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B E 
Ounces , of Hart s-horn 
grofly powder d, of Ivory 
powder’d, each four Oun 
ces ; of Saffron three 
Drams, of Small Spirit of 
Wine four Gallons and an 
half ; after they have been 
infus’d four and twenty 
high and narrow, with a 
little Border round it ; put 
into it three or four Oun- 
ces of clear Benjamin, 
ly powder’d 5 cover the 
Pot with a Coffin of Pa- 
per, and tye it round a- 
bout, under the Border 
intusd tour ana iwculj , — 7 , An 
Hours, deftil them in Glafs fetthePot into hot A Ores, 
•™U > _ _ „ r -A. A ..rlion rlip Ttflvuamm IS 
Veftels, in B. M. The firft 
four Pints that deftil is to 
be kept by it felf, and is 
called the Spirit : The reft 
is called the Majefterial 
Water of Worms, 
m Latin 
Auricula Vrfi. The Flow- 
er fmells fweet as Cow- 
flips : The green Leaves 
are • mucilaginous ; the 
Roots are hot and acrid 
like Gowflips, and bitter- 
ifli, with an aromatic!', 
heady, and opiate Smell. 
3H3em'amtn, in Latin 
Ben^oinum. It attenuates : 
? Tis hot and dry. *Tis 
ufed for Coughs, Rheums, 
and Obftrucftions of the 
Lungs. It comes from Su- 
matra, Surat and feveral 
other Places. Flowers and 
the Oyl of Benjamin are 
made in thefollowing man- 
ner : Take an Earthen Pot, 
and when the Benjamin is 
heated, the Flowers will 
fublime ; take off the Cof- 
fin every two Hours, and 
fix another in its place ; 
ftopup quickly, in a Glafs, 
the Flowers you find in the 
Coffins ; and when thofe 
which afterwards fublime 
do begin to appear Oyly, 
take the P ot off the Fire, 
put that which remains in- 
to a little Glafs Retort , 
and fitting a Receiver to it, 
deftil in aSand- heat a thick 
andfragant Oyl, until no 
more comes forth ; and 
there will remain in the 
Retort nothing but a very 
fpungy Earth. The Flow- 
ers are good for Afthmati- 
cal Perfons, and to fortifie 
the Stomach. The Dofe 
is, from two Grains to five, 
in an Egg, ot in Lozenges. 
The Oyl is a Balfam for 
Wounds and Ulcers. Tin- 
cture of Benjamin is made 
in 
