180pA Receipte for þe Plague Water
Take of Wormwood , Angeliuoe Scordimum
Rosemary , Rhue , Betony flower and Topps
Spearminte sage , sallendine , wood : sorrell , Pimpernell
5Rosalis , Scabious , Saxafridge , Fetherfew , Saint Johns
Worte flowers and topps , Mugwort , Agrimondie ,
Motherworte Dragons , and Marygould flowers , of
each a pound ,
Of Cowslipps halfe a Percke , Burage Flowers
10halfe a pound , Iansie flowers and topps halfe apound ,
Buterbur rootes one pound , henbane rootes one pound
Pyanyprootes halfe apound , Ellycompany rootes /1\ 2 : a :/pound\
Liquorish rootes apound , Colyander 4 ounces
Anyseeds 4 ounces , Cubibs 8 ounces , Galingall
158 ounces , Cardimum 2 ounces , Mayden hayre
8 ounces , mix all these togeither beeinge cutt
small , putt them into Earthern pott , and put
as much oud Canary as will couer these /herbs\ and
paste them Close , and lett them stand 3 dayes and 3
20Nightes , then still them in Could stills and
put into euery still 2 ounces of þe best
Vouauppus /Venus\ , Treacle and stopp þe stills uerie close
and keppe þe first and second runinge by themselues