The excellency and nature of the true spirit of wormwood: with its virtues and directions. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B22725 of text R231721 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B22725 Wing E3776A Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.112.f.9[127] ESTC R231721 ocm99888726

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 eng Advertising -- Drugs -- Early works to 1800. Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800. Medicine, popular -- Early works to 1800. Physicians -- England -- Early works to 1800. Wormwood -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The excellency and nature of the true spirit of wormwood: : with its virtues and directions. n/a 1675 1 506 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-03 Sampled and proofread 2014-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Excellency and Nature of the true Spirit of Wormwood : With its Virtues and Directions .

THis Spirit of Wormwood , being Rightly prepared , hath many Excellent and Hidden virtues , which I thought fit to make known for the Publick good : there is not any Herb that grows that is a greater friend to the Stomach than Wormwood ; it is of a predominant Quality , for the Cure of these following Distempers ; which may be acknowledged by those that have experienced the same , ( viz. ) This Spirit of Wormwood , expells wind very powerfully , removes any pain in the Stomach , though of a long continuance , Stiches in the side , and disperseth Melancholy water , that hinders digestion ; this Spirit is of a singular good quality to strengthen a weak stomach , to restore a lost Appetite ; This Spirit gives warmth , and opens Obstructions , both of Liver and Spleen , cleanseth the Reins and Bladder , Killeth Worms , purgeth Choller , a present Remedy for Agues , if timely taken ; prevents any Surfeits , good against the Yellow-Jaundies , Sweetneth the Breath . Now this Spirit of Wormwood which is here Commended for Publick use , is nothing else but the true Central and Physical part of that incomparable Vegetable , purely abstracted from its gross Body , and diligently prepar'd , according to the best Rules of Art. This Spirit is subject to no Corruption or Decay , being close stopped , it will Keep and Retain its Virtue from Age to Age .

Directions for the Taking of it .

Take of this Spirit in the morning 40 , 50 , or 60 drops in a draught of Rhenish-Wine , White-wine , Bear or Ale , which you please ; likewise I shall advise all Persons , that go to Drink Epsom , Tunbridge and Barnet Waters , to be provided with this Spirit of Wormwood ; which they will find very Beneficial to correct the Windiness and Rawness of the Waters by the taking of this Spirit every Morning ; in the first Draught you take , put in some of the drops , for they are very Cordial next the Heart , and causeth the Waters to work more Effectually than before , and give a good Appetite , and a Speedy Digestion , take away all pains of the Stomach , by the Warmth and strength it Receives from its Excellent Virtues .

The price is 18. a Bottle sealed .

Sold by Mr. Billingsley at the Printing-press in Corn-hill , Mr. Milward at the entrance into Westminster-Hall , Mr. Shirley under St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street , Mr. Harrison at Lincolns-Inn-gate in Chancery-Lane , Mr. Heyrick at Grays-Inn-gate in Holbourn , Mr. Blagrave at the Printing-press in Little-Brittain . By Mrs. Nevill , Milliner ; a Widdow : next door to the Ship near the great North door of St. Pauls Church .