Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take 3 quarts of white wine and 2 ounces of beaten annyseeds 2 ounces
of liquorish a good handfull of burdock roots all these you must boyle
in y^e white wine till one half be consumed & so take it as often as
your stomach will digest it taking nothing between.
172. _Pills to kill Wormes and Open Obstructions._
Take one ounce of alloes washt clean in damask rose water half an ounce
of mirrhe half an ounce of saffron & a dram of rubarb make them into a
mass with Sirrop of lemons, and 3 of them take when you see occasion
about y^e bigness of a small pease at night going to bed.
173. _For a Rupture._
Take Snails & dry them well & beat them to powder & drink ye powder in
drink.
174. _For the Megrime in the Head._
Take goates dung and mix it with vinegar of squils and anoint the head
and temples therewith, or this, frankinsence mirrh and an egg beat them
together & apply it to the head and temples.
175. _For the Dropsey._
Take green broom 3 handfulls and burn it to ashes and steep it in a
pottle of white wine all night then strain it and drink a wineglass
of it every morning then afterwards take a greater quantity of green
broomes 2 gallons of sweet wort & boyle it and put it into a runlet
w^{th} elecampane or liquorish.
176. _Against the Plague._
Take a handfull of elder leaves and a handfull of rue & as much brown
Sage a handfull of wormewood & a handfull of brier leaves steep them in
strong beer or white wine 2 quarts take 2 spoonfulls at a time morning
and evening & walk half an hour after it.
177. _Dr. Smiths Rare Re^{ct} for Y^e Itch._
Take of the oyle of roses or the best oyle of olives an ounce & half
rock allome, flour of brimstone salt of prunella of each 2 scruples,
Roman vitriol a scruple let all these be finely powder’d & well mixt
with ye oyle then add to all these as many drops of oyle of Rhodium
as will give it a sweet smell. anoint herewith ye wrists and joints
affected. Tis an excellent good one.
178. _Aquamirabilis._
Take mellilot, cubibs, gallingall, mace, Ginger cloves beat all these
to fine powder steep them all night in 3 pints of the best white wine
one pint of aquavite & half a pint of the juice of Sallendine being
paste all night & still it off next morning with a soft fire.
179. _For a Sore Mouth or Throat._
Take a quart of milk and put into it a good handfull of woodbine leaves
and a handfull of brier leaves a handfull of collenbine leaves and
boyle all these till half be consumed when it is almost enough pound 3
or 4 almonds and put into it and a good spoonfull of honey of roses &
when tis enough strain it & drink it as hot as you can.
180. _For the Yellow Jaundise._
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