The Herbs Ought To Be Distilled When

Such Roots As Are Soft, Your Best Way Is To Dry In The Sun, Or Else Hang Them Up In The Chimney Corner Upon A String; As For Such As Are Hard You May Dry Them Any Where.

If You Dry The Chestnut, Both The Barks Being Taken Away, Beat Them Into Powder And Make The Powder Up Into An Electuary With Honey, It Is A First-rate Remedy For Cough And Spitting Of Blood.

For God's Sake Build Not Your Faith Upon Tradition, 'tis As Rotten As A Rotten Post.

The Roots And Herbes Beaten And Put Into New Ale Or Beer And Daily Drunk, Cleareth, Strengtheneth And Quickeneth The Sight Of The Eyes.

The Herbs Ought To Be Distilled When They Are In Their Greatest Vigor, And So Ought The Flowers Also.