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An excellent purging Ale called the Ale of health and strength.
TAke Sassafrace-wood halfe an ounce, Sarsapa∣rilla three ounces, white Saunders one ounce, Mace a quarter of an ounce, Lignum Rhodium, China root, each halfe an ounce, Lignum vitae a quarter of an ounce; cut the woods as thin as may be into small pieces, and bruise them in a morter, and put to them Cowslip flowers, and Romane Wormwood, each an handfull, Sage, Rosemary, Bettony, Mugwort, Balm, and sweet Marjoram, each halfe a handfull, a handfull of Hops, boyle all these in six gallons of Ale, till it come to foure; then put the Woods and Hearbs into six gallons of Ale of the second wort, and boyle it likewise till it come to foure; let it run from the drugs, and put your Ale together, and use it as you do o∣ther Ale, put it in a sweet vessell till it be ripe, and then drink it at your pleasure.