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 Cinnamon and Cubebs, of each an Ounce; Jamaica Pepper, Six Drams; Ivy Berries, Half an Ounce; choice Theban Opium, Two Drams; Chèrmes Berries, Saffron, Cochineel, and Ginger, of each a Dram: Reduce into a gross Powder what are to be bruised, and pour thereon rectify'd Spirit of Wine, a Quart nitrated with an Ounce of Spirit of Nitre Dulcis. Digest Twenty Days, shaking it two or three Times a Day; then let it settle, and decant the clear Tincture; in which dissolve Camphire, (by grinding in a little of the said Tincture) Half an Ounce: Mix all well together, and keep it in a Glass close stopt for Use.

As a Preservative, take a Quartet of a Spoonful, or something less of it, in the Morning, fasting, a little before Dinner; and, if you please, last at Night, going to Bed. Curatively, in the Plague, or other malign Fevers, the Sick being in Bed, give it from a Quarter of a Spoonful, to Half a Spoonful, (according to Age and Sex) in a Glass of Sack, or White Port; which reiterate Morning and Night, till well.

R Mithridate, Nine Ounces; Virginia Snake-Root, an Ounce; Contrayerva, Zedoary, Winters-Bark, Cinnamon, Bay-berries, Six Rh