To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Take four ounces of Mochoacan, three ounces of Hermodactyls, three ounces of Lignum vitae, three Races of Ginger, two Nutmegs; cut all these in thin slices; put them into a Canvas bag, and hang them in two gallons of new tunn'd Ale before it hath work'd, with a stone in the bottom of the Bag, and after it hath done pur∣ging, powr in Endive and Cichory-water, of each a pint; and after seven days, drink such a proportion (as may give you some four Stools a
day) every Morning fasting, and if your Body be extraordinarily subject to any Infirmity, ei∣ther hereditary, or by disordered Diet, add such Herbs as are most pertinent to the Nature of your Disease.
This Purgation of Mechoacan is so wholsom and effectual, that if it be drunk a fortnight at Spring and Michaelmas, it will not only take away the Causes of the great Dropsie, and all kind of Agues, the Stone, and Accidents of the Brain, and infirmi∣ties of the Spleen, but also restore the Complection to an excellent Habit and Colour, defending the Body from a number of Inconveniences