemary and Bays of each a handful beat and bruise them very small then add Dragons-Blood and Mummy made small of each an ounce Let them boil in the Wax a while then add Oil of St. John's-wort and rose-Rose-water of each two ounces boil it together a little more and then put in some red Balsom and red Saunders pulveriz'd and being cooled make a hole to let out the Water dissolve it again on a Fire and put it up in a close Pot for your use This Balsom likewise cures the Head-ach only by anointing the Nostrils therewith also it is exceeding good in the Wind-Colick or Stitches in the Side being warmly applied to the Side or Belly an ounce at a time for four Mornings Balsom That called Lucatello's so highly in esteem for its Virtues is made after this manner Olive-Oil three pints Venice-Turpentine one pound Sack six spoonfuls yellow Wax one pound natural Balsom half an Ounce Red-Saunders in Powder and Oil of St. John's-wort of each an ounce wash the Turpentine three times in Rose-wawater water then slice the Wax thin and place it on the Fire and being thinly melted put in the Turpentine incorporate them well by stirring then let it stand till the next Day cut it in thick slices and let all the Water drain out and melt it again put in the aforesaid Oils Balsam and Saunders with about six spoonfuls of Sack stir them well together again over a gentle Fire for the space of an Hour that it may become thick and being cool use it for Wounds with Gun-shot Scalds with Lead Sulphur Blasting c. Balsom of Fallopius Take of clear Turpentine two pound Linseed-Oil one pound Rosin six ounces Myrrh Aloes Mastick Sarcocoll Mace Wood of Aloes of each two Ounces Saffron half an ounce put them in a glass Retort and set them in Ashes and when they are distilled there will come out a clear Water and after that a redish Oil which is excellent in curing Wounds healing old Sores cleansing Ulcers c. Balsom of Sulphur It has an excellent Virtue to cure Ulcers of the Lungs and Breast and wonderfully cleanses all other Ulcers The Dose is from ten to twenty Drops and may at any time be taken though not too often with any convenient Liquor mixed with Sugar to abate a little the sharpness of it Barberries These are cooling and astringent they provoke Appetite are great strengtheners of the Stomach which is the reason the Conserve is used so much in Fevers Loosness and Bloody-Flux for which it is very good The inward Bark of the Branches and Root steeped in White-wine are prevalent in the Cure of the Yellow-Jaundice A Concoction of the Bark the Juice of the Berries or the Juice of the Leaves mixed with Vinegar cure the Tooth-ach occasioned by fluxion of Rheums The Conserve is usually taken with success in Inflammations of the Mouth and Throat or more expeditiously if the Mouth be gargled with some of the Conserve dissolved in Vinegar and Water Barberries to pickle Take the largest Bunches steep them an Hour or two in warm Water and Salt then boil up the Water with more Salt having first taken the Barberries out when the Liquor is cool put in a few slices of Ginger and a little lump of Alom and then press the Barberries down with a Stone or Slate cover them close and keep them for your use Thus Medlars Services Grapes and such-like Things are pickled to keep all the Year Barberry-Tree the Virtue The inward Rind of this Tree boiled in White-wine and every Morning a quarter of a pint of it drank is very much approved for cleansing the Body from cholerick Humours and freeing it from such Diseases as Choler causeth viz. Scabs Itch Tetters Ring-worms Yellow-Jaundice Boils and the like It is also excellent for Agues and Burnings scalding Heat of the Liver and the Bloody-Flux The Berries have the same Virtue Barly This is a common Grain amongst us and of great use in many Cases many of its Virtues are known but to a few It is too well known to need a Description Its Virtues The Meal of Barly boiled in Honey and Spring-Water resolveth all Inflammations or Imposthumes with Rosin and Pigeons-Dung it ripeneth all hard Swellings with Mellilot and Poppy-seeds it easeth Pains in the Sides applied Poultiswise pretty hot and mixed with bruised Quinces or Vinegar it easeth the Inflammation of the Gout in the Legs or Feet The Ashes of burnt Barly mixed with Olive-Oil is very good for Burns or Scalds Barly-Posset Boil half a pound of French Barly in three pints of Milk boil it till it is enough then put in a pint of Cream some Mace and Cinnamon sweeten it with fine Sugar and when it is just warm pour in a pint of White-wine froth it up and eat it with a Spoon or press out the liquid part and drink it Barly-Pottage Take a pound of French Barly cleanse it well from Husks put it into two quarts of Milk to steep and boil it a little when it is pretty well boiled put in a quart of Cream an ounce of Salt some Mace a little Stick of Cinamon broken in small pieces and when it is thick enough scrape some fine Sugar into it and serve it up Basil Garden This comforts the Heart and expels Melancholy moves the Courses and cleanses the Lungs There is another sort called Wild Basil which forces the Courses and the Birth and removes Melancholy being bruised and infused in Wine Bastings of Meats or Fowls 1. Clarified Suet. 2. Fresh Butter 3. Minced Sweet-herbs Butter and Claret-wine and this last is excellent for Mutton or Lamb. 4. Water and Salt 5. and especially for a Flayed Pig Cream and melted Butter well beaten up together 6. Yolks of Eggs Juice of Oranges and grated Bisket And if this be intended for large Fowl as Bustards Peacocks or Turkeys you may use the same Bath for the Legs For Diseases in the Legs make
this Bath Take Sorrel and Fumitory of each two handfuls Nep one handful Barly Bran and Lupins of each half a handful and a like quantity of Violet and Mallow-Leaves white and black Ellebor of each an Ounce Honey two ounces let them boil in a sufficient quantity of Water till the third part be consumed and then bath the Legs with it very warm It is good for Sores Scabs Botches Boils and Aches and the Gout Bath for a Rupture Take of the Bark and Flowers of Pomgranets Cups of Acorns and Sumac of each an ounce Lark-Spurs and Comfrey of each a handful Hypocistis Galls and Alom of each two drams Roses Camomile and Anni-seeds of each two pugils boil them in an equal proportion of Red-Wine and Smiths-Water and with the Decoction bath the Part affected Bay-Tree The Decoction of the Leaves Bark and Berries of this Tree makes an excellent Bath for the Diseases of the Womb and Bladder The Oil of Barberries is very useful in cold Diseases of the Nerves and Joints The Electuary is frequently used in Clisters to expel Wind it also eases the Pains of the Colick and in like manner does the Concoction of the Berries in Ale or any dulcified Liquor Bdellium To make the Tincture of it Take Bdellium in Powder one ounce Spirit of Wine sixteen ounces mix digest and extract a Tincture which keep for use This as the Gum eases the Colick provokes Urine and the Terms expels the After-birth and is Traumatick and Vulnerary The Dose is from one dram to a dram and a half Beef to Collar Take the Flank and when you have taken out the Sinews the more skinny part and some of the Fat put it into as much Water and Salt as will cover it let it steep three Days then hang it to drain in the Air and dry it with a Linnen-Cloath Mince Tops of Sage Rosemary Marjoram Savory and Thime shred small get a quarter of an ounce of Mace half a quarter of an ounce of Cloves a slice or two of Ginger half an ounce of Pepper and some Salt rowl them up in it bind it up well and put it into an Oven and bake it Beef to Souce Take the Buttocks Cheeks and Briskets of Beef season any of them four Days with Pepper and Salt roul up them as even as you can boil them in a Cloath ty'd fast about in Water and Salt and when it is pretty tender put it into a Hoop-frame to fashion it round and upright dry it in some smoaky Place or in the Air and cutting it out in Slices serve it up with Sugar and Mustard observing before you dry it to souce it in Water Vinegar and a little White-wine and Salt Beet is hot and dry It loosens the Belly and the Juice snuffed up the Nostrils occasions sneezing and purges the Head The Leaves boiled and eaten with Vinegar create an Appetite They extinguish Thirst and suppress Choler in the Stomach The Juice of this Herb snuffed up into the Nostrils gives ease to an inveterate Head-ach Benjamin This is an odoriferous fragrant and well scented yellow Rosin or Gum very much used among the Perfumers it attenuates and is pectoral used chiefly inwardly against Catarrhs Coughs Colds Asthma's Obstructions of the Lungs It purges the Brain by sneezing and likewise fortifies the Heart and resists malignant Humours being taken in Wine c. Benjamin Spirit Put one Pound of Benjamin in a Cucurbit of glass and distil it in Balneo Mariae or a Sand-Furnace and there will first come over a clear Liquor which will have the odoriferous Scent of Benjamin Benjamin a Tincture Take of Benjamin three ounces Storax half an ounce let them be powdered grosly put them into a Matrass or Bottle so that either of them may be but half filled then pour on them Spirit of Wine stopping them close and covering the Vessel with warm Horse-Dung so let the Materials digest for fourteen Days then filter the liquid part and keep it close stopped in a glass Viol and you may if you please add five or six drops of Balsom of Peru to give it the better Scent This wonderfully whitens the Face and Hands and is an excellent Wash to take away Spots or any Deformities but you must not put above a dram of it into four ounces of Water which is sufficient to turn it to the whiteness of Milk and then it is called by the Beautifiers Lac Virginis Virgins Milk Bezoar is a very highly esteemed Powder and excellent against all sorts of Poisons and Venoms for it fortifies and defends the noble Parts and expels the Malignity by Sweat or by insensible Transpiration The Dose taken in Sack or some other Cordial-Wine or Water is from a scruple to a dram Bezoardick-Balsom Take distilled Oil of Rue the Rind of Citron the Peels of Oranges Lavender and Angelica of each half a scruple Oil of Amber rectified five drops Camphire four grains Oil of Nutmeg half an ounce make these into a Balsom by bruising and well incorporating over a gentle Fire It is good in pestilential Airs and apoplectick Fits or any disorder of the Brain Bezoar-Stone The use of this is excellent in all pestilential Distempers being a rare Cordial to fortifie and strengthen the Heart in any Plague or pestilential Fever Take the weight of three Barly-corns in a spoonful of Carduus Bugloss or Borrage-Waters and keep your self moderately warm Morning and Evening Bezoardick-Water Take the Roots of Carline-Thistle and Swallow-wort of each four Ounces Leaves of Water-Germander Rue Carduus-Benedictus Thyme Tops of St. John's-wort of each two handfuls bruise and shred these and suffer them to macerate or infuse in four pints of distilled Water of Nuts and one pint of Spirit of Wine distil them in a Sand-Bath with a moderate Fire burn the Sediment and extract a Salt out of it to be dissolved in Water when you use it Bifoyl or Twa-blade This small Herb growing up from a Root that has something of a sweet Savour in it like Garden-Musk is good being bruised or applied to green or old Wounds and also for Ruptures the Herb being applied Poultis-wise when the Parts are well trussed up Bilberries These made into a Syrup are cooling and astringent allay the Heat of the Stomach and quench Thirst Bile To cure this Grievance take a white Lily-root rost it in the Embers in a brown Paper then bruise Figs small and Fenugreek-seeds with Linseeds of each a quarter of an ounce beat these well together boil them in new Milk until it be thick stir it well and put to it a quarter of a pound of Barrows-grease and lay it on Poultiswise Birch-Bark It is bituminous and therefore mixed with Perfumes it renders a wholsom Air in such Places as it is burned The Fungus of it has an astringent quality so that it very strangely stops bleeding The Tree being pierced in the Spring before the Leaves come forth yields a very wholsome and nourishing Liquor against the Dropsie
the Waters put the Barley into a Pipkin with a Crag-end of a Neck of Mutton and a Knuckle of Veal pour thereon a sufficient quantity of fair Water and let it boil scumming it well when it hath boiled an hour put into it a Pullet and let it boil an hour longer then put in a large quantity of Sorrel Lettice Purslain Borrage and Bugloss and let it boil an hour more viz. three hours in all Before you put in the Herbs season the Broth with Salt and a little Pepper and Cloves then strain out the Broth and drink it pretty warm three or four times every day Consumption a Water Take the Liver of a Calf and the Lungs of a Fox the Herbs Lungwort Liverwort Sage Rue Hyssop of each one handful Elecampane the Root of Flag of each half an ounce Anniseeds Carraway-seeds Sweet Fennel-seeds of each half an ounce Flowers of Borrage of Bugloss of each two drams cut them all very small then infuse them for twenty-four hours in two quarts of Old Mallaga and Scabious and Carduus Water of each four ounces Hyssop-water two ounces then distill it and sweeten it with Sugar-candy Drink a little glass-full thereof two or three times a day This Water comforts and strengthens the Lungs and Liver attenuates thick Phlegm and expels Wind out of the Stomach and Bowels Contagion of the Plague to Expell Take Rue Wormwood and Black-berry-tops of each half a handful Celandine an handful and a half put them into a glazed earthen Pot when bruised together with a pint of strong Whitewine-vinegar stop the Pot close then let them seeth in Balneo Mariae till the third part be consumed and then strain it out and keep it close stopt Let the Party infected drink two or three ounces of it and sweat after it without sleeping a considerable time if it may possibly be prevented it fortifies the Heart assisting Nature against Poisons and infectious Airs Contrayerva-Stone Take Oriental Pearls the Root of Contrayerva Coral and White Amber prepared of each a dram prepared Crabs-eyes double the weight of the rest Take the Jelly of Vipers and with it make the rest up into Balls and dry them and keep them for your use This reduced by scraping into a Powder is highly commended against the Plague or Pestilence or such-like raging Diseases occasion'd by Infection It may be taken in Wine or Cordial-waters from ten to twenty or thirty grains Coral to Prepare Take such a quantity as you think convenient make it into a fine Powder in a Porphyry or Steel Mortar drop on it by degrees a little Rose-water and form it into Balls for use After this manner Crabs-eyes Pearl and Precious-stones are prepared to make up Cordials compounded of them and other suitable Materials for the strengthening the Heart in Fevers or such-like violent Diseases and to restore the Decays of Nature Cordial Excellent Take two ounces of dried Red Gilliflowers and put them into a Pottle of Canary add three ounces of fine Sugar in Powder and half a scruple of Ambergrease in the same manner put them into a Stone-bottle and stop it close often shaking it and when it has stood ten Days then pass it through a Jelly-bag or Strainer and putting it up for use take two or three spoonfuls of it at a time and it will greatly strengthen the Heart and restore Health again c. Cordial-Water Take a gallon of Strawberries clean pick'd put to them a pint of Aquavitae and let them stand four Days and then pour off what is liquid and strain the rest into it sweeten it with a little Sugar and infuse a grain of Musk or Ambergrease into it This strengthens the Heart and Stomach Half a quartern in a Morning is a good Preservative against ill Airs and Infections Cosmetick-Water Take fine White Sugar a pound Roach-allom three ounces White Poppy-seed Flower of Beans Water-lillies Violets and great Housleek of each one handful the Juice of four Lemons and the grated Crumbs of two White Penny Loaves Goats Milk and White-wine of each a quart Bruise what is to be bruised and mix them together putting them into a Glass Alembick Distill them in Balneo Mariae and it will be an excellent Beautifyng Water to preserve the Hands Face and other parts of the Body clear smooth and of a good Complexion Cough Boil in two quarts of Posset-drink a good handful of Moss that groweth upon Oaken Pales and drink a good draught in the Morning and take three spoonfuls of good Sallad-oil after it drink it afternoon and at night without Oil taking sometimes at Night one of Matthews's Pills with it Cough Take Raisins of the Sun stoned and Figs warned and sliced of each two ounces unset-Hyssop a handful Enula-campana dried and bruised two ounces Aniseeds bruised one ounce boil all these in a gallon of small-Ale till half is consumed then strain it and put to it Honey and Sweet-butter of each four ounces Saffron dried and powder'd half a dram boil them again gently till they be well incorporated Drink half a pint of this Liquor warn'd both Morning and Night This Proportion made twice hath cured Coughs of long continuance Coughs Take three spoonfuls of the best Sallad-oil three spoonfuls of Vinegar and Sugar-candy enough to sweeten it Take it in the Morning fasting and at Night when going to rest Cough or Cold Take a quart of Milk and make a Posset thereof with a pint of Ale then strain it and put two spoonfuls of beaten Aniseeds two Pippins sliced with the Pareings and a stick of Licorice bruised and a quarter of a pound of Raisins stoned let it boil gently for half an hour then strain it again and drink a draught thereof warm with a little piece of Fresh-butter in it Take it two or three times a day Cough or Cold Take Fennel and Parsley-roots four of each wash and scrape them and take the Pith out of them Maiden-hair Rosa-Solis-flower of each one handful Licorice Coriander and Aniseeds one ounce five Leaves of Harts-tongue Lungwort and Liverwort of each a handful Raisins stoned half a pound shred the Herbs and bruise the Seeds and put them all into a Pottle of Spring-water in a Pipkin close covered which set on hot Embers for a whole Day together till the Liquor be half consumed then strain it without pressing it and sweeten it with Brown Sugar-candy and drink thereof Morning and Evening Cough or Cold Take three ounces of Enula-campana scrape off the Rinde and cut it into thin slices then boil it in three pints of Water till it comes to a pint and an half then put therein a pound of fine Sugar and let it simper a little on the fire then take it off and let it cool and it will be a perfect Syrup of which take three spoonfuls both Morning and Evening Cough or Cold Take one pound of fine Sugar Licorice and Enula-campana finely powder'd of each four ounces put them into a little
also of single Daisies greatly tempers cholerick Heats refreshes the Liver and other inward parts A Decoction of them much availeth in the cure of Wounds in the hollowness of the Breast or Stomach as also for Ulcers and Pustles in the Mouth Tongue or Privy-Parts The Leaves bruised and applied to the Testicles or any other hot and swelled part dissolves the Swelling and temperates the Heat being boiled with Wall-wort and Agrimony they greatly help in the Palsie Gout or Sciatica dispelling Knobs or Kernels in any fleshy part They help Bruises and Ails occasion'd by Falls or Contusions by Blows They are successfully used in case of Ruptures the Ointment of them cools and expedites the cure of inflamed Wounds especially when they happen in or near the Joynts the Juice may be dropt into rheumatick sore Eyes Damascens to Preserve Gather your Damascens in dry Weather suffering them to be very ripe or they will be but of an indifferent colour to every pound of them put a spoonful of Rose-water and a pound of Sugar finely beaten then put the Fruit in a large bottom'd Pan one by one and set them on a Chafing-dish of five Coals but not at first too hot then put in as much Sugar and rose-Rose-water as will melt it and when the Pan is warm cast on half your Sugar and let it be no hotter than you can endure your hand upon it forbearing to turn them till there be as much Syrup as will bear them up then turn them and cast on the rest of the Sugar not suffering them to seeth when you turn them lest they break on both sides when they are enough take off the Skins gently and when they are cold put them up in a Glass and put into them four or five Cloves and as many little bits of Cinamon and so you may Preserve any Plums Rut to any sort of White Plums put neither Cloves nor Cinamon Dandelyon or Denti de Leon or Lyons Tooth Its Quality is Cleansing and Opening by which means it is effectual in removing the Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Gall and such Diseases as arise from them as Hypochondriacal Passions and the Jaundice c. opening the Passage of Urine in Men and Women of all Ages cleansing Aposthumes and the inward urinary Passages and then by a temperate and drying quality heals them In this case you may boil the Leaves in White-wine or shred small put them into Broth. It is good likewise in a Consumption boiled in Broth or the Juice of the Root drank in Canary or in the bad Disposition of the body call'd Cachexia it procures Rest and Sleep when the Body is disorder'd by Agues The distilled Water is good in Pestilential Fevers and to wash old Sores Dates Of these there are divers kinds and as to their Physical Virtues some of them are dry and binding as those of Egypt others are soft moist and sweet as those growing in Syria Palestine and Jericho the rest are a mean between those two kinds and all of them are hard in Digestion and not very good for the Head because they many times cause the Head-ach but the Powder of them is successfully taken by such as spit Blood or are troubled with the Bloody-flux Deafness Take Betony and Horehound and stamp them in a Mortar strain out the Juice and when the Party is in bed and lying on one side drop in three or four drops into the Ear and it will in a few days time restore the Hearing if the Party was not born Deaf or some Violence has hot been offer'd to the Organs of Hearing Decoction to Open the Body Take twelve Prunes Licorice Aniseeds Currans and Fenel-seeds of each half an ounce Flowers of Borrage and Bugloss of each a dram and an half boil them bruised and shred in a quart of fair Water till the third part be wasted then strain it and drink it at three several times very hot and walk about upon it It loosens the Belly Decoction for Clysters Take the Leaves of Violets Mallows Pellitory Mercury the Herb so called of each a handful the Flowers of Camomil two pugils Sweet Fenel-seeds half an ounce Linseed two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water or Milk to a pint These are the Herbs commonly used in Clysters to cool and empty the Bowels in Stoppages or hot Diseases but to make them work well you must add brown Sugar Decoction Pectoral Take Raisins of the Sun stoned an ounce Jubebs and Sebestenes of each fifteen six Dates and eight fat Figs Barley cleansed an ounce Licorice half an ounce the Leaves of Maidenhair Hyssop Scabious and Coltsfoot of each one handful boil them in three pints of Spring-water to the consumption of a third part A quarter of a pint taken of it every Morning is excellent good for Heats Pains Swelling or any Distemper or Diseases of the Breast and to help Expectorations Decoction of Senna Take two ounces of the Leaves of Senna of the Roots of Polypody of the Oak of each half an ounce Raisins of the Sun stoned two ounces Ginger one dram Sebestens and Damask-prunes of each a dozen of the Flowers of Borrage Red Roses Violets and Rosemary of each two drams boil them in two quarts of spring-Spring-water till half be consumed This is an excellent Purging Potion The Dose is four ounces If it be given to a strong Body that it may work the better put to three ounces of it an ounce of the Syrup of Buckthorn or Roses solutive This may be safely taken as often as any occasion of Ilness or Indisposition requires it or for prevention Decoction of Woods Take Sarsaparilla-roots split and cut small four Ounces Guaiacum three ounces the Bark of the Wood two ounces Sassafras one ounce and an half the Roots of Burdocks and Butterbur of each two ounces and an half Rhodium-wood and Yellow Saunders of each an ounce Carduus-seeds and Juniper-berries of each six drams of the outer Bark of dried Citrons two drams infuse them all night in six quarts of fair Water and then boil them to the consumption of half the Liquid This drank as a Diet-drink is exceeding good for those that are troubled with the French Disease King 's Evil Rheums or Coughs It may be taken four times a day for twenty or thirty days together Decoctum Amarum This bitter Decoction or Draught is made in the following manner Take the Flowers of Camomil the Tops of the Lesser Centaury of each a pugil or very small handful Gentian-root half a scruple the Leaves of Senna cleansed and Carduus-Benedictus-seeds of each one dram boil them in a sufficient quantity of clear Spring-water to four ounces This strengthens the Stomach restores lost Appetite and causes a good Digestion You may take four ounces of it for a Dose fasting five or six Mornings together Defluxion on the Eyes Take red Sage and Rue of each a handful fine Wheat-Flower a spoonful the White of a new-lay'd Egg beaten to
another Take half a pint of Small-beer half an ounce of burnt Harts-horn powder it and boil it a little in the Liquor and it will fortifie the Heart and expell the Heat Drink for Malignant Fevers Take spring-Spring-water a quart give it a walm or two put into it an ounce of burnt Harts-horn the Mixture being cold put in three ounces of Syrup made of the Juice of Lemons make them well together and take a quarter of a pint both Morning and Evening Drink for Head-Pains Take of the Leaves of Senna one ounce Cinamon Aniseeds Fenel-seeds and Currans of each a dram Licorice two drams Rosemary and Sweet Marjoram a handful shred and bruise these and slice in three or four new Figs boil them in three pints of Water with an ounce of Sugar till a third part be consumed then strain it The Dose to the weak is about two ounces but for stronger Bodies from two to four ounces It removes Pains if the Body be open or soluble that the Vapours arise not too hastily to afflict the Brain ☞ Note If the Heâ—d be pained and the Body bound endeavour the first thing you do to open and render it soluble otherwise the ascending of Vapours to the Brain will so disturb the Head and distemper it with Heat and Pain that Lightness of the Head Phrensies or raging Madness may happen to ensue if not timely prevented Drink correcting sharp Humours Take an ounce of choice Barley wash it very clean then boil it in a quart or more of Spring-water till the Grains begin to burst then strain the Decoction through a Cloth and drink it for your ordinary Drink at Meals Drink for the Scurvy Take two handfuls of Water-trefoyl and suffer it to work in about eight gallons of Wort use it for all or the greatest part of your ordinary Drink and it will purge out by gentle breathing Sweats the noxious Humours that occasion the Distemper Drink for Wheezing Take five pints of fair Water half a pint of Honey six Figs an ounce of Blue Currants two drams of Licorice boil them to the consumption of a pint and drink a quarter of a pint of it both Morning and Evening pretty hot This brings away tough Phlegm cures the phlegmatick and slimy Cough and remedies Shortness of Breath Dropsie Take Smallage Thyme Hyssop Watercresses Pennyroyal Nettle-tops of each a handful Caraway-seeds Calamint Elecampane-roots of each one ounce boil them in six Quarts of running Water until one half be consumed then strain it put to this Liquor two quarts of Canary add Licorice scraped and bruised two ounces Sweet-Fenel-seeds one ounce Cumin-seeds and Alexander-seeds of each two drams boil all these together again for half an hour then strain it for use Take nine spoonfuls of this Liquor in the Morning fasting and as much about three or four in the Afternoon and continue it for some time Dropsie Take the Root of Gors it groweth upon Hills and Heaths and is full of Prickles and yellow Flowers pare off the outward Bark which throw away then scrape off the inner Rinde and fill a pint Bottle with it lightly then fill it up with Rhenish or White-wine let it stand to infuse all night the next morning drink a glass-ful of it and continue it till you are cured Dropsie Take Rue Camomil Melilot Calamint of each two ounces beat them small and boil them in Wine and Oil of Dill then add of Gummi Carana as much as sufficeth to make a Plaister Dropwort-Root its Vertue A Decoction of it provokes Urin and expels Gravel cures the Heat of Urin and removes the difficulty in making it The Juice of the Root and the Powder are held to be successful in the Falling-sickness The Dose is a dram of the Powder or Juice of the Root in Wine It 's excellent in stopping Fluxes It heals the Ruptures of the Belly and cures the Bloody-flux Ducks-Meat It swims on the Tops of Ponds mostly in Summer-time it helps Inflammations and St. Anthony's-Fire as also the Gout when applied Poultis-wise with Barley-meal The distilled Water of it is good against Inflammations inwardly and Pestilential Fevers It removes the Redness of Sore-eyes and the Swellings of the Breasts of Women if apply'd before they be grown too large The Herb fresh easeth the Pains of the Head if caused by Hear or hot Inflammations Dullness of Hearing Take the Juice of Red Onions and drop it into the Ears stopping them with Cotton-wool or the Juice of Briony-root but not too often nor too much at a time and the Obstructions by this means being opened and removed the Hearing will be recovered and removed the Hearing will be recovered and restored Dysentery for this Disease which many times proves very dangerous Take the Dung of a Pig dry it very well and burn it till it becomes grey in Ashes put about half a dram of it into a spoonful of Vinegar and drink it both Morning and Evening and it will remove this Distemper Dysentery To remove this and other sharp Fluxes Take the Herbs and Leaves of Fleabane dry it by degrees till it be reduceable to a Powder take about a dram of it twice or thrice a day in White-wine or you may take it rolled up in Conserve of Roses EArs Imposthumated If you perceive any Imposthume breeding in the Ears To ripen it Take fine Wheat-flower an ounce and an half Fenegreek-seed Eels-grease Litharge of Gold Ceruse and Frankincense of each one dram mix them together and make a Plaister of them lay it all over the Ear having first dropt in some Oil of Myrrh when 't is ready to break take Sarcocolla Aloes Dragons-blood Myrrh and Frankincense the Dross of Iron and Verdegrease of each half a dram mix them with Vinegar to a thinness dip a Taint therein and put it into the Ear. Earth-worms Prepared To do this that they may be kept for any use you must only slit them down the middle wash them well in White-wine or Whitewine-Vinegar then dry them in the Sun and put them up into dry Boxes to make Powders or for other Uses upon occasion Ebony The Decoction of it when rasp'd or made thin in Shavings is approv'd in Convulsions if it be drank sweetned with Honey Eels to Collar Take a large silver Eel take out the Back-Bone dry and season it after its having been washed with beaten Nutmeg and Salt then cut off the Head and roul in the Tail being seasoned in the sides bind it up close and straight in a fine white Cloth then put it into a fit Pipkin with as much fair Water and Whitewine as will cover it upward of two inches of each a like quantity then season it with some Salt and the Eel being put into the boiling Liquor when it is boiled pretty tender take it up and when the Liquor is almost cool put to it a little Vinegar and make a souce of it adding some Blades of Mace and a few Bay-Leaves and Tops of Rosemary and when
put the Apple-juice to the White of the Egg add Loaf-sugar finely scraped and having well mixed them together dip a Feather in them and drop a few drops into the Eyes winking hard to keep it in and by often so doing you will find the Pain Redness and Heat abated Or This especially if the Sight be weakned with the long continuance of the Inflammation or any other matter Pouder very small a whole Nutmeg so that being dried well it may be sifted thorough a fine Lawn do the like by the Leaves and Flowers of Eyebright the tender Tops and the Seeds of Fenel add a small quantity of burnt Alom and fine Sugar as finely powder'd mix these together and take the Composition from a dram to two ounces or more at a time doing it often and washing your Eyes both Morning and Evening with fair Water Eyes an Ointment in general Take new Hogs-lard two ounces Tutia prepared six drams Lapis Haematitis washed one scruple Aloes wash'd and pouder'd twelve grains Seed-pear finely powder'd three grains steep the Lard in Rose-water six hours and then wash it very well in Whitewine powder the Tutia very finely and so over a gentle fire make it into an Ointment with a little Fenel-water And in case of any grief in the Eyes you may use it with success by anointing the Eye-lids and Corners of the Eyes for present ease till you meet with a more particuâ—… Remedy Eyes Pained For the extraordinary Pain or Heaviness in the Eyes Take Flower of Melilot of Elder and of Marrigolds of each a small handful Linseeds Fenegreek Fleawort Cummin and Quinces of each half a scruple French Barley half an ounce Damask roses half an ounce Spring-water a pint and an half mix boil and strain these well and with the Decoction foment the Forehead and Temples considerably warm Eyes their Pains to asswage Take young Endive and stamp it with the Oil of Roses and Violets and anoint the Corners of the Eyes and the Eye-lids with it and so doing often the Pain will quickly be abated Eye-Salve Take Oil of Myrtle and Juice of Rue of each two ounces boil them and strain out the liquid part and set it again upon the fire and put to it Saphire prepared half a dram Jacinth one scruple and Antimony half a scruple burnt Copper one scruple Tutia prepared three drams let them seeth on a gentle fire and add two or three drams of Bees-wax and so anoint the Eye-lids or spread it on a thin piece of Silk and lay it on the Eyes This helps Watry Eyes the Pains in them and stays Defluxions of Rheums Eye-Salve another Take Starch three quarters of an ounce Tutia prepared in rose-Rose-water half an ounce fresh Hogs-grease an ounce bruise and temper them well together anoint the Eye-lids Forehead and Temples with it It remedies Inflammations Pains Wounds and Bloodshot Eyes Eye-Lid Sore Take Tutia and white Sugar-candy of each half a dram Powder of red Roses a dram and an half the Crumbs of white-Bread half an ounce Coral prepared and Pearl of each half a dram Flowers of Saint John's-wort one dram make these into a Poultis and lay it to the Eye on a fine Cloth Eyes Spotted If any Spots appear growing on the Eye Take fine White-Paper let it flame away upon a clean Pewter Plate till so much Oil of the Paper sticks to the Plate as you have occasion for so blow off the Ashes of the Paper and with a little of your Spittle mingled with the Oil mix it with your Finger or some other convenient thing into an Ointment which with a Feather apply gently to your Eyes once or twice a day as need shall require or as you can bear it for it will make the Eyes smart but in a little time you will find the benefit of it Eyes Red Take three grains of Camphire and a large blanched Almond incorporate them well by grinding them and add by little and little two or three ounces of Red Rose-water still grinding them till the whole be brought to a kind of Emulsion drop a little of this in the place affected and it will by often so doing ease the Pain and take away the Redness Eyes Red and Fiery Take Ground-Ivy single Daisie-roots and Housleek distill them or for want of that Convenience press out the Juice dissolve in two ounces of the Water or Juice about a quarter of a spoonful of clarify'd Honey and suffer them to depurate by residence then drop it into the Eyes two or three drops at a time and continue so doing four or five times a day But if there be no great Inflammation there must be more of the Daisie-root and Ground-Ivy than of the Housleek Eye-Water Take Gum-arabick Rose-leaves Saffron Spica of each a quarter of an ounce beat them small and make Cakes of them with Spring-water and when you are to use it take a dram thereof and steep it in the White of an Egg well beaten and wash the Eye with it and by often so doing it will not only repell the Matter and consume the Pain but produce a clearer Sight than usual Or Take Juice of Fennel well clarify'd an ounce Aloes two drams and a half Leaf of beaten Gold mix them well together then add seven grains of Frankincense and dissolve them in Whitewine mix them all together with Fenel and Rose-water and drop three or four drops of it into the Eye twice a Day Eye-Water another Take two or three ounces of the simple Water of Pimpernel distill it in Balneo and put it into a little Pot or Porringer of Rose-copper and then put into it the quantity of a hazle Nut of strong Quick-lime cover it and let the Ingredients lie till the Liquor hath acquired a bluish Colour very warily pour off the clear and add to it as much live-Honey as will give it a little Taste If you find it too strong weaken it with Water of Pimpernel or clear Spring-water and apply it to the Eyes by bathing them with a linnen Rag dipt in it This takes away Heat Pains sharp Rheums Prickles and Inflammations of the Eyes Eye-Water another Take Red Rose-water and Water of Plantain of each an ounce Tutia prepared half a scruple Lapis Lazuli prepared six grains Red Coral prepared five grains mix and make them into a Collyrium or Eye-Water This dropt into the Eye being first very well mixed by shaking wonderfully revives and clears the Sight provided there be no great foulness nor scrophulous disposition of the Body or temperament of the Party It takes away the Redness from the Eye-lids if a Sponge be dipt in it and often wetted with it it also takes off thin Skins very easily Eye-Water another Take the Flowers of Corn-flower Blue-bottles gathered with their Cups bruise and infuse them in Snow-water twenty-four hours at the least then distill them in a moderate Sand-bath This Water being very Cooling most effectually cures the Infirmities of the Eyes especially
and fry them in as much Suet as will suffice ordering them as the former in serving up Some make the Batter of Eggs Cream Cloves Mace Saffron Nutmeg Barm Ale and Salt Others of Flower grated Bread Mace Ginger Pepper Salt Barm Saffron Milk Sack or White-wine Some again use Marrow perfumed with Musk and Rose-water by being steeped in the latter with the slices of pleasant Pears of Quinces Others again with Raisins Currans Apples cut Dice-fashion and as small in quarters or in halves I leave the Reader to his Choice Fritters the Italian way Take a pound of Holland-Cheese or Parmisan grate it into a pound of fine Flower with as much fine Bisket-bread muskified and beaten to Powder the Yolks of five Eggs some Rose-water Saffron Sugar Cloves Mace Cream make of these well temper'd a stiff Paste and rolling it into Balls as big as Wall-nuts fry them with clarify'd Butter Or Take a pound of Rice boil it in a pint of Cream something thick lay it abroad in a Dish and when it is cold bruise it in a Mortar with a pound of grated fat Old Cheese some Musk and the Yolks of four or five Eggs boiled hard a little Sugar and grated Manchet then mix these well together make them into a stiff Paste and that Paste into small Balls You may for the greater variety colour them with the Juice of Flowers or Sweet-herbs as Marrigolds Violets Carnations c. And if the Paste be too tender work more Bread and Flower and fry them pretty well and when you serve them up scrape on Sugar and sprinkle them with the Juice of Oranges or Orange-water Fritters of Spinnage Boil the Leaves of Spinage in fair Water yet but tenderly then drain the Liquor from it as much as may be stamp it or mince it very small add to it beaten Cinnamon Ginger and Nutmeg grated Manchet and the Whites and Yolks of Eggs and as much Cream as will moisten it yet the Batter must remain of an indifferent thickness then put in some Currans that have been swelled in warm Water mix them well together and having a Kettle boiled with tried Suet or Lard drop them into it by spoonfuls and when they rise take them out for then they are enough Fritters of divers Forms To make these Take a quart of fine Flower strain it with some Almond-milk Saffron Sugar White-wine have then Moulds made of Tin of various Forms as Arms Dolphins Birds Flowers and the like put the Batter into them and place them in the Pan covered with Suet or clarified Butter and they will come out in such Forms as the Mould impresses on them and look very pleasant if orderly placed in a Dish Fumitory It purifies the Blood and purges Choler and is available in the Leprosie Itch and other Diseases of the Skin The distilled Water is used for Beautifying It opens Obstructions of the Liver and helps the Jaundice and Scurvy The Juice or Water of it dropt into the Eye helps Dimness of Sight Being mixed with Venice-Treacle it resists the Plague and Pestilential Fevers An Ointment made of the Juice of it sharp-pointed Dock and Honey is a speedy Cure for the Itch Botches Scurff or any other Deformity in the Skin Fundament-falling Take a quarter of an ounce of the best Ginger slice it very thin put it into a little Pan and heat it by clear and well-kindled Coals and receive the Fume of it call on by little and little in a kind of Close-stool or some convenient Seat for that purpose where the lower part of the Body may be well covered for about half a quarter of an hour at a time GAlimafre of Mutton To do this Take a Gigget of Mutton or if you please the whole Leg when it is ready dress'd hash the one part as small as you can and put it into a Dish with Onions minced small and the other parts of your Mutton cut into bigger pieces breaking likewise the Bones set it a stewing and add Verjuice Pepper a handful of Capers a quarter of a pint of White-wine some salt and a little white Sugar and when it is stewed serve it upon Sippets carved or plain Gall Obstructed Take Gum Lac prepared and of the Roots of Rhaponticum of each three drams Schenanth of Spike Indian Nard Mastick Juice of Wormwood Agrimony thickened the Seeds of Smallage Bishops-weed Aniseeds Fenil Savin bitter Almonds Zedoary the Roots of Madder cleansed Myrrh Asarabacca Bithwort the round and long Gentian Saffron Cinnamon dried Hyssop the Roots of Cassia and Bdellium of each a dram and an half Ginger and Black Pepper of each a dram dry bruise and make them into a Powder and take half a dram of it at a time in a Vehicle It purifies the Blood opens Obstructions of the Gall Liver Spleen and Bladder It 's good for the Dropsie and Jaundice and is a great Dispeller of Wind. It likewise cleanses the Stomach and drives ill Vapours from the Brain Gammon of Bacon To dress this the neatest way having water'd it scrubb'd it with a Brush and scraped the Rind and dry'd it again with a Cloth put it into a Kettle wherein it may have sufficient room then take Sage Marjoram Fenel Sprigs of Bays and Rosemary and boil it till it is enough then slit the Skin and so curiously carve it and stick the places so stript with Cloves strew some Pepper on it and serve it up with Mustard Pepper Vinegar and the Herbs small minced cut up in fine slices of what length you please but of a very indifferent thickness Gangreen When the part afflicted with this Malady has been lightly scarified apply as hot as can be endured a Cataplasm of strong Brandy and Crumbs of White Bread shifting it three or four times a day or as often as you find convenient or for want of this take a boiled Turnip mash it with Hogs-lard and lay it to the place Gargarism to Cleanse the Head Take Marjoram Galingale Carraways Ginger Broad Plantain-seed and Mustard-seed beat them grossly together and put two ounces of this Powder to a quart of Water in a Vessel that may be close stopt boil it in Balneo and when it is well sodden put a quart of White-wine to it and an ounce of clear Honey and let it seeth again till about a pint of the Liquor be wasted and then strain out the rest and with it gargle the Mouth well every Morning holding it hot also in your Mouth that the Fumes may ascend up into the Head Gargle Take six ounces of scabious-Scabious-water one spoon-full full of Mustard as much of Honey put these into half a quartern of Wine-Vinegar and mix them all together in a marble or glass Mortar till they become very liquid and then gargle your Mouth with it Gargle for a Sore Throat To make this Take fur ounces of Plantain-water three or four spoonfuls of Red Rose-water mix them very well with the White of an Egg beaten to Water sweeten
often Flushings of the Face Take the Seeds of Goards two ounces the Kernels of Peach-stones four ounces make an Oil of them by Expression and anoint the Face often and the redness will decrease and in the end vanish Goatsbeard This Plant is reckoned delicious in Food being often eaten raw in Sallads It 's a great Nourisher and therefore good for Consumptive People It is used for the Cough and in Diseases of the Breast and difficulty of Breathing It is held good to expel the Stone and provoke Urine The Juice of the Root of it and the distilled Water have the same Effect as the Juice or Concoction of the Herb. Goats-Blood Prepared Take the Blood of a middle-aged Goat receive it into an earthen Vessel and having covered it with a Cloath set it in the Sun that it may coagulate then drain of the watery part and dry the thicker part so that it may be reduced into a Powder mix it with the Juice of Nettles and Ash-leaves to stay Bleeding or being taken a dram of it in a glass of the Decoction of Licorice in White-wine it much comforteth the Heart and Lungs It is also prepared for divers other Uses too tedious here to mention but will occur in the various Medicine scattered over this Work Golden Rob is excellent for Wounds inwardly or outwardly applied two drams of the Powder heated in White-wine and taken every Morning removed the Obstructions of the Bowels stops Fluxes of the Womb or Belly and inward Bleeding Gonorrhoea To remedy this Take two ounces of ripe Laurel-Berries and infuse them for a Day in a quart of Whitewine and let the Patient drink about two or three spoonfuls twice a Day for a good while and then intermit a Day and so a third that some gentle purging Medicine may be taken Gonorrhoea another Take choice Mastick a sufficient quantity beat it and searce it well then put about half an ounce of it at a time in the Yolk of a new-lay'd Egg washing it down with Ale or Beer but not too much or else take this viz. Choice Amber and Mastick both reduced to very fine Powder and very well mixed in equal parts and of this Mixture give half a dram at a time in Chocolate or Tea c. and if need require it continue it for three Weeks or a Month purging the Day before you begin to take it and once every Week afterward especially when you leave off the use of the Powder Gonorrhoea another For this Take Mastick and the finest red Coral of each an equal quantity let them he separately reduced into a Powder very fine and being well mixed take about thirty or forty grains for one Dose in a glass of Whitewine Gonorrhoea another To make Tablets for the stopping it Take Seeds of Plantane Agnus Castus white Poppies Rue red Roses dried Mint and Coral prepared of each two drams reduce them into a Powder as fine as may be and make it into Tablets with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth and fine beaten Sugar of each eight ounces make your Tablets half an ounce in weight and take one of them in a Morning fasting They are very proper to stop the Gonorrhea after the general Remedies taken Goose Boil'd Put it into a Pipkin or other Vessel fit for it boil it with strong Broth or fair Spring-water and scum it clean then add three or four sliced Onions some Currans Mace Raisins Pepper and a bundle of Sweet-Herbs grated Bread White-wine and two or three Cloves and when it is boiled enough slash it on the Breast and dish it up on fine carved Sippets and lay on a few slices of Lemon and Lemon-peel Barberries or Grapes and run it over with beaten Butter Sugar or Ginger and trim the Dish sides with grated Bread or beaten Ginger And this way you may dress and serve up any large Water-Fowl as Swans Ducks Teal Whoopers c. Goose Old to Boil tender Take the Goose being powdered and fill her Belly with Oatmeal being first steeped in warm Milk or Water then flash the Breast and put her into a Pipkin with her Breast downward put in them two or three slices of Onion and Carrots cut like Lard some Butter Mace Pepper and Salt Savory Thyme strong Broth and a little Whitewine let the Broth be half consumed and stew it very softly being well stewed dish it up on Sippits and pour on the Broth c. or you may boil her this way viz. Put her into a Pipkin as before put to the Oatmeal you stuff her withal some Beef-suet minced Onions and Apples season'd with Cloves Mace Sweet-Herbs finely shred and also beaten Pepper fasten the Neck and Vent by tying a string hard and serve it up on Brewis with Colliflowers Cabbage Turnips and Barberries and run 'em over with beaten Butter and it will be very delicate and tender Gooseberries These being boiled in Broth before they are ripe are very agreeable to the Stomach and are Cooling in Fevers They stop the Flux of the Belly and cause a good Appetite They cure the Whites and Gonorrhoea They are applied outwardly with good success for St. Anthony's-Fire and Inflammations but if before they are ripe they be eaten raw especially to any excess they cause griping Pains and Slime in the Bowels Gooseberry-Cream Coddle your Berries green and boil them up with Sugar as for a Preserve then put them into the Cream strained while the Berries are whole then scrape Sugar over them and so serve them up in boil'd or raw Cream And in this manner you may use Strawberries Raspberries or Red Currans whole in raw Cream or serve them up with Wine Sugar and Rose-water without Cream Gooseberries to Preserve Take of the largest Berries when they are green and hard of those if you can get them that are called Gascoign Berries pick them clean and covering them very close let them stand over a gentle fire half an hour to coddle a little but suffer them not to boil lest the Skins break and when you perceive a fixed greenness on them put them into a Sieve that the Water may drain from them then put them into as much clarified Sugar as will cover them and simper leisurely being close covered by which means they will look greener than they grew and having suffered them to stand on the fire in the Syrup take them off and being cool put them up for your use Now as for Preserving the various sorts of Green Fruits there are several proper Seasons to be observed Viz. Green Gooseberries about Whitsontide White Wheat-plumbs in the midst of July Pear-plumbs in the middle of August the Peach and Pippin about Bartholomew-tide Grapes in the beginning of September Note That when your Green-Fruit is to be Preserved you have two Skillets of boiling Water to shift 'em into one as the other cools and fettle them in the Water till they fix to a greenness then take and put them into a Sugar Syrup and let them boil gently
Water is given in Fevers Honey of Violets Take of the Flowers of Violets the Bottoms chipt off viz. Purple Violets two pound infuse them in two quarts of Water boil them up and add two pound of Honey and so boil them up to the thickness of an Honey and press the liquid part thorough a linnen Cloth This eases the Inflammation of the Liver cures sore Mouths and mixed with the Decoction of Wood-Sorrel and Barberries is Cooling and much allays the Heat of Fevers Thus you may make Honey of Roses Hordeum This is an Excrescence growing on the Eye-Lid To remove it Take Housleek dry it and bring it to a Powder then take of the Housleek-juice and make a Cataplasm of the Powder and cover as much as is needful of it viz. to the thickness of Half a Crown or a Crown-piece in the fold of a Rag fasten that part then upon the Eye and let the rest of the Cloth bind round the Head and so let it continue all night and repeat the Application two or three times if need require Horminum or Clary by some called Clear-eye There are two sorts of this Garden and Wild. The Herb and Flower is Cleansing Attenuating and Strengthening and is good to be eaten by those that have weak Backs or Pains in them The Seed of it concocted in Spring-water is wonderful good for clearing the Eye-sight the Eyes being washed therewith The Powder of the Leaves snuffed up the Nose purge the Head and Brain of Phlegm A dram taken inwardly provokes Venery The Essence of the Juice strengthens Weakness in the Reigns and much availeth in Barrenness comforting and strengthening the Womb. A mucilage of the Seed discusses Swellings The Leaves of Wild Clary are discussive strengthening and clear the Sight Hotch-pot of Beef Take a Brisket Rand of Beef any piece of Mutton and a piece of Veal put this into a sufficient quantity of boiling Water keeping it clear from the Scum then put in Sweet-Herbs minced Cabbage but not too small and Carrots sliced let them boil almost to a Jelly and so serve them up on Sippets Hotch-pot of Pigeons Put your Pigeons drawn and a few Sweet-Herbs finely shred and mixed with Butter into a Pot as many as you think convenient then put to them some strong Broth after you have layed between them some slices of interlarded Bacon beaten Nutmeg Ginger and a little Saffron that they may give them a colour then make 'em boil a-pace and when they are boiled enough put in some Verjuice of Grapes or Wine-Vinegar and so season them with a little Salt and Pepper and serve them upon Sippits And thus you may order a Hotchpot of Chickens only these you must cut into quarters and lard them with small square pieces of Bacon Lard and boil or stew them not too hastily you may add some sweet Herbs shred small and a piece of Butter and being enough garnish and serve them up as the Pidgeons This way you may draw any sort of small Fowl either Wild or Tame Humour in the Eye Take new Milk let it stand till a little Cream comes over it then lying on your Back dip your Finger into the Cream and shutting the Eye-lids besmear the Eyes with it keeping it out of the Eyes as much as may be Let this be done when you go to Bed and let it continue on till the Morning and to renew it often Humours fallen into the Eyes To remedy this Grievance Take of Whitewine six ounces red rose-Rose-water the like quantity Tutty-stone in powder three scruples eye-bright-Eye-bright-water six ounces Aloes three Scruples Loaf-Sugar finely powdered four scruples put them into a Glass with a narrow Mouth stop it close and let them infuse in the Sun or some warm place about three Days then draw off the purest Water separated from the setling and wash the Eyes with it frequently and it will restore them to their strength and firmness of sight without any Trouble Humour in the Eyes a Water Take prepared Tutty half an ounce Pearl half a scruple Trochisci Alb-Ros five or six grains red rose-Rose-water and succory-Succory-water of each an ounce and a half mix them well and if you will have the Medicine stronger put three or four grains of Aloes into it dissolve these well by shaking as well as may be and with the liquid part wash the Place grieved Humours to Draw out of the Head and Face Take a couple of new-lay'd Eggs and by opening the Top take out part of the White and put in some Powder of Cummin-seed and also the Powder of Anniseed by degrees then having closed the Egg with Past till it is very hard cut it in the middle and lay it to the Nape of the Neck Humours Sharp to Correct Take the Roots of Marshmallows two ounces Meadow-grass Asparagus Raisins of the Sun Licorice Red Chich-Pease of each half an ounce Tops of Marshmallows Mallows Pellitory of the Wall Plantane Burnet Saxifrage white and black Maidenhair of each one handful of the four lesser and greater Cold-seeds of each three drams wash and cleanse the Roots from their Dirt Pitch and Strings and so cut them into slices and having boiled the grass Roots first a quarter of an hour in eight pints of Water put into the Decoction the Roots of Marshmallows and Asparagus let them boil well for half an hour with the rest after that add Licorice sliced and the Maidenhair cut and when they begin to boil put in the cold Seeds and keep them down in the Decoction then take the whole off the Fire and strain them about a quarter of an hour after and so clarifie the Liquor with the White of an Egg and four pound of Sugar and boil it on a moderate Fire to the Consistence of a Syrup This easeth Pains correcteth sharp Humours and has its principal Use for the remedying the Disease of the Bladder and Stone in the Kidneys An ounce at a time may be taken in any convenient Liquor Hurt in the Eye If the Hurt makes a solution of continuity in the Eye take two ounces of Cellendine-water put to it three or four drops of clarified Honey stir them well together and add four or five drops of Oil of Roses and dress the Eye with it The Mixture must be made fresh once in two or three Days or it will four Hydromel a short way To make this Take two Gallons of Spring-water boil it over a gentle Fire keeping it scumming till no more will arise then put in a pound of the best Honey adding a little Fenel and Eye-bright tyed up in a bundle and so let it seeth till the third part be consumed scum it very well strain it through a fine Cloath or Sieve and with a quarter of a pound of Sugar-Candy finely beaten put it up into a Vessel and keep it close stopped and it is an excellent cooling Liquor greatly comforting and reviving the Spirits in Fevers and other hot Diseases and is good in extream Costiveness
to loosen the Belly and contributes much to the freeness of making Urin. Hydropsie Take half a dram of transparent yellow Amber twice or thrice a day in any convenient Liquor This has been proved with good success Hyoscyamus or Henbane A Cataplasm of the Roots applied in the Gout Tumour or Tooth-ach gives present ease The Leaves which have all the Virtues and Preparation of the Root wonderfuly mollifie and ease Pains being layed on as a Poultis A distilled Water of the Flowers and Seeds not ripe and an Oil compressed out of them cure the Pains in the Teeth and Gout and are held to help Deafness and Noise and Worms in the Ears if dropt into them though hot too much A Gataplasm of the Leaves boiled in Vinegar and Whitewine eases all Inflammations of the Eyes asswages Swelling of the Gods or in Women's Breasts Gives ease to the Sciatica and other Pains in the Joints proceeding from hot Causes Hyssop its Virtue The Qualities are piercing and attenuating opening and abstersive and therefore it hath power to heal and purifie Being concocted with Figs Honey and Rue of an equal quantity in fair Water is good for Inflammations of the Lungs old Coughs Difficulty of Breathing and Catarrhs It kills Worms in the Belly and being beaten with Salt and Cummin it remedies the poisonous Biting of Serpents if immediately applied to the Wound with a mixture of Honey It is profitable to those that are troubled with the Falling-sickness the Decoction of it being drunk in VVhitewine as also to cause the voiding of Phlegm especially when it chiefly oppresses the Stomach and Lungs as also the phlegmatick Maladies of the Brain and Sinews and not only purgeth but also fortifieth them It driveth away Ventosities and moveth Appetite provokes Urin and lessens the shaking of the Ague Fit sharpens the Sight and supporteth a good Colour It is good for the Spleen and Dropsie and is singularly good against the Quinsie in the Mouth and Throat being gargarized with the Decoction of it and Figs in fair Water The Oil made of the Leaves and Flowers helpeth refrigerated or benumbed Sinews and Nerves and strengthens them And in brief so admirable are the Virtues of this Plant that it has begot a Saying viz. He that eateth Hyssop shall live long c. Hysterick Affections Take an ounce or sufficient quantity of Volatil Salt of Harts-horn drop on it as much Spirit of Tartar as will satiate it when the Conflict is over digest and mix it for a while that it may acquire a redness in Colour and keep it carefully stopt The Dose is four or five drops in any convenient Syrup This is excellent good for the Genus Nervosum and other Distempers and Afflictions Hysterick-Balsom Take Galbanum Opopanax the Tears of Assa Foetida Sagapenum and Armoniack of each a dram distilled Oils of Rue Juniper-Berries and Amber of each a scruple melt the Gums in a brass Melter and mix the Oils and make a Balsom by remixing them over a gentle Fire This Balsam is very excellent to suppress the Vapours of the Matrix put up into the Nostrils and by anointing the Navel with it it provokes the Terms or by applying it to the lower part of the Belly Hysterick-Elixir Take the distilled Oil of Wormwood Pennyroyal Amber Featherfew and Rue of each six drops Tincture of Castor and Saffron of each three ounces refined Sugar Elder-flower-water and Mugwort of each six ounces make these into an Elixir and let it stand ten Days before you use it It is an excellent Elixir against all Diseases and Infirmities of the Matrix The Dose is from half a spoonful to a whole one Hysterick-Liquor Take of Castoreum two drams Saffron and Camphire of each an ounce let them macerate fifteen days in a pint of Aqua-vitae not being set on any Fire and then filter the Liquid part This is an excellent Specifick to suppress Vapours especially in Women when arising from the Matrix it may be taken upon any occasion the Party who takes it being fasting that it may operate the better from half a spoonful to a whole one It also may be snuffed up the Nostrils or the Temples bathed with it to ease Pains in the Head and prevent the ascending of offensive Vapours to the Brain Hysterical-Vapours These are usually called Fits of the Mother To cure or avert them Take the Liver of a hunted Hare hang it up for a time in a dry place where it may not putrefie till it may be reduced to powder then take two or three scruples at a time in any convenient Liquor Hysterick-Water Take the Roots of Briony and Piony and Orange-peels of each three ounces Flowers of Mugwort Baum Featherfew Pennyroyol Savin and Elder-flowers of each â— handful Myrrh and Castor of each an ounce Saffron two drams Let these macerate twenty four Hours in two quarts of Canary a pint of the Water of the Catkins of Filberds and the like quantity of Orange-flower-water and distill them all on a Sand-Bath This Water is very highly commended by most learned Physicians for the Cure of the Distempers and Grievances of the Matrix The Dose is an ounce and an half Or take this viz. Juice of Neppe Wormwood Mugwort Pennyroyal Elder-flowers and Hyssop of each half a handful distil them and preserve the Water for Use This is not so powerful as the other though very good and contributing much to the Ease of the aforesaid Grievances and Distempers IAcinth Confection Take Jacinth Stones red Coral Bole Armoniack and sealed Earth of each two ounces and two drams the Shavings of Harts-Horn the Seeds of Sorrel and Purslain of each five drams Leaves of Cretan Ditany Grains of Kermes Roots of Tormentile and Bithworth Seeds of Citron cleansed Aethiopian Myrrh Saffron red Roses the several sorts of Saunders the Shavings of Ivory and of the Bone in a Stag's Heart of each five drams Smaragds Oriential Pearl Topazes raw Silk and Leaves of Gold and Silver of each eight scruples Ambergrease and eastern Milk twenty grains Syrup of Clove-Gilliflowers six pound and seven ounces This is an excellent Confection to strengthen the Heart remove Infections and is proper for killing of Worms in the Belly or Stomach It may be taken in a Bolus alone or mixed with other Powders or Opiates or else dissolved in Wine or Broth or in some Cordial Liquor The Dose is from a scruple to a dram and sometimes two It is likewise outwardly applied in Liquid and solid Epithems Iacobine-Dottage Take either a Capon or two Brace of Partridges roast them and take out the Bones and mince the Brawn very small then breaking the Bones boil them in strong Broth with a Faggot of sweet Herbs in an earthen Pot then strain out the Broth upon Sippits of Bread and lay on the Bread a layer of Flesh or grated Cheese then put over it some Broth of Almonds and make it boil then fill up your Dish by little and little till it be quite
boil it gently in a Pipkin and take off the Scum or Curds letting it boil only a warm or two then strain it Iuice of Garden or Field-Sorrel This made into a Syrup or the Juice sweetned with Sugar is very cooling and astringent it allays the Heat of the Liver and Stomach stays Fluxes and inward Bleedings It is good to expel the afflicting hot Vapours infesting the Brain in Fevers and to hinder the Lightness in the Head Eaten in Sallads it cools the Blood and thins it Applied Poultis-wise it asswages hot Swellings or any external Inflammation takes off the Redness and Heat of the Face or any Part of the Body being washed with the distilled Water of it and that of Scabious Iuice of Hypocistis This Juice proceeds from a Plant growing like Mifleto It thickens and binds strongly and is used chiefly to stop all Fluxes of the Belly Womb and Stomach It stays Vomiting and Spitting of Blood by reason of internal Bruises An aqueous or vinous Tincture of it is used to stop the Gonorrhoea and Whites in Women A Lohoch made of it with red Wine and adding a third part of Honey that it may be inspissated to a thickness is given for the Cure of Ulcers in the Lungs Stomach or Bowels Iuice of Licorice Of Licorice there are two kinds viz. the Spanish and the English though much of the same Virtues The Spanish Juice is made by boiling the Juice to a thickness or inspissating it by Evaporation and then making it up into Rolls or Cakes which they wrap up in Bay-leaves and that which is best good breaks free and is clear and shining like Jet The English Juice is made into round Balls and is generally a Composition made of the Juice and the Pulp of Prunes and so inspissated to a Body It is one of the greatest Pectorals good against Coughs Colds Hoarsness Wheesing ' Difficulty of Breathing Shortness of Breath stuffing of the Lungs Breast and Stomach also for Ulcers in the Kidneys sharpness of Urine and the Corrosion of the Bladder It helps Expectoration lenifies roughness loosens the Bellies of Children and takes away the Gripings and other Pains It helps to overcome and remove the Effects many times left behind of strong and sharp Purgers To make an aqueous Tincture of Licorice take this Rule Take Spanish Juice very thin sliced or bruised to pieces in a Mortar one ounce fair Water three quarts Salt of Tartar three drams mix and put all these into a glass Body digested over a very gentle Heat twenty four Hours and a pure Tincture will arise into the Water leaving all the Faeces or earthy substance behind in the same form or shape it was put in Beware you shake it not but decant the pure clear Liquor for use and cast away the Faeces It wonderfully sweetens the Blood and is excellent in the Scurvy and French-Pox Iuice of Licorice white Take clean Powder of Licorice-roots and Orris of each six scruples Wheat-flower two ounces Sugar finely beaten one pound Eastern Musk and Ambergrease of each three grains incorporate these together with a mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth extracted in Rose-water mixing and beating them together in a solid Paste make them up into Tablets or Rolls and dry them in the Sun or before a gentle Fire on fine Paper The Juice of white Licorice is more pleasing than the black very acceptable to the Tast and Smell and dissolved in Mint or rose-Rose-water with a little Syrup of Gilliflowers is good against Coughs Colds Phthisicks Asthmas and most pectoral Diseases Iuice of Nettles It stays Bleeding mixed with white Sugar and snuffed up the Nose A quarter of a pint of the Juice of the Tops of young Nettles drank at a time stops internal bleeding It is also good made into a Syrup with Sugar against the Diseases of the Lungs as Colds Coughs Asthmas Peripenumony Pleurisies Stitches in the Side Heat Pain and Stoppage of Urin whether proceeding from Sand Gravel or other mucilaginous Matter Iuice of Pomgranet This is cooling and Cordial chearing the Heart and refreshing the Spirits It resists Poison and the Infection of the Plague and all other pestilential and contagious Distempers It cools and that which is most acid is grateful to the Stomach It is given in cholerick Fevers the Pica in Women with Child Gonorrhoea's and cures the sore Mouth The Wine like Juice that is between sower and sweet is Cordial and Cephalick good against the Megrims Vapours fainting and swooning Fits the sweet Juice is good against old Coughs Of the acid or sharp Juice is made first Syrup with a sufficient quantity of Sugar to make it into a convenient thickness secondly Lohochs with Honey and the distilled Spirit of the Wine of Pomgranets is an excellent Cordial mixed with cooling Waters in all hot Diseases Iuice of Wood-Sorrel Take four pints of the Juice of Wood-sorrel purifie it and pour it into a glass Cucurbit cover it with its Alembick slightly luted place it in Balneo Mariae and distil about half the moisture with a moderate Fire then take away the Cucurbit and let it cool this being done pour out the acid Juice that remains by inclination and pass it through a brown Paper to separate the Dregs gathered in distillation then weigh out a quart of the clarified Juice and in it dissolve four pound of fine Sugar and give it a little time to wamble over the fire Take it off and scum it when it is come to the thickness of a Syrup you may likewise clarifie the fine powder'd Sugar with the White of an Egg and fair Water and boil it to the strong consistency of a solid Electuary and afterward incorporate the Juice of the Wood-sorrel prepared as is directed This Syrup is very cooling and is useful to quench Thirst in hot Diseases also the Heat of the Liver and Stomach It is very much commended in Burning Fevers and in Malignant and Epidemick Distempers It comforteth and strengtheneth the Heart and allays the Inflammation of the Mouth and Tongue likewise that of the Palate and Throat the distilled Water of the Juice may be very properly mixed with the Syrup or you may drink the Water alone The quantity to be taken is from half an ounce to an ounce and may be taken in the Morning fasting and at Night when you go to rest or at any time of the day as necessity requires Iujubs a Syrup Take six Jujubs Barley pick'd Licorice and Maiden-hair of each an ounce fresh Violets a handful Seeds of Mallows Quinces White Poppey Melons and Lettice of each three drams put the Barley into a glazed earthen Pot with six pints of Water and let it boil over a gentle fire for half an hour then put in the Jujubs sliced and let them boil a quarter of an hour then add the Licorice scraped and bruised the Maiden-hair cut and the Seeds bruised let them boil a while and then add the fresh Violets thrusting them down into the Decoction at
and Hyacinth two drams of each the Powder of Pearl an ounce and as much Syrup of Citron as will make them into a Conserve by mixing and bruising them well together with a sufficient quantity of fine Sugar take of it about a quarter of an ounce Morning and Evening it is a great Cordial for refreshing the Spirits and a Preservative against the Plague and Pestilential Fevers Marrigold-flower-Water Take the Flowers of Marrigolds a quarter of a peck and distill them in a cold Still then take a fine linnen Cloth and wet it in the distilled Water this applied to the Forehead helps Pains of the Head The Eyes washed with it removes Inflammations and drank in hot Diseases is very available and beneficial to the Party grieved Marjoram Conserv'd Take the Tops and tenderest part of Sweet Marjoram two handfuls or more as you require a greater or lesser quantity of Conserve bruise it very well in a wooden Bowl or Mortar add twice the weight in Sugar boil it up with marjoram-Marjoram-water till the Sugar comes to the thickness of a Syrup then put in the beaten Marjoram and it will be a rare Conserve Marks to Prevent In case of the Small-pox Measles or such violent Distempers as leave Scars behind them Take Litharge of Gold in fine Powder White-bread or Ceruss washed in Rose-water of each an ounce Oil of the greater Cold Seeds and of Bitter Almonds and Oil of Eggs of each half an ounce Night-shade and Plantane-waters of each half an ounce or so much as will make it into an Ointment by grinding it in a stone Mortar pouring to it sometimes of the Oils and sometimes of the Waters and with this anoint the Face and Hands when the Scab or Scurf is green and it will keep them from Pitting or Scars Marmalade of Cherries Take Cherries not too ripe fairest you can get and having stoned them lay them in a Preserving-pan over a gentle Fire so that they only simper but not boil then take out a part of the Liquor leaving only so much as will moisten them then put in fine Sugar and boil them up over a quicker Fire bruise them well and continue strewing more Sugar till the Colour is very good then take them off and being well incorporated put them up into a Glass or glazed earthen Vessel and they will keep a considerable time and being carefully look'd to and set dry you will find it good for twelve Months Marmalade of Red Currans This is an excellent way if well observed viz. Take of Red Currans when ripe clean pick'd squeeze out the Juice of some of 'em and put the rest into it adding the Juice of Raspberries boil them together gently and when the Currans that were whole begin to break boil up an equivalency of Sugar to a Candy height and put in the Currans letting them boil with the Currans again and sprinkle into it rose-Rose-water and when it comes to the thickness of a Marmalade having taken off the Scum if it rises put them into a glazed Pot being mash'd as they boil till none of them remain whole and so when this Marmalade is cold slice it for your use and it will prove of an excellent Taste and is good to moisten the Mouth and comfort the Stomach in Fevers or other hot Diseases Marmalade of Damascens Take about two quarts of the largest Damascens when they are ripe but not over-ripe pare off the Skins of three pints of them put 'em into an earthen Vessel placing those you have not skinned undermost put as much fair Water as will cover them into a Kettle or Pot and when it boils put in the Pipkin or other earthen Vessel into it close stopped so as the Water cannot get in and when they are by this way of Infusion tender take off the other Skins and Stones out of them all then take their weight of Sugar put it to the Pulp and set them together over a Fire till it boil apace keep it clean scumm'd and when it is boiled to a height put it into a glass for your use Marmalade of Grapes Take White or Red Grapes as you design the Marmalade for Colour let them be gathered in a dry day and dry them afterward on a Table when they are separated from the Stalks then boil them in fair Water often scumming them whilst the Water is reduc'd to a third part and then let there be but a gentle Fire under them and when you find it thickened strain it thorough a Sieve boiling it once more add a small quantity of Sugar and so put it up when cool and cover it close for your use Marmalade of Pippins Take the best Pippins when they are newly gather'd and not too ripe pare them and take the Core out then put to them their weight in fine Sugar put them into a Preserving-pan and pour upon them as much Spring-water as will cover them boil them with a quick Fire till you find them by trial Jellied on a Plate when cold then take it off the Fire and put into it a little of the Scrapings of Lemon-peel and a like quantity of the yellow Rinde of Oranges boiled tender casting away their first Water to correct their Biterness cutting them into narrow slices and so bruising them all together into a Pulp let the Substance cool in earthen Pans or Pots and set 'em in an indifferent dry place strewing some Sugar over the Marmalade and it will keep well a Year or two Marmalade the Spanish way Take of ripe Pear-Quinces pared and cored fifteen pound three pound of fine-white Sugar a quart of fair Water stew them over a gentle Fire and as they grow dryer add a little Rose-water and Whitewine or Canary as the Scent best pleases squeeze out the Juice and Pulp and put to it four pound of Sugar more a little more Rose-water and Orange-water try it on a Plate and if it comes clean off it is sufficiently enough then take it off and let it cool put it in Boxes and strew over it some perfumed Comfits and keep it close for use Marmalade White Take six pound of Quinces pare and core them and then boil 'em to a Pulp put to it two pound of Sugar moistened well with the Juice of Quinces boil them gently together at first till the Liquor be swelled out of the Quinces and the Sugar dissolved and all come into a convenient thickness and so put it up for your use Marrow a fine Dish Take the Marrow of two or three Bones cut it square like Dice and put it into a penny Manchet grated fine with some Dates cut in halves and a quarter of a pound of Currans seven or eight spoonfuls of Cream roasted Wardens Pippins or Quinces sliced and two or three Yolks of raw Eggs season them with Cinnamon and Ginger bake them and serve 'em up Marsh-Mallows Though these are very common yet they are of much Virtue and Value in their Use viz. the Leaves sod in
c. Boil them tenderly and then fry them in sweet Butter and when fried drain the Butter from them and put to them the Powder of Nutmeg and Anchoves dissolved in fair Water and Whitewine with a little Salt and Mutton-Gravy give all these a warm over the Fire and serve them up in a Dish then run it over with Butter beaten up with the Juice of Oranges Marrow Sage-leaves fried Parsly and the Yolks of Eggs. Nurses Milk to Encrease Take of Earth-worms an ounce wash them well and dry them so that they may keep sweet and yet be reduced to a Powder then take half a dram or two scruples for a Dose in a Glass of Canary Nutmegs are somewhat Astringent and Stomachick Cephalick and Uterine help Concoction discuss Wind take away the offensive Fumes of a strong Breath are good in the Palpitations of the Heart and prevent Faintings lessen the Spleen and stop Looseness and Vomiting provoke Urin and quicken the sight are of great use in Fluxes especially the Bloody-flux having all the Virtues necessary for a Medicin fit for these Diseases The Oil cleanses and defends the Bowels from sharp offensive Humours and eases the Pains that frequently afflict them The aromatick quality consisting in the airy spirit penetrates the noble Part and administer Comfort whilst the gross and earthy part dries up Ulcers and cicatrises them Candied Nutmegs or as they come over with their green Husks about them are good in all cold Diseases of the Head as Palsie and other Diseases of the Nerves and Womb and are very Cordial And notwithstanding all these Virtues in this one small Simple yet if it be taken immoderately that is in too great a quantity it proves very hurtful occasioning sleepy Diseases seeing they are very Narcotick insomuch that Tavernier relates That when these Nuts ripen in the Molucoa-Islands where they chiefly grow the Birds of Paradise come flocking to feed upon them which they have no sooner done to any purpose but a Giddiness seizing them they fall on the Ground in a profound Sleep or Doziness and lye so long before they recover that swarms of huge Ants that frequent those spicey Woods frequently eat off their Legs or intolerably sting and kill them in earnest Nutmeg to Candy Take a pound of fine Sugar a quarter of a pint of Rose-water and Gum Arabick three penny weight boil them up to near a Candy height then having soaked your Nutmegs in Water put them into it in an earthen Vessel cover it close that the Air may not come in no more than through the porous Part and keep them in a warm Place twenty Days and they will be of a Rock-Candy c. Nut-Oil Take small Nuts break them in a Mill or otherways take out the Kernels lay them in warm Water rill the Skins or Husks come off them then steep them in warm Sallad Oil and when they swell take them out and press them and a curious Oil will issue from them put them into a glass Vessel and let it settle and digest twelve Days in a warm place then use it as occasion requires It is good for cold and moist Swellings or Pains in the Joints or Burns Scalds and Tumours especially mixed with the Ointment of Marsh-mallows and likewise that of Tobacco OAk-Tree This Tree in every part is astringent but especially the Bark the Decoction of which is good for the Bloody-flux or Spitting of Blood The Acorns are Diuretick and the distilled Water of a young Oak is good for Womens Diseases Those that are cut for the Stone use a Bath of it made of the Bark to heal the Wound or Incision The Galls that grow upon outlandish Oaks not only make Ink but are of many singular Virtues as being powdered and drank in White-wine to dissolve the Stone or Gravel ease Pains in the Bladder or Reins and cleanse the Stomach causing a good Digestion Take of the Water of Oak-Buds and Plantain of each three ounces Cinamon-water Hordeated and Sprup of dried Roses of each an ounce Spirit of Vitriol two or three drops to make it pleasant and sharp and take it Morning and Evening it 's excellent to stay immoderate Courses and to prevent them Oates They are Physically moderately drying resolving and restringent they are cool and therefore boiled in Posset-drink in Fevers they are good being heated and put into a Bag and laid 〈◊〉 the Side they ease Painâ—… as likewise by such application the Head-ach The Ale made of them cools and purifies the Blood and eases the Heat and Pains in Urin A strong Decoction of them eases the Flux in the Belly and boiled with Figs Licorice and a little Honey in Ale they ease the violence of the Cough or Cold and in a little time the liquid part drank often as hot as may be removes the Cause and the Effects consequently cease Odoriferous-Water Take the Roots of Florence Orris and Benjamine of each one ounce and half the best Storax six drams Lignum Rhodium half an ounce Aromatick Reed and Labdanum of each two scruples Flowers of Benjamine on scruple beat them into Powder and put them into a Matras and let them macerate twenty four Hours in Balneo Mariae luke-warm in a pint of rose-Rose-water the Matrix being stopped and then distil them in the same Bath a little hotter and mxing with this Water-Musk and Ambergrease six drams keep it as a Water of a curious wholsom and odoriferous scent to scent or perfume Rooms Gloves or what else requires it This for its admirable pleasant Scent is called Angels-Water It likewise contributes much to the lustre of the Face and Hands being washed in it mixed with a little of the Water of Fumitory The Sediment dried and mixed among Cloaths gives 'em a fine Perfume and drives away Moths Worms c. Oesepius Prepared Take of the uncleansed Wool from the Neck Buttocks and Shoulders of a tired Sheep and infuse it in hot Water frequently till the Fat swims upon the Water then squeeze the Wool pour the Water out by way of brewing frequently from one Vessel to another till the Froth arises then let it stand till the Froth sinks and take off the Fat that swims on the surface of the Water and froth the Water again by pouring it from one Vessel to another and so continue to do till no more Fat appears then wash all the Fat 's with Froth in fair Water keeping it continually stirring and changing the Water often till what is superfluous be washed away and until upon the Tast it makes no biting on the Tongue then put it into a well glazed earthen Vessel and keep it for use This is good to anoint old Sores also for Scabs Itch Botches or Boils Excoriations or Gallings c. Oil Anti-Epileptich Take the Shavings of a dead Man's Skull that died a violent Death four ounces Amber pulverized two ounces mix them together and put them into a glass Retort fitted with a Recipient and distil them
Oil covâ—… 〈◊〉 very close and let it stand twenty four Hours in a warm Bath make it boil for two Hours and then strain it strongly pressing out the substance Then separate the Oil and keep it for your use This powerfully digests and discusses cold Humours that fall on the Nervous and Membranous Parts It is proper against all Infirmities of the Joints Rheumatisms Sciatica's and cold Gout and may be applied hot to the Parts alone or mixed with other proper Unguents Oil of Iuniper Take the Berries of Juniper gathered from the beginning of August to the end of September bruise them and infuse them in Spring-water three or four Days and the Water of the first Infusion will serve for the rest then take two Alembicks the one full of Berries and the other half full of the Infusion let them be made of earthen Ware put these into the Earth one on the top of the other or conveniently fastned upon the other after having strained it with a Cloth put it into a Furnace and when cold open it and gather the Oil on the top leaving the Water to run out and let it take as little Air as may be This is excellent good for Strains or Afflictions of the Sinews and Nerves and is used with Success in the Pains of the Gout Oil of Lilies Take of Costus Mastick Calamus Aromaticus Oil of Pellitory and Carpobalsom of each an ounce Cinnamon and Cloves of each half an ounce Saffron three drams when you have bruised them infuse them in Water twenty four Hours then boil them a little and having taken them from the Fire pour in Oil of Olives two pound the Leaves of Lilies eight ounces set them forty Days in the Sun then strain it and take off the purest Oil that swims on the top and take it as an excellent Remedy against the Pains of the Gout as also for the Head-ach and many other Use Oil of Lizards Take pressed Oil of Walnuts depurated three pound and three ounces of Whitewine put them into a glazed earthen Pot with a narrow Mouth set in Balneo Mariae boil it till it is exceeding hot then take green vigorous Lizards in number twelve fifteen or twenty as they are in bigness suffocate them in the scalding Oil and having well stopped the Pot boil them to the consumption of their moisture then strain and press them and reserve the pure Oil for use Oil of Lizards is commended for making the Hair grow on bald Heads c. It is a Specifick to cure Burstermess the Bowels being first put up and the Party anointed with it very warm then laying on the Panicle that incloses the Intestines of an Animal moistened with this Oil and strewed over with some astringent Powder binding on a good Pillow to keep the Bowels tight Oil of Mace Three or four drops of it fasting in a little Broth eases the Pains of the Colick and Strangury it comforts the Heart and Stomach and helps cold Diseases of various kinds Oil of Mint Take the Leaves of sown Mint bruise them let them macerate with the Juice in the Oil of Omphacine and change and boil it as you do Oil of Roses This greatly strengthens the Stomach a few drops being taken in Wine Beer or Ale and the Stomach anointed with it it also helps Concoction and does many other good Offices proper to an excellent pectoral Oil. Oil of Mustard-Seed Take two pound of the plumpest Mustard-seed four pound of Olive-oil grind them together and let them stand nine Days then press out the Oil and keen it for your use It is excâ—…t in case of the Palsie Gout Itch or any other such-like Maladies Oil of Nard Take of Spicknard out small and bruised three ounces strong Wine five ounces put them into a strait-mouthed glazed earthen Pot and let them infuse in a moderate hot place then add half a pint of Olive-oil stop up the Pot and keep it in a boiling Balneo Mariae till the Wine be almost consumed after that strain and press it strongly then separate the Oil from the faeces and keep it stopped very close for your use This Oil is proper to Heat Digest and Attenuate being a moderate Closer so that it is very useful against Cold and Windy Afflictions of the Brain Stomach Liver Kidney Spleen Bladder and Matrix it unstops and purges the Brain Cotton being dipped in it and put to the Nostrils asswages the Pains of them it is good against the Palfie and Shaking of the Nerves also Tumours Suffocations and Stranglings of the Matrix being used as a Pessary it is also used by way of Injection to asswage and allay Pains or heat of the Bladder Oil for the Nerves Boil Neats-feet and you will find an oily quality swimming on the top scum it off and purifie it and in case of any Afflictions of the Nerves anoint the Place grieved with it as hot as can be endured and it will extreamly strengthen them taking away Pains Aches or Weakness in the Back Reins Muscles Joints or Nervous parts when anointed with it Morning and Evening It likewise cures a wasting Consumption or Pining in any part of the Body being anointed often with it by reason it nourisheth the fleshy or musculous Parts adding strength to them but is more powerful in its operation if you take a pound of it with the Oils of Amber Lavender Rosemary Oranges of each an ounce Camphire half an ounce mix these well together and in case of Strains Coldness or Weakness of the Joints anoint them with it chafing or rubbing it in warm you will find wonderful ease and a cessation of Pain it makes likewise the Skin plump and smooth Oil of Orris Take the Roots of Florentine-Orris and of the purple Flower two pound also a sufficient quantity of the Water wherein the Roots of Orris are boiled of sweet Oil washed six pints boil them in a double Vessel put in fresh Roots and Flowers till the watry part is consumed then press out the Oil and keep it for use This Oil or Ointment digests crude Humours dissolves hard Swellings mollifies and discusses digests and eases Pains Oil of Osprey Take thirty Scorpions Oil of Bitter Almonds two pound put them into a narrow-necked Vessel and let them digest for thirty Days in the heat of Summer in the Sun then strain it out and keep it close stopped This is good against the Stone or Gravel m the Kidneys the Reins being anointed with it as also the Share and Perinaeum and injected into the urinal Passage it is also good against the Bite or Sting of any venomous Creature and the malignity of the Plague Some think it should be used only as an Ointment but others hold it may be given inwardly against the Pains of the Colick and Stone the Dose being from one to two drams in any Powder or Vehicle Oil of Roses to Make Gather the Buds of those Roses called Provence-Roses take the Flower off clean without
which will likewise add much to the flavour in the Tast Perfumes of Flowers Extract through a Retort after the manner of Aqua-fortis the Spirit of Salt-petre or common Salt and keep it close stopped in a Bottle then take what quantity of Violets Roses or other Flowers you will and put into an Alembick with an ounce of the Spirit of the said Salt a pint of spring-Spring-water and so proportionably till the Alembick be full and let them infuse twenty four Hours till you see the Water well coloured which pour out by inclination into another Glass and it will carry with it the colour and smell of the Flowers infused though it leaves the Flowers fresh as if they had been newly gathered Perfumed Powder Take Florence-Orris a pound dried Roses a pound Benjamin two ounces Storax one ounce Cloves two drams yellow Saunders an ounce and a half Cloves two drams a little Citron-peel beat all to fine Powder in a Mortar put to this twenty pound of Starch or Rice ground mix it well and finely fifting it keep it very dry for use and it will prove an excellent perfuming Powder Perfumed Wash-Balls Take what quantity of Musk you please dissolve them in sweet compounded Water then take about the quantity of one Wash-ball of the Composition and mix it together in a Mortar then mix and incorporate them with your Past and making them up into Balls they will all of them retain a curious perfumed Scent Perfum'd-Water Take Calamint Storax Benjamin Cloves and Mastick beat them well together and put them into Aquavitae or the Spirit of Wine in a glass Viol and when the Liquid is changed to a red colour infuse in it a grain of Musk strain it and keep it for use Pericarpium for Agues This especially for the Tertian-Ague has been often tried with good Success viz. Take a handful of Rue newly gathered half a handful of Sage a spoonful of Bay-salt and a spoonful of good Vinegar beat all these well together into an uniform Mass which must be divided into two parts and make thereof two Wrist-plaisters to be applied at the usual time before the coming of the Fit and to be renewed as occasion requires till they grow dry and troublesom Phthisick a Remedy Bruise a handful of Bettony-leaves put to them half a pound of Honey half an ounce of Licorice-powder and Pine-Apple-kernels that have been boiled in White-wine bruised small make these into an Electuary and let the Party take about a quarter of an ounce at a time Some for this have only eaten the Lungs and Heart of a wild Goose boiled with Hyssop and have found great ease by it yet I cannot but recommend the former to be the more effectual in the Cure Pickled Artichoaks Take the best Bottoms of Artichoaks parboil them and when they are cold and well drained dry them in a Cloath to take away as much of the remaining moisture as can be then putting the Bottoms without the Choak and but a few Leaves remaining on into an earthen Pot boil some fair Water scum it till no more will rise and mix with it so much Salt that it will bear an Egg put these to the Bottoms then melt sweet Butter pour it on this Water and it will by spreading make a Coat to keep the Air out then tye it over with Paper or Leather and they will keep all the Year so that having occasion to boil them for serving up at Table lay them in Water six Hours to take out the Brine then boil them Pickled Oisters Take about a quart of the largest Stewing Oisters with the Liquor that comes from them wash them clean and wipe them put to them a pint of fair Water half a pint of Whitewine-Vinegar and half an ounce of whole Pepper a handful of Salt and a quarter of an ounce of large Mace put Liquor and all together into an earthen Pot over a soft Fire let them simper but not boil about a quarter of an hour then take them up and put them into a little fair Water and Vinegar till they are cold and then put them into the Pickle they were boiled with and Pot 'em up close for your use Pig to Dress To do this the French way which is highly approved The Pig being scalded and drawn spit it and lay it to the Fire and when it is thoroughly hot take off the Skin cut it off the Spit and divide it into twelve pieces then take Whitewine and strong Broth and stew it therein with an Onion of two minced very small as also some stript Thyme Pepper grated Nutmeg and two or three Anchoveys some elder Vinegar Butter and Gravy beat up well together dish it up with the Liquor it was stewed in lay slices of French Bread under it garnished with Oranges and Lemons under and upon it Pig to Dress another way Scald draw and wash it clean put a Crust of Bread and some Sage in the Belly prick it up and spit it roast it and bast it with Butter then salt it and being roasted fine and crisp make Sauce with chopt Sage Currans a little grated Nutmeg boil'd up in fair Water and Vinegar then add a little grated Bread the Brains some Barberries and Sugar give these a warm or two with good stirring and adding a little beaten Butter divide the Pig 's Body and Head take off the Ears place them on the Shoulders and so serve it up Or this way Mince some sweet Herbs as Sage and Pennyroyal rowl them up on Balls with some Butter and prick them in the Pig 's Belly roast him and being roasted make Sawce with some Butter Vinegar the Brains and some Barberries and serve it up Or Flea it only the Head and truss the Head looking over its Back fill the Belly with a Pudding made of grated Bread Nutmeg a little minced Suet and two or three Yolks of raw Eggs a little Salt and Cream roast it and prick it up bast it with Yolks of Eggs being roasted squeeze a Lemon over it and dridge it with grated Bread Pepper Nutmeg Salt and Ginger then make a Sauce with the Yolks of hard Eggs minced Vinegar Butter and the Gravy and serve it on this Sauce Pig to Souce Scald a young Pig and boil it in fair Water and Whitewine a quart of the latter to a gallon of the former put to it a dozen Bay-leaves Ginger sliced and Nutmegs quartered and half an ounce of whole Cloves let it be boiled tender then take it out and lay it a cooling which done put the Liquor it was boiled in into a Tray or Pan and put it in so that it may lie covered adding only a little Salt and White-wine-Vinegar and in this manner it will keep a long time Pig-Pie Court fashion Take off the Skin of a young Pig and cut it into quarters season it with Pepper Ginger and Salt finely beat and mixed lay it in a Coffin of Past made in the fashion of a Pig
six spoonfuls of fine Sugar till it be candy proof then take it in a Ladle fashion it on Plates into Cakes and letting it cool dry them in a Stove or in a gentle Oven soon after the baking is over Quince-Cakes Transparent Take a pint of the Syrup of Quinces and a quarter of a pint of the Syrup of Barberries boil and clarifie them over a gentle Fire scumming them clean then add twenty ounces of fine Sugar stir them well together on the Fire and when it is taken off till it be almost cold spread the Pulp as before and make your Cakes into what fashion you think proper Quince-Cakes White Take a quart and half a pint of Water boil it up and add so much fine Sugar as will heighten it to a Candy then pare about a dozen large Quinces core them and when they begin to be soft in other Water wherein you may first set them over the Fire take them out and beat them into Pulp and so put that Pulp into the boiling Sugar and Water before mention'd and let them continue there a long while then make them into Cakes on a Plate If you would have them very white clarifie your Sugar with Whites of Eggs that you first sweeten your Water withal Quince-Cream Roast four or five ripe Quinces quarter them take out the Core and cut them in thin slices then boil them up gently in a pint of sweet Cream with a whole Race of Ginger and when it comes to a thickness strain it out adding so much Sugar and Rose-water as will sweeten and scent it Quinces a Ielly Take some of the Decoction and Inside of the Rind of the Quince or other Fruit that has boiled long in a considerable quantity of Water The Decoction being made let it wast in the Sun or before the Fire and so boil it up to a Jelly with a quart of Isinglass Quinces to Pickle To do this that you may keep them green all the Year Take them when they are not quite ripe wash them in Salt and Water and rub off the Scurf if any be on and let them lye in that water twenty four hours boil up a Pickle of Wine-Vinegar put into it a handfull of Bay-salt a few blades of Mace and some Cloves with six or seven Bay-Leaves put the Quinces into it scalding hot and parboil them then put them with the Pickle into an earthen Pot and so they will keep and be of use for Tarts or what other use you please to put them to Quince-Pye Take preserved Quinces separated from the paring and the Core then make a Syrup of spring-Spring-water with fine Sugar boiled up in it and take as much as the Quinces weigh to every pound add a pint of the Syrup make the Syrup in a Preserving-pan and being scummed and boiled put the Quinces into it boil them till they be well coloured and then put them into the Pies in halves or quarters make them in fashion round either in Pies Tarts or Patty-pans with a cut cover but before you bake them put in more fine Sugar and leave the Syrup to put in after and then Ice it Thus you may do by Wardens Pippins hard Pears or green Codlings Quinces to Preserve Take of Apple Quinces when moderately ripe lay them a while after they are gathered on fresh Straw or new Hay for three or four days covered so that they may sweat a little and evaporate the superfluous Moisture then pare them very thin and boil them in Spring-water till they are very soft then cut them in Quarters take out the Cores and mingle the Pulp with the Water ten Quinces and two spoonfulls of Sugar being sufficient to boil up a Pottle of Water and when it is boiled to a thickness put in the Quinces you intend to preserve and let them boil till they contract a greener Colour than natural then put to them some more Sugar the scumm being taken off put them up in an earthen glazed Pot and stop them close Quinces Raw To keep these all the year Take some of the worst Quinces and cut them into small pieces boil them in Water putting to each Gallon three spoonfulls of Salt and as much Honey and so let them boil till the Water becomes very strong of the Quinces and when it is cold put in a quart of Whitewine Vinegar and then put the best Quinces into the Liquor close them up in an earthen pot and they will keep fresh all the year so that you may use them for Marmalades or other Matters at any time Quince-Seed an Oil Take the Seeds or Kernels of Quinces bruise them and put them into a Frying-pan with a little Wine Let them be well stirred together till they are so hot you cannot endure your Finger on them then put them into a Canvase Bag and press out the Oil with a considerable strength and having both Oil and Water you must separate them This Oil is very good against all Pains in the Stomach helps Digestion and is good against windiness in the Stomach and Bowels bringing it away It inciteth to Venery and is good against the Hemorrhoids and Pustles the Parts afflicted being anointed with it Quinces the Syrup Take three quarts of the Juyce of Quinces settle it well and clarifie it from the Dregs and boil it over a gentle fire till half be consumed then add three pints of Claret or a deeper Red Wine four pound of White Sugar Cinamon a dram and a half Cloves and Ginger two scruples and boil them up to a Syrup Let it cool by Degrees and keep it close stopped in Glass-Viols for your use this mixed with Water of Endive is very cooling and excellent in Fevers and other hot Diseases two or three spoonfuls being taken at a time Quince Tart Pare and slice your Quinces very thin season them with Candied Citron and beaten Cinamon and andied Orange scraped small or raw Orange or Lemon-peel or Carraway or Anniseeds put ten Pippins to six Quinces and according to the bigness or littleness of your Tart half the weight of the Fruit in Sugar then close it up and bake it and Ice it over with Sugar dissolved in Rose-water and make your Tarts into what Forms you please and serve them up Scrape over them Sugar and Powder of Cinamon Quince Tart Take Quinces newly gathered or kept very dry in straw pare them thin and take out the Cores and being cut in four quarters slice them thin then take Pippins or any hard Winter Fruit gathered before they are ripe and using them in the same manner lay a Laying of each scrape an Orange-Peel and scatter it among the Layings then add Syrup of Quinces and on the top of all strew fine Sugar mixed with a little Powder of Cinamon and close up the Coffin in what Fashion you please baking it well in an Oven not heated with too quick a fire Quinsies to Cure Bruise thirty two ounces of purified Salt-Petre put it
of each a handfull cut off the Tops and wash the Roots very clean three ounces of the roots of Saxifrage Kneeholm Butchers-Broom Sea-Holly Petty-whin or Cammock or Ground-Furz Parsley Fennel of each alike in all about a handful Leaves of Bettony Pimpernel Thyme the tender Tops of Nettles Cresses Samphire and Maiden-hair a handful in all and of each alike The Fruit of sleepy Night-shade and Jubebs of each Ten ounces the Seeds of Parsley of Macedonia Carraways Seseli yellow Carrots Grummel Bark of Bay-tree-root of each two drams Raisins stoned and Liquorice of each four drams boil them in five Quarts of Water till two be consumed then strain it and dissolve in it two pound of purified Honey and Four pound of white Sugar-Candy so make it into a clear Syrup seasoning it with an ounce of Cinnamon and as much Nutmeg as sufficeth the making of this is worth the Cost and Labour for it excelleth all other in expelling the Gravel and Stone scowers the Kidneys and Bladder and easeth pains in the back opening Obstructions in the Uriters and mixed with Lenitives causes Urine when at any time restrained Ragwort This has several Names as Stammerwort Seggrum St. Jame's-wort It flowers in June or the beginning of July the Seed of it being ripe in August The Decoction of the Herb is good to wash the Mouth that is sore or has Ulcers also for Hardness Swelling or Impostumations it being very cleansing and healing in such Matters as also helpful in the Quinsie and King's-Evil It stays Catarrhs thin Rheums and Defluxions into the Eyes Nose or Lungs proceeding from the Head The Juice is singular good to heal green Wounds to cleanse and heal old Ulcers in the Privities and other Parts of the Body as also inward Ulcers or Wounds and puts a stop to the malignity of running Cankers and hollow Fistula's hindring their spreadings and is much commended for Aches or Pains in the Nerves fleshly Parts or Sinews also the Sciatica or Pain in the Hip or Huckle-Bone to bathe the Place with the Decoction of it or anoint it with the Ointment of the Herb bruised and boiled in Hogs-Lard with a little Olibanum and Mastick in Powder Rails to Boil Cut off their Heads and Leggs truss and put them into a Pipkin of strong Broth add to them Currans Dates some Blades of Mace half a pint of Whitewine Pepper Salt and a piece of Butter and when they are all together stewed enough place them orderly in a Dish upon Sippets thicken the Broth with grated Manchet melt a little Sugar in Rose-water put the Broth to them and serve them up garnished with Lemons or Oranges sliced as a dainty Dish Raphanus or Radish Though no great notice is taken of this Root but the eating them with Sallads and Provisions yet there are many excellent Virtues in it The Root of the Garden Radish cleanses attenuates and opens and in the Stone is of great Virtue for expelling it and provoking Urin if cleanseth the Stomach of slimy tartarous Humours and opens the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Reins and Womb and distributes the Chyle The Seed which has all the Virtues of the Root is hot in the third Degree and dry in the second wherefore two drams of it is successfully given in a spoonful of wormwood-Wormwood-water for killing the Worms in Children and removing the Gravel and Sand from the Kidneys and Bladder A distilled Water of the Roots and Leaves beautifies the Face and Hands by taking off the Spots Scurf and making the Skin smooth and fair if often washed with it A Syrup of the Juice is excellent against the Stone to make which find the Receipt in this Work It is a singular Remedy against the Scurvy helps all Obstructions and the Asthma's old Coughs and shortness of Breath Rasberries These are very Cordial and good in Tast The Syrup much availeth in Fevers To make which take these Directions Of the Juice clarified and Sugar take an equal quantity boil them to a Syrup and stop or cover the Vessel close It is very cooling and pleasant and is to be given in hot Diseases Again Take the Syrup of Rasberries and Clove-Gilliflowers each two ounces of the Juice of Kerms one ounce make a white Mixture and take a spoonful every Morning and it is an excellent Cordial for Women before Delivery Raspis a Ielly of Take of the Fruit pretty ripe set them over the Fire in a Posnet and extract the thin Juice cooling the bottom of the Skillet as you find occasion with fair Water then strain them with a fine Strainer and when as much is taken as can be add the like weight of Sugar and boil them up into a Jelly Raspis a Syrup Take nine quarts of Raspis or Rasberries gathered dry and clean pickt put them into four quarts of Canary in an earthen Pot and paste or lute it up very close keep it in a cool Place ten Days then distil them in a Glass or Rose-Still adding a fourth part of the former quantity and fresh Berries and Wine and when all the colour is taken out of the Berries strain out the remaining Liquid part and put as much Sugar as will boil it up into a Syrup keeping it scumming during the boiling Rattle-Grass Of these there are two kinds viz. Red and Yellow The first of these is used to heal up Fistula's hollow Ulcers and to stay the Flux of Humours and Fluxes of Blood being boiled in Claret or other red Wine and drank hot about a quarter of a pint at a time The Yellow sort is by some called Cocks-Comb and is held to be good for those that are afflicted with Coughs Catarrhs and the like or Dimness of the Sight if the Herb boiled with Beans and a little Honey added to it be drank or dropt into the Eyes The whole Seed being put into the Eyes draweth out any Skin Film or Dimness from the Sight without any trouble or pain Rawleigh Sir Walter his Cordial-Water Take a gallon of Strawberries put to them a pint of Aqua-vitae and so let them stand four Days then strain them out and sweeten the Liquid part with fine Sugar and add if you please a grain of Musk. This greatly revives the Heart and is good a spoonful or two taken at a time in violent Fevers Red drying Ointment Take Olive-oil two pound and white Bees-wax half a pound melt them together over a gentle Fire then take them off and stir them together with a wooden Spatula till they begin to thicken and when they are cold add the following Powders viz. Calaminaris-stone and Bole-Armoniack of each four ounces Litharge of Gold and Cerusse of Venice of each three ounces Campbire one dram grind the Calaminaris and Bole-Armoniack upon a Stone and fierce it through a fine hair Sieve and powder the Litharge very fine and so put all the Powders into the Ointment stirring it till it becomes cold then add a drop or two of the Spirit of Wine
the Juice strengthens the Stomach Head Heart and Liver also the Bowels and gives ease to Wounds It is very famous in the Epilepsie Blague and all sorts of malignant and pestilential Diseases Held in the Mouth it cures the Tooth-ach and drank in a Glass of Wine it provokes the Terms and expels the Birth The Herb is held to cure Quartan-Agues if applied six Hours to the Pulse and the Party bathed with the Water or Decoction of it and often repeated The distilled Water drawn in a glass Still is of a glittering yellow Colour like Gold Rosa Solis the Court way Take of Aqua-vitae two quarts Sugar finely powdered a pound and a half common Water a pint and a half boil them up to a little thickness but not to the consistence of a Syrup then put to it half an ounce of Cinnamon powdered and when it is boiled up strain it through a Cloath with two grains of Musk and half an ounce of Sugar-candy Rose-Lozenges Take Provence or Damask-Roses when they are in their prime of flowring beat them very fine and small yet lose as little of the Juice and Scent as may be then sprinkle over them Citron or Lemon-Juice cover them close and add as much fair Water or White-wine as will boil them up a little till they become tender then having fine Sugar boiled up to a Candy height put them into it boiling exempted from the Water and Juices and keep them well stirring about a considerable time then take cut the Sugar and Roses so mixed with a Spoon and lay it on Pye-plates make it thin as is convenient and cut it out into what form you please Rosemary-Water Take the Flowers and Leaves of Rosemary when they are at their best half a pound of the Root of Elicampane four ounces Red Sage a handful Cloves three ounces and a like quantity of Mace Ani-seeds twelve ounces beat the Spices separately and the Herbs together put to them four gallons of Whitewine and having infused them for the space of seven Days distil them This Water greatly comforteth the Heart removeth Pains of the Stomach creates a good colour and gently purgeth the Blood by breathing Sweats Rose-Water Take Roses when just blown before they open too much and lose their fragrancy in the Air gather them when the Sun has dried off the Dew or Moisture and having picked the Leaves from the Stalks without suffering any Seeds to scatter among them spread them on a clean Carpet free from Dust till they are altogether free from any moisture then put them into a pewter Still and make a Fire under them gently by degrees and fasten your Bottle or Receiver to the Nose of the Still tying Paper or Linnen about it to keep in the scent and so corking them up when full of the Water within an inch of the Cork set them in the Sun two or three Days and then in a warm Place especially lest the Frost take them and either break the Bottles or spoil the Scent of the Water Roses an Oil Compound Take fresh Red Roses bruised one pound Juice of Red Roses four ounces common Oil four pound put them into a glazed earthen Pot with a narrow Neck and stop it well set it in the Sun to macerate and having boiled it in Balneo Mariae strain and press out the Liquor and return it into the same Vessel again do the like two or three times then purifie the Oil and keep it for use If there be any moisture in it it will be easie to separate it because it falls to the bottom This Oil dulcifies and dissipates Fluxions that fall upon the external Parts It extinguishes Inflammations and hinders the descent of the Humours and appeases Pains it tempers the heat of the Stomach and the heat in the Reins it asswageth the Pains in the Head as also Deliriums and provokes Sleep dulcifying the sharp Humours that interrupt by their Acrimony It must be warmed before you anoint the Part with it It may be also internally given against the Worms and Dysenteries from half an ounce to an ounce It is good to anoint the Parts upon Fractures and Dislocations of Bones It is mixed with equal Parts of Vinegar of Roses to anoint the Head when shaved for the abating the Vapours that ascend in burning Fevers which too frequently cause want of Sleep and Deliriums This Oil also mixed in Pain-easing and dissolving Liniments and Cataplasms and softening Plaisters to give them the consistence of Searcloath is of singular use The same way that this is prepared you may prepare the Oils of Myrtle Melilot elder-Elder-Water Lilies or Nimphaea Chamomil Violets Lilies c. Roses-Red Dry There is a Syrup however to be made of these upon necessity and to do it Take two quarts of Water make it pretty warm and infuse in it for the space of twenty four Hours four or five handfuls of dried Roses and when the Scent of them is gone mostly into the Water put fresh ones and squeeze them at the taking out and into this Water dissolve two pound of white Sugar and so dissolve it into a Syrup This mitigates the hot Diseases of the Brain asswages Thirst strengthens the Stomach causes Sleep stays the Flux of the Belly and agglutinates and mundifies Ulcers Roses a Simple Oil Take fresh Red Roses bruised two pound the Juice of them half a pound and common Oil five pints put them all together in an earthen glazed Pot covered and let them if possible macerate thirty or forty Days in the Sun then boil them in Balneo Mariae and press out the Oil very hard and keep it for use It is cooling asswages Heat mollifies Swellings and is good in Burns or Scalds Roses-White Infused To infuse Roses and bring them to a Syrup Take of White Roses half a Peck clean pickt from the Stalks infuse them over a gentle Fire in a gallon of spring-Spring-water strain out the Water and squeeze the remaining Juice out of the Roses into it Take of this Water five pints to which the Gallon ought to be consumed in infusion clarified Sugar four pound boil them over a gentle Fire to the thickness of a Syrup This Syrup extracts thin offensive Choler from the Intrails and waterish Humours from the Stomach and is very good to be given to Children old People and such as are weakned by Sickness and the like Rosin its Virtues The Rosin of the Larch or Turpentine-Tree is hot emollient cleansing healing vulnerary and pectoral c. it heals Ulcers in the Lungs helps and stops the Gonorrhoea It gently provokes Urin and opens the Obstruction of the Reins Uriters and Bladder The Dose in Powder is from one dram to two drams Outwardly it is used in Balsams Ointments and Emplaisters It softens Tumours and ripens them if made up with Beef or Mutton-suet It ripens and heals Felons and Whitlows and cures them when they break cleanses Ulcers and heals green Wounds is much available in the Pains of
with Oil of Roses and then apply it and use this Purgation viz. Take Turbith a quarter of an ounce Ginger one dram white Sugar three drams temper them well together and let the Party take it every fourth Day in Wormwood-wine or Water and the other Mornings between them Water of Baum Bettony and Wormwood of each an ounce and half Vinegar of Squills an ounce mix them together and drink them fasting Rupture through Wind In this Case the Party must during the Cure eschew all such Meats and Drinks as cause Windiness in the Body as Milk sweet Wine moist Fruits Pease Beans Turnips c. then take Sulphur-Vine two ounces finely beaten Grains half an ounce grosly beaten Cammomil-flowers a quarter of an ounce seeth these in a pint of Spring-water till a third part is consumed then dip a Sponge in it and apply it to the Place as hot as may be renewing it five or six times a Day Rupture-Wort This is mostly found on dry sandy and rockey Places It is Excellent in the Curing of Ruptures not only in Children but also in those of Years if the Distemper be not too inveterate by taking a dram of the Powder of the dried Herb in a glass of Wine for a considerable time or the distilled Water or Juice of the green Herb taken in like manner It helpeth likewise all other Fluxes in Men or Women Vomitings and the Gonorrhoea and Running of the Reins by being taken either of the ways mention'd It helpeth those that have the Strangury and Stoppage in Urine Stone or Gravel in the Reins or Bladder helps Stitches in the Side or griping Pains in the Stomach and Belly Obstructions of the Liver Worms Yellow-Jaundice Defluctions and foul Ulcers Rushes These some hold so inconsiderable that it is of no value but for making Candle-Wicks But learned Physicians who have searched more curiously into the abstruse Retirements of Nature are not of their Opinion Dioscorides Galen and Pliny agree being powdered and drank in Wine it stayeth the Lask in Women's Courses provokes Sleep but must be taken with caution lest they cause Pains in the Head The Root boiled in Water to the consumption of a third part doth mainly help the Cough Rye This grain boiled in Water or Wine to a strength and drank viz. the Decoction kills Worms in the Belly and brings them away especially if Coriander-seeds be boiled with it SAdness to Expel Take the Herb called Cranesbill Rue and Pulegium of each as much as may be held conveniently between the Thumb and Fore-finger dry them in an Oven and beat them into Powder and being mixed with a little Sugar and Powder of Licorice make them up into little Balls or Lozenges with Cinnamon-water or Rose-water and eat them as you find occasion Saffron The best Saffron is that which tinctures your Hands upon a gentle touch and smelleth somewhat sharp and is not very brittle In property it is good for the weakness of the Stomach and faintness of Heart and being taken in a small quantity of Wine it preserveth from Drunkenness and healeth the Bitings of Serpents and Stinging of Spiders It is restrative The too much Smell thereof is bad for the Brain and the taking too much of it is troublesome to the Spirits Sage This is a singular Remedy against all cold and phlegmatick Diseases in the Head and against all Pains of the Joints either being taken in Drink or applied in Fomentation wherefore it is very good for those that have the Falling-sickness or subject to Lethargies or have at certain times their Members benumb'd or senseless It availeth much against the Defluxions of Flegm and Maladies incident to the Breast and is very advantageous for Women with Child to eat it often especially if they are subject to travail before their time for it keepeth the Child in the Womb and doth quicken it If a Person subject to spit Blood takes three or four spoonfuls of Honey with the Juice of Sage double the quantity in a Morning fasting the Blood will be stay'd in twice or thrice so doing The use of Sage in Pottage and otherwise serves to sharpen the Appetite and cleanse the Stomach that 's oppressed with ill Humours In fine when there is any occasion for heating drying or binding use this Herb as a very good Medicine Saland-Grand To make this of minced Meats Mince Capon Veal dried Neats-tongue in slices Lettuce shred small Olives and Capers Mushrooms pickled Samphire Broom-buds Lemons or Oranges Raisins Almonds Potato's Caparoons or Crucifix-Peas Currans pickl'd Oisters and Tarragon To dish this up Take a little Tarragon and Lettuce mince them small and put the several Things by themselves and garnish the Dish with Oranges and Lemons sliced or in quarters Salmon Fry'd Take the Rand Chine or Jowl of Salmon and fry it cut in thin slices in sweet Butter and when you perceive it begins to grow crisp prepare your Sauce with Claret sweet Butter grated Nutmeg the Juice of Oranges and the Liquor of pickled Oisters heat them over a gentle Fire with continual beating and pour them on the Fish and for garnish lay Sage-Leaves and Parsly fried in Butter but not too crisp Salmon-Pie Take a convenient piece of fresh Salmon two quarts of Shrimps or Prawns and the like quantity of opened Oisters a quarter of an ounce of whole Mace the like of beaten Ginger and four Anchoveys mix what can be conveniently so order'd spread the bottom of the Pie with Butter lay in the Fish and scatter the seasoning all over it and uppermost another laying of Butter Salt-Diuretick Take the Urin of a healthful Man and put it into as much Hungarian Vitriol powdered as it 's capable to dissolve make the Dissolution in a large Vessel that there may be room for Ebullition which being ceased put the Liquor into a glass Cucurbit covered with its Head and distill off the Flegm and Spirit in a Sand-Bath first with a slow Fire then with a gradual Fire encreased and sublimate the volatil Salt at last Salmon to Roast Take a Jowl of Salmon or a Rand and divide it into four pieces season it with Salt and grated Nutmeg stick in it whole Cloves and put it on a convenient Spit laying on it likewise a few Bay-leaves and Sprigs of Rosemary then bast it with Butter and save the Dripping to mingle with other Butter to be served up in Sauce mixed with Verjuice the Juice of Oranges and garnished with the slices of Oranges This Salt composed of the volatil Salt of Urin and several acid Particles of the Vitriol vigorously expels serous Humours by Urin the Passages whereof it opens It is to be taken in White-wine Diuretick-Waters or Decoctions from a scruple to a dram It is very available in Dropsies dissolved in opening Decoctions for which purpose you may mix the Spirit with your usual ordinary Drink The Flegm applied to the Gout asswages the Pain thereof It is also good to allay the Inflammations of the
them without chewing Stump-Pye to Season Take Veal or Mutton mince it raw and make it up into Balls about the bigness of large Walnuts then put half an ounce of Pepper half an ounce of Nutmegs and half an ounce of Cloves and Mace Marjoram Thyme and Savory cut small then add a pound of Currans mix these well together and put them to two pound of the Meat then work them up into Balls of the aforesaid bigness with six Eggs and at the closing up put a pound of Butter dispersed among them in little Balls as big as Marbles Then make a Caudle with a quarter of a pint of Whitewine half a quartern of Verjuice the Yolks of three Eggs and a little whole Mace then putting in about a quarter of a pound of Butter when they are well beaten up and thickned over a gentle Fire put it into the Pye and so closing the Lid bake it in an indifferently well heated Oven Surfeit-Water Take what quantity of Brandy you please and steep a proportionable quantity of red Poppy-flowers in it the black Bottoms being taken off and when the colour is extracted press them out and put in fresh and so do till the Brandy is of a deep Tincture then slice in Nutmeg Ginger and Cinnamon of each two drams to a quart of the Brandy and add an ounce of fine Sugar likewise to every quart Then keep it close stopt and it is excellent good for Surfeits Wind or Illness of the Stomach Sweat to Provoke Take the Herb or Plant called Rape the Roots of Plantain the Lesser and Knot-grass of each a handful bruise them well and boil them in Vinegar strain out the liquid part and take about a quarter of a pint of it going to Bed and keep your self warm and it will purge out the ill Humours by a gentle breathing Sweat Swelling to Break Take of salt Butter half an ounce Leaven one ounce white Mustard-seed two drams Garlick one dram Oil of Camomil three quarters of an ounce bruise and mix these together and apply them hot Poultiswise spread on Colwort-leaf suffering it to lye on four or five Hours and then if the Matter be soft and the Skin not broke open it gently with a Lancet or potential Cautery of Cantharides and being opened for its speedier Cure use this Decoction Take round Aristolochia Agrimony Self-heal Parsly-roots and Gentian of each an ounce boil them in half a pint of Wine and as much Water and tenting it with proper Unguents lay on this consolidating Plaister Take the dried Leaves of round Aristolochia one ounce Frankincense Mastick and Myrrh of each two drams Aloes-succotrine one dram Litharge four scruples red Lead two scruples Meal of Lupins one dram make these into a very fine Powder then dissolve Deers-suet one ounce Oil of St. John's-wort six drams washed Turpentine half an ounce Bees-wax three ounces and being well incorporated over a gentle Fire put in the Powder and make all into a Plaister This is admirable in any Tumours or Swellings and more-particularly in Plague-Sores Swelling when the Gout ceases To Remedy this Take the Ashes of burnt Oister-shells or rather the Powder of them when they are calcined the Ashes of Spongel and Dodder of each an ounce boil them in a pint of sharp Vinegar and a quarter of a pint of Water and with the Decoction bath the liquid part as hot as may be endured Swelling of the Liver or Milt Take the Leaves and Berries of Ivy infuse them when bruised ten days in Whitewine then boil it till the Wine is nearly consumed strain out by hard pressing what liquid part remains and put to it a like quantity of Olive-oil and half the quantity of Bees-wax and therewith being warm'd over a gentle Fire anoint the Place nearest to the Internals so grieved as hot as it may be endured and in so often doing you will find great Advantage thereby Swelling of the Matrix This is frequently caused by Ventosities or Windiness after the Birth of Children To Remedy it Take Mustard-seed or Rape-seed and boil them in Water make a Fomentation and inject it but if it happen through inflammation or evil purgation attended with an Ague let the Party take a dram of the Powder of Peony-roots in warm Broth fasting in which has been boiled the Flowers of Chamomil swallow-Swallow-Water Take twelve Swallows out of the Nest cast them whole into a glass Alembick add thereto the Shavings of a Man's Skull three ounces Castor one ounce and a half Powder of Misleto one ounce Juice of the Roots and Leaves of Male-Peony six ounces Water of the Flowers of Tillet Lavender and Lily of the Valley of each a pint and a half Vinegar of Squills half a pint macerate them over a gentle Fire the space of forty hours then distil them in a moderate Sand-bath and keep the Water for use It is an excellent corrected Anti-Epileptick-Water and has particular Virtues against that Distemper It is given about a spoonful in the Fit and may be continued every Day as occasion requires after the use of general Remedies Swelling of the Yard Take the Juice of the Herb called Cauda Equina mix it with the Juice of Endive and take four spoonfuls Morning and Evening or Take the Water of the Herb distilled through an Alembick to the like quantity anointing the grieved Part with a Mixture of the Oils of Mallows Roses and Earth-worms Syrup of Citron-Iuice Take three pints of Citron-Juice extreamly purify'd put it into a glass or glazed earthen Vessel then dissolve therein six pound of fine Sugar stir it till the Sugar be wholly incorporated with the Juice continue stirring as well when it is off as when upon the Fire and observe that you make use of no Vessels for the preparation of this or any other Syrup of acid Juices but such as are made of glass or glazed Earth for if they be of Metal the Acids will take their Tincture and spoil This is a great cooler and therefore given in Fevers and hot Diseases also to cut Flegm and gargarize sore Mouths Syrup of Coral Take four ounces of red Coral well chosen beat it into Powder on a porphyry Stone moisten it with Rose-water and being dry put it into a glass Cucurbit and pour on it three pints of the Juice of Barberries well clarified put the Cucurbit in a Bath of Ashes moderately hot forty hours stirring the Ingredients from time to time with a wooden Spatula then filter the Liquor through a brown Paper weigh it and return it into a glass Cucurbit set in Balneo Mariae dissolve in it the double weight of Sugar and it is excellent in pestilential Distempers Syrup of Elder Take ripe Elder-berries bruise them well press out the Juice and put to a gallon a pint of Canary or Muscadel boil it to the consumption of almost one half keeping it well scummed and when 't is hot off the Fire put in the Sugar and stir it about then set it
and much of the Tast This Way is frequently used in New-England and other Places where they have great plenty of Syder TAblets of Saffron Take Saffron of Vitriol of Mars half an ounce Earth-worms washed in Wine dried and pulverized one dram Cinnamon Powder very fine half a dram refined Sugar boiled in mugwort-Mugwort-water six ounces mix them well and make them into Tablets called Tablets of Saffron of Mars These Tablets are proper to open Obstructions of the Bowels and particularly those of the Matrix The Dose is from two drams to half an ounce they are to be taken fasting in a Morning and about an Hour after drink two or three spoonfuls of Wormwood Wine Taffety-Tarts Take fine Flower a quarter of a peck the Yolks of twelve Eggs sweet Butter two pound Yeast a quarter of a pint Sugar two ounces mix these well with hot Liquor till they may be made into a stiff Past rowl it up into small Balls and then into thin Plates with your Roller wash round the Brims of them with new Milk then boil Pippens soft take off the Peel and scrape off the Pulp from the Core mix the Pulp with a little Sugar Rose-water the Scrapings and candied Orange-peel and a little Marmalade of Quinces make them up in the forms of Tarts bake them in a gentle Oven after you have dried them first in a warm Place and serve them up scraped over with Sugar and sprinkled with Essence of Violets or Roses Talk-Water Take of the best Talk six pound slit it in five pieces put it in a thin Canvas Bag and let it down into a Well or any deep damp place by a Rope that it may hang about a Yard from the Water with a Vessel under it to receive the dropping when it moistens Let it hang there ten or twelve Days then take the Water you find and distil it with as much of the Water of Fumitory in a cold Still This is an excellent Beautifier makes the Skin smooth and plump giving a rosie Blush and wonderfully preserves a youthful and healthy Complexion in Men and Women Tansie The Juice is good but the Conserve is most approved 'T is used for the Gripes Stone in the Kidneys Worms in the Belly Obstruction of the Courses and the Dropsie It resists Putrefaction and brings away or expels putrified Blood It is good for the Scurvy and purifies the whole Mass of Blood enlivening the whole Body but especially for the Dropsie it is taken with good success Tansie the New Way Take about twelve or thirteen new-lay'd Eggs to three pints of Cream yet put in but seven of the Whites of the Eggs and strain out a pint of the Juice of Spinage or Endive and Sorrel six or seven spoonfuls of the Juice of Tansie Nutmeg sliced small and half a pound of fine Sugar with a little Rose-water and a little Salt beat together then fry it in a clean Pan that it be not blacked with Butter Serve it up with Sugar Rose-water and Orange-juice Tansie another way Take a penny Manchet grate it very fine add a handful of fine Flower and the Yolks of six Eggs then grate in two Naples Biskets make these thin into a Batter with Rose-water and Canary then add two ounces of the Juice of Garden-Tansie after it is well clarified and settled and an ounce of the Juice of Clary with a little beaten Cinnamon and Sugar Fry these in sweet Butter over a gentle Fire till it becomes somewhat brown but beware of burning it for then it is spoiled then serve it up sprinkled with Rose-water wherein Saffron has been infused and scrape over some Loaf-sugar Taragon This is used frequently in Sallads to correct the coldness of other Herbs and their Crudities It is good for cold Stomachs procuring an Appetite and expelling Wind It provokes Urin and the Courses opens Obstructions and being chewed evacuates Flegm and eases the Pains of the Teeth Taragon-Poultis Take of Taragon a handful Ruetops half a handful Brionyleaves five or six bruise them well and mix them with two ounces of the Oil of Water-lilies This is an excellent Poultis to allay Inflammations in Swellings ease Pains in the Belly by being applied to the Navel pretty warm suddainly draws to a Head and breaks Plague-fores or other Swellings caused by internal Corruption Tar-Water Take of the best Sweeds Tar refined from its dross or settling six pound put it into a thin earthen Vessel and set that Vessel in a cold Still make under it a gentle Fire and when there comes a thorough Heat a thin Vapour will ascend and distil into your Receiver or for fear of injuring the bottom of your Still you may have such an earthen Vessel as will shut close with the head of your Still This is an excellent and approved Water for all dry or old Sores Scurfs Scabs or Ulcers being washed or bathed with it It likewise eases the Pains of the Gout or any Pains occasioned by coldness in the Joints A Lint dipt in it and applied eases the Pains in the Teeth the Temples bathed with it eases the Pains in the Head Tart of Green Pease Boil the Pease tender and pour them out into a Cullender season them with Saffron Sugar and Salt add sweet Butter and then close up these Materials in a Past or Coffin when it is baked ice it over with Sugar and Rose-water put in a little Verjuice and shake it well and so scraping a little Sugar on the Lid serve it to up Tart of Green Sprouts Take green Sprouts and give them a scald in hot Water lay them a draining and so mince them small and put them into fine Paste and garnish them with Herbs season them with Lard melted and Beef-marrow and an Onion stuck with Cloves and Pepper and some thin slices of interlarded Bacon between the interlayings of the Herbs and so cover it up with some Paste and when it is baked put in some Gravy and the Juice of Lemon and serve it up Tart of Pistaches Cut the Pistaches and green Citron and put it into fine Past and season it well with Sugar and Cinamon with the Juice of Lemon and cover it up when you serve it put Orange-flowers flowers to it for garnish or other candied Flowers Tart of Rice Boil the Rice when clean dressed in Cream or Milk and when it is tender put it into a Dish and season it with Nutmeg Ginger and Cinnamon a little Pepper Salt and Sugar the Yolks of six Eggs and the Juice of Oranges bake it in a gentle Oven and being enough draw it then scrape Sugar on the Lid of it and so serve it up Tartar the Cream soluble To make this Soluble Take Cream of Tartar as much as is convenient dissolve it in a sufficient quantity of hot Water then gently drop into it Liquor of Salt of Tartar till the Ebullition cease evaporate the superfluous Moisture and the soluble Cream of Tartar will remain for the quantity of the fixed
Salt surmounting the Acidity of the Cream of Tartar breaks the union of its parts and insinuating its pores makes it dissolvible in cold Water or cold Liquors whereas otherways it could not be dissolved but in those that are boiling hot For Soluble Emetick Cream of Tartar take this Rule Take Crocus Metallorum mixed with Salts and Cream of Tartar of each two ounces pulverize them very finely and let them macerate for fifteen Hours in three pints of cold spring-Spring-water then digest them as long in a moderate Sand-bath and at length encrease the Fire and let them boil gently filter the Liquor and evaporate it till a thin Film cover it then set it in a cool place to crystalize The Parts of the Tartar-Cream being disunited by the fixed Salt remaining in the Saffron of Metals is easily dissolved in cold Water and fitted to purge upward and downward giving it from two to three four five or six grains in Broth or Wine or some other convenient Liquor Teal Boiled Take the largest sort of Teal draw them and pick them clean then take about a dozen stewing Oisters Thyme Sage Winter-savory and Parsly clean stript and cut small make them with a little Butter and Pepper into a Ball stiffned with Flower and the Fowl being trussed put this into the Belly tying the Neck and Vent very close then put the Fowl into the Water when it begins to boil being boiled tender dish them on Sippets with Gravy Anchovy-sauce and the Herbs laying the Oisters with some Lemon-peel and Parsly about the Dish for garnish Tears to Prevent If Tears or watry Humours are usually standing in the Eyes hindring the Sight and being much troubled Take of Aloes Epatick two drams infuse them in about half a pint of Whitewine and Rose-water of each an equal quantity and wash the Eyes with the Liquid part Morning and Evening or else foment them with the Water of Stechado's Teasle its Decoction This is usually called Fullers-Thistle the Roots of it boiled in Wine help to cure Ulcers and Warts There is a Water that is received in the hollowness of the Leaves of this Plant as it grows after a shower of Rain which by long standing there becomes good for the Inflammations of the Eyes also to take away Spots from the Face and beautifie it The Herb boiled in Wine purges by Urin. Teeth to Fasten Take a pint of Red or Claret-wine and about two drams of Japan-earth dissolve it as much as may be then pour off the Clear and wash the Mouth with it often or Take Sage and Winter-savory boil them in Spring-water till the Water is strong of the Herbs then put into a pint an ounce of Honey and half an ounce of Alom boil it a litile till the latter are dissolved and then it being strained wash your Mouth with it at convenient times Teeth to keep Sound Let the Party if it can be agreeable frequently rub his Teeth with the Ashes that remain in a Pipe after it is smoaked washing it afterward with fair Water Or Take the Juice of Housleek and Scabious and wash your Mouth with it once or twice a Week in the Morning Teeth to make Firm Take the Ashes of Vine-sprigs and those of the Root of Burdock put them into Vinegar let them steep about six Hours and then first wash your Mouth with fair Water and afterward with Vinegar strained clear from the Ashes and it will fix and preserve the Teeth to a very great Age. Teeth Offensive If your Teeth by reason of their Rottennest or Humours settling under them cast an ill savour to remedy it Take four ounces of Cummin-seed seeth if in a quart of Whitewine with some Tops of Baum and Mint till a quarter of a pint be consumed and with this wash your Mouth Morning and Evening Tench-Pye To order this and season it well Take about six Tenches and having made the Coffin lay a laying of Butter and some Nutmeg Cinnamon and Mace lightly scatter'd over it then lay in the Tench put over them some more Butter and Spice with a few blue Currans clean washed and pour in about a quarter of a pint of Claret then bake it well when enough take it out and put in more Butter at the spout and serve it up with some fine Sugar dusted over it In this manner you may season a Carp-pye but three of them if any thing large are sufficient in one Pye Tender Eyes Take the Water of Plantane Eye bright Pimpernel and the Oil of Roses beat them up together and wash or anoint the Eyes with them and the Sight will be much strengthened Tenesmus Mix Balsam of Sulphur made with Oil of Turpentine with Linfeed or some other such-like convenient drying Oil till the Balsom be thereby so well allayed that it may be well endured then let the Party dip a Finger in it and use it as a suppository once or twice a Day Terms to Provoke Take for three Mornings together about the expected time of the Menses a dram or a dram and a half of the Galls and Livers of Eels dried and reduced to Powder in a Glass of Whitewine or Canary Tetter To cure this Take black Soap a quarter of an ounce Bole-armoniack two drams Oil of Turpentine three drams Bees-wax half an ounce and Bears-grease one ounce make these up into an Ointment or thin Plaister and apply it to the Place renewing it every Day and a speedy Cure will ensue This also breaks the Whitloe and is excellent against Scalds or Burns Tetters to Kill Take of burnt Alom Ginger and Flower of Brimstone of each a like quantity mix them well and incorporate them with fresh Butter so much as when melted will bring them into the consistence of an Unguent and with it anoint the Part afflicted as hot as can be well endured when you are going to Bed and let it continue on all Night and when you rise wash it off with celandine-Celandine-water but upon going to Bed take a little Gascoin-powder in a spoonful or two of Treacle-water to prevent the Humours being driven into the Mass of Blood which oftentimes happens when this is not on bathing the Place with Celandine-water Thorow-war The Decoction of this Herb in Wine of the Leaves powdered are applied successfully in Ruptures and Contusions Some hold it is a proper Remedy for the King's-Evil also Fractures and an Erisipela's Thoru-Apple An Ointment made of the Juice of the Leaves and Hogs lard is excellent for Burns and Scalds The Seed is to be avoided because taken for a time it occasions Madness Throat Sore Take Verjuice of Grapes an ounce best Honey half an ounce crude Alom about a dram and a half Rock or Spanish Salt half a dram make these into a thinness and with a fine Rag at the end of a small Stick or Wyre thrust it as far as is convenient into your Throat where the Sore is and bathe the Place grieved with it Do this often and between
every two times make a gargling with some Plantane and Rose-water Throat-wort This Plant especially the Root is astringent and drying and therefore the Decoction is excellent at the beginning of Ulcers and Inflammations of the Mouth and Tonsils and for other Diseases that require astringent Remedies Thrush This is usually incident among Children and frequently proves very dangerous wherefore to Remedy it Take an Egg open the top of it and take out the White and Yolk and fill the Shell with the Juice of red Sage and set it on hot Embers till it simpers then skim it with a Knife's point whilst any Scum will rise and take as much Alom beaten as the bigness of a small Hazle-nut and half a spoonful of Honey which when the Juice begins to wast put in to fill it so let it boil a little and having cooled it rub the Party's Mouth with a little of it washing it afterward with the Juice of Sage Thyme here I mean the wild sort It is hot and dry and consequently forces the Courses and Urin. It is Cephalick Uterine and Stomachick and therefore good a-against Spitting of Blood Gripes and Convulsions c. Outwardly applied it eases the Pains of the Head and Giddiness and disposes to Sleep Thyme its Virtues These are very great as will appear to any one that does but observe That it provoketh Urine it doth heat and being taken in Drink doth purge the Internals and expectorates all nauseous and ill Humours of the Lungs by Spitting four drams of Thyme dried and reduced to Powder being taken fasting in a glass of Canary by often repeating eases the Pains of the Gout for it gently purges Choler and other sharp Humours It is good also for Diseases in the Bladder and a dram being taken in an ounce of Water and Honey is good for such as have their Bellies begin to swell for the Sciatica and Pains in the Reins Sides and Breast for Inflammations and Stitches about the fore-part of the Belly for Melancholy Persons and for those that are troubled in Mind and much given to Frights and Fears upon slight occasions if three drams be taken in an ounce of Honey and Vinegar well tempered together it is also profitable against the Inflammations of the Eyes and the vehement Pains thereof and much revives the Sight There is an Oil extracted from it of the colour of Gold which cometh forth with a Water when the Herb being fresh and green is distilled in a Bath of hot Water This Oil smells like a Citron and is very tart in tast its Virtues are to heat all cold Parts but by the way note That for what has been mentioned Black Thyme must not be chosen for it corrupteth the Temperature and engendreth Choler and therefore it must be that which bears a carnation Flower or that which beareth a white one Tickling This is caused by defluxions of Rheum and is often very troublesome To remove it Take Olibanum and Venice-Treacle of each a like quantity incorporate them well and make them up into little Pills and let the Party take a dram of them and if need require it a scruple or two once or twice a Day Tiffanies Faded To recover these Take the Water of Vervain a quart half a pint of the Water that distils from the Vine when it is cut in the Spring c. a handful of the Roots of Primroses and as many Rosemary-flowers to these put a quart of new Milk and boil them together with two ounces of Alom in Powder strain out the Decoction and steep your Tiffanies in it twenty four Hours and then washing them out they will not only look much whiter and be the more capable of a gloss In this manner you may do by Lace Muslins or Lawns if the substance of them be not too much decayed Tiffanies to Wash Take the best crown Soap and soap them on their Hems or Laces and with a gentle Hand pass them over three Lathers and afterwards rince them keeping them as much as may be likewise from the Air and dry them over the Flame of Brimstone then add a quarter of an ounce of Smalt to a pound of Starch and if it be convenient add the bigness of a Hazle-nut in Alom which you may dissolve boil it to a fineness and charge it lightly upon your Tiffanies and dry them being wet by a Fire still clapping them in your Hands and when they are clear shape them by a Pattern you design them for iron them with a smooth though quick Iron till they shine and you will find little difference as to the gloss between them and new Some instead of Starch use Gum-water but this I leave to your Discretion Tincture of Amber Reduce five or six ounces of yellow Amber into an impalpable Powder put it into a Bolt Head and on it pour Spirit of Wine the heighth of four Fingers and stop the Head with another to make a double Vessel and when you have exactly luted the Junctures with a Skin or wetted Bladder place it in Digestion in hot Sand and leave it five or six Days till the Spirit of Wine is sufficiently tinged with the Amber colour then decant the Tincture and put more Spirit of Wine to the Matter and so digest it as before then having separated the Impregnation mix it with the other and filter them and so put them into an Alembick and distil them with a soft Fire About half the Spirit of Wine which might before serve may do in this last Keep the Tincture which you find remaining at the bottom of the Alembick close stopt up You may take ten drops of this in some convenient Liquor for the Apoplexy Palsie or Epilepsie and it is much commended for the helping Women in most Distempers of the Head or Affliction of the Brain Tinctura Sacra Take of the Species of Hiera Picra one ounce Canary a pint infuse the former in the latter in some cool place the space of seven Days shaking it two or three times a Day and then let it stand till the Wine looks clear This wonderfully cleanses and strengthens the Stomach is good for the Jaundice-Dropsie ill Habit of Body and for opening Obstructions in the Liver and Spleen Three spoonfuls may be taken at a time or more or less according to the Age and Strength of the Party afflicted Tincture of Saffron Digest in eight ounces of treacle-Treacle-water two ounces of Saffron for the space of six Days then the Tincture being strained out keep it close stopped for use You may take of this half an ounce at a time in a glass of Wine or any other convenient Liquor This is wonderfully efficacious in chearing and comforting the Heart concocting the crude Humours of the Breast helps the Jaundice and is good against the Infection of the Plague and is of singular validity in driving out the Small-pox but in that case you must be wary in taking too much of it for fear of inflaming the
the more speedy way put Whitewine or Claret into an earthen Pot stop the Mouth with a piece of Past and put it into a brass Pan or Pot boiling with Water let it be there about half an Hour and it will grow soure Vinegar of Elder Gather Elder-flowers before they be too much blown pick them clean from the great Stalks and dry them in the Sun when it is not too hot so put a handful of them to a quart of the best White-wine-Vinegar and let it stand about twelve or fourteen Days then strain it and draw it off and put it into your Vessel letting a quart be put in very hot to make it ferment in the Cask and so stop it close for use It is very pleasing to the Pallate good for those to use in Sauces or otherways that are troubled with Pains in their Heads as also by dipping a Cloath in it or making a Poultis of Mallows and Chamomil and apply'd to the Head it wonderfully eases it of Pains caused by heat Vinegar of Foul Wine Boil it and scum it very clean suffering it to continue over the Fire till one third is consumed then put it in a Vessel and put some Chervel to it stop it close and in a short time it will prove very good Vinegar You may make Vinegar of any Flowers Herbs Fruits or Roots by putting them into the Vinegar and infusing them till the Vinegar is tinctured or grown strong with the tast and smell of them Vinegar of Pepper Fill a Bottle with the best Wine-Vinegar then take a good quantity of Pepper put it into a long Cloath sowed up like a Bag and put it into the Vinegar for the space of Eight Days with a string to it that it may be drawn out at the end of that time Vinegar of Roses Take the Buds almost blown of red Roses gathered dry and the Whites and Stalks cut away shred them and dry them after in the Sun a considerable time put them into aâ— earthen Vessel and put to a pound of Roses two quarts of the best Whitewine-Vinegar stop them up close and let them infuse eight or nine Days then draw off the Vinegar press out what remains in the Roses and bottle it up for use Vinegar of Roses another Take red Roses not quite blown cut away the white Bottoms when the Leaves are plucked from the Stalk about one pound and dry them in the Sun then put them in six quarts of White-wine-Vinegar and set it in the Sun about forty Days then strain it and let the Infusion be repeated with fresh Roses and so strain it out and keep it for use This is used mostly in Sauces but it is indeed extraordinary good made up into a Syrup with Sugar to cut Flegm gargle the Mouth and to be used in cooling and astringent Medicins Vinegar of Roses another Dry your Roses with Elder-flowers then put them into a double Glass or stone Bottle set them in the Sun or in a warm Oven and put Whitewine-Vinegar to them and so let them infuse for ten Days and tye a Rag over the Mouth of the Bottle that the Vinegar may strain through it Vinegar of Treacle Take one ounce and half of the Roats of great Celandine the Roots of Angelica Masterwort Bithwort Gentian Valerian Burnet white Dittany Elecampane and Zedoary of each a dram the Leaves of Mousear Sage Scabious Scordium Dittany of Creet and Blessed Thistle of each a handful great Plantain-root a dram and half the Seeds and Bark of Citron of each one dram and half Saffron three drams Bole-armoniack one dram Harts-horn a dram and half tye up the Harts-horn Dittany and Bole-armoniack in a fine Rag and for five or six Days infuse it with the other Ingredients in five Pints of sharp Vinegar in a well stopt Glass by a moderate heat strain out the Vinegar then put into it to dissolve six drams of the best Treacle and shake it often and so do when you use it The Dose is half a spoonful at a time in some convenient Liquor It is of excellent use to prevent pestilential Fevers the Plague ill Airs and noisom Vapours being taken fasting in a Morning Violets Simple To make the simple Syrup of Violets infuse the Flowers of blue Violets twice or thrice till they by boiling have lost their Scent then with a convenient quantity of Sugar boil up the Water to a Syrup This asswageth sharp Humours and Pleurisie and is good for the Head-ach and against the Heaviness of the Heart and hinders disturbing Dreams Violets Syrup of To make the compound Syrup of Violets Take the blue Violet-flowers fresh gathered the white ends clipped off and free from Stalks two ounces the Seeds of Quinces and Mallows of each one ounce Jubebs and Sebestens twenty of each boil Gourds or their Seeds in five pints of Water till one half be consumed then take them out and put the other things mention'd into it and having strengthned it with their Scent and Tast so that little or none remains in themselves press them into the Liquid and so with fine Sugar boil it up into a Syrup This mitigates Catarrhs and Hoarsness and wonderfully helps Coughs or Colds and is good in most hot Diseases Vipers Biting As soon as any one is bitten for if the Poison be diffused through the Mass of Blood the Experiment cannot be warranted a hot Iron may as hot as the Party can endure it be held near the Wound till it has as some term it drawn out Poison which sometimes like a yellowish Spot will stick to the surface of the Iron Viper Biting another Take white Horehound and Plantain of each half a handful beat them into the nature of a Poultis and apply it speedily to the Place afflicted ' e're the Poison spread in the Blood and drink at the same time the Juice of them which is very good against the Jaundice and not only for the Biting of the Viper but other venomous Creatures Vipers-Grass This is by many eaten with their Meat having a kind of a tast and sweetness of a Parsnip 'T is applied with success against the Biting of any venomous Creature also in pestilential Fevers Giddiness Melancholy Palpitations of the Heart Falling-sickness Obstructions of the Bowels and Diseases of the Womb for the Jaundice and Dropsie if taken at the beginning In case of any kind of Fevers Take of the Root of Scorzonera and Angelica of each six drams of the Leaves of Wood-sorrel with the Roots two handfuls rasp'd Ivory and Harts-horn of each half an ounce Licorice two drams boil these in a sufficient quantity of Water wherein Barly has been boiled to the consumption of a pint and a half and having strained the Liquor add of the Composition of scordium-Scordium-water and of the cold scordium-Scordium-water of Saxony of each three ounces Syrup of Rasberries three ounces mingle them well and make an Apozem of which take three or four ounces at pleasure though the Fever
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Wines to Back The best time to do it is when the Wind sits full North the Weather clear and temperate in the encrease of the Moon and when she is under the Earth and not in the full heighth Wine Roping To alter this Take a course Linnen-cloath and place it before your Bore when you have set it abroach then put in your Linnen and rock it in a dry Cask then put in five or six ounces of powdered Alom and jumble them well together and so upon settling it will be fined down and become a very clear and pleasant Wine Wine to Scent well Take two ounces of Brimstone and half an ounce of Calamus mix them well together in a pint and a half of Borrage-water melt the Brimstone in a Pan and add the rest to it and dip in so many Linnen-cloaths as will soak it up and put them into the Hogshead then take out your Ashes and rack your Wine and so put into it a pint of Rosewater and rowl it well half an hour it being stopt down close after which let it lye still two Days and by this means this or any other Gascoin or red Wine will have a very pleasant Scent Wine of Squils Take the Roots of white Mountain-squills seasonably gathered slice them and lay them a drying for a Month and put a pound of them into a glass and poor on them four quarts of good old Whitewine infuse them for the space of forty Days and then take out the Squills This is likewise a gentle Vomit but most commonly used with Vinum-Benedictum or the Blessed Wine so that an ounce of it may be taken with half an ounce of the other Wines Vicious to Meliorate Take a pint of clarified Honey a pound of Water wherein Raisins have been steeped half a pint and a quarter of a pint of Claret or Whitewine as to what you propose it to boil them over a gentle Fire till a third part be consumed scum it continually in the boiling and put it pretty hot into the Wine and let it stand with the Bung out then put in a Bag of Spices and it wilt fine either new or old Wine that are fouled or decayed and give them a curious Smell or Tast if when it has rested five or six Days you add white Mustard-seed bruised hang it in a Canvas-bag Woman in Labour Take of Cinnamon finely powdered one dram Amber likewise finely powdered half a dram mingle them in a quarter of a pint of Claret and let the Party drink it This is accounted a most approved Medicine to help a Woman in the time of her Travel and cause an easie and safe Labour Womb to Cleanse Take a large old Onion the whitest that may be cut it in pieces and boil it in a pint of Water very soft strain and press it and take about a quarter of a pint of the Decoction at a time putting thereto an ounce of the fresh Oil of Wallnuts and the expected Effects will be compleated by it Worm in the Head If any Worm or Earwig has crept into the Head whilst you sleep to destroy or bring it away Take three or four Cloves of Garlick stamp them in a Mortar or any other convenienient Utensil then lay them in clean Water to soak a while and so wring out the Juice with a clean Cloth and put a few drops of the Liquor into the Ear and it will either kill the Worm and work it out with the Wax or cause it to come out at the Nose It is also good for Noises and Dizziness in the Head and brings away the Furr and Scurf that many times causes Obstruction in the Hearing and much lessens it VVorms Take Rhubarb a dram Wormwood half a dram Coralline a scruple Currans four ounces beat them to a Conserve and mix it with Syrup of Violets till it becomes an Electuary and give the quantity of a Nutmeg in a Morning fasting dissolved in a little warm Ale or Wine This is noted by Dr. Wetherborn to be of excellent use to kill Worms in Children VVorms in the Teeth If you find when you put hot things in your Mouth something to stir in your Teeth or Gums Take black Pepper a quarter of an ounce beat it to Powder and sift it finely then put it into a quarter of a pint of White-wine and boil it over a gentle Fire then take some of it and hold it as hot as may be in your Mouth and it will make those that can crawl out and kill those that are imprisoned whereby the Pain and Defect thereby occasioned will presently cease VVorms in Children Take the green Husks of Walnuts Rue and Baum beat them very fine put as much Sugar to them as will make them into a Conserve and to make them the more pallatable let it be taken in two or three spoonfuls of Canary to the quantity of a large Hazle-nut at a time VVormwood This Excellent Herb is under the Dominion and Government of Mars Its Virtues are very singular viz. It is good for Inflammations of the Liver and Stomach and profitable for those that are sick of the Dropsie the Leaves being made into a Confection with Sugar It is of a restringent quality bitter and sharp altogether being hot it is comforttable and drying and therefore it purgeth downwards and driveth into the Urin and Excrement all cholerick Humours it principally comforteth and fortifieth the Heart and Stomach being infused in Wine The Tops of it and Roots of Dandelion decocted in Water are powerful Expellers of the Humours that occasion the Jaundice The Juice of Wormwood wherein the Kernels of Peaches are bruised and infused kill the Worms in any Part of the Body The Conserve of it taken fasting preserves from Drunkenness sharpens Appetite and is a sovereign Remedy for those that are troubled with Stuffings or Stoppage of the Stomach if the Juice thereof be drank with Whitewine or Vinegar mixed with Milk and Honey it is good to rub those that are afflicted with the Squinsie The Fume of the Decoction the Mouth or Ears held over it easeth their Pains and being infused in Wine of Raisins it easeth the Pains and Pricking of the Eyes they being washed with it Being mixed with Oil of Roses and a Stomach that has been long weakned anointed therewith it mightily strenghthens it With Figs Vinegar and Darnel-Meal it is good applied outwardly and inwardly against the Dropsie and Spleen Dried and powdered it defends Cloaths from Moths and Worms For a continued Dropsie Take two pounds of the Tops of Wormwood make it into a Conserve with as much Sugar and let the Party take half an ounce at a time three or four time a Day wormwood-VVormwood-VVater Take two gallons of new Ale but well settled and very clear a pound of Anniseeds and half a pound of Licorice bruise them together very sine then take two handfuls of the tender Tops of Roman Wormwood and put them with the other Ingradients into
gentle Fire keeping the Pot open and scumming it continually and when 't is boil'd away to a Pint take it off and put it in an earthen Pot with a Cover and take a little therof Morning and Evening on a Knife point This is excellent good for Pains in the Back occasioned by the foulness or Heat of Urin in the Ureters Kidneys or the Stoppage of the Passage in the Reins and also for the Whites in Women Alabastrum Vnguentum an Ointment so called to make which Take Red-Bryer tops when at the tenderest Six Handfuls stamp them small and add Two Quarts of White-Whine Rue One Handful the Flowers and Leaves of Camomil One Ounce Powder of Alabaster Two Ounces Fennel-Seeds One Ounce Oil of Roses half a Pound Wax half a Dram put them altogether except the Camomil and the Wax let them infuse over a gentle Fire and when they seeth put in the Wax and Camomil let it boil up till the Wine be consumed and when it is cold take the Whites of Five Eggs mingle them well with all the Materials and strain them through a fair Linnen-Cloth and put it into a glazed earthen Pot. This Ointment is singularly good for Pins and Webs and other Spots in the Eyes by dropping a little of it into them and keeping them close for a time It is also good for the Megrim and Head-ach Likewise Pains in the Matrix are eased by anointing the Belly Flanks and Reins of the Back with it The Stomach being anointed with it is eased of its Pains and any other part even the Pains of the Gout are removed by it Alexander its Virtues This Herb is under the Dominion of Jupiter and therefore friendly to Nature it is by some called Horse-Parsly or Wild-Parsly It warmeth the Stomach and opens Stoppages of the Liver and Spleen it moves the Courses and expels the After-Birth it breaks Wind and provokes Urin helpeth the Strangury if the Leaves be boiled in Wine and drank Two Ounces at a time pretty hot the Seeds have the same virtue and are effectual against the biting of Serpents Alexanders This is mostly used in Broth in the Spring-Season because it cleanses and cools the Blood and strengthens the Stomach The Seeds to the quantity of half a Dram dryed so that they may be reduced to Powder and drunk in a Glass of White-Wine provoke Urine Almond-Bisket To make this Take the Whites of Four new-lay'd Eggs and Two Yelks beat these well for the space of an Hour having in readiness a quarter of a Pound of the best Almonds blanched in cold Water beat them very fine with Rose-Water lest they come to an Oil then beat a Pound of fine Loaf-Sugar in the Eggs a while and so put in the Almonds with Five or Six Spoonfuls of the finest Flower make them into proper Shapes and bake them in a moderately heated Oven on Paper Plates dusting over them a little fine sifted Sugar Almond-Cakes To make these Take a Pound of Almonds blanched in cold Water beat them with Rose-Water till they lose their glistring put in half a Pound of fine Sugar well sifted beat these and the Almonds together till they be well mixed then take the Whites of Two Eggs and Two Spoonfuls of fine Flower well dryed and beat them together and pour in your Almonds then butter the Plates you frame your Cakes in dust them with fine Sugar and Flower and when they are a little brown in the Oven draw them suffering the Oven a little to cool then set them in again upon brown Paper and they will become much whiter than before Almond-Caudle To do this well Take of new Ale Three Pints boil in it a quarter of an Ounce of Mace and Cloves as also some sliced White-bread then put in a Pound of blanched Almonds well beaten and half a Pint of White-Wine skim it well in boiling and when it is sufficiently thickened sweeten it according to your Pallate This is not only pleasant and nourishing but very good in a Consumption Almond-Caudle Strain half a pound of blanched Almonds well beaten in a Mortar into a Pint of new Ale then boil in it slices of fine Manchet large Mace and Sugar Being almost boiled put in a Jill of Sack and so serve it up sweetened with a little Sugar Almond-Cheese Take Almonds beaten fine make a Sack-Posset made only with Sack and Cream take off the Curd and mingle it with the beaten Almonds set it on a Chafing-dish of Coals and put some double refined Sugar to it with a sufficient quantity of Rose-Water then in a Pye-Plate fashion it into the form of a Cheese put it into a Dish and scrape a little Sugar over it and when it is cold serve it up Almond-Cream Take half a Pound of Almond-Past beaten with Rose-Water strain it with a Quart of Cream and put it in a Skellet with a Stick of Cinnamon broken into small pieces stir it continually in the boiling and when it is boiled put Sugar to it and serve it up when cold Almond-Cream another way Take thick Almond-Milk made with fair Spring-Water boil it a little and then removing it from the Fire put into it a little Salt and Vinegar put it then into a clean strainer and hang it on a Pin over the Dish till 't is all drained out then take down the remainder put it into a Dish and add to it some fine Sugar and a quarter of a Pint of Muscadel or Canary strow it then over with Red Bisket and serve it up Almond-Custard Take Two Pound of Almonds blanch and beat them in a Stone Mortar very fine adding as much Rose-Water as will make them very moist then put them in a Press and squeeze out the liquid part and put it to Two Quarts of Cream Twenty Whites of Eggs well beaten and a Pound of double refined Sugar put it into a Pan cover it with a Lid of Puff-past let it be baked gently and then scrape over it fine Sugar Almond-Ielly Take a Pound of Almonds and steep them in cold Water Six Hours when they swell the Husks may be taken off then make a Decoction of half a Pound of Ising-glass with the Juice of Two Lemons and Two Quarts of White-Wine boil it till half be consumed then let it cool and strain it mingle it with the Almonds and strain it With a Pound of double refined Sugar and with suitable Colours you may make it of what Colour you will put into it Egg-shels or Orange-peels that is place them on the top of it and serve it up Almond-Leach To do this according to the French Fashion Take a Quart of fresh Cream a quarter of a Pint of Rose-Water Four Grains of Musk dissolved in Rose-Water and Four or Five Blades of large Mace boil them with half a Pound of Ising-glass steeped before in Water and washed cleâ—n put to these half a Pound of Sugar and being boiled to a jelly strain it through a Jelly-Bag into a
of the best Hogs-Lard a Pound and a half of the best Jordan-Almonds Almonds blanched beat one half of them very small and the other half reserve unbeaten take further a Pound and a half of Sugar Four Penny White-Loaves grate them over the former Composition and mingle them well put in half an Ounce of Ambergrease scraped very small half a quarter of an Ounce of Levant-Musk a quarter of a Pint of Orange-flower-Water mingle all these very well fill the Guts but not too tight boil them over a gentle Fire for fear of breaking and they will prove excellent fare Amber a volatil Salt Take of Amber Two Pound let it be finely bruised and reduced to Powder and put it into an earthen Cucurbit or Glass so that Three quarters of the Cucurbit may be empty then set it in Sand fitting the Head to it and a small Recipient and when the Junctures are well luted put a moderate Fire under it for the space of an Hour then the Cucurbit being hot encrease the Fire by degrees to a third degree hotter than at first and so you will find a Flegm and Spirit and after them a volatil Salt which in little Crystals will fasten to the Head and afterward an Oil will distil but from White changing to Red it will continue clear however and when you perceive no Vapours to rise extinguish the Fire and so suffering the Vessels to cool unlute them and with a Feather gather the volatil Salt into a convenient Vessel and although as yet it will remain unpure by reason of the small quantity of Oil that is found to be mixed with it you must have a Viol sufficiently large that a Fourth only may be filled with the volatil Salt and stopping it only with Paper place it in Sand and sublime it with a gentle Fire so that the pure Salt will appear in Crystal very fair at the top of the Viol and when you perceive the Oil begins to rise then raise the Glass from off the Fire and having suffer'd it to cool break it to separate the Salt and here finding at least half an Ounce keep it in a Viol well stopped for use and it will prove very excellent Its Vertues are rare in the Jaundice Scurvy Ulcers of the Bladder to force Urine and for Fits of the Mother It may be taken from Six to Eight Grains in some proper Liquid Anacardiums to prepare Having first powdered and then infused them in a convenient quantity of Vinegar when you have sufficiently imbibed it cause the Vinegar gently to evaporate and dry them Andolians Soak the Guts of a Poarker in Water and Salt turn them and scour them that they may be made very clean let them steep after that a Day and a Night in fair Water dry them well with a Linnen-Gloath turn the fat side outwardmost then shred Sage very small mix it with beaten and then sifted Pepper do the like by Cloves Mace and Coriander-seed mingle with them a little Salt and season the fat side of the Guts then turn that side inward again and draw one Gut over another to what thickness you please boil them in fair Water with a piece of interlarded Bacon some of the Spices before-mention'd and a seasoning of Salt tye them fast at both ends at what length you please and as it is more liking and savoury to your Pallate you may put into them Pennyroyal Savory Leeks Onions or Sweet-Marjoram chop'd or bruised very small or if you please further to gratifie your Appetite Rosemary Thyme Nutmegs Ginger or Pepper grosly bruised Angelica is hot and dry even the Herb but more especially the Root The Root preserves against the Infection of the Plague if infused in Vinegar you frequently chew it and hold it to your Nose Take a Dram of the Powder only of the Root and half a Dram mixed with as much Venice-Treacle and this being taken once in Six Hours will cause a curious breathing Sweat The candied Roots and Stalks sweeten the Breath and help against the Diseases of the Lungs you may make Lozenges of them which are excellent Preservatives being held in the Mouth in pestilential Times Thus Take the Extract of the Roots of Angelica and Contrayerva of each of them an Ounce Three Drams of the Extract of Liquorice of the Flower of Sulphur sublim'd with Myrrh Five Drams of Oil of Cinnamon about Eight Drops fine Sugar twice the weight of all of them with a mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth made in Scordium-Water and so make them up into Lozenges Angelica to Candy Take the Stalks boil them in fair Water till they become very tender then shift them in Three Boilings Six or Seven times that the bitterness may be so taken away then cover them with Sugar and let them boil a Minute then take them out and dry them in an Oven and being dryed boil the Sugar to a Candy heighth and so cast them into the hot Sugar and take them out again suddainly and use them as the former Angelica its Vertues The Powder of the Root of it resists the Plague and Pestilential Fevers being drank in Wine a Dram at a time or infused in Vinegar and held to your Nose It eases violent Pains in the Head The Powder taken with Venice-Treacle or Diascordium causes gentle breathing Sweats carrying off the sharp Humours that many times by settling occasion racking Pains in the Joints Angelot to make To do this Take a Gallon of Stroakings and a Pint of Cream put to them when mixed a little Rennet when you fil turn up the middle side of the Cheese-fat fill them a little at once and suffer it to stand all that Day and the next then turn them and so leave them till they will slip out of the Fat Salt them on both sides and when the Coats begin to come lay them a drying and it will have a very pleasant relish Angling To have the best Sport and Success in this part of Recreation Take Assa-Foetida Camphire Aqua-vitae and Olive-Oil bruise them in a Mortar till they become a pliable Ointment and by anointing your Bates therewith the Fish will presently take them Anodyne-Clyster Boil a Pint of Milk once up and mix with it the Yolk of an Egg well beaten so that in the putting in it curdle not then Four Spoonfuls of brown Sugar and a little of the Decoction of Camomil Flowers and being administred pretty hot it gives speedy and effectual Ease to the gripings and Pains in the Bowels Antiepileptick Water of Langius Take the Shavings of Man's Scull Misletoe of the Oak Peony and White Dittany of each two ounces fresh Flowers of Lillies of the Vallies two handfuls Cinamon six Drams Nutmeg half an Ounce Cloves Mace and Cubebs of each two Drams these being all bruised together put them into a Matras and stop them up as secure from Air as may be in eight pints of Malmsey and when they have macerated for a Week over a gentle Fire distill them
afflicted renewing it as it dries and then bath or anoint the Place with Oil of Roses Artichoaks to bake Boil them first in fair Water and so soon as you can separate the bottoms from the Leaves without breaking lay them in a Dish and season them with Nutmeg Pepper and Cinamon very lightly having layed a Sheet of Past under them with some bits of Butter then lay on Potatoes sliced round the Dish also some Eringo-Roots and Dates Beef-Marrow large Mace sliced Lemon and more Butter close it up with another Sheet of Past and being baked liquor it with Grape-juice or Verjuice Butter and Sugar beat up together ice it with Sugar and Rose-water and so serve it up Artichoaks to dress The best way is to boil them in a Beef-pot and when they are tender sodden take off the tops only leaving the bottoms with some round about them then put them into a Dish putting some fair Water to them and two or three spoonfuls of Sack and a spoonful of Sugar stew them on a Chafing-dish of Coals take the Liquor then from them and make ready some Cream with the Yelks of two Eggs two ounces of Marrow and as much sweet Butter as will serve 'em up Artichoaks stewed Having first boiled the Artichoaks take off the Leaves and the Choak cut the bottoms into quarters split them in the middle put them into a flat Stewing-pan put under them Toasts of Bread and the Marrow of two Bones five or six Blades of large Mace half a pound of preserved Plumbs with two ounces of Sugar and suffer them to stew together the space of two Hours then put them into a Dish with Sippits garnished with Barberrie and so serve them up and they will make a delicate and much approved Dish Ash or Ash-Trèe The Seed of the Ash-Keys dryed powdered and drank in White-wine provokes Urine The Juice of the Leaves drank constantly in drink prevents Fatness and reduces those that are so The Bark and Wood dry and attenuate and are supposed to soften the hardness of the Spleen by a specifick Quality The Juice of Ash-Leaves drank and the beaten Leaves outwardly applied avail much against the biting of any venemous Creature and stench blood The Juice with Honey is good for internal Bruises The Leaves and tender Twigs boiled in your usual drink is good against the Dropsie though the Seeds powdered and taken in Wine in the Opinion of others are more powerful The Salt of Ash provokes Urine Asparagus or Sperage The prickly sort of this which in many Places grows wild being boiled in White-wine provokes Urine is good against the Strangury or difficulty in making Water expels Gravel in the Kidneys or Bladder eases Pains in the Reins and boiled in Wine-Vinegar closes the Arteries and eases the Pains of the Hip-Gout or Sciatica The Decoction of the Root boiled to clear the sight and being held in the Mouth eases he Pains in the Teeth Asthma Take the distilled Water of Nettles and coltsfoot-Coltsfoot-water of each one pint Anniseeds and Licorice-Powder of each two spoonfuls Raisins of the Sun and Figs sliced of each a handful boil them till half a pint of the Liquor be consumed strain the remainder and with a pound of white Sugar-candy finely pondered make it into a Syrup take a quarter of an ounce at a time and the Stomach will be helped to a good Digestion It removes also Obstructions of the Lungs Astringent-Powder Take Bole-Armoniack and Terrasigillata of each two ounces Pomgranat-Flowers Red-Roses and Dragons-seeds of Sumach and Whortle-Berries Frankincense and Mastick of each two ounces make all these into a fine Powder This Powder taken in Wine or some Decoction from a scruple to a dram in losses of Blood weakness of the Stomach and Intestines is singular good It may likewise be applied outwardly incorporated with Whites of Eggs Vinegar or some Astringent-Water or Decoction like a Cataplasm to stop defluxions and loss of Blood and to strengthen or close the Parts Astringent Saffron of Mars Take of the filings of Steel and Sulphur powdered an equal quantity mix them well and make them into a Past with Water put the Past into an earthen Vessel and suffer it to ferment there four or five Hours after which set the Vessel over a quick fire and with an iron Instrument fit for that purpose stir the Matter about and it will flame suffer the Sulphur to burn out and it will appear very black yet continue it over a brisk fire and stir it about for two Hours after and then you will perceive it of a red Colour then wash it five or six times in strong Vinegar leaving it to steep an Hour at a time and then calcine it in a Pot or on a Tile in a great fire five or six Hours after suffer it to cool and stop it up close Avens This Herb is Astringent in some degrees it strengthens and discusses being cephalick and cordial and resists Poisons though it is mostly appropriated to the Cure of Catarrhs and for quickening the Blood when thick or coagulated Wine wherein the Roots have been steeped have a fine pleasant tast and smell It cheers the Heart and opens Obstructions The Root infused in Beer is excellent in strengthning the Joints and Bowels Two ounces of the Root or a handful of the Herb boiled in Water or Posset-drink to the quantity of a Quart and consumed to a fourth part has been used successfully in the Cure of Agues more particularly the Tertians by taking it two Hours or thereabout before the Fit comes BAck the Crick in it To remove this Pain Take the Marrow of the Bone of a Horse and a little of the Juice of Elder-Leaves mix them together over a gentle Fire and when become an Ointment chafe it into the Place grieved Back heated To remedy this Take Rose-water infuse therein for twelve Hours Red and Yellow-Saunders the Leaves of Red-Roses then bath your Back with the liquid part blood-warm and it will asswage the Pain and in a little time utterly remove it Back wasting Take Plantain and Ribwort distill them in a common Rose-Still and when you are to use the Water take Pippins roast them and take away the Skin and Core then put them into Water making thereof a Lambs-wool as thick as you please and this being sweetned with Loaf-Sugar take thereof half a pint when you go to Bed and so do nine Nights together It is also good for the Strangury and many Pains incident to those Parts Back weak To strengthen the Back if it be over-strained or troubled with Pains or Aches take the Yolk of a new-lay'd Egg put to it a quarter of a pint of Muscadel or Alicant and being well warmed grate in some Nutmeg and drink it hot twice a Day Back weak Take of the Pith or Marrow of a Black Ox's Back-Bone three ounces Dates stoned and sliced two ounces boil them well together in a pint or more of Muscadin and take two or
Hungarian Vitriol and Alom of each half a pound Phlegme of Vitriol ten pounds boil them till the Vitriol and Alom are dissolv'd and being cold filter them through a brown Paper and if any Crystals shoot separate the Liquor from them adding to each pound an ounce of Oil of Vitriol Dip a Cloath into this Liquor and apply it to the Part affected Blood to sweeten Take of the best and clearest red Coral an ounce reduce it by grinding it very well on a Stone or Porphyry to an impalpable Powder Take a dram at a time of this Magistery made without Acids as long as you find you 've occasion Blue-Bottles The distilled Water of the Flowers give help in the Inflammations of the Eyes and in drying up and healing putrid Ulcers The Powders of the Flowers taken inwardly are very effectual in the Jaundice Body-bound To remedy Costiveness boil in a large Porringer about a handful of the Leaves of common Mallows and let the Party sup them up before Meals Bole Armoniack To prepare this you need no more than moisten it with May-dew or any other Dew not too gross and dry it in the shade Borrage This is one of the four Cordial-Flowers it comforts the Heart cheers Melancholy revives the fainting Spirits and purifies the Blood The Water of it is good for Inflammations of the Eyes and for Fevers and the like virtue has the Conserve made of the Flowers The Conserve of the Flowers mixed with Wine opens Obstructions in the Female Sex Bore baked This is usually meant of the Parts of a wild Bore though it will indifferently serve for any Take the Leg season it very and then lard it with Lard seasoned with Nutmeg Pepper and beaten Ginger lay it the Bones being taken out in a Pye with fine but strong thick Crust then sprinkle it over with the foremention'd Spices and Salt putting a few whole Cloves and Bay-Leaves on it with large slices of Lard and store of Butter and being baked liquor it with sweet Butter and stop up the vent and if you would have it keep long bake it in an earthen Pan and filling it up with Butter it will if it be not set in a very moist place keep a whole Year or before you put the Flesh into the Pye you may lay it in soak two Days then parboil it and bake it in all Points seasoned as before Box-Leaves Dry them and powder them then take from one dram to one and a half They purge gently so does the Decoction of an ounce and a half of them in Whey or some such like Liquid Bramble-Berries or Black-Berries The Berries not quite ripe are very astringent A Decoction of them heals sore Mouths and allays the Heat of Fevers Brawn broiled Cut a Collar of Brawn into slices and lay it on a Plate in an Oven and when it is broiled enough serve it up with the Juice of Oranges Pepper Gravy and beaten Butter Brawn of a Pig Let not your Pig be any way spotted yet pretty large and fat and being scalded draw and bone it whole only the Head being cut off then cut it into two Collars overthwart both the sides and being washed soak them in Water and Salt two Hours then dry them with a clean Cloath and season the inside with minced Lemon-peel and Salt rowl them up even at both ends and put them into a clean Cloath bind them about very tite and when the Water is boiling put them in adding a little Salt keeping the Pot clear scummed and when they are sufficiently boiled hoop them and keep them in an even Frame and being cold put them into a souced Drink made of Whey and Salt or Oatmeal boiled and strained and then put them into such a Vessel as you can conveniently stop up from the Air. Brawn to souce Take a fat Brawn about three Years old and bone the Sides cut the Head close to the Roots of the Ears and cut fine Collars of a side Bone and hinder Legs an inch deeper in the Belly than on the Back bind them up equally at both ends soak them in fair Water and Salt a Night and a Day put them into boiling Water keeping the Pot continually scum'd and after the first quick boiling let them boil leisurely putting in Water as it boils away and so lessening the Fire by degrees let them stand over it a whole Night then being between hot and cold take them off into Moulds of deep Hoops bind them about with Packthread and when they are cold put them into Souce-drink made of Oatmeal ground or beaten and Bran boiled in fair Water being cold strain it through a Sieve and putting Salt and Vinegar to it close up the Vessel tite and so keep it for your use Bread the French way Take four pound of Wheat-flower very fine a pint of new Ale Yest beat the Whites of six new-lay'd Eggs mingle them together adding three spoonful of Salt finely beaten a then so much Milk and fair Water an equal quantity as will make it into a Dough so that it may be pretty stiff and having worked it well that it becomes of an even mixture in all Parts cover it with a wooden Tray pretty warm and when the Oven is prepared for receiving it make it into Rouls or as you please and when it rises and begins to look brownish take it out chip off the Crust whilst it is pretty hot Breading Meats or Fowls These being divers ways to be done it is necessary they should be here set down in order to prevent their being frequently mixed and not readily found upon occasion 1. Flower mixed with grated Bread 2. Sweet-Herbs dried and powdered mixed with grated Bread 3. Lemon-peel dryed so that it may be beaten into Powder or Orange-Peel scraped very small and mixed with grated Bread and Flower 4. Sugar finely beaten and mixed with Cinamon grated Bread and fine Flower 5. Coriander-seeds Fennel-seeds Cinnamon and Sugar finely beaten and mixed with Flower 6. For young Pigs beaten Yolks of Eggs beaten Pepper Nutmeg and Ginger mixed with grated Bread and a little fine Sugar 7. Sugar Bread and Salt only mixed This is generally known by the Name of Dredging or scattering over the Fowl or Meat whilst roasting to keep it up to a good colour and secure the Gravy from too much evaporating by the Heat of the Fire or running out into the Dripping-Pan Breast-aching This is either occasioned by the emptyness of the Veins or a pricking caused by virulent Humours To remove this grief take a piece of Flannel of a deep blue Colour so often dipt in the Dye till it looks as if it were black anoint the Breast with Oil of Camomil and Smallage and then cover it warm with the Flannel Breast canker'd To remedy this grievance Take a mellow Pippin of about a Year old cut off the top and take out the Core fill it with Hogs-Lard and cover it with the Cap roast the Apple then to Pap so
take off the Skin and mingle the Pulp and Grease together then spread it thick on a Linnen-Cloath and apply it to the Place grieved very warm and cover it over with a piece of a Bladder or the Skin of Suet and by often renewing it the Party will find it a Remedy Breast cold for a Cold in the Breast Take half a Sheet of brown Paper of as even a mixture as can be had anoint it over as even as may be with the Tallow of Candles that have been made a long time do this before a Fire so that the Paper may be thoroughly penetrated then grate over it as much Nutmeg as will cover it clap it warm to the Pit of the Stomach that it may reach a good way above and below it Breast sore This comes many times though want of Milk and frequently after Child-birth To remedy this Take of Barrows-grease half a pound yellow Bees wax an ounce Burgundy-Pitch five ounces Venice-Turpentine one ounce put these into a Skillet with a quarter of a pint of fair Water and let them simper over a gentle Fire scuming off the bubling Froth and pour it into an earthen Pan to cool when it is cold take it out of the Pan and scrape off the Dregs or Dross at the bottom melt it again and refine it over the Fire and so making it into Plaisters or Cere-cloaths apply it to the Place grieved Breasts of Women Womens Breasts especially after their Lying-in contract a hardness and are sore occasioned by gross Humours fixing there To remedy this Take two Turnips boil them in Spring-water till they are very tender then press out the Water and mash them in a wooden Dish or Mortar scrape on them an ounce of Bole-Armoniack and make them into a Poultis with fresh Butter and being layed to the Breasts very warm on a hot Linnen-Cloath they will take away the Pain Breath shortness thereof to help Take a quarter of a pound of blue Figs an ounce of Licorice Caraways and Anniseeds of each half an ounce boil them in two quarts of Ale till a pint be consumed and then sweeten it with Sugar-Candy Drink half a pint Morning and Evening Breath to sweeten Take the dried Flowers and tops of Rosemary Sugar-Candy Cloves and Mace of each two drams Cinamon one dram dry these and beat them into fine Powder About a dram of this at a time in a new-lay'd Egg suckt up fasting Morning and Night clears the Lungs from offensive Matter and sweetens the Breath Brook-lime is excellent in the Scurvy it powerfully expels the Stone in the Bladder and Kidneys it provokes the Courses For the Scurvy Take the Juice of Brooklime Water-Cresses and Scurvy-grass of each half a pint the Juice of Oranges four ounces fine Sugar two pound make a Syrup of it and take a spoonful of it in your ordinary Drink Broken-Belly or Burstenness Take Cranes-Bill usually called Columbinum reduce the Roots and Leaves to a fine Powder take about half a spoonful of this Night and Morning forabout three Weeks together washing it down with a spoonful or two of Red Wine or Claret Broom The Root of this is an excellent Opener being one of the five opening Roots and is principally made use of for Obstructions of the Liver the Urine and the Courses The Syrup of the five opening Roots is thus Take the Roots of Fenel Butchers-Broom Asparagus Parsley and Smallage of each two ounces Spring-water three quarts digest 'em hot and boil them in Balneo Broom-Rape The Herb or Roots of this are to be had Candied and are very good in the Diseases of the Spleen and Melancholy Broth very excellent Parboil two young Cocks the Legs and Wings being cut off scum the Water you boil them in very clean then take them out and wash them in cold Water and with a pint of Rhenish-Wine and two quarts of strong Broth put them into a Pipkin or convenient Vessel add two ounces of China-Root and an ounce and a half of Harts-horn with an ounce of Cloves Mace Pepper and Ginger mixed together season it with a little Salt and cover the Pipkin close and set it in a Pot of boiling Water so that the Water get not into it let it boil for six Hours then pour out the Broth squeeze into it the Juice of Lemons and serve it This is excellent to strengthen or restore decayed Bodies after Sickness and for such as are Consumptive Bruise To remedy the Pain of a Bruise or Swelling Take a pint of fair Water boil in it a handful of Salt and half a handful of Ash-leaves or Ash-bark bruise then the Bark or Leaves and straining out the Liquid part dip Linnen-Rags in it and apply them to the Place grieved Bruise in the Head Take Rosin and a little Red-Deer's Suet Camphire and White-wine set them over a moderate Fire till it boil then strain it and beat it till it comes to an Ointment over a somewhat gentler Fire and anoint the Place grieved with it as hot as you can and chafe it in Bruise with great Swelling Take Hemp Tow or Flax moisten it with Brandy and spread it over with Honey then sprinkle Brandy again upon the Honey and bathing the swelled Part withsome Brandy very warm lay on the other and it will not only sink the Swelling but give ease to the bruised Part by dispersing the gathering Humours Bucks-Horn This is a small Plant or Herb growing in barren and sandy Grounds and comes up with some of its Leaves jagged or sprouting out at the sides like the Horns of a Buck from which Allusion I suppose it takes its Name This is a kind of Plantane different from some others and has a quality of binding and drying The Decoction in Wine drank and the bruised Leaves outwardly applied ease the Pains and remedy the Bitings of most venemous Creatures and the Juice helpeth those that are troubled with the Stone or Gravel in the Kidneys Bladder or Reins and stops Bleeding Bugle its Virtues Either inward or outward it is a good vulnerary Herb it is used in the Yellow-Jaundice and Obstructions in the Liver Reins and Bladder Bugloss Take the Juice of Bugloss clarified three pound white Sugar two pound boil them up to a Syrup This Syrup chears the Heart prevents swooning Fits and expels Melancholy Bullock's-Cheek the Italian way Break the Bones so that the flesh be as little mangled with them as may be wash it very clean in shifted Waters and let it steep three or four hours then boil it in fair Water with some Bolonia-Sausage and a piece of interlarded Bacon and when they are tender boil'd dish them up and garnish them with Flowers and Greens and serve them up with Mustard and Sugar in Saucers Bullock's-Cheek to Stew Having cleaned well soaked and ordered them by taking out the Bones after you have half-roasted the Meat by an indifferent quick fire save the Gravy and put them into a Pipkin with some more Gravy
three drams Borax and Burnt-Alom finely powder'd of each half a dram melt and mix them in Balneo Mariae and at the same time dip and spread the Cloth This Preparation for the Lining Womens Masks or laying on their Faces going to bed wonderfully preserves the Beauty and encreases its Charms and Loveliness to Admiration Cerate for Womens Breasts Take Oil of Roses six ounces bruised Periwinkles three ounces the Juice of Mint and the lesser Sage of each an ounce and an half boil them over a soft fire to the consumption of the Juices then press out what remains thorough a close-threaded Cloth then melt into it Bees-wax three ounces and when it is almost cold put in three ounces of the Powder of Mastick and having well stirred these about dip in the Cloths you intend to use This prevents the Breasts of Women from swelling or growing big after Child-bearing it likewise changes the course of the Milk and turns it downwards it must be laid pretty hot on the Breast and wrapt up with warm Cloths and renew'd every twenty-four hours till the desired Effect be performed Cerecloth for Broken Bones Take Frankincense and Galbanum of each three quarters of an ounce Mastick an ounce Wax three ounces Rosin an ounce and an half Olive-oil an ounce dissolve the Galbanum in a little Vinegar and then melt all together in the Oil and so bruise and strain it thorough a Cloth then dip your Cerecloth and apply it to the Fracture and it will mainly strengthen the Sinews and knit the fractur'd Bone sooner than can be reasonably expected Cerecloth of Galbanum Take prepared Galbanum an ounce and an half Turpentine an ounce Assa foetida half an ounce Bdellium a dram two drams of Red Myrrh and two ounces of Bees-wax the Leaves of Fetherfew and Mugwort of each half a dram the Seed of Daucus one scruple Dissolve all except the Assa foetida in Whitewine-Vinegar and that is to be dissolved with the Turpentine and so mixing them well together make a Cerecloth This being applied to the Belly expells Wind kills Worms and provokes the Courses prevents Fits of the Mother c. Cerecloth of Saunders Take ten drams of Red Saunders and six of White and Yellow an ounce and an half of Red Roses and seven drams of Bole-Armoniack half an ounce of Spodium of Ivory and two drams of Camphire Yellow Bees-wax one pound Oil of Roses six ounces Let the Saunders be powdered together and the Roses Ivory Bole and Camphire apart then melt the Wax over a moderate fire and when it is somewhat cool mix the Powders putting in the amphire last dissolved in Oil so mix them well together for your Use It is extraordinary good apply'd to the Stomach for Inflammations of the Liver and other Parts likewise against Pains and Weakness of the Back and Reins and may be used for Pains in any other Parts Chalybeate Salt against an ill Habit of Body Take Vitriol of Mars an ounce Sal Prunellae two ounces Salt extracted out of the dead Head of Aqua fortis three ounces pulverize them together and put them into a glass Cucurbit set them in a Sand-Bath with a Fire made under them by decrees augment the Heat till the Matter look red hot and flows like Water and in the end turn to a hard red Stone or Salt This is much applauded for the Cure of Cachexies and scorbutick Distempers also to purge the Mass of Blood create an Appetite and open the Passages of the Urine provoke Sleep and divert the Fluxes of Rheum it also carries off bad Humours by Sweat and Stool or insensible Transpiration You may take it when 't is finely reduc'd to Powder from seven or eight to twelve or fifteen grains in a Glass of Wine or some convenient Cordial Waters Cheese to Make It is not here meant the ordinary sort of Cheese but a Rarity To make it therefore Put whole Cinnamon in new Milk or Cream let it boil then take it off and sweeten it with Sugar add two quarts of Milk or Cream a spoonful of Runnet cover it till it curdle then strew on it Sugar and the Powder of Cinamon and dip Sippits in Canary and serve it up Cheesecakes Put to a Gallon of new Milk half a pint of Runnet let it stand till it is curdled then put the Curd into a Linnen-Cloath tye it up and by laying a Weight on it press out the Whey which being done beat up the Curds with Yolks of Eggs White-wine and rose-Rose-water with a little Sugar dissolved in the latter then add half a pound of Currants washed clean from Gravel and Stones make up all these Materials into a Puff-past of fine Flower Eggs Butter Ale Yest and as much Milk as will fashion it beat it with a Rolling-pin till it is of an equal temper then take and roul it up into little Balls spread them out into round flat pieces as thin as is convenient make them into what fashion you please When they come to be turned up put the Curds and other Materials in the middle of them then wet them round with Water turn up and pinch the Corners and put them into due proportion and when baked strew them over with Sugar mixed with Powder of Cinamon or without and sprinkle over them Rose-water and so serve them up Cheesecakes the Italian way Take two pound of Pistaches stamp them when taken out of the Shells with two pound of Morning-Milk Cheese-Curd newly made three ounces of Elder Flowers and ten Eggs Sugar and sweet Butter of each a pound with two quarts of Flower drain these in course Strainers and put them into a Puff-past Cheesecake fashion Cheesecakes without Milk Take twelve Eggs and lay away six of the Whites beat them up finely and having a quart of new Cream boiled up with Mace take it off and putting in the beaten Eggs stir it about till it curdles then let it cool a little and put in a good quantity of Sugar beaten Mace and grated Nutmeg dissolve a little Musk and Ambergrease in rose-Rose-water and sprinkle it over lightly then put in three or four spoonfuls of grated Bread with half a pound of beaten Almonds and a little cold Cream with some Currans and it will make an excellent Curd Then make up a Puff-past Cheesecake fashion in which this is placed and bake them in a moderate Oven and drawing them sprinkle them over with Rose-water and Sugar and so serve them up Chicken in White-Broth Take a quart of White-wine and three pints of strong Broth and put one or more Chickens to it in a Pipkin or a convenient earthen Vessel add a quarter of a pound of Dates sliced half a pound of fine Sugar and four or five Blades of Mace the Marrow of three Bones and a handful of white Endive shred small and let them stew over a gentle Fire and when the Broth is well tasted strain the Yolks of ten Eggs into it keeping it continually
strain out the Liquor to it and being well mixed boil it up into a Syrup adding two drams more of beaten Cinamon half a scruple of Powder of Nutmeg Ambergrise thirty two grains Musk three grains ten beaten Leaves of Gold and so make it up into an Electuary with four drops of the Spirit of Vitriol This is a singular good Drying Medicine and therefore to be taken in Rheumatisms or Moist Diseases and consequently in Defluxions of Rheums and the Dropsie A dram is sufficient for a Dose in some Cordial-water that is healing or chearing the Noble Parts Elixir for the Head Take Misleto that grows on the Oak Piony-roots and the bigger Valerian of each an ounce and an half Laurel Juniper-berry and Piony-seeds of each an ounce Cinamon Mace and Cubebs of each three drams Flowers of Rosemary and Lavender of each a handful bruise what is to be so bruised and macerate them together twenty four hours in the Water of Black Cherries and Lily of the Valleys and Spirit of Wine rectified of each twenty four ounces then having distilled them dissolve in the Water a pound of the best white Sugar and a dram of the Tincture of Ambergrise keep it close stopped Elixir Proprietatis The new way to do this is to take Saffron Myrrh and Aloes of each half an ounce the rectified Spirit of Wine very near three quarters of a pint Spirit of Sulphur per campanam half an ounce draw in the first place a Tincture from the Saffron into the Spirit of Wine by infusing or digesting it six or seven Days then add grossly bruised Aloes and Myrrh and the Spirit of Sulphur digest them in a long Viol well stopp'd for the space of thirty Days but keep it frequently shaking then you will find a black Tincture on the faeces pour that off and let it stand still for twelve hours and so decant it till you find no faeces at the bottom The Dose is fifteen or twenty drops in a Morning in a glass of Wine or some other convenient Liquor This Elixir is Stomachick Anodyne Alexipharmick and Uterine It has great success in Tertian Agues and may be safely given to all Ages and Constitutions It Alters Evacuates and Strengthens Elixir Proprietatis Vid. Antiscorbutick Elixir Proprietatis Elixir Salutis Take of the Leaves of Senna four ounces Guajacum and the Roots of Elecampane dried of the Seeds of Anise Caraways and Coriander of each two ounces of Licorice two ounces Raisins of the Sun stoned half a pound infuse them cold in three quarts of Aqua-vitae or some other good Spirit of the like Nature not too strong for the space of four Days draw it off and bottle it up If it proves an excellent Cordial you may if you would have it somewhat more Purging put a few slices of Rhubarb into it It is good in the Colick or any Pains of the Belly also it cleanses the Stomach and dissolves the Stone in the Bladder or Kidneys It brings away the Gravel and Stone Two or three spoonfuls are a sufficient Dose for an ordinary Constitution and so more or less as it can be borne Elme The Leaves Branches and Bark of this Tree are Astringent The Leaves bruised with Vinegar stop Bleeding and applied to fresh Wounds facilitate their Cure as also boiled in Vinegar very strong they much avail in the Leprosie The Bark of the younger Sprigs boiled in spring-Spring-water almost to the Consistence of a Syrup and a third part of Aqua-vitae mixed with it is an excellent Remedy for the Gout in the Hip if the Part affected with it be fomented before the Fire The Water in the Bladders on the Leaves clears the Skin and mends the Complexion Cloaths being wet in this VVater and applied helps Burstenness in Children the Bowels being at the same time kept up with a Truss Take of the Bark of Elme six drams Red Roses half a handful Raisins of the Sun stoned twenty boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to a pint and an half dissolve in it Honey of Roses and simple Oxymel of each two ounces It is an excellent Gargarisme for Inflammations and in hot Diseases that dry and parch the Mouth or Throat or in such as afflict them with too much Phlegm and slimy Matter Emplaster of Bettony Take green Bettony Burnet Sage Milfoil Agrimony Peneroyal and the lesser Centaury great Comfrey and Clary of each six ounces Mastick and Frankincense of each three drams Orris and round Bithwort of each six drams white Beeswax and clarified Turpentine of each eight ounces Rosin of the Pine six ounces Gum-Elemy and Oil of Firr of each two ounces Whitewine three pints beat the Herbs very well and set them seven or eight Days to infuse in Whitewine stir them well then boil them and strain out the VVine boil it with a gentle Fire to the consumption of a third part add the Oil of Firr next the VVax melted and so the Rosin and Gum and the Turpentine and having boiled them a little and removed them from the Fire cool them by degrees then put to all these well mixed the Powders of Orris and Bithwort and make 'em into an Emplaster This is exceeding strengthening and restoring It is apply'd with great success to fractured or broken Bones al so to strengthen weak Joints and heal Sprains or Bruises of the Sinews small Emplasters of it layed to the Temples and Nape of the Neck draw Rheums away from the Eyes and also ease Pains in the Head Emplastrum Caesaris This is called Caesar's Plaister for the strength it gives to those that are weakned with Sickness or Hurts To make it Take red Roses an ounce and a half the Roots of Bithwort Cyprus Nuts the several sorts of Saunders Mint Corianderseed Dragrons-Blood Hypocistis Acacia seal'd-Earth bole and red Coral powdered of each two drams Turpentine that has been infused in Plantain-water four ounces Oil of Roses three ounces white VVax twelve ounces Rosin of the Pine ten ounces Stone-pitch six ounces Plantane Orpin and Housleek-Juices of each an ounce To the Rosin VVax and Pitch melted together add the Turpentine and Oil then the Hypocistis and Acacia dissolved in the Juices and then the Powders and so over a gentle Fire make them into an Emplaster or Cerecloath It is very astringent and therefore strengthens the Back and all other Parts of the Body removes Pains and is a most excellent Remedy for the over-straining of the Sinews endive-Endive-Water This is an excellent cooling VVater to mix with cooling Syrups and to give in Fevers and hot Diseases It allays Inflammations and the Heat of the Blood The Herb eaten in Sallads raw or boiled resists Choler It prevents Heat breaking out that deforms the Body with Pimples and Redness and frequent flushings of the Face Epilepsie Children it is observed are many times troubled with the Falling-Sickness either during the first Month after a Loosness in which case Diacodium to the quantity of a Pepper-Corn dissolved in
those that are troubled with Inflammations It Chears Strengthens and Preserves the Sight Falling-sickness Take half a dram of choice Amber powder it very fine and take it fasting once a day in a quarter or a pint of Whitewine for seven or eight days successively Falling-sickness Take Misleto of the Oak the Leaves and Berries and all the tender Branches dry them in a gentle Oven or Stove so that they may be beat to Powder sift it very fine and give as much as will lie on a Shilling for one of riper years for middle age a lesser quantity and so to a Child by lessening the Dose Let it be taken both Morning and Evening in couslip-Couslip-water three Days before and three Days after the Full of the Moon repeat the Dose for a considerable time at least two Months if necessity requires it Falling-sickness another Take Senna two ounces Turbith Mechoacan of each half an ounce Raspings of Elks-hoof Powder of a dead Man's Skull and Nutmeg of each two drams Roots and Seeds of Peony Misleto of the Oak of each half a dram Cardamom Cassia Lignea and Cloves of each a dram Flowers of Male Peony of Lilly of the Valleys of Lavender of the Tyle-tree of each half a dram Rhenish-wine one quart and half a pint digest these in a warm place for two Days then strain out the liquid part and sweeten in with three ounces of double-refined Sugar This is also good against Vapours Falling-sickness another Take white Incense called Olibanum Mastick and Spicknard of each three ounces Galbanum and Opopanax of each half an ounce Viscus Quercinus an ounce Amber half a scruple Peony-seeds half a dram Labdanum two drams the Seeds of wild Rue one dram Nutmeg and Cubebs of each half an ounce Castor and Copperas of each half a dram having beaten those that are to be beaten very well and dissolved the Gums in Oil of Rue incorporate them with your Hands or some convenient Instrument with the Viscus which being done and the Amber put in last in Powder the Head of the Party being shaven spread a Plaister of the Composition and lay upon it and renew it once in three or four Days And in so doing the afflicted Party will find great ease and in a little time the Cause of this troublesome and dangerous Distemper removed Fat 's to Prepare To do this that they may be in readiness on sundry emergent Occasions Take the freshest of any of them take out the little Veins and Fibers and separate the Fat from the Skin then wash it in clear Water till it is freed from Blood then mince it very small or bruise it and put it into a double Vessel to melt then strain it into clean Water and having remained there till it becomes cold drain the Water from it and keep it in an earthen glazed Pot in a cool place though not too moist and it will keep good for use a Twelvemonth Fevers continual Make a Decoction of the Leaves of Rue in Spring-water or other clear Water till the Liquor be pretty strong of the Plant which being strained make it somewhat a pallatable Liquor with a sufficient quantity of Licorice Sugar or an aromatick Body and to half a pint of it add ten drops of the Spirit not Oil of Vitriol and take it Morning Afternoon and at Night Fevers another Remedy Take in half a pint of some convenient cooling Liquor half an ounce of Harts-Horn burnt to a great whiteness and powdered being first bruised a little in the Liquid and this may be taken as occasion requires Fevers another Remedy Apply to the Soles of the Feet a mixture or thin Cataplasm made of the Leaves of Tobacco cut and beaten into a moisture with new Currans Feverfew This is excellent in the Diseases of the Womb the Decoction of it forces the Courses and expels the After-birth and do's all a bitter Herb is capable of doing It is successful in Fevers by being applied to the Soles of the Feet Take of it a handful warm it between two Tiles and apply it twice or thrice and it cures a Hemicrania and the crude Herb applied to the Crown of the Head cures the Head-ach A Decoction of it with the Flowers of Camomel cures the hysterical Symptoms and forces Child-Bed purgations c. Fig-Tree The Fruit of the Fig-Tree applied outwardly Ripens Mollifies and Attracts being beaten with Salt and Leaven they break pestilential Buboes or other Tumours in few Days The Juice of the Fig-Tree is very biting and may be numbred among Causticks and may be used for the Cure of Warts and such-like excrescencies of the Skin Take Raisins of the Sun stoned one ounce Jubebs and Sebestens of each fifteen eight fat Figgs and six Dates half an ounce of Licorice and an ounce of French Barly of the Leaves of Maiden-hair Hysop Scabious and Colts-foot of each a handful boil them in three pints of Fountain-water till a third part be consumed press out the Decoction and take eight spoonfuls three times a Day This is a very good Pectoral Figwort its Virtues The Powder of the dryed Root applied to Piles drys them up it is also useful in Cancers and eating Ulcers a dram of the Powder taken inwardly expels Worms the Water distilled from the Roots steeped in Water and Vinegar cures the redness of the Face and of this Herb an excellent Ointment is made for killing the Itch and bringing away the Scurf of it The Decoction of it taken inwardly and the Herb bruised and Poultiswise applied dissolves and brings away congealed and clotted Blood The distilled Water takes away Freckles Morphew c. There is a Plaister of it made for the King's-Evil as follows Take the Leaves of Figwort Houndstongue and the Flowers of white Archangel and Foxglove cut them very small then melt a pound of Lard and it being very hot put them into it boil them till they are crisp then strain them out and put in others till the Ointment look very thick of the green then having strained them out put into the Hogs-Lard two ounces of Turpentine and an ounce of Verdigrease and as much Rosin refined and Bees-wax as will make it into a Salve spread a Plaister and apply it to the grieved Part renewing it often It asswages the Swellings disperses the Humours not only of the King's-Evil but of any other Knots Kernels Bunches or Wens Filbert This Garden-Nut is very pleasant and used mostly for serving up at Tables among other Fruits an Oil is extracted from them that supples hard Swellings and is successfully used in old Sores but the much eating of these breeds the Head-ach and much Windiness in the Stomach Films This is when a thin Skin grows over the Eye and clouds the Sight To take it off Make some Lime-water by pouring a gallon of boiling Water on a pound of Lime unslack'd stirring the Lime in it and after some Hours decant warily that which is clear and to a pound of this
Water put an ounce of choice Verdigrease in powder and in a very moderate Heat extract a Tincture of a fine but somewhat dilute saphirine colour but not too deep decant this very warily and let a drop of this as often as necessity requires fall into the Eye the Party winking hard and it will shrivel off the Film Fir-Tree Has its Virtues mostly consisting in its Rosins and Turpentines which in their proper Alphabets you may see The Branches and Tops of this Tree are infused in Diet-Drinks and given for the Scurvy with good Success Fits-Apoplectick Fix a Cupping-glass without scarification to the Nape of the Neck and one to each Shoulder and let them take fast hold till they begin to loosen and they will draw down the afflicting Humour or Vapour from the Brain Fits of the Mother To remedy this Dip Sea-Salt in Vinegar and into it dip a soft Linnen-Rag fold it three or four times double lay it warm to the Soles of the Feet and keep it on till the Fit be over Flag the sweet one This grows in divers Parts of England and is distinguished from others by its curious Scent It is chiefly used in Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Courses also in the Colick it provokes Urin And the Roots of it candied are of a pleasant Tast nourishing and grateful to the Stomach and keeps out evil Airs and Infections and for this cause the Turks frequently chew it and the Tartars boil it in their Water or infuse the Roots of it in cold Water before they drink it Flax There is an Oil made of the Seed of this Plant that is very excellent in sundry Medians as also alone It is taken inwardly in the Colick Quinsie Pleurisie and Consumption outwardly it mollifies hard Swellings eases Pains and is used much in Paintings c. Flax or Wild Dwarf-Flax This Herb infused in Whitewine after it has been bruised for a whole Night over hot Embers purges watry Humours very strongly Take of this purging Flax an handful of sweet Fenelseeds two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of Spring-water adding to every six ounces two ounces of White-wine and it makes a gentle purging potion being taken two or three spoonfuls at a time Flix of the Liver Take Agrimony one handful Squinant two handfuls Spiknard and Liquorice of each half a handful Mace and Mastick of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes three drams Bole-Armoniack Lapis Hematitis and Terra sigillata of each six drams Corianderseeds prepared one ounce and half Spodium two drams dryed Roses one ounce Barry-Meal two ounces the Filings of Iron prepared one dram the Compound of the three kinds of Saunders made with Camphire half an ounce Oil of Myrtle and Mastick of each two drams powder the Herbs then mix with them the other things made into Powders then add the Oils and being set over a gentle Fire in a close Vessel till dissolved stir them well to the thickness of a Plaister and apply it very large on the right side of the Body so that it may reach from the Breast unto the Stomach Flixweed A dram of the Seed of this taken in red Wine or Syrup of Sloes stays Loosnesses and both the Seed and the Herb help in the Flux of the Belly and the Bloody-Flux It is used in Plaisters for Wounds and sordid Ulcers and some hold that the Seed boiled in Vinegar and drank warm expels Gravel Florentine of Carps Take a quarter of a peck of fine Flower sweet Butter three quarters of a pound and six Yolks of Eggs work these up in the Butter and Flower and dry them then put to it as much fair Water as will make it up into a Past then take the Carp scale it alive and scrape off the slime draw it and take away the Guts and Gall and scotch it season it lightly with Nutmeg Pepper and Salt and lay it into the Past made up into a Pye in the fashion aâ— near as may be of the Fish put the Milt into the Belly lay on sliced Dates in halves Orange or Lemon sliced Barberries Raisins and Butter close it up and bake it and being almost baked close it up and liquor it with Butter Sugar Verjuice Claret and White-wine and ice it over and so serve it up when it is hot and it will prove a very acceptable Banquet Florentine of Eggs To do this Boil about eighteen Eggs hard then mince them with two pound of Beef-Suet clean taken from the Skins and Fibers till it be very small then take a quarter of an ounce of Cloves and Mace one large Nutmeg let these be finely beaten or grated with a quarter of an ounce of Cinamon then add half a pound of fine Sugar and a pound and half of Currans a quarter of a pound of Dates minced very small then mince or bruise very small some choice Lemon-peel and lastly having mixed all the foregoing things well together put about a quarter of a pint of Rose-water and a little Salt in it When you have so ordered the Materials put them into the Oven let it moderately bake and then have in readiness this Leer to put to it when it comes out viz. Heat a little fair Water and beat up half a pound of Butter with it to a thickness add a quarter of a pound of Sugar and the Juice of a Lemon and so serve them up upon it Florentine with Partridge Your Partridge being roasted and minced small with the weight of the Meat in Beef-Marrow put to it two ounces of Orange-peel with as much green Citron small minced season the Meat with beaten Cloves Nutmeg Mace and Salt and Sugar mixing all together put the Materials into a Puff-past and open it being baked and put in half a grain of Musk or Ambergrease dissolved in the Juice of an Orange and Rose-water stir them among the Meat then cover it and serve it up Florentine of Tongues Boil and Blanch a fresh Neats-Tongue and being cold cut it into little square bits as big as great Hazle-Nuts lard it with small Lard then having another Tongue raw take off the Skin mince it with Beef-suet then lay one half of it in a Dish on a Sheet of white Paper and lay on the Tongue being finely larded and seasoned with Nutmeg Pepper and Salt and with the other minced Tongue put grated Bread to it some sweet Herbs small minced and Yolks of raw Eggs and being made up into Balls as big as small Wash-balls lay them on the Tongue with some Barberries Marrow and interlarded Bacon and Butter close it up with a convenient Lid and bake it and being baked liquor it with Butter beaten up with Verjuice and the Yolks of three or four Eggs strained Flower of Rice and Cream To make a dainty Dish of this Take half a pound of Rice see it be well dusted and cleansed then wash it and dry it in a moderate Heat and when it is dry rub it and beat it in
this mixture with a small spoon-full of white Sugar-candy beaten into Powder or for want of that Loaf-sugar and letting it go a little down your Throat gugle it up again These will cool and allay the Heat and take away the hot Humours that occasion them Garlick This being stampt and infused in Vinegar and drank resists the Plague and is good to dissolve the Stone and bring away Gravel and being made into a Syrup by boiling and squeesing out the Juice and adding as much Sugar as will bring it into a Syrup it wonderfully preserves the Lungs removes Coughs and Colds and kills Worms in the Belly and Stomach Garlick It provokes the Courses and Urine and helps the Bitings of Mad Dogs and other venomous Creatures It kills Worms in Children and avoideth tough Phlegm purging the Head helping the Lethargy It is a good Preservative against the Plague also cures Sores and Ulcers takes away Spots and Blemishes in the Skin and eases Pains in the Teeth breaks Imposthumes and eases Pains in the Ears It hath a special quality to discuss the Inconveniences coming by corrupt Airs and Mineral Vapours or by drinking unwholsom Waters or Liquors as also by unadvisedly taking Wolf-bane Henbane or Hemlock or other dangerous Herbs It is held good in the Jaundice Cramp Convulsions Falling-sickness the Piles or Hemorrhoids and such like Diseases proceeding from Cold. But it has not its Vertues without its Vices for it heats very vehemently and all such hot Simples send up ill Vapours to the Brain In Cholerick Persons it will encrease the Choler and in those that are troubled with Melancholy it will attenuate the Humours and cause strange Fancies and Visions in the Head therefore let it be taken inwardly with great Moderation but for outward Applications you need hot be so strict Giblets to Bake Let them be well cleansed and scalded and season them well with Pepper Sale and Nutmeg put them into a Pye then put some Butter slice an Onion or two and close up the Coffin with a Lid bake them well and soak them three Hours then pour in more Butter into which a Nutmeg has been grated Giblets to Boil Take the Giblets of a Goose or any other Fowl scald them well and boil them whole in Water and Salt and two or three Blades of Mace and so serve them on Sippets finely carved with beaten Butter Lemons scalded Gooseberries scalded Grapes Mace Barberries and Lemons sliced Gilliflowers to Candy Take refined Sugar or white Sugar-Candy to the weight of your Flowers sift it and put to if some rose-Rose-water set them over a Fire made of Charcoal but not too hot stir these till they be a candied Syrup height then keep them in a dry place and use them as you find occasion and if you use them for Sallads put a little Wine-Vinegar to them to make the Syrup thinner Gilliflowers to Pick Take Clove-Gilliflowers when just blown clip the white Bottoms from them when taken out of the Husks lay them to steep a little in fair Water boil up some Whitewine-Vinegar till the scum will come no more on it squeeze the Water out of your Gilliflowers and the Vinegar being cool put them into it then melt as much Sugar as is convenient in Rose-water put it to them with a little broken Cinamon and a few Blades of Mace stop them up close and when you use them mince them small and putting a little fresh Vinegar to them strew a little white Sugar finely beaten and they are an excellent Sauce for Mutton or Lamb. Glove-Gilliflowers These Flowers are of a fine temper neither excessive in heat nor cold nor dryness nor moisture that can be perceived in them They are great strengthners of the Heart and Brain and therefore serve indifferently for Cephalicks or Cordials good in Consumptions and easie to Nature helping it in many Emergencies The Syrup and Conserve of these Flowers are wonderfully fortifying against pestilential Fevers and Poisons and may be taken with great safety at any timely Young or Old either by themselves or dissolved or mixed in any convenient Liquors Ginger It is a Root belonging rather to a Herb or Plant than a Tree for it bears a Top like Reeds and runs knotty in the Ground a great way yet is of admirable use viz. It helpeth Digestion looseneth the Belly moderately is good for the Stomach and profitable against all things that dim and hinder the Sight It heateth much though not at the first tasting like Pepper for which Cause some will not allow it to consist of subtil parts though that may be attributed to its earthiness as being a Root and known to be composed of gross and undigested Substance tending much to watery yet is of excellent Use in Physick and Diet. Ginger-Bread to Make Take a pound of Jordan-Almonds a penny white Loaf grated and sifted among the Almonds when blanched and finely beat them together then add an ounce of Ginger finely scraped Licorice and Aniseeds in Powder each a quarter of an ounce add two or three spoonfuls of Rose-water and make them all up in a Past with half a pound of Sugar mould it and roul it thin then print it and dry it in a Stove And thus you may make Ginger-bread of Sugar-plate putting Sugar sufficient to it that will keep all the Year round Gladwin That here intended is that they call the Stinking sort The Juice of it snuffed up the Nose causes Sneezing and purges the Head Rheums and offensive Matter the Powder of the Root drunk in Wine has the same Effect and gives ease to the Cramp and Convulsions of the Nerves It mainly avails in the Pain of the Gout or Sciatica and gives ease to those that are afflicted with griping Pains in their Bowels as also in the Strangury The Roots boiled in Wine and drank effectually procure Womens Courses but is dangerous to be taken by a Woman with Child lest it cause Abortion half a dram of the Powder removes Obstructions in the Ureters and Bladder and immediately provokes Urin. Gleetings Take four ounces of spring-Spring-water or rather plantane-Plantane-water dissolve it in about one scruple of Sympathetick-Powder or so much as will give it a sensible but yet a faint Vitriol like Tincture inject as much as is usual through a small Syrup every Morning and Evening as long as need requires Gloves to Perfume lightly Rub over your Gloves with Gleer of Eggs and Benjamin-water very thin and fine wherein a grain of Musk Ambergrease or any other strong Perfume has been infused and it will take and hold the Scent a long time You may as you like for change and alteration of Scent rub them over with a fine Puff of Silk dipt in Gessimine Orange-flower Butter Essence of Roses c. Goards This Plant is cooling and mollifying by Nature The fresh Leaves applied to the Breasts of Women in Child-bed lessen their Milk the Seeds are accounted among the four great cold Seeds for a red fiery Face or
Purposes very excellent if not the best of Plaisters Gums Scorbutick Take Bole Armoniack the best two drams choice Myrrh not Lucid one dram Roch-Alom crude half a dram Claret one pint boil them over a gentle Fire strain out the Liquid part and put a spoonful in your Mouth twice or thrice a Day Gums to Strengthen Take Japonian Earth and in a pint of Claret or Red Wine dissolve as much as you can of it then decant the Liquor warily from the subsiding Faeces and with it when well settled wash your Mouth Morning and Evening and it will not only fasten the Teeth but renew the Gums where they are decayed or wasted Gun-Powder to Remove If any spots of Gun-powder or Shot stick in the Face or other Parts of the Body you may remove either of them by taking fresh Cow-dung warming it and putting to it a little Hogs-Lard and applying it Poultiswise Guts-Griping Take about a quarter of a pint of Brandy and having made a Toast of Bread not too fine and white throw it very hot into the Brandy and as soon as 't is thorowly drenched take it out and eat it hot this being repeated two or three times the Pain will cease Or use this viz. Take a handful of wild Camomil wash it and seeth it in a quart of new Ale add an ounce of Licorice and half an ounce of Ani-seeds sweeten it with brown Sugar-candy and drink it very hot Guts-Griping or Colick Take half a pint of good old Hock and boil it and put therein a lump of Loaf-Sugar drink it hot going to Bed Guts-Griping or Colick another Take Sage and Mint boil them in a fit proportion of Claret-wine then strain it and sweeten it with a little Sugar and drink it warm HAberdine-Pye The Fish being boiled take it from the Skin and Bones and mince it with some Pippins cored season it with Nutmegs Ginger Cinnamon Pepper and Caraway-seeds Rose-water Raisins and Currans Sugar sliced Dates scraped Lemon-peel Butter beaten up with Verjuice and Whitewine and when these are so ordered fill up a Pye with them and being baked ice it with Sugar dissolved in Rose-water Hair to Fasten If the Hair be subject to fall off Take half a pint of Ox-Urin newly made boil in it Sage and Rosemary-flowers of each a quarter of an ounce then strain out the Liquid part and anoint the Roots of your Hair with it and a pretty while after wash it over with Water wherein Bran and a little Alom have been boiled Hair to make Grow Take of the Leaves of Radishes boil them in Water with as much more of the Roots of Dog-Fennel and being well boiled strain and press them out and with the Decoction often wash the place where the Hair is fallen off and it will grow again Hair to make grow Thick Take of the best Honey three spoonful a handful of Vine-sprigs that twist like Wyre beat them well and strain their Juice into the Honey temper them a little over a gentle Fire and lay it on the Place where the Hair is come off Hair to make grow Thick another Take three ounces of Honey and a handful of the Tendrils of a Vine bruise the latter with the former and having heated them over a gentle Fire till the Honey is melted anoint the Place where the Hair is defective or grows thin and it will in often so ordering sprout up and become very thick and curling Hair to take away To do this Beat the Shells of a great many Eggs very small and put them into a Still with a quick Fire and there will come forth a curious Water with which anoint the Place where superfluity of Hair grows This being done take the hard Dung of a He-Cat dry it and powder it then make a Plaister with strong Vinegar and put it to the Place Hands to Beautifie Take of the Oil of Myrrh half an ounce the Marrow of Hogs or Calves-Feet two ounces of the Water of Tartar an ounce the Oil of Spiknard half an ounce mix and dissolve them well over a gentle Fire and allay their Heat with two ounces of the Oil of sweet Almonds then strain it put it into Boxes anoint the Hands and Face with it and it will not only take away Spots or other Deformity but create a lovely charming Complexion Hare Boiled the French way Take a large Piece of Beef that has a Marrow-Bone in it as also a piece of Bacon and your Hare season it with a little Salt and when the Hare is almost boiled take it up and bruise some Pease and set them a boiling in the Broth wherein the Hare was boiled then take all the Bones out of your Beef and put the Hare again into the Pease and the Pease being boiled enough take them up and strain them through a thin Cloath and put the Pulp a boiling in a Pot by themselves then dish up the Hare and smother it by covering â—t over with the Pulp of the Pease and it eats very excellently In this manner they order a Capon or Turkey Hare to Dress the French way Take a Hare cased and washed from the Blood as also some fresh Pork or Veal cut in handsom pieces of about three Fingers thickness put it into an earthen Pot or Pipkin with Onions fryed with Hog's-Lard then put to the Hare and Pork some Beef-Broth as much as will half cover it so set it a stewing on a gentle Fire renewing it by degrees then take Bread well toasted and the Livers of six Fowl parboiled put them to steep in some of the Broth then add Cinnamon Ginger Long-pepper Nutmegs Cloves and Salt finely bruised but not to Powder of each two drams then with a little Vinegar and Claret-wine strain it into the Pot where your Hare Pork or Veal is and let them stew together till they are enough then withdraw them and so dish them up at your pleasure Hare Hashed Case it draw it and cut it in moderate Pieces wash the Pieces in Claret and Water very clean strain the Liquor and parboil the Parts then take and slice them and put them into a Dish with the Legs Head Wings or Shoulders whole cut the Chine into many Parts then put in two or three sliced Onions and some of the Liquor wherein it was parboiled stew it between the Dishes over a gentle Fire covering it close till it be tender and put to it some beaten Pepper Mace and Nutmeg serve it on fine carved Sippets running it over with beaten Butter and Marrow garnishing with Lemons and Barberries Hare or Leveret-Pye Most are of Opinion that these are best baked with their Bones though some more nice than wise will bone them however being baked with the Bones let the Bones be broke and the Hare well larded season it with Salt Pepper Cloves Nutmegs and Bay-leaves put it into either white or brown Past at your discretion and with it a sufficient quantity of Lard beaten that it may as well
break and mix it together very well then run it thorough a Strainer and when it has stood all night scum off the top and season the rest with Sugar a stick of Cinamon broken very small a blade or two of Mace so boil it up again and strain it thorough a Jelly-bag for use It is exceeding nourishing and good for those that are in or enclining to a Consumption also to restore weak and decayed Bodies Ielly of Gooseberries the French way Take Gooseberries and press or bruise them and strain out the Pulp thorough a Straining-cloth measure the Juice and to every pint put three quarters of a pound of Sugar make it boil up well together and when it is so well boiled that some of it being laid on a Plate it will not stick but come clean of then strain it and keep it to put into Tarts with Pears Apples Quinces or the like to make them taste like Gooseberries when Gooseberries are out of season And so you may Jelly Raspberries Cherries Currants or any such like soft Fruit. Ielly of Harts-horn This has been a long time greatly in request To make it Take half a pound of Harts-horn boil it leisurely in Spring-water close covered and in a well-glazed Pipkin that will hold a gallon boil it well when 't is cold strain it thorough a fine Cloth and put it into another lesser Pipkin and with the Juice of eight or nine large Lemons a pound and a half of double-refined Sugar and so let it boil a little and put it into a Gally-pot or small Glass or cast it into a Mould or any fashion you fancy best This is by Physicians held to be a special Cordial and a great Strengthener a Restorer of Consumptive Bodies or those faln-away by long or violent Sicknesses Ielly to Make Take a large Leg of Veal cut away the Fat as clean as you can wash it well and let it lie a soaking a quarter of an hour or more having first broke the Bones then take four Calf's-feet and scald off the Hair in boiling Water slit them and put them to your Veal boil them over the fire in a brass Pot in two gallons or ten quarts of Water according to the Proportion of the Meat scum it very often and so continue it till it is boil'd away to three pints then strain it thorough a clean Strainer and let it stand till it be quite cold that it will easily be cut out pare the top and the bottom and then put it into a Skillet then take two ounces of Cinamon bruised and Nutmeg sliced a race of Ginger and a large Mace or two a little quantity of Salt and a spoonful or two of Wine-Vinegar and the Whites of Eggs well beaten put all to the Jelly and then set it on the fire and let it seeth two or three walms stirring it all the while then strain it thorough a Jelly-bag and eat it when you find Nature weakened or decayed and it greatly strengthens and fortifies it Ielly of Quinces the French way Make a Decoction of Quinces pared quartered and cored till they are very soft so that they may be mash'd and mingl'd with the Water they are boil'd in then strain them thorough a Straining-cloth and boil the liquid part up again with Sugar a pound to a quart till it comes to a reddish colour then scumming it lightly let it settle and take off the finest part when it is warm put it into glazed earthen Vessels and let it stand till it is cool and it will become a curious red Jelly and is a great Comforter of the Stomach exceeding good for the Lungs and Shortness of Breath Ielly of Verjuice Boil Verjuice in fair Water then strain it and in the Decoction boil Apples and a little Ising-glass and when the liquid part begins to consume it will be a perfect Jelly This is good to use in Sauces and for garnishing Dishes as likewise to prepare the Stomach for a good Appetite by being eaten with Sugar and Rose-water Ielly White Take a pound of Almonds and steep them in cold Water till the Husks come off being blanched beat them with a quart of Rose-water then a Decoction of half a pound of Ising-glass boiled with a gallon of fair Spring-water or else half Wine boil it till half be wasted then cool it and strain it and mingle it with your Almonds and strain with them a pound of double-refined Sugar the Juice of two Lemons and cast it into Egg-shells put Saffron to some of it and make some of it blue and some of what colours you please though naturally it will be as white as Snow Iemelloes to Make Take a pound of fine Sugar beaten and sifted four Yolks of new-lay'd Eggs a grain of Musk and two drams of Carraway-seeds finely beaten and sifted a little Gum-dragon dissolved in Rose-water and six spoonfuls of fine Flower beat all these together in as equal mixture as may be so beat them into a thin Paste a little softer than Butter then run it thorough rough a Butter-Squirt of two or three Ells long bigger than a Wheat-straw and let them dry upon Paper a quarter of an hour then tie them up in such Knots as you fancy most proper and being dry boil them in Rose water and Sugar and it proves very useful in setting out a rich Banquet Ill Hahit of Body to Remedy Take double-refined Sugar one pound the distilled Water of Citron-peels four ounces boil them over a gentle fire to the consistence of a solid Electuary then add a Nutmeg Sugar pouder'd and pass'd thorough a Sieve Pulp of Pistaches three drams choice Cinamon and Mace finely pouder'd of each two drams put in first the Nutmeg and the Pistaches after that the Peel and then the Powder and being all incorporated make them up into Tablets and dry them so that they may be well kept for use These Tablets are of a very pleating Scent and Odour grateful to the Stomach and removing the ill Habit of Body They encrease the Appetite and facilitate Concoction and Distribution of the Nourishment They also are very effectual to expell Wind and hinder the Putrefaction of the Humours You may take of them for a Dose two drams in the Morning fasting and immediately after Meals and may continue the use of them as you see occasion Incontinency of Vrine Take the Pizzle of a Wether dry it in an Oven so that it may be reduced to a Powder mix it with a little Powder of Coral and take as much as will lie on a Three-pence in a spoonful of Vinegar Inflammation Day For this Take Crumbs of Bread half an ounce Coral and Pearl prepared Tuttia and white Sugar-Candia of each half a dram Powder of red Roses a dram and a half Flowers of St. John's-wort one dram and with a sufficient quantity of Milk make a Cataplasm or Poultis and for a dry hot Inflammation lay it on the Eyes Inflammation Moist Take a Pippin and
the same time taking off the Pot from the fire and when the Decoction is somewhat cool strain it and clarifie the Liquor with the White of an Egg and three pound of sine Sugar boil it over a gentle fire to the consistence of a Syrup This Syrup is chiefly given in dry Coughs or hot and thin Defluxions on the Lungs for it thickens the Phlegm and qualifies the Acrimony thereof and helps to expectorate It may be taken from half an ounce to an ounce either alone or else in Pectoral Juleps Apozems or mix'd with Lohochs Iulep To make an excellent Cooler for a Calenture or Burning Fever Pare ten Lemons press out the Juice and let it settle twenty-four hours then pour off the clear part and strain it or filter it and digest it in a stone Bottle in hot Water or in Sand for twelve days then filter it again and digest it as before repeat this until no more faeces settle and during that time calcine the outward or yellow Peel of the Lemons and with distilled Water draw the Salt out of the Ashes and put this Salt into the purify'd Juice and having digested them for some time together put it into little Vials of an ounce a piece which is a Dose sufficient for any one Some say That two Doses of this will allay the greatest Burning Fever and by degrees so cool and temperate the Blood that the Distemper in a little time will cease It may be given by it self but if it prove unpleasant to the Palate you may mix a little Sugar with it Iumbals To make these Take a pint of Wheat-flower and a pound of white Sugar make a mixture of these with the Whites of two or three Eggs finely beaten and a pound of blanched Almonds well beaten with half a pound of fresh Butter and a spoonfull or two of Rose-water To these add half a pint of Cream and mould it till it becomes a Paste so roul it into what shapes you please and dry it a while then bake it in an Oven not too hot to the number of twenty or more Iumbals another Take a pound of fine Wheat-flower the Yolks of four new-lay'd Eggs about a quarter of a pint of sweet Cream a quarter of an ounce of Aniseeds and half a pound of cold Butter make all these into a Paste and roul it into long rouls as big as your Little-Finger and make them into what Knots Forms or Fashions you please then boil them in fair Water after that bake them and keep them in Boxes in dry places to set out the Table as occasion requires Iumbals Sugar'd Take two pound of fine Flower beat a pound of Loaf-Sugar into Powder sift it and mingle it with the Flower then take a pound and an half of Sweet-Butter break it in small pieces among the Flower and Sugar then take five spoonfuls of Canary and three or four Yolks of new-lay'd Eggs and a quarter of a pint of Cream beat them well together and put them to the rest of the Materials and when they are work'd up into a Paste fashion them as your Fancy leads lay them on white Paper or on Plates and put them into an Oven and bake them with a gentle heat taking an extraordinary care that they be not scorched Iuniper-Berries their Virtues The Spiritous Water as also the Oil are either of them proper to free the Reins and Ureters from Gravel and vitious Matter that stops the Passages and hinders the Urine from having its course They are also very useful in cold Maladies of the Brain and in Scorbutick Distempers They fortifie the Stomach and create an Appetite help Digestion and resist Putrefaction and the Humours and kill the Worms in the Body also expel Wind Colick and cold Maladies of the Bowels Ivy This Simple though by some not much regarded is of great virtue for Dioscorides tells us A pugil of the Flowers which may be about a dram boil'd in Red-Wine or powder'd and drank twice a day helps the Lask and Bloody-flux It is an Enemy to the Nerves and Sinews if taken much inwardly but very strengthening to them if applied outwardly in Oil Ointment or Poultis The Berries pouder'd and drank in Ale are good against the Jaundice Black or Yellow they help those that spit Blood and kill Worms They are a great Enemy to Wine for if any one has got a Surfeit by hard drinking of Wine boil a handful of Ivy in the like Wine and the Decoction will greatly contribute towards the Party's Health The Juice of the Berries snuffed up the Nose purges the Head of Rheum and is good for sore Eyes Sir KEnelm Digby's Wound-Drink Take an handful of the Leaves of Sage and Rue bruise them and put them into a thin Bag or Boulter and hang it in four gallons of ordinary Small Ale well brewed and as soon as it is Tunn'd take three hundred live Sows commonly call'd Hog-Lice they live under old Wood and Stones bruise these with a little of the Ale that all the Moisture may be extracted then strain it and pour it among the rest and put the Skins of the Sows to the Herbs in the Bag when it has work'd sufficiently begin to drink it at Meals and at other times when you have occasion to drink and to render it more grateful to the Taste you may add a fourth part of White-wine forbearing during the taking of it to eat salt Fish or salt Meats It is not to be wonder'd at that this Drink should be so efficacious though it be compounded but of few Ingredients since all famous Authors ascribe such wonderful Virtue to these Creatures and Experience testifies that they cleanse resolve and purifie to a wonder They dissolve the Stone in the Reins and Bladder to a Slime and bring it away they open the Obstructions help the Jaundice and all Obstructions Stoppage and Strangury of Urine the Colick Asthma's Shortness of Breath and also restore lost Appetite They are very much recommended for the curing all sorts of Cancers scirrhous Tumors in what part of the Body soever the Kings-Evil and all sordid and inveterate Ulcers and Sores With this Drink did Sir Kenelm do great Cures at Frankford in Germany and at other places It likewise stays the bleeding of Wounds and heals them very speedily Kermes This is usually call'd the Scarlet Oak The Grains of this Tree are doubly useful either for dyeing Scarlet Colour or for Medicine which is most to our purpose Wherefore to omit the former it is astringent and used successfully for Wounds especially where the Nerves are cut and also prevents Miscarriage in Women They are used in sharp Diseases as Apoplexies Palsie c. as also for the Palpitation of the Heart Fainting Swooning and Melancholy Kermes a Confection Take the Juice of pleasant smelling Apples and Rose-water of each a pint boil them almost to the thickness of Honey then take it from the fire and whilst it is hot add two drams
and Thirst and retaineth that Virtue many Days The Juice of it held when very thick in the Mouth and there suffer'd to melt hath the same Effect It is good for the Breast and Lungs and is therefore successfully given to those that are short-winded and breath with much difficulty or such as are in Consumptions or Pleurisies The Juice asswages prickings not only of the Arteries of the Lungs but the Bladder also and does excellently relieve Thirst as being tempered with moisture and colder than our Nature It is to be noted that the Root in which consist all these properties is much better being fresh taken out of the Ground than when it is dry and is exceeding more pleasant in the Tast when used in Medicins Lignum Columbrinum This is a great Expeller of Poison the Wood Bark and Root being beaten grosly and boiled in White-wine and drank hot about a quarter of a pint at a time Lignum Molucense This is brought from the Molucca Islands in the East-Indies This Wood is a great causer of Sleep Taken inwardly or outwardly it expels hot Poisons being rasped and decocted in Whitewine It likewise remedies the Biting of any venomous Creature Ten grains of the Powder of it being taken in Rose-water cures Wounds made by poisoned Arrows yet half a scruple of it is a Dose for the strongest Man When it is used for Purging the Party that takes it must abstain from much eating It purges Humours in general but more particularly gross clammy and melancholy Humours It is good for quotidian Agues and continual Fevers for the iliack Passion Wind-Colick Dropsie and Gravel for Difficulty of making Urin Pain of the Joints and Scirrhus and the King's-Evil It kills all sorts of Worms and restores lost Appetite Some use it against inveterate Head-aches and the noises in the Head The Indians keep it so choice that they will scarce let a Stranger see it though the greatest use they know of it is to catch Birds withal by boiling it with Rice and when the Birds have eaten of the Rice boiled with it they fall down in a Sleep and if they eat too much they dye And if in taking it it work too much let the Party take a little of the Decoction of Rice and it will qualifie it Lily of the Vallies The Flowers and Leaves of this are held exceeding good for the Apoplexy Falling-Sickness Palsie Giddiness and other cold Diseases of the Brain Take the Conserve of these Lilies six ounces of the Powder of Male-Peony half an ounce Man's Skull prepared in powder three drams the Seeds and Flowers of Male-Peony dried and powdered of each two drams Red Coral prepared Pearl and white Amber of each a dram the Salt of Coral four scruples the Syrup of the Flowers of Male-Peony a sufficient quantity to make into an Electuary Take of this two drams Morning and Evening against any of the before-mention'd Distempers but especially in Fits of the Apoplexy c. Lily-Water This is distilled from white Garden-Lilies in a cold Still as you do Roses and other Simples It is given with success to Women that have hard Labours and to expel the After-birth The Root of these Lilies are admirable in Cataplasms to asswage Pains and ripen Tumours The Oil extracted from them has not only the same but a more powerful Virtue We find in several noted Authors that they have mainly contributed to the Cure of divers troubled with the Dropsie viz. The Juice mixed with Barly-Flower and made into Bread and eaten with their usual Diet Thirty or Forty Days together Limbs to Comfort Apply to the Part grieved a Plaister of Oxicrocium made in this manner Take two ounces and a half of Saffron Ship-pitch Colophony and yellow Wax of each four ounces Galbanum Turpentine and Ammoniacum Myrrh Olibanum and Mastick of each one ounce and three drams to the melted Wax add the Pitch cleansed from the Dross and Strained next to that the Colophony These being melted take them from the Fire and let them cool a little then add the Ammoniacum and Galbanum dissolved apart in Vinegar and strained and boiled to the consumption of the Vinegar and mixed with the Turpentine then sprinkle in Frankincense Myrrh and Mastick in very fine Powder a quart and in conclusion the Saffron finely powdered and well mixed and so make it into a Plaister This comforts and strengthens the Limbs and is an excellent Emollient for Aches and to discuss cold Tumours or any cold Humours setled in the Joints or afflicting the Nerves and Sinews and consequently a very good Gout-Plaister Limbs a strengthening Plaister Take Minion powdered one pound Cerusse prepared half a pound Soap ten ounces common Olive-Oil a quart Orange-flower-water nine ounces boil them according to Art till they become thick enough to spread on a Plaister This is very highly commended for strengthning the Ligaments and the Matrix being spread upon a round piece of Leather and applied it also strengthens the Backs of Women near Travel and eases the Pains that frequently afflict them on that score Lime-Tree The Leaves and Bark of this Tree repel dry and provoke Urin A Mucilage made of the Bark is good in Burns and Wounds The Leaves bruised and sprinkled with Water discuss Swellings in the Feet The Flowers are cephalick and of a very fragrant Scent The distilled Water is much in esteem for the Apoplexy Falling-Sickness and Giddiness the Dose being from an ounce to an ounce and a half It is likewise a great Beautifier of the Face and drank with Water of Camomil it cures the Gripes The Berries dryed till reduced to powder are much commended for the Bloody-flux and other Fluxes of the Belly Being mixed with Vinegar and put up the Nostrils the Bleeding at the Nose is stayed Lime-Water to Make Take a pound of clean quick Lime slack it in a gallon of warm Water and let it stand till all that will subside be setled to the bottom and separation being made the Water swim clear at top at which time it will often happen that a kind of thin and brittle substance almost like Ice will cover the surface of the Liquor As soon as the Water is thus impregnated delay not to pour it off warily and keep it well stopped This is useful on divers occasions as to wash Sores supple Pains and Aches cure the Tooth-ach the Mouth being washed with it and a little Honey If it be designed for Consumptions or Obstructions it must be made thus Take a gallon of Lime-water made as the former infuse in it cold Sassaffras Licorice and Anniseeds of each an ounce adding thereto half a pound of Currans or the like quantity of Raisins of the Sun stoned The Dose of this compound Lime-water is from four to five ounces and may be taken twice a Day Limonade To make this Scrape the Lemon-peel as much as you think fit into Water and Sugar and add a few drops of the Essence of Sulphur with some
is nothing better than the Water of Enula-campana-roots stamp the green Roots in a stone Mortar and mix with them half as much green Licorice then distill it in a glass Still Take of this Water half a spoonful at a time whensoever the Rising doth trouble you mix it with as much Old Malaga if you cannot take it alone Lungs stop with Flegm Take Enula-campana-root well dried Licorice and Aniseeds of each one ounce Flower of Sulphur half an ounce Sugar-candy six ounces make all into a fine Powder and take thereof half a spoonful three times a day Lungs Stuff'd Take the Syrup of Penny-Royal or Ground-Ivy moderately tart stamp in it Rose-leaves and Mugwort and make them with the Syrup and Sugar into a Conserve of which take a quarter of an ounce Morning and Evening Lung-wort its Virtues This is Astringent and Drying stops Bleeding and cures fresh Wounds stays the Flux of the Belly and the Courses the distilled Water Powder and Syrup are used with success for the Diseases of the Lungs as Short-breathings Coughs Consumptions c. That sort of it which grows on the Oak is excellent for curing the Jaundice by taking a handful of it and boiling it in a close stopt Vessel in a pint or somewhat more of Small-beer till half be consumed and of this take three of four ounces as hot as may be both Morning and Evening Lupins to Boil Take French Lupins and French Beans and take away the Tops of the Cods and the Strings and then having a Pan or Skillet of fair Water boiling on the Fire put them in with some Salt boil them up quick and being boiled serve them up with beaten Butter and a little Pepper Garnish the Dish with Barberries Lemon-peel and Endive and so serve them up having made a Division or Separation of the awo sorts MAcaroons to Make Blanch a convenient quantity of Sweet-Almonds by putting them into hot Water beat 'em to a mash in a Mortar and strew on them between beatings a little fine Sugar sifted and when they are well mix'd add the Whites of Eggs and Rose-water and when they are of a sufficient thickness draw over your Wafers a Feather dipt in melted Butter and take the Butter up in spoonfuls and lay it on them and bake them in a gentle Oven Iced over with Sugar dissolv'd in rose-Rose-water Madness or Frensie Take the Gall of a Hare boil it in a quarter of a pint of Whitewine this being drank causes the Party to sleep and eases the Labour and Disturbance of his Brain until Vinegar be given him Maiden-Hair a Syrup Take two good handfuls of it shred these small and boil them in two quarts of fair Water till a third part be consumed then strain it and boil up the Decoction with Sugar to a convenient thickness and take hall an ounce at a time in any convenient Liquor This removes the tartarous and viscous Mucilage out of the Lungs and is good for those that have Coughs Shortness of Breath and Pains in their Sides or in the Bladder or Kidneys The Powder of this Herb being taken four days together provokes Urine expells the Stone and Gravel and is of great use for Children in Ruptures Or for any of these the speedier to facilitate the Remedy you may take the Syrup of Maiden-hair and Jubebs of each three ounces Linseed-oil newly drawn two ounces fine Sugar two drams mingle them and make a Lohoch and take about a quarter of an ounce every other Hour Maladies of the Skin Take Oil of Roses half a pint beat two ounces of Litharge of Gold to dust or powder with Vinegar add a little of the Oil as you bruise it in a Mortar with an iron Pestle till the Litharge and Oil has so overcome the Vinegar that it appears not and it becomes a kind of a whitish Ointment then put it up for your use keeping it close covered This takes away Spots Pimples Sun-burn Morphew and Yellowness of Complexion cures Itch Scabs Botches Breakings-out Tetters Ring-worms kills Worms in the Skin makes it smooth and forces out the watry Humours tending to Dropsies by anointing with it Marchpane like Bacon To make this Take March-pane-paste work it with Red-Saunders till it has colour'd it then roul a broad sheet of white Paste and a sheet of red Paste and so till there be three of the white and four of the red one on another in a mingled sort every red between then cut it overthwart and it will look so like Rashers of Bacon that it will deceive the Eye till you come to handle it and so having dried it you may keep it for your use on any occasion Marchpane to Gild and Garnish Blanch Almonds in hot Water beat them well in a Mortar put to them Sugar finely sifted beat them and mingle them till they become a Paste add a little Rose-water then cover it with a sheet of Paper make Impressions round it with a Spur-iron or Marking-iron used in Pastry Ice it over with Sugar Rose-water and the White of an Egg beat up together and being drawn garnish it with Comfies cut Leas-Gold or Silver in divers shapes and stick it on with Gum-water then strew grated Bisket and Carraways on it If it happens to be Oily in beating to remedy this put in as much Rose-water as will make it as thin as Ice Marchpane like Hung-Beef Work some of the Paste with Red Saunders spread it into a flatness and the other being White lay them one on another and when it is dried and cut fine it will at first sight appear like Interlarded Beef Marchpane Blanch two pound of Almonds beat them in a Mortar into a fine Paste add to them a pound of fine Sugar and by mixing them well together they will thereby become a good Paste Observe as you mix them to prevent their turning to Oil you must put in a few spoonfuls of Rose-water than cover the Marchpane in a sheet as big as a Charner and set an Edge about it as you do about a Tart and a Bottom of Wafers under it then bake it in an Oven or Baking-Pan and when you perceive it dry and hard take it out and Ice it with Rose-water and Sugar being made as thick as Batter for Fritters so with a Wing-feather of a Duck or Goose spread it on and again put it into the Oven and when it rises high take it out and garnish it with the Figured of Birds Beasts Leaves not the like made of the same stuff and sticking long Comfits upright in it serve it up Marrigold-Water its Virtues This is an excellent Water for Inflamed Eyes being dropt in them it takes away the Inflammation and Redness or a Rag dipped in it may be applied to the Eyes with the same success The Flowers are very Cordial and Hepatick they provoke Sweat and the Courses There is therefore an excellent Conserve made of them after this manner Take of Marrigold-flowers two ounces Confection of Kermes
Whitewine or Milk and eaten take away Hoarseness and being beaten with Sage-leaves make a singular Poultiss for Wounds Bruises or Inflammations They also are good against the Biting of any venomous Creature being applied Poultis-wise with Leeks and Onions stamped very small The Juice if dropt into the Ear appeaseth the Tingling Singing or Buzzing Noise in the Head The Herb and Root concocted till the Concoction seem somewhat clammy and sweetened viz. the Liquid part with a little Honey is successfully given to Women to restore Strength after a hard Labour in Child-bearing The Seed if powder'd and drank with Red Wine prevents excess in Vomiting Six ounces of the Juice of Mallows sweetened with a little Sugar extremely removes Melancholy and are of such virtue that they were call'd by the Antients Omnia Morbia that is to say Good against all Diseases Mallows Wild These are another sort which Physicians distinguish somewhat from the former though their Virtues are little less being sod in White-wine or Water and Honey they expedite the healing of Wounds by warning them with their Concoction and being applied Poultiswise they are good to allay the Swellings of the Kings-Evil draw Imposthumes to a Ripeness allay Inflammations of the Breast and help Ruptures of the Fundament Ventosities and Shrinking of the Sinews The Leaves bruised with a little Oil are applied for Bitings Burns or Scalds The Seed powder'd and drank in White-wine is good against the Dysentery and Flux of the Belly Master-wort its Virtues It cures the Bitings of venomous Creatures being stamped and applied to the Wound with Bay-salt It is given in malignant Diseases helps Expectoration sweetens an offensive Breath 'T is also accounted good for the Dropsie and a piece of it stopped in a hollow Tooth eases the Pain thereof May-weed This Herb though very common and of no pleasant scent is nevertheless of admirable Virtue for if boiled in Ale or Small-beer with Figs Licorice and Aniseeds of each an ounce and the Decoction drank hot it eases the Colick and all violent Pains in the Bowels If heated between two hot Tyles with Elder-leaves and applied it draws the violent Heat of the Fever from the Head The Decoction in Whitewine is successfully given for the Kings-Evil and other Diseases Mead-White Take Rosemary Thyme Sweet-Briar Agrimony-wood Betony Eye-bright Roman Wormwood and Scabious of each a like quantity which is the sixteenth part of a handful each cover them with Water in a wooden Vessel open at the top and let them steep a Night and a Day and then boil them very well in another Water till the colour be very high then in another quantity of Water boil them up till the colour looks green and so let it boil as long as any greeness continues then with the Herbs in it let it stand a Day and a Night and to every gallon of Water put two pound of clear Honey the Liquor first strained from the Herbs and when it will bear an Egg to Three-pence breadth above Water work it together until the Honey is quite dissolved then after a Night 's setling boil it again a quarter of an Hour with the Whites and Shells of six Eggs then strain it let it cool and put it up with Cloves Mace Nutmegs and Cinnamon bruised together being hung in the Cask in a Bag and if you require it to drink very speedily take the Whites of two or three Eggs a spoonful of Yeast and two spoonfuls of Wheaten-flower beat them together put them into the Cask and when it has worked stop it up with Clay and Bay-salt well tempered and so it will keep long Measles Take two or three grains of Saffron dry it well by the Fire and then put it into a Rag and tying it infuse it in Posset-Ale and then press it or it may be done in Mace Ale or White-wine till all the Virtue of the Saffron is exhausted in the Liquids and let the Party drink it keeping very warm And if in this Distemper or the Small-pox for it is good in either there is a soreness in the Throat do thus Take half a dram of dried Saffron tye it as the other in a Rag and boil it in half a pint of new Milk till the Milk becomes very yellow then boil in it a Stay of Linnen and put it wet and warm under the Throat where the Sore is and when that is cold and dry put on another so ordered and this will in six or eight Hours take away the Pain or Soreness Meat to Roast When a Capon Chicken or Fowl has been long enough before the Fire and thoroughly hot that they require basting do them once over very well with sweet Butter dridge them over with Flower and by so doing it will make a thin Crust that will keep in all the Juice so that they are best without any more basting till they are enough then bast them well with Butter as before which will make the Crust relent and fall away this being done and they grow brown on the outside sprinkle them over with a little ordinary white Salt in gross Grains then bast them over with Yolks of Eggs finely beaten continuing so to do till another Crust of the Eggs arise on them and they are sufficiently enough to dish sauce and serve up to the Table Medicine for the Stone Take a Male-Kid of nine Months old keep him up in a close Place and feed him with Smallage Parsley Fennel Pimpernel Ivy and Lovage and kill him in the Month of August when the Sun is going into the Sign Cancer and receive the Blood in a clean Vessel take off the thinnest part and Water and dry the rest in an Oven till it may be powdered Take a dram of it in Whitewine wherein Onions or Lily-roots are infused Medlars to Preserve Scald the fairest of them when indifferently ripe till Skin may be easily taken off then stone them at the Head and add to each pound of them a pound of fine Sugar dissolved in the Liquor till it become ropey then take them from the Fire and put them up in a close Pot for your Use Megrim Take a large handful of ground Ivy commonly call'd Alehoof wash it clean and dry it well by swinging in a Cloath shread and bruise it a little in a Mortar boil it in a quart of strong Ale to the consumption of a pint and drink it hot in the Morning fasting This cures Pains and Inflammations Defluxions in the Eyes and is good against the Jaundice and Coughs of the Lungs Consumption Stone and Gravel Obstruction of the Liver and Spleen and according to the Learned and Judicious Sir Kenelem Digby being applied to a Fellon like a Cataplasm it cures it by ripening and kindly breaking it being admirable likewise for old Sores that want cleansing if a little Honey and Copperas be mixed among the Juice Megrim This dangerous Distemper in the Head is removed by taking an ounce of Honey Whitewine-Vinegar the White
Groundsil two ounces Bees-Wax two ounces Stone-pitch half an ounce make these over a gentle fire into a Salve and spreading it on Linnen or Leather apply it to the place grieved and in two or three times changing and anointing with Linseed Oil the danger will be past and the Cure effected Nail wort This is held exceeding successfull being applied to Imposthumes in the Joints and any Defects under the Nails especially for Whitloes Fellons and Nail-wheals Naples Bisket To make these so much in use Take a pound of fine Flower and the like Weight of Sugar eight Eggs and two spoonfulls of Rose-water an ounce of Carraway-seeds beaten small mix them well together and put them when made into a fit thinness with fair Water into Tin Coffins and bake them moderately in a gentle Oven glazing them over with Water in which Sugar has been dissolved Nature to restore Take an Artichoke and dress it with Milk that is first boil your Artichokes in Water till the Leaves will just draw off then put them in New Milk and boil them thoroughly then bruise the Pulp in the Milk and add a little Mace and grated Nutmeg sweeten it with Sugar and eat often of it with a Spoon It exceedingly restores decayed Vigour and strengthens not only the Spirits but the whole Frame of the Body The Germans and French usually eat the tender Stalks of this Plant boiled with Butter and Vinegar the Italians seldom boil the Heads but eat them raw with Salt Pepper Oil and Vinegar they are moreover held to provoke Venery and the Decoction of the Buds drank provoke Urine Navel pained If a pricking or shooting in the Navel happen which frequently by communication extends to the Fundament or Privy Parts by its twitchings and shootings Take Oil of Roses and Camomil of each an ounce and a half Comfry the Herb half a handfull bruise it and fry it in the Oils a little then apply it plaister-wise to the Navel as hot as can be endured it also takes away the Pains of the Belly and causes the Rumbling of the Bowels to cease Navel-wort Ointment This is moderately Astringent and therefore good for hot Distempers or Inflammations some use it for the Kings-Evil and for the curing Kibes Chilblains and the like Nauseousness When the Stomach or Appetite is offended in this manner and brought to a kind of Loathing Take the Powder of the Seed of Common Fennel in a Glass of White-wine sweetened with Sugar every morning fasting till the Offence be removed This likewise wonderfully clears the sight strengthens the Stomach and being mixed with pectoral Medicines it relieves those that are Asthmatick It also resists Poyson and the Leaves of Fennel boiled in Water wherein Barley has been boiled encreases Milk in Nurses and a Concoction of the Seeds and Leaves give ease to the Nephritick Pains forces Urine and expel Is Gravel the Roots provoke the Courses open the Obstructions of the Spleen and Liver and mainly help the Jaundice The whole Herb shred and boiled in Broth takes away Fat and keeps the Body in a good Proportion Many other Vertues are ascribed to it Neats-Foot Pye To do this boil the Neats Feet then take out the Bones and put as much Beef-suet as will answer their quantity mince them and then season them with Cloves and Mace finely beaten add then some grated Nutmeg and Sugar with a little Salt put them into the Coffin or Past with some Barberries Currans and Raisins of the Sun bake it well and serve it up hot Neats-Foot Pye another Take Neats-feet and boil them tender and when they are cold bone them and mince them very small seasoning them with Pepper Nutmeg Cinamon and Ginger a little Salt and a pound of Currans a quarter of a pound of Dates sliced and a quarter of a pound of fine Sugar with a little Rose-water and Verjuice stir them together in a Dish or Tray laying a little Butter in the bottom of the Pve and on the Meat the Marrow of Three Bones stick some Dates on the top of the Meat and close up the Pye and when it is half baked Liquor it with Butter and White-wine or Verjuice and Ice it and so set it in the Oven again 〈◊〉 it be baked and then put into it Rose-water and Sugar well beaten together Neats-Tongues to dry Take Bay-Salt beat it very fine so that it may be sifted through a fine Hair-Sieve and Salt-Peter of each a like quantity and having soaked your Tongues in warm Water rub it on very well in every part especially at the root then lay them in a place where they may be covered with the Salt and as that wasts put on more and when they become sufficiently hard and stiff then rowl them in Bran till they are dry put them into a Mold a while then dry them in a Kill with a soft Fire or for want of that necessary Implement you may hang them up in a Chimney where the Smoke comes but little at them and when they are sufficiently dryed press them out somewhat flattish and at length and so put them in dry Boxes and keep them for use Neats-Tongues to dry another Take Bay-salt bruised small and Salt-peter a like quantity rub the Tongues well with a Linnen-Cloth then put the Salt to them forcing it in especially at the Roots and as it wasts into Brine add more when they are hard and stiff then they have taken Salt enough Rowl them in Bran and dry them in a Mold over a Saw-dust Fire or for want of such a Material hang them up in a Chimney and when you boil them let it be in spring-Spring-water and it will make them look the redder Neats-Tongues divers ways Take a Neats-Tongue being boiled tender blanch and slice it into thick slices about the bigness of a shilling fry it in sweet Butter and being enough put to them some strong Broth Gravy Nutmeg Salt and Saffron stew them together and then have some Yolks of Eggs beaten up with Grape Verjuice put them into a Pan and give them a toss or two and the Gravy and Eggs being pretty thick dish it on fine Sippets or make the same with Cinamon and Saffron sometimes you may slice them as aforesaid no bigger nor thicker than a Three pence and used in all points as before but only add some Onions fryed and stew it with Mushrooms Nutmeg and Mace and serve it up on Sippets first rubbing the Dish with a Shalot or you may stew it with Raisins Mace and blanched Almonds or Pistaches Marrow Claret-wine Butter Salt Verjuice Sugar Strong Broth and Gravy the Yolks of six Eggs with Vinegar or Grape-Juice and so serve it up on Sippits Neats-Tongue roasted the French way Boil and blanch it first and when it is cool Take out the Meat at the great end leaving the Skin whole and having minced it with Sweet Herbs and Apples as also the Yolks of Eggs boiled hard and Beef Suet beaten with Salt and
boil them over a gentle Fire to the consumption of the moisture stirring them often and then strain and press them strongly and keep the Ointment in a glazed Pot for your use and use it with success Ointment another Take sweet Butter two pound melt it over a moderate Fire put into it when taken off the Fire as much Snow then scum off the Butter that swims above the Snow-water and add to it an ounce of Venice Ceruss-powder Camphire a dram mixed with a little Spirit of Wine and make them up into an Ointment over a gentle Fire This Ointment among the Professors of Chirurgery has a great Esteem For it not only cures common Burns or Scalds but those with Gun-powder Lightning melted Sulphur or Lead if curable Ointment for the Small-pox If you would prevent Scars and pitting in the Face Hands or any part of the Body Take a piece of fat rusty Bacon with the Rind off and put it on a Spit set a pewter Platter under it with fair Water and let the Fat drop into and when it has dript away as much as is convenient beat the Dripping and the Water together about a quarter of an Hour and let them stand till they are cold then pour out the Water and pass the Fat with mixing through two or three Waters till all the saltness and offensive Scent is gone then wash it in Rose-water and put it up in a Gallypot and when you use it melt it and pâ—tle it on your Face with a Feather often so doing till the Scabs and Scurf come clear away and a delicate smooth Skin appears under them Ointment for Sores Old or New Take Honey of Roses and common Honey of each four ounces Oil of Turpentine an ounce and three quarters Barly-water half a pint the Yolks of two new-lay'd Eggs mingle them well and keep them stirring over a gentle Fire till the Water is near consumed and they become an Ointment then dip Rags and Pledgits in it and lay to the grieved Place often renewing them Ointment for the Spleen Take Whitewine-Vinegar four spoonfuls red Holly-hock Mallow and Briony-roots the Pith taken out of each a pound sprinkle them with the Vinegar let it steep in and then boil them till the Roots be very soft then stamp them and strain out the Juice Take Boars-grease a pound and a half sour leavened Bread four ounces mingle them together in a Mortar and then sprinkle some more Vinegar on them and over a gentle Fire make the liquid part into an Ointment and in the Morning rub the place where the Spleen is with a warm coarse Cloath then lay on it a piece of blue woolen Cloath wet in the Water of a Man-Child as hot as can be layed on and when it waxes cold take it away and dry the Skin with a warm Cloath and bath in some of the Ointment warmed in a Sawcer rub it well in and lay upon it a quilt of black Wool and in so doing often you will find extraordinary ease Ointment for Vlcers Take six pound of Butter made the latter end of May or beginning of June boil it over a gentle Fire clarifie it and take away the dregs then add yellow Wax four pound Rosin two pound and Venice-Turpentine one pound make these into a proper Ointment over a gentle Fire This Ointment is very solid that it may continue on the Parts grieved and is not only proper for the Cure of Ulcers in the Legs but for Tetters Chilblains Chaps and Rifts of the Breasts and other Parts of the Body Oisters The Flesh of this Fish is nutritive Stomachick and restorative in Consumptions being either pickled stewed roasted or eaten raw they open Obstructions of the urinary Parts and encrease Seed eaten raw they cause a good Appetite and are easie of Digestion confirm a weak Stomach and create good Nourishment to decayed Members There are Waters Oils Spirits and volatil Salts drawn from Oisters in this manner Take five quarts of large Oisters when out of the Shells put them into a Cucurbit and in Balneo Mariae distil off the Water to dryness that it is Flegm with very little volatil Salt in it This may be used in all Cases where a Milk Water is requisite Then put the dried Oisters at the bottom into an earthen Retort or a glass one well coated fixing to it a large Receiver and upon the Fire though not too violent draw off the Spirit Oil and volatil Salt let the Fire at first be very gentle to bring forth the remaining Flegm then encrease it gradually that the Spirit may follow in white Clouds then continue the Fire encreasing it to the highest degree so will the volatil Salt and Oil ascend and come forth which rectified separate and keep for use The Salt restores in Consumptions It is good against all Diseases of the Head Brain and Nerves as the Apoplexy Epilepsie Vertigo Lethargy and Palsie as also Pleurisies and all Obstructions of the Lungs and Breast Stoppages of Urin Jaundice and the like You may take it from four grains to twelve The Spirit has the fame Virtue but is weaker and therefore may be taken from twenty four to forty fifty or sixty Drops The Oil smells very strong and therefore must be rectified The smelling to it is good against Vapours and Hysterical-Fits especially being anointed on the Nostrils Take of the Oil two ounces Spirit of Niter one ounce mix and digest them ten Days then add eight ounces of rectified Spirit of Wine and digest it a Month filter it and keep it close This opens Obstructions and prevails powerfully against the Obstructions of the Bowels The Dose is from twelve to thirty drops Oisters Broil'd the Dutch way Take two quarts of large Oisters open and parboil them in their own Liquor put them into a strainer and then into a Pipkin with some Mace Butter and slices of Onions then stew them and after that lay the Shells on a Grid-iron and put two or three of them into a Shell and there let them broil or Stew in their Liquor and so setting them on Plates fill them with beaten Butter and serve them up Oister Chewits Take three quarts of large Oisters ready opened and parboiled in their own Liquor then wash them in warm Water dry them and mince them very fine season them lightly with Salt Pepper Cloves Mace Cinnamon Carraway-seeds some minced Raisins of the Sun sliced Dates Currrans Sugar and half a pint of Whitewine mingle all together and put Butter in the bottom of the Pies so fill them up and bake them These must be very small Pyes and ten or twelve of them served upon a Plate together Oisters another way Take the largest wash them in warm Water then parboil them and save the Liquor and steep them in Whitwine-Venegar sliced Nutmeg large Mace whole Pepper Cloves a little Salt and having given them a warm on the Fire set them off and let them steep two or three Hours then
the moisture anoint the Stomach with Oil of Nard and walk about with a quick motion This remedies that Disease of the Stomach likewise called Nausea Pannado to Make Take a quart of Spring-water and put it on the Fire in A Skillet then cut A Penny white-Loaf in slices about the bigness of a Sixpence and as thin as a Wafer and lay it on a Dish placed on a Chafing-dish of Coals then put it into the Water with a handful of clean pick'd Currans and a little large Mace and being boiled to a sufficient thickness season it with a little fine Sugar beat well and dissolved in Rose-water Parsly It hath many Properties in Physick as well as for Kitchen uses viz. the Decoction of the Leaves or Roots thereof openeth the urinary Passages bringeth away Sand and Gravel easeth Colick and the Pains in the Reins being used in the nature of a Fomentation upon the grieved Parts And the Seed is of the greatest Virtue in those Matters it voideth Windiness in the Bowels and is good in the Biting of any venomous Creature The often eating of Parsly or drinking the Juice of it sweetens the Breath Being bruised with the Crumbs of fine White-bread and applied it healeth Tetters and Ring-worms and asswageth the Swelling of the Dugs It diminishes the Milk of Women in Child-bed Past of Apricocks Take the ripest Apricocks pare them very thin and set them in a Preserving-pan over a gentle Fire with as much Water as will keep the bottom of the Pan moist then break them and stir them about with a Skimmer suffering it to stand till the moisture consume and they come to something of a driness then with Sugar boil them to the thickness of a Conserve and so by continuing longer it will become stiff in order to a Past Past of Cherries Boil some of the ripest Cherries till they are reduced to a soft Pulp then strain them through a coarse Cloath or hair Bag and boil a fourth quantity of Pippins not over-ripe till they are very soft then take away the Core and Rind and mash them into Pulp add to these an ounce of fine Sugar to every pound spread it then on Plates and fashioning it as you please let it dry for your use Past to scowre the Hands Take the Husks of Bitter Almonds half a pound bruise them in a marble Mortar sprinkling on them a little Salt and Aquavits then add two Yolks of Eggs and Narbone Honey one ounce and half Orris-roots finely powdered one ounce mix and mould them well together and make them into a Past and use it as you see occasion This is excellent to cleanse the Hands and is easily prepared There is little occasion for wetting it in Water for it may be used as it is prepared if you let it not dry too much parsly-Parsly-Water This must be distilled from the Leaf Root and Stalks in Balneo Mariae being gathered in the beginning of the Spring It Attenuates Opens Cleanses and is Hepatick and Diuretick insomuch that many allow it to cure all Pains and Effects of the Stone where the Party frequently and freely drinks of the Water but this is certain that being exceeding Diuretick it nevertheless forces without Pain and makes the Urin come freely from those that have had Obstructions for many Years and in some it has brought away the Urin with ease after it had been totally obstructed for many Days It may be taken from six ounces sweetned with white Sugar-candy or alone to eight or you may add to it ten or twelve grains of Salt of Tartar or what other Diureticks you think convenient Pear-Pie Take Wardens or other hard Winter-Pears bake them with a little Water and a good quantity of Sugar in a Pot covered with a Lid of Dough. Let them not be fully baked e're you draw them then quarter them taking off the Rind and Core raise a Coffin of Past and between every laying scatter a few Cloves Cinnamon and candied Orange-peel cut small and putting in the Liquor that issued from them in the Pot let them bake to a fitness Pear-Pie another Bake your Pears first in an Oven either upon the Stone or in a Pot peel and core them put them in halves into your Coffin with some slices of Quinces between them and the shaving of Lemon-peel some whole Cloves Cinnamon and Sugar and when baked raise the Lid on one side and put into it some Cinnamon Powder beaten up with Sugar and Rosewater and so serve it to the Table either hot or cold as you please Pear-Pudding Take a cold Capon or one half roasted which is the best of the two then shred some Suet very small as also the Meat taken off the Bones with half as much grated Bread and two spoonfuls of Flower beaten Nutmegs Mace Cloves and Sugar as much as will season it half a pound of Currans the Yolks of two Eggs six Pears the Pulp of them and as much Cream as will make it up into a kind of a Past then make it up into the fashion of a Pear stick a piece of Cinnamon for the Stalk and for the Head a Clove Pearls to Whiten Take half an ounce of Bean-flower Lime and Eggs an ounce white Salt a pound Water of Confound Alcohol of Wine eleven ounces distil the Water and if you wash solid or clouded Pearls in it it will restore them to their native Lustre Pectoral Pills for the Lungs Take Tears of Storax two drams Juice of Spanish Licorice a dram and half Tincture of Saffron four scruples Labdanam Olibanum Myrrh and Extract of Opium of each a dram Ambergrease a scruple Syrup of Citron-peels as much as suffices to make a mass for Pills These Pills stop Defluxions on the Lungs and asswage Coughing The Dose to be taken is five or six grains at Night Pepper boil'd in White-wine is good against the Ague and in most cold Diseases but is more commonly used in seasoning Meats than in Physick and indeed is more proper in the general to that purpose by reason its driness qualifies the moisture that ever abounds in many Meats and causes it to digest kindly in the Stomach Perfumed-Cakes Take Benjamin four ounces Storax two ounces Laudanum a dram Cloves in number twelve Calamus Aromaticus a dram and a little Citron-peel Take a new glazed earthen Pot and boil the Benjamin and Storax in it in half a pint of Rosewater for an Hour if the moisture holds long without being evaporated then put in the rest of the Materials mention'd in a little Linnen Bag adding more Rose-water and when they have boiled a while take them off and strain them through a Linnen Cloath and so soon as cold there will be a curious perfumed Past Perfume for Confection Take of Myrrh a scruple Musk or Civet the like quantity Oil of Nutmegs as much infuse them in Rose-water and with it when well dissolved sprinkle your Confections or Sweet-meats and they will have a curious pleasant Scent
is singular good to stay the Flux of the Belly The Leaves of the Pomegranet-Tree well beaten and the Juice of them mixed with the Oil of Roses does very much help the inveterate Pains of the Head and so sovereign it is that most hold that no venomous Creature will come near the Boughs of it for which reason the Ancients laid them in their Beds and stuck them about their Houses The Decoction of the Root of a Pomgranet-Tree being drank kills the large Worms in the Belly and causes them to be cast out Pork-Pie The Pork you intend to put into Pies must have the Skin taken off then cut the Pork in streaks and take half an ounce of Ginger and the like quantity of Pepper well beaten slice or scrape in two Nutmegs season it pretty well with Salt and put in a little fair Water that has been well boiled and scummed and so bake it sufficiently and serve it up Poppy-Red The Flowers are very cooling and asswage Pain and bring Sleep to weary Eyes and therefore are chiefly used for Fevers Pleurisies and Quinsies and other Diseases especially of the Breast that need cooling Medicins and for immoderate Fluxes The Conserve the distilled Water and the Powder of them are greatly in use but the Syrup most To make it Take the fresh Flowers of Red Poppies two pound and pour upon them two quarts of spring-Spring-water well warmed press them out the next Day and infuse the quantity of fresh Flowers in the Liquor as before then strain it and put in as much Sugar as the Liquor weighs and so make it into a Syrup by boiling it to a thickness over a gentle Fire Poppies a Syrup Take the Heads of black Poppies freshly gathered six ounces and of white ones not thoroughly ripe eight ounces Aqua Coelestis two quarts boil them to the consumption of one quart of the Liquid and put therein Sugar and Penids of each eight ounces boil them to a Syrup This is excellent good to allay the Heat of the Forehead or when it too much afflicts the Brain It is given with success in Frensies or to those that are restless and cannot sleep well as also for Catarrhs and Coughs Pottage To make this very excellent nourishing and conducing to Health and Strength take the Knuckle end of a Leg of Veal very largely cut put into it a gallon or six quarts of Spring-water a pint of Oatmeal sifted very fine Pennyroyal Parsly Thyme and Winter-savory of each a little Faggot or bundle unshread also Sweet-marjoram Sorrel Violet and Marrigold-leaves you may let it stand a whole Night over a gentle Fire and boil it up the next Morning with some Mace Currans Harts-horn Shavings and Sugar then strain it and eat it warm This is very good against a Consumption or any Defect in the Lungs or Stomach Powder of Amber Take six ounces of Bean-flower and pass it through a fine Sieve with four ounces of Cyprus-wood two ounces of Saunders two ounces of Benjamine and half an ounce of Storax two drams of Calamus Aromaticus and as much Laudanum pass these likewise through a Sieve and to two pound of the Composition add four grains of Ambergrease and half an ounce of Pomander Privet beaten and sifted which you must mix in a hot Mortar with Amber then mix them altogether and keep them in a glass Bottle close stopped and make of it sweet Bags to perfume your Cloaths Powder of Aromatick-Rosatum Take red Roses the Whites at the bottom of the Flower the Leaves clipped off 15 drams Licorice finely scraped seven drams sharp and quick biting Cinamon five drams Wood of Aloes and yellow Saunders of each three drams Mace Cloves Indian Spicknard Gum-Arabick and Gum-Tragacanth of each two drams and half Cardamoms the Lesser and Galangal of each one dram Ambergrease two scruples and Oriental Musk one scruple reduce these into a Powder by beating and sifting c. This is excellent good to strengthen the Brain and Stomach it dissipates superfluous Humours and moisture of the Entrails resists Putrefaction creates Appetite and stays Vomiting and want of Retention in the Intestines and is proper to strengthen and restore those that have been weakned by long Sickness The Dose is from half a scruple to half a dram in Wine or any convenient Liquor Powder to create Cheerfulness Take the Seeds of Clove Basil Zedoary or Setwell Saffron yellow Saunders Cloves the outward Peel of Citron dried Galangal Nutmeg Mace Calamint and Storax of each three drams and a half Anniseeds Shavings of Ivory Thyme Dodder of Thyme Oriental Pearl prepared and the Shavings of the Bone of a Stag's-Heart of each one dram Ambergrease Oriental Musk and Leaves of Gold and Silver of each a scruple make these into a very fine Powder This corrects the cold and moist temperature of the Stomach and Liver it helps Digestion restores the Appetite it is very good against Weakness and Palpitations of the Heart also to restore a good Habit of Body and to create a good Complexion to keep the Breath sweet and sweeten it when it is defective to restore decayed Strength and dissipate Melancholy proceeding from an internal or no real Cause The Dose is from ten to twenty grains in any convenient Vehicle Powder the Countess of Kent 's Take the black parts of the Claws of large Sea-Crabs four ounces River-Crabs Eyes oriental Pearl and red Coral prepared of each an ounce Roots of Contrayerva and white Amber of each six drams the Bone of a Stag's-Heart four scruples Bezoar-stone three drams Saffron two scruples make these into a fine Powder and sprinkle it with an ounce and a half of the Spirit of Honey and mixed with Jelly of Vipers you may make it into Trochiscs letting them dry in the Shade to be powdered as occasion requires for the better preservation of its Virtue This Powder is highly in Request for the Remedy of Epidemical Diseases particularly in the Small-pox or Measles It is also used in the Plague as well to preserve from the Infection as to cure it when taken by reason it mainly strengthens the Heart and other vital Parts against Infections and the malignity of the before-mention'd Diseases Not only the English but other Nations approve it and use it with wonderful Success The Dose is about ten grains Powder of Diamargaritum Take oriental Pearl prepared half an ounce red Roses cleansed and Flower of Water-Lilies and Violets of each three Drams Wood of Aloes Saunders red and yellow Roots of Tormentil and white Dittany Myrtle-berries Cinquefoil Grains of Kermes Melon-seeds Endive Sorrel Shavings of Harts-horn Ivory white Coral and red Coral prepared of each two drams Ambergrease and the Leaves of Gold of each half a dram oriental Musk four grains make these into a fine Powder This wonderfully strengthens the noble Parts restores the languishing force and cures swimming and fainting Fits It is good in Fevers and other Diseases It is given to asthmatick and consumptive Persons and
to such as are wasted and brought low by sickness The Dose is from ten to twenty grains in Wine or any cordial Water It may be taken in any pectoral Electuary in Sugar or with any convenient thing as you please Powder for the Gout Take Hermodactyls Turbith Costus Mechoacan and Scammony of each a dram white Sugar-candy two drams powder them very fine This Powder purges Serosities that lay a Foundation for it or nourish those Humours that occasion the Pains The Dose is from a scruple to a dram taken in a Glass of Whitewine in a Morning fasting and fasting two Hours after it Powder call'd Hungarian-Powder Take Hungarian-Earth and Bole-Armoniack of each an ounce and an half Stones of Jacinths Smaragds Saphires Rubies white Coral and red prepared oriental Pearl Roots of Tormentil Woolfsbane or white Dittany yellow Saunders Shavings of Unicorns-Horn and Ivory of each half an ounce the utmost Rind of Citron and Sorrel of each three drams that which is biting three drams Saffron and Cloves of each half a dram fine Leaves of Gold in number twenty five The Unicorn's Horn and Ivory must be rasp'd very finely the Stones and Coral must be also beat to a curious Powder It is used frequently especially in cold Countries for malignant Fevers and all epidemick Distempers also against all sorts of Poisons being dissolved in cordial-Cordial-water and sweeten'd with Syrup of Clove-Gilliflowers Lemons or Pomegranet and taken fasting from half a scruple to a dram and being made into Tablets and taken fasting it has almost the same Effect especially against pestilential Airs Powder to Incarnate Take Olibanum Sarcocol Myrrh Mastick Aloes and Mummy long and round Bithworts of each an ounce bruise and make them into a fine Powder This cleanses Wounds and causes the Flesh to grow being laid to them alone or mixed with Ointments or proper Waters as Camomil Bugloss Mint Rue St. John's-wort Blood-wort c. Powder of the Three Saunders Take of every Colour viz. White Red and Yellow Seeds of Violets and red Roses of each half an ounce Pontick Rubarb Juice of Licorice and Shavings of Ivory of each two drams Gum-Tragacanth and Arabick-seeds of Endive Mellon husked also Purslain-seed of each a dram make them into Powder according to Art It is highly commended for Diseases that proceed from Weakness or ill habit of the Liver to temper the heat of the Intrails and to digest and discuss Matters gathered together at the going off or conclusion of Agues It is very proper in Heart-faintings Jaundice and Phthisick and is internally given in Potions Opiates and Electuaries and outwardly applied in Frontals Epithems and Liniments Powder to whiten Teeth Burn the finest sort of Pumice-stone Cuttle-bone white Coral and Cream of Tartar prepared upon Porphyry the Roots of Florence Orice finely powdered of each half an ounce Sal Armoniack in Powder a dram Musk and Ambergrease of each three grains mix them well together and make a Powder This Powder cleanses and whitens the Teeth You may use it as it is or mixed with Syrup of Coral or dried Roses or Syrup of Roses Or to save all this Charge if your Teeth be sound Rub them with a fine Pumice-stone and they will be as white as Ivory Powder of Violets Take the Roots of Florence-Orris one pound yellow Saunders five ounces red Roses four ounces Storax and Benjamin of each two ounces Cyprus and Tops of Marjoram of each one ounce Lignum Rhodium half an ounce Cloves Aromatick-reed and Flowers of Lavender of each two drams make all these into a Powder but not very fine and it is an excellent Perfume to put amongst Linnen Silks or any Apparel c. Precipitate against the Iaundice Take Crocus Martis prepared with Sulphur one ounce the Leaves of Senna and Rubarb of each half an ounce the best Cinamon Salt of Wormwood and Tamarisk of each two drams Saffron a dram powder what are capable of being powdered and with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Mugwort make an Opiate The Dose is from two grains to seven mixed with a little Vinegar and made up into a Bolus or mixed in Whitewine or some proper Decoction and take as often as occasion requires Prevention of Agues Take the gratings of Angelica-roots Flower of Antimony of each half a dram the best Canary three ounces infuse them in a cold Place for forty eight Hours and pour off the clear part for two Doses This is a singular good Vomit for the prevention or Cure of Agues of all sorts being given in a Morning fasting when an Ague is expected or about four or six Hours before the coming of the Fit Primrose made into a Syrup and decocted is good for flegmatick and melancholy Diseases and Fluxes of the Belly and to strengthen the Stomach of weak Persons Pudding of Cream Take grated Bread mix it with a like quantity of Flower some minced Dates Cinamon and Nutmeg finely beaten Beef-suet warm Milk Eggs and Sugar then take half the Pudding for one side and half for the other make it up round and put some Butter into the middle of it on the other side aloft on the top and put it in a Cloath when the Liquor boils into your Pot and being boiled cut it in two and serve it up with Butter Sugar Verjuice and Rosewater Pudding Excellent Beat the Yolks of three Eggs with Rose-water and half a pint of Cream then setting it over a gentle Fire put in about the quantity of a Pullet's Egg of sweet Butter and being melted mix the Eggs and that together and season it with Nutmeg Sugar and Salt then add as much grated Bread as will make it as thick as Batter and about half an ounce of Flower with a dozen blanched Almonds beaten then all being mixed together take a double Bag wet and flour it and put in the Batter and when it is boiled serve it up with Rose-water Verjuice Butter and Sugar Pudding in Sweet-Herbs Steep a Penny white Loaf in a quart of Cream and only eight Yolks of Eggs some Currans Sugar beaten Cloves Mace and Dates with the Juice of Spinnage then add Saffron Cinamon and Nutmeg Sweet-marjoram Thyme Savory Pennyroyal minced very small and some salt Beef-suet or Marrow These Puddings are excellent for stuffing of roast or boiled Poultry Kid Lamb Veal or Breast of Mutton Puff-Past the Best way Take a pound and a half of Butter to every quarter of a peck of fine Flower likewise six Eggs observing only to put half a pound of the Butter at first to the quarter of a peck of Flower then rowl it up ten times one after another and put Flower and Butter every time to it as you beat it with your Rolling-pin till it is so incorporated that it becomes a pliable Past Purple-Violet its Use and Virtues It is in its nature temperate and very fit to alter and change the ill quality of Humours and to evacuate them chiefly Violets purge Choler and qualifie the vehemency
thereof They are good for the Pains in the Head which proceed from Heat cause gentle Sleep and mollifie the Pricking of the Breast and of the Lungs and are profitable against the Quinsie and the falling of the Palate in the Mouth and Inflammations of the Breast and Side and Stomach-Thirst being dried and concocted in Whitewine They open Obstructions of the Liver and cause Inflammations to cease They are very good in the Jaundice Black or Yellow The Syrup mollifies the Belly and is good in Pleurisies and indeed is a Flower more to be admired by all in Physick than for its charming Colour and fragrant Smell QVails to Roast Truss them then chop some Sweet Herbs and Beef-suet together and put into their Bellies put them on a small Spit and at the first heating bast them with Salt and Water after that with Butter and dredge it with Flower make Sawce with Gravy in some of which an Anchovey or two has been dissolved as also a sliced Shalot or two boiled squeeze in the Juice of two or three Oranges and Lemons and garnish with Lemon-peel or slices and some grated Manchet a few whole Cloves and some Bay-leaves and so pour on the Sawce and serve them up as hot as they can be got from the Fire Quaking-Pudding Take new Cream a quart blanched Almonds half a pound beat the Almonds very finely boil them in the Cream and then strain them put in a Blade or two of Mace and season it with Rosewater and Sugar then take five Whites of Eggs beaten up with Powder of Cinnamon and two or three spoonfuls of fine Flower put in what was left in the Strainer so make it into a thickness and boil it serve it up with Cinnamon Sugar Rose-water Butter and Verjuice Quartan-Ague Take a dram of the Powder of the black Tips of Crabs-Claws and take it in any convenient Vehicle or Conserve twice or thrice without remitting any Day when the Distemper comes Queens-Bisket Take twelve ounces of Flower and a pound of fine Sugar twelve Eggs yet the Yolks but of nine of them to prevent their being too yellow take what Anniseeds and Corianderseeds you think convenient beat and mix the Materials very well together till they become a soft Past and to make it lighter if you think it convenient you may add a little Yest Let this Past be put on a Paper or in Coffins about two Inches broad and four in length which put on a Tart-pan into the Oven moderately hot and when they begin to turn brown take them out and lay them on a Paper in so dry a Place that they may be kept from relenting Queen of Hungary's Water Take Maiden-hair two handfuls Scabeous a like quantity the Tops of Lavender half a handful Borrageflowers two ounces Rosemary-flowers half a handful Fumitory the Tops of it three ounces gather'd when flower'd Dew swept off the Grass or Corn or gathered in a clean Napkin and so wrung out one quart cut the Herbs small and put them into the Liquid to steep in a moderate warm Place or in the Sun for forty eight Hours then add a quart of fair Water and as much new White-wine put them into a cold Still and draw off the Water till no more will come put it into Bottles and stop it up close and use it as occasion requires with a little white Starch put into it finely powdered and shaked till dissolved This Water was found out by Elizabeth Queen of Hungary who us'd it to preserve her Beauty which she did to such a wonder that in her extream Age she appeared young and beautiful insomuch that the King of Poland desired her in Marriage Queens Perfumed-Water Take Benjamin four ounces Storax two ounces yellow Saunders one ounce Cloves two drams two or three pieces of Orris half a Citron-peel Cinnamon half an ounce two Nutmegs and about two quarts of Water put all these into a new glazed earthen Pipkin and let them boil over a gentle Fire till half the Liquid is consumed then take about six grains of Musk powdered with about as much Sugar as the bigness of a small Nut which dissolve with a little of the Water then strain it all and put it into a Glass well stopped and use it as a curious perfuming Water to scent Rooms and sprinkle on Linnen c. The Dregs likewise dried and powdered make a good Perfume Queens Sweet-Water Take red Roses and a quart of damask Rose-water Muskadine and Orange-flower-water of each three pints Water of Melilot-flowers Flowers of Myrtle and Garden Costmary three pints put all the beforesaid distilled Waters into a glass Bottle to which add a pound of Benjamine in Powder Cloves Cinnamon and Orange-peel dried and finely bruised stop the Bottle close and suffer it to continue so a Month before you use it and then it will yield a very fragrant Scent Quicksilver Purify'd Put half a pound of the Powder of Sulphur in a large earthen Pot well glazed set it on a hot Coal-Fire and put a pound and a half of flowing Mercury into a piece of Shamoys Leather tye it in a hard knot and when the Brimstone is well melted drop the Quicksilver upon it and press the Knot between your Hands so that it may pass through the Pores of the Leather stirring the Substance in the mean time with a wooden Spatula and continuing the pressing forth and stirring the Mercury till it is all pressed through and uniting with the Sulphur they appear a black Mass then let it cool and beat it into Powder and so put it into an earthen Pot proper for Sublimation join to the Mouth of that another Pot of the same bigness with the bottom uppermost having stop'd the hole with a piece of Paper begin the Sublimation with a gradual Fire encreasing it some Hours by which means the Mercury being incorporated with a portion of Sulphur requisite for it it will sublime to the top of the uppermost Pot leaving some fâ—…ces in the lower Pot then when the Vessels are cold you will find the Mercury sublimated into Cinnabar of a very red Colour veined with long brown glittering Streaks but the Colour will appear more fresh and lively when it is broken in pieces and ground and therefore it is that the Painters make use of it in this manner Quiddany This may be made of Quinces Plumbs Apples Pears Apricocks or any other Fruit that is suitable and to do it Take of the preserved Fruit you intend to make it of and add a pound of the Fruit separate from the Stones Rind or Cores boiled till it may he beaten into Pulp add then a pound of fine Sugar and when it comes to the thickness of a Jelly let it cool Quince-Cakes To make the red sort Take the Syrup of Quinces and Barberries of each a quart and about a dozen of Quinces pared and cored boil them till they are very soft and strain the Pulp or liquid part and boil it up with
in a crucible which must be put in a very hot Fire in a Furnace and when the Salt-Petre is melted put to it an ounce of Flower of Sulphur by a spoonful at a time so that the matter will presently fall into a flame and the more volatil Spirit of the Salt-Petre will evaporate and when the flame is over the matter will remain in a very clear Fusion Then with a pair of Tongs Take out the Crucible and turn it upside down into a very clean Bason a little warmed This beaten into Powder is taken with good Success in the dangerous Distemper called the Quinsie It also cools and works by Urine in burning Fevers and other Diseases that proceed from Heat and Obstructions and the Running of the Reins The Dose is from half a dram to a dram and may be taken in any proper or convenient cooling Liquor Quinsies Description c. This Grievance do's most frequently happen between the Spring and Summer the first Assault of the Fever is seconded by the Pain of the Inflammation of the Jaws which together with the Swelling of the Uvula Tonsils and Larynx renders the afflicted Person unable to swallow and scarcely to breathe In this case let blood in the Arm and take away as much as the Constitution of the Party will conveniently bear then anoint the inflamed part with Honey of Roses impregnated to a very high degree of Acidity with Spirit not Oil of Vitriol or Sulphur and presently after take the following not after the usual manner but only hold it in the Mouth till it is hot and then spitting it out renew it with that which is cool viz. Plantane-water Rose-water and Frog spawn-water of each four ounces the Whites of three Eggs beat and reduced to Water Sugar-candy three drams mix them well and make a Gargarism of them Quinsey Take Milk warm from the Cow and Album Graecum a pint of the one and half an ounce of the other Honey of Roses two spoonfuls Verdegrease half a dram boil them a little then strain it out and Gargarize the mouth and throat often with the Liquid part putting to thin it more a little Borrage Water This is likewise excellent for any sore Throat Tumours or Pains of the Mouth and Jaws Quintessence of Honey This is the curious Extract of Honey and is very useful in divers Diseases and Grievances viz. It helpeth the Cough or Catarrh Palsie Falling-sickness and pains of the Milt and divers other Diseases and it s said that if two or three drams be given to a Party strugling for Life or gasping for Breath it will for a while bring them to themselves again Quinque Nervia This Herb is astringent and vulnerary the Juyce is good against spitting and pissing of blood The Essence of the Juyce taken with Spirit of Wine do's the same The distilled Water of it is good against spitting of blood and the Phthisick The Infipissate Juyce stays the Courses heals all inward Griefs of the Body and Inflammation and is more effectual than any other sort of Plantane This being one of the narrow-leaved sorts call'd by some Ribwort Quinque Folium or Cinque-Foil The root of this is dry and binding and is to he taken from one to two drams in Powder It stays all manner of Fluxes of the Bowels and Fluxes of the blood in any part Catarrhs and Defluxions on the Lungs and allays the sharpness of Choler eases the Pains of the Gout and Gonorrhea's the Juyce of it is good in Fevers and hot Diseases an Infusion of it opens Obstructions RAbbits a Fricasie Take your Rabbit and cut it in pieces put it into the Frying-Pan put in half a pound Of fresh Butter and let it boil then put in your Rabbit and let it be half enough then take it out and clean your Pan and put in some Water and let it boil then put in one slice of Onion stuck with Cloves and a little whole Pepper a Bunch of Thyme and a little Limon-Peel and let them boil together a while then take out your Onion and Thyme and put in your Rabbit then shred some Marjoram Thyme Parsley Limon-peel and Nutmeg and strow on your Rabbit in the Pan then take three Yolks of Eggs and beat them well and a Piece of fresh Butter and a quarter of a pint of White-wine or a spoonfull of White-wine-Vinegar and beat with your Eggs then put them into the Pan and let the Pan be kept shaking and stirring with a spoon till they be thick then pour them into your Dish and serve it up to the Table Rabbits Fricassed Take young Rabbits and cut them into small Pieces mince a handful of Thyme and Parsley clean pick'd season them then with Nutmeg Pepper and Salt take two Eggs and a half a quartern of Verjuice beat them together throw them into the Pan and having sliced it when enough dish it up in Sippets with Butter and Verjuice Rabbits to Hash Wash them take the Flesh from the bones and mince it small then put to them a little strong Broth made of Mutton or Veal some Vinegar and a Shalot or two with a little grated Nutmeg Let it stew and then shred a handful of Parsley then half a pound or as much as will serve of Butter Toast Bread for Sippets serve it up garnished with Limons Rabbits to Stew Take a couple of Rabbits of about three months old half roast them and so take them off the Spit cut them into handsome pieces and put them into a Dish with the Fat and Gravy that fell from them and as much Water with half a pint of White-wine after boiling and scumming as will cover them then put in a piece of fresh Butter and Ginger finely grated with Pepper and Salt and two or three Pippins minced Let these stew about an hour over a gentle fire and dish them up with Sippers Radish or Horse-Radish This is in some places found wild but most usually planted in Gardens encreasing much in most shadowy places it flowers in July The Juyce of it given in drink is held to be very effectual for the Scurvy It kills Worms in Children the Juyce being drunk in convenient Liquors or the Root laid bruised Poultis-wise to the Belly by the latter means it takes away the Pain of the Sciatica Joynt-Ach or the hard Swelling of the Liver and Spleen The distilled Water of the Root and Herb is better taken with a little Sugar That called the Garden-Radish is vulgarly known and though it be but of bad Digestion yet it has some good Qualities with it for though it is held when eaten raw in Sallads or the like to breed ill Humours and corrupt blood yet it wonderfully helpeth those that are afflicted with the Stone and Gravel and the stoppage of Urine and the Juyce of these Roots made into a Syrup is exceeding good to purge Urine Radish a Syrup Take of the Roots of Garden and Wild Radishes before they begin to run to Seed
Eyes Sarsaparilla an excellent Drug much used in many Distempers It is a very long Root not much unlike to a small Cord brought out of the Spanish West Indies It 's given in a Dyet-drink ordinarily for the Cure of the French-Pox or Gonorrhoea and King's Evil. To do this Take a gallon of Water mealy Sarsaparilla split a handful Raisins stoned blue Figs split and blue Currans of each two ounces Licorice Carraways Anniseeds and Juniper-berâ—ies and Fennel-seeds an ounce of each bruised mix and steep them twenty four Hours in the Water then boil it to the consumption of one half strain it out and suffer it to settle then when it is cold bottle it up putting into each Bottle half an ounce of white Sugar and a quarter of a bruised Nutmeg Sarsnets to Wash Take your white Sarsnet and spread it on a smooth clean Board long ways soap it well yet let it remain on but very thin then raise a gentle Lather with a small hard Brush by brushing it the right way of the Silk and so in order turning it do the other side in the same manner then cleanse it with fair Water and make a new Lather hot and so renew it three times with turning then cast the piece into hot Water where a little Gum with a small quantity of Smalts has been dissolved let it lye so covered a convenient time fold it smooth and dry it as well as you can by clapping it between your Hands and so dry it over Brimstone spread it on a Table and iron it on the right side Black Sarsnets are manag'd the same way in washing though they are generally rinced in Small-beer without any Gum or on a Woolen Cloath Coloured Silks may be washed as white Sarsnet avoiding the blue Water or drying over Brimstone for that fades their Colour Sauces for Beef-Stakes 1. Beat Butter with the Juice of Lemons and garnish with slices and sprigs of Parsley 2. Gravy and Butter 3 Mustard Butter and Vinegar 4. Butter Vinegar minced Capers and grated Nutmeg and if you design to garnish them sundry ways take either Parsley Sage Clary Onions Apples Carrots Parsnips Skirts Spinage Artichoaks Pears Quinces sliced and fry them in Butter and they indifferently serve for any sort of fried Meats whatsoever acaccroding as your Pallate best relishes as Udders Sweet-breads Tongues Rabbits Chickens and the like Sauces for Chickens Roasted 1. Gravy and the Juice or slices of Oranges 2. Mutton-Gravy the Gravy of the Chickens Verjuice and Butter 3. Butter and Vinegar boiled together with a little Sugar Make thin Sippets of Bread lay the reast Chickens on them and serve them up hot 4. Wash a good handful of Sorrel stamp it prepare thin slices of Manchet and put them into the Dish with some Vinegar and the Juice of the Sourel Sugar Gravy beaten Cinnamon and beaten Butter some slices of Lemon and Orange and strew thereon Cinnamon and Sugar 5. Sliced Orange White-wine Cinnamon Rosewater and a few Blades of Mace Ginger Sugar and beaten Butter set them on a Chafing-Dish of Coals and stew them then place some slices of Manchet round the Dish finely carved and the Chickens being roasted well lay them into the Sauce and serve them garnished with slices of Lemon Barberries and Parsley Sauces for Duck or Mallard 1. Vinegar and Sugar boiled to a Syrup with two or three Cloves and a little Cinnamon or Cloves only 2. Gravy of the Fowl Oister-Liquor a whole Onion boiled in it Nutmeg Anchovey and if lean farce and lard them 3. Onions sliced Carrots cut Dice fashion boiled in strong Broth and Whitewine or some Gravy minced Parsly Savory shred small Mace and Butter well stewed together This may indifferently serve for divers kinds of wild Fowl but more particularly for Water-Fowl Sauces for Green-Geese 1. Mince Sorrrel and Sage stamp them with Bread and the Yolks of Eggs hard by boiling and grated or sliced Pepper Salt and Vinegar 2. Stamp Sorrel White-bread and the slices of Pippins or other hard Apples put Wine-Vinegar and Sugar to them then press out the liquid Part through a fine Cloath put it into Sawcers and scraping Sugar into it serve it up 3. The Juices of Lemon Sorrel grated Bread and Sugar Garnish with Parsley the slices of Lemons or Oranges or for want of them with Barberries and Tops of Rosemary and so serve them up These Sauces may serve likewise for young Ducks Teal or Widgeon Sauce for Green-Geese Take the Juice of Sorrel mixed with scalded Gooseberries and served on Sippets and Sugar with beaten Butter Sauces for Hares If a Hare be roasted take the following Sauces as your Pallate best relishes 1. Beaten Cinnamon Ginger Nutmeg and Pepper boiled Prunes in Whitewine 2. Currans strained muskefy'd Bisket bread beaten to Powder Sugar and Cloves boiled in Water to the thickness of a Grewel Having made these Sawces or prepared them for making Take the Hare flea it and lard it over with small Lard stick it with Cloyes and put a Pudding into the Belly of it made of grated Bread grated Nutmeg beaten Cinnamon Salt Currans Eggs Cream make it stiff and good fill the Hare and roast it and if you desire to have this Pudding green put to it the Juice of Spinnage or Parsly if yellow Saffron or Turmerick if red Turnsole Sauce for Hens or Pullets Roasted Take the Yolks of six hard Eggs minced small put them in White-wine or Wine-Vinegar with beaten Butter and the Gravy 2. Juice of Oranges Pepper Salt and Gravy boiled with the Neck Liver Heart and Gizzards and add Mustard if you please 3. Beer Salt the Yolk of three hard Eggs minced or grated Bread three or four spoonfuls of Gravy and when these are well beat up put in two or three slices of Orange or Lemon with Lemon peel shred small 4. Beaten Butter with Juice of Orange or Lemon White or Claret-Wine well mingled and beat up with the Butter 5. Take Gravy and Claret-Wine boil in it some slices of Onion Nutmeg and Salt serve it up with slices of Orange and Lemon 6. Oister-Liquor an Anchovey or two sliced Nutmeg Gravy and rub the Dish with Onion or Shalot 7. The Yolk of Eggs hard boiled and Lemon-peel mince them very small and stew them in Whitewine Salt and the Gravy of the Fowl Sauce for Land-Fowl Take boiled Prunes and strain the Pulp into a little of the Blood of the Fowl add then Cinnamon and Ginger finely beaten boil'd with a little Sugar to an indifferent thickness and serve in the Dish with the Gravy of the Fowl Sauce for a Loin of Veal Take Thyme Pennyroyal Mint Sage and Marjoram boil two Eggs hard and shred the Yolks of 'em with a little Salt and grated Nutmeg then the Herbs being shred in boil them together with a few Currans beaten Cinnamon Sugar and some whole Cloves dish it on this Sauce and garnish it with slices of Oranges For a Leg of Veal the following Sauce Stuff it with
Stumps Spirit of Salt Dulcify'd and Sweet Mix equal Parts of Spirit of Salt and Spirit of Wine set them two or three Days in Digestion in a double Vessel in a gentle Sand-Bath This is taken more safely inwardly than the former because it is less Corrosive It may be given from four to twelve drops in some proper Liquid Spirit of Scurvrigrass Take the Bark of Ash Tree Roots of Fraxinel Tamarisk and Capers each one ounce and half Polypody of the Oak two ounces wild Radish three ounces Scurvigrass-Leaves four handfuls Water-cresses Brook-lime Sorrel and Spleen-wort of each three handfuls Bay-berries and Juniper-berries of each six drams the Tops of the lesser Centaury a handful Seeds of Citron Mustard Carduus-Benedictus of each halfan ounce Cloves Ginger Cinnamon and Nutmeg of each three drams these being cut and bruised digest them in a warm Sand-Bath in a gallon of White-wine and three pints of good Brandy for three Days then distil them in Sand by an Alembick Of this twenty drops is a sufficient Dose for the Scurvy and all the other Distempers attending it as Pains Prickings Shortness of Breath Foulness of the Lungs Yellowness of the Teeth decaying of the Gums and the like This is called the Golden Spirit of Scurvigrass easing the Pains of the Belly in Children and killing Worms But for the latter ten or twelve drops may serve Spirit Uterine Take the Roots of round and long Bithwort Piony and the lesser Valerian of each two ounces Castor one ounce dry Tops of Wormwood Mugwort Tansie Fetherfew Elder and Camomil-flowers of each a handful shred and bruise all together Let them macerate three Days in two quarts of the rectified Spirit of Wine then distil them according to Art and keep the Spirit for your use This is excellent and most effectual to suppress the Vapours that arise from the Matrix and to open Obstructions It is to he given from one to two or three drams at a time in Hysterick Waters or Decoctions It may likewise be put up the Nostrils or applied to the Temples or Navel with good Success Spirit of Wine to Distil Take the Wine and Lees of what sort you think convenient put it into an Alembick draw it off and rectifie it into what heighth you please It is excellent taken in cold Distempers or to mix with any Cordial Water to temper them with heat according to the degrees the Distempers require for which they are to be taken The Joints afflicted with cold Pains being bathed with it ease them It 's good in the Gout and Sciatica the afflicted Parts bathed with it and is used for Lacca to change Silver to a gold colour as also in Varnish and in making up sundry Medicins Baum Rue and the Leaves of Walnuts being beaten and made up into a Conserve with it resist the Plague and pestilential Fevers Spirit of Wine another This Spirit when made the best way is drawn from Branny chiefly and not of that which is usually called Wine Four gallons then of the best Brandy must be mixed with four quarts of ordinary Salt and put into an Alembick or Bay-salt dried and finely powdered Lute the Head and do it over a gentle Fire lest being too long a drawing it off it waft and consume too much that which is the highest or rectified part being fired will burn all away but the second Spirit will not do so This makes curious Tinctures in chymical Operations and being upon other occasions outwardly applied it discusses Tumours and cures Burns if taken in time It also eases the Pains of the Gout and cold Pains in the Joints Spitting Blood Take Ash-leaves and the Seeds of Nettles boil them when well bruised in Whitewine put to the Decoction a little Sanguis Draconis Spodium and Bole-armoniack then these being infused strain it again and drink half a quarter of a pint mixed with half an ounce of the Syrup of red Roses Spots or Stains If in Silk caused by Grease Take the Bone of a Sheep's-foot burn it to powder and beat a red-hot Tobbaccopipe into Powder also then sift these and mingle them together Take of this Powder and lay on the Spot then lay on it the back of a Spoon that has a red-hot Coal in the hollow of it and then the heat if the Grease be little will cause the Powder to suck it out Spots of Pitch and Rosin are taken out by applying Oil of Turpentine rubbing it in and letting it lye and it will crumble away so likewise Tar will rub out like a speck of Dirt. Spots in the Skin to take away Take Water of Talk and Lemon-juice infuse in them the Roots of Mandragora and let them stand five Days in the Sun or some warm place and then strain out the liquid part and with it bath the Spots and in often so doing they will disappear Or for want of these wash them with the Water of Radishes drawn by an Alembick and anoint the Skin with the Meal of Orobo mixed with Honey Spots in Stuff or Woolen Take Fullers-earth two ounces Castile-soap an ounce the fine siftings of coarse Bran half an ounce mix these with fair Water make them up into a kind of Paste and lay then some of it on the Spot and being then a little moist let it dry on before a gentle Fire Stains that come not by Grease are taken out by boiling Lemon-peel in Small-beer with a little Copperas till it be very strong of them then with a hard Brush rub up the place with it and take it out again after a while with fair Water wherein a little Castile-soap has been dissolved Stanching Blood Take round Mushrooms or Puff-balls in Autumn when they are full ripe break them warily and save carefully the Powder that will fly out and the rest that remains in their Cavities and strew this Powder all over the Part affected binding it on with a Liniment and the Bleeding will be immediately stayed Stephens's Water See Doctor Stephens's Water Stiffness of the Sinews to supple Take twelve Frogs Hogs lard one pound Oil of Bays two pound and Bay-berries dried and reduced to Powder two ounces boil them together sufficiently then press them through a linnen Cloath add then white Incense in powder one ounce and make the Liquid into an Ointment over a gentle Fire with which anoint the Parts often and it will comfort the Sinews and restore them to a limberness and make them very supple and always after anointing wash it with the following Decoction viz. Take the Roots and Leaves of Agrimony with the Roots of Mallows boil them in Water till they be tender strain out the liquid part and bath with it Stinging of Insects If you are stung with Wasps Hornets Bees or the like Take Juniper-berries when ripe and bruise them then distil them through an Alembick and not only wash the place stung but drink about a quarter of a pint of it with an ounce of the Juice of Rue
Stiptick-Water the New Way Take Colcothar or red Vitriol which remains in the Retort after the Spirit is drawn out Sugar-candy and Burnt-alom of each half a dram the Urin of a young Lad and Rose-water of each half an ounce Plantain-water two ounces mix them well together for a considerable time then pour the Mixture into a Viol and when you separate it do it by inclination for use This is so excellent for stopping Bleeding that a Bolster dipped in it and applied to an open Artery and held there a while it has stay'd the bleeding of it A Pledget thrust up the Nostrils do's the like for the bleeding there Taken inwardly it cures the Spitting of Blood and Bloody-flux c. The Dose taken inwardly is from half a dram to a dram and it may be given in the Water of Knot-grass Nettles or Wood-sorrel This Water is excellent for any one to carry about them and may upon any Accident happening save a Life that the Effusion of Blood if not speedily stopped may carry away with it Stomach Hot When you find any great Heat or Burning in your Stomach Take green Housleek bruise it and press out the Juice then over a gentle Fire make it into a Syrup with white Sugar This is likewise excellent good a quarter of an ounce taken at a time for the Heart burn Stomach Pain'd If the Stomach be afflicted with Pains occasioned by windiness or Causes proceeding from the defect of the Milt Take an ounce of Cinnamon Rapontici and Galangal as much put to them when bruised half a pound of Sugar and lay it when boiled up to a heighth on Plates make them into Lozenges Take one at a time and drink a glass of Wine after it and it will work gently so that in often taking your Thirst will be much abared Stomachical Tincture Take Agrimony two drams small Centaury-tops one dram Coriander-seeds bruised one scruple Sassafras Shavings and Bark one dram Gentian-root half a dram Zedoary-root ten grains put these to three quarters of a pint of boiling Spring-water cover it and let them steep twelve Hours then strain it and Bottle it up It exceedingly fortifies and refreshes the Stomach eases it of Pains and Gripings and prevents the Iliac-Passion Stone the Cause and Cure The Stone is ingendred of vicious and slimy Flegm in the Reins and Bladder where by heat it petrifies and takes to it self the hardness and nature of a Stone To dissolve and bring away this Take of the Tops of Borrage Fenel Parsly Endive and Succory Spearage and Beets of each a little handful shred them and boil them in three quarts of Rhenish-wine drink a quarter of a pint of it Morning and Evening and once a Week take a Clyster made of Mallows Groundsil Southernwood and Fetherfew boiled in fair Water and mixed with two ounces of brown Sugar especially if the Affliction be in the Reins Stone or Gravel Take thirty or forty Drops of Spirit of Castor in a Glass of Rhenish Wine every Morning fasting Stone and Gravel Take four gallons of running Water four pound of fine Sugar in powder Eringo-roots and Raisins of the Sun stoned of each one pound a branch of fresh Rosemary boil all these together till half be consumed then work it up with a little Yeast tun it and put the Peel of a fresh Lemon into it when it hath done working you may Bottle it if you please Of this drink Morning and Evening and whensoever you are adry Stone and Gravel another Take the White of a new-lay'd Egg and beat it well with a Spoon in a Porringer for a quarter of an hour then let it settle and take off the Scum mix the Clear with two spoonfuls of Whitewine and four spoonfuls of red rose-Rose-water and put to it one ounce of Sugar-candy in Powder mix all well together and take it in the Morning fasting and another at Night going to Bed Continue this seven Days Stone and Gravel another Take of the Juice of Leeks Onions and Radishes of each two pound Juices of Lemons Pellitory and Mouse-ear of each half a pound Calx of Crystal and Pidgeon's-dung of each half a pound digest it for ten Days then distil it You may give it from one dram to half an ounce at a time in Rhenish Wine Stone and Gravel another Gather the Leaves of Golden-Rod when it is in its greatest Vigour dry them in the shade and when you are troubled with the Stone or Gravel take one ounce thereof made into subtil Powder in a small Glass of White-wine and Milk of each a like quantity repeat this as often as there is cause for it When the Herb is green you may boil a handful of it in Whitewine Posset-drink and drink it instead of the dried Herb which is to keep all the Year Stone and Gravel a Diet Forbear eating of Eggs all salt and tart Meats and Sauces Pork Milk or any thing made of Milk except Possets Cabbage Colworts Colliflowers and such-like let your Diet be Mutton Veal Rabbit and Fowl and the quantity moderate let your Drink be of the midling sort and not too stale Forbear drinking Claret drink Spanish Wine rather than French Strain The Strain or Sprain being newly contracted Take a handful of Wormwood and bruise it well in a stone Mortar then put to it the Whites of two Eggs beaten make a Poultis of it and lay it to the grieved place Strangury This is caused either from the Urin's being over sharp which provokes the expulsive Faculties to expel it before any quantity be gathered together or that the retentive Faculty to the Bladder is weakned through some distemperature especially of Cold or else through some Ulcer or Inflammation of the Bladder to which the Urin coming doth extimulate the expulsive Faculty or lastly when the Womb or Bowels being inflamed do trouble or distend the Bladder To remedy this Take Cassia one dram Manna two grains Violets Sorrel and Purslain of each a pugil Licorice Prunes and the Leaves of Mallows of each two ounces bruise and boil these in two quarts of Whey till a fourth part be consumed strain out the liquid part and sweeten it with Honey and drink a quarter of a pint as hot as may be fasting and an hour after take a quarter of an ounce of the Oil of Violets and half an ounce of the Oil of sweet Almonds mixed together Straitness of the Breasts This is frequently occasioned by evil Humours setling in the Breasts To remedy which Take Taxus-Barbatus Fennel and Licorice of each a little handful boil them in Water and Wine a like quantity and when they become tender strain the liquid part through a Linnen-cloath sweeten it with Sugar and take about a quarter of a pint of it pretty hot in a Morning fasting This likewise removes Hoarsness or Defects occasioned by Cold or tough Flegm Strengthning the Bowels Take Cloves or Chives not Bulbs of Garlick and swallow at convenient times one or two of
then put to it some Whitewine-Vinegar Pepper Salt Cloves Mace and Bay-leaves so let it lye three or four Days and bake it in a Rye Past and when it is cold fill it up with Butter and let it stand ten or fourteen Days before you cut it up and it must be a very curious Pallate that can distingush it from Venison of red Deer Venison to Counterfeit another Take Ram or Wether steep it in warm Blood either of a Goat Pig or Sheep and season it as you do Venison the Bones being taken out and a little Claret-Wine added bake it in a Pot or Pye Venison-Pasty Take four pound of Butter to a Peck of Flower and make it up into a Crust or Past with cold Water beat the Past with a Rolling-pin and likewise so order two pound of Beef-suet beaten small then put the Suet into the Pasty both at top and bottom take notice likewise that you put the Whites of twelve Eggs into the Crust then your Meat being boned or the Bones broken to pieces rub it over with an ounce of Pepper and as much Salt mixed with it or if you take out the Bones you may put them well broken into a Pot with a little Claret fair Water Pepper Salt and a slice or two of Nutmeg and bake them that so the Liquor may serve to put it into the Pasty when it comes out of the Oven in order to be served up at the Table And this way without alteration Mutton or Beef-Pasties may be ordered and the latter among the more ignorant so ordered will pass for Venison Venison to Pot Take a Haunch of a fat Buck not lately hunted bone it and beat three ounces of Pepper twelve Nutmegs grated and a sufficient quantity of Salt to season it mix the Spices and Salt with White-wine-Vinegar wash the Venison over with it then make holes in the lean sides with a Knife and stuff it as you do Beef with Parsly small shred and then put it into a convenient earthen Pot with the fat side downward then clarifie three pound of sweet Butter and put it to the Venison cover your Pot with a Past and let it stand in the Oven five or six Hours then take it out and with a vent press it down to the bottom of the Pot and letting it be cold take the Gravy from the top and boil it about half away then put it with the Butter to the Meat again Venison to Souce Boil Water Beer and Vinegar together and having taken off the Scum put in Bay-leaves Thyme Savory Rosemary-tops and Fennel and when it boils put in the Venison let it parboil then press it and season it with Salt Pepper and Nutmeg This takes away the Scent when tainted and it will keep in this Souce-drink a long time and so you may bake it to be eat cold or hot Venison to Stew Slice it out and put it into your Stewing-dish set it on a heap of Coals with a little Claret-wine a Sprig or two of Rosemary and half a dozen Cloves a little grated Bread Sugar and Vinegar so let it stew together a while then grate one Nutmeg into it and serve it up Venison Tainted If you would recover your Venison when Tainted Take strong Ale and as much Vinegar as will make it sharp boil it with some Bay-salt and make a strong Brine scum it and let it stand till it cools then lay your Venison to steep in it twelve Hours press it and dry it then parboil it season it with Salt and Pepper and it will be fit for use Or Bury it in the Ground where there is a kind soft sweet Mould and the Earth will draw to it the strong Scent and the Venison will become sweet Verjuice to Make Gather Crabs as soon as the Kernel turns black and lay them in a heap to sweat then take off the Stalks and separate the Rotten or much bruised if there be any put them into a Trough and stamp them with a Beater or grind them in a Mill then put them in a hair Bag of coarse Cloath lay it in a Press when full with the Mash of the Crabs and by pressing down the Board upon it squeeze out Juice and put it into a Barrel stop it close and set it in a warm Place for ten or twelve Days and it will become excellent Verjuice Vervaine There are many wonderful Virtues attributed to this Herb or Plant 'T is Cephalick and Vulnerary used for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen also in Diseases of the Eyes and the Stone for Ails in the Breast Bloody-flux and Tertian-Ague to heal Wounds and cause easie and speedy Delivery in Women It is outwardly used for Redness of the Eyes Pains of the Teeth Head-ach Quinsie Glandules of the Jaws and Falling of the Fundament for Pains of the Spleen and cleansing Ulcers The distilled Water of it applied outwardly to the Head and four ounces taken inwardly with four drops of Spirit of Salt are held to ease Pains in the Head though proceeding from different Causes Forestus relates to his knowledge That two Persons when all other Applications failed were cured of inveterate Head-achs with only applying this Herb green Vinegar in Balls to Make Take the Berries of the Bramble when half ripe and dry them and when they are sufficiently so make them into Powder and with strong Whitewine-Vinegar make them into Balls as big as small Nuts then dry them and put them up into wooden Boxes and when you have occasion to use them take Wine or for want of it a little Water or Stale-beer and dissolve a Ball in it or so much as you have occasion for and it will immediately become a strong Vinegar Vinegar Common The usual Vinegar made with us is ordered in this manner Take a midling sort of Beer indifferently well hopp'd put into it when it has worked well and is grown fine some Rapes or Husks of Grapes usually brought home for that purpose mash them together in a Tub then letting the Rapes settle draw off the liquid part put it into a Cask and set it in the Sun as hot as may be the Bung only covered with a Tile or Slat-stone and in about thirty or forty Days it will be a very curious Vinegar and may pass in use as well as that made of Wine if it be fined and kept from musting Vinegar for Digestion Take eight drams of Sea onions a quart of Vinegar as much Pepper as Onions Mint and Juniper-berries let them infuse and drink a spoonful at a time before Meals Vinegar of divers Sorts 1. Take good Whitewine and fill a Runlet full leave it unstop'd and set it in the Sun or in some hot Place and it will soon turn and become special Vinegar 2. If your occasion requires Vinegar in hast put some Pepper Salt and soure Leaven mingled together and a hot Steel stop it up and let the Sun or some other warmth come to it Or for
or two of the Juice of Sage Vomiting to Stay another Take bruised Cinnamon two ounces rectified Spirit of Wine a quart infuse them four Days in a large Vessel very close stopt shake it twice or thrice a Day and dissolve a-part half a pound of Sugar-candy in a quart of Rose-water and so mingle the Liquors together and put to them four grains of Musk and half a scruple of Ambergrease This mightily relieves the Stomach when oppressed with Cold or Flegm and consequently stays Vomiting It is also good to stay the Looseness ease the Pains of the Colick and other griping Pains Vrin White as Clay This denotes an ill Digestion a bad Stomach and a bad Liver and if in it there appears any shining Beams it denotes an Impostume in the Milt or if the Urin be white as Whey thick and little in quantity it betokeneth the Flux To Remedy this Take Grommol Saxifrage Parsley and Sage then boil them in stale Ale and drink the Liquid part Morning and Evening You may use them also in your Pottage shred in the nature of Pot-herbs Vrin to Stop If the Party cannot contain the Urin Take the Roots of Male-peony yellow Amber red Coral and choice Gum-arabick of each a sufficient quantity reduce them to a fine Powder mix them well and let the Patient take from ten to twenty grains twice a Day Or this viz. Take a spoonful at a time in any convenient Liquid Vrin Stopt Take the Roots of wild Garlick by some called Crow-Garlick wipe them clean but do not wash them bruise them very well in a stone or glass Mortar strain out the Juice and putting it into a glass of Whitewine drink it off upon an empty Stomach taking it once or twice a Day and you will find great Benefit thereby Vrin Stopt another Take Oil of Walnuts put it into a Frying-pan then put into it some Chervel picked well from the Stalks and apply it pretty warm poultis-wise to the Navel or if need be to the Os pubis or Share-bone For want of Walnut-oil you may do it with Hogs-lard Vrin Stopt another Dissolve a little of the best Spanish Soap in half a pint of Whitewine and pass it through a woolen Filter or Strainer put to it by infusion five or six grains of Saffron divide it into two Doses and take one two Hours after the other especially if the first does not operate well but if it does you may stay a longer time This by the way is taken for Urin that is not very obstinate Vrin Stopt another Take the Powder of a Stag's Pizle a dram Crabs-eyes calcined the like quantity the Juice of Garlick or strong Onions half an ounce Burdock-root finely sliced a quarter of an ounce Powder of Steel half a dram Bay-berries well bruised an ounce Harts-horn Shavings a quarter of an ounce and two drams of the Shavings of Ivory boil or infuse these over a gentle Fire in a pint of Rhenish Wine strain out the liquid part and let the Party drink half a pint as hot as Milk new taken from the Cow Morning and Evening or oftner if the Stoppage be great and it will remove in a little time the Obstruction and cause a free Passage of Urin c. Vsquebaugh To make this the right Irish way who were the first Inventors that we can hear of Take two gallons of rectified Spirit half a pound of Spanish Licorice a quarter of a pound of Raisins of the Sun three ounces of Dates sliced the Tops of Thyme and Baum of each a pugil the Tops or Flowers of Rosemary two ounces Cinnamon and Mace well bruised of each an ounce Anniseeds Coriander-seeds bruised likewise of each two ounces Citron or Lemon and Orange-peel finely scraped of each half an ounce let these infuse in a warm place forty eight hours with often shaking together and somewhat if it may be encreasing the heat then let them stand in a cool place for the space of a Week sweeten it with Sugar-candy and so draw off the Liquor and press out the Liquid part that remains in the Ingredients For a weaker sort put other Spirits to them and do as before This is not only pleasant to drink but moderately taken greatly preserves the Lungs against cold Distillations of Rheums and other Defects that afflict them and encline them to Consumption It lengthens the Breath cheers the Heart and keeps out ill Airs occaâ—…oned by Damps and Fogs c. Vteri Prolapsus Apply to the Navel a pretty large Cupping-glass but suffer it not to continue too long on a quarter of an Hour being the longest for fear of injury especially to the Navel String Vvula Falling Take Coriander-seeds and Rue in Powder boil them in Mint-water and sweetening it with a little Sugar often gargarize the Mouth and it will be remedied Vvula Relax'd Take bluish Pease or for want of them white ones chew them so long till you reduce them to the consistence of a Poultis and lay 'em warm on the Crown of the Head to the breadth and thickness of a Crown piece shifting it for fresh ones when you rise and go to Bed WAlnut-Water Take green Walnuts before they have any hard Shells in them two pound Rue and Carduus of each a handful Roman Wormwood and Baum of each half a handful bruise all these together and infuse them in a gallon of Mallaga draw off the Water in a cold Still and keep it close stopt for use An ounce of it at a time Morning and Evening expels Vapours keeps out infectious Airs restores Appetite and causes good Digestion creates a fresh and lively Countenance and removes Pains in the Stomach Walnut-Water another Take Walnuts with the green Husks on before they come to a hard Shell one pound and a half Roots of Radishes the like quantity green Asarabacca six ounces the Seeds of Radishes four ounces bruise and infuse them in three pints of Whitewine-Vinegar for three Days and then distil them in a leaden Still till all the moisture be exhausted Take an ounce or two of this Water fasting in a Morning and it fortifies against the Infections of evil Airs raw Damps or Fogs and purifies the Blood Walnuts to Preserve Take green Walnuts before they have contracted a hard Shell under them pierce them with a Needle and boil them in three or four Waters to take out the bitterness and when they are tender to twelve pints of the last Liquor put twelve pints of ordinary Sugar boil it up and clarifie it with Whites of Eggs then strain it and boil it to a Syrup and sticking some Cloves Mace and Cinnamon in the Nuts put them into the Syrup when cold These Preserved Walnuts are very Cordial Pectoral and Stomachical they strengthen it and cause a good Digestion and are excellent in Fluxes and Loosenesses also an Antidote against the Plague and all poisonous and pestilential Diseases Warts Take May-Butter melt it in a moderate Heat mix it well with
the Ale let them infuse twelve Hours and then distil them in an Alembick The Water will be stronger if instead of Ale you put Low-Wines or Spirits drawn off decayed Fruit of Grocery-Ware and Molossus VVormwood-VVine To make this Take small Rochel or Campaign-Wine put into it a few drops of the extracted Oil of Wormwood mix it well together by brewing then let it fret and contract a Body twenty-four Hours and it will procure by drinking it a lost Appetite and much enliven Nature Wormwood-VVine Physical Take of Wormwood well dried and seasonably gathered a handful to a gallon of Wine and put into that according to proportion what quantity you please let it infuse in a close stopt Vessel till the Wine is ting'd sufficiently of the Wormwood This Wine is successfully taken to heat and cleanse the Stomach It is good in the Dropsie and excellent in the procuring a lost Appetite VVound-Bleeding To stay the Bleeding of any Wound Take the tender Tops of Nettles bruise them between your Fingers till they have lost their stinging quality then stamp them together with a little white Sugar and lay them on the Wound Or this Take fifteen of the smalllest Earth-worms and a handful of the inner Bark of the Elder half a quartern of red Wine and as much Sallad-oil viz. Oil of Olive a good handful of the Herb called Mouse-ear and a piece of fine Sugar as much new Wax with a very little Salt bruise them and stamp them well together and having well incorporated them over a gentle Fire apply them as a Poultis or Plaister to the Part from whence the Effusion of Blood-proceeds VVounds Green Take Oil of St. John's-wort two ounces Venice-Turpentine the like quantity set them over a gentle Fire and put to them a little Balsom of Kiel incorporate them and keep them as an excellent Balsom for green Wounds of any nature whatsoever VVounds to Incarnate Take the Meal of Orbus Tutty Opopanax and round Aristolochia of each two drams and a half Hog-fenel half an ounce Blood-wort Leaves dried and powdered a quarter of an ounce Flower-de lize five drams Myrrh three drams the greater and lesser Centaury of each two drams by drying bearing and finely sifting make this into a Powder and mix it with Ointments or Plaisters suitable to the purpose to make Flesh grow up in the Wounds where it has been destroyed or wasted VVound-Powder Take Dragons-blood Aloes Frankincense Quick-lime and Copperas of each a like incorporate them and being finely powdered with some Cob-webs and Whites of Egg apply it to the bleeding Wound and it will easily stay the Flux of Blood prevent Putrefaction and contribute much to the cleansing and healing of it VVound-Salve Take a quarter of a pound of clarified Butter Virgins-wax half a pound Turpentine four ounces and two or three Yolks of Eggs beat them to Froth and put to them four ounces of red Rose-water and two drams of Sugar-candy powdered and dissolved in the Rose-water mix these with as much Flower as will make them into a thickness over a gentle Fire keeping them stirring till they become a Plaister apply this to green Wounds or others that have not been of too long standing and it hastens the Cure VVrinkles to Smooth Take the Oil of Swallows an ounce the like quantity of the Oil of Mandrake half an ounce of the Oil of Pomgranet and half an ounce of Ews-Milk incorporate them to the thickness of an ordinary Pomatum over a gentle Fire then add four ounces of the Cream of Almonds spread it thin on a Forehead-cloth or Fillitring and lay it to the Forehead or other Part keeping it up tite and smooth and in so often doing the Wrinkles will dis-appear especially in a great measure It also smooths a rough Skin in any Part. YArd Imposthumated If a Man's Yard be Imposthumated let blood but not over much either in the Foot or Arm dissolve Aloes in White-wine and dip a Linnen Cloth in it then bind it about the Yard and often wash it with the Liquid and if there be any ventosity or windiness of the Belly use a Fomentation of the Decoction of Aristolochia-rotunda or if the Testicles be affected with the Imposthumation Take Bean-flower Barly-meal the Leaves of Henbane of each a like quantity put to them Oil of Roses mix them well together by braying in a Mortar and apply them as a Cataplasm often renewing it as the moisture drys up and wash the Testicles with Rose and Spear-mint-water If any descending of the Bowels happen upon these or the like Occasion Take Acacia and some Cyprus-Nuts dryed Rue Bay-berries Nut-Galls Gum-Arabick of each a quarter of an ounce bruise them in a Mortar and sift them into a fine Powder make them into a Plaister with Bees-wax and a little Hogs Lard put up the descending Bowels and apply it to the bottom of the Belly drinking each morning White-wine wherein Cyprus Nuts have been decocted Yard Swelling Take the Fat of a Loin of Mutton about the Kidneys mix it with the Powder of Pumice-stone and a little Salt finely burned and beaten to Powder make a kind of a Plaister and put it round the Yard where the Swelling is most apparent and after that wash it with the Decoction of Marsh-Mallows and by so doing twice or thrice the Swelling will cease Yarrow This Herb grows in the Fields and hath many long Leaves spread on the Ground and finely jagged and divided into many small Parts its Flowers are white and some of them sometimes enclining to red and stayed in Knots among divers green Stalks arising from the Leaves some call it Nose-bleed others Milfoil it flowereth about the latter end of August An Ointment may be made of it which is excellent in curing Wounds and is proper for such as have Inflammations It stops the Terms being drunk in White-wine when decocted therein as also the Bloody Flux The Ointment of it is a good Healer of Ulcers and Fistula's especially such as abound with Moisture The Hair being anointed with it it stays its falling off especially washing the Head before with the Concoction of it Inwardly taken it strengthens the retentive Faculties of the Stomach it helps the Running of the Reins and such as cannot hold their Urin. The Leaves chewed in the Mouth ease the Pains in the Teeth and is briefly an Herb of a very drying and binding Quality Yawning Where the Party is too much addicted to this which occasions unseemly Proportions and Features in the Face Take the Juyce of Housleek and the Powder of a Frogs Skin in a Glass of Whey fasting in a morning or they may be taken in any other convenient Liquor if you think convenient Yellow Colour If the Face of any part of the Body be of yellowish Tawny Colour by Sickness or Defect in Nature to remove it and restore a whiteness Take the Roots of Turnips and Acorns wash them and distill them in an Alembick and a very fine Water
will come from them of this Water let the Party drink sweetened with Sugar ever morning for a Month or two together and wash the Skin or Part over with the Water of Fumitory and distilled Eggs and so the yellowness or other unpleasing Colour will disappear and give place to a better Yellow Colour to make Take the yellow Chives in White Lillies Saffron and Tartar steep them in Gum-water or Buckthorn-berries when they are dryed heat them in Water till they swell and then press them out and these afford a pleasant Colour which with a little Gum Arabick dissolved in it you may likewise write with and the Letter being burnished on blue Paper will appear like Gold especially if a Shell of Gold be mixed and dissolved with them Yellow Iaundice Take Artemisia and of Scolopendria of each a handful Wormwood the third part of a handful boil them in new White-wine or any that is not sharp till the third part of Three pints be consumed putting in the Wormwood last then strain out the Liquid part pressing it very hard and having sweetned it with Sugar let the Party afflicted drink about a quarter of a pint every morning for Nine days successively by renewing the quantity and it will prove of great Advantage Yellow Iaundice another Take Ivy growing round or twisting an old Oak when it is flowered boil the Flowers Leaves and tender Bark of the top Branches in Whitewine of a medium between sowre and sweet infuse half a dram of Saffron in a pint and let the Party drink it hot morning and evening for a Week or more if occasion requite it or if there be a hardness of the Liver occasion'd by this Disease Take an ounce and a half of the Oil of Roses of the Juyce of Wormwood Oleum Nardinum and Mastick of each half an ounce of the powder of Squinantum Spodium Cassia Lignea and Cauda Equina of each two drams make them into an Ointment with Bees-wax as much as is sufficient to do it and anoint the Parts nearest to the Liver often with it as warm as may be having first bathed the Place with warm Vinegar your hand when you bathe it in being anointed with Oil of Mastick If the Distemper be far gone decoct Rhubarb in Beer or Wine and drink it morning and night keeping your self warm in a Bed or in a stirring Posture which is better for an hour or two after and in so often doing the Humours will be dispersed and Nature thus helped cast out the Crudities that occasion the Distemper Yew Berries These are excellent good for Pains in the Bowels Obstructions of the Stomach and in Fluxes of the Belly if boiled with White-wine and a little Mace and being strained the liquid part drunk fasting Yexing to Remedy Take the Juice of Quinces and boil of them and Honey each one pound and half put to them a pint and a half of Vinegar and boil them up together then put in Ginger three ounces of white Pepper one ounce and boil them again till they may be made into an Electuary and take a quarter of an ounce at a time as often as you see occasion or you may bruise Rue infuse it in White-wine with Cummin-Seeds and drink it sweetned with a little Honey This remedies likewise the Hickup and is good against the Chin-Cough Youth to Preserve Take Oil and Myrrh of each half an ounce Oil of Roses a like quantity Oil of Sweet Almonds two ounces mix these well together and anoint the Face and Hands with them warmed in a Sawcer over a gentle fire or Take the VVaters of Fumitory mixed with that which is distilled from a young Pig of each a quarter of a pint add then the Decoction of Rosemary in VVhitewine half a pint and with this wash every Morning when it is gently heated also gargle your Mouth with it and it will not only fasten your Teeth and keep them from aching but preserve them from rotting and keep them clean and very white APPENDIX TERMS of ART and Hard Words that may be met with in this Work Explained A ABstergent wiping Acrimony is a Quality that is biting upon the Tongue Acid is a thing very sharp viz. Liquids Herbs c. Agglutinate to glue together Alexipharmick resisting Poison Alternately by Turns Anodyne gives ease Aperitive opening Aqueous watry Aromatick odoriferous or Spicy smells Asthma Difficulty of Breath Attenuate to thin Attractive Drawing Astringent Binding B BItuminous of the Nature of Pitch Bulbous Round Rooted C CAlifie to heat Capillary Hairy Cardiack Cordial Caries Rottenness Carminative expelling Wind. Cataplasm a Poultis Cephalick proper for the Head Cholera A pleasant Evacuation of Choler upward and downward Compress a Linnen Cloth often folded Concreted Thickened Consolidates makes sound or whole Corroborate to Strengthen Cosmetick Beautifying D. DIabetes a vast Evacuation of Urin. Diaphoretick Sweating Decant to pour gently of and leave the settling behind Decoction a boiling of the Liquor to any thing Digest to Dissolve Dilate to open wide Diluted made thin Discuss drive away Detergent cleansing Detersive cleansing Diuretick force Urine E EBullition boiling Effusion shedding Emollient softening Empyema a Collection of Matter in the Breast Epatick proper to the Liver Epithem an outward Application to the Stomach Heart or Liver Erosion a Gnawing Errhine a Medicine drawn up the Nostrils Excrescent growing up Exhilerate to make merry Expectorate to bring up the Matter from the Lungs F. FIbres Strings Filtrate to strain through a Paper Faeces Dreggs Frontals an Application to the Forehead Fungous any thing spongy H. HUmect to moisten Hysterick Vaporous I. INcarnes Breeds Flesh Indurate to wash hard Inspissated thickened L. LEnitive mild or gentle Levigate to make Smooth Ligature a binding of Linnen-cloath Linctus a Medicine for the Lungs Lithontriptick a breaking the Stone Lotion a particular Bath Lubricating Smoothening Luxations Members out of Joint M. MEmbranous Fibrous Millepedes Hog-lice Mucilaginous Slimey N. NArcotick occasioning Sleep Nephritick belonging to the Reins Nerve a porous substance O. OBlong longer than Broad Obtuse Blunt Oedamatous Flegmatick P. PAlpitation a Beating of the Heart Paralytick subject to Palsie Paregorick disposing to Sleep Perennial lasting Pulmonick proper for the Lungs R. REfrigerate to cool Repercuss to beat back Repress to beat down Resinous of the nature of Rosin Rupture a Burstenness of the Belly S. SCirrhus a hard Tumour Sextiary somewhat above a pint Siccity Driness Soporifick gives Rest Specifick a particular Remedy for some peculiar Distemper Splenetick proper for Spleen Spontaneously freely of its own accord Stagnating standing still Stomachick proper for the Stomach Styptick Astringent Sublimated raised to the Neck of a Vessel Succulent Juicy Sudorifick procuring Sweat Suppurating bringing to Matter T. TAblets little pieces cut out like Lozenges Thoracick proper for the Breast Torrification Roasting Tumour a Swelling V. VEgetable an Herb. Vehicle some proper Water to take a Powder or the like in Viscous slimy tough clammy
Sirloin of Beef and in other pieces that which is curiously striped with fat and lean and so in boiled Beef In a Loin of Veal choose the Nut-piece or Kidney-piece In a Leg of Mutton the little round bone that is on the inside above the handle for this is greatly in esteem among the Curious I heard of a Hungry Gentleman who came from Hunting to the Remainder of a Leg of Mutton who would not eat because he thought Clownish greasie Fellows had had the handling of it since they had not the Understanding to choose that bone before all the other parts of it In a Shoulder of Mutton present that between the handle and flap In a roasted Pig the under Jaw and Ear especially to Women next those the Neck-piece In a Hare Coney or Leverit the Middle-piece or the Tail-piece called the Huntsmans Piece In Fish the Jole or that Part next the Head or in Shell-Fish the Claw of a Lobster or Crab. If Fish or sliced Flesh be in Paste touch it with your Fork Knife or Spoon raise it handsomely and lay on a Plate the best you find with a piece of the Lid. As for Tarts Custards Cakes and Sweet-meats you must present them cut or whole as their bigness is on the point of your Knife Napkins to Lay in a pleasant Sight at a Table after the Forms of sundry Creatures c. TO do this in the Form of a Cock fold the Napkin in the middle so that the two Selvages may come together then pleat it at its full length in small and close Pleats as hard as possible you can friese it but in that be sure to keep it as close as may be then open it again within a fingers breadth of the middle and join the Pleats together again put in a good handsome round Loaf under the middle in the fold put the edges of the Napkin on the Loaf and then pull out the Head and Beak of the Cock out of the middle of the Napkin which you must raise on high and make him a Comb Wattles and a Beard of some red Stuff and for the end of the Beak you may make it of a large Quill which may be fashioned like a Cocks Beak with a little Gum-Dragon steept in Orange-flower-water then pull out and fashion him a Tail out of the other end of the Fold raise it as high as may be Like a Hen and Chickens Pleat your Napkin like the former but instead of putting your Selvages on the bread you must make many little Heads of Chickens as if they were coming out from under the Wings of the Hen Like a Hare Pleat your Napkins in the same manner as you did that of the Cock then open them and lay long Loaves under the Plate in the middle then draw a Scut out of the Fold and four feet out of the four corners of the Napkin and put in a small Loaf at one end under the Fold and so form out the head ears and neck Like a Pig Pleat your Napkin overthwart in very small pleats and pinch it and then put in a large long Loaf between the middle near the end and at the other end another Loaf for the head then fashion the head ears and tail as for the feet you may make them out of the four corners and a tail out of the middle of the Napkin Like a Turkey First fold your Napkin as for the Cock and put a large Loaf under it and make a Comb of a bit of red Taffaty that may hang down on its Beat and stick the head and throat with small flowers of different Colours then pull out a Tail at the other end of the Fold and the Wings from both sides Like a Carp Make a Band about half a foot wide at one end of your Napkin and make it so that the Hemm may join to the end of the Band that is indifferently large then pleat it at its length and pinch or freeze the band but leave the breadth of your four fingers without freezing all the rest to within four or six fingers breadth of the end which you must leave unfreez'd to make a Tail then open the band and put in a round Loaf to fashion the head and a long Loaf for the fashion of the body So you may fashion a Pike and many other pretty Devices that will be very taking and pleasant at an Entertainment How to keep Alive and fatten divers sorts of Choice Wild Fowl c. TO bring up a Hern the best way is to take it out of the Nest before it can fly and put it into a large Barn where there are many cross Beams let it have a conveniency of Water and feed it with raw flesh cut into convenient pieces either of Beef or Liver or Dogs flesh but no Swines flesh keeping the place sweet and clean for they much delight in it and in this manner you may bring up and fatten Pullets Gulls Bitterns and the like To feed Partridges Pheasants Quail and Wheat-ears do it with good Wheat and Water giving it them Morning Night and Noon but if you would have them extraordinary Crammed Fowl then take the finest drest Wheat-meal mix it with Milk and make it into Pasts and ever as you knead it sprinkle in the Grains or Corns of Wheat then make several Crams and dip them in Water and give every Fowl according to his bigness that his Gorge may be well filled and so in Fourteen Days they will be Fat beyond Measure and thus you may do by Turtle Doves or Pigeons To feed Godwits Knots Gray Plover and Curlews Take Chilter'd Wheat the finest sort and give them Water thrice a Day Morning Noon and Night which will be very effectual do as you did by the former To feed Black-Birds Thrush Feldfair or any small Birds whatever being taken Old and Wild It is good to have some of their Kind Tame among them and then putting them into great Cages of Three or four Yards Square to have divers Troughs placed therein some filled with Haws some with Hemp and Rape seed and others with Water the Tame teaching the Wild to Eat and the Wild finding such alteration of Food they will in Twelve or Fourteen Days grow exceeding Fat and fit for the Kitchen Ducklings are Fatted with Pulse or Grain and store of Water Goslings with Skeg-oats boiled and given them thrice a Day Geese by putting them into Pens which are close and dark and there feed them thrice a Day with store of Oats and Split Beans and give them Water and Barly-meal mixt together For Chickens when the Hen has forsaken them make a Past of Wheat-meal and Milk and wet it often in Milk when it is rouled up and let not the Crams be too big for fear of Choaking them To Fatten Capons make Crams of Barley-meal and Milk and keeping them up in a Coop give them their full Gorge Three times a Day and so that they may easily go down let them be dipt in Milk For Turkies having Coopt them up place Two Troughs one full of VVater and Barly and the other full of Old dried Malt and they will be very Fat in a Month. 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about a quarter of an hour and so put them up for use Gooseberries to Pickle Pick the Berries clean from the Stalks and Buds lay them in soak in Salt and Water all night then put them into the Juice of Crab-cherries Grape-verjuice or other Verjuice and so barrel them up In this manner you may Pickle green Grapes and Plumbs Gooseberry-Wine the best way Take the ripe Berries and put them into a Vessel and pour upon them a sufficient quantity of Water very hot and then covering the Vessel very close let them stand till the Liquor is impregnated with the Juice at least three or four Weeks then draw it out mix it well and ferment it with fine Sugar putting it up in Bottles close cork'd it will become a generous Wine A little of it is good in Fevers and other hot Diseases or it may be drank for Pleasure as ordinary Wine A Decoction of the Leaves of Gooseberries cools and allays hot Swellings and Inflammations and when they first begin to budd being beaten and infused in White-wine they much help in expelling the Stone and being eaten with cooling Herbs as Sallads they allay the excessive Heat of the Liver and Stomach Gout Take the Roots of Red Dock and Burdock bruise them and put to 'em a little Spirit of Wine let 'em stand twenty four hours then hard and put to it a little Oil of Turpentine and Olive-Oil and stop these up close in a Glass for your use and when you are to use them pour out a little into a Saucer warm it over a Chafing-dish of warm Coals and dipping a thick linnen Cloth in it wrap it hard and close about the part grieved and in so doing twice or thrice the Pain will entirely cease Gout to Check it Take three ounces of Sarsaparilla sliced and cut thin to these add an equal weight of Raisins of the Sun rubb'd very clean but not broken put both these into three quarts of strong Water and let them stand on a moderate heat that the liquid part may simper for several hours and being closely bottl'd up take a quarter of a pint when the Pain comes upon you and it will ease it Gout a Plaister Take Paracelsus and Diapalma of each a quarter of an ounce melt and incorporate them well together and spread it Plaister-wise upon Leather then anoint the part grieved with the Ointment of Tabacco and Oil of Turpentine and so laying on the Plaister the Pain in a little time will cease Gout to Remove Take highly rectified Spirits of Man's Urine warm it a little over a gentle fire and rub it in on the part afflicted with a woollen Cloth and in a little time the Pain will remove and at last vanish Gout Running Take Earth-worms well cleansed in Moss and fill an earthen glazed Pot well luted and covered set it with them in a gentle Oven and let it stand there till the Oven becomes cold then take out the Pot and remove the Cover and you will find a gross Liquor strain this and keep it stopt for your use rubbing the part grieved with it very warm once or twice a day And if the Smell be offensive you may put in a few drops of the Oil of Rhodium or any other odoriferous Unguent to correct it Gout-Wort This is so called from the excellent Advantage it brings to those that are afflicted with the Pain of the Gout or Sciatica in the Joints if the Juice or Herb be applied Poultis-wise Some hold it will allay these Pains by being carry'd about the Party afflicted therewith Grapes The sweet ones are of a more hot substance and therefore cause Thirst and loosen the Belly but the sowre ones are binding and of hard digestion The Juice of the ripe Grape applied to Burns or Scalds eases the Pain The Mother of the Wine or Grapes being kept is profitable against Inflammations of the Breasts and Hardness of them through too much abundance of Milk The Decoction of it in Clysters is good for Dysenteries or Fluxes The Stones or Seeds slave a restringent vertue and are profitable for the Stomach and being parched and beat to Powder and drank in Whitewine are very good against the Flux as also the Weakness of the Stomach Dried Grapes and Raisins have yet a greater vertue and property in Physick and more-especially those that are sweetest and of most substance as they of Damascus Cyprus and Candia They are good for Coughs Sore Throats Pains in the Reins and Bladder if you eat the Stones with them Being boiled with Sugar and the Flower of Barley and an Egg they purge the Brain Being reduced into a Plaister with Flower of Beans and Cummin-seed they allay Inflammations The fat Raisins nourish more than the sharp and lean ones Those that are stoned are Lenitive and therefore very helping in Pains of the Breast Coughs Sore Throats Pains of the Bladder or Reins and the Obstruction in the Liver Grapes to Preserve Take the Grapes when green stone them and break the little bunches of the stalk of the great ones then take their weight in refined Sugar finely beaten and strew a row of Sugar in your Preserving-pan and a lay of Grapes upon it then strew some more Sugar on them then put in four or five spoonfuls of fair Water and boil them up as fast as may be Grapes and Wine their Virtues Very admirable are the Virtues of the Vine and the Fruit thereof I had almost said above all other Plants for the Leaves and tender Branches being bruised and laid to the Head by their Cooling quality ease the Pains of the Head occasion'd by Heat also the Inflammations or Heat of the Stomach being applied to it And the Juice drank in Borrage-water helps the Dysentery Fluxes or Spitting of Blood Weakness of Stomach and bad Appetite especially of Women Great with Child The Water which flows from the Vine when it is cut or bleeds as some term if being drank in White-wine purgeth the Gravel The Ashes of the Branches of the Vine and Stones of Grapes mixed with Vinegar help Costiveness It 's good against the Stingings and Bitings of venomous Creatures and if mixed with Oil of Roses Rue and Vinegar and laid Plaister-wise it helpeth the Inflammation of the Spleen Gravel If you be troubled with the Gravel in the Reins Kidneys or Bladder Take Daucus-seeds and Burdock-seeds of each an ounce mix them together and put one ounce of the Mixture into a gallon of small Ale and when that has steep'd a while and is drank up put the other ounce into another gallon and so continue it as a Drink Gravel another Take Crabs-claws one ounce and beat them into Powder Fenel-seed powder'd half an ounce Powder of Nutmegs four drams double-refined Sugar two ounces these being mixed and finely stuff'd take as much at a time as will lie on a shilling in a glass of White-wine in a Morning fasting or it may be taken in Ale or Beer Gravel another
the Gout and all other Aches and Pains proceeding from a cold Cause Helps Strains and Hurts of the Nerves and Muscles and strengthens weak Limbs Of this Spirits Oil and Balsam are extracted by distillation in a large Retort in Sand distilling first with a very gentle Heat till all the Flegm and Spirit in which is contained the volatil Salt is come over and then gradually encreasing the Fire to force over the Oil and Balsam which are to be rectified from Colcothar or Bonet Ashes This Spirit is very Excellent For it takes off the tartarous Mucilage in the Lungs Reins Breast and Stomach Uriters and Bladder It hinders the generation of the Stone and Gout The Dose is from one to three drams The Oil dissolves Tumours of the Gout strengthens the Nerves cures the Palsie Tumours Wounds and Ulcers and all manner of Convulsions Cramps Aches Pains Strains and Bruises proceeding from a cold Cause or Violence the Part grieved being often anointed with it The Balsam has the same Virtue but not so penetrating and therefore is mostly used in the curing old Sores Fistula's Ulcers Pain in the Gout and Sciatica's c. Rue This is for its wonderful Virtues called the Herb of Grace 'T is very Attenuative Incisive and Digestive Resolutive and Provocative It driveth out Windiness by reason of its heat in the third Degree and not only sharp in Tast but bitter also by reason whereof it may resolve and penetrate gross and clammy Humours and through the same qualities provoke Urine It consists of subtil Parts and is numbred among Medicins which are great dryers and therefore it is good against Inflammations asswaging any lustful Appetite The Seed boiled and drank in Wine greatly resists Poison The Leaves eaten alone or made into a Conserve if the Party take half an ounce fasting it resists ill Airs causeth pestilential Fevers and consequently the Plague The Decoction drank easeth Pains in the Breasts and Sides Inflammations of the Liver and the Pains of the Gout also the Shaking of Agues Being eaten raw it cleareth the Sight and is good against Difficulties of Breathing and the Cough Being mixed with French Cherries dried it allayeth the Pains and Heaviness of the Eyes and with Oil of Roses and Vinegar it easeth the Head-ach Being bruised and put up the Nostrils it stays Bleeding The distilled Water of it infused into an equal portion of Wine and Rose-water is very soveraign for any Pains in the Head or Stomach Rue of the Meadow This is to be found on the Borders of moist Meadows and by Ditch sides flowring towards the end of July and beginning of August Dioscorides highly approves it for Bruises and the healing of old Sores being applied to them Poultiswise or they washed with the Juice The distilled Water and Flower of this Herb have the like Virtue Some People use it shred among common Pot-herbs in their Broth for opening Obstructions of the Body and to render it soluble But the Roots clean washed shred or sliced and boiled in Ale I hold to operate more in that kind than the Leaves yet they provoke Stool but very gently The Roots boiled in Water destroy Lice and Vermin incident to humane Bodies by only anointing the Places with their Decoction Camerarius tells us That it is in great Esteem in Italy as an Antidote against the Plague and that the Saxons use it with success in the Yellow Jaundice Ruffy's Pills Take of the best Aloes two ounces Myrrh and Saffron of each an ounce mix these finely powdered with as much Aromatick as will make them into Pills These taken one at a time as big as a Pea help Concoction and Digestion clear the Stomach and create a good Appetite and are much available against pestilential Airs and Contagions Ruffs and Redshanks to Boil Take these Fowl put them upon a Spit and lay them to the Fire with a little Basting till they are half roasted then having Water boiling in a Pipkin after you have stuck at few Cloves about them put them into it but it must be very little and when they have taken a warm or two put out all the Water to a pint then put in some Claret-wine and strong Broth a few Mace and Cloves with the Gravy that dropt from them when they were roasting then and some Pepper Ginger fried Onions and Salt stew all well together and serve them up on Sippets Rupture Having a good Truss Take Comfry half a handful bruise it well with the Filings of Iron spread it thin on a Plaister of Diatulum and apply it to the Rupture and keep it close up and by often renewing it great Advantage is found Rupture to Cure Take Cyprus Nuts make them into Powder and take Juice of green Hops or the tender Tops mix them well together and having the Bowels put up and well trussed lay it at the bottom of the Belly and in all convenient Places as a Plaister and as it dries supply the place of it with a moist one Rupture on the Navel The Rupture or Burstenness is generally known by the falling down of the Bowels into the Cods tho' there is a Rupture that appeareth above the Privy Parts or at the Navel of Men and Women the Rupture of the Navel being known by a swelling or hanging out of the fore-part of the Belly To remedy this Take Comfry tow ounces stamp it well mix it well with an ounce of Bees-wax over a gentle Fire till it can be brought into a Plaistor and apply it to the Navel But if the Rupture be great often renew it and anoint the Back-bone of the Party with Bears-grease chafing it in hot and let the Party take Morning and Evening a dram of the Herb Thorough wax in a little Wine Rupture a Plaister Take Daisie-roots the like of wild Tansie and Comfry of each half an ounce Mastick a quarter of an ounce Pomgranet-flowers and the Juice of Sloes half a dram of each Hares-wool clipt small one dram Stone-pitch two ounces Bird-lime an ounce Wax five drams Oil of Roses as much as will make them into a Plaister and apply it to the Intestines being put up and a Truss over them to secure them You need not take off the Truss but when you renew the Plaister which need not be under five or six Days Or use this viz. Take of Cyperus-Nuts two ounces Myrrh and Cyperus-Roots Marjoram Galls Juice of Sloes and Frankincense of each an ounce then dissolve an ounce of Gum-Tragacanth in Wine and temper the rest with it and then over a gentle Fire by well mixing and a consumption of the moisture make it into a Plaister and lay it on the Runture Rupture through Water This is a hydropical watery Humour in the Liver Veins and Pores which falls down into the Cods and is known by the swelling of them and the Navel To remedy this Take Mastick one ounce Cyperus-Nuts half an ounce Gum-Tragacanth half an ounce bruise them and temper them well together