CHAP. 56. How to make a good water againſt the Plague or Surfeite.

Take Red ſage, Celendine Roſemary, Herbgraſs Wormwood Mugwort, Pimpernell, Dragons, Scabius Tyromony, Roſaſolis, and Balm, of each of theſe a handfull or like quantity by weight, waſh and ſwing them in a linnen cloth, ſhred them and put them into a galon of white wine with a quarter of an ounce of Gentian roots, and of Angelica roots the like quantity let it ſtand two days and two nights cloſe covered and diſtill it at your pleaſure that glaſs in which you keep it be ſtopt very cloſe.