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purge, cleansing the bowels of choler and \ aforesaid pulp, the pulp of Cassia, and 

 melancholy without any griping, very fit | Tamarinds, of each, one ounce, then mix 

 for feverish bodies, and yet the former is : with it these powders following : Sanders 

 gentler than this. They both cleanse and j white and red, Spodium, Rhubarb, of each 

 cool the reins ; a reasonable body may take j three drams, red Roses, Violets, the seeds 

 an ounce and an half of the former, and an ! of Purslain, Succory, Barberries, Gum 

 ounce of the latter in white Wine, if they : Tragacanth, Liquorice, Cinnamon, of each 

 keep the house, or their bodies be oppressed two drams, the four greater cold seeds, of 



with melancholy, let them take half the 

 quantity in four ounces of decoction of 



each one dram, make it into an electuary 

 according to art. 



Epithimum. Cvlpeper.~] It may safely, and is with 



Diacarthamum. ! good success, given in acute, burning, ami 



College."] Take of Diatragacanthum | all other fevers, for it cools much, and 

 frigidum, half an ounce, pulp of preserved \ loosens the body gently: it is good in agues, 

 Quinces an ounce, the inside of the seeds of j hectic fevers, and Mirasmos. You may 

 Bastard Saffron half an ounce, Ginger two ! take an ounce of it at a time, at night when 

 drams, Diacrydium beaten by itself three { you go to bed, three hours after a light 

 drams, Turbith six drams, Manna two I supper, neither need you keep your cham- 

 ounces, Honey of Roses solutive, Sugar ! ber next day, unless the weather be very 

 Candy, of each an ounce, Hermodactils half j cold, or your body very tender, 

 an ounce, Sugar ten ounces and an half, Diaprunum solutive. 



make of them a liquid electuary according ' College^] Take of Diaprunum Lenitive 

 to art. i whilst it is warm, four pounds, Scammony 



Diaphomicon. \ prepared two ounce and five drams, mix 



College^] Take of the pulp of Dates ; them into an electuary according to art. 

 boiled in Hydromel, Penids, of each half ; Seeing the dose of Scammony is increased 

 n pound, sweet Almonds blanched, three > according to the author in this medicine, 

 ounces and an half, to all of them being : you may use a less weight of Scammony if 

 bruised and mixed, add clarified Honey j you please, 

 two pounds, boil them a little, and then j Catholicon. 



strew in Ginger, long Pepper, Mace, Cin- | College.] Take of the pulp of Cassia 

 namon, Rue leaves, the seeds of Fennel and < and Tamarinds, the leaves of Sena, of each 

 Carrots, of each two drams, Turbith four \ two ounces, Polypodium, Violets, Rhubarb, 

 ounces, Diacridium an ounce and an half, i of each one ounce, Annis seeds, Penids, 

 make of them an electuary according to ; Sugar Candy, Liquorice, the seeds of 

 art: i Gourds, Citruls, Cucumbers, Melons, of 



Culpeper."] I cannot believe this is so ' each two drams, the things to be bruised 



profitable in fevers taken downwards as s being bruised, take of fresh Polypodium 



authors say, for it is a very violent purge. I three ounces, sweet Fennel seeds six drams, 



Diaprunum Lenitive. j boil them in four pounds of water till the 



College.'] Take one hundred Damask j third part be consumed, strain it, and with 

 Prunes, boil them in water till they be soft, | two pounds of sugar, boil the decoction to 

 then pulp them, and in the liquor they were I the thickness of a Syrup ; then with the 

 boiled in, boil gently one of Violet flowers, : pulps and powder make it into an elec- 

 strain it, and with two pounds of sugar boil j tuary according to art. 

 it to a Syrup, then add half a pound of the ; Culpeper.~] It is a fine cooling purge for 



