An Opening Drink | ||||
Take | ||||
Penny-royal | all | |||
Red Sage | }Of each | Put ⁁ these in Two Gallons of | ||
Liverwort | }Two | Spring Water, and let it Boil | ||
Horehound* | }Handfulls | away Two in Three Quarts, then | ||
Maidenhair | strain it, and when it is cold | |||
Hysop* | Put it in Bottles. Drink half | |||
a pint in a Morning, and | ||||
1lb of Figgs | } | as much in the Afternoon | ||
1lb of Raisins | } | keep Warm, and Eat Little. | ||
½lb Blue Currants* | }Of each | |||
Liquorish* | }2. Ounces | |||
Anniseeds | } | |||
Coriander Lady | } | |||
For a Pain in the Stomach, or Heaviness of Heart | ||||
Take a pint of Rosewater, put to it some double Refine Sugar, and | ||||
a Pennyworth of Saffron ty’d up in a Peice of Lawn & let it stand | ||||
Two or Three Days, & and then at any time take three Spoonfulls. | ||||
1. Pint of Rosewater | ||||
1. Pennyworth of Safron | ||||
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Transcribed by KS and GB