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To make the Cordiall powder

Take burnt hartshorne 2 drames white Corall 2 drames Coraline
2 drames prepared pearle one Scruple make th^m all into a fine
powder & take of it as much as will heeape upon a groat &
mixe it with as much of th^e powder of earthwormes as will
heape upon a groate & wett it in a spone with a litell posett
drinke made with hartshorne ivory marygold flowers &
drinke a draught of it after & use excersise fasting 2
howers after it.

A Recipt to make Spiritt of Clovgille flowers

Take halfe a pecke of Clove Gilleflowers cutt of th^e
white thⁿ thrust th^m close into a ston pott & put to
th^m a pottell of th^e best sake stope it very close &
tye it with a lether & set it in a seller 4 dayes
Then still it in an ordinary still take soe maney
gilflowers as befor soe cutt & putt th^m into a pott
th^e distilled watter & power upon th^e gilleflowers as you
did th^e sacke before & soe let it stand 3 or 4 dayes more
& thⁿ still it againe & power it upon halfe a peck
of freash gilleflowers more & soe doe this 3 or 4
tymes in th^e last stilling put 2 ounces of whit
sugar Candy finly beaten & put in to th^e glase that
receaveth it.

A Cordiall Electuarye La: Darces

Take of Eringo rootes preserved [Bittern] pills preserved of each 6 drammes
conserve of clovegilleflowers 5 drams conserve of red roses of burrage and
rosemary flowers of barbaryes of each halfe an ounce powder of amber & red
corrall of each 20 granes diamargiarton frigidum 2 scruples confectio all-
kermes 2 drams [east bezer] 10 granes; of ambergrease 3 granes: sirup of
clovegilleflowers as much as is sufficient to make it into an Electuarye there
must be conserve of cowslips as much as is of the gilleflowers.

A good surfet watter

Take of mint & wormwood & Cardus an equall quantity
or if you will more of cardus & so much new milk as
will cover th^e hearbs & let it steep all night & distill it next
morning this is very much approved.

To make th^e same called milk watter

Take cardus mint angeleco wormwood rue th^e herb called medow sweet
balm thes herbs if dryed are better than to use them green of
each a like quantity & put as much new mi[l]ke as will cover
them & so still it in a pewter still this watter is accounted
good agst surfets & to sweeten th^e blood, allso to take a good
quantity of hogs lice swetens th^e blood.

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To make th^e plague watter

Take of Sage Salendin rosemary Rew worwood Rosasollis mugwort
pimpernell dragon scabious Agerymony Balm Cordore Carus St John
wort Bittany flowers & leaves & of mary gold flowers & leaves of each of
thes 2 good handfulls then take th^e roots of tormentill Angelica & Elicompany
pinoy & licoris [petecisus] & buterbane fentia zedery of each
of thes an ounce let all thes hearbes be washed & shaken in a
lining bag till they be dry shreed th^m all together th^e roots being
thin sliced thⁿ put th^m into an Earthen pot w^th a glaon & half
of whit wine so let it stand 2 dayes close covered stiring it
once a day destilling th^m in an ordinary rose still not a limbeck
still it w^th a soft fire reserving of th^e first 3 pints of th^e 2^d
a quart of th^e last a quart stop th^m Clos w^th a Cork
you may give to a man or woman of th^e strongest 2 spoonfulls
though she be quick w^th Child of th^e 2^d sort twice as much
th^e Last sort given tow Children th^t are young a Spoonfull lukwarm
in a litle sugar or sugar candy

An Excelent receipt for th^e plague w^ch did help 600 in York & in one house
wher 8 were Infected 2 of th^m drunk of it & lived th^e other would not & dyed

Tak of ruh or hearbagrace a handfull half an handfull mary gold
fetherfew burnet sorell of each of thes as much, a good handfull of
th^e hearb Dragerion roots & wash all thes very well thⁿ bruse th^m &
put th^m into a pot of watter thⁿ boyle it well till it come to a quart let it cool
& strain it through a faire lining cloth thⁿ put in a peice of sugar & 3
drames of mitherdate this must be drunk befor th^e marks come forth

To make a good surfet watter of popeys Lady Winsors way

To 6 galands of brandy take 4 good bushells of popyes th^e feild ons th^t grow
in wheat gather th^m as much as posible in fair weather sift th^m clean from th^e
seeds [peick pick] th^m from th^e green knots as fast as they are sifted put th^m into th^e
brandy mixing th^m w^th th^e other druges ready prepared allso 5 quarts of burage
& buglas flowers cowslipes & sag flowers & of rosmary flowers if you can get th^m
of each 3 pints a peck of gileflowers cliped 12 pound of blak cherys washed &
strained thⁿ break th^e stones in a morter & put th^m in allso a pound of figes a
pound of raisons half a pound of dates all stoned & cut an ounce of cardemon
seeds half an ounce of Anyseeds brused 2 good handfulls of Angeleco stalks slit
very small 6 ounces of liqurish scraped clean & infuse thes alltogether
for 14 dayes stiring it 2 or 3 tymes a day to th^e botom keep it close covered
thⁿ strain it from the druges swetening it w^th a litle duble refined sugar
so botell it up for your use it will keep many yeares as good as at th^e first
when th^e watter is strained off all to th^e druges a galond more of whit wine
w^th a good quantity of green balmn stilled in an ordinary still this
makes a very good cordiall watter & you may ade some more blak cherys

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