CHAP. VI.Of Citron Water.
TheCitron is an agreeable Fruit resembling a Lemon in Colour, Smell and Taste. The Inside is white, fleshy and thick, containing but a small Quantity of Pulp, in Proportion to the Bigness of the Fruit.
Take of dry yellow Rinds of Citron four Pounds, clean Proof Spirit ten Gallons and a Half, Water one Gallon, digest the whole twenty-four Hours with a gentle Heat;draw off ten Gallons, with a gentle Fire; or, which is much better, in Balneum Mariæ, and dulcify it with fine Sugar to your Palate.
Or,
Take of dry yellow Rinds of Citrons three Pounds, of Orange-peel two Pounds, Nutmegs bruised three Quarters of a Pound; digest, draw off, and dulcify as before.
This is one of the most pleasant Cordials we have; and the Addition of the Nutmegs, in the second Receipt, increases its Virtue as a Cephalic and Stomachic.