a good Purgative and Diaphoretick medicine Take an ounce of Quick-silver not purified put it into a bolt head of glass which you must nip up set it over a strong fire in sand for the space of two months and the Quick-silver wil be turned into a red sparkling Precipitate Take this powder and lay it thin on a Marble in a Cellar for the space of two months and it wil be turned into a water which may be safely taken inwardly it wil work a little upward and downward but chiefly by sweat Note that you may set divers glasses with the same matter in the same Furnace that so you may make the greater quantity at a time I suppose it is the Sulphur which is in the Quick-silver and makes it so black that being stirred up by the heat of the fire fixeth the Mercury A fragrant oil of Mercury Take of Mercury seven times sublimed and as often revived with unslaked Lime as much as you please dissolve it in spirit of Nitre in a moderate heat then abstract the spirit of salt and edulcorate it very well by boiling it in spirit of Vinegar then abstract the spirit of Vinegar and wash it again with distilled rain water then dry it and digest it two months in a like quantity of the best rectified spirit of Wine you can get Distil them by Retort making your fire moderate at the beginning afterwards increasing it then evaporate the spirit of Wine in Balneo and there will remain in the bottome a most fragrant oil of Mercury This oil so purifies the bloud by sweat and urine that it cures all distempers that arise from the impurity thereof as the venereal disease c. The truth is they that have this medicine well made need but few other medicines the dose is four or five drops To turn Mercury into a water by it self Set this following vessell being made of iron into a Furnace so that the three bowls thereof be within the Furnace and the Pipe and Receiver be without Make your Furnace so as that there be a great hole left open at the top where you must put in your coals shutting it afterward with a cover of stone made fit thereunto on the top also must be holes to let in air The Vessell for this Operation First make your Iron vessel as red hot as possibly it can be made or else you do nothing having first annexed an earthen well-glazed Receiver to the bottom of it Then put half an ounce of Quick-silver at a time in at the top which presently stop with clay and presently the Mercury will come over part in a sharp Liquor and part as crude a Mercury as it was before which you may put in again till it be all turned to water Note that unless the Quick-silver give a great crack presently after it is put in it is a sign that the vessell was not hot enough This operation being well prosecuted may produce a medicine with which none under the Philosophers Elixir may compare How to distill Spirits and Oils out of Minerals Vegetables Bones Horns and faster and in a greater quantity in one hour then in the common way in twenty four This must be done in such a Furnace as this A Signifies the Furnace with its iron or earthen distilling vessell walled in to which a very large Recipient is joined B the Distiller who with his left hand taketh off the cover and with his right casteth in his prepared matter with an iron ladâ—e C the form of the distilling vessell D the same as it appeareth inward E the form of the vessell not walled in but standing on the coals for other uses This Furnace must be twice so high as wide and the pipe must be a foot long out of the Furnace The vessell walled in must be of earth for the distilling of Antimony Sulphur and such things as will corode iron but for other things iron is most convenient Before you make any distâ—llation let the vessell which is walled in be red hot then by little and little cast in your matter which must be cut or powdered small and clap down the cover into the false bottome above which is full of molten lead and therefore suffereth no fume to goe forth When you see the fumes in the Receiver which must be of glass to cease and condensed into a Liquor then put in more matter By this way you may make a far greater dispatch and distill a greater quantity out of the same proportion of matter then by the common way By this way there is no danger of breaking your Receiver and you may end and begin when you please and try divers experiments in one hour and cannot make the fire too strong and may make the spirits of such things as can hardly or not so well be made by a Retort as the spirits of Salt of Tartar Harts-horn Antimony c. Salt and such things as will flow must have a bole or powder of brick mixed with them before they be cast into the vessell or if you please you may first dissolve what salt you please and with red hot gross powder of Brick imbibe the water then cast in this powder by little and little into the distilling vessell and the Salt by this means will yeeld its spirit quickly and in aboundance By either of these two wayes you may make a pound of the spirit of Nitre in an hour and of salt in two hours Now whereas some things yeeld a spirit and a thick and heavy oil they may be rectified thus viz. by putting them into a Retort and distilling them in sand or ashes with a graduall heat there wil come forth the flegme of some Liquors first and then the spirit and of other some the spirit and then the flegm but of all these the heavy thick oil at last which by distilling off becomes far clearer then before which may again be rectified by spirit of salt as I have shewed before and therefore need not here repeat it To make an oil of Lapis Calaminaris Take of Lapis Calaminaris powdered as much as you please pour on it five or six times as much of rectified spirit of Salt shake them together continually or else it will be congealed into a hard mass which can hardly be mollified again when no more will dissolve in frigido put it in warm sand so long till the spirit of salt be of a high yellow colour then pour it off and put on more til all be dissolved that wil cast away the feces put the solution into a glass body and distill it in sand about the third part of the spirit of Salt cometh over as insipid as common water though the spirit were well rectified before for the driness of the Lapis Calaminaris which is the driest of all Minerals and Metals except Zink retaineth the spirit after the flegm is come over let the glass cool and thou shalt find at the bottome a thick red oil very fat
commonly called the spirit of Roses Take of Damask or Red Roses being fresh as many as you please infuse them in as much warm water as is sufficient for the space of twenty four hours Then strain and press them and repeat the infusion severall times with pressing untill the liquor become fully impregnated which then must be distilled in an Alembick with a refrigeratory or Copper Still with a worm let the spirit which swims on the water be separated and the water kept for a new infâ—sion This kind of spirit may be made by bruising the Roses with Salt or laying a lane of Roses and another of Salt and so keeping them half a year or more which then must be distilled in as much common water or Rose water as is sufficient Oils are made out of seeds thus Take of what seeds you please bruised two pound of spring water twenty pints let them be macerated for the space of 24. hours and then be distilled in a copper Still with a worm or Alembick with its refrigerating The oil extracted with the water being separated with a tunnell keep the water for a new Distillation This Water after three or four distillations is a very excellent water and better then is drawn any way out of that vegetable whereof these are seeds I mean for vertue though not always for smell After the same manner are made oils out of spices and aromaticall woods Oils are made out of Berries thus Take of what Berries you please being fresh 25. pound bruise them and put them into a wooden vessell with 12 pints of spring water and a pound of the strongest leaven let them be put in a cellar the vessel being close stopped for the space of three months then let them be distilled in an Alembick or copper Still with their refrigeratory with as much spring water as is sufficient After the separation of the oil let the water be kept for a new distillation Note that the water being used in two or three Distillations is a very excellent water and full of the vertue of the Berries Oil is made out of any solid Wood thus Take of what Wood you please made into gross powder as much as you will let it be put into a Retort and distilled in sand The oil which first distils as being the thinner and sweeter must be kept apart which with rectifying with much water may yet be made more pleasant the acid water or spirit which in distilling comes first forth being separated which also being rectified from the flegm with the heat of a Balneum may be kept for use being full of the vertue of the wood After the same manner are made the oil and spirit of Tartar but thus much note that both are more pure and pleasant being made out of the Crystals then out of the crude Tartar To make a most excellent oil out of any Wood or Gummes in a short time without much cost Take of what Wood you please or Gumme bruised small put it into a vessel fit for it then pour on so much of spirit of salt as will cover your matter then set it in sand with an Alembick make the spirit boil so all the oil flyeth over with a little flegm for the spirit of salt by its sharpnesse freeth the oil so that it flyeth over very easily The spirit of salt being rectified may serve again To make vegetables yeeld their oil easily Distill them being first bruised in salt water for salt freeth the oil from its body Let them first be macerated three or four days in the said water Oil or Spirit of Turpentine is made thus Take of Venice Turpentine as much as you please of spring water four times as much let them be put into an Alembick or copper Still with its refrigeratory then put fire under it so there will distil a thin white oil like water and in the bottom of the vessel wil remain a hard gum called Colophonia which is called boiled Turpentine That white oil may be better and freer from the smell of the fire if it be drawn in Balneo with a gourd and glass head Common oil Olive may be distilled after this manner and be made very pleasant and sweet also most unctious things as Sperma ceti Oil of Gums Refines fat and oily things may be drawn thus Take of either of these which you please being melted a pound mix it with three pound of the powder of tiles or unslaked lime put them into a Retort and extract an oil which with plenty of water may be rectified Note that the water from whence the oil is separated is of excellent vertue according to the nature of the matter from whence it is drawn Oil of Camphire is made thus Take of Camphire sliced thin as much as you please put it into a double quantity of Aqua fortis or spirit of Wine let the glasse having a narrow neck be set by the fire or on sand or ashes the space of five or six hours shaking the glasse every half hour and the Camphire will all be dissolved and swim on the Aqua fortis or spirit of Wine like an oil Note that if you separate it it will all be hard agâ—in presently but not otherwise Another way to make Oile of Camphire that it shall not be reduced again Take of Camphire powdered as much as you please put it into a glass like a Urinal put upon it another Urinal-glass inverted the joints being close shut sublime it in ashes inverting those Urinals so often till the Camphire be turned into an oil then circulate it for the space of a month and it wil be so subtle that it will all presently vapour away in the air if the glass be open Another way to make oil of Camphire Take two ounces of Camphire dissolve it in four ounces or pure oil olive then put them into four pints of fair water distiâ— them all together in a glass gourd either in ashes or Balneo and there will distil both water and oil which separate and keep by it self All these kinds of oil of Camphire are very good against putrefaction fits of the Mother passions of the heart c. A few drops thereof may be taken in any liquor or the brest be anointed therewith Also the fume thereof may be taken in at the mouth A true Oil of Sugar Take of the best white Sugar-candie imbibe it with the best spirit of Wine ten times after every time drying it again then hang it in a white silken bag in a moist cellar over a glass vessell that it may dissolve and drop into it Evaporate the water in Balneo and in the bottome will the oil remain This is very excellent in all distempers of the Lungs Oil of Amber is made thus Take of yellow Amber one part of the powder of flints calcined or the powder of tiles two parts mingle them and put them into a Retort and distill them in sand The oil which is
white and clear which first distilled off keep by it self continuing the Distillation as long as any oyl distils off then let both oyls be rectified apart in a good quantity of water The salt of Amber which adheres to the neck of the Retort within side being gathered let be purified by solution filtration and coagulation according to art and be kept for use After this manner may be made Oyls out of any gums which may be powdered Oyl of Myrrhe is made thus Take of Myrrhe bruised of Bay-salt of each six pound let them be dissolved in sixty pints of spring water and be distilled in an Alembick or Copper Still according to Art Oyl of Myrrhe per deliquium or by dissolution is made thus Take Hen-egs boiled hard and cut in the middle length-ways take out the yelks then fill up the hollow half way with powder of Myrrhe and join the parts together again binding them with a thread and so set them upon a grate betwixt two platters in a cold moist place so the liquor of the Myrrhe dissolved will distill into the lower platter Oil of Tartar per deliquium i. e. by dissolution Take of the best Tartar calcined white according to Art put it into a cotten bag hang it in the cellar or some moist place putting under a Receiver Oyls by Expression are made thus Take of what things you please such as will afford an oyl by expression bruise them then put them into a bag and press them strongly putting a vessel under to receive the oyl Note that they must stand in the Press some hours because the oyl drops by little and little Note also that if you warm them before you put them into the Press they will yeeld more oyl but then it will not keep good so long as otherwise After this manner are made oyls of Nutmegs Mace Almonds Linseed and such like A vomiting and purging Oil made by expression Take of the Berries of Ebulus or Dwarfe Elder as many as you please let them be dryed but not over-much then bruise them and in bruising them moisten them with the best spirit of Wine untill they begin to be oily then warm them by the fire and press forth the oil and set it in the sun to be purified Ten drops of this oil taken inwardly worketh upward and downward and is very good against the dropsie and all waterish diseases The belly being therewith anointed is made thereby soluble Any part that is much pained with the gout or any such grief is presently eased by being anointed with this oil Oil of Jasmine is made thus Take of flowers of Jasmine as many as you please put them into as much sweet mature oil as you please put them into a glass close stopt and set them into the Sun to be infused for the space of twenty dayes then take them out and strain the oil from the flowers and if thou wouldst have the oil yet stronger put in new flowers and do as before This is a pleasant perfume and being mixt with oils and ointments gives them a gratefull smell It is also used in the perfuming of Leather After this manner may be made oil of any flowers but because I shall keep my self to the Art of Distillation only I shal not so far digress as to speak of these kinds of oils only I thought good to set down the oil of Jasmine because by reason of its fragrancy it hath some analogie with Chymicall oils that are made by Distillation To make any Oil or Water per descensum Take an earthen gourd fill it full with wood or hearbs or what you please being cut small then invert it i e. turn it upside down and set it in the furnace lute it well thereunto then set another gourd of earth under it with a wider mouth that the uppermost may goe into it before you put the one into the other you must have a little vessell or instrument of Tin with brims round about on the top by which it must hang into the lower gourd the body thereof being 2 or 3 inches deep and full of holes that the oyl or water may drop through and not the vegetable it self Into this Instrument being first set into the lower gourd put the mouth of the upper gourd then make thy fire on the top and keep it burning as long as any liquor will drop Ths Figure of this furnace is thus A Signifies the gourd containing the matter to be distilled B The Furnace containing the Coals so that they surround the upper gourd C The lower gourd or recipient set upon straw-rings D The vessell of Tin with holes and brims which must be set in the Recipient How to make an Oyl and Water out of Soot This may be distilled per descensum or by retort as thus viz. Take of the best Soot which shines like Jet fill with it a glass Retort coated or earthen Retort to the neck distil it with a strong fire by degrees into a large Receiver and there will come forth a yellowish spirit with a black oyl which thou mayest separate and digest How to rectifie Spirits You must set them in the Sun in glasses well stopped and half filled being set in sand to the third part of their eight that the water waxing hot by the heat of the Sun may separate it self from the flegm mixed therewith which will be performed in in twelve or fifteen days There is another better way to doe this which is to distill them again in Balneo with a gentle fire or if you wil put them into a retort furnished with its receiver and set them upon crystal or iron bowls or in an iron mortar directly opposite to the beams of the Sun as you may learn by these ensuing signs Retort with its Receiver standing upon Crystal bowls just opposite to the Sun beams Another Retort with its Receiver standing in a Marble or Iron mortar directly opposite to the Sun A Shews the Retort B The Receiver C The Crystal-Bowls A Shews the Retort B The Marble or Iron Mortar C The Receiver How to rectifie all stinking thick black Oils that are made by a Retort and to take away their stink Take oyl of Amber or any such stinking oil put it into a glass Retort the fourth part only being full pour on it drop by drop the spirit of Salt or any other acid spirit and they will boil together and when so much of the spirit is poured on that it boileth no more then cease and distill it First cometh over a stinking water then a clear white well smelling oyl and after that a yellow oyl which is indifferent good but the spirit of Salt hath lost its sharpness the volatile salt of the oyl remaineth coagulated with the spirit of Salt and is black and tasteth like salt Armoniack and hath no smell being sublimed from it Now the reason of all this is because the volatile salt of the oyl which is the caâ—se of the
a bag which may be hanged in the Water the vessell being close stopt the space of a month and then be taken out and cast away the Liquor thereof being first pressed out into the foresaid Water This Water is of wonderfull vertue in Surfets and Pleurisies composeth the Spirits causeth rest helpeth digestion if two or three or four ounces thereof be drunk and the patient compose himself to rest A Pectorall Water Distill green hysop in a cold Still till you have a gallon and half of the Water to this put four handfull of dryed Hysop a handfull of Rue as much of Rosemary and Hore-hound Elecampanie-root bruised and of Horse-radish root bruised of each four ounces of Tobacco in the leaf three ounces Anniseed bruised two ounces twoâ—quarts of Canary wine let them all stand in digestion two days then distill them and in the water that is distilled put half a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned of Licorish two ounces sweet Fennel seeds bruised two ounces and a half Ginger sliced an ounce and a half and let them be infused in Frigido the space of ten days then take them out This water sweetned with Sugar-candie and drunk to the quantity of three or four ounces twice in a day is very good for those that are ptificall it strengtheneth the Lungs attenuates thick flegm opens obstructions and is very good to comfort the stomach A very excellent water against the worms Take of Wormseed bruised eight ounces the shavings of Harts horne two ounces of Peach flowers dryed an ounce of Aloes bruised half an ounce pour on these the water of Tansie Rue Peach flowers and of Wormwood of each a pint and half let them being put into a glass vessell be digested the space of three dayes then distill them cohobate this water three times This water is very excellent against the worms it may be given from half an ounce to three ounces according to the age of the patient A Water against the Convulsions Take of Ros vitrioli which is that water that is distilled from Vitriall in the calcining thereof two quarts in this put of Rue a handfull of Juniper berries bruised an ounce of Bay berries bruised half an ounce Piony berries bruised six drams Camphire two drams Rhubarb sliced an ounce digest these four days in a temperate Balneo then distill them in a glass vessel in ashes and there will come over a water of no small vertue It cures convulsions in children especially it helps also the Vertigo the Hystericall passion and Epilepsie it is very excellent against all offensive vapours and wind that annoys the head and stomach It may be taken from two drams to two ounces An Hydropicall water Take of Wormwood Broom blossomes of each a like quantity bruise them and mix with them some leaven and let them stand in fermentation in a cold place the space of a week then distill them in a cold Still till they be very dry Take a gallon of this water and half a gallon of the Spirit of Urine pour them upon two pound of dryed Broom blossoms half a pound of Horse Radish roots dryed three ounces of the best Rhubarb sliced two ounces of sweet Fennell seed bruised and an ounce and an half of Nutmegs let them digest a week being put into a glass vessell in a temperate Balneo then press the Liquor hard from the feces put this Liquor in the said vessell again and to it put three ounces of sweet Fennel seeds bruised Licorish sliced two ounces digest them in a gentle heat the space of a week then pour it off from the feces and keep it close stopt This water being drank from the quantity of an ounce to four ounces every morning and at four of the clock in the afternoon doth seldome fail in curing the dropsie it strengtheneth also the Liver is very good against gravel in the back stone cures the Scurvy Gout and such diseases as proceed from the weakness and obstructions of the Liver A Water against the Colick Take of Aniseed three ounces Cummin seed three drams Cinnamon half an ounce Mace Cloves Nutmeg of each a dram Galingall three drams Calamus Aromaticus dryed half an ounce The dryed rind of Orenges two ounces Bay berries half an ounce Let all these being bruised be macerated in six pints of Mallago wine 48 hours then be distilled in Balneo till all be dry This water being dranke to the quantity of an ounce or two at a time doth ease the gripings of the belly and stomach very much A Water against the Vertigo and Convulsions Take of black cherries bruised with their kernels a gallon of the flowers of Lavander three handful half an ounce of white Mustard seed bruised mix these together then put some ferment to them and let them stand close covered the space of a week then distill them in Balneo till all be dry This water being dranke to the quantity of an ounce or two or three doth much relieve the weaknesse of the head and helps the Vertigo thereof as also strengthen the sinews and expell windiness out of the head and stomach A compound Water of Burre root causing sweat Take the root of the great Burre fresh Swallow wort fresh The middle rind of the root of the Ash tree of each two pound cut them small and infuse them 24 hours in the best White wine and Rue vinegar of each five pints then distill them in Balneo til all be dry put to the water as much of the Spirit of Sulphur per Campanam as wil give it a pleasant acidity and to every pint of the water put a scruple and a half of Camphire cut small and tyed up in a bag which may continually hang in the water This was a famous water in Germany against the plague pestilence and Epidemical diseases it causeth sweat wonderfully if two or three ounces thereof be drank and the patient compose himself to sweat Another excellent Sudorifick and plague water Take of the best spirit of Wine a gallon Andromachus treacle six ounces Myrrhe two ounces The roots of Colts-foot three ounces Sperma Cett Terra Sigillata of each half an ounce The root of swallow wort an ounce Dittany Pimpernel Valerian root of each two drams Camphire a dram Mix all these together in a glass vessell and let them stand close stopt the space of eight dayes in the Sun Let the Patient drink of this a spoonful or two and compose himself to sweat Dr. Burges his plague water Take three pints of Muscadine and boil in it Sage and Rue of each a handfull till a pint be wasted then strain it and set it over the fire again put therto a dram of long Pepper Ginger and Nutmeg of each half an ounce being all bruised together then boil them a little and put thereto half an ounce of Andromachus treacle and three drams of Mithridate and a quarter of a pint of the best Angelica water This water which as saith
rectified Spirit of Wine three pints Let them be digested in a Glass two parts of three being empty stopt close with a bladder and Cork two dayes in warm ashes then distill the spirit in Balneo and keep it in a glass close stopt If you would make it stronger take a pint of this spirit and an ounce of the powder of Castoreum put them into a glasse and digest them into a cold place for the space of ten dayes and then strain out the Spirit This spirit is very good against fits of the Mother passions of the heart which arise from vapours c. Bezoard water is made thus Take of the leaves of the greater Sallandine together with the roots thereof three handfuls and a half Rue two handfuls Scordium four handfull Dittany of Crete Carduus of each a handfull and half Root of Zedoary Angelica of each three drams The outward rind of Citrons Lemmons of each six drams The flower of Wall-gilly-flower an ounce and half Red Roses the lesser Centory of each two drams Cinnamon Cloves of each three drams Andromachus his Treacle three ounces Mithridate an ounce and half Camphire two scruples Trochisces of Vipers two ounces Mace two drams Lignum aloes half an ounce Yellow Sanders a dram and half The seeds of Carduus an ounce Citron six drams Cut those things that are to be cut and let them be macerated three days in the best Spirit of Wine and Muscadine of each three pints and half vinegar of Wall gilly-flowers and the juice of Lemmons of each a pint let them be distilled in a glazed vessell in Balneo After half the Liquor is distilled off let that which remains in the vessell be strained through a linnen cloth and vapoured away to the thickness of honey which may be called A Bezoard Extract This water is a great Cordial and good against any infection To make a specificall Sudorifick Take of Ginger a pound long Pepper and black Pepper of each half an ounce of Cardamums three drams of Grains an ounce powder them and put them into a glass with half an ounce of the best Camphire distilled vinegar two pound digest them a month then separate the vinegar by expression which must putrefie a month and then be circulated for the space of a week then filter it and thou hast as powerfull a Sudorifick as ever was or can be made The dose is from a dram to half an ounce and to be drank in a draught of posset-drink Treacle-water is made thus Take of the juice of the green shales of Walnuts four pound the juice of Rue three pints Carduus Marygold Balm of each two pints the root of Butter-burre fresh a pound and half Burre Angelica Master-wort fresh of each half a pound the leaves of Scordium four handfull old Andromachus treacle Mithridate of each eight ounces the best Canary twelve pints the sharpest Vinegar six pints the juice of Lemmons two pints Digest them two days in horse dung the vessell being close stopped then distill them in sand Aqua Mariae is made thus Take of Sugar candid one pound Canarie Wine six ounces Rose water four ounces Make of these a Syrup and boil it well to which adde of Aqua Imperialis two pints Amber gryse Musk of each eighteen grains Saffron fifteen grains yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Imperialis two drams The Mother water commonly called Hystericall water is made thus Take of the juice of the root of Briony four pound the leaves of Rue Mugwort of each two pound Savin dryed three handfull Mother-wort Nippe Penny-royall of each two handfull Garden basill Cretensian Dittany of each a handfull and half the rind of yellow Oranges fresh four ounces Myrrhe two ounces Castoreum an ounce the best Canary wine twelve pints Let them be digested four dayes in a fit vessell then distill them in Balneo A vomiting water is made thus Take of the best Tobacco in leaves cut small four ounces Squils two ounces Nutmegs sliced half an ounce put these into three pints of spring water a pint of White wine vinegar distill them in a hot Still or Alembick If thou wouldst have it stronger thou mayest put this water on fresh ingredients and distill it again A little quantity of this water is a most safe and effectuall vomit and may be taken from the eldest to the youngest if so be you proportion the quantity to the strength of the Patient You may dulcifie it with sugar or syrup if you please A vomiting Water made by Platerus Take green Walnuts gathered about Midsummer Radish roots of each bruised two parts of distilled Wine vinegar four parts digest them five dayes then distill them in Balneo This being taken to the quantity of two spoonfull or three causeth easie Vomiting A distilled water that purgeth without any pain or griping Take of Scammony an ounce Hermodactyls two ounces the seeds of Broom of the lesser Spurge of Dwarf Elder of each half an ounce the juice of Dwarf Elder of wild Asses cucumber of black Hellebore the fresh flower of Elder of each an ounce and half Polypodium 6 ounces of Sene 3 ounces Red sugar 8 ounces common distilled Water 6 pints Let all these be bruised and infused in the water 24 hours then be distilled in Balneo This water may be given from 2 drams to 3 ounces and it purgeth all manner of humours opens all obstructions and is pleasant to be taken and they whose stomachs loath all other physick may take this without any offence After it is distilled there may be hanged a little bag of Spices in it as also it may be sweetned with sugar or any opening syrup A specificall Liquor against the tooth-ach Take of oil of Cloves well rectified half an ounce in it dissolve half a dram of Camphire adde to them of the Spirit of Turpentine four times rectified in which half a dram of Opium hath been infused half an ounce A drop or two of this Liquor put into a hollow tooth with some lint easeth the tooth-ach presently Of MINERALS BOOK III. Spirit of Salt is made thus TAke of the best Bay-salt as much as you please let it be dissolved in spring water and filtred mix with this brine in a Copper vessell of the powder of Bricks or Tiles twice or thrice as much as the Salt before its dissolution was in weight let the water vapour away over the fire continually stirring of it untill it be dry Then put this powder into a glass Retort well luted or an earthen Retort and put it into a Furnace a large Receiver joined to it according to art then give fire to it by degrees untill it will bear an open fire for the space of 12 hours Thou shalt have a very acid oil or spirit in the Receiver That Liquor being put into a little Retort in sand may be rectified by the vapouring away of the flegm then keep it for use in a glass very well stopt that no air goe in Spirit of Salt
specificall liquor A Water and Oyl made out of Hair Fill an earthen Retort with hair cut small set it over the fire and fit a Receiver to it and there will come over a very stinking Water and Oyl This water and Oyl is used in Germany to be sprinkled upon fences and hedges to keep wild and hurtfull Cattle from coming to do harm in any place for such is the stink of this liquor that it doth affright them from coming to any place near it Water of Milk is made thus Take of what Milk thou pleasest a gallon in it dissolve half a pound of salt and put to it two handful of Plantain and an ounce of Licorish sliced then distil it in a hot Stil with a gentle fire This water is of excellent use in hot distempers of the Lungs and Kidneys You may put in other ingredients according to the use you would have it for An excellent compound water of Milk for any inflammations in the eyes Take of womans milk a pint of white Copperas a pound distil them in ashes Note that assoon as thou perceivest any sharp spirit to come off then cease Let inflamed eyes be washed three or four times in a day with this water and it helpeth them wonderfully Spirit of Vrine is made thus Take of the Urine of a young man drinking much wine as much as you please let it stand in glass vessels in putrefaction 40 dayes then pouring it from its feces distil it in a glass gourd in sand til all be dry then cohobate the said spirit on the Caput Mortuum three times then distill it in a gourd of a long neck and there will ascend besides the spirit a crystalline salt which thou mayest either keep by it self being called the volatile salt of Urine or mix it with its spirit which will thereby become very penetrating if they be digested for some days together Note that the pipe of the head must be wide or else the volatile salt will soon stop it Note that this salt is so penetrating that it penetrateth the body of the glass This Spirit by rectification may be made so pure and subtle that it will burn as fire and dissolve gold and precious stones This being often applyed to any place pained with the gout easeth it presently it also quickens any part that is benummed The salt volatile is Helmonts famous Medicine for the Jaundies A compound Spirit of Vrine Take of Hungarian Vitriall a pound the Urine of a Boy that is healthy four pints put these into a glass vessel well closed that three parts of four may be empty digest them in Balneo for the space of a month then distil them in ashes til all be dry This spirit is of great vertue in the Epilepsie Gout Dropsie Convulsions being taken from two drams to half an ounce in some specifical Liquor To make a spirit of Honey Take good strong stale Mead otherwise called Metheglin as much as thou pleasest distil it in a Copper Stil or Alembick with its refrigeratory and it wil yeeld a spirit like Aqua vitae The quintessence of honey is made thus Take of the purest Honey two pound of Fountain water one pound boyl these together til the water be boyled away taking off all the scum that riseth then take the Honey and put it into a glass four parts of five being empty close it well and set in digestion a whole year and thou shalt have the essence of Honey swimming on the top in form of an Oyle being of as fragrant smel as any thing in the World the flegm wil be in the middle and the feculent matter in the bottome of a dark colour and stinking smel Some make the quintessence of Honey after this manner Take as much Honey as thou pleasest of the best put it into a gourd of glass first distil off the flegm in Balneo then extract the tincture out from what remains with the said water then calcine the remaining feces and extract from thence the salt with the foresaid water being distilled off from the tincture calcine the salt and melt it in a crucible then let it dissolve in a cellar then again evaporate it away and thou shalt have a most white salt which let imbibe as much of the tincture as it will digest them for three months and thou shalt have an essence of Honey An essence of Honey may be made thus Take of Honey wel despumated as much as you please pour upon it as much of the best rectified spirit of Wine as will cover it five or six fingers breadth digest them in a glass vessel wel closed the fourth part only being ful in a temperate Balneo the space of a fortnight or til the spirit be very wel tinged then decant off the spirit and put on more til all the tincture be extracted then put all these tinctures together and evaporate the spirit till what remains begin to be thickish at the bottome and of a golden colour This is a very excellent essence of Honey and is of so pleasant an odour that scarce any thing is like to it It is so cordial that it even revives the dying if two or three drops thereof be taken in some cordial water A most strong Spirit of the Vinegar of Honey Take a pound of Honey put to it of the best White wine vinegar six pints an ounce of white Pepper bruised smal of the strongest Mustard-seed bruised three ounces put these into a glass vessel that three parts of four may be empty digest them in a temperate Balneo or set the vessell in the sunne for the space of a fortnight then distil them in Balneo and thou shalt have a spirit farre sharper then the common spirit of Vinegar This spirit is stronger and better then any common distilled Vinegar for the dissolving of hard things and extracting the tinctures out of things Oyl or quintessence of Wax Take of the best Wax a pound as much of pure sand well washed from al its impurity and again dryed First melt the wax and then mix the sand with it very exactly then put them into a glass Retort well coated fit a strong Receiver to it and set it in sand give it fire by degrees continuing it four days which at last must be very strong and there wil come off a spirituous oyl which must be rectified seven times in a glass Retort every time changing the Retort and you shal have a subtle oyl of a golden colour This oyl extracts the vertues out of all flowers presently being set in the sun it is wonderful Balsamical for the cure of wounds or ulcers both inward and outward it also being applyed outwardly easeth all pains quickens any deaded member as in the palfie Water is made out of any flesh thus Take what flesh you please the bloudiest part thereof unwashed being cut very smal and then bruised or if it be a feathered fowl take it being chased up and down until it
Red Roses a handfull and a half Cassia Lignea Cinamon of each 3 drams for the first distillation then take Turpentine 1 pound Mastick 3 drams pure Rozen 6 ounces Cinamon Cloves of each 2 drams Pomgranate rinds half an ounce Cyprus Nuts 1 ounce and a half White Copperas two ounces Allum 3 ounces Olibanum 4 ounces Sanguis draconis an ounce and a half Aqua Balsam veri 1 pound for the second distillation Afterwards Take Flowers of St. Johns Wort Sage Rosemary Carduus Benedictus Centaury of each 1 ounce Mastick Red Sanders of each 3 drams Wood of Aloes 2 scruples Cubebs one dram Aqua vitae half a pound Burnt Allum White Tartar of each an ounce and a half Myrrhe half an ounce Earth Wormes in powder 1 dram the middle Bark of the Oak 6 ounces Cassia lignea three drams White Copperas 1 ounce Rindes of Pomgranates half an ounce Cinamon 2 drams Flowers of Pomgranates 1 dram Guaiacum four ounces Carpobalsamum Xylobalsamum of each 1 dram Myrtles Mummie of each 2 drams Borax half an ounce Cloves 2 drams Tormentill Gentian of each 2 drams and a half Round Birt-wort This is for the last distillation afterwards adde Burnt Allum half an ounce White Copperas 2 drams Mastick 1 ounce in fine powder and then keep it for use CHAP. XX. A water for hollow Wounds Take Fountain water Red Wine of each 2 ounces an half Red Roses 4 ounces Pomgranat flowers Pomgranate rindes of each 2 ounces and a half Sumach 2 ounces Sage 1 handfull both the Coâ—feries of each a handfull Allum half a pound Sarcocoll 3 ounces Mastick 2 ounces Olibanum 1 ounce Honey 1 pound water of Turpentine a pound and a half Prepare the Ingredients according to Art and then distil them all together in a glasse lembick with a gentle fire CHAP. XXI A water for Wounds and Vlcers Take Calx vive extinct in Fountain water 8 pound Plantain water four ounces Rose water 2 pound Heat all these together afterward let them stand and clear pour forth all the clear to the lembick and put to it Honey 2 pound Allum 1 ounce Borax Mastick of each three ounces Olibanum four ounces the middle Bark of the Oak dryed 3 ounces powder what is to be powdred and distil them according to Art CHAP. XXII A water to make the Teeth white Take the first distilled water of Honey which is white one pound Allum half a pound Sal Nitre White Salt of each one ounce Water of Lentisk leaves 1 pound Mastick two ounces White Vineger White Wine of each 2 ounces Mix and distil them according to Art reserve the water CHAP. XXIII A water against the Colick Take Muscadell or Malmsey four pound Nutmegs Galls of each 1 dram Cinamon Cloves Grains of each two drams Powder the ingredients grossely and infuse them in the wine 24 houres then with a soft fire draw off the water according to Art CHAP. XXIV A water for a cold Stomach Take Citron and Orange pils dryed of each 2 ounces Rosemary Mints of each one handfull Cinamon Cloves Cubebs Cardamums Nutmegs Ginger of each a dram and a half Sage Pennyroyall Thyme of each one handfull Caraway seeds Aniseeds Fennell seeds of each four drams Bruise what is to be bruised and infuse them all the space of 24 houres in Canary wine four pints then distil them in Balneo according to Art CHAP. XXV Water of Sage Compound Take Sage Marjoram Thyme Lavender Epithâ—â—um Betâ—â— of each 1 ounce Cinamon half an ounce Ireos Roots of Cyprus Calamus Aromaticus of each 1 ounce Storax Benjamin of each a dram and a half Infuse them four dayes in four pound of spirit of Wine then distil them in Balneo CHAP. XXVI Lavender water Compound Take flowers of Lavender Lilly of the Valley of each 24 handfuls Piony Tillia Flowers of Rosemary Sage of each half a handfull Cinamon Ginger Cloves Cubebs Galingale Calamus Aromaticus Mace Messelto of the Oak of each a dram and a half Piony roots one ounce and a half of the best Wine what sufficeth infuse them in the Wine two dayes then distil them in Balneo Mariae This water is good against the Falling sicknesse Convulsion fits and the infirmities of the Brain CHAP. XXVII A Pectorall Water Take the Liver of a Calf the Lungs of a Fox of each number 1 Liverwort Longwort Sage Rue Hyssop of each one handfull Roots of Enula Gladiol of each half an ounce Seeds of Anise Caraway Fennell of each half an ounce Flowers of Borage and Buglosse of each two drams infuse them the space of 24 houres in rich old Wine what sufficeth Water of Scabius Carduus Benedictus of each four ounces Hysop 2 ounces then distil it in Balneo Mariae Another Take leaves of Scabius Veronica of each two handfuls Venus Hair Sage Hysop Horehound Liverwort Licorice of each one handfull Flowers of Borage Buglosse Violets of each half a handfull Roots of Enula Campana Licorice Flowers of Ireos of each half an ounce Aniseeds Fennell seeds of each one dram Choyse Cinamon orientall Saffron of each half a dram let them be bruised and cut be digested in water of Scabius Veronica of each one pound water of Hysop half a pound white Wine 3 pound let them digested two days be distilled in Balneo Mariae adde Sugar Candy what sufficeth This water openeth the obstructions of the Liver and Lungs and strengtheneth them CHAP. XXVIII Aqua Splenetica Take roots of Fern 2 ounces roots of Parsley Polypody of each an ounce and a half roots of Round Birt wort Lovage Calamus Aromaticus Acorns of the water of each 1 ounce chosen Rubarb barks of Tamarisk Copperas Ash of each half an ounce Lovage Seeds of Caraway Cummin Anise of each two drams Scolopendria tops of Wormwood Fumiterre Dodder leaves of Agrimony Ceterach of each a handfull and a half Rich Wine 8 pound let them be digested two dayes and then distil them in Balneo Mariae This water strengtheneth the Spleen openeth and provoketh Vrine CHAP. XXIX Aqua Febrifuga Take roots of Vipers grasse Cinquefoil Tormentill Dictamum of each 6 drams Seeds of Citron excorticated Carduus Benedictus Carduus Mariae Sorrel of each half an ounce of all the Sanders of each 1 dram of the Cordiall flowers of each 1 handfull Goats Rue one handfull Harts horn rasped half an ounce pour upon them bruised water of Tormentill Cychorie Carduus Benedictus Carduus Mariae Wild Poppy of each what sufficeth let them be macerated three dayes in a glasse close shut afterward adde Citrons bruised number six Juice of Endive Carduus Benedictus Plantain of each one pound Borage Scordium of each half a pound let them be distilled in Balneo Mariae This water is convenient in Feavers especially malignant Feavers because it driveth away the malignity and resisteth putrefaction CHAP. XXX Aqua Damascena Odorifera Take Ireos Flowers Cloves Cubebs Cinamon Grains of Paradise Calamus Aromaticus of each one ounce Marjoram Thyme
the flowers of Jasmin Honey-suckles or Woodbine Violets Lillies c. retain the smell of their flowers The reason why these flowers in the common way of distillation yeeld a water of no fragrancie at all although they themselves are very odoriforous are either because if a stronger fire be made in the distilling of them the grosser and more earthy spirit cometh out with the finer and troubleth it as it is in case the flowers be crushed or bruised where the odour upâ—â— the same account is lost or because the odoriferous spirit thereof being thin and very subtle riseth with a gentle heat but for lack of body vapours away The aâ—â—therefore that is here required is to prevent the mixtion of the grosser spirit with the finer and to give such a body to the finer that shall not embase it and it is thus Take of either of the aforesaid flowers gathered fresh and at noon in a fair day let them not at all be bruised Infuse a handfull of them in two quarts of White-wine which must be very good or else you labour in vain for the space of half an hour then take them forth and infuse in the same wine the same quantity of fresh flowers this do eight or ten times but still remember that they be not infused above half an hour for according to the rule of infusion a short stay of the body that hath a fine spirit in the liquor receiveth the spirit but a longer stay confoundeth it because it draweth forth the earthy part withall which destroyeth the finer then distill this liquor all the flowers being first taken out in a glass gourd in a very gentle Balneo or over a vapour of hot water the joints of the glass being very well closed and thou shalt have a water of a most fragrant odour By this means the spirit of the wine which serves to body the fine odoriferous spirit of the flowers ariseth as soon as the fine spirit it self without any earthiness mixed with it Note that in defect of Wine Aqua vitae will serve also strong beer but not altogether so well because there is more gross earthiness in it then in wine The water of either of these flowers is a most fragrant perfume and may be used as a very delicate sweet water and is no small secret A Furnace with his vessels to distil liquors with the steam of boyling water A Shews the head of the Alembick B The body thereof placed in a brasse vessel made for that purpose C A brasse vessel perforated in many places to receive the vapor of the water This vessel shal contain the Alembick compassed about with sawdust not only that it may the better and longer retain the heat of the vapour but also lest it should be broken by the hard touch of the brazen vessel D Shews the brasse vessel containing the water as it is placed in the Furnace E The Furnace containing the vessel F A Funnel by which you may now and then pour in water in stead of that which is vanisht and dissipated by the heat of the fire G The Receiver The delineation of a Baln Mâ—r. which may also serve to distill with ashes A Shews the Furnace with the hole to take forth the ashes B Shews another furnace as it were set in the other now it is of brass runs through the midst of the kettle made also of brass that so the contained water or ashes may be the more easily â—eated C The kettle wherein the water ashes or sand are contained D The Alembick set in the water ashes or sand with the mouths of the receivers E The bottome of the second brass Furnace whose top is marked with B which contains the fire A water out of Berries is made thus TAke of what Berries you please being full ripe put them into a gourd glass strewing upon them a good quantity of powdered sugar cover them close let them stand three weeks or a month then distill them in Balneo After this manner Strawberries Raspberries Elderberries and black Cherries may be distilled But note that such as have stones must first be bruised together with their stones A sweating water made of Elderberries TAke of Elder berries as many as you please press out the juice thereof to every gallon thereof put a pint of White-wine vinegar of the lees of Whitewine a pint let them stand in a wooden vessell which thou must then set in some warm place near the fire side for the space of a week then distill them in a hot Still or Alembick The Furnace for a Balneum Mariae with the Alembicks and their reâ—eivers A Shews the brass Kettle full of water B The cover of the Kettle perforated in two places to give passage forth to the Vessels C A Pipe or Chimney added to the Kettle wherein the fire is contained to heat the water D The Alembick consisting of its body and head E the Receiver whereinto the distilled liquor runs The effigies of another Baln Mar. not so easie to be removed as the former A Shews the vessell or Copper that contains the water B The Alembick set in water But lest the bottom of the Alembick being half ful should float up and down in the water and so strike against the sides of the Kettle I have thought good to shew you the way and means to prevent that danger A Shews the vessel or glass Alembick B A plate of lead whereon it stands C Strings that bind the Alembick to the plate D Rings through which thestrings are put to fasten the Alembick In defect of a Furnace for a Balneum you may make use of a pot set upon a trevet after this manner An ounce or two of this water of Elder berries is a very excellent sudorifick and is very good in all diseases that require sweat as also in hydropicall diseases Water out of rotten apples is made thus TAke as many rotten apples as you please bruise them and distill them either in a common cold Still or gourd glasses in Balneo This water is of greater use in feavers and hot distempers then the common distilled waters of any cold vegetables It is very good in any hot distemper of the reines and sharpness of Urine It is very good in the inflammations of the eyes How to make Aqua vitae and spirit of Wine out of Wine TAke of what wine you please put it into a copper Still two parts of three being empty distill it with a worm untill no more spirit come off then this spirit will serve for the making of any spirits out of vegetables but if thou wouldst have it stronger distill it again and half will remain behind as an insipid flegm and if thou wouldst have it yet stronger distill it again for every distillation wil leave behind one moity of flegm or thereabouts So shalt thou have a most pure and strong spirit of wine A hot Still A Sheweth the bottome which ought to be of
Copper B The head C The barrell filled with cold water to refrigerate and condensate the water and oile that runs through the pipe or worm that is put through it D A pipe of brass or pewter or rather a worm of Tin running through the barrell E The Alembick set in the furnace with the fire under it How to make Aqua vitae out of beer TAke of stale strong-beer or rather the grounds thereof pu it into a Copper Still with a worm distill it gently or otherwise it will make the head of the Still fly up and there wil come forth a weak spirit which is called low wine of which when thou hast a good quantity thou mayest distill it again of it self and there will come forth a good Aqua vitae And if thou distillest it two or three times more thou shalt have as strong a spirit as out of wine and indeed betwixt which and the spirit of wine thou shalt perceive none or very little difference How to rectifie spirit of Wine or Aqua vitae DIstill it in Balneo untill the last drop that comes off be hot and full of spirit Note that every time there will remain in the bottome a quantity as weak as water Note also that every time thou distillest it when thou perceivest that a very weak water comes over thou shalt then end that distillation To make the Magistery of Wine which will be one of the greatest Cordials and most odoriferous Liquor in the world TAke good old rich Canary Wine put it into a glass vessell that it may fill the third part thereof nip it up and set it in a continuall heat of horse dung for the space of four months then in frosty weather set it forth into the coldest place of the air you can for the space of a month that it may be congealed And so the cold will drive in the true spirit of the wine into the Center thereof and separate it perfectly from its flegm That which is congealed cast away but that which is not congealed esteem as the true spirit of Wine Circulate this in a Pelican with a moderate heat for the space of a month and thou shalt have the true magistery or spirit of Wine which as it is most cordial so also most balsamicall exceeding all balsames for the cure of Wounds The form of a Pelican The mattter must be put in at the top which afterwards must be closed up To make another Magistery of Wine that a few drops thereof shall turn Water into perfect Wine TAke of the best Canary Wine as much as you please let it stand in putrefaction forty dayes then distill it in Bâ—lneo and there will come forth a spirit and at last an oil separate the one from the other and rectifie the spirit Set the oil again in putrefaction forty dayes and then distill it The feces that are left after the first Distillation will yeeld a volatile salt which must be extracted without Calcination with the flegm of the spirit purifie it well then impregnate the salt with its spirit and digest them then adde the oil and digest them together till they become a red powder which you may use as it is or else set it in a cellar till it be dissolved into a liquor and a few drops thereof will doe as above said To make an oil of Wine TAke weak spirit of Wine distil it in a Vessel of a long neck then pour on this spirit again upon the flegm distill it again do this severall times and you shall see the oil of the Wine swim on the flegm which flegm you must separate from the oil by a tunnell If this oil be afterward circulated for a month it will thereby become most odoriferous and of singular vertue and good being both very cordiall and balsamicall To extract the spirit out of Wine by the spirit of Wine PUt spirit of Wine well rectified upon Canary on Rhenish Wine so cautiously that it may not mix with but swim upon the Wine let them stand without stirring the space of 48 hours Then will the spirit that is in the Wine rise up and join it self to the spirit that swims on the top which you shall perceive by the weakness of the flegm which you must let run out at a tap which must be made in the bottome of the vessell for that purpose and so be separated from the spirit To make a very subtill spirit of Wine at the first distilling TAke white or wheaten bread as soon as it comes forth of the Oven break it in the middle i. e. the upper side from the lower side and hang it in a Glass vessell over Canary Wine but so that it touch not the wine then cover the vessel and let it so stand untill the bread swell and be sufficiently impregnated with the Spirit of Wine which it will attract from the Wine then take out that bread and put in more till you have a considerable quantity of bread thus moistned Then put this bread into a glass body and distill it in Balneo and you shall have a a very subtile spirit which you may yet rectifie by Circulation By Furnaces and Vessels made after this ensuing figure there may be made four Rectifications of any spirit at once These Vessels may either stand in ashes or in Balneo The manner of Distilling in wooden Vessels A Signifieth the vessel wherein the copper vessell lyeth B The copper vessel part of which is in the Furnace and part in the vessel of wood C The vessel of wood wherein the matter must be that is distilled D The cooling vessel with the worm E The Receiver F The Trefoot whereon the vessell standeth Note that the greater the Copper vessell is and the lesse the woodden is the sooner will the liquor boil This Furnace shews how to draw forth spirits and waters out of vegetables and animals with little cost and in short time A Balneum and a boiling Vessel made of Wood. The vessell on the left hand is for a Balneum the holes in the cover thereof are either to set in vessels over the fume of the water or for the necks of the glasses set in the Balneo to pass through The vessell on your right hand is to boil water in for any use also to brew in The Spirit of any Vegetable is made thus TAke of what vegetable you please two pound macerate it in six Gallons of Aqua vitae or low Wines or Sack for the space of 24. hours then let them be distilled by an Alembick or hot Still putting to every pound of the spirit two ounces of most pure sugar Note that the two first pints may be called the stronger spirit and the rest the weaker spirit or indeed the water but if they be both mixed together they will make an excellent midling spirit for the former hath more of the spirit of wine and the latter more of the vertue and odour of the vegetable
the Author must be kept as your life and above all earthly treasure must be taken to the quantity of a spoonful or two morning and evening if you be already infected and sweat thereupon if you be not infected a spoonful is sufficient half in the morning and half at night all the plague time under God saith the Author trust to this for there was never man woman or child that failed of their expectation in taking of it This is also of the same efficacy not only against the plague but pox measles surfets c. Crollius his Treacle water Camphorated Take of Andromachus his Treacle five ounces The best Myrrhe two ounces and half The best Saffron half an ounce Camphire two drams Mix them together then pour upon them ten ounces of the best spirit of wine and let them stand 24 hours in a warm place then distill them in Balneo with a graduall fire cohobate the spirit three times This spirit causeth sweat wonderfully and resists all manner of infection It may be taken from a dram to an ounce in some appropriate Liquor A distilled Treakle Vinegar Take of the roots of Bistort Gentian Angelica Tormentill of each ten drams Pimpernell Bay berries Juniper berries of each an ounce Nutmeg five drams The shavings of Sassafras two ounces Zedoary half a dram White Sanders three drams The leaves of Rue Wormwood Scordium of each half a handfull The flowers of Wall-flower Buglosse of each a handful and half Andromachus Treacle Mithridate of each six drams Infuse them all in three pints of the best White wine vinegar the space of eight dayes in Frigido in glass vessels then distill them in Balneo This Spirit is very good to prevent them that are free from infection and those that are already infected from the danger thereof if two or three spoonful thereof be taken once in a day with sweating after for those that are infected but without sweating for others An excellent water against the Stone in the Kidneys Take of the middle rind of the root of Ash bruised two pound Juniper berries bruised three pound Venice turpentine that is very pure 2 pound and a half Put these into twelve pints of spring water in a glass vessell well closed and there let them putrifie in horse dung for the space of three months then distill them in ashes and there will come forth an oil and a water separate the one from the other Ten or twelve drops of this oil being taken every morning in four or six spoonfuls of the said water dissolves the gravell and stone in the kidneys most wonderfully Another water for the same use Take the juice of Radish Lemmons of each a pound and half Waters of Betony Tansey Saxifrage and Vervin of each a pint Hydromell and Malmsey of each two pound In these Liquors mixed together infuse for the space of four or five days in a gentle Balneo Juniper berries ripe and newly gathered being bruised three ounces the seed of Gromel Bur-dock Radish Saxifrage Nettles Onions Anise and Fennell of each an ounce and half the four cold seeds the seed of great Mallows of each six drams the Calx of Eg-shels Cinnamon of each three drams of Camphire two drams let all be well strained and distilled in ashes Two ounces of this water taken every morning doth wonderfully cleanse the Kidneys provoke Urine and expell the Stone especially if you calcine the feces and extract the Salt thereof with the said Water To make an excellent Wound water Take Plantain Rib-wort Bone-wort wild Angelica Red-mints Betony Egrimony Sanacle Blew-bottles White-bottles Scabius Dandelion Avens Honey-suckle leaves Bramble buds Hawthorn buds and leaves Mugwort Dasie roots leaves and flowers Wormwood Southernwood of each one handfull Boil all these in a pottle of White wine and as much Spring water till one half be wasted and when it is thus boiled strain it from the hearbs and put to it half a pound of hony and let it boil a little after then put it into bottles and keep it for your use Note that these hearbs must be gathered in May only but you may keep them dry and make your water at any time This water is very famous in many Counties and it hath done such cures in curing outward and inward Wounds Imposthumes and Ulcers that you would scarce beleeve it if I should recite them to you also it is very good to heal a sore mouth The Patient must take three or four spoonfuls thereof morning and evening and in a short time he shall finde ease and indeed a cure unless he be so farre declined as nothing almost can recover him If the wound be outward it must be washed therewith and linnen cloths wet in the same be applyed thereto Dr. Matthias his Palsie water is made thus Take of Lavender flowers a gallon pour upon them of the best spirit of wine three gallons the vessell being close stopped let them be macerated together in the Sun for the space of six days then distill them in an Alembick with its refrigeratory then take the flowers of Sage Rosemary Betony of each a handfull Borage Bugloss Lillie of the valley Cowslips of each two handfuls Let all the flowers be fresh and seasonably gathered and macerated in a gallon of the best spirits of Wine and mixed with the aforesaid spirit of Lavender adding then the leaves of Balm Motherwort Orange tree newly gathered the flowers of Stechados Oranges Bay berries of each an ounce After a convenient digestion let them be distilled again then adde the outward rinds of Citrons six drams the seed of Piony husked six drams Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Cardamums Cububs of yellow Sanders of each half an ounce Lignum Aloes one dram the best Jujubs the kernels taken out half a pound Let them be digested for the space of six week then strain and filtre the Liquor to which adde of prepared Pearl two drams prepared Emrald a scruple Amber Gryse Musk Saffron Red Roses Sanders of each an ounce Yellow Sanders Rinds of Citrons dryed of each a dram Let all these species be tyed in a silken bag and hanged in the foresaid spirit A Scorbuticall water or a compound water of Horse radish is made thus Take the leaves of both sorts of Scurvie-grass being made very clean of each six pound let these be bruised and the juice pressed forth to which adde the Juice of Brook-lime Water-cresses of each half a pound of the best White wine eight pints twelve whole Lemons cut of the fresh roots of Briony four pound Horse Radish two pound of the bark of Winteran half a pound of Nutmegs four ounces Let them be macerated three days and distilled Three or four spoonfuls of this water taken twice in a day cures the Scurvy presently Spirit of Castor is made thus Take of fresh Castoreum two ounces flowers of Lavender fresh half an ounce Sage Rosemary of each two drams Cinnamon three drams Mace Cloves of each a dram the best
make an artificiall Claret wine Take six gallons of water two gallons of the best Cidar put thereunto eight pound of the best Mallago Raisins bruised in a Mortar let them stand close covered in a warm place the space of a fortnight every two days stirring them well together then presse out the Raisins and put the Liquor into the said vessell again to which adde a quart of the juice of Rasp-berries and a pint of the juice of Black cherries cover this Liquor with Bread spread thick with strong Mustard the Mustard side being downward and so let it work by the fire side three or four days then tun it up and let it stand a week then bottle it up And it will taste as quick as bottle-beer and indeed become a very pleasant drink and indeed farre better and wholsomer then our common Claret An artificiall Malmsey Take two gallons of English honey put it into eight gallons of the best Spring water set these in a vessell over a gentle fire when they have boyled gently an hour take them off and when they be cold put them into a smal barrell or run let hanging in the vessell a bag of spices and set it in the cellar and in half a year you may drink thereof To make an excellent aromaticall Hyppocras Take of Cinnamon two ounces Ginger an ounce Cloves and Nutmegs of each two drams of white Pepper half a dram of Cardamums two drams of Musk Mallow seed three ounces Let all these be bruised and put into a bag and hanged in six gallons of Wine Note that you must put a weight in the bag to make it fink Some boyl these spices in Wine which they then sweeten with sugar and then let run through a Hyppocras bag and afterwards bottle it up and use when they please A single Hypocras bag or Manica Hippocratis When you would have this or any other Liquor to be very clear you may use the triple Hypocras bag for what feces passeth the first will stay in the second and what in the second will stay in the last Note that these bags must be made of white Cotton A triple Hypocras bag is only one hanging above another after this manner To make an excellent Hypocras Wine in an instant Take of Cinnamon two ounces Nurmegs Ginger of each half an ounce Cloves two drams bruise these small then mix them with as as much Spirit of Wine as will make them into a paste let them stand close covered in a glass the space of six days in a cold place then presse ouâ— the Liquor and keep it in a glass A few drops of this Liquor put into any Wine giveth it a gallant relish and odour and maketh it as good as any Hypocras whatsoever and that in an instant Note that if the Wine be of it selfe harsh it will not be amisse to sweeten it with Sugar for thereby it is made far more gratefull This also being put into Beer will make it very pleasant and aromaticall Another way to make Hypocras or to make any Wine to tast of any vegetable in an instant Take what Wine you please and according as you would have it tast of this or that spice or any other vegetable of one or more together you may drop a few drops of the distilled oil of the said spices or vegetables into the Wine and brew them well together and you may make in an instant all sorts of Hypocras or other Wines as for example if you would have Wormwood Wine two or three drops of oil of Wormwood put into good Rhenish-wine being well brewed together will make a Wormword Wine exceeding any that you shall meet withall in the Rhenish-wine houses To make a good Rasberry-wine Take a gallon of Sack in which let two gallons of Raspberries stand steeping the space of twenty four houres then strain them and put to the Liquor three pound of Raisins of the sun stoned let them stand together foure or five days bring sometimes stirred together Then pour off the clearest and put it up in bottles and set it in a cold place If it be not sweet enough you may adde some Sugar to it Two other wayes to make it all the year at an instant Take of the juice of Raspberries put it into a bottle which you must stop close and set in a cellar and it will become clear and keep all the year and become very fragrant A few sponfulls of this put into a pint of Wine sweetned well with Sugar gives it an excellent and full tast of the Raspes If you put two or three ounces of the Syrup of Raspes to a pint of Wine it will doe as well but then you need use no other Sugar for that will sweeteen it sufficiently To make Mead or Metheglin that it shall tast stale and quick within a fortnight and be fit to drink To every three gallons of water put one gallon of the purest Honey put what hearbs and spices you please boyl it and skim it well now and then putting in some water When it is sufficiently boyled take it off and when it is almost cold put it into a wooden vessell and set it by the sire side cover it over with Bread spread thick with the strongest Mustard the Mustard side being downwards and so let it stand three dayes and it will worke only put a cloth over it Then tunne it up and after a week draw it forth into bottles and set it into a cellar and after a week more you may drink of it for it will taste as quick as bottle beer that is a fortnight old and indeed as stale as other Mead will in half a year To make a Spirit of Amber-gryse that a few drops thereof shall perfume a pint of Wine most richly Take of Amber-gryse 2. drams of Musk a dram cut them small and put them into a pint of the bâ—st rectified Spirit of Wine close up the glasse Hermetically and digest them in a very gentle heat till you perceive they are dissolved Then you may make use of it Two or three drops or more if you please of this Spirit put into a pint of Wine gives it a rich odour Or if you put 2. or 3. drops round the brimmes of the glasse it will do as well Half a spoonfull of it taken either of it self or mixed with some speciall Liquor is a most rich Cordiall An excellent sweet Water Take a quart of Orenge-flower water as much Rose-water adde thereto of Musk-mallow seeds grossely bruised four ounces of Bâ—njamin two ounces of Storax an ounce of Labdanum six drams of Lavender flowers two pugills of sweet Marjoram as much of Calamus Aromaticus a dram distill all these in a Glasse Still in Balneo the vessels being very well closed that no vapour breath forth Note that you may make a sweet water in an instant by putting a few drops of some distilled oils together into some Rose-water and brewing them well together To
against the Falling sicknesse CHAP. XXXII Water of Flower The great quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth and put it into a wide mouthed Pot or other Vessell stopt very close Take those severall flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Wood bine Stock gilly flower of all three sorts Damask Musk Roses Sweet Brier flowers Clove July flowers Llilium Convallium Jasmine Citron Orange flowers or pils dry Tillia Flowers Garden Limon Wild Thyme flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder Flowers of each half a pound Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distill them adde to them Aniseeds 2 pound Coriander 1 pound bruise the seeds It were best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the spirit for their more orderly working distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Roses July flowers Elder flowers of each 1 pound after twelve dayes infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar 10 pound and being fine it may be drawn for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon and put it into a wide mouthed pot or other vessel stopt very close take those severall flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the spirit in the pot viz. Cowslips Wood bine Stock Gilly flower of the 3 sorts Damask Musk Roses Sweet Brier flowers Clove July flowers Lilium Convallium Jasmine Citron Orange flowers or pils dry Tillia flowers Garden Limon Wild Thyme flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder Flowers of each 6 drams and a half Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them adde to them Aniseeds 3 ounces a dram and half Coriander 1 ounce 5 drams bruise the seeds it were best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the spirit for their more orderly working distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Then adde to the distilled water Roses July flowers Elder flowers of each 1 ounce 5 drams after 12 dayes infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar 1 pound and being fine it may be drawn for use CHAP. XXXIII Water of Fruits The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Juniper berries 4 pound Quince Pipping parings dry of each 2 pound Limon pils Orange pils dry of each 1 pound Nutmegs four ounces Aniseeds 2 pound Cloves 2 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art to the spirit add Strawberries Raspisses bruised of each 5 pound stir them well together and after ten dayes it being clear may be drawn off then dulcifie with syrup made as is hereafter taught and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Juniper berries 6 ounces 3 drams and a quarter Quince Pipping parings dry of each 3 ounces a dram and half Limon pils Orange pils dry of each 1 ounce 5 drams Nutmegs 3 drams and a quarter Aniseeds 3 ounces a dram and half Cloves 1 dram and a half distil them into Proof spirit according to Art to the spirit adde Strawberries Raspisses bruised of each 8 ounces stir them well together and after 10 dayes it being clear may be dawn off then dulcifie it with syrup made as is hereafter taught and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use CHAP. XXXIV Avens Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Avens roots 4 pound Orris roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace of each 2 ounces Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamine of each 1 ounce Angelica roots 3 ounces Limon pils green half a pound Sweet Fennell seed Aniseeds of each 1 pound Cloves 10 drams Roman Wormwood Mint dry of each 3 handfuls Red Roses Stoechas flowers of each 4 handfuls Sweet Marjoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry of each 6 handfuls Alkermes berries 2 ounces Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with Syrupâ— thus made Take Rose water 4 pound white sugar 10 pound boile it to a syrup hight then strain it and put it to the fire again adde thereto confection of Alkerms 4 ounces Syrup of Gilly flowers 1 pound Ambergreese dissolved in Rose water 1 dram and so let these boil a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gal Avens roots 6 ounces 3 drams and a quarter Orris roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace of each a dram and half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamine of each 3 quarters of a dram Angelica roots 2 drams and a half Limon pils green 6 drams and a half Sweet Fennell seeds Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Cloves 1 dram Roman Wormwood Mint dry of each what snfficeth Red Roses Stoechas flowers of each what sufficeth Sweet Marjoram Balm Barnet Thyme all dry of each what sufficeth Alkermes berries a dram and half Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rose water 6 ouuces 3 drams and quarter White Sugar 1 pound boil it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it to the fire again add thereto Confection of Alkerms 3 drams and a half Syrup of Gilly flowers 1 ounce 5 drams Ambergreese dissolved in Rose water 6 grains and so let these boil a-little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Avens water is a great Cordiall strengtheneth the Spirit comforteth all the inward parts and preserveth from Consumptions and Mesadnesse Additions to inrich these precedent Chapters to which by Numbers these are referred Additions to the first and second Chapters TAke July flowers Roses Poppy and Sanders or any of them severally what sufficeth and inâ—use them in Aqua vitae or Proof spirit till the tincture be be drawn out then draw off the spirit and reserve it close stopt for use When you have occasion to use it take 8 ounces thereof to 7 pound and a half of this water and you will give it a sufficient colour or you may take more at pleasure without inconveniency Additions to the third Chapter The greater quantity Take Aniseeds White Sugar according to Art of each five pound or what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take Aniseeds White Sugar according to Art 8 ounces Additions to the fourth Chapter The greater quantity Take Caraway seeds Coriander seeds of each 3 ounces Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary of each 4 ounces Aniseeds Cassia lignea of each 8 ounces Angelica Rootes 8 ounces or Hearb Angelica 2 pound white Sugar 2 pound and half or what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take Caroway seeds Coriander seeds of each 2 drams and a half Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary of each 3 drams and 3 quarters Aniseeds Cassia lignea of
Fennell Celandine Vervaine Rue Leaves of Enula Fullers Teesell Milfoile of each one handfull Camphire half a dram Bruise them and distil them in an Alembick CHAP. VII A water against the Gout Take Licorice half a pound Aniseeds 1 pound Cinamon 3 ounces Galingale Ginger Roots of Iroes Enula Campana Seeds of Fennell Caraway Amomum Ammi Piony Basil Savory Marjoram of each one ounce Juniper Berries 2 ounces Ground Ivie half a handfull Long Pepper Calamus Spikenard Mace of each 3 drams Valerian 1 dram Roots of Angelica half an ounce Cyprus 4 ounces Lignum Aloes half an ounce Sugar 4 ounces Maliga Wine or strong Ale 32 pound Prepare and distil them according to Art This water taken inwardly strengthens cold and weak Stomachs and breaks the Stone Outwardly applyed it easeth the Gout enlargeth Sinews that are shrunk and is good against all aches and passion proceeding from melancholy and cold CHAP. VIII A Water for the Web and spots in the Eyes Take Rue Plantaine Red roses Red Poppies Vervaine Celandine leaves of each 1 ounce Red rose water 1 pound Rich white wine 1 pound and an half Tutia prepared 1 dram Aloes Hepatick an ounce and a half Cloves 1 ounce Powder prepare and distil them according to Art Drop the water into the Eyes morning and evening CHAP. IX A water for Tetters Fistulas Cankers c. Take strong white Wine Vinegar 8 pound Wood Ashes 1 pound Infuse them 3 dayes naturall and stir them twice a day then put thereto unslaked lime 1 pound let it stand other three dayes and stir it as before when it is well setled Filtre off the clear Lee and put thereto Sal Gemme Salt Alkali Salis Vitae Salt Armoniac Salt of Tartar of each one dram Calx of Egge shels and Calx vive of each 1 dram Grind all these together and temper them with the said Lee put them into a Glass lembick and distil them in Balneo give it the first 24 houres no more heat then will make it and keep it warm after that distil it off according to Art CHAP. X. A water agoinst rednesse of the Face and to beautifie the Skin Take Wild Purslaine Mallows Nightshade Plantain with the seeds of each three handfuls The Whites of 12 Egges Limons number 12 Roch Allum 4 ounces prepair and distil them according to Art Another Take Calx of Egge shels White Corall pulverized of each 2 ounces Salt calcinated and Borax of each 6 ounces Gum Tragagant 5 ounces Roots of white Lillies number 6 White Sope 8 pound Styrax Calamita Belzoin of each 4 ounces Mix and distil them by Alembick Another of the same vertue Take Wine Vinegar half a pound Lytharge of gold 1 ounce and a half Ceruse 1 ounce Sal Gem 6 drams Roch Alum half an ounce Borax Sulphure vive Salt Nitre of each three drams Camphire half a dram prepare and distil them according to Art CHAP. XI A water against the inordinate Flux of Teares Take ripe Strawberries as many as you please set them to digest in Horse dung 15 dayes then distil them in Balneo Or thus Take Flowers of the white Thorn Leaves or tops of the Willow Eye-bright of each what sufficeth distil them as before CHAP. XII A water against rednesse of the Eyes Take juice of Celandine Rue Vervaine Fennel of each three ounces Tops and leaves of Roses of each what sufficeth Sugar Candy 3 ounces of the best Tutia Sanguis Dracâ—nis of each four ounces Bruise them that are to be bruised and distil them according to Art CHAP. XIII A Water to clense and dry a sharp Vlcer Take Crude Allum 2 ounces white of Egges number 15. Juice of Purslaine Plantaine Nightshade Nicotian Houseleek Water of Meadsweet Trinity grasse Roses of each 4 ounces Labour them well together and draw off the Water by an Alembick of Glasse in Balneo CHAP. XIV A water to make the Teeth white Take Allum 6 ounces Common Salt 3 ounces Myrrhe Mastick Cloves of each 6 drams Mix bruise and distil them according to Art CHAP. XV. A Water to take away the marks of the Small Pox. Take Mastick Myrrhe Aloes Hepatick Nard Sanguis Draconis Olibanum Opopanax Bdelium Carpobal samum Saffron Gum Arabick Liquid Storax of each 2 drams and a handful Beat what is to be beaten then adde thereto of clear Turpentine equall weight distil them according to Art CHAP. XVI A Water to Cicatrize Vlcers Take red Wine 2 pound Plantaine water half a pound Rose water four ounces Juice of Plantaine Vervaine Shepheards Purse Knotgrasse Centaury the lesse Comfery the greater and lesser of each 2 ounces Crude Allum 1 pound Cypresse Nuts 3 ounces Pomgranate flowers half an ounce Pomgranate pils 3 ounces Gals half an ounce Bark of the Oak Sumach of each five drams Turpentine 3 ounces Crude Honey half a pound Mastick Olibanum of each ten drams Sarcocoll 2 ounces Burnt Vitriol Burnt lead of each 1 dram Bole Armoniack 3 ounces Cassia lignea halfan ounce Round Birtwort 3 ounces Powder what is to be powdred then mix and distil them Another Take Mastick Myrrhe Olibanum Sarcocoll Mummie of each 3 drams Frankincense 1 ounce Nutmegs Cinamon Cloves Cubebs of each 2 drams Cyprus Nuts half an ounce Flowers Barkes of Pomgranates of each 1 dram Bole Armoniack 1 ounce Sanguis Draconis half an ounce Red Roses 3 drams Roch Allum 1 pound Vitriol 7 drams Clarifiâ—d Honey 1 ounce Aqua vitae a pound and half White Wine 1 pound Juice of Plantaine Nightshade Comfery of the greater and lesser of each 4 ounces Water wherein iron hath been quenched 4 pound Powder what is to be powdred and infuse them all night in Aqua vitae in the morning draw forth the water by Alembick CHAP. XVII A Water for Vlcers Take White Wine 4 pound Plantain water 2 pound Allum half a pound White Copperas 5 ounces Crude Honey 1 pound Licorice Rasped 1 pound Bole Armoniack 5 ounces Camphire an ounce and half Mercury sublimated 2 drams Bruise what is to be bruised and distil them by Alembick CHAP. XVIII A Water for hollow Vlcers Take Fountaine water Red Wine of each 2 pound and a halt Red Roses four ounces Flowers Rindes of Pomgranates of each 2 ounces and a half Sumach 2 ounces Sage a handfull Comfery the greater and lesser of each half a handfull Sarcocoll 3 ounces Mastick 2 ounces Olibanum 1 ounce Honey 1 pound water of Turpentine a pound and a half bruise what is to be bruised and distil them through a lembick of Glasse with a gentle fire CHAP. XIX A Cicatrizing Water Take water wherein Iron hath been quenched four pound Aqua Balsami veri four pound Turpentine a pound and half Crude Honey 1 pound Allum 10 ounces white Copperas five ounces Bole Armoniack 7 ounces Mercury sublimated half a dram leaves of Plantain Comfery the greater middle and lesser Teasill Knotgrasse St. Johns Wort of each a handful and a half Frankincense 2 ounces Olibanum White Sanders of each half an ounce
without any vessels to contain the matter being put into it sublime Minerals and distill all manner of Oils and Spirits 82 A lamp Furnace 146. 148 G. GLasses to nip or seal Hermetically 7 A Glasse Gourd 44 To reduce Glasse into Sand and Salt 132 Oile Tincture of Gold 166. 167. 178. 179. To make Gold grow in a Glasse 181. 182. To make Gold increase in the Earth Observations upon a Golden Marchasite 182 The vertues of the preparations of Gold 183 Oil of Gums 36. 37. H. WAter and Oil of Hair 92 Spirit of Harts-horn 91 A sudorifick of the young buds of Harts-horn 101 Harts horn seemingly to grow in a Glasse 128 To reduce the whole Hearb into a liquor 32 To make the Idea of any Hearb appear in a Glasse 32 To make the Quintâ—ssence of any Hearb 32 Homunculus of Paracelsus 114 Water Quintessence of Honey 93 Essence of Honey 94 Vinegar of Honey 95 An Hydropicall water 50 Hypocras Aromaticall 120 A Triple Hypocras bag Hypocras Wine made in an instant 121. 122 Hystericall water 61 I. OIl of Jasmine 40 Aqua Imperialis 47 Spirit of Ivory 91 K. Kunraths Aqua Magnanimitatis 99 L. WAter of Lapis Armenus 81 Oil of Lapis Calaminaris 79 Spirit of Lead 72 Spirit of Lime unstaked 80 Liquor restorative 96 Liquor thick and muddy to purifie 143 To fortifie a Loadstone that it shall be able to draw a Nail out of a peece of Wood 131 Lutes for Glasses 4 M. A Qua Magnanimitalis of Kunrath 99 Aqua Magnanimitatis another 100 Malmsey Artificiall 120 Spirit of Manna 33 Aqua Mariae 60 Mead or Metheglin to make Stale in a Fortnight 123 A Medicine that half a grain taken every morning will keep the body soluble 138 Dissolving Menstruums 44 45 Oil of Mercury To turn Mercury into water 74 Oil of Metals 71 Any Metal to melt in ones hand without burning of the hand 134 To prove what kind of Metall is in any Ore by a few grains of it 164 Water of Milk 92 Aqua Mirabilis 48 From the rays of the Moon to extract a Milkie substance 136 Mother water 61 A perpetuall Motion in a Glasse 129 Golden Mountaine to make appear in a Glasse 128 Elixir of Mummie 90 Oil of Myrrhe 38 Oil of Myrrhe per deliquium 39 O. OIls by expression Oils vomitive and purging 39 Oil per descensum 40 Oâ—ls thick black and stinking to rectifie 43 Oils of minerals to rectifie 88 Oil Olive to make smell and tast sweet 124 Oils to distill out of any Hearb Seed c. in an instant without a Furnace 140 Oil lasting and durable 149 P. PAlsey water of Matthias 56 Pearl Artificiall 132 Pectorall water 49 The form of a Pellican 27 A Perfume minerall 132 Plague water 52 To make a Plant grow in two or three Houres 126 To make the Idea of a Plant appear in a Glasse 127 A Powder that by spitting upon shall be inflamed 130 A cheap Powder like unto Aurum Fulminans 165 Purging water operating without pain 62 Q TO turn Quicksilver into water without mixing any thing withâ—t 73 To make Quick silver Malleable in 7 houres 131 R. OIl of Rosins c. 37 Retorts 64 Spirit of Roses 34 S. SPirit of Salt 63 Another 64 Salt Peter water Spirit of Salt Armoniac 65 Spirit of Salt to dulcifie 66 How two volatile Salts will be fired by joining them together 137 An observation upon the melting of Salt Armoniack and Calx vive together 165 Oil of Sand Flints c. 132 Scorbuticall water 57 Oyl of Seeds 35 The preparation of Silver A green Tincture of Silver 185 A green oil of Silver Oil of Silver per deliquium A liquor of Silver that shall make the glasse where in it is so cold that no man is able to hold his hand on it any long time 186 S. TO make Silver as white as Snow The Silver tree of Philosophers 187 A Cold Still 17 A Hot Still 25 The Smaragdine table of Hermes from whence all Alchimy did arise 191 Oil of Snakes 97 Quintessence of Snakes 98 Oil of Soot Water of Soot 41 Spirits to rectifie 42. 88. To make Steel grow in a Glasse like a Tree 134 Doctor Stephens water 48 Stone in the Kidneys a water against 54. 55. Pretious Stones Artificiall of all sorts ond colours 162 The processe of the Philosophers Stone according to Pontanus 190 A specificall Sudorifick 59 A Sudorificall water 87 Oil of Sugar 38 Sugar to refine 126 Oil of Sulphur per Campanum 67 Oil of Sulphur Essence of Sulphur 68 An observation upon the heat of the Sun and heat of the fire how they adde weight to the Metalline and Minerall bodies 135 Surfeit water 48 Water of Swallows 101 T. OIl of Talk 78. 79 Oil of Tartar per deliquium 39 Spirit of Turpentine 36 Oil of Tile stones 80 A Tincture Cordiall Stomachicall and purgative 138. 139 An observation upon the melting of Tin and Copper together 164 Liquor against the Tooth ach 62 Treacle water 60 Treacle water Camphorated of Crollius 53 Treacle Vinegar 54 To reduce distilled Turpentine into its body again 140 V. TO make a Vapour in a Chamber that he that enters into it with a Candle shall think the room on fire 130 Any Vegetable spirit to make 30 Spirit of Vegetables to make suddenly at any time of the year To make a Vegetable yeeld his Spirit quickly 31 Essence Quintessence of any Vegetable 33 Chymicall oil of any Vegetable 34 To make Vegetables yeeld their Oiles easily 36 To make a Vegetable become more glorious then any of its species 126 Water and Tincture of any Vegetable to make at the same time 141 Water against the Vertigo 51 Quintessence of Vipers Viper Wine 98 Oil or Spirit of Vitrioll 65 Oil of Vitriol 66 Spirit of Vitrioll to dulcifie 66 Liquor of Vitrioll vomitive 66 Ros Vitrioli 86 Green Oil of Vitrioll 86 Sulphur of Vitrioll 87 An Unguent that outwardly applyed will cause vomiting or loosenesse which you please 137 Vomiting water Vomiting water of Platerus 61 Spirit of Urine simple 92 Spirit of Urine compound 93 Usquebath 45 W. TO make Water in a cold Still which shall have the smell and vertue of the vegetable 17 Anotherway Another 18 To make Water at any time of the year in a cold Still without green Hearbs so that the Water shall smell strong of the Hearb 18 To make Water of Jasmine Violets c. retain the smell of the Flower 19 Water per descensum 40 Water against wormes 50 Water for wounds 55 Anatomy of Water Spagyricall 105 Sweet Water 123 Luminous Water to give light by night 129 To separate fresh Water from Salt 141 To purifie muddy Water 142 Tumbridge and Epsome Water Artificiall 160 Oil of Wax 95 Spirit of Wine to rectifie Magistery of Wine 26 Another Oil of Wine 27 Spirit of Wine to extract by Spirit of Wine Spirit of Wine very subtle at the first distilling 28 Anatomy of Wine Spagyricall 111