stink thereof is fixed by the acid spirit of the Salt for acid Spirits and volatile Salts are contrary the one to the other and spirit of Urine or any volatile Salt will precipitate any metall as well as salt of Tartar These oyls will remain clear and have far more vertue then the ordinary sort of oyls have As for common ordinary distilled oyls they need not if they be well separated from the water with which they were distilled any rectifying at all and if you goe about to rectifie them you will lose good part of them and make that which remains not at all the better But if there be any better then another for rectifying of them it is by digestion by which means there will be a separation of what is flegmatick which you may separate afterwards and by this means you shall lose none of the oyls Of Compound Waters and Spirits BOOK II. A Dissolving Menstruum TAke Cyprus Turpentine and the best spirit of wine of each two pound distill them in a glass gourd either in Balneo or Ashes Separate the oil from the spirit with a tunnel or separating glass distill the spirit agaim and so often untill it favour no more of the oyl of Turpentine and then it is sufficiently prepared This Menstruum dissolves any hard stones presently and extracts the tincture of Corall A Glass Gourd with its head Another dissolving Menstruum or acetum Philosophicum Take Honey Salt melted of each a pound of the strongest spirit of Vineger two pound digest them for the space of a fortnight or more then distill them in ashes Cohobate the Liquor upon the feces three or four times then rectifie the spirit Note that they must be done in a large glass Gourd This is of the same vertue as the former if not more powerfull Another dissolving Menstruum Take of the best rectified Spirit of Wine with which imbibe the strongest unslaked lime until they be made into a paste then put them into a glass gourd and distill off the spirit in ashes This spirit pour on more fresh Lime and doe as before do this three or four times and thou shalt have a very subtile spirit able to dissolve most things and to extract the vertue out of them Paracelsus his Elixir Subtilitatis Take oil Olive Honey rectified spirit of Wine of each a pint distill them all together in ashes then separate all the flegm from the oyls which will be distinguished by many colours put all these colours into a Pelican and adde to them the third part of the Essence of Balm and Sallendine digest them for the space of a month Then keep it for use This Liquor is so subtile that it penetrateth every thing Vsque-bath or Irish Aqua vitae is made thus Take a Gallon of smal Aqua vitae put it into a glass vessel put thereto a quart of Canary sack two pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned but not washed two ounces of Dates stoned and the white skins thereof pulled out two ounces of Cinnamon grossely bruised four good Nutmegs bruised an ounce of the best English Licorish sliced and bruised stop the vessels very close and let them infuse in a cold place six or eight days then let the Liquor run through a bag called Manica Hippoeratis made of white cotton This Liquor is commonly used in surfets being a good Stomach water Aqua Celestis is made thus Take of Cinamon Cloves Nutmegs Ginger Zedoary Galingall Long-pepper Citron-pill Spicknard Lignum-aloes Cububs Cardamums Calamus aromaticus Germander Ground-pine Mace White Frankincense Tormentill Hermodactyls the pith of Dwarf Elder Juniper Berries Bay Berries the seeds and flowers of Motherwort the seeds of Smallage Fennell Annise the leaves of Sorrell Sage Felwort Rosemary Marjoram Mints Penny-royall Stechados the flowers of Elder Roses red white of the leaves of Scabious Rue the lesser Moonwort Egrimonie Centory Fumitary Pimpernell Sowthistle Eye-bright Maiden-hair Endive Red Saunders Aloes of each two ounces Pure Amber the best Rhubarb of each two Drams dryed Figs Raisins of the Sun Dates stoned Sweet-Almonds Grains of the Pine of each an ounce Of the best Aqua vitae to the quantity of them all of the best hard Sugar a pound of white Honey half a pound then adde the root of Gentian flowers of Rosemary Pepper-wort the root of Briony Sowbread Wormwood of each half an ounce Now before these are distilled quench gold being made red hot oftentimes in the foresaid water put therein oriental Pearls beaten small an ounce and then distil it after 24 hours infusion This is a very Cordiall water good against faintings and infection Aqua imperialis is made thus Take of the rind of Citrons dryed Take of the rind of Oranges dryed Nutmeg Cloves Cinnamon of each two ounces the roots of Flower-de-luce Cyprus Calamus aromaticus Zedoary Galingall Ginger of each half a pound of the tops of Lavender Rosemary of each two handfull the leaves of the Bay-tree Marjoram Balm Mints Sage Thyme flower of Roses white Damask of each half a handfull Rose-water four pints the best White-wine a gallon Bruise what must be bruised then infuse them all 24 hours after which distill them This is of the same vertue as the former Aqua Mirabilis is made thus Take of Cloves Galingall Cubebs Mace Cardamums Nutmegs Ginger of each a dram the juice of Salendine half a pint Spirit of Wine a pint White-wine three pints Infuse all these 24 hours and then distill off two pints by an Alembick This water is very good against wind in the stomach and head Dr. Stephens water is made thus Take a Gallon of Gascoign Wine Ginger Galingale Cinnamon Nutmegs Grains Anniseeds Fennell seeds Carroway seeds of each a dram Sage Red Mints Red Roses Thyme Pellitory Rosemary Wild Thyme Camomil Lavender of each a handfull Beat the spices small and bruife the Hearbs letting them macerate twelve hours stirring them now and then distill them by an Alembick or copper Still with its refrigeratory keep the first pint by it self and the second by it self Note that the first pint will be the hotter but the second the stronger of the ingredients This water is well known to comfort all the principal parts A famous Surfet Water Take of red Poppie cakes after the water hath been distilled from them in a cold Stil not over dryed two pound pour upon them of the water of red Poppie a gallon and 〈◊〉 Canary wine three pints adde to them of Coriander seeds bruised four ounces of Dill seed bruised two ounces of cloves bruised half an ounce of Nutmegs sliced an ounce of Rosemary a handful three Orenges cut in the middle distill them in a hot Still to the water put the juice of six Orenges and hang in it half an ounce of Nutmegs sliced and as much Cinamon bruised two drams of cloves a handfull of Rosemary cut small sweet Fennell seeds bruised an ounce of Raisins in the Sun stoned half a pound being all put into
a bag which may be hanged in the Water the vessell being close stopt the space of a month and then be taken out and cast away the Liquor thereof being first pressed out into the foresaid Water This Water is of wonderfull vertue in Surfets and Pleurisies composeth the Spirits causeth rest helpeth digestion if two or three or four ounces thereof be drunk and the patient compose himself to rest A Pectorall Water Distill green hysop in a cold Still till you have a gallon and half of the Water to this put four handfull of dryed Hysop a handfull of Rue as much of Rosemary and Hore-hound Elecampanie-root bruised and of Horse-radish root bruised of each four ounces of Tobacco in the leaf three ounces Anniseed bruised two ounces twoâ—quarts of Canary wine let them all stand in digestion two days then distill them and in the water that is distilled put half a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned of Licorish two ounces sweet Fennel seeds bruised two ounces and a half Ginger sliced an ounce and a half and let them be infused in Frigido the space of ten days then take them out This water sweetned with Sugar-candie and drunk to the quantity of three or four ounces twice in a day is very good for those that are ptificall it strengtheneth the Lungs attenuates thick flegm opens obstructions and is very good to comfort the stomach A very excellent water against the worms Take of Wormseed bruised eight ounces the shavings of Harts horne two ounces of Peach flowers dryed an ounce of Aloes bruised half an ounce pour on these the water of Tansie Rue Peach flowers and of Wormwood of each a pint and half let them being put into a glass vessell be digested the space of three dayes then distill them cohobate this water three times This water is very excellent against the worms it may be given from half an ounce to three ounces according to the age of the patient A Water against the Convulsions Take of Ros vitrioli which is that water that is distilled from Vitriall in the calcining thereof two quarts in this put of Rue a handfull of Juniper berries bruised an ounce of Bay berries bruised half an ounce Piony berries bruised six drams Camphire two drams Rhubarb sliced an ounce digest these four days in a temperate Balneo then distill them in a glass vessel in ashes and there will come over a water of no small vertue It cures convulsions in children especially it helps also the Vertigo the Hystericall passion and Epilepsie it is very excellent against all offensive vapours and wind that annoys the head and stomach It may be taken from two drams to two ounces An Hydropicall water Take of Wormwood Broom blossomes of each a like quantity bruise them and mix with them some leaven and let them stand in fermentation in a cold place the space of a week then distill them in a cold Still till they be very dry Take a gallon of this water and half a gallon of the Spirit of Urine pour them upon two pound of dryed Broom blossoms half a pound of Horse Radish roots dryed three ounces of the best Rhubarb sliced two ounces of sweet Fennell seed bruised and an ounce and an half of Nutmegs let them digest a week being put into a glass vessell in a temperate Balneo then press the Liquor hard from the feces put this Liquor in the said vessell again and to it put three ounces of sweet Fennel seeds bruised Licorish sliced two ounces digest them in a gentle heat the space of a week then pour it off from the feces and keep it close stopt This water being drank from the quantity of an ounce to four ounces every morning and at four of the clock in the afternoon doth seldome fail in curing the dropsie it strengtheneth also the Liver is very good against gravel in the back stone cures the Scurvy Gout and such diseases as proceed from the weakness and obstructions of the Liver A Water against the Colick Take of Aniseed three ounces Cummin seed three drams Cinnamon half an ounce Mace Cloves Nutmeg of each a dram Galingall three drams Calamus Aromaticus dryed half an ounce The dryed rind of Orenges two ounces Bay berries half an ounce Let all these being bruised be macerated in six pints of Mallago wine 48 hours then be distilled in Balneo till all be dry This water being dranke to the quantity of an ounce or two at a time doth ease the gripings of the belly and stomach very much A Water against the Vertigo and Convulsions Take of black cherries bruised with their kernels a gallon of the flowers of Lavander three handful half an ounce of white Mustard seed bruised mix these together then put some ferment to them and let them stand close covered the space of a week then distill them in Balneo till all be dry This water being dranke to the quantity of an ounce or two or three doth much relieve the weaknesse of the head and helps the Vertigo thereof as also strengthen the sinews and expell windiness out of the head and stomach A compound Water of Burre root causing sweat Take the root of the great Burre fresh Swallow wort fresh The middle rind of the root of the Ash tree of each two pound cut them small and infuse them 24 hours in the best White wine and Rue vinegar of each five pints then distill them in Balneo til all be dry put to the water as much of the Spirit of Sulphur per Campanam as wil give it a pleasant acidity and to every pint of the water put a scruple and a half of Camphire cut small and tyed up in a bag which may continually hang in the water This was a famous water in Germany against the plague pestilence and Epidemical diseases it causeth sweat wonderfully if two or three ounces thereof be drank and the patient compose himself to sweat Another excellent Sudorifick and plague water Take of the best spirit of Wine a gallon Andromachus treacle six ounces Myrrhe two ounces The roots of Colts-foot three ounces Sperma Cett Terra Sigillata of each half an ounce The root of swallow wort an ounce Dittany Pimpernel Valerian root of each two drams Camphire a dram Mix all these together in a glass vessell and let them stand close stopt the space of eight dayes in the Sun Let the Patient drink of this a spoonful or two and compose himself to sweat Dr. Burges his plague water Take three pints of Muscadine and boil in it Sage and Rue of each a handfull till a pint be wasted then strain it and set it over the fire again put therto a dram of long Pepper Ginger and Nutmeg of each half an ounce being all bruised together then boil them a little and put thereto half an ounce of Andromachus treacle and three drams of Mithridate and a quarter of a pint of the best Angelica water This water which as saith
the Author must be kept as your life and above all earthly treasure must be taken to the quantity of a spoonful or two morning and evening if you be already infected and sweat thereupon if you be not infected a spoonful is sufficient half in the morning and half at night all the plague time under God saith the Author trust to this for there was never man woman or child that failed of their expectation in taking of it This is also of the same efficacy not only against the plague but pox measles surfets c. Crollius his Treacle water Camphorated Take of Andromachus his Treacle five ounces The best Myrrhe two ounces and half The best Saffron half an ounce Camphire two drams Mix them together then pour upon them ten ounces of the best spirit of wine and let them stand 24 hours in a warm place then distill them in Balneo with a graduall fire cohobate the spirit three times This spirit causeth sweat wonderfully and resists all manner of infection It may be taken from a dram to an ounce in some appropriate Liquor A distilled Treakle Vinegar Take of the roots of Bistort Gentian Angelica Tormentill of each ten drams Pimpernell Bay berries Juniper berries of each an ounce Nutmeg five drams The shavings of Sassafras two ounces Zedoary half a dram White Sanders three drams The leaves of Rue Wormwood Scordium of each half a handfull The flowers of Wall-flower Buglosse of each a handful and half Andromachus Treacle Mithridate of each six drams Infuse them all in three pints of the best White wine vinegar the space of eight dayes in Frigido in glass vessels then distill them in Balneo This Spirit is very good to prevent them that are free from infection and those that are already infected from the danger thereof if two or three spoonful thereof be taken once in a day with sweating after for those that are infected but without sweating for others An excellent water against the Stone in the Kidneys Take of the middle rind of the root of Ash bruised two pound Juniper berries bruised three pound Venice turpentine that is very pure 2 pound and a half Put these into twelve pints of spring water in a glass vessell well closed and there let them putrifie in horse dung for the space of three months then distill them in ashes and there will come forth an oil and a water separate the one from the other Ten or twelve drops of this oil being taken every morning in four or six spoonfuls of the said water dissolves the gravell and stone in the kidneys most wonderfully Another water for the same use Take the juice of Radish Lemmons of each a pound and half Waters of Betony Tansey Saxifrage and Vervin of each a pint Hydromell and Malmsey of each two pound In these Liquors mixed together infuse for the space of four or five days in a gentle Balneo Juniper berries ripe and newly gathered being bruised three ounces the seed of Gromel Bur-dock Radish Saxifrage Nettles Onions Anise and Fennell of each an ounce and half the four cold seeds the seed of great Mallows of each six drams the Calx of Eg-shels Cinnamon of each three drams of Camphire two drams let all be well strained and distilled in ashes Two ounces of this water taken every morning doth wonderfully cleanse the Kidneys provoke Urine and expell the Stone especially if you calcine the feces and extract the Salt thereof with the said Water To make an excellent Wound water Take Plantain Rib-wort Bone-wort wild Angelica Red-mints Betony Egrimony Sanacle Blew-bottles White-bottles Scabius Dandelion Avens Honey-suckle leaves Bramble buds Hawthorn buds and leaves Mugwort Dasie roots leaves and flowers Wormwood Southernwood of each one handfull Boil all these in a pottle of White wine and as much Spring water till one half be wasted and when it is thus boiled strain it from the hearbs and put to it half a pound of hony and let it boil a little after then put it into bottles and keep it for your use Note that these hearbs must be gathered in May only but you may keep them dry and make your water at any time This water is very famous in many Counties and it hath done such cures in curing outward and inward Wounds Imposthumes and Ulcers that you would scarce beleeve it if I should recite them to you also it is very good to heal a sore mouth The Patient must take three or four spoonfuls thereof morning and evening and in a short time he shall finde ease and indeed a cure unless he be so farre declined as nothing almost can recover him If the wound be outward it must be washed therewith and linnen cloths wet in the same be applyed thereto Dr. Matthias his Palsie water is made thus Take of Lavender flowers a gallon pour upon them of the best spirit of wine three gallons the vessell being close stopped let them be macerated together in the Sun for the space of six days then distill them in an Alembick with its refrigeratory then take the flowers of Sage Rosemary Betony of each a handfull Borage Bugloss Lillie of the valley Cowslips of each two handfuls Let all the flowers be fresh and seasonably gathered and macerated in a gallon of the best spirits of Wine and mixed with the aforesaid spirit of Lavender adding then the leaves of Balm Motherwort Orange tree newly gathered the flowers of Stechados Oranges Bay berries of each an ounce After a convenient digestion let them be distilled again then adde the outward rinds of Citrons six drams the seed of Piony husked six drams Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Cardamums Cububs of yellow Sanders of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes one dram the best Jujubs the kernels taken out half a pound Let them be digested for the space of six week then strain and filtre the Liquor to which adde of prepared Pearl two drams prepared Emrald a scruple Amber Gryse Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders of each an ounce Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dryed of each a dram Let all these species be tyed in a silken bag and hanged in the foresaid spirit A Scorbuticall water or a compound water of Horse radish is made thus Take the leaves of both sorts of Scurvie-grass being made very clean of each six pound let these be bruised and the juice pressed forth to which adde the Juice of Brook-lime Water-cresses of each half a pound of the best White wine eight pints twelve whole Lemons cut of the fresh roots of Briony four pound Horse Radish two pound of the bark of Winteran half a pound of Nutmegs four ounces Let them be macerated three days and distilled Three or four spoonfuls of this water taken twice in a day cures the Scurvy presently Spirit of Castor is made thus Take of fresh Castoreum two ounces flowers of Lavender fresh half an ounce Sage Rosemary of each two drams Cinnamon three drams Mace Cloves of each a dram the best
rectified Spirit of Wine three pints Let them be digested in a Glass two parts of three being empty stopt close with a bladder and Cork two dayes in warm ashes then distill the spirit in Balneo and keep it in a glass close stopt If you would make it stronger take a pint of this spirit and an ounce of the powder of Castoreum put them into a glasse and digest them into a cold place for the space of ten dayes and then strain out the Spirit This spirit is very good against fits of the Mother passions of the heart which arise from vapours c. Bezoard water is made thus Take of the leaves of the greater Sallandine together with the roots thereof three handfuls and a half Rue two handfuls Scordium four handfull Dittany of Crete Carduus of each a handfull and half Root of Zedoary Angelica of each three drams The outward rind of Citrons Lemmons of each six drams The flower of Wall-gilly-flower an ounce and half Red Roses the lesser Centory of each two drams Cinnamon Cloves of each three drams Andromachus his Treacle three ounces Mithridate an ounce and half Camphire two scruples Trochisces of Vipers two ounces Mace two drams Lignum aloes half an ounce Yellow Sanders a dram and half The seeds of Carduus an ounce Citron six drams Cut those things that are to be cut and let them be macerated three days in the best Spirit of Wine and Muscadine of each three pints and half vinegar of Wall gilly-flowers and the juice of Lemmons of each a pint let them be distilled in a glazed vessell in Balneo After half the Liquor is distilled off let that which remains in the vessell be strained through a linnen cloth and vapoured away to the thickness of honey which may be called A Bezoard Extract This water is a great Cordial and good against any infection To make a specificall Sudorifick Take of Ginger a pound long Pepper and black Pepper of each half an ounce of Cardamums three drams of Grains an ounce powder them and put them into a glass with half an ounce of the best Camphire distilled vinegar two pound digest them a month then separate the vinegar by expression which must putrefie a month and then be circulated for the space of a week then filter it and thou hast as powerfull a Sudorifick as ever was or can be made The dose is from a dram to half an ounce and to be drank in a draught of posset-drink Treacle-water is made thus Take of the juice of the green shales of Walnuts four pound the juice of Rue three pints Carduus Marygold Balm of each two pints the root of Butter-burre fresh a pound and half Burre Angelica Master-wort fresh of each half a pound the leaves of Scordium four handfull old Andromachus treacle Mithridate of each eight ounces the best Canary twelve pints the sharpest Vinegar six pints the juice of Lemmons two pints Digest them two days in horse dung the vessell being close stopped then distill them in sand Aqua Mariae is made thus Take of Sugar candid one pound Canarie Wine six ounces Rose water four ounces Make of these a Syrup and boil it well to which adde of Aqua Imperialis two pints Amber gryse Musk of each eighteen grains Saffron fifteen grains yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Imperialis two drams The Mother water commonly called Hystericall water is made thus Take of the juice of the root of Briony four pound the leaves of Rue Mugwort of each two pound Savin dryed three handfull Mother-wort Nippe Penny-royall of each two handfull Garden basill Cretensian Dittany of each a handfull and half the rind of yellow Oranges fresh four ounces Myrrhe two ounces Castoreum an ounce the best Canary wine twelve pints Let them be digested four dayes in a fit vessell then distill them in Balneo A vomiting water is made thus Take of the best Tobacco in leaves cut small four ounces Squils two ounces Nutmegs sliced half an ounce put these into three pints of spring water a pint of White wine vinegar distill them in a hot Still or Alembick If thou wouldst have it stronger thou mayest put this water on fresh ingredients and distill it again A little quantity of this water is a most safe and effectuall vomit and may be taken from the eldest to the youngest if so be you proportion the quantity to the strength of the Patient You may dulcifie it with sugar or syrup if you please A vomiting Water made by Platerus Take green Walnuts gathered about Midsummer Radish roots of each bruised two parts of distilled Wine vinegar four parts digest them five dayes then distill them in Balneo This being taken to the quantity of two spoonfull or three causeth easie Vomiting A distilled water that purgeth without any pain or griping Take of Scammony an ounce Hermodactyls two ounces the seeds of Broom of the lesser Spurge of Dwarf Elder of each half an ounce the juice of Dwarf Elder of wild Asses cucumber of black Hellebore the fresh flower of Elder of each an ounce and half Polypodium 6 ounces of Sene 3 ounces Red sugar 8 ounces common distilled Water 6 pints Let all these be bruised and infused in the water 24 hours then be distilled in Balneo This water may be given from 2 drams to 3 ounces and it purgeth all manner of humours opens all obstructions and is pleasant to be taken and they whose stomachs loath all other physick may take this without any offence After it is distilled there may be hanged a little bag of Spices in it as also it may be sweetned with sugar or any opening syrup A specificall Liquor against the tooth-ach Take of oil of Cloves well rectified half an ounce in it dissolve half a dram of Camphire adde to them of the Spirit of Turpentine four times rectified in which half a dram of Opium hath been infused half an ounce A drop or two of this Liquor put into a hollow tooth with some lint easeth the tooth-ach presently Of MINERALS BOOK III. Spirit of Salt is made thus TAke of the best Bay-salt as much as you please let it be dissolved in spring water and filtred mix with this brine in a Copper vessell of the powder of Bricks or Tiles twice or thrice as much as the Salt before its dissolution was in weight let the water vapour away over the fire continually stirring of it untill it be dry Then put this powder into a glass Retort well luted or an earthen Retort and put it into a Furnace a large Receiver joined to it according to art then give fire to it by degrees untill it will bear an open fire for the space of 12 hours Thou shalt have a very acid oil or spirit in the Receiver That Liquor being put into a little Retort in sand may be rectified by the vapouring away of the flegm then keep it for use in a glass very well stopt that no air goe in Spirit of Salt
specificall liquor A Water and Oyl made out of Hair Fill an earthen Retort with hair cut small set it over the fire and fit a Receiver to it and there will come over a very stinking Water and Oyl This water and Oyl is used in Germany to be sprinkled upon fences and hedges to keep wild and hurtfull Cattle from coming to do harm in any place for such is the stink of this liquor that it doth affright them from coming to any place near it Water of Milk is made thus Take of what Milk thou pleasest a gallon in it dissolve half a pound of salt and put to it two handful of Plantain and an ounce of Licorish sliced then distil it in a hot Stil with a gentle fire This water is of excellent use in hot distempers of the Lungs and Kidneys You may put in other ingredients according to the use you would have it for An excellent compound water of Milk for any inflammations in the eyes Take of womans milk a pint of white Copperas a pound distil them in ashes Note that assoon as thou perceivest any sharp spirit to come off then cease Let inflamed eyes be washed three or four times in a day with this water and it helpeth them wonderfully Spirit of Vrine is made thus Take of the Urine of a young man drinking much wine as much as you please let it stand in glass vessels in putrefaction 40 dayes then pouring it from its feces distil it in a glass gourd in sand til all be dry then cohobate the said spirit on the Caput Mortuum three times then distill it in a gourd of a long neck and there will ascend besides the spirit a crystalline salt which thou mayest either keep by it self being called the volatile salt of Urine or mix it with its spirit which will thereby become very penetrating if they be digested for some days together Note that the pipe of the head must be wide or else the volatile salt will soon stop it Note that this salt is so penetrating that it penetrateth the body of the glass This Spirit by rectification may be made so pure and subtle that it will burn as fire and dissolve gold and precious stones This being often applyed to any place pained with the gout easeth it presently it also quickens any part that is benummed The salt volatile is Helmonts famous Medicine for the Jaundies A compound Spirit of Vrine Take of Hungarian Vitriall a pound the Urine of a Boy that is healthy four pints put these into a glass vessel well closed that three parts of four may be empty digest them in Balneo for the space of a month then distil them in ashes til all be dry This spirit is of great vertue in the Epilepsie Gout Dropsie Convulsions being taken from two drams to half an ounce in some specifical Liquor To make a spirit of Honey Take good strong stale Mead otherwise called Metheglin as much as thou pleasest distil it in a Copper Stil or Alembick with its refrigeratory and it wil yeeld a spirit like Aqua vitae The quintessence of honey is made thus Take of the purest Honey two pound of Fountain water one pound boyl these together til the water be boyled away taking off all the scum that riseth then take the Honey and put it into a glass four parts of five being empty close it well and set in digestion a whole year and thou shalt have the essence of Honey swimming on the top in form of an Oyle being of as fragrant smel as any thing in the World the flegm wil be in the middle and the feculent matter in the bottome of a dark colour and stinking smel Some make the quintessence of Honey after this manner Take as much Honey as thou pleasest of the best put it into a gourd of glass first distil off the flegm in Balneo then extract the tincture out from what remains with the said water then calcine the remaining feces and extract from thence the salt with the foresaid water being distilled off from the tincture calcine the salt and melt it in a crucible then let it dissolve in a cellar then again evaporate it away and thou shalt have a most white salt which let imbibe as much of the tincture as it will digest them for three months and thou shalt have an essence of Honey An essence of Honey may be made thus Take of Honey wel despumated as much as you please pour upon it as much of the best rectified spirit of Wine as will cover it five or six fingers breadth digest them in a glass vessel wel closed the fourth part only being ful in a temperate Balneo the space of a fortnight or til the spirit be very wel tinged then decant off the spirit and put on more til all the tincture be extracted then put all these tinctures together and evaporate the spirit till what remains begin to be thickish at the bottome and of a golden colour This is a very excellent essence of Honey and is of so pleasant an odour that scarce any thing is like to it It is so cordial that it even revives the dying if two or three drops thereof be taken in some cordial water A most strong Spirit of the Vinegar of Honey Take a pound of Honey put to it of the best White wine vinegar six pints an ounce of white Pepper bruised smal of the strongest Mustard-seed bruised three ounces put these into a glass vessel that three parts of four may be empty digest them in a temperate Balneo or set the vessell in the sunne for the space of a fortnight then distil them in Balneo and thou shalt have a spirit farre sharper then the common spirit of Vinegar This spirit is stronger and better then any common distilled Vinegar for the dissolving of hard things and extracting the tinctures out of things Oyl or quintessence of Wax Take of the best Wax a pound as much of pure sand well washed from al its impurity and again dryed First melt the wax and then mix the sand with it very exactly then put them into a glass Retort well coated fit a strong Receiver to it and set it in sand give it fire by degrees continuing it four days which at last must be very strong and there wil come off a spirituous oyl which must be rectified seven times in a glass Retort every time changing the Retort and you shal have a subtle oyl of a golden colour This oyl extracts the vertues out of all flowers presently being set in the sun it is wonderful Balsamical for the cure of wounds or ulcers both inward and outward it also being applyed outwardly easeth all pains quickens any deaded member as in the palfie Water is made out of any flesh thus Take what flesh you please the bloudiest part thereof unwashed being cut very smal and then bruised or if it be a feathered fowl take it being chased up and down until it
store If your Wares grow long and ropy then put a fit quantity of Allum into it work it well together according to Art and it will grow short again THE DISTILLER OF LONDON OR Rules and Directions for Preparing Composing Distilling Extracting and making of rich Spirits Strong-Waters Aqua Vitaes c. CHAP. I. Of Aqua vitae the first sort The greater quantity TAke strong Proof spirit 10 Gallons Aniseeds bruised 1 pound Distil them into strong Proof Spirit according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Aniseeds bruised 1 ounce 4 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art CHAP. II. Aqua vitae the second sort The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds 2 pound Carraway seeds Coriander seeds and 4 ounces Distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Aniseeds 3 ounces and a quarter Caraway seeds Coriander seeds three drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art CHAP. III. Of Aniseed Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Aniseeds the best bruised five pound distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie it according to Art with five pound of white Sugar The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds the best bruised 8 ounces distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie it according to Art with 8 ounces of white Sugar Aniseed water strengtheneth the Stomach breaketh flegm and helpeth digestion It is also excellent agaiust the Tisick and shortnesse of breath and against wind in the Stomach and Body CHAP. IV. Of Angelica Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Angelica roots a pound and a half or Angelica hearb green 7 pound and a half Aniseeds 16 ounces flice the roots thin or bruise them the seeds distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with 5 pound of white Sugar The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Angelica roots 2 ounces and a quarter or Angelica hearb green 12 ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams Slice the roots thin or bruise them and the seeds distill them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with 8 ounces of Sugar Angelica water is very cordiall strengtheneth the Stomach and inwâ—rd parts and is a good Preservative against the plague and other infections CHAP. V. Of Wormwood Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Aniseeds bruised one pound Wormwood common leaves and seeds stript and dry 2 pound distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds bruised 1 ounce and 5 drams Wormwood common leaves and seeds stript and dry 3 ounces and an half distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar half a pound Wormwood water consumeth and breaketh Windel killeth Worms hindereth Vomiting provoketh appetite and strengtheneth the stomach It is also a great Cordiall and is very good against pains of the head proceeding of a cold cause CHAP. VI. Of Balm Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Hearb balm dry â—3 pound Aniseeds 1 pound distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Hearb balm dry 4 ounces and an half Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar eight ounces Balm water is good against the infirmities of the Mother and is very comfortable for women in the time of their pains to take a little of it for the sooner and safer provoking of a speedy delivery It is also a Cordiall and strengtheneth the heart CHAP. VII Of Mint Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Spear Mint dry 3 pound Aniseeds best 1 pound distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Spear Mint dry 4 ounces and 3 quarters Aniseed 1 ounce and 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white sugar what sufficeth Mint water comferteth and strengtheneth the Stomach Heart Liver and Spleen helpeth coneoction and is good against vomiting CHAP. VIII Of Rosemary Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Rosemary stript and dry 30 ounces Aniseeds of the best 16 ounces distil them in to strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Rosemary stript and dry 3 ounces Aniseeds of the best 1 ounce 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Rosemary water is very good against Dysâ—ntery or Bloudy Flux proceeding of a cold cause either drunk or three spoonfuls thereof administred in a convenient Glister It also preserveth from vomiting strengtheneth the Stomach quickneth the Sight and comforteth the Brain CHAP. IX Of Limon or Orange Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Limon or Orange pils dry 30 ounces Aniseeds of the best 16 ounces bruise the pils and seeds distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Limon or Orange pils dry 3 ounces Aniseeds of the best 1 ounce 5 drams bruise the pils and seeds distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Limon watter strengtheneth and reviveth the feeble Spirits aromatizeth the Stomach and is a great Cordiall It also openeth obstructions exceedingly breaketh wind in the Stomach is as an healing Balsam to all the inward parts and is a great Restorative to mans Nature CHAP. X. Of Stomach Water the lesse The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Spear Mint dry Lovage roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 pound Calamus Aromaticus Ginger Sweet Fennell seeds Imperatoria roots Wormwood dry and stript of each 8 ounces Carraway Coriander seeds of each 6 ounces Cummin seeds Cloves of each three ounces Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Spear Mints dry Lovage roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Calamus Aromaticus Ginger Sweet Fennell seeds Imperatoria roots Wormwood dry and stript of each 7 drams Caraway Coriander seeds of each 5 drams Cummin seeds Cloves of each 2 drams and an half Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces CHAP. XI Stomach Water the greater The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Calamus Aromaticus 6 ounces Guaiacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingale of each 4 ounces Citron pils dry Orange pils dry White Cinamon of each 3 ounces Wormwood Common dry Wormwood Roman dry
Spear Mint Rosemary tops Costmary Sweet Marjoram Wild Thyme all dry of each 2 ounces Nutmegs Cinamon of each 2 ounces and an half Cubebs Cardamums of each 1 ounce and an half Sweet Fennell seeds Coriander seeds of each 5 ounces Aniseeds a pound and half bruise them all that are to be bruised Distil them into strong Proof spirit Dulcifie with white Sugar ten pound according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Calamus Aromaticus 5 drams Guaiacum green Bark Avens roots dry Galingale of each 4 ounces Citron pils dry Orange pils dry White Cinamon of each 3 drams and a quarter Wormwood Common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spear Mint Rosemary tops Costmary Sweet Marjoram Wild Thyme all dry of each a dram and half Nutmegs Cinamon of each 2 drams Cubebs Cardamums of each a dram and a quarter sweet Fennell seeds Coriander seeds of each half an ounce Aniseeds 2 ounces 3 drams Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit Dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces according to Art CHAP. XII Marjoram Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Sweet Marjoram dry 3 pound Aniseeds 16 ounces Caraway 4 ounces Calamus Aromaticus 6 ounces bruise them distil and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Sweet Marjoram dry 5 ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams Caraway 3 drams and a quarter Calamus Aromaticus 5 drams bruise them distil and dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces according to Art Marjoram water is good against the infirmities of the Liver and Spleen causeth freenesse of breathing and strengtheneth the Stomach and inward parts CHAP. XIII Vsquebach The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Aniseeds 1 pound Cloves 2 ounces Nutmeg Ginger Caraway seeds of each four ounces distil them into strong proof Spirit according to Art Then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish Raifins solis of each 2 pound bruise the Licorice and Raisins dulcifie with brown Sugar 5 pound stir them well together and so let it stand ten dayes and then being fine draw it off and keep it for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams Cloves a dram and half Nutmeg Ginger Caraway seeds of each 3 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish Raisins solis of each 3 ounces a dram and half bruise the Licorice and Raisins dulcifie with brown Sugar 8 ounces stir them well together and so let it stand ten dayes and then being fine draw it off and keep it for use Vsquebach cureth the infirmities of the lungs warmerh the Stomach and causeth expectoration CHAP. XIV Balsamint Water The greater quantity Take strong proof Spirit what sufficeth Balsamint dry two pound Aniseeds best 1 pound Caraway seeds 4 ouncâ—s Limon pils dry 8 ounces bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit Dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Balsamint dry 3 ounces a dram and half Aniseeds best one ounce 5 drams Caraway seeds 3 drams Limon pils dry 6 drams and an half bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces according to Art Balsamint water comforteth the Stomach and expelleth wind CHAP. XV. Rosa solis The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Cinamon of the best 8 ounces Cloves 2 ounces Nutmegs Ginger Caraway seeds of each 4 ounces Marigold flowers Aniseeds of each 16 ounces bruise them distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish 1 pound Raisins solis Brown Sugar of each 5 pound Red Sanders four ounces bruise che Licorice and Raisins stir them well together and let them stand 12 dayes then being clear it may be drawn for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cinamon of the best 6 drams and an half Cloves a dram and half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway seeds of each 3 drams Marigold flowers Aniseeds of each 1 ounce and 5 drams bruise them distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish an ounce 5 drams Raisins solis Brown Sugar of each 8 ounces Red Sanders 3 drams bruise the Licorice and Raisins stir them well together and let them stand twelve dayes then being clear it may be drawne for use This Rosasolis is good against cold infirmities of the Stomach helpeth digestion and expelleth wind CHAP. XVI Clove Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cloves of the best 10 ounces Aniseeds 16 ounces distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Cloves of the best 1 ounce Aniseeds 1 ounce and 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Clove water helpeth digestion breaketh wind provoketh Vrine comforteth the Heart and strengtheneth the Stomach Liver and all the inward parts CHAP. XVII Cinamon Water Common The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Cinamon of the best 5 pound Aniseeds 10 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 7 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cinamon of the best 8 ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 12 ounces CHAP. XVIII Cinamon water Proper The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cinamon best large ten pounds distil them into Proof spirit according to Art take white Sugar 12 pound and an half Rose water four pound make them into a Syrup and dulcifie therewith according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Cinamon best large 16 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art take white Sugar 20 ounces Rose water 6 ounces 3 drams make them into Syrup and dulcifie therewith according Art Cinamon water is good against loathing of the Stomach and a stinking breath It also strengtheneth the Heart Liver Lungs and Spleen and comforteth the Brain and Sinews CHAP. XIX Sweet Fennell seed Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons sweet Fennell seeds five pound Caraway seeds 4 ounces Aniseeds 16 ounces distil them into Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Sweet Fennell seeds 8 ounces Caraway seeds 3 drams Aniseeds an ounce and five drams distil them into Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Fennell water is good against the naseousnesse of the Stomach and easeth the pain thereof digesteth Flegm and expelleth Wind. CHAP. XX. Marigold Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Marigold flowers new gathered pickt
clean 2 pecks heaped bruise them Sweet Fennell seeds Aniseeds of each 10 ounces distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar five pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Marigold flowers new gathered pickt clean what sufficeth bruise them Sweet Fennell seeds Aniseeds of each 1 ounce distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Marigold water comforteth the inward parts and is good against infection CHAP. XXI Caraway Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Caraway seeds 30 ounces Aniseeds 10 ounces Rosemary dry 4 ounces Limon pils dry Cloves of each 3 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar five pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Caraway seeds three ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce Rosemary dry 3 drams Limon pils dry Cloves of each 2 drams and an half distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Caraway water is profitable against the cold grief of the Stomach and Bowels comforteth them and breaketh wind CHAP. XXII Nutmeg Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Nutmeg 20 ounces Aniseeds 10 ounces bruise them distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Nutmegs best 2 ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce bruise them distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Nutmeg water comforteth the Spirits discusseth wind Aromatizeth the Stomach causeth a sweet breath and provoketh Vrine CHAP. XXIII Pretious Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit ten gallons Enula Campana Avens Angelica Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus Sassafras Roots of each 5 ounces Zedoary Galingale of each 4 ounces Cassia lignea Lignum Rhodium Yellow Sander of each 3 ounces Citron Orange pils dry of each 6 ounces Cinamon White Nutmegs Maces Ginger of each 5 oun Cinamon best 20 ounces Cloves Cardamums Cubebs of each 2 ounces and an half Sweet Chervile seeds Basil seeds of each 3 ounces and an half Coriander seeds Sweet Fennell seeds of each ten ounces Aniseeds 20 ounces bruise them distil them into Proof spirit and dulcifie with fine Sugar 15 pound according to Art Let it stand till it be fine then draw it off and adde Musk one dram Ambergreese 4 drams then let it clear and draw it for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Enula Campana Avens Angelica Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus Sassafras Roots of each half an ounce Zedoary Galingale of each 3 drams Cassia lignea Lignum Rhodium Yellow Sanders of each 2 drams and an halfe Citron Orange pils dry of each 4 drams and 3 quarters Cinamons White Nutmegs Maces Ginger of each half an ounce Cinamon best 2 ounces Cloves Cardamums Cubebs of each 2 drams Sweet Chervile seeds Basil seeds of each three drams Coriander seeds Sweet Fennell seeds of each 1 ounce Aniseeds 2 ounces bruise them distil them into Proof spirit and dulcifie with fine Sugar 24 ounces according to Art let it stand till it be fine then draw it off and adde Musk 6 grains Ambergreese 24 grains then let it clear and draw it for use Pretious water is good against the Plague and Malignant â—eavers It also comforteth the Spirit strengtheneth the Heart preserveth the Senses and relieveth languishing Nature CHAP. XXIV Wind Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Enula Campana roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 pound Cyprus roots Bark of the roots of Bay tree or as much leaves Sassafras with the Bark Cinamon white of each 6 ounces Calamus Aromaticus Orange pils dry of each 4 ounces Clary Red Mints Calamint Elder flowers Camomile flowers of each 5 ounces Sweet Fennel seeds Caraway seeds Angelica seeds of each 3 ounces and an half Coriander seeds Cardamums Cubebs Grains of Paradise Cloves Ginger of each 2 ounces and a half Pepper long and white of each 10 drams bruise them all grossely distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 10 pound draw it for use when it is perfectly clear The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Enula Campana roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Cyprus roots Barks of the root of Bay tree or as much leaves Sassafras with the Bark Cinamon white of each 4 drams and 3 quarters Calamus Aromaticus Orange pils dry of each 3 drams Clary Red Mints Calamint Elder flowers Camomile flowers of each half an ounce Sweet Fennell seeds Caraway seeds Angelica seeds of each 3 drams Coriander seeds Cardamums Cubebs Grains of Paradise Cloves Ginger of each 2 drams Pepper long and white of each 1 dram bruise them all grossely distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces draw it for use when it is perfectly clear CHAP. XXV Water to procure Sweat The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Butter-bur-roots dry 2 pound Valerian common Roots Aniseeds of each one pound Vincetoxicum roots Sassafras roots with the Barke of each 8 ounces Angelica hearb dry Carduus Benedictus Great Valerian Hearb and Roots all dry Scordium of each twelve ounces Cowslip Marigold flowers of each 10 ounces Juniper Berries 20 ounces bruise them all distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar ten pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Butter-bur-roots dry 3 ounces a dram and half Valerian common Roots Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Vincetoxicum roots Sassafras roots with the Bark of each 6 drams and a half Angelica Hearb dry Carduus Benedictus Great Valerian Hearb and Roots all dry Scordium of each one ounce a dram and halfe Cowslip Marigold flowers of each 1 ounce Juniper Berries 2 ounces bruise them all distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces CHAP. XXVI Surfeit Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Juniper berries two pound Enula Campana Roots dry 1 pound Calamus Aromaticus Galingale of each 4 ounces Wormwood Spear Mint Red Mint all dry of each 2 ounces and an half Caraway seeds Angelica seeds of each 2 ounces Sassafras Roots with the Bark White Cinamon of each 3 ounces Nutmegs Mace Cloves Ginger of each 1 ounce Red Ropy flower 4 pound Aniseeds 2 pound and an half bruise them all distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 10 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Juniper berries 3 ounces a dram and half Enula Campana Roots dry 1 ounce 5 drams Calamus Aromaticus Galingale of each 3 drams Wormwood Spear Mint Red Mint all dry of each 2 drams Caraway seeds Angelica seeds of each a dram and a half Sassafras Roots with the Bark White Cinamon of each 2 drams and a half Nutmegs Mace Ginger Cloves of each 3 quarters of a dram Red Poppy
flower 6 ounces and a half Aniseeds 4 ounces bruise them all distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces CHAP. XXVII Scorbuticall Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Horse Reddish roots dry 2 pound Enula Campana roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 pound Water Winter Garden Cresses Taragon Balsamint Scurvigrasse Garden Wormwood Brookelime Trefoile Water Sweet Chervile of each 6 ounces Arsmart 8 ounces Mustard Bank-cresse Rocket Reddish seed of each 3 ounces Citron Orange pils dry Cinamon White Mace of each 4 ounces Bruise them all distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth for use take 7 parts of this Spirit and 1 part of juice of Limons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Horse Reddish roots dry 3 ounces a dram and half Enula Campana roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Water Winter Garden Cresses Tarragon Balsamint Scurvygrasse Garden Wormwood Brookelime Trefoile Water Sweet Chervile of each half an ounce and three quarters of a dram Arsmart three quarters of an ounce and half a dram Mustard Bank-cresse Rocket Reddish seeds of each 2 drams and an half Citron Orange pils dry Cinamon White Mace of each 3 drams and a quarter bruise them all distil them into strong Proof spirit according to art dulcifie with white Sugar 1 pound for use take 7 parts of this spirit and 1 part of juice of Limons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth CHAP. XXVIII Plague Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Butter-bur-roots dry 1 pound Garden Common Valerian roots dry Angelica roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula Campana Snake-grasse roots of each 6 ounces Contra Yarva Zedoary Galingale of each 4 ounces Rue leaves dry White Horehound Scordium Carduus Benedictus of each 5 ounces Elder flowers Lavender Maces of each 3 ounces Citron pils dry Juniper berries of each 8 ounces Green Walnuts with the husks 1 pound Venus Triacle Mithridate of each 2 ounces Aniseeds best a pound and half Camphire 1 ounce distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 10 pound For use let the party infected take of this water 1 ounce mingled with warm Posset drink or any water proper in that case and be kept very warm and sweat well thereon The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Butterbur roots dry 1 ounce and 5 drams Garden Common Valerian roots dry Angelica roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula Campana Snake-grasse roots of each half an ounce and 3 quarters of a dram Contra Yarva Zedoary Galingale of each 3 drams and a quarter Rue leaves dry White Horehound Scordium Carduus Benedictus of each half an ounce Elder flowers Lavender Mace of each 2 drams and a half Citron pils dry Juniper berries of each 6 drams and a half Green Walnuts with the husks 1 ounce 5 drams Venus Triacle Mithridate of each a dram and half Aniseeds best 2 ounces 3 drams and a half Camphire 3 quarters of a dram distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth For use let the party infected take of this water 1 ounce mingled with warm posset drink or any water proper in that case and be kept very warm and sweat well thereon CHAP. XXIX Lavender Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Lavender leaves dry three pound Lavender flowerrs dry 2 pound Maces half a pound or Nutmegs 1 pound Lavender Coffen dry 2 pound Stoechados half a pound bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Lavender leaves dry 4 ounces 3 quarters and half a dram Lavender flowers dry 3 ounces a dram and half Mace 6 drams and a half Nutmeg one ounce 5 drams Lavender Cotten dry 3 ounces a dram and half Stoechados 6 drams and a half bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into proof Spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces Lavender water helpeth the passions of the Heart Palsies Cramps Apoplexies and restoreth the speech lost CHAP. XXX Sage Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Great Sage dry 3 pound Red Sage dry 2 pound Lavender flowers Sage flowers of each 1 pound Lavender Cotten dry Southernwood dry of each 8 ounces Nutmegs ten ounces Bruise or beat them as is most proper distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Great Sage dry 4 ounces 3 quarters and half a dram Red Sage dry 3 ounces a dram and a half Lavender flowers Sage flowers of each 1 ounce a half and 1 dram Lavender Cotten dry Southern wood dry of each 6 drams and a half Nutmegs what sufficeth Bruise or beat them as is most proper distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces Sage wattr is good for such as are of a cold and flegmatick constitution and for such as are heavy and dull of spirit CHAP. XXXI Ros solis Proper The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Ros solis gathered in due season and clean pickt 4 pound Juniper berries 3 pound Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway seeds of each four ounces Marigold flowers 1 pound Aniseeds 1 pound and an half Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Take hereof 7 pound adde thereto 1 pound of water treated of in the 23 Chapter dulcified Licorice bruised one pound dulcifie with white Sugar ten pound If you adde none of the aforesaid water then in stead thereof take Musk 1 dram Ambergreese 3 drams colour it with the tincture of July flower or Roses what sufficeth according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Ros solis gathered in due season and clean pickt six ounces 3 drams and a quarter Juniper berries 4 ounces 6 drams and a half Sassafras roots with the Bark Caraway seeds of each 3 drams and a quarter Marigold flowers 1 ounce a half and 1 dram Aniseeds 2 ounces 3 drams and a half Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Take hereof ten ounces 1 dram and a half adde thereto 1 ounce 5 drams of water treated of in the 23 Chapter dulcified Licorice bruised 1 ounce 5 drams dulcifie with white sugar what sufficeth If you add none of the aforesaid water then in stead thereof take Musk six grains Ambergreese 18 grains colour it with the tincture of July flower or Roses what sufficeth according to Art Ros soâ—â—s proper openeth obstruction relieveth decaying Nature comforteth the Stomach quickneth Appetite and is good
against the Falling sicknesse CHAP. XXXII Water of Flower The great quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth and put it into a wide mouthed Pot or other Vessell stopt very close Take those severall flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Wood bine Stock gilly flower of all three sorts Damask Musk Roses Sweet Brier flowers Clove July flowers Llilium Convallium Jasmine Citron Orange flowers or pils dry Tillia Flowers Garden Limon Wild Thyme flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder Flowers of each half a pound Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distill them adde to them Aniseeds 2 pound Coriander 1 pound bruise the seeds It were best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the spirit for their more orderly working distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Roses July flowers Elder flowers of each 1 pound after twelve dayes infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar 10 pound and being fine it may be drawn for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon and put it into a wide mouthed pot or other vessel stopt very close take those severall flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the spirit in the pot viz. Cowslips Wood bine Stock Gilly flower of the 3 sorts Damask Musk Roses Sweet Brier flowers Clove July flowers Lilium Convallium Jasmine Citron Orange flowers or pils dry Tillia flowers Garden Limon Wild Thyme flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder Flowers of each 6 drams and a half Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them adde to them Aniseeds 3 ounces a dram and half Coriander 1 ounce 5 drams bruise the seeds it were best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the spirit for their more orderly working distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Then adde to the distilled water Roses July flowers Elder flowers of each 1 ounce 5 drams after 12 dayes infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar 1 pound and being fine it may be drawn for use CHAP. XXXIII Water of Fruits The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Juniper berries 4 pound Quince Pipping parings dry of each 2 pound Limon pils Orange pils dry of each 1 pound Nutmegs four ounces Aniseeds 2 pound Cloves 2 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art to the spirit add Strawberries Raspisses bruised of each 5 pound stir them well together and after ten dayes it being clear may be drawn off then dulcifie with syrup made as is hereafter taught and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Juniper berries 6 ounces 3 drams and a quarter Quince Pipping parings dry of each 3 ounces a dram and half Limon pils Orange pils dry of each 1 ounce 5 drams Nutmegs 3 drams and a quarter Aniseeds 3 ounces a dram and half Cloves 1 dram and a half distil them into Proof spirit according to Art to the spirit adde Strawberries Raspisses bruised of each 8 ounces stir them well together and after 10 dayes it being clear may be dawn off then dulcifie it with syrup made as is hereafter taught and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use CHAP. XXXIV Avens Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Avens roots 4 pound Orris roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace of each 2 ounces Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamine of each 1 ounce Angelica roots 3 ounces Limon pils green half a pound Sweet Fennell seed Aniseeds of each 1 pound Cloves 10 drams Roman Wormwood Mint dry of each 3 handfuls Red Roses Stoechas flowers of each 4 handfuls Sweet Marjoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry of each 6 handfuls Alkermes berries 2 ounces Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with Syrupâ— thus made Take Rose water 4 pound white sugar 10 pound boile it to a syrup hight then strain it and put it to the fire again adde thereto confection of Alkerms 4 ounces Syrup of Gilly flowers 1 pound Ambergreese dissolved in Rose water 1 dram and so let these boil a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gal Avens roots 6 ounces 3 drams and a quarter Orris roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace of each a dram and half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamine of each 3 quarters of a dram Angelica roots 2 drams and a half Limon pils green 6 drams and a half Sweet Fennell seeds Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Cloves 1 dram Roman Wormwood Mint dry of each what snfficeth Red Roses Stoechas flowers of each what sufficeth Sweet Marjoram Balm Barnet Thyme all dry of each what sufficeth Alkermes berries a dram and half Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rose water 6 ouuces 3 drams and quarter White Sugar 1 pound boil it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it to the fire again add thereto Confection of Alkerms 3 drams and a half Syrup of Gilly flowers 1 ounce 5 drams Ambergreese dissolved in Rose water 6 grains and so let these boil a-little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Avens water is a great Cordiall strengtheneth the Spirit comforteth all the inward parts and preserveth from Consumptions and Mesadnesse Additions to inrich these precedent Chapters to which by Numbers these are referred Additions to the first and second Chapters TAke July flowers Roses Poppy and Sanders or any of them severally what sufficeth and inâ—use them in Aqua vitae or Proof spirit till the tincture be be drawn out then draw off the spirit and reserve it close stopt for use When you have occasion to use it take 8 ounces thereof to 7 pound and a half of this water and you will give it a sufficient colour or you may take more at pleasure without inconveniency Additions to the third Chapter The greater quantity Take Aniseeds White Sugar according to Art of each five pound or what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take Aniseeds White Sugar according to Art 8 ounces Additions to the fourth Chapter The greater quantity Take Caraway seeds Coriander seeds of each 3 ounces Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary of each 4 ounces Aniseeds Cassia lignea of each 8 ounces Angelica Rootes 8 ounces or Hearb Angelica 2 pound white Sugar 2 pound and half or what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take Caroway seeds Coriander seeds of each 2 drams and a half Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary of each 3 drams and 3 quarters Aniseeds Cassia lignea of
each 6 drams and a half Angelica roots 6 drams and a half or Hearb Angelica 3 ounces a dram and half White Sugar 4 ounces or what sufficeth Additions to the fifth Chapter The greater quantity Take Cinamon Cubebs of each 4 ounces Sweet Fennell seeds Aniseeds of each 8 ounces Cloves Caraway seeds Nutmegs of each 3 ounces Wormwood dry 10 ounces White Sugar 2 pound and a half or what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take Cinamon Cubebs of each three drams and a quarter Sweet Fennel seeds Aniseeds of each 6 drams and a half Cloves Caraway seeds Nutmegs of each 2 drams and a half Wormwood dry 1 ounce white Sugar 4 ounces or what sufficeth Additions to the sixth Chapter The greater quantity Take Garden Thyme Penny royall of each 3 handfuls Cardamums 2 ounces Sweet Fennell feeds Aniseeds of each eight ounces Balm dry 1 pound Nutmeg Ginger Calamus Aromaticus Galingale Cinamon of each 4 ounces The lesser quantity Take Garden Thym Penny royall of each what sufficeth Cardamums a dram and half Sweet Fennell seeds Aniseeds of each 6 drams and an half Balm dry 1 ounce 4 drams Nutmeg Ginger Calamus Aromaticus Galingale Cinamon of each 3 drams and a quarter Additions to the seventh Chapter The greater quantity Take Spear Mint dry Aniseeds of each one pound Calamus Aromaticus 4 ounces White Sugar 2 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take Spear Mint dry Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Calamus Aromaticus 3 drams and a quarter White Sugar 4 ounces Additions to the eight Chapter The greater quantity Take Sweet Fennell seeds Cinamon of each 8 ounces Aâ—â—seeds Rosemary dry of each 1 pound Caraway 2 ounces Spear Mint dry 2 handfuls White Sugar 2 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take Sweet Fennell seeds Cinamon of each 6 drams and a half Aniseeds Rosemary dry of each 1 ounce five drams Caraway 1 dram and a half Spear Mint dry what sufficeth White Sugar 4 ounces Additions to the ninth Chapter The greater quantity Take Caraway seeds 4 ounces Aniseeds Limon pils dry of each 1 pound White Sugar 2 pound and a half in like manner and quantity make your Composition with Orange pils dry according to Art The lesser quantity Take Caraway seeds 3 drams and 3 quarters Aniseeds Limon pils dry of each 1 ounce 5 drams White Sugar 4 ounces In like manner and quantity make your Composition with Orange pils dry according to Art Additions to the twelfth Chapter The greater quantity Take Cinamon 5 ounces Cloves 2 ounces Limon pils dry 3 ounces Sugar 2 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take Cinamon half an ounce Cloves a dram and halfe Limon pils dry 2 drams and a half Sugar 4 ounces Addition to the fourteenth Chapter The greater quantity Take Sweet Fennell Cinamon of each 5 ounces Nutmeg 3 ounces Sugar 2 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take Sweet Fennell Cinamon of each 4 drams Nutmegs 2 drams and a half Sugar 4 ounces Additions to the fifteenth Chapter Take and adde to the spirit half as much as the rule of every particular Ingredient therein expressed and in stead of Sanders give it the tincture of Roses July flowers or Poppy what sufficeth according to Art Additions to rhe eighteenth Chapter The greater quantity Take Musk Ambergreese of each half a dram White Sugar candy in stead of common white Sugar what sufficeth according to Art In respect that Musk in some cause may give offence to the receiver it is requisite to omit the use there of in some of your water of this kind to serve for such speciall uses The lesser quantity Take Musk Ambergreese of each 3 grains White Sugar Candy in stead of Common white Sugar what sufficeth according to Art In respect that Musk for some causes may give offence to the receiver it is requisite to omit the use thereof in some of your water of this kind to serve for such speciall uses Additions to the ninteenth Chapter The greater quantity Take Sweet Fennell seeds 5 pound Caraway seeds four ounces Aniseeds 1 pound Cinamon eight ounces Cloves 2 ounces Sugar 2 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take Sweet Fennell seeds 8 ounces Caraway seeds three drams and a quarter Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams Cinamon 6 drams and a half Cloves a dram and half Sugar 4 ounces Additions to the twentieth Chapter The greater quantity Take Cinamon Sweet Fennell of each 5 ounces Caraway Cloves of each 2 ounces Marigolds 2 gallons Sugar 2 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take Cinamon Sweet Fennell of each 4 drams Caraway Cloves of each a dram and half Marigolds what sufficeth Sugar 4 ounces Additions to the twenty third Chapter The Syrup for dulcifying the water is thus to be made Take Apricots Quinces Cherries English Currants of each what sufficeth all full ripe and of equall weight when they are thus prepared as followeth The Furnace used in the drawing of the preceding Spirits and waters A Sheweth the bottome which ought to be of Copper C The barrell filled with cold water to refrigerate and condensate the water and oyle that run through it D A pipe of brasse or pewter or rather a worm of Tin running through the barrell E The Alembick set in the furnace with the fire under it Excellent Waters for severall uses CHAP. I. A water to cause Hair faln to grow again TAke Mountain Hysop Mountain Calamint leaves of Southernwood of each two handfuls Canary Wine Urine Hony Milk of each two pound Mustard seed half a ponud bruife what is to be bruised Macerate them three dayes then distil them in Balneo CHAP. II. A water to cause hair taken off never to grow again Take seeds of Henbane bruised 2 pound lay it a while in some moist place then adde great stone-crop half a pound distil it according to Art Another Take bloud of Frogs Terrae Sigillatae Sumach Roses Sorrell Housleeks what is sufficient Macerate them together 24 houres then distil them in Balneo CHAP. III. A water to take away spots in the Face Take Asses Milk four pound White wine 1 pound the inside of two new loaves 12 Egges with the shels Sugar-Candy 3 drams Mix them well together and distil them CHAP. IV. A water against Scabs Take Sorrell water 2 pound Juice of Plaintane Rose water of each 4 ounces Juice of Limons 2 ounces Lytharge 6 ounces Ceruse Sublimate of each half an ounce Sulphure vive 3 drams bruise them that are to be bruised then infuse them 24 houres and after distill them according to Art CHAP. V. A water to preserve the Sight Take Fennell Vervains Eye-bright Endive Betonies Red Roses Venus Hair of each three handfuls Bruise the Hearbs and macerate them 24 houres in white wine as much as is sufficient then distil them in a limbeck in Balneo Another Take Fennell Celandine Sage Rosemary Vervain Rue of each equall parts Prepare as it before CHAP. VI. A water to restore the sight decayed Take
Red Roses a handfull and a half Cassia Lignea Cinamon of each 3 drams for the first distillation then take Turpentine 1 pound Mastick 3 drams pure Rozen 6 ounces Cinamon Cloves of each 2 drams Pomgranate rinds half an ounce Cyprus Nuts 1 ounce and a half White Copperas two ounces Allum 3 ounces Olibanum 4 ounces Sanguis draconis an ounce and a half Aqua Balsam veri 1 pound for the second distillation Afterwards Take Flowers of St. Johns Wort Sage Rosemary Carduus Benedictus Centaury of each 1 ounce Mastick Red Sanders of each 3 drams Wood of Aloes 2 scruples Cubebs one dram Aqua vitae half a pound Burnt Allum White Tartar of each an ounce and a half Myrrhe half an ounce Earth Wormes in powder 1 dram the middle Bark of the Oak 6 ounces Cassia lignea three drams White Copperas 1 ounce Rindes of Pomgranates half an ounce Cinamon 2 drams Flowers of Pomgranates 1 dram Guaiacum four ounces Carpobalsamum Xylobalsamum of each 1 dram Myrtles Mummie of each 2 drams Borax half an ounce Cloves 2 drams Tormentill Gentian of each 2 drams and a half Round Birt-wort This is for the last distillation afterwards adde Burnt Allum half an ounce White Copperas 2 drams Mastick 1 ounce in fine powder and then keep it for use CHAP. XX. A water for hollow Wounds Take Fountain water Red Wine of each 2 ounces an half Red Roses 4 ounces Pomgranat flowers Pomgranate rindes of each 2 ounces and a half Sumach 2 ounces Sage 1 handfull both the Coâ—feries of each a handfull Allum half a pound Sarcocoll 3 ounces Mastick 2 ounces Olibanum 1 ounce Honey 1 pound water of Turpentine a pound and a half Prepare the Ingredients according to Art and then distil them all together in a glasse lembick with a gentle fire CHAP. XXI A water for Wounds and Vlcers Take Calx vive extinct in Fountain water 8 pound Plantain water four ounces Rose water 2 pound Heat all these together afterward let them stand and clear pour forth all the clear to the lembick and put to it Honey 2 pound Allum 1 ounce Borax Mastick of each three ounces Olibanum four ounces the middle Bark of the Oak dryed 3 ounces powder what is to be powdred and distil them according to Art CHAP. XXII A water to make the Teeth white Take the first distilled water of Honey which is white one pound Allum half a pound Sal Nitre White Salt of each one ounce Water of Lentisk leaves 1 pound Mastick two ounces White Vineger White Wine of each 2 ounces Mix and distil them according to Art reserve the water CHAP. XXIII A water against the Colick Take Muscadell or Malmsey four pound Nutmegs Galls of each 1 dram Cinamon Cloves Grains of each two drams Powder the ingredients grossely and infuse them in the wine 24 houres then with a soft fire draw off the water according to Art CHAP. XXIV A water for a cold Stomach Take Citron and Orange pils dryed of each 2 ounces Rosemary Mints of each one handfull Cinamon Cloves Cubebs Cardamums Nutmegs Ginger of each a dram and a half Sage Pennyroyall Thyme of each one handfull Caraway seeds Aniseeds Fennell seeds of each four drams Bruise what is to be bruised and infuse them all the space of 24 houres in Canary wine four pints then distil them in Balneo according to Art CHAP. XXV Water of Sage Compound Take Sage Marjoram Thyme Lavender Epithâ—â—um Betâ—â— of each 1 ounce Cinamon half an ounce Ireos Roots of Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus of each 1 ounce Storax Benjamin of each a dram and a half Infuse them four dayes in four pound of spirit of Wine then distil them in Balneo CHAP. XXVI Lavender water Compound Take flowers of Lavender Lilly of the Valley of each 24 handfuls Piony Tillia Flowers of Rosemary Sage of each half a handfull Cinamon Ginger Cloves Cubebs Galingale Calamus Aromaticus Mace Messelto of the Oak of each a dram and a half Piony roots one ounce and a half of the best Wine what sufficeth infuse them in the Wine two dayes then distil them in Balneo Mariae This water is good against the Falling sicknesse Convulsion fits and the infirmities of the Brain CHAP. XXVII A Pectorall Water Take the Liver of a Calf the Lungs of a Fox of each number 1 Liverwort Longwort Sage Rue Hyssop of each one handfull Roots of Enula Gladiol of each half an ounce Seeds of Anise Caraway Fennell of each half an ounce Flowers of Borage and Buglosse of each two drams infuse them the space of 24 houres in rich old Wine what sufficeth Water of Scabius Carduus Benedictus of each four ounces Hysop 2 ounces then distil it in Balneo Mariae Another Take leaves of Scabius Veronica of each two handfuls Venus Hair Sage Hysop Horehound Liverwort Licorice of each one handfull Flowers of Borage Buglosse Violets of each half a handfull Roots of Enula Campana Licorice Flowers of Ireos of each half an ounce Aniseeds Fennell seeds of each one dram Choyse Cinamon orientall Saffron of each half a dram let them be bruised and cut be digested in water of Scabius Veronica of each one pound water of Hysop half a pound white Wine 3 pound let them digested two days be distilled in Balneo Mariae adde Sugar Candy what sufficeth This water openeth the obstructions of the Liver and Lungs and strengtheneth them CHAP. XXVIII Aqua Splenetica Take roots of Fern 2 ounces roots of Parsley Polypody of each an ounce and a half roots of Round Birt wort Lovage Calamus Aromaticus Acorns of the water of each 1 ounce chosen Rubarb barks of Tamarisk Copperas Ash of each half an ounce Lovage Seeds of Caraway Cummin Anise of each two drams Scolopendria tops of Wormwood Fumiterre Dodder leaves of Agrimony Ceterach of each a handfull and a half Rich Wine 8 pound let them be digested two dayes and then distil them in Balneo Mariae This water strengtheneth the Spleen openeth and provoketh Vrine CHAP. XXIX Aqua Febrifuga Take roots of Vipers grasse Cinquefoil Tormentill Dictamum of each 6 drams Seeds of Citron excorticated Carduus Benedictus Carduus Mariae Sorrel of each half an ounce of all the Sanders of each 1 dram of the Cordiall flowers of each 1 handfull Goats Rue one handfull Harts horn rasped half an ounce pour upon them bruised water of Tormentill Cychorie Carduus Benedictus Carduus Mariae Wild Poppy of each what sufficeth let them be macerated three dayes in a glasse close shut afterward adde Citrons bruised number six Juice of Endive Carduus Benedictus Plantain of each one pound Borage Scordium of each half a pound let them be distilled in Balneo Mariae This water is convenient in Feavers especially malignant Feavers because it driveth away the malignity and resisteth putrefaction CHAP. XXX Aqua Damascena Odorifera Take Ireos Flowers Cloves Cubebs Cinamon Grains of Paradise Calamus Aromaticus of each one ounce Marjoram Thyme
also of its vertue A spirit may be drawn from hence by an ingenious Artist that will smell like Musk or Amber The Sulphur of Vitriall may with spirit of wine be extracted thus Take of the best Dansick Vitriall half a pound dry it by a gentle fire till it be whitish then pour on it of the best rectified spirit of Wine thirty ounces Note that there must come to it no other moisture then the spirit of Wine the glass also must be very dry else you labour in vain then digest it in horse dung the space of a month then decant from the feces the spirit of Wine without any troubling of it then in Balneo evaporate the spirit and at the bottome you will have a yellow liquor of a most wonderfull stipticity This liquor is a famous Anodynum suppressing all noxious vapours whatsoever and causing rest A few drops there may be taken in any specifical Liquor A Sudorificall Water to be used outwardly Take of sublimed Mercury very finely powdered an ounce and half of Euphorbium powdered a scruple spirit of Wine well rectified and Rosewater of each a pound digest them two or three hours in a gentle Balneo the neck of the vessell which must be very long being wel stopt then let them boll a quarter of an hour when the liquor is cold pour it from the feces and keep it in a glass If the back bone be bathed with this Water or the wrist of those that be weak it causeth sweat presently if it be done in the bed By which means diseases that require sweat may be cured Also any pained place by being bathed with this Water is in a little time eased Note that you must not bathe any place above three or four times with it for by being too often used it contracts the skin How to rectifie Oyls and Spirits of Minerals Put the Liquor that is distilled from Minerals into the Retort to which give fire by degrees and the spirit wil rise up into the upper Receiver and the heavy oyl wil go into the middle Receiver which is the biggest of all and into the little Receiver annexed to the end of the middle wil pass some of the spirit which though it passeth into the middle Receiver wil not stay there but goeth beyond it because it finds vent Of ANIMALS BOOK IV. Waters Spirits and Oils simple and compound out of Animals Oyl and Water out of Bloud is made tbus TAke of bloud as much as you please let it stand in putrefaction in a glass vessell close covered the space of forty days then distil it in ashes and there wil come forth a water and oyl extract the salt out of the feces with the said water calcine the salt in a crucible and then dissolve it in the said water and then distil off the water which will be a good rectifying of the water and dry the salt very well which then mix with the foresaid oyl being first rectified and digest them both together for the space of a month To make the Magistery of bloud Take of the purest bloud as much as you please put it into a Pelican that three parts of four may be empty and digest it a month in horse dung in which time it will swell and become as much more as it was when it was put in then distil off the flegm in Balneo and in the bottome will remain the magistery of bloud which must be distilled and cohobated nine times in a Retort in ashes and then it is perfected This Magistery is of excellent vertue which being taken inwardly and applyed outwardly cureth most diseases and easeth pain being very balsamicall Eâ—ixir of Mummie is made thus Take of Mummy viz. of mans flesh hardened cut small four ounces spirit of wine terebinthinated ten ounces put them into a glazed vessell three parts of four being empty which set in horse dung to digest for the space of a month then take it out and express it let the expression be circulated a month then let it run through Manica Hippocratis then evaporate the spirit till that which remains in the bottome be like an oyl which is the true Elixir of Mummy This Elixir is a wonderful preservative against all infections also very balsamicall The essence of mans brains Take the brains of a young man that hath dyed a violent death together with the membranes arteries veins nerves al the pith of the back bruise these in a stone mortar til they become a kind of pap then put as much of the spirit of wine as will cover it three or four fingers breadth then put it into a large glass that three parts of four be empty being hermetically closed then digest it half a year in horse dung then take it out and distill it in Balneo and cohobate the water til the greatest part of the brains be distilled off A scruple or two of this essence taken in some specificall water once in a day is a most infallible medicine against the falling sickness A famous spirit made out of Cranium humanum Take of Crannium humanum as much as you please break it into smal pieces which put into a glass Retort well coated with a large Receiver well luted then put a strong fire to it by degrees continuing of it till you see no more fumes comes forth and you shal have a yellowish spirit a red oyl and a volatile salt Take this salt and the yellow spirit and digest them by circulation two or three months in Balneo and thou shalt have a most excellent spirit This spirit is of affinity with if not the same as that famous spirit of Dr. Goddards in Holborn It helps the falling sickness gout dropsie infirm stomach and indeed strengthens all weak parts and openeth all obstructions and is a kinde of Panacea Another excellent spirit made out of Cranium Harts horn or Ivory Take of either of these if you take Cranium it need not be bruised at all only broke into little pieces if Harts horn or Ivory you must cut them in thin pieces lay it piece by piece upon a net spread upon any vessell being almost full of water cover this net with another vessel very close then make the water boyl and keep it boyling three dayes and three nights and in that time the bones or horns will be as soft as cheese then pound them and to every pound thereof put half a pound of Hungarian vitrial uncalcined and as much spirit of wine as wil make them into a thin paste This paste digest in a vessell hermetically seald the space of a month in Balneo then distil it in a Retort in sand till all be dry and you shall have a most excellent spirit This spirit is of wonderful use in the Epilepsie Convulsions all Feavers putrid or pestilential passions of the heart and is a very excellent Sudorifick This spirit may be taken from the quantity of half an ounce to an ounce in some
Rhene and Seyfrie of Collen Generall against the Turks did always drink of it when they went to fight to encrease magnanimity and courage which it did even to admiration This spirit doth also wonderfully irritate them that are slothfull to Venery It also provoketh Urine even to admiration It doth also wonderfully irritate the spirits that are dulled and deaded with any cold distemper This oyl doth the same effects and indeed more powerfully This oyl doth besides what is spoken of the spirit help deafness exceedingly two or three drops being dropped into the ear after it is wel syringed once in a day for a week together It helpeth also the Eyes that have any film growing on them being now and then dropped into them Another-Aqua Magnanimitatis is made thus Take of Ants or Pismires a handful of their Eggs two hundred of Millepedes i. e. Wood lice one hundred of Bees one hundred and fifty digest all these in two pints of spirit of wine being very well impregnated with the brightest Soot Digest them together the space of a month then pour of the clear Spirit and keep it safe This water or spirit is of the same vertue as the former Water of Dung is made thus Take of any dung as much as thou pleasest whilest it is fresh put it into a common cold Stil and with a soft fire distil it off it wil be best if the bottome of the Stil be set over a vapour if thou wouldst have it be stronger cohobate the said water over its feces several times for we see there is great vertue in dung it makes ground fertil and many sorts thereof are very medicinable A water of Doves dung is made thus Take of Doves dung dryed as much as you please to every pound put a pint of Rhenish wine in which let it steep all night in a gentle Balneo then distil it in a glass gourd in ashes Cohobate this Liquor three times if there be any volatile salt mix it with the water This water is very excellent against all obstructions of the kidneys bladder it helpeth the Jaundies presently two or three spoonful thereof being drank once every morning and evening A Water made of Horse dung Take of the dung of a horse that is fed in the stable as much as you please let it stand two days out of the Sun and out of the wet to every pound of this pour a pint of white wine let them stand in a warm Balneo a fortnight then distil them in a glass gourd in sand cohobate this three or four times if there be any volatile salt mix it with the water This Water is very excellent against the bastard pleurisie stitches wind obstruction of the reins bladder very good in a dropsie jaundies scurvy c. If three or four spoonfuls be taken every morning in the water of Juniper berries it also causeth sweat A Water smelling like Amber made by Paracelsus out of Cow dung Take of Cow dung and distil it in Balneo and the water thereof will have the smell of Amber gryse This water is very excellent in all inward inflammations An excellent Sudorifick made of the young buds of Harts horn Take of the young buds of Harts horn whilest they are ful of bloud and moist bruise them into a paste then mix as much Canary wine as will make a very thin paste distil them in ashes till they be very dry This is an excellent Sudorifick in all burning Feavers and Epidemical diseases if a spoonful be taken by it self or in any appropriated Liquor Oyl out of Bones and Horns is made thus Take of what bones you please reduce them to a gross powder put them into a Retort putting a strong fire by degrees thereunto and there will come forth an oyl and volatile salt both which thou mayest mix together and digest them into an essence the oyl being first rectified with spirit of wine The Water of Swallows against the Falling sicknesse Take of Swallows cut them into pieces without separating any thing from them six ounces of Castoreum cut small an ounce mix them together infuse them 12 hours in half a pinâ— of Canary wine then put them into a glass gourd and distill them in sand till all be dry then cohobate the Liquor three times This water being drank to the quantity of two spoonfull every morning cureth them that have the Falling sickness Oyl out of Egs is made thus Take of the yelks of egs boyled very hard rub them in pieces with your fingers then fry them in a pan over a gentle fire continually stirring them with a spoon til they become red and the oyl be resolved and flow from them then put them into a hair cloth and so presse forth the oyl This oyl cleanseth the skin from any filthinesse contracted by heat it cureth pustles chaps excoriations ring-worms but especially all burnings A Water of the whites of Eggs that will cure a wound without any visible scarre Take as many eggs as you please boyl them very hard then cut them in the middle and take out the yelks filling up the cavities with some of those whites being first bruised into a paste then put both sides of the egg together as before and tye them together with a thread and with a string hang them in the middle of a gourd glass that they touch not the sides stop this glass very close and set it in Balneo and you shall see those whites which were bruised drop down into a Liquor which you must gather up out of the bottome of the glass and keep You will have very little of this Liquor This Liquor applyed to any green wound with a feather cures it presently wheresoever it be without any visible scar It cures most wonderfully all wounds in the eyes A Water of Crabs is made thus Take Crabs or Craw-fish as many as you please break them to pieces then macerate them in water of Sengreen for the space of a day then distil them cohobate the water three times This Water is of singular vertue in all manner of inflammations inward and outward An Oylor Liquor is made out of Crabs eyes thus Take of Crabs eyes very finely powdered five parts oyl of Tartar Per Deliquium six parts This oyl of Tartar must be made of salt of Tartar after it hath flowed in the fire digest them in horse dung the space of a month then coagulate the Liquor and make an extraction with the best rectified spirit of Wine that can be made or else you lose your labour then evaporate the spirit of Wine and there remaines an oyl at the bottome This oyl is of wonderful vertue in all putrid Feavers and such like distempers also in all obstructions especially of the Kidneys Water of Spawn of Frogs is made thus Take of the Spawn of Frogs gathered in March as much as you please put a handful of Salt to every quart and put them into a common cold Still and
make an artificiall Claret wine Take six gallons of water two gallons of the best Cidar put thereunto eight pound of the best Mallago Raisins bruised in a Mortar let them stand close covered in a warm place the space of a fortnight every two days stirring them well together then presse out the Raisins and put the Liquor into the said vessell again to which adde a quart of the juice of Rasp-berries and a pint of the juice of Black cherries cover this Liquor with Bread spread thick with strong Mustard the Mustard side being downward and so let it work by the fire side three or four days then tun it up and let it stand a week then bottle it up And it will taste as quick as bottle-beer and indeed become a very pleasant drink and indeed farre better and wholsomer then our common Claret An artificiall Malmsey Take two gallons of English honey put it into eight gallons of the best Spring water set these in a vessell over a gentle fire when they have boyled gently an hour take them off and when they be cold put them into a smal barrell or run let hanging in the vessell a bag of spices and set it in the cellar and in half a year you may drink thereof To make an excellent aromaticall Hyppocras Take of Cinnamon two ounces Ginger an ounce Cloves and Nutmegs of each two drams of white Pepper half a dram of Cardamums two drams of Musk Mallow seed three ounces Let all these be bruised and put into a bag and hanged in six gallons of Wine Note that you must put a weight in the bag to make it fink Some boyl these spices in Wine which they then sweeten with sugar and then let run through a Hyppocras bag and afterwards bottle it up and use when they please A single Hypocras bag or Manica Hippocratis When you would have this or any other Liquor to be very clear you may use the triple Hypocras bag for what feces passeth the first will stay in the second and what in the second will stay in the last Note that these bags must be made of white Cotton A triple Hypocras bag is only one hanging above another after this manner To make an excellent Hypocras Wine in an instant Take of Cinnamon two ounces Nurmegs Ginger of each half an ounce Cloves two drams bruise these small then mix them with as as much Spirit of Wine as will make them into a paste let them stand close covered in a glass the space of six days in a cold place then presse ouâ— the Liquor and keep it in a glass A few drops of this Liquor put into any Wine giveth it a gallant relish and odour and maketh it as good as any Hypocras whatsoever and that in an instant Note that if the Wine be of it selfe harsh it will not be amisse to sweeten it with Sugar for thereby it is made far more gratefull This also being put into Beer will make it very pleasant and aromaticall Another way to make Hypocras or to make any Wine to tast of any vegetable in an instant Take what Wine you please and according as you would have it tast of this or that spice or any other vegetable of one or more together you may drop a few drops of the distilled oil of the said spices or vegetables into the Wine and brew them well together and you may make in an instant all sorts of Hypocras or other Wines as for example if you would have Wormwood Wine two or three drops of oil of Wormwood put into good Rhenish-wine being well brewed together will make a Wormword Wine exceeding any that you shall meet withall in the Rhenish-wine houses To make a good Rasberry-wine Take a gallon of Sack in which let two gallons of Raspberries stand steeping the space of twenty four houres then strain them and put to the Liquor three pound of Raisins of the sun stoned let them stand together foure or five days bring sometimes stirred together Then pour off the clearest and put it up in bottles and set it in a cold place If it be not sweet enough you may adde some Sugar to it Two other wayes to make it all the year at an instant Take of the juice of Raspberries put it into a bottle which you must stop close and set in a cellar and it will become clear and keep all the year and become very fragrant A few sponfulls of this put into a pint of Wine sweetned well with Sugar gives it an excellent and full tast of the Raspes If you put two or three ounces of the Syrup of Raspes to a pint of Wine it will doe as well but then you need use no other Sugar for that will sweeteen it sufficiently To make Mead or Metheglin that it shall tast stale and quick within a fortnight and be fit to drink To every three gallons of water put one gallon of the purest Honey put what hearbs and spices you please boyl it and skim it well now and then putting in some water When it is sufficiently boyled take it off and when it is almost cold put it into a wooden vessell and set it by the sire side cover it over with Bread spread thick with the strongest Mustard the Mustard side being downwards and so let it stand three dayes and it will worke only put a cloth over it Then tunne it up and after a week draw it forth into bottles and set it into a cellar and after a week more you may drink of it for it will taste as quick as bottle beer that is a fortnight old and indeed as stale as other Mead will in half a year To make a Spirit of Amber-gryse that a few drops thereof shall perfume a pint of Wine most richly Take of Amber-gryse 2. drams of Musk a dram cut them small and put them into a pint of the bâ—st rectified Spirit of Wine close up the glasse Hermetically and digest them in a very gentle heat till you perceive they are dissolved Then you may make use of it Two or three drops or more if you please of this Spirit put into a pint of Wine gives it a rich odour Or if you put 2. or 3. drops round the brimmes of the glasse it will do as well Half a spoonfull of it taken either of it self or mixed with some speciall Liquor is a most rich Cordiall An excellent sweet Water Take a quart of Orenge-flower water as much Rose-water adde thereto of Musk-mallow seeds grossely bruised four ounces of Bâ—njamin two ounces of Storax an ounce of Labdanum six drams of Lavender flowers two pugills of sweet Marjoram as much of Calamus Aromaticus a dram distill all these in a Glasse Still in Balneo the vessels being very well closed that no vapour breath forth Note that you may make a sweet water in an instant by putting a few drops of some distilled oils together into some Rose-water and brewing them well together To
Copper B The head C The barrell filled with cold water to refrigerate and condensate the water and oile that runs through the pipe or worm that is put through it D A pipe of brass or pewter or rather a worm of Tin running through the barrell E The Alembick set in the furnace with the fire under it How to make Aqua vitae out of beer TAke of stale strong-beer or rather the grounds thereof pu it into a Copper Still with a worm distill it gently or otherwise it will make the head of the Still fly up and there wil come forth a weak spirit which is called low wine of which when thou hast a good quantity thou mayest distill it again of it self and there will come forth a good Aqua vitae And if thou distillest it two or three times more thou shalt have as strong a spirit as out of wine and indeed betwixt which and the spirit of wine thou shalt perceive none or very little difference How to rectifie spirit of Wine or Aqua vitae DIstill it in Balneo untill the last drop that comes off be hot and full of spirit Note that every time there will remain in the bottome a quantity as weak as water Note also that every time thou distillest it when thou perceivest that a very weak water comes over thou shalt then end that distillation To make the Magistery of Wine which will be one of the greatest Cordials and most odoriferous Liquor in the world TAke good old rich Canary Wine put it into a glass vessell that it may fill the third part thereof nip it up and set it in a continuall heat of horse dung for the space of four months then in frosty weather set it forth into the coldest place of the air you can for the space of a month that it may be congealed And so the cold will drive in the true spirit of the wine into the Center thereof and separate it perfectly from its flegm That which is congealed cast away but that which is not congealed esteem as the true spirit of Wine Circulate this in a Pelican with a moderate heat for the space of a month and thou shalt have the true magistery or spirit of Wine which as it is most cordial so also most balsamicall exceeding all balsames for the cure of Wounds The form of a Pelican The mattter must be put in at the top which afterwards must be closed up To make another Magistery of Wine that a few drops thereof shall turn Water into perfect Wine TAke of the best Canary Wine as much as you please let it stand in putrefaction forty dayes then distill it in Bâ—lneo and there will come forth a spirit and at last an oil separate the one from the other and rectifie the spirit Set the oil again in putrefaction forty dayes and then distill it The feces that are left after the first Distillation will yeeld a volatile salt which must be extracted without Calcination with the flegm of the spirit purifie it well then impregnate the salt with its spirit and digest them then adde the oil and digest them together till they become a red powder which you may use as it is or else set it in a cellar till it be dissolved into a liquor and a few drops thereof will doe as above said To make an oil of Wine TAke weak spirit of Wine distil it in a Vessel of a long neck then pour on this spirit again upon the flegm distill it again do this severall times and you shall see the oil of the Wine swim on the flegm which flegm you must separate from the oil by a tunnell If this oil be afterward circulated for a month it will thereby become most odoriferous and of singular vertue and good being both very cordiall and balsamicall To extract the spirit out of Wine by the spirit of Wine PUt spirit of Wine well rectified upon Canary on Rhenish Wine so cautiously that it may not mix with but swim upon the Wine let them stand without stirring the space of 48 hours Then will the spirit that is in the Wine rise up and join it self to the spirit that swims on the top which you shall perceive by the weakness of the flegm which you must let run out at a tap which must be made in the bottome of the vessell for that purpose and so be separated from the spirit To make a very subtill spirit of Wine at the first distilling TAke white or wheaten bread as soon as it comes forth of the Oven break it in the middle i. e. the upper side from the lower side and hang it in a Glass vessell over Canary Wine but so that it touch not the wine then cover the vessel and let it so stand untill the bread swell and be sufficiently impregnated with the Spirit of Wine which it will attract from the Wine then take out that bread and put in more till you have a considerable quantity of bread thus moistned Then put this bread into a glass body and distill it in Balneo and you shall have a a very subtile spirit which you may yet rectifie by Circulation By Furnaces and Vessels made after this ensuing figure there may be made four Rectifications of any spirit at once These Vessels may either stand in ashes or in Balneo The manner of Distilling in wooden Vessels A Signifieth the vessel wherein the copper vessell lyeth B The copper vessel part of which is in the Furnace and part in the vessel of wood C The vessel of wood wherein the matter must be that is distilled D The cooling vessel with the worm E The Receiver F The Trefoot whereon the vessell standeth Note that the greater the Copper vessell is and the lesse the woodden is the sooner will the liquor boil This Furnace shews how to draw forth spirits and waters out of vegetables and animals with little cost and in short time A Balneum and a boiling Vessel made of Wood. The vessell on the left hand is for a Balneum the holes in the cover thereof are either to set in vessels over the fume of the water or for the necks of the glasses set in the Balneo to pass through The vessell on your right hand is to boil water in for any use also to brew in The Spirit of any Vegetable is made thus TAke of what vegetable you please two pound macerate it in six Gallons of Aqua vitae or low Wines or Sack for the space of 24. hours then let them be distilled by an Alembick or hot Still putting to every pound of the spirit two ounces of most pure sugar Note that the two first pints may be called the stronger spirit and the rest the weaker spirit or indeed the water but if they be both mixed together they will make an excellent midling spirit for the former hath more of the spirit of wine and the latter more of the vertue and odour of the vegetable
is very good in Feavers putrid also in Hydropicall A Retort and its Receiver before they be set on work A Retort with its Receiver set on work Oil or Spirit of Salt may also be made after this manner Take one part of Salt and three parts of powder of Bricks or Tiles and mix them together and put them into a Retort either of glass or earth to which put fire as before After this manner you may make oil or spirit of Nitre Salt Gem Alum Note that these Salts must first be calcined which is done by exhaling their flegm To turn Salt-peter into a water by a meer digestion Take of Salt-peter powdered very small with it fill the fourth part of a Bolt-head close it well and let it stand in the heat of ashes or sand the space of six weeks and you shall see good part of it turned into water continue it in the said heat til it be all dissolved This is of incomparable use in Feavers and against Worms or any putrefaction in the body and indeed a most rare secret Spirit of Salt-Armoniack Dissolve Salt-Armoniack in distilled spirit of Urine over a moderate heat in this spirit let Bricks beaten into small pieces and made red hot be quenched till they have imbibed all the water then make Distillation in a Retort in sand or in a naked fire This spirit is of greater strength then that is of other Salts Oil or Spirit of Vitriall is made thus Take of Hungarian or the best English Vitrial as much as you please let it be melted in an earthen vessell glazed with a soft fire that all the moisture may exhale continually stirring of it untill it be brought into a yellow powder which must be put into a glasse Retort well luted or an earthen Retort that will endure the fire Fit a large Receiver to the Retort and close the joints wel together then give it fire by degrees till the second day then make the strongest heat you can til the Receiver which before was dark with fumes be clear again let the Liquor that is distilled off be put into a little Retort and the flegm be drawn off in sand so will the oil be rectified which is most strong and ponderous and must be kept by it self Many call that flegm which is drawn off in rectifying the spirit of Vitriall This oil or spirit is very excellent in putrid Feavers resisting putrefaction also it opens all obstructions and is very diureticall A red and heavie oil of Vitrial Take of calcined Vitriall one part flints grossely powdered two parts of these with spirit of wine make a Paste distill it in a Retort and there will come forth a red heavy oil This is to be used rather about metals then in the body only if the scurfe on the head be annointed therewith two or three times in a week it will fall off and the head be cured To dulcifie the Spirit of Vitriall and of Salt Take the spirit of Vitriall or of Salt the best spirit of wine of each half a pound distill them in a Retort together three or four times and they will be united inseparably and become sweet Some put 8 ounces of the best Sugar-candie to these Spirits before they be thus distilled Ten or twenty drops of this compound spirit being taken in any appropriated Liquor is very good in any putrid or Epidemicall disease Gilla Theophrasti or a most-delicate vomiting Liquor made of Vitriall Take of Crystals made out of Copper or Iron dissolve them in the acid flegm that first comes forth in the distilling of common Vitriall circulate them eight days This Liquor must be taken in wine and it causes vomiting instantly and is most excellent to cleanse and strengthen the stomach and to cure all such distempers that arise from thence as salt defluxions Feavers Worms Head-ach and Vertigoes the Hystericall passion and such like The Dose is from a scruple to two scruples Oil of Sulphur per Campanam Take a large iron vessel like a platter over it hang a glass bell that hath a nose like the head of a cold stil fil the lower vessel being narrower then the compass of the bell or head with brim-stone or sulphur inflame it so will the fume which ariseth from thence be condensed in the bell into a Liquor which will drop down through the nose into the Receiver If in stead of this broad vessell you take a large crucible and mâ—â—t in it Salt-peter and cast Sulphur upon it thus meked you shall make a great deal quicker dispatch This spirit is of the same nature and hath the same operations as oil of Vitriall The Oil of Sulphur is made after a more Philosophicall manner thus Take of crude Sulphur as much as you please put it into a melting vessell to be dissolved over the fire being dissolved pour it forth into seething hot water this done ten or more times remembring that the water must be always seething hot and thou shalt see that the Sulphur will be like butter then put it into a Retort pouring on it the best spirit of Wine then distilling it with a soft fire and there will come forth an oil of a golden colour of a good taste and smell which is the true Balsome of Sulphur The oil that swims on the spirit must be separated This oil for the cure of all distempers of the Lungs for all Feavers whether putrid or pestilentiall and the cure of wounds and Ulcers is scarce to be equalled The Essence of Sulphur Take of Sulphur vivum as much as you please dissolve it as well as you can in Aqua fortis made of Vitriall and Salt-peter then evaporate the Aqua fortis and then reverberate the matter till it become very red Extract the tincture with spirit of Wine then digest them till the essence be separated from the spirit like an oil and sink to the bottome This Essence also is of wonderfull vertue against all putrefaction both inward and outward a great preservative against the plague and is wonderfull balsamicall and cureth all sores both old and new even to admiration The oil of Arsenick is made thus Take of Crystalline Arsenick being first sublimed with Colcothar alone as much as you please mix it with an equal weight of the salt of Tartar and Salt-peter and let them be betwixt two little pots or crucibles whereof the upper hath a hole calcined untill no fume ascend The matter being thus calcined dissolve in warm water that you may draw a salt from thence the powder which fals to the bottome imbibe with the liquor of Tartar and dry it by the fire and this thou must doe three times then dissolve the matter in warm water that thou mayest draw out the Salt thereof and there will remain a most white powder and fixed which in a moist place will be dissolved into a liquid matter like oil or butter Aqua fortis or a strong Spirit that will dissolve silver and baser metals
is made thus Take of Vitriall calcined two parts of Nitre one part grind and mix them well together and put them into a glasse Retort coated or earthen Retort that will endure the fire and set them into the Furnace in an open fire and then having fitted a large Receiver distill it by degrees the space of 24 hours then rectifie the water or spirit in sand Aqua Regia or Stygia or a strong Spirit that will dissolve Gold is made thus Take of Nitre two parts Salt Armoniack one part the powder of flints three parts put them into a glass Retort coated or earthen Retort that will endure the fire distill them by degrees over a naked fire for the space of 12 hours take it out and rectifie it This water will dissolve gold Another Aqua regia is made thus Take of spirit of Nitre as much as you please put a dram of crude Nitre to every ounce of it and it will be as strong as any Aqua regia This water will dissolve gold To make a most strong and vehement Aqua fortis Take of the strongest Aqua fortis that you can get and well rectified a pound of Mercury sublimed four ounces salt Armoniack twenty ounces mix all these together Oil or Butter of Antimony is made thus Take of crude Antimony as much as you please of sublimed Mercury a like quality make them both into a very fine powder and mix them and put them into a glass Retort the neck whereof must be large Give fire by degrees in a close reverberatory or let the Distillation be made in sand There will distill into the Receiver a fatnesse part whereof sticking to the neck of the Retort will melt by a light fire being put to it That fatness may be rectified in a Retort and either be kept by it self as it is or set in a cellar or moist place and be resolved into a Liquor This oil might be washed in good store of water and then there will settle to the bottome a white powder which being oft washed in fair water till all the sharpness is gone is then called Mercurius vitae six or seven grains whereof is an excellent vomiting medicine A Furnace for a close Reverberation furnished with its Retort and Receiver A Shews the Furnace B The Retort C The Receiver D The Vessell filled with cold water How to make a water out of Antimony whereof a few drops shall purge or sweat and which hath neither smell or scarce any taste Take flowers of Antimony sublime them with salt Armoniack six or seven times then wash away the Salt with warm water and dry the powder which then lay thin on a Marble in a cellar till it be dissolved which will be in six weeks time This water if it be taken to the quantity of twenty drops will purge if in a lesser quantity it will sweat To make an oil or quintessence of Metals Dissolve what Metall or Minerall you please in a strong spirit of Salt except silver which must be dissolved in Aqua fortis draw off the flegm in Balneo pour on rectified spirit of Wine digest them so long till a red oil swim above which is the quintessence of metals and minerals and is a very great secret The true Spirit of Antimony is made thus Take of the subtile powder of the Regulus of Antimony as much as you please sublime it of it self til it wil sublime no more stil putting what is sublimed to that which remains at the bottom or with salt Armoniack six or seven times remembring that then you must dulcifie it with warm water by dissolving therewith the salt and dry the Precipitate afterwards Set this fixed powder in a cellar laying it very thin upon a marble stone and in about six weeks or two months it will all be dissolved into water which must be filtred Then evaporate part of this water and let it stand two or three dayes in the cellar to crystallize These Crystals purifie and dry Mix them with three times the quantity of the gross powder of Tiles and distill them in a Retort and there will come forth first a white spirit and then a red which you may rectifie in Balneo The true Oil or Essence of Antimony is made thus Take of the foresaid Crystals dissolve them in good rectified spirit of wine digest them two months in Balneo or horse dung then evaporate the spirit of wine and there will remain in the bottom the true oil or essence of Antimony Then take new Crystals of Antimony and let them imbibe either this oil or the foresaid spirit till they will imbibe no more then digest them two months in sand and they will become a flowing fixt salt and of excellent vertue The aforesaid spirit this oil and essence of Antimony may be equalized to Aurum potabile to all intents and purposes according to a Medicinall use especially the sixt Essence The dose is five or six grains A burning Spirit made out of Lead most fragrant and Balsamicall Take the Calx of Saturn or else Minium pour upon it so much spirit of Vinegar that may cover it four fingers breadth digest them in a warm place the space of twenty four hours often stirring them that the matter settle not too thick in the bottome then decant the Menstruum and pour on more digest it as before and this do so often untill all the saltness be extracted Filter and clarifie all the Menstruum being put together then evaporate it half away and set the other part in a cold place till it crystallize These Crystals dissolve again in fresh spirit of Vinegar filter and coagulate the Liquor again into Crystals and this doe so often untill they be sufficiently impregnated with the salt Armoniack of the Vinegar as with their proper ferment Digest them in a temperate Balneo that they may be resolved into a Liquor like oil Then distil this Liquor in sand in a Retort with a large Receiver annexed to it and well closed that no spirits evaporate together with the observation of the degrees of the fire then there wil distil forth a spirit of such a fragrant smel that the fragrancie of all flowers and compounded perfumes are not to be compared to it After Distillation when all things are cold take out and cast away the black feces which is of no use Then separate the yellow oil which swims on the top of the spirit and the bloud red oil which sinks to the bottome of it Separate the flegm from the spirit in Balneo Thou shalt by this means have a most fragrant spirit that even ravisheth the senses and so balsamical that it cures all old and new sores inward and outward and so cordiall that the dying are with admiration revived with it They that have this medicine need scarce use any other either for inward or outward griefs How to turn Quick-silver into a water without mixing any thing with it and to make thereof
even as Olive olive and not very corosive keep it from the air or else it turneth into water It is of wonderfull vertue for inward and outward griefs for it hath in it a pure golden Sulphur Common Sulphur mixed with this oil and melted in a strong fire swimmeth like water above and is transparent This oil distilled in a Retort with pure sand in a strong fire yeeldeth a spirit like fire scarce to be contained in any vessel and dissolveth all metals except silver and reduceth pure spirit of Wine into an oyl within a few days To make oyl of Talk Take of the best Talk reduced into very thin flakes make them red hot and then quench them in the strongest Lixivium that Sope-boylers use doe this fifteen times and it will become as white as snow then powder it very small and calcine it by fumigation i. e. by the fume of some very sharp spirit as of Aqua fortis or the like when it hath been thus calcined for the space of a fortnight it wil become somewhat mucilaginous then set it in any heat of putrefaction as it is for it hath imbibed enough of the sharp spirit to moisten and ferment it for the space of two months in a bolt head nipt up then evaporate the acid spirit and dulcifie it with distilled rain water After this extract what thou canst out of it with the best rectified spirit of Wine pour off the solution and evaporate the spirit of Wine and at the bottome will be a most beautiful oyl The oyl is the most glorious fucus or paint in the World To make oyl of Talk another way Take of the foresaid powder of Talk after it hath been putrefied and again dulcified as much as you please put four times as much of the best circulated oyl of Camphire to it digest them in Horse dung till all the powder be dissolved and the oyl become mucilaginous which will be within two months This is for the same use as the former There is required a great deal of pains and care and no small cost in the preparation of these oyls Oyl is made of Bole Armoniack terra sigillata and such kind of clay earths thus Take of either of those earths as much as you please break it into small pieces and put it into a Retort over a naked fire for the space of 12 hours and there will distill into the Receiver which must be large the flegm then white Spirits in a little quantity yet of a grateful taste and smel Oyl out of these kinds of earth is made better thus Take of either of these earths which you please as much as you will pour upon it distilled rain water set it in some warm place for a month or more and the oyliness will separate from its body of its own accord and swim upon the water Separate the water by a tunnel and distil the oyl with five parts of the spirit of Wine well rectified and there will come forth an oyl oyl of a golden colour swimming on the spirit which is a most excellent Balsame Spirit of unslaked Lime is made thus Take of unslaked Lime as much as thou pleasest reduce it into a subtle powder imbibe it with Spirit of Wine most highly rectified which must be pure from all its flegm or else you labour in vain as much as it can imbibe draw off the spirit of Wine with a gentle heat cohobate it 8 or 10 times so will the fiery vertue of the Lime be fortified Take of this levigated Lime 10 ounces pure salt of Tartar one ounce the feces of Tartar after the salt is extracted 11 ounces mix these well together put them into a glass Retort coated see that 2 parts of 3 be empty distill them into two Receivers the flegm into one the spirit into the other which must have a little of rectified spirit of Wine in it to receive the spirit If thou wilt separate the spirit of Wine then put fire to it and the spirit of Wine will burn away and the spirit of the Lime stay behinde which is a kind of a fixed spirit This is a very secret for the consuming the Stone in the bladder and the curing of the Gout Oyl made out of Tile-stones called the Oyl of Philosophers Take of Bricks or Tiles as many as you please break them into small pieces make them red fire hot then quench them in pure old Oyl Olive in which let them lye till they be cold then take them out and grind them very small let the powder be put in a glass Retort coated a fit Receiver being put thereto and distil off the oyl in a naked fire by degrees which being distilled off keep in a viall close stopt This oyl is wonderfull penetrating and is good against all cold distempers whatsoever The Liquor or Water of Corall is made thus Take Salt-Armoniack well purified by sublimation of red Coral finely powdered of each a like quantity sublime them so often till the Corall will no more rise up then take the Calx of Corall that remains in the bottome of the sublimatory and put it on a marble or glass in the cellar to be dissolved that which will not be dissolved sublime again and do as before till all be dissolved and so thou hast the Liquor of Corall Note that if thou wilt have the true tincture of Coral evaporate the humidity of the foresaid Liquor then extract the tincture out of the powder with spirit of Wine which spirit evaporate to the consistency of honey and thou hast a most rare medicine This medicine strengtheneth all the parts in the body and cures all distempers that arise from the weakness thereof To make a Water out of Lapis Armenus that shall have neither taste nor smell a few drops whereof shal purge Take of Lapis Armenus powdered small and calcined as much as you please sublime it with salt Armoniack until it will sublime no more but remain in the bottome of the sublimatory then take it out and lay it very thin upon a marble in a cellar and there let it lye two months and it will be almost all dissolved into a Liquor Or thus Take of Lapis Armenus powdered small and calcined as much as you please pour upon it of distilled Vinegar as much as wil cover it four fingers breadth then set it over a gentle heat stirring of it two or three times in an hour for the space of six hours or thereabouts then the spirit being tinged very blew with the powder filtre off from the feces then pour more spirit of vinegar on the feces and doe as before till the spirit be tinged no more then take all the blew spirit and vapour it away and at the bottome you shall have a salt which you must put into a calcining pot and calcine so long in the fire till no more vapour will arise and it become a dark red powder then put it upon a marble in the cellar for
be wearyed and then suddenly strangled the feathers being plucked off without out putting of it into water and being thus plucked bare and the bowels taken out cut the flesh bones gizard liver heart and pour upon it as much water as will be sufficient with what spices and hearbs thou pleasest then set it over a gentle fire in an earthen vessel glazed the space of 24 houres then put the head upon it and lute it close and there wil distil off a comfortable restorative water Water or Liquor is made out of flesh thus Take of what flesh you please or feathered fowl prepared as before bruise it smal and put it into a copper vessell tinned within side without any water being put to it put a cover to it and lute it close and set it in Balneo or over the vapour of seething water and if the flesh be tender it will be turned into a clear liquor the space of 12 hours if harder it will require a longer time You may put in what spices or hearbs you please to give it a good relish and odour after all is done you may strain it and keep it for use being very restaurative and good for weak stomachs that cannot concoct hard meat If this be digested in a Pelican or bolt head a fortnight it will be far better After this manner may be preserved Snails Worms and such like which are very medicinable A very excellent restorative Liquor Take of the heart lungs and liver of a Calf the same parts of a Fox new killed cut them smal put to them a quart of Shel Snails wel scoured in salt water let them be put into a copper vessel tinned within side and covered close that no vapour come forth set this vessel over the vapour of seething water and in 24 hours or thereabouts they wil be for the most part of them turned into a Liquor of themselves then take out this Liquor and put it into a large Pelican or Bolt-head putting to them a quart of old Mallago wine Rosemary flowers Betony flowers Marygold flowers Marsh wallow-flowers of each a handful half a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned Mace and Nutmeg of each two drams digest all these together the space of a fortnight then pour off that which is clear from the feces and sweeten it with sugar or syrup of Gilly flowers and let the Patient thereof five or fix spoonfuls three or four times in a day This Liquor recovereth the decaying strength wonderfully they that by reason of their weakness can neither eat or digest any manner of common meat will in a short time be sensibly strengthened if they drink a quarter of a pint of this morning and evening It is very good in consumptions and repairs the radical moisture marvellously A Balsame made of Bears fat Take of Bears fat a pound distil it in a Retort and rectifie it three or four times to this thus rectified put the tincture of Rosemary and Sage made with spirit of Wine of each three ounces mix them wel together in these infuse Cloves Cinnamon Saffron Nutmegs of each three drams in warm ashes the space of a night then strain them and put to the oyl four ounces of the best wax melted and mingled wel together This is a most incomparable balsame for the Gout and Palsie The Oyl of Snakes and Adders Take Snakes or Adders when they are fat which will be in June or July cut off their heads and take off their skins and unbowel them and put them into a glass gourd and pour on so much of the pure spirit of Wine wel rectified that it may cover them four or five fingers breadth stop the glass wel and set it in Balneo til all their substance be turned into an oyl which keep wel stopt for your use This oyl doth wonderfull cures in recovering hearing in those that be deaf if a few drops thereof be put warm into the ears A Noble man of Germany that was famous for curing the deaf used this as his chiefest medicine by which they say he cured those that were born deaf The Quintessence of Snakes Adders or Vipers Take of the biggest and fattest Snakes Adders or Vipers which you can get in June or July cut off their heads take off their skins and unbowel them then cut them into smal pieces and put them into a glass of a wide mouth and set them in a warm Balneo that they may be well dryed which wil be done in three or four days Then take them out and put them into a bolt head and pour on them of the best alcolizated Wine as much as wil cover them six or eight fingers breadth Stop the glass hermetically and digest them fifteen days in Balneo or so long til the Wine be sufficiently covered which pour forth then pour on more of the foresaid spirit of Wine til all the quintessence be extracted Then put all the tinged spirits together and draw off the spirit in a gentle Balneo til it be thick at the bottome on this pour spirit of Wine Caryophyllated and stir them wel together and digest them in a Circulatory ten days then abstract the spirit of Wine and the quintessence remaineth at the bottome perfect This quintessence is of extraordinary vertue for the purifying of the bloud flesh and skin and consequently of all diseases therein It cures also the Falling-sickness and strengthens the brain sight and hearing and preserveth from Gray hairs reneweth Youth preserveth Women from Abortion cureth the Gout Consumption causeth sweat is very good in and against pestilential infections Viper wine is made thus Take the best fat Vipers cut off their heads take off their skins and unbowel them then put them into the best Canary Sack four or six according to their bigness into a gallon Let them stand two or three months then draw off your wine as you drink it Some put them alive into the Wine and there suffocate them and afterwards take them out and cut off their heads take off their skins and unbowel them and then put them into the said Wine again and doe as before This Wine hath the same vertue as the foregoing quintessence it also provoketh to Venery and cures the Leprosie and such like corruption of bloud Kunrath's famous Water called Aqua Magnanimitatis Take of Pismires or Ants the biggest that have a sowrish smel are the best two handsuls spirit of wine a gallon digest them in a glass vessel close shut the space of a month in which time they wil be dissolved into a Liquor then distil them in Balneo til all be dry Then put the same quantity of Ants as before digest and distil them in the said Liquor as before doe this three times then aromatize the spirit with some Cinnamon Note that upon the spirit will float an oyl which must be separated This spirit is of excellent use to stir up the Animal spirit in so much that John Casimire Palsgrave of the
and naturall wise in apparent shew that any one would believe verily the same to be naturally corporall when as in truth it is the spirituall Idea endued with a spirituall essence which serveth for no other purpose but to be matched with its fitting earth that so it may take unto it self a more solid body This shadowed figure assoon as the vessâ—ll is taken from the fire returnes to its ashes again and vanisheth away becoming a Chaos and confused matter To make Firre-trees appear in Turpentine Take as much Turpentine as you please put it into a Retort distill it by degrees when all is distilled off keep the Retort still in a reasonable heat that what humidity is still remaining may be evaporated and it become dry Then take this off from the fire and hold your hand to the bottome of the Retort and the Turpentine that is dried which is called Colophonia will crack asunder in severall places and in those crackes or chaps you shall see the perfect effigies or Firre-trees which will there continue many moneths To make Harts-horn seemingly to grow in a glasse Take Harts-horn broken into small pieces and put them into a glasse Retort to be distilled and you shall see the glasse to be seemingly full of horns which will continue there so long till the volatile salt come over To make golden mountains as it were appeare in a glasse Take of Adders egges half a pound put them into a glasse Retort distill them by degrees when all is dry you shall see the feces at the bottome turgid and puffed up and seem to be as it were golden mountains being very glorious to behold To make the representation of the whole World in a Classe Take of the purest salt Nitre as much as you please of Tin half so much mix them together and calcine them Hermetically then put them into a Retort to which annâ—x a glasse receiver and lâ—â—e them well together let there be leaves of gold put into the bottome thereof then put fire to the Râ—tort untill vapours arise that will cleave to the gold aâ—gment the fire till no more fumes ascend then take away the Receiver and close it Hermetically and make a lamp fire under it and you will see presented in it the Sun Moone Stars Fountains Flowers Trees fruits and indeed even all things which is a glorious sight to behold To make four Elements appear in a glasse Take of the subtle powder of Jet an ounce and half of the oil of Tartar made per Deliquium in which there is not one drop of water besides what the Tartar it self contracted two ounces which you must colour with a light green with Vardegrease of the purest Spirit of Wine ringed with a light blew with Indico 2. ounces of the best rectified Spirit of Turpentine coloured with a light red with Madder 2. ounces Put all these into a glasse and shake them together and you shall see the Jet which is heavy and black fall to the bottome and represent the earth next the oil of Tartar made green representing the element of water falls upon that swims the blew spirit of Wine which will not mix with the oil of Tartar and represents the element of air uppermost will swim the subtle red oil of Turpentine which represents the element of fire It is strange to see how after shaking all these together they will be distinctly separated the one from the other If it be well done as it is easie enough to do it is a most glorious â—ight To make a perpetuall motion in a glasse Take seven ounces of Quicksilver as much Tin grinde them well together with fourteen ounces of Sublimate dissolved in a cellar upon a Marble the space of foure dayes and it will become like oil Olive which distill in sand and there will sublime a dry substance then put the water which distills off back upon the earth in the bottome of the Still and dissolve what you can filter it and distill it again and thiâ— do foure or five times and then that earth will be so subtle that being put into a viall the subtle atomes â—hereof will move up and down for ever Note that the viall or glasse must be close stopt and kept in a dry place To make a Luminous Water that shall give light by night Take the tailes of Glo-wormes put them into a glasse Still and distill them in Balneo pour the said water upon more fresh tailes of Glo-wormes do this four or five times and thou shalt have a most Luminous Water by which thou maist see to read in the dark night Some say this Water may be made of the Skins of Herring and for ought I know it may be probable enough for I have heard that a shole of Herrings coming by a ship in the night have given a great light to all the ship It were worth the while to know the true reason why Glowormes and Herring and some other such like things should be luminous in the night To make a vapour in a chamber that he that enters into it with a candle shall thinke the room to be on fire Dissolve Camphire in rectified Aqua vitae and evaporate them in a very close chamber where no air can get in and he that first enters the chamber with a lighted candle will be much astonished for the chamber will seem to be full of fire very subtle but it will be of little continuance You must note that it is the combustible vapour with which the chamber is filled that takes flame from the candle Divers such like experiments as this may be done by putting such a combustible vapour into a box or cubboard or such like which will assoon as any one shall open them having a candle in his hand take fire and burne To make a powder that by spitting upon shall be inflamed Take a Load-stone powder it and put it into a strong calcining pot cover it all over with a powder made of Calx vive and Colophonia of each a like quantity put also some of this powder under it when the pot is full cover it and lute the closures with potters earth put them into a furnace and there let them boyl then take them out and put them into another pot and set them in the furnace again and this doe till they become a very white and dry Calx Take of this Calx one part of salt Nitre being very well purified foure parts and as much Camphire Sulphur vivum the oil of Turpentine and Tartar grind all these to a subtle powder and searse them and put them into a glasse vessell then put as much Spirit of wine well rectified as will cover them two fingers breadth then close them up and set the vessell in horsedung three moneths and in that time they will all become an uniforme paste evaporate all the humidity untill the whole masse become a very dry stone then take it out and powder it and keep it very
of its humidity it is called Mercury and in respect of its terrestriall siccity it is called salt all which are in gold perfectly united depurated and fixed Gold therefore is most noble and solid of all metalls of a yellow colour compacted of principles digested to the utmost hight and therefore fixed Silver is in the next place of dignity to Gold and differs from it in digestion chiefly I said chiefly because there is some small impurity besides adhering to silver Now having given some small account of the originall matter first and second and manner of the growth of gold I shall in the next place set downe some curiosities therein and preparation thereof The preparations are chiefly three viz. Aurum potabile which is the mixtion thereof with other Liquors Oil of gold which is gold liquid by it selfe without the mixture of any other Liquor and the tincture which is the extraction of the colour thereof Dr. Anthony's famous Aurum potabile and Oil of gold Dissolve pure fine gold in Aqua regis according to art the Aqua regis being made of a pound of Aqua fortis and foure ounces of salt Armo niack distilled together by Retort in sand which clear folution put into a large glasse of a wide neck and upon it pour drop by drop Oil of Tartar made per deliquium untill the Aqua regis which before was yellow become clear and white for that is a signe that all calx of gold is setled to the bottome then let it stand all night and in the morning pour off the clear Liquor and wash the calx four or five times with common spring water being warmed and dry it with a most gentle heat Note and that wel that if the heat be too great the calx takes fire presently like Gun-powder and flies away to thy danger and losse therefore it is best to dry it in the sun or on a stone stirring it diligently with a wooden spatle To this calx adde halfe a part of the powder of sulphur mix them together and in an open crucible let the sulphur burne away in the fire putting a gentle fire to it at the first and in the end a most strong fire for the space of an houre that the calx may in some manner be reverberated and become most subtle which keep in a viall close stopt for your use Then make a Spirit of urine after this manner viz. Take the urine of a healthy man drinking Wine moderately put it into a gourd which you must stop close and set in horse-dung for the space of forty dayes then distill it by Alembick in sand into a large receiver untill all the humidity be distilled off Rectifie this Spirit by cohobation three times that the Spirit only may rise Then distill it in sand by a glasse with a long neck having a large receiver annexed and closed very well to it and the Spirit will be elevated into the top of the vessell like crystall without any aqueous humidity accompanying of it Let this distillation be continued untill all the Spirits be risen These crystalls must be dissolved in distilled rain-water and be distilled as before this must be done six times and every time you must take fresh rain-water distilled Then put these crystalls into a glasse bolthead which close Hermetically and set in the moderate heat of a Balneum for the space of fifteen dayes that they may be reduced into a most clear Liquor To this Liquor adde an equall weight of Spirit of Wine very well rectified and let them be digested in Balneo the space of twelve dayes in which time they will be united Then take the calx of gold abovesaid and poure upon it of these united Spirits as much as will cover them three fingers breadth and digest them in a gentle heat untill the Liquor be tinged as red as bloud decant off the tincture and put on more of the aforesaid Spirits and do as before till all the tincture be extracted then put all the tincted Spirits together and digest them ten or twelve dayes after which time abstract the Spirit with a gentle heat and cohobate it once and then the calx will remain in the bottome like an Oil as red as bloud and of a pleasant odour and which will be dissolved in any Liquor Whereof this Oil may be the Succedaneum of true gold If you distill the same solution by Retort in sand there will come over after the first part of the menstruum the tincture with the other part thereof as red as bloud the earth which is left in the bottome of the vessell being black dry spongious and light The menstruum must be vapoured away and the Oil of gold will remain by it self which must be kept as a great treasure and this is Dr. Anthony's Aurum potabile Foure or eight graines of this Oil taken in what manner soever wonderfully refresheth the Spirits and workes severall wayes especially by sweat The true Oil of Gold Take an ounce of leafe-gold dissolve it in foure ounces of the rectified water of Mercury expressed page 75. digest them in horse-dung the space of two moneths then evaporate the Mercuriall water and at the bottome you shall have the true Oil of gold which is radically dissolved Another processe hereof you may see page 71. A Tincture of Gold Dissolve pure gold in Aqua regis precipitate it with the Oil of sand into a yellow powder which you must dulcifie with warme water and then dry it this will not be fired as Aurum fulminans This powder is twice as heavie as the gold that was put in the cause of which is the salt of the flints precipitating it selfe with the gold Put this yellow powder into a crucible and make it glow a little and it will be turned into the highest and fairest purple that ever you saw but if it stand longer it will be browne Then poure upon it the strongest Spirit of salt for it will dissolve it better then any Aqua regis on which dissolution poure on the best rectified Spirit of Wine and digest them together and by a long digestion some part of the gold will fall to the bottome like a white snow and may with Borax Tartar and salt Nitre be melted into a white metall as heavy as gold and afterwards with Antimony may recover its yellow colour againe then evaporate the Spirit of salt and of Wine and the gold Tincture remaineth at the bottome and is of great vertue Another Tincture of Gold Take of the aforesaid yellow Calx of gold precipitated with Oil of sand one part and three or foure parts of the Liquor of sand or of crystalls mix them well together and put them into a crucible in a gentle heat at first that the moisture of the Oil may vapour away which it will not do easily because the drynesse of the sand retaines the moisture thereof so that it flyeth away like molten allum or borax when no more will
page 76. at the bottome of which must be powdered coales to the thicknesse of two fingers breadth then make a strong fire that the vessell and coals be red hot put in a dram of the aforesaid mixture and it will presently sublime in a silver fume into the recipient which being setled put in more and so do till you have enough Take out the flowers and digest them in the best alcholizated Spirit of Wine that thereby the tincture may be extracted which will be green A green Oil of Silver Take of the abovesaid crystals of silver one part of Spirit of salt armoniack two or three parts digest them together in a glasse with a long neck well stopt twelve or fourteen dayes so will the spirit of salt armoniack be coloured with a very specious blew colour pour it off and filter it then put it into a small Retort and draw off most of the Spirit of armoniack and there will remain in the bottome a grass-green Liquor Then draw off all the Spirit and there will remain in the bottome a salt which may be purified with Spirit of Wine or be put into a Retort and then there will distill off a subtle Spirit and a sharp Oil. This green Liquor is of great use for the gilding of all things presently If you take common rain-water distilled and dissolve and digest the aforesaid crystals of silver for a few dayes you shall after the appearance of divers colours find an essence at the bottome not so bitter as the former but sweet and in this Liquor may all metals in a gentle heat by long digestion be maturated and made fit for medicine but note that they must first be reduced into salts for then they are no more dead bodies but by this preparation have obtained a new life and are the metals of Philosophers To make Oil of Silver per deliquium Take of the aforesaid salts or crystals of silver and reverberate them in a very gentle fire then put them into a cellar on a marble stone and they will in two moneths time be resolved into a Liquor To make a Liquor of Silver that shall make the glasse wherein it is so exceeding cold that no man is able for the coldnesse thereof to hold it in bis hand any long time Take the aforesaid salt of silver pour upon it the spirit of salt armoniack and dissolve it throughly and it will do as abovesaid With a glasse being full of this Liquor you may condense the aire into water in the hâ—at of the summer as also freeze water To make silver as white as snow Take of the calx of silver made by the dissolution of it in aqua fortis dulcifie it and boyl it in a Lixivium made of sope-ashes and it will be as white as any snow To make the silver tree of the Philosophers Take four ounces of aqua fortis in which dissolve an ounce of fine silver then take two ounces of aqua fortis in which is dissolved half an ounce of argent vive mix these two Liquors together in a clear glasse with a pinte of pure water stop the glasse very close and you shall see day after day a tree to grow by little and little which is wonderfull pleasant to behold I Have set down severall vulgar preparations of gold and silver and of almost all things else I shall now crave leave to give an account of some philosophicall preparations of the Philosophers gold and silver For indeed the Art of preparing of them is the true Alchymie in comparison of which all the Chymicall discoveries are but abortives and found out by accident viz. by endeavouring after this I would not have the world beleeve that I pretend to the understanding of them yet I would have them know that I am not incredulous as touching the possibility of that great philosophicall work which many have so much laboured after and many have found To me there is nothing in the world seemes more possible and whosoever shall without prejudice read over the Book entituled the New Light of Alchymie shall almost whether he will or no unlesse he resolves not to beleeve any thing though never so credible be convinced of the possibility of it What unworthinesse God saw in gold more then in other things that he should deny the seed of multiplication which is the perfection of the creatures to it and give it to all things besides seems to me to be a question as hard to be resolved yea and harder then the finding out the Elixir it self in the discovering of which the greatâ—st difficulty is not to be convinced of the easinesse thereof If the preparations were difficult many more would find it out then do saith Sandivâ—gius for they cast themselves upon most difficult operations and are very â—ubtle in difficult discoveries which the Philosophers never drâ—aâ—ed of Nay saith the aforesaid author if Hermeâ— himself were now living together with the â—ubtle-witted Gebâ—n and most proâ—ound Faâ—mund Lullie the would be accounted by our Chymists not for Philosophers but rather for learners They were ignorant of those so many distillations so many circulations so many calcinations and so many other innumerable operations of Artists now a dayes used which indeed men of this age did find out and inveÌ„â—ed out of their books Yet there is one thing wanting to us which they did viz. to know how to make the philosophers stone or physical tincture the processes of which according to some philosophers are these The processe of the Elixir according to Paracelsus TAke the minerall Electrum being immature and made very subtle put it into its owne spheare that the impurities and superfluiries may be washed away then purge it as much as possibly you can with Stibium after the Alchymisticall way lest by its impurity thou suffer prejudice Then resolve it in the stomach of an Estridge which is brought forth in the earth and through the sharpnesse of the Eagle is confortated in its vertue Now when the Electrum is consumed and hath after its solution received the colour of a Mary-gold doe not forget to reduce it into a spirituall transparent essence which is like to true Amber then adde halfe so much as the Electrum did weigh before its preparation of the extended Eagle and oftentimes abstract from it the stomach of the Estridge and by this meanes the Electrum will be made more spirituall Now when the stomach of the Estridge is wearied with labour it will be necessary to refresh it and alwayes to abstract it Lastly when it hath again lost its sharpnesse adde the tartarizated quâ—ntessence yet so that it be spoyled of its redness the height of foure fingers and that passe over with it This doe so often till it be of it selfe white and when it is enough and thou seest that signe sublime it So will the Electrum be converted into the whiteness of an exalted Eagle and with a little more labour be transmuted into deep rednesse and