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Recipe 62-65

62 To Heal a burn without a Scar
Take Golden Saxafrage w'ch shou'd be pull'd in March or
April & Hog's grease, [bath?] [ye?] part & dip a fine rag & lay upon it.
Virgins wax and Sweet Oyl is good for the same.
63 To Forward Labour
The Gall and Liver of an Eel dry it and beat it to powder 
Sift it and drink in any thing you like
64 Syrrup of Saffron
To a quar: of an oz: of safron, put half a pint of aniseed water 
Steep it two Months, then strain it hard out & put to it half a pint of Burrage or Angelico water & boyl it to a syrrup
65 All sorts of syrrups
To any [Juice?] a pound of sugar to a pint of [Juice?] being made 
Double, melt ye Sugar in a Skillet; boyl & skim it
To flowers or herbs, pick & cut em & stamp em, & to 4 oz
of either, put [3?] oz: of water, boyl 'em in a double pot 4
hours, [yn?] strain em out & weigh ye [Juice?], take ye same 
Weight in Sugar melt it down in ye same pot & 
it will [Shin?]

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62 To Heal a burn without a Scar Take Golden Saxafrage w'ch shou'd be pull'd in March or April & Hog's grease, [bath?] [ye?] part & dip a fine rag & lay upon it. Virgins wax and Sweet Oyl is good for the same. 63 To Forward Labour The Gall and Liver of an Eel dry it and beat it to powder Sift it and drink in any thing you like 64 Syrrup of Saffron To a quar: of an oz: of safron, put half a pint of aniseed water Steep it two Months, then strain it hard out & put to it half a pint of Burrage or Angelico water & boyl it to a syrrup 65 All sorts of syrrups To any [Juice?] a pound of sugar to a pint of [Juice?] being made Double, melt ye Sugar in a Skillet; boyl & skim it To flowers or herbs, pick & cut em & stamp em, & to 4 oz of either, put [3?] oz: of water, boyl 'em in a double pot 4 hours, [yn?] strain em out & weigh ye [Juice?], take ye same Weight in Sugar melt it down in ye same pot & it will [Shin?]