Sentence:  For all faintness, hot agues, heavy fantasies and imaginations, a cordial was prepared in <WSD>tabulates</WSD>, which was called "Manus Christi": the true receipt required one ounce of prepared pearls to twelve of fine sugar, boiled with rose water, violet water, cinnamon water, "or howsoever one would have them." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A pill, a tablet.