Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum, or, A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases : obtained by labour, confirmed by practice, and published out of good will to mankind : being a work of great use for the publick / written originally in Latine by ... Hadrianus à Mynsicht ...; and faithfully rendred into English by John Partridge ...

Aqua Ophthalmica subnigra.

Take of generous Greek Wine a pound, water of Ce∣landine, white Roses, Eyebright, Fenil and Garden Rue, of each six ounces; Cloves, Epatick Aloes, Tutty pre∣pared, of each five drams; Camphire six drams. Mix them, and in a glass Viol expose them to the Sun all the Dog-days, shaking the Glass once a day; whic•• being done, keep it for use.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It makes Rheum thin, dis∣cusseth redness, sucks up the cause of Blearedness renders the Eye clear, and by its nourishing quality extenuates the adjacent thick humors. The way of using it, is to drop a little of it into the Eye, as be∣fore; or you may dip a Rag in this Collyrium, and lay it upon the Eye.