Sentence:  The Oyle ſerueth in many operations, and ſpecially in all colde diſeaſes, if they be inwardly, give thereof euerye morning one <WSD>ſcruple</WSD> to drinke, and if they be outward annoynt. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, in England about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).