( *9* ) 
p a 
Fountain-Water, till four-v 
Ounces are con fumed ; 
add two Drams of A- 
g a rick , and one Dram 
and an half of Rhubarb; 
if rain it, and clarifLe it, 
and add two Ounces of 
the Purging- Syrup of 
Apples : Take fix Ounces 
(jit.ee in three or four 
Days. This is proper for 
Melancholy People. Take 
of the Roots of Polypody, 
Bugles, Sccrzonera, Bark 
of Tamaris , and Roots 
of Cappars, each half an 
Ounce ; of Spleen-wort 
one Handful and an 
half ; of Agrimony, Mai- 
den-hair, Balm, Dodder, 
and Tops of Hops, each 
half an Handful ; of Flow- 
ers of Broom and Bo- 
rage, each two Pugils ; 
the Parings of four Pip- 
pins ; boil them with a 
Chicken in Spring-water, 
for thin Broth : Take a 
good Draught Morning 
and Evening, with fifteen 
Grains of Cream of Tar- 
tar dilfolv’d in it, and rail 
two Honrs after. This is 
good in Hypochondriac!* 
Dilcales,. 
P o 
t he popler * tree, in 
Latin Pop ulus.. The Bark 
of Poplar , ePpecially of 
the White-Poplar , or A- 
bele-tree, is ufed inward- 
ly and outwardly for the 
Hip-Gout, for the. Stran- 
gury and Burns. Women 
ufc the Buds of Black- 
Poplar to beautifie and 
thicken the Hair : They 
are good alfo to r eafe Pain. 
The Ointment is good for 
hot Swellings , to eafe 
the Pain of them : And 
being applied to the No- 
ftrils and Temples, it dif- 
pofes to Sleep. ’Tis made 
in the following manner : 
Take of rhe frelh Buds of 
Black Poplar a Pound and 
an half, of the Leaves of 
Violets and' NaveKv.crt, 
each three Ounces ; of 
new and unfaltcd Lard, 
clear’d from the Skin and 
walk'd, two Pounds ; 
beat them, and mingle 
them , and infufe them 
together in May ; add the- 
following Herbs bruis’d, 
of the tender Tops of 
Brambles, of the Leaves, 
of Black-Poppy, Marir 
drake, Henbane*. blight- 
- fhacig, Lett ice, Hoc.fe- 
leek 
