Image 319 (unnumbered folio). one receipt
| A Receipt |
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| Take of Rue, Sage, Mint, Rosemary, Wormwood & Lavander | ||||
| a Handfull of Each infuse them together in a Gallon of White Wine | ||||
| Vinegar, put the whole into a Stone Pott Closely cover’d up upon | ||||
| Warm Wood Ashes, for Four days, after which draw off (or strain | ||||
| through fine Flannel) the Liquid, and put into Bottles well Corked | ||||
| and into every Quart Bottle put a Quarter of an Ounce of Camphyre* | ||||
| when this preparation wash your mouth, and Rub your Loins and your | ||||
| loins and your Temples every day, Snuff a little up your Nostrills when you | ||||
| go into the Air, and Carry about you a bit of Spunge dip’d in the same, in | ||||
| Order to Smell to upon all occations, especially when you are near any place | ||||
| or person that is Infected – They Write, that Four Malefactors (who had | ||||
| robbed the infested houses, Murdered the People during the couse of the | ||||
| Plague) owned, when they came to the Gallows, that they had preserved | ||||
| themselves from the Contagion, by Using the above Medicine only, and that | ||||
| they went the whole time from house to House without any Fear of the | ||||
| distemper* | ||||
| Rue } Of Each a Handfull* {Infuse them together in a Gallon of White Wine Vinegar | ||||
| Sage } {Put the whole into a Stone Pott Closely Cover’d upon | ||||
| Mint } {Wooden Ashes for Four days, after which draw off | ||||
| Rosemary } {(or strain it thro’ a Fine Flannel) | ||||
| Wormwood } {The Liquid, and put into Bottles well corked, | ||||
| Lavender } {And into every Quart Bottle, put of an Ounce of Camphyre |
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Transcribed by JW and LF