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to_o two_o pound_n the_o epithymum_n must_v boil_v but_o a_o walm_n or_o two_o then_o take_v it_o from_o the_o fire_n and_o add_v black_a hellebore_n one_o drachm_n and_o a_o half_a agarick_n half_a a_o drachm_n salgemone_n a_o drachin_n and_o a_o half_a steep_v they_o ten_o hour_n and_o strain_v it_o out_o it_o purge_v melancholy_a and_o adust_a choler_n and_o be_v a_o sovereign_a remedy_n against_o all_o disease_n cause_v by_o melancholy_a the_o dose_n be_v four_o ounce_n decoctum_fw-la sennae_fw-la the_o detoction_n of_o senna_n this_o also_o purge_v melancholy_a and_o be_v good_a for_o weak_a people_n and_o the_o dose_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o former_a for_o the_o most_o part_n other_o purge_a medicine_n be_v mix_v with_o it_o and_o in_o so_o do_v you_o may_v purge_v any_o humour_n decoctum_fw-la pectorale_fw-la a_o pectorall_a decoction_n this_o be_v good_a against_o a_o cough_n asthma_n hoarseness_n it_o clear_v the_o voice_n and_o be_v good_a against_o all_o disease_n 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