The true preserver and restorer of health being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers incident to men, women, and children : selected from and experienced by the most famous physicians and chyrurgeons in Europe : together with Excellent directions for cookery ... : with the description of an ingenious and useful engin for dressing of meat and for distilling th[e] choicest cordial waters with-out wood coals, candle or oyl : published for the publick good / by G. Hartman.

Dr. Mountford's Cordial Water.

Take Angelica leaves, half a pound, Ange∣lica seeds, and Carduus Benedictus, of each six ounces; Leaves of Baum and Sage dried, of each four ounces; sweet Fennel-Seeds, nine ounces; Liquoras, half a pound; Species of Aromaticum Rosatum dulce, and Diamocum dulce, of each one ounce; infuse them in thirty two quarts of Sack for five or six days; then distil it in an Alembick, and draw off ten quarts of the strong, to which add white Sugar candy, half a pound, and half a pint of Rose-water; tie it up close, and keep it for Use.

Aqua Mirabilis, Sir Kenelm Digby's Way.

Take Cubebs, Galingale, Cardamoms, Me∣lilot flowers, Cloves, Mace, Ginger, Cinamon, of each half a dram; Juice of Celandine, one pint; Juice of Speremint, and Juice of Baum, of each half a pint; Flowers of Cowslips, Rose∣mary, of Borage, Bugloss and Marigold, of

each two drams; bruise the Spices, and infuse all with the Juices in three pints of Sack, one pint of strong Angelica water, and half a pint of red-Rose water; let it infuse twelve hours; then distil it in a Glass Still, and first lay Harts-tonge leaves in the bottom of the Still. Keep the first, second and third Runnings by them∣selves.

This is a great Cordial, it comforts the Heart, Stomach, and Vital Spirits; it strengthens the Head and Memory, preserveth Youth, and procureth a good Colour. It is Cephalick, and Pectoral, it expels Wind, and is of great force against the Cholick, pains in the Side and Stomack; it comforts and warms a cold Stomack, and strength∣ens it; it is good against Coughs, Shortness of Breath and Asthma's, as also for most Disea∣ses of the Head and Brain: It revives the Spirits, and helpeth swooning Fits. It is a counter-poyson and Antidote against the Plague, and all ma∣lignant Fevers and pestilential Distempers, and pre∣serves from the Apoplexy. The Dose is one ounce, in Rosemary Water, Sack or any other Cordial Water.