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The tempature and vertues of Buglasse
The roote dioscorides mixed wth oyle, cureth greene wounds and addinge thereto a little barey meale, it his a remedy against St Anthonies fire It causeth sweate in agues as Plinie saith, if the juice be mixed with a little aquavite & the body rubbed therwth
The Phisitions of the later tymes use he leaves flowers & roots, in stead of borage, and putt them both in to all kinds of medicines indifferently, wch are of force and vertue to drive away sorrowe & pensivenes of the minde and to comforte & strengthen the harte, the leaves of like opation wth those of Borage, and are used as potthearbes for the purposes aforesaide, as well Buglasse as lange de beefe and also to keepe the belly soluble
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To make perfumes.
Take iii ounces & a halfe of Beniamine & lay it in rose water foure dayes, then beate it fine & take halfe a pound of damascke rose leaves the white beinge cut out Then beate them fine in a stone morter Then take Beniamine & put the Roses & beate them together untill it come to A paste Then take it out & mingle it with halfe a quarter of an ounce of Cenitt, & mould them in an ounce & a halfe of the best sugar finish sersed, then make them in litle cake & lay a rose leafe on both sides then laye them on a borde that hath noe stout to drie where noe Aire cometh & when you will use them take of the rose leaves.
Aquamirabilis
Take Gallmigall, [losres] [quibiles] Ginger millilott Colliander mace nuttmegge of wich a dram : & of the joyce of Salardine halfe a pinte, And mingle all theese made in powder wth the same joyce, & wth a pinte of good aquavite & 3 pints of white wine, putt all theese to gether in a glasse Stillitory & lett it stand for all night & on the Morrowe still it wth a verry softe fyer thtt, is to bee psed a spoone full to bee drinke once a weeke in the summr & twyce in the winter
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The receipte to make rosasolis Take a pottell of Rosasolis otherwyse called roses of the sonne:
