Take a Dram of rubarbe and half as much Sena (if easy to worke) otherwise as much of the one as the other half a spoonfull of sweet fennell seed the length of one little finger in liquorish tosed abroad a pint of white wine as much water infuse it altogether & take half a pint & dissolve in it an ounce of manna, & drink it when you have strain’d it from the dregs, drink a small half pint & when it Grumbles about half an hour after take another half pint before you take any posset drink when it works you may drink posset as with other phisick & eat chick or hen for dinner if you like Sirrop of roses better you may exchange the manna for it and when you expect wormes change ye fennell seeds for worme seed keep warme in the taking.
193. A purge for Spleen and Winde.
Take a quart of Sider put to it 2 ounces of the roots of pollipodiume of the oake, one ounce of feynae, one ounce of anyseeds let all these boyle gently together till half be consumed then strain it well out put to a pint a pound of sugar then put into a thin bag these spices one sliced nutmeg the like quantity of cloves and mace & a less quantity of mace & cinnamon & 4 pennyworth of saffron then let it stand simmering over ye fire 3 hours till it become a sirrop of wch you must take a large spoonfull in a quarter of pint of posset drink & drink posset drink in ye workeing.
194. To make a Pretious Ointment for ye Eyes.
Take 4 ounces of may butter 2 ounces of vergins wax 2 scruples of Putty fully prepared 2 scruples of camphirr 4 spoonfulls of red or white rose water, melt the butter and wax & then put in all the materialls and besure to keep stirring it till it be quite cold when there is occasion to use it take a little of it & put it in the palme of your hand & when softned with your finger anoint ye outside of your eyes & temples last at night and wash them with white rose water next morning.
195. To make Currant Wine.
Let your fruit be very ripe and gather’d on a dry day and to every 3 pound of currants good weight with their stalks and stems on take one quart of water and one pound of sugar then put your water to your fruit and with your hand squeeze them through a hair sive then put your sugar to your juice & when it is well mingled together and the sugar dissolved then put it into a dry Sweet vessel fill your vessel quite full & let it worke a week & then stop it up and not tap it under 10 weeks then draw it out of the vessel as you drink or bottle it which you please.
196. Mrs. Herbert a Midwife her Receipt against Miscarrying.
Take oake buds before full blown and still them in a cold still 3 times over put on your first water on fresh buds next water on ye 3d fresh buds wch will then be strong enough so keeping for use and let the woman that doubts miscarriage if at any certain time let her begin to drink this water a month before her usiall time of miscarrying and so drink it 2 months together about 5 spoonfulls every morning fasting an hour after it at any time of the day and then rest but on any fright or Longing or any other occasion whilst with child so as may give a fear of miscarrying this water may be taken at any time of the day again & thus distilled twill hold its vertues very effectually 2 years.