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Take a fresh Hens Egg, and having made a small ••le, extract the white, fill the vacuity with good ••ffron, not powdred, leave the yelk within, after∣••ards cover it again with an other shell put over and ••t it by agentle fire in an earthen vessel, till all shall
begin to grow black; but take care the Saffron b•• not burnt, for if it should, it would be an injury 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the whole Composition, take out the matter an•• dry it, and powder it, then add to it of whi•••• Mustard powdred an equal weight; then take 〈◊〉〈◊〉 white Dittany, or of Fraxinel, and of Tormentil•• each two drams, of Myrrh, Hartshorn, and of t•••• roots of Butterbur, each one dram, of the roo•• of Angelica, Burnet, Juniper-berries, Zedoary and Camphor, each half an ounce, mingle all toge¦ther in a Morter; and then add of Venice Treacle t•••• weight of all; beat them together for about thre•• hours, pouring on a sufficient quantity of syrup of L••¦mons make an Electuary.
Virtues. It is used in pestilential diseases, to pr••¦voke sweat, and to expel the malignity.
Dose. A dram or two drams of it may be 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at a time.