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ige and strength is, if you cannot take this j and clarified, make it into an electuar, 

 i>r any other sweating medicine by itself, * according to art. 



mix it with a little Carduus or Dragon's \ Culpeper] It is exceeding good against 

 water, or Angelica water, which in my \ cold diseases of the stomach, liver, or 

 opinion is the best of the three. 5 spleen, corruption of humours and putre- 



Theriacca Londinemis. \ fo f on / mea t in , the , stomach > "5,*"* 



T mi colour of the body, dropsies, cold faults in 



Or London Treacle } ^ ^ and $&* provokes urine. 



College.] Take of Hart s-horn two | Take a dram in the niorning< 

 ounces, the seeds of Citrons, Sorrel, Peony, } 

 Bazil, of each one ounce, Scordium, Coral- ! _ 



liana, of each six drams, the roots of Angelica, | 



Tormentil, Peony, the leaves of Dittany,! PURGING ELECTUARIES. 



Bay-berries, Juniper-berries, of each half I Benedicta Laxatwa. 



an ounce, the flowers of Rosemary, Man- { College] Take of choice Turbith ten 

 golds, Clove Gilliflowers, the tops of SwUdranw, Diacridium, bark of Spurge Roots 

 John's Wort, Nutmegs, Saffron, of each | prepared , Hermoductils, Red Roses, of each 

 threedrams, the Roots of Gentian, Zedoary, j fiye dramS} Cloves? Spikenard, Ginger, 

 Ginger, Mace, Myrrh, the leaves of Scabi- 1 Saffron> ] ong p ep per, Amomus, or for want 

 ous, Dcvil's-bit, Carduus, of each two drams, ; of jt Ca]amus Aromalicus, Cardamoms the 

 Cloves, Opium, of each a dram, Malaga j , eSj the seeds of Smallage, Parsley, Fennel, 

 Wine as much as is sufficient, with their Asparagus, Bruscus, Saxifrage, Cromwell, 

 treble weight in Honey, mix them accord- j Caraway, sal. gem. Galanga, Mace, of each 



m g to art ' ] a dram, with their treble weight of clarified 



Culpeper,] The receipt is a pretty cor- j Roney . make them into an c i ectua ry 



dial, resists the pestilence, and is a good j accord i n g to art . Also you may keep the 



Antidote in pestilential times, it resists poi- ; ie it ^ se ] f in your shops. 



son, strengthens cold stomachs, helps diges- | Culpeper] It purges flegm, chiefly from 



tion, crudities of the stomach A man$ the -^ also it 8 the reins and 



may safely take two drams of it in ^| bladder, 



morning, and let him fear no harm. Cari/ocostinum. 



Diacrocuma. j College] Take* of Cloves, Costus, or 



College] Take of Saffron, Asarabacca?Zedoary, Ginger, Cummin, of each two 

 loots, the seeds of Parsley, Carrots, Annis, j drams, Hermodactils, Diacridium, of each 

 Smallage, of each half an ounce, Rhubarb, j half an ounce: with their double weight of 

 the roots of Meum, Indian Spikenard, of Honey clarified in white wine, make them 



each six drams, Cassia Lignea, Costus, 

 Myrrh, Schenanth, Cubebs, Madder roots, 

 the juices of Maudlin, and Wormwood 

 made thick, Opobalsamum, or oil of Nut- 

 megs, of each two drams, Cinnamon, 



into an electuary according to art. 



Culpeper] Authors say it purges hot 

 rheums, and takes away inflammations in 

 wounds, I assure you the electuary works 

 violently, and may safely be given in clysters, 



Calamus Aromaticus, of each a dram and J and so you may give two or three drams at 

 an half, Scordium, Cetrach, juice of Liquo- j a time, if the patient be strong. For taken 

 rice, of each two drams and an half, Traga- ; otherwise it would kill a horse cvm privilege- 

 canth a dram, with eight times their weight 1 Cassia Extractapro Clysteribus. 



in white sugar, dissolved in Endive water, ' Or Cassia extracted for Clysters. 



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