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To Make the best Surfeat water

take one gatt of the best Brandy and half a
bushell of poppies to ounces of Annis three ounces
of Caraway [symbol?], and three ounces of sweet
Fennell, [symbol?], two ounces of Liquorish, and one ounce of [>atess],
six pennyworth of Saffron, and half a pound of figgs,
a quarter of a pound of Raisins, of the sun stoned half
half an ounce of Nutmeggs unclear half an ounce of
Cloves & Mace unclear quarter of an ounce of ginger
a handfull of Bame, a handfull of mint unclear
1 ounce of Cardimom seed put all these slit
your figgs pound your seeds and spices and let
stand in an Earthen pott or glass 14 daies
Close Stopt the strain out your water and
when you have done soe put your drugs
a steep in some stronge beere let it stand
4 dayes then distill it in a cold still and
you will have a good water that with
sirrup of poppies is a good surfeat water,
to every bottle of surfeat water you
must put in an ounce of suggar candyed.