Take Rue, Agrimony, Celandine, Sage, Wormewood, Balme, Feaverfue,
Mugwort, Tormentil, Marygold flowers, Cowslip flowers, Pansie flowers
leaves and all, Carduus, Angelicoe, Dragons, Pimpernel, Rosemary,
Scordium, Purple wort, Burnet, Enul campane roots, of each of these
halfe a pound shred small, then take Anniseeds, Carraway, Coriander,
Cardamome, of each of these two ounces bruis’d, bruise alsoe your Enul
campane roots, then steep all these in an earthen pott in two quarts
of white wine and a gallon of y^e best Canary, mixing them well in
y^e liquor, so let it stand till y^e next day, then distill it in an
ordinary still close stop’d, still it as soon as you can keeping it
close stop’d whilst it steeps and whilst you still it, stirring it when
you put it into y^e still, soe keep it for your use.
Y^e Lady Downs adds wood Sorril a good quantity roots of Indian Sneake
weed 2 pound burdock roots 1 lb.
4. _A very excellent Receipt against Convulsions which cur’d one had 9
Fitts a Day._
Take Race oynions and black pepper of each a little quantity stamp’d
pretty small and lay it to y^e soals of y^e feet keep it on 7 houres,
whilst y^e party is in y^e fitt force them not to take any thing
inwardly but anoynt y^e wrists on y^e inside, y^e palmes of y^e hands,
y^e Temples and y^e nostrills (if it be a childe) with Methridate (if
not) with oyle or spirit of Amber, between y^e fitts let it drinke
black cherrey water sweetned with syrrop of Cloves & syrrop of Pyonies
for a weeks time after y^e fitts first and last let them ware a
necklace of single pyonie roots alwayes about theire neck, avoid giving
syrrop of Violets if you fear fitts, but syrrop of Roses and Succory is
good to be given together when costive this may be given to children
of any age.