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.