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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,
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The use of the term "ye" to mean "the" derives from Early Modern English, in which "the" was written þe, employing the Old English letter thorn, ⟨þ⟩. With the arrival of movable type printing, the substitution of ⟨y⟩ for ⟨Þ⟩ became ubiquitous, leading to the common "ye", as in "Ye Olde Curiositie Shoppe". A major reason for this was that ⟨y⟩ existed in the blackletter types that William Caxton and his contemporaries imported from Belgium and the Netherlands, while ⟨Þ⟩ did not. The connection became less obvious after the letter thorn was discontinued in favor of the digraph ⟨th⟩.