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A16112	The seconde part of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by hym collected out of diuers excellent authours, and newly translated out of Frenche into Englishe, with a generall table, of all the matters conteined in the saied boke. By William Warde.; Secreti. Part 2. English	Ruscelli, Girolamo, d. ca. 1565.; Ward, William, 1534-1609.	1560 (1560)	STC 300; ESTC S119149	118,384	196

Cankers or other swellinges TAke Barley and Bran and seeth them vntill they be like vnto a plaister very thicke and laie it vpon the sore and it shall help muche To make wemens milke encrease TAke Fenell seede and seeth it in barley water and giue the woman drinke of it and her milke shall encrease abondantly Also the broth or water that Ciche peason be sodden in is verie good for the like thing To know whether there be any water in the wine or no. TAke rawe Peares and pare theim and make them cleane and cut them in the middes or els take Mulberies and cast them into the wine and if they swimme vpon the wine it is pure cleane without water but if they sinke to the bottom theris water mixte with wine To make Vinaigre MEn make Vinaigre putting the wine in some vessell wherin Vinaigre hath ben before and setting it in the sunne or by the fire or putting into it newe and cleane tiles or brickes heate or made hote in the fire To make drie Vinaigre whiche maie be caried wher a man will TAke wilde Cherries whan they begin to waxe ripe but the fruite of the tree called Cornus in latine is better and Mulberies or Blackberies whan they be redde or the great greene Grape the wilde Acorne before it be ripe and stampe all this ●ogither then take the best Vinaigre you can gette and incorporate all the said thinges togither and make of the past little loues whiche you shal drie in the sunne and whan you will make Vinaigre stiepe of the saide past in wine and it will be good Vinaigre Another composition for the same TAke greene Grapes stampe them putting to thē some vinaigre a make paste or dowe therof whereof you shall make little loues and drie them in the sunne And whan you will make Vinaiger stiepe these loues in as moche wine as you shall see will suffise and you shall haue strong vinaigre To make Rose Vinaigre very sweete and odoriferous TAke good white Vinaigre and put into it fresh and newe redde Roses or els drie keping al togither in a vessell well leaded within the space of fourty daies than take out the roses and but them into another vessell and keepe them in a colde place To make Vinaigre of Graine TAke an vnce of poudre of Graine wherewith menne die fine clothe and put it into a sufficient quantite of Vinaigre and keepe it in the sunne certaine daies in a vessell leaded and well couered than keepe also togither without separating the Vinaigre from the Graine and it will be the excellentest vinaigre of al bicause the graine is very sweete of sauour and odoriferous hartie and hote and for this cause it tempereth and moderateth the great colde of the Vinaigre A preseruatiue in time of Pestilence or plage and against all Ven●m or poison and biting of a madde Dogge IF you eate before your meales a Walnutte or two two drie Figges and some leaues of Gardine Rue with a corne of salt it will be a good preseruatiue in the ●ime of a plage and againste all poison that a man eateth it And the same beyng stamped and laied to the biting of a madde dogge it healeth it so do Nutmegges also worke the like effect Against stinking vermine called Pinneses YOu must anoint well the place wher you doubt this vermine will breede with oile oliue mixte with the iuice of wormewoode and there will breede none To purge Coler and Fleame TAke some little nosegaies of Colewortes and put them in seething water and leaue them in it after it hath begon to boile while a man wil goe fiue or sixe p●se then take them out of the water and stampe them and take the iuice of thi and straine it thorow a linen clothe and kepe it in an earthen vessell the space of a night in the aire abrode then put to it some cornes of Salt and a littel Commine cut small or minsed Nowe he that will purge him selfe and take this medecine muste goe to bedde supperlesse and washe well his legges handes and armes with hote water and drinke the saide iuice so made in the morning and walke vpon it three or foure houres and whan he hath lust to vomite lette him vomite and he shall caste vp so muche Coler and Flegme that it shalbe a meruelous thing to se And besides this this iuice will purge also his head A remedie to keepe flies from fleshe IF you laie an Onion vpon the fleshe there will neuer flie come neere the fleshe as farre as the sauour of the onion extendeth To keepe Flesh all the somer without corrupting COuer the Fleshe in Meale Flower or Bran and it shall not marre in a longe time The like shalbe done if you cast vpon the fleshe Coriander seede beaten and mingled with Vinaigre To knowe if a Melon be good MEn saie comonly that a Melon is good whan the taile is bitter and the head of him harde and is very heuie To kill and destroie Flees TAke Penniriall whan it is in blossome and burne it where the flees be and the smell of that will kil and destroie them To ripe a botch impostume felon or cattes heare or any swelling sore TAke Hogges suet or grease or els Larde and laie it vpon the sore or Botche and it will ripe incontinent Also be that hath many life or nittes in his hedde anointing and rubbing it well with the said suet or lard they will die Also the oile of Laurell or baies will do the like An excellent washing for the teeth TAke the floures of Pōmegranades and seeth them in Wine and take of this wine in your mouth for it hath the vertue of restraining fastening the gommes swollen and to make the fleshe fine To make abaite for riuer fishe TAke the blood and the fleshe of a calfe and minse it togither and put it in a vessell and let it remaine so the space of ten daies and then occupie it A remedie that no kinde of herbes shal be hurt or corrupted by flees or lise WIth the Herbes that you will sowe you must sowe also roket or els washe the seedes of the Herbes that you will sowe in the iuice of Singreene and whan the herbes be come by they shal neuer be hurt nor corrupted by lise nor flees To driue awaie the stinking Vermin called Puneses If you steepe Rue in water and sprinkle your house or place where this vermine is you shall driue them all awaie Also yf you laie in your bedde steede a braūche of hempe you shall not be molested with Pinaises Also rubbing your bedde steede with liquid or softe pitch whiche some thinke to be tarre and the iuice of wilde Cowcombers and the Pinneses that be there will die Likewise if you rubbe your bedstead with Squilla stamped with Vinaigre or with the leaues of a Cedar tree sodden in oile you shal neuer feele Pinnese The like shalbe don

so remaine in infusion fiuetene daies Then take some Vermillion made in pouder and a little water and mengle it togither with the said pouder then you shall make the Corall with your handes or as you will and let it drie then pollish it with the wheele or turne and it will be like naturall Corall To die Yron in the colour of Gold TAke Alome of Melancie and beate it into pouder then take a little sea water and mingle it togither then heate your yron hote and steepe it in the same water and set it a daie in the sunne and it will haue the colour of Gold For to make Yron strong and faire as siluer TAke salt armoniac and make it into pouder and mingle it with vnsleckt lime than put it in colde water and mixe all well togither this don heate your yron redhote and deepe it in the said water and it wil become as white as Siluer For to make a water that will take out incontinent letters from the Paper TAke a pound of blewe vitrioll three pound of salt peter and foure vnces of vermillion fiue pound of Alome and stampe them all togither and make thereof a poudre and stille it in some vessell of glasse with a small fire and there will come out two maner of waters the firste white and the second greene If you take a little of the firste and laie it vpon the lefe of Paper writen rubbing it with a greene clothe some what course or roughe it will take awaie the letters from the paper and leaue it as white as if there had neuer ben incke vpon it Also if you take of the said water and heate it and holde a sheete of paper writen ouer the smoke of it it wil become incontinent like as it had ben writen ten yeare before To take a spotte of Oile out of Clothe TAke oile of Tartre and laie it vpon the spot and take it of by and by againe then washe it well with luke warme water and three or four times with colde water and the cloth will be as nete and as cleane as whan it was newe and before the oile fell vpon it To stanche the Bleeding at the nose TAke great Ciche peason and laie them vpon a Tile in the fire vntill they be drie and then make pouder of thē very fine and put of it in his nose and the bleeding will cease To breake botches impostumes cartarres or sores comming in the throte TAke the drie dong of an Asse and of swallowes and make therof pouder and put of it in water or in wine hote and gargel or wash your throte oftentimes with it and you shal be deliuered To take an Yron or arrowe hed out of a wounde TAke the leaues of Palma Christi and stampe thē and at night laie of the iuice or sucke of it vpon the wounde and in the morning you shall finde the wounde so wide and large and the yron or arrow hed so discouered that you maie take it out with your fingers To make that yong Children shall haue no paine or greefe in their teeth TAke an olde Cocke and cut of his combe and take of the blood that commeth of it and rubbe their gommes with it they shall neuer feele paine For to make a cleere voice TAke the floures of an Elder tree and drie them in the sunne but take heede they take no moisture or wette then make pouder of theim and drinke of it with white wine euery morning fasting For to fasten lose teeth TAke Frankensens Mastick and the pilles of Pomegranates asmuch of one as of the other and make thereof a pouder and whan you goe to bed washe your teeth with a little good wine then take of the saide pouder and laie it vpon your Teeth and they will waxe fast and sure in short space For the Emorawdes TAke a Tortese and put him in a pot well stopt vpon the fire and let him alone vntill he be all burnt then take the pot from the fire and take out the Tortese and make him into pouder then first washe the Emorawdes with white wine very hote then laie vpon them some of the saide pouder and in two or three times he shalbe healed For one that hath his Sight troubled TAke the lunges or lightes of a Barrow hogge with all the appurtenances and seeth it in water and whan it is soden let him holde his eies ouer the smoke of it and in three or foure times doyng he shal be cured of that trouble For one that is abroke or brusten TAke of the roote of Symphiton petreon in English Bugle or Camfrey and put of it into the bread that he eateth euery daie and let him eate euery day of the said roote either rawe or roste and it shal be a very healthfull thing for his disease For one that hath his Coddes swollen TAke Rue and stampe it and laie it vpon his Coddes and immediatly thei will aswage their swelling whiche thing is sufficiently proued To make a woman that is wont to haue daughters to beare Sonnes also KNow you that it is a hadde thing for a barraine woman to beare Children and a greate gifte and grace of God to obtaine it bicause the causes of sterilite and barainesse be diuers and without nomber but to make a woman that beareth alwaies Doughters to beare also Sonnes it is a thing very easy and hath good succes and hath ben diuers times proued Wherefore if you will that your wise shall haue male children eate an herbe called in English Mercurie in Italie Mercorella in French Mercuriale or Ferolle whiche hath onely two seedes like vnto the genitories of a manne and make her also eate of it before you company with her and eate both of you the right stones of some beastes and of the skraping of an Elephantes toth To make that the handes shall not chinke nor cleaue TAke a Radishe roote make him hollow within vnto the bottom then take thre vnces of oile of Roses and an vnce of Turpentine or more according to the greatnesse of the Radishe and then couer the said radishe and leaue it in the hote ashes or embers vntill it be halfe consumed than take it out and anoint your handes with it For to make a mans Berde blacke TAke Aqua fortis and a peny weight of fine Siluer and melte it in the saide water by the fire and whā you wil occupie of it anoint the beard at the rootes of the heare with oile of Roses and with a spong wete your beard so that you touche not the fleshe and lette it drie than washe it with lie wherein there hath be mirabolans and Pommegranades sodden To make a woman beare Childrē although it be not alwaies assured yet it is the best remedy that can be founde FIrste cause the woman to be purged well and giue her some water of the baines of Aquario or other mine of Brimstone then lette her eate of the fleshe of

it of and you shall see that this plaister shal haue drawen to it self all the blood and all the rednesse that was in your eyes and so you shall be quite of it To take awaie the yellow Iaundise from the face of euery man to whome it is happened be reason of the gall runne and shedde about the body TAke a greate white Onyon and make a hole wher he buddeth out casting awaie the greene of it and putte into this hole as muche good triakle as the quantite of a chestnutte but lette this triakle bee incorporated with halfe an vnce of saffron beaten and let him rost by little and little nighe vnto the fire for feare that he burne not or rost to muche or els take some filth of the ashes And whan he is rosted inough laie him in a white linen clothe and wringe him hard that the iuice maie come out And let the pacient drinke of the same iuice in the morning fasting three daies togither and the Iaundise will go awaie Also for the like effect Giue him to drinke a dramme and a half of Scolo pendria in english hartes tong well made in pouder with white wine luke warme euery morning fasting the space of twenty daies togither and all the yellownes and palenesse will goe awaie The like effect worketh Lapatium acatum sodden with his rote And likewise the wine wherin valerian hath ben sodden beyng dronken in the morning fasting healeth the splene and the liuar whiche many time● are the cause that maketh the gall to renne and spread abrode as we haue afore said To make come out of the eares any thing that i● by chaunce fallen into them or hath purposely bone put in TAke the herbe Marmorella and stampe it and put of the iuice into the eares of the pacient for it hath the vertue and strēgth to drawe out any thing that is in them For the tooth ache TAke the little graines or seedes that come of the herbe or shrubbe called in latin Fusaria or Euonimos or Anonymos some there be that saie it is the tree called Anagyris whiche is an herbe or shrubbe very pleasant to see to and hath a faire yellow floure but a very horrible and stinking sauour looke Dioscorides in his third booke the. 142. chapiter Take of the seedes hereof if you can get them if not take some of the roote and make of it a pouder This done take a little drie or greene organie and boile al this in strōg vinaigre vnto the third part of it Then washe your mouth with this vinaigre as hote as you may endure it and incōtinent you shalbe healed Also for the same greefe take Cloues honny rosat aqua vite asmuch of the one as of the other then put it al togither into a little pot and take of the saide composition in your mouth on the side where the tooth greeueth you and hold it so a certaine space of time and the paine will cease To make an a king tooth to fall out of him self without any instrumentes or yron tooles TAke wheate floure and mixe it with the milke of the herbe called in latine Herbalactaria in french Tintima●ll● or herbe a laite in English Spurge that hath milke in it in greeke Tithymalos whiche is an herbe well inough knowen and thereof make as it were a past or dowe with the whiche you shal fill the hole of the tooth and leaue it in it a certain time and the tooth will fall out of it self Also if you wash your mouth euery moneth ons with wine wher in the roote of the saide herbe hath bene sodden you shall neuer haue paine in your teeth Also the decoction or pouder of the floures of a Pomegranate tree beyng put in your mouth and betwene your gommes fasteneth the teeth An electuarie for the head which conserueth the memorie cleereth the sight and conforteth the stomack TAke the floures of Buglosse of Borage of Rosemarie of eche of them a pound take also fenell seede annise seede the seede of sea fenell and Siler of the hils of eche of them sixe vnces with an vnce of fine cinamome Beate stampe al that ought to be beaten and stamped and sift al those thinges that must be sifted This done mingle them togither make thereof an electuarie of the whiche you shall take in the morning the bignesse of a chestnutte and you shall see a meruelous operation for this is come from a great personage Against the pildnesse or baldnesse of the head and to lette that the heares either of the head or berd shall not fall of TAke the rotes of bramble or blackbery bush called in latin Rubus or Sentis of the kinde that beareth floures at the first the rootes of nettles Then take pigeōs dung and burne it into very ashes haue also some ashes of Vines with the whiche you shall boile the saide rootes and make therof some lie and washe your hedde with it and also your berd and the heares wil not fall of Also for the same effect take honny fenigreeke and the eyes clipt or shoren of from a bramble or blackberie bushe asmuche of the one as of the other and incorporate them well togither and distille them in a lembick kepe the water of thē and if you will distill a fewe broome floures withal it will make you aberne heares weate and moiste your head and berde the daie time in the sunne at night when you go to bedde and the heares will not fall awaie Also for the like matter distill in a lembick the herbe called in latin Sisymbrium aquaticum in english water cresses And of the water that you gette of it you shall make yet another distillatiō with agrimonie Capillus veneris rosemary sage and cloues of eche a handfull and let the distillation be made in Balneo mariae and in oftentimes washing your self with suche water your heare shall fal no more away as many men haue proued and tried An ointment to cure the skurfe TAke good old lard at your discretion and enterlard it roūd about with rosemary like a pece of rost meate let there be a good quātite of rosemary then putte it to rost on the fire turning it faire softly This done you shall take and saue the grease that droppeth frō it in a driping pan cast it hote as it is into a dishe full of cold water in washing it very well and whan you haue well washed it putte it into another cleane dishe and so shall you the grease thus taken vp faire and neate Hauinge thus done waie the grease and if there be a pound of it you shal put to it two vnces of fine sugar well beaten vpon that asmuche verdegrise puluerised as the quantite of a hasell nutte and foure deme●s of quick siluer with asmuche soote of an ouen of the hardest ▪ as the quātite of a hasell nutte but let it be well puluerised made in pouder This