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pretty thick , which Country People while it it hot , 
do put into Wooden Dijhes , and Jo bring it to 
London, to be Sold in the Markets , by the Name 
of Difh-Wheat and Bowl-Wheat. 
XIX. Tragus, or Flummery. It is made of the 
Jinejl of the blower, mixed with fair Water in a 
due proportion , and Boil'd up to Juch a thicknefs , 
as being cold , it will cut with a Knife which whilfi 
hot , is put into j mail , flat , white Earthen Dijhes , 
in which it is kept till it is eaten. They common- 
ly mix with it at Eating, Wine and Sugar, and fo 
it chears the Heart, revives the Spirits, comforts 
Nature, and reftores in Confumptions. Some that 
are great Lovers of Milk, ufe that inftead of the 
Wine- 
XX. Amylum, White Starch. It ismade of the 
finelt Flower of the Wheat, by the means of fair 
Water. Made into a Lohoch with Honey , it is 
good again!! Coughs, Colds, Rheums, and Spit- 
ting of Blood, and caufes an eafie expectoration 
of Flegm. 
XXL Fermentum, Lrven. Iris made of fome 
Palte or Dough of the Bread after Fermentation, 
and being made up into a round fiat Ball, it is 
kept in a heap of Table ot Bay-Salt poudered, till 
it grows fowre, which you may know both by the 
Smell and Talte. it has a power to draw and di- 
geli that which is fat off; and therefoie is good to 
Be put into Drawing Cataplafms , to caufe Suppu- 
ration in Tumors. Applyed to places aflefited with 
the Gout, it in a fhort time eafes the pain : It is 
good all'o againft Warts, and hard Knots or Ker- 
nels in the Flelh, being applyed with fome Salt. 
XXII. Mault. It is made altogether in the 
Lime manner as you make the Mault of Barley. 
The blower of it being mixed with Turpentine , 
Honey , and the To/k of an Egg , makes a good 
Digeftive ; mixed with Ammoniacum, Leven , and 
a little Vinegar , it difeuffes and foftens hard Tu- 
mors ; but its chief ufe is for making that fort of 
Strong Drink called Mum. 
XX 1 H. Sweet-Meat Wafers. They are Sold at 
the Confeflioners, made up into fmall white Rouls. 
Being eaten, they Angularly gratifie the Stomach, 
and Itrengthen it. Hop Fluxes ot the Bowels, and 
reltore in Confumptions. As they are made of the 
purelt and finelt Flower, with a fmall addition ot 
Milk, Eggs and Sugar, fo put into Water and 
drank, they cure the Bloody Flux, and are good 
againlt Ruptures in Children. 
XXIV. The Geliy. It is made of the former 
Wafers boiled in a fujficient quantity of Water , 
to the Conflftency of a Geliy ; or it may be made 
of the Dijh - Wheat, at SeCt. XVIII. by adding a 
little Water to it, and /training it very hot thro ' a 
Cheefe Cloth. It is good againft Spitting of Blood, 
Coughs, Colds, Hoarfenefs and the like, being 
daily eaten. 
XXV. Sanguis feu ExtraUum Tntici, Blood 
of Wheat, It is made as you make the Sanguis 
Satyrionis , Confohds major it. Potatoes, Parfneps,bfc. 
It is an admirable thing to chear the Heart, revive 
the Spirits, reftefh the Bowels, comfort Nature, 
reltore in Confumptions, and recreate Languifhing 
Nature. The finelt White Bread is belt to make 
it of. 
XXVI. The Cofmetick. Take of the Elotxer 4 
Ounces, Honey 1 Ounce, Vinegar a Quart ; boil 
them gently together, fo long till the blower will 
not eafily fettle. It is laid to be good againft 
Scurf!', Morphew, Sun-burning, Tanning, Freckles, 
Spots and Pimples in the Face. 
XXVII. T be half am. Take Turpentine 1 Oun- 
ces -, Talks of three Eggs, mix them till the Turpen- 
tine is perfectly dijjolved in the Talks, then add 
Honey, Batfam of Peru, of each two Ounces ; fine 
Wheat blower enough to give it the Confifiemy rj a 
Balfam. It is Digeftive, Abfterfive and Healing, a 
good Vulnerary in all Simple Green Wounds , 
Plague Sores, running putrid Sores, and Old 
Ulcers 
XXVIII. The Oil by Exprejfion. It is Pre/Jed 
in an Almond Prefs out oj the whole Wheat , be- 
tween two thick Iron or Copper Plates, being heat 
very hot. Ic heals all inveterate Ring - worms, 
Tettars, Scabs, Herpes, &c. on the Face or Chin, 
or other parts of the Body, being laid on warm ; 
and hereby fays Galen , we have known many to 
be Cured. Matthiolus commends the fame to be 
put into hollow Ulcers to heal them. The lame is 
alfo uled for Chaps in the Hands or Feet, by realon 
of Cold, as alfo to make a rugged Skin iinooth. 
XXIX. The Cataplafm. It may be made of the 
Leven alone, mixed with a little Vinegar ; being 
applyed, it is good againft the Gout, and the hard 
Tumors in Womens Brealts. .1 Cataplafm made 
of New Wheat Chewed in the Mouth, applyed to a 
place bitten by a mad Dog, cures it. A Cataplafm 
of Bread made with red Rofe-Water, applyed to the 
Eyes which are hot, red, and inhumed, or are 
Blood-fhot, heals them. A Cataplafm made of 
Bread Pried in a Prying-Pan, with Wine Vinegar , 
being applyed very hot for an Hour at a time, for 
12 or 14 Days together, to Kings -Evil Kernels 
in Neck and Throat, is faid peiftClly to diffolve 
and cure them. A Cataplafm made of Wheat-blower, 
with Juice of Henbane, being applyed, will Hop 
a Flux of Humors to the Joints. A Cataplafm of 
Wheat Meal Boil'd in Vinegar, being applyed, will 
help the Contraction of the Nerves, or Shrinking 
of the Sinews, as P liny fays. A Cataplafm of the 
Bran , with a little blower, made by Boiling it in 
the Jharpejl Wine Vinegar, being applyed, foftens 
and difeuffes the Swellings of Womens Brealts -, 
and applyed prefently to the Biting of a Viper, 
draws forth the Poifon. 
XXX. The Clyfler. It is made by boiling the 
Bran (not too near Sifted) in the Broth made of a 
Sheeps Head and Gathers ; which being exhibited, 
does open and cleanfe the Body of (harp and etude 
Humors, and to eafe the Griping pain of the 
Bowels ; and all this it will more effectually do, 
if to every Pint thereof, you add jour Ounces of 
Brown Sugar, and a little Salt. 
XXXI. Mum , or very Strong Drink. It is 
made in the fame manner as you make very 
Strong Beer of Barley Mault. It comforts the 
Stomach and Bowels, fttengthens the Back, and 
is a Reftorative to fuch as ate in a Pining and 
Languilhing Condition ; fortifying all the Natural 
Faculties of the Microcofm. 
XXXII. The Spirit. It is drawn off from Old 
or Stale Mum in an Alembick, in the very fame 
manner as you draw off the Maulted Spirits of 
Barley ; or as you draw Spirit of Wine. Unlels 
it be very carefully drawn, it will not tafte very 
pleafantly, by reafon it is apt to be loaded with an 
Empyreuma ; bnt if it is drawn neat and clean, or 
is made fo by Rectification, it will anfwer ail the 
ends of Spirit of Wine, and perform the lame 
things. 
XXXIII. Frumety, or Frumenty ; tt is fo called 
from brume mum, an old Name for Wheat or Corn. 
It is made oj Boiled Wheat, which is that which is 
Sold in Wooden Dijhes or Bowls, in the Markets in 
London, and called Difh-Wheat (at SeCf. XVIII. 
aforegoing,) by Boiling it up with a fujfiacnt quan- 
tity of Milk, to make a P ullage thereof, of a due 
thicknefs. It is Stomatick, llrengthens the Bowels, 
flops Fluxes, and reftorative ir. Confumptions. 
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