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Maidenhair, Violets, French Barley, of each ] in powder, and so make it into an electuary 



one handful, Damask Prunes stoned, { according to art. 



Tamarinds of each six drams, Liquorice i Culpeper.~] It purges choler, and is good 



half an ounce, boil them in ten pounds ofjin tertian agues, and diseases of the joints, 



water till two parts of the three be con- it purges violently, therefore let it be warily 



sumed ; strain it, and dissolve in the decoc- j given. 



tion, pulp of Cassia, Tamarinds, and fresh \ Hiera Picra simple. 



Prunes, Sugar of Violets, of each six ounces, | College.'] Take of Cinnamon, Xylobal- 



Sugar two pounds, at last add powder ofjsamum, or wood of Aloes, the roots of 



Sena leaves, one ounce and an half, Annis > Asarabacca, Spikenard, Mastich, Saffron, 



seeds in powder, two drams to each pound i ot each six drams, Aloes not washed twelve 



of electuary, and so bring it into the form ; ounces and an half, clarified Honey four 



of an electuary according to art. ; pounds and three ounces, mix them into an 



Culptper.~] It gently opens and molifies | electuary according to art. Also you may 

 the bowels, brings forth choler, flegm, and > keep the species by itself in your shops, 

 melancnoly, and that without trouble, it is | Culpeper.~] It is an excellent remedy for 

 cooling, and therefore is profitable in pleu- { vicious juices which lie furring the tunicle 

 risies, and for wounded people : A man of i of the stomach, and such idle fancies and 

 reasonable strength may take an ounce I symptoms which the brain suffers thereby, 

 of it going to bed, which will work next \ whereby some think they see, others that 

 morning. . 'hey hear strange things, especially when 



Electtiariiim Passulatum. jthey are in bed, and between sleeping and 



College] Take of fresh Poly podium P' akin g : besides this, it very gently purges 

 roots three ounces, fresh Marsh-mallow \ the belly, and helps such women as are not 

 roots, Sena, of each two ounces, AnmYj sufficientlv P^ged after their travail, 

 seeds two drams, steep them in a glazed j * m [ h A Z- 



vessel, in a sufficient quantity of spring- College.^ Take of species Hiera, simple 

 water, boil them according to art; strain it [ without Aloes, Agarick trochiscated, of 

 and with pulp of Raisins of the Sun half a j each half an oun e ' Aloes not washed one 

 pound, white Sugar, Manna, of each four! ounce - clari "ed Honey six ounces, mix it, 

 ounces, boil it to the thickness of a Cydo- j and make !t mto an Actuary according to 

 niate, and renew it four times a year. 



Culpeper.-] It gentlv purges both choler | 4 Culpeper.] Look but to the virtues of 

 and melancholy, cleanses the reins and | Agarick and add them to the virtues of the 

 bladder, and therefore is good for the stone j former recei P> so 1S * he business done with- 

 and gravel in the kidneys! ! out an y further trouble. 



; Hiera Loqadn. 



Eleduanum e succo Rosarum. < College.'] Take of Coloquintida, Poly- 



Or Electuary of the Juice of Roses. { podium, of each two drams, Euphorbium, 



College.] Take of Sugar, the juice of \ Poley mountain, the seeds of Spurge, of 

 red Roses clarified, of each a pound and j each one dram and an half, and six grains, 

 four ounces, the three sorts of Sanders of \ Wormwood, Myrrh, of each one dram and 

 each six drams, Spodium three drams, i twelve grains, Centaury the less, Agarick, 

 Diacydonium twelve drams, Camphire a j Gum Ammoniacum, Indian leaf or Mace, 

 scruple, let the juice be boiled with the j Spikenard, Squills prepared, Diacrydiuin 

 sugar to its just thickness, then add the rest ' of each one dram, Aloes, Thyme Ilernian- 



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