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1. Waters are distilled of herbs, flowers, { 2. You see at the first view, That this 

 fruits, and roots. \ aphorism divides itself into three branches, 



2. We treat not of strong waters, but of\ which deserve severally to be treated of, 

 cold, as being to act Galen's part, and not* viz. 



Paracelsus's. 1. Syrups made by infusion. 



3. The herbs ought to be distilled when \ 2. Syrups made by decoction, 

 they are in the greatest vigour, and so ought j 3. Syrups made by juice. 



the flowers also. j Of each of these, (for your instruction- 



4. The vulgar way of distillations which i sake, kind countryman and women) I speak 

 people use, because they know no better, j a word or two apart. 



is in a pewter still ; and although distilled ! 1st, Syrups made by infusion, are usually 

 watersare the weakest of artificial medicines, j made of flowers, and of such flowers as 

 and good for little but mixtures of other: soon lose their colour and strength by boil- 

 medicines, yet they are weaker by ma-ny j ing, as roses, violets, peach flowers, &c. 

 degrees, than they would be were they dis- j They are thus made : Having picked your 

 tilled in sand. If I thought it not impos- flowers clean, to every pound of them add 

 sible, to teach you the way of distilling in j three pounds or three pints, which you will 



sand, I would attempt it. 



5. When you have distilled your water, 

 put it into a glass, covered over with a 

 paper pricked full of holes, so that the ex- 

 crementitious and fiery vapours may ex- 

 hale, which cause that settling in distilled 



(for it is all one) of spring water, made boil- 

 ing hot ; first put your flowers into a pew- 

 ter-pot, with a cover, and pour the water on 

 them ; then shutting the pot, let it stand by 

 the fire, to keep hot twelve hours, and 

 strain it out : (in such syrups as purge) as 



waters called the Mother, which corrupt damask roses, peach flowers, &c. the usual, 

 them, then cover it close, and keep it for { and indeed the best way, is to repeat this 

 your use. {infusion, adding fresh flowers to the same 



6. Stopping distilled waters with a cork, J liquor divers times, that so it may be the 

 makes them musty, and so does paper, if it? stronger) having strained it out, put the 

 but touch the water : it is best to stop them { infusion into a pewter bason, of an earthen 

 with a bladder, being first put in water, and \ one well glazed, and to every pint of it. add 

 bound over the top of the glass. jtwo pounds of sugar, which being only 



Such cold waters as are distilled in a j melted over the fire, without boiling, ano 

 pewter still (if well kept) will endure a year ; \ scummed, will produce you the syrup you 

 such as are distilled in sand, as they are j desire. 



twice as strong, so they endure twice as! 2dly, Syrups made by decoction are 



long. z usually made of compounds, yet may any 



en AFTER 11. ? simple herb be thus converted into syrup : 



Q/. o jTake the herb, root, or flowers you would 



; make into a syrup, and bruise it a little ; 



1. A SYRUP is a medicine of a liquid j then boil it in a convenient quantity of 

 form, composed of infusion, decoction and , spring water ; the more water you boil it 

 juice. And, 1. For the more grateful taste. ; j n , the weaker it will be ; a handful of the 

 2. For the better keeping of it: with a cer- j herb or root is a convenient quantity for a 

 tain quantity of honey or sugar, hereafter \ pint of water, boil it till half the water be 

 mentioned, boiled to the thickness of new | consumed, then let it stand till it be almost 

 ' lone .V' I cold, and strain it through a woollen cloth, 



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