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A Preservative against the Gout or the Elder Drink for the
prevention of it
Take a pint of Ale boil it as long as any Scum will rise
& when you have Scum'd it til it boil clear pouer it out into a
poringer to half anhandfull of dry Elder Flowers Buds Peele
or leaves either of these three are best in Spring Time then let
it Stand til it be cold anoufe to drink then Straine it out &
fasting drink it you are not oblig'd to a perticular quantity
leaving that as your own discretion Suggest to make it Stronger
or weaker according to the constitution of the person the first two
dais tis apt to make you a little sick & perhaps purg
once. Probatum Est.
These Directions since the daily following them has preven^ted
the the much afflicted Coll Mornto of laboring the much under
this painfull gouty Tumour this is to be continuly drink
this came from M^r Hunt Withers & was sent by
Madam Judeth Eliot