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A Snaile watter against a Consumption

{this watter was
made by the Quens
Docter when she
was in a Consumption}

Take 3 Quarters of a pecke of snailes 3 handfulls of
fenille upon which let them worke one houre then
Take the same quantety of feneill againe soe let them
work another houre then take & breake of the shells then Take
2 Gallons of reed Cowes milke pute in the snalls & let it boyle
till it come tow one Gallon then grate in 2 nutmeges put in
a pound of Rasons of the sune stoned an ounce of aneyseeds an
ounce of English lickorish an ounce of sweet fenell seeds an ounce
of caraway seeds then pute it in a still & with it put in ballme &
spere minte & liuer worte & longeworte harts tounge & one sprige
of smallege & Tameris not Tameresk this take in the morning 6
sponsfulls & as much at 4 of the Cloke in the after none

A Lozeng made of snaills good for A Consumption

Take snaills let them worke upon feneill as befor then Take your beste
loafe sugar beatting it very fine sifeting it through a tifeney when your
snalls have wrought pricke them & put them in a bage of tifeney soe let them
hange ouer the sugar droping into it then let it drye in the sune which when
it is drye you may cute forth into lozenges

A Tryed Medeceine for a Consumption or Coufe
of the Longes

Take 40 snailles shells & all & wipe them uery Cleane then take a nuw earthen
pane & take some feneill & put in the botom of the pane lay a layer of the snalls
a tope of it & then spreade some more feinell then put more snaills till all
the snailles be put in & soe let them stand all night close couered then prepare some
fine sugar beaten uery small & a boulter bage then Take the snalles in the morning
& wipe them uery clane & take them one by one & pricke them with a bodkine
through the mouth 3 or 4 tymes a pece & the snalls shrinking into the shell stope
the holles of the shell with the beaten sugar & soe put them into the bage &
hange them up from whens will procede a surope which surope take a sponfull
first in the morning & in the afternone & last at night let the bage be wete
with reed rose water befor you put in the snailles

A tryed receipt for A consumption: & all inward ullcers it puerey[th ]
the blud singularly asueredly it is a souerane
medeceins for all euells of the body

Take 3 alle quarts of fountan watter & steepe it in a
whole night an ounce of China slised with halfe a pound
of rasons well washed & stoned 3 quarters of an ounce
of English licorish slised & 3 quarters of an ounce of
aneyseeds seet thes one the fyer the next morning till it
be boyled halfe away let it boyle softly on an earthen
pot well glased which hath a narow mouth the first day
take it thus made after this maner drinke noe other
at your meale but drinke it cold & at night when
you goe to bed drinke another draught warme.
the 2 day make the like quantety of watter & use it
after the same manner

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A Medicine For the Running of the Reines

Take twoe New laid Eggs put away the yelks Whites of them; & put
to the yelks the pouder of synamon and mastick of each as much as
will lye one a three pence and one spoonefull of Rose water into each
egge and a quarter of a spoonefull of the pouder of sweete mintes into
into each egge, then Roast the yelkes very Reare, and soe supp it off fasting
nine Mornings Together

Another for the same

Take one spoonefull of hasell nutt shells punne them to pouder and
drinke it in a Draught of muskadine fasting, and soe continew till
the patient find ease

Another for the same

Take halfe a spoonefull of Rosen finely beaten and mix it w^th
3 or 4 spoonefulls of fayre Water & soe lett the partie greiued
Drinke it first and last; fastinge 2 houres after it

Another for the same

Take a new Laid egge and poure out the white then fill up the shell
with uenis turpentine stirre it well together & lett the partie supp it
offe euery morninge; fastinge after it 2 houres for the space of a
weeke together; & by the blessinge of god it will cure him

A water for a Consumtiue parson & to
cleare the reines & strinthen the bake

{This is M^rs Robinsons}

Take clarey Comfrey flowers of acheangell lay a layer of clarey
at the botome of your still then strow a handfull of the flowers
then lay Comfrey then strow your flowers against then lay clarey
& soe lay it till your still be full but let there be twise
as much clarye as comfrey in your still a quart of Aarkangell
flowers to a still sprinkell thes hearbes with muskedine or
allegant then put these2 ounces of white powder sugar candey at
the botom of your glase yoar still dropes into it still it twise
take 3 or 4 sponfulls of this at a tyme morning & when you goe
to bed & at 4 a cloke this is to be stilld in may

An Exelent Restorative watter for one in
weakenes it hase beene aproued by maney to be uery good

Take 3 pints of nuw milke one pinte of rede wine 24 eggs nuw
lade only the yelkes of them the whites pute cleane away & beate
them all together then slice in 4 loues of nuw white breade & if
you please slice in a fuw figes & dates then stile it with
a soft fire

then take a sponfull of the water in your drincke or broth
euening & morning fasting Take a sponfull or to with a litell
sugar constantly for a mounth together & it will help you
much probatum est

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