xxx\'i INTRODUCTION. 



C H A P. IV. 



Concerning Dijiilled WatcrSy and other • Pre^a 



rations to be kept iji the Houfe. ' 



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Shall bring the charitable Lady farther in this 

 Matter than perhaps ihe was aware at the firfl 

 fetting out •, but it will be with little Expence, and 

 little Trouble. She will find, that I now Intend 

 fhe fhould keep a Sort of Chemill's, or at leaft an 

 Apothecary's Shop> as well as a Druggift's ; but it 

 will be founded upon the fame Materials. No 

 Drugs brought from abroad, or to be purchafed 

 at a great Price, will have Place in it : They are 

 all Natives of our own Country •, and the Prepa- 

 ration of thefe Medicines from them will coft only 



Spirit, a little Sugar, and the Labour of 



Serv 



That Spirit Is belt which is called MoIolTes Spi- 

 rit J it is to be bought at a fmall Price at the Dlllil- 

 lers: And as to the Sugar, the moil ordinary loaf 



Kind will do for moll Purpofes : Where other is 

 neceffary, it will be particularly named 



Few 



Alembic or Still 



and diat will be of material Service. With that In- 

 ftrument the fimple Waters are to be made; 

 with no Expence befide the Fire, and it will be 

 proper to keep thofc of the following Ingredients, 



Mint Water, Pepper-mint Watef, and Penny^ 

 royal Water, are to be made of the dry Herbs. 

 Three Pound of each is to be put into the Still, 

 widi four Gallons of Water, and two Gallons is 

 to be diflilled off. Milk Water is to be made 

 thus; aPound and half of Spear-mint, a Pound of 

 Rue, half a Found cf Roman Wormwood, and 

 half a Pound of Angelica Leaves, are to be put 



