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more to fortify the part & if you find in the time of applying the remedy that any more Fistulas do appear, be not afraid at all, but be much pleas'd for the Remedy doth make them appear wch. [which] before were not perceiveable, so all of them do heal up as well as if there had been but one & perfect sound.
An Elixir for the Cholick & Stone
Take of Elecompane roots, sliced thin, of anniseeds, coriander seeds, senna, goacum, Jure [June] berries of each 2 ounces, Raisons of ye [the] Sun Stoned one pound, put all these into a Stone or Glass bottle that will hold a Gallon or more; adding to ye former ingredients 3 quarts & a pint of the smallest aqua vitae, or the like quantity of the Strong Aquavitae & water mixed together, stop up the bottle Close & Let it Stand in a Cellar 4 days; Stirring it twice a day after that tis fit to drink, but best of all when it has stood 3 weeks, then Strain it & keep it for use.
The Vertues of it & quantity to be taken.
Take 4 or 5 spoonfulls just before you go to bed, & as many the next morning as soon as you awake, fast after it 2 hours, it purgeth very gently,