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
Water off the Stomach it prevents sowre belchings and hath a specifick virtue against Vomitting The Dose is from three drachms to seven or eight Aqua Rosmarini or Rosemary Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Rosemary stript and dry three pound Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar five pound Addition Sweet Foenil seeds Cinnamon ana twelve ounces six drachms and a half Aniseeds Rosemary dry ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Carawayseeds three ounces one drachm and a half Spearmint dry three handfuls white Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Rosemary stript and dry nine ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar half a pound Addition Sweet Foenil seeds Cinnamon ana two ounces three drachms and a half Aniseeds Rosemary dry ana four ounces seven drachms Carawayseeds four drachms and a half Spearmint dry a competent quantity white Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth Rosemary Water is an excellent Cephalick and Stomachick for it comforts the Brain revives the Senses easing violent pains of the head it strengthens the Stomach and is good against the Diarrhoea Dysentery or Irish Flux as also the Strangury or difficulty of making Water It may be safely Administred these three ways sc one ounce and a half to be drunk given in a Clyster or injected into the Yard Aqua Limoniarum aut Aurantiorum Limon or Orange Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirits sixteen gallons Limon or Orange Pills dry three pound Aniseeds the best one pound nine ounces five drachms bruise the Pills and seeds and then Distill into fine Spirit and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Caraway seeds six ounces four drachms Aniseeds Limon Pills dry ana one pound and a half five drachms grains six white Sugar four pound In the like manner and quantity you may make your Composition with Orange Pills dry Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Limon or Orange Pills dry nine ounces Aniseeds the best four ounces eight drachms bruise the Pills and seeds and then Distill into fine Spirit Secundum Artem dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Carawayseeds one ounce three drachms grains fifteen Aniseeds Limon Pills dry ana four ounces seven drachms white Sugar twelve ounces In the like manner and quantity you may make your Composition with Orange Pills dry Y-worth This is a great strengthener of the Spirits Natural Vital and Animal and by its fragrancy is very refreshing to the Stomach breaking away wind 't is also a good Cordial restorative opening Obstructions and being indued with a Balsamick Virtue heals inward defects The Dose is from three drachms to six Aqua Majoranae or Marjoram Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons sweet Marjoram dry four pound thirteen ounces Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Carawayseeds six ounces three drachms grains fifteen Calamus Aromaticus nine ounces five drachms bruise them and Distill into fine goods then dulcifie with white Sugar what is sufficient Secundum Artem. Addition Cinnamon eight ounces Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Limon Pills dry four ounces six drachms and a half Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons sweet Marjoram dry fifteen ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Carawayseeds one ounce three drachms grains five Calamus Aromaticus one â—â—nce seven drachms bruise them and Distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Addition Cinamon one ounce and a half Cloves four drachms and a half Limon Pills dry seven drachms and a half Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth 'T is good against the Infirmities of the Liver and Spleen and shortness of Breath 't is a great Corroborater and strengthner of the inward parts The Dose is from three drachms to six Aqua Meliphylli or Balsamint Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Balsamint dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Aniseeds best one pound and a half one ounce five drachms Carawayseeds six ounces three drachms Limon Pills dry twelve ounces six drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirit and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound S. A. Addition Sweet Foenil Cinnamon ana eight ounces Nutmegs four ounces six drachms and a half Sugar four pound Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Balsamint dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Aniseeds best four ounces seven drachâ—â— Carawayseeds one ounce one drachm Limon Pills dry two ounces three drachms and a half bruise them that are to be bruised and then Distill into strong Proof Spirits and dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half S. A. Addition Sweet Foenil Cinnamon ana one ounce and a half Nutmegs seven drachms and a half Sugar twelve ounces Y-worth This is a good Stomachick and Carminative The Dose six or eight drachms Aqua Caryophyllorum or Clove Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of high Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cloves one pound Aniseeds one pound nine ounces five drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Composition the lesser Take of high Proof Spirit three gallons Cloves three ounces Aniseeds four ounces seven drachms Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar one pound and a half Y-worth This Water is esteemed very good for helping Digestion breaking Wind opening the Urinary passage and provoking Urine for fortifying the Vital Spirits and the Heart the fountain thereof The Dose is from two to four drachms Aqua Cinnamomi Communis or Cinnamon Water Common Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinnamon the best eight pound Aniseeds one pound Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar twelve pound S. A. Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Cinnamon the best one pound and a half Aniseeds three ounces Distill into fine goods and then dulcifie with white Sugar two pound four ounces Aqua Cinnamomi Propria or Cinnamon Water Proper Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinnamon the best and large sixteen pound Distill into fine goods Then take white Sugar twenty pound Rosewater six pound six ounces three drachms make them into a Syrup and dulcifie therewith S. A. Addition Musk and Ambergreese ana two scruples grains eight white Sugar Candy instead of common white Sugar qu. sat e. S. A. Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Cinnamon the best and large three pound Distill into fine goods Then take white Sugar three pound thirteen ounces Rosewater one pound three ounces one drachm make them into a Syrup and dulcifie
Wine what sufficeth Infuse them in the Wine two days and then Distill in Bal. Mariae Y-worth 'T is good for such as have the Mercurial Property abounding and are troubled with dulness of Spirit as also against Faling-sickness Convulsion Fitts and Infirmities of the Brain The Dose is from one to three drachms Observe Here is no quantity of Spirits given because the Distillers have a usual way in this thing to go by their own Experience that is they 'll make them no richer of the Herbs Seeds and Spices than as they 'll answer their cost in the Sale therefore they sometimes put two or three Cans more than we prescribe nay and omit one half of the Ingredients only observing that according as the Water is called to let that Herb Seed or Fruit to have the predominance of the flavours so that they go more by Custom than by Book but for our part we don 't in all things approve of this for we love true Prescriptions though the Waters be something thing the dearer and so to unite sound Theory and Practice together Aqua Salviae or Sage Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons great Sage dry four pound twelve ounces six drachms and a half Red Sage dry three pound three ounces one drachm and a half Lavender Flowers Sage Flowers ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Lavender Cotton dry Southern-wood dry ana twelve ounces six drachms and a half Nutmegs one pound bruise or beat them as is most proper and then Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what sufficeth Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons great Sage dry fourteen ounces three drachms and a half Red Sage dry nine ounces four drachms and a half Lavender Flowers Sage Flowers ana four ounces five drachms Lavender Cotton dry Southern-wood dry ana two ounces three drachms and a half Nutmegs one ounce bruise or beat them as is most proper and then Distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Aqua Salviae Composita or Sage Water Compound Distiller Take Sage Marjoram Thyme Lavender Epithymum Bettony ana one ounce Cinamon half an ounce lreos Roots of Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus ana one ounce Storax Benjamin ana one drachm and a half infuse them four days in four pound of Spirit of Wine and then Distill in Balneo Y-worth 'T is good for such as are cold and Phlegmatick to revive the Spirits and fortifie the digestive faculty as also against oppressive Vapours that disturb the Microcosm The Dose is from two drachms to an ounce Aqua Caryophillatorum or Avens Water Composition the greater Distiller Take of good Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Avens Roots six pound six ounces three drachms grains five Orrice Roots Nutmegs Yellow Sanders Mace ana three ounces one drachm and a half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamin ana one ounce and a half grains fifteen Angelica Roots four ounces six drachms and a half Limon Pills Green twelve ounces six drachms and a half sweet Foenil-seeds Aniseed ana one pound nine ounces five drachms Cloves two ounces Roman Wormwood Mint dry ana four handfuls and a half Red Roses Staechas Flowers ana six handfuls and a half sweet Marjoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry ana nine handfuls and a half Alkermes Berries three ounces one drachm and a half bruise them all that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. and then dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rosewater six pound six ounces three drachms grains fifteen white Sugar sixteen pound boyl it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it on the Fire again adding thereto Confection of Alkermes six ounces three drachms and a half Syrup of Gilly-Flowers one pound nine ounces five drachms Ambergreese dissolved in Rosewater four scruples grains sixteen let these boyl a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Composition the lesser Take of good Proof Spirit three gallons Avens Roots one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains five Oâ—rice Roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace ana four drachms and a half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamin ana two drachms grains fifteen Angelica Roots seven drachms and a half Limon Pills green two ounces three drachms and a half sweet Foenilseeds Aniseeds ana four ounces six drachms Cloves three drachms Roman Wormwood Mint dry ana q. s Red Roses Staechas Flowers ana q. s e. sweet Majoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry ana q. s e. Alkermes Berries four drachms and a half bruise them all that are to be bruised and Distill into Proof Spirit S. A. and then dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rose water one pound three ounces one drachm two scruples grains fifteen white Sugar three pound boyl it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it on the Fire again adding thereunto Confection of Alkermes one ounce two drachms one scruple grains ten Syrup of Gilliflowers four ounces seven drachms Ambergreese Dissolved in rose-Rose-water grains eighteen let these boil a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Y-worth This water is a very great Cordial Exhilarating the Spirits strengthning and comforting all the inward parts it not only preserves against the Consumption but also strengthens and revives those that are in it The Dose is from one to six scruples according to the age and strength of the Patient Rosa Solis Composition the greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Cinamon the best twelve ounces six drachms and a half Cloves three ounces one drachm and a half Nutmegs Ginger Cara-way seeds ana six ounces three drachms Marigold-flowers Aniseeds ana one pound nine ounces five drachms bruise them and Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish one pound nine ounces five drachms Raisins of the Sun brown Sugar ana eight pound Red Sanders six ounces three drachms bruise the Liquorice and Raisins stir them well together and let them stand twelve days then being clear it may be drawn for use Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Cinamon the best two ounces three drachms and a half Cloves four drachms and a half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway-seeds ana one ounce one drachm Marigolds Aniseeds ana four ounces seven drachms bruise them and Distill into strong Proof Spirit S. A. Then add to the Distilled Water Liquorice Spanish four ounces seven drachms Raisins of the Sun brown Sugar ana one pound and a half Red Sanders one ounce one drachm bruise the Liquorice and Rasins stir them well together and let them stand twelve days then being clear it may be drawn for use Addition Add to the Spirit half as much as the rule of every particular Ingredient therein expressed And instead of Sanders give it the Tincture of Roses Gilliflowers or Poppies S. A. Y-worth 'T
drachms let it resin S. A. Y-worth 'T is not only excellent for such as are wounded but also for those that are subject to internal bleedings it mortifies the Corrosive Acid and Saline juices so sweetens and thickens the Blood the Dose in such a case is from half an ounce to an ounce and half according to the Age Strength and Constitution of the Patient every three hours as also every two hours for three days together for such as are subject to Vomitting of Blood The first Water made by decoction is very famous in curing Wounds Impostumes and Vlcers such cures have been done by it that few may credit it it first gives ease in a very short time and then perform the cures if not so far declined as that the highest Specificks will not prevail For inward wounds you must take this with the other but this Mornings and Evenings four or five spoonfuls at a time and that all times of the day If the Wound be outward it must be washed therewith and Linen Cloaths wet in the same be applyed thereto Note that the Herbs herein contained must be gathered in their true Signature as also in the Month of May. Aqua Mariae or the Ladies Water Composition the greater Distiller Take Sugar Candid four pound Canary Wine one pound and half Rosewater one pound boyl them well into a Syrup to which add Aqua Caelestis eight pound Ambergreese Musk ana one drachm grains twelve Saffron one drachm Tincture of Coral saith Dr. Boylwharfe one ounce Yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Caelestis hereafter described one ounce Distill or make a clear Water S. A. Composition the lesser Take Sugar Candy one pound Canary Wine six ounces rose-Rose-water four ounces make of these a Syrup and boyl it well to which add of Aqua Imperialis two Pints Ambergreese Musk of each eighteen grains Saffron fifteen grains Yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Imperialis two drachms Addition Aqua Preciosa hereafter expressed half an ounce the Tincture of Coral Bezoar and the aucrified Sulphur of Antimony ana two drachms refine and unite S. A. Y-worth 'T is very good against the Plague and all Pestilential Diseases and an excellent Counterpoison it strengthens the Spirits and is prevalent against fainting and swooning fits it is good against most cold Diseases of the Head Brain and Stomach and principally for Men but not so good for Women unless the Musk and Ambergreese be left out The Dose is a spoonful or two first in the morning and last at night going to Bed Aqua Anticolica Nostra or Our VVater against the Colick Composition the greater Y-worth Take of Daucus or wild Carrots twelve ounces Aniseeds eight ounces Cummin-seeds three ounces two drachms Cinnamon four ounces and a half Mace Cloves Nutmegs ana seven drachms Galingal one ounce and half Calamus Aromaticus dried two ounces and a half the dried Rind of Oranges and Limons ana six ounces Galls and Grains ana one ounce two drachms infuse these by way of Fermentation for twelve days in the fragrant Wine of Camomile Flowers five gallons Elder-wine a gallon and half then pour on five Gallons of Proof Spirit and draw into high Proof or fine goods dulcifie with white Sugar four pound Addition Apricocks Centaury Agrimony Adonis of each half a pound Palma Christi Hart-wort Lavender of each six ounces Yarrow and Zedoary of each four ounces white Sugar four pound Tinctura Anodyna or Laudanum Liquidum four unces refine S. A. Composition the lesser Take of Daucus or wild Carrots four ounces Aniseeds two ounces five drachms one scruple Cumminseeds one ounce two scruples Cinnamon one ounce and a half Mace Cloves Nutmegs ana two drachms one scruple Gallingal half an ounce Calamus Aromaticus dried seven drachms the dried Rind of Oranges and Limons ana two ounces Galls and Grains ana three drachms one scruple infuse these by way of fermentation for twelve days in fragrant Wine of Camomile Flowers one gallon and a half Elder-Wine half a gallon then pour on a gallon and half of Proof Spirit and draw into high Proof or fine goods dulcifie with white Sugar one pound four ounces Addition Apricocks Centaury Agrimony Adonis of each two ounces five drachms Palma Christi Heart-wort Lavender of each two ounces Yarrow and Zedoary of each one ounce two drachms grains fifteen white Sugar one pound six ounces Tinctura Anodyna or Laudanum Liquidum one ounce two drachms two scruples refine S. A. Its Virtues It is not only good against the Colick but also oppression of wind in the Stomach and Bowels how offensive soever it be and the more especially if you dilate it in a little cold Distilled Water of Yarrow and sweeten it with the Syrup of Poppies and drink it as a Cordial in which Case you may take half a Pint at two draughts with an hours intermission 't is most excellent also for the Gripes in Sucking Children being taken to the quantity of a spoonful or spoonful and haâ—f in Breast Milk Aqua Nostra in Vermes or Our Worm-Water Composition the greater Y-worth Take of Hellebore Savin Broom Flowers and tops ana a Peck pour thereon the Water of Tansie Rue and Peach Flowers ana two gallons adding thereunto Sugar five pound and with the common ferment let them ferment five or six days then take of Worm-seed bruised one pound Wormwood tops and seeds six handfuls Peach Flowers three handfuls the fine shavings of Harts-horn a pound strong Proof Spirit ten gallons Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar eight pound Addition Agrimony Cedar Elecampane Garlick Mustard Nettles Harts-tongue Leaves ana an handful Aloes bruised six ounces Christals of Tartar half a pound fine Sugar six pound Composition the lesser Take of Hellebore Savin Broom tops and Flowers ana a quarter of a peck pour thereon of the water of Tansie Rue and Peach-flowers ana four Pints adding thereunto Sugar one pound four ounces and ferment with the common ferment five or six days then take of wormseed bruised four ounces Wormwood tops and seeds two handfuls Peach flowers a large Pugil the fine shaving of Harts-horne four ounces strong Proof Spirit two gallons and ahalf Distill into fine goods and dulcifie with white Sugar two pound Addition Agrimony Cedar Elecampane Garlick Mustard Nettles Harts-tongue Leaves ana half a Pugil or a small Pugil Aloes bruised one ounce and ahalf Chrystals of Tartar four ounces fine Sugar one poundand a half Its Virtues 'T is prevalent against all kind of Worms both in Young and Old for being Dilated into a Cordial with the Syrup of the three first Herbs it becomes a Medicine not to be surpassed by any thing short of a specifick The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce according to the Age Nature and condition of the diseased you must observe to take it seven mornings together fasting Aqua Nostra Convulsiva or Our Water against the Convulsion Coposition the greater Y-worth Take of Black-cherries bruised
it is perfectly clear Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Ennula-campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each four ounces and seven drachms Cyprus-roots bark of the roots of Bay-tree or as much leaves Sassafras with the bark Cinamon white of each one ounce six drachms and fifteen grains Calamus-aromaticus Orange-pills drie one ounce and a drachm Clary red Mints Calamint Elder-flowers Camomile-flowers of each an ounce and an half Sweet-Fennel-seeds Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each one ounce and a drachm Coriander-seeds Cardamums Cubebs Grains of Paradise Cloves and Ginger of each six drachms Pepper long and white of each three ounces bruise them all grosely and distill into fine goods S.A. then dulcifie with white Sugar three pound and draw it for use when it is perfectly clear Aqua Sudorifica or Water to procure Sweat Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit 16 gallons Butter-bur-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each one pound and an half one ounce and five drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each one pound three ounces one drachm and an half Cowslip-flowers Marigold-flowers of each one pound Juniper-berries two pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the Lesser Take of Strong Proof Spirit three gallons Butter-bur-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and in half Valerian common roots Aniseeds of each four ounces seven drachms Vincetoxicum-roots Sassafras-roots with the bark of each two ounces four drachms and an half Angelica herb dry Carduus Benedictus Great-Valerian herb and roots all dry Scordium of each three ounces four drachms and an half Cowslip-flowers and Marigold-flowers of each three ounces Juniper berries six ounces bruise them all and diâ—â—ill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with White Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is very excellent in proâ—â—king Sweat the Patient drinking an Ounce thereof â—â—d then to be covered close in bed by which means â—iny Disseasysdea's will be dissipated and carried off and â—e Spirits and Body strengthened Aqua contra Crapulam or Surfeit Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Juniper berries three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula Campana roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms Calamus aromaticus Galingale of each six ounces and three drachms Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry of each four ounces Caraway-seeds Angelica-seeds of each three ounces one drachm and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark and White Cinamon of each four ounces six drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Cloves and Ginger of each one ounce and an half two scruples and five grains Red-Poppy-flowers six pound six ounces and an half Aniseeds four pound bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and then dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound Composition the lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Juniper berries nine ounces four drachms and an half Ennula Campana roots dry four ounces and six drachms Calamus-aromaticus and Galingale of each an ounce and a drachm Wormwood Spearmint and Red-Mint all dry or each six drachms Carraway-seeds and Angelica-seeds of each four ounces and an half Sassafras-roots with the bark white Cinamon of each seven drachms and an half Nutmegs Mace Ginger and Cloves of each two drachms and fifteen grains Red-Poppy-flower sone pound three ounces and an half Aniseeds twelve ounces bruise them all and distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound Y-worth This Water is not only good for Surfeits but also for Feavers Agues and Obstructions and all others wherein a sharp and Acid ferment too much affects the Blood The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce If in this Dose you mix two or three drachms of 〈◊〉 Spiritus Mundus and drink it two or â—hree times a day it will cure most Plurisies without â—mae-section Aqua contra Scorbutum or Scorbutical Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Horse-radish-roots drie three pound three ounces one drachm and an half Enula-Campana-roots drie Aniseeds of each one pound nine ounces and five drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses and Garden-cresses Taragon Balsamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water Sweet-Chervile of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Arsmart twelve ounces six drachms and and half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar sixteen pound or what sufficeth For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of the Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Composition the Lesser Take of strong Proof Spirit three gallons Horse-raddish-roots dry nine ounces four drachms and an half Enula-Campana-roots dry and Aniseeds of each four ounces and six drachms Water-cresses Winter-cresses Garden-cresses Taragon Baisamint Scurvy-grass garden Wormwood Brook-lime Trefoile water and Sweet-Chervile of each one ounce six drachms and five grains Arsmart two ounces three drachms and an half Mustard Bank-cress Rocket Radish of the seeds of each seven ounces and an half Citron pils Orange-pils dry Cinamon white and Mace of each one ounce one drachm two scruples and five grains bruise them all and then distill into fine goods S. A. and dulcifie with white Sugar three pound For use take seven parts of this Spirit and one part of Juice of Limmons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth Y-worth This Water is excellent for purifying the Blood and for carrying off the Scorbutick Acidity by way of mortification for it sweetens the same all one as Spirit of Wine doth the Spirit of Salt The Dose for such is from two to six drachms twice or thrice a day Aqua contra Pestilentiam or Plague-Water Composition the Greater Distiller Take of strong Proof Spirit sixteen gallons Butter-bur-roots dry one pound nine ounces and five drachms garden and common Valerian-roots both dry Angelica-roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula-Campana Snake-grass-roots of each nine ounces and an half two scruples and five grains Contrayerva Zedoary and Galingale of each six ounces three drachms and fifteen grains Rue-leaves dry white Horehound Scordium Carduus-Benedictus of each eight ounces Elder-flowers Lavender and Mace of each four ounces six drachms and an half Citron-pils dry Juniper-berries of each twelve ounces six drachms and an half Green Walnuts with the husks one pound nine ounces and five drachms Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each three ounces one drachm and an half Aniseeds best two pound six ounces three drachms and an
Germander Hermodactyls Tormentil White Frankincense the pith of Dwarf Elder Juniper-berries Bay-berries the Seeds and Flowers of Motherwort the Seeds of Smallage Fennel and Anise the Leaves of Sorrel Sage Felwort Rosemary Marjoram Mints Penny-Royal Stechados the Flowers of Elder Red and White Roses of the Leaves of Scabious Rue the lesser Moonwort Egrimony Centory Fumitary Pimpernel Sowthistle Eyebright Maiden-hair Endive Red Saunders Aloes of each four ounces pure Amber the best Rhubarb of each four drams dried Figs Raisins of the Sun Dates stoned sweet Almonds Grains of the Pine of each two ounces of the best Aqua vitae to the quantity of them all of the best hard Sugar two pound of white Honey one pound then add the Root of Gentian Flowers of Rosemary Pepperwort the Root of Bryony Sowbread Wormwood of each an ounce Now before these are distill'd quench Gold being made Red hot oftentimes in the aforesaid Water put therein Oriental Pearls beaten small two pound and then distill it after twenty four hours Infusion Y-worth This is a very good Cordial Water prevailing against Malignant Pestilential Feavers a great restorative to such as are in Consumption it comforts the Heart and revives drooping Spirits 't is very hot in Operation you must not exceed half a drachm for the largest Dose without the Advice of a Physitian In Feavers mix it with cooling Juleps Aqua Nostra Multifera Virtutum or our Water of Many Virtues Y-worth Take Pawme Sage Bettony Buglosse Cowslips all gather'd in their prime of each a handful Motherwort Bay Leaves of each a handful and half Marygold-flowers two handfuls flowers of Rosemary Lavender Lillies of the Valley Rosa-solis of each four handfuls the Juice of Salendine two pound Saffron two ounces Lignum Aloes an ounce and half Turmerick four ounces Spirit of Wine six Quarts digest all six days and then distil in B. S. A. This Water is excellent in the Diseases of the Head Breast and Heart Liver and principal parts fortifying the Faculties and strengthning Nature as far as can be expected from simple Cordial Spirits without being enriched with some Mineral Sulphurs the which will be shown in our Spagyrick Phylosophy Asserted and Spagyrick philosophies Tryumph Now by the way observe that most of these Waters or Spirits are too strong to be taken alone Nature not loving to ride in fiery Chariots 't is best therefore that they be dilated and reduced into Cordials the way by which 't is performed will be shown in our Medicina rationalis Crollii Aqua Theriacalis Camphorat Or Crollius his Treacle Water Camphorated Take of Andromachus his Treacle ten ounces the best Myrrh five ounces the best Saffron one ounce Camphire four drams mix them together then pour upon them of the best Spirit of Wine â—wenty ounces and let them stand twenty four hours in a warm place then distill them in Balneo with a gradual Fire Cohobate the Spirit three times Y-worth This Water is of Excellent Virtue against the Pestilence and other Feavers 't is a very good Counter-poyson and good for those that have been bit by any Venemous Creature or such as have the French Pox for it drives forth all virulent Humours from the heart and is a great Cordial The Dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Aqua Composita contra Scorbutum or a Scorbutical Water Take of the Leaves of both sorts of Scurvy Grass being made very clear of each twelve pound let these be bruised and the Juice pressed forth to which add the Juice of Brooklime Juice of Water Cresses of each a pound of the best white Wine sixteen Pints twelve whole Lemmons cut of the fresh Roots of Briony eight pound of the fresh Roots of Horse-radish four pound of the Bark of Winteran one pound of Nutmegs eight ounces let them macerate three days and then distill S. A. Y-worth This Water is Excellent for the Scurvy with all the Symptoms that attend the same 't will radically cure those that are not too Rebellious in a Month or six Weeks time if you take two Spoonfuls thereof in a Morning and Evening I could indeed inlarge my self with various other Prescriptions but I think it needless seeing you have here what is sufficient to accomplish any Distiller nay peradventure more than ever you may have occasion to make so that others of a more Superior and Higher Order will be superfluous as to such as have a desire to know more thinking them necessary in their Medicinal practice let them resort to our Medicina Rationalis where they shall find them under the head of such Diseases as they are appropriated to And for those that would be curious and have variety of chargeable Prescriptions let them apply themselves to the London Dispensatory and other Authors wherein they are prescribed But as to such as desire the healing Virtues of one single Cordial which hath been found for many years to supply the place of many others such we advise to our Spiritus Propheâ—â—â—ticus Imperialis treated of in our Spagyrick Philoâ—â—phy asserted for this indeed is various ways to be â—â—dered and that to such an advantage as that it â—â—swers all that can be desired from any thing of this Nature and therefore for the good of such as languish under deplorable Diseases we thought it â—â—quisite to give its Virtue and Use First of the Spirit and then of the way of dilating it into a Cordial Spiritus HEADrophelacticus Imperialis or the Antipeleptick HEADowers Soveraign for all the Diseases of the Head Womb-Fits sudden surprisals and infectious Diseases being a general Cordial for all Diseases incident to the Body As to its Preparation 't is given in our Spagyrick Philosophy Asserted Its Virtues in General This is a great Cordial truly helping Nature inâ—â—rdly or outwardly applyed and is of admirable benefit to poor fainty drooping Spirits and weak Nature and a great Reliever and Comforter of Old Aged people Strengthning and Comforting the Heart and Stomach prevalent against Wind Chollick Gripes Yellow Jaundice Cough and Colds and such like Distempers And also Bruises and Contusions wither'd and benumbed Members and Cramp 't is efficacious against Cold moist Diseases of the Head Stomach and Heart as Apoplexies Falling Sickness Palsies Trembling Head-ach Megrim Vertigo Carus Lethargy Sleepiness and Dimnâ—sâ— of Sight cold Rheums Catarrhs Rhumatisms Old Aches of the Back and Loyns stinking breath as also good against Convulsions It s Use and Dose For any Bruise Squatt Aches or weak and decayed parts you must dip a Cloath therein and lay it four or five times double on the part and at last having repeated this three or four times bind it fast thereon For the Diseases of the Face and Head you must annoint your Face and Temples and take the savours up your Nostrils For Rickets in Children it must be applyed as well outwardly as inwardly chasing the grieved part with the clear Spirit before the Fire Dipping a Scarlet cloath in it and laying it
which Salt remove and carefully preserve for t is of an inestimable value Then take Oyster-shells wash them very clean dry them and Calcine them to an exceeding white Calx the which power very finely and sift through a fine sieve then take of this and the highly purifyed Sal-Armoniack of each a like quantity mix them well together and put them into a Retort and pour thereon twice their weight of the Alkalizated Spirit of that Concrete whence you intend to make your Powers and by degrees of fire distil to dryness the spirit that comes over you may rectifie from a proportionable Quantity of dryed herbs spices or seeds from whence you make your Powers or Oleosum and then unite three pound thereof with half a pound of Essential Oyl by two or three Cohobations or if your oyl is prepared as before directed you may only shake them together and they shall be united or in defect of this you may do it by digestion by adding in three or four ounces of our Common Reconciler or Vegetable-preserving-Salt and so have you an Oleusum or Powers superiour to any as yet by others exposed to sale being not only indued with the middle nature of the Concreate but also an Abstersive Vertue as will be seen more at large hereafter for what is here said in general is sufficient to signifie unto you the preparation and nature of those Powers and Oleosums prepared by the Hermaphroditical Sal-Armoniack we shall therefore proceed to the Particulars and first of Potestates Cinamomi or the Powers of Cinamon Take of the aforesaid prepared Sal-Armoniack one pound of the highly Alkalizated Spirit of Wine four pound Distil and Unite as before directed then Rectifie from Cinamon one pound moistned with a little Oyle of common salt run per del in a strong B. M. and Cohobate two or three times upon the Cinamon by which means its Vertue will be obtained put this upon a pound of fresh Cinamon and Cohobate as before repeat this a third time and your Spirit will become very rich of the Cinamon now on the Cinamon that remains pour good Spirit of Wine and extract the Tincture as long as any will come add these Tinctures together and put them into a Retort and call off 8 4 gently dry the Extract the Cinamon that remains after Distillation must be gently dryed and Calcined into Ashes the which while so warm as to be handled must be put into a Cucurbit pouring thereon the before mentioned Spirit call'd over by making the Extract put on a blind head and digest three days decant the clear and if after that you think any Spirit remains in the Ashes you may call it off by Distillation and then with Distil'd Rain-water extract the Salt from the Ashes in the Cucurbit the which exactly filtre evaporate and Christallize Now add your two Spirits together and then take the Salt and extract and grind them together with six ounces of the Oyle of Cinamon put them into a large Retort and pour your Spirits on them Distil off and Cohobate three or four times and lastly return your spirit back adding in of our Common Reconciler four ounces digest four days decant the clear and so are the Powers prepared Their Vertues They are prevalent in Vertigoes Palsies Apoplexies deprivation of Sense Frensies Madness inveterate pains of the Head Megrims sudden Coughs Colds and difficulty of Breathing they not onely comfort the Head and Brain and refresh the Sences but also cheer the Heart resist Poyson and revive the Spirits being a powerful Medicine in Palpitations Faintings Swoonings and Sickness at the Heart and Stomack good against a stinking Breath Indigestion and want of Appetite and other the like Defects They are good for vomiting and spitting of Blood and excellent for weak and consumptive People They are also prevalent in the Cholick Griping of the Guts Wind Pain of the Stomack and Spleen Iliack Passion sharp and corroding humours in the Bowels and all other pains whatsoever they cure a Diarrhea Dysentery and Lientery the flux of the Liver over-flowing of the Terms and Whites in Women Their use and manner of being Taken For Fits or any Diseases that suddenly approach take thirty or forty drops in a glass of spring-water sweetned with a little Sugar anointing the fore-head and temples therewith and forcing the savours up the nostrels but for weakness and fluxes let forty drops be drank in a glass of Tent two or three times a day observe by the same rules are made the Powers of Sassafras and all such woods as will yield an Essential Oyle by Distillation all of which are more noble in vertue than any of their common Prescriptions hitherto Dispenced The price ten shillings an ounce Potestates Menthoe or the Powers of Mint Take of Mint gathered in the right signature in a clear day what quantity you please let them be chop'd very small or rather pounded in a great stone Mortar and put them into a large Tunn or Oyle-fatt as is ordered for Distillation and pour thereon new Wort or rather Mead sufficient to cover them at least an hands breadth either of which must be blood-warm head them well with yeast and let them work as we have ordered in our first part of Distillation and after five days distil with a large Refrigeratory into Low-wines the which pour again upon a fresh quantity of Mint gently dryed the herbs are best to be hang'd in a bag as described figure the second for so they will get no ill tangue and distil into proof goods then add fresh herbs as before and distil a third time which is called Rectification but in this we advise you to put in a Can or two of water to keep the body of your Still from burning as is usual in Reâ—â—ification then rectifie from Christallized Salt of Tartar and unite it with purified Sal Armoniack and again rectify from the herbs in a large Cucurbit with its glass Helm and so the Spirit becomes rich pure vital strong and fragrant of the Herb take of this three pound of the oyl of Mint six ounces and unite as directed in the generals Observe that if Essential oyls are rectified from mortified Bay-Salt they may be brought to unite in equal pondus with the Spirit VIRTUES These Powers are superior to any of this nature hitherto extant and wonderfully fortify the Spirits exhilerate the mind strengthen the stomack and provoke Appeâ—ite stays the Hiccough and Vomiting and stops the fury of cholerick Passions their like prevalency is also seen in stopping the Flowers and Whites externally the Temples being bathed with them eases the Head-ach and cures Watry-eyes strengthening weak sinnews and being internally taken and externally applyed are a Counter-poyson against the venom of Serpents The Dose is from twenty to forty Drops in Mead Wine or rather some cordial Julep made from it's distil'd water or Syrrup The Price is Twelve pence an ounce Potestates Melissoe or the Powers of Bawm Let
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
writing but from a sluggish neglect of their heedful observation and of putting them into use for have we not named besides the Lees of Wine and what proceeds from that root with the Viner Heiggs c. and others which you count Spagyrical things of such a degree as any one may conceive as Bay Salt Bay Leaves Orrice c. And to those already named we will add Cherries without the Stones Arsmart Pepperwort the Herb Scarleae the Blackberry first made into Wine as directed as also Wheat Corn for from thence proceed most excellent flavours as we know by large Experience therefore accept of our plain and kind Communication and by a few tryals you may hit the profitable truth especially if you over Dose not the Spirit with the Herb for do we not see how a few drops of the Oyl of Cinamon Cloves and Mace being dropt into Sugar and cast into Wines alter their taste especially if some Essence of Ambergreese is added as may be hereafter more largely shown in the next Impression of our Britannean Magazine of Liquors we also see that the Elder-flower cast into well decocted Mead makes it just like Wine made of the Apian or Muskadine Grape All which presidents make clear the Art of Rectification so that enough and more than enough is said of this Nature seeing the diligent hand must by trials obtain that which may greatly redound to the satisfaction of the searcher for doth not Solomon say the diligent hand makes rich which may be understood in Knowledge as well as Substance since that he preferrs Wisdom and Understanding before all the Riches and Glory of this World saying that Kings and Princes must come and throw down their Crowns and Scepters before it And how can any man be said to excel another if he have not some gifts above him and a Practical knowledge in that of which the other understands nothing but into this part must every man enter by his own self-labour and uncessant seeking and knocking until Divine Providence through his perseverance opens it unto him For we can neither lay nor yet think of any Limitations in this Case but as to what we have written we think it sufficient for any rational Genius to make enlargements on and the more especially seeing we have shown the Preparation of Powers and Essential Salts in the second Head in the fourth Chapter sc of noble specificated Powers as also in the third Head touched at the Office of our Sal Panaristos which will perform on Wines and Spirits all that the Artist can desire nay even to the Superlative degree and yet the radical Product of England therefore did we in our first Part Metaphorically describe the Actions of the Planets in order to set forth this thing and to show that the Universal Spirit may have its pure Effluviums so concentrated as to be brought into a Corporeal or Bodily Form this is that when so prepared which hath power to transmute one Nature into another and as Vulgar Venus will Cloath Pale-Faced Sol with a deeper and more beautiful Garment so will our Chaos of Mars and Venus mentioned in the Preface of our Chymicus Rationalis or rather our Vitriol of Venus and Mars Philosophical be a Medium for the exalting of Spirits into a purer Nature and how can it be otherwise seeing the Vine is under the Signature of Venus and the Juice thereof hath only from thence its sweet Salt but this hath the Virtue of all the Planets Concatinated into a pure sweet and Chrystaline Salt the very Key to the Golden and Lunar Magnet and other such perfect ones which by their internal purities will magnetically attract and separate Impurities from other beings and so doth this the Flegm and gross Sulphur in Spirits which being stirred up by the Fire cause their Nauseous smell and taste and sometimes faetid especially if burnt and so brings them to a more perfect state but this cannot be so properly called a Transmutation of form for that is a changing out of one kind into another as an Alteration or Melioration from a more inferiour to a more superior degree but seeing the Original of this Salt together with its Office is shown in the fourth Chapter sc that of Powers we shall thither referr you for it and come to show what remains as pertinent to be treated of in this following part of the Chapter sc The true way of preparing Simple Waters and Spirits such we mean as have no more than the Spirit and one single entire Herb in them because in many cases 't is convenient to have their single Virtues perse especially where they are expected to operate according to their Simple Virtue all laid down in the lesser or least Composition sc three Gallons or one Of Waters Aqua Anisi Simplex or Simple Aniseed Water Composition the least TAKE of Artificial Brandy one Gallon Aniseeds bruised twelve ounces put them into the like Alimbeâ—k desâ—ried in Fig. 3 and in Balmeo Distill off the fine Spirit S. A. then take two quarts of the Water cleansed by Calx vive Aniseeds bruised four ounces and in a cold Still Distill off something more than a quart in which Water gently dissolve on the Embers twelve ounces of fine white Sugar and when cold therewith allay and dulcifie the Spirits already refined and so is the Water prepared This Water is an excellent Carminative expelling Wind in the Bowels and all parts of the Body in brief it answers all that can be attributed to the Spirit Tincture Infusion or Decoction of the Seeds The Dose from one Spoonful to three Aqua Cardamomi Simplex or Simple Cardamom Water Composition the least Take of Brandified Spirits one Gallon Cardamom seeds one pound Operate in all things as in the former likewise prepare a Syrup as there directed with which dulcifie and allay This Water is very prevalent in warming and strengthning the Stomach comforting the Vital Spirits and expelling Wind carrying with it all the Virtues that may be attributed to any other preparation of the Seed The Dose is the same as the former After this way may be prepared the Water from most Seeds as Caraways Daucus Sweet-Foenil seeds c. The which we shall not repeat seeing their preparation is one with this and their Virtues to be understood after the same manner Therefore I shall proceed no further therein but come to Herbs Aqua Cardami simplex or simple Garden Cress-water Composition the least Take of Brandified Spirit one Gallon Garden Cresses fresh gathered half a peck macerate them in your Alimbeck three days and then Distiâ—… into fine goods S. A. Also from the Herb per sâ— in the cold Still Distill the cold Water to every three pound of which you must add one pounâ— of fine Sugar the which dissolve therein and then therewith allay and dulcifie the Spirit let it refine and so is it prepared This Water helps to expectorate and raise tough Flegm destroys Worms
and is good against the Yellow Jaundice and any Poiso◠whatsoever but it is more appropriated 〈◊〉 Men than Women because 't is hurtful to the Faetus Now Nasturtium or the Her◠Cresse common may be worked in all things like this whose Virtues as 't is said were among the Persians esteemed so great that when from home they eat no other meat to revive their Spirits Aqua Menthae simplex or simple Mint-Water Composition the lesser Take of Brandified Spirit three Gallons Mints gathered in their right signature and gently dried eight Handful macerate them three days and then Distill in Balneo S. A. and with the Distilled Water of the Green Herb made in a cold Still with the same preparation as before directed dulcifie and allay This Water heats the Stomach and prevents Vomiting two or three spoonfuls being taken as occasion requires Observe that by this Rule you may make many other Waters as Bawm Angelica Wormwood c. Being gathered in their prime and gently dried and you may proportion them to your Brandified Spirit more or less in quantity according as you will have your Waters weaker or stronger of the Herb. And you must also observe the Nature of the Herbs for one is abundantly stronger than the other for an handful of Wormwood will go farther than two or three of some other Herbs now in making your Wormwood-water we advise you not to take the Water made from a cold Still but that which comes from the Distillation of the Oyl and to every quart thereof add two ounces of Ginger and one of Orrice and Distill again in a cold Still and then with what quantity of fine Sugar you please gently dissolved upon the Embers you may allay and dulcifie As to their virtues they shall be here omitted seeing 't is plainly to be conceived that they contain the virtues of the simple Herb and all other that can be attributed to any other preparation of this kind And as to their more exalted preparations and Virtues they are treated of more at large in the Chapter of Powers Aqua Violae Tricoloris Simplex or simple Hearts-Ease-Water Composition the least Take of Artificial Brandy one Gallon Hearts Ease in the prime sc when seeded being gently dried one pound and a half put them into your Still and let them macerate three days then Distill in Baln into fine Goods S. A. You may allay and Dulcifie as before directed either with their own Syrup or Syrup of Violets Its Virtues T is an excellent Cordial far above any other for such as are faint and weak in the French Pox also for Fevers Measles or Small-Pox and for Agues Convulsions and Falling-Sickness the Aegyptians highly esteemed of this for Epilepsies but we know that this Water is good for those that have weak and inflamed Lungs Consumptions c. Aqua Raphani Simplex or Radish Water Simple Composition the lesser Take of Brandified Spirits three Gallons of Garden Radish fresh gathered clean washed and sliced six pound macerate three days with Mustard and an Onion and then Distill in Balneo S. A. You may allay with the cold distill'd water of Arsmart and dulcifie with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows and then let it become fine and so is it prepared Its Virtues 'T is an excellent Lithontriptick bringing off Gravel and provoking Urine it dissolves Cluterated Blood and expels it 't is good in old Coughs attenuating gross humours in the Chest it kills Worms and expels them it provokes the Terms and gives ease in the Cholick 't is good for Women after Delivery to help to expel the Secundine and also to prevent from Feverish Symptoms in brief its Virtue is such as that it may be safely Administred in Melancholick Splenetick and Scorbutick Diseases Its Dose is one two three or four Spoonfuls according to the Age and strength of the Patient Aqua Sabinae Corticis simplex or Savine Water simple Composition the least Take of Brandified Spirit one Gallon of the Bark of Savine six ounces macerate three days and Distil S. A. You need not dulcifie it nor allay it For 't is mostly designed for washing of Ulcers either Scrophulous or Cancerous for abating Inflammations and dissipating Nodes and Tumors 't is seldom or never given inwardly without it be to provoke the Menses or to expel the dead Foetus then the Dose is half a Spoonful or Spoonful in White or Rhenish-Wine sweetned with Sugar Having laid down these Examples we shall not insist upon any more of this kind seeing they are sufficient to show you the Preparation not only of Seeds Herbs Flowers Roots and Barks but also of Berries and Spices and others of the Vegetable Kingdom We shall in the next place show you the way of Perfuming them and then proceed to those of an higher order sc Spirits The way to perfume them Take of the Sulphurated Spirit of Wine mentioned in the Chapter of Rectification three pound Jessamine Flowers half a pound Honey Suckle Flowers four ounces Orange Flowers or the fresh Pill two ounces macerate twenty four hours and Distil in Balneo S. A. And to the Spirit that comes over add Ambergreese four scruples Musk two scruples which being cut small put them into a Bolthead Seal them Hermetcally and digest with a very gentle heat 'till dissolved the which put in Bottles with stone stoppers for use The manner how is to add such a quantity to the Waters as you will have them in strength of the Perfume Of Spirits Spiritus Salviae or Spirit of Sage TAKE of Artificial Brandy three Gallons Sage in its blossom prime and chief signature twelve pound macerate them for three days and then Distil as long as goodness comes Then take six or eight pound of fresh Sage and Distil as before and with fresh Sage six pound repeat a third time carefully preserving the first Gallon that comes and what comes more you may reserve for another Operation to use instead of Brandy Its Virtues 'T is one of the greatest friends that the Female Sex have amongst all the single Concretes in the Vegetable Kingdom for 't is prevalent in opening of all Obstructions it cleanses the Blood provokes the Menses closes the Matrix and makes them Fruitful and very excellent when with Child to keep them from miscarriage It s general Virtues are for quickning the Senses and memory strengthening the Sinews and Nerves and therefore good in Apoplexies Palsies and Convulsions nay should we be particular in every point of its Virtues we might fill a whole sheet therewith This Spirit makes Excellent Sage Beer or Wine an ounce thereof being put into a quart of either But when you take the Spirit alone in drops the dose is from twenty to sixty according to the Age and Strength of the Patient in a Glass of either Spiritus Cochleariae or the Spirit of Scurvey-Grass Take of Scurvey-Grass in June or July Herbs Flowers and all bruise it well in a large Marble Mortar and put to
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
found For the Phthisick shortness of Breath Consumption Dropsy Scurvey and Stone in the Bladder you must take forty drops every six hours in the juice of baked Turneps clarified and as much of its own syrup as will serve to make it into a Cordial whose use must be continued until Relief is found this also does excellent well in the Gout and for Ricketty Consumptive Children as also for sprains bruises and squatts only let the spirit without any mixtion be externally used and chaff the grieved part therewith In fine its Vertues are so excellent that we advise all Sea faring-men never to be without some bottles of it for t will not only preserve them from such Diseases as are incident to them as Scurveys Calenture Loathings Gripes c. but also ease and cure them of the same being taken in Water sweetned with its own Syrrup or a little Sugar in which Cases the ordinary Dose is from thirty to sixty drops according as the strength and Age of the Patient is The Price of our first Powers of Elder is one Shilling the Ounce-bottle but of these one shilling and six pence Observe Mine is only to be had at my house because there is a nameless Bill put forth by one Andrew Sowle who hath made use of most of my words out of my receipt given in our Britanean Magazine and therefore I thought it convenient to signifie that I cannot own his Spirit much less his proceedings seing t is great imprudence in him to ascribe to himself that which his Experience can't demonstrate the hundredth part of Potestates Rosemarini or the Powers of Rosemary Take the Leaves of Rosemary gathered in the right signature and dryed and put them into a large Matrix and cast thereon four or five handfuls of fine Calx vive and gently stir them together if your quantity is large it must be more even a third part of the weight of the herb then pour thereon rain-water distil'd from its Feces after forty days putrifaction and distil off about two thirds and you will have a Low-wine very pregnant and strong of the herb then take the like quantity of Rosemary and put it into the distil'd rain-water just enough for the water to cover and putting on a blind head decoct it Thirty hours in Balneo let this be put blood-warm upon an other quantity of Rosemary-leaves flowers and all and the aforesaid Low wines already distil'd off and adding a pound of Sugar to every gallon stir them well together head them well with Yest and let them ferment five days distil again a second time into Proof-goods and adding fresh Rosemary with a little Bay-salt bring it into rectified Spirits and a fourth time make it fine by Rectifying from fresh herbs and equal parts of the Oyl of its own fixed Salt run per del Tartar or any other fixed Alkaly then unite two pound of this with one pound of the highly purifyed Sal Armoniack by the help of the aforesaid Calx and add this to a gallon of the aforesaid prepared Spirit put it into a great Cucurbit and fill as full as you can with flowers and let it stand close luted in the Sun for five days then put on the Alembick with its Receiver and distil and you will have a volatile subtil and fragrant Spirit which quantity being united with a pound of the Oyl as was directed in the other Powers you have the true Powers of Rosemary Their Virtues This indeed is a Medicine of praise-worthy Virtues for superiour to the slop Hungarian Water sold being prevalent against most Diseases of the head stomack heart womb or any other viscera it may be applyed to any disease of the head especially Apoplexy Epilepsy Convulsions and Vertigoes the weakness of Nerves Head-ach hardness of Hearing and dimness of Sight it comforts the Head and Brain refreshing the Animal Spirits and clearing the Vital ones therefore good against all palpitations faintings swoonings and fits of the heart neither doth it forget to do its part toward the natural Spirits for it opens the obstructions of the Liver Spleen Womb and so cures Agues Feavers Scurveys Jaundice and several other Deseases as will be seen by its Vse and Dose For any of the aforesaid Diseases you must take from Twenty to thirty drops three or four times a day in a glass of Mead or Wine that is an hour before each meal but for the Gripes of the Guts Cholick Oppression of Wind or sharp Acrimonious Humours in the Spirits or Bowels you must take sixty drops in a glass of muli'd Sack in the Paroxisins repeating it every three hours 'till relief is found For Agues you must take the largest dose an hour before the fit and soundly sweat thereon 't is also good to be given thus in mull'd Wine both before and after Delivery to facilitate the Birth and to ease After-pains It is Observable to us that it is an health-preserving Medicine keeping People lively that take it But for Old Aches the Gout Rheumatism pains and weakness of Sinews and Nerves the Palsy and Cramp violent Head achs and dimness of sight you must externally strike the grieved parts therewith two or three times a day taking the savours up the nostrils if you wash the face therewith t is an excellent Cosmatick clearing and beautifying the Skin The Price is Twelve Pence an Ounce Observe thus may be prepared the Powers of Peniryal and others Potestates Cochleariae or the Powers of Scurvey-grass Take Scurvey-grass-wine the Preparation of which is shown in our Britanean Magazine of Liquors or else in place of that take Scurvey-grass in May June or July when it is in its flowers and stamp it in a stone Mortar and put it into a large Tun and pour thereon as much Liquor blood-warm in which Molasses or Honey is dissolved as will just cover them head them well with Yeast and set them to ferment and after four days distil into Low-wines and Proof-spirits Observe that the Fermentation is promoted by an Onion dipt in strong Mustard and a Ball of Whiting cast in this will bring a Tun of Molasses-goods forward when defective in working Argell does well to give an internal Ferment it also moderates and flats a Tunn when too violent now being brought into Proof-goods you must take Scurvy-grass which hath been compressed with Christals of Tartar or Salt Hony or Molasses in a close Tub smeered over with Barm but no Liquor must be put to it and having stood three days in a cold place for in a warm one we have observed that much of the Crafis will be lost which consists in a Volatile Armoniack put it into your Distil as full as you can cram and then pour thereon the aforesaid Aireal Spirit for t is far superiour to Spirit of Wine which too too many use enough to cover or moisten them just to the top close the Head of your Still very exactly and let your Recipient be so as that no
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