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