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.

To make Catholicum simplex.

4 R. Of the rootes of Enula Campana, Buglosse, Cichorie, or wilde Endive, Marshmallowes, Polipodie of the Oake, seed of Bastard Saffron, all beaten ana. ℥ ii. Hyssop, Staechados, Bawme, Agrimony, Mugwort, Be∣tony, Scolopendria, or Stoneferne, ana m. ii. Raisins sto∣ned ℥ iii. of the foure great cold Seedes, Aniseedes, Li∣coras, ana. ʒ iii. boyle all these according to Art, in lib. x. of Hydromell (which is xv. lib. of water, boyled with lib. i. of Honey skummed cleane as it boyles) till three pounds be consumed; then straine the Decoction, and macerate therein the space of xii. houres, the

cleansed leaves of Sene beaten ℥ iiii. the Sirrup of the infusion of pale Roses, lib. i. of the best clarified Ho∣ney, lib. ii. boile them with an easie fire unto the thick∣nesse of Honey, putting into it last of all, of the best Rubarbe, and purest Cinamon, ana. ℥ i. yellow Sanders, ℥ i. Nutmegs ʒ ii. the Dose is ℥ i. the whole compositi∣on is lib. iiii. the Doses be about 50. This doth purge all humours gently from all parts of the Body, and may be given to women with childe, old folke, or children, either with an Ague, or without.