191. _The Lady Buttons Melancholy Water._

Take of wall Jilly flowers 4 handfulls, of rosemary flowers 3 handfulls

of Damaske Rose leaves & cowslip flowers a like quantity of burrage

& bugglos flowers of each 2 handfulls a like quantity of primroses

and clove Jilly flowers balme leaves and pinks of each 6 handfulls,

of marygolds 2 handfulls of cinnamon grossly beaten half an ounce 2

nutmegs 3 pennyworth of english saffron 2 orange peels 4 ounces of blew

figs Steep them in Sack enough to cover them, and as you add flowers

add Sack when you have gotten them all together distill them in a cold

still & cover them in the still with Sack & when all is drawn off you

must put into your water before you use it 6 ounces of white Sugar

Candie, it must be stilled with a soft fire or your water will be y^e

smaller it is good for any heaviness of spirits & may be given to

weomen in travell.

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