Take 3 quarters of an ounce of french barley of the finest you can get
wash it in 3 or 4 waters then let it steep one night in water in the
morning pour away that water then put the barley into a quart of Spring
water and a small spoonfull of anyseeds with it boyle these together
till half the water be consumed then strain away the water and let it
stand and settle the space of an hour then take the clearest of this
water and sweeten it with white Sugar Candie to your liking swallow
down thereof as leasurely as you can a spoonfull or 2 in your coughing
fitts making it first blood warme before you drink of it.