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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35936	A precious treasury of twenty rare secrets most necessary, pleasant, and profitable for all sorts of people / published by Signier Francisco Dickinson ...	Dickinson, Francisco.	1649 (1649)	Wing D1387; ESTC R15168	4,091	9

A Precious TREASURY OF TWENTY Rare SECRETS Most Necessary Pleasant and Profitable for all sorts of People PUBLISHED BY Signier FRANCISCO DICKINSON an Expert Operator and presumed to as good as any the best in all Europe LONDON Printed for the Author whose skill is Approved 1649. The Contents of this Book THe first Secret is how to make make Haire grow The second how to write Letters either ●lack Blew or Green without Penne or Inke The third how to write Letters of Secrets Severall wayes that can be read by none without this instruction following The fourth how any that in necessity are troubled with Lice or Vermine may destroy them suddenly The fifth how to make a Horse to have a good hoofe The sixth how to make Wine to be odoriferous The seventh how to make strong Vineger The eighth how to make haire of any colour to become black The ninth how to make a Candle to burn in water and to endure a long time The tenth how to keep Wine from souring The eleaventh how to ripen Musmelions and such other fruit before their season The twelfth how to clear your feet from all sweat The thirteenth how to take out spots of greace or Oyle The fourteenth how to keep meat a long time fresh without salt The fifteenth how to make a Powder that will make good Inke in an Instant The sixteenth how to cure the Ague The seventeenth how to appeaze the paine of the Tooth-ache The eighteenth how to make haire to grow where there is none The ninete●nth how to make a most pleasing and wholsome messe of broth for a sicke body The twentieth how to make ones hands and face smooth and fair I. How to make hair to grow TAke half a pound of Aqua Mellis in the spring time of the year warm a little of it every morning when you rise in a sauser or such a thing and tie a little spunge to a fine Box Comb and dip it in the said water and therewith moisten the very roots of your hair in combing it and it will grow long thick and curled in a very short space II. How to write letters either Black Blew Red or Green without Pen or Inke Take the ashes of burned paper with a little Sallet-oyl and mingle it like a thick Ointment then take paper warm it a little by the fire and annoint it over with the foresaid Ointment and when you would write lay this anointed side of your Paper upon a clean sheet of Paper then take a peece of any strong wier or a little stick smooth and small at the end then write therewith upon the said Paper and it will appear most plainly upon the white Paper If you would have your letters blew take Indigo if green Verdigreace III. How to write letters of secrets severall wayes that can be read by none without this instruction following Take fine Allom beat it small and put a reasonable quantity of it into a little water then write with the said water the which writing cannot be read but by steeping your Paper aftetwards in fair water You may likewise write with Vinegar or the juyce of a Lemon or of an Onyon then when you would read the same you must heat your Paper against the fire Moreover if you will anoynt a piece of Paper with Candlegreace and lay it upon an other white Paper then write thereon next open your Paper asunder and strew a little Powder upon your Paper and whatsoever colour you Powder be of your writing will appear of the same colour IV. How any that in necessity are troubled with Lice or any other Vermin may destroy them suddenly Take Laurell Oyle half an ounce three penniworth of Quick Silver mingle them well and anoint therewith the places where you have most Vermin and you shall suddenly be clear from all such things V. How to make a Horse to have a good hoof Take Cowdung and Chimney soot mingle them beat them and apply them to the Horse his hoofs and bind it on with some course thing and it will do the effect VI How to make Wine to be Odoriferous Stick a Lemond or an Orange full of Cloaves then fusten itto the inside of the Barrell in such sort that it touch not the Wine then stop your vessel very well that the Odour go not forth and it will be excellent VII How to make strong Vineger Take Gooseberries and wild Mulberries when they are green dry them beat them into Powder and then make a paste of them with strong Vineger of which you shall make little round Balls then take your wine and boyl all together and it will prove excellent good Vineger VIII How to make haire of any colour to become black Take a little Aqua fortis put there in a groat or six pence according to the quantity of the foresaid water then set both to dissolve before the fire Lastly dip a little Spunge in the said water and wet your beard or haire therewith but touch not the skin IX How to make a Candle burn in water and endure a long time Take a Candle and stick at the bottom of it as much Lead as will make it stand upright in a paile of water and not sink and the Can●le will endure burning therein a long time X. How to keep Wine from sowring Tie a piece of very salt Bacon on the inside of your barrell so as it touch not the Wine in so doing your Wine wil never sowre XI How to ripen muskmelons and such other fruit before their season You must plant them in dry weather and once every third or fourth day water them with warm water and so they will be ripe before their season XII How to clear your feet from sweat Take the fi●ings of Pins otherwayes called Pin-dust put a lit●le thereof in●o your shoes or Boots and it will keep your feet clear from sweat XIII How to take out spots of Oyl or Greace Take the bones of Sheeps feet burn them almost to ashes then bruise them to Powder and put of it upon your spots and lay all before the Sunne when it shines hottest when the Powder becomes black lay on fresh in the place till it suck out the spots which is done in very short time XIV How to keep Meat fresh and sweet a long time without salt Put your Meat in Flower Meale or Bran and therein it will keep fresh and sweet a long time or else cast beaten Coriander seed and Vinegar on it and it will doe the same XV How to ma●e a Powder that will make good Ink in an instant Take Roman Vitrioll and Copperas as much of the one as of the other beat this into powder mingle it and put of it into a little water and on the present it will be very good Ink likewise if you strew of the same Powder upon white paper and write thereon with a little faire water the letters will appear presently black XVI How to cure the