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34) Milke Surfet Water. Take a handfull of Cardue, one of Spearmint, one of Wormood infuse them one night in new milk in an Earthen pot, upon a Soft fire to Keep warm till next morning then Still it in a Cold Still, be Sure there be milk enough to Cover the herbs, and Steep no more then you can Still in a day least it grows sowre. An other way for the Same - Angelica water. Take 4 gallons of Ale & pound of Angelica well pickd from the Stalks, a pound of Anysseeds a pound of Liquorish one nutmegg 2 races of ginger, some Cenamon Cloves & graines beat them together & lett them Steep in the Ale the night before you distill it. To make hot popye water. Take a pound of Popppyes & put them into 2 quarts of Aqua vitae, & Let the glass in the Sun till the Leaves be white, then Strane it and put the aqua vitae into the glass again, put into it half a pound of Sugar, half an ounce of Liquorice Scraped & Sliced, half an ounce of Anysseeds bruised, a quarter of a pound of raisons of the Sun Stoned a quarter of a pound of figgs Sliced & 2 nutmeggs let this Stand in the Sun ten dayes & So use it
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34) Milke Surfet Water. Take a handfull of Cardue, one of Spearmint, one of Wormood infuse them one night in new milk in an Earthen pot, upon a Soft fire to Keep warm till next morning then Still it in a Cold Still, be Sure there be milk enough to Cover the herbs, and Steep no more then you can Still in a day least it grows sowre. An other way for the Same - Angelica water. Take 4 gallons of Ale & pound of Angelica well pickd from the Stalks, a pound of Anysseeds a pound of Liquorish one nutmegg 2 races of ginger, some Cenamon Cloves & graines beat them together & lett them Steep in the Ale the night before you distill it. To make hot popye water. Take a pound of Popppyes & put them into 2 quarts of Aqua vitae, & Let the glass in the Sun till the Leaves be white, then Strane it and put the aqua vitae into the glass again, put into it half a pound of Sugar, half an ounce of Liquorice Scraped & Sliced, half an ounce of Anysseeds bruised, a quarter of a pound of raisons of the Sun Stoned a quarter of a pound of figgs Sliced & 2 nutmeggs let this Stand in the Sun ten dayes & So use it
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