802 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



and two ounces of sugar, make a Syrup! boil them in four pounds of clear watei 

 according to art 5 till one be consumed, strain it, and add half 



Culpepcr.~] A spoonful taken by itself, | a pound of red Rose water, white suoar 

 or in any convenient liquor, is excellent for i four pounds, boil it into a Syrup according 

 any shaip corroding humours be they in I to art. 



what part of the body soever, phthisicks, | Cnlpeper.] They are both fine cooling 

 bloody-flux, stone in the reins or bladder, j Syrups, allay the heat of choler, and pro- 

 or ulcers there: it is 'excellent good for | voke sleep, they cool the body, both head, 

 such as have taken purges that are loo j heart, liver, reins, and matrix, and there- 

 strong for their bodies, for by its slippery i fore are profitable for hot diseases in either, 

 nature it helps corrosions, and by its cool- j you may take an ounce of it at a time when 

 ing helps inflammations. j your stomach is empty. 



Syrupus Myrtinus s de Papavere Erratko, site Rubro. 



Or Syrup of Myrtles. f\ c c T? 



College 1 Take of Mvrtle Berries two ojrup of Erratic Poppies. 



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ounces and an half, Sanders white and red,! College.] lake of the fresh flowers of 

 Sumach, Balaustines, 'Barberry stones, red d P PP! CS J WO P OU1K ! S ' stee P il f m m 

 Roses, of each an ounce and a half, Med- f , ur P f unds t f warm spring water, the next 



lars half a pound, bruise them in eight ^ Stra , m ll ' a " d bojl Jt into a S ^ ru P Wlth 



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pounds of water to four, strain it, and add j ' *ZF* ^* u " 1 

 juice of Quinces and sour Pomegranates, ! ?*&} Th ^ Syru P jools the blood, 

 of each six ounces, then with three pounds ! helps surfeits, .and may safely be given ,n 

 of sugar, boil it into a Syrup. frenzies ' fevers ' and hot li S ues ' 



Culpeper.~\ The Syrup is of a very bind- 

 ing, yet comforting nature, it helps such as 

 spit blood, all fluxes of the belly, or corro- 

 sions of the internal parts, it strengthens the 



Syrupus de PHosella. 

 Or Syrup of Mousear. 

 College.'] Take of Mousear three hand- 

 fuls, the roots of Lady's-mantle an ounce 



retentive faculty, and stops immoderate j and an half, the roots of Comfrey the 



flux of menses. A spoonful at a time is i 

 the dose. 



greater, Madder, white Dittany, Tormentil, 

 Bistort, of each an ounce, the leaves ol 



Syrupns Florum Nymphte simplex. I Wintergreen, Horsetail, Ground Ivy, Plan- 

 Or Syrup of Water-Lily flowers, simple, jtain, Adder's Tongue, Strawberries, St. 

 Collrge.~\ Take of the whitest of white! John's Wort with the flowers, Golden Rod, 

 Water-Lily flowers, a pound, steep them in : Agrimony, Bettony, Burnet, Avens, Cinque- 

 three pounds of warm water six 1 or seven ? foil the greater, red Coleworts, Balaustines, 

 hours, let them boil a little, and strain them i red Roses, of each a handful, boil them 

 out, put in the same weight of flowers again {gently in six pounds of Plantain Water to 

 the second and third time, when you have j three, then strain it strongly, and when it is 

 strained it the last time, add its weight of j settled, add Gum Tragacanth, the seeds of 

 sugar to it, and boil it to a Syrup. j Fleawort, Marsh-mallows and Quinces, 



Syrupns Florum Nymphte compositus. } made into a Mussilage by themselves in 

 Syrup of Water-Lily flowers compound, j Strawberry and Bettony Water, of each 

 College.'] Take of white Water-Lily j three ounces, white sugar two pounds, boil 

 flowers half a pound, Violets two ounces, jit to the thickness of honey. 

 Lettice two handfuls, the seeds of Lettice,| Culpener.-] It is drying and healing, and 

 Purslain, and Gourds, of each half an ounce, therefore good for ruptures. 



