saide diseases A very good pouder that healeth quickly the sayd sycknes MYxe a Dragme and a halfe of whyte Mulberrye leaues dried in the shadowe with a Dragme of the ryne or pillinges of a Radishe roote dryed also in the shadow and a dragme and a halfe of the litle karnelles or stones of meddlars All beinge made into pouder geue vnto the Pacient two dragmes in good and odoriferous whyte wyne A remedye which I haue founde to be verye good for all griefe or payne of the guttes or entrayles TAke Diagalinga and Diabuglossaâ—um of eche two dragmes Philouij romani foure scruples mixe al together and make thereof lytle gobbets or lumpes which you shal geue vnto the Pacient at euerye tyme the paine tourmenteth him and speciallye when he is yet fastynge A glyster wherewith I haue cured manye TAke thirtene vnces of stronge whyte wine foure vnces of freshe butter sixe vnces of common oyle Annice Dill Fennell wilde Carwayes called of the Apoticaries carui agreste Dauci ameos carthami of eche two dragmes mixe them seeth them al vntil the half of the wyne be consumed Than straine it addinge to that which is strained two vnces of Honnye roset an vnce and a halfe of red Sugre two dragmes of common salt and the yelke of an Egge mixe all this together and make thereof a glyster Another agaynst the same SEeth a pounde and a halfe of stronge whyte wyne with two vnces of hote skaldynge water vntill the sayde water be consumed and make onely a glister of the luke warme wyne it is a thyng tryed that after the other glisters this wil helpe you much yf the ague be not with it Another for the same TAke eyghte vnces of the oyle of Rue thre vnces of the oyls of Castoreum two vnces of Philomium romanum an vnce of Benedicta of other thinges as before sauing that you must put as lytle salte to it as is possible to the end that the vertue of the Philomium mai remayne in his This glister is proued so good that where as all other wyll not helpe it will delyuer you yea in a great nede or daunger An oyntment agaynst the same TAke oyle of Castoreum oyle of whyte Lilies oyle of Rue oyle of Cheiri of eche three vnces the iuyce of wylde Mallowes the iuyce of artemisia of eche foure vnces of skaldyng water sixe vnces seeth al together vntill the water be consumed than put to it Mâ—lanthinum Mastick Granum Paradisil Galingale of eche a Dragme and a halfe of Peper Cloues Nutmegge Lignum aloes of eche a Dragme Make all this into a fyne pouder and seeth it againe with a small fyre and make thereof an oyntment with a little waxe and so annoynt the place where the griefe is layinge vpon it cleane washed Wulle and warme You shal see a merueylous operation A verye good receipt whiche Pope clemeâ—t the seuenth tooke in his laste syckennes TAke Masticke Frankensence of the male kynde Mace of eche halfe a pounde Galingale Zedoaria of eche foure vnces Cloues Synamome Xilobalsaâ—i carpobalsami of eche two vnces of Ginger Cardamony longe Pepper blacke Pepper of eche halfe an vnce Turbit Agaricke Rubarbâ— of eche two Dragmes the rootes of Endiue rootes of Buglosse and Borage of eche two handefull Betonye Rue the flowers of Sticados Arabicke Marioram Sage Rosemarye of eche halfe a handfull Let al be grossely stamped and beaten together and put into an hundred pounde of stronge whyte wyne and let it rest and remaine there three dayes together And at the thre dayes ende presse it harde and strayne the wyne out and put it incontinent into a Limbecke for to distill out of it Aqua vite This done put into the water of the first distillation a pounde of mannes bloode of the bodye of a very healthful and sleshie man put it agayne to distill Do so in distillyng it alwayes vntil nyne tymes That done take an hundred leaues of Goldâ—foyle of the best and the fynest that can be had fyftye leaues of Siluerfoyle very fyne Jacynthes Emeraudes Rubies Granades of the two sortes of Pearles red Corall red Roses of eche a Dragme and a halfe of verye fyne Muske halfe a Dragme Mingle all this together and make it all into a pouder putting the sayde pouder into the last water distilled and let it lye in it xxiiii houres That done put all again into the Limbecke and distil it with a small fyre The which water being thus distilled the tenth time you muste put into some thicke violle and stoppe it wel or els al the water woulde vanish away It is merueylous good agaynst al colde diseases either within or without the bodye taking of it onely a Dragme or foure droppes with a lytle whyte wyne But if the disease be hote withoute an ague as other some be by reason of some hote matter geue the Pacient of the sayde water mixte with water of Endiue at euery tyme the payne taketh him Neuerthelesse yf you wyl see with your eyes the merueylous Myracle that this water doth geue fyue or syxe vnces of it vnto any syckman which hath lost al his strength and force with a lytle wyne sodainly you shal see al his strength come agayne to him Also assure your selues that there is no remedye more soueraigne agaynst the plague and so dayne death than to drinke of it euery morning before you goe oâ—te of youre house fiue or sire droppes with stronge wine or with the water of Endiue or elles to washe your nostrels within and without with the rest of all your face with the same or with a little wyne mixte with it puttinge nothinge elles to it I haue founde my selfe alwayes very well at all tymes of the plague by meanes of the same Yea namely it is good also for those that haue the disease called apoplexia or fallinge sicknes if they washe their necke withall This water is called Elisir vitae benedicti A remedy agaynst the laxe or flyxâ— come of choler TAke sire vnces of y â— sucke or iuyce of Quinces the iuyce of Endiue the iuyce of Sorrell of eche three vnces Sorell seede Plaintaine seede of eche two Dragmes red Coral red Rose seede of eche a Dragme Plaintaine water foure vnces seeth al together vntil â—he thirde parte of the water and iuyce be consumed Than straine it pressing it harde making thereof a syrop with as muche fyne sugre as shall suffice whereof the Pacient shal take two vnces morning and euening two houres before he eate any thynge This drinke is well tried and very good Annoyntment verye good for the same TAke oyle Roset made of Olyues not rype oyle of Quinces oyle of Myrtel of eche an vnce red Roses and redde Corall of eche a Dragme Masticke â–ª Nutmegge of eche halfe a Dragme make that into pouder that maye be made making thereof an oyntment soft with a liâ—le waxe wherewith annoynt your stomacke and the lower part of your belly Remedies agaynst the laxe
disenterycke TAke sire Dragmes of Myâ—abolaus citrinis burned Plantaine seede Sorrell seede Endiue seede and all parched of eche three Dragmes of the â—ower Cordiall flowers beside Uiolettes of eche a handefull seeth all in a sufficient quantitie of water wherein firste some steele muste be quenched vntill the halfe be consumed Than straine it mixing with that which is strained two Dragmes and a half of the best Rubarbe parched of Pholonij perâ—â—ci foure Scruples This drinke is founde very good by experience Another drynke very good TAke two Dragmes of Frankensence of the male kynde with as much Masticke a Dragme of boale Armenick red Corall Hartes horne burned of eche halfe a Dragme of the stone called the bloodstone burned two Scruples Make al into a fine pouder and steepe it in red wyne y â— bindeth and so geue the sycke man a Dragme and a half of it whan he goth to bedde Another remedye TO eate in this bloodye flyre euerye mornynge fastinge halfe a Dragme of Rubarbe parched is a thing wel tried and very acceptable Another drynke verye good in cacâ— the Pacient â—aâ—e therwyth anye greate doloure in hys bellye as often tymes it happeneth by reason of exulceration and â—nawynge of the guttes TAke thre vnces eyther of Goates mylke or shepes milke wherein must first be quenched some redde hote steele an vnâ—e and a halfe of the iuyce of Plantaine Aromaticum rosatum a Dragme myngle al together and make a drinke for one tyme. Whereof geue the Pacient three dayes together and the flyxe shall soone after sease Another remedye when the payne is great TAke Myrtel berries ii dragmes Sorrel sede Plantain sede of eche ii dragmes of frankensence male thre graynes of newe yellow waxe two Dragmes of Synamome two Scruples put al this into the bellye of a Turtle doue pluckt sowyng her vp agayne than roste her with a lytle fyre and let the Pacient eate of her three or fyue dayes together Or if you wil make a Coulys of her and it is certaine that he shal be healed Suffumigations or smokynges for the same The fyrste LAye an vnce of Turpentyne vpon a plate of yron made hote in the fyre and let the Pacient receyue morninge and euenynge the smoke at his foundement thorowe a close stoole And continuynge so three or foure dayes there is no doubt but he shal be cured The seconde STampe well twoo poonde of the dunge of a yonge asse and drye it in an Ouen and see y â— it burne not This done take a parte of it put it morninge and euenynge vpon hote coales vnder a close stole to the ende that the Pacient syttyng vpon it maye haue hys foundement smoked therewith It is a remedy of great vertue agaynst the bloodye flyre of yonge children yf first they be purged with a litle Rubarbe Another remedy for the same SEeth a pounde of apiastrum in Englishe Baulme together with a handefull of Taxus barbaâ—us in red wine and stronge vineygre of eche sufficiently vntyll the thyrde part be consumed Than strayne out the wyne and the vinaigre byndng these herbes fast in a bagge good and longe laye it hote euenyng and mornynge vpon his foundement And continuyng so you shall haue a good ende of it An oyntment very good for the bloody flyxe TAke Trochyskes or lytle balles of Carabe lytle balles of Terra figillata of eche thre Dragmes Galliae musâ—atâ— Galliae alefangine of eche a Dragme and a half red Coral red Rose seedes Masticke Frankensence of eche a Dragme Let all this be made in pouder and put in verye stronge red Uinaigre â–ª xxiiii houres together and afterwade drie it by the fyre or in the Sunne That done make it all agayne into pouder puttynge oyle of Quinces oyle rosat rawe or sharpe oyle of Mastick of eche two vnces with as muche whyte waxe as shall suffice And with this annoynt the Pacientes bellye Remedyes agaynst the swellyng and oppilation or stoppynge of the Splene TAke two vnces and a halfe of the iuyce of wylde-Mallowes or marshe Mallowes purified two vnces of the iuyce of Calaminte two Dragmes of Sene dried and make thereof an Electuarye miringe al this with as much as shall suffice of skommed Honnye and giue of â–ª it vnto the Pacient a sponnefull thre houres before his meales It is a remedye merueylous good A vomentation or nourishynge by washynge for the same TAke of the rootes of wylde or marshe Mallowes of Garden Mallowes of eche two vnces Senegrene seede Linescede flowers of Camomil Melilote of eche a handefull Calamint Bauline cuscuta Pulegium Anyce carui Fennell of eche a handefull seeth all this in a sufficient quantitie of stronge whyte Uinaigre and washe the place right against the Splene euery daye bathing it and the Pacient shal be very wel at hys ease An oyntment agaynst the same TAke oyle of Rue oyle of Capers â–ª oyle of Camomille of eche a pounde of the strongest and best whyte wyne you can get halfe a pounde rootes of wilde or marshe Mallowes rootes of other Mallowes rootes of Ferne of eche halfe an vnce Braye well the rootes and seeth them with all the rest vntill there remaine no more wyne after that take it and presse oute the Oyle puttinge it to a pounde of the beste and strongest whyte Uinaigre with an vnce of panis porcinus wel stamped and purified seething it wel againe vntil the Uinaigre be consumed and than straining it againe presse it barde that the oyle maye come out Unto these oyles thus strayned oute you muste put oppoponacis Bdellij Galbani aâ—moniaci of eche two dragmes dissolue thy gommes in strong Uinaigre miring them with the other thinges and seethinge it slightlye once againe that the vertue of the gommes vanishe not awaye make thereof a soft oyntment with verye good yellowe ware wherewith annoynte the place right against the Splene euery daye mornynge and euenyng Another fomentation or bathing for the same IT is a thing experimented that if you washe or bath onely the Splene with very strong Uinaigre wherein there hath bene quenched the stone called Marchasita whiche George Agricola calleth Pyrites laying the clothe dipped in it righte vpon the place of the Spiens Doing thus you shall not seeke anye other remedie for this wil abate all the swellyng Remedies agaynst the payne swellyng and ventositie of the Matrice SEeth togither rootes of matricaria an vnce Dauci half an vnce whyte Honny two vnces skommyng well the Honny vntil it be throughly sodden and straynyng and pressing it harde myngle this Honnye with two vnces of the broth that a Henne hath bene sodden in and three vnces of the decoction of anyce and giue the woman drnike of it tenne dayes together she shal be healed Wherefore kepe it well in mynde Another tryed of some women TAke a dragme of Nutmegges a dragme and a half of y â— roots of Matricaria a scruple of Spica seeth al this in
houres together Agaynst a Ryngworme or Tetter that runneth all ouer a mans face or agaynst the disease that is called Erysipilas or Lychen of some Mentagra the Frenche men call it feu volage as it were a runnynge fyer THE remedye is good to myngle at the begynnynge the iuyce of Plantaine Marygoldes Solatrum barba Iouis in Englyshe Syngreene of eche syxe vnces wyth three vnces of Rose water and wetynge certayne cloutes in it laye them vpon the soore or King worme Yet you muste take heede that ye take awaye the cloutes as soone as they beginne to waxe whote to the ende that the heate â–ª retournynge from the lynnen cloutes to the soore doe not encrease the payne or elles that the lynnen clothes beyng dryed with the heate doe not cleaue to the skynne and plucke it with them For if it should be so there would be daunger in it because of the vlcers or scabbes that woulde come of it Another remedye very good to heale the same when it doth but begynne or increase TAke Lytarge of Siluer siâ—e vnces the iuyce of Plantaines three vnces oyle roset two vnces of the best Uinaigre an vnce mixe and braye all this wel in a morter of Lead vntill it be lyke an oyntment of the colour of Lead of the whiche beinge spred vpon some lynnen cloth you shal lay some vpon the soore renuyng it euening and morning and looking to it diligently vntil you be sure of the state of it and of the increase Whan it beginneth to declyne whiche thinge you shall knowe because it will chaunge from a whyte colour vnto a red take heede you laye no colde thynge vnto it for it maye be that you maye make some dead fleshe red and darke come or growe in it and so there shoulde be greate daunger that by reason of the colde thinges the Kingworme or â—etter should tourne into an Hestiomem But my counsell is to take the flowers of Camomille Melilot Syngreene of eche a handfull and to seeth the same in sufficient water vntil there remaine but the halfe Than to strayne it and to washe euery day the place with a sponge wette in it and afterwarde to washe it with some-whote whyte wyne For that is it that keepeth the member from mortifying in such a disease If the thyng be growen to an vlcer either by the foly of the Phisition or els by the euill gouernement of the Pacient or by the euill matter whiche coulde not be amended by medecines take lytarge of siluer three vnces the oyntment of Populeon Ceruse washed Infrigidantis Galeni of eche halfe an vnce oyle roset complet an vnce Mixe al together and bray it wel in a morter vntil it be as it were an oyntment which you shall vse vntill the disease be consolydate and sounde Agaynst â—â—omatycke svvellynge IF this infirmitie be in the legge take twenty pound of water made with Ashes flowers of Camomille rootes of Walwort or Daneworte of eche a handefull common Salte halfe a pounde of the best whyte Uinaigre foure vnces mixe and seeth all together vntill the halfe be consumed than straine it and washe the legge with it Remedyes for the scabbes â–ª An oyntment very good for to annoynt yonge chyldren who because of theyr tendernes can not endure a purgation TAke foure vnces of oyle roset a dragme and a halfe of common Saâ—t an vnce of freshe Butter washed and so bray and sturre al well together vntil it become vnto a soft oyntment Another oyntment verye good for lytle chyldren â–ª and olde folke to vse before and after a purgation TAke Turpentine washed in Rose water foure vnces of y â— iuyce of Lemons an vnce a half of fresh Butter an vnce the yelke of one Egge of common salte two dragmes â–ª of oyle roâ—et two vnces myxe and sturre together all a greate whyle in a morter vntill it become an oyntment With the which by a fyre when he goeth to bedde annoynte the scabbye parte of the bodye or ells all the bodye but as thyn as may be Another remedye TAke the water of Lapatium â—â—utum distilled two pouÌ„d the iuyce of Plantaine foure vnces Rose water thre vnces the iuyce of Lemmons two vnces Litarge sixe vnces Ceruse halfe an vnce quicke Brymstone three dragmes make a very small pouder of that whiche maye be made pouder and mingle it with the sayde waters letting all stande xxiiii houres longe That done put all in a Lymbeck and distill it with a small fier This water serueth not onely for to heale the common scabbe but also to make the crustes of old vlcers and scabbes and of the pockes to fall of to take cleane awaye the cicatrice or scabbe thereof A bayne or bathe for the same TAke the leaues of Lapatium acutum the leaues of â—umitorye the leaues of Mallowes with the rootes leaues of Borage of eche three handefull of bran bounde in some cloth two handefull of rye three handful seeth al this in sufficient water vntil the third part be consumed then straine all and whyle the Pacient is annoyntynge let him bath all his bodye in the same baine in the breake of the daye and withoute taryinge any longe time let him go into his warme bedde and there let him slepe and sweate Against the scurfe or leprie called in Latin psora AFter a purgation I commend much the annoynting at night when he goeth to bed all the partes of the body infected with this disease with oyle of Tartre or of Lees of wyne and three vnces of verye stronge whyte wynâ— A remedye agaynst puâ—â—es bladders blysters or wheles and agaynst the small pockes An oyntment TAke an vnce of Peche karnels burned and made into a pouder the iuyce of Plantaine and of Syngreene of eche halfe an vnce Ceruse or Lead washed a dragme and a halfe make of this a softe oyntment as muche as shal serue you Another remedye well tryed TAke two dragmes of Camphyre an vnce of Ceruse washed half a pounde of red Ciâ—â—es a pound of the inner parte of Melons withoute the pilles ten Swallowes egges two dragmes of Pearles thre dragmes of the seedes of Xilon or Gpâ—sipium the tree that beareth Cotton two dragmes of Salte foure vnces of the iuyce of Lemons half an vnce of whyte wyne lees make that in pouder that ought to be and put al together in ten pounde of water of Lapatium acutum distilled leauing it so two dayes and two nightes This done distillall together in a Limbecke with the which water so distilled the Pacient shal washe his face three or foure tymes a daye It hath been proued very good Agaynst the stronge cogh of yonge chyldren SEeth in wyne some â—sope and some Sâ—rpellum or Sauorye or elles steepe some Jeniper berries in wyne and giue the child to drinke of which you will Agaynst the stynkyng svveate TO those that so sweate make a clothe steeped in wyne wherein Myrtle leaues or the herbe it selfe or els his fruit hath
roote of Ebulus in Englishe Walwort or Danewort thre garlyke heades the leaues of Willowes and a lytle persley Stampe all these thinges and mingle them together and giue the Pacient to drinke of it thre morninges with sodden wyne or with some sweete wine or wyne made sweete with honnye and it will make him pisse the grauell Agaynst the payne of the bladder and grauell TAke the skinne of a Haâ—e newe â—leane and put it heare and all in an earthen potte or laye it vpon a cleane tyle that done put it to the fyer so that you maye make a pouder of the same skynne the whiche pouder beyng sifted you shall keepe in some cleane vessell And when you shall neede it take thereof three spone full in youre drynke whiche thynge soone appeaseth the greefe of the bladder and the the grauell Neuerthelesse the remedye woulde haue greater vertue yf you tooke the whole Hare alyue and put hym in a newe earthen potte and stoppe all the hooles with plaister or with claye so that there come no aire oute Than yf you put the sayde potte into an Ouen and lette it burne with a small fyre and whan it is thorowly burned make it into a very fyne pouder and sift it fynely and than vse it for your purpose This is verye good for them that haue the grauell and that pisse bloode yf it be taken with a lytle wine Agaynste the bloodye slyxe or frettynge torment in the bellye TAke mylke and quenche whote flynte stones in it oâ—elles some whote iron and that done dyuers tymes giue it to drinke vnto the Patient prouâ—ded that he haue not the ague and he shal be healed Agaynste the straynynge frettynge and grypyoge of the bellye TAke seuen or nine of the longe and red berries of a wylde rose tree and let them be type Bray them well and geue to the Pacient with olde wyne yf he haue not the ague but if he haue the angue gyue them him with water And if neede be you shall gyue them him so thre dayes together and he shal finde it a soueraigne remedie For those that haue frettyng and gryppyng in the belly and the laxe TAKE the yelke of Egges rawe or rosâ—e wylde greene Reasyns Galles as muche of the one as of the other in weyghte Myre all together in brayinge it and gyue it to the Pacient whote and he shal be cured by the grace of God Agaynst the collicke TAke a Henne a lyue and see that she eate not in two dayes than kyl her and take the lytle skinne that is in her breste or throte bole and drie it and make it in pouder the whiche you shal geue the Pacient with some harshe or grosse wine somwhat sharpe And the Pacient must be fasting and not hauing supped the night before but kept in a good diet Agaynst the payne of the collicke comming sodainly TAke the heele of a Hare and carye it about you and the sodaine collicke shall neuer take you Agayne the payne of the guttes or bowelles YOu shall take Baye leaues and seeth them in water and giue the Pacient drynke of thys decoction and he shal be healed For to stoppe the laxe TAke the rootes of Hartes horne next to the head and make a fyne pouder of it with a fyle and of this pouder giue a dragme vnto the Pacient with redde wyne a gobblet full and this wil stoppe the laxe if he vse it three morninges Agaynst the frettyng of the bellye or laxe YOu shall take one Pomegranade or many and put them in an earthen potte the which you shall stop well and lute aboute with Potters claye to the ende there come no aire oute This done set it in an Ouen to be burned than the Pomegranade being wel made into pouder keepe it And when you haue anye fretting or gripyng in your bellye commyng sodenly drinke a lytle of the same pouder with wyne and you shall be soone cured For to knowe a secret or hydden dyseaso of any man and to heale the same TAke a yonge whelpe that yet sucketh and let him lye nyght and day with the man the space of thre dayes duryng the whiche tyme the pacient shall take milke in his mouth and spite in to the whelpes mouthe Than take the sayde whelpe and cleaue him in peeces and you shal know the sicke part of the man by that of the dogge which you shal see either infected or whole and sounde For certainlye the whelpe draweth to him self the secrete and hidden disease whereof he dieth and the man shal be healed and you maye burye the dogge For them that voyde blood at theyr fondement and for those that haue theyr bloode broken YOu shall take the yonge springes of nettels verye tender braye them well in a morter and take the iuyce of them and giue it the Pacient to drinke alone in the morninge or with some stronge Uinaigre and colde water three dayes together and there is none so corrupt bloode but it will purifie nor no laxe so greate but it will stoppe it Agaynst the wormes that engender in mens bodyes YOu shall take the galle of a Bulle and dippe some Wulle in it and lay it vpon the Nauell and it wil make the wormes come out of the bodye Agaynst the gripyng of the bellye and desyre to go to the stoole and yet do nothyng TAke cowe milke sodden and geue the Pacient often tymes drinke of it and he shall be whole Agaynst the payne of the collicke TAke the lytle byrde called in Latyne Vpupa in Englishe a Lapwinge and burne her whole with her fethers and take of the ashes and giue it the Pacient to drinke in wine Against the vlcers or fystules in the foundement of a man TAke Date stones and burne them and than make them into a fine pouder laye often tymes of the same vpon the fistules or vlcers or vpon the hole of the foundement and he shal be whole For to heale the emorrodes or those that lose their blood TAke Leekes and braye them well and take the iuyce of them the whiche you shal giue the Pacient to drynke before breakefast and the Emorrodes will soone cease by the grace of God Agaynst the vlcers of the foundement and agaynst the disease called commonly sainct Fiacres syckennes TAke the pysse or ryne of a Pomegranade breake it and seeth it in good wine than bray it wel and laye it vpon the soore place lyke a plaister and it will without fayle heale the disease For to rype or breake an apostume or swellynge in the gryne TAke nasâ—urtium and bray it with pitche and lay it vpon the swelling or apostume and he shal be whole Another TAke vnslekt lyme two garlicke heades the yelkes of thre egges mingle al together and lay it vpon the sore place like a plaister this wil put away all the payne and swellinge of the apostume Against hurt or flawing of the skyn by chasing and going either of the feete or
of Buglosse sodden in water wherein you shall quenche your instrument of yron Another TAke Dragontion with his rootes and as muche Ueruine seeth this in cleare water and lette it coole and ware cleare and so annoynte your instrument with it Also take mannes pysse mixte with cleare water made luke warme in this quenche your instrument Also you may harden it in good Mustarde made with stronge Uinaigre Also when you wyl harden any thing you must see that it be cleane neate and pollished For to kepe it from â—leanyng when it is a hardenyng TAke Tallo we and melte it than powre it in colde water vntill it waxe thicke and swymme in the water the thicknesse of a fyngar Than take your instrument whote and put it first thorow the Tallow and then into the water Some quenche also shurtes of maile in the iuyce of Rape rootes To make yron or steele softe IF you will make yron or steele as softe as copper take vnsleckt lyme with as much Alume well stamped firste in some morter mixe wel these two things together and laye them vpon some lynnen clothe the thicknes of a fynger or half a finger and wrappe your instrument that you will haue made soft in it and lay it so in some small fyer the space of an houre vntil the fier go out and that your instrument be cold of it self and than shal you finde it as softe as copper Another LAye your yron or Steele in a small fyer and when the fyer is out let your yron coole of it selfe Another TAke the water of Radishe rootes and quench your yron or steele in it Also you maye take the ashes mixte with vnfleckte lyme and make thereof lye the whiche you shall let runne thorowe the sayde substaunces in thys lye steepe youre yron or steele the space of a nyghte and so shall you make it meete to cutte or engraue in Afterwarde if you will harden it agayne you may quench it in colde water Another TAke the yellowe flowers lyke to Marygoldes the leaues bee large and as brode as the nayle of a mans finger take them stawkes and all stampe them and straine them thorowe a linnen clothe and keepe the iuyce in a pot Than put your yron or steele in the fier vntill it be redde whote and then quenche it in the saide water and it wil be as soft as copper Another TAke some great snayles and other great grounde wormes of equall portion and the thyrde parte salte Than take an earthen pot or some other platter of earth ful of holes wherin you shal pouder or salte your snayles and wormes and receyue the salte whiche shall melt and droppe from them into another pot set vnderneth and the thickest substaunce will remaine in the vessel full of holes the whiche you maye cast awaye This done laye a stone vpon the pot and seeth it vntill it fome or froth no more then take it from the fier and let it coole In this water you maye quenche your yron or steele being redde whote and by this meanes you shal make it as soft as copper and for to harden it againe you muste make it redde whote and quenche it in colde water Another TAke the herbe called Fole foote and distill it then make your yron red whote and quenche it in the same water Also take snayles and stampe them with good Uinaigre wherein you may quenche your yron or steele Or quenche yron in the bloode of an Eele and it wil be lyke wyfe softe Also take yron or steele and wrappe it in Potters claye with a we ate linnen cloth and lay it in the fier and afterwarde let it coole of it selfe Take also the iuyce of Marubium and the iuyce of Milfoyle with the iuyce of Radishe rootes mixt with good wyne and quenche your yron in the mixtion To make Christal soft so that you may breake it in peeces TAke burned leade and Christal as much of the one as of the other and breake it vpon a stone than put this mixture into a melting pot and melt it and so shal you make it into what forme or fashioÌ„ you will The same may you breake and bruse as you wil. Another TAke quick lyme and ashes of equal quantitie and lye with it passinge and strainyng it thorowe the ashes and lyme nyne or tenne tymes That done steepe your steele or Christall in the same lye the space of â–ª xxiiii houres â—nd you shal finde it soft For to soften yron TAke the water that is vpon the bloode of a man whan he is let bloode whiche you shall handsomly powre from the bloode Than lay your yron in the fier vntil it be whote than with a litle fether wet in the said water rub it so long with it vntil the water vanishe awaye and it will be soft Another TAke scommed honny the new pisse of a he goate alome borace oyle oliue and salt mingle all well together and quench your yron in the mixtion To soften a lytle that which is to harde THat which is to hard keepe it so longe in the fyer till it be very whote Than take Tallowe with the whiche you shall rubbe your matter and let it so coole To mollifie and soften yron or steele in such sort that you may bow and winde it which way you wyll TAke Camomille flowers with one parte of herbe Robert and one part of Ueruine put all this in a potte with whote water and so stoppe it that no smoke maye come out than seeth it and quenche your yron in it To soder all thynges and fyrst yron TAke an vnce of salte Armoniacke an vnce of common salte an vnce of Tartre calcined an vnce of belle metall three vnces of Antimonium stampe wel all together and sift or bolt it this done put all in a linnen cloth and wrappe it rounde about with potters claye well prepared the thickenesse of a fynger and let it ware verye drye than put it betwene two pot shardes vpon a small fyer and let it heate by litle and litle Afterwarde make the fyer greater vntill your whole masse become red and melt together than let it so coole and after make it into a pouder And when you will soder any thing laye the two peeches that you wyll soder vpon a table as nere the one to the other as you can but you must laye some paper vnder the peeces This done cast of the said pouder betwene the ioyntes and a litle vpon them than make some cruste of potters but yet so that it be open aboue after this put some Borace in whote wyne vntill it be al consumed than with a lytle feather rubbe the sayde pouder and incontinent it will beginne to boyle and seeth and when you see it boyle no more it is a signe that the sodering and consolidation is made And if there be any excrescence or risyng vp you must diminishe it by rubbinge it for it wil not be fyled To soder any whote thinge TAke
gomme water chawke made in pouder and make thereof a dowe or paste wherewith you shal anoynt the thing that is a sonder laying it vpoÌ„ a table as is afore sayde than take awaye the dowe or paste that is vpon the ioyninge of the two peeces and leaue it on bothe sydes than annoynte the ioynt with Sope and holde a whote cole ouer it and by and by the saide substaunce will melt After this take awaye the sayde dowe or past and it done To soder copper TAke balfe an vnce of copper thre quarters of an vnce of whyte Arsenick melt the copper and deuide your Arsenick in two partes and caste one part into the copper molten mingle al together than cast into it also the other part and than powre it vpon a stone and beate it small To soder yron FYle well to purpose and proporcion the ioyntes of the yrons and than lay them in the fier as is afore saide casting vpon it some Uenise glasse and it wil be sodered A pouder that wyll make all metall pliable and softe TAke a quarterne of Antimonium axinigia vitri and salte of equall quantitie Make all together in a pouder than take of the same pouder three parts and one part of the metall and melt it Another vpon brasse TAke salt stamped Tartre Saltpeter axinigia vetri ashes of Uines or Lyes of wyne quicke lyme Make al this in pouder and laye it vpon the place that you will soder For to graue in yron or steele knyâ—es and harnesse TAke one part of coales made of birâ—he stampt two pactes of Uitrsoll with as much salt armoniack Than stampe all together with Uinaigre vntill it be lyke vnto a soft dow or past Now whan you wil graue in yron or other thinges make first the description or figures that you wil graue and that with Uermilion mixt with oyle of Line and let it dried and afterward couer it with the saide substaunce the thickenesse of a finger the whiche the whoter it is layed vpon it the sooner it wil be done but you must take hede you burne it not And whan it is weldrie take away the said pouder and washe wel the grauing Also some take two partes of Spanishe greene or one parte of common salt and in stamping it in some morter they put to it some stronge Uinaigre and than doe it as is aforesaide Take also Uitrioll Alom Salt Uinaigre coales of Birche and do as before To graue with water TAke Spanishe greene called Uerdet quicke Siluer Sublime Uitrioll and Alome of eche equally stampe wel all together and put it in a glasse leauing it so halfe a day stirring it often times Than make youre description or figures as you will with Waxe or artificiall Oâ—re and Oyle of Lyne mixt together or Uermillion mixt with Oyle of Lyne than annoynte it with that water and let it alone so the space of a daye But if you will haue your description verye deepe graued leaue it so standing longer But if you will engraue writynges or Images you shall make a grounde of Waâ—e wherein you shall make youre description with the poincte of a Bodken euen to the bottome Than powre the water vpon it whiche water will engraue it Or elles you may laye vppon your description made as before is saide some Marcurium sublimatum and than caste some good Uinaigre vpon it and let it alone so halfe an houre Another stronger and moore bytyng TAke a quarter of an vnce of Spanishe greeue alumen plumae salte Armoniacke Tartre common Salt of eche a quarter of an vnce all being well stampt and mixte with stronge Uinaigre leaue it so the space of an houre And if you will that your description bee highe or raâ—sed vp write it with artificiall Oâ—re and Oyle of Line â–ª brayed and mingled together and let it â—râ—e well Than heate the saide water in a panne leaded within letting it alone vpon the fier Than take youre steele and holde it ouer the saide panne vpon the which you shal powre of the said water with a spone and so the water wil fal againe into the panne and there shal be nothing lost â–ª Do thus tâ—e space of a quarter of an houre but let not the water be tâ— whote lest that the Oyle which was mixt with the Uernishe go not out This done rubbe ouer the saide substaunces with ashes or quicke Lime and than shall you finde that whiche before was annoynted whole and highe and the other engraned To make a colour of golde or siluet to lave vpon metall â–ª and to make also a ground of golde or siluer vpon yron â–ª belles or stones which shal not go of with water TAke one part of Ocre the seconde part of minium the fourth part of Bole armenicke and as muche Aquaâ—ire and bray wel altogether with Oyle of Line â—â—ede â–ª and put tâ— it also the bignesse of a litle nut â—f 〈…〉 and â–ª iii â–ª or iiii â–ª droppes of Uernishe Yf the colour bee to thicke â—nt a litle more of the saide oyle to it Than straine it thâ—râ— we a fine linnen clothe into some cleane bessel and it wil be as thicke as honny and than rubbe what you will with it and let it drie and than laye your golde or siluer vpon it A colour of golde to set vpon brasse or copper TAke a lytle potte well leaded and put into it three vnces of oyle of lineseede than take halfe an vnce of Masticke and halfe an vnce of aloes hepaticum ritrinum and make it well into a pouder and put it into the saide oyle and couer it close with another pot wherein you shall make a litle hole aboue that is to say in the bottom of the sayde potte that shal be vppermost Annoynt the saide potte well with potters earth and let them bee so close one vpon another that nothing may come out than put in aboue a sticke brode at the ende with the whiche you may styrre it and let all seeth as they do Painters vernishe This done polishe well that which you wyll gylt and laye the saide colour vpon it and drie it in the Sunne and if there be not inough put more on vntil it be well Another TAke drye Uernishe Amber Alome of these two as much of the one as of the other than take Uernishe and oyle of lineseede seeth all together on a fier of coales in a potte well leaded that it may be wel mirt together then assaye it vpon a knife and if it be to thicke put more oyle to it but if it be to cleare or to thinne put more Alome to it Another TAke halfe an vnce of aloe hepaticum citrinum halfe an vnce of Amber these two being made in pouder set them on a moderate fier in a potte well leaded but let it not be to whote at the first And when all is molten powre some boyling oyle vpon it sturring and mixing it well together with alitle sticke after this let it coole
colours as you wil. Another waye TAke vnsleckt lyme and put a litle water vpon it and let it stand a night and afterward straine the clearest thorow a linnen cloth and for euery pinte of water put in halfe an vnce of scraped Brasyl Let it seeth vnto the halfe and put to it halfe an vnce of Alome set it vpon wodde and let it heate but not seeth Whan you wil haue that you wil die readie prepared in such sort as here foloweth Take lees of redde wine and put it in a bagge â–ª that al the wine dreane out and the lees waxe drie Make thereof balles as bigge as a hennes egge drying them in the Sunne and burnyng them after into ashes and of this ashes make a strong Lye and make it verye whote and than weate in it the thing that you will dye drying it afterwarde and than dye it with the foresayde colour To dye redde TAKE for euerye pounde of clothe a quarterne of Alome and seeth it and put the clothe in it two houres long Than â–ª take the roset of Brasyl with gomme Arabicke and let them seeth a quarter of an houre Than straine it and put into it your threede clothe or any thing that you wyl To make fayre roset TAke a pottle of water an vnce of brasil seeth them vnto the halfe than take them from the fier and put as muche graine to them as you shall thynke good and halfe a quarter of gomme Yf you wyl haue but a sleyght redde powre it into another pot or put to it a quarterne of Alome in pouder and let it so stand a nyghte To dye wodde bones and horne into greene TAke two partes of Spanishe greene a thyrde part of salt Armoniacke bray them well together and put them in Uinaigre And put into it the thinge that you will die coueryng it wel and so let it stande vntil it be greene inoughe But before you die anye thing you must lay it halfe a day in Alome water and than drie it well againe Another greene PUt your horne or wodde or that you wil die in a vernished pot and put to it strong Uinaigre mingling with if some Uerdegrease that is very thicke and not cleare Couer it wel and set it seuen dayes together in a dunghill and if than it bee not greene inough let it stande there longer A man maye do the like with Spanishe greene or Uerdet To die horne bone and wodde into redde TAke quicke lyme and cast some raine water vpon it and let so stande a night the nexte morning straine the clearest thorowe a lynnen clothe putting to it for euerye pot of water halfe an vnce of the scrapinges of Brasil and â—â—â— them seeth wel in it but yet they muste bee boyled in Alome firste as before is sayde To die yellowe TAke the barke of an apple tree not the outwarde harde and roughe barke but the inwarde but it in small loppins and powre some water vpon them and than put in your wodde bone or horne to it with Alome And let it seeth wel together To dye blacke TAke Galles broken or brused in peeces and seeth them in stronge Uinaigre and put your wodde bone or horne in it And let all seeth well together Take them than out and put them in whytes of Egges puttinge to it the iuyce of walnuttes and let them seeth well together To make horne soâ—e TAke mannes pysse that hath vene kept stopt a moneth together put into it a pounde of vnsleckt lyme and halfe so muche of ashes of burned wyne Lees foure vnces of Tartre and as muche salt Mingle al wel together and let it seeth wel and than straine it twise or thrise thorowe a clothe This done keepe the sayde Lie well couered And when you will soften any borne let it lye eyghte dayes in it and the horne will be soft that you may cut it and dresse it after what sort you wyll Or elles make a Lie of the ashes of the heades and stalkes of Poppye and in the same Lie seeth your hornes and other thynges To mollifye or soften horne so that you shall imprynte or make any fygures in it TAKE a pounde of the ashes wherewith Glasses be made a pounde of quicke Lyme and a pot of water let them seeth so longe vntyll the two thyrde partes be consumed Than put a feather into it and plucke it out agayne and pille it betwene your fingers for if the feather do pille it is a signe that it is sodden inough But if it pille not let it seeth moore and whan it is sodden inough let it clarifie and powre it out Take than the fylinges of horne laye them therein two dayes together Than annoynt your hands with oyle and worke the horne well betwene your handes as it were dowe or paste and than presse him into what forme or fashion you wyll Another waye TAke the iuyce of whyte Marrubium and of Alexanders and of Milfoyle the iuyce of Radishe rootes the iuyce of Celandine and stronge Uinaigre Mire all together and put your horne into it well couered seuen dayes together in a donghyll And than knede it and worke it as you did before To cast hornes in a molde lyke leade TAke ashes of wyne lees burned and vnsleckt lyme and make thereof a stronge Lye and put into it the fylinges or scrapings of horne and let them seeth wel together and they will be as it were pappe and put into it suche colour as you will haue it of and than cast it into what moulde you will To make cleare stones of Amber SEeth Turpentine in a panne leaded with a lytle CottoÌ„ stirring it vntil it be as thick as paste than powre it into what you wil and set it in the Sunne eyght dayes and it will be cleare and harde inough You may make of this litle balles haâ—â—es for knyues and many other thynges Another TAke the yelkes of sixtene egges and beate them wel with a spone than take two vnces of gomme Axabicke an vnce of the gomme of Cherry trees make those gommes into pouder and mixe them with the yelkes of the egges let the gommes wel melt and powre them into a pot wel leaded This done set them sire dayes in the Sunne and they wil become harde and shyne lyke glasse and whan you rubbe them they will take vp a strawe vnto them as other Amber stones doe To polishe and to a glosse or lustre vnto precious stones TAke pouder of Antimonium and disparse it abrode vpon a table of lead that is very euen and smothe Polishe vpon this table your stone and it shall keepe and maintaine him in his lustre and glosse To make a stone that shall gyue gyue fyer and burne of it selfe yf you weate it with your fynger TAke the Lode stone that hath vertue to drawe yron to him on the one syde and to put it away on the other syde Put it in a pot leaded and put to it foure
pounde of Pitche and a pounde of Brimstone lute and claye wyl your pot and set it in a Forneyse geuing it a smal fier the space of a daye and a night augmenting the fier the seconde daye and the thyrde daye more vntil the stone be on fyer After you haue made this stone on fier and haue in this maner burned it as is before saide you shal let it coole againe and your stone is prepared and made to giue fier when you wil. To mollifie or soften chrystall and precious stones so that you maye cut them lyke cheese and that beyng put in a moulde they shal be harde agayne TAkâ— in Auguste the bloode of a Goose and the blood of a he Goate and let it drie vntil it be very harde And whan you mollifie and soften Christali or precious stones take of the sayde bloodes as much of the one as of the other and make it into pouder and than powre some Lie made with the ashes of burned Lies of Wyne and let them be intermingled together in a pot putting to them a dishe ful of strong Uynaigre And whan you wil soften your stone cast it in the same and heate it a lyttle and the stone will be soft so that you may cut and fashion of what sort you will caste him afterward in cold water and he wil be as harde with in an houre as euer he was And than geue him his glosse and lustre as before is sayde of the other To counterfeyâ—e perles which shal be very fayre â–ª and as they were naturall and â—rewe TAke in Sommer the shelles of whyte Muskles and scraye them cleane with a knyfe take lykewise one parte of Snayle shelles of the cleanest you can fynde and whan you haue washed them well stampe them together in a morter of stone as fyne as you can and washe them cleane in the Sunne vpon a linnen cloth and then put them into a newe cleane pot the whiche â—ot you shall lute and claye rounde aboute with â—utom sapientiae And beynge dryed in the Sunne put it into a Forneyse or Kille of Lyme and let it burne there as longe as men are wonte to let Lyme burne Than take it out and you shal fynde it tourned into pouder as whyte as Snowe This done take the yelkes of Egges made cleane and broken a sunder with a Spone Myngle the pouder with the yelke of the Egges in some cleane vessell Than washe youre handes cleane and fashion your Pearles of what bignesse you wyll persyng them with a Hogges brystell whyle they be whote This done set them in some cleane thynge in the Sunne and the whoter the better yet take heede there come no rayne to them and than polyshe them in redde Wyne and let them drye againe and you shall haue fayre Pearles THE fourth Booke â–ª teachynge diuers wayes of giltyng syluerynge and diynge Copper Iron and other Metalles Likewise to forme melt and to make certaine colours To prepare Mercury and so to harden it that you maye make it liquide and worke it THE Emperour Frederick made many Images of this substaunce folowynge which seemed to be of Siluer as at Uienna and Nieustadt in Austriche this inuention was founde oute by mayster William and maister Martyne his Alchemistes To do this you must melt Saturne that is to say lead powre it in a rounde meltyng pot while it is whote Presse into it litle rounde stones that you maye haueâ—lytle rounde holes in it vpoÌ„ the which holes you shall laye a lynnen clothe and powre some Mercury vpon it as muche as you wyll settynge it so in whote embers vntyll the Mercury be harde And whan it is harde inough breake it in litle peeces and caste them into stronge Uinaigre and seeth them in it a quarter of an houre Or els take the iuyce of the herbe called Longdebeffe with a litle Uinaigre and oyle and seeth in it some peeces of your Mercury broken as before and by this meanes it shal be mortified very wel otherwise it woulde reuiue againe This done take two vnces of salt Armoniack halfe a pot of Uinaigre and powre it with your Mercury sodden in a pot leaded and luting and stopping it verye wel let it stande viii or x. dayes for by this meanes the Uinaigre taketh away al the rednesse of the Mercury This done put your Mercury in a pot wel luted and set it in a Forneyse vntill it be wel burned augmenting by litle and litle the fier that it maye keepe the fier long in a like temperate heate vntil it make certaine choppes or cliftes and than it is a signe that is inough Than put the Mercury in a pot in the bottome whereof there muste be some Brimstone stoppe wel the pot and set it in whote embers or ashes or vpon a fier of coales that it maye heate by litle and litle and that the Mercury maye receiue the smoke of the Brimstone Do so once a day xxx dayes together and than take out the Mercury for it is harde inough to beate and caste Take of this Mercury fiue vnces and ten vnces of Uenus that is to saie Copper melte them together and it shal seeme at all trialles that it is trewe Siluer A substaunce made of paper or other thynges to expresse or set oute anye maner of fygure that you wyll vpon whyte yron c. LAye your paper or parchement ouerthwarte the white yron than weate it on the out side and let it drie againe than take it of and you shal see the print of it vpon the whyte yron To gylte vvell SEeth your Syluer in Tartre make it very cleane rubbing it with brushes and put it into the Tartre againe than take two partes one part of salte Armoniacke one part of Uerdet or Spanishe greene two partes of the beatyng of Copper stampe all this small and sifte it and put it into the Tartre with the Siluer it wyll get a redde colour vpon the which you shall gylte Howe to braye golde for to gylte wyth TAke a dragme of fyne golde beate it well and put to it two dragmes of Mercury mixt together than set a melting pot on the fyre and whan it is glowing whote put the golde with the siluer into it and whan the Mercury shal be in parte vanished awaye in vapour powre it into a dishe wherein there is a lytle water and washe it out it shal be ground braied To gylt Copper MAke a bottom or grounde of quicksiluer vpon the copper than geue it one gylde ouer w t ground or brayed golde than set it on the coales and whan it smoketh take it awaye and part or disparse it with the brushe of copper wyer and than set it agayne on the fier vntill it be liquide and softe or melte or drye and whan it hathe been so longe vpon the fier that it hath gotten a redde colour take it of and make it cleane with your brushe of copper wyer and than burnyshe it
and it is done To gylte yron YOu must boyle your yron in Uinaigre Salte and Uitriol and if the yron be great annoynt the yron aboute with it being whote vntil it make it ryse than laye on your grynded golde as before To take of the golde from syluer that iâ— gylte so that the syluer shall remayne whole and sounde PUt about your gilded siluer some Brimstone than take natural Mercury in a Goldsmithes meltynge pot or other vessell according as it oughte to bee and heate it and put your gylt siluer into it the Mercury wil drawe the ground vnto him than rubbe your siluer with a brushe ouer the Mercurye wherein the golde is than heate your siluer and boyle it again in the water of Tartre and it wyll be cleane Whan you wyl take your Golde out of the Mercury put it in a lytle bagge of leather bindyng it and stopping it aboue as men do Mercury without ouer a basyn and that whiche remaineth in the leather put it agayne in a meltynge pot vppon the fyer and let the Mercurye vanishe in a vapour and goe awaye in the smoke Than take that whiche remaineth and powre it in a meltyng pot and you shall fynde your golde To seperate Syluer from Copper be it money or otherwyse TAke halfe an vnce of Uerdet or Spanishe greene an vnce of whyte Uitrioll as muche of Brimstone half an vnce of Alome seeth al these things with a glasse full or as muche as you will of stronge Uinaigre and put your siluer into it Your siluer wyl remaine whole in the glasse wherein you sodde it and the Copper consumeth in the moyst humour A pouder whyche beynge layed vpon anye thynge syluered wyll take of the syluer from it TAKE a pounde of â—yne lees a pounde of Arsnicke â–ª a pounde of common Salte a pounde of quycke Lyme â—ire these together with the yelke â–ª of Egges and put them in a pot whiche you shall set in a Forney se to sublyme and whan it shall smoke some what yellowe it is inough To conuert and tourne copper into brasse TAKE Copper what quantitie you wyll and the thyrde parte as muche of Lapis calaminaris made in pouder and put them together in a meltyng pot let them melt together the space of an houre vpon the fyer and then powre them out To melte all metall perfytly WHEN the metall is molten you shal put the fourth parte of auxungia vitri besyde it and it wyll melte perfitly For to geue a coloure of Golde vppon Copper TAKE halfe an vnee of Copper a Dragme of Tutia alexandrina two partes of Dates two partes of Figges Grapes of a wylde Uine blacke of the bygnesse â–ª of three Hasell Nuttes Muske the bygnesse of a Hasell Nut. Stampe all the sayde thynges together and make it lyke Paste and beate your Copper verye thinne and than cut it in peeces Thys done make one rowe of the sayde mixion and a lytle Tutia vppon it and than youre Copper vppon that than some of the sayde mixtion than agayne of Tutia and than of Copper alwayes bedde vpon bedde Thys done lute or claye vp the Croset or meltynge pot that they are in and set it on the fyer lettynge all the sayde thynges melte and than powre them oute and it wyll be lyke Golde Some take also Tartre Beane flower Tutia as muche of the one as of the other steepe them well in Uinaigre and than drie them and lay them bed vpon bed for euery vnce of copper an vnce of the sayde pouder and it wil take colour as is afore sayde To make Verdet or Spanishe greene TAke Brasse or fyled Copper sprinckle it with old pisse and salt Armoniack laye the Copper vpon a bourde in the Sunne and whan it is drie sprynkle it againe vntill it waxe greene Thus is Uerdet made Take Copper beaten lyke a plate make it cleane and braye some atramentum vpon a stone wyth pysse and annoynt the copper plate on euery side and let it drie in the Sunne than put it in a pot leaded and set it on the coales and let it heate the space of two houres and sometyme open the pot aboue and whan you see blacke smoke come out of it take the pot from the fier and let it coole and open the pot for to take out the copper plate rubbing it into pouder betwene your handes and that whiche will not yet tourne to pouder doe it againe in all thinges as you did before vntil it maye be made into pouder than washe it with whote water or pysse in a basyn and let it stand styll for the copper wil go to the bottome and the atramentuÌ„ wyll swimme aboue than powre it oute and drye the copper in the Sunne This done take of the sayde pouder a pounde of Tartre calcined two vnces beate them together with childes pisse and let them drye Than put them in your pot and burne them as before with a greate fier vntill you see a greene smoke come out of it and than let it coole againe open your pot and you shal fynde it faire and greene To make a whyte colour of leade TAke leade as much as you wyll scrape it cleane on both sydes and cut it into plates thre fynger brode and a handfull longe or more making a hole at the ende of eche of them hang them on a corde and take a paile of oke or a pot of thre handfulls long that hath a cleane couer Than hange your plates of lead round about the pot within side powre into it two pots of good Uinaigre and a hande ful of salte stirring them together vpoÌ„the fyer vntil they be ready to seeth than couer the pot well that nothing breath oute and set it in a warme place leauinge it there x. dayes together than open it and take out the plates of lead and you shal finde at eche syde of the plates a whyte colour of a finger thicke take it of with a knife and put it in a cleane glasse This done hang your plates of leade againe in the pot as before couerynge them well as is saide and settinge it in a warme place and at the. x. daye take of the whyte colour with a knife as before and hang them againe in the pot vntill you haue gotten whyte colour inough Than braye all well together in a morter putting to it a litle water the space of halfe an houre vntill it be thick like gruell Than put the sayde pouder in a pot or twaine and set it in the Sunne and let it drie and harden and than shall you haue your whyte colour of lead But you muste note that you muste alwayes hang the plates of lead in the pot again at euery time as long as they wil continue and if the Uinaigre diminishe you muste renewe it agayne To make Lutum sapientiae LVtum sapientiae is a morter or clay for to lute or plaister the Limbecks or pots that are set on the fier because
better profe and more sure in stede of Uinaigre put aqua fortis for that wil incontinent â—ut out the liue or streeke if there be no golde in it To mortifie or alay Mercury or quicke syluer PUt it in a morte â—of yron and put to it some oyle olyue or oyle of bayes this done set it on a small fyer and let it seeth therein but take hede that the smoke of it hurte thee not for it is vn wholesome put often times some oyle into it and also stronge Uinaigre distilled that it maye boyle in it And by this meanes it will be mortified and killed Than take it oute for it is harde and wyll endure the hammer To gylte steele or yron TAke one part of Tartre halfe as much of salt Armonicke as much Uerdet and a litle Salt seeth them in whyte wyne and vernishe with it a harnesse made euen and let it drie And than gylt it with golde brayed or grounde as Goldsmythes do To separat golde or syluer from metall or yron PUt some Mercurye in a Goldsmithes melting pot heating it vppon the fier putting to it and mixing with it some Uenishe glasse brused smal mixing al together Lay it vpon the siluer that is gylt than laye it vpon the coales vntill it be whote and rub it with a feather ouer some vessell straine the Mercurye or quick siluer thorow a linnen cloth the which you shal afterwarde bring againe with Saltpeter Syluer of Tyn to make vessell or other thynges TAKE cleare fyne and bright Tyn put it wyth true and naturall Tyn in the fyer that it maye purge and bee made cleane from all duste ashes and fylthe and whan it is cleane inoughe and well skymmed set it againe on the fyer Yf there bee a marke of it take halfe an vnce of Mercurye or somewhat more and whan it beginneth to ryse in the first heate take also the pouder of Cantarides and cast it into it and a flocke of womans heare that it maye burne in it Hauing had fier inough and all beynge melted together powre into it the pouder aforesayde sprincklynge it firste a lytle with water of Artemisia and than take it sodaynelye from the fyer and let it coole a great whyle To whyte any vessell of copper wythin and wythout with syluer colour very easely TAKE two partes of Mercurye three partes of Tynne Melte fyrste the Tynne in a meltynge potte and than put the Mercurye to it Styrre it well together and than powre it out and let it coole and stampe it well in a morter vntyll all be broughte into a pouder Than take Alome stampe it also in a morter it wil be lyke a whyte pouder the which you shall laye vpon a marble stone garnished on the sydes with potters clay in a moyst caue or seller setting vnder it a glasse The Alome will tourne into a water vpon the stone and wil runne into y â— glasse And whan you wyl syluer your vessell of Copper take the sayde water of Alom and annoynte your vessell with it and let it drye Do thus three or foure tymes and leaue it open that the bottome may be the better Than take the pouder that you haue made and rubbe it vppon it and your vessell wyll be whyte and seeme as it were syluer To make vessels of copper whyte lyke syluer both within and without TAke one parte of Azure two partes of Mercurye thre partes of whyte Arsnicke mixe them together than take grease and melte it in a panne taking the fylth froÌ„ it makyng it very clean This done mixe them together and make thereof as it were an oyntment annoynt your vessell with it within and without very wel y â— done put it in a new dishe of oke or elles in newe and freshe oken leaues couerynge it well Digge a hole and laye it in the earth in a place where the Sunne shyneth most whotest leauing it so the space of three monethes and than take it out and make it cleane with water and a brushe and you shall fynde your experience To make that tynne cracke not TAke stronge common salt and honnye asmuch of the one as of the other according to the quantitie of your tyn powre your tyn xii times in it than straine out your tyn for by this meanes it will purge and leaue crackinge Put that in a pot the which you shall claye or lute aboute very well and set it in a forneyse a daye and a nyghte and you shall fynde as it were a lyme of golde THE syxte Booke â–ª touchyng the makynge of certayne oyles and waters and other substaunces whiche are of a merueylous vertue and operation To take Salamanders for to occupye or to serue a mans tourne WHan you see the Salamanders lye and sleepe in the Sunne put on a paâ—er of Gloues and so go take them fayre and softlye before they caste theyr Uenime whiche is yellowe than put it in some vessell of glasse wherein there is mans bloode Than it will serue your tourne very well To fyne golde with Salamanders TAke two pounde of fyled Brasse or Copper a pot Goates mylke nyne Salamanders put all this in a pot wyde and large beneth and narrowe aboue couer it with his couer faste and closse but let the couer haue a bole in the toppe digge the sayde pot into the moyste of the earth so deepe that nothing appeare but onely the couer where y â— hole is so that the Salamanders may haue ayre and not die Leaue it so vntil the seuenth daye after noone Than take your pot out and you shall fynde that the Salamanders constrayned by hunger shall haue eaten the Copper and the great force of the poyson causeth the Copper to tourne into Golde This done make a bole as deepe as two fyngers into the which you shal put your pot with the Salamanders than make aboute it a fyer of coales whiche maye bourne aboue and beneth yet lesse bebeneth than aboue and the pot is set in the grounde because the copper shall not melte And whan you thincke that the Salamanders be burned to ashes take the pot from the fier and let it coole well This done put the Copper and the pouder into some vessell to washe it and powre water vppon it making cleane the Copper with the said pouder than hang it in the smoke and let it drye well and you shal haue good golde and you shal let a Goldsmith fyne it and make it cleane The mother of all waters for to make all metalleâ— liquifiable TAke a pounde of Sal nitrum a pounde of Uitrioll stampe eche of them by it selfe and than mingle them together in a morter distille the sayde water without addinge anye other water to it Take an vnce of the sayde water an vnce of wyne not distilled put them together in a glasse and they wyll bourne oâ— them selues so that you maye light a candell at them it is also the mother of all colours Also take three
vnces of the sayde water three vnces of Mercury the fourth part of quicke Brimstone put them all together to dissolue in a glasse And whan they be dissolued let the smoke come out and you shal fynde the Mercury fixed verye redde And so maye you fixe all the Spiritus Yf you wyll make this water all together stronge adde to the seuen partes of all these thinges aforesaid Uitrioll and Saltpeter a pounde of eche and distill them puttinge the water into a glasse againe and it will be so stronge that it wyll breake bothe yron and thinges made with forge To prepare common salte TAke whyte Salte and powre vppon it some stale Pysse wherein hathe bene a whole daye steeped some quicke Lyme mixe them well together sixe tymes a daye and let it repose the nighte straine the pisse thorowe a felte and put all that is within into a panne leaded within mingling it well together vntil it become water Than seeth it vpon coales vntill it be harde and make it into a pouder and put it in a Oxe bladder bynding it well aboue and than hang it in a caudron ful of whote water leauing it there vntil the salt be tourned into water Do this ten times and at laste tyme lot it burne so that it be a fyer and redde than let it coole and thus is common salt prepared To prepare salte Armoniacke ▪ TAke ten pounde of prepared salt and powre vpon it some warme pisse of a man that is in health and hath not dronke but wyne and let the salte dissolue in the saide pisse and go to the bottome than strain it thorowe a felte into a caudron put to it some soute of a Bakers ouen boyling it together Whan this salte is drie powre vpon it some mans pisse do this so longe vntill the ten pots of vrine be consumed in the ten pounde of salte You muste take heede that the Caudron runne not ouer whan the Uryne boyleth Yf peraduenture it ryse so that there is greate daunger of rynnyngs ouer You shall powre some cleare water vppon it and mixe all together vntyll all tourne into water let it stande and caste the cleare oute and seeth it so longe vntill it be drye the whiche beyng drye you shall take and put in a newe dyshe and drye it in the Sunne And than sublyme it in this wyse Take the sayde two pounde and two pounde of fyled yron and myngle them well together and putte them into a vessell that is called rotunda lutynge it well with lutum sapientiae Than set it vppon a Tryue◠in a Forneyse of sublimation makynge a good fyer vnder it one daye durynge vntyll the vessel be thorow redde whote vnderneth Then let it coole againe in the nighte vntill the morning and then open it and you shall finde vpō the vessell white salte the which you shal take awaye and putting to it asmuch common salt prepared you shall bray them both well together the space of half a longe somer day making a small and flowe fier vnder it let it coole againe and bray it againe and sublime as before This do you thre times and then keepe it for it is good To make sal alkali TAke the ashes of leese of wine burned quick lime of eche equall quantitie and put them into three stillitorie glasses one ouer another to the intent that that which falleth frō the one may distill into the other then power the water of the lower most into the vppermost hauing a pot leaded vnderneth Put often tymes the same lye thorowe it vntyll the ashes be no more bitter Let the same lye stande a night and seeth it in the morning in a pot leaded vntill the water consume awaye and become harde Then let it coole you shall finde a stone in it called Alkali the which you shall beate in pouder and fyll a newe pot with it half full and couer it not put it in a forneise of calcination makinge at the firste a little fier vntill it seeth then a great fier vntill it begyn to melt like lead then power it quickly into another pot and let it coole and it will be sal Alkali which you must kepe in a glasse To make sal boras TAke tarter calcined in such sort as we wil declare afterwarde the same beinge made in pouder put some hote water vpon it vntill it dissolue styryng it well with a sticke then straine it thorowe a lynen cloth do as before so long vntill the water be thicke and troubled then straine it thorowe a bagge vntill it ware cleere and hath taken the bytternes oute of the leese or tartre which thinge you shall know when the leese pricketh no more vpon your tonge Then take sal commune praeparatum putting to it water of tartre power them togyther into a pan of yron or frying panne seething them vntill they be thick and then put them in a newe pot vntill they be harde You shall turne often times the pot when the saide pot woulde cleaue or burne to let it coole and open it you shall haue sal boras philosophorum as good as the true boras Water of Mercurye TAke a quartren of sublimed and fixed mercurie and asmuch of the stone galitsenstein bray them togither vpō a marble stone then hauīg put them in a linē bagge make a hole in an horse donghill put them in a glasse into the same hole not touching the sides of the hole in any wise to thintent it fyle or soyle not make two founells and hang the bagge with mercurie and galitsenstein ouer the glasse couerynge it with a good stronge linen cloth that nothinge fal into it then laye donge ynough vpō it and leaue it so a fortnight togyther vntill the mercury be stilled as water oute of the bagge If the water be not whyte ynough braye it againe with the galitsenstein and doe as before continuing it vntill the water be good ad lunam faciendam Water of salt armoniack TAke salt armoniack asmuch as you will asmuche of the yelkes of egges mixe them well togyther putting to them a lytle vynegre that it may drop or ronne the better Then hange it ouer a glasse in a dongehill as before is sayde of the water of mercurye or ells set it vpon an euen stone smooth slypperye in a moyst cellar layenge the stone a litle at one side and settynge a glasse vnderneth with a founell and morter at one side of the stone that it maye not ronne but into the fonnell Then passe it thorow a feit and kepe it well For it will serue your turne very aptly A vvater called aqua lactis virginis TAke Litarge made in pouder and put it in a pan with good Uinaigre seeth it with a litle fier and passe it thorowe a whyte felt vntill it waxe cleare and whyle it distilleth put it euer in againe vntil it be cleare and whyte Than take axungia vitri made in pouder and sifte it and do
with it as with the Lytarge and there wyll come also water out of it Mire these two waters together and they wyll be as whyte as mylke and it is called lac virginis Water of salt alkali TAke salt Alkali and yelkes of Egges braye them with good Uinaigre and do as is before sayde of the water of Mercurye A vvater called aqua croci Martis MAke of the greene Galitsenstein stone into pouder and fyll therewith a newe potte and steepe it well Burne it euen in suche sorte as is sayd afore of the Alome Whan it is as redde as Uermilion it is inoughe Than put some good Uinaigre into a Limbecke and distill it in a Forneyse with a small fyer Do thus thre tymes Afterwardes put into it as muche as into the redde Galitsenstein stirringe them alwayes together with an yron three dayes longe Put them agayne into a Limbecke and styll them as before Yf the water bee not redde inoughe put more of the sayde pouder vnto it stirring it well together and distillynge it as before it wyll be verye good Crocus Martis to make Golde To calcyne Tartre TAke Tartre of whyte wyne washe it with whatâ— water and let it drye Than fyll a pot of a quarte with the sayde Tartre coueringe it well aboue and set it in a Forneyse of calcination and let it burne vntill there come out no maner of smoke Than let it coole and make it in pouder and put it into another pot luting it well with Lutum saplentiae than leaue it in a Forneyse of Calcination wherein there is a good fyer the space of three dayes or more vntill the Tartre be as whyte as Salte the whiche you shall keepe in some warme place To calcine egge shelles WAshe Egge shelles in lixiuio colatitio and let them drie take awaye before or after the lytle skinne that is in them Than put them in a greate pot vpon the fyer and burne them to ashes stireinge them well Than put them in a lytle pot and doe as wyth the Tartre Whan they bee burned as whyte as chaulke they be calcined inough To calcine or burne Turia REd Tutia or yellowe is the best put the same into a meltynge pot and set it vpon the fyer and let it burne whote Quenche it then in good Uinaigre Doe so nine tymes and than braye it small lyke vnto flower vpon a stone and keepe it A vvater called aqua lunaris TAke an hundred Henne egges take out the yelke and beate the whyte put it into a glasse and stope it well aboue set it in Horse dung xiiii dayes go to it euerye daye and take the dung from aboute it with a sticke leauinge it so a good houre that it maye haue the aire than couer it agayne And whan it hath bene there a longe tyme there wyll come out of it a water the which you shal powre into another glasse and let it coole that which was congeled vpon the water cast awaye and put into it some lyme of egges that the water maye be aboue it foure fingers brode mingle them together and powre them in againe stoppynge it well and set it againe in the horse dung leauyng it so a long tyme as before than take it oute and put it in a meltynge pot stirrynge it well and set it vpon a whyte felte and by the measure that it distilleth in powre it againe vpon it continuyng so vntill the water be cleare cast out the lees and the water is good ad Lunam or Solem. Aqua causata TAke two pounde of the ashes of lees of wyne burned a pounde of ashes of Walnut shelles burned two pounde of the ashes of burned beane stalkes a pounde â–ª of the ashes of the slippes or twigges of Uines Mingle all these together and powre water vpon them and adde to it some quicke Lyme for eche pounde of the saide substaunce you muste haue two pounde of water than let it seeth together one sething and let it stande and repose a day and a night stirring it sire tymes a daye This done powre that whiche is cleare into a caudron put to it an vnce of Arsnicke an vnce of Reagall an vnce of calcined Tartre and a quarterne of Salt armoniacke make all into pouder and put it into water and let it seeth vnto the halfe let it coole agayne and than put it in a Limbeck and distil it as is sayde And whan it wyll distill no more let it coole and open the limbecke and powre it in agayne and distill it thus fyue times and kepe the water diffilled Mercurye is hardened and fixed in the same water as we haue sayde in another place keepe also the lees for it is good for to harden Mercury as thus Take Mercurye put it in a meltyng pot and heate it powre the foresayde Lees into it and mingle them together and it wyll kyll the Mercury and make it hard and blacke so that being colde againe it is as hard as a stone the which you may sublime A water callad aqua causcica TAke one parte of sal Alkali one parte of common Alome one part of alumen plumae one part of white Galitsenstein stone one part of salt Armoniacke two partes of common salte prepared braye all these verye small and fyne vpon a gryndstone and weate them with Uinaigre or verye whote water and put them in a glasse the which you shall digge and set in a dunghill leauinge it there three weekes All wyll be tourned into water put the same water into a melting pot do as before you did w t the felte distilling it thoro we the felt into another melting pot Keepe it to in a glasse for it is good to make siluer The felt must be sharpe at the neither ende and broade aboue Aqua auri pigmenti TAke foure paâ—â—es of orpiment two partes of salt Armoniacke one parte of calcined Egge shelles and one part of common salt braye these well vpon a marble stone weate them with Uinaigre and let them runne of from the stone into a glasse in a seller or set them vnder a dunghyll vntill they be turned into water Than distill it as you do aqua fortis But in braying the orpiment you muste stopppe your mouth and your nose because of the smoke or fume of the water which is hurtfull Water of common salte prepared TAke a pound of common salt a quarterne of alome braye them vppon a Marble stone with Uinaigre and let it runne from the stone as before is sayde and distill it thorowe a felte and it is made Water of yelkes of Egges TAke yelkes of Egges sodden verye harde stampe them and put them in a Limbecke the first water whiche coÌ„meth out is whyte the other redde and thicke but whan it is colde it is thinner and liquide All that you rubbe with the same water getteth alwayes a good colour of golde Oyle of Tartre TAke whyte Tartre calcined braye it well vpon a Marble
medicine Pylles for the cogh TAke two Dragmes of Agaricke prepared mixe it with a Dragme and a halfe of Frankenscence made into pouder and with the iuyce of Isope so make thereof ten Pilles of the which the Pacient shal take one euery night whan he goeth to bedde It is a remedye verye good as well for yonge-children as for olde folke An oyntment for the same TAke olde Butter that is not Salte the Oyle of swete Almondes and of whyte Lyllies of eche an vnce halfe an vnce of Mucelago of the seede of wylde Mallowes with as muche of Mucilago of the seede of Mallowes and half a scruple of Saffron mixe all together and make thereof an oyntment with a litle Ware wherewith beinge hote you shall annoynt your breaste Agaynst the tremblyng and payntyng of the hearte This is verye good but especiallye for women which are much subiect therevnto TAke the Pilles of dryed Cytrons Zedoariae Doronici calami aromatici of eche a Dragme of Grami Paradisi halfe a Dragme of the rootes of Buglosse dryed two Dragmes of fyne Muske halfe a Scruple Epithimi halfe a Dragme Let al be made into pouder as wel as is possible and the pouder after sifted whereof beynge mingled with the water of Turmentill the Pacient shall take a Dragme and a halfe at the breake of the daye and in the euenynge whan he wyll slepe a Dragme And he shall see him selfe ryd and quit of his pain within seuen dayes A remedye agaynst the same and verye good to restore the strength beynge weakened with to great heate of agues TAke two Dragmes of the best Synamom halfe a Dragme of Mace of Hyacinthes Smaragds of Rubies of eche halfe a Dragme of perced or vnperced pearles of eche a Scruple of Golde and Siluer beaten into pouder of eche a Dragme Let al together be made into a verye fyne pouder whereof styring it with Sugre dissolued in Rose water you shal make litle Balles of two Dragmes a peece I haue seene my selfe that many haue been with this confection preserued from the plague in a very daungerous tyme. Another remedie wherewith I haue alwayes founde my selfe verye well MAke a drynke with two vnces of the sucke of Buglosse purged on the fyre and two Dragmes of very whyte sugre mixte together and drynke it luke warme euerye nyght whan you go to bedde and before ten dayes be past you shal be cured An Epitheme agaynst the same payne TAKE Rose water Borage water the water of Melissophylum in Englyshe Baulme Sorrel water of eche sixe vnces of Sandall whyte and rede and of the sede of redde Roses of eche a Dragme and a half Lignum aloes of the fleshe of the hart of a Bucke and of Hartes horne burned of eche a Dragme of red Corall of Ben whyte and redde of eche halfe a Dragme of the flowres of Buglosse and of Borage of eche a handefull Let that be made into pouder that can be and let all seeth together vntill the thyrde parte of the water be consumed Than put to it three vnces of the best Malmesey and two vnces of the best whyte Uineigre with a scruple of Saffron mingle al this together and laye it whote vpon the sicke mans hearte with a linnen clothe cleane dyed in grayne early in the mornyng and at nyght before supper For admit that than he feele his griefe or not yet neuerthelesse this is a thing experimented and very good An oyntment very good for poore folke that are not able to bye thefore sayde medicine or nourishment TAke three vnces of yellowe Nenuphar two Dragmes of the pouder of the same flowres of Nenuphar of redde Sandall of redde Coral and of Sorrel seede of eche a scruple of Perles of Lignum aloes of the fleshe of the hart of a Bucke of eche halfe a scruple thre graines of Camphyre of whyte waxe washed in the water of Nenuphar Cytryn or yellowe as much as shall nede That which must be made in pouder being so made make thereof a softe oyntment wherewith you shall annoynt the pacient mornyng and euenyng aboute the heart before his meales and he shall be well Another composition very good in the tyme of a plague as well to preserue as to heale TAke an vnce of the best Triacle halfe vnce of the iuyce of Lemons a scruple of Saffron of the two sortes of Pearles of redde Corall and of Sorrell seede of eche halfe a Dragme two Graynes of Camphyre mingle all together very wel with two or three droppes of odoriferous whyte wyne and make thereof an oyntment a certayne quantitie whereof you shal sprede vpon a crymson silke cloth laying it hote vpon the Pacientes hearte renewynge it mornynge and euenynge Another oyntment verye good and principally for chyldren that are troubled with wormes TAke halfe an vnce of aloes epaâ—icum a scruple of Saffron two Dragmes of the iuyce of Cytrons a Dragme of pleasaunt whyte wyne mixe all well together and spreade it vpon some linnen clothe and lay it vpon his heart A remedye agaynst the wormes in yonge children TAke y e flowre of bitter Lupines aloes epaticuÌ„ of eche thre Dragmes of the iuyce of worme wodde two Dragmes all wel mixed together let it be spredde vpon some cloth or cloute and laye it vpon the chyldes Nauell A remedy agaynste the payne of the stomacke TAke two vnces of the cromme of the bread of Bran sprinkle it with the wyne of Pomegranettes betwene swete and sowre and plaintaine water of eche foure vnces presse that harde and giue the wine tempered with the sayde water vnto the Pacient If the paine come of the continuall and great burnyng of an ague take this drinke an houre before it comme and you shal finde it of a merueylous vertue But if y â— pain be excedinge it shal be good to geue vnto the Pacient this 〈…〉 folowing at what houre so euer it be that the payne taketh him Take thre Dragmes of the Electuarie of Succo rosarum two scruples of Philonium romanum Mire them and make thereof a Bolus whiche shal greatly profite him Another remedye for the same whan all other wyll not profyte hym TAke syrop of Roses syrop of Wormewod of eche an vnce and a halfe a grayne of Opium seeth them slightlye one wawme and stirrynge it together with thre vnces of the broth of a Henne you shall giue the Pacient drinke A â—omentation or nouryshment verye syngular for the same TAke redde Roses the flowres of Camomille of Wormewod of Mynte of eche a handefull heate the sayde herbes vpon whote burning tyles sprinkled with whyte wyne and laye them often tymes vpon his stomacke Another IT is a thing tryed agaynst the payne of the stomacke so that it come not of colde and also to bée preserued from the same to take daye by daye before meales two scruples of Pilles of washed Aloes Another agaynst the same TAke halfe an vnce of washed Aloes and three vnces of honnye
of bloode lay of the sayde pouder vpon it and it shal be stenched For to heale in foure dayes the scaldynge with water or anye other thynge withoute oyntments or Playsters It hath bene tryed and founde trewe TAke an Onion and cutte him ouerthwarte and wringe oute the iuyce vpon the scalded place doing so euerye daye twise and it wil heale it For to stenche bloode TAke a sowre Orenge make a hoole in y â— toppe where the flower grewe keepe that vpper peece that you shall take of that you maye afterwarde close vp the hoole agayne yet before you stoppe it vp you shal take the suet or grease of a he Goate the bignesse of a Walnut and put it into the hoole than set the Orenge vpon the coales or embers that it maye incorporate and dissolue Than annoynt along down your backe bone and ouerthwart the flankes with the same lycoure and it shall heale you within thre or foure tymes by the grace of god Agaynst the wormes in lytle chyldren TAke a lampe ful of oyle Olyue and lay an yron in the fyer and whan it is red whote quenche it in the sayde oyle in the lampe then annoynt thereof the nostrelles the throte and the nauell and straight way you shall see a great miracle To heale the Emorrhodes or Pyles TAke Dogges dung foure vnces halfe a pounde of common oyle put them together in a new earthen pot and seeth them a lytle then take oute some of the dung and braye it vpon a trenchour then seeth it again in the saide oyle and put to it thre vnces of new waxe to the intent that all maye come to incorporate together and before you annoynt the Emorrhodes or Pilles with the same oyntment you shall washe them with whyte wyne and in foure daies he shal be whole Agaynst all kyndes of payne and griefe TAke a glasseful of the iuyce of Leucoron which is our winter Gylofer or Uiolets fastinge and you shal see a merueylous effect Agaynste styfnes or shrynkynge of synowes called the crampe or swelling comming of the wounde taken of some venimous beast in Latine Spasmus or Spasma or conuâ—lsio TAke Hogges dunge as muche as you will halfe a pounde of oyle roset seeth all in a newe yearthen potte and laye it as whote as you can endure vpon the soore place and it wil heale it For them that can not pysse by reason of certayne grauell and viscositie or carnosirie which is aboundance of flesh TAke the iuyce of Radishe rootes of lytle Leekes whiche are founde vnder the grounde and drye them and make them into pouder put all together and geue euery morninge a certaine quantitie of it to the Pacient to drynke and he shall be healed in shorte space Agaynst deffenesse TAke a quick Eele and put him on a spit alyne and rost him take the grease that commeth out of him Than take a Garlyke head rosted vpon the coales orcenders and take one codde or huske of the same Garlyke at a tyme and put it into the sayde grease and so put it whote into his eare holdyng his eare vpwarde the space of one Credo and you shall see the fylthie humour come out of his eare he shal be healed Agaynst opilation or stoppinge TAke wylde or marshe Mallowes what quantitie you wyll and seeth them in runnynge water than take of it about a glassefull whote with sugre Candye morning and euening and you shal be cured Agaynst the gyddinesse of the syght GEue euerye morninge vnto a chylde to eate some sweete Fennell and let the same chylde licke the Pacientes eyes and he shal be cured For them that can not broke their meate bâ—t vomite it agayne TAke minte wel stamped and the crommes of bread burned in the fyer and vinaigre and make thereof as it were a sauce and sprede it vpon some linnen clothe with the pouder of Cloues heate it vpon a bricke or tyle and laye it vpon his stomacke and you shall see a goodly experience Agaynst the head ake by to muche drynkynge TAke Rue leaues and braye them with Uinaigre and put Roses to them and bitter Almondes and with this rubbe your head and you shal be eased Agaynst all the payne of the head TAke halfe a dragme of Bay berries of Scammonia and of Saffron a dragme braye all well together with Uinaigre and Roses And when your head aketh annoynt it where it greueth you with this oyntment you shal se the vertue to be merueylous great Against the paine of the head that continueth alwayes TAke leaues of blacke Juye and braye them put them with Uinagre oyle and wyne as muche of one as of the other seeth this together annoynt your forehead and your temples and it shall ease you verye muche by gods Good grace Another waye IF the pacient thinke that his hedde eleaueth in sonder by reason of the great pain take yuye and make iuyce of it the which you shall mingle w t oyle roset and with a linnen cloute you shall annoynte faire and softly his nostrels his temples and his forehead And if the paine be vehement lay some of it vpon the scull of his head Another waye TAke the brayne of a crowe and seeth it and than eate it for there is none so greate a paine of the head or none so olde but that it will heale it with a singuler vertue Agaynst the Mygrame happening sodenlye TAke Bengewine and braye it with Uinaâ—gre and annoynt your forehead with it and your temples and it will mitigate the paine Agaynst itchyng of the head TAke a sheepes gall and mixe it with white chake and therewith rubbe your head and let it drie vpon it and it wyl heale you Agaynst vlcers or scabbes of the head as well of men as of women TAke the gall of a Bull and mingle it with Uinaigre and hauing made it luke warme rubbe your head with it and you shall finde a merueilous remedye by the grace of almighty God Agaynst olde and putrified woundes BRaye Celandine and than mixe it with olde suet and laye it so vpon the vlcers or scabbes and you shal be healed incontinent God wyllyng For to keepe that the fleshe growe not to muche in a wounde TAke the lyghtes or lunges of a sheepe whote and laye it vpon the wounde and the fleshe shal be equall with the skynne To heale and take awaye the sâ—â—â—fe TAke a handfull of Rue and halfe an vnce of quicke Brimstone and seeth it with good olde wine and so washe your head with it but yet your head must first be washed with luke warme water as men are wont to do most commonly and it shal be cured For to kyll Lyce TAke the whaye that remaineth of cheesemaking put to it a lytle Uinaigre and drinke of it certain dayes and al the lyce wyl dye and there wyll breede no more aboute you Agaynste the distillation of the brayne and heauines of the heade TAke Beete rootes and braye
straine it thorow a linen cloth Another TAke halfe an vnce of bole Armenick halfe an vnce of whyte gomme and set it vpon a fier of coales putting to it an vnce of oyle of Line seede and whan you may draw it in length lyke a threede it is made A colour of golde vpon brasse TAke oyle of Lyne seede well clarified on the fier than put to it Amber and aloe hepaticum citrinum of eche alyke and being wel stampt mingle it so wel with the oyle on the fyer that it may bee thycke then take it from the fyer and set it on the ground well couered the space of three daies And the brasse that you shall gilt shall take the colour of gold To make copper of a syluer colour TAke wine leese alome and salt bray well altogyther vpon a stone and put vnto it a leafe or two of syluer brayeng them also with the other foresayd things Put all in a pot wel leaded putting to it some water then cast your copper into it and after rubbe it with a rubber and so shall you see when it is ynough To gylte yron or steele TAke one part of wine seese halfe asmuche of salte Armoniacke and asmuch spanishe grene and a litle salt Seeth all in white wine and anoynt your yron or steele with it when you haue well polished it and so let it drye and then gilt it with gold ground To make a water for to gylt vpon yron or steele TAke an vnce of the ashes of wine leese burned an vnce of white wine an vnce of Alom half an vnce of salt gemma alumen pluâ—â—â— the weight of two grotes Spanish greene the weight of two grotes Coperous y â— weight of a grote baye salt a pint of ruening seeth this vnto the half and than put it in a new pot â–ª laying vpon it vii or viii new paper leaues and a tile ouer that to the ende it may take no ayre To keepe all maner of yron or steele cleane and also all maner of instrumentes of warre TAke Lead fyled verye small and put it in a potte with oyle Olyue vntill it couer it leauing it so nine dayes together Than anoynt with the same oyle harnesse swordes yron or steele and it shal neuer ruste The grease of neates feete sodden is also good for the same THE seconde Booke containyng the maner howe to take oute quickly with water or Lye without hurtinge any thynge all maner of spottes of garmentes of clothe veluet silke or other whether they bee spottes of oyle grease wyne or what so euer they be To bryng a cloth that was stayned to his colour agayne TAKE a pounde of earthen pots brused and hauing powred vpon it about foure pintes of water let it rest a night Than powre out the Lie and put into the same two Oxe galles a handful of drie birchen leaues and let them seeth together halfe an houre long or vntil the leaues goe to the bottome Than let it coole and suche colour as you wil restore that was stained take the shearings or flockes of the clothe of the same colour and seeth it againe with the saide Lie leauinge it so to reste the space of xiiii dayes or more for the Lie wil drawe vnto it selfe the colour of the shearings or flocks Than powre it out and washe the clothe with it and it shall receyue his firste colour againe To take spottes out of cloth TAke colde Lie made of the ashes of Beeche and put to it a litle wine Lies and of the olde claye of some ouen put the clothe into it where the spot is for it wil take al the spot out than washe your cloth with cleane water and drie it in the Sunne And yf the spots be not wel taken out do it againe as before Another waye TAke sixe vnces of alumen fecis foure vnces of rawe tartre two vnces of alome half a dragme of camphyre halfe a dragme of Dragons blood stampe them wel and mingle them wel together Than take sixe vnces of an Oxe galle three pyntes of cleare water put all together in a kettle and seeth it vntil it be diminished of the two thirde partes than straine it thorow a linnen clothe and thoughe the galle nor the camphyre were not in it yet the water wold be strong inough whan you wil occupie it bath the peece of new cloth in the saide water and rubbe wel the spot withall and whan the cloth is no more weate w t rubbing weate it againe and rubbe the cloth with it vntill the spot be out This done take whole water and washe the place where the spot was but if the cloth be white take a litle Sope with the same water and distille it and occupie it as before Another waye TAke sixe Oxe galles and twyse as muche raine water halfe a pound of Tartre an vnce of Alom stampe them small and take a glasseful of Uinaigre into the which you shal put sixe dragmes of Uitrioll wel brayed powre al together and seeth it vntil it be diminished of the two thirde partes and than vse it as is afore sayde A water to take spots out of whyte clothe TAke foure vnces of alumen fecis a pint of water and seeth them vntil thei be consumed to the. iiii part Than take whyte Sope and cut it small an vnce of Alome put al into the water let it stand the space of two dayes vse it for your whyte cloth as before To take spots of grease or oyle out of whyte cloth TAke whaye of wylke sodden with flower steepe your clothe in it so far as to the spot the space of a night than wash it with faire riuer water and hang it in the most heate of the Sunne but if the cloth be of a noble colour you mai not let it be to whote lest the Sunne hurt the colour for the heate of the Sunne soone hurteth faire colours To take spots of grease and oyle out of all sortes of cloth whyte or other TAke the water that pease hath bene sodden in and steepe your cloth where the spot is in it and than washe it with cleane riuer water and hang it in the Sunne Another TAke colde Lie lyes of whyte wyne made a lytle whote and mixe them well together But you muste take heede they be not to whote and washe your cloth as before To take spots of wyne out of all maner of cloth TAke Lie made w e ashes of beech whyte wyne lees as much of the one as the other laye your cloth in it a night and wash it afterwarde with colde water and drie it in the Sunne To take all maner of spots out of sylke TAke the iuyce of great and round musheromâ— of a sharpe taste weate the spots in it the space of two houres and than washe them with cleare water and let them drye To take all spots out of crymsen Veluet TAke the ashes made of Uine twigges and make therewith good Lie
whereof you shall take but a pinte and put into it half an vnce of alumen fecis and let it stand a litle whyle and than strayne it This done take a dragme of Alome half a dragme of Spanishe Sope and half a dragme of soft Sope a quarter of a bragme of common salt and a quarter of salt Armoniacke halfe a quarter of the iuyce of Celandine a quarter of the galle of a Ealfe Put al together and straine it thorow a linnen clothe And whan you wil occupy of the sayd water take flocks â–ª or shearings of Scarlate and a litle Brasyl smal seeth all that a litle in the saide water and than strained â— thorow a linen cloth â–ª and you shal haue a faiâ—â— water â–ª which wyll take the spottes out of anye lyke crymsen colour And what colour soeuer your clothe be that hath the spots the same colour flockes or shearinges muste you take Not withstanding if it be not red you muste leaue out your Brasyll A water to take al spots out of cloth of gold and veluet TAke rawe redde Arsnicke martem crudum as muche of the one as of the other and whan they bee well brayed â–ª powre some faire water vpon them and putting the herbe Cinkfoyle to it seeth it vnto halfe and than let it coole and set it in the Sâ—â—â—e two houres than washe your clothe in it and let it drye in the Sune To make a sope that taketh out all spottes TAke a pound of roche Alome beate it into pouder the rootes of Iris of Florence made in pouder halfe a pound of new layed egges two pound and a halfe of Spanishe Sope bray the sayd pouders with the Egges and Sope and make thereof round bals If one Egge be not inough take as many as you shal thinke good And whan you wil take oute any spot of grease washe the place of the spot on both sydes of the cloth with fayre water than rubbe it with the sayde balles and cloth vpon cloth This done washe out the odure with cleane water and wring the cloth to make the grease or filth come out the better Than washe it still with cleane water and it wil be cleane To take spottes of blacke yncke or other thynges oute of wollen or lynnen cloth TAKE greene Lemons or greene Orenges with their pilles the which the Italians cal pomid adam or which of the two you will take but the liquide moysture which you shal take out by pressing it wherwith you shal rubbe well the spots and than let them drie This done â–ª take luke warme water and washe the saide spots and let them drie againe And if you see that at the first tyme the spots be not well inough taken out do it once againe and the cloth wil returne to his colour againe To take spots out of Scarlate or Veluet of colours wythout hurtyng any thyng at all the colour TAke the iuyce of Saponaria called of the Apoticaries condi si or â—auaria â–ª the which you shal lay vpon y â— spot leauing it so an houre longe if it be in Sommer and foure houres if it be in 〈…〉 ter Than take luke warme water and washe the spot with it if it scoure not cleane put more iuyce vpon it or elles of the said moisture of the orenges or Lemons but if it be Scarlate not died in graine laye vpon halfe Sope and halfe iuyce and than washe it with whote water and the spot wil go out To take spots of oyle of from parchement or whyte paper TAke sheepes bones and burne them and make them into pouder and rubbe the spot on both sydes with the same pouder and laye it so betwene two bourdes in a presse the space of a nyghte and the spot shall awaye THE thyrde Booke for to dye threede yarne or linnen clothe teaching howe to make the dying colours and also to dye bones and hornes and to make them softe vnto what forme and fashion a man wyll To dye threede yarne or lynnen cloth into a sad browne TAKE a pounde of bastarde Saffron the which you shal put into a litle bagge and hang it in riuer water a daye and a night Than washe it so muche that it geue no more yellow colour this done make a rancke of Saffron in a pot not to thicke than a rewe of Saffron and a rewe of ashes and couer it well and let it stande seuen or eyght houres than take eyght pottes of water foure pottes of Uinaigre and putting the Saffron with the ashes in a long bagge and sharpe pointed at the ende strayne xv or xvi tymes the sayde water and Uinaigre thorowe it whote And this is the last dying or colour Than take againe as much water and Uinaigre and straine it thorowe and this shal be the seconde dying Do the lyke y e thyrd tyme it shal be the thyrd dying This colour you shall heate and laye your threede or linnen clothe in it the space of a nyghte than bang it vp without wringing or rubbing it Do in like maner with the seconde colour and with the thyrde but let it lye in it that seuen houres long To dye threde or linnen clothe blewe TAke the berries of Ebulus very rype and well dried in the Sunne laye them in Uinaigre xii houres than rubbe them with your hande and strayne them thorowe a linnen clothe putting to them some Uerdet brused Alome alone Yf the blewe ve to cleare put more Uerdet to it and laye your threede or linnen clothe in it A blewe colour to dye all thynges TAke an vnce of the beating of copper a dragme of salt three spones full of Uinaigre Put all together in a laddel of copper or some other stronge vessell of copper and whan you wyl dye put the saide matter into the whote decoction of Brasyll and die with it what you will Another waye to dye blewe TAke thre partes of ashes of lees burned one parte of vnsleket syine and make therof lye let it clarifie and than strayne it thorowe a course linnen cloth take 〈◊〉 pots of the same water powre it vpoÌ„ a pound of Flaunders blew such as is taken of the diers â—awdrons mingle them wel together with a stick Than set it on the fyer vntill you can skante endure your hande in it But before you dye anye thing you must haue your linnen cloth boyled in Alome and dried agayne and plunged afterwarde in the whote Lye twyse or thryse according as you wyll haue the colour darke or cleare The substaunce must be whote before you occupye it To dye redde TAke half an vnce of Brasyll scraped halfe an vnce of Uermillion wel brayed Boyle them together in raine water and put into it the bignesse of a nut of Alome Seeth all vnto the halfe and dye with it You maye seeth also the Brasylle twyse or thrise putting to it at eche time a lytle Uermillion Also you may make of it as many dyings
they shall not breake or cleaue To make this Lutum sapientiae Take the best Potters earth you can fynde put in a dishe or platter of earth or in some other vessell and powre vppon it Wyne mixte with horse dung castynge awaye the longest heares of the dung mingle it fyner all together vntill it be as thick as paste wherewith you maye paste anye thynge not withstanding put in it alwayes good Salte for keping it from cleauynge To lute or dawbe pottes with a lynnen cloth that wyll not burne PUt your linnen cloth in Salte water and let it drye of it selfe than weate it in yelkes of Egges wel beaten and whan you wyll lute or plaister any pot with it geue it one touche vpon it very thinne with the fore sayde Lutum sapientiae For to soder glasses TAke minium and halfe as muche of quicke Lyme and the mele or flower that hangeth on the mille sydes or walles and the yelke of an Egge in all this let a linnen cloth be weate and holden before the fyer that it maye be clammie meete to cleaue or stycks fast and so lay it faire and softly vpon the broken place of the glasse Another lutum sapientiae TAke Potters earth very cleane two partes horse dong one part a lytle pouder of a Bricke and the fylyng of yron and a plaister of quicke lyme and mingle it with salte water and the yelke of egges and make thereof a paste for to lute or clay pots withall Or elles take drie earth and stampe it small and sifte it cast vpon it some wheate flower rancke vpon rancke and than the yelkes of Egges and Uinaigre and mingle all together Than plaister or lute glasses pottes or limbeckes with it and drie them in the shadowe and they wil neuer faile nor breake in the fyer You maye also mingle it with Oxe bloode in stede of water it is also good for that purpose THE fyfte Bookeâ— touchynge all separations of gold of siluer of copper and other metalls and how a man may try them and to vse them profitably Which is a thing very gainefull for all goldsmithes marchantes and â—â—her that haue nede of it To separate gold from syluer BEate small the syluer wherin you thinke there is any gold then cut it in smal peces than you shall put aqua fortis in a glas of separation vpon a litle fyer vntil it be hote cast vp little bubbles like belles Then powre the water out into a cuppe of copper and let it coole and by this meanes the siluer will sticke about the cuppe the which you must let dry in the cuppe and wheÌ„ you haue powred the water out melt the syluer in a hollowe sharde and then take also the gold oute of the glasse of separation and melte it in one Another waye TAke syluer that is gilte â—ute it vpon a pot shard or a tile with leade then turne it as thyn and as fine as you can vpon some thing then cut it in croked and wrâ—thed peeces and put it into the glasse of separation powre in vpon it aqua fortis a finger hight aboue it stoppe the hole aboue that it breath not oute then hold it vpon a slowe fier vntil the syluer be dissolued in to the water the gold remaineth in the bottom which is black then cast oute this water into a cup of copper as before and powre vpon it some cleane water and the syluer wyll beginne to gather into a curd and wil goe to the bottome Than powre oute the water againe and drie the Siluer with a sodayne heate This done put it in a croset or earthen pot and melt it and being molten powre it out and do the lyke with the golde and whan you put it into the melting pot put to it a litle Borax Another waye TAke antimonium and put it in a melting pot that is with a sharpe pointed bottom and melt it Take also the Siluer that the gold is in and melt it and powre it into the antimonium the golde will go to the bottom and the siluer will tarye in the antimonium Than take halfe an vnce of copper and two vnces of lead and the antimonium let them melte together and powre them into an earthen pot the antimonium wyll burne the Copper and the Syluer wyll abyde vpon the pot For to seperate Golde or Syluer wythoute fyer or aqua fortis TAke two partes of salt Armoniack and one parte of Brimstone beate them into pouder than annoynt your vessel dishe or any other thinge y t is gylded fyrst with oyle olyue and than disparse the said pouder vpon it whan it is so fast vpon it set it to the fyer and beate it ouer a vessell of water and the Golde wyll fall out of it To separate golde from Syluer with a pouder TAKE an viii parte of Brymstone a. xvi parte of salte iii. vnces of salte Armoniacke ii vnces of minium and do as afore is sayde To make golde softer TAke Mercury sâ—blimed salte Armoniacke of eche alyke make them into a pouder than put your golde into a melting pot and whan it is molten put to it a litle of this pouder and it wil be soft Another waye TAke half an vnce of Uitrioll half an vnce of Uerdet half an vnce of salt Armoniacke half an vnce of burned Brasse al being mingled with aqua fortis let it so repose in the heate two dayes and than let it harden doe this three times with aqua fortis and let it drie make it in pouder and put alwayes vpon it half an vnce of gold a dragme of pouder and powre it thre tymes into it and it wil be softer To make golde and siluer softer TAke Honny and Oyle of eche alyke and quenche your golde and siluer being whote and glowing three or foure tymes in it and it wil be softer To soften all mettalles and other thinges that are not softe so that they shal be softe and gentle to bee wrought vpon or forged TAke Masticke Frankensence Myrrhe Borax Uernix of eche halfe an vnce make all into a pouder together and cast the bignesse of two or three peasen of it vpon y â— harde things and they wil be soft and tender Take what metall you will heate it vpon coales and quenche it in the water of salt Armoniack and it will be softe An oyle that maketh all metalles softe IF your syluer be not soft melt it and powre into it this oyle that foloweth Take Saltpeter Tartre Salte Uerdet boyle all together vntill the water be consumed powre vpon it pisse and let it so consume and you shall haue an oyle of it the which you shal put into your siluer whyle it melteth and you shall make it soft To separate golde from copper MAke a Forneyse with a hole that you may put in a pegge or two the whiche you maye take oute when you will and vnderneth in the bottome of the Forneyse a gutter or hole that the king
Cabbage the flowers of Taxus barbatus Camomille Melilot Syngrene Lyneseede â–ª of eche a handeful and a half seeth al in a sufficient quan titie of water of the riuer or some other freshe water vntil halfe be coÌ„sumed than powre it whote into some tubbe causing the Pacient to sit in it twyse a daye in the morning and at night the space of an houre Another remedye of verye great vertue TAke ii vnces of the iuyce of leckes an vnce of the iuyce of Persly butter made of cow milke walnut oyle â–ª oyle of y â— decoctioÌ„ of caâ—aputia of eche an vnce a halfe oyle of Radishe rootes an vnce of the suet that is about the kydneys of a Goat an vnce and a halfe let all be well sturred and brayed in a morter This being hote yf you laye it with fat well vpon and aboute the Emorhodes twyse a day vsyng so thirtie dayes long I haue proued the remedie to be of great efficatie and vertue that withoute doubt I dare assure the Pacient of heath Remedyes agaynst the swellyng of the coddes TAke oyle of whyte Lylyes oyle of Roses complete of eche two vnces of the grease that is washed of from newe shorne Wulle an vnce and a halfe wete some fattye Wulle in it and laye it whote vpon his Coddes and then wil the swellyng go awaye with the payne Another agaynst harde swellynge TAke Resyns dried and carnelles pluckte out three vnces Barley flower two vnces as muche of the flower of whyte Cyche peason half an vnce of the flower of Syngrene as muche of the flower of Lynesede an vnce and a halfe of Honnye mingle all wel together stampynge it in a morter and laye it whote vpon hys Coddes A good playster for the same TAke gomme Arabicke Dragacante of eche two dragmes Galbanum Armoniacke of eche a dragme and a halfe Beane flower and the flower of whyte Cyche peason of eche an vnce Dissolue the gommes in oyle of swete Almondes and a lytle Uinegre then mire all well together and make thereof a plaister with Pitche Waxe as much as shall suffice An oyntment agaynst the same TAke oyle of whyte Lylyes and oyle of Camomille of eche an vnce of Comyn two dragmes Labdany Galbany of eche an vnce Dissolue the Gommes in stronge Uinaigre and make in pouder that whiche is to be made And make of this a soft oyntment with a lytle Waxe wherein wete some newe shorne and vnwashed Wulle and laye it vpon hys Coddes A playster SEeth a pouÌ„de of white Cyche peason in good white wyne vntyl they be thorowly sodden than stampe them wel in a morter puttynge to them two vnces of Camomille flower a dragme of Saffron two vnces of oyle of whyte Lylyes mixe al together and lay it whote vpon his Coddes leauynge the playster vpon them nyght and daye Remedyes agaynst the sciatica TAke the Blossoms or flowers of Camomille Meliote Syngreene Dill Lyneseede of eche two handfulles Wormewodde Mynte Pennyriall Calamynt Southernewod the flowers of Sticados arabick Bytonye Maioram the herbe Paraly sis Sage Rosemarye Germander of eche a handful and a halfe seeth all this in two hundred pounde of cleare condyte water vntil the thyrde part be consumed than strayne it and seeth it agayne wel putting to it half a pounde of quicke Brimstone foure vnces of Saltpeter prepared and thre vnces of sait Gemma seeth them agayne and strayne them and than kepe that whiche is strayned for your vse The sycke man shall euerye mornyng bathe him selfe the space of eyghte dayes together tarying in it an houre wel couered the head only bare The houre paste commyng out of the bathe and al his body wel dryed and wyped let hym go into his warme bed and anone after let him take a dragme of greate Triacle mixte with an vnce and a halfe of Sugre roset and slepe therevpon two houres and in the meane tyme beyng well couered let him swete and those that kepe him let them wyâ—e him and drye him well and by and by after they shall annoynt the place where the paine holdeth him that is al the legge froÌ„ the haunch or huckle bone with the oyntment Marciaton vnguentum agrippae vnguentum of aragon of eche an vnce mixed together Continuynge than all in this order and as I haue sayd eyght dayes I dare assure y e pacient health Remedies against inflamations of bloode which groweth into an impostume in some parte of the bodye or members called phelgmone A playster to rype and rotte the impostume TAke a pounde of Cow milke that was neuer fleeted a pound a half of bread wel crommed small three vnces of the iuyce of Cabbage halfe a dragme of Saffron thre vnces of the oyle of whyte Lilies mixe all together and laye it hote vpon the sore place Another for the same TAke thre vnces of Diaquilum without gommes the iuyce of cabbage an vnce and a halfe of Saffron a dragme make hereof a good and fat oyntment and thick w t yellow waxe as much as shal neede the which being spred vpon leather the Pacient shal weare a day or two continually and he shal finde him selfe wel Another to rotte or rype incontinent CHawe wel fasting half a pound of whete and temper it well with a greate deale of spettell take also two vnces of oyle roset complete and a dragme of Saffron mingling all together and laye it vpon the soore place renuyng it often tymes The signes of the rypenes of it are these when it is soft mouing vp and downe lyke a waue of water when it greueth the Pacient no more when the feuer ceaseth and continueth no more The impostume beinge thus broughte to a ripenes prepare your selfe to launce or perce it But if the Pacient be afrayed of y â— yron or fier breake it with this that foloweth take two vnces of Diaquilum simple an vnce of leuen half an vnce of oyle of swete Almondes mixe all and spreade it vpon a peece of leather or cloute putting in the middes of it a dragme of Pygeons donge made in pouder and so lay it vpon the place where the breaking of the soore shal be most commodious You maye also take halfe an vnce of leuen a Dragme of common Salte two Dragmes of the best Uinaigre foure scruples of the pouder of Cantarides mixe all together bray it wel in a morter vntil it be turned into a past or do we as it were of the which you shal put to it halfe a dragme or according to the quantitie of the matter that muste come out couering that againe with the Ceratum or plaister afore sayde The impostume being broken and wel made cleane if you feare that there wyll come muche bloode againe take incontinent the yelkes of two Egges two Dragmes of Salte a dragme of bole Armenick and steepe or dippe certain peeces of towe in it and lay them vpoÌ„ the place where it is broken and let them lye foure and twentie