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t^nch them in this place, 1 will give you one Receipt which 

 cannot eafily be parallel'd. 

 Foule ini Take (.»f green Copperas, and of Salt-Peter, of each half 

 oU Sores a pound, Bay-falt, and Salt-Gemma, of each three ounces, 

 to mndifie. Arfenick one ounce ^ put all thefe finely powdred into a Stil- 

 litory-Glafs, the Pot or bottom thereof well nealed, and put 

 alfo thereunto of the ftrongeft white Wine Vinegar one pint, 

 fct the Pot on the fire, and put on the head, doling it with 

 Cute of Hermes, and being thus placed in the Furnace, make 

 under it a ftrong fire, by the fpace of five or fix hours, and 

 with yourReceiptory take the firft water that cometh, for 

 that is the very ftrongeft and beft, after an hour the fire will 

 be out of the water, then ftop up the Glafs very dofe, and 

 Co keep the water for your ufe. The next water is alfo 

 good, but not fo ftrong as the firft, but referve it alfo by it 

 lelf, as you do the firft. And when you are to wafh any 

 fore therewith, be very careful that you lay none of this 

 water upon either finews or veins, for that will burn them 

 in funder ^ but where Ulcers and fouler old Sores be in fiefhy 

 parts, this Water will work wonders if wounds be wafhed 

 . with it, and you careful in the application thereof. "^^"^ Of 

 this I have had great experience. Another I have taught me 

 by an expert Mariflial of France, but by reafon of the extreme 

 violence thereof I never durft ufe it, which is called the Spi- 

 rit of Tin, which will alfo mundifie all forts of old Sores, 

 and the French Marilhals do ufe it much. And this is the Re- 

 ceipt, viz.. 



Take Mercury one ounce, and put it into an old clean Pew- 

 spirit of ter Porringer, and fill up the Porringer with Plantain water, 

 ^^*' and with your finger ftir the Mercury about the Porringer, 



till it be quite dilfolved, and then the water will become 

 white, then let It ftand an hour in the Porringer, then pour 

 forth the water into a clean Glafs-vial, and then you /hall 

 fee in the bottom of your Porringer, the Tin run liquid like 

 unto Quick-fil ver, or like as if it were melted, for that is your 

 Spiiit of Tiuj and thus it is made. 



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