Elizabeth Strachey her book 1693 A Book of recepts of All sorts A very good one for the bisick or shortness of breath: Mrs Mitchel Take sheeps Doung fresh every morning from ye folde & steep it in milke or any other Liqour for An hower: then strain it And drink A good draught of it: And you will find the benefit if you continew the constant use of it for some time - for the piles: Mrs Colpis: Take scarlett cloath And Burn it In the fire to a Cole: powder it to A very fine powder: And if they rage ever soe bad take A Little of it betwxt your fingers And Apply It to the place greived It will give ease sooner then you can Imageine - for the goute: Mrs Colpis: Take pilstomach with ruff gume Aloes rosat: of each one dram: salt of wormwood & rosen of Jallup: of each A scruple: make them in to A mase with serup of Roses: the dose half A dram At night When you goe to bead: drinke it downe in bear or what you pleas: it will not worke till the morning & then you may goe anywhere or eat or drinke Any thing A nother for the goute of very violent Take of opuom one dram: of saferon 2 drams: mingle them with 4 or 5 yolks of eggs. And put A plaister of it on the part Aflickted: And It mitily Awageth the pain And restraneth the corruption An other for the goute Take the Juyce of the flowers of Broome: And the Juyce of Scala celi: & hony: As much of one As of the other: Seath it till it is of ye thickness of hony: And Annoynt the gowty place there with An other for the gowte And Joynt Ache Take ye Juyce of sage: of [crossed out] Aquauite: of oyle of bay: of vinegar: mustard: & of A beast gall: of Each A Like quantaty: put It All together in A great bladder & chafe it well up and downe with your hand for the space of An hower and half: And keepe it for your use: & Annoynt the greued place with it morning, and Euening And you will find the benifit in A short time: A nother fry out the grease of shumakers sheeds: or pecces of Leather: And Lay some of it on brown paper: warming it A little At the fire; then Apply it to the part greued: And it will take Alvey the pain In one night For A cut or scald Take garlick And houselick of each A Like quantaty: Stamp them both together And Apply It plaister wise: And it will ease it maruelously for A canker In the mowth Take two peny worth of treacle: A Like quantaty of hony: A peece of Allum of the bigness of A walnut: being beatten very small: boyle All these to gether till it come to A salue & Lay it to the place for the Stoone Take holly berryes And dry them And beat them to fine powder: put half A spoonfull of the powder In Ale or whitewin And drinke it Luke warm morning And evening A nother for the Stoone Take oyster shells & wash them very clean then burn And pound them to A fine powder: & drink A draught of white wine or Ale Luke warm: sum of the powder being in It: or this Take wilde time: & dry it to powder: put it In Whitewine & boyle it from A quart to A pinte & drinke it fasting: for A bluddy flux Take franconsence and put it in A chafingdish of coals: put it in A close stool & sit on it bare for deafnes Take the Juice of ye Buds. Leaves, Inner rind, or yong branches of elder: Luke warm: put It in to the yeares. It will breake the Impostume within 4 or 5 days: And cure the deafness A nother Take The Juice of betony: And Juice of Unnions: of each 6 ounces: A hanfull of [crossed out] Rosemary Leaues stamped: 3 ounces of Bitter Almons: one white eele grose choped: mix them all together. And distill them: then drop 2 or 3 drops in ye yeares 2 or three nights together A nother Take A stick of green Elme: or Ash: And Lay it on ye fire: receiue the water that comes out of the ends of it: And take the grese of A fat eele that is Red beneth the nauel boyle them together A Little: and put it into A glass: And when you goe to bead drop A drop or five in ye yeares for Aches In ye limns Angynt the place with good Aquacompositd by the fire 3 or 4 times together, And at the sast time cast Apon if before it be drye The powder of olibanum, or the best francensen And bind A Lining cloth on the part and soe fasten on 3 or 4 days for poysen to betaken inwardly Take A spoonfull of powder of betony, And put it in A drought of wine And drink it presently works A cure Take A peny worth of Aquauity And the same quantaty of oyle of bay; mix it together; And Anoynt ye Infeckted part but not by the fire, And it takes Away the pains presant for swollen Legs Take mallows & seeth them in water: yn Stamp and strain them from the Liqour And put to them Barrows grease; & fry it to gether till it be thick: And Apply it plaister wise; morning and evening [?] for ould Aches In ye limbs: Mrs Clinnan Take of black dew snails: And put them in An earthen pot, with camamell: A Lain of the one And A Lain of the other: till the pot is full Bake [?] with howscould bread; & from them will [?] A eyle: there with Anoynt the Limbs - for Atches Another: take of grey and black snails 2 quarts: one quart of Earth worms; & swallowes: pull of the feathers & pluck out of The gutts & chop them small: then take half A pinte of Aquauity: put all these together in A earthen crutch; and Lay it in horse dung 21 dayes: then take wormwood: sothernwood: camamill: baye Leaves: rew: sage: damask rosees: and broome flowers: A Like quantaty And put them to the other things: And boyle them together over A gentle fire for the space of An hower: then strain it And there will come A oyntment from it: keepe it or your use Take A quart of the best white wine: 2 quarts of ye best oyle, ollive: [crossed out] 4 ounces of tardus: one pound st: Johns wort: 4 ounces of sage: of Each one of these take the Leaues & flowers if it be posable: It being small shreded: Let all these steep 24 howers In the wine & oyle: then boyle It in A Earthen pipken over A soft fire for An hower: stiring it contineually with A splatter: then strain it throuth A cloth wring it till all the Liqour Is rang out: then set it ouer the fire Again In the same pipken. And Ade to it one pound of uenus turpintine: washed in Rose water: 4 ounces of olibanum: 4 ounces of mirhe: And Let them boyle on A soft fire till all the gumes be dissolved: then take it from the fire And let it stand till it be colde: then put it in A glass bottle And stop it close, & set it in ye sume 10 dayes before it be used: It is a exalent thing for the goute And pains in the bones: for the cramp: And all sorts of bruses: either in man, or woman: to be Aplied to the grened places. with rubings: for A quarter of An hower twise A day till It proues A cure: which will be in two or three dayes: A drink for the plauge Take of malmesey 3 pints & boyle therein of Sage And rue one hanfull: till A pinte be wasted then strain it & set it, on the fire Again; put to it two peny worth of Long pepper: one ounce of ginger: nutmegs half A ounce: well beatten to gether: 2 peniworth of London Treacle: 3 peny worth of methredate & A quarter of A pinte of strong Angelica: water: warm 2 spoonfulls of this Liquor if Allredy Infeckted: And sweat A pon it: If not infeckted A spoonfull Is suffitient for either man & woman or child All these Among my ankle papers At falston Mr Daubany A receipt for A Venn Take A pece of Lead And bete it very thin pounce It fill of holes And bind it hard on the sweling & It will Aswage it In A Little time My Aunt for deafness Destill rosmary In An Alimbick some faire water being In the bottom of ye pot to keep It from burning: on the top of the water you receiue: there will be An oyle which drop In to the yeares It have recouered people of deafness Even to A merakle - A very good oyntment Take one handfull of wormwood, one of Rousemary flowers; one of ye flowers of broun sage: one of burdock rates: one of braklimes: And one of lemon time: boyle All these In A quart of [crossed out] foot oyle till tis half boylled [crossed out] way: then strain it & keep it In A earthen pot for yr use: It is very good for Any sinnews yt Are shrunk: or for ould Atches: or seaticath Anoynting the part by ye fire - A recaipt for the Itch Take of marygoulds: camamile: And wild tangy: of Each A handfull make A poset wth them And drink A good draft of It morning And night: - these two: of mary palmer who knew them to be very good snail water very good for A conjumt & to create An Apatite: of Mrs Langton Take 3 gallons of ye strongest Ale to 2 gallons of sack: then take A great peck of garden, house snailes & make A fire with Charcole Upon A clean hearth And when It is well kindled put them In A Sren Dripenpan; with one end higher then ye other, that the froth may run out: & keep sturing ym, till they have dun hiping: then take them out: And put them Into the Ale & sack: & put to it: 8 ounces of Hartshorne 2 ounces [crossed out] & half of cloves brused: 2 good handfuls of Angelicoe Leaues: 3 quarts of rosemary flowers: And 2 handfulls of sallindine: soe stop the mouth of ye limbick with Rie past: & In the morning Distill It: keep the first by it self: & soe the second & third: take A [crossed out] small draught of it mornings fasting And At 4 of the clock In the Afternoon sleeping After It: It It is too strong you may mix it with Any water you fancy mary palmer for A sore brest Take 2 yolks of eggs And A little spoonfull of hanny some creem & flower to make It A prety stif paste warm It And make It In to A cake & Aply It to ye brest: It do bouth draw And heell - mary palmer for A pain that lyse hard In ye stomack: Take wild time: sweet margarum: Uyup: sucarry: bittony: feather few: of each half A handfull: boyl All these together In 3 pints of spring water till it Gs. boyld half Away & then strain It & sweeten It with brown sugar: drink A good draught morning & euening And you will find ye benifit In A short time Mrs Nicolson A receipt to clear ye eye sight Anroded Take Eyebright: sage: Bittony: and sweet margirum A like quantady: boyl As much water As you think fit, And power It on yr yerbs boyling hot stifell it: & when tis could drink A good draught of it euery morning fasting & At 4 A clok In ye After nwon. to A quater of A year If you pleas you may sweeten It with sugar When you drink It - Aserting cure for A wart Take A little bit of fat backon wth ye rine on & rub the wart with it And nail It where the sun may come to it: And As the bacon doe. n. afte the wart will grow less - couz: Jones Mrs Langton sirup of vinegar with garlick Excellent good Against A fixed cold or tisick Take one pint of good white wine vinegar 3 ounces of new English Licorish: one ounce of Anniseeds brewsed: 3 heds of garlick sliced: put to your vinegar A quarter of A pint of spring water: Take Allsot 3 or 4 figs & As many dates sliced small that ye Juice may ye better come out: boyl All these to gether till half ye Liquor be boyled Away then strain It very well: & put ye liquor so strain'd Into A cleane skellet & Ade there unto 3 quarters of A pound of good powder sugar or more: then boyl it up to A sirup over A gentle fire: when it is 3 or 4 days ould It will be plesant enough, & have ben found very good being taken nth. A Licorish stick going to bed & fasting in ye morning; And often In ye day when ye stomachk Is most emty And In ye night when the cough is violent pills for ye pain In ye bak Take half An ounce of nutmegs half A ounce of sinomon & half An ounce of loaf sugar & mix It wth Venus turpindine And make It In to pills take 3 At A time every other night for 6 nights for A Boyl Take the strongest beer you can get And boyl It till It comes to ye thickness of A salue & when tis could spred It on A peec of shoyss. leather & put It on ye boyl It will give eas presantly couz Jo. cross Couz thornhid A Exalent receipt for A film or pin And web In ye eyes Take A egge that Is laide And rost it In ye Imbers & when tis hard Take ye white) first peeling of the skin/ And squese It In A lining cloath And there will come out An oylly moisture that drop Into your eyes 3 or 4 times A day It will sartingly worke A cure In A short time A very good receipt for ye Strangury - Mr lock Take ye powder of white sugercandy In A bit of butter unsalted About ye bigness of A nutmeg every morning fasting, And At night goeing to bed: doe it for A quarter of A year together & twill sartingly work A cure - for A could Mr Ashforde take A spoonfull of mustard seed) not pounded/ mix It with ye pulp of A rosted Apple & swallow It when you goe to beed And when you rise In A morning - for ye piles Mr Ashford Take of lapeselestis: desolve It In fair spring water till ye water Is collored so dip A rag in it & wet ye place greiued you may make the water stronger or weaker At yr pleasure by puting more or less of ye stone In It - Mr Ashford: To kill proude flesh Take A small stone of lapecelestic & rub ye wound with it As often As yu dress It: or take ye powder of presipitate And strow A little on ye wound [crossed out] As often [crossed out] ye other - Mrs Nicolson: Rhume pills Take 4 ounces of English Licorish dryd & bete to powder & sift It very fine with A prety quantity of Aneseeds beaten And sifted fine yn take A peniworth of gum dragon & stepe It all night In colts but water hisup & Red Rose water or Any other water that Is good for ye distillations from ye head, then take your powders & put them In A morter with the gum that Is steped In ye waters A little At A time beeteing It uery well till It come to A paste to be wrought 10th yr hand then Roull them up In some of ye powder & dry them - by the fire A little while then put them In A box where they may be cept dry & they will keep A yeare make the pills About ye bigness of A pease & take three At A time - Mrs Nicolson: The black plaister Take A pound of bees wax & A quart of the best sallet oyle A pound of white led In shifers A ounce or 2 ounces wch you pleas of camphire then put your wax In A scillet over A soft fire till It be all melted then put In your oyle & let It boyle softly one houre then put In your led keep It sturing over A gentel fire till It begins to boyl blackish then put In your camphire & keep stiring It till It boyls quite black & heard enough to roule: then rub your hands wth. A little oyl & make It up In rouls: you must desolve your camphire wth A drop of oyle before you use it - Mrs Nicolson: for The kings cauill Take of Elder: march: Robert: Lead mans hand: fumitory wild: Angelico: dry these herbs severly In their season in ye shade A like quantity of each make It In to A powder & mix it All together then put 2 good spoonfulls of ye powder Into A quart of midling Ale or beer: boyl Away A third part strain It & when It is cold put Into A bottle: drink 6 spoonfulls every morning And At 4 o clock in the Afternoon: doe It till you find A cure - Angellica water - Couz: clark Take A bushell of damagk Roses: 4 handfulls of Angellica stalks & Leaves 4 ounces of Angellica roots 1 ounce of cinomon one gallon of sack: slice the roots thin & break the cinomon In small peeces & sift ye Roses then distill It In A limbik draw 3 quarts of water & sweeten it with double refine sugar: If you desire It stronger put In one quart of brandy to yr sack - To make orange Brandy cou: Clarke Take ye outside vines of 4 middle sised oranges of any sort, out them into A quart of ye best brandy with some cloves & cinomon keeping it cloce covered 48 howers then boyl A pint of faier water & when it boyls take it off the fire & stir in to it half A pound of sugar & when It is cold put it to yr brandy, strain ye brandy first, then bottle it & stop it cloce this is a very good stomach water Mrs Tailders Amber water Take mint, balm, rosmary, rew Angellica wormwood, of each one handful strip & cut these hearbs & put to them of Anny Seeds sweet fennill seed, carraway seed, colliander seed, cardewum seed - [crossed out] Juniper Berries, of each half An ounce, bruse the seeds & mix them with the hearbs & Infuse all these In A gallon of Aquauita 24 hours, then draw it of In A cold still Lewted, or A Limbeckty up A Little Tramiaforon in A fine cloth & lit it hang in the bottle under ye still till it is At Deep A couler As yu pleas yu may Draw of ye same quantity of water As yu put in spirits then mix it All together And sweeten it with Double Refined sugar As sweet As yu please - A very good poultis for A soallen brest Or any other swelling Take A quarter of A pound of rice: A quarter of A pound of lent figgs: A quarter of A dram of safforn: put the suforn In the figes & slice It small together then put them & the rice Into 2 wine quarts of good milke set If over A gentle fire & lit It boyle til tis thick & tender: then spred It on A cloth & laye It All over the brest As warme As It can be suffered: lit It bide on the brest 24 houers wth out changing of It: And keepe useing It till ye swelling Is dispepesed or broke for It doe both draw & mollific before you take It out of the scilet put In to It Aboute half An ounce of diacalum- this used to my sisters brest when It was broke by Mrs Allsworthey for A Burn Dr. Hill Take A pound of butter & melt it When its melted take A handfull of ground guy Leaves: 2 handfulls of ye Leaves of Elder & 2 handfulls of brier Leaves shred ym All together & put ym in ye butter & when they Are crisp put in half A pint of sheeps truckles keeping it Allways stiring when yt is well mixt shred in one ounce of bees-wax & when it's melted strain it in to A pot for yr use It's A exalent thing for A burn first cuting ye blister & then spred some of it on burdock [crossed out] or plantine Leaues it will heell it with out Leaveing Any mark; It heells - sprethed hands or lips by Anointing them with it. - (Good) A cure for chill blains quench red got gads of Iron or steell In your own water till it boyles then pat them with it As hot As yu can suffer - for paines in ye Limbs. - Dr hill Take ye outward rind of A yong Ash A good handfull; & boyle it very well In A quart of bear or water which yu plese, & drink A good draft of it int morning twise or thrise A week lying In ye beed for An hower After, yt yu may have A brething sweat: It has ben known to recover those yt haue ben beedriden - A sarting cure for ye tooth Ache Take 3 of ye seeded tops of Mr gibons red nettles & 5 pepper corns put both In A rag And hold it between yr teeth & It will give ease immeduately - for A cancer: Dr Hill wet rags of lining, In ye distilled water of white ash & As they dry wet them Again - Mrs Machen) Admerable good Losanges for A cough Take red roses & pound them very small & to An ounce of that take A quarter of An ounce of Licorish finely powdered, ye Like quantity of Rosemary dryed & powdered, mix it All together with ye yolks of 5 eggs & A Little rose water & As much double refined sugar (sifted small) As will make it into A pretty stiff past, yn stamp them in Losanges with A silver thimble & bake them on tin very dry & hard & keep ym on sugared papers for yr use, when yr cough troubly yu eat one of them - Syrup of Gilliflowers with Juice of Lemons Take your Gilliflowers & clipp of the whites & when they Are cutt clean off cutt them Again a Little with your sizars & to A pound of these, take About 20 lemons the clear Juice without the seeds & put it to the flowers into a Gally pott & If ye. Juice of 20 lemons will not quit cover them you must put in so much move as they may Lye in a plash then cover ye post very close & let them stand coole 3 dayes turning them once A day then strain them hard out & to that Juice take 3 pound of double refined sugar wet the lumps in water & boyl it to a candy height then take it off the fire & poure the Juice in Just as you take it off & keep it constantly stiring till the suger is quit melted & when it is quit cold put in your bottle The Leaves is a pretty sallett with only a Little sugar to them - this is Aproved By Mrs Stringer for An Exsalent thing In A feavor Mrs Tailders Angellica water To A gallon of Aquauita take As much Angellica As that will wet but most of ye stalks, strip & cut them, & add half An ounce of colliander seeds brused & let them Infuse 24 hours & Distill It, & In A Limbick sweeten it with fine sugar Mrs Tailders mint water To A gallon of Aquauita take As much mint stript, & cut As that will wet & Infuse It 24 hours & distill It Either In A cold still or A Limbeck mixing it All together when you sweeten it with fine sugar - A powder for ye stone Approved by Mrs Newark take ye small stones yu will find In [crossed out] cods heads pound them & sift them to fine powder Let ye Afflicted partly take As much As will ley on A [crossed out] six pence (If ye fitt begins with colde) In A dram of right french brandy, If they Are warm when ye fitt comes then take It In A glass of whitwine or sider & It will ureasantly give ease - A Infallable cure for A quinsey Approved by Mrs Newark take A Live house mouse & cut the throte of him saucing ye blood that comes from him & while It is warm have In readiness A small scain of white silk cut In threads About half ye Length if ones Arme make every one of these threads In to little kind of worms by rowlling them up between your finger then Lay them In ye warm blood for An houre or two & give it to ye party & they will slip down ye throat easily: It works A spidy cure - 11 X 17 8 - 15 1/2 [illegible] salt for Convoltion fitts Mrs Newark - Take ye skins of ye gisards of fowls wash them very clean in water Lay them on tin & dry them in A oven powder them very fine & give As much to the partly Afflicted As yu can take upon A sixpence In A draught of whitewine or what Liqour yu pleas: for A man It must be ye gisards of hens & for A woman ye gisards of cocks Approved ) A strengthing oyntment by Mrs Newark) Take 2 pound of unsalted butter In ye may month & clarrifie It In ye sone o times parting it from ye bottome which will be drossy then take half A peck of cammamile, two handfulls of ye tops of rosemary As much of brown sage, Lavender before It is bloone fetherfew, & one handfull of wormwood, shred All these As small As possable: then take 2 quarts of black, dew snaills cleane wash'd put yr snaills butter & hearbs In A earthen pan A row of one & A row of the other till yr not Is filled & power over it A pinte of ye newest neetsfut pele cover it close & put into a oven After houseould bread & Lit it stand 12 hours then strayn it out & when it is cold part it from ye bottome & soe keep it for yr use: this As exstreamly good to strenthen ye Limbs by chafing ye Goynts & for Any palseycall humore to chaf ye part twice A day by the fire Approved by Mrs Newark) Oyle of Eggs uery good for A Rupture take A good quantity of eggs & boyl them hard then take them out of ye shell & put them Into A bedmettle scillet chopt small & put them over wood coles keep stiring of them till you see ye moisture come out then put them In a flaning bag & wring out All ye oyle with wich Anoynt ye part till Its cured A drink for the wasting of the back ) by Approvd Mrs Newark In man or woman Take 3 quarts of olde malliga sack 3 pound of ye best dates with outside & Inside skins taken of: one handfull of shepards, pouch 2 ounces of plantain seed put it over A soft fire & cover It close Liting it just simber till one pint is wasted, then lit it stand Alltogether 3 or 4 days then strayn it & put to it A handfull of knot grass, half A pint of ye marrow that goes down A oxes back & 15 date stones finly powdered & half An ounce of powder of correll then boyl it over A soft fire till A pinte Is wasted Let it stand [crossed out] Alltogether & take half A pint if It shaking it that you may have ye powder in every draught every morning half An houre before yu rise & ye same quantity when yu Are settled in yr beed A Dropsicall Diate drink take two gallone of ye best sweet wort 2 gallone of whitewine 4 handfulls of brown sage 2 handfulls of yong tops of Broom put It over A fire close covered lit It simber till it is half conshumed then take it off ye fire & keep it close covered till it is cold then strayn it of & put it in bottles with A stick of Lycerish in each bottle & in A week it will be fit to drink being close stept take half A pint of it euery morning & At 4 A clock In the Afternoon: Approved by Mrs Newark to cure ye dropsey or Any waterry humore that brines out of Any part of ye body A nother for ye wasting of the Back in women Take A piece of an Elephants Tooth in powder & drink it in water wherein ye seeds of Lettice have: been Infus'd & red hott steel have been quench'd - for A man in that case Take ye Cups of Ripe Acornes & make them in to powder & drink as much as will Ly on A shiding in any Liquor fasting - 3 or 4 days following & it seldome fails - for worms Take a handfull of Peach Leaves and chopp them small & sprincle them 10th, viniger & put them in to two Little bags then bind one to ye stomack & ye other to ye Belly, & it will sertainly cure - to make Usquobagh prepare yr spirits thus, viz put a good handfull of Angelico & 3 quarters of A pound of Anniseed into three Gallons of Beer or Cider Grounds, & soe distill it In A Limbick Into 6 gallons thus prepared put 5 pounds of Raisons, 5 pounds of figs, one pound of Dates, 4 ounces of dried Liquorish, 5 ounces of nutmegs, & 5 ounces of Cinomon: stone yr raisons, rub yr figs In A cloth to cleanse them, cleanse the dates & take out their [crossed out] stones & Inward skins, scrape ye Liquorish, & then having bruised all these Ingredients grossly, Infuse them 2 days, stoping ye vessell close & stiring it twice A day very well, then strain it thro a flannen bag, & Raucing colour'd it with braid saffron according to yr own mind, Lit it stand 24 hours & then power it off from ye seadiment & bottle it: A dram of saffron colours A gallon of ye Liquor: this Approvd by Couz: To: Cross Mrs Rabers Usquobath on Ale when yr Ale is workt very well to tun put in one ounce of Gollup, stir it well & tun it & stop it close, In A fortnight disstill it in to Low wines, to every 2 gallons of this spirits put A quarter of A pound of Aniseeds one ounce of Callamus Aramaticus sliced thin, disstill this to one gallon, then Infuse in it half A pound of liquorish stick, when it is sweet enough to yr pallet deccuit it & couler it deep enough to stain A glass with saffron, bottle it & it will be fit to drink in 2 months, ye staler ye Ale is ye better provided it is not sower - Mrs Rabes A perll cordiall take of black chery water of compound piony water & pony water of each 3 ounces & sweeten it with one ounce of suger of perl this is very good in A feaver A spoonfull At A time Mrs Babers Red powder take A quars of whitewine put it in to A earthon pan, take pimpernell, tormented Roots & Leaues, Cardus, Bittony, scabius, of each one handfull cut small, & put them In ye Liquor & let it stand 2 days in ye sun covered then strain it & take A pound of ye finest holearmonick beaten uery small & lifted, mingle it with ye Liquor & so make it up in Little balls & dry them in ye sun. ye doase is As much As will Ly on A shiding (powdered) for A man or woman & less for A child in Any coriall water but espesially in plague water: it is good to strike out Any Infection or distemper, causes sweating good for Any flux of blood but it must be taken 3 or 4 mornings together for A flux, & but once for Any other thing Mrs Rabers Surfit water take one gallon of brandy & 3 gallons of strong Ale, of gall in gale Roots, melilot flowers, cubibs, cardimus & grains one dram of each sort, Long pepper one grain cloves, mace, nutmeg, & ginger of each 3 drams, Lent figgs one quarter of A pound Raisons of ye sun & popys of each one pound bruse yr spices stone ye raisons & slit the figgs & let it steep together one night, next morning still it in A Limbick & let it drop in A earthon pot on half A pound of popys with ye black Eyes nickt off & A. pound of ye best powder suger, yu may draw 6 quarts good, & let ye A limbick run very fast Approv'd - Carraway Water (Mrs. Raber take A quart of french brandy & one quarter of A pound of caraway seeds brused, & make them well together & let it st and A fortnight in A bottle close stopt. make it once A day, then strain out ye seeds & put it to ye brandy 5 grains of scuchaneel finely beaten, & 2 ounes of fine suger shake it well & bottle it for use, A spoonfull or 2 of this As very good for A surfit Approved - Mrs Rabers) sirup of saffron put half An ounce of saffron in A glass wth half a pint of Anniseed water, stop it close & shake it every day for 21 days together then take half A pint of red popy water & half A pint of couslip water & A pound & half of Loaf suger & boyl it to A sirup then strain ye Anniseed water & put to it keep it over ye fire till it is ready to boyl & when it's cold put it up - sinomon water Mrs Stringer Infuse yr sinomon (when it's brused & stopt it close) In A quart of ye brandy 2 or 3 days, take A gallon of brandy 2 quarts of spring water & 4 ounces of sinomon & put it All in yr cold still & past it very close & still it of but be sure to keep A course cloth wett A top of ye still for ye cooler ye water comes off ye better & will yield yu ye move spirit, Draw it moderatly of not too hot A fire under It - Lady Hewitts water Take of red sage, Bettony, spermint, unset Hyson, let well, time, baulm, peniroyall, sunicle, seladine, water cresses, heartseage, Lavender, Angelica, germander, callamint, tamaris; colts foot, Annice, valnia, saxafrage, mimiperned, vartia, parsly, Rosemary, savory, scabius, Egrimony, mother of time, Cardius Renidictus, pelitory of ye wall, field Daises flowers & Roots, of each of these severall sorts A handfull, After they be clean pickt, of [crossed out] rue, yarow, comfory, plantain camomile, maiden hair, sweet margarun, of each of these A handfull before they be clean pickt, Red rose Leaues, Couglip flowers, rosemary flowers, of each of these half A peck, fenell seeds Annis seeds, parsly seeds, Caraway seeds of each of these 2 drams, Cardimus, Ligmem Allase, spicknard, Ellecompane Roots, dryed, melilot flowers, Calamus Aramaticus, ruburb sliced thin, Galangold, Uewinca, Zedearym cubibs, burys grains, of each of these 2 Drams, Juniper, one dram, Aramaticum Rosirum 3 drams, chena roots one ounce, saxafuage sliced thin half An ounce, wash All these before namd herbs & swing them in A cloth till they be dry, then cut them & put ym in to earthon pots & in ye sids of yr herbs put ye seeds, spices, & Drugs, being brused, then put ye quantaty of ye Best Shevy sack All will cover yr herbs & let ym stand 24 hours After that put All in to A Limbick & make 2 stillings of it from which dram A bottle of water, that is from each A quart, & in to yr 2 quart glasses first put cordialls viz: 30 grains of Resoar, 24 grains of musk 20 grains of Ambergsees, 2 drams of flower of corall, 2 drams of flower of pearl, one pound of heartshorn, one pound of suger candy, A Little bag of saffron As big As ones thumb, to each of these glasses put one half of these cordialls, ye Longer yu keep it ye better it will be for yu use of it be close stopt & often shook After it is first made: It's exalent good to be given or women in to auill, or to Any one to A high cordiall, Allsoe cumforts ye stomach, & (If posable) will bring from death to Life It cases ye head Ake 2 spoonfulls being taken & & Lying on A bed A Little time After - probatum Ah Gfhqmsuh Elder water Couzen St Loe take 4 bushells of ye ripe burys ready pickt & break ym All to mash, then put them in to A deep tubb & cover ym close till they have done working & ye burys go to the bottome (by stiring ym once A day) which will be In A fortnight or 3 weeks, then draw ym off in A Limbick & draw from them till ye water comes sower, put it in A earthon pot As yu draw it, first puting in ye not these following Ingreedience viz: of wild margarum, wild thime, couslip flowers dryed, mellilot flowers, the tops of st Johns wort flowers & green, orange & Lemon peill chipt Indiferently small of eache of these one handfull, 2 ounces of sweet fenell seeds, 2 ounces of caraway seeds, ye same of colliander seed, 2 ounces of Anny seed, & 2 ounces of Juniper burys bruse ye seeds & burys & then draw this of Again As Long As ye water is good & mix All together-A sack will produce 10 quarts of water, this is Approv'd for Any scurbutic humore or gripes either In ye bowells or stomahe = yu put some grounds of sides to ye Left Ingreedience & will make A nother water - To disolve Ambergrees Mrs Swinger take 60 grains of Ambergrees, 30 grains of good musk, 20 of ciuet, shrid ye Ambergrees fine, bruse ye musk & put to it oyle of [crossed out] ben one ounce, half As much Juice of Lemon, put these in to A silver dish & Let it boyle A quarter of An hour on A gentle fire, then put it in A glass & stop it very close & oy it down with A Leather & It will keep 20 year, this yu may Allways, have by yu to perfume waters cakes &c: - Lipp salve Couzen Cross Take ye Jaw bone of A hog & bruse it that ye may take out ye marroe. take of bees wax & may butter An equall quantity of Each, & of ye marrow melt it All together & skim it well, then let it cool, then take half A pint of taint & half A pound of Allevat root & A quarter of A pound of corands, boyl these clean or ashs & nice well together then [crossed out] put in ye rest & give it one boyl, & strain it in to, A spoon for Little cakes for yr use - Mrs Crosses Wallnut Water or Aqua Cordelias Take of spirmint sage, balm, Rosemary Angelica, Clary, Vervine, Egrimony, pimpernell Scabius, Eringer Root Bittony Rue sweet margerum, Essop, Roman wormwood, Clydams common thystle one handfill of each Dryd, take half A Bushed of walnuts while they Are green & tender bruse them & A pound of Juniper burys, Infuse All these Ingreedients one night in 2 gallons of old maligo sack or brandy & 2 gallons of water then Distill all these together In A Limbick The Vertues It Is good to remove Any pain from heart or stomach conforteth & reviveth spirits It's good Against A fever or ye plague If half A quarter of A pint be taken As yu go to Red to swete - 1 Lucatilues Balsam Take of venice turpentine one pound, oyle olive 3 pints, yellow Bees wax half A pound, naturall Balsame one ounce, oyle of st Johns wort one ounce, Red sanders beaten small & very fine sifted one ounce, sack 6 spoonfulls, cut ye wax & melt it on ye fire, then take it off Least it catch fire & put ye turpentine to it being first wash'd 3 times In Damask Rose or plantine, water, then mix ye oyle & suck & put it to ye wax & turpentine over ye fire, & stir it till it begin to boyl (it will be Apt to Boyl too soon) then let it cool A night or more till ye wine be sunk All to ye botome, then make some holes in ye wax that ye water be run from it, which being don, set it on ye fire & put ye Balsam & oyle of st Johns wort to it & when it's melted put in ye sanders & when it begins to Boyl take it of ye fire & keep it continewally stiring for 2 or 3 houres that it may well mix, & when it's cold & thick, put it in earthon pots & keep it for use (It will keep good 40 years) some put ye Balsome, oyles, sack & sanders ye next day After it's melted & then let it boyle All together for A little time = The vertues of Lucatilis Balsam It is good to heal any wound Inward or outward being squirted in to An Inward wound, & Aplied to ye outward with some fine Lint or Lining cloath Anointing ye part About with it, hot As it can be suffer'd, It taketh Away ye pain keepeth it from Inflamation & draweth out Broaken Bones or any thing that may offend or fister it for It bruse, taken Inwards, of ye heart of Liver be not touch'd it will heal, If nothing else be Applied, It heals Any Burn or scald, or any bruse or cut being first Anoynted. & A Lining cloth dipt in it & Laid on ye part warm, It helpeth ye head Ach by anointing ye temples & nosetrells, It is good for ye wind collicke & stitch in ye side Applid with warm cloaths 4 mornings A row, each morning A quarter of An ounce, it's good Against poison & A surfit, if it be taken ye quantity of An ounce in A Little warm sack, helpeth ye biting of mad dog or any other Beast, It's good to prevent ye Plague by Anointing ye nostralls & lipps, helpeth A fistula In any part of ye body Be it never so deep, Applied As before, it's good for one Infected with ye measells so it be taken presantly A quarter of An ounce four mornings together, In warm broth, & sweat Apon it, It helpeth diggestion Anointing ye pit of ye stomach & navill, when ye party goes to Bed, it will stanch Blood of A Larg wound by [crossed out] puting A plaister of Lint In to it very hot [crossed out] tying it hard on ye part; take ye quantity of nutmeg in sack Blood warm & it causeth sweating & will bring out clottd Blood & take Away Arches, it helpeth ye gout & scurvy All pains in womens Brests All chaps In ye niples & wolfs that comes from krewses & All sprains & swelings &c: 2. for heat or pimples in ye face Take the Liverwort that groeth on ye wall stamp & strain it & put it in to cream & so Anoint ye face, ye Juice of Liverwort drunk in hear warm it good for ye heat of ye liver 3 A toad stone by gently stroaking ye part takes Away Inflamsion & sweling from Any wound made with venamous creatuve & presantly draws out ye poison 4 sr Edward tirtles salve cald ye chief of All salves Take Rosin eight ounces, virgins wax & frankencence of each 4 ounces, mastick one ounce, hearts suet 5 ounces, camphire 2 drams, beat ye Rosin & mastick together to fine powder, melt ye wax & frankencence & then put in ye powders & when they Are well melted strain it through A cloath to A Bottle of whitewine & boyl it together till it be thick, let it cool, & put in ye camphire. & 4 ounces of venice turpintine drop by drop least it clam, stiring it still & when it is cold make it in Roles Anointing yr hands with A drop of oyle to keep it from sticking to them = ye virtuge of it It is good for All wounds & sores old & new at cleangeth all festers In ye flesh & suffers no dead flesh to Ingender, Is cureth ye head Ach, by Anointing ye temples, It helpeth sinnues that grow stiff or spring with hard labour, or wax dry for want of Blood, It draweth out rusty Iron, arrow heads, stubs splints, thorns, or whatever is fix'd in ye flesh It cureth ye biting of A mad dog or prickin of Any venomose creature, It cureth fellons - white flaws, it's good for All festering or cankers, It healpeth All Aches of ye Liver, spleen, kidnys back, sides, Arms, Legs & All biles, blains botches Impostumes or swelings in Any part of ye body, scabs, Itch. wrentches spains, gouts, palsies dropsey & water between ye flesh & skin, It healeth ye piles in man or woman. It cureth ye Bloody flex, If ye belly be Anointeth therewith, make A scearcloath therewith to heal All ye Above mentioned malladies &c: 5 A plaister for An Ague Take strong tobacka Leafs six drams, A small handfull of corands & As much Boors greesas will make it in to A salve by beating it in A morter of stone, when its beaten to A salve take 2 pieces of sheeps Leather & spread ye salve An inch thick on both of them & Lay them on ye veins of both wrists 24 hours before ye fit comes, It's A cure for either quartern of tersion = 6 A scearcloth for A bruse strain or wound Take A pint of oyle olive, red Lead 8 ounces, vergins wax 4 ounces, oyntment of populion 4 ounces, oyle of Roses & camamile of each one ounce Set ye oyle on ye fire & melt ye wawax with it, then put in ye populion & other oyls & when it's melted put in ye Red Lead, stir it well & let it boyle till it be black, then dip in yr cloath & Aply it As yu have occasion = 7 The Lead Plaister Take 2 pound & 4 ounces of ye best & greenest sallet oyle, A pound of good Red Lead & A pound of white Lead, beat them well to dust then take 12 ounces of castle soap, Incorperate All these well together In A well glased great earthon pot that ye soap may come upwards, set it on a Slow fire of coles for one houre & half, still stiring it with An Iron bad or round pumell, then make yr fire something biger till it be ye couler of oyle, then drop some on ye board, & If it cling neither to ye finger nor to ye board it is enough, then take Resonable fine Roland of what bigness yu pleas & dip in it, & when yu have so don rub it with A sleek stone, It will last 2 or 3 years & be ye better As Long As It will stick it is good = The Vertues If it be Laid to ye stomach It procureth An Apetite & helpeth any pain there, Applied to ye belly It easeth ye pains. If Laid to ye rains of ye back, It curth yr Bloody flux, runing of ye vains, heat of ye Liver or weakness of ye Back. It cureth All bruses & swelings it taketh Away Itches It breaketh fellons & Impostumes & healeth them, go draweth out any runing humor without breaking ye skin, & being Applied to ye fundament it healeth any disease there, Laid to ye head is good for ye eyes, & Laid to ye Relly It provoaketh ye terms & musketh Apt for conception - 8 A white salve for A Green wound Take 4 ounces of frankensence, half A pound of virgins wax, one pound of Burgendy pitch, meet all these together In A pipken over A soft fire, still stiring It, & when it's All melted pour it in a bason of fair water then take it out of ye water & with oyl'd hands work it well & roul it up & keep it in oyld paper = 9 To Make oyle of Roses Take A pint of ye Best salet oyle, & 3 [crossed out] quarters of A pint of Red rose Leaves & yn whites Are clipt off, put it in A strong earthon pot, stop it close with past, & set it In A pot of boyling water till yu think ye strength of ye roses Are Lost, then take it off & wring ye Roses through A canvas cloath till they be dry, then put in new, stop boyle & chang them 4 or 5 times till yu think it strong enough of ye Roses & put it up for yr use = It's very good for Any sprain Itch, swelling, or bruse, being chafed in to ye part by ye fire = 10 oyle of Swallows Take 2 dozon swallows out of ye nest, A good handfull of Rosemary, As much Lavender cotten & As many strabury Leaves strings & All, stamp All these together & fry them in may butter or rather sallet oyle till ye rawness be gon, then put it in A Earthon pot, stop It close 9 days & then fry it & wring it thorow A cloath & keep It in A gally pot when yu use it warm it And Anoint Any Ach or sinuew that do shrink = 11 For A stitch in ye side Take A piece of white Levened bread & Tost it on both sides then spread one side of it with ye best treakle yu can get & cover it with A fine cloath & Lay it or ye grived past = 12 syrup of Turnips first Bake the turnips In A pot with houshold bread then press out ye Liquor between two plates put A pint of this to half A pint of hysop water & As much brown suger candy As will sweeten it & boyle it to A syrup, It's very good for A cold or consumtion = 13 A drink for A feavor Take spring water & Red Rose water of each A pint & half, ye Juice of 3 Lemons, white suger candy one ounce, mix them together & give ye pasient to drink & spoonfulls At A time till ye unnaturall heat expire = 14 Allmond milk for a feavor take A pot of water, boyl it & let it stand to be clear then boyl in it violet Leaves strawbery Leaves & roots of each A prety handfull, & A good root of sorrell All wash'd, A crust of white bread, 2 ounces of Raisons of ye sun ston'd, boyl this from A bottle to A quart & with 50 blanch'd Allmonds & 30 pumpion seeds well beaten Draw An Allmon milk sweeten it with suger to yr tast & drink About A pint morning & Evening = 15 Allmon milk for A Bloody flux boyle some mutton in water & scum it well then put to it A handfull of Burage As much prunes, some sinomon, & whole mace ye uper chrust of A manchet boyl this well together till ye strength be in ye broth then strain it through A culender then take Jordan allmonds & parch them as yu wou'd pease & put ym in & Let ym boyle 2 or 3 whalms, then strain them throw A cloth & seson it well wth suger & A little salt let ye pasient drink of it All hours of ye day = 16 The only Receipt Against The plague Take 3 pints of muscadine & boyle in it A handfull of sage & A handfull of Rue till A pint be wasted, then strain it & set it on ye fire again, then put to it A peniworth of Long pepper, half an ounce of nutmeg All beaten, then let it boyle A Little & put A pound of Treakle & A quart of ye best Angellica water, take of it warm both morning & evening, A spoonfull In ye morning & half A spoonfull In ye evening All ye plague time, & under god it will secure yu for It never fails; It's not only good for ye plague, but small pox, measels, & surfits - 17 For A letter Take water of red tar & wash ye letter often with it & It's An Approv'd remady = 18 Docter Butlers preservative from ye Plague Take wood sorrell & pick it from ye stems & pound it very well in a stone morter then take to every pound of sorrell A pound, of suger finely beaten & 2 ounces of methredate beat them well together & put it in pots for yr use, take every morning before & After ye Infection for some time together as much As A walnut = 19 Docter Butlers Purging Ale Take of sarsaparella two ounces, polipody of ye oak & sena of each 4 ounces, of carraway seed & Anniseed each half an ounce, Liquorish 2 ounces, maidenhair & egrimony of each one Little handfull, scurvey grass half A bushell, beat all these grosly & put it in A cours canvas bag & hang it in 3 gallons of strong Ale, when it is 3 days old drink it = 20 A cordiall water Take pimpernell, Cardius, Angellica, scordium scabius & dragon, still these severally In A rose still, & when yu have A pint of water of each hearbs, mingle all together & disolve in it half A pound of venice treakle then still All together & mingle ye strong with ye small 6 spoonfull. of this water made Blood warm & given to one sick of ye plague driveth all ye venum from ye heart, It is exdlent for ye small nox or Any pestilent feavor = 21 Amber pills for A consumtion Take venice turpintine one ounce washed In Rose water, & six grains of ye powder of white Amber, mix them together & set them In A clean pot Upon Imbers, & let it not stand too hot, take A drop & lit it cool, & If it dos not stick to yr finger It is enough, then take of powders of pearl, white Amber, & dorell of each A quarter of An ounce, of ye Inner bark (powder'd) of An oak, A quarter of An ounce, sinomon & nutmegs of each As much & 3 ounces of white Loaf suger, make All these Into powder & seeth them & put ye pills In to them, before yu take them yn must be well purg'd, & After take 3 of ye pills wrap'd up in ye powder or what else yu will, & In ye morning take ye yolk of An egg new Laid, Warmd, & put in it As much of ye powder As will by on a shilling & sup it off, Let this be used some time & you'l find great benifit by it = 22 A medison for ye Palsey Take A pint of ye strongest mustard set it in A oven till it be As thick As A hasty puding, but ye oven must not be too hot to burn it, then set it on A chafindish of coles till it be dry enough to make to powder then mix half An ounce of betony powder with it sweets All, with suger candy to yr tast & take of it every morning for 10 days 23 To help Disgestion Take 2 quarts of small Ale, put to it one handfull of Red mints, Red sage A Like quantity & A Little sinomon, Let it boyl soft till half be wasted, sweeten it with suger to yr tast & drink A drough of it every morning & Evening = 24 safrom water Take 7 quarts of whitwine & Infuse in it one night an ounce of safron dryed, In ye morning distill it in A Limbeck or glass body, & put some fine, white suger candy to drop on 25 A cordiall Electury for stuffing of ye stomach & shortness of Breath Take A pint of ye best hony, set it on ye fire & scum it clean then put to it A bundle of hysop bruse it small before yu ty it, & let it boyl well till ye hony tast of ye hysop, then strain out ye hony very hard & put to it, ye weit of A sixpence of Angellica roots powderd, fine, powder of elicamepane root ye same quantity, ginger & pepper of each ye weit of 2 pence, Licorish & Aniseed of each ye weit of 1 pence All beatten very small severally, put All these In to ye straind hony & let them boyl A Little space, stiring it well All ye time, then take it from ye fire & power it in A clean pot stiring it till it be quite cold, keep it close cover'd for yr use, when yu Are troubled with shortness of breath take of it with A Licorish stick brused & you'l find ye benifit of it = 26 A perfume Against ye Plague. Take Angellica roots & dry them A very Little in A oven or by ye fire, & then bruse them very soft & Lay them in wine viniger close covered 3 or 4 days & every morning heat A brick hot & Lay ye not thereon, It's oxalent to Ayre An Infected horse or cloaths or to breath over it In A morning fasting = 27 To make spirit of Castorom Take caliminta 4 ounces, orang peill 2 ounces, nep half An ounce, walnut blosum half An ounce, rosemary flowers & tops of sage of each one handfull, castoreum one ounce, white wine one quart, distill it in A Limbick, this water is good for sounding fits, weak stumacks, & rising of ye mother = 28 A cordiall Water Take 2 ounces of dryed red gilliflowers & put ym in to A pottle of sack put to it 3 ounces of fine suger in powder & half A scruple of Ambergrees in powder, put All In A stone bottle stop it close, with A strong cork & shake it often. [crossed out] After 10 days pass it thrrow A Jelly bag, & give 2 or 3 spoonfulls As A great cordiall, this wey yu make Lavender wine for ye palsey & other distempers = 29 A nother cordiall Take 3 spoonfulls of mint water As much muskadine & 2 or 3 drops of spirit of sinomon, beat these well together with 2 or 3 spoonfulls of clove gilliflower spirit & give ye party now & then A spoonfull espesially going to Bed - 30 oyle of camomile stamp A good quantity of camomile flowers in A morter, put them in A pot with some oyle olive, let it stand 12 days, then boyle it A Little on ye fire then press it very hard, & put ye Juice In glasses & put more camomile flowers to it brus'd small so keep is for yr use; It is good In glisters for Agues that come of costiveness at It Aswageth swelings & Itches It cureth wearied & brus'd parts & openeth All stopages = gyle of Lillys Is good to mollifie & strech sinews that be shrunk, It's good to Anoint ye sides & veins in fits of ye stone = 31 Clary Water Take 3 galons of strong bear, the bottoms of 3 white Loues 10 handfulls of clary, 3 pound of Raisons of ye suw stoned, 4 ounces of Anniseeds, 4 ounces of Licorish ye whites & shells of 24 eggs, beat ye shells & mix ym with ye whites, distill it in A Limbick & let it drop on suger candy, It comforts ye stomach strenghen ye back & procure Apetite = 32 Orany Water - Take ye pills of 2 douzen & half of oranges (civel ones) to A pottle of maligoo sack, steep it All night, ye next day distill it in a Rose still Luted, let it drop on suger candy = 33 Milk Water Take A pottle of milk, 2 handfulls of cardius, one of mint, & half A handfull or wormwood, lit it stand All night then distill it In A Rose still & let it drop on A quarter of A pound of white suger candy = 34 A syrup for A cough Take one handfull of colts foot Leave, A handfull of hysop, half A pound of Raisons of ye sun, 3 Larg sticks of Licorish, one ounce of Annyseeds, half A ounce of fenell & carraway seeds, boyl All these in 3 pints of Running water till half be counsumed, then strain ye Liquor, & boyl it with A pound of suger candy till it come to A sirop, drink of it As often As ye cough troubles ye party espesially going to bed (Approvd) = 35 to Stay Vomiting Take A piece of sheeps Leather As big As ones hand rub it over with spirmint Leaves brused, then spred on it old quince marmalet & strew on it powder of mastick, & Aply it to ye pit of ye stomach it will stop A Looseness If put to the navill = (Approvd) 36 Plague Water Take of Rue, Rosmary, Red sage, selandine, dragon, Angellica, wormwood, mugwort, betony, scabius, tormintill, root & branch Egrimony, pimpernell, Liverwort, balme, Saxafrage, Red mints, & vervain, of each of these one pound of gention Roots one ounce, A good handfull of Rosea solus, & A quantity of treakle, shred ye hearbs & steep ym In 3 gallons of whitewine 3 days, & 3 nights, then distill it In A Limbick with A sof fire, taking ye first runing by it self, for ye 2d is not of so great vertue = 37 Docter Chambers his Water Take 2 galons of ye best white wine, ginger galengalls, cinimon, nutmegs, grains, cloves, Anniseeds & carraway seeds of each A dram, sage, red mints, Roses, time pellitory of ye wall, Rosemary, wild time, camomile, & Lavender, of each a pound, then bray ye hearbs & spices small, & put all in ye wine & let it stand 12 hours, stiring it divers times, then distill it in A Limbick, keep ye first water by It self ye other has not so good vertue, = The vertues of it It comforteth ye stomach & vitall spirits & helpeth Inward diseases It is good Against ye shaking palsey & contraction of sinews it killth ye worms In ye body, It helpeth ye stone, In ye vains of ye back & in short time ye stinking breath; ye use of this water (so it be not too often) will keep one in good health & comfort [crossed out] nature wonderfully - with it Dr: Chambers preserv'd his life till Exstreem old age & If he was sick At Anytime never used Any other: If you let it in ye sun At sumer it will be ye better = 38 Aqua mirabulus Take cubebs, galingals, cavadamus, melilot, flowers, cloves mace ginger of each one dram & sinomen ye Like quantity: bruse all small, ye Juice of celandine one pint, Juice of spirmint half A pint; Juice of balm half A pint, suger one pound, couslips flowers, Rosmary flowers, burage flowers bugleas & marigold flowers of each 2 drams, ye best sack 3 pints, strong Angellica water one pint Red Rose water half A pint, bruse ye spices & flowers & steep them in ye sack & Juices all night, ye next day distill it in A rise still & first Lay hearts tongue Leaves In ye bottome of ye still, past ye still very well (Approvd) The Vertues It preservith ye Lungs & helpeth ym when they Are wounded, It suffereth not ye Blood to putify but multiplieth it, It easeth ye heart burn, & melloncoly & spleen, It expeleth rheume, preserveth the stomach preserveth youth & procureth A good colour, it preserveth ye memory & distroys ye palsey, If it be given to one dying one spoonfull will revive them; In ye sumer use one spoonfull In A week fasting & In ye winter 2 spoonfulls = 39 A water for ye scurvey Take one handfull of sage, Egrimony, scabius, peniroyall, spirmint, & water cresses, half A handfull of Rue & mead fennill, A ounce of parsly & fennell roots, A handfull & half of scurvey grass, distill All these in milk, Let ye quantity be 3 quarts, yu may put in An ounce & half of hors Radish Roots, & may use malliga sack in steed of milk, & put in 2 or 3 oranges cut in pieces & 'twill be more cordiall where there is no feavor: still it in A rose still & sweeten it with suger candy, 40 for ye wine colick Take persly seeds & bruse them & teeth them in sack drink is warm when yu have ye pain 41 To Break In Impostume in the stomach or throat & to spitit out peice meel Take nep one handfull, & As much peniroyall stamp these & strain out ye Juice mix it, & to every 2 spoonfulls put 3 spoonfulls of Aqua composita, take 3 spoonfulls every morning 5 days together, If it rise in ye throat Like A puding, drink one spoonfull All goe At noon, It will rot ye bag & cavse it to void peice meal, this has ben provd by one that sounded 3 times In one hour with ye rising of ye bag in ye throat; keep it As A great secret; If yu use it 8 or 10 days together it will produce ye greater efect = To make ye Aqua. Composita Take Rosemary tops, fennell, glyssop, broad time, sage, Rovehound, of every of these one handfull, peniroyall, spearmint, margarum, of each of these six cropes, Enula compana Roots, Lycorish & Anyseeds brused, of each of these 2 ounces, put All these to 3 think fit, & take As much of ye red As ye butter will well then melt it over ye fire & not let it boyle & set it Away till ye next day, then Just boyle it Again & set it till ye next day, then boyl it Again till it be of A scarlet couler & strain it & keep it for yr use It's good for A bruse to be taken Inwardly 3 times in each ye bigness of A nutmeg At A time & outwardly to Anoint ye place = 60 Sirup of Roses Fill A silver bason of 3 quarters full of rain water or rose water then put in to it A convenient quantity of damask Rose Leaves clipt from ye whites, then set it on A pot of boyling water & stiffle it close for 3 quarters of An hour or An hour & you'l have ye whole strength of ye roses & tinkture, then strain out ye Leaves & wring them hard, then Infuse move roses 7 times then make it in to sirup & It worketh very kindly = Yu make most flower syrups In this maner = 61 for A cough or A Consumtion Take A pound of Ellicompane roots draw out ye peath & boyl them in 2 waters till they be soft when it's cold put to it A Like quantity of ye pulp of rosted pipings & 3 times their weight of brown suger candy beat to powder stamp All in A morter to A conserve where of take every morning fasting ye bignes of A wallnut for A fortnight to gether & After but 3 times A week All these from my mother & most Approvd by her An oyntment Tak half A pound of hoggs Lard & A good handfull of groundsell boyle it well together for An houer then strain it In to A gally pot for yr use some mallows added to it is best - A Lead plaister Take 3 quarters of A pound of Red Lead & A pint of ye best sallet oyle, boyle these over A soft fire for 3 hours then strain it thorow An Indifferent fine cloath In to A paill of water & As it cools make it up in rouls, use it As A plaister with ye A foresaid oyntment If ye wound requires tenting, melt A Little of this plaister In A spoon & dip A roul of Linet in it Apply it hot, It has cured severall when nothing else wou'd & Is Approvd by one that was very neer having his Leg cut off Docter Thomas his Receipt for A wound or sharp humors Take A pint of ye Best white wine viniger & set it over A Gentle heat in A glased Earthon vessell put in it one ounce of Sac Armoniak powder'd, there let it continew till it is disolved, which will be In A Little time, then boyle A Little scuchanell In it to give it A couler & when its cold keep it in bottles for use - The Lime water Take A stone of unslaited Lime & put it into A bason of water till it be slaitted then Let it stand till it's cleere Then filtre it through cap paper for use 3 or 4 parts of this water may be Added to one of ye other to temper it that it may not be too Active which must be At ye discretion of him that usees it, only this may be observed that ye neerer ye sore is being well the weaker ye water ought to be - how to Apply ye water to The sore Yu must drop some of it In ye wound then wet A fine ray double In ye water & Lay It upon ye wound & upon that Yu must Lay A piece of Lead thinly beaten As broad As will cover ye wound & sweling (If there be Any then bind It with A Long swath As tite As ye person can bare it Above & below & upon ye wound dress it twice A day, ye Lead must be of that sort which is made purposly for wounds & swellings, ye person must take purging pills severall times when ye wound Is In cure to carry it off ye quicker from sharp humors (Approvd) - Aqua Langii or Compund Peony Water Take Lillies of ye Vally A pound, Infuse them In 4 gallons of canary, Lime tree flowers half A pound, peony flowers four ounces, Let them Infuse, two dark All together & then distill it In A Limbick, then put to ye spirits peony roots two ounces, & half, Aristolockil & dictamnum, of each 2 ounces missletoe of ye oak & rue of each 2 handfulls, peony seeds ten drams, rue seeds three drams & half, Castor two scruples, Cubebs & mace of each of two drams, Cinomon An ounce, & half, prepard squills three drams, rosmary, flowers six pugills of Steehados & Lavendar of each 4 pugills, flowers of Bittony Cowslips And gilliflowers of each eight pugills Juice of Black Cherries two quarts, make A second digtillation which keep for use (Approvd) The Vertues Treacle Water Two quarts of ye Juice of green Walnuts, of rue three pints, of Cardius, marygolds, & Bawn of each a quart, ye Roots of Buttor burr a pound & half, of Rurdock, Angellico, And masterwort, of each half A pound, scordium Leaves four handfulls, venice treacle And mithridate of each half A pound, of Canary or spirit of Wine A gallon, & half, vineger three quarts, Juice of Limons A quart, distill It After two days digestion - The Vertues Bryony Water Two quarts of ye Juce of Bryony Roots of rue & mugwort of each A quart, savine three handfulls, featherfew, nep, pennyroyall of each two handfulls, basil, bittany of creet of each A handfull & half, orang piell, 4 ounces, mirhe two ounces, caster An ounce, canary or spirit of wine A gallon & half digest them four days & then distill it The vertues Its good Gention Water slice A pound & half of Gentian Root, ye Leaves & flowers if ye lesser centaury of each 4 ounces, steep them In A gallon & half of spirit of wine or white wine for three or four days & then distill it In A Limbick It's An exalent thing for ye wind & creates An Appetite - & cleanses ye Blood. - Milk Water Take meadow sweet, carduus, goats rue, of each six handfulls, mint, & wormwood of each five handfulls, rue three handfulls Angelico two handfulls, bruse ye hearbs to which Add three gallons of milk & still, it in A cold still, It's very good In A feavor Almon milk for A feavor Boyl half A pound of french Barly In 3 severall waters [crossed out] keep ye Last water to make yr milk with, then stamp half A pound of Allmonds fine with A Little of ye barly water to keep them from oyling & then put them to ye rest of ye water & strain it, then Boyle it A Little & sweeten it with Loaf sugar & give it ye party warm - An Exalent water for A Consumtion Take A pint of new milk & A pint of good Red wine, ye yolks of 24 eggs desolved In ye Liquor, then slit As much fine mancket as will drink up ye Liquor then still it In A cold still with A soft fire, Take A Spoonfull or two of this water In All drinks or broths that ye sick party dose eat or drink for A month together without Intermirion A Nother for A Consumption Take A Red Roost Cock & cut him In 6 or 7 pieces & wash him clean, then take prunes curands, Dates, Raisons of ye sone, suger three or 4 Leaves of gold, sinomon, ginger, nutmeg, & some mayden haire cut very small then put All these In A mug or flagon with A pint of muskadine & put it In A [crossed out] kittle of Boyling water, stop ye mouth of ye pot very close & past it. Let It stew ye space of 12 hours, then strain it & give ye party 2 or 3 spoonfulls of ye Liquor cold every morning fasting - Aproved For A weakness In ye Back Take clary, Dates, the pith of An ox & chop them together mix it with cream yolks of eggs, grated Bread & A Little white sanders, temper it very well & fry them In cakes In A pan eat them In A morning - Mr Langton: For ye Rickets Take three spoonfulls of harts tongue water (cold still'd) & 3 spoonfulls of maiden hysop water, of oylckermis As much In quantity As A Larg pease & 3 or 4 drops of spirit of sulpher & 2 or 3 spoonfulls of syrop of gilliflowers, mix all these together & take it 3 mornings fasting Mrs Waltons Rasbury Brandy Take 3 pound Rasps to A gallon of Brandy & put it in A Bottle or pan close covered Let it Infuse till the goodness of ye rasps Is out, yn put to it fine suger to yr tast & yn strain it through A Jelly Bag, ye may put yr suger In with ye rasps If yu please = Approvd Mrs Boclands Licorish Balls for A Tissick Take one pound of ye greenist Liquorish & scrape of ye outside then scrape All ye other & beat it in A morter - & pull it All A sunder so put it in to A silver tankard & put to it half A pint of hyssup water & As much colts foot water, & ye Like of Red Rose water, Let it steep 2 or 3 days, stiring it often, then strain it out hard & Beat ye Licorish over Again & Add to it A Little more of ye 3 waters & then stir it About & strain it to ye rest of ye Liquor As hard As yu possably can, then set ye Liquor over A chafing dish of coles & Let it boyl As fast As yu can, contineualy stiring of it, when its half consum'd pu in by degrees half A pound of double refind suger finely sifted, Let it boyl till it's thick enough to Roll up in round balls then take it off ye fire & put in to it one grain of Ambergrees or musk powder'd, & 3 drops of oye of sweet Annyseed. keep it stiring till it's pretty cold that yu see it stiff enough to be rol'd, set ye Balls In A stove or warm place to dry & Allways keep them in A warm or dry place or elce in wet weather they will run Mrs Newarks Back Plaister Take of Bees wax, white franconsence, Borgondy Pitch, oxacrosius, & Parasulsus of each 2 ounces, half An ounc of spermacity, put All these In A Earthon pipken over A soft fire & when All Is desolved put to It one peny worth of venice turpintine & half A nogen of french Brandy, take care that if dos not boyl over to ketch A fire, Let it boyl till it drops stiff & then strain it in to [crossed out] water & rowe, it [crossed out] keep it in oyld papers, spred it on sheeps Leather or new dowles, ye turpintine must be wash'd very well before yu use it; ye same Ingreedience Added to half A nogen of oyle of spick, half An ounce of oyle of mace & half An ounce of Naturall Bullsome being Boyl'd with it Is Exalent good for A bruse or sprain, & for A pain At ye stomach, ading An ounce of coming seed finely powder & melted together = Approv'd Mrs Newarks Agree Plaister spred burgondy pitch on sheeps Leather ye ruff side, then Lay on that half A dram of saffron, then over that A Little venice turpintine & put it on ye navell 2 hours before ye fitt comes - for ye Piles: Mrs Newark Make Allom posset & Apply ye Curd to ye part As hot As yu can suffer it. - To Kill worms In Children & to Bring down A Big Belly To one pound of goose grees take one handfull of maiden Leeks Bieras & All [crossed out], One handfull of Rew, one of wormwood, & one of feather few, shred the hearbs & put them to ye grees In A new pipken over A gentle fire & A quarter of A pint of viniger, Let it simber till ye hearbs Are soft, then strain it & Add to it A quarter of A pint of viniger more, & half An ounce of ye Apple of Colliquintita (with some of ye seeds taken out) then Let it boyl for A quarter of An hour & strain it, After it is cold part ye topp from ye bottom & keep it for use, for ye worms Anoynt from ye brest down to ye Navell; & for A hard belly Anoynt ye Belly All over but not touch ye navell = A nother for [crossed out] An Ague Take sheeps Leather or dowles & spred it with venice turpintine, & strew on that ye powder of Lebenum on ye gum & put it to yr wrists = For A Breaking out, In A Childs face or head Take one pound of primrose Leaves @ 2 pound of ye flowers. chopt small, then Add to that 3 pound of Boors Grees & pound it All In A morter, then set it in A Celler & Let it stand till it is moldy, then melt it & strain it & Add ye same quantity of Leaves & flowers Again, then set it to be moldy & melt & strain It Again, then put to it 4 ounces of new Bees wax & 2 peny worth of white unguintom, set it on ye fire & when that is desolved, put to it A quater of A pint of ye Juice of Cellonder & Let it just boyl & it's fit for use It must be don on A gentle fire or else it will spoyl ye colour, Anoynt ye part As ofen as yu find occasion = A Diate Drink to puryfie ye Blood Take sasaperilla 4 ounces. China 2 ounces sasaphrags, Liquorish, Annyseed, sweet finell seed & harts horn shavings of each 3 ounces, boyl these in a gallon [crossed out] & half of water till half ye water Is neer conshum'd strain it & drink it As common drink, yu may Add to ye Ingreedients A handfull of Broom tips & 2 or 3 ounces of sena to cause A Gentle purging V 10: Make Hungarye water. Tsy: Dillet: o ahe a fine spirit, drawn thrice so add a Considerable quantity, of drye rosemary buds: And likewise flowers, Infuse it in [illegible] spirit, warme, [illegible] and let it stand 24 Hours than set it in [illegible] still, And let him work gradually; Dont, drawe it too lowe: Mrs Carew for A childs sore head take ye peth of Levon'd Bread & Boyle it in fresh creem till At turns oylly then strain it & Anoint ye head with ye oyle - Mrs Carew for worms In Children Take of ye root of ye mulbery tree, & dry It well then powder it fine & give As much of ye powder As will Ley on A siling In Any thing that ye child Likes 5 mornings fasting - hews his Diate Drink to sweeten ye Blood saraparilla raspt 4 ounces; sarapafrass 2 ounces: harts horn & query raspt, of each one ounce: Licoris one ounce: Lignum vite chips broak small [crossed out] half A [crossed out] Raisons of ye sun stond 2 ounces: Infuse All In A gallon of spring water All night In A gentle heat: boyl it ye next morning till it comes to 3 quarts, Drink of It A good Draught mornings fasting, At 4 A clock In yr After noon & going to Bed, contineiving it A fortnight, boyl ye Ingreedients After In ye same quantity of water & take it As common drink; for A sore Brest Add 2 or 3 hundred of Loops to ye same Ingreedients - Rosin of gollop is An Exalent thing to purg A Child for Any Breaking out Approv'd by me from 4 to six grains for 6 year olde & proposionable for Eliz: Jones older Couzin Clark for Convoltion fitts slit ye ears of A Black cat & whip them, to make them bleed & to A sucking child give half A spoonfull in Brest milk to A [illegible] and child In other milk, Mrs Carews for Convoltions Take A feemale mold Alive In march being big with yong slit her down ye Belly & tale oute All her Bowels, except ye gall & young ones put it All in to A Earthon dish & dry it in A oven After houshold Bread & then powder it fine & give of ye powder As much As will Ley on A sixpence In Any thing ye childs eats, to A grown person A greater quantity Black chery water is best. Aunt Clarks Diate Drink for A canser [crossed out] or figtula Take of Red sage 2 handfulls & half wormwood one Larg handfull, 2 pound of Lignum vite shavings one pint of wood Lice put All these in to 5 gallons of middleing Ale, After It have done working, & In 5 or 6 days it will be fit to drink = drink A good draught betimes In ye morning & fast An hour After & At 4 A clock In ye After noon, doe this every day Lady Hide for ye same Take 2 handfulls of Red sage one handfull of Rue A few tops of wormwood, A quart of wood Lice Beat All these together & put It Loose in to 3 gallons of new Ale After it has don working, Lit it stand 4 days & then drink of it As constant drink for A month without Intermission, spring & fall = Mrs Newarks Tar Oyntment Take A quarter of A pint of Tar, A quarter of A pound of mutton suet, A Larg handfull of Cellanedine pounded & take ye Juice of Its half An ounce of Aussafettitd sliced thin. simer it All together over A soft fire till ye suet is melted, then take it from ye fire & stir in to it 2 ounces of unguintom newfratom, then put it on ye fire Again & Lit it gust boyl up, strain it in to pots for use it will keep 40 year good & Is very good for betters, Itch, ring worms, or any scurbutick humore - Oyle of Whete - (Mrs Newark) Take A handfull of whete & put it on A smiths Anvill & put A hot Ire on it & there will come oute An oyle which yu must strike off with A fether In to A [crossed out] plate or sauce, use this with ye green of A Bucket well mixt together & Anoynt for ye shingles with it It's A presant remady, If yu can get som Blood of A Black cat & put with it it will beye Better, ye oyle yu may keep As Long As yu pleas, but yu must mix it when it's wanting Mrs Newark for An Astma Take A quart of ye Best french Brandy, one pound of Lent figgs, slit them but not quite open them, then fill them with white suger candy, colliander seed, & Carraway seed, A small handfull of unset Glisop, 2 or 3 tops of Rose mary, put all of it in to ye Brandy In to A Broad Bason or skillet, Gust warm it & set it A firt & with A fork keep ye figgs continewally Turning & when it will Burn no Longer, give ye patient 2 or 3 of ye figgs & A spoonfull or 2 of ye Liquor Every Morning fasting & At night going to Bed; shave In to it A stick of Liquorish About 2 ounces with ye rest of the Ingreedients (Aprov'd) - A Plaister for ye stomach for ye Astma By Mrs Newark Take half An ounce of English saffron dry It & powder it, 2 ounces of Bees wax, 2 ounces of white francosence, 2 ounces of ye oyntment of Marsh Mallows, one ounce of oyle of Mace, one ounce of Commin seed finely powdered, & sifted through A fine seive, Lit it All Boyl softly over A small fire, then strain it through A fine rag In to A pot for use, It must Be spred on sheeps Leather cut In ye shape of A hart & put to ye pit of ye stomach with ye point (Approvd) = (Mr Wight) for The Itch Take 2 pound of unsalted Butter, one peny worth of stone brimstone finely powdered, one penyworth of powdered ginger, one penyworth of ye Best tobacco & handfull of foxglove Leaves, & A handfull of Broom tops chopt very small; boyl All these together A quarts of An hour, then strain it & keep it for use, Anoint with it 3 or 4 nights successively all over ye Body but not ye head, & were ye same Lining 14 days then chang & wash in warm water & clenge cloths; before yu Anoint yu must take ye flower of Brimstone In milk 3 or 4 mornings Mrs Newarks Green Oyle Take of Cammamill, feathr few, Rosemary coursmary, hearts ease green & flowers: garden Blew velerion or charity, brown sage, Balsam tree Leaves, Ladys Red straw, Ladys Mantle, st Johns wort greens, St. James wort, speek ye Lavender sort, mouse hair, Adders toung, Saressens Conzoune Jacobs Lader, Knot Gras, sheperds pouch, green mariarum: unset hisop, philippendula, pile worth, pellatory of ye [illegible] orgin, A small handfull of each [crossed out] [crossed out] of these hearbs, but double ye quantity of velerian, chop it All As fine As dryt, & put It in to 3 quarts of ye Best Eating oyle put it in A glass Jar close covered in ye sone 3 or 4 days, then put it In A cool sceller, & Lit it stand from ye begining of may till ye Latter end of June stiring it some times that ye hearbs may not be moldy, then put it in to A bason over A chafindish of coles & Lit it simber over A sift fire, & As it simbers squese out yr hearbs by degrees through A Jelly Rag, then Lit it Boyle A Little time, & strain it All out, then Lit it stand A Day or 2, then part it from ye bottom which will run thick, keep ye cleve by it self In A Bottle for yr use, Its Exalent In Bruses, All, maner of swelings, pains in ye Ears & Deafness, dropt warm in ye years, 3 [crossed out] spoonfulls drinking warm Ale or wine Afer it Is very good for ye stone or guavell; for Inward [crossed out] bruses taking ye same quantity, Its Allsoe very good for. yu must [crossed out] Added Larg handfull of mellelot, & A Little handfull of pimpernell & wormwood, ye thick botton Is As good As ye clear oyle Itches or bruses to chafe it warm on ye part, Add to ye hearbs ye same quantity of yarrow, Clowns wounds wort & clouns All heal. Mr Hill for ye gout Take of polipody of ye oak, sarasparilla, china Root, Hermodactyls of each 4 ounces powder the hermodactils & slice ye other Ingredients very small & put them all into An earthon vessel glazed then take 3 pints of white wine & 9 pints of Water Just boyld up, then pour in ye white wine & boyl it one turn, pour it hot on ye Ingredients & cover it down hot for one night, then strain it fine off & Bottle it. 2 pints of white wine & six of water to be boyle in Like order & Infus'd on ye same Ingredients for 2 nights, As Above = Drink of ye first Infusion fierst, As often As yu please, As meals or dry Intervals of eating, drink nothing elce dureing ye cours, nor eat any sallads or spoon meats of Any sort prefering rop before Boyld meats & taking a gentle purg every fourth day, then drink off ye 2d Infusion Likewise under ye same regimen. for A Diet Drink Brew about 5 gallons & half or 6 gallons of mild Ale & boyl ye sliced Ingredients some time in ye wort but put in ye hermodactyls After ye wort is taken off & After A days Steeping or two, pour it off from ye Ingredients Into A Little Vessel & Ripen it with East & As soon As it's fine drink it once or twice A day to prevent, as well As much oftener to remove ye gout = A Diate Drink for A humore In Any part of ye Body Take of Pollopodiam of ye oak half A pound, Lickarick 4 ounces, half A pound of Lent figs, half A pound of Raisons stoned, sassaparella & China Root of Each 2 ounces, guaiacum Both wood & Bark half A pound sassafrass 4 ounces, Carraway seed 2 ounces, Anniseed 2 ounces, bruse ye seeds & slice ye Roots & figgs, & put it over A soft fire with 20 quarts of spring water & Lit it simber till About 8 quarts is wasted, take it off ye fire & cover it close till its cold, then strain it off & Bottle it, Drink half A pint every morning fasting & At Night going to Bed, till All Is don, for purging some times In ye time of Drinking of this take A quart of ye same Liquor & heat it boyling hot, & put to it 2 ounces of Elexsander Seana, half An ounce of spanish Aubirb, A quarter of A pound of Blew corands, pour ye Liquir boyling hot on it & keep it In yr Imbers All night, In ye morning strain it off & bottle it, twill keep good for A purg 7 year, & A quarter of A pint is A propper quantity for A man or woman, Legs for A child, yu need not keep to A strikt diate nor within doors only keep yr self warm Approvd by Mrs Newark Take some sheeps Dung & ty it up in A thin Rag & boyl & squese it in every thing ye party cats & Drinks It being ye Best thing in ye world to fill ye small pox & Abate ye flavor Appovd by Mrs Newark Pile wort & Dead mans hand Is very good to be taken Infuseed In Bear for ye Evill - V Clithorns Infuseed being fierst brused & put in Ale one night Is very good for ye scurvey to Drink constant As A Drink, both by Mrs Newark Hyropigue water from Mrs Cross take of Hyropicra, & of Scuchanel each one Dram infuse them in A quart of good Brandy & set it 9 days by the fire or in the sum. A coffie dish fall is good to carry of the pain in yr Stomach & is A gentle purge. Sweeten it to yr tast when yu drink It yu must shake ye Bottle 3 or 4 times : In A East while it is Infuseing Orange or Lemon Water Mrs Cross To A gallon of spirits put ye Rines of 16 or 20 oranges par'd thin distill it As Long As it taste of ye spirits & If it dose not produce ye full quantity As yu put in make it up with spring water & then sweeten it with 3 quarters of A pound of Loaf suger - (Approv'd) Mr Page for A Loosness if powder of salamoniack As much As will Lie on A 6 pence, & philoram Romanom As Much As yu can take on ye point of A knife put if both In A draught of warm Ale & give it to ye party Afflicted It will stop it Imediately Increece ye quantity As yu find ye strength of ye Constistution Mrs Zelick for Convoltion fits mix An Equall quantity of flower of sulfer Red sanders fine powdered Loaf suger & single Peony Roots or seeds powdered, & give As much to A yong child As will Lye on A silver peny & propotionably more to ye Age of Any other person In Any Liquor yu Like ye single Peony seeds before they Are quite Black strung on A thread & more round ye neck Cures A Violent head Ake As Approvd by kev Mrs Moggs Pills for Histericks Take of Galbenum, Assafettita And Caster of Each A Drahm & half, An ounce of olde methndate, beat All together In A morter till they Are well Mixt, make it in pills of ye bigness of A fetch & take 2 In water of them Every morning & night for 9 days following & when yu have rested 9 days, take them Again for 9 days more, & soc continew this method for [crossed out] A month or 6 weeks (Approvd) [crossed out] Mrs Keens Green Oyntment Take of the Leaves of Bay of Balme Red Sage, Camemell, Rue, wormwood of each of these leaves one pound, and as many pond of mutton Suett that is Ground of Suet mince all these herbs and suett together, [crossed out] then pound itt and add to it [crossed out] sound of neats foot, oyle put all the in grudience in to an earthon pan and let it stand nine days, stiring it every day, then Coul it on a gesible fire, fil the vertue be out of of the herbs then strain it and add so it five ounces of oyle of spike, then stir it together and pub it into Gollypots for use it Cures it Scald or burn it's good for all Sorts of Smellings from Cold it Cures all brusest, pains in the Bones it's good for Yong Children that has Worms to Anoynt their nauils it's Good for Sore brests to Anoynt them Mrs Keens playster Take Baum, Vervine, Pimpernell, stript & brused [crossed out] As much As can be boyled In 3 pints of ye best strong white wine, An Equall quantity of Each hearb, liting it boyl till ye Liquor comes to A quart, (silver or bell mettle It must be boyl'd in) strain it out hard in to ye skillet & put to ye Liquor half A pound of fine Rosen Beat to A powder 2 ounces of vergins wax melted In Brest milk half An ounce of mastick in [crossed out] powder, keep it boyling & stiring till it's well mix't, then take if off ye fire & stir in to it 4 ounces of venice turpintine & keep it stiring from ye fire till it's Cold Enough to rowl, keep ye wine that will settle to ye Bottome to wash ye sores, rowl them up to keep & put them in oyl'd papers to keep them from drying too fast, It's ye Best plaister to draw & heal in ye world An Eye water Take of white rose water & plantine water A Like quantity, of white coperis the bigness of A small pee, then take ye shell of A new Lay'd egg with ye Inside clean taken out & fill it with ye water & put ye coperis in to it puting it over A clear fire soe that it may not boyl over till the coperis Is melted then strain it throw A fine cloath In to A silver or cheny thing & lit it stand till cold, then put it in A bottle & when yu use it yu must dip A fine holand rag in it & Lay it on your eyes, It is good for Any humour in ye Eyes - Mrs Treishes sear Cloath Take a pint of oyle olive & huff A pound of Red Lead boyl them together stiring them wth A stick till it be Black & something thick, then put it on ye side of A dish & If it be thick it is Enough then take it off & put in one peny worth of soft red wax, & 2 ounces of rosen,, then set it on A soft fire that dos not Blase stiring it continewally, then take it off & dip in Lining cloaths Applying them to the place grieved & when one side is done ye other is good, If must be boyled In A Earthen pot that is new, & yu must keep it in white paper = Mrs Keens To make spirit of Lavender Tak a great Glass or Mugg & fill it 3 parts full of Lavender flowers full ripe stript from stems then fill ye glass brim full [crossed out] with good french Brandy or spirit of wine Let it stand A fortnight close stopt, then fill it up Again & Lit it stand A month or 5 weeks Longer close stopt then still it in A Limbick Mrs Crosses Colick Water Take stone hors Dung 6 pound, Cardanum seeds one ounce, Venice Treakle one ounce, Raisons of ye sun ston'd one pound, mint one handfull, put all these into 2 quarts of white wine or spirit of wine, And to Every quart of spirit put 2 quarts of Ale, & put it in to ye still over night, & still it in ye morning, In 2 days twill be fit to drink, take About A wine glass At A time; It's Allsoe propper for women newly deliver'd, or A new Born Child (Approv'd) from Mrs Cross: An Exalent Glister to be given In ye Collick precribed by Dr Trist Turn A pint of much to posset with strong Bear, stiep in it 8 or 9 putss of stone hors dung, give half A pint of it, & If it stays with ye patient 5 or 6 hours It is ye Better - of Mrs Loscome) A drink for A sore head Take one ounce of stone Brimstone & pound it fine then put it to 2 quarts of water & Lit it boyl till it comes to one quart then set it to settle, & when ye Brimstone Is fixt to ye Bottome power of ye clere & put it to boyl Again with A quarter of A pound of Treakle Just Let it boyl up to be well mixt & then cool it & bottle it - Drink A good Draught of it Every Morning fasting & In ye After noon About 4 or 5 A clock till It cures using no outward medison Mrs Moggs Green Oyntment Take 6 pound of May Butter Unsalted, one quart of sallet oyle four pound of Barows greese, one pound of ye Best Rosen, one pound of turpintine half A pound of frankincence, & to this quantity take these following hearbs of Each A handfull, Viz; small age, Balm, Lovage, Red sage, Lavinder, & Lavinder Cotton, herb grace, Parsly, Comfry, Louewell, Leaves Beach Leaves, Lungworth, mariaram, Rosemary, mallows, Cammahiell, st Johns wort, Plantin, All heall Chickweed, English tobackco, Elce henbance, Grownsell, wound wort, Betony, Egrimony, mellilit & Cardus, pick All these hearbs clean & wash them, strain them Clean from ye water (they must be all Gathered After ye sun Risees) then stamp them In A stone or Wooden Mork As small As possable yu can beat yr Rosen to A fine powder & Allsoe yr frankensence, & melt them first, then put in yr butter, hogs Greese, oyle, & when All is melted put in yr hearbs & let them All boyl together half A quarter of An hour, then take it from ye fire & keep stiring of it A quarter of An hour At Least, & in that time it's from ye fire put in yr turpintine & 2 ounce of Verdigreese very finely powder'd, & while yu put in ye verdigreese & turpintine stir it well, or Elce it will run over & so stir it till it Leaves boyling then put it in A Earthon pot stoping it close with A cloath & A board on ye top, & then set it In A dung hill of hors muck, 21 days then take it & put it in to A kittle & let it boyl A Little so that it dos not boyl over, then strain it through A Course Cloath In to Earthen Gally pot & when All is straind put to it half A pound of oyle of speek Cover ye pot Close till yu use it: In ye winter warm it when yu use it but cold in ye summer - Mrs Keens Palsie Drops Take of sage flowers, Rosemary flowers, Bittony flowers, Burage & Bugleas flowers of Each half A handfull, ye flowers of ye Lily of ye Valy & Cowslip flowers of Each A handfull, steep them in Aquarity or spirit of wine As yu gather them In their seasons till All is had, Add to it of Bay Leaves, orang Leaves & flowers If yu can get them, Baum, mother wort & speek flowers, ye same quantity, first cut small, Let it steep. All together 6 weeks in As much spirit As will Just cover it, & ye same quantity of spirit of Lavinder, keeping it close covered All ye while with A Blader & Leather, & when yu have distil'd it in A worm or Limbick Add to ye water, of Lemon or cittern peills dryed, & piony seeds hul'd of Each A Dram, sinomon, nutmegs, mace, Cardimus & cubibs of Each half An ounce, Lignum allowes one dram, make all these, in to powder, put Allsoe in to it half A pound of Juinboe being first ston'd & cut small, stop it Close for 6 weeks & then strain & press it very hard, then filter it, & After hang in ye clear Liquor In A sagnet bag As follows, powder of Pevell 2 Drams, prepared Vinarrays A scruple, Amber Greese, musk, & saffron, of Each half A scruple, keep it Allways in it close stopt, use it dropt on it Rub of Loaf suger Enough to wett it in A spoon its good for Lowness of spirit, fainty fits or Colick & Allsoe for Any Disorder of ye head to be taken Any time of ye Day or night - Mrs Keens. For the Rings Evill Broaken or Not Take ye flowers of Fox gloves About A peck stamp them very fine put them in to A new pipkin with 3 pound of new Butter not salted nor wash'd but Beat very well out of ye milk then set to boyl over A gentle fire for About 2 hours, keep it in the same thing & cover it close with Leather, warm part of it Every time yu dress ye sore, Anoynt ye swelling with the thin part & take ye thick & spred on A cloth Just ye bigness of ye sore, never chang ye cloath but scruple of ye salve from it Every time puting fresh to ye wound twice A day but be sure never put fresh cloaths to ye wound, yu must make A good quantity of ye medison At ye season it's to be got for its seldome Legs then A year before ye Evill will be well, when yu see ye sore grow biger be not trouble'd for it will doe so till All ye humors Are Dryed up & then twill heal asking [crossed out] up The purg for ye Evill take diaeatholocon a quarter of An ounce, of syrop of Roses solutine with Agarick half An ounce, mingle it with 3 spoonfulls of white wine & take it Every fortnight The Drink for ye Evill To Every Gallon of worth boyl with ye hops one handfull & half of Eye bright, sage, Rosemary, & Bittony of Each 2 handfulls & half put it In A vessell & when it's fit Let ye patient drink At Least 2 draughts Every morning fasting After it 2 hours, & At night take A draught 2 hours before Bed: this of Grace white. For ye Bloody Flux By Heall 2 Drahms of Cinomon Cassia, 2 Drahms of peppers, 1 Drahm of Galbinum, one Drahm of Lignum opiat, pound it & mix it in to pills with clarified hony, take 2 every night & 2 every morning fasting 2 hours after = for A sickly Girl one ounce of prepar'd Powder of steel must be mix'd with 4 ounces of conserved Bourage Flowers, & ye party must take about ye bigness of A walnut Every morning & at 4 a clock in ye after-noon till ye quantity is taken & if this dos not procure the desire'd effect she must repeat ye same quantity & take it without Intermition & After that is taken rest some time = Approv'd Tho: Tills receipt to turn an humer 2 peny worth of white copparis & one peny worth of Bolarmonik, Infuse it In one quart of spring water over A gentle fire till it comes to A pint so pat yr sore often with it with A Lining Cloath = Mrs Francklins Tinkture of Lemon Cut off ye Top of A Lemon & take out as many of ye seeds as yu can then put in the hollow of it As much saffron as twill hold, stop it in with ye top yu cutt off & pin it down that it may keep close stopt so put it on A plate before ye fire to roast as yu wou'd an Apple and As it rosts ye Juice will come in to ye plate which yu must take up before it dry Away, & when ye Lemon J soft-roasted, put it into A pint of Mounting or white wine with what Juice yu save'd from ye plate, Let it Infuse in ye wine (close stopt in A mug) A night or more then strain it & keep it in A Bottle close stopt for use, A spoonfull of this tinkture taken In A glass of Any Liquor In A morning fasting &c ye same going to Bed for A week together Is Admirable good for ye yellow Jaunders & will sertainly cure it if not gon too far, & It's Allsoe A very Great raises of ye spirits, At ye first coming of A feevour or small Pox, & Allsoe At ye turning of ye Later, if fainty, & Likewise in a Consumtion &c: = (Approvd) To: Vouls The Cordiall Gout Tinkture Take a quart of fresh Drawn Double [crossed out] disstill Anny seed water, of Hysopicra & Couchaueel of Each one Dram, saffron half A dram Infuse it in ye water 10 or All days in A warm place, then strain it off & keep it for use, take of this from 7 to 11 spoonfulls as yu find occasion at any time, but most properly goeing to Bead = It seldome faills giving Ease Either in gout or colick Niece Jones for An Ague Dry Lawrell Leives In an oven till they will pound to A fine powder & of ye powder take as much as will Ly on A shilling in Any kind of Liquor yu Like (but wine is best) repeat ye Dose every 4 or 6 hours & twill sertainly cure - Mrs Lewes for A Consumsion Take House snaills & wash them in Bear then prick each of them 2 or 3 times in ye fleshy part with A pin, so put them in A flaning Rug & hang them up over A dish, in which there is some Brown suger Candy powdered, & Let them drop on it till it come to ye moysture of A syrop, take A spoonfull of this syrop as often as yu please, but Especially when ye Cough is most violent - for ye Megism Take of camamell, comin, & crums of Brown Bread alike quantity, pound it all together with a Little viniger, make A plaister with it on A cloth and Bind it to ye forehead - for a fellon Take A handfull of smallage & A handfull of featherfow stain'd & strain'd, & with sope & wheat flower make A salve & use it - To cause sleep Take ye juice of Herylike, & ye same quantity of womens milk, & allsoe of Rose viniger, mix it together & dip some flax in it being first warm & bind it on ye Temples & some allsoe made up round & bound to ye palms of ye hands - an oyntment for shrinking of Cynews Take neats fost oyle finely clarified, & put to it as much Rosemary flowers, Cowslip & primrose flowers, a Like quantity, and as much as ye oyle will drink up, stop it in a glass jar & set it in ye sun 14 days, then put it in A little of water close stop'd & let it boyl six hours & then strain it thorow a clothe in to A pott for use. & anoynt ye Cynews with it - for ye Bloody flux & all other fluxes Take a quart of Red wine A quarter of an ounce of cinamon, Pounded, one peny worth of sanders & one peny worth of Blanch'd allmonds pounded & 2 ounces of Rice pounded boyl it all together till it be half wasted & thick, keep it stiring that it maint burn. put it out in A thin dish, & when it's cold cut it out in slices & eat it with white suger Candy sifted over it in ye morning fasting & at night or any time elce - for Deafness Take 2 sponfulls of ye juice of Rue, & as much womans milk (that suckles one of ye Contrary sex) boyl it together till it is Curdled, then strain it, & dip some black wool in it & therewith, drop it in to ye Ear morning & Evening for 9 or 10 days together very warm - A Nother Take Earth worms & fry them with Goose greese & drop some of it in ye Eares warm, 9 or 10 times - for sore Eyes distill hazel nuts before they have any kernells in them & use ye water to wash ye Eyes by it's self, or elce mix it with an equall quantity of Vervine & plantine water, & A Little bitt of Peony about ye bigness of A nutt desolved in it - The powder of Burdock seeds as much as will Ly on 6 pence taken in whitwine Posset is excelent good for ye Colick or stone - for A swelling in ye Legg &c boyl Groundsed & Hysop in milk very Tender turn ye milk to a posset & put on curd & hearbs together very hot - & for A bruse fry stone Hors dung in claret wine & Lay it on hot about an Inch thick as soon as possable after ye hurt - for ye strangury Boyle an ounce of Parsley seeds & 2 heads of Garlick brused, in A quart of milk make A posset of it with white wine, then strain it & drink of it morning & evening - A Glister for ye Wind Take Cammamell Green, or flowers, featherfue, mercury Leaves, mallows, wormwood, & Hollyhock, of each half a handfull, coryander, Dill seed, fennell seed & Anny seed, of each A Spoonfull brused, boyle all these in 3 pints of clear posset till it comes to 3 quarter of A pint; then strain it & desolve ov ye fire one quarter of A pound of Cours suger a quarter of A pound of fresh but & 2 ounces of syrup of Damask Roses & so adminester it - for Immediate help in ye Colick Take half A spoonfull of Tincture of Reuburb & drink in A glass of mountain wine & it usually gives ease - this of Mr White by Dr Giffiths) for sharpness & heat of Urine: found in this House Take ye whites of 3 new Layd eggs & Beat them well, & mix them in a pint of Plantine water, & sweeten it with white suger Candy, & if ye pain be violent drink A Draught of it eve 2 hours fror 6 hours together, or elce only morning & Evening - by Dr Griffiths) A nother for ye same Take of Egrimony one handfull of Plantine Leives & Rib-wort, with Common mallows stems & Leives, of each half An handfull, boyl these in somthing more then A quart of spring water till A quarter part is wasted, A glass of this Strained off, & put in to Ale or milk Luke warm, & take it Early in A morning or 2 hours before Diner, till ye quantity is done - & if ye water be Blody Take of Agrimony Dryed 2 good handfulls, mouseare one handfull & half - boyl these in 3 pints of water to A quart, strain it, & keep it close stop'd in A Bottle for use, & mix a 5th or 6th part with yr usuall Drink if Beere, or or ale, or a 3th or 4th part with Wine use it at meales or at any time elce but Especially at supper - A nother for ye strangury or Stone - Take half A pint of ale, half A pint of small Beur, half A pint of Rain water, beat ye yolk of A new Layd Egg in it & sweeten it with Hony & grate A nutmeg in it, Drink as mu at A Draught as yu can - for A Dyet Drink for ye same Disorder Take ye Topper of Firr Tree & Pine Tree of each one handfull & half, 10 Drams of ye seeds of wild Carrots bruised - 2 handfulls of shavings of new Deale, boyl it in 2 Gallons of wort for Constant Drinking - Dr. Griffiths) Another for Blody Water Take ye Roots of Tormentill 3 drams of Leaves of medow sweet, shepards purs, plantine, Agrimony, & sanicale of each one small handfull, Liquorish half an ounce, mellon, & panission seed of each 3 Drams, white Poppy seed half an ounce, Let ye Roots be sliced ye hearbs shred, ye Poppy seeds Brus'd, & ye other seeds Blanch'd with hot water as allmons, then boyl all in 3 pints & half of spring water till it come to A quart Strain it & sweeten it with syrop of Althea, & take A Draught of it morning & Evening - yu may allsoe boyl an ounce of Comfry Roots in A pint of milk & water, & in it ye white or 2 of new Layd Eggs Beat to Water Drink half A pint morning & Evening & some times put A scruple of powder of Bolearmonek in it, ye Clarified juice of Nettles is allsoe good in A draught of warm ale morning & Evening. For Lumbage & Stram in Bark and Grovel - Cpential Oil of Juniper 1 Drahm Oil of Turnpentine - 1 Drahm Spirits of Wine - 2 Drahm Tincture of Opium - 1/2 Drahm Balsam of Capivy - 1 Drahm Take 30 Drops night & morning in a Tea Cup of Soft Water B.S.D. Ip A Receipt for Cold Take a Lemon and pool it then cut it Round but into Slices then take a penny worth of Saffarn and put between the cuts than take A quarter of A pound of Honey and boil it for about 10 Minits on A Slow fire and while boiling poured Sums of the Honey on the Lemon take it of then Squeese the Juce of the Lemon out and take a tea Spoonful as you are trobuled some Receipt for a Cold Take a Large Lemon boil it 3 or 4 times in A Quart of water changing the water till the Bitterness thour of is Then ground itt in a Stone Mortar & add. two Ounces of brown Sugar Candy and two Ounces of Sweet Oil make an Electary [illegible] take A Tea Spoonful whenever the Cough is trouble some Stoughtons Elixa - To A quart of ye best Brandy put ye outside Peil of a Douzen Larg civill oranges or 15 small ones, Let it stand 3 weeks, shaking it every Day, after this strain it & put to it one ounce of Gentian cut very thin, one Dram & a scruple of Couchaneel pounded & half A Dram of saffron, both put in to A Little Bag, Let these stand 3 weeks, & then strain it thorow whited Brown paper in to Little Bottles for Use, & be sure, to keep it always stop'd close A Tea spoonfull is ye proper Dose in any Liquor yu like for ye Colick or any disorder in ye stomach For an Ague Take of Jesuits Bark half an ounce, of coriander-seed an ounce, of Anny-seed an ounce, beat all these to A fine powder & add as much powder Ginger as yu can take up between yu Thumb & two Fingers, & half a pound of brown suger, mix these well together with two or three spoonfulls of Rose water, put it in A skillet or Porvinger over a soft fire till ye suger be melted, & take the bigness of A wallnut of it Every 3 hours night, & Day, till half ye quantity is taken, then rest 10 or 12 Days before yu take ye other half, & then observe ye method as before; eat no flesh, nor drink no strong Drink while yu are taking of it, & begin to take it when ye fitt is off, but continue taking till ye ague is gon. these two I had of Mrs Irish & Apporov'd: the following Receipt was sent for my own Illness in 1727 by Mrs Fry from one of her Phisitions. Peruvian Bark one ounce, Dragons Blood two Drams, cinamon one Dram, boyld in 3 pints of water til one pint be wasted, strain it off, & Drink a wine glass full twice A Day - Bleeding, & purging before yu take ye Above will be proper, if strength admit of it. fine Rock Allom 3 drams, melt over A gentle fire, & stir into it one Dram of Dragons Blood finely powder'd, of which make forty Pills, & take 4 of them before every braught of ye above decoction - (1) to stop all sorts of Fluxes & to prevent Miscaring Take 2 handfulls of red oake buds, as much of broad Plantine, & as much of Red Roses, an ounce of Cinamon & ye rise of one Pumgranet both beaten to powder, steep it in A quart of red Wine one night, & then still it in A Cold still, 3 or 4 spoonfulls morning & Evening for 3 days together is ye dose; it may be given to A woman in child Bed without any danjure, (2) A Water for spiting of Blood Take of nettles & cypres tops 3 handfulls, A pint of whites of Eggs, & a little yellow sanders & A Little mace, put it in to A Gallon of new milk & still it in A Rose still, (3) Snail water for A Consumtion Tak 80 House snails wipe them clean & break ye shells, put them shells and all in to A Gallon of New Milk, boyl it till it grow thick, then, put it in to A Rose still with A Handfull of mint in ye botom of ye still, put in ye Inside of A Loaf of white bread & A Handfull of hartshorn, & if ye party be Inclin'd to a feavour put in A handfull of dandylion, Let it drop in to A Bottle with white suger Candy in it & take 8 or 10 spoonfulls twice a day - (4) For violent pain in the Head Pound, ground Ivey & Lay it over ye forepart of ye head in A thin Cloth & being first heat [crossed out] in A fire shovil as it cools renew it - (5) for A fix'd Cough Take 2 ounces of syrop of Maiden hair, 2 ounces of syrop of violets an ounce of Conserve of Red Roses, half A Dram of flower of Brimstone mix it in to A Conserve & take of ye bigness of A nutmeg as often as yu please - (6) A Purg Take the best Rhubarb in Powder, 2 ounces of half, of salt of wormwood one Drahm, orange peill half an ounce grated nutmeg two scruples, Couchaneel half [crossed out] Drahm, Infuse this 48 hours by ye fire side in a quart of good Arrack, strain it off & keep it for use, two or 3 spoonfulls may be taken at a time twice or 3 times A week without any hindrance of business - (7) For An Ague Take half an ounce of Bark, Nutmegs Cinamon, Cloves, Mace, jamaca pepper Ginger & Carraway seeds of each 3 quartets of an ounce, A quarter of A pint of Anny seed water, mix it with A quart of small Bear, to be taken at 3 times at 8 a clock in ye morning, at one, & at 5 in ye afternoon ye next day after ye fitt & drink it warm, (8) Pills for the stone Aloes 2 Drams, Vonice Turpintine half an ounce, mix them together & make it up with powder of Licoris & Anny Seed & take 5 or 3 of them when yu goe to Bed - (9) an opening ahedison seana half An Ounce 2 race of Ginger slic'd, A thimble full of Anny seed, infuse these all night In A pint of whitwine, in the morning boyl it A Little then strain it & put in to ye Liquor 30 or 40 Prunes & stew them & eat 7 or 8 in A morning fasting & yu may goe any where - (10) To Make Daffys Elixer Take an ounce of senna; Guajacum, Elicampain Roots, Anny seed, Carraway seed, Coriander seed, & Liquoris of Each half an ounce, Raisons of ye sun ston'd 2 ounces, Infuse these in A quart of Good Brandy for 4 or 5 Days then strain it off, the dose is 2 spoonfulls at Night at 3 in ye morning, & no confinement being only a Little opening, (Approvd) (11) For ye Kings Evil Take the white Arch Angell, Greens, Blosom & all, boyl it in milk & turn it to Poset with small Bear, strain ye nettle & Curd from ye Drink, chop them together & apply it warm to ye sore twice A Day Let ye drink be ye only Liquor, & continew ye use of it till ye patient is recover'd eating no salt Meat durcing ye Cure the nettles may be Gather'd when ye Blosom is on & carefully Dryed, & they will Answere ye End in ye winter - (12) Barly Wine Good in A Feaver Take half A pound of french Barley wash it & boyl it in 2 or 3 severall waters ye waters being kept of an equall heat then take 3 pints of ye Last water yu have Boyll it in & half A pint of Succory water, A quart of ye best white wine, & ye juice of 3 or 4 Lemons clean from ye pulp & seeds add half A pound of white suger powder'd & Brew it all together very well till ye suger is well desolv'd then put in Bottles for use & stop it close, Let it stand 3 or 4 Days before yu drink it -- (13) for ye stone Take Haws at Michalmas bruse them in A Morter & put them in to A Cold still & put to them as much white wine as will cover them to 3 spoonfulls of this water take a Draught of Ale with A Little Nutmeg & suger & walk or Ride after it - (14) For ye pain of ye stomach Take 12 Corns of white Pepper (clean rub'd) in A spoonfull of sallet oyle, (15) A nother (fasting) Take 6 pound of Raisons of ye sun ston'd 2 ounces of gention sliced & A Little handfull of Egrimony dryed, as much of sentary, put it all in A Earthon pott, & when yu have boyl'd 20 pints of water to 16 put it to ye Ingredients boyling hot, & Let it stand 30 hours in A warm place then strain it off & work it as yu wou'd mead & Bottle it up Take A wine Glass full every morning fasting & so in ye after noon - (16) A Drink for any Tetterish Humor Take half A pound of Madder, 4 ounces of sena, 2 ounces of Anny seed 2 ounces of Liquorish, 2 handfulls of scabious, one of Egrimony, wash ye Roots & slice them bruse ye seeds, & put all in to A bag to 4 Gallons of Ale after it have done working, & when it's fitt drink A pint in A morning fasting - (17) A nother to sweeten ye Blood Take of Dock Roots 4 pound, of Dandelion 4 ounces, of Fumarory Leaves 4 handfulls, of Ground Ivey 4 handfulls, of Firr tops on handfull of Crude Antimony in powder typed up in A Lining Bag 6 ounces bruse & cutt ye roots & hearbs & put them in a bag & let them hang in A vessell of 6 Gallons of Ale which yu must drink of constantly till it's done - (18) For A Looseness & Vomiting Take of venice Treake & diascordiam of each 2 Drams, mix them very well with mint water, Barly water, & Cinamon water of each 4 ounces, of which take 2 spoonfulls in case ye disorder is very violent or Less if not so - (19) for A Cough & Rhume Take sassaparilla 2 ounces, China slic'd one ounce, of Lentise wood, guaiacum, & sassfrass of each half an ounce, 8 or 9 Dates Cut small, boyl these in 3 quarts of spring water till it come to 3 pints, drink A 3d part of A pint 3 times A day for 20 Days (2) for A Sore Mouth Turn some milk with Allom being boyl'd in it till it's Clear & sweeten it with Hony so with this wash yr mouth severall times A Day - (21) for ye bite of A Mad Dog make A salve with Onions salt & Rue pounded & mixd with Hony so use it (22) A Conserve for A Consumption Take some Almonds Blanch'd & Raisons of ye sun ston'd of each A like quantity which pound very fine & to A pound of this put 2 ounces of Syrop of clove Gillyflowers mix it well together, & give ye quantity of A wallnut to A Child twice A Day, - more to A Grown person - (23) A nother Take ye yolk of A new Layd Egg A spoonfull of Red Rose water, & as much Plantine water, & as much flower of Brimstone as will lye on A 6 pence, A spoonfull of fine suger warm it & Take it every morning fasting for some time - (24) A nother Take A pint of Red cows milk & set it to ye fire to just warm it, then desolve in it an ounce of Conserve of Red Roses & 2 spoonfulls of any Pecterall syrop so drink it every night going to Bed, - (25) for A horsness of ye voyce Take an ounce of oyle of sweet Allmonds & an ounce of Coluxanum mixt well together of which take often - (26) For A violent sore Throat Take A spoonfull of Mustard seed beaten fine, A handfull of ye outward Bark of Elder scrap'd lightly off, put to it A spoonfull of Hony & make it up in to A past with any cours Meal make 2 Long pads of it ye bredth of 2 fingers & Lay of Each side of ye Throat behind ye hollow of ye Ear downwards to ye Throat, & as they dry put on New ones - (27) for spitting of Blood Take of white, Red, & yellow sanders each an ounce, infuse them 16 hours in to quarts of water, then boyl it to 3 & a half add of maiden hair, Colts foot, sanicle, & Daisy flowers, & Pauls Betany of each 2 handfulls, sweet finnel seed, an ounce, Licorish slic'd, 6 drams of Raisons of ye sun ston'd 4 ounces, when boyl Away A nother pint & strain it for Use, so drink it in A morning & mostly Insteed of other drink, (28) For ye shingles (Myrrh) First Bleed then foment ye part with Lint seed, fenigreg seed & white Lilly more Boyl'd in milk & after purg with Epsom salts - (illegible) (29) To make Elixa Propritates Alloes [crossed out] one ounce [crossed out] Myrrh half an ounce, saffron A quarter of an ounce, one Dram of Tincture of sulphur, put all in a pint of Brandy in a Bottle, & set it in A Kittle of water & let it boyl half an hour, Let it stand till next day, so doe 3 days following, & then power off ye clear in to A another Bottle for use (Approvd) (30) for A quartan Ague Take A Dram of hicra picra in A quart of Anny seed water Infuse, & of this give 2 spoonfulls the party going to Bed Immediatly, (31) For A Bloody Flux Take A New Laid Egg break off ye Top & let out ye white then fill it with any strong Liquor (32) A Drink for ye Scurvy Take half A peck of scurvy grass, Hors-radish roots sliced 4 ounces, sage 4 handfulls wormwood Dryes one handfull, or more if Green, Raisons of ye sun ston'd 2 pound put it in to A thin Cloath Bag, & then put it in 14 or 16 Gallons of Ale when it has don working & put A stone in it to make it sink & when it have stood to be strong of ye hearbs take ye Bag out & stop ye vessell Close so drink it common, (33) For A Cold Palsy in ye Limbs Take A Gallon of spring water, sage & wormwood of each a handfull, boyl it on A soft fire till ye half is wasted, then take it off & make it very strong with mustard, so bath ye parts with ye hearbs as hot as can be Indur'd once or twice A Day, it have cured those as have had no eye of ther Arms to A miracle - (34) Powder for A Feavor Take of craw fish eyes an ounce of Irish slate 2 ounces beat both to A fine powder make them in to Balls with Harts-Horn jelly that have saffron in it, give as much of this as will lye on A sixpence when scrap'd, in Dragon water - (35) Pills for A woman in Travill Take of Castorum in fine powder & of methridate of each 20 Grains, of Mirhe one Dram, saffron 6 grains, both finely powdered Chemicall oyle of Amber 2 drops syrop of mugwort as much as will make it in A mass, & keep it close Covered in A pot & give as much as ye Bigness of A Peel only in great extremity, drinking A Glass of muld wine after, & so Laid in A warm Bed as Long as convenient - (36) A Powder for Convoltions Take half an ounce of ye powder of Gention Root, as much of single Peony Root powder'd, An ounce of powder of scull, & an ounce of an After Birth = powder'd, mix all together & give A Child as much as will Lye on A silver three pence in Black Chery water 3 days together before ye full of ye Moon, & 3 days before ye Chang, or oftener if ye fitts be violent, to A man or Woman as much as will Lye on 6 pence must be gave in ye same manner - (37) To strengthen ye Eye sight Take Powder of Eye-bright 3 ounces, of finnell seed one ounce in powder & half an ounce of Cloves powdered Take as much as will Lye on 6 pence fasting every morning either dry or in any Liquid - 38 A strengthening jelly to purg ye Blood Take an ounce of Ivory shavings, one ounce of China, 2 drams of Red sanders, & 2 of White; boyl all these in 3 pints of good water tell it comes to A quart, & as much harts horn as will make it in to A jelly sweeten it as yu like & eat of it frequently - 39 For sore Eyes Take 9 marigold tops, 9 wood lice, 3 ground Ivey Leaves, 9 daizy Roots tops & all, stamp & strain them in to a pint of new ale, drink half at night & Ly on ye Left side, & ye other half next morning - 40 A water to wash ye eyes upon A humour by a Cold Take a Larg piece of Lapis Calaminans made red hot & quench'd 9 times in white wine, then beat it in to A very fine powder sifted, put a little of it in to a Glass & pour Red Rose water on it, dip A spung in it & put yr Eyes with it often in A day - these 40 Receipts taken out of Mrs Pophams Book in Feb. 129/30 41 An Oyntment for heats & pimples in ye face one ounce of fresh Butter & of flower of Brimstone put 12 peniworth of Pavmacity to it in A silver Poringer, & About 10 spoonfulls of Damask Rose water strain ye butter after it have been boyl'd with ye Brimstone & Parma - city in to ye rose water through A fine Cloth then beat them all together very well for an hour then power ye Rose water from it & put ye salve in A pott for use -- (in 1731) ye following Receipts taken out of Salmons Practical Physick For An Ague 1) put half A spoonfull of Black Pepper gross pounded, in to half A pint of carduus Posset, Drink it warm an hour before ye fitt come, & cover up warm in Bead to sweat, A nother 2) spread Venice Turpintine in Leathe & on that strew ye powder of Rue & Frankinsence An equal quantity, so Bind it to ye wrists before ye fitt comes & keep it on till ye fitt be gon: or elce Take venice Turpintine half an ounce & Incorporate it with as much camphire & mastick beaten in to fine powder as will make it in to A Plaister, then spread of it on sheeps Leather cut round, & Lay it on ye stomach, & navel warm, a Day before ye fitt comes = 3) half A pint of ye juice of Camomil Drank an hour before ye fitt comes her says he have cured quartern Agues with, repeating it for 3 or 4 fitts = (4) for Bleeding at ye nose Take powder of Bole Armoniach finely sifted, with an equall [crossed out] quantity of an old Hat burnt to Ashes mix it together & Blow it up ye Bleeding Nostril with A Quill & it will stop Immediatly, (5) for Bloody water Take 4 ounces of sheeps milk & mix in it A Drachm of fine Bole Armoniack in Powder in A morning fasting. (6) A nother for ye same or Bloody Flux Take one ounce of conserve of Red Roses, one scruple of Crocus Martis, of Volatile Laudanum 2 Grains, mix it all well together, & take it on ye Point of A knife 3 mornings fasting. (7) for spitting of Blood Take of mastick & olibanum in fine Powder 2 scruples of each, conserve of Red Roses 2 ounces, Diascordium half an ounce, Gutta vita 3 Drachms, mix all together, in to an Electury, & take of it morning & Evening on ye Point of an knife ye bigness of an nutmeg. (in 1731) ye following Receipts taken out of Salmons Practical Physick For An Ague 1) put half A spoonfull of Black Pepper gross pounded, in to half A pint of carduus Posset, Drink it warm an hour before ye fitt come, & cover up warm in Bead to sweat, A nother 2) spread Venice Turpintine on Leathe & on that strew ye powder of Rue & Frankinsence An equal quantity, so Bind it to ye wrists before ye fitt comes & keep it on till ye fitt be gon: or elce Take venice Turpintine half an ounce & Incorporate it with as much camphire & mastick beaten in to fine powder as will make it in to A Plaister, then spread of it on sheeps Leather cut round, & Lay it on ye stomach, & navel warm, a Day before ye fitt comes = 3) half A pint of ye juice of Camomil Drank an hour before ye fitt comes her says he have cured quartern Agues with, repeating it for 3 or 4 fitts = (4) for Bleeding at ye nose Take powder of Bole Armoniach finely sifted, with an equall [crossed out] quantity of an old Hat burnt to Ashes mix it together & Blow it up ye Bleeding Nostril with A Quill & it will stop Immediatly, (5) for Bloody water Take 4 ounces of sheeps milk & mix in it A Drachm of fine Bole Armoniack in Powder in A morning fasting. (6) A nother for ye same of Bloody Flux Take one ounce of conserve of Red Roses, one scruple of Crocus Martis, of Volatile Laudanum 2 Grains, mix it all well together, & take it on ye Point of A knife 3 mornings fasting. (7) for spitting of Blood Take of mastick & olibanum in fine Powder 2 scruples of each, conserve of Red Roses 2 ounces, Diascordium half an ounce, Gutta vita 3 Drachms, mix all together, in to an Electury, & take of it morning & Evening on ye Point of an knife ye bigness of an nutmeg. (8) To stop Bleeding by Leeches, slit A Bean in two, skin it & lay it to ye place where ye Leech has Drawn & it will stop ye Bleeding, (9) for Bleeding of wounds Take sheeps Blood, Ox Blood, but ye best of all is mans Blood, Dry it & Powder it fine, of which take an ounce, of Crocus martis, & Colcothar, of each half A Drahm, mix it together, & strew it on ye wound; (10) For A Flux Take either shery or madera Wine, half A Pint, sal-Prunella half A Drahm, mix & desolve it in ye wine & give it at 3 or 4 times a Day - this may be given in A burning Feaver - (11) For Grips with A Flux Take Rubirb thin sliced two ounces, Anny seeds brus'd one ounce & half, Gentian & Cinamon half an ounce, put it in to A quart of spirit of wine, in which Let it Infuse some time, take of it from 3 spoonfulls to 8 twice or thrice a Day in propotion to ye strength of ye person or ye nature of ye Disorder, it's ye best in ye would for nurses, & children, to whom yu discresian must proposion ye Dose. (12) for Gripings in ye Bowels Take half A Drahm of Oyle of Anny Seed mix it with white suger & put it in A Glass of wine & Drink it in ye morning fasting - (13) for shortness of Breath Take Raisons of ye sun stond, Lent figgs slit, & Licorish Bruised 2 ounces of each, Ellicampane Roots bruised one ounce, boyl all in A Gallon of spring water, strain it, & drink half A pint at a time, 3 or 4 times A Day = (14) For An Ague in ye Brest Take good Aqua-vite & Linseed oyl & warm them together so dip cloaths in it fitt for ye Breast & Lay em hot on morning & Evening = (15) For Long Griping with A Flux to A Gallon of strong ale put A pint of ye best Brandy, 4 ounces of Rheubarb sliced thin with one ounce of Anny seeds Bruised, tye it up in A thin rag & hang it in ye Ale & Brandy with A stone tyed up in it to make it sink, Let the Person continually drink of it as common Drink till he find A Cure = A water to thicken ye Hair A pound of Hony, A handfull of Rosemary & a handfull of ye curlings of Grapes still it in a Rose still & Draw off 3 pints, or if in A worm yu must put water just to cover ye ingreedience; (from my pieces at Bath) Niece Strachey Syrop yr A cough take 3 sheeps hearts, slice ym thin, but don't wash them, add a Larg handfull of Rosemary, A stick of [crossed out] Liquoris thin cutt, 2 ounces of hartshorn shavings, & 4 pound of Brown suger Candy pounded, put it all in A Deep Pot, A Laying of each till ye pott is full, power over it three pints of Orgin Water & bake it with Houshold Bread, strain it off hot, & take of ye fatt when cold, & Bottle ye rest for use, take of it 2 or 3 spoonfulls at a time as often as yu please But chiefly mornings & at Bed time, - the following directions was by Dr. Midleton to a relation of niece stracheys who was afflicted with pains & guidiness of ye Head, occasion'd by ye poorness of Blood, Originally from ye Bleeding of ye Piles, & then stop'd. Take 2 ounces of Rhubarb grated, the piece of A sivil orange Rosted, 2 ounces of Brown suger, candy Pounded, a Nutmeg grated, put it all in to a quart of Lisbon or other white wine, & let it stand 4 Days then strain it off, Drink a wine Glass going to Bed - (of Mr Cotterell) A Dyate Drink for ye Rhumatick Pains Take 3 peny Worth of Rhurirb cut thin, 3 peny worth of Seana half A pound of Lent figgs, half A pound of Raisons of ye sun ston'd, put it in to a Little Bag & hang it in A vessell of mild ale after it has don working: adding to it A handfull of ye green tops of Broom For An Astma (of Davis of Farmberron) Take half an ounce of the flower, of Brimstone, A quarter of an ounce of Ginger in fine powder, 3 quarters of an ounce of ye best send in fine powder, add to these powder 4 ounces of fine Hony & work it all together with A knife on [crossed out] a plate, take of this Electury ye bigness of A Larg nutmeg every morning fasting 2 hours after it, & at night going to Bed after Eating 2 hours, this doe for 5 or 6 days together, unless it work too Much, if so yu may rest a Day or two, & then take it but once A week at morning & night, for A Considerable time, & if yr self not perfictly well, take it once a fortnight as yu did before; A Green salve, from my sons Printed Book Take of Clowns - all heal, [crossed out] 5 handfulls, stamp it & put it in a pot, put to it 4 ounces of Lard, half a pint of oyle olive, 3 ounces of Bees wax, so boyl it till ye juice is allmost consum'd which is known when ye stuff do not bubble, then strain it & add to it 2 ounces of venice Turpintine, so boyl it a Little, & then put it in potts for use - melt some in a spoon & apply it to a wound with Linnet, & for a bruse to chafe ye part - for any sort of Flux Take of Camfary Roots wash'd scrap'd, & an equall weight of Plantine Leaves, pound them well together, with half ye quantity of Soft suger, & take of it 2 or 3 times a Day of ye bigness of a wallnut till its done, (from ye same) an Ague plaister one peniworth of Black soap, one peny worth of Gum-powder, one ounce of Tobacco snuff, & a Glass of Brandy, mix it well in a mortar & spread it on sheeps Leather for Plaisters to ye wrists puting them an an hour before ye fitt comes = Extiovius A purg for ye same disorder Severall Receipts of wines Known To Be Very Good By Those That have Used them (Couz: Cross) Elder wine. Take 20 pound of maligoe Raisons to 5 gallons of water let ye raisons be well rub'd In A cloth but not wash'd, cut them A Little without stoning & let them stand 10 days in ye water In some warm place stiring it often then let it run through A hair sive without pressing, put Elder, berys in A Jugg & set them in A kettle of boyling water & soe take ye Juice by degrees As It comes out of ye Berys till yu have six pints, Let ye Juice first be cold then stir ye water of ye Raisons & this well together, put it up In A vessell & let it stand 6 or 8 weeks in A warm place & then bottle it yn may try A Little suger in ye Bottling A nother way Boyl ye water very well & to 3 quarts of water put one pint of Juce, when ye water Is cold, put to it As much powder suger As will make it strong enough to bear An egg being well stired then put It in yr vessell & Let it work A fortnight before yu stop it - Couz: Crosses way to make Shery Take 3 gallons & A half of water & boyl half A gallon Away: take 12 pound of Raisons of ye sone stalks & All, cut them small & put them in to ye water when it is cold then take one or 2 spoon, fulls of yeast & put to it, lit it stand 10 or 12 days stir it every morning very [crossed out] very well, then strain it & put it in yr vessell & let it stand 10 or 12 weeks before yu bottle it - Mrs Stringers Burch Wine take A nimble or A nail & bore A hole in A burch tree either white or red & drive & nail in to ye tree uppon which hang A bottle to receive ye Juice, then put A Lock of wool in to ye bottle & one end of it in to ye hole of ye tree & ye Juice will run through it in to ye bottle In ordenary tree will run three quarts A day & if yu do not sudenly put ye Ingredients & boyl ye Juice once In two or three days it will be sower: to every gallon of Juice put one pound & half of ye best powder suger & to every 12 gallons put in ye peel of A Lemon & half An ounce of cloves then boyl these together one houer, then skim of ye froth As it rises which don put it in to earthon pots till it is cold then put in 2 or 3 spoonfulls of Ale yes & cover it close & In 10 or 12 days it will be fit to bottle this is to be done in march; when yu have what quantity yu desire from ye tree drive A wooden pin in to ye hold & ye tree will be never the worse - Mrs Niclsons Corand Wine take to every quart of Juice, 2 pounds of suger (Loaf Is best) & two quarts of water, put yr suger to yr water & clarifie it over ye fire with ye whites of eggs & when its cold put yr Juice to it, then put to it & A Little yest & work it As yu doe Beer & tun it up in to A cask & Let it stand till it is fine & fit to bottle - Goosbury Wine Take to every quart of juice (when the frute is ripe) 2 pounds of suger & 4 quarts of water clarifie yr suger In ye water As ye other & After order it As ye corand wine - (Approvd) - Couz= Clarks Clougilliflower Wine to 6 gallons of water put 2 pound of white powder suger Let it boyl & Afer it is well scumd Lit it boyl half An houer then put it to cool & then work it with good Ale yest As yu doe beer & when it have wrought prety well put in A good half peck of gilliflowers clipt & As yr flowers rises keep them down, yu may Let them stand in it 12 houers In A warm place then strain it & put it in to A vessell & stop it up Leaving A Little vent In A week or 10 days time As yu see it come clear bottle it, & In A Little time Afer it will be fit to drink - Couzen Clarks Couslip Wine Take 20 quarts of spring water, put to it 9 pound of white powder suger set it over ye fire & Lit it boyle it Little while & As ye scum rises take it off & when its well scumd take it off it ye fire & set it to Coole, when its quite cold take 2 peck & half of good couslips pickt & brused, put yn In it with 3 Lemons sliced but ye piell of one, 2 or 3 spoonfulls of Ale yest & cover it to make It work ye better Let it steep 2 or 3 days & As ye flowers work up stir ym down, then strain it & put it in yr vessell & when it has stood 3 weeks if it be not fine rack it of ,,,,,, Cousen Crosses Couslip Wine to 9 gallons of water put 4 pound of white powder suger, boyle it to gether one houre, clarifie it with whites of eggs & scum it while it boyles then put it in A tubb & put to it A bushell of pickt Couslips that have ben beat in A morter while ye water is hot: ye next morning strain it & squese ye flowers very hard, then take good thick Ale yest & spred it on A hot brown tost well baked & put it in ye Liquor & when it begins to work put to it 2 quarts of sack & one of renish wine ye Juice of 6 Lemons & some of ye peill then cover it close & lit it stand A day & A night then strain it & put it in A runlet, Lit it stand 3 weeks & bottle it with half A spoonfull of suger In each bottle & stop ym Close Mrs Babers way to make Vineger to one gallon of watter take 2 pound of maligoe Raisons pick only ye larg stems out of them & chop ye raisons being unwash'd, put them in to yr cold water & stop it up In A vessell, put in out in ye sone In may & lit it continew All ye sumer or till its very sharp Mrs Babers Orang Wine to 6 gallons of spring water put 12th of ye best powder suger & 4 whites of eggs, boyle it half An houer scum it till its clear yn have in rediness ye rinds of 50 oranges thin par'd so that non of ye white remain & put ym to ye Liquor As soon As it comes from ye fire put it in to ye vessell when it is no more then blood warm, put in to it 6 ounces of [civer] oranges well beaten with ye Juice of Juice of ye A foresaid 50 oranges straind, let All these stand close covered 2 days & A night & After they have ben well stired Add to it A quart of Renisk wine & A quart of shery shoot to A vesell to work, After 24 hours stop it close & in 15 or 20 days it will be fit to drink to Make Shrubb Mrs Baber take 5 lemons slice then thin take out ye seeds & put ym in 2 quarts of brandy in A stone Jug close covered 4 or 5 days yn strain out ye Lemons & put to ye brandy 2 pound of double refind suger, one quart of whitewine & A pint & half of water when ye suger is desolved strain it thro A flaning bag & bottle - Mrs Boclands orang wine take 6 galons of condite water & 12 pound of good white suger, boyl yr water & suger together till there is no scum upon it take 50 rise sivell oranges & pare them in to ye water when it is cold & slit ye oranges & sques ym in take 2 ounces of sirup of Lemons or 6 Lemons to 2 pound of suger & scum of ye seeds, put 6 spoonfulls of good Ale yest on A rost & put it in & lit it stand 2 days, then tun it up in A wine vessell & Let it stand 12 days & yn bottle it & In A month [crossed out] it will be fit to Drink (Approvd) without syrop of Lemons Mrs Stringers Apricock wine take 3 pound of suger & 4 quarts of water, lit it boyle together & As ye scum rises take it of & when yr sirup is very clear put in 6 pound of Apricocks par'd & ston'd let ym boyle till they be very tender, then take it off & let it run thorow A Jelly Ray, Let it stand till it be thorow cold & yr bottle it in stone Bottles tying ye corks down with strong twine - My Mothers Lemon Ade Take 2 pound of Raisons of the sone ston'd & shred, & A pound of suger to A gallon of fair water boyl it very well & power it to yr Raisons boyling hott in An Earthon pot & slice in to it 3 Lemons piels & All, Let it stand 3 or 4 days stiring it often then strain it & After it has stood A while to settle bottle ye clear, In A week After it will be fit to drink, yu may make A smaller sort After with half ye quantity of water As before = Mead Take one quart of hony & seven quts of cold water & stir it well together till ye hony is desolved, then put it in A kettle & let it boyl About 3 quarts of An hour with A small quantity of cloves, nutmeg, ginger & mace brused together & typed up in A bag, put A Little Lemon piell In ye Liquor, & while it boyle take off ye scum carfully, & to make ye scum rise ye better keep one quart of ye Liquor cold & As ye rest boyls put it in by Degrees When it's cold put it in A vessell that will hold Just ye quantity Allowing room for it to work, put in to ye vessell 8 or 10 spoonfulls of Ale yeast & At 3 days end stop it & A week After bottle it & A week after it's bottled drink it If yu wou'd have it soon ripe slice in A Little Lemon As it boyls, yu must beat yr hony with A wooden slice in A bole till it is white before yu mix it with ye water = (Approv'd) = [crossed out] My Mothers Rasbery or corand Wine Take A galon & half of frute to one gallon of water Let it stand 6 hours & stir it gently Let it stand A nother 6 hours & press them through A Rair scive, then put in to it 3 pound of suger to A gallon of ye Liquor & put it in A vesell & let it stand six weeks, If it be not clear draw it of in to A nother vessell & put A pound of suger more to each gallon & when it's clear bottle it, yu must grind ye corands or elce ye pressing of them will not break them = for clearing corand Wine Take About 20 Rernells of quinces to A small runlet bruse ye kernells & mix or boyle them with A small quantity of ye wine & put ye Jelly being straind from ye kernells in to ye wine, It will make it very clear; To clear cyder Take About A dozen quinces, pair ym & quarter them take out ye core & put ye quarters Into hogshed of sider To make cyder drink pleasant & good Take for 5 douzen of bottles 5 quarts of good water put to that one pound of ye best suger 3 peny worth of cloves, & 3 peniworth of mace boyle these till half be wasted, then strain it & put in to it one spoonfull of barm Luke warm, & In A hour or 2 If will work skim it very clear & when yr syder is bottled, put in each bottle 2 spoonfulls then cork it fast & yu may drink it In 3 weeks time or yu may keep it A year & 'twill be ye better == Approvd All by nb nlfruh To make Goosbery Viniger Brother Jones Take yr Goosberys when they are full ripe, mash them well, then measure them & to every quart of Goosberys put 3 quarts of water that has ben well boyl'd & is quite cold again, Let it stand together 24 hours then strain it first through A Canvas & Afterwards through A flanell bag, then put to every galon of this Liquor one pound of brown suger, stiring it before yu tun it up, & keep it six months before yu use it = To mak Elder Viniger gather ye flowers of Elder & pick them very clean, dry them in ye sun with A gentle heat then take to every quart of viniger A good handfull of ye flowers & let it stand to sun A fortnight, then strain ye viniger from ye flowers & put it in to ye barell Again. & when yu draw A quart of viniger put In to ye barell A quart of water Luke warm = Unkle Loyds Mead To 12 pound of fine hony take 8 Gallons of spring water ye piels of [2?] Lemons 2 or three sprigs of Rosemary, cloves half An ounce, boyle All these together to ye consumsion of [crossed out] ye third part take of ye scum clean As It rises then run it through A scive In to A tubb & Let it stand till it's cold then put it Ink vessell Just fit for it & In A months time bottle, or According As yu see occasion, for It will keep A Long time good (Approvd) Mrs Caldicots Cowslip Wine To 5 gallons of water 10 pound of suger boyl it well together, clarifie it with ye whits of eggs, then put it boyling hot to a Gallon of Cowslips & work it with A Little Ale yest lit it stand till ye next day. After It has done working barrell it up slicing into ye vessell two Lemmons & Add to it A bottle of Renish = (Approvd To Make milk punch or verdee, Take 3 fouzen of Lemmons & cut them in ye middle then take out All ye pulp & strain it hard through A cloath In to 4 guarts of milk then heat 4 quarts of water warm enough to make ye milk As warm As when it comes from ye cow, so mix ye water with ye milk & put to it ye outside rinds of 10 Lemons, then put it it in to A Larg swanskin bag made As A Jelly bag, & of ye thickest sort of swanskin first weting ye Bag, or [crossed out] elce it will not run well, As It runs of keep puting of it up Again till It runs very fine, then when All Is run fine off, mix it with 4 quarts of Brandy & A pound & half of Double Refin'd Loaf suger, then put it in to ye Bag on ye curd, & when it runs fine Bottle it up, it will keep As Long As yu please (Approv'd) Mrs Ireishes Cowslip or Primrose wine Take one gallon of spring water to which put 2 pound of suger & Let it boyle An hour, then take half A peck of ye flowers pickt from ye greens & pound them, & when ye Liquor is Blood warm put ye flowers to it with ye Juice of 2 Lemons & ye Rine of one, then take A good spoonfull of yeast with 2 or 3 spoonfulls of ye Liquor & beate it well together & then = mix it with ye Rest, then set it in A narrow vessell & Let it stand 3 days close coverd, then strain it & put it In A Barell & after it have done working stop it close for 3 weeks then Bottle it & twill be fit to drink in 6 weeks - Black Corand Wine to A gallon of frute pickt from if great stems take A gallon of water, boyl ye water & power it boyling hot ye frute Lit them stand 24 hours then grind ye frute & manage ye Liquor As yu doe ye red corands 1 pound, & half of suger Is full Enough to A gallon of Liquor - 1/2 A pound of suger to A gallon of Liquor is good viniger: (Approv'd Boath) Mrs Crosses Mead Its 4 quart of water put A pound of Hony, warm ye water & desolve ye Hony In it, to 10 Gallons put ye whits of 5 Eggs well Beatten & whipt, then boyle it, & stir no more, but scum it very clean whilst it boyle. Let it boyle About half An hour, then strain it through A flaning Layd on A hair sieve, put it to coole, & then tan it Adding to 12 Gallons a quart of ye Best Brandy; Let it stand A year In vessell, Hony of A year old it Best, (Approvd) Mrs Grizell Irishes Clary or Elder wine Put 20 pound of maligo Raisons pick'd & Rub'd & cut (but not wash'd) to 5 Gallons of Cold water lit it stand 10 days stiring it once A day, then strain it - through A hair scive, put to ye Liquor half A pint of Ale yeast stir it well together & tun it up In A vessell gust fit for it & Let it stand About A week, then put in to it A Little handfull of Dryed Clary stop it close [crossed out] when it have All most done hissing, & keep it so till it's fine, & when & then [crossed out] bottle it & when yu drink Any Rack it off in to A nother Battle, yu may make Elder wine ye same way by Leaving out ye Clary & puting in As much Juice of Elder As will make it of A claret Colour, ye best way of Juicing ye Berys is to Bake them with houshold Bread & strain ye Juice from them Hunham Receipt for viniger 1720 To each Gallon of water putt 2 pound & half of maluga Raisons, A small handfull of Celendine, & A nother of sorell, let it stand 3 months in ye sun, begining in may & then yu may draw it off [illegible] half ye quantity of water in to yr same vessell & let it stand in ye sun ye same time As ye other & twill be good Enough for Common use = Mrs Franklins Pipping Wine first make sider of any sort of Hard Pipping, & After it has don working Rack it in to A tub where to Every Gallon of sides yu must put 3 pound of Bunch Raisons, or Raisons of ye sun, being first Choped Grose, there Let it Infuse 12 days, stiring it well once or twice A day, then strain it through A flaning Rag Hung upp that it may run without pressing, so tun it in to A vessell & when it has don working stop it Close & Let it stand A full 12 month before yu tap it, then Bottle it & it will be Exactly Like forain wine - ye Raisons yu Drain off, yu may mett old sider to, & stir it half ye time as before, & it will be A weaker wine to Drink in half ye time - To make Rattifee Put what quantity yu Like (to give A gratefull Bitter) of Apricock; Peech, or Plum kernells, in to good french Brandy, & let them Infuse in it 3 weeks or A month & then to each quart of Brandy Take A pint of water & boyle in it A quarter of A pound of Double Refind suger & when it's cold put it to ye Brandy first straining it from ye kernells, some will boyl stick of (Approv'd) cinomon with ye water & suger Mrs Irishes Raison wine To Every Gallon of spring water put 5 pound of Raisons clean pick'd & chop'd very small, Let it stand [crossed out] Days, stiring it every Day, then squese them in A hair bag very Dry, put it in A white wine vessell, or A Brandy one, Let it stand 3 months if it is not then fine, rack it thoro a reng as before, & when fine bottle it = ye vessel yu put it in must be [crossed out] season'd with A Brimstone match before yu put in ye Liquor, & it must not be stop'd but only with a Loose bung to keep out dust - very Good Nice Stracheys Clary Wine Boyl 10 Gallons of water, & when boyl'd put to it 25 pound of powder suger or Lump is best, & when ye water is Cold stir in ye suger with ye whites of 8 Eggs well beatten, boyl it softly 2 hours & scum it well, then put it in a Tub & Lett it stand till cold, put to it 10 ounces of ye Tops & small Leaves of clary well dryed, put it all together into yr vessell with a pint of new ale yest, stir it very well 3 or 4 times a Day & when it have don working stop it close & keep it ye year round before yu Tap it - Mrs Lydes small Mead To one Gallon of water put one pound of Hony & half a pound of Loaf suger pounded, stir it all well together & Let it boyl till its well Desolvd & in ye Boyling stir in 2 or 3 whites of Eggs & as ye scum rises scum it clean off, swain it in to. A tub & when it's allmost Cold put to it some yeast spred on A Hott Toste & ye juice of A Lemon with half ye Rine, when work'd enough slim it & Tun it in to A vessell, stop it & about 10 Days 'twill be fitt to Bottle & Drink -    Dr Mead's Method & Medison for ye Bite of a mad Dog taken out of Farley's news Paper August ye 30th 1735 Immediately after ye bite, let Blood in ye Arm 9 or 10 ounces, then take Ash colourd ground Liverworth clean washd, & dryed to a fine powder, half an ounce, of Black, Pepper fine powder'd two Drahms, mix em well together, divide ye powder in to 4 Doses, so take one of them in half a pint of warm cows milk fasting, for 4 mornings, after these 4 doses are took, ye Patient must goe in to ye cold Bath, spring, or River every morning, Diping himself all over (only his Head above water) & stay no Longer then half a minute, [crossed out] this must be continewed for A full month without Intermission, after this, 3 times a week for a fortnight, this was given by ye Dr to A Gentleman, who was assured from him, that he had never fail'd of sugsess in ye experience of 30 years with 500 Patients - Typhus Fever Place A Little Powdered Saltpetre in A Lancer and Pour on it as much Oil of Vitrial as Will just cover it A Copious Discharge of acid Gas Will Instantly take Place the quantity of Which may be Regulated by Lessening of Increasing the [fuanthy?] of the Ingredients Mr Bave for ye biting of Mad Dogs Take six ounces of Rue clean picked & bruised In a morter, 4 ounces of Garlick pick'd & bruised, 4 ounces of Methredate or venice Treakle, four spoonfulls of scraped Tin, or ye Best olde pewter filed, Boyle these in 2 quarts of ale for one hour in A pot close Covered over A gentle fire then strain out ye dregs & give of the Decoction 8 or 9 spoonfulls warm to a man for fasting for 3 mornings together, give it cold to any Beast 3 or 4 spoonfulls for 3 or 4 mornings following it must be given to a hog, Dog, or sheep within 9 days after biting, it never fail'd any Man or Beast - As Approud by him Mrs Saintloes receipt for Mad Dogs: Venice Trekle, and Trekle water, of Eache three parts of are Punce, four drachms: of Rochs of Vipers: Powded, and mixed with & things before mentioned. Another from Mr Coothe: Too handfull of Rue, and Too more of ye Star of ye Earth, And a Quarter, of a pound of Hunney boyled in a Quart of Milk, Till half is boyled awaye: June: ye 20: oisois: Tryed this: A bait for Rats & mice A pint of flower of Oatmell, a pint of powder Lime not slailed A pint Glass Bottle pownded & sifted, mix it with A pound of Raisty Bacon fryed in slices, & ye Lyquior to moisten it with; where ye Bait is Laid put water by it - A medison for Madness Take garlick Rew, London treakle, the filings of Pewter, of each half A pound, put All these. In A gallon of stale beer in A mug close stopt put ye mug In A kettle of water & let ye water boyle softly for 12 hours without Intermission, then take it out of ye water & when it's cold give to each hound four spoonfulls Mr- Gores: Of Barrowe: to joyne China, of A Traviling Man ye juice of 24 snails, 2 whites of Eggs, 2 ounces of Plaister of Pallis in powder, 2 ounces of Unslaited Lime fine powder'd, mix ye powders together & wet ye Edges of ye china with ye Lyquor & daub ye powder thick on, so close ye China together, & Dry it by ye fire - Couzen Ann St Loe A very good receipt to take of freckles or Any yellowness from ye face Take the flowers of Elder And still them In A cold still: wash your face with ye water every day & you will find the Advantage In A short time - A very good wash for ye face Take half A pound of ye 4 cold seeds take ye skins from of the 2 bigest & rub ye other in A clean cloth very well but them in to A stone morter & stamp them with A little whitewine very well, then put A quart of whitewine more to them stamp them & strain it till All the goodness is out them bottle it for your use - A nother Approvd By Mr Burgess take A quart of whitewine & put it in A pottle Bottle & put to it 2 ounces of bitter Allmonds Blenched, one ounce of white suger candy finely beaten; one ounce of seras, one Drahm of cream of tarter, one handfull of fumatary & ye Juice of 2 Lemons: Let it stand 2 or 3 days before yu use it, & when yu use it shake yr bottle keeping ye [Inobed???] still in it - For An Ague; Couzen St St doe Take A dry stoke shave it flat & smouth or A Laft. And As many fits so many notches must be cut In the stick: & write the partys name on it you must be sure not to mis noon ye fit. but rather put one too many then one Less & burn it In the fire: All must be done unknown to the party or elce tis never the nere A nother for An ague when Jesus went by the cross to be rucified the Jews Asked of him And said rt thow Afraid or hast thow got the Ague Jesus Answered And said I Am not Afraid neither have got the Ague Amen sweet Jesus Amen tweet Jehovah Amen Amen this must be wort & sealled without the persons seeing it by A string in it that It may goe over the head) & hang Just to ye pit of ye stomake till the Ague is gon A brasad A bra A brasad A br A brasad A b A brasad A A brasad A brasa A bras A bra A br A b A [crossed out] One tea spoonfull of Lact - Sulphuris and half a Tea spoonful of Calained Magnesia to be taken the last thing going to Bed in a small Quantity of Milk that has been skimd, The Quantity may be increased if it does not operate the intention is to keep the body moderately open by taking it when it appears nescessary for that purpose - South Killworth Leicestershire The) Der; 19. 1814) 20 Grams of Ipecachuana 40 Drops Laudanum Quarter Pound of Honey Clorefeed in Half a Teacup full of Vinegar put all into a Half Pint Bottle and fill it up with Warter take 2 Table Spoonefull 2 or 3 Times a Day For A Cough J Nowell Jones, Russell & Co-" 13, Friday Street. For the Gravel B. Kymost Take 1 oz of Castile Soap, half an Oz of Hot Limo, & pound then together in a Morter: moiten them well with oil of Juniper safficiost to make them into Pills. Take 3 of them early in the Morning & three going to Bod: drinking plentifully of Tea or Greual made of Marshmallow afterwards. -  1747 Jones Esqr. LSD Oct: 20 Quicksilver 2 - oz. - - 0-1-0 Pil of Turpentine 2oz. - 0-0-2 Pil of Bays 1/2 a pound - - 0-1-0 White Hellebore powdd: 1oz. 0-0-2 Sulphur Vivum Ear oz: - 0-0-2 0-2-6 The Quicksilver must be rubb'd in a mortar till the globules disappear with the Oil of Turpentine put to it by degrees than add the Pil of Bays & afterwards the Hellebore & Sulphur -  X French Polish Rectified Spirits of lime - 1 pint Green Juniper - 1 1/2 ounce Shell Lac - 1 1/2 ounce Mixed Black Prosewood Stain - First - Brazil Dust - qualified with Colour In proportion as to is to 1/2 Second - Logwood and Brazil - as 1 is to 1/2 Third - Vinegar - Snow-filings and Green copperas X WB a little Cenotes heightens the Colour of this Composition - To recover faded Black Cloth Fig Tree Leaves boiled will in Water wash the cloth in it milk warm Any its in the sun and it will prove an excellent Black Armonian fo Clinning Coat Blue Diluted Sulpertic Acid 20 Drops Comphristd Sprits Wine Oil of Amber and Brandy for Breast often Confenert  Dissolve One Scruple of Salts of Tartar in a quarter of a pint of Water add 10 Grams of Cochineal finely Powdered  The Oyntment for Eyes Take 4 ounces of May Butter Clarifyed in ye Sun one ounce of Virgins, wax half an ounce of powder of Tutty; Camphir 2 drams disolved them in a Bason together over ye- fire yn- work yn- up with a little Rose watter this oyntment is good for all Swellings in ye- Eyes Lids or Cloud shud Eyes Striking ye- Eyelids with it over Night & washing it of the next Morning with Rose Watter or Cardus Water if neither with Spring water ye- things must be all weighd [illegible] apothecarys weights -  For Shortness of Breath Mix 3/4 of an Oz of fine powdered Senna 1/2 an Oz of flour of Brimstone 1/4 Oz powdered ginger in 4 Oz of honey Take the size of a nutmeg every night and Morning for give Successive days. Afterwards once a week for some time G: Walker - James Powell Powell Po ight ott nd atley cer ord wn alker hubarb Vitre Stone Brimstone Guaicum an equall quantity of each, made into pills of 5 Grains each, 5 pills to be taken every other Night  Cholera Morbus An intelligent correspondent has Obliged us with the following remedy for this dreadful disease, which he received from the late Dr Shuter, head of the Botanical Institution in Calcutta where, from his Own Observation he can state that it has saved the lives of thousands - calomel, one scruple Powdered Opinion, three grains; mixed with a sufficient quantity of conserve of hips to form and divide into six Pills, two of which are to be taken every two hours the Powers of life to be kept in full action by hot flannels, friction, & until the disorder has subsided. - Cheltenhom Chronicle Sugar 6 1/2 to sell - 7d [Pea?] 5 1/2 - 6 Caraway seeds 9d - 1d ounce Currants 8 1/2 - 10d Lope - 6 - 7 Candles 6/4 - 7 Nutmegs - 9d ounce, or 1/4 Jolarro 3/4 - 3d ounce Pepper - 8 ounce Nuts 2/6 gals - 2/2 half Pint 15-10 - a 15-10 1/2 16 - 5 - 10 1/2 227 For OCTOBER, 1747. four of these pills twice a day-and after each dose, drink half a pint of spruce-beer, with a drachm of Irish slate powdered in it. An excellent Remedy against Agues and Intermitting Fevers. TAKE Jesuits-bark one ounce, snake-root one drachm, and as much syrup of cloves as will make it an electuary; of which take the quantity of a chesnut every three hours between the fits. And if you take it two or three days at the intervals of six hours, after the fit is stopped, it will certainly cure, and prevent any return. The ANGLER and SPORTSMAN instructed in November. OBSERVATIONS for the ANGLER. THE Angler must now be thinking to provide rods for the next season. For this end, let him remark, that those fishing-rods will do him most service, that are cut after the sap it down, i.e. from the latter end of this month, to the middle of January. The hasle, black-thorn, and crab- should be five yards long: For the New-River, a line of two yards is long enough: In fine, you must proportion your rods and lines to the breadth and rapidness of the water in which you seek for sport. As for the strength of your lines, they must be proportioned to the fish sought for. The common way is to 228 The UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE vous knees. Its eyes are brown and dim, but they are continually open, and seldom look forward. It is a subtile creature, but not bold. The Hare never walks or treads, but jumps or leaps, and runs quickest in paths and highways. This is the creature represented in the following cut. [illustration] The best time to hunt the Hare, it from the middle of September to the latter end of February: during which to the middle of its head, the feathers are of a reddish ash colour. It has a grey belly and breast [illegible] ꝶ Pil, Rudy Extract ℈i Calomel gr viij in. fac Pilul: no. iij vel iv: pro dose send Houre, Doses: 2 Penny worth Oil Rosemary 1 Do Do Spuret. op Do 1 Do Do S. Harthorn 1 Do Do Oppodel Jack 1 D- Do Salt Netuer For Rumartics  Elizabeth Strachey her book 1693