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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 that strengthens the Liver and knittes
the mouthes of its [Wormes] is that which the
Apothecaryes call Ceratum Diatrion Santalorum
spread upon Leather

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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 the
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 the humors, purge her either with pills of Agarick
given 5 early in the morneing or with Pilluloe Chochoe
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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 that strengthens the Liver and knittes
the mouthes of its [Wormes] is that which the
Apothecaryes call Ceratum Diatrion Santalorum
spread upon Leather

247
For one that is stuft
in the Head
Rx bettanye, marjorome, Rosemary, bayes of
each Mj boile them in 3 pintes of water to the
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 the humors, purge her either with pills of Agarick
given 5 early in the morneing or with Pilluloe Chochoe
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