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B07761	A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..	Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; Batholomaeus, Anglicus, 13th cent.; Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.; Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.; Mizauld, Antoine, 1510-1578.; Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.	1586 (1586)	STC 13481; ESTC S92994	21,157	68

a wéecke or Cotten Candle letting the same to hang somewhat vntill it be colde which through cold then light it in the like sort as you doo a common Candell and it will not after goe out with no winde so long as the substance endureth and in like sorte maye lighte be made to serue in the night time if so be that fine linnen raggs be first soked in the oyle of hempséed and after dipped into molten Tallowe which so bound or wrought on a staffes ende to carry about or otherwise on a staffes end lying in an iron plate How to make quarters of wood to hang so fast togither that they can not be shaken a sunder without breaking TO make quarters holde and hange togeather thus without tying must be doone on this wise Firste laye one of the quarters downe as these two betters A. and B. doo instruct on the which laye the other quarter euen as these two letters C. and D. doo héere represent and on that C. and D. laye the third quarter as the letters E. and F. doo héer expresse and in such sort that E. and F. must lye vnder A.B. And being then thruste hard togither they cannot after fall away without breaking in that A. and B. is staied and helde of E. and F. and E. and F. of C. and D. and C. and D. holden of A and B. so that none of them can fall a sunder the one from the other Also that place where B.D.E. is holden or stayed togither and dooth the like holde together as by triall of the same shal more manifestly appeare Also the more and harder they be thrust togither the longer they cōtinue so hanging togither And some suppose that a like triall vnto this maye be assaied and prooued either with thrée stickes made flatte for the nonce or with thrée kniues being a like if they be orderly vsed How to make a colour like to golde in vnderstanding this secret AND to doo this take of Aloes Hepaticke and of salt Niter of each six ounces those grinde and perfectly mixt together on a smoothe Marbell or other harde stone that being so laboured together they can after be seperated by no meanes and after distill the same in a Limbeck of glas well luted about that you may so drawe out all the moyst substance that will come And with this maye you gilde what you list vnderstanding how to drawe this lycour Also by a shorter way lesser paine may you doo the like although not so perfect as the other aboue saide which in déed is right meruailous And now this is on this wise First take of Aloes Hepatick thrée ounces of Rosen six ounces and of oyle of Lineséed wel boiled a pinte and a halfe these set ouer the fire in a pot and mingle them well together after straine the same licour through a Linnen cloath putting it into a potte which you must stop close and so kéepe the same vntill you haue néed to gilde any thing therewith To make Siluer like any mettell which shall so continue a long time FOR to doo this take halfe an ounce of Aqua-fortis and a scruple of Quicksiluer and a little of the Tarter made of the white wine and a little Salt These put altogether in a Pot or earthen Pan working and labouring the same together ouer hotte Imbers which so doone you may after with this composition make siluer like any mettall you list and to continue so a long time How to stick an Iron or Steele Bodkin into the head of either Cocke Hen or Chicken AOD to doo this write firste these woordes following that is to saye Gibell Got Gabell in a Scrole and binde the same about the Bill of the Cocke Hen or Chicken to colour this secret withall which so doone then pearce the head of the Birde iust in the middle as you can gesse with a verrie sharpe poynted Bodkin and after set the Birde downe and you shall sée the Birde so lustely runne away from you as if nothing were sticking into the heade if the Pullet be bigge vnto the woonder of such as shall sée the same And now the reason of this is in that the head and brain of the Pullet is deuided into two partes in the bone and the bone also doubled in the middest so that the Bodkin may easily enter without danger and of this the braine so pearced the Pullet neuerthelesse liueth which if the ignorant sée they wil perhaps beleeue and think that the woordes onelie dooth the same which is nothing lesse To make a Candle that wil not goe out vntill the whole substance be wasted AND to doo this take the best Wax and the pure Brimstone of eache a like portion which take and melte togither and after make a Candle thereof which being lighted set the same in a Candlestick to burne And the same Candle so lighted will not goe out vntill the whole substance be spent thus Cardanus writeth How to make Iron softe a proper secret AND to doo this take the iuice of the Hemlocke and quenche the Iron in it béeing well heated thrée or foure times letting it there remaine euerye time vntill it be throughlye colde Also Cardane writeth that if you take oyle putting into it molten Leade seuen times together and after quench your Iron redde hote into that Oyle for foure or fiue times together and it will so make the same soft to woork To make a Swoord Dagger or Knife to cut Iron so easily as Lead OF this thinge Hermes writeth if a Swoord Dagger or Knife being only Iron and fashioned and being red hote if the same be afterward quenched into the iuice of the Radish mixed with the liquor of the fresh Woormes of the grounde or rather the water of Artely distilled being before somewhat brused such a Swoorde Dagger or Knife saith he shal after haue such a strange edge if the same red hote be quenched foure or fiue times in it that with the same you may cut Iron so easily as if it were Leade Also he writeth that if Stéels be often molten in the Furnace and be purified vntil the same be so white as Siluer in a manner and then after of the same fashion grauing Instruements with their edges and pointes orderly like as to the arte of grauing belongeth which instruments being redde here quencht after into the iuice of Radishe and the distilled Water of the Woormes of the earth mixed together Or else with the water of the Woormes drawne through a cleane Linnen cloath so that there be so much of this water as of the iuce of the Radishe and then those instruments quencht foure or fiue times in the aboue said licour And after will the edges and pointes of the instruements be so hard that you maye cut and graue in any stone and Iron so easily as the same were Leade How to keep weapons cleane and faire for a long time ANd to doo this take Barrowes greace common Oyle new waxe Ceruse

❧ A Briefe and pleasaunt Treatise Intituled Naturall and Artificiall Conclusions Written firste by sundry Schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua In Italie at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane And now Englished by THOMAS HYLL Londoner as well for the commoditye of sundrye Artificers as for the matters of plesure to recreat witts at vacant times Imprinted at London by Edward Allde 1586. ❧ Naturall and Artificial Conclusions * The properties of the Adamant stone FIrst if any bolde the Adamant Stone in his hande vnder a goblette or siluer boule or vnder a table that the same be moued too and fro in the hand thē in the like manner will the Iron or Néedle lying in the goblet or on the table moue too and fro and round about Also the Adamant sometimes with the one corner will drawe Iron vnto it with the other corner put the Iron from it Also if any annointeth this Stone with Garlicke it doth then hinder the Stone from drawing any Iron or Needle vnto it although the Néedle should be laide on the Stone And some write that this Stone will drawe Glasse vnto it in like manner as it dooth the Iron The secret properties of the Egge ANd First the round Egge set vnder the Henne bringeth foorth a Henne Chicken and the longe Egge set vnder the Henne bringeth foorth a Cocke chicken Also the Egge with the shel laide to stéep in Vineger for thrée dayes space dooth after so often it that any may woork the same at length like vnto Waxe And the same Egge afterward laide in water dooth come againe vnto the former state Also if an Egge be painted with sundrye colours and the same set vnder a Hen to bring foorth she shall hatch a Chicken hauing the like feathers vnto the colours painted on the Egge Also the Egge laide for thrée daies to stéepe in strong Vinegar and after for one whole Moneth laide to drie againe in the Sonne will after come vnto the hardnesse of a stone A proper conclusion of an Hasell sticke FIrste take an Hasell sticke of a yarde long béeing new cut off and the same cleaue iuste in the middle giuing the one end so cleaued vnto thy companion to holde in both his hands and the other end holde your selfe in both your handes after such sorte that both the inner partes of the sticke maye look one right against the other in the laying downe on the ground and must also be layde a sunder vnto the breadth of two fingers in such sorte that they may touch togetherby an ouerthwart maner at some one place within a while after you shall sée them drawe and ioyne together againe of themselues And this vnderstand that the sticke must be newe cleaued soone after the cutting vp of it for otherwise this stick woorketh not the proper effect ¶ A proper practise to make a Capon to bring vp yong Chickens FIrst to doo this take a Capon and pull the bellye bare of Feathers and after rubbe the naked place with Nettles setting young Chickens vnder him and he will then miraculouslye cherrishe them and bring them kindelye vp And the rather if you accustome to vse the Capon the lyke for a time For by that meanes he is mooued the willinger to cherishe bring vp and feede yea and to loue them so well as the Hen naturally would doo And the reason of this is in that thorowe the pricking of the Nettles he is therby the rather desirous to touch the soft downe and fethers of the yong Chickens sitting vnder him To make any foule of what condition the same be to haue fethers all white TO doo this take the Egges and roule them in the iuice of the hearb called Mouse-eare or in the hearbe called houseléek or other wise in oyle after the minde of Cardanus and after put the Egges againe in the neast and after the hatching their feathers shall growe white To make a Candell burne in the Water ANd to doo this take Ware Brimstone and Vineger of each a like boyle these altogether ouer the fire vntil the vineger appeare al consumed and then after of that Waxe remaining make a Candle and you shall sée the proper effect as aboue is written To make a Woman that she shall not eate of the meates set vpon the Table TO doo this take a little of the gréen Basill and when one bringeth any Dishes of Meate vnto the table then put the same hearb secretly vnder one of the platters or dishes that she espie it not and as long as the hearbe so lyeth on the table the woman shal eate nothing of that meate in the platter or dishe which couereth the hearbe A proper secret of the Philosophers to make a Stone to burne without fier AND to doo this take Calamite Brimstone vnslecked Lyme pitch Ceruse of eache of these thrée Drammes of Camphora one Dramme Asphaltum thrée Drammes all these make in pouder and put the same in a stronge potte well stopped and after make a fire vnder the potte encreasing the same by little little vntill the powder in the potte become so hard as a stone and when you will haue it burne then rubbe the same well with a cloath it will burne sodainly and when you will put the same out then spit vpon it and after set the same in a moyst place and it will goe out To make one to see fearfull sights in his sleep ANd to doo this take the blood of a Lapwing and ther-with annoynt the pulses of thy foreheade before thy going to rest thē after in thy sléepe thou shalt sée both meruailous and fearefull sightes as Vitalis Medicus writeth Also he writeth that if a man eateth in the Euening before his going to Bed of the hearb named Nightshade or Mandrake or Henbane shall after sée in his sléep plesant sights How to turne water into wine a proper secret IF thou wilt conuert or turne water into Wine then fill a brasse Pot with the best Wine setting vpon the head of the Pot a Limbecke and distill the Wine out the Lées remaining after the distillation orie them and bring them into fine pouder which equally mixed with the water dooth so cause the water to haue both the colour and taste of the same wine And the like vnto this may be wrought doone in a Rose Limbeck Also a loafe of Barlie bread hote drawne out of the Ouen broken into great péeces hote and laide so to soke in good wine which péeces when they shal be wel soken in the wine let them dry in the Sunne and after soke of that bread in faire water and it will after receiue both the colour and taste of that wine To make a light or Candle to indure burning without going out by any winde so long as the substance endureth TO doo this make a wéeke after thy discretion which infuse in the Oyle of Hempséede and after into molten tallow as you would properly make

of ech a like these temper together very wel ouer a soft fire vntil they be throughly incorporated and after anoint the burnished weapon with this ointment and it shal so continue in the same brightnesse In secula seculorum And there cannot be a greater secrete inuented for the kéeping bright of weapons then this is if these woords be well vnderstanded ¶ How to make steele softe as paste a proper secret DOo thus Take the gall of an Oxe Mans Vrine Verges and the iuice of the Nettle of eache of these take a little quantity and mixe them very diligently together then after quench the Stéele red hote in this licour foure or fiue times together and it wil after become so soft as paste and this is a right proper and necessarye secrete to be vnderstanded of all such woorkmen as doo any matters in Stéele as grauing and such lyke if these woords be well marked How to make Hennes lay Egges all the Winter through TO doo this take the toppes of the Nettles when they begin to come vnto Séede and drye them which so dryed giue a little of the same with Bran and Hempséede mingled together to your Hens and they shall euery day after laye you an Egge a péece How to make thy Chamber appeare full of Snakes and Adders TO doo this kyll a Snake putting the same into a Panne with Waxe and let it so long boyle vntyll the same be throughe drye and of that Waxe make a Candle lighting the same in the Chamber and then after shall appeare as though there were a thousand créeping in thy Chamber How to make letters appeare of the colour of Golde Copper or Siluer AND to doo this take verry cléere Christall and woorke the same into meruailous fine pouder on a marble stone after mix the same pouder with the white of an Egge vntill this be so prepared to write with all And after with this confectiō write what letters you will letting the same drye and after rubbe a golde King or any péece of Golde on the same letters and al the letters shal appeare like gold And in the like sort may you make the Letters either appeare lyke siluer or copper How to make any peece of Iron to appeare like Golde AND to doo this take fowre pintes of Raine water into which put ten drammes of Roch Allum and ten drams of ointment of Romain Vitrioll and Salt Gemme of eache one an ounce and a scruple of Coperas all these boyle together after put there into a quart of Vineger and of Tartarre and common Salt finely beaten to pouder of eache thrée ounces all these incorporate againe ouer a softe fyre verry well and after occupy the same which maketh a colour like vnto golde How to haue fresh Roses at all times of the yeere sundry waies taught AND First if you wil haue freshe Roses at any time so well as in the Moneth of May then gather the buddes halfe open in a manner in the Euening when as the Sunne is set and touch them not with thy hande in the gathering but with a sharpe knife properly gather them after laye the Roses vpon a boord letting them to lye abroad in a faire night all the night through and then after haue in a readinesse a new earthen pot well glased within and without into which put the former Roses before the Sunne be vp in the morning and stop close the mouth of that pot with clay mixed with Horse dung flocks all tempered well together before whereby no ayre of the Roses maye passe or breathe foorth After set the same Pot into the ground couering it in drye Sand and let no moyste place be neer or about the same And now on this wise may you haue fresh Roses at any time of the yeere Also take of the Rose buds in the spring time when they begin first to open put those into a greene Cane yet growing cleauing the same by little and little vntil you may handsomely put in those buddes and after tye that place with a thréed stopping the same about that no ayre breath out and after couer that péece of the Cane or Réede so bounde and stopped about vnder the Earthe bowing downe the same stalke by little and little that the same breake not and couer the same well with the earth letting it there remaine so long as you list and when you be minded to haue them foorth then cleaue the Cane by little and little that you spoyle not the buddes and after set them in the Sunne or in luke warme water and they shal be open and fayre in a shorte space as in the middst of Paie Also if you wil make drie Roses to become freshe then take a newe glased pot and wet the same within with Rose water and after shat that pot with the Roses very close letting it so to stande for fiue daies and they shall be fresh How to make Beans and other seeds growe vp in foure houres AND first to make Beanes growe vp in an howres space take the Beanes and put them in hote oile let them there remaine for eleuen dayes and after drye them And when you will make the proofe of them then set the beanes and goe to dinner and by that time you rise againe from the Table and goe to looke on them you shall finde them growe vp well a spanne high And the like may you doo with the Gourds And now to make the Gourdes growe vp in the space of fowre houres both with leaues and Flowers take the féede of the Gourde and let them lye in the blood of a sanguine young man and let them there remaine for fiftéene dayes in a moist place and in a potte well stopped and after take them foorth and let them be dried well in the Sunne and when you wil sowe or plant them then take a dishe ful or two of good earthe and drye the same well after wet the same with a little freshe water and after haue warme water pouring the same vpon this earth vntil it become sufficient soft and then plant your séedes in it and within three or foure hours after you shall haue Gourdes growen vp with leanes and with flowers And the like maye you doo with the Melons Citriones and other gréene séedes To make a Candle of Ise to burne like vnto an other Candle TO doo this make a Candle of Brimstone which with the Powder of a Coale smeared about and after in the Winter time drowne the same in water but couer the heade of it with a paper and after hang the same at the mouth of some gutter which droppeth fast wherby it may so be couered with half a finger thicknesse of Ise in the Morning and after being lighted it will then burne vnto the wondering of such as shall sée the same Also take pure Ware and fine Brimstone purified of eache a like mealt these together making thereof a Candle and after take the pouder of a

very soft and tender which wil be within fiue or fix houres then woork it like paste to make smal roles therof which whē it is like vnto paste stretch it or draw it out very thin when you will work with it then put of the same into an earthen pot with a little faire water ouer hote embers and skim the same very cleane and let it so seethe a little while after work with the same kéeping it still ouer the hote embers vntill you haue doone with it for so it fasteneth bindeth the strōger And in such sort that it fasteneth péeces of glasse together How to drawe a Ring off being very harde thrust on and the finger swelled AND if eyther man or woman hath thrust a Ring so harde on theyr finger that he or she cannot drawe the same off through the swelling of the finger then thréede a Néedle and drawe the same vnder the Ring and wind the thréed about the finger on the other side and so of ten winde the thréed about and diligently consider that the whole ioynt and parte of the finger lying or being betwéene the ioynt and the ring be couered about with the thréed and that no part be seene of the skinne through the close couering of the thréed and euen drawe the Néedle againe vnder the Ring and winde the thréed like about on the other side and that spéedilye whereby the King drawne remooued on the thréed by little and little may so passe ouer the ioynt and come of But whylest you are in the dooing of this make no taryaunce or delaye for that the finger dooth so lightly swell that without great pain the Ring cannot be drawn off To make fruits as Apples Peares Quinces and such like to haue what proper forme you wil on them AND to doo this counterfeit on a péece of wood being in bignesse to the fruite which you desire what forme you will Or else cutte Romain or other fashion letters in it to expresse if you list some proper words which so doone then make a moulde with water and Chalke vnto the thicknesse of thy litle finger the same part into the iust halfe And when this moulde is drie which soone drieth seperate then the same from the wood with oile before And when you haue gotten off the mould from the wood and parted it in two iust halfes then take the same moulde and binde it most close vnto the fruit being growne vnto his halfe bignesse and let it so continue vntil the fruit become vnto his full bignesse and thē take the moulde away and you shal sée the triall of the former taught How to cut a Glasse a proper secret AND to doo this stéepe a thréede in Oyle and brimstone mixt together and compasse the Glasse with the thréed in the place where you would haue it parted and after kindle lighte the same and so often doo thus vntil the place be hot and after compasse the same with a thréed wet in colde water it will part so clean a sunder as if the same had béen cut with a sharpe pointed Diamond How to soften Christall to imprint what you list therin a proper secret AND to doo this take the blood of a Lambe and the blood of a Weather mixing these together after take thy Christall Stone heating it in the fyre burning hote and then quench it in the blood which after wil become so softe as paste then with a Copper print woork therein what you list and after sette the same abroad in the ayre and it will come againe vnto the former hardnesse How to walke on the water a proper secret FOR to doo this take two little Timbrels and binde them vnder the soules of thy féet and at a staues end fastē an other and with these you may safelie walke on the water vnto the wonder of all such as shall sée the same if so be you often exercise the same with a certaine holdnesse and lightnesse of the body ¶ To make a Candle to burne a proper secret FOR to doo this firste make a wéecke of Sylke and infuse the same in the Oyle of Hemp séed and when the wéecke shal be sufficiently soked role the same in Snowe vntil it be of the dignesse of a great Candle whereby it maye so be well wrought together after light the same setting it in a sticke and it will giue the like light as a Wax Candle Also make a Candle of Purpen stone waxe together about the which role Snow and the Snowe will burne vntil it be all wasted Also take Snowe and mixe therwith the powder of Camphire and of the same make a Candle and it will burne being lighted How to drawe many Candles the one after the other being laid a foot distance or more a sunder FOR to doo this take Brimstone Orpiment and Oyle these labour together and make thereof an Ointment after take so many Candles as may well serue your Table which laye on the Table a large foote a sunder and all a roe the one behinde the other as long as you list to laye them yea a hundred may you lay down on this wise a length if you lay them straite then take a long threed and annoint the same in this ointment which after laye a long on the Candles and after drawing the formost all will followe by order ¶ How to cut an Apple into many peeces without harming of the skin or paring TO doo this take a moste fine Néedle with a small thréed and thrust the same by little and little vnder the paring thrust it in againe right against the place vntill you haue so gone round about the outside of the Apple And this also remēber that you thrust the néedle through the paring at straite corners one againste the other of the Apple and this so often doo vntill you come againe vnto the first place where you began And if so be you would deuide the same in six or eight péeces then draw the thréed againe by a like distance alwaies taking héede to deuide the Apple vnder the skin and when you haue thus doone with the Apple and the péeces yet couered with the skin then draw out the ends of the thréed and you shall after deuide the Apple within without harming of the paring or skin into so many péeces as you list And when you haue thus drawne out and taken the thréed quite away you may kéepe the apple so long as you think requisite How to make a Cup of Glasse being set in the fier not to burne AND to doo this take what Cuppe or Pot of glasse you list and séethe the same in common Oyle by the space of fiue houres and after take it foorth and it will be then made so strong that the said Cup of glasse or pot will indure the heate of the fier How to make a Candle to be meruailed at a proper secret AND to doo this take fowre ounces of Salte

Niter sixe ounces of fine Frankensence thrée ounces of brimstone six ounces of Oyle and sixe ounces of the Milke of Cataputia all these beate fine and mixe together after take thrée ounces of Waxe and make then a Candle of altogether in the end of which Candlesticke sticke déepe a Néedle and after set the same in a narrowe mouth glasse ful of water and you shall sée after what the same will doo ¶ How to make Quick-siluer in a maner so hard as Siluer AND to doo this take the strongest Vineger and whites of Egges wel beaten together and thrée ounces of quicksiluer vnto one of the other these first still together in a Limbeck well luted and in that distilled water put the quicksiluer and it will be after so harde that you may woork it with the hammer Also take quicksiluer and wash it in the distilled water of mans blood and euery time you wash the same let it drie and in the end it wil come to be so hard as siluer How to see many and diuers strange signes in an Vrinall AND to sée these take a new and cleane washed Vrinall into which powre either cleane water or other running water after take the white of an new laid Egge and a little Saffron binding it in n clean linnen cloath after that powre a litle of the water into a dish and put the cloath with the Saffron into it so long vntill it haue coloured it somwhat and being on this wise then beat the white of the egge with this water seuen or eight times with thy finger and thē powre the same into the Vrinall and you shall after sée in it Towers Castels Hills and many other strange sightes How to catch Fowles without a Nette TO doo this take Arsenick putting the same in water and in that water boyle wheat or any other grain and cast the same foorth vnto Fowls and so many as eate therof will not be able afterward to flye away And take the iuice of Celidone and infuse Wheate in the same letting it there remaine for thrée daies after giue the same vnto Fowles to eate such as eat therof you may after take with the hand Also take Wheate putting it in wine Lées and let the same remain there eight dayes after that put it into the iuice of Celandine and horehounds to stéepe which so doone then giue of the same vnto the Fowles to eate and such as eate therof cannot flye away How to make a loafe of bread new set vpon the Table to leap off TO doo this take a quill fylling the same with Quick Siluer and stopping it cloase thruste the same after into a hote Loafe newe drawne out of the Ouen and the loafe will by and by daunce on the Table How to make an Egge flie about a merrye conclusion AND to doo this take a Goose Egge and after the opening and cleansing of it take a Batte that flieth in the Euening which put into the shell then glewe it fast about on the toppe and the Batte will flye away with it which perhaps will be thought of some to flie about in the ayre of it selfe How to make Artificiall fier diuers wayes and that maruailous AND firste to make a flame of fyre to passe sodenly out of the mouth of a pot full of water take an Egge making an hole in the head and drawe out al the substaunce of the same which so doone then fil the same with the powder of brimstone and vnsleikt Lime mixed together shutting the mouth with Waxe and then let if fall to the bottome of a quart potte full of Water taking quicklye your hand away and sodainly will issue foorth a flame out of the mouth of the Potte And also if thou wilt spit fier out of thy mouth without paine and to doo thée no harme take the powder of the willowe sticke finelye beaten and searsed with the which ioyne a little new Silke making it rounde vp lyke vnto a ball into which put this powder wrapping the Silke well about it and after put it within with the powder a little fine Flaxe and then properly stitche it vp rounde about which so doone then cut it open a little on the one side putting a quicke coale or a light Candle vnto it to set it on fire a little then put it againe into thy mouth holding the same sofly with thy téeth and turning also the parte cut inward in thy mouth and when thou wilt spit fier out then halde the ball strongly in thy mouth and blowe and the lookers on shall sée then a great flame issue foorthe of thy mouth and doo there no harme at all Also to make a fyre flie vp in the ayre Take Towe and wet the same in Aqua-vitae and after put fire to it and blowe the same away which after will flie vp in the ayre and burne How to knowe a naturall pretious stone from a counterfeit AND to doo this rubbe the same on Leade and if it chaunge the colour then it is counterfeite if it change not then it is a natural Stone Also if the Stone haue lyke vnto a Bladder within then it is counterfeite How to make a man to appeare on a flame burning without any harme TO doo this take Brimstone Orpiment and commun Oyle of these make an ointment with the which anoint thy garment all about thy head and handes and after light the same it wil burne all at once without harme Also take iuice of Adders tongue the iuice of March Mallowes or other Mallows the white of an Egge these mixe together annointing therewith all about thy body and then cast the fine pouder of Brimston on the same setting it ouer a fire it wil strangely burne and neither harme hands nor garment annointed therewith How to make the Chamber as light by night as by day AND to doo this take that parte which shineth of the night woorms and bruse them well which after set in hote Horse dung in a glasse stopped and let it there so stand for fiftéene dayes and after distill the same in a Limbecke of Glasse with a soft fire the which water so drawne stoppe close in a narrow necked pot of Christall Glasse and hang the same in the entrie of the house and it will so giue a very bright light How to make two Dogges fight together a proper secret AND to doo this take the Seclifset of the Woolfe and cast the same betwéen two Dogges and they shall so long fight together as they lye there betwéen them and when you wil haue them to cease fighting then take them away How to make a Bitch that she shall not desire to be couered with any Dog TO doo this take Bées and prepare them orderly which after giue vnto the Bitch with bread or with meat and she will not after suffer any Dogge to touch her To make a blowne bladder to daunce and skip from place to place TO doo this put Quick-siluer in a

bladder and lay the bladder in a hote plcae and it wil after skippe from place to place without handling How to cast foorth any woorme or Snake entered within the body TO doo this boyle the hearb Bassill ouer a softe fyre in Vineger which so boyled giue vnto the patient to drink and it shall cast the same vp foorthwith And if the same be a Snake entered within the body then you maye take writinge Inke and good Wine mixing them together which after drink and it wil cast vp whatsoeuer euill be in the body How to make a Hen to run away with great feare ANd to doo this take the head of a Kite and tye the same about a Hens necke and she shal neuer cease running héer and there vntil you haue takē away the same from her neck and when you wil take the same from her necke she will then moue from you nothing at all How to finde a person drowned that hath been sought for TO doo this take a white loafe and cast the same into the water néer the suspected place and it wil forthwith goe directly ouer the dead body and there stil abide by which you may wel finde the dead body How to deale with Iron many waies right profitable FIrst to make Iron as soft as paste take Vitrioll and Salt Niter of eache a like beating these to pouder which after distil in a Limbecke of Glasse and in this water lay your small péeces of Iron for a day and a night which after coner in hote horsedung for fiftéene dayes and the same will become very soft like vnto paste and with the same Iron you may make seales or graue or otherwise Imprint what you list on Iron so easily as into earth you may also beate and woork the same Iron so easilye as Leade Also make a water of Roche Alome as is aboue said and in the same water quench your Iron seuē times and it wil make the Iron so easily breake as glasse and to make powder therof Also quench the Iron in the dung of an Oxe or Cow tempered with Hony oftentimes and it will become so softe that you maye woorke the same like Lead with the hammer Also take salt Armoniack well beaten mixe the same with vnsleiked lime and temper the same with colde Water like vnto a thick broth and in this water temper the Iron and it shall after become white fair and very strong Also take the iuice of the hearbe named Palma Christi and with the same annoint thy hands and you may after hanele Iron fire hote without harme And the like may you doo with the iuice of Hemlocke Also take redde Arsenich redde Alome of each like these grinde into fine pouder mixing the same with the iuice of Sengréen or Houseléeke and the gall of a bull and annoint thy hands with the same and you may after handle burning Iron and annointing the féete you may goe on hote Grates of Iron or Coales without any danger To light a candle at the mouth of an Image painted on the wall TAke and put Brimstone to the mouth of the Image and take a burning Candle and blowe it out And or the wéecke be out set it to the Images mouth and it will burne And so ye maye doo against a glasse To take Fish by night TAke a lantern of glasse and put a burning Candle in it and set the lanterne on the water and the Fishes will come to light Or els take Nettles and houseléek and make iuice of them and put it in a ponde and all the fishes will gather there and if your hands be annointed therwith ye may take them To make that no Dog barke at you TAke an hearbe called Serpentine and they shall not barke at you To make Birds come to your Culuer house CAst Barly stéeped in Honnie where they doo féed and they wyll gather to your Culuerhouse To put an Apple in a Violl HAng the Viol on the twigge of an apple Trée and put a yong Apple in the mouth of the Violl and it will growe therin And so ye maye doo with Grapes or other fruit To put an Egge in a Violl STéepe the Egge two dayes and two nightes in Vineger and then role it on a table softly and it will stretch as waxe and then maye you put it in the Violl or draw it through a Ring To make folke seeme black PVT Oyle Oliue in a Lamp and put thereto fine powder of ground Glasse and light it and all that be aboue it will séme blacke as Egiptians To proue if a maiden be clean BVrne Motherwoort and let her take the smoke at her nose and if she be corrupt she shall pisse or else not Otherwise take graye Nettles while they be gréen and let her pisse on them if she be no maiden they will wither foorth or else not To know if a sicke person shall die or not TAke gray Netttles while they be gréen and put them in the patients Vrine and if they remaine gréene he shall liue and if they wither not To make Salt water fresh TAke Claye and put it into a bagge and straine it through till it be cléere and it will be fresh To kindle fier at the Sunne TAke a very bright Basen ond put a newe looking Glasse therein and set the Bason in the hottest of the Sunne and laye about it very drie Towe small chopped and the towe wil take fire with heat of the Sunne To see by night as by day ANoint your eyes with the blood of a Batte To make flesh cleaue in the pot TAke Dwall or Night shade stamp it well and put it in the potte with meate and the meate will cleaue together To take Birdes PVt Barlie in the iuice of Rue and Viner and cast it there as the Birdes doo haunt or come and as soone as they haue eaten it they can not flie and then ye may take them To make silke woormes TAke the braine of a Calfe and put it in a pitte of Mader and let it lye thrée wéekes and they will bréede of the braine and ye may féed them with Mulberies To take away haires ANnoint the rough place with the blood of a Batte after that it is shauen and haire shall neuer growe there To fat Hennes or Capons MAke a déepe pitte in the earth and make therein a Bed of dung and a bed of nettles and doo so til it be ful and there kéep your Pullen til the hearbs beginne to growe and then let them out and within a short while they wil be very fatte That one shall not be drunk DRinke the iuice of Yarrowe fasting and ye shall not be drunke for no drink And if ye were drunke it will sober you or els eate the marrowe of Porke fasting and ye shall not be drunk To make a good baite for fish at all seasons of the yeere TAke Wheate flower and Tallowe of a newe slaine Shéep and the gleire of an Egge and beate them altogether and baite them all therewith To make an Egge goe vp to a Speare ende EMpty the Egge at a little hole and fill it full of Maye dewe and stop the hole close with a little Waxe and Parchment glewed that the dewe goe not out Then stick a spere in the earth in the heat of the Sunne and laye the Egge by the Spere and it will mount to the top therof by the heateof the Sunne To make Fish or Flesh seeme rawe TAke the blood of a Wat or of a Kid and dry it and kéep it from the the aire then cast it on fish or flesh that is hote and it will séeme rawe To make Potage to run out of the Pot. TAke and cast Sope in the Potte and it will runne ouer To kill Hennes or Duckes CAst to them the séed of Henbane they will fall downe as they were dead To make coales to burne a great while MAke pouder of S. Iohns Woort and when the Coales are wasted and the fyre neere out cast it theron and let it lye That a man shall not be weary of going DRinke the iuice of Mugwoorte and beare the hearbe about him with the hearbe Pedilion and Crowfoote Ad capiendum Pisces REcipe luce Mulage vel scolares tortas collectum circa medium Maij. Quando Luna sit plena distemperata cum ingro sape serua in Olla terreo quando vis occupare vnge manus tuas laua illa in aqua vel loco vbi sunt Pisces To make Yarne and Lynnen Cloath white TAke a Herring barrel and fil it nigh full of good Ale dregges and stop at fast but ye must haue a good dish full of parched beans and put them in a linnen bag and very hote put them to the dreggs til they be coole and shut it fast the space of a quarter of an howre Then take two pound of Allum ground to suttle pouder and cast it therin and let it lye four daies naturallye well closed then washe your Yarne To make that a Horsse may not goe through a street TAke the guts of a Woolfe laye them ouerthwart the Stréet and couer them with earth or Sande and he will not goe that way as long as the guts doo lye there Probatum est To knowe if a woman be with a man childe or not TAke a dish and put water in it then let her milke her breast into the water and if it be a man childe it will flete and if it be a woman Childe it wil sinke To ease thy feete for going TAke Plantine and stampe it well and annoint your féete with the iuice therof and it will doo away the gréef