THese are to give notice to all His Majesty's Subjects, That Nicholas Culpeper late deceased, being a Student in Astrology, a Person generally approved of to be an Eminent Physician in his time, and by his indulgent Care performed many excellent Cures, and for the singular Affection he owed to His said Majesty's Subjects, in order to the preservation of their Healths and Lives under God, hath prepared, composed, and made an excellent Lozenge, and an Universal Pill; which Lozenges and Pills were of that precious Worth and Virtue, that he concealed the publishing thereof, until a little before his Death: And to the end that his Labour might not be buried in Oblivion with him in the Crave, so he thought fit as a Token of his Love to give unto Richard Culpeper his Kinsman, living in the Parish of St. Andrews Holborn Gent. the said Receipts of his Lozenges and Pills, to the end and purpose that he after his decease should publish the same for his Accommodation, and the Benefit of His Majesty's Subjects; which the said Richard, although he hath made great Experience thereof, to the Good and Satisfaction of several Persons of Quality within the City of London, and elsewhere, doth now in order to his Trust reposed in him, publish and declare the said Receipts in manner following. Directions how to take this Excellent Lozenge. YOu must take the quantity of a small Hasel Nut when you go to Bed, or in the Morning, or when you Cough, or any other time of the day as you please, so as you may take a quarter of a Pound in five or six days, letting it dissolve in your mouth. The Cures are Consumptions, Ptissicks, Catarrhs, Impostumes, all sorts of Colds, Hoarseness, Shortness of Breath, and Stuffing of the Stomach, or any other Disease incident to the Head, Stomach, and Lungs; and doth cleanse, heal, and preserve the Lungs; it drieth up a salt Rheum that doth distil from the Head to the Lungs, by which Rheum the Lungs are wasted, which this Lozenge by God's help doth prevent, by drawing the Rheum into a body, and so you may spit it up: By this means the Lungs are preserved, and the Stomach strengthened, and expelleth Wind out of the Stomach: This hath Cured many that have been very much spent in a Consumption when they have been young, and hath preserved them in very good health to old Age. You must keep the Lozenges dry. These Lozenges, as well for the accommodation of the poorer sort of people, as for the Gentry, are to be sold as well in Papers of Twelve pence a piece, as also in Papers of Two shillings six pence a piece, proportionably at the Rate of Ten shillings in the Pound, and are sealed up with his own Coat of Arms. The Virtue of the Pills. It purgeth the Liver, the Spleen, and the Reins, and cleanseth the Veins and Kidneys from Gravel; it doth immediately expel the Spleen, Wind out of the Side, and it is good for any pain in the Bones, Sinews, Joints, or Nerves, and to prevent the Scurvy from settling in the Muscles which is upon the Joints; it also strengthens the Womb, and preserves the Child in the Mother's Womb. Directions how to take the Pills. You may give them to Men or Women, Old and Young, and Women with Child, and to young Children of two or three years old: if occasion be, you may take three of them going to Bed, or in the Morning early, whether your occasion serveth; you may drink a Cup of warm Ale within an hour after; they work very gently, and never maketh them sick at all: You may give a Child a little Pill, so that you need not keep your Chamber, for there is no danger in them. These PILLS are to be sold at Two shillings the Dozen ready put up in little Boxes, by Mr. William Jacob Stationer, near Bernards-Inn in Holborn, Mr. Finsh at the Half moon in the Rounds in Smithfield, Mr. Elcock at the Sign of the Coffee-house in Broadstreet, Mr. William's Stationer, in the Inner-Temple, Henry Eversden under the Crown Tavern in West-Smithfield, Bookseller; Tho. Thorneycroft near Worcester-House in the Strand, Stationer; Rowland Reignolds at the Sun and Bible in Post-street, near Moorgate; Josiah Robinson Stationer, at Lincolns-Inn Gate; William Battersby at Davies-Inn Gate in Holborn; John Starkey Bookseller at the Mitre at Temple-Bar; Tho. Guy Bookseller at the Sign of the Golden Horse-shoe in the New Cheapside in moorfield's; Richard Thrale at the Cross Keys and Dolphin in Aldersgate-street, over against the Halfmoon Tavern; Edw. Smith Engraver, entering in at the bottom of the steps into the Old Exchange; Nath. Crouch at the Cross-Keys in Bishopsgate-street near Leaden-Hall; William Bradley at the Sign of the Goat in the Minories; Chr. Hampton Grocer, at Cheyne-gate in Southwark, at the foot of the Bridge; Richard Preston Bookseller, at the Rose and Crown in Great Turn-style Alley; and William Wills over against Ax-yard at Westminster, and at no other place. VIVAT REX.