seene and this fire passing the yellownesse of his aire or his inâ—oÌ„bustible oile then mayest thou first seperate the pheces from the Quintaessence Take therefore hard and white Sugar for it is not needefull that yee trauell much in dissoluing and congealing of it although there be much impuritie therin that hindereth not but that the inward part may bee brought foorth for it must be purged when as the rednes doth shew it selfe outward Take therefore ten or twentie pounds of sugar more or lesse as ye shall thinke good that being beaten put it into a cucurbitâ— of hard stone and put thereon Aquâ— vitae that it may stand couered viii fingers then distil it in Balueo with a strong fire vntill it wil distil no more then let it waxe colde and powre on the saide Aqua vitae againe and distill it againe and this shalt thou do sixe or seuen times at the last open the head and take foorth the sugar which thou shalt put in a strong glasse and set it in fine â—ifted ashes and put thereon the Aqua vitae and distill it vntill the halfe be come foorth then powre on againe the Aqua vitae which thou distilledst away first being made warm lest the glasse should breake ye shal note that the head would haue a hole in the top by the which ye may powre in the Aqua vitae with a funnel this thou shalt repeate often with a strong fire that the wine and the sugar may boyle in and because the halfe part of the wine will come away quickely ye shal presently put on the other part for if yee should distill foorth all the wine the sugar would burne through too much heate because it must continually be boyling in the glasse and it would smell of the burning for it hath alwayes his combustible sulfure wherefore yee must alwayes haue halfe the wine in the vessell and when thou seest the halfe is distilled forth make the same warme and put it in againe with a funnell and that thou shalt so often repeate vntill the sugar remaine as red as blood the which thou shalt perceiue through the glasse Thou mayst bring that to passe in viii or ten dayes according as thou rulest thy fire Note that when thou perceiuest the matter to be red let it coole and take away the vessell with ashes and set the vessell in Balneo and with a strong fire distill away the Aqua vite vntil the Sugar remaine drie and when it will distill no more yet shalt thou let it stand 4. or 5. daies very hot in the said Balneo that the sugar may be perfitly congealed then let it coole and take out the matter or stone the which will be blacke like pich that is to be vnderstoode when it is congealed then take the saide stone and put it into a great quantity of common water twise distilled and set it in Balneo fiue or sixe dayes with a great heate slightly couered stirring it euerie day fiue 〈◊〉 six times with a woodden ladle then let it coole and â—ake it forth and let it settle three or foure dayes then powre of that which is cleare into another vessel and keepe it close then powre on those pheces the sublimed water as a fore and set it in Balneo to digest three dayes stirring it with a ladle as ye did afore then let it coole and settle and powre of the clearest part as ye did afore and put it to the rost then powre on more water vpon the Pheces and digest it in Balneo as afore and this ye must so often repeate vntill the water bee no more coloured then thou mayest cast away the pheces for they are nothing woorth for the Element of the earth is with the Element of fire and water neither can they bee seperated any more but are fixed together Make thereof a triall for there will remaine nothing but a light ashes It will burne like oyle or fat neither doth there any thing remaine more then of oyle or fat Take the glasse wherein is all the red of the solution and distill it in Balneo or let it vapour away if ye haue store of distilled water vntil it be dry then let it coole take off the head and powre theron more sublimed water and set it in Balneo againe and stirre it about with a woodden ladell as yee did afore then let it settle as afore powre out of the clearest part and that thou shalt doe so long vntill there remaine no more pheces at the length put it in a glasse that may abide the fire and boyle or vapour it away so long vntill there appeare a certaine scum thereon then take it foorth and set it in a colde and drie or hot and drie place and it wil grow into a great red masse or lump and transpirant like a ruby or other philosophers stone the which if thou wile bring to pouder set it in a warme dunghil in a large wide glasse open and let it vapour away vntill it be come into a yellow pouder like vnto golde and so thou shalt haue the Quintaessence of Sugar fixt the which will retaine al flying spirites Neither is it sweete but a heauenly taste the which if yee put it in your mouth it will melt without any feeling If it bee winter or cold thou shalt seeme to feele a certaine naturall heate throughout the whole bodie and shalt seeme so temperate and light as though thou couldst flie If thou be ouerhot swallow a little presently thou shalt cole easilie as though thou wentest into a cold bath and thus it worketh in heate moist cold and dry by an incredible myracle when ye will vse it drinke it with rectified aqua vitae or rose water Endiue or Scabiowes or by it selfe if yee will and thou shalt see maruels if any be diseased outwardly with scabbes or vlcers let him drinke of this and wash the â—ores with wine wherein this Quintaesseâ—â—â— is dissolued and hee shall presently waxe whole most miraculously If any be wounded or thrust in with any weapon so that it be not deadly let him drinke Ê’ j of this Essence with warmed wine and wash the wound with wine wherein the Quintaessence is dissolued hee shall be presently cured so that those which shall heare or see it shall be amased thereat It helpeth also the falling sickenesse pestilence and all such diseases as may happen vnto man if ye haue Aurum Potabile ye shal mixe lij with ljâ— of this Quintaessence in a glasse and set it on a treuet or in a dry Balneo 30. daies in an Athanor and they wil be s 〈…〉 together and then it will worke miracles in mans bod 〈…〉 ye may also when ye haue drawen the Quintaessence of any herbe Coagulate and fix it with the same as I saide before with Aurum Potabile and thou shalt see thereof 〈…〉 les Furthermore if ye wil haue it to passe the helme yee must put thereon as
another place Out of Saturne calcined is drawne a sweetish salt in balneo with distilled vinegar pouring it so often vpon the Pheces vntil it draw no more The menstrew euaporated the salt remaineth in the botome which by often dissolutions and coagulations is made Cristaline and afterward easily dissolued into oyle being set in a moist place But if you circulate this cristaline salt in a Pelicane with the alcool of wine 15. daies and after take away the menstrew by distillation put to new wine circulate it putting to a fit dose of cristaline salt of Tartar you shall make a Balme sweeter then sugar which will maruellously preuaile against all maligne vlcers and diseases of the eyes Decoct Antimonie made in pouder with a capital lie prepared of Tartar calcined and Sope ashes and quicke-lime the space of one houre then let it coole pouring vpoÌ„ it a litle Vinegar and there wil appeare a certaine rednes swimming vpon which you shal gather then againe let it boile for one houre or two againe let it coole and gather that which swimmeth vp Do this so often vntil there appeare no more rednes For it is the sulphure of antimonie which dried at a soft fire you shal keepe it to good vses Mingle Antimonie with Sugar and Alum and put all into a Retort of glasse make a soft fire for 4. or 5. houres afterward increase it and there will come out an oyle red like bloud It is also done with mercurie sublimate but great â—eede is to be taken lest any errour be committed in the degree of fire Boyle Sulphur prepared with oyle of Linseede with a verie soft fire and it will be like blood congealed Let the matter coole put it into a retort and giue it fire and there will distill out a verie red oyle of Sulphur It is also done if you mingle bran with your Sulphur and distill it Take of Sulphur Vinae P. i. with which mingle with a soft fire so much pure vâ—trioll molten that it may be one body Distill this by a discentorie and there will descend a red oyle into the receauer If i. pound of the flowre of sulphur be mixed with ii or iii. pound of oile of turpentine in a drie heate the flowres wil dissolue into a red oile Then the menstrew rightly artificially separate circulate the rubin of Sulphur with the Alcoll of wine eight dayes and you shal haue oyle of Sulphur that hath the qualities of the naturall Balme The sower oile of Sulphur is made by Sulphur by setting it on fire and hanging ouer it a bell or a large glasse head to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into that 〈…〉 Put Viâ—â—ioll beaâ—en into pouder into a Cucurbite giuing it a fire of the second degree and there wil issue a sower water which is called the â—leame of Vitrioll Take the Pheces which remaineth in the bottome of the vessell which is called Colcothar stampâ— that and if you mingle flyntes withall with a violent fire there will come out a red oyle It is also made with the simple Colcothar driuen out with a violent fire three daies space and there will come forth a verie hot oyle which is made sweete by circulation with spirit of wine Tartarizated But if the Colcothar bee dissolued in warme water and the rednesse in it separated and the water euaporated the Colcothar will remaine sweetish that which remaineth the rednesse being taken away is called Creta Uitrioli But if Vitrioll be drawne by the ninth a limbeck pouring on alwaies the liquor vpon the dead head and after circulating all by the space of eight dayes you shall haue the spirit of Vitrioll verie profitable for many things The â—leame of Allum is made like the fleame of Vitrioll But Allum is prepared if the â—leame be 5. times powred vpon the pheces out of which it was drawne and distilled last of all drie out all the fleame vntill it be drie Make brine of salt into which cast hot burning stones that they may be imbybed those stones so imbybed put into a retort giuing fire by degrees there wil come forth a very hot oyle of salt I said before that there was great force in Butyro Arseâ—ici fixo to cure al vâ—nâ—monâ— and maligne vlceâ—s it is made in this maner Mingle cristaline Arsenick first subblimed with onely colcothar which doth keepe backe his poyson with like waight of salt of Tartar and salt Peter put al into two glasses fixe it giuing fire the space of xxiiii hourâ—â— first very gentle then of the highest degree You shall finde the matter verie white fixed resembling the color of pearles which dissolue in war 〈…〉 water 〈…〉 may draw the A 〈…〉 ly from it And the pouder which â—emaineth imbybe with oile of Tartar or of Talcum which is better and drie it at the fire and do this thrise Againe dissolue the matter in warme water that you may take away his salt and there will remaine a very white pouder and fixed which will dissolue in a moyst place into a fat oyle which is 〈◊〉 like Butter Out of Talcum rightly and artificially calcined is drawne the spirit with distilled vinegar This is dissolued into a pretious oyle being set in a moist place Take of the iuice of Aristolochia Rotundae and Sauin ana iii. ounces Serpe 〈…〉 ii ounces spirit of 〈◊〉 i. pound circulate them first the space of xxiiii hou 〈…〉 then distil them of this water take i. pounde of elect Magnes made into pouder iiii ounces circulate them together distil away the water from the Phâ—ces 〈◊〉 this three times and by this meanes you shall obtaine the preparation of Mag 〈…〉 But because â—s wee haue saide the noblest 〈◊〉 are to be strengthened and the heart the principal â—â—gan of life must alwaie be defended these preparatio 〈…〉 following are to be vsed Take of Theâ—incae of Alex 〈…〉 〈◊〉 ounces and a halfe the best Mâ—rre i. ounce and a halfe Saffron ii drams the spirit of wine vi ounces mingle al these and in ashes with a very soft fire distill it circulate that which is distilled in Ba 〈…〉 o eight daies and then distill it againe The water hath a most excellent qualitie against the plague and all venemous things and doth maruellously strengthen the heart We haue she 〈…〉 ed the 〈…〉 〈…〉 ncture of gold Corals naturall Balme and the es 〈…〉 ence of Pâ—â—rle in the book which I wrote of preparation now resteth for 〈◊〉 to speake of the gold of life which 〈◊〉 â—hall knowe to be the most excellent and extreme 〈◊〉 in curing 〈…〉 do but consider 〈…〉 excellencie 〈…〉 Deuteron 22. 〈◊〉 Gal. simpl 10. cap. 18. 9 10 12 13. Act. Tetr 1. ser. 2. cap. 110. Aegin libr. 7. Dioscorid libr. 2. cap. 90. Marcel cap. 4. 26. Plin. libr. 28. 4. 15. Serap simpl 〈◊〉 453. 466. Another of 〈◊〉 discription Potions to be giuen other timer of the griefe A potion apt for poisoned wounds by Gunshot 〈◊〉 potion fâ—r the wounds of the heâ—d For wounds of the 〈…〉 macke Oleum Tartar◠〈◊〉 The Salto Tartar Oyle of Tartar The balme of Tartar Oyle of Vintgâ—â— Salt of Vinegar Salâ— and oyle of S 〈…〉 The preparation of Bâ—ls Arm 〈…〉 Oyles of spices 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Oyle of wheatâ— The sâ—â—ple Balâ—e of Hipericon Bals 〈…〉 vised pomorum The compound bâ—lâ—e of hypâ—â—icon The 〈◊〉 balme of 〈◊〉 pomorum How the flime or â—uslege is drawen out of hearbs Another methode Salt of â—â—ine Oyle of Wax The water and oyle of honie The salt of hony Another oyle of hony more precious Oyle of butter 〈◊〉 larde â—yle of yâ—lks of Egges Water of 〈…〉 â—eses Water of the sperme of frogâ— â—alâ— of â—gsâ—elâ—â—nd sâ—â—iles The common Mercurie precipitate Mercurie precipiat fixi dâ—lciâ—ied most profitable for the â—â—re of 〈…〉 ds oile of Mercurie corpo 〈…〉 Oile of mercurie subblimed The balme of Mercurie 〈◊〉 martis Oyle of Mars â—roâ—us martiâ— The balme oile Crocus Viâ—rioâ—ium Venâ—â—is â—alt of saturn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Balsamuâ— Saturni Sulphur of antimoni Oyle of antimonie oile of Sulphur oile of Sulph 〈…〉 vitriolate oile of Sulphur terebinthinaâ— Sowre oile of Sulphur The 〈◊〉 of V 〈…〉 ioll 〈◊〉 of Vitrioll Another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dulcifi 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Spirit of Viâ—â—iâ—ll Tled 〈…〉 of al 〈…〉 and the preparation 〈◊〉 of salt 〈…〉 oile of 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Mag 〈…〉 Cordiall 〈…〉 The 〈◊〉 on of 〈◊〉 câ—ll 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
in Balneo and doe as you did before let it bee cleared and put aside with the first water and put on again fresh water distilled and set it in Balneo as aforesaid and do this so often vntill the water be no more colored for then haue you the fire seperated from the earth but reserue the earth or Pheces vntill I tell you further what you shall do with it for there is yet a combustible oyle in it The fourth Chapter TAke the vessel wherin is the colored water and set it in Balneo with a Limbecke and receiuer well luted and distill al the water with a boyling Balneo let the matter be well dried and coole then take away the Alimbicke let the vessell remaine in Balneo and powre on the water againe vpon the matter and make a fire and set a dish vpon the mouth of the vessell and let it stande so in Balneo three daies euery day moouing it with a spattell of wood 3. or 4. times then let it coole and be taken out and strained Then take a cleane vessell and softly powre out that which is cleere into it and vpon the pheces straightwaies poure on fresh distilled water stirring it about with a woden ladle and let it stand to cleere one day the Pheces which remaine put vnto the first Pheces Then take a vessell and set it in a boyling Balneo vntil it be drie and reiterate this worke vntill there remaine no Pheces in the bottome of the vessell so shall you haue the pure Element of fire and the Element of the aire also must bee so often distilled vntill there remaine nothing in the bottome and in this sort you shall haue the pure Element Seperate then the water from the fire and let it drie so shall you haue a cleere shining matter like to Camphere keepe the fire well in a glasse and the aire with the water in another glassâ— well closed vntill you haue your earth prepared The fift Chapter TAke all the earth with the Pheces and drawe out the combustible oile by a discensorie that is with two vessels ioyned and luted together vntill the combustible oile do passe which is profitable for all colde diseases and other passions which were too long to rehearse if you desire not the combustible oile suffer it to flie away Then takâ— your earth and calcine it in a furnace of reuerberation gently vntill it be al white as snow then take a great earthen or stone vessel and put your white calcined earth into it and powre out a good quantitie of common water distilled and stirre it with a woodden ladle and set it three dayes in a boyling bath and couer it with a dish and stirre it euerie day ten or twelue times Let it coole and the vessel take out and let it cleere one whole day then take an other cleane vessel and softly poure out that which is cleer and vpon the pheces powre againe fresh distilled water and set it in Balâ—â—â— and doe as you did before Take it out againe and let it cleere one day and night and that which is vppermost cleere powre out to the first water Then put to fresh distilled water the third time vnto the pheces and set it in Balneo and doe as you did before and powre out the cleere the third time vnto the first water then cast away the pheces of the third water for they are of no valew Then take the vessell into which the water was put set it in Balneo with a lembecke and a receiuer and with a boyling Balneo drawe out the water vntill the matter bee made drie Let it coole take away the Limbecke and poure in the water againe vpon the earth or salt and set it one day in boyling Balneo Let it dissolue and cleere and take out that which is cleere And put in a little distilled water vpon the pheces and let it stand two or three houres in a warme bath take it out let it cleere by the space of one houre or two and powre out the vpper part to the first water and cast away the Pheces for there is nothing in them Let the vessel be set again in Balneo with the earth or salt and distill away the water vntill all be drie and do as afore reiterating the worke vntill that no pheces remaine in the bottome then draine away the water from the earth and you shal find a faire earthlike Cristall and so you shall haue pure elements The sixth Chapter TAke a great glasse that will beare the fire and put into it your earth and your fire and powre your aire vppon it and set it to distill in a furnace in potte or with sande or ashes with a Limbecke well luted hauing a hole in the vppermost knottie parte that a funnell may bee put in when there shall bee neede of infusion when as the humiditie that it hath receiued be halfe consumed then fortifie your fire by little and little increasing it vntil you see the water boyle and keepe the fire in that state still vntil it be consumed euen to a pinte Take away the fire let it coole take away your receauer and open the hole of the Limbeck and put in your glasse funnell and poure in all the distilled water in the recipient vppon the earth and stoppe the hole of the Limbeck and set the receauer vnto the necke thereof well luted and distill againe obserue the maner aforesaid of drawing and making infusion and doe thus tenne times The tenth distillation finished let all passe together for then the earth is made flying So the aire the water the fire and the earth will ascend together by the Limbeck and be brought into one substance which were in foure One together in nature and now simple as the incorruptible heauen yet are they not fixed but notwithstanding they are so coupled together betweene themselues that by no meanes they can bee seperated but will continue one simple bodie for euer euen as the christalline and vncorruptible heauen which notwithstanding is compounded of the foure elements What thinke you of this my sonne Can not this quintaessence helpe euerie disease that doth infect man through his most excellent temperature whether it be in heate cold moyst or drie for all are in it that he may distribute vnto euerie one that which is necessarie euen as the heauen when neede requireth giueth vnto the earth all things as coldnesse heate or moysture And yet is neither hote colde moist nor drie but of one simple essence and that indued with such a nature that is giueth vnto euerie thing that which is necessarie In like manner doth this quintaessence Therefore my sonne reioyce and giue the almightie God thankes which hath opened these things vnto the Philosophers The vii Chapter NOw my sonne if thou wilt bring this quintaessence yet to a greater perfection Take a great circulatory or Pellican that is a glasse that hath a great head like to
yet will it againe be laden with drops it were enough if we did see no other myracle then from whence this dewie humour should rise which in so short space doth so aboundantly flowe from it and how much the more the burning sunne doth scorch vp the other herbes so much the more is this moist and filled with drops euen as though it had beene sprinkled ouer with water hereupon may we gather his maruelous qualities and iudge that there is some secret operation hidden in it if thou do keepe this water thus gathered in a glasse therewith thou shalt cure all the diseases of the eies whether they come of ru 〈…〉 es or of inflamation it helpeth moreouer all the paines and diseases of the heart it cooleth the liuer and stomacke that is inflamed doth mittigate all the paine of the head that commeth of heart and driueth away all dreames and fantasies it is good also to kil the canker the woolfe against the biting of venemous beastes against poyson dronke if it be taken by the mouth it helpeth also the pestilence it is good for many other diseases which were too long here to rehearse This herb hath the colour of the sunne for his colour is red darke diuided with yellowe lines and his shape is like a star and his proportion like a heauenly planet and consisteth of seauen branches in the vtter parte brode neare the ground narrow it is as though it were heauie of a tender substance outwardly hot and moist inwardly cold and drie The left side of it is cold and moist the right side hotte and drie and it is most temperate as gold Wherefore his elements cannot be seperated one from another as in other herbes but it may be purged from his pheces for his fixing letteth that the Elementes cannot be separated for the fire will ascend with the aire by the Balneum as wee will heereafter teach The earth may bee separated from his Pheces and the Pheces likewise from the fire and ayre although it hath not manie dregs Some latine writers call it Lingua auis or Birdes tongue some call it Solaria of the sunne of Lunaria is called the moone the Flemming cals it Sindow But the old Philosophers haue kept secret the qualities as yet for the maruelous effect it worketh And it is maruell saith Arnold de Villa nou◠that a man should die that eateth euery day some of it in his grose substance what will it then worke when it is brought vnto his finenesse and clensed from his pheces It hath this great vertue in it that if it be put into a glasse wherin there is poisō mingled with wine or any other cup that is poisoned straightwaies the glasse wil flie in peeces but if it be a stone pot of aleblaster or such like the wine wil so boile as though there were a violent fire vnder it al the wine wil run out vntil there be nothing left in the vessell also if any man carrie this herb about him happen on his enemies they shal haue no power to hurt but contrariwise to shew him all kinde of dutie Also if any man bee bewitched either in bodie or in his art that is in Cookerie Bruing or Baking or by any other meanes this herb caried about him makes him free from the witchcraft If it bee also tyed vppon the bellie of a woman with childe she shall straightwayes be deliuered although the childe were dead and rotten within as it hath beene oftentimes prooued by experience This herbe caryed about one or a little thereof euerie day eaten as long as it is vsed preserueth man from the falling sicknesse Moreouer if a man bee taken with the Apoplexie that his mouth bee drawen aside and his speech and senses taken from him they shall be all restored againe if the sicke drinke the iuice of this herbe strained as hath beene oftentimes prooued Moreouer if it be hanged about the neck of one that is possessed of a spirit so long as he carieth that about him hee shall be quiet as a Lambe and the power of the spirit shall be taken away Make a proofe and you shall finde it true The bleeding at the nose is by and by stayed if you hold that herbe in your mouth They that are wearied with trauell if they drinke the iuice thereof in wine they are by and by so refreshed as if they had not laboured or gone no iourney it doth comfort the synowes muscles tendons and all the whole nature Woundes are also cured therewith if it bee dronke tenne daies together in wine or ale if the wound be washed with the same drinke and bound vp with a cloth wette in the same The paine of the teeth is by and by apeased if that herbe bee laid vnto it All these things haue beene often prooued and found true If it will doe such things whilest it is yet hindered with his grosse matter what will it worke when it is brought to his perfection My son knowe this for a truth that there is no herbe that growes vppon the earth to be compared vnto this in strength and goodnes therefore take heede that you doe not neglect it but diligently remember and keepe the secret close from them that are not of the nature of our children and from the ignorant For if this herbe did not grow so plentifully and the properties thereof were knowne it woulde bee more esteemed then golde or pretious stones for the effects of the quintaessence are maruelous as heereafter shal appeare Nowe there remaineth that wee must teach howe to bring this hearbe to his highest degree and to his quintaessence First it is to be gathered the same hauing his course in his owne house that is in the lion and the moone behold him with a sinister quadrate aspect It is to be gathered whole with rootes leaues and flowers so that there be neither earth dirt nor other hearbes mingled withall Neither must it by any meane touch any water or be made moyst Therefore you must take heede that you gather it not in rainie wether or moyst wether but rather when the sunne doth shine hottest vpon it gather great store of it and stampe it well in a mortar of Marble and put it in a Cucurbite of stone with a head and receauer luted and set it in balneo and distill away al the water vntill it be so drie like pouder and there will rise together with the water of the color of most fine gold which onely happeneth in this herbe and in none other and when there remaineth no more liquor yet leaue the cucurbite for three or foure dayes in Balneo and boyle it night and day that all the moysture may be perfectly seperated and drawne away then let it coole and take away the receauer and stoppe it diligently then take off the head and take out the matter and beate it in a Marble morter into most fine pouder that it may passe through a
Tartar by a Limbecke whereof you shall make a most excellent and wholesome oyle Vinegar being distilled by a Limbecke the pheces remaine in the bottome of the vessell which first dried afterward with a violent fire if they be driuen out by a Retort there come foorth a very red and sharpe oile Then if you dooe againe dissolue the dead head or Pheces in warme water filter and coagulate it the salt of Vinegar will rest in the bottome the which is verie profitable for all eating vlcers Soote brought into fine pouder dissolue it in distilled Vinegar in Balneo and separating all the mensture that which remaineth in the bottome dissolue and coagulate againe so long till it come to white salt which in a moyst place wil dissolue into oyle verie apt to cure the Gangraenam and all maligne vlcers Bole Armonack made into fine pouder dissolue it in the sower fleame of Alum then separate the fleame by Balneum and poure on other Doe this three times and then the Bole will be turned into a very fat oyle which with a verie soft fire is dryed and brought into pouder most apt to staunch bloud wheresoeuer it breake out Take of Cloues beaten in pouder one pound simple water or Aqua Vitae which is better vi pounde infuse them to digest in Balneo or dung foure dayes then put them in Limbecke with his refrigatorie distill it according to arte and seperate the oyle from the water by a funnel and keepe it for your vse After the same manner shall you draw the oyles of Sage Iuniper Amber Turpentine Mirre Frankinsens Sarcocolla Masticke and Euphorbium We haue written another better way to draw oyles out of the foresaide things in the Spagericke preparation of medicines Wheate being put into a retort with the spirit of wine digest it viii daies then distill it with a violent fire that which is distilled powre againe vpon the dead head digest it againe and distill it againe if you reiterate this iii. times there will come forth a most excellent oyle of the Gangraena and Carcinomatâ— Take of the flowers of Hipericon small â—utij pounde oyle of Turpentine i. pound yolkes of egges 20. Aqua Vitae halfe a pound mingle them all together and let it putrifie in hot dung one whole moneth then wring it out and set it in the sunne two moneths After the same maner is the Balme of Visci pomorum made or with oile Oliue first purified in Balneo Take of the flowres of Hipericon i. pound of the Muslage of the roote of the great Conferie iiii ounces floures of Camomil Verbascum ana pug ii oile of egges and turpentine ana half a pound Aqua Vitae one pound Mirre Frankensence Mastick Muâ—iae ana ii ounces red sugar vi ounces putrifâ—e all in dung one moneth in a vessel diligently stopped then wring it out and circulate it in Balneo three dayes afterward with a soft fire boyle it to the substance of a Balme Take of the leaues of the Mysselto of the Apple tree cut smal ii pound put them into a vessel of glaâ—le putting thereto buds of the Popler tree halfe a pound oyle of the grease of a Badger and of Butter ana iiii ounces turpentine vi ounces oyle of wormes ii pound and a halfe good white wine ii pound digest all well stopped in verie hot dung ii moneths then presse it and circulate it and with a soft fire boile it vntil the liquors be consumed there can not be found a more excellent medicine to asswage acheâ— and paines The iuice of the leaues and rootes of hearbes you shall purifie vntill it bee cleare powring to it so much Aqua Vitae and digest it in Balneo in a glasse xv daies then separate that water by distillation and there remaineth in the bottome the slyme or muslage of the hearbes Steepe the leaues and rootes of hearbes in common water filtred or that which is better in white wine eight daies then let them boyle iii. daies with a soft fire vnder them Then wâ—ing them out and purifie it then boyle them with a softfire vntill they come to the thicknes of honie which we cal the slime of muslage By this rule you shal draw out of both Comferies Cynoglosso Centaurie Vinca peiuinca Aristolochie the roote of henbane the middle barke of Tillia their muslage verie profitable for the foresaid medicines Out of the flowres of red Poppie or their iuice you shal draw a water by a Limbeck very profitable to coole The salt of mans vrine hath an excellent qualitie to clense It is made thus First the vrine is to be filtred then coagulated after with distilled vinegar dissolued againe coagulated these must be reiterated 3. or 4. times Melt waxe at the fire and boyle it with wine till it bee consumed doe it so long vntill it cracke no more Take i. pound of wax thus prepared Alum calcined half a pound Sage leaues M. i. put al into a Limbeck with his receauer and distill it with a meane fire First there will come forth a grose oyle thick hard white which must be distilled againe as afore and iii. times reiterated and so you shall make an excellent oyle of waxe for all griefes of the synowes In like maner is the oyle of Rosen and pitch made Out of honie you shall first drawe an excellent water by Balneum afterward you shall put vnto the dead head or pheces that are left sand or flint stones calcined that the matter boyle not vp which you shall driue out by a 〈◊〉 of glasse giuing fire by degrees and so you shal distil a yellowish cleare oile togither with a grosse impure oyle Let all digest againe 4. or 5. dayes after distill it againe by a Limbecke in sande and there will come out a pure red oyle swimming vpon the water This water is sower almost like vinegar distilled and is very good against the Gangrena but the oyle which burneth like Aqua Vitae hath maruaiâ—ous qualities specially if it be circulated certaine daies with the spirit of wine for the spirit being after separated there remaineth a sweete oyle of pleasant sauour good for wounds by gunshot and eating vlcers Out of the pheces which remaines is drawen a salt first being calcined with a fire of reuerberation dissoluing it with his proper menstrua or common water distilled filtering and coagulating it three times It is good for al rotten vlcers This salt you shal mingle with his proper burning oyle according to arte and you shall reape greater commoditie thereof then is lawfull to be spoken Take of honie not separated from his waxe ii pounde Tartar made into pouder i pound let them putrifie together in dung xv dayes and distill it by a retort and there will first come a cleare water then a yellowish Put these againe vpon the dead head and putrifie it againe other xv dayes
aire and earth are vnseperable My sonne knowe this that Mercurie is the first of all things for before time there was water and the spirit of the Lord rested vpon the water but what vvas that water the water of the cloudes or a moisture which might be powred out No but it was a drie dusty water God had ioyned his earth vnto it which is his sulphur and so the earth congealeth the water and thereof sprung the foure elements included in these two by the will of God Therefore Mercurie congealeth sulphure and sulphure Mercurie neither can one of these be without the other as also they cannot be without their salt which is the chiefest meane by whose help nature ingendreth and bringeth forth all vegetals minerals and animals Wherefore these three mercurie salt and sulphur can not be one without another for where the one is found there the other are found also neither is there any thing in nature wherein these three are not found and of these three whatsoeuer is in nature hath his originall and are so mingled with the foure elements that they make one body and the salt is drowned in the bottome of the elements for it is necessarie that the salt should keepe them vnited by his sharpenesse and dâ—inesse notwithstanding it is a flying spirit but because it sticketh in the botome of the mixture and is ouercome of the fatnes and combustible oile in which it is found as the yolke within the white of the egge and the combustible oile liueth of the earth with the â—alt and pheces and the salt is buried in the bottome of the pheces of the combustible oile and earth therefore it cannot flie away from the earth but by great force of fire These three spirites whereof we haue spoken are said first to be seperated from the mixture of the elements which is the soul of all things or their quintaessence which holdeth together the whole mixture of the elements for when the spirites are gone cut then the mixture is dissolued by it selfe and diuided neither is there neede of fire to expel the salt from the earth when the elements are separated from the pheces then is the salt also separated with it This salt is vnknowne to the ignoraunt Therefore salt is the meane betweene the grosse earthly partes and the three flying spirites resting in the naturall heat that is the taste moist smell and colour which three are the life soule and quintaessence of euery thing neither can these three spirits be one without the other as the Father the Sonne and the Holie-ghost are one yet three persons and one is not without the other The ignorant laugh neither vnderstand they these three spirits when as they are tied to the grosse earthly fixed partes and are made subtill and their salt is ioyned and mingled with them it must transforme them all together and fixe them into a cristalline bodie Diaphanes and red of colour whereof we wil speak hereafter he that knoweth not this salt shall neuer bring anie to passe in Art The philosophers call this salt a drie water and a liuely salt but the ignorant thought they meant mercurie but the Philosophers called the three spirites Mercurie and the earth Sulphur which the ignorant vnderstand not Either of them can not be without the other neither is there any thing in nature in which these three are not and they are so mixed with the foure elements that they make one body and mixture Whatsoeuer God hath created is in these three stones wherfore all may be reduced into a cristalline cleernesse by Art giuen by God vnto the Philosophers for in the latter days God wil seperate all the vncleane pheces and corruption that is in the elements and bring them to a cristalline cleerenesse and rednesse of a carbuncle Afterward there shall be no more corruption but they shall endure for euer Do you thinke that all thinges which God hath created in these lower partes should vtterly perish in the latter day No not the least haire of those things which God hath created no more then the incorruptible heauen but God by his will wil change all things and make them christalline and the foure elements shall be perfect simple and fixed in themselues and they shall be all a quintaessence Demonstration of these things may be made here on earth by Arte for whatsoeuer God hath created may be broght to a cristalline cleerenesse and the elements gathered together into a simple fixed substance which being doone no man can alter them neither the fire it selfe burne or change them but they shal continue perpetually as those things which haue attained eternitie The order to draw forth the Quintâ—essence of Sugar collected out of the vegitable and animall workes of Isacke Holander HEere will I shewe thee a great secret howe thou shalt drawe foorth the quintaessence of Sugar the which truely excelleth all vegitable workes by meane of his temperature like vnto the incorruptible heuen the which is neither hot colde nor dry but most temperate neuertheles compounded of the foure elements but they striue not one with another for if they are so ioyned together that they can neuer be separated one from an other but for euer remaine simple and fixt in vnitie But this heauen doth distribute and giue vnto the earth whatsoeuer is necessarie for it although that it selfe be neither hote nor colde moist nor dry the which like effects hath the quintaessence of sugar the which in it selfe hath the foure elements as gold hath as gold is pure so sugar is impure gold outwardly is hote and moist inwardly colde and drie and white sugar is the contrarie for it is outwardly colde and drie and inwardly hote and moist and red and fixed both outward and inward Neither is there any thing wanting but that the inward qualitie may be brought that his rednesse may appeere outwardly and that his pheses be seperated then is it prepared and shall not neede to be fixed for it is fixed alreadie and doth retaine with it selfe al outward and inward spirits and whatsoeuer is volatill it doth retaine Now what his kinde is I will tell thee and from whence he hath his originall that is euen out of the red but if thou wilt be further satisfied reade the three and thirty chapter of the generation of those things that grow in the seas and other waters where we write largely of the nature thereof Heere it shall be sufficient for vs to shewe the order how to prepare it and in what order it shoulde be vsed in medicine and also to other things where it may be applied His nature is to retaine or hold all flying spirites and to fixe them into a stone as shalbe shewed hereafter First ye shal vnderstand that ye cannot seperate the pheces except ye bring the inward parts outward that is to say that his inward darke golden colour do appeere the which when it is so di 〈…〉 d his rednesse is
much vinegar or aqua vitae and distil it and againe powre on fresh vineger or aqua vitae draw it away againe vntiâ—l the Quintaessence doth ascend in a red golden colour as we haue shewed in many places how to distil those matters that are fixed by vineger or aqua vitâ— for when it is distilled by the Limbecke his vertues are angmented a thousand times wil work strange cures keep this as a secret for it is a gret mystery in nature Here beginneth a manuel or handy worke how the Quintaessence may be drawen out of honie NOw wil I open vnto you a great secret in the vegetall worke of honie to wit a maruellous nature for it is drawen out of the most noble pure part of the floures The nature of Bees is such that they draw out the best of euery thing as in the Animall worke is more at large described wherein there is taught how to extract the nature of al beasts and specially in the 84. Chapter Wherefore my sonne know this that al that God hath created good in the vpper part of the world are perfect and vncorruptible as the heauen but whatsoeuer in these lower partes whether it be in beasts fishes and all manner of sensible creatures hearbs or plants it is indued with a double nature that is to say perfect and vnperfect the perfect nature is called the Quintaessence the vnperfect the Pheces or dregges or the vene 〈…〉 ous or combustible oile Therefore you shall seperate the dregges and combustible oyle and then that which remaineth is perfect and is called the Quintaessence which will endure continually euen as the heauen neyther can it bee dissolued with fire or anie other thing For when God had created all things and looked vpon them they were all perfect good there was nothing lacking to any and therefore for loues sake I say vnto thee that God hath put a secret nature or influence in euery creature and that to euery nature of one sort or kind he hath giuen one common influence and to euery one of seuerall kindes their seuerall influence and vertue whether it be on Physicke or other secret workes which partly are found out by natural work manship And yet more things are vnknowen then are apparant to our senses what doe you not thinke that an herb that is appointed for one disease which it will cure doth not containe in it many more vertues then are knowen vnto vs Yes truely many more This also Iadde that if the pheces and combustible oile be taken away from this thing or herb which in all things is the poyson that should be taken away that brings death vnto vs and the elements should be purified and so burned together by Art that they shall passe together by a Limbecke and be ioyned together as it were coupled in marriage that it may roote out al manner of disease from euery thing be it herb or liuing thing or be drawen from his venome as in the 14. chapter of the Prologue of this book is declared and also in the Prologue of the Animall work whereas the manner of drawing the Quintaessence out of all venemous beasts birds wormes and flies is plainely declared that it may help all the griefes of man but that specially is drawen out of the blood of man and there is likewise declared that there is no neede of things without man or beast to help such as are infected For euerie creature containes in himselfe the remedy of his disease which remedy may be drawne without the hurt of man or beast that the disease may bee miraculously cured as is there most excellently taught in the theâ—ricke and in the practise Therefore I would write this that thou soone mightest vnderstand what maruellous force is in honie which is taken out of all floures and gathered into one masse which truely is indued with sundry vertues For if GOD hath giuen vnto other things the gift of healing what then is there not in honnie which is gathered out of so many floures and euery herb indued with his owne proper vertue Truely if it be brought to his height and excellencie it will worke maruellously Now consider what lieth hidden in this Quintaessence and esteeme it not lightly but keepe it secret as the most excellent thing of al the animal worke the which being obtained you shall neede no other medicines to put away al the accidents of the bodie The second Chapter NOw I will set in hand with the practise Take twelue quartes of the best virgin Hony and put it in a great earthen vessell with a Limbecke well luted and set it in Ealneo lute a recipient to the necke of it and distil that which will distil of it in your Balneo boyling My sonne knowe this that there is no common water in honie but onely Philosophicall and Elementall for the Element of aire doth first passe with the Element of fire in the which the aire is contained and the aire when it riseth resembleth the sauour of aqua vitae distilled and at the first can not be knowen from aqua vitae neither by sight neither sauour distill it vntill there wil no more arise Then leaue the vessell in Balneo fiue daies with a Limbecke and receiuer let it boyle night and day that the matter may be dried then let it coole and take it out and take away the receiuer and Limbecke and that which is in the receiuer powre into the vessell againe vpon the dâ—ie matter and set it in Balneo and couer the mouth of the vessel with a cleane dish well luted and let your Balneum be only luke warme My sonne vnderstand that it may thus bee done for it is good that the fire be drawen with his proper aire so as a maÌ„ would stay so long for it wold be of the greater force The auntient Philosophers wrought in this sort but the daunger is when the vessels shall bee opened lest the water flie away for it is as suâ—till as wine For euerie time the aire is to be drawn away and againe to be powred on making putrifaction in a warme Balneo but first it must be wel luted and a Limbecke being set on with a receiuer you must reiterate the worke vntill the fire rise like vnto red bloud There is another methode or rule of working found out in these our daies which is in this sort The third Chapter THey are thus drawne out and the matter dried as is aforesaide then take common water twise distilled in Balneo and powre on as much as is sufficient and set it in Balneo couer the mouth of the vessel but let not the Balneâ—â— boile and so let it stand three daies and three nights moouing it day and night with a spattle of wood let it coole be poured out and strained Then take a cleane vessell and poure out that which is cleere and powre vpon the pheces fresh distilled water as you did before set the vessell
of Frankensence Myrre and Masticke ana halfe an ounce oyle of Turpentine vi ounces good white wine i. pound putrifie them al in warme dongue and boyle them as before with a fire of ashes vntill the wine and iuice be consumed and it bee brought to the forme of an ointment then put to i. ounce of this ointment i. dram of mercurie precipitate dulcified If there be need of greater clensing Or take Visci herbarum sâ—niculae Pirolae Aristoloch and Vincae peruincae ana ii ounces of turpentine washed iiii ounces Crocus Veneris halfe a ounce Balsami Taertari ii drams Sulphuris Antimoni i. dram and a halfe set them vpon a fire of ashes vntill it haue the substance of a salue Saercotica Take of the Mucilage of the seedâ— of Fâ—rnigreeke ii ounces of the iuice of hounds tongue Perscicaria and the great Comferie ana i. ounce and a halfe oyle of Frankinsence and mirre ana iii. drams oyle of Hipericon simple ii ounces Turpentine washed with white wine ii ounces let them stand in the sunne or at a soft fire vntil they wax thicke Unguentum depaetâ— Take of the iuice of Pâ—â—um i pound Turpentine v. ounces of common oyle of Hipericon viii ounces good white wine halfe 〈◊〉 pound digest all viii dayes after seeth them vntill the wine be consumed then put to Colophoâ—iae and waxe ana iii. câ—nces Muniâ— and Amber ana ii drammes melt them againe at the fire and make an ointment according to art Take of the iuice of the Petum and Comferie ana iiii ounces oyle of Turpentine i. pounde flowers of Hipericon and Verbascus ana M. ii apples of an elme tree iii. ounces the buds of the Poplaâ—trec iiii ounces the spirit of wine i. pound a halfe digest al these in horse dongue or in a warme bath in a glasse vessell well stopped one whole moneth then wring it out and straine it and put to it of Frankensence Masticke and Mirre ana iâ— ounces Sanguis Draconis halfe a ounce Muniae vi drams Turpentine halfe a pound Benioini j. ounce circulate them together in a Pellicane viii daies after with a moderate heat distill away the spirit of wine and there wil remaine in the bottome a most pretious balme Cicatricem inducentia Take of burnt Allum i. ounce Crete Vitrioli iii. drams Crocus martis Crocus Uâ—ncris ana ii drams mingle them and make a pouder which you may vse by it self or mingled with hony Or take of Bole Aâ—menae prepared after our maner ii drams câ—lex of egshels halfe an ounce the iuice of vnripe Damascens iii. ounces boile them with a soft fire to a perfect substance Ad Vâ—â—enâ— Take of oyle of Amber and Turpentine ana i. ouncâ— oile of Iuniper ii drams â—ettle seed and the root of Gentian ana ii drams oyle of Sulphur Vitriolat i. dram and a halfe red Corall i. dram mingle them togither Or take of the iuice of Pentaphillon Scabious and Ruâ— ana ii ounces Olei sulphuris Rubei i. ounce oyle of miâ—re 〈◊〉 drams Colophoni and gum of iuice ana vi drammes mingle them Adambusta Take of lard molten and washed in water of nightshad ii ounces Olei Saturni halfe an ounce mingle th 〈…〉 Or take the iuice of the rootes of Henbane and flowers of red popie ana i. ounce Salt Peter i. dram Mucilage of Seminis Cidoniorum iii. drams and with oyle of Champhire make an ointment Repellentiâ— sanguinem cohibentiâ— Take of Bole Armenae prepared after the Spag 〈…〉 manner ii ounces Crocus Martis and Crocus Veneris ana i. ounce mixe them with oyle of Roses Or take of Colcotharis Dulsifieati ashes of frogges burned ana halfe a ounce mingle them with the white of an egge There bee made other remedies for the fore saide intents the making whereof wee haue described in their proper places which I commit to the iudgement of the skilful Surgeons to vse wisely as the disease and partie affected dotis require Now there remaineth to speake of drinks for wounds before wee teach the preparations of medicines De potionibus vulnerarijs THese potions for wounds although they driue not out the humors downwards yet preuaile they very much to clense woundes because they clense superfluous humors and the blood from all filth and by a certaine marâ—eious qualitie where with they excel they knit the broken bones and help the sinowes that are hurt by wounds helping nature they at the last fil the wound with flesh and close them vp without vsing any other remedie when as I sawe in Germanie the maruelous and almost incredible effect which came by the vse of these potioÌ„s euen in curing desperate Vlcers I thought it not meete to passe ouer the mention of them and that so much the rather because I knew the vse of them in time past was alowed but nowe through the necligence of Phisitions to be almost growne out of vse Also I haue experieÌ„ced those potions to be taken not only as medicins but also as norrishments and to helpe all the passions and incommodities whereunto wounds are subiect The simples whereof the medicines are made are these Cyclaminus Consolida maior Consolida mediae quam Sophiam nonnulli vocant Sabinae Galangae Vinca peruincâ— Centaurâ—um Ophioglosson Betonica Aristolochia Ueronica Agrimoniae Uerbenae Serpâ—nâ—ariae Persicariae Arthemisiae Lilium conuallium Zedoariae Pyrola Sperma ceti Cancri fluniatiles Nux vomica Astaci Mumiae Macis Bolus Armena You shall much better drawe out the strength of those simples then the common sort if you put them into a tun of white must and digest them there ii moneths or if you cut the greene bearbes verie small and wring out the iuice of them into a Pelicane or blinde Limbeck or circulate them three or foure daies in Balneâ— Mariae This last way is most conuenient for them that are forbidden the vse of wine specially if they be wounded in the head The distilled waters of theÌ„ be also good if they be taken driely by themselues morning and euening with dose and manner conuenient Or if white wine be delaied with them if it bee graunted to the wounded heere foloweth the composition of the vulnerarie potions A Vulnerarie potion to be giuen the first seauen dais Take of both Conferies Veronica Sâ—wbread ana M. i. Astacos purged num iiii white wine two measures circulate them in Balneo three daies straine it and giue euery morning one spoonefull Or take of the eies of Crabs in pouder halfe a ounce Mumia ii drams Bole Armenae i. dram and a halfe the herbs of Agrimoni Ophioglosson Ueronica Sowbread ana M. 〈◊〉 Sperma Ceti i. dram infuse them in white wine 〈◊〉 a night in Balneo take of this ii spoonefulles morning and euening if neede be it putteth away the inflamations verie much and helpeth the burning Take of Macis the eyes of Crabbes Zedoarie ana iii drams Mumia Ga'ingale the lesse ana ii drammes Nucis vomicae i. dram and a halfe beate