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T" . « 3 > To the Right Honourable GEORGE Duke of Buckingham, Knight of the mod Noble Order of the Garter, and one of His MAJESTIES moft Honou¬ rable Privy Council, r \ My LORD, ' ..JOY Had formerly the Happinefs of wearing an humble Relation to Sir Kenelm Digby, and to bis Bufinefs j by means of which In - terefi and Favour , there came to my hand divers of bis Excellent Curiofuies and Receipts : In truth, it is fo choice a Col- lection , that in the firjl place I made it a mat - A 2 ter The Epiftle Dedicatory. ter of Conjcience to recommend it to the Pub- lid E»; And (having permijfion from his inge¬ nious Son Mr. John Digby thereunto) my next care was, jo to do it , as to render allpnf fible Honour and Right to the Memory of that eminent Pcrfon . Upon which Confederation, I have taken the boldnefs to make a Dedication of it to your Lordjbip, as the mojl competent Judge and Patron of Learning and Vertue> From which preemption, 1 frail now defend to my Jelf again, and vaniflo with this Prote- fiation, fhat without pretending to the Honour of being any way kpown to your Lordjhip, No man living hath a greater Reverence for your P erf on and Faculties, than My LORD, Your Graces mofi: Humbe and Obedient Servant, '■OV- t*.Vi g E O R G E oth of them dry) of each two handfuls, and of the belt Spirit of Wine a Pottle, digefi it in a Cucurbite eight days. Then diflil it in Balnea Marix, taking but a third part of it; the reft is good, but in a weaker degree. Of this firft Spirit take a dram and half j and two ounces of White Wine: Mingle and drink them. For violent Coughing by a flaarp thin tickling Rheum . | '"p Ake old Conferve of Rofes, and work into it by X. ftrong rinding and beating as much as you can of pure fine Olibanum in moft fubtile powder, that the Confiftence be very ftiff. Of this take as much i as a good Hafel Nut in a Spoon with a little Syrop of Violets about it, in the morning and at night, and the like fometimes in the day, if you have n^ed. For For a Cold in the Head , to draw Rheum from the Head . P Are very thin the yellow Rind of Orange, roul it up conveniently,to thrud up into the Nodril, turning the innermod fide outward, to be next your fiefh within the Nofe •, put a roul into each Noftril. It will caufe fneefing, and will make much water run down out at the Nofe, and comforts the Brain. * For all forts of F luxes . if® | Tff T Ake two quarts of newMilk,two found Nutmegs fliced thin, eighteen blacked Pepper-cornr, eighteen larged Cloves, five pennyworth of Stick- Cinnamon, of the outward Bark of an old Oak r Cthe rough part a little feraped off} twice as much as of the Cinnamon, both which mud be fliced thin: r boil this to between two and three Pints, then d pour the Milk from the Spice, and divide it into r four parts, which will be about a Porringer-full apiece. Give a draught of this as hot as the Pa¬ tient can drink it, early in the mornipg fading, another at Ten a Clock, a third at Four in the afternoon, and the lad going to bed, and make frefh every day. The Patient may dine and fup as he hath a mind. The fird draught will take away the pain and griping, and then afterwards : i it is not necefiary to take it fo very hot. It doth not bind it fuddenly, but fmoothneth and healeth the guts, and drdngthneth the domach, and he fhall have at the fird two, three or four gentle dools aday. And if he have lod his Appe¬ tite, fothat he can eat nothing, as ufually hapneth in great Fluxes, this Milk gives him diffident nou- rifhnient. For ( 9 ) For a Bloudy-Flux often approved* kpAke four drams of Diaphtenicm , and half a fcruple of Pulvis fanttus falling, in White-wine made warm, that the Diaphxnicon may be dilTol- ved •, and keep the Patient from fieeping, until it i have wrought, and an hour after they have taken it, give them feme Chicken Broth; if it be given alone without Pulvis fan cl us , it riddeth the Belly and Guts from all raw and crude humors, and eafeth the Belly from gripings and pain proceeding of i.j Wind and cold caufes. For any Loofncfs. Ake one dram of the feeds of Plantanc , bruife them and take them in a draught of Broth (which is bell, if a little tops of Plantane be boiled with it) in the morning falling. Continue this three mornings together. For Fluxes. T f Ake the herb Swallow-wort when it is in the flower, Qt mull be gathered in dry and fair weather)the whole herb or plant, i.e.the root,flaIk, leaves and flowers-, make'it clean without walh- ing it let it lie a day in a dry Chamber in the open Air but fo that the Sun come not to it, then chop it fmall, or bruife it, ("without deperdition of any juice) and put it into a Cucurbite of Glafs, and put upon it fome good Aqua vitring> Ake a convenient handful of Barly-meal that hath all its Eran in it, as much Bran of Wheat, and as much dried Rofes. Put thefe to boil gently in three pints of water, in a glazed Pipkin cove¬ red, for about three quarters of an hour ; then drain hard through a linen-cloth all the liquor with, the flimy fubdance that comes out with it. This is enough for two Clyders when heedfully done.Take half this Decoftion, and put into it the yolks of two new-laid Eggs, and one ounce of Mel-rofate. Give it the Patient duly warm. He may keep it a long time (two or three or four hours} without trouble, I ( i 2 ) trouble, becaufe the quantity is lefs than of an or-* dinary Clyfter, and that it is of a Balfamic and comforting quality to the excoriated Guts. This is an excellent Remedy to any fharp tormenting- Flux, where the Guts are enftamed, excoriated and ulcerated, either through ordinary caufes (^as eating fruit or the like) or by taking Mercury to Flux one by Salivation. You will prefently find eafe, at the firft taking it, but it is well to repeat it twice or thrice a day. Fcr the greateji Flux or Loofncfs . T Ake a right Pomwater the greatefi or ;- w o little ones, roaft them very tender to pap, away the skin and the coar, and ufe only the p^p *, and the like quantity of Chalk finely fcrapecf: mix them together before the fire, and work them well to a Plafter, then fpread it upon a linen-cloth warmed very hot as may be differed, and fo bind it to the Navel twenty four hours, ufe it two or three times till the Flux flay off. An approved Remedy for the Ohjbnclions of the Spleen or Liver. T Ake the Whites of eight Eggs, and beat them very fmall,two good handfuls of the leaves cal¬ led Yervein (in Latin Verbena) (lamp it very well: mingle thefe two together and add as much Barly- fiower to it as will make it a Fultis which fpread upon a coarfe cloth and apply it, leaving it on mice twenty four hours. An An excellent Lime-water for Obfrunions and Vleers. &c. T Ake one pound of Stone-Lime hot from the Kiln, and pour upon it a gallon of fair water, let it ffand eight hours, and then pour it off clear, and put into it of Englifh Licoris, Anifeeeds and SalTafras,of each four ounces,large Mace two drams Jet thefe infufe in the water twelve hours, then pour it off from the Ingredients,and keep it for your ufe. Drink of this Water twice or thrice a day, half a pint at a time. It is very excellent for all manner of Obffru&ions and Ulcers, either inward or out¬ ward, and likewife to be ufed by way of injection. An excellent Remedy for the Vroffie- L Et the Patient fwallow every morning three or four whole Cloves of Garlick without taking any other thing with them, but you muff firff prick them with a needle in four or five feveral places, out of which will ifiue a fharp biting water which you muff wipe away: And a little while after fwallowing theGarlick he muff drink a good draught of Wormwood Ale *, and then do upon it as much exercife as conveniently he can} at dinner eat what you will of wholefom diet, but at night fup not, or but very little, and at going to bed, take the Cloves of Garlick and Wormwood Ale as in the morijing. Continue this till the Patient be well, which ufually is in twenty or thirty days. Take the beft Worm¬ wood Ale and ffrongeff of the Wormwood, by put¬ ting over-night afufficient quantity of Wormwood into quick good midling Ale j but during the Cure, you muff every morning and night ufe the follow¬ ing Bath or Fomentation. B Take ( *4 ) Take three gallons of Conduit-Water, and boi* in it five or fix handfuls of Mallows, and two pound of frefh Mutton-fuet, (that which is next the Kidneys} flript from the skin and chopped fmall, and half a peck of Wheat-bran ; boil it till the fat be throughly melted, and the virtue of the Mallows drawn out into the liquor, then you mufl frrain it to caft away the dregs, and this both hot, foment the legs, very well for one half hour or an hour, fetting the feet in the Boul where the Deco¬ ction is. This will draw much water from the Legs: For after you have taken the Garlick and Wormwood Ale a while, it will drive the humors into the Legs and Feet, which will be muchfwel- led with it, and pit much. Another Remedy for the Vropfie . T Ake three or four pound or thereabouts, of Mountain-Sage, (a bagful above a foot, or fourteen or fifteen inches high, and eight or nine, or ten overthwart} bruife it in a Mortar, and put it into a Bag of Boulter-cloth, and put it into a Kilderkin of middling Ale as foon as it is tunned, putting into the Ale the Juice that may have run out of the Herb upon beating it: and as foon as it is fit to drink (which may be in a week or five or fix days} continually drink of it at meals and all times you have occafion, and drink nothing elfe: Have Hill a new Veffel coming on under the former, fo to have always fome ready. A Kilderkin is the fourth part of a Barrel, and may hold about nine gallons. («s) Another. G Arher ordinary Wormwood in May, when it is in greateft vigour, and diflil it in an ordi¬ nary Still that ferveth for Rofe-water: Put the wa¬ ter that cometh over upon frefh Wormwood as before, and diflil it as you did: Put this Water upon another like Paviel of frefh Wormwood, and fo diftil a third time: you muft have a care never to diftil to perfett drinefs, but ftill to leave a little behind, which is the very grofs part. Drink of this Water in the morning fafting, and in the afternoon about four or five of the clock. Another* T Ake four handfuls of the inner green rind of Elder, after the outward gray bark is pared off, and one handful of Wormwood: Put them to two gallons of liquor compofed thus: Let two parts of it be Beer and Ale, of convenient flrength, and one part White-wine : Let the proportion of Beer and Ale to one another be according to the befl liking and tafie, and the White-wine half as much as both they together : Let the Vegetables lie in this liquor clofe flopped three or four days, that it may imbibe into itfelf all the virtue of them : After which time bottle it up into Quart-Bottles, which flop clofe ; it will foon grow very quick and pleafant. Drink only of this at meals and all times, when you have need to drink. B 2 4 Cl 6 ) A great and approved Cure of the Dropfic. F 'lrft purge well with fome fit Purge (Ys of Jallap, Manna, Sene, 1 ') to carry away watry humors. Then take the following Diet of Garlick. Make fome moderate Broth of Mutton, Chickens and Ca¬ pon or Hen, but not Veal. It mull not be too ftrong of the Meat, nor too weak ■, but fuch as you may drink all the day, for you fhould drink no other Li¬ quor. You mu ft make but about a pottle of Broth at a time,for it will not keep. And for this quantity you muft take a gallon of Water, into which puta- bove a handful of Garlick and Rofemary, Peniroial, Thyme,fwect Marjoram,Fennel-roots, Parfly-roots, or any other fit Roots or Herbs as alfo Currants and a fufficient quantity of Salt. And after fome days taking the Broth, put into every draught you take of the Broth a Spoonful or more of the crude juice of Garlick flamped and ftrained out. But if you cannot bear it always to drink this Broth, then ufe the following Decoction. Take Sarfay axilla twelve ounces, China Roots five ounces, Saffafras three oun¬ ces. Cut all thefe very fmall, and pour upon them. Fountain Water, to three fingers breadth above the Ingredients, and let them infufe over a foft fire the lpace of four hours, then throw away this water, and ilamp the Ingredients well in a Mortar with a wooden Peftle •, then pour upon them ten quarts of Fountain Water, and boil it in a Vefiel clofe flopped till four quarts of it be confumed. Of this Decoftion drink without any other drink but the Garlick Eroth. & ( . i. “■ 'An Another Drink ^ T Ake all the forefaid ingredients in the fame man¬ ner prepared and ftamped : then take a clean Vefiel and fill it with Beer, then put all the ingre¬ dients in a Bag, and hang it in the Eeer. One ounce of the ingredients is fufficient for a quart of Beer. Either of thefe drinks is only in cafe you cannot bear the ufe of the Garlick Broth •, which alone will difpatch the Cure much the fooner. After twelve or fourteen days the Patient will begin to pifs in great abundance, and very ft inking noifom roping matter. Continue your diet till you are perfe&Iy cured. Then to ftrengthen and fecure your Liver, take the following Ele&uary. Take of Powder of Tur- merick a futfeient quantity, make with it and Su¬ gar an Eleftuary, add td every ounce of it th: e • drops of Anifeed Oil made by Diftillation. And if you put a little of Ambergris to it, it will be the bet¬ ter to ftrengthen. Take of this Eletfuary two or three times a day, the quantity of a Hazle Nut , but take not above one ounce in a day. Befides this to ftrengthen the Stomach, ufe the following Stomacher: Take Wormwood,Marjoram, Rofemary,Rue, ana one lrandful $ Cloves,Cinamon, Mace, ana one ounce; bruife thefe Spices, and mix them with the Herbs; of thefe make a Stomacher, and apply it. And you may Iikewife anoint your Stomach and region of the Liver with Oil of Nut¬ meg and Oil of Rofes. This courfe of the Garlick-Broth is for all Ob- ftruftions and fuperiiuity of Cold, raw Humors clogging the Erain or any other part, as well as for the JDropfie. B 3 For 08 ) For Legs er other farts of the Body fretted, coming by abounding of bad "tumors, or by the Uropfie. T Ake yellow Amber, the worth of three cr four pence, mix it with a quart of good Wine-'Vi¬ negar. Then take a Stone or Brick, and make it hot, but let it not be red hot, and put it into a Tub, then pour upon the Stone or Brick the mixture of the Vinegar and Amber, and hold the fwelled Leg over the fmoak of it, covering the Tub well with Sheets or Elankets, to the end that none of the fmoak may come outa And immediately the water will come out of the Leg powerfully, and it will be cured. An eminent Perfon of Quality was exceedingly overgrown with the Dropfie, and his belly fwoln to a prodigious bignefs: He fate in a great Pipe, fuch as men ufe to fweat in, and ufed this remedy, pouring the Liquor upon hot Bricks laid upon alThes to fave the wood from burning and fmoking (which he changed as their heat was deaded, and could raife no more fmoak of the Vinegar and Amber} and in a little while it had melted him away to an unbelievable pro¬ portion : but whilft he was in that {team, he felt a wondrous aftive heat piercing into his body. The Tub was covered clofe at the top with a Sheet and Blankets, leaving only his head out in the air, with the cloaths faftned about his neck. Once fweating thus ferved his turn ; all his Servants with frefh hot Napkins could not fuffice to wipe dry the fweaty water that ran out of his body. Am- : ( ip ) Another for the V fop fie. T Ake a gallon of White-wine, and put into it a handful of Roman Wormwood, and a good piece of Horfe-Radifh, and a good quantity of Broom-afhes tied in a cloth} then take a good bunch of Dwarf-Elder , beat it in a Mortar, and drain out the juice, and put it into the Wine when you will drink it •, but if the Dwarf-Elder be dry, you mull deep a good quantity in the Wine. Take of this half a pint morning and evening. For the Hemorrhoids. Fcr Aches. Probat. T Ake fix Figs, and cleave them along through the middle, lay them in a Porringer, and pour upon them fome good Brandyrwine to cover them a fingers breadth or two over fet the Brandy on fire by a flaming Paper, and let it burn as long as it will, the Figs will then be very tender and foft (“that they may be fo, you mud chufe the bed plain ordinary yellowed Figs, that are found and pulpy. 3 Apply one of thefe halfs as hot as you can endure to the fwelled Hemorrhoid that comes t out, and let it lie on till it grow cool, which will , be in Iefsthan half a quarter of an hour i theti*ap- • t ply another half Fig as before, and fo continue till •, you have ufed all the twelve halfs •, and to that e end, you mud keep them hot by a fire. This * ,h will give you perfeft eafe, though the pain were i’C never' fo great before, and take away all the level¬ ling and knobs upon the veins, and make them retire orderly into the body. For the inner ?iles> make an Unguent of Pile wort and Butter thus: S'tamp Pilewort (m May) with frelh Butter,working B 4 in o ( 20 ) into it as much of the herb as you can make it well take in, fo that the Butter be highly green \ then melt it over the fire, and let them boil gently till the Butter have taken in all the juice and vir¬ tue of the Herb, and the fuperfluous moifture be evaporated. In a word, you are to make the But¬ ter as ftrong as you can of the Herb, and that it be of a deep perfeft green colour, and no fleg* matic moifture remaining with it: (1 conceive it were well to digeft it a while in Horfe-dung, before _ you melt and ftrain it:) Then ftrain it into Gally- pots through a ftrong Cloth •, when it is cold, it will be firm and hard: This will keep many years. With this anoint the Piles, putting it unto them.' The beft Brandy is excellent good for Aches and Pains by Rheums or Colds in Legs, Knees or Shoulders. Rub the part with a hot hand before a good fire with the Spirit of Wine, chafing it in a good while ■, then wet a Paper in the Brandy,and lay it on, and bind It to ’: Repeat this as ofcen as you fee occafion. v Another for the Piles. A Perfon had once the Piles in the great eft extremity ■that'could be, and'he reds cured by this following Medicine. ■ T Ake Flower of Sulphur one part, fine Sugar three parts j make this into Tablets of one dram a- ' piece with Gum Tragacanth foked with red Rofe- water into a .mucilage. Eat of thefe four or five times a day one at a time: Doing thus, it gave him three or four Stools a day, and in a little while he was perfectly cured of his Piles. For (21 ) For the tootb-acb. if ben there is great pain of the Tooth-ach , by a defle¬ xion of a \barp Rheum upon all one fide of the Jaw> this is a certain Remedy. T Ake fome green Parfley, and work it in the palm of your hand, with the other finger and thumb, preifing and fqueezing it till you mortifie it all, and mould it up together, and the juice be ready to fqueez out: Then take as much of it with its juice (if any fhould chance to be prefled out} as may conveniently be thrufl into the Ear, and hx or (even fair corns of Bay Salt. Mingle them well together, and fo put it into the Ear on the aking fide •, it will foon take away the pain : Neverthelefs let this Medicine remain three or four hours in the Ear (^though the Patient be well long before} that fo it may continue the Cure. If the pain come again, repeat the Medicine. Water for the ‘teeth. An excellent water for the Teeth , to harden-, faflen and whiten them , and to ftrengthen the Gums , is fol¬ lowing : T Ake of ordinary Lime-water one pound,crude Alum one dram} burnt Alum,roots of Flower deduce, of each half a dram,mingle them together, and when the Alum is diflolved, and the tinfture drawn out of the Flower-de-luce •, let. the liquor run through a linen, that it may be clear. Then put half a fpoonful of Orange-flower water to it to make it more grateful, and wafh the Mouth and Teeth with this. F or ( 22 ) For the ‘teeth and Gums. To pwfirve the Teeth and Gums , nvafo them often with a Liquor thus made: A Ake a Decoftion of Lentifce, Lignum Guaiaci , (V1 and a little Rofemary j into a fitting pro¬ portion of this put fome of the bell diftilled Wa¬ ter of Rofemary and Sage, in which fome common Salt is diffolved, as alfo a good proportion of Spi¬ rit of Wine that hath dilTblved Myrrh ("or extrafted the Tinfture cf Myrrh) and is very llrong of it, and the like of Spirit of Wine, that hath in like manner extrafted the Tinfture of Maftick. Or ufe Alum difiolvcd in fome of the Waters a- bovefaid or in Clare^-wine. Or put fome Oil of Myrrh made per Deliquiim in Whites of Eggs, and fome Oil of Sage made by Di- (lillation, quaere of adding alfo Oil of Rofemary into Canary-Sack in which is difiolyed fome Salt (brather than into Claret-wine 3 To fallen the Teeth and preferve the Gums, waffi your Mouth every morning, and in the day with the Pickle that Unions are kept pickled in, a little warm’d: Thofe that have the Scurvy in Holland ufe it much. It is finguhrly good. For familiar tv a (king the Mouth , which con¬ firmed) and fajhieth the teeth much , and preferveth the Gums found , is tl]us,\ "F)Ut one dram of Alum, and two drains of pure 1 Oriental Bole-armoniac, both in fubtile Pow¬ der, into a pint of Claret-wine ^ (hake it well and ufe it. Qucere of adding Myrrh in Powder, or dif- lolved in hard Whites of Eggs. For For the Tooth-ach. O Ne that had the Tooth-ach in great extre¬ mity, and had tried many Medicines in vain, took a little Cotton and imbibed it with Lucatella '-s Balfam, and fo put it into the hollow Tooth, with¬ in a little while the pain ceafed, but came again about a week after: Then he applied the fame Remedy a fecond time, and the pain foon ceafed, and never came again, though before he was very often fubjeft to this pain. Vinegar of Squills for the Teeth and Gums- ^T^Ake Vinegar of Squills, to fettle loofe Teeth X and cure ulcerated Gums, and the Tooth-ach, all which it doth powerfully, life it thus Dip well a bit of a foft linen cloth in it, and hold it a pretty while upon the Gum that needeth repeat the dipping Hill as the moifture of the mouth, mingling with the Vinegar upon the cloth, takes away the force of it: If the water be cold, you may warm it a little. To faften loofe Teeth. Probat. ■\7Ou will find a fecure and certain Remedy, 1 when any of your Teeth are loofe with the Scurvy, or by other abounding humors, if you take fome Alum (a great proportion} and put it into water ("which you may warm to diftolve the more} and rub well every day once or twice the Gums and Teeth with that. Fill the glafs almofl: half full of Alum before you put the Water upon it * when that Water is ufed out, you may put more u;>on the remaining Alum. An ( 24 ) An excellent Powder for the Eyes'. T Ake Camphire in fine powder one ounce, put it into a pot and put upon it four ounces of Vitriol, in powder alfo : cover the pot with double Paper, and lay upon it a Porringer with forae weight in it j then calcine it with a gentle fire, and when it is hard, take it off, and let it cool *, then beat it into fine Powder with four ounces of Bole-armoriac, then fift it finely. Take of this Powder half an ounce, put it into a quart of water, boil it together, then put it in a glafs and keep it for your ufe. Dip a little green Sarcenet in it and fhut your Eyes, wafhing only the Eye-lids, except they be very ill and inflamed, and then you may drop fome into them *, and if you find it too flrong of itfelf, put to a fpoonful of it, two fpoonfuls of Rofe-vvater, and fo ufe it. An excellent Eye-water. T Ake White-wine and red Rofe-water, of each half a pint, put them in a Glafs, then take Aloes Epatic. Lapis Tutia, and fine hard Sugar, of each four ounces *, beat them feverally into fine powder, and put them into the Glafs, and flop it very clofe •, then fet it in the Sun in the heat of fummer for a month, and fhake it three or four times a day that it congele not. A A Remedy for Deflexions and all Difeafes of the Eyes . T Ake the Herb called Pied de Pigeon in French, ftamp it into a Cataplafm, and put a little Salt to it, and apply it to the Wrift of the contrary Hand* as if the right Eye were fore, put it to the left Wrift, and chang it mor¬ ning and night. It is wonderfully efficacious. A Gentlewoman had three great white Excrefcen- cies in one of her Eyes after the Small - Pox ; this Remedy cured it perfectly in a moneths fpace, but fhe added waffiing the Eye at every drefling with a drop of Spirit of Urine. fo take array the Rcdnefs of Bloud-Jhut Eyes. T>it a little Hyfiop in a little Eag of Sarcenet, X and dip it in warm water, and therewith foment the Eye three or four times a day. fo / land? Bleeding. A Very defperate and continual Bleeding at the Nofe had often been ftanched by making the Party hold in their Hand, or any where about their Body, a little of the Herb Shepheards Pouch wear it continually, and it will prevent Bleeding. (26) Another for the fame* T O flanch the bloud of a Wound, even though an Artery be cut *, Strew thick upon it the Powder of certain Balls, that in French are called Veffes de Loup. And if you have the whole Ball, put over the Powder fome of the fungofe part of the Ball ("which is that next the ftalk under the Powder} and bind it on. If it flop not the Bleed¬ ing prefently, repeat it with more Powder. By his defcription I judge thefe Veffes de Loup to be our Puz.-Balls. A Cure of Bleeding, either at the Nofe , or by a Bloudy Flux. T Ake two parts of the Mofs growing on the skull of a dead man (pulled as fmall as you can with the fingers) and one part of Maffick (in Powder) mingle them well together *, then make them into the confidence of a foft Plafler, with Gum Tragacanth brought into mucilage by deep¬ ing in Plantane and red Rofe-water. Of this make a Plader upon Linen or Leather, an inch and a half, or two inches long} and not fo broad, to lay upon the veins of the Forehead at the joining to the Nofe and along the Eye-,brows, for bleeding at Nofe. But for a Bloody-Flux it mud be as large as the palm of a hand, and round, to lay upon the Navil and all round about it. This lad mud be applied warmed a little. Agiinfl ( 27 ) Againfl Voifon inward or outward, or for the flinging of venemous Beafls in Men or Beufls. T Ake the Leaves of black Corants in Powder one dram, give it in Wine or any thing. You may gather the leaves in Summer, and keep them dry all the year. An approved Remedy for Spitting of Bloud. T Ake Cumfry-roots frefhly gathered Lx ounces, Plantan-leaves twelve handfuls: Beat all well in a Mortar, and exprefs the juice ftrongly by a Prefs, and with fuch quantity of Sugar more or lefs, as you intend to keep it long, or elfe ufe it quickly, make Syrup of it. Take of this often in the day a fpoonful or two at a time. If you make the Syrup to be ufcd prefently, you need take but equal parts of Syrup and Juice: But if you would keep it the year about, then you fhould take two parts of Sugar to one of Juice. You need not let the Juiee fettle to feparare the the grofs pares from it (which may be the bell in o this cafe.} Remedium ad Fluxttm inmoderatum Sangui¬ nis Mettftrualis . » T 'Ake the Scull of a man, fcrape of it one dram, put it into a glafs of White-wine, let it infufe I a night, and in the morning take it falling. In two or three times raking it every two days, it will | Cure it. centra (28) Contra Fluor cm album . Probat. A Fter due Purging give the Cerufs of Antimony twice or thrice a day, about fifteen granes for a dofe in White-wine. A Remedy for the Jaundife of any kind,Blac]^ or Fellow • Ake eight ounces of chofen Corants well-wafh- 1 ed and picked from all the little Stalks *, put to them one ounce of Rhubarb in mod fubtile Powder *, beat them together in a Mortar feven or eight hours. Take of this every morning faffing, and at night about the quantity of a Walnut. It purifieth the Blood and ftrengtheneth the Liver wonderfully, and (continued} carrieth away the peccant humors of the body. For the Mother . T Ake twenty grains of the fixed Salt of a Plant called Stinging Orach, in White-wine or in Mug wort water, if the Patient be of a hot com¬ plexion. For the Sinew: and the Head . T Ake of the Chymical Oil made by Diftilla- tion, of Sweet-Marjoram, of Nutmegs, of each three parts, and of Cloves one part. If you will have it liquid, leave it thus: but if thick, to be portable-, make thefe into an Ointment with the ordinary Oil of Nutmegs made by expref- fon} With this rub the Soles of the Feet, twice a (29) i week : As ulfo the Perineum between the Anus ntl Scrotum , and the Scrotum,, and the Emuntlories ithdes of it. This flrengthncth Nature exceedingly. *>.- •»-- » • .; ' * a ’ '. > t m n vl I • ' ' " Fcr Vcafnefs. / ''ii 1 -: /."t • > :i;j m. '•*. ’ ' ^ . T Ake Oil of bitter Almonds, Oil of Spiknard, of each fix. drams, Juice of Onions, Juice .of Rue, of each two drams. Black Hellebore half a ferupie, Galoquinr half a dram. Oil of Excem two drams; boil'this till the Juices be confumed; then take Woolf dip it in, : and; pur it in the Ear. 1 Be very cautious when and how you ufe this Medicine* . ' u ' .hob Another for 'the fame . ** * ‘. ’■< J; ; i . 5. i ?* * j » ' * • T Ake of wild Mint, mortifie and fqueez it ,ih the hand till it rendreth Juice; then take- it with its Juice, and pur it’ in the Ear, change it often ; this will help the Deafnefs, if the perfon hath heard before. * For Deafnefs through Cold and humors clogging and benumming the Ears,' 1 caufng fometimes £ain in them *, you may drop into the affe&ed Ear one drop fno more) pf Oil or Quintc hence of Rofemary fwhicn will not burn or pain them} and after it is foked in (iby lying With that Ear up} flop the Ear flightly with Cotton or black Wool dipped in the Spirit of Rofemary. Repeat the drop after a day ftill as often as you find need. For C (28) > IT Contra Flu or cm album. Probat. A Fter due Purging give the Cerufs of Antimony twice or thrice a day, about fifteen granes for a dofe in White-wine. A Remedy for the Jaundife of arty kind^BlacJ^ or Fellow. T m Ake eight ounces of chofen Corants well-wa/h- ed and picked from all the little Stalks put to them one ounce of Rhubarb in moll fubtile Powder •, beat them together in a Mortar feven or eight hours. Take of this every morning falling, and at night about the quantity of a Walnut. It purifieth the Blood and llrengtheneth the Liver wonderfully, and (continued} carrieth away the peccant humors of the body. For the Mother. T Ake twenty grains of the fixed Salt of a Plant called Stinging Orach , in White-wine or in Mugwort water, if the Patient be of a hot com¬ plexion. For the Sinews and the Head. T Ake of the Chymical Oil made by Diltilla- tion, of Sweet-Marjoram, of Nutmegs, of each three parts, and of Cloves one part. If you will have it liquid, leave it thus: but if thick, to be portable i make thefe into an Ointment with the ordinary Oil of Nutmegs made by expref- fion} With this rub the Soles of the Feet, twice a ( 29 ) a week : As -alfo the Per true um between the Anm ■ 2 nd Scrotum , and the Scrotim and the Emunfiorles outfides of it. This ftrengthneth Nature exceedingly. c. i i i ... V*.J JiJ , ii >> * J • i 1 St I For Vcafnefs. - y' r 'M ; /,h > 1 " v ) :i; J .ni/’-V 1 : . T Ake Oil of bitter Almonds, Oil of Spiknard, of each fix, drams. Juice of Onions, Juice of Rue, of each two drams, Black Hellebore half a fc.ruplei Godoquint half a dram. Oil of Excem two drams v boil this till the.Juices be confumed ; then take Wooh'dip it inland: put it in the Ear. "Be very cautious when and how you ufe this Medicine* • ' • • - L .i.o. •• Another for the fame . T Ake of wild Mint, mortifie and fqueez it ,ih the hand till it rendreth Juice; then take it with its Juice, and pur it’ in the Ear, change it often ; this will help the Deafnefs, if the perfon hath heard before. i For Deafnefs through Cold and humors clogging and benumming the Ears, caufng fometimes £aia in them •, you may drop into the alfefted Ear one drop (ho more) pfiOil or Quintdfence of Rofcmary ' fwhicli will not burn or pain them} and after it is foked in (hy lying With that Ear up} hop the Ear flightly with Cotton or black Wool dipped in the j Spirit of Rofemary. Repeat the drop after a day hill as often as you find need. -'n.jlo /’ , , . j';;: ;;..i T I .'t iff/r.-i; / •/ ' € j For For the Small Pox. '"F"'Ake two Or three granes of Saffron, and dry | it well by the fire, then make a little Bag of it in fine Linen, and infufe and prefs it in Pofiet-ale, Mace-ale or White-wine,till all the tinfture and vir¬ tue be drawn out: give that to the Patient,and keep him warm. If he have forenefs in the Throat, do thus: Boil a quarter of a fpoonful of dried Saffron (m a little BagJ in half a pint of Milk till it be very yellow } in this boil a broad flag of Linen till it be throughly tin&cd, and put it warm and moift un¬ der the Throat, as if you pinned it to keep on a Coif. When this flag is cold and dry, take it off, and put on a new one, to which end you muff have at leaft two, that one may heat in the Milk, whilft the other is pinned about the Throat. This will certainly take away all pain of the Throat in f x or eight hours: you muff not ufe Ointment or Greafe to anoint the Scabs, but only plain ordinary" un- guentum Album , when the Puffules begin to dryj aW this hath preferved all my Children from any mai|S$,. Yet in this Difeafe the lefs you meddle, the better it is commonly for the Patient. *[’o drive the venomous Vapors from the Heart and Head in the Small-Fox^ Meajles , &c. with great juccefs> with a familiar Jtthf or Em/ttfion, takgthe following. T Ake Seeds of Citron one ounce. Seeds of Car- dum Benedicts one ounce and an half: beat them well, and draw out all their Pulp with two pound of fome fit Cordial-water, as of Scabious, Card. (3 O Card. Betted. Marigold, or the like j and fweeten it with two dr three ounces (as much as will ferve') of Syrup of Citron : Drink of this as often as you have a mind to drink, a reafonable g!afs-ful{; to make it more Alexipharmacal to take now and then, make a Julep conteining Confect. Hyuintbi , or of Alkermes and Treacle-water, and diapho¬ retic Antimony, and prepared Pearl, and what elfe you think fit, and put a fpoonful or too of this into a draught of the Emulfion. Ufe this with caution. ■ <) 1 -• .u , , An infallible Remedy for the fame • I N a Wine-glafs full of Sack diflolve as much Sheeps-dung newly taken out of the Sheeps- gut warm, as will make it pretty thick, yet fo that the Patient may drink it: Let him drink this, and lie quietly in his bed reafonably warin : cov cred. This will make him fweat,. and caufe the Pox or Meafles to come out kindly, and finifh the cure very fpeedily. prevent Marly of the'Small-Pox. ' ■ v.ki \ \t T O prevent pitting 'in the’ Small-Pox , Rail Cream to an Oil, and with that anoint the , wheals with a feather as foon as they begin to dry, and keep the Scabs always moift herewith ; Make your face be anointed almoli every half hour, not before they begin to be cruiled. (r 3 2 ) si4'‘Experimented • Remedy for the PdUhtg w * \ c. if^TTAke of the Shilfafaman, of Parings of Nails { Vr|' of, Man, of each two ounces; reduce this to fihe.Powder, and grind it upon a Marhie-ftone ; then (lake of Polypody:, of the Oak, 'Mifletoe cf cthe Oak, Mifletoe of. the Hafle-tree,. Mifletoe of Tile-tree, of each two drams, PeonyTloot dried half an ounce-, beat this all into fine Powder : Then take fix ounces of fine Sugar, boil it to the confiftcnce of Rofe-Sfigar y then miK.yill the Pow¬ ders with it, and let them well incorporate over the fire, ftirrlng them vyeh together, tiien take it from the-fire, an^ make it into little.Tablets, of tgfjiich give one ip.yhe morning failings and ano- t^tn^tvyo,hours:after! dinner, and omr, 'two; hours' ^fter-’fupper. Gohtiniu*., this whiles the -Tablets kftn nh'tifyte . mix " rflinri bns c v. .ti;-! mo ojxiqd >'■} ?:lrM io‘ xqI o ■ & Another fnr tbe f imQ tw sits od? Many perffis bavi\ befit tyyefi of the FqljiqgrSicJ^ufs by th e foil owing R medy ' : ' /Tr^Ake Mif]etoe>of)^i Oak, the Leaves, the Ber- •J, ries, the-fphoutiivg Stalks;[and the folid. Bran¬ ches; dry it gentiyhrsan Oven, the-n beat it into fine- powder, oi; :i vvliidi give as much as will lie upon a-/billings for one of ripe years-, for middle aged, a- fix pence y, for a child, a grott y give it morning and evening in Cowflip-water, three days before and three days after the full of the Moon. 2 T C'3id~ SJ 6di jo ri Mcwoh ' -•?rvng t t-y* the F alibi g-Sic fn eft and Convulfm-Lhs of Children- -•.-c- ’ T Ake Peony-roots frefh digged, ferape of them with a Knife, and apply it to the foals of the feet. - . . - f T'Qcanfe.a good Delivery. vU j. > ^ \ • " * T Ake a good large white Onion, or two lelTer, peel and flicc it, and in a Frying-pap,-fry it with two or three fpoonfuls of the bell Sallet-oil till it be tender j then‘put aU'into a little Pipkin with half a glafs-full of Wafer, and boil it well together, then (train it out, and drink that in the morning falling. Continue this for a fortnight or three weeks immediately before the time expected for delivery. In a word you prepare this Broth juft as if you would mike a Pottage of Onions, ex¬ cept you put in no Sale •, and that you ufe Oil in- fteadof Butter: This courfe will lo difpofe the parts of the Woman with Child, that Ihe fhall h~ brought to. bed with fecurity and very little, pain : And if the Child fhould be turned in the Mothers Belly, it will bring it to rights before labour. Wo¬ men that have had molt, dangerous labours till they took this, have had no difficulty afterwards. For want of white Onions ordinary ones will do well. A ]xec.ijjt of the. Labour-Powder. T Ake Date-flones, A'mber 0 r Saffron and Cumin-. Seeds/beat and fcarle them all feverally into very fine Powder j take of each as much as will C 5 lie ( $6 ) Linen : The Plader on the Belly is to cover it all over, .then the fwatheth her body well : All this mult be opened every morning, and turneth the Plader on the other fide (for it is a Sear-cloth, and confequently both f des Plader alike J and at the end of eight days take frefh Plaflers for eight days more", after which time there needeth no more. An admirable Sear cloth for a fore Brejl , Im~ peftumcs , Feltons{ green and old Cuts. T Akehalf a pound of the bed Virgins-Wax, half a pint of the Oil of Rofes, half a pint of the Oil of Olives ; melt them altogether, and let them Band till they are cold, then take half a pound of white Lead beaten fair:; put it into the oil and Wax, then fet it over the fire, and let it boil half an hour ; then take two ounces of Maffick, two ounces of Frankincenfe , two ounces of Myrrh, two ounces of Gum Ollbanum , beat all the ounces very fmall-, put them into the other Ingredients, and let them boil half an hour more: Then take a quarter of an ounce of Camphire, and put it in, dir it over the fire, and dip the Cloths therein, and make it up in Rolls for ufe. fZjf 3 An Anodyne Fnlt'ufr Canccred Brejls. The fir(i Cataplafm that Afr.Bredieus applied to Mrs. Brents Cancer ed Brefl when It began to breal^was this , T Ake an old mellow Pippin, cut off a Cap at the top of it, and then take out the Core, leaving the Tides of the Apple whole, that the melted Greafe may not get out; fill that hole with Hogs- Greafe, then cover it with the Cap, and fet the Apple; to rod, when it is well roded to Pap (by • - i J which ( 37 ) which the Hogs-Greafe will be imbibed into the fubhance of'the AppleJ take it and pare oST all the Paring, and break, and mingle perfectly all the Pap, that it may fpread Web, and be an uniform Pulp: Spread it thick upon Linen, and lay it warm upon the Sore, putting a Bladder oyer it. This is an excellent Caraplafrn, to take away and cool, and dissolve the fwelling and hardnefs, ificbedif- folvable •, and if not, to make it break and fepa- rate with eafe and without fharpnefs. This is to be changed every twelve or twenty four hours, ac¬ cording as it groweth dry. : : For Hardnefs in Womens Ercjis* T~Or a month take continually a Purge of Jallap, 1 1 and always put over all the Brefl a Linen- Cloth that hath Ioofe flocks of Flax hitched upon it, in fuch fort that there may be no hardnefs felt any where j let it be very thick and warm. The way to take Jallap is to reduce a pound or more in one parcel of the wood into Powder, and mingle it well together, and keep it in a Glafs clofe hopped : Then take half a dram or one dram or four fcruples of it for a dofe in White-wine and Sugar 5 and by this you may know certainly how- all the whole quantity will work, that fo you may enercafe or dimini hi the dofe to the need. With this a Lady of great Quality cured her* felf. For ( 3 $) ... For hard Brcjls in Women. An admirable Pultis that cared many Women of bard and fore Brejls , is thus made. T Ake Turneps and boil them well in water, fo that they be very tender, then take them out and lqueeze out the water clean from them, beat them to mafh, and mingle with them fome good quantity of frefh Butter unfalted, and apply this warm to the Breft Pultis-wife upon a thick doth very large ; and change it morning and night. In three days it perfectly cureth, though before the pain and hardnefs hath been very great. Another Medicine for the fame is thus : T Ake Boars-greafe and Aqua-vit melt them together, with that foment the Breft well ‘ then take a Pewter large broad Porringer, or very large deep Saucer, or deep little Dilh, that may enclofe and contain the Breft, and warm it well, and fo put it upon the Breft, and tie it on all night. In the day-time it is inconvenient to keep on the Porringer j but if you could have it always there, it were much the better *, Drefs it with this Oint¬ ment morning and evening. No metal but Tin will ferve. For the fetters. T Ake Venice Turpentine one ounce, > make it to an Ointment by wafhing in Rofe-water j then pielt two pennyworth of white Virgin-wax over a Qiafing-difh of coals*, put the Turpentine to it, and add one ounce of Oil of fweet Almonds to it, take C3P) take it from the fire and beat it to the confidence of an Ointment. Anoint your Tetters with it. rjp Fcr Aches in any fan of the Body , even in Womens Brcjts . ( ~"Aufe a Dyer to dye you fome thick fpongy j Flannel of the blue color called Coventry-blue. When it is dry, dye it again *, dye it thus five times, at lafl the Dye will be fo deep, that it will look almoft black, lay of it on a good deal beyond the pained pare on all fides •, keep it thus conti¬ nually covered, and warm with it. A Remedy for the Piles or Hemorrhoids . when the Hemorrhoids are exceedingly [welled, ( chiefly outwardly) the Cure of them is thus : T Ake a little Cotton-Wooll, dip it in Oil or Quinteftence of Rofemary, and with that wipe gently over the fwelled Vein, (which fometimes will be as big as a large Cherry} and after an hour or two, moiflen the Vein again with the faidOil; doing thus three or four times at like intervals: It fmarts a little for the prefent. After two or three or four times fomenting thus, the fwelled Vein will break and much foul matter run out, and he fhall have prefent eafe, and in a little while it will grow whole ■, and after the breaking, it hindreth not his going abroad about his bufinefs: The Patient needeth the Oil no more, after the Sore is bro¬ ken : for it will then be too fharp. Ano - Another for */ c f imc. f Ake about a fpoonfal of the fa': of Eel, and I near as much of the yolk of a new-laid Egg, 'and beat them very well together to an Ointment: I« this roll a Tent, fo as to make it take up as much a^you can, and put it into the Fundament, and lay alfo a Pledget covered with the like Ointment up¬ on the outward fweliitig, and this will give lbme eafe prefently. Change your Tents and Pledgets as they grow dry and hot, and in a fmall time the Veins will open and run, and it will be well. The fat of Eel is made by boiling one or more Eels in water, and then skimming off the fat that IWimmeth at the top : Or if you rod an Eel, take the fat that droppeth from it, fo it be mixed with ■ nothing elfe. A FiJ'gue Cordial. X Ake a pound of the Leaves of Wood-Sorrel, and pound them by themfelves half an hour ; then take three pound of tine Sugar beaten final], and mix thefe together, and keep it ilirring into the Wood-Sorrel for three hours more, keeping ftill pounding, and then take four ounces of Mithri- date or -Lcridor^Trcick •, pound them altogether half an hour longer, which makes four hours toge¬ ther, then keep them clofe flopt in a Gally-Pot. In tim,e of Infdjion in a morning faffing: Take as much as a great Nutmeg} and if ftricken with any dileafe at the heart, or pain in the ftomach, take the fame quantity, and go to bed, and put your felf into an eafe fweat for one hour and you will find excellent effects by it. Prob. For the fume. ' 1 !' ’ • •' CUT rf r '1” t Ake the heft Erandy-wifie, and leaves of red ^ Poppy'that grows among the Corn Qpapaver Jxhew') of each one pound, you are to extract the TinCture of the Poppy with the Brandy-, ,but you mull: not put all together at once, but thus : Put four ounces of the Poppy-leaves to the whole pint of the Spirit of Wine, and let them infufe toge¬ ther till you judge- it, hatlj extracted all the tin¬ cture, and then the leaves themfelves will be in fome degree difolved : 1 lieft-.prefs out all t,he .Li¬ quor, and throw away the remaining feceso Into this. thick, liquor pur four ounces of frefh ;poppy*■ leaves, and do all as before : • fo do twice,Ifnore till you have the tincture out of the whole pour'd cf the Leaves, which if you fhould do at otfce] would not proceed well, becaufe the Leaves are light and take-much room ; Into this Liquor put two ounces of gooef bid' Venice- Treacle, and make it diftolvetherein 3 lake ty*,p pr three fpoonfuls^of it in a little Sack or Mace-Ale : It drivetji out the Infcfiipn•powerfully,- ; ,A ... . • '••'* To pr^fqrveonc in ue}e-G|Tnf(B§ion, eat a little of thei-tpps- -c£ F-ue with Br.e.ad and Epttcryip a morning: Or, cat a little^hl ftrong Chc\-arts.well three or four times Ake fome fat Bacon, and rub the. Warts with it and then hang it in the Sun to dry. For ( 45 ) For Pbrenfie. I Was alTured by a Perfon of credit, that one cu¬ red a Woman that had been mad forne years, by giving her a draught of the Juice of the Herb Ground-Ivy or Gil go by ground, at once taking : And they tried it afterwards upon feveral others, and it had always the fame infallible effect. For Head-achs , fore Kyes , Feltons , &c. B oil a good handful of the Leaves of Ground- Ivy (it may be had frefh all the year} in a quart of Ale to a pint, give half in the morning failing, and half at night going to bed: It is admirable to cure all Head-achs, Pains, Inflam¬ mations and Defluxions : in the Eyes, Jaundifes, Roughs of the Lungs, Coiifumptions, Spleen, Stone and Gravel, and all Qbftru&ions. The Herb (lam¬ ped and applied to a Fellon like a, Platter or Cata- plafm, cureth it marvelloufly and fpeedily. It is admirable for old Sores, in- which you may add a little Copperas and Honey, if they need clean¬ ing : you may make an Ointment of it. For Leprofe and Squinanfie . T Ake a Pintof the juice of HouQeek, and half a piqt of Verjuice, with thefe and a pint; and a half of Milk make Poflec-drink : of which give half a pint in the morning, .and as much at night: but to do better, be drinking of it all day long, fo that you drink up this proportion in twenty four hours. It cureth the Leprofie, the Squinaniie, the painful white Swellings in the Knees,and any Aches. D A& (40 An experimented Remedy for the Stone* A cert din Terfon at Rome was fick_ of a great Stone in his Bladder, who After many Remedies taken in vain, was refolved to be Cut ; having agreed with the Operator : This following Remedy was propofed to him by a Frieji , of whom he received the Sacra¬ ment, who had made trial upon himfelf and many others. It is thus ; H Ake a good quantity of Millepedes, wafh them I with white Wine, then put tnem into a glafed Pot, lute and clofe it well, and fet it in an Oven to dry the Millepedes: Then reduce them to fine Powder j then put to this Powder as much white Wine as it will drink up | then put it in the Oven again as before, which repeat three times •, then take' this Powder, and mix-it with Strawberry- water, and a fcruple of Oil of Vitriol, arid dry it once more in the Oven ; then keep it in a Glafs clofe flopped. Of this Powder the Patient took four fcruples, and half an ounce of Aqua Vita mixt with fome fit Broth or other appropriated Vehicle, in the morning faffing*, the efieft of it was thus: The Patient found himfelf in great pains, and was much tormented, for the fpace of two hours ; and after five hours part he made a little Urin, but ve¬ ry thick : The fecond day having taken this Medi- cin again, his Urin was murih thicker than the firft. The third-day he avoided a- great deal of Sand; but the feventh day he avoided fo much Sand that his Urin was full -of it: And the nin'eth day the Patient was perfectly cured from his Stone. Ano- |W» Another excellent Remedy for the Stone- T Ake the Berries of Hawthorns, and dry them then beat them to Powder, and fearfe them finely ; take a fpoonful of this Powder in a glafs- fuliof White-winejin the morning falling. ; ''' r ; ' ’!' iO .. .r- Another for the fame . * ■ • i ■ • •-* '•» * -*“ 4 ■ T Ake Parfnips, boil themjn fair Water i drink of this' water one glafs-ful-in the morning fall¬ ing, and one . at night going to bed, and all the day long drinking nothing elfe. Continue this,fix weeks. Another for. the fame . T Ake the White of-j nevtf-laid Egg, beat it in¬ to an Oil, then let it Hand a quarter of an hour to fettle; then take away the Scum and mis the White with two fpoonfuls of White-win?;* four fpoonfuls of red Rofe-water, then put to this one ounce of white Sugar-candy in Powder, ffir it well together and take it in the morning falling, and another at night gqing to bed. Continue this fix or feven days. "■ D-vjr ' ‘ •-hr. o Another for the fame! ■ _ O'fK ,£•! • !•!.]>• of -f. T Ake the-|uice of fowr Limons, Oil of fweset Almonds drawn without*fire, of each one ounce ; boat the Oil and thb Jhice together ; then mix it with half a pint of: White-Wine, Take of this a glafs-full or half a glafsy-according to die age or force of the Patient, three days before and as many after the full of the Moon. Da A .-4 • C48) i3* A Compounded Hydrofaccharnm for the Stone . rr T Ake four Gallons of Running-Water , four pound of fine Sugar in powder, Eringo Roots fliced one pound, Raifins of the Sun ftoned one pound, a branch of frefh Rofemary. Boil thefe all together till half be confumed * then work it up with a little Yeft, then tun it, and put the Peel of a frefh Limon r into it; After it hath done working, you may bottle it, if you pleafe. Of this drink morning and evening, and whenfoever you are a dry. ... Another excellent one for the fame • qpAke a fpoon-full of Oil of fweet Almonds, X three fpoonfuls of Juice of Limons, two fpoon- fuls of Aqua Vit A certain Remedy for Retention, of Vr in* T Ake two handfuls of Water-CrefTes, twenty four of the Seeds, of Alfytfyttgi , two great white Onions cut in four quarters, two good hand¬ fuls of, Chmor-T&eatikl pn* all thefeitjogether into, a lead, d Pot, pour upon it a good quart of White- wine, let it boil xill half a pint be confumed. Take of this*'-a gldfs-full in the morning faffing, and another at night, and you fhali be cured. •i >0 toe . lo'J ...... t a An- ( 4 £ ) ' - J! I • ' /• ’ ■> ZV. Another fir Retention of Vein. M Ake a ftrong Deco&ion of Horfe-radilh roots in White-wine, put to it a little Hares Wooll dried in powder. Drink of this Deco&ion morn¬ ing and night. You will fee die effe&s of it fpee- dily. Another approved Remedy for the Stone and Gravel . ■ T Ake a fpoonful of Virgin-Honey, the whited you can get, and mix it with a glafs-full of Juniper-berry water j take this in the morning fading, and continue taking it for fome time, and it will bring away the Stone and Gravel, and will * open the paffage of Urin wonderfully. Another for the Stone'and Gravel , and for Strangury of Vrin . T Ake the Fat of a Buck-Rabbet, melt it and anoint the Back and Reins with it. This | will open the Paffage of Urin wonderfully. A Child was cured with this •, fo that in twenty four hours it made four Pots full of Urin. A Frier in France, much troubled with jloppage of Vrin and: Vijcofuies > f which they called the Stone,) W As taught to take one dram of Carrot-feeds (he faid the wild Carrot-feeds are bettcr3 and bruife them a little, and put upon them a 1 draught of White-wine in a Bottle clofe ffopped. C 3 Run V 50 > Run tlie clear next morning through a Linen, and drink that. This once preferved him from all inconveniences of tfrin for half a year. When the Difeafe grew again upon him, lie took again this Remedy. n~i no if... «iits V> = nqj i y • ; T Ake Storax liquid, yellow Wax, new Pitch, Honey, of eacjh four ounces *, Cinamon, Pep¬ per, of each one ounce-, put all thefe (in Powder} together into a new Pot, and let it boil but one walm , ftirring it carefully all the while : then take it from the fire, and put into it four ounces of Aloes, and one ounce of Oil of Lilies, ftir them well together to make them incorporate then put the Pot again upon fome hot Afhes, and dir it until it be of the confidence of an Ointment, which fpread warm upon Leather and apply it ^ but if your Difeafe be in a whole Thigh, then yoii may fpread it upon a whole Lamb-skin. You may leave it on feven or eight days, if it requireth. If the Difeafe come again , put the Plader on again. This Medicin will keep a long time. Tv:.t V 5* J ‘jfo Cure the Hot and Cold Gout. ''TTAke a good quantity of the Infett called Coc\- \ chaffers, in the month of May , upon which ("in Powder} put rectified Spirit of Salt to be two or three fingers bredth over the Powder *, digeft till the Spirit be tin&ed deep red *, then pour off that, and put on more, which digeft again. Re¬ peat this till the Powder giveth no more tinfrure, doing in fuch fort that you employ no more Spirit than is neceflary to extract the Tin&ure •, which filter fo often till it leaveth no more feces. Then diflolve two ounces of Salt of Tartar in a fufficient quantity of Spirit of Salt, then filter it, then mix thefe two tinftures together, and digeft them eight days in a gentle heat,then feparate it from the feces by filtration, and keep it in a Glafs clofe (topped. The manner of ufmg this liquor, is thus *, Begin with a little dofe, as two or three drops, fo little a one that it may caufe no fharpnefs of Urin. Take it in Hydromel or Small-Beer. The next day take one drop more, fo increafing till you find a little fharpnefs; which you will do the third or fourth or fifth day. The next day reft and take fome Diaphoretic, the next day purge. The next take again the fame dofe of the liquor as you did the Iaft day •, continue that three days. Then as the for¬ mer time, refting and purging. Repeat this courfe till you are well; continuing always the fame dofe of the liquor, which by a little pricking of Urin you found to be the due one. The Purge which the Patient is to take, is thus •, The day before, take Reifin of the Root of Jallap twenty or twenty four granes, Cryftal or cremor of Tartar ten or twelve granes \ mix thefe with Sy- D 4 ' rup f 5* > r,up of Rofes, and take it in the morning. This wili purge both the hot and cold Gout by Stools.' During this courfe the Patient is to eat no fait meat nor fifh •, befides he fhould drink nothing but Tifanne or Small-Beer that day he taketh the Li¬ quor or Tinfture. An excellent Plaflerfor the Gottt . T Ake Rofin of Pine, common Rofm, yellov/ Wax, of each four ounces, Colophon a half an ounce. Stags or Does-greafe five drams •, melt all thefe together, and then take Cloves two drams, Croci Orient, one dram and half, Olibanl one ounce, . Mace two drams *, reduce all thefe to Powder, and ftir it in with the reft: Then take it from the fire, and mix with it by little and little a pint of Alicant Wine, and make it well incorporate together. Spread this upon Leather of fuch a bignefs as you will have it, and fo apply' it, leaving it on until it grow Ioofe of itfelf. Another excellent Plafter for the Gout. T Ake the whiteft part of Pigeons-dung, Mu- ftard, of each a like quantity, temper this with White-wine Vinegar •, then take the Greafe of a Puppy-dog, fo much as will make it an Oint¬ ment or Salve, fet it over a gentle Fire, and put into it a handful of Hired Parfty •, let it ftew eafily the fpace of an hour then take Garden-Snails, and ftamp them in a Mortar, then fqueez out all the Juice of them through a Cloth, which mix with the Ointment and apply it. i 53 ) For the Kings-Fvil. A mofi contumacious foul inveterate Kings-Evil (fever ul times touched by the Kjng, and -wrought upon by the befl Chirurgeons , and given over as dejperate) •was perfectly cured thus : T Ake Garden-Snails that have white or gray Houfes upon them , and beat them in a 1 Mortar with a little Partly into the confidence of a Platter, and fo apply it to the Sore or Sores, and change it every twenty four hours^ This is alfo good to take away the raging Pain of the Gout. An approved Remedy for Ruptures. T Ake Solomon's Seal, Agrimopy, Milt-wad , Maiden-Hair, £ which is the Capil. Veneris) Roots of Straw-berries, of each one handful: Pick and wafh them well, then damp them, an4 boil them in two quarts of good'White-wine the fpace of two hours •, but let the VelTel be well dopped, that nothing may expire. Then drain the liquor, prelling it hard through a Linen, and drink of this Tifanne a good glafs-full in the rpor- ning fading, and an hour after drink another; and continue this (taking two glafs-fuls every mor¬ ning) till you are cured. The ufe of this cured a Lady of a great Rupture in a fortnights fpace; and kkewife feveral others. Another ( 54 ) Another for the fame. A Child was cured of a Rupture thus: Take Cow-Dutig, warm it well before the fire, and fo lay it as a Cataplafm upon Leather, and ftrow upon it fome Cummin-Seeds, and fo apply it hot to the Rupture: When it is grown cold, put on a new one. This Courfe ° they continued two days ( in Bed,_) and die Child was perfectly cured, and alfo many others. It h excellent, cfpeeially when it is a windy Ru¬ pture. ^ | , j • J '•* s, .• v?. . . An excellent Remedy for the Cankers in the Mouth . T Ake nine leaves of Succory, and as much of long Plantan, and as many leaves of Rue •, boil thefe in fair water with a fpoonful of Hony the fpace of a quarter of an hour. Then take it Off, and with the liquor gargarife your Mouth, and likewife drink of it, and with the Herb rub the infide of your Mouth. r v *«■». i[» ' ’ • " -• 1 ■ • t * For a Fellon• T Ake Garden-Snails, and beat them in a Mor¬ tar, (hells and bodies and all, till they be fmooth and like an uniform Unguent •, then ap¬ ply this like a Pultis, and when it beginneth to funk, Q which it will do in few hours) change it. An ( 55 ) An Ointment for Burning. T Ake Cows-Dung, and put to it a fufficient quantity of Sun doux £ Hogs-Greafe_) fry or boil them together till they are well incorpora¬ ted : Then (train the Liquor through a Napkin j and when it is cold, you will have a green Oint¬ ment j which is excellent for Burnings. A moil excellent red Balfam or red Sdve.\". s ■ - ‘ - :r oK;n T Ake the belt Sallet-Oil three pound, Venice Turpentine one pound, yellow Wax half and alfo for the Reditcji of the Face. Ake Violet, Primrofe, ? T Elder Cowflip, < Leaves md FJowers - Sage, Mugwort, Ragweed, white Lilies, St: John’s wort, Nep, Smallage,Marjoram,Lavender, Sothern- Wood, Rofemary,Rofe-leaves, Rue, Fetherfew,Tan- fie, Lovage, Mint, Camomil, Thyme, Dill, Clary, Oak of Jerufaletn , Peniroial, Hyltop, Balm, .white Mint, Marigold, Peony-leaves, Bay-leaves, Saffron, of ea£h one handful. * Stamp all thefe in a'Stone- Mortar, as you get them, then put them into a Pottle of Sallet-Oil, and fo let them infufe there pli you have all the reft together j for you cannot gee them all at onetime, but get them as fa ft ai you can. Then pxrt to' them and the Oil, a tjftart of White-wine, and fet it over the fire, and boil it for ufe. When you anoint any Sore with this, do it by the firc-fide, chafing it well in; and then lay a Hogs-bladder next to it, and a Linen upon that. A A mofl excellent Ointment for a Gangrene and all foul Vijeajcs of the Skin. T Ake good yellow Wax, Gum of Pine, or in- ftead of that, take Colophony, Rofin, of each one pound in powder. Melt the Wax fird and yvhen it is well melted, put into it your Rofin, fti r it well the fpace of two hours over a gentle fire • then put your Colophony into it, and keep it dill ftirring with a wooden Spatule to make it well in¬ corporate over a gentle fire that it may not burn your drugs: When you fee that they are well in¬ corporated, keep it Rill dirring the fpace of an hour •, then take it from the fire, and put a pound of frefh Butter into it, that hath no Salt in it which work well mto it without fire, dirring it continu- aRy thefoaceof a quarter of an hour, after which put half an ounce of Verdigreafe into it in mod lubtil Powder, work it well in alfo by dirring it -continually the fpace of an hour and half, when you fee that all is well incorporated, which vou will know when you fee that the Verdigreafe ap¬ peared greeny then put it upon hot afhes, and itir it well for .half an hour, but take heed it boil not, for fo it would be fpoiled. Then drain it keep .it in a leaded Pot for ufe. sA.'tnoJi excellent Water for a Gangrene, n be - •' ufcd with the aforefaid Ointment . ^pAke fine Sugar four ounces, round Aridoloch 1 cut in Rolls, pare off their fiiells, and wafh them three or four times in White-wine then take two quarts of the bed White-wine, and put it together with the Sugar and Aridoloch into a Vede4 ( 6o) VefTel j which lute very clofe that the Spirits may not expire. Let it boil very gently till a third part be confumed *, then take it from the fire, and when it is cold, ftrain it through a Linen Cloth, pceflTing it well to have the fubftance out of it, which put into a Fiol, and keep it for ufe. 7be manner of Vfing tbofe forefaid Ointment and Water , U thus : . , ' ' .. . v* • ) P Utfome of thb Water in a difii, and warm it over a Chafing-difh of Coals •, then dip fome fine Linen or Cotton in it, and bathe the fore part with it, and three or four fingers bredth about the inflammation of it > then fpread a Flatter of the Ointment, and lay it on •, then lay a Lined four double dipped in the Water upon that. Drefs it thus every fix hours. When you fee that a Cir¬ cle forms itfelf between the good and bad flefh fwhich is a fign that the Gangrene Ioofeneth itfelf from the found flefh) then take away by little and little the mortified flefh, continuing drefling of it till you fee a perfett cure. The forefaid Water is alfo excellent for all old and rotten Ulcers, the fwelling of any member or finews, rubbing them with it, and chafing it in be¬ fore the fire, and • putting a Linnen four double dipped in it upon the Sore. It is alfo excellent for any interior grief or pain being taken inwardly •, but for that,it will not ferve above eight days, for it groweth tbfe bitter} but for any other operation it is always'good. It is :an excellent Prefervative againft the Plague, and for any Poifon, taking three fpoonfuls of it mor¬ ning and night going to bed. (6i) It is alfo excellent for any Bruifes by a flick, flone or by a fall. It is an excellent Remedy for the Biting of a mad Dog, for flinging of Scorpions, Vipers and Ser¬ pents, opening the wound if it be not large enough, and bathing it with it, and dreifing it with the fore- faid Ointment, as you are directed above. You may give the Tatient (in the beginning} three or four fpoonfuls of it inwardly during three or four days. This Water and ointment are alfo excellent for a Horfe farcys. Monfieur Trent the famous Chirurgeon at Paris hath done great and admirable Cures with the fore- faid Ointment and Water. Sir Kjnelm Vigby tranfcribed them (with feveral other rare Receipts which are in this Book} out of his Book that his Widow lent him. A Purge which he nfcd to give the Patient durinz his Cure• T Ake two quarts of W'hite-wine, four ounces of Sena well cleanfed, two ounces of Thyme or Serpiles, one ounce of Pithemm • put all thefe to¬ gether in a glazed Pot, which flop well, and let it infufe the fpace of forty hours. This quantity will ferve for nine times taking. You may takefome Broth after it. An- E Another Excellent Water for a Gangrene , with which Monfeur D’Alance doth fuch wonder¬ ful Cures in Gangrenes. T Ake Frankincenfc, Maftick, Cloves, Galangle, Cinamon, Cubebs, of each two ounces, Lignum Aloes one ounce, Venice Turpentine two ounces : Put all thefe into a Retort, and let them infufe the fpace of twenty four hours: then diftiflt in Balnea Mar u till you have two Waters the firft will be clear, the fecond whitifh. The clear Water is admirable in a Gangrene bathing the Sore with it warm, and laying a Linen four double dipped in it upon the Sore, and fo changing it every fix hours. But becaufe the clear water keepeth not fb well alone, you may mingle it with the fecond, and fo ufe them both together. Monfeur Bclieur cured the Gangrene , and all old Ulcers, Cantors, Pocky Sores, and Cancers, Sec. with the Oil of Gold made thus: T Ake Spirit of Salt two parts, Spirit of Salt-Peter one part; in this difiolve as much Gold as it will diffolve: diftil off very gently the liquor in Balneo Maria till the Gold remain in a Cryftalline Gum or Salt, then let it refolve to liquor in the air of itfelfj then diftil again and refolve. Repeat this till it congele no more, but remain a deep high coloured liquor. Dip a Straw in this Oil, and touch all round about the borders of the Sore with it. With this he cured a^very malignant Ulcer in a Leg (<*3 ) Leg ("that had been there above three years) in the fpace of ten days *, and alfo a Cancer in a Wo¬ mans cheek in fifteen days fpace, that other Chirur- geons(^without hope of cure) had given over. With ' this he cure^alfoa Woman (That had 17 Cankers in her private parts, that had been fo fome years, and without hope of Cure) in fifteen days. A Cure for a Gonorrhea. T He next day after the Purgation of Sena,Clary? Diaprun . to cure any Sore Leg , or old contumacious Sore or Wound. T Ake the Leaves of the Herb called Garden Night-fhade (the leaves of it have teeth, the buttons or flowers are yellowJ and beat them in a Marble or wooden Mortar} then open the edge with your Fingers to make it light and fpongy. (jo) that it may take up his juice again to it. Then lay it pretty thick upon the Sore, and a double Linen over it then over that a Leaf of red Cabbage boiled till it be tender, that may cover the Leg all round about the Soreffor this takes away all Intlammation andangrinefsin the flefh) then bind up over that. Drefs it thus morning and night. If there be any rotten or dead flefh in the Sore, that muff be firft eaten away 1 and cleanfed before you apply the • Night-fhade, that the Sore be clear and red. With, this have been cured ftrange Ulcers on Legs. For Fijhtlaj and Dicers. G Et Pauls Betony one handful; Agrimony, Sanicle, Moufe-ear, Bugle, Self-heal, Win¬ ter-green, Wood-Rue, Saracens Confound, Corfs- wort, Scabius, Sweet-Maudlin, Avens, Spatling- Poppy, Plantan, each half a handful •, of Roots of Licoris, Scorfonera , wild Angelica, red Beets, gol¬ den Rod, of each an ounce and half 5 of the inner green Rind of woody Night-fhade and Tamarisk, each a handful and half; Harts-horn four ounces, Crabs Eyes bruifed three ounces, China two ounces, Sarfaparilla four ounces, cut, bruife, chop all fmall ; infufe them in a pottle of White-wine; a quart of Elder-flower wat:r, Wormwood and Ladies-man¬ tle water, of each three pints. Let them fland in warm embers; but not boil more than twelve hours. Then boil all in a covered Veflel, till al- mofl half be confumed: flruin it lightly, clarifie it with Whites of Eggs, pour it off, leaving the dregs behind; then^idd Honey of Rofes one pound and an half. Syrup of juice of Scurvy-grafs fix ounces. Give it the boil only till it mingle ; fcum and bottle.it dole. Take five fpoonfuls at once firft C 7 1 ) ftrft in the morning, and at four in the afternoon, and at going to bed-, adding to every dofe fix granes of Salt of Vitriol, and two granes of Salt of Tin. Where there is Frafture of Bones, put to the ( other Ingredients three ounces weight of Savin dried and powdered, and one ounce Lapidis frag. life no Unguent to the Ulcer, nor Plafter, un- lefs that of the juice of Tobacco, and juice of Bit- ter-fweet or Wood Night-fhade, boiled to a con¬ fidence, and made into the form of a Plafter with a little Wax and Turpentine. ( A moft ’Excellent Flajtcr of very great virtues , called the Plajlcr of Norimberg. '’""pAke half a pound of Litharge of Silver and a J[^ pint of very good Wine-vinegar-, mix thefe together, and let it ftand fo three days. Then pour ott the clear, and add to it half a pound of Minium , and as much of Water of Frogs Spawn. Let it ftand again three days, ltirring it often every day with fome ftick or other. After three days Han¬ ding pour it out quickly into a broad Brafs Bafon j adding to it of Oil of Olives or Walnuts, one pound, and three ounces of common Salt. Let it boil, ftirring it very well to the confidence of a Plafter, adding in the end a little Camphire. 1 . A Plajlcr very Excellent for many things . '“pAke a peck of Garden-Snails, and pick them J[ clean from the fhells unwafht, which ftew in a clofe pot with a quart of Mufcadine; and be fure they do not boil. When they are tender dewed, take ( 7 2 ) take them out of the Mufcadine and flump them : and as they are flamping, take of the tender tops of Rofemary, Rue, Elder-tops or buds, red Sage, of each of thefe a handful } chop them fmall, and put them into the Mufcadine, where the Snails are flewed in, and boil them very foft and tender then put in the Snails again, and with them f x pennyworth of Saffron, five fpoonfuls of Neats- foor Oil, and an ounce of Mithrid^te : Boil all thefe - together, till they be very thick and fit to fprcad j then put it into Pots, and keep it for your ufe. This will keep good a year. When you apply it, fpread it upon Leather to the grieved place, and renew it once in four and twenty hours. The belt time to make it, is Jin May or June. It will cure any Ach or Sinew, Strain or Grief, in the Sinews or Mufcles, ,and the dead Palfie, as hath been of¬ ten proved. An Excellent Ajiringent Plafter for the Bacl T Ake Comfry Roots, Knotgrafs Roots, Cinque¬ foil Roots. Rudweed or Bandweed, of each two good handfuls. Stamp ail thefe, and put to them a quart of the befl Sallet Oil; then let it boil foftly till the Oil hath ex traded the virtues of the Roots-, then (train it} then put to it four ounces of Venice Turpentine, and as much of Virgin-Wax, and two ounces of Pitch. The L 7 be ’Excellent Balfam of Vottor Salvatore Winter, given me by him, and made by my Cbymifler-, rvitb an Addition of bit own of more Ingredients. T Ake Linfeed Oil two gallons } Colophony, Fofin, Bees-wax, of each three pound} Sto- rax, Pitch, of each one pound, Venice Turpentine two pound, Oil of Turpentine four ounces \ to thefe he added, by his own judgment, Oil of Bricks half a pound.] Put your Linfeed Oil in a Kettle, and when it is very hot, put into it your Colopho¬ ny, Rofm and Wax, in little pieces: then put in your Turpentine and Pitch, and Storax, and the Oil of Turpentine, ftirring it as long as it is on the fire. His Addition. Now put into it half a pound of the Oil of To - bacco, and four ounces of the juice of Orpin £thae is, the Herb {tamped and the juice {trained out •, and permitted to fettle till the thick feces be funk to the bottom} then pour off the clear juice] alfo four ounces of Sa.ccba.rum Saturni , and one ounce of Borax. Let them incorporate on the fire half a quarter of an hour. Then take the Kettle from the fire, and keep it ftirring till it be juft cold, left fome of the Ingredients fhould be fo heavy as to fink whilft it is liquid. When it is through cold, put it into Gally-Pots. ( 74 ) For the Kings- Fvil. • I M Elt one dram or two of the Ealfaffl, and put as much of the following Spirit unto it, ta¬ king it immediately from the fire: mix them well together, and anoint the Swelling with it; as alfo the Sore if there be any broken out, (Tor it caufeth no pain, but gives rather eafe to any raw part) and continue this bathing or anointing twice a day, and keep the affefted part warm. But it is con¬ venient to purge and fweat in this cafe. The like mixture of Balfam and Spirit is excellent for the running Gout or other Gout; alfo for arty Strain or Bruife or Swelling, or Pain whatfoever, and for Stitches, and any Strain in the back, and for any Wounds, new or old. They are great Searchers and penetrate mightily; yet without all pain. A Maid had been much troubled with a Tetter on her Arm above four years, much matter run¬ ning out of it. Some of the matter being taken upon a rag, was drefted with fome Sympathetic Powder, and fome of the Balfam applied to the Tetter *, and fo dreffed twice a day for three days, and the Maids Arm was perfectly cured, and con¬ tinued well and firm. VoFtor Salvatore Winter’.* Spirit , as my Man made it for me, T Ake common good Brandy feven gallons. Flowers of Camomil four handfuls $ Leaves’ of Plantan, Leaves of Rue, of each three handfuls, Leaves of Rofemary twelve handfuls, Leaves of Betony two handfuls. Firft dry all thefe Herbs, and then put them into the Erandy, and fet them ( 75 ) in a gentle heat to digefl for eight or ten days 5 and then prefs it out and diflil it from the feces, and then put it in a long body, and to every pint of this liquor put the following Ingredients, Myrrh ( half an ounce, Saffron, Caflor, Amber, Benjamin, of each half a drafn, Storax one dram 5 beat all thefe grofly together, and then put them into the I Spirit, and let it (land in digeflion eight or ten days more and then diflil off the Spirit in a gentle Bath, taking only that which will burn all away. [^This addition of Myrrh, &c. was done by my r Man upon his own conceit that it would make the Spirit the better and the truth is, it had very good effects in the cafes afterwards fet down. But I methought it was weaker after the fecond Diflilla- tion and Addition, than the Authors Spirit 3 which peradventure may be, becaufe peradventure the I latter Ingredients did retain fome of the chief Spi¬ rits. Therefore if this Addition of Ingredients be judged good, I fhould choofe to put them in at the firft with the Herbs, andfo make but one Diflilla- | tion.'l This Spirit I found excellent in Fits of the Mo¬ ther. Smell flrongly to it, and drink a little of it down. You can take but a little down, it is fo flrong •, fome drops or half a fpoonful or fo. Ufe ! it after the fame manner for Giddinefs, or any Pain in the Stomach, and againit all Fumes offen¬ ding the Head, either hot or cold •, any fwouning Fits or Faintings. For Deafnels and to help the 1 Hearing, dip a little Cotton in it, and put it into the Ear, and likewife fmell flrongly to it, that the flrength of it may penetrate through all parts, and pour a little of the fame upon the head. This Spirit alone is excellent for Eurnings. ( 7 6 ) Dijiillation of fobacco . F Irft, diftil the Stalks of Tobacco with three heads of Glafs, and three Receivers, the one after the other. In the firft you will have a Balfam, in the fecond a yellowifh Oil, in the third nothing but Water. The next trial I made was with one head only j but changing the head,as foon as it was hot, for one that was cold, I found in the Receiver Balfam, Oil. and Water altogether, which feparate at feveral Diftillations. The Balfam alone being laid upon an Ulcer in a mans Leg, did prefently fume into his Head, and provoked both Stool and Vomit, and healed the Ulcer. It is of an extreme light quality. It healed the Thumb of a Skipper, that was cut to the bare bone, in twenty four hours. It cured alfo a Tetter or Ringworm in a Gentle¬ womans forehead. If you dip a little Lint or Cotton in this Balfam, and put it to the Tooth, it will cure the Tooth- ach. It is alfo very medicinal, being taken inwardly (Trom eight to ten drops} in White-wine. It is excellent to open Obftruttions of the Lungs, &c. but more is a Vomit. The Stomach anointed with the Balfam or 'with the Oil, provoketh Vomit but anointing with it about the Navil, worketh downwards. You may draw the Salt out of the Remainder, which is excellent to cleanfe all impurities of the Lungs and Liver : It purgeth the Head and Brain, as alfo the Eloud, It provoketh Appetite, and cau- (" 77 ) caufeth good Digedion. Ic is ajfo good to drive away the Dropfie. The Dofe is fix granes in a dram of the Balfam of Sulphur. This Salt being lapt in a rag, and held between ■j v the Teeth, draweth abundance of Rheum, and cu- reth the To'othach. I V ^ For the Fulling of the llvula. IT is an infallible Remedy for the falling of the | Uvula to do thus: Gag your fdf with the Joint of your Thumb, whofe one end joineth to the hand, and the other is the middle iunfture of the thumb : let your two rows of teeth red upon thefe two ends | j| of that Joint, fo as to make you gape wide: Keep your felf gaping with this Joint in your mouth as long as you can, all the while fucking in your ft breath. When you are weary of continuing in this <)' podure, take out your Thumb and red. After you have repofed diffidently, repeat again all the fame aftion: and when you are weary paufe again. You J fhall not have done fo thrice, but your Uvula will r 1 be redored to its due place. Cornacchius hii Medicinal Powder, T Ake Regulus of Antimony four ounces, pure Saltpeter four ounces, mingle them well toge¬ ther-in fubtil Powder, and cad them into a red hot Crucible, and make them burn by cading in a dry coal, which repeat as often as it confumeth for I without that the Saltpeter will not burn, there be¬ ing no more Sulphur in the Antimony to fet it on fTre. Keep it thus in fufion in a reverberating heat for at lead an hour, dirring the matter often with an Iron Rod •, then let it cool. Give of this with F the ( 7 s ) the Scamraony and Cretnor Tartar /, of each ten granes. Be fure that the fixed Salt of Saltpeter do notclilTolve nor befeparated from the Antimony for in that confifteth the virtue againft Fevers. The befl way is to make the Regulus of Anti¬ mony, to put firft into the Crucible the Saltpeter and Tartar, and when they are well melted, put in the Antimony, and proceed in the reft in the Ufual manner: Thus you lhall have fix or feven ounces or more , of every pound of Antimony. Likewife to make a martial Regulus, put the Anti¬ mony firft into the Crucible \ and when it is in perfeft fufion, then put in the Mars. The ufe of the Spirit of Tartar, is alfo good for all Obftru&ions, particularly of the Spleen , and keeps the body open. The Dofe is from fifteen to thirty granes. It doth alfo good in Fevers and Agues, and like- wife in the Venereal Difeafe, it is a good cleanfer of all parts. Spirit of Salt At maniac. '"T^Ake Sulphur, Salt Armoniac,- of each five ,1 ounces, very ftrong quick Lime fix ounces: Powder them all apart very_ finely, then mix and grind them well together, and put them into a Retort, and diftil in Sand, giving very ftrong fire, at laft a very ftrong Spirit will come over. The yellownefs of it, and tinging black the fin¬ gers, or fiiver, fheweth there is of the Sulphur in it. Make thus the Spirit of Salt Armoniac to fmell to which is exceeding fubtil and penetrant. Pu% into the.bottom of a body Retort about three fin¬ gers thick, more or lefs, a bed of ftrong quick Lime ( 79 ) Lime ground into fubtil Powder. If but coarfly broken it will ferve, for the water will dilTolve it. Pour upon itfome water in which is dillolved Salt Armoniac, as much as the water can dilTolve. The quantity of this folution, which you mult pour up¬ on the quick Lime, is fo much as to foke it well, and fwim a little half a fingers bredth over it. Di- fdil this in Balneo, keeping the fubtil Spirit by it- felf. If any fiegm fhould be come over with it, re- ftifie it once from the tlegm in Ealneo. This is not only good for benummed heads to fmell into, but alfo to take inwards. The former is a great healer of inward Ulcers. fizlfirti of Sulphur for the Brcfl , &c. and for fetters . /I Ake Spirit of Turpentine thus: Diflil it in XV JL a Cucurbite by itfelf (” without Water or ought elfe) in Ealneo Marl*. Then reftifie it by itfelf four or five times. The meafure to know when it is enough reftified, is that it unites per- fefrly with the pure Spirit of Wine.' Put this up¬ on flowers of Sulphur fublimed five or fix times per fe (unlefs it be fo after fublimed, it will not do) and digeft them a while together , and the Spirit will dilTolve all the Sulphur Q which if there be not enough of the Spirit to do at once*, pour otv the folution, and put on frefh Spirit.) Put this folution with eight or ten or twelve times as much pure fair water (Tf it be diflilled it is the better) into a Cu¬ curbite, and diflil it in Ealneo till there remain in the bottom a Subftance like a Colopbonia , which when it is cold, will be brittle and tranfparent red like a Pvuby. The water will have carried over < with it all the Spirit of Turpentine, and only the F a- Sul- ( 83 ) Sulphur will remain behind. Eeat this friable Sub- fiance into fubtil Powder, and pour pure Spirit of Wine upon it. All will dillolve in the Spirit of Wine, excepting a very little feces of the Spirit of Wine, leaving the Sulphur in a mucilaginous Eali'am. This is excellent in all inconveniences of the Breft and Lungs. Alfo if you anoint any Tetter, Itch or Scabs with it, it cures them in three or four thru s, doing it morning and night or oftner. The Balfarn of Sulphur made the ordinary way with the Oil of W alnuts, is alfo a certain cure of Tetters, Scabs or Itch : alfo the Oil of Toads. If all the Oil of Turpentine be not come a- wayat this once putting of Water upon the Solu¬ tion: put more Water upon it before it be di- frilled dry (Tor before that, you may judge whe¬ ther all the Spirit bej or will come away this bout} and diftil as before. When you fee the Water come away without bringing any Spirit over with it, and yet fome Water remaining behind, it is a fign all the Spirit of Turpentine is fevered from the Sulphur} then diftil to drinefs. Till this fign put on It ill new W ater. A Panacea of Antimony* T Ake Antimony, reduce it to Powder, and im¬ bibe it by little and little with good Oil of \ itried' *, then put it to digeft in Sand fifteen days j then imbibe it again, and put it to the Sand again, and digeft it fifteen days more with a moderate heat then put it into a Rctorr, and with a ftrong fire make all the Spirit come ever , then break the Retort and your Panacea will be fixed. Mo- (80 Another Panacea. T~Ulmhiize Saltpeter with Charcoals; then give P it ftrong fire for two hours •, then diffolve it m fair water-, filter and evaporate to drinefs; then give it ftrong fire for two or three hours more, till it become like green. Take two parts of this Saltpeter, and-one part cf Antimony in Powder, put it in an earthen Pot, and put upon it a fufficient quantity of water, which being evaporated, give it a ftrong fire for two hours, then put your matter in water; and let it - fettle a night, and it will draw the Tinfture of Antimony, which you will find at the bottom j pour the water from it and dry your Powder. The Dofe is from ten to twenty granes. It purgeth gently by ftools. A Medicinal Powder . I T is to be done two feveral ways ; for the onei fublime Mercury for it leven times (beginning with the beft Venice Cryftalline Mercury) revivi¬ fying it after every Sublimation, and then Subli¬ ming it again with new Sulphur and Salt. To fix ounces of this purified Mercury revivified, put one ounce of Leaf-Gold, making an Amalgame after the ordinary manner of Goldfmiths, which wafh with many waters, till no more blacknefs comes from it; then (being very well dried) pur. it in a large Oven, and flop it but (lightly with Cotton,and fb dtgeft it in Afhes or Sand without ever ftirnng (the Fiol, till it be a red Precipitate (all but a very little, which will continue running Mercury) putting F 3 down (82) down with a Raker from time to time what fhall fublime to t;he fides of the Glafs ( but without fhaking ft} but you mud have a care not to give too great heat to fublime much, but to be ftill ip the next degree to Sublimation. The Mercury thus prepared, grows prefently hard with the Gold, foon after it is put to digeft. In the other way take a good Mercury diftilled from Cinnabar, and make an Amalgame as a- bove, with a fixth part of Leaf-Gold, and walk it very well then put it to digeft in a little Bolts-head for three or four days; then take it out, and wafh it very well from new blacknefs that will grow in it: When the Water comes off clear, put it again to digeft three or four days •, then wafh as before, and more blacknefs will come away. Continue thefe fharp Digeftions and Wafh^ ings, till no more blacknefs come away with walking, but your Amalgame is in a permanence of whitenefs and clearnefs, which will take up five or fix or feven months to bring it to that pafs. Then put it to digeft, as is faid above. It will be five or fix or feven months after your walkings be¬ fore the Mercury precipitate, be completely made, more or lefs, according as you govern the fire dexteroufly. Now the firft wafkings (in the firft method} before the Amalgame come to be clear without blacknefs, will take up fix or feven months *, fo that it will be fifteen or flxteen months before the work be completely finifhed that wayj and fix or feven the other way. After the Mercury pre¬ cipitate is made, continue it fome time in the fire f incrpafed as much as you may without danger of fubliming or revivifying the Mercury} to accuftom it to greater heat, and to difpofe it a little to fome degree of fixation, or at Ieaft of lefs volatility or churl ilk- ($3 ) churlifbnefs, and violence in Salivation: and that it may fcay the longer in the body to work ocher- wife more radically, when the wild Spirits are a little tamed. A great Median which hath don great Effects^ from an intimate Friend . Iffolve fix drams of Silver in Aqua fortis (the M pureft and befl Aqua fortis that can be had) ufing no more Aqua fortis than is juld neceflary for the folution (which will be about one ounce and half, i.e. two parts to one.) When you fee that it is all perfectly difiolved (without fire) caft into the Matras an Amalgame made (after the ordinary planner of Goldfmiths) of one dram of pure Gold, and two ounces of Mercury you will prefently fee a Velagtis conturbatianis made. Let the Matras Hand ftill upon a Table, or in fome corner, till you find the matter at that pafs as you defire. You will fee many beautiful colours appear. After for¬ ty days Handing, you will fee a kind of roughnefs appear upon the Superficies of the Mercury, which will daily grow and fprout out more. In twenty days more (fixty in all) it will be fhot out into lit¬ tle fpears or needles and twigs. When you fee it groweth or fhooteth out no more, pour off all the liquor, and the Mercurial matter will foon dry of itfelf. Then with fome little piece of Glafs break oft thefe Excrefcencies or Needles from the mafs, (whereof you may have about one dram or better) and grind them to Powder, which will be very white. Of this give twenty four granes, or more (according to the complexion) in a Cherry, or Yolk of an Egg. In the morning very early, or at night going to bed, or rather after the firfl fleep F 4 at C8 4 ) at three or four in the morning, and in this lafi cafe deep after it. It is feven or eight hours be¬ fore it ufeth to work. Sometimes the firft Dofe will not work at all, otherwife than by ftrengthning, and then he gi- veth a fecond Dofe two or three days after •, which will work either by Stool or Vomit or Sweat, as Nature fhall require, and in due proportion. It cureth Quartans and other Agues, and worketh admirably in all defperate Difeales. He ufed to take it once a month. When there is no peccant humor in the body, it worketh not by evacuation, but ftrengthneth. The Mercury enclofeth and fhutteth up the Metals, like a Rofe of Jericho , from whence he calleth it Sigillurn Hermetic. The part of the Needles next the Mafs worketh rough¬ er than the ends. Out of the Mafs you may draw moft of the Gold and Silver with lofs of about an eighth part of the firft, and lefs proportion of the Silver. He thinketh this to be a Philofo- phical Mercury, and to be ufeful in the great work. One hath made a Work of Projection with Gold or Silver and Mercury, amalgamated with Antimony, that hath been impregnated by the Univerfal Spirit caft into it from the Sun-beams by a Burning-Glafs, which increafeth the weight of it, though in calcining of it, much of its humi¬ dity do evaporate away. A C«5) J A Menftruum rf Citron-Fills to dijfclve Bodies of Metal and Coral. P Rovidc fufficient of the thin rinds of Citron Pills, the yellow part only, that gives the Oil. Expofe them (frefhly cut} in Glafs or Porcellane Plates (being very thin} to the open Dew, fetting them out about midnight, and taking them away an hour or two before Sun-rife. Diftil the Oil of thefe rinds thus impregnated with dew. You will find it much more aftive and yet more benign, thetyif it were not rectified. You may reiterate this courfe with new chips, as often as you pleafe, during the feafon of the Dew j fo to have what quantity you will of this Spirit. A Menftruum to open any Body , but chi fly • the Body of Gold. T AkeSalt of Tartar and Saltpeter, grind them very well together j then fet them in a moift place to diftolve. When they are diffolved, put them in digeftion in a Bolts-head for three weeks in a gentle heat. Then take out the liquor, and evaporate it till it be dry j then mix it with three parts of Bolus Armenia, and diftil it in an earthen Retort, firft with a foft fire, then with a ftrong : Have a great care that no Spirits break out, for they are very fubtil. When all is come over, put it into a Gkfs-Retort, and reftifie it in Sand. Then you will have a mighty fubtil Spirit, which will diftolve almoft any metal, and it will draw a Tin¬ cture out of Calx of Gold. It hath a pleafant fmell and taft. All the Salt of Tartar will come over with the Saltpeter. A 4 Remedy which cureth Fevers by a Funny Emetic , which if an Vniverfal Medicin , even for the Morbus Gallicus and Leprofie. r \IfTolve Silver in Aqua-fort is made of Vitriol / and Saltpeter, and precipitate it vyith Spirit of Salt, then dry the Calx. Take of this Calx and Antimony, of each a like quantity, diliil it as a Butter of Antimony, and you fhall have a Butter white and tranfparent, which will difiolve Gold. Precipitate one pfrt of this Butter with common water, edulcorate with bloud-warm water, and you will have an Emetic Remedy, which will purge and cure all forts of Fevers, and is a Catholicm for ill humors; the Bofe is from one grane to three in fome fit thing, and flay four or five hours after it before you eat or drink. This mud be given with great caution. mahg an admirable Sudorific of thin , that will cure the Venereal Vifeajc^ and the Leprofie , if thus : T Akc the other part of this Butter, and put upon it fome Spirit of Saltpeter, cohobating three or four timesthen walh it with Water, and burn fome Spirit of Wine upon it; and you fhall have a Sudorific, which will do admirable Effects, taking from eight granes to fixteen : And after the fweating you mull well rub over the whole body with warm clothes; observing a reafonable diet, and fome Purge before; as alfo the ufe of fome fit Decoftion. Spirit Spirit of Verdigreafc. D Iflil a Spirit from Verdegris; redifie ft once by itfelf, it will leave fome feces and Me¬ talline terreflreity behind. Take one part of this Spirit, and three of fair Water j put it upon Litharge finely fearfed, as much as it will difiolve. Dedegtn it in Balnet> s and then a pure and powerful Spirit will come over in Sand, without acrimony, and tailing a littlefweetifh, as in the making of Saccbarum Sa.+ turnL It is excellent for Convullions of little children, in fome fit vehicle; a drop or two for fucking Infants j but to Men you may give ten or twenty drops. It is very good for the Epilepfie, Colic, Spleen, &c. Queen of ufing this Spirit of Vtmos, to extrad the Tindure of Vitrum Antimonii , from whence ex- trad it afterwards with Spirit of Wine. Note that in making that extrad, the Spirit of Wine will hardly tinge itfelf with the extrad made with this Spirit or with diflilled Vinegar, if you eva¬ porate that Menftruum to drinefs •, but if you leave it moiff, then it prefently tingeth itfelf, and Ieav- eth the Salt and precedent Menftruum, without any Tindure of the Antimony. If you difTolve the pure part of Yerdegris in di¬ flilled Vinegar, filter and congele, as zuelfir tea- eheth •, then dillolve again in new diflilled Vine¬ gar, and work all as before. Tibs repeat three or four times fo to have your Verdegreafe per- fedly pure, before you draw the Spirit from it. Quoere of diffolving it in Rain-water rather than in dillilled Vinegar. C88) *fo Corporifie the Salt of Spirit of Wine, See. T Ake the beft and pureft old Wine, diftil the pure Spirit from it , then diftil away all the Flegm, till there remain a black vifeous fubftaiice. Take this black vifeous fubftance, and put the Spi¬ rit of Wine upon it, fo much astp difTolve it all. Digefl it five or fix or feven days, then diftil , firft in Balneo, till the Spirit come away } then di¬ ftil this in Sand to drinefs, and there will come ' away a white milky Oil or Spirit ("which Lr'iy cahs Aqua fecund,*) receive this by itfelf, and keep it carefully. Upon the dry Caput mortuum put a good quantity of Spirit of Wine to difTolve it all, and digefl it feven or eight days; then diflil as before, and keep the milky liquor or Aqua fecunda with the former. Repeat thefe Diflillations {till with new, or the fame Spirit of Wine poured upon the earth, and digefted ; then diftil it till there come no more milky liquor, and the Earth be dry and in powder. Then reverberate the dry Earth twenty four hours between two Crucibles or Pots, to make it exceeding dry. Then imbibe it with a tenth part of the Aqua fecunda , and digeft it two or three days} then diflil it in 'Balneo , and the Li¬ quor will come off infipid, leaving all his virtue in the Earth. Add new Aqua fecunda to it, and do as before, repeating this till you have imbibed all your Aqua fecunda into the Earth. Then take a feventh part of pure Spirit of Wine, and imbibe the Earth with it, and digefl; it two or three days - y then diftil it in Balneo, and the Liquor will come off like Flegm. Then imbibe the Earth with a fixth part of the Spirit of Wine, and do as' be¬ fore ; then with a fifth, then with a fourth part *, (* 9 ) all which proportion continue, repeating the lin- bibations with the fourth part till the Earth will take no more, but that the Spirit of Wine comes (off as ftrong as you did put it on. Then put this impregnated Earth to fublime for twenty four hours or more 3 at the laft, making the Vefiel red hot, a pure white Salt will fublime up, which is the Salt of the Spirit of Wine. All is not yet gon out of the Earth 3 therefore you may repeat the Imbibations with new Spirit of Wine, till the Earth will take no more in. Then fublime as before new Salt. Repeat all this till the Earth will corporifie no more Spirit of Wine 3 and then it is an Earth ' damnata . Take all the fublimed Salts, and put upon them three times as much pure Spirit of Wine, and diflil them over together. This is Lully's great Menflruum 3 and diholvcth radically all metals, even Gold : and draweth the efiential Tin¬ ctures of them all. After you have drawn the Tinfture of Gold with this, boil the remaining bo¬ dy fome time in Spirit of Ur in, and it will refolve I into running Mercury. To have a lefs Menftrmm that will draw out the j TinCture of Vegetables exceeding well, you may take the Earth after it is impregnated with the Aqud fec-unda , and the Spirit of Wine, as much as it will take in, and before you fublime any Salt , from it, being in that ftate, pour upon it three ■ times as much as it is. Of pure Spirit of Wine, and digefk them two or three days together 3 and the Spirit of Wine will dii olveall the volatil Salt that is in the Earth. Dicant it off clear, and ufe [this M&nfiruum. % Cpo) To volatilize the fixed Salt of Tartar. C Alcine ir in a clofe Vefiel to blacknefs Cfor if all the Sulphur he driven away it will not do) Then put upon it a pure Spirit of Wine, and after fome digeftion diflil it off. Cohobate the fame Spirit of Wine upon the calcined Tartar, and do all as before. Repeat this till you find that the Spirit of Wine be exceeding (harp, and have car¬ ried over with it all the Salt of the Tartar. Another way to Volatilize the Salt of ‘Tartar T Ake Salt of Tartar very white, difiolve it in diflilled Vinegar } philter it and then evapo¬ rate to a Pellicule, put to it twice as much of white Sand •, then reverberate it together twelve hours in an earthen Veflel, not glazed. Take this Salt reverberated with the Sand, and difiolve it again in diflilled Vinegar, philter, evaporate, reverbe¬ rate and difiolve, fo often till the Salt of Tartar be as white as fnow. Take this Salt and difiolve it again in diflilled Vinegar, evaporate in Balneo , difiolve again, repeating till the diflilled Vinegar become acre or fharp-, then dry the Salt gently. Then take this Salt, and put upon it its weight of well rc&ified Spirit of Wine, digeft and diflil it gently-, then put new Spirit of Wine upon it-, and repeat this fo often, till the Spirit of Wine come from it as flrong as it is put on then evaporate it gently in a Retort: Then fubiime by degrees of fire^ take the fublimed Salt, ("which is the vo- latil Salt of Tartar) and keep it carefully in a Glafs, It will difioivc Gold and all Metals. An / (£i) An Excellent Mercury Vitae of a fhgulai Preparation. T Ake Mineral Antimony very clean fix ounces,' that hath never been melted, and as much of good Saltpeter, grind them to fubtil Powder, 'then mix them together, and put them in a Crucible, and cover it with another Crucible that hath a hole in the bottom. Calcine it with a wheel fire by degrees} when you fee that it fu- meth no more through the hole, take it out and grind it very (mail. Then take three Ducats of Gold, and fix times as much of this Powdery put the Powder firft in a Crucible, and melt it y then put in one of your Ducats, and ftir it with a flick till it be melted ^ and then put in the other two one after another ■, and when they ' are all melted leave it yet a while in the fire. Then take it out, aud when it is cold, beat it into fine Powder, and fearfe it. Then put to it its weight of Mercury fublimate in fubtil Powder, mix them well together, and put them in a Re¬ tort well luted •, then put it in a Pomace, and ; put a Receiver to it filled with common Water, fo that the end of the Retort lie in the Watery but you muff not lute the Joints: Inereafe the fire by degrees, and the matter will diflil into the Water •, but the moft part of it will ftick a- bout the neck of the Retort, which you may draw forth, and make it fall into the Receiver; when you fee that nothing more comes over by force ' of fire, let it cool, break the Retort, and take • out the matter that flicketh about the neck, and likewife that which is in the Water. Keep the Water, (9 2 ) Water, for it is exceeding good to cure all forts ; of Ulcers. Pour clean Water upon the matter which was fettled in the Receiver, and fhake it fometimes} then let it fettle then pour off the Water, and put frefh upon if, Repeat this feven or eight times •, then feparate the Mercury from it, and put warm Water upon the Powder, and let it ftand till the next day } then repeat the lotion as the day before. Continue this fix days, on the feventh day, wafh the Powder with frefh cold Water, and let it fettle : pour off the Wa¬ ter, and dry the Powder, which keep for your ufe. The Dofe is from one grane to two for little Children - , but for Perfons of Age feven or eight granes. It will caufe a gentle Vomiting, and wor- keth likewife by Stools. It hath done miracles in Fevers, and in the Venereal Difeafe, and of the Gout. You will find in the Capa mortuum the grea- teft part of the Gold. This Mercury vita: is not white like the ordinary, but of a brownifh gray. It appears by this to have fome of the Mercury in it, that if you rub Gold or Venus with the Powder, it will make it white, which common Mercury Vita: will not do. If you take the remaining Salt, after you have diftilled the Water Athletica of Saltpeter and Salt Armoniac, and dillil that by llrong fire as you do Aquafortis j the Water that cometh fo, will carry Gold over the helm, much more powerfully than the Water that cometh firfi, and which ordina¬ rily is ufed. A d great Corroborant . M Ake an Amalgame of Gold and Mercury in due manner \ which grind well with flowrs of Sulphur, and fet it upon Coals, and fo make Calx of Gold according to art. Repeat this Calci¬ nation two or three times. Then take your Calx of Gold, and grind it exceeding well with twice as much pure decrepitated Salt •, put thefe into a Crucible, which cover well, and let it to cement or reverberate during frx hours or more in a For- nace, where rite heat may be increafed by degrees, fo that in due time the Crucible become red. Con¬ tinue fo a pretty time, but have a care the Salt melt not. When it is cold, take out the matter and griftd it well, and pour hot water upon it to difiolve the Salt, and philter it off, and pour on more water, doing fo till you have fevered all the Salt from the Gold (as alfo a white earthy fubftance that will fwim upon the water} then dry the Gold: which grind again with double its quantity of pre¬ pared Salt (the fame Salt will ferve again when the Water is diftilled from it} and cement it, and work all as before, having a care always that the Gold fettle well to the bottom, after you have ftir- red it in the water. Repeat this fix or eight times (the more the better} till the Gold become to be all gray or white Powder. Then cement it with double its quantity of pure Salt of Tartar, in the fame manner as you did with the Salt, and do all as before. Repeat this two or three or four times, dulcifying it every time very well from the Salt. Then put upon it (being very dry') the Mznfkruum of Spirit of Urin mentioned hereafter, and it will be tinned bloud-red in twenty four hours: pour Q off f P4 ) Off that and put on more, till you have drawn out all theTin&ure , which difti'I in a Cucurbite with a very gentle fire, till it become a Gum of which put one dram into a pint of Sack, and give a fpoon- ful for a Dofe. It is a mighty Corroborant; as alfo Sudorific, where Nature require til it. It will make one fweat twenty four hours. The Menfiruum is thus made: Take pure Spirit of Wine, and pure Spirit of llrin: Put them together into a long Cucurbite with a narrow mouth, on which put a head fitting it in the Orifice, and fo diftil of this Spirit of Wine with a very gentle heat-, there will remain a flegmatic liquor in tlie bottom. Cohobate the fame Spirit upon it till there remain only perfect Flegin in the bottom, and that all the Spirits and volatil Salt of thetlrin be in the Spirit of Wine. This is a great Difiolvent and A’cahefl but it will be ftronger if you work it again with new Spirit of Urin} and fo you may make it as ' ftrong as you will. 7o wake Atirum potabilc. Ake one ounce of Gold, diffolve it in eight ounces of the Aqua Regis fet down hereafter -, then pour upon it a quart of common Water ; and then pour upon it by little and little two or three quarts of a Lixivium made of common Water and Tartar, which will precipitate the GoldConti¬ nue pouring till the Ebullition ceafe: then let it Hand till you fee all the Gold precipitated } then pour off the Water, and put on frefh. Repeat this till it be well dulcified •, then philter it, and let it dry of itfelf without fire-, then put it in a white Porringer, and pour upon it by little and little, and by divers times, two ounces of the Oil of Cp 5 ) of Vitriol mentioned hereafter; and prefently it will begin to boil, and all will become as black afs Ink. Let it hand three or four days, during which time it will work continually upon the Gold, which you dial! perceive by the little Ebullitions. Then pour upon it by little and little four or five gallons of common Water, which will be of a Violet co¬ lour, and will carry with it all the Gold; which put into a large VelTel, and let it dand to fettle within two days the Gold will appear like fpongi- ous Atoms •, and when it is well precipitated, pour off the Water aiid put on frelh. Repeat this three or four times, then dry the matter gently in Sand, Then pour upon it diddled Vinegar four fingers bredth Over it and diged the diddled Vinegar, it will extra# all the remaining Oil of Vitriol and Tartar-, then pour it off, and dry the Towder: Then put it in a Crucible, and dry it again by a moderate fire. Then put it in a Matrat, and pour upon it eight ounces of good Spirit of Salt, digefl it in hot afhes till it -be tin#ed. of a high Gold co¬ lour ; then pour it off and put on frelh. Repeat this till the Spirit hath drawn out all the Tin#ure, Then put it into a Cucurbite, and diftil it to a con¬ fidence of Honey, cohobating the diflilled Spirit fix or feven times, and the lad time didii to dri- nefs. Then put upon the Gold eight ounces of Spirit of Saturn, diged it twenty four hours or more, mid it will extra# all the Tin#ure of the Gold. This may be uled fo alone, taking fome drops of it in fome fit Vehicle, But you may make it more efficacious in mixing it with the Tin#ure of Bezoar, of Coral, of Pearls, and of Ambergris, made as followeth. Didolve Pearls and Coral in didiiled Vinegar, then evaporate away the Liquor, and put upon the G z remain- (pt) remaining matter fom e.Aqua vita acuated with the fourth part of Spirit of Salt: Digefl it and then pour off the tinned Liquor, which evaporate} then take the remaining extract and difiolvc it in as much of Cardirn Bentdiclus water. I'd make the Tinciurc of Bezoa,\ G Rind Bezoar, and put upon it pur e Aqua vita impregnated with Spirit of Salt, it will be tin&ed of a deep red.: then pour it off and put more on. Repeat this till you have drawn put all the Tincture of it, evaporate the Mnfirum, and diffolve the extra ft in Rofe and Car dims Bmdichis Water.. 7 'o make *he lintiure of Ambergris. T ^Ake Ambergris, and put upon it good Spirit of WineonSpirit of Honey j digefl it in the heat of the Sun, or with a gentle heat in Allies. ' ■ 1 *' •* • - '.U UC A V j w ’» ■ ? • ! ' ij V • 1& make the Aqua Regis for this Auru n potabile. T Ake one ounce of decrepitated, diffolved and coagulated Salt, diflil it with eight ounces of Spirit of Nitre. T'n make the Philoffbical Oil of Vitriol for the forcfiid Aurum potabile. T Ake eight ounces of good Jupiter, melt in a Crucible, and whilft it is in fufion*, put in¬ to it eight ounces of Antimony , and prefently put it into a Stone - Mortar, and grind it very fma*ll. Then take one pound of good Venice Sublimate, and grind it well with the firffc A- maigame , till it turn black, and grealie flicking to the Peffil. When ypu have reduced it to a black Liquor ■, put it into a white Porringer, and fet it in a moifl place •, and the Oil will fwim upon the Liquor : which take off gently, and put it in¬ to a Fiol, and let it fettle. Note-, That to make this Oil well, it muff be done in moifl or rainy Weather, or in a Cellar. fo mal\e an Excellent Oil of Pearl for Health , and for the Face. T Ake Pearls in Powder, and pour upon them diffilled Vinegar ■, digeff it in Balnea , till you fee the Pearls be all dilTolved. Then eva¬ porate it with gentle heat •, then edulcorate the Subffance of Pearls feveral times in fair Water, till the Water come from it infipid : Then wafh the matter once or twice with Rofe-water then pour upon it diffilled May - Dew, or frefh May- Dew only philtered : Then diffil it •, but let it boil ffrongly in the time of Diffillation, and you will find in the Receiver the Water and Oil, which feparate. G 3 Y ou You may alfo putrifie the macerated Pearls with Spirit of Wine in Horfe-dung nine or ten days or longer, after you have wafhed the mat¬ ter : Then feparate the Spirit that mult be fe- parated then diftil with the fame Dew, as afore- faid. An Excellent Jinfturc of Gold. C Alcine Gold with the three Salts boiled with ' it in Water, in fuch fort,as Zuelfer teacheth: When the Water is evaporated away ? and that you have an Aureal Salt, grind it with double jts weight of Flowers of Sulphur, then put it in¬ to a Crpcible, and burn it away in a reverbera¬ tory Furnace : Take out the Calx of Gold, and grind it again with new Flowers of Sulphur, and burn and reverberate again: Repeat this burn¬ ing with Sulphur twelve times, and reverberate it well at laft then put a well rectified Spirit of Wine upon it, and digefl them together and the Spirit of Wine will be tinfted very yellow. Of which few drops for a Dofe in a fit Vehicle, hath wreught great effe&s. (99 ) An 'Excellent Phyftcal Salt , which is very efficacious in all Fevers ', either Simple or- Malignant any ways, or Jpotted : In the Small-Pox or Meafles , firfl pare ( io 6 ) pare off the rough hard outward skin •, and like- fvife pick away all their inner hard filmy white thick skin that is next to the done •, and cut into quarters the pulpy middle flefhy fubdance. Boil this tender and preferve it in the bed manner with Sugar, fo as you may lofe none of the fub- dantial part that boilcth out of them. Eat of thefe the quantity of three or four Dates in a mor¬ ning after your firft deep", and deep an hour or two upon it before you rife. Then if you will add a further Redo'rer of Spirits, do this as loon as you rife out of vour bed. Take four ounces of the pured bed fpiritful Canary Sack or Greek Mufcadine, and fop in it a Tod of light pure Bread, till it be throughly drunken with the Wine ; and fo large a one that it have drunk up the better part of the Wine: ' Then lay the Tod upon a Plate, and drew it o- ver on both fides with a little fine Sugar, but a large proportion of feraped Nutmeg (which is a great friend to the Kidneys and Bladder and ffead, and fmootlineth much, and gives SpiritsJ then eat your Tod and Sugar and Nutmeg; and drink upon it the remainder of the Wine, and do fome moderate exercifc after it, befides ma¬ king you ready. Repeat the fame at night in- dead of a Supper. Cordial and Pleajant ‘Tablets* T Ake three ounces of pure refined Sugar ; boil it up with Orange-flower water, into a confidence for Manus Chrijli ; when it is at the due height, put into it two drams (or three) of pure C 107) pure Co life ft ion of Alkermes,and drop into it two drops of the QuinteiTence of cedri. Stir it well together, and drop it into Tablets. They are very pleafant and very Cordial. If you will notufe fire, you may /make Tablets or Padils of the fame Ingredients, with Gum Tra- gacanth dilTolved in Orange-flower water. You may add a little Ambergris and a little Musk, if you pleafe. A great Venereal . r r Ake Opii Thebaici colati with Spirit of Wine, | one part, Ambergris three parts : Grind them very well together with Syrup of Flowers of Sage, till they come into the confidence of an Opiate: of which give four or five or fix granes in fome fit Liquor for a Vehicle* at going to bed. The preparing of the Opium is thus. Difiofve it in Spirit of Wine, then percolate it through fome fit Cloth that it may leave the Dregs behind • Then didit away the Spirit of Wine till the Opium become of a due confidence. Another great Venereal. T Ake Confol. Elor. Anthos , Boragin. CaryophyU. of each half an ounce, Elect. Diafatyr. one ounce, Ering. Condit. fix drams, Theriac. Vet. two drams, Sem. Erucx , unicte-, of each half a dram. Spec. Diamofch, dulcis two fcruples, Syrup. St a: chad. I /.?./. Elea. m • After taking as much as a Nutmeg of this Ele- |jj i ftuary (^morning and night, or when you will} 0 | drink a little of the following Decoftion : in Take (icS ) Take F 'oU Salvia, Origami , Rofmarini , Cdaminth' Urticce, of each one handful, chawitedr. Cham apt' Stcechad. of each half a handful, Sm. Erucee , #>■- f/Va?, Fannie, of each three drams, Pyretbri half an ounce. Boil all thefe in a quart of Foun¬ tain-Water } then add a pint of Malaga Sack to it. You may anoint the Perineum, and that Region, with tiie following Ointment. * Take Unguent. Marti at. two ounces, Oleum Suc- chi two fcruples, Ohm Euphorb. two drams, Mof- chi three granes, Amkergrifa Mi fee f. Unguent. An Excellent PLiter to put upon the Sto¬ machs T Ake Storax in powder , and Aloes alfo in fine powder, of each one ounce. Boil thefe together with half a pint of Role-water till the Rofe-water be confumed, then let it cool. Then take as much of very good Honey as will make it to a Pill j which fpread upon Leather, and put it upon the Stomach. It will ftrengthen the Stomach extremely, and will free it from all Corruption and Flegms, and will give it a natural heat not luperfluous. It hath faved the life of many, even thofe that already had loft their fpeech. This Paft is very odoriferous and incorruptible, it will laft for e- ver. An 0 icp) An ’Excellent Ointment for the Stomach , or' for any Fain about the Heart . T Ake wild Thyme, red Mint, Wormwood, HylTop, Ealm, of each one handful, of red- Rofe Leaves two handfuls, of Bayberries beaten. Ginger grofly beaten, of each one ounce, Mace half an ounce; chop the Herbs, and mix them with the Spices. Then put all together into a large Gally-Pot, and pour upon them a quart of the beft Sallet Oil then clofe the Pot well with Pafte, and fet the pot into a Skillet of Water then let it boil the fpace of five hours: Then take it off and flrain without preifing or fqueezing the Herbs too hard. Then put it into a Dilh, and put into it of EiTence of Orange-flowers two ounces, Oil of Cinamon half a quarter of an ounce, Oil of Cloves a quarter of an ounce, Ambergris ten granes, of the fineff yel¬ low Wax thin fliced : then fet it over a Chafing- difh of Coals, ftir them well to make them well incorporate together. Then put it into Gally-Pots, and keep it for ufe. An approved Remedy for a Sprain in the Bacl ^ or any IVeakycfs. T Ake a quarter of a pint of good Mufcadine, a fpoonful of Mader, incorporate them well 1 together •, then give it the Patient to drink for three mornings together-, and if need requireth, you may ufe it often in a day. This will fireng- ithen the Back exceedingly. H A C Iio) A moft precious Viet-drinks for any wea\ and confumed Body with Sickpefs , Pox or any Aches or cold Humors. T Ake White-wine, old firong Beer, of each feven gallons, Sena one pound, Cortex Guaiaci two pound, Licorice one pound, Coloquintida one dram, Sarfaparilla one pound. Put all thefe toge¬ ther into a deep large Pot, flop and lute it clofe : Then fet it in a great Kettle full of water, andfo let it boil highly the fpace of four hours *, then flrain it, and when it is almoft cold, put into it one ounce of the befl and flrongeft Mithridate. Drink of this twelve times in a day, about three ounces at a time •, continue it for twenty or twen¬ ty four days together (almofl twenty will do it) but you mufl neither eat nor drink any thing elfe during that time and after three or four days the Patient will have no mind at all to eat. And in twenty four days he fhall be cured and reflored to health, and to good blond, and fhall be lufly and fat, and all difeafes will vanifh. The Author fa id, that if the Patient were pref- fing to eat fomething of nourifhment and folidity, he allowed him fome Partridge, with Bisket or well baked fine Bread ; but no other Suilenance at all: The Drink itfelf giving fufficient in this cafe, I conceive that Raifins and Bisket were noc amifs. An (III ) An Excellent Remedy to procure Conception . T Ake of Syrup of Motherwort, of Syrup of Mug- wort, of each half an ounce, of Spirit of Clary two drams, of the Root of Eoglift Snakeweed in fine powder one dram, Purflain-feed, Nettle-feed, Rocket-feed,all in fubtil Powder,of each two drams. Candied Nutmegs, Eringo-Roots, Satyrion-Roots preferved, Dates, Piftaches, Conferve of Succory, of each three drams ■, Ciriamon, Saffron in fine powder, of each a fcruple j Conferve of Vervein, Pine-apple Kernels picked and pilled, of each two drams. Stamp and work all thefe Ingredients in a Mortar to an Eleftuary : Then put it up into Gally-Pots, and keep it for ufe. Take of this Electuary the quantity of a good Nutmeg in a little Glafs-full of White-wine, in the morning falling, and at four of the clock in the afternoon, and as much at night going to bed ; but be fure not to do any violent exercife. An Excellent Bolus for the Stomach and Liver . T Ake green Ginger and Conferve of Roman Wormwood, of each one part •, Conferve of Wood-Sorrel two or three or four parts (dnore or Iefs, as you conceive your Liver fhall require^ beat them together into a Pulp. You may make the Conferves by beating the Herbs raw with two or three parts of fine Sugar. H g A C 112 ) A Cordial’Drin}^ for vcca\nefs of the Stomach and want of Vigejlion. T Ake three pints of Claret-wine, half a pint of Mint-water $ of Cinamon, Nutmeg, of each one dram and half, of fine Sugar four ounces. Put all thefe into an earthen Tot, and let it ftand clofe covered over a gentle fire to digeft twenty four hours} but let it not boil: Then take it off, and flrain it through a Hypocras Bag. Take of this three or four ounces at a time. For‘trembling of the Heart or a wea]^ Stomachi T Ake Lignum Aloes and Ambergris, and mingle them with the beft yellow Wax melted : Make a thin Cake of it, and apply it to the Heart and Stomach. Ladanum Ofiatum- Ake Opium Theb. cut very fmall,three ounces, Salt .1 of Tartar, Cryflal of Tartar, of each one dram. Mix all thefe well together in a Mortar j then put them in a Glafs body, and pour upon them a pint of diflilled Vinegar, and an ounce of Spirit of Salt. Digeft them till there rife no more feum upon it j then boil it to the confiftence of an Electuary: Then pour upon it a quart of fair water, and boil it again till all the Opium be diftolved Then philter ij and boil the feces again with water till all be dif- folved. Then philter it, and put all together ; which boil to an Ele&uary with one ounce of the juice of Licorice. Then add to it of the Tin&ure of juniper-berries, and Powder of Saffron of each two ounces, c aft or one dram j boil it again with a gentle ( u3 ) gentle fire to a due confiftence 5 then work it well in a Mortar with Oyl of Annifeeds, Oyl of Nutmeg, Oylof Cloves, of each one fcruple. Then put it up • clofe. The Dofe is from three grains to eight. An excellent Panchimagogue that Purgeth all Humours . T Ake of black Ellebore four ounces, Coloquint, Aloes, of each two ounces,Saffron one ounce t Extract the Ellebore and Coloquint with Cicory- water acuated with Salt of Tartar: Then extraft the Aloes by it felf with the fame Men fir mm without Tartar , and the Saffron with good Spirit of Wine. Then mix all your Extraftions together , and eva¬ porate it to a confiftence of Honey •, then add to it four ounces of Reifin of Scammony, two ounces of Reifin of Jollop, and one ounce of Mercury fubli- mate diilces in moft fubtil powder} ftir it well toge¬ ther to make it incorporate,leaving it upon the fand fire till it be a paft for Pills. The Dofe is ftom twelve to eighteen grains. 1 ,-p An excellent Laxative Tifanne totafa when one hath a need* T Ake a good handful of Pimpernel; of Sena , of green Annife, of Licorice, of Salt Prunelle, of each half an ounce, of Rhubarb one ounce, two penniworth of ftick Cinnamon , the juyce of two 1 Limons. Take of this Tifanne a good Glafs full in the mor¬ ning, another a little before dinner •, and (if it neededj a third in the afternoon. 1 Eeytr- '( 114) Bezoardicum xheriacalc* T Ake a Viper, which hath been newly caught, and hold her faft by the neck with your thumb and the next finger, fothat fhe cannot ftir or wag at all, and with a Pen-knife cut her throat open , fo that you may be able to tear out her tongue, which you lay by. Loofen alfo the skin round about the neck, joyning the head, and skin it all; afterwards cut the body an inch above the Navil, and throw a- way the tail. Then takeout all the entrails, putting the greafe by it felf, and the heart and liver like- wife j and cut the body or bulk upwards joyning the head, and call away the reft. Prepare a great many Vipers after this fafhion. After this, put the bulks of the bodies upon fome Plate apart,and the hearts and livers by themfelves upon another likewife j and the tongue upon another,without wafhing them at all ; and put them to be dried gently in a fur¬ nace that is but a little warm. All this muft be ob- ferved in the beginning •, afterwards a little more heat is required , that fo the humidity may be the fooner dried up , which orherwife might be the caufe of their being fpoiled.But after this firft time, which may be perhaps a night *, one needs not but to keep them in a dry place with fo little a heat, that they may fully be dried, and hardned, to be fit for to be pounded •, which will be done within eight or ten days. When they are fully dry, put aft the parts to pounding , dropping upon them now and then a drop of Opobalfamm , or white oriental Ealfam, or for want of the fame,' of the Peruvian. Balfom •, and fometimes a drop of a compounded Ball'om. Eut all this with fo much difcretion and heed, that the Balfoms may dry immediately, and (ii5) be fucked in by the powder, that is, a pounding, without difcerning of any liquor *, for this would make it come to be a pafte,and will not afterwards be fit for to be pounded : But putting in the Balfom by little and little at a time, the heat of moving the Peftil dries it, makes it to be imbibed, and the fu- periiuous humidity to evaporate. Mark this, That there mud be far lefs ufed of the natural Balfom, than of the compounded •, be- caufe the greateft part of the humidity of this,doth evaporate through the heat of the pounding-,where- as on the other fide, the other Balfom, being vif- . cous remaineth : For example To one pound of the fubftance of Vipers, one ounce, ('or at the moll, two ounces} of the natural Balfom may fulfice : But of the other you may make to enter as much as you can ■, as for example, if you could fpend a whole pound, it would be the better for it, provided the powder do not grow wet by it, nor like a pafte. It mull; be now and then lifted what will pals through a hair cloth ; bi t what will not, mull be pounded again, dropping upon it from time to time of your Balfoms. And if fo be there be any likelihood of any quantity of the powder, let it run again through the Sieve, what will go through , and pound again the reft with the Balfoms} doing this fo long till all be palled through. The Author told me, that all will not pafs, but that at the end there will remain a white powder, which cannot be pounded any more, which are the bones •, and lie throw'eth it away as ufelefs: befides that there is but little of it, and your pov/der is pre¬ pared. H 4 Tbs ( H(5) the Balfam Compounded is made thus. r Take of Myrrhe, Ligni Aloes, yellow Sanders, of each one ounce. Specier. Aromat. Rofat. two drams. Draw the tin&ure of thefe things with good Spirit of Wine tartarized. Myrrhe is drawn by it felf in a Veffel, the reft, that is, the other three things be¬ ing mixed together in another Veflel. When the Spirit of wine is well tinged, pour it off, and pour other Spirit upon it, till it be no more coloured , then take an ounce of the tin&ure of Myrre ; and an ounce of the tin&ure of the other three ingredi¬ ents, and one ounce of excellent water of Odorife¬ rous or Damask Rofes •, mix thefe three ounces to¬ gether , and this mixture will be like a Balfom and of a grey colour. And this is the compounded Bal- fom. 'the bejl Rofe-water is made thus. L Et your pale Rofes putrifie , and when they have fermented enough, diftil your Rofe-wa¬ ter ■, which you are to put upon new or frefli fer¬ mented Rofes, and diftil as before : The water that cometh fir ft is the beft, He fets it afterwards into the Sun, * Of this Bezoardique Theriacal powder you are to give four or five grains for a dofe in fome Broth or Wine, either to be freed of a Difeafe, that hath left great weaknefs behind it, or elfe for a prefervative againft the Infcftion of the whole nature,or bad air, and to keep ones felf in good health, by continuing the fame for fome days.The Author doth command a continual ufe of this powder, for the keeping of one in good health, It is alfo excellent good for C117) the fmall Fox. But as for the intermittent Fevers, ("even in Quartains, but not fo certain as in others} the dofe is half a dram, immediately before the fit j but in thofe that are continue, it is given on the Cri¬ tical day. And if fo be, the Fever doth not go away after twice or thrice taking, then let the Patient take a Purge convenient, immediately after the fit is over. The "Purge which the Author maizes ufe of in Fevers^is this following. T Ake Antimonii Diaphoretic!, (That is in the Ce- rufs of Antimony} Diagridim prepared ac¬ cording to Cornachinus , & Tartar. Vitriol at. of each 8 or 10 grains, mix them. It is alfo neceffary to prepare the body by Purge before one begin to take of this Powder. But to make a mojl rich Cordial proceed thus. Ake Conferve of red Rofes, Conferve of flow¬ ers of Oranges, of each one ounce , of the Corf El. de Hyacinth, and of the above mentioned Be- zoardique Theriacal Powder , of each two drams, Confeftion of Alkermes one dram , of Powder of Gold ©ne fcruple. Mix all thele well together in the form of an Opiate $ and if the compofition be too dry, add to it fome Syrup of red Gorans, as much as is needful. Take of this Compofition every morn¬ ing the quantity of a Nut. The (r,8) The befi fafhion to make Cenferve of Rofes is this following • T Ake the Leaves of Rofes,being very well clean- fed of the white at the ends of them. Put them into a Cucurbite well flopped *, place it in Balnea Mari*, and keep it boiling for an hour or mo , till the flowers be perfectly mortified ■, then take them out and pound them , and add to them double the quantity of very fine Loaf-Sugar, and pound them well together : then put it up in pots to keep. The Heads,Skins,and Greafeof the Vipers,which you have feparated for to make your Bezoardick powder, are kept, becaufe they are endowed with fundry virtues. Dry gently the Heads and Skinsjand keep them by themfelves. Melt the Greafe , and keep it as an Oyl. The head being worn near to ones throat, is excellent againfl the Quinfie and o- ther Difeafesof the Throat. The Skin laid upon the Kidneys of a Woman being in Travel, will promote her deliverance. And if the After-birth doth not come away after the Child, put the Skin upon the Thigh of the Woman, and it will come away with¬ in a fhort time after. The fat is moll: excellent for the anointing of a red face. The skin being dried and cut fmall, and mixed with Oats, and given to a Horfe that hath the Farcy, cureth the Horfe, if it be continued for a while. The Bezoardique Powder cureth the Pox, being taken for fifteen or twenty days. (^The Author told me fince, eight or ten days} in (ome good Vehicle, Cas Wine having firfl of all prepared the body by taking of a due Purge. It will ( i'9 ) will make one fweat mightily, if one putteth him* felf upon it, which ought to be done. 7 he Author doth Tariarife his Spirit of Wine thus. TjUt feme pure Salt of Tartar into your Spirit of J. Wine,and let it hand till the reparation be well made •, then pour off the Spirit of Wine, and leave the flegmatick folution of Tartar from which eva¬ porate the water to drinefs. Then put your purified Salt of Tartar again into the Spirit of Wine, and do as before : Repeat this till the Salt of Tartar difolve no more in the Spirit of Wine, nor no part of it. ' A ‘Tindurc of Coral. T Ake Honey, and deflegm it in an open VefTel upon the fire, rill it be as thick as Pitch-, then mingle one part of that with two parts of Sand, and diftil it in a Glafs body, in Sand fire as long as it cometh clear, and till theOyl be ready to come. Then put off this diftilled water upon Coral, and in twenty four hours you will fee the Spirit of Honey tinfted of a deep yellow colour : then pour off that, and put on more of the Spirit of Honey, and digeft as before. Repeat this till it tinge no more. Then philter the extracts, and diftil the liquor away,that the tinCture remain dry , upon which pour good Spirit of Wine, and digefl, and it will be tinned deep red; pour it off, and put on frefh Spirit of Wine, and do as before : Repeat this till you have extracted all the tinCture. Then philter the ex¬ tracts , and diftil away the Spirit of Wine ; then put new Spirit of Wine upon the remaining mat¬ ter i tl ( 120 ) ter; repeating this till you have the pure tindure, and that the folution fet off no more feces. This will be as red as the deepeft red Wine, and tranfparent. The dofe of it is twenty or thirty drops in a fit Vehicle. It worketh all the good effeds that are faid of a perfed tindure of Coral, and particularly it hath done wonderful effeds in all the Difeafes of the Matrix. A Cordial to Re/?, and for Surfeit* T Ake Diafcordium one dram , Confedion AI- chermes one dram and half, Syrup ofClove- gilly-flowers, a good fpoonful. Mix thefe very well with about two ounces and half of Dragon-wa¬ ter, or red Poppy-water , or in Cardans- water, as the Difeafes require. It is excellent to caufe reft and deep in a Fever, or when one is oppreffed with pain ; as alfo in a Surfeit, and an excellent Cordial. I conceive you may increafe the Dofe a good deal to large bodies. An excellent Poppy-water for Surfeits . T Ake two large mouthed Glaffes of fome fix quarts apiece, and put into each of them five quarts of the beft double ftilled Annifeed water:then thruft in as many red Poppy leaves as will fill them top-full,and let them infufe twenty hours^then ftrain them out, and put in frefh, and let them infufe as long then ftrain them again, and put in others, and let them infufe fix or feven days: which ftrain well from the liquor,and then ftrain the liquor from the ( I2l ) the dregs. Then pur into each Glafs fix ounces of Honed Raifins of the Sun, and a pound of Honed Cherries, and half a pound of refined Sugar j then tie up your Glaffes very clofe. Another excellent Stomachic A Surfeit-water. T Ake Mint, and Car dims Benediffus, of each four parts, Angelica one part, Wormwood two j 1 parts; chop and bruife them a little ; put a Yuffici- j ent quantity of them into an ordinary Still, and put j upon them enough new Milk to foak them; but not to have the Milk fwim much over them. DiHil this as you do Rofe-water Hirring it fometimes with a Hick to keep the Milk from growing to a Cake. I judge the befl way of making Poppy-water to I be thus: Macerate Poppy-buds, with Caraway- I feeds, Annifeeds, &c. in Sack, and diHil a good Spirit from this, in which infufe frefh Poppy-buds, and proceed as in the ordinary Receipt. Or you may fweeten your tinfted Spirit, or Poppy-water, i infiead of Sugar, with the Syrup of Poppy made by putting Toppy leaves and Sugar,into a flagon,and fee that (clofe luted in the Joynture3 in a kettle of boil- ! ing water, &c. which is the way of making Syrups j! of Flowers. A Cooling Stomachical Mint■ water . T Ake two parts of Mint, one part of Worm¬ wood, and two parts of Carduws \ put thefe | into as much new Milk as will foak them : let them infufe five or fix hours ; then diftil as you diHil Rofe-water: but you mufi often take off the head, i and fiirthe matter well with a Hick. Drink of this 1 w'ater a Wine Glafs full at a timeTvveetned with fine | Sugar to your tafi. An ( 122 ) An excellent Cordial Water. T Ake Angelica, Car duus BenediAus^Vauls-^etom, juniper-berries , of each one handful, of Wormwood two handfuls. Mix them, and put them into a wide mouthed Bottle ; and pour upon them as much Spirit of Wine as will cover them an inch over them •, flop the Bottle clofe , and digefl it fo fourteen days ; then pour off the Spirit, and keep it for your ufe. The Dofe is ten or twelve drops (or more, if there be occafion} in a Glafs of White wine. It is good in all diflempers of the Stomach, a- gainfl Worms, and all gripings ; and admirable a- gainfl all Infeftions. It cannot be given amifs. Another great Cordial VVater. T Ake Sage, Celendine, Rofemary, Rue, Worm¬ wood, Mugwort, Pimpernel, Dragons, Scabi¬ ous, Agrimony, Balm, Rofa Solis , Scordim , Cur duns Benediffus, Centory, Betony, St. Johns-wort, Mari¬ gold, of each one handful; Roots of Gentian, An¬ gelica, Tormentil, Zedoaria, Petafites, Peony, Li¬ corice, of each three quarters of an ounce. W'afh the Herbs well,and ihake them in a dry Cloth; then Hired them fmall: the Roots are to be feraped and iliced. Then mix all thefe well together , and put them into an earthen Pot,and pour upon them three or four Gallons of very good white Wine. Let this Hand well flopped three or four days, flirring them once or tw r ice a day. Then diflil this with an. ordi¬ nary Still with a gentle fire , keeping the cover of the Still cool with a wet Cloth upon it, often wring¬ ing and renewing it with frefh water: Let your Still be, C *23 ) be well luted with Rye-flower, whites of Eggs and Vinegar. You may have ended your Diftillation in ; two days and a night -, and of this quantity you may j have four or five quarts of water, which divide into two or three feveral Glafies *, the weakeft is chiefly 1 for Children. You may ufe this water in all occafi- ons where Cordial Water is required-, and parti¬ cularly for Surfeits} and to ftrengthen the Stomach, and comfort weak perfons. Water of Rue for the Head and Brain. tt rHen Rue is in its prime and vigour, pick the , Vv leaves, and put them into a Glafs body with a head,and diftil off the water in Balneo Maria, which put upon frefli Rue, and diftil again as before. Re¬ peat this diftillation three or four times. Then take i all the water, and diflil it again by it felf, taking on¬ ly two third parts of it, and leaving one third part in the body undiftilled. Then put again the two thirds already diftilled into the body, and diflil it ; again by it felf, taking only one half of it, and lea- ! ving the reft undiftilled in the body. ' This laft water is moft pure, excellent, fpiritful, ; and well tailed, and full of virtue. Drink of this a Wine Glafs full in the morning fafting,and at night. It is excellent for the Head and Brain preferving againft Apoplexies, and Taralylis, and the like ! and fpr that end, eat often in the morning falling | fome Conferve of Rue, as much as a Walnut, made by beating very well two or three parts of fine Su¬ gar with one of Rue. (124) An excellent Cordial or Palfie Water- T Ake Lavender flowers, Borage flowers, Buglos flowers, flowers of Lil. Convall. every one ga¬ thered in their feafon. Pour upon them good Aqua- vitte, and let them digeft fix weeks clofe flopped in a warm place j then diftil it off. Put this diftilled Spirit into a large Glafs, and infufe in it flowers of Sage, flowers of Rofemary, and flowers of Betony, of each one handful. Then take Balm , Mother¬ wort, Spikenard, Bay-leaves, all cut or chopped j Limon Pills, Peony feeds hulled, of each fix ounces *, Cardomum, Cubebs, Cinamon, Nutmegs, Mace, yellow Sanders in Powder, of each half an ounce: Lignum Aloes one dram : Pour upon thefe good Aqua. vit Capital Water, of great Fertues. T Ake Lilly Convalleys three pound, Lavender flowers one pound, Rofemary flowers half a pound, red Rofe buds three pound, Marjoram five handfuls. Rue four handfuls, Betonyfix handfuls. Sage three handfuls. Becaufe you cannot get all thefe herbs at one time, gather them as they come in feafon j and as you get them one after another, put them to infufe into four quarts of Brandy •, let them remain there (folofe flopped} till you have all the reft. Then take Cinnamon one pound, Cubebs four ounces, Paradis Cornss five ounces, Caraway- feeds, Mace, Cloves, Amber, of each three ounces. Nutmeg four ounces , Ambergris half an ounce : Bruife all thefe, and then put them to the firft In¬ gredients, and pour upon them all, eighteen quarts of Rhenifh Wine,flop it clofe, and let it infufe three or four days more •, then diflil it off to near dri- nefs: taking the ftrongeft Spirit by it ffelf} the reft is good for ordinary drinking. This Spirit is excellent for Dizzinefs and Swim¬ ming in the Head,and for the Head-ach.It flrength" eneth the Memory, and the Eye-fight, ( 128 ) 1 be Great Duke of Florence bU excellent Cot- Icjlial or Imperial Water of great Virtues . T Ake of the white and Gummiffi Thubit two . ounces, Maffick, Nutmegs, Cinamon,Cubebs, ; of each half an ounce, yellow Sanders two ounces: Bruife all thefe, and then put them together into a Glafs-body, and put into them two ounces of Ve- j nice Turpentine, and two pound of white Honey: Then pour upon them four pound of good Spirit of I Wine hop the Yeflel very clofe, and digeft it two days, Then diftil it off in Balneo , till it begin to . come whitifh •, then take the Veftel out of the Bal- ; neo , and fet it in Sand, changing the Receiver, and diftil by degrees,and you will have a whitifh water j ; unto which add half a pound of newly drawn Spike¬ nard, Salt of Pearls, Sal: of Coral, of each half an j ounce, and one ounce of Cryftal of Tartar flop it clofe and keep it for your uie. Then increafe the \ fire, and diflil to drinefs , and you will have a red- j difh Oleaginous water j which keep alfo by it felf. The hrft clear water is excellent for the Cholick Nephritick, and for any pains of the Stomach. It is ; alfo very good for Surfeits, and excellent for Qb- ftru&ions of the Spleen or Liver. It purifieth the : Blood. It is a fire remedy for the Fits of the Mo- • ther ; as alfo for the Convulnon and Falling-fits. It comforteth the Brain, and ftrengtheneth the v Memory. The Dofe is half a fpoonful, mixt with as f much Fountain water. The fecond whitiih water is an excellent Reme-1 dy for the Stone and Gravel. It is alfo very good for Sores and Wounds, It will cure the Noli me tan- 5 girt", and if you mix fomeof the fir ft Water with it, it will be the more efficacious. The ( I2p) The third reddifh Water is an Infallible cure of the Hemorrhoides and Piles. It is alfo excellent for the Gangreen and Wounds. An excellent Cordial Water for 'Dizzinefs and Swimming in the Head . T Ake four pound of black Cherries, bruife the Hones of them, and then put them with the Cherries into a Glafs body , and put into them a good handful of Balm, and a handful of Rofemary tops, Cinamon, Nutmegs, of each half an ounce •, then pour upon them all two quarts of Sack, Hop it clofe and let it digeft twenty four hours. Then di- ffil it off in Balneo •, diftil fo much of it, that it be weak like weak Aqua Mirabilis. Sweeten it with white Sugar-candy to your taffe, and drink a little wine glafsful of it in the morning faffing , and at night going to bed. This cured a Lady of a great Dizzinefs and Swimming in her Head *, and many others have found the like effeft of it. - I. v . An excellent Water for Surfeits and for the Ague • T Ake three Gallons of Aqua-vita , put into it half a bufhel of red Poppy flowers, let them infufe twenty four hours in a Glafs clofe flopped } then ffrain it well, and put the clear liquor into the Glafs again •, into which put half a pound of Figs, and as much Raifinsof the Sun ffoned, and three ounces of Annifeeds beaten , all tied up in a bag ; fet this in the Sun for ten or twelve days. In twoor | three fpoonfuls of this water diffolve well the quan¬ tity of a Hafle-nut of London-7 readc , and give it I 3 the ( no) 4 he Patient an hour before his fit of the Ague, and *et him do what moderate exercife he can, and faft four or five hours after it. An Excellent Julip of Limons for Calentures or Fevers. T Ake the thin rind pared from Limons, then fqueeze out all the juyee. Let this fettle twen¬ ty four hours j then pour off the clear aud filter it, which put into Glafs bodies to digeft in exceeding gentle warmth of Balnea for ten or twelve days j and more fasces will fettle: Pour the clear from the fseces and filter it j then digeft: again. Repeat this fo often till no more faces fettle. In the mean time calcine the thin yellow Pills,and with flegm of Wine (in want thereof with diftilled Rain water} extraft the Salt, which put, to the purified iuyee. Digeft: thefe a while in Balnea then fever it into Glaftes, containing one ounce, which is a dofe for an ordi¬ nary Perfon. Give it in the hot burning of a Calen¬ ture two dofes will cure. It is beft to take it pure thus-, but if the tafte difpleafe, you may put a lit¬ tle Sugar to it. This is much better than Syrup made by boiling, which evaporateth much of that which is beft in the juyee of Limons. This will keep well four or five years. An excellent Orange Water or Spirit . P Ut the thin parings or chips of the rind of two hundred Oranges into a Cucurbite, fo large that they fill it not above a third part full. Pour up¬ on them fx quartsof good Aqua vita, let them di- geft with a Blind-head dofe flopped during three , or four days; then change that head for one with a LiiUr (*3 0 Limbeck , and diftil in Balneo. Keep die firft two quarts by themfelves ) for they will be excellent good. Then change your Receiver , and the 0)1 will come over with the reft of the liquortowards the laft it will be too weak, both of the Orange and of the Spirit of Wine. Mingle one quart of excel¬ lent Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers, with the two firft: quarts) and it will be an excellent Cordial-water. You may Aromatife it with Ambergris •, and then it will be much better to thofe that love Amber. ‘To make Spirits of Herbs , &c. T Ake four ounces of dried leaves of Mint, or tops of Clary and flowers, or any other fuch Herbs, and put upon them a pottle of thebeft Aqua, •vita that cometh from Trance. Digeft them a while together-, and then diftil it off, and you (hall have a quart of lingular good Spirit: the reft will be weak. In the fame manner you may do with other Herbs or Citron Pills dried. Of Caraway feeds you muft take but two ounces to a pottle of Aqua vita, more will be bitter and unpleafant. Sweeten this with the Syrup of Sugar that you have from the Sugar-ba- kers.Itis a Syrup that runs down from Sugar-loaves as they ftand to dry. This will never congeal) and will keep above a year without lowring. There is of two forts ) the firft which is of ordinary Sugar j the fecond, which is of the fineft,or double refined: this I ufed. Lefs then a pint will ferve for a pottle of Spirit. It is pure, clear and white, like Rock-water: put it into the Spirit, and wake them together. If you will Aromatife it vith Amber,put half an ounce of Spirit of Amber to this proportion. Make the Spirit of Amber thus: Digeft .one ounce of Am¬ bergris and one dram of Musk in a pottle of good I 4 Spirit ( i3 2 ) Spirit of Wine, till all be diffolved that will be. Ufe this. I conceive it will be much flronger of the Amber, if you diflil aud cohobate the Spirit feve- ral times from the Amber y but then have a care of keeping the junctures clofe fhut that no Spirits ex¬ pire, and do'it in Balneo. A Cord:at IVatcr of Wall-nuts- Mon fur Breffieux, a Vhyfcian in Paris maJ^eth the water of walnuts thus: T He hrft thing that bnddeth out of thefe trees, is a long green excrefcence, like fiend r Pine Apples, which is called their Flower. Dillil the water of thefe, and keep it, throwing away the Capat-mortuum, Then when the Nuts are as big as Hade-nuts, damp them in a Mortar , and drain out the juycej which diflil till you have the Caput- mo ,um of a thick confidence, like an extract j which keep, asalfo the water. When the Nuts are growk'gbig and have but a gelly inflead of a ker¬ nel, and would be half ripe within ten days, or a forte ght : then flarr.p them as before , and di¬ flil their juycetoa like confluence, as the other. Mingle your three Waters together and this is his Water of Walnuts, which is a great Cordial: and whin he will make Cinumon-water , he ufeth this only, without Wine or any other liquor totheCi- namon, and holdeth it for a great Cordial. The two thick confidences ( remaining after diddling the two juyc.es) he putteth together, and when he hath evaporated them to a fit heighth for making of Plaiders (if they were not fo already by their di¬ ddling) he putteth to them (Removed from the fire) a little Venice Turpentine (an eighth or tenth part ; ( 133 ) part, or a little more ) and a little Powder of Ci- namon and Cloves, and a little Wheat-flower to thicken it, alfo a little Salt •, and keep it in a Pot all the year ('where it fermenteth^ to make aPlaifler of it for the Stomach, from the Sternum to the Na- vil, and fix or eight fingers breadth •, which let re¬ main on as long as it will flick, taking it off fome- times to wipe a little water that fometimes it draweth. This comforteth and ftrengtheneth the Stomach wonderfully, when it digefleth not well. If you have none of this Com poftion ready, take two or three condited Wall-nuts (conferved black ; not green, or whitel and ftamp them to a Pulp, and mingle with them about as much Turpentine as a Halle Nut, and feme Wheat-flower to thicken it and a little Salt, and a little Powder of Cinamon and Cloves •, and make a Plaifter of this for want of the other. You fhould fo proportion your fubflances or Nuts, as to have about a like quantity of juyce of each as alfo fo much of the Flowers as to have as much diffilled water as out of either of the Juyces. For crudities and Indigeftions of the Stomach, when a Loofenefs followeth (which ufually cometh from eating more than one can digeflf) he prefcri- bed two or three days very (lender diet and then to eat on mornings three or four condited Walnuts, and to drink a little Wine after them, eating a mouthful of Bread ; this fetteth the Stomach very «ght. The Nuts are conferved black, for thofe have all their bitternefs and virtue in them (^whereas, the white are pared •, and the green are boiled in feve- ral Waters to make them lvvcet; and fo lofe their yirtuej only rubbing off a little thin skin with a Nap- ( >34) Napkin, after they have been boiled-, thenthruft- ing a Clove and a little ftick of Cinamon, crofs- wife through them. He had a good maxim to cure Difeafes in men, rather by fitting and eafie Diet, than by ftrong Phyfick. About the Viet of Mill M Onfieur du Clos , giveth the Diet of Milk to many Patients, as well as he hath taken it conftantly thefe many years hinifelf: and in all, he obferveth the following circumftances. To thofe who digeft it not well, and out of whofe Stomach it goeth not foon enough, he gives a grain or two of Salt with it: To thofe with whom it curdleth, he giveth a little Sugar } and to thofe who are bilious, and in whom it turnethto choler , he putteth a lit¬ tle quantity of fair water. He takes it often} as four or five times a day: about two Paris pints a day in all or better. If all day hetaketh nothing but Milk, he finds it weakens him at length:therefore about noon,he eateth a man- chetof fine light Bread, of about a penny price. But neither that ftrengtheneth him fufficiently but he ufeth withal to eat then two dozen of good Damask Raifins (or more) eating firft half his Bread, then twelve Raifins; then drinks a Porringer full of Milk upon it : Then he eats the reft of his Bread and Raifins , and drinks another Porrenger of Milk. With this courfe he groweth ftrong, fat and full of blood : but without Bread and Raifins, he becometh very faint, and cannot walk far: but with them he is fain to do much exercife, he finds his health require it, and he performs it with great cafe. Every night at goirig to Bed, he takes a Pill ( i35 ) of five or fix grains of his Compofition of Aloes and juyces of Herbs, in a fpoonful of Milk , and drinks three or four more upon it: which giveth him but one Stool the next morning } after which he is free for all day : but without his Pill, his milk would conflipate him much. 1o Digefl a large Meal. W Hen one hath eaten a great meal, and that it lieth heavy and dead upon the Stomach, and digefleth not, but would hinder one from fleep- ing at night: It will digefl prefently and trouble you no longer, if you drink a great draught of Cla¬ ret Wine made as hot as you can well drink it ; heat it fo, that you may not Iofe the Spirits of it, in a Silver Tumbler with a clofe cover finking down, fo that it may prefs upon the Wine, and confc- quently no Spirits rife into the void place between die Wine and the cover} which hindering of their motion, keepeth them fixed homogeneally through the whole body of the Wine. Cinamon Water , or Spirit . ** k T Akechofen Cinamon bruifed one pound, fpi- riiful white Wine three pound, pure Rofe-wa- ter two pound. Let them digefl a day or two clofe flopped, then diflil it in a Refrigeratory : The firft pound (or neer fo much} will be pretty good } and the lafi, milky and fweet of the Cinamon, but firong of the Spirits. You may diftill this, til! you perceive it cometh no more firong of the Cinamon. Keep everyone of thefe three Waters in a Vefiel a part, clofe flopped. Inflead of white Wine, you may ufe a weak Spirit of Wine, or Aqua vita: but 03 *) then you muft take at leaft two parts of Rofe-water - to three of Spirit of Wine. Lignum Cafise makes a much finer Spirit than Cinamon. P Ut three or four pound of it well bruifed to a gallon of Malaga Sack. Digeft them together three or fout days in Bdneo , then diftil with very gentle heat. If you will reft there, fever the firft, fecond, and third running, as thecuftomis; but, if you will have it' richer of the Wood, diftil off all together as long as it cometh with vigor, and put that liquor upon frefh Caffia ("the fame is to be done with Cinamon) and digeft as before. Repeat this till it be as ftrong as you defire. Then either fepa- rare the runnings as long as you will put new wood to the liquor diftilled over, you diftil till it comes with no more ftrength} but the laft time you put frefh wood, you may keep three runnings each a part $ or if you diftil all over together, you may re- ftifie the liquor by it felf, and then make your fepa- rating of ftronger and weaker , fo as to have fome of fuch ftrength as youwifh: or take a high Spirit of this, and mingle it with Rofewater in which Sugar is diftolved, and put Ambergris to it.Or do it with three parts of Wine, and two of Rofe-water at the firft putting upon the wood, and repeat it asof- tfn as you think fit and then dulcifie that without putting more Rofewater to it. The beft way of diftilling pure Spirit of Wine,is, to digeft the Wine firft eight or ten days clofe flop¬ ped in Balnea : But you muft have a care that the Balneo be but luke-warm. Then diftil it. You fhall have thus twice as much Spirit of Wine as the or- . dinary (07 ) dinary way. You may keep fuch a heat as is requi- fite for this, with Sawduft, which is a flender ex¬ pence. Cordial Water of Clove- Gillyflower /. T^Ut Spirit of Wine, or Sack, upon Clove-Gilly- i flowers $ digefl: it two or three days : put all in a Glafs-body, laying other Clove-Gill flowers at the mouth of it upon a Cambrick or Boulter cloth (khatthe Spirit riling and paffing through the flow¬ ers, may tinge it felf of a beautiful colourj add a Head with a Limbeck and Receiver: Then diflil the Spirit as flrong as you like it which fweeten with Syrup of Gillyflowers or fine Sugar. Quays, of laying Cinamon and Amber with the Flowers. An Extratt of Poppy Flowers* P Ut Spirit of Wine upon red Field Poppy-flow¬ ers, digefl it till the Spirit of Wine is higWy tinfted. Dicant,lf it be not high enough, putitup- on new flowers. When it is tinged enough, dicant and philter, and diflil of the Spirit of Wine to the confiflence of an entra-fl, of which eight or ten grains is a Dofe. This is to be ufed inflead of a La- Annum , and with better fuecels, in cauflng reft, and in Surfeits, cauflng a gentle Sweat, and thereby dif- charging the Stomach of what opprefleth it. Limon Water. P Are off the yellow rinds of Limons, thin as to make chips, which will be as low as the Pores go } and put them into a Glafs body with a Head and Limbeck, and diflil them in B^/«^;,with gentle heat. ( 138) hear. You fhall have a very fprightful water ("with Oyl fwimming upon it; which conferves it) where¬ of a little will Aromatife Wine or any liquor, and make it very pleafant. It is a very pleafant Cordial- water to diflolve Sugar in Orange-flower-water, and then mingle Spirit of Wine with it y both of them to your table, for fweetnefs and ftrength. If you diftil Rafpes in a cold Still, as you do Ro- fes, and put a little of that water into Sack or other Wine, or into Claret or White wine and Water it will Aromatife it very flrong of Rafpes (without changing the colour) and make it very pleafant , two or three fpoonfuls is fufficient to a quart of Sack. An excellent Cordial (Vater of Sweet Mar)c~ ram , exceeding good for the Head and Me¬ mory. F ill a Cucurbite, reafonable lightly, with Sweet Marjoram duly dried ; fet it in an iron pot full of water, which is over actual fire , and fill it up with Brandy , and after a days digeflion diftil it gently. Keep the flrong Spirit by it felf; then change the Receiver, and keep theflegm by it felf, ceafrng difiilling when it cometh iniipid, weak both of Wine and Herb. In neer a quart of this fiegm diflolve one pound of pure double refined Sugar , and let it flew feme hours in boiling Balneo to make them incorporate.well. If the liquor be not perfectly pure, heat the Solution to alnioll boiling, that the drofs may rife for you to feum it off. A quart of this Syrup will ferve to fweeten near two quarts of the firff Spirit, to moft tafles. You may either put more Syrup, or make the Syrup Ilronger of Sugar, if you are afraid of making the Compo- Cl 3 : p) Compofition too weak. You may make your firft Spirit ftronger of Herb, by drawing it again from frefh (dryj Herb. You may add Ambergris to make it more Caphalick and virtual. You may do the like with Rofemary tops and flowers. To ma^e Hipocras presently. T Ake twelve drops of Oyl of Cloves, eight of Oyl of Nutmegs, and five of Oyl of Cinamon, Put them into a large flrong drinking Glafs, and mingle well with them two ounces of the pure ft double refined Sugar in Powder, Then take twen¬ ty drops of Rofe-water in a fpoon, and in it a lit¬ tle Ambergris, and a little Musk and then pour that to your former Compofition, and work all well together 5 and if you find the matter too moifit, kneadfome more Sugar amongft ir. If you put a little of this Compofition into a quart of Wine, and make it fweet with Sugar befides , it will tafte like excellent Hipocras. To make a Coagulated Spirit of Ambergris* P Ut one ounce of Amber bruifed into little pie¬ ces , into the head of a Refrigeratory. Lee there be eight or ten ounces of pure Spirit of Wine in the Refrigeratory j-clofe the Joynts very well. Diftil over the Spirit of Wine , and in paffing over boiling hot, it will impregnate it felt ftrongly of the Amber. Do the like with excellent Orange-flower- water made carefully of pure flowers, (and often reftified upon frefh flowersJ and other frefh Am¬ bergris. Put one part of the ambered water to three parts of the ambered Spirit of Wine , and they will inftantly coagulate (to a droT) into a con- (14° ) confidence of Butter: which is, both very plea - fant for the odour and tade, and alfo a vCry great Cordial. You may add an eighth part of Musk to the Amber. And when Orange-flower water cannot be had, ufe a pure and fpiritful Rofewater indead of it. Diflolve Ambergris and Musk ("one part to eight} in lufficient quantity of pure Spirit of Wine (as fix- teen or twenty parts to one} fo that all the Amber may remain diltolved (after twenty or thirty days digedion} when the Glafs is through cold. Dicant or philter it from remaining dregs. Put it into a Re¬ tort, or rather into a Body with a Head and Lim¬ bec 1 -;,and didil itoffin Balnea ,with as gentle warmth as may be, fo that (for example} there be fixteen or twenty meafures between every drop. Ceafe when you find the body dry, and like a foft Gum. This will be of an excellent odour and fade,and the Spirit of Wine will have carried over very little of the virtue or Spirits of Amber: Or put Spirit of W ine upon Amber, to be three or four fingers breadth over it. Diged it in Bdneo till it be highly tinried : Pour off that and pour on frefh Spirit of Wine. Diged as before till it be tinfted. Repeat this till you have all the tincture •, then evaporate the Spirit of Wine to a Gum o'r Butter. ‘To makg Srvcet TVatcr> Ake Rofe leaves, Bay leaves, Lavender, Sweet X Marjoram , Eglantine, Pinks, of each two handfuls, Cores, Cinamon, of each one ounce : bruife all thefe , and pour upon them two quarts of drong Ale, (that is near the grounds} let them in- fufe twenty four hours, then didil it, and draw it till the Ingredients remain almod dry. A' 2 - C HI ) Another * T Ake Damask Rofes at difcretion, Eafil, Sweet Marjoram,Lavender, Wall-nut leaves,of each two handfuls, Rofemary one handful, a little Balm, Cloves, Cinamon, of each one ounce, Bay leaves, Rofemary tops, Limon and Orange Pills of each a few 5 pour upon thefeasmuch white Wine as will conveniently wet them, and let them infufe ten or twelve days then diffcil it off. Another . Takejuyceof Cloves three ounces, Calamus Aro- maticuSy Cyprefs , of each two ounces, Orchis half a pound, dry Rofe leaves, dry Spike flowers, of each two handfuls, Bay leaves one handful j beat all thefe to powder, and put them in a pot and pour upon them three gallons of fair water ; and let them infufe five or fix days ffirring it every day fe~ venor eight times. Then diftil it. Then take out the Bay leaves and ufe the reft for Sweet-bags, you may hang a little Musk in the water To Preferve Fruit all the Tear. . P Ut the fruit into a fit Cafe of Tin, and foder it together , fo that no air can get in ; then lay it in the bottom of a cold Well of running water. T’o makg Perfumes to Burn- T Ake half a pound of Damask Rofe-buds ("the whites cut off) Benjamin three ounces beaten to powder, half a quarter of an ounce of Musk, and K as ( *42 ) as much of Ambergris , the like of Civet. Beat all thefe together in a Stone-morter. Then put in an ounce of Sugar, and make it up in Cakes, and dry them in the Sun, or by the fire. There is no diffe¬ rence in making the Bags, but that they muff be red Rofes, and you leave out Sugar. Cajfolettes. T Ake Benjamin four ounces,Storax two ounces, Lignum Aloes half an ounce , Ambergris two drams, .Musk twenty four grains, Civet one dram, twenty Cloves, Cinamon in powder two drams ; the Peels of two Limons, ("cut fmall without touch¬ ing them with your hands.} Mix all thefe together with Rofe-water, and make a pa fie of it with your hands •, and never ufe it without Rofe-water or other Sweet water.You may fleep Gum Tragacanth in Rofc-water till it become a Mucilage, and with that work the other Ingredients into a pafte , and form it to Cakes for ufe. o make an Odoriferant 'Ball. T Ake Eeniamin two drams, Storax, pure fine La* danum , of each one dram, Bark of Cedar, the thin rind of Orange and Limon , Violets, Odorife¬ rant Roles, Rofemary, red Sanders, Calamus Aroma- (icus,o{ each half a dram. Cloves, Cubebs, Ireos of Florence-, of each two fcruples. Reduce all thefe in¬ to powder, and make Pafte of it with Gum Traga¬ canth fieeped in Orange-flower or Rofe-water. Then, heat a little theinfideofa Mortar, and put a fpoonful or two of Orange-flower or Rofe-water in R r , and upon that put one fcruple of Civet, and half * dram of Ambergris, aud grind it well together with ( H 3 ) ivith a warm Feftil. When it is well incorporated, put half a fcruple of good Musk to it, which incorr porate alfo •, dropping into the Compofition thirty drops of Oyl of Lilly Convally, when it is all cold. Then mix this Compofition with the firft Pafte, working them well together *, and laftly, add to it ten drops of perfeft Oyl or Quinteffcnce of Cina- mon made by Diffcillation. Then form this into Eallsof fuch a bignefsas you will have them, and dry them in the fhadow. Kofe r ajiils to Burn. T AkeBenjamin three ounces,Storax two ounces, Alexandrine or Damask Role-buds one ouncej grind the Roles by thcmfclves , and the reft alfo : Then take Lignum Aloes, Amber, fine Sugar, Ci¬ vet, powder of Cyprefs, of each half a quarter of a pound •, grind all thefe well together. Then mix it with Gum Tragacanth difiolved in Orange-flowers or Rofe-water, and make them up. Tlo make M ait b Pajiilf. T Ake fine Sugar well f fred one pound, Amber¬ gris two drams, Musk half a dram, grind the Amber, and Musk with a little Sugar, putting it in by little and little till all be well incorporated.Make pafte of this, thus : Take l'ome Kernels of Quinces, bruife them , and put them to fteep in fair water twelve or fifteen hours ; then ftrain the water through a Linen, and it will be gluant s with this make up your pafte,and let them dry in the fhadow, putting a "fieve upon them to keep it from the flies. K 2 fj ( H4 ) To waks a Pomos tbofe that are made in Spain, T Ake Benjamin half a pound, deep it in Rofe- water expofe it to the Sun the fpace of fix weeks, flirting it three or four times a day-, and when you fee that it groweth dty, add dill more Rofe-water to it. Then grind it well with four Cloves, and a little Cinamon in powder, and one ounce of Storax, half an ounce of the thin rind of Limon fhred very fmall, half an ounce of Amber¬ gris, a quarter of an ounce of Civet, half an ounce of the perfumed Italian Powder, one ounce of Rofe powder, a dram of Musk-, boil this together in as much Rofe-water as will jud cover it till it be well incorporated tbgether. This proportion will ferve for eight Pomos. In ufing it you mud keep it always covered with Rofe-water. To make the Sweet JTatsr , called in French L’eau d’ange. T Ake three pints of Rofe-water, half a pint of Orange-flower water, Musk, Ambergris,Lig¬ num Aloes, of each twenty five grains, Civet fifteen grains, Benjamin four ounces, Storax one ounce,all in fine powder i mix all thefe well together, and put them in a brafs Pot, covering it very clofe with Linen, and fet it to boil in a kettle full of water the fpace of three hours -, then pour off the clear, and put upon the remaining matter the fame quantity of frefh Rofe and Orange-flower water, and five or fix grains of Civet. Then of the red you may make Padils or Caffolettes. A (H5) A pleafant and wholefome Perfume for Tobac¬ co taken in a Pipe. T Ake one ounce of the hard Balfom that is in Nuts, Ambergris half a dram, Oyl of Ahni- feeds fix drops, Oyi ofCinamon fix or feven,or ten drops, Oyl of Thyme, five drops, Oyl of Nutmegs, Oyl of Lavender, of each two drops, Oyl of Cloves three drops , work all thefe well together by long malaxation in a Mortar warmed a little, into an uni¬ form gummy fubfiance : whereof as much as a Pep¬ per-corn prehed in at the top of a Pipe of Tobacco, will make it taffe exceeding well, and perfume the mouth and Room very pleafantly, by taking it in fmoke. Another. T Ake Balm of Peru half an ounce,feven or eight drops of Oyl or QuintefTence of Cinamon, Oyl £>f Cloves five drops, Oyl of Nutmegs, of Thyme, of Lavender, of Fennil, of Annifeeds, (all drawn by Diflillation") of each a like quantity, or more or lefs as you like the odour,, and would have it flrong- efl. Incorporate with thefe half a dram of Amber¬ gris. Make all thefe into a Pafle, which keep in a box. When you have filled your Pipe of Tobacco, put upon it about the bignefs of a great pins head of thisCompofition, and it will make the fmoke moff pleafingly odoriferous, both to the takers and to them that come into the Room •, and ones breath fweet all day after. It comforts the Head. To 7 o convert Ifater into Ice in Summer , without the help of either Ice or Salts. boiling Water into an earthen Pitcher or 1 Pipkin, that it be full ^ cover the mouth of it and fhut it very clofe } and (o hot hang it in a deep cold Well, in the Water ■, after a while, the boiled Water will be all become Ice, fo that you muft break the Pitcher to get it out. ‘fo Convert Jf'ater into Ice with Snow or Ice Immi dijitly. S Et a Glafs of water in a Bafon of Ice or Snow, as you do an Egg in Salt •, and fet a quick fire under the Bafon , and it will prefently drive the cold of the Snow or Ice into the Water and make it Ice. If you put Snow and Saltpeter into a quart Pot, and fet the Pot upon water fpilled upon a Table, and dir well the Snow and Salt with a dick j the Pot will prefently dick to the Table. A Tabic A Table of the Receipts con¬ tained in this Book. A F Or aV kind of Agues, Page 1,2,3,57 Agues and Fevers* 3 Aches in any part of the body , &c. 39 5 8 "To mahe Aurura Potabile, 9^9$ 97 B. For Bleedings, 25,^6 Burnings, 55 An excellent red Balfom, or Salve of g\ rent ver- tue , 5 H Biting of a mad Hog* 5s Balfom of Sulphur, for the Breajl , Lungs y 8 c. and for Tetters* 79 Balfom of Dr* Salvator Winter, 73 Bolus/or the Stomach and Liver* 211 Bezoardicum Theriacale, 114 Ball odoriferant* 142 K 4 For The Contents. C. For Coughing, 7 Colicks of ail kind, 7 Cold in the bead to draw Rbcume from it, 8 Cancers in the Mouth, Ereaji , or any part, 3^37 Cankers z« Mouth, 54 Cancered Freajis, 3 <5 Contufion or Bruife/, 6 4 Conception, to procure it, ifi Corn a chin us powder, 77 Corporihed of Spirit of Wine, 88 ^ .gmz* Corroborant, ' P3 Confortative, 105 Cordial Tablets, ic<> Cordial ro reji and for Surfeit , 120 Cooling s tomachal Mint-water , 121 Cordial water, ' 122 Cephalick Capital water, 127 Celdtial or Imperial water, 128 Cordial of Englijh Saffron, 101 Cordial n^fer of Siveet Marjoram for the Head and Memory , J 3 8 Coagulated Spirit of AmhergrU, i$p CalTolettes, 242 Cordial water of Walnuts, 132 Cinamon The Contents. Cinamon water or Spirit , u 5 Cordial water of Clove-Gilliflomrs , $37 Deafnefs, 2^ 7 a <2 good Delivery, 33 Droplie, 13,14,15,16,17,18.12 Dizzinefs and Swimming in the Head, 129 Diet Vrinl^, The Diet of MilJ^, To Digeit a large steal, E. 110 134 J 35 For the Eyes, Eyes red or bloudjhot , A great Electuary, Extra# of f'oppy Flowers , 24,25 25 103 *37 For all kinds of Fevers, Fluxes, For Fiftula’s and Vlcers , Felons, For the FallingTicknefs: Fry it to preferve all the year, 8?,11,12 70 54 32,3? 27^,305 Gowe The Contents* < ' v ■ G • Go-wt hot or cold , 51,52 Gangrene, and all foul difeafes of the skjn> 5 p, 6 0, 61, 62. Gonorrhsea, 63 *. .v. i r 1 j • *•— H. Haeraorroides, j p Hardnefs in Womens Breafts , 37,3 8 Head-ach, &c. 45 I. Far Impofthumes, Fellow, &c. 3 6 Jaundsfe of any kind> 28 K. 1 * 4 Far the Kings-Evil, 53 Kibes and Chilblains > 133 L. d Receipt of the Labour-Powder, 33 For a Loofnefs, 9,10 For the Leprofie, 45 Ladanum The Contents. Lidanum Opiatum. 112 Lime water , 137 L eau d’ange 204 M. For the Mother, 28 Menftruum of Citron Tills , 85 Menftruurri to open any Body , but thiefly the Body of Gold, $5 Mercurius vit£, $1 Medicinal Stone of great venues, 66 Medicine which hath done wonderful great ejfefis, 83 Medicine from Antimony and Mercury duJcis, J74 O. For Obllrudtions, 12,13 An excellent green Ointment of great vertues to be made in May, 57 Ointment for Wounds and Sores in Man orBeajl , 56,58,68 Ointment/or the Stomach , icp Orange Water or Spirit , 13 o Oil of Pearl for health, and for the face, £>7 Oil of Myrrh?) ioo For Tfce Contents. P. For the Piles, Poyfon inward or outward , Plague, PI u rifle, Palfie, Phrenfie, PIaifter for the fiomach. Plainer o/Norinberg, A Panacea of Antimony, An Excellent Plailler/or the Ba Pachimagogue, Purge in Fevers , Phyiical Salt Perfumes to burn, Pallils gf Rofes , Pafils for the Mouth. Pomos, 20,3^,40 27 4°,4i,4 2 5 ° 124,125 45 44,108 711 Be,8 1 72 113 117 99 241 .H3 ibid. 144 Pv. For Retention of Vrinc, Ruptures, Reflaurative and Cordial of Dates, 48,4P 53,54 105 S. For the St one and Gravel, Strangury of Vrinc, 4 5 ,47 48, 4 p 49 Squinlie f The Contents. Squinfie, 4^ Spitting of Blond, 27 Sinews and Head, . 28 Small-pox, 30,31 Sciatica and Kbeuniatifn, 50 Sharp humours to dry them up, <57 Sprain in the Back^, or any weakpefs, 109 An Excellent Spirit of Dr. Salvator Winter, Spirit of Sal Armoniac, Spirit of Verdegris , Salt of fartar Volatile, Surfeit Water, Spirit of Clary, Mynt, &c. Spirits 0/ Herbs , &c. Spirit o/Lignum Caffiar, Sweet JTtf/eri 74 78 87 90 121,12 p 126 *3 1 136 240,241 T. For the Toothach, 21,23 Teeth Gums, 21,22,23 Tetters or Herpes, 38,65 Jl pleafant and rvbulfome Perfume for Tobac¬ co tahgn in a Pipe, 143 Trembling */.?