205rThen putt it in digestion in Balneo Mariae , for twelve dayes , then

presse out the matter , and it will be of a perfect red cullor , like blood ,

of substance Oyley , and retenous , poure more of the aforesaid Aqua vitae

vpon the ffaeces , and lett it digest for ffower , or fiue dayes more , then

5straine and presse it , that all the essence may be exactly drawne out , so

lett all these extracted liquors , be mixed , and distilled in Balneo Mariae ,

vntill it become a perfect abstract , like Honey , this is a most pretious treasure

in the Fallinge Sicknes , halfe a scruple is the Dose , in Bettony , or

Lauender water ./

10The Essence of mans skull, for the Fallinge sicknes

Apoplexy, Palsey, and such like diseases of the Braine./

Take the Shauings of the skull of a man that was never burried, but dryed

in the Fier, as much as you please, digest it in as much spirritt of wine,

with sage, as will couer it, and sixe Fingers ouer, doe this Fifteene dayes

15then distill it in a Retort, as you doe Aquafortis, when you haue drawen

of the liquor, poure it againe vpon the skull, and lett it digest another

Fifteene dayes, then distill it as before, doe it againe a third time, then

take all these distilled liquors, and mixe them, and digest them for

other sixe dayes, then draw off the spirritt of wine, in a limbecke, and

20there will remaine in the bottome, a currolled Essence. The Dose is,

Fiue, or six graines, in the water of Linden Flowers, and this hath

most certainely the virtues aboue written./

Marcostinus his greate pills of Alloes, which was very much

vsed amongst the Germains, to purge Flegme, choller

25and Melancholly, from all parts of the body and Ioynts./

Take the trew Marum, best saffron, of each one drachme, Agaricke in

Trochisks, the Indian Shurbbs, best myrrh, of each one drachme and halfe

Ammoniacum, three drachms, best Rhubarb, six drachms, lignum Aloes

halfe a drachme, best Aloes three Ounces, The way of preparinge it is thus.

30lett the Ammoniacum be clarified in vineger of Squills, then put to it

the Mirrh dissolued in the vinager of Squills, or Rue, then ad the Aloes

washt in Iuice of Roses, and lemmons, or Cytrons, when they are

incorporated, lett your Trochiskes of Agaricke, and Rhubarbe be dissolued

in white wine vineger, hauinge first beene sprinkled with Cynnamon

35water, and made vp in the forme of a poultis, with the Iuices of Smallage

wormewood, Fennel, succory, Fumetory, and Burnett, then ad the saffron

lignum Aloes, and marum, beinge tempered with pure Rosewater, and

and Iuice of cytrons, putt all these in the still cucurbita, and poure

vpon them, waters of Hoppe Leaues, of Borrage, of Bettony, of Carduus