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Francis Smith medical recipe book, 1704
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122 dram take caroway seed red mints roses thime pellitory of ye wall rosemary wild thime camomile the leaves if yuo cannot get ye flowers small lavender of each a handful then bray ye spices small and bray ye hearbs and put all into ye wine and let it stand twelve hours stirring it [divers?] times then still it in a Limbeck and keep it first water for it is best. them put ye second water by itself for it is good but not of such vertues. The Vertue of this water it comforts ye vital spirits and helps all inward diseases yt come of cold it is good against the shaking of ye palsey. It cures ye contraction of ye sinnews helps ye conception of women if they be
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122 dram take caroway seed red mints roses thime pellitory of ye wall rosemary wild thime camomile the leaves if yuo cannot get ye flowers small lavender of each a handful then bray ye spices small and bray ye hearbs and put all into ye wine and let it stand twelve hours stirring it [divers?] times then still it in a Limbeck and keep it first water for it is best. them put ye second water by itself for it is good but not of such vertues. The Vertue of this water it comforts ye vital spirits and helps all inward diseases yt come of cold it is good against the shaking of ye palsey. It cures ye contraction of ye sinnews helps ye conception of women if they be
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