It helps a Stomach that is Weak Cold Weak Cold Stomachs of hard digestion 〈◊〉 and of Hard Digestion and doth greatly strengthen the same Consumes corrupt Phlegm and helps concoction being taken with White-Bread and Sugar two or three spoonfuls at a time A double Linnen cloath may be dipped in the warm Spirit and applied to the Cold and Weak Stomach for it helps difficulty of concoction stops vomittings and mitigates all pains and Sobbings or Hickoughs which proceed from a cold temper or windy humour It is observable that weak and cold Stomachs are oftentimes oppressed after moderate eating and sometimes the strong Surfeit by some contrary meat or ill Cookery whence proceed Surfeirs which if not prevented many times beget Feavers and so death Very large experience of this Spirit hath been found in this case for many years it never failing to remove any such inconvenience from the Stomach if timely used for which purpose take One or Two Ounces once in 6 hours or 12 hours until no more of the undigested matter remains in the Stomach which it commonly expels at first or second taking It is of great virtue in Diseases of the Intestines Bowels for by means of its Diaphoretick quality it dissipateth not only in the Stomach but also in the bowels all tough and clammy Phlegm with other viscid thin or serous humours It warmeth by its penetrating heat the Entrals Cholick made cold by drink air or other accidents expels wind and both inwardly taken outwardly applyed it asswageth those vehement pains which arise from the Colick which Disease hath been in a short time dissipated by this means in one with whom it was familiar and upon the least occasion bred It is of great profit in all Fluxes of the Bowels Lienter Diarhaea Diseuter which are occasioned by the weakness of the retentive faculty of the Stomack Intestines proceeding for the most part from a cold and moist distemper therefore two or three spoonfuls of it may be given in Sugar as often as shall be needful with a Tost of Rye or Wheat bread and let a double Linnen cloath be moistened in it and applyed warm to the Stomach and Bowels In the obstructions of the Mesentery â—â—â—â—ructions 〈…〉 Meâ—â—â—â—ry Liver and Spleen Liver and Spleen from whence proceed the Scurvy Yellow and Black Jaundice after the humours have been sufficiently carried away by proper Medicines this Spirit very fitly takes place which opens the stoppages and crammings of the Mesentery Liver Milt and Gall cuts and prepares the thickness of humours and by its penetrating virtues provokes Sweat In the Scurvy after purging and cutting Medicines Scurvy the greatest hope of health is placed in evacuating the Serosities by sweating for which purpose a quantity of this Spirit may be taken according to the Constitution as often as need shall require In the Dropsie and Timpany Dropsie when the Body is emptied by proper Medicines as aforesaid if the Liver be not hot nor the Urine red this Spirit may be used with good success two or three spoonfuls more or less in two or three ounces of the water of Elder Flowers and one ounce of the Syrrup of Elder berryes Then in bed provoke Sweat Also two or three spoonfulls of the Spirit may be taken alone at any time with a Tost made of white bread and sweetned with Sugar In the stoppage of the Monthly Terms Terms stopâ—â—â—â— after the body hath been disburthened by some Purging Physick of that putrid filth which is occasioned by the obstruction this Spirit is very usefull which by its subtility passes through the whole body and through the least Vessels thereof cutting and attenuating the grossness of the humours it may be taken the same time the Courses use to flow one two or three spoonfuls in White-wine and Sugar Mornings and Evenings In the Suffocation of the Matrix Suffocation of the Matrix the Womb being first purged of the malignant and foetid humours one or more spoonfuls of this Spirit greatly availeth both out and in time of the Fitt for it powerfully discusses those cold and poisonous vapours evacuates by Urine vindicates the more noble Entrals from their infection and restores freer breathing Take of the Pith that is in the middle of the Elder-stick Stone and of Juniper berries of each four ounces which put together into a strong glass bottle that will hold a pottle pour thereon a quart of this Spirit stop it very close and let it stand 7 daies in a bath of warm water or in the Sun at Summer then dress it strongly and keep it in a glass close stopped The use of this is excellent in breaking and expelling the Stone some spoonfuls of it being taken in a glass of White-wine and Sugar as often as there shall be occasion the Stomach and bowels having by purging Medicines been first cleansed of the thick slimy Phlegm and Tartarous humours The Gout is so stiff and stubborn a Disease Gout that oftentimes it contemns the best prescriptions wherefore to hinder the increase of those serous humours which most commonly do occasion it and also to evacuate those which are already sprung up Purging Medicines must be often taken at the Spring and Fall and sweating used once or twice a Month after the body hath been treated with some convenient Purgative The serous matter gathered in the body is easily discussed by sweat and assoon as natural or artificial sweat appears there is great hopes of safety for which purpose take one ounce of this Spirit with â—ntimon Diaphoret and Hartshorn prepared without burning of each ten Grains in a glass of good wine in the morning cover your self warm in your bed and sweat after as long as may be convenient If it be taken a little before the Fitt it disappoints it It hath been the common practice of some for many years assoon as any one is taken suddenly sick whether Children or Persons of riper years to give from one spoonful of this Spirit to six spoonfuls according to the age and Constitution and to cover them warm on their bed which soon expells whatever hurtful matter occasioned their sickness although they have oftentimes appeared to be affected with much violence THe Tarter Dyet drink opens all obstructions in any part of the body cleanses and purifies the Blood causes a fresh and lively habit of the body procures a chearful frame of Spirit corrects all evil humours and effectually purges Choler Phlegm Melancholy and waterish humours from all parts It frees the head from what ever annoyeth it quickens the senses removes any humours which affect the Sromach Heart Lungs Liver Spleen and Bowels strengthning them exceedingly It is very available in Agues of all sorts the use of it hath oftentime cured Quartans in the Hypocondriack Melancholy Scurvy Madness Jaundies Green-sickness Dropsie Sciatica Gout pain in the Joynts Cholick Fluxes the Kings-Evil Rheumes Coughs Shortness of
one Ounce put them into a stone or well-glazed Earthen Vessel with as much boiling Water as will moisten them drop in leasurely four Scruples of Spirit of Vitriol continually agitating and moving the Rose leaves after which pour upon them four Pints of boiling Water cover it close until it be cold then let it run through a Flannel Cloth or Filter Bag and add to the Liquor half a Pound of VVhite Sugar Barly Water TAke two Ounces of French Barly boil it a Turn or more in two Quarts of Spring VVater then throw it away and put to the Barly so much more VVater boiling it the second time as at first throw away that VVater likewise and Once more add to it the like quantity which boil gently till a third part be consumed let it stand to settle after which pour off the clear VVater into a Bottle and mix with it Syrrup of Violets and Wood-Sorrel of each three Spoonfuls Spirit of Vitriol thirty or fourty drops It moistens cools and cleanses the body allays the Acrimony of sharp humours and is an excellent Drink in Feavers hot affections of the Stomach Liver Reins or any other part It may be used for all those intents and purposes to which the Tincture of Roses doth conduce and should be taken in a large quantity at a time by which small and gentle means extraordinary effects have been oftentimes produced for as fierce and blustering winds and tempests are frequently allayed by a suddain shower of Rain so in like manner the greatest commotion imaginable in the Microcosm discovering it self by continual Vomitings Purgings and Swoonings have been many times quelled by such drinks as this and the former when the highest Cordials have procured no better an effect than the return of the fainting Fit If the Constitution of body and the Disease require it you may mix Cinamon or Bezoar water Spirit of Elder or of Mints in such a proportion that the largest Dose of them may serve for as much of the Barly water as you take at once The Decoction of Hartshorn in the next place to be spoken of greatly avails being mixed and used in all respects as Barly water RAsped Hartshorn helps Putrefaction corrects Malignity provokes Sweat stops Vomiting Fluxes of the Womb and Bowels kills Worms and strengthens the Natural Balsom in our bodies is very good in the Small Pox and Measles in Putrid and Malignant Feavers allayeth all sharp humours and is exceeding useful for Children as well as for persons of riper years Take one Ounce of Rasped Hartshorn boil it in two quarts of water close covered to one quart strain it and add half an Ounce of Sugar with two or three spoonfuls of rose-Rose-water then let it be bottled and give it plentifully instead of drink Being boyled with Vinegar it helpeth Ring-worms being warmed and steeped in Vinegar and applied to the Gumms it strengthens them helps the pain of the Jaws caused by the breeding of Teeth and also fastens loose Teeth THe Hartshorn Balls are very good for Children and those of riper years in the Small Pox Measles Feavers Worms and in any Malignant Distemper They are good in all Fluxes Loosnesses Spitting of Blood and Dysentery they dry up all moist humours strengthen much and may safely be given to Children in any Disease that shall happen unto them Take from ten to sixty Grains Mornings and Evenings or once in six hours in any convenient mixture or in a spoonful of the above-prescribed Drink taking a draught of it presently after If you mix them with Unguentum Pomatum and anoint the Lids and Corners of the Eyes with it it helps their Ulcers and Defluxions The Teeth being rubbed with the powder of the Balls upon a cloth every day will be whitened by it and the Gumms strengthned SPirit of Hartshorn is an excellent Remedy to cleanse the whole mass of Blood by Urine and Sweat and by insensible Transpiration It is a true Specifick against the Scurvy and all other Diseases which proceed from alteration of the blood It refisteth Putrefaction comforteth Nature and openeth Obstructions Good effects have been found by it in Feavers Plurisies stoppings of the Spleen Coughs distempers of the Brain Epileptical Fits Madness the Worms Quartan Agues c. It may be taken from six drops to twelve in Carduus water sweetned with Sugar or in Beer and Sugar A Child may take one two or more drops according to the age but before the use of it it is good to cleanse the body by some purging Medicine in those cases where it may be done safely THe Hysterical water is very good against Fits of the Mother provokes the Terms and cleanses the Womb exceedingly It expels both Birth and After-birth and is likewise an excellent Remedy if afterwards any stoppage happens or Nature be defective in throwing forth what it ought in Child-birth to forward the birth and when there appears an inability in Nature to expel it you may giue three spoonfuls of this with a spoonful or two of Cinamon water and in this case once taking of it doth oftentimes produce the defired effect provided that it be made use of in due time for if otherwise used whether too soon or out of season the aforesaid effects cannot be expected The same quantity may be taken for expelling the After-birth and for removing any stoppage occasioned by taking cold or other accident In Fits of the Mother and such like affects it may be used as often as there shall be cause Women with Child must by no meanes meddle with it until the fullness of time be come for the Child to be born TReacle water is very good in Feavers of all sorts especially Pestilential It is an admirable Remedy against the Plague Poyson the biting of Adders or any Venomous Beasts It expelleth Venomous Humours by Sweat fortifieth the Heart and Spirits against them and is of singular use in the Small Pox and Measles One two three or four spoonfuls may be taken in Carduus water sweetned with Syrup of Gillislowers and lye to Sweat PLague water is a Soveraign Cordiall for the Heart and an excellent Antidote against the Plague Pestilential and Malignant Feavers Poyson the biting of Mad Dogs also stinging of Adders and may be used with good success before the Fits of Agues to hinder their coming and to drive them away 'T is an Excellent Remedy for a Surfeit also for the Wind and other cold griefs of the Stomach It helps inward Bruises and discusses Congealed Blood Take two or three spoonfuls of it for a Surfeit once in six hours until the undigested matter in the Stomach be concocted For the Wind and all other griefs of the Stomach and to comfort the heart a spoonful may be taken at a time or more when cause shall be seen In all other cases three spoonfuls or more may be taken in warm Posset or some proper water when you first find your self to be ill being covered warm in the bed to
sweat well afterwards Cinamon Water is very Cordial comforteth a weak and cold Stomach helpeth Griping pains in the Bowels occasioned by cold causeth a fresh and lively colour in the Face provoketh Urine and the Terms It sweetneth the Breath resisteth Poyson stops Fluxes and Vomitings hastens the Birth helps the fainting Spirits and trembling of the Heart strengthens the Retentive Faculty comforts the Brain and Sinews and is exceeding good for Cold and Moist bodies Spirit of Mints comforts the Head and Memory warms the Stomach and Bowels expels Superfluous Humours causes Digestion stirs up the Appetite stays Vomiting and the Hiccough helps a Cold Liver and removes its Obstructions It is also good for women in Child-bearing in their hard and sore labours BEzoar water is a very great Cordial it expels from the Heart and Spirits evil Vapours and Humours which annoy them It drives forth Pestilential and Malignant Feavers by Sweat resists Melancholy and wonderfully relieves the Spirits being overwhelmed therewith It is Excellent in Swooning Fits a spoonful being taken at a time mixt with Borrage water and a little Syrup of Gilliflowers it may be taken otherwise alone or in Sack or in any Cordial water but in Swoonings and to provoke Sweat if there be cause two or three spoonfuls may be taken at a time AQua Coelestis doth exceedingly help such as are loaden and oppressed with Melancholy by expelling annoyances from the Heart and cheering the Spirits It enlivens the dull and stupid Senses is available in all Malignant Feavers and in swoonings half a spoonful being taken at a time in a draught of the Decoction of Hartshorn or in cold distilled Cordial or Imperial Water and sweetned with Syrup of Gilliflowers AQua Mirabilis comforts and strengthens the Heart Stomach and Brain and is of great use in Faintings and Swoonings and for Women in Travail with Child for which purpose mix with it Cinamon water Spirit of Mints Bezoar water or Aqua Coelestis and Imperial water which being sweetned with Syrup of Gilliflowers or fine Loaf Sugar give two or three spoonfuls at a time as often as there shall be cause IMperial water is of a Milde and Moderate Temper and may safely be used two or three spoonfuls with Syrup of Gilliflowers at any time against Faintings and Swoonings and is a Preservative against Consumptions TIncture of Ambergreise Strengthens Comforts Warms and Refreshes the Brain and Senses exceedingly quickens the dulness of them eases the pains of the Head dissolveth the Cold Defluxions of Humours which fall thereon and on the Nerves and Sinews It likewise strengthens the Memory and is very beneficial to the Heart and Fainting Spirits takes away the Passions and Tremblings of the Heart making it Merry and Joyfull It expells Sadness removes Barrenness proceeding from a cold cause and is accounted conducible to Venereous actions it most conveniently agrees with Aged Persons for it Warms Comforts and Strengthens their Cold Decayed Spirits A few Drops of this Tincture will Perfume any Cordial water Wine or other thing and impregnate it with its Virtue It is made thus Take of Ambergreise two Drams Musk half a Dram let the Amber be very finely shaved or cut as thin as may be put it into a thin Linnen bag tye it close and let it ly in a strong Glass bottle with half a Pint of the best Spirit of Wine stop it well with Cork and Bladder and set it in a warm Bath or in the Sun for a Fortnights space then pour off the Tincture and keep it in a Bottle close stopped for use put to the Ambergreise half a Pint more of Spirit of Wine stop it close and set it in the Sun as before after which preserve it for your use BEzoar Stones are much commended against the bitings of Venomous Beasts stinging of Vipers and against all Contagious Diseases as the Small Pox Measles Pestilence Malignant Feavers and the like They also cure Swoonings long Sorrows Hysterical Passions with many other ill Affections A Man or Woman may take ten or twenty Grains at a time A Child three or four Grains or more according to the Age. GAscoign Powder is good in all sorts of Feavers in the Small Pox Measles Swoonings and Tremblings of the Heart It cheers the Heart and Vital Spirits exceedingly and is a safe and harmless Medicine which may be given in any case six eight or ten Grains at a time to Children and twenty or thirty Grains to Persons of full Age. Take it in any thing you like best once in six hours as long as there shall be cause THe Red Cordial Powder is a special remedy and is given with great success in all Malignant and Pestilential Diseases in Feavers of all sorts Small Pox and Measles It is very profitable against Poyson and stinging of Adders resists Putrefaction strengthens the Heart and Brain purifies the whole Mass of Blood and is an excellent powder to dissolve congealed Blood occasioned by Falls Bruises Imposthumes and the like It may be taken from Ten to Sixty Grains according to the age in any convenient mixture which is most proper to the occasion MEtheglen is a Drink which the ancient Britains did put an high value upon keeping it in their Houses as Nectar and affirming thar it was more pretious than Malmsey for when it is old 't is reckon'd a wine most agreeable to the Stomach which it strengthens exceedingly it potently concocts cold Humours hinders Crudities restores the lost Appetite and is good for those who are troubled with the Cough and shortness of Breath It helps Expectoration Expells Wind Mitigates the Pains of the Colick is profitable in the Yellow Jaundies in Diseases of the Brain and in those which proceed from Melancholy as the Quartan Ague Scurvy c. It conduceth much to cold Constitutions is very nourishing to the Body and by the use of it many have lived to extream old Age Pertinent hereunto is that relation of one of an Hundred Years Old who being demanded by Augustus Caesar what means he chiefly used to preserve that Vigor of mind and Body which he was observed at that time very briskly to retain made this reply to the Emperor that he imputed his long continued health to nought besides this Drink which he verily thought to be the greatest cause thereof Mr. Butler discoursing of it in his Treatise of Bees saith that as good and Old Metheglen Excelleth all VVines both for pleasantness of tast and preserving of Health so being burnt it is better than any burnt Wine whatsoever to comfort and settle a Weak Stomach and to procure natural heat The manner of burning it is first to set on the Fire a deep Skillet or Kettle almost full of Water when it boils put in a Pewter Pot full of Metheglen which you must Skum before it begins to boil and put into it two or three bruised Cloves with a branch of Rosemary then beat the Yolk of an Egg in a Dish and mix with it
pains of the Joints and Sinews the Jaundice Dropsie and all other Melancholick Diseases The Pale Colour in Girls proceeding from obstructions with Agues of all sorts They open the stoppages of the Liver Spleen and other parts strengthen all the inward faculties and may be used with safety in all cases where purging is necessary having been found by long experience and much use to conduce greatly to the preserving of health and to the removing of many stubborn Diseases Take one Dram at a time in the morning fasting made into six Pills once in four daies about two or three hours after rise from your bed drink warm Posset or broath and keep in Take them three or four times following or oftener if need require A person of reasonable strength may take one Dram others half as much or two Scruples made into 3 or 4 Pills THe Strong Pills purge all humours from the deepest and remotest parts of the body as the Brain Nerves Muscles Joints Breast and Womb. They may be used for inveterate pains of the head Apoplexy Falling sickness Palsey Madness or any difficult distemper throughout the body Give them only to strong Constitutions half a Dram two Scruples or one Dram at a time in the morning fasting two or three hours after drink warm Posset or broath and keep in the use of them may be repeated three or four times or oftener if there shall be occasion THe Purging Powder is known by long experience to be a safe and good Medicine purging gently Choler Phlegm Melancholy and Waterish humours from the Head Stomach Lungs Liver Spleen and Bowels It cleanses those parts of evil humours opens all Obstructions strengthens the Senses procures Mirth purifies the blood causes a fresh and lively Habit of the body and is good in all sorts of Agues Persons of ripe years may take one Dram and half at a time in the morning fasting in White-wine Syder or Posset fast two hours after then drink now and then some warm Posset and keep within doors Take it once in two or three daies for three or four times Children may take from ten Grains to a Dram according to their age and strength 'T is a proper Medicine to be given after the Small Pox and Measles to prevent the inconveniencies which oftentimes happen by the neglect of purging Physick THe Rheume Pills have a marvellous operation in all manner of Thin and Subtle Defluxions and Distillations of Rheum whether it falls upon the Breast and Lungs with a Cough or into the Teeth or any where else they procure sleep and have been known absolutely to cure any new Cough though never so violent in four times taking In the incurable Cough they give much ease free the Breast from foul humours open Obstructions and strengthen the body exceedingly Take three of them at a time every other night going to sleep for four times or until the Cough be gone using the Drink made of Liquorice Figs and Anniseed half a Pint or more at a time warm mornings and evenings first and last Those nights you take the Pills the drink may be used an hour or two sooner THe Pectoral Roles are an excellent Medicine they very much open the Wind pipe and help its roughness wheesings hoarsness and difficulty of breathing Ripen the Cough bring forth Phlegm quench thirst are good against sour and offensive belchings the heat of the Mouth and Stomach as also the heat in the breast called by some Heart-burning all griefs of the Chest and Lungs Ptisick and Consumption Hold some of them in your mouth to dissolve at any time especially at night in bed Pectoral Drink TAke of Figs a quarter of a Pound opened Liquorice one Ounce bruised Anniseed half an Ounce boil them in three quarts of water to two quarts strain it and take it warm half a Pint or more at a time Mornings and Evenings first and last for Coughs of all sorts The use of this hath often proved very successful For Stuffing of the Breast and Lungs with Phlegm add to a pint of this Liquor two Ounces of Syrup of Scabious and take a good draught at a time Pectoral Drink TAke of Fair water Four Quarts dryed Hysop one handful Liquorice half an Ounce Raisons of the Sun stoned and Figs of each two Ounces boil all gently till a quart is consumed strain it and add of Honey a quarter of a pound boil it again a turn or two Scum it well bottle it and use it as the former for the same purposes with Syrup of Scabious or without it as there shall be cause THe true Elixir Proprietatis so highly esteemed for its great virtues and sold at so many places in London is here also to be had rightly and exactly Prepared whose Virtues follow It is moderately hot and dry preserves from putrefaction is admirably effectual against corrupted Air and affects of the Head Breast Stomach and Lungs It expels crude humours from the Stomach procures a good Appetite and Digestion strengthens a weak stomach very much and is profitable in Rheums Coughs Shortness of Breath and Consumptions it comforts the Heart strengthens the Memory revives the Senses drives away Dimness of sight dissolves the Stone of the Reins preserves from the Palsey and Gout removes Melancholy causes Cheerfulness cures all sorts of Agues and Feavers heals all inward Wounds and Ulcers expels all Crudities and other inconveniencies occasioned by excess in eating or drinking 't is said to be the Balsom of the Antients by most strong conservation it hinders Age from surprizing Youth too soon may with good success be used by Aged persons against whatever Malady they are subject unto It cures every Disease both hot and cold which is incident to the body of man neither is there any Vegetable Medicine that exceeds it The Dose is from six to twelve drops or more in Wine Ale or any other appropriated Liquuor MIthradate and Venice Treacle have been esteemed of all other Confections the most renowned and worthiest for more then 1600 years The admirable effects they have and do still produce is the cause they are so much in use and disposed of in such vast quantities throughout the greatest parts of the world Mithridate is good against Poison the stinging of Adders and bitings of Mad dogs being taken inwardly in the largest quantity and applyed outwardly expels from the body all ill humours and Diseases coming of cold and wind from head to foot warms and strengthens the Brain removes the stopping of the passages of the senses by cold heals the infirmities of the Mind drives away vain fears from persons affected with Melancholy helps a cold waterish Stomach and strengthens it much is profitable for such women as cannot Conceive by reason of cold provokes sweat hath a peculiar power to preserve against bad Airs the Plague and all Pestilential Diseases opens the Breast allays the Cough and provokes the tough humours to be coughed up It is good to remove all Agues
a spoonful of cold Metheglen stirring all together to keep the Yolk from Curdling add to that a spoonful of the hot Metheglen after which another and another alwaies beating them together Afterwards by degrees pour all into the Pot continually stirring it about assoon as it boils take the Pot out of the Kettle of Water and pour the Metheglen into another warm Pot of the like bigness Fireing it as it passeth from one to the other which must be done until the Flagration ceaseth and it will burn no longer A Metheglen Posset hath the same virtues JUniper Ale Comforts the Brain Strengthens the Memory and all the Senses is good against the Palsie and Convulsions the Cough Shortness of Breath with other Diseases of the Breast and Lungs It Strengthens the Stomach very much Dissolves the Swellings and Windinoss thereof and Eases the Griping Pains and Torments in the Belly It provokes the Terms and Urine and greatly avails against the Stone Strangury Hysterick Fits Dropsie Scurvy the Quartan and all other cold Agues the Gout and Sciatica It fortifies all the Members of the body and to be short is effectual for all Diseases proceeding from a Cold Cause and is likewise a very good preservative in Pestilential times To every Ale Gallon of good Wort well Maulted put One Ounce and half of Juniper-berries bruised and a sufficient quantity of Hops Let it be well boiled and when 't is cold strain it afterwards ripen it and when it comes to be fit for drinking you may take of it at any time It will be convenient to have it Bottled in due season DAucus Ale breaks Wind cures Stitches in the Sides asswages the Tormenting Pains of Gripeing in the Guts provokes Urine and the Terms breaks and expels the Stone and Gravel It is good against the Dropsie and for those Persons whose Bellies are swollen with VVind also against the Strangury Painful making of water and the rising of the Mother It helpeth Conception and is good to ripen an Old Cough To every Ale Gallon of good Beer well boiled and hopped put one Ounce and half of the Seeds of wild Carrats bruised in a thin linnen Bag assoon as it hath done working and when it is come to Maturity Drink of it at any time Scurvy-grass Ale SCurvy-grass Ale or Beer is a very antient Drink of this Isle against the Scurvy it was held in great esteem by the old Britains who accounted it the most approved Liquor in the World and later Experience hath conferred much to their opinion by the good effects it hath produced in that Disease It opens Obstructions Evacuates Cold Clammy and Phlegmatick Humours from the Liver and Spleen softens and takes away the Hardness and Swelling of those Parts and reduces the Body to a more chearful and lively Colour To make it put a Peck or more of bruised Scurvy-grass into half an Hogshead of Ale or Beer while it is working Then put into a thin Bag long Pepper Grains Anniseed and Liquorice of each two Ounces which hang in the Ale and when it is clear Drink of it at any time TO take away Redness in the Face Sun-burn Morphew Freckles Pimples Pushes or any Inflammation Take of Sacchar Saturni Sal. Gem. of each half an Ounce dissolve them in two several bottles in each of which put a quarter of a Pint of Plantain Water afterwards when there is an occasion to use it mix an equal quantity of both in another Glass and it will be like Milk The INDEX THE Spirit 1 The Tarter Dyet-drink 6 Tinctura mirabilis 7 The Aromatick Tincture 8 The Lenitive Electuary ibid. Spleen Pills 9 Common Pills ibid. Strong Pills 10 The purging Powder ibid. Rheum Pills 11 Pectoral Rolls ibid. Two Pectoral drinks 12 The true Elixar Proprietatis ibid. Mithradat 13 Venice Treacle 14 Diascordium 15 London Treacle 16 Confection of Gilliflowers ibid. Tincture of Roses ibid. Barly water 17 Rasped Hartshorn 18 Hartshorn Balls 19 Spirit of Hartshorn ibid. Hysterical water 20 Treacle water ibid. Plague water ibid. Cinamon water 21 Spirit of Mints ibid. Bezoar water 22 Aqua coelestis ibid. Aqua Mirabilis ibid. Imperial water 23 Tincture of Ambergriese ibid. Bezoar stones 24 Gascoign's Powder ibid. The Red Cordial powder ibid. Metheglin 25 Juniper Ale 26 Daucus Ale ibid. Scurvygrass Ale 27 Saccharum Saturni Sal Gemm ibid. ERRATA Page 1. Line 11. for crums or Whitebread read of p. 2. l. 30. for root r. roots p. 5. l. 12. for dress r. press p. 7. l. 2. for felf r. self p. 10. l. 18. for it r. they p. 12. l. 4. for first r. first p. 13. l. 16. for world r. world p. 13. l. 29. for fall r. falls p. 15. l. 6. for cast r. casts p. 15. l. 21. for and r. an p. 15. l. 24. for of a Gilliflowers r. of Gilliflowers p. 15. l. 26. for of Nutmeg r. of a Nutmeg