embers and keep it for your use How to make Hair grow Take half a pound of Aqua Mellis in the Spring time of the year warm a little of it every morning when you rise in a Sawcer and tie a little spunge to a fine box comb and dip it in the water and therewith moisten the roots of the Hair in combing it and it will grow long thick and curled in a very short time To write Letters of secrets that they cannot be read without the directions following Take fine Allum beat it small and put a reasonable quantity of it into water then write with the said water The work cannot be read but by steeping your paper into fair running water You may likewise write with Vinegar or the juyce of Lemon or Onion if you would read the same you must hold it before the fire How to keep Wine from sowering Tie a piece of very salt Bacon on the inside of your barrel so as it touch not the Wine which will preserve Wine from sowering To take out spots of Greese or Oyl Take bones of sheeps feet burn them almost to ashes then bruise them to powder and put of it on the spot and lay it in the sun when it shineth hottest when the powder becomes black lay on fresh in the place till it fetch out the spots which will be done in a very short time To make hair grow black though any color Take a little Aqua Fortis put therein a groat or six pence as to the quantity of the aforesaid water then set both to dissolve before the fire then dip a small spunge in the said water and wet your beard or hair therewith but touch not the skin King Edwards Perfume Take twelve spoonfulls of right red Rose-water the weight of six pence in fine powder of Sugar and boil it on hot Embers and Coals softly and the house will smell as though it were full of Roses but you must burn the sweet Cipress wood before to take away the gross air Queen Elizabeths Perfume Take eight spoonfulls of Compound water the weight of two pence in fine powder of sugar and boil it on hot Embers and Coals softly and half an ounce of sweet Marjoram dried in the Sun the weight of two pence of the powder of Benjamin This Perfume is very sweet and good for the time Mr. Ferene of the New Exchange Perfumer to the Queen his rare Dentifrice so much approved of at Court First take eight ounces of Irios roots also four ounces of Pomistone and eight ounces of Cutel bone also eight ounces of mother of Pearle and eight ounces of Corral and a pound of brown sugar-candy and a pound of Brick if you desire to make them red but he did oftner make them white and then instead of the Brick did take a pound of fine Alablaster all this being throughly beaten and sifted through a fine searse the powder is then ready prepared to make up in a paste which must be done as follows To make the said Powder into Paste Take a little Gum Dragant and lay it in steep twelve hours in Orange flower water or Damask Rose-water and when it is dissolved take the sweet Guâ—â— and grinde it on a Marble-stone wiâ—â— the aforesaid powder and mixing some crums of white bread it will come into a Paste the which you may make Dentifrices of what shape or fashion you please but long rolls is the most commodious for your use The Receipt of the Lady Kents powder presented by her Ladyship to the Queen Take white Amber Crabs eyes red Corral Harts-horn and Pearl all prepared several of each a like proportion tear and mingle them then take Harts-horn gelly that hath some Saffron put into a bag dissolve into it while the gelly is warm then let the gelly cool and therewith make a paste of the powders which being made up into little balls you must dry gently by the fire side Pearl is prepared by dissolving it with the juyce of Lemons Amber prepared by beating it to powder so also Crabs-eyes and Corral Harts-horn prepared by burning it in the fire and taking the shires of it especially the pith wholly rejected A Cordial Water of Sir Walter Raleigh Take a gallon of Strawberries and put them into a pint of Aqua vitae let them stand so four or five dayes strain them gently out and sweeten the water as you please with fine Sugar or else with perfume The Lady Malets Cordial Water Take a pound of fine Sugar beaten and put to it a quart of running water pour it three or four times through a bag then put a pint of Damask Rose-water which you must alwayes pour still through the bag then four penniworth of Angelica water four pence in Clove-water four pence of Rosa solis one pint of Cinnamon-water or three pints and half of Aqua vitae as you finde it in taste put all these together three or four times through the bag or strainer and then take half an ounce of good Muskallis and cut them grosly and put them into a glass and fill them with the water c. A Sovereign Water of Dr. Stephens which he long times used wherewith he did many Cures he kept it secretly till a little before his Death and then he gave it to the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury in writing being as followeth viz. Take a Gallon of good Gascoine VVine and take Ginger Gallingale Cinamon Nutmegs Cloves Grains Ani-seeds Fennil-seed of every of them a dram then take Caraway-seed of red Mints Roses Thime Pellitory of the Wall Rosemary wilde Thime Camomil the leaves if you cannot get the flowers of small Lavender of each a handfull then bray the spices small and bray the Hearbs and put all into the Wine and let it stand so twelve hours stirring it divers times then still it in a Limbeck and keep the first water for iâ— is best then put the second water by it self for it is good but not of such vertues c. The Vertues of this Water It comforts the Spirits Vitall and helps all inward Diseases that come of cold it is good against the shaking of the Palsie it cures the Contraction of the Sinnews helps the conception of women if they be barren it kills the VVorms in the Belly and Stomach it cures the cold Dropsie and helps the Stone in the Bladder and in the Reins of the back it helps shortly the stinking breath and whosoever useth this water morning and evening and not too often it preserveth him in good liking and will make him seem young very long and comforteth nature marvellously with this water did Dr. Stephens preserve his life till extream age would not let him go or stand and he continued five years when all the Physicians judged he would not live a year longer nor did he use any other Medicine but this c. A Plague Water to be taken one spoonful every four hours with one sweat every time Take Scabious
in the morning fasting To make Saffron Water Take seven Quarts of white Wine and infuse in it all night one ounce of Saffron dried and in the morning distill it in a Limbeck or glass body with a head and put some white Sugar-candy finely beaten into the Receiver for it to drop on Mr. Stepkins Water for the Eyes Take four ounces of white Rose water and two drams of Tutia in powder shake them well together in a glass vial and drop of it a little into the Eyes evening and morning it is very good for any hot Rheum A precious Water to revive the Spirits Take four gallons of strong Ale five ounces of Aniseeds Liquorish scraped half a pound sweet Mints Angelica Betony Cowslip flowers Sage and Rosemary flowers sweet Marjoram of each three handfuls Pelitory of the wall one handful After it is for two or three dayes distill it in a Limbeck and in the water infuse one handful of the flowers aforesaid Cinamon and Fennel-seed of each half an ounce Juniper berries bruised one dram Red-rose buds rosted Apples and Dates sliced and stoned of each half a pound distill it again and sweeten it with some Sugar-candy and take of Ambergreece Pearle red Coral Harts-horn powdered and leaf Gold of each half a dram put them into a fine linnen bag and hang it by a thread in a glass The Bishop of Worcesters admirably curing Powder Take black tips of Crabs claws when the Sun enters into Cancer which is every year on the eleventh day of June pick and wash them clean and beat them into fine powder which finely searce then take Musk and Civet of each three grains Ambergreece twelve grains rub them in the bottom of the Mortar and then beat them and the powder of the Claws together then with a pound of this powder mix one ounce of the magistery of Pearle Then take ten skins of Adders or Snakes or Slow worm cut them in pieces and put them into a pipkin to a pint and a half of Spring water cover it close and set it on a gentle fire to simmer onely not to boil for ten or twelve hours in which time it will be turned into a Jelly and therewith make the said powder into balls If such skins are not to be gotten then take six ounces of shaved Harts-horn and boil it to a Jelly and therewith make the said powder into balls the horn must be of a red Deer kil'd in August when the moon is in Leo for that is best The Dose is seven or eight grains in beer or wine To make Spirit of Castoreum Take Calamints four ounces Orange peels two ounces Nep half a handful Walnut blossoms half an ounce Rosemary flowers and tops of Sage of each one handful Castoreum one ounce white Wine one quart distil them in a Limbeck This Water is good for swounding fits weak stomachs and rising of the Mother A Water for the Stone Take a quart of clean pickt Strawberries put them in a glass pour on them a quart of Aqua vitae let them stand and steep and take two or three spoonfuls of it morning and evening with fine Sugar or white Sugarcandy It will keep all the year Approved To make Dr. Stephens Water Take a gallon of Claret wine or Sack Cinamon Ginger Grains of Paradise Gallingall Nutmegs Anniseed and Fennel-seed of each three drams Sage Mint red Roses Pellitory of the Wall Wilde Marjoram Rosemary Wilde Time Cammomile Lavender of each one handful bruise the said spices small cut and bruise the Herbs and put all into the Wine in a Limbeck and after it hath stood twenty four hours distil it gently and keep the first water by it self and so the second For a Tetter Take water of red Tar and wash it therewith This is an approved remedy A special water for a Consumption Take a peck of garden shell Snails wash them in small Beer put them into a great Iron dripping-pan and set them on the hot fire of Charcoals and keep them constantly stirring till they make no noise at all then with a knife and cloth pick them out and wipe them clean then bruise them in a stone Mortar shells and all then take a quart of Earth Worms rip them up with a knife and scoure them with Salt and wash them clean and beat them in the Mortar then take a large clean Brass pot to distill them in put into it two handfulls of Angelica on them lay two handfuls of Celandine a quart of Rosemary flowers of Betony and Agrimony of each two handfuls Bears-foot Red dock leaves the bark of Barberries and Wood Sorrel of each one handful Rice half a handful Funugreek and Turnerick of each one ounce Saffron dryed and beaten into powder the weight of six pence Harts-horn and Cloves beaten of each three ounces when all these are in the Pot put the Snails and Worms upon them and then pour on them three gallon of strong Ale then set on the Limbeck and paste it close with Rye dough that no air come out or get in and so let it stand one and twenty hours and distill it with a moderate fire and receive the several Quarts in several Glasses close stopt The Patient must take every morning fasting and not sleep after it two spoonfuls of the strongest water and four spoonfuls of the weakest at one time fasting two hours after it Syrup of Pearmains good against Melancholly Take one pound of the juyce of Pearmains boil it with a soft fire till half be consumed then put it in a glass and there let it stand till it be settled and put to it as much of the juyce of the leaves and roots of Borage Sugar half a pound sirup of Citrons three ounces let them boil together to the consistence of a sirup Tincture of Ambergreece Put into half a pint of pure spirit of Wine in a strong glass Ambergreece one ounce Musk two drams stop the glass close with a cork and bladder and set it in hot horse-dung twelve dayes then pour off the spirit gently and put as much new spirit on and do as before and pour it off clean after all this the Ambergreece will serve for ordinary uses One drop of this Tincture will perfume any thing besides it is a great Cordial Dr. Price and Mâ— Fenton the Chyrurgion their excellent Medicine for the Plague after Infection Take assoon as you finde your self sick as much Diascordium as the weight of a shilling with ten grains of the powder called Speciei de gemmis well mingled together and streight after this let the party drink a good draught of hot posset ale made with Carduus Benedictus Sorrel Scabiosa and Scordium within eight hours after the first taking of it the party must take the Diascordium and Posset again as aforesaid and in like sort the third time within eight hours after but not above three times nor the third time if the party mend after the first or second taking Doctor
half a pint of new cream and as much Saffron as will make it of a deep Saffron colour and boil together half a quarter of an hour and keep it in a glass and when the Pocks begin to wheal warm some of the Oyntment in a Sawcer and anoint them with a feather twice a day till they be dried up Dr. Eaglestones Cure for the Small Pocks or Measles Take a quart of Ale or Beer and seethe it in a skillet and put thereto a good handful of Fennel and six or seven Figs scraped and cut in pieces two good spoonfuls of Anniseeds and a little Saffron put all these to the drink and let them seethe together till the liquor be more then half consumed and in the of Bores grease half an ounce of Sheeps suet two ounces of Neat-foot Oyl two ounces of Plantane and Rose water each two drams of Spike water one dram of Dragon water half an ounce as much of Borage water and Dr. Stevens water two Nutmegs twelve Cloves and some Mace of the best beat them small together and put them into a pot and boil it over a soft fire untill it become a Salve then chafe the place where the party is grieved as hot as he may suffer and then spread it on a fine linnen cloth and lay it upon the place six or eight dayes The Countess of Mounteagles excellent Medicine for the Cramp Proved Take a handful of the Herb called Perriwinkle some of it beareth a blew flower and some white and also take a good handful of Rosemary tops put them into a Pewter dish and set them upon coals dry them and turn them very often and when they are very hot lay them upon the place that is so taken with the Cramp and binde a cloth upon them when you go to bed and this will help you take it in the morning and lay fresh at night A Posset-drink for one that is Heart sick to remove it thence though it be the Plague Take Ale and make Posset-drink thereof and clarifie it then take Pimpernel and seethe in it till it be strong of it and drink often thereof Remedies against the Falling-sickness Take Powder of Harts-horn drink it with Wine it helpeth that disease so do Ravens Eggs taken with the juyce of Wilde Rue and the juyce of Misletoe To avoid Phlegm Take clarified Posset-drink and put thereto sweet butter the yolk of an Egg and a little small Ginger Hysop red Mints and Sugar let these seethe all together and drink thereof first and last as warm as you can suffer it A very good means to stay a Looseness that happeneth in Childe-bed First in the water you mean to use quench a gad of Steel sundry times then take the inward barks of the Sloe of the Bramble and of the young Oak of each a like quantity and so much as will suffice according to the liquor you intend to make if you use three pints of water a pretty handful of each bark will serve finely scraped when they are well boiled that one pint is wasted strain your liquor and make it into Almond Milk with unblanched Almonds finely grown then with well boiled Ivy thicken your Milk and other Rice broth and season it with Sugar and Cinamon finely beaten let the party forbear drink as much as may be and eat thereof once in two or three hours a little at once as her stomach will serve If she have any gripe in her belly I wish this to be used which I know to be singular good for any stoppage by sudden cold in Childe-bed Gather a great deal of Cammomile and heat it well between two Chargers upon a Chafing-dish of Coles and when the moisture of the Herb is somewhat spent strew in a handful of bruised Cummin-seed and sprinkle it now and then with a little Malmsey and so being a little dryish put it into a thin bag and apply it to the belly as hot as may be suffered and as it cooleth warm it again till she have ease instead of Malmsey you may use Muscadine This hath been many times proved For a Knock or Bruise in the Face Take a piece of brown paper and wet it in beer and lay it where the knock is and as it beginneth to dry lay on fresh a good while together For a Wen. Take Stone Lime and put it into water till it have done boiling then take a quantity of it and mix it with some barrel Soap laying them both on a cloth let it be applied to it and it will eat away the Wen. Mr. Potter Chyrurgeon His Cure for a man that is bursten Take the roots of baked Fern and the Roots of Elecampane of each a like quantity wash and pare them clean cut them as small as you can and stamp them in a Mortr as fine as you can and temper it with Oyl of Bay and two spoonfuls of Oyl of Exceter and when you have made the Salve spread it upon his Cod to his Belly and lay the Plaister upon the hole and remove it every two dayes and then use another space of ten dayes you must use another Salve or Plaister as followeth Take a quarter of a pound of 〈…〉 and the white of three or four Eggs and temper them together and when they are well tempered put in two spoonfuls of Pescolion temper all these together and use the same as you did the former salve when you take off the Plaister you must lay fine clothes under the bolster of the Truss until you think the skin be grown A medicine to destroy Warts Take Radish Root and shred it thin and put it in a pewter dish and cast salt upon it and cover it with another dish and shake the slices up and down and then take a piece thereof and rub the Warts therewith then throw away that and use another so three or four times in a day To take away Corns Take Hogs Grease that is not tried and beat it with a Pestle and spread it upon a piece of white Cotton on the rugged side and binde it on the Corns dressing it once or twice a day and it will wear them away To take away Freckles or Morphew Take four spoonfuls of May dew and one spoonfull of the Oyl of Tartar mingle them together and wash the places where the freckles be and let it dry of it self it will clear the skin and take away all foul spots rise about some four times then take Barberries and take the outside Rinde of them and beat them into very fine powder and take every morning and evening and drink either a draught of the said Water or small Beer after it continue this and it will cure you For an Ague congealed or fallen into a Womans Breast Take a quantity of stone Honey and the rustiest Bacon you can get Smallage Alexander red Cole Marigolds with black seeds of Groundsel Plantane and Sage of each a quantity put all these in a mortar and stamp
please as you wet it let it dry in May dew is the best An excellent Oyl to take away the Heat and Shining of the Nose Take twelve ounces of Gourd-seed crackle them and take out the kernels peel off the skin and blanch six ounces of bitter Almonds and make an Oyl of them and anoint the place grieved therewith you must alwayes take as much of the Gourd-seed as of the Almonds use it often For Heat or Pimples in the Face Take the Liverwort that groweth in the Well stamp and strain it and put the juyce into Cream and so anoint your face as long as you will and it will help you Proved Also the juyce of Liverwort drunk in beer warm is good for the heat of the Liver To take away Hair Take the shells of fifty two Eggs beat them small and still them with a good fire and with the water anoint your self where you would have the hair off Or else Cats Dung that is hard and dryed beaten to powder and tempered with strong vinegar and anointed on the place Dr. Friers Receipt for sweating in the face Take a little handful of Penniroyal and as much Cinquefoil and seethe them in white Wine or Vinegar if you take Vinegar put a little to it when it is sodden this done you must hold your head over it and cast a sheet over your head and keep in the air close as long as you can endure it and so ten or twelve times a day An approved Medicine taught by Dr. Blacksmith for the Cough Take the roots of Folefoot and dry them in an Oven and powder them then heat a Tile red hot and strew it thereupon then set the bottom of a tunnel upon it and let the patient receive the same morning and evening An approved Medicine for the same by Doctor Blacksmith Take a pint of hysop-Hysop-water and a quarter of a pound of Sugar-candy a spoonful of Anniseed bruised and a small stick of Liquorish sliced and bruised put them together and let them stand all night boil it a quarter of an hour upon a fire then strain and take of it two or three spoonfuls at a time warm you may take it at any time best at night when you go to bed or in the morning For the Kidneys swlon with cold or other Accident Take the Oyls of Roses and Quinces of each two drams and warm them in a saucer or porringer and anoint the place therewith against the fire lest you take cold in the doing of it A Vomit for an Ague Take blue Lilly-roots sliced small and bruised and steep it in as much Vinegar as will cover them and when the Patient feels his fit coming let him drink a draught of it in Ale and keep him very warm while it worketh A restorative Bag for a cold or windy Stomach Take Rose leaves Rosemary tops and flowers red Mints and Borage flowers of each one handful warm them in a platter on a chasing-dish of coals and ever as you stir it sprinkle it with Sack and Rose water and when it is as hot as can be put it in a cloth or silk bag and lay it to the bottom of the Stomach as hot as can be endured and keep your self from studying or musing and it will comfort very much A Drink for cold Rhumes or Phlegms Take the Roots of Fennel Comfrey Parsley and Liverwort Harts-tongue Mousear Horehound Sandrake Maiden-hair Chinquefoil Hysop Bugloss and Violet leaves of each one handful wash and dry them very clean Raisins of the Sun eight ounces Anniseeds four drams Liquorish two drams Elecampane-root two drams half a pint of Barley washed and bruised boil these in a pottle of fair water until half the liquor be consumed strain it and put to it one quart of White or Renish Wine and one ounce of Sugarcandy and boil it again till half be consumed take it from the fire and when it is cold put it into a clean glass and drink thereof every morning and evening a draught first and last and by Gods grace it will make you well and sound Approved For Rhume in the Throat Make a Cap of brown paper perfume it with Frankincense and apply it hot to the head then take the hard Eggs and lay them hot to the Nape of the Neck and anoint the Throat with Oyls of Rice and sweet Almonds and lay your self to sweat and after sweating mix Mell Rosarum Syrup of Mulberries Plantain water together and gargle the throat therewith In want of the said Syrup use Woodbin water A Remedy for the Stone Take a quart of Milk Ale and white Wine of each four ounces make them into a clear Posset drink the curd taken off to which put Parsley-roots Mallow leaves and Pellitory of the wall of each one handful Water-Cresses one handful and a half all small shred two sprigs of Time and Liquorish one ounce bruised boil all together to the consumption of a quart and take a draught thereof in the morning or at any time before meat sweetened with sugar to your taste A Broth for the Cough of the Lungs devised by Dr. Brasdale Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Fryer for the Lord Treasurer Take one paper of the prepared China Roots and steep it in six pints of fair water three hours then boil it unto three pints in an earthen pipkin then boil a Chicken and one ounce of French Barley together in a Pipkin six or seven Walmes and scum it then put away the water and put the Barley and the Chick to the China with the China in the paper a little green Endive twenty Raisins of the Sun stoned a little crust of Bread and a little Mace boil them together unto a pint and half strain it and let the party drink every day two draughts thereof one in the morning fasting and another at four a clock in the afternoon use it as often as you see cause For a Burning or Scalding Take Alehoof one handful the yolk of an Egg and some fair water stamp them and strain it and therewith wash the grieved place till the fire be out Or boil some Alehoof and Sheeps Suet together with Sheeps Dung and Plantain leaves till they come to a salve and apply it To Pâ—â—cure Sleep â—ruise a handful of Anniseeds and steep them in red Rose-water and make it up in little bags and binde one of them to each Nostril and it will cause sleep To sharpen a sick mans Appetite and to restore his Taste Take Wood or Garden Sorrel one handful and boil it in a pint of white wine vinegar till it be very tender strain it out and put to it Sugar two ounces and boil it to a Syrup and let the Patient take of it at any time A comfortable Juleb for a Feaver Take Barley-water and White Wine of each one pint Whey one quart put to it two ounces of Conserve of Barberries and the juices of two Lemons and two Oranges This will cool and open the body and
also good for swollen Breasts May is the best time to make it in For a Bruise in a Womans Breast that is hard swoln Take Wood-lice and dry them between papers before the fire and make them into fine powder whereof take as much as will lie on a three pence in a spoonful of Grout Ale do thus first and last for three weeks together and after you may take twice a week till you finde the Breast well But you must be sure to keep a white Cotton fried in Goose grease to it constantly though you leave taking the said powder until you finde the breast cured This hath cured breasts that should have been cut off A Medicine for a childe that cannot hold his or her Water Take the Navil string of a childe which is ready to fall from him dry it and beat it to powder and give it to the patient childe Male or Female in two spoonfuls of small Beer to drink fasting in the morning A. R. C. Shred two handfulls of Rosemary flowers and boil them in a quarter of a pint of Aqua vitae a little together At nâ—ght when you go to bed and in the morning you must have two little pieces of white Cotton and take some of this liquor and set it on the embers in a dish and put in one of the pieces of Cotton and when it is hot wring out the liquor and lay it to the grief Do thus three times evening and morning keeping the last piece of Cotton to the grief all night and so all day An Electuary for the Liver Take Cichory roots wash and rub them very dry in a cloth then slit them and take out their pith and cut them in small pieces of these roots thus ordered take eight ounces and beat them small in a Mortar and put to them two ounces of currans well washed and dry rubbed in a cloth and beat them well together put one ounce of the best grated Rhubarb and half a pound of double refined Sugar beaten to powder and beat all well together in the Mortar to the consistence of a well formed Electuary and keep it in a galley-pot for your use close covered Take as much thereof as a Walnut in the morning fasting and as much at four a clock in the afternoon A Purging Ale for the Liver Take Scurvy-grass six handfuls Brooklime Water-cresses of each three handfuls Agrimony Speed-wel Liverwort of each two handfuls Fennel and Parsley roots of each three ounces Horse-radish two ounces Monks Rhubarb one pound as well picked washed and bruised then put to them Sena five ounces Polypody of the Oak four ounces Nutmegs bruised two ounces Fennel-seed bruised one ounce Liquorish slit and bruised two ounces Sassafras cut small three ounces put all these in a bag or boulter and hang it in five or six gallons of second Ale and after five dayes infusion drink thereof half a pint every morning fasting and walk upon it A Medicine for the Stone Take the Pulp of Cassia Fistula newly drawn one ounce and a half Rhubarb in powder one dram and a half Venice Turpentine seven drams Liquorish half a dram Species of Diatragacanthum Frigidum one scruple mix them well together with a sufficient quantity of Marsh Mallows and take thereof in the morning fasting the quantity of a Walnut and drink after it a good draught of posset drink use it three mornings at every new Moon For the Whites and Heats in the Back Take three or four Nutmegs and put them into the middle of a brown loaf set it in an Oven and when it is baked take out the Nutmegs and every morning for nine dayes one after another beat the white of a new laid Egg to water then put to it of Plantain and red Rose water of each four spoonfuls and grate into it some of the said Nutmegs and sweeten it with a little Sugar and drink it off Syrup of Ale for the same Disease Take a gallon of new Ale wort of the first tunning and hang it over the clear fire in an Iron Pot and scum it till no more will rise and when it is boiled to a pint take it off and put it into an earthen pot with a cover and take a little thereof on a Pen-knifes point every morning and evening An excellent artificial Balsam Take conduit-Conduit-water and Oyl Olive of each one quart Turpentine four ounces liquid Storax six ounces put them in a Bason and let them stand together all night the next day melt half a pound of Bees-wax on the fire and put to it Rosemary Bayes and sweet Marjoram of each one handful shred small and also Dragons Blood and Mummey of each one ounâ—â— made small and let them boil in the wax a while then put into the Bason Oyl of Saint Johns-wort and rose-water of each two ounces and boil it together a little more then put in some natural Balsam and red Sanders pulverised and let it boil a little then strain it into a bason and when it is cold make a hole in it with a knife to let out the water so dissolve it on the fire and put it up for your use The Vertues and Operations of this Balsam are 1. It is good to cure any wound inward if inward squirt it in or apply it with a tent if outward anoint the place 2. It healeth any burning or scalding bruise or cut being therewith anointed and a linnen cloth or lint dipped therein laid to the place warm 3. It takes away any pain or grief that comes of cold and moisture in the bones or sinews anointing the place grieved with this Oyl heated and a warm cloth laid on it 4. It cureth the headache onely anointing the temples and nostrils therewith 5. It is good for the Winde Cholick or Stitch in the sides applied thereunto warm with hot clothes four mornings together every morning a quarter of an ounce And many other cures it doth c. To make the Green Oyntment Take Rue and Sage of each one pound Bay leaves and Wormwood of each half a pound Melilot the Herb and Flowers of Cammomile Spike Rosemary red Rose leaves Saint Johns wort and Dill of each one handful chop them first very small then stamp them and put thereto the like weight of Sheeps Suet chopt very small and stamp them all in a stone Mortar to one substance that all be green and no Suet appear Then put it into a large earthen pan and pour on it five pints of pure and sweet Oyl Olive and work them together with your hands to one substance then cover the pan with paste close that no air enter and let it stand seven dayes then open it and put it in a fresh pan and set it on a soft fire alwayes stirring it till the herbs begin to grow parched then strain it into a fresh pan to which put the Oyls of Roses Cammomile white Lillies Spike and Violets of each one ounce stir them well together and
keep it in a glass close stopt for your use An Electuary for the passion of the Heart Take Damask Roses half blown cut off their whites and stamp them very fine and strain out the Juyce very strong moisten it in the stamping with a little Damask Rose-water then put thereto fine powder Sugar and boil it gently to a thin Syrup then take the powders of Amber Pearl and Rubies of each half a dram Ambergreece one scruple and mingle them with the said sirup till it be somewhat thick and take a little thereof on a knifes point morning and evening A Drink for a hot Feaver Take spring-Spring-water and red Rose-water of each one pint and a half the juice of three Lemons and white Sugar-candy one ounce and mix them together and give the Patient thereof six or eight spoonfuls at a time often in a day and night until the unnatural heat be extinguished For the Cholick Take equal portions of Honey and Wine put them on a fire and put thereto ground Wheat-meal and a pretty quantity of bruised Cummin-seeds and as much Sorrel boil all together for a pretty while then put them into a linnen bag and apply it to the belly as a plaister Or take a pretty bundle of Time and boil it with a little slice of Ginger in a pint of Malmsey till the third part be wasted and drink thereof as warm as you can For stopping of the Vrine Take the shells of quick Snails wash them and dry them clean and beat them into fine powder whereof take a pretty quantity in White Wine or thin broth For the Stone in the Kidneys Take a pottle of new Ale and as much Renish Wine and put into it two whole Lemons sliced with the peels and all and put to them one Nutmeg beaten and two handfuls of Scurvey-grass beaten and strained into the Ale and half a penniworth of grains of Paradise bruised put all together in a little stand with a cover and after three dayes drink of it with a taste It is also good against the winde Cholick proceeding from the Stone To make Hair grow thick Take three spoonfuls of Honey and a good handful of Vine sprigs that twist like Wire and beat them well and strain their juyce into the Honey and anoint the bald places therewith For the Rhume or Cough in the Stomach Take a pint of Malmsey or Muscadine and boil it in five ounces of Sugarcandy till it come to a Syrup and in the latter end of the boiling put to it five spoonfuls of Horehound distilled water and so suck it from a Liquorish stick bruised at the end Use this onely to bed-ward For the Sciatica Take a pound of yellow Wax six spoonfuls of the juyce of Marjoram and red Sage two spoonfuls of the juyce of Onions of Anniseeds Cloves Frankincense Mace and Nutmegs of each one penniworth and as much Turpentine boil these together to the consistence of a Salve and so apply it For the Piles Roste quick Snails in their shells pick out their meat with a pin and beat them in a Mortar with some powder of Pepper to a Salve then take the dried roots of Pilewort in powder and strew it thin on the Plaister and apply it as hot as you can suffer it To Procure sleep Chop Cammomile and crumbs of brown bread small and boil them with White Wine Vinegar stir it well and spread it on a cloth and binde it to the soles of the feet as hot as you can suffer it You may adde to it dried red Rose leaves or red Rose cakes with some red Rose water and let it heat till it be thick and binde some of it to the Temples and some to the Soles of the feet A good Purge Take Diacatholicon and Syrup of Roses Laxative of each one ounce mix them well together in a penny pot of white Wine and drink it warm early in the morning This purgeth Choller Phlegm and all manner of watry humours For a Fellon in a Joynt Dry Bay salt and beat it into powder and mix it with the yolk of an Egg and apply it to the grieved place in the beginning before the Fellon be broken but if it be first broken then take the juyce of Groundsel the yolk of an Egg a little Honey and Rye flower mix them well together and so apply it To heal a fresh Wound with speed Take the leaves of Columdine Nettles Plantain Ribwort wilde Tarras Wormwood red Roses Betony Violets of each one handful wash them clean and beat them well with the White of an Egg and strain out the juyce through a cloth to which juyce put the quantity of two Walnuts of Honey and half an ounce of Frankincense stir them well together and put it in a box and use it plaister wise Or take Rosin Wax fresh Butter Barrows grease well tried of each a little quantity oyl them well and put it into a bason of cold water and work it with your hands into little rolls spread it on a cloth and apply it If the wound be deep tent it with lint For the pricking of a Needle or Thorn Take boulted Wheat-flower and temper it with red Wine boil them together to the thickness of a Salve and lay it on so hot as you can suffer it This will open the hole draw out the filth and ease the pain For to kill a Corn. Take of the bigness of a Walnut of Ale yeast that is hard and sticks to the tub side put to it a little dried salt finely powdered work them well together and put it in a close box make a plaister of some of it and binde it to the Corn. For Bruises Swellings broken Bones Take Brooklime Chickweed Mallows Smallage Groundsel of each one handful stamp them with a little Sheeps tallow Swines grease and Copin put thereto wine dregs and a little Wheat bran stir them well together over the fire till they be hot so apply it to the place grieved For Burning or Scalding Take Goose dung and the middle bark of an Elder tree fry them in May butter strain them and therewith anoint the burnt or scalded place To help Deafness Take a piece of Rye dough the bigness of an Egg and of that fashion bake it dry in an Oven cut off the end and with a knife cut out the paste and make it hollow then put into it a little Aqua Composita and stir it and so hot as you can endure it apply it to the deaf ear till it be cold you must keep your head very warm If both ears be grieved make two of them and use those three times For the Cholick Take half a sheet of white paper anoint it all over with Oyl Olive and strew thereon gross pepper and so lay it to the belly from the navil downward For the yellow Jaundies Take Pimpinel Groundsel Sheebroom with the tops of each one handful boil them in a quart of Ale till half be consumed then divide it into three
and take the marrow thereof and anoint the nipple therewith To dry up Milk in a Womans Breast Take a quantity of Aqua vitae and a quantity of sweet Butter melt and temper them together and anoint the Breast therewith laying a brown paper betwixt them and so do as often as the paper drieth till the Milk be dried up this is also good to keep the Ague out of the Breast To make a woman have a nipple that hath none and would give suck Take a Wicker Bottle that hath a little mouth and fill it full of hot water and stop it close til the bottle be through hot then let out the water and set the mouth of the bottle close to the Nipple as long as there is any heat in the bottle it will cleave fast To heal the Nipple of a Womans Breast Take a quantity of Cream and put it into the juyce of Valerian stamped and strained and as much of the juyce of sea-green used in like sort boil all these together till it come to be as Butter then take it and put it into a box and anoint the Nipple therewith three or four times a day and lay a Walnut shell or some other hollow thing over it to keep the clothes from it till it be whole or else make a Posset Ale of Alom and lay the curd to the Nipple warm till the childe doth suck and then lay on again A Medicine for Worms in young Children Take a Plaister of white Leather or brown paper and spread it with Honey warm it a little against the fire but first strew some of the best Aloes Succotrinae thereon then lay it all over the Stomach of the Childe warm the like plaister is to be laid on the Childes Navil at the same time if you have no Honey mix the juyce of Plantain and lay it on the leather Dr. Forsters Infusion purging Choller Take Damask Roses two ounces or Rhubarb two drams and a half of Spikenard one scruple of Orcin one scruple cut all small and infuse in a quart of clarified whey all night in the morning strain gently and put to it one ounce of Syrup of Roses or Syrup of Violets Dr. Fosters Infusion purging Melancholly Take Fumitory Epithymum flowers or leaves of Borage and Bugloss of each a good half handful Polypody of the Oak one ounce Sena half an ounce Fennil-seed two drams Whey three pints infuse and boil to a quart whereunto adde two ounces of Syrup of Roses solutive the dose is half a pound you may quicken a draught with a dram of Electuary of Roses An opening purging Julip and cooling for Choller and hot Humors Take of Barley two little handfuls of Savory with the roots Maidenhair Liverwort Sorrel each half a good handful of roots of Grass of Fennil each half an ounce of the four cold seeds each two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of Succory water unto sixteen ounces in which infuse half an ounce of Sena Tamarindes and Polypody of each three drams Jalap and Hermodactils of each two drams Fennil-seed Anniseed and Liquorish of each one dram Currans bruised half an ounce of Borage Bugloss and Rosemary flowers of each one dram infuse these warm then boil them until five ounces of the Succory Water be consumed then strain it and adde the expression of four scruples of Rhubarb infused in three ounces of Manna and syrup of roses one ounce of the Christals of Tartar one dram mingle them the Dose is four or five ounces every morning Doctor Mores Powder or grosly prepared Drug to be taken in mornings and after Meals to mend Concoction comfort the Brain break Winde and make sweet Breath Take Liquorish cut small Anniseed Comfits with one skin of Sugar of each two ounces sweet Fennil seed Comfits with one skin of Sugar Corianders prepared and Caroway-seed of each one ounce of white Ginger Cinamon Calamus Aromaticus and Nutmegs of each one ounce cut very small of the Lozenges of Aromaticum Rosatum of Manus Christies with Chymica Oyl of Cinamon Cloves and Lozenges of Dâ—ambra cut into small pieces each half an ounce to be taken about a spoonful at the time aforesaid Lucatello's Balsam admirable for all Wounds Take Venice Turpentine one pound Oyl Olive three pints Sack six spoonfuls yellow Wax one pound natural Balsam half an ounce Oyl of Saint Johns-Wort red Sanders powdered of each one ounce wash the Venice Turpentine three times in red Rose-water then slice the Wax thin and set it on the fire in a big Skillet and when it is well molten put the Turpentine to it and stir them well together till they boil a little take it off the fire and let it cool till the next day then cut it into thick slices and pour all the water out of it then set it on the fire again and when it is molten stir it well and put it into the aforesaid Oyls Sack Balsam and Sanders and stir them well together that they may incorporate then â—et it boil again for a short space take it off the fire and stir it well for the space of two hours that it may become thick and when it is cold put it up in several Gallipots and when you use it apply it tented into a deep and hollow wound if it be onely a slit cut anoint the wound with it and binde it fast on with the cloth A Purge by Dr. Mayhern Take of the best Sena six drams of Rhubarb two drams Cream of Tartâ—r half a dram of sweet Fennil-seed as much and a little Cinamon infuse all these one night in half a pint of white Wine in the morning let it boil one walm or two strain it and put of the best Manna an ounce dissolve it over the fire then strain it again then put to it an ounce of Salatine syrup of Roses so drink it fast two hours after from meat and drink sleep and then drink nothing but thin broth An approved Medicine to beautifie the Face or to take away Pimples or Heat in the Face Take a fair earthen Pipkin and put into it a pottle of clean running water and an ounce of white Mercury beaten to white powder then set it on the fire and let it boil until one half be consumed and keep it close covered saving when you stir it then take the whites of six new laid egs beaten half an hour or more and put it into the liquor after it is taken from the fire you must put in also the juyce of Lemons being very good and half a pint of new Milk and a quarter of a pound of bitter Almonds blanched and beaten with half a pint of Damask rose-Rose-water strain all these together through a strainer and let it stand three weeks before you use it and I will warrant you fair c. An excellent water for the Eyes that are red or full of Rhume Take young Hazle Nuts when they are so soft that you may thrust a pin through
them still them in a Rose still Husks Shells and all and with the water wash your eyes To cure a Wound though the Patient be never so far off Take a quart of pure Spring water and put into it some Roman Vitriol and let it dissolve then if you have any blood of the wound either in linnen or woollen or silk put the cloth so blooded in the water and rub the cloth once a day and if the wound be not mortal the blood will out if it be it will not Let the patient keep his Wound clean washing it with white Wine when ever you wash the cloth the party wounded shall sensibly finde ease let the cloth be constantly in the water To make Oyl of Swallows Take swallows as many as you can get ten or twelve at the least and put them quick into a Mortar and put to them Lavender Cotton Spike Cammomil Knot-grass Ribwort Balm Valerian Rosemary tops Woodbine tops strings of Vines French Mallows the tops of Alehoof Strawberry strings Tutsane Plantain Walnut leaves tops of young Bayes Hysop Violet leaves Sage of vertue fine Roman Wormwood Brooklime Smallage Mother of Time of each of these a handful two of Cammomil and two of red Roses beat all these together and put thereto a quart of Neats-foot Oyl or May Butter stamp them all together and beat them with one or two ounces of Cloves and put them all together in an earthen pot stop it very close with a piece of dough round about so close that no air can come out set them nine days in a cellar and then take them out and boil them six or eight hours on the fire or else in a pan of water but first open your pot and put in half a pound of Wax white or yellow whether you will and a pint of Sallet Oyl and strain them through a Canvas cloth To make Lead Plaister Take two pound and four ounces of the best and greenest Sallet Oyl with a pound of good red Lead and a pound of white Lead beat them well into dust then take twelve Ounces of Castle-Sope incorporate all these well together in a well glassed and great earthen pot that the Sope may come upwards set it on a small fire of coals the space of one hour and a half alwayes stirring it with an iron ball or round Pommil then make your fire somewhat bigger until it be the colour of Oyl then drop a little on the board and if it cleave neither to your finger nor the board then it is enough then take the clothes and make them into what breadth or size you please in Searcloth let not your cloth be course but of a reasonable new Holland and when you have dipped them then rub them with a Slick-stone it will last two years and the elder the better as long as it will stick it is good The vertues of the Leaden Plaister 1. If it be laid to the Stomach it provoketh appetite and taketh away any grief in the same 2. If laid to the belly it is a present remedy for the ache 3. If laid to the Reins of the back it cureth and healeth the Bloody Flux the running of the Reins heat in the Liver or weakness of the Back 4. Itâ— healeth all bruises and Swellings it taketh away aches it breaketh Fellons Pushes and other Impostumes and healeth them 5. It draweth out any running Humour without breaking of the skin and being applied to the Fundament it healeth any disease there growing 6. The same laid to the head is good for the eyes 7. The same laid to the Belly of a Woman provoketh the Tearms and maketh apt for Conception For the Stone and Gravel Take and dry the roots of red Nettles make them into powder and drink a spoonful of the powder in a draught of white Wine something warm and it will break the Stone though it be never so great with speed use it every day until the Stone and Gravel be all broken and consumed A thing of small price and great vertue A drink to purge the body being very good for them that have the Scurvey or are inclined to it Take a pottle of fine running water and a pint of Rhennish Wine for a young body and for any elder take a quart set it on the fire put into it three or four slices of Horse Radish a great handful of Water Cresses and a handful of Brooklime both a little bruised slice in two or three Oranges outsides and insides let them boil all together better then half an hour then have ready a greater quantity of scurvey-grass bruised or a pint of the juyce of Scurvy-grass ready strained and put into the liquor and set over the fire again then there will arise a curd which being taken off put it into the drink when it is cold three or four Lemons more or less as best pleaseth the taste sweeten it with Sugar and drink a Wine draught in the morning and at four a clock in the afternoon and then walk and use some exercise after it The party that hath the scurvy and whose legs are much swelled may put into the drink some Juniper berries bruised half an ounce or thereabouts Dr. Bates his Medicine against a Consumption Take Liverwort two handfuls Succory six Endiffe Borage Colts-foot of each six handfuls shred these finely put them in a gallon of new Milk let them steep all night in the morning distil them in a glass still then take three spoonfuls of red Rose-water three spoonfuls of this water with half a pint of red Cows Milk and as much Sugar of Roses as will sweeten it To make Gascony Powder Take the black tips of Crabs claws gotten when the Sun is in Cancer pick out from within them all the fish beat them to as fine a powder as you can then searse it through a very fine searse take an ounce of this powder and put to it half an ounce of the Magestical of Pearl and as much of the Magestical of Coral mix them well together then put a little Rose-water in a glass in which you must hang a little Saffron in a bag and a little Musk and Ambergrece in another let them hang in Rose-water two or three dayes till the vertue of them be gone into the water then put your powder either into a Silver Porringer or a white earthen one and put as much of the Rose-water as will moisten your powder then dry it in the Porringer by a gentle fire and so wet your powder three or four times and as often dry it after this make a Gelly as followeth Take a Viper alive in May or June cut off his head and tail above the Navil pull off his skin and with a clean cloth rub it dry and so you may hang them up and take two of those skins and slice them small with a little Harts-horn and make a Gelly of them you need not make much then when your powder is dry wet it
Tartar and put in that first stirring it well together then put it into a Gallon of Conduit-water and let it stand till night shift this with so much Oyl and Water morning and evening seven dayes together and be sure you shift it constantly and the day before you mean to melt it wring it hard by a little at a time and be sure the Oyl and water be all out of it wring the water well out of it with a Napkin every time you shift it then put in three pints of Rose-water let it stand close covered twelve hours then wring out that and put in a pint of fresh Rose-water into a high Gallipot with the feces then tie it close up and set it in a pot of water and let it boil two hours then take it out and strain it into an earthen pan let it stand till it is cold then cut a hole in it and let out the water then scrape away the bottom and dry it with a cloth and dry the pan melt it in a chafing-dish of coals or in the Gallipots beat it so long till it look very white and shining then with your hand fling it in fine Cakes upon white paper and let it lie till it be cold then put it into Gallipots This will be very good for two or three years To make Raisin Wine Take two pound of Raisins of the Sun shred a pound of good powdered Sugar the juyce of two Lemons one pill put these in an earthen pot with a top then take two gallons of water let it boil half an hour then take it hot from the fire and put it into the pot and cover it close for three or four dayes stirring it twice a day being strained put it into bottles and stop it very close in a fortnight or three weeks it may be drunk you may put in Cloves Gilly-flowers or Cowslips as the time of the year is when you make it and when you have drawn this from the Raisins and bottled it up heat two quarts of water more put it to the Ingredients and let it stand as aforesaid This will be good but smaller then the other the water must be boiled as the other To make Rasberry Wine Take a Gallon of good Rhennish Wine put into it as much Rasberries very ripe as will make it strong put it in an earthen pot and let it stand two days then pour your Wine from your Rasberries and put into every bottle two ounces of Sugar Stop it up and keep it by you The best way to preserve Cherries Take the best Cherries you can get and cut the stalks something short then for every pound of these Cherries take two pound of other Cherries and put them of their stalks and stones put to them ten spoonfuls of fair water and then set them on the fire to boil very fast till you see that the colour of the syrup be like pale claret Wine then take it off the fire and drain them from the Cherries into a pan to preserve in Take to every pound of cherries a quarter of sugar of which take half and dissolve it with the cherry-water drained from the Cherries and keep them boiling very fast till they will gelly in a spoon and as you see the syrup thin take off the sugar that you kept finely beaten and put it to the Cherries in the boiling the faster they boil the better they will be preserved and let them stand in a pan till they be almost cold A Tincture of Ambergreese Take Ambergreese one ounce Musk two drams spirit of Wine half a pint or as much as will cover the Ingredients two or three fingers breadth put all into a glass stop it close with a cork and bladder set it in Horse dung ten or twelve dayes then pour off gently the Spirit of Wine and keep it in a Glasse close stopt then put more spirit of Wine on the Ambergreece and do as before then pour it off after all this the Ambergreese will serve for ordinary uses A drop of this will perfume any thing and in Cordials it is very good To make Vsquebath the best way Take two quarts of the best Aqua vitae four ounces of scraped liquorish and half a pound of sliced Raisins of the Sun Anniseeds four ounces Dates and Figs of each half a pound sliced Nutmeg Cinnamon Ginger of each half an ounce put these to the Aqua vitae stop it very close and set it in a cold place ten dayes stirring it twice a day with a stick then strain or sweeten it with Sugareandy after it is strained let it stand till it be clear then put into the glass Musk and Ambergreece two grains is sufficient for this quantity To preserve Cherries with a quarter of their weight in Sugar four pound of Cherries one pound of Sugar beat your Sugar and strew a little in the bottom of your skillet then pull off the stalks and stones of your Cherries and cut them cross the bottom with a knife let the juyce of the Cherries run upon the Sugar for there must be no other liquor but the juyce of the Cherries cover your Cherries over with one half of your Sugar boil them very quick when they are half boiâ—ed but in the remainder of your Sugar when they are almost enough put in the rest of the Sugar you must let them boil till they part in sunder like Marmalade stirring them continually so put them up hot into your warm Marmalade glasses To make Gelly of Pippins Take pippins and pare them and quarter them and put as much water to them as will cover them and let them boil till all the vertue of the Pippins are out then strain them and take to a pint of that liquor a pound of Sugar and cut long threads of Orange peels and boil in it then take a Lemon and pareâ—â— and slice it very thin and boil it 〈◊〉 ten or quor a little thin take them out and lay them in the bottom of your glass and when it is boiled to a gelly pour it on the Lemons in the glass You must boil the Oranges in two or three waters before you boil it in the gelly To make Apricock Cakes Take the fairest Apricocks you can get and parboil them very tender then take off the pulp and their weight of Sugar and boil the Sugar and Apricocks together very fast stir them ever lest they burn to and when you can see the bottom of the Skillet it is enough then put them into Cards sowed round and dust them with fine Sugar and when they are cold stone them then turn them and fill them up with some more of the same stuff but you must let them stand for three or four dayes before you turn them off the first place and when you finde they begin to candy take them out of the Cards dust them with Sugar again so do even when you turn them To Preserve Barberries the best way First stone
gallon of Liquor one Lemon and a quarter of an ounce of Nutmegs it must boil till the scum rise black that you will have it quickly ready to drink squeeze into it a Lemon when you tun it It must be cold before you tun it up To make Syrup of Rasberries Take nine quarts of Rasberries clean pickt and gathered in a dry day and put to them four quarts of good Sack into an earthen pot then paste it up very close and set it in a Cellar for ten dayes then distill it in a Glass or Rose-still then take more Sack and put in Rasberries to it then when it hath taken out all the colour of the Raspiss strain it out and put in some fine Sugar to your taste and set it on the fire keeping it continually stirring till the scum doth rise then take it off the fire let it not boil skim it very clean and when it is cold put it to your distilled Raspis but colour it no more then to make it a pale Claret Wine This put into bottles or Glasses stopt very close To make Lemon Water Take twelve of the fairest Lemons slice them and put them into two pints of White Wine and put to them Cinamon two drams Gallingale two drams of Rose leaves Borage and Bugloss flowers of each one handfull of yellow Saunders one dram steep all these together twelve hours then distill them gently in a Glass Still until you have distilled one pint and an half of the Water and then adde to it three ounces of Sugar one grain of Ambergreese and you will have a most pleasing cleansing Cordiall water for many uses To make Gilly-flower Wine Take two ounces of dried Gilly-flowers and put them into a pottle of Sack and beat three ounces of Sugar-candy or fine Sugar and grinde some Ambergreece and put it in the bottle and shake it oft then run it through a gelly bag and give it for a great Cordial after a weeks standing or more You make Lavander Wine as you do this The Lady Spotswood Stomach water Take white Wine one pottle Rosemary and Cowslip flowers of each one handful as much Betony leaves Cinnamon and Cloves grosly beaten of both one ounce steep all these three dayes stirring it often then put to it Mithridate four ounces and stir it together and distill it in an ordinary Still Water of Time for the passion of the heart Take a quart of white Wine and a pint of Sack steep in it as much broad Thime as it will wet put to it of Galingale and Calamus Aromaticus of each one ounce Cloves Mace Ginger and grains of Paradise two drams steep these all night the next morning distill it in an ordinary Still drink it warm with sugar A Receipt to make damnable Hum. Take species de Gemmis Aromaticum Rosatum Diarrhodon Abbatis Laetificans Galeni of each four drams Loaf Sugar beaten to powder half a pound small Aqua vitae three pints strong Angelica water one pint mix all these together and when you have drunk it to the Dregs you may fill it up again with the same quantity of waters The same powders will serve twice and after twice using it it must be made new again An admirable Water for sore Eyes Take Lapis Tutiae Aloes Hepatica fine hard Sugar of each three drams beat them very small and put them into a Glasse of three pints to which put red Rose-water and white Wine of each one pint set the Glass in the Sun in the Moneth of July for the whole Moneth shaking it twice in a day for all that while then use it as followeth put one drop thereof into the Eye in the evening when the party is in bed and one drop in the morning an hour before the Patient riseth Continue the use of it till the Eyes be well The older the VVater the better it is Most approved A Snail Water for weak Children and old People Take a pottle of Snails and wash them well in two or three waters and then in small Beer bruise them sheâ— and all then put them into a gallon 〈◊〉 red Cowes Milk red Rose leaves dried the whites cut off Rosemary sweet Marjoram of each one handful and so distill them in a cold still and let it drop upon powder of white Sugarcandy in the receiver drink of it first and last and at four a clock in the afternoon a Wine glass full at a time Clary water for the Back Stomach c. Take three gallons of midling Beer put it in a great brasse Pot of four gallons and put to it ten handfuls of Clarey gathered in a dry day Raisins of the Sun stoned three pounds Anniseeds and Liquorish of each four ounces the whites and shells of twenty four eggs or half so many if there be not so much need in the back the shells small and mix them with the whites 〈…〉 the bottoms of three white lâ—â—ves put into the receiver one pound of white Sugarcandy or so much fine loaf Sugar beaten small and distill it through a Limbeck keep it close and be seldom without it for it reâ—â—eth very much the stomach and heart â—trengtheneth the back procureth Appetite and Digestion driveth away Melancholly sadness and heaviness of the heart c. Dr. Montfords Cordial Water Take Angelica leaves twelve handfuls six leaves of Carduus Benedictus Balm and Sage of each five handfuls the seeds of Angelica and sweet Fennil of each five ounces bruised scraped and bruised Liquorish twelve ounces Aromaticum Rosatum Diamoscus dulcis of each six drams the Hearbs being cut small the seeds and Liquorish bruised infuse them into two gallons of Canary Sack for twenty four hours then distill it with a gentle fire and draw off onely five pints of the spirits which mix with one pound of the best Sugar dissolved into a Syrup in half a pint of pure red Rose-water Aqua mirabilis Sir Kenelm Digby's way Take Cubebs Gallingale 〈◊〉 Mellilot flowers Cloves 〈◊〉 Ginger Cinnamon of each one 〈◊〉 bruised small juyce of Celandine 〈◊〉 pint juyce of Spearmint half a 〈◊〉 juyce of Balm half a pint Sugar one pound flower of Cowslips Rosemary Borage Bugloss Marigolds of each two drams the best Sack three pints strong Angelica water one pint red Rose-water half a pint bruise the spices and flowers and steep them in the Sack and juyces one night the next morning distill it in an ordinary or glass still and first lay Harts-tongue leaves in the bottom of the Still The Vertues of the precedent water This Water preserveth the Lungs without grievances and helpeth them being wounded it suffereth not the blood to putrifie but multiplieth the same this water suffereth not the heart to burn nor melancholy nor the 〈◊〉 to be lifted up above nature it expelleth the Rhume preserveth the Stomach conserveth Youth and procureth a good colour it preserveth Memory it destrâ—yeth the Palsie if this be given to one a 〈◊〉 a spoonful of it
reviveth him in 〈…〉 use one spoonful à week fasting in the winter two spoonfuls A Water for fainting of the Heart Take Bugloss and red Rose-water of each one pint Milk half a pint Anniseeds and Cinnamon grosly bruised of each half an ounce Maiden-hair two handfuls Harts tongue one handful both shred mix all together and distill it in an ordinary still drink of it morning and evening with a little sugar A Surfeit Water Take half a bushel of red Corn Poppy put it into a large dish cover it with brown paper and lay another dâ—sh upon it set it in an Oven after brown bread is baked divers times till it be dry which put into a pottle of good Aqua vitae to which put Raisins of the sun stoned half a pound six figs sliced three Nutmegs sliced two flakes of Mace bruised two races of Ginger slâ—ced one stick of Cinnamon bruised Liquorish sliced one ounce Anniseed Fennill-seed and Cardamums bruised of each one dram put all these into abroad glasse body and lay first some Poppy in the bottom then some of the other Ingredients then Poppy again and so till the glasse be full then put in the Aqua vitae and let it infuse till it be strong of the spices and very red with the Poppy close covered of the which take two or three spoonfulls upon a Surfeit and when all the liquor is spent put more Aqua vitae to it and it will have the same effect the second time but no more after D. Butlers Cordial Water against Melancholly c. Most approved Take the flowers of Cowslips Marigolds Pinks Glove-gilly-flowers single stock Gilly-flowers of each four handfulls the flowers of Rosemary and Damask Roses of each three handfulls Borage and Bugloss flowers and Balm leaves of each two 〈◊〉 put them in a quart of Canary Wine into a great Bottle or jugg close stopped with a Cork sometimes stirring the flowers and wine together adding to 〈◊〉 Anniseeds bruised one dram two â—utmegs sliced English Saffron two penniworth after some time infusion distill them in a cold Still with a hot fire hanging at the Nose of the Still Ambergreese and Musk of each one grain then to the distilled water pat White Sugar candy finely beaten six ounces and put the glass wherein they are into hot water for one hour Take of this water at one time three spoonfuls thrice a week or when you are ill it cureth all melancholly fumes and infinitely comforts the spirits The admirable and most famous Snail Water Take a peck of garden shell Snails wash them well in small Beer and put them in an hot Oven till they have done making a noise then take them out and wipe them well from the green froth that is upon them and bruise them shells and all in a stone Mortar then take a quart of earth worms scowre them with salt slit them and wash them well with water from their filth and in a stone Mortar beat them to pieces then lay in the bottom of your distilled pot Angelica two handfuls and two handfulls of Celandine upon them to which put two quarts of Rosemary flowers Bears foot Agrimony red Dock Roots Bark of Barberries Betony wood sorrel of each two handfuls Rue one handful then lay the Snails and Worms on the top of the Hearbs and Flowers then pour on three Gallons of the strongest Ale and let it stand all night in the morning put in three ounces of Cloves beaten six penniworth of beaten Saffron and on the top of them six ounces of shaved Harts-horn then set on the Limbeck and close it with paste and so receive the water by pints which will be nine in all the first is the strongest whereof take in the morning two spoonfuls in four spoonfuls of small Beer and the like in the afternoon you must keep a good Diet and use moderate â—â—ercise to warm the blood This Water is good 〈…〉 Obstructions whatsoever It 〈◊〉 a Consumation and Dropsie the stopping of the Stomach and Liver It may be 〈◊〉 with Milk for weak people and 〈◊〉 with Harts-tongue and Elecamâ—ane A singular Mint Water Take a still full of Mints put Balm and Penniroyal of each one good handful steep them in Sack or Lees of Sack twenty four hours stop it close and stir it now and then Distill it in an ordinary still with a very quick fire and keep the still with wet clothes put into the Receiver as much sugar as will sweeten it and so double distill it Distillings A most excellent Aqua Coelestis taught by Mr. Philips Apothecary TAke of Cinnamon one dram Ginger half a dram the three sorts of Saunders of each of them three quarters of an ounce Mace and Cubebs of each of them one dram Cardamon the bigger and lesser of each three drams Setwell-roots half an ounce Anniseed Fennil-seed Basil-seed of each two drams Angelica roots Gillyflowers Thime Calamint Liquorish Calamus Masterwort Penniroyal Mint Mother of Thime Marjoram of each two drams red Rose-seed the flowers of Sage and Betony of each a dram and a half Cloves Galingal Nutmegs of each two drams the flowers of Stechados Rosemary Borage and Bugloss flowers of each a dram and half Citron Rindes three drams bruise them all and put in their Cordial Powders Diamber Aromâ—â—â—cam Diamuscum Diachoden the spices made with Pearle of each three drams infuse all these in twelve pints of Aqua vitae in a glass close stopped for fifteen dayes often shaking it then let it be put in a â—â—â—â—beck close stopped and let it 〈◊〉 distiâ—â—ed gently when you have 〈…〉 in a cloth two drams of 〈…〉 â—alf a dram of Ambergreese and 〈…〉 twelve grains of gold and so 〈◊〉 it to your use Hypocras taught by Dr. Twine for Winde in the Stomach Take Pepper Grains Ginger of each half an ounce Cinnamon Cloves Nutmegs Mace of each one ounce grosly beaten Rosemary Agrimony both shred of each a few crops red rose leaves a pretty quantity as an indifferent gripe a pound of Sugar beaten lay these to steep in a gallon of good Rhennish or White Wine in a close vessel stirring it two or three times a day the space of three or four dayes together then strain it through an Hypocras strainer and drink a draught of it before meat half an hour and sometimes after to help digestion Marigold flowers distilled good for the pain of the Head Take Marigold flowers and distill them then take a fine cloth and wet 〈◊〉 the aforesaid distilled water and so lay it to the forehead of the Patient and being so applied let him sleep if he can this with Gods help will cease the pain A water good for Sun-burning Take water drawn off the Vine dropping the flowers of white Thorn Bean-flowers Water Lilly-flowers Garden Lilly-flowers Elder-flowers and Tansie flowers Althea flowers the whites of Eggs French Barley The Lady Giffords Cordial Water Take four quarts of Aâ—â—a Vitae Borrage and Poppy-water 〈◊〉 each a pint two