s exquisite work _de morb. capitis, cap. 31. de
mel._ sets a special receipt of his own, which, in his practice [4265]"he
fortunately used; because it is but short I will set it down."

"[Symbol: Rx]. Syrupe de pomis [Symbol: Ounce]ij, aquae borag.
[Symbol: Ounce]iiij. Ellebori nigri per noctem infusi in ligatura 6
vel 8 gr. mane facta collatura exhibe."

Other receipts of the same to this purpose you shall find in him. Valescus
admires _pulvis Hali_, and Jason Pratensis after him: the confection of
which our new London Pharmacopoeia hath lately revived. [4266]"Put case"
(saith he) "all other medicines fail, by the help of God this alone shall
do it, and 'tis a crowned medicine which must be kept in secret."

"[Symbol: Rx]. Epithymi semunc. lapidis lazuli, agarici ana [Symbol:
Ounce]ij. Scammnonii. [Symbol: Dram]j, Chariophillorum numero, 20
pulverisentur Omnia, et ipsius pulveris scrup. 4. singulis
septimanis assumat."

To these I may add _Arnoldi vinum Buglossalum_, or borage wine before
mentioned, which [4267]Mizaldus calls _vinum mirabile_, a wonderful wine,
and Stockerus vouchsafes to repeat verbatim amongst other receipts. Rubeus
his [4268]compound water out of Savanarola; Pinetus his balm; Cardan's
_Pulvis Hyacinthi_, with which, in his book _de curis admirandis_, he
boasts that he had cured many melancholy persons in eight days, which
[4269]Sckenkius puts amongst his observable medicines; Altomarus his syrup,
with which [4270]he calls God so solemnly to witness, he hath in his kind
done many excellent cures, and which Sckenkius _cent. 7. observ. 80._
mentioneth, Daniel Sennertus _lib. 1. part. 2. cap. 12._ so much commends;
Rulandus' admirable water for melancholy, which _cent. 2. cap. 96._ he
names _Spiritum vitae aureum, Panaceam_, what not, and his absolute
medicine of 50 eggs, _curat. Empir. cent. 1. cur. 5._ to be taken three in
a morning, with a powder of his. [4271]Faventinus _prac. Emper_. doubles
this number of eggs, and will have 101 to be taken by three and three in
like sort, which Sallust Salvian approves _de red. med. lib. 2. c. 1._ with
some of the same powder, till all be spent, a most excellent remedy for all
melancholy and mad men.

"[Symbol: Rx]. Epithymi, thymi, ana drachmas duas, sacchari albi
unciam unam, croci grana tria, Cinamomi drachmam unam; misce, fiat
pulvis."

All these yet are nothing to those [4272]c