☞ The Manner of Ʋſing, and Quantities of this true Medicine.

Mix an Ounce, If the Stomach be ſick after taking the Spiritus Mundus, be not diſcouraged, for it is then working on the offending matters, and generally quickly goes off; if it cauſe a Puking or Vomiting, take it again preſently; and if it do ſo again, take it again & again, and in a little time it will get thorow the offending matter & paſs through the ſmall Veſſels cleanſing & comforting. which is about two ſpoonfuls, in half a Pint, 3 parts of a Pint, or a Pint of Saſſafraſs, Balm, Angellico, Burrage, Black-Cherry Water, or in want of any of theſe, in pure freſh Rain Water, or good Spring Water, ſweetned firſt with the beſt White Sugar; and being mixt thus, a Man or Woman may take at a time two or three ſpoonfuls; carefully Noting theſe two general Rules;

☞ Firſt, That every one may mix it ſtronger or ſmaller, as they can take it, and as neceſſity calls for it:

Secondly, That the more diſtilled Water is mixed with it, the more ſhould (when mixed) be taken at a time.

Noting, That in Surfeits of all ſorts, Gripes, Pluriſies, the beginnings of Feavers, Stone and Gout, and ſuch Diſtempers that call for Immediate Relief, it ſhould be mixed pretty ſtrong, and taken often, viz. Every half Hour (or oftner) for an Hour, or two, or three Hours together; and then ſtaying three or four hours, take it ſo again; and ſo do for ſome time, until the Diſtemper be in good Meaſure conquered; and after, take it as in old Diſtempers, which is two or three times in a Morning early, in one hours time, or leſs, and then lie an hour or two after it and ſleep, if the Patient can; and again an hour before Dinner, and at five in the Afternoon. Note, For Children it muſt be mixed according to their Strength and Age, Note, That in the times of reſting 3 or 4 hours between the taking the Spiritus Mundus, any convenient cordial Poſſet, or clean Food, eafie of Digeſtion, may be taken. It encreaſeth Appetite to Food, and helps Digeſtion. and as one can get them take it: For Babes in the firſt Moneth againſt Convulſion Fits, mix it in Black-Cherry-Water ſweetned, ſo as it only juſt taſte of the Medicine, and give a Pap ſpoonful pretty often, as occaſion requires: Againſt Wind, mix it with on part Spire-Mint-Water, and another part Saſſafrage-Water. Noting, That if Perſons want Reſt, mix it with one part Poppy-Water, and another Saſſafraſs, or any other Water mentioned, as above directed, and give it ſeveral times in the Night to cauſe ſweet Reſt, which often it performs, and thereby gives great and ſtrong Relief to weak and afflicted People.

☞ Saſſafraſs-Water is the moſt general Water I mix the Spiritus Mundus in; made thus,

Take ſix or eight Ounces of good Saſſafraſs-Wood, with the Rhine on, thinly chipped, put it with a Gallon of Rain-Water, or in want thereof, any other good Water, and diſtill off five Pints; if it be twice diſtilled it is the better.

Its manner of Taking, In caſes of great faintings or extream Pains in the Head or Apoplexes, a little may be poured forth in the Palm of ones hand, and then rubbing both hands together clap both hands to the Noſe, that the flavour may aſcend up; this do often, as occaſion cals for it, in caſes of greateſt neceſſity. and Quantities.

Againſt inward Diſeaſes a Man or a Woman may take half a ſpoonful in two or three ſpoonfuls of warm Sack, as a Cordial, or as a ſmall ſpoonful, in two ſpoonfuls of hot ſtrong Beer, ſweetned (or Mace-Ale) it may be taken two or three times a day, as occaſion calls for it. For Children, give it according to their age and ſtrength, in Mace-Ale, or mix it into a Cordial thus, Mix an Ounce of Poppy-Water, with as much Cowſlip-Water, ſweeten it with Syrup of Cowſlips, then put a little Cordial Spirit, as it may taſte of it; and give Children a Pap-ſpoonful of it two or three times a day, or as occaſion calls for it, againſt Weakneſs, Faintneſs and Convulſions. Outwardly applied, it is of as great uſe as Inwardly, and may be uſed when Cordials cannot be given ſo frequently inwardly, with great Refreſhing and good Succeſs; thus, Pour forth a Thimbleful into a Spoon, and with a fine Cloth wetting it, and then apply it to the Noſtrils, drawing up the flavour: This do often in Faintings, Pains of the Head, and the Diſtempers before mentioned, in application of this Medicine. Note,That when the chief of the Spirit is gone from the wet Cloth, then rub the Temples; for it is of great uſe to rub the Temples with it, and Fore-head, and Cords of the Neck.Thus doing long together, I have found ſatisfactory admirable Effects againſt Conuvlſions, great Faintings and dyings away. Againſt Rickets in Children, weakneſs, and pained benummed Limbs, warm a full ſpoonful in ſome convenient thing, and chafe it in once or twice a day; and ſo do againſt Bruiſes, and ſuch like, putting on a fine Cloth double, wet in the Medicine, on the part bruiſed, eſpecially if it be in any part of the Head. Uſe it thus, repeating the Uſe of it twice a day, if occaſion require it.

Its Quantities, and Manner of Taking.

In intermitting Feavers, or Agues and Feavers; when the Feaver and Thirſt comes on, give of this Medicine, from four Drops to forty, or half a Spoonful, in as much Beer as the Medicine may only taſte a little ſharpiſh in: If the Drieth be great, and Feaver burning very much, it may be given every Hour, or half Hour, for three times; againſt continued Feavers two or three times a day; againſt Hectick Feavers, an Hour before Dinner, and at five in the Afternoon; againſt Coughs and Ptyſick, give it mixed in Hyſop Water, in which Liquoriſh hath been infuſed, and ſweetned with Sugar candy; A Plaiſter for Worms; Mix. powder of Allows, Joyce of Rue & Wormwood together, boyl them to a Plaiſter, and ſpread on a few drops of Balſom of Sulpar; ſecure the Navil with Cotten. Theſe directions for Worms may be of ſervice to Thouſands, if carefully made uſe of. againſt Worms give it faſting in Wormwood-Beer, ſeven Mornings together, and after give ſome Milk and Honey mixt, in which is a little fine Powder of Rubarb to bring away the Worms, dead or alive.

And firſt, againſt the Plague, Agues, Feavers of all ſorts, Small-Pox and Meaſels, Gripes, Pluriſies, and ſuch like Diſtempers that ſeize ſuddainly many times on People.

When Perſons are firſt taken, give of Spiritus Mundus, following of it cloſe, as it is directed before, concerning the Spiritus Mundus in particular; and then give the Spiritus Sedativus, &c. 3 for Agues every night, & 4 hours and 1 hour before the Fit. ☞ Theſe Medicines work variouſly; for ſometimes 'twill gently vomit; Otherwiſe, if Perſons vomit much, it will effectually ſtop vomiting. And ſo, ſometimes they will ſweat much, ſometimes little. either to ſweat, or every ſix Hours, as is before directed; minding, that if the Spiritus Mundus make ſick in Stomach, or War there, and ſo cauſe Puking or Vomiting, ſtop not its motion, but take it again and again, until it paſs clear. Now where Nature inclines to caſt off the Offending Matter by Sweat, there the Medicines will mightily aſſiſt and work that way, and ſometimes very much by Urine, opening and making way through the Veſſels, warming and comforting, which the Patient will ſenſibly feel; if Fainty, then uſe the Cordial Spirit, as afore directed; uſe it much to ſmell to, taking up the Flavour in Faintings or Weakneſs, in any of thoſe or ſuch like Diſtempers, as in the Direction of Cordial Spirit before. Againſt Drieth in Feavers and Burnings, take the Aqua Rubra in Beer, as is afore directed: If Coſtive, uſe opening Meats, as Water Grewel, and ſuch like: If Patients want Reſt, mix the Spiritus Mundus with Poppy Water, and give it two or three times in a Night, two Spoonfuls at a time, ſweetned a little, as afore directed.

For Purifying the Blood, After ten days reſpit the Mundus ſhould be taken again in the ſame manner; and then reſt again, & ſo continue as occaſion call for; minding and to forbear it at Nights, when the Sedativus is to be given. Curing the Scurvey, Jaundice, Dropſies, opening Obſtructions, and ſuch like Diſtempers.

Take of the Spiritus Mundus, mixed with Saſſafraſs Water, ſweetned a little with Sugar, three times in a Morning, two Spoonfulls at a time, ſtaying a little time between, and two Spoonfuls an Hour before Dinner, and at five in the Afternoon, and going to Bed, as afore directed: This do for ten dayes: Then take of the Sedativus, &c. mentioned before, forty or fifty Drops, as afore directed, in a full Spoonful of Sack, or Cordial Water, or in want of it, in hot ſtrong Beer ſweetned: This do for forty Nights. If any Faintineſs attend, uſe the Cordial Spirit, as afore directed; if any Feaver, the Aqua Rubra.

Againſt Conſumptions.

Take the Spiritus Mundus, mixed with good Saffafras Water, ſweetned with Sugar-candy, twice in a Morning in Bed, two Spoonfulls a time, lying an Hour or two after it; ſo do forty dayes, taking thirty Drops of Spiritus Sedativus in a Spoonful of Syrup of Hyſop, or in Mace-Ale, every Night for forty Nights. Uſe the Cordial Spirit, as afore directed; and the Aqua Rubra before Dinner, and if Hectick, at five in the afternoon, as directed. If the Patient waſte in Fleſh, I adviſe to Aſſes Milk, and in want of that, Cows Milk (one and the ſame Cows Milk) every morning, the firſt or laſt milking, & quantity which agrees beſt, milk it into a ſprig of Spire Mint and a ſprig of Roſemary, To make Syrup againſt Conſumptions, take of double diſtilled Hyſop-Water & Sack, of each a Pint, tops of Maiden Hyſop and Thime, half a handful of both, three tops of Horehound, one ounce of Liquoriſh thin ſliced: Infuſe theſe things in a cloſe covered Pipkin 24 hours, then ſtrain it out, to the Liquor add two pound of Sugar-candy in Powder; let it infuſe again 12 hours in a cloſe covered thing; then its done. one or both, ſweetned with a little Sugar of Roſes, or Pearl Sugar. The Syrup directed in the Margent is proper to take Sedativus, &c. in, as directed, thirty or forty drops in a ſpoonful, and is good to take the Aqua Rubra in, or Cordial Spirit; and with any of theſe is good againſt Coughs and Ptyſicks, and ſtoppings of the Breaſt, and againſt ſhortneſs of Breath.

Againſt the Gout, Stone and Sciatica, and Pains in the Limbs, and Aches.

Take the Spiritus Mundus, Sedativus and Cordial Spirit, as directed afore; minding, in the Fits to anoint the pained places with ſtrong Spiritus Mundus, chaſing it in with a warm Hand, and apply ſtrong Yeaſt, alias Barme, ſpread like a Plaiſter on Colwort Leaves, anointing with Spiritus Mundus, and changing the Colwort Leaves, as occaſion requires. Give the Spiritus Mundus every half hour in the Fits of the Stone and Chollick, or ſtoppings of Urine, as afore directed; minding to drink good ſtore of Camomile Poſſet, ſweetned with Syrup of Althea; and for Pains in the Limbs take the Sedativus, &c. to Sweat, with the Poſſets ordered as aforeſaid, in the Directions for the Uſe of the Sedativus, &c. and for weak Limbs, uſe the Cordial Spirit, as directed before, in the Directions for taking Cordial Spirit.

Thus I have given Plain and Candid Directions for the Ʋſe of theſe truly ſafe and efficacious Medicines. If it pleaſe Phyſitians to make uſe of them throughly in their Practice, they will ſee the Comfortable Effects thereof, to their great ſatisfaction. So having done my Duty to Benefit many with my Experience, I commit it under the Provident Hand of the Almighty to bring forth thoſe Commendable Fruits, with Encreaſe, which they have done in many places, and will, I am ſatisfied (abundantly) as they are known and experienced, &c.