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To make Spirit of mint. Take a Gallons of Spear mint water distill itt in A common Still & take soo much Spear mint Shred small as e water will well cover, set it on e Same pan as you did n Spirit of wine past you{r} Limbeck very close and keep A moderate fire, {t} itt may not heave n past you must draw itt long. {2} Then their is [any] Strong in it because of stilling itt again if n still 4 Gallons you may draw 3 & 1/2 n chop mint & put into it again as much as e Watter will cover, they steep all night & let on as before n draw 2 Gallons of that then shred mint e 3 [rind] as much as itt will cover, n set y r 2 Gallons & draw it to a Gallon & A 1/2 & keep itt in severall glases t n may have some very strong & some small as you Order'd t Limbeck before soe doe w th this like wishe.
TO make Wormewood water Take 10 Gallons of Sack:lees put to itt as much Ale wort t is strong, as will make it allmost as thin as bear put in 2 good sife fulls of wormwood, as soon as you have put in t Lees to e wort mix itt well & then put in { e} Wormwood and after all is in e Barme, soo let Stand all night close cover'd, next morning put itt into e Limbick & draw as long as their is any strength in itt fill e pott 3 quarters full & when it is drawen all over n take A pound of Gingar A pound of Anniseede bruise it. A pound of Liqurish scrape it slice it & bruise put these into e water t is once drawn over & let m lye in itt all night close stoped, soo draw itt as be fore w th A very soft fire & very close paist'd & cloath close pinned about e small Pipe To keep in The Strength 37 Monsieurs Watter Take A pint of Cinnamon watter, a pint of Damask Rose water 3 pints of Good Aqua=vitae & A quart of fair running wator 5 penny worth of Angillico Watter as much Clove water & much Rosa solis & A pound of fine Sugar, beat e Sugar very Small & put itt into an Earthen pan, or Silver basson put e fair water to itt & when itt is dissolved put all e 4 named waters to it soo put it up in r Glasses you may put A little musk or mulsadine in it if you please.
TO make Spirits of wine Take 20 Gallons of strong: wort and mix w th x Gallons of Sacklees to such A Thickness as you think will not burne e pott bottome, keep about A Gallon of t wort unmixt for e last pot will be e thickest full t pott 3 quarters full, and sett on e Limbeck & paist itt round about w th Dough very close & att e first make A very good fire of charecool & after itt begins To run keep A mod[e]rate r fire t it may neither change colour nor have r paist soo draw till all e strongh be out t pott & wash itt very clean put in all you have drawn out, and keep r Second running in Severall glases for t use as you think fitt, as your water heats in e Top of t Limbeck, draw itt out put in cole, & wett Napkins in cold water & lay about e neck of e Limbeck that e heat may not make your Water white
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A Fine Pleasing Drink in Weakness when the sick cannot Relish Bear.
Take runing water & boil curst of bread in itt & some harts horne = tyed up in A peice of sarsnett let it boil very well then dissolve some conserve of red Roses in itt if e pasty be loose put to A pint or 3 spoonfulls of red wine w ch will give itt A pleasing tast & is A little binding if you will bruise A few Corriander seed & lye in itt.
To make Treakle wate .
Take one Ounce of harts horne shaved & boil itt in 3 pints of Spring Water or Cardus water untill itt come to A Quart, n take e Roots of Ellicampane Gentian, Cypress Tormentell Cardius Angellico of each one Ounce haveing Cardus water you may use e herb & not e rootts of Cardus & Angelico Borrage flowe s Buglass, & Rosemary flowe s & mary=gold flowers of each 2 Ounces of Cittron Rindes one Ounce, e roots & Cittron rind must be dryed and beaten to A gross powder, n take an Ounce of e best Venice Treakle & dissolve itt in 6 pints of white wine & three pints of red Rose water then infuse all togather 24 hours & distill itt in A Glass still or Limbeck
The vertues of this Water
To restoore Sow^ning or faintness Agues wormes or e Small pox takeing one spoonfull or more att A Time or four Spoonfulls w th Sugar according to the Strength of the Patient.
e spirits & speech itt is good against39
To make A compound of Amber Grease dissolved Take of Amber grease 1 [...]dram of sevit 1/2 A Dram of musk 1/2 ℥ of e Oile of bean 1 ℥ mix m in A Silver mo^rtar heat hot upon e fire n put in all but e musk put not that in untill it be allmost cold, soe incorporate m well togather & put m up in A glass for y r use when you will make use of any of itt warm itt att e fire & shake itt togather make clean e Mortar w th Sugar w ch will serve to perfume any sweat moat.
A Tisanny Drink
Elcampane roots Sliced dates stoned and Cutt small Figgs sliced small Rasons of e sun opened Egrimony Scabius Coltfoot, harts tongue pennyriall Issop Ale house Bethlem cowslip of Liccorrish Anniseeds boil all in fair water, & sweaten it w th brown sugar Candy.
To Preserve Ellicampane
Take of e outward part w ch is not stringed n take one pound or as much as you please & take for itt 3 pound of sugar or A pound and half first boil e rootts in water till it be very bitter then power itt out & boil it in fresh watter till it be tender then power out all e Water Save three quarters of A pint put in your Sugar & boil itt up with A fire unto e Thickness of A Sirrip & keep itt for your vse.
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40 To make Sweets for Lining
Take Damask roses not quit blowne & let y drying A day or 2 y m take 3 ounces of powder of [ora?] an Ounce of Bonjamin half A 1/4 of an Ounce of Storax A four cloves beaten & put y r Roses into 2 big dishes strew this powder [amongst] let all dry upon A skellitt of water 2 days but not as much att y e first y r keep y m in A pott covered near the fire for your use
m lye AAqua Mirabilis
Take Cardiman, [Cubibs?], Rubarb, molaletts, Gallingall Nutmegs mace gingar cloves of sack steam all these must be bruis'd and infused a night in 3 pints of White wine one pint of Aqua vitae & one pint of y e juice of Celadine y n next day distill y m in A Rose still, itt will run [Aposle] keep y e first quart by it selfe you must put to y e whole 3 q rts of A [pimd pf white Sugar Candy beaten & [Bar?] remember to put saffron in y e still.
A Cordiall
Take y and slice them quickly in little thin slices into A clean Earthen pott put as much rose water to them as will cover them if you like not rose water Take Spring water mixt w th 2 or 3 spoonfull of Sack cover y e pott w th paist and set it into A [browen brod?] oven when your [open?] y r oven pour y e Clear into a glass & put to itt A little [Alcarmis?] Take now and then A spoonfull of it it's highly Restorative
e hearts of 3 or 4 sheep, quick cut of y e sheep41 To make White Mead Take of Rosemary, Time, sweat bryar, Pennyriall Boil of each a handful and what other herbs you please as Oregan Wattor Cresses Egremony march Mallowes leaves & flowers. Liverwort wood Betony Eye bright Scabius of each A like quantity of y e Bark of ye Ash tree of Gringo roots green of back of like proportion to ye herbs of wild angelico Robwort Sanibell Roman wormewood each such a proportion as is to every handfull of ye first herbs, A 16 part of an handfull of those sett or steep them a night & day in a wooden Bowl of water covered then y e next day boil y m very well in Another water, till the colour be very high, then take another Quantity green soo let itt boil 3 or 4 hour's time or as long as y e liquor looks any thing green then let it stand w th these herbs in itt A day & A night y n put as much fine honey to itt as will make it bear an Egg ye liquor being strain'd from y e herbs work & labour y e honey & liquor together A whole day till y e honey be consumed y n. Let it stand A whole night again A-clearing, soo let it boil a 1/4 of an hour all y e whites & shells of 6 eggs y e yolks being taken out soo strain itt clean & let itt stand A day a-cooling y n put itt into a Barrill if y e will have itt work soo y t it may be riddy to drink [shortly] take y e whites of 3 or 4 Eggs A Spoonfull of Barm & a spoonfull of whear flow r & beat all these together & let it work before y e stop it, y n after wards stop it well with clay and salt [?ed]together to keep y e long moist beforre ye stop it up hang in y e Barrill A bag of spice beat grossly, as Cloves mace Cinnamon & nuttmeggs put y m in a Linnon cloath & hang y m w th in A thrid in y e Barroll 22
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42 My Lady Pomander Take one pound of Roses buds purely cut from e White & finely beaten 2 Ounces of [Bonjamin] 40 grains of Amber Grease 24 Grains of musk 10 grains of Sivet 12 grains of e Spirit of Roses one Ounce of e Oyle of [Jessamyn], [soe] make it up w th [Samb] black & Gumm Dragon Steep'd in Roses water & Orange flower water, if you haue not leasure [to] make it while y r Roses are fresh, you may [be] at y r Roses after the former [manner] and dry m when you vse [Searce] m very finely, make up y r pomander [with] e [Crums] of A [Manchett] dipt in Orange flow or Damask rose Water y r Pomander will be better if e third part of e Grounds, be Clove Gilly flow & sweat marjorum finely beaten & Searced are e Roses for e Black Jaundice Take A pint of Earth wormes such as creep out of e Earth after rain and put m in A dish & strew A good handfull of Bassall upon m and cover m very close when they haue lain their one hour wash m very clean w th fair water n take m out of y r Dish and beat m very Small & boil m in A quart of white wine till they be allmost half wasted drink of this every morneing and every night for A week make fresh every 2 Dayes 43 An Antidote ag t any Infections Take of conserve of woodsorell conserve of [Roman] Worme wood of each 2 Ounces an Ounce of Venice Treakle 8 Spoonfull of e Sirrup of clove Gilly Flowers of canded Angilice Beaten to powder 2 Spoonfulls mix all these in An Electuary & take in e morneing fasting e quantity of A walnutt. To keep e Smallpox out of e Throat Take e third decoction of french barley one quart boil it in Sliced Liquor as 1/2 an Ounce burnt harts horne as much figs sliced 6 or 7 40 ordinary [fitches] bruis'd boil allto gather to e wasting of half of half of e Liquor, then give 2 or 3 Spoonfulls [after] [Dinne] swallow ing as easily downe as possibly may bee. TO make Gascon Powder Take two Ounces of pearle one Ounce & A half of Corrill Crab [Eyes] half an Ounce white Amber Grease half an Ounce harts horne half an Ounce four ounces of crabs claws to make this up into into Balls you must take 14 snakes skins, and steep m 12 hours in three quarts of spring Water, you must put m in y r water untill [ith] be A [stife] Gilly, searce e quantity of A Pint you must dry e balls of Charecool very slackly Mr Robinson
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A Rice Cordiall for A flux
Take A pint and A half of [runing] water put in 2 spoonfulls of bruised Rice w th A very little mace let it boil till the third part be consum'd then take e yolk of A hard rested egg & break itt w th some of e liquor & strain it into it & season itt w th some red rose water & fine sugar [...] and and if you would haue it more binding put into it A little red wine when e egg is in make it hot upon e fire, & mingle it well.
To make syrup of Colts foot
You must wipe your Collts foot very clean w th A cloath and stamp it in A Mortar and steam out e [Juice] and sett itt on e fire & let itt stand untill itt hath A hard green scum upon itt and under yt very clear & put to A pint of Juice a pound of sugar let it stand n fire till itt Boile then [scum] it clean & when itt is cold put itt into A glass for y r use.
A Plaster for e sciatica
Take Burgundy pitch, [Resin], Bees wax, of [...] Ounces mell m togather, then take one Ounce & A half of course fur pint [in] one Ounce of e oile of mace, mell all these togather, & spread them upon half of sheep skin e flesh side n Grate A nutmeg upon it & lay it warme to e place pained.
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Extemporary Hippocras
Take Cinamond, half an Ounce cloves, nutmegs, Benzour, mace, a quarter of an Ounce Long pepper e weight of Groat make this into fine powder mix 6 or 8 grains of Amber Grease & if you please one or two musk grinding them well togather put each pott in A [holet] by itt selfe wch will hold about A quarter of A pint full, ye Glass w th good Aqua=vita or Spirit of Raisons or other wine let m stand 8 or 10 dayes together if you will longar then after they are settled power away e Liquor from each and keep m severally.
When you would have Hippocrass take to every pint of white wine or sack 1/2 A Spoonfull or more of e Liquor if you desire it to be perfumed use the tincture or Liquor w th Amber or Musk if not e other brew m w th Sugar as much as will suffice to give m A good rellish.
A Medicine for e yellow Jaundice
Take turmerick and Saffron and beat powder severally n take as much of e one as e other & mingle m togather & take as much as will cover A groat every morneing and night rowled up in A conserve of Barberries or e [pape] of an Apple this you must take for the space of one weak.
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