AN Advertisement OF THE VIRTUES and USE Of sundry Select and Experimented MEDICINES SUCH Whose Beneficence is well known to the most Eminent Physitians: faithfully prepared and sold by THO. HAMMOND, at his House, the sign of the Blew Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane, Leading from lord gaze Street, to Pater Noster-Row. Who has been Practically conversant, as well as student in chemical Pharmacy( with submission to his other Avocations) above Ten Years last past. VIZ.  

I. The QUEEN of HUNGARY's WATER, Rightly Prepared; as it has been many Years experienced and continues approved by the Nobility and Gentry of England.  
COncerning its Virtues I shall transcribe Her own Recommendations, viz. Anno 1511. in the City of Buda this Receipt was found in a Breviary that belonged to Elizabeth Queen of Hungary; on the backside whereof[ being Translated] this was written, viz. Of this Water of Life I Elizabeth Queen of Hungary, and Aged 27 years, very weak, Palsical and Gouty, did use this Receipt for one year, which an old Hermit gave me, whom I never saw before nor after; and I was thereby wonderfully cured, and restored to my former Strength and Beauty, appearing to every body very Beautiful. insomuch that the King of Poland desired to mary me,( I being a Widow) which I refused to do for my Saviour Christs-sake, of whose Angel I believe I received this Medicine.  
A noble Commendation! And indeed Rosemary flowers,( of which this balsamic liquour is compounded) are full of Volatile Salt and Sulphur, two of the principal Agents of Nature; but more especially when their Virtue is animated by the subtlety of the Spirit of Wine, which doth in a moment penetrate from the Center of the Stomach to the Circumference of the Body, and doth inspire Vigour into all the Functions of our Life.  
'tis found by Experience to be an admirable Restorer of decayed Memory, by bathing the Temples; and by pouring a little into the Palm of the Hand, snuffing up the Nostrils the scent thereof very strongly, and doing it Morning and Evening; and at the same time take half a Spoonful in a Glass of Beer or Ale, or in a Sack-glass full of fair Water sweetened with fine Sugar.  

It may be made stronger tasted or weaker by adding more or less of the liquour you take it in, according to every ones pallet.  It also remedies Giddiness and other disaffects of the Brain; and wonderfully strengtheners the Sight by touching the Eye lids with it Morning and Evening, and at the same time bathe the Temples and the Nape of the Neck.  
It corrects and amends an ill savouring Breath; and strengtheners the Stomach, amending any imperfections thereof; as want of Appetite, bad Digestion, &c. vanquishing windy and unwholesome Vapours which annoy the Head and Heart, by taking half a Spoonful mixed as aforesaid last at Night, and first in the Morning, and at any other time when the Stomach is out of order.  

Excellent for the Gripes.  It speedily cures the Gripes by taking two spoonfuls in a pint of Ale( made very warm before you put the Spirit into it) and drink it off, and walk much upon it; but if they be very violent, 'twill be best to go to Bed upon it, and try to sleep, and when you awake drink a draft of Mace-Ale hot, and if there be occasion repeat the same quantity of Spirit again.  
'tis a powerful Antidote against the Pestilence, or any other Contagious Distempers, by taking a Spoonful every Morning and Evening mixed with such a quantity of fair Water and Sugar as is before directed.  

Admirable for the Teeth and Gums.  AND is one of the best Experimented Medicines yet known, to kill and vanquish the foul corroding humour in the Gums, which causeth rotten and loose Teeth, and wasting in the Gums; by mixing three or four spoonfuls with thrice the quantity of fair Water; which balsamic Mixture you may keep in a Vial close stopped; And every Morning when you arise, gargoyle your Mouth with a little, and having so done, pour some into a Spoon, and dip either your Finger or a fine linnen-rag therein and rub well your Gums therewith; and do the like at Bed time: It preserves the Teeth and Gums firm to old Age, and puts a stop to those already wasting. The constant use thereof not onely preserves the Teeth, but also prevents the toothache by dispersing the Cause.  
'tis an excellent Remedy for a Cough or could, by taking two Spoonfuls at Bed-time in a Glass of warm Ale with a spoonful of Fine Sugar dissolved therein; and in the Morning bathe well the Temples and Nostrils.  
It hath also excellent Effects by bathing outwardly any part Afflicted with pain or strained bruised or benumbed.  
'tis admirable in vanquishing the pains of the Gout, by bathing Morning and Evening before the Fire with a warm hand, and oftener if the pain be violent; in which Malady it has many times been experienced to the comfort of divers persons of Honour, and others; as also of the shaking palsy, by bathing the part often, and taking half a spoonful inwardly, mixed as aforesaid Night and Morning; and indeed it should always be taken inwardly, when you have any pains or stubborn Malady, for which you use it outwardly; and let no man fear the vulgar Bug-bear; that being a 
A pure volatile spirit from wine wholly divested of phlegm and wholesomely diluted( as is directed) is more beneficial to the vitals than those sophisticated, mongrel, Brandy-like, Dulcified Spirits; which harbour a foul stinking phlegm injurious to Nature.  subtle spirit it shall be too hot; for being so qualified by mixing with water as is directed, it becomes an excellent well tempered Cordial, amicable to the Vital Spirits, and agreeable with the Balsam of Life: Nay, it is so balsamic, as that it will speedily and safely heal a wound, by dropping some few drops thereon, and dipping a Bolster therein, and bind it on, as has been frequently proved: And takes away the smart of a burn or scald immediately, and fetcheth out the Fire; not breaking the skin, presently applying a linen rag dipped therein; and bathing the part therewith, and often dipping the rag afresh during the first hour.  
It strengtheners Weak and Ricketty Limbs, and mollifieth and taketh down great and hard Bellies in Children, by bathing therewith before the Fire with a warm hand Morning and Evening; whereby it hath restored many to strength and vigour, even to admiration.  

Excellent to Beautify the Skin.  LADIES may mix a spoonful in four spoonfuls of Bean-flower-water, or fair water,( it will become slippery, and as white as Milk) and wash their Face; it's admirable to clear and beautify the Skin. And the said mixture being of a suppling, avaricious quality, it continues the Face in a youthful complexion, and removes Scurf or Morphew, and takes away Pimples by washing frequently with it, and comforts the Eyes by gently touching over the Eye-lids. It is put up and Sealed in strong Glasses of different Price, according to the quantity contained viz. 12d. 18d. or Half a Crown.  
NOTE, that the Author Dissolves therein a quantity of the Essential Salt of Rosemary, whereby it is superior in Virtue to that commonly sold about the Town; and the Spirit is also stronger, as may be proved by touching a spoonful with a lighted Paper, it will burn all away; and moreover being loaded with the Essential, volatile Salt, it turns Beer, Ale, Wine, or fair Water into a milky-colour. Both which Symptoms you shall not find in that vulgarly Prepared.   

II. The ENGLISH ORVIETAN; OR, The Curious Purging Antidote.  
THIS most benign Medicine, delicate to the smell and taste comforts the Heart, Stomach, and Brain, and revives all the Spirits.  
It safely and plentifully evacuates all noxious humours by stools and by Urine, and also by insensible Transpiration, whereby it is a most effectual Medicine to temperate, cleanse and sweeten the Blood, radically overcoming diseases thence arising, being compounded of the Essential, volatile parts of divers powerful Salutiferous Vegetables.  
It roots out melancholy, and resolves Convulsions, and Congelations of the Blood, and wonderfully relieves in the Phtisick.  
It expels wind, and keeps the body soluble, and restores a lost Appetite.  
It imme diately rectifies the disorders of the Stomach and Head, arising from hard drinking, thereby, preventing Surfeits and fevers, by carrying off the occasional matter.  
In short; it is an excellent Antidote against any Distemperature of the body, as it has been many years experienced by sundry Eminent Persons, who frequently use it with good success upon any disorder or lawfulness.  
It is so delectable to the Taste, and pleasant to the Smell, that the most nice palate may take it with pleasure; and it is an admirable Purge for Children against Worms, and other disorders. Price 12d. each packet, containing two ●mall Pots; the little quantity in each Pot being a sufficient Dose for a Man or Woman; and a quarter part for a Child from three Years to five, and prop●rtionably more or less, according to the age and strength.  
It is to be taken in the Morning sasting, and abstain eating till Noon; but if you desire, you may drink a dish or two of good Tea, or a Glass of Canary-wine; and walk about your occasions.  
It is excellent against swooning Fits and suffocation of the Womb. It fortifies the Heart against poisonous atoms.  
It may be taken at any time of the year with the same success and salety, save only in severe could weather it will be needful to keep house till after Dinner.   

III. The ROYAL WATER and PILLS against the SCURVY, and all Impurities in the BLOOD.  
THE Royal Water is admirable to rectify the Mass of Blood, and to temperate the Liver and Spleen; it gives a good Appetite, and proctires a perfect Digestion by establishing the Functions of the Stomach; it operates by Urine, and by Transpiration, sensible and insensible; and is an admirable specific against the Scurvy; which together with the Pills being med for some time, extirpates the most inveterate Scurvy. It admirably expels Wind from the Stomach and Bowels, and amends the disorders of the Spleen. It is to be taken in the Morning Fasting either by itself, or in a glass of Beer, Ale, or White-Wine. A Man or Woman may take six Spoonfuls, a Youth or Girl three Spoonfuls, and Fast three hours after. Do the same at five in the Afternoon,[ Price two shillings per Quart.]   

IV. Pills experienced against the Scurvy.  
THEY admirably cleanse the Stomach without annoying the tone thereof, or disturbing the digestion, and do gently draw away impurites from the Liver and the Blood, and remove Obstructions from the Lungs; amending the Irregularities of the Spleen: And have been experienced by some hundreds of Persons( since I first published them, which is now about Nine Years) to be a prevalent Medicine against the Scurvy, altho of many Years standing; with all its troublesone effects, as pains in the Head, Shoulders, Arms, Back, Legs and Bones, with spots and breakings out in the Skin; Weakness in the joints, Illness of the Stomach, and Faintness over the whole body.  
They are to be swallowed at Bed-Time,[ to eat no supper is best] either alone, or in the Pap of an Apple, or what else you fancy; and next morning drink a small draft of warm Ale, or a dish of Tea( or if the Scurvy be very inveterate, put into your mornings draft[ of warm Ale in the Winter, or fair Water sweetened with Loaf-Sugar in the Summer-time] six Spoonfuls of the Royal Water, mentioned under Number Three aforegoing)  
They Purge gently( rather strengthening the Body) and therefore may be taken every other, or every third Night, a Fortnight or a Month together, and have been found very beneficial to be taken by such Persons who drink the Waters in the Summer Season assisting the Stomach to make a full discharge of any crudities, &c.[ Price 12 d. each packet containing three Boxes, each Box containing three very small Pills, being a sufficient Dose for once taking, to a Man or Woman; one Pill is sufficient for a Youth or Girl from four to seven; and from seven to fourteen Years of Age, two Pills; and from fourteen to twenty one Years and upwards, all three may safely be taken.]  
They are excellent to destroy Worms in Children, and also the Green Sickness in Maidens; by taking them as is directed.  
NOTE, That gentle Purging is most friendly to Nature, and on the contrary, quick, Robust Purges stamp an ill Character on the Vitals.   

V. ELIXIR PROPRIETATIS, impregnated with the volatile SALT of HARTSHORN.  
WIthout boasting, This most excellent alterative, and restorative Medicine can scarcely be equalled against the Diseases of the Spleen, Irregularities and Meteorisms of the Womb, and all manner of Disorders thence proceeding in the Female Sex. 'tis excellent against Hypocondriac Disaffects in either Sex; it purifies the Blood, and opens Obstructions in the Head and Breast. It is most proper to be taken in a Glass of White wine, or fair water, 60 drops in a Morning fasting, to a man or woman, and fast till Noon, and the like quantity at Bed time, not having eat in two hours before. It destroys worms in Children, and carries off the depraved matter of which they are formed, by giving it Morning and Night mixed as is before directed. The Dose from three to seven, or twenty one drops, according to the age and strength of the Child.[ Price two shillings the Ounce.]   

VI. The TINCTURE of the SALT of TARTAR[ of a Rubicund Colour.]  
THis Tincture and its eminent Effects, are so well known to the Learned to be as general a Remedy as the whole Art of chemistry affords; performing all its excellent effects with a world of sweetness. It removes Obstructions in the Head, Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Reins, Bladder, Womb and Miseraick Veins; 
Tis excellent against the Green-sickness in Maidens.  and puts the blood into a free circulation, and cleanses the whole mass. It dissolves the ston, and brings it away in Gravel, and keeps the Body soluble. The dose is from 60 to 100 drops in good Canary, or spring-water. It may be taken in a morning early, and at night going to bed.[ Price one shilling six pence per Ounce.]   

VII. The ponderous Acid oil of VITRIOL, made volatile and Sweet.  
WHich Volatility and Edulcoration is performed by Digestion, Circulation, and Reiterated 
A Term in chemistry signifying to pour back the matter and redistill.  Cohobation with a proper Adjunct, whereby that which was before a furious Dragon) altho sullenly Tenacious of admirable Virtues) is by this means become an amicable Dove, freely communicating its qualifications, and wonderful power in Healing; performing all its excellent Effects with a friendly sweetness. It penetrates from the very center and bottom of the Stomach, and subtly enters the Veins and Arteries, and accompanies the Blood in its Circulation; filling the whole circumference of the Body with a benevolent Sulphur, and a volatile Alkalie, which destroys the Idea of most Distempers, and radically overcomes their venom: It Volatilizeth any fixed and stubborn Coagulation, and fixeth any Gas, or wild wandring Venomous Spirit lurking in the Blood, whereby Nature is enabled to bring under subjection, and cast forth by the general sluices, whatsoever is offensive and hostile to Life and Health. These commendations exceed not the merits of this Medicine, as hath been sundry times related to me by many Physitians, who have with good success experienced its Effects against these, and many more Distempers not here mentioned: viz In Consumptions and Phtisick, it hath restored many Persons labouring under direful Symptoms, by taking a Spoonful at Bedtime, in a Grass of good Mead, and a quarter of a Spoonful an hour before you arise( so mixed) in the Morning, and continue its use as need requires. Also in Fevers of all sorts, by giving half a Spoonful last at Night, first i'th' Morning, and at Five Afternoon in a small draft of Sage water, and sometimes in Spring water sweetn'd a little with fine Sugar. As also in ●en●uision fits in Children, if it be an Infant Afflicted, Five Drops, repeated five times in a Day, in a little Syrup of Pioney, and let the Nurse drink in the Morning a Five in the Afternoon, and at bed time, half a Spoonful each time, in a draft of Ale. A Youth, or Girl, may take a quarter of a Spoonful. A Man, or Woman, half a Spoonful, Night and Morning for a considerable time, without intermission, in a glass of fair water and sugar. It hath been found a sure Medicine in such cases, and in all manner of weakness and disalfects of the Nerves; as also, against Uterine or by pocondriac Vapours, by taking it at Bed-time, mixed as aforesaid. It admirably cleanseth the Blood, correcting obliterating, and transpiring any Remains of Venereal Impurities; and being so taken is essectual against the Su●●vy. It gives Relief in the colic, and any other Pains, causing pleasant Rest and Sleep, by taking half a Spoonful at bedtime, in a Sack glass of fair water, sweetened with Sugar, and continue it some time [ Price one shilling the Glass] being a quantity sufficient for many times taking.   

VIII. AN Experienced gargoyle, fine, transparent, and clear, which takes off the flaccidity, swelling, or soreness of the UVULA; and obliterates any Canker in the MOUTH.  
THis Efficacious Medicine remedies any sore Throat, proceeding from could taking or any other cause whatsoever, by taking a Mouthful, and gargling the Throat with it, and repeating it every half hour; and do the like for the Canker. It hath relieved many persons whose Throats have been Ulcerated, by Gargling and touching the Ulcer often with a fine linen rag dipped in it There is no danger if you happen to swallow any of it, for 'tis safe and innocent. It gives sensible ease immediately.[ Price Twelve pence the half Pint.]   

IX. DULLIDGE WATER Evaporated so as a Pint will Purge as much as 3 Quarts crude from the Well.  
being an Excellent Medicine against oppression or foulness of the Stomach. It cools, temperates, and purifieth the Blood, dissolves and carries off tough phlegm, procures an Appetite, and is Efficacious in all the Respects for which the Waters are drank, with this advantage, that by the smallness of the quantity the Stomach is free from surcharge; and it will keep fresh and good two or three Moneths together.[ Price six pence per Pint.]   

X. An Excellent Water against Scabs, Pimples, the Itch, and other Breakings out.  
This Diaphanous Water takes away Pimples in the Face or any other part in a few hours; not by striking them in, but by obliterating the venom of the humour, and thereby causing them to die and whither upon the Spot;( as is very obvious to those who use it.) Dip a little bit of fine sponge, or a fine rag therein, and bathe and dap upon the Part, letting it dry in, and repeat it again several times, at last you will find a white volatile Salt upon the Skin which you may wipe off with your sponge. It will in like manner cure and take away redness of the Face, tho of long continuance, by bathing as is directed Night and Morning; it is also a neat and cleanly, as well as a most infallible Medicine to cure the Itch, in Old or Young; by bathing the Parts with it Night and Morning and oftener, if you have opportunity; if the Itch be much, it will be most speedily effectual, if you take 20 drops inwardly in half a Pint of Spring-water morning and night; a Youth or Girl may take 7, 10, or 15 drops, more or less according to the Age. 'tis so safe and innocent, it may be given to Infants. It usually cures the Itch in two Days. It also cures Childrens heads that are broken out, by bathing with it, and by giving it inwardly as is directed.  
[ Price 12 d. 18 d. or two shillings the Glass.]   
At the Author's House may be had divers other sorts of Spirits accurately prepared.   

POSTSCRIPT,  
Courteous Reader,  
Since my Publishing these Remedies( which have been so highly approved by divers Eminent Physitians, as well as many other ingenious Persons, who have found them successful) I have not escaped the malicious obloquys of some detracting Scritch-Owls, hovering about the Coffee-houses, and corners of the Streets: In Answer to which I shall only say; Let such Birds sing their own Note: Yet will every honest impartial man, no otherwise praise, or dispraise a Bridge, but as it has carried him over, or failed him.