14vinto the water then take 10 or 12 spoonfulls
fasting in the morning, And two hours =
After dynner, And soe much more Att night
when you goe to bed, And when itt is All spent
5if occation bee you may make more, After
the sam manner:
Doctor Burgis his medicyne Against
the plague:
Take 3 pynts of malm/s\ty ˄/or ould malligae\ boyle there in A
10handfull of ˄/Red\ sage, And A handfull of Rhew
untyll A pynt bee waested, then strayn itt
And sitt itt ouer the fire Again, then put =
thereto A penny worth of long pepper, =
halfe An ounce of ginger, And A quarter of An
15ounce of nutmegs, All beaten to gather, then
Lett itt boyle A Little, then put thereto 4
penny worth of metrydate, 2 peny worth
of Trakle ; A quarter of A pynt of good Aqua
-uitae, or hott Angellica water which is better
20take itt Allways warm once A day A spoon-
full, but if you bee Alreddy deseased then =
take 2 or 3 spoonfulls, both morning and
euening And swett there un, itt is good Against
the plague smale, Pox, measles, And sur-
25ffetts, with other deseases:
Doctor Auery his purgatiue drinck:
Take of sea wormwood, egrymony, wood Bitteny
And sentry of each A good handfull, chopt
prytty smale, 2 ounce of Lyquorice 1 ounce of Anni
30-seeds, half An ounce of Cloues And mace to ga
ther, Bruse these And put All in A bag to
gather into 4 gallons of the best strong
sweet wort you can gitt, sowing A halfe =
pound weight un the outside of the bage to
35sinck itt, this must bee taken in the morning
And An hour After dynner, And soe After
supper, After itt hath stood 4 days A worke
ing, this will helpe one of An Ague, And
purge the Body cleareing itt excellente
40well:
An Approued uomytt for the dissiness
in the head, or A payn in the stomack:
Take A root Called Eleber not exceeding the
weight of A grate, And A quarter of A pynt
45of white wine, And 1 ounce of english honey
Cutt Away the outside of the root, And take
the best And stamp itt, And putt itt into the
wine And boyle itt, untyll itt coms to A
syrrup then strayn itt And Lett it stand