Take sage rosemary bittony flowers of each half a handfull burrage and burglass flowers and flowers of lilly of the valley of each a handfull steep these in spirit of wine muskadine or aquavite each one in their seasons till all may be had then put to them balme motherwort sage leaves, leaves of orange trees and the flowers if to be gott of each one ounce put them into the rest and as many Lavender flowers stript from the stalks as will fill a gallon glass steep all these 6 weeks or 2 months then distill them in a Limbeck then put into ye water citheron peels dry’d & piony seeds of each 6 drams of cinnamon half an ounce nutmegs and mace cardimums cubibs and yellow sanders of each half an ounce lignum alloes one dram make all these into powder and put them into the distilled water and put to them Jubebs new and good half a pound, the stones taken out & cut small close the vessel very well with a double bladder let them disgest 6 weeks then strain these hard with a press & filterate the liquor and put thereunto prepared perl Smaragdis musk saffron of each 10 grains of ambergrease one scruple red roses well dry’d red and yellow sanders of each 1 ounce hang these in a sarsnet bag in ye water stop it close.
188. The Vertues of the Palsey Water.
It is of exceeding vertue in all sounding fits in weakness of heart decay of spirrits it restores speech in apoplexies and palseys helps all pains of ye joints occasioned by cold, and bruises outwardly bathed and cloths dipt in it and laid to the place it Strengtheneth all animall and natural spirits & cleareth the externall sences, Strengtheneth the memory restoreth lost appetite helpeth all weakness of the Stomach being both taken inwardly and bathed outwardly it taketh away the giddiness of the head, it helpeth the hearing, makes a pleasant breath restores the lost speech helpeth all cold, distempers of liver and the begining dropsey helps all cold diseases of the mother. in Sum none can express the vertues of this water. Take bread crums and Sugar of each a like quantity wet it very well with this water, takeing it in the morning fasting & as much at night going to bed if need is but if a fit of the dead palsey or apoplexie you must give as much every hour to restore speech.
189. To make Veale Collops Jno Raisyes way.
Take fat and leane veale sliced thin & well beaten with the back of a knife then lard them if you please put 2 anchoves, nutmeg grated some pepper & salt into the frying pan with your meat then frye it very leasurely in fresh butter else it will turn to oyle, when it is enough pour away the butter then take 6 yolks of eggs well beat with a little vinegar then have some fresh butter ready drawn up to pour into your eggs this being done pour it all into your frying pan upon your meat and so shake and toss and mingle it well together then put it into your dish squeezing in some juice of lemon & lay some slices over it & serve it in to be eaten while hot besure to fry the meat very leasurely else it will be hard.
190. John Raysies Beefe Collops.
Take fat and lean beefe slice it thin with your minceing knife chop it tender take an oynion and quarter it and some sweet herbs shred, fry your meat with the gravie that comes out of it and half a pound of fresh butter then pour off that gravie from it and let it stew in a dish for sauce then take another half pound to frye up your meat then take the meat clean out of the last butter and take out your oynions season it with some nutmegs & salt before you put in the sauce to ye meat then put in the sauce & serve it up with lemon as the foregoing was & to be eaten hot.
191. The Lady Buttons Melancholy Water.
Take of wall Jilly flowers 4 handfulls, of rosemary flowers 3 handfulls of Damaske Rose leaves & cowslip flowers a like quantity of burrage & bugglos flowers of each 2 handfulls a like quantity of primroses and clove Jilly flowers balme leaves and pinks of each 6 handfulls, of marygolds 2 handfulls of cinnamon grossly beaten half an ounce 2 nutmegs 3 pennyworth of english saffron 2 orange peels 4 ounces of blew figs Steep them in Sack enough to cover them, and as you add flowers add Sack when you have gotten them all together distill them in a cold still & cover them in the still with Sack & when all is drawn off you must put into your water before you use it 6 ounces of white Sugar Candie, it must be stilled with a soft fire or your water will be ye smaller it is good for any heaviness of spirits & may be given to weomen in travell.