A Closet for Ladies: Cordial Waters.

Aqua Coelestis.

TAke of Cinamon six ounces, Cloues one dram, Nutmegs one dram and a halfe, of Ginger two drams and a halfe, of Galingale one dram and a halfe, Cubebs two drammes, Calamus-roots one dram, all bruised and kept in paper: then take of Bettony and Sage-flowers, of each a handfull; Marjoram, Penniriall, of each a handfull, bruised likewise: then take of these powders, of Aromaticum Roseum three drams; Diambrae, Diamargariro frigidum, Diamescum dulce, of each a dram and a halfe: you must put all these into a gallon of spirit of wine, and steep them three dayes and three nights, shaking them well euery day, and then distill it in your Limbecks; and when it is distilled, you must hang half an ounce of Yellow Sanders, and twenty graines of Muske and Amber in it.

To make Cinamon water.

TAke one pound of the best Cinamon you can get: bruise it well, and put it into a gallon of the best Sack, and infuse it three daies and three nights, and then distill it as your Aqua Coelestis.

To make Doctor Steeuens water.

TAke of Rose-leaues on dram, Borage, Buglosse, Violets, and Rosemary-flowers, of each a dram and a halfe, Spikenard a dram, Cinamon a ounces, Ginger an ounce, Cloue & Nutmegs, of each half an ounce, Cardamons a dram and a half, Gallingale two drams, Cubebs a dram, Pepper three drams, Anniseeds, Carroway-seeds and Fennell, of each an ounce, Lignum Aloes half a dram, Corall and Pearl in fine powder of each one dram; bruise these, and put them in a pottle of Aqua-vitae, and a quart of Sacke, vsing it in euery respect as your Aqua-Coelestis.

To mak Balme-water.

TAke balme, dry three ounces, Time, Peneriall, of each an ounce, Cinamon foure ounces, a dram of Cardomus, Graines half an ounce, sweet Fennell-seeds an ounce, Nutmegs and Ginger, of each a dram, Galingale one ounce, Calamus and Cyprus, Cubebs and Pepper, of each two drams, of Caper-roots halfe a dram, of Diptamus one dram: bruise these things, and put them to a pottle of sack, and steepe them 24 hoares, and then vse it as the former waters.

Angelica water.

Take Cardus dry a handfull, Angelica roots three ounces, of Myrrh one dram, Nutmegs halfe an ounce, Cinamon, Ginger, of each foure ounces, Saffron one dram, & a halfe, Cardomons, Cubebs, Gallingale and Pepper, of each a quarter of an ounce, Mace two drams, Graines one dramme, Lignum aloes, Spikenard, Iuncus Odoratus, of each a dram; Sage, Borage, Buglosse, Violets and Rosemary flowers, of each half a handfull: bruise these, and steep them in a pottle of Sack twelue hourse, and distill it as the rest.

Rosa-solis.

TAke liquorice eight ounces, Anniseeds, Carroway, of each an ounce, Raisons stoned, Dates, of each 3. ounces, nutmegs, ginger, cinamon, Mace, of each halfe an ounce, Gallingale a quarter of an ounce, Cubebs one dram. Figs two ounces, Sugar foure ounces: bruise these, and distill it with a gallon of Aqua-vitae, as the rst: but when it is distilled, you must colour it with the herbe Kosatfolis, or else Alkanet root.

Wormwood water.

TAke of Wormewood two ounces and a halfe, Sage, Bittony & Rue, of each halfe a handfull, Rosemary tops a handfull, Cinamon 3. ounces, Nutmegs halfe and ounce, Cloues and Mace, of each halfe a dram, Ginger an ounce; Gallingale, Cubebs and Spikenard, of each a dramme and a halfe, of Scordium halfe a handfull: bruise these, and put them into a pottle of Sacke, and a pint of Aqua-vitae, and steepe them foure and twenty houres, and distill them as the rest.

From A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen. Or, the Art of Preserving, Conserving, and Candying. by John Haviland, London, 1627.