another place Out of Saturne calcined is drawne a sweetish salt in balneo with distilled vinegar pouring it so often vpon the Pheces vntil it draw no more The menstrew euaporated the salt remaineth in the botome which by often dissolutions and coagulations is made Cristaline and afterward easily dissolued into oyle being set in a moist place But if you circulate this cristaline salt in a Pelicane with the alcool of wine 15. daies and after take away the menstrew by distillation put to new wine circulate it putting to a fit dose of cristaline salt of Tartar you shall make a Balme sweeter then sugar which will maruellously preuaile against all maligne vlcers and diseases of the eyes Decoct Antimonie made in pouder with a capital lie prepared of Tartar calcined and Sope ashes and quicke-lime the space of one houre then let it coole pouring vpoÌ„ it a litle Vinegar and there wil appeare a certaine rednes swimming vpon which you shal gather then againe let it boile for one houre or two againe let it coole and gather that which swimmeth vp Do this so often vntil there appeare no more rednes For it is the sulphure of antimonie which dried at a soft fire you shal keepe it to good vses Mingle Antimonie with Sugar and Alum and put all into a Retort of glasse make a soft fire for 4. or 5. houres afterward increase it and there will come out an oyle red like bloud It is also done with mercurie sublimate but great â—eede is to be taken lest any errour be committed in the degree of fire Boyle Sulphur prepared with oyle of Linseede with a verie soft fire and it will be like blood congealed Let the matter coole put it into a retort and giue it fire and there will distill out a verie red oyle of Sulphur It is also done if you mingle bran with your Sulphur and distill it Take of Sulphur Vinae P. i. with which mingle with a soft fire so much pure vâ—trioll molten that it may be one body Distill this by a discentorie and there will descend a red oyle into the receauer If i. pound of the flowre of sulphur be mixed with ii or iii. pound of oile of turpentine in a drie heate the flowres wil dissolue into a red oile Then the menstrew rightly artificially separate circulate the rubin of Sulphur with the Alcoll of wine eight dayes and you shal haue oyle of Sulphur that hath the qualities of the naturall Balme The sower oile of Sulphur is made by Sulphur by setting it on fire and hanging ouer it a bell or a large glasse head to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into that 〈…〉 Put Viâ—â—ioll beaâ—en into pouder into a Cucurbite giuing it a fire of the second degree and there wil issue a sower water which is called the â—leame of Vitrioll Take the Pheces which remaineth in the bottome of the vessell which is called Colcothar stampâ— that and if you mingle flyntes withall with a violent fire there will come out a red oyle It is also made with the simple Colcothar driuen out with a violent fire three daies space and there will come forth a verie hot oyle which is made sweete by circulation with spirit of wine Tartarizated But if the Colcothar bee dissolued in warme water and the rednesse in it separated and the water euaporated the Colcothar will remaine sweetish that which remaineth the rednesse being taken away is called Creta Uitrioli But if Vitrioll be drawne by the ninth a limbeck pouring on alwaies the liquor vpon the dead head and after circulating all by the space of eight dayes you shall haue the spirit of Vitrioll verie profitable for many things The â—leame of Allum is made like the fleame of Vitrioll But Allum is prepared if the â—leame be 5. times powred vpon the pheces out of which it was drawne and distilled last of all drie out all the fleame vntill it be drie Make brine of salt into which cast hot burning stones that they may be imbybed those stones so imbybed put into a retort giuing fire by degrees there wil come forth a very hot oyle of salt I said before that there was great force in Butyro Arseâ—ici fixo to cure al vâ—nâ—monâ— and maligne vlceâ—s it is made in this maner Mingle cristaline Arsenick first subblimed with onely colcothar which doth keepe backe his poyson with like waight of salt of Tartar and salt Peter put al into two glasses fixe it giuing fire the space of xxiiii hourâ—â— first very gentle then of the highest degree You shall finde the matter verie white fixed resembling the color of pearles which dissolue in war 〈…〉 water 〈…〉 may draw the A 〈…〉 ly from it And the pouder which â—emaineth imbybe with oile of Tartar or of Talcum which is better and drie it at the fire and do this thrise Againe dissolue the matter in warme water that you may take away his salt and there will remaine a very white pouder and fixed which will dissolue in a moyst place into a fat oyle which is 〈◊〉 like Butter Out of Talcum rightly and artificially calcined is drawne the spirit with distilled vinegar This is dissolued into a pretious oyle being set in a moist place Take of the iuice of Aristolochia Rotundae and Sauin ana iii. ounces Serpe 〈…〉 ii ounces spirit of 〈◊〉 i. pound circulate them first the space of xxiiii hou 〈…〉 then distil them of this water take i. pounde of elect Magnes made into pouder iiii ounces circulate them together distil away the water from the Phâ—ces 〈◊〉 this three times and by this meanes you shall obtaine the preparation of Mag 〈…〉 But because â—s wee haue saide the noblest 〈◊〉 are to be strengthened and the heart the principal â—â—gan of life must alwaie be defended these preparatio 〈…〉 following are to be vsed Take of Theâ—incae of Alex 〈…〉 〈◊〉 ounces and a halfe the best Mâ—rre i. ounce and a halfe Saffron ii drams the spirit of wine vi ounces mingle al these and in ashes with a very soft fire distill it circulate that which is distilled in Ba 〈…〉 o eight daies and then distill it againe The water hath a most excellent qualitie against the plague and all venemous things and doth maruellously strengthen the heart We haue she 〈…〉 ed the 〈…〉 〈…〉 ncture of gold Corals naturall Balme and the es 〈…〉 ence of Pâ—â—rle in the book which I wrote of preparation now resteth for 〈◊〉 to speake of the gold of life which 〈◊〉 â—hall knowe to be the most excellent and extreme 〈◊〉 in curing 〈…〉 do but consider 〈…〉 excellencie 〈…〉 Deuteron 22. 〈◊〉 Gal. simpl 10. cap. 18. 9 10 12 13. Act. Tetr 1. ser. 2. cap. 110. Aegin libr. 7. Dioscorid libr. 2. cap. 90. Marcel cap. 4. 26. Plin. libr. 28. 4. 15. Serap simpl 〈◊〉 453. 466. Another of 〈◊〉 discription Potions to be giuen other timer of the griefe A potion apt for poisoned wounds by Gunshot 〈◊〉 potion fâ—r the wounds of the heâ—d For wounds of the 〈…〉 macke Oleum Tartar◠〈◊〉 The Salto Tartar Oyle of Tartar The balme of Tartar Oyle of Vintgâ—â— Salt of Vinegar Salâ— and oyle of S 〈…〉 The preparation of Bâ—ls Arm 〈…〉 Oyles of spices 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Oyle of wheatâ— The sâ—â—ple Balâ—e of Hipericon Bals 〈…〉 vised pomorum The compound bâ—lâ—e of hypâ—â—icon The 〈◊〉 balme of 〈◊〉 pomorum How the flime or â—uslege is drawen out of hearbs Another methode Salt of â—â—ine Oyle of Wax The water and oyle of honie The salt of hony Another oyle of hony more precious Oyle of butter 〈◊〉 larde â—yle of yâ—lks of Egges Water of 〈…〉 â—eses Water of the sperme of frogâ— â—alâ— of â—gsâ—elâ—â—nd sâ—â—iles The common Mercurie precipitate Mercurie precipiat fixi dâ—lciâ—ied most profitable for the â—â—re of 〈…〉 ds oile of Mercurie corpo 〈…〉 Oile of mercurie subblimed The balme of Mercurie 〈◊〉 martis Oyle of Mars â—roâ—us martiâ— The balme oile Crocus Viâ—rioâ—ium Venâ—â—is â—alt of saturn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Balsamuâ— Saturni Sulphur of antimoni Oyle of antimonie oile of Sulphur oile of Sulph 〈…〉 vitriolate oile of Sulphur terebinthinaâ— Sowre oile of Sulphur The 〈◊〉 of V 〈…〉 ioll 〈◊〉 of Vitrioll Another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dulcifi 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Spirit of Viâ—â—iâ—ll Tled 〈…〉 of al 〈…〉 and the preparation 〈◊〉 of salt 〈…〉 oile of 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Mag 〈…〉 Cordiall 〈…〉 The 〈◊〉 on of 〈◊〉 câ—ll 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
that these kinde of medicines doe not onely require long difficâ—lâ— preparation but also that they are so deare that euerie one cannot easily vse them I haue thought good therfore first to set downe common medicines and then to come to those which I doe farre more esteeme as indeede they are farre more excellent then the other as by their preparation you may know Albeit also I haue determined to haue consideration of the poore and common souldiour and to set downe them apart that shall helpe the rich THerefore the Surgeons are to bee admonished that when they goe into the warres that they take with them these things readie prepared which are to bee had at most Pothecaries Suppâ—rantia 〈◊〉 â—â—siliâ—um of â—oth sâ—rtâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tetraphramacâ—m Galen◠〈◊〉 Resumptiuum The emplaster of Mucilages which may bee dissolued with oyle Oliue if neede be Detergâ—ntiâ— Uâ—guentum diapâ—mpholygâ—s Nicolal Unguenâ—â—â—â—iride Andr 〈…〉 Empla 〈…〉 disolued with oyle of Roses Vâ—gueâ—â—um Apoâ—â—olicum A 〈…〉 Uâ—guâ—â—tum Egypâ—iacum of the same Sarcotica Unguentum Aureum Ung 〈…〉 câ—râ—seos Mesâ—â— vtrunque Empla 〈…〉 Gratiâ— Deâ— de Ia 〈…〉 Câ—catricem inducentia U 〈…〉 de Minio Desiccatiuum rubrum Emplastrum de cerusa 〈…〉 res extranâ—â—◠〈…〉 ntum 〈◊〉 Nicolai Vnguenta Magistralia of the Phisitions of Florence described by 〈◊〉 Vnguentum de calce viua Repâ—llentia aringentia Vuguentum de bolo co 〈…〉 e. Vuguentum â—osatum Mesuâ— OR for the saide intentions medicines may bee made which neede no other then common preparations Suppurantia Take of new Butter and oyle Oliue anna ii ounces wheare meale clensed from his bran halfe an ounce faire water iiii ounces boyle all together Or take the leaues of Tussilage Mallowes ana M. ii â—ost them vnder ashes and mingle them with butter Or take of the iuice of the rootes of Lillies first rosted vnder aâ—â—es iiii ounces of the grease of a henâ—â— goose or swine ii ounces with oyle of Linseed or oliues the yolke of an egge and a little wax make an ointment Detergentia Take of hony iii. ounces of beane meale and barley meale ana ii drams boyle them with wine to the height of an ointment Or take of Plantaine leaues and Smalege ana M. i. red Roses p. ii red wine 〈…〉 ces boyle it to halfe straine 〈…〉 solue 〈◊〉 ii ounces Turpentine i. ounce Meale of 〈◊〉 and Oâ—obus ana i. dram Alloes and Mirre ana halfe a dram boyle it againe putting to so much waxe as shall suffice to bring it into the forme of an ointment Or take of the iuice of plantaine and Agrimonie ana ii ounces Rose hoâ—â— iiii ounces of the roote of â—â—â—os and Beane meale ana halfe an ounce mingle them towarde the ende with Turpentine i. ounce make thereof an ointment Sarcotica Take of Manna of Frankinsens ana ij drammes of Meale of Fenegreke and Orobus ana â—j dram let them be wrought with honie and the yolke of an egge Or take of Sarcocollae dissolued in milke iii drammâ—â— Mastick Olibanum ana i dram Liquid pitch and Turpentine ana i. ounce 〈…〉 le them and make an ointment Epo 〈…〉 Take of white chalke ij ounces of ashes of burned leather iij. drammes worke them with oyle of Roses Or take of quicke Lime so often washed in water vntill it haue lost all his 〈…〉 nesse ij ounces of Terâ—ae Armeniae i. ounce boyle them with oyle of Mirtilles Of 〈◊〉 Lead burnt Stibium 〈◊〉 Pompholyge may also be made medicines most fit for that purpose Ad venâ—nata vulnera Take of the iuice of Aâ—agallidis pâ—rpureâ— of Cyclaminis ana i. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Viâ—e mingled with mans spitle halfe a ounce 〈…〉 em Or take of 〈…〉 ge ii ounces Ga 〈…〉 um halfe a ounce G 〈…〉 h and Turpentine ana â—i ounces oyle as much as shall suâ—â—ice Or take of oyle iiii ounces of Sagapenum Mumiae and Amber ana â—â—i draâ—s Frankinsens Mastick ana ii drams of thâ— best Terrae Sigillatae and red Corall ana i. dram pitch ii ounces wax as much as shall suffice to make an 〈…〉 ment Or take ii onions of the leaues of Unicae peruince scabiosae Risini of each a handful rost them vnder the ashes and put thereto of Treacle halfe an ounce and with Turpentine make an ointment Ad ambusta Take of the iuice of Onions rosted vnder ashes ii ounces oyle of Nuttes i. ounce mingle them together Or take of the leaues of black iuice stamped with planâ—ine water M. ii of oile i. pound boile them together with iiii ounces of white wine vntil the wine be consumed theÌ„ put to wax as much as shall suffice to make it a salue Or take of Larde molten in the flame ii ounces and poure it into the iuice of Beetes and Rue the creame of milke i. ounce Mucilege of the seede of condonioruâ— and Tragacanthae ana halfe a ounce mingle them Repellentia sanguinem cohibentia Take of the iuice of the leaues of Woodbine and of Oken leaues ana i. ounce red Roses i. dram Boli Armenae Sanguis Draconis ana ii drams oyle of Roses iii. ounces waxe as much as shall suffice Or take of the Pulpe of Apples boyled in milke iii. ounces of Mucilage of the seedes of Psillij and Cydones ana halfe a ounce of the iuice of Bursae Pastoris and Poligonum ana i. ounce of Acaciae and Sanguinis Drâ—conis ana iii. drams of Terra Sigillate halfe an ounce oyle of Mirtils iiii ounces white wax as much as shall suffice to make an ointment BVt these medicines following are not so much vsed among the Apothecaries neither knowne vnto the Surons yet most profitable for wounds by shot and all other whose fit preparation the Spagericke arte doth partlie declare Suppurantia Take of the roote of holy Oke and Lillies ana iiii ounces Beetes with the rootes M i. fresh Butter halfe a pound wormes prepared in wine iii. ounces yolkes of egges 12. the marie of a Calfe of Turpentine ana v. ounces oyle Oliue clensed from the Pheâ—â—s i. pounde stampe those that are to be stamped mingle al well together and digest them in warme doung one moneth after presse it out and with a fire on ashes boile it to the substance of a salue Or take of the iuice of the hearb Tusâ—ilage and Oxalidis ana iij. ounces fat drie figges 20. Frankasence ii ounces Rosen of the Laâ—ixtre i. ounce and a halfe grease of a Goose and a henne ana ii ounces fresh Butter halfe a pound Olei visci pomâ—rum compos i. pound al mingled toge ther let them boyle in a double vessel luted with Luto Sapientiae for the space of sixe houres and straine it warme set againe in the sunne or boyle it to a fit substance these medicines doe quickly mooue matter and are anodina verie commodious for wounds by shot Detâ—rgentia Take of the Iuice of Centariâ— and Selandine ana iiii ounces of honie iii. ounces of flowers of Uerbascum p. ii
of Frankensence Myrre and Masticke ana halfe an ounce oyle of Turpentine vi ounces good white wine i. pound putrifie them al in warme dongue and boyle them as before with a fire of ashes vntill the wine and iuice be consumed and it bee brought to the forme of an ointment then put to i. ounce of this ointment i. dram of mercurie precipitate dulcified If there be need of greater clensing Or take Visci herbarum sâ—niculae Pirolae Aristoloch and Vincae peruincae ana ii ounces of turpentine washed iiii ounces Crocus Veneris halfe a ounce Balsami Taertari ii drams Sulphuris Antimoni i. dram and a halfe set them vpon a fire of ashes vntill it haue the substance of a salue Saercotica Take of the Mucilage of the seedâ— of Fâ—rnigreeke ii ounces of the iuice of hounds tongue Perscicaria and the great Comferie ana i. ounce and a halfe oyle of Frankinsence and mirre ana iii. drams oyle of Hipericon simple ii ounces Turpentine washed with white wine ii ounces let them stand in the sunne or at a soft fire vntil they wax thicke Unguentum depaetâ— Take of the iuice of Pâ—â—um i pound Turpentine v. ounces of common oyle of Hipericon viii ounces good white wine halfe 〈◊〉 pound digest all viii dayes after seeth them vntill the wine be consumed then put to Colophoâ—iae and waxe ana iii. câ—nces Muniâ— and Amber ana ii drammes melt them againe at the fire and make an ointment according to art Take of the iuice of the Petum and Comferie ana iiii ounces oyle of Turpentine i. pounde flowers of Hipericon and Verbascus ana M. ii apples of an elme tree iii. ounces the buds of the Poplaâ—trec iiii ounces the spirit of wine i. pound a halfe digest al these in horse dongue or in a warme bath in a glasse vessell well stopped one whole moneth then wring it out and straine it and put to it of Frankensence Masticke and Mirre ana iâ— ounces Sanguis Draconis halfe a ounce Muniae vi drams Turpentine halfe a pound Benioini j. ounce circulate them together in a Pellicane viii daies after with a moderate heat distill away the spirit of wine and there wil remaine in the bottome a most pretious balme Cicatricem inducentia Take of burnt Allum i. ounce Crete Vitrioli iii. drams Crocus martis Crocus Uâ—ncris ana ii drams mingle them and make a pouder which you may vse by it self or mingled with hony Or take of Bole Aâ—menae prepared after our maner ii drams câ—lex of egshels halfe an ounce the iuice of vnripe Damascens iii. ounces boile them with a soft fire to a perfect substance Ad Vâ—â—enâ— Take of oyle of Amber and Turpentine ana i. ouncâ— oile of Iuniper ii drams â—ettle seed and the root of Gentian ana ii drams oyle of Sulphur Vitriolat i. dram and a halfe red Corall i. dram mingle them togither Or take of the iuice of Pentaphillon Scabious and Ruâ— ana ii ounces Olei sulphuris Rubei i. ounce oyle of miâ—re 〈◊〉 drams Colophoni and gum of iuice ana vi drammes mingle them Adambusta Take of lard molten and washed in water of nightshad ii ounces Olei Saturni halfe an ounce mingle th 〈…〉 Or take the iuice of the rootes of Henbane and flowers of red popie ana i. ounce Salt Peter i. dram Mucilage of Seminis Cidoniorum iii. drams and with oyle of Champhire make an ointment Repellentiâ— sanguinem cohibentiâ— Take of Bole Armenae prepared after the Spag 〈…〉 manner ii ounces Crocus Martis and Crocus Veneris ana i. ounce mixe them with oyle of Roses Or take of Colcotharis Dulsifieati ashes of frogges burned ana halfe a ounce mingle them with the white of an egge There bee made other remedies for the fore saide intents the making whereof wee haue described in their proper places which I commit to the iudgement of the skilful Surgeons to vse wisely as the disease and partie affected dotis require Now there remaineth to speake of drinks for wounds before wee teach the preparations of medicines De potionibus vulnerarijs THese potions for wounds although they driue not out the humors downwards yet preuaile they very much to clense woundes because they clense superfluous humors and the blood from all filth and by a certaine marâ—eious qualitie where with they excel they knit the broken bones and help the sinowes that are hurt by wounds helping nature they at the last fil the wound with flesh and close them vp without vsing any other remedie when as I sawe in Germanie the maruelous and almost incredible effect which came by the vse of these potioÌ„s euen in curing desperate Vlcers I thought it not meete to passe ouer the mention of them and that so much the rather because I knew the vse of them in time past was alowed but nowe through the necligence of Phisitions to be almost growne out of vse Also I haue experieÌ„ced those potions to be taken not only as medicins but also as norrishments and to helpe all the passions and incommodities whereunto wounds are subiect The simples whereof the medicines are made are these Cyclaminus Consolida maior Consolida mediae quam Sophiam nonnulli vocant Sabinae Galangae Vinca peruincâ— Centaurâ—um Ophioglosson Betonica Aristolochia Ueronica Agrimoniae Uerbenae Serpâ—nâ—ariae Persicariae Arthemisiae Lilium conuallium Zedoariae Pyrola Sperma ceti Cancri fluniatiles Nux vomica Astaci Mumiae Macis Bolus Armena You shall much better drawe out the strength of those simples then the common sort if you put them into a tun of white must and digest them there ii moneths or if you cut the greene bearbes verie small and wring out the iuice of them into a Pelicane or blinde Limbeck or circulate them three or foure daies in Balneâ— Mariae This last way is most conuenient for them that are forbidden the vse of wine specially if they be wounded in the head The distilled waters of theÌ„ be also good if they be taken driely by themselues morning and euening with dose and manner conuenient Or if white wine be delaied with them if it bee graunted to the wounded heere foloweth the composition of the vulnerarie potions A Vulnerarie potion to be giuen the first seauen dais Take of both Conferies Veronica Sâ—wbread ana M. i. Astacos purged num iiii white wine two measures circulate them in Balneo three daies straine it and giue euery morning one spoonefull Or take of the eies of Crabs in pouder halfe a ounce Mumia ii drams Bole Armenae i. dram and a halfe the herbs of Agrimoni Ophioglosson Ueronica Sowbread ana M. 〈◊〉 Sperma Ceti i. dram infuse them in white wine 〈◊〉 a night in Balneo take of this ii spoonefulles morning and euening if neede be it putteth away the inflamations verie much and helpeth the burning Take of Macis the eyes of Crabbes Zedoarie ana iii drams Mumia Ga'ingale the lesse ana ii drammes Nucis vomicae i. dram and a halfe beate
them groselie and put them in a glasse vessell powring thereto of white wine i. measure and a half macerate them in a soft heate ii daies The dose is one spoonefull in the morning and as much at night The force of this potion is so great that it cannot be sufficiently commended Take of the flowres of Uinca Peruinca Lilium Coâ—â—alium ana p. i. Galanga Zedoariae ana ii dams Mumia and Bole Armenia ana i. dram Sperma Ceâ—â— halfe a dram white wine i. measures digest and circulate them in Balneo 4. daies the dose is one spoonefull morning and euening A potion vulnerary where the bone is broken with gunshot Take of Aristolochi Sowbread Adders grasse both conferies Geranii ana M. i Sauin M. ss maces Zedoariae the eyes of Crabbes ana halfe a ounce Mumia Galingale the lesse ana i. dram and a halfe being cut smal and brused and the other things brought into a grose pouder boyle all in a double vessell foure houres with one measure of wine vse it morning and euening This medicine is much better then so manie splents wherewith many are tormented R. of flowres of Lilium Conualium Betonie ana p. i. Galingale Macis ana iii. drams Persicaâ—ia Selandine Vinca Peruinca Veronica Centauri ana M. â—s macerate themas before and referue them to your vse A potion for wounds of the breast Take of the 〈…〉 ice of Veruen Betonie Veronica ana ii ounces cinamon water i. pound macerate them Take of Bole armeniae half an ounce of both the Comferies ana M. i. Galingale ii drams temper them with wine as aforesaid reserue them to vse Diuers discriptions of â—otions may be made of the foresaid simples which I haue to the iudgement of the expert phisition notwithstaÌ„ding this one thing I wil adde that the vse of them hath many oportunities to cure wounds by gunshot as also the Canker and al maligne desperate and eating vlcers of al which the Phisition shal take very great profit if he prepare the potions with the essence of the vulnerarie simples spagetically extract as wee haue taught in another A briefe declaration of Spagericall medicines FOr as much as nowe remaineth to declare the Spagerick preparation of those simples which pertaine to the cure of wounds by gunne shot wee will vse the same method we haue before vsed whereby this our treatise may be the plainer Superantia sunt igitur Anodyna Oleum ouorum Oleum butyri Oleum refinae Ol. visci pomorum compos Oleum hyperisi simpl Olea omnium axung Detergentia Oleum myrrhae Oleum mastiches Oleum terebinthinae Oleum mellis Viscus centaurij Viscus vincoe petuincoe Viscus aristolochioe Sal foecum aceti Balsamus martis Crocus veneris Mercur. praecipitat vulgaris Mercur praecipit dulcific Oleum guaiaci Balsamus veneris Balsamus Saturni Balsamus tartari Sarcotica Balsamus hyperici Oleum thuris Oleum sarcocollae Ol mannae Viscus consolidae vtriusque Viscus cynoglossi Epulâ—tica Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Bolus armena praeparata AlumeÌ„ adustum praepar Crocus Martis Creta vitrioli flaua Ol. salis tartari Ol. talci quae etiaÌ„ cicatrices decorant Repellentia sangui 〈…〉 cohibentia Ol. visci pomorum simplex Oleum Martis Crocus Veneris Colcothar simplex Colcothar dulcisicarum Bolus armena praeparata Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Ad venena Butyrum arsenici fixum Praecipitatus dulcificatus Balsamus tartari Ol. Mercur. corporale Oleum antimonij Oleum sulphuris vitriolatuÌ„ Ad ambusta Oleum ouorum Oleum lardi Oleum butyri Aqua gammarorum Aqua spermatis ranarum Aqua florum papauer rubri Viscus rad hyoscyami Oleum Saturni eiusque Sal. Oleum Lithargyri Attrahentia Viscus aristolochiae Viscus corticis med tiliae Succinum praeparatum Magnes praeparatus Sunt rursus illorum simplicium singula quae singulis partibus vulneratis conducunt vt Ossibus corruptis Oleum myrrhae Oleum caryophyllorum Oleum tartari foetens Oleum vitrioli Oleum sulphuris simplex Oleum sulph vitriolatum Oleum antimonij Sulphur rubjcuÌ„dum antim Oleum salis Oleum Mercur sublimati Neruis vulneratis Oleum cerae Oleum iuneperi Oleum euphorbij Oleum ouorum Oleum terebinthinae Oleum sulphuris terebinth Carni putridae ac corrupta Sal fuliginis Sal vrinae Sal tartari Sal mellis Oleum frumenti Oleum mellis Oleum sulph acidunt Phlegma vitrioli acidum Phlegma aluminis acidum Balsamus Martis Balsamus Veneris Balsamus Mercurij Balsamus tartari But because regarde is alwaies to be had of the noble part in whose action the life doth consist there bee certaine medicines which being giuen can defend them Roborant enim Câ—rebrum Oleum succini Oleum saluiae Oleum caryophyllorum Spiritus vitrioli Cor. Aurum vitae Tinctura auri Essentia margaritarum Hepar Tinctura Bals. natural Tinctura corallorum Oleum Martis The Spagericall preparation of medicines before rehearsed THe dregges of wine or crude Tartar brought into pouder put into a Retort of glasse or earth with his recipient make fire by degrees as is doone to the making of strong water there will rise great plentie of white spirits which wil turne into water and thicke stinking oile separate the oyle by a funnel and keepe it to your vse But the salt of Tartar you shall draw out of the Pheces which they call the dead head which are left in the Retort Those you shall dissolue in warme water and after filter that which is dissolued twise or thrise coagulate it at the fire by vaporing away the water and the salt wil remaine in the bottome of the vessell which if you againe dissolue and coagulate diuerse times you shall purge it cleare like Cristall This Cristaline salt if you put it into a glasse and set it in a wine seller or other moist place within few dayes it wil resolue into a cleare oyle verie excellent to clense the spots and vlcers of the face Take crude Tartar ii pounde salt Peter Salt of Soote of the Pheces of vineger ana iiii ounces Calcis Vâ—uae vi ounces all broken verie small put into a vessel not glased but wel stopped Calcine it xii houres dissolue that is calcined in warme water distil it by filter after coagulate it and clenâ—e it againe repeating three times your calcinations dissolutions and coagulations then put all into a Limbecke and put on distilled vinegar that it be â—â—uered iiii fingers Distil the vinegar in balneo M. and there wil come forth a sweete liquor then poure on the vinegar againe to distill this do so long vntil it be no more sweete but sower as when you poured it on first and so rise in the Limbecke Then distill all in a strong fire by a Retort and there will come forth a hot oyle the commodities whereof can scarcely be declared After the same maner if you will you may distil al the salt of
prooue thou the contrarie and cure the same disease with thy pilles sirropes and electuaries then shalt thou haue the victorie It is not sufficient for thee by bringing thy reasons to proue that metalline medicines are not agreeing for mans nature neither that metals may be so prepared that they may heale Why Thou deniest that which indeede is performed and openly seene with eies It is a foule thing to be ignorant in that that euery man knoweth For out of all doubt you haue all heard that most daungerous diseases haue bin cured with metaline tinctures yea with such as haue not been rightly prepared by counterfeit Paracelsians as with Vitrum Antimonij which doth plucke vp sodainely at once by the rootes the impurities of the feuer although not without great weakening of the powers yet it healeth And yet we alow not such perillous cures And so likewise of others N 〈…〉 Mineralles worke this not being rightly prepared what thinke you will they doe being rightly prepared and purged from their venome and poison And how can you with a safe conscience reiect those things whereof you haue no knowledge It is not sufficient to affirme anâ—e thing except it be confirmed by probable and grounded reasons Euerie man will play the Censor of Paracelsus whom it is more easie to reprehend then to follow And whilest euerie man desireth to seeme or to be thought more learned then other no man wil learne of another I say euery Paracelsian which doth but onely carry coales vnto the worke can shewe you by eie three principles of Theophrastus physicke Haue you tasted the most sharp salt or the most sweete oâ—le or the balme that most delicate liâ—uor All those being hidden in euerie thing that is created you haue not once perceiued The metalline spirites in whome physiâ—ke doeth consist by no meanes can be found out neither what force they haue or fellowship with mans nature but only by fire for as fire did first shew that the smoake of Mercurie was poison to mans nature without anâ—e subtile speculation but thou didst neuer handle coales neither canst draw any so smal a baulme out of the Vegetals therfore being ignorant in metalline physicke thou canst not so much as once ghesse what it is and therefore doest iudge of things vnknowen as the blinde man doeth of colours Is it not a great folliâ— to write against a thing and not to vnderstand it wel before Such as are addicted to Paracelsus doctrine when they perceiue you haue no stronger weapons then those you haue hitherto gathered they will conclude that you rather confirme and establish Paracelsus physicke then confute it It is not enough to say a thing is false except there be morè probable and better shewed Hereby it appeareth that ye nourish a secret ignorance of naturall things in your selues What 〈◊〉 you those great physitions and excellent philosophers How commeth it then to passe that the force of drugs are hidden and vnknowen vnto you Do you not in this point come â—eere vnto the empericks whom you with great pride and brag of knowledge râ—iect when as you say the Chymist be he neuer so excellent is no phisitian but he that with iudgement and reason hath learned to make and vâ—e all râ—â—â—dies for diseases For in those points consisteth the chiefest glorie and commendation of a Phisitian and the onelie safetie of the sicke Hovve vaine is this reasonable phisitian which prepareth his medicines with reason and not with the hand He is the very phisitian that with his own hand purgeth his medicines from their venome and being so prepared with sharpe iudgement doth applie them to their proper diseases that the seede of the disease may be pulled vp by the rootes and so must the speculation and practise reason and the worke concurre and ioyne together because iudgement without practise is barren Tell me hovve commeth it to passe that mercurie healeth the French pox and the filthie scabbe Why doe you command the miserable sicke persons to annoint themselues with quickesiluer as shepheardes grease their sheepe How happeneth it I say that mercurie is the speciall best remedie against these diseases Do you dâ—â—â—â— that metâ—als â—o anâ—◠〈◊〉 yâ—â— and the greatest p 〈…〉 e cures Why doe you co 〈…〉 such as 〈◊〉 infected with leprosie to swallow gold â—hiâ— do you boile it in broâ—â—â—â— with capâ—â—â— Why do you mingle 〈◊〉 gold in your 〈◊〉 and 〈…〉 ries You know that the force of the â—eproâ—â—â— is ofâ— delaied that it breakâ—â—â— not out into the vpper part of the skinne by taking of crude goldâ— into the stomacke Then if golde that is compact and not resolued doâ— worke this effect wâ—at will not the spirite of golde worke being â—oosed from his grose substance If you will not beleeue Paracelsus that the cure of mâ—st dangerous discases 〈…〉 eth hidden in mettalles at the least 〈◊〉 those that liued long before him amongst whome Arnoldus de villa 〈◊〉 is chiefe who in his booke of the preseâ—â—ation of youth saith thâ—â— Pearles 〈◊〉 into liquor comfort the naturall heate help the 〈…〉 embling of the heart and those that are feareful and properly they clarifie the blood of the heart and manie diseases are cured by them For iâ— is a salt of the 〈◊〉 which the wise call their Animall stone and some the Minerall C 〈…〉 and all the maisterie in the preparation of it is that it may be resolued into a most pure and potable water with such things as doe not destroy his nature This saith Ar 〈…〉 who speaketh 〈◊〉 of stamping but of solution but to what purpose dâ—â—l allâ—â—dge thi 〈…〉 Verily that you may see how with your owne swords you cut your owne throats you vse pearles corals and pr 〈…〉 〈◊〉 in your electâ—aries and broathes and those you beaâ—e into pouder You 〈◊〉 as it were a certaine medicinall vertue in pretious stones but you deale as naughtie cooks and rude countrie woâ—â—â— do that when pa 〈…〉 ges oâ— haâ—â—s come to their hands they 〈◊〉 the◠〈◊〉 the poâ—tage pot or else â—eethe them in water euen so stampe and breake your pearles which should rather be dissolued Albâ—it you should make powder as subtil as the aire you should nothing profite for as you put it into the stomacke so shall you see it passe away againe and hereupon of very necessitie were the rules of Chy 〈…〉 preparations brought into physicke which you doe hate worse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 serpentâ—r a dog with the practisers of their What 〈…〉 ll neede many wordes If you will not yet graâ—nt that 〈◊〉 speciall 〈◊〉 of diseases consisteth in minerals hearken what 〈◊〉 Mathâ—â—luâ— saieth in the fourth booke of his Epistles the bodies of 〈◊〉 sicke being 〈◊〉 of seedes of diseases will hardly be healed without m 〈…〉 â—alline medicines And in his treatise of Antymonie he saith Aâ—tymonie doth no lesse purge the diseasâ—s of the bodies then metals from super 〈…〉 uities This did that learned 〈…〉 an vnderstand when as
A Knight being in an assemblie was sodenlie astoned and diseased ouer all his bodie as if hee had hadde the Apoplexie whome I cured by anointing the hinder parte of his head with Balsamum Helenij and Essentia Mercurialis 33 A man of the countrie being stung with a Viper or adder fel presently into a colde sweate to the great danger of his life who was restored to his health presently by drinking Theriaca Nostra with strong wine 34 A woman who had not her naturall courses was troubled with a verie sore cough the which I cured by opening the vaine beneath the ball of the foote 35 A fat drunken Tauerner was in danger of his life by a surfet who was restored to his health by letting of bloud 36 A woman called Sabina had a long time the flixe of the belly by reason of the loosenesse of the stomacke the which I cured by giuing her oyle of Uitrioll with conserue of Anthos 37 A man that was wounded in the pellicle or tunicle of the heart was cured with Essentia Solis 38 A yong man being vexed with a continuall and violent cough I cured by giuing him oftentimes the iuice of Horehound with our Oximell and after that he voyded a worme vpward and was holpen 39 A young childe had after a sicknesse a swelling in his breast by reason of the aboundance of humours the which I cured onely with Theriaca Nostra 40 A certaine man had a disease called Carcinomate or â—angrena the which was cured with Oleum Ueneris 41 A certaine woman was so troubled with a disease in her secret partes that what moist or liquid meate shee did eate presently shee vomited againe the which was cured with Oleum Margaritarum 42 One Eligus had a great paine in his stomacke the which was holpe with Essentia Mercurialis Uomitoria the vvhich shortly after vomited a peece of flesh wherein was hâ—d a worme 43 One Vermundus vvas so troubled in his head and braine that hee stagered hither and thither as though hee had beene drunke whome 〈…〉 holpe by giuing him Pillulas Pestilentiales with the which I mixed Essentiam Mercurialem that caused him to vomite a hundred and fiftie wormes 44 A certaine man was sicke of the splene whom I cured with Crocus martis in the water of Tamaris and Enulâ— Campane and by outwardly applying Balsamum gummi â—moniaci 45 One was troubled vvith a corosion or gnavving of the intralles whome I cured by ministring vnto him Flores Veneris in wormevvood wine 46 One was troubled with paines in the stomacke thorow weakenesse who tooke Oleum salis in his drinke and caused him to haue manie seges or stooles and so was restored to his health as wee haue written in our booke called Parastenasticon 47 A man that vvas troubled with the head-ach I purged by the nostrels casting in the iuice of Ciclaminus with a siring 48 Against the falling sicknes I gaue often to drinke the iuice of the herbe called Lanceola the which is called Herba Uernalis or the lesse plantaine with an emptie stomacke for the space of thirtie dayes mixing it with the extraction of the shauings of iuorie and the bloud of a pigion for the man the male and for the woman the female in the Essence or oyle of Craneum Humanum 49 In diseases of the eies termed Catharacta or stiliâ—idium and called in the Greeke Epiphora and in swellings and paines of the eyes I haue vsed Medicamentum siue Collirium nostrum made of Tutia Magistralis wherevvith wee did not onely cure watering eies but also the great paine of the eie liddes and also where there vvas flesh grovving ouer the sight of the eie that it seemed to bee past the cure of those common Phisitions that professe to bee skilfull in theeies 50 A certaine disease called Palipus the which is a stinkng in the nose I cured with oyle of Uitrioll and the water of wax 51 One falling from a hie place pissed bloud the which is short space I cured giuing him to drinke Ê’ j of a pouder of our inuention with â„¥ iij. of the flovvers of Tiliae 52 In the great scab I haue often vsed ths Vnguent made of Mercurie mortified Ê’ ij Ceruse Ê’ i. Euphorbium Ê’ j Staphisagre Litaâ—ge Sanders ana Ê’ ss mixe them all together with as much grease of a red hogge as will suffice 53 A certaine man being long sicke of the pox had two rumouâ—s and an vlcer in his nose at the which euerie day there came footth great quantitie of stinking and filchie matter in whose nose I cast this decoction with a siring R. Honie â„¥ iiij the iuice ef Calendine Common salt prepared Ê’ ij Aloes washed â„¥ ss mixe them together Inwardly he vvas purged vvith Oleum Mercurij 54 In hard and knottie impostumes of the govvte I vsed Amoniacum dissolued in vineger mixed vvith ehe oyle of Turpentine also oyle of Cristall onely disperceth and consumeth those knottes as I haue oftentimes proued or Cristall calcined vvith the oyle of Turpentine also the oile of salt doth the same 55 In curing of paines in the mouth of the stomacke entralles and belly I vsed the water of the floures of Camomel â„¥ iii. hony of Roses â„¥ i. 56 One Ioannes Babtista a faire yong man was infected with the pox two yeres throgh the filthy sin of Sodomites so that there grew a peece of flesh in the invvard parte of the necke of the great gut with such extreme paine that he was almost dead whome I cured by sweating manie dayes with a Malgamie made of Mercurie and Iupiter and opening his fundament with an instrument called Specillum Ossicularium and laying on oyle of Uitrioll vppon the said superfluous flesh and afterward I cured that flesh eaten away with a suppositorie Incarnatiue 57 One called Gallenus had lost his speech by meanes of a hole that hee had in the pallate of his mouth comming of the pox the which I cured with Mercurius Dulcis diaphoreticus cast in by a siring and so the flesh grewe againe and was made whole 58 One was troubled with great burning of the vrine the which I holpe in this order R. dry Roses Pug semis Linseede the seede of Coucumbers Gourdes Melons Mallowes Purcelane Populeon ana Ê’ two of the fruit of Alkekengi numero x. faire water l. i. fs make thereof a decoction according to Art then straine it and put thereto Troshiscorum Alkekengi â„¥ ss white sugar â„¥ ij Camphire Ê’ j. mixe them and cast it into the yard with a siring or other instrument 59 One being sicke of a thisicke which is an vlceration of the lunges with a consumtion of all the whole body the which hee tooke by the infection of his owne wife I cured with the oyle of Perrelles 60 A certaine woman had the course of her termes so long that many times shee was readie to giue vppe the ghost whome I cured with the oyle of Vitrioll in Plantane water and Ê’ j. of Carniola
61 Pustules or Wheles in all partes of the bodie and especially in the head comming of the Poxe I cured onely with the potion of Lignum Vitae or Guâ—icum and his purgatiue Salt without anie other outwarde medicine 62 A Fistula being betweene the testicules and fundament of a certaine man troubled with the pox I healed by applying Oleum Arsenicale fixum 63 A Hernia or Rupter which some call Ramex in the with the bowelles fall into the coddes I cured by the extraction of white sanicle digested in bread and afterward taken in drinke keeping vppe the gut or entralles with a trusse made fitte for the purpose and laying vppon the place offended the Fesses that remained of the extraction 64 Intollerable paines in the legges Ex morbo Venereâ— I cured with the oyle of Lignum Vitae mixt with old Theriacle 65 A certaine maiden through want of her monethly sicknesse was so vexed that sometime thrise a day shee seemed to be haunted with an euill spirit whome I presently cured with the extraction of Rhabarbe with the spirite of Tartar in drinke with the water of Melissa arthemisiae and pulegi in Oleo Uitrioli 66 Paines in the teeth I cured by the iuice of the nightshade and Persicariae made warme in a Gargarisme burying the herbes afterward in a dunghill 67 I prepared a pouder of the ashes of Rosemarie the which maketh the yellow teeth white and healeth tumours in the Gummes verie quicklie without bloud 68 In tumors of the vuule Gummes and iawes I haue vsed Oleum Uitriolli in water of Persicariae 69 In tumors of Scrophules or hard impostumes of the breastes I haue vsed the oyle of Terpentine mixed with Misselto of the Oke in forme of a vnguent 70 At Ingoistad a cittie of Germanie a certaine man had the consumption of the lungs whome I cured with the extractiou of Consolida maior in bread 71 A certaine woman the which after childbirth was not well purged of her tearmes presently fell beside her selfe with other greeuous paines in her breast and reines of the backe whome I holpe onely with the Essence of An-timoni 72 A maiden of ten yeares olde after bathing her selfe fell into an Apoplexia which proceeded of the Flux of grosse humours into the vessels and into the partes of the head wherein consisteth the feeling and moouing of the whole body yet she snorted much in her sleepe and trembled ouer all her bodie whome I cured with Oleum cranij Humani giuing it with the spirit of Vitrioll in water of Lauender 73 A young sucking childe had his palate and lippes full of Pustules or wheles called Aphtas whome I cured by bathing them with a linnen cloth wet in this water R. Consolidae maioris minoris ana one handfull white wine â—j ss boyle them together and put thereto Sal Gemae 〈◊〉 ij clarified honie l ij and make thereof a mixture 74 A certaine woman who wanted her naturall courses was thereby so tormented that shee abhorred all men yea her verie companions whome I cured by opening the inward vaine of the arme bicause I coulde not finde the vaine of the legge called Saphena 75 A man of three score yeeres being full of Melancholie humours hadde crustie scabbes ouer all his bodie the which I cured with the medicine R. the iuice of Plantane Semperuiui and nyteshad ana Oleum Lithargirij as much as will suffice make thereof an vnguent wherewith thou shalt annoint all the partes of the bodie 76 One was troubled with a distillation or Cataract of the eies whome I cured in this order R. Tutiâ— prepared and put into a fine linnen cloth and dip or wet it well in Vino cretico wherewith wash the eies oftentimes and they shall be holpe 77 A certaine woman after childbirth was troubled with great paine and chops in her breast which I cured washing them often with wine mixt with Oleum saturnâ—â— and afterward the child did sucke 78 A yong maiden being troubled with a grreuous vomiting that shee coulde neither retaine meate nor drinke that shee tooke the entrals moreouer swelled exceedingly whome I cured by applying a plaister of the leuen of bread with the iuice of mint 79 A certaine woman that three moneths after shee was conceiued feared abortion or birth of her childe afore the time whome I cured with the Extraction of Rhabarbe with the spirite of Tartar and afterwarde shee drunke oftentimes Essentia Melissae with Oleum Solis 80 One Gotius had a bone out of ioynt for three daies which afterward swelled maruellously the which swelling I holpe with Oleo Uerbasci and Prunella otherwise Primule with the iuice of Camomilla and Agrimonie and Oleum Petroleum these being mixed together warme I anointed the place being greeued and so the bone was restored to his place againe then afterwarde to strengthen and comfort the ioynts I vsed the saide vnguent mixed with Mâ—sselto of the Oke and Consolida Maior vntill the cure was perfectly done 81 A woman being almost dead of the Chollicke I cured with the red oyle of Vitrioll drunke in Aniscede water and a while after that potion she voided a worme and was cured 82 A certaine man called Barthelmew hauing carnall companie with his wife could voide no sperme at his yard but onely winde the which by often vsing of Oleum Vitrioli with the spirite of Tartar in distilled wine and afterward the Extraction of Satirion hee performed the act verie well 83 A child of ten yeares old was troubled with a stone in the bottome of his yarde the which I cured by giuing him Oleum Vitrioli to drinke in Aqua Aqualiae and then I applied outwardly oleo cancrorum with the oyle of Turpentine and so within one houres space the stone came foorth and hee was holpe 84 A woman of twenty yeares old being married could haue no children who by the vse of taking the extraction of Satirion she conceiued and within nine moneths shee had a strong childe but lest that after her childbirth shee shoulde become barren againe and dried away with a leanenesse I gaue her to drinke Oleum Margaritarum with Romaine coleworts 85 A certaine woman being troubled with great abundance of her naturall sicknesse had great swelling and paines in her hands and feete and fell manie times into a sound whome I cured by taking often the Extraction of Rhabarbe 86 To cause nurses to haue abundance of milke I haue taken the fresh branches or tops of fenell and boyled in water or wine and giuen it to drinke at dinner or supper and at all times for it greatly augmenteth the milke 87 One had in the aâ—mepit a sanguine impostume vpon the which impostume I aâ—plied a linnen cloth wet in mans bloud being warme and so in short time he recouered his health not without great admiration 88 One called Ambrose while he yawned sodainly the lower law remained with great griefe and paine whome I cured with the decoction of Camomel Uerbascum Perforata
my friend Aquilla how the enemies inflamed with enuy go about to oppresse the trueth but at the last will they nill they they shal be inforced to confesse that that cannot be denied But you may obiect vnto me He that speaketh all excludeth nothing For there be many worthy learned men maisters and professors of Physicke that do not deny or refuse this arte In the which number are those most excellent and singular masters and doctors Petrus Seuerynus Danus which hath written maruelous thinges of this Chimicall Arte that woorthy and godly man Michael Neander professor of humanitie Theodorus Zuingerus of Basill a man practised in this Arte and also Theodorus Brickmannus a physition of Cullein which both by word deed daily excelleth with most deepe iudgement in these matters whom I wilneuer ouerpasse with silence Hereafter foloweth three particular treatises the first of the sulpher of gold and other mettals then of stones and the extraction of Corall R. Purged and fine gold made in plates â„¥ j. the powder of pomise stone â„¥ iiij lay them Stratum Superstratum and reuerberate it with drie wood fiue dayes and nights together then take the powder and keepe it in a glasse Then melt the golde againe and make it in plates and lay it Stratum Superstratum as ye did afore and that ye must do vntill the gold haue lost his yellow colour after take al thy powders together and put it in a glasse with distilled vineger and there let it remaine vntil the vineger be coloured yellow then powre it forth and put in more and that thou shalt do so often vntill the vineger be no more coloured then vapour away the vineger and thou shalt find an inpalpable pouder in the bottome If thou beest wise looke where thou madest an end there beginne the like is of other mettalles But they are not to be reuerberated so long you shall haue of siluer a blewish colour ofyron a reddish colour of copper a darkish colour There is drawen out of Corall a red tincture All which things are to be corrected with the spirite of wine being often powred thereon there cannot be a shorter or profitabler way fouÌ„d out for this Iron plates for one time are of force but after the first Cimentacion they serue no more His tincture being rightly prepared is vsed in stead of gold If it be drawen out of the best steele it will fixe the mercurie of Saturne The second particular is of the maruellous preparation of the markasite of Lead tincting water or other licour into his red colour R. Salt common prepared vitrioll Romane of each i vi set them in a fire of calcination ten houres then take it foorth and beate it to powder then put it into a stone pot vnglased and giue it fire 15 houres according to Art then will distil forth both the oile and the spirit togither the which ye shal rectifie in a pelican then being rectified put thereunto the markasite of lead in powder being in a strong cucurbit vvell luted and then set it in ashes in a fornace vnder the which yee shall set a burning lampe for the space of a moneth and then the Markasite will dissolue into a red matter afterward take common founâ—aine water and powre thereon then set it to dissolue in a moist place or cellar and the floure of the Markasite will turne like to a red christall the which take to thy worke It purgeth the leprouse blood in plurisies the plague Contractures the lungs and liuer the quantity of one peece in greatnes doth serue to dissolue the same The third particular and the summe of the whole worke R. Album Albius Albo as much as ye wil Aqua Soluens vi times as much and set them in Balneo three dayes then take it forth filter it and drie it then againe dissolue it and that do three times being drie dissolue it by it self of the which solution take three partes olei permanentis incombustibile one part Aeris foure parts shut thy vessell and in that heate nourish it and in few dayes thou shalt haue a vniuersall medicine to expell all diseases Reioyce and giue praise vnto Iesus Christ. A Fragment out of the Theorickes of 〈◊〉 Iscaacus Hollandus AMongest all things that were created of God water was the first whereunto God ioined his proper earth and of earth whatsoeuer hath essence or life hath his originall Therefore there are two manifest elements that is water and earth in which the two other lie hidde the fire in the earth and the aire in the water and they are so knit together that they cannot be seperated Two of them are fixed as the earth and fire two are flying as water and aire Therefore euery element doth participate within other elements Moreouer in euery element are two other elements one decaying putrifying and combustible the other eternall and incorruptible as the heauen besides iu these natures lieth hid an other nature which is called by the name of stinking Pheces which hinder and take away the streÌ„gth of the rest so as they haue very litle force or none and thereby make the other elements stincking and subiect to putrifaction There is also two kindes of waters the one elementall the other of raine and riuer waters as there is also two kindes of earths one elementall cleare shining and white the other blacke stincking and combustible Like as also there be two fires one elementall and naturall the other stinking and combustible the like is also to be saide of the aire The base things are so mingled with the rest that by and by they corrupt al things so that nothing can continue long for they bring death and weaken all nature be it neuer so noble This is to be vnderstoode of all things both vegetall animall and minerall Therefore it is necessary by Art to seperate the elementall nature from the corruptible that the matter may be brought to a medicinall qualitie There bee three most subtill spirites in all things that is colour taste and smell these fly away inuisibly the Philosophers call them wilde spirits because they are not fixible yet the industrie of the artificer may fixe them They alwaies growe in the bodily substance vntill they come to perfection and end The herb therfore is to be taken when it is fully growen and take heed that you loose none of those three spirits as the ignorant vse to do with their putrifactions and separations of elements For none of those spirites consisteth of the three elementall elements but God hath adorned elements with those three spirits and of them the fire is animall the water aire elementall and no man but God can seperate them asunder But the water of the cloudes may be seperated from them Also all the pheces may be separated from them which are mingled with them which are the stinking and corruptible elements and the foure elementall elements may be brought to a christalline shining but these three elements fire
yet will it againe be laden with drops it were enough if we did see no other myracle then from whence this dewie humour should rise which in so short space doth so aboundantly flowe from it and how much the more the burning sunne doth scorch vp the other herbes so much the more is this moist and filled with drops euen as though it had beene sprinkled ouer with water hereupon may we gather his maruelous qualities and iudge that there is some secret operation hidden in it if thou do keepe this water thus gathered in a glasse therewith thou shalt cure all the diseases of the eies whether they come of ru 〈…〉 es or of inflamation it helpeth moreouer all the paines and diseases of the heart it cooleth the liuer and stomacke that is inflamed doth mittigate all the paine of the head that commeth of heart and driueth away all dreames and fantasies it is good also to kil the canker the woolfe against the biting of venemous beastes against poyson dronke if it be taken by the mouth it helpeth also the pestilence it is good for many other diseases which were too long here to rehearse This herb hath the colour of the sunne for his colour is red darke diuided with yellowe lines and his shape is like a star and his proportion like a heauenly planet and consisteth of seauen branches in the vtter parte brode neare the ground narrow it is as though it were heauie of a tender substance outwardly hot and moist inwardly cold and drie The left side of it is cold and moist the right side hotte and drie and it is most temperate as gold Wherefore his elements cannot be seperated one from another as in other herbes but it may be purged from his pheces for his fixing letteth that the Elementes cannot be separated for the fire will ascend with the aire by the Balneum as wee will heereafter teach The earth may bee separated from his Pheces and the Pheces likewise from the fire and ayre although it hath not manie dregs Some latine writers call it Lingua auis or Birdes tongue some call it Solaria of the sunne of Lunaria is called the moone the Flemming cals it Sindow But the old Philosophers haue kept secret the qualities as yet for the maruelous effect it worketh And it is maruell saith Arnold de Villa nou◠that a man should die that eateth euery day some of it in his grose substance what will it then worke when it is brought vnto his finenesse and clensed from his pheces It hath this great vertue in it that if it be put into a glasse wherin there is poisō mingled with wine or any other cup that is poisoned straightwaies the glasse wil flie in peeces but if it be a stone pot of aleblaster or such like the wine wil so boile as though there were a violent fire vnder it al the wine wil run out vntil there be nothing left in the vessell also if any man carrie this herb about him happen on his enemies they shal haue no power to hurt but contrariwise to shew him all kinde of dutie Also if any man bee bewitched either in bodie or in his art that is in Cookerie Bruing or Baking or by any other meanes this herb caried about him makes him free from the witchcraft If it bee also tyed vppon the bellie of a woman with childe she shall straightwayes be deliuered although the childe were dead and rotten within as it hath beene oftentimes prooued by experience This herbe caryed about one or a little thereof euerie day eaten as long as it is vsed preserueth man from the falling sicknesse Moreouer if a man bee taken with the Apoplexie that his mouth bee drawen aside and his speech and senses taken from him they shall be all restored againe if the sicke drinke the iuice of this herbe strained as hath beene oftentimes prooued Moreouer if it be hanged about the neck of one that is possessed of a spirit so long as he carieth that about him hee shall be quiet as a Lambe and the power of the spirit shall be taken away Make a proofe and you shall finde it true The bleeding at the nose is by and by stayed if you hold that herbe in your mouth They that are wearied with trauell if they drinke the iuice thereof in wine they are by and by so refreshed as if they had not laboured or gone no iourney it doth comfort the synowes muscles tendons and all the whole nature Woundes are also cured therewith if it bee dronke tenne daies together in wine or ale if the wound be washed with the same drinke and bound vp with a cloth wette in the same The paine of the teeth is by and by apeased if that herbe bee laid vnto it All these things haue beene often prooued and found true If it will doe such things whilest it is yet hindered with his grosse matter what will it worke when it is brought to his perfection My son knowe this for a truth that there is no herbe that growes vppon the earth to be compared vnto this in strength and goodnes therefore take heede that you doe not neglect it but diligently remember and keepe the secret close from them that are not of the nature of our children and from the ignorant For if this herbe did not grow so plentifully and the properties thereof were knowne it woulde bee more esteemed then golde or pretious stones for the effects of the quintaessence are maruelous as heereafter shal appeare Nowe there remaineth that wee must teach howe to bring this hearbe to his highest degree and to his quintaessence First it is to be gathered the same hauing his course in his owne house that is in the lion and the moone behold him with a sinister quadrate aspect It is to be gathered whole with rootes leaues and flowers so that there be neither earth dirt nor other hearbes mingled withall Neither must it by any meane touch any water or be made moyst Therefore you must take heede that you gather it not in rainie wether or moyst wether but rather when the sunne doth shine hottest vpon it gather great store of it and stampe it well in a mortar of Marble and put it in a Cucurbite of stone with a head and receauer luted and set it in balneo and distill away al the water vntill it be so drie like pouder and there will rise together with the water of the color of most fine gold which onely happeneth in this herbe and in none other and when there remaineth no more liquor yet leaue the cucurbite for three or foure dayes in Balneo and boyle it night and day that all the moysture may be perfectly seperated and drawne away then let it coole and take away the receauer and stoppe it diligently then take off the head and take out the matter and beate it in a Marble morter into most fine pouder that it may passe through a
after foure daies suffer it to coole and let it stand foure daies settle then poure out the cleere from the pheces warily into another â—leane vessell and poure on fresh distilled water as afore stirre it with your spoone and keep it two daies in Balneo as before then suffer it to coole and settle and poure out the cleare from the Pheces and put it to the first water Doe this the third time and then cast away the Pheces for they are good for nothing All your waters that you haue drawen distill by Balueum or for the more speede by ashes that al the water may rise and that there remaine in the bottome a dustie matter poure on distilled water againe stirre it and keep it in balneo by the space of foure and twentie houres then let it coole and settle and poure out that which is cleare gentlie from the Pheces Poure on againe more common water vpon them and stirre it set it in balueo ten or twelue houres take it out let it settle poure the cleere vnto the first water and cast away the Pheces they are nothing worth Repeate this worke so often vntill there remaine no pheces after it hath set ed. Then shal you haue your earth rectified from all his pheces which you shall congele and drie that it may be like pouder or dust Then ioyne that with your other elements in the glasse and it wil straight resolue into his element for the element of water is there present Set them all together in a furnace vpon ashes put on a head with a receauer well luted the head must haue a hole in the top that with a funnel the liquor may be poured in alwaies stopped safely Make your fire in your furnas first gentle afterward greater vntil that that is fermented doe passe But all is not to be drawen out but about halfe a sextary of the liquor with the water that the matter may remain moist For if you should driue out all it would congele into an hard masse and breake the glasse in the furnace Then open the hole which is in the top of the head and with a funnell poure in that which is in the receauer But first it must be made warme lest by pouring in the colde liquor the glasse do breake but if you suffer the glasse to coole you may poure it in without any danger Repeate this inbibition ten or twenue times afterward distil out whatsoeuer wil be distilled so long as any thing wil passe by the necke of the Limbecke For after this tenth distillation the earth wil be no more congeled but will rest in the bottome like a red golden oyle Inbibe it againe pouring on the liquor and distilling it vntil al the elements passe together by the Limbecke and that nothing at all doe remaine in the bottome of the vessell Then giue thankes to God for his maruelons giftes which hee hath distributed vnto his Philosophers hath giuen them so great knowledge of things as they vttered in this worke which is altogether heauenly rather diuine then humane For it is a great maruel in this life that mans vnderstanding can bring these inferior things to so great perfection that they haue aâ—tained euen to the highest degree of vertue Truely it is the worke of the holy ghost which hath put it into the mindes of men For I do affirme that whoso hath this hearâ— so prepared that he may helpe all the iufirmities of mans body whether they be curable or vncurable except natural death which is ordained afore vnto euerie man of God Yea this dare I be bolde to say that if a man do vse daily the waight of one scruple of this quintaessence or the quintaessence of sugar and potable gold wherin pearls are dissolued or the quintaessence of Selandine That maÌ„ by Gods help shal not die before the day of the great judgement For the humors in mans body can by no meanes predominate one ouer another as in the thirtie six chapter of Uegetales is taught where is intreated of the quintaessence of al medicinall things and there it is shewed that by Gods help the life of man may be prolonged euen vntill that day void and free from all diseases sicknes And further that man may be preferued in the state he was in at thirtie yeeres of age and in the same strength and force of wit And vpon that do all the Philosophers agree that a man may continue in the same state as long as in an earthly paradise This is so plainely and at large shewed in that chapter that wil you nill you you shall bee enforced to conceiue it in your mind to beleeue it and to confesse it to be true Therefore it is not needefull to reason much of the force and qualities of this quintaessence but whatsoeuer disease maÌ„ be infected withal giue him to drinke with wine so much of this quintaessence as a nutte shell will hold in short space hee shal bee healed as it were miraculously according as the disease is violent or gentle But if you giue this quintaessence to drinke mixed with the quintaessence of â—â—gar with potable golde wherein pearles are dissolued and with the Quintaessence of Selandine within one day you shall cure all the diseases whatsoeuer they be Hereby it doth appeare that it is rather a diuine work then humane Therefore giue god the praise and take heed that you doe not vtter this secret For tyrants woulde by that mean prolong their liues that they might bring to passe their wicked purposes whereof both you and I shoulde be the occasion Therefore keepe it secret for it is one of the greatest secrets amongst all the vegetals whereunto no treasure may be compared Worke therefore and distribute liberally vnto the poore and God shall giue thee eternall felicitie Oft times great force lieth hid in bodies low Of booke in few lines not much but apt doth show Vertue increaseth by exercise The Spagericke Antidotarie of the preparation and making of medicines against Gunneshot taken out of the Chirâ—â—gerie of Iosephus Quirsitanus IT is an olde and true saying of the poer that there is nothing more imperious than an ignorant man which thinketh nothing well done but that he doth himself which thing as it may be seene in many other artes yet most specially in this which is called the Spagericke art For we see euery where certaine men I know not what they bee puffed vp with a certain barbarous and foolish pride which with great scorne inuey against those medicines which are drawen out of the metalline mines Which notwithstanding it is apparant were in vse and had in great estimatioÌ„ with the chiefe antient Physitions as we haue declared in that booke which we haue set forth of the Spagericke preparation of medicines And what I pray you is the cause of this anger or rather madnes but that as they themselues confesse they know not the preparation of them O happy
Tartar by a Limbecke whereof you shall make a most excellent and wholesome oyle Vinegar being distilled by a Limbecke the pheces remaine in the bottome of the vessell which first dried afterward with a violent fire if they be driuen out by a Retort there come foorth a very red and sharpe oile Then if you dooe againe dissolue the dead head or Pheces in warme water filter and coagulate it the salt of Vinegar will rest in the bottome the which is verie profitable for all eating vlcers Soote brought into fine pouder dissolue it in distilled Vinegar in Balneo and separating all the mensture that which remaineth in the bottome dissolue and coagulate againe so long till it come to white salt which in a moyst place wil dissolue into oyle verie apt to cure the Gangraenam and all maligne vlcers Bole Armonack made into fine pouder dissolue it in the sower fleame of Alum then separate the fleame by Balneum and poure on other Doe this three times and then the Bole will be turned into a very fat oyle which with a verie soft fire is dryed and brought into pouder most apt to staunch bloud wheresoeuer it breake out Take of Cloues beaten in pouder one pound simple water or Aqua Vitae which is better vi pounde infuse them to digest in Balneo or dung foure dayes then put them in Limbecke with his refrigatorie distill it according to arte and seperate the oyle from the water by a funnel and keepe it for your vse After the same manner shall you draw the oyles of Sage Iuniper Amber Turpentine Mirre Frankinsens Sarcocolla Masticke and Euphorbium We haue written another better way to draw oyles out of the foresaide things in the Spagericke preparation of medicines Wheate being put into a retort with the spirit of wine digest it viii daies then distill it with a violent fire that which is distilled powre againe vpon the dead head digest it againe and distill it againe if you reiterate this iii. times there will come forth a most excellent oyle of the Gangraena and Carcinomatâ— Take of the flowers of Hipericon small â—utij pounde oyle of Turpentine i. pound yolkes of egges 20. Aqua Vitae halfe a pound mingle them all together and let it putrifie in hot dung one whole moneth then wring it out and set it in the sunne two moneths After the same maner is the Balme of Visci pomorum made or with oile Oliue first purified in Balneo Take of the flowres of Hipericon i. pound of the Muslage of the roote of the great Conferie iiii ounces floures of Camomil Verbascum ana pug ii oile of egges and turpentine ana half a pound Aqua Vitae one pound Mirre Frankensence Mastick Muâ—iae ana ii ounces red sugar vi ounces putrifâ—e all in dung one moneth in a vessel diligently stopped then wring it out and circulate it in Balneo three dayes afterward with a soft fire boyle it to the substance of a Balme Take of the leaues of the Mysselto of the Apple tree cut smal ii pound put them into a vessel of glaâ—le putting thereto buds of the Popler tree halfe a pound oyle of the grease of a Badger and of Butter ana iiii ounces turpentine vi ounces oyle of wormes ii pound and a halfe good white wine ii pound digest all well stopped in verie hot dung ii moneths then presse it and circulate it and with a soft fire boile it vntil the liquors be consumed there can not be found a more excellent medicine to asswage acheâ— and paines The iuice of the leaues and rootes of hearbes you shall purifie vntill it bee cleare powring to it so much Aqua Vitae and digest it in Balneo in a glasse xv daies then separate that water by distillation and there remaineth in the bottome the slyme or muslage of the hearbes Steepe the leaues and rootes of hearbes in common water filtred or that which is better in white wine eight daies then let them boyle iii. daies with a soft fire vnder them Then wâ—ing them out and purifie it then boyle them with a softfire vntill they come to the thicknes of honie which we cal the slime of muslage By this rule you shal draw out of both Comferies Cynoglosso Centaurie Vinca peiuinca Aristolochie the roote of henbane the middle barke of Tillia their muslage verie profitable for the foresaid medicines Out of the flowres of red Poppie or their iuice you shal draw a water by a Limbeck very profitable to coole The salt of mans vrine hath an excellent qualitie to clense It is made thus First the vrine is to be filtred then coagulated after with distilled vinegar dissolued againe coagulated these must be reiterated 3. or 4. times Melt waxe at the fire and boyle it with wine till it bee consumed doe it so long vntill it cracke no more Take i. pound of wax thus prepared Alum calcined half a pound Sage leaues M. i. put al into a Limbeck with his receauer and distill it with a meane fire First there will come forth a grose oyle thick hard white which must be distilled againe as afore and iii. times reiterated and so you shall make an excellent oyle of waxe for all griefes of the synowes In like maner is the oyle of Rosen and pitch made Out of honie you shall first drawe an excellent water by Balneum afterward you shall put vnto the dead head or pheces that are left sand or flint stones calcined that the matter boyle not vp which you shall driue out by a 〈◊〉 of glasse giuing fire by degrees and so you shal distil a yellowish cleare oile togither with a grosse impure oyle Let all digest againe 4. or 5. dayes after distill it againe by a Limbecke in sande and there will come out a pure red oyle swimming vpon the water This water is sower almost like vinegar distilled and is very good against the Gangrena but the oyle which burneth like Aqua Vitae hath maruaiâ—ous qualities specially if it be circulated certaine daies with the spirit of wine for the spirit being after separated there remaineth a sweete oyle of pleasant sauour good for wounds by gunshot and eating vlcers Out of the pheces which remaines is drawen a salt first being calcined with a fire of reuerberation dissoluing it with his proper menstrua or common water distilled filtering and coagulating it three times It is good for al rotten vlcers This salt you shal mingle with his proper burning oyle according to arte and you shall reape greater commoditie thereof then is lawfull to be spoken Take of honie not separated from his waxe ii pounde Tartar made into pouder i pound let them putrifie together in dung xv dayes and distill it by a retort and there will first come a cleare water then a yellowish Put these againe vpon the dead head and putrifie it againe other xv dayes
after distill it againe and this doe three times and you shall haue an excellent oyle of honie Take butter first molten in white wine and then distil it with a meane fire and there wil distil out a oyle greatly swaging paines and supplying So shall you make oyle of Larde and all greases Take 100 yolkes of egges first sodden hard put them into a Cucurbite and make fire by degrees first there wil come out a water after a yellowish oyle swimming vpon the water last a thicke oile The water is good for al spots in the face the oyle to appease all griefes and aches Boyle Câ—eueâ—es in water of Orphine in a double vessell wel stopped one whole day After distil it powring the water 3. times vpon the pheces then let it be kept it is veâ—ie good for inflamations burnings the Carcynomata The sperme of eede of frogges is gathered in the moneth of March and iâ— distilled by a glasse Limbecke and therof is drawen a water very commodious for inflamations and burnings Eggeshels or the shels of snailes are reuerberated in a sharpe fire three daies vntill they be brought into a veâ—ie white Calce But if they be sprinckled with vineger whilest they are calcined the Calce wil be the lighter and apter to worke his force Mercurie first washed and prepared according to Gebers prescription dissolue with the duble weight of common strong water then distill it 〈◊〉 times and poure it so often againe vpon the pheces and so it is brought into a verie red pouder cut of the which being â—eueâ—berate at the fire and drawne away the spirits of the strong water which otherwise woulde mooue geeat paine But it were better if it were washed with the sleame of Allum and vinegar distilled and the water of Egges for by that meane the sharpnesse is taken away But it is better to prepare Mercurie with often sublimations and to fixe it being quickened againe and purged from his filthy earth and superfluous humiditie with the water which wee haue described in the booke by me published of the Spâ—gerick preparation But if al men do not vnderstand that discâ—â—ption for the darke wordes of Art it shall not be incommodious to fixe the Mercurie with common strong water three times powred on and drawne away and to bring it into a red pouder and that with a sufficient violent fire that al the sharpnes and venome of the menstrew may be drawne away which shal much the better be done of this water following be min 〈…〉 led with it and by often distillation sepâ—â—ated Take of distilled vinegar 〈◊〉 pound a half the fleam 〈◊〉 Allum i. pound and a halfe calce of eggeshels vi oun 〈…〉 es distill al til it be drie Take of this water 〈◊〉 pound of Mercurie precipitate as â—fore i. pound mingle all wel according to art distil it by a Limbeck powring the water againe vnto the pâ—eces three times Last of al driue al out vntill it bee d 〈…〉 and there will remaine a pouder in the bottome which grinde vppon a marble and put it into a Limbeck pouring on the water aforesaid which you shal three times distill from the pheces as afore Lastly the Mercurie precipitate must be circulated with a alcool of wine 24. houres Then distill away the spirit of wine that the matter may drie then poure on new againe and circulate it and distill as afore and that do 4. or 5. times and then you haue attained the perfect preparation of Mercurie whose qualities cannot be sufficiently commended in curing of sundrie diseases specially of the Pox whether it be takeÌ„ by mouth or applied to the place grieued Make Amalgama with iiii ounces of Mercurie câ—ude and i. ounce of the best tinne Spread this vpon a plate of Iron and set it in a moyst place and all will dissolue into oyle it is also made with Mercurie alone and a plate of Tynne Mercurie as the maner is three times sublimed with Salt of Vitrioll at the last is mingled with the like portion of salâ— Armoniack againe subblimed three or foure times al that subblimat is dissolued into oile out of which the spirit of the salt Armoniack is to be drawen away circulate all with the essence of wine and distil it so long vntil the oyle haue lost his heate and sharpnesse and the Armoniacke be separated It is also reduced by it selfe into an oyle with a very soft heate of an Athanor by long distance of time Sublime Mercurie so often with the simple Calce of egges well prepared vntill it be vtterly extinct To this mixture powre vinegar distilled alcoole sated that it may couer it 4 fingers distil the liquor from the pheces 4. or 5 times vntil the Mercurie be come into a very red pouder which you shall circulate with a alcoole of wine in a pellican 8. days separate the alcool by a limbeck there wil remaine in the bottome the most pretious sweet balme of Mercury It healeth al desperate vlcers also â—â—râ—uculaÌ„ iâ—â—â—sica greatly helpeth these wounds by gunshot Al other preparations of Mercurie and the maner of vsing it you shal gather out of the book which we lately set forth Vpon the filings of Iron often washed with salt water poure sharpe vinegar that it may couer it foure fingers set it vpon warme ashes 8. daies euerie day moouing the matter and separating the vinegar which wil be colored pouring on againe new and that so long till the vinegar be no more coloured which being vapoured away take the pouder that remaineth in the bottome and subblime it with like portion of Armoniacke the same sublimate you shall returne againe so often vppon his pheces and subblime again vntil there appeare the color of a Rubin then cast al into scalding water that the salt may dissolue them by by put to cold water the balme of Mars wil rest in the bottome like the calx of gold Poure away the water and put to fresh again that the balme may be made sweete Of this with the spirit a wine alcolizat by circulations you shall make a red oyle most excellent for all inwarde Hemerodes or issues of bloud and to strengthen the bowels if one drop be mixed with conserue of Roses or Conferie or giuen with wine The filings of Iron first well washed you shall calciâ—â— with the flowre of Sulphur or dissolue with strong water then poure on very sharpe vinegar and set it in a warme place certaine days then reuerberate it with an open fire as Arte commandeth one wholeâ— day gathering alwayes the flowres which remaine aboue vntill all be conuerted into a verâ—e red and light pouder After the same maner you shal make the balme oile Crocus of copper out of the which with the sowre flame of Vitrioll circulating all artificially you shall drawe a bleweshing Vitriol whose qualities we haue discribed in