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abound with plenty of Spirits, io they are (being 
moderately and prudently ufed) grateful to the 
Stomach, and Cordial, chear the Heart, revive the 
Spirits, reftore Nature, and refrefh and ftrengthen 
the whole Body. The Verjuice is cooling, drying, 
Sty prick and Stomatick. The Tartar is cold, dry, 
Ablterfive, Aperitive, Stomatick, and moderately 
Cathartick, more efpecially when it is freed from 
its grofler Recrements. 
XXV II. The Specification . The various and dif- 
fering Productions of the Vine, are fuch which 
have as var i ous-and di Bering Qualities, fiom whence 
their Specifications are as various and different ; fo • 
that it would be very troublefome to enumerate 
them all feverally here, forafmuch as many of thofe 
Particulars have a confiderable number of Prepa- 
rations arifing from each of them •, for which rea- 
fon, we, fhall omit their Specifick Properties in 
this place, and give an account of the fame, as we 
treat in order of the feveral Produ&s or Parts, 
and Preparations of this Plant. 
XXVIII. The Preparations. 1. A Juice of 
the Leaves and Tcndrels. 2. A Decottion of the 
fame. 3. The Tears. 4. The Afhes of the Branch- 
es. 5. A Lye of the Afhes. 6 ■ An Unguent of 
the Afhes. 7. A Lotion or Waff). 8. The Grapes. 
9, Verjuice. 1 o. Mufi, or New Wine. 1 1 . Rob, 
or Sapa. 1 2. Wine tormented or Per fitted. 
13. Brandy. 14. Spirit of Wine. 15. Philofophick 
Spirit of Wine. 16. Raifons , or dryed Grapes. 
17. Honey of Raifons. 18. A Decottion of Grape 
or Raijon Stones. 19. A Pouder of the Stones. 
20. Vinegar. 21. Spirit of Vinegar. 22. Wine 
Artificial. 23. Hippocras. 24. Gum of the Vine. 
25. Wine Lees. 26. Tartar or Argol. 27. Cream 
of Tartar. 28. Tartar Emctick. 29. Spirit of 
Tartar. 30. Oil of Tartar Difiilled. 31. Mixtura 
Simplex. 32. Salt of Tartar Pure. 33. Salt of 
Tartar Nitrated. 34. Oil of Tartar per deliquium. 
35. Sal Tartari Foliatum. 36. Cremor Tartari 
Solubile. 37. Soluble Emetick Tartar. 38. Sal 
Tartari Vitriolatum. 29. Sal Tartari Volatile. 
40. Liquor of Tartar. 4T. Spirit of Tartar Com- 
pound. 42. Diatelfaron, or Punch. 
T be Virtues. 
XXIX. The Juice of the Leaves and Tcndrels. 
It is Cooling, Drying, Aftringent and Healing. 
Mixt with Honey, it makes a good Lotion for a 
fore Mouth or Throat, or Sores in the Privy parts, 
to wafh, gargle, and bath therewith, it alfo flops 
Vomitings, Fluxes, Spitting of Blood, and Wo- 
mens Courfes. 
XXX. The Decottion of the fame. If a little 
Roch Alum be dilfolved in it, and it be then 
fweetned with Honey, it has all the former Vir- 
tues of the Juice •, but drank (without the mix- 
ture of the Alum and Honey) it is of good ufe 
again!! Fevers. 
XXXI. The Tears of the Vine. Thefe are drop- 
pings of the Branches of th^ Vine, when cut out 
of due time, or too late in the Spring ^ drank, it 
is good either to diflolve a gretty Stone in the Reins 
or Bladder, or to expel and drive out Sand, Tar- 
tarous matter, Gravel, and fmall Stones out of 
thofe parts * and pommy it may be more effectual 
in this cafe, if it be taken when fweetned with 
Honey •, for that Honey has not only a power of 
Diflolving and Cleanfing, but alfo of making the 
Paffages fmooth and flippery. 
XXXII. The Lye made of the Afhes of Vine 
Branches. It is very effectual againft the Gravel 
and Stone in the Reins, being drank either limply 
of it fell, or mixt with White Port Wine. The 
Lye mixed with a little Vinegar, and ufed as a 
Bath, allays Inflamations and pains, and coni umes 
Warts of the Anus or Fundament, eafes the Pains 
thereof' and difeufles the Piles, and other Tumors. 
The Laid Lye is good to walh places out of Joint, 
or burnt with Fire •, and mixt with Juice of Rue 
and Vinegar , it is good againft the fwelling of the 
Spleen, and helps Frettings and Gallings in any 
place. And mixed with Wine, it is good againft 
Anthonies Fire. 
XXXIII. The Afhes of Vine Branches. Made 
into an Ointment with Hogs Lard, it is good a- 
gainft hard Tumors, cleanfes Fiftula’s and hollow 
Ulcers, and heals them; helps Pains, Cramps, 
and fhrinking of the Nerves. If they are mixed 
with Oil, and applyed, it difeufles Simple Contu- 
fions, cures the Bitings of Mad Dogs, and the 
Wounds of Scorpions- And made into a Cata- 
plafm with Nitre and Vinegar , and applyed, it 
confumes or waftes Wens, and other Excrefcences 
of the Flefli. 
XXXIV. The Ointment of the Afhes. Take well 
Calcin'd Vine Afhes 4 Ounces ; Sal Nitre in fine 
Pouder 1 Ounce ; Tobacco in fine Pouder half an 
Ounce ; Golden Colored Palm-Oil, ( not Old , or in- 
clining to be Rank) 12 Ounces ; Oil of Rhodium 
3 Drams : The Palm Oil being melted in the heat 
of a Bath , put in the other Ingredients , and mix 
them well together. It difeufles hard Tumors, and 
diflolves even Callous hardneffes ; eafes pains in 
the Nerves and Joints, and is profitable againft 
Gouts, Sciatica’s, Ample Contufions, old Sores, 
Ulcers, Fittula’s, Tettars, Ring-Worms, Herpes , 
Impetigo , Worms in the Face and Skin, and other 
like rebellious Maladies. 
XXXV. The Lotion or Wafh. Take of the Juice 
of the Leaves 6 Ounces ; Red Port Wine 1 o Ounces ; 
Honey 4 Ounces , mix and make a Lotion. It is 
good to Wafh and Gargle, and heal Sore and Ul- 
cerated Mouths and Throats-, and alfo to cleanfe 
and heal Ulcers in other parts. Put into the Eyes, 
it flops Defluxions, clears the Sight, and heals 
Sores and Ulcers therein. 
XXXVI. The Grapes. The frefh gathered full 
ripe Grapes being eaten, ftrengthen the Stomach, 
refrefh the Vital Powers, caufe a good Appetite, 
and cool in Fevers: Thofe of a Blood-red Juice, 
ire ftld to flop Spitting of Blood, and other in- 
ward Bleedings, becaufe of their Styptick quality ; 
but almoft all forts of Grapes, if eaten in too great 
a plenty, are apt to caufe Fluxes, and to do 
other Prejudices to the Body, not eafily to be re- 
trieved; whereas moderately eaten, they are other- 
wife a Angular advantage to it. 
XXXVII. The Verjuice. It is a Juice prefled 
out of any unripe Grapes, but more efpecially out 
of that kind of Grape which will not ripen with us, 
being a very fair large Grape, and making very 
large Bunches. It is called Omphacium , alfo Suc- 
cus Omphacinus. It is a pleaAng fort of tart Juice, 
fit to be ufed in Broths, Meats and Sawces, to 
acuate and ftrengthen the Appetite, alfo to refill 
Vomiting, and to refrefh and accelerate the faint- 
ing Spirits. Made into a Syrup with White Sugar, 
it is very grateful to the Stomach, quenches Thirft, 
and extinguifhes the heat of Fevers. Mixt with 
Honey, and ufed as a Lotion or Gargle, it cures 
Sores and Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat, Gfc. 
XXXVIII. The Mufi, or New Wine. It is 
pleafing to the Palate, but not fo wholefome as 
that which has Age upon it, and is very fine. Se- 
veral forts of Mufi are apt to loofen the Belly, 
; but particularly Neio Canary, creates ObftruUions 
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