The great Preserver of Mankind, which is ALEXICACUS, SPIRIT of SALT of the WORLD, Now Philosophically prepared and purged from all hurtful or corroding qualities; far beyond any thing yet known to the World; being both safe and pleasant for the use of all Men, Women and Children.  
By CONSTANTINE RHODOCANACES Grecian of the Isle of Chios, and one of His Majesty's Chemists.  
In London, next door to the Three King's Inn, in Southampton Buildings near the King's Gate in Holborn. By His Majesty's special Directions and Allowance.  

TO THE READER.  
WHereas very many have desired a brief Compendium of the Virtues of the Spirit of Salt of the World, together with some short and clear Directions for using it; I have here now fulfilled their desires: And because the former Book concerning it, is now augmented with new and rare Testimonies and Experiments, together with larger Advertisements, & Medicaments Ex Sacro Saturno prepared almost against all very dangerous and difficult Diseases, which at the request of my Friends I have made public: Wherefore if any shall desire to have the said Book for their further satisfaction, they may have it at the Places where the said Spirit of Salt is sold, paying 4d. for the same. Besides in the end of this Compendium, there is mention made of Hypocrates his Antidote against the Plague with directions for the use of it. & some other rare Medicines proper for each disease.   

The Virtues of the Spirit of Salt are both inwardly and outwardly to be used. As to the inward uses of it, they are very many.  
ALthough it communicates not much to the nourishment of the Body itself: 
For the stomach.  Yet this Spirit marvellously procures a good appetite, strengthening and cleansing the stomach from putrefaction: and 〈…〉 away and dispelleth all raw and Phlegmatic 〈…〉 Bowels: 〈◊〉 Digestion quenches 〈…〉 transports nourishment to 〈…〉 dissolves all kind of Obstructions.  
〈…〉 Blood and keeps it volatile, 
〈…〉  that thereby it more regularly 〈…〉 Circulation.  
It warms, 
Vital Spirit.  but not overmuch, because it hath a most temperate Faculty in comforting our vital Spirit, and is the cause of dispelling whatsoever distempers arise against nature, and hereby men become more agile, merry and jocund. It procures moderate Sweatings, and gentle Sleep.  
It causeth Urine and keeps the Ureters from all filth or slime, 
Sweeting and sleep. Urine. Stone and Gravel.  and dispels the water that lurks betwixt the skin and flesh, by Stool and Urine.  
It cures all persons troubled with the Stone or Gravel, both in the Reins and Bladder, and forbids Coallition of the Gravel, and in time dissolves the Stone, if not already too much congealed and hardened.  
It is very good against all Catarrhs that fall from the Head, and preserves from all diseases that come by Coughing or any flux of Rheum.  
It is an excellent remedy against Fevers of long continuance, 
Rheums & Cough. Ague & Fever.  and quenches Thirst in such as languish under hot distempers, or from all distempers that arise from drought, in hot weather cooling the Blood and inflamed Liver.  
It helps the Liver and Spleen, and Hypochondriacal Melancholy: It easily disperses and reproves all pains in the Sides and Bowels, and whatsoever hath its beginning from Wind or Cold.  
Against the Scurvy it is the most approved Antidote and Remedy, 
Spleen & Wind. Scurvy.  because the Spirit of Salt hinders the putrefaction of the Blood.  
It is an excellent remedy against all Hydropical diseases, because all Drosipes, Tifficks and Diseases that proceed from the Liver are wont to happen to by reason of certain watery and bubbling tumors in the natural parts, 
Dropsy.  Thighs and Legs.  
It is a most excellent remedy against the Falling Sickness; especially if it be taken in the best Extraction of Saffron, (which is to be had of me) which is not made of the dregs of Wine, 
Falling sickness & Palsy. Black & yellow Jaundice. Worms. Poison. Green sickness & fits of the Mother.  but of Wine itself; as also against Numbness, the Palsy, and Sciatica.  
It stifles the Jaundice in the birth, or kills it in its strength.  
It is an healer of the Ulceration of the Lungs, and a preserver against the Consumption of it.  
It prevents the breeding of Worms, especially in Children, and kills them if bred.  
Also any that are poisoned by Opium, Spiders or otherwise, or stung or bitten by Serpents.  
It causeth the Menstrues in women, removes obstructions, and helps them to the benefit of Nature: Also for the cure of the Green sickness, and Fits of the Mother, it is an approved Medicine. And those that have the Matrix clogged with superfluous humours may use it with success. Note that if any disease be so difficile or hard that this spirit of Salt cannot remove it, we have readily other Medicines: God willing to assist & repel the most stubborn & pertinax distemper.  

For the Virtue of it outwardly used.  
IT keeps a good and lively Colour. And putrefied wounds or proud flesh, being gently washed with it, are cured, and the place preserved by it, clean and sound.  
It brings life into benumbed Members, and is very good against the Cramp.  
It may be outwardly applied for the French Disease: as also in cold Gouts, mixed with Oil of Turpentine, Wax, Amber, Hartshorn, or the like.  
It is good for the Kitchen, in rendering Meats grateful and pleasant; for instead of Vinegar, Lemons, or orther sharp Sauces, it is more healthfully taken: mixed with Sugar it's excellent Sauce for Roasted meats.  
By it Raisins recover their former bigness and beauty: mixed with some Fountain water, are pleasing to the , and very cordial to refresh a weak Stomach.  
Pigeons, Chickens, and all flesh seasoned with it, are of a pleasing relish: Beef, steeped in, or sprinkled with it, is made tender.  
It cleanseth the Teeth, and makes them as white as Snow.  
To say no more, it's that which cuts the Sinews of all Diseases, and supports, and restores weak Bodies. One thing more cannot be omitted; when at Sea water is scant, a little of this prepared into a Salt, laid on the tip of the tongue in a small proportion, takes away all inclination to drink.  
Who use it shall find these Effects: If any one doubt, let them try in some one, and by that judge the rest.   

Directions for the use of the SPIRIT of SALT.  
FIrst in GENERAL. It may be put and taken in all sorts of Liquors; as Water, Beer, Ale, Cider, Wine, Broths, Sauce, etc. More healthfully used than Oranges, Lemons, Vinegar, or Verges; and with Oil is most pleasant: Indeed it's proper in all sorts of Cookery, to be used by the healthy, to provent the Maladies mentioned in the Treatise of its Nature, as well as for their Remedy; and that so much as gives the  a smart relish, at the discretion of the User: No error can be committed, by taking any quantity from 10. Drops to 40. That proportion at any time, mingled with Sugar may be doubled, and taken in a Mornings-draught, is very Efficacious; For it preserves not only the Body, but what ever it receives, from all manner of Corruption, by Restoring Nature to its Primitive State. To preserve health, any small quantity will serve, but to repel a Disease, a greater quantity is requisite, and may be used with Sugar if they please.  
In PARTICULAR. 40. Drops of this Spirit in half a pint of any sort of Liquor, is a good Standard: And after the proportion of 80. Drops in a Quart, it revives all sorts of Beer, Ale, Cider, and Wine; long preserving them both Strong and Generous: And the like quantity being put into Barrels of Water, for Mariners to drink at Sea, it will be better preserved, have a gratefuller taste, and avoid that putrefaction which ariseth from Raw Water; especially preventing the Worms and Scurvy. And so a so for preserving Meat in long Voyages, 40. Drops hereof with a pint of Water, and so proportionably covering the Meat, will increase the Weight, and make it wholesome.  
In dressing all sorts of Fish, Flesh, and fowl, being old and Tough, they are made Tender and nourishing, by so much hereof mingled with any Spices, Water, or Butter, and sprinkled on them, as may give a quick taste in their Sauces; and cold Meat also sprinkled therewith, is preserved from detriment.  
In Pickling any Salads, as Cucumbers, Capers, Fennell, Purslain, Broom buds, etc. being mingled with Water and Salt, so as to make it sharp and quick, is very healthfully pleasant.  
To prevent the Tooth ach, to cleanse and preserve the Teeth white, put six Drops in a spoonful of running Water, (or for the Curious into Rose-water) and with a small Linen Rag, rub the Teeth, and it's impossible they should corrupt, or putrefy: It cleanseth them from their Corrosive Gravel.  
〈◊〉 WOMEN, in most cases it's fit to give private directions: But for such as give suck, let them with 60 Drops turn a pint of Milk into a Posset, and take the Whey, mingled with Sugar (if they please) and drink a reasonable draught thereof in a Morning, fasting an hour after it, and their Children will be kept thereby from the Scurvy, small Pox, Fevers, Convulsions, Worms, and the like Diseases, giving and preserving a fresh and healthy Colour.  
In CHILDREN. They that desire to prevent the Stone and Gravel, which (by experience destroys them, as well as others (who are not capable to take other Medicines by reason of the Nauseousness and great quantities) may give them of this sort of Posset-drink, and they will find it both preserving and cleasing those parts of the Body subject to these Afflictions, and promise good natural rest to them.  
If any delight in Alsmaticum, or Aromaticum, or Cough 'tis a very good Vehicle to drink of this Spirit 10. or 20. Drops in a Dish of it.  
In Agues before the Fit, & in continued Fevers, in the morning half a spoonful of this Spirit in a draught of Wine or Beer, keeping in Bed a while to sweat, is very healthful: If any desire to make it more effectual, they may take a greater proportion, adding Sugar to make it pleasant.  
Almost infinite other advantages; as preserving dead bodies entire, etc. are hidden in this Spirit; which in success of time, by God's grace shall be manifested: and if any desire more exact instructions in their particular Cases, they may repair where it's made, and be more fully directed.   

INSTRUCTIONS.  
BEcause the Spirit of Salt is a Condiment and preservative for all things and matters, and there is nothing more natural to humane nature than it: whosoever will consult and provide for his own good, may take it in every season of the year, for if you consider winter, you shall find in that season, that all kind of Flegmes do more increase in Man, than any other time, and men do spit more then, than in Summer, but also other tumors, and moist and soft swell do arise in men: spitting therefore arises from hence, because Winter by its nature is most cold for the plenty of Rain, and length of the Night, as Hypocrates testifies in his book de Natura Hominis. It is therefore most manifested among all men, that this Spirit of Salt is most excellent against Phlegm and Rheum, and superfluity of Spitting.  
In the Spring time the Blood is increased, but in Summer time much more; 
Winter.  and therefore men in that season are troubled with inward diseases and distempers, and Blood does proceed from the Nostrils, and they are more hot and red in that season, and more subject to Fevers: This doth Hypocrates write in the same book, and other places: But this Spirit doth oppose all those inconveniences, because of its own nature it is contrary to all hot Distempers or Diseases, 
In the Spring & Summer.  as those that have made use of it, have found by experience.  
Besides this Spirit hath the property to correct depraved and malignant humours and moisture, (which does wont to hinder and defraud the nourishment) which if they be not prevented, the Belly doth swell, Scabs and Boils are exasperated, from whence come indigestion, which doth extenuate the vigour of the body, and causes Dropsies and other evil habits and Maladies, by which sick persons so vexed, that their taste is taken away, and they fall into Consumptions, and therefore lastly, in Autumn, this Spirit ought more principally to be taken, for in that time more grievous and destructive diseases do swarm, as the same Hypocrates in his book de Epidem. doth write, and at that time many are oppressed with sickness, but especially those that are subject to Consumptions. 
Autumn.   
And therefore also Women always, but more especially in that season ought to have a more precious Spirit, that they may keep themselves from the suppression of their Menstrues, from whence doth arise dangerous Tabefactions and weakness, as the same Author relates in his first book, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for those women having collected Phlegm and filth in their stomach, tremble, and are astonished through all the parts of their body, because Phlegm by its pricking quality, 
For W●me  doth detract and twitch the inward membranes which cover the Bowels, which from the weight and plenty of matter, which intercepts the spritall and respirating ways, so that they cannot breathe but with great difficulty. In the same season also extraordinary and spurious Fevers do happen, which are most difficult and full of danger, because than they have a divers permixture & inequality of humours, as much matters of cold and Choler. All which incommodities are prevented by this Spirit of Salt.  
Children also ought not to be deprived of their healthful Spirit, who besides the small Pox, Measles, Gravel, etc. in their Fevers are most prone to Convulsions, because of the Crudity of their aliment, and from the sharpness or acrimony which they draw from the Milk, and also from the weakness of the nerves and sinews, and therefore they are wont to be terrified, and to mourn and kick with their feet, because of the viciousness of their humours, 
Chila  and curruption that proceeds from the Milk, which do trouble the stomach, or fill the brain with acrimony of vapours. These and other Maladies this Spirit doth disperse and drive away. Therefore (although I have promised a Compendium) yet I have largely and accuratelay described all out of Hypocrates, for the learning and instruction of my neighbour, that this Noble, safe, and natural Spirit, amongst all and always, to the glory of God, and their own health, may be used.   

Hypocrates his Antidote against the Plague. And other excellent Medicines.  
THe same Author hath prepared at a small price that admirable Preservative against the Plague, wherewith Hypocrates the Prince of Physicians preserved the whole land of Greece. And although some may Pretend to have some Preservatives against the Plague; Yet Hypocrates did not use the Spirit of wine such as these pretenders do use against this disease (which he called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, because the Plague with its popular contagion doth generally infect all; but a Thing most universally balsamous and piercing, not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉, or with a most vigorous & lively quickness ingeniously prepared: for it must be an universal Good that must repel an universal Mischief. They that use this Preservative must drink two or 3 spoonfuls in the morning fasting with out any mixture, walking in the house or chamber for some small space after, and abstaining from meat or drink for two hours, & continuing so doing during the time of any suspicion of the Plague. This Antidote so prepared doth not cause sweatings, or purging, but throughly penetrating disperseth itself into the veins, and with its balsamous virtue preserves the Body as a safe Conservative against corruption and infection.  
He hath also a Powder, of which two drams sprinkled upon burning charcoal, will perfume and air shifts, drawers & other linen before they are to be put on, which will, by the Grace of God defend the body both inwardly and outwardly against this Contagion. But every one that wears gold or silver lace or other things of such mettle must forbear to use this powder for it will tarnish them. He hath also an excellent Curative for the Plague.  
As also an excellent medicament for the Cancer in the Breast to be taken inwardly, & cure it without cutting. Another against Consumptions, Coughs and all diseases of the Lungs, which disease is so general in this Kingdom that a great number every year perish thereby. Another against Leprosy. He cures That epidemical disease The Scurvy, though far gone, with pleasant medicines.  
The falling sickness, although inveterate & continued for twenty years, by the blessing of God he doth cure even to admiration  
As also the Dropsy, Gout and all kind of Fevers, Agues, etc.  
These and other proper Medicines for each disease he hath by the blessing of God attained unto among which a most rare Cordial is eminent, by whose most excellent virtue many even at death's door have been restored to their former health, because it doth revive the native heat of the vital spirits, & begets strength to the members.  
And because his Alexicacus Spirit of Salt of the world, prepared not after a common but philosophical way, hath wrought most excellent cures against several diseases both in men, women and children unto admiration, therefore he thought good here to mention it. For besides the Antidote it doth very much conduce against the Plague, forasmuch as it doth purify & exalt the blood & especially being taken daily in a cup of the best wine or strong ale. And to obstaine from too much eating of all kind of raw fruit, & forbear falling into all forts of Passions, & to endeavour to use honest mirth & moderate recreation, so that all violence be avoided, & setting aside all fear of the Plague, he rest only on the good will of God.  
The Antidote against the Plague & the abovesaid powder, & the Spirit of Salt is to be had at the Authors house next door to the three King's Inn in Southampton buildings near the King's gate in Holborn. As also at Mr. Milward, Bookseller, at Westminster Hall-Gate. Mr. George Stepney at the black boy near Whitehall. Mr. Charles Morgan, Grocer, in Henrietta street in Covent garden. Mr. Tuckers, Stationer, at the Black-spread-Egale in Fleetstreet, over against St. Dunstan's Church. Mr. Heyrick, Stationer, at Grayes-Inn. Gate in Holbourn. Mrs. Morton, Cheesemonger, at the Spotted Leopard in Aldersgate street, near the Half-Moon Tavern. Mr. Daniel Pelcome, a Milliner, at the Golden Goat in Gold smiths Row in Cheapsipe. Mr. Thomas Whittlesey, Stationer, at the Sign of the Globe in Gracious-street, over against the Cross Keys Inn.  
The Spirit of Salt is sold after the rare of 8. s. the pint. The Antidote at 4. s. the pint. The powder in papers at 6. d. the ounce. All sealed ut with the rose and eagle & 3. Greek Letters K. P. X. & about the Seal, Verus Spiritus Salis. The other Medi●… are only sold by the Author himself.  
FINIS.