you maie get and stāpe them well then put them in a little canues bagge strong and presse them vnder a presse as harde as you can and take it vp togither diligētly although it seeme iuell fauored and put it in a strong vessell of glasse but set it not in the sunne for it will be cleere of it self and waxe faire and bright and wil haue a very sharpe odour of Spike And by like meane maie you make oile of Lauander and serue your turne with it in many thinges bicause it is very hote sharpe and conforteth the stomake and if a man put some of it in well water it wil smell al of it whan a man washeth his handes with it And of this water menne vse fo◠sweete Balles and many other thinges To make odoriferous oile of Storax TAke a bottell of double glasse and put into it a pounde of oile of sweete Almondes and foure vnces of Storax grossely broken and cleane and put it into it stopping it well Then sette it vpon the hote embers vntill the Storax be molten then take it from the fire beyng so hote as it is put into it halfe an vnce of Mastick made into pouder and whan it is colde straine it diligently pressing and wringing well the bottom And if you will make it more odoriferous you shal adde to it some Bengewine and two vnces of cloues and it will be perfite To make an odoriferous oile of Bengewine TAke a pounde of good Bengewine and beate it small and put it in a limbecke well glewed and closed with past or els into some violl of glasse so that you maie put in your hande and let it bee shalowe and not very depe bicause the oile maie mounte vp with ease And put therevpon twoo pounde of rose water and incorporate it well togither this doen set on the couer of the Limbecke and trimme it so well that it maie not breath out Then giue it a slowe fire in soche wise that ye maie gette out some water and augmente your fire little and little vntill the oile begin to come forthe and by and by chaunge the recipient or receptorie pouring out the 〈◊〉 water into som violle and then giue it a good and quicke fire vntill you thinke you haue drawē out three vnces and a half of oile and kepe it in some violle of glasse well stopte and leaue it in the Sunne the space of viij daies and it will be parfite and good And thus maie you make oile of Storax and if you putte to it fower vnces of Storax it will be the better To make good oile of Ladanum Take a pounde of good Ladanum and cut it as small as you can and put it in a pot of Copper and put into it sixe vnces of Rose water fower vnces of Oile of sweete Almondes this doen seeth it faire and softly the space of twoo howers and straine it so often vntil the oile waxe clere and it wil be perfite and good oile of Ladanum And first of al in taking awaie the yearth if you knewe that it were not cleane take the said Ladanum and cut it small and put it in Rose water vpon the fire for to melte it then take it of againe and let it stand and rest the space of halfe an hower and gather togither that is vpermoste with a spone and putte it again into Rose water vntill it be thorowe colde and than make and compounde it as before ¶ To make oile of Orenge flowers and other swete flowers TAke freshe and cleane flowers of Orenges one pounde and put them in a great violl of glasse at the fire and put to them a pound and a half of swete Almonde oile and a little burned Alome three graines of Ambergrise sixe graines of Muske sixe scruples of Camfere and braie them after the accustomed maner First of all the Muske then the Amber with fine Suger as moche as a Beane tempered with a little Rose water and braie the Camfire alone with Sugar and put it in laste but lette there not bee to moche of it bicause that the sauour of it is to sharpe and put in but a little at ones for you maie alwaie adde to but you can not diminish it whē it is ones in And let not the violl be to full to the entent you maie mixe and tourne vp and doune the composicions for to incorporate them and leaue theim in the Sunne eightene or twentie daies vntil a moneth bee paste and it will bee parfite and that the flowers maie seeth the more in the oile then strain theim and wring them well and put theim again into the violle in the Sunne the space of twoo or three daies vntill it purifie This dooing you shall haue a merueilous oile and of a very good odour and if the flowers seme vnto you but a fewe you maie put other vpon theim and thei will augmente the odour by this meane you maie take of all sortes of swete flowers and haue oile of diuers sortes vsing the meanes aforesaied To make a parfume sodainly in a chamber where a sicke man lieth TAke a little yearthen potte and putte into it a Nutmegge twoo scruples of the sticke of Cloues twoo scruples of the sticke of Sinamome fower scruples of Storax calamitae Rose water or water of Spike or some other sweete water and seeth it Then put it in a pot sharde with a fewe hote asshes and coales vnder it and set it in the chamber and the smoke thereof shall giue a very sweete amiable and hartie sauour To make long and rounde parfumes to burn◠in a chamber TAke sixe vnces of Timiama twoo vnces of Ladanum three vnces of Storax solidae fiue vnces of Frankencens an vnce of Bengewine a pounde of swete coales eight vnces of Dragant And of al this make a very small poulder but you shal put the coales and the Dragant to stepe in Rose water or some other swete water and leaue theim so the space of three daies Then stampe theim in a morter and put into them all the poulders and stampe theim so that thei maie be well incorporated togither Then put in the coles stamping alwaies and incorporating it and put so moche in of it that the paste waxe somewhat harde And then make your parfumes long and round as you will and drie them well in the shadow And if you will not bestowe so moche cost vpon them take the lees and bottome that remaineth of some sweete odoriferous waters and make thereof a poulder and thei shall be good putting to them a little Timiama the whiche will multiplie your woorke and make a good odoure and if you put to it a little Camfire thei will make a noise in burning as it were cracking To make a fine and swete pouder of Cipres TAke foure vnces of Cardamomum or toun Kerse two vnces of Storax solida two vnces of Frankensence thre vnces of drie red Roses an vnce of Sandalum citrinum three vnces of
¶ The seconde part of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by hym collected out of diuers excellent aucthours and newely translated out of Frenche into Englishe with a generall Table of all the matters conteined in the saied Boke By Willyam Ward ¶ Imprinted at London by Ihon Kyngston for Nicholas Englande Anno domini M.D.lx. The translatour to the Readers IN the edicioÌ„ of the first parte of the worthie secretes of the reuerend Senior Alexis of Piemont it was promised you gentill readers euen of hym self in his Epistle that he would labour in the colleccioÌ„ of others tried and experimented for the vtilitie profite and pleasure of all soche as either delited in theim or would by theim be eased of soche infirmities as thei might casually haue been greeued withall You heard also the cause why he would communicate those secretes with the worlde whiche vndoubtedly sprong of a godlie zeale towarde the common cace of all menne I therefore bicause he hath kept touche performing his promes in collectyng a seconde part could no lesse dooe herein then I did in the firste parte that is to saie no more to spare my labour in translatyng it into our natiue toungue nor hide the commoditie of so excellente thinges from those that haue not the vnderstandyng of the Frenche tongue then I did before And bicause you should not haue onely the hed without the taile that is the biginnyng without the ende you shall haue here no lesse good and profitable matters althoughe not so many then was presented you in the other as by your iudgement in readyng you shall easely perceiue THE Second parte of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by him collected out of diuers and excellent Authors To make whey as clere as well water TAke wheie and heate it on the fier but lette it not boile then sprinkle it with a Sponge weate in strong vinaigre or vergeous or els the iuice or licour of Orenges and so strain it in a piece of clothe made like a little bagge doeyng so diuers times vntill it be clere But note that the bagge must not be made cleaue at euery time but you must powre it alwaies vpon the skomme of it and it will become as clere as Amber To make very good Aqua vite TAke Wine that is not to olde that is to safe of a yeare or somwhat more or lesse and let it be very good hauing a good odour and distille it in a vessel of glasse hauing a long necke about sixe foote long with a very small and slowe fier and take it vp togither whiles it commeth furth fast that is to saye whan one droppe tarrieth not for another and it shalbe very good and pleasant for there shalbe nothing els but onely the parte of the Wine very subtile and fine true it is that it shal not be very hote nor burne so muche as other Aqua vites doe To make Armes or tables of Pictures alwaies bright shining TAke verie stronge Vinaiger and Alome and beate the Alome into pouder and mingle it with the Vinaigre and than rubbe therwith the armes or tables and they will be alwaies bright or els anoint theÌ„ with the marow of a Deere To make blacke Ynk very good TAke a pound and a halfe of raine water with three vnces of the waighttest Galles you can finde bruse them into small peeces and poore them into the said water and let it stande two daies in the sunne Then put to it two vnces of Romaine vitriolle wel colored and beateÌ„ small and mixe all well togither with a sticke of a Figge tree leaue it againe two daies more in the Sunne Finally put to it an vnce of Gomme Arabicke that is eleere and bright and beaten into pouder and an vnce of the pill of Pomegranades and than boile it a little with a slowe fier that doen straine it and kepe it in a vessell of Leade or Glasse and it will be very blacke and perfite good To make Greene Ynke TAke Verdegris elect fayer and make it into past with a little strong Vinagre and distilled water of Grene galle and let it drie and whan you will write with it teÌ„per it with the same water of greene gall putting to it a little gomme Arabike For Oxen that pisse Bloode TAke three vnces of Phasioli that be redde and sixe drammes of Pepper the seede of brome and make thereof â— poulder and giue him drinke of it euery daie with white wine vntill he be hole putting three vnces of the said poulder to two quarteâ— of the said wine and giue it him euerie daie three times To make Oile of Vitriol TAke the Vitriol and make it into Lime than put into Aqua vite and let the water couer it than distille it first with a very small fier augmenting it by little and little vntil al become out Then take out the Aqua vite by Balneum mariae with the water that is skant warme This doen distil againe the Oile and if at the beginning there come any water put the said Oile into some vessell and set it in the Sunne but it were muche better to set two vessels well closed togither one vpon another and the water beyng in the Sunne will come and cleaue vnto the vessell that is vppermost and therfore you shall take awaie the said vessell and set to another and by this meane you shall purge awaie all the said water and the Oile shall remaine not onely pure nete but also more delicat than the comon Oile of Vitriol To make white Teeth TAke Limons and make distilled water of theÌ„ and washe your Teeth with it for it is a soueraine thing or if you will not make the water take the licour of them which is also good for the same purpose but the water is moche better bicause it is finer so that in distilling it lose not his force For the same TAke lees of wine called Tarâ—arum and put it in a vessell of Marble and stop it surely then burie it in the ground and let it remaine there vntill it become water and then take it out and rubbe your teeth with it and thei will waxe very faire Take also the water that falleth at the beginning of the distillacion of salte Peter and Alome and rubbe your teethe therwith If you take also the roote of Mallowes and rub your teeth with it euery daie thei will be bright white and faire without hurting the gommes Or if you take a cruste of wheaten bread and burne it euen to coales and then hauing made it to pouder skower your teeth withall and washe them afterwarde with cleane and faire water either of the Welle or of the Conduite thei will bee white for it is a thing experimented To take awaie spottes from the face TAke twoo vnces of the licour of Limons and twoo vnces of Rose water twoo drammes of siluer sublimed and as moche of Ceruse put al togither and make it like an
ointmente and anointe your face therwith at night when ye go to bedde and in the morning whan you are vp anoint it with butter This is proued For the same TAke the white of an Egge and sturre it with some thing vntill it bee taurned to water then take an vnce of the same water and halfe an vnce of ceruse and two drammes of quicke siluer and a dramme of camfire and mengle it all together and so annoint your face with it For the same TAke iiij vnces of vitriol and thre vnces of Salt peter an vnce of the rubbish or skale of steele and distille all togither putting to it halfe an vnce of Camfire and washe your face with it euery daie For the same TAke halfe a pounde of the roote of Serpentinâ— called in latine Dracuntium or comonly Serpentaria whiche hath certaine great red graines ioyned togither in a lompe or els a stalke of a reede and half a pound of a Lily roote and asmuche of with Malowes and seeth theÌ„ all togither in raine water then beate them in a morter of Marbel and put to it fower vnces and a halfe of oile of Tartre and the marowe of a Deere and sixe drammes of Camfire and so mixe all togither and annoint your face therwith To take away little red Pimples from a mans face TAke fiuetene newe laied Egges and put them whole into stroÌ„g Vinaigre then take them out and breake them euen with the same Vinaigre in putting to it an vnce of Senuey then distille them with some vessell of Glasse and washe your face with the water at night when you go to bed and againe in the morning wash it with sodden water wherin must be Bren and Mallowes This is experimented To make a water that taketh awaye the spottes of the face and maketh it faier and bright and kepeth the handes and mouth that they chappe not or waxe full of chinkes TAke a white Pigeon and plucke of his fethers then pluck out the guttes and garbage of him and cut of his head and feete then take three good handfuls of Fraxinella and two pounde of Milke and three vnces of Creame and sixe vnces of oile of sweete Almondes and let it be newe and fresh and put all this togither and distille it in a vessell of Glasse and washe your face and handes euery daie with the same water and they wilbe alwaies white softe and with out any spottes or pimples as in the middes of Somer To make the face faire TAke Fraxinella and make water thereof in a Lembick and washe your face well with thesame euery daie A water to make the face faire TAke the white of an Egge and make water therof in a Lembick and washe your face with it asmuch and as often as you liâ—â— To make a water that maketh the face white and shinyng TAke the milke of an Asse and Egge shelles and make thereof distilled water and washe your face with it it will be white faire glistring A water to make the face redde TAke the legge of an Oxe or Calfe that is to say from the knee douneward and take of the skin and the hoofe froÌ„ it and then breake all the rest in pieces that is to saie the bones the senewes and the marowe and distill it and so washe your face with the water that cometh of it euery morning To make a kinde of white to make the face faire called in Frenche Blanchet TAke twoo vnces of Dragantum and dissolue it with the white of an Egge well beaten than put to it halfe an vnce of Borace with asmoche of Ceruse and asmoche Camfire and mingle all togither and make thereof little flatte balles and when you occupie of it tempere it in some Rose water and anoint your face with it at night when you go to bed and in the morning washe your face with water of the flowers of Beanes or els seeth Bren in well water and washe your face with all To make an other better whiche maketh the face white and glisteryng TAke twoo vnces of the skimme of siluer and a pound of white vineigre very strong and boile them togither vntill thei be diminished of twoo thirdendels Then take twoo drammes of Camfire twoo of alome twoo of Boras and as moche oile of Tartre and seeth them in Rose water Then take of these twoo licours that is to saie of the said vineigre and of the other as moche of one as of the other and mingle them togither and rubbe your face with it as moche as you will and besides that it maketh the face white and glistring it taketh awaie all maner of spottes and pimples from it A water to make the face redde and glisteryng TAke an vnce of fishe glue and an vnce of Rock alome and twoo vnces of Verzine and put theÌ„ into a quarte of water that is to saie xxviij vnces and let them remaine in infusion three daies and then seeth them and strain out the water and kepe it in a vessell of glasse as you will To make an other maner of the same whiche the Frenche men call Blanchet TAke twoo drammes of siluer sublimed and put it into a violle of water that holdeth a quarte and seeth it vntil it decreaseth of the tenth part Then put to it halfe an vnce of Ceruse and a dramme of Camfire and of Boras and the licour or iuice of a whole Limon and mingle all togither and let it seeth with a slowe fire the space of seuen howers But you must note that this bicause of the siluer sublimed maketh by long vsing it the teeth somewhat blacke and at the last to fall out it maketh also a stinking breath and hurteth the senewes and the brain To make an other Blanchet that maketh the face white and of a ruddie colour and hurteth not as the other aforesaied doeth TAke two vnces of Boras fower vnces of Ciche Peason brused that is to saie without the huskes and fower vnces of Phasiols and asmoche of Beanes and make theim all into pouder and the galle of a Bulle and the yelkes of fiftene egges and a quarte of white wine and put all togither to distille and washe your face with the water in the morning To make an other Blanchet whiche is called roiall that is the best and the excellentest of all other TAke a good handfull of the flowers of an Oliue tree and a handfull of the flowers of an Eldern tree a handfull of white roses a handfull of the flowers of Orenges and an other of Gelsemines and twelue newe laied Egges twelue grene Figges and freshe gathered and twelue Snailes one dramme of Camfire an other of Alumen desquamatum twoo drammes of Boras halfe a dramme of Alome fower penie weight of Alumen plumae otherwise called in Latin Tricbitiâ— eight penie weight of siluer sublimed an vnce of redde waxe a good handefull of white Lilies and distille all the flowers when thei bee grene in their season and
very stronge Vinaigre and make thereof some distilled water and washe your face with it one daie and the nexte daie folowinge take Bren Mallowes and water and boile all togither vntill it be diminished of the halfe and washe your face with it that same daie and the next daie washe it againe with the water of the distilled Vinaigre and the nexte daie with the other water made with the Bren and Mallowes and coÌ„tinue so vntil the markes or holes begon whiche will be very shortly Also if you take Egge shelles distill them and washe your face with the water at night whan you go to bed and in the morning with the other of Bren and Malowes as is aboue rehersed To make the handes white TAke an Oxe gall and take halfe a sponefull of it in the ingâ—ning with wel water and washe your handes with this little of the gall and they will become moist softe and very white Take also Sope and purge it wel than take of the roote of Iris and dry it in an ouen and make pouder of it the whiche you shall mixe with the Sope well purged and so washe your handes withal and they wil be softe and white Take also Sope well purged and take the Ashes of a 〈◊〉 and mixe them well togither vntill they be well incorporated the one with the other and washe your handes with it in the morning and thei wil be moist softe white as snowe which thing is experimented To make an odoriferous and sweete smelling grese that kepeth the lippes and handes from thinkes and chappes and kepeth them moist and softe TAke a pounde that is to saie twelue vnces of Calues grease or the Deere suet that is yong and the suet fresh Than take sixe vnces of Maioram and stampe them all well togither and make thereof little halles and sprinkle them with a little good White or Claret wine that hath a good odour Than put them in some vessell and couer them well that the good odour of the Maioram go not out and so set them in the shadow the space of fower and twenty houres somwhat more or lesse than put them in water and seeth theÌ„ leisurely and than draine it againe Take also nine vnces of Maioram and stampe it with the same grease and make litle balles of it which you shall sprinkle ouer with Wine and put it in another vessell cleane the which you shal also set it in the shadowe the space of xxiiij houres and than put water to it againe and seeth it and straine it And do so fower or fiue times adding to it alwaies nine vnces of Maioram and sprinklinge it with good Wine you maie also put to it a little muske or ciuette thus doyng you shall haue a very excellent thing to keepe the lippes and handes from chappes or chinckes and from all great colde For to make a sweete Suet called in Frenche and Italian Pommade in latin Pomatum TAke a pounde of Deeres suet or if you can not get of that the grease of a kidde three vnces of barrous greasâ— and â—â— vnces of the marowe of a bucke and purge it cleane of all filthe and take out the little skinnes veines and griâ—eâ—â— that are 〈◊〉 then washe it with good white Wine so often vntill the wine remaine cleere and the grease white than straine out al the Wine and let it ronne abrode vpon a table This don take eight Appian apples or as many Pepins and pare them well bothe with out and within and stampe them Than take halfe an vnce of Cloues two drammes of Nutmegges sixe graines of spike of india and foure pound of Rose water and mingle all togither with the grease and set it to seeth in a couered pot with a slowe fire and let it seeth vntill the Rose water be almost consumed Then straine it and put it into another vessell washed three or foure times with Rose water then adde to it foure vnces of white waxe well purified and purged and sixe vnces of sweete Almondes Then sette it on the fire againe â—â—ely vntil it be molten and then take it from the fire and straine it and put it into another vessell washed â—ith Rose water Finally after it is congeled and â—axen harde take asmuche muske as you will with 〈◊〉 Rose water and other odoriferous waters and mingle them togither with a pesâ—ell of woode and and keepe it in a vessell of Glasse and set it in the shadowe toward the Northe and if you put to it a little â—â—orax liquida it wil be as good for the skurfe or skabbe as to keepe the handes faire To make that flies shall not tourment or trouble Horses in Somer TAke the leaues of Gourdes and stampe them and so rubbe the Horses with it euery morning and at nighe whan it is hote or els take leese of wine and rubbe them with it and the flies shall not tourment â—â—r â—oxe them no more than in the middes of winter To keepe Figges greene all the yeare YOu muste gather them whan they are ripe in the faire wether and at none daies to the inteÌ„t that they maie be drie from all dewe and putte them in a faire vessell of stone or earth the mater or substance whereof must be very fine and that the figges touche not one another then couer them diligeÌ„tly that they haue no maner of ayer and put them so in wine and they will be greene as long as the wine is good whiche thing hath bene proued For to make that Pommegranates shal not open TAke three great flint stones whiche are in the botom of riuers vncouer the earth from the roote of the tree and laie the stones vpon the roote and couer it with the earth againe as it was before Also if you plant nighe vnto the tree Squilla the Pomgranates will not open For to keepe wine sweete all the yeare TAke a vessel wel pitched within and without and put the wine into it before it boile in the fat and stoppe the saide vessell well that it take no ayer and then laie it in a riuer as deepe as you can that the vessel maie be couered with water and let it remaine so a moneth without remouing it then take it out and set it where you wil. Thus doynge the Wine shall be sweete and good all the yeare and thicke like must For wine that will not keepe longe TAke two or three egges and if it be claret wine take onely the yelke of it if it be white wine take onely the white of an Egge and take thre vnces of flint stone of a riuer that runneth swift and make it into pouder and two vnces of Salt made into very small pouder and mingle all togither Then put the Wine into another clene vessell that hath no oâ—our or sauour this done cast into it all this composition and mengle it with the wine fiue or sixe times a daie during the space of three or fower daies But note
that you muste make this prouision before it be vtterly corrupt putrified for if it were wholly corrupt and spilled this would auaile nothing but were â—ime and labour lost To cause that wine shall not be to stronge TAke a piece of Salt lard and tie it with a greate threed at the Bung hole within and let the lard touche onely the vpper parte of the vessell Thus doyng the Wine will neuer be stronge bicause of the â—ard and salt which letteth and hindereth the separation and attenuation which giueth force strength to the wine To make Vinaigre TAke the fruite of the tree called in latine Cornus in frenche Corneillier there be none of them in England and therefore it lacketh an Englishe name the saide fruite is like vnto Oliues but they be redde and somwhat longer take of them whan they be redde take also Blackberies before they be ripe and drie them and make them into pouder and with â— little strong Vinaigre make of them litle balles the which you shal drie in the sunne Then take the wine and heate it and whan it is hote but into it this composition and it wil turne incontinent into strong Vinaigre whiche thing is experimented To make Vinaigre with water TAke xxx or xl pounde of wilde peares and lette them lie three daies on a heape in some vessell and then sprinkle or water theÌ„ euery daye with a little water the space of xxx daies and it shal be as good Vinaigre and as strong as if it were of Wine â–ª â—lso if you take grapes and wring out the wine with your handes and put the cell into some vessell and put water vpon it it will be â—igre and sharpe To make Vinaigre with perished wine or wine that is marred TAke corrupt and rotten wine andboâ—le or seeth it and take of al the froth or skimme that it maketh in boiling and let it remaine on the fire til it be diminishe of the third parte Then put it in a vessell wherin strong Vinaigre hath bene and put to it some serfoile and couer the vessell well that it take no aier at all and in short time it will be good and strong Vinaiger To take awaie the sauour of the mouldines or putrefaction of the wine TAke Medlers well made ripe in strawe and opeÌ„ them in four partes binde them with a threde and hange them within the bunge of the vessel that they maie be all couered with the wine and let them remaine so a moneth than take them out and you shall take awaie also the euil odour of the wine To make wine haue a good odour TAke an orenge or a citron that is not to great and take Cloues orientall and sette them in the orenge or citron vntill it be almoste full and so put it into the vessell of wine but let it not touche the wine then stoppe vp your vessell sure that the odour goe not out To make that Leekes shall be great TAke many seedes togither and set them in Goates donge and let them growe and ripe and you shall see a meruelous thing To make tadstooles or musheroms growe CUt a Popler tree harde to the ground and then take hote water with leuain in it and cast it vpon the roote and within three or foure daies the tadstooles wil growe about the foote of the Popler tree where you did cast the water and they shall be good to eate To make that all maner of Codware shal seeth quickly TAke the seedes that you will sowe as Peason Phasiols Lintelles and suche like and before you sowe them sprinkle them with salte peter and than sowe them whan you will and those that â—rowe of that seede will seeth soner and easelier then â—â— her will do To haue greene Flowres all the yeare TAke yonge plantes of floures in Somer and set them in some place very hote as in stoues or hote houses leaue them so for by the meanes of the greate heate they will growe to their parfite bignes in the middes of winter beare their floures whiche thing is tried and proued To make Corne and podware to growe greater than they are wont to doe TO make Corne and podware as Wheate Rie Mille Ciche peason and all other like to growe greater than ordinarily they do you must sowe â—hem in a fielde where Squilla is planted bicause that this Squilla is hote and consequently giueth heate vnâ—o the seedes and so maketh them growe greater then they comonly doe To make that fruites shall not rotte vpon the tree TAke a Naile and heate it glowing hote in the fire and driâ—e it into the foote of the tree or if you wil not do so make a hole in the same place with a Percer and leaue it so for at that hole all the superfluous sucke or iuyce wil come out which is the 〈◊〉 that the fruites rotte vpon the tree To make letters than can not be reade onles the Paper be put in water TAke Rochealome and make it into pouder thaÌ„ put it into a little water and write what you will with it vpon white Paper and let the letâ—erâ— drie of theÌ„selues and whan you will reade them â–ª put the Paper into cleere water and the letters vpward and you shall reade them as if thei were writen with incke bicause the water maketh the Paper somwhat blacke or rather grey and the Alome shineth by reason of the whitenesse of it whiche is a meruelous thing and proued To make letters that can not be reade but at the fire TAke salt Armoniack and make thereof pouder very smal and put it in water than write what you will with it vpon Paper and lette it drie And whan you will reade it holde it before the fire and you shall reade very wel Also if you take the suck or iuice of a Limon or Dinyon and write withall a man can not reade it but at the fire To make that Aqua vite shall receiue all the vertues and strength of Medecines TAke foure vnces of Aqua vite and putte it in a vessell of Glasse with a streight and narrowe mouth but yet great and thicke of Glasse then take MedicameÌ„tes elect well dried and cut very small put theÌ„ in the same glasse vnto the Aqua vite stoppe well and surely the mouth of the Glasse with the stopple and than with white waxe vpon it finally take what vessell or pot you will and fill it with hote ashes so that there be nâ— fire in it and burie this vessell of Aqua vite in the same Ashes To make that a woman shall eate of nothing that is set vpon the table TAke a little greene Basil and whan men bring the dishes to the table put it vnderneth them that the woman perceiue it not for menne saye that she will eate of none of that whiche is in the dishe wher vnder the Basill lieth To make Oile of Roses or other Odoriferous Herbes TAke a violle of Glasse
so remaine in infusion fiuetene daies Then take some Vermillion made in pouder and a little water and mengle it togither with the said pouder then you shall make the Corall with your handes or as you will and let it drie then pollish it with the wheele or turne and it will be like naturall Corall To die Yron in the colour of Gold TAke Alome of Melancie and beate it into pouder then take a little sea water and mingle it togither then heate your yron hote and steepe it in the same water and set it a daie in the sunne and it will haue the colour of Gold For to make Yron strong and faire as siluer TAke salt armoniac and make it into pouder and mingle it with vnsleckt lime than put it in colde water and mixe all well togither this don heate your yron redhote and deepe it in the said water and it wil become as white as Siluer For to make a water that will take out incontinent letters from the Paper TAke a pound of blewe vitrioll three pound of salt peter and foure vnces of vermillion fiue pound of Alome and stampe them all togither and make thereof a poudre and stille it in some vessell of glasse with a small fire and there will come out two maner of waters the firste white and the second greene If you take a little of the firste and laie it vpon the lefe of Paper writen rubbing it with a greene clothe some what course or roughe it will take awaie the letters from the paper and leaue it as white as if there had neuer ben incke vpon it Also if you take of the said water and heate it and holde a sheete of paper writen ouer the smoke of it it wil become incontinent like as it had ben writen ten yeare before To take a spotte of Oile out of Clothe TAke oile of Tartre and laie it vpon the spot and take it of by and by againe then washe it well with luke warme water and three or four times with colde water and the cloth will be as nete and as cleane as whan it was newe and before the oile fell vpon it To stanche the Bleeding at the nose TAke great Ciche peason and laie them vpon a Tile in the fire vntill they be drie and then make pouder of thē very fine and put of it in his nose and the bleeding will cease To breake botches impostumes cartarres or sores comming in the throte TAke the drie dong of an Asse and of swallowes and make therof pouder and put of it in water or in wine hote and gargel or wash your throte oftentimes with it and you shal be deliuered To take an Yron or arrowe hed out of a wounde TAke the leaues of Palma Christi and stampe thē and at night laie of the iuice or sucke of it vpon the wounde and in the morning you shall finde the wounde so wide and large and the yron or arrow hed so discouered that you maie take it out with your fingers To make that yong Children shall haue no paine or greefe in their teeth TAke an olde Cocke and cut of his combe and take of the blood that commeth of it and rubbe their gommes with it they shall neuer feele paine For to make a cleere voice TAke the floures of an Elder tree and drie them in the sunne but take heede they take no moisture or wette then make pouder of theim and drinke of it with white wine euery morning fasting For to fasten lose teeth TAke Frankensens Mastick and the pilles of Pomegranates asmuch of one as of the other and make thereof a pouder and whan you goe to bed washe your teeth with a little good wine then take of the saide pouder and laie it vpon your Teeth and they will waxe fast and sure in short space For the Emorawdes TAke a Tortese and put him in a pot well stopt vpon the fire and let him alone vntill he be all burnt then take the pot from the fire and take out the Tortese and make him into pouder then first washe the Emorawdes with white wine very hote then laie vpon them some of the saide pouder and in two or three times he shalbe healed For one that hath his Sight troubled TAke the lunges or lightes of a Barrow hogge with all the appurtenances and seeth it in water and whan it is soden let him holde his eies ouer the smoke of it and in three or foure times doyng he shal be cured of that trouble For one that is abroke or brusten TAke of the roote of Symphiton petreon in English Bugle or Camfrey and put of it into the bread that he eateth euery daie and let him eate euery day of the said roote either rawe or roste and it shal be a very healthfull thing for his disease For one that hath his Coddes swollen TAke Rue and stampe it and laie it vpon his Coddes and immediatly thei will aswage their swelling whiche thing is sufficiently proued To make a woman that is wont to haue daughters to beare Sonnes also KNow you that it is a hadde thing for a barraine woman to beare Children and a greate gifte and grace of God to obtaine it bicause the causes of sterilite and barainesse be diuers and without nomber but to make a woman that beareth alwaies Doughters to beare also Sonnes it is a thing very easy and hath good succes and hath ben diuers times proued Wherefore if you will that your wise shall haue male children eate an herbe called in English Mercurie in Italie Mercorella in French Mercuriale or Ferolle whiche hath onely two seedes like vnto the genitories of a manne and make her also eate of it before you company with her and eate both of you the right stones of some beastes and of the skraping of an Elephantes toth To make that the handes shall not chinke nor cleaue TAke a Radishe roote make him hollow within vnto the bottom then take thre vnces of oile of Roses and an vnce of Turpentine or more according to the greatnesse of the Radishe and then couer the said radishe and leaue it in the hote ashes or embers vntill it be halfe consumed than take it out and anoint your handes with it For to make a mans Berde blacke TAke Aqua fortis and a peny weight of fine Siluer and melte it in the saide water by the fire and whā you wil occupie of it anoint the beard at the rootes of the heare with oile of Roses and with a spong wete your beard so that you touche not the fleshe and lette it drie than washe it with lie wherein there hath be mirabolans and Pommegranades sodden To make a woman beare Childrē although it be not alwaies assured yet it is the best remedy that can be founde FIrste cause the woman to be purged well and giue her some water of the baines of Aquario or other mine of Brimstone then lette her eate of the fleshe of
obscure marke with in and glistering without so that it shall seeme a naturall colour of a Perle And whan you shall compare him with a naturall Perle this shal appeare alwaies fairer to the eye bicause it hath more glosse and lustre and shalbe rouÌ„der And for to make these your Perles to be more esteemed keepe them in little boxes and shewe but a fewe of them at ones and if you will win muche you must make many of them To imprent medalles in bost with Dragagant TAke sixe vnces of Dragagant and stiepe if in strong Vinaigre the space of three daies Then stampe or beate it well and ingrosse it into a bodie or substance with plaâ—ter ground very smal and if you will make them of other colours put into it what pouder you will be it white or OrpimeÌ„t so that the past maie be somewhat harde and all well incorporated togither Then take your hollow formes or mouldes and annoint them a little and fil them with the saide paste and presse it well doune and let it drie in the sunne you shall haue the printe of your molde neete and fine And of this past you maie make also other workes as you will as bedes stones or other To make a past meete and good to make all maner of medalles or pictures in moulde TAke the bones of the legges of all sorte of beastes and put them in a pot after they be broken and couer them well and seâ— them in a bricke makers fournese And whan they be cold again stampe them and braie them very small This done take the floure or offall of yron that is beaten from it whan it is hote and washe it well cleane and whan it is drie againe stampe it and braie it very small vpon a marble stone and weate it much with strong vinaigre vntill it bee like as it were an ointment then put it in a pot well couered and set it in the said fournaise and whan it is cold braie it againe vpoÌ„ the marble arrowsing watring it with a little Aqua vite and let it drie and it is made This don you shal take a dishe full of the said floure or offall of yron and two dishes full of the first pouder and incorporate theÌ„ well togither and when you wil make the past for to make your medalles in the moulde weate the saide pouder with salt water Vinaigre Pisse or Lie and mingle and incorporate wel all togither and then frame your medalles in the moulde and let them drie This done cast in your mettall or what you will make and your medalles shalbe very faire and nete To make medalles and figures chaced and imbossed with Fishe glue TAke a slise of fishe glue or more or lesse beate it well with a hammer vpon a flint stone than washe it well in freshe water and finally with luke warme water and than put it in a newe pot and put some cleere water vpoÌ„ it and let it stiepe a night then put a little fire or embers in a chafing dishe and boile all in this little pot faire and softly the space of an houre and more vntill you maie perceiue that it is incorporated or els proue it otherwise in puttinge a droppe vpoÌ„ your naile if it bide firme fast cleane take it from the fire and caste it vpon your medalles that you haue made ready and let them be in this maner following Take your chaced and imbossed medalles and laie rounde about theim a little waxe candell to the intent that the glue fall not by and anoint it with hony and laie on the glue so thicke that all the imbossing maie be couered than set it in the sunne and let it be equall and so let it drie and whan it is dried inough it wil lense it self from the medalle and will be as thinne and as fine as paper and all the liniamentes very well seene and perceaued be thei neuer so subtile and small and will haue a good glosse or lustre and folde them bowe them which waie you will and they wil not breake and if you will alter the colour of them colour the water with Saffran or verdegrise so that it be skant colored and vse this water to seeth the glue in so that it be not to thicke for than your worke would be to grosse and not faire to looke to and you maie also giue it a colour within side or paynt it without and it wilbe a very faire thing To make a Greene Yellow Redde and Blewe colour without thicknesse for to write with vpon Paper TAke Verdegrise grosly beaten and put it in a violl with Vinaigre very strong and put to it also a little Gomme arabike and a little iuice of Rue the violl beinge so full stoppe it set it in the sunne the space of xv or xx daies or els boile it vpon the fire and than straine it and let the verdegrise be well molten this done put it into the violle againe and keepe it well from dust and whan you will occupie any of it sturre it wel togither that it maie be thicke and troubled and write or paint with it and it will be a faire greene For to make the redde take hedde lie and put into it some verzine cut in smal pieces and let it steepe therin a night then put to it a little alome and boile it vntill it decrease of the thirde parte then straine it and keepe it against you will occupie it And whan you will put it in effecte take asmuche as shall serue you and boile it againe and put to it some Gomme Arabick and the more you put in the redder and cleerer it wil be but let it be hote and if you will haue it cleere pot into it a little Alome beaten but very little at ones you shal make what colour you will redde darke or bright For to make the yellowe take little apples of Spinceruin not fully ripe and stampe theim grossely in a morter then stiepe them in hed lie and seeth them vntill they decrease and diminishe of the third part and straine them finely and then set again on the said broth and put into it a little Alom beaten and whaÌ„ you see it begin to boile take it from the fire for els it would all go out and straine it ones againe and so keepe it against ye haue neede of it and whan you will occupie it sturre it and trouble it and laie it on any thing you will very thinne and you shal make a faire yellow whiche shall continew a long time and if you adde to it a little Saffran it will be liuelier and brighter For to make the Blewe take Palma Christi that commeth out of Germanie whiche is like the flower of woad and stiepe it a nighte in pisse and in the morning braie it vpon a marble stone and put amonge it a little vnsicked lime asmuche as you shall thinke good according
as you shal see the colour come cleere or dimme and temper or stiepe it with nothing els but with pisse and it wil continue a yeare or more alwaies of one colour and whan you will put it in effect sturre and trouble it well within the violle and take a pen or a pensill and weate it and you shall see a faire Blewe and if you will giue it a glosse or lustre stiepe it with the saide pisse and some Gomme arahicke To make a piece of violet cloth to write or paint vpon TAke of these litle apples of walwort tree which comonly groweth on dike sides and stampe theÌ„ in a morter and after they be well staÌ„ped leaue them in some warme place vntil thei rotte and putrifie then stampe them again and get asmuch iuice out of them as you caÌ„ by pressing them in a presse hauing first made ready your peeces of cloth cleane and fine and old and take half a dishe full of quicke lime and weate it in a basen so that whaÌ„ it is wel weate there maie be two or three dishes full of water aboue the lime and no more and poure it out handsomely that it maie be cleere and stiepe therin your peeces of cloth well then take them out and drie them in the shadow This done take some cleere water and putte some Alome into it and boile it and seeth your peeces in it the space of a Credo then take them out and let them drie in the shadow and whan they be drie stiepe them in the said iuice two or three times and at euery time let them drie in the shadowe and in the winde vpon a net and let them be flatte to the intent that the colour ronne not at one side and they shalbe made and well colored and so keepe them well from dust and from the aier that the colour go not of And this is the perfite and true secrete to trimme and dresse peeces that men make to paint vpon and to take all maner of colour and is the meane that the excelleÌ„t painter Iohn the Euangelist did vse For to make another colour of violet take little apples of a mirtle tree very ripe and stampe them and presse them vnder a presse and get out the iuice of them and stiepe your said peeces in it and drie them in the shadow For to make a greene piece and of diuers colours for to paint on take Verdegrise ground smal and some saffron and temper it with strong vinaigre and put to it asmuch more iuice of Rue then stiepe againe the saide pieces in pisse and drie theim this done plonge theim three or iiij times in the said colour and drie them in the shadow Take also half a quarter of orpiment two vnces of strong lie and a little brasse of the foulest you can get half an vnce of Verdegrise an vnce of Geniper berries well stamped put all togither and seeth it vntill it be a quarter diminished TheÌ„ stiepe your pieces in the said compositions and drie them in the shadow as before and you shall make a faire changeable colour If you wil make also a faire grene take the leues of the herbe called in latine Raphanitis whiche is a kinde of lilly or flower deluce called of the Frenchmen Lis celestâ—s staÌ„p them well and get out the iuice of them and put into it a little Alome stamped and it wil be the cleerer and stiepe your pieces therin ofteÌ„times they will receiue the colours and then drie them as before But if you wil make theÌ„ of a sanguine colour you shal make this fore saide colour with graine wherin you shall stiepe your pieces If you will make them Blewe take the floures of Line or of the fore named Raphanitis do as before And whan you wil take of the colour froÌ„ euery piece you shall haue a little gommed water and weat the piece a little with it and wring it well and you shall haue asmuche colour as you will and so vse of it with a Pensill whan you will To get oile out of Talchum artificially and of his owne strength TAke sixe pound of Talchum and beate it smal put it in a pot not baked nor leadid within but thickâ— and greate of earth and put of the said Talchum into it vntill the pot be ful then set the couer vpoÌ„ it and binde it well with wier and stoppe the saide pot well with Lutum sapientiae and lette it well drie and so put it in a furneise of bricke or lime keele neere vnto the mouth where the fire reuerberateth and whan you will take it out beware that it breake not This donâ— braie it small vpon the marble vntill it be like vnto flower and do it quickly to the intent it take not muche aier and put it in a little sacke pointed at the bottome like a gelley bagge and laie vpon it a cuppe of glasse or some other well leaded and glased within which may be meete to receiue the saide oile Then lette it doune into a wel with a corde about a two pardes or a yarde and a halfe from the water and very nighe vnto the wall but that it tutche it not and remoue it not in xx or xxv daies Then if you se that it hath begon to cast some oile you maie take it out of the well and sette it in some moiste place that is to saie in the corner of a sellar for feare lest the aier or the winde or any kinde of best should hurt it And leaue it so longe in the said place vntill all the licour become out of iâ— Then take the lees that remaineth and distil it thorow a lembick with a small fire augmenting it little and little vntill by the force of the fire all come out that maie comme and it is called of the Alkemistes the fire of Talchum Nowe the first that is gotten out by the humidite and moistnes is called the earth and is very medicinable The second is the very richesse of the Alkemistes And I will saie vnto you that many whiche professe Alkâ—â—niâ— haue sought this secrete and haue done in all thinges as is here writen and yet coulde neuer finde this meanes to giue it this great humidite and of such abondance and with so long time And for asmuche as the mater in it self is very stiffe and drie so wil it haue great moistnesse and in abondaÌ„ce And bicause it hath had great and it must needes haue muche moistnesse and hauinge had these partes there is made of it two Clementes separated as you see Then take this last lees and stampe it in a morter and put it in a pot or cawdron pouring vpon it some well water and let it boile a certaine space and then straine it and washe your body with it and you shall se your skinne wil be very white and will heale a manne of all maner of skabbes and skurt and swelling of the legges And in vsing the
of sage and asmuche of Lentiscus cut very small and halfe a dishfull of blacke Berries and so distill all this in a limbeck of glasse and whan the water is come out change the recipient and sette vnder another giuing it a sharper fire and the finer parte of it will come out And if you thinke good to mingle it at your discretion bee it but it shalbe the stronger Then keppe it in some vessel of thicke glasse and welstopt whan you wil make your teeth while make them firste cleane from meate or other thinges that maie sticke in them and specially the white filthe that is about them with a point of a knife Then you shall haue a tooth pikoâ— of the wood called Lentiscâ—s or of some other little sticke and weate iâ— in the saide water and so rubbe your Teeth with it and they will incontinent be as white as Iuorie and will continue so a long time without hurting them at all but rather will make you haue good gommes and fasten the teeth in the saide gommes If you will also make another sorte for to make cleane your teeth take the sharpe huske of a chestnut whan it is ripe and drie it and make therof a pouder then take asmuche more of the seede of nettles made also into a fine pouder and incorporate them well togither And whan you will make your teeth cleane rubbe theim with the saide pouder and that will sette suche a beate in the gommes that skant you shal be able to shut your mouthe by reason of so greate abondance of water that will come out of your mouth but it will doe you nâ— hurt for in taking a little Rose water into your mouthe and a little Sugre candy so refreshing it ther with the paine will passe awaie incontinent The true secret and maner howe to maâ—â— beyond sea Azure or els for all tutches or paragon Also for to make strong paste for to incorporate the Azure stone in it called Lapis lasuli and to take it out againe in his time and whan you thinke good HAue first some cleere nete Turpentine foure vnces with sixe vnces of faire Rosine and asmuch of faire Pix greca three vnces of faire Mastick and asmuch of cleere newe ware an vnce and a half of Line seede purified or an vnce of oile of bitter Almondes But you shall take firste a newe pot of earth well leaded and wette and putte into it the Turpentine vpon a fire of embers somewhat slowe vntil it be molten sturring it alwaies with a wooden spoone made after the facion of an Apoticaries slise and whan it is well molten putte into it by little and little the Rosine cut as small as is possible then putte into it by the same meanes the Pix greca the mastick beaten and stampt three or foure times and then the waxe beyng cut very small mingle it well with the said slise or spoone vntill all be well incorporated togither and aboue all thinges see that there bee but a little fire for otherwise it would burne and the fire would take it bicause they be all hote thinges ready and apt to be kindlid This done put the oile into it true it is that the oile of line seede is muche better thaÌ„ the oile of Almondes not withstanding you maie put in of that whiche is most comodious and let your pot so stande on the fire that the saide composition maie wawme and bubble a litle the space of a quarter of an houre or more if neede be and whan the saide past is sodden you shall knowe it by this experience Take a spoone of woode and sturre it wel about with it then take it out and make two or three droppes of it into a dishe of freshe water and if the droppe ren a brode in the water it is a signe that it is not sodden inoughe and therefore seeth it more vntill the droppe keepe togither in the water Also you maie proue it this waie weate your fingars in the water and wring the saide droppe if it stretche out a long in drawing it out vnlouse it self thaÌ„ it is a signe that it is soddeÌ„ inough and than take it from the fire empty it so hote as it is into a bagge sharpe pointed at the bottome like a gelley bagge beyng first weate in hote water and let the past droppe into a basin beyng sette in a paile full of freshe water and do it diligently and circumspectly to the intent that all maie come out and wringe the bagge betwene two stickes and it wil the soner come out And whan it's cold againe take it out of the water and tosse it vp and downe betwene your handes vntill you be sure there is no more water in it And if by reason of the heate it did cleaue to your handes anoint your handes with oile of line seede well purified as we will declare after in the chapter of purified oile After that you haue well rubbed it betwene your handes and well cleansed from the water than keepe it alwaies in freshe water and note that if it bee in somer you must change the water euery day or euery two daies ones And in thus doyng it will keepe viij yeare beyng alwaies good and strong To make the second paste softer for beyond sea Azure TAke foure vnces of faire Turpentine sixe vnces of faire Rosin sixe vnces of clere Pix greca an vnce of faire Waxe three quarters of oile of line seede and seeth it like as the other was in the chapter before true it is that it is soner sodden bicause it is softer that is to saie it will make you soner Azure than the firste whiche is muche stronger but if you woulde labour for Azure with bothe these pastes lette the softer bee alwaies the firste and if the stone be not of perfitest hauing veine of Gold giue it neuer bothe the pastes But note that in these two pastes consisteth the true arte to knowe well the parfite beyond sea Azure for therein lieth the gaine and the losse and therefore do it diligently and wisely To purifie the oile of line seede for the Azure TAke what quantite of oile of line seede you shall thinke good so that it bee faire and cleere of a yellowe colour like Gold and put it in a horne of Glasse or in an Oxe horne that hath a hole in the bottome and putte vpon it some freshe water and sturre it well with a sticke than â—ette it stande still a little while and open the hole vnderneth and lette out the water doyng so seauen or eight times or vntill the water come out as cleere as whan you did put it in and in this maner men purifie the said oile then keepe it in some vessell of Glasse againste you haue neede of it And if paraduenture you can not gette of of the saide Oile take the oile of bitter Almondes for you maie vse and occupie it without and more purifiyng
theim into a Goldsmithes melting pot and sette it on the embers and make theim redde hote and flaming then take them out one after another quenche them in white Vinaigre distilled thorow a felt three or foure times or els queÌ„che them in the vrine or pisse of a yong child that is in health And then distilled in the maner aforesaid but note that Vinaigre is better and make this calcination sixe or seuen times for in stamping it it will breake the better and bee the easier to grinde whereas if it were not well calcined a manne could skant stampe it bicause it casteth it selfe within the Copper But the other which can not endure the fire and remaineth not in his proper colour beyng putte in cimentes ye needs not so calcine thus bicause it would lose all the meanes of his vertue and colour and so shoulde you lose bothe your labour and your time To gette out the Gold of Lapis lasuli after it is grounde TAke of the saide stone prepared and broken in a morter of Copper and braie it verie small vpon a Porphire and let there not be lesse then a pound of it and putte an vnce of purified Mercurie in the said pouder and put this pouder in a linen cloth and wring or straine it hard and the siluer will leape out bringing the Golde with it This done putte the saide matter into a Golsmithes melting pot and sette it on the fire and the Mercurie will flie out and turne into smoke and the Gold will remaine at the bottom of the pot and make of this little quantite of Golde what you will for it is fine in all parfection but truly there is no greate gaine or profite to get out the Gold after this sorte but neuerthelesse I thought it good to giue you the knowledge of it bicause the waie and meane is easy ynough Yet I will tell you that this Gold whiche is within the said stone is the very true beyond sea Azure For it augmenteth his glosse or lustre and the trimnesse and in painting it is very softe vnder the Pensill and spreadeth abrode verie softely For to stampe the stone afterward beyng calcined or not calcined take it and stampe it in a morter of Copper couered then passe it thorowe a siue verie fine and couer it ouer for this is the finesse beautie and goodnesse of it The maner howe to make the licour wherwith menne braie the Lapis lasuli for to make beyond sea Azure of TAke three or foure glasses full of well water and distill it thorow a felte that there may not be not past three glasses ful of it in al and put it in a little newe potte and put as muche as an Egge of rawe Honny to it so that the water maie bee as it were yellowe and lette it seeth so muche vntill there â—ise no more skomme or frothe for than it is sodden and you maie take it frome the fire and keepe it in a Violle This done take fine Dragons blood asmuche as a Nutmegge and braie it vpoÌ„ a Porphire stone with a little of the said honnied water and kepe it in another violl or glasse and adde vnto it asmuche of the saide water that it come of a Violet colour and that is the licour that menne vse but keepe it well from dust But if the stone out of the whiche you will get your Azure haue a violet colour liuely and parfite put to it the said licour that it maie make a Pecockes colour that it be not of to hie a colour and that it be rather cleere then redde And if the stone haue to much colour let your licour be of a dark and cleere colour and if the said stone haue a cleere colour let your licour be of more high colour But note that you must applie al these sortes of colours to your fantasie and minde in adding to the matter or substaÌ„ce little or inough according as you shall see the colours Take also of that Dragons blood whiche the Goldsmithes doe vse true it is that comonly they vse that whiche they call Lachrima but take of that that is in pouder There be some that grind braie it with two partes of the foresaid lie and one part of DragaÌ„t other make it with Bdellium tempered with a little water and then it is good The maner howe to braie or grinde the Lapis lasuli vpon a porphire stone and the signes of the same TAke of the saide pouder beaten and sifted and begin to braie or grinde it sprinkling it by little and little with the same licour and that it bee well closed and kepte togither as streight as possible for beyng at large you should lose muche of it and beyng close it will braie the better Nowe you muste braie and grinde a pounde of the saide stone at twise or thrise and no lesse and you maie not be lesse than ij houres about it at euery time if you wil haue your monie out of it and so sprinkle it rounde aboute with the saide licour to the intent it maie not cleaue to the stone in grinding it And note that you maie bestowe a hole glasse full of the said licour about one pound of the stone And whan you haue ground one part of it take it awaie and grinde the rest in the same place if it be possible and take heede that you put none other water to it than the said licour And if you will know whan it is ground inough put a little of it betwene your teeth before and if you feele it cracke as it were pouder than it is well grounde But in the meane time beware also that it be not grounde so small that it lose his colour but let it be indifferently wel grouÌ„d And to drie the saide stone after all is grounde laie it vpon a cleene stone drie it in the shadowe out of the sunne for the sunne is hurtful vnto it And whan you think that it is drie tutche it with your fingars if it turne into pouder like yearth or drie claie you muste take it awaie and in not taking it away it would not hurt it But if it be drie and turne easely into pouder than take it awaie and so it is a signe that the pouder is fatty with Honny and therefore muste you purge and purifie it to the intent it maie come in due time out of the paste And to washe afterward this saide Azure take a Barbers basen or a litle basen of earth made for the purpose whiche muste be well polished with in euerie where and in the bottome and so putte the Azure into it than putte into it some sweete lie whiche we haue spoken of before and let it be aboue it about the height of foure fingars and washe it wel with your hande and than lette it sinke doune to the bottome vntill it be well settled than poure out faire and softly the saide water into the vessell before
little of the second or of the third according as it shall haue neede by your Iudgement If it passe his ordinarie time or houres in seething and that it fasten not neither close it selfe giue it a little of the first but lette not the sope be to strong therefore assaie it first for that were no small fault But if it be not to strong nor to white and yet doe not fasten and close it selfe you maie giue it of the first as we haue saide and if it be somewhat strong you maie giue it of the seconde after the accustomed maner Whan it is almost sodden and maketh as it were a gelley and is strong and not beyng white giue it a little of the fourth but yet very little at ones to thintent you take not awaie to muche of his force But whan it is almost sodden and is very white giue it a little oile and it will bee well Whan it should be sodden and that the houre or time of his seething is paste and is neither strong nor white giue it a little of the firste or of the second or of the other after as you see it stronge more or lesse and it will returne into a good state and muste boile fayre and softly for feare it sticke not to the bottome and burne by the reason of to muche fire for suche a fire is of great importance The fourth lie is not set a worke but whan it maketh as it were a gelley and is strong and to rawe There bee some good Maisters worke men that put in the second magistrale with the oile to the intent that the oile mighte not bee so muche hurt by his strength and then they putte in a little of the third and then a little of the fourth and after that a little of the firste but there is no hurte in that for there bee measures in it and these mixtions are made in the presence of other menne whan the maister will not suffer it to bee knowen for feare leaste that other should easely learns it The good and parfite magistrale lie will beare alwaies an egge ouerthwart and wayeth euer more twise as muche as water doeth and contrarie wise whan it is lesse strong it wayeth lesse and the oile waieth as muche as the fourth If you order and appoint the saide lieâ— by measure giue euer the aduantage to the oile foure or sixe for the hundred if you will haue it fatte and faire for he that is well experimented in it knoweth well in boiling what is needefull to it be it oile lie or any other thing Whan you will make white Sope keepe and vse the same meane and waie whan it is more than half sodden put into it some salt according to the measure quantite of it and let it boile a little then take it out of that caudron put it into another whan it beginneth to boile put in againe more salt and let it seeth to his parfite measure This done set it to drie in a plaine and eueÌ„ place and cut it in peces for it will be parfite good Menne make the like with Soda as they do vse at venise the salt must be grossely beaten and ten pound of it for the hundreth and mixe it with it all about and put in but a little at ones To heale the Skurfe TAke the roote of the herbe callid in latin Panis porcinus and skrape or grate it and putte it in a little pot and put to it sixe vnces of oile of roses and let it seeth well and whan it beginneth to boile put in sixe vnces of litarge of Gold and a dragme of Precipitatum prepared and lette it remaine a little on the fire mixyng sturring it still and also afterward vntill it be cold then anoint the skuruy head with it and strowe vpoÌ„ it like spice a little floure of the graine called Lupines and some beane floure mixt togither and so put a coife vpon his head and that shall suffice ones a daie in doyng it three daies togither And if the heares fall not of them selues pull theim out by little and little and within twelue or thirtene daies he shall be cured Also another waie take Sage Rosemarie our Ladies glooues Camomille and Panis Porcinus cut this very smal of eche of them a handful boile them vntill they be sodden inough and that the vertue and strength bee remained in the wine than straine it and presse well the herbes and washe the skabby head with the saide wine and drie it well this done make a fine pouder of a piece of fleshe of a yong Bulle and strowe it vpon the head like spices and binde the coife vpon his head doyng this ones a daie and plucke euerie daie some of the heares awaie for they will die awaie by little and little of themselues And do thus so often vntill you see his head nete and â—leane and than shall he be thorowly whole There is yet another secreat wherof menne make little or none accompt and yet neuertheles if you proue it you shall finde a meruelous effect of it Take three pound of old larde of a barrow hogge and laie it to stepe two daies in strong Vinaigre and lette it be couered ouer with the said vinaigre this don wrappe it in three or foure sheetes of paper and vpon that two or three leaues of Cabbedge and laie it vnder the hote embers or ashes whan you couer your fire there let it lie two houres or more or lesse according as the fire was great or as long vntill you thinke it be roste inough then take it out of the fire and make it cleane and straine out the grease of it passing it thorow a lineÌ„ cloth and by and by put into it a quarter of an vnce or more or lesse of Verdegrise braied very small according as the infirmite shal be great or small and incorporate it well togither with a sticke the space of an houre vntill it beginneth to waxe colde to the intent that the Verdegrise descende not al to the bottome and keepe this grease as a precious thing and the older it is the better operation it maketh And annoint the head of the patient with it euery second night and wash also his head twise or thrise a weeke with sweete lie with a handfull of leane bran boiled and drie it well againe and anoint his head againe putting the coife vpoÌ„ his head and none other and whan you haue annointed it three or four times the roote of the heare wilbe ripe and you maie plucke alwaies some out in washing and they will come of easely and without paine And if in cace they would not come of easely neither with force care not for that for the disease hath not perced thither and therfore let them alone for some time thei bee not dangerous but if they were infected or hurt with the disease they woulde be lose and fall of or els â—asy to bee pluckt of
fire and whan these thinges be molteÌ„ put into it two vnces of Minium in englishe Sinople red lead or Vermillion and foure vnces of Litarge and let all be made into a very fine pouder and make it to come into a substance or body and laie it vpoÌ„ the sore and you shall see a meruelous effect There is yet another meane remedy for any burning that is take old larde of a male hogge and choppe it well theÌ„ take a flagon of white vinaigre that is very strong and let the lard seeth in it the space of two houres then take it from the fire and let it coole and take of the grease that is vpoÌ„ it and wring it hard with your hand that all the vinaigre maie go out and none remaine in it This done keepe it in an earthen pot leaded and the older it is the better it will be bicause it doth his operation sooner And whan any man burneth him selfe let him take of the saide grease and annoint the place with it and the paine will cease In the meane time you must haue made ready the heare of a hare chopped or cut as small as is possible and whan you haue anointed it strowe of the saide heare vpon it as it were spice and let it remaine so And whan you anoint it again at night and in the morning anoint it vpon the other ointment whiche you vsed before and then cast on more heare as before and take it neuer of vntill it come of of it selfe whiche wil be within sixe or eight daies and the thing healed perfitly without any mark or skarre And note heere that at the beginning of the euill â—he oftener you anoint it the more the paine will decline awaie and the patient shall feele greate allegement and ease and shal be mery And for to take awaie the paine out of the hand and to doe a meruelous cure as soone as the incoÌ„uenient shall haue happened skrape a little larde of a barrowe hogge vppon it and doe it quickly for in doyng it with speede you shall perceiue it frie as though it were in a friyng panne and the pacient shall feele greate ease and the paine will cease Laie to it of this at the beginning three or foure times in an houre and the patient shall receiue greate consolation and comforth This secret is good and ought not to be contempned al though it be no great matter To make pilles of Turpentine TAke an vnce of turpentine of venise and washe it well with borage water or with some other cordiall waters eight or ten times as you shall thinke good Then take three vnces of fine sugar beaten small and incorporate it well togither by little and little for that taketh away the viscosite and clamminesse of it in suche sorte that it cleaneth not togither and at the ende you shall leaue a little of it without incorporating it in the paste for it shalbe alwaies good to take at any time neuer perisheth and whan you will take of it you maie do with it at your pleasure And this past hath one excellencie in it that is that it cleaueth not to a mans fingars but maie also be chewed so that it will not sticke nor cleaue to the palate or rofe of a mans mouth And whan you haue made them take a little sinamome mixte with sugar and rolle them in it then hardely take theÌ„ at all times and houres for they will worke maruelously in flegmatike and colerike stomackes and ridde men from many inward passions and will cause a good appetite and the vrine of the man shall giue an odour as it wâ—re marche violettes An electuarie of Nerprum that is to saie a solutiue Iulep meruelous good for the Gout TAke these little fruites of NerpruÌ„ about the ende of September whan they be thorowe ripe and haue had a white froste and gather them early in the morning and stampe them a little in a morter so that they be skant broken and put theim in a pot or some other vessell leaded within that hath no sauour of any thing and couer them well and sette them in a hote place to confite the space of eight or tenne daies then presse out the iuice and substance of theim the moste that you can and for euery pounde of the saide iuice you shall putte in a pounde of purified honnie This don set them on the fire and boile them slowly vntill they be sodden and assaie vpon a peece of Paper if the droppe remaine faste togither it is sodden inough if it runne abrode it is not sodden inoughe Than take it from the fire and putte into it an vnce of Sinamome and two vnces of Ginger both well braied and beaten and incorporate it well togither so hote as it is and so keepe it in boxes wel couered and the older it is the better Take of this before your meales a sponeful as wel in the morning as at night and keepe your selfe specially out of the ayer and so it will do muche good to them that haue the gout more than to any other bicause it easeth the paines verie much and doth good thorow out all the body likewise by reason of the euacuation To make giltinges vpon leather whiche shal seeme like Gold and laiyng theim vpon Siluer or glasse they shall appeare to be Gold in dede TAke a newe potte well leaded of the same bignesse that you will make your worke make also a fourneise of the height of the pot for feare that the fire gette not into it bicause it is almost like vnto artificiall fire and therefore you must take heede This done take three pound and foure vnces of line seede and seeth it slouly in the said pottes vntill it bee sodden and if you will know whan it is sodden 〈◊〉 into it a hennes fether and take it out again incontinent if the fethers go of in it it is sodden inough otherwise lette it seeth and whan it is sodden inough putte into it eight vnces of Rosen and Sandrac that is to saie Vermix suche as scriuenats vse foure vnces of Aloe epaticum and all this beyng well beaten and stamped very small put it in sturring and mixing it with a sticke and if all come togither in a masse be not therfore abashed but augment the fire and neuer leaue sturring it for in feeling the greate heate these thinges will melte and become liquide And then let theim boile slowly a good while hauing so done take an assaie of it vpon a pece of paper or vpon your naile as menne comonly do whan they will know if the Iulep be well sodden or els betwene your fingars to see if it bee thicke inough or no and if you thinke it be to cleere you shall put to it for two daies an vnce and a halfe of Aloe sucotrinum whiche giueth it a colour somewhat darker and the worke shall not be so bright or cleere but putte to it also so muche the lesse of
it of and you shall see that this plaister shal haue drawen to it self all the blood and all the rednesse that was in your eyes and so you shall be quite of it To take awaie the yellow Iaundise from the face of euery man to whome it is happened be reason of the gall runne and shedde about the body TAke a greate white Onyon and make a hole wher he buddeth out casting awaie the greene of it and putte into this hole as muche good triakle as the quantite of a chestnutte but lette this triakle bee incorporated with halfe an vnce of saffron beaten and let him rost by little and little nighe vnto the fire for feare that he burne not or rost to muche or els take some filth of the ashes And whan he is rosted inough laie him in a white linen clothe and wringe him hard that the iuice maie come out And let the pacient drinke of the same iuice in the morning fasting three daies togither and the Iaundise will go awaie Also for the like effect Giue him to drinke a dramme and a half of Scolo pendria in english hartes tong well made in pouder with white wine luke warme euery morning fasting the space of twenty daies togither and all the yellownes and palenesse will goe awaie The like effect worketh Lapatium acatum sodden with his rote And likewise the wine wherin valerian hath ben sodden beyng dronken in the morning fasting healeth the splene and the liuar whiche many timeâ— are the cause that maketh the gall to renne and spread abrode as we haue afore said To make come out of the eares any thing that iâ— by chaunce fallen into them or hath purposely bone put in TAke the herbe Marmorella and stampe it and put of the iuice into the eares of the pacient for it hath the vertue and streÌ„gth to drawe out any thing that is in them For the tooth ache TAke the little graines or seedes that come of the herbe or shrubbe called in latin Fusaria or Euonimos or Anonymos some there be that saie it is the tree called Anagyris whiche is an herbe or shrubbe very pleasant to see to and hath a faire yellow floure but a very horrible and stinking sauour looke Dioscorides in his third booke the. 142. chapiter Take of the seedes hereof if you can get them if not take some of the roote and make of it a pouder This done take a little drie or greene organie and boile al this in stroÌ„g vinaigre vnto the third part of it Then washe your mouth with this vinaigre as hote as you may endure it and incoÌ„tinent you shalbe healed Also for the same greefe take Cloues honny rosat aqua vite asmuch of the one as of the other then put it al togither into a little pot and take of the saide composition in your mouth on the side where the tooth greeueth you and hold it so a certaine space of time and the paine will cease To make an a king tooth to fall out of him self without any instrumentes or yron tooles TAke wheate floure and mixe it with the milke of the herbe called in latine Herbalactaria in french Tintimaâ—llâ— or herbe a laite in English Spurge that hath milke in it in greeke Tithymalos whiche is an herbe well inough knowen and thereof make as it were a past or dowe with the whiche you shal fill the hole of the tooth and leaue it in it a certain time and the tooth will fall out of it self Also if you wash your mouth euery moneth ons with wine wher in the roote of the saide herbe hath bene sodden you shall neuer haue paine in your teeth Also the decoction or pouder of the floures of a Pomegranate tree beyng put in your mouth and betwene your gommes fasteneth the teeth An electuarie for the head which conserueth the memorie cleereth the sight and conforteth the stomack TAke the floures of Buglosse of Borage of Rosemarie of eche of them a pound take also fenell seede annise seede the seede of sea fenell and Siler of the hils of eche of them sixe vnces with an vnce of fine cinamome Beate stampe al that ought to be beaten and stamped and sift al those thinges that must be sifted This done mingle them togither make thereof an electuarie of the whiche you shall take in the morning the bignesse of a chestnutte and you shall see a meruelous operation for this is come from a great personage Against the pildnesse or baldnesse of the head and to lette that the heares either of the head or berd shall not fall of TAke the rotes of bramble or blackbery bush called in latin Rubus or Sentis of the kinde that beareth floures at the first the rootes of nettles Then take pigeoÌ„s dung and burne it into very ashes haue also some ashes of Vines with the whiche you shall boile the saide rootes and make therof some lie and washe your hedde with it and also your berd and the heares wil not fall of Also for the same effect take honny fenigreeke and the eyes clipt or shoren of from a bramble or blackberie bushe asmuche of the one as of the other and incorporate them well togither and distille them in a lembick kepe the water of theÌ„ and if you will distill a fewe broome floures withal it will make you aberne heares weate and moiste your head and berde the daie time in the sunne at night when you go to bedde and the heares will not fall awaie Also for the like matter distill in a lembick the herbe called in latin Sisymbrium aquaticum in english water cresses And of the water that you gette of it you shall make yet another distillatioÌ„ with agrimonie Capillus veneris rosemary sage and cloues of eche a handfull and let the distillation be made in Balneo mariae and in oftentimes washing your self with suche water your heare shall fal no more away as many men haue proued and tried An ointment to cure the skurfe TAke good old lard at your discretion and enterlard it rouÌ„d about with rosemary like a pece of rost meate let there be a good quaÌ„tite of rosemary then putte it to rost on the fire turning it faire softly This done you shall take and saue the grease that droppeth froÌ„ it in a driping pan cast it hote as it is into a dishe full of cold water in washing it very well and whan you haue well washed it putte it into another cleane dishe and so shall you the grease thus taken vp faire and neate Hauinge thus done waie the grease and if there be a pound of it you shal put to it two vnces of fine sugar well beaten vpon that asmuche verdegrise puluerised as the quantite of a hasell nutte and foure demeâ—s of quick siluer with asmuche soote of an ouen of the hardest â–ª as the quaÌ„tite of a hasell nutte but let it be well puluerised made in pouder This
also the Figges Snailes and the egges and mingle all these waters togither and put a parte half of the same water and kepe the other halfe and put it into a vessell of glasse and mingle into it all the other thinges and let them bee firste made into pouder and put to also the waxe then set it in the sunne and leaue it there vntill all become like vnto waxe then take it out with a white linen clothe and take fiftene Egges and stille theim in the same water and powre all this coÌ„posicion into the saied water distilled with a pound of rawe Honie and set it again in the Sunne and let it remaine there vntill the water bee dried vp and it will bee parfite good And afterward when you will occupie it take asmoche of it as a Wheate corne and anointe your face with the water that you did sette aparte that is to saie that of the flowers and it will proue a merueilous thing To take out the wrinkles of the face TAke a little of the wood of a white Vine or els a little of Brionie and stampe it with a drie Fig that is faâ—te that is to saie pastie and anointe your face with it and then go walke till you sweate for if you should not sweate the Vine would take of the skin and the Brionie make you blacke To make beare slacke in comming forthe or growing in yong men as well on their beard as in other partes TAke a rasour that is made of copper mixt with Auripigmentum otherwise called Arsnic or Orpine in the melting of it so that it bee incorporated togither and shaue the bearde or heare withall and it shall neuer growe again or if you heate the said rasour of copper in the fire and quenche it in the blod of a Salamander or els in the milke of Sowthistles If also you rubbe the place where you will not that heare shall growe with the bloode of a fishe called a Tony it will done the like Also if you take Beanes and seeth theim in water and washe the place euery daie with that water the heare will not growe or at the least long or thei came forthe To make heare growe in euery place of the body where you will TAke greate greene Lisardes or sea Frogges and cutte of their heddes and their tailes and drie the reste in an Ouen and make pouder of it Then take the yelke of an Egge and make Oile thereof and mengle all togither diligently that is to saie the pouder and the oile and anoint the place with it where you will heare shall growe and thei will come for the shortly To make heares blacke TAke a Combe of Leade and kembe your hedde with it alwaies and the heares will be blacke Take also Crowes egges and make oile of theÌ„ and laie a combe of horne in it and let it remain there till it hath dronke vp all the oile then take it out and kembe your hedde with it and by continuall vsing of it your heare will be blacke To make a water that will make the face redde and glisteryng TAke a pound of Aqua vite of three seethinges an vnce of Brasill that is good ten Cloues orientall and ten graines of Nasturtium otherwise called Cardaâ—â— in English Cresses or toune Kerse and fiue graines of Cubiâ—es and stampe all togither verie small then put it into a vessell of glasse with the Aqua vite and stoppe it sure and boile it a little and then distill it in Balneo Marie or with a verie small fire and it shall be in his perfection To die or colour heere TAke half an vnce of Aqua fortis sixe penie weight of good â—â—luâ—r and sixe vnces of Rose water and washe your hedde with it Take also Litarge and of the ashes of Nettles and mingle them togither and rubbe your heere with it To take awaie the euill sauour of the breath TAke Cheruile Mirre and Cyperus called of the Apoticaries IuÌ„â—us odoratus as moche of one as of the other and make theim into pouder then take Rosen and of all this pilles and drinke theim in your wine To get awaie the heares from the iye browes TAke the galle of a he Gote or of a she Gote but the he Gote is better and dooeth it soner and rub your iye browes and the heare will 〈◊〉 ly fall awaie To die or to colour all kinde of metall or stone into the colour of golde without golde TAke salte Armoniac white Vitrioll stone salt and Verdegris and make all into a verie fine pouder and â—aâ—e of this pouder vpon the metal or stone that you die or colour vntill it hee couered ouer with it then put your stone or metall into the fire and leaue it there a good hoâ—â—â— then take it out and quenche it in vrine or pisse newly made For to make Iron or Steele softe YE shal take the iuyce of Hemlocke and put the yroÌ„ or steele beynge redde hoate into it three or foure tymes and let it remayne in it vntyll it be thorowe colde Take also oile and put into it seuen times some molten Leade and then quenche the yron in it at the ende of foure or fiue times To harden Yron or Steele TAKE the iuice of MelanthiuÌ„ otherwise called Nigella romana or the herbe called Mouse eare and quench your Iron hote therin three or foure times To make Figges ripe quickly LET the Fygges come to theyr parfyte greatnes than pryke theym with a pinne and rubbe thyem wyth a lytle Oyle oliue then bynde theym about wyth Greene Olyue leaues so that they maye be couered round about with them and so let them ripe in what place you will To make Hennes laie Egges all the winter TAKE the toppes of Netles when they beginne to haue seede and drye theym and gyue the Hennes a litle of it with Bren and Hempe seede and they shal laie euery day an Egge To make a Glue or paste that holdeth as fast as a naile TAKE Pixe Greca and Rosen the pouder of burned Brycke whyche is called Ceruse and mengle al togither and heate it when you wil occupie it and whan it is cold it will hold as fast as a naile To take avvaye all maner of spottes TAKe a Tenche and seeth him muche vntill he be dissolued into water almost and wash the spotted clothe therewyth oftentymes Than take Bren and boile it likewise in the same water wash the cloth againe therwith To cause that a womans Brestes waxe not great of swellinge TAKE a Fishe that is called Squatina in Englishe a Soale and cleaue hym in the myddle and laye hym vppon the womans Breastes and they shall not encrease bygger And yf they be greate and bygge they shall aswage and waxe lesse To purge Honnie with out fier TAKE the rawe Honie and put in a veessel of stone well leaded wythin and large and couer it well with a Paper and let it so stande and euery thirde or fourth daye
vpon a mans body or face that shall neuer be rubbed out YOu muste go into the stooues or hote houses whiche be very hote and when you are in a sweate write vpoÌ„ your bodie with what inke you will then cut the skin with a sharpe rasour and fill the cuttes with earth of what colour you will and leaue them so and incontinent by reason of the greate heate the skin will close shut vp togither and the letters or figures that you haue made vpon your fleshe will remaine for euer For the same but somwhat easier TAke Aqua fortis of Golde and the beastes that â—e called Cantharides and putte them toâ—ither xxiiij houres then with a penne very small write what you will vpon the skinne and leaue it so and by and by ther will rise certaine little white bladders or pushes where you touched with the water and that will remaine and abide for euer To make one haue a good memorie TAke a Tooth or the lefte legge of a Badger or Brock as some call it and as other some name it a Grey and binde it about your righte arme nexte vnto the flesh Take also the gall of a Partriâ—â—â— and rubbe your temples with it that it maie soke into the skin and fleshe ones in a moneth and it will make you haue a good memorie To make that no Dogge shall barke at you TAke a blacke Dogge and plucke out one at his eies and holde it in your lefte hande and by reason of the sauour and smell thereof the Dogges will not barke at you To make all thinges sâ—eme Blacke and Greene in the night TAke the blacke inck of a Fishe called a skuttle called Atramentum Sepiae take also Verdegrice and mingle bothe togither and put them in a lampe with the wieke and set it a fier in a chaÌ„bre where there is no other light but that and al that is in the said chambre walles and all shal seeme partly Greene and partly Blacke whiche is a meruelous thing to see To die Heare into a Greene colour TAke freshe Capers and distill them and washe your heare with the water of theÌ„ in the sunne and they will become greene To dresse or to kepe fleshe in Somer TAke the fleshe and seeth it but let it not be to muche soddeÌ„ than take it of from the fire and streine out the water and set it in the shadow the space of an houre for to drie in a place where the winde commeth then take an earthen pot with white Vinaigre that is stronge and take some Geniper seede well stamped and Salt and cast it vpoÌ„ the fleshe and than put it into the Vinaigre and sette the pot in some colde place as a cane or â—ollex and remoue euery daie the fleshe within the pot let it staÌ„d and remaine so as longe as if pleaseth you and whan you will eate of it seeth it a little as if you will 〈◊〉 maie eate it so for it is a thing very sweete delicate To make an instrument called Cauterium wherwith sores are burned whiche shall raise the skin without any greefe or paine TAke softe sope and vnslekt Lime that hath not ben wet asmuche of the one as of the other and mingle them togither and whan you will vse of it if the skin be not broken laie a little piece of lether vpon it with some ointment and leaue a hole in the middes of the greatnesse that you will the wound shal be and put in the same hole asmuch of the instrument as a whete corne let it remaine so and within three or fower houres it wil make a hole without any paine But if the skin be rotten as of a felon or cattes heare it shall suffise to washe the place before you laie to the Cauterium with strong Vinaigre and within an houre it will raise the skinne without anie griefe or paine To make Steele cut Yron as it were Lead TAke the Steele and purge it well than take of these wormes that breede in the grounde and make of them some distilled water in a Lembeck than take the iuice of Radishe rootes asmuch of the one as of the other and quenche the steele in it beyng red hote fower or fiue times than make kniues Swordes or daggers of it and they shall cut Yron as it were leade To make red Ynâ—ke TAke stronglie boiling hote and put it in the riâ—e or barke of Brasill and lette it coole than take eight vnces of the saide lie and an vnce of Brasill skraped with a piece of glasse put it to also a little Alome Than put it in a dishe vpon the hote ashes and let it boile well the space of an houre and occupie it at your pleasure and the incke shalbe very good but note that it is not good but whan it is fresh and recent that is to saie made of a daie or two at the most For the same and easier TAke an vnce of the same wood skraped with a piece of glasse and take ten vnces of water and powre the skraped Brasill into it and let it remaine so the space of seuen houres than seeth it and let it diminish of the fower partes three and it will be redde hauing a good lustre And if you let it deminish of more then three partes it will be red and sanguine To make Bones softe TAke bones that be holowe in the middes as of the legges of beastes and take the iuice of Alexanders of milfoile of radishe rootes of horehounde and Vinaigre asmuche of the one as of the other and fill the bones with these iuices and stoppe them wel y t nothing goe out than buried it in Horse donge as long as you wil and the longer they be in it the softer will they waxe To kepe Grapes freshe all the winter YOu muste gather the Grapes whan it is faier and cleere wether and that it hath not rained a good while before than muste you make them cleane that is to saie take out the rotten graines that be in them than take pitch and set it vpon the fire vntill it boile than take the grape and put the ende that it hangeth by into it let it remaine so a while and then let it drie in the sunne the space of two daies Finally laie theim vpon wheate stray that one touche not another and they will kepe so good and freshe all the yeare To make Melons or Coucombers ripe before their season FOr to haue Melons Coucombers or other like fruite ripe before their season you must plante or set them in pottes or other vessels and euery thirde or fourth daie water theÌ„ at the roote with hote water and whan the wether is cloudy or colde sette them before the fire and whan the sunne shineth and is faire wether set them in the Sunne Thus doynge you shal haue Melons and many other like fruitos ripe before their season To take awaie the holes or markes of the small Pockes TAke
ordinarily and putte into it this your lie of the herbe called vitriol then wipe them drie where you thinke good be it in the sunne or by the fire and do this twise or thrise a weeke and your heares will be white and shine as it were siluer A sofee dowe or paste as it were Pomatum to washe the handes and whan the mouth Nose Lippes or Handes do chincke or chappe and it keepeth the fleshe softe and sweete TAke white Almondes Alumen fecis flower of Amilum of eche of them sixe vnces white Pine apple kernels cleane seedes of Gourdes and Beâ—â—ne flower of eche of theim foure vnces pouder of Cloues Storax solida in pouder and Macaleb in pouder of eche of them three vnces with twoo vnces of white Salte beaten a pound of white Honnie and asmuche of venise Sope a scruple of Muske and as muche of Ciuet the whites of tenne Egges Firste take the Almondes and Pine apple kernels with the seedes of Gourdes or Melons that be very white and neat and stampe theÌ„ well in a morter And note that all the importance is that they bee all well stamped very small then put in the Alumen fecis and stampe them well than put in the Honie and incorporate it well togither with the pestle And after this you shall put in the sope cutt in small pieces and incorporate them diligently this don put in two pound and a half of the herbe called Brionia temper all well Put all this into a newe pot and leaue it so couered a daie then set it on a fire of coles with out smoke and lette it seeth the space of a quarter of an houre and sturre it alwaies in the pot with a wodden spone that it cleaue not to the bottome and so take some euill sauour then take it from the fire and poure it out into a greate earthen pan Then put into it the foresaide slower and that beyng well incorporated put in the pouder of Cloues and all the other pouders togither and all beyng well incorporated couer it close that it maie take no aier and lette it remaine so the space of ten daies Then put into it the Macaleb the muske and the ciuet braid and beaten very small and incorporate all well togither with a slise this done put in the egges beaten so that they become as it were a skim or frothe and then put in the salt and mixe al well togither in suche wise that the whole maie be well incorporated And then the paste or dowe wilbe of a Graie colour and odoriferous and is called Imperiall ointment bicause it is a thing noble and full of vertu and a man maie vse alwaies of this precious odour which conforteth the memorie and if you vse it to wash your handes and face with it will giue a sweete sauour to them and maketh the fleshe delicate and softe white and well saudring and closeth vp quickly al maner of cleftes chinkes or chappes of the mouth handes and lippes And if you will not washe your selfe with it anoint yourself morning and euening and you shall incontinent bâ— healed for this hath bene many times proued by experience White Pomatum fine and sweete for great lordes TAke thirty or twenty Appiane apples or other tendre and mellowe Apples and diuide them in to foure partes and make them cleane within â—nd without Then take Cloues and Sinamome flicke the apples full of it as they were larded so laie theÌ„ in rose water that thei maie be couered ouer with the said water and put into it sixe Nutmegges with two drammes of Mace and lette them thus lie a stiepe the space of sixe daies and lette them he well couered Then take Hogges grease take of from it the little skâ—nne that is vpon it and cut it very small and put it to purge in fresh and cleere water three or foure daies and change the water twise a daie and put it the last time to stepe in Rosewater or some other sweete water and by this meanes it shal be wel purged and purified and shal not haue but a good sauour and odour then take three or foure pound of the said grease and put it in a pot or other vessell that is not greasie nor sauoreth euill and put the apples cut in peces as they are into the said pot or vessell and adde therto an vnce of the oile of Orenges and of the water whiche the Frenche men call Eau de â—afe whereof we haue spoken in the firste parte of this worke or some other sweete and odoriferous water so that all maie be vnder the water and boile them an houre or more with a slowe fire vntill the Apples be well sodden and then breake theim well with a woodden slise that they maie bee turned as it were into a broth this done passe theim through a strainer and then straine them hote againe thorow another finer and close strainer and whiles it is thus hote put into it three vnces and a half of white waxe cut very small and two vnces of white Sandalum made in pouder very fine and mixt togither vntill it be all well incorporated and whan it is colde washe it with rose water vntill it be very cleere and this Pomatum wil be as white as snowe And after it is washed you shall put to it eight graines of Muske and foure graines of Ambergrise that bee very smally ground and so incorporate well al togither and leaue it in the aier abrode the space of fiue or sixe nightes and the Pomatum wilbe parfite good and odoriferous And if you will not haue it thus perfite you maie put lesse drogges to it as Muske and Amber but here note and vnderstand that we haue made of it diuers times and neuer lefte of this order aforesaid and it hath been excellent parfite and good There is also another sorte of it whiche serueth for euery hote disease and for to anoint the handes the mouthe and nose as is afore said Take two vnces of sheepe suet and an vnce of Goates suet and choppe it smal and melt it and then straine it thorow a strainer and put into it three vnces of newe waxe and two vnces of the oile of sweete Almondes And melte all this on a slowe fire mixyng and sturring it alwaies than take it of and adde to it foure scruples of Camfire broken and mingle it still togither vntill it be colde and so keepe it and anoint your selfe withall diligently There is another better than this and well allowed proued whiche is made as followeth Take newe waxe the suet of a he goate and the marowe of an Oxe of eche of them an vnce and a halfe an vnce of the oile of Saint Iohns wuit and asmuche of oile of Roses and asmuche salt beaten very small but cut the suet and marowe and melt them and straine them this don set them vpon a slow fire so that they maie not be skant warme and putte the waxe
awaie a ringworme tetter or spottes and other markes or els a priuie marke in the body by birth TAke a pound of Salnitrum and asmuche tartre of white wine and staÌ„pe eche of them be it selfe very small and then incorporate theÌ„ togither and sifte them in a fine sarce so that all maie bee well mixte togither then putte the saide pouder in a potte of yearth made pointed like a Sugre lofe and so close and straight togither then sette a hote cole vpon the toppe of it vntill it burne and consume of it selfe and it shal be the salt nitrum bicause that the mostâ— subtill and moist partes and the grosse parte whiche is the tartre will calcine of it and wilbe like a cake the whiche you shall breake in small peces in a dishe and put some warme water vpon it so that all maie turne into water and for to make the thing neter you shall distill the said water in a guttur of felt and then the water wilbe cleere This done you shall put the water into a newe potte setting it vpon the hote coles or ashes that it maie skant seeth vntill almost all the water be dronke vp Then you shall take the pouder whiche remaineth in the bottome for it is the bontie and best of al your work then take a viall of Sirope put in to it foure vnces of distilled vinaigre with an vnce of Aqua vite of three distillinges This done put into it of the said pouder incorporating it well togither leaue it three daies in the sunne well stopt and in the morning whan you rise and at night like wise washe the spottes of your body and they wil go awaie shortly and neuer growe again and it wil make your skin white and faire where you wash it with this water Also for the same effect take white wine â—â—es and set it in some corner of your house vpoÌ„ the pauement and let it there drie well then burne it in a pot shard or fire pan vntill you maie make pouder of it This done put it into a bagge of the fashioÌ„ of a gelley bagge in some moist place that it tutche no wall set vnderneth it a cup of glasse to receiue the oile that wil come out of it within xx or xxx daies and keepe it in some vessell of glasse as a precious thing and anoint your face therwith and the markes or spottes will vanishe awaie in short space so that your flesh skin shall become softe And if you will haue it odoriferous or well sauoring put into it some Cloues And to take awaie lentilles from your face and that quickly take fiue or sixe oxe galles and two pound of Alome sixe vnces of fine sugre and eight limons cut very small distill all this in a limbeck of glasse and put into the said water an vnce of sublime beaten into smal pouder so put it in a vessel of glasse let it stand in the sunne the space of ten daies and than it will be parfite than maie you wash the lentilles with it with a little fast spoÌ„ge rubbing hard the fleshe and they will go of in short time and so your face shal remaine white faire You maie also take the fire pan and hete it hote and laie vpoÌ„ it a dish full of wheate to rost then staÌ„pe it hote as it is and straine it and so get out the licour of it and rubbe the lentilles with it and they will shortly go of To take awaie red rubies that growe in the face by reason of the heate of the Liuer TAke hogges suet wel purified brimstone asmuch of thone as of thother wâ— thother water distilled of a Peche tree and ferne and incorporate all togither with a slowe fire and make therof an ointment wherwith you shall annoint your selfe diuers times and they will go awaie In the meane time abstainâ— from wine and all hote thinges and to take awaie a ringeworme take celydoine early in the morning and stampe it betwene two stones and laie it vpon the place and in vsing this oftentimes you shal shortly be healid To take of from the handes or feete the hardnesse of the fleshe gotten by labour TAke newe waxe Verdegrise and Blanc rasil of eche of them an vnce half an vnce of sublime two drammes of burned Alome two vnces of oile of roses and all this beyng braid very smal make therof an ointmeÌ„t with a slow fire This done weate the wart or hard fleshe in water or hote lie and pare it handsomely with a rasor and so laie of this ointmeÌ„t vpon it with a plaster and continuyng this same it will go awaie You shall take also the flowre of line seede and with strong Vinaigre you shal make a past or dowe somewhat hard and vse to laie it vpon the hard flesh and it wil shortly drie vp You shall take also greene waxe and spreade it vpon a plaister and lay it vpon the place beyng first weated with water then cut the hard flesh as finely as you can in vsing this it will kill the roote so that it shall growe no more Another secret to take away wartes or hard flesh that growe betwene mens toes TAke the greatest Singreene of Walles take of the little outward thin skin that is vpon it and laie the saide herbâ— vpon the wart or harde flesh betwene the toes that it maie lie right vpon it do this fiue or sixe times in the morning and euening and they will go awaie all though they were neuer so old weate them well and pare them asmuche as you can and take of the saide herbe and make iuice of it and put into it a little burned Alome and incorporate it togither and laie vpoÌ„ it a little burned Alome incorporate it togither laie little weate pieces vpon the place that it maie bee alwaies freshe and within ten or twelue daies the wart or hard flesh wilbe gone so that you shall feele it no more A man maie make yet another meanes take the staulkes of Brionia or wilde Gourdes and burne them and make fine ashes of theim Then take the leaues of the saide Brionia or wilde Gourdes and of the leaues of Molin or Longwort and of his floures and stampe theim and so get out the iuice This don take of the said ashes and put asmuche of it into the said iuice as will make it like vnto anoyntment and therwith anoint your wartes and hard fleshe and they will goe awaie and neuer growe againe If you take also the floures of Molin or Longwort and distill them in a Limbeck of glasse and weate them often with the water and than taking the said floures and breaking them betwene two stones and laie them vpoÌ„ the place of the wartes binding them with some linen cloth and doyng it oftentimes they will consume awaie To make letters of Gold and Siluer embossed TAke two or three garlike heades and pille them and make them
least you shold lose your labour And also be ware and vigilant to knowe the stone to make your cimentes and to compound your pastes To make black Sope for clothes with all the signes and tokens that it giueth and maketh in beiling TAke thirty pounde of vnsleckt white lime if you can get it and that is in greate hole peces and not in pouder and foure skore and tenne pounde of the strongest ashes you can finde Then order dresse the ashes rounde about the lime in forme and maner of Morter and sprinkle with a broome weate in water the small peces of lime a little at ones and often to the intent that the fire maie enter into it and whan it is well mollified and augmented by reason of the heate whiche is in it let there bee two of you the one to incorporate well with a spade or shouell the lime with the ashes and the other to sprinkle water with the broome well vpon it round about it to the intent there rise no pouder or dust of it And lette all so well be mixed that a man may not knowe or discerne the lime from the dust or ashes and water it so much round about that in taking a handfull of the same matier and in wringing it it cleaue togither And whan you see that it raiseth no more pouder or dust giue it no more water This done close vp togither all this morter with your spade and lette it so remaine in a heape twoo or three houres for it heateth and boileth beyng in a heape and whaÌ„ it maketh chinkes or cleftes about it it is a signe that it is risen And if it be in cold weather you maie couer it for feare that it take no colde and so lose his heate for than it would make no good magistrale Whan all this is done straine the said mater in a vessell of earth hauing a hole in the bottome beyng couerid with a little strawe and a dishe ouer it to the intent that the mater maie runne in time and whan you putte it in presse egally euery where as muche as you can and lette it be alwaies euen aboue then poure vpoÌ„ it some hote water or els do as followeth as I my selfe doe Make ready sixe or eight pailes full of the strained lie and poure it on the vessell I meane of the first whiche is good and at the first put in two or three pailes full the whiche beyng sunke doune put in as much more and open not the hole in the bottome vntil al the mater be drunke vp then let it runne out by little little and bicause you maie the better knowe the firste the seconde and the third take an Egge newe laide and binde it rounde about with a threede and as the magistrale lie commeth out put the Egge into it and whiles the egge remaineth aboue put it al into a vessell for it is the first whiche you ought to make muche of And whan the egge sinketh in the lie put that second by it selfe and if you can gette of the first foâ—rty pounde you shall get of the seconde thirtie and of the thirde twentie and of the fourth asmuch as you will And let all these be put by them selues if you couer them well that they do not euaporate nor breath out they will continue alwaies a yeare beyng still good whan you haue done take xxx pound of the first and ten of the secoÌ„d and put them togither and looke well if the egge remaine aboue if it appeare not muche weaken it no more for it shalbe wel so And note that vnto three pound of the saide lie you muste haue one pound of oile and in pouring it in sturre and mixe it well with a stick for feare that the oile be not hurt by the violence of the saide lie And make this composition at night to the intent that it maie remaine in infusion all the night then in the morning seeth it the space of seuen or eight houres or more according as the quantite is great or little for whan it is aboue a hundreth pound it must seeth ten houres or more and whan it beginneth to seeth and swell much take it by and by from the fire and sturre it alwaies aboue vntill it beginne to boile softly And in the meane time cease not to sturre it for feare it burne to the bottom And whan you make the composition in a caudron let it neuer be full by a hand breadth bicause it riseth and swelleth alwaies in seething and the oile would bee loste and mixyng it oftentimes the oile incorporateth with the lie and seedeth the sooner And whan it hath sodden about eight or nine houres you maie beginne to assaie and proue it and see that you keepe alwaies a little of the firste and of the seconde for all occasitions that maie chaunce And whan it hath boiled vnto the saide houre you shall see it waxe thicke and make the bubbles in seething long and thicke Than maie you beginne to make your profe and assaie That is to saie in taking a little of it with a spoone and putting it into a little earthen dishe and lette it coole then cut it with a little sticke and if it close togither againe it is a signe that it is sodden inough and if it doe not close togither againe it is not and therefore finishe the seething of it And make many of these proofes and assaies And whan it is sodden take the fire from vnder it and so take it of and sette it in some coole place and whan it is colde you maie occupie of it and it will be good and parfite And if you make it with cleere oile although it bee strong it is all one but if you make it with oile parcht or thicke it will not bee verie cleere One of the beste signes that you maie see in it whan it beginneth to waxe into a thicke substance is that in taking of it vp with a spoone the thredes or little strekes doe breake without shrinking vp again this is a signe that it is sodden inough And whan you haue taken vp a littel and haue lette it coole and so cut it and than if it be ferme and faste on the sides and in setting it vp it tarry vpright than it is sodden And if after an houre it were not sodden that is to saie that it had not the sinewe put vpoÌ„ it a little of the first magistrall a little at ones and so lette it boile an houre or a halfe And than you shall make againe the like assay or proofe as before and if it shewe you not good signes you shall put yet a little more to it vntil you make it haue a fast and solide bodie let it be not to soft nor to hard And he that hath experience of this knoweth what is to be done in seeyng it boile onely And whan you see that it is well take it from the fire
Sandrac as you shall that it is sodden This don pluck backe the pot by and by from the fire and let it stande where any flaÌ„be is bicause it draweth vnto it self the heate so the fire wold burne it all theÌ„ empty it out haÌ„dsomely before it be cold into a coople of little bagges pointed at the ende one within another like Ipocras bagges And the mater that is not molten will remaine in the bagges whiche wil be more then the halfe and that will no more bee any thing worth for that purpose and by this meanes you shall haue made your vernishe for to gilte with all whiche will keepe very well and long and the older it is the better operation it hath keepe it therefore well from all maner of duste and lette it not droppe or runne out And note that the Aloe is it that giueth the yellow colour to it and maketh it looke like Gold and the other thinges make it thicke And if you will make it exceding firme and fast whan the oile is soddeÌ„ beyng put in by measure you shall take out of it as much as you thinke good then go foreward in your worke and whan it is sodden there will not be of it aboue three or foure pound and that is the leste you can make at a time and yet neuertheles those that medle with the making of it make xl or lx pound at a time and kepe it for their necessitie And if you wil laie it vpon glasse or tinne either the matter must be hote or els the glas or tinne and it muste be laide abrode vpon it with a pensill and so shal you haue a faire pece of worke An experimented oile against poison TAke three pound of old oile oliue and deuide it into three sondry vessels and to one pound put three handfulles of Hypericon in englishe saint Iohns wort and leaue it in the sunne eight daies theÌ„ boile it in Balneo mariae the space of twelue houres which is made as we wil shewe you afterward This don you shall straine it hard in pouring vpon it some good wine as Maluoisie and after that put also to it three handfuls of the saide herbe and a pound of the said oile and so set it viij daies in the sunne as before in boiling it afterward twelue houres in Balnea mariae and wring and straine it harde again as before wherunto you shal put three handfuls of the seed of the said herbe and a pound of the saide oile This done do as before with straining it in the sunne and in Balneo mariae you shal also after this put into it these drogges following as gentian Crocodilium an herbe after Pliny like the thistle called Camaelion niger Ruellius supposeth it to be that whiche is called comonly Carlina or Cardina Zeduaria Aristolochiarotunda TormeÌ„till white Dittany Sandall of all sortes boile Armenik prepared of eche of them two vnces and putte all the saide thinges in a great glasse the space of ten daies in the sunne Hauing thus done you shal seeth theÌ„ thirtene houres in Balneo mariae straine them afterward very hard then shall you adde to it saffran Aloe Spicinardi Reubarbari electi of eche of them sixe drammes and set them in the sunne again the space of sixe daies boile them a new in Balneo mariae foure twenty houres make the same expression straining that you did before whereunto you shall put an vnce a half of good Mitridatum than it is made and beyng thus made kepe it for your necessite neede for it is a very soueraine thing against poison taken at the mouth hath a secret property against the plage for wormes Mâ—n vse it also in anointing al the poulses the hart that is to saie the left side then couer all his body and lette him alone with the hote linen clothes vntil he fal into a greate sweate And this hath bene proued diuers times Now Balneum mariae is thus made you must set a caudron full of water on the fire in the same water a great glasse suche as men still with all wherin to you must put all your thinges to boile And make your caudron of water so boile that the thinges in the glasse maie also boile and bicause that water in the caudron coÌ„sumeth you must fill it vp again alwaies and lo heere is Balneum mariae For the heate or burning of the vrine TAke the seede of purselane of wilde succory and garden succory of eche of them two drammes the floures of Nenuphar and of Violettes of eche of theim a dramme an vnce of the seede of white Pâ—rpadol two vnces of the seede of Sebestâ—â— half a dramme of Iusquiama alba a dramme of saffran fiue drammes of Lignum dulce ten draÌ„mes of the berrie of a pine apple tree and boile all this in sixe pound of water vntill it be decreased of the third part then straine it and take sixe vnces of this straining with an vnce of Iulep of violettes and drinke it luke warme euery morning at the breake of the daie and you shall see a meruelous effect within foure daies A water of a maruelous and excellent vertue to bring againe the sighte of the eies to him that hath lost it or is diminished by sickenes or any other accident or chaunce TAke three drammes Tutia made in pouder very smal and asmuche Aloe Epaticum in pouder two draÌ„mes of fine sugar sixe vnces of rose water sixe vnces of good white wine rather sweete than other wine but true it is y â— to swete is not coÌ„mendable Mixe al this togither put it in some cleane vessel of glasse beyng wel closed and stopt set it in the sunne a moneth togither continually mixyng stirring togither all the saide thinges at the leste ones a daie to the intent they maie incorporate well togither This don take of the same water put certaine droppes of it vpon your eies morning and euening in continuyng so a certaine space it will cause the sight to come again as clere and as pure as it was before And this was made and ordained by a consultation and counsell assembled of the wisest best phisitions of all Italie to bring the Emperour of Constantinoples sight again the yeare 1438. whan he was at the sinode and concile of Ferrare with pope Eugene the fourth and his sight came againe vnto him as faire as euer it was by the meane of this water To remedy or help bloodshotten eyes comming by any Reume fluxion or suche other like cause TAke the toppes or endes of Wormewood whiche is an herbe well inough knowen and stampe it mixyng it with the white of an egge and rose water make thereof as it were a plaister and spreading it vpon a linen cloth whiche you shall laie vpon the eye where the blood is or els vpon bothe And doe this at night whan you go to bedde and the nexte morning take
vncouer it and take oute the skim that is vpon it and by this meanes it purgeth better then with fier To stenche the menstrual blood of women TAKE a Toode and binde him with a lytle bande and bange it aboute the womans necke that hath that infyrmyte and in fewe dayes she shalbe cleered of it To keepe Roses freshe all the yeare TAKE the Roses whan they be halfe open and gather theym in the eueninge wyth a knife and in the nyght folowing set them in the aier abrod and in the morning put theym in a vessel of earth well leaded wythin and stoppe it well and couer it wyth drie sande For the same TAKE the buddes of Roses whan they beginne to open and take a reede that is yet growinge and cleane it a lytle that you maye put in the buddes and let them remaine so and whan you wil take them out cut the reede and put the buddes in luke warme water and they shalbe as faire as in Maye To take awaye or dissolue a boile or Kernell in the grine or the wresting of a senewe TAke a Tode and binde vpon the boile and it will dissolue it in short space To dresse and trim Oliues in one daie TAke the Oliues whan they be greene and cut them a little on the side than put them in water with Lime and Ashes but note that you muste haue twise asmuche Ashes as Lime as if you take halfe a pound of Lime you must haue a pound of Ashes and let them lie a stiepe in it the space of xxiij houres than take them out and washe them fiue or sixe times in luke warme water than put theÌ„ in some vessell of stone or Glasse as you wil with salte water and so kepe them as long as you list and they will be very good To preserue and keepe Peches or other Fruite TAke Peches or other Fruites that you will kepe in the faire and drie wether and open them in the middes take out the stone and laie them a daie to drie in the sunne than take sodden sugar well purged and rubbe theim ouer with it and the nexte daie set them in the Sunne againe and rubbe them with the said sugar as oft as thei drie vntill they haue gathered a crust vpoÌ„ them than kepe them at your pleasure and it will be an excellent and parfite thing To cause meruelous Dreames TAke the bloode of a Lampwink or black plouer and rubbe your temples with it and so goe to bedde and you shall see merueilous thinges in your sleepe or els if you eate at nighte a little of the herbe Solanâ— or Vesicaria or some Mandragora or elles of the herbe called in Greeke Hyoscyamos in Latine it hath these names Alâ—ercum Appollinaris and Symphoniaea in the Frenche Iusquiame and in the Englishe some call it Henban and you shall se in the nighte goodly thinges in your dreame To make a woman beare Children TAke Ceruse and Frankensens and waie as muche of the one as of the other and after you haue companied with her put the same into her matrice Also if you geue her drinke of Mares milke or to eate the lower parte of the belly of a Hare or the Genitories or stones of a hee Goate after her menstruall purgation is come vnto her it shall profite her muche vnto conception To heale and cure Horses of the Skabbe FIrst you must let him blood then take Brimstone Quicksiluer Hony liquide Pitch Salt the iuice of Hemlocke Vinaigre Alome Helesbore softe Sope Oile Sutt of a Chimney Hogges dong and Lime and mingle al togither and anoint the place with it where the Skabbe is and within fewe daies he shal be healed and cleane To heale the Kinges euill a disease called in latine Siruma TAke a great Tode a liue and whan the Moonâ— draweth towarde the comunction of the sunne cutte of all the legges from him and put him about the necke of the patieÌ„t and it wil do him muche good Take also the hoofe of an Asse and burne it and saie it vpon the sore for it is very good and profitable for suche a sicknes To make one that is poisoned to vomite the poison TAke two graines of Pazar whiche is a stone thaâ— commeth out of Portugal and is grene â— tawnie somewhat obscure glistering and light and â—â— breaking it it is within of the colour of ashes and giue it him to drinke with a little milke and incontinent he shall vomite by the poison if there be any To make a Candell that cannot be puâ— ouâ— TAke Virgine waxe and Brimstone well purged asmuch of the one as of the other and melt it togither and make therof a CaÌ„del the which will neuer be put out vntill it be burned and consumed to the ende To make a Candell of Yre to burne TAke a Candel of Ware made as is afore said and take some Brimstone and coles and stampe them very small and fifte them thorow a linen cloth then heate the candell and rubbe it ouer wel with the same pouder vntill it waxe vnto crust rounde about it as thicke as the backe of a knife and couer it with a paper then â—â— it at the ende of a guttour of your house and let it remaine there till the yee be rounde about it a finger thicke whiche will be within two or three daies than take it of and it will burne as though it were of waxe onely this is a thinge tried and experimented To make that fruite shall take what forme or facion you will TAke a piece of woode and cutte it after the forme and facion that you will your fruite shal haue but let it be as bigge as the fruite is whan it is ripe then take some plaster tempered with water and put it about the wood a finger thicke and lette it drie and it will incontinent waxe drie than take it of and whan the fruite is not yet comen to his full greatnes binde it faste about this same forme and leaue it so remaining vntill it be ripe and it will be after that forme and facion If you will also write vpon it dresse the letters after this maner and forme made of plaster and they shalbe legible To make that rootes shall haue what forme you will TAke greene rootes but let theÌ„ be great and thicke like radishe rootes or the roote of Bryonix and such like and trim them with a knife as you shall thinke the best facion Then set them in the ground againe vntill they haue gathered vpon them a skinne 〈◊〉 in this maner maie a man make conterfete Mandragora in trimming them with a knife into the shape of a man and than putting them againe into the grounde with the head dounward and with a little barley or mill vnder them whiche will cleaue and sticke faste to the hed of the roote and seeme like heare but you must note that to make these Mandragora you must take the rootes of Bryonia For to write letters