Take of the poppie flowers pluck them from the stalks then sift ym from the seeds and weigh out 4 pounds then steep them in 3 gallons of strong ale and with them half a pound of liquorish and half a pound of annyseeds and let them steep a whole night then distill them in your limbeck the first runing will be very strong the second somewhat smaller when you have drawn a quart or 2 then take 2 handfulls of poppie flowers being pickt and sift’d and let them lye in the water 5 or 6 days till it comes to the colour of a peal claret wine and upon any indisposition of the stomach sickness or surffit 5 or 6 spoonfuls of this is very cordiall the 2 quarts will be strong and you must strain out the leaves after 5 or 6 days. Probatum est.
499. To make a Surfit Water.
Take of ale measure 6 gallons of strong ale one pound of liquorish half a pound of annyseeds 2 pound of red poppey one ounce of cloves one ounce of nutmegs one ounce of cinnamon and one ounce of ginger bruise the cloves gently and slice all the rest of ye spices take likewise half a pound of figs a quarterne of dates a pound of raisons of the Sun Stoned lay all these in steep over night in the ale then take a quarter of a pound of white Sugar candy finely beaten and put it into your glass which receives your distillation put the first and second runing together otherwise it will be to strong you may put in a grain or 2 of ambergreese & a handfull of poppie leaves to colour it.
500. For a Sinew Strain in Man or Beast.
Take of Nerve oyle Frankinsence Brandy Venice turpentine and black soap of each a convenient quantity melt them together and chafe it well in with your hand and hold a red hot iron or fire shovel to it whilst you are doing of it to force it the better in. You may add a little quantity of gum anomy. Probatum est.
501. To make Juice of Liquorish as a special Cordiall.
Take a pound of liquorish a quart of Isope water the 3d part of a quart of red rose water Sugar candy one pound confection of alkermise 2 ounces ambergreese 80 grains musk 50 grains unicornes horn 30 grains prepared pearl 2 drams beasor stone 40 grains Harts horne half an ounce take your liquorish scrape it and slice it then beat it to powder and put it into a silver or earthern pipkin and let it stand on a soft fire simpering till it be reasonably thick then strain it through a searce and put in the Sugar candie finely beaten then set it in the sun where no rain comes stiring it together once in 4 or 5 days you must make it in april & it must stand close cover’d in the Sun (stiring it as aforesaid) the space of 2 months at least wn it hath been thus dryed you must take your other ingredients and with some of the liquor grind them in a smooth stone morter or on a perfumers stone till these be very fine then mix them well together with the rest & set it again in the Sun 3 months more or till it be hard enough to box up still stiring it as aforesaid every 4 or 5 days.
502. To make a Powder for the Stone used by Pope Silvester ye 2d.
Take groundsell seed and Saxaifrage seed of each an ounce filipendula half an ounce white amber and corrall white and red of each a quarter of an ounce make all these into a fine powder and mix them well together and of this give the patient one spoonfull each morning while it last in broth or pottage and it will help and deffend him from the stone that it never will come again.