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they will candy, if too little, they will sour, j Si/rupus de Acetosiis simpler. 



5. All simple Syrups have the virtues of j Or Syrup of Vinegar simple, 



the simples they are made of, and are far j College.'] Take of clear Water four 

 more convenient for weak people, and j pounds, white Sugar five pounds, boil them 

 delicate stomachs. jin a glazed vessel over a gentle fire, scum- 



Syrupus de Absinthw simplex. \ ming it till half the water be consumed , then 



Or Syrup of Wormwood simple. j by putting in two pounds of white Wine 



The College.] Take of the clarified Juice | Vinegar by degrees, perfect the Syrup, 

 of common Wormwood, clarified Sugar, ofj Culpeper.] That is, only melt the Sugar 

 each four pounds, make it into a Syrup ac- i with the Vinegar over the fire, scum it, but 

 cording to art. After the same manner, j boil it not. 



are prepared simple Syrups of Betony,> Si/rupus Acetosus simplicior. 



Borrage, Bugloss, Carduus, Chamomel, j Or Syrup of Vinegar more simple. 

 Succory, Endive, Hedge-mustard, Straw- i College.'] Take of white Sugar five 

 berries, Fumitory, Ground Ivy, St. John's j pounds, white Wine Vinegar two pounds, 

 Wort, Hops, Mercury, Mousear, Plantain, ; by melting it in a bath, make it into a 

 Apples, Purslain, Rasberries, Sage, Scabi- \ Syrup. 



ous, Scordium, Houseleek, Colt's-foot, i Culpeper.~] Of these two Syrups let every 

 Paul's Bettony, and other Juices not sour, lone use which he finds by experience to be 



Culpeper.~] See the simples, and then I best ; the difference is but little. The}' 

 you may easily know both their virtues, and | both of them cut flegm, as also tough, 

 also thai they are pleasanter and fitter for hard viscous humours in the stomach; they 

 delicate stomachs when they are made into j cool the body, quench thirst, provoke urine, 

 Syrups. | and prepare the stomach before the taking 



Synipus de Absintkio Compositus. jof a vomit. If you take it as a preparative 



Or Syrup of Wormwood compound. i for an emetic, take half an ounce of it when 



College.] Take of common Wormwood j you go to bed the night before you intend 

 meanly dry, half a pound, red Roses two {it to operate, it will work the easier, but if for 

 ounces, Indian Spikenard three drams, 5 any of the foregoing occasions, take it with 

 old white Wine, juice of Quinces, of each la liquorice stick, 

 two pounds and an half, steep them a whole j Si/rupus Acetosus compositm. 



day in an earthen vessel, then boil them { Or Syrup of Vinegar compound, 

 gently, and strain it, and by adding two ! College] Take of the roots of Smallage, 

 pounds of sugar, boil it into a Syrup accord- 1 Fennel, Endive, of each three ounces, the 

 ing to art. \ seeds of Annis, Smallage, Fennel, of each 



Culpeper] Mesue is followed verbatim one ounce, of Endive half an ounce, clear 

 in this; and the receipt is appropriated tOsWatersix pounds, boil it gently in an earthen 

 cold and flegmatic stomachs, and it is an | vessel till half the water be consumed, then 

 admirable remedy for it, for it strengthens ! strain and clarify it, and with three pounds 

 both stomach and liver, as also the instru-iof Sugar, and a pound and a half of white 

 ments of concoction, a spoonful taken in j Wine Vinegar, boil it into a Syrup, 

 the morning, is admirable for such as have I Culpeper.] This in my opinion is a 

 a weak digestion, it provokes an appetite to \ gallant Syrup for such whose bodies are 

 one's victuals, it prevails against the yellow j stuffed cither with flegm, or tough humour.', 

 jaundice, breaks wind, purges humours by \ for it opens obstructions or stoppings both 

 urine. ' of the stomach, liver, spleen, and reins ; 



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