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Directions to make the aforsaid Pills

First, Beat the Ambergreece, then beat the Pearle into
fine powder, mix them on a clean sheet of paper, beat
the Tartar Vitorall into fine powder, as alsoe the
Aloes & Gum-guaicum very carefully, & then mix the
Said Tartar Vitorall, the Aloes and Gumguaicum
vpon an other clean Sheet of paper; then with a clean
Mortar and pestill beat the Amoniacum till it begin
to Stick to the pestill, then with a course cloath make
your pestill clean, and heat the said pestill a little hotter
than you can well endure your hand on it, then put a
Quantity of 12 drops of white wine vinegar to the Amoni=
acum, then take your pestill it being not over hott,
make it clean with a cloath, then dissolve your
Amoniacum and vinegar very well, when you have soe
done put in some of the powders, Mix it well together
and when it begins to be Stiff put in some Balsome
then more powder, beat & mix them well, then put in
more Balsome, then more powder, doing as abovesaid
stirring be sure well from the bottome with a Spatula or
knife, and after all the powder is in beat it for a quarter
of an houre, then take it out & temper it between your
hands mixing the Pearle and Ambergreece in it; then
keep it for your vse in a Gally pott, & when you have
occasion to vse them, make them vp in the bigness of ordi=
nary Pills, take five or Seaven every night when you
goe to bedd Soe continue till you be well, and at any
time when you find your Selfe ill take them againe.

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Sir Thomas Weatherly's drink for the Scurvey.
xcvij

Take 4 pints of Rhenish wine, infuse in that, Bryony
roots Slic'd thinn two oz. Elicampane roots one oz., Orris
root halfe an oz., the outward pills of an Orange, and
a Lemon, and two Nutmeggs Slic'd, after 12 houres
infusion Strayne them, and put the Strained liquor, the
Iuices of Garden Scurvigrass, Brooklime, Water Cresses,
and Oranges, of each 4 oz. and as much Shugger as
will make it gratefull,

Take of this a quarter of a pint first every morning
and at 5 or 6 in the Afternoone.

To make Gumms grow
xcviij

Take a Quarter of an oz. of Myrrhe as much Bolal=
manak and halfe as much Salt of Prunella, make
all these into a powder & sift it very fine, then make
it into a past (not very stiff) with hony, soe spread
it vpon fine raggs the breadth of your finger, soe
lay it to your Gumms every morning & after Supper, and
let it lye an houre or two, when you take it of wash your
mouth wine, or if you can with your owne water.

A Receipt to Strenghtthen the Sight.
xcix

Take Lignum, Aloes, Storax, Sassafras barke, Amber, of each a dramm
cut Betany halfe an oz., Rosmary flowers or Rosmary itselfe a quarter
of an oz., & as much Tobacco mixt with as you put of Rosmary.
It is to be taken in a Pipe like Tobacco.

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christineegriff

Unsure if the oz. should be expanded in the recipes on 51. There are dram/ounce symbols present in the abbreviations.