Image 307 (unnumbered folio), three receipts
| An Excellent Receipe for the Cure of Colds | ||||
| Take of Venice Treake* half a Dram* | ||||
| Powder of Snake Root 12.Grains* | ||||
| Powder of Saffron 6. Grains | ||||
| Volatile Salt of Hartshorn* 4. Grains | ||||
| Syrup of Cloves a Sufficient Quantity to make it into a Bolus*, to be | ||||
| taken going to Bed, drinking a Large Draught of Mountain Whey* | ||||
| after it, those who can’t afford Mountain Whey |
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| To such Constitutions as can’t be provoked to Sweat – | ||||
| opening a Vein or a Gentle Purge will be of great Service | ||||
| For a Dropsy | ||||
| Bruse a Pint of Mustard Seed } | ||||
| Scrape & Slice a Large Horse-Raddish-Root } | ||||
| Scrape a Handfull of the inner Rind of Elder } | ||||
| A Root Elecompane Sliced } | ||||
| good Stale Beer, let it Steep 48 Hours, drink half a Pint every | ||||
| Morning fasting, and Fast Two Hours after it. You may fill it | ||||
| up once or twice | ||||
| To Make Lipsalve | ||||
| Take a Quarter of a pound of Alkermes-Root* Bruis’d } | ||||
| And half a Quarter of a pound of Fresh Butter } | ||||
| As much Beas Wax } | ||||
| & a Pint of Clarett } | ||||
| Boil all these together a pretty while, then strain it, and | ||||
| let it stand till ’tis Cold, then take the Wax off the top, and Melt | ||||
| it again, and pour it Clear from the Dreggs into your Gallipotts* | ||||
| or Boxes, use it when, as often as you please |
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Transcribed by JW and LF