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Receits for Syrups.

A sirrope for a Cold or consomption.

Take halfe a pinte of plantine water. halfe a pinte-
of hysope water. halfe a pinte of Venigar. half a pinte of spring water. halfe a pinte of Hunny. halfe a pinte
of raisins of the sun stoned. 4 ounces of doble refined sugar
mix all these cold together, putt them over a slow fire
if you boyle them too fast it will not be clear.

Another Syrop for a cough & consump=
-tion of Dr. Lower

Take Coltsfoot 3 handfull. Burnet grafs. Burrage. Straw=
-berries leaves and violet leaves of each 2 good handfull.
unseed hysop and maiden haire of each one handfull. Cumfry
roots in a handfull scraped washed and sliced. Boyle all these
in a quarte of spring water till half be wasted and it be
of a deepe yellow colour then straine. it out, and to one quarte
putt to it two pod. of double refin sugar which boyle to -
a syrop.

How to make Syrup of Steel.

Take one ounce of the best filing of steel; putt it into a quarte.
Botle of the best white wine, lett it stand a fortnight, shaking
it every day two of three times; then putt into the Botle a -
quarter of an ounce of mace & lett it stand a weeke longer, then
filter it thorow a browne paper, and to every pint of the wine
putt a pound & a quarter of a double refin'd sugar, when the sugar
is dissolved putt it up into Botles.
Take a spoonfull or two which you are most inclined to, in the -
morning fasting in five or six spoonfull of the scorbutuk Julep -
underwritten.

The scorcutick Juleps.

Camamille flowers water, Elder flowers water of the best of each -
4 ounces; of the compound Briony's water two ounces; of the compound
wormswood water one ounce & a half.