A most excellent and rare drink, pleasant and profitable for young and old people, that may be administered at all times, ...

A most excellent and rare drink, pleasant and profitable for young and old people, that may be administered at all times, ...

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A Most excellent and rare Drink, pleasant and profitable for Young and Old people, that may be administred at all times, and to women with childe without danger, as occasion requireth; and purgeth the Body gently, cleanseth the Reines and Kidneys, of the Stone and Gravel, heat in the Back, Yard, or Secret; freeth the Body from Itch and Scabbedness, Chops, or Chilblains in the hands or feet; taketh away the Morphew, and begetteth a good and beautiful colour to the face and skin; abateth the raging pain of the Gout, inflamations and swellings, blasts or takings; and is a speedy Remedy for the Cough of the Lungs, Phlegm, Rheum, and streight drawing of the Breath, Melancholy, and Frenzie; maketh the heart merry, and the body delightful, amendeth decayed sight, and cleereth red-blered eyes; asswageth the raging pain of the Teeth, sores, or swellings in the throat, mouth or gums; expelleth Winde and torment in the guts, stomack, or belly, the Noise in the head or ears; openeth the sence of Hearing, being lost by cold-taking; destroyeth Worms in young or old people, and freeth the Body from the rickets and scurvey, weakness of limbs, and evil liking of the body, and begetteth strength: It is also profitable for women upon all occasions, & encreaseth Milk in the breasts of Nurses, making the same fertile and fruitful, and cleanseth the Nurses and Suckling from the Itch and scabs; It helpeth Digestion, and begetteth a good Stomack, and soon bringeth a weak and sickly body to health. This Drink, is at two shillings six pence the Bottle, which conteineth a quart, and is to be taken (half a pinte at a time) in the Morning fasting made bloud warm, four Mornings together.

A Most precious Balsom for Man or Beast, for diseases and sores inward, and outward, of an incomparable vertue and efficaoy; which will speedily abate the raging pain of the Gout, Impostumations, or swelling pains in the Limbs or Joints, and Aches in the bones or sinews; by anointing the place grieved before a good fire, rubbing or chafing in the Balsom as hot as it can be suffered, Morning and Evening: It taketh away the dolour or pain in the head, neck, or shoulders, by anointing the same in like manner: It cureth wounds or sores, made by weapon or gun-shot, burnings, or scaldings, and Thistula's, or deep and crooked Ulcers; by applying the same Balsom warm with Lint into the sore, cleasing and washing the sore with Maligo wine, or pure VVhite-wine, warm.

This Balsom cureth Ruptures in old and young, being taken in time at the first appearing thereof in Maligo wine, and applied plaister-ways to the place grieved: It taketh away the Dead-palsie out of any Limb, being first bathed with Maligo wine, as hot as may be suffered, then dried and anointed with the Balsom hot rubbed in, with a warm hand.

This Balsom being warm applyed to a sore Breast, at the first coming, will take away the inflamation, and scattereth the humour, and keepeth the breast from breaking, and dissolveth the hard kernel, and abateth the raging pain in the breast; And if the breast be broken, and an Ulcer or Cancer in the same hapneth, this Balsom cureth, being applyed warm with Lint, and the sore washed with Maligo wine, warm.

This Balsom cureth the byting of a mad Dog, or sting of an Adder upon Man or beast, applyed warm with Lint to the place grieved, and keeping the sore from the ayr; And cureth all wounds in Man or beast speedy, and draweth out broken bones from the sore, applyed with Lint warm put into the sore.

This Balsom doth free the body from the infection of the Plague, by anointing the nosthrils therewith in a Morning, and cureth the plague Sores speedily, by applying the Balsom with Lint upon the sores, as hot as may be suffered.

This Balsom being taken in a Morning fasting, the quantity of three pease, in a Glass full of Maligo wine, abstaining from meat or drink four hours after, cureth the Cough of the Lungs, Impostumations in the stomack, Reines, or Kidneys, stoppeth the running of the Reins, or immoderat falling down of the Whites in women; It cureth the excoriation of the Yard, or Ulcer in the secret, being aptly applyed with Lint or pessary; And doth beget easie and quick deliverance, to women in travel of Childe-birth, by annointing the Muskles and Sinews near to the secret, at the time of Labour, or a little before.

This Balsom cureth the Scabs in the head, Hore-scurf, or Leprosie, and destroyeth Lice, being anointed therewith made warm, and the head close wrapped up in a Linnen Cap.

This Balsom draweth out a thorn, nail, or glass, out of the flesh, being applied thereto in Man or beast, and healeth the sore speedily; It cureth the Pole evil, mourning of the Chine, Scratching, and Thistula in a Horse, being aptly applied outward, as to other sores, and given inward half an ounce at a time, in a pinte of Maligo wine.

This Balsom healeth Kibed heals, Chaps, and Chilblains, taketh away Warts and Corns, and molifieth any hardness in the feet or hands, taketh away pimples or pushes in the face, cleanseth the skin, and maketh it cleer and beautiful, being anointed with the Balsom, and washed the next day with warm Wine, and rubbed with a skarlet Cloth. This Balsom is at two shillings six pence the Ounce, and may be kept for all uses, during a mans life.

A Most excellent Cordial-Drink; That restoreth a Decayed-body, even as seeming near to death, to become healthy, and lusty, and of long life, perfect sight, and fit for all abilities, procreation, and conception: This is four shillings the quart, the doss, half a pinte taken in the Morning fasting, or at going to Bed bloud warm, the like quantity.

These Drinks and Balsom here mentioned, have been approved for the several effects and vertues a long time successfully, and may be had at all times convenient, for the use they are directed for, and at the prises set down, fitted for cariage, and the Receipt of either or all of them (being approved of) may be had by any person of quality, upon reasonable conditions. At the Signe of the Black Grey-Hound, in Black-Fryers.

By J. H.

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A most excellent and rare drink, pleasant and profitable for young and old people, that may be administered at all times, ...

J. H.

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1650

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A87105

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Wing H75

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Thomason 669.f.15[47]

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ESTC R211974

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99870639

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99870639

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163121

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