Page 129 130 131 132 W WHiten Hair Page 8 Whiten Teeth Page 13 14 Warts in the Face Page 36. 95 96 97 Wrinkles of the face Page 36 37. 54.92 Whiten Freckles Page 37 Worms and Scabs of the head Page 89 Whiten Skars Page 93 Whiten the face Page 108 the hands Page 109 110 111 Warts in the hand Page 116 Wrinkles after Childe-bearing Page 120 OF Ornamental VVaters OF SWEET WATERS SECTION I. A sweet Water for the Body or Garments TAke of Rose-water of Orange-flowers of Myrtels of Musk-water each a pint Powder of Oriental Orrice one ounce Sivet a dram mix them and boil them in a Glass vessel till a third part be wasted then keep in a Glass vessel very well stopt Another sweet Water Take of Rose-water as much as is sufficient of Musk one scruple Sivet and Amber-greece each a little set them in a Glass vessel by the fire till they are hot then stop it well and keep it for your use Another of the same Authors Take rose-water four pints benjamin styrax cloves camphire wood of aloes each one ounce musk and sivet each one scruple mix them in a glass vessel well stopt and boil them four hours in Balneo Mariae then when it is cold strain it and put it in another glass vessel well stopt and set it in the Sun five dayes adding fifteen grains more of musk The Authors Musk-water Take of the best rose-rose-water two pints the best musk one ounce and a half mix them and still them in Bal. Mariae with a very gentle fire then keep it in a vessel well stopt Another Take of rose-rose-water twelve pints water of lavender cloves cynamon each one dram mace cardamoms musk ambergreece each half a scruple citron pill yellow saunders orrice each half a dram benjamin storax-calamite each one scruple mix them all in a glass vial and put them in Bal. Mariae ten dayes then set it in the Sun fifteen days more and it will be most excellent Another of the same Take of rose-rose-water four pints lavender-water six ounces the water of jasmine-flowers three pints musk one scruple mix them and when they have been well stopt up ten dayes in a vessel then distil them in Bal. Mariae and keep it for your use A sweet water of the Italians which they call Damask-water TAke of cynamon one ounce cloves half an ounce sweet-marjoram rosemary lavender Bay-leaves penny-royal green province roses each a handful mallego wine rose-water each a pint and a half cut the green things powder the dry ones and set them in the Sun six dayes then distill them in a double vessel some adde to them citron pill storax calamite oâ—rice each one dram and flowers of jasmine they sprinkle this water on their garments linnen hands and nostrils Another Take of cloves half an ounce rose-rose-water a pint and half mix and distil them Another pretty fancy Put twelve grains of musk into a vessel with a narrow mouth and put roses or violets into another vessel join the mouths of these vessels together and set them in the Sun so that the roses be uppermost but let their mouths be parted with a linnen cloth some bruise the roses a little instead of musk you may use cloves and cynamon Another Let the lowest part of the glass be filled with roses then strew on lillies and let every row have cloves strewed on and a little musk but let the uppermost row be of roses and so distil them Or this way is made a most sweet Water Take of Roses cut three pound Cynamon Cloves each two drams Camphure half a dram Orrice root half an ounce Nutmeg Mace each two drams put them in a glass and pour upon them Candy-wine Rose and lavender-Lavender-water each three ounces steep them eight dayes and distil them rellish it with a scruple of Musk and digest it in the Sun five dayes you may adde also Storax-calamite and Benjamin Another compounded of the former Take of rose-rose-water a pint of damask-damask-water of water of citron pills of orrice each one ounce storax-calamite half an ounce cloves two drams musk amber-greece sivet each one scruple set them in the Sun fifteen dayes shaking the glass every day it is excellent for the heart brain and stomach Of Waters that make the Hair grow long TAke of lard as much as is sufficient shave it very thin then beat it in a marble morter that it may be like paste then distil it in an Alembick and you shall receive a white liquor with which you must anoint the Hair Another to lengthen the Hair Take of streined honey three pints forty yelks of eggs mix them and distil them and anoint the hair with it Another of the same Take of fresh Maiden-hair bruised one handful of the best honey as much as is sufficient mix them in the form of a paste and distil them Of Waters that colour the Hair A Water to make the Hair black TAke of Gum-arabick four ounces chebul and emblick myrobalanes each half a pound being powdred and distilled by a gentle fire set them in the sun two hours and the head being washt with a Ly and dried last of all wet the hairs with wine and salt and wash them with the distilled water but let it not touch the skin Another of the same Take of Gum-arabick four ounces chebul myrobalanes roses each half a pound being bruised distil them with a gentle fire and let the head being first washt with water and not exactly dried again be washed with this distilled water Another to black the Hair Take of privet and date-stones powder'd each alike of the water in which bean rindes and gauls have been boyled as much as is sufficient mix them Another of the same Take of Cypress nuts as many as are sufficient of red wine red vinegar each alike boyl them together and with this Decoction wash the hairs Another of the same Take of the spume of silver as much as is sufficient of vinegar or the juice of Citrons or Lemons as much as is sufficient boil them together half an hour then wash the hair with it Another Take of the filings of iron as much as is sufficient put it into the sharpest vineger for ten days then wet the hair with it Another Take of the dross of iron filings of lead as much as is sufficient boyl them in vineger till one half be wasted strein it and wash the hairs Another of the same Take of Caper roots as much as is sufficient boil them in Asses milk till a third be wasted wash the hairs and let them alone all night Another Take of salt Gemm scales of brass privet each alike powder them and distil them in an Alembick Another Take of salt Gemm one pound Romane Vitriol half a pound salt Niter four ounces the green roots of Celandine two pound being bruised and powdred draw a water with an Alembick cast away that which comes out first but the next colours the hairs being first washt
and dried in the hot Sun Another most excellent Take of Aqua-fortis half an ounce fine silver two drams mix them and when the silver is dissolved adde of rose-Rose-water three ounces and wash the hair A Water to make the Hair yellow Take of the best honey two pints Gum-arabick two ounces distil them with a gentle fire the water which comes forth first doth whiten the face the second and third makes the hair yellow Another Take of the shavingâ— of Box French Lavender Citron Liquorish powder'd the roots of Colts-foot Maidenhair each as much as is sufficient a little Saffron boil them all together till a third be wasted Another Take of Agrimony one ounce one stone of a horse dried boil them in spring water and distil them and use it the head being first washt Another of the same Take of vinegar two pints salt niter half a pound and distil them A Water to make Hair red Take of the water of raddish of privet as much as is sufficient mix them and wash the hair A Water to make the Hair white Take of the greater Centoâ—y four ounces the lees of Allom eight ounces Roch-allom Gum-arabick each two ounces clean white soap Gum-tragacanth each four ounces water six ounces boil them to one half and strein it and the head being washt with it and dried by the sun last of all wash it with Lye Of Waters that increase the Hair A Water to make Hair grow TAke of the flesh of snails wasps bees horsleeches burnt salt each alike quantity put them in a glazed Vessel having small holes at the bottom like a sieve and put under that another glazed vessel which may receive the moisture which will drop forth in many days by degrees take that and rub the places that have no hair with it A Water against shedding the Hair Take of pure honey candy wine a boyes urine milk each one pint and distil a water with which you must wash the places from whence the hairs fall Another more effectual Take of mountain hyssop mountain calamint the leaves of southernwood each two handfuls rich Candy wine piss honey milk each two pints mustard-seed half a pound powder those things which ought to be then mix them and let them steep three days afterwards distil the water the use of which will suddenly bring forth a beard and restore hair to bald places Of waters that hinder the growing of Hair Take of the blood of Frogs sealed earth sumach roses each a sufficient quantity vineger juice of house-leek each enough steep them 24 hours then distil them and bathe the part often with it Another of the same Take of a Cowes horn roch-allom black Poppy powder'd each a sufficient quantity fresh Cows blood two pints steep and distil them use it every night Another Take the decoction of Spurge made with vineger unslaked lime and mallows Another Take of Henbane powder'd half a pound put it in a moist place and after a time adding two ounces of the leaves of Orpin distil it and the hairs being pull'd out often bathe the bare place with it Of Waters that take away the faults of the Eyes Against tears of the Eyes TAke of ripe Strawberries as much as is sufficient steep them in horse dung fifteen days then distil them Another of the same Take of the flowers of white thorn the flowers or tops of Sallows and the leaves of Sallow each a sufficient quantity and distil them in a glass vessel Against redness of the Eyes Take the juices of Celandine Vervin Rue Fennel each three ounces the tops of Rose-leaves as much as is sufficient Sugar-candy three ounces the best Tutty and Dragons blood each four ounces prepare them and distil them A Water to preserve the Sight Take of Myrrhe one ounce Aloes two drams Saffron one dram Frankincense Ginger Sarcocol Camphure powder'd each a little put them into water and keep it for your use Another Take of Fennel Vervin Eybright Endive Betony red Roses Maidenhair each three handfulls bruise them and steep them a day in white wine and then distil them Another of the same Take of Fennel Celandine Sage Rosemary Vervin Rue each a like quantity distil them in an Alembick A Water against pains of the Eyes Take of Rose-water Eyebright Celandine each one ounce Tutty prepared one dram mix them the water from a vine cut is good for the same A Water to restore the sight Take of Fennel Celandine Vervin Rue leaves of Elecampan each one handful small wilde Teasel Milfoil each a handful Camphure half a dram distil then in an Alembick A Water to dry up tears from the Eyes Take of Tutty prepared one ounce the blood-stone half an ounce Dragons blood Acacia Antimony each a dram Camphure two scruples sealed earth a dram Frankincense Mastick white Pepper each half a scruple water of Fennel Eyebright each one ounce water of Violets Roses each two ounces old wine three ounces boil them all in a double vessel till half be consumed and then strein it A Water for the redness of the Eyes Take of the juice of unripe Grapes two ounces Aloes a dram and half binde it in a linnen Cloth and steep it in the said juice and at night wet the eyes with it A Water against darkness of the sight Take of Tutty prepared four ounces the juice of unripe Grapes half an ounce or five drams set them in the Sun fifteen days and adding half an ounce of rose-Rose-water sun it fifteen days more and five days with Eyebright water afterwards powder the Tutty and strein it through a fine cotton cloth and keep it for your use A Water against blood-shed Eyes Take the pieces of a Marchesite and burn them then quench them in old clear common oyl powder them and distil them and powder them over again with the reffuse and distil it again Another of the same Take of Benjamin one ounce pure white honey half a pint Fennel and Rue water each twelve drams water of Sweet-marjoram half an ounce distil them in an Alembick A Water for swellings of the Eye-lids and tears of the Eyes Take of Agrimony Vervin Fennel Roses Celandine each a sufficient quantity being all cut and sprinkled with a little white wine distil them Of Waters that whiten the Teeth TAke of salt Arabick salt Gem each half a pound sugar'd Allom three ounces powder and distil them and rub the teeth with a scarlet cloth dipt in the water Another of the same Take of Roch-allom salt Niter each one pound a little Vinegar being powder'd dissolve them with Vinegar and distil them to every ounce of the water adde four ounces of juice of Lemons and rub the teeth with it Another Take of red Allom six ounces common Salt three ounces Mastick one ounce Myrrhe half an ounce Cloves six drams mix and distil them with which rub the teeth Another Take of Salt clensed and bruised one pound of Ice-alume one ounce distil them in an Alembick with an ounce
of this water mix an ounce of plantane water and rub the teeth with a Cotton cloth dipt in it Another precious one Take of the first water of honey distilled which is white one pint white Salt one ounce Allom half a pound salt Niter one ounce water of the leaves of the Mastick tree one pint Mastick White-wine-vineger each two ounces distil them all in Bal Mar then rub the teeth with a Mastick stick dipt in it Another Take of white Wine six ounces the tops of Myrtil Servas-tree Cypress each three ounces Pomgranate flowers the bark of Nut tree roots Pellitory of Spain Dragons blood Date stones burnt red Rose-buds Cynamon each one ounce bruise them and distil them with a gentle fire mix with two ounces of this water one ounce of burnt Harts-horn and one ounce of Dragons blood and set them in the sun four days then rub your teeth with it A Water to strengthen the Teeth Take three Nutmegs two roots of Ginger a little Mastick Pellitory of Spain sweet Marjoram Hyssop Mint Rosemary Sage Salt each half an ounce put them all into sweet wine and let them boil till a third part be consumed then strein it well and use it hot A Decoction to fasten the Teeth cleanse and strengthen the Gums Take of the water of Mastick tree leaves of Rosemary distilled Vineger each half a pint Myrrhe Mastick Bolearmenick Dragons blood burnt Alume each one ounce choice Cynamon half a dram rain-Rain-water three pints mix them all and boil them with a very slow fire a quarter of an hour adding of despumed Honey half a pint a little Benjamin wash the teeth often with this holding it in your mouth a while Of Waters that adorn the Face TAke of the Crum of Barley-bread two pound of Goats milk three pints white wine half a pint of the four greater cold seeds bruised each three ounces Frankincense Mastick Myrrhe each one ounce fresh Beans two pound or Beans-flowers three small handfuls or of dryed Beans and red Cicers each two pound Rice half a pound flowers of water Lillies Violets white Roses each two small handfuls ten Eggs distil them in Bal. Mar. If you adde Turpentine before you distil it the liquor will be the better and preserve the face the longer Another of the same Take of the Decoction of a Chicken Capon or Hen three pints of the juice of Lemmons one pint White wine vineger half a pint Bean and Water-lilly-flowers each three small handfuls Camphure and whites of Eggs each two drams mix them and distil them with an Alembick In stead of the Decoction of a Capon or Hen you may use the milk of a white Goat Another of the same Take of Bran separated from the best grain and of the strongest Vineger each a sufficient quantity mix them and make a paste to which adde in the mixing twelve whites of Eggs and distil it A water to beautifie the Face Let the water made of the whites of new Eggs through a sponge with an equal quantity of Juice of Lemmons be distilled as Rose-water afterwards adde to this water two ounces or thereabouts of common Lye and put into it a whole Lemmon bruised after eight days preserve the Juice from it and mix it with the water let the face be first washt with common water and dried and then with this distilled water Another Take of Rosemary white Tartar white Wine each a sufficient quantity mix them and distil them in an Alembick A water to make the face very fair Take two young Pigeons two pound of Veal Spurge-seeds clensed four ounces Pine Nuts sweet and bitter Almonds the Roots of white and blew Lillies Beans bruised and cleansed Ox-gaul the Root of Grass Plantane bastard Dittany each as much as is sufficient one Lemmon cut and cleansed the crum of white Bread steeped in Milk Gum-armoniack dissolved in Vineger Privet flowers each a sufficient quantity mix them and distil them with a gentle fire and put a little Musk and Benjamin about the top of the neck of the Receiver and keep it in a vessel well stopt Another Take of green Pine-nuts cleansed and cut as much as is sufficient put them in milk three days every day adding new milk then distil it with the things following viz. Glass powder'd four ounces red Coral three ounces Sugar-candy four ounces Allom one ounce mix them and make a powder then take of Quicksilver killed with spittle one ounce and a half twelve new laid Eggs shels and all broken and beaten together Turpentine nine times washt four ounces white Sea-periwinkles which Perfumers sell two ounces Earth-snails fifty bruise them all and mix them then put in part into a Glass-goard and then part of the powder afterwards part of the Turpentine last of all part of the snails thus laying one upon another till the Goard be full then adde a sufficient quantity of white Wine and with a slow fire distil it for your use A Mellon Water to beautifie the Face Take of white Mellons cleansed from the Rine as many as needs and cut them into pieces a finger thick then take of Sugar'd-allom four ounces Burnt-allom Quicksilver kill'd each one ounce white Sea-periwinkles two ounces washt Turpentine one ounce twelve new laid Egges bruised with their shells white Lemmons cut in pieces as many as you please Sugar four ounces Goats milk white wine each a sufficient quantity put all these in a Glass-goard one upon another as hath been said then distil them with a gentle fire and keep it in a glass vessel for your use A compleat Goard-water Take as many Goards as you please cleansed from the Rines and cut in round pieces Sugar'd-alume six ounces Alume one ounce Myrrhe a dram washt Turpentine half an ounce four new laid Eggs bruised six Lemmons sliced Snailes as many as you please white Wine a sufficient quantity Powder what is to be powder'd and mix them laying the first row with Sugar then with powders the third with Snails the last with Wine Lemmons and Eggs and so distil them with a gentle fire then keep it in a glass vessel eight or fifteen days A water to set forth the Face Take two Calves feet twelve pints of rain water boyl away half then adde one pound of Rice the Crumb of one Loaf softned in Milk two pound of fresh Butter ten whites of Eggs with the shells mix them all and boyl them then distil them to which at last adde a little Camphure and Sugar'd-alume and it will be excellent Another of the same Take of Chrysocol or Borax two ounces of Roche-alume Scissil Squammous each one ounce Camphure two drams powder them all then mix them and put them in a glass vial filled with spring-spring-water and close stopt then set it to the fire two hours then take it away and when it is cold put it into another vial adding two whites of new laid Eggs beaten well together with the Juice of unripe Grapes and you will have a most
compleat water A water to adorn the Face Take Eggs cut in pieces Orange-pills the roots of Mellons each as much as is sufficient in a large vessel with a long neck distil it by an Alembick with a strong and careful fire Another Take of Bean-flowers six handfuls Lemmon water one pint Lilly roots eight ounces Bean-flour one pound Gum-arabick and Tragacanth each one ounce distil them and use it Another Take of Fennel Rue Vervin Eyebright Endive Betony Mountain-siler red Roses Maidenhair each six handfuls infuse them a day and night in white wine then distil them in an Alembick Another Take of white Beanes cleansed from the Rine as much as you please steep them in white Wine nine days then bruise them and put them in again to which adde Rice boyled in Goats milk whites of Eggs each a sufficient quantity mix them all distil them Another Take of fresh unripe Barley Goats milk whites of Egges each a sufficient quantity mix and distil them Another Take of Lemmons dried Beans steeped in Wine Honey Goats milk the whites of Eggs each a sufficient quantity mix and distil them Another of the same Take of Cowes milk in the moneth of May two pints three Oranges five Lemmons cut them small then adde of Alume Sugar each one ounce mix them all then distil them Another to make the Face bright Take of the Crumb of white Bread two pound Bean-flowers one pint flowers of Roses Water-lillies Lillies each four pints Goats milk six drams Venetian Flower-de-luce one ounce distil them in Balneo Mariae Another of the same Take of Turpentine the whitest Mastick Tutty prepared Camphure Alume each four ounces infuse them three days in sharp Vineger then distil them in an Alembick Another Take of fresh Grass-plantane one ounce Rue one handful Ground-ivy two handfuls Borax one ounce Wood of Aloes one dram Styrax-calamite half an ounce Musk half a scruple Unguent three ounces Camphure six drams the flesh of a Capon two ounces Lemmon and Orange Pill each one pound distil them Another Take of Camphure three drams red Alume Borax each six ounces Musk two scruples bruise them all and then adde of Tartar one ounce and half rose-Rose-water two pints mix them well with a spattle then distil it thorow a Filter and keep it in a Vial well shut then with a cloth take a drop or two of the water and rub the face Of Waters that colour and whiten the face Take of wilde Rue Fennel Vervin roots of Betony Rose-leaves Maidenhair each alike parts steep them all night in fragrant white wine and distil them in an Alembiâ—k Another of the same Take of Cuckow-pintle as much as is sufficient bruise the thicker parts with Rose-water dry them by the Sun three or four times and pouring more Rose-water on it use it Another Take the white of an Egg of rocky Borax Salt Roche-alume each one ounce powder them severally mix them with the whites of Eggs and distil them and so use it Another of the same Take of Roche-alume powder'd three ounces whites of Eggs as much as is sufficient mix and distil them Another Take the Flowers of Water-lilly white Thorn Elder Beans Violets Maidenhair each equal parts mix and distil them Another of the same Take of Lytharge powder'd half a pound boyl it in three ounces of white wine Vineger and strein it through a cloth and put it in a glass vessel then adde Camphure Jasmine Alume Borax Oyl of Tartar each alike parts Rose-water as much as is sufficient mix them and distil them Another approved one of the Authors Take of distilled Turpentine two pound Frankincense three ounces Maftick Dragons each half an ounce powder them and mix them with Turpentine-water and distil them again then take of fresh Hogs-grease melted one pound Cloves two drams three Nutmegs Gold one dram Silver two drams powder them finely and distil them in an Alembick Another Take of Bean-leaves ten handfuls Roche-alume one pound and a half Sugar'd-alume five drams Endive Alume four ounces and a half salt Niter three ounces the Lees of Alume six ounces Quicksilver killed three ounces distil it with a slow fire and when it begins to drop increase the fire Another of the same Take of Jasmine Alume Borax Roche-alume all powder'd each three ounces the whites of Eggs as much as is sufficient distil them Another Take of choice Silver Quicksilver each one ounce powder them on a Marble-stone and adding a little Sublimate set them in a moist place and distil in an Alembick that which is melted Another to make the Face bright Take of the roots of Lillies Cuckow-pintle Dragons each half a pound the Water of Bean-flowers a pint and a half rose-Rose-water eight ounces distil them adding Musk Cynamon each two drams and wash the face twice a day A Water to make the face look white Take of live Sulphur one ounce white Frankincense two ounces Camphure one dram rose-Rose-water a pint powder them and mix them and set them in the sun fifteen days and wash the face with it at night but in the morning wash it with the Decoction of Bran and Roses A Water to whiten the Skin and take away Sun-burn Take of Rain-water the Juice of unripe Grapes each alike quantity boyl them together till one half be consumed then whises it boyls adde so much Juice of Lemmons as was boyled away before then when it is boyled enough take it from the fire and adde four whites of Eggs after it is cold and keep it for your use Another to whiten Freckles and Skars of the Face Take of Aquavitae four times distilled three parts the tops of Rosemary-flowers two parts steep them together a day and a night in a vessel well stopt then distil them The Water of a certain Noble-woman Take of Sublimate one ounce Camphure one dram powder them very wel then infuse them in the Juice of Lemmons rose-Rose-water white Lilly Goard and bean-flower-Bean-flower-water each half a pint set them in the sun fifteen days and keep it for your use A Fucus or Colouring of the Duke of Millaines Take of Goats milk three pints the Crum of two white Loaves mix them together six hours then adde Lemmons cleansed from their pill twelve whites of Eggs Lime Egg-shell Venus-shell each half an ounce Camphure Alume red Corral each two drams Borax one ounce Cerusse three ounces mix them and distil them with care Another of the same Authors Take of the Flowers of Beans of Water-lillies each one pound the Crum of white Bread the Flower of Rice of Orrice root of wilde Cowcumber each six ounces honey one pint white Wine Spring-water each three pints mix them and distil them in Bal. Mariae adding Goard-seeds cleansed three ounces Frankincense Myrrhe each one ounce and keep it for your use Another to whiten Skars Take of the roots of Orrice wilde Cow-cumber each three pound the roots of Marsh mallows Lillies each two pound ripe Grapes half a pound Dittander roots three
ounces the plant of Beanes Pellitory of the wall each one handful the Flowers of Water-lillies Mallows each a small handful Barley bread one pound steep them in white Wine or Goats whey and distil them then add of Raddish half an ounce the four greater cold Seeds each one dram a Boys urine half a pint set them in the sun and keep them for your use Another Take of Brimstone Salt each half an ounce Camphure Tutty each one dram rose-Rose-water two ounces and a half powder them and mix them A Water to whiten the Face Take of the Juice of Lemmons one ounce of Venus-shell five ounces steep them till they are dissolved then adde twelve Lemmons sliced ten whites of Eggs Camphure Borax each one dram and a half Water of Pine-apples half a pint mix and distil them Another of the same Authors Take of the scum of Silver half a pound white wine vineger three pints boyl them till a third part be consumed and distil them then adde to the distilled water Camphure half an ounce Endive Alume Oyl of Tartar Sugar'd-alume each one ounce leave them so till they are dissolved afterwards strein it and keep it safe for your use A Water for a Red-face Take of the roots of round Birthwort of white and red spatling poppy each half an ounce Orrice roots five ounces Lilly roots six ounces red Vetches burnt Lupines each half a pugil Nutmeg Cynamon each half a dram bitter Almonds bruised two ounces Oyl of Tartar four ounces rain-Rain-water two pints the blood of a Hare as much as is sufficient powder and distil them A Water to whiten the Face Take of white Roses the Flowers of Water-lillies Elder white Lillies each one pound Bean-flower water half a pint the crum of bread a sufficient quantity twelve whites of Eggs Frankincense two ounces powder of Cerusse one pound mix them and distil them Another of the same Take of Goats milk Flour of Bread-corn each a sufficient quantity work them into the form of a Loaf and bake it in an Oven then take the Crum of this Bread steeped in Goats milk twelve whites of Eggs and distil them adde to the distilled water of Lime one ounce Camphure Sugar'd-alume white Curral each two drams powder and mix them and distil them again Another Take of white Tartar white Wine Rosemary flowers each a sufficient quantity mix and distil them Another very good one Take six new laid Eggs half a pint of Mallego wine young Pigeons new Cheese without salt each one eight Oranges Oyl of Tartar three ounces Cerusse one ounce bruise them mix them and distil them Another of the same Authors Take thirty Snailes two pints of Goats milk Hogs-grease three ounces Camphure one dram powder the Camphure by it self them bruise them all together distil them Another Take the crum of white bread steeped in a sufficient quantity of Goats or Asses milk distil it Another Take of Myrrhe two ounces Frankincense Mastick each half an ounce white Ginger three drams choice Cynamon Sublimate each two drams Camphure one dram the whites of Eggs one pint powder them put them in the belly of a hen adding three pints of Goats or Asses milk and distil them A Water to whiten the Face and take away Freckles Take of Borax one ounce Camphure one dram Roche-alume three drams Gum-arabick Tragacanth each half an ounce Sarcocol â—weet Asa each two ounces Cerusse four ounces powder them and adde the Water of Grass-plantain of Lilly flowers of Broom flowers of Water-lillies each half a pint mix and distil them Another for the same Take four young Pigeons fresh Butter or the fat of Milk four ounces the whites of twelve new laid Eggs the root of Salomons-seal twelve drams Borax two ounces Flour of Crystal three ounces Camphure Endive Alume Sugar'd-alume each half an ounce water of Goards twelve ounces water of sowr Grapes three ounces powder what is to be powder'd then mix and distil them Another excellent one of the same Authors Take two pints of white wine vineger one pint of Rose-water water of Orenge-pills and Orenge-flowers each six ounces Whore-hound one handful honey half a pint Musk three graines Cloves four drams Sugar'd-alume two ounces Mastick one ounce powder and distil them Another Take four Lemmons Sugar-candy half an ounce the Juice of wilde Grapes one pint four ounces Asses milk half a pint the whites of eight new laid Eggs the Crum of white Bread three ounces Camphure one dram and a half Bean-flowers two pound mix and distil them Another Take the Juice of green Cane the Juice of Gentian of Housleek of Lemmons each two ounces Asses milk six ounces Bean-flower water two pints white Curral three ounces Venus-shell dissolved in Juice of Lemmons one ounce Borax half an ounce powder and distil them Of Waters that make the Face red To make the face ruddy use shavings of Brazzeel dissolved in Rose-water with a little Camphure A Water to colour the Face Take white young Pigeons feed them fifteen days with Pine-nuts then open them cast away their heads feet and bowels and then take half a loaf Sugar'd-alume as much as is sufficient five hundred leaves of Gold three hundred of Silver the crum of four white loaves soaked in the milk of sweet Almonds the marrow of a Calf or Ox or Hogs-grease one pound mix them and distil them A red Water for the Face Take five and twenty whites of Eggs boyled hard a cup full of the milk of Figs mix and distil them then adde to this water for every pint two ounces of Scissil-alume Dyers Grain half an ounce Berries with which Silk is dyed two drams mix them and put them in a glass Vial well stopt in dung or in warm water for eight days then take them out and strein and press them very well which being done add again as much Alume and Berries as before and put it likewise in dung or warm water for eight days and strein them again as formerly which when it is done three times add half an ounce of Gum-arabick to one pint of water leave it eight days in a warm place as before and last of all strein it and keep it for your use Another more ease and of less price Take of the Glew of fishes dissolved five or six days in white wine two ounces Brazzeel slized as much as is sufficient Spring-water a sufficient quantity mix and boyl them with a very slow fire till it is enough then adde powder of Alume one ounce Gum-arabick two drams mix them then taking it from the fire keep it in a vessel very well stopt Another to make the face red Take of the Root of Salomons-seal ten ounces the roots of Sows-bread five ounces of Grass-plantane or Cuckow-pintle one ounce clean Lard one ounce and a half five Lemmons sliced the Crum of white Bread steeped in milk as much as is sufficient Sublimate Endive Alume each two ounces Roche-alume one ounce and a half Venus shell
dissolved in the Juice of Lemmons one ounce mix and distil them Another Take of the roots of the greater Grass-plantane cleansed and bruised as much as is sufficient Spring-water a sufficient quantity mix and boyl them till a fourth part be consumed then take it from the fire and keep it in a vessel well stopt also the water distilled from the roots of Grass-plantane the roots of Bryony and the roots of Sows-bread do make the face red Another Take of the roots of Dragons or Grass plantane of white Lillies of fresh Lard each half a pound Bean-flower water four ounces rose-Rose-water eight ounces Musk Cynanom each one dram powder and distil them Another of the same Take of Borax one dram Sublimate two ounces Camphure half a dram salt Gem one dram salt Alkali Roche-alume Endive Alume each two ounces Plumed-alume Sugar'd-alume each half an ounce rose-Rose-water as much as is sufficient boyl them in a glass vessel till half be consumed and keep it for your use Another to colour the Face Take two ounces of Aquavitae Bean-flower water Rose-water each four ounces water of the Flowers of Water-lillies six ounces Tragacanth powder'd one dram mix them and set them in the sun for six or eight days then strein it and keep it for use let the face be first washed before you use it Another of the same Authors Take of Goats milk two pints one hot white Loaf the root of Dragons or Grass-plantane the root of Salomons-seal each half a pound the head of one Wether cut Borax Endive Alume each half an ounce the Juice of Lemmons Venus-shell dissolved in the same Cerusse each one ounce Litharge Sublimate each half an ounce powder what is to be powder'd and cut small that which is to be cut then mix and distil them Another Take of Cerusse two ounces Sublimate one ounce Plumed-alume Endive Alume each half an ounce Borax two drams Camphure one dram Sugar-candy two scruples Roche-alume one scruple powder them and tye them up in a linnen cloth then adde a young white Pigeon cleansed and cut in small pieces boyl them all together in Goats or Asses milk till the flesh be severed from the bones afterwards distil them all in an Alembick Another Take of Snails salt Gem Juice of Lemmons each a sufficient quantity being cut and powder'd mix them well and distil them in Balneo Mariae Another Take 12 Lemons sliced the Juice of Bryony white wine each a sufficient quantity the whites of three Eggs mix and distil them Of Waters that black the Face With Chymical Instruments extract a most clear water from green Walnut-shells and Gaules with which if you wet the face or hands they grow black by degrees like to an Aethiopian which if afterwards you would restore to their former whiteness you must distil Vineger Juice of Lemmons and Colophonia and washing with that will take off the blackness Of Waters that make the face youthful Take of Live-sulphur one ounce Olibanum Myrrhe each two ounces Ambergreece six drams powder and mix them adding a pint of rose-Rose-water then distil them and keep the water in a vessel well stoprâ— which if any one will use at night when he goes to bed let him wash his face and in the morning with spring water and it will be most comely Another Take two Calves feet River-water nine quarts boyl them till one half be wasted then adde one pound of Rice the crum of a Loaf mollified in milk fresh Butter two pound ten whites of Eggs with their shels mix them all and boyl them then distil all the water from them to which add at last Camphure and Sugar'd-alume each a little and it will be excellent Another Take two ounces of Aquavitae Bean-flower water and Rose-water each four ounces water of Water-lillies six ounces mix them all and adde to them one dram of the whitest Tragacanth set it in the sun six dayes then strein it through a fine linen cloth you must use it in the morning and not wipe it off Of Waters that take away spots in the Face A Water for Warts and bunchings out in the Face TAke of salt Ammoniack Roman Vitriol Verdegrease each two ounces red Alume an ounce unslaked Lime half an ounce distil them in a glass Alembick cast away the first liquor the second is more effectual and to be kept for your use A Water for wrinkles of the Face Take of the Decoction of Bryony and Figs each alike quantity wash the face with it For Ring-worms of the Face Take 4 ounces of the water of sowr Dock Borax three drams common salt one dram Vineger of Squills one ounce mix them To prevent them Take of the best white Wine-vineger three ounces the Juice of sowr Dock the Juice of Lemmons each three drams Lytharge of Gold one pound boyl them gently then distil them and keep it for use A Water to whiten the Specks or Freckels of the Face Take three parts of the best Aquavitae two parts of Rosemary-flower steep them together a day and a night then distil them A Water that takes away all troubles whatsoever from the Face Work the Flour of Bread-corn with Goats milk bake a Loaf of it gently and draw it before it be too much leave the crum of this bread broken into small pieces steeping in fresh Goats milk for six hours mix with it the water of twelve whites of Eggs made with a spunge Egg-shells calcined one ounce Camphure Sugar'd-alume white Corral each two ounces powder them all incorporate them with the liquors and distil them in a glass Alembick Another for Wrinckles Take one Pomegranate hollow it and cleanse it from the inward parts then infuse it in whey and wine each a sufficient quantity and boyl them till the wine be evaporated then use it For Freckles of the face Take Rose-water Juice of Lemmons each eight ounces Sublimate two drams four whites of Eggs mix them all well then set it in the sun for eight days and keep it for your use Another Take four pints of Asses milk one pint of white Wine the crum of two new Loaves twelve Eggs with their shells Sugar-candy three drams bruise and distil them A Water to take away the marks of the Small-pox Take of Mastick Myrrhe Hepatick-Aloes Nard Dragons blood Olibanum Opoponax Bdellium Carpobalsame Saffron Gum-arabick liquid Styrax each two drams and a half powder them all and with Turpentine the weight of them all distil a liquor with glass instrumenâ—s Water from Beans Calves Ramâ— Hogs feet of Honey of the root of Grass-plantane Lemmons O enges Bean-flowers Egg-shells will do the same Of Potions that adorn the Body A Potion to make the Body fat TAke of the flour of Vetches Beans Barley Rice each alike parts flour of Lentils white Poppy each half as much flour of bread corn Turky-millet each alike quantity Sugar twice as much boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Sheeps milk of which let him take one cup every morning fasting
Henbane-seed black Poppy-seed each alike parts pouder what is fit and mix with the rest Another Take of Cimolian earth Cerusse each one part Roche-alume half a part juice of Henbane a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take of white Tartar pouder'd scum'd Honey each a sufficient quantity mix them and anoint Another Take the Gum of white Vine Gum of Ivy Bryony pouder them and mix them with oyl into the form of an Unguent Another Take of Ants Eggs the blood of Frogs the rust of Iron mix them up with spittle Another Take the Gaul of a Hedge-hog the Gaul of a Coâ—morant Sea-shells burnt and pouder'd the blood of a Bat each a sufficient quantity make an Ointment Another Take the ashes of Swallows burnt the milk of Spurge each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take of Gum-arabick Tragacanth burnt Brass Verdigrease Arsnick Long-pepper white black Pepper Blood-stone Starch-corn Dyers Madder Scales of Brass burnt each two drams Dragons blood Juice of binding Bean-tree each a dram and a half Frankincense Spike burnt Gauls each one dram Sarcocol Ammoniacum dissolved in Aquavitae each half an ounce pouder them and mix them with the Juice of Citrons or Lemmons and make an Unguent Another Take of Henbane Dragons blood Gum-arabick white Frankincense each six drams Night-shade water a sufficient quantity pouder them and mix them to the form of an Unguent Another Take of burnt Dates two drams Spike one dram and a half pouder and mix them with Honey and the turd of a Mole to the form of an Unguent Another Take the rust of Iron Sea-shells burnt each a sufficient quantity mix them with fasting spittle An Ointment to make the Hair shed and grow no more Take of yellow Arsnick Ants Eggs Gum-arabick each half an ounce Gum of Ivy two ounces with the blood of a Bat or Juice of Henbane make an Unguent apply it the hairs being first cut Of Ointments that take away the hair Take of gold coloured Arsnick seven or ten scruples unslaked Lime the same quantity Starch-corn two ounces Selinusian earth an ounce powder them and fine searse them when you would use it take a sufficient quantity and shake it together with water then lay it on and see that it burn not Another Take two parts of unslaked Lime yellow Arsnick one part put them into a leaden morter and powder them with water or the juice of Ptisan poured to them and when they are black command them to be laid on hot especially in a Bath Another Take of Sandarach one dram unslaked Lime eighteen ounces pounder them and boyl them carefully with water and when they begin to boyl take it off and use it Another Take of Starch-corn unslaked Lime yellow Arsnick each one ounce pouder searse them and lay them by and use them as hath been said Another that presently takes away the hair by the roots Take of unslaked Lime Cimolian earth a burnt Pummy-stone each eighteen ounces yellow Arsnick three ounces pouder them and lay them by when you have occasion to use them dilute them with water and so use it Another to take away the Hair and thin the Skin Take the juice of the leaves of wilde Cowcumber milk of Almonds unslaked Lime yellow Arsnick Galbanum steept in Wine and streined each a sufficient quantity when they are boyled adde to them Oyl of Roses Mastick each a sufficient quantity Frankincense the Gumm of Juniper-tree Roses Cloves Cummin Nutmeg Cynamon each a little mix them and make an Unguent Another of the same Take of the ashes of Mast-tree two parts yellow Arsnick one part boyl them in River water Another Take of black Soap one pound Tartar one ounce and a half yellow Arsnick six ounces juice of Cyperus fifteen drams unslaked Lime half an ounce capital Lees one ounce put the Lime in the Lees strein it and mix it with the rest Another Take Gum of Ivy two ounces yellow Arsnick Ants Eggs Gum-arabick each three drams pouder them and mix them with strong Vineger Another Take of yellow Arsnick three ounces unslaked Lime one dram strong Lye a sufficient quantity boyl them till the feathers come off a quill dipt in it Another to take hair off the face Take of Colophony two ounces Mastick Ammoniacum cleansed each one ounce dissolve them in a clean earthen vessel and streâ—n it upon cold water take it and work it together and dissolve a little of it over the fire and apply it warm letting it lye on for two hours and then take it away Another to take away the hair Take of the powder of an Owl one ounce Cummin the blood of a Bat each three ounces Musk one scruple make a Liniment we must have a special care that the part to which the Ointment must be applied be first washed with the Lye made of Vine ashes and if an itching be left in the part after application of the Medicine anoint it with Rhases white Ointment or with the Decoction of Henbane-seeds or of Colewort-seeds Another Take the blood of a Tortoise of Frogs of a Bat Ants Eggs red Arâ—nick Gum of Ivy each a sufficient quantity mix them with Vineger and anoint it discreetly that it do not excoriate Another of the same Take of yellow Arsnick Juice of Henbane each alike parts mix them and anoint the part An Ointment to take away hairs from any part of the Body Take three whites of Eggs bruised unslaked Lime eight ounces yellow Arsnick one ounce a sufficient quantity of Lye make an Unguent with which besmearing a feather anoint the hairy parts but when they have been anointed a quarter of an hour wash off the Unguent with warm water Another Take of Ants Eggs Juice of Henbane Hemlock seeds of Fleawort the blood of a Bat of a Tortoise each a sufficient quantity mix them and anoint the place others run over the place with a plate of Gold red hot so that no Doun any more appear Of Ointments that colour the Hair To make the Hair yellow RAw Lupines laid on with water and Niter do make the Hair yellow Another Take the middle Bark of Elder Flowers of Broom Saffron yelks of Eggs each a sufficient quantity boyl them in water and gather that which swims a top and so anoint the hair Another Take of white Tartar burnt Oyl of Acorns each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent with which anoint the haires in the sun by combing Another Take of Myrrhe one ounce white Salt half an ounce pouder and mix them with Oyl of Acorns into the form of an Unguent Another Take the Flowers of Mullein one handful Fenigreek two ounces Vine ashes and of the wood of Ivy each one handful ten pints of water boyl them all till one half be consumed strein it and add of the whitest Soap three pound Saffron two drams leave them so in the sun for a moneth mixing them every day with a stick with this anoint the hairs in the sun A Liniment to clarifie
Dragons blood each six drams pouder them and with the mucilage of Gumtragacanâ—n and Arabick make an Ointment of which put a little in the eyes An Ointment for red Eyes Take of Cummin poudeâ—'d a sufficient quantity mix it with Wax and lay it on the eyes when they are asleep Another of the same Take of Tragacanth Gum-arabick Roses pouder'd Starch-corn Cerusse each two ounces Opium one scruple pouder them and mix them with womans milk Of Ointments that cure the faults of the skin of the Head For Running-sores of the Head TAke of Cerusse six drams scum of Silver half a dram Brimstone six drams Oyl of Roses or Myrtles Wax a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take the scum of Silver one dram tender leaves of Rue five and twenty drams Vineger Oyl of Roses or Myrtles each a sufficient quantity mix them and anoint with a feather Another of the same Take of burnt Ceâ—usse Rue Manna Frankincense each a hundred drams Bark of Pine-tree fifty drams Oyl of Myrtles three pints and as much Vineger mix them Another Take of the filings of Lead Vine-branches Frankincense Myrrhe scum of Niter each fifty drams Oyl of Myrtles Vineger as much as is sufficient mix them An Ointment of Queen Cleopatra's for the same Take of rub'd Cerusse Frankincense each two drams brimstone one dram powder them and with Oyl lay them on Another for Sores and Dander Take of Niter Copperas each one dram Oyl a sufficient quantity powder and mix them Another of Cleopatra's Take of live Sulphur six drams male Frankincense cleft Allom wilde Stavesacer rocket scum of Niter Copperas each one dram three forigs of Rue Oyl of Bayes or Myrtels Vineger each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take of live Sulphur scum of Silver Cerusse each alike part Saffron half so much powder them and use them with Candy wine Another Take scum of Silver unslaked Lime each twenty five drams Vinegar or Oyl three parts of a pint powder and mix them Another Take of Copperas two drams Sandarach half an ounce scum of Silver one dram Oyl of Myrtels Vinegar each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an Unguent Another for Sores and Worms Take of juice of Beets of Celandine Hogs-grease each two ounces white Hellebore two ounces two drams mix them and make an Ointment Another for Worms and Scabs Take of white and black Hellebore live Sulphure yellow Arsnick Litharge unslaked Lime Vitriol Alume Gauls Sut each half an ounce Quick-silver killed Verdegrease each two drams juice of Fumitory Oyl each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another for Worms Take of Fenigreek one pound Dragons blood pouder'd one ounce Pummy-stone one pound Turpentine five ounces Honey one ounce four yelks of Eggs Oyl of Roses two ounces mix them and make an Unguent which use the head being first shaved and washt with a childes urine and cleansed with a spunge and anointed over with Oyl of Flax-seed Another for the same Take of Celandine three parts Sowesgrease as much white Hellebore one part mix them An Ointment for scurf in childrens Heads Take of Myrrhe Orrice-root black Hellebore Oyl of Eggs each a sufficient quantity powder them and mix them into the form of an Unguent also Oyl of Bread-corn is good For Dander in the Head Take flour of Vetches Fenigreek Niter Bran Myrtles Mustard-seed each fifteen drams common Oyl as much as is sufficient Vineger Water each a little make an Unguent with which anoint the head first washt and shaved Another Take scum of Niter Copperas each alike parts wine a sufficient quantity mix them rub the head three oâ— four times a moneth Another Take of Leeâ— of Wine a Pummy stone Niter Lupines each one part mix them Another Take of Cimolian earth the Gaul of an Ox or Sow Vineger each a sufficient quantity mix them An Ointment for Lice Take of Stavesacer two parts Sandarach Niter each one part Oyl Vineger each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an Unguent Another Take of white Hellebore Stavesacer Niter each alike parts Oyl a sufficient quantity mix them and apply them in a Bath An Ointment for Lice and Nits Take of Stavesacer Quicksilver killed with spittle each three drams common Oyl three ounces Wax one ounce make an Unguent with which anoint the head in stead of Soap when it is washt Another Take of Sandarach Niter each one dram Stavesacer two drams Oyl Vineger each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take Oyl of Bays Radish-seeds each two drams Pepper Saffron each a sufficient quantity mix them An Ointment for red Specks in the face Take the roots of Dock Sows-grease each two ounces white wax one ounce melt them and adde Quicksilver kill'd Camphure each a little Juice of Wormwood Honey each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another for a red face Take of live Sulphur yellow Arsnick Turky Soap each half a dram Sut two drams mix them Another of the same Take the Juice of seven Oranges Juice of Night-shade water of Water-lillies Snail-water each two drams white Wax half an ounce the fat of a Hen and a Ram each one ounce and a half the green roots of _____ two drams make an Unguent An Ointment for Wrinckles and Pimples of the Face Mix the Gaul of a Goat with the flour of Lupines and at night rub the face Another Take of white Curral half an ounce salt Gem Cerusse Camphure each two drams white Wax one dram rose-Rose-water an ounce the fat of a Hen washt two ounces pouder and mix them for your use Another for Pimples Take of white wax one pound oyl of violets one ounce Quicksilver half an ounce Mastick one dram and a half a little Camphure Litharge one dram make a Liniment Another for Biles or Botches Take the flour of Lupines Beans white Vetches everlasting Pease each two drams flour of Barley of Lentils each one dram Radish-seed Tragacanth Starch-corn each half a dram Melon-seeds husked three drams Saffron half a scruple pouder them and work them with womans milk at night anoint the face and in the morning wash it with the water of the rines of Melons and Violets An Ointment that takes away all Bunchings and Speckles of tho Face Take of the roots of Ass-cowcumber white Been Bryony Lupines each half an ounce Cerusse Litharge Tartar each one dram Cane-roots Serapine Pigeons dung each two scruples Oyl of Turky-millet three ounces Oyl of Juniper Oyl of Bread-corn each two ounces and a half Juice of Orenges four ounces pouder what is to be pouder'd and fine searse them then boyl them all till the Juice is consumed then take them from the fire alwayes stirring them with a spattle till they are cold then add the white of one new laid Egg beaten and streined Camphure pouder'd one dram always mixing them then wash it in one pint of water prest from yong Canes washing it ten times in that water and stirring it with a spattle and it is excellent For Botches
the roots of Saffron mix them with womans milk and apply it An Ointment for Surn-burns Take Juice of Plantane Night-shade each one dram and a half Litharge of Gold of Silver each one dram burnt Lead an ounce Tutty prepared six drams Camphure half a dram oyl of Roses Wax each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent An Ointments for Ringworms Take of Vitriol Frankincense Myrrhe cleft Alume each one ounce Aloes live Sulphur each half an ounce make it up with wine to a convenient thickness and twice or thrice a day anoint the parts first rubbed Another Take of Vitriol half an ounce Juice of binding Bean-tree two drams scales of Brass half an ounce live Sulphur six drams white Vitriol Gum each one ounce Vineger as much as is sufficient in which when you have dissolv'd the Gum and mixt the other things adde the Lees of Oyl Another Take of live Brimstone Frankincense Myrrhe Copperas raw Vitriol each two drams Gum half an ounce Vineger Oyl of Cedar each a sufficient quantity mix them Another Take the Gum of Ethiopian-olive five and twenty drams Gum forty drams Copperas sixteen drams live Brimstone Frankincense rust of Brass the Juice of binding Bean-tree white Myrrhe each ten drams Vineger as much as is sufficient when they are all dissolved mix them up with thick Lees of Oyl An Ointment for old Tetters Take of Copperas Fenigreek mollified Cardamoms each two drams Gith Fig-tree leaves each one dram and a half the sharpest Vineger as much as is sufficient powder them and bring them to the thickness of Honey An Ointment for Burns Take Oyl of Roses rose-Rose-water whites of Eggs each a sufficient quantity mix them and for four days apply them to the burnt place the fifth day lay on the following plaster Take of Oyl of Nuts new Wax each one ounce melt them together An Ointment for Scalds and Burns Take of the middle barke of Elder six drams Oyl of Roses one ounce and a half Mastick Frankincense each half a dram white Wax two ounces boyl them in four pints of water till one half be wasted scum'd and cooled that which swims a top is fit to apply to the burn Another for a Burn. Take of the juice of Night-shade Plantane each two ounces the middle bark of Elder Oyl each one ounce boyl them in a double vessel till the juices be wasted then add Cerusse washt in rose-Rose-water Litharge of Gold each a dram and a half Tutty prepared three drams the bark of Frankincense two drams fresh Hogs-grease wâ—sht in rose-Rose-water ten drams white Wax as much as is sufficient make a Liniment towards the end adde three whites of Eggs Camphure half a dram Another Take of new Lime washt in rose-Rose-water three pound Juice of Roses Juice of Plantane each two pound mix them and make an Unguent Another Take Oyl of Roses two ounces Oyl prest from Goard-seeds one ounce and a half white Wax as much as is sufficient make an Unguent An Ointment to smooth the Face after a Burn. Take of Pomatum Oyl of Roses each four ounces ointment of Roses two ounces make a Liniment Another Take of Pomatum four ounces Oyl of Roses three ounces Citrine ointment half an ounce make a Liniment Another for Burns and Scalds Take old Lard and put it upon a red hot iron then receive the hot drops falling into cold water and take the fat which swims a top and wâ—â—k it with Rose-water and lay it on the Burn. Another for a Scald Take of Cerusse washt in Rose-water one ounce Lime washt in Rose-water three drams the powder of Citrine Ointment half an ounce the mucilage of the seeds of Quinces and Peares extracted with rose-Rose-water three ounces beat them all in a morter to the form of a Liniment An Ointment to take away the marks of the Small-pox in children Take Oyl of Lillies one pint Fat four ounces Oyl of Roses one ounce wash them a good-while with the water of Roses and Lillies then take four whites of Eggs prepare them in their shells and coagulare them a little by the fire then mix them in a morter with the former then add of sweet and bitter Almonds blanched each one ounce then beat and incorporate them with the former and adde the roots of Reeds two drams and a half Sarcocol Melon-seeds cleansed Litharge of Gold Sugar Marrow Anise Chalk each one dram mix them all in a morter to the form of a Liniment Of Ointments for Scabs Take of live Sulphur half a pound as much Salt Hogs-grease two pound Oyl of Bays half a pint mix them Another more powerful for the Scab and salt Fleagâ— Take of Litharge yellow Arsnick Quicksilver Tartar Mastick Olibanum live Sulphur each half an ounce old Hogs-grease six ounces Oyl of Bays two ounce a little Vineger mix them and make an Unguent Another free from all danger Take of Turpentine washt in rose-Rose-water three drams Oyl of Roses four ounces Juice of Orenges a sufficient quantity three yelks of Eggs mix them and make an Unguent Another Take of fresh Butter six drams Jasmine Alume common Salt each two drams the Juice of sowre Dock of Fumitory each half an ounce three yelks of Eggs powder of Orrice two drams liquid Styrax six drams mix them Another approved one against any Scab Ringworm or Tetter Take of Litharge Alume Quicksilver each half a dram Roses Cerusse Savine the fish Sepia Cadmian earth each one dram the ashes of Mastick-tree Calamint each half a dram mix them with Juice of Mint and boyl them with Oyl of Roses to a third part adding a little Wax Another for Scabs in children Take of washt Turpentine one ounce the yelk of an Egg Oyl of Flax one ounce and a half mix them Another Take of washt Butter two ounces washt Turpentine three ounces Salt yelks of Eggs Oyl of Roses each one ounce mix them Another Take of fresh Butter washt with Fumitory-water washt Turpentine common Salt each three ounces two yelks of Eggs Juice of orenges as much as is sufficient mix them Of Ointments that beautifie the face To make the Face bright TAke Oyl of Tartar three ounces seeds of Fleawort one ounce infuse them in the mucilage mix and dissolve with them in an ounce of Oyl of Roses Borax salt Gem each one dram and make a Liniment A Colouring for the Face Take of Citrine Ointment fresh made three ounces sweet Almonds very well bruised flour of Beans each one dram the bone of the fish Sepia Harts-horn Barley flour each two drams incorporate them all with Honey Another Take of Sea-frogs without their shell put them in a glass vessel and sprinkle them with the pouder of salt Gem and cover them with lemmon-Lemmon-water and set them so long in the sun till they become like an Ointment with which anoint the face afterwards wash it with Bean-flower water Another Take of Citrine Ointment four ounces Pomatum two ounces mix and anoint night and morn then wash with Bean-flower water A
Liniment after the manner of Virgins milk to adorn the Face Take of Litharge of Gold two ounces boyl it in a little leaden vessel with six ounces of white wine vineger distilled stirring it all the while with a stick strein it through a linnen cloth and keep the water at last take of Salt or Oyl or Tartar one ounce and dissolve it in a glass with four ounces of Water of Lillies then take in your hand three or four drops of each of the aforesaid waters and they will turn to a Virgins milk with which rub the face and let it dry in An Ointment to illustrate the face Take the Oyl of the Marrow of a Hart two ounces Oyl of Goard-seeds one ounce Goats far washt Turpentine each half an ounce new Wax three drams melt them by the fire then adde Mastick Borax burnt each two drams mix them and make an Unguent with which anoint the face at night and in the morning wash it with bran-Bran-water To whiten the face Take of Virgins milk two ounces Oyl of Tartar one ounce mix them and anoint the face at night going to sleep in the morning wash it and it will be clear bright and fair Of Ointments to whiten the hands Take of salt Lard bruised and steeped in a Lye three days changing the Lye twice a day a sufficient quantity white Wax a little white Lilly-roots roasted under the ashes and bruised two melt them by the fire then pass it through a thin searse into cold water wash it well changing the water five or six times afterwards keep it in a glass vessel for your use Another Take Goats far or suer cleansed and steeped in Rose-water two dayes and very well washt a sufficient quantity bruise it in a morter continually washing it with Rose-water then add white Wax Musk Sivet each as much as sufficient melt them together and diffuse it in Rose-water or some other sweet water then keep it for your use Another Take Oyl of bitter Almonds well washt in Rose or Violet-water a sufficient quantity white Wax enough mix them by the fire and make an Unguent Another Take of Melon and Goard-seeds cleansed Pine-nuts cleansed Peach-kernels Barley-flour each one part bruise them all well then with one pint of Honey mix them to the form of an Unguent with which anoint the hands at night and wash in the morn Another Take Oyl of sweet Almonds well washt white Wax each a sufficient quantity Camphure one dram mix them and make an Unguent Another Take the root of white Orrice one ounce Lilly-roots three ounces white Sugar one ounce bruise them all well and make them up to the form of a paste with which rub the hands then wash them Another Take Oyl of Tartar Oyl of sweet Almonds white Wax each a sufficient quantity dissolve them by the fire and adde Myrrhe pouder'd one dram Mastick bruised two drams mix and infuse them in rose-Rose-water wash them and then adde Musk Ambergreece Camphure each a little make an Unguent Another Take the seeds of Goards Melons husked Pine-nuts cleansed Peach-Kernels each six ounces Barley-bran a sufficient quantity pouder them and mix them with the best Honey Another Take of Pine-nuts cleansed and bruised one pound Mustard-seed one ounce Fige three ounces Camphure two drams beat them all well and mix them and make a paste to rub the hands An Ointment to make the hands fair Take of common Oyl washt fresh Butter washt Goats fat washt each one part steep them together four and twenty houres in rose-Rose-water then dissolve them by the fire and adde white Wax a sufficient quantity a little Musk make an Unguent Another Take the crum of Bread Rice red Vetches each three ounces or four soft Soap an ounce and a half scum'd Honey a sufficient quantity make a paste Another Take Juice of Pompions a sufficient quantity bitter Almonds infused in Whey as much as is sufficient a hundred Figs infused in the same Mustard-seed two ounces Orrice-roots one ounce Ox Gaul five drams incorporate them and make a paste Another Take a pint of water in an earthen vessel leaded and well covered and boyl half away then adde Juice of Lemmons six ounces Honey Oyl of bitter Almonds each two ounces mix them and make an Unguent An Ointment for hands swelled with cold Take the grease of Wooll Goose and Ducks grease the mucilage of Quince-seeds each two ounces Starch-corn six drams Turpentine one ounce and a half Oyl of Roses Oyl of yelks of Eggs each two ounces yellow Wax a little make a Liniment Another to wash the hands Take of Pine-nuts cleansed powder of Mustard-seed each three ounces the best Honey half a pint mix them and make a paste Another for hands swelled with cold Take the seeds of Flax Fenigreek Marsh-mallows each half a dram of Mucilage extracted of lilly-Lilly-water and the fore-mentioned ointment each one ounce oyl of Dill oyl of sweet Almonds each half an ounce make a Liniment for the hands with course Wooll For Clefts of the hands Take ointment of Litharge of Cerusse each one dram mix them Another Take of Rams-grease Starch-corn Litharge Oyl each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take of Litharge of Silver Myrrhe Ginger each a like parts Honey Wax Oyl each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another for clefts of the Hands and cold Take of common Oyl four ounces white Frankincense clean Wax each one ounce the Juice of Elder-leaves three ounces well scented white wine four ounces boyl an Apple in the Wine Oyl and Juice of Elder afterwards adde the Frankincense and Wax and then strein it Another Anoint them with the roots of soure Dock and Sows-grease Another for the clefts of the hands Take of Mastick Oyl of Roses white Wax each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take of Bran burnt to ashes the hairs of a Horse tail burnt each one part Honey as much as is sufficient make an Unguent Another Take of Tutty Cerusse Litharge each half a dram Arsnick Sublimate three granes Lead Alume each half a scruple Water of Roses Plantane Purslane each a sufficient quantity the white of one Egg make a mixture Another Take of Tragacanth one scruple flour of Starch-corn half an ounce Juice of Plantane two drams with Syrup of Roses make a mixture An Ointment for scabby and leprous Nails Take of Rams fat Colophony each two drams mix them A Cerot for the same Take of Turpentine Cummin each one dram mix them Another Take Oyl of Mastick unripe Olives each two ounces Cynamon one dram Cerusse washt burnt Lead each half a dram Tutty prepared six drams white Wax Rozen washt with wine each one ounce mix them An Ointment for a contusion of the nails Take of new Wax Cummin Costmary each a sufficient quantity pouder them and mix them up with the Wax Another Take of Ducks-grease Bears fat Euphorbium pouder'd each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent An Ointment for Clefts of the nails Take of
them very well and when it is cold make balls A muskified Soap Take of the best Soap scraped one pound choice Cynamon Nutmeg Cane Styrax each one ounce wood of Aloes two drams Benjamin two ounces Cloves one ounce beat them all to a fine powder and adde powder of Cyâ—erus one dram Musk Siver each a little dip them in rose-Rose-water afterwards set them in the sun for forty days and make Balls which must be kept in Cotton in woodden vessels A white sweet Soap Take of old common Soap scraped a sufficient quantity dry it well for eight dayes or ten then bruise it and searse it and adde Powder of Orrice four ounces white Saunders three ounces Mahaleb two ounces flour of Starch-corn one omnce powder them all and mix them and put them in a morter together with one ounce of liquid Styrax and a little Oyl of Spike beat them all well together and at last with the Flour of Starch-corn make Balls dry them in the shade and keep them for your use Another most excellent one Take six granes of Musk dissolved in Rose-water Sivet four granes mix them with the fore-mentioned Soap but the Musk must be hot in the Rose-water Another to whiten the hands Take of bitter Almonds cleansed and bruised one pound Turky-soap the bigness of an Egg Mustard-seed one spoonful pouder them all and mix them Of Powders to adorn the Teeth A Powder to make them white TAke of red Coâ—â—al Date-stone Pummy-stone the bones of the fish Sepia burnt Salt each a sufficient quantity mix them and make a Powder Another to fasten the Teeth and strengthen the Gums Take of red Corral Pearl Dragons blood Bolearmenick Frankincense Crabs shells each one part mix them and make a Powder An excellent Dentifrice Take of Hyssope Organy Mint each two ounces cleft Alume Harts-horn common Salt each one dram take them and burn them in a pot to coales then adde Pepper Pummy-stone Pellitory of Spain Mastick each half a dram Myrrhe Cynamon each one scruple make a fine Powder A Powder to whiten the Teeth Take the bones of the fish Sepia white Marble burnt each one ounce Cloves Cynamon Pellitory of Spain each three ounces Spunge Pummy-stone Salt each one ounce mix them and make a fine Powder to rub the Teeth Another Take of Ginger Cynamon Cloves Pummystone wood of Aloes Nutmeg Mace each half an ounce Pepper Pellitory of Spain Mustard-seed Stavesacer each three ounces Spunge white Marble each half an ounce Date-stones burnt white Hellebore each two ounces Barley bread burnt with Salt and Honey half an ounce red Tyles burnt Harts-horn Feather'd-alume Olive-stones burnt Myrobalane-stones burnt each three ounces mix them and make a fine Powder Of Powders to adorn the Hands To make the Hands white TAke the flour of Beans of Lupines of Starch-corn Rice small Beanes Orrice each six ounces mix them and make a Powder with which wash the hands in water Another Take of Pine-nuts cleansed and bruised two ounces Mustard-seed one pound Almonds cleansed and bruised two ounces make a Powder and dry it in the sun with which rub the hands with the Juice of Lemmons and then with water Another Take the seeds of Rocket six ounces Orrice Cummin each one ounce dregs of Alume half an ounce Sugar-candy Tragacanth each one ounce Camphure one scruple Pine-nuts Almonds cleansed three ounces the crum of white bread half an ounce old Soap scraped two ounces pouder them all and mix them and make a Powder to wash the hands A Dentifrice to whiten the Teeth Take of Rosemary Mint Pennyroyal each half a dram Orrice-roots Cammels-hay each one scruple Nard Pepper each half a scruple Pummy-stone burnt Salt Harts-horn each two scruples make them up with Tragacanth steeped in rose-Rose-water Sticks of the Mastick-tree may be found fit to cleanse and strengthen the teeth Another Take of red Corral one ounce Majorican earth half an ounce the bones of the fish Sepia Pummy-stone each two drams Cloves Cynamon Mastick each one scruple choice Pearl one dram Dragons blood two drams Musk one grane pouder them and work them into a mass with Tragacanth steeped in rose-Rose-water of which make Dentifrices like pensils Another Take of Harts-horn a Horses teeth each two ounces Sea-shells common Salt Cypress nuts each one ounce burn them together in an Oven and make a Powder to be wrought up with the mucilage of Gum-tragacanth Another in Powder Take of Myrrhe Mastick Frankincense each half an ounce Harts-horn burnt and washt red Corral Roses Musky-Saunders Cloves each two scruples the bone of the fish Sepia Roche-alume burnt each two drams Pummy-stone one dram and a half common Salt burnt one dram make a Powder you may use it with a Mallow-root prepared Another eminent one Take the tops of Myrtle of Mastick-tree Wilde-Olive Sage Rosemary each one handful red Corral Ivory Horses-teeth each half an ounce common Salt one pugil burn them together in an earthen vessel till they be white then pouder them and adde of Cloves Roses thick Cynamon each three ounces mix them and rub the Teeth or with the Cremor of Tragacanth make long Pensils Of Perfumes A sweet Bag. TAke of Cubebs half a dram Cloves one scruple Gith burnt one ounce and a half Mace two scruples pouder them and put them into silk A Violet Powder Take Orrice of Florence half a pound Roses four ounces Cyperus half an ounce Marjoram Cloves each half a dram sweet-scented white Saunders Benjamin each four ounces Styrax-calamite one ounce pouder them and put them in silk for a scent Another Take Florentine Flower-de-luce four pound dried Marjoram one fourth Calamus-Aromaticus three ounces Roses Violets each five drams Cloves half an ounce Musk one dram pouder them and put them in silk Another Take Orrice of Florence two pound red Roses one pound Styrax-calamite Cloves white Saunders Aromatick Cane Coriander Cyperus each four ounces Marjoram Lavender each six drams Sivet Musk each a sufficient quantity then mix them A Pomander Take of Styrax-calamita one ounce Cloves two drams Benjamin half an ounce Ambergreece half a dram Musk fifteen granes of the aforesaid Violet-powder a sufficient quantity rose-Rose-water as much as will make it up Another Take of Styrax-calamita one ounce and a half Benjamin two ounces Labdanum half an ounce Cloves white Saunders each three drams Roses Marjoram each two drams and a half Musk Ambergreece each one scruple make a Pomander with the infusion of Gum-tragacanth in rose-Rose-water Another Take of Styrax-calamite liquid Styrax Benjamin Gallia Moschata Alipta Moschata Labdanum each one ounce choice Cynamon Cloves white Saunders each half an ounce red Roses Nutmeg Mace Wood of Aloes Cardamoms Marjoram Gum-Elemni Gith-seed Zedoary each a dram and a half Turpentine as much as is sufficient with a little infusion of Tragacanth made in rose-Rose-water then make a mass Another Take of yellow Saunders six drams two scruples Wood of Aloes half an ounce red Roses Basilicon Lavender Rosemary-flowers Marjoram each three drams one scruple
Citron-pill seven drams Cynamon Nutmeg Mace Cloves Coriander-seed prepared Cardamoms each three drams one scruple pure Labdanum eight ounces Styrax-calamita six drams two scruples liquid Styrax three ounces Benjamin ten drams yellow Wax one ounce and a half Turpentine four ounces rose-Rose-water two ounces and a half Musk of Alexandria Ambergreece each two scruples and a half make a mass Another Take Powder of Violets a dram and a half Roses Marjoram Styrax-calamite Labdanum each one dram Cloves two drams Benjamin Nutmegs each one scruple Ambergreece half a scruple make a mass with rose-Rose-water in which Tragacanth and Gum-arabick have been steeped and sprinkle it with a little Oyl either of Cynamon or Cloves or Nutmegs Another Take Styrax three drams Cloves Cynamon each two drams Mace Nutmeg each one dram Wood of Aloes half a dram Musk Ambergreece each three granes Mastick one dram and a half pouder and searse them then make them up with the distilled Water of Marjoram and liquid Styrax and make round sweet Balls Another Take of Virgins Wax four ounces Oyl of Olives Turpentine each half an ounce Labdanum three drams Olibanum Mastick each a dram and a half Myrrhe Styrax-calamite each two drams white and red Been red Roses dried Mint Marjoram Cloves Cardamoms white and red Saunders Cynamon Nutmeg Wood of Aloes Camphure each one dram Ambergreece Musk each half a dram pouder them and make a Pomander A Pomander for the time of Pestilence Take of Labdanum Styrax-calamite each one dram Cloves half a dram Camphure Nard Nutmeg each seven granes bruise them all to a fine pouder and mix them with rose-Rose-water in which Tragacanth and Gum-arabick have been steeped and make Balls Another Take of Labdanum three ounces Styrax-calamite one ounce Benjamin half an ounce Cloves three drams red Roses two drams Wood of Aloes white Saunders each one dram Majoram Lavender Gith-seeds each half a dram Camphure three granes liquid Styrax half an ounce with the infusion of Gum-tragacanth in rose-Rose-water make a Pomander the rich may adde a little Musk and Ambergreece A Pomander that will purge Take of Scammony Aloes Myrrhe each one dram Spurge Coloquintida each one dram and a half powder and searse them and with the Juice of Coriander make two Pomanders which hold in your hands often changing them from one hand into the other that they may be hot and alter the air Another against the Plague Take the Flowers of Water-lillies Bugloss Violers Roses each one dram Pomecitron rinde one dram and a half Mace half a dram all the Saunders each a dram and a half white Poppy one scruple Camphure half a scruple Labdanum two drams Ambe regreece four granes powder them and make them up with the distilled Water of Lettice and liquid Styrax and make sweet Balls Another Take of Styrax-calamita Benjamin eace one ounce Labdanum Mastick each half an ounce Cloves Wood of Aloes yellow Saunders each one dram Gith-seeds two drams with a little Venice-Turpentine make sweet balls and aromatize them with a little Musk and Amber-greece dissolved in Oyl of Cloves A sweet Ointment Take of Musk Ambergreece Sivet each four granes Oyl of sweet Almonds as much as is sufficient make a Liniment Another Take Oyl of Nurmeg made by a press one dram the best Sivet one scruple choice Musk six granes Oyl of Spike Oyl of Lavender each two drops or three make an Ointment to anoint the forehead nostrils and other principal parts A Candle for a Perfume Take of sweet Asa Styrax-calamita each four ounces red Styrax Olibanum each twelve ounces Labdanum eighteen ounces Cloves one ounce and a half Gith one ounce Coriander prepared Juniper-berries each half an ounce liquid Styrax six-ounces Turpentine half an ounce Coales of Line-tree or Sallow thirty ounces with the infusion of Gum-tragacanth made in rose-Rose-water make Candles Perfuming Candles against Poyson and Pestilence Take of Labdanum three ounce Styrax-calamita ten drams sweet Asa six drams Frankincense one ounce and a half French Lavender two ounces red Roses Cloves each three ounces Pomecitron-pills yellow Saunders each two drams Juniper-berries half an ounce Amber-greece Musk each half a scruple Coals of Line-tree one pound and a half mix them all with Gum-tragacanth and rose-Rose-water warm and bring them into a Masse then make small Candles out of it and dry them gently A Muskified Soap Take of Venetian Soap four pound cut it very small and add pouder of Cloves white Saunders each two ounces Benjamin one ounce Musk twenty granes temper them with Rose-water some add a few drops of Oyl of Spike but Oyl of Cloves or Mace will do better Balls against the Plague or Pestilence Take of Labdanum three drams powder of Roses Aromatick-cane Orrice the true Dittander Angelica Cynamon sweet Saunders Nutmegs each two scruples Benjamin two drams and a half Amber-greece one scruple Musk twenty granes Styrax-calamita half an ounce with six ounces of Gum-Arabick or Tragacanth infused in one ounce of rose-Rose-water make Balls according to Art and anoint them with Oyl of Benjamin Of sweet Scents or Perfumes Troches for Perfumes TAke Wood of Aloes Labdanum Benjamin each two drams Styrax-calamite half a dram Sugar-candy three ounces Musk two granes mix them with rose-Rose-water into a Paiste and make Troches which will smell the better if you sprinkle a little Rose-water on them when you use them Troches of Gallia Moschata Take raw Wood of Aloes choice and good five parts Ambergreece three parts good Musk one part Mucilage of Tragacanth dissolved in Rose-water as much as will suffice to make them up and make Troches of the figure of a Myrtle-leaf seal them up and put them in an Earthen Vessel Troches of Benjamin Take of Benjamin six ounces Wood of Aloes eight ounces Styrax-calamite three ounces Musk half a dram Orrice two ounces Sugar-candy three pound powder them and with rose-Rose-water make Troches The Countess of Arnsburg's Perfume Take fresh white Roses bruised four ounces Benjamin steeped in Rose-water a day and a night two ounces Ambergreece three granes Musk two granes Siver one grane powder and beat them with the Roses then adde of the best Sugar half an ounce then let them alone in a morter well covered for two dayes then work them into a mass and make Troches but you must mix a little Gum-tragacanth steeped in Rose-water and Gum-dragon to make them stick together the better A Perfume made in the form of little Birds Take of red Styrax half a pound liquid Styrax one ounce Styrax-calamite one ounce and a half coals of Sallow Tragacanth each two drams let the powder of the Coals and the Tragacanth be steeped three days in rose-Rose-water then work them into a mass of which make the figures of Birds An excellent Perfume for Candles or Troches Take of sweet Asa half an ounce Powder of Orrice two drams Wood of Aloes Nutmeg Cloves Mastick each one dram Styrax-calamite two drams all the Saunders each half a scruple Camphure five granes Ambergreece Musk each four granes white Sugar four ounces with the mucilage of Tragacanth and a little liquid Styrax and rose-Rose-water with Musk make Candles or Troches FINIS The Contents of the Book IT teacheth to make variety of sweet Waters for the Body or Garments to illustrate and adorn the face to take away Freckles Skars Sun-burns Pimples Redness with the Art of making several Colourings or Fucusses also how to take away Spots Bunchings Warts to kill Ring worms to smooth Wrinkles raze out the marks of the small Pox with Potions to make the Body fat or lean sweet Baths to cleanse the body also how to colour the Hair of any colour whatsoever to make it grow thick to make it curl to lengthen it to cause it to grow where it is wanting and take it away where it is superfluous to hinder the shedding of it also to cure all blemishes or infirmities of the eyes and teeth with Dentrifrices and Powders to cleanse and whiten them to make Lotions Lyes and Ointments As also to cure sore Heads Dander Nits Lice Scabs Scars Leprosies Tetters Scalds and Burns to whiten the hands to take away all deformities of womens breasts how to make sweet and muskified Soaps to wash with also Perfumes sweet Bags Pomanders for delight and those that will purge by smelling to them Candles that perfume as they burn and several Troches for Perfumes
sleeping upon it half an hour Another of the same Take of Milk Spring-water each one pint boyl them together till the water be consumed then adde Sugar of Penidies fresh Butter each one ounce Oyl of sweet Almonds newly drawn half an ounce give them one boyling more and so let it be taken fasting and sleeping upon it A Drink to make the body lean Take of round Birthwort one dram the lesser Centory one scruple Gentian Poly Parsley each three drams powder them and take them with white Wine fasting Of Baths to mundifie the Body Take of Pellitory of the wall Mallows Bears-breech Violet leaves each one handful whole Barley two pugils Violet Chamemel-flowers each three pugils make a Decoction in rain-rain-water and with that make a Bath with which wash fasting afterwards when the Body hath sweated in the bed wipe it carefully Another to cleanse the Body and make it comely Take of Sage Lavender-flowers Rose-flowers each two handfuls a little Salt boyl them in water or in a Lye and make a Bath not too hot in which bathe the body two hours before meat Another of the same Take of Rose-water Vineger Salt each as much as is sufficient make a Decoction with Spring-water of which take two cups full and a sufficient quantity of Bran mix them and rub the body with it then wash with warm water or with a sweet Bath A Bath for faults of the Skin in Cholerick Bodies Take of Barley cleansed three pugils of Marsh-mallows Mallows Violet leaves each three handfuls Beets Pellitory of the wall Bugloss Burrage each one handful the seeds of Goard Citrul Mellon Cowcumber Flax Fenigreek each two drams flowers of Violets Roses Water-lillies Lillies each two handfuls make a Decoction with the head and feet of a ram and make a warm Bath A stronger Bath for faults of the Skin Take of the roots of Lillies Grass-plantane Bryony each one pound Burrage Bugloss Fumitory Sope-wort each two handfulls Pellitory of the Wall Maidenhair Mallows Violet leaves each one handful whole Barley Beans blanched Rice each three ounces Flowers of Melilot Chamemel Rosemary Mallowes Violets each two pugils roots of Orrice Niter each a sufficient quantity make a Decoction for a Bath A sweet-scented Bath for Noble-women Take of Roses Citron pill Citron flowers Orenge flowers Jasmine Bays Rosemary Lavender Mint Pennyroyal Spring-water each a sufficient quantity boyl them together gently and make a Bath to which adde Oyl of Spike six drops Musk five grains Ambergreece three grains sweet Asa one ounce let her go into the Bath two houres before meat Of Lotions or Lyes that adorn the Hair A Lye to make the Hair fair IF you would have your hair fair and sweet cented wash your head with Galens Lye called The distilled Lye which is made of a little ashes of a Vine burnt of the Knots of Ba ley straw and liquorish Sowes-bread and whiles the head is combed sprinkle the hair with the powder of Cloves Roses Nutmeg Cardamom and Galingale with Rose-water dipping the Comb also in it also they are made fair being often washt with the Decoction of Beech-tree nuts Another to make the Hair yellow Take of Dyers Madder yellow French Lavender Maidenhair Wormwood Lupines each a sufficient quantity put them in water or a Lye in a glass vessel for nine days stirring of it every day twice and steep a spunge in it with which wash the hair and after it is dryed wash it with warm water and soap To make the Hair of a Gold colour Take of Barley straw the rine of Liquorish shavings of Box leaves of Box Saffron Cummin each a sufficient quantity the Lye of the ashes of prunings of Vines as much as is sufficient boyl them all well and make a Lye with which if the hairs be often washt they will be exceeding yellow and like the colour of gold To make it yellow Take of the Lye of Vines as much as is sufficient to wash the hairs once the flowers of Mullein French Lavender the roots of Celandine each one pugil boyl them together let the head be first washt with a common Lye and being dried wash it with this decoction and dry it by degrees with hot linnen clothes The Italian women boyl in a common lye the flowers of French Lavender bruised and the shavings of yellow Sanders Another for the same Take of the shavings of Box French Lavender Citron pill Liquorish powder'd the roots of Coltsfoot Maidenhair each a sufficient quantity a little Saffron boyl them in water till a third part be consumed strein it and wash the head and anoint the comb with it Another of the same Authors Take of Barley straw as much as is sufficient Myrtle-flowers shavings of Box Saffron Cummin Privet each three drams boyl them in a Lye of Vines with which wash the head Another Take of Lupines one ounce and a half Myrrhe one ounce Stavesacer white Tartar each half an ounce boyl them in a Lye and wash the hair Another Take of Oat straw the roots of Celandine Agrimony the shavings of Box Vine-ashes Oat ashes each a sufficient quantity make a Lye with warm water and wash the head A Lye to dye the hair of a Saffron colour Take Lye in which a little Rubarb hath bin dissolv'd wil dye the hair of a Saffron colour Another Raw Lupines anointed on the hair with water and Niter do make them yellow saith Galen Another Take of Lupines powder'd Myrrhe each five drams salt Niter white Tartar burnt each three drams the Lye of prunings of Vines a sufficient quantity mix them and with this wash the haires in the sun with a spunge or comb Another Take the rine of Barberries half an ounce the root of Liquorish two ounces and a half Spleen-wort Oakfern each one handful make a Decoction in water or Lye strein it and to one pound adde common honey one ounce water of Grass-plantane of Cuckow-pintle each half an ounce mix them and with a spunge or comb dye the hairs in the sun Another Take of Tartar calcined half an ounce the roots of privet two ounces Raddish roots three ounces bruise them well boyl them rub the hairs when you go to bed and in the morning wash it with the Lye of Vines Another Take the Lye of the ashes of the wood of Ivy unbarked wash the head often and the hair will become yellow A Lye to make the hair red and curled In Bononia they wash them in a Lye of prunings of Vines in which the shavings of Box and Citron pill are steeped In Italy also they say that a Gentian root will do the same A Lye to make the hair yellow bright and long and to help the Memory Take so much common Lye as will wash the head ten times six sweet Orange pills Citron pill as much as you please Chamemel flowers Bay-leaves Maidenhair each one handful Agrymony half a handful Barley straw cut three handfuls dry Lupines a handful Fenigreek two handfuls burnt
Tartar half a pound Flowers of Matweed five handfuls mix them and put them in some great vessel and keep it for your use when you would use it take a little out of the vessel and heat it in another vessel and adde if you please a little Myrrhe and Cynamon and so it will be excellent A Lotion for the Hair Take the lees of Alume eight ounces Centory one pound Gum-arabick Starch-corn each three ounces white Soap one ounce River-water one pint mix them and boyl them till a fourth part be wasted after that the head hath been washt with a Lye let this water dye them with a spunge in the sun A Lye to make the hair yellow Take the flowers of Mullein one handful Fenigreek two ounces Vine ashes the wood of Ivy ashes each one handful Rain-water ten points boyl them together till one half be consumed strein it and adde four pound of the whitest Soap Saffron two drams mix them and set them in the sun for one month with which dye the hair in the sun with a spunge or comb Another for the same Take of the Lye made of the ashes of the wood of Ivy as much as is sufficient the flowers of Mullein St. Johns-wort Fenigreek each as much as is sufficient boyl them and make a Lye with which wash the hair Another Take of the Lye of prunings of Vines the flowers of Mullein French Lavender the shavings of Butchers-broom the roots of Celandine each a sufficient quantity boyl them and wash the hair A Lye to make a Gold colour Powder the stems and roots of Coleworts and mix them with the shavings of Box or Ivory powder'd and with those Powders make a Lye which will do the business Another for the same Take of the Lye of Vine ashes as much as is sufficient Saffron white Soap each a sufficient quantity mix them Another Take of the Lye of prunings of Vines Pennyroyal each a sufficient quantity mix boyl them and wash the hair Another Take of the Lye made of Colewort ashes a sufficient quantity the roots of Agrimony Salt each as much as will suffice a little Aloes boyl them together then adde Saffron Rubarb powder'd each a little mix them and make a Lye with which wash the head at night and wrap it up with a hor linen cloth and next morning they will be yellow Of Lyes that colour the Hair black Take of the Juice of the rine of Walnuts three pints Litharge powder'd one pound mix them together with a Lye and wash the hairs Another Take of the rines of Fig-tree Gauls Date-tree Brambles Cypress each a sufficient quantity mix them and make a Lye to wash the hair Another for the same Take of Fig-tree leaves of black Vine of Mulberry leaves each one pound Rain-water a sufficient quantity steep them one day then boyl them and wash the hair Another Take a sufficient quantity of common Lye leaves of Beets one handful Sage three or four handfuls Myrrhe Bay-leaves the rines of green Nuts each a sufficient quantity mix and boyl them and so wash the head then in the end wash the face and neck with a simple Lye Another Take of Myrtle-berries Sumach Sage Cypress Nuts Citrine and Chebul Myrobalans common Lye each a sufficient quantity boyl them all together till a third part be consumed and make a Lye to wash the head Another Take of Indian Myrobalanes Gauls Cypress Nuts Pomegranate flowers Myrtle-berries each one ounce Roche-alume half an ounce salt Gem one dram powder them and boyl them in water with which wash the hair Another Take of common Lye a sufficient quantity Litharge of Gold one pound boyl them awhile together then take them from the fire and adde Oyl of Tartar half an ounce mix them and anoint the hair Another Take of common Lye two parts the ashes of Mast-tree salt Niter each one part mix them and wash the hair Another to colour the hair and beard Take of the scum of Silver burnt Brass each one part of the strongest Lye four parts boyl them with a gentle fire and when it rises in bubbles wash the hair and when they are drid again sprinkle them with warm water Another Take the water of Stillatory in which put four iron needles till they are dissolved and yellow Arsnick powder'd and with a feather wet the comb with the same water and comb the hair by the fire side or in the sun but so as it touch not the skin Of Lyes to colour the Hair red Take of Lupines powder'd ten drams Myrrhe half a dram the flowers of Sallow burnt Tartar each three drams being powder'd put them in a Lye and boyl them till they are thick with which dye the hairs Another Take of Sumach two ounces Gauls three ounces Madder two ounces Maidenhair Wormwood each one ounce Lupines husked two handfuls water ten pints steep them for some days then wash the hair Of Lyes that colour the Hair white Take of the greater Centory four ounces the Lees of Alume eight ounces Roche-alume Gum-arabick each two ounces clean white Soap Gum-tragacanth each four ounces clear water six ounces boyl half away then strein it and the head being washt with that and dried in the sun last of all wash it with a Lye Another Take of Vine ashes one pound water six pints and make a Lye Of Lyes to lengthen the Hair Take of Agrimony Elm bark Vervin Rain-water each a sufficient quantity mix and boil them till a third part be wasted with which wash the hair once every week Another for the same Take the rine of Sallow Wormwood Southernwood dried Roses Water each a sufficient quantity mix and steep them for a whole Friday and Sunday boyl them till a third part be wasted and wash the hair Another Take a sufficient quantity of Goats Milk Whey the ashes of a Cane Flax-seed each a sufficient quantity boyl them together strein it and make a Lotion for the hair Another Take of Maidenhair Emblick Myrobalanes Sorrel each a sufficient quantity boyl them in water strein it and adde a little Myrrhe and make a Lotion for the hair Of Lyes to increase the Hair Take of Agrimony Elm bark the roots of Sallow Southernwood Marsh-mallowes white Popler buds ashes of Colewort-stalks water each a sufficient quantity make a Lye to wash the hair Another of the same Take of Bears-breech common Lye each a sufficient quantity boyl them and wash the hair Another to make the hair thick Take of Agrimony Elm bark roots of Vervin roots of Sallow Southernwood Flax-seed burnt Cane-roots each a sufficity mix them all and boyl them in Goats milk or water and wash the hair A Lotion to increase the hair Take of Maidenhair three ounces Labdanum Myrtle a Goard burnt each one ounce ten pints of water powder them and steep them twenty days every day mixing them then boyl them till a third part be consumed and make a Lye to wash the head Another Take a sufficient quantity of white
as is sufficient mix and anoint the hair with it Oyls to lengthen the hair Take three green Lizards Oyl of Myrtles as much as is sufficient boyl them together till their flesh be dissolved and anoint the comb Another of the same Authors Take of Emblick Myrobalanes a sufficient quantity steep them in Oyl of Turky-millet till they swell then boyl them together a quarter of an hour An Oyl to preserve Travellers from cold First chafe the extream parts well then annoint them with the oyl of Euphorbium heated with oyl of Pellitory of Spain and oyl of Peppers Of Ointments that hinder shedding the hair Take of Labdanum steeped in â—owr wine and powder'd a sufficient quantity Oyl of Myrtles what will suffice mix them and make an Unguent wiâ—h which anoint the hair before bathing Another of the same Take two parts of Labdanum Oyl of Myrtles Wine each a sufficient quantity Maidenhair one part make an Unguent Another Take of Myrtle-berries Labdanum each three ounces with the Decoction of binding Bean-tree boyl it to a thickness then adde Oyl of Nard or Myrtles a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another to preserve the hair and make them black Take of Myrtle-berries seeds of Smallage Beets sprouts of Myrtles each a pint and a half Maidenhair Labdanum each twelve ounces black wine seven pints boyl them till they are wholly dissolved and when a third part is remaining adde four pints and a half of Oyl of Myrtles and boyl it again till it is thick Another to preserve the hair Take a pint and a half of Candy-wine sodden Labdanum one ounce the â—ine of Pine-nuts burnt two ounces Maidenhair burnt one ounce Bears-grease one pound juice of Beets three cups full boyl the Labdanum and Wine till they come into one body then put in the rest and taking them away keep it in a leaden vessel Another Take Small age seeds two ounces Maiden-hair Frankincense each two ounces fifteen Walnuts Labdanum two ounces rines of Pine-nuts one pound put them all into a new earthen vessel well stopt with clay and burn them in the furnace of a bath then take them out and powder them and add of Bears fat one pound work them into a body and put them in an oaken or Cypress Box and at time of use take as much as will be needful and beat it up with what sweet ointment you please anoint the head with it twice a day Another Take of dried Coleworts a sufficient quantity powder it and with water bring it into the form of an Unguent and use it Another Take Labdanum sprinkled with sowr wine powder it and with Oyl of Myrtles and wine poured to it by course bring it to the thickness of Honey and anoint the head with it before and after a bath Another Take Juice of sowr Grapes or unripe wine a pint and a half Labdanum one ounce the rine of Pine-nuts burnt two ounces Maiden-hair burnt three ounces the fat of a Bear or Duck four ounces Juice of Night-shade half an ounce boyl the Wine and Labdanum together then add the rest and keep it for use Another Take of Labdanum Maidenhair Oyl of Myrtles each one dram Rue two drams old wine a sufficient quantity bruise and mix them then adde enough Bears fat and make an Unguent Archigene's Ointment against falling of the Hair Take of Labdanum Wormwood each equal parts ten Juniper-berries Oyl as much as is sufficient bruise mix them and reduce them into the form of an Unguent Another of the same Authors Take of black Maidenhair black Myrtles each equal parts the double quantity of Gauls with Oyl of Mastick or Myrtles bring to the thickness of Honey and use it Another Take of Frankincense Vitriol Gauls Maidenhair each equal parts powder them in the sun and bring them with Wine to the thickness of Honey or boyl them gently till they look black then mix them with Oyl of Mastick or Myrtles and so use it Another Take of Wormwood the rine of Pine-nuts leaves of Myrtle Maidenhair each a sufficient quantity burn them to ashes to which adde Labdanum powder'd Myrrhe each equal parts Oyl of Raddish-seeds old wine each as much as is sufficient make an Unguent Another Take of Labdanum steeped in wine and powder'd Oyl of Myrtles each one part mix them and make an Unguent Another Take the Juice of binding Bean-tree Labdanum each three drams Oyl of Myrtles Wine each half an ounce mix them to an Unguent Another Take of Gauls Indian Myrobalanes leaves of Myrtles each equal parts boyl them in Wine strein them and boyl it again to a thickness then add Labdanum Mastick each one ounce oyl of unripe Olives water each one pint boyl them again to a thickness Another Take of Labdanum thâ—â—e ounces Gaules Myrrhe Mastick Frankincense each one dram wilde Carduus two drams dissolve them all in oyl of Roses and so use it Another Take of the Juice of Myrtle-leaves the Juice of wilde Olives each two ounces dried Roses half an ounce Romane Wormwood two drams Vineger half a pint boyl them together till one half be consumed strein it and add Labdanum two ounces to all which well bruised adde Oyl of Myrtles Juice of sowr Grapes as much as will suffice to make it thick as honey Maidenhair powder'd three drams Gallia Moschata one dram or two and make an Ointment Another Take of Myrtle-berries the rine of Reeds burnt the rine of Pine-nuts burnt each half an ounce leaves of Myrtles Wormwood each two drams powder and mix them with Oyl of Myrtles to the form of an Unguent Another Take of Maidenhair burnt Myrtle-leaves the rine of Pine burnt each equal parts Frankincense Labdanum alike powder them and mix them with the oyl of Raddish-seeds and Wine into the form of an Unguent Of Ointments to restore the Hair Cleopatra's Ointment to ingender Hair WHen you have bruised the roots of tender Reeds press forth the Juice and mix dried Flies with it into a pulstise and when you have wrought it together and mixt it with Bears fat and oyl of Cedars use it to anoint with but to take away the smell of it pour some wine to it Another of Cleopatra's Burn dried Flax seed together with the stubble of Flax and being powder'd lay it on with oyl of Turky-millet Another Lay upon the Hair burnt Bees mixt with Honey Another to make the hair grow again Take oyl of Juniper oyl of Nuts each one ounce white honey juice of Dock each half an ounce Smallage-seeds Asarabacca powder'd each two ounces incorporate them and anoint the place Another Take the roughest foam of the Sea burnt and powder'd and smoothed with oyl lay it on the place but especially let it be Lamp-oyl Another The shells of Sea Hedge-hogs burnt and wrought together with Bears-grease lay upon the places being first rubbed Another Take the roots of Reeds burnt mix them with Bears-grease and lay it on the place Another of Orestinus against an old Baldness Take of Mouseturd
and whiten the Hair Take of Swallows dung the roots of Elecampane Radish-seeds Brimstone flowers of Capers Frankincense each half an ounce incorporate them all together with the like quantity of the Gaul or a white Ox rub the hairs with it being first washt with the Lye of Vines and dried and while the haires are dried of their own accord after the Lotion rubbing them wash them again in the same Lye and dry them by degrees with a hot cloth Of Ointments that dye the hair black Take of the scum of silver Limolian earth liquid Alume each alike parts the haires being first washt and dried anoint them over night and binde over them Beets leaves Another Take of Selinusian earth scum of silver Lime each alike parts reduce them with water to the thickness of Honey and when you have first washt the hairs with a Lye then anoint them and likewise laying on the leaves of Beets binde them up and in the morning comb them out Anoâ—her to black the Beard Dried and burnt Lead mixt with the juice of crude Beets to the thickness of Honey laid on and let alone till dinner time then washt off Another Take of Gauls Frankincense Gith each two drams pouder them and put them in a Quince hollowed close it up and wrap it in Bread-paste and bake it in an oven till it is burnt pouder it and mix the ashes with oyl Another Take of Gauls burnt with common oyl two ounces Roche-alume two drams salt Gem one dram with Oyl of Costmary make an Ointment A Liniment that will make gray Hairs black Take of Black Emblick Myrobalanes Gauls each twenty Labdanum a sufficient quantity Leaves and Berries of Myrtle each threescore pouder and searse them and infuse them in three pints of Oyl for three days then boyl them till they grow thick and anoint the roots of the hair with it Another Take of the dross of Iron filing of Lead each a sufficient quantity boyl them in Vineger till one half be consumed strein it an anoint the parts an unction of burnt Lead made with the juice of Beets to the consistence of honey will make the Beard black Of Ointments that dy the hair white Take of Swallows dung the Gaul of a Bull each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an Ointment Another Take of Elecampane the rine of Radish-root Alume Glew each one part mix them and anoint Another Take of Swallowes dung Radish-seed Brimstone the bark of Caper-roots a Cows Gaul the best Vineger each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent An Ointment to colour the hair red Take of burnt Tartar pouder'd Oyl of wilde Cucumber each a sufficient quantity make a Liniment to anoint the hair Of Ointments to curl the hair Take a sufficient quantity of Rams horns cut it and pouder it with Oyl and anoint the hair Another Take of the root of Danewort and pouder it with Oyl then anoint the head and binde leaves of the same over it Another Take the juice of Beets of Myrtles common Oyl each a sufficient quantity mix and anoint Another Take Pine-kernels burnt and pouder'd Oyl of Myrtles each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an ointment Another Take of the scum of Salt which is gathered in boyling Myrrhe pouder'd each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an Unguent Another Take of Myrrhe Gum-arabick Oyl of Fenigreek Oyl of Henbane each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an Ointment for the hair Of Ointments to take away the faults of the Eye-brows For the falling of the hair off the Eye-brows TAke of the filings of Lead of Drakes fat each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an Unguent Another Take of Filberds rosted and pouder'd the fat of a Goat or Bear each a sufficient quantity mix them to an Ointment Another Take the seeds of black Henbane two drams Maidenhair one dram Ointment of Flower-de-luce three spoonfuls pouder and mix them to the form of an Ointment An Ointment to make the hair of the Eye-brows grow again Take of Henbane-seed burnt a sufficient quantity with water make an Unguent Another Take of Bees burnt and pounder'd a sufficient quantity and with Oyl make a Liniment for the Eye-brows An Ointment for Lice in the Eye-brows Take the yelk of an Egg boyled hard a little Aloes mix them and anoint Another Take of Quicksilver killed with spittle Stavesacer each half an ounce butter a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take one Apple roasted and cleansed Quicksilver killed with spittle a sufficient quantity mix them well and anoint Another Take of Stavesacer one ounce Oyl of Wormwood two ounces Wax a sufficient quantity make a Liniment Another Take of Sugar'd-alume Aloes Stavesacer Vineger of Squills each a sufficient quantity make an Ointment Of Ointments that take away the black and blewness of the Eye-lids and Eyes Take of Beans husked and pouder'd a sufficient quantity Honey what is convenient mix them and make an Unguent Another Take a sufficient quantity of yelks of Eggs boyled hard Honey what is convenient and beat them together to the form of an Ointment with which anoint the parts Another Take of Cerusse Cummin Bean each a sufficient quantity pouder them and with the juice of Coriander make an Unguent An Ointment for the shedding of the hairs of the Eye-lids Take of Stibium burnt and quencht in womans milk thirteen drams Aloes Myrrhe Spikenard each two drams burnt Barley half an ounce pouder them and mix them with a sufficient quantity of water Another Take the Marrow of the right leg of an Ox of Sut each a sufficient quantity and mix them For the shedding of the Eye-brows and Beard Take of Henbane two drams Mouseturd one dram Maidenhair two drams Oyl of Flower-de-luce a sufficient quantity pouder and mix them with the Oyl foment the part and then anoint it An Ointment for dropping of the Eyes Take of Myrrhe Cummin Frankincense Mastick Ammoniacum Bolearmenick each half an ounce Saffron 2 drams pouder them all and mix them with the whites of Eggs and lay them on the forehead and tempels Another of the same Take of Frankincense Mastick Gum-arabick Tragacanth Bolearmenick Tutty Dragons blood each half an ounce pouder and mix them with the whites of Eggs and apply them to to the forehead and tempels Ointments to stop droppings of the Eyes Take of Celandine Rue Vervin the bark of Fennel-roots each one handful bruise them and make a paste with old Hogs-grease which boyl in white Wine till the wine be almost consumed strein it and adde new white Wax Aloes each three drams Verdegrease Saffron each one dram Frankincense three drams Mastick four drams Camphure one dram make an Ointment to anoint the eyes Another of the same Take of Aloes Sarcocol Frankincense each a sufficient quantity pouden and mix them with the Juice of Fennel An Ointment for tears of the Eyes Take of Tutty prepared Sarcocol Myrrhe Frankincense Styrax-calamite Ambergreece each one scruple dried Roses Sumach
and Worms of the Face Take of Hens fat Betony each as much as is sufficient mix them and beat them together An Ointment to whiten Skars Take of Oyl of Tartar seeds of Fleawort each one ounce infuse them in the mucilage of Borax or salt Gem dissolved in Oyl of Roses an ounce A Liniment for high red Skars Take Oyl of Litharge two drams Oyl of Tartar Balsom of Saturn each one dram camphure one scruple Spermacety one dram Oyl of Eggs two ounces mix them and make a liniment use it four times a day the richer sort may use Oyl of Talc which is most excellent for all blemishes An Ointment to take away the thickness of the face Take of fresh Butter Turpentine each one ounce Lilly roots roasted in the leaves of Beets under the ashes three ounces unslaked Lime five times washt in Rose-water or the juice of Balm fresh Hogs-grease melted in Rose-water each one ounce mix them and make an Unguent Another for the tenderer sort Take of Lilly roots rosted under the ashes one pound bruise them in a morter to which adde Sugar-Candy three ounces make an Ointment to apply to the face An Ointment for Warts in the face Take of Athenian Honey the sharpest Vinegar each twelve drams mix them carefully and anoint them rubbing them with the fingers Another of the same Take the scum of Quicksilver three drams pure Turpentine the quantity of an Egyptian bean a little Oyl mix them and when you have cleansed the face take a little on your finger then bruise it well and anoint them Another Take of Allom cut and well pouder'd Turpentine each as much as it sufficient mix them Another Take of Indian Costus bruised and searsed a Goats Gaul each a sufficient quantity make an ointment with which anoint them towards night and in the morning wash the face with milk An Ointment for Ringworms in the face Take of Vineger of Squills two ounces Aloes the Juice of sowre Dock Oyl of Tartar each three drams make a Liniment Another Take the distilled water of sowr Dock four ounces Borax three drams common Salt one dram Vineger of Squills one ounce mix them and make an Unguent Another Take Dock-roots three ounces roast them under the ashes afterwards with Vineger of Squills make a Liniment if this cure not adde of Quicksilver half a dram or Sublimate one scruple wash the face often with the water of Myrtles or of Rose-seeds afterwards adde also a little white of an Egg that the skin may resist it the better Another Take of Tartar two drams pouder it and apply it with the whites of Eggs or with three drams of burnt Alume do the like An Ointment for callous Warts Take of French Soap half an ounce Ammoniacum Styrax Frankincense each one dram dissolve them in water and make it to the thickness of a Cerot then anoint with it and after one hour wash it off with warm water Another Take of red Niter Hyssope Pennyroyal Salt digged up each equal parts beat them and searse them make it up with Cerot of Roses and use it Another Take the seeds of Bastil red Niter green Pennyroyal cleft Alume Indian Costus each alike parts pouder and searse them and mix them with a sufficient quantity of Goat or Hens-grease to the form of an Unguent Another Take of burnt Salt Pennyroyal Hyssope Ammoniacum Sumach each equal parts oyl of Roses as much as is sufficient make an Unguent An Ointment for Ringworms of the face Take of Aloes two drams dissolve it in Vineger of Squills to the form of a Liniment anoint the parts affected at night Another Take the roots of Bryony as many as are sufficient work them up with salt in the sharpest Vineger and apply it Another approved one Take of sharp Dock two parts Gentian one part boyl them in water then strein them and mixing it with Calves-grease boyl it again with a slow fire to the consistence of an Unguent An Ointment for Surn-burns Clefts of the Lips and Speckles in the Face Take twenty Snailes with their shells bruise them then adde the weight of them in Cerusse new Wax three ounces Harts-horn one ounce make a Liniment then wash the face An Ointment for Warts in the Face Take the roots of Asarabacca temper them in Rose-water two dayes bake them and anoint the part Another Take the roots of Celandine as much as is sufficient pouder'd mixt with grease and applied it wastes and takes them away For a red Face Take Brimstone one ounce Cerusse washt two drams Juice of Lemmons one ounce apply it at night with the Decoction of Bran. Another Take Oyl of Tartar Oyl of Roses Juice of sowr Dock of Bays of Grass-plantane each four ounces Cerusse one ounce and a half Litharge of Gold two drams Quicksilver killed one ounce and a half roots of Asphodel burnt under the ashes two ounces make a Liniment in a leaden morter Another Take of Citrine ointment half a pound Litharge four ounces Cerusse washt two ounces Cotton Alume burnt Tartar calcined each one ounce and a half the Juice of Elecampane roots the Juice of sowr Dock Sows-bread Lemons each five ounces Camphure three drams oyl of Roses a pound and a half mix them Another Take the Juice of Fumitory Plantane Sorrel each three ounces Oyl of Roses one ounce Gum-tragacanth Arabick each half a dram Dragons blood two drams new Wax as much as is sufficient make an Ointment to use going to bed and the next day wash with the Decoction of Beans Another Take of Litharge twice or thrice infused in Vineger one ounce nourish it with white Wine and Goard-seed and stir it till it be brought to the form of an Unguent adde of Camphure dissolved in rose-Rose-water half an ounce anoint the face and in the morn wash it with the Decoction of Beans A Liniment for a scabby face Take of Litharge of Gold one ounce and a half Cerusse washt in Plantane-water and Horse-tail two ounces Oyl of Roses three ounces boyl the Oyl and with white Wax make a Liniment For redness and bunchings in the face Take Oyl of Roses Oyl of Tartar each four ounces juice of Wood-sorrel three ounces Cerusse washt one dram and a half Litharge of Gold two ounces Quicksilver killed one ounce and a half roots of Asphodel burnt under the ashes make a Liniment in a leaden morter For leprous Faces Take the powders of Citrine-ungent Litharge of Gold each four ounces Cerusse washt two ounces Borax Alume burnt Tartar calcined each one ounce and a half the juice of Elecampane-roots of sowre Dock Sows-bread Lemmons each five ounces oyl of Roses one pound Quicksilver kill'd with spittle four ounces make an Unguent Another Take the ashes of the root of Birthwort Grass-plantane the fine taken off and washt nine days in spring-water then searse it all and take what you please and dissolve it in Plantane or Purslane-water and anoint the face An Ointment for Knobs appearing under the Skin Take
Frankincense each two ounces dissolve them in the sharpest Vineger and anoint the place first shaved Another of the same Take of Sea-Hedge-hogs burnt together with their shells unripe Gauls bitter Almonds burnt each two ounces Mouseturd one dram powder them well and dissolve them in vineger and lay them on Another Take the hairs of a Bear burnt Maidenhair burnt the roots of Reeds burnt the leaves of Missletoe burnt shreds of Hair-cloth burnt each equal parts mix it up with Bears-grease and Rozen of Cedar-tree Another of Ortho the Sicilian Take of the ashes of the least Frogs burnt in an earthen pot one part Mouseturd white Hellebore the roots of Reeds burnt white pepper each alike parts mix them with vineger and apply them to the place first rubb'd and shaved Another Take of the ashes of Goats hoofs burnt the Juice of Thapsia the foam of the Sea Mouseturd the scum of Niter Myrrhe white Pepper Ginger each alike parts powder them well and mix them up with Goats gaul Another Take the Juice of the leaves of Sallow the Juice of Myrtle leaves each half an ounce Labdanum one ounce Oyl of Myrtles as much as will suffice to make it into an Unguent mix them and use it Another Take of Bees burnt Maidenhair burnt Oyl of Roses each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent An Ointment to make hairs grow on those troubled with an Elephantiasis Take the ashes of a Moul of Wasps of Hens each two drams Oyl of Flower-de-luce two ounces Labdanum one ounce and a half a little Wax and make a Liniment An Ointment to produce hair Take the rine of Reeds scum of Niter each half an ounce mix them up with Tar and use it but you must daily scrape the place and rub it with a Cloth for so it will cause the hair very quickly Another Take of House-mice burnt one part shreds of flaxen-cloth burnt one part rine of Reeds one part these being all dried powder them and mixing them with honey reduce them to the consistence of it and then adde marrow and fat melted and put them in a brass Box rub the bald place till the hair comes Another Take of red Poppy leaves of Myrtle Maidenhair Lavender Cyperus Smallage-seeds Emblick Myrobalanes Cypress-nuts each one dram water three pints boyl them all till two pints be wasted strein it and adde Oyl of Myrtles one pound boyl them again till the water be consumed and adde the rines of Pine-nuts Labdanum each one scruple mix them and make an Unguent Another Take the head or hide of an Earth-Hedgehog burnt powder it and work it up with honey and anoint the place Another Burn together a Sea-horse and a little Niter mix them up with Goose-grease and the place being prepared with Niter anoint it Another Take of Sword-flag a sufficient quantity burn the leaves in a pot then mix it up with Rozen and Pine-ashes scarifie the bald place and lay it on and binde it Another of Soranus Take of Bears-grease the ashes of Reed-leaves burnt the powder of Brass each one part Vineger old Oyl each a sufficient quantity make an Unguent Another Take the ashes of Reed burnt the hairs of a Bear Maidenhair Bears-grease Tar Goats hairs burnt Rozen of Cedar each alike parts mix them together and anoint the place rubbed before Another Take the leaves of Greek-reed burnt half an ounce Mouseturd two drams Hedge-hogs burnt one dram powder them mix them with Vineger lay it on An Ointment for Baldness Take of Bulls fat sunned one pound the froth that cleaveth to Canes one ounce the juice of Thapsia an ounce and a half Myrrhe one ounce Maidenhair one pound an Asses member an Asses spleen Labdanum each one pound steep the Labdanum in a little wine and melt the fat with the steem of water burn the Asses member and shave it but burn the Spleen in a new pot with Maidenhair and powder and searce what ought to be then make them with new wine and use it before bathing the head being first comb'd An approved Ointment to cause a Beard Take of Oyl of sweet Almonds Myrrhe each an ounce the rine of the roots of Reeds burnt Maidenhair burnt each two drams heads of Flies burnt Bees bruised in their emptiness each half a dram Labdanum two drams Honey one ounce powder them and with a little Wax make a Liniment Another for the same Take the ashes of a Mole dried in an oven two ounces the ashes of Bees of Filberds burnt each one dram and a half Mouseturd two drams Labdanum a dram and a half the best Honey one ounce Oyl of Nard Wax each a sufficient quantity make a Liniment but in the morning following you must wash your face with this Decoction Take of Maidenhair male Southernwood Rosemary Myrtle-leaves the rine of Reed roots Flowers of Chamemel red Roses leaves of sowre Dock each one handful Pockwood half a pound make a Decoction and use it as hath been said Another Take of Fenigreek six pints Flax-seed three pints Labdanum eight ounces the Juice of binding Bean-tree two ounces of the Indian leaf two ounces twenty Gauls Aromatical Onyx two ounces Syrian Cane two ounces and a half Bdellium two ounces Myrtle burnt twenty four ounces Musk three ounces Florence Flower-de-luce two ounces powder them severally searce them and mix them Another to cause Hair Take the ashes of Grashoppers burnt of Bees burnt Oyl of Myrtles or fat each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an Unguent Of Ointments that hinder the growth of hair Take the Decoction of Spurge mixt with Vineger unslaked Lime and Mallows Another Take the Gum of Ivy Ants Eggs yellow Arsnick Colophony each one ounce Leeches burnt half an ounce powder them and mix them with the blood of Frogs and make an Ointment Another Take the blood of Bats the Juice of Ivy the Juice of Radish Goats Suet each a sufficient quantity mix them and make an ointment Another Take the fat of Frogs of a Mole a Bat Gum of Ivy each a sufficient quantity make an Ointment Another Take of Opium Henbane each a sufficient quantity powder them and with Vineger bring them into the form of an Unguent with which anoint the hairs daily Another Take a sufficient quantity of Castor scum'd Honey enough to make it into an ointment Another Take a whole Hedge-hog boyl it in oyl till the flesh be parted from the bones strein it and with the aforesaid oyl mix Ants Eggs and anoint it Another Take of Hemlock-seed a sufficient quantity powder them and with the blood of a Bat bring them to the form of an Unguent Another Take the Gum of Ivy one ounce yellow Arsnick Colophony Hemlock-seed each half an ounce Castor two drams Opium one dram Henbane one dram and a half Juice of Hemlock the blood of a Bat each a sufficient quantity make an Ointment to annoint the bare places Another Take of the blood of a Bat of mans blood new Cassia each alike parts Ants Eggs