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Candy bruised, and lett them stand 24 hours, then
take halfe a pint of red poppy water of those that
grow in the fields, and putt in the Aqua vitae those
take a pound & half of Raisin of the Sunn stoned
and put them into Aqua vitae; then take half a pound
of dates & stone & slice them, and add them to the
rest, then take of Anniseeds ℥j rubb them & blow
out the Dust; then take ℥ij of Liquorish & scrape itt
& slice itt and putt itt into the Aqua vitae and
after all those have bin steeped 4 days, put therein
a good handful of poppy leaves & as many of Cloud
Gilly flowers with one grain of Ambergreece &
six grames of Musk and lett them stand 9 dayes
stirring itt once a Day, then straine itt through
a Jelly bagge & keep itt
An excellent plaister
to prevent Miscarriage
Take Emplastrum, Contra rupturam 6 ounce if
the Emplastrum called Cora[lum] Sontatium, and
the Ointment called Vnguentum Commitisca of each
2 ounces, melt them and mix them with Armonick these
powders, mastick, Dragons bloud; Bistort rootes, Galls
of each 3 drams, mix all these togheter and incorporate
them well
Cousin Thornton
A plaister
e mouthes of its [Wormes] is that which the
Apothecaryes call Ceratum Diatrion Santalorum
spread upon Leather t strengthens e Liver and knittes
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For one that is stuft
in the Head
Rx bettanye, marjorome, Rosemary, bayes of
each Mj boile them in 3 pintes of water to e
third part, then in a pott close covered with a quill
sett in itt, or else with a funnell direct the fume
hott to the Head up the Nostrills
To purge the Head of any that
hath a mixture of choller with
fleame
Pilluloe aureoe taken 3 in number about the
bigness of pease, for 3 severall times, intermitting
betwixt every purge 3 or 4 dayes is an effectuall
remedie for a stuft head, and declineing Sences for
any giddiness megrin or paine thereof
To strengthen the Sight
Rx Electuarij clarificativi visus ℥ij Conserv:
flor Lavenduloe; of Anthos an ℥j. misce Cim. syr:
stoechados. q. s. ad Electuarium Anglice Take 2
an ounce of conserve of Lavender flowers, conserve
with Syrruppe of Stoechadooe. When she hath thus pre=
pared e humors, purge her either with pills of Agarick
given 5 early in the morneing or with Pilluloe Chochoe
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