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temperate, and their children will sleep} the sun, or the fire, that it is capable ofwell enough. 1 being kept safe from putrefaction. 2. Its
Sump of Eupatorium (or Maudlin .) Mesue. } use was first invented for diseases in theCollege.] Take of the Roots of Small age,: mouth. 3. It is usually made, in respectFennel , and Succory , of each two ounces, j of bod y, somewhat thicker than new Honey .Liquorice, Schmnanth, Dodder, Worm- j 4. It may be kept about a year, little morewood, Roses, of each six drams, Maiden-} or less.
hair, Bedeguav, or instead thereof, the roots; Rob sive Sava , simplex.
of Carduus Marias, Suchaha or instead $ Or Simple R©b, or Sapa.
thereof the roots of Avens, the flowers or } College.'] Take of Wine newly pressedroots of Bugloss, Annis seeds, sweet Fennel j from white and ripe Grapes, boil it over aseeds, Ageratum, or Maudlin, of each five j gentle fire to the thickness of Honey drams, Rhubarb , Mastich , of each three} Culpeper.] Whenever you read thedrams, Spikenard, Indian leaf, or instead ©f} word R@b, or Sapa throughout theDispen-it put Roman spike, of each two drasas, j satory, simply quoted in any medicine with-boil them in eight pints of Water tiM the: out any relation of what it should be made,third part be consumed, then strain the! this is that you ought to use.
Decoction, and with four pounds of sugar,} Rob de Barberis.
clarified juicp of Smallage and Endive, of; Or Rob of Barberries,
each half a pound, boil it into a Syrup. : College.] Take of the juice of BarberriesCitipeper.]' It amends infirmities of the: strained as much as you will, boil it by it-liver coming ofcold, opens obstructions, helps: self (or else by adding half a pound of sugarthe dropsy, ant[ evil state of the body ; it I to each pound of juice) to the thickness ofextenuates gross humours, strengthens the j Honey .
•liver, provokes urine, and is a present sue-j Cidpeper.] It quenches thirst, closescour for hypooondriac. melancholy. You!the mouth of the stomach, thereby stayingmay take an ounce at a time in the morning, j vomiting, and belching, it strengthensit opens but purges not. j stomachs weakened by heat, and procures
Iloney of Emblicks. Augustanus. {appetite. Of any of these Robs you mayCollege.] Take fifty EmblickMyrobalans, {take a little on the point of a knife whenbruise them and boil them in three pints of} you need,water till two be consumed, strain it, and j Rob de Jerasis ,
with the like weight of Honey , boil it into * Or Rob of Cherries,
a Syrup. } College .] Take of the juice of red
Culpeper.] It is a fine gentle purger both I Cherries somewhat sowerish, as much asof flegm and melancholy: it strengthens the j you will, and with half their weight in sugarbrain and nerves, and senses both internal | boil them like the former,and external, helps tremblings of the heart,; Cidpeper.] See the virtue of Cherries;stays vomiting, provokes appetite. You: and there you have a method to keep them
may take a spoonful at a time.
} all the year.
| Rob de Cornis ,
| Or Rob of Cornels.
I College.] Take of the juice of Cornels? two pounds, sugar a pound and an half,
Cidpeper.] 1 . Rob, or Sapa, is the juice j boil it according to artof a fruit, made thick by the heat either of q Culpeper.] Of these Cornel trees are(31, 32.) , 4 l