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The lady Hewits Cordiall water

{Cousin Coke} Take of Red sage betteny spermint unsett hysope settwell balme
pinyrial sanacles salendine watercresses Laventer Angelica germander
Calamint tamaris coltsfoot Aringoes valerien sapsafrax pimpernell
vervin parsley rosemary savory scabies Egrimony mothere of time wild
margerome Romanwormwood Cardus Benedictus pellitory of the wall
feild daysey with the leaves roots & flowers dryed togethere of each of
these severall herbs take the quantity of a great handfull after they
are picked clean

Take of Rue yaron comfrey plantine camomile maiden hair sweet
margerome of each of them a handfull before they are picked
of red rose leaves couslope flowers rosemaries flower currage flower
buglace flower maregold flowers of each of these halfe a peck
of aniseeds sweet fennell seeds parsley seeds caraway seeds of each
halfe an ounce: of spicknard of Elecompany roots dryed mellett
flower calamus Aromaticus Cardimum Lignum Aloes Rubarbe
slided thin gallingale veronica of each of
them halfe an ounce of Juniper bery 2 drames of Aromatica
rosa solis 4 drams of china roots one ounce of sasafras sliced
thin one ounce of virginia snakeweed 2 ounces -
wash all the forenamed herbs and dry them in a cloth shakeing
them till they be dry then cut them & put them equaly into for
great earthen pots & in the midst of the herbs put in the flowers
& drugs ading allso these spices nutmeg Ginger sinamon white pepper
cloves & mace of each halfe an ounce the seeds spices & drugs
being first bruised then put there such a quantity of the best
shery sak as will cover & steep very well & let them stand 24
hours or more very close start then put it in a cimbeck & draw
of the pots one after the othere draw from each pot 3 pints of
the best the rest will be smaller to every quart of strongest
put in these cordial 200 grains of bezar 15 grains of amber
grees 15 grains of musk of flower of perl 1 dram of flower of
red corall & white & of amber each a dram and ounce of
harts horn finely pared half a pound of the purest white suger
candey beaten & sersed you must put in about tow penny
worth of saffron in a bag & let it hang in the Glass when
all the cordials are in it must be stopt very close with a
blader & leather tyed on it: it must every day be shaked
for the space of 15 days to make the cordialls encorperate
& then the longer it is kept the better

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A medcin to stop a flux

{L. Denbigh} Take halfe a pint of plantain water and half
a pint of red rose water, mix them together;
Set a pint of New milk on the fier and as
often as it rises quench it, for nine hines and
then drink of it,

Sace for boyld rabets

Parboyle the hiers, then take one the strings
and shred them very small, with spinage,
parsley, and sorell, and a little peper, roll
all these up in butter and skewer it up in
the rabets belleys, when they are boyld, take
it out, and in a sace pann Mix it with
the yolke of a hard egg, [suen] Leaman shred,
and a little of the juice, a little salt and
as much butter as makes it pretty thick.

To make while Quince past

{L. Penbigh} Seale your Quinces a very little, and cut them
in peeses, then cover them with the juice of
grated quinces, and to boyl it together till it bee
a thick pulse, then just weight for weigh of
sugar wanting 2 ounces to a pound, so [Glove] and
store them

A sheet or too of white paper
boy in above a pint of milk
boyl it well & drinke it for a
loosness Mrs H Halton

To stop a flux

{L. [Thames]}Take a quarter of a pint of Treacle Water, and put
into it one ounce of Diascardium, shake the bottle and
take one spoonfull when the you to bed, or to it very