An Acid Electuary.
Take Conserve of Wood Sorrel 1 ounce and half; conserve of red Roses and of Hips, each 1 ounce; Syrup of Violets half an ounce; Oil of Vitriol as much as serves to give it a grateful Tartness, mix.
See refrigerating Julep, with which it vies for Virtues.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710