Memento yt I tooke in Christmas holy days about St John unto the tenth of January Stewed peres 12 at a tyme or 8 wth ten or 12 sponefuls of there syrope onc a day & it wrought wth me in most excellent maner purging plentifully without any molestation or trouble almost to the quantity of a quart
Calendared note from MS Ashmole 233, f. 29r (bottom left part of page)

