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To Make The Sacred Tincture

Take one quart of white wine put to it one Ounce of
the powder of Hirapicra shake itt twice Aday set the
bottle in Such Aplace, as itt may have some Aire
of the fire att 4 dayes & you may give itt To any
one that is obstructed in their Stomack 4 Spoonfulls in
the morneing fasting as much att 4 in the afternoon
next morneing 5 Spoonfulls & soe in the afternoon
en crease every day A spoonfull till you come To
Ten Spoonfulls, then lesser till the patient take
out the whole quart if itt work above 4 or 5 times
in A day give itt but only in the morneing this
Tincture thus vsed is Singular against the Green
Sickness.

A Powder for Convultions falling
Sickness or fitts of the Mother

Take of the scull of a man Green before itt is dry and
the Stone that growes in An Oxe's gall, dry them in all
Oven, beat them to To Oven powder give as much as
you can take up with A groat or Six pence to any
one that hath fitts, in A spoonfull in what you
please, this seldom fells, saith the Author who
was A client of sergent Maynards, and
for want of money give him this receit of by
way of requitall.

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For A Plurisie

Take the Dung = of A stone horse or Geldingthat Standeth att hard meat,
putt A good quantity of itt hott & new made into bear or Ale, bruise
bruise the dung well ther in, then strain itt through A cloath
through A clean cloth & take as much of itt as will make
A good draught and put to it the quantity of A nutmeg of
Treakle; stir it well till the Treakle be dissolved in itt, then
warm it and drink itt in the morneing fasting & also att
night when you goe to bed soe it be 2 houres after your meat
let your Medicine be soe . be made fresh every day
if you can; if not y^w may make as much att once as
will Serve 2 dayes soe you make it strong enough and
put treackle to every draught as afforesaid but keep itt in
A very close vessell,

Also for A stich in the side which comes allwayes with A plurisy
you must take horse dung & fry itt with fresh butter
and if your stich be on your right side under your
Small ribs, lay this Medicine on the side of your back
derectly against itt soe that itt be not directly against
your heart, for the Medicine will move the Stich
To the place where itt laid & theirfore the Medicine
must not be laid near the heart for fear of draw
itt to that place, this hath often done great good both
for the Plurisie & also for any inward cold, that is taken
when A number of Other medicines would not break itt.
This hath been given to A young Child when
The red Gun hath been struck in & The Child
like to dye & itt hath recovered.