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A Book of Fruits and Flowers

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An Especiall Medicine for All Manner of Poyson

Take Hemp seed, dry it very well, and get off the husks, and beat the Hemp seed into fine powder, take Mintes also, dry them, and make them into powder, boyle a spoonfull of either of these in halfe a pint of Goats milk, a pretty while, then put the milk into a cup to coole, and put into it a spoonfull of Treacle, and stir them together till it be coole enough, then drink it in the morning fasting, and eat nothing till noon, or at least two hours; doe the like at night, and use it so three dayes, and it will kill and overcome any poyson.

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