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{Mrs Cokain}
Mrs Cokain Drinke for the Kings Enele

Soke two quarts of runing spring water, one handful
of whit archangele flowers, sweet bruised fennell seeds, &
annisseeds of each an ounce, Sassaparilla and
sassafras, of each a quarter of an ounce, cut
in smal peeces, of Cloverwort, one good handfull,
an ounce of Liquorice [serafed] & shred thin,
put all these into a
furkin and boyle them on a very soft fier
till a third part bee conden'd, then strain it
and put to it two ounces of hony of roses, take
a quarter of a pint at a time, in the morning
fasting, at 5 a clock in the afternoon, and
when you go to bed, for 6: weeks spring &
fall, at least a chill May take less.

The cloverwort & Archangel flowers must be
gather'd in their season and left dry.

{Mrs Burwood}
To [Ticarey] Red Herrings

Skin & bone 8: Red herrings, steep them in ale
then set them over a soft fier to bee scalding hot
but not boyle, for 2 hours, then fry them in butter
then sower the butter from them, & shake them
with fresh buter and mustard, & forme them with
balls made of fresh fish, crumb of white bread,
sweet herbs, spice & buter, rol'd up with flower.
& fryed, yr fresh fish must be boyld.

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For a speck in the eye or rheum
{Mrs Houlder}

Take white archangell the tops, green and
flower and all, stompe and strain it, and take
two spoonfulls of the juice in a morning all the
while it lasts in flower, spring and fall, you
must bleed, vomit, and purge first.

The famous neck plaister for rhum in the eyes
{Mrs Harrison}
{L. Chichester}

Take of gum tragacanth halfe an ounce
marlik and olibanum, of each 3 drams, of bole
a dram and halfe, of mirtle seeds, spillian, or
flea seed, and pomgranate flowers, of
each one dram, burgundy firtch, halfe a pound,
gum caranna shrin'd, eight drams & venice
surfintine halfe an ounce;
{My friend Harrison}
Make it up after this manner.
Let your gum tragacanth, marlick, olibanum,
bole, mirtle seeds, flea seeds, & pomgranat
flowers, all bee beaten to a fine powder, and first
let your caranna gum, and burgundy fritch
be melted together, over the fier, then put in
all your powder, being mixed bye then, incorporat
them well with your gumm, and last of all, put
in your surfintine, mingle all well, and make
it up in roles.

To make fruit luff
{Mrs Scarborough}

Take a pound and halfe of pulpe of aney fruit
strain'd very fine, and a pound of sugar beaten &
seared, beat it with white of egg till it stiffe while
then drop it on glass, & dry it in a stone

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