passe amongest others an especial remedie and experiment often proued against the stone in the raines which is prepared in this order In March there are found in the Maw of an oxe certaine little stones which if they be taken with white wine dissolueth the stone Also in the moneth of May in the bladder of the gall of a bull is found a certaine stone which if it bee put in white wine it changeth it to a yellow colour like safron changing the tast but litle if the sicke drinke euerie day of this wine daily powring on freshe vntill the stone be consumed by these meanes it is manifest by experience that the stone is diminished and at length consumed Many other medecines are prepared of the partes of animalles which are not of themselues to be disallowed of many ignorant neither their preparations reiected because they are vnknowen vnto them all which they may easily attaine vnto in time if so be they will not condemne at the first sight that which they know not and thinke them so impossible to themselues which are not able to conceaue such great thinges which yet by searching and diligent labour of hand not without great maruell and profit to the sicke are proued most true and certaine to a true phisitian The Spagyricall preparation of Medicines taken out of Vegitables and first of wine Chapter 1. TAke the purest and strongest wine ye can get distil it in a gourd of glasse with a narrow mouth ouer the which ye shal paste a paper the which being drye annoint it with oile of sweete almondes then set on the head and receauer and distill it in Balneo and the spirit wil flye through the oily paper the which yee shall circulat and keepe in a cold place close stopped whose vertues are infinite for the health of mans bodie the spirit being taken away yee shall boile the feces vntill it come thicke like a sirop set it in a moist seller the which in short time wil congeale into hard stones or salt which is called of some lapilli vini the which ye shal kepe in a dry place to your vse that is to dissolue gold therewith the which thou maist do in this order First calcine thy gold into an impalpable powder that it caÌ„not be brought to gold again theÌ„ take therof â„¥ ss lapilloruÌ„ vini prepared as afore â„¥ i. fs Alcooli viniq s digest theÌ„ together 14. daies then distil it there wil come forth a water of a golden colour then powre on more spirit of wine prepared as afore digest it againe and distill it as aforesaid and this ye shall doe vntill the spirit of the gold be drawen forth Vinum alcalisatum TAke those feces that remained after the spirit is taken away and calcine them white then with his proper fleme ye shall draw away his salt the which is called sal vini of the which take â„¥ si spiritus vini â„¥ 2. digest it in Balneo 20. daies then distil it vntil it be drie in the bottom then put on more spirit and digest it as afore and this ye shall doe vntill the salt be distilled ouer the helme and then it is prepared The preparation of tartar and first of spiritus tartari vel liquor fecularum vini TAke white tartar lib. 4. distil it in maner of aquafortis vntil all the spirits become forth the which ye shall seperate in Balneo from the oile then take that oile which remained in the bottom and rectify it in sand and thou shalt haue a most precious oile or balme thou shalt note that the first liquor seperated in Balneo is called liquor fecularuÌ„ vini or spiritus tartari which would be rectified froÌ„ the colcothar 3. or 4. times to take away his stinking smell the oile which ye rectifyed is called oleum fecularum vini siue mumia fecularum vini the which is most profitable in curing of running and corroding vlcers and sores which goe creeping vpon the flesh and especiallie those that come ex lue venerea being dâ—onke in wine it breaketh the grauell in the raines bladder and expelleth it by vrine certaine drops being dronke with the decoction of frogges is conuenient for the pthisick It preuenteth the infection of the plague if yee annoint the â—ostrelles therewith It drieth and consumeth ficus in ano in short time without any paine Furthermore Ê’ 1. of the spirit of tartar being dronke with the water of fumetorie or hirundinaria or such like is conuenient for pustulas gallicas exanthemata erisipelas the dropsie water betweene the skinne and the flesh menstrual fluxe and all obstructions of those partes as the iaunders It taketh away the leprosie in the beginning ye shall note that ye may augment his force meruellously in this order Ye shal mixe it with Aqua theriacalis which is made thus Take perfect good theriakle â„¥ 5. redde mirra â„¥ 2. Safrone â„¥ ss the spirite of wine â„¥ 10. mixe them in a glasse and set it to digest 6 or 7. daies then distill it in Balneo Sometimes they put into this water Ê’ 2. of Campher especiallie when it is vsed in whot burning agewes and inflamations and then it is called Aquae theriacalis camphorata As for example Take Spiritus vitriolli 1. ounce Liquoris fecularum vini correcti 3. ounces Aquae theriacalis 5. ounces mixe them and digest them in Balneo 40. daies then giue thereof 1. dram with good strong wine or other conuenient liquor bothe for the aforesaid effectes and also to cure and preuent infinite other diseases for this composition hath a singuler percing qualitie aboue many others yee shall note that the liquor of Lignum vite may be vsed in the same order and so it will worke his effect with more speede Sal tartari TAke those feces that remained of the Tartar at the first distillation and calcine them vntill they be white then dissolue it in faire water distilled beeing warme filter and congeale it and in the bottome ye shall finde a white salte which laied in a moyst place will turne into oile the which taketh away spottes in the face or any other partes also it clenseth vlcers if ye mixe 1. dram with 1. ounce of the spirit of wine this oile maketh the haire faire and yellowe yee shall note that if this salte be often calcined and congeled it will become Christaline and is of great force against diuers infirmities as hereafter God willing shall be taught The liquor of Honie Cap. 2. THat which diuers men call the oile of H onie is not a vnctuous oile like vnto other oiles but rather a certaine element the which is neither oile nor water although it bee cleere this is not much vsed in chirurgerie by cause it is not conuenient in sores but rather a thing appertaining to phisicke because it comforteth the stomacke strengtheneth the spirites and extinguisheth all feuers it helpeth the collicke It
it will suffer no venome to remaine within the body Being taken in the aforesaid order it helpeth those that haue surfeted by any meanes Being anointed on the stomacke morning euening it causeth an apetite and consumeth cold humors also if you drinke thereof euery morning Ê’ i. fasting it will purge the head and stomacke of all superfluous moisture and sharpeneth the sight if ye drop now and then one drop into the eie Being drunke as is aforesaid it helpeth those that are troubled with the Rume Catarre cough and stitch in the side caused of winde Being put into the eare it comforteth the sight and hearing meruellously and all impediments in the head and consumeth all euill humors by his proper qualitie and nature so that if ye vse it ye shall wonder at the operation It helpeth all manner of woundes in what place of the bodie soeuer they bee if yee wash them therewith and lay thereon a cloth wet in the same twise a day If yee wash the Sciatica therewith and lay thereon a cloth wet in the same it taketh away the paine in very short time It prouoketh vrine and expelleth grauell in the raines being drunk with parslie water or some conuenient licour it is good against the Feuer Quartane if ye drinke thereof 10 or 12. daies together euerie morning Ê’ 1. or Ê’ 2. after that the stomacke hath bene euacuated It resolueth all aches and swellinges comming of cold if ye bathe the place therwith It helpeth the tooth ach if ye hold it in your mouth so long as ye may suffer it It helpeth those that are troubled with the Cramp or that haue their mouthes drawen awrie by that meanes if they drinke a smal quantity and hold the same in their mouth annoint the partes therewith morning and euening Aromatico L F. THis Armatico is good against most contagious diseases as the falling sicknes Melancolie the Gout Elephantiasy Resolutions and such like kinde of diseases as the quartane the tertain and quotidian It is most profitable for those that are strooke with the pestilence or that haue dronke poison for those that are continually pained in the head also it is very profitable against the dropsie and water betweene the skinne and the flesh and those that cannot fetch their breath and against obstruction of Menstrua maligne vlcers the Pox and such like diseases it is either to bee eaten or drunke in wine or a litle warme broth itpurgeth both the stomacke and bodie of all noysome humors Fodicationum Emplastri THe vertues of this plaster are innumerable as well against old vlcers as new and also woundes It drieth mundifyeth and increaseth good flesh and healeth more in a weeke then any other doth in a moneth It will not suffer the flesh to corrupt nor putrify nor euill flesh to grow Against sinewes being thrust through or bruised it is an excellent remedy It draweth forth Iron Lead Wood such like being layd vpon the wouÌ„d It cureth the biting or stinging of venemous beastes It bringeth an impostume to maturation being onely laid thereon It is excellent against the Canker ignem persicum and to mitigate all paines And it may be kept 30. yeares in force These are to bee solde by Iohn Hester dwelling at Pooles wharfe at the signe of the Stillitorie 1591. The Table of the first part of this Booke those marked with R. signifieth remedies AIry things that can not bee congeled fol 12. Alba spina philos 14 Anima lapid philosophorum 13 All mettals swimme aboue Quicksiluer except Gold fol 9 Arte imitature of nature 16 17 19. Augmentatione 14 Asshes of Cockell shels fol 4 Affects of the pestilence R 6 5 Ad tophos 6 Asshes of Crabbes thought rather bitter then to be sharpe 5 Acorus the roote 5 The naturall agent or doer 8 18. Agricola Aubertus did without cause reprehend Aristotle 10 Aubertus is coÌ„trary to himselfe 13 Aubertus perceiued not Agricola his meaning fol 8 Aubertus in boiling of egs boyled peeces of golde 16 A similitude drawne from the increasing or growing of the childe before it hath perfect shape 9 Aloes why it is washed 2. B Bitter things their vertues 5 Briony roote 4 Byting of a mad dog R 5 Barke of Capares 4 Barke of the Ashe 4 By the motion operation of the celestiall bodies formes and essences are brought vpon earthly and inferiour bodies 14 C CoÌ„mendation of the chimicall Arte. 19 Cibacio Coagulacio fol 14 Calcinatione 4. Coniunctione 13. Collicke 2 Conulciones R 4 Corall 7 The Chimist subiect is not sought in animall things 19 Cadmia 11 Calcinatione was vsed of the Ancients 4 Crabs eyes calcined 5 Cordialles what they profite 2 6 8 Calchanthi et Colcotharis generatio arteficialis 19 CoÌ„mon sulphur is not the matter of the Philosophers stone 16 Cuttell bone 4 Chimicall Arte may sometime be termed naturall and sometime arteficiall 16. Chimicall Arte is possible may be attained vnto is very naturall 19 Chimicall Arte teacheth the true preparations of medicines fol 6 19 Chimiste why they haue such euil report spread of them â—1 Crabs calex do not increase the quartayne 5 D Digesting I fol 4 E Elixer 17 Expelling of the stone and grauell fol 4 5 Egges is no matter requisite amonge the Chimists 16 Egges the chiefe ende whereto they serue 9 F Fermentatione fol 18 Fermentum fol 17 Forma essentials 10 Feminine qualities 11 G Grose vapours vnder the earth fol 11 The great worke 11. Gold 2 7 22 fire can not consume it 2. 8. 9 Golde containeth Siluer 15. Golde to be in copper Mines 15 H Heate is the next efficient cause of mettals 14 Heate his force vertue 10 13 How many kindes of congeled or coÌ„crete bodies there are 13 How mettals are made of the elements 13 I IroÌ„ turned to steele 14 Incoagubilia 18 L Leade 7 Lac philosoph 18 LaudanuÌ„ a most laudable medicine what simples go to the making therof why his description is heere omitted 23 Lapis philosophic 16. Like is holpe with the like 4. M Meane minerals 7 Markasites idem Many and those verie erronious opinions concerning the matter of the Philosophers stone 16 17 Masculine qualities 11 Molifying the cough 2 N Naturalis formae duplicis 19 Naturall agent or doer 8 19 O Opium not corrected is very perilous 2 Opium killed the Father of Licinius 2 Out of what thinges the Paraselsians medicines are taken 6 P Paraselsus praise worthy 1 Proiectione 18 Puluis philosop 18 Putrifaction 17 Philosophers stone is not to be sought in vegetals 16 Perfectio rei 9 16 Paraselsians imitate most ancieÌ„t phisick 2 Q Quicksiluer is not vnknown to the Chimists 13 the Common Mercury is not the matter of the philosophers stone 16 Quicksiluer is not mettall indeede but may be brought vnto mettall 7 42 that it may wexe hard run together 12 that it is of an airie nature that it is the next and nerest matter vnto mettals 12
were yong againe There are diuers and sundrie preparations made thereof which here I do omit for breuity sake Of Siluer Cap. 2. SIluer which amongest all other metalles obtaineth the second degree of perfection is also temperat and doth some way emoulate the qualities of gold which Phisitions do minister against the same diseases especially against frensies and all melancholy greefes and to comfort the braine It is put into the Electuary of peatles laeticia Galeni aurea alexandrina and almost in all Antidotes wherein gold is vsed Neither is it otherwise prepared then after the manner of gold only that it is brought into thinne leaues and filinges But the spagerickes out of siluer itselfe draw an oile wherof 2 or 3 drops are giuen with water of Betony flowers sage or balme against the falling sicknes and all diseases of the braine as wee haue shewed and it is thus prepared Then Calcine fine coppell siluer with the oile of salt so often that it can not be brought into his body againe and thenwash the calx or powder vntill it bee sweet and reuerberate it out of the which thou shalt draw forth his proper salt in balneo then circulate it with the spirit of wine 15. daies in a pellicane to his perfect graduation the menstrue being seperated in balneo there remaineth in the bottom the oile of Lune fixed which is the best medecine for the aforesaid purposes Of Jron Cap. 3. THe ancient phisitions vsed Iron especially the scalles of steele to drye and a stringe and for that cause they quenched steele oftentimes in water whereby the water did gather a vehement force of drying which being dronke did cure the splene and the wine also wherein it is quenched doth helpe the chollike and disenterie is good for those that are troubled with choller and to strengthen weake stomackes as Aegneta and Actius haue learnedly written for Aâ—tius in his 14. booke reporteth that the scalles of steele brought into powder is giueÌ„ by it selfe vnto those that haue the splene especially to countriemen and such as are strong which kind of remedie is much vsed now a daies amongest Phisicions for the curing of the same diseases yet many of them condemne our mettalline remedies and conclude that they are to bee reiected as most venemous notwithstanding the ancient Phisitions haue drawen many inwarde medicines out of mettalles wherewith they helped many diseases as it may be seene Who then will disalow their due preparations and extractions of their quintessences Concerning Iron as it is not without byting so by spagyricall preparation it looseth his corrosiue qualities because there is a certaine sub till substance drawne out of it or els it is brought into oile which may be ministred inwardly with more safetee and with great profite against the same diseases because it may be suffered of the naturall heate and it wil also worke kindly vpon the bodie This Galen also doth testify in his 9. boke of the properties of simple medicines 42. chap. where he speaketh of the scalles of brasse all scalles saith he doe drie verie sore but they differ among themselues for some drie more some lesse because some are of a more grosse and some of a more thinne essence afterward he addeth but all flakes or scalles are strongly byting wherby it is euident that the matter of their substance is not thin but rather grosse for amongest those thinges which haue that quallitye that which is the thinnest is least byting The Spagyrikes therefore do draw out of Iron but especially of steele a most subtill substance which also with the fier of reuerberation they make thinner and thereof prepare crocus martis out of the which afterward they draw their oile which is a most excellent and no byting medicine against the Diarrheam lienteria Disenteria flux of the liuer a notable medicine for the stomacke and against all issues of bloud as well inward as outward if it be mixed with conserue of Roses or Comferie being prepared and confected after this manner Rec. the filinges of steele wash it often with salt water then afterwarde with fresh water then put thereon sharpe vineger that it may be couered foure fingers high let it staÌ„d certaine daies in the sunne powring on fresh viniger oftentimes that the filings may be made subtill This ye shall reuerberate a whole day in an open vessall vntil it be brought into a fine light red powder by the force of fire the which you may vse Then with his sharpe menstrue or the spirit of wine well prepared you may drawe easily forth his spirite whereof ye may make his oile whereof one drop is giuen in a conuenient decoction or mingled with some astringeÌ„t conserue to the vses afore said In this manner also is a lawdable medecine made out of Iron Calcine the filinges of Iron in a violent fire with the flower of sulphur vntill all the filings be come red and till the stinking earth be vanished away reuerberat this the space of a whole day and it will come to a very fine purple powder the which as I say before may be kept for your vse Balsamum martis VPon the filinges of Iron often washed with salt water powre sharpe vineger that it may bee couered four fingers aboue your filinges set it vpon warme ashes eight daies euery day stirring the matter and seperat the vineger which will be coloured red and powring on new vineger againe And that so long till the vineger be no more coloured red which being taken away take the powder that remained in the bottom and sub lime it with a like portion of sal armoniake the same sublimate yee shall returne againe so often vpon his feeces and sublime againe vntill they appear of the colour of a Rubie then cast all into scalding water that the salt may dissolue which done by and by put on cold water the feeces of Mars wil remaine in the botom like the calxe of gold powre away the water and power on fresh that the balme may bee made sweat In the aforesaid order you may make crocus veneris and balsamum veneris Of Coper Cap. 4. THe Phisitions doe vse copper diuersly prepared in their plasters and vnguentes for chi urgerie viz. For Emplastrum Apostolicum Nicolai Alexandrim and Viride aeris Emplastrum diuinum Nicolai Praepositi unguenium Apostolorum Auicenae and Egyptiacum Mesue All which do clense vehemently but not without some biting for they are sharpe out of the which notwithstanding by often washinges before they be mingled the sharpenes is taken away and they be made in manner of Epulotica medicines most apt to clense roâ—ten and hollow vlcers The Châ—micall phisitions prepare out of the said coper other medicines against the same diseases and to cure all eating hollow and rotten vlcers much more excellent which will worke without any byting or paine Calcine therefore your copper after the common manerthen out of
pox Likewise the fistula and all callowes matters Ex triapharmaco and the aforesaid precipitate is made a plaster which being put into the necke of the bladder with a waxe candle or small tent as it ought cureth the vlcers of it and taketh away the flesh without paine or danger The fixing water for the said turpetum is made ex Climia lapide Sedenegi lapide perlato marchasitarum sulphure rubicundo lacerta viridi rubra halinitro sale aluminoso this made after the manner of Aqua fortis among all waters of graduation this is the chiefest and verie fixing if any attaine vnto it truely Of mercury also are made other medicines for there is made of it being first prepared as it ought Amalgamy with gold which is put into a bolts head and closed with Hermes seall so being kept in a temperate fire 20. daies is brought to a yellowish fixed powder the signe of perfection is when it will not vapour away by force of fire neither be quickned againe in water This medicine is Diaphoretical and is ministred for the forenamed diseases specially to cure the pox onely by sweates There is also made of Mercurie a balme with the water of the calex of egge-shelles and tartar also a most excellent oile for fistulaes all vlcers and callosites this shall suffice to bee spoken of Mercurie so that this one thing being noted that the whole perfection of this medicine consisteth in the fixing and dulcifying of it Of Arsenicke Chap. 7. AMongest the corrosiue medicines which by the extreame sharpnes of heat do distroy our naturall heate or conuert it into fiery quallity and by their malignant nature dissolue the naturall moysture consume all the substāce of the bodie and cause putrifaction with stinche the Phisitions do accompt Arsenicke sandrake and orpiment and therefore do iudge the vse of those medicines very perilous in chirurgery nether by any meanes necessary because they are so venemous and contrary to our nature This they may verie well say if they knew not their true preparatiōs wherby they are made apt to cure many outward infirmities These medecines are said to be venemous for their maligne quallitie and sharpnes But that euil quallity consisteth in the spirit stinking aire or blacke smoake which it sendeth out with a small heate but the sharpnes is onely in the salt This venemous and blacke smoke when it is raised by natural heate doth weake the matter of the part corrupteth it oftentimes killeth as if one had dronke poison if it be not laide too farre from the principall partes specially the skin being wounded which happened to a certaine woman and Fernelius the chiefe of phisitions of our time witnesseth that he saw it seeing that maligne quality is in the blacke smoke it must be altogether fixed for by fixing as we said before in the chapter of mercurie all the venom is taken away from the spirites as from arsenicke mercurie orpiment others The sharpnes is taken away by extracting the salt which may be done by their proper washinges as wee haue before shewed by which reason arsenike shall not hurt but profit much in locall medicines for poisoned woundes the wolfe fistula canker and gangrena if it be dulie prepared fixed and sweetned Of which true preparation Dioscorides seemeth secretly to intreat of when as hee speaketh of that metalline sandaraca which in the beginning of the chapter he writeth to smell of sulfur It is giuen with mulsum to those that coughe out rotten matter and to those that are short winded it is verie well giuen in drinke with rosen It is verie hurtful to geue sandrake vnprepared when as Galen doth witnes it is of a burning quallitie vnto whose opinion Dioscorides also agreeth in the sixt booke 29. chapter of simples Therefore it will not be amisse or hurtfull to vse arsenicke or any other corosiue medicine being prepared in chirurgerie specially the preparation therof is thus sublime arsenicke 3. times with salt prepared and rubifyed vitrioll the scalles of Iron that yee may purge it which afterward yee shall fixe with salt peeter giuing fyer by degrees the space of 24. howres and it will be a masse whiter then snow Resembling the colour of pearles which yee shall dissolue in warme water to draw out his salt and there will remaine in the bottome a verie white powder which being dried ye shal fix with the like waight of olei inceratiuiex talco confecti and set it in a fournace of reuerberation on whole day then againe dissolue it in warme water that the powder may remaine white fixed sweet mhich in a moist place wil turne into a fat thicke oile like buter swaging paines for like as arsenike not prepared bringeth great paines and by the maligne qualities is poison so contrariwise by his fixing he looseth that and worketh without paine and is a profitable medicine for curing of poisoned woundes if 1. ounce of it be mingled with 2. ounces of oile of mirrha Many also sublime arsenicke 3. times cum calce fixa colchothare then dissolue it in aqua stigia fixatoria ac conueniente for that purpose distilling the water often from the feces thā reuerberate the caput mortuum which will come to a white powder fixed from which the alkalie is drawen out with the alchoole of wine and so is made sweete the vse of this is to cure fistulaes and cankers Of Sulphur chap. 8. SVlfur is the balme of the lunges which the Chimist doe 3. or 4. times sublime with colcothar to purge it from his impurities and make thereof many profitable medicines to cure asthmatis if sugar be mixed with it also of the flowers of sulfur and his proper menstrua Therebinthinat digested certaine daies in a drie heate there is drawne out a balme like to a rubine the menstrua being seperated there remaineth a verie red oile of sulphur which must bee circulated with vin◠distillato alcholisato and be this means is a balme drawne out of sulfur whereof 3. or 4 droppes is geuen with water of Isope to those that are short winded and spitte rotten matter It healeth all manner of woundes quickly c. Notwithstanding the auncient Phisitions seeme to haue thought that sulfure did only cure outward greefes that it had a drawing quallitie and was of a whot temperature and thin essence as Galen and Aegineta wrote and that it was good against venemous beastes specially against the Sea Turtle and Dragon either cast on drie or mingled yet Galen seemeth to allowe the vse of sulfurie waters by these wordes The bathes or drinking of sweet waters is very hurtfull to the sicke of the dropsie But of salte sulpherie and pitchie waters is very profitable Dioscorides writeth that sulfur eaten with a rere egge helpeth those that are shorte winded But the Spagirickes haue attained to many things vnknowne to the auncient Phisitions Finally of sulfur is also madeth sower
oyle by a bell which is a very profitable remedie for the teeth and cureth also cancered vlcers Of Vitriolle Cap. 9. GAlene and Aegineta asâ—irmeth that vitrioll dooth moste effectually preserue moyst flesh if it be powdred with it Dioscorides also writeth that the same drunken with water helpeth against the poyson of Tode stooles and for outward greefes it is put into Emplastrum Diachalcites to cure vlcers The later Phisitions make an oyle of vitrioll for the fallinge sickenesse and other diseases where of Matheolus and manie other moe make mentione But wee make many medicines of vitrioll as his spirite a sweete and sower oyle his Colcothar Salte and Oker The spirit is driuen foorth by the ix alimbeke powringe on againe all waies the liquor vpon the dead head and circulating it in Balneo 8. daies this is profitaable against the falling sickenesse but the fleme beeing seperated from the redde Colcothar by force of fire there is drawne out a sower oyle which is made sweete by circulating it with the spirite of wine and is giuen with succâ—â—ie water or with Ptysane in rotten agues for with the sowrenes it driueth away rottennes as the sirope of the iuice of Lâ—mondes doth and putteth away obstructiones with the subtilite of the partes Wherefore it is verye effectuall to helpe the obstructions of the bowels liuer and splene sometime a fewe dropes of it are mingled with the conserue of the flowers of Succorie and is a medicine of a pleasaunt taste to quench immoderate thirst yet the ignoraunt fay that this medicine is sharpe and therefore to be reiected but those good men are farre deceiued for it being well prepared is sweetish and the iuice of Lemones the vse where of is allowed in Phisicke is much sowrer then it as with the which Perles are dissolued and vessels of tinne eaten thorowe and that iuice giuen alone would hurt the stomacke as much as the oyle of Vitrioll but mixed with sugar it restraineth with his sowrenes the rottennes of burning feuers the malignite of Pestilent agues which thing also oyle of vitriol doth without hurt of the stomacke not by it selfe but mixed with conuenient thinges as many Spagiricke Phisitions at this day haue experimented who also in outward causes vse the vnsauery and sweetned Colcothar to dry vp vlcers and to stanch blood Of Antimoni Cap. 10. NOt onely for outward greefes but also for inwarde are medicines made of Antimoni The chymical Phisitions drawe out of it a most excellent medicine which they call the tincture of antimoni for they minding to try the force of Antimoni in mans body feared not to seeke out the secrets of it especially when they perceiued it to bee the greatest purger of gold and that it could driue away all impurities By which meanes they labour to seeke out the qualities of Antimoni that they might prooue whether it would worke the same effect in purging of mans body as it was euident to worke in the purging of golde at the length they obtained their desired purpose and found out the great excellencie of this medicine both to restore renue the body of man specially to cure the Mophew the Dead euill the Wolfe and all maligne vlcers for that tincture purgeth black bloud and all other viscious humors without any manifest euacuationes but onely by corrections of ill humors Let no man thinke that I speake of Vitrum Antimonij which many vnskilfull doo vse now a daies with great danger it is a noy-some medicine which by his sharpenes prouoketh the expulsiue power and purgeth both vpwarde and downe-warde with great vexation the which I can by no meanes allowe For all diseases are not cured with violence but with fitte and conuenient purgations For as Hipocrates saith 1. Aphori if such things be purged as ought to be purged it doth helpe and they beare it easily if not contrariwise But all true Philosophers therfore auoide these vitrifications and not seeke their medicines or tinctures in them vse therfore this method following Rec. The purest part of Antimoni that is his Mercury and subline it 3. times that nothing remaine in the botome so shall ye haue all his sulfure with his proportionate mercury which is called the true Lilly this digest in a reuerberatory being closed with hermes seale in degrees of the fire vntill it wax white and afterward there appeare the collour of a Rubine Out of the which with Alcoole glaciaâ— Cornioli that it may bee couered 8. fingers you shall drawe out the precious tincture which ye shal circulate in a Pellicand to his perfect graduation and fixing It is fixed also Cum terra muria and with washings the alkaly is drawne foorth and there remaine the white flowers of Antimoni which do strongly mooue sweate if you giue 3. â—s of them with water of Cardus Benedictus a most excellent medicine for intermitting feuers For outward greefes there is drawne out of Antimoni a very reade sulfure with tartar and niteâ— or onely with a lye made of quicke lime and ashes and many waies an oyle is drawne out all which are profitable to cure festered vlcers these shall suffise to be spoken of vs for the preparations of metalline thinges of the which God willinge wee will intreate shortly in an other booke more plainer Of the true preparation of Gemes and precious stones Cap. 11. OF sundry stones are made sundry healthfull medicines cheefely out of precious stones which of all Phisitiones are though according to the propertie of the whole substance according to their quality do take away sounding doo with stand corruption to strengthen the hart defend it from all kinde of poison By reason where of Electuariae Analepi Nicolai Myrep Diamargarit Antidotumâ—e gemmis confectio ex Hiacinth Alkermes are prescribed vnto sicke persons in pestilent diseafes and continuall burning feuers Into which are put Perle Saphires Smarages Granates Iasintes Sarda that is Corneola Iasper and Corall which kinde of stones may be worthely said to excell the rest both for their temperance and for their great cleerenesse which are neither lost nor spoiled by any heate of fire for the onely fixation of their spirites which may bee sufficientlie perceiued in them for which cause in manie respectes they may bee compared with golde for the cure of diseases Amonge the rest they be called precious stones euen as gold among all other metalles is called the most precious And although the quallitie of these stones are cordiall yet euery one hath his proper and peculier vertue to cure sundry diseases The Saphire being drunke dooth speciallie helpe them that bee stunge with a Scorpion The lacent also doth helpe wounds of venamos beastes and causeth sleepe The Smarage not onely drunke but also hung about the necke helpeth melancholie diseases and striueth against the falling sicknes as it were against an enemie The Iasper either hung about the necke that it may touch the mouth of the stomacke or else
borne in a ring comforteth the stomacke which Galen writeth that he made proofe It also helpeth to hasten the birth as Diosorides saith Pearles take away sounding Corall by his bindinge dooth strengthen the stomacke and stayeth spitting of bloude All which pretious stones the Phisitians vse against the aforesaid diseases without anie other preparation sauing bringing them into most fine powder as Alcool the which surelie profiteth very little for strengthening the heart if the pure essence be not first taken out of it which onely the Spagitickes art teacheth to doe according to which the tincture of corall is drawen out as followeth which is said to be giuen not onely to the aforesaid vses but to purge the bloud and against the Morphew and Herpes and to cure all the discases of the Matrix Calcine the best redde corall in a fornace of reuerberation in the second degree of the fire lest their tincture by the violence of the fire consume away then grinde them vpon a stone very fine and put them into a glasse with Menstruum caeleste distillatum cum proprio suo saccaro that it may be couered 7. fingers highe then lente the glasse with Hermes seale and set it in Balneo x. daies vntill the menstrua haue taken away all the tincture then seperate the menstâ—ua in Balneo and there will remaine a precious tincture in the botome of which a little droppe is giuen with water of succorie or fumetorie That celestiall menstrua is the true menstrua of algemmes which dissolueth them with true solution and from thence is the true essence taken and this all learned Phisitions will iudge to be more profitable for to cure the body then the only powder of them that menstrua dooth also make softe and dissolue the adamante stone which contrarie to the opinion of many doth take away poyson if vpon theÌ„ be cast the salt drawn out of the blood of a goate and distilled togeather reiterating the water 3. times vpon the deatheadeâ— let passe the preparations of the Adamant and also of the rubine because they be stones of great price and fit onely for Kinges You shall also rightlie dissolue pearles with the aforesaide menstrua but if ye wante it you shall vse Acido menstruum alcolisato with his equall proportion of the spirit of wine also alcolisated they doo the same also with the iuice of Lemondes and Barberes purified and filtred and prepared as it ought to be with ablutiones you shall take away the sharpenes from the Pearles if any remaine in them by meanes of the menstrua 2. or 3. graines of this essence is giuen with conuenient broth to strengthen the hart and to refresh the powers this essence dooth resist putrification about the hart the pestilence and poisons is giuen against resolution of sinewes conuulcions frenzes and vnto those that are waxen leane thorowe age or sicknesse Arnoldus writeth that the dissolution of pearle comforteth naturall heat helpeth the trembling of the hart and properly purifieth the bloud of the hart and many diseases are cured by them In the same order yee may drawe out of the other aforesaide gemmes their proper essence may haue their true preparation to cure many diseases In this order ye shal prepare the little stones of spunges Lapis Iodaicus Lincis and Christall to breake the stone in the raines The quintaessence of bolearmeni terra lemnij do maruelous much good against pestilent diseases and doo withstand deadly and venemous poisons that they cannot hurt But if ye will vse them to suppresse bloud they neede no other preparation seeing that it is the yearthes propertie to thicken and to bind as it is of the essence to quicken so dooth terra samia and the stone called Hematites and Cornalino which a learned Philosopher shall easilie attaine vnto The Spagiricall preparations of medicines which are taken out of Animalles Cap. 1. MEdicines which are made out of Animalles doo obtaine the second degree of perfection for they haue more force then they that were wont to be prepared out of vegitables which doo perish with lesse heate or colde and therefore is easelie destroyed that they scarcely profite any thing at all for the cure of diseases especially when they are commonly prepared among animalles man by right obtaineth the first place out of whose 3. fold MuÌ„mia that is to say liquid fresh and drie or transmarina of the which are made sundry most whole-some medicines to cure infinite sortes of diseases This last Mummia only was known to the auncient Phisitions which was nothing else but mans body laid in the tombe inbalmed with Frankensence Myrra and Aloes By which kinde of funerall the Sirians Egiptians Arabians and Iewes vsed in olde time to keepe their dead bodies from corrupting which natiuemummia the GreciaÌ„s called Pissasphaltus for they with that kind of pitch did inbalm their dead bodies which Mummia they vsed both inwardly and outwardly to staie bloud wheresoeuer it brake out to strengthen the stomacke and hart and to cure othr infinite diseases specially when the fragments of bones being cast away the earth and flesh being drie they tooke vp a liquor concreted and gathered in the hollow partes of the mans body but at this day we want that true natiue mummia of the auncients and the Phisitions and Apothicaries in steede of it vse the dried flesh and that without any preparation all be it out of it there may be taken or drawne a certaine pure essence which may after a sorte be compared in vertue and propertie with the true Mummia rather then that earthlie substance or only dried fleshe which scarcely auaileth any thinge to cure bodies therefore thus thou shalt prepare the common Mummia Take the best Mummia broken and cut in little peeces 1. pouÌ„d put it in a glasse with as much Spiritus vini alcolisati tere binthinati clari menstrui ana that it may be couered 4. fingers then shut it with hermes seale and putrifie it in the first degree of the fire 15. daies vntill the menstrua be of the colouer of a Rubine the which ye shal seperat in Balneo for the said purpose againe in the botome thou shalt find the true tincture of mummia the which ye shal circulate with the spirite of wine certaine daies and so thou shalt haue a more pure essence which is most profitable to the cure of al poisons either alone or if it bee mixed with theriakle Against the plague it is a most excellent medicine that it cannot be sufficiently commended It defendeth all bodies from corruption and is profitablie giuen to cure Phthisis Asthmatis if it be mingled with the conserue of Enula campane and violets it is also profitable against many other diseases the feces which remained are put into vnguentes to swage paines and aches Now remaineth to speake of the Mummia that the Chimistes know of which are 2. sorts fresh
and liquid which they thinke best to be thus prepared Rec. The pure and best liquid Mummia Alcoolis vini ana 1. pouÌ„d mixe them well together in a glasse and digest it in warme horse dunge or Balneo 12. daies afterward distill it as it ought reiterating the distillation twise againe then digest it againe 20. daies and distill it the third time then leaue thy glasse in the heat of dunge or Balneo till there be 2. essences perceiued one of a golden colour and the other white let these essences bee taken forth and circulated with his like menstrue in a Pellican many daies alwaies separatinge the feces and the impure from that which is subtill and pure and so with reiterating his digestions and rectifications you shall haue a most excellent medicine of this is giuen euery month in the full moone I. Scrup to them that haue the falling sicknesse it dooth mittigate that disease and driueth it away for it is his proper Alexipharmacum also it purifieth the bould Rec. The newest and best Mummia and cut it small then put it into a glasse with a long necke powring thereon the menstrua of Oliues and close it with Hermes seale then putrifie it a month that there may bee a solution then open the vessel and put it into a cucurbite of glasse and set in Balneo the vessell being open that the Mercurie maye flie away which it will doo with an incredible stincke and there let it remaine tell there come foorth no stincke and that all the Mummia be dissolued that which is dissolued put into another vessell and digest it in Balneo againe vntill it come to a thick oile and fatty like sirope of a duskish colour That being done circulate all with the spirit of wine in Balneo 20. daies then seperate the spirit and in the bottome will remaine a redde and sweete oile hauing the vertue of all naturall balmes which dooth greatly helpe all venemous and pestilent diseases Take of the Mummia so prepared 2. ounces of the best Alcoole vini 2. pound circulate them a moneth then distill awaie the menstrua per alimbicum then againe let it digest in a vessell closed with hermes seale and reiterat it 3. times as is aboue said vntill the matter abouesaid do altogether loose the nature of his bodie and become a tincture which truly doth excell with such a quickning power that there is no part wherevnto it doth not pearce No vlcer or any corruption which it doth not cure if ye giue euery day twice for a certaine time foure or fiue graines of it with a conuenient decoction Of the essence of mans scull Chap. 2. MAny learned men haue written that the scull of a man not buried is by a certaine propertie profitable against the falling sicknes for which cause I thought it not amisse to set forth the true preparation of it for I do not thinke that there is anie of the learned that doubteth but this medecine rightly prepared and brought into a thinne essence will be a great deale more effectuall and profitable to cure those diseases chiefly if you do dilligently consider the essence of the sicknes his causes and the remedie thereof therefore I will intreat of the preparation of which 1. scruple will profite more then a whole scull dried and beaten to powder whose essence is thus drawne out Rec. the scull of a man that hath not bin buried and beat it to powder and put it into spiritu vini saluiati so that it may be couered 6. fingers and set it to digest in Balneo 14. daies being close stopped then distill it in a retort according to the maner of aqua fortis then powre on that liquor vpon the feces or caput mortâ—â—m againe but first grind the feces then putrify it 8. daies distil it as at the first and that do 3 times than circulat all together certaine dayes that being done then seperat the menstrua and in the bottom thou shalt find the essence of the scull coagulated of which yee shall geue halfe a scruple with the water of the flowers of lintre in the fit and before the fit Or prepare it thus seeth the scrapinges of a scull that hath not bin buried with the spirit of Mellissa or Betony boyled powre that decoction by it selfe and againe powre on more fresh till there remaine no more force in the scull then vapor away all that water in Balneo and it will remaine in the bottom coagulated the which it shall resolue againe and vapour and coagulat so long till the matter remaining in the bottome may be sublimed with a most easie fire This sublimat doth helpe much them that haue the falling sicknes and looseth the belly aboundantly without any trauell or molestation Of Viperis Chap. 3. GAlen and other great phisitions haue taught vs many thinges out of Andromacus touching the preparation of vipers and their vertue for the cure of the leprosie which they had proued chiefly that it purgeth the whole body by the skinne out of whose flesh the head and taile being first cut of which are the most venemous partes and haue litle flesh in them being boyled in a pot with faire water dill salt and putting thereto stale wheaten bread they made pastillos the which is also put into theriakle Out of vipers also you shall make a most notable medecine against the leprosie plague and all venemous woundes in this maner In the moneth of Iune take 4 or 6. vipers of the which yee shall cast away the taile and the head and pull away the skinne and the intralles but cut the flesh in small peeces and put it in acucurbit of glasse 3. or 4. daies in the vapor of Balneo or of moist dung to driue forth the sweat But take heede ye receaue not the air of that fume which is corrupted venemous through the vapors of the vipers which being done powre vpon it the spirit of wine Alcolisati terebinthinati solutiui ana that it might bee couered 8. fingers high digest them in a vessel closed with Hermes seale in Balneo or moist dung twelue daies vntill all the flesh of the vipers be dissolued in the aforesaid menstrua then powre of the said menstrua from his feeces and vapor it away in Balneo and it will be coagulated like a iellie vpon the which powre againe spiritum vini cariophillatum circulat them in a pellicane 10. daies then seperat the menstrua and the flesh of the vipers wil remaine excellently prepared essentificated with the which mingle vpoÌ„ a gentle fire oleum anethi cinamomi ana 1 scrup a halfe essentia croci margaritarum ana 1. scrup then with the muslege of gum tragagant make it in pilles or if yee will make pastillos after the olde manner with drye wheaten bread 1. scrup of this medicine is giuen against the leprosie the plague and all other venemous diseases Of the skin
dissolueth the stone in the raines and prouoketh vrine The last liquor that is redde maketh the heare yellowe as golde if ye wash it there with diuers times It taketh away spots in the eies and is thus made Take pure honie 2. pouÌ„d and distil it in a glasse that containeth 2. gallons with a gentle fire in sand till it changeth colour then change the receiuer increase the fire a little vntill all the fumes be come foorth the which will afterwarde turne into a redde liquor which some call the oile ex leonardo Phiorauanti There is also a quintaessence or burning spirit made out of honie the which hath the vertues and quailities that the spirite of wine hath in all pointes and may be vsed in steede therof some affirme that this quintaessence or spirite of honie will dissoule golde being firste calcined and circulated therewith certaine daies It dissolueth like wise any kinde of iewell that is put therein It healeth woundes with greate speede if ye wash them therewith It helpeth againste the cough cattar and paines of the milte it cureth spots in the eies and preserueth the sight It is affirmed that one vsinge this essence 40 daies was cured of the Palsie and fallingesicknesse also this quintaessence beeing distilled 20. times with perfect pure siluer calcined it wil restore the sight vnto those that are in manner blinde The extraâ—ction of liquors out of plantes flowers seedes and rootes Cap. 3. PVt Celandine brused into a glasse cucurbit well stopped set itto digest 15. daies in warm dung then distil it with a gentle fire vntill the feces remaine drie the which ye shall stampe powâ—ring there on the element of water before distilled that iâ—t may be couered 4 fingers theÌ„ stop the glasse putrifie it 8. daies in Balneo after distill it againe giuing fire by degrees til ther come forth no more spirits in this 2. distillation thou shalt haue the water aire the fleme if ye wil ye may seperate by Balneo which reserue then calcine the feces that remaine which imbibe with the fleme reserued puttifie it in Balneo and distill it per alembicum vntill the matter appeare in white stones the which by often solutions and coagulations with his proper water become cristaline and so the earth shall remaine well purified which although it be white notwithstanding containeth his fire and inward tincture vpon this put on your 2. first elementes before reserued and circulate al together in Balneo till the oile appeare and swim vpon which is called the true essence endued with infinite quallities In like manner ye may attaine the true preparations of Melissa sage and Valerian and all other hearbes In that manner ye may prepare the oyles of flowers but the herbes and flowers which yeeld small quantitie of oyle must be cut or stamped small and then put it into a glasse mixing with them if they be drie faire water distilled But if they be moist or waterish ye shall put them in a glasse alone close stopped and set them in the sunne or some warme place to macerate vntill ye see the oile swimme vppon the toppe the which ye shall power foorth and making it warme ye may seperate it by a funnell or conuenient instrumente Some vse to take those herbes and flowers thus macerated and distil them in a vessel of copper with a refrigeratory and after seperate the oile ye shall note that what vertue the herbe is of the oile is of the same but much more forcible subtile Oyle of Time his vertues THree or 4. droppes being drunke with aqua mulsa helpeth the painefull cough shortnes of breath clenseth the brest and ripeneth the fleme it prouoketh vrine expelleth the secundine and dead fruite from the maâ—rix in diâ—â—olueth clotted and coÌ„gealed bloud within the body being vsed with Oximell and a little salte it purgeth toughe and clammie fleme and sharpe cholerike humours and corruption of the bloud It preuaileth against blastings and winde in the bellie and stones being often vsed it preuaileth against melancholie diseases and the goute the smell of this oile is profitable for those that are toubled with the falling sicknesse Beeing put in to a hollowe tooth it taketh away the paines presentlie Oyle of sweete Margerom THis oile being often vsed with other conuenient medicines is most profitable for those that are fallen into a dropsie and cannot make water but with great difficultie It preuaileth against winde and gripings in the belly and prouoketh neesing it is comfortable against all paines of the heade and restoreth smelling beeing lost if it bee put into the eare nostrels it is good against poison and the stinging of Scorpiones Oyle of Sage THis oile dissolueth congeled bloud within the body cureth inward woundes and bruses comming either of a stripe or fall It prouoketh vrine and expelleth grauell comforteth the hart and head that is greeued with cold humours it is profitable for women with child because it closeth the matrix and comforteth the childe it is profitable for those that are troubled with the gout palsie or weakenes of the sinewes if ye mixe it with oile of waxe annoint the partes therewith it helpeth the cough and openeth obstructions of the liuer and swageth paines in the side beeing drunke with wormewood wine it is profitable against the bitings of venemous beastes for it cleanseth the sores and healeth them if it be put into vnguentes fitte for that purpose Oyle of Peniriall THis oile being drunke with conuenient liquors proueketh Menstrua and bringeth foorth the after burthen the dead fruite and vnnatural birth It prouoketh vrine and breaketh the stone especially in the kidnes being taken with conuenient siropes it clenseth the lunges and breast from al grosse and thicke humors beeing taken with aloes and honie it preuaileth against crampes and contractions of the sinewes being dronke with water and vineger it stayeth the inordinat desire to vomit gnawing paines of the stomack and is profitable against the biting of venemous beastes the annointing of the temples and nostrelles with this oile is profitable against the falling sicknes and taketh away the swimming paines thereof and is most profitable for those that haue a colde and moist braine it slaketh the paines of the gout the fume of this oile being receaued at the lower partes with a funnell is profitable against windines and blastinges and also against hardnes stoppings of the matrix Oile of Mintes THis warmeth and strengtheneth the stomacke and dryeth vp moist and superfluous humors gathered in the same and causeth good digestion it stayeth vomitting being dronke and annointing the stomacke therewith and killeth round wormes being often vsed it helpeth the griping paines of the collicke and stayeth the menstruall fluxe being either eaten or dronk with some conuenient medicine it easeth women which are much troubled with harde and perillous trauell in childe birth It helpeth deafnes if it be
dropped into the eares the onely smell of this oile maketh the hart mery Oile of Hisope BEing dronke with some conuenient liquor it openeth all obstructioÌ„s of the brest it helpeth the shortnes of breath and cough being dronke with the sirope of vineger it expelleth tough and clammy fleme it killeth driueth forth wormes it hath the like operation if it be eaten with figges Oile of wormewood THIS oile is a profitable medicine against all paines of the stomacke that is oppressed with hot cholericke humors for it expelleth them partly by the stoole and partly by vrine and comforteth the stomacke likewise it purgeth all cholericke humors gathered together in the vaines and liuer The vse thereof helpeth the yellow iaunders and all obstructions of those partes It is profitable against windines and blastinges of the belly against paines and appetite to vomit and the wamblinges of the stomacke if it be mixed with oile of Aniseede and eaten in losenges or drinke it resisteth venome and killeth wormes being dronke and the belly annointed therewith it helpeth digestion purifyeth the bloud prouoketh sleepe and preserueth them in good temperature that vse it either with wine or some other conuenient thing it is profitable against the dropsie comforteth the liuer and hart and resolueth the milte if yee mixe with it 2. or 3. drops of oile of vitrioll it helpeth long sicknesses being often vsed in the morning with conuenient liquors it is very profitable for those that are waxen leane and are euill coloured in the face and bodie wormewood wine is verie fit to drinke it withall Oile of Rosemarie flowers THis oile is most commodious against all paines of the head proceeding of cold although it haue continued along time it comforteth the memorie and preserueth the sight it helpeth deafnes if it be dropped into the eares it openeth all obstructions of the liuer and milte and is profitable against the dropsie and yellow iaunders it breaketh wind and is profitable against the collicke and rising of the mother it is also good for those that haue dronke poison or that are infected with the pestilence if it be dronke with some conuenient liquor and sweat thereon It comforteth the hart and clenseth the bloud and maketh a man merieâ— to conclude it comforteth against all diseases of the bodie comming of colde and moist humors it helpeth the canker and fistula Oiles of seedes must thus be prepared TAke your seedes and beate or bruse them and lay them to steepe 2. or 3. daies in distilled water or wine then distill them with a refrigeratory with a gentle fire vntill all the oile be come forth the which ye shall seperate by a funnell Oile of Aniscede BEing dronk or eateÌ„ fasting in losenges in the morning it causeth a sweet breath is profitable for those that are short winded and cannot fetch their breath but with great paine it breaketh winde in the stomacke belly and guttes it breaketh fleme and causeth it to be spitte forth it increaseth nature it driueth forth poison by sweat it comforteth the breast and lunges it prouoketh vrine and breaketh the stone in the raines bladder it is good against the bloudy flixe and piles The nostrels being annointed therewith at night when ye goe to bed prouoketh sleepe and wood being annointed therewith wil not suffer mothes to breede there Oile of Fenell seede IT comforteth the affectes of the head It sharpneth the sight it helpeth the straitnes of the breast and horsnes of the voice it helpeth concoction dissolueth wind It breaketh the grauell and prouoketh vrine and the menstruall flux it openeth the obstructions of the liuer and milt and profiteth greatly against the dropsie and yellow â—anders being vsed with conuenient liquors or medicines Oile of commin seede IT is good against woundes in the splene and disperseth winde in the stomacke belly bowelles and matrix It helpeth the cough and shortnes of wind it is good against the fretting of the belly either taken by potion or glister It is profitable for those that haue the burning of vrine and cannot hold their water being dronke with water of ferne it helpeth digestion of grosse humours in the stomacke Oile of caraway seede THe vse of this oile is most conuenient against windines in the stomacke and helpeth digestion it prouoketh vrine and hath in manner all the vertues that are ascribed vnto aniseede Oile of Dill seede THe vse of this oile driueth away veÌ„tosity or windines asswageth blastinges and gripinge tormentes in the belly It staieth vomitting and the flux it prouoketh vrine it is auaileable against the suffocation and strangling of the matrix if the fume thereof bee receaued with a funnell at the lower partes it stayeth the yex or hicocke it healeth hollow and moist vlcers in the share or priuie partes it digesteth resolueth and swageth paines and ripeneth all rawe humors this oile may not be vsed too much inwardly for it diminisheth the sight and seede of generation Oile of Percelie seede THis oile openeth all obstructions of the liuer kidneis and prouoketh the menstruall flux if it be dronke with conuenient liquors it causeth appetite helpeth digestion and comforteth the stomacke It expelleth the stone and grauell in the mines and prouoketh vrine it is a good remedie against poisons it expelleth all blastings and windines it is good against the cough being taken with conuenient liquor Oile of the seed of Rue or hearbe grace CARDANVS writeth that this oile being dronke with wine it is of great vertue against poison for it causeth the patient to cast it foorth by vomite at the first time that it is taken And at the second it expelleth the other euill humors that are infected therewith And at the third time it cureth the patient and maketh him whole It helpeth all diseases of the eyes so that the apple of the eye be not perished if ye wash them with the water and droppe one drop of the oile into the eie being drunke it suffereth no poison to remaine in a man that day also beeing drunke it mitigateth the goute and dropsie comming of colde humours It restoreth all benummed members taken with the palsie if ye annointe them therewith Cardanus also affirmeth in his second booke De Subtilitate that there are certaine poisons the which do slaie onely with their touching against which poisons saith hee the best remedie is not to staie in any place vntill the hand waxe whote and often bathe the parts with warme water and annoint them with oile of Rewe YOur fruits and rootes must first bee beaten put them into a distilling vessel with as many gallons of distilled water as there are poundes of stuffe and so let them macerate 3. or 4. daies theÌ„ distil them with a refrigeratory as it is said afore Oile of Iuniper beries THis oile is profitable against griping paines or winde in the guttes and may
be compared to balme 4 or 5. drops being drunke preuenteth the resolution of the Sinewes the falling sickenes and other diseases of the braine it preserueth the body from poison and pestilent aires it comâ—orteth a weake cold stomacke staieth vomiting it purgeth the raines breaketh grauell and prouoketh vrine and is profitable against the dropsie and water betweene the skinne and the flesh it killeth wormes to conclude it comforteth all weake members by his piercing vertue it helpeth conuulsiones and shakings and paines in the necke comming of a Catar if ye annointe the partes therewith it easeth the paines of the sciatica in the hippes the gout and the collicke and all malign vlcers being annointed therewith Oile of Baie berries OVt of lb. 1. of Baies there is not drawne aboue ℈ 2. of oile by distillation the which is most profitable against Collicum iliacum sciaticam passionem Oile of Iuie berries THis oile is distilled as the oile of Iuniper berries but some doo take the berries wood gum and all together and distil it by descention out of the which there will come foorth a thicke blacke oile that is profitable against colde diseases of the iointes it prouoketh the Flux Menstruall expelleth the stone and purgeth vlcers Oiles of sweete smelling thinges are thus prepared BEate them grosely then infuse theÌ„ in faire distilled water as afore is said and distil them with a refrigeratorie Oile of Cinamom THis reuiueth the naturall spirits marueilously it disperseth the euil humors in the stomack it openeth obstructions and is profitable against all cold diseases it preserueth from putrefaction it cureth woundes and vlcers as the naturall balme doth it causeth faire deliuerie of child birth it is a most precious remedie for those that lie speechlesse if ye put 3. or 4. drops into their mouth either by it selfe or mingled with cinamom water it helpeth concoction the lyke vertue the water hath but it must be vsed in greater quaÌ„tity This oile is of such a piercing nature that it pierceth thorough the whole bodie and finally it is a present remedie for a woman that soundeth in her trauaile if she drinke 3. or 4. droppes The Oile or essence of Safrone TAke drie Safron and drawe awaie his tincture with the spirit of wine vntill the feces remaine white the which ye shall calcine according to arte and circulate them in Balneo with the said meÌ„strua afterward let it settle vapor away the said Menstrua in Balneo and the essence of Safron will remaine in the bottome the which is excellent to comforte the spirites for if ye mixe a droppe or two with brothe or some conuenient liquor it restoreth and strengtheneth the weake spirites marueilouslie but especiallye the hart with infinite other vertues which wee omitte tyll another time Oile of Mace THis oile is of a hot facultie and therefore it is commodiouslie vsed in the Collicke comming of a cold cause or of a Catar descending from the heade it comforteth the hart belly and Matrix It is also good against trembling of the hart the obstructions of the bladder and Matrix it helpeth the strangurie and all diseases hauing their original of colde It strengtheneth the stomacke and wombe being vsed in wine or broth or made in losenges Oile of Cloues THis oile is very profitable for the bellie hart and liuer and hath all the qualities of naturall balme it healeth all fresh woundes and punctures it strengtheneth the hart and head and helpeth the megrim it purgeth melancholie bloud it sharpeneth the sight comforteth the stomacke causeth digestion and maketh a sweete breath it helpeth the collicke and all the paines in the bellie comming of colde if ye drink two or three drops in wine or eate losenges made with the same oile Oile of Pepper THis oile hath much more vertue then the Pepper it selfe in piercing and specially in the windie collicke other weake partes filled with fleame it staieth the shaking of the feuer tertain if ye take three or foure droppes with sirope of quinces two houres afore the fitte prouided that the bodie be first well purged and let bloud as occasion shal serue ye shal note this oile is onely the ayrie parte seperated from the other elementes Oile of Nutmegges THis oile being drunke with coÌ„uenient liquors bringeth downe the menstruall fluxe and also the quicke and deade fruite and therefore women with childe shall not vse this oile vntill such time as they be in trauell and then it causeth faire deliuerie without any danger it is profitable against all paines of the heade comming of colde it causeth a sweete breath and warmeth and strengtheneth a cold stomacke and consumeth superfluous humors of the same it dispearseth winde and appeaseth the collicke is profitable for the affects of the bladder it helpeth inward woundes beeing drunke with some conuenient wound drinke it helpeth colde diseases of the sinewes and swellinge of the Spleene two or three droppes being taken in broth Oiles of Woodes are thus prepared TAke Lignum vite rasped in powder and put it into a glasse or stone pot close stopped and set it in Balneo or warme dunge certaine daies to digest then distill it with a gentle fire Per descensum and there will come foorth a liquor called of the chimistes Mercurie then increase the fire and there will come foorth an oile which is called the sulfure the which must bee purged by arte from his stincking smel then take the ashes of the woode and drawe foorth his salt with Fumetorie water the which ye shall calcine dissolue and congele diuers times vntill it be as white as snow the which salte by a workeman may be brought Cristalline Of the Mercury or first liquor is giuen one spoonful or more with 2. ounces of Fumetorie water against all vicious humours in the body and driueth them out by sweate with the oile or sulfure ye shall cure the vlcers or other greefes after the bodie is well purged with the salt the which is done in this order Take of the salte Ê’ i. good theriakle â„¥ ss mixe them and giue thereof Ê’ ss more or lesse according to the discretion of the phisicion and the strength of the partie in this order must thou draw forth the Mercurie sulfur salt of all maner of woods there are diuers other orders to giue this Mercurie or liquor whereof some are written in the chapter where wee intreat of spiritus tartars Oile of Iuniper wood THis oile is profitable for members that are weakened through cold it strengtheneth the raines and matrix and helpeth conception it cureth maligne vlcers wounds and swageth paine it taketh away the fit of a quartane feuer especiallie being annointed from the nauell downeward Oile of the wood of Ashe THis oile doth cure the colde gout and cicatriceth raw places it dissolueth the white morphew and maketh it blacke it cureth those that
vrine and menstrua that are suppressed it resisteth corruption it cureth the plague and sundrie feuers as pestilential tercians quartanes and quotidianes it withstandeth vomitting There is no doubt but that al these vertues are contained in this blessed Mumia for that we see the effect in crude vrine for it moueth vrine and menstrua it cureth tumors the dropsie it helpeth the paines and wind in the gutâ—es collicke it is profitable against the feuer tercian quartan quotidian and against the plage and pestilent feuer it is a remedy if it be dronke 15. daies together with safron or certaine graines of this powder following whose wonderfull vertues daily experience doth shew as well in curing as preuenting as hath bin proued in the time of the pestilence Take Maces laied to steepe in vineger 24 houres ouÌ„ ij caÌ„phir ouÌ„ ss Manus Christi made with dissolued perle oile of cinamom ouÌ„ iiij beat them in fine powder and keepe it to thy vse Vrine also breaketh the stone in the raines and bladder it dissolueth the obstructions of the liuer it cureth the iandies it purgeth the lunges and killeth wormes with diuers other vertues which ye shall find written in a booke called Vrinarum probationes Iodoci Wilichij the dose of the essence is from ouÌ„ i. to ouÌ„ ij with sugar cinamom of the crude vrine yee may drinke greater quantitie Paracelsus writeth a great arcauÌ„ of vrine and calleth it Rebisola and sal cristalline the which cureth the iandies take the vrine of a yong child as a fore and boile it in a glasse or stone vessell and skum it cleane then put it in a glasse and set it in a moist place certaine daies and in the bottom ye shall finde certaine stones â—f salt congealed the which are called Rebisola and are of a wonderfull vertue against all obstructions of the body The feces remaining in the bottom after the vrine is quite boiled away being calcined white and dissolued in a conuenient distilled water and congealed againe into a most white powder is a most approued experiment against all outward greefes of the eies if it bee put therin twice a day Rec. Euphrasiae faeniculi rutae chelidoniae veâ—benae betonicae ana m. i Rosmarini m. ss semen feniculi anisi carui sileris montani ana ouÌ„ ss Calami aromatici Ê’ vi thurismirrhae aloes ana Ê’ ij aque rosaruÌ„ lb ij aque rutae vini odorati ana lb i. vrinae pueri lb ss let them stande together foure daies and then distill them in a glasse and therewith wash your eies Also yee shall hange in this water a fine linnen cloth wherein is the powder of white amber or succinum or else put in the powder it selfe Also it would bee good to wash their feet in the morning with the decoctioÌ„ of betonye and sometime to take the fume of Xyloaloes in the eies the which is a present remedy against Opthalmia Of common salt THere are founde three sortes of saltes the one naturall which is a meane mineral called sal gemmae or stone salt the which is found in mountaines in the prouince of Calabria and in Spaine in the I le of Iuiza whereof there are diuers medicines prepared the second is artificiall as is made in Cheshire and diuers other places by boiling it The third kinde is made in the sand by extreame heate of the sunne but the most pleasantest and well relished salt is that which is boiled on the fire for it is pure and white neuerthelesse the salt of the mountaine is of more vertue in phisicall causes for if it be calcined 40. dayes and then dissolued in the quintessence of honie it is of such vertue that it will in maner reuiue a man that lies speechlesse if yee giue him a spoonefull thereof to drinke also this salt being made in a pultus with branne and oile and applied warme helpeth many griefes Also a decoction of sal geÌ„mae with wine and oile being giuen in a clister is most profitable against pains of the head the sciatica and paines of the raines and likewise is profitable for those that are troubled with a carnositie in the yard for by nature it preserueth all thinges from putrefaction also this salt being often calcined dissolued congealed may be vsed in meates in stead of common salt for it procureth an appetite causeth digestion killeth wormes with diuers other vertues Also it may be made fusible in this order Rec. lb. i. of sal geÌ„mae and 2. ounces of tartar calcined one ounce of sal nitri and boile them in distilled vineger vntil it be drye then grind it to powder and boile it with as much faire water vntill it be drie and this ye shall doo so often vntill it remaine like an oile in the bottome for as soone as it feeleth the aire it will turne to water This oile doth retaine all volatill spirits is called of the Alchemistes their susible salt It helpeth in manner all kind of vlcers if ye touch them therewith in short time L. F. Oleum salis Rec. coÌ„mon salt lb. 3. terrae luteae lb. 6. salis nitri purgati ouÌ„ i. ss mixe them well together distil theÌ„ in a retort of earth as ye would do aqua fortis vntil all the spirits be come forth the which ye shall rectify in sand vntill all the fleme be separated from the spirites This oile being mixed with oile of verbascum and annointed taketh away the paines of the gout and dissolueth hard swellinges It quickneth a man it consumeth water betweene the flesh and the skinne it driueth away the falling sicknesse it profiteth against the dropsie and feuers if three or foure droppes be dronke with aqua vitae Sal nitri THis salt is a kind of salt of vrine the which is taken forth of the earth by art and is verie profitable against many infirmities and worketh two contrarie effectes the first is that it cooleth greatly as yee may see in sommer when the weather is most hot how that for to coole their wine presently they take sal nitri and mixe it with water and therin shake or moue their bottelles of tinne or glasse being full of wine presently it waxeth as cold as Ise also laid vppon the tong it cooleth maruellouslie To the coÌ„trary if ye drink the waight of Ê’ i. it will heate the bodie maruellouslie Also a water made of sal nitri and roch allome according to art is of such an extreme heat that it wil dissolue siluer copper Iron steele and all other sortes of mettalles presently into water Moreouer being mixed with cole and sulfur it maketh gunpowder Also sal nitri being calcined 30. daies with as much tartar and circulated with the spirites of wine mixed with the spirites of cinamom ginger and cloues it will bee a most rare medicine to cure the Etisie and dropsie such like diseases Oleum salis nitri