My lady Nevels Surfit [surfeit] water

Title: My lady Nevels Surfit [surfeit] water
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A recipe for surfeit water (liquid medicine for indigestion).
Transcript: Rx as much Red popies as you Can well [illegible] in steep in 12 queurts of strong Ale. put to it 4 ounces of Anesseds 2 ounces of Coriander sedes 2 of Caraway. Raisens stoned, & figgs sliced of Each half a pound 4 ounces of liquorice sliced the seeds being Bruised let thm infuse 2 dayes & 2 Nights thn still it in an ordonery still
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Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; Le, Vincent
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.