ne, half a pint of red
Rose-water, a penny manchet sliced thin, two handfuls of Raisins of the
sun stoned, a quarter of a pound of fine sugar, sixteen Eggs beaten; mix
all these together, then distill them in a common still with a soft
fire, then let the Patient drink three or four spoonfuls at a time blood
warm, being sweetned with _Manus Christi_ made with Corral and Pearl;
when your things are all in the still, strew four ounces of Cinamon
beaten; this water is good to put into broath, &c.

_A good Stomach Water._

Take a quart of _Aqua Composita_, or _Aqua vitae_, (the smaller) and put
into it one handful of Cowslip flowers, a good handful of Rosemary
flowers, sweet Marjoram, a little Pellitory of the Wall, a little Betony
and Balm, of each a little handful, Cinnamon half an ounce, Nutmegs a
dram, Anniseeds, Coriander seeds, Caroway seeds, Gromel seeds, Juniper
berries, of each a dram, bruise the spice and seed, and put them into
_Aqua Composita_, or _Aqua vitae_, with your Herbs together, and put into
them a pound of very fine sugar, stir them well together, and put them
into a glass and let it stand in the sun nine days, and stir it every
day; two or three Dates, and a little race of Ginger sliced into it will
make it the better, especially against wind, &c.

_A Bag of purging Ale._

Take of Agrimony, Speedwell, Liverwort, Scurvy-grass, Water-cresses, of
each a handful, of Monks Rhubarb, and red Madder, of each half a pound,
of Horseradishes three ounces, Liquorish two ounces, Sassafrage four
ounces, Sena seven ounces, sweet Fennil-seeds two drams, Nutmegs four;
pick and wash your Herbs and Roots, and bruise them in a Mortar, and put
them in a bag made of a Bolter, & so hang them in three gallons of
middle Ale, and let it work in the Ale, and after three days you may
drink it as you see occasion, &c.

_The Ale of Health and Strength, by Viscount St._ Albans.

Take Sassafras wood half an ounce, Sarsaparilla three ounces, white
Saunders one ounce, Chamapition an ounce, China-root half an ounce, Mace
a quarter of an ounce, cut the wood as thin as may be with a knife into
small peices, and bruise them in a Mortar; put to them these sorts of
Herbs, (viz.) Cowslip flowers, Roman-wormwood, of each a handful, of
Sage, Rosemary, Betony, Mugwort, Balm and Sweet-marjoram, of each half a
handful, of Hops; boil all these in six gallons of Ale till it come to
four; then put the wood and hearbs into six gallons