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Receits for Stilling 71
A Cordial Water against Infectious diseases as
plague. Small pox. Measels. Burning feavers. It is
good also to remoove any Venom or Surfeit &
to Restore the Spirits.
Take read poppies. read roses flowers. read sage. fennell.
Buglose flowers & leaves. Balme. Burrage flowers & leaves.
Comfreys flowers & leaves. Marygolds flowers & leaves. Tormatil
leaves & rootes. Scabius. Egrimony. Bettony. Dragon Wormwood
Celendine. Angelica of each of these one pound. Fetherfew.
Mugworth. read pimprenell. Dentdelyon. hartsease. hartstonge
Maydenhaire. liverwort Rososolis. Wild thime. Mother thyme
Burnett. Woodsorrell. Hysops. Rosmary tops. Lavender of each
of these half a pound. Mint. Rue. Elicampana rootes of
each a quarter of a pound. Liquoris & Gallingal of each
half a pound; Pick your hearbs cleanr & weigh them,
shred them smal with a shoping knife; Scrape & shie -
your rootes. Add to this Garroways seed one pound, Coriander
seeds sweet fennels seeds. any seeds of each half a pound. One
pound of both sorts of Cardamon seed.
Steep all these in fourty five quartes of white wine
you must have sweet earthen potts to infuse them in,
and cover them close for 2 or 3 days then putt in 4 po^ds
of raisins of the sun & 4 pounds of figs cutt or chop them
smal, lett all these be stirred once or twice in a day for
six days. Then you may beginne to still them in a cold
still, close the ioints of your still with a paste of rie -
meale. this water must be given to a man or woman
a wine glas full att a time, to a child less. you must
not eate or drink for 2 hours after but if you be
dry you may drink some of the samllest water. You
must keep the first by it selfe and also the second &
third running.