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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 
each half an ounce, the leaves of Bettony, 
Burnet, Pennyroyal, Nettles, Water- 
cresses, Samphire, Maiden-hair,of each one 
handful, Winter Cherries, Jujubes, of each 
ten, the seeds of Bazil, Bur, Parsley of 
Macedonia, Hartwort, Carraway, Carrots, 
Gromwell, the bark of the root of Bay-tree, 
of each two drams, Raisins of the sun 
stoned, Liquorice, of each six drams, boil 
them in twelve pounds of water to eight, 
strain it, and with four pounds of sugar, and 
two pounds of honey, make it into a Syrup, 
and perfume it with an ounce of Cinnamon, 
and half an ounce of Nutmegs. 
Culpeper.| A tedious long medicine for 
the stone. 
Syrupus Regius, alias Julapium 
Alexandrinum. 
Or Julep of Alexandria. 
College.| Boil four pounds of Rose- 
water, and one pound of white Sugar into 
a Julep. Julep of Roses is made with Dam- 
ask Rose water, in the very same manner. 
Culpeper.| Two fine cooling drinks in 
the heat of summer. 
Syrupus de Rosis siccis. 
Or Syrup of dried Roses. 
College.| Make four pounds of spring 
water hot, in which infuse a pound of dried 
Roses, by some at a time, press them out 
and with two pounds of sugar, boil it into 
a Syrup according to art. 
Culpeper.}| Syrup of dried Roses, 
strengthens the heart, comforts the spirits, 
binds the body, helps fluxes, and corrosions, 
or gnawings of the bowels, it strengthens 
the stomach, and stays vomiting. You may 
take an ounce at a time, before meat, if for 
fluxes; after meat if for vomiting. 
Syrupus Scabiose. 
Or Syrup of Scabious. 
_ College.| Take of the roots of Elecam- 
_ pane, and Polypodium of the Oak, of each 
_ two ounces, Raisins of the sun stoned an 
Share! Sebestens twenty, Colt’s-foot, Lung- 
ful and an half, Liquorice, Spanish Tobacco, 
of each half an ounce, the seeds of Nettles 
and Cotton, of each three drams, boil them 
all (the roots being infused in white Wine 
the day before) in a sufficient quantity of 
Wine and Water to eight ounces, strain it, 
and adding four ounces of the Juice of 
Scabious, and ten ounces of sugar, boil it 
to a Syrup, adding to it twenty drops of oil 
of sulphur. 
Culpeper.| It is a cleansing Syrup ap- 
propriated to the breast and lungs, when 
you perceive them oppressed by flegm, 
crudites, or stoppings, your remedy is to 
take now and then a spoonful of this Syrup, 
it is taken also with good success by such 
as are itchy, or scabby. 
Syrupus de Scolopendrio. 
Or Syrup of Hart’s-tongue. 
College.| Take of Hart’s-tongue three 
handfuls, Polypodium of the Oak, the roots 
of both sorts of Bugloss, bark of the roots 
of Capers and Tamerisk, of each two 
ounces, Hops, Dodder, Maiden-hair, Bawm, 
of each two handfuls, boil them in nine 
pounds of Spring water to five, and strain 
it, and with four pounds of white sugar, 
make it into a Syrup according to art. 
Culpeper.] It helps the stoppings of 
melancholy, opens obstructions of the liver 
and spleen, and is profitable against splen- 
etic evils, and therefore is a choice remedy 
for the disease which the vulgar call the 
rickets, or liver-grown: A spoonful in a 
morning is a precious remedy for children 
troubled with that disease. Men that are 
troubled with the spleen, which is known 
by pain and hardness in their left side, may 
take three or four spoonfuls, they shall find 
this one receipt worth the price of the whole 
book. 
Syrupus de Stechade. 
Syrup of Steechas. 
College.] Take of Stechas flowers four 
ounces, Rosemary flowers half an ounce, 
d- | Thyme, Calaminth, Origanum, of each an 
