Take Ros Solis picked three Pounds; Cinnamon and Nutmegs, Caraway and Coriander-seeds, of each three Ounces; Cloves, Mace, and Ginger, of each one Ounce and a Quarter; Cubebs, Cardamoms, Zedoary, and Calamus Aromaticus, of each Half an Ounce; red Roses dried three Ounces; Liquorice Root sliced, six Ounces; Raisins stoned one Pound and a Half; Cochineal and Saffron, of each three Drams; digest the whole eight Days in ten Gallons of Proof Spirits; strain off, and dulcify as before.
Recipe for ten Gallons of Turin Ros Solis.
Take of damask Roses, Orange-flowers, Lilies of the Valley, and Jasmine-flowers, of each two Pounds and a Half; Cinnamon five Ounces; Cloves three Drams: Put these Ingredients into an Alembic, with four Gallons and a Half of Water, and draw off three Gallons, with a moderate Fire; to this Water add seven Gallons of Proof Spirit, in which a Dram of Cochineal and two Drams of Saffron has been infused; dulcify with fine Sugar, and run the whole through the filtrating Bag.
All these different Kinds of Ros Solis are excellent Cordials, good in all Depressions of the Spirits, Nauseas, and paralytic Disorders.
CHAP. LI.
Of Usquebaugh.
Usquebaugh is a very celebrated Cordial, the Basis of which is Saffron. There are different Ways of making this famous Compound; but the following are equal to any I have seen.
Recipe for ten Gallons of common Usquebaugh.
Take of Nutmegs, Cloves, and Cinnamon, of each two Ounces; of the Seeds of Anise, Caraway and Coriander, of each four Ounces; Liquorice Root sliced Half a Pound; bruise the Seeds and Spices, and put them together with the Liquorice into the Still with eleven Gallons of Proof Spirits, and two Gallons of Water; distil with a pretty brisk Fire till the Faints begin to rise. But as soon as your Still begins to work, fasten to the Nose of the Worm two Ounces of English Saffron tied up in a Cloth, that the Liquor may run thro’ it, and extract all its Tincture, and in order to this you should often press the Saffron with your Fingers. When the Operation is finished, dulcify your Goods with fine Sugar.
Recipe for making ten Gallons of Royal Usquebaugh.
Take of Cinnamon, Ginger, and Coriander-seed, of each three Ounces; Nutmegs four Ounces and a Half; Mace, Cloves and Cubebs, of each one Ounce and a Half. Bruise these ingredients, and put them into an Alembic with eleven Gallons of Proof Spirit, and two Gallons of Water; and distil till the Faints begin to rise; fastening four Ounces and a Half of English Saffron tied in a Cloth to the End of the Worm, as directed in the preceding Recipe. Take Raisins stoned four Pounds and a Half; Dates three Pounds, Liquorice Root sliced two Pounds; digest these twelve Hours in two Gallons of Water; strain out the clear Liquor, add it to that obtained by Distillation, and dulcify the whole with fine Sugar.