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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03361	A briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled, Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written first by sundrie scholers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Barthelmewe a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hill Londoned [sic], as well for the commoditie of sundrie artificers, as for the matters of pleasure, to recreate wittes at vacant tymes; Naturall and artificiall conclusions.	Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.	1581 (1581)	STC 13480.5; ESTC S106219	21,960	64

three or foure times or o●tner aboute thy hande and the other ende of the Corde or Rope winde about by the top of the Palme betweene the fore finger and thumbe that the one part of the corde maie reache vnto the Nayle and the head or other ende vnto the bottome of the Plame by whiche it must againe be winded about and after that winded againe once or twise aboute And this so done then with a vehement plucke and force assaye in the same part by which it is so ouer winded or runne with the Corde for that the substance of the Corde or Rope whiche is vnder doeth defende that the hande can take no harme by the hasty and strong pull and take heede that the vttermost folde of the Corde slyde not in thy hande And to conclude this conceiue that in the mightie and hastie plucke together the one folde of the Corde doeth so cut the other in sunder and then especi●lly when as that parte shall bee sette soft whiche is betweene the hand and the nayle and that both the hande be strong and then plucke out right and quick And now if you will conceiue this order in the windyng of the Corde about both the handes you may so breake the same with the onely strength of the handes yea suche strong Cordes or Ropes as will well holde a Bullocke or Cowe vnto the admiration or wondering of the lookers on ¶ How to make white Flowers like as the Lilly white Rose and suche like to be red AND to doe this fill a pint pot of the best red Wine vnto the middle of it and within the mouth of the pot hāg the white ●lowers so deepe in that thei touch not the wine after that couer the mouth of the pot very close so that no aire of the wine breath out and then let it so stande for one whole daie and they will after become red of colour And to make suche flowers that be● naturally white to become red dooe this first take grose earth driyng the same very well in the Sunne that you maie after bryng the same into very fine pouder and after put the same earth into a pot or halfe Tubbe where you mynde to plant your white flowers to become redde and after they be so planted in the earth then let thē not be watered at any tyme with any other water then this whiche is made on this wise Take water puttyng therein a certaine quantitie of Brasill finely cut and boyle the same vnto a third parte whiche water after take and beyng through colde water by little and little the same earth as bothe at mornyng and euenyng and water it at no tyme with any other water then this vntil you see that the same water first haue taken effect ¶ How to make a hollow Ring to daunce by it self a proper secrete AND to doe this take a Ring rounde about hollowe into whiche put quicksiluer and stopp the same fast that it runne not forth After heate the Ring somewhat in the fire or lette it lye neere vnto the fire and beeyng hot laie the same on a Table or Stoole which by and by after wil begin to daunce of it self vntill it be colde againe ¶ To make Glewe to holde together so hard as a stone a proper secret AND to do this take vnfleke Lime and quench the same with wine and beate the same into fine powder mixing therewith both Figges and Swines greace and after labour them well together for this as Plinie writeth passeth the hardnesse of a Stone Also take Greeke Pitch Rosin and the powder of Tyle stones these mixe together and when you will occupie of the same then heate it ouer the fire and worke therewith for when the same is colde it holdeth them together so harde as any Nayle Also take of Spuma ferri one pounde of Tyle shardes tw●● pounde ●f vnslekt Lyme foure pounde of Oyle of Linseede so muche as shall suffice to prepare and worke them together for this Glewe is merueilous strong whiche neither feareth nor yeeldeth to water nor fire ¶ To make an Apple moue on the Table a proper secrete HOw to doe this take an Apple and cut the same in the middest and in the one halfe make a rounde hole putting therein a black ●eetle and so laie the same half on the Table and it will then moue ¶ To make Roses and other flowers that be red to become white AND to doe this take Brimstone beating the same into fine pouder whiche powder burne on a newe Tylestone holdyng suche red flowers or Roses ouer the smoake of it whiles it so burneth and thei will after become white and on this wise you maye make your Roses halfe white and half red or one leafe white and an other red by a cappe of paper so cut for the nouce ¶ How to write letters on the Egshell that the same letters maie appeare within on the Egge AND to do this take a little quantitie bothe of Gales and Allome whiche woorke together with Vineger after write with this licour what you will on the shell and that dryed laye then the Egge●●triue or els anoynt the Egge aboute w●th Waxe vnto the thicknesse of a Paper or somewhat more and with a fine bodkin write deepe letters that the hoales may be open and the letters apparant into the whiche holes poure of this licour and when the same is dryed on the Egge then seeth the Egge vntill it bee harde and after laye the same to soake in sharp Vineger through the which soaking the letters will so passe through the shell that the letters maie be seen on the Egge after the shell is pulled of How to make a Bottle or a narrowe mouth pot full of water or milke not to spill or shed forthe TO doe this take the Bottle or narrowe mouth Pot and fill the same vnto the brimme after couer the mouthe with a Paper and then turne the mouth dounward on the mouth of an other pot and nothyng shall shed forthe as by a triall in fillyng the one pot with Milke and the other maie be seene How to kill Fleas diuers waies AND first to gather all the Fleas of thy Chamber into one place anoint a Staffe with the greace of a Foxe or Headghog and laie the Staffe againe where you list in your chamber and it shall so gather al the Fleas by it Also sill a dish with Goates bloud and set the same by the bed and all the Fleas will come to it roūd aboute And the like will they doe by the bloud of the Headghog Also take the fat of a Goate and anoint what you list therewith and set the same vnder your bed and all the Fleas will gather vnto the same Also take Lupines or flat Beanes boyle them in water with Wormwood and that water sprinkle well aboute the Chamber and al the Fleas shall auoyde that Chamber Also take an Apple of Coliquintida and infuse the same in