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Take Citrons (rind and pulp cut into thin round pie∣ces) three or five, white Sugar four ounces, Fountain-water six pound. Boil it to the consumption of the third part, then strain it, and the Decoction being clear like Wine, keep it for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. We do usually appoint this for a common drink to those who are sick of the
Plague, Epidemical diseases, burning Feavers, Cho∣lerick diseases, Inflammations, small Pox and Mea∣zles, Stone, immoderate Thirst, Cholera, &c. be∣cause it curiously cools and moistens the Heart, Sto∣mach, Liver, Spleen, Reins, and also comforts the other Bowels that are hot and impaired, and pre∣serves them from putrefaction. The dose is a good draught at a time; but for delicate Palates, it is pre∣pared without the rind of Citrons, and so prepared it is more palatable. And a little Wine being mix∣ed with it, may prove an honest excuse to prevent drunkenness.