grave where Loves dumb orator lyes inshrin'd and Chirurgeons usually the unskilful Plaisterers that make an ill-rais'd cicatrice the swelling monument to departed beauty The feature fretting Pox if it sets but a foot within that paradice of perfections the face it leaves more disfiguring impressions there than a Coridons clouted shoes on a Cedar floor Now to smooth Ladies and polish your skins after such disasters prise the medicines commended to you in this Chapter as rarities they 'le make the hills and dales of uneven faces meet without a miracle levelling them to such a smoothness that little Cupid though blind may sport himself there and never stumble Take mastick two ounces gum arabick one ounce saffron half an ounce turpentine three ounces old sallad oyle two ounces make the mastick and gum arabick into a grosse pouder then put them into the oyles and turpentine distil all together in a glasse Alembick and anoint the face with the water going to bed in the morning wash with warm water wherein the finest flower hath been infused It is exceeding good for any disfiguring scarr that appears after the consolidation of a wound Of the same nature is the next that follows Take oyle of Tartar and the mucilage of Psyllium seeds extracted with rose water of each one ounce ceruse dissolved in oyle of roses as much borace and sal gem of each one dram incorporate them well together and make an oyntment Or Take Tartar well burnt boile eggs hard take out the yolks after you have slit them and fill up the cavities with the burnt tartar put them in a moist place and keep the water that comes from thence as excellent for scars Take litharge of gold two ounces ceruse and salt of each half an ounce vinegar rose and plantane water of each three ounces camphire half a dram mingle and filtre it so keep it for use Or Take wild cucumer roots finely powdred one ounce allum two drams sulphur vive nitre of each one dram incorporate all together with lard well washt use it as an ointment These two are of the same vertue with the former Take oyle of Lillies capons grease oyle of roses of each one ounce and a half wash these well in rose and lilly water then add to them the whites of four or five eggs half boiled in their shells oyl of sweet and bitter almonds of each one ounce incorporate them together in a marble mortar and in the working put in the mucilage of melon seeds litharge of gold and chalk poudred of each two drams make them into an Unguent applied to the face it takes away all those scars the Small Pox too frequently makes there Hares blood if you bath the skin often with it warm fills the cavities with flesh and makes the skin even and plain It is likewise an approved experiment That the water which comes from Sheep or Goats hoofs burnt is very good for the same Or use this following Take Litharge of gold washt nine times in rose water and sifted as often two drams reed roots dried and pounded rice meal powder of burnt bones bean meal of each one dram beat all together very small then sift it through fine tiffiny incorporate it with the mucilage of flax seed fengreek and psyllium extracted in lilly water and so bring it into the form of an Unguent Apply it to the face going to bed on the morrow wash with barly water Bath the places with warm water then strew thereon the cinders of burnt Tartar either alone or with myrrhe Or bath the places with water wherein cinnamon hath a long time boiled then put thereon the powder of litharge it will in short time take away all marks of the Small Pox. Take wheaten starch blancht almonds of each two drams sweet costus gum tragacanth of each half a dram reed roots half an ounce barly meal whole melon seeds beans dryed and pounded three drams saffron one scruple powder and sift the whole mingle them with equal parts of rose water and juice of orange peel make a liniment and with a feather anoint the scars of the pox leaveing it so all night on the morrow wash with the decoction of camomile and mellilot CHAP. X. How to remove spots in what part of the body soever I Have seen faces from whose features beauty her self might have taken copies had not nature studying too much neatnesse plaid the curtezan and spoiled that which was handsome before by two much patching Yet most Ladies never think themselves Venus's for beauty except they have some artificiall mole though such stellae nebulosae ecclipse more then increase the native lustre and especially where nature is too free in her spots they are alway reputed blemishes not ornaments Those then that have beauties characters defac'd with such blots if they have recourse to these following directions shall find themselves quickly freed and their features so ravishing that were it the mode of this age to dedicate shrines to beauty there is noâ—e of them but would have their Altar where the most generous heart should glory to be a sacrifice To take away any spot whatever Bath them for three mornings together with allum dissolved in oile of Tartar wash after with lye and lupine meale Or take two parts of plantaine water and one of rosewater sulphur vive powdred two ounces rock allum beaten small one ounce boile them over the fire till a fifth part be consumed then take it off and stir it well till it be cool afterward strein it through a fine cloth and keep it for use It takes away all kind of spots Take sugar candie white frankincence of each two ounces dissolve them in juice of limmons halfe a pinte boile them gently in a little skillet then anoint the spots with it after they have been washed with barly water Take lye made of Vine ashes juice of coleworts ox-gall of each a pound and a halfe dissolve therein half an ounce of allum and three whole egs beaten wet a cloth in this composition and bath the spots therewith Take turpentine and masticke tutia prepared of each two ounces camphire halfe an ounce steep them three daies in strong vinegar distill them in an alembick and keep the water for use To cleer the skin of black spots Take the distilled waters of dock and melon roots of each one quart ten swallow eggs salt nitre half an ounce white Tartar two ounces pound the nitre and tartar then mix them altogether let them stand 24 hours then distill them in an alembick in B. M. wash the black spots with the water in the morning at night wash them with oile of tartar and sweet almonds mixt together Take mastick powdred sulphur vive of each one ounce bay berries as many steep them in warme water for the space of ten days stirring them carefully once or twice a day then wash the black places with that water Take roots of iris Florent wild cucumers briony of each two pound dittany
dissolve both that and the ambergreece in rose water then mix them with the former Composition Take of the former Trochisks of roses half an ounce the best labdanum two ounces Styrax Calam. Benjamin of each one ounce violets poudred one ounce amber and musk of each half a dram pouder what is to be poudred and work them well together into a paste out of which ye may make Pomanders of an excellent and durable sent If ye like a perfumed Composition to carry about with ye in a silver box ye cannot have a better than this Take your true Jasmine butter half an ounce essence of orange flowers essence of cinnamon oyle of orange peel oyle of nutmegs essence of roses of each half a scruple flowers of benjamin one scruple essence of musk amber and civet of each half a scruple all these ye must work well together in a cold and small marble mortar then put it into your box CHAP. II. Pouders for the Hair Linnen and Sweet Baggs IF after ye have used all hitherto commended ye meet with any that defies your charms and is obstinate do not yet despair Ladies for this Chapter teaches ye how ye shall tickle his nose and fetch him about with a pouder which will give ye so rich a sent that the roses and violets in all your cheeks shall not make ye half so sweet Take Florentine iris roots finely poudred one pound Benjamin four ounces Cloves the like quantity Storax two ounces pouder them all very fine and mix them together This ye may use to sent your hair-pouder withal adding about three ounces of this pouder to a pound of Starch sifted and pounded or else to a like quantity of Rice pouder of Post or French Beans being first pounded and then sifted Take Iris roots six ounces red Rose leaves poudred four ounces Cyperus half a dram Marjoram Cloves and Storax of each one ounce Benjamin yellow Saunders of each half an ounce Violets three drams Musk one dram If ye pouder them grâ—sly they may serve to put in sweet bags to lay amongst linnen but if ye pouder them small and seirce them through a seive ye may keep the grosser part for the former use and with the more fine ye may perfume your hair-pouders This ye may observe in your other pouders Take Iris roots three pound Cyperus roots Benjamin yellow Saunders lignum Rhodium Citron peel Storax Calam. Cloves Cinnamon pâ—re Labdanum of each one ounce sweet Marjoram twelve handfuls flowers of Roman Camomile and Rosemary leaves of sweet Musk Tyme and Savory of each two handfuls and a half the best Musk a quarter of an ounce Civet half so much Ambergreece half a dram let all be driven into a grosse pouder except the Amber Civet and Musk which must be finely poudred and afterward mixed This is an excellent pouder for Linnen and Bags it will endure sixteen years exceeding strong and is as good a Composition as any where you can meet with If ye mix a lesse proportion of Zibet Musk and Amber it cannot be expected to be so pleasant nor lasting Take from the Apothecaries common Iris roots poudred one pound calamus aromaticus two ounces roses four ounces coriander seeds two ounces lignum Aloe one ounce marjoram orange peels of each one ounce storax calam ten drams Labdanum six drams Trochisks of Roses two ounces Lavender four ounces Cloves two ounces Bay leaves half a dram galingale two drams mix all these and pouder them fine then adde musk and amber of each half a dram Take yellow Saunders one ounce calamus aromaticus a like quantity marjoram three drams the leaves of damask Roses and Violets poudred of each two drams Nutmegs and Cloves of each one dram musk half a dram all must be beaten into a grosse pouder then put it into silken bags to lay amongst Linnen Take the roots of Florentine Iris four ounces Violet flowers newly dâ—yed one ounce the root of round Cyperus two drams the true distilled oyle of Roses a dram and a half reduce all these into a very fine pouder This gives a very delightful and pleasing smell and is composed for their sakes who do not affect those strong Perfumes that are made with musk and Zibet Ye may put it in silken taffity bags to lay amongst linnen or else it may serve to strew on the hair or cloaths Take the pressings that which remains after the oyle is drawn forth of sweet and bitter Almonds of each four ounces the flower of French Barley and Lupins of each two ounces the roots of the best Iris pounded one ounce white Roses dryed Benjamin six drams salt of white Tartar whitest Chalk poudred Sperma Coeti of each half an ounce oyle of Rhodium one scruple of Cloves and Lavender half a scruple mix and make them into a pouder it gives the hands and skin an excellent odour makes them white and smooth if ye often rub it on them or use it to wash withal CHAP. III. Sweet Waters Oils and Essences SUch Ladies is the efficacie of these liquors that they 'l cherish rather then extinguish the flames of love they 'l put ye in so sweet a pickle that will make ye dainties shall sharpen the appetite of those that have no flomack to fall on a Ladie In a word the Pope and all his Conclave shall never do so many wonders with their holy water as you may do with these Take three pints of damask rose water malmsey half a pint the flowers of lavender and spike of each two ounces Florentine flower de Luis roots two drams nutmeg styrax Calam of each half a drum Infuse altogether for a fortnight in a close stopt bottle then distill them in a glasse alembick putting into the nose of it a scruple of musk as much amber greece Ye may mix this water with ordinary water for your hands or put some of it on a chafing dish of coals it will recreate the sences with a pleasing vapour An equall quantity of rose water and vinegar set on the coals does the same Take rose water four ounces cinnamon half an ounce yellow saunders poudred wood of aloes citron peel cloves of each half a scruple musk two grains mix them and they will make an excellent sented water Take oiles of musk one dram of cloves six graines of lillies of the vally three graines a little Virgin wax mix them together according to art and you shall have an odoriferous balsam that comforts the brain and revives the sâ—irits if ye anoint the nostrils with a little of it Take cloves cinnamon lavender nutmegs of each two drams oiles of cloves angelica spike lavender of each half a scruple wax four drams musk and amber of each three graines make them into a Balsame which will be of the same virtues with the former Take musk finely powdred a dram and a half put it into a glasse alembick poure thereon two quarts ' of rose water distil this over a gentle fire in B.
M. keep the water that ye draw from thence in a glass close stopped it may be serviceable to Queens and Empresses Take rose water three quarts assa dulcis poudred one ounce storax cloves wood of aloes camfre of each one dram musk and civet of each one scruple put all these into a glasse bottle close stopped which boile for the space of four houres in water then take the vessel wherein the water is and let it cool by degrees when it is cold streine it through a thick cloth then put it into another glasse vessel with fifteen graines of musk stop it close and set it in the Sun five dayes This perfume is so strong that if you mix one part thereof with twelve of water t wil be exceeding sweet Take Lavender flowers seven handfuls rosemary flowers clove July flowers orange peel of each three handfuls mint sage bay leaves elder flowers pennyroyall of each one handful cloves four ounces galingale nutmegs calamus aromaticus ginger cinnamon of each one ounce the best sented white wine three quarts powder all the spices and steep them in white wine put all into a glasse vessel stopped set it in the Sun eight dayes then put it into a glasse alembick with musk and distill all in B. M. Whether it be distilled or not it is a very sweet water excellent to wash the hands if ye mix one drop of it with a hundred of common water if it be applyed to the face it will free it from spots and freckles Take twenty graines of musk nutmegs cloves galingale spikenard grains of paradise mace cinnamon of each one ounce powder all very small and put them all into a pinte bottle of rose water let them steep four daies then pour on more rose water and after distil them in B. M. Or tye in a very fine rag musk and civet of each one dram put the bag into a three quart bottle fild with rose water expose it some days to the sun and ye shall have a rich sented water Take the purest Benzoin twelve ounces powder it very fine then take liquid styrax as much as will suffice to make it into a past when it is well mixt put it into a glasse alembick with a glasse head which ye must set in ashes or sifted sand and cement a receiver to the nose of the alembick with potters clay and the whites of egs very close that the vapours may have no vent forth which if they have they 'l be so strong that to most they 'l seem a stink rather then a perfume and to some persons may be very prejudicial when things are thus fitted kindle fire under it by degrees afterwards make the fire stronger at first ye shall draw a yellow water in a small quantity and worth little but presently after there will arise a vapour white as snow that will stick to the alembick when ye perceive that this rises no more then make the fire stronger but not too violent then will an oile ascend that is sweeter then the former and according to the colour of your oiles remember to change your receivers your last oile wil be an excellent Balsame But to make an exact perfume take an ounce and a half of the white snow oile of sweet almonds newly drawn four ounces melt both over a gentle fire stirring it continually with a spattula till the snowie part be dissolv'd and to give it a reddish colour put in a small piece of the root of alkanet so ye may have a perfume of an excellent sent Is you would have this oyl of a richer odour ye may dissolve therein one scruple of amber greece The black oile that remains at the bottome of your alembick is of a very strong smel but mixt with liquid styrax will make excellently sented pomanders if ye keep it by it self ye were best to keep it open that so the strong sent may evaporate CHAP. IV. Sweet Candles and Perfumes to burn YE are much beholding Ladies to ordinary Candles for when the sooty night would be-friend your Chamber-maids and make them seem as handsome as your selves that which discovers the cheat and makes ye be prefer'd before them is the friendly light those Candles lend they shew the difference betwixt a beauty and the foiles that usually attend her But if those common ones do ye much service these will more for if ye can once procure these ignes fatui to lead them ye may be sure to make fools of men and never fear but ye shall have servants after ye have got such enamouring flames Take Labdanum two ounces Storax one ounce Benjamin and Cloves of each half an ounce Mace a quarter of an ounce beat all to a pouder in a brasen mortar and when they are finely poudred set the mortar over a gentle fire and work them well together then take rosewater eight spoonfuls dissolve therein musk and civet of each three grains afterward put it with the rest of the ingredients into the mortar when ye have mixed all throughly together make the whole mass into small long roles when they are dry you may put them into a silken bag and lay them amongst linnen or burn them in your chamber or any where else at your pleasure They are a pleasing Perfume and will last good seven years Take Labdanum two drams Styrax calam a dram and a half benjamin frankincense white amber wood of aloes red roses wood of cypress cinnamon cloves of each two scruples amber musk of each five grains make them up into small cakes with gum tragaganth dissolved in spirit of roses one whereof cast upon the coals sents your chamber with a delightful vapour Take Labdanum one ounce and a half dryed charcoal made of willow one ounce myrrhe wood of aloes styrax calam of each one ounce and a half amber musk of each seven grains dissolve half an ounce of gum tragant in rosewater with a little spirit of wine and make them up into roles like small candles Take gum styrax calam benjamin of each equal quantities dissolve them in the best rosewater as soon as they are dissolved strein them hard thorough a thick cloth afterwards dry them and pouder them and keep the pouder for your use Take of this pouder thus prepared one ounce the weightiest wood of aloes poudred two drams red roses dryed ambergreece of each one dram zibet musk of each half a dram sweet balsame of Perâ— oyle of Rhodium of each one scruple ivory burnt till it be black as much as will suffice powder what is to be powdred then mix all with rose water and work them together into a kind of black paste make it into small bals which you must wrap in rose leaves and dry them in the shade then keep them well stopt in glasses This is a perfume for Persons of quality One or two of them cast upon coals or put into a quantity of rose water that is set over the coals will fill the room with a ravishing and coelestiall vapour that refreshes the braine and vitall spirits and corrects the malignity of any contagious aire Take Styrax calam prepared as before benzoin of each half an ounce your best wood of aloes two drams Zibet that is not adulterate one dram Gallia moscata one scruple oile of roses and of cloves of each half a scruple mix them according to art and with damask rose water make them into little bals They are of the same virtue with the former and used in the same manner CHAP. V. How to perfume Gloves TO adde the roses sweetness to the lillied loveliness of your snowie hands sent your gloves with these perfumes and they who take ye by the hand shall find all pleasures graspt in a handfull wherein all ravishing objects are that can convey those charming delights to the admiring fancy that both please the sight and feast the other senses too First then perfume your gloves thus Take a pair of smooth new Cordavan gloves wash them well for two or three daies once a day in good white wine pressing them well and smoothing them after every washing after the last washing when they are almost dry wash them in rose water wherein musk hath been dissolved let them lye in that water for one day then pull one of the gloves on your hand and with your other hand smooth and dry it then do the same to the other glove When this is done steep in water for four or five daies four ounces of gum tragagant the whitest you can get musk amber dryed marjoram of each one scruple boil them gently altogether and in the boiling add half a scruple of Zibet put these into a coverd vessel till they are cold then chaff and rub it well into the gloves afterward lay them in some place to dry Or wash those gloves ye intend to perfume first well in white wine then dry them in the shade after wash them in a pint of rose water sented with oile of cloves jasmine nutmegs labdanum of each half a scruple then take musk zibet ambergreece of each five graines beat them together in a mortar with a little oile of spike and mucilage of gum tragagant dissolv'd in rose water chaff this composition into the washt gloves before the fire FINIS
in winter make a bag of the thickest cloth you can procure put the former steeped Talque into the bag with the hardest river flints let the bag when close tyed be rubbed together by two men till the talque be exceeding finely powdred then take it out and put it into a earthen pot that is not glaz'd with a narrow mouth stop the vessel and biud it well about with strong wire then put it into a reverberatory for the space of 12 houres then take it from the fire by degrees when it is cool powder it with as much speed as you can least it draw and take in the aire on a marble then put it into a bag with a hook at bottome whereon to hang a vessel to receive the liquor then hang the bag with such a vessel in a deep well about a fathome from the water for the space of 30 or 40 days until the humidity begins to drop then take it up and put it in some moist place where neither aire nor wind comes leave it hanging til all the moisture be dreind away the liquor which you receive is the water of Talque by the same meanes you may make oile of Talque if you put that which remaines in the bag into a Retort giving fire to it by degrees till you draw all the oile forth this is the most usuall and experienc't way of preparing water or oile of Talque Others prescribe this method Take of the best talque what quantity you please slice it into thin leaves then calcine it thus take sulphur finely powdred make one strewing of it in a crucible then put a laying of talque after cover it with more sulphur using this method till you have put in what quantity you please and remembring there be more talque then sulphur and that it be alwaies in the middle of the sulphur cover the crucible lute it well and bind it about with wyre set the crucible in a strong fire for six hours afterward pound it and passe it through a searce then wash it well in hot water till the water be fresh then pour of the water by inclination and leave the Talque to dry when it is dry put it again into a crucible and put it to the fire for other twelve hours Next Take one pound of this Talque sal armoniack two ounces pouder them carefully together put them in a moist place and leave them there till they dissolve into a water when it is dissolved separate the two waters by a gentle inclination taking heed you do not mix the waters The water which is clear and uppermost is the water of sal armoniack that which is at bottom is the water of Talque which is as white as pearl filtre it and keep it carefully in a glass it makes the face as white as snow and may be used by a Princess Take sweet almonds blanched four pound sandarach mastick ceruse sulphur vive of each two ounces gum tragaganth one ounce whites of eggs three ounces beat them together and leave them to macerate seven or eight dayes beating them together once a day then heat them till they begin to smoke after press them and you shall have â—n oyle excellent good to beautifie the face Or else going to bed chew five or six peel'd almonds then put them in a linnen cloth and bath the face therewith Or Take oyle of tartar mingle it with distilled vinegar in the palm of the hand adding a little camphre and use it to bath the face Dissolve in fair water Ceruse one pound strein it through a thick cloth leave that which is streined in a vessel one night till the Ceruse be setled to the bottom pour off the water and dry the Ceruse in the Sun covering it with a cloth that it loose not its whiteness when it is dry adde thereto a like quantity of starch and gum dragant keep the mixture and when you would use it mix it with a little Womans or Asses milk wash your face therewith going to bed in the morning wash with water wherein wheat flower hath been boiled continue this twelve or fifteen dayes Ceruse since it is so excellent to whiten and clear the face and seeing there are sundry sorts of it I will here give a direction or two for their several preparations Ceruse of Wheat is made thus Take what quantity you please of the finest french Wheat steep it in fair water five or six dayes till it burst then strein it and beat it a little then strein it again in other clean water then strein it again thorow a cloth when it has stood a little and the water is something clear pour off that water and pour on another beat it together a long time strein the juyce into more water then set it in the Sun till the water be clear then pour off the water gently and to the sediment which remains in the bottom adde more water do this continuing the change of water morning and evening for six dayes together keeping the vessel continually covered and in the day time setting it in the Sun on the seventh day pour off the water by a gentle inclination setting that which remains in the bottom to dry in the Sun after it is dryed pouder it finely and keep it close stopt in a glass This Ceruse is of singular vertue to whiten clear and pollish the skin Tuke then one ounce of this Ceruse white Corral and Borace of each half a dram Nitre one scruple reduce them all to a very fine pouder and when you would use it dissolve one part thereof in rosewater with camphre and musk bath your face with it going to bed in the morning wash with water and the crum of white bread The Ceruse of the roots of either of the Serpentaries is thus prepared Take the roots in July or August slit them into little round slices put them on a string some distance one from the other and so dry them in the Sun after pouder them as fine as possible then sift the pouder and mingle it with fair water strein it through a fine cloth so often till the whole substance of the root pass through the streiner then set the thickned water in the Sun ten or twelve dayes in which time you are to let it stand cover'd twelve hours without medling with it that the root may settle to the bottom then pour the water off gently and put in clear stirring it up and down that the water and the pouder of the root may mix together change the water after the same manner twice a day during the said ten dayes at last pour off the water without putting in more and leave the Ceruse to dry in the Sun when it is dry pouder and incorporate it with rosewater camphorated and sented with musk as much as will suffice to make it into small balls which you most dry in the Sun and keep in a glass vessel When you would use them
bind it over the eyes going to bed and often wash them with cold water and salt CHAP. XXIV To make the Lips ruddie PAleness when once it affects the lips makes the world believe that those rubie portals of the mouth have lost their varnish by being too much knockt at Those Ladies whose lips lye under such a suspicion may beutifie them witha corall complexion thus Take the juice of briony wild cucumers reeds rose water of each one ounce clarified hony four ounces boile all together strein it and keep it in a glasse it is exceeding good to anoint the lips and gives them a ruddie and vermilion hue Take the shavings of your deepest coloured brasil three ounces make them into a very fine powder steep it three daies in three pints of faire spring water then adde fix drams of icthyocolla or fish glew bruised and minc'd let it stand til it becomes soft and dissolves then set it over the fire againe and adde grana tinctoria chermes berries foure ounces rock allum one ounce borace three drams boile all these til half be consumed streine it and in a glasse vessel keep it close stopt eight daies before you use it It gives a very amiable redness to pale or blue parts whether lips or cheeks that which you put on at one time will last 8 daies in which time it will not be done off either by sweat or water Take fine filings of brazil two ounces madder one ounce Chermes berries half an ounce infuse them in strong white wine the space of four dayes then adde half an ounce of rock allum and boile altogether to a consumption of half filtre it and keep it for your use It is of very great efficacy to vermilionize either the lips or cheeks Of the like virtue is that which follows Take rock allum fish glue of each one ounce shavings of brasil two ounces steep all three daies in faire water then boile them strein them and put them in a glass to use at your pleasure It will make any pale or blewish part to be very faire and lively ruddie CHAP. XXV How to smooth the Lips when they are rough and chapt WHen those pretty sister Rubies have been kist too hard either by a chilly and cold mouth'd Boreas or a scorching and hot lipt Sol to repaire the breaches such rude embraces make on their cherrie Skins use these things following Ladies they will make them seem such smooth and blushing wax as Cupid will think himself honourd to imprint his kisses on Take Stags suet two pound fresh lard six ounces wash them often in white wine then worke them well together till all the white wine be pressed out then put it into an earthen glazed vessel adding nardus Indicus three graines cloves half an ounce nutmegs two drams seven or eight pippins pard cord and slic'd steep all these one whole day in a sufficient quantity of rose water then keeping it covered set it over a gentle fire stirring it up and down with a woden spatula till all the rose water be evaporated strein it through a thick cloth into a clean vessel half full of rose water let it stand till the suet be cold and swim on the top of the water then put it againe into an earthen pot adding oile of sweet almonds six ounces Virgins wax four ounces melt all these over the fire strein it againe into rose water through a thick cloth let it as before stand till it is cold then take that off which swims on the top of the rose water and wash it well in some sented water till it be as white as snow then keep it for your use in a dry place that it do not mould Some adde to this pomatum coral finely powdred to make it the more drying others adde juice of alkanet to give it a vermilion colour there is nothing better then this for any chaps whatever Make an ointment of oile of roses and a little wax anoint the lips therewith or champ a little gum tragagant in your mouth and afterward moisten your lips with your tongue Take oile of violets mucilage of quince seeds hens fat of each one ounce litharge and gum dragant of each one dram make them into an ointment and apply it to the lips All fats and marrows are very good Take the mucilage of quince seeds oile of mastick of each one ounce goose fat beef marrow of each half an ounce a little new white wine make these up into an ointment with as much wax as shall suffice Or take a fine linnen ragg dip it in the juice of housleek and apply it to the lips Michael Nostredame a Frenchman much commends cotton dipt in common oile and laid to the navel going to bed It is an easie thing and soon tryed CHAP. XXVI Remedies for such vices as are incident to the Nose BEauty is a nice cleanly Dame that loves to have the nose though but the sink to convey filth from the braine kept neat and handsome as well as the other parts which are designd for more honourable uses Stanch and snivell do very much impaire the credit of this patt The stanch of the nostrils proceeds sometimes from a fool stomack for if the kitchin be nastie the chimny seldome sinels well if this be the cause you must have recourse to the Physitian But sometimes the fault is in the nose it self as when it is affected with some fore or ulcer then you may follow this method Take Calamus Aromaticus damask roses galingale lavender reduce all into a fine powder then sift it and snuff it up into the nostrils Or take one scruple of London Theriacle dissolve it in white wine and draw it severall mornings up into the nose Take Roses Cloves lignum aloes of each two drams Spicknard one dram Musk two graines pouder what is to be poudred and make them all into a past with the best white wine and so make them into little pils when you would use them dissolve one in a little rose water and drop it into the nostrils but first wash the nose well with white wine wherein roses and lavander have been boiled this will both cure the distemper cause a sweet breath If the nose be to much charged with snivell the frequent use of gentle clysters and vomits is very good Or else anoint the head with some heating oile if it be a cold distillation and with a cooling oile if it be a hot When you go to bed rub the feet with pitch dissolv'd in oile and wash the nose in wine wherein put a little poudred myrrhe By the use of these things you may sufficiently purge the dregs which distil from the beake of your dropping Alembick CHAP. XXVII How to fasten cleanse and preserve the Teeth LEast the Microcosme might be supprized by any treacherous invader the teeth are set as ivory Portcullis's to guard its entrance Or rather Nature hath made the sharpset teeth as so many mincing knives to