Image 283 (unnumbered folio), two receipts
| To make Bitters | ||||
| Gentian } Nutmeggs } | ||||
| Zedoary* } Mace } of each | ||||
| Galangal* } of each } Cloves } 1 dram | ||||
| Sweet Cane* } 2 Drams } | ||||
| Winters Bark* } | ||||
| Roman Wormwood* } | ||||
| Saffron } | ||||
| You must cut the Roots very Small and Break | ||||
| the Saffron into Small Pieces, Grate and Beat the Nutmegg | ||||
| and then put them into a Bottle with Three Gills of Strong | ||||
| White Wine & let it stand by the Fire for a Week, Shaking | ||||
| the Bottle often | ||||
| Lipsalve Benjamin | ||||
| * | ¾ of a pound of Beas Wax A Sweet Gum from Java | |||
| 1lb of Butter unsalted Storax | ||||
| 2 penny Worth of Apples A Fragrant Syrian Gum | ||||
| a Pint of White Rosewater Madder (Root) | ||||
| Benjamin Storax A Plant with a Red Root Serving | ||||
| 6oz of Alkennett Root* to Collour with to dye Wooll | ||||
| 6oz of Double Refine Sugar Alkanet (Root) | ||||
| Strain’d thro’ a Flannell Spanish Bugloss | ||||
| Lay the Unsalted Butter into a Pint of Rosewater | ||||
| Stew the Apples in Benjamin, Storax, Alkennett Root to Collour with | ||||
| Strain’d thro’ a Flannell |
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Transcribed by JW and LF