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Mr Mathias his Palsey
water also for the Apoplexy

Take of Lavender flowers stript from
the stalks & fill them with a large gallon
glass poure upon them very good spiritt
of Wine or very good Aqua Vitoe destilled
from all fleeme then cirrulate them for 6
weeks very close stopped & clad with a
blackler, and see that noething may breath
out let them stand in a warm place then
distill them with a Lembeck with this cowler
Then put into th said water of Sage flowers
Rosemary flowers Bettony flowers Buggles flowers
the flowers of Lillies Conuallium & Cowslipp
flowers of each a handfull steep them in good
spirit of Wine, every one in his season till all
may be had. Then put them all digested together
put alsoe to them of Bawme flowers Motherwort
Spick flowers Bay leaves; Orang leaves if they
may be had of each an Ounce, cutt them all severally
and put them together in the aforesaid distilled
Wine or Malmsey & put them together & distill
them as aforesd, being stopped the space of 6 weeks
Then in this distilled water put Cytron pills dried
th yellow pill or also of lemmon pills & piony seeds
hulled of each 6 drams, of Cinamon half an
ounce of Nutmegs Mace Cardomomes, Cubebs;

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Yellow Saunders, of each half an Ounce
Ligni Allows one dram. Make all these
into powder, & put them into the aforesd
tdistilled water & put to them Jujabies new
and good half a pound. Take out th stones aforesd
cutt them small close your Vessell well with a
double bladder : Let them digest 6 weeks,
then straine this with a press, & filtrate
the Liquor, & put into it prepared pearle
ounce jj smaragds prepared scruple j Ambergreece, musk
saffron an scrupless Red roses dried well & sweet
smelling : red Sawnders & yellow ounces j . stamp
these in a Sarcenett bagge in the water well
closed that noething breath out

This water is good in all swoundings
weakness of the Heart, decaying of the spirits
Apoplexy Palsey Epelepsy, all paines of the joynts
comeing of cold all bruises outwardly bathed &
dipped Cloaths in it laid to it It If comforth the
Animall bitall & Naturall spiritts; cleareth
th externall sences strengthneth th memory
restoreth lost Appetite all weakness of the stomach
both by takeing in inwardly & bathing with it
outwardly

{Use} Take a quarter of a spoonfull either in the fitt or
to prevent it take morning & evening a quarter
of a spoonfull with Crusts of bread and sugar for
the palsey or Apoplexy and fast half an hour after

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