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

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.

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.

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 cardamoms