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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43811	Natvrall and artificiall conclvsions. Compiled first in Latine, by the worthiest and best authors, both of the famous University of Padua in Italy, and divers other places. Englished since, and set forth by Thomas Hill, Londoner, whose own experiments in this kinde, were held most excellent. And now againe published, with a new addition of rarities, for the practise of sundry artificers; as also to recreate wits withall at vacant times.	Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.	1649 (1649)	Wing H2018; ESTC R209384	33,564	110

anointed therewith you may take them at your pleasure LXXIV How to make no Dog shall bark at you TAke an Herb called Serpentine and by vertue thereof no Dog shall bark at you LXXV How to make Birds come to your Culver-house CAst Barley stéeped in Honey where they do féed and they will gather to your Culver-house LXXVI An excellent Conclusion how to put an Apple into a Vial. HAng the Vial on the twig of an Apple-trée and put a young Apple in the mouth of the Vial and it will grow therein And so ye may do with Grapes or other fruit LXXVII How to put an Egge into a Vial. STéep the Egge two days and two nights in Vinegar and then roll it on a Table softly and it will stretch as Wax and then may you put it in the Vial or draw it thorow a Ring LXXVIII To make folk seem black PVt Oil-Olive in a Lamp and put thereto fine powder of ground Glass and light it and all that be above it will séem black as Egyptians LXXIX To prove if a Maiden be clean BVm Mother-wort and let her take the smoke thereof in at her nose and if she be corrupt she shall presently piss or else not Otherwise take gray Neti●es while they be gréen and let her pi●s on them if she ●e no Maiden they will wither forthwith otherwise not LXXX To know if a sick person shall die or not TAke gray Nettles while they be green and put them into the patients Vrine and if they remain green he shall live and if they wither not LXXXI To make Salt water fresh TAke Clay and put it into a bag and strain it thorow until it b● clear and it will be fresh LXXXII To see by night as by day ANoint your eyes with the blood of a Bat and by this means you may effect your desire LXXXIII To kindle fire at the Sun TAke a very bright Bason and put a new Looking-glass therein and set the Bason in the hottest Sun and lay about it very dry Towe small ●hop●ed and the Towe will take fire with the heat of the Sun LXXXIV To make flesh cleave in the Pot. TAke Dwall or Nightshade and stamp it well and put it in the Pot with meat and the meat will cleave together LXXXV An easie way to take Birds PVt Barley in the juyce of Rue and Vinegar and cast it where the Birds do haunt or come and as soon as they have eaten it they cannot flie and then ye may easily take them LXXXVI To make Silk-worms TAke the brain of a Calf and put it in a pit of Mader and let it lie thrée wéeks and they will bréed of the brain and ye may féed them with Mulberries LXXXVII How to take away hairs ANoint the rough place with the blood of a Bat after that it is shaven and hair shall never grow there LXXXVIII To fat Hens or Capons MAke a déep pit in the earth and make therein a b●d of dung and a bed of Nettles and do so till it be full and there kéep your Pullen till the herbs begin to g●ow and then let them out and w●t●in a short while they will be very fat LXXXIX That one shall not be drunk DRink the juyce of Yarrow fasting and ye shall not be drunk for no drink And if ye were drunk it will sober you Or else 〈◊〉 the marrow of 〈◊〉 fasting and by this means ye shall not be drunk XC To make a good bait for Fish at ali seasons of the year TAke Wheat-flower and Tallow of a new-slain Shéep and the glair of an Egge and beat them all together and vait them all therewith XCI How to make an Egge go up to a Spears end EMpty the Egge at a little hole and fill it full of May-dew and stop the hole close with a little Wax and Parchment glued that the dew go not out Then stick a spear in the earth in the heat of the Sun and lay the Egge by the Spear and it will mount to the top thereof by the heat of the Sun XCII To make Pottage run out of the Pot. TAke Sope and cast thereof into the Pot and it will run over XCIII To make Fish or Flesh seem raw TAke the blood of a Wat or of a Kid and dry it and keep 〈◊〉 from the air then cast on Fish or Flesh that is hot and it will séem raw XCIV To kill Hens or Ducks CAst to them the seed of Henbane and having eaten thereof they will fall down as they were dead XCV How to make Coles to burn a great while MAke powder of S. Johns Wort and when the Coles are wasted and the fire néer out cast it thereon and let it lie XCVI Ad capiendum Pisces REcipe luce Mullage vel scolares sortas collectum ci●ca medium Maii. Quando Luna sit plena distemperata cum nigro sale serva in Olla terrea quando vis occupare unge manus tuas lava in aqua vel loco ubi sunt Pisces XCVII That a man shall not be weary of going DRink of the juyce of Mugwort and bear the herb about him with the herb Pedelion and Crowfoot XCVIII To make Yarn and Linen cloth become white TAke a Herring-barrel and fill it nigh full of good Ale-dreggs and stop it fast but ye must have a good dish-ful of parcht beans and put them in a linen bag and very hot put them to the dreggs till they be cool and shut it fast for the space of a quarter of an hour Then take two pound of Allom ground to subtil powder and cast it therein and let it lie four days naturally well closed then wash your Yarn XCIX To make that a horse may not go thorow a street TAke the guts of a Wolf and lay them overthwart the Stréet and cover them with v or sand and he will not go that way as long as the guts do lie there Probatum est C. To know if a Woman be with a Man-childe or not TAke a di●h and put water in it and then let her milk her brest into the water and if it be a Man-childe it will fléet and if it be a Woman-childe it will sink CI. An easie Experiment to ease thy feet for going ANd to do this take the leaves of Plantine and stamp them well and strain them or otherwise preserve the juyce thereof and anoint your feet therewith and it will remove away the grief Also upon the going of any great journey if you put within each of your shooes or boots a leaf of Plantine it will both cool and refresh your feet and likewise make you hold out mainly in travel CII To preserve your Teeth fair white and clean FOr the fair and neat keeping of the Teeth take Barley-meal Honey and Salt and mingle them together and use therewith to rub your Teeth at sundry times especially in the Morning and by this means they shall become very fair and white CIII

also if thou wilt spit fire out of thy mouth without pain and to do thée no harm take the powder of the Willow-stick finely beaten and ●er●ed with the which ●oyn a little new Silk making it ●ound up like unto a ball into which ●ut this powder wrapping the silk well about it and after put within it with the powder a little fine Flax and then properly stitch it up round about which so done then cut it open a little on the one side putting a quick cole or a light Candle unto it to set it on fire a little then put it again into thy mouth holding the same softly with thy téeth and turning also the part cut inward in thy mouth and when thou wilt spit fire out then hold the ●all strongly in thy mouth and blowe and the ●ookers on shall sée then a great flame i●sue forth of thy mouth and do thée no harm at all Also to make fire flie up in the air T●●e Towe and wet the same in Aqua vitae and after put fire to it and blowe the same away which after will flie up in the air and burn LXII How to know a natural Precious Stone from a counterfeit TO do this rub the same on Lead and if it change the colour then it is counterfeit if it change not then it is a natural Stone Also if the Stone have like unto a Bladder within then it is counterfeit LXIII How to make a Man to appear on a flame burning without any harm FOr to do this take Brimstone Or●iment and common Oil of these make an Ointment with the which anoint thy garments all about and thy head and hands and after light the same and it will burn all at once without harm Also take juyce of Adders tongue the juyce of March-Mallows or other Mallows and the white of an Egge these mix together anointing therewith all about thy body and then cast the fine powder of Brimstone on the same setting it over a fire and it will strangely bur●● and yet neither harm hands nor garments which shall be anointed therewith LXIV A new conceited Conclusion to make a Chamber as light by night as by day TO do this take that part which shineth of the Night worm and bruise them well which after set in hot Horse-dung in a Glass stopped and let it there so stand for fifteen days and after distil the same in a Limbeck of Glass with a soft fire the which water so drawn stop close in a narrow-neck'd Pot of Chrystal-Glass and h●ng the same in the entry of the house and it will so give a very bright light LXV· How to make two Dogs fight together a proper Secret TO do this take the Seelifset of the Wolf and cast the same between two Dogs and they shall so long fight together as they lie there between them and when you will have them to cease fighting then take them away LXVI How to make a Bitch ●hat she shall not desire to be covered with any Dog ANd to do this take Bees and prepare them orderly which after give unto the Bitch with bread or with meat and she will not after suffer any Dog to touch her LXVII How to cast forth any Worm or Snake entred within the body ANd to do this boil the herb Basil over a soft fire in Vinegar which so boiled give unto the patient to drink and it shall cast the same up forthwith And if the same be a Snake entred within the body then you may take writing Ink and good Wine mixing them together which after drink and it will cast up whatsoever evil be in the body LXVIII How to make a blown Bladder to dance and skip about from place to place TO do this put Quicksilver in a Bladder and lay the Bladder in a hot place and it will after skip from place to place without handling LXIX How to make a Hen to run away with great fear FOr to do this take the head of a Kite and tie the s●me a●●ut a Hens neck and she shal never ●ease running here and there until you hav● taken away the same from her neck and when you will take the same ●rom her ne●k she will t●en move from you nothing at all LXX How to finde a person drowned that hath been sought for TO do this take a white lo●f and cast the same into the water n●er the suspected place and it will forthwith go directly over the dead body and there still abide by which you may well finde the dead body LXXI How to deal with Iron many ways right profitable FIrst to make Iron as soft as paste take Vitriol and salt Ni●re of ●ach alike beating these to powder which after distil in a Limbeck of Glass and in this Water lay your small pieces of Iron for a day and a night which after cover in 〈…〉 dung for fiftéen days and the same will become very soft like unto ●aste and with the same Iron you may make seals or g●ave or otherwise imprint what you list on Iron so easily as into Earth and you may also beat and work the same Iron so easily as Lead Also make a Water of Roch-Allom as is above-said and in the same Water quench your Iron seven times and it will make the Iron so easily break as Glass and to make powder thereof Also quench the Iron in the dung of an Ox or Cow tempered with Honey oftentimes and it will become so soft that you may work the same like Lead with the hammer Also take salt Armoniack well beaten and mix the same with uns●ekt Lime and temper the same with cold water like unto a thick Broth and in this water temper the Iron and it shall after become white fair and very strong Also take the juyce of the Herb named Palma Christi and with the same anoint thy hands and thou maist after handle Iron fire●hat without harm And the like may youd● with the juyce of Hemlock Also take red Arsenick and red Allom of each alike these grinde into fine powder mixing the ●ame with the juyce of Seng●●en or House-leek and the gall of a Bull and anoint thy hands with the same and thou maist after handle burning Iron and anointing thy feet thou mayst go on hot Grates of Iron or Coles without any danger LXXII To light a Candle at the mouth of an Image painted on the wall TO do this take and put Brimstone to the mouth of an Image and take a burning Candle and blowe it out an● ere the week be out set it to the Images mouth and it will burn And so ye may do against a Glass LXXIII To take Fish by night TAke a Lantern of Glass and put a burning Candle in it and set the Lantern on the water and the Fishes will come to light Or else take Nettles and Housleek and make juyce of them and put it in a Pond and all the Fishes will gather there and if your hands be