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Mel de Paffulis Compofitum , or a Compound Honey 
of Raifons, is thus made. Take Juices of Male 
Peony Roots , 0/ Liquorice , 0/ Bawm , 0/ Harts- 
Tongue , 0/ Hyffop, of each an Ounce •, of the Pulp 
of Raifons made with Malaga Wine or Canary , 0 
Pound ; Double Refined Sugar a Pound and a quar- 
ter •, w/at //;<?;», Z»0;7 to a Confiftency. It has 
all the former Virtues, befides which, it is pecu- 
liar for Children againft Convulfions, the Falling 
Sicknefs, Chin-cough, and the Rickets. 
XLVI. De cod ion of Grape , 0;' Raifon Stones. 
It is good to ftop Fluxes of Blood in any part, as 
Bleeding at Nofe, Spitting and Vomiting Blood, 
inward Bleedings, Bloody Flux, and Pilling oh 
Blood. It (tops all forts of Fluxes of the Belly, 
ftrengthens the Stomach, and prevails againlt a 
Diabetes. 
XL VII. The Pouder of the Grape or Raifon 
Stones. It has all the former Virtues, and may be 
given from half a Dram to a Dram in a little 
Honey of Raifons , and* then walht down with a 
Draught of the Dccoftion of the Stones. The 
Pouder outwardly applyed, is a good Styptick in 
flopping of Blood. 
XLV 1 II. Acetum , Vinegar. How our Diflillers 
make Vinegar, we have taught at large in our 
Dor on Me die urn, lib. 1. cap. 24. fell. 36. fo that 
it would be A.ttum agere , to repeat that again 
here. But for fuch as cannot go that way to work, 
for want of Neceffaries, it may be done another 
way, after the following manner. Make a Pafte 
of Wheat Meal and White Wine , adding to every 
Pound and half thereof half an Ounce of drycd 
Salt , reduced in a very hot Mortar to a fine Pou- 
der let all be wrought very wcftl together , and lye 
in Digcftion 24 Hours , then make it all out into 
little Loaves , which Bake in an Oven with a foft 
heat : Take thefe Loaves and fteep them in the 
ftrongeft Wine Vinegar , (in every Gallon of which , 
4 Ounces or more of fine PouderedSalt is added ,) 
with which make a Pafle again , and make into lit- 
tle Loaves , and Bake as before. This Work fo 
often repeat , till the Loaves will be no more dif- 
folvcd in the Vinegar , or rather receive no more 
Acidity from it -, which done , put a fujficient quan- 
tity of this Bread , into 4, 6, or 1 o Gallons , or 
what Quantity you pleafe of Strong Wine , ( ef ped- 
al ly fuch of it as is prickt , or begins to grow acid ) 
and it will in a very Jhort time be converted into 
good Vinegar. Vinegar if it is good, and very 
acute or lharp, is an excellent Stomatick, and 
therefore it is almoft always an Ingredient in the 
molt excellent Sawces. It is a molt Angular thing 
to quench Thirfl, abate the heat of the molt violent 
Fevers, refill: Poifon -, and is generally an Ingre- 
dient in molt Liquid Compositions againlt the 
Spotted Fever, Malign Fevers, Meafles, Small 
Pox, and the Plague or Peltilence it felf ; and all 
forts of Contagious Infections, and Peftilential 
Difeafes. It is Styptick, and good to ftop all forts 
of Fluxes of Blood, whether inward or outward. 
XLIX. Spirit of Vinegar. Spiritus Aceti, Ace- 
tum Diftillatum, 1. Tafe of the befl Wine Vi- 
negar, put it into a Glajs Still, and with a gentle 
Tire in Balneo Maria:, or in Afhes , draw off the 
Plegm without Tafte, which will be near a quarter 
part -, change tlx: Receiver, and force over the 
Spirit. If the Spirit is for Phyfical ufes, you mu (l 
take heed of Burning, left your Preparation fmcll 
of the fame. If it is for a Metaline ufe, draw off 
the Plegm in Balneo, and in Sand Diftil violently, 
till a red Spirit afeends, and all be come over. 
II. Or thus, according to Cloflkus. Take 6 Quarts 
of Vinegar , and Diftil in a lukewarm Balneo M. 
till but one Quart remains then in Sand or A flies. 
draw off the remainder to drynefs , Cohobating two 
or three times upon the Paces. III. Or thus, which 
is yet ttronger. Infpijfate Vinegar to the thicknefs 
of Honey, and fet it to Cry ft alii ze, which Gy Pals 
purifie, by dijfo lying them in the Plegm of the 
Vinegar, and Cry P alii ze again ■, Take ; hefe Cry- 
ftals, and make them into Balls with Bale, and then 
drive the Spirit thro 1 a Retort, which after relhfie, 
fo will it be f iery and Corrofivc. IV. Spiritus Aceti 
Sennerti. Take Faces of Di f illed Vinegar, Calcine 
them dry, add to the fame Spirit of Vinegar, and 
draw it off again in Sand, Cohobating fo often till 
all its common or fixt Salt afeend with the Spirit. 
This is Radicated or Alkaliz'd Vinegar. V. Or. 
thus. Take Pieces or Lees of Vinegar, Di fill in a 
Veficatory with its Refrigeratory, fo will you have 
a Fiery Spirit, which will diffolve Metals Stones and 
Minerals. VI. Spiritus Aceti Terebinrhinatus. 
It is made of Vinegar and Turpentine, Diftilhng 
them in a Retort, then feparating the Oil and Spirit 
from the Plegm, or Water. VII. Dr. Anthonielr 
Spirit of Vinegar, with which he made his Aurum 
Potabile. Get three or four Glajs Stills, which 
will hold a Gallon or two apeicc , and about 6 Gal- 
lons of the ftrongeft Red Wine Vinegar, (Vinegar 
of White Wine or Claret , will be too weak ) made of 
Red Wine, or of Canary, or Mufcadine. Put the 
Vfnegar into the St ills, and fet as many a going as 
the Balneum will hold, (which Balneum ought to 
be two Feet and a half Square, to hold many G Life s : ) 
take a Pint of that which runs fir ft, and put it 
away as weak, and not fit for ufe ■, then Dili ill the 
reft to drynefs : Wafh the Stills with a little of the 
Plegm or jirfi running : Diftil again, and put 
away the firft Pint • this Work repeat four or five 
times -, fo of a Gallon of Vinegar , you will have 
three Pints of Spirit -, and of your fix Gallons 
nearly io Pints. If your Spirit is yet too 'weak, 
you muft Diftil it oftner • this Spirit keep in a Glafs 
clofe ftopt with a Glafs Stopple. For a Quart of 
this Menftruum, Bifhop Bilfon gave Dr. Anthony 
Thirty Shillings. VIII. Radicate, Spirit of Vi- 
negar, according to Marggrave. Take Spirit of 
Vinegar, or the former Radicated Vinegar, and 
Diftil it a new from Sal Armoniack, fo will it be 
much more, potent. Spirit of Vinegar attenuates, 
inc'tdes,. difeufles, reprefles, cools, and has all the 
Properties of Vinegar, but much more intenfe and 
ftrong. It is ufed as a ^Menftruum, to perform 
Chymical Extractions with. The Terebinthinatedor 
Radicated Vinegar, is for the dilfolution of Stones 
of all forts, chiefly of Gems or Pretious Stones, 
of which Crollius and Hartman make much men- 
tion -, and it is ufed by Paracelfus againlt Difeafes 
of the Stone, by giving it in a proper or Specifick 
Vehicle. Thefe Authors fay, that it will dilfolve 
Flints and other Stones, without any Previous Cal- 
cination, and is alfo profitable for many other 
ufes : Now if it has a Power of Dilfolving fuch 
hard Subftances without Calcination, it mult cer- 
tainly have much more power to do the fame, 
after fuch a Preparatory Operation of the Fire. 
Dr. Anthonies Spirit of Vinegar, may without 
doubt have all the fame Virtues and ufes with other 
Spirits, bur what he applyed it to, was chiefly to 
make his Menftruum, with which he prepared his 
Aurum Potabile, that Medicine fo much Fam’d 
throughout almoft the whole World. 
L . Wine Art ificial. Take Malaga Raifons freed 
from their Stalks art hundred Weight, fair Rain- 
Water 30 Gallons -, put the boiling Water upon the 
Raifons, ft ir ring them well together , which let 
ft and 48 Hours or more, till the Water has drawn 
forth all the Sweet nefs and Strength out of the Rai- 
fons •, then draw off the Water from the Fruit into a 
Wooden 
