I would certainly be remiss if I did not give credit where credit was due.

Take the pulp of Coloquintida ℥jſs, Agaric, Scamony, a. ℥j, black Hellebore ℥ij, Powder of Diarrhodon Abbatis ℥ſs, Aloes ſuccatrine ℥x. Bruiſe the black Hellebore, chop the pulp of Coloquintida, put them together into a Bolts-head, and pour upon them good Spirit of Wine, to four fingers height, ſtop well the mouth of the Bolts-head, and in another put the Powder of Diarrhodon Abbatis apart, and pour thereon alſo Spirit of Wine to the ſame height; chop alſo the Agaric, and bruiſe the Scamony, and put on them an excellent Spirit of Wine, which may extract their Roſinous ſubſtance;

… into the Century Ensuing with a third less shine Of Light and Life to th'Entery Of the next fearfull woe which in its time Should follow to beglory Truth Divine.

A false step, and once in the water, that would be the end, with no possible chance of escape.