Take a new earthen vessel never used & so many gallons as it will hold
pound so many ounces of white copperice in fine powder & when snow is
on the ground fresh gather it very clean and put some snow in the pot
& then some of the powder doing so untill all the copperice powder be
spent and the vessel full then cover it with a clean cloth & set it in
a cellar till the snow is all melted off the ground then strain it &
keep it for use in bottles.
It is good for Ruehmetick eyes being dropt in when they go to bed it
will take away pearls phillmes, webbs & blood sheds in eyes if you take
a piece of red rose cake enough to cover and soake it in some of this
water warme and lay it to the eye when you go to bed and let it lay on
ye eye till the next morning. In short it is good for all distempers in
ye eyes & for old sores in legs if bathed warme with, but to drop in ye
eyes it must be cold.