Take the leaves of mint balme wild time marjorum meadsweet the roots of
avens of each 2 handfulls and half the flowers of cowslips, rosemary,
red roses, marigolds rosasolis, burrage bugglase gilly flowers harts
ease sunflowers, of each one handfull Cinnamon and lemon peel of each
half an ounce infuse all these in 3 quarts of aquavite in a cold Still
stopt for 2 days and nights then draw it off with a gentle fire if
you please put into your receiver musk & ambergrease of each 3 grains
tyed up in a thin bag w^{th} your Saffron paste your Still close with
rye dough you may draw as much in quantity as your aquavite put into
it 2 pound and half of double refined Sugar stiring it often that it
may not Candie. Because the flowers & roots & herbs are not to be had
at one time you must as you gather them bruise y^m gently in a stone
mortar putting to 3 handfulls of flowers herbs or roots one handfull of
baysalt mix them well together tye them up very close in an earthen
pot well glazed the best time of gathering the herbs is mint & marjerom
in may balme in April meadsweet & rosasolis in June Avens in July
Sunflower in august.