THough I have not the impudence to brag of great Travels , long Journeys , many Voyages , and what Wonders I have done beyond Sea ; nor am ambitious to shew large Parchments , Broad-Seals , &c. nor sinistrously covetous of popu●●● Applause ; yet modesty will justly allow me so much confidence , 〈◊〉 to tell the World , that I have ( for these many years ) been my own Physician and Patient , my Education and Learning correspon●●●● to my condition of Body , which from my Infancy being unhealthy , prompted me to a serious and continual study of Physic , which by the blessing of God upon my own Industry , I have improved to that degree , that having freed my self from many infirmities that long troubled , or rather opprest me , I have been willing to communicate freely to others what I chargeably practised upon my s●lf , for having been long , often , and vehemently afflicted with the Gra●el and Stone ; I tryed many Experiments that gave some case to me ( and afterwards proved beneficial also to my ●●iends and Neighbours ; and at length Providence put into my ●●●d the Description and Preparation of an Excellent Liquor ●obtained of an Eminent Person ) by which alone , with Gods ●●●ssing , I have recovered , and do enjoy so much Health ; that whereas formerly , for many years , I could neither ride nor walk without great pains , and very bloody Urines , as is well known to all that knew me , I can now do both ; and have since recom●●●ded it to many Friends , which hath been found by all that ●●v … a most Sovereign Remedy for most distempers they used 〈◊〉 fo● : But after some time , I understood that one Mr. Anthony D●●● had exposed the same to public Sale , which at first I did won●●● at ▪ but resolving to make a narrow scrutiny in it , I traced it till 〈◊〉 … tred in the same Author with me : Whereupon several times ●o●sulting with my self , and some good Friends , knowing the real worth of the Thing , and the just reputation it hath got in several place under the Title of Elixer Salutis ; I thought it my Duty , both for my own and the Common Good , to make it more public , by ●●tti●g it out at a more reasonable rate : That so many of the mean●● sort which labour under several Distempers , may more easily attain to a Remedy . I do sell the same for quantity and quality com●●●●ded of the same Ingredients ( and certainly more exactly prepared ) at five shillings the pint in the Countrey which he s●●●● for six , and so proportionably to greater or lesser Bottles . I told you in my first Impression , that it was very probable that self-interest would prompt Mr. D●ffy to calumniate me as an Impostor and a Counterfeiter of his Drink ; and like Diara's Crafts-men , would not scruple to vilifie another man ( by whom his gain is pared off ) to stitch up his own Reputation . And indeed I was not mistaken ; but he hath done it so pitifully , that all understanding persons admire at the folly of it , especially that he should have no more wit than to confess the Receit in his idle Pamphlet ; only he tells you what great alterations he hath made in it by his great Reading and Studies . A very wonderful thing ! that such an illiterate Fellow should be able to add to such an Excellent Receit ! Will not all persons stand amazed at such a sudden Metamorphosis of Modulus into Medicus , of an Awl into an Urinal , &c. knowing that Nemo repente fuit doctissimus ; but if this great Student have made any alteration , whether or no he hath not made it worse , I leave others to judge . I shall not further trouble my self with his impertinencies , let him say what he pleas●s : For my own part , I am so well known to most persons of Quality ; and others of good Repute in the Countrey where I live , and by many worthy Citizens of London , that my Person is above the prejudice of any malicious or detracting Tongue , where I am known ; and where I am not known , let the drink plead for it self and me . And that which is called the Elixir Salutis , that it is the same with mine , I affirm ; and for the Truth thereof , I appeal to any judicious person who will but try them both , and I will abide by his impartial Censure . And there are several considerable persons already both in the City and Country so well satisfied in it , that they have left off all others , and do now wholly stick to the use of min● ▪ and for others that through opinion or meer fansie esteem any thing the better because it is dearer ( as some such there may b●● I shall desire them but to try before they pass Censure on me or my Cordial , which is but just ; otherwise they are but vain and rash ; but I hope I shall not meet with many such ; and if any do it through ignorance , I would have them remember the proverb , Ne sutor ultra crepidam ; which , lest those ignorant ones ( if any such shall be ) should not understand , it is in English , Shooemaker , meddle not with any thing beyond your Last .

This Cordial is of so transcendent a Virtue that scarce any Internal Distemper ( of whatsoever Nature whether Acute or Chronical , Continual or Periodical , Simple or Complicated , proceeding f●o● whatsoever Cause either Occult , or known by the name of any of the First , Second or Third Qualities , ) can escape its force and … a●y ; and among all that have had it of me , I have not known two persons disappointed in their Expectations : But the Constitutio●s of persons are so different , that it is impossible the same Dose should serve all people ; therefore something must be left to the dis●●●tion of those that use it , supposing them to know the temper of their own Bodies : Therefore where three spoonfuls is prescribed , if t●e patient be laxative and easie to be wrought upon , such may be●●● with one or two spoonfuls , and increase the Dose as they see occasion ; and others that are costive , and of strong Bodies , may take 〈◊〉 spoonfuls ; but however , it is so gentle and safe in its operatation , that no great Error can be committed in the taking of it ; and it hath this rare property contrary to most Physic , that it leaves the Body in a good condition , without a binding quality after it . But I shall give those Directions that were communicated to me , together with the description of the Cordial , and which I have found by experience to be most beneficial upon several persons that have had it of me , as I could give an Instance by setting down the Names of hundreds ; and I am well assured , that not any one that makes tryal of it , will repent it . But I shall not give the Reader so much trouble . But to satisfie the world that Daffy hath abused me , I have set down the Names of several persons of good quality , most of them ●●ve had the tryal of both ; but finding most benefit by mine , have done me that favour as to give me le●ve to insert their Names , viz. 〈◊〉 Nicolas Carew of Beddington in S●rrey , Dr. Laurence Womock , 〈◊〉 Deacon of S●f●●●● ; Edw. Har●y of Adston in Northamptonshire , ●●q J●●n Highlord at M●●●am , Esq ; B ●r . Det●●●k Esq ; Will . Maddox of Thurnham in Kent , Esq ; Mr. Thomas Bret at Romny , Mr. Edw. Mason 〈◊〉 Gr●●●send in Kent , Mr. John Law , Mr. John Crisp , and Mr. Tho. M●riam at Maidstone in Kent . Mr. Will . Godfry at Thurnham in Kent , Mr. R●b . Maddox at Summers-Key , Mr. Mat. White in St. Thomas Apo●t●●● . Mr. Hen. Alford at the Rose and Crown in Grace Church-street .

Now I hasten to the particular Direction , wherein I shall not put t●e Readers Intellectuals upon the Rack with a multitude of crabbed w●●ds pickt from others ( my former Industry having freed me from ●●y necessity of soaring with borrowed wings ) nor shall I ransack t●● pathological part of Physic to trouble them in every Paragraph 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 particular enumeration either of Symptoms or Signs Dia●n●stic ; It were a superfluous vanity , but shall satisfie my self and them with a brief , yet full declaration of what I know most material and beneficial to them , and that in plain and familiar terms ; for Ornari res ipsa negat , contenta doceri .