JLib, 11. Of Lures LbpurgicaL 315 



The lait fort of Simples are thofe which are called Cordials, and are three 

 in number ; thar is to fay, Violets and Bugiofs of both kinds. 



And thus much couching the nature, ufe, property, and operation of 



Simples. 



CHAP. CXCVIII. Of Weight i and Meafuresy and to know them hy 



their Chara5Urs. 



ALtho' I have in this Work fet down your Weights and Meafures in fuch 

 plain Englifh, that every one may underftand them : Yet forafmuch 

 as the more curious do fet down many excellent Receipts under obfcure 

 Charadlers, I think it good here to acquaint you with them all, that when 

 you find any fuch, you may not be ignorant in the underftanding of them. 



Know then that the leaft of all Weights is a Grain, which is the Weight 

 either of a Barley-corn, or of a Pepper-corn, and his CharacHier is G or 

 Gr. 



Siliqua is four Grain?, and hislCharatfter is/? 



An Eiiglifli half- penny is five Grains, and his Chara(fter is oh. 



A Scruple is twenty Grains, and his Charader is 3. 



A Dram is three Scruples, or the eighth part of an Ounce, and his Cha- 

 radier is >. 



A Roman Penny is the fame that a Dram is, and his Characfte is X. 



An Ounce is the Twelfth part of a Pound Which is twenty four Scruples 

 and four hundred and eighty Grains, and his Character is J. 



The Character of half an Ounce is J ft. 



A Pound \n medicinal Receipts is twelve Ounces, and hisCharafter isfc. 



The handful is fix Ounces and a half, and his Characfter is M. 



The Charatfter of as much as you can hold betwixt your Fingers is i>. 



The Charafter for a drop is Gut. 



The Cha rafter for Drops is Gut. iij. 



Ifeft. is half a Pound. 



3 fs is half an Ounce. 



^is is half a Dr^m. 



3 it is half a Scruple. 



J ) fs is an Ounce and an half 



M j fs is an handful and an half. 



P j fs is half an handful, which is three Ounces and an half. 



Anna or an is like, or of each a like. 



And thus much touching Weights and their Cbaraders. 



^i CHAP. ^ 



