28C THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



the ears, it helps deafness; if stopping be j pound, Peony flowers four ounces: steep 



the cause of it, the dcse to be given in- i them together fourteen days, then distil 



wurdly is between one drain, and half a; them in JSalneo Marice till they be dry: in 



dram, according to the strength and age of i the distilled liquor infuse again male Peony 



the patient. j roots gathered in due time, two ounces and 



Aqua Petasitidis composita. !a half, white Dittany, long Birth wort, o 



Or, compound water of Butter-bur. leach half an ounce, the leaves of Misselto 



The College^] Take of the fresh roots of the Oak, and Rue, of each two handfuls, 

 of Butter-bur bruised, one pound and a | Peony seeds husked, ten drams, Rue seeds 

 half, the roots of Angelica and Masterwort, | three drams and a half, Castoreum two 

 of each half a pound, steep them in ten j scruples, Cubebs, Mace, of each two 

 pints of strong Ale, then distil them till i drachms, Cinnamon an ounce and a half, 

 the change of the taste gives a testimony | Squills prepared, three drachms, Rosemary 

 that the strength is drawn out. i flowers six pugils, Arabian Staechas, Laven- 



Culpeper.~] This water is very effectual j der, of each four pugils, the flowers of 

 being mixed with other convenient cor- \ Betony, Clove-gilli-flowers, and Cowslips, 

 dials, for such as have pestilential fevers : ! of each eight pugils, then adding four 

 also a spoonful taken in the morning, may \ pound of the juice of black Cherries, dis- 

 prove a good preservative in pestilential j til it in a glass till it be dry. 

 times : it helps the fits of the mother, and | Aqua Bezoartica. 



such as are short winded, and being taken i Or Bezoar Water. 



inwardly, dries up the moisture of such 

 sores as are hard to be cured. 



College^] Take of the leaves of Celan- 

 dine, roots and all, three handfuls and a 



Aqua Raphani Composita. half, Rue two handfuls, Scordium four 



Or Compound water of Radishes. 'handfuls, Dittany of Crete, Carduus, of 

 The College."] Take of the leaves of both : each one handful and a half, Zedoary and 

 sorts of Scurvy-grass, of each six pound, j Angelica roots, of each three drains, Citrons 

 having bruised them, press the juice out oHand Lemon pills, of each six drams, Clove- 

 them, with which mix of the juice of brook- 1 gillitto wers one ounce and a half, Red 

 lime, and Water-cresses, of each one pound j Rose, Centaury the less, of each two drams, 

 and a half, of the best white wine, eight: Cinnamon, Cloves, of each three drams, 

 pounds, twelve whole Lemons, pills and all, j Venice Treacle three ounces, Mithridates 

 fresl iBriony roots four pound,the roots of wild | one ounce and a half, Camphire two 

 Radishes two pound, Captain Winter's Cin- scruples, Troches of Vipers two ounces, 

 namon half a pound, Nutmegs four ounces, 1 Mace two drams, Wooa of Aloes half an 

 steep them altogether, and then distil them \ ounce, Yellow Sanders one dram and a 

 CnlpeperJ] 1 fancy it not, and so I leave j half, Carduus seeds one ounce, Citron seeds 

 it; I suppose they intended it for purga-jsix drams, let them be cut and infused in 

 tion of women in child-bed. j spirits of Wine, and Malaga Wine, of each 



Aqua PeonifB Composita. I three pound and a half, Vinegar of Clove- 



Or Compound water of Peony. ; gilliflowers, Juice of Lemons, of each one 



The College.'] Take of the flowers of 

 Lilies of the Valley, one pound : infuse 



pqund, and distilled in a glass still in Balnto 

 Mar'ue, after it is half distilled off, tin- 



them in four gallons of Spanish wine so long residue may be strained through a linen 



till the following flowers may be had fresh, j (-loath, and be reduced to the thickness or 



Take of the fore-named flowers half a i Honey, and called the Bezoartic extract. 



