To Preserve a Man
by Mr Thomston of York

Set him in the Sunshine of a Court till his volatile Spirits are Evaporated,
Take his Reason and place it under a Shade, till it is perfectly cool consult 
the Herbal to find in a proper Soul an armfull of the following Spring Flowers 
Youth, Beauty & Chearfullness than take two Summer plants Occoromy and 
Serenity, mix these well together with an Equal Quantity of self denial 
and desiresick, when your Man is fitly prepared add these 
Ingredients to him, & set him in a Quiet place till they are all Incorporated together 
and you will find he is completeatly preserved.