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A01943	The composition or making of the moste excellent and pretious oil called oleum magistrale First published by the commaundement of the King of Spain, vvith the maner hovv to apply it particulerly. The which oyl cureth these diseases folowi[n]g ... Also the third book of Galen of curing of pricks and wounds of sinowes. A method for curing of vvounds in the ioynts, and the maner how to place them. Abreef gathering togither of certain errours which the common chirurgians dayly vse ... Faithfully gathered and translated into English by George Baker chirurgian. 1574.	Baker, George, 1540-1600.; Galen. De compositione medicamentorum secundum locos.	1574 (1574)	STC 1209; ESTC S100526	50,504	142

wel accepted I haue thē héerin my desire as for the wilful ignorant I leaue to them selues And thus beséeching God to blesse the handy woork of suche as faithfully and charitably deale in the affaires of the sick and diseased I rest to trouble thée any longer from the reading bothe of the composition of the moste pretious Oil called Oleum Magistrale and also of Galen him self From my house in London the xv of Marche 1574. The Preface to the Book IN the Realme of Spain there inhabyted a people called in the Spanish tung Moriscus of the which nation this Oyl was first practised vnknowen to the Spaniards which afterwards came to their knowledge and vnderstāding by the baptised Affricans of the which nation there are a great number in Granado and Arogan and as yet they folow the orders of the Turks bothe in their meats apparel and language and haue no affinitie with the Spaniards but only that they be baptized and become Christiās And although they be not as yet growen so suttle crafty as the said Spaniards yet neuerthelesse it hath béene wel prooued and séen by experience that they haue had more knowledge then the said Spaniards both in the secrets of nature and also in the properties of herbs and generally in the art of curing In this said nation there was one named Aparice the which about the yéere of our Lord 1566. did take his dwelling place at Madrid a town situated in Castille la neufeue 12 legues from Tolleta at the which place the court is most commonly kept where he did think best to be for his profit and there did begin to practise the art of Chirurgery and to cure Wounds Contusions Hargubush shot Canckers pain of the Rains Apostumes Hemorhoids olde Vlcers pain of the gout and indifferently all maner of diseases so that within short time he did such cures worthy of praise that the people hauing intelligence of his meruelous experience resorted vnto him thrée score miles about to the end that by his help they might receiue their helth And after that he had healed them he delt so fauourably with them that moste commonly he took lesse then they did offer vnto him and healed them in viij dayes which the Chirurgians of the Towne could not doo in iij. wéeks In so much that he was estéemed of all men aswel for the excellency of his art as also for his great curtesy whiche he shewed vnto them Yet neuertheles as we sée that science and vertue is neuer peaceable although that the common people were wel certified of his labour and seruice yet the M. Chirurgians of the town féeling their perticuler profit and authoritie to decay by this aforsaid Aparice began to be at great strife with him and sūmoned him to appéer before the Alcaldes which are the Iudges of the aforesaid town saying that he did them great iniury wrong in medling with the art of the which he had no knowledge which art did pertain onely to them béeing sworn to that facultie and that they would bring in good proof in the common welth that hée did more harme then good So that their desire was to haue him imprisoned to the intēt that if he should fear any thing in the meane time to absent him self and also laying many haynous crymes against him The Iudges could doo no lesse then commit him to prison Vpon whose imprisonment certain gentlemē and others which hauing by his meanes receiued their helth of great hurts and diseases and regarding the profit of the common welth and also seeing the great wrong which the said Chirurgians vsed against the said Aparice béeing so honest and vpright in his dealing concerning his art that nothing which was laid against him could be approoued thought among them selues that he deserued a better rewarde then he receiued at their hands Whervpon they made with one consent a Supplication in his behalf for the bayling of him out of prison the whiche by reason of his long béeing sick in prison they obtained vpon that condition that hee should medle no more with any cures vntil suche time as he were authorised Yet neuerthelesse many diseased persons béeing afflicted with diuers greefs would not abstain from him but resorted vnto him dayly the which he would not by any meanes medle with for because of his great charge that he had to the contrary yet not withstanding the importaunce of the people was so great that he was constrayned secretly to minister vnto them The which at length was disclosed vnto the Chirurgians of the town and immediatly after they made their complaint to the aforesaid Iudges and declared vnto them that the said Aparice had doon contrary to the order that was made wherupon he was committed to prison again which caused that the whole assembly of the town bothe Gentlemen Burgesses merchants in his behalf complained to the Iudges in so muche that in th' end it came to the kings eare which beeing a wise prince and desiring the profit of his common welth was desirous to knowe the aforesaid Prisoner and the true right cause in all things And when he vnderstood the iust cause and that whiche the said Aparice did was by the vertue of a simple Oyl he was desirous to knowe the composition of it The which the said Aparice what for the gréef of his wrongful imprisonment and the vncurteous dealing of the Chirurgians refused to declare saying that it was the meanes wherby he did get his liuing so that if it were commonly knowen it would be an occasion that he should be no more sought vnto When the King perceiued that hee could not obtain it he offred vnto him in consideratiō that he should shew the receipt a thousand Duckets which the said Aparice refused saying that he did holde him self better contēt with his science then he could with golde Siluer So that immediatly folowing the said Aparice béeing very sore hādled with his foresaid sicknes and partly for the gréef that he took of his wrongfull imprisonment ended his life for the which many noble personages did much lament thinking that with his dead carkas this noble treasure should haue béen buryed and also the king him self was very sore greeued for the losse of suche a rare and precious science Neuerthelesse the said Aparice hauing maried a Spanish woman by the which he had certain children declared the secret of this pretious Oyl vnto her as shal be shewed héer after Immediatly after the death of the said Aparice the king beeing very sory because he could not get the knowledge of such a science made a diligent serch to knowe if their were any of his fréends which had this secret medicine and also to knowe whether his wife had it to the which they all answered that there was none other that euer had the knowledge therof but onely he him self and that he kept it from his owne wife for fear lest she should béeing a woman

disclose it and make it common although she dressed patients in her husbands absence and also whilest he was prisoner At his last imprisonment he féeling him self not like to liue because of his disease and cōsidering that he should leue his wife and Children but in a wofull state discouered this secret vnto her and did leaue it vnto her for a pretious treasure and there withall gaue her a great charge that she should not disclose it to any man what soeuer shuld be offred vnto her for it But as in the end all things come to light she for to get her owne lyuing and her poor Childrens began to entermedle for to cure secretly with the said Oyl and solde it vnto them whiche stood in néed of it saying that it was of the same Oyl that her husband had made Not wtstanding the people perceiued that it lasted very long that it could not be chosen but that she must haue the receit offred vnto her for the composition therof fiue hundred duckets but she answered that she had it not and said if she had it she would rather dye then declare it For the cause of the which sharp answere she was expresly inhibited from curing with the said Oil neither to sel it for any maner price By the which menes what with the councell of her freends and necessitie constrayning her she offred to declare the the secret in consideration that she might haue the thousād Duckets but in th' end she was constrained to take fiue hundred Duckes wherunto the King graunted in the presence of certain Phisitions and Chirurgians which were appointed vnto whome she declared the secret and shewed by experience the composition and the manner how to make it And they to prooue whether it were the same or no applyed it to many diseased persons and it was found of the same vertue and effect of that that her husbād had made And then was named by the Phisitions and Chirurgians the Oyl Magistrale estéeming it to be the best and moste pretious among all others So that when they had iustly approoued that it was the very same secret that her husband left vnto her they deliuered vnto her the fiue hundred Duckets whiche the King promised vnto her Then by the commandement of the King the Phisitions and Chirurgians of the Town had the perfit knoweledge of it in such sort that at this present day almoste all the whole Realme of Spain vseth none other medicines what maner of hurt or wound so euer it bee whiche is a moste excellent and approoued Mitigatiue or appeaser of pain and is a very good secret necessary tobe knowen in a common welth And as for my parte I would it were aswell knowen and experimented in this Realme as it is there Therfore for the good wil and affection the whiche I bere towardes my countrey to the which I am bound to serue to the vttermoste of my power I thought good to write this secret and to bring it to light although I knowe that there be some which wil not be wel pleased heerwith and paraduenture wil demaund of me the experience of it for the whiche I doo not force séeing that I haue the trueth on my side and that it is not vnknowen to a great number which haue traueled in the Realme of Spain the notable and singuler vertues of this Oyle the which they doo dayly sel to all other Nations and I my self hauing séene the notable vertues therof approoued vpon diuers of our owne nation at the hands bothe of Merchants and Marryners which brought the said Oyle from thence And now chauncing with the Copy of the making of the said Oyle and béeing so wel assured that it is the right and perfet order and for the which I wil answere I thought it my dutie to disclose such a noble secret for the profit of so many as I knowe shall receiue ayd therby rather then to please some perticuler persons The composition of the Oyle called Oleum Magistrale inuented by one named Aparice FIrst you shall take a quarte of the best and oldest white wine that may be gotten Oil Olif of the oldest iij. pound then put therto these floures herbs folowing to wit The floures and leaues of Hipericon half a l. Cardus benedictus a quarter of a l. Valerian a quarter of a l. of the least Sage a quarter of a l. of euery one of these you shall take the leaues flowers if it be possible Then let all these stéep xxiiij houres in the aforesaid wine and Oile the next day boile them in a nealed pot or in a copper vessel vpon a soft fire vntil such time as the wine be al consumed alwaies stirring it with a Spattle After you haue thus doon take it from the fire and strain it and to the strayning put a l. and a half of good Venice Turpentine then boile it again vpon a soft fire the space of a quarter of an houre then ad therto Olibanum v. vnces Mirrah iij. vnces Sanguis draconis one vnce and so let it boil til the Incēce and the Mirrah be dissolued then take it of and let it stand til it be colde then put it into a glasse Bottle and set it viij or x. dayes in the Sun and keep it to your vse The maner to apply the saide Oyl according to the qualities of the vvounds or diseases dooth consist in these vi thingꝭ folowing ¶ To the patient to the preparatife to the wound or disease to the plaister and to the diseased parte FIrst the hurted and afflicted partie must vse this Regiment folowing that is to say to kéep no straight diet neither in eating nor drinking for fear of weakning the body and hindring of his helth So that he may eat and drink as he was accustomed to doo before he was hurt As for example he may eat to his dinner new laid Eggꝭ Mutton wilde foule of the woods principally when they haue bled and likewise at night ye may roste any of these and if he were accustomed to eat grose meatꝭ in his helth as Porke Onions Garlick and such like he néed not to forbere them but to vse them according as his apetite wil serue him and also to drinck wines if he haue vsed them before he was hurt Yet neuertheles if he be a body filled with humours and giuen to a Feuer or any other inconuenience he must vse his meats and drincks with discretion and if he drinck any wine it must be delayed with water Notwithstanding Aparice did neuer forbid any kindes of meats to his patients which they were accustomed to vse in their helth Secondly if the wound be great the patient ought to kéep his bed if he cannot kéep his bed yet at the least he must kéep his Chamber without taking any ayre which might anoy him Thirdly hee must kéep an order in his lying that is to say he may not alwaies lye on one side but oftē turn from one