you maie get and stāpe them well then put them in a little canues bagge strong and presse them vnder a presse as harde as you can and take it vp togither diligētly although it seeme iuell fauored and put it in a strong vessell of glasse but set it not in the sunne for it will be cleere of it self and waxe faire and bright and wil haue a very sharpe odour of Spike And by like meane maie you make oile of Lauander and serue your turne with it in many thinges bicause it is very hote sharpe and conforteth the stomake and if a man put some of it in well water it wil smell al of it whan a man washeth his handes with it And of this water menne vse fo◠sweete Balles and many other thinges To make odoriferous oile of Storax TAke a bottell of double glasse and put into it a pounde of oile of sweete Almondes and foure vnces of Storax grossely broken and cleane and put it into it stopping it well Then sette it vpon the hote embers vntill the Storax be molten then take it from the fire beyng so hote as it is put into it halfe an vnce of Mastick made into pouder and whan it is colde straine it diligently pressing and wringing well the bottom And if you will make it more odoriferous you shal adde to it some Bengewine and two vnces of cloues and it will be perfite To make an odoriferous oile of Bengewine TAke a pounde of good Bengewine and beate it small and put it in a limbecke well glewed and closed with past or els into some violl of glasse so that you maie put in your hande and let it bee shalowe and not very depe bicause the oile maie mounte vp with ease And put therevpon twoo pounde of rose water and incorporate it well togither this doen set on the couer of the Limbecke and trimme it so well that it maie not breath out Then giue it a slowe fire in soche wise that ye maie gette out some water and augmente your fire little and little vntill the oile begin to come forthe and by and by chaunge the recipient or receptorie pouring out the 〈◊〉 water into som violle and then giue it a good and quicke fire vntill you thinke you haue drawē out three vnces and a half of oile and kepe it in some violle of glasse well stopte and leaue it in the Sunne the space of viij daies and it will be parfite and good And thus maie you make oile of Storax and if you putte to it fower vnces of Storax it will be the better To make good oile of Ladanum Take a pounde of good Ladanum and cut it as small as you can and put it in a pot of Copper and put into it sixe vnces of Rose water fower vnces of Oile of sweete Almondes this doen seeth it faire and softly the space of twoo howers and straine it so often vntil the oile waxe clere and it wil be perfite and good oile of Ladanum And first of al in taking awaie the yearth if you knewe that it were not cleane take the said Ladanum and cut it small and put it in Rose water vpon the fire for to melte it then take it of againe and let it stand and rest the space of halfe an hower and gather togither that is vpermoste with a spone and putte it again into Rose water vntill it be thorowe colde and than make and compounde it as before ¶ To make oile of Orenge flowers and other swete flowers TAke freshe and cleane flowers of Orenges one pounde and put them in a great violl of glasse at the fire and put to them a pound and a half of swete Almonde oile and a little burned Alome three graines of Ambergrise sixe graines of Muske sixe scruples of Camfere and braie them after the accustomed maner First of all the Muske then the Amber with fine Suger as moche as a Beane tempered with a little Rose water and braie the Camfire alone with Sugar and put it in laste but lette there not bee to moche of it bicause that the sauour of it is to sharpe and put in but a little at ones for you maie alwaie adde to but you can not diminish it whē it is ones in And let not the violl be to full to the entent you maie mixe and tourne vp and doune the composicions for to incorporate them and leaue theim in the Sunne eightene or twentie daies vntil a moneth bee paste and it will bee parfite and that the flowers maie seeth the more in the oile then strain theim and wring them well and put theim again into the violle in the Sunne the space of twoo or three daies vntill it purifie This dooing you shall haue a merueilous oile and of a very good odour and if the flowers seme vnto you but a fewe you maie put other vpon theim and thei will augmente the odour by this meane you maie take of all sortes of swete flowers and haue oile of diuers sortes vsing the meanes aforesaied To make a parfume sodainly in a chamber where a sicke man lieth TAke a little yearthen potte and putte into it a Nutmegge twoo scruples of the sticke of Cloues twoo scruples of the sticke of Sinamome fower scruples of Storax calamitae Rose water or water of Spike or some other sweete water and seeth it Then put it in a pot sharde with a fewe hote asshes and coales vnder it and set it in the chamber and the smoke thereof shall giue a very sweete amiable and hartie sauour To make long and rounde parfumes to burn◠in a chamber TAke sixe vnces of Timiama twoo vnces of Ladanum three vnces of Storax solidae fiue vnces of Frankencens an vnce of Bengewine a pounde of swete coales eight vnces of Dragant And of al this make a very small poulder but you shal put the coales and the Dragant to stepe in Rose water or some other swete water and leaue theim so the space of three daies Then stampe theim in a morter and put into them all the poulders and stampe theim so that thei maie be well incorporated togither Then put in the coles stamping alwaies and incorporating it and put so moche in of it that the paste waxe somewhat harde And then make your parfumes long and round as you will and drie them well in the shadow And if you will not bestowe so moche cost vpon them take the lees and bottome that remaineth of some sweete odoriferous waters and make thereof a poulder and thei shall be good putting to them a little Timiama the whiche will multiplie your woorke and make a good odoure and if you put to it a little Camfire thei will make a noise in burning as it were cracking To make a fine and swete pouder of Cipres TAke foure vnces of Cardamomum or toun Kerse two vnces of Storax solida two vnces of Frankensence thre vnces of drie red Roses an vnce of Sandalum citrinum three vnces of
very stronge Vinaigre and make thereof some distilled water and washe your face with it one daie and the nexte daie folowinge take Bren Mallowes and water and boile all togither vntill it be diminished of the halfe and washe your face with it that same daie and the next daie washe it againe with the water of the distilled Vinaigre and the nexte daie with the other water made with the Bren and Mallowes and coÌ„tinue so vntil the markes or holes begon whiche will be very shortly Also if you take Egge shelles distill them and washe your face with the water at night whan you go to bed and in the morning with the other of Bren and Malowes as is aboue rehersed To make the handes white TAke an Oxe gall and take halfe a sponefull of it in the ingâ—ning with wel water and washe your handes with this little of the gall and they will become moist softe and very white Take also Sope and purge it wel than take of the roote of Iris and dry it in an ouen and make pouder of it the whiche you shall mixe with the Sope well purged and so washe your handes withal and they wil be softe and white Take also Sope well purged and take the Ashes of a 〈◊〉 and mixe them well togither vntill they be well incorporated the one with the other and washe your handes with it in the morning and thei wil be moist softe white as snowe which thing is experimented To make an odoriferous and sweete smelling grese that kepeth the lippes and handes from thinkes and chappes and kepeth them moist and softe TAke a pounde that is to saie twelue vnces of Calues grease or the Deere suet that is yong and the suet fresh Than take sixe vnces of Maioram and stampe them all well togither and make thereof little halles and sprinkle them with a little good White or Claret wine that hath a good odour Than put them in some vessell and couer them well that the good odour of the Maioram go not out and so set them in the shadow the space of fower and twenty houres somwhat more or lesse than put them in water and seeth theÌ„ leisurely and than draine it againe Take also nine vnces of Maioram and stampe it with the same grease and make litle balles of it which you shall sprinkle ouer with Wine and put it in another vessell cleane the which you shal also set it in the shadowe the space of xxiiij houres and than put water to it againe and seeth it and straine it And do so fower or fiue times adding to it alwaies nine vnces of Maioram and sprinklinge it with good Wine you maie also put to it a little muske or ciuette thus doyng you shall haue a very excellent thing to keepe the lippes and handes from chappes or chinckes and from all great colde For to make a sweete Suet called in Frenche and Italian Pommade in latin Pomatum TAke a pounde of Deeres suet or if you can not get of that the grease of a kidde three vnces of barrous greasâ— and â—â— vnces of the marowe of a bucke and purge it cleane of all filthe and take out the little skinnes veines and griâ—eâ—â— that are 〈◊〉 then washe it with good white Wine so often vntill the wine remaine cleere and the grease white than straine out al the Wine and let it ronne abrode vpon a table This don take eight Appian apples or as many Pepins and pare them well bothe with out and within and stampe them Than take halfe an vnce of Cloues two drammes of Nutmegges sixe graines of spike of india and foure pound of Rose water and mingle all togither with the grease and set it to seeth in a couered pot with a slowe fire and let it seeth vntill the Rose water be almost consumed Then straine it and put it into another vessell washed three or foure times with Rose water then adde to it foure vnces of white waxe well purified and purged and sixe vnces of sweete Almondes Then sette it on the fire againe â—â—ely vntil it be molten and then take it from the fire and straine it and put it into another vessell washed â—ith Rose water Finally after it is congeled and â—axen harde take asmuche muske as you will with 〈◊〉 Rose water and other odoriferous waters and mingle them togither with a pesâ—ell of woode and and keepe it in a vessell of Glasse and set it in the shadowe toward the Northe and if you put to it a little â—â—orax liquida it wil be as good for the skurfe or skabbe as to keepe the handes faire To make that flies shall not tourment or trouble Horses in Somer TAke the leaues of Gourdes and stampe them and so rubbe the Horses with it euery morning and at nighe whan it is hote or els take leese of wine and rubbe them with it and the flies shall not tourment â—â—r â—oxe them no more than in the middes of winter To keepe Figges greene all the yeare YOu muste gather them whan they are ripe in the faire wether and at none daies to the inteÌ„t that they maie be drie from all dewe and putte them in a faire vessell of stone or earth the mater or substance whereof must be very fine and that the figges touche not one another then couer them diligeÌ„tly that they haue no maner of ayer and put them so in wine and they will be greene as long as the wine is good whiche thing hath bene proued For to make that Pommegranates shal not open TAke three great flint stones whiche are in the botom of riuers vncouer the earth from the roote of the tree and laie the stones vpon the roote and couer it with the earth againe as it was before Also if you plant nighe vnto the tree Squilla the Pomgranates will not open For to keepe wine sweete all the yeare TAke a vessel wel pitched within and without and put the wine into it before it boile in the fat and stoppe the saide vessell well that it take no ayer and then laie it in a riuer as deepe as you can that the vessel maie be couered with water and let it remaine so a moneth without remouing it then take it out and set it where you wil. Thus doynge the Wine shall be sweete and good all the yeare and thicke like must For wine that will not keepe longe TAke two or three egges and if it be claret wine take onely the yelke of it if it be white wine take onely the white of an Egge and take thre vnces of flint stone of a riuer that runneth swift and make it into pouder and two vnces of Salt made into very small pouder and mingle all togither Then put the Wine into another clene vessell that hath no oâ—our or sauour this done cast into it all this composition and mengle it with the wine fiue or sixe times a daie during the space of three or fower daies But note
ordinarily and putte into it this your lie of the herbe called vitriol then wipe them drie where you thinke good be it in the sunne or by the fire and do this twise or thrise a weeke and your heares will be white and shine as it were siluer A sofee dowe or paste as it were Pomatum to washe the handes and whan the mouth Nose Lippes or Handes do chincke or chappe and it keepeth the fleshe softe and sweete TAke white Almondes Alumen fecis flower of Amilum of eche of them sixe vnces white Pine apple kernels cleane seedes of Gourdes and Beâ—â—ne flower of eche of theim foure vnces pouder of Cloues Storax solida in pouder and Macaleb in pouder of eche of them three vnces with twoo vnces of white Salte beaten a pound of white Honnie and asmuche of venise Sope a scruple of Muske and as muche of Ciuet the whites of tenne Egges Firste take the Almondes and Pine apple kernels with the seedes of Gourdes or Melons that be very white and neat and stampe theÌ„ well in a morter And note that all the importance is that they bee all well stamped very small then put in the Alumen fecis and stampe them well than put in the Honie and incorporate it well togither with the pestle And after this you shall put in the sope cutt in small pieces and incorporate them diligently this don put in two pound and a half of the herbe called Brionia temper all well Put all this into a newe pot and leaue it so couered a daie then set it on a fire of coles with out smoke and lette it seeth the space of a quarter of an houre and sturre it alwaies in the pot with a wodden spone that it cleaue not to the bottome and so take some euill sauour then take it from the fire and poure it out into a greate earthen pan Then put into it the foresaide slower and that beyng well incorporated put in the pouder of Cloues and all the other pouders togither and all beyng well incorporated couer it close that it maie take no aier and lette it remaine so the space of ten daies Then put into it the Macaleb the muske and the ciuet braid and beaten very small and incorporate all well togither with a slise this done put in the egges beaten so that they become as it were a skim or frothe and then put in the salt and mixe al well togither in suche wise that the whole maie be well incorporated And then the paste or dowe wilbe of a Graie colour and odoriferous and is called Imperiall ointment bicause it is a thing noble and full of vertu and a man maie vse alwaies of this precious odour which conforteth the memorie and if you vse it to wash your handes and face with it will giue a sweete sauour to them and maketh the fleshe delicate and softe white and well saudring and closeth vp quickly al maner of cleftes chinkes or chappes of the mouth handes and lippes And if you will not washe your selfe with it anoint yourself morning and euening and you shall incontinent bâ— healed for this hath bene many times proued by experience White Pomatum fine and sweete for great lordes TAke thirty or twenty Appiane apples or other tendre and mellowe Apples and diuide them in to foure partes and make them cleane within â—nd without Then take Cloues and Sinamome flicke the apples full of it as they were larded so laie theÌ„ in rose water that thei maie be couered ouer with the said water and put into it sixe Nutmegges with two drammes of Mace and lette them thus lie a stiepe the space of sixe daies and lette them he well couered Then take Hogges grease take of from it the little skâ—nne that is vpon it and cut it very small and put it to purge in fresh and cleere water three or foure daies and change the water twise a daie and put it the last time to stepe in Rosewater or some other sweete water and by this meanes it shal be wel purged and purified and shal not haue but a good sauour and odour then take three or foure pound of the said grease and put it in a pot or other vessell that is not greasie nor sauoreth euill and put the apples cut in peces as they are into the said pot or vessell and adde therto an vnce of the oile of Orenges and of the water whiche the Frenche men call Eau de â—afe whereof we haue spoken in the firste parte of this worke or some other sweete and odoriferous water so that all maie be vnder the water and boile them an houre or more with a slowe fire vntill the Apples be well sodden and then breake theim well with a woodden slise that they maie bee turned as it were into a broth this done passe theim through a strainer and then straine them hote againe thorow another finer and close strainer and whiles it is thus hote put into it three vnces and a half of white waxe cut very small and two vnces of white Sandalum made in pouder very fine and mixt togither vntill it be all well incorporated and whan it is colde washe it with rose water vntill it be very cleere and this Pomatum wil be as white as snowe And after it is washed you shall put to it eight graines of Muske and foure graines of Ambergrise that bee very smally ground and so incorporate well al togither and leaue it in the aier abrode the space of fiue or sixe nightes and the Pomatum wilbe parfite good and odoriferous And if you will not haue it thus perfite you maie put lesse drogges to it as Muske and Amber but here note and vnderstand that we haue made of it diuers times and neuer lefte of this order aforesaid and it hath been excellent parfite and good There is also another sorte of it whiche serueth for euery hote disease and for to anoint the handes the mouthe and nose as is afore said Take two vnces of sheepe suet and an vnce of Goates suet and choppe it smal and melt it and then straine it thorow a strainer and put into it three vnces of newe waxe and two vnces of the oile of sweete Almondes And melte all this on a slowe fire mixyng and sturring it alwaies than take it of and adde to it foure scruples of Camfire broken and mingle it still togither vntill it be colde and so keepe it and anoint your selfe withall diligently There is another better than this and well allowed proued whiche is made as followeth Take newe waxe the suet of a he goate and the marowe of an Oxe of eche of them an vnce and a halfe an vnce of the oile of Saint Iohns wuit and asmuche of oile of Roses and asmuche salt beaten very small but cut the suet and marowe and melt them and straine them this don set them vpon a slow fire so that they maie not be skant warme and putte the waxe
beyng cut in peces with the saide oile and salt and mingle them well togither with your slise of woode Then take it from the fire and put into it sixe scrupules of Camfere somewhat beaten and mixe it alwaies vntill it bee colde Then keepe it in yearthen cuppes leaded within And the older it is the better it is Menne vse of it for all maner of hote disease for chappes or chinckes of the Nose Mouth Lippes or handes and for kibes on Childrens heeles and also for a felon or cattes heare for in anointinge theim with this they will goe awaie and also taketh awaie the paine as it hath bene well proued many a time For those that haue a stinking breath bicause of the stomacke TAke an vnce of Sage and make thereof pouder three vnces of Rosemarie sloures halfe an vnce of Cloues two drammes of fine Sinamom two Nutmegges two graines of Muske and make them all into pouder Then take asmuche purified Honnie as shall bee sufficient to knethe the saide pouders or to incorporate theim well togither this done put it in a boxe of earth and lette it remaine in the Sunne foure or fiue daies and it will be parfite Then take of it in the morning fasting halfe an vnce and as muche at night to the intent it may confort the meate that it corrupt not nor putrifie in the stomacke and in vsing it oftentimes you shall be cured and deliuerid from the euill smel of the breath To make one haue a good stomacke that hath a naughty one TAke Abrotonum Rue Penniriall fine Minte of eche of them a handfull and two pintes of white Wine halfe a pounde of white Honny and boile it vntill it be sodden inough and putte therevnto some pouder of Sinamom and Cloues of eche halfe an vnce This done straine it and keepe it in some vessell of glasse against you haue neede of it and takâ— thereof in the morning the height of two or three fingers in a glasse and lette it be somwhat luke warme and it will confort your stomacke but vse it not to muche A remedy for him that can not keepe his meate in his stomake without vomiting TAke Quinces and make theim cleane within and without and seeth them in stroÌ„g vinaigre then stampe them in a morter and put into theÌ„ a little mustard seede beaten into poudre so incorporate well all togither lay it hote vpon a linen cloth putting vpon it some pouder of Cloues lay it vpon his breast and in doyng this three or foure times he shall keepe his meate without vomiting To make a naturall white Skinne TAke a pouÌ„de of distilled vinaigre with as much water of Gourdes and put them into two violles then put into the violl with the Vinaigre an vnce of Litarge beaten very small and into the violl with the water of Gourdes an vnce of salt Gemma and set these two violles vpoÌ„ a tile nigh vnto the fire and let them boile an houre then plucke the tile back and let them coole this done set them in the sunne the space of eight daies than keepe theÌ„ vntill you haue neede of them And whan you will vse of them take a dishe or goblet and put as muche of the one as of the other into the saide dishe or cuppe and it will become as white as milke and so wash your face with it with a sponge rubbing well the fleshe and it will waxe as white and as soft as cotton and delicate to tutche and of meruelous effect But if you will make it redde and shining take a pouÌ„d of white vinaigre distilled twise for it shall be the better and put it into a little violle and put into it an vnce of redde Sanders cut and beaten and so made into a very fine pouder This done seeth it on the fire the space of half an houre and put into it a little Alome beaten for it will augment the glosse of it and if you will haue it of a good odour or sauour for any great Lord or prince you maie put to it two grains of Muske or Ciuette than sprinkle or weate it a little with a sponge and if perchaunce it be to redde you maie put into it a little Alome and it wil ware cleere and so you shall make a faire shining redde of it whiche will make a sweete fleshe or skin To make the fleshe or skin faire and bright TAke a pound of white tartre half a pound of Talcum asmuche salt and put al into a pot not bake or aneled couer it This don binde it with wier and set it to calcine in a keell of lime or of bricke thaÌ„ take it out and braie it small vpon a marble stone After this put it into a little bagge pointed at the ende like an Ipocras bagge and hange it in a moist place that it tutch nothing and that to much enter not into it set vnder it some cup of glasse to receiue the oile that shall come out of it the space of fiuetene or xx daies more or lesse occording as it shalbe in a moist place and keepe this oile as a treasure And first washe your self with lie or water and whan you are drie againe weate a sponge or a linen cloth in the saide oile and rubbe your skinne finely with it and you shal see that euery spot wil go of be it sunne burning or any other impediment and wil make your fleshe white soft and clere And in continuing this you shal attaine to your purpose in fewe daies And if you will make an other sorte of it whiche men vse newly in Venise take two long white Gourdes and thre dishes full of Fasils the blacke spottes or eies at the ende as thei call them beyng taken awaie with the cromme of three white loues and stepe theÌ„ in milke one night and then take a dishefull of the seedes of Melons with half a dishful of peche kernels made cleane of their skinne or pille and a pound of white Pine apple kernels and let all be well stampt in a morter eche one a parte and two great pigeons the which you shal cut in pieces a liue taking out onely the bowels and so set all to distil togither in a limbeck of glasse and vse of the same water that cometh thereof and it will make your skinne and flesh faire soft as it hath diuers times bene proued To cleere and mâ—ske cleene the face from all maner of spottes TAke two pounde of turpentine of Venise and twelue newe laide egges of the which you shal onely take out the white and distill all togither in a limbeck oâ— glasse twise then put into the said water ten scruples of Camfere beaten and dissolue it wel in water than take an vnce of the said water and asmuche of the water of a torteise and put all togither and washe well your face with it diuers times and it will waxe cleane and cleere from spottes To take
cleane and stampe them and get out asmuche iuice of them as you can and put a little inck into it vntill it be black or els a little Saffran in pouder without inck and write with the same iuice great letters or other and lette them drie then go ouer them againe ones more for to make theÌ„ of the greatnes that you will haue them this done let it drie and whan you will-laie the Golde vpon theim heate it againe with your breath and so laie it on but the Golde muste be in leaues Then couer the letter lightly with cotton and rubbing them a little you shal take of all that cleaueth not vpoÌ„ the letters And thus doyng your worke will remaine of Golde and embossed whiche wilbe a very faire thing to see To make a deuise or armes or other thinges vpon a violett or a rose TAke salte Armoniac and braie it in a morter with vinaigre and a little Sugre candy and keepe it in a boxe then take the rose or Violet or gelly floure and dresse the little leaues fastened togither with red waxe in suche wise that they maie be equall Then with a pensill very fine make what deuise or armes you will let it drie an houre or more and than laie gold or siluer vpon it in foile and presse it doune a little with cotton so that whiche cleaueth not on will goe awaie and your worke shall remaine faire Sope to get out all spottes of cloth TAke a pound of Alome and burne it sixe vnces of pouder of Ireos and lette all be well beaten in pouder togither Then take two pounde and a half of white sope and half an oxe gall and the white of an Egge or two and incorporate them well togither Then take the Alome and the pouder of Ireos and incorporate them all togither and putte into theim a little Salnitrum or salt peter This done put into it asmuche of the said incorporated Sope as will make it haue a substance or bodie to the intent that ye may facion and make rounde balles in a good ferme and fast paste or dowe and so drie theim in the shadow and not in the sunne bicause the sunne is contrary to it And if you make them for to sell make them by measure and by weight and whan you wil take out your spot weate arâ—â—e the clothe vp and doune then rubbe it well with the sope and cloth against cloth This don you shall washe it with colde water vntill the water were cleere and if you think it be not out al togither lette the clothe drie and do ones againe as you did before and the spottes will go out Another like secret TAke a pounde of white Sope of Venise the yelkes of sixe Egges and halfe a sponefull of beaten Salt and asmuche iuice of Beetes as will suffise to incorporate the saide Sope and make thereof a cleauing past whereof you shall forme and make your balles and let them drie in the shadowe and whan they be drie weate your clothe vp and doune with cleere water and then rubbe it with sope and washe it as is a fore declared and the spottes will goe awaie Another like TAke a pounde of white Sope cutte very small the Gall of an Oxe or he Goate Alumen catinum of eche of them an vnce the yelkes of two Egges and a fewe ashes very fine and incorporate well al togither with the sope in a morter and so make thereof paste whereof you shall make balles and doe as before is said Another meane TAke the Gall of an olde Oxe and a pounde of Fenigreke made in pouder a pounde and a half of white sope three flagoÌ„s of strong lie put al togither and seeth it on a slowe fire vntill it diminishe of the halfe Then washe what spotte you will with it refreshing it diuers times with colde water and it will take it awaie Another meanes for spottes of fatte or Oile TAke a pounde of rocke Alome and as muche freshe vnsleck lime sixe vnces of Alumen fecis three pounde of white Sope cutte small foure pound of cleere water and let it boile a certaine space in some vessell that is not fatty and than straine it and whan you will occupie of it let it be luke warme and weate the spottes with the saide water on bothe sides of the cloth and the cloth togither then washe it with cleere water and the spottes will be gon then washe it againe with a little Sope and freshe water and at the second or third time they will without all peraduenture go out Also for spottes you maie take two pintes of renning water the Gall of an oxe four vnces of Alom De fece burnt and three vnces of Alumen fecis broiled and two scruples of Camfer and put all togither and seeth it vntill half be diminished Then straine it and washe what spottes you will with it and within twise or thrise washing they will go out To take spottes out of Skarlate or Veluet without burting the colour TAke the herbe called Lauaria of the Apoticaries Condisi and get out the iuice of it and laie it vpon the spot the space of two or three houres theÌ„ washe it well with warme water and if you thinke the spot not well taken awaie do it ones more and if the clothe be not died in graine put to it a little sope with another little quantite of the saide iuice and incorporate it well and so washe the spot with it and it will go out To take spottes out of white silke or Veluet in griene or Crimsen Veluet TAke stronge Aqua vite of three stillinges and weate the spot with it vp and doune then take the white of a newe laide Egge and spreade it vpon the spot and so set it in the sunne to drie This done wash it trimly with freshe and cleere water and so wring well the spotte betweeâ—e your handes and it will go out and do this twise at the lest for the colour will not perishe nor decaie Also for a cloth in graine take Alome water and washe well the spotte with it rubbing it harde clothe againste clothe this dooen washe it againe with clere water and in twise doing it it will goe out Also for the like effecte take roche Alome Tartre of tonnes and white Sope of eche of them three vnces and make theim into very fine pouder this doen take twoo Oxe galles and an yearthen pot that is not in any wise fattie or greasie and putte into it haÌ„dsomely at your discrecion and so sette it on the fire and when it beginneth to seeth cast in by and by the oxe gall and the pouder and let it so boile vntill it be diminished of the third or fourth part Then washe the spot with this water three or foure times and at euery time drie the cloth And finally renewe it with freshe water and you shall see the effect To take out a spot of inke or wine of a wollen or linen
clothe TAke the iuice of Limons Orenges or citrons and wete the spot with it diuers times letting it drie at euery time this done washe it with hote water and it will go out Vse also white Sope with white Vinaigre and the spot of inck will easely goe out To restore the colour to a cloth that hath lost it in taking out a spotte TAke a pound of Tartre of white wine and calcine it in a fornaise of bricke vntil it be white and take an vnce of it than take a pint of stroÌ„g Vinaigre and cleere and put the said pouder into it so set it on the fire And whan it beginneth to boile take it by and by of and it is made Then weate by little and little the place that hath losâ—e his colour â—â—ners times and the colour will come againe A water to take all maner of spottes out of cloâ—â—â— of any colour TAke two olde oxe galles and two scrupules of rocke Alome and asmuche of Alumen fecis foure vnces of Tartre of white wine one scruple of Camfire and stampe all togither very smal This don take two flagons of cleere water and put al togither and so seeth it with a slowe fire vntil it make no more froth or skim Then putte into it three vnces of Aqua vite of three distillinges and so keepe it in some vessel of glasse vntill you will occupie it And if the spotte be in skarlate take a corner of the same cloth and weate it in the said water and rubbe well twise or thrise the spotte and than washe it againe with cleere water and it will goe out The like maie you doe in al sortes of colored clothe in taking a little of the like colored clothe or other that is nighe vnto the colour weating it and rubbing as is afore saide and it shalbe done To driue awaie Flies Spiders Scorpions and other Vermine from your house TAke what quantite of Lapwinkes feathers you will and burnâ— them in your Chamber and whan suche Vermine shall smell this sauour they will not abide Against Gnattes whiche stinge men in the night TAke Comine and chewe it well and anoint your handes your face and al your body if it be possible with y e iuice that shalbe in your moâ—th and the flie feeling this sauour whiche is troublesome vnto him will not molest you at all And if you will driue them out of your house and that thei comme not into your chamber take Commine and make therof pouder very fine the whiche you shall incorporate with good white wine and take a burgeon of a vine or other branche hauing greene leaues vpon it and steepe it in the saide wine and so sprinkle your windowes and doores of your chamber or the place wher you will not haue them come in And also sprinkle of it a long vpon the walles for in smelling this sauour they can not abide If you will also driue awaie flies take Santonicum or Lauander cotton and the leaues of Eldern trees with some Comine and seeth it with water and sprinkle your house with it or your chambre and they shall not trouble you for the sauour of the water is very contrary vnto theim but beware you laie no baite for them to giue them occasion to enter in boldely for afterward thei will not greatly care for the sauour of it A very excellent Secret for to take out spottes or hard fleshe gotten by labour TAke salte peter Blewe vitrioll and Verdegrise of eche of them two vnces two vnces of Alumen Sucharinum and halfe an vnce of vnsleckt Lime and lette all be made into pouder then distill it in a limbeck of Glasse True it is that the firste water is not verie good but the seconde will bee excellent good to washe theim withall often times and they will drie vp by lâ—ttle and little so that you shall not perceiue it You maie take also some pouder of Euphorbium or Euphorbius tempered with lie and oile of Tartre and incorporate it well and so soke the spottes or harde fleshe with it and cutte it as neere as you can and laiyng this medicine vpon it you shalbe hole Take also the water that falleth from the vignes after they bee cutte and washe the Wartes oftentimes with it and they will were awaie leauing the skinne cleane with out any blacke spottes You maie make also pouder of Cantharides and incorporate it with Rosen Pitche and make therof a plaister whiche you shall laie vpon your Wartes and hard fleshe and you shall kill their roote so that thei wil drie vp of themselues and will go awaie without any paine Take also glasse heaten small and washe it and take the finest of it and mixt it with a little womans milke and some leuaine of wheate and make thereof a plaister first cutting the wart or hard fleshe paring of the head of the warte and so laie it vpon it at night and in oftentimes vsing this they will go awaie To take oile or grease out of a cloth of what colour so euer it be without any droppe of water TAke some sheepes feete and make them verie cleane then seeth them and eate theim keepe the right bones the which you shall burne and make therof a cleane and fine pouder This don heate the said pouder and laie it vpon the spot and let it remaine in the sunne and whan you see that the pouder beginneth to waxe black take it by and by of and put other freshe vpon it and doe this so often that you see the pouder no more blacke and than the spotte wil be gone and the colour of the cloth not perished Balles of Sope for Barbers of diuers sortes and sauours FIrste you muste note that the Sope is purged and purified two maner of waies The first is the venitian Sope beyng3 cut small muste be put in a pot that is not fatty nor hauing any euill sauour and put into it some rose water or other sweete waters or els in this maner folowing Take well water and put into it cheuers of cipers and seeth it a good while than straine it it wil be very odoriferous and sweete or els putte in the floures of mirtle tree of Orenge tree Cedar tree Spicke Lauander Agnus castus Sticados beyond sea Violettes Sage and suche other odoriferous floures or herbes as Cedâ—â— Baie our ladies glooues Minte Maioram Time and other sweete herbes and make of all this a composition so make a sweete water of diuers sauours and so seeth it a little This done take of the sope that swimmeth aboue with a Spoone and laie it vpon a newe Tile and it wil incontinent be drie and shal remaine neate and cleane bicause the water hath taken awaie al the filth and vnctuosite of the sope and therfore will be faire and white without any euil sauour hauing augmented the good smell of it And this maie you keepe against you haue neede of it And this is
fire and whan these thinges be molteÌ„ put into it two vnces of Minium in englishe Sinople red lead or Vermillion and foure vnces of Litarge and let all be made into a very fine pouder and make it to come into a substance or body and laie it vpoÌ„ the sore and you shall see a meruelous effect There is yet another meane remedy for any burning that is take old larde of a male hogge and choppe it well theÌ„ take a flagon of white vinaigre that is very strong and let the lard seeth in it the space of two houres then take it from the fire and let it coole and take of the grease that is vpoÌ„ it and wring it hard with your hand that all the vinaigre maie go out and none remaine in it This done keepe it in an earthen pot leaded and the older it is the better it will be bicause it doth his operation sooner And whan any man burneth him selfe let him take of the saide grease and annoint the place with it and the paine will cease In the meane time you must haue made ready the heare of a hare chopped or cut as small as is possible and whan you haue anointed it strowe of the saide heare vpon it as it were spice and let it remaine so And whan you anoint it again at night and in the morning anoint it vpon the other ointment whiche you vsed before and then cast on more heare as before and take it neuer of vntill it come of of it selfe whiche wil be within sixe or eight daies and the thing healed perfitly without any mark or skarre And note heere that at the beginning of the euill â—he oftener you anoint it the more the paine will decline awaie and the patient shall feele greate allegement and ease and shal be mery And for to take awaie the paine out of the hand and to doe a meruelous cure as soone as the incoÌ„uenient shall haue happened skrape a little larde of a barrowe hogge vppon it and doe it quickly for in doyng it with speede you shall perceiue it frie as though it were in a friyng panne and the pacient shall feele greate ease and the paine will cease Laie to it of this at the beginning three or foure times in an houre and the patient shall receiue greate consolation and comforth This secret is good and ought not to be contempned al though it be no great matter To make pilles of Turpentine TAke an vnce of turpentine of venise and washe it well with borage water or with some other cordiall waters eight or ten times as you shall thinke good Then take three vnces of fine sugar beaten small and incorporate it well togither by little and little for that taketh away the viscosite and clamminesse of it in suche sorte that it cleaneth not togither and at the ende you shall leaue a little of it without incorporating it in the paste for it shalbe alwaies good to take at any time neuer perisheth and whan you will take of it you maie do with it at your pleasure And this past hath one excellencie in it that is that it cleaueth not to a mans fingars but maie also be chewed so that it will not sticke nor cleaue to the palate or rofe of a mans mouth And whan you haue made them take a little sinamome mixte with sugar and rolle them in it then hardely take theÌ„ at all times and houres for they will worke maruelously in flegmatike and colerike stomackes and ridde men from many inward passions and will cause a good appetite and the vrine of the man shall giue an odour as it wâ—re marche violettes An electuarie of Nerprum that is to saie a solutiue Iulep meruelous good for the Gout TAke these little fruites of NerpruÌ„ about the ende of September whan they be thorowe ripe and haue had a white froste and gather them early in the morning and stampe them a little in a morter so that they be skant broken and put theim in a pot or some other vessell leaded within that hath no sauour of any thing and couer them well and sette them in a hote place to confite the space of eight or tenne daies then presse out the iuice and substance of theim the moste that you can and for euery pounde of the saide iuice you shall putte in a pounde of purified honnie This don set them on the fire and boile them slowly vntill they be sodden and assaie vpon a peece of Paper if the droppe remaine faste togither it is sodden inough if it runne abrode it is not sodden inoughe Than take it from the fire and putte into it an vnce of Sinamome and two vnces of Ginger both well braied and beaten and incorporate it well togither so hote as it is and so keepe it in boxes wel couered and the older it is the better Take of this before your meales a sponeful as wel in the morning as at night and keepe your selfe specially out of the ayer and so it will do muche good to them that haue the gout more than to any other bicause it easeth the paines verie much and doth good thorow out all the body likewise by reason of the euacuation To make giltinges vpon leather whiche shal seeme like Gold and laiyng theim vpon Siluer or glasse they shall appeare to be Gold in dede TAke a newe potte well leaded of the same bignesse that you will make your worke make also a fourneise of the height of the pot for feare that the fire gette not into it bicause it is almost like vnto artificiall fire and therefore you must take heede This done take three pound and foure vnces of line seede and seeth it slouly in the said pottes vntill it bee sodden and if you will know whan it is sodden 〈◊〉 into it a hennes fether and take it out again incontinent if the fethers go of in it it is sodden inough otherwise lette it seeth and whan it is sodden inough putte into it eight vnces of Rosen and Sandrac that is to saie Vermix suche as scriuenats vse foure vnces of Aloe epaticum and all this beyng well beaten and stamped very small put it in sturring and mixing it with a sticke and if all come togither in a masse be not therfore abashed but augment the fire and neuer leaue sturring it for in feeling the greate heate these thinges will melte and become liquide And then let theim boile slowly a good while hauing so done take an assaie of it vpon a pece of paper or vpon your naile as menne comonly do whan they will know if the Iulep be well sodden or els betwene your fingars to see if it bee thicke inough or no and if you thinke it be to cleere you shall put to it for two daies an vnce and a halfe of Aloe sucotrinum whiche giueth it a colour somewhat darker and the worke shall not be so bright or cleere but putte to it also so muche the lesse of
very thinne and of thre partes fill two with oile oliue very good and cleane fill the rest with Roses or the herbe wherwith you will make the oile Than sette the violl or glasse in the sunne and couer it well first and let it so rest three or foure daies than take it out of the sunne and take out al the roses and al the oile and wring them well that all the oile maie come out of them then cast them awaie and put the oile againe into the violl and fill it a newe with freshe roses and set it in the sunne other foure daies Than take them awaie and wring out the oile and put in other freshe roses doyng thus foure or fiue times you shall haue an oile as odoriferous as the roses them selues To make that the Mothes and Vermine shall not eate nor destroie clothes and apparell TAke Wormwoode or Southernwoode the leaues of a Cedar tree and valerian and laie them in your coffers or presses where your clothes be or in the pleytes of your garmentes and you shall see that they will not hurt them bicause these leaues and herbes are bitter of taste and the sauour or smell is very strong whiche the vermine do abhorre and can not abide For to make that wilde beastes shall not hurt you FOr to be assured and safe from wilde Beastes as Wolues Beares and such other like take the grease of a Lion and annointe your selfe therwith ouer and ouer and go hardely wher you will and no beast shall hurte you but as sone as they smell the sauour of the grease they will runne awaie And if by chaunce you meete with a wolfe or other wilde beast ronne not awaie but with a good corage go euen to him that he may smel the grese that you are anointed with all and he will flie For to be assured and safe from Serpentes TAke the suck or iuice of a radish roote and anoint your handes with it then take the Serpentes in your handes and they will not bite nor sting you bicause of the subtilite and finesse of this iuice but will die almost in smelling onely the sauour To take awaie the paine and greefe of the Goute TAke a greate foule called a Vultour in latine Vultur and take the skinne of her righte beele and laie vpon the right foote of the patiēt then take the skinne of the lefte heele and laie it vpon his lefte foote and incontinent you shall see that in halfe an houre the paine will goe awaie Whiche is a meruelous thing For to see wilde Beastes in a Dreame TAke the hart of an Ape and laie it vnder your heade whā you go to bed so that it touche your head and you shall see meruelous thinges and all kindes of beastes as Liōs Beares Wolfes Apes Tigres and other suche like For to make Silke white TAke Brimstone and burne it holde the Silke ouer the smoke of it it will incontinent waxe white Also if you wil haue a Rose of diuers colours holde him ouer the smoke of Brimstone burning and it will be red white and Cremsine and wil be faire but it shall lose his sweete sauour To make an herbe growe that shal haue many and diuers odours and sauours TAke one graine of lettise seede one of succorie one of alexanders one of basille one of a leeke and another of persely and plant them all togither in one hole so that one touche not another and you must plante them in horse donge or Oxe donge or of any other beaste so that there be no earth at all there will growe an herbe that shall haue the smell of Lettuse Alexāders of Succorie of Basil of leekes and of Perslie and this is a thing proued To make an Apple or ball that prouoketh sleepe TAke wild Poppy the iuice of Mandragora and leese of wine asmuch of the one as of the other and a little ciuet and of all this make a rounde ball and hold it in your hande and smell to it and it will make you sleepe wonderfully To make a barraine woman beare children TAke of these little seafishes with many feete called in Latine Polipi or Polypodes and roste them vpon the embers without oile and let the woman eate of them and it shall profite and helpe her very muche hauing in the meane time the company of a man To make heares growe vpon a bald hed TAke oile of Tartre and warme it and rubbe your hed with it or other places wher you will heare shall growe and within viij or ten daies the heares wil come furth as thicke as before and not onely make those heares to grow which be fallen but also maketh other to encrease more then there was afore and whiche is more if you rubbe the paulme of your hande with it heares will growe there as well as in any other place To make a water that dieth or coloreth copper into the colour of Golde TAke the gall of a male gote and another of a female gote and a little Arsenick asmuch vntill you se there is inough and distille al togither and wete and temper your copper in this water but let the copper be first well skoored and incontinent it will turne into the colour of Gold To make oile of Brimstone TAke ten egges and seeth them till they be hard then take of the shels and caste the white and them awaie so that there remaine nothing but the yelke whiche you shall stampe and take asmuche brimstone by weight and make thereof pouder and mengle all well togither and so distill it with a slowe fire and it wil be very good For to make salt Armoniac TAke a pounde of mans bloode and two pounde of the bloode of an Oxe or other beaste and sixe pound of well water and mingle all togither than streine it with a linen cloth very harde straigte and set it on the fire where you shall leaue it vntill the water be consumed and that which shall remaine wil be good salt Armoniac For to make Borase TAke two vnces of Alome and temper it with two vnces of salt Alcall whiche menne vse to make glasse withall then put it into some vessel of tinne and seeth it with a sougth fire the space of halfe an houre and than take out the water and take two vnces of salt Gemma beaten in pouder and asmuche of salt Alcall and two pound of virgin Honny and a pound of Cowe milke amd mingle all togither with water and set it three daies in the sunne and it will be made For to make Corall TAke the Hornes of a white male Goate and make thē very cleane then take a good sharpe knife and skrape them finely that the skrapinges maie be like pouder then take pieces of Ashe and burne them and of there ashes you shall make lie which you shal straine three times in a linen clothe and put the skrapinges of the horne into it and mixe it well togither and let it
so remaine in infusion fiuetene daies Then take some Vermillion made in pouder and a little water and mengle it togither with the said pouder then you shall make the Corall with your handes or as you will and let it drie then pollish it with the wheele or turne and it will be like naturall Corall To die Yron in the colour of Gold TAke Alome of Melancie and beate it into pouder then take a little sea water and mingle it togither then heate your yron hote and steepe it in the same water and set it a daie in the sunne and it will haue the colour of Gold For to make Yron strong and faire as siluer TAke salt armoniac and make it into pouder and mingle it with vnsleckt lime than put it in colde water and mixe all well togither this don heate your yron redhote and deepe it in the said water and it wil become as white as Siluer For to make a water that will take out incontinent letters from the Paper TAke a pound of blewe vitrioll three pound of salt peter and foure vnces of vermillion fiue pound of Alome and stampe them all togither and make thereof a poudre and stille it in some vessell of glasse with a small fire and there will come out two maner of waters the firste white and the second greene If you take a little of the firste and laie it vpon the lefe of Paper writen rubbing it with a greene clothe some what course or roughe it will take awaie the letters from the paper and leaue it as white as if there had neuer ben incke vpon it Also if you take of the said water and heate it and holde a sheete of paper writen ouer the smoke of it it wil become incontinent like as it had ben writen ten yeare before To take a spotte of Oile out of Clothe TAke oile of Tartre and laie it vpon the spot and take it of by and by againe then washe it well with luke warme water and three or four times with colde water and the cloth will be as nete and as cleane as whan it was newe and before the oile fell vpon it To stanche the Bleeding at the nose TAke great Ciche peason and laie them vpon a Tile in the fire vntill they be drie and then make pouder of thē very fine and put of it in his nose and the bleeding will cease To breake botches impostumes cartarres or sores comming in the throte TAke the drie dong of an Asse and of swallowes and make therof pouder and put of it in water or in wine hote and gargel or wash your throte oftentimes with it and you shal be deliuered To take an Yron or arrowe hed out of a wounde TAke the leaues of Palma Christi and stampe thē and at night laie of the iuice or sucke of it vpon the wounde and in the morning you shall finde the wounde so wide and large and the yron or arrow hed so discouered that you maie take it out with your fingers To make that yong Children shall haue no paine or greefe in their teeth TAke an olde Cocke and cut of his combe and take of the blood that commeth of it and rubbe their gommes with it they shall neuer feele paine For to make a cleere voice TAke the floures of an Elder tree and drie them in the sunne but take heede they take no moisture or wette then make pouder of theim and drinke of it with white wine euery morning fasting For to fasten lose teeth TAke Frankensens Mastick and the pilles of Pomegranates asmuch of one as of the other and make thereof a pouder and whan you goe to bed washe your teeth with a little good wine then take of the saide pouder and laie it vpon your Teeth and they will waxe fast and sure in short space For the Emorawdes TAke a Tortese and put him in a pot well stopt vpon the fire and let him alone vntill he be all burnt then take the pot from the fire and take out the Tortese and make him into pouder then first washe the Emorawdes with white wine very hote then laie vpon them some of the saide pouder and in two or three times he shalbe healed For one that hath his Sight troubled TAke the lunges or lightes of a Barrow hogge with all the appurtenances and seeth it in water and whan it is soden let him holde his eies ouer the smoke of it and in three or foure times doyng he shal be cured of that trouble For one that is abroke or brusten TAke of the roote of Symphiton petreon in English Bugle or Camfrey and put of it into the bread that he eateth euery daie and let him eate euery day of the said roote either rawe or roste and it shal be a very healthfull thing for his disease For one that hath his Coddes swollen TAke Rue and stampe it and laie it vpon his Coddes and immediatly thei will aswage their swelling whiche thing is sufficiently proued To make a woman that is wont to haue daughters to beare Sonnes also KNow you that it is a hadde thing for a barraine woman to beare Children and a greate gifte and grace of God to obtaine it bicause the causes of sterilite and barainesse be diuers and without nomber but to make a woman that beareth alwaies Doughters to beare also Sonnes it is a thing very easy and hath good succes and hath ben diuers times proued Wherefore if you will that your wise shall haue male children eate an herbe called in English Mercurie in Italie Mercorella in French Mercuriale or Ferolle whiche hath onely two seedes like vnto the genitories of a manne and make her also eate of it before you company with her and eate both of you the right stones of some beastes and of the skraping of an Elephantes toth To make that the handes shall not chinke nor cleaue TAke a Radishe roote make him hollow within vnto the bottom then take thre vnces of oile of Roses and an vnce of Turpentine or more according to the greatnesse of the Radishe and then couer the said radishe and leaue it in the hote ashes or embers vntill it be halfe consumed than take it out and anoint your handes with it For to make a mans Berde blacke TAke Aqua fortis and a peny weight of fine Siluer and melte it in the saide water by the fire and whā you wil occupie of it anoint the beard at the rootes of the heare with oile of Roses and with a spong wete your beard so that you touche not the fleshe and lette it drie than washe it with lie wherein there hath be mirabolans and Pommegranades sodden To make a woman beare Childrē although it be not alwaies assured yet it is the best remedy that can be founde FIrste cause the woman to be purged well and giue her some water of the baines of Aquario or other mine of Brimstone then lette her eate of the fleshe of
least you shold lose your labour And also be ware and vigilant to knowe the stone to make your cimentes and to compound your pastes To make black Sope for clothes with all the signes and tokens that it giueth and maketh in beiling TAke thirty pounde of vnsleckt white lime if you can get it and that is in greate hole peces and not in pouder and foure skore and tenne pounde of the strongest ashes you can finde Then order dresse the ashes rounde about the lime in forme and maner of Morter and sprinkle with a broome weate in water the small peces of lime a little at ones and often to the intent that the fire maie enter into it and whan it is well mollified and augmented by reason of the heate whiche is in it let there bee two of you the one to incorporate well with a spade or shouell the lime with the ashes and the other to sprinkle water with the broome well vpon it round about it to the intent there rise no pouder or dust of it And lette all so well be mixed that a man may not knowe or discerne the lime from the dust or ashes and water it so much round about that in taking a handfull of the same matier and in wringing it it cleaue togither And whan you see that it raiseth no more pouder or dust giue it no more water This done close vp togither all this morter with your spade and lette it so remaine in a heape twoo or three houres for it heateth and boileth beyng in a heape and whaÌ„ it maketh chinkes or cleftes about it it is a signe that it is risen And if it be in cold weather you maie couer it for feare that it take no colde and so lose his heate for than it would make no good magistrale Whan all this is done straine the said mater in a vessell of earth hauing a hole in the bottome beyng couerid with a little strawe and a dishe ouer it to the intent that the mater maie runne in time and whan you putte it in presse egally euery where as muche as you can and lette it be alwaies euen aboue then poure vpoÌ„ it some hote water or els do as followeth as I my selfe doe Make ready sixe or eight pailes full of the strained lie and poure it on the vessell I meane of the first whiche is good and at the first put in two or three pailes full the whiche beyng sunke doune put in as much more and open not the hole in the bottome vntil al the mater be drunke vp then let it runne out by little little and bicause you maie the better knowe the firste the seconde and the third take an Egge newe laide and binde it rounde about with a threede and as the magistrale lie commeth out put the Egge into it and whiles the egge remaineth aboue put it al into a vessell for it is the first whiche you ought to make muche of And whan the egge sinketh in the lie put that second by it selfe and if you can gette of the first foâ—rty pounde you shall get of the seconde thirtie and of the thirde twentie and of the fourth asmuch as you will And let all these be put by them selues if you couer them well that they do not euaporate nor breath out they will continue alwaies a yeare beyng still good whan you haue done take xxx pound of the first and ten of the secoÌ„d and put them togither and looke well if the egge remaine aboue if it appeare not muche weaken it no more for it shalbe wel so And note that vnto three pound of the saide lie you muste haue one pound of oile and in pouring it in sturre and mixe it well with a stick for feare that the oile be not hurt by the violence of the saide lie And make this composition at night to the intent that it maie remaine in infusion all the night then in the morning seeth it the space of seuen or eight houres or more according as the quantite is great or little for whan it is aboue a hundreth pound it must seeth ten houres or more and whan it beginneth to seeth and swell much take it by and by from the fire and sturre it alwaies aboue vntill it beginne to boile softly And in the meane time cease not to sturre it for feare it burne to the bottom And whan you make the composition in a caudron let it neuer be full by a hand breadth bicause it riseth and swelleth alwaies in seething and the oile would bee loste and mixyng it oftentimes the oile incorporateth with the lie and seedeth the sooner And whan it hath sodden about eight or nine houres you maie beginne to assaie and proue it and see that you keepe alwaies a little of the firste and of the seconde for all occasitions that maie chaunce And whan it hath boiled vnto the saide houre you shall see it waxe thicke and make the bubbles in seething long and thicke Than maie you beginne to make your profe and assaie That is to saie in taking a little of it with a spoone and putting it into a little earthen dishe and lette it coole then cut it with a little sticke and if it close togither againe it is a signe that it is sodden inough and if it doe not close togither againe it is not and therefore finishe the seething of it And make many of these proofes and assaies And whan it is sodden take the fire from vnder it and so take it of and sette it in some coole place and whan it is colde you maie occupie of it and it will be good and parfite And if you make it with cleere oile although it bee strong it is all one but if you make it with oile parcht or thicke it will not bee verie cleere One of the beste signes that you maie see in it whan it beginneth to waxe into a thicke substance is that in taking of it vp with a spoone the thredes or little strekes doe breake without shrinking vp again this is a signe that it is sodden inough And whan you haue taken vp a littel and haue lette it coole and so cut it and than if it be ferme and faste on the sides and in setting it vp it tarry vpright than it is sodden And if after an houre it were not sodden that is to saie that it had not the sinewe put vpoÌ„ it a little of the first magistrall a little at ones and so lette it boile an houre or a halfe And than you shall make againe the like assay or proofe as before and if it shewe you not good signes you shall put yet a little more to it vntil you make it haue a fast and solide bodie let it be not to soft nor to hard And he that hath experience of this knoweth what is to be done in seeyng it boile onely And whan you see that it is well take it from the fire