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two sorts, male and female, the fruit of the j Betony, only in the last, the sugar and juice 

 male Cornel, or Cornelian Cherry is here to 5 must be equal in weight. 

 Be used. The fruit of male Cornel, binds j Sncci/s Gtyoyrrhizce simplex. 



exceedingly, and therefore good in fluxes, j Or Juice of Liquorice simple, 



and the immoderate flowing of the menses. $ College] Infuse Liquorice Roots cleansed 

 Rob Cydoniorum. land gently bruised, three days in Spring 



Or Rob of Quinces. j Water, so much that it may ovei-top the 



College.'] Take of the clarified juice of | roots the breadlh of three fingers, then boil 

 Quinces, boil it till two parts be consumed j if a little . and P ress ll hard out, and boil the 



liquor with a gentle fire to its due thickness. 

 Culpepcr.~] It is vulgarly known to be 



and with its equal weight in sugar boil it; 



into a Rob. .-.-.- 



ir / n / * T ; good against coughs, colds, etc. and a 



jl2n/a ve/ Gelatina Eorundem. \& P c , , 



n T 11 f n ' 5 siren gthner ot the lungs. 



Ur Jelly ot Quinces. SMCC//S Glmiirrlnzce composites. 



College] Take of the juice of Quinces Qr Juice of L i quorice compound, 



clarified twelve pounds, hoi it half away, College^ Take of the water of tender 

 and add to the remamder old white Wine 5 O akleaves,of Scabious, of each four pounds, 

 five pounds, consume the third part over a j E Ush Liquoric e scraped and bruised two 

 gentle fire, taking away the scum (all you | ^ boil them b d rees tin th bc 

 ought) let the rest settle, and strain it, and j J oft then QUt the 1{ stronglj in 



with three pounds of sugar boil it accord- j a presS) to which add three pounds ot - juice 

 ing to art. I ^ jjy SSO p 5 anc i c ] r y it away in the sun in a 



Cidpcper] Both are good for weak and | broad eanhen vessd 



indisposed stomachs. Culpepcr.] The virtues are the same with 



College.] Rob of sour Plums is made as \ ^ former 



Rob of Quinces, the use of sugar is indif- j ^^ Pronorum Sylvestrum. 



ferent in them both Or Juice of Sloes? called Acacia. 



Rob of English Currants is made in the Collese.] Take of Sloes hardly ripe, 

 same manner, let the juice be clarified. | ess Out t J he : uice? and make it thick in a 



Culpeper.] The virtues are the same with batn 

 Rob of Barberries. Culpeper] It stops fluxes, and procures 



Rob Baccarum Sambuci appetite. 



Or Rob of Elder Berries. College] So are the Juices of Worm- 



College.] Take of the juice of Elder j wood, Maudlin, and Fumitory made thick, 

 Berries, and make it thick with the help of | to wit, the herbs bruised while they be 

 a gentle fire, either by itself, or a quarter of j tender, and the juice pressed out and after 

 its weight in sugar being added. jit bc clarified, boil over the fire to its just 



Culpeper] Both Rob of Elder Berries, | thickness, 

 and Dwarf-Elder, are excellent for such; 

 whose bodies are inclining to dropsies,; 



neither let -them neglect nor despise it.j LOH OCH, OR ECLEGMATA 

 ihey may take the quantity or a nutmeg | 



each morning, it will gently purge the watery ; Cidpeper.] Because this word also is un- 

 humour. ; derstood but by few, we will first explain 



College] In the same manner is made! what it is. 1. The word Lohoch is an Ara- 

 Rob of Dwarf- Elder, Junipers, and Paul's 5 bick word, called in Greek Eclegma, in 



