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A Book of Fruits and Flowers by Anonymous
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and therewith annoynt the place grieved as hot as you can endure
it, morning and evening.

_A Water to drive away any Infection._

Take _Draggons, Angelica, Rue, Wormwood_, of each a handfull,
chop them pretty small, and steep them in a quart of _White-wine_,
twenty four hours, then distill them in a Still, and reserve the water
in a glasse close stopped; give to the sick Patient six or seaven
spoonfuls thereof at a time fasting, and let him fast an houre and
an halfe after, and keep himselfe very warme in his bed, or
otherwise.

_An excellent Conservative for the stomach,
helping digestion, warming the braine,
and drying the Rheumes_.

Take two ounces of good old Conserve of red _Roses_, of chosen
_Methridate_ two drams, mingle them well together, and eat thereof
to bed-ward, the quantity of a hazell nut; this doth expell all
windinesse of the stomach, expelleth raw humours and venomous
vapours, causeth good digestion, dryeth the Rheume, strengthneth
the memory and sight.


_An Oyntmnt for any wound or sore_.

Take two pound of _Sheeps_ suet, or rather _Deers_ suet, a pint of
_Candy Oyle_, a quarter of a pound of the newest and best _Bees-wax_,
melt them together, stirring them well, and put to them one
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