| Title: | Letter, Sir Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib |
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| Dating: | undated |
| Ref: | 13/323A-B |
[13/323A]
Mr Hartlib;
I haue sente you the drinke for the stone, &heere inclosed the receipte; vpon Tryall you will it (in relation to what is paste) very diureticall &(in relation to the future) very comfortable to the stomacke &a strenghtener of digestion the wante whereof is the originall not onely of this [letters deleted] but of most other obstructions; I heartily wishe it may doe you as muche good as it hathe done to many others, its beinge soe diureticall hathe proued to some a tormente beinge taken in the midste of the feste; from others it hathe forced the stone &beene a present remedy; I thowght good to premise thus muche that from the knowledge of your selfe you may vse your discretion in applyinge it;
The Prince Electors arriuall startles some of the Kings party, &his lodging at Whitehall (thowgh but a circum-
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stance) may perhaps to some kinde of spirits seeme a kinde of omen, For my owne parte I am noe obseruer of suche things or of