The skilful physician containing directions for the preservation of a healthful condition, and approved remedies for all diseases and infirmities (outward or inward) incident to the body of man ... whereunto is added experimented instructions for the compounding of perfumes, also for the chusing and ordering of all kinds of wines, both in preserving the sound, and rectifying those that are prick'd : never before imparted to publick view.

To make Sirrup of Roses.

Your liquor must be ready to seeth, then put therein as many Roses as will be well steeped in the same water, and co∣ver it close, and when the Roses be throughly white, then strain it, and set it on the fire again, and so you must use it thirteen times, and to every pint of your water or liquor you must put into it a pound of Sugar, and let it stand toge∣ther for the space of one night steep∣ing, and skim it clean, and seeth it over a quick fire a quarter of an hour, then

take the whites of egges, and beat them well together, then take the pot off the fire, and put into it the whites of your egges, and then set it on the fire again, and let it seeth a good space, then let it run through a Jelly bag, til it will stand still upon your nayl.