332 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



College.'] Take of the leaves of Violets, j not have the unskilful too busy about 

 Mallows, Beets, Mercury, Pellitory of the j purges without advice of a physician. 

 Wall, Violet flowers, of each a handful, j Diacassia with Manna. 



boil them in a sufficient quantity of water, j College^] Take of Damask Prunes two 

 the benefit of which let the Cassia be ex- 1 ounces, Violet flowers a handful and an 

 tracted, and the canes washed ; then take j half, Spring Water a pound an an half, boil 

 of this Cassia so drawn, and boil it to its lit according to art till half be consumed, 

 consistence, a pound, Sugar a pound and a ; strain it, and dissolve in the decoction six 

 half, boil them to the form of an electuary j ounces of Cassia newly drawn, sugar of 

 according to art. ['Violets, Syrup of Violets, of each four 



Culpeper.~\ You may lake it in white j ounces, Pulp of Tamarinds an ounce, Sugar 

 Wine, it is good for gentle bodies, for if your ? Candy an ounce and an half, Manna two 

 body be hard to work upon, perhaps it will jounces, mix them, and make them into an 

 not work at all ; it purges the reins gallantly, ! electuary according to art. 

 and cools them, thereby preventing the; Culpeper.~] It is a fine cool purge for 

 stone, and other diseases caused by their 5 such as are bound in the body, for it works 

 heat. | gently, and without trouble, it purges choler, 



Electuarium Amarum Magistrate majus'. \ and may safely be given in fevers coming of 

 Or the greater bitter Electuary. j choler : but in such cases, if the body be 



College.'] Take of Agarick, Turbith, \ much bound, the best way is first to 

 Species Hiera Simplex, Rhubarb, of each j administer a clyster, and then the next 

 one dram, choice Aloes unwashed two j morning an ounce of this will cool the body, 

 drams, Ginger, Crystal of Tartar, of each; and keep it in due temper, 

 two scruples, On is, Florentine, sweet* Cassia extracta sine soliis Sence. 



Fennel seeds, of each a scruple, Syrup of j Or Cassia extracted without the leaves of 

 Roses solutive as much as is sufficient to Sena, 



make it into an electuary according to art. | College.'] Take twelve Prunes, Violet 

 Electuarium Amarum minus. [flowers a handful, French Barley, the seed 



Or the lesser bitter Electuary. $ of Annis, and bastard Saffron, Polypodium 



College.'] Take of Epithimum half an ! of the Oak, of each five drams, Maiden - 

 ounce, the roots of Angelica three drams, s hair, Thyme, Epithimum, of each half a 

 of Gentian, Zedoary, Acorus, of each two * handful, Raisins of the Sun stoned half an 

 drams, Cinnamon one dram and an half, jounce, sweet Fennel seeds two drams, the 

 Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Saffron, of each j seeds of Purslain, and Mallows, of each 

 one dram, Aloes six ounces, with Syrup of! three drams, Liquorice half an ounce, boil 

 Fumitory, Scabious and Sugar so much as ! them in a sufficient quantity of water, strain 

 is sufficient to make it into a soft electuary. ! them and dissolve in the decoction, pulp of 



Culpeper.] Both these purge choler, the j Cassia two pounds, of Tamarinds an ounce, 

 former ftegm, and this melancholy, the : Cinnamon three drams, Sugar a pound, 

 former works strongest, and this strengthens 5 boil it into the form of an electuary, 

 most, and is good for such whose brains are; Cassia extrada cum soliis Sena. 



annoyed. You may take half an ounce of j Or Cassia extracted with the leaves of Sena. 

 the former, if your body be any thing: College.'] Take of the former receipt 

 strong, in white Wine, if very strong an | two pounds, Sena in powder two ounces, 

 ounce, a reasonable body may take an \ mix them according to art. 

 ounce of the latter, the weak less. I would j Culpeper.'] This is also a fine cool gentle 



