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Image 252, seventh book, folio 133b, three unnumbered receipts

	An excellent watter for to take
	a way the morphew* or any
	staines of the skine learned
	of mr John Young
	Take halfe a pinte of the spirite of sacke*
	and half an ounce of white bengamine*
	and quarter of an ounce of Storax* beat
	both to powder and put them into the glase
	to the sacke ~~the powder must be~~ and set the
	glase with the ingredients in it, into a scillet*
	of watter, over the fier and let it boyle till it
	be of the coller of maligo Sack* and then it
	is right, take a little of it and put it into
	a pint of faire watter or there a bout and
	it will turne it white with this wash hands
	face or neck and it will fetch a way any
	staine and make it smooth and faire

	A receite for the greene sicknesse*
	and for many other diseases
	learned of mr Young
	Take tow gallons of small beare* and put
	into it halfe a pecke of the tops of the pine
	tree and boyle it halfe a way and then drinke
	it in the morning fasting,* 9.or.10. dayes and
	it will help you. Probatum est*

	An excelent dr watter for a surfite
	or to drive any thing form* the
	harte when on* is opresed
	with any sicknesse
	Take a potle of good sack lees and halfe a pecke
⁁or poppye	at least of red weed that is called corne rose*
	and groeth all ways a mungst the corne and
	a good handfull of mader* that grows a mongst
	the corne and a good handfull of Angellica leaves
⁁and a good hand-	and stalks ⁁ and shred them pretty small both the
full of pimpernell	mader and Angellyca and then take some of the
	poppy and cut of the blacke ends to steepe in the
	watter after it is stilled but you must take the
	that is un cut
	poppy ⁁ mader and Angellica and mingle them with
	the sacke lees and so still them in a coald still as you
	still roses in and then put in the cut poppy leaves to
	steep ~~???~~ in it

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