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The Lady Allens Water for
the Stomacke Small pox
or Surfett.

{Allan}
Take of Sage, Sallendine, Rosemary, Rue,
Woormwood, mugwort, Pympernell, dragons,
Scabious, Egremony, Balme, Scordium, Century,
Cardus benedictus, Betony, Rosasolis, of each
a good handfull, Angelica Rootes, henbane
rootes, turmentyle, Zedourpe, Liquorish, of
each halfe an ounce, slice the rootes and
wash the hearbes, & shake them & dry them
in a Cloth & shred them, put them alltogether
in a gallon of white wine, & steepe them in
it 2 dayes & 2 nights close couered, and
then put it into an ordinary Still, & so
still it, & when you take it let it be luke
warme, & put some sugar in it 2 or 3 or
4 spoonefulls to a [childe] of the stronger,
& 6 of the smaller, & to an elder more.

The Receipt for the precious
Water of Wallnutt.

{Allan}

Gather green wallnuts a good quantitie from
the Tree in the beginning of June, breake
them in a mortar, and distill them in a
Stillatory of Glasse, & keepe that water by
it selfe, & a fortnight after distill the
like quantitie, then distill these together in
a glasse Limbeck, & keepe it safe & close in a
glasse.

1 one drop in the eye will cure and heale all
infirmities in the eyes.

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