another place Out of Saturne calcined is drawne a sweetish salt in balneo with distilled vinegar pouring it so often vpon the Pheces vntil it draw no more The menstrew euaporated the salt remaineth in the botome which by often dissolutions and coagulations is made Cristaline and afterward easily dissolued into oyle being set in a moist place But if you circulate this cristaline salt in a Pelicane with the alcool of wine 15. daies and after take away the menstrew by distillation put to new wine circulate it putting to a fit dose of cristaline salt of Tartar you shall make a Balme sweeter then sugar which will maruellously preuaile against all maligne vlcers and diseases of the eyes Decoct Antimonie made in pouder with a capital lie prepared of Tartar calcined and Sope ashes and quicke-lime the space of one houre then let it coole pouring vpoÌ„ it a litle Vinegar and there wil appeare a certaine rednes swimming vpon which you shal gather then againe let it boile for one houre or two againe let it coole and gather that which swimmeth vp Do this so often vntil there appeare no more rednes For it is the sulphure of antimonie which dried at a soft fire you shal keepe it to good vses Mingle Antimonie with Sugar and Alum and put all into a Retort of glasse make a soft fire for 4. or 5. houres afterward increase it and there will come out an oyle red like bloud It is also done with mercurie sublimate but great â—eede is to be taken lest any errour be committed in the degree of fire Boyle Sulphur prepared with oyle of Linseede with a verie soft fire and it will be like blood congealed Let the matter coole put it into a retort and giue it fire and there will distill out a verie red oyle of Sulphur It is also done if you mingle bran with your Sulphur and distill it Take of Sulphur Vinae P. i. with which mingle with a soft fire so much pure vâ—trioll molten that it may be one body Distill this by a discentorie and there will descend a red oyle into the receauer If i. pound of the flowre of sulphur be mixed with ii or iii. pound of oile of turpentine in a drie heate the flowres wil dissolue into a red oile Then the menstrew rightly artificially separate circulate the rubin of Sulphur with the Alcoll of wine eight dayes and you shal haue oyle of Sulphur that hath the qualities of the naturall Balme The sower oile of Sulphur is made by Sulphur by setting it on fire and hanging ouer it a bell or a large glasse head to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into that 〈…〉 Put Viâ—â—ioll beaâ—en into pouder into a Cucurbite giuing it a fire of the second degree and there wil issue a sower water which is called the â—leame of Vitrioll Take the Pheces which remaineth in the bottome of the vessell which is called Colcothar stampâ— that and if you mingle flyntes withall with a violent fire there will come out a red oyle It is also made with the simple Colcothar driuen out with a violent fire three daies space and there will come forth a verie hot oyle which is made sweete by circulation with spirit of wine Tartarizated But if the Colcothar bee dissolued in warme water and the rednesse in it separated and the water euaporated the Colcothar will remaine sweetish that which remaineth the rednesse being taken away is called Creta Uitrioli But if Vitrioll be drawne by the ninth a limbeck pouring on alwaies the liquor vpon the dead head and after circulating all by the space of eight dayes you shall haue the spirit of Vitrioll verie profitable for many things The â—leame of Allum is made like the fleame of Vitrioll But Allum is prepared if the â—leame be 5. times powred vpon the pheces out of which it was drawne and distilled last of all drie out all the fleame vntill it be drie Make brine of salt into which cast hot burning stones that they may be imbybed those stones so imbybed put into a retort giuing fire by degrees there wil come forth a very hot oyle of salt I said before that there was great force in Butyro Arseâ—ici fixo to cure al vâ—nâ—monâ— and maligne vlceâ—s it is made in this maner Mingle cristaline Arsenick first subblimed with onely colcothar which doth keepe backe his poyson with like waight of salt of Tartar and salt Peter put al into two glasses fixe it giuing fire the space of xxiiii hourâ—â— first very gentle then of the highest degree You shall finde the matter verie white fixed resembling the color of pearles which dissolue in war 〈…〉 water 〈…〉 may draw the A 〈…〉 ly from it And the pouder which â—emaineth imbybe with oile of Tartar or of Talcum which is better and drie it at the fire and do this thrise Againe dissolue the matter in warme water that you may take away his salt and there will remaine a very white pouder and fixed which will dissolue in a moyst place into a fat oyle which is 〈◊〉 like Butter Out of Talcum rightly and artificially calcined is drawne the spirit with distilled vinegar This is dissolued into a pretious oyle being set in a moist place Take of the iuice of Aristolochia Rotundae and Sauin ana iii. ounces Serpe 〈…〉 ii ounces spirit of 〈◊〉 i. pound circulate them first the space of xxiiii hou 〈…〉 then distil them of this water take i. pounde of elect Magnes made into pouder iiii ounces circulate them together distil away the water from the Phâ—ces 〈◊〉 this three times and by this meanes you shall obtaine the preparation of Mag 〈…〉 But because â—s wee haue saide the noblest 〈◊〉 are to be strengthened and the heart the principal â—â—gan of life must alwaie be defended these preparatio 〈…〉 following are to be vsed Take of Theâ—incae of Alex 〈…〉 〈◊〉 ounces and a halfe the best Mâ—rre i. ounce and a halfe Saffron ii drams the spirit of wine vi ounces mingle al these and in ashes with a very soft fire distill it circulate that which is distilled in Ba 〈…〉 o eight daies and then distill it againe The water hath a most excellent qualitie against the plague and all venemous things and doth maruellously strengthen the heart We haue she 〈…〉 ed the 〈…〉 〈…〉 ncture of gold Corals naturall Balme and the es 〈…〉 ence of Pâ—â—rle in the book which I wrote of preparation now resteth for 〈◊〉 to speake of the gold of life which 〈◊〉 â—hall knowe to be the most excellent and extreme 〈◊〉 in curing 〈…〉 do but consider 〈…〉 excellencie 〈…〉 Deuteron 22. 〈◊〉 Gal. simpl 10. cap. 18. 9 10 12 13. Act. Tetr 1. ser. 2. cap. 110. Aegin libr. 7. Dioscorid libr. 2. cap. 90. Marcel cap. 4. 26. Plin. libr. 28. 4. 15. Serap simpl 〈◊〉 453. 466. Another of 〈◊〉 discription Potions to be giuen other timer of the griefe A potion apt for poisoned wounds by Gunshot 〈◊〉 potion fâ—r the wounds of the heâ—d For wounds of the 〈…〉 macke Oleum Tartar◠〈◊〉 The Salto Tartar Oyle of Tartar The balme of Tartar Oyle of Vintgâ—â— Salt of Vinegar Salâ— and oyle of S 〈…〉 The preparation of Bâ—ls Arm 〈…〉 Oyles of spices 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Oyle of wheatâ— The sâ—â—ple Balâ—e of Hipericon Bals 〈…〉 vised pomorum The compound bâ—lâ—e of hypâ—â—icon The 〈◊〉 balme of 〈◊〉 pomorum How the flime or â—uslege is drawen out of hearbs Another methode Salt of â—â—ine Oyle of Wax The water and oyle of honie The salt of hony Another oyle of hony more precious Oyle of butter 〈◊〉 larde â—yle of yâ—lks of Egges Water of 〈…〉 â—eses Water of the sperme of frogâ— â—alâ— of â—gsâ—elâ—â—nd sâ—â—iles The common Mercurie precipitate Mercurie precipiat fixi dâ—lciâ—ied most profitable for the â—â—re of 〈…〉 ds oile of Mercurie corpo 〈…〉 Oile of mercurie subblimed The balme of Mercurie 〈◊〉 martis Oyle of Mars â—roâ—us martiâ— The balme oile Crocus Viâ—rioâ—ium Venâ—â—is â—alt of saturn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Balsamuâ— Saturni Sulphur of antimoni Oyle of antimonie oile of Sulphur oile of Sulph 〈…〉 vitriolate oile of Sulphur terebinthinaâ— Sowre oile of Sulphur The 〈◊〉 of V 〈…〉 ioll 〈◊〉 of Vitrioll Another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dulcifi 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Spirit of Viâ—â—iâ—ll Tled 〈…〉 of al 〈…〉 and the preparation 〈◊〉 of salt 〈…〉 oile of 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Mag 〈…〉 Cordiall 〈…〉 The 〈◊〉 on of 〈◊〉 câ—ll 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
beate iâ— finely and wash it with faire distilled water vntill it haue lost his sharpenesse and that thou shalt do diuers times till it be well purged then drie it and put it into a glasse and put thereunto the spirite of wine that it may be couered three fingers hie and set it on fire and thus thou shalt do three times and th 〈…〉 〈…〉 t thou without any doubt a greater secret to heale his proper disease so that within six daâ—es he shall be quite whole The dose is about fiue graines in conserue of roses drunke with wine or Saccâ—ro Rosâ—to as well in the morning as at night when hee goeth to bed and let the patient sweate thereon two houres at each time It is a most soueraigne medicine against all contractions and you vse it as afore according to the nature of the disease But the patient must vse it six daies If there appeare any pustules ye shal cure them by touching them with oyle of Sulphure Moreouer those that haue the dropsie or such like moist diseases in the body are cured by giuing them six graines in water of Cardus Benedictus letting them sweate thereon as is aforesaid and keeping the order afore set downe Against the Pluâ—isie yee shall giue foure graines in the said water And against the plague in rose vinegar Against the falling sicknes with water of blacke cheâ—ies or Pionie Furthermore if anie haue had the same disease by nature yee shall giue them euerie day a little pill in Aqua Pionia putting theron six droppes of the spirit of Vitrioll If I would shew or expresse all the vertues I should write a booke there of but that which remaineth I will shewe more at large in my booke called Portus Gâ—sconicus with the order to draw the spirit of wine The third particular called Laudanum Anodinum the which is most excellent of all other secrets in as 〈…〉 ging griefes and paines in diuerse diseaseâ— TAke Liquor is aquae inexpertâ— inspissati â„¥ ij put therto the spirit of wine and set it in Balneo to digest vntil it haue drawen awaie the Tincture then powre it forth into a cleaâ—e vessell and put on more and so set it to digest againe so long as it will giue any Tincture or colour Then take the gumme of Henbane dried in the â—unnâ— â„¥ j. and draw away his Tincture with the spirit of wine as thou didst out of the liquor aforesaide then take Diâ—mber â„¥ ij and likewise draw away his Tincture with the spirit of wine and keepe it verie close vntill such time as I shall shew thee then take momia â„¥ ss and drawe away his Tincture with the spirit of wine and when thou hast done mixe it with the other then take Crocus OrientalisÊ’ iij. and drawe foorth his tincture and mixe it with the rest and euerie day stiâ—re it and keepe it in a warme place close stopped fifteene daies that being done distil it in Balneo and there will remaine a little matter in the bottome then put thereto a little of the Tincture of Diâ—mbrae the which ye reserued afore and so let it stand in digestion vntill it be thicke stirring it 3. or 4. times a day vntill the smell of the licour be in a manner consumed the which will be in sixe weekes Then take these that follow the licour of Currall cleare Ambre oâ— Succinum of each Ê’j Unicornes horne 6. graines Magisterium Perlarum one scrâ—ple Ossis de Corde Câ—rui halfe a scrupple Aurum Potabile or his Tincture Ê’ ss All these being finely beaten and mixed in a stone or glasse morter with the spirit of Diamber put in with the residue being thicke and so stirring it sundrie dayes afterward distill al the spirit of wine away then put thereon the residue of the spirit of Diambrae and when it is almost dry put therto Olei succini olei masi Cinamoni of each about one scruple Then take one part and reserue it for women without muske for it hurteth them But to the other parte for men put in halfe a scruple of the extraction of muske made with the spirit of wine and set it in a warme place that it may drie and so keepe it to thy vse Ye may giue it in forme of pilles or dissolue it in some conuenient licour inconuenient Dose as iij. graines or fixe graines for those that are of strong nature It comforteth much against the chollicke the frensie hote Feuers Arthritide Pâ—dagra the weakenesse of the stomacke the yex and comforteth against vomiting prouoketh sleepe Against the falling ficknes yee shall giue iij. graines with the spirit of Vitrioll and Essentia Camphora that is drawen with oyle of sweete Almondes the which is made in this order The order to draw the Essence of Campher Take Campher 〈◊〉 oyle of sweete Almondes â„¥ ss macerate them in the sunne or in Balneo or in a drie warme furnace foure and twentie houres then draw foorth his Tincture or essence with the spirit of wine and put thereto Ê’ j of Laudanum and Ê’ ii of the spirit of vitrioll and â„¥ sixe of the water of pionie floures and stirre them together and giue therof one spoonful at the time of the fit It is a most excellent remedie against all vncurable diseases The fourth specificum called Panchimagogon the which doth purge in small dose all noisome spirits that are mingled with the humours Take Specierum Diâ—rhodon abbatis â„¥ ii and drawe forth the tincture with the spirit of wine and keep it by it selfe Afterward take the Pulpe of ColocinthidesÊ’ vii TurbitÊ’ v. Agariei â„¥ i ss HeleborinigriÊ’ vii DyagrediÊ’ vi Foliorum sene â„¥ iiii Rhabarbari â„¥ ii Elâ—teri â„¥ ss beate them and mixe them together and put thereon Sinamon water the which is made in this order The Sinamond â—i and stamp it grosly then infuse it in white wine foure and twentie houres close stopped then distil it with a gentle fire being close luted for with this sinamond water or spirit of wine thou maist drawe foorth the tincture of all the aforesaide drugges Alwayes prouided that ye keepe them a month in a warme place to macerate stirring them three or foure times in a day and at the end of the moneth powre foorth the licour and put the pheses into a Retort and distill foorth the oile and water the oile ye shal rectifie and reserue The pheses that remaine ye shall calcine and make thereof a salt the which ye shall put to the oile that ye rectified Then take that licour which ye reserued first and distill it in Balneo and in the bottome there will remaine a matter thicke like honie Then take the tincture of Diâ—trodiou Abbatis and powre it vppon that thicke matter and stop well thy glasse and set it in a warme place eight days stirring it euery day That being done draw it away the spirit in Balneâ— vntil it remaine thicke like honie vnto the which ye shal put his oile that ye
of Frankensence Myrre and Masticke ana halfe an ounce oyle of Turpentine vi ounces good white wine i. pound putrifie them al in warme dongue and boyle them as before with a fire of ashes vntill the wine and iuice be consumed and it bee brought to the forme of an ointment then put to i. ounce of this ointment i. dram of mercurie precipitate dulcified If there be need of greater clensing Or take Visci herbarum sâ—niculae Pirolae Aristoloch and Vincae peruincae ana ii ounces of turpentine washed iiii ounces Crocus Veneris halfe a ounce Balsami Taertari ii drams Sulphuris Antimoni i. dram and a halfe set them vpon a fire of ashes vntill it haue the substance of a salue Saercotica Take of the Mucilage of the seedâ— of Fâ—rnigreeke ii ounces of the iuice of hounds tongue Perscicaria and the great Comferie ana i. ounce and a halfe oyle of Frankinsence and mirre ana iii. drams oyle of Hipericon simple ii ounces Turpentine washed with white wine ii ounces let them stand in the sunne or at a soft fire vntil they wax thicke Unguentum depaetâ— Take of the iuice of Pâ—â—um i pound Turpentine v. ounces of common oyle of Hipericon viii ounces good white wine halfe 〈◊〉 pound digest all viii dayes after seeth them vntill the wine be consumed then put to Colophoâ—iae and waxe ana iii. câ—nces Muniâ— and Amber ana ii drammes melt them againe at the fire and make an ointment according to art Take of the iuice of the Petum and Comferie ana iiii ounces oyle of Turpentine i. pounde flowers of Hipericon and Verbascus ana M. ii apples of an elme tree iii. ounces the buds of the Poplaâ—trec iiii ounces the spirit of wine i. pound a halfe digest al these in horse dongue or in a warme bath in a glasse vessell well stopped one whole moneth then wring it out and straine it and put to it of Frankensence Masticke and Mirre ana iâ— ounces Sanguis Draconis halfe a ounce Muniae vi drams Turpentine halfe a pound Benioini j. ounce circulate them together in a Pellicane viii daies after with a moderate heat distill away the spirit of wine and there wil remaine in the bottome a most pretious balme Cicatricem inducentia Take of burnt Allum i. ounce Crete Vitrioli iii. drams Crocus martis Crocus Uâ—ncris ana ii drams mingle them and make a pouder which you may vse by it self or mingled with hony Or take of Bole Aâ—menae prepared after our maner ii drams câ—lex of egshels halfe an ounce the iuice of vnripe Damascens iii. ounces boile them with a soft fire to a perfect substance Ad Vâ—â—enâ— Take of oyle of Amber and Turpentine ana i. ouncâ— oile of Iuniper ii drams â—ettle seed and the root of Gentian ana ii drams oyle of Sulphur Vitriolat i. dram and a halfe red Corall i. dram mingle them togither Or take of the iuice of Pentaphillon Scabious and Ruâ— ana ii ounces Olei sulphuris Rubei i. ounce oyle of miâ—re 〈◊〉 drams Colophoni and gum of iuice ana vi drammes mingle them Adambusta Take of lard molten and washed in water of nightshad ii ounces Olei Saturni halfe an ounce mingle th 〈…〉 Or take the iuice of the rootes of Henbane and flowers of red popie ana i. ounce Salt Peter i. dram Mucilage of Seminis Cidoniorum iii. drams and with oyle of Champhire make an ointment Repellentiâ— sanguinem cohibentiâ— Take of Bole Armenae prepared after the Spag 〈…〉 manner ii ounces Crocus Martis and Crocus Veneris ana i. ounce mixe them with oyle of Roses Or take of Colcotharis Dulsifieati ashes of frogges burned ana halfe a ounce mingle them with the white of an egge There bee made other remedies for the fore saide intents the making whereof wee haue described in their proper places which I commit to the iudgement of the skilful Surgeons to vse wisely as the disease and partie affected dotis require Now there remaineth to speake of drinks for wounds before wee teach the preparations of medicines De potionibus vulnerarijs THese potions for wounds although they driue not out the humors downwards yet preuaile they very much to clense woundes because they clense superfluous humors and the blood from all filth and by a certaine marâ—eious qualitie where with they excel they knit the broken bones and help the sinowes that are hurt by wounds helping nature they at the last fil the wound with flesh and close them vp without vsing any other remedie when as I sawe in Germanie the maruelous and almost incredible effect which came by the vse of these potioÌ„s euen in curing desperate Vlcers I thought it not meete to passe ouer the mention of them and that so much the rather because I knew the vse of them in time past was alowed but nowe through the necligence of Phisitions to be almost growne out of vse Also I haue experieÌ„ced those potions to be taken not only as medicins but also as norrishments and to helpe all the passions and incommodities whereunto wounds are subiect The simples whereof the medicines are made are these Cyclaminus Consolida maior Consolida mediae quam Sophiam nonnulli vocant Sabinae Galangae Vinca peruincâ— Centaurâ—um Ophioglosson Betonica Aristolochia Ueronica Agrimoniae Uerbenae Serpâ—nâ—ariae Persicariae Arthemisiae Lilium conuallium Zedoariae Pyrola Sperma ceti Cancri fluniatiles Nux vomica Astaci Mumiae Macis Bolus Armena You shall much better drawe out the strength of those simples then the common sort if you put them into a tun of white must and digest them there ii moneths or if you cut the greene bearbes verie small and wring out the iuice of them into a Pelicane or blinde Limbeck or circulate them three or foure daies in Balneâ— Mariae This last way is most conuenient for them that are forbidden the vse of wine specially if they be wounded in the head The distilled waters of theÌ„ be also good if they be taken driely by themselues morning and euening with dose and manner conuenient Or if white wine be delaied with them if it bee graunted to the wounded heere foloweth the composition of the vulnerarie potions A Vulnerarie potion to be giuen the first seauen dais Take of both Conferies Veronica Sâ—wbread ana M. i. Astacos purged num iiii white wine two measures circulate them in Balneo three daies straine it and giue euery morning one spoonefull Or take of the eies of Crabs in pouder halfe a ounce Mumia ii drams Bole Armenae i. dram and a halfe the herbs of Agrimoni Ophioglosson Ueronica Sowbread ana M. 〈◊〉 Sperma Ceti i. dram infuse them in white wine 〈◊〉 a night in Balneo take of this ii spoonefulles morning and euening if neede be it putteth away the inflamations verie much and helpeth the burning Take of Macis the eyes of Crabbes Zedoarie ana iii drams Mumia Ga'ingale the lesse ana ii drammes Nucis vomicae i. dram and a halfe beate
yet he 〈◊〉 not the true prepration of Antymony Likewise hee greately esteemeth the potable â—olde the preparation whereof as the saâ—e M 〈…〉 vsed it I will deâ—â—aâ—e vnto you because you shall not be ignorant Take gold twise or thrise purged with Antymony make it into thinne plates and in a â—it vessell hang the plates that they touch not one another and let iâ— be burned and calciâ—ed in a â—â—rnace duly 〈◊〉 by the space of halfe 〈…〉 out and laide open in the aire they do dissolue and there flowe from it a certaine oilie humour red of colour and of taste swâ—â—â—ish He drew out two ounces of oile of golde but out of that which was not so well buâ—nt the liquor did not so readily runne out Sometimes he vsed to poure on the spirit of wine rectified that so long and so much vntil the whole red colour was drawen out You shall rectifie those spirites or essence of wine very subtilly if you put it into a glasse cucurbite vnder a limbecke with a receiuer and set it in most cold or snowie water and couer the head round about with a linnen cloth stieped in warme water for then the subtiler partes will rise vp leauing the waterie substance in the bottome Gold calcined and often infused with the spirit of wine with many imbibitions and againe distilled by a Limbecke leaueth in the bottome behinde a reddish liquor That Physition vsed first to purge the body and then to shaue and heate the crowne of the head and them to poure on a dramme of that oile and to giue so much also to be drunke 〈◊〉 maluesey The like is to be wrought with fine siluer for the diseases of the head and so likewise of other mettalles for being duely prepared they do dissolue because they are saltes This man hath many other mynerall medicines which were neuer knowen either to Galene or to Hypocrates but brought to light by our Theophraâ—tus Paracelsus of whome you great Philosophers and Phyâ—itions onely in name do vndisâ—reetely write Do you thinke all things vtterly vnpossible vnto other men which you your selfe knowe not or can not do or that you cannot compasse with your diuine knowlege What will you say to this I know a man that within three or at the most sixe daies can heale the French pox with his Turpâ—tum minerale not with that which is made with oile of vitrioll but with another farre more excellent which shall not come to your handes or knowledge except you lay aside your frowardnes and cease to bring the Paracelsians in suspition with the common people and noble men and to defraud them of the fruit of their iust labors You say What haue you brought to passe what haue you found out whereby you should looke for praise or profit Then do we demaund of you What haue you found out whereby phyâ—icke is the better furnished We haue brought into physicke essences oiles balmes and saltes all which the Alchymists schooles haue founde out And how great light is come vnto physicke onely by true distillation it is knowen vnto all men and daily experience teacheth how great commodity hath redounded thereby vnto the sicke In the meane time if you so much detest the labour yet at the least spare our good name But it is no maruell doth it not so alwayes happen that the best labour is worst accepted and recompenced Euery good man â—â—clined to vertue wisedome and fidelitie can witnes the same what reward they haue often receiued for their fidelity and opening of the trueth So soâ—e men when they can say no more they obiect vnto the searchers of nature their pouerty filling the eares of the common people with glorious lies alwaies chanting vpon thâ—se things which followe vpon the abuse and â—â—ungerous cuâ—es of the couâ—terfeit Paracelsians iudging all things by their contempt pouertie vile estate and basenesse but they will quickly auoyd that dâ—spised pouertie which willingly they sustaine that the nature of things might daily more more be knowen vnto men wherby the vnaccustomed cures of most grieuous diseases might at length be found out with the which such as are diseased might through your sluggishnes all die if God hauing compassion vpon them nowe at the end of the world had not prouided wholesome medicines euen by most contemned men The lepers and gowty the infected with the physicke falling sickenes and French poxes deuoured with the canker fistula gteedy woolfe with the dropsie and palsey and that with the plague other diseases are thrust into their graues These I say and many other more whome you through ignorance with your naughtie and corrupt potions and purgations like butchers haue buried aliue will rise vp against you These I say wil call you to answer and accuse you euen the poore whome you haue robbed of their goodes will require your blood for the losse of their bodies and consuming of their mony Then what a madnes and cruel foolishnes is this that in the time of any great plague such as are infected you shut vp in houses set markes â—ppon them keepe them in prison strangle them with cares and solitarines and kill them for hunger Is the plague so to be cured Or whether doe you not thinke that all men may be infected from whence the first man was infected why do you not preserue the whole with your antidotes or defensiues being so famous physitions as you are but you haue tried almost all your medicines to be of no force in this disease Do you in this sort loue your neighbour as your selfe or thus spend your life for your fellow when as at no time if help be required there is greater neede of fellowship companie comfort and helpe than in the time of plague O what great punishment haue you deserued that refuse those that are forsaken of their friends farre from their kindred and as it were thrust into exile whose solitarinesse hath beene more violent vnto them then the disease and griefe of minde hath killed rather then the sickenesse what I pray you is true and christian friendship doth not this complaint of the sicke stirre vppe vnto pitie When I was in health thou werâ— my friend thou diddest visit me and help me but now that I am sicke thou doest abhorâ—e 〈◊〉 and liest from me when fortune laughed vpon mee thou diddest also laugh but nowe that with griefe and teares I â—raue comfort thou doest deny it What doe you call visiting and helping You will not only not help your selues but wil perswade princes to stop the passages that no trauellers shall passe vnto those places when as you ought with courage to relieue them of their griefe and willingly to go thither to trie your cunning But when any plague beginneth you are the first that tremble are afraide and despaire The sicke are committed vnto you as children and infants which lacke diligent cure you ought to helpe them as the father doth his children and not to
61 Pustules or Wheles in all partes of the bodie and especially in the head comming of the Poxe I cured onely with the potion of Lignum Vitae or Guâ—icum and his purgatiue Salt without anie other outwarde medicine 62 A Fistula being betweene the testicules and fundament of a certaine man troubled with the pox I healed by applying Oleum Arsenicale fixum 63 A Hernia or Rupter which some call Ramex in the with the bowelles fall into the coddes I cured by the extraction of white sanicle digested in bread and afterward taken in drinke keeping vppe the gut or entralles with a trusse made fitte for the purpose and laying vppon the place offended the Fesses that remained of the extraction 64 Intollerable paines in the legges Ex morbo Venereâ— I cured with the oyle of Lignum Vitae mixt with old Theriacle 65 A certaine maiden through want of her monethly sicknesse was so vexed that sometime thrise a day shee seemed to be haunted with an euill spirit whome I presently cured with the extraction of Rhabarbe with the spirite of Tartar in drinke with the water of Melissa arthemisiae and pulegi in Oleo Uitrioli 66 Paines in the teeth I cured by the iuice of the nightshade and Persicariae made warme in a Gargarisme burying the herbes afterward in a dunghill 67 I prepared a pouder of the ashes of Rosemarie the which maketh the yellow teeth white and healeth tumours in the Gummes verie quicklie without bloud 68 In tumors of the vuule Gummes and iawes I haue vsed Oleum Uitriolli in water of Persicariae 69 In tumors of Scrophules or hard impostumes of the breastes I haue vsed the oyle of Terpentine mixed with Misselto of the Oke in forme of a vnguent 70 At Ingoistad a cittie of Germanie a certaine man had the consumption of the lungs whome I cured with the extractiou of Consolida maior in bread 71 A certaine woman the which after childbirth was not well purged of her tearmes presently fell beside her selfe with other greeuous paines in her breast and reines of the backe whome I holpe onely with the Essence of An-timoni 72 A maiden of ten yeares olde after bathing her selfe fell into an Apoplexia which proceeded of the Flux of grosse humours into the vessels and into the partes of the head wherein consisteth the feeling and moouing of the whole body yet she snorted much in her sleepe and trembled ouer all her bodie whome I cured with Oleum cranij Humani giuing it with the spirit of Vitrioll in water of Lauender 73 A young sucking childe had his palate and lippes full of Pustules or wheles called Aphtas whome I cured by bathing them with a linnen cloth wet in this water R. Consolidae maioris minoris ana one handfull white wine â—j ss boyle them together and put thereto Sal Gemae 〈◊〉 ij clarified honie l ij and make thereof a mixture 74 A certaine woman who wanted her naturall courses was thereby so tormented that shee abhorred all men yea her verie companions whome I cured by opening the inward vaine of the arme bicause I coulde not finde the vaine of the legge called Saphena 75 A man of three score yeeres being full of Melancholie humours hadde crustie scabbes ouer all his bodie the which I cured with the medicine R. the iuice of Plantane Semperuiui and nyteshad ana Oleum Lithargirij as much as will suffice make thereof an vnguent wherewith thou shalt annoint all the partes of the bodie 76 One was troubled with a distillation or Cataract of the eies whome I cured in this order R. Tutiâ— prepared and put into a fine linnen cloth and dip or wet it well in Vino cretico wherewith wash the eies oftentimes and they shall be holpe 77 A certaine woman after childbirth was troubled with great paine and chops in her breast which I cured washing them often with wine mixt with Oleum saturnâ—â— and afterward the child did sucke 78 A yong maiden being troubled with a grreuous vomiting that shee coulde neither retaine meate nor drinke that shee tooke the entrals moreouer swelled exceedingly whome I cured by applying a plaister of the leuen of bread with the iuice of mint 79 A certaine woman that three moneths after shee was conceiued feared abortion or birth of her childe afore the time whome I cured with the Extraction of Rhabarbe with the spirite of Tartar and afterwarde shee drunke oftentimes Essentia Melissae with Oleum Solis 80 One Gotius had a bone out of ioynt for three daies which afterward swelled maruellously the which swelling I holpe with Oleo Uerbasci and Prunella otherwise Primule with the iuice of Camomilla and Agrimonie and Oleum Petroleum these being mixed together warme I anointed the place being greeued and so the bone was restored to his place againe then afterwarde to strengthen and comfort the ioynts I vsed the saide vnguent mixed with Mâ—sselto of the Oke and Consolida Maior vntill the cure was perfectly done 81 A woman being almost dead of the Chollicke I cured with the red oyle of Vitrioll drunke in Aniscede water and a while after that potion she voided a worme and was cured 82 A certaine man called Barthelmew hauing carnall companie with his wife could voide no sperme at his yard but onely winde the which by often vsing of Oleum Vitrioli with the spirite of Tartar in distilled wine and afterward the Extraction of Satirion hee performed the act verie well 83 A child of ten yeares old was troubled with a stone in the bottome of his yarde the which I cured by giuing him Oleum Vitrioli to drinke in Aqua Aqualiae and then I applied outwardly oleo cancrorum with the oyle of Turpentine and so within one houres space the stone came foorth and hee was holpe 84 A woman of twenty yeares old being married could haue no children who by the vse of taking the extraction of Satirion she conceiued and within nine moneths shee had a strong childe but lest that after her childbirth shee shoulde become barren againe and dried away with a leanenesse I gaue her to drinke Oleum Margaritarum with Romaine coleworts 85 A certaine woman being troubled with great abundance of her naturall sicknesse had great swelling and paines in her hands and feete and fell manie times into a sound whome I cured by taking often the Extraction of Rhabarbe 86 To cause nurses to haue abundance of milke I haue taken the fresh branches or tops of fenell and boyled in water or wine and giuen it to drinke at dinner or supper and at all times for it greatly augmenteth the milke 87 One had in the aâ—mepit a sanguine impostume vpon the which impostume I aâ—plied a linnen cloth wet in mans bloud being warme and so in short time he recouered his health not without great admiration 88 One called Ambrose while he yawned sodainly the lower law remained with great griefe and paine whome I cured with the decoction of Camomel Uerbascum Perforata
the sayings of Philosophers are much and long to bee searched examined and thought vppon before thou canst get out the hidden meanings of them If then in reading Philosophers Bookes thou play the sluggard thou canst neuer bee perfect in preparing thy matters and therefore I might not by the authoritie of the lawes of Philosophie interprete all things openly word for word to thee Something are to be left for industrious wittes wherein to excercise themselues by studying and searching Notwithstanding if thou be not vnthankefull all these things shall be opened and declared vnto thee in my Galliae portu where verie many workings hitherto knowne of fewe shall faithfully bee set foorth In the meane season knowe thou that I am not the deuiser of these particular things for some of them I had of gift and some other for money and rewards came to my hands To thee I giue them freely which vse well Farewell ¶ A Treatise of certaine particulars whereof the first intreateth of the preparation of the Markasite of lead as well for the transmutation of mettals as for the alteration of mans bodie c. THe philosophers Saturne is properly the markasite of leade and in deede doth excell Sol and Luna in so much that Raymond saith that in this inferior world there is no greater secret then that which consisteth in the Markasite of Lead insomuch that they which haue throughly sought out the force and nature of it haue bound themselues together by othe neuer to vtter those secrets of nature vnto the ende of â—heir liues For so much as his operation is of such kinde as truely it hath manie and sundrie vses which being duely prepared doth not only alter and change the filthie and corrupt humours of our bodies but also can change and transmute by sundrie experiments Luna into Sol. Take of the Minerall markasite of leade xii pound and grinde it into sine pouder vppon a Marbell stone as they grinde colours vvith vineger being well ground and tempered put it into a strong glasse and put thereon a good quantitie of distilled vineger and stir it well with a sticke and so let it stand in Balneo Mariae then set thereon a blind head and there let it stand eight daies togither stirring and mouing it euerie day sixe or seauen times then let it coole and the vineger wilbe of a yellow colour the which ye shal powre forth into another glasse taking heed that ye stirre not the pheces then put thereon more vineger stirre it wel with a sticke and sâ—t on the blind head and set it in Balneo Mariae other viii daies as ye did afore then powre forth that vineger being coloured into the other glasse And this order ye shal vse so long vntil you see the vinegar no more coloured for at the last the pheces wil remaine in a white masse like white earth Distillation of the coloured Uenigar THen take all that vinigar being coloured and distill it in Balneo vntill it will drop no more and there let thy cucurbit stand three dayes with the pheces that it may drie well then take it fourth and thou shalt finde in the bottome of the glasse a white matter the which take out for in that whitenesse the rednes of the Markasite is hidden which being prepared auaileth much to make aquam philosophorum that they call ardentem The preparation of the Pheces Take the white pheces or matter and put it into a distilling vessell with a great recipient very well luted that the spirites goe not foorth and set it in the hot ashes and giue it a gentle fire and then increase it according to arte a day or two and there will come foorth first a white water and then a red or golden yellow oyle the which is to be kept close with great care The pheces to be taken againe Then take those pheses and set them in a calcining furnace eight dayes then take them foorth and grinde them finely and put them in a glasse with a good quantitie of distilled vineger and stirre them well together that being doone set it againe in Balneo for eight daies together and stirre it euery day seuen or eight times the more the better then let it waxe colde and settle and powre away the cleare part from the pheces but take heed that ye stir not the dregges or bottome Then powre on fresh vineger and set it in Balneo againe and doe as ye did afore and then powre away the vineger againe and cast away the pheses for they are nothing worth The distillation of the vineger Then take the vineger which you reserued and distill it with a gentle fire and in the bottome thou shalt finde a salt in the which remaineth all the force and strength Then calcine the said salt againe in a reuerberatorie loure and twentie houres with a great fire then take it forth and put it in the glasse wherein it was afore and put thereon fresh viueger and set it in Balneo And this thou shalt do so often vntill the salt leaue no pheces in the bottome that being done distil thy vineger as at the first and thou shalt find thy selfe prepared liquid and cleare as Cristall Coniunctio spiritus corporis scilicet olei salis Take the aforesaid salt and grinde it vpon a stone dropping thereon his red oyle by little and little that being do one put it into a cucurbit luted with Hermes seale and so set it vpon a treuet in an Athanor twenty dayes and it will be fixed into a red stone so that ye haue the true gouernment of the fire Then take it forth and grinde it vpon a stone and according to the waight put thereunto as many Letones of the Calex offine gold and vppon all these put on asmuch of the white water which ye distilled afore the red oile as all the whole doth weigh and close it vppe with Hermes seale and set it in ashes in an Athanor with a soft fire vntill it be fixed but after it be fixed there wil appeere many colours the which wil turne into perfect oile and true Elixer Reioyce in this but before yee beginne the worke consider of it and pray The second particular that is called Torpetum siue diaphoreticum minerale purgiug without loathsomnesse or difficultie helping the plurisie the plague and especially the French pox Take Leonis à dracone repurgatissimi one part aquilae mineralis repurgatissimae twelue partes mixe them together according to Arte then put them into a cucurbit of glasse and put thereon twise so much of the liquor of red Colcâ—thor without fleme as the matter weyeth and then nourish it in warme sand with a gentle fire three dayes taking heede that the matter ascend not into the head That being done distill it that the pheces may remaine drie then increase thy fire that the sand and glasse may be red hote the space of three hours then let it wax cold and take out the matter and
my friend Aquilla how the enemies inflamed with enuy go about to oppresse the trueth but at the last will they nill they they shal be inforced to confesse that that cannot be denied But you may obiect vnto me He that speaketh all excludeth nothing For there be many worthy learned men maisters and professors of Physicke that do not deny or refuse this arte In the which number are those most excellent and singular masters and doctors Petrus Seuerynus Danus which hath written maruelous thinges of this Chimicall Arte that woorthy and godly man Michael Neander professor of humanitie Theodorus Zuingerus of Basill a man practised in this Arte and also Theodorus Brickmannus a physition of Cullein which both by word deed daily excelleth with most deepe iudgement in these matters whom I wilneuer ouerpasse with silence Hereafter foloweth three particular treatises the first of the sulpher of gold and other mettals then of stones and the extraction of Corall R. Purged and fine gold made in plates â„¥ j. the powder of pomise stone â„¥ iiij lay them Stratum Superstratum and reuerberate it with drie wood fiue dayes and nights together then take the powder and keepe it in a glasse Then melt the golde againe and make it in plates and lay it Stratum Superstratum as ye did afore and that ye must do vntill the gold haue lost his yellow colour after take al thy powders together and put it in a glasse with distilled vineger and there let it remaine vntil the vineger be coloured yellow then powre it forth and put in more and that thou shalt do so often vntill the vineger be no more coloured then vapour away the vineger and thou shalt find an inpalpable pouder in the bottome If thou beest wise looke where thou madest an end there beginne the like is of other mettalles But they are not to be reuerberated so long you shall haue of siluer a blewish colour ofyron a reddish colour of copper a darkish colour There is drawen out of Corall a red tincture All which things are to be corrected with the spirite of wine being often powred thereon there cannot be a shorter or profitabler way fouÌ„d out for this Iron plates for one time are of force but after the first Cimentacion they serue no more His tincture being rightly prepared is vsed in stead of gold If it be drawen out of the best steele it will fixe the mercurie of Saturne The second particular is of the maruellous preparation of the markasite of Lead tincting water or other licour into his red colour R. Salt common prepared vitrioll Romane of each i vi set them in a fire of calcination ten houres then take it foorth and beate it to powder then put it into a stone pot vnglased and giue it fire 15 houres according to Art then will distil forth both the oile and the spirit togither the which ye shal rectifie in a pelican then being rectified put thereunto the markasite of lead in powder being in a strong cucurbit vvell luted and then set it in ashes in a fornace vnder the which yee shall set a burning lampe for the space of a moneth and then the Markasite will dissolue into a red matter afterward take common founâ—aine water and powre thereon then set it to dissolue in a moist place or cellar and the floure of the Markasite will turne like to a red christall the which take to thy worke It purgeth the leprouse blood in plurisies the plague Contractures the lungs and liuer the quantity of one peece in greatnes doth serue to dissolue the same The third particular and the summe of the whole worke R. Album Albius Albo as much as ye wil Aqua Soluens vi times as much and set them in Balneo three dayes then take it forth filter it and drie it then againe dissolue it and that do three times being drie dissolue it by it self of the which solution take three partes olei permanentis incombustibile one part Aeris foure parts shut thy vessell and in that heate nourish it and in few dayes thou shalt haue a vniuersall medicine to expell all diseases Reioyce and giue praise vnto Iesus Christ. A Fragment out of the Theorickes of 〈◊〉 Iscaacus Hollandus AMongest all things that were created of God water was the first whereunto God ioined his proper earth and of earth whatsoeuer hath essence or life hath his originall Therefore there are two manifest elements that is water and earth in which the two other lie hidde the fire in the earth and the aire in the water and they are so knit together that they cannot be seperated Two of them are fixed as the earth and fire two are flying as water and aire Therefore euery element doth participate within other elements Moreouer in euery element are two other elements one decaying putrifying and combustible the other eternall and incorruptible as the heauen besides iu these natures lieth hid an other nature which is called by the name of stinking Pheces which hinder and take away the streÌ„gth of the rest so as they haue very litle force or none and thereby make the other elements stincking and subiect to putrifaction There is also two kindes of waters the one elementall the other of raine and riuer waters as there is also two kindes of earths one elementall cleare shining and white the other blacke stincking and combustible Like as also there be two fires one elementall and naturall the other stinking and combustible the like is also to be saide of the aire The base things are so mingled with the rest that by and by they corrupt al things so that nothing can continue long for they bring death and weaken all nature be it neuer so noble This is to be vnderstoode of all things both vegetall animall and minerall Therefore it is necessary by Art to seperate the elementall nature from the corruptible that the matter may be brought to a medicinall qualitie There bee three most subtill spirites in all things that is colour taste and smell these fly away inuisibly the Philosophers call them wilde spirits because they are not fixible yet the industrie of the artificer may fixe them They alwaies growe in the bodily substance vntill they come to perfection and end The herb therfore is to be taken when it is fully growen and take heed that you loose none of those three spirits as the ignorant vse to do with their putrifactions and separations of elements For none of those spirites consisteth of the three elementall elements but God hath adorned elements with those three spirits and of them the fire is animall the water aire elementall and no man but God can seperate them asunder But the water of the cloudes may be seperated from them Also all the pheces may be separated from them which are mingled with them which are the stinking and corruptible elements and the foure elementall elements may be brought to a christalline shining but these three elements fire
aire and earth are vnseperable My sonne knowe this that Mercurie is the first of all things for before time there was water and the spirit of the Lord rested vpon the water but what vvas that water the water of the cloudes or a moisture which might be powred out No but it was a drie dusty water God had ioyned his earth vnto it which is his sulphur and so the earth congealeth the water and thereof sprung the foure elements included in these two by the will of God Therefore Mercurie congealeth sulphure and sulphure Mercurie neither can one of these be without the other as also they cannot be without their salt which is the chiefest meane by whose help nature ingendreth and bringeth forth all vegetals minerals and animals Wherefore these three mercurie salt and sulphur can not be one without another for where the one is found there the other are found also neither is there any thing in nature wherein these three are not found and of these three whatsoeuer is in nature hath his originall and are so mingled with the foure elements that they make one body and the salt is drowned in the bottome of the elements for it is necessarie that the salt should keepe them vnited by his sharpenesse and dâ—inesse notwithstanding it is a flying spirit but because it sticketh in the botome of the mixture and is ouercome of the fatnes and combustible oile in which it is found as the yolke within the white of the egge and the combustible oile liueth of the earth with the â—alt and pheces and the salt is buried in the bottome of the pheces of the combustible oile and earth therefore it cannot flie away from the earth but by great force of fire These three spirites whereof we haue spoken are said first to be seperated from the mixture of the elements which is the soul of all things or their quintaessence which holdeth together the whole mixture of the elements for when the spirites are gone cut then the mixture is dissolued by it selfe and diuided neither is there neede of fire to expel the salt from the earth when the elements are separated from the pheces then is the salt also separated with it This salt is vnknowne to the ignoraunt Therefore salt is the meane betweene the grosse earthly partes and the three flying spirites resting in the naturall heat that is the taste moist smell and colour which three are the life soule and quintaessence of euery thing neither can these three spirits be one without the other as the Father the Sonne and the Holie-ghost are one yet three persons and one is not without the other The ignorant laugh neither vnderstand they these three spirits when as they are tied to the grosse earthly fixed partes and are made subtill and their salt is ioyned and mingled with them it must transforme them all together and fixe them into a cristalline bodie Diaphanes and red of colour whereof we wil speak hereafter he that knoweth not this salt shall neuer bring anie to passe in Art The philosophers call this salt a drie water and a liuely salt but the ignorant thought they meant mercurie but the Philosophers called the three spirites Mercurie and the earth Sulphur which the ignorant vnderstand not Either of them can not be without the other neither is there any thing in nature in which these three are not and they are so mixed with the foure elements that they make one body and mixture Whatsoeuer God hath created is in these three stones wherfore all may be reduced into a cristalline cleernesse by Art giuen by God vnto the Philosophers for in the latter days God wil seperate all the vncleane pheces and corruption that is in the elements and bring them to a cristalline cleerenesse and rednesse of a carbuncle Afterward there shall be no more corruption but they shall endure for euer Do you thinke that all thinges which God hath created in these lower partes should vtterly perish in the latter day No not the least haire of those things which God hath created no more then the incorruptible heauen but God by his will wil change all things and make them christalline and the foure elements shall be perfect simple and fixed in themselues and they shall be all a quintaessence Demonstration of these things may be made here on earth by Arte for whatsoeuer God hath created may be broght to a cristalline cleerenesse and the elements gathered together into a simple fixed substance which being doone no man can alter them neither the fire it selfe burne or change them but they shal continue perpetually as those things which haue attained eternitie The order to draw forth the Quintâ—essence of Sugar collected out of the vegitable and animall workes of Isacke Holander HEere will I shewe thee a great secret howe thou shalt drawe foorth the quintaessence of Sugar the which truely excelleth all vegitable workes by meane of his temperature like vnto the incorruptible heuen the which is neither hot colde nor dry but most temperate neuertheles compounded of the foure elements but they striue not one with another for if they are so ioyned together that they can neuer be separated one from an other but for euer remaine simple and fixt in vnitie But this heauen doth distribute and giue vnto the earth whatsoeuer is necessarie for it although that it selfe be neither hote nor colde moist nor dry the which like effects hath the quintaessence of sugar the which in it selfe hath the foure elements as gold hath as gold is pure so sugar is impure gold outwardly is hote and moist inwardly colde and drie and white sugar is the contrarie for it is outwardly colde and drie and inwardly hote and moist and red and fixed both outward and inward Neither is there any thing wanting but that the inward qualitie may be brought that his rednesse may appeere outwardly and that his pheses be seperated then is it prepared and shall not neede to be fixed for it is fixed alreadie and doth retaine with it selfe al outward and inward spirits and whatsoeuer is volatill it doth retaine Now what his kinde is I will tell thee and from whence he hath his originall that is euen out of the red but if thou wilt be further satisfied reade the three and thirty chapter of the generation of those things that grow in the seas and other waters where we write largely of the nature thereof Heere it shall be sufficient for vs to shewe the order how to prepare it and in what order it shoulde be vsed in medicine and also to other things where it may be applied His nature is to retaine or hold all flying spirites and to fixe them into a stone as shalbe shewed hereafter First ye shal vnderstand that ye cannot seperate the pheces except ye bring the inward parts outward that is to say that his inward darke golden colour do appeere the which when it is so di 〈…〉 d his rednesse is
them groselie and put them in a glasse vessell powring thereto of white wine i. measure and a half macerate them in a soft heate ii daies The dose is one spoonefull in the morning and as much at night The force of this potion is so great that it cannot be sufficiently commended Take of the flowres of Uinca Peruinca Lilium Coâ—â—alium ana p. i. Galanga Zedoariae ana ii dams Mumia and Bole Armenia ana i. dram Sperma Ceâ—â— halfe a dram white wine i. measures digest and circulate them in Balneo 4. daies the dose is one spoonefull morning and euening A potion vulnerary where the bone is broken with gunshot Take of Aristolochi Sowbread Adders grasse both conferies Geranii ana M. i Sauin M. ss maces Zedoariae the eyes of Crabbes ana halfe a ounce Mumia Galingale the lesse ana i. dram and a halfe being cut smal and brused and the other things brought into a grose pouder boyle all in a double vessell foure houres with one measure of wine vse it morning and euening This medicine is much better then so manie splents wherewith many are tormented R. of flowres of Lilium Conualium Betonie ana p. i. Galingale Macis ana iii. drams Persicaâ—ia Selandine Vinca Peruinca Veronica Centauri ana M. â—s macerate themas before and referue them to your vse A potion for wounds of the breast Take of the 〈…〉 ice of Veruen Betonie Veronica ana ii ounces cinamon water i. pound macerate them Take of Bole armeniae half an ounce of both the Comferies ana M. i. Galingale ii drams temper them with wine as aforesaid reserue them to vse Diuers discriptions of â—otions may be made of the foresaid simples which I haue to the iudgement of the expert phisition notwithstaÌ„ding this one thing I wil adde that the vse of them hath many oportunities to cure wounds by gunshot as also the Canker and al maligne desperate and eating vlcers of al which the Phisition shal take very great profit if he prepare the potions with the essence of the vulnerarie simples spagetically extract as wee haue taught in another A briefe declaration of Spagericall medicines FOr as much as nowe remaineth to declare the Spagerick preparation of those simples which pertaine to the cure of wounds by gunne shot wee will vse the same method we haue before vsed whereby this our treatise may be the plainer Superantia sunt igitur Anodyna Oleum ouorum Oleum butyri Oleum refinae Ol. visci pomorum compos Oleum hyperisi simpl Olea omnium axung Detergentia Oleum myrrhae Oleum mastiches Oleum terebinthinae Oleum mellis Viscus centaurij Viscus vincoe petuincoe Viscus aristolochioe Sal foecum aceti Balsamus martis Crocus veneris Mercur. praecipitat vulgaris Mercur praecipit dulcific Oleum guaiaci Balsamus veneris Balsamus Saturni Balsamus tartari Sarcotica Balsamus hyperici Oleum thuris Oleum sarcocollae Ol mannae Viscus consolidae vtriusque Viscus cynoglossi Epulâ—tica Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Bolus armena praeparata AlumeÌ„ adustum praepar Crocus Martis Creta vitrioli flaua Ol. salis tartari Ol. talci quae etiaÌ„ cicatrices decorant Repellentia sangui 〈…〉 cohibentia Ol. visci pomorum simplex Oleum Martis Crocus Veneris Colcothar simplex Colcothar dulcisicarum Bolus armena praeparata Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Ad venena Butyrum arsenici fixum Praecipitatus dulcificatus Balsamus tartari Ol. Mercur. corporale Oleum antimonij Oleum sulphuris vitriolatuÌ„ Ad ambusta Oleum ouorum Oleum lardi Oleum butyri Aqua gammarorum Aqua spermatis ranarum Aqua florum papauer rubri Viscus rad hyoscyami Oleum Saturni eiusque Sal. Oleum Lithargyri Attrahentia Viscus aristolochiae Viscus corticis med tiliae Succinum praeparatum Magnes praeparatus Sunt rursus illorum simplicium singula quae singulis partibus vulneratis conducunt vt Ossibus corruptis Oleum myrrhae Oleum caryophyllorum Oleum tartari foetens Oleum vitrioli Oleum sulphuris simplex Oleum sulph vitriolatum Oleum antimonij Sulphur rubjcuÌ„dum antim Oleum salis Oleum Mercur sublimati Neruis vulneratis Oleum cerae Oleum iuneperi Oleum euphorbij Oleum ouorum Oleum terebinthinae Oleum sulphuris terebinth Carni putridae ac corrupta Sal fuliginis Sal vrinae Sal tartari Sal mellis Oleum frumenti Oleum mellis Oleum sulph acidunt Phlegma vitrioli acidum Phlegma aluminis acidum Balsamus Martis Balsamus Veneris Balsamus Mercurij Balsamus tartari But because regarde is alwaies to be had of the noble part in whose action the life doth consist there bee certaine medicines which being giuen can defend them Roborant enim Câ—rebrum Oleum succini Oleum saluiae Oleum caryophyllorum Spiritus vitrioli Cor. Aurum vitae Tinctura auri Essentia margaritarum Hepar Tinctura Bals. natural Tinctura corallorum Oleum Martis The Spagericall preparation of medicines before rehearsed THe dregges of wine or crude Tartar brought into pouder put into a Retort of glasse or earth with his recipient make fire by degrees as is doone to the making of strong water there will rise great plentie of white spirits which wil turne into water and thicke stinking oile separate the oyle by a funnel and keepe it to your vse But the salt of Tartar you shall draw out of the Pheces which they call the dead head which are left in the Retort Those you shall dissolue in warme water and after filter that which is dissolued twise or thrise coagulate it at the fire by vaporing away the water and the salt wil remaine in the bottome of the vessell which if you againe dissolue and coagulate diuerse times you shall purge it cleare like Cristall This Cristaline salt if you put it into a glasse and set it in a wine seller or other moist place within few dayes it wil resolue into a cleare oyle verie excellent to clense the spots and vlcers of the face Take crude Tartar ii pounde salt Peter Salt of Soote of the Pheces of vineger ana iiii ounces Calcis Vâ—uae vi ounces all broken verie small put into a vessel not glased but wel stopped Calcine it xii houres dissolue that is calcined in warme water distil it by filter after coagulate it and clenâ—e it againe repeating three times your calcinations dissolutions and coagulations then put all into a Limbecke and put on distilled vinegar that it be â—â—uered iiii fingers Distil the vinegar in balneo M. and there wil come forth a sweete liquor then poure on the vinegar againe to distill this do so long vntil it be no more sweete but sower as when you poured it on first and so rise in the Limbecke Then distill all in a strong fire by a Retort and there will come forth a hot oyle the commodities whereof can scarcely be declared After the same maner if you will you may distil al the salt of
Tartar by a Limbecke whereof you shall make a most excellent and wholesome oyle Vinegar being distilled by a Limbecke the pheces remaine in the bottome of the vessell which first dried afterward with a violent fire if they be driuen out by a Retort there come foorth a very red and sharpe oile Then if you dooe againe dissolue the dead head or Pheces in warme water filter and coagulate it the salt of Vinegar will rest in the bottome the which is verie profitable for all eating vlcers Soote brought into fine pouder dissolue it in distilled Vinegar in Balneo and separating all the mensture that which remaineth in the bottome dissolue and coagulate againe so long till it come to white salt which in a moyst place wil dissolue into oyle verie apt to cure the Gangraenam and all maligne vlcers Bole Armonack made into fine pouder dissolue it in the sower fleame of Alum then separate the fleame by Balneum and poure on other Doe this three times and then the Bole will be turned into a very fat oyle which with a verie soft fire is dryed and brought into pouder most apt to staunch bloud wheresoeuer it breake out Take of Cloues beaten in pouder one pound simple water or Aqua Vitae which is better vi pounde infuse them to digest in Balneo or dung foure dayes then put them in Limbecke with his refrigatorie distill it according to arte and seperate the oyle from the water by a funnel and keepe it for your vse After the same manner shall you draw the oyles of Sage Iuniper Amber Turpentine Mirre Frankinsens Sarcocolla Masticke and Euphorbium We haue written another better way to draw oyles out of the foresaide things in the Spagericke preparation of medicines Wheate being put into a retort with the spirit of wine digest it viii daies then distill it with a violent fire that which is distilled powre againe vpon the dead head digest it againe and distill it againe if you reiterate this iii. times there will come forth a most excellent oyle of the Gangraena and Carcinomatâ— Take of the flowers of Hipericon small â—utij pounde oyle of Turpentine i. pound yolkes of egges 20. Aqua Vitae halfe a pound mingle them all together and let it putrifie in hot dung one whole moneth then wring it out and set it in the sunne two moneths After the same maner is the Balme of Visci pomorum made or with oile Oliue first purified in Balneo Take of the flowres of Hipericon i. pound of the Muslage of the roote of the great Conferie iiii ounces floures of Camomil Verbascum ana pug ii oile of egges and turpentine ana half a pound Aqua Vitae one pound Mirre Frankensence Mastick Muâ—iae ana ii ounces red sugar vi ounces putrifâ—e all in dung one moneth in a vessel diligently stopped then wring it out and circulate it in Balneo three dayes afterward with a soft fire boyle it to the substance of a Balme Take of the leaues of the Mysselto of the Apple tree cut smal ii pound put them into a vessel of glaâ—le putting thereto buds of the Popler tree halfe a pound oyle of the grease of a Badger and of Butter ana iiii ounces turpentine vi ounces oyle of wormes ii pound and a halfe good white wine ii pound digest all well stopped in verie hot dung ii moneths then presse it and circulate it and with a soft fire boile it vntil the liquors be consumed there can not be found a more excellent medicine to asswage acheâ— and paines The iuice of the leaues and rootes of hearbes you shall purifie vntill it bee cleare powring to it so much Aqua Vitae and digest it in Balneo in a glasse xv daies then separate that water by distillation and there remaineth in the bottome the slyme or muslage of the hearbes Steepe the leaues and rootes of hearbes in common water filtred or that which is better in white wine eight daies then let them boyle iii. daies with a soft fire vnder them Then wâ—ing them out and purifie it then boyle them with a softfire vntill they come to the thicknes of honie which we cal the slime of muslage By this rule you shal draw out of both Comferies Cynoglosso Centaurie Vinca peiuinca Aristolochie the roote of henbane the middle barke of Tillia their muslage verie profitable for the foresaid medicines Out of the flowres of red Poppie or their iuice you shal draw a water by a Limbeck very profitable to coole The salt of mans vrine hath an excellent qualitie to clense It is made thus First the vrine is to be filtred then coagulated after with distilled vinegar dissolued againe coagulated these must be reiterated 3. or 4. times Melt waxe at the fire and boyle it with wine till it bee consumed doe it so long vntill it cracke no more Take i. pound of wax thus prepared Alum calcined half a pound Sage leaues M. i. put al into a Limbeck with his receauer and distill it with a meane fire First there will come forth a grose oyle thick hard white which must be distilled againe as afore and iii. times reiterated and so you shall make an excellent oyle of waxe for all griefes of the synowes In like maner is the oyle of Rosen and pitch made Out of honie you shall first drawe an excellent water by Balneum afterward you shall put vnto the dead head or pheces that are left sand or flint stones calcined that the matter boyle not vp which you shall driue out by a 〈◊〉 of glasse giuing fire by degrees and so you shal distil a yellowish cleare oile togither with a grosse impure oyle Let all digest againe 4. or 5. dayes after distill it againe by a Limbecke in sande and there will come out a pure red oyle swimming vpon the water This water is sower almost like vinegar distilled and is very good against the Gangrena but the oyle which burneth like Aqua Vitae hath maruaiâ—ous qualities specially if it be circulated certaine daies with the spirit of wine for the spirit being after separated there remaineth a sweete oyle of pleasant sauour good for wounds by gunshot and eating vlcers Out of the pheces which remaines is drawen a salt first being calcined with a fire of reuerberation dissoluing it with his proper menstrua or common water distilled filtering and coagulating it three times It is good for al rotten vlcers This salt you shal mingle with his proper burning oyle according to arte and you shall reape greater commoditie thereof then is lawfull to be spoken Take of honie not separated from his waxe ii pounde Tartar made into pouder i pound let them putrifie together in dung xv dayes and distill it by a retort and there will first come a cleare water then a yellowish Put these againe vpon the dead head and putrifie it againe other xv dayes
after distill it againe and this doe three times and you shall haue an excellent oyle of honie Take butter first molten in white wine and then distil it with a meane fire and there wil distil out a oyle greatly swaging paines and supplying So shall you make oyle of Larde and all greases Take 100 yolkes of egges first sodden hard put them into a Cucurbite and make fire by degrees first there wil come out a water after a yellowish oyle swimming vpon the water last a thicke oile The water is good for al spots in the face the oyle to appease all griefes and aches Boyle Câ—eueâ—es in water of Orphine in a double vessell wel stopped one whole day After distil it powring the water 3. times vpon the pheces then let it be kept it is veâ—ie good for inflamations burnings the Carcynomata The sperme of eede of frogges is gathered in the moneth of March and iâ— distilled by a glasse Limbecke and therof is drawen a water very commodious for inflamations and burnings Eggeshels or the shels of snailes are reuerberated in a sharpe fire three daies vntill they be brought into a veâ—ie white Calce But if they be sprinckled with vineger whilest they are calcined the Calce wil be the lighter and apter to worke his force Mercurie first washed and prepared according to Gebers prescription dissolue with the duble weight of common strong water then distill it 〈◊〉 times and poure it so often againe vpon the pheces and so it is brought into a verie red pouder cut of the which being â—eueâ—berate at the fire and drawne away the spirits of the strong water which otherwise woulde mooue geeat paine But it were better if it were washed with the sleame of Allum and vinegar distilled and the water of Egges for by that meane the sharpnesse is taken away But it is better to prepare Mercurie with often sublimations and to fixe it being quickened againe and purged from his filthy earth and superfluous humiditie with the water which wee haue described in the booke by me published of the Spâ—gerick preparation But if al men do not vnderstand that discâ—â—ption for the darke wordes of Art it shall not be incommodious to fixe the Mercurie with common strong water three times powred on and drawne away and to bring it into a red pouder and that with a sufficient violent fire that al the sharpnes and venome of the menstrew may be drawne away which shal much the better be done of this water following be min 〈…〉 led with it and by often distillation sepâ—â—ated Take of distilled vinegar 〈◊〉 pound a half the fleam 〈◊〉 Allum i. pound and a halfe calce of eggeshels vi oun 〈…〉 es distill al til it be drie Take of this water 〈◊〉 pound of Mercurie precipitate as â—fore i. pound mingle all wel according to art distil it by a Limbeck powring the water againe vnto the pâ—eces three times Last of al driue al out vntill it bee d 〈…〉 and there will remaine a pouder in the bottome which grinde vppon a marble and put it into a Limbeck pouring on the water aforesaid which you shal three times distill from the pheces as afore Lastly the Mercurie precipitate must be circulated with a alcool of wine 24. houres Then distill away the spirit of wine that the matter may drie then poure on new againe and circulate it and distill as afore and that do 4. or 5. times and then you haue attained the perfect preparation of Mercurie whose qualities cannot be sufficiently commended in curing of sundrie diseases specially of the Pox whether it be takeÌ„ by mouth or applied to the place grieued Make Amalgama with iiii ounces of Mercurie câ—ude and i. ounce of the best tinne Spread this vpon a plate of Iron and set it in a moyst place and all will dissolue into oyle it is also made with Mercurie alone and a plate of Tynne Mercurie as the maner is three times sublimed with Salt of Vitrioll at the last is mingled with the like portion of salâ— Armoniack againe subblimed three or foure times al that subblimat is dissolued into oile out of which the spirit of the salt Armoniack is to be drawen away circulate all with the essence of wine and distil it so long vntil the oyle haue lost his heate and sharpnesse and the Armoniacke be separated It is also reduced by it selfe into an oyle with a very soft heate of an Athanor by long distance of time Sublime Mercurie so often with the simple Calce of egges well prepared vntill it be vtterly extinct To this mixture powre vinegar distilled alcoole sated that it may couer it 4 fingers distil the liquor from the pheces 4. or 5 times vntil the Mercurie be come into a very red pouder which you shall circulate with a alcoole of wine in a pellican 8. days separate the alcool by a limbeck there wil remaine in the bottome the most pretious sweet balme of Mercury It healeth al desperate vlcers also â—â—râ—uculaÌ„ iâ—â—â—sica greatly helpeth these wounds by gunshot Al other preparations of Mercurie and the maner of vsing it you shal gather out of the book which we lately set forth Vpon the filings of Iron often washed with salt water poure sharpe vinegar that it may couer it foure fingers set it vpon warme ashes 8. daies euerie day moouing the matter and separating the vinegar which wil be colored pouring on againe new and that so long till the vinegar be no more coloured which being vapoured away take the pouder that remaineth in the bottome and subblime it with like portion of Armoniacke the same sublimate you shall returne againe so often vppon his pheces and subblime again vntil there appeare the color of a Rubin then cast al into scalding water that the salt may dissolue them by by put to cold water the balme of Mars wil rest in the bottome like the calx of gold Poure away the water and put to fresh again that the balme may be made sweete Of this with the spirit a wine alcolizat by circulations you shall make a red oyle most excellent for all inwarde Hemerodes or issues of bloud and to strengthen the bowels if one drop be mixed with conserue of Roses or Conferie or giuen with wine The filings of Iron first well washed you shall calciâ—â— with the flowre of Sulphur or dissolue with strong water then poure on very sharpe vinegar and set it in a warme place certaine days then reuerberate it with an open fire as Arte commandeth one wholeâ— day gathering alwayes the flowres which remaine aboue vntill all be conuerted into a verâ—e red and light pouder After the same maner you shal make the balme oile Crocus of copper out of the which with the sowre flame of Vitrioll circulating all artificially you shall drawe a bleweshing Vitriol whose qualities we haue discribed in