812 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



two sorts, male and female, the fruit of the I Betony, only in the last, the sugar and jmre 

 male Cornel, or Cornelian Cherry is hereto! must be equal in weight, 

 housed. The fruit of male Cornel, binds! Sticcits Glycyrrhiza simplex. 



exceedingly, and therefore good in fluxes,; Or Juice of Liquorice simple, 



and the immoderate flowing of the menses. | College.'] Infuse Liquorice Roots cleansed 

 Rob Cydoniorum. jand gently bruised, three days in Spring 



Or Rob of Quinces. I Water, so much that it may ovei-top the 



College.'] Take of the clarified juice of! roots the breadth of three fingers, then boil 

 Quinces, boil it till two parts be consumed \ u a llttle ' and P rc>ss ll hard out anti h()l1 the 

 and with its equal weight in sugar boil itj lic l uor Wlth a S ent ) e fireto lts due thickness, 

 into a Rob Gtt/pepeKJ It is vulgarly known to be 



Miva vel Gelatin* Eorundem. iS ood against coughs, colds, &c. and a 



f\ T 11 c /-v ;stren "tinier or tlie limes. 



iri n i Vi y ? i Quinces ' - Succiu Glycyrrlnzce eowpnatia. 



College.-] Take of the juice of Quinces | Qr Juice </ L ' iquorice compound, 

 clarified twelve pounds, bo, it half away, C(rf/ -j Tafce the wat( / of tcIK!( , r 

 and add to the remainder old white Wine; Qakleavcs ofScubiou s,of eachfou r pounds, 

 five pounds, consume the third part over a| E lish Liquorice SC raped and bruised two 

 gentle fire, taking away the s-cum (all you! po nd bo li them by degrees till thev be 

 ought) let the rest settle, and strain it, and j^ then out ^ he ,-- quor strong f v in 



with three pounds ot sugar boil it accord- 

 ing to art. 



a press, to which add three pounds of juice 



* -. T , f of Hyssop, and dry it away in the sun in a 



Culpcper.} Both are good for weak and j broa( -j car ' then vesse i 



indisposed stomachs. Culpeper.1 The virtues are the same with 



Co/ieire.J Kob of sour Plums is made as 5 ^ f on ,i er 



Rob of Quinces, the use of sugar is indif- ^ tff p rmonm Syhestrnm. 



ferent in them both Qr Jujce of s , oeSi ca , led Acada 



Rob of English Currants is made in the College.-] Take of Sloes hardly riw, 



same manner, let the juice be clarified. t ^ ^ and make it thick ^ u 



Lulpeper.] I he virtues arc the same with C ^ 



Rob of Barberries. cilpeper."} It stops fluxes, and procures 



Rob Baccnnnn Sambnci appetite. 



Or Rob of Elder Berries. College.'] So are the Juices of Worm- 



College.-] Take of the juice of Elder j wood, Maudlin, and Fumitory made thick, 

 Berries, and make it thick with the help of ! to wit, the herbs bruised while they be 

 a gentle fire, either by itself, or a quarter off tender, and the juice pressed out and after 

 its weight in sugar being added. lit be clarified, boil over the fire to its just 



CulpeperJ] Both Rob of Elder Berries, [thickness/ 

 and Dwarf-Elder, are excellent for such I 

 whose bodies are inclining to dropsies, 



neither let them neglect nor despise it.j LOHOC H 5 R ECLEGMATA 

 I hey may take the quantity of a nutmeg J 



each morning, it will gently purgethe watery j Culptper.'] Because this word also is tin- 

 humour. ; derstood but by few, we will first explain 



College.-] In the same nianner is made] what it is. 1. The word fjohoch is an Ara- 

 Rob of Dwarf-Elder, Junipers, and Paul's 1 bick word, called in Greek Eclegma, in 



