9vTo make the spiritt of Clary and of minte and Roses or other. flowres

Recipe. of the leaues of clary agood quantitye chaped small and put in á plante boddy and head

and plane it in balmes with aglasse Receiuer. Culed and put fire vnder. the ketle and keep it

5in atemperate heate till all the sperit be out of the perle and it dry then take q

out the glasse when it is cold and take out the dry shuff and put in a good quantitie

of the flowres of clary schapped and powre one the water. distilled before Appon. the

flowres and distill as before and soe doe soe often till you. haue with quantite of

the water. that you. will which is alitle bitterish.

10Then to ech pinte of this water. or speritt put to it a pinte of the sperit of

sacke and pinte of rose water desolue in it x ounce of white suger. candie

beaten small and mixe them áll to gether. and if it be not sweete inough ad more

and to ech 3 pintes take 4 graines of muske and 12 of amber. greece grounde small

with a little of the suger. and tye it in asarrnet bage and hánge it in the glasse

15

ffor. gonerea

Recipe. cassia fistula ounce. Semis. diacatholicon. dragme. ij. white sanders. dragme . iij yellowe saundes : dragme .j.

20Rubarbe torrifyed .dragme. ij : terabinthi : vene . .dragme iiij. washed in plantaine water

of which make amasse of A . and giue : 4 : or 5 pills morninge and eueninge

more or lesse according to their workinge ./

Bezeart Jouiel:

25Melte ounce iij of Regaler. of Antimony with ounce ij of time of Cornewale,

purified, to put it in subtill powder. and mingle with twise soe

much Mercurie sublime and muske butter. of Antimony which must

be done by retorte accordinge to arte and afterwarde rectifyed

with speritt the dose 2 : or . 3 . graines to provoke sweate abundantly:

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Emplaster of Mellelott

Recipe. fine Rossen 8 libra yellowe waxe ij libra beefe suet tryed j libra melte them together.

and strayne them Then take of the Juice of mellelott, Cammamell, and smallage

of each a like quantitye faire of elder leaues alesser quantitye and

35boyle them to gether. till it be presente greene or else ad more Juice

and make it vp into roles ./

A dyett for. the poxe ./

Recipe guiaci libra. semis. sarsaperilla ounce iij. China. ounce. j . sheep these in : 8: libra of

40faire water. 20: houres then ad ounce. ij of the rootes of vipers

grasse of Cardus benedictus, ffumitory . ana. manipulus. j. then

boyle these till the hálfe be spente and when it is almost

enough boyled ad: ounce ij of sarsaphras and ounce j of liquerish

and when it is cold strayne it for. vse /

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Against the biting of a mad dog.

Recipe foliorum, rutae, verbenae, salviae minoris, plantaginis, polypodij, absynthij vulgaris, menthae, artemisiae,

melissophylli, betonicae, hyperici, centaurij minoris, singulorum aequale pondus. Legantur singula quo tempore

50viribus pollent maximis quod ad Junij fere plenilunium. Papyraceis dein chartis conclusa siccentur seorsim

in loco ad quem neque fol neque pluvia pertingat, ne vel nimium exarescant, vel situm contrahant. Siccata

ad futuros usus asserventur, ea lege, ut quotannis venoventur. Quum autem utendi necessitas incidet