Chap, 556. 
the Stomack and Bowels, and are good againft pains 
in the Intrails, and the Colick. They are com- 
monly eaten with Meat, as a Pickled Sallet. 
XXIX. The Compound or Artificial Ponder. 
The Receipt is from Georgia de Reggio, who is the 
chief Author thathas wrote amply of thefe Guinny 
or Indian Peppers. Take of the ripe Cods of any 
of the forts of Guinny Pepper , ( being all in Pro- 
perties or qualities alike ) dry them well, Jirfi by 
themfelves , and then in an Oven, after the Bread is 
taken out, put into a Pot or Pipkin, with a fuffici 
ent quantity of Flower, that they may be fufficient- 
ly dryed : ajter which cleanfe them from the Flower, 
(and from their Stalks if they have any ) cut or clip 
them very fmall, both Husks or Cods , and Seeds 
within them : and to every Ounce of them put a 
Pound of fine Wheat Flower, or the fame with 
which they were dryed in the Oven : make them up 
into Cakes or fmall Loaves , with fo much Leaven, 
as may be convenient for the quantity .- Bake thefe 
again as you may do Bread of that fine, and being 
well Baked. , cut it again into fmal/er parts , and 
Bake it again, that it may be as dry and hard as 
Bisket : which then beat into fine Ponder , and fift 
it through a fine Searfe or Sieve , to be kept for ufe, 
or to be ufed inftead of ordinary Pepper, for Broth, 
Meat or Sauce, or any other purpofe our Common 
Eaft-India Pepper is ufed for. In my opinion, half 
the quantity of Plower here preferibed may be 
enough : and it may be a quarter of a Pound to an 
Ounce may be fully enough. It gives a good Sa- 
vor, and it may be a better Tafte and Relilh to 
Meat or Sauce, than the Common Pepper : and is 
lingular good ro be ul'ed with fuch Meats as are 
Flatulent or Windy, to break and difeufs the Wind 
both in the Stomach and Bowels, and for fuch whofe 
Bodies abound with Crudities and Moifture. One 
Scruple of the laid Ponder may be taken in a little 
Chicken, Mutton, or Veal-Broth , for comforting 
and llrengthning a cold and moift Stomach, to help 
Digeftion and provoke Appetite. 
XXX. The ftmple Ponder of the Cods and Seed. 
It is made by drying them throughly, (not fcorehing 
or burning them) which may be done in a Bakers 
Oven, after the Bread is out, andrepeating the dry- 
ing fo long, till they will beat to Ponder in a Mor- 
tar. It has all the Virtues of our Common black 
Eajl-lndia Pepper , and may be ufed as Spice, in 
Sauce or othervvife, as that is: It difcuHes and ’ex- 
pels Wind, comforts and warms the Stomach, is 
good againft the Colick, and griping of the Guts, 
provokes the Terms in Women, facilitates the 
Birth, and forces away the Dead Child, and After- 
birth ; being alfo prevalent againft ObftruHions of 
the Reins and Bladder thro’ Sand , Gravel, Stones, 
and Tartarous or Slimy Matter lodged in thofe 
parts. Dofe 1 Scruple to a Man or Woman, mixt 
with fome proper Syrup, or with Hony, or other 
fit Vehicle, Morning and Night, or at time of any 
Paroxyfm. 
XXXI. The Vinegar or Infufion. It is made by 
Infufmg it in the bejt Dutch Wine Vinegar, 2 
Ounces of the Pouder/e a Hbuart of Vinegar. If it 
is made of the frefh ripe Cods, you may put 5 or l 
Ounces or more, ( fir ft cut fmall ) to a ftuort of the 
faid Vinegar. It is an admirable Stomatick, 
ftrengthens and fortifies it, provokes Appetite, and 
caufes a good Digeftion : it may be ufed at Meals, 
as Sauce with Meats, and fuch other things as re- 
quire Pepper and Vinegar : and upon occafion for 
the purpofes aforefaid may be ufed or taken in a 
Glafs of Wine, at Meals or otherwife. Bathed 
upon the Region of the Spleen very hot, it dif- 
folves the hardnefs, and eales the pain of, that 
rifeus. Held in the Mouth againft the place 
troubled with the Tooth-Ach, it eales the pain, and 
preferves them from Rottennefs. Mixt with Red 
Port Wine, and ufed as a Gargle, helps a fore 
throat, and and in a little time heals it. 
XXXII. The Decottion in Wine. It has the 
Wrtues of the Vinegar, eafes the Tooth-Ach upon 
the Spot, and makes an Excellent Gargle for a Sore 
Mouth and Throat. It immediately gives eafe in 
the Colick, Hops Vomiting, and is profitable for 
luch as are troubled with a Quinley. It is faid to 
be good for fuch as have a Watery Rupture, out- 
wardly applyed : provokes Urine powerfully, helps 
againft the Strangury, Sand, Gravel, Stone, &c. 
Induces the Terms in Women, and caufes fpeedy 
delivery to Women in Labor. 
XXXIII. The Cofmetick. The Pouder mixt with 
an equal quant, ty of Levigated Niter, and diffolvei 
fvirr> e ™ ine ’ or wixed into a Li ni went with 
uu of Ben ; and applyed, it rakes away Scurff, 
Morphew, Spots, Freckles -, red and fiery Pimples 
and other hot and lharp eruptions of the Skin. 
The Liniment mixed with a little iharp Wine 
Vinegar, and applyed , eafes the pains of the 
Spleen, and dittolves the hardnefs thereof it alfo 
difculFes ocher cold Tumors* and Oedcmatous Swel- 
lings in the Joints. 
XXXIV. The Lohocb or Eleffuary. It is made 
by mixing the ftmple Pouder with three times its 
weight of Clarified Hony, or rather with the Syrup 
of green Ginger It is good againft Afthma’s, 
Coughs Colds, Wheezings, Hoarfnefs, (hortnefs 
of Breath, and other like Diftempers of the Brett 
and Lungs: it is profitable againft an inveterate or 
old Cough, helps the falling down of the Palate 
and applyed to the Throat inwardly and outwardly is 
good againft a Quinfy. Taken for 3 or 4 Days to- 
gether to the quantity of a Dram or Dram and h'llf 
Morning Noon, and Night, it is faid to expel the 
JJead Child. 
XXXV. The Balfam. It it made by mixing the 
Pouder with ’Gum Armoniacum, or Galbanum, or 
Ballam de Capivi, or Balfam de Peru. This laid 
upon any hard Knots or Kernels, in the Neck 
Throat, or any other parts of the Body ir will’ 
hmder their growing, and difeufs or refolve them 
not (uttering them to grow any more. 
XXXVI. The PcJJary. Take of the Pouder 2 
parts-, of Pouder ot Gentian 2 farts- Gambogia 
m Pouder 1 part-, mix, and make them into a 
Pel], iry with Woolf dipping the fame into DecotFi- 
cfore n ‘ ~ ‘ 
. Ji o J miu iAXOCtl- 
° n ° 4 Coloc ynthis before ufing it. Being put up 
, the Womb, it induces the Co.urfes or Terms eafes 
the pains of thofe parts ; and if the time of a 
Womans Labour is at hand, it battens it and even 
brings away (as it is faid) the Dead Child and 
the Alter-Birth. 
XXXVII. The Emplafter. Take of the former 
Pouder 2 Ounces-, Pouder of Tobacco 1 Ounce- 
Frankincenle4 0a/7OT; Ballam of Peru 3 Ounces' 
Chymical Oils of Salfafras, and of juniper Berries* 
of each one Ounce: Mix and make an Emplafter 
according to Art-, adding Bees Wax fo much as to 
give it a due confiftence. It is good (being prefent- 
ly applyed) againft the bitings of Mad Dogs or the 
biting or flinging of any other Venomous Creature 
It prevails againft Cramp, Convulfions, or Patties’ 
or any Trembling, weaknefs, or pain of the Nerves 
and Tendons, whether in the Joints, Mulcles Spi- 
na Torft, or in any other parts whatfoever ’ Ap- 
plyed to theWritts, Stomach, and along t he Spina 
Torfi, it cures Agues after an admirable maimer lo 
as that they return no more. 
XXXVIII. The AJhcs of the Cods , and of the 
whole Plant. Being rubbed on the Teeth, they 
cleanfe them, and make them grow white, if they 
were 
