Unguentum Amarum. Page 160 in the Latin Book. Or, a bitter Oyntment.
The Colledg] Take of Oyl of Rue, Savin, Mints, Wormwood, bitter Almonds, of each one ounce and an half, juyce of Peach flowers and leaves, and Worm∣wood, of each half an ounce, pouder of Rue, Mints, Centaury the less, Gentian, Tormentil, of each one drachm, the seeds of Coleworts, the pulp of Colocynthis of each two drachms, Aloes Hepatick, three drams, meal of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 half an ounce, Mirrh washed in grass Water a drachm and an half, Bulls gall an ounce and an half, with a sufficient quantity of juyce of Lem∣mons, and an ounce and an half of Wax, make it into an Oyntment according to art.
Culpeper A. Do but so much as compare the sim∣ples of this Oyntment, with my rules at the begin∣ning of the Oyls, and you sh all see pretty sport to laugh at, the Simples making as great a discord, as a Second and a Seventh in Musick, which can hardly be reduced to harmony, but agrees like a harp and a har∣row.