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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
Citrul, Cucumber, Gourds, Melon. 
The four lesser cold seeds. 
Succory, Endive, Lettice, Purslain. 
Five fragments of precious stones. 
Granite, Jacinth, Sapphire, Sardine, 
Emerald. 
The right worshipful, the College of Phy- 
sicians of London in their New Dispen- 
satory give you free leave to distil these 
common waters that follow, but they 
never intend you should know what they 
are good for. 
SIMPLE DISTILLED WATERS. 
Of fresh Roots of 
Briony, Onions, Elecampane, Orris, or 
Flower-de-luce, Turnips. 
Of flowers and buds of 
Southernwood, both sorts of Wormwood, 
Wood Sorrel, Lady’s-Mantle, Marsh- 
mallows, Angelica, Pimpernel with purple 
flowers, Smallage, Columbines, Sparagus, 
Mouse-ear, Borrage, Shepherd’s Purse, 
_ Calaminth, Woodbine or Honey-suckles, 
Carduus Benedictus, our Lady’s Thistles, 
Knotgrass, Succory, Dragons, Colt’s-foot, 
Fennel, Goat’s Rue, Grass, Hyssop, Let- 
tice, Lovage, Toad-flax, Hops, Marjoram, 
Mallows, Horehound, Featherfew, Bawm, 
Mints, Horse-mints, Water Cresses, Eng- 
lish Tobacco, white Poppies-Pellatory of 
the Wall, Parsley, Plantain, Purslain, Self- 
heal, Pennyroyal, Oak leaves, Sage, Scab- 
_ tous, Figwort or Throatwort, House-leek, 
or Sengreen, the greater and lesser, Mother 
of Time, Nightshade, Tansy, Tormentil, 
_ Valerian. 
Of Flowers of 
‘ Oranges, (if you can get them) Blue- 
bottle the greater, Beans, Water-Lilies, 
avender, Nut-tree, Cowslips, Sloes, Rose- 
: Shnies white, damask, and red, Saty- | 
Of Fruits of 
Oranges, Black Cherries, Pome Citrons, 
Quinces, Cucumbers, Strawberries, Winter 
Cherries, Lemons, Rasberries, unripe Wal- 
nuts, Apples. 
Of parts of living Creatures and their 
excrements. 
Lobsters, Cockles, or Snails, Hartshorn, 
Bullocks dung made in May, Swallows, 
Earthworms, Magpies, Spawn of Frogs. 
bevuntomonesevnae 
SIMPLE WATERS DISTILLED. 
being digested before-hand. 
Of the fresh Roots of Nettles. 
Of the leaves of Agrimony, wild Tansy, 
or Silverweed, Mugwort, Bettony, Mari- 
golds, Chamomel, Chamepitys, Celandine, 
Pilewort,Scurvy-grass,Comfry the greater, 
Dandelyon, Ash-tree leaves, Eyebright, 
Fumitory, Alehoof, or ground Ivy, Horse- 
tail, St. John’s Wort, Yarrow, Moneywort, 
Restharrow, Solomon’s Seal, Ressolis, Rue, 
Savin, Saxifrage, Hart’s tongue, Scordium, 
Tamarisk, Mullin, Vervain, Paul’s Bettony, 
Mead-sweet, Nettles. 
Of the Flowers of Mayweed, Broom, 
Cowslips, Butter-bur, Peony, Elder. 
Of the berries of Broom, Elder. 
Culpeper.| Then the College gives you 
an admonition concerning these, which 
being converted into your native language, 
is as follows. 
We give you warning that these common 
waters be better prepared for time to 
come, either in common stills, putting 
good store of ashes underneath, the roots 
and herbs being dryer, &c. or if they be 
full of Juice, by distilling the juice in a 
convenient bath, that so burning may be 
avoided, which hitherto hath seldom 
been. But let the other Herbs, Flowers, 
or Roots, be bruised, and by adding 
Tartar, common salt, or leven be 
aes then one spring water to 
