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ther. The Fire ought therefore tohave as litttle fhare herein as pofli-ble: for in boiling thofe Syrupswhich have a double quantity ofSugar allow'd to that oí the Liquor,if the Diflblution is not by a verygentle Heat, the Fire will carry offfo much, as not to leave a Sufficien-cy to keep the Particles of Sugarfrom fuch a near approach, as willdraw them into mutual Contact;Thar is, afee* the Syrup comes toHand fome time, it will candy,which is quite out of the Intentionof the Medicine. In Syrups madeof acid orauftere Juices, as thofe ofLemons, Raff berries, &uinces, and thelike; the Sugar is muct more inclin-able todo ib, as the Particles of íuchJuices are more apt to favour fuchInt'icoaiies, by their naturalDifpo-fitions to draw and be drawn intothem with the Sugar. In the mak-ing therefore of ail fuch Medicines,it ;s much 6curer to diflb'.ve theSugar gradually in the Juice, by put-ting m li'tle at a time and freçuenltyftiniiig it ; for without the help ofany Heat at all they will in time dif-foive Sugar enough to render 'em ofa due Confiftence : and ihere is thisfarther Advantage in this Method,that the fame which prevents its run-ning into Candy, by preferving themore fluid and volatile Parts, pre-ferves likewilè in a much greater de-gree the natural Flavour of the Juiceof which the Syrup is made, becauièin boiling it flies off with the Steam.In this way indeed, if the Juice isnot duly iupply'd'till it is fully fated,and will diffolveno more, it will beapt to corrupt and be fpoil'd in theother Extreme ; but this is eafilyprevented with Care.

In boiling up like wife thofe Sy-rups to a Conliftency, which havenot lb great a Proportion of Sugarillow'd them, in regard to the Li-

quor when firfr. mix'd; if they beboii'd too high, as it is generallycall'd, the Particles of Sugar havingnot Fluid enough left to keep themat a iùfHcient diftance from eachother, they will attract one another,and run into Candy. This likewifeipoils many of the Confections, wherethere are not Species or Pouders e-" nough to prevent fuch Contacts andCohefious.

And here it may not be amifs topremiiè a word or two in general,with relation to all thofe Electuarieswhich have thiee fourths of Honeyor thereabouts, in their Composi-tion. The Honey is order'd to becjarify'doi derpumatcd, and it is theuiiiai Practice oí .he Shops foto do;which is o diablve it over the Fire,and continue the Heat till ir throwsup a large Scum, which.is takenoff, and the Remainder left trans-parent. By this means under aNotion of taking away ionic Im-purities from the Honey, it is di-verted of thofe Parts which werenecefiary to keep it fom «.andying.For l- y commuai Experience it isfound how v;i y powerful the Partsof Honey are, ¡n attracting on«another; therefore unlefs they bemuch divided by other Bodies, theywill run together : fo that Ly this-Error it often happens, that tholeMedicines which have fo much ofthis in their Compoiition , are îpoil'dby candying, and even the capitalones, as Venice-Treacle, Mithridate,&c. Therefore to keep thofe Me-dicines fmooîh, and in a due Con-fidence, which is always a greatpart of their Excellency; it is muchmore proper not to clarify the Ho-ney at all, but melt it only juif, enoughto admit of a Mixture withthe Spe-cies. In which Management theywill never be found to candy. Forthis purpefe indeed Care muft betakenj