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7. [. . .] Take the leaves or roots of five finger and brambles and the roots of strawberys and planten, boyle them in water, straine them out and put to it a litle hony and gargle the mouth and throte and swallow a litle of it 2 or 3 or 4 times a day as hott as may be. 8. For the bloudy flux Stone horses livers dried in an oven being heat for houshould bread, made into powder and given a spoonfull at a time in milk. 9. For the overflowing of the menstruis Take the fine red powder of sumak as much as will ly on a shilling at twice in good wine, tent wine if it be to be had. Doe this once or twice or 3 times if need be. It have don great cures.

10. [. . .] Take ʒ iii of [antimony] make it to very fine pouder, put it into a strong [crucible] and put to it as much rectified spirit of wine as will cover the [antimony] a finger's bredth. Then fitt a tile to the mouthe of the [crucible] and lute it well with potter's earth and sett it in hot ashes 12 howers then crease the fire till it be all red hott then will the [antimony] be turned red. If the preparation be not to your mind, you may repeat this operation 2 or 3 times. The dose is from 1 graine to 10 or 12: This is Capt Barefoot’s panacea. 11. For a Spraine Take stronge bere, este and honye of equall quantyty and boyle them to the consistanty of honye and so aply it hott to the place greeved.

Apothecary weights

Apothecary Symbols

*see abbreviations below table

Symbol Name TR (*) ME (*)
lb, li, libr. libra, pound apothecary's pound 373.243 g
ss semis half half
uncia, ounce, unce apothecary's ounce 31.103 g
Q quarta quart between 0.95 and 1.16 liters
dragma, dram dram 3.888 g
G grana, grain grain 0.065 g (65 mg)
A ana of each one of each one
lb ss libr. semi half an apothecary's pound 186.623 g
ss semuncia half an apothecary's ounce 15.552 g

Name = Name in Text

TR = Translation

ME = Modern Equivalent (approx.; in grams and liters)