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.

Electuaries. CHAP. XLI.

To make an Electuary of the Iuyce of Roses.

1 R. Of the Iuyce of fresh dry Roses, white Suger, ana. lib. i. ss. boyle them into a solid Electua∣ry with an easie fire, and in the end sprinkle powdered Sanders, Masticke, Cinamon, all finely pow∣dered ana. ʒ ii. Diacridium ℥ i. ss. Camphire, ℈ ss. make Tablets in weight ʒ iii. ss. the Dose is one Tablet, the whole composition is ℥xxii. the Doses be about 70. It doth draw Choler very strongly, and also thinne, and watrish humours; very good for those that have the Gout, if they have not a vehement Ague withall.

To make Diaphaenicon.

2 R. Of the Pulpe of Dates, cleansed, boyled in Hydromell, and fined in a Sive, fresh Penids, ana. lib. ss. blancht Almonds, ℥ iii. ss. when they be bruised, and mingled all together, put into them clarified Hony, lib. ii. boyle them a little, and then sprinkle Ginger, Pep∣per, Mace, Cinamon, Leaves of dry Rue, Fennell seed, and seed of wilde Carrets, ana. ʒ ii. Turbith finely beat,

℥ iiii. Diacridium ℥ iiii. ss. the Dose is from ʒ iii. to ℥ ss. the whole composition is about lib. iiii. the Doses about 130. This Electuary doth mildly purge Cho∣ler, Crude and slimie Flegme, agreeable and conveni∣ent in continuall Agues, and Diseases arising of Cru∣dity, and also for the Cholicke.

To make the Electuary called Benedicta.

3 R. Of Turbith ʒ x. Diacridium, Hermodactills red Roses, ana ʒ v. Cloves, Ginger, Saxifrage, Parseley, seed, Salt Gemme, Galingall, Mace, Carrawayes, Fen∣nell-seed, Sparagus seed, and Seed of Kneeholme, or wilde Myrrhe, Millet, the four great cold seeds, Licoras, ana. ʒ i. of the best clarified Honey lib. i. make it up ac∣cording to Art; the Dose is from ʒ iii. to ℥ ss. the whole composition is almost lib. ii. the Doses be about 50. It draweth forth Phlegmaticke Humours, it purgeth the Rheines, and expelleth the Stone, and Gravell.

To make the Electuary called Confectio Hamech.

4 R. The Barke of yellow Mirabolanes, ℥ ii. little Onions, black Violets, Coloquintida, Polipody of the Oake, ana ℥ i. ss. Woormewood, Thyme, ana ℥ ss. Ani∣seed, Fennell seed, red Roses, ana ʒ iii. bruise them all, and soake them in Whey, lib. ii. then boyle them to a pound, rub them in your hand, and wring them: to the strained decoction, adde the juyce of Fumetary, the Pulpe of Pruines, and Raisins, ana lib. ss. white Sugar, clarified Honey, ana lib. i. boyle them to the thicknesse of Honey, sprinkling in the end, Agaricke, and Sene beaten fine, ana ℥ ii. Rubarb beaten ℥ i. ss. Dodder that groweth upon Thyme, ℥ i. Diacridium ʒ vi. Cinamon,

℥ ss. Ginger ʒ ii, Seed of Fumetary and Anise, Spike∣nard, ana, ʒ i. the Dose is from ʒ iii. to halfe an ounce, the whole composition is lib. iii. and ℥ viii. the Doses be about 80. This Electuary purgeth Melancholy, and other humours adust, and is good against Madnesse, Melancholy, Giddinesse, Forgetfulnesse, and all faults of the Skinne, as Scabbes, Morphew, Canker, Tetter, and Elephantiasis.

To make an Electuary called Hiera Simplex.

5 R. Cinamon, Mace, A sarabacca, Spikenard, Saf∣fron, Masticke, ana. ʒ vi. Aloes unwashed, ʒ 100, or lib. i. ss. the best clarified Honey, lib. iiii. the Powder alone is ministred from ʒ ii. to ʒ iii. but being taken in Ho∣ney from ℥ i. to ℥ i. ss. It is more comfortable then purging; it purgeth Choler, and Phlegme from the sto∣macke and Intrailes; it doth mildely helpe all Diseases proceeding of Crudity, and also the Palenesse of the Face.

An Electuary for a Cough, or Cold.

6 R. Of Germander, Hyssop, Horehound, Maiden∣haire, Agrimony, Betony, Liverwort, and Harts-tongue ana. m. i. boyle them in nine pints of water, to the con∣sumption of sixe, then let it coole, and straine it: to this decoction put of clarified Honey, lib. ss. fine Powder of Licoras ℥ v. Enulacampana roote powdered, ℥ iii. boyle them to the thicknesse of an Electuary; take of this at any time, but especially in the morning fasting, and at night when you goe to bed, or two houres after Supper, the quantity of a Nutmeg.

The Electuary of an Egge, commonly called, Electuari∣um de ovo, against the Plague.

7 R. A new laid Hennes Egge, make a little hole in the least end of it, no bigger then need shall require, to get out the White from the Yolke, which doe as cleane as cleane as may be; and if the Yolke come out, put it in againe, then with a little sticke of wood ram the Egge as full of the best English Saffron as may be, then cover the hole with the top of another Egge-shell, and a litle white of an Egge, so as nothing may breathe forth; lay the Egge in an Oven, when the Bread is newly drawne, lay it upon a Potsheard, or such like, to keepe the shell from burning; stop the oven close, and let it lie untill the shell be browne, and that the Saffron and Yolke be so well dryed, as you may beat it to fine Pow∣der: first pill off the shell, and cut the substance into two parts, long wayes, and if any part within it be not well dried, you may dry it on a Chafingdish & coals in a pew∣ter dish untill it be well; Then beat the said substance to fine Powder, weight it, and put therto as much white Mustard seed finely beaten, as the Egge doth weigh. Then take the roots of white Ditanie, and Turmentill, ʒ ii. the Powder of Myrrhe, Harts-horne, Nux vomica ana, ʒ i. the Powder of the rootes of Angelica, wilde Burnet, Iuniper berries, Setwall, and Camphire, ana. ℥. ss. mixe these all together; being finely beaten, weigh them all together, and put them in a good large Iron or Stone Morter, with as much of the purest and best Triacle Andromecha, as all the said things doe weigh; then worke and bray them together a good while, then put into your Mortar, to all the said things, of the best and purest Honey clarified that you can get, in this

proportion; if your Egge weighed an Ounce, then one pound of Honey at the least, more, or lesse according to the proportion of your Egge; or you may put as much Honey as all the said things doe weigh, and bray and stirre all those things together, for three houres at the least, by a good Houreglasse. Your Electuary being thus made, put it into a Glasse, or Gally pot, close stop∣ped: set it not where heat, or Sunne commeth to it, and it will last thirty yeeres.

Give it to the Patient infected, the quantity of a rea∣sonable Walnut at the most, and to a childe lesse, as you shall thinke meet; give it luke warme, in Dragon, or Cardus water distilled; for want of these, in white Wine: If the infected brooke it not thus, then in Sacke; if he cast it, give it him again in Sack, and if he brook it not then, the third time; if then he cast it, then God have mercy upon him, few scape unlesse they brooke it, and presently breake out in Sores: and if he brooke it, give him no more that night, but the next day, if need re∣quire, give him halfe the said quantity, as if the Sore be comming, and doth not readily come forth; let not the sicke drinke for two houres after: let those that goe to the infected, take as much as a little Hasell Nut, and let him, if he can, drinke once in a weeke, a good quantity of white Wine and Sallet Oyle: aire Houses, and Cloathes with Frankincense. This is also good for such as are taken with some sudden fit, being taken as last before.

An Electuary to purge Melancholy.

8 R. Of Rubarbe ʒ ii. Agaricke, ʒ iii. Caraway seedes, and Coriander prepared, ℥ ii. Cummin prepa∣red, ℥ i. Aniseedes, ℥ i. London Treacle, ℥ i. Sene ℥ i.

Muske, gr. ss. Ambergreese, gr. i. Cinamon, ʒ ii. Mi∣rabolans Cebuli, Mirabolans Embici, ana. ℥ i. Ginger, ℥ i. Nutmegs, ℥ ii. Mace, ℥ ii. Diacridium, ℥ ii. Powder Sugar, and Rosewater, as much as will serve to make a Sirrup to compound these Powders into the forme of an Electuary.

An Electuary for the Ptisicke.

9 R. The roote of Enula Campana, in May drie it, and beat it small, and put it in Vinegar untill it be soft; then dry it againe, and when it is dry, boyle it to an Electuary with pure Honey, and keepe it in a boxe, to eate now and then the quantity of a Hasell Nut.