A methridate against poysons and pestilence, which for a trueth was prooued vpon foure Irish Gentlemen poysoned with Rats∣bane, cast into a pan of Milke in Fraunce, who were so swolne that they were ready to burst.
¶ Take of the rootes of Turmentile two drammes, of all the kinde of Saunders, of euery of them a dram, white Ditta∣nie, newe gathered and dryed, a dramme of the top of a Harts horne, or a Spitrack of precious stones, the fragments of orient pearle, Bole armoniack, Aristologia rotunda, of each a dram, Peniriall, Mirrh, and sewet, of each two drams, Tarra limnia, of the purest, two drammes: the seedes of Cytrons and Saf∣fron of each a scruple, Vnicorns horne, and iacints, of each halfe a dramme. The licour to make this Electuary is Rosewater, and the water of Borage flowers distilled: boyle your Sugar and waters to a perfection, and in the cooling put in your pow∣ders searced, and so reserue it as a most precious treasure, that is, also a present remedy to driue out the Measels, shingles, small poxe, the plague pushes, and hath holpe them whose sores were gone in, and brought them out againe, and recouered the parties, and it defendeth all venim.