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Anne Bayne booke [of recipes] circa 1700
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A most excellent Medicine against the Plague, from the London Journall - - - - - - - - - - - - Take 3 pints Muscadine Wine, boil in itt a handfull of Sage, as much Rue, till a pint is wasted, then strain itt & sett itt on the Fire again then putt therein [off?] Long Peper, Ginger & Nutmegs, [off?] each 1/3 ^[one third] of an ounce, beat all together into a fine powder \ lett itt boil a little then putt therein 2 oz ^[ounce] of Treackle, one ounce of mithridate & a quarter pint of Angelico water, desolve the Treakle & Mithridate in the Angelico Water before you putt them in____ Take off itt warm both Morning & Evening in the bed, a spoon full or Two if infected, [Sweat?] after itt, butt if not infected, a spoonfull a day is sufficient 1/2 in the morn & 1/2 in the Evening to prevent infection - - - - - - - - Keep this as your Life, above all wordly Treasures in the plague times, under God, trust to this, for there was never in a woman, or Child that itt receiv'd
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A most excellent Medicine against the Plague, from the London Journall - - - - - - - - - - - - Take 3 pints Muscadine Wine, boil in itt a handfull of Sage, as much Rue, till a pint is wasted, then strain itt & sett itt on the Fire again then putt therein [off?] Long Peper, Ginger & Nutmegs, [off?] each 1/3 ^[one third] of an ounce, beat all together into a fine powder \ lett itt boil a little then putt therein 2 oz ^[ounce] of Treackle, one ounce of mithridate & a quarter pint of Angelico water, desolve the Treakle & Mithridate in the Angelico Water before you putt them in____ Take off itt warm both Morning & Evening in the bed, a spoon full or Two if infected, [Sweat?] after itt, butt if not infected, a spoonfull a day is sufficient 1/2 in the morn & 1/2 in the Evening to prevent infection - - - - - - - - Keep this as your Life, above all wordly Treasures in the plague times, under God, trust to this, for there was never in a woman, or Child that itt receiv'd
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