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gris; redistil in Balneum Mariæ, and keep the water in bottles well stopped for use.


To make a Gallon of Cyprus Wine.

Take of the essence of ambergris, half an ounce; put it into a glass alembic, with a gallon of spirit of wine, and two quarts of water; place the alembic in Balneum Mariæ, and draw off till the faints begin to rise.


To make a Gallon of Anhalt Water.

Take of the best turpentine a pound and an half; olibanum, three ounces; aloes wood powdered, one ounce; grains of mastic, cloves, gilly-flowers, or rosemary flowers, nutmegs, and cinnamon, of each two ounces and an half; saffron, one ounce: powder the whole, and digest them six days in eleven gallons of spirit of wine; adding two scruples of musk tied up in a rag; and draw off in Balneum Mariæ till it begins to run foul. It is a high aromatic cordial, invigorates the intestines, and thereby promotes digestion, and dispels flatulencies: it is a sovereign remedy for catarrhs and pains arising from colds; as also in palsies, epilepsies, apoplexies and lethargies, the parts affected being well rubbed with it.


To make ten Gallons of Gout Water.

Take the flowers of camomile, leaves of pennyroyal, lavender, marjorum, rosemary, sage, and ground-pine, of each eight ounces; myrrh, four ounces; cloves and cinnamon, of each one ounce; roots of piony, two ounces; pellitory of Spain, and cypress orrice, of each one ounce; the lesser

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