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it, stalk downwards. Then pnt the jug con–
taining this liquor into a tu.b of ice, and
when it has remai ned there one hour it is
fit
fur use. The balm and borage should be
fresh gathered.
P ER.RY CUP.
Merely substitute perry for cider.
dent."
Evcly11's Acetaria,
p. 13. " Boragc is one of
the four cordial flowers ; it comforts the heart, cheers
melancholy, and revives the fainting spirits."
Salmon'•
l/o1t;t/iold C11mpa11io11,
London, 1710. "llorage has the
credit of heing a great cordial ; throwing it into cold wine
is better than all the medicinal preparations."
Sir John
Hill, M.D.
'• The leaves, flowers, and seed of boragc, all or any
of them, arc good to expel pensiveness and melancholy. "
The E11"/i;/i Ph .,sicia11.
" B:im is ve;y good to help digestion and open obstruc.
lions of the brain, and hath so much purging quality in it,
as to expel those melancholy vapours from the spirits an<}
blood which are in the heart and arteries, although it
cannot do so in other parts of the boc.ly."
Ibid.