The marrow of physicke, or, A learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body being a medicamentary, teaching the manner and way of making and compounding all such oyles, unguents ... &c. as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... : and also an addition of divers experimented medicines which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body : together with some rare receipts for beauties ... / collected and experimented by the industry of T.B.

Waters. CHAP. XXXVI.

A good Water for Heates, and Inflammations of the Eyes.

1 R. Of Aloes Epatick, purest Sugar, Turty stone powdered ana ℥ i. red Rosewater, white Wine ana lib. ii. in a double Glasse set them in Balneo Maria five, or sixe dayes, often shaking it about.

A Water to cleanse a filthy cankerous Vlcer.

2 R. Plantaine water, red Rose water ana lib. i. Iuice of Night shade, Houseleeke, and Plantaine ana ℥ iiii. red Roses m. ss. Myrtles, Cypresse Nuts ana ℥ ss. of the rinde of the Pomegranate ʒ iii. flowers of S. Iohns wort, p. ii. flowers of Molleyn p. i. Mastick, Myrrhe, Frank∣incense ana ʒ i. Honey of Roses lib. i. ℥ iiii. powder that which is to be powdered, and distill them all together, R. of this distilled Water lib. i. therein dissolve con∣serve of Roses ℥ vi. and Sirrup of dry Roses ℥ i. with Oyle of Brimstone xii. drops, and use it.

An excellent Water for the Vlceration of the Yard.

3 R. Water wherein Iron hath been often quenched lib. ii. red Roses ℥ iiii. Pomegranate Pills, and Flowers ana ʒ ii. Plantaine, Houseleeke ana ℥ iii. ss. Honey of Roses, Turpentine, ana lib. ss. Allome ℥ vi. white Co∣peras ʒ iii. boile them in a cleane vessell untill halfe bee wasted; then straine it, and adde Verdigrease ℥ iii. boile them againe, or if you will, Filter it.

A Water for a Fistula.

4 R. White Wine one pinte, Iuice of Sage ℥ i. Bo∣race in Powder 3. d. weight, Camphire powdered the weight of a Groate, boile all together a pretty while on a gentle fire, and with this Water wash the Fistula.

A Water for the Toothache.

5 R. Red Rose leaves m. ss. Pomegranate flowers, m. ss. Galls sliced thin n. ii. boile them all in three quarters of a pinte of red Wine, and halfe a pinte of faire Water untill the third part be wasted, then straine it, and hold a little thereof in your mouth a good while, then spit out, and take more; also if your Cheeke swell, apply the strainings betweene two Clothes as hot as may be suffered.

A Water for the Sight.

6 R. Smallage, Fennell, Rue, Egrimony, Daffadill, Pimpernell, and Sage ana, distill them with breast Milke, and a little Frankincense, and drop of it into your Eyes each night.

A precious Water for Sore Eyes, and to restore the Sight.

7 R. Smallage, Rue, Fennell, Verveine, Egrimony, Scabious, Avens, Houndstongue, Eufrace, Pimpernell, Sage, ana, Distill all these together with a little Vrine of a Man childe, and a little Frankincense, and drop it into the Eyes at Night.

A Water for a Sore Mouth.

8 R. Red Fennell, red Sage, Daisie rootes, Wood∣bine leaves ana m. i. Roche Allome ʒ i. English Honey one spoonfull: boile them together in a pinte of Water, and wash the mouth therewith.

A precious Water for Sore Legs, and for the Canker in the Mouth, or any other place.

9 R. Of Woodbine leaves, Ribwort, Plantaine, Abinte, ana m. i. English Honey purified, three spoon∣fulls, Roche Allome a quantity, put all these into a quantity of running Water, and let it seethe to a Pottle, or lesse; then keepe the Water in a pure Earthen vessell well glased, and wash the Sore therewith twice a day.

A Water for a Canker.

10 R. The Barke of an Elder tree, Sorrell, Sage, ana, beate them, and straine them, and temper the Iuice with White Wine, and wash the Sore therewith.

A Water to take away Pimples, or Heate in the Face.

11 R. A spoonfull of burnt Allome, and put it into a sawcerfull of good white Wine Vinegar, and stir it well together, and when you goe to bed, dip a linnen Cloth in the Vinegar, and wet your Face therewith, and it will dry up the Wheales, and take away Rednesse.

A Water for to cleare the Face.

12 R. Limons n. ii. slice them, and steepe them in a pinte of Conduite water, let them infuse foure, or five daies, close covered, then straine them, and dissolve in the Water the quantity of a Hasell Nut of Sublimate (some hold a Dram a good proportion) finely powder∣ed; let the Patient wet a Cloth therein, and rub her face every Morning, and Evening untill the hewe doe please her: you may make the same stronger, or weaker, as you please.

A Water for the Morphewe.

13 R. White Wine Vinegar q. i. Distill it to a pint, then put therein Egges with the shels, n. ii. r••d Docke rootes scraped, and sliced, n. ii. three spoonfulls of the flower of Brimstone, so let it stand three dayes before you use it: you must tye a little Wheat Bran in a Cloth,

and wash therewith Night, and Morning, nine daies to∣gether.

Another Water for the same.

14 First, to bring the Morphewe out, R. every Morn∣ing fasting the quantity of a Nut of Treacle, either in Strawberry, or Fumetary water for nine, or ten Mornings together. Then R. Sulphur vivum ℥ ss. and as much Camphire finely beaten, and searced, infuse both in a pinte of the strongest white Wine Vinegar; shake it twice, or thrice for one day, then use it to rub the place tainted.

A Water for heate in the Face, and to cleare the Skin.

15 R. The Iuice of Limons, and therein dissolve common Salt, and with a Cloth wet your Face when you goe to bed.

A Water to preserve the Face young a great while.

16 R. Of Sulphur vivum ℥ i. white Olibanum ℥ ii. Myrrhe ℥ ii. Ambre ʒ vi. make them all into fine pow∣der, and put them into one pound of Rosewater, and di∣still them in Balneo Mariae, and keepe the Water in a close vessell; when you would use it, wet a linnen Cloth therein, and wash the Face before you goe to bed, and in the Morning wash it with Barley water, or Spring water. The Water of Beane flowers, Lillie flowers, Water Lillies, distilled Milke, distilled Water of young Whelpes, are good to wash the face, and procure it lovely.

A Water to make the face Smooth, and Lovely.

17 R. Of Cowes Milk lib. ii. Oranges, and Limons ana n. iiii. of the whitest, and purest Sugar, and Roche Allome ana ℥ i. distill them together: let the Limons, and Oranges be cut into slices, and infused in the Milke, adding the Sugar, and Allome; then distill them all in Balneo Mariae, and you shall have an excellent Water to wash the Face; and about bed time you shall cover your face with clothes dipped therein.

Another for the same.

18 R. Snails gathered in a Vineyard; Iuice of Limons; the flowers of white Mullaine, mixed together in equall proportion, with a like quantity of the Liquor contained in the Bladders of Elme leaves distilled all together, is very good for the same purpose.

Also this.

19 R. The crummes of white Bread lib. iiii. Beane flowers, white Roses, flowers of water Lillies, and Flower de luce, ana lib. ii. Cowes Milke lib. vi. Egges nu. viii. of the purest Vinegar lib. i. distill them all in an Alim∣beck of Glasse, and you shall have a most excellent Wa∣ter to wash your Hands, and Face.

Another.

20 R. A live Capon, and the Cheese newly made of Goates Milke, and Limons, n. iiii. Egges n. vi. Cerus washed in Rose water ℥ ii. Boras ℥ i. ss. Camphire ʒ ii.

Water of Beane flowers lib. iiii. infuse them all for the space of foure, and twenty houres, and then distill them in a Limbeck of Glasse.

Also, take Mutton bones severed from the flesh by boiling, beate them, and boile them in Water; and when they are well boiled, take them from the fire; and when the Water is cold, gather the fat that swims upon it, and therewith anoint your Face when you goe to bed, and wash it in the Morning with the formerly prescribed Water.

A Water for Rednesse, and Pimples in the Face, which for the Milky whitenesse is called Virgins Milk.

21 R. Litharge of Gold ℥ ii. Cerus, and common Salt ana ℥ ss. Vinegar, and Plantaine water ana ℥ ii. Cam∣phire ʒ ss. steepe the Litharge, and Cerus severally in Vinegar for three houres, and the Salt, and Camphire in what Water you please, and like best for your purpose; then Filter them both severally, and mixe them so Fil∣tered when as you would use them.

To make a pretious Water.

22 R. Cloves, Cinamon, ana ℥ i. Mastick, Mace, Camphire ana ℥ ii. beate all these to fine Powder, and let them stand in sixe spoonfull of good white Wine Vinegar the space of foure, and twenty houres, then put it into a Pottle of good Rose water, and so let it stand two dayes in some warme place; then put thereto three quarters of a pound of good hard Sugar, and distill it with a gentle fire. This Water is pleasant, and good for the mouth, it preserveth the Gums, and scoureth the Pallate, and keepeth white the Teeth, and free from all

corruption; it maketh sweet the breath, being gargari∣zed in the Mouth: wash the Face, and Hands therewith, and it will cleare the skin, and adde much beauty to them; and if you sprinkle a toste of wheaten Bread with three, or foure drops of this Water, and eate it a few Nights together last to bedward, it will make the breath very sweet.

To make Aqua mirabilis.

23 R. Galingale, Cloves, Quibibes, Ginger, Melli∣lot, Cardemony, Maces, Nutmegs, ana ʒ i. of the Iuice of Celandine ℥ viii. powder the Spices, and mingle them with the Iuice, and adde thereto Aqua vitae one pinte, and white Wine three pintes; then put them all in a Stillatory of Glasse, and let them infuse all Night, and in the Morning distill it with an easie fire.

This Water helpeth much the Lungs, and healeth them if they be much wounded, or perished; it suffereth not the Blood to putrifie, so that there shall be no need of Phlebotomy; it is good against Phlegme, and Melan∣choly, and expelleth Rheume mightily, and purgeth the Stomack; it comforteth youth in his owne estate, and gendreth a good colour, and conserveth their Visage, and Memory; it destroyeth the Palsey of the Liver, and Tongue; and if the said Water be given to a man, or woman labouring towards death, one spoonfull relie∣veth: of all Waters artificiall, this is counted the best, and in the Summer use once a weeke fasting, the quanti∣ty of a spoonfull, and in Winter as much more.

A Water for a Canker in the Mouth.

24 R. The inner barke of an Elder tree, and boile it with white wine Vinegar; then straine it, and put into it a good quantity of Honey, and a race of Ginger gra∣ted; boile them together a pretty while; then take a Cloth, and wash the Mouth therewith, and it will heale the Canker.

A Water for sore Eyes.

25 R. A good handfull of yong red Fennel; as much Eyebright; Sugar candy, the quantity of a Walnut; as much white Coperas as a Beane; boile all these in a pint of running Water till halfe be consumed in a well lead∣ed Earthen Vessell; then straine it, and let it settle; then put the clearest into a Glasse, and drop it into your Eyes as you have need.

For sore Eyes.

26 R. An Egge, and roste it hard; then cleave it, and take out the Yolke, and fill the hole with white Cope∣ras, and presse it hard in a cleane Cloth, and wash your Eyes with the Water.

A Water for a Webb, or Pearle in the Eye.

27 R. Strong Eysell, or Vinegar, and put it in a ves∣sell of Brasse, with black Sloes of the hedge, Lead, and Wormwood, and let them stand well covered nine, or ten daies; then draine out the Water, and keep it to your use; and when you have occasion, put a drop into the corner of the Eye.

To make Eysell.

28 R. A quantity of Beane flower, and knead it with Vinegar, and bake it; then take it out of the Oven, and wash it all over with Vinegar, and bake it againe; doe thus twice, or thrice, and when it is well soked with Vi∣negar, put it into Wine, and it will turne it into Eysell.

A precious Water for dimnesse of Sight.

29 R. Roche Allome, and powder it small, and put it into a quantity of faire running Water, and let it stand an houre to dissolve; then put a little Brasse pot into the Earth to the brim, and cover it with a cleane linnen Cloth, and let the Water with Allome run through the Cloth into the pot; and then put to it a little quantity of Quicksilver (to a pinte of Water halfe an ounce) and al∣waies keepe it covered; then put another little vessell on the top of the Cloth, and make in it a little easie fire with Coales for an houre; then put this Water in a Glasse, and put away the Quicksilver; and with this Water anoint the Eyes.

A Water for the Humour which falls into the Eyes.

30 R. Of red Rose water ℥ vi. white Wine ℥ vi. Eye-bright water ℥ vi. Lapis Tutiae ʒ iii. Aloes Epaticke ʒ iii. fine white Sugar powdered ʒ iiii. put all these in a Glass with a narrow mouth, and Sun them for one Moneth, and shake them once, or twice a day: make it in the hot∣test time of the yeare.

A Drinke to purge away Gravell breeding in the Kidnies.

31 R. Greene Parseley, white Saxifrage, Pairestone hearbe, Ashen leaves, ana m. i. Eringoe Rootes m. ii. sliced, and pound; beate all together in a Mortar, and boile them with sixe Gallons of Ale, or Beere wort, as Beere, and Ale is boiled; then worke it as Beere, and tunne it up in a vessell to draw out; and after it hath stood three, or foure dayes, drinke a pinte every Morn∣ing only; if it be too sharpe, sweeten it with Sugar.

A Water to be used in extremity of the Stone, when it stoppeth the Water.

32 R. The small River fish called a Gudgin, wash them cleane, and boile them in Water with Parseley, Harts tongue, browne Fennell, and Way-broad leaves, till they be all to pieces; then straine it upon a Table Napkin held between two men, rubbing it up, and down upon it till the Iuice be fully out; set the Liquor on the fire, and put therein a pennyworth of round Pepper, two pennyworth of Sugar, and a little sweet Butter; boile it againe very well, and give the Patient to drinke in extre∣mity: or take a little thereof Mornings, and Evenings, if the body be subject to Gravell.

A Water to destroy any Pearle, or Webb, or any Blood shotten in the Eyes.

33 R. Of Maidenhaire, Ground Ivy, ana m. i. Arch∣angell flowers a quarter of a handfull, wash them, and swing them cleane from the water, and stampe them small, and straine them with a little strong Ale, and

with a feather drop three, or foure drops into the Eye three times a day, at Morning, Evening, and Night.

A Water for the Stone.

34 R. Halfe a Gallon of Milke from the Cow, then take Saxifrage, Parseley, Pellitary of the Wall, Mo∣thertime, greene Sage, Radish rootes ana m. i. steepe them over Night, and distill them in the Morning, and take hereof vi. spoonefulls, as much white Wine, and the third part of a Nutmeg rosted, and drinke it in the Morning fasting.

Doctor Stevens his Aqua composita.

35 R. A Gallon of Gascoigne wine, Ginger, Galin∣gale, Nutmegs, Cinamon, Cloves, Mace, and Graines, Aniseeds, Fennell seeds, and Carraway seeds, ana ʒ i. Sage, red Mints, red Rose leaves, Time, Pellitary of Spaine, Rosemary, wilde Time, Camomill, Lavender, ana m. i. beate the Spices small, bruise the hearbes, let∣ting them stand in the Wine twelve houres; then distill them in a Limbeck, and keepe the first Water by it self, which will be about a pint; then take the second Water, which is good, but not so good as the first.

This Water comforteth the Vitall spirits, and cureth inward diseases engendred of cold, and helpeth the Pal∣sey, the Contraction of Sinewes; it maketh women apt for Conception, and killeth Wormes in the body; sendeth forth the Stone in the Bladder, cureth the cold Cough, and Toothache, and calefieth a cold Stomack; it is good against the Dropsie, Stone in the Kidnies, stinking Breath; and preserveth youth, and good colour very long if it be not used too often.

To procure Beauty, and cleanse the Face, or Hands.

36 R. An olde Capon, pluck him, and take out his Garbage, and make him very cleane within with a dry Cloth, but wash him not; then fill the body full of the Iuice, and Meate of Limons, then R. of Fennell m. i. Cloves nu. xii. bruised, Camphire ℥ i. lay your Cam∣phire in water till it be dissolved; then put one spoonfull of Water with all the rest into the Capon; then distil it in an Earthen distillatory, and you shall have a precious Water.

A red Water to cure Vlcers.

37 R. Of the Ashes of Ashe wood, one Peck; a Gallon, and a halfe of water; make thereof a Gallon of Lie; put to it one Gallon of Tanowse not used with any Leather; one pound of Madder crumbled smal into the Tanowse; and roche Allome lib. ss. boile these to the halfe upon a soft fire; then let it run through a Canvasse bag; and af∣ter you have washed the Sore therewith, wet a Cloth therein; and lay it upon the Sore; it both cleanseth, and healeth.

A Water to coole the Liver.

38 R. Savory, Endive, Borage, Sorrell ana m. i. Leekes, Violet leaves, Buglos, Liverwort, ana m. ss. boile all these in running Water to the consumption of halfe; then scum it, and straine; it then set it upon the fire againe, and boile it gently, and put thereto of Vine∣gar ℥ ii. as much Sugar as will make it pleasant to drink; and keep it in a Violl for your use.

For sore Eyes.

39 R. Of Lapis Calaminaris the quantity of a Walnut, put it in the fire until it be red hot, then quench it in a lit∣tle white, or Rhenish Wine, and so doe for seven times; then put it into a Marble morter, and beate it exceeding small; then put the same into sixe, or eight spoonfulls of red Rose water in a small Glasse, and take a little piece of a Spunge tyed to a thred, and hang it in the Water, and when you would use it, shake it, that the thicknesse in the bottome of the Glasse may run unto the Spunge; then opening the Eye, drop therein a drop or two out of the Spunge; doe this two or three times a day, and it will ease the Sorenesse, and cure the Blood-shot.

A Water for a Sore Mouth, to be made in May for all the yeare.

40 R. Vnsett Hyssope, Plantaine, Violet leaves, Cul∣lumbine leaves, Strawberry leaves, Cinkefoile leaves, Woodbine leaves, red Rose leaves dryed, ana m. i. a good piece of roche Allome burnt, three spoonfulls of Hony, a pottle of running Water; bruise all the hearbes, and put them into the Water, and boile them in a Pipkin from a Pottle to a Quart; then take blew Figs sliced in the middle nu. ii. put them into the Pipkin, and cover it with a Paper, and set it in the Sun foure, or five daies, or more, and then straine it, and put it into a Glasse.

A Water for a bruised Eye.

41 R. The Iuice of Daisie rootes being cleane wa∣shed, and dryed; the Iuice of Fennell, the white of an Egge well beaten ana. Rose water a little; temper all these together; then take a little Pledget of Flaxe wet therein, and lay on the Eye; but first drop a drop, or two of the Water into the Eye.

Another for dim Eyes.

42 R. Ground Ivy, Celandine, Daisies, ana Stampe them, and straine them, and put thereto a little Rose water, and drop a little into the Eyes with a Feather; It cureth In∣flammations, Spots, Webs, Itch, Smarting, or any other griefe in the Eyes.

To make Hydromell, or Honied Water.

43 R. Of Fountaine water lib. xv. fine Honey lib. i. mixe all in one pot, adding a little Fennell, and a hand∣full of Eyebright; tie all together with a thred, and put it into the pot, and let it seeth untill the third part of the Water be consumed; and in the seething, scumme it cleane.

To make a good Ptisan.

44 R. A pot of Brasse, or Earth, and put therein a Gallon of faire water, and one handfull of Hyssop, and two spoonfulls of Honey; then take Licoras ℥ ss. and beate it well, and put it into the pot, and boile them all

together a quarter of an houre; then straine it, and let it stand untill it be cold, and drinke thereof last when thou goest to bed, and it will Coole, and Moisten, and drive the Phlegme from thy Stomack, and profit thee very much.

A Water to heale any Sore Leg.

45 R. Running water one quart, Allome roche as much as an Egge, bay Salt a spoonfull, or somewhat more, if it be full of dead flesh, Wheate flowre to the quantity of an Egge; beate the white of an Egge, the Flowre, and bay Salt together, and put it into the Wa∣ter as it boileth, with a branch of Rosemary, stirring it continually: In using this Water doe thus; three times in the day wet Clothes, and lay on the Wound, in the Morning wet them with the Water to loosen them from the Sore, and then dresse them, and so againe at Noone, and Night.

Water of Coperas.

46 R. Coperas, grinde it all to Powder, then put a little Water to it, and so let it stand a Day, and a Night; then straine it through a Cloth: this Water is good for sore Eyes, Canker in the Mouth, and Noli me tangere.

For the Spots of the Morphew, a Water.

47 R. Foure Egges, roste them hard, and put them all broken into a pinte pot to a pinte of Vinegar, and let it stand so three Dayes, and three Nights well stopped; and then cleanse it through a linnen Cloth, and wash the Spots therewith till they be away.

To take away the roote of the Morphew.

48 R. Of Fumetary m. viii. Borage, Scabious ana m. iiii. bray them together in a Mortar, and put thereto a Pottle of cleane Whey; then straine them, and set them on the fire till the scum rise, then take it off, and straine it, and then set them over the fire againe, and put thereto a good quantity of clarified Honey, and boile them well together as long as any scumme will rise: take hereof a good draught in a Morning.

An excellent Water to help Pimples in the Face, and it is good for sore Eyes, and Pearles in the Eyes, or any Ache in the Head, Shoulders, or Knees.

49 R. A pinte of white Wine, white Coperas ʒ ii. Allome ℥ ss. Camphire, and Brimstone ana ʒ ii. beate all these very small in a Mortar, and then put it into the Wine, and shake it all together halfe an houre, and let it stand two dayes before you use it; you may keepe it a whole yeare. When you Bathe any Ache with it, heat a little thereof in a Sawcer, and with a Cloth bathe the Member at the fire.

A Drinke against the small Poxe, or any Feaver.

50 R. Of the herbe Scabious m. ss. Figs dry nu. vi. Licoras ℥ ss. slice them, and boile them in a pinte of Springwater to the consumption of halfe, then adde a penniworth of Saffron: hereof take three spoonfulls in the Morning warme.

A Drinke against the Plague, Poxe, Measells, and other infectious Diseases.

51 R. Three pintes of Malmesey, and boile therein of Sage, and Rue ana m. i. till one pinte be wasted; then straine it, and set it on the fire againe, and put thereto one penniworth of long Pepper, halfe an ounce of Gin∣ger, a quarter of an ounce of Nutmegs, all beaten toge∣ther; let it boile a little, and then put to it foure penni∣worth of Treacle, and a quarter of a pinte of the best Angelica water.

Take every Morning and Evening halfe a spoonfull at a time for a preservative against infection; and if you be infected, take two spoonfulls, and sweat thereupon.

A pretious Water for the Stone.

52 In May take the hearbe called Ramsins, and di∣still it; put unto your Water the same proportion of white Wine, and distill them againe together.

A Water to make the Face, and Hands white.

53 R. The leaves of Nettles, dry them, and make thereof Powder, and put that Powder in Water, and boile it; and therewith wash your Face; and Hands: ga∣ther your Nettles in May before the Sun riseth, and you may keep them all the yeare.

A Water for Pimples, and heate in the Face.

54 R. A spoonfull of burnt Allome, put it into a Sawcerfull of white wine Vinegar, and stir it well toge∣ther; and at Night when you goe to bed, dip a Cloth in∣to it, and wet the Sore places.

A Water to make the Stone slip, and to provoke Vrine.

55 R. Halfe a pinte of white Wine, and boile it, and in the boiling put in half an ounce of castle Soape sliced thin; when it is dissolved, drinke thereof blood-warme.

For a Pearle, or Web, or Blood-shotten Eye.

56 R. Of Maidenhaire, and ground Ivy m. i. Arch∣angel flowers pu. i. wash them cleane, and swing them dry; then stamp them, and straine them with a little good Ale; and with a feather drop a drop, or two into the sore Eye thrice in a day: if the Eye be much Blood-shotten, take more of the Ivy.

A Water for an olde Sore.

57 R. Flint stones nu. iii. vel iiii. burne them to Lime, and slake them in Running water; then take Al∣lome, and doe the like therewith; boile them two houres; then put thereto Bolearmenick, greene Coperas, Cam∣phire ana q.s. boile them all one houre after they are dis∣solved, and then straine it, and put it up.

To make Aqua coelestis, the Celestiall Water.

58 Aqua coelestis is of two kindes; if you mingle with it as much of the Water called Mother of Balme, and distill it againe, you have the Treasure of all Me∣dicines.

First, of the Vertues of these two Waters; the first Water is of such Vertue, that if you put it into a fresh Wound, it healeth it in foure, and twenty houres, so it

be not Mortall; and it healeth maligne Vlcers, Cankers, Noli me tangere, and olde Wounds within the space of fifteene dayes, if you wash it with the said Water eve∣ry third day; and if you put a drop of it upon a Car∣buncle, it mortifieth the malignity thereof shortly; al∣so if you put of the same Water into the Eye that hath lost his sight, if not utterly, it shall be recovered within eight daies at the uttermost; and if a Man drink a drop of it with a little good Wine, it breaketh the Stone in the space of two houres in the Reines, or Bladder; it mollifieth hardened Sinewes, if you wash them there∣with: This Water must be used from November to April, and but halfe a spoonfull at once, once a weeke.

It is thus made.

First, you must have a vessell of Glasse a Cubite high, or thereabouts, and fill it with Aqua vitae made of good Wine, and see that it be well luted, and then cover it in Horse dung, or Doves dung, so that it be not too moist, nor too hot, lest the Glasse breake: leave the neck of the Glasse without in the aire; this will boile mightily; and so let it stand thirty daies; then draw out the Glasse, and put these things following into the Water, and stop the mouth close, and so leave it eight daies: lastly, put the Glasse in Balneo Mariae, with Sand, setting on a head, with a receiver well luted, and make a slow fire, and ga∣ther the first Water; whiles it seemeth to drop downe cleare; but when it turneth red, then change the receiver, for this is the second Water, which you shall keep in a Glassewell stopped: The Spices to be put in are these, good Cinamon, Cloves, Ginger, Galingale, Nutmegs, Zedoary, long Pepper, and round, rootes of Citron, Spikenard, Lignum Aloes, Cubebs, Cardamomum,

Calamus Aromaticus, Germander, S. Iohns wort, Ma∣ces, white Frankincense, round Turmentill, Hermoda∣ctills, the pithe of white Wallwort, Iuniper, Laurell berries, the seed of Mugwort, Smalllage, Fennell, Anise, flowers of Basile, Rosemary, Sage leaves, Margerome, Mints, Penniroyall, Sticados, flowers of Elder, red Ro∣ses, and white, Rue, Scabious, Lunary, Centaury the lesser, Egrimony, Fumitary, Pimpernell, Dandelion, Eufrage, Maidenhaire, Endive, seeds of Sorrell, yellow Sanders, Aloes Epatich, ana ℥ ii. Ambrosine, fine Rubarb, ana ℥ ii. dry Figs, Raisons, Dates without stones, sweete Almonds, Pine kernels, ana ℥ i. Aqua vitae made with good Wine to the quantity of them all, and foure times as much Sugar as they be all; of white Honey lib. ii. then put to the underwritten Rootes, of Gentian, flowers of Rosemary, Nigella that growes in the Corne, Bryony, roote of the hearbe called Panis Porcinus Hogs bread, seed of Wormwood ana ʒ ss. before you distill the Wa∣ter you must quench in it a hot plate of Gold often∣times, and put to it Orientall pearles, which must lye covered with Water, else they lose their colour; and so distill it.