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A20901	The practise of chymicall, and hermeticall physicke, for the preseruation of health. Written in Latin by Iosephus Quersitanus, Doctor of Phisicke. And translated into English, by Thomas Timme, minister; Ad veritatem hermeticae medicinae ex Hippocratis responsio. English	Du Chesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.	1605 (1605)	STC 7276; ESTC S109967	142,547	211

and distil them vpon ashes to drinesse and thereof a Treacle-water will bée made A very smal spoonefull of this is sufficient to be giuen at once against the diseases before expressed Another Treacle-water cordiall and comfortable for the heart very good against al pestiferous effects therof vsed with great profite TAke of the rootes of Angelica of Cloues of Goates beard of Tormentil or Set-foyle of Bifolium or two-blades of Enula campans of each two ounces Of yealow Sanders and of the barke of the same of each one ounce and a halfe Of white Diptani of Scabiose of Rus of Goates beard otherwise called Méedwoort of each one handfull Of the Flowers of the lesse Centaure of S. Iohns-woort of Broome of Violets of Borage of Buglosse of Water-Lyllie of Red Roses of each a thrée finger gripe Put these into 3. pound of Malmesie infused by the space of 4. dayes set vpon the fire of Baln M. and the Iuice of Lemons the water Melissa Aeetouse and of Roses mingled with the sayd Wine of each one pound Then strayne them In the liqnor distrained put of Treacle ounces thrée of the confection of Hiacinth one ounce Of the confection Alchermes 6. drachmes Of Diamargarit friged Diatria Santali of each 3. drachmes of Diambre and Diacoral of each two drachmes of Saffron and Myrrhe of each halfe a drachme Infuse them againe by the space of two or thrée dayes at the same fire of Baln M. Then distil them to drinesse by fire of ashes and it will be a Treacle water But to make it the more effectuall the Salt must be extracted out of the feces which remaine according to arte and then mingeled with the foresaid water A water against Poysons and against all pestilentiall effects TAke of the Rootes of Angelica of the Carline-thistle of Set-foyle of the Barke of the Olibian Trée of each two ounces of Cardus Benedictus of Méede-woort called Goates beard of all the Sanders of each halfe an ounce the Treacles of Mythridate and the confection of Hiacinth of each 2 ounces the speces of Diamarg Frigid Camphor of each 2. Drachmes Let these be grossely beaten or brused put into a glasse Allembic powring thereon 3. pound of rectified Aqua vitae Then let them be digested in a vessel wel closed so distilled by ashes or a vaporous Baln This water is wonderfull effectuall against poysonful and pestilential effects The quantitie which must be giuen is halfe a spoonfull An excellent water to be giuen against Feuers burning and pestilentiall TAke of the rootes of Angelica Buglosse of Scorzonerae Ac●●y one ounce of the Treacle Alexandrine 2 ounces of the Iuice of Lemons clensed of the waters Fumetarie Gotes beard and Cardui Benedictus and of the lesser centaure of each ounces 4. Diamar●● Frigid halfe an ounce Let these lye infused by the space of thrée or 4. dayes then let them be distrained and distilled Of the which let the sicke drinke 4. ounces and then being well couered in his bed he shal sweate more than ordinary Principall Remedies to ease the torments and extreame paines of the Goute TAke of the leaues of Missel which groweth on the Apple-trée cut or shred very smal halfe a pound the flowers of white Mulline of Chamomil of Lyllies of Wallwoort or Danewoort all the kindes of Poppey with their cases which containe the séed new gathered and before they be full ripe of each one gripe of the 2. fingers and the thumbe of gréene Frogs or in stéed of them the Ielly or sperme of Frogges which is to be found in standing waters in the Moneth of March one pound the séed of white Poppey brused 4. ounces of Crabbes of Crafishes shelles and all beaten or crushed together 20. in number of red Snailes and Earth-wormes both wel washed in good white wine of each 4. ounces of Badgers grease ●xe ounces of Sperma Ceti 4. ounces of the oyle of violets or water Lilly newly made 6 pound or if you wil in steede of these oyles take so much of oyle Oliue Put these into a glasse vessel for that purpose conuenient and close stopt set it in horse dung by the space of 7. or 8. dayes But if néed require more haste let them boyle in a Copper vessel ouer the fire by the space of two houres and then straine them strongly The which also you shalt doe if they stand in Horse dung to be digested Thou then shalt seperate the oyle from the watery part thereof according to arte to the which oyle thou shalt adde of Saffron 2. ounces of Camphyre hale an ounce Put all these into a glasse vessel and set them againe in Horse dung or in Balneo or in the Sunne by the space of 5. dayes and thou shalt haue a most excellent Balsam to asswage and qualifie all paines of the Goute and in the ioynts I wish that all Apothecaries would prepare this to be reary at al times for present vse for that they cannot appoint themselues of any thing better than this which my selfe haue found true by experience A plaister to helpe and easie all paines of the Goute TAke the marrow or pulpe of Cassia foure ounces of new Treacle the newer the better halfe an ounce The meale of Barley and Oates of each three ounces The crumbes of white bread● foure ounces of Cowe-milke two or thrée pound Let al these be sodden in the forme of a Cataplasme which thou shalt apply warme to the grieued parts It thou shalt adde one ounce of vitriol calcined and beaten into the pouder thou shal● make it much better Another Cataplasme TAke the distilled water of whyte Mulleyn and of Ferne of each halfe a pound of calcined vitriol as before one ounce and a halfe of Oate meale 4. ounces Of Saffron two 〈◊〉 make a Cataplasme A water against the paine of the Coute THis water following prepared in due time wil much auaile against the greatest paines of the Gout where there appeareth rednesse and much heat● Take of the distilled water of the sperme of Frogges of Hightaper of Ferne of each one pound and a halfe In these infuse Tuttie and Lytharge of each two ounces Vitriol calcined and Allum of each one ounce Let the grieued parts be moystened with linnen clo●●es wet in the same applyed warme renuing the same diuers times Another excellent water against the Goute TAke of the Sope of Genua that which is white and good one ounce Of liquid Salt made to runne at a strong fire one ounce and a halfe of Vitriol one ounce of Acatia halfe an ounce Let them all boyle together in a pinte of Rose vinegar or of common vinegar With this liquor wash both the greiued partes An excellent playster which being layed vpon the knots and puffes of the Gout dissolueth them TAke of the oyle of Apple Missel of our description one or two pound warme it in a vessel at the fire béeing made warme put into it of shaued or scrapings of Sope 4.

colde which do procéede from the spirits only or else from the most thinne and aiery vapours which lye hid in the Salt especially in that Salt which by nature is sulphurus such as is Niter or Salt-Peter as men call it Niter throughly depured and clensed will be as white as snow from which whitenesse may be drawen infinite sorts of colours most excellent to beholde Which colours come from the onely spirits of Salt-peter which are able to pearce the most hard kind of glasse by the force of fire thrust forth in the likenesse of volatile meale and cleaning in the ouerture of the glasse Alembic By which colours a mā may behold the body of the Alembic to be tained dyed as well within as without in the superficial part Which colours are of no lesse varietie then are the flowers of the earth in the time of the Spring Hereby it appeareth plainely that this diuersitie of all colours is to be taken from the spirits no lesse nor otherwise then are all other properties and vertues of all other things to be referred vnto them If therefore the foundation of these thrée things be laid vpon thrée beginnings vpon their spirits it will be very firme and stable in such wise that in the ignorance of any cause it shal not be néedful to fly to hidden properties If this doctrine according to the truth thereof be receiued learned and studied being vpholden also with the authorities of that great Hypocrates it shal easily driue from vs the darkenesse of ignorance and shal bring with it the light of knowledge which will remoue all difficulties For out of this schoole are learned most certain and infallible Thearemes and Axiomes against which as against most assured grounds there can be no opposition or resistance but wil be allowed by the general consent of indifferent Iudges Let vs take an example from Vineger whereof many famous Physitians cannot tell what certainely to affirme For because it is sharpe and therefore cooleth they wil haue it to be colde But contrariwise when they behold the facultie thereof to be attenuating cutting and dissoluing also their ●ernor and boyling thereof when it is put vpon earth or claie they are constrained to forsake their opinion vncertaine what to iudge thereof Who if they had bene acquainted with the Hermeticall doctrine they should haue knowne that the cause of such tartnesse or sowernesse in vineger commeth by the seperation of the spirit from the wine as is plainly séene by experience For the longer that wine standeth in the Sun or in a hotte place the more by little and little it waxeth sharpe and whatsoeuer is aiery therein and of the quintessence of the wine by the force of the heat vaporeth away This eternal and celestial essence being gone which was the cause of the wines swéetnes which swéetnes hath alwaies ioyned with it neuerthelesse a certaine pricking very acceptable to the pallate by reason of a singular temper of sharpnesse Vitriolated by swéete and Sulphurus spirits put by the instinct of nature into wine at the length it waxeth sower the cause of whose sharpnesse is not to be referred to the colde qualities but to those hidden and sower spirits of Salt which by the bonde of the sulphurus substance were contained and kept in their office and working in the wine the which bond being dissolued the spirits range at will and doe make manifest their nature which was afore hidden Hereupon it commeth that vnegers are sharper in one sort then in another according as they haue in them more or lesse of the nature of Salt Armoniac and ●o whit of the sulphurus substance For simple water deuoide of all Salt can neuer by reason of the coldnesse therein waxe sower But as from wine so from meat and from ale or béere and from boyling new wine may be separated the proper water of life and ethereal substance the which being so separated they become eager because they containe in themselues a sharpe salt of nature Such is that sharpe salt which Phylosophers call their Mercury or Salt Armoniac Volatile and spiritual because of al metalline salts the common Armoniac is most Volatile such as in the forme of most white and salt meale may be carried vp vnto the cloudes by sublimation and yet hath a dry and spiritual nature which the Phylosophers call their dry water because this Salt is so farre forth Volatile and flying that it is lifted vp together with the aiery or watery vapour of the which is made the mixture of the compound and so great is the sharpnesse of this salt that one scruple or eightéene or twenty graines of this salt perfitly refined and made most simple dissolued in a pot of commom water doth make all the same wonderfully sower And this is the Salt the sulphurus essence taken away which sheweth it selfe euidently to be séene by his sharpnesse in vineger with watery substance But the more strong the wine shal be the more sharpe the ferment of the vineger and the more vehement the tartnesse thereof will shewe it selfe out of the which the pearcing attenuating dissoluing spirits are extracted by a skilful workmā the which forces faculties cannot procéed from any other thing then from that spiritual and Volatile salt Armoniac mixed with a watery humour And to make this more plaine and to proue it by effect take the most strong Vinegar white or red distil the same in Balneo Mariae till it be drie with a gentle fire out of a pinte and a halfe you shall extract thrée partes or more like most cleare water but most sharpe and sower the bottome of the matter as the léese and pheses remaining in the bottome of the glasse with the most sharpe and byting Salt the which because it is fixed and cleauing to the terrestrial part of the Vinegar cannot be extracted but by the great violence of the fire By which meane a most sharpe oyle like in nature to Aqua Regia most corroding and fretting is extracted not by reason of the heate of fire but by the force and power of a brinish substance which is expelled in forme of an oyle with the Salt from the rest of the ●eces by fire But leauing that sharpe fire of the Léese let vs take in hand to explicate the sowernes of the Vineagar distilled By a soft and gentle distillation is first of all extracted a certaine watry elementary phleme which is drawne out of the whole body almost without taste leauing in the bottome of the glasse another liquour farre more sower and sharpe and therefore more strong to dissolue which otherwise before was nothing so sharp because the Salt Armoniac was tempered and mixed with a watery Phleame Whereof if thou desire to know the quantitie take so much of the best Salt Tartar which is of the same nature but fixed by which if thou drawe by little and little thrée pintes of this Vinegar distilled and disph●eamed to the waight of

Philosophers which with one consent say Ignis azoc tibi sufficient Let Fire and the Matter suffice thée This onely Balsam is the vniuersal medicine to defend and conserue health if it be giuen with some conuenient liquor to the quantitie of one or two graines Great and admirable is the vertue thereof to restore our radical Balsam the which wée affirme to be the Medicine of diseases euen by the common consent of al Physitians But our Lullie and other Phylosophers are not content with this but procéeding further do dissolue the forsaid Phylosophical Sulphur in a conuenient portion of the spirit of wine rectified to perfection as afore and suffer them to be vnited and very well coupled together by way of Circulation in a Pellican Hermetically stopt or closed and within fewe dayes the water is made azure like or Celestial which béeing distilled is of force to dissolue gold and doth reduce it into the true Calxe of the Phylosophers into a precious liquor which itterated circulations and distillations can also passe by the necke of the Allembic or by Retort In the which working if thou procéede as thou shouldst thou shalt be able to separate from gold already phylosophically dissolued and animated thy phylosophical dissoluing which wil continually serue for newe dissolutions For very little is lost in euery dissolution And so thou hast the true potable golde the vniuersal Medicine which neuer can bée valued béeing inestimable nor yet sufficiently commended After the same manner thou shalt make the dissolutions of Pearles and of pretious stones most general remedies and deseruing to be placed among the chiefe if they bée dissolued after the order and manner aforesaid with a natural dissoluing Remedies I say which can much better confirme and strengthen our nature than if according to the common manner they bée onely powdred and searced as is wont to bée done in those our common preparations and cordial powders But some paraduenture wil say that these kinde of preparations are too hard or such as they vnderstand not or at least care not to vnderstand But this is a vaine obiection to preuent for excuse of their ignorance the difficultie of these preparations and the protract al time when as the thing is neither difficile nor long to them which know how to take it in hand These things are not to bée estéemed nor labour is to bée spared to attaine so excellent precious medicine which in so little smal a dose as in the quantitie of one or two graines can worke so great and wonderful effects which bringeth great commendation and honour to the Physitian and to the sicke perfect health and vnspeakable sollace and ioy But to conclude I wil say with Cicero in his Tusculans There is no measure of seeking after the truth and to be wearie of seeking is disgrace whē that which is sought for is most excellent CHAP. VI. The way to prepare and make the Balsamick Medicine out of all things BY the foresaid preparation of sulphur Balsamick vegetable which wée haue before taught faithfully plainly and manifestly it is easie to vnderstand after what manner the same Sulphur may bée extracted out of euery mixed body In the wich bodie that I may summarily gather al things together there is first found a liquor without al odour or rellishing taste which is called Phlegme or passiue water Then commeth a liquor which hath taste colour odour and other impressions of vertual qualities which is called the Hercurial liquor And after that commeth foorth an oylie liquor which floteth aloft and conceiuing flame which is called Sulphur After the extraction of these thrée seueral moystures there remaineth nothing but ashes or dry part out o● the which ashes béeing wel calcined Salt is extracted with his proper Phlegme messhing oftentimes and powring water warmed vpon the foresaid ashes put into Hypocrates bagge and repeating this so often times til you perceiue a Salt water to come which hath a brinish taste after the same manner as women are woont to make their lye-wash This béeing done let the moyst be distilled and the salt wil remaine in the bottome The which salt notwithstanding in this first preparation is not made cleane enough nor sufficiently purified Wherefore the same distilled water is to be powred vp againe that the Salt may againe bée dissolued in the same the which so dissolued filter it or straine it through a bag oftentimes as afore til it be most cleare then coagulate it at a gentle heate And after this maner thou mayst extract a Salt cleare pure out of al vegetable ashes Vppon this Salt being put into an Allembic powre al his mercurial sharpe water let them be digested by the space of one or two dayes in the gentle heate of the Balme and then let them be distilled by ashes and so the water wil distil forth without taste or rellish Because whatsoeuer it contained of the volatile Salt wil reside in the bottome with his per fixed salt Goe forward therefore in thy working as before I taught thée concerning the wine Or if thou wilt not worke so exactly meshe vp againe al the mercurial liquor and make it passe through the foresaid Salt which wil take into it al that vitriol impression which that water shal haue and the water or liquor shal haue neither rellish nor taste but shal be altogether like to common water But if thou adde so much that the volatile part doe excéed the fixed that is to say that there be more of the volatile than of the fixed the which thou shalt easily know by waight because it wil be increased thréefold or by trial vpon a red hote copper or Iron plate when this matter béeing cast vppon the same vapoureth and passeth away in smoke then thou must sublime it and it wil become the Sal A●moniack of the Philosophers so it pleaseth them to cal this matter which wil bée cleare and transparant like pearles Vppon this powdred matter thou shalt powre by little and litle the oylie liquor purified and thou shalt boyle this matter that of volatil it may be fixed againe Neuerthelesse that which shal be fixed shal be of nature more fusible than waxe and consequences wil more easily communicate with spirits and with our natural Balsam when it is seperated from his passiue water and passiue earth which are vnprofitable Both which matters the Phylosophers cal the passiue Element because they containe no propertie in them neither doe they shew forth any action And thus a body or nature is made wholely homogenical simple albeit there are to bée séene thrée distinct natures the which notwithstanding are of one or the same essence and nature And so a body shal bée compounded exactly pure out of those three hypostatical beginnings namely salt Mercurie and Sulphur The which Sulphur in some part is answerable to truely simple and Elementarie fire Mercurie to Ayre and to Water in like manner most

from things out of which a moisture or liquor may be drawne For after one maner Hony after another Sulphur after another Wine after an other Waxe after another Turpentines and Gimmes as Mastic Euphorbum Styrar and such like after another Salts after another Hearbs after another Rootes after another many seedes are to be distilled The second difference is taken from the diuersitie of the liquor distilled For waters are otherwise extracted then are oyles As for example out of Hearbes Rootes Flowers and seedes which are not dry but growing waters are extracted by simple distillation without the admixture of any other liquor But out of Rootes Hearbes Flowers and séedes which are dry and odoriferus the floating oyles are not extracted without the meanes of some water or other liquor as a helpe The third difference dependeth vpon the matter and fashion of the vessels Vpon the matter for one vessel is of earth another of brasse another of lead another of glasse Vpon the fashion also for there is one maner of distillation by an Allembic another by a Cornut another by a Matrat and another by a Pellican and so of others The fourth difference is by the site and placing of the vessell For if it be by a right Cucurbit which hath a head with a pipe or beake or whether it be inclining or crooked we call such distillations by ascent or when the neck of one Matrate or cucurbit is put into the neck of another that is to say whē the vessels by concourse are so ioyned together that one taketh in the mouth of the other and the same by a diuers position and by these most commonly are distilled those things which doe hardly ascend and haue small store of iuice Many things also are distilled by discent that vessell which containeth the matter turned the wrong way and put into the other the which manner of working is called by Discent and is contrary to that which is by Ascent By Discent are distilled Ceates and sundry kinds of fat wood as Giraiacum Iunipar and those of rosen sort The fifth difference is by the degrees of fire which are foure the first second third and fourth The first is soft and gentle such is the fire of Balne M. or of vapour the second is of ashes the third is of sand or of the dust of yron that falleth from the Smithes hammer in his worke at the Stythée The fourth is of bare fire By the first and second degrée of fire we distill by Ascent by the third and fourth we distil by concourse and Discent Thus oyles are distilled out of Salts as out of common Salt out of Vitriol and out of such like But before you begin to distil be sure that you dissolue putrifie But because mention is made before of Digestion and Fermentation I will shew you plainly how by these two meanes you may extract out of Roses a most Fragrant water of life and so excellent that one droppe thereof shall giue a swéete sent and odour to a great quantity of common water and wil also make the the same most profitable and swéete Therefore take Roses gathered it 〈…〉 when there is neither raine nor 〈◊〉 vppon them but tarry till the Sunne with his beames hath 〈◊〉 and taken away that humiditie Gather then of them a good quantity and then bruise or beate them in a stone 〈◊〉 or else thou shalt put them into a small bonlet of oake and shalt with diligence presse them in with thy hands in such sort that the vessell may bee stuffed ful almost to the toppe Then stoppe and close it vp that Digestion may more easily bee made and set in a wine seller by the space of one moneth or longer if néede require vntill thou shalt perceiue that the foresaide matter haue the odour of tart wine whereby thou shalt knowe that the Fermentation is perfected and so long it must at any hand bee delayed vntill the foresaide signe doe appeare These things thus finished take to thée the fourth or fifth part of the Roses Fermented according to the greatnesse of thy vessel which necessarily must be such as the Chymicall Distillars doe vse wherewith they extract their oyles and Aqna-Vitae the which indéede are large and of Brasse rather then of Lead furnished with their refrigeatories as they terme them which being full of water the spirits made thick through cold are more easily and commodiously drawen forth Taking I say that portion of Fermented Roses distill them according to the wonted maner That done seperate the feces remayning which subsist in the bottome of the Allembic and put so much of the Fermented Roses aforesaid into the same vessell and power vpon them the water extracted before distilling altogether againe vntill there appeare diuers thy vessell as well closed as may be as is said afore Gather againe the dryed feces the which it thou wilt thou maiest reserue with the former feces and put the same quantity of the foresaide Roses into the Allembic which thou diddest before vpon which againe thou shalt power all the distilled water And this thou shalt doe so often vntill thou hast distilled all the said fermented Roses These things orderly done thou shalt take all the distilled water and shalt distill onely the twelth part thereof with a gentle fire in a vessell with a long neck or Matrate or in such a one as Aqua-Vitae is distilled which is the quantity of all the spiritualls almost As for example if thou haue twelue pound of water thou shalt onely extract one pound which wil be very odoriserus most swéete and spiritual as ready to take flame as is that which is extracted out of wine This water if thou wilt yet make of greater vertue thou maiest rectified againe But the rest of the water which shal remaine in the bottome of the Allembic will be more fragrant and better then that which is distilled after the cōmon maner whereinto also thou maist conuey his Salt and insert it by bringing the foresaid feces to calcination meshing the same oftentimes through Hypocrates sléene or bagge with water whereby it shal more easily draw vnto it and retaine that Salt After the same maner also thou maiest draw waters of life out of violets and other flowers and especially out of them which are hote and odoriferus as Rosemary Sage Betonie and such other like which are better and more effectuall against sicknesses then if they be made according to the common order The least quantity hereof will worke wonderful effects If our Apothecaries would acquaint themselues with these Concoctions Fermentations and Digestions and vnderstand them aright in their workings immitating nature after a certaine maner they should be able to effect diuers commendable and profitable preparations Yea it is not fitting the Apothecary alone to know these things but for the Physitian also the commander and director of the Apothecarie if he respect his humour and the health of his patient But these things