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bodies temperate, and their children will 
sleep well enough. 
Syrup of Eupatorium (or Maudlin.) 
Mesue. 
College.| Take of the Roots of Smallage, 
Fennel, and Succory, of each two ounces, 
Liquorice, Schenanth, Dodder, Worm- 
wood, Roses, of each six drams, Maiden- 
hair, Bedeguar, or instead thereof, the roots 
of Carduus, Marie, Suchaha or instead 
thereof the roots of Avens, the flowers or 
roots of Bugloss, Annis seeds, sweet Fennel 
seeds, Ageratum, or Maudlin, of each five 
drams, Rhubarb, Mastich, of each three 
drams, Spikenard, Indian leaf, or instead 
of it put Roman spike, of each two drams, 
boil them in eight pints of Water till the 
third part be consumed, then strain the De- 
coction, and with four pounds of sugar, 
clarified juice of Smallage and Endive, of 
each half a pound, boil it into a Syrup. 
Culpeper.] It amends infirmities of the 
liver coming of cold, opens obstructions, 
helps the dropsy, and evil state of the body; 
it extenuates gross humours, strengthens 
the liver, provokes urine, and is a present 
succour for hypocondriac melancholy. You 
may take an ounce at a time in the morning, 
it opens but purges not. 
Honey of Emblicks. Augustanus. 
College.] Take fifty Emblick Myro- 
balans, bruise them and boil them in three 
Pints of water till two be consumed, strain 
it, and with the like weight of Honey, boil 
it into a Syrup. 
Culpeper.] It is a fine gentle purger both 
of flegm and melancholy: it strengthens the 
brain and nerves, and senses both internal 
and external, helps tremblings of the heart, 
Stays vomiting, provokes appetite. You 
may take a spoonful at a time. 
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_ ROB, OR SAPA: AND JUICES. 
_Culpeper.] 1. Rob, or Sapa, is the juice 
oo yeh ane means 
the sun, or the fire, that it is capable of 
being kept safe from putrefaction. 2. Its 
use was first invented for diseases in the 
mouth, 3. It is usually made, in respect of 
body, somewhat thicker than new Honey. 
4. It may be kept about a year, little more 
or less. 
Rob sive Sapa, simplez. 
Or Simple Rob, or Sapa. 
College.| Take of Wine newly pressed 
from white and ripe Grapes, boil it over a 
gentle fire to the thickness of Honey. 
Culpeper.| Whenever you read the 
word Rob, or Sapa throughout the Dispen- 
satory, simply quoted in any medicine with- 
out any relation of what it should be made, 
this is that you ought to use. 
Rob de Barberis. 
Or Rob of Barberries. 
College.| Take of the juice of Barberries 
strained as much as you will, boil it by it- 
self (or else by adding half a pound of 
sugar to each pound of juice) to the thick- 
ness of Honey. 
Culpeper.| It quenches thirst, closes . 
the mouth of the stomach, thereby staying 
vomiting, and belching, it strengthens 
stomachs weakened by heat, and procures 
appetite. Of any of these Robs you may 
take a little on the point of a knife when 
you need. 
Rob de Cerasis. 
Or Rob of Cherries. 
College.| Take of the juice of red 
Cherries somewhat sowerish, as much as 
you will, and with half their weight in 
sugar boil them like the former. 
Culpeper.] See the virtue of Cherries; 
and there you have a method to keep them 
all the year. a 
Rob de Cornis. 
Or Rob of Cornels. ee 
College.] Take of the juice of Corne 
two pounds, sugar a pound and a 
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