seene and this fire passing the yellownesse of his aire or his inâ—oÌ„bustible oile then mayest thou first seperate the pheces from the Quintaessence Take therefore hard and white Sugar for it is not needefull that yee trauell much in dissoluing and congealing of it although there be much impuritie therin that hindereth not but that the inward part may bee brought foorth for it must be purged when as the rednes doth shew it selfe outward Take therefore ten or twentie pounds of sugar more or lesse as ye shall thinke good that being beaten put it into a cucurbitâ— of hard stone and put thereon Aquâ— vitae that it may stand couered viii fingers then distil it in Balueo with a strong fire vntill it wil distil no more then let it waxe colde and powre on the saide Aqua vitae againe and distill it againe and this shalt thou do sixe or seuen times at the last open the head and take foorth the sugar which thou shalt put in a strong glasse and set it in fine â—ifted ashes and put thereon the Aqua vitae and distill it vntill the halfe be come foorth then powre on againe the Aqua vitae which thou distilledst away first being made warm lest the glasse should breake ye shal note that the head would haue a hole in the top by the which ye may powre in the Aqua vitae with a funnel this thou shalt repeate often with a strong fire that the wine and the sugar may boyle in and because the halfe part of the wine will come away quickely ye shal presently put on the other part for if yee should distill foorth all the wine the sugar would burne through too much heate because it must continually be boyling in the glasse and it would smell of the burning for it hath alwayes his combustible sulfure wherefore yee must alwayes haue halfe the wine in the vessell and when thou seest the halfe is distilled forth make the same warme and put it in againe with a funnell and that thou shalt so often repeate vntill the sugar remaine as red as blood the which thou shalt perceiue through the glasse Thou mayst bring that to passe in viii or ten dayes according as thou rulest thy fire Note that when thou perceiuest the matter to be red let it coole and take away the vessell with ashes and set the vessell in Balneo and with a strong fire distill away the Aqua vite vntil the Sugar remaine drie and when it will distill no more yet shalt thou let it stand 4. or 5. daies very hot in the said Balneo that the sugar may be perfitly congealed then let it coole and take out the matter or stone the which will be blacke like pich that is to be vnderstoode when it is congealed then take the saide stone and put it into a great quantity of common water twise distilled and set it in Balneo fiue or sixe dayes with a great heate slightly couered stirring it euerie day fiue 〈◊〉 six times with a woodden ladle then let it coole and â—ake it forth and let it settle three or foure dayes then powre of that which is cleare into another vessel and keepe it close then powre on those pheces the sublimed water as a fore and set it in Balneo to digest three dayes stirring it with a ladle as ye did afore then let it coole and settle and powre of the clearest part as ye did afore and put it to the rost then powre on more water vpon the Pheces and digest it in Balneo as afore and this ye must so often repeate vntill the water bee no more coloured then thou mayest cast away the pheces for they are nothing woorth for the Element of the earth is with the Element of fire and water neither can they bee seperated any more but are fixed together Make thereof a triall for there will remaine nothing but a light ashes It will burne like oyle or fat neither doth there any thing remaine more then of oyle or fat Take the glasse wherein is all the red of the solution and distill it in Balneo or let it vapour away if ye haue store of distilled water vntil it be dry then let it coole take off the head and powre theron more sublimed water and set it in Balneo againe and stirre it about with a woodden ladell as yee did afore then let it settle as afore powre out of the clearest part and that thou shalt doe so long vntill there remaine no more pheces at the length put it in a glasse that may abide the fire and boyle or vapour it away so long vntill there appeare a certaine scum thereon then take it foorth and set it in a colde and drie or hot and drie place and it wil grow into a great red masse or lump and transpirant like a ruby or other philosophers stone the which if thou wile bring to pouder set it in a warme dunghil in a large wide glasse open and let it vapour away vntill it be come into a yellow pouder like vnto golde and so thou shalt haue the Quintaessence of Sugar fixt the which will retaine al flying spirites Neither is it sweete but a heauenly taste the which if yee put it in your mouth it will melt without any feeling If it bee winter or cold thou shalt seeme to feele a certaine naturall heate throughout the whole bodie and shalt seeme so temperate and light as though thou couldst flie If thou be ouerhot swallow a little presently thou shalt cole easilie as though thou wentest into a cold bath and thus it worketh in heate moist cold and dry by an incredible myracle when ye will vse it drinke it with rectified aqua vitae or rose water Endiue or Scabiowes or by it selfe if yee will and thou shalt see maruels if any be diseased outwardly with scabbes or vlcers let him drinke of this and wash the â—ores with wine wherein this Quintaesseâ—â—â— is dissolued and hee shall presently waxe whole most miraculously If any be wounded or thrust in with any weapon so that it be not deadly let him drinke Ê’ j of this Essence with warmed wine and wash the wound with wine wherein the Quintaessence is dissolued hee shall be presently cured so that those which shall heare or see it shall be amased thereat It helpeth also the falling sickenesse pestilence and all such diseases as may happen vnto man if ye haue Aurum Potabile ye shal mixe lij with ljâ— of this Quintaessence in a glasse and set it on a treuet or in a dry Balneo 30. daies in an Athanor and they wil be s 〈…〉 together and then it will worke miracles in mans bod 〈…〉 ye may also when ye haue drawen the Quintaessence of any herbe Coagulate and fix it with the same as I saide before with Aurum Potabile and thou shalt see thereof 〈…〉 les Furthermore if ye wil haue it to passe the helme yee must put thereon as
a Limbeck and in the top of the head a hole by the which the matter may be powred in by a funnell Let the hole be stopped out of the head coÌ„meth forth ij arms bending round vnto the bellie by the which that which doth ascend vp may fall downe againe by those armes of glasse into the bellie of the Pelâ—â—cane This is the forme of the vessels that distill one into an other or Pellican Take then your quintaessence and put it in a Pellican in ashes but better in salt prepared and dried and make your fire like vnto the extreme heate in Sommer and the quintaessence wil rise lyke vnto a red oyle and fal downe againe by the armes of the Pellican and by often ascention the quintaessence wil waxe thicke that it wil tarie in the bottome and rise no more then fortifie the fire that it may ascend and descend againe Then keepe the fire in that heate vntill it ascend no more but rest in the bottom Then make your fire stronger that it may ascend descend againe and keepe the heate in the same degree vntill it rise no more Obserue this manner in augmenting your fire vntill the water be fixed and the glasse be red hotte foure and twentie houres together if the quintaessence doe not then ascend it is fixed and brought vnto his highest vertue take it out of the glasse being yet hotte for if it be cold it will waxe hard that you must breake the glasse For at the fire it doth waxe liquide and being set open in the ayre it doth congeale and pearceth euerie hard thing as oyle doth any drie leather and in colour is like vnto a rubine and through shining lyke a christal it giueth light in the darke sufficient to reade by What doest thou thinke of this my sonne are there not many strange bodies created of God Truely hee hath endued the Philosophers with no lesse giftes For they that can looke into the secrets of nature shall see it to be of an incredible operation for this is gathered by the Bees of the subtilest part of all plantes trees flowers and fruites and at that time when flowers breake out and trees budde It is worthily called the Philosophers stone for it is fixed and lyquable as waxe and as the minerall stone transmuteth the impure mettall so doth this alter diseases Heereby it doth appeare that this doth beare the bell amongst all vegetals Whereas it being yet in his grosenesse and vnpure it is but of smal value for any vse in Physick by what meane soeuer it be boyled or scummed but doeth alwayes retaine his nature For it consisteth of all the fruites of the earth plantes and trees Whereof one herbe is hotte another cold another drie another moist one astringent another laxatiue some corrosiue others venemous and so diuers herbes haue their diuers qualities Thirdly it commeth to passe if it helpe one disease by and by it hindreth an other For euerie thing worketh according to his propertie when as there is separation made in the body And of this separation it ingendreth bloud and other humors And they are lykened vnto gunnepouder which so long as it lyeth stil there commeth no hurt of it but if it be brought vnto the fire it straight vttereth his secret nature and is kindled with a venemous fire which cannot be quenched with water For the colde and drie hote and moist do striue amongst themselues a wind is stirred vp that breaketh al things that is neere vnto it The like happeneth vnto honie that when it commeth to the region of the liuer that it should be there seperated then it sheweth his nature to passe vp and swell with winde that it is no maruel if that through contention the veines of the liuer be broken as oftetimes it happeneth whereupon Apostomes are caused in diuers places and bringeth foorth such inflammations that the veines are easily broken Although manie do greatly commend hony but they are not the children of philosophie neither do they vnderstand the nature of it But when it is brought to a simple fixed as wine then is it the chiefest medicine amongst al the vegetables neither is the like vnto this found in al the world Giue God thankes and be liberall vnto the poore The dose of this is one graine and it must be taken euery morning with an empty stomacke likewise in the euening vntil the ende of the disease For euery disease will bee cured in shorte time euen after the same manner as the Minerall stone maketh his proiection vpon mettals Praise God and labour diligently The manner and order how to drawe the Quintaessence out of the hearbe called Rose solis NOw my sonne I will teach thee the greatest mystery or secret amongst all vegetable things whose force and strength hath beene kept secret amongst all the auntient workemen and they haue bound themselues one to another by oth that they should not vtter in their bookes or writings the strength of this herb which is caled Rose solis and in the Germane tongue Sindawe Whosoeuer therefore hath not the whole vegetable worke he cannot attaine to the strength of this hearb For in that worke is comprehended al the force of medicinall things And this worke of vegetables is not come to the handes but onely of the antient sworne artificers which were skilfull in the liberall artes But now my sonne I will open it vnto thee with ad 〈…〉 ration that thou shalt keepe this hidden knowledge secret First my sonne you must vnderstand that this hearb is the hearb of the sunne vppon the which the sunne spreades his beames and influences as he doth vpon gold in the veines of the mines And he powreth out his influences more vpon this hearb then vpon any other which is created of God as it is euidently knowen of the antient philosophers and this hearb doth so far surmount al other herbs which spring out of the earth as the sunne doeth all other planets in the heauen and hath greater force and power of influence then any other thing created of God in the firmament So this hearb doth excell al others in vertue and therefore this hearb is decked with another colour other leaues and stranger shape then all other hearbs And his nature is such that the hotter and dâ—ier the countrie is in the time of the yeare and the heat of the sunne and the more that the sunne doth heate and burne him this hearb is the more moist and filled with deaw insomuch that vpon one branch will hang aboue a thousand drops Make a triall and strike this herb with a slender twig that the drops which fal from it may fall into a large glasse vessell and you shall see the vessell filled with a maruelous dew and if the sunne be vehement hot those branches in short space that is within the space of halfe an houre will be more full of dew then before and if you strike the dew twentie times with a rod
yet he 〈◊〉 not the true prepration of Antymony Likewise hee greately esteemeth the potable â—olde the preparation whereof as the saâ—e M 〈…〉 vsed it I will deâ—â—aâ—e vnto you because you shall not be ignorant Take gold twise or thrise purged with Antymony make it into thinne plates and in a â—it vessell hang the plates that they touch not one another and let iâ— be burned and calciâ—ed in a â—â—rnace duly 〈◊〉 by the space of halfe 〈…〉 out and laide open in the aire they do dissolue and there flowe from it a certaine oilie humour red of colour and of taste swâ—â—â—ish He drew out two ounces of oile of golde but out of that which was not so well buâ—nt the liquor did not so readily runne out Sometimes he vsed to poure on the spirit of wine rectified that so long and so much vntil the whole red colour was drawen out You shall rectifie those spirites or essence of wine very subtilly if you put it into a glasse cucurbite vnder a limbecke with a receiuer and set it in most cold or snowie water and couer the head round about with a linnen cloth stieped in warme water for then the subtiler partes will rise vp leauing the waterie substance in the bottome Gold calcined and often infused with the spirit of wine with many imbibitions and againe distilled by a Limbecke leaueth in the bottome behinde a reddish liquor That Physition vsed first to purge the body and then to shaue and heate the crowne of the head and them to poure on a dramme of that oile and to giue so much also to be drunke 〈◊〉 maluesey The like is to be wrought with fine siluer for the diseases of the head and so likewise of other mettalles for being duely prepared they do dissolue because they are saltes This man hath many other mynerall medicines which were neuer knowen either to Galene or to Hypocrates but brought to light by our Theophraâ—tus Paracelsus of whome you great Philosophers and Phyâ—itions onely in name do vndisâ—reetely write Do you thinke all things vtterly vnpossible vnto other men which you your selfe knowe not or can not do or that you cannot compasse with your diuine knowlege What will you say to this I know a man that within three or at the most sixe daies can heale the French pox with his Turpâ—tum minerale not with that which is made with oile of vitrioll but with another farre more excellent which shall not come to your handes or knowledge except you lay aside your frowardnes and cease to bring the Paracelsians in suspition with the common people and noble men and to defraud them of the fruit of their iust labors You say What haue you brought to passe what haue you found out whereby you should looke for praise or profit Then do we demaund of you What haue you found out whereby phyâ—icke is the better furnished We haue brought into physicke essences oiles balmes and saltes all which the Alchymists schooles haue founde out And how great light is come vnto physicke onely by true distillation it is knowen vnto all men and daily experience teacheth how great commodity hath redounded thereby vnto the sicke In the meane time if you so much detest the labour yet at the least spare our good name But it is no maruell doth it not so alwayes happen that the best labour is worst accepted and recompenced Euery good man â—â—clined to vertue wisedome and fidelitie can witnes the same what reward they haue often receiued for their fidelity and opening of the trueth So soâ—e men when they can say no more they obiect vnto the searchers of nature their pouerty filling the eares of the common people with glorious lies alwaies chanting vpon thâ—se things which followe vpon the abuse and â—â—ungerous cuâ—es of the couâ—terfeit Paracelsians iudging all things by their contempt pouertie vile estate and basenesse but they will quickly auoyd that dâ—spised pouertie which willingly they sustaine that the nature of things might daily more more be knowen vnto men wherby the vnaccustomed cures of most grieuous diseases might at length be found out with the which such as are diseased might through your sluggishnes all die if God hauing compassion vpon them nowe at the end of the world had not prouided wholesome medicines euen by most contemned men The lepers and gowty the infected with the physicke falling sickenes and French poxes deuoured with the canker fistula gteedy woolfe with the dropsie and palsey and that with the plague other diseases are thrust into their graues These I say and many other more whome you through ignorance with your naughtie and corrupt potions and purgations like butchers haue buried aliue will rise vp against you These I say wil call you to answer and accuse you euen the poore whome you haue robbed of their goodes will require your blood for the losse of their bodies and consuming of their mony Then what a madnes and cruel foolishnes is this that in the time of any great plague such as are infected you shut vp in houses set markes â—ppon them keepe them in prison strangle them with cares and solitarines and kill them for hunger Is the plague so to be cured Or whether doe you not thinke that all men may be infected from whence the first man was infected why do you not preserue the whole with your antidotes or defensiues being so famous physitions as you are but you haue tried almost all your medicines to be of no force in this disease Do you in this sort loue your neighbour as your selfe or thus spend your life for your fellow when as at no time if help be required there is greater neede of fellowship companie comfort and helpe than in the time of plague O what great punishment haue you deserued that refuse those that are forsaken of their friends farre from their kindred and as it were thrust into exile whose solitarinesse hath beene more violent vnto them then the disease and griefe of minde hath killed rather then the sickenesse what I pray you is true and christian friendship doth not this complaint of the sicke stirre vppe vnto pitie When I was in health thou werâ— my friend thou diddest visit me and help me but now that I am sicke thou doest abhorâ—e 〈◊〉 and liest from me when fortune laughed vpon mee thou diddest also laugh but nowe that with griefe and teares I â—raue comfort thou doest deny it What doe you call visiting and helping You will not only not help your selues but wil perswade princes to stop the passages that no trauellers shall passe vnto those places when as you ought with courage to relieue them of their griefe and willingly to go thither to trie your cunning But when any plague beginneth you are the first that tremble are afraide and despaire The sicke are committed vnto you as children and infants which lacke diligent cure you ought to helpe them as the father doth his children and not to
the sayings of Philosophers are much and long to bee searched examined and thought vppon before thou canst get out the hidden meanings of them If then in reading Philosophers Bookes thou play the sluggard thou canst neuer bee perfect in preparing thy matters and therefore I might not by the authoritie of the lawes of Philosophie interprete all things openly word for word to thee Something are to be left for industrious wittes wherein to excercise themselues by studying and searching Notwithstanding if thou be not vnthankefull all these things shall be opened and declared vnto thee in my Galliae portu where verie many workings hitherto knowne of fewe shall faithfully bee set foorth In the meane season knowe thou that I am not the deuiser of these particular things for some of them I had of gift and some other for money and rewards came to my hands To thee I giue them freely which vse well Farewell ¶ A Treatise of certaine particulars whereof the first intreateth of the preparation of the Markasite of lead as well for the transmutation of mettals as for the alteration of mans bodie c. THe philosophers Saturne is properly the markasite of leade and in deede doth excell Sol and Luna in so much that Raymond saith that in this inferior world there is no greater secret then that which consisteth in the Markasite of Lead insomuch that they which haue throughly sought out the force and nature of it haue bound themselues together by othe neuer to vtter those secrets of nature vnto the ende of â—heir liues For so much as his operation is of such kinde as truely it hath manie and sundrie vses which being duely prepared doth not only alter and change the filthie and corrupt humours of our bodies but also can change and transmute by sundrie experiments Luna into Sol. Take of the Minerall markasite of leade xii pound and grinde it into sine pouder vppon a Marbell stone as they grinde colours vvith vineger being well ground and tempered put it into a strong glasse and put thereon a good quantitie of distilled vineger and stir it well with a sticke and so let it stand in Balneo Mariae then set thereon a blind head and there let it stand eight daies togither stirring and mouing it euerie day sixe or seauen times then let it coole and the vineger wilbe of a yellow colour the which ye shal powre forth into another glasse taking heed that ye stirre not the pheces then put thereon more vineger stirre it wel with a sticke and sâ—t on the blind head and set it in Balneo Mariae other viii daies as ye did afore then powre forth that vineger being coloured into the other glasse And this order ye shal vse so long vntil you see the vinegar no more coloured for at the last the pheces wil remaine in a white masse like white earth Distillation of the coloured Uenigar THen take all that vinigar being coloured and distill it in Balneo vntill it will drop no more and there let thy cucurbit stand three dayes with the pheces that it may drie well then take it fourth and thou shalt finde in the bottome of the glasse a white matter the which take out for in that whitenesse the rednes of the Markasite is hidden which being prepared auaileth much to make aquam philosophorum that they call ardentem The preparation of the Pheces Take the white pheces or matter and put it into a distilling vessell with a great recipient very well luted that the spirites goe not foorth and set it in the hot ashes and giue it a gentle fire and then increase it according to arte a day or two and there will come foorth first a white water and then a red or golden yellow oyle the which is to be kept close with great care The pheces to be taken againe Then take those pheses and set them in a calcining furnace eight dayes then take them foorth and grinde them finely and put them in a glasse with a good quantitie of distilled vineger and stirre them well together that being doone set it againe in Balneo for eight daies together and stirre it euery day seuen or eight times the more the better then let it waxe colde and settle and powre away the cleare part from the pheces but take heed that ye stir not the dregges or bottome Then powre on fresh vineger and set it in Balneo againe and doe as ye did afore and then powre away the vineger againe and cast away the pheses for they are nothing worth The distillation of the vineger Then take the vineger which you reserued and distill it with a gentle fire and in the bottome thou shalt finde a salt in the which remaineth all the force and strength Then calcine the said salt againe in a reuerberatorie loure and twentie houres with a great fire then take it forth and put it in the glasse wherein it was afore and put thereon fresh viueger and set it in Balneo And this thou shalt do so often vntill the salt leaue no pheces in the bottome that being done distil thy vineger as at the first and thou shalt find thy selfe prepared liquid and cleare as Cristall Coniunctio spiritus corporis scilicet olei salis Take the aforesaid salt and grinde it vpon a stone dropping thereon his red oyle by little and little that being do one put it into a cucurbit luted with Hermes seale and so set it vpon a treuet in an Athanor twenty dayes and it will be fixed into a red stone so that ye haue the true gouernment of the fire Then take it forth and grinde it vpon a stone and according to the waight put thereunto as many Letones of the Calex offine gold and vppon all these put on asmuch of the white water which ye distilled afore the red oile as all the whole doth weigh and close it vppe with Hermes seale and set it in ashes in an Athanor with a soft fire vntill it be fixed but after it be fixed there wil appeere many colours the which wil turne into perfect oile and true Elixer Reioyce in this but before yee beginne the worke consider of it and pray The second particular that is called Torpetum siue diaphoreticum minerale purgiug without loathsomnesse or difficultie helping the plurisie the plague and especially the French pox Take Leonis à dracone repurgatissimi one part aquilae mineralis repurgatissimae twelue partes mixe them together according to Arte then put them into a cucurbit of glasse and put thereon twise so much of the liquor of red Colcâ—thor without fleme as the matter weyeth and then nourish it in warme sand with a gentle fire three dayes taking heede that the matter ascend not into the head That being done distill it that the pheces may remaine drie then increase thy fire that the sand and glasse may be red hote the space of three hours then let it wax cold and take out the matter and
my friend Aquilla how the enemies inflamed with enuy go about to oppresse the trueth but at the last will they nill they they shal be inforced to confesse that that cannot be denied But you may obiect vnto me He that speaketh all excludeth nothing For there be many worthy learned men maisters and professors of Physicke that do not deny or refuse this arte In the which number are those most excellent and singular masters and doctors Petrus Seuerynus Danus which hath written maruelous thinges of this Chimicall Arte that woorthy and godly man Michael Neander professor of humanitie Theodorus Zuingerus of Basill a man practised in this Arte and also Theodorus Brickmannus a physition of Cullein which both by word deed daily excelleth with most deepe iudgement in these matters whom I wilneuer ouerpasse with silence Hereafter foloweth three particular treatises the first of the sulpher of gold and other mettals then of stones and the extraction of Corall R. Purged and fine gold made in plates â„¥ j. the powder of pomise stone â„¥ iiij lay them Stratum Superstratum and reuerberate it with drie wood fiue dayes and nights together then take the powder and keepe it in a glasse Then melt the golde againe and make it in plates and lay it Stratum Superstratum as ye did afore and that ye must do vntill the gold haue lost his yellow colour after take al thy powders together and put it in a glasse with distilled vineger and there let it remaine vntil the vineger be coloured yellow then powre it forth and put in more and that thou shalt do so often vntill the vineger be no more coloured then vapour away the vineger and thou shalt find an inpalpable pouder in the bottome If thou beest wise looke where thou madest an end there beginne the like is of other mettalles But they are not to be reuerberated so long you shall haue of siluer a blewish colour ofyron a reddish colour of copper a darkish colour There is drawen out of Corall a red tincture All which things are to be corrected with the spirite of wine being often powred thereon there cannot be a shorter or profitabler way fouÌ„d out for this Iron plates for one time are of force but after the first Cimentacion they serue no more His tincture being rightly prepared is vsed in stead of gold If it be drawen out of the best steele it will fixe the mercurie of Saturne The second particular is of the maruellous preparation of the markasite of Lead tincting water or other licour into his red colour R. Salt common prepared vitrioll Romane of each i vi set them in a fire of calcination ten houres then take it foorth and beate it to powder then put it into a stone pot vnglased and giue it fire 15 houres according to Art then will distil forth both the oile and the spirit togither the which ye shal rectifie in a pelican then being rectified put thereunto the markasite of lead in powder being in a strong cucurbit vvell luted and then set it in ashes in a fornace vnder the which yee shall set a burning lampe for the space of a moneth and then the Markasite will dissolue into a red matter afterward take common founâ—aine water and powre thereon then set it to dissolue in a moist place or cellar and the floure of the Markasite will turne like to a red christall the which take to thy worke It purgeth the leprouse blood in plurisies the plague Contractures the lungs and liuer the quantity of one peece in greatnes doth serue to dissolue the same The third particular and the summe of the whole worke R. Album Albius Albo as much as ye wil Aqua Soluens vi times as much and set them in Balneo three dayes then take it forth filter it and drie it then againe dissolue it and that do three times being drie dissolue it by it self of the which solution take three partes olei permanentis incombustibile one part Aeris foure parts shut thy vessell and in that heate nourish it and in few dayes thou shalt haue a vniuersall medicine to expell all diseases Reioyce and giue praise vnto Iesus Christ. A Fragment out of the Theorickes of 〈◊〉 Iscaacus Hollandus AMongest all things that were created of God water was the first whereunto God ioined his proper earth and of earth whatsoeuer hath essence or life hath his originall Therefore there are two manifest elements that is water and earth in which the two other lie hidde the fire in the earth and the aire in the water and they are so knit together that they cannot be seperated Two of them are fixed as the earth and fire two are flying as water and aire Therefore euery element doth participate within other elements Moreouer in euery element are two other elements one decaying putrifying and combustible the other eternall and incorruptible as the heauen besides iu these natures lieth hid an other nature which is called by the name of stinking Pheces which hinder and take away the streÌ„gth of the rest so as they haue very litle force or none and thereby make the other elements stincking and subiect to putrifaction There is also two kindes of waters the one elementall the other of raine and riuer waters as there is also two kindes of earths one elementall cleare shining and white the other blacke stincking and combustible Like as also there be two fires one elementall and naturall the other stinking and combustible the like is also to be saide of the aire The base things are so mingled with the rest that by and by they corrupt al things so that nothing can continue long for they bring death and weaken all nature be it neuer so noble This is to be vnderstoode of all things both vegetall animall and minerall Therefore it is necessary by Art to seperate the elementall nature from the corruptible that the matter may be brought to a medicinall qualitie There bee three most subtill spirites in all things that is colour taste and smell these fly away inuisibly the Philosophers call them wilde spirits because they are not fixible yet the industrie of the artificer may fixe them They alwaies growe in the bodily substance vntill they come to perfection and end The herb therfore is to be taken when it is fully growen and take heed that you loose none of those three spirits as the ignorant vse to do with their putrifactions and separations of elements For none of those spirites consisteth of the three elementall elements but God hath adorned elements with those three spirits and of them the fire is animall the water aire elementall and no man but God can seperate them asunder But the water of the cloudes may be seperated from them Also all the pheces may be separated from them which are mingled with them which are the stinking and corruptible elements and the foure elementall elements may be brought to a christalline shining but these three elements fire
yet will it againe be laden with drops it were enough if we did see no other myracle then from whence this dewie humour should rise which in so short space doth so aboundantly flowe from it and how much the more the burning sunne doth scorch vp the other herbes so much the more is this moist and filled with drops euen as though it had beene sprinkled ouer with water hereupon may we gather his maruelous qualities and iudge that there is some secret operation hidden in it if thou do keepe this water thus gathered in a glasse therewith thou shalt cure all the diseases of the eies whether they come of ru 〈…〉 es or of inflamation it helpeth moreouer all the paines and diseases of the heart it cooleth the liuer and stomacke that is inflamed doth mittigate all the paine of the head that commeth of heart and driueth away all dreames and fantasies it is good also to kil the canker the woolfe against the biting of venemous beastes against poyson dronke if it be taken by the mouth it helpeth also the pestilence it is good for many other diseases which were too long here to rehearse This herb hath the colour of the sunne for his colour is red darke diuided with yellowe lines and his shape is like a star and his proportion like a heauenly planet and consisteth of seauen branches in the vtter parte brode neare the ground narrow it is as though it were heauie of a tender substance outwardly hot and moist inwardly cold and drie The left side of it is cold and moist the right side hotte and drie and it is most temperate as gold Wherefore his elements cannot be seperated one from another as in other herbes but it may be purged from his pheces for his fixing letteth that the Elementes cannot be separated for the fire will ascend with the aire by the Balneum as wee will heereafter teach The earth may bee separated from his Pheces and the Pheces likewise from the fire and ayre although it hath not manie dregs Some latine writers call it Lingua auis or Birdes tongue some call it Solaria of the sunne of Lunaria is called the moone the Flemming cals it Sindow But the old Philosophers haue kept secret the qualities as yet for the maruelous effect it worketh And it is maruell saith Arnold de Villa nou◠that a man should die that eateth euery day some of it in his grose substance what will it then worke when it is brought vnto his finenesse and clensed from his pheces It hath this great vertue in it that if it be put into a glasse wherin there is poisō mingled with wine or any other cup that is poisoned straightwaies the glasse wil flie in peeces but if it be a stone pot of aleblaster or such like the wine wil so boile as though there were a violent fire vnder it al the wine wil run out vntil there be nothing left in the vessell also if any man carrie this herb about him happen on his enemies they shal haue no power to hurt but contrariwise to shew him all kinde of dutie Also if any man bee bewitched either in bodie or in his art that is in Cookerie Bruing or Baking or by any other meanes this herb caried about him makes him free from the witchcraft If it bee also tyed vppon the bellie of a woman with childe she shall straightwayes be deliuered although the childe were dead and rotten within as it hath beene oftentimes prooued by experience This herbe caryed about one or a little thereof euerie day eaten as long as it is vsed preserueth man from the falling sicknesse Moreouer if a man bee taken with the Apoplexie that his mouth bee drawen aside and his speech and senses taken from him they shall be all restored againe if the sicke drinke the iuice of this herbe strained as hath beene oftentimes prooued Moreouer if it be hanged about the neck of one that is possessed of a spirit so long as he carieth that about him hee shall be quiet as a Lambe and the power of the spirit shall be taken away Make a proofe and you shall finde it true The bleeding at the nose is by and by stayed if you hold that herbe in your mouth They that are wearied with trauell if they drinke the iuice thereof in wine they are by and by so refreshed as if they had not laboured or gone no iourney it doth comfort the synowes muscles tendons and all the whole nature Woundes are also cured therewith if it bee dronke tenne daies together in wine or ale if the wound be washed with the same drinke and bound vp with a cloth wette in the same The paine of the teeth is by and by apeased if that herbe bee laid vnto it All these things haue beene often prooued and found true If it will doe such things whilest it is yet hindered with his grosse matter what will it worke when it is brought to his perfection My son knowe this for a truth that there is no herbe that growes vppon the earth to be compared vnto this in strength and goodnes therefore take heede that you doe not neglect it but diligently remember and keepe the secret close from them that are not of the nature of our children and from the ignorant For if this herbe did not grow so plentifully and the properties thereof were knowne it woulde bee more esteemed then golde or pretious stones for the effects of the quintaessence are maruelous as heereafter shal appeare Nowe there remaineth that wee must teach howe to bring this hearbe to his highest degree and to his quintaessence First it is to be gathered the same hauing his course in his owne house that is in the lion and the moone behold him with a sinister quadrate aspect It is to be gathered whole with rootes leaues and flowers so that there be neither earth dirt nor other hearbes mingled withall Neither must it by any meane touch any water or be made moyst Therefore you must take heede that you gather it not in rainie wether or moyst wether but rather when the sunne doth shine hottest vpon it gather great store of it and stampe it well in a mortar of Marble and put it in a Cucurbite of stone with a head and receauer luted and set it in balneo and distill away al the water vntill it be so drie like pouder and there will rise together with the water of the color of most fine gold which onely happeneth in this herbe and in none other and when there remaineth no more liquor yet leaue the cucurbite for three or foure dayes in Balneo and boyle it night and day that all the moysture may be perfectly seperated and drawne away then let it coole and take away the receauer and stoppe it diligently then take off the head and take out the matter and beate it in a Marble morter into most fine pouder that it may passe through a
after foure daies suffer it to coole and let it stand foure daies settle then poure out the cleere from the pheces warily into another â—leane vessell and poure on fresh distilled water as afore stirre it with your spoone and keep it two daies in Balneo as before then suffer it to coole and settle and poure out the cleare from the Pheces and put it to the first water Doe this the third time and then cast away the Pheces for they are good for nothing All your waters that you haue drawen distill by Balueum or for the more speede by ashes that al the water may rise and that there remaine in the bottome a dustie matter poure on distilled water againe stirre it and keep it in balneo by the space of foure and twentie houres then let it coole and settle and poure out that which is cleare gentlie from the Pheces Poure on againe more common water vpon them and stirre it set it in balueo ten or twelue houres take it out let it settle poure the cleere vnto the first water and cast away the Pheces they are nothing worth Repeate this worke so often vntill there remaine no pheces after it hath set ed. Then shal you haue your earth rectified from all his pheces which you shall congele and drie that it may be like pouder or dust Then ioyne that with your other elements in the glasse and it wil straight resolue into his element for the element of water is there present Set them all together in a furnace vpon ashes put on a head with a receauer well luted the head must haue a hole in the top that with a funnel the liquor may be poured in alwaies stopped safely Make your fire in your furnas first gentle afterward greater vntil that that is fermented doe passe But all is not to be drawen out but about halfe a sextary of the liquor with the water that the matter may remain moist For if you should driue out all it would congele into an hard masse and breake the glasse in the furnace Then open the hole which is in the top of the head and with a funnell poure in that which is in the receauer But first it must be made warme lest by pouring in the colde liquor the glasse do breake but if you suffer the glasse to coole you may poure it in without any danger Repeate this inbibition ten or twenue times afterward distil out whatsoeuer wil be distilled so long as any thing wil passe by the necke of the Limbecke For after this tenth distillation the earth wil be no more congeled but will rest in the bottome like a red golden oyle Inbibe it againe pouring on the liquor and distilling it vntil al the elements passe together by the Limbecke and that nothing at all doe remaine in the bottome of the vessell Then giue thankes to God for his maruelons giftes which hee hath distributed vnto his Philosophers hath giuen them so great knowledge of things as they vttered in this worke which is altogether heauenly rather diuine then humane For it is a great maruel in this life that mans vnderstanding can bring these inferior things to so great perfection that they haue aâ—tained euen to the highest degree of vertue Truely it is the worke of the holy ghost which hath put it into the mindes of men For I do affirme that whoso hath this hearâ— so prepared that he may helpe all the iufirmities of mans body whether they be curable or vncurable except natural death which is ordained afore vnto euerie man of God Yea this dare I be bolde to say that if a man do vse daily the waight of one scruple of this quintaessence or the quintaessence of sugar and potable gold wherin pearls are dissolued or the quintaessence of Selandine That maÌ„ by Gods help shal not die before the day of the great judgement For the humors in mans body can by no meanes predominate one ouer another as in the thirtie six chapter of Uegetales is taught where is intreated of the quintaessence of al medicinall things and there it is shewed that by Gods help the life of man may be prolonged euen vntill that day void and free from all diseases sicknes And further that man may be preferued in the state he was in at thirtie yeeres of age and in the same strength and force of wit And vpon that do all the Philosophers agree that a man may continue in the same state as long as in an earthly paradise This is so plainely and at large shewed in that chapter that wil you nill you you shall bee enforced to conceiue it in your mind to beleeue it and to confesse it to be true Therefore it is not needefull to reason much of the force and qualities of this quintaessence but whatsoeuer disease maÌ„ be infected withal giue him to drinke with wine so much of this quintaessence as a nutte shell will hold in short space hee shal bee healed as it were miraculously according as the disease is violent or gentle But if you giue this quintaessence to drinke mixed with the quintaessence of â—â—gar with potable golde wherein pearles are dissolued and with the Quintaessence of Selandine within one day you shall cure all the diseases whatsoeuer they be Hereby it doth appeare that it is rather a diuine work then humane Therefore giue god the praise and take heed that you doe not vtter this secret For tyrants woulde by that mean prolong their liues that they might bring to passe their wicked purposes whereof both you and I shoulde be the occasion Therefore keepe it secret for it is one of the greatest secrets amongst all the vegetals whereunto no treasure may be compared Worke therefore and distribute liberally vnto the poore and God shall giue thee eternall felicitie Oft times great force lieth hid in bodies low Of booke in few lines not much but apt doth show Vertue increaseth by exercise The Spagericke Antidotarie of the preparation and making of medicines against Gunneshot taken out of the Chirâ—â—gerie of Iosephus Quirsitanus IT is an olde and true saying of the poer that there is nothing more imperious than an ignorant man which thinketh nothing well done but that he doth himself which thing as it may be seene in many other artes yet most specially in this which is called the Spagericke art For we see euery where certaine men I know not what they bee puffed vp with a certain barbarous and foolish pride which with great scorne inuey against those medicines which are drawen out of the metalline mines Which notwithstanding it is apparant were in vse and had in great estimatioÌ„ with the chiefe antient Physitions as we haue declared in that booke which we haue set forth of the Spagericke preparation of medicines And what I pray you is the cause of this anger or rather madnes but that as they themselues confesse they know not the preparation of them O happy
them groselie and put them in a glasse vessell powring thereto of white wine i. measure and a half macerate them in a soft heate ii daies The dose is one spoonefull in the morning and as much at night The force of this potion is so great that it cannot be sufficiently commended Take of the flowres of Uinca Peruinca Lilium Coâ—â—alium ana p. i. Galanga Zedoariae ana ii dams Mumia and Bole Armenia ana i. dram Sperma Ceâ—â— halfe a dram white wine i. measures digest and circulate them in Balneo 4. daies the dose is one spoonefull morning and euening A potion vulnerary where the bone is broken with gunshot Take of Aristolochi Sowbread Adders grasse both conferies Geranii ana M. i Sauin M. ss maces Zedoariae the eyes of Crabbes ana halfe a ounce Mumia Galingale the lesse ana i. dram and a halfe being cut smal and brused and the other things brought into a grose pouder boyle all in a double vessell foure houres with one measure of wine vse it morning and euening This medicine is much better then so manie splents wherewith many are tormented R. of flowres of Lilium Conualium Betonie ana p. i. Galingale Macis ana iii. drams Persicaâ—ia Selandine Vinca Peruinca Veronica Centauri ana M. â—s macerate themas before and referue them to your vse A potion for wounds of the breast Take of the 〈…〉 ice of Veruen Betonie Veronica ana ii ounces cinamon water i. pound macerate them Take of Bole armeniae half an ounce of both the Comferies ana M. i. Galingale ii drams temper them with wine as aforesaid reserue them to vse Diuers discriptions of â—otions may be made of the foresaid simples which I haue to the iudgement of the expert phisition notwithstaÌ„ding this one thing I wil adde that the vse of them hath many oportunities to cure wounds by gunshot as also the Canker and al maligne desperate and eating vlcers of al which the Phisition shal take very great profit if he prepare the potions with the essence of the vulnerarie simples spagetically extract as wee haue taught in another A briefe declaration of Spagericall medicines FOr as much as nowe remaineth to declare the Spagerick preparation of those simples which pertaine to the cure of wounds by gunne shot wee will vse the same method we haue before vsed whereby this our treatise may be the plainer Superantia sunt igitur Anodyna Oleum ouorum Oleum butyri Oleum refinae Ol. visci pomorum compos Oleum hyperisi simpl Olea omnium axung Detergentia Oleum myrrhae Oleum mastiches Oleum terebinthinae Oleum mellis Viscus centaurij Viscus vincoe petuincoe Viscus aristolochioe Sal foecum aceti Balsamus martis Crocus veneris Mercur. praecipitat vulgaris Mercur praecipit dulcific Oleum guaiaci Balsamus veneris Balsamus Saturni Balsamus tartari Sarcotica Balsamus hyperici Oleum thuris Oleum sarcocollae Ol mannae Viscus consolidae vtriusque Viscus cynoglossi Epulâ—tica Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Bolus armena praeparata AlumeÌ„ adustum praepar Crocus Martis Creta vitrioli flaua Ol. salis tartari Ol. talci quae etiaÌ„ cicatrices decorant Repellentia sangui 〈…〉 cohibentia Ol. visci pomorum simplex Oleum Martis Crocus Veneris Colcothar simplex Colcothar dulcisicarum Bolus armena praeparata Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Ad venena Butyrum arsenici fixum Praecipitatus dulcificatus Balsamus tartari Ol. Mercur. corporale Oleum antimonij Oleum sulphuris vitriolatuÌ„ Ad ambusta Oleum ouorum Oleum lardi Oleum butyri Aqua gammarorum Aqua spermatis ranarum Aqua florum papauer rubri Viscus rad hyoscyami Oleum Saturni eiusque Sal. Oleum Lithargyri Attrahentia Viscus aristolochiae Viscus corticis med tiliae Succinum praeparatum Magnes praeparatus Sunt rursus illorum simplicium singula quae singulis partibus vulneratis conducunt vt Ossibus corruptis Oleum myrrhae Oleum caryophyllorum Oleum tartari foetens Oleum vitrioli Oleum sulphuris simplex Oleum sulph vitriolatum Oleum antimonij Sulphur rubjcuÌ„dum antim Oleum salis Oleum Mercur sublimati Neruis vulneratis Oleum cerae Oleum iuneperi Oleum euphorbij Oleum ouorum Oleum terebinthinae Oleum sulphuris terebinth Carni putridae ac corrupta Sal fuliginis Sal vrinae Sal tartari Sal mellis Oleum frumenti Oleum mellis Oleum sulph acidunt Phlegma vitrioli acidum Phlegma aluminis acidum Balsamus Martis Balsamus Veneris Balsamus Mercurij Balsamus tartari But because regarde is alwaies to be had of the noble part in whose action the life doth consist there bee certaine medicines which being giuen can defend them Roborant enim Câ—rebrum Oleum succini Oleum saluiae Oleum caryophyllorum Spiritus vitrioli Cor. Aurum vitae Tinctura auri Essentia margaritarum Hepar Tinctura Bals. natural Tinctura corallorum Oleum Martis The Spagericall preparation of medicines before rehearsed THe dregges of wine or crude Tartar brought into pouder put into a Retort of glasse or earth with his recipient make fire by degrees as is doone to the making of strong water there will rise great plentie of white spirits which wil turne into water and thicke stinking oile separate the oyle by a funnel and keepe it to your vse But the salt of Tartar you shall draw out of the Pheces which they call the dead head which are left in the Retort Those you shall dissolue in warme water and after filter that which is dissolued twise or thrise coagulate it at the fire by vaporing away the water and the salt wil remaine in the bottome of the vessell which if you againe dissolue and coagulate diuerse times you shall purge it cleare like Cristall This Cristaline salt if you put it into a glasse and set it in a wine seller or other moist place within few dayes it wil resolue into a cleare oyle verie excellent to clense the spots and vlcers of the face Take crude Tartar ii pounde salt Peter Salt of Soote of the Pheces of vineger ana iiii ounces Calcis Vâ—uae vi ounces all broken verie small put into a vessel not glased but wel stopped Calcine it xii houres dissolue that is calcined in warme water distil it by filter after coagulate it and clenâ—e it againe repeating three times your calcinations dissolutions and coagulations then put all into a Limbecke and put on distilled vinegar that it be â—â—uered iiii fingers Distil the vinegar in balneo M. and there wil come forth a sweete liquor then poure on the vinegar againe to distill this do so long vntil it be no more sweete but sower as when you poured it on first and so rise in the Limbecke Then distill all in a strong fire by a Retort and there will come forth a hot oyle the commodities whereof can scarcely be declared After the same maner if you will you may distil al the salt of
after distill it againe and this doe three times and you shall haue an excellent oyle of honie Take butter first molten in white wine and then distil it with a meane fire and there wil distil out a oyle greatly swaging paines and supplying So shall you make oyle of Larde and all greases Take 100 yolkes of egges first sodden hard put them into a Cucurbite and make fire by degrees first there wil come out a water after a yellowish oyle swimming vpon the water last a thicke oile The water is good for al spots in the face the oyle to appease all griefes and aches Boyle Câ—eueâ—es in water of Orphine in a double vessell wel stopped one whole day After distil it powring the water 3. times vpon the pheces then let it be kept it is veâ—ie good for inflamations burnings the Carcynomata The sperme of eede of frogges is gathered in the moneth of March and iâ— distilled by a glasse Limbecke and therof is drawen a water very commodious for inflamations and burnings Eggeshels or the shels of snailes are reuerberated in a sharpe fire three daies vntill they be brought into a veâ—ie white Calce But if they be sprinckled with vineger whilest they are calcined the Calce wil be the lighter and apter to worke his force Mercurie first washed and prepared according to Gebers prescription dissolue with the duble weight of common strong water then distill it 〈◊〉 times and poure it so often againe vpon the pheces and so it is brought into a verie red pouder cut of the which being â—eueâ—berate at the fire and drawne away the spirits of the strong water which otherwise woulde mooue geeat paine But it were better if it were washed with the sleame of Allum and vinegar distilled and the water of Egges for by that meane the sharpnesse is taken away But it is better to prepare Mercurie with often sublimations and to fixe it being quickened againe and purged from his filthy earth and superfluous humiditie with the water which wee haue described in the booke by me published of the Spâ—gerick preparation But if al men do not vnderstand that discâ—â—ption for the darke wordes of Art it shall not be incommodious to fixe the Mercurie with common strong water three times powred on and drawne away and to bring it into a red pouder and that with a sufficient violent fire that al the sharpnes and venome of the menstrew may be drawne away which shal much the better be done of this water following be min 〈…〉 led with it and by often distillation sepâ—â—ated Take of distilled vinegar 〈◊〉 pound a half the fleam 〈◊〉 Allum i. pound and a halfe calce of eggeshels vi oun 〈…〉 es distill al til it be drie Take of this water 〈◊〉 pound of Mercurie precipitate as â—fore i. pound mingle all wel according to art distil it by a Limbeck powring the water againe vnto the pâ—eces three times Last of al driue al out vntill it bee d 〈…〉 and there will remaine a pouder in the bottome which grinde vppon a marble and put it into a Limbeck pouring on the water aforesaid which you shal three times distill from the pheces as afore Lastly the Mercurie precipitate must be circulated with a alcool of wine 24. houres Then distill away the spirit of wine that the matter may drie then poure on new againe and circulate it and distill as afore and that do 4. or 5. times and then you haue attained the perfect preparation of Mercurie whose qualities cannot be sufficiently commended in curing of sundrie diseases specially of the Pox whether it be takeÌ„ by mouth or applied to the place grieued Make Amalgama with iiii ounces of Mercurie câ—ude and i. ounce of the best tinne Spread this vpon a plate of Iron and set it in a moyst place and all will dissolue into oyle it is also made with Mercurie alone and a plate of Tynne Mercurie as the maner is three times sublimed with Salt of Vitrioll at the last is mingled with the like portion of salâ— Armoniack againe subblimed three or foure times al that subblimat is dissolued into oile out of which the spirit of the salt Armoniack is to be drawen away circulate all with the essence of wine and distil it so long vntil the oyle haue lost his heate and sharpnesse and the Armoniacke be separated It is also reduced by it selfe into an oyle with a very soft heate of an Athanor by long distance of time Sublime Mercurie so often with the simple Calce of egges well prepared vntill it be vtterly extinct To this mixture powre vinegar distilled alcoole sated that it may couer it 4 fingers distil the liquor from the pheces 4. or 5 times vntil the Mercurie be come into a very red pouder which you shall circulate with a alcoole of wine in a pellican 8. days separate the alcool by a limbeck there wil remaine in the bottome the most pretious sweet balme of Mercury It healeth al desperate vlcers also â—â—râ—uculaÌ„ iâ—â—â—sica greatly helpeth these wounds by gunshot Al other preparations of Mercurie and the maner of vsing it you shal gather out of the book which we lately set forth Vpon the filings of Iron often washed with salt water poure sharpe vinegar that it may couer it foure fingers set it vpon warme ashes 8. daies euerie day moouing the matter and separating the vinegar which wil be colored pouring on againe new and that so long till the vinegar be no more coloured which being vapoured away take the pouder that remaineth in the bottome and subblime it with like portion of Armoniacke the same sublimate you shall returne againe so often vppon his pheces and subblime again vntil there appeare the color of a Rubin then cast al into scalding water that the salt may dissolue them by by put to cold water the balme of Mars wil rest in the bottome like the calx of gold Poure away the water and put to fresh again that the balme may be made sweete Of this with the spirit a wine alcolizat by circulations you shall make a red oyle most excellent for all inwarde Hemerodes or issues of bloud and to strengthen the bowels if one drop be mixed with conserue of Roses or Conferie or giuen with wine The filings of Iron first well washed you shall calciâ—â— with the flowre of Sulphur or dissolue with strong water then poure on very sharpe vinegar and set it in a warme place certaine days then reuerberate it with an open fire as Arte commandeth one wholeâ— day gathering alwayes the flowres which remaine aboue vntill all be conuerted into a verâ—e red and light pouder After the same maner you shal make the balme oile Crocus of copper out of the which with the sowre flame of Vitrioll circulating all artificially you shall drawe a bleweshing Vitriol whose qualities we haue discribed in
another place Out of Saturne calcined is drawne a sweetish salt in balneo with distilled vinegar pouring it so often vpon the Pheces vntil it draw no more The menstrew euaporated the salt remaineth in the botome which by often dissolutions and coagulations is made Cristaline and afterward easily dissolued into oyle being set in a moist place But if you circulate this cristaline salt in a Pelicane with the alcool of wine 15. daies and after take away the menstrew by distillation put to new wine circulate it putting to a fit dose of cristaline salt of Tartar you shall make a Balme sweeter then sugar which will maruellously preuaile against all maligne vlcers and diseases of the eyes Decoct Antimonie made in pouder with a capital lie prepared of Tartar calcined and Sope ashes and quicke-lime the space of one houre then let it coole pouring vpoÌ„ it a litle Vinegar and there wil appeare a certaine rednes swimming vpon which you shal gather then againe let it boile for one houre or two againe let it coole and gather that which swimmeth vp Do this so often vntil there appeare no more rednes For it is the sulphure of antimonie which dried at a soft fire you shal keepe it to good vses Mingle Antimonie with Sugar and Alum and put all into a Retort of glasse make a soft fire for 4. or 5. houres afterward increase it and there will come out an oyle red like bloud It is also done with mercurie sublimate but great â—eede is to be taken lest any errour be committed in the degree of fire Boyle Sulphur prepared with oyle of Linseede with a verie soft fire and it will be like blood congealed Let the matter coole put it into a retort and giue it fire and there will distill out a verie red oyle of Sulphur It is also done if you mingle bran with your Sulphur and distill it Take of Sulphur Vinae P. i. with which mingle with a soft fire so much pure vâ—trioll molten that it may be one body Distill this by a discentorie and there will descend a red oyle into the receauer If i. pound of the flowre of sulphur be mixed with ii or iii. pound of oile of turpentine in a drie heate the flowres wil dissolue into a red oile Then the menstrew rightly artificially separate circulate the rubin of Sulphur with the Alcoll of wine eight dayes and you shal haue oyle of Sulphur that hath the qualities of the naturall Balme The sower oile of Sulphur is made by Sulphur by setting it on fire and hanging ouer it a bell or a large glasse head to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into that 〈…〉 Put Viâ—â—ioll beaâ—en into pouder into a Cucurbite giuing it a fire of the second degree and there wil issue a sower water which is called the â—leame of Vitrioll Take the Pheces which remaineth in the bottome of the vessell which is called Colcothar stampâ— that and if you mingle flyntes withall with a violent fire there will come out a red oyle It is also made with the simple Colcothar driuen out with a violent fire three daies space and there will come forth a verie hot oyle which is made sweete by circulation with spirit of wine Tartarizated But if the Colcothar bee dissolued in warme water and the rednesse in it separated and the water euaporated the Colcothar will remaine sweetish that which remaineth the rednesse being taken away is called Creta Uitrioli But if Vitrioll be drawne by the ninth a limbeck pouring on alwaies the liquor vpon the dead head and after circulating all by the space of eight dayes you shall haue the spirit of Vitrioll verie profitable for many things The â—leame of Allum is made like the fleame of Vitrioll But Allum is prepared if the â—leame be 5. times powred vpon the pheces out of which it was drawne and distilled last of all drie out all the fleame vntill it be drie Make brine of salt into which cast hot burning stones that they may be imbybed those stones so imbybed put into a retort giuing fire by degrees there wil come forth a very hot oyle of salt I said before that there was great force in Butyro Arseâ—ici fixo to cure al vâ—nâ—monâ— and maligne vlceâ—s it is made in this maner Mingle cristaline Arsenick first subblimed with onely colcothar which doth keepe backe his poyson with like waight of salt of Tartar and salt Peter put al into two glasses fixe it giuing fire the space of xxiiii hourâ—â— first very gentle then of the highest degree You shall finde the matter verie white fixed resembling the color of pearles which dissolue in war 〈…〉 water 〈…〉 may draw the A 〈…〉 ly from it And the pouder which â—emaineth imbybe with oile of Tartar or of Talcum which is better and drie it at the fire and do this thrise Againe dissolue the matter in warme water that you may take away his salt and there will remaine a very white pouder and fixed which will dissolue in a moyst place into a fat oyle which is 〈◊〉 like Butter Out of Talcum rightly and artificially calcined is drawne the spirit with distilled vinegar This is dissolued into a pretious oyle being set in a moist place Take of the iuice of Aristolochia Rotundae and Sauin ana iii. ounces Serpe 〈…〉 ii ounces spirit of 〈◊〉 i. pound circulate them first the space of xxiiii hou 〈…〉 then distil them of this water take i. pounde of elect Magnes made into pouder iiii ounces circulate them together distil away the water from the Phâ—ces 〈◊〉 this three times and by this meanes you shall obtaine the preparation of Mag 〈…〉 But because â—s wee haue saide the noblest 〈◊〉 are to be strengthened and the heart the principal â—â—gan of life must alwaie be defended these preparatio 〈…〉 following are to be vsed Take of Theâ—incae of Alex 〈…〉 〈◊〉 ounces and a halfe the best Mâ—rre i. ounce and a halfe Saffron ii drams the spirit of wine vi ounces mingle al these and in ashes with a very soft fire distill it circulate that which is distilled in Ba 〈…〉 o eight daies and then distill it againe The water hath a most excellent qualitie against the plague and all venemous things and doth maruellously strengthen the heart We haue she 〈…〉 ed the 〈…〉 〈…〉 ncture of gold Corals naturall Balme and the es 〈…〉 ence of Pâ—â—rle in the book which I wrote of preparation now resteth for 〈◊〉 to speake of the gold of life which 〈◊〉 â—hall knowe to be the most excellent and extreme 〈◊〉 in curing 〈…〉 do but consider 〈…〉 excellencie 〈…〉 Deuteron 22. 〈◊〉 Gal. simpl 10. cap. 18. 9 10 12 13. Act. Tetr 1. ser. 2. cap. 110. Aegin libr. 7. Dioscorid libr. 2. cap. 90. Marcel cap. 4. 26. Plin. libr. 28. 4. 15. Serap simpl 〈◊〉 453. 466. Another of 〈◊〉 discription Potions to be giuen other timer of the griefe A potion apt for poisoned wounds by Gunshot 〈◊〉 potion fâ—r the wounds of the heâ—d For wounds of the 〈…〉 macke Oleum Tartar◠〈◊〉 The Salto Tartar Oyle of Tartar The balme of Tartar Oyle of Vintgâ—â— Salt of Vinegar Salâ— and oyle of S 〈…〉 The preparation of Bâ—ls Arm 〈…〉 Oyles of spices 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Oyle of wheatâ— The sâ—â—ple Balâ—e of Hipericon Bals 〈…〉 vised pomorum The compound bâ—lâ—e of hypâ—â—icon The 〈◊〉 balme of 〈◊〉 pomorum How the flime or â—uslege is drawen out of hearbs Another methode Salt of â—â—ine Oyle of Wax The water and oyle of honie The salt of hony Another oyle of hony more precious Oyle of butter 〈◊〉 larde â—yle of yâ—lks of Egges Water of 〈…〉 â—eses Water of the sperme of frogâ— â—alâ— of â—gsâ—elâ—â—nd sâ—â—iles The common Mercurie precipitate Mercurie precipiat fixi dâ—lciâ—ied most profitable for the â—â—re of 〈…〉 ds oile of Mercurie corpo 〈…〉 Oile of mercurie subblimed The balme of Mercurie 〈◊〉 martis Oyle of Mars â—roâ—us martiâ— The balme oile Crocus Viâ—rioâ—ium Venâ—â—is â—alt of saturn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Balsamuâ— Saturni Sulphur of antimoni Oyle of antimonie oile of Sulphur oile of Sulph 〈…〉 vitriolate oile of Sulphur terebinthinaâ— Sowre oile of Sulphur The 〈◊〉 of V 〈…〉 ioll 〈◊〉 of Vitrioll Another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dulcifi 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Spirit of Viâ—â—iâ—ll Tled 〈…〉 of al 〈…〉 and the preparation 〈◊〉 of salt 〈…〉 oile of 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Mag 〈…〉 Cordiall 〈…〉 The 〈◊〉 on of 〈◊〉 câ—ll 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
beate iâ— finely and wash it with faire distilled water vntill it haue lost his sharpenesse and that thou shalt do diuers times till it be well purged then drie it and put it into a glasse and put thereunto the spirite of wine that it may be couered three fingers hie and set it on fire and thus thou shalt do three times and th 〈…〉 〈…〉 t thou without any doubt a greater secret to heale his proper disease so that within six daâ—es he shall be quite whole The dose is about fiue graines in conserue of roses drunke with wine or Saccâ—ro Rosâ—to as well in the morning as at night when hee goeth to bed and let the patient sweate thereon two houres at each time It is a most soueraigne medicine against all contractions and you vse it as afore according to the nature of the disease But the patient must vse it six daies If there appeare any pustules ye shal cure them by touching them with oyle of Sulphure Moreouer those that haue the dropsie or such like moist diseases in the body are cured by giuing them six graines in water of Cardus Benedictus letting them sweate thereon as is aforesaid and keeping the order afore set downe Against the Pluâ—isie yee shall giue foure graines in the said water And against the plague in rose vinegar Against the falling sicknes with water of blacke cheâ—ies or Pionie Furthermore if anie haue had the same disease by nature yee shall giue them euerie day a little pill in Aqua Pionia putting theron six droppes of the spirit of Vitrioll If I would shew or expresse all the vertues I should write a booke there of but that which remaineth I will shewe more at large in my booke called Portus Gâ—sconicus with the order to draw the spirit of wine The third particular called Laudanum Anodinum the which is most excellent of all other secrets in as 〈…〉 ging griefes and paines in diuerse diseaseâ— TAke Liquor is aquae inexpertâ— inspissati â„¥ ij put therto the spirit of wine and set it in Balneo to digest vntil it haue drawen awaie the Tincture then powre it forth into a cleaâ—e vessell and put on more and so set it to digest againe so long as it will giue any Tincture or colour Then take the gumme of Henbane dried in the â—unnâ— â„¥ j. and draw away his Tincture with the spirit of wine as thou didst out of the liquor aforesaide then take Diâ—mber â„¥ ij and likewise draw away his Tincture with the spirit of wine and keepe it verie close vntill such time as I shall shew thee then take momia â„¥ ss and drawe away his Tincture with the spirit of wine and when thou hast done mixe it with the other then take Crocus OrientalisÊ’ iij. and drawe foorth his tincture and mixe it with the rest and euerie day stiâ—re it and keepe it in a warme place close stopped fifteene daies that being done distil it in Balneo and there will remaine a little matter in the bottome then put thereto a little of the Tincture of Diâ—mbrae the which ye reserued afore and so let it stand in digestion vntill it be thicke stirring it 3. or 4. times a day vntill the smell of the licour be in a manner consumed the which will be in sixe weekes Then take these that follow the licour of Currall cleare Ambre oâ— Succinum of each Ê’j Unicornes horne 6. graines Magisterium Perlarum one scrâ—ple Ossis de Corde Câ—rui halfe a scrupple Aurum Potabile or his Tincture Ê’ ss All these being finely beaten and mixed in a stone or glasse morter with the spirit of Diamber put in with the residue being thicke and so stirring it sundrie dayes afterward distill al the spirit of wine away then put thereon the residue of the spirit of Diambrae and when it is almost dry put therto Olei succini olei masi Cinamoni of each about one scruple Then take one part and reserue it for women without muske for it hurteth them But to the other parte for men put in halfe a scruple of the extraction of muske made with the spirit of wine and set it in a warme place that it may drie and so keepe it to thy vse Ye may giue it in forme of pilles or dissolue it in some conuenient licour inconuenient Dose as iij. graines or fixe graines for those that are of strong nature It comforteth much against the chollicke the frensie hote Feuers Arthritide Pâ—dagra the weakenesse of the stomacke the yex and comforteth against vomiting prouoketh sleepe Against the falling ficknes yee shall giue iij. graines with the spirit of Vitrioll and Essentia Camphora that is drawen with oyle of sweete Almondes the which is made in this order The order to draw the Essence of Campher Take Campher 〈◊〉 oyle of sweete Almondes â„¥ ss macerate them in the sunne or in Balneo or in a drie warme furnace foure and twentie houres then draw foorth his Tincture or essence with the spirit of wine and put thereto Ê’ j of Laudanum and Ê’ ii of the spirit of vitrioll and â„¥ sixe of the water of pionie floures and stirre them together and giue therof one spoonful at the time of the fit It is a most excellent remedie against all vncurable diseases The fourth specificum called Panchimagogon the which doth purge in small dose all noisome spirits that are mingled with the humours Take Specierum Diâ—rhodon abbatis â„¥ ii and drawe forth the tincture with the spirit of wine and keep it by it selfe Afterward take the Pulpe of ColocinthidesÊ’ vii TurbitÊ’ v. Agariei â„¥ i ss HeleborinigriÊ’ vii DyagrediÊ’ vi Foliorum sene â„¥ iiii Rhabarbari â„¥ ii Elâ—teri â„¥ ss beate them and mixe them together and put thereon Sinamon water the which is made in this order The Sinamond â—i and stamp it grosly then infuse it in white wine foure and twentie houres close stopped then distil it with a gentle fire being close luted for with this sinamond water or spirit of wine thou maist drawe foorth the tincture of all the aforesaide drugges Alwayes prouided that ye keepe them a month in a warme place to macerate stirring them three or foure times in a day and at the end of the moneth powre foorth the licour and put the pheses into a Retort and distill foorth the oile and water the oile ye shal rectifie and reserue The pheses that remaine ye shall calcine and make thereof a salt the which ye shall put to the oile that ye rectified Then take that licour which ye reserued first and distill it in Balneo and in the bottome there will remaine a matter thicke like honie Then take the tincture of Diâ—trodiou Abbatis and powre it vppon that thicke matter and stop well thy glasse and set it in a warme place eight days stirring it euery day That being done draw it away the spirit in Balneâ— vntil it remaine thicke like honie vnto the which ye shal put his oile that ye