Illustration — a stand-in until there's a photo of the real thing.
Source The Closet Of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digby Kt. Opened, 1677, cited in A Boke of Gode Cookery: Beverages by Hugh (James L. Matterer) — original
Ingredients
a pound of Rue
Rosemary, Sage, Sorrel, Celandine, Mugwort, the tops of red Brambles, Pimpernel, Wild-draggons, Arimony, Balm, Angelica, of each a pound
White-wine to cover
Method
Take a pound of Rue, of Rosemary, Sage, Sorrel, Celandine, Mugwort, of the tops of red Brambles, of Pimpernel, Wild-draggons, Arimony, Balm, Angelica, of each a pound.
Put these Compounds in a pot, fill it with White-wine above the herbs, so let it stand four days.
Then still it for your use in a Limbeck.
Notes
All-herb plague preventative distilled from white wine.
This recipe predates 1700 and is quoted from its original printed source. Spelling is left exactly as printed.
