A right profitable booke for all diseases: called, The pathway to health. Wherein are to be founde most excellent & approued medicines of great vertue: as also notable potions and drinks, and for the distilling of diuers precious waters, and making of oyles, and other comfortable receits for the health of the body, neuer before imprinted. First gathered by Peter Leuens, master of art of Oxford, and student in phisicke and surgery: and now newly corrected and augmented.

A preparatiue.

¶ Take of Endiue, Succory, Harts-tung, Borage, of each a handfull, of Persly roots, Fennell roots, Fumitory, and the tops of young Hops, of each a quarter of a handfull, of Time, Betony, Germaunder, of each foure crops, great Raizons a handfull, of Licoris a little brused, halfe an vnce of Fenell séed, seeth all these in a pot of faire water to the halfe, then put ther to sixe spoonefuls of vineger, and after one boyling straine them without pressing, then take the clearest thereof, and if you will make a sirrop thereof, put to a pint of the broth, a pound of Su∣ger, and in the boyling therof put therto a little Cinamon bru∣sed, the weight of eight pence, let him drinke of this foure good spoonfuls, with sixe spoonfuls of Borage water warmed fasting in his bed, and sweat after it.