of each one ounce and a half the best Jujubes the Kernels taken out one pound and a half let them digest twenty one days then strain the Liquor from the drugs to which add prepared Pearl six ounces prepared Emrald one drachm Ambergreese Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders ana three ounces Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dried ana three drachms let all these Species be tyed in a Silken bag and hang'd in the foresaid Spirit Composition the lesser Take of Lavender Flowers one gallon Spirit of Wine three gallons prepare it as before directed then take the Flowers of Sage Rosemary Bettony of each a handful Burrage Bugloss Lilly of the Valley Cowslips of each two handfulls the Flowers being truly gathered and macerated in a gallon of the Spiritus Vini Glauâ—eris must be added to the Spirit of Lavender as the former together with the Leaves of Bawm Motherwort Orange Tree newly gathered the Flowers of Stechados Oranges Bayberries of each an ounce and so digest and Distill as before directed then add the outward Rinds of Citron six drachms the seeds of Peony husked six drachms Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Cardamums Cubebs Yellow Sanders of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes one drachm the best Jujubes the Kernels taken out half a pound Digest and prepare as the former to which Liquor add of prepared Pearl two drachms prepared Emrald one scruple Ambergreese Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders of each an ounce Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dried of each a drachm let these Species be tyed in a Silken bag and hanged in the foresaid Spirit Addition The Essence of Musk and Ambergreese ana Drops twenty the Mel of Black-cherries and of Rasberries ana five ounces the Syrup of Quinces two ounces so let it refine S. A. Y-worth This is a most excellent Cordial wonderfully strengthning the principal faculties good in Epilepsies Convulsions Palsies and all Diseases of the Nerves 't is also excellent good to wash the wound bitten by any Venemous Creature or to bath any grieved part the Dose inwardly is from one drachm to three either per se or in Wine Aqua Scorbutica or French's Scorbutick VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take of the Leaves of Garden and Sea Scurvey-grass picked and cleansed of each eighteen pound let them be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add the Juice of Brook-lime Water cresses of each one pound and a half of the best White-wine three gallons thirty six whole Limons cut of the fresh Roots of Briony twelve pound of the fresh Roots of Horse-Raddish six pound of the Bark of Winteran one pound and a half of Nutmegs twelve ounces let them be macerated three days and then Distilled Composition the lesser Take of the Leaves of Garden and Sea Scurvey-grass picked and cleansed of each six pounds let these be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add of the Juice of Brook-lime Water-cresses of each half a pound of the best White-wine eight Pints twelve whole Limons cut of the fresh Roots of Bryony four pound the fresh Roots of Horse-Raddish two pound of the Bark of Winteran half a pound Nutmegs four ounces let them be macerated three days then Distill Addition Syrup of Mustard two ounces Syrup of Elder three ounces Tincture of Corall and Milk of Pearl of each Drops forty mix them S. A. Y-worth This is a most excellent Anti-scorbutick not only good in the Scurvy but also prevalent in the Jaundice and other refractary Diseases The Dose is from half an ounce to two ounces first in a Morning and last at Night Aqua Aperitiva or a Carminative opening Water Composition the greater Distiller Take Roots of Eringo Vipers-Grass Fern the greater Centaury of each one ounce and a half Roots of Foenil Barks of Capparis Tamarisk Ash of each one ounce one drachm Barks of Citrons seven drachms and a half seeds of Carduus Benedictus Cichorie of each one ounce and a half seeds of Endive Cresses Citrons Scariol of each six drachms Polytricon Adianthum Ceterach Dodder Scolopendria Bettony Endive of each four handfuls and an half tops of Thyme Epithymum Hops Flowers of St. John's Wort Broom Borage Bawm of each three handfuls small Raisins three ounces Cinnamon four drachms and a half Spec. Dialacc one drachm and a half Water of Carduus Benedictus Hops Scolopendria Paul's Bettony of each three pound Rhenish-wine seven pound and a half let them stand two days in a warm place in a Vessel close stopp'd afterward Distill them in Balneo Composition the lesser Take Roots of Eringo Vipers-Grass Fern the greater Centaury of each half an ounce Roots of Foenil Barks of Capparis Tamarisk Ash of each three drachms Bark of Citrons two drachms and a half seeds of Carduus Benedictus Cichory of each half an ounce seeds of Endive Cresses Citrons Scariol of each two drachms Polytricon Adianthum Ceterach Dodder Scolopendria Bettony Endive of each a handful and a half tops of Thyme Epithymum Hops Flowers St. Johns Wort Broom Borrage Bawm of each one handful small Rasins one ounce Cinamon one drachm and a half Spec. Dialacc half a drachm Water of Carduus Benedictus of Hops of Scolopendria of Paul's Bettony ana one pound Rhenish Wine two pound and a half let them stand two days in a warm place in a Vessel close stopp'd afterward Distill them in Balneo Addition Aqua Vitae Glauberis two pound the Juice of Goose-berries two pound or in place thereof Goose-berry Wine made as prescribed in our Brit. Magazine of Liquors the Juice of Black-berries half a pound the Juice of Buckthorn Berries six ounces Cinnamon and Nutmegs ana two ounces Sugar half a pound let it be prepared Secundum Artem. Y-worth T is a prevalent Water to open the Obstructions of the whole Body especially of the Liver Spleen and Mesentery The Dose is from two drachms to six or eight two or three times a day Aqua Vulneraria or VVound VVater Composition the greater Distiller Take Plantain Rib-wort Bone-wort Wild Angelica Red Mints Bettony Agrimony Sanicle Blew-Bottles White-Bottles Scabius Dandelion Avens Honey-Suckle Leaves Bramble buds Haw-thorn buds and Leaves Mugwort Daisie Roots Leaves and Flowers Wormwood Southern-wood of each four handfuls boyl all these in two gallons of white-wine and as much Spring water till one half be wasted and when it is thus boyled strain it from the Herbs and put to it two pound of Honey and let it boyl a little after then divide this into two parts the one part head with common ferment and let it ferment for three days then add into every Quart thereof a pound of Aqua Vitae Glauberis and Distill into high Proof Spirits S. A. Addition Cinnamon Lignum Aloes of each four ounces Mirrh Aloes and Saffron of each one ounce then perfume and colour as in other precious Waters and dulcifie with Syrup of Cinnamon and Syrup of Poppies of each three ounces and lastly add in of Laudanum Liquidum four drachms Tincture of Coral six
it is perfectly clear Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Ennula-campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each four ounces and seven drachms Cyprus-roots bark of the roots of Bay-tree or as much leaves Sassafras with the bark Cinamon white of each one ounce six drachms and fifteen grains Calamus-aromaticus Orange-pills drie one ounce and a drachm Clary red Mints Calamint Elder-flowers Camomile-flowers of each an ounce and an half Sweet-Fennel-seeds Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each one ounce and a drachm Coriander-seeds Cardamums Cubebs Grains of Paradise Cloves and Ginger of each six drachms Pepper long and white of each three ounces bruise them all grosely and distill into fine goods S.A. then dulcifie with white Sugar three pound and draw it for use when it is perfectly clear Aqua Sudorifica or Water to procure Sweat Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit 16 gallons Butter-bur-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each one pound and an half one ounce and five drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each one pound three ounces one drachm and an half Cowslip-flowers Marigold-flowers of each one pound Juniper-berries two pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the Lesser Take of Strong Proof Spirit three gallons Butter-bur-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and in half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each four ounces seven drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each two ounces four drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each three ounces four drachms and an half Cowslip-flowers and Marigold-flowers of each three ounces Juniper berries six ounces bruise them all and diâ—â—ill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with White Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is very excellent in proâ—â—king Sweat the Patient drinking an Ounce thereof â—â—d then to be covered close in bed by which means â—iny Disseasysdea's will be dissipated and carried off and â—e Spirits and Body strengthened Aqua contra Crapulam or Surfeit Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Juniper berries three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula Campana roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms Calamus aromaticus Galingale of each six ounces and three drachms Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry of each four ounces Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each three ounces one drachm and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark and White Cinamon of each four ounces six drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Cloves and Ginger of each one ounce and an half two scruples and five grains Red-Poppy-flowers six pound six ounces and an half Aniseeds four pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Juniper berries nine ounces four drachms and an half Ennula Campana roots dry four ounces and six drachms Calamus-aromaticus and Galingale of each an ounce and a drachm Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry or each six drachms Carraway-seeds and Angelica-seeds of each four ounces and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark white Cinamon of each seven drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Ginger and Cloves of each two drachms and fifteen grains Red-Poppy-flower sone pound three ounces and an half Aniseeds twelve ounces bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is not only good for Surfeits but also for Feavers Agues and Obstructions and all others wherein a sharp and Acid ferment too much affects the Blood The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce If in this Dose you mix two or three drachms of 〈◊〉 Spiritus Mundus and drink it two or â—hree times a day it will cure most Plurisies without â—mae-section Aqua contra Scorbutum or Scorbutical Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Horse-radish-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula-Campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses and Garden-cresses Taragon Balsamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water Sweet-Chervile of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Arsmart twelve ounces six drachms and and half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what sufficeth For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of the Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Horse-raddish-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and an half Enula-Campana-roots dry and Aniseeds of each four ounces and six drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses Garden-cresses Taragon Baisamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water and Sweet-Chervile of each one ounce six drachms and five grains Arsmart two ounces three drachms and an half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each seven ounces and an half Citron pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Y-worth This Water is excellent for purifying the Blood and for carrying off the Scorbutick Acidity by way of mortification for it sweetens the same all one as Spirit of Wine doth the Spirit of Salt The Dose for such is from two to six drachms twice or thrice a day Aqua contra Pestilentiam or Plague-Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Butter-bur-roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms garden and common Valerian-roots both dry Angelica-roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula-Campana Snake-grass-roots of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Contrayerva Zedoary and Galingale of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Rue-leaves dry white Horehound Scordium Carduus-Benedictus of each eight ounces Elder-flowers Lavender and Mace of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils dry Juniper-berries of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Green Walnuts with the husks one pound nine ounces and five drachms Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each three ounces one drachm and an half Aniseeds best two pound six ounces three drachms and an
half Camphire an ounce and an half two scruples and five grains Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Butter-bur-roots dry four ounces and seven drachms Garden and Common Valerian-roots both dry Angelica-roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula-Campana Snake-grass roots of each one ounce and in half two drachms and five grains Contrayerva Zedoary and Galingale of each one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains Rue-leaves dry White-Horehound Scordium Carduus Benedictus of each one ounce and an half Elder-flowers Lavender and Mace of each seven drachms and an half Citron pills drie Juniper-berries of each two ounces three drachms and an half Green Walnuts with the husks four ounces and seven drachms Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each four drachms and an half Aniseeds best seven ounces two drachms and an half Camphire two drachms and fifteen grains distill into fine Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound For Vse let the party infected take of this Water one Ounce mingled with warm Posser drink or any other water proper in that case and be kept warm and sweat well thereon Aqua nostra contra Pestilentiam or our Plague-Water Y-worth Take of Spanish Angelica Roots half a pound English Angelica leaves Rue and Sage of each three handfuls Long Pepper Nutmegs and Ginger of each one ounce and an half Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each four ounces Malaga Wine two quarts Aqua Vitae Glauberis one gallon digest twenty daies and then distil into fine Spirit S. A. Addition Contrayerva Virginia Snake root and Zedoary of each three ounces the Powers of Vipers four ounces Camphire one ounce Syrup of Wine Vinegar one pound with which refine down after distilled This Water is an incomparable preservative in and against the Plague Small-Pox Measles and all Pestilential and Contagious Diseases Two Spoonfuls being taken three or four times a day as a Cordial 'T is good also for all cold Stomacks want of Digestion and the like Aqua Florum or Water of Flowers Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons and put it into a wide-mouth'd-pot or other Vessel stop'd very close take these several Flowers following in their Seasons and being clean pickt put them to the Spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Woodbine Stock-Gilli-flower of all the three sorts Damask-Roses Musk-Roses Sweet-Briar-flowers Lillium Convallium Jasmine Citron-flowers Orange-flowers or their pils dry Tillia-flowers Garden-Limmon and wild Thyme-flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot and Elder-flowers of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them add thereunto Aniseeds three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Coriander seeds one pound nine ounces and five drachms bruise the seeds 't were also best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the Spirit for the more orderly working Distil into fine Spirit S. A. then add to the distin'd water Roses Gilly-flowers and Elder-flowers of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms after twelve days Infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar sixteen pound and being fine it may be drawn for use Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons put it into a wide-mouth'd Pot or other Vessel stopt very close take those several flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the Spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Woodbine Stock-Gilli-flower of the three sorts Damask-Roses Musk-Roses Sweet-Brier-flowers Clove-Gilly-flowers Lillium-Convallium Jasmine Citron and Orange-flowers or their pils dry Tillia-flowers garden-Limmon and Wild Thyme-flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder-flowers of each two ounces three drachms and an half Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them add thereunto Aniseeds nine ounces four drachms and an half Coriander seeds four ounces and seven drachms bruise the seeds and 't were also best to bruise all the Flowers as you put them up into the Spirit for their more ord erly working Distil into fine Spirit S. A. then add to the distiled water Roses Gilli-flowers Elder-flowers of each four ounces and seven drachms after Twelve days Infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar three pound and being fine it may be drawn for use Y-worth This is a great Cordial for strengthening and refreshing the Spirits and therefore proper for those who are troubled with Hypocondriack Melancholy The Dose is from one drachm to five according to the Age Strength and Condition of the Patient Aqua Frugum or Water of Fruits Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Juniper-berries six pound six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Quince and Pipping-pairings both dry of each three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Limmon-pils Orange-pils dry of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms Nutmegs six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Anisceds three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Cloves three ounces one drachm and an half Distill into fine Spirit S. A. To the Spirit add Strawberries Rasberries bruised of each eight pound stir them well together and after ten daies it being clear may be drawn off then dulcifie with Syrrup made as is taught in Aven's Water and so let it stand till clear and then draw it off for use Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Juniper-berries one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples and five grains Quince and Pipping-pairings both dry of each nine ounces four drachms and an half Limmon-pils Orange-pils dry of each four ounces and seven drachms Nutmegs one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains Aniseeds nine ounces four drachms and an half Cloves four drachms and an half Distill into fine Spirit S. A. To the Spirit add Straw-berries Ras-berries bruis'd of each one pound and an half stir them well together and after ten daies it being clear may be drawn off Then dulcifie with Syrrup made as is taught in Aven's Water and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use Y-worth This is a great Carminative expelling Wind good in Surfeits and Fevers it abates Thirst The Dose is from one drachm to five in some proper Vehicle or dilated to a Julip We having thus run through the Prescriptions of such which are varied into a greater and lesser Composition we shall add some Observations and then proceed to lay down some particular waters that are purely for the use of such as would supply the defect of an Apothecary when not near c. You are first to observe that in the distilling of these Waters you must not make use of the Wool in the Head for that will be apt to suckand drink in too much of the Oleous part and so considerably destroy the vertues of the waters and altho there will often come
Germander Hermodactyls Tormentil White Frankincense the pith of Dwarf Elder Juniper-berries Bay-berries the Seeds and Flowers of Motherwort the Seeds of Smallage Fennel and Anise the Leaves of Sorrel Sage Felwort Rosemary Marjoram Mints Penny-Royal Stechados the Flowers of Elder Red and White Roses of the Leaves of Scabious Rue the lesser Moonwort Egrimony Centory Fumitary Pimpernel Sowthistle Eyebright Maiden-hair Endive Red Saunders Aloes of each four ounces pure Amber the best Rhubarb of each four drams dried Figs Raisins of the Sun Dates stoned sweet Almonds Grains of the Pine of each two ounces of the best Aqua vitae to the quantity of them all of the best hard Sugar two pound of white Honey one pound then add the Root of Gentian Flowers of Rosemary Pepperwort the Root of Bryony Sowbread Wormwood of each an ounce Now before these are distill'd quench Gold being made Red hot oftentimes in the aforesaid Water put therein Oriental Pearls beaten small two pound and then distill it after twenty four hours Infusion Y-worth This is a very good Cordial Water prevailing against Malignant Pestilential Feavers a great restorative to such as are in Consumption it comforts the Heart and revives drooping Spirits 't is very hot in Operation you must not exceed half a drachm for the largest Dose without the Advice of a Physitian In Feavers mix it with cooling Juleps Aqua Nostra Multifera Virtutum or our Water of Many Virtues Y-worth Take Pawme Sage Bettony Buglosse Cowslips all gather'd in their prime of each a handful Motherwort Bay Leaves of each a handful and half Marygold-flowers two handfuls flowers of Rosemary Lavender Lillies of the Valley Rosa-solis of each four handfuls the Juice of Salendine two pound Saffron two ounces Lignum Aloes an ounce and half Turmerick four ounces Spirit of Wine six Quarts digest all six days and then distil in B. S. A. This Water is excellent in the Diseases of the Head Breast and Heart Liver and principal parts fortifying the Faculties and strengthning Nature as far as can be expected from simple Cordial Spirits without being enriched with some Mineral Sulphurs the which will be shown in our Spagyrick Phylosophy Asserted and Spagyrick philosophies Tryumph Now by the way observe that most of these Waters or Spirits are too strong to be taken alone Nature not loving to ride in fiery Chariots 't is best therefore that they be dilated and reduced into Cordials the way by which 't is performed will be shown in our Medicina rationalis Crollii Aqua Theriacalis Camphorat Or Crollius his Treacle Water Camphorated Take of Andromachus his Treacle ten ounces the best Myrrh five ounces the best Saffron one ounce Camphire four drams mix them together then pour upon them of the best Spirit of Wine â—wenty ounces and let them stand twenty four hours in a warm place then distill them in Balneo with a gradual Fire Cohobate the Spirit three times Y-worth This Water is of Excellent Virtue against the Pestilence and other Feavers 't is a very good Counter-poyson and good for those that have been bit by any Venemous Creature or such as have the French Pox for it drives forth all virulent Humours from the heart and is a great Cordial The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Aqua Composita contra Scorbutum or a Scorbutical Water Take of the Leaves of both sorts of Scurvy Grass being made very clear of each twelve pound let these be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add the Juice of Brooklime Juice of Water Cresses of each a pound of the best white Wine sixteen Pints twelve whole Lemmons cut of the fresh Roots of Briony eight pound of the fresh Roots of Horse-radish four pound of the Bark of Winteran one pound of Nutmegs eight ounces let them macerate three days and then distill S. A. Y-worth This Water is Excellent for the Scurvy with all the Symptoms that attend the same 't will radically cure those that are not too Rebellious in a Month or six Weeks time if you take two Spoonfuls thereof in a Morning and Evening I could indeed inlarge my self with various other Prescriptions but I think it needless seeing you have here what is sufficient to accomplish any Distiller nay peradventure more than ever you may have occasion to make so that others of a more Superior and Higher Order will be superfluous as to such as have a desire to know more thinking them necessary in their Medicinal practice let them resort to our Medicina Rationalis where they shall find them under the head of such Diseases as they are appropriated to And for those that would be curious and have variety of chargeable Prescriptions let them apply themselves to the London Dispensatory and other Authors wherein they are prescribed But as to such as desire the healing Virtues of one single Cordial which hath been found for many years to supply the place of many others such we advise to our Spiritus Propheâ—â—â—ticus Imperialis treated of in our Spagyrick Philoâ—â—phy asserted for this indeed is various ways to be â—â—dered and that to such an advantage as that it â—â—swers all that can be desired from any thing of this Nature and therefore for the good of such as languish under deplorable Diseases we thought it â—â—quisite to give its Virtue and Use First of the Spirit and then of the way of dilating it into a Cordial Spiritus HEADrophelacticus Imperialis or the Antipeleptick HEADowers Soveraign for all the Diseases of the Head Womb-Fits sudden surprisals and infectious Diseases being a general Cordial for all Diseases incident to the Body As to its Preparation 't is given in our Spagyrick Philosophy Asserted Its Virtues in General This is a great Cordial truly helping Nature inâ—â—rdly or outwardly applyed and is of admirable benefit to poor fainty drooping Spirits and weak Nature and a great Reliever and Comforter of Old Aged people Strengthning and Comforting the Heart and Stomach prevalent against Wind Chollick Gripes Yellow Jaundice Cough and Colds and such like Distempers And also Bruises and Contusions wither'd and benumbed Members and Cramp 't is efficacious against Cold moist Diseases of the Head Stomach and Heart as Apoplexies Falling Sickness Palsies Trembling Head-ach Megrim Vertigo Carus Lethargy Sleepiness and Dimnâ—sâ— of Sight cold Rheums Catarrhs Rhumatisms Old Aches of the Back and Loyns stinking breath as also good against Convulsions It s Use and Dose For any Bruise Squatt Aches or weak and decayed parts you must dip a Cloath therein and lay it four or five times double on the part and at last having repeated this three or four times bind it fast thereon For the Diseases of the Face and Head you must annoint your Face and Temples and take the savours up your Nostrils For Rickets in Children it must be applyed as well outwardly as inwardly chasing the grieved part with the clear Spirit before the Fire Dipping a Scarlet cloath in it and laying it
Corn cannot be burnt and therefore makes good Brandy Now 't is observable that that Brandy made from Wheat-Corn is the most near of any other from any Grain whatsoever to that of Gallia Let thus much at present suffice concerning Corn because the distinct rules of bringing it into Low-wines Proof Spirits and rectified goods will be laid down in their proper places we shall therefore now proceed to the second Head sc Molasses Sugar and Honey As to Molasses you need to do no more than down with it into the Backs seeing for promise-sake we must open so many truths and add thereto three or four times its weight of Liquor prepared as in the second Head i. e. to every Hundred of Molasses thirty six forty or forty six Gallons of Liquor according as you will have it small or rich of the Molasses for you must observe that the stronger it is the longer 't will be before it comes to Fermentation and this if it be not well Fermented will yield but poorly i. e. very little quantity of Spirits therefore is it abundantly nicer to be wrought than that of Malt and especially in these cold Climates for you must observe to set your Back at once in a good temper being not so well to be holpen by hot or cold Liquors as that of Corn and you must have good store of Yeast or Ferment to Head it well at once or else it will not come on but if you use Wash instead of Water and Tilts the Grounds of very Strong Beer will help its Fermentation on so that abundantly less Yeast will serve and you must observe that it stands especially in the Winter time in a very warm place and if in the second day it should not begin to come well on the which it will not if set either too hot or too cold then you must have ready by you a Pot of very strong Mustard with a Horse-Raddish and good Onion and the value of an Egg or two of these must be cast in you may dip the Onion and Horse-Raddish in the Mustard and this will highly promâ—te its Fermentation especially if you add a Ball of Whiting Tartar or Argill is not to be despised in the Doctrine of Fermentation for 't will give a secret and sure internal one yet when a Back is in too high a Foam 't will kindly flat it In all this you must observe that Experience must be your chief guide for tho' we discover true things yet several accidents may occur wherein this Mistress may and will be your best help For you must know that when it is truly Fermented you must take it in the right nick neither too high nor too flat neither too sweet nor too sowre for by any extream you may lose of your quantity of Spirit as well as by the want of due Fermentation therefore if a Back of Molasseâ— have not yielded you Spirit enough let it cool sit to set again and then add in a few Gallonâ— of fresh Treacle stir them well together and Ferment with Ale Yeast and a ball of Whiting as before and so draw a second time Ingeniouâ— Reader make not strange of this working over of Molasses a second time seeing it hath been often done and we are credibly informed by a Person of Ingenuity that in Barbados and those Islands where the Sugar Canes are in large quantity they take the Molasses foul Sugars and their Canes and Ferment them together with remains of the former Distillation and upon a defect of Fermentation they cast in some Wood-Ashes newly made together with some live Coals He farther said that when it is almost brought to its height in Fermentation they add five Gallons more of Molasses and then stir and Ferment as before and then again five Gallons always keeping it in Fermentation and with other reiterate additions proceed until it is very rich of the Molasses But if so than are they in this Case beholding to their Climate for the heat which helps on their Fermentation for here that would not be performed under a long and tedious time therefore we shall omit it but as for the using their remains we much because it carries with it so strong an Hogo the way of bringing it into Low-wines Proof Goods and Rectified Spirits will be shown in its proper place Honey must be mixed with four five six seven or eight parts of warm water and dissolved and then to the Solution you must add Ferment as was spoken concerning Malt which afterward must be left covered in some heat for to be Fermented being fit for Distillation when it comes to wax hot Now know that too great a quantity of Honey makes a very slow Fermentation viz. Of some Weeks or Months wherefore for acceleration sake we advise that a greater quantity of Water be added although otherwise it yields plenty of Spirits but ungrateful which therefore we would have no body to Distill as being unprofitable unless any one know how to take away the ungratefulness thereof which will be more largely shown in the Chapter of Rectification Low-wines Proof goods and Rectified Spirits may be made from those Meads described in our Britannean Magazine of Wines and most excellent and flavorous Spirits they are indeed Moreover as to what concerns Sugar it may be performed by what is laid down of Molasses and Honey and therefore being needless to repeat it we shall pass on to another Head Now as to Cyder Perry and Artificial Wines together with such Liquors as may be made from English growths according to the general way commonly known as also that already they being well Fermented and by Age come to be ripe and fine there is no difficulty to obtain there from a generous Spirit Note that Cyders yield but little quantity of Spirit let them be made never so fine by age therefore 't is requisite that you again open them and bring them to a fresh Ferment and then they will yield plentifully also when they are declining prick'd ropy or flat it is requisite that they be again helped into a Fermentative State by such additions as will measurably revive them sometimes Whites of Eggs and Flour will do it or some Alkalisated Calx and if not then must you proceed to your common way and Ferment by which and warmth new Cyder may be so brought as in five six or seven days it will be fit to be Distilled and so of the rest Now among many fine Goods excellent Stuff may be made from sound Fruits especially Cyder that so with small additions good Brandies may be made therefore why should we contemn the perfect knowledge of Molasses and Cyder-Spirits seeing by a little Industry great things may thereby be performed But what is here said being sufficient for all kind of Fruits seeing the Doctrine of Fermentation is elsewhere more largely laid down passing this by we shall come to the fourth Head Raisins Figs and other Foreign Fruits may either be stamped in
from something which is a proper Product of this Land or else how should we supply our selves with good wares in time of difficulty and therefore leaving all Foreign things as Tartar Wine-Lees Chrystals Verdigreese or any Vitriol of Venus c. although we know that something from these if rightly prepared may be performed as well as from common Sulphur or Sea Salt and such others as are aptly made for the great business of Rectification nay we say from the Stone Parietes or natural Vitriol of Mars being opened by the fixed Salts contained in Hermaphroditical ones from whence proceeds a pleasant Earth which to our knowledge is very homogeneous to Viner Spirits for by it we are able before men of understanding to prepare better Stuff than hath hitherto been usually done although Concentrated Vinegar is not to be despised if so imbodied as to preserve its Tartness in its Vitality especially if the Spirits are so Distilled as to retain their sweet flavours for as we have elsewhere said from the tart and sweet together with the predominance of the Specificated Sulphurs come the different flavours unto Viner Spirits for if the sweet hath the predominance with the flavours of the Rhinal soyl then the violet taste is evidently discernable but from the red mold of France the tart gives the Rasbery taste and these again mixing give neutral and other pleasant flavours whose difference is easily discernable by curious palates although it cannot be so exactly compared to what 't is most like in flavour seeing so many curious ones are intermixed many things of this Nature might be said seeing Nature is so bounteous and large in her gifts even to the filling of many Sheets and that with profit too to the Reader but we must be forced to omit many things least the Treatise should swell too big wherein we design to be as concise and compact as may be yet we think it needful to stir up the minds of the Ingenious to the search of that which by Trials may to their great content be measurably attained for we know that Spirits prepared from the Products of this Land may be much bettered for as we see 't is no difficult matter to take the Garments off a poor man and to give him richer so is it the same in this Case if we have a true knowledge of the Fountain of Nature and if it is really so as the Ancient Philosophers testifie sc that in the Mineral Kingdom by help of the first Ens or Seed of Metals they can transmute all the impure ones into vendible Sol and Luna why then may not the true Spagyrist by help of the Universal Vegetable Seed take off the drowsie Nature of Saturn or Spirit of Barley or the Airy Nature of Jupiter or Spirit of Fruits and bring them into that friendly one of Venus and the Sun to which the Vine belongs seeing the possibility of Transmutation is by the most Pregnant Wits of this Age believed And there is hardly any one that pretends to any thing of Art but will argue for the same and there have been given such undeniable demonstrations of its verity that we think it an impossibility that any reasonable man should at this time of day doubt thereof neither indeed have they the least cause concerning this of meliorating and bettering Spirits for if the Ingenious and Lovers of Art and others that are unskilful in the ways of working will but take the Method we prescribe they may in time therein become prompt perficients because we labour what in us lies to encourage them to supply their own defects c. which to do let them thus proceed Your Proof Spirits being well prepared or measurably bereaved of their Maltish taste then charge therewith your Rectifying Still with a Can or two of Water according to their quantity and take any sort of Herb you best like with your prepared Salt and tie them up in a bag called a Rectifying bag and throw it into the Still lute all fast and gently and warily draw off your Fine Goods You must be very cautious of Fire and Candles especially where there is any breaking out of fume least they should Fire and so do a great deal of mischief for this Reason Rectification is abundantly more dangerous than drawing Low-wines therefore be not too hasty but proceed warily and moderately and govern it so that the stream may not run above the bigness of a large Crow Quill or at most a small Goose one and you must observe not to let it run off too long for the latter part of your Spirit will be apt to carry some of the ill savour with it to the great detriment of the former therefore let them be saved apart the first for Brandies the latter to be again Rectified so as to Fire Gunpowder and then it may be used in Varnishes or else it may well serve for some Compound Waters Now to know when all the Spirituality is come over you must proceed thus Take a Taster of that which runs in the left hand and a lighted Candle in the right throw it upon the Neck or Head of the Still at work immediately putting the Candle thereunto and if it fires and burns you may proceed otherwise your Operation is at an end Now your first fine Spirits must be allayed into Proof or the strength of Brandy with Liquor for the which some make use of this following Water They take Calx vive and mix a small proportion of Sassafras with it and being put in a Tub they pour Spring Water thereon and so letting it settle till very clear then make use of it but we are for making our Liquor by Distilling it through some Azural Salt for then it freely mixes without the least bubble or white speck and seeming Precipitation and being brought to Proof it may be a little tinged with the Tincture of Saunders and 't will not be a miss if you add a small portion of Spices in a bag as Cinamon Broad-Mace and Nutmegs and then have you good Saleable Wares especially if your Proof Spirits were truly prepared and from a good Basis Now if this tryal although Good Wares doth not in all things answer your expectation then proceed to a second or third sometimes with one sort and sometimes with another and in greater or lesser quantity nay you may mix two Species together and so proceed in your Tryal till your end is answered for your experiments will be little loss or cost to you seeing if you proceed not irregularly your Goods will be nevertheless vendible especially if you observe but the rules laid down But least some should object and say that those high Preparations mentioned as Spagyrical which Art we understand not are not easie to be obtained and so the Art of Rectification must remain wholly hidden unto us In Answer to this we must be forced to say that it proceeds not from any deficiency in the Rules contained in this
every Peck one Pound of Honey and a little Bay Salt and let them Ferment two or three days in a cold Cellar for in a warm place much of their Crasis will be lost which consists in a Volatile Salt then cram these into your Still as close as ever you can and pour upon them of th e best Aethereal Spirit of Wine enough only to moisten them clap on your Still and Distil all with a very slow fire it can't be too gentle therefore in this be very careful and what comes over first will be the true Spirit of Scurvey-Grass you may proceed by a second Repetition and then to every Gallon of this Spirit add a pound of its own Seeds or Flowers and Distill again And be sure in these Operations you observe to take no more than the high Spirit Now for the remaining Spirit in the Still you must put to it a quantity of decripitated Bay-Salt and Distill as long as it comes Proof with which you may begin your next Distillation with fresh Scurvey-Grass proceeding as before This is the true and best way to prepare the right Spirit of Scurvey-Grass To make it Golden and Purging we referr you to our Clymicus Rationalis Its Virties 'T is proper in the Scurvey Dropsie or Jaundice c. which we shall not here repeat seeing we have spoken thereof in its proper and genuine Preparation so that of Powers The Dose is from thirty to Fifty Drops according to the Age and strength of the Patient Spiritus Lavandulae or Spirit of Lavander Take of Brandified Spirit three Gallons of Lavander Flowers twelve pound Oyl of Salt per deliquium two pound macerate in a gentle warmth ten or twelve days then Distill in Bal. as long as goodness comes in which macerate one pound of the Oyl of Salt per del and eight pound of fresh Flowers and Distill as before Lastly Rectifie from six pound of Flowers per se and so it is prepared Its Virtues 'T is excellent for all Diseases of the Head as Megrims Epilepsies Convulsions and Calentures as also for violent and inveterated Head-Achs here it is a Specifick it is prevalent in fortifying the Animal Spirits and good in the Cholick Strangury and Dysentery the over much Flowing of Womens Terms and all other Fluxes of Blood The Dose and manner of Administration is as the former Observe after this way is prepared the Spirit of Rosemary but seeing we have at large showed its right and genuine Preparation in Chapter the fourth together with its virtues and use we shall omit it here Spiritus Angelicae or Spirit of Angelica Take of Angelica in its right signature as much as you please pound it in a large Stone Mortar with a Wooden Pestil and putting it into your Still cover it over a Fingers breadth with pure Brandified Spirit and with a piece of Leaven let it macerate three or four days then Distill as long as goodness will come repeat this a second time with fresh Herbs then to every Gallon of Spirit add of Spanish Angelica Roots sliced thin two pound and rectifie therefrom the fine Spirit you must reserve for use and the other may serve for a new beginning Its Virtues 'T is very prevalent against all Poison and Infectious corrupted Airs the Pestilential Fever or Plague it carries off the Venom by Sweat and Urine and insensible Transpiration it comforts the Heart and Vital Spirits and therefore excellent to be used by such as are bitten with any Venomous or Mad Beast whatsoever 't is powerful in opening the Obstructions of the Liver or Spleen bringing down the Terms and expelling the Secundine The Dose is from one Scruple to three in a Glass of Spanish or Rhenish Wine Spiritus Croci or Spirit of Saffron Take of the best English Saffron one pound of Malaga Sack a Quart Honey half a pound Chrystals of Tartar four ounces let the Chrystals of Tartar be beat very well with the Saffron in a Mortar then put it into a Glass and add in your Honey and Wine lute all fast and in a gentle heat let them Ferment and macerate ten twelve or fourteen days the longer the better then take off the blind head and add in three Quarts of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine put on its Helm with a proper recipient being truly adapted lute all fast and Distill in Balneo the two first Quarts will be the true Spirit Observe from what remains with fresh Spirit of Wine you may draw the Extract which though small in quantity yet virtuous The Spirits Virtues 'T is an excellent Cordial Fortifying the Vital Natural and Animal Spirits 't is a great Preservative in time of Plague 't is beyond all the cooling Cordials in England for Measles and Small Pox for it strengthens the Heart it opens Obstructions and heals the Phthisick it brings breath when almost gone and 't is said to prolong Life if you wash the Face with it mixt with Rose Water in the time of Small Pox and Measles it preserves the Face and Eyes from being hurt thereby The Dose is from ten to twenty and from twenty to sixty Drops in some Cordial Julep or Wine as the Patient best likes Spiritus Dauci or Spirit of Daucus Take of Wild Carrotseed twelve pound beat them small put them into your Still and add thereunto of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine three Gallons of Mevis Sugar three pound macerate them for ten or twelve days and then Distill off one half the which preserve for Spirit the other half may be run off for fresh beginnings You may if you please put it all together on fresh Seeds and make another Reiteration Its Virtues It is a Carminative breaking and consuming Windiness good in the Gripes and Cholick Fits of the Mother provoking the Terms in fine 't is good in the Strangury Dysury Gravel and Stone and provokes Urine The Dose is from thirty to sixty Drops proper at all times for such as are subject to the forementioned Diseases but principally when mostly therewith assaulted Thus Reader have we laid you down examples sufficient for the making of simple Waters and Spirits so that if you have but an ordinary Genius you may arrive to what you desire therein and if you can't attain to the Art of Distillation by these plain rules and precepts contained in this Book then do we highly doubt whether you 'll ever be able to attain it but by Ocular Demonstration therefore our advice is that you should apply your self to some honest Distiller for you may learn more of him in six Weeks time than in years by your own Study and chargeable operations and therefore count it a considerable favour if such an one will be thy Friend yet have we done here to our utmost to serve you and according to our twenty years experience have left nothing deficient not so much as a tittle If you proceed therein Secundum Artem Distillationis which is impossible to be delivered in writing
is esteemed an excellent Water for strengthning the Stomach expelling Wind and fortifying the Sanguifying Faculty The Dose is half an ounce Ros Solis Proprius Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Ros Solis gathered in due season and clean picked six pound six ounces three drachms two scruples grains five Juniper Berries four pound twelve ounces six drachms and a half Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway-seeds ana six ounces three drachms two scruples grains five Marigold-Flowers one pound nine ounces five drachms Aniseeds two pound six ounces three drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into fine Goods S. A. Then take hereof ten pound three ounces add thereto of Aqua Pretiosa dulcified one pound nine ounces five drachms Liquorice bruised one pound nine ounces five drachms and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound If you add none of the aforesaid Water then instead thereof take Musk one drachm and a half grains six Ambergreese four drachms and a half grains eight colour it with the Tincture of Gilliflowers and Roses what is sufficient S. A. Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Ros Solis gathered in due season and clean pick'd one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains five Juniper Berries fourteen ounces three drachms and a half Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway-seeds ana nine drachms two scruples grains five Marigold-Flowers four ounces seven drachms Aniseeds seven ounces two drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and Distill into fine goods S. A. Then take hereof one pound twelve ounces four drachms and a half add thereunto of Aqua Pretiosa four ounces three drachms dulcified Liquorice bruised four ounces three drachms dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth If you add none of the aforesaid Water then take instead thereof Musk grains eighteen Ambergreese grains twenty four colour it with the Tincture of Roses or Gilliflowers what sufficeth S. A. Y-worth This carries with it all the Virtues of the former being also powerful in opening Obstructions relieving decayed Natures and giving help in the Falling sickness The Dose is from two to six drachms Aqua Stomachica minor or Stomach Water the lesser Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons spearmints dry Lovage Roots dry Aniseeds ana one pound nine ounces six drachms Calamus Aromaticus Ginger sweet Foenil-seeds Imperatoria Roots Wormwood dry and stript ana twelve ounces seven drachms two scruples Caraway and Coriander-seeds ana nine ounces five drachms Cummin-seeds Cloves ana four ounces six drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Spearmints dry Lovage Roots dry Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Calamus Aromaticus Ginger sweet Foenil-seeds Imperatoria Roots Wormwood dry and stript ana two ounces five drachms Caraway and Coriander-seeds ana one ounce seven drachms Cummin-seeds Cloves ana seven drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Aqua Stomachica major or Stomach VVater the greater Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Calamus Aromaticus nine ounces five drachms Guajacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingal ana six ounces and a half Citron Pills dry Orange Pills dry white Cinamon ana four ounces seven drachms grains fifteen Wormwood common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spearmint Rosemary tops Costmary Sweet Marjoram wild Thyme all dry ana three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Cinamon ana four ounces four drachms Cubebs Cardamums ana two ounces three drachms grains fifteen Sweet Foenil-seeds Coriander-seeds ana eight ounces Aniseeds two pound six ounces three drachms bruise all that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three Gallons Calamus Aromaticus one ounce seven drachms Guajacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingal ana twelve ounces Citron Pills dry Orange Pills dry white Cinamon ana one ounce one drachm two scruples grains five Wormwood common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spearmint Rosemary tops Costmary sweet Marjoram wild Thyme all dry ana four drachms and a half Nutmeg Cinamon ana six drachms Cubebs Cardamoms ana three drachms two scruples grains five sweet Foenil-seeds Coriander-seeds ana one ounce and a half Aniseeds six ounces one drachm bruise those that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Aqua Stomachica Nostra or Our Stomach VVater Y-worth Take Spirit Vini Sulphurat mentioned in the Chapter of Rectification ten gallons of Gascoigne Wine one gallon mix them together and digest in the Still with a gentle warmth twenty four hours then add in of Ginger Galingal Nutmegs grains of Paradise Cloves ana four ounces Aniseeds sweet Foenil-seeds Carawary-seeds Hearts-Ease ana eight ounces Sage Mint Red Roses the Flowers of the Lily of the Valley ana ten ounces Thyme Pelitory Camomil Lavender Avens ana four large handfuls Spanish Angelica Roots Zedoary Snake Root ana five ounces Musk and Ambergreese ana five scruples put on the head and lute all close and let them remain with a gentle warmth twenty four hours more and then Distill into high Proof Spirit S. A. To every gallon of this add ten ounces of our Potestates Rosmarini and a pound and a half of the Syrup of Rasberies or Black Cherries and let it refine S. A. Its Virtues 'T is a great Preservative against all Pestilential and Infectious Diseases powerfully corroborating and strengthning the Stomach being indued with such salutiferous Virtues as that it will really perform as much as any other Stomachick what ever The Dose is from two to four drachms Usquebaugh Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana six ounces three drachms Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish Raisins of the Sun ana three pound three ounces one drachm and a half bruise the Liquorice and Raisins and then dulcifie with brown Sugar eight pound stirr them well together and so let it stand ten days and then being fine draw off and keep it for use Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Cloves four drachms and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana one ounce one drachm Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish Raisins of the Sun ana nine ounces four drachms and a half bruise the Liquorice and Raisins and then dulcifie with brown Sugar
over a white thick shadowary Oyle towards the latter end by which the pure fine Spirits are troubled and made thick yet we say that this may be thus prevented Take a fine Holland-Cloath and rub one side of it very well with Black-Lead and bind the side so rub'd inwardly towards the end of the Worm and this will keep the thickness back as Experience demonstrates But as to Rich and Costly Waters you need not draw so long and yet no loss for what remains being Fermented will give a very good Spirit for other beginnings and altho in every Receipt the way to colour perfume and dulcifie the same is shewed yet the Distiller as seldom regards it as he doth the quantity of Spirits to the Pondus of Herbs and Spices for they are led by that rule which will return most Profit into their Pockets their general way is thus they make a Syrup with ordinary Sugar and too too often Treacle having first decocted Brasil Sanders or the like to colour the same and then strain the whole through a Canopy and so add it to the water to allay and dulcifie one of their Prescriptions is thus For Red Water Take of Spring-water one gallon or rather of the purified Liquor for allayes of Red Sanders one pound Brasil half a pound decoct these in the water closely stopt on the Embers so long until you obtain all the Tincture from the Wood then the wood is strained out to which quantity of water you add six or eight pound of Treacle or course Sugar and let it gently simper then Clarifie with the whites of ten or twelve Eggs and strain it through a fustian Canopy this you add to twenty or thirty gallons of common Aqua-vitae more or less according as it is in strength and you would have it in sweetness then to fine it 't is usual to take Flower and the Whites of two or three Eggs and with a spoonful or two of Yeast you beat them well together adding thereunto a scruple of Musk and ten grains of Amber-grease and put them in a small bag the which you let hang by the Bung-hole into your Liquor and in fourteen days it will be fit for sale Now these following Simples are generally made use of for colouring your Liquors withal viz. Reds with Rose leaves Poppie leaves Clove-Gilli-flowers Turnsole Root-Akanet Coachenele Juices Cherries Rasberries Mul-berries and Black-berries For Yellows Safron Turmerick and Yellow-Sanders But seeing we must colour this way we think it convenient to add our Opinion concerning the same which is if you use Woods whether Brasil Sanders c. that you decoct them in the cold distil'd water of the herb appropriated to the Water or else in cold distil'd Rose-water twenty four hours on gentle Embers and then strain forth and add of fine clean Sugar boyle up and Clarifie with a sufficient quantity of Whites of Eggs so let it pass through the Canopy or Fustian-sleeve and then add it to the Waters you intend to Dulcifie and as for the Perfumes you add in it is best that they be ground very well in a Mortar with some of he Spirits and then added or else let them be dissolved in it close luted in a gentle heat and then added to the Quantity otherwise your waters will want that smell to Perfume them which only radical Dissolution obtains Now for tender Leaves as Poppies Roses c. you had best also to take out their Tinctures by some of the Spirit in a Vessel close luted in Balneo which you must repeat so often till they remain pale the which you must add to your Quantity with your Sweets and that you fine it with Let your Fruits and Berries be separated from their stones and strained so as that they may not be broken therein for then it will make the pleasant Juice bitter to these so prepared you may add your Sugar and proceed as hath been directed S. A. by such Variations as Experience must prompt you in thus have we â—â—id down what is sufficient for any reasonable and Industrious person to build his practise on so that what remains is only to give you the Prescriptions of those Rich and Costly Waters promised Aqua Mirabilis Take Cloves Cubebs Galingale Mace Nutmegs Cardamums and Ginger of each two drachms the Juice of Salendine one pint Spirit of Wine two pints White-wine six pints Infuse all these twenty four hours and then distill off four â—ints by an Alembick Y-worth This is of Admirable Force and Verâ—â— to preserve the body from the Apoplexy and all Diseases of the Nerves it is very good against the Palsâ— Coâ—vulsion and Cramp as also for cold stomacks The Dose is from two drachms to half an ounce Aqua Mirabilis Nostra Y-worth Take Cloves Galingale Cubebs â—ace Cardamums Nutmegs and Ginger of â—ach three drachms Balm Sage Betony Bugâ—oss and Cowslip-flowers all gathered in their â—â—ime of each one handful the Juice of Salendine one pint and and half Aqua vitae Glauberis three pints the Wine of Black Currants two gallons digest twenty four hours and distil off one gallon in Balneo Mariae This hath all the Vertues of the former in Superiority more Cordial thence wonderfully strengthening the Heart Stomack and principal Vessels and therefore by us often called Aqua Coroborans The Dose is the same with the former Dr. Stephens's Water Take of Gascoign-wine two gallons Ginger Galingale Cinamon Nutmegs Grains Ani-seeds Fennel-seeds and Caraway-seeds of each two drachms Sage Red Mints Red Roses Thyme Pellitory Rosemary Wild Thyme Camomile and Lavender of each two handfuls beat the Spices small and bruise the herbs letting them macerate twelve hours stiring them now and then Distil by an Alembick or Copper-still with it's Refrigeratory keep the first quart by it self and the second by it self N. B. that the first quart will be the hotter but the second the stronger of the Ingredients Y-worth It is very Excellent in strengthening the Heart fortifying the Spirits relieving languishing Nature The Dose is from one drachm to two Aqua Imperialis Take of the Rind of Citrons and Oranges dried Nutmegs Cloves and Cinamon of each four ounces the roots of Flower-de-luce Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary Galingale and Ginger of each one pound of the tops of Lavender and Rosemary of each four handfuls the Leaves of the Bay-tree Marjoram Balm Mints Sage Thyme the Flowers of White and Damask-Roses of each one handful Rose-water eight pints the best White-wine two gallons bruise what must be bruised then Infuse them all twenty four hours after which Distil Y-worth This Water strengthens and Coroboâ—ates the Heart and is therefore Good for such as are subject unto faintings swoonings and Palpitations of the Heart and is a preservative against Apoplexies The Dose is from one drachm to three Aqua Celestis Take of Cinamon Cloves Nutmegs Ginger Zedoary Galingale Long pepper Citron pill Spicknard Lignum Aloes Cubebs Cardamums Calamus Aromaticus Mace Ground-pine
or Lunar Salt doth not only measurably supply this defect but also enrich and meliorate Spirits for having prepared your Magnet we shall give you the use of it in sweetning of Spirits Take of any sort of ill smelling Spirit or Brandy made from Corn one part of pure spring water two parts mix them together that so the stinking and ingrateful Savours may diffuse themselves into the added water having so done you must again free this Brandy thus tempered with the water by putting your Magnet thereinto and so will you draw therefrom all the stinkingness and 't is then just as if you had washed that Wine and rinsed off all it's filth without any charge or difficulty for the Magnet or exalted Salt desires not to contract friendship with any Impurity N. B. It remaining the same as before being freed from its flegm so that this Work is neither chargable nor difficult therefore the principal business is to be Master of such a Salt the virtues whereof are known by Experience because some years ago we have prepared it and are now again preparing of it altho at present the quantity that we have by us is very inconsiderable as having lost above two pound three ounces of it by the misfortunate breaking of a glass in a considerable Tryal for which great loss we often lament our unhappy mischance seing we might have been more wary in making smaller Tryals but this we shall pass by hoping that Providence may in due time multiply our Stores if not we must learn to be content submitting our will to the Divine Pleasure who distributes of his Riches and Gifts in his own time and there is no obtaining of it by force 't is his own free Gift so that if it is not again bestowed on us we may say with Helmont God Almighty knows for why he hath given the Goat so short a Tail peradventure we use not the Tallent bestowed upon us aright for we are convinced in our conscience that had we applyed it the genuin way it might have been helpful to hundreds that languish c. We having run through what is necessary to be treated off as to this Part shall Conclude the same only we think it Convenient to add this following and general Head Containing as it were a Summary of our Labours being an Answer to the Request of a Person of Worth which is as follows Worthy Friend IN Answer to your earnest Desire I have given you the Heads of my Books Printed and those ready for the Press First you have our Britannean Magazine or Assays to Artificial Wines which God willing we intend suddenly to Correct and Enlarge with Experimental Additions Secondly Cerevisiarii Comes or the Art of Brewing Containing the Grounds thereof proved and demonstrated by sound Philosophy Thirdly Chymicus Rationalis or the Chymical Art rationally stated and demonstrated by a short but effectual Course containing the Heads of the chief Medicines so highly valu'd Fourthly this said Treatise which is the Art of Distillation Compleat to which is added the Doctrine of the Nature and Preparation of Vegetable Powers Fifthly Spagyrick Philosophy Asserted or the true Physical Principles demonstrated by way of Answer to that Learned Dr. Boylwharf in which the Foundation and Preparation of true Specificks are so delivered as easily distinguishable from those pretended to be such by the Pseudo-Chymists a Work highly necessary and as much desired and therefore God willing as soon as may be shall see the Light Sixthly Speculum Morborum in which you may see various Opinions concerning the Original of Diseases and also discern the true Nature thereof Seventhly Medicina Rationalis or the whole body of Physick rationally stated upon a new Hypothesis containing not only the Original and Definition of Diseases but also their Cure Eighthly Historia nova de Thesauro Britannioe interno Celato or a new History containing the yet undiscovered Mysteries of Englands Gloay and unspeakable Riches which may be obtained by the true advancing of its Vegetables and Minerals by a multiplying and concentrating the Universal Spirit Ninthly The Magicians Magazine or the Wise-man's Store-house containing the chief and profitable Heads of all the Voluminous Writings of the Ancient Philosophers Tenthly Our Ideas of Divine and Natural Things being a Philosophical Discourse of the Macro and Microcosmical World all which shall be hastned with what possible speed can be so that I hope in the mean while you will accept of what is done for that our Resolutions are to improve our Talent according to the Abilities given and that for the Benefit of such as prefer realities as they are delivered For we can truly say in what we have done we have cleared our Conscience towards the Sons of Art as for my rewards I expect it at the Final End if I persevere in Christian Duties only to be the Sentence of Well done thou good and faithful Servant Hence forth is prepared for thee a Crown of Bliss Amen FINIS A Catalogue of Books Printed for and Sold by John Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard In Folio THE Travels of Monsieur Thevenot into the Levant in three Parts viz. into Persia Turkey and the East-Indies Rushworth's Historical Collections Dr. Goad's Aphorisms of the Weather Tarsis and Leile a new Romance Book of Homilies for Churches Smith's Christians Religions Appeal In Quarto Mr. Love's Compleat Surveyor or the Art of Measuring Land made easy in a more exact Method than hitherto Extant Curious Enquiries in six Discourses viz. of the Longitude the Tricks of Astrological Quacks of the Depth of the Sea of Tobacco of Europe's being too full of People the various Opinions concerning the Time of keeping the Sabboth Mr. Strode's new and easy method of the Art of Dyalling Several Letters written by French Protestants refug'd in Germany concerning the Unity of the Church Foxes and Fire-brands or the Harmony of Popery and Separation Arch-Bishop Cranmer's Judgment concerning the Holy Scripaures Published by Edmund Gee with a Preface The present French King drawn to the Life Angliae Decus Tutamen or the Glory and Safety of this Nation under our present King and Queen The Church of Englands Doctrine of Non-resistance Justified and Vindicated as truly rational and Christian by Lewis Sharp Rector of Morton-Hamstead-Deoon In Octavo Mr. Boyl's Free Enquiry into Nature in English and Latine His Disquisition about the final Causes of natural things with a Tract of Vitiated sight His Martyrdom of Theodora and Dydimus His Christian Virtuoso Experimenta Observationes Physicae Wherein are briefly treated of several Subjects relating to Natural Philosophy with a Collection of strange reports Quintilian's Declamations in English with the Approbation of several eminent School-Masters of Lond. Lord Vicount Shanon's Moral Essays on several Subjects relating to the present times Reasons why a Protestant should not turn Papist Le Grand's Historia Sacra Situation of Paradice found out Dr. Owen's Meditation of the Glory of Christ Osborn's Works Divine Moral Historical and Political Dr. Newton's Compleat Arithmetician A double Grammar for Germans to learn English and for English to learn the German Tongue In Twelves The Modern Courtier Dr. Salmon's New Method of Cuting the French Pox wherein is the Practise of an eminent French Author with the Method of Monsieur Blauchard as also Dr. Sydenham's Judgment on the same Rider's Practical Surgery in Observat Cases and Cures both for Sea and Land Galliae notitia Or the Present state of France containing a general Description of that Kingdom Mr. Gouge's Young man's Guide and Word to Saints and Sinners Minelius on Virgil. Dyer's Works History of the Wars of York and Lancaster Mr. Evelin's French Gardener Bishop Hall of Contentment An Exposition of the Church Catechism History of Lysander and Sabina A Novel Observations on the Mineral Watch in France Books newly Published Dr. Salmon's Medicina Practica or Practical Physick shewing the Method of Curing the most usual Diseases happening to human Bodies to which are added the Philosophick Works of Hermes Trismegist Kalid Persicus Geber Arabs Artefius Langoevus Nicholas Flammel Roger Scriptures and George Ripley Compleat in three Books Cervisiarii Comes or the newest and truest Art of Brewing Illustrated by various Examples in making Beer Ale and other Liquors so that they may be most durable and fragrant with the true method of making Salt Water Fresh and the Art of manuring Lands by W. Y-worth M. P. Miracles Performed by Money A Poem Just Published The true Interest of Familys or Directions how Parents may be happy in their Children the Children in their Parents to which is Added a Discourse about the right way of improving our time by a Divine of the Church of England with a Preface by Ant. Horneck D. D. A Sermon at the Funeral of the Hon. Rob. Boyle at St. Martin's in the Fields by the Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum Mr. Boy 's Seraphick Love c. General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small drawn out for the use of Travellers and Navigators Imparted by the late Honorable Rob. Boyle Fellow of the Royal Society Ordered to be Published in his Life time at the Request of some Curious Persons to which is Added other Directions for Navigators c. with particular Observations of the most noted Countries in the World by another hand Finis