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A08906	The secrets of physick and philosophy divided into two bookes: in the first is shewed the true and perfect order to distill, or draw forth the oyles of all manner of gummes, spices, seedes, roots, and hearbs, with their perfect taste, smell and vertues. In the second is shewed the true and perfect order to prepare, calcine, sublime, and dissolue all manner of minerals, and how ye shall draw forth their oyles and salts, which are most wonderfull in their operations, for the health of mans bodie. First written in the German tongue by the most learned Theophrastus Paraselsus, and now published in the English tongue, by Iohn Hester, practitioner in the art of distillation.; True and perfect order to distill oyles out of al maner of spices.	Paracelsus, 1493-1541, attributed name.; Hermanni, Philippus. Constich distillierboeck.; Hester, John, d. 1593.	1633 (1633)	STC 19182; ESTC S113991	44,162	238

not Natura hominum novitatis avida yet found I neither such content in the one nor the other as might longer content mee to continue in that state But drawne on a while by this instinct or infection I know not whether to callit I was driven at last by a greedy kinde of jealousie to envie the store that I saw in others in respect of mine owne penurie and therewithall I fell into consideration how I might become one of the smal number of those whom the greatest number wondred at To enter the straight path that many the learned had happily to their great commendation perfectly troden I saw it almost unpossible unlesse peradventure I should get mee where the Muses dwell to Oxford and Cambridge and there putting my selfe Apprentice seven yeares to the seven liberall Sciēces might afterward become as long journeyman I cannot tell to whō and in the end as too many the learned doe get I cannot tell what This course yelded so course a liking as I sooner passed over it then into it and casting about againe with my selfe I was combred with a hundred other odde crochets all as farre beyond the compasse of my reach as they were short of the condition of my likeing till at lengh in the middest of this muse I met in my mind with two such minions as in my conceit were the only Paragons of the rest the one gallant and gorgeous garnished with gold and siluer bedect with jewels sole Ladie and Governesse of all the rich Mines and Mineralls that are in the bowels of the earth the other sweet odoriferous adorn'd with flowers and hearbs beautified with delicate spices sole Lady and Regent of all pleasant things that grow vpon the face of the earth These I vowed to serue and to honour euen to the l●sse of life and limme neyther haue I greatly broken promise with them though they haue not kept touch with me Goodly and many golden mountains they promised me Mary hitherto haue seantly performed any leaden mole-hills But howsoever the bargainestand between them and me I am neither disposed to accuse them nor excuse my selfe Wee agreed vpon wages and I weare their Liveries their Cognusance such as it is I beare where I am not ashamed to shew it divers and sundry their Affayres haue they imployed mee in in the which I haue saithfully painfully and chargeably applied my selfe and attained by their instructions to mine owne destruction allmost many their hidden secretes aswell in Mettals and Mineralls as in Hearbs and Spices part wherof I haue diligently collected together and for non-payment of my board wages at their hands am forced to set them with the residue of my skill to sale with offer vnto thee good Reader of preferment to the best things I have yet at a farre easier price then they cost me being no lesse my Summa summarum cast vp and the foot of my account set down then the wasting out of my former health and the wearing of the little wealth I had So that what experiences soever I haue digged out of hard stones blowne out from hot fire raked out from foule ashes with great cost and greater travaile that hast thou heere in my Booke to see and in my shop to vse with great ease at thy commandement Iohn Hester A TRVE AND perfect Order to make Oyles out of all maner of Gumms Spice Seeds Roots and Hearbes Whereunto is added some of their vertues gathered out of sundrie Authors To make Oyle of Masticke TAke the purest Masticke that may bee got which is not mixed with Sandrake or such like and beate it to powder then put it into a glasse with a long neck and put therein as much pure Aqua vitae as will cover it three fingers high and then slop it close that it take no ayre then set it in warme horse-dung or in a soft Balneo untill it bee dissolved then poure it into a glasse and put therin as much wine as you shall thinke good and distil it with a head and receiver in sand with a smal fire and you shall receiue both oyle and water together the which you shall separate one from an other Then increase your fire and there will come fourth another oyle which smelleth somewhat of the fire and i● best to bee used outwardly Yee may rectifie it againe with a small fire and so it will come sweet The vertues of this oyle It is excellent against all colde diseases of the Maw it comforeteth the liver and the lights and all other inward parts of the body Being drunken it helpes those that vomit or spit bloud it consumeth and breaketh all inward sores This oyle being annoynted on the belly it stoppeth the flixe it stoppeth womens Termes it is also good for the Mother that is fallen downe if you annoynt it therewith and the under part of the belly It is good for young children whose Arse-gut commeth forth if you annoint it therewith and put it vp againe It is also good for those that are Bursten if you annoynt them therewith and let them weare a Trusse fit for that purpose it helpeth fresh wounds very quickly if you annoynt them therewith and lay thereon a cloath wet in the same It fastneth the teeth if you annoynt the gummes therewith it comforteth a weake stomack and causeth good digestion if you annoynt it therewith This Oyle hath all the vertues of Masticke but it is an hundred times more of force To make Oyle of Mirra TAke pure Mirra that is new and fat sixe ounces and put it into a glasse with a long necke and put thereon twelue ounces of pure rectified Aqua vitae then lute the glasse fast and set it in horse-dung untill it bee dissolved Then poure it into an Vrinall with a head and a receiver and distill away the Aqua vitae in Balneo with a soft fire and the oyle will remaine in the bottome the which straine through a fine cloath and keep it in a glasse His vertues are these This Oyle by his naturall Vertue preserveth all things frō putrifaction that is annoynted therewith likewise the face and hands being annointed therewith it presenteth thē in youthfull state a long time It helpeth all stinking sores and wounds quickly it helpeth paines of the eares if it be put therein It preserveth the sight of the Eyes if your put one or two drops therein Helpeth all paines of the Mother if it be annointed therewith it stayeth the haire from falling if any bee troubled with a Fever let him annoint his whole-body therewith and lay him downe to sweate This Oyle drieth and consumeth all Accidents after birth Being drunke it maketh a sweete breath and helpeth the Cough it is good against short winde it helpeth the stitch in the side if you drinke thereof one dram it stoppeth the flux of the bellys it maketh a cleane voyce The Arme-pits being annoynted therewith it taketh away the stinch from those parts if yee mixe it with

is unneiled and set it in an oven somewhat warme till it be dry then cover the pot close and lute it well that no aire may come forth then set it in a calcining furnace the space of two houres so that it may alwaies bee as red as the coles and then it will bee as red as blood then grind it on a stone and keep it to thy use There is no Corosiue the which worketh like this vitrioll calcinated for if yee mixe it with any Vnguent and lay it on a ill Vlcer it maketh an Asker the which in all corosiues must be loosed with fat or butter but this corosiue needeth not for yee must still lay more therein and leaue the Asker in the sore for the vertue of this Vitrioll is so great that it causeth the flesh to grow under the Asker and when the flesh is enough the Asker will fall off and then yee shall need nothing but to skin it the which is not commonly seene of other corosiues therefore I praise this for the best of all corosiues To calcine Quicksilver TAke Aqua fortis Ê’ ii Mercury Ê’ i. and put them in a glasse and set it on the fire in a scarvell with sand or ashes till the Mercury be dissolved then put it into an earthen pot well glased and set it on the fire to boyle till it bee dry and stirre it alwayes with a sticke that it may dry the better and when as it is wel dryed put it in an other pot with a kever that is very well glased within then lute it very wel that no aire may come forth but ye must note that the pot must be top full then set it in a calcining Furnace with a good fire foure dayes foure nights then grind it to small powder on a stone and keepe it to thy use For thou hast Mercurie calcinated of the which wee have spoken much in our pearle of Chirurgerie This is excellent in all olde sores although they be never so evill for it cleanseth without paine and healeth them that is it clenseth as long as it is needfull and then it healeth which is most strange to see this eateth away all dead flesh and preserveth that which is good and sound and causeth the ulceration to heale in short space Yee shall note that when wee speake of Mercurie calcinated or precipitate in any place yee shall take this To calcine Tartare TAke good Tartare that is cleere and without filth and stamp it to powder then put it in a scravell that never was occupied and set it in the calcining furnace so that it may stand but even red hot and there let it remaine untill it be as white as snow throughout then take it forth and keepe it in a glasse close shut untill you reade more how that ye shall make this Oyle To calcine Tinne or Lead TAke Tinne or Lead and melt it on the fire and when it is molte set it very hot then take an Iron Scummer and stirre it therewith so long till it come to ashes then take that ashes and wash it so long till that the water runneth deare off as yee put it on then dry it in a calcining Furnace till that it smoke no more then put it into another new pot with a cover that is unglased and lute it very well then set it in the calcining Furnace againe one whole day with a good fire then take it forth and yee shall find a Calxe in manner white but somewhat inclining to yellow The Tinne yee shall calcine in the selfe same manner as yee did the Lead but when yee burne it to ashes yee must giue it great fire but in calcining it shall not need greater fire then it was for thy Lead and so keepe your fire untill it be as white as snow and then it is prepared to make his Oyle as wee will shew you hereafter To Calcine Silver TAke Silver and dissolve it in Aqua fortis then cast a peece of Copper into the glasse where the water is with the silver and straitwaies powre theron a good quantity of raine water and then the silver will fall to the bottom in a Calxe then let it stand so one night or as long as ye will and then powre away the cleere water and dry the Calx on the fire then wash that with warme water so long that it have no bitter taste of the Aqua fortis and when ye have so done ye shall take common salt prepared as I have shewed you before and lay it in a Crusible the thicknesse of a straw and then lay thereon your Calx of Silver and cover it with the same salt againe then lute your Crusible with a cover that no ayre may come foorth then set it in a calcining furnace with a reasonable fire sixe houres long then take it forth and put thereon faire water and let it seeth two or three Pater Nosters and then the salt will seeth away and the Calx will remaine sweet which ye may proove upon the tongue but if it be not sweet wash it againe till it be sweet and then keepe it in a glasse for it is prepared to make his Oyle To calcine Gold TAke gold and Mercury and make thereof amalgamie as the Goldsmithes doe use to gild their silver Plate the which is made thus Take twelue parts of Mercury and one part of gold the which yee shall beate into very thin plates and then cut it in as small peeces as yee can then take a Crusible and put therein the Mercury and set it on the fire till it beginne to smoke then put thereto the gold and take it from the fire and stirre it together so long till that yee may see no more gold then set it on the fire againe and stir it so long that the Mercury be flowne all away and then yee shall find your gold in the Crusible like sand then take that and put thereto as much prepared salt and grind them together on a stone as small as is possible then put it in a glasse and wash it with warme water so long till that yee see the Calxe faire and yellow and sweet upon the tongue so that it taste nothing of saltnesse then it is prepared and herewith will wee make an end of Calcination and write of Sublimation To sublime Quicksilver TAke Mercury and wash it with Vineger and salt a pretty while then put thereon very hot water and wash it therewith till that the water runne as cleare off as ye will put it on then dry it with a cloth and grinde it with vineger salt againe and wash it with warme water as ye did afore this grinding and washing ye shall use till that the Mercury be no more blacke and that it be as cleare as a glasse then take of that Mercury one pound Salt prepared two pound Sall Armoniack sublimed as I will shew hereafter one pound grinde these saltes together with the Mercury so

them forth and put them into a Canvas bagge and presse it foorth This Oyle helpes wounds with great speed it makes the hayre of the head or beard black It takes away the paines of the Emerodes it is excellent against burning with fire or scalding with water you shall understand this oyle may bee made very perfect by the art of Distillation without impression as I haue prooved divers times ¶ Here beginneth the Order to make Oyles of all manner of Spices and Seeds To make Oyle of Sinamon TAke Sinamon as much as you will and stampe it grossely then put it into a glasse with pure Aqua vitae and so let it stand fiue or sixe dayes then distill it with a small fire and there will come forth both oyle and water the which you shall separate one from another for the Oyle will sinke to the bottome some vse to distill this with wine and some with rose-Rose-water You shall vnderstand that this Oyle is of a marveilous nature for it pierceth through the flesh and bones and is very hot and drie and is good against all colde and moyst diseases and in speciall for the heart and head in so much that if a man lay speechlesse and could scant draw his winde it would presently recover him againe so that his time bee not yet come most miraculous to see and to bee short this Oyle is of such operation and vertue that if a man drinke never so little hee shall feele the working in his fingers and toes with great marvell and therfore to be short it pierceth thorow the whole body and helpes all diseases that are come through cold flegmatique matter This oyle is hot and sharpe it digesteth and makes thin driues downe womens termes it helpes vvomen that haue great paines and smart in their travaile and brings foorth their fruite if you giue the Patient a little of this Oyle with oyle of Mirra in Wine to drinke and annoynt the parts therewith The face and hands being annoynted with this oyle it driveth away the Measells and Spots It warmeth the breast and helpes the colde Cough It consumes all cold Fluxes that proceed from the braine and head and causeth quiet sleepe This Oyle may bee occupied in stead of the naturall Baulme for many Diseases Yee shall note that the water of Sinamon is also good against the aforesayd Diseases but yet nothing of so much force as the Oyle for one drop of Oyle will doe more then foure spoonfulls of the vvater therefore they would bee vsed together To make Oyle of Cloues THis Oyle is made in this order Take the best Cloues thou canst get and beat them grossely then put them into pure wine into a glasse with a long neck close luted then set it in warme hors-dung the space of a moneth then distill it in sand with a soft fire and thou shalt haue a faire Oyle which will sinke to the bottome the which you shall separate and his vertues are these It strengtheneth the braine head and heart and reviveth the spirits it serveth against al cold diseases it consumeth all euil flegme being outwardly applyed it hath great vertue in healing may be occupied in steed of balme for wounds One or two droppes taken in the morning with wine helps a stinking breath it maks the heart merry and cleanseth the filthinesse thereof and openeth the liver that is stopped being put into the eye it cleeres the sight it comforts a cold stomacke and causeth good digestion it purgeth melancholy this oyle may be made in manus Christi with sugar and they will haue the aforesaid vertue and strength To make Oile of Nutmegs THis Oyle is made as the Oyle of Cloues and will swim vpon the wine but if you distill this againe in Balneo it will bee most pure and suttle and may bee kept an hundred yeeres in his perfect strength and vertue This Oyle being drunke with Wine driveth downe womens tearmes and also the quicke and the dead fruit and therefore women with child shall not occupie this oyle vntill such time as they bee in travell with childe and then it causeth them to be faire delivered without paine and danger Being drunke with wine it takes away al paines of the head comming of cold It comforts the maw and opens the liver milt and kidneyes and such like it is excellent against beating of the heart and faintnesse and swouning if ye drinke thereof and annoint the region of the heart therwith it makes good blood and expelleth flegmatique and melancholly humours and makes a man merry being vsed at night it takes away all fancies and dreames if any had a vvound or had broken a ribbe within him with a fall let him drinke this Oyle with any slight wound-drinke and it will helpe him although he were almost dead it is good in all filthy sores which are counted uncurable it is also pretious for all cold diseases of the ioynts and sinews it makes a sweet breath if the splene doe swell yee shall annoint therewith the left side it helps all effects in the blather if it bee drunke To make Oyle of Mace THis oyle is made as aforesaid and is hot in operation it hath great vertue against the chollicke which commeth of cold causes or of a rheume descending from the head it comforts the heart the stomacke and the wombe it is good in the strangurie and all cold diseases if yee drinke thereof three or foure drops fasting with a spoonfull of wine or broath or eate two or three manus Christi made there with To make Oyle of Pepper THis oyle is distilled as is said afore and is very cleare and light and his vertues are these This oyle hath more vertue then the Pepper hath in piercing and specially in the cholicke and other weake places filled with flegme if you take thereof three or foure droppes with one scruple of the juyce of a Quince two houres afore the fit after the bodie is well purged and let blood it stayeth also the shaking at the first time or else at the second it taketh away the fit Yee shall vnderstand that this Oyle is onely the ayrie part separated from the other Elements I saw once this Oyle made by a German which had the perfect taste savour and smell and was so hot on the tongue as oyle of Vitrioll To make Oyle of Saffron TAke the best Saffron thou canst get and put it into a glasse and put thereon pure rectified Aqua vitae then lute the glasse fast and set it in warme horse-dung a moneth then distill it in Balneo Maria with a soft fire vntill all the Aqua vitae be come foorth then take foorth the Saffron and presse it in a presse made for that purpose within a strong Canvasse bagge and you shall haue both oyle and water which you shall disgest fiue or sixe dayes and then separate them by art If this oyle bee drunken with Wine it makes a man merry and to

sicknesse and other Diseases of the braine It preserveth the body from all poyson and pestilent ayres it comforts a colde stomacke It stayeth vomiting it purgeth the reines it breakes the stone it provoketh Vrine it helpeth the Collick and paines of the guttes it helpeth paines in the Stomacke and Lungs it is good against the Dropsie and water betweene the skinne and the flesh it killeth wormes to bee short it helpeth all sicke members by the vertue of his piercing being anoynted outwardIy it stayeth Consumptions it helpeth Scabbes and olde evill Vlcers it helpeth paines of the hippes the Gowt and Collicke It helpeth the choppes in the handes and feete Philippus Harmanus writeth that if this Oyle bee rectified againe it will bee an hundred times more purer and more piercing for I haue seene those that could not make water in three or foure dayes and after they haue drunke foure or fiue drops of this oyle and annoynted therewith the Region of the bladder presently they haue made water without any tarying This Oyle is so excellent against the Pestilence that if any drinke thereof oftentimes hee shall not bee infected although he were in the house where the Pestilence is But if any haue the Plague already let him drink three or foure droppes in Wine and lay him downe to sweat and the next day he shall be wel againe This oyle is so excellent against poyson that if a man vse it there will no poyson remaine with him It strengtheneth the Maw and all inward parts and principally it warmeth the heart it stoppeth the bloody flux It is also good against all diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder If yee drinke it with Wine it stoppeth womens termes this oyle being annoynted from the navell of a woman to the privie parts and reines of the backe it strengtheneth the Matrix or Mother and drieth up the moysture therein and prepareth it to conception This sayd Oyle of Ivie being made up with Sugar in Manus Christi hath the foresaid vertues To make Oile of Rosemary Flowers TAke Rosemary Flowers and stampe them then put it into a glasse with strong Wine and stop it close then set it in the Sun fiue or fixe dayes and then distill it with a soft fire and thou shalt haue both water and oyle the which you shal separate and keepe close in a glasse and his vertues are these It helpeth against all paines in the head although they haue continued seaven yeares it comforteth the memorie also preserveth the eyes if you drinke thereof now and then a drop or two and put another into the eyes It helpeth those that are deafe if it be put into the eares and also drunke with good wine It openeth all stoppings of the liver and milt and helpeth against the dropsie and yellow Iaundize it breaketh wind and helpeth the Cholicke and rising of the mother it is also excellent for those that haue drunke poison or that are infected with the pestilence if you drinke thereof a little and lay you downe to sweat It comforteth the heart and cleanseth the blood and maketh a man merry and causeth a good colour and this Oyle is most excellent for those that are full of Itch and scabbes And to bee short it helpeth all the disease of the body that come of cold and moyst humours although they were never so evill It helpeth the Canker and Fistulaes and such like To make Oyle of Wild Time THis Oyle is made as is aforesaid This Oylebeing eaten in Tablets of Sugar or drunke in Wine bringeth to women their fluxe naturall and driveth out the front and gravell and provoketh vomite the same taken in like manner stoppeth the Laske and cureth Gripings or gnawings and is excellent against Crampes and the contraction of Sinewes This Oyle being taken in meats or broaths is a soveraigne Medicine against all poisons and against the bitings and stingings of venemous beasts and serpents This being applied unto the forehead and temples with oyle of Roses and vineger swageth headach and is very good against raving and frenzie the fume of this Oyle driveth away venemous beasts To make Oyle of Time THis oyle is made as is aforesaid and his vertues are these Three or foure drops being drunke with honied water helpeth a painefull cough and shortnesse of breath it provoketh vrine and expelleth the secondine and dead fruit from the matrixe it provoketh menstrue and dissolveth clotted and congeled blood in the body being taken with oximell and a little salt it purgeth tough and clammie flegme and sharpe cholericke humours and all the corruption of the blood being taken in the said manner it is good against the Sciatica the paine in the side and the breast it is also good against blastings and windinesse in the side and belly and of the stones and genitors it is good for those that are fearefull melancholy and troubled in spirit and mind This oyle being often vsed helpeth bleered eyes and paines of the same being drunke in wine it is most profitable for those that are troubled with the Gowt but if it chance that their paines be on them yee shal giue them 5 or 6 drops with a dram of oximell if ye use this oftentimes with honey it will cleanse the breast and ripen flegme and causeth it to bee spit foorth with ease the smell of this Oyle is most comfortable for those that haue the Falling sicknesse To make Oyle of sweet Margerom THis Oyle is made as is aforesaid and his vertues are these Being drunke in White Wine it is most wholesome for those that beginne to fall into a dropsie and for such as cannot pisse but drop after drop and that with great difficultie It is also good for those that are troubled with griping pains and wringings of the belly being taken in the said order it provoketh womens tearmes If yee convey this Oyle with Oyle of bitten Almonds up into the nostrils it will purge the head of moyst humors and cause them to sneese It is most excellent for those that have lost their smelling against all paines of the head being vsed as is aforesaid It is good against poyson and the stining of Scorpions To make Oyle of Sage This oyle is made in the aforesaid order And helpeth congealed blood within the body and cureth inward wounds and bruses either by a stripe or fall if it bee drunke with wine it provoketh vrine and breaketh the stone it comforteth the heart and taketh away the head ache It is also good for women with child to use it now and then for it closeth the matrixe and comforteth the fruite This oyle being often drunke causeth women to bee fruitfull If yee drinke it with wine it helpeth the cough and openeth the stoppings of the Liver and swageth the paine in the side if it be drunke with worme-wood wine it stoppeth the bloody flixe It is also good against the biting of venemous beasts for it cleanseth and helpeth them To make Oyle of Peneriall

it on such kind of sores as will not bee holpe by no other kind of meanes for it will take away their corofiues and cause them to heale although they were never so ill And moreover because that thou shalt know wherefore it serveth yee shall note that it is good against all Cankers Fistulaes the wolfe and such like for it helpeth them al though they were never so evill as Paraselsus writes in his great Surgery in the chapter of the Canker and such like To make water of sal Armoniake TAke Sal Armoniake that is sublimed seven times and grinde it to powder then put it into a glasse that hath a hole in the bottome on the one side and then set that glasse in another and set them in a moist sellar and then the Sal Armoniacke will dissolue into water and runne into the neather glasse the which yee shall keepe close in the aforesaid manner yee may make water of Allum the which is excellent to dry up all filthy wounds c. The order to fixe all things that are flying TO fixe any thing is to be understood thus Ye shall sublime it so often as it will sublime no more but it will lie in the fire so as the fire cannot consume it and when ye will fixe any thing as Sulphur Quickesilver or Arsnicke or such like yee shall doe it in this order yee shall take Mercurie sublimed or Sulphur sublimed or Arsenicke or such like and put it into a subliming glasse which I will shew you divers Paternes in the next booke God willing and set it in a Furnace with a small fire and then encrease it according to Art the space of a whole day and then at Evening yee shall turne the glasse and let it sublime up into the other end and this order yee shall use with subliming from one end unto another till that it will sublime no more the which yee shall proue in this manner Yee shall take a little thereof and lay it on a red hot coale and look whether it smoke or no for if it smoke it is not fixt but if it smoke not it is fixt but to know the very truth yee shall take thereof and grinde it to powder and then put it into a Crusible and giue it as great a fire as though yee would melt Copper and then if yee see there commeth no smoake from it it is fixt but if it smoake away yee shall put it into a new subliming glasse and sublime it againe then keep it to thy use till I write more thereof for when you haue your spirits fixt yee haue a great treasure not to be bought with money and principally of Sulphure fixt for therewith ye may doe what yee list for there can no sicknesse come unto mans body but it may bee holpe therewith Also Mercury being fixt is such an excellent medicine against the poxe that the like cannot bee found in the world But yee shall note that it must not be occupied alone but with other things which I will shew you in an other place The Arsenicke and the Sal Armoniacke may not bee occcupied in any wise inwardly but onely outwardly as yee shall heare hereafter and especially of the salt of Arsenicke To make Oyle of Antimonie IF you will make this oyle yee must looke diligently to your fire lest ye spoyle all then take a retort of glasse and lute it very well and put therein three pounds of Antimonie and three pounds of Sal gemme calcined beaten together then encrease your fire according to Art three dayes and three nights and lute thy receiver very well which must bee of the quantity of fiue or sixe gallons or more the greater the better and then thou shalt haue an oyle as red as blood which is not to bee sold or bought for money for it helpeth the Canker the Wolfe Noli me tangere and Fistulaes if yee annoynt them therewith first the dead flesh will fall out without paine and then it will heale how sore soever it bee although it were forty yeares old In summa It is a most excellent oyle against all sores and venemous Vlcers for if yee annoynt them three times therewith it helpes them although they were so venemous as they did eate a hand broad in one night as is divers times seene of the Wolfe and such like ulcerations that eate so as it seemes a dogge had bitten out a great peece These and all other ulcerations which will not bee holpe by any meanes yee shall helpe them with this oyle in short space so as shall seeme marvellous to behold How yee may draw forth Salt out of all mettalles and first out of Gold which is called Sal sapientium FIrst if you will make sait of Gold you shall take gold filed into powder and dissolue it in the afore written strong water and when it is dissolved yee shall boyle away the water till it remaine dry then thou shalt put thereon faire water and let it seeth therewith three or foure houres long and then poure it away and put more thereon and let it seeth againe and then poure it off againe this pouring on and off yee shall use till the water haue no taste of the strong water but is sweet and when it is so giue it great fire that it may dry well then put it in a glasse and set it in a calcining Furnace and there it shal calcine a whole moneth long so that it remaine alwayes red hot and at one degree of fire then take and grinde it on a stone untill it be as fine as is possible then poure thereon good distilled vineger and lay a cover over the glasse and let it seeth in Balneo Mariae a whole day long putting thereto alwayes fresh vineger then poure off that vineger into a glasse and put thereon more and boyle it a whole day as ye did afore and this yee shall doe three times then take that vineger that yee poured off and distill it by Balneo Mariae till it remaine dry and in the bottome yee shall find a salt as white as snow which yee shall take and put thereon more vineger and set it in the Balneo Mariae that it may boyle the space of two houres then let it settle a whole day and then poure off that which is cleare and then if there remaine any thing in the bottome it is not enough prepared then shall yee dissolue it in vineger againe and distill the vineger againe as I haue shewed you and yee shall find a whiter salt in the bottome of the glasse which ye shall put in vineger againe and let that boyle in Balneo Mariae two houres as I haue afore shewed you and then let it stand and settle and then poure off the clearer part and distill it in Bailneo Mariae and the salt will remaine in the bottome as white as snow But if there remaine any in the other glasse yee shall not doe as I haue shewed

wine and wash the mouth therwith it will comfort the gumm● and fasten the teeth it is also good for wounds in the head If thou wilt use this oyle to preserue any part you shall use it in this order first make a Bath with some sweet hearbs and then hold that part the which you wil preserue over the fume that the poares may open then drie it with a linnen cloath then annoynt it with this Oyle and chafe it in that being done if there remaine any yellownesse of the Oyle ye may wash it away with white wine This Oyle would bee occupied when you are in the Stewe or hot-house To make Oyle of Storax liquida TAke the purest Storax that you can get and put it in a glasse with a long necke and set it in horse-dung for a moneth then take it foorth and distill it in an Vrinall that hath a wide mouth in sand with a gentle fire and you shall haue both Oyle and water the which you shall separate and keepe to your vse Risius writeth in his great Booke of Distillations that this Oyle hath the same Vertues that the Oyle of Mirra hath but that it is a little more hot and piercing To make Oyle of Storax Calamite THis oyle may be made divers wayes of the which I will shew you the best Take the purest Storax that you can finde and beat it into Powder then put it into a long necked glasse and put thereon pure rectified Aqua vitae and lute the glasse then set it in warme dung or in a soft Balneo a moneth Then distill it in sand with a small fire and thou shalt haue both Oyle and water which you shall separate You shall vnderstand that towards the end of the distillation there will ascend a certaine matter like Manna the which is pleasant The vertues of this oyle Three or foure droppes being drunke it comforts the Breast and Lungs and all inward parts it helpes the paines of the Mother if it bee drunke and also annoint those parts therewith it stoppes the Rheume that falles to the breast and neck this being drunke it makes a man merry and of light courage but beware you take not too much If you put two or three drops into the Eares it takes away the singing in them To make Oyle of Benjamin THis is made as you made the oyle of Storax Calamite and is onely used in perfuming some distil this Benjamin with rose water but I thinke it will not bee so perfect in smell nor so easily done To make Oyle of Galbanum TAke the purest Galbanum thou canst get put it into a glasse close luted then set it in Balneo Mariae untill it bee dissolved then distill it with a soft fire and then will come forth a faire yellow oyle the which yee shall separate This oyle being drunke is good against an olde cough and for such as are short winded and can not easily draw their breath but are alwayes panting breathing It is also very good for such as are broken and bruised within and against Crampes and shrinking of sinewes This oyle being drunke in Wine with oyle of Mirra is good against all venome drunken or shot into the bodie with venemous darts or arrowes Being taken in the same order it provoketh womens termes and delivereth the dead childe It hath the same vertue if a persume thereof bee received in the secret parts This Perfume doeth also helpe women that are grieved with the rising or strangling of the Mother and them that haue the Falling sicknesse and being layd to the Navell it causeth the Matrix or Mother that is remooved from his naturall place to settle againe This oyle doth mollifie and soften and draweth foorth thornes splinters or shivers and cold humours being mixed with any convenient vnguent It is good to annoint the side against the stopping and hardnesse of the Milt The perfume or sent of this Oyle driveth away serpents from the place where it is burned and no venemous beasts haue power to hurt such as be annointed with the Oile of Galbanum and if ye mixe this oile with the root of Angelica or the seed or root of Spondilium and touch any Serpent or venemous beast therewith it causeth them to die To make Oyle of Sagapenum a Gumme running out of the Herbe Ferula TAke this Gumme and dissolue it in strong Wine in Balneo Mariae and then distill it in the sand with a gentle fire This oyle is good for the stitch in the side It taketh away the Cough that hath continued long It helpeth the swelling of the breast whereby the breast is stopped It is very good against the Crampe it warmeth the joynts and helpeth the paines of the hippes and all such like diseases cōming of cold It is good for women that haue great pain in their-bed if you annoynt the nostrills therewith For it driveth foorth both the quicke and the dead fruit quickly being drunk with wine it helpeth against poison and is also good against the biting of an Adder being put into the eye it taketh away spots You shall note that women with childe must take great heed of this Oyle To make oile of Opoponax THis is made as is aforesayd and his vertues are these If you drinke three or foure droppes with Wine it helpeth the Cough and all impediments of the Milt it helpeth also all Impediments of the Bladder and cleanseth it of all scabs and fores It helpeth the stitch in the side it causeth speedie deliverie in Women with childe it helpeth against winde in the Matrix and dissolveth the hardnesse of those parts and causeth the paine to cease To make Oyle of Euphorbium THis it made as is sayd afore and his vertues are these Yee shall note that this Oyle is not to bee occupyed inwardly by reason of his great heate except it be mixed with some other thing as if it be mixed with honey it purgeth the belly marveylously it helpeth those that are troubled with obliviousnesse if yee annoynt the parts therewith It draweth foorth thornes and such like out of the flesh it helpeth the biting of an Adder it is also good for stiffenesse of the joynts comming of cold if ye annoynt the parts therewith To make Oyle of Ambre or Succinum TAke Ambre and beat it to powder and put it into a glasse with a Head and a Receiver and distill it in sand with a gentle fire and there will come foorth both oyle and water the which ye shall separate one from another This Oyle being perfectly distilled is good against paines of the head and resolution of sinewes and against swimming in the head and falling sicknesse If yee drinke thereof three or foure drops in the morning with Pionie water it preserveth a man from all poysons and pestiferous ayres if yee annoynt the nostrilles therewith or put it into some medicine fit for that purpose It is excellent against diseases of the Blader and Reines and driveth foorth

the Stone and provoketh Vrine if yee drinke it with Malmesie or Parcelie water or such like It helpeth the Collicke and choking of the Matrix if you also annoynt the parts therewith it driveth foorth the fruit and causeth a woman to be fairely delivered if she drinke three or foure drops it is good against all fluxes of the head To make Oyle of Amoniacum TAke this Gumme and put it into a glasse close luted and set it in warme dung or in Balneo Mariae vntill it bee dissolved then distill it in sand with a head and a receiver thou shalt haue both Oyle and water the which yee shall separate one from another ye shall understand that there will come foorth more water then oyle as I haue prooved many times This Oyle helpeth the Cough comming of moysture it purgeth the breast and helpeth Vlcers in that place three or foure drops being taken in an Egge it helpeth paines in the side if yee annoynt it therewith It dissolveth all hardnesse and swellings and taketh away the paynes of the Gowt If ye mixe this oyle with as much oile of Galbanum and a very little oyle of Wormewood and annoint the Milt it taketh away all the paines being mixed with oile of Wormewood and annoynted in the navill it killeth wormes To make Oyle of Sarcocolla THis is an excellent Balsome against all wounds and filleth them with flesh it purgeth all olde sores without paine and smart it breaketh hard Impostumes it helpeth all running Eyes if you vse it in a Collirie it helpeth wheales in the eye-lids Being drunk with Wine it helpeth the Phewme that falleth to the teeth and for that cause it is vsed of those that are troubled with aboundance of flegmatique humours You shall note that this oile is specially vsed in fresh wounds and old sores This Oyle is made as you made the oyle of Serapynum To make Oyle of Castoreum TAke the fattest that thou canst gett and stampe it well then put it into a glasse and set it to putrifie in Balneo Mariae fiue or sixe dayes then distill it with a soft fire and thou shalt haue an excellent Oyle This is good against all cold Cramps and Balsies being mixed with Rew and Vineger and put into the nostrills it comforteth the braine and taketh away paines of the head Beeing annoynted on the necke and also drunke with Wine it helpeth much those that are troubled with the Falling Sicknesse It helpeth Convulsions and paines of the sinewes if you annoynt them therewith Being drunk with Pepper and Hidromell it provoketh womens termes and also the fruit it warmeth cold places it is also excellent against Appoplexia it helpeth those that are deafe it mooveth Venery It cureth the Collicke and the suffocation of the Matrix and strengtheneth the naturall parts To make Oyles of Frankincense TAke Frankincense as much as you will and put it into a Retort of glasse well luted and put thereunto for every pound of stuffe foure ounces of cleane sand and then distill it with a gentle fire vntill all the substance bee come foorth and thou shalt haue both water and oyle the which ye must separate The water is good against wind in the stomack if it bee drunke it is also good for choppes in the hands and feet if yee wash them therewith annoynt them with the oyle against the fire and strait wayes put on a paire of gloues and so doing three times they shall be whole This Oile helpeth simple wounds in three or foure dayes if yee annoynt them therewith and lay thereon a cloath wet in the same it preserveth all flesh from putrifying and alteration and taketh away the paine It helpeth all aches and bruises if ye anoint them therwith Ye shall note that you must vse no tent where you occupie this oyle but wash the wound cleane and joyne it or stitch it close together and then lay thereon a cloth wet in the same for if yee fall a tenting ye make work for the Surgeon To make Oyle of Turpentine TAke pure and cleane Turpentine as much as you will and put it into a glasse so that three parts be emptie and put therein a certaine quantitie of Sand as much as you shall thinke good then distill it in sand with a soft fire and there wil come foorth foure Liquors The one is a cleare water the other a cleare Oyle the third a yellow Oyle the fourth a red and stinking the which a number of Potecaries doe fell in stead of Balme Yee shall note that the first Oyle is hot the second hotter the third hottest of all and not so good to occupie inwardly as the first Falopius in his booke of secrets writeth that this oile will help fresh wounds in foure and twenty houres if ye anoint them therwith and lay thereon a cloath wet in the same So is the oyle of Tile-stones or the blessed oyle mixed with Grayes or Badgers grease This oyle is made with powder of tyle-stones burnt redd hot and quenched in the best oyle oliue and then with a retort and strong fire purchased It is good against contraction or sinews comming of cold It provoketh vrine if yee drinke one dram of the first oyle in white wine it breaketh wind in the bodie and dissolveth the Plurisie and pestilent Fever it provoketh an appetite if ye annoynt the stomacke therewith It helpeth against cold diseases of the Maw and helpeth a stinking breath and the cough To make Oyle of Wax TAke new yellow Waxe as much as you shal think good and melt it on the fire then powre it into sweet Wine and vvring it betweene your hands then melt it againe and powre it into Wine againe and this you shall doe fiue or sixe times at the least and everie time you must haue fresh Wine then at the last you shall put it into a Retort of glasse well luted with his Receiver and distill it in Sand and there will come forth a faire yellow oyle the which will congeale like pap when it is cold You shall understand that for everie pound of Waxe yee shall put thereto foure ounces of the powder of Brickes into the glasse Raymonde Lullie greatly commendeth this Oyle approoving it rather to bee a Celestiall or divine Medicine then humane for because this in wounds worketh most miraculously which for his marveilous commoditie is not so well to bee vsed of the common Chirurgion Because this precious Oyle healeth a vvound bee the same never so bigge or wide being afore wide stitched vp in the space of eleven dayes or twelue at the most But those that are small this Oyle healeth in three or foure dayes by annoynting onely the wound therwith and laying thereon a'cloath wet in the same Also for inward diseases this Oyle worketh miracles For if you giue one dramme at a time to drinke with white wine it stayeth the shedding of the hayre either on the head or beard by anoynting the place therwith Moreover it is