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Another for the
Take Assaphotida and scrape a little
of it into a spoonful of sack, or Beer
and let the partie drink of itt in the fitts

Another
Mingle flower & water & lett the party
drinke it against fainting fitts

Buttlers Generall
Dyatt drink
Rp of China, sassophras and sarsparilla and
polopod; an ounce slice & bruise them in a mortar
infuse in a gallon of spring water 24 hours, then
boyle them in an earthen pipkin close covered an
houre & an half then put in of licorish ounce
[Horsedartill] ounce ij Agrimony, Bettony & [Chamofititis]
an handful, Boyle them with the roots water to its former quantity; &
putt to it a pint of whitewine, or Muskadine, soe
let itt boyle half an houre longer, then put in of
sene, and ffennell seeds, an ounce ij Stockador and [Cotrath] ounce
Epithymum ounce iij Maiden haire ounce ij Boyle them
withall the rest a Q!uarter of an houre then take
them from the fire 3 or 4 houres straine itt and
drink half a pint

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If the Body be cold & moist, then in China, or
Carduus Bonodict: ounce ij, but if itt be not soo addicted
you may leave out both; You must take 8 or 10
dayes for certaine, and keep a good Dyet & last
of all you must take a very good Purge at the &
and of the Dyet Drink. It will keep but 4 dayes in
Summer & 6 in winter.
Dr Buttler

Take away freckles
of the or Morphew, or
sunneburne

Take a pinte of distilled Vinegar, putt
therein 3 new laid egges with their shelles
whole, and 2 or 3 yellow dark roots pithd
and sliced and a spoonfull of the flower of
brimstone, let them stand close covered 3 or 4
Dayes afterwards use itt 3 or 4 times a day
The manner of useing itt is this, Tye some
braun in a cloath hard like a batt, then dipp
the clout in itt and soe wash the face
Dr Ailmer

To prevent the small
pox

Take 3 pennyworth of Mithredate and six
pennyworth of Diascordium, mix them in half
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