The apologie, or defence of a verity heretofore published concerning a medicine called aurum potabile that is, the pure substance of gold, prepared, and made potable and medicinable without corrosiues, helpfully giuen for the health of man in most diseases, but especially auaileable for the strenghning [sic] and comforting of the heart and vitall spirits the perfomers of health: as an vniversall medicine. Together with the plaine, and true reasons ... confirming the vniversalitie thereof. And lastly, the manner and order of administration or vse of this medicine in sundrie infirmities. By Francis Anthonie of London, doctor in physicke.

AN other also recouered by this potable gold; Who beeing possessed of a Quartane feuer, (which tooke him in the Autumne or fall of the leafe, and held him all winter) and was thereby so weakened, that his strength seemed vtterly decayed, and ready to fall into a Dropsie. This man after ma∣ny Purgations, tooke of me an ounce of this Potable gold, in the distilled water of Carduus Benedictus: whereby hee fell into so strange and vnaccustomed sweat, as I cannot remēber euer to haue read, or heard of the like. For beside that it was naturall, with out o∣ther impulsion, and so abundant that two persons had their hands full in drying him, yet it so continued 3. daies and 3. nights. But the most wonderfull thing of all was, that in this extraordinary sweat, and absti∣nence from meate the time of three daies and nights, he was so farre from fainting, for so much as any per∣son could obserue, that with this naturall and sponta∣neall euacuation, he did euery houre waxe stronger, lustier, and more cheerefull: And at the end of these daies, he was throughly recouered and in perfect health.

I doe witnesse this IOHN ATHMESTETT IN Pubemheimb and Weyer, D^r. in Physicke, and Physition to the Sacred Imperiall Maiestie.