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Cordiall Water.

Take Dragons, rosemary, wormewood, Sage
Scordium mugwort Scabius Balme cardus
Tormentall Leaves & roots Angelico leaves &
roots marygold flowers & leaves pimpernall
Sentary tops Bettony flowers & leaves wood sorrell
Agrimony and Rue 1/2 a pound of each Liquoras 4
Ounces Ellicampane roots 2 Ounces Slice the
roots small shred the herbs as Small as you can
with A knife then infuse all togather in 3
Gallons of white wine 2 nights then distill them
in A Limbeck you may draw 6 or Seven quarts
good, sweaten it according to your tast & put it
up in bottles.

A Cure for A Glandred horse or one broken winde

Give him raw Carroots greens & all if it be summer
washt very clean 2 or 3 att A time as you find
the horse desires them whiche he will doe after he is
vsed to them A while giue him of them 3 or 4 times
a day and let him haue water and provinder
as att other times but let all his Oats haue
honey rubbed among st them after he hath eaten
carroots 10 days giue him A spoonfull of the
powder of Ellicampane, mingled with honey &
ride him a little after itt & let him be kept
from meat or water 3 or 4 hour's giue him this
twice A weak every other weak still continueing the
Carroots & honey with his Oats let this be continued
3 or 4 months or longer if itt be necessary you need not
spare him in his serviss for exercise is very
vsefull in order to his cure.

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For the Bitte of A mad Dog

Take the Liver of a proud bitch & boil
it in Spring water it must be A spring
that the morneing Sun lights upon & when the
Liver is well boiled you must keep the broth
in an Earthen pot, and take the Liver & dry
itt in an Oven & then beat it to powder &
Searce through A fine Searce when you dress
the wound you must bath it with the broth warme
then thake some of the powder of the Liver &
Strew it upon the wound & soe bind itt up with
a Lining Cloath & dress it morneing & evening
till it be whole.

A Glister to draw wind from the [head]

Take Rue, Cammomile flowers of each one
handfull 2 or 3 tops of sweet marjorem
boil these in possit drink then strain
out about A pint, put into itt allmost
A spoonfull of Hirapiera two spoonfulls
of course suger when this is disolved strain
it and put itt into the bag