35. _For the Rickets._

Take 2 quarts of Isope water, take of liverwort maidenhair Hissop

Speedwell Strawberry leaves violet leaves of each a handfull, 3 leaves

of harts-tongue better than half a pound of raisons of the Sun 6 figs

boyle all this till it come to a quart then strain it and boyle it

again with 2 penny worth of saffron 2 ounces of brown Sugar Candie a

piece of Gold a stone of Amber boyle it every 2 or 3 days or ’twill be

soure and so keep it a fortnight give 3 spoonfulls at a time morning

and evening & when the child will take it you must give it twice or

thrice ere the child will be well if you give it in the fall or winter

you must give it once in the spring after.

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