Take 3 pints of the best muskadine or malmesey boyle therein rue and
Sage of each one handfull untill a pint be consumed then strain out the
herbs hard then set the liquor on the fire again and put thereto long
pepper ginger cutcheneale or grains of each an ounce a quarter of an
ounce of nutmegs all beaten to poweder let all these boyle together a
little then take it off the fire and put therein an ounce of the best
methridate 2 ounces of y^e best treacle and a quarter of a pint of
angellicoe water keep this and your life above all worldly Treasures
take it always warme morning and evening a spoonfull at a time but
if infect’d 2 spoonfulls this is good against the plague y^e sweting
disease, the smallpox, measells surfets all pestilent distempers and
feavours used as followeth take a spoonfull of it when you first fall
sick & swet 3 hours in bed after it & then carefully taken out of it if
they are dry they must drink posset drink with marygolds boyled in it &
drink nothing but caudles & warme drink at other times.