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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, [secundum artem] 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