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Medicines for Long Life. 
T? ‘He Art of Phyfick, which we now have, looks no farther commonly than to Conferva-| To the 
| ©. tion of Health and Cure of Dilcafes: es for thofe things which tend properly to | tenth ar- 
| Long Life, there 1s but flight mention, and by the way onely. ‘SN otwithftanding we will | ticle, 
| propound thofe Medicines which are notable in this kind, I means thofe which are Cordials. 
‘For it # confonant to reafon, that thofe things which being taken iz Cures do defend and 
fortfie the Heart, or, more truly, the Spirits, agatnit Poyfons and Difeafes, being tranf- 
| ferred with judgment and choice into Diet, [ould have a good effect, in fome fort, towards |, 
| the Prolonging of Life. This we will do, mot heaping them promifcuonfly together, (as 
| the manner w ) but feletting the bet. 9 Geice | 
- Gold is given in thrce forms;; either in that which they call durum potabile, or in 
Wine wherein Gold hath been quenched, or in Goldin.the Subftance, fuch as are Leaf. 
‘| gold, and the Filingsof Gold. As for Aurum potabile, it is ufed.to be given in defpe- 
rate or dangerous difeafes, and that not without good fuecefs. But we fuppofe that 
the Spirits of the Salt, by which the Gold is diffolved, do rather minifter that vertue 
which is found in it, than the Gold it felf; though this fecret be wholly fuppreffed. 
Now if the body of Gold could be opened with thefe Corrofive waters, or by thefe 
\ Corrofive waters (fo the venomous quality were wanting ) well wathed, we conceive 
| it would be no unprofitable Medicine. | Sie . 
|» Pearls are taken either in a fine Powder, or in.a certain Mafs,, or Diffolution by the 
| juice of four and new Limons;. and.they are given fometimes in Aromatical Confedti- 
| ‘ons, fometimes in Liquor. The Pearl, nodaubt, hath fome affinity with the Shell in 
‘which it groweth, and may be.of the fame quality with the Shelsof Cra-fi/hes. 
hi “Amongtt the transparent precious Stones, two onely are accounted Cordéal, the Eme- 
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| rauld and the Zacinth, which are given under the fame forms that the Pearls are; fave 
only that the diffolutions of them, as far as we know, are not in ufc. But we fufpea 
thefe Glaffie Jewels, left they fhould be cutting. a a A, 
» Of thefe wtich we have mentioned, bow far and in what manner they. are helpful, [hall 
be {pcken hereafter. “yk rng pie or 
Bezoar-Stone is of approved vertue for refrefhing the Spirits, and procuring a gen. 
tlesSweat. As for the Umicorn's Horn, it hath loft the credit with us ; yet fo, asit 
| may keep rank with Hart's Horn, and the Bene in the heart of a Hart, and Ivory, 
| and fuch like. , wy Ree ee Wt 
|< Amber-griece isonc.of the beft to appeafe and comfort the Spirits... Ai 
Hereafter follow the names only ‘of the Siple Cordials, {ceing-their Vertues are {uf- 
‘ficiently known. . etek ci 5 
Hot. . Hot... | Cold. Cold... 
“Saffron. .,Clove-Gilly-flowers. Nitre. \fuice of [weer 
Folium Indum. Orenge-flowerse  |Rofes. Vsolets.| Orenges, 
- Lignum: Aloes, Rofemarys ~ Strawberry- | Fusce of Pearmains. 
> Citron Pill-or Mant... Leaves. Borage. 
_ Rind. ~.  Betony. « Straw-berries.|Buglofs. -.. 
Balm. - — \Carduus Benedi- |Fuice of fweet\Burnet, Sanders. 
Waters and Chymieal: Qiles, ( which, as a certain Trifler fasth,, are under the Planet 
| Mars , and havea furious and deftruttive force) as alfo all bot and biting Spices are 
tobe rejetted, anda Confideration to be had, how waters and Liquors way be made o} 
the former simples : not thofe phlegmatick diftiked waters, nor again thofe burning Waters 
| of Spirits of 7 ine; but [uch as may be more temperate, and yet lively, and fending forth 
abengn Vapour. «... aa: ve ra: 
| Imake fome queftion touching the frequent letting of Blowd, whether it conduceth 
to long life nor no; and 1 amrather in the opinion that it doth, if it be turned into a 
habit, and other things be well difpofed: for it letteth out the old Juice of the body, 
atid bringeth in new. . 
{2 . Bafil. use. Limons. \Camphire. Sythe 
> Seeing our {peech, now 9 of t bof shings which may be transferred énto Dict, all hot 
