173pThe Cure for a Distemper taken by a :

First you must take 2 drammes : worth of Gumm dragon and

pick it Cleane , and put it into a pott or glasse with a wide

mouth of about halfe a pinte size , and lay the Gumm

5to steepe in Red Rose water and stirre it 2 or 3

times a day , and put in more Rose water as the Gumm

drinks it up , until it be perfectly desolved into a

Jolly , Then put in qua þe quantity of 3 Huttmoggs of the

best Suger , to please þe pallott of þe taker , then put

10in a litle quantity of Sinemont water and stirre it

well about , but no more then to leave it in a telly

which must be taken upon a knives pointe , þe quantity

of a nuttmeg first and last ; but to prepayre the

body before þe taking of this ; The party Must

15take 4 or 6 penny worth of pullvis Sanctis in possett

drinke to purge þe Reins , and keepe warme þat day ,

and use broth or posset drinke betwixt stools.