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Dr. Hamiltons Recipet to make Easy Labor

Take two penny worth of dates one penny worth
of rosemary flowers one penny worth of Cowslips
flowers 2 penny woth of sugar candy, one ounce of
anniseeds, a quart of a pound of Raisins of the sun Soak
all these in a bottle of white wine Take a glass
full morning and Evening frequently eat good
figgs, and take a spoonfull of good oyl morning
and Evening

After you have drank the first bottle of wine
the bottle may be filled up again, for the same
fruit will bear 2 bottles of wine The first bottle
must not be quite drank off before you fill it again

It may be taken 2 or 3 months before the
person is brought to bed It must not be taken
if the person is apt to have a purging

To make white Elder Wine. Sister Brydges

Take 6 Gallons of water & 12 pounds of raisins chop't small
and 12 pounds of sugar, boil all these together Then
take the flowers of elder when in full blossom , rub
them off lightly to the quantity of a peck put 'em
into the liquor when almost cold, and 6 spoonfulls of
syrup of Lemon next day put 4 spoonfulls of yeast
Let it stand 2 days Then put it into a Vessele that
the quantity will fill and let it stand 6 months
and then bottle it