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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



The right worshipful, the College of Phy- 

 sicians of London in their New Dispen- 

 satory give you free leave to distil these 

 common waters that follow, but they 

 never intend you should know what they 

 are good for. 



SIMPLE DISTILLED WATERS. 



Of fresh Roots of 



Briony, Onions, Elecampane, Orris, or 

 Flower-de-luce, Turnips. 



Of flowers and buds ot 



Southernwood, both sorts of Wormwood, 

 Wood Sorrel, Lady s-Mantle, Marsh-mallows, 

 Angelica, Pimpernel with purple flowers, 

 Smallage, Coluthbines, Sparagus, Mouse-ear, 

 Barrage, Shepherd's Purse, Calaminth, Wood- 

 bine or Honey-suckles, Carduus Benedictus, 

 our Lady's Thistles, Knotgrass, Succory, 

 Dragons, Colt's-foot, Fennel, Goat's Rue, 

 Grass, Hyssop, Lcttice, Lovage, Toad-flax, 

 Hops, Marjoram, Mallows, Horehound, Fea- 

 therfew, Hawm, Mints, Horse-mints, Water 

 Cresses, English Tobacco, white Poppies- 

 Pellatory of the Wall, Parsley, Plantain, 

 Purslain, Self-heal, Pennyroyal, Oak leaves, 

 Sage, Scabious, Figwort or Throatwort, House- 

 leek, or Sengreen, the grea er and lesser Mother 

 of Time, Nightshade, Tansy, Tormentil, 

 Valerian. 



Of Flowers of 



Oranges, (if you can get them) Blue-bot- 

 tle the greater, Scans, Water-Lilies, Lavender, 

 Nut-tree, Cowslips, Sloes, Rosemary, Roses 

 white, damask, and red, Saturien, Lime-tree, 

 Clove-gilliflowers, Violets. 



Of Fruits of 



Oranges, Black Cherries, Pome Citrons, 

 Quinces, Cucumbers, Strawberries, Winter 

 Cherries, Lemons, Rasberries, unripe Walnuts, 

 Apples. 



Of parts of living Creatures and their ex- 

 crements 



Lobsters, Cockles, or Snails, Hartshorn, 



\ Bullocks dung made in May, Swallows, Earth- 



worms, Magpies, Spawn of Frogs. 



SIMPLE WATERS DISTILLED. 



being digested before-hand. 



Of the fresh Roots of Nettles. 

 Of the leaves of Agrimony, wild Tansy, 

 or Silverweecl, Mugwort, Bettony, Mari- 



falds, Chamomel, Chamepitys, Celandine, 

 ilewort, Scurvy-grass, Comfry the greater, 

 Dandelyon, Ash-tree leaves, Eyebright, 

 Fumitory, Alehoof, or ground Ivy, Horse- 

 tail, St. John's Wort, Yarrow, Moneywort, 

 Restharrow, Solomon's Seal, Res solis, Rue, 

 Savin, Saxifrage, Hart's tongue, Scordium, 

 Tamarisk, Mullin, Vervain, Paul's Bettony, 

 Mead-sweet, Nettles. 



Of the Flowers of Mayweed, Broom, 

 Cowslips, Butter-bur, Peony, Elder. 

 Of the berries of Broom, Elder. 

 Culpeper.~\ Then the College gives you 

 an admonition concerning these, which 

 being converted into your native language, 

 is as follows. 



We give you warning that these common 

 waters be better prepared for time to 

 come, either in common stills, putting 

 good store of ashes underneath, the roots 

 and herbs being dryer, &c. or if they be 

 full of Juice, by distilling the juice in a 

 convenient bath, that so burning may be 

 avoided, which hitherto hath seldom 

 been. But let the other Herbs, Flowers, 

 or Roots, be bruised, and by adding 

 Tartar, common salt, or leven be 

 digested, then putting spring water to 

 them, distil them in an Alembick with 

 its refrigeratory, or Worm, till the 

 change of the taste shew the virtue to be 

 drawn off; then let the oil (if any) be 

 separated from the water according to 

 art. 



Into the number of these waters may be 

 ascribed. 



