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if convenient, drink a Glass of Carriophiler Juice, after each allowance of Swallows : otherwise, the Pouder of a Dead Man's Bones drunk in Wine, Cures a Man; and the Pouder of a Dead Woman's Bones Cures a Woman. Take at once a Tea Spoonful of the Pouder in a Glass of any Wines: To be done Thrice a day for 7 Days. Or, if you can obtain Clover that bears White fibres betwixt the Blades, commonly called Four Bladed Clover ; take a Glass of the Juice of this once a day for 7 Days. Probatum eft.

For FLUXES.

FOR staying the Fluxes of Seed, apply Camphire to the Reins and Privy Parts; or, Gum Arabick taken inwardly, 1 oz. per day, for Five Days

For other Fluxes, of any kind, mix Blae Berries with Cream, and fup them. Remember these Berries are not Crow Berries, as some think; Crow Berries are Red and hard, called Braland Berries, upon account of White streams through, and White sides ; but Blae Berries are all Sloe black, and grows commonly among Heath, and oftentimes in Woods.

The next Cure is as follows: Eat a large Quantity of Hares Fleth twice or thrice; or a little Starch taken in Meat : But what is best for a Bloody Flux, An equal Quantity of Cows Milk, of Mares Milk, Flower Pottage made thereof, and taken once a-day, for Three Days. Probatum eft

N. B. Sup about an English Pint, or Scots Mutchkin at once.