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Calcines, the later likewise he makes very pure, these 2 he unites & digests, till the Menstruum & all become a red <precipitate>[in Boyle hand], then he draws of all the Menstruum & puts it againe upon the Caput mortuum, <these whi>[replacing 'both'] he digests the 2d time till all [ 'the' deleted] become['o' altered from 'a'] red the same Prossesse he reitulats till the 5th 6th or 7th time onely the last time when the menstruum is become red he draws <it>[in Boyle hand] not of <but leaves the whole præcipitate>[in Boyle hand], this medicine he rubs with his finger upon the Palme of his hand, & gives of it one graine or 2 for a Dose,

7 My Lady Wilmots medicine for <the> stoppage <of>[replacing 'the', Boyle hand] urine is this, Take the shells of the blackest of those snailes that weare them, beat & searse them to an impalpable powder; of which give in a Cup of white wine, as much as will lye upon a shillinge, this she boasts of, as of a certaine remedy

8 Collonell Hill highly extolls, <in> the Iliaca passio a <great>, draught of the patients owne urine,

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Octob. 3

9 Sir K: D: Arcanum['A' altered from 'the'] against the Pox transcribed verbatim after the Manuscript he gave me written with his owne hand, <A>[replacing 'and', Boyle hand] most assured and tried secret, that Cures all sorts of french Pox, be they never soe Malignant, in 3 weeks or at most a month,

{Recipe} Sarsaperilla, sena ana {ounce} ii.
Turbith, Hermodactils ana {drachm} iii.
Bertonica (the r I thinke should be left out) Cardus sanctus herba ina artetica (Camapitheos) ana {drachm} i 1/2.
Species aromatic rosat {drachm} i 1/2.
Ginger {drachm} i 1/2.

Beat all these things into powder & make an Electuary, s: A: with a pound of Spanish Virgin honey first well Claryfyed,

Let the patient take about an Ounce of it every morninge & fasteinge or more or lesse accordinge to the Dispotion of his body soe as it may give him 3 stooles a day but every 7th: or 8th: day he must purge with some Convenient Pill or potion to carry away & sweepe cleane what the Electuary ripeneth & draws together,

Whilest he take the Electuary he may goe abroad soe as he takes noe cold, & use on ordinary