-

117 A Diet Drink prescribed
by Dr Wright to Sr Rob: Quarless
being sick of the Goute in his foot
[Rʒ]: the leaues of Bittony; Eye bright the
topps of red sage, the leaues of brooklime
of water Crosses an My: Three handfulls of
the herb called Groundpine or field Cypress in
Lattine & soe knowne to Apothecaryes; Ira
Arthetica; of hearts tongue, of Agrimony of
Maidenhare; ise of Carduus Benedicta of milk
thistle which is called Carduus Marioe an mj of
Monks rhubarb, of red Dock roots, of Asparagus
sliced an iiij steep these two hours cutt and
sliced in a sufficient quantity of Wort, not
throughly boyled, of a middle strength, then
boyle them to a pottle, puting in towards, the end
of the boyling a pint of Sack; To this strain'd
put 3 gallons of Wort of the same strength
while it is hott, & to both the Juyce of Garden
Scurvy grass, of Common Scurvy grass a pound
and soe let them coole & work together; that
it work not over: when it is coole; put it in a
sack: kunlott fitt for the Quantity together with
The bagge. After ten dayes drink it

The Bagge 118
Rp Orange pills mj sassa porilla ounces iij
sassaphres ounces lignum guacum ounces ij of the
wood of Misseltoe of the Oake which is a propper
Indredient for the Goute ounces iij Hormodackt curbith
Rubarb, agarie an ounce Cloves Ginger Cytron pills
sweet fennel good sage flower an iiij Radie
an geraiani ounces iiij beate those into a gross powder
and put them into a bagge with a stone in it to
hang in the middle of the vessell If it happen you
haue not a vessell just fitt for the Quantity put
in soe much soe much Oatmeale into the bagge
as will fill up the vessell the same bagg will
serve for a second or Third liquor
How to make the Balsome
Take a small pipkin & put in your sallot Oyle
and other oyle overnight and streine
them well together with a Baystick then sett
them by till next morning. Then take an other
pipkin & put in 3 pintes of Conduit water then
strip the berbs & wash them well, then shred
them small & put them into your pipkin with
the rest of your Ingredients (the oyle excepted) for
they must simper by themselues a quarter of an
hour being well stirred with a Baystick, & you other
being boyling the same space then take them both of
56