The charitable physitian with the Charitable apothecary. Written in French by Philbert Guibert Esquire, and physitian regent in Paris: and by him after many severall editions, reviewed, corrected, amended, and augmented. And now faithfully translated into English, for the benefit of this kingdome, by I. W.

CHAP. XIII. To make Syrup of Succory with Rubarbe.

TAke French Barly a handfull, Sparagus roots, roots of Danderlion, and Succory roots of each three ounces; Femmaterry, Politric: Agrimon: Adi∣anthos, of each a handfull and a halfe, Mellon, Cu∣cumber, and Citrole seeds of each halfe an ounce, Li∣corish scraped and bruised an ounce, Sugar two pound, make the Syrup as followeth,

Put eight pints of water into a pan or other vessell, & boyle with it very well the French Barly, then put to it the Succory, Danderlion, & Sparagus roots pre∣pared, and after that the hearbs, and then the seeds, and at last the Adianth: Politric: and Licorish; and boyle the decoction to foure pints, then poure it alto∣gether into an earthen vessell to infuse together twen∣ty foure h••ures, having first strained twelve ounces of the said decoction, and poured it upon five ounces of good Rubarbe cut into small pieces in a little pip∣kin, and set it also in the chimney corner being well covered to infuse twenty foure houres.

At the end of which time straine the other deco∣ction, and clarifie it, and boyle with it two pound of Sugar into a Syrup almost as high as your Sugar of

Roses, and in the meane time while that is boyling, straine the decoction with the Rubarbe and presse it well in the presse, and when the Syrup is boyled to the heigh mixe it amongst it, and if the Syrup be not thicke enough, make it boyle a little more, and coole it, and put it into a pot and keepe it in a temperate place.