Take 2 quarts of Spring water and put therein half a handfull of
bittony and as much plantin and Spermint & whore hound a quarter of a
handfull of centry and as much cardus half a handfull of single pioney
roots green & half a handfull of burdock roots green & both sliced very
thin half an ounce of hart’s horne & half an ounce of sweet fennell
seed bruised a little a quarter of an ounce of bastorium and a quarter
of an ounce Assifetita stop all these very close in a stone jugg and
set it in a kettle of seething water up to the neck of the jugg & let
it stand seething 8 hours then take it out and let it stand close stopt
till next day then put it out into a brass pot and add to it a quart
of cardus water and a quart of spermint water half a pint of red rose
water & half a pint of old malligo Sack then put a small handfull of
bittony & as much plantin and Spermin and whorehound and a quarter of
a handfull of centry and as much cardus one handfull of single pioney
roots and a handfull of burdock roots sliced 2 ounces & a half of harts
horne an ounce and a half of sweet fennellseeds bruised 3 quarters of
an ounce of bastorium and half an ounce of Assifetita and one nutmeg
sliced stop this pot very close that no breath may come out and on the
cover set a weight of 18 or 20 pounds keep this to a moderate heat 8
hours more then let it stand close stopt till the next day then open
it & strain it out and put therein a pint and a half of malligo Sack &
half a pint of annyseed water & a lb. or more of jeans treacle put it
up into bottles & feed it w^{th} treacle when you see fit all the herbs
must be very dry.
526. _For the Yellow Jaundice or Collick in the Stomach or the
Consumption, Obstructions in ye Liver Spleen & especially for ye
Falling Sickness._
Take a peck of garden snails and wash them in a great bowle of beer &
then make your chinney very clean and pour half a bushell of charcole
& set y^m afire and when they are throughly kindled then with a shoule
make a great hole in the midst of the fire and pour in your snails &
scatter in some of your fire amongst them and so let them rest as long
as you hear them make a noise then you must take them out of the fire
and pick them out of their shells with a knife and with a coarse cloth
pick and wipe all the green froth from them then in a stone morter
bruise them shells and all next take a quart of earth wormes and slit
them then scoure them with salt then wash them and break them in pieces
in a stone morter then (the pot being very clean uppon which you set
your limbeck) put them into it and about 2 handfulls of Angelico to
put into the bottom & 2 handfulls of sallendine then put in a quart
of rosemary flowers if you please you may put in Egremony of red dock
roots, bear foot, the inner rine of barberry roots of woodsorrell &
bittony of each 2 handfulls of rew half a handfull of Fenegrick &
Turmerick of each an ounce of Saffron well Dry’d and beaten to powder
the weight of 6 pence then pour into all these 3 gallons of the
strongest Ale you can get cover your pot & let it stand all night in
the place where you mean to put fire to it in the morning you must put
to them 3 ounces of very good cloves beaten to powder and before you
put your fire to it with 6 ounces of good Harts horne you must not stir
it after you have put in the Harts horne lest it go down to ye bottom
then set on the limbeck and make it fast and so receive the water by
pints the first water is best and strongest & must be received by its
Selfe ye last is smallest and may be mended by putting the strongest to
it when it is used this water must be given to the patient in a morning
who must fast 2 hours after it and not sleep upon it or it may be
given 2 hours after each meale he or she must take 2 spoonfulls of the
strongest w^{th} 4 spoonfulls of Ale or white wine and when you give ye
smallest you must give as much water as drink. This has been aproved &
is an excellent cordial.
527. _An Oyle for any deep wound or wounds through the Body or wounds
made w^{th} an envenomed Weapon, or Sinews Prickt._
Take white wine or rather so much brown bastard, one quart of oyle of
olives 2 quarts, one quart of the oyle of turpentine put all these
together in a great double glass and with them of ye leaves flowers
Hieperig on andseeds of St Johnswort of each 2 great handfulls gently
bruised set the glass in the sun close stopt 8 or 10 days then boyle
them in a kettle with straw at the bottom for ye glass to stand upon
and when it hath gently boyled a great while then take off the kettle
and coole it by degrees and then take out the glass and strain out all
the moisture from the herbs and put it into the glass again with 2 of
the fresh leaves of St Johnswort and of the flowers & seeds of each two
handfulls & then set them in the sun as before 8 or 10 days then boyle
and strain them as before & so have you a oyle for all the purposes
beforementioned & every year let it be again clarified in ye sun.