Dorothea Rousby Cookery Book

5 An Excellent Drink For one in A consumption Given By Dr Lamden Take 3 Spoonfull's of Succorie water 3 of Distilled milk 3 of Red Roase water mix ym all together In A Little Pott yn Take 9 Spoonfulls of ye Stripings of A Red Cow or A Black if you have not Red be sure to keep to one Cowes milk for it is not So good to chainge Put ye Affor Said milk into ye Affores[ai]d waters and add as much Sugar Candy as will Sweeten it Sett ye Pott in A Pan of Seathing water for ye milk being Putt to ye water will wax Cold and So Soune as it is blood warme; when you Awake in ye morning take itt and if ye Party be very weak lett ym [struck through] Sleep an Houre or 2 after itt and yn Eat what they like this must be used for A moneth together or longer as you See cause; it is an Approved Reamody

A Receipt for A Cough to Cutt Fleam and heal ye Stomack being sore with ye violence thereof Take 4 ounces of consarve of Roases 2 ounce of Raysons [?] Sum being Stoned 2 oz of [white?] Sugar candy finely beaten; bruse ye Rayson's in A Morter and when they are Small Putt in ye Consarve of Roses and candy Pounding ym all together Add 16 Drops of ye Spirit of Sulpher and 16 Drops of ye Spritt of vittorall these being well mixt take a Knife Pointfull of thiss Electuary Every morning and night as occation offers

To Stay Bleeding Take as Followes upon the 10th of Aprill goe to an Ash Tree and have your watch Sett by ye Sunne and Exactly upon ye very minute of 12 A clock lift up your Ax and cutt a bough of the Same bleed upon a Pd of this Wood and is mighty Efectuall for Staying ye Same

The Index Dr Butler's Receipt in pg 1st To help Degestion and Expell Winde in pg: 1st A Purge in Aprill in pg: 2nd Lozenges for A Cold in pg 2nd To make A Diett Drink in pg 2nd To make Wound Water in pg 2nd A Diett Drink for a consumtion or Any inward weakness in pg 3rd A Pouder Aproved Against ye Stone or wind collct in pg 3rd An Electuary for A consumtion in pg 3rd For the Stone in pg 4th For A Cough in pg 4th To make Sweet Pills in Pg 4th To heal Eyes Pained with Hott Rume in pg 4th To make neesing Powder in pg 4th To take away any Scurfe or Pimples Arising on ye Skin in pg 5th A Diett Drink to purifie the Blood pg 5th To make Scorbutick Pills in pg 5th For A cough to cutt fleam and heal ye Stummach in pg 5th For ye Scurvie or Dropsie in pg 6th To make Elixer Propretatis in pg 6th A Diett Drink to purge ye head And Body in pg 7th An other Diet Drink to Purifie ye Blood in pg 7th For ye Palsy or weak Sinnues or Any old Strean 8th To cuer A megrim or Any disseness in ye Head in pg 9th The Lady Rutlands green Oyntment pg 10th The Index Dr Lamdens Receipt pg 5th To Stay Bleeding pg 5th To heal ye Lung's in pg 6th For ye Stone in pg 6th To fasten ye Teeth in pg 6th Against A Stich in pg 8th For ye cough of ye Lungs 9th Against ye Stone pg 9th To make ye face Faire pg 9th To make A consumtive Plaister pg 10th To make Oyle of Exeter in pg 11th For A Bruise in pg 11th For A green wound pg 12th For A Burne pg 12th To make Issue[?] Plaister in pg 12th Unguentum inerantium 13th The Black Salve in pg 13th for Any Cutt For a consumtian in pg 14th To Stay Bleeding in pg 14 The caustick Powder pg 15 The tarter water and ye Red water in pg 15th The green oyntment in 16th The use of ye things in pg 16 For ye Ricketts in pg 17th 18th Pipin water for A cold pg 19th For a Hedick Feavour pg 19th A neesing Pouder pg 19th