178pA Water to Cleanse the Blood
and Cure the scuruie
Take both of sea , and gardin scuruiegrasse
the leaues uerie well pricked and washed of each
5six pound , these beeinge well poundred draw the
iuce out by a press , to which add the iuce of Brooklime
and watercreases of each apound and a halfe , of the
best whitewine 8 pound 12 lemmons sliced , ffresh
Bryoney rootes sliced 4 pounds horse radish rootes
10cleansed and slised 2 pounds , winter barke sliced
halfe a pound nutmeggs 4 ounces brused , let all these
bee maserted 3 dayes , stirringe them seuerall times
a day then destill them in a limbecke and receive þe
water altogeither þat it may bee of an equall strength
15and take euerie morninge Fastinge 6 spoonefulls with
too spoonefulls of þe syropp of þe 5 openinge rootes
which you may haue at any Appothicaries shopp ,
Mister Herbert Chinah drinke for A Could
Take of sarsaperilla 3 ounces , of Chinah 2 ounces yellow
20saunders halfe an ounce , shaued harteshorne and Iuerie
of each 3 drammes infuse these and boile them in 4 quartes :
of runininge water gentlie till a quart of ti bee washed
then add of maiden haire speedwell ground Iuce
scabious and coultes foote of each one handull Raisons
25of þe sunne stoned one handfull , boile them till þe 4 /th\ :
parte bee washed , addinge at þe latter þat : of boilinge
halfe an ounce of liquorish and 2 spoonfull of honey aquarter
of a pinte of whitewine , boile it till theire bee noe scume
lefte , then straine it and poure out þe Cleare and soe keep
30it in a glass botle and drinke of it 2 or 3 times aday