332 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



College.] Take of the leaves of Violets, j not have the unskilful too busy about 

 Mallows, Beets, Mercury, Pellitory of the j purges without advice of a physician. 

 "Wall, Violet flowers, of each a handful, | Diacassia with Manna. 



boil them in a sufficient quantity of water, > College^] Take of Damask Prunes two 

 the benefit of which let the Cassia be ex- ! ounces, Violet flowers a handful and an 

 traded, and the canes washed ; then take \ half, Spring Water a pound an an half, boi' 

 of this Cassia so drawn, and boil it to itsnt according to art till half be consumed-, 

 consistence, a pound, Sugar a pound and a; strain it, and dissolve in the decoction six 

 half, boil them to the form of an electuary j ounces of Cassia newly drawn, sugar of 

 according to art. I Violets, Syrup of Violets, of each four 



Culpeper.'] You may lake it in white {ounces, Pulp of Tamarinds an ounce, Sugar 

 Wine, it is good for gen tie bodies, for if your \ Candy an ounce and an half, Manna two 

 body be hard to work upon, perhaps it will j ounces, mix them, and make them into an 

 not work at all ; it purges the reins gallantly, ! electuary according to art. 

 and cools them, thereby preventing the| Culpeper.'] It is a fine cool purge for 

 stone, and other diseases caused by their i such as are bound in the body, for it works 

 heat. I gently, and without trouble, it purges cholcr, 



Electuarium Amarum Magistrate majus. \ and may safely be given in fevers coming of 

 Or the greater bitter Electuary. j choler : but in such cases, if the body be 



College^] Take of Agarick, Turbith, 1 much bound, the best way is first to 

 Species Hiera Simplex, Rhubarb, of each j administer a clyster, and then the next 

 one dram, choice Aloes unwashed two j morning an ounce of this will cool the body, 

 drams, Ginger, Crystal of Tartar, of each; and keep it in due temper, 

 two scruples, On is, Florentine, sweet \ Cassia eatracta sine aoliis Sena. 



Fennel seeds, of each a scruple, Syrup of j Or Cassia extracted without the leaves of 

 Roses solutive as much as is sufficient to j Sena, 



make it into an electuary according to art. \ College.~\ Take twelve Prunes, Violet 

 Electuarium Amarum minus. \ flowers a handful, French Barley, the seed 



Or the lesser bitter Electuary. { of Annis, and bastard Saffron, Polypodium 



College^ Take of Epithimum half an! of the Oak, of each five drams, Maiden 

 ounce, the roots of Angelica three drams, j hair, Thyme, Epithimum, of each half a 

 of Gentian, Zedoary, Acorus, of each two* handful, Raisins of the Sun stoned half an 

 drains, Cinnamon one dram and an half, \ ounce, sweet Fennel seeds two drams, the 

 Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Saffron, of each j seeds of Purslain, and Mallows, of each 

 one dram, Aloes six ounces, with Syrup of three drams, Liquorice half an ounce, boil 

 Fumitory, Scabious and Sugar so much as ' them in a sufficient quantity of water, strain 

 is sufficient to make it into a soft electuary. I them and dissolve in the decoction, pulp of 



Culpeper.'] Both these purge choler, the; Cassia two pounds, of Tamarinds ?,si ounce, 

 former ftegm, and this melancholy, the: Cinnamon three drams, Sugar a. pound, 

 former works strongest, and this strengthens i boil it into the form of an electuary, 

 most, and is good for such whose brains are ; Cassia exiracta cum soliis Set^. 



annoyed. You may take half an ounce of 1 Or Cassia extracted with the leaves of Sena, 

 the former, if your body be any thing j College^ Take of the formei receipt 

 strong, in white Wine, if very strong an; two pounds, Sena in powder two ounces, 

 ounce, a reasonable body may take an i mix them according to art. 

 ounce of the latter, the weak less. I would i Culpeper.] This is also a fine cool gentle 



