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A very good receipt for a Cough or inflamation

Take 1 oz of sperma ceti half an oz of oyl of sweet Almond
and half an oz of syrup of Balsome & the yolk of an new
Laid egg and as much Water or Wine and Water as will fill
up half a Pint.

The way you must mix it is this you must first take
the sperma Ceti and bruise it as fine as you can in a stone
mortar then take the Egg and put it in a spoonfull at a
time mixt together then put in your syrup and then
the Oyl mix all very well together, and then put in your
Wine and Water or Water and put it into a Bottle and
shake it together

The White Emultion for the Stranguary

Take new Jordan Almonds ten Drams the 4 Cold seeds
of each one dram, Violet and White popy seeds of each
2 drams beat them altogether and put to it by Degrees
one pint of spring Water till it becomes a milk,
strain it through a fine Linnen Ragg and then
add to the strained Liquor Black Cherry and rose
Water of each 2 ozs Compound Juniper and Cinnamon
Water of each 1 oz fine Loaf sugar as much as will
sweeten it to your Taste