Take an ounce of the flowers of Antimony, of purifyed Tartar ℥ ij. of sugar-candy ℥ vj. of rain water two pints, being mixed together, set them in a strong vial in _Balneo_ for to be cocted, and make them to boyl strongly the space of ten or twelve hours. Then the _Balneum_ being cold, take out the glass, and pour forth the decoction, and filter it through a brown paper put into a tunnel; the filtred water will be reddish betwixt sweet and sowre, which take (the fæces in the filtre being cast away) and in a small gourd glass draw off all the moisture with a gentle fire in _Balneo_ unto the consistency of honey of a brownish colour, upon which again pour a pint of spirit of wine, poured forth into a vial with a long neck; and set it on _Balneo_ with a moderate heat the space of eight or sixteen hours, and then the spirit of wine will separate, and extract the essence, which will be more pure and noble, the fæces being left in the bottom; which after all things are cold are to be separated by the Help of Filtration through a double brown paper. Then take the red tincture that is filtred, and in a gourd glass in a gentle Balneo draw off almost all the spirit of wine until there remain a matter like a very sweet syrup, which being taken out keep as a most excellent vomitive, most profitable in many diseases, where other Catharticks can do nothing. For this medicine works most gently, wherefore it may be given to children of a year and half old without danger, and also to old men. This medicine purgeth and attracts all humors from the nerves, and veins, opens all obstructions of the liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, by which means many most grievous diseases are cured.