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wine, then draw out the spirit, and sweeten i being tjed up in a rag, be hung into theit with sugar. | aforementioned spirit.
Culpeper. ] It comforts the heart,; Culpeper.'] I could wish the Apothecarischerishes the vital spirits, resists the pes- ? would desire to be certified by the College ,tilence, and all corrupt airs, which indeed : 1. Whether the gallon of Lavender
are the natural causes of epidemical dis- ; flowers must be filled by heap, or by strike,eases, the sick may take a spoonful of it in; 2. Next, whether the flowers must beany convenient cordial, and such as are in \ pressed down in the measure, or not. 3.health, and have bodies either cold by j How much must be drawn off in the firstnature, or cooled by age, may take as much ; distillation. 4. Where they should geteither in the morning fasting, or a little f Orange leaves and flowers fresh gathered,before meat. ; 5. What they mean by convenient diges -
Spirit us Lavendula compositns Mat time. t tion. 6. Where you shall find Borrage,Or compound spirit of Lavender. Matthias. \ Bugloss and Cowslips flowering together,The College .] Take of Lavender flowers \ that so you may have them all fresh ac-one gallon, to which pour three gallons of j cording to their prescript, the one floweringthe best spirits of wine, let them stand | in the latter end of April, and beginning oftogether in the sun six days, then distil May, the other in the end of June, and
them withratory
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bcginning of July. 7. If they can makea shift to make it, how, or which way theTake of the flowers of Sage, Rosemary,j virtues 'of it will countervail the one halfand Bettony, of each one handful: the! of the charge and cost, to leave the painsflowers of Borrage, Bugloss, Lilies of the \ and trouble out.
Valley, Cowslips , of each two handfuls:! Spiritus CastoriL
let the flowers be newly and seasonably | Or Spirit of Castoreum.
gathered, being infused in one gallon off/ The College .] Take of fresh Castoreumthe best spirits of wine, and mingled with «four ounces, Lavender flower an ounce,the foregoing spirit of Lavender flowers, ] the tops of Sage and Rosemary, of eachadding the leaves of Bawm, Feather-lew,' half an ounce, Cinnamon six drams, Mace,and Orange tree fresh gathered; the flowers \ Cloves, of each two drachms, spirits ofof Stoechas and Orange tree, Bay berries, i Wine rectified, six pounds, digest themof each one ounce : After convenient diges- \ in a phial filled only to the third part, closetion distil it again, after which add Citron | stopped with cork and bladder in warmpills the outward bark, Peony seed husked, j ashes for two days, then distilled in Balneoof each six drachms, Cinnamon , Mace, \ Mariae, and the distilled water kept closeNutmegs, -Cardamoms, Cubebs, yellow j stopped.
Sanders, of each half an ounce, Wood of! Culpeper.] By reason of its heat it isAloes one dram, the best Jujubes, the stones ! no ways fit to be taken alone, but mixedbeing taken out half a pound, digest them 1 with other convenient medicines appro-six weeks, then strain it and filter it, and f printed to the diseases you would give itadd to it prepared Pearls two drams, f for, it resists poison, and helps such as areEmeralds prepared a scruple, Ambergrease, \ bitten by venomous beasts : it causesMusk, Saffron, of each half a scruple, j speedy delivery to women in travail, andred Roses dryed, red Sanders, of each half* casteth out the Placenta: it helps the fits ofan ounce, yellow Sanders, Citron Pills j die mother, lethargies and convulsions, beingdryed, of each one dram* Let the species • mixed with white wine, and dropped into