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A powder for a sore throte
Rx Allum and burne it and beat
it to powder and Cearse it
very fine, then take a little
white dodgs turd & beat it
and Cearse it very fine &
mix them together so fill a
quill of the powder and blow
it downe the throat of the
partie, if it bee a very
sore throte make a plaster
of the powder of dodgs turd
and hony and make it vnto
a salue and lay it to each
eare all night if yow doe
not finde Ease lett it
lie longer
To preserue Apricokes
Rx Apricocks and pare them & stone
them; & to a pound of Apricoks
take a pound of suger and
beat it very fine & strew halfe
your suger one the Apricoks and
let it stand all night and
when yow boyle them boyle them
one a soft fire first, & strow
suger in by degres & when thay
are boyled inough take them
out and let your syrup boyle
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a good while after thay be tooke
out then put them into potts
ffor a Cold
Rx 3 ounces of syrup of maiden haire
as much of syrup of viniger
and mix them together in a
glass & so take of this one
spunfull at a time when yow
please
ffor the wormes
Rx Halfe an ounce of wormseed
and as much of fenicrick so bruse
them & put them into a pint of
muscadine lett it steepe all
night & giue the Child 2 or 3
Spunfull at a time for 3 morns
together
ffor Inflamed Sore eys
Rx Arstsmart that hath the blacke in
the middle of the leafe & bruse
the leafe and lay them vppon
the Inflamed eys warme
or yow may take this Arstsmart
and beat it and draw Iuce
of it dipp a dubble Cloth in it
and soe apply it to your eys