CHAP. L.Of Ros Solis.
TheRos Solis or Sun-dew, from whence this Cordial Water has its Name, is a small low Plant, with a fibrous Root, from whence spring small round hollowish Leaves, on Foot stalks about an Inch long, covered and fringed with short red Hairs, which give a red Cast to the whole Leaf. It grows in champaign and mossy Grounds, in a pale red Moss, and flowers inMay.
Take of Ros Solis picked clean, four Pounds; Cinnamon, Cloves, and Nutmegs, of each three Ounces and a Half; Marigold-flowers one Pound; Caraway-seeds ten Ounces; Proof Spirit ten Gallons, and of Water three Gallons. Distil with a pretty brisk Fire, till the Faints begin to rise. Then take of Liquorice Root sliced Half a Pound; Raisins stoned two Pounds; red Saunders Half a Pound; digest these three Days in two Quarts of Water, and strain out the clear Liquor, in which dissolve three Pounds of fine Sugar, and mix it with the Spirit drawn by Distillation.
Take Ros Solis clean picked three Pounds; Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves, and Cinnamon, the Seeds of Caraway and Coriander of each three Ounces; Ginger, the lesser Cardamom, Zedoary, and Calamus Aromaticus, of each one Ounce; Cubebs and yellow Saunders of each Half and Ounce; red Saunders three Ounces; red Rose Leaves dried three Handfuls. Proof Spirit ten Gallons; digest the whole six Days in a Vessel close stoped, and then strain off the clear Liquor, and dulcify it with fine Sugar.
Or,
Take Ros Solis picked three Pounds; Cinnamon and Nutmegs, Caraway and Coriander-seeds, of each three Ounces; Cloves,Mace, and Ginger, of each one Ounce and a Quarter; Cubebs, Cardamoms, Zedoary, and Calamus Aromaticus, of each Half an Ounce; red Roses dried three Ounces; Liquorice Root sliced, six Ounces; Raisins stoned one Pound and a Half; Cochineal and Saffron, of each three Drams; digest the whole eight Days in ten Gallons of Proof Spirits; strain off, and dulcify as before.
Take of damask Roses, Orange-flowers, Lilies of the Valley, and Jasmine-flowers, of each two Pounds and a Half; Cinnamon five Ounces; Cloves three Drams: Put these Ingredients into an Alembic, with four Gallons and a Half of Water, and draw off three Gallons, with a moderate Fire; to this Water add seven Gallons of Proof Spirit, in which a Dram of Cochineal and two Drams of Saffron has been infused; dulcify with fine Sugar, and run the whole through the filtrating Bag.
All these different Kinds of Ros Solis are excellent Cordials, good in all Depressions of the Spirits, Nauseas, and paralytic Disorders.