ounces Vinegar prepared with Sanders an ounce and a half species Diarrhodon Abbatis roots of Scorzonera and Plantane of each two drams Salt of Endive and Succory of each half a dram the four greater cold Seeds and the four lesser cold Seeds of each a scruple Mix them for an Epithem for the Liver Epithema Hepaticum in causa frigida or an Epithem for the Liver grieved with a cold Distemper Take Malmsey Wine four ounces water of Agrimony Pauls Betony and Mother of Thyme of each three ounces Spirit of Iuniper an ounce and a half species of Diacurcuma and Diacubeba of each two drams Rhubarb sweet Cane Cane Cassia lignea of each a dram Salt of Pontick Wormwood and Southernwood of each two scruples Oriental Saffron seeds of Cummin and Lavender of each half a dram Squinanth flowers of yellow Stoechas of each a scruple Mix all for an Epithem Epithema in Inflammatione Renum praesentissimum or an Epithem for an Inflammation of the Reins Take juyce of Plantane and Night shade depurated of each four ounces water of Housleek and Purslain of each three ounces odoriferous Wine and Wine Vinegar violated of each an ounce and a half Nitre prepared Mix them and make an Epithem to be applied to the region of the Reins as the manner is But it is to be noted If cooling Epithems are to be applied to noble parts they are not to be applied cold but warm except the heat be very intense and then it may be used cold SECT XXV Of Decoctions Decoctum Catarrhaie or a Decoction for a Catarrh TAke clear Fountain water nine pound clarified Honey five pound Sage Origanum Marjaram Hyssop and Rosemary of each an ounce Boil it to the consumption of the third part and then strain it and to the strained Liquor add roots of Elicampane Coltsfoot and Florentine Flower-de luce of each six drams seeds of Roman Nettles Carduus Anise and Fenil of each half an ounce Maidenhair spotted Lungwort Scabious and Horehound of each two drams the Cordial Flowers and flowers of Coltsfoot and wild Poppy of each a dram Let these macerate 24 hours and then add Cubebs Cinamon Nutmegs Cardamoms the less white Ginger Galangal the less Cloves of each a dram Then let them boil once and so put them into some glass Vessel and let it there stand a whole day and make a clear Decoction according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is very effectual in Catarrhs falling from the Head upon the Breast and the parts thereabouts The dose is a good draught at a time or the Patient may drink so much daily as his thirst requires Decoctum Cosmeticum or a Beautifying Water Take Venetian Borax white Sugar Candy and sublimated Mercury of each two drams Let them be finely pulverized and tyed up apart in a linen Rag and boiled in four pound of May-dew gathered off from the Wheat till the Mercury be dissolved and in the strained Liquor while warm dissolve two drams of Camphire then filter it and keep it for use Virtue and Use. It is only applied outwardly to the spots of the Face which it takes away and leaves the Skin white and clean But in using of it take heed lest it touch the Eyes or Teeth Decoctum Arthriticum or a Decoction for the Gout Take small Raisons eight ounces shavings of Guajacum eight ounces roots of China an ounce roots of Liquorish and water-Acorus of each half an ounce Cinamon and the lesser Galangal of each a dram Let them be cut and bruised and then infused 24 hours in ten pound of Barley-water afterward boil them over a gentle fire to the consumption of the third part and make a clear Potion according to Art Virtue Use and Dose I use this happily in all Catarrhs and running Gouts proceeding from a destillation of cold Humors especially where the sick is very dry I also ordinarily give it in ill Habits and Dropsies for their common drink for it roborates and drys the body of all its superfluity The Patient cannot well erre in the dose but let him drink at his pleasure Decoctum Pectorale subacidum or a Pectoral Decoction a little tart Take fountain-Fountain-water two pound and a half Virgin Honey two pound the best Wine Vinegar a pound and a half Boil it over a gentle fire till it comes to four pound in which infuse small Raisons three ounces seeds of Carduus and Roman Nettles of each an ounce roots of Elicampane Florentine Flower-de-uce and Coltsfoot of each half an ounce Maidenhair Scabious and Hyssop of each two drams Dates Iujubes and Figs of each eight flowers of Coltsfoot Violets Borage and Bugloss of each a dram Let them macerate twenty four hours and then boil them over a gentle fire to the consumption of one part at last strain it through Hippocrates sleeve and aromatize it with a little Cinamon Virtue Use and Dose It attenuates thick humors in the Phthisick Asthma Cough and other Pectoral diseases it cuts the tough softens the hard and brings forth the unprofitable humors it also resists Putrefaction The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Decoctum Pectorale subdulce or a sweetish Pectoral Decoction Take small Raisons and white Sugar Candy of each four ounces roots of Liquorish Coltsfoot and Florentine Flower-de-luce of each an ounce spotted Lungwort Pauls Betony Harts-tongue Maidenhair and Horehound of each an ounce seeds of Myrtles Anise and Fenil of each three drams flowers of Chamomil Marsh-mallows Bugloss Liverwort lesser Centaury and Violets of each a dram and a half Dates dryed Figs Iujubes and Sebestens of each eight Let them be cut and bruised and infused 24 hours in four pound of Hydromel two pound of the water of the Juyce of Scabious distilled then boil them to the consumption of the third part and about the end of the Decoction let it be aromatized with Galangal the less Cinamon Cardamoms the less and white Ginger of each a dram Oriental Saffron half a dram Then strain it through Hippocrates sleeve and make a clear Potion which edulcorate with white Sugar Candy Virtue Use and Dose It relieves those troubled with Asthma's distempers of the Liver Pleurisies Coughs c. and the continual use of this Decoction for some time cures the Consumption For it facilitates the Spitting mundifies the Breast heals the Ulcers of the Lungs c. nay and it opens the obstructions of the Liver and Spleen also The dose is morning noon and night from two ounces to three Decoctum Rad. Chinae Pectorale or a Pectoral Decoction of the Roots of China Take the best and heavy roots of China cut cross into little round and thin pieces three ounces Infuse it in water of Scabious Coltsfoot and Pauls Betony of each two pound Let them stand in infusion 24 hours in a glazed Vessel in a warm place well covered with Cloaths then add Bugloss an ounce roots of Liquorish and Elicampane of each half an ounce seeds of Cudwort and Fenil of
Great are the virtues of this Plaster in mollifying and dissolving for it digests mollifies and dissolves the knots and hard scrofulous Tumors arising on any of the principal Joynts and Members It takes away the Warts and Corns on the Feet Being applied to the part affected it removes the pain in the Head called Hemicrania It roborates the Nerves and Womb and easeth pain in any part proceeding from an influx of cold humors Being applied it heals the biting and stinging of any venemous Creature Scorpions Weasles Polcats c. Emplastrum Saturni or a Plaster of Saturn Take Lead burnt and washed two ounces Goats Suet and yellow Wax of each an ounce and a half Turpentine six drams Lapis Calaminaris prepared and white Lead washed of each half an ounce Pompholix Tutty prepared of each two drams red Myrrh Mastich and Olibanum of each a dram Epatick Aloes Camphire and Nitre prepared of each half a dram Mix them and make a Plaster of a just consistence Virtue and Use. This noble Plaster of Saturn is as it were a Divine help of late found out by me and by my Experience I have found it good for Burns Inflammations Tumors the Persian Fire c. It is also good for Wounds all malignant fetid insanable and corroding Ulcers as Fistula's Wolf Cancer Polypus Noli me tangere c. and the like deplorable Ulcers of Saturn which by this Plaster are cured and filled with flesh in a few days And this is our true and sincere Description of the Plaster of Saturn of which there are many Prescripts abroad but there is none true but this Emplastrum Arthriticum or a Plaster for the Gout Take fresh Sallet Oyl a pound red Lead finely powdered two ounces Being mixed boil them to a moderate consistence of a Plaster then add yellow Wax a pound seeds of Henbane finely powdered Colophony white Turpentine of each four ounces Mix them and make a Plaster according to Art Virtue and Use. The Plaster is really Anodyne and therefore universal Medicines being first prescribed it is most profitable in the Gout and running pains and to other cruciating pains also at any time for it wonderfully allays and pacifies all the injuries of pain Emplastrum Narcoticum or a Narcotick Plaster Take the juyces of Housleek six ounces of Henbane Hemlock Rosemary Vervain and Nightshade of each three ounces Oyl of white Lilies Camphire flowers of Mullein and Chamomil of each an ounce and a half Marrow of a Stag an ounce Let them be boiled according to Art in Balneo to the consumption of the Juyces then add of Virgins Wax and Colophony of each two ounces Ceruss an ounce and a half Opium Spagirically extracted flowers of wild Poppy of each three drams Foreign Mumy two drams Mix them and make a Plaster according to Art Virtue and Use. It cools and wonderfully allays the tormenting pains of the Gout and mitigates the Herpes Erysipelas and Phlegmons It potently extinguisheth all other hot intemperatures nay the burning heat of Inflammations It also easeth the pains of the Head and being applied to the Temples and Pulses it induceth sleep Emplastrum foetidum or a fetid Plaster Take Assa foetida three ounces seeds of Snap-dragon seven three Oaken Leaves red Coral and powder of the Load-stone of each a dram and a half Mix them and make a Plaster with Oyl of St. Johns-wort Virtue and Use. It hath been stupendiously experimented in any kind of Witchcraft and is as it were a thing sent down from Heaven For being laid upon the Centre of the Member where the tormenting pain is it doth not only drive away the Witchcraft but also all Phantasms and Inchantments without Superstition immediately vanish yet in the interim let the Patient drink of the following Decoction Take the herb Snap-dragon with the seeds St. Iohns-wort and Winter-green of each alike Boil them in Oyl or Wine to the consumption of the third part and drink a good draught morning and evening Emplastrum de Carne bubula or a Plaster of Beef Take Beef well dryed and pulverized Oyl of Tartar and yellow Wax of each two ounces white Turpentine Lapis Calaminaris Pumice-stone red and white Bole Litharge Mastich burnt Alum Oyl of Eggs of each half an ounce red Myrrh Olibanum and Camphire of each two drams Mix them and with two ounces of sharp Wine Vinegar make a Plaster according to Art Virtue and Use. It heals Woundâ— and old malignant corroding cancrous Saturniâ—e Ulcers which are difficult to consolidate it fills them with flesh drys them and brings them to cicatrize And Fistula's which are not grown callous this Plaster heals It is also of good use in all Putrefaction Piles and other Swellings of the Fundament as also all other distempers and accidents in those parts as Chops Fici c. And lastly it is successfully applied to all depascent Ulcers of the Paps and Privities Emplastrum Talpinum or a Plaster of a Mole Take May Butter without salt half a pound green Rue and fresh roots of Solomons-seal Boil these till the Butter appear green then let it be strained and prest and to the exprest Butter add yellow Wax half a pound Ship Pitch four ounces Oyl of Saturn an ounce one live Mole burnt Virgin Honey two spoonfuls white Oats and Wheat dryed over the fire in a Frying-pan till they be black and then pulverized of each a handful Of these make a Plaster Virtue and Use. It is most properly applied to Wounds and old stinking Ulcers all which it drys and heals fills them with good flesh and brings them to cicatrize drawing from them all sordid and filthy humors though they lye deep in the flesh Emplastrum contra Herniam or a Plaster for the Rupture Take Rosin six ounces Turpentine three ounces Oyl of Eggs and Dragons blood of each an ounce great Comfry roots and red Sanders of each half an ounce Crocus Martis made by reverberation two drams burnt Alum a dram Let the Rosin and Turpentine be melted together and being removed from the fire sprinkle the Powders in and then add the Oyl all being well mixed make a Plaster which by the help of hot water may be made into Rolls Virtue and Use. It is a present Remedy in all kind of Ruptures but in the first place it cures the Rupture of the Guts and Navil Let this Plaster be applied to the part affected that is to the lower Belly first bringing the Guts into their place by degrees then the Mons Pubis and the Scrotum being shaved apply it there also and let all be kept together by fit Ligation or strait Drawers lest the things fall off and let this be continued till the Patient be perfectly well During which time let him lye on a soft bed and be at quiet observing a regular Diet and let him shun a cold intemperate Air Wind Noise Clamor Singing Laughing Weeping lifting great weights or any other violent motion And let him also abstain from all flatulent windy
Diet and eat only thick viscid and adstringent Aliment the quantity of which ought to be small for hunger helps forward the Cure Emplastrum Diachylon Anodynum or an Anodyne Diachylon Plaster Take the Anodyne Oyl prepared from the seven Flowers four and twenty ounces Litharge well cleansed twelve ounces Mucilage of the seed of Henbane and Fleabane of Quinces and Flax the middle bark of the Teil tree roots of Marsh-mallows extracted with water of Nightshade four ounces Let the Litharge be finely powdered and prepared and then put to the Anodyne Oyl then let them boil over a gentle fire always stirring them till they are well mixed Remove them from the fire and let it cool a little theâ— put in the Mucilages and mix them all well together and bring them all to a just consistence c. Virtue and Use. It mollifies allays pain dissolves humors gathered in any part it digests and ripens hard Inflammations and hot Tumors and cures all things that are inflamed Moreover it gives ease in the Gout and is an excellent Medicine to bring down and abate a hot intemperature Emplastrum de Spermate Ceti or a Plaster of Sperma Ceti Take white Wax four ounces Sperma Ceti two ounces Galbanum dissolved in Vinegar an ounce Mix them and make a Plaster Virtue and Use. It being laid to the Breast of Women after their Delivery that do not give suck and there worn for certain days heals and removes all the pain caused by the Milk and all hard Tumors and swellings in those parts The Milk also coagulated or concreted it dissolves and also consumes the abundance of it SECT XXXVII Of Cataplasms Cataplasma de Fermento or a Cataplasm of Leaven TAke old Leaven an ounce and a half yellow Amber three drams Nutmegs and Cubebs of each half a dram water-Mints and Cloves of each a scruple Castor and wood of Aloes of each ten grains Mix them and with a little simple Spirit of Wine and Wine Vinegar of each alike bring all into the form of a Cataplasm Virtue and Use. Let it be applied warm to the top of the Head and repeat it often it curiously discusseth the cause of the Palsie of the Tongue and doth so consume and evacuate the matter from the superiour parts that always not without admiration the motion and speech returns and indeed it is a Secret in recovering the Speech and drying Catarrhs Cataplasma Febrile or a Cataplaesm for Feavers Take Gun-powder pulverized common Salt melted of each an ounce Spiders web Nutmegs and Olibanum of each two drams the herb Wormwood Shepherds-purse small Nettles and Rue of each a handful white Turpentine a sufficient quantity to make a Cataplasm for the Pulses Virtue and Use. This Cataplasm being put between two Cloths and laid to both the Wrists two hours before the Fit cures all Feavers in Children but especially bastard or spurious Tertians and wonderfully allays the violence of the Fit Cataplasma Scorbuticum contra Tumores Pedum or a Scorbutick Cataplasm against the Swelling of the Feet Take Wheat-bran well powdered half a pound Meal of Barley and Beans of each three ounces Meal of Lupines and Lentils of each an ounce and a half Venice Sope two ounces flowers of Chamomil two ounces of Marsh-mallows an ounce Litharge of Silver and red Bole Armeniack of each half an ounce roots of China and Rhubarb of each three drams Fungus of Elder-tree I suppose he means Jews Ears seven Boil them in Juyce of Elder exprest to such a thickness as may make a Cataplasm Virtue and Use. This Cataplasm in the Scurvy is applied warm to the Feet at night so that the whole Tumor be covered with it and there lye all night the next night let it be renewed and again applied and this continue and repeat so long till the Tumor be dissolved which by the use of this Cataplasm and the Blessing of God will soon succeed and the parts be corroborated Cataplasma de Cineribus or a Cataplasm of Ashes Take the Ashes of Hermodactyls roots of Asphodel Bean stalks Elder wood Figs Cutting of Vines dwarff Elder of each alike Mix them and with white Wine make a Lixivium Take of this Lixivium four pound of brown houshold Bread a sufficient quantity Boil them to a thickness and then add sharp Wine Vinegar half a pound Lapis medicamentosus three ounces powder of Cummin seed Bay-berries and Cloves of each an ounce Boil them gently and make a Cataplasm according to Art Virtue and Use. It is spread upon Linen Cloths and applied to Dropsical Tumors and Swellings Evacuation being first made there let it lye for certain hours and when it begins to raise the skin apply it lower toward the Knees and so by degrees still downwards till you come to the Feet Cataplasma de Nido Hirundinis or a Cataplasm of a Swallows Nest. Take a Swallows Nest Album Graecum an ounce and a half roots of Marsh-mallows and white Lilies of each an ounce Figs and Dates of each three Boil them in common water to the form of a thin Pultis then add Oyl of Violets meal of Chamomil Foenugreek Flax and Wheat of each six drams the brain of a Cat half an ounce of an Owl and Swallow burnt of each two drams the Yolk of an Egg Oriental Saffron a scruple Mix them and make a Cataplasm for the Neck Virtue and Use. It is often applied warm to the Neck in a desperate Quinsie and is indeed a Secret But the Album Graecum should be gathered from the Dog when the Sun is in Leo and the Dog should be shut up and fed with nothing but bones of a Calf gelt or otherwise and give him not much water and the first three days what the Dog voids throw away but what comes afterward gather for use Cataplasma contra Singultum or a Cataplasm against Hiccupping Take Leaven three ounces Iuniper-berries red Roses and water-Mints of each a dram Cloves Nutmegs and Mace of each half a dram strong Wine Vinegar a sufficient quantity make a Cataplasm with which mix Oyl of Cummin and Caraway of each half a scruple Virtue and Use. This is only useful in the Hiccup which being put between two Cloths and laid to the Stomach warm gives ease especially if it be often applied and it is a singular Medicine Pannus Linteus Crocatus or a Linen Cloth prepared with Saffron Take a coarse Linen hempen Cloth wash it five or six times in Frog Spawn gathered in March and filtred so that the little black things like Eyes may be separated and dry this Cloth by it self in the shade not in the Sun or by any other heat Then take Vinegar of Elder-flowers and Oriental Saffron a sufficient quantity and make a Tincture in which boil that coarse hempen Cloth till it hath imbibed a deep Saffron-colour this being done remove them from the fire and let them cool together then take the Linen Cloth thus saffronized dry it in the shade and keep it for
good will of excellent Spagyrick Artists and the prudent Searchers into the things of Nature I freely communicate to the Sons of Learning and Experience yet I do appoint it as a thing beyond all doubt that this healthy and celestial comfort may be received with a pleasant countenance and with the delight of a thankful mind dedicated to God in praise and thanksgiving The Preparation TAke native Vitriol green and known to the Philosophers only or for want of that the Crystals of Vitriol of Venus well cleansed sublimely mundified and free from all its terrestrial quality put it into a strong and well luted Retort increase the fire by degrees till it produceth a reddish Oyl which carefully preserve the use of it shall be shewed hereafter Then take the Caput mortuum which is left in the bottom of the Vessel and pour upon it an appropriate Menstruum and set it in a cold place and it will shoot into Crystals of the nature and savour of Vitriol Calcine the Caput mortuum the second time and proceed as before is directed and it will again produce new Crystals almost of the same kind but less profitable to this Mystery Repeat this labour so often and so long till no more smell remains in the Vitriol and then lastly calcine the Caput mortuum throughly but Philosophically and extract from it its Salt which will be excellent and pleasant to the taste which also preserve in hope of the following doctrine and in the mean time be mindful of what hath been spoken You may by due rectifying of the terrene part find a true occult Medicinal Stone Then take the fore-mentioned Oyl and pour into it Water in that dissolve filings of Steel and prepare Vitriol of it which dissolve in distilled Rain-water that the Crystal may the better appear which labour you shall so often repeat till you have the pure from the impure and that the Crystals appear clear and pellucid without dimness and obscurity From these Crystals of Mars in the former manner distil a red Oyl and let it be well rectified lest any of the flegm should remain in it Then you shall have the blood of the red Lion that is a Mineral the Sulphur of Mars and Venus together of excellent virtue and this taken from Vulcan according to that saying Mulciberis capti Marsque Venusque dolis This being done extract from the Caput mortuum a Salt void of all smell of Mars prepare it after the same manner as is already shewed in the Extraction of Salt of Vitriol of Venus Both these Salts mix together in equal weight put it into some open Glass-vessel and set it in a Cellar or other cold place where it may resolve it self into a Mercurial water Then take the solution and from that again draw fresh Crystals and then you will have a duplicate Mercury the Salt of Sapience and Nature the Salt of the Philosophers under which is hidden the Basis of the World And this duplicate Mercury being wrapped in a hood of obscurity was never manifested so plainly by any of the Philosophers as by my self although in certain obscure words it was delivered by them which was not easie to be understood till by the search of more laborious men the thing was further sought into and this Mercury is called by the Philosophers Rebis which is as it were the terrestrial Treasure discovered by the mercy of God an Experiment of the best and greatest knowledge which you must reserve for the following use Take the Mercury now mentioned and that red Sulphur those two joyn Philosophically by the rule of Reason and Understanding and let the Spagyrick Vessel in which they are mixed be three parts empty and the fourth part only filled with the Medicine this seal Hermetically and manage it with a Philosophical fire by degrees in a continual heat till the whole mass be coagulated and brought into the form of a stone Which being done you may if you please reduce into its forms principally and in a short time render it more noble and illustrious and so you have made the great Mystery If you are curious you may observe before the Coagulation a wonderful appearance of many things and many colours also all which consider well honour God and accommodate your Neighbour Virtue Use and Dose IT is an universal Medicine and such a Treasure that is able to cure all Diseases by what name soever they are called in all and every Creature One two or more grains of this Arcanum taken according to the age and constitution of the Patient doth presently penetrate the whole body like smoke it removes all the vicious and malignant attendants of Nature and puts all into a better conformity it doth renew the whole Creature and as it were regenerates all de novo it keeps the whole structure in order beyond the power and disturbance of small accidental Diseases even to old age or to the end of life which is determined by the Almighty c. For Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis When death 's impowered by the God above No medicine can our miseries remove Also this illustrious Medicine when duly fermented with the pure Gold of Philosophers cleanseth Metals from their original impurity and renders them good by the virtue of the pure fixt Gold For which immense and ineffable benefit and every other gift and wisdom let it be to the praise and glory of the great Creator who is God blessed for ever Unicornu Solare or the Solar Unicorn LIke as the Unicorn in the animal Kingdom is esteemed of great price by all men but especially great ones and is esteemed of such a price that it far exceeds all Gemms precious Stones Gold and Silver both in price and excellence and hath a place among the richest of Treasures So also the Solar Unicorn in the Mineral Kingdom is to be esteemed of great price for its great fixitude and more than solid perfection for it is the highest most precious and next to universal to which it is joyned as a Partner both in virtue and operation and so secret a Mystery that it is not improper to call it a most powerful and inaccessible Remedy Preparation ALthough it is easie to the knowing and skilful yet it will be difficult to the ignorant and unskilful they being wrapt in ignorance like a garment Take the original Mineral of Gold broken into piece like Hazel-nuts the quantity of a pound or less put it into a Cornuta or other Spagyrick Vessel and with a gentle clear fire distil it the work being made secure and all well luted and let the matter in the bottom not melt but sweat only without burning that it may send forth a sweet and celestial Water which is of great price And indeed by the benefit of this Spagyrick Art a pound of the Mineral will scarce cast forth by sweat the quantity of a spoonful of water therefore you may reiterate this labour with
should annoy the part and make them pit or rather clip them with a pair of Scissers lest they should close up again then sprinkle upon them the aforesaid Powder and strew it also in the Patients bed Pulvis Cyprius Violato-rosatus Take the roots of Florence Flower-de-luce four ounces flowers of Violets new dryed an ounce roots of round Galangal two drams Oyl of Roses truly drawn a dram and a half Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue and Use. Of this most sweet and delectable Powder little Bags may be filled which are variously used both by women and others It may be also used by it self for hair garments linen c. and being sprinkled doth send forth a most pleasant odor recreating the Brain and all the Spirits And this we have invented for those who abhor Musk Amber Civet and other most powerful Odorificks Pulvis Cyprius Moschatus Take Styrax Calamitis five ounces roots of the Florence Flower-de-luce four ounces the best red Roses Rosemary of each two ounces Benjamin Cassia lignea of each an ounce Ladanum Calamus aromaticus Cloves and Coriander seeds of each six drams wood of Aloes yellow Sanders Rhodium of each half an ounce Orange and Citron peels round Galangal of each three drams Origanum Marjoram of each two drams flowers of Bays three flowers of Lavender and Violets of each a dram and a half Musk half a dram Ambergriese a scruple Mix them and make a Powder for Cloaths the use of which was shewed before Pulvis Manualis Odoratus or a Powder to wash the Hands with Take the exprest Faeces of sweet and bitter Almonds of each four ounces Bean-meal two ounces meal of Rice and Lupins of each an ounce and an half roots of Flower-de-luce an ounce white Roses dryed Benjamin of each six drams Salt of white Tartar white Chalk prepared Spodium prepared fresh Sperma Ceti of each half an ounce Oyl of Rhodium a scruple Oyl of Cloves and Lavender of each ten grains Mix them and make of all a Powder or Mixture Virtue and Use. This Powder makes the hands white and clean and the skin soft if they are frequently rubbed and washed with it Pulvis Erysipelatodes Take fine Flour six ounces burnt Lead red Bole of each two ounces Mastich Olibanum Ceruss of each an ounce Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue and Use. This Powder strewed upon blue Paper is in the Erysipelas or such burning Sores by it self applied to the part affected and it is incredible to tell how singular a Remedy it is in such a case yet universal things are to be premised together with Bleeding especially in strong robust bodies SECT VI. Of Pills Pilulae Alcephanginae nostrae TAke Leaves of Sena four ounces roots of Polypody an ounce black Hellebore an ounce Troches Alhandal Orange peel Cummin seeds of each half an ounce Pontick Wormwood Groundpine Carduus and Pauls Betony of each a handful the Cordial flowers flowers of Stoechas lesser Centaury and Chamomil of each three pugils Let them be a little bruised and then infused in a sufficient quantity of Spanish Wine then boil it away upon a gentle fire to the third part let all be strongly prest and strained and in two pound of the strained Liquor dissolve of the best bright Aloe succotrina sixteen ounces Keep it stirring in a warm place till it grows thick and add Species of Diamoschu dulce and Diambrae of each half an ounce magistery of red Myrrh and Mastich Oriental Saffron of each three drams Oyls of Chamomil white Amber rectified Rosemary Cummin and Caraway seeds of each ten grains Let them be mixed and well incorporated into a just consistence of Pills stuff Virtue Use and Dose It is proper for all vices and pains of the Head the Vertigo Hemicrania Epilepsic c. it strengthens the sight and preserves the vigor of the mind it repairs and restores lost hearing it is excellent in Hypochondriack Melancholy and other melancholy Affects in the Cancer Elephantiasis Quartans black Jaundice c. it opens all obstructions as well of the Liver as Spleen and also purifies the Blood it pleasâ—ntly and gently purges the Stomach of thick flatuâ—â—nt and vicious humors and strengthens digestion and lastly it preserves all the internal members from putrefaction The dose is from a scruple to a dram Pilulae Catholicae Take Pil. sine quibus Aurea Cochia of each half an ounce Extract of black Hellebore and Coloquintida of each three drams Tartar vitriolated and Scammony rosated of each two drams Spirit of Vitriol a scruple Mix them and with Oyl of Fenil seed make a mass for Pills And if the Extracts be too liquid evaporate the Spirit of Wine over a gentle fire till it is come to a due consistence and this direction is to be observed in all the other Compositions of this kind Virtue Use and Dose It works by stool nobly and without any trouble It purges effectually the Brain Stomach and all the Organs of Sense of thick putrid flegmy cholerick and tartarous humors and all parts afflicted with windy humors It is very effectual in long lingering Feavers in the Gout and other pains of the Joynts the Catarrh and Ringing in the Ears c. It clarifies and keeps the Sight and also strengthens it and takes away those clouds and obscurities that use to infest the Eyes The dose is from ten grains to a scruple Pilulae Benedictae Take Troches Alhandal first moistned with spirit of Sulphur and again dryed our Pil. Aloephanginae Scammony rosated of each a dram spirit of Vitriol a scruple Mix them and in a stone-Mortar and stone-Pestle with our Aqua benedicta Serpilli make a mass for Pills from which afterward with Oyl of Chamomil Pills may be made of every scruple five Pills Virtue Use and Dose They plentifully discharge all complicated humors from the Head Stomach Liver Spleen Bowels and Nerves The dose is from three to four five or six Pills especially in robust bodies Pilulae Familiares or the Familiar Pills Take of our Pil. Aloephanginae two ounces roots of resinous Ialap an ounce acid Tartar half an ounce Magistery of Scammony Extract of Rhubarb of each two drams spirit of Salt rectified a dram Mix them and with Spanish Wine make a mass for Pills from which when need requires with Oyl of Aniseeds or the like may be formed small Pills which gild with gold Virtue Use and Dose These Pills are excellent in drying Catarrhs and in opening Obstructions nay and have great virtue in various affects and distempers of the Head Stomach Spleen c. They genttly purge the Brain Bowels and sensitive Organs from thick putrid flegmy cholerick and tartarous humors and they also purifie the Blood and Spirits strengthen digestion and move appetite The dose is from a scruple to half a dram taken daily till the desired effect be happily wrought Pilulae Proprietatis Take of our Pil. Aloephanginae four ounces Tartar vitriolated an ounce Lac
spoonful and if any thing remains fixed in the bottom of the body it removes it but in wounds of the Head let the Nux vomica be omitted Liquor Camphoratus Take spirit of Wine camphorated two ounces water of all the flowers and Frogs spawn of each an ounce and a half the Anodyne Sulphur of Vitriol a dram liquid Styrax Thebane Opium spirit of Vitriol of each half a dram Mix them and keep them for use Virtue Use and Dose Let it be applied to the part affected for it allays the pain of the Gout and all pains proceeding of a hot Cause Or it may be given twice in the day with two scruples of prepared Nitre in Elder-flower water Liquor Tartareus or a Tartarized Liquor Take of the best Rhenish Wine a pound Tartar vitriolated an ounce Let them be mixed and dissolved according to Art and then add Barley water with Raisons boiled Cinamon water and syrup of the juyce of Violets of each half a pound Mix them for use Virtue Use and Dose It is an universal Digestive and is given in many Diseases where purging Medicines are requisite It is given warm unless in an intense Feaver or a hot intemperature of the Stomach be present It is given for a Feaver in the morning but if the Fit happen in the morning it is to be given in the evening In Chronical diseases it is continued for five days and may be given twice in a day that is morning and noon But in diseases of the Head it is given at going to bed and the Belly ought to be loose for if the Belly is bound pain doth usually succeed because the matter that is moved and cleansed away by the Medicine if it cannot pass out of the body it is converted into wind and that causeth pain The dose is when occasion requires a good draught at a time Liquor Arthriticus or a Liquor for the Gout Take Virgin Honey with the comb two pound Vitriol calcined to a yellowness a pound River Flints calcined half a pound Rosemary and Vervain of each six ounces white Hermodactyls three ounces Gum Ammoniacum Mastich Olibanum red Myrrh Bdellium Opopanax of each two ounces yellow Sulphur Sea-salt white Tartar of each an ounce and a half juyce of Henbane made thick Foreign Mummy Thebane Opium of each an ounce All being mixed pour upon them the Spirit made of the Faeces of red Wine or else of that Spirit which is left in making Laudanum Opiatum five pound or so much as will suffice and let them digest for certain days then put all into a glass Alembick well luted with a head sufficiently large and a large Receiver and distil them so long as you can see any Spirit come forth When all is cold take the Caput mortuum and pulverize it and pour the distilled Liquor upon it the second time and distil it And repeat this labour three or four times and so you have the Liquor Arthriticus prepared Virtue Use and Dose It is a Secret in all continual and inveterate pains and defluxions on the Members and Joynts Let the part affected be anointed with it often in the day warmed and at certain intervals of time also till all the tormenting pains cease Liquor Antipodagricus triunus or an Antipodagrick Liquor of a threefold Preparation 1. Take of spirit of Wine well rectified two pound Frog spawn water a pound and a half of Virgin Honey a pound Mix them and distil it in Balneo and the Liquor drawn off keep by it self then take the Caput mortuum and pulverize it and then add to it Lixivium made of Vine twigs two pound white Tartar half a pound flegm of Vitriol not yet separated from the spirit four ounces true Castor six drams Oriental Saffron half an ounce Venice Turpentine two drams calcined Salt a dram Let them macerate for the space of 24 hours then distil it and keep the distilled Liquor by it self then take out the Caput mortuum and pulverize it and pour upon it all the Liquor before drawn off in the first distillation Mix them and after due digestion distil them again the third time Lastly the Liquors being mixed rectifie them in Balneo Mariae and let it be called A Compound Water of Frog-spawn 2. Take Cloves six drams white Hermodactyls and Iuniper-berries of each half an ounce Nutmegs two drams Vervain and Elder flowers of each two handfuls flowers of Lavender Spicknard Marjoram Rosemary and Betony of each a handful Cut those that are to be cut and bruise the other and infuse them in five pound of Rhenish Wine Let them stand in digestion 24 nights and days and then distilled in an Alembick and called Aqua Arthritica or the Gout-water 3. Take Alum two pound white Vitriol and Verdigriese of each half a pound white Tartar Litharge Cuttle-bone and Ceruss of each four ounces Let all be most finely powdered and then mixed set it upon the fire and let it fume so that the Verdigriese may evaporate and then call it Lapiâ— Admirabilis or the wonderful Stone 4. Now follows the Composition Take of the Compound water of Frog spawn four pound of the Aqua Arthritica a pound of the Lapis admirabilis three drams clear and white Nitre two drams Oriental Saffron ten grains Mix them and let them stand in infusion a whole night and afterward filter the Liquor and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose In this Liquor which Chymists and Practitioners in Physick use at this time with good success wet linen Cloaths and frequently apply these warm to the part affected or at least three or four times a day and this continue till all the intolerable tormenting pains cease and utterly vanish For it is a singular and an incomparable Medicine in all Gouty pains and is well experienced in repelling the violence of the adventitious Humor and it is called Triunus from the three several Preparations in the Composition Liquor Vestimentalis or a Liquor for Cloaths Take Fountain water two pound ashes of Hearts-ease the quantity of a great Walnut one Citron cut into small pieces Mix them and let them stand in digestion twenty four hours then filter it and keep the clear liquor for use Virtue and Use. It takes away the filth all greasie and pitchy Spots as well from Hats as Cloaths either in Silk Woollen or Linen And the Spots being taken out and the place clean it is to be rinsed immediately with fair water Liquor Mercurii vivi Take crude Mercury and Aqua fortis of each an ounce Dissolve the Mercury in the Aqua fortis and to the solution add Plantane water two pound Lapis medicamentosus made with Rose-water Mix all and keep it for use Virtue and Use. This whitish Mercurial water is to be applied to all the external parts and diseases thereof It drys up all old Ulcers and Wounds and skinneth them over but especially the old sordid Aphrodisia It takes away all Morphew Spots Scurff and Pimples of the Face It
seeds of Roses of each two drams dead Nettles with their red flowers a dram and a half Nutmegs Cinamon the lesser Galangal and Cloves of each a dram Sebestens nine Boil these according to Art in three pound of Plantane to the consumption of one third and in the clear strained Liquor dissolve one dram of Camphire and if you please edulcorate it also with Miya of Quinces Virtue Use and Dose It is an experienced Medicine in Dysenteries and other Fluxes of the Belly and it also cures divers Haemorrhages The dose is a good draught in a morning fasting Decoctum Polypodii purgans or a purging Decoction of Polypody Take roots of Polypody of the Oak and Raisons stoned of each two ounces Carthamus seeds and Barley of each an ounce and a half Liquorish half an ounce Hyssop Scabious Coltsfoot and Germander of each a dram Iujubes fifteen fat Figs six and Dates cleansed from their skin four Boil them in so much Whey that there may remain about twenty one ounces and about the end of the Decoction add Leaves of Sena three ounces Troches of Agarick three drams seeds of Fenil and Anise of each a dram and a half Let them stand over the fire a while but not boil much then make a clear Potion according to Art Virtue Use and Dose We happily use it in the Asthma Phthisick Pleurisie and other Pectoral diseases The dose is from four ounces to five and the body being purged let the Patient drink our Pectoral Decoction called Subacidum or Subdulce as occasion serves Decoctum Galli antiqui farcinati or a Decoction of an old Cock stuffed Take Polypody an ounce and a half Carthamus seeds an ounce Cinamon three drams leaves of Sena white Turbith and Orange peel of each two drams white Ginger the lesser Galangal and Mace of each a dram species Diacymini and Dianisi of each half a dram and one Bay-berry The Species being mixed and put in a linen Rag let them be put in when the Cock is almost boiled enough Virtue Use and Dose It is very useful in the Colick when it proceeds from a thick flatulent and flegmatick Cause Decoctum Sanguinem mundificans or a Decoction to cleanse the Blood Take Citrine Myrobalans an ounce flowers of Violets dryed a dram Prunes nineteen Sebestens and Iujubes of each eight Boil them in water of the flowers of Acatia to three ounces in which dissolve of our potable Scammony a scruple Oyl of Cinamon and Aniseeds of each a drop Mix them and make a draught for one dose Virtue and Use. It purgeth Choler of both kinds Flegm and other Humors It also mundifies the Blood and keeps the body laxative in Feavers Decoctum Senae or a Decoction of Sena Take elect Sena three drams acid Tartar a dram Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little yet so as that the Tartar may be throughly dissolved and in the strained Liquor while it is warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Citrons ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose to be given warm Virtue and Use. It is a good Purge for the whole Body for it opens the obstructions of all the Bowels and mundifies the blood But in the first place it purgeth Choler both black and yellow and Flegm also It cleanseth and strengthens the Head Brain Heart Lungs Liver Spleen and all the Senses of the Body and carrieth off all that offends them It retardes Age increaseth Youth Moreover it is an excellent Medicine in all chronical tartarous and melancholy diseases as the Epilepsie Dotage Deliria's Heach-ach Gout Elephantiasis Scabs Pustles Itch and all other vices of the Skin It is also profitably given to Women with Child and to Children and Men of all ages for it purgeth modestly without any molestation But for Children and young Patients half or a third part of it is sufficient Decoctum Senae cum Rhabarbaro or a Decoction of Sena with Rhubarb Take elect Sena two drams the best Rhubarb and acid Tartar of each a dram of Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little enough to dissolve the Tartar afterward the expression being made and in the strained Liquor while warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Aniseeds ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose which is to be taken warm Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth Flegm and both kinds of Choler chiefly from the Stomach Liver and Spleen c. It mundifies the Blood opens all Obstructions and cures all Affects thence proceeding as Jaundice Dropsie Tumor of the Spleen putrid and continual Feavers pains of the Hypochonders c. Let no man wonder at the small dose of Sena in this Prescript for four drams of Sena infused in four ounces of Fumitory water do not purge more than two drams macerated in the like quantity because the water doth extract as much as it can and leaves the rest therefore two drams of Sena are sufficient to quicken other things in four ounces of Water Decoctum Rhabarbari or a Decoction of Rhubarb Take of the best Rhubarb a dram and a half red Roses dryed half a dram roots of Liquorish sliced and flowers of Marsh-mallows of each a scruple Let them be cut and bruised and infused all night in three ounces of Plantane water warm in the morning strain it in the strained Liquor dissolve of the best Manna half an ounce Elaeosaccharum of Nutmegs ten grains Spirit of Vitriol four drops Mix them for one dose and give it warm in the morning for a draught Virtue and Use. It is very effectual in all Fluxes of the Belly it gives one or two motions and by those it expels the cause of the bloody Flux Annotation Many use Rhubarb torrefied which is an evil practice because it consumes the virtue of it and the terrene part only remains and so makes it more stiptick Decoctum Violatum purgans or a purging Decoction of Violets Take leaves of Sena two ounces Fenil seeds and acid Tartar of each half an ounce dryed Violet flowers and the best Rhubarb of each a dram and a half white Ginger and Cinamon of each a dram Galangal the less and Cloves of each half a dram Let them infuse all night in Fumitory water warm in the morning boil them a little and afterward strain it and take of the clear strained Liquor ten ounces Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb and Syrup of the juyce of Violets Syrup of the juyce of Sorrel and Oxysaccharum simple of each an ounce Mix them and make a Potion which divide into four equal parts for four doses Virtue and Use. It is good in Tertian and Quotidian Feavers c. and gently purgeth all humors that offend
did first prepare it in the Year 1610. and found it strong and powerful in operation Virtue Use and Dose IT is a wonderful Diaphoretick and a most powerful Secret in all Distempers of the Womb and in many other Diseases belonging to Women 'T is very good in the Plague Feavers Seurvy and all Epidemical Diseases 't is a present Remedy against Poyson of any kind that is drunk also in all Falls where Bezoardick and Sudorifick Medicines are useful The Dose from three grains to five and six in Treacle-water or in our water of Harts-horn or in any other convenient Liquor Crocus Metallorum absinthiated TAkeof the best bright crude Antimony Salt of Wormwood of each four ounces Mix them and in a Crucible let them be calcined according to art and you will find the Antimony calcined of a reddish colour and fixt being utterly bereaved of all its Arsenical Sulphur this wash so often till no more acrimony of the Salt of Wormwood be perceived by the taste this Powder so edulcorated and dryed keep for your use as the true and most genuine Crocus Metallorum Virtue Use and Dose THis is an excellent profitable Remedy accommodated to most Diseases pain in the Head Epilepsie of what kind soever in all distempers of the Stomach Feavers Plague Hypocondriack Melancholy Asthma's Pleurisies as well spurious as exquisite Gouts c. in all which it hath most excellent effects In the Dropsie it purgeth without any offence or nauseating and that sometimes by Vomit sometimes by Stool In other Diseases it works by Vomit and Stool together It opens the obstructions of the Liver cures the yellow Jaundice rectifies the Spleen and is an excellent Medicine for the Scurvy The Dose from three grains to four five or six in Conserves or other appropriate Vehicles or what is better let so many grains be infused in two ounces of Rhenish wine and two drams of Cinamon-water all night in the morning strain it throw away the powder and drink the clear Wine warm If you infuse it in Spanish Wine it seldom vomits but works only by stool therefore for Vomiting white or Rhenish is best Tartarus Emeticus or a Vomiting Tartar TAke acid Tartar finely powdered Crocus Metallorum absinthiated of each two ounces mix them well and put them into a Viol and pour upon it two pound of our Aqua Benedicta Serpilli place it in warm Sand for three or four days and keep it close covered or stopt shake it often that the acidity of the Tartar may be perfectly dissolved afterwards while it is warm filter it through Hippocrates sleeve according to art that the Crocus Metallorum being well separated from the solution may remain in it but the solution it self may pass through it clear and void of Feces This done set it in a cool place to crystallize then take these Crystals impregnate with Tartar which being dried and powdered keep them for use Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Vomit in all chronical and stubborn Diseases especially in those men who are of weak Constitutions seeing it is far more gentle and safe than Crocus Metallorum and other Mineral Vomits It is good against all Melancholy Madness a distempered Mind Deliriums continual pains of the Head which arise from other parts of the body by consent the Vertigo Epilepsie Apoplexy Fascination difficulty of Hearing ringing of the Ears Also against nauseating and windiness of the Stomach and Sides yellow Jaundice Dropsie Tertian Quartan and other chronical continual putrid and acute Feavers Love-potions poisonous Draughts cholerick Pleurisies and all Diseases in general that Choler hath a share in It is also good against that poisonous Dysentery that happeneth commonly in the Plague Also against the Hangarian disease it is an excellent divine and safe remedy If any have unadvisedly or unawares taken poisonous Meats or Drinks or swallowed Flies Spiders and such like also little Fish-bones and other such like things sticking in the Throat or from other things which are brought into the Stomach by Inchantments as hairs nails pins yarn or other prodigious things of that kind that are dangerous to life are all removed by the wonderful effects of this Vomit The Dose is from four to five and six grains especially in robust bodies in any appropriate Vehicle taken two or three hours before or after meals or at any time in necessity But this is to be observed That neither this nor any other Vomits may be given to every one without danger but they are to be given to those only who are apt to vomit that have a strong stomach a wide throat and are accustomed to vomit and in whom the peccant humors are naturally carried upwards But cholerick men and those who abhor vomiting or have weak brains or any weakness or imperfection in the Head which doth properly reside there and is not caused by consent from other parts of the body All those who have Phthisicks Asthma's Coughs Colicks spit blood are subject to be feaverish those who have internal Imposthumes or inveterate and confirmed obstructions of the Mesentery Liver and Spleen or have schirrous Tumors in those parts or have any of their principal members hurt Also all those who have their spirits exhausted by burning and pestilential Feavers all those who are troubled with a nauseating at the stomach that they are not able to contain either meat or drink which is not from any inherent matter in the Ventricle that Nature endeavours to cast off by Vomit but it riseth accidentally from the effects of the parts adjacent all these are to abstain from Vomits Lastly as well Women with Child as other Women and Virgins who are troubled with the obstruction of their Terms not rising from the impurity of the Bowels but from the obstruction of the Veins only which pass into the Womb these likewise are to forbear Vomits It is to be noted also when any one begins to vomit it is usual to give them Broth made of Pulse or flesh without fat or a draught of warm drink and if it be needful to reiterate the same that so the Vomit may work the easier and the motion of the Medicine may be hastened Tartarus Nitratus or Tartar Nitrified Take Salt of Tartar Nitre prepared of each equal parts Dissolve them in Rose-water warm then filter it and boil it gently over the fire till there appear a crust on the top then put it in a cool place and it will crystallize which Crystals keep for use Virtue Use and Dose 'T is a most excellent Medicine for it hath a singular faculty in cutting and cleansing thick and tartarous humors and in opening obstructions Also in putrid Feavers and hath been experimented both in the Hungarian and malignant and it resisteth putrefaction In the inflammation of the Throat called the Prunella it is a present remedy it brings forth the stone in the Kidneys cleanseth the Bladder of all impurities and provokes Urine The Dose is from one scruple to half a dram
in some appropriate Liquor or other Medicine Oxysaccharum Emeticum or a Vomit of Vinegar and Sugar Take Crocus Metallorum absinthiated half an ounce Cassia lignea two drams Lignum Aloes Roots of Angelica of each one dram red Roses half a dram Let them be infused in fifteen ounces of Vinegar of Clove-gilly-flowers let them stand in infusion for 24 hours in a gentle heat and afterwards filter them and add of white Sugar Candy as much as will make it like a Syrup and then keep it for your use Virtue Use and Dose It is excellent in pains of the Head in Melancholy Epilepsie of what sort soever Quinsie Plague Pleurisie Cough Asthma in all affections of the Stomach in the Dysentery Pox Coagulation of blood c. it is good for those who have taken poisonous draughts it preserves from the Gout The Dose is from half an ounce to six drams in specifick Liquors or given by it self Catharticum Argenteum or the Silver Cathartick TAke of pure Silver an ounce Aqua fortis distilled from the Salt of Nitre and Vitriol and in a Retort in Sand over a gentle fire first rectified six ounces Dissolve the Moon in this water and to the solution add of fresh Aqua fortis four ounces of purified Nitre half an ounce mix them well and distil it in an Alembick in Balneo Mariae or in Sand three times still pouring on again the distilled Liquor on the Faeces according to art then put the Cucurbit into Sand that is higher than it is luted that so all the Aqua fortis may be drawn off till it be throughly dry Then break the Glass and take out the coagulated Medicine in the bottom which is black without-side but white within break this into small pieces and then dissolve it in about four ounces of Aqua fortis before drawn off till the Powder grow black and then you have the true Philosophical Moon take this clear Liquor and put it into a cold place and it will shoot into Crystals Take these Crystals and dry them by the fire not in the Sun if you do they will grow black and unprofitable and when they are sufficiently dried keep them for your use without edulcoration Virtue Use and Dose 'T is a most powerful Cathartick with which the most skilful Chymists purge in the Cachexy and Dropsie c. it also purges all serous and watry Humors and cures external Tumors of the Body in the strongest Constitutions it expels the watrish humors in the sides which cause various Symptoms and Diseases and it relieves any parts of the body overprest with humors The Dose is from four to five grains in a morning in a good draught of warm Wine It is most proper to use it in the decrease of the Moon about her last Quarter unless urgent occasion require otherwise Turpethum Minerale verum or the true Turbith Mineral THE true and genuine Turbith Mineral is not by the best Chymists prepared from crude Mercury with Aqua fortis but from sublimate in the following manner Take of the best sublimate Mercury what quantity you please dissolve it in Aqua coelestis warm filter the solution often which being done put the filtred Liquor into a Glass and pour upon it by drops so much Oyl of the Salt of Tartar as is requisite till you see a red Powder in the bottom of the Glass then pour off the Liquor and keep the red Powder edulcorate that with common water till it hath lost all its sharpness and saltness then pour upon it Aqua Mellis six or seven times well rectified and let this be repeated as many times at last take the Powder being dry and pour upon it Alkohol of Wine that it may be well moistned set the humidity on fire and keep it stirring with an Iron Spatula till all the Wine be consumed and so you have Turbith Mineral truly prepared whose excellent virtue is known almost to all neither shall I enlarge further upon it The Dose is from four or five grains to six and seven in some convenient Vehicle Mercurius Dulcis or Sweet Mercury MErcurius dulcis by the best of Spagyrists is thus prepared Take of Mercury sublimate six ounces of crude Mercury four ounces Mix them well that the crude Mercury may be no more seen sublime it the common way and this sublimation repeat five or six times till the Mercury becomes insipid or sweet The red Powder in the bottom and the white which is sublimated into the neck of the Glass is to be thrown away and that in the middle only reserved and so you have Mercurius dulcis truly prepared break the Glass and take it out pulverize it and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It doth wonders in the Dropsie Plague Pleurisie Gout yellow Jaundice c. for by purifying the blood and rectifying the marrow in the bones it radically drives out all noxious humors from the body it is also an excellent Cathartick and by right deserves to be called a Panacea In all desperate diseases caused by a putrefaction of humors it is of singular use for it draws forth all poisonous and vitious humors and doth not move Vomiting but only by stool it gently purgeth and performs all its operations without trouble It kills Worms heals all Venereal Ulcers yea the Pox it self and it powerfully dries and radically takes away the defluxions of the Brain The Dose from one scruple to half a dram and in strong bodies two scruples Mercurius Vitae Corrected LET Mercurius vitae vitrified by the benefit of common Borax be finely powdered pour upon it distilled Vinegar first strongly impregnated with Spirit of Salt of Nitre and again well dryed in Sand so shall you have after due edulcoration a Powder which is safer to be taken and whose desired operations are performed with less trouble than by that of other preparations Virtue Use and Dose It is good in Quartan and other intermitting Feavers in most diseases of the Head in the Plague Dropsie Leprosie Pox malignant Ulcers and the like grievous affects it works wonders Dose in weak bodies from two grains to three in strong bodies from four to five either by it self or in Conserve of Roses or Violets or so many grains may be infused in Wine or other convenient Liquor all night in the morning let it be strained through a Cloth and drunk The Aperitive Magistery of Mars TAke of the Juyce of Sorrel depurated three pound pour it upon eight ounces of the best Tamarinds rub them well together either with your hands or with a wooden Pestle in an earthen Bason not a Pewter one that it may be all like Pulp or thick Pottage then take out all the husks and little stringy fibres boil it a little and clarifie it with the whites of two Eggs then strain it through a woollen Cloth and being clear put it into a glass Cucurbit to which add filings of Steel well cleansed from all its filth four ounces Let them
Wine rectified extract a Tincture from it and when it will give no more Tincture add all the tinged Spirit together and put to it the same quantity of our Pectoral water and set them for some days in a warm place that they may digest afterward draw off the Spirit of Wine in B. M. with a gentle fire and so the Tincture of Sulphur will remain in the Pectoral water This take off by inclination to the quantity of half evaporate the rest till it be like Oyl what remains filter through a Paper and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This Tincture doth not only free the Breast from all thick humors that obstruct the Organs of Respiration and cause the Cough and shortness of breathing but it cleanseth the Thorax Lungs and neighbouring parts of all putrid and imposthumous Tumors and hastens their Cure and gives freedom and ease in breathing It succours drys and roborates a cold Brain in such as are falling into a Consumption It also allays the pains of the Colick and resists Putrefaction It is likewise given with great success in the Plague proceeding from a moist Cause but especially to the Common people who by feeding upon gross and bad food fill their blood with moist crude humors and therefore more proper for this kind of infection than to the others The ordinary Dose is from five six or seven to ten drops in a proper Vehicle Tincture of Tartar TAke Salt of Tartar well depurated by frequent solution and coagulation what quantity you will pour upon it the best Spirit of Wine Alkoholisated to the eminence of three or four fingers set it in digestion for certain days and every day as often as it is convenient shake it but take heed lest the Spirit of Wine should break the Glass let it stand so till it is tinged of a most red colour This Spirit being tinctured pour it off and pour on more that is fresh and this work repeat so often till it can receive no more Tincture from the Tartar Lastly the Spirit of Wine thus tinctured mix together filter it through a Paper and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It cleanseth the Reins and Bladder it breaks the Stone and brings it away like Bran it works by Urine and preserves Health It is excellent to remove Obstructions and Putrefactions and for penetrating and roborating it doth almost exceed all other Medicines and Arcana's It preserves from the Palsie and Gout if it be taken constantly morning and evening either by it self or in specifick Liquors Moreover in rectifying the blood it is of admirable use and cannot be sufficiently praised for its effects as well in that as in the Head-ach Dropsie Erysipelas Jaundice both black and yellow Colick Leprosie Pox Scabs Itch Tetters Pimples the Terms retained Pleurisie prickings in the Sides Feavers Contractures Gout and in other tartarous and venenate Diseases The Dose is half a spoonful at the most by it self or in some appropriate Liquor but the Dose is to be increased or diminished according to the Age Sex Complexion c. of the Patient Tincture of Lacca Take Gumm Lacca finely powdered half an ounce burnt Alum two drams Mix them and pour upon them water made of Lapis Medicamentosus with water of Sage and Roses three pound Let them stand in digestion till it be perfectly tinctured which being done filter it and keep the red Tincture for use Virtue and Use. It is experimented in the Scurvy and cures the laxity and rottenness of the Gums and takes away the stink thence arising it repairs the decayed flesh about the Teeth the way of using this Tincture is to wash and rub those parts often Tinctura Proprietatis Take Spirit of Wine prepared with Aniseeds sixteen ounces Elixir Proprietatis an ounce Confectio Alkermes half an ounce Clove-gilli-flowers a dram Let them stand in digestion till the Spirit be perfectly tinged then filter the tinctured Spirit sweeten it with white Sugar Candy and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is an excellent Medicine in Melancholy Hemicrania Vertigo Palsie Catarrh Asthma Cough weakness of the Stomach passion of the Heart Quartan Ague and Stone Moreover it comforts the Heart keeps back baldness and makes the Patient merry and joyful c The Dose is from one dram to two in some convenient Vehicle Tincture of Iuniper-berries Take of fresh Iuniper-berries grosly powdered a pound Aniseed bruised four ounces Angelica-roots an ounce Nephritick wood half an ounce of the best Mace two drams Mix them and infuse them in four quarts of Spanish Wine let them infuse fourteen days and every day let them be stirred or shaken afterward distil them in B. M. and with this Liquor distilled extract the Tincture of Juniper-berries according to art which afterward filter and a little edulcorate and preserve for use Virtue Use and Dose It heats opens attenuates and discusseth and is good for the Stomach It is effectually taken in all distempers of the Breast Cough Wind Gripings and the biting of Serpents and is very profitable in the Plague it expels the Stone provokes Urine and helps the Convulsion and Suffocation of the Matrix The Dose is from one spoonful to three in the morning fasting Tincture of wild Poppy Take the Conserve of the flowers of wild Poppy an ounce flowers of wild Poppies moistned with Spirit of Vitriol a dram Mix them and with water distilled from the juyce of the before-mentioned flowers thirty ounces draw a most red Tincture which filter and then add of the Syrup of the juyce of wild Poppies a little vitriolated eight ounces Mix them and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is very profitable in hot thin and sharp Defluxions that trouble the rough Artery and Jaws and it procures sleep it helps the Cough Catarrh and Phthisick it is an admirable remedy in Pleurisies and prickings in the Sides it mitigates Pain removes Inflammations and causeth Sweat gently moreover it is very profitable in Fluxes of the Belly and Dysenteries stirred up by the efflux of Choler and sharp Humors The Dose is from one ounce to two by it self or in any convenient Liquor Tincture of Cassia Lignea Take Cinamon-water made with Spanish Wine one pound good Cassia Lignea six drams Let them stand so long in digestion till it be perfectly tinctured which filter and keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It is fit for all cold Distempers it strengthens the Stomach Liver Spleen Lungs Heart Brain and Nerves and also sharpens the sight It is good against Poisons and poisonous bitings or stingings c. It sweetens the Breath provokes Urine and the Terms it helps Vomiting and loathing at the Stomach it gives ease in all diseases where we are willing to heat open attenuate digest and strengthen yet they who are of a hot Constitution or are troubled with inflammations must for bear the use of this Medicine Tincture of St. Iohns-wort Take Iuyce of the Herbs and flowers of
vitriolated a dram Diacodium crociated half a dram species of Diambra ten grains Extract of Elicampane flowers three grains Mix them and with Rotula's of Diamargariton frigidum make a Bole for one dose Laudanum Minerale or the Mineral Laudanum Take of the Anodyne Sulphur of Vitriol corrected and fixt two drams Magistery of Pearls Extract of Lignum Aloes of each a dram and a half of Saffron a scruple Bezoar stone the Animal Unicorn of each fifteen grains oyls of Cloves and Cinamon of each half a scruple Mix them and with Syrup of the Juyce of wild Poppy flowers make a soft Mass according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Anodyne and most profitable to procure sleep also to stop Catarrhs Defluxions from the Brain upon the Nose or Eyes Coughs and other such kind of affects it helps the Distillations that fall upon the Thorax Lungs c. The Dose is from six grains to eight or ten in any Conserve or convenient Liquor or in the form of a Pill SECT IV. Of the Preparing certain things c. The Calcination and Preparation of Harts-horn Elks hoofs Mans Skull c. Spagyrically or without Fire THis Calcination is effectually performed in a Bladder by continual boiling or digesting in fair water by which vapor the Horn hanging in the neck of the Bladder in which place it may be best wrought and penetrated by a pleasant and wonderful manner is calcined to a perfect whiteness without those violent flames which otherwise consume its virtues as is used to be done in the vulgar Calcination but let the fourth part of the Bladder be empty And if in boiling the water should consume pour on more scalding hot and this do until this fumigatory Calcination for whatsoever is calcined by this method is not undeservedly said to be calcined by Suffumigation be absolutely finished Virtue Use and Dose Harts-horn thus prepared is equal to the Unicorns horn in its Diaphoretick force for it is profitable in all affects of the Heart and wonderfully excellent in all kind of Poison Moreover it is very effectual in the yellow Jaundice Dysenteries pains of the Guts voiding of blood either upwards or downwards pains in the Bladder Fluxes of blood in Women c. The Elks hoof also of the same Preparation is of great efficacy being a noble Cordial in malignant Feavers and a Secret in many other diseases likewise mans Skull wonderfully cures the Epilepsie Apoplexy Vertigo c. The Dose is from ten to twenty or thirty grains in some appropriate Vehicle The true Spagyrical Preparation of Thebane Opium Put Thebane Opium cut into small pieces upon an Iron plate and set it upon hot coals constantly stirring it till all the poisonous and corrosive quality is separated by Evaporation Yet take this caution let not him that tends it receive the Fumes for it is hurtful When this is evaporated the Opium left upon the Plate will have a fragrant smell like Violets which is a true sign that all its malignity is separated then dissolve this Opium thus prepared either in Wine-vinegar distilled or in Juyce of Citrons which being done again draw off the Menstruum and keep it for use The Preparation of Nitre Take of Nitre purified with Flos Sulphuris half a pound dissolve it in Spirit of Wine and Vitriol of each a like quantity then draw off the Spirit until the mass remains crusty what is left in the bottom put into a cool place and the Nitre will shoot into Crystals from which take the humidity and dry the Crystal and reserve them for use The Preparation of Millepedes commonly called Wood-lice Take Millepedes what quantity you please wash them in Spanish Wine and in a Glass close stopped and covered with Paste all over dry them in an Oven again wash them in Spanish Wine and dry them as before and repeat this the third time fourthly infuse them in our Aqua Nephritica vitriolated for two or three days afterwards dry them and pulverize them and keep them for use The Preparation of white Hellebore Take white Hellebore finely pulverized pour upon it often Vinegar left after the dissolution of red Coral being abstracted and vitriolated but first infuse in it the Cordial flowers and grains of Chermes dry it again and so you shall have white Hellebore well and Spagyrically prepared which may safely be given inwardly in many diseases in a certain dose and mixture without any danger The Preparation of Fish-shells Take oblong shells which are found near Fish-ponds and Lakes pour upon them distilled Vinegar and let them lye therein a whole night to extract the filth from them which you shall carefully scrape off and afterwards pulverize them and with Carduus water prepare it upon a Marble for the volatile Powder of them made by Calcination is of no worth nor use in Physick The Calcination and Preparation of River flints Take River-flints white and shining and heat them red-hot in a strong fire then quench them in water in which Sal Armoniack hath been dissolved and repeat this work often till at last the Flints appear white like Snow and may be easily brought to a Powder This Powder edulcorate with Rose water and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This Powder is not only a powerful Dentifricium cleansing the Teeth on a sudden from all their corrosive Tartar and other filth and makes them white but also Iron and Steel and hence it takes away all rust from Arms and Weapons presently and makes them fair and clean especially if the rust be first rubbed with Oleum Templini and then afterward scoured with this Powder By this way Arms that are kept in store may be preserved pure and clean for many years from the filth and damage of rust And indeed it is of great use not only for the Armory of Princes but of Cities and Persons of Honour and though it is but an ordinary thing it ought not to be contemned The Preparation of the Pumice-stone Quench a red-hot Pumice-stone in Cows milk thrice and the fourth time leave it in the Milk until all grow cold then pulverize it and it is prepared for our Farina Virginea The Preparation of the sweet Earth of Vitriol Take of green Vitriol calcined to a perfect redness what quantity you please pulverize it and edulcorate it by often washing it in distilled Rain-water till the red Earth is freed from all its saltness and acrimony then dry this sweet or rather insipid Earth and reserve it for use The Preparation and Calcination of Alum Take of common Salt two parts of the best Alum one part Mix them and in a convenient Vessel reverberate them according to art for twelve hours then take away the reverberated matter and wash it so often with warm water till it is perfectly edulcorated and the Powder is quite freed from all its saltness then pour upon it our Juniper Spirit of Wine that it may swim three or four fingers above it and
Centaury the less Tansie and Nettles or Archangel Also in Oxymel of Squills Honey clarified Syrup of Citrons Sorrel Hydromel or any other way which Children best like Species Diajovis or the Compound Powder of Jupiter Take Faecula Bryoniae half an ounce Salt of English Tin Mother of Pearl red Coral of each three drams roots of white Dictamnus and Peony of each two drams white Amber prepared Oriental Saffron Misleto of the Oak Antophyllorum of each a dram true Castor a scruple Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It is a blessed Medicine in the most vehement and desperate suffocation and strangulation of the Womb and as it were sent from Heaven of God to Women For which Divine help let the Name of the Lord be blessed The Dose is from a scruple to half a dram three or four mornings together or in time of necessity in our Hysterical water or any other appropriate Liquor Species Diaveneris or a Compound Powder of Venus Take Sulphur of Vitriol of Venus sublimate and Spagyrically prepared half an ounce Venetian Borax two drams seeds of Ashen-keys of Rocket of each two drams of Parsneps Nettles and Leeks of each a dram and a half roots of Pellitory of Spain Boletus cervinus of each four scruples Galangal the less white Ginger Cinamon of each a dram Sea-Skinck prepared Magistery of Pearls Oriental Saffron of each half a dram Cantharides with the wings cut off Ambergriese each a scruple Musk Oyl of Mace of each ten grains Mix them and make of all a fine Powder with which mix an ounce of white Sugar Candy and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is by Experience the most effectual and indeed the last and most powerful remedy of all against the defect in the act of Venus And he that is willing to please his Consort and would to the utmost prove his virile force let him take after Supper if he desires the effect presently at his going to bed or if he would continue that work every morning from one scruple to two or a dram in warm Milk Sack c. It may also be prepared without Cantharides Species Diasaturni or the Compound Powder of Saturn Take Magistery of Saturn an ounce juyce of Liquorish depurated Lac Sulphuris compound roots of elect China of each three drams Salt of Oriental Pearls salt of red Coral salt of Wheat bread of each two drams red Bole prepared Benjamin sublimate Olibanum of each a dram Oriental Saffron Cassia lignea of each half a dram Mix them and make of all a fine Powder to which add of white Sugar Candy three ounces and being well mixed with the Powder keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose I know not with what words to extol this incomparable Medicine For a Consumption that cannot otherwise be cured by humane skill is oftentimes by this Medicine The Dose morning and evening is from half a dram to a dram in our Specifick water against Consumptions or in any other appropriate Vehicle Species Diasulphuris or a Compound Powder of Sulphur Take Lac and compound flowers of Sulphur of each an ounce and a half juyce of Liquorish cleansed Cardamoms the less sealed Earth of each six drams seeds of Roman Nettles seeds of Quinces Cinamon Ginger Nutmegs Saffron long Pepper Mace of each three drams Tragacanth roots of Flower-de-luce flowers of wild Poppy Mastich cream of Tartar of each a dram and a half Mix them and of all make a Powder to which add Oyls of Hysop Fenil Sage Aniseeds and Chamomil of each a scruple and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It helps continual Coughs difficulty of Breathing chronical Asthma's It doth cut and attenuate divers thick and gross humors in the Breast it preserves and cures without any other Medicine the Consumption Wasting Pleurisie and all Putrefactions and Imposthumes and is wonderfully effectual in all affects of the Throat and doth quickly restore the loss of the Voice It also drys up the Rheum from the Head and the evil humors in the Body from which are used to proceed Gouts pains in the Joynts and such like dolors It is a good Medicine in the Epilepsie Apoplexy Leprosie Pox Convulsion of the Nerves Colick and Dropsie c. The Dose is from a scruple to a dram morning and evening in some convenient Vehicle but in the Dropsie it is given with the like quantity of Magistery of Crocus Martis the body being first cleansed and it never fails In the affects of the Throat we use it in the form of a Tragaea by adding white Sugar Candy or mixed with Pectoral Syrups in the form of an Electuary or Lambitive Pulvis Refectivus or a Refective Powder Take white Sugar Candy concrete in Syrup of Violets an ounce Lac Sulphuris half an ounce compound flowers of Sulphur Confectio Alkermes of each two drams Magistery of Pearls red Coral and Saturn of each a dram Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It repairs strength comforts the Heart and Nature it self it nourishes and fattens it drys up the Rheum in the Head roborates the Brain allays the Cough cures the Asthma Consumption and wasting The Dose is a scruple in water of Calves Lungs or Aqua Caponis or any other Specifick or so much of the Powder is mixed with any thing as will tinge the Vehiculum white and of this mixt Liquor the Dose is morning and evening one or two spoonfuls Pulvis excellens contra Tussim Infantum or an excellent Powder against the Cough in Children Take of Sugar Penids three ounces species of Diatragacanth frigid Diaireos simple of each half an ounce roots of Peony two drams juyce of Liquorish a dram Lac Sulphuris Saffron of each two scruples Mans skull calcined without fire seeds of white Poppy of each a scruple Mix them and make of all a most fine Powder Species Diavitrioli or a Compound Powder of Vitriol Take Galangal the less an ounce Magistery of Vitriol roots of water Acorus of each half an ounce long Pepper Cummin seeds Zedoary of each two drams Cinamon Calamus aromaticus Mace of each a dram and a half Cardamoms the less white Ginger Cloves Saffron Indian Spicknard wood of Aloes of each half a dram Musk and Ambergriese of each half a scruple Make them into a fine Powder for use Virtue Use and Dose It is a profitable Medicine against frigid humors of the Ventricle and putrefaction in the parts thereof and it digests flegm It helps digestion and concoction nauseating and vomiting and preserves the natural heat and warms the members of nutrition It dissipates flatulent humors it restrains four belchings and is useful in all diseases of the Liver It is profitable for those who are upon recovery after a long disease it helps the stink of the Nose and Mouth which ariseth from the consent of the Stomach The dose is from half a scruple to half a dram or by adding Sugar may be
time twice in a month The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce either by it self or in appropriate Medicines Syrupus Vitriolato-rosatus or a vitriolated Syrup with Roses In the Preparation of our Magistery of Corals already mentioned a red Liquor will remain in the separation of the Coral from the Menstruum to which if a sufficient quantity of white Sugar be added and boiled to the consistence of a Syrup it will be red and a most noble and efficacious Medicine very profitable in the Plague Epidemical Diseases Feavers Dysenteries Liver-fluxes vices of the Stomach Scurvy obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Inflammations and many other Diseases The dose is from an ounce to two by it self or with other appropriate Vehicles Syrupus Cephalicus or a Syrup for the Head Take the juyce of Carduus and Millefoil depurated of each a pound water of Lavender and Betony of each half a pound roots of Avens and Peony of each an ounce Cassia lignea Nutmegs Cubebs of each an ounce and a half Marjoram Vervain Rosemary and Origanum of each three drams flowers of Lilies of the valley Teil-tree Primroses Rosemary and red Roses of each two drams seeds of Lavender Fenil Sage and Peony of each a dram and a half wood of Aloes Misleto of the Oak Oriental Saffron of each a dram Boil them to the consumption of the third part afterward let them be strained and clarified and then add of white Sugar a sufficient quantity to bring it into a Syrup according to Art which aromatize with Species Diamoschu dulce and Diambrae of each a dram Virtue Use and Dose It is an excellent Remedy in all dangerous distempers of the Head as inveterate Head-ach Hemicrania Epilepsie Apoplexy Palsie c. It roborates the Head Brain and Ventricle and is agreeable to those who are troubled with a trembling of the Head and Heart The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce by it self or with other appropriate Medicines Syrupus Pectoralis or a Syrup for the Breast Take roots of Liquorish sliced Coltsfoot of each two ounces roots of Elicampane Flower-de-luce Angelica of each an ounce both sorts of Lungwort Maidenhair sharp Sage Horehound Scabious of each half an ounce flowers of Coltsfoot Violets Chamomil and Hearts-ease of each two drams Let them be cut bruised and infused in water of Carduus and Fenil of each three pound of Mallows Fluellin and Marsh-mallows of each a pound Let them be boiled to the consumption of the third part Take of this Liquor strained six pound and infuse in it small Raisons four ounces seeds of Carduus Anise Roman Nettles Quinces and Myrtle-berries of each half an ounce of Dates Iujubes Sebestens and fat Figs of each twenty one Boil them again to the consumption of the third part and then let them be strongly prest and strained Take of this strained Liquor four pound white Sugar two pound Boil them again and as they are boiling aromatize it with Oriental Saffron Cardamoms the less Mace and Cinamon of each two drams Let these be tyed up in a thin Cloth and boil together with the rest till it comes to the consistence of a Syrup to which last of all add three ounces of Cinamon-water and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is of wonderful force and power in all affects of the Thorax Vitals Destillations and Obstructions for it cuts and attenuates thick Humors It is also of good use in Consumptions Wastings and Ulcers of the Lungs And is a present Remedy for Asthma's and Coughs and is profitably used in the pains of the Hypochonders and a Pleurisie beginning It dissolves suppurated matter and helps to cast it forth and is a great Secret in Hoarsness and defect of the Voice The dose is from half an ounce to six drams by it self or in appropriate Vehicles Syrupus Asthmaticus or a Syrup for the Asthma Take white Sugar Candy a pound water of Lohoch sanum eight ounces Syrup of Horehound and Liquorish of each four ounces Syrup of Maidenhair and Iujubes of each three ounces Syrup of Hyssop and the juyce of Violets of each two ounces Mix them all well together and boil them to the consistence of a Syrup Virtue Use and Dose It doth chiefly help in the Asthma and Pleurisie It safely cleanseth opens and inlargeth the Thorax and Lungs and also opens Obstructions It helps wheesing dry Coughs and is profitably given in the pain of the Breast and Hypochonders the Stone in the Reins c. It is also very agreeable to old people and those who are cold by Nature The dose is by it self or with Pectoral Waters from half an ounce to an ounce Syrupus Cordialis or a Cordial Syrup Take Cinamon two ounces roots of Bugloss an ounce flowers of red Roses Borage Balm and Violets of each half an ounce Cardamoms the less Nutmegs wood of Aloes of each two drams Oriental Saffron and Mace of each a dram All being cut and bruised let them be macerated in three pound of good odoriferous Wine until the Wine hath imbibed all the virtue of the Ingredients then boil it to the consumption of a pound Take of this Liquor strained two pound white Sugar a pound and a half Boil these together and toward the end add of each of our Cordial Waters four ounces And boil all to the just consistence of a Syrup Virtue Use and Dose It exhilarates and daily increaseth the Magnanimity of the mind and is a most efficacious Medicine in almost all melancholy Diseases Moreover it is of singular use in the passions of the Heart proceeding from grief or sorrow and this it doth by roborating of that part The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce by it self or in other convenient Vehicles Syrupus de Cassia Lignea Take Gelly of Quinces a pound Boil it over a gentle fire to the thickness of Honey then mix with it our Tincture of Cassia lignea so much as may bring it to the consistence of a Syrup at last add to it an ounce of Elaeosaccharum of Cassia lignea and again mix them and reserve it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is agreeable to old weak and frigid Patients and to those in whom the Radical moisture and natural heat are diminished It comforts all the principal Members It roborates the Heart and a cold Stomach It helps the Syncope and trembling of the Heart It allays Nauseousness Vomiting and Hiccup It takes away the ill savour of the Breath and makes it sweet The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce either by it self or in any other specifick Medicine Syrupus Diacitri Rosatus or a compound Syrup of Citrons and Roses Take juyce of Citrons and Lemmons first strained through a cloth or strainer but not prest and tinctured with powder of red Roses a pound Rob of Barberries and Goosberries of each seven ounces Syrup of the juyce of unripe Grapes Syrup of Vinegar Rasberries and Strawberries of each four
wonderful operation and a happy restitution in a short time Spiritus Vini Theriacalis or Spirit of Wine with Treacle Take Venice Treacle four ounces roots of Angelica Elicampane and Swallow-wort white Diptamus Devils-bit Snakeweed Pimpinella Tormentil Zedoary Citron seeds of each an ounce Make all into a gross Powder and mix them on which pour eight pound of simple Spirit of Wine Let them digest fourteen days and then digest them in B. M. and keep the abstracted liquor for use Virtue Use and Dose This is a most excellent Spirit to preserve people from the Plague And is also called a Catholick Medicine because it consisteth of just twelve Ingredients It may be taken from one spoonful to two three or four hours before dinner or before they go abroad and is to be used every morning It prevents the danger of contagious Air and doth revive the Spirits But in curing it is given from two spoonfuls to three in Carduus-water or in our Aqua Cornu Cervi and it expels the Venom plentifully by Sweat SECT XIX Of compound distilled Waters Aqua Epileptica or an Epileptick Water TAke Roots of Peony duly gathered two ounces roots of round Birthwort white Diptamus and Angelica of each an ounce and a half Misleto of the Oak Peacocks dung Squills prepared Anacardus of each an ounce seeds of male Peony Coriander Caraway and Fenil of each six drams a dryed Secundine of a male Birth Castor of each half an ounce Carduus Millefoil wild Rue Sage and Rosemary of each two drams Let them be cut and bruised and infused in twelve pound of Spanish Wine and set to digest in a warm place for eight days the Vessel being often shaken in the time afterward distil them by an Alembick and into the distilled Liquor again put these things following Flowers of male Peony Lily of the valley of each four ounces flowers of Betony Teil-tree Lavender Balm Borage and Bugloss of each an ounce and a half Nutmeg Cinamon Cubebs Mace long Pepper and Cloves of each an ounce Mix them and over a gentle fire in Balneo distil them the second time Virtue Use and Dose It is an effectual Medicine against the Epilepsie Vertigo Lethargy Catalepsie and Subeth which Diseases it chiefly cureth It is given in the Fit from an ounce to an ounce and a half But in preservation at the four Quarters of the Moon especially in all moist and nebuâ—ous constitution of the Air from one spoonful to two Aqua Apoplectica or a Water for the Apoplexy Take seeds of Rocket a pound seeds of Mountain-Osier Caraway and Anise of each an ounce roots of Avens four ounces roots of male Peony Pellitory and water Acorus of each two ounces Iuniper-berries four ounces Bay-berries husked an ounce and an half Ground-pine Hyssop Marjoram Origanum and Vervain of each half an ounce Let them be grosly bâ—uised and beaten and put into a large Matrace with ten pound of Spanish Wine and two pound of Spirit of Roses Let them stand in digestion fourteen days and then distil them in Balneo and into the distilled Liquor put fresh flowers of the Lily of the valley Primroses and Lavender of each four ounces Sage Marigold Betony and Rosemary of each an ounce and a half both sorts of Cardamoms Cabebs wood of Aloes Nutmegs Mace Cinamon the lesser Galangal long Pepper and Cloves of each an ounce Mix them and again digest them for three days and over a gentle fire distil it in Balneo and afterward rectifie it by it self with a scruple of Gallia Moschata wrapping Cotton about the Snout of the Alembick At last the water being put into a close Glass keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This is rightly called the water of Philosophers because it is of a wonderful virtue in comforting the Brain and Nerves It also strengthens the Memory and Intellect exceedingly It preserves from the Apoplexy and Palsie and all other dangerous diseases of the Head It doth excellently discuss and attenuate Humors renders the Blood pure and gives a lively Colour to the body But chiefly and especially it cures the Apoplexy and may be as well outwardly applied as taken inwardly The dose is from one spoonful to two c. Aqua de Xyloaloe or a Water of Wood of Aloes Take of the species of Confectio Anacardina an ounce seeds of mountain Osier Caraway Fenil and Lavender of each six drams leaves of Marjoram Rosemary and Sage flowers of Primrose Stoechas red Roses and Rosemary of each two drams lesser Galangal Cinamon Cloves Mace Nutmegs Cubebs the lesser Cardamoms of each a dram Let them be grosly bruised and cut and infused in four pound of Spanish Wine let them stand in the Sun or in some other place to digest for a month and then add to it water of the Lily of the valley and flowers of St. Iohns-wort of each two pound water of the flowers of Bugloss Balm and Betony of each a pound Mix them and distil all in Balneo and in the distilled Liquor again infuse the best wood of Aloes four ounces Cassia lignea an ounce species of Diaxyloaloes and Diambra of each half an ounce Oriental Saffron a dram Mix them and after due digestion again distil them in Balneo and the distilled water reserve for use Virtue Use and Dose This is a most illustrious and renowned Water in comforting and strengthening a weak Memory for it opens all the obstructions in the passages of the Brain and consumes all thick and viscous humors in the Head The dose is from one spoonful to two taken in the morning and at the same time to anoint the nape of the Neck with the same liquor and also rub it in well and let the Patient observe a regular Diet So it strengthens the Intellect removes forgetfulness and wonderfully sharpens the Wit Aqua Mastichina Take water of Water-Mints a pound Cloves infused in Spanish Wine of the best Mastich an ounce Let them boil in a double Vessel for two hours and then filter it and edulcorate it with Syrup of Quinces and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This Water is of great efficacy in the nauseousness and loathing of the Stomach in Vomiting and the Disease Cholera which are known Evils It also strengthens the Stomach and roborates the retentive Faculty The dose is two ounces Aqua Hypnotica or a Somniferous Water Take seeds of white and black Poppy of each seven ounces Melon seeds husked seeds of Anise and Dill of each an ounce bitter Almonds two ounces Liquorish and Nutmegs of each an ounce and a half Cardamoms the less and Mace of each an ounce and half Oriental Saffron flowers of wild Poppy and Violets of each a dram Let them be cut and bruised and then infused in waters of Lettice three pound of red Roses and Water-Lily of each two pound of Purslain and Endive of each a pound Mix them and set them to digest in a warm place for two or three days and
bruised and then infused in the following Waters i. e. water of wild Poppy flowers and both kind of Mallows of each a pound and a half water of Plantane Purslain Violets Lettice leaves of Oak and Moneywort of each a pound Let them digest some days and then distil them in an Alembick in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose It takes off the heat and difficulty of Urine and obtunds the acrimony thereof that arises from hot Meats c. It deterges glutinates and cicatriseth all Ulcers and Ulcerations in the Bladder Reins Ureters and urinary passages For which it is a present Remedy which I have also experienced in Old people who are subject to a heat in the Bladder and from thence are subject to make water often This Water therefore sweeps away all mucous rough and painful filth and dregs of the Urine The dose is from one ounce to three Aqua contra Vermes or a Water against the Worms Take shavings of Harts horn four ounces crude Mercury well cleansed with Salt and Vinegar two ounces the best Sena seeds of Cina and Citrons true Corallina of each an ounce and a half Peach kernels Rhubarb Agarick and Myrrh of each an ounce roots of white Diptamus the pith taken away round Birthwort and Zedoary of each six drams white Tartar Nitre prepared Oriental Saffron of each half an ounce the tops of lesser Cantaury and Tansie chips of Hazel-tree of each three drams Let them be cut and bruised and then infused in four pound of Hydromel and after eight days digestion add to it water of Pontick Wormwood and Southernwood of each a pound and a half of Carduus Grass and Scordium of each a pound Mix all and distil them by an Alembick in Balneo Aqua Theriacalis or Treacle-water Take Venice Treacle eight ounces sealed Earth two ounces roots of Angelica and Tormentil Elicampane of each half an ounce Harts-horn and Elks hoof Spagirically calcined Sassafras Iuniper-berries Citron peels of each an ounce Boletus cervinus red Myrrh of each six drams Diaphoretick Antimony and Oriental Saffron of each three drams All being pulverized and mixed let them be infused in eight pound of Malmsey Wine for fourteen days and then distilled in Balneo with a gentle fire Virtue Use and Dose Because this Water by its tenuity and thinness doth quickly insinuate it self into all the Members and puts the native heat into action we happily use it in all diseases where Sweat is desired as Feavers Jaundice Putrefaction Worms Pox punctures of the Sides trembling of the Heart Plague rectification of the Blood c. The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Aqua de Cornu cervino or Water of Harts-horn Take Harts-horn Spagirically calcined two ounces sealed Earth and Oriental red Bole of each an ounce roots of Tormentil white Diptamus Scorzonera and Zedoary of each half an ounce Sassafras yellow Sanders Cassia lignea of each three drams seeds of Sorrel Angelica and Citrons dryed of each two drams Oriental Saffron Mace and Marigold flowers of each a dram and a half These being cut and bruised let them be infused in the depurated Juyce of Carduus and Sorrel of each two pound of Scabious and Fluellin of each a pound of the husks of green Nuts and Scordium of each half a pound Let them macerate 24 hours then with a gentle fire distil them in Balneo with glass Vessels cohobating the second time Virtue Use and Dose This Water hath great force in the Plague and all other poysonous Diseases but especially in Women and Children for whom the Treacle-waters are not convenient Of this water an ounce or two or more according to the strength and nature of the Patient may be given either by it self or with other sudorifick Medicines in the place of Specificks c. Aqua Aloetica solutiva or a solutive Water of Aloes Take Epatick Aloes sixteen ounces juyce of the leaves of green Sena expressed Elaterium of each four ounces red Myrrh an ounce All being well mixed let them be distilled in glass in Balneo by the help of a gentle fire Virtue Use and Dose Anoint the Stomach often with this water and lay on after it a warm Cloth or Sponge and you shall see a wondrous Operation For it is a most excellent Medicine and only fit for Kings and Princes Aqua Cosmetica or a Beauty-water Take Goats milk four pound water of Aron roots Bean flowers white Roses white Lilies and Solomons seal of each a pound white Virgin Honey four ounces white Sugar candy and white Frankincense of each two ounces white Hermodactyls Florentine Flower-de-luce Venetian Borax of each an ounce Salt of white Tartar burnt Ivory and Camphire of each half an ounce flowers of white Narcissus of common white Mallows of white water Lily of each two drams Mix them and distil them in Balneo for the richer sort you may add a scruple of Gallia Moschata with Cotton to the neck of the Alembick Virtue Use and Dose It is used outwardly to cleanse and clarifie the Face For it takes off Spots Pimples c. from the Face and it hath a singular faculty in amending the foulness of the Skin in the Jaundice To accomplish which the Face must be often washed with it in the day Or take of this Cosmetick water six ounces of the Mercurial Cosmetick two drams Mix them and make a Lotion like Milk with which anoint the Face often SECT XX. Of mixed Liquors Nectar Vitrioli or Nectar of Vitriol TAke white Sugar candy ten ounces Spirit of Vitriol rectified two ounces Mix them and in a glass Vessel close covered keep out the flies and filth let them stand for some months till it all appear black like Pitch then take of this black matter four ounces Rose-water an ounce and a half water Mint-water half a pound Cinamon water buglossated six pound Syrup of the juyce of Citrons four ounces Manus Christi simple two ounces Mix them and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is commended in all intemperature of the Stomach as well cold as hot For it refresheth the languid and decayed strength thereof It provokes Appetite prevents Putrefaction It is good in malignant Feavers and allays Thirst. The dose by it self is from two ounces to three Liquor Vitriolatus or a Vitriolated Liquor Take Syrup of Violets and Roses of each half a pound juyce of Citrons or Lemmons four ounces Mix them diligently and being mixed add water of Endive ten ounces water of Sorrel and Roses of each eight ounces of water-Lily and Scabious of each six ounces of Cinamon water buglossated two ounces Spirit of Vitriol so much as will make all tart and grateful Again mix them and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is of a curious cooling quality in the Plague Hungarian disease burning Feavers and all other Inflammations It also allays Thirst c. The dose is from two ounces to three Liquor Ophthalmicus subalbidus or a whitish Water for
a dram Let them infuse in a sufficient quantity of sharp Wine in Balneo for five or six days till the Vinegar be perfectly tinctured then filter it and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose The smell and odor of the Fume upon hot Coals immediately raiseth Women that are suffocated c. it is also good in the Vertigo's Lethargies and other sleepy diseases And if it be taken inwardly it also performs the same The dose is from half a spoonful to a whole one Acetum Vomitorium or a Vomiting Vinegar Take bark of the roots of Thapsia four ounces â—oots of fresh dryed Asarabacca two ounces seeds of Cart aâ—us or bastard Saffron an ounce Cinamon half an ounce All being bruised and mixed infuse them in four pound of the best Wine Vinegar Let them digest in a Glass close shut for a month often shaking them in the time after distil them in Sand in a Copper body with a Leaden top to it And so you shall have distilled Vinegar impregnated with Saturn and a little sweet all which keep for use not rejecting the flegm Virtue Use and Dose It is a sweet and pleasant Vomit and purgeth all Humors as well cold as hot and is given in Quotidian and Tertian as well true as bastard both which it cures it takes away debility and loathing caused by super fluous sharp humors it is also an approved Medicine in renewed Feavers after seven Fits The dose is from two ounces to three more or less And to delicate bodies it is given in Syrup of Vinegar SECT XXIV Of Epithems Epithema generale or a general Epithem GOod in Melancholy Madness Phrensies immoderate Watchings pain and disorder of the Head in general from any cause Take water of wild Poppy Lettice and Roses of each four ounces of our Troches of Radice Rhodia an ounce Mix them for an Epithem Another of the same efficacy Take water of Henbane Sage and Vervain of each four ounces our Troches of roots of Rhodia an ounce Mix them for an Epithem and when there is a necessity of using it wet a double linen Rag therein and press it gently and apply it warm to the Temples and Forehead and this direction is also to be observed in the following Epithems An Epithem for the pain in the Head coming of a cold Cause with or without a Catarrh Take water of Betony Rosemary and Vervain of each four ounces Peach kernels half an ounce Cubebs three drams Nutmegs and Sandarack of each a dram roots of Mandrakes half a dram Mix them and make an Epithem and apply it warm Another in a hot Cause Take water of Chamomil Sage and Rosemary of each four ounces Peach kernels half an ounce the best Olibanum two drams Cloves Mace and wood of Aloes of each a dram roots of Zedoary half a dram Mix them for an Epithem An Epithem for pains of the Head coming of a hoâ— Cause with or without a Catarrh Take water of Roses Violets and common Mallows of each three ounces all the Sanders of each a dram and a half white Amber prepared a dram flowers of wild Poppy and Vervain of each half a dram Camphire a scruple Mix them for an Epithem for the Head Another in the same Case Take water of wild Poppy and Roses of each three ounces mans Skull calcined without fire a dram Oriental Saffron half a dram Mix them for an Epithem for the Head which operates wonderfully Epithema Hypnoticum or a Sleep-bringing Epithem Take water of Roses and Lettice of each four ounces Opium Spagirically prepared a dram Oriental Saffron half a dram of the spongy knot growing on wild Roses a scruple Mix them and dissolve them faithfully the mixture being prepared wet a linen Cloth in it and apply it warm to the Temples and moisten the Nostrils with it also and presently they begin to sleep Another to procure Sleep Take water of Nutmegs Lettice and Night shade of each four ounces seeds of white Poppy half an ounce seeds of Henbane and Dill of each two drams roots of Hounds-tongue a dram and a half flowers of Elicampane yellow water-Lily and Violets of each a scruple Bruise the Seeds in a stone Mortar with a wooden Pestle then mix them and press them and so make an Epithem for the Head An experienced warming Cordial Epithem Take water of Cinamon Balm and Bugloss of each three ounces Elks horn Spagirically calcined Cloves Nutmegs and Citron peels of each a dram and a half wood of Aloes a dram Pearls prepared red Coral prepared of each half a dram seeds of Marjoram and Basil of each a scruple Oriental Saffron and Rosemary of each a scruple Mix them for an Epithem for the Heart Another for the same Case Take water of Roses Basil and Clove-gillyflowers of each three ounces species of Diamoschu dulce and Diambra of each a dram and a half Dianthos and Gems calcined of each a dram Mix them and make an Epithem to be applied to the region of the Heart A cooling Epithem in the Syncope and other Affects of the Heart Take water of red Roses four ounces water of Sarrel and water-Lily of each four ounces Vinegar violated an ounce red Coral prepared all the Sanders of each a dram sealed Earth and Bole Armeniack of each two scruples of the five precious Stones prepared bone of a Stags heart Pearls prepared Mace Cinamon Camphire of each ten grains Mix them for an Epithem for the Heart A most noble Epithem in the Palpitation of the Heart Take water of Marjoram Basil Balm Roses and Malmsey Wine of each three ounces Vinegar rosated an ounce species de Gemmis calid of Diambra and Diamoschu dulce of each a dram wood of Aloes and Mace of each two scruples Cinamon and Rosemary of each half a dram bone of a Stags heart Pearls and red Coral prepared Citron peel of each a scruple the five precious Stones prepared a scruple Mix all for an Epithem for the Heart Another for the Palpitation of the Heart Take water of Roses Sage and Borage of each three ounces odoriferous Wine an ounce Vinegar violated half an ounce species Diathameron and Diamargariton frigid of each a dram and a half Harts-horn Spagirically calcined Cassia lignea yellow Sanders Cardamoms the less of each half a dram Oriental Saffron flowers of Cloves and Rosemary of each a scruple Mix them for an Epithem to be applied to the Breast An Epithem for the Weakness and Inflammation of the Liver Take water of Water-Lilies Wormwood Endive Roses and Succory of each two ounces Vinegar rosated an ounce species Diatrion santalon half an ounce Crystals of Saturn two drams Rhubarb a dram and a half red Coral prepared two scruples seeds of Purslain and Sorrel of each a scruple Camphire Mace and Spike of each ten grains Mix them and make an Epithem according to Art Another in the same Case Take water of white Epatick flowers Rasberries Strawberries and the lesser Centaury of each three
quantity of Spirit of Wine and being dissolved add Oyl of bitter Almonds and Peach kernels common oyl of Wormwood of each six ounces Bulls gall three ounces Wine Vinegar an ounce and a half Mix them and boil it to the consumption of the Spirit of Wine Vinegar and Gall and toward the end add red Myrrh an ounce Troches of Alhandal and oyl of Savin of each three drams Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Wax make an Oyntment Unguentum Herniosum or an Unguent for Ruptures Take five and thirty Yolks of Eggs boiled hard May Butter without salt half a pound Mix them and upon a Charcoal fire boil them always stirring and scumming it and when it appears like pure Oyl let it be strongly prest and reject the Faeces afterward in the exprest Oyl being yet warm dissolve of our Balsamick oyl six ounces oyl of Peter four ounces Oxycroceum Plaster five ounces Mix them and make an Unguent according to Art Virtue and Use. It cures the Rupture of the Bowels but the Patient must lye on his back in bed for eight or fourteen days shunning excess both of meat and drink and let him take heed of windy Diet the part affected must be anointed twice a day morning and evening and the part duly swaddled or bound with things convenient and by the Blessing of God he will be certainly cured But in the mean time let him drink of our Decoction contra Herniam three or four spoonfuls at a time and with these Remedies I have cured innumerable Unguentum contra Pediculos or an Oyntment to kill Lice Take Oyl of Bays and Templinum of each four ounces juyce of Rue exprest six ounces Mix them and boil it to the consumption of the Juyce then add Quick-silver killed with the juyce of Sage an ounce and a half seeds of Stavesacre Nitre prepared Epatick Aloes of each half an ounce roots of Docks and white Hellebore Indian Tabaco of each two drams Camphire and oyl of Spike of each a dram Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Wax make an Unguent Virtue and Use. Experience it self teacheth the excellent use of this Oyntment for it kills all kind of Lice and is of good use in the Camp of Mars as well as Venus Unguentum ad Livorem Faciei or an Oyntment for the black Bruises of the Face Take white Tragacanth half an ounce Dissolve it in Rose-water to the form of a Liniment then add Roots of Solomons Seal finely powdered four scruples Camphire two scruples Mix them and make a Liniment Virtue and Use. It is by Experience found good for the black and blue spots or marks on the Face or elsewhere caused either by Contusions Blows or any other violence and restores the part to its native and pristine colour if the part affected be anointed or imeared with it and so continue using it till it be well SECT XXXVI Of Plasters Emplastrum Epilepticum or a Plaster for the Epilepsie TAke Oyls of Castor Rue Flower-de-luce of each an ounce roots and seeds of Peony and Pellitory of Spain of each a dram Misleto of the Oak Squills prepared Elks horn and Mans Skull both Spagirically calcined of each two scruples Frankincense Mastich Ladanum Galbanum and Opopanax of each a dram flowers of Lavender Arabian Stoechas and Indian Spike of each a pugil distilled oyl of Rosemary and Hyssop of Nutmegs by expression of each a scruple of Rosin and Wax a sufficient quantity to make a Plaster according to Art Virtue and Use. It is applied to the Coronal Suture in the Epilepsie and other dangerous affects of the Head and gives present help and by a specifick quality doth virtually resist it Emplastrum Hypnoticum or a somniferous Plaster Take Unguentum Populeon and yellow Wax of each three drams Opium Spagirically prepared oyl of Nutmegs by expression of each a dram and a half Tacamahacca Mastich and Sandarack of each a dram Styrax Calamitis Olibanum and Rosin of each half a dram Gallia Moschata Extract of Saffron of each a scruple distilled oyl of Roses ten grains Mix them and make a Plaster of a just consistence according to Art Virtue and Use. It being laid to the Temples Forehead and Pulses it produceth a pleasant sleep and that especially if it be laid on at night going to bed Moreover it is of excellent use to stop Defluxions from the Head and to allay pain But for Hysterical Women the Gallia Moschata is to be omitted Emplastrum Stomachicum or a Plaster for the Stomach Take of Gum Tacamahacca four ounces the best Ladanum and Benjamin of each two ounces Colophony and yellow Wax of each an ounce our Balsamum Absinthiacum and Balsam of Peru of each half an ounce distilled oyl of Origanum Mother of Thyme Zedoary and Rosemary of each a scruple white Turpentine a sufficient quantity to make it into a Plaster of a just consistence Virtue and Use. It frees the Stomach from crudity and wind and helps the weakness and distention of it for it heats and wonderfully helps digestion and stays Vomiting and Loathing if it be laid to the Stomach and there continued Emplastrum Spleneticum or a Plaster for the Spleen Take Oyl of Capers and Chamomil of each four ounces juyces of Harts-tongue Wormwood Rosemary and Agrimony of each three ounces Boil them in Balneo to the consumption of the Juyces then add Galbanum dissolved in Vinegar Ammoniacum and Bdellium of each an ounce of Melilot Plaster and Diachylon simple of each six drams distilled oyl of Iuniper juyce of both sorts of Fern made thick of each half an ounce seeds of Agnus castus Garden Rue and Broom of each a dram and a half Rosin and Wax so much as will make all into a Plaster of a just consistence according to Art Virtue and Use. Spread this Plaster upon red Leather and being covered with a fine Linen Cloth sprinkle upon a sufficient quantity of Oyl of Rosemary and so lay it to the Region of the Spleen whose swelling and hardness it softens and dissolves it likewise comforts and opens the Spleen Emplastrum Marciale Take Galbanum dissolved in Vinegar Tacamahacca of each an ounce white Turpentine and yellow Wax of each six drams Assa foetida red Myrrh and Castor of each three drams Magistery of English Tin oyl of yellow Amber of each a dram and a half Mix them and make a Plaster according to Art Virtue and Use. It is effectually useful either in the rising or falling of the Matrix for being laid to the Navil it refresheth the Womb and suddenly reduceth it into its proper place and indeed in this most cruel Disease it is the only and best Plaster for the Womb in being and also approved c. Emplastrum Carminativum or a Carminative Plaster Take Oyl of Iuniper-berries and oyl of Rays of each four ounces juyce of Elder made thick juyce of Rue and dwarff Elder of each three ounces Pigeons and Goats dung macerated in Vinegar