419. The Lord Bristoes Contraerva, or Counter Poison.
Take rags of pearl, corall white amber crabs eyes beazar stone harts horne of each half an ounce roots of contraerva one ounce all finely powdered sift them through a treble sive then take the powder of crabs claws the black only 8 ounces finely searcht, then as much harts horne jelly as will make them up in paste and rowle them into balls and dip them into cakes with the top of your finger drying them temporately the eyes and claws must be taken in may only.
420. A Sweet Water.
Take a gallon of Spring water a handfull of Lavender flowers as many pinks 3 handfulls of roses as much sweet marjerom the peeling of 6 oringes 12 cloves bruise all these and put to them one ounce of orrice powder 4 ounces of benjamin put all these into a rose still and draw off the first quart by itselfe and then a pint, you may draw after that another water from the leese which will serve for present use but not keep, put into your quart bottle 12 pennyworth of musk and in the pint bottle 6 pennyworth tied in bags and a little juniper sliced very thin as much as will lay on half crown 2 or 3 spoonfulls will sweeten a bason of water keep it stop’t very close it will keep a year or 2.
421. The best way to make Sirrop of Violets.
Stamp and strain out the juice of the blewest Single garden violets or ither to one pint of juice alowe a pound of Sugar or more, put no more water to your Sugar than will wet it when it’s boyled to a candie hight pour in your juice and mingle them well together and when it is ready to boyle take it from the fire and scumme it clean then set it to the fire again and when ready to boyle scumme it again thus do 5 or 6 times and keep it after for your use but if it boyle it will change the colour.
422. To make Oringe Water.
Take 60 of middling oringes and pare off the yellow of the peel besure to cut between the red and white peel that you may cut off all ye poars then take the yellow peel so pared and steep them in a gallon of Sack canarie Sack 48 hours then distill them in a limbeck if you would have it very Strong or else in a cold still with a gentle fire puting Sugar candie in the receiver you may draw 2 or 3 sorts the first runings being the Strongest.
423. To Preserve the Water Mellon.
First pare and quarter them and boyle them in severall waters till it be tender and look green put them in the water when it boyles when it has boyled in that water a pretty while take it out and put it in cold water and so do till it be tender boyle in the waters some lemon peel cover them with a cloth in the boyling, if they are so ripe that the seeds look red then take ym out then take to every pound of mellon a pound and a quarter or a pound & a half of double refined Sugar and a pint of fair water; make a Sirrop thereof and put in your mellon and lemon peel which preserve with the mellon then let it lay in that Sirrop for 9 days then boyle it again and when it is done take it up and add some pippin liquor to it (Loafe Sugar at the first) for the quantity or liquor you have then add some juice of Lemon to it musk or ambergreese if you like it.