Confectio pretiosa, or a precious Electuary.
Take Elaeosaccharum of Citrons six drams, true Tin∣cture of Coral, Magistery of Oriental Pearls, of each two drams; Kermes berries, Elks horn Spagirically calcined, of each a dram and a half; the best Mastich, wood of Aloes, lesser Galangal. the lesser Cardamoms, of each a dram; Nutmegs preserved in India one, the five precious Stones prepared, Ambergriese, Extract of Oriental Saf∣fron, of each two scruples, Alexandrian Musk, bone of a Stags heart, of each a scruple; our Aurum Potabile half an ounce, Oyl of Cinamon and Mace, of each a scru∣ple; Oyl of Cloves and Roses, of each a scruple; Con∣serve of Gilly-flowers, Conserve of red Roses vitriolated, of each eight ounces. Mix them, and with Syrup of Chermes berries make an Electuary according to Art.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is a most noble Cordial Medicine against the trembling and violent pulsation of the Heart; and there is not a more excellent Me∣dicine in the whole Republick of Physick for the di∣stempers of the Mind than this is: It is given with good success to old and weak people that are sick, to recover their strength; for it refresheth and fortifies the vital, animal and natural Spirits in all the Mem∣bers, renews the humidum Radicale, and is a true Preservative from the Vertigo, Epilepsie, Apoplexy, Leprosie, Gout, Scurvy and Dropsie. The dose is from half a dram to a dram by it self, or in appro∣priate Vehicles.