Take ginger cloves mace cinnamon nutmegs gallingall grains, fennell seed annyseeds carraway seeds groomwell seeds of each a dram liquorish 4 ounces avens cammomile, pellitory of the wall balme red roses garden time rosemary lavender flowers wild marjerom basill mints sage penny royall of each a handfull beat ye spices very well shred the herbs and steep them in a gallon of claret wine 24 hours then still it in a glass still or Limbeck.
183. For the Sinking of the Pallet.
Take a dryed walnut and pound the same and pour therein as much aquavite as you make a little pap thereof and spred it on a little cloth or tow and aply it to the crown of the patient bind the same stiffly thereon and it imediately aweighteth the pallet but if it were descended exceedingly then add as much frankinsence as the walnut.
184. For an Ache or Bruise.
Take one pound of Sage one pound of rue half a pound of wormwood half a pound of bay leaves cut them small and beat them in a morter then take 3 pounds of Sheep sewit ran from the caul mince it small & put it in a morter to the herbs beat them together till the sewit be not seen and till the herbs be all of one colour then take it out of the morter and put it into a bason put into it a pottle of sallet oyle and work it with your hands into the herbs till it be all of one softness then put it into an earthen pot & cover it close so keep it 8 days then take it and seeth it in a brass pot till the strength of the herbs be boyled out then strain it through a canvas cloth and put it into a clean earthen pot and anoint the pain therewith evening and morning laying thereto a warme linnen cloth.
185. A Poultise for the Kings Evil.
Take a bushel of foxglove flowers the green pluckt from them and stamp them as small as possibly you can and put them into pipkin never used before and put them to 3 pound of butter never salt’d before and boyle them together a full hour and if they are boyl’d to dry put more butter to them yn let it stand till tis cold & keep it for use.
186. The Imperiall Water.
Take bittony scabious pimpernell, dragons, Tormentill roots & all burnet leaves and knots of each 4 handfulls pick your herbs & wash or scrape your roots lay them on a clean table 3 days to wither then chop the herbs and roots together and put them in a clean earthen pan then put as much whitwine to it as will throughly wet the herbs & let it stand 24 hours close covered then distill it in an ordinary still to this water put a peck of burrage or buglos flowers 2 ounces of good methridate or Treacle and 3 penny worth of turmerick roots a quarter of a pound of liquorish a handfull of anyseeds a little saffron 4 ounces of hartshorne let it infuse 24 hours then distill it again & as much loafe Sugar into ye glass to sweeten it to your taste.