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The vertues of this excellent water is againnst Apoplexy,
bead palsey or shakinng, gidness in the head, vapors swouning
vertigoes, good to provoke an Appetit, and is strangely effectual
to restore decay's nature. You must take a quarter of a spoon-
full with crums of bread, and fast an hour after it

The Snaile water

Take the tops of pine and stirr 2 haandfull, Dryed Egrimowy
Vervainne, heartstronng, maiden hair & green liverworth of each
a good handfull, dryed oranges rinds half an ounce; Cutt yhe
hearbs and the ridns small together, then take a quarte of
snailes cleanly pickt & wash'd, Bruise the shells & mix the hearbs
& snailes together and putt them into a cold still & poure vpon
them 3 quartes of milk from the cold, lett them innfuse all
night, & inn the morning draw it of with a gentle fire, It will
afford 3 botles , mix with the 3 bootles a pinte of magisteriall
Water, of water of worms; Drink a sack glass of it in a morning
sweetned with sugar, att 4 in the afternoone & last of all going
to bed ^{Some fter having purged the snailes in water 2 or 3 times still them in milk} with spear mint only

For a Hott Rheume in the Eyes

Tke Toade brood what a quantity you please putt into a swine
that the water may run from it. Then still it in a Rose still, &
with the waater wett your Eyes lids with a feather.

To make Mr Keebeus Read water

Take of mighty strong ale three gallons putt thereunto of
anysseeds clean dressed and bruised 3 quarters of a pound. Of li-
qourish cleane scraped thin sliced an bruised half a pound of
cinamon of the roots of Enala campana dryed of yhe rootes Jreas
each two ounces, slyced of bay berries blanched and bruised of ginger
paared & thin sliced, of nuttmegs thin sliced of great gallingall thin
slicied, of cassia ligna of each one ounce; of cloves of grains oof
long pepper of cumin seeds of corianders seeds of Cubebes of the
seed of ammonum, of the seeds of groweth seed of peony, seed of
sweet fennell seede of angelica, seede of ameos, of winter savory,
of saxtfrage seede of each of these half an ounce bruised of yhe
roots

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roots of ginian half an ounce thin slyced of alibanane of
mastick of mirrhe of each one ounce a like bruised of lignam;
aloes thin sliiced of macae of settwell rootes thin sliced of spick-
nard of each aa quarter of an ounce of read roses leaves dryed
two handfull of the flowers of sticados of the flowers of ca-
momille of each half an handfull, of the flowers of centorye
two ounces, canapitis of Diptamus cretiicus of St. Johns worte
of philodendule of pimpernell of scabius of pitony of Eagn-
mony Juniper berries of each an handfull some what dryed
of cypres roots, foure ounces of sugar foure ounces of Al-
Karett. Half your cinamon & lignem aloes must be re-
served out of the Brass pott and knitt in a litle bagg and
layd in the bottom of the reciver, and then putt haalf youor
sugar and Alkanett with an ounce of ambergris or less into
the receiver; all the Hearbs and flowers must be left out
of yhe brass pott, vntill you have draw your first draught
and when your first drught is draw, take aaway your receiver
and the bagg tht is therein and wring it hard into the
receiver that done take of your Lymbeck and all the substance
that is in yhe brass pott and lett it runn thorow a cive of haire
into some faire brass pan all the liquor from yhe spices putt
those spices innto the brass pott again and all your hearbs and
those spices into the brass pott again and all your hearbs and
flowers and also those same spices that are in the bagg putt
into them one gallon & a half of fresh ale; Then sett on your
Lymbeck and draw it as you did before, and into yhe receiver
putt the other ounce of cinamon knitt in the bagg and drain it
aas you did before & then putt the first & last draught together
& keepe it for your vse in some glass botle.

Rules in Stilling

You must begin with a slow fire att first & so grow hotter keep a
constant heat to make all waters good & strong, you must lute your still
with clay & brine mingled together (except you still in a glasse still) & wett a peece
of bladder & lay it vpon the nose of your still & the glasse that receiver the water to
keepe the spirits in, lett the glasse stand in cold water and as the water warmes laid it
out & putt in cold. Keepe wett cloths vpon the cape of your still.