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DIRECTIONS. 



Waving in divers places of this Treatise promised you the 

 way of making Syrups, Conserves, Oil-:, Ointments, See. of 

 herbs, roots, flowers, &c. whereby you may have them ready for 

 your use at such times when they cannot be had otherwise ; I 

 come now to perform what 1 promised, and vou shall find me 

 rather better than worse than my word. 



That this may be done methodically, 1 shall divide my di- 

 rections into two grand sections, and each section into several 

 chapters, and then you shall see it look with such a countenance 

 as this is. 



SECT. I. 



Of gathering, drying, and keeping Simples, and their Juices. 



CUAP.l.Of Leaves o/Herbs, I Chap.'4. 0/^oo/j. 



&c. 1 Chap. 5. Of Barks. 



Chap. 2. Of Flowers. I Chap. 6. Of Juices. 



Chap. 3. Of Seeds. \ 



SECT. II. 



Of making and keeping Compounds. 



CHAP. 1. Of distilled Wa- 

 ters. 

 Chap. 2. Of Syrups. 

 Chap. 3. Of Juleps. 

 Chap. 4. Of Decoctions. 

 Chap. 5. Of Oils, 

 Chap. 6. Of Electuaries. 

 Chap. 7. Of Conserves. 

 Chap. 8. Of Preserves. 

 Chap. 9. Of Lohocks, 



Chap. 10. Of Ointments. 



Chap. 11. Of Plaisters., 



Chap. 12. Of Poultices. 



Chap. 13. Of Troches. 



Chap. 14. Of Pills. 



Chap. la. The tvay of fit- 

 ting Medicines to compound 

 Diseases. 



Of all these in order. 



CHAP. I. 



Of Leaves of Herts or Trees. 



1 . OF leaves choose only such as are green, and full of juice j 



pick them carefully and cast away such as are any way declining, 



for rhey will putrify the rest. 60 shall one handful be worth ten 



of those you buy in any of the shops. 



, 2. Note what places they most delight to grovy in, and gather 

 them there ; for betony that grows in the shade, is far better than 

 that which grows in the sun, because it delights in the shade ; so 

 also such herbs as delight to grow near the water, should be ga- 

 thered near it, though haply you nay find some of them upon 

 dry ground,; the treatise will inform you where every herb de- 

 lights to grow. 



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