shall be plaine by the example followinge Againe smellinge waters are ether destilled hoole or els after the destyllacion certaine precyous smelling thinges are added vnto them Som are made without any destillacion at all The Pouder of the Floure Deluce mixte wyth hotte water maketh it to smell and is vsed of Barbers The Floures of Lauendula or Lauender and muche rather of that whiche is communly called Spick both grien and drye are put into water or wyn or burning water in a vessel wel stopt set in the sun that thei may infect it with their smell But if they be yet fresh moyst they turn the wyn almoste into vynegar which if they be dry they do not so The liquor shal be made the more smelling if the flowers bee dryed in the sun in a glas closed and afterward whyt wyne be put to it If so be it a man desyer to haue a swiet water forthwith and by and by let him put a drop or two of oyle of Spick vnto a good deele of pure water and chauf it together in a glas with a narow mouth Al thies although they be made with out destillacion the same notwithstanding being right destilled specially if certayn other thinges be mixt with thē other precious ▪ as Muske Ambra ziuet Caphura Agallochū or meaner thinges as Assadubis Styrap and Stacte Myrh or any other spyces chiefly cloues or elles thinges of les estimation as Roses the barkes of flowers or leaues of Orenges Lymons Arentii Bay leaues commun swiet herbes Rosemary Amaracus Basill c. they shal be made much the swieter Saffron is to strong and stuffeth the heed Rosevvater vvith muske Saffron Cloues Caphura out of Bulcasis WIth Musk Put a croun of good Musk beten in two poūdes of Rosewater in the bely of a glas still And destill it by litle litle then put it in a glas well stopt It is a water marueilous swiet and conuenient for a king that their clothes may be sprinkled therwith With Saffron Put half an vnce of good Saffron in two poundes of Rose water for the space of one day and destill it This water is holsom to be mixt with medicins also for smel garnishing With Cloues Put half an vnce of Cloues beten in a pound and a halfe of Rose water .xxiiii. houres and destill it With Caphura Destill an vnce of Caphura w t a poūd of rosewater vse it in medicines for kings After the same maner is Roosed water made with Saunders and other spices swiet smelling what so euer a man will Sum destill all thies in pure water in stede of Rosewater A thre leued herb thei cal it Tribulū at Rome an herb most swiet of sauor which they destil for per fumes and to make diuers other wanton swiete sauoures The munkes in Mesuen A water of swiet sauour wherwith the strengthes of the heed hart and stomacke are reuiued ▪ foure handfull of the flowers of Lauendula Roses whyte and red of ether two handful Rosemary Caryophyllata newe and freshe Cyperus the barke of Citranguli of euery one a handful Mint Sage Tym Bay leues or Peny royall of euery one halfe a handfull .iiii. vnces of Cloues Galingall Nucis mosch Calamus Aromaticus Ginger Cinamon the flowers I thinke better the rootes of flower deluce of euery halfe an vnce Six poundes of whyte wyne or q. s that is as much as shall suffise When they are pund let thē be put into a glas well closed for the space of eight daies afterward vse them It is excellent to wash the handes if thou mixt a litle of it with a great dele of pure water A mā may vse it also destilled put in a scruple of musk Epiphanius Empericus An other of the same mans delectable with a maruelous swietnes of sauour ziuet Muske of ether a dram let it be tyed in a fyne linnen cloth let it be set to sooke in two poundes of Rose water a few daies in the sun An other of the same mans of a very swiet sauour Basill Mint Samsuchum or Maioram flower deluce Hyssop Balsamita I take it to be Sisymbrium Sauery Sage Melissa Lauender Rosemary of euery one halfe a handfull Cloues Cinamon Nutmegges of euerye one an vnce The pome Citrangula of the kynd of Citriorum the figure of an egg of a yeloowe wax colour iii. or .iiii. Let them be beeten and set .iii. daies in rose water then let them be destilled with a slowe fyre When the destillatiō is finished put to a scruple of Muske and set it in the sun An other of the same mans of most excellent sauour Thre poundes of Rosewater Cloues Cinamō Saūders Citrinorū of euery one .vi. drā .ii. handful of the flowers of Lauender .vi. drās of Assa dulcis Malmsey Aqua vitae of ether .ii. vnces Let it stand a moneth to soke in y e sun wel closed in a glas or vpon y e top of a furnace of a stouf Then destil it in Balneo Mariae and at half a drā of Muske to the destillacion Then let it stand .x. dayes in the sun or aboue the fornace so vse it It is marueylous pleasaunt in sauour VVaters of svviet sauour of Andreas Furnerius in his Frenche booke of the garnishyng of mans nature A Water of wonderous swietnes for the perfuming of the shietes of a bed wher by the hooll place shal haue a moste plesaunt sent Put into a litle phial of glas xviii or .xx. graines of Musk and ziuet and a litle of Ambra After filled full of Rosewater set it ouer the fyre and when it is hoot take it away thē let it stande to coule well cloosed after you haue let it stand soo a two daies you may vse it from thence forward It is as good as though it were destilled When thou wilt perfume thy shirt or other linnen put it in a vessell with a wyde mouth and spreed the clothes vpon it boyling that they may drinke vp the vapour and breth of it An other maner of swiet water whiche men call Cassoleptam that is Capsula Power into sum litle vessell of laton a litle Rosewater made with muske and a litle ziuet and Cloues Agallochum styrap calamita when they are all pund against a fyre mixt them and perfume any clothes that ye will with the vapour ascending there from It is a marueilous swiet sauour whiche if thou wilt kepe close the vessell diligently and when thou thinkest good put more rose-Rosewater vnto it that it may be renued An other Thou shalt put into .iiii. poundes of Roosewater Assa dulcis somewhat grose beaten Stirax and Cloues Camphora Agallocum of euery one an vnce Musck Siuet of ether of thē xx grains Put these together in a glas shit with a parchment prickt through with .x. or .xii. small holes and let the vessel boile .iiii. houres in a kettle ful with water as thoughe it were in Balneo Mariae After when it is cold straine it throughe a
the first more thin and waterye the other more read The water of Balneum Mariae oughte to be no hoater then that a man may suffer his finger in it Brunsuicensis Vlstadius prescribeth the destillation of a certaine kinde of aqua vitae in Balneo Mariae to be done with so slow a fire that a man may tell one two three vntil seauen before a drop fall Of such things as pertain to the commun wai of Balneum Mariae you shall reade more with in where we make mention of aqua Camphorae out of Bulcasis and of Rose water out of the same This waye of destillation in Balneo Mariae is vsed also to the rectifying as they terme it of oyles to draw and purge the fleame from them for only the waters and nothing els may be lifted vp and drawn out by the heat of the bath the oyle remaining stil in the bottome The chief vse of dong or as som term it a hors belly is such that the mater which is to be destilled in a glasen vessell set in the dong maye be prepared by the heat therof as we shall declare more at large in his place wher we shall make mentiō of putrifactiō and rotting It is possible notwithstanding for destillation to be brought to pas in y ◠same if ether pouerty or ani other impediment be that a man can not haue fire Of this kinde of destillation see more within wheras we entreate of the prepation to destill The heate of hors donge because of the lime that is mixt therwith Brunsvvick supposeth to excede in the middle degree the heat of Balneum Mariae If you desire to haue a water destilled of the fleshe of any beast you shall strangle the beast y t it bleed not in any wise then take away al the fat and shred the fleshe in small pieces and so destill it in hors dōg or with a soft fire least the waters stink or sauour of brentnes which is wont easelye to chaunce wherefore it is best to destill them twise Brunsvvick The parts of beast or excrements as blud the liuer the lights eggs gall and oxe dong oughte to be destilled in hors dong with vessels not very close stopt but hony and milk a man may stop thē close least the water stink But if it chaunce to stink euen thus ordred then let it be destylled again in Balneo Mariae specially the water of excre mēts of oxen whose first destillatiō is scarse foūd without stench Brunsvvick It wold frame better if a man put to a litle curtsy of salt in the putrifying or destilling of dong that they maye corrupte the lesse Certain excellent simple vvaters destilled in Balneo Mariae first of plantes then of beests Absinthium OF Worme wode water Iohannes Mesuae hath made mencion and of it and of Rooses only as the Munks that writ apon Mesuae haue noted that it is to be supposed ther is a certain excellent vertue aboue other in thies .ii. destilled liquors if they be rightlye prepared but as commun apothecaries maketh them the wormwode water lacketh all odour and tast as is said before If so be it anye man desire to haue this liquor moore strong let him stiep the wormwood dry in win and destill it in Balneo Mariae or if yet strōger in ashes But such as be destilled first stiept in any liquor the waters of thies now ar not simple but compound of the which we shal write hereafter seuerally Alsine WHiche commonly they call Morsus Gallen Hēbain the water destilled is geuē to infantes children diseased with the falling sicknes ether alone or with spring water Wemen comend it greatly and som say they haue tried it them selues I saw it of late ministred in vain But that when I tasted it had like to haue made me vomit perauenture because it was somewhat to old or els because it was gathered in leeden lembeks Caepa THe whyt Onion destilled breketh the stone Martianus Sanctus Cerasus CHery water of what kynd soeuer they bee is drunke against to muche heate is ministred with out y e body but particularly of sweet black cheries whiche also is commended of many against the palsy if it be poured into the mouth and the mouth be wel washt therwith that it restoreth the vse of the tung lost They destill the flesh of it alone or the kernels also beaten together that y e liquor destilled therof may entye out the stony matter of the reines and bladdar The black and sower ar called Visula they yeild a water holsome in agues both other and also pestilent agues whiche couleth and confirmeth the strengthes it is profitable also against thirst and bluddye flixe Ryffius The water destilled of the swiete blacke and freshe Cheries is maruelously cōmended of Remaclus F. of Lymburg Assone saith he as it shal be powred into the mouth of one sick of the falling euill alredy taken with y e fit the potion of it is .iiii. drammes or moor by by he reuiueth refreshed neither is he any moor drawen together with any cramp til in the ordinary tyme as it is the custome of it after a fewe daies an other fit come vpon him whiche when it chaunceth it must be powred in again for it letteth taketh away and healeth the fit Camphora water therof or oyll is thus made Take one of the vessels for Rose water that is called baten that is a bely fill it with the sticks or cips of pynappull tree whiche hath great and brood leaues and let it be filled Siluius taketh it so as though the roose water should be poured to the chips of the pynappull tree but me thinkes y t the vessell of rose water is simply named heer for a cucurbita or bely that it may be a certayn repeticion of the same whiche he had spoken before and let it be couered with a vessell hauing a nose then put the bely into a brasen vessell ful of water ouer the fyre till it begin to boyl for an oyll shall destill and yet they denye that oyll may be lifted vp by the heat of water subtill of a good odour whiche is called water of Camphora Or if ye list destill it in a fornace of rosewater the same way that it is destilled Bulcasis But Belluensis sayth that water of Camphora according to the Arabians saith he is a water that runneth out of the tre that bryngeth the Camphora which as his tree also is of a hoot nature in third degree so Camphora it self is cold Monachi in Mesuae Put three litle bies in the vessel of glas wher the Camphora is whiche shall so be turned into water Fragaria SStraweberies shalt y ◠putrify in a Vessell of bras perauēture salt may be put to it or sugar and destill them This water saith Lullus in his .ii. booke of quintessence is holsō and diuine It comforteth nature expelleth poyson prouoketh we mens flowers asswageth burning humors strengtheneth the conceiuinge
for the space of a natural daye that is xxiiii houres then let them be stilled in a limbeck The water that shal first run out is coÌ„pared vnto syluer the second vnto gould the third vnto baulm and this must bee diligently kepte in a glas Lullius A water for all the diseases of the eies that bee curable out of Aegidius and Lullius we haue described it before emongest the waters composed for diuers inward diseases A water composed for the eyes About the beginning of May gather Selandyn Veruin Rewe Fenell pun them seuerally and take .iii. vnces of the iuice of euery one of them then mixt them put to a litle of the grien braunches as the Frenche men call them the Pampes of Roses .iii. vnces of sugar candy .iiii. vnces of the best Tutia and as muche of Dragons bloud WheÌ„ all thies ar pund thou shalt mixt them together and destill them in alymbeck of glas The liquor that ruÌ„neth forth thou shalt let stande .ii. or .iii. daies in a receiuer then vse it It is of great vertue for eyes that bee ill at ease red or haue the web in the eye The water of the vyn together with hony sublimated by the fyre cureth the bleerednes of the eyes specially The munkes in Mesuen That is the water of the vyn say they whiche in vere the spryng tyme when the vynes are cut destilleth very cleer out of the places that are cut for certain daies This water without any destillacion putteth away the prickings and heet of the eyen and clarifieth the sight hindred by a hoot cause if a man put in both the corners of the eye one drop Rogerius A water or an oyll made of Sponsa solis sharpeneth the sight and cureth any disease of the eyes within fyue daies c. read after emongst the decking waters emongste them that be ordeined to the dying of the heare A water for eies in soÌ„mer to preserue the sight described by Io. Maynardus in his Epistles the .vi. iiii Three partes of Roses the herbs of Fenel and Rue of ether one part and let them be wel mixte together and after .iii. daies let a water be destilled other in onlye vapour of siething water or in the sun or in Balneo Mariae as they cal it so that a handful of the same herbes better if they be dried in mine opinion be put into the receiuing vessel that the drops maye fall vpon them and the mouth of the receiuer and the nose of the vpper vessel must be diligeÌ„tly ioyned together and closed that the vapors may not get oute Certaine vvaters for the eyes out of Rogerius FIl a stilful of the leaues of Agrimony Veruin Fennel Rue Memitha Leuisticus cut sprinkle vpon it a little white and cleare wine and destyll it in claied vessels This liquor represseth the swellinge of the eie lids of a colde cause it drieth vp the blearednes it stoppeth the flowinge of teares it cleareth the sight breaketh bleamishes or spottes I suppose he meaneth cornes or Pearles If thou wilt haue it stronger to breake spots or perls ad vnto it Gallitricum and Morsum Gallinae anagallis with red floures A man may get a water oute of Fenell also for the same causes For a liquor gathered of y e rotes and leaues of Fenell sod in water with a basen laid vpon the water while it yet sietheth is kept in a phiall and one drop is put in the corner of y e eie euery dai morning and euening for the forsaid causes by commun experience To breake the spot or perle mixt with the forsaid waters myrhe and Aloes pund put a drop of the liquor streined in ether corner of the eye early and late A water destilled of the floures of white thorn and willow putteth awaye prickinges heates or rednes of the eyes it stoppeth teares comming of a hot cause and breaketh the spottes or pearles of the same cause A water of the leaues flours of Eufragia stoppeth teares comming of a cold cause and maketh slender the eie lids that swell of the same cause it breaketh spots or pearles of the same cause and restoreth the sight that hath any impediment I wold say that Enphrag did not heate but wer temperate or els doth coule moderatly in the first degree and drieth in the second An excellent water for the debility of the sight described by Gordonius Take Selandin Fennell Rue water withy of the mountain Eufrage Veruin red Roses chosen of euery one a half pounde lib. s Cloues Longe Peper of ether two ounces When they are brused together destill them in a limbecke of glasse wyth a slowe fyre and put of it euery daye in the eyes An other of the same mans for Fistulaes which it is certaine it wyll heale Two pounde of good white wine destilled in the same vessell that Aqua vitae is the water of Rosemarye Sage of euerye one .v. poundes Suger .ii. pound when they are destilled againe put to them an ounce of Sage and as much of Rosemary When they are stiepte together eyghte dayes thou shalt strayne it and vse it A water for the Cancar in what part of the bodye so euer it be The herbe called Cancar which is also called Doue foote the floures of Quinces the floures of Cerifolium the bowes or leaues of the Breer Idaea which the frenchmen cal Frambosia and a few white Roses hony and white wine and the Alum whyche the Frenche men name of glasse Let all theese be destilled together Andreas Furnerius A water of a Moldwarpe c. for all kynde of Gutta or drop noli me tangere scalles of the head the roose drop and the wolfe reade afterwarde amongste the trimming or deckinge waters wher the waters inuented for the dyinge of heare are rehearsed We wyll referre amongste the trimmyng waters also those waters wherwith whelkes and little Pushes or Biles in the face are made hoale Of vvaters of svviet sauoure DIuers waters are made for the onli delectation of smel to sprinckle vppon the hands the face and heare bothe of theyr head and beard also vpon their linnen napkins or handkerchiefs garmeÌ„ts as wel that they weare as also their bed clothes wherunto it communicateth the pleasauntnesse of â—auour not only by sprinkling but also when it is hot by the vapoure Roose water also comes in vre to sauces of meates and onlye it as I thincke of all these kynde of waters for it is receyued bothe to season meates and is poured vppon rosted fleshe whyles it is yet hotte c. But of smellinge waters some are moore symple some composed of manye thynges Vnto bothe of them waters of vertue whyche oure countrye men call Golden may be ioyned and reckened for of these some are more simple other composed But golden waters for the mooste parte all are receiued wythin the bodye and all are made wyth hearbes or spyces infused in wine or burninge water Smellinge waters as we call them simplelye otherwise as it
shortly worke An other that taketh away al maner of spots Put into a glas like muche of Cristall and Corall with water of Limones so much that it maye couer them and be a fingers bredth aboue them Stop this vessell and put it in some colde place in the earthe as in a wine seller a fewe dayes Then caste away the shelles and wash the snailes with water somewhat salt so ofte till all their slimines be washt away Then destill them and keepe the water Afterward thou shalt draw out a water of rapes cut small by a limbeck When thou wilt vse it take a sponeful of the firste water .iiii. of the second and .iiii. of the third mixt them and washe y e face which notwithstanding must first be washt with water and wipte An other maruelous for the same purpoose Take snailes wythoute theyr shelles and washe them as is before rehersed then sprinckle an vnce of Salte otherwise salte Gemmae beaten in a glasse and put the snailes there vpon then sprinkle other Salte vppon them againe and snailes vppon that and so shall you do continuallye layinge salte vppon Snailes and Snailes vppon salte till the thyrde parte of the vessell be fylled Then poure vnto them so muche of the iuyce of Snailes that it stande aboue the salt and Snailes two fingers thicke and destyll them vse thys water as is aboue rehersed If so be it thou canst not commodiouslye destill them set them all mixt together in a cloose vessell tyll they receiue the forme of an oyntmente and that shall you vse at euenynge as the other aboue wrytten Oyntementes the face fyrste washte and wipte and the seconde daye after washe the face wyth water of Beane floures This also did I reade in the Antidotary of Gordonius An other not destilled Twelue Snailes cut euerye one in .iiii. partes put in good white wine This liquor shalt thou vse as the aforesaide It shall come to good succes After thys followeth a destylled water of a yonge Storke of the same effecte and operation whyche I described amongste the symple Medicinall waters An other manner verye good and secreate or vnknowne Sixe newe laide Egges halfe a pounde of Malmsey a yong Pigion not yet holelye fetheared Chese new from the pres y t is made of vnskimmed milcke .viii. Arantia Poma oyle of Tartaro iii. ounces an ounce of Cerussa Let thē be beaten that maye be beaten and mixte altogether that they may be destilled wyth a slow fyre The vse of this water is like the other before It maketh a fair skin fine tender as is possible A washinge or Kynges water whyche abolysheth all spottes Take water of cleare Turpintine as muche as can be gotten out of .ii. pounds of it put therein halfe an ounce of Masticke iii. ounces of white Frankensence halfe an ounce of Tragacantha When they are pund mixte them wyth the water and destyll them keepe the water Then mealte Swines grease of a male Hog vnsaulted and strayne it throughe a double lynnen cloth Then take white Ginger Cloues Cinamon Euphorbium Spiknarde Camphora of euerye one two ounces three Nutmegges when all these are pund myxt wyth the strayned Swines grease put vnto these two ounces of quycke Siluer often times washte wyth salte and Vineger and wrounge throughe a piece of Leather and with this mixte the drosse la feuille ou de lauenre as it is wrytten in Frenche of quicke syluer de couppelle When all is mixte together destill them and keepe the water Afterwarde take vi ounces of the water of the forsaid Turpentin and of the latter water twise so much mixt them and when you wyll vse them washe the face fyrste wyth a decoction of Cerussa and wipe it Then poure about .vi. droppes of thys water mixt together into the palm of the hand and wher thou wilt anoynt couering the place anoynted or wet with a linnen cloth till it be dried A marueilous effect and operacion shall folowe therupon An other of Snailes .xxx. whyte Snailes .ii. pound of gootes milke .iii. vnces of swynes grece or els of a yong Kid a dram of Camphora pund let them be destilled in a lymbeck of glas An other Take six vnces of the crums of the whytest breed and wash it .ii. poundes of milke mixt it diligently and destill it as is aboue sayd and washe with it The water also of the whytes of egges destilstilled is thought good An other that purifieth the face two vnces of Mirh whyte Frankencence Mastich of ether halfe an vnce Gynger whyte .ii. drams one dram of Camphora a pound or a pound and a halfe of whytes of egges When all is diligently mixt let them be put in the bely of a yong hen and wellyking the bowelles taken out If thou wilt put to a hen simpely but flein and cut in small pieces Put to also Asses milke or Gootes milke aboute iii. Sextares that is .ii. pyntes a half .lx. vnces Destill thies in a lembeck of glas That the face may shyne elegantly .xxx. newe laid egges stiep them in vinegar the sharpest you can get for the space of .iii. daies and night then boor them through with a pyn that the humor w t in them may run al out Destill all this in a Rose-still that the face may be washt therwith A water clarifying the face Take the rout of Dragons made cleen and cut in to thin roundles stiep them .ix. daies in whyte wyne so that euery daye half a pound or more freshe wyn be powred vnto them then take the call of fat that is aboute the goutes in a kides bely taken in May to the number of six rys beeten and sod in .iii. poundes of black nightshad and a poūd of the meel of rys half a pound of the water of wylde plums or bullies blaūshed Beenes to seeth in the same water Put vnto this .xii. rotten Appuls and ten egges two handfull of the routes of common flower deluce or els the flower deluce of Florence a pound of Hony halfe a pounde of bitter Almondes Gum Arabick Sarcocolla Tragacantha Borage Camphora of euery one two drams shiepes milk six poundes Venice Turpentin .ii. vnces water of the floures of water Lily Let thies be destilled together in a lembeck with a smal fyer The water destilled therof let it be set in the sun and moued oftentymes An other that taketh away the spots of the skin and whitteneth it An vnce of Borage halfe a dram of Camphora thre drams of cōmun Alum Gum Arabick and Tragacantha of ether of them half an vnce Sarcocolla Assa dulcis of ether .ii. drames .iiii. vnces of Cerussa Pun all thies mixt them and put them into half a pound of Dragons water and as muche of water of floures of Lily together with water of the floures of Broum of Nightshade of water Lilyes of euery one foure vnces When they are mixt destill them in a lembeck of glas To make the face cleer and youthlyke that it seme lyke to
in any wise w t balin therfor I thought ether that the translator that translated it out of y e Arabik tong to haue erred or rather the Arabians them selues confounding Cisson that is iuy and Cisthum together for Ladanum is the iuice of Cisthum which Auicenna did put in stede of Balm In the Antiballomenis asscribed vnto Galen I find these also for the liquor of balme y e liquor of Carpasus and for the liquor of Carpasê° the liquor of Myrtus and for the liquor of willow the liquor of black iuye which the Arabians leuing certaine thinges or chaunging them translated them into their works as I coÌ„iecture ¶ Ther is also a certain Cassia called Balsamodes because of the smel Sisymbrium a kind of wild mint growing ni waters for the most part soÌ„what red y e late writers many of theÌ„ cal it Balsamita Ther is an other Balsamina as the Ligures about y e riuer of Poo cal it The Thuscans or Florentins cal it the apple of Ieru salem with the leues of the white vine y e floure of the Cucumer the frute atboth ends round sharp like to a litle cucumer c. the apple with ripenes a sunder when it is broken it appereth empty conteining within it a few seedes in the figure of chit or Lentil moste red wheroute oyle is pressed chief for wounds Som season the apple fyrste in oyl set it in the sun a few daies then they bery it in hors dong or in the earth so long til it be cleane putrified so they affirme it will get the vertue of balm in closing of wounds and thervpon hath it gotten the name of Balsamina Ruellius out of Her molaus Brasauolus calleth this oyl of Cochirs and the herbe that beareth those fruites in a rugged and sharp husk Cochia or Momordica The oyle saith he is prepared diuers waies both by infusion and being digd vnder the earth many yeres and by seathing and it is made of Echinus of the leaues seuerally and of the sedes That whych is hid in the earth helpeth the greues of Hemrods Generally that oyl asswageth all greues who so desyreth to know mo verye meruelous effectes of this oyl and herbe let him read Matthaeolus Senensis commentaries on Dioscorides the .iiii. boke C .lxxxiiii. chap. so many and so great that if they be true the true balme may be set light by in comparison of them Balsamaeleon that is the oyl of balm of a plant a cubit high or .ii. cubits like vnto wilde Rue by the bark wherof toward the East being scarified rased and wounded fat teares destill that is the fatnes of the balm Other do beat in a morter the slips of this plant in the beginning of Vere sethe it in water presse them in a presse and call it oyle of Balm Ther be some that when they haue puÌ„d the slips they put them in old oyle and set them in the sunne .xl. daies sieth it in a double vessel pres it put new slips beaten into it straine it twise or thrise and so keepe it Mesues Syluius translating him Wher Syluius also in his scoles saith let Xylobalsamum Carpobalsamum most new be stiept one day in old oyl after let y e oyl be drawn out by the art of chymists it shal be of no smal estimacioÌ„ or set Xylobalsamum new be putin old oyl and set in the sunne .xl. daies and sod in a double vessell The vertues of this oyl so much praised of al meÌ„ nothing spokeÌ„ of Mesue it is meruel for it heteth moysteneth extenuateth and maketh slender digesteth scoureth closeth This vertue of closinge she wed vnto the olde writers maketh it at this day precious Opobalsamum is most rare and gesen and therfore most precious Wherfore Petrus of Abanus Guilielmus Placectinus Bartolemaeus Montaguanus composed an oyl of balme nothing inferior in vertues to balm Other put the leues and sede and wode of this plant in oyle and set it in the sunne .xl. daies then pres it out and kepe it but in bertues it is far inferiorto Opobalsamum This saithe Syluius The Egiptians make a counterâ—aite kinde of Opobalsamum of y e bark new most swiet smelling heating it in oyl of Almondes of a singuler smell when it is fresh mixt Alexan. Benedictus The oyl that they cal communlye Balsaminum raiseth vp sodenly them that be falleÌ„ of the falling ficknesse beinge heide to their nose that they may smell it The same He semeth to mene oyl of spik destild for y t many do cal now a daies Balsamum Of balmes made by Arte. THe commun intentand purpose of all Balsams or balmes to speake of theyr vertue seemeth to be to close and heale wounds biles that in a short space to auoyd and turne away the euill Symptomata or diseases which the sores wold otherwise cause y t they mai heat dry be of scleÌ„der partes hereupon it is that all of them haue Turpintyn Rosin sum also other rosins as the rosin of Pyn tree Mastik here upoÌ„ also gums ar added Frankensence Elemi gum of Iuy Bdellium Sarcocolla Mumy c. Vnto sum diuers spyces are put to smell the swieter wherupon they are made apt for the moo vses and miet for diuers diseases euen within the body also as to those also vnto whiche moreouer diuers plantes or their partes are added They are destilled the most part of theÌ„ few except whiche are ministred only without the body as vnto woundes They are destilled in asshes chiefly all first with a slow fyer that the cleetest matter and more thin or watery may be gotten out then encreasing the fier by litle and litle that the oyll whiche is of a sumwhat reed colour may be receyued afterward the fier is made biggar that the oyle may be very reed and at length inclyne to black The liquor that issueth in the midst is more allowed to the vses within the body the last is sumwhat to hoot to vehement and vnplesaunt moore miet to be ministred withoute where there is nede of more force as y e first where there is nede of litle The first liquor semeth to be yielded chiefly of the Turpintyn for the whiche lest it sieth little pieces of slates or flintes may be mixt with it c. as we said of the destilling of tur pintyn All of them takeÌ„ within the body because of the Turpintyn and gums they make men beleche and many times not without grief and yet more the middle and last liquor being receiued They do al season the vrin with their smel They must all bee receiued within the bodye mixt with sum liquor chiefly wyne so that to a sponful of liquor one drop of the oyl or .ii. at the moste be put The dregges remaining in the bottom are good for nothing sauing that they may be vsed in steed of Colophonia or Scammonium I same of late a practicioner destilling I can not tel what kynd of Balsam in a pan
Aqua fortis and although it weÌ„t not away by by yet within a few wekes is was gon Aqua fortis or to separate metalles is thus made One part of Sal nitrum liquid or molten Alum that they call roche .iii. partes sand half a parte when they are dryed diligently and purged with the fyer let them be destilled in a vessell of glas It is gathered by it selfe that whiche issueth out first at length when the glas looketh lyke a safroÌ„ colour encrease the fyre and an other foloweth whiche is receiued in the first for the moste parte and yet if thou take it in water of the fountain or well it is yet so sharpe that neuer the les it dissolueth siluer and separateth it from Goulde It is separated in this wise Take a litle quantity of y e water drawn out and put into it the weight of xii grains of very pure siluer â–ª and set it vpoÌ„ ashes til the siluer be dissolued This shall send down into the bottom of the vessell groundes like vnto fine lime which taken awaye the pure water that remaineth put it to the hole water from the which thou druest it which in like maner shal it self also let down into the bottom groundes like the other which taken away thou shalt haue the hole water most pure and most strong to dissolue syluer and other metals except gould gould also I suppose is dissolued of Chymists with Aqua fortis but of another maner of making But seing it vanisheth away easili and consumeth it shal be kept in a glas diligentlye shut To a man that imagineth how great strengthes it hath which takinge water as I said of the wel yea withoute fyre in xxiiii hours doth bring siluer vnto water but w t a little heate of ashes in .ii. or .iii. houres there is no man but he wil graunt those last vapors and water wherunto they be tourned to haue maruelous strength or rather increadible Of the same kind is water that is made of the salts Ammoniak and Nitrum with Chalcanthum y t is coproos and Alum molten in equal porcions putting vnto them at last one fourth part of roust this made after the same maner spareth not very stones It yet a man ad and put to a litle of the obstracite stone called Smiris wherwith they polishe precious stones thou shalt haue more plenty of water and better because it wil not bee burned Theese things therfor receiued and found true by trials let vs see what shoulde be cause that this water becommeth so strong for manifest experience techeth that the drier part attenuated and fined by the force of the fire receiueth a firye and a fretting or gnawing strength But why burneth not the water of separatinge as burnyng water dothe Because that the burninge water is hotter and thinner and les drye therefore it maye bren and excellentlye heaten but not freate But the other can freat not burne and also heaten a little By like reason therfore the oyl that is takeÌ„ out of Chalcanthum by the force of the fire for as muche as it turneth the driest part into humor it is most sharpe and striketh the tounge like fire Cardan Let no manne thinke that this liquor perteineth only to Chymists and goldsmithes For it is profitable also for medicines vnto mans body It is dropped into warts that be cut and slit as I said afore Some dip the end of a little band in it and put it into a hollow touth from which they wolde take the sence feling of the grefe and mortify it I haue hard the suffusion or web of the eie to be cured in certain with the vertue of this liquor by the same quick siluer is precipitated as we shall now declare and the oyle of Chalcanthum or Coproos is drawn out by it as we said Take halfe an ounce of Aqua fortis mixt it with an ounce and a half of Roosewater soores of the throte palace iawes and lips let them be touched twise a daye with a little Cotton tide to the top of a sticke and moistned in this liquor Thom. Philologus Certain diuers maners of Aqua fortis maiste thou read after where we shall write of Mercury sublimated ¶ Burning water that a candle maâ— burne in the verye water Put a sextar or .xx. vnces of the eldest wine in a potte wide aboue and narow beneath wherunto thou shalt ad .ii. vnces of bothe kindes of Sulphur or brimstone that is of the quik and dead ii vnces and as much alum and as much of gros salt Let theÌ„ be sod together til the third part be consumed A tallowe or waxe candle annoynted with this shal burne in the water as well as in the aire If so be it thou sprinkle a heare or cloth therwith light it at the flame and it shall burne mooste manifestlye withoute hurte Oute of a written booke It wold appeare that a liquor destilled of this matter by the force of the fyre woulde be muche more effectuous to the same conclusion A water to whitten the tethe whiche Isabella of Arragonia the Duches of Millen did vse A pound of Salte purged and beaten an ounce of Glaâ—sye or Isly Alum let them bee destilled in a lembecke Mixt an ounce of this water with an vnce of Plantaine water and with a little wode wouldipte therein rub the teethe and they shall becom most bright Furnerius An other like out of the same boke Sall Ammo niak Sall Gemmae of ether iii ounces Suger Alum an ounce and a halfe commone Salte an ounce When they are beaten destil them in a lembecke of glasse and with the liquor drawne oute thereof rub the tethe with a stone and after wash the mouth with a litle white wine Read befor in the end of the Cosmeticall waters the same description but without common salt the vse wherof is declared without destillacion Aqua Angelica of a maruelous vertue against blearednesse Cankar and burninge with fyre Three ounces of vnâ—lekt lime and halfe a pound of raine water let them stande together in a vessell of glasse or tinne a .iii. daies Then mirtinge them sturre them together and let them settle again a .xxiii. hours or more in a vessell well couered Afterwarde straine them tenderly throughe a linnen clothe till it bee cleare Then put to it .x. drawmes of Sall Ammoniak the whitest thou caÌ„st finde and finest beaten and molten wyth longe mouing in the said water After when it is setled thou shalt straine certaine times the cleare water that standeth aboue or els destil it by a Filtrum Thys water healeth the clothe or spot La Toile in Frenche that is the webbe of the eyes three drops thrise a daye dropt into them continuinge till the eye be made hoole It taketh awaye also the teares of the eyes the rednesse and blearednesse also the Cankar and burnyng if it be rightlye ministred It taketh awaye all spots and steines of cloth both silke and woullen if they bee
elect when they are all mixte together let them be prest cunninglye in a pres But my waye whyche I described afore and tried my selfe liketh me moore then the other There be many waies to make oyl of Rooses It is made ether with oyl and ripe Roses or bothe of them vnripe or the one ripe thother vnripe and so ther is .iiii. diuers waies Som in stead of commun oyle take oyl of Almondes Rasis in hys Antidotario seperato putteth .iii. waies Firste Take a pound of coÌ„mun oil washed wherin thou shalt put the fourthe parte of Grene Rooses in a glased vessell of glas rather which thou shalt set in the sun for the space of .iii. daies ye .xl. as Aegi neta hath Then straine it and put it in a glasse This waye is better then the other The second Take oyl and Roses as before and hang the vessell in a well so that it maye be touched of the water and after .ii. monethes take it oute straine it and kepe it The third Oyl and Roses as before put them in a glas anoynted within with honye which stopt thou shalt let it diep in y e erth wher it shall not be touched nether with water nor other moisture ii months This oyl wil be better smellinge then the other These writeth Rasis oute of Aegineta as it appeareth Aegineta biddeth in the xx chap. of the seuenth boke vnto a Sextarium or wine pint of oyl Omphacinum made of oliues not fully ripe to put .iii. ounces of red Roses the nails taken awai and for the space of .xxiiii. hours laid out in the air then the oyl to be set .xl. daies w tout dores in the sun not vpon the ground but vpon a borde ¶ Mesuae in the. 411. chapt describeth .iiii. waies First that fresh and new red roses be set in the sun .vii. daies then let them be sod in a double vessel .iii. houres then the Rose leaues wronge oute let other be put in and let them be set in the sun and sod as before Which wheÌ„ thou hast done thrise put to the oyl water of infusion of Rooses y t is wherin Rooses likewise haue staÌ„ded which he saithe we haue prescribed in the chapter of syrrups as it were the fourth of the oyl that is the fourth part as the Munkes haue it Syluius traÌ„slateth it as much as the oyl is which I like not so well So when it is set in the sunne .xl. daies straine it and sette it longe againe in the Sunne The second mixting with the oyl washt the iuyce of Roses and the water of their infusion and the leaues beaten together then setting it in the sun and chaunginge it as before c. The thirde that with swiet Almondes blaunshed exactly beaten in a morter leaues of Roses be beaten again theÌ„ make them in litle lumpes or caakes and keepe them in a hoat aire .xxiiii. houres Then beate theÌ„ again and kneed them in the morter very exactly pouring vnto it a litle hoat water of infusion of Roses At length prees out the oyll with a presse put in a glas couered set it to suÌ„ The fourth y â— it be made with Sesamum blaunshed after the same maner as with Almondes But Almondes are more mete for vnrype Rooses Sesama for rype Thies hath Mesue wher Syluius had it The first composition saith he of the .iiii. now rehersed is vsed of many but of the Parisians the composition of Nicolas whiche shal be declared in his Antidotary And againe I heare that oyll of Roses is is made moste odoriferous by putrifying the roses one moneth in dung in a vessell well stopt After the same maner of commun Mastick and Roses incarnate and Muske Roses and suche lyke I doubt not but it may be made most odoriferous without the mixture of any oyll ¶ Sieth Roses Wormwod or any other odoriferous herb in water with the fourth part of oyl til all the water be consumed and the oyll shall haue the strengthes and vertues of the herbes So shalt thou make oyll out of hand of any thing Cardanus out of Symeon ¶ There be sum that when the Rooses are beeten and sod in only water say there swimmeth a certain fat foom whiche may be streined or gathered with a fether ¶ An other certain man told me that the leaues of Roses new should be sod in water til they be thick as hony almost then crusht with a spoon that the oyll or foom may enter in to it but sum water wil be mixt also with it wherfore when it is gathered in a glas it is set in the sun y e oyl swiming aboue in y e top is separated Oyll of the flowers of Elder purgeth and maketh smouth the skin strengtheneth the sinewes and helpeth the griefes of them Furnerius Oyl of Spick moste holsome for theÌ„ that haue the gout in their fiet whiche a certain physicion of late did coÌ„municate Fill a glas with the flowers of Spick nard dryed in the sun and power vpon theÌ„ oyl of Oliues so that it be higher by a fingar bredth When it hath stande .iii. daies in the sun make it boyll in a kettell six or seuen waues and streine it with migth then put in other flowers dried set them in the sun .xvi. daies or more So shalt thou haue saith he an oyl to put away peyn or grief wurth gould as I haue tried with often experience Lay linnen cloothes moystened in it vnto the grief it misseth very seldoÌ„ yea although a man do not consider the humor offending See more in the Antidotary of Arnold de Villa noua Oyll of the flowers of Verbascum is made by settin them in the sun in a glas as also of the flowers of Rosemary moste coÌ„mended praysed for the gout of the fiet of other griefs specially hoat Oyl of violets is made as oyll of Roses but of grien oyâ—l or oyll of Almondes or Sasamin Mesue Paulus Aegineta maketh this oyll of purple Violeth or Leucoio that is yelowe or he setteth them in the sun couering the vessell exactly that it breth not through only ten daies the Violettes in the meane season thrys chaunged and at lengthe he addeth dry Violettes Of oyll of Tartarum that is the dry Lies of wyne OYll of Tartarum deuysed by Peter Argil lata serueth to clense the face and to smouth it Tartarum cleauing to the sydes of the vessell whyte rather then red made into pouder is stept in vinegar after it is folded in a linnen cloothe then lette it be put in Tow moystened with water vnder the ashes after that let it be laid in a dish hielding towad the one syde .iii. daies then shall a certaine humor sumwhat red destill Nicolas way to make oyl of Tartarum cleaning to the sydes of the vessels Take that TartaruÌ„ that is of good wyne beaten folded in a linnen cloth moysten it well with strong whyte vynegar sieth it vnder hoat ashes burn it til it wax black
haue .iiii. stoules But I hear that certaine when they had taken to muche as much perauentur as a beane they haue ben emptied to ofte by the bealye and vomiting and haue bene verye muche weakened whiche I to take heede of vsinge the counsell of a certaine learned Phisicion I woulde brynge to iuyce not the Elleborum alone but infused and decocted with other diuers medicines as I shall declare by and by I perceiue it skilleth little whether the rootes be taken grene or dry But a man must take a pouÌ„d at the leaste of the rotes Lullius and other Cardan haue made mention of the quintessence of Elleborum where vnto I thincke this iuice to bee nothing inferiour This truelye is worthye to be wondred at that the iuice so longe decocted is not onlye nothinge weaker but also muche stronger for it seemeth that I may speake of coniecture that one parte of this iuice to be tenne times and more stronger then Elleborus it selfe and yet nothing more daungerous or hurtful but the streÌ„gthe withoute harme is encreased And although I my selfe woulde haue remitted and asswaged his strengthe puttinge to manye medicines yet I can commende more this simple waye alreadye described where as nothinge but a little Mastik is added at the laste speciallye for more hard and greuous diseases where necessitie requireth extreame medicines and for Franticke persones and otherwise madde and dotinge whiche when they can not be compelled to take anye medicins they are the easier deceiued with so little a dosi in quantitye Yea also withoute the bodye for venemous bitinges and sinnewes hurte I canne beleue that the vertue of it shoulde be mooste excellent I finde no iuice made in this sorte in anye authors the iuice of Acatia and of Berberies in Bulcasis For the straininge of it onlye is decocted not that which is depressed oute also the iuice of Galbanus and Licoris but the water in them is not chaunged Other iuices are made all by expression and aresod til they gather into a Ielly as of Sâ—landine Poppy Wormwod nightshade Vinae Acerbae Memithae Agremony Hypocisthidis the barkes of the rotes of Mandrag The same Bulcasis also willeth to put to a little gum to certaine iuices that be prest out which are sod by them selues at the fire that the partes of theÌ„ may better cleue together as the iuice of wormwod gasid that is Eupatorium or nightshade also of Centaury and Gentian which is made of a decoction strained But Mastik is mixt with y e iuice of Elleborus not onlye for this cause but also to amende the venemous vertue therof and contrary to the stomak Moreouer in certain other medicins wher a maÌ„ list to encrease the strength and vertue of any medicin which is to be left and laid away in some liquor we chaung not the liquor but the medicin that is euer when the first is strained putting in new medicin into the same liquor as in many decoctions and oyles but here in the iuice of Elleborus we do contrary For keping the same rotes of the Elleborus we chaunge oft the liquor I maye tel the cause because y e rote of Elleborus aboue all other things hath most stroÌ„g vertues not in y e superficial other parts only but in y e hole substaÌ„ce imprinted vehemeÌ„tly fastly wherfore it may be also kept most long of al other I my self vsed it when it was .x. yeares olde in his full strengthe And certaine common Practicioners bidde men drinke for the lousinge of the belly the wine wher in a part of it hath sooked a nighte and the nexte daye is strained and the rotes to be dried again for they are nothing or veri litle weaker therwith although they be somewhat often repeated to the same vse and dried again But of Elleborus it self and what we haue tried and experimented therof perauenture we shal once haue an other place and occasion to wryte of Pils of blak Elleborus or rather of his iuice is to be taken euery seuenth day in the curing of the French disease that is Melancholy as Matthaeolus couÌ„selith Three drams of the rootes of blacke Veratrum or Elleborus fresh and new Dauci or yelow-Caret Anisi Peper of euery one a dram .vi. grains of Mosth ii scrupuls of Epithy mii or the harder time let all theese be lightlye beaten then when they haue stand to soke a day and a nighte v. poundes of Malmsye heare semeth to be som fault of the printer for it is to great a measure of wine let them be mightilye prest oute Take .iii. drams of this expression of the pouder of pils of Fumitory Cochiarum Aurearum of euery one ii drams and a half knede them together and then let them be dried Moreouer when they are dry made againe in pouder thou shalt stiepe them again in the same Malmsy as before .iiii. tymes The pilles thereof muste be taken at one time to the weight of one dram Oure iuice composed and made of Elleborus Two poundes of Blacke Elleborus newe cutte Liquoris scraped and brused with a pestil a pouÌ„d stiep them a night in a good quantitie of water The next day after sieth them an houre a halfe with a slow fyer or .ii. houres power it out straining it and put in to it other water warm which shal be redy in a chafer by the fyr for this purpose Repete this seuen tymes or more Then castyng away the routes take the hooll water streined or destilled by a Filtrum and sieth it by litle and litle and when as yet a litle of it shall remaine power vnto it this decoctioÌ„ Seuen handfull of Betain Agrimony two handfull Anisi iii. vnces stiep theÌ„ in water and sieth them till the consumpcion and wasting of the thirde parte pres it out strayne it twys or thrys at the length put to fiue vnces of Agaricum elect cut smal flower deluce two vnces and a half Cinamon six drams Ginger halfe an vnce sieth them to the half pres them out strain the water as befor Then power this decoction to the decoction of the Elleborus boyling moderatly and let them be â—od together to the thicknes of hony A litle before the ende put to .iiii. drams of the pouder of Mastick .ii. drammes of Scammonium thies dissolued together in a litle of the decoction of Elleborus that it may be lyke the substaunce of hony not muche before the end of the decotion power it in when the iuice shal be moderatly thyck or beginneth to be thick and thou shalt stur it about till the iuice be consumed Thou shalt trye now and then a drop of the iuice let it fall vpon a tinnen â—rencher and when it shal be so thick that it wil almost run no more abrode when thou leenest the trencher on the one syde or lifts it vp then is the iuice perfect But by the space of an houre or more before the ende thou shalt now and then
stur it about with a slow fyer lest it burn too Of this decoctioÌ„ I had almost .xi. vnces of iuice I thinck I should haue had skarsly y e fourth parte if I had sod Elleborum alone This iuice haue I vsed alredy sumtymes for I ministred it vnto a yonge man sik of the falling euill with good succes who now of long tyme God be thanked is well but with many other medicines also ther with as letting of bloud and sweeting c. And an other certain person molested for .iii. yeares with the Ascarides or litle round wormes breeding in the long gut many medicines tryed in vayne was restored with this iuice once receiued and a few dayes after taking hartes horn burnt Pilles of the bignes of a pees from .ii. to fiue may be ministred after supper that is from half a scrupull or there about to a hool But a man may try thies better in proces of time This doo I admonish physicions that be litle exercised that thei vse it not rashly but with diligent consideration for it is a vehement medicine It semeth to be conuenient and good for the quartain ague that is no more rawe and for other diuers great and long diseases specially for the scab cumming of black choler I gaue of laâ—â— to one sicke of a quartain fyue pylles of the bignes of a pees whereupon he perceyued great anguishe and was purged only by vomit voyded nothing downward nether was eased of the diseases I imputed the cause to the distemperaunce of the man I my self taking two pyles lyke peasen after sopper y e next day I felt no smal grief about my stomak I auoyded suÌ„tymes downward but I vomited not A man may more safly giue it to theÌ„ y t be sufficiently ful of flesh or fat of a moyst stomack and a stomack of moo exquisite sence Again of the iuice of black Elleborus and of the drawing out of the vertues out of purging medicines and certain other as I learned of a certin friend THis drawing oute was inuented for delicate persoâ—es and such as be of a weake stomack for theÌ„ that can not abyde nor beare a great potioÌ„ of any lousing medicine but ar loused w t the leest weight The extractioÌ„ of black Elleborê° iiii pouÌ„d of blak true Ellebo new fresh let theÌ„ be streight waies washt theÌ„ cut smal power vpoÌ„ theÌ„ this maner of streining y e iuice of Buglos Borrage of ether .ii. poundes let theÌ„ be purified strained moste diligeÌ„tly y â— they may be as pure as gold let theÌ„ be laid or set vp for a tyme. TheÌ„ take fenel rootes Cichori sperage persely of euery .iiii. vnc Iuiuba ruÌ„ sebesten of ether .ii. vnces Melon siedes cucumer siedes gourd siedes citrul siedes of euery an vnce sieth theÌ„ accordiÌ„g to art in 16. pouÌ„ds of rain water Vnto this straining power y e forsaide .iiii. pouÌ„des of iuice let theÌ„ boyll a litle at y â— fier afterward put in y â— cut beateÌ„ Ellebo sieth theÌ„ lightly by litle litle till y t the rootes appeare aboue theÌ„ pres theÌ„ out again strain theÌ„ through a filtruÌ„ sieth this strainiÌ„g to y e thiknes of hony w t a slow fier taking coÌ„tinually hied lest it â–ª be burnd to Afterward take it of the fier vse it trying experimeÌ„ting in the dosior quaÌ„titie of ministraâ—ioÌ„ from half a scrupul to a hool or further It is ministred to louse y e bely folded or moulded in a litle moystned dow vnleuened mixt with a drop or two of oyll of Anis The extraction of Rhabarbari Cut a pound of the pieces of Rhabarbarum elect small and beat it sumwhat gros and power to it y e clarified iuices of Borage and Buglos of ether two poundes let them stande .xxiiii. houres Afterward sieth them at a slowe fyer till the Rhabarbarum appeare and be higher then the rest Then pres it out strongly and put the decoction prest out through a wullen sight and pres it out that the substaunce may remaine in the sight Sieth this sighting to the thiknes of hony putting to it an vnce of y t best sugar Sum sieth in Balneo Mariae till it be thick lest it should put to whiche is better as lykewyse in a double vessell In purging giue it to be swalowed doun mixt with a drop of oyll of Cinamon and Anis foulded in vnleuened dow making a triall in the quantitie of ministracion from a scrupul to ii Sum bicause Rhabarbarum by it selfe doth not purge greatly do sharpen the hooll extraction w t a litle of the best Dacrydium which hurteth not An extractioÌ„ of pilles Take any lump or mas that y â—uo wil of pilles composed most diligently of the best medicines when it is broken into litle pieces stiep it eight daies in raine water iuice of Borage iuice of Fenell in equall porcions as muche as suffiseth Then sieth it in a glasen double vessell a hool daye then pres it out through a moste cleane wullen clothe that will lose none of his heares and sieth it againe in a bath and double vessel diligently to a conuenient thicknes and frame little pils whereof thou shalt geue .ii. scruples or ther about A matter drawne oute in this wise is most pure very tender and melteth easily in a mans hand In like maner may also the vertues of other purging medicins be drawne oute But hede must be taken that euer softening and slippery iuices be mixt therwith in the decoction such as they before are and it shall be muche the better if all be sod in a double vessel A description of a purging Electuari extracted whiche a certaine excellente Phisition at Norinberg did vse .xiii. drammes of Colocynthidis blak Elleborus senae Alexandrinae of ether an ounce of mooste white Agaricum an ounce Rhabarbarum Electum halfe an ounce or if the Rhabarbarum be not very good an ounce xiiii drams of Dacrydium Turbirh if I rede right Stichas Ara. of ether ii vnces a half ii drams of Cinamon red Roses Lignum Aloes Mastik red Mirrh Asarum spiknard Styrax liquid of euery .v. scrupuls Pour altogether and digest or putrify theÌ„ as they cal it .x. daies or .xiiii. in warm Aqua vitae thrise destilled The iuice prest out therof shal be ioyned and mixt with .iii. vnces of prepared Aloes But the Aloes did he prepare in this wise About apouÌ„d of Aloes is put into a basen caudron or pot putting therto vinegar made with Rosewater and Roosewater as much as shal be sufficient but so y t ther be more of the vinegar of Roses then of the water of Roses Let them boyle together with a slowe fire .ii. or .iii. boylinges then straine them pressing them strongly When it is strained let it boyle againe with a slow fire to the thicknes of Aloes sturring it continuallye with a slise When it is coulde let it be kepte for vse The species or particulers rehersed are firste cut
small then beaten infused in Aqua vitae as muche as is sufficiente they are let stande in the infusion warme in Balneo Mariae or sande .xiiii. daies sturring and chafinge them in the meane season oftentimes euery day then are they prest oute strongly throughe a grose linnen clothe Then are they put in a lembeck and with the fire is the waterye moysture drawne oute till the consistence or thicknes of Diacy donion of the said medicin If ther remain yet any moisture let it be put vpon burning coles in some vessel as much as is sufficient Of the iuice of the Flour Deluce and Rape c. OVre Floure Deluce is more stronge in operation in the dropsy as semeth me then the Florentines of the whiche opinion a frend of mine also a very wel learâ—ed Phisicion is who of late sente mee these hys experimentes and trialles of the iuice of the roote of Flower Deluce and Rape Take a hens egge and pouringe oute the white put the iuice of the Flower Deluce in place and mixte it diligently with the yolke and when thou hast a little warmed it in the ashes geue it for a mornynges draught which shall auoid downward aboue mesure the dropsy water This also saith he haue I emongst my secretes for them that be sick of the dropsy and can not swete take the iuice of a round Rape beaten in a morter and prest out seasoned with Suger or cinamon that it taste somthing els then the Rape geue this in the morning to the sick well couered aâ—d he shall sweat The iuice of Purslan Singreen or Houslike Cotyledonis and of other likewise that be slimye and Clammy because of the clammines can not be prest oute alone The herbe well punde wyth Omphacium is prest oute Other when they are punde heat them at a flow fyre Other beat them and let them stand in a colde place as a wine celler put in a basket of wikars to destill downe into a dishe set vnder Syluius in whome thou shalt reade moore of the preparinge and preseruynge of iuices in his boke of the preparacioÌ„ of simples Of Lignum sanctum and anye other we draw oute teares whiche is moore precious then the woode it selfe in this wise The Lignum is cut in pieces the thicknes of a finger which are put in the fire therby is gathered what tere so euer is in the Ligno Cardanus Milk is gathered of Esula Selandin cuttinge the highest bowes and laid hielding in a vessell pressing milking or sliping â–ª theÌ„ one by one The liquor so gathered shalt thou dry in the suÌ„ne But the iuice is gathered when the herbes are punde and prest out Bulcasis Gummes that be purginge and other if anye refuse to swalowe in the forme of pilles put them in boylinge water let them bee dissolued strayne them and put in oyl of swiet Almonds and geue it in drink with rob Put any stronge purginge medicine in water or wine Then in the same liquor stiepe drye prunes or drye Figges or Rasins till they swel then washe them in wine These frutes receiued within the bodye do maruelouslye and withoute grefe loose the bealye Arnold in his booke of wyne Sieth .iiii. ounces of Passularium with water of Violets half an hour lift them through a siue theÌ„ sprinkle in .ii. drams of Scammonium lette them be dryed Then when thou wilte geue .xxx. or .xl. and no mo with Panatella Epiphanius Empericus Some stuffe a fat Goose with medicins with well lykinge Kitlinges chopte small with Salt and roastinge it softlye vppon a broche gather the liquor that drops therout to annoynte goutie members therewith Io. Goenrotus I harde saye howe a certaine practicioner roosted a gose stufte with Mise chopte smal and ministred the liquor gathered there of to the annoynting of the croked vunche vpon the back Of decocted thinges WE cal decoctions liquors water wyne or vinegar in the whiche any medicins be sod at the fyer and then streined c. of the whiche for shortnes sake at this present we will speake nothing sauing that we wyl admonishe that wheÌ„ they are beaten or chopt they ought to be first stiept whiche should be sod and decocted in a vessell diligently stopt and cloosed Of grien plantes the decoction is more pleasaunt then of dry wherfore dry thinges beten and stiept longar tyme then fresh may be streined and prest out then alone or with sugar or houy to bee decocted and sod c. A decoction in vinegar against the pestilence Sieth two handfull of the biggar Salandin the herbe and root together in .iiii. pound and a half of the best vinegar vpon cooles in a glased pot w t a couer the mouth wherof shal be fensed with clay for an houre and a half till the thyrd part be consumed Then straine the vinegar and set it vp in a glas Giue .iii. sponefull of this to a man taken with the pestilence and if he vomit it again giue him again and will him to sweet One vnnamed in the dutche wryten booke Other which Selandine take as muche Rewe and dres it as before and to one taken with the pestilence thei giue one sponefull to drinke with a litle tryacle by whose help both I my selfe haue holsum and helthful experience and also I haue hard it muche commended of other And of late I red almost y e very same medicine in a certain boke of a certayn practicioner writen in frenche and a few yeares past wheÌ„ the pestilence was here a certain friend of myne sent vnto me a lyke description Many woulde haue the Selandine sod in the vinegar but other put other thinges to sum as I saide Rew only other also Sage noble Rosemary the leeues of flower deluce not the roote Zedoaria and sieth it in a pot wel couered therof they giue a few drops for preseruacion but to them that be alredy infected a sponefull with triacle and bidde them too sweet Sum stiep the same thing almost in wyne in a phiall well closed they stur and chafe it sumtymes then they destyll it they gyue it for preseruacion or to the infected as before is specified and when that is receiued they bid them not to sweet but to walke as far as is possible and if it be nied full to be led of two men Otherwyse â„ž Wormwood Rewe the yonglinges or shoutes of breÌ„ble of euery one one part Selandin iii. partes Sieth theÌ„ in whyte vinegar q. s that is as muche as is sufficient in a pot clayed till the third part be consumed let it be giuen as sone as amaÌ„ is infected after let him sweet Otherwyse â„ž A pound of the rootes of SelaÌ„dine Brimstone Saffron Turmentill an vnce Triacle .ii. vnces pimpernel Gentian of euery an vnce and a halfe Pilosella or mous ear with the roote and all Rewe of ether an handfull Sage a handfull Sieth them in a new pot well clayed with .ii. quartes of whyt vinegar til the third part be consumed
purgeth the bloud and preserueth a man from all corruption of the natural strength and power At once it is good for all sicke men in what disease so euer they be The element of air like vnto oyle confirmeth and encreaseth the strength and beauty of yong persons if they vse it sometimes with meate for it letteth the bloud froÌ„ corrupting by any menes It burneth vp consumeth and expelleth all salte fleame it taketh away melancholy and all brentnesse of cholor The elemeÌ„t of fire if so much as a wheat corn in quantity be mixt with the best wine ye can get and poured into a sick mans mouthe yea if he be half dead it restoreth and refresheth al the streÌ„gthes of the body for it perceth vnto the hart and maketh it warme and expelleth all poysons and moist superfluities from the hart Lullus with the quint essence of wine mixeth a little drop of thys oyle to restore theÌ„ that are about to die and past al hope in that within the .xx. part of an hour Som draw out the quint essence froÌ„ Selandine an other way and shorter They cut Selandine together with the rote and flour in smal peces they wey it pouring wel water vpon it they sethe it til it be brought to the same weighte Then they pun it in a stone morter and when the iuyce is streined out through a linnen clothe and purged from the dregges they decoct and sieth the resttil it be ad consistenciam mell is as thick as hony After they put it in a cucurbita so that it be half full by destillacion in Balneo Mariae they gather y e water or fieme Then translating the vessel into ashes they receiue the aiery oyl wherupon when they se an other kind of oyl swim aboue the fyre being encresed they set vnder an other receiuing vessel wherin the element of fire is gathered Euery one of these liquors must be rectified that it may be mete for the medicins of mans bodi that is by the repetinge the destillacion .vii. times of the water or fleme in Balneo Mariae so y t at euery time the cucurbita be diligentlye washed made cleane from the dregges which remaine whiche ought to be mixt w t the element of th earth which remaineth in the bottome of the cucurbita after y e destillation of y e fiery liquor Likewise thou shalt rectify thair destilling it in ashes .vii. times mixting the dregs with th earth Afterward y e liquor of fire likewise The earthy matter in such maner as is said afore in the other fashion To these thinges thus dressed they attribute y â— same vertues y t we rehersed afore to euerye one of them which it nedeth not to repete onlye those thinges wherin they differ we wil rehers The waterye liquor of Selandine putteth away al heats poisons out of y â— brest It is good for the stoppinges of the liuer and lunges for it consumeth y e superfiuous humors fleme Ty coÌ„clude it deliuereth a maÌ„ within the space of .ix. daies free froÌ„ all infirmities The aierye liquor suffereth no blacke choler no bitter nor fleme in y e body to get y e moisture It encreseth blud destributeth it into all the partes of the body by his pearcing Wherfore they that vse this oyle do let blud the ofter If a maÌ„ be in ieoperdy â—f losing of an eie let him drop in a drop or .ii. therof euerye daye by the space of xxx dais it shal do him merueilus much good The firye liquor is muche more effectuous then the watry or aiery helpeth where they fayle It conserueth the youthe it maketh age liuelye and youthful it refresheth y e hart being receiued w t water of a kind of whete it is saide to be elipir of life Moreouer y e earthy matter rectified by dissolucioÌ„s coagulations ielyings calinatioÌ„s sub til salt of y e erth wherwith al metals may be turned into stone al spirits may be fixed hauynge radicable naturall moisture It norisheth lepre meÌ„ Of this y e auncieÌ„t philosophers made a stone which they called y e philosophers stone The maner to receiue y â— for said liquors within the bodi is thus Three drops of y e fire of SelaÌ„dine iii. sponeful of rosewater put to it a litle sponeful of y â— sanguin air y â— is the liquor of the air geue it to be drunken fasting if the disease be hot with wine and if the man be past .xxiiii. yeres of age geue it him w t Aqua vite In hot agues it ought not to be taken in no wise Al this writeth Vlstadius Of drawing out the four elementes from Selaudine and bay leaues reade also Io. Ganiuetus booke whych is entituled Amicus medicorum a frend and a louer of phisicions 4. chap. 7 Hovv quint essence is dravvn out of frutes as Appels Peres plummes Cheries Chestnuts c. out of Vlstadiê° WHen the friâ—te is small cut and stampte in a stone morter mixte it wyth the .x. part of common salt Then put it in a cucurbita with a blind limbeck and set it in hors dung as is said afore of mans blud c Oute of Floures herbes and rootes GAther the Plantes when they be well ripened in faire weather in the spring of the mone and when it is almost at y e ful wash them and cut theÌ„ very lmall beate them in a morter of marble with the tenthe part of salt and thou shalt sower them in a circulating vessel or blind limbek in hors dunge for y e space of a month Then shalt thou destill them in a nosed limbeck in Balneo Mariae encreasyng the first fire to the third degre TheÌ„ take the dregges out of the cucurbita and grineding theÌ„ very smal poure the destilled water vpon them againe and when they are putrified in dung again as before at the length thou shalt destil them deminishing the fire by the half degre Then grind the dregs again c. as before and when thou destillest theÌ„ again deminishe and lesson the fyre yet also by y e halfe degre The putrefaction also must alwaies decrease by the half degre that is to say like as in the second digestion it may be putrified by y â— space of one and twenty daies in the third .xiiii. daies in the fourth .viii. daies When the fourth destillation is done put it in a circulating vessell close aboue and beneth and large narowe in the midst with a short byl holow coming out of the vpper part of the nether bely looking vpward and let it be digested in dung or a bath with a fire of the first degre or els in y â— sun or in the dros of grapes by the space of a moneth The water shall be so muche the more precious y e oftener it is destilled And so hast y â— quint essence which not withstanding shal be the more effectual if thou shalt destil the water of the
half of the sede of Darnell for the space of .ii. daies let them be destilled An other causing slepe Take the seede of Darnell a pound half a pound of the sede of Henbane ii poundes of the sede of Purslan iii. vnces of the sede or rote of Mandrag as muche of Alkekengi wheÌ„ they are pund pour to theÌ„ a pouÌ„d of y e iuice of benes turned vp set down as much of the rotes or leues of Henbane half a pound of the iuyce of the leaues of black popy or if it be lacking or red minister an ounce of this water when it is destilled It is vehement and of great vertue A water called stony y e third of Aegidiê° becaus it breketh y e stone The sede of Pimpernel Petroselini Apii Ari otherwis Caryophylli Musterd sede leuing out Aro the bur also Apii bothe the herb the rote for the sede is named before burs Mastiches of eueri one like much wheÌ„ thei ar wel puÌ„d let theÌ„ be mixt w t the blud of a linx otherwis a he Gote better a little Vineger poured to it let theÌ„ stand a few daies in a vessel wel closed and theÌ„ at the last let them be destilled It is good for theÌ„ that be troubled with the stone what manner of stone so euer it be red white sharpe or plane if so be it the stone be confirmed gathered to some streÌ„gth let the pacieÌ„t drink of this water eueri dai for so shal it be brokeÌ„ brought into saÌ„d If so be icabd heds be washt once a day w t this water thei shal be made hole new heere 's shall spring the scabs shal be cured within .ix. dais otherwise any kind of scabs washt therw t is made hole w tin .iii. or .iiii. dais If it be droÌ„k fasting it maketh good blud good colour more theÌ„ any other medicin merueilouslye it strengtheneth the sinewes and taketh away the falling sicknes if it be druÌ„k twise a day Otherwise is added It heleth clene y e palsy if it be not dead in y e meÌ„bres Aegidius Lullê° An approued vvater for the sores of the raines and bladder by the cardinall of Tutellis CAudae equinae plantain red roses the grains of AlkekeÌ„gi the rotes of holy hok shauen or scraped licoris of eueri one an vnce IuiubaruÌ„ SebesteÌ„ of ether of theÌ„ .vi. draÌ„s bol armoniak half an vnce iiii cummen sedes could great cleÌ„sed of euery one .iii. draÌ„s the sede of white popy .vi. draÌ„s half an ounce of cytoniorum of the thinnest of gotes milk .vi. pound Let theÌ„ stand .ii. daies in the infusion or soking and after let them be destilled Geue the sick to drinck .iiii. vnces warm so longe as the disease continueth Epiphanius Empiricus An other water composed the second amongst the waters of Aegidius it is red of also in y e booke of Lullus of waters Rue Satyrion with y e hauds and stones Selandin otherwise Rue Agrimony Satyrion Chelidoni Suger otherwise Tutia the stone called Calaminaris al of like weight puÌ„d must be destilled with a slow fire This water excelleth in many vertues No disease of the eyes is so obstinate and great but it wil vanish awai and geue place to this medicin Being drunke it dryueth away all poyson other taken wyth meates for so it auoydeth the poyson by vomit It cureth y e dropsy it purgeth the stomak from al ill humors it quencheth y e holy fire in one day if flax dipt in it be laid vpoÌ„ y e sore It is good also against y e fire of a blak disposicioÌ„ white without or as a certain Dutch boke hath against y e inward heat of y e fire for if it appere red w tout it shal in no wise be conuenient to lay on a plaster It healeth the canker if aloes be mixt with it and a little towe of hempe dipt in it be laid like a plaster vpoÌ„ it twise a day A water composed the fyrste amongste Aegidius waters HIssop peny royal Charyo Cikory of euery one a draÌ„ let them be puÌ„d destilled After take tutiae persly of Alexan. Rue Zedoaria aloes the stone called calaminaris of euerye one a dram when they are pund sieth theÌ„ in y e forsaith water till y â— third part be wasted the liquor streyned with a cloth thou shalt kiep it in a glas diligently closed nyne days otherwyse .xl. Afterward let it be giuen in drink euery day in the morning before day other wyse by the space of .x. daies to the sick fasting It is proffitable against the falling sicknes if he that takes it continue fasting after it six houres And truly it is a moste effectuall remedy It heeleth al resolucion of the sinewes and the members are strengthened therby If it be drunck with Castorium it is good against all goutes whiche hath not taken rout yet in the members If it be drunk ix daies together fasting it puttes away all maner of agues what matter soeuer it cum of if it be drunk .ix. daies euery morning early This water is also moste profitable to wash wouÌ„des in which the sinues are cut An other of Aegidius the .ix. in number otherwyse they call it double The siede of Apii the sied of whyt Popy Apii ginger otherwise The sied of Apii whyte Popy sugar Carioph of euery one equall weght Pund in a morter put to it conseruatiue water that is destilled of persely and destill it This is the chiefest remedy for the cough and brest ill at eas If a man drinke it coulde fasting and in the euening as hoot as he can If it be drunken hoot with Castorio it is good against the disease called Apoplexia it healeth also the meÌ„bers sicke of the Palsy if so be the Palsy be not deed in the meÌ„bers It bringeth sliep rest easly it chereth all the members it driueth away il humors and strengtheneth the heed and the brayne An other the sixe in number amongst Aegidius waters Gladiolus Hyssop Sauin Sothernwood otherwys the sied of Sothernwood leuing out Sauin I like it not of euery one lyke much beate them together and let it stand a certain daies theÌ„ destill it This water is of greet streÌ„gth It with standeth all agues both hoot and cold It prouoketh wemens floures if it be drunk thrys but it is hurtfull to wemen with chyld and will destroy it It stauncheth the bluddy flyx and other flyx I would say rather that it styreth bloud rather euery where then to stop an other booke speeketh of nothing but stopping the flix of the bely It purgeth y e stomack froÌ„ ill humors It killeth worms being drunken fasting it cureth al the grief with Castorio it heeleth the palsy if it be drunke daily very hoot within .iii. daies The same descriptioÌ„ fynd I in the booke of Lullus of waters A vvater agrinst the Pestilence c. of the bloud of a Wether or gelded Ram out of a certain Duche
the age of almost .xv. yeares Newe laid hens egges .xii. without the sheles an vnce of Cinamon a pound of Asses milke washe the face with that water destilled by a lembeck Certain cosmeticall thinges out of the Antidotorium of Gordonius TAke the routes of Lily the routes of Dragōs Arum blanushed Cicer Rys Amylum Cerussa washed frenche Soop of euery one .ii. vnces Let them be put in a new pot couered then sod or decocted in a furnace and beten Then take Tragacantha Gum Arabick of euery one an vnce put them in water of flowers of Beenes Then temper Porcellanas in water of Limons till they may be mollified put to half an vnce of Borax Al thies with a very litle of swines grees must bee mixte with water of Beenes With that whiche is made of this muche lyke an oyntment anoynt thy hool face morning and euening and washe it awaye with warm water strained through bran This medicine scoureth purgeth maketh whyt to bee short it maketh the face notable and marueylous faire plain equall gracious An other Lemons cut into .iii. or mo partes let them be sodde in whyt wyne wherwith let the face be washt An other to make y e apple of the chieck ruddy y e lyke also we described before Take Alum Brasill the graines wherewith the Peeche is made reed let them ve pund with the water of wyne destilled Therwith let the place be very muche annointed whiche ye lyst to make reed If so be it ye ad a litle water of salt Ammoniack destilled the colour should be the faster and abyde the lenger Yet take heed of this water Ammoniack bycause it fretteth euery body and if ye list to vse it take but a very litle lest it corrupt the medicine Whoso requireth mo liquors specially destilled for the puritie of the face brigthnes let hym reed Rogerius in his .iiii. treatise the .v. cha wher he describeth the water of Beenes and Limons whose vse is ether by it selfe or with a certain composition c. Also the water composed with Bryonia and Dragons simple of the herbe of strawberies of hasta regia of herba Muscata of the flowres of Nigellae c. VVaters for the dying of heares of the heed and other SPonsa solis beeten otherwyse the siedes of Solsosium beeten put it in milke of a woman that nurceth a boy ten otherwyse .xl. daies and then make an oyl This oyll sod with leued gold seething it gentely by the space of one day is maruelous for if a man washe his heares therwith they shall becum lyke gold If the face be wet and rubbed with the same it shal be plaine and cleare that it shall seme angellike continuinge for the space of .v. dayes It cleareth the sight also and cureth any disease of y e eies within ten otherwise iiii daies and al kind of tothache within .iii. daies and if the iawes be well rubbed with it the wormes fall oute and dy Aegidius amōgst whose waters thys is y e fourth If a man drinck of this water .ix. daies he is heled of the Palsy what cause so euer it come of although it haue endured the space of .iiii. yeares Lullius in his boke of waters It appeareth that this water is not made by destillacion but by expression that is wringing out only as I shall declare amongst oyle of sedes A water destilled of larde that the heares may be made long and yellow and shininge the face more elegant Scrape larde as muche as ye will and shaue it very small then beate it in a marble morter til it be like paste knoden Of thys destylled in a limbeck thou shalt gather a white liquor wherwith thou shalt annoynt thy heares and face for it wil make them very fair and bright A water destilled of honye maketh the heares fayre and longe Reade here after where we shall speake of simple quint essences and amongste waters that be destilled in Rosestilles A whitening water c. of a Mouldwarpe the vi amongste Aegidius waters Bryng a Moule into pouder with brimstone and the iuyce of Selandine put to it let it stande a certaine daies afterward destill it With this water washe a place anye beast what so euer it be and it shall be made white If thou mixte water otherwise the worde water is lefte oute aloes and waxe annoynt the place diseased and thou shalt heale al manner of Gutta and as they call it nolime tangere if thou lay a plaister made thereof vpon the soore Likewise it healeth the skalles of the head annoynted therewith and cureth the guttam rosaceam layde vppon it in manner of a plaister But mixt wyth the stone called Calaminaris and Aloes it healeth the Lupum perfitelye laying a plaister of it thervpō twise a day if also the superfluities be washt with the same mixture It must in no wise be taken inwardly within the body A water that dieth a Griene colour A poūd of cuperoos that is to say Vitriolum Half a poūd of Smerillum Destil them and anoynt Epiphanius Empericus The water of Capparorum Capers destilled maketh grene heares Cardanus A water commodious for purgyng the tethe Take Salte Ammoniak Salte Gemmae of euerye one thre ounces Suger Alum an ounce and a halfe Let them be destilled or soked .viii. daies in two pounde of water and strained rubbe and wash the tethe therewith Epiphanius Empericus Other .ii. like for the same purpose shalt thou find after next to the descripcion of Aqua fortis ¶ Howe waters of herbes floures and rotes be destilled by descencion that is downwarde A vvaye to destill svviete vvaters and effectuall oute of Flowers and Hearbes by descencion or goinge downwarde TAke an earthen vessell vppon the whyche straine or spread a thin and fine linnen cloth and vpon it sprynckle Rooses for so the Roosecake wil proue meruelous swiet or coueslops or other Floures or Hearbes Then muste ye haue a lidde to couer the vessell and aboue the bottom putte the fire So shalt thou destill not onlye a mooste swiet water but also moste effectuall and most strong The Rose cake is wont to be laide in the sunne closed that it maye be purged from the smoky smel when notwithstandinge it reteineth the smell of the Roose Cardanus Freshe Rooses laide vpon a linnen cloth strained vppon a Basin if they take a vessell full of hoate coales they destyll muche water and swiet into the Basin In like manner other flowers Syluius In my minde this kinde of destillacion is commodious for all suche thynges as be colde or oughte to coule chieflye if they lacke smell as the most part of binding thinges more also such as be cold moist to Yea also we shall haue much water in shorter time with les coste by this waye nether is there any ieoperdy that they should fume out But a man must geue diligente hede least the vessel laide vpon be to lyttle hotte and least it be left
oyl of Iuniper can and is made after the same maner Mesues Wher again Syluius saith That oyl anoynted vpon the left side vnder the short ribs and drunken deliuereth mightely the obstructions stoppings of the splene it mollifieth also digesteth This oyl saithe Rogerius represseth the colde greues of the ioynts it healeth a wound bryngeth skin where it lacketh it deliuereth from the white morphew and blackeneth it Io. Manardus in his epistles 16. 4. geuing couÌ„sel for y e helth of the cardinal Campegius sick of y e gout I praise saith he both the maner the vse of the fome of the decoction of lignum sanctum or of Iudicum to the place where the grief is But I think the oyl of the same wod destilled after y â— maner that the chymistes call by descencion to be far more effectual anoynting the places therewith y t swel and wher the grefe is They be wont also of the shauings of raw wode sodden in some noble wine putting vnto it old oyl to prepare an oyntment which is very good to be annoynted vppon the places where the grefe is Take y e wode cut like bordes therw t fill a new ertheÌ„ vessell with a couer of the same mater bord through w t litle holes y t diligeÌ„tly claid let an other empty ertheÌ„ pot digd in the erth vp to the mouth receiue it ioyned w t clay vnto the vpper standing aboue vpon it by the couer the force of the flames blasing rouÌ„d about it the oyl shall run down into the empty within the space of 4. hours or 5. WheÌ„ it hath left boiling opeÌ„ it thou shalt find oil swiÌ„ming vpon the water wherwith if thou anoynte whelks pushes exulceratioÌ„s y e swellings ofioyntes greues of finews y u shalt procure ease that not a litle That water also is drunkeÌ„ morning euening by it self or with the sirup following c. Andreas Mat in his boke of the frensh disease A maÌ„ may also as I hard of a frend destil guaiacuÌ„ after the same way that Aqua fortis is destilled best in an erthen vessel glased y t wil abide the fire suche as they make at Haganoa This oyle is good for the fauts of y e ioynts through the frensh pocks if it be anoynted vpoÌ„ the places w t the best burning water Oyle of the wode guaiacuÌ„ more mightilye of lygnum sanctum is holsome for the spanish diseases biles Sylu. A certain practicioner told me once y t this wod is not to be cast awai although it be decocted soden twise or thrise for euen so also yet is the best oyl destilled of Take the wod of iuy dried the beries gum also if y u maist haue it When they are cut in peces let theÌ„ be put in an erthen vessel bored through in the bottom in .ii. or .iii. places then let an other pot be set vnder it Set theÌ„ in the erth ioyne the bottoÌ„ of the vpper vnto the mouth of the nether w t clay or paste the vpper pot must stand hollye aboue the ground At length make a fire on euery side and the oyl shal destill blacke into the nether Vessell This oyle before all Oyles healeth the grefes in the ioynts of a cold cause Rogerius The preparing of oyl of capuistuÌ„ that is smoked because it is made by descencion like as the oil of woods I haue rehersed it in this place out of the first boke of Aetius where he entreateth of oyles from whence Nicholas Alexandrinê° also borowed it in his treatise of oyls Vngues aromatici that be black melà nchó Fuchsius the expositor of Nicolas readeth MegálcoÌ„ that is great thus MasculuÌ„ styrax the best bdellium pure Costus of euery one v draÌ„s of euery one .ii. vnces a half saith Nicolas which I like better .v. sextaris that is about iiii pints of the best swiet oyl ii a half saith Nich. Hypni as much as nede requireth The costê° cut in peces soÌ„what gros likwise y e styrax bdelliuÌ„ mixt together put theÌ„ into an ertheÌ„ vessell a new one Nycolas w tout ere 's y e mouth wherof y u shalt stop w t the hypneÌ„ without y u shalt defeÌ„ce it w t the slips of aspalathê° or som odoriferus thing haÌ„somli lest any thing fal out of y â— pot Then â—eke an other ertheÌ„ vessel w tout ears w t a loÌ„g neck which may re of the other vessel that conteineth the spices agreing aptly with the mouth into whiche thou shalt put .v. sextaries of swete oyl Afterwarde dig the ground and bury the earthen pot that holdeth the oyl vnto the neck lest it wax red hot after with the fire that shal be made about it then turne y e other vessel with spices the mouth downward vpon y e hed of it soioyn y â— mouths of theÌ„ both y t thei mai be closed together most exactly Then close y e hole vessel rouÌ„d about w t clay on euery side where the mouthes are ioyned together by by thou shalt kindle a fire putting vnder coles about y e earthen vessel blowing When the fire is kindled let the spices being consumed y t being set on fire theimai seÌ„d out their vapor by the mouth of y e ertheÌ„ vessell into y e oyl set vnder For y e which cause it is called capnistoÌ„ y â— is smoked The secoÌ„d day after remoue away the oil and put it in a glas to kepe Wemen vse this whose flours are stopt anoynting the nether part of their bely loines therwith It is coÌ„uenient for them y â— after they be deliuered are euil to litle purged being likewise anoynted vpon y e said parts Moreouer it is holsom for a cold chest healeth the disease called tenesimus if it be receiued in wol hotte as Nicolas addeth folded together and laid to the lower part of the bely loyns The same semeth to be called capnelaeuÌ„ or smoked oyle but the author of Kiranidum expoundeth it naphtha in his .iiii. boke where he maketh mencion of the fish Ecleneis or Remora I haue sene also of paper roled together in maner of a hod set on fire ouer a dish of tin holden at the very extreme top with a paire of sheeres or tonges certain drops of black oyl run out which are praysed for the spots or whytneses of y e eyes Of trevve Balm and antibalm that is Oyls composed by arte whiche are vsed in steed of the true Balm both within and without the body BAlsamum is a word vsed almost in all tonges a Syrian worde without dout for in only Syria in one only garden did it ones growe Panag y e hebrew worde in the .xxvii. of Ezechiel Dauid Kimhi after certaine doth erpound it a proper place of Iudaea other Apharsamon that is Balsamum The later wryters of the Iewes wryt Palsamon Mycander BalsamoÌ„ bycans of the
them that were sick of the colick and haue had oft good succes through the same burning water set on fyre in a bath stouf or sweeting hous narowe and close euery where the aire waxeth hoat wherin the sinewes ioyntes and other partes couled are proffitably fomentated and if it be possible to be done they sweet also To moue sweet and to warme the bathing place with the vapour of hoat water the commun people set great caudrous w t hoat water in their sweeting places with chaf together to keepe the heat longer and sumtymes swiet herbes Other haue a pot hoot without the bath with water and other herbes or medicines put in it from whence the vapour entreth into the bath by a pype beneth This other do with other instrumentes and vessels as they in Italy in the old tyme heated hoathouses When the bathing place is alredy made hoat a burning coole might be put into the pot and dry medicines be strowâ—d in the perfume wherof is desyred or â—â—st both otherwyse also chiefly for wemens vse to diuers diseases of the wombe receiuing the perfume by a pype Hyppocrates describeth a peculiar vessell for this purpose Let them put out their head the whyle which are to weake for to abyde it or such as it is to be feared lest they swound or chaunce into ouer great thirst c. Sum in bathes power water or wyne simple or mixte with medicines vpon reed hoat tyle stones or dros of iron or stones Sweet in bed is prouoked with hoat tyle stones foulded in moyst linnen clothes and put in to the bedde or with tinnen bottelles filled with hot water or with litle bagges wherin herbes sod are put yet hoat and the better if a hoat tyle stone also be put in withall Wull vnskoured suppled in wyne or vinegar wherunto oyll is put Dates beaten Bran sod in salt water or vinegar do both repres and mollifie together Wyne and vinegar do repres and coule and more yet ether bread or meel or a sponge or ashes or woull vnwasht or a linnen cloth wiet in ether of thies Celsus Sum put hoat ashes or burning cooles rather in a vessell of wood filling it to the half the rest they fyll with what herbes they list as wormwod mints to comfort the stomack ether by them selues or sprinkled with a litle wyne then bynding vpon it a linneÌ„ cloth they lay it to y e part diseased specially where it is nedeful to heaten to dry to discus to drawe sumwhat strongly It is conuenient for partes couled and to them that haue gouty aches to vse it with mugwort only or also chamemell vnto the diseases of the womb with Matricaria This fomentacioÌ„ may be made with .ii. vessels to be laid vnto by cours Celsus willeth men in sum place to lay about the places diseased wull perfumed with the smoock of brymston Hereunto may be referred all suche thinges as Fuchsius other wryt of fomentacions apposicions embroches litle bags and insessions The greke word aeonein signifieth the water vpon and power vpon whether it be done bicause of fomentacion that is w t heat or other cause Galen doth prayse y e perfume of the fyer stone or miln stone sprinkled with vine gar for the taking away of hardnes of y e fleshe as kirnels Diuers perfumes for the french diseases which are al made with Cinabrio that is made of quitksiluer sum also with orpmeÌ„t Marchasita c shalt thou fynd in Nic. Mass certain other which haue taught y e heeling of this disease The leeues dry of Tussilago made in perfumes so y e smok may be drawen in at the mouth vpoÌ„ doth help y e congh and OrthopnaeuÌ„ and breaketh the impostumes in the brest The same operacion also hath the rout perfumed Dioscorides Of certain iuices THe iuices of certain herbes wrong and prest out are sod at fyer or dryed in the sun as Bulcasis teacheth seuerally of the iuice of Hamsig Plantain Lettis Singrien Purselan Rostrum Purcinum or hogges snout Scariola Fenel Smalage Volubili Sorrell and other A maruelous waye to drawe out the iuice out of black Elleborum whiche sum vse as a secrete mystery the commoditie whereof I also trying would not hyde lest I should seme to be sory that our posteritie shuld haue any excelleÌ„t knowledge who founde this way first I can not saye I learned it of certain my moste secret friendes I mean that black Elleborum whiche communly all men in Germany name in lyke maner lyke vnto Consiligo very many kepe it in their gardeÌ„s but that whiche groweth vpon the mouÌ„taines to be found in our countrey Heluetia is best A man may trye the same way in Colocynthida Esula Laureola c. Sieth lightly in water the routes of black Elleborum cleen and washt set infused in the same first a night or more small cut Thou shalt take hede both in this and in the other decoctions that thou skim away diligently al the foom that swymmeth aboue as venemous This water shalt thou kepe and again power other vnto it warm and heet it a whyle moderatly chaunging the water so oft til the routes retein none or very litle bitternes any more whiche shall cum to pas when thou hast chaunged the water seuen or nyne tymes But in the meane space whyle thou chauÌ„gest the waters destill the first euer with a Filtrum or through a brush and at length sieth all with a slowe fyer or with burnt cooles rather so that they boyl not yet let them be alwayes at the poynt of boyling vntil they be as thick as hony in an earthen pot glased or of bras tinned the pot couered or litle opeÌ„ WheÌ„ as now a litle water remaineth about the ende of the siething stur it about gently now and then w t a stick that the iuice be not burnt too and at the same time for a pound of rotes of Elleborum thou shalt put .ii. drammes of Mastik pund and cease not to sturre it other continuallye or by little distaunces til the iuice seme out and out sufficiently thickened whiche wil chaunce sodenlye for the mooste parte and that the matter may be the les burnt the nere vnto the ende and to the thickning the iuice is so much vrge it with les fyre nor be not weary of the time for thou shalt haue a most excellent and exquisite medicine againste diuers diseases speciallye melancholik diseases It shal become of a darke red coloure of moste bitter sauour with a percing sharpnes like as is in Asarum or Asarabaâ—cha and Cloues but stronger ye burning as it semeth to the taster yet is not burning in deede that is because of the tenuitie and sclendernes of the partes as I wold haue tried It is ministred an hour after supper in the mouÌ„tenance of a pease in all diseases whereunto Elleborus is conueniente and where it is good to lose the bealy One pill of that quantity that I saide wil make a man to
In this decoction dissolue electuary of an eg or triacle to the quantitie of a been let it be giuen to the pacient as thou knowest Of made vvyne and mixt with medicines LAst of all wee wyll teache and declare here certain thinges of made and counterfeit wynes yet not of all of purpose whiche should be to long Who so desireth mo kindes of made wynes and their compositions and vertues let him go to Dioscorides Aetius in his last booke and to the booke of Arnold Villa nouani of wynes ¶ Wynes mixt with medicines are made diuers waies first siething the medicines with the wyne whyle it is must and new for the moste part to the consumpcion of the third part skumming in the meane season straining afterward Sum sieth the wyne alone other till y e third part be cōsumed other much les afterward they hang within the wyne in a litle bag the medicines sumwhat gros betē And bitter medicines specially ought to be put in decocted and sod wyne for so it waxeth swiet in a litle bad or els to be sod together or both So are wynes made w t wormewood with Zedoaria with Inula also w t Borrage and Melissa in Arnold Sum sieth a litle newe must and when it is couled they power it vpon the herbes in the vessell Secondly putting the herbes them selues or the medicines dry in y e new wyne before it be hoat that by the heet of it in the vessel the vertue of the medicin may be mixt with it So the mooste men with vs prepare wyne of wormwood and they let it stande a hooll wynter in the vessels euer filling the vessels again if thei draw any thing out of it in the beginning of vere they take the herbes out sum leue them in al summer also but yet it is easely corrupted waxeth hoor and mouldy and sower specially if the vessell bee not full Sum set a plate of iron tinned boored through with many hooles within the vessell about the tap or spigot that it be not stopt with the medicines that are put in A man may any tyme of the yeare put wormwood or other herbes in old wyne in a litle vessell specially in cellers that bee sumwhat coule or in a great glas well stopt if so be it the route callet Cariophyllata dry be put to y ◠wyne shal be preserued the lōgar Other sieth simpely with wyne the medicine whose vertue they would haue to pas in the wyne at any time of the yeare but sod wynes for the mooste parte breeth out and becum almoste sower therfore I allowe rather the medicines beaten to bee stiept in wyne together w t clarified hony or sugar a fewe houres and then after to be strained sumtymes through an Hippocras bag So haue I made sumtymes wyne good for them that were sick of the dropsy of the rout of flowre deluce and for them that wer short wynded of Inula c. Wyne may also be mixt and streined with the iuices of herbes clarified or els the iuice of them whiche dry beaten haue been hanged in a litle bag in it a few daies to be prest oute and when it is strained to be mixte with the wine and newe medicines to be put into the bag c. for if the matter be prest oute often and newe put to the wine shall be the stronger and we shall fil the vessel now and then for that that is drawn oute for if not the wine will become euerye foote weaker Wines medicined as we haue saide maye be made leauinge the medicines put in a bagge or simplely in Must or new wine that they ma◠heat together or in wine sethinge at the fire But the first way is preferred bycause by it the vertue of the medicines is not resolued nor altered or wekened The hole of the conseruatiue vessel ought to be couered with a litle couer that the heat may brethe out moderatly and yet the odour fewm not out to much Yet if ye thinke good to sethe them in wine at the fire let the fire be made moste slowe and continued without smoke with the vessel couered least it brethe out and let it be sod a certain space with a bigger or les fire according as the substance of euery thing requireth Arnold in his boke of wine Such as a mā list to sethe it shuld be best to sethe it in a double vesselor in Baln Ma. Aromaticall made wines or with spices maye be kept for .iii. or .iiii. daies clear afterward they are troubled Plinius teacheth the confections of wines of diuers simple medicines 14. 16. Wine of Wormwode howe it is made I haue alreadye saide before Some make it with onlye Wormwode other mixte with it other diuers herbes speciallye hotte as Hyssop Rue Sage Cardnus Benedictus Peny royall Costus Hortensis Phyllitides the floures of Eldar the Barkes of Ashe I make somtimes in a glas forthwith putting the leaues of Wormwode dry into Malmsy and burninge water thrise destilled of ether like much This may be long kept a litle of it put to a great deale of wine doth season it holly with the qualitie of Wormwode It is good for a cold stomake it duscusseth winde it healeth the fleumatik colik and that is bred of wind it healeth scabbednes being annoynted vppon Arnoldus in hys boke of wines ¶ A better way of making it saith he that the Wormwod grene or dry be beatē and that the wine warme be straind vpon it certaine times til it receiue the sauour and vertue of it and to season it with Suger or Honye this waye to make this wine is better then other because all the strength of the Wormwod is in the superficiall and outward parts of it which by this menes is best drawn out then is he long in rekening the vertues of it Galangal or Anise maye also be added or any other thinge as a man thinkes good ¶ Wine of Mugwort is made in the same manner that wormwode wine is Wine of the kirnels of Alkckengi or Haliacacabus is made the same way straining the wine vp on them beaten for one Dosis of it thou shalt take from .v. to .x. it bringeth out stony matter frō the rains and bladder manifestlye and guideth oute the water that is reteined and kept in see Arnold in his boke of wine wherof I my self also made a trial of late straining together Anise the rote of Carlina the kirnels of Peches and y ◠litle stones of crabs wherupon the vrin holden now of long space followed within an houre Some put the graines of Haliacacabus hole into newe wine in a little vessel that they may sieth together and kepe it for their vse Wine of Betain is good for the griefes of the stomacke Alexan. Benedictus Wine of Buglos of the rotes of Buglos stieped in wine is maruelouslye commended of Arnold againste the diseases of Melancholy with a story of a certaine woman healed with the drincking therof which through anger
vnce Coriander iii. vnces make sumwhat a gros pouder therof Wyne of small raisins whiche Arnold calleth honied is made siething â–ª the Rasins in wyne in must till it wax swiet whiche is put furthwith in to a vessell and the small rasins beaten are cast in to the same which go to the bottom into y e dregs But the same Arnold describeth an other also very excellent which he calleth Passulatu or made of small Raisins the Raisins sodde with Cinnamon in Must not much which afterward is powred to the other Must put in the vessell alredy Of Aromaticall vvynes that is made of Spices ARomaticall wynes are wont to be made two waies ether hanging the spices only in a litle bag within the vessel which is let stand in a wyne celler or also putting to hony that so muche as we would so muche may be made out of hande and the spyces beaten together sighed strained a few tymes through a streiner or Hippocras bag of wull as they call it This wyne may be called Mulsum or Melitum they cal it communly Claret and Nectar and Melicratium but improperly with whyte wyne If they put to sugar for hony with reed wyne they cal it Hippocras There are made at the Apothecaries thies spyced and aromatical wynes for the moste part in that proportion that .xiii. vnces of hony be put to .vii. drams of spices and .iiii. pouÌ„des of white odoriferous wine Or to .vi. drams of spices half a pound of most pure Suger .iiii. poundes of red wine or les other put to muche more suger and spices also Sometimes halfe a dram of saffron or much les is put to to couloure it specially vnto Mulsa that is such as are made with hony But before y e wine be streined it shuld be let stand in a hot place or in a stoue with y e spices infused certain hours .xxiiii. at the most Wine called Hippocras is of the kinde of made wines after an easye waye mooste acceptable to the Frenche men specially on this side the Alps. Cinnamon Suger and Carpesium are beaten brused in a bagge through it the wine is poured that in passinge throughe it maye dryncke and soke those qualities This is broughte forthe in principal feastes with Escharite pane in steade of banketing dishes the which fashion but with an other kinde of wine we read was peculier to the Athenians Hermolaus Barbarus Corollarii libr. 5. in the chapter of the Grape of oenanthe An other The inner barkes of Cinnamon vi drammes halfe an ounce of white Ginger hoole â–ª Nutmegges elect .ii. drammes Cloues graines of paradice of ether a dram Cardamomum Pepper Calamus Aromaticus Coriander prepared of euery one a scrupull mixte them and beate them somewhat groose Eight poundes of wine clarified honye .xxvi. ounces mixte all and strayne them accordinge to Arte. Some clarifye theese spiced wines with Almond milke An other for Cardiacall persons described by Alexander Benedict in his teÌ„th boke Take a pint of Austere and harde wine odoriferous white â—uger half a pound cinnamon Ginger of euery one half an ounce Galangall a dram An other of the same mannes for weakenesse of the stomacke Take Cinnamon half an ounce white Ginger two drammes Cloues long Pepper Nutmegge of euerye one two scrupulles when they are well beaten wyth halfe a pounde of white Sugar mixt them together in a .v. pintes of pure white wine and straine it for it is the chiefe remeadye for theim that bee dissolued in their stomacke An other Take an ounce of Cinnamon halfe an ounce of Ginger Galangal two drams Cloues a dramme Graines of Paradise two drammes white Suger viii ounces of the best wine q. s An other Cinnamon an ounce and a halfe Ginger halfe an ounce Cloues .ii. drammes Grames of Paradise Galangall of ether a dram Sugar a pounde and a halfe Red wine .ii. measures that is .viii. poundes mixte them and it wil become Hippocras An other An ounce of inner Cinnamone White Ginger halfe an ounce Graines of Paradise three drammes Clooues Moschocaryi of ether .ii. drammes Maces Galangall of ether a dramme and a halfe white Ginger halfe an oâ—nce Graines of Paradise .iii. drams Clooues Moschocaryi of ether two drammes Macis galangall of ether a dramme and a halfe long Peper a dramme Spiknard Folii of ether halfe a dramme make a pouder thereof To euery ounce of these put .ii. poundes of wine with a pounde of Suger and Tornsoll so called a kind of Purple wull to colour it q. s An other that semeth to be ordeined for the defaultes of the breast aâ—d lunges â„ž the best Cinamon scrapte from the groose barke an ounce Cloues an ounce and a half Anis Fennell of ether a dramme Lycoris .iii. drammes Maces Cardamomum Floure Deluce of euerye a dram and a halfe Suger most white .iii. ounces when euerye one are diligentlye pund let them be infused with these that followe Take Malmsye .ix. ounces a pound of water of Borage Rosewater an ounce and a half water of Melissa iii. vnces after they are let stand .iii. houres by the fornace or stoufe at length strain it oft through a Filter bag and it shal becom cleare Hippocras Hippocras Laxatiue A wine againste the Quartaine Quotidian and bastard Tertian iâ— concocteth and prepareth the humoures and leadeth the same by and by oute by the siege Take a pound of Esula Epithy mi. vi draÌ„s Polipodii cinamoÌ„ smal rasins of euery .iiii. draÌ„s Mastik gin Zedoria cloues of euery one an once Suger as much as nedeth Arnold Nectar in Arnold For a pinte of wyne take Ginger electe scraped Cloues Cinnamon scraped of euerye .ii. drammes graines of Paradise a dram Let it be made wine or Grekish which is better and in steade of honye put Sugar wyth a gran of Musk and it is moste noble A syrrup or Iulep is made of wine to conserue helth and youthe puttinge into .iii. poundes of good wine two poundes of Suger Let it be made a Sirup the vse wherof is with water It may stand in steade of meat and drink and refresheth nature Arnold in the boke of conseruacions of youth Wine made with Suger decocted is good for olde persones colde and feable and in whom the naturall moysture and heate are diminished for it norysheth and breedeth bloude and filleth the principall parts with spirits Take the best wine of Vernacia or Grekish or like vnto them .iii. pouÌ„des a pounde of white Suger Caffetini Let theÌ„ be sodde with a softe fire in manner of Syrrup keepe it and vse it with .ii. partes of water or otherwise as vse requyreth This wine or rather syrruppe of wyne Rabi Moysses in his booke of the maner of diet for olde men and such as are in recouering their helth doth approue and allow Of svviet vvines spiced OF wine made with suger spices it is alreadye spoken and also generallye of Mulsa or wynes made with hony and spices A man may in all the forsaid composicions both
fine linnen cloth and kepe it in a glas in y e which v. grains of Muske shal be put which once moistened and stieped with the water thou shalt stop the glas and set it in the sunne .v. daies So shalt thou haue a wonderful well smelling water A swiet water and vnknown wherof one part mixte with .x. partes of pure water maketh the hoole moste swiet .xx. graines or there aboute of Muske as the smel therof pleaseth the moore or les Nutmegs Cloues Galingal Spikenarde graines of paradise Mace CinamoÌ„ of euery one an ounce All theese pund let them be put into a glas mete to destil in with a pound a half or ther aboute of Roosewater poured vnto it Let it staÌ„d so for the space of .iiii. or .v. dayes afterwarde put to it thryse as muche Roosewater and destill all thys in a limbecke in a kettle full of water siething as in a Balneo Mariae Thou shalt kepe the water gathered therof diligently stopt for y â— same vse that the former serueth for An other excellent water Two pound of the water of the floures of Citri One pounde of the water of red Roses of Myrtus half a pounde Of muske Roses a good quantitye likewyse of Iasmin that is to say of the floures Of cloues halfe an vnce .iii. vnces of Assa dulcis well beaten one vnce of Vernicis Styrax calamita red Styrax of ether half an vnce All these pund mixt with water thou shalt destil them in a glasen limbeck the head and the receiuer diligently closed with clay with a soft fire or in a Balneo Mariae or in a kettle full of siething water A water of most swiet sauor with y e which oyl is destilled also The last being mixt with a hundreth times as much of pure water doth sauoure it all with the swietnes therof but this with a. M times as much A pound of Myrre chosen pure new and fat beaten into smal peces half a pound of the iuyce of Rooses when they are mixte together in a limbecke let them be destilled in ashes wher first thou shalt separate the water w t a slow fire theÌ„ make y e fire bigger separat y e oyl at last deuide the water from the oyl That water maketh the face brighte It closeth woundes effectuallye as well olde as newe The oyle is mooste precyous and dothe the same thynges that the water dothe but muche sooner as for example it dothe that in an houre that the water is aboute a hoole daye An ounce of thys water destilled mixt with certain hundred times as much of pure water maketh them all notably wel smelling but an ounce of the oyle if it be put to certayne hundred poundes of pure water doth the same A certaine Roosewater made wyth Muscke whiche is required and vsed also inother compositioÌ„s Put a .xii. graines or more of Muscke in a glas that is wide beneath and narowe aboue so closed with a parchmente set it in the sunne a iiii or .v. daies Afterwarde take an other glasse like vnto it full of Rooses dried and beaten stop y e mouth of it w t a fine thin cloth other linneÌ„ or of hear TheÌ„ put y e mouth of y e vessell y t conteineth y e roses into y e mouth of thother wherin the musk is conteined and stop it aboute diligentlye â—oyth clay and set it in the sun so that the glas with roses be the vppermost the other beneath in a windowe or other where where the heat of the sunne is vehement Thou maist also sprinkle the Roses moderatly dried and beaten with good Rose water and so put them into a still c. Thys water most swiet thou maist vse when thou wylt bothe alum and also mixt with other composicions VVaters destilled called Cosmeticall that is perteininge to garnishynge and deckinge DEstylled waters for garnishinge are deuyded also into certayne differences for some are for the face to make the coloure of it whyte ruddye bryghte to put awaye wrinckles to preserue and kepe it from Sunne burning or to abolish the spots and rusty roughnes in it Other pertain to the heares and to the chaunginge of the coloure in them Other make the tieth white Al the vse of Cosmetical and garnishing thinges oughte not to be taken for vnhonest and vndecent for a man that is wel instituted and godly mineded for Galen also the mooste famous of all phisicions prescribeth cosmeticall medicines not a few in his worcke of composicion accordinge to places and he declareth that the vse of theÌ„ is many times profitable and honest For the leudnesse of certain maried men is suche that for small and light faultes of their wiues they are turned from the loue of them vnto harlots and hores and certain faults or blemishes are such that a man of a bashful nature wold be ashamed to be sene abrode with them some also bring vexation or griefe or itch as certain whelks in the face c. I write not this vnto wemen or other men but vnto Phisicions only who should be good and discrete men y â— both otherwise they may vse these honest remeadies and medicins and chiefly wheÌ„ such as these be are required of the wife 's of tried honestye of Kinges Princes and noble men More of these thinges and what the art of garnishinge wherin honest garnishinge is soughte for differs for the commeticall and deceitfull thou shalt read in Galen of composi medic sec locos the first boke 2. ch Such Cosmetical waters as be simple we wil not declare heare as be the waters of Bean floures Strawberies Dew Gotes milke Read before of the water of strawberies and of the same and other in Brunsvvick or Riffius Yea Aqua vitae hath a certain cosmeticall and garnishing vertue as we rehersed in his place Waters destilled of the leues of the peeche tree and Willowe of lyk weight mixt together do he le the red whelkes in the face the Frenche men call them rubiz being moistened therwith A spyced wyne for the garnishing of wemen whiche maketh the skin whyt fyne pure and wel coloured Put Ginger and Cinamon in wyn and destill them as Rosewater It is holsome also against all could complexions and moste against palsy Arnold in his boke of wyne A garnishing water wherwith wemen amend their thick grose skyn black and skaly or skuruy with Quick siluer sod in a raw eg c. thou maist fynd in Nicolas Massa vpon the frenche disease in his .vi. booke .ii. chapter A water for the bewtifying of the face The spume of syluer half a pounde when it is beaten sift it and in two poundes of whyte vinegar sieth it till the third part be consumed sturring it with a stick when it is sod destill it At length ad to it half an vnce of Caphura Aphronitrum oyle of Tar taro clouen Alum of euery one an an vnce strein it through a cors cloth anoynt the face and