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Hearbs to put into (Two Gallons of New Ale) for the Spring
Water Cresses }
Brooklime* }
Bittany } Hearbs
Tansey }
Sweet Hors’hound paules } Of each half a handful
Pauls* Bittany }
Elder Budds }
Grund Ive* } Snake root }
Wild Sage } Schoneal* } Dr Rains
Sweet Evens* } Brandy } Dram in a
Hynds Tongue * } Morning
Rewbarb* } Roots
Allicompain* } of each ½ a lb
Readco & Horsreddish* }
Dandilion }
Angilica }
Dwarf Elder }
Snake Root }
Orange Pealings } David Elswick
March. 25. 1759
Sunday Morning
Take an ounce of Gum Guacum* Powder’d, sixpennisworth of Scathoneal**
Put them into a Bottle with a Quart of Rum, set it by the Fire
often Shaking it and standing before a Fire for 14 days Peggy Bamon
Take a small Spoonfull every Morning and Evening from Dr Lambert

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Transcribed by JW and LF