Take of cloves nutmegs, Grains of each half an ounce of english Saffron 2 penny worth of eye-bright leaves dryed in the Sun a handfull make all these into fine powder then take 8 or 9 raisons of y^e Sun, stone them, then put into every of them as much of the powder as will lye on a penny eating them in a morning fasting not eating an hour after. 295. _Mr Gaskins Cordial Powder._ Take seed pearle, redd coral, crabs eyes harts horne white amber of each a like quantity being all finely beaten and searcht, then take of the powder of the black tips of crabs claws as much of all the rest of the powders as finely beaten and searcht then mix all these very well together & make it up into balls with jelly of harts horne, wherein you must infuse a little saffron so leting them lye untill they be dry which powder being finely scrap’d may be taken 10 grains in a spoonfull of oraggons water washing it down with another Spoonfull of the same water but to a young child seaven grains are sufficient. The vertues are many as followeth, first to prevent Smallpox and put for the disease it recovereth a Consumption if constantly taken a good space. it is most excellent in all violent feavors burnings and against all sorts of poyson it serveth to extirpate and master the venome of ye pestilence when no bexra lemia Sigillata Beazers Stone or unicorns home though taken in a double proportion can match or shew its Selfe equivalent it is very good for the passions of the heart and for that most Singular probatum it also helpeth ye quotidian & double tertian agues the quartain I cannot much commend it for only it comforts the spirits and mittigates the fits but for all other agues very good being taken in time it preventeth a man from all diseases and infections and continues their health and viggour working without any viollence to nature and in agues without any sensible motion for it provoketh not to purge or vomit nor give any offence at all to ye herb smell or stomach. 296. _The Lady Marquese Heartfords Re^{ct} for all Agues._ Take halfe a pint of white wine and the quantity of a walnut of London or other treacle put them both together into a porringer and stir it till it tis dissolved then put them into a half pint pot and cover it close seting it in embers that may but keep it warme the space of 5 hours then when you go to take it oft opening the Lidd let it first simber a quarter of an hour upon a very gentle fire then take it off the fire and stir it a little then cover it & take it blood warme when you go to bed the night before your fit comes for your supper you may eat some light spoon meat it will cause you to sweat all night but must not be taken till after the 3d fit. probatum. 297. _An Excellent Powder to Cure a Defective Memorie Gidieness in ye Head or any other Distemper in the Brain._