A most excellent Water to comfort the Vitalls, and preserve other parts of the body, made by Doctor Stephens.
TAke a gallon of good Gascoygne Wine, Gin∣ger, Galingale, Cinamon, Nutmegs, Graines, Cloves, Anniseeds, Fennell seed, a Dram, Sage, Mints, red Roses, Time, Pellitory, Rosema∣ry, wild Time, Camomile, Lavender, of each one handfull, then bruise the spices and the herbs small, and put all into the Wine, and let it stand twelve hours, stirring it divers times, then still it in a Lymbeck according to the art, and the first water is of more strength then the second, and both be the better by the standing in the Sun.
Be to comfort the spirits vitall, helps to the in∣ward diseases of cold, the Palsey, the contraction of Sinews, the conception of Women, killeth the Worms within the body, cureth the Cough, Toothach, cold Dropsie, comforteth the Stomach, helpeth the stone in the Bladder, and in the reins of the Back, slackneth a stinking breath. Whosoever useth this water ever anon, and not toe after, it preserveth him in good likeing, and maketh him seem young very long: with this Doctor Stephens preserved his own life, untill such extreme Age, that he could neither go nor ride, and kept him five years, when other Phisitians judg∣ed it impossible for him to live one year.