302. _An Aproved Rect. for a Consumption._

Take 4 bunches of turneps and 12 bunches of coltsfoot leaves sweet

fennell seed annyseeds carraway seeds coriander seeds of each half

an ounce bruising them in a morter 4 ounces of english liquorish not

scraped or bruised but sliced thin half a pint of hysope water half a

pint of red rose water 4 ounces of white Sugar candie 5 or 6 ounces of

the best hive honey then 1^{st} you must pare your turneps then take a

well glazed earthen pot that is strong and lay in the bottom thereof

some of your coltsfoot leaves and strew thereon some of your liquorish

and bruised seeds then lay a laying of turneps then leaves then seeds

again then more of your seeds all over and down the sides of the pot

then your liquorish and seeds then your turneps so laying your lays

till all be in the pot but the last lay must be coltsfoot leaves then

cover your pot up close with paper or paste and set it in a bakers oven

with their peck loaves and when it drawn strain it as soon as you can

into a great yellow pipkin that will hold a gallon then put in your

waters and Sugar Candie and set it on the fire till ye Sugar candie be

dissolved then take it off the fire and put in your honney and keep it

stiring till your honney be dissolved then cover it w^{th} y^e cover of

the pipkin till it be cold then put it in glasses or bottles and keep

it in as coole a place as you can and drink thereof 3 times a day blood

warme the quantity of a quarter of a pint at a time fasting an hour

after.

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