all Astringents that contract the Vessels and Passages and going Loose Let her give what scope she can in the Fourth Month when the Motion is great she may Sweath her Belly with a Sweath-band And Annoint it with an Ointment thus made Get of Capons-grease and Goose grease each an Ounce and a half the Gall of a Kid or a Lamb three Ounces then having melted and mixt them well together add the Marrow of a Red Deer or the Suet for want of it an Ounce then work it up in half a pint of rose-Rose-water and in using it will keep the Belly smooth and from hanging down after delivery It during her Pregnancy she finds but little motion let her make a Quilt thus Take the Powder of Red-roses Red-Coral and Gilliflowers each three Ounces Maâ—tick a Dram and of Angelica-seeds two Drams Amber-greece two Grains and one of Musk being beaten well and mixed Then make a Quilt of a Linnen bag put the Ingredients into it and lay it upon the Woman's Navel and it will not only refresh her but greatly strengthens the Infant This we have thought fit to advise which will turn to the Advantage of those that are due observants Books Directions to Ladies about Reading them It is not necessary then to read many Books but to read the best and especially never to be curious of such whereby we cannot Learn any thing without the danger of becoming Vitious And here I needs must encounter with two gâ—eat Errors the one proceeding from Fear and the other from Boldness Some Mothers of Children and others there are who make a great scruple that their Children should read the Books of the Heathens such as Seneca 〈◊〉 and others in English and yet they will give them full leave to read any lying Pamphlet There are some again who make a Conscience to read the Books of the 〈◊〉 though full of good Precepts yet the History of Parisinus or Ornatus and Artesia must be commended and read by them But what Contentment can there be in a counterfeit Pamphlet which is not found in History Are there not Succeses and Events fair enough Can there be a greater Pleasure than to be present at the Birth and Ruin of Monarchies and Empires and in the compass of an Hour to see what hath passed many Ages It is not an honest and a witty Way to shorten time when it seemeth long by fetching it again when it is slipt away and to find Recreation against Cares and Memory against Oblivion What cause is there that young Gentlewomen may not refresh themselves without danger of Debauchment The reading of many wanton things do heat by little and little it insensibly takes away the Repugnancy and the Horrour we have to Evil and we acquaint our selves so thorowly with the Image of Vice as we afterwards fear it not when we do meet with Vice it self When once Shame is lost we are in great danger to lose that which is not preserved but by it But this is not all for after that these Pamphlets and Songs of Wantonness have made young Maidens bold it afterwards doth make them to practice what they read or sing then they labour to find out Subtleties to carry them on to what so much they do desire and do learn not only the Evil which they should not know but even the faireâ—â— way to commit the 〈◊〉 And to speak the truth what likelihood is there for them to be familiar with such alluring Books and Songs and not put their Innocency it self in danger In those vain Pamphlets they read how this Virgin leaves her Country and her Parents to run after that Stranger another is in love in a Moment when she reads that she hath received Letters from such and such a Gallant and how they have appointed private places where to meet together These are but cunning Lessons to learn young Maids to sin more wittily and there is no Man can comprehend with what reason nay with what probability such perillous Books and Sonnets may be justified And not to dissâ—emble it is a great calamity to see now adays that it is even to make us more eager and it doth put an edge upon our Curiosity to read a Book that is forbidden It seems the same Spirit who deceived our Great Grand-Mother Eve by seducing her to lose the sweetness of the Fruit of Knowledge inspires no less too many with the same Liberty promising that their Eyes shall be opened to see admitable things and that they are denyed the reading of such wanton Books only out of pure envy This Errour corrupteth a greâ—t number of Ladies Behaviour in Conversation Zeâ—xis being to Paint a perfect Beauty proposed to himself five of the most accomplish'd Ladies in all Greece to take from every one of them those Charms and Representations which he conceived to be most powerful But to frame the Model of a woman whose Behaviour should be such as to please in all Companies he had need of greater assistance all that Nature affords or Morality teacheth is too 〈◊〉 for this End To say then what seemeth to me to be at the first most necessary I could content my self to wish in young Gentlewomen those three Perfections which Socrates desired in his Disciples Discretion Silence and Modesty Behaviour in young Ladies is a comely Grace if well considered and diligently regarded it is that which makes them to be Esteemed in the World and â—iâ—s them to go abroad in it as they would wiâ—h to be Prized and Rated It raises them a Character that will 〈◊〉 their Names to poâ—erâ—ty and better the 〈◊〉 they have 〈◊〉 if their Examples be 〈…〉 Practice and all 〈◊〉 Examples better than 〈…〉 or Precepts 〈◊〉 your behavioâ—r then strongly encline towards a reserved part not excluding a modest freedom being well timed and innocent but avoid all Extravangances that too much Encumber and peiter the Age And indeed though a Generous freedom in itself be innocent and harmless yet the too great Liberty ill Men upon that account have taken to encroach upon the honour of your Sex though but in their own opinions has made such freedom in a manner unjustifiable and involved you into a necessity of reducing it into more strictness and although it cannot so alter the nature of things as to render that Criminal which in it self is indifferent yet if it make it hazardous to your Reputations that ought to be a sufficient cause for a nearer reservedness A close Behaviour is the most seemly to receive Vertue for a constant Guest because it is a Fortress in which it can only be secure from Assaults For proper and seemly Reserves are the outworks and must not at any time be diserted by those that design to keep the main 〈◊〉 in possession for then if you see the danger at a distance you have more time to prepare for the repelling of it She that will suffer things to come to the utmost 〈◊〉
Decency One speckled Bird will not warrant us all to be Jayes and Mag 〈◊〉 A single Cato would abhor those Garments which 〈◊〉 calls 〈…〉 and which Suidas terms Tunicas interlucentes Latice a Garmenti wherein under their pretence of covering the Debauchees of Rome discover'd their Nakedness nor should a thousand precedents encourage one sober Christian to heard with those in this who in many other things give a demonstration that they are under no tyes of Conscience Further all fashions of Apparel however lawful in themselves that spring from or give indications of an evil heart are sinfully used Augustus Cesar was wont to say the Rich and Gay Cloathing was either the sign of Pride or the Nurse of Luxury Perhaps he might be mistaken nor can any such necessary Connexion between Pride and costly Apparel be demonstrated as shall infallibly prove them sinful Nevertheless when at any time they do so spring from an evil Principle they may without Violating the Law of Charity be doomed as evil It was an Argument of their Sobriety of that Great Emperour what the same Author Reports of him that he never wore any Apparel but such as his Wife his Sister or Daughter made for him Nor indeed do we read of any such Trade as that of a Taâ—â—or in all the Scripture which argues the 〈…〉 and plâ—â—â—ness of the 〈…〉 thaâ— they 〈…〉 Art and Skill little Labour and 〈◊〉 to make them up But Luxury hath Roâ—aged every corner of the Earth to fetch home Fewel to feed that insatiable are of Lust which the more iâ— Eats the more it Hungers Alexander Siverus and Aurelianus those Great Emperors are reported never to have worn a Garment of entire 〈◊〉 all their Lives which 〈◊〉 becoâ—◠〈◊〉 ordinary wear of everâ— Nurse of a Village Emperours then were not Cloathed as Servants are now It was above 150 Years after Christ that some Idle Monks brought into Europe these Silk Spinsters And truly it s no great Credit to the Ware that they who first brought in strange Religions and new fashions of Worship should be the Men who first introduced strange Attire and new fashions of Apparel but so it is Whilst we pursue exotick lying vanities we forsake our own domestick Mercies And weigh it seriously Says the same 〈◊〉 Author with a long train of sins wait upon this stately Lady Vainglory Pride never walks the Streets alone nor without a vast Retinue of Lusts to Adorn her Pageantry He that will be profuse in one Instance must be Covetous in another Riotous Spending is accompanied with Penutious Sparing A great fire must have great â—â—re of Fewel to seed it And an open Table requires abundance of Provisions to maintain it Pride must be maintain'd by Oppression Fraud Couznage If the Tradesmans Wife lashes it out in the Streets the Husband must fetch it in one way or other in the Shop They that spend unmercifully must gain unconscionably The Mill will not grind unless some Lust brings Grilt unto it A Gentleman anticipates his Rent in the Country he comes up to Town to Vamp his Lady and fine Daughters with the newest fashion he ransacks the Court and City for the Fashions searches the Shops for materials to furnish out the Pompe he returns home and then his poor Tenants go to wrack the sweat is squeez'd out of their Brows to maintain his Prodigality so that we may now take up a Lamentation as is the Profane so is the Professor and as is the Harlot so in this particular are many whom we hope to be Chaste If a Wise Man would not willingly be seen abroad in a Fools Coat why should a Modest Virgin walk the Streets in the Garbe of the Debauched and Prostitute or if they will needs do it let them not be angry if others judge them as bad as those whom they are ambitious to imitate I could wish therefore tho' with small hopes to see it take effect that as once there was a Proclamation That all Curtezans should be known by their striped Veyle so we had the same or some like Law revived that there should be a visible mark of Discrimination between two such contrary Parties Faces though naturally Beautiful are many times foiled and disordered by being studded over with Pimples or put in a Scarlet Livery The Inundation of Crimson Blood often drowns the slowry Eletium of a Charming Face disfiguring it with such a Flaming hue as if the Juicy God had trod his Wine-press there or scattered it with Ruby coloured Grapes To abate the fury of such high colours and fright them into pleasing Paleness call to your assistance the following friendly Receipts but to prepare you for them be temperate before their Application in abstaining from Wine or hot Liquors that Enfeavour the Body by Enflaming the Blood and when you find temperance in Meats and Drinks has allayed much of the heat that glowed within you than for removing the defects Take of rose-Rose-water a pint put it into a Glass and steep an ounce of Camphire in it an ounce of Sulpher beaten to powder Myrrh and Frankincense half an ounce each set it in the Sun or some warm place and after ten days end wash your Face with the Water and in often doing it your colour will be restored then if the Pimples sinking away have left a Scurff use some Pomatum to smooth it over and like the Sun from behind the Moons dark Body you will appear out of your Eclipse as bright as before or for want of the former take this Fine Brimstone Powder an once the Juice of Limmons half a pint Juice of Onions two ounces Cutle-bone and Camphire each one a Dram pound what is to be pounded and Incorporate your Powder with your Juices anoint the Face with it going to Bed and wash it off the next Morning with Water wherein Bran has been decocted and by using it a few times you will we hope confess the knowledge of it worth the buying of this work Freckles are found to be the Product of Fuliginous Vapours and like smoke molest those most who have the fairest Skins as if Beauty jealous of being outvied by too clear Complexions did bestow that yellow Livery on others which she rather deserved to wear herself but seeing what is done requires a remedy the best means to remove such disfiguring spots are these Take Figtree Juice or the white Milk that comes out of it Oil of Tartar a Dram Honey two drams mix them well together and anoint the Face with the Unguent they produce when you go to bed washing it off in the Morning with warm Water and a few times using it those Cholerick Spots will be dispersed and disappear or if the forementioned Ingredients are not to be procured Take three ounces of Cummin seed bruise them with two ounces of Salt Brimstone Powder an ounce Rye-Meal half an ounce the juice of Celandine and the Gall of a Cock press out from these an Oyntment
and anoint the freckled part and they will quickly disappear 〈◊〉 that the Amourous Sun has Impressed too 〈…〉 on to the injury of 〈◊〉 and by his brightness dull'd their Lustre in dwelling or doating too much upon them as once he he did upon that of the fair 〈◊〉 may yet be divested of those Clouds and uneclipsed shine as bright as ever by borrowing a renewing advantage from our Art For the obliterating such casual shrouds to Beauty Take Rose-Mary Flowers an ounce the like of Fumitory flowers decoct them in a pint of White wine add Benjamine and Cassia a like quantity each infuse them in the decoction and wash your Face with the Liquid part Morning and Evening or for want of these take the Juice of Limmons mixed with the Juice of Bilm and Rue heated over a Gentle Fire and strained that the grosser part may be excluded set the Glass wherein you put the Liquid in the Sun or in some warm place for ten days to 〈◊〉 then pour it into another Vessel that the dregs may be left behind and the Face or Hands being bathed with it the swarthiness will vanish and the former Complexion appear more fresh and charming than ever For fear these come not to your hand take another to the same purpose viz. White Bryony water two drams an ounce of rose-Rose-water the white of an Egg Oyl of Tartar two drams Verjuice one ounce mix them well and dipping a Linnen in the Liquid supple your face with it and then the Beams of your Beauties will break through the Cloudy Curtains and make a perfect day in Loves Empire for Lovers to see their way to the Elizium Fortunes Envy or Fate often so orders it that the smiling Glories of Beauties spring are too severely nipt with an early Autum when sharp Scythed Time cuts those Flowry Graces down shrouds them in the â—urrows of a wrinckled-Face Now to make your Verdant Features flourish in spite of Envy or Accidental decay and smooth your Faces for a new Plantation of Roses and Lillies Take our following directions Bitter Almonds two ounces Lilly roots dryed and powder'd an ounce Oyl of Roses an ounce Virgins Wax half an ounce make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and anoint the Face with it Again take an ounce of oyl of St. Johns-wort of Water Lillies Quinces Jessemine Mastick and Mirtles their Oyls take half an ounce each melt them in an Earthen Vessel and being taken off add two ounces of Rose water and use it as the former For want of these wash the wrinkled places with a decoction made of an equal weight of Bryony roots and Figs or take Incense the scum of Silver each half an ounce white Pepper an ounce powder them apart and then Incorporate them with Mouth Glew and make them up into small balls which you must disolve in Rose water as you use them and make a Linnement for the Face or particular part where the wrinkles intrude upon your Beauty and surrow the late smooth plains of your Faces Faces have various Features and it is observed among the multitude of Men and Women throughout the World there is something in the Face that differs though in many other Creatures it is not in the least so much discernable and in Love various are the fancies of Men and Women as to their making choice or being surprized and overcome by the Lineaments of the Face some hâ—lding the dimplâ—d Cheâ—ks most Lovely others those that are plump some for the Lillies whiteness others for the Rosie blushes some for the dimpled Chin others its Oval form c. It would be endless to describe all the Ideas of Fancy and indeed natural Beauty is a strong Loadstone of it self and above all parts the Eyes are most alluring For as they take in Love in some so in others they send it out again and Lovers are most Infascinated when they directly gaze on each other so that many times they have not power to take off their Eyes but drink and as it were suck in Love between them and a fair Eye will many times take as a sure snare when all other parts of the Body are deformed Leonardus tells us that by this Interview or Gazing the purer Spirits are Infected the one Eye piercing through the other with its rays And many have been those piercing Eyes that their brightness compelled their Spectators to look off by reason of their being near as dazling as the Sun beams for the Rays as some think sent from the Eyes carrying certain Spiritual Vapours with them and so insect the Gazing party in a Moment And Facinus goes about to prove this from a Blare-Eye that the steadfast fixing ones Eyes upon it long will alone occasion soreness and gives this reason that the Vapours of the Corrupt Blood doth get in together with the Rays and so by the Contageon the Spectators Eyes are Infected Some hold that the Basilisk kills by her sight at a distance which if true justifies what is said But our business at this time is Love and not of death and therefore Eyes that destroy in that nature are not for our purpose and that Love is Natural appears in this There is in the Liâ—â—s of the Fathers a story of a Child brought up in the Wilderness from his Infancy by an Aged Hermit and coming to Mans Estate he saw two comely Women wandering in the Woods whereupon he demanded of the Old Man what Creatures they were who not willing to let him return to Worldly pleasure told him they were Faries or a kind of Spirits of another World yet the sight of the mâ—raised such a passion in his Mind that he became restless And being shewed from a high place several Curious Prospects and being asked which was the pleasanteâ—â— he ever saw not minding the Question then put replyed The Faries he had seen in the Wilderness So that without doubt there is some secret Loadstone placed by Nature in a Beautiful Woman a Magnetick Power a Natural Inbred Affâ—iâ—ion which moves us as one Intimates when he says 〈◊〉 I have a Mistress yet to come And still I seek I Love I know not whom This indeed holds very strong in Natural and 〈◊〉 Love but not in every 〈◊〉 or Lustful Passion where the Eyes lye in wait like Soldiers in Ambush and when they spy an Innocent Spectator fix on him and shoot him through and presently bewitch him especially when they Gaze and Gloat as wanton Lovers do on each other and with a pleasant Eye conflict Participate each others Souls and truely the Language of the Eyes if rightly understood is a very moring Oratory even in the Persons of all sorts that are subject to Love for although they may keep their Tongues Barocaded and Locked in Silence yet their Eyes cannot for Inspight of all their Precaution They will express a Languishment or Joy According to the Condition or Affection of the party and will be darting their
juice one dram and a half Opium a Scruple steep these well bruised in common lye covering them about two Inches then boil them over a gentle Fire and with the liquid part anoint the place and have cooling Oyl as before Hair if you would have it grow no more in the place after it is taken away by the means aforesaid must be secured from so doing by taking Gum of Ivy Emets Eggs Colophony Orpiment an ounce of each mingle these with the Blood of a Frog or Tench and make them into an Ointment or for want of these take the juice of Henbane Gum Arabick Sanguis Draconis and Frankincence of each three drams and with the Juice of Night shade make them into an Ointment and it will effectually perform your desire Hair how to cause it neatly to Curl Hair twining in curious Curls is very graceful and modish to the Ladies but especially to the other Sex whose Faces if any thing comely it sets off to a wonder and these kind of Curls were once so taking with the Fair Sex though now reduced much shorter that none were thought Paragons for Beauty save those whose graceful Locks did reach the Breasts and make Spectators think those soft tempting Ivory Globes of Venus were upheld by the friendly aid of their Crispy Twirls wherefore seeing it is not as yet utterly laid aside if any one affect the Fashion they may by our Directions serve themselves so advantageously that none shall desire to be free that may have the honour to be fettered with their Curled Hair Hair iâ— you would have it curiously to Curl must be first washed and cleansed well that done take Oak-galls to the number of twenty two ounces of Maiden-hair boil them well stamped in a small quantity of Water and Salt till the Water be boiled to the Consistence of Honey work them well together and then at sundry times for two days anoint the Hair with it and on the third day cleanse it in this Bath viz. Take Beet-Leaves and Fern-Roots of each a handful bruise them in two quarts of Water till a third part of the Water be consumed then taking it off put in a little piece of Gum-arabick and use it cool after which on Twirling Irons turn up your Hair in what Curls or Ringlets you please and it will continue so a long while but finding iâ— begin to fall and grow Limber it must be renewed or for 〈◊〉 of the former Receipt take the Oyls of White Henbane and Fenugreek Seed and with them mix a little Gum-arabick and Mirrh and over a gentle Fire make it into a flowing 〈◊〉 soft Ointment and anoint youâ— Hair with it before you turn it up and it will be curiously Curled Hair Bushey to make it Lank and Flag The stately Bushy Forest of the Head like Atlas Crowned with Pines is sometimes Labirinth'd with Mazie and rude Meanders whilst the Locks themselves retreat in â—â—ch Recoiling Twirls as if they took the Breasts for the Alpin bills cover'd with Snow and were afraid their tender Tops should touch them But that they may be forced to extend themselves to a pleasing length follow the Rules we have prescribed Hair is reduced from this stubbornness by taking the Oyls of Roses and White Lillies each an ounce two ounces of the Oyl of Violets Marsh Mallows a good handful Green beat these together squeeze out the liquid part and over a gentle Fire make it into an Ointment and by anointing the Hair often with it will render it soft and plyable or Oyl of Roses worked well in a Pint of Spring-water will go a great way in this Matter Hair how to lengthen it Hair though it is accounted but an excremental Superfluity yet we see it is cherished carefully as a plant of value since most fancy it to be the Microcosmical Flax whereof Cupid twists his Bow-strings To see it we acknowledge in the Female Sex of a more than usual length is a pleasing Spectacle therefore those Ladies that are desirous to be so accommodated may prove our Directions and find in that an ample Satisfaction Hair is cherished and lengthened by taking Vervine the inward back of an Elme and Agrimony each a handful boil them in two quarts of Water till the third part be consumed and often wash your Hair with it when warm or for want of these take Politrick Reed Roots Flax-Seed and the Ashes of Maiden-hair bruise these make them into a Lye dissolve into it a little Mirrh and add a third part of White-wine and wash it as the former Hair that is harsh and stiff how to soften it Hair that hangs on the Heads of some like Sedge or Thatch on a homely Cottage and serves more for use than Ornament to secure them from the Impetuous Injuries of Wind and Weather rather than with it's soft and tender sheaves to delight the admiring Eyes such stiff bristles are usually Attendants to a harsh and churlish Disposition however those then that desire a more graceful covering and would alter those harsh Conceits that others are apt to entertain of their Hoggish Nature may to their great Advantage use these Directions Hair if you would reduce to a comely shape take black and white Helebore Roots long and round BrithwortRoots and the Roots of Briony with the Leaves and Roots of Wake Robin make these by drying into 〈…〉 and rub the Hair well 〈…〉 For want of these 〈…〉 burn the Twiggs of 〈…〉 and making a Lye of 〈…〉 put into it the Meal of Vetches Beans Lupins and Barly strain after it be well soaked the liquid part and add about half a Pint of White-wine then wash your Hair with it cleanse it and comb it out well and often Hair splitting how to prevent it for the Future Hair that is very slender when by Nature it is Spun to it's utmost length must be well regarded and carefully kept or by sundry Accidents it will be fray'd and ravell'd at the ends which seem to envy that work they cannot mend then take as a Provision against such Injuries these Instructions Mix Oyl of Roses and Water a like quantity anoint the Hair with it going to Bed and turn it up against the next Morning boil the Bark of a Willow Tree Flebane and Marsh Mallows in running Water and wash your Head with the Decoction or if it be already very much split take Mirrh and Willow Leaves two ounces of each Labdanum in Powder six scruples Emblick Mirabolans powdered half a Dram Oyl of Mirtle four ounces and half a quarter of a Pint of Whitewine boil them gently to the Extremity of a third parts Consumption and anointing the extream ends of the Hair with the Liquid part it will stop the Cracks from going further and render the Hair fresh and lively Hair how to make it of any Colour Hair of a yellow or shining golden Colour was in highest esteem among the Ancients the Poets rarely delineating any excellent Beauty without appropriating that to
and cloud their splendor but may be remedied by using means Spots being observed to cover the sight or pupil of the eyes purge first the body wash your Eyes with â—â—dive water and oyl of Roses then prepare tutty ginger and Sugar Candy of each a dram Allum burnt a dram â—â—sk half a scruple make these into a pouder and going to bed let a little of it be blown into your Eye with a Duck or â—â—vens quill and then shut it close as Long as you feel the effects of the pouder perhaps an hour and it will in two or three times using fret off the film or skin that like a dark cloud skreens the rays of sight you may wash the remainder of the pouder that dissolves not with Eye bright water Spots many times are attended with Inflamations bloodshot or discolouring the eyes caused by Rheums or noxious vapours to cure these refrain from drinking much and keep â— moderate dyet eat such thing as are cooling purging â—â— â—â—â—odletting to Evacuate the â—â—â—â—ing humour is not Amiss â—â— the Inflamation be extraordinary some draw blisters in the neck but then the occaâ—â—â— must be urgent however apply such things as may alter and digest the humours if hot â—â— is said Endine Nightshade â—â—â—ain and Rose waters drunk with a little sugar are Exâ—â—â— cooling as also to 〈◊〉 the Eyes with but for the â—â—â—â—uxion of a cold Rheum 〈◊〉 Lawrel Leaves in white â—ine make a pultice of them 〈◊〉 apply it to the Eyes or â—â—â— may make one of Celenâ—â—â— and whitwine it eases â—â—â— pain and takes away the â—â—â—â—amation Sweeten the breath â—weet flavours in this case 〈◊〉 extremely requisâ—â— for when a Ladies breath is taintâ—â— though the admiring Lover â—â—y contemplate her beauty â—â—â—h wonder and take her to â—â— an Angel yet when he â—â—â—ws near to sip the Necture â—â— expects to find in little â—rs upon her rosy Lips and 〈◊〉 instead of breathing â—â—â—er meets a scent unsavory â—e's baffled out of this exâ—â—â— bliss and forced to a â—â—â—â—eat then Ladies you that â—â—â—e this defect thrown into â—â—â—e ballance to weigh against 〈◊〉 excellent features make 〈◊〉 Application to the folâ—â—wing directions and you â—â—â—ll in a very little space â—â—â—lm the Air with so rare scent that all the Arabian â—â—â—tick flumes or Flora's sweets shall not Enrich it with a more delicious fragrancy Sweet Saunders half an ounce Nutmegs Cloves Cinamon of each an ounce Wood of Aloes an ounce and a half Musk half a dram make these by gently drying them into a pouder after that make it up into small balls with rose water Gum Tragant and a little Sugar and hold one of these in your mouth and no offensive scent can Iâ—lue thence Sweetness of breath to be recovered by taking away the cause of the offence is to be done by taking of Cloves two drams Cinamon half an ounce Mace Nutmegs and Citron Pill of each one dram Florentiâ—e Iris the lester Galingal of either half a dram wood of Alloes and yellow Saunders each a scruple Musk and Amber-greece each half a scruple these must be carefully beaten into pouder and the pouder infused in a quart of the strongest Malmsey ten or twelve days then the Liquid part strained out and bottled up close of which take each morning fasting a spoonful or two and it will cause the breath to become sweeter Cherish the Lungs and strengthen the heart and stomack and add a Lively blush where the roses are faded on your cheeks Servants Female some Instructions to them for the better management of their affairs c. Since we have directed and recommended many things of great importance to the Ladies and Gentlewomen whose Fortunes or rather a kind Providence has raised them above any thing of servitude or dependance of that nature it might seem unkind in us if in such a Work as this we should so far forget as not to remember whose that are so serviceable to them and to whose prudent management care and diligence they must own themselves Extreamly beholden in many Respects for part of that Value and Esteem that the World sets upon them Some of high Fortunes have fallen low by accidents Casualties and misfortunes of sundry Natures and from a state of commanding have been reduced to a station of being commanded The mutability and unconstancy of things below give little assurance to any of a lasting continuance The Wheel of Fortune is perpetually in motion and those that are uppermost to day may be deprest beneath to morrow It was the answer of that Good Great and Wise Emperour Augustus Caesar to a Prince who demanded of him Why he so much lowered the Imperial Dignity of his Family in suffering his Daughters to learn and imploy themselves in curious manual Arts and Occupations as working in Looms or Frames curious historical Representations in Gold and Silken Works That he knew not how Fortune might change and then if they were subjected to her Frowns they might nevertheless live honestly 〈◊〉 their Industry and not be buâ—thensome to friends which 〈◊〉 adversity are rarely real or â—â— long continuance Therefore to such as fortune by the pâ—â—â—fuseness of parents or Ill maâ—riages have been necessâ—â—â— to submit to what once 〈◊〉 remotest from their thoughâ—â— we first Address our selveâ— Since then it is their Lâ—â—â— be under command they muâ—â— as much as in them Lys foâ—â—â— their former condition 〈◊〉 only fix their minds 〈◊〉 what they are reduc'd 〈◊〉 former things being 〈◊〉 away they must Look forward and not Imbitter their remeâ—brance with what has been 〈◊〉 cannot be recalled they 〈◊〉 take up with a contented 〈◊〉 which the sacred Scripâ—â—â— calls a continual Feast and indeed it is if it were right understood If at last thâ—â— have the happiness to be iâ—â—â—â—duced into Honourable Fâ—â—â—lies they will there be resâ—â—â—cted and regarded with thâ—â— own proclaiming what is 〈◊〉 to them Modesty ever â—â—ates Esteem when Ostenâ—â—â— is dispised They must be all seasonable times ready do more than they know 〈◊〉 be required of them and that they will ingratiate theâ— selves into an higher Fâ—â—â— and Respect They must meek and humble in their â—â—â—â—riage and behaviour and 〈◊〉 the opportunity of advâ—â—â—ment They must stifle keep under aspiring Thoughts and never talk loudly of their Birth and Parentage nor think they are in a servile condition whilst they are at a plentiful Table and have all things that are necessary and convenient and in a more secure and perhaps happier Estate bating some reluctances of the mind than that from whence they are fallen nor lie they now under so many Temptations the eyes of the World are not so much upon them and their Virtues are more secured against assaults tho such may be under a Command it will be gentle and easy and at the 〈◊〉 time they are in a condition to Command others that are placed under them for 〈◊〉 we are speaking of such 〈◊〉 are waiting Women or â—â—â—se
Glances of those they Affect though willingly the party that owns them would restrain them Fair Ladies when the injurious violence of Wind or Weather has been so rude with your beauteous Faces or Hands by too rough Kisses to Fret or rent your Silken Skins and you are desirous to make those breaches into their former pollishedness you will find these your serviceable Cements Frame an Oynment of Stags and Goats Suet half an ounce each two drams of burnt Borace Virgins Wax half an ounce Oyl of Roses two drams make them up over a gentle fire in a glazed Earthen Vessel into an Oynment and anoint your Face and hands when you go to Bed covering the one with a thin Lawn or Linnen Cloath and the other with your Glove to keep off the Air or for want of the former take Capons Grease and Camphire mix them well and anoint the place with Oyl of Chamomoil and Marsh-Mallows both these are good but the first we recommended as the best Faces are the Magazins of Beauties and if they be surprized by catching Flames and blown up in Bliâ—ers your securest way will be to allay the fury of the Offensive and Deforming Element in this manner Take Lead two ounces let it be burnt and washed white Wax and Goats Suet of each one ounce and a half six drams of Turpentine prepared Lapis Calaminaris washt Ceruse two drams of each 〈◊〉 Mastick and Olibanum of each one dram Aloes Epat Camphire Nitre of each half a dram mix them over a gentle fire and spreading them as a Plaiâ—ter apply it to the place grieved Faces are many times in this case Scared by Blistering therefore while you can get the other Remedy utterly to take away the fire to keep it from Blistering by such burns or scalds take white and fresh Hendung three ounces Sage an handful fresh Butter six ounces Plantane Leaves two handfuls stamp them altogether then squeeze out the Juice being a little warmed to disolved the Butter and with it anoint the Face hands c. Fore-Heads are the Ivory Thrones where Beauty sits in State they therefore must be smooth and raised to a decent heighth for if nature has placed a Forehead too low it appears much beneath the grandure of her commanding Majesty that owns it and surrowed with wrinkles it will put her too much in mind of human Frailty to let her take a pleasing Recreation therein Fore-heads then Ladies that you would have high you must order according to our Directions Eradicate the suppersiuous Hairs that too much encroacly upon its bounds and to do it take as much Mastick as you think will cover it being spread then sleep it in warm Water till it becomes so soft that you dilate it on a piece of Silk bind it on with a sillet all Night and next Morning take it off very quick and it 〈◊〉 bring off the Hair with 〈…〉 that it may grow there no more take half an ounce of Hâ—nbane-seed wrap it in a Colvert leaf and roast it in hot Embers bruise it then in a Mortar and press out what moisture you can puâ— a little Orâ—iment in powder to it and make a Linement and apply it to the place Faces that are not Beautiful are of little esteem in the Eyes of Lovers and even diseâ—eeme I many times by those that own them who lay the fault on Natures 〈◊〉 or at least over-sight in 〈◊〉 them in a tougher 〈◊〉 than others therefore presuming to help Natures deâ—eâ—ts by Art we have furnished you with 〈◊〉 Remedies that will 〈◊〉 your Faces against the further injuries of Deformity that 〈◊〉 upon them 〈◊〉 inspight of all Malladies that Beauty is 〈◊〉 it 〈◊〉 and render them 〈◊〉 that we may have cause to fear that looking in your 〈◊〉 after so 〈◊〉 an Alteration 〈◊〉 like you mâ—y fall in Love with your own in 〈◊〉 and so linger away 〈◊〉 in those new 〈…〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 in this kind Take Oyl or Water of 〈◊〉 by applying it to the Face it will make a 〈◊〉 one as smooth and white as 〈◊〉 to prepare this because all that pretend to sell it are not provided with the right Take the most tender and Transparent Talque you can get slit it into thin slices put them into a Glass-Viol for ten or twelve days with the Juice of 〈◊〉 During the Frost in Winter make a Bag of the thickest Cloath you can get put the steep'd Talque into it with some hard 〈◊〉 being then closely tyed rub it together with the Flints till the Talque become powder put it then into a glaz'd Eartheâ— Pot with a narrow mouth stop the Vessel and see it be carefully bound about with strong Wire then put it into a Reverbatory twelve hours then by degrees take it from the Fire and being cool powder it â—â—ner with as much speed as may be to prevent the Airs having too much power over it put it then into a bag with a hook at the bottom to hang a Vessel upon to receive the Liquor hang the bag then with the Vessel so placed in a Well about a sathom above the Water till the Humidity begins to drop then take it out anâ— put it in a damp place where the wind has no force and suffer it to hang till all the moisture be drained away the Liquor so received is the water of Tâ—â—que and by the same means you may make the Oyl if you put what remains in the bag into a 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 giving live to it 〈…〉 all the Oyl forth and this is so Excellent a Beartiâ—â—r that Queens and Princesces may add Splendor to their Perfections by using it But since every one cannot be at the trouble of this we shall recite some others less chargeable and sooner made Four pound then take of Blanched â—â—â—monds Mastick Sandarâ—ch Salpher vive and Ceruse two ounces of each an ounce of 〈◊〉 Tragacanth three ounces of the whites of Eggs bruise and well mix them together â—hen leave them to Macerate â—ven or eight days stirring â—hem well once a day and when â—ou have beaten them till they â—egin to smoak then by presing them you will have an Oyl which by anointing wiâ—â— Extreamly beautifie the Face â—ou may for want of this Oyl 〈◊〉 Tartar mingled with a 〈◊〉 distilled Viâ—egar rubbing 〈◊〉 first in the Palms of your 〈◊〉 and then upon your 〈◊〉 Again you may take â—amphire a dram Allum Boâ—â— two drams Oyl of Tartar 〈◊〉 ounce all finely powdered â—â—t them into a quart of Roseâ—uer and as much of Roseary flower water boyl and â—rain out the Liquid part and â—eep it for your use and it 〈◊〉 prove an Excellent whitner 〈◊〉 the Neck Face Breasts or 〈◊〉 part of the Body If you could have a Curious Blushing â—olour rub your Face gently 〈◊〉 with a little Oyl of Amâ—â— with an Equal quantity of Oyl of Myrth Faces are very much beautified by this means viz. take bitter Almonds blanched one
Extravagant Panatasticks be more moderate in Athens Powders for the Hair Linen and Sweet Bags Powders of this Kind are made several ways and are of Great Efficacy for Ladyes After you have made use of many things if nevertheless you meet with any that defies your Charms and is obstinate do you not despair for we will teach you how you shall tickle his Nose with a Powder and cartously fetch him about with is which will give you so rich a Scent that the Roses and Violets in your Cheeks shall not make you hath so sweet Powder of a curious Scent is made of Florentine Iris 〈◊〉 timely powder'd one pound Benjamin four ounces Cloves the like quantity Starax two ounces powder them all very line use them and well mix them together This you may 〈◊〉 to sent your Hair Powder we had adding about 3 ounces of it to a pound of Starch or Rice Grounds well find and 〈◊〉 Again take Iris Roots fix ounces Red Rose leaves powdered four ounces Cyprus half a â—iachm Marjorum Storax and Cloves of each an ounce Yellow Saunders and Benjamine of each half an ounce Violets 3 drachms Musk a dicham powder these isior Sweet Bags or to lay among Linen very grosly him if let the hair very fine Powder to give the Hands or any part of the body an Excellent odour make in this manner Take the pressings of sweet and bitter Almonds after the oyle is drawn off of either sort four Ounces the flower of French Barly and Luptu of each two Ounces the Roots of Ins an Ounce white Roses dryed Benjamine fix drachms Salt of white Tartar white Chalk powdered sperma 〈◊〉 of each half an Ounce Oyle of 〈◊〉 one Scrupie of cloves and I avender each half of Scrapie mix and make them into a pouder well dryed and if you would have your hands seemed and of a curious white or any other part of the body rub on this pouder and it will effect your desire you may with Rose water make it into a Past let your face and it will beautify it Perfumes to 〈◊〉 Sweet Candles c. Perfumes Ladies of this kind are very greatful to the finelling and more advantageons where Lights are made of them as Sweet Candles c you are indeed very much beholden to ordinary Candles for when the gloomy Night would befriend your Chambermaids and make them seem as handsome as your selves that which discovers the mistake and makes you be preferr'd before them is the Friendly Light those Candles lend They shew the difference between a 〈◊〉 and the Foils that 〈◊〉 attend her but if those common ones are so serviceable to you these will certainly be more for if you can but once procure these Ignes fatui to lead men about you need never fear but to have servants enough dancing after you Perfumes are made sundry ways but the best are these Take Labdanum two drachms styrax Calamint a drachm and an half Benjamine White Amber Red Roses Wood of Aloes Cinamon Cyprius and Cloves of each two Scruples Amber and Musk each five Grains made with Gum Tragacanth into small Cakes the Gum being first dissolved in Spirit of Roses one of which Cakes being cast on the coals scents the Chamber with a very pleasing odoriferous Vapour Again Take dry'd Charcoal made of Willow one ounce Mirrh Wood Storax Aloes Calamint of each one ounce and an half Labdanum an ounce Amber and Musk each seven Grains dissolve half an ounce of Gum Tragacanth in Rose water with a little Spirit of Wine and make them up into Rolls like small Candles which being set a burning will give a pleasing perfume Again Take Benzoin Storax and Calamint each half an ounce Wood of Aloes two drams Zibet not adulterated one drachm Galia Muscata one Scruple Oyl of Roses and of Cloves of each half a Scruple mix them well with Damusk Rose Water and make them into little Bails and they are an Excellent Perfume Perfumes of these sorts add Ladyes the Roses Sweetness to the Lillyes loveliness of your snowy hands Scent then your Gloves with these Perfumes and those that take you by the hand shall find all pleasures grasp'd in an handful wherein all Ravishing Objects are that can convey those charming Delights to the admiring Fancy that pleases the sight and feasts the Feeling with its downy softness and the Smelling with perfume Perfume then of this Kind to make it Take an ounce of the whitest Gum Tragacanth dissolve it in Water then take Musk Amber and dry'd Majoram of each one Scruple boil them gently all together and in the boiling add half a Scruple of Zibet put these into a covered Vessel till they are cold and when you have order'd your Gloves sit for its being laid on chase it into them being cold and smoothing them as well as may be lay them in a convenient place to dry or wash the Gloves you first intend to perfume in White wine then dry them in the shade after that wash them again in a pint of Rose Water scented with Oyl of Jessimine Cloves Nutmegs and Labdanum of each half a Scruple then take Musk Zibet and Ambergreece of each five Grains beat them together in a Mortar with a little oyl of Spike and mucilage of Gum Tragacanth dissolved in Rose Water and chase in this composition the Gloves being well safh'd before a gentlefire By these measures you may make any perfumes most grateful to your scent for the same way they are all ordered of what fort soever that is usually subject to be perfum'd and therefore to go on any further in this matter would be but a Repetition of what has been already said so Ladies we have you Experience shews what has been laid down which we doubt not will answer your Expectations in any persuming of this Kind Pride As for Pride she hath so many feathers added to her wings that she covereth all the earth with her shadow Our men are grown to esseminate and our women so man-like that if it might be I think they would exchange genders What modest eye can with patience behold the immodest gestures and attires of our women No sooner with them is infancy put on but impudency is put on they have turned Nature into Art so that a man can hardly discern a woman from her image Their bodies they pinch in as if they were angry with Nature for casting them in so gross a mould but as for their looser parts them they let loose to prey upon whatsoever their last darting eyes shall seize upon Their breasts they lay to the open view like two fair Apples of which whosoever tasteth shall be sure of the knowledge of evil of good I dare not warrant him Some Gentlewomen have more to do to attend their Beautyes than the Vestal Virgins to maintain their sacred Fires In the morning they study their Glass in the Afternoon they are taken up and down with Visits where you may see they are not wronged
those false appearances that to undiscerning Opticks guild o're and make it seem lovely and charming Lascivious Pictures as well as Songs are to some an Incitement to others detestable and an Antidote against what they represent though according to the Old Proverb Nemo mortalium omnilus horis sapit No man is wise at all times The Temple of Venus in Rome was placed in the suâ—urâ—s that the Lacivious Proceâ—â—ing might be as little puâ—lâ—â—â—â—o the majority of the Peopâ—e â—s possiâ—le to avâ—id all occasioâ—s and objects thâ—t might furtâ—er a Temptation to Laciviousness So in Singing when it is for chaâ—te Delight and modest Recreation may wâ—â—â— Reason gain approbaâ—ion and applause Orpheus turn'd his melodious Voice this way and as it is fabled made inanimate and irrational Creatures admire him his harmony charm'd them into wonder and drew them after him but the Rude Bacchanalian women o'â—â— flâ—w'd with Wine and Lust could not endure it because it suited not their Drâ—nken and Lascivious Humour and threfore in their mad Ragâ— they tore him to pieces and threw hiâ— scatter'd Limâ—s into the River Hebrus at the Foot of Mount Hyblia of which a modern Poet brings in Caliopâ— one of the Nine Muâ—es â—ius complaining Was not my Orpheus death tho long ago Enough for me to bear for you to do Orpheus so much by all the Graces lov'd Whose charming Voice and matchless musick mov'd The savage beaâ—â—â— the stones and sensless trees Yet could not move the harder Destinies I saw his Limbs alass scatter'd abroad On Hebrus streams whilst down the silver flood His learned head was rowl'd and all along Heard the sad murmurs of his dying Tongue Such misfortunes have often happen'd to the Chaste and Vertous whilst â—he immodest and Vicious have not only escaped but gain'd applause Juvenal in his Sâ—â—yrâ— â—ives divers Examples and â—â—â—â—elf for telling the Truth in reproving the Wickedness of the age wherein he liv'd was forâ—d to fly his Countrey But to a closure of this matter singing seasonably and moderately used is a great accompliâ—hment and advantage to either Sex rendering the parties acceptable iâ— all civil company Some hold it is the harmony in heaven thou more rare and refined and we are not without Warrants for it in holy Writ especially in the Revelatiâ—ns c. where Songâ— of Praises are uttered Small Pox its scars or marks how to repair â— obliterate Past enâ—merating are the surprizing Casualâ—ies that appeâ—r as sâ— many enemies to deform â— faâ—r smooth and polished skin each wound they give beiâ—g a grave where Loves dumb Oratory lieâ— immure dor â—uâ—â—eâ— and Châ—rurgeoâ—s usually are the unskilsul Plaisterers that make an iâ—â— raised Cicat rice the swelling monument to depaâ—ted Bâ—aâ—â—y The Feâ—â—râ— fretting Small-pox if it chanâ—◠〈…〉 Foot within that 〈◊〉 of Perfections the 〈◊〉 leaves many times more â—â—â—figuring Impressions than a 〈◊〉 clouted shoos on a 〈◊〉 Floers now to smooth 〈◊〉 Ladies and Polish your 〈◊〉 after such unwelcome 〈◊〉 prize what we recommend to you as rarity 〈◊〉 you will soon find the 〈◊〉 and Dales of uneven Faces meet without a miracle dwelling to such a smoothness 〈◊〉 the God though fabled 〈◊〉 may carelesly sport himâ—â—â—â— without stumbling Small 〈◊〉 deformity is removed by â—â—ing Saffron half an ounce 〈◊〉 two ounces Turpenâ—â—â—â— three ounces Gum Araâ—â—â— one ounce Oâ—â— Olive Oyl â—â—o ounces make the Mastick â—â—d Arabick into gross powder and put them into the Oyl and â—â—â—pentine then distil them in â— Glass Alimbick and there 〈◊〉 come a curious healing Water from them or rather â— precious Unguent with which â—â—oint the Face going to bed 〈◊〉 in the morning wash it off with warm water wherein fine â—ower has been infused and 〈◊〉 is likewise exceeding good when after the consolidation of â— Wound any disfiguring scar remains Safe it is likewise 〈◊〉 advantageous for want of 〈◊〉 former or we give you â—â—ave to chuse which you â—lease to take Litharge of Gold â—â—o ounces Salt and Ceruse half â—n ounce of either Vinegar â—â—â—tain and Rose Water of â—â—ch three ounces half a dram of Camphire mingle and philter it and to let the Face or any part defective be anointed with it and after rub it out with Oyl of Roses or the Essence of Jessemine and in so frequently doing the skin will rise and fill up the hollow pits and places and an Excellent colour will be restored adding more beauty perhaps than before the disaster befel the party using it Spots in any part of the body to remove them Spots are as great blemishes to beauty in either sex as in pretious stones as much debasing the worth or value of either we have seen Faces from whose Features Beauty her self might have drawn Patterns had not Nature studied too much neatness play'd the Curtezan and spoiled that which was Lovely and Charming before by over Patching yet many Ladies never conclude themselves Venus's in beauty unless they have some Artificial Mole tho such clouded Stars more Eclipse than Increase their Native Lusture and especially where Nature is too Liberal her Spots they are always accounted Blemishes rather than Ornaments those then that have the Characters of Beauty defaced with such blots may have for a repair of such defects recourse to our following directions and thereby will find themselves quickly freed and their features so ravishing and transporting that were it the fashion of this Age to dedicate shines to beauty there are few of them but would have their Altars where the most generous heart should glory to sacrifice Spots are of diveâ—s colours and there is some preparation in general in order to facilitate their removal before we come to particulars and this may be effected by bathing them 3 mornings successively with Allum dissolved in oyl of Tartar washed off with Lye and Lupin meal or you may take one part of rose water and two of plantan water two ounces of Sulpher Vive Roch Allum in powder an ounce heat them over a gentle fire till a fifth part is consumed then taking off the vessel stir the Ingredients continually till the whole become cold strain it then through a fine cloth and with it anoint the place And thus being prepared take Sugar Candia two ounces with Frankincense the like quantity and these being dissolve in a pint and a half of Juyce of Limons simper theaâ— gently over a moderate fire and anoint the spots first being washed with barly water and it will remove them Sparkling Eyes are the starry Jewels of a heavenly face which with their Attractive influence and amorous emotions govern the restless fate of every Lover whence once these twinkling twins brighter than those that Grace the skys make break of day through their Incloâ—ing Lids their piercing beams of glory Amuze spectators and make them pay tributary devotion to those Christal Orbs from whence they flow The beauty of the eyes is much Impaired by spots bloodshot Inflamation c. Which Eclypse
an ounce and a half of Oyl of Foxes Oyl of Lillies and Capons Grease and Goose Grease each two ounces Pine Rosin Greek Pitch and Turpentine of each two ounces boile them together in an Earthen Glaz'd-Vessel Adding then an ounce of the Oyl of Elder being taken hot from the fire add some Virgins-Wax to them as much as will stiffen the Mass into a Sear-cloth and when it is almost cold spread it and apply it to the place that Languishes or does not equally Thrive And for that and the rest the Plaister after some continuance being taken off use this Bath in Claret Wine Boil half a handful of Wormwood Roses Stachas of Rosemary Calamint Sage Squinath Cammomile each a handful boil it till the third part of the Wine be consianed and when it is warm Bath the Body or any particular part more immediately requiring it will Nourish Strengthen and Beautifie the Framâ— of the Body Body when too Fat Hoâ— to reduce it to a Beautifâ—â— Form and handsom Proporâ—â—â—on Bodies of an 〈◊〉 weildy Bulk are to many â—â—â— pleasing as the former as beiâ—â— the other Extream no one câ—â— think it a very pleasing Sigâ— to see a Soul Strugling 〈◊〉 a mountanous Load of Flesâ— and the Body stretched to 〈◊〉 Dimensions as renders it 〈◊〉 most out of shape And if the were nothing more than 〈◊〉 Incumbrance it were sufficâ—â—ent to deter any one from 〈◊〉 unweildy a Magnitude 〈◊〉 here in too Legible Character those that can Read 〈◊〉 Sloth and Voluptuousnes occasioned it for when e're 〈◊〉 Carcase swells it self into a buâ— too Voluminous Idleness 〈◊〉 there described in Folio Ladies then be careful to keeâ— your Bodies in an due Proportion and if ever they enlarâ—â— themselves to Extravagant Lâ—â—mits use the Directions to â—â—â—duce them to their formâ— bounds that so you may 〈◊〉 gain both your Credits 〈◊〉 your Beauties Bodies 〈◊〉 such Proportions must 〈◊〉 Early in the Morning be Exercised to Sweating be 〈◊〉 in Diet not Eating Sweâ—â—t things but rather Salt Sharâ— or Bitter especially â—awcâ—â— lye not over Soft at Night Bleed in the Right Arm preâ— largely in the Spring and in 〈◊〉 Left in Autumn purge pretty strongly in those Seasons and once a Week take some Laxatives and in Winter Mornings the Powder thus Composed Bray Anniseeds Fennel Agnus Castus Carroway Rue and Cummin Nutmegs Pepper Mace Ginger Galingale and Smallage dry'd Marjorum Gentian Round-bithwort of each an equal part and by drying beating and sifting bring it into a Powder and take in a Glass of White-wine a Dram of it half an hour before Meals and to the Heart and Liver as you see Cause â—ay cooling Applications as the Juice and Decoction of Plantane Sheepherds-purse Lettice and the like and if any particular part be more Corpulent then the rest take Cerus Fullers-earth and white Lead mix them with the Juice of Henbane and Oil of Mirtle and when the part has been bath'd with Vinegar annoint the place and the Success will be evident Breaâ—â—s hanging down or large how to make them Plump and Round Breasts that hang loose and are of an extraordinary Largeness lose their Charms and have their Beauty buried in the grave of Uncomliness whilst those that are small plump and round like two Ivory Globes or little Worlds of Beauty whereon Love has founded his Empire command an awful homage from his Vassals captivate the wondring gazers Eyes and dart warm Desires into his Soul that make him languish and melt before the soft Temptation therefore to reduce those Breasts that hang flagging out of all comely Shape and Form that they may be plump round and smaller Bind them up close to you with Caps or Bags that will just fit them and so let them continue for some Nights then take Carret-seed Plantan-seeds Anniseeds Fenel-seeds Cummin-seeds of each two Ounces Virgins-Honey an Ounce the Juice of Plantane and Vinegar two Ounces each bruise and mingle them well together then unbinding your Breast spread the Composition Plaister-wise and lay it on your Breasts binding them up close as before after two days and two nights take off the Plaisters and wash your Breasts with White-wine and Rose-water and in so doing for twelve or fourteen days together you will find them reduc'd to a curious Plumpness and Charming Roundness wash them then with Water of Benjamin and it will not only whiten them but make their Azur Veins appear in all their intricate Meanders till the Lover in tracing them looses himself Breasts are likewise to be reduc'd by washing them with Scabeous Water-Verjuice the Waters of Bean-Blossoms Rosemary-flowers and the Juice of Citrons annointing them afterward with Oil of Mastick and Myâ—rhe and binding them up close as before directed So the unseemly spreading Alps you 'll see Round as Parnassus spiry Tops to be Bracelets Perfumed how to make them Bracelets have been highly in Esteem among the Ladies adorn'd with Gold and precious Stones but since those seem to be laid aside we hope Pomander or Perfumed Bracelets may be used they by their odoriferous Scent conduce much Ladies to the making your Captives numerous though they bind only your Arms yet they take Men your Prisoners To make them then Beat Musk and Ambergreece of each forty Grains with two Ounces of the Buds of Damask-Roses the Whites being clipt off add of Civit twenty Graiâ—â— also a little Labdanum being well mix'd and fine beaten make them up with Gum-tragacanth disolv'd in Rose water and so make them when harden'd into small Beads and string them the Scent is rare and Comfortable or for another sort take Labdanum and Styrax Calemite each a Dram and a half Benjamin one Dram Mace Cloves Lavender-Flowers and Wood of Aloes of each half a Scruple Musk and Ambergreece of each four Grains a little â—â—rpentine and Gum-Tragaâ—anth dissolved in rose-Rose-water as much as will suffice beat and mix them well together in a warm Mortar and make them into a Pomander according to Art Boxes of Perfume Boxes are very necessary on sundry Occasions viz. To hinder Vapours prevent Infections remove Ill Scents or bad Airs To make these Perfum'd Boxes Take right Jessemine Butter half an Ounce Essence of Orange-flower Essence of Cynnamon Oil of Orange peel Oil of Nutmegs Essence of Roses of each half a Scruple Flowers of Benjamin one Scruple Essense of Amber Musk and Civit of each half a Scruple All these you must work well together in a cold Marble-Mortar keeping it as close as may be Then put it into your Boxes of Ivory or Silver with holes for the Scent to come through and it is a great preservative against the Plague Pestilence c. as well as pleasant and delightful to the Brain Brows of the Eyes How to Beautifie and Adorn. Brows of the glittering Eyes are Cupid's Groves of Pleasure where he shelters himself from the violent Heat of the too flaming Opticks or rather 〈◊〉 a controlling Intelligence made super Intendant to the Chrystal Spheres
below him he keeps hiâ— Residence there that he might with the more Facility direct their beaâ—â— Influences when and whither he pleases you may Ladies by this means make them beautiful Brows that have their Hair growing too thick or irregular Take Ivy Gum Emmets-Eggs or Pincent Colophonie Leeches burnt half an Ounce grind and mingle them with the Blood of a Frog and annoint the superfluous Hair and it will come off or you may take the Juice of Henbane Sanguinis Draconis Gum-Arabick and Frankincense of each three Drams Juice of Nigthshade as much as will suffice to make it into an Ointment and apply it as the former Brows falling too low over the Eyes you must work to remedy that defect a little Mastick together with the Juice of Colworts and going to Bed put the Brow up into its place and in the form of a Plaâ—â—ter apply the Mastick to it all Night and in so doing three or four Nights it will keep in its proper place Brows that shed their Hair may be prevented from so doing by taking the small filings of Lead a little Linseed-Oil and Goose-grease with which being well mixed annoint them or Maiden-hair one Dram black Henbane-seed two drams Unguentum Irinum three Spoonfuls bruise what is to be bruised and with Oil make them into an Unguent and having bathed the Brows with Water wherein Mirtle-Berries have been boil'd annoint them with it Brows that have lost their Hair to recover it take Wasps or Bees burn them to Ashes and mix the Ashes with Honey and laying it to the Hair 't will quickly come again Brows reddish or white are made black by this means Take what quantity you please of Red Filberds calcine them in an earthen Vessel mix it with Goats-grease and annoint the Brow with it and if the Skin be soil'd wash it off with warm Water and in often using the Hair 't will become of a very curious Black Beauty of an Itchy oâ— Scabby Skin repaired Beauty Ladies by these defects is much impaired but we fear whilst we are prescribing Remedies for such loathsom Skin-defiling Maladies you will perhaps think we have forgot you and are Addressing our selves to your Kitchen-maids We must confess these fretting Exulcerations are more frequently incident to such as have not the advantages of Neatness and anticipating Remedies but most certain it is that not only they but the most nice and delicate if any thing the most Irregular or Intemperate cannot at all times be secur'd from them If ever then your ill dispos'd Humours grow so strong as to break their way through the inclosing Skin it will do you no harâ— to have something in readiness that may check their Presumption Be it so then take Fumitory-water an Ounce and a half Succory-water three Ounces Syrup of Fumitory and Succory of each one Ounce mix them together and take two Spoonfuls in a Glass of White-wine for your Mornings draught and by often using you will find it an excellent Remedy or take Rhuburb one Scruple Senna two Drams Anniseeds half a Scruple White-wine half a pint put them into an earthen Bottle stop it close and set it over warm Embers all Night in the Morning strain it out and drink it and to purge your Body afterwards that the Humours may be remov'd which may be done with Pills made of Citron Mirabolaus and Rhuburb of each half a Dram Aloes washed in the Decoction of Senna one Scruple mix them well by bruising and make them up into Pills with Syrup of Fumetory And to wash the place afflicted Take Balm a good quantity bruise it well and set it to macerate one Night in White wine the next day draw off the Water in a Glass-still it is exceeding sweet and will cleanse and purifie the Skin after the defect is taken away then annoint it with Natural Balsom and a Grain of Musk and you will find a rosie Beauty where Deformity had usurped the place Big-belly'd Woman how to govern herself Good Government in these Cases has not only saved Miscarriages and Abortions but prevented endangering the Mother's Life wherefore we have thought it convenient for the Instruction of new marry'd Women to lay down some modest Rules and commend them to their Observance First then We advise Women with Child iâ— they are not strong of Body and very healthful to chusâ— a temperate Air where no grosâ— Fogs or Damps arise from Lakes Marishes or the like and noâ— to venter herself abroad when the Weather is either too Cold or too Hot nor when the South-wind blows too strong for that above all others is held to be injurious to the Birth she carries in her Womb The North-wind in the next place when it is too turbulent and cold is offensive to her Person carsing Catarrhs Coughs and Rheums which opening the Body le ts in too much Air 〈◊〉 the Womb or causes it to dismiss its Burthen untimely and if any evil Vapours be drawn in during pregnancy they produce many disorders and sometimes cold Diseases And Secondly In her Diet 〈◊〉 ought to be careful and cautious chusing such Meats 〈◊〉 create wholsom Nourishment and those are held to do so which are moderately dry she must avoid Excess on the one hand and immoderate Fasting on the other for as the one causes it to swell beyond its natural bounds so the other renders it weakly and sickly and often for want of Nourishment to come before its time All Meats too hot or too cold are to be avoided as Sallets any thing dressed with hot Spices Salt-meats and the like which being eat to any degree sometimes makes the Child come forth without Nails and such other defects as are signs of short Life or a very unhealthy Constitution therefore let her take such as are of good Nourishment and a facil Digestion as Lamb Veal Mutton Larks Partridges and the like and of Fruits such as are sweet and pleasant as Cherries Apricots Rasberries Pears Plumbs c. but by any means avoid those things that occasion windyness in the Body she must regulate as well as she can her Longings that they extend to nothing that 's unwholsom or extravagant Government must in pregnant Women be observed in their Sleeping which we advise to be moderate not soon after Meals and little as may be in the day time Moderate Exercise is likewise requir'd to move the Body and keep it in a good Temper by distributing the Humours and giving the Blood a freer Circulation but all viâ—lent Motion in Walking or otherways must be avoided for it molests and injures the frame of the Womb any great Sounds or Noises especially Ringing of Bells and Shooting off Guns are to be shun'd as much as may be Immoderate Crying or Laughing are very hurtful and the better to help the Birth when it comes near to delivery Let the Childbearing Woman take such things as will keep her Body soluble as Syrup of Violets sweet Wines or the like avoiding
by Women who were sworn not to reveal any thing that passed in nine Days and Nights Revelling with Musick and Dancing c. Damodice she was Sister to Critolaus of Arcadia which Brother having kill'd her Lover in War she so far exasperated him by Revilings that he sent her to seek him in the other World Damo Daughter to Pythagorus the Philosopher he charged her at his death not to publish any of his Writings which notwithstanding her extream Poverty and the great offers made her for the Manuscripts she punctually obey'd Damigella Tribulzi she was Daughter to John Trivulzi a Lady well skill'd in Latin Greek and Philosophy and applauded for her Orations made before the Prelates and Popes c. Dane Daughter of Acerisus King of Argos the Oracle foretelling she should bring forth a Son that should dethrone him he shut her up in a Brazen Tower but Jupiter descending in a Golden Shower begat on her Perseus who afterwards slew his Grand-father unknown Daphne a Prophetess Daughter to Tiresias curiously seen in Verse insomuch that 〈◊〉 took divers of them to Imbellish his Work Daphne a Nymph helâ— to be the Daughter of the Riveâ— Ladon and being pursu'd by Apollo who was Enamour'd of her Praying to the Gods for Succour they turn'd her into a Laurel Tree the word signifying a Laurel Deianica Daughter to Oeneus and Wife to Hercules who upon falling in Love with Jola sent him a poyson'd Shirt dipt in Nessus the Centaur's Blood which made him dye distracted Diana or the Moon taken for the Goddess that prospers Success in Hunters held to be Daughter to Jupiter and Latona She had a stately Temple at Ephesus and divers other Places She is stil'd the Goddess of Chastity Dido Queen of Carthage who being got with Child by Aeneas and he treacherously leaving her she kill'd herself She was Daughter to Methres King of Tyre who flying hâ—â— Brother Pigmaâ—lion's Rage builded Carthage which warred many Years with Rome Digna a Heroick Virago of the Kingdom of Naples who being taken by Attiâ— King of the Huns and attempting to force her to his Lust she threw herself from the Batlements of her House into a River saying If thou hast a mind to Enjoy me follow me And so swimming over made her Escape to the next Garison Discard a Goddess were shipped more for fear than love by the Pagans to avoid Evils which they fancy'd the otherways fomented She was figured in a frightful Posture as with the Head of a Serpent and snaky Hair and is held to be she that threw the Golden Apple among the Goddesses at the Wedding of Thetis to set them at Variance Drusilla Agrippa the Elders Daughter a very beautiful Lady being accounted in her time a second Venus she was contracted to Epiphanes Son to King Antiochus who promis'd on that consideration to turn Jew but not keeping his Word she marry'd Aziazus King of the Emezenians but Felix Governour of Judea inticed her from him and she was present when St. Paul pleaded before him Dryades Nymphs to whom were asigned the Care of the Woods and Forests and such as frequented them Dorcas a Widow curious in the Art of working Imbroidery and other things worthy Admiration She was raised by our Saviour from the dead her other name was Tabitha Debora a Valiant Matron of Judea she encouraged the People to fight against Sisera and harrazed their Country and going in the head of an Army with Barack she utterly defeated him with a great slaughter of his Host and he flying to the Tent of Jael for shelter was there 〈◊〉 Daniades the fifty Daughters of Danus who were at once marry'd to Aegyptus's fifty Sons who were all but one of them Murther'd by their Wives on the Wedding Night by the cruel Command of Danus who had subtilly by this way drawn them into a Snaâ—â— to gratifie the Revenge he had vow'd on Aegyptus's Family Distillation Every young Gentlewoman is to be furnish'd as Mr. Codrington tells with very good Stills for the Distillations of all kind of Waters which Stills must be ether of Tin or sweet Earth and in them she shall Distil all manner of Waters meet for the Health of her Houshold a Sage-water which is Sovereign against all Rheums and Collicks Angelica-water good against Infection Radish-water good for the Stone Vine-water for Itching Water of cloâ—â— for the pain of the Stomach Eye bright-water excellent in weak and dim Eyes Now by the way observe you may easily make your Water look of what colour you please if you will first distil your Water in a Stillatory and 〈◊〉 put it in a great Glass of strength and fill it as full aâ— those Flowers whose Coloâ— you desire then stop it and is it in the Stillatory and let distill and you shall have them perfect Colour 〈◊〉 precious and excellent Water there are thousands wherefore I shall only set down here some of the choicest and most valuable Dr. Stevens his famous Water Take a Gallon of Gascoin-Wine of Ginger Gallingal Cinamon Grains Cloves Mace Nutmegs Anniseeds Carraway-seed Coriander-seed Fennel-seed and Sugar of every one a Dram Then take of Sack and Ale a quart of each of Camomile Sage Mint Red-roses Thyme Pellitory of the Wall Wild-Marjoram Wild-Thyme Lavender Pennyroyal Fennel-roots Parsley-roots and Set-wall roots of each half a handful then beat the Spice small and bruise the Herbs and put them all together into the Wine and so let it stand sixteen Hours stirring it now and then then distill it in a Limbeck with a soft fire the first pint of the Water by it self for it is the belt The principal Use of this Water is against all cold Diseases it comforteth the Stomach cureth the Stone of what nature soever using but two spoonfuls in seven days Aqua Mirabilis Take three pints of White-wine of Aquavitae and Juice of Saladine of each a pint one dram of Cardamer and one dram of Mellilot-flowers Cubebs a dram Gallingale Nutmegs Cloves Mace Ginger of each a dram mingle all these together over Night the next Morning set them a Stilling in a Glass-Limbeck This admirable Water dissolveth the swelling of the Lungs and restoreth them when perished it suffereth not the Blood to putrifie neither need he or she to breathe a Vein that useth this Water often Take thrâ—e spoonfuls of it at a time Morning and Evening twice a Week A most approved Water for the Eyes Take a new laid Egg and roast it hard then cut the Shell in the midst and take out the Yolk and put some white Copporice where the Yolk was then bind the Egg together again and let it lye till it begin to be a Water then take the white forth from both sides of the Egg and put the same into a Glass of fair running Water and so let it stand a while then strain it through a fair Linnen-cloth and therewith wash your Eyes Morning and Evening An admirable Water against the Stone in the
pound and a half the whites and shells of thirty Eggs the young branches of a Fig-tree cut in small shivers incorporate them well and distill them in a Glass Alimbick over a gentle five Then to the Water you draw off add Sugar-Candy Borace and Camphire each an ounce Olibanum two ounces bruise them small and then distill them over again preserving the Water upon this Second Distillation as a rare Secret and improver or Imbellisher of Beauty Again take Lithargy of Gold and Silver each a dram put them into stronge white Wine Vinegar add Camphire and Allum of each half a Scrupleas much of Musk and Ambergreece to scent the Composition boyl them in a small quantity of Vinegar silter and keep it then boyl a little Roch-Allum in spring water and keep it apart from the other but when you use them mingle them together Thus Venus in her brightest form you 'll vie Or all those Female Starâ— that guild the Sky Who for their Beauties there were 〈◊〉 and shine But you out dazled now 〈◊〉 must refine To see their long 〈◊〉 leave 〈…〉 Faustina was cured of dishonest Love And of divers other Remedies against that Passion That the affection and prison of the Mind which is ordinarily called Love is a strong Passion and of great effect in the Soul let us ask of such Men which by Experience have known it and of such whom Examples are notorious namely of very excellent Personages that have suffer'd their Wills to have been transported even so far that some of them have died Jules Capitolin amongst other Examples recites that which happen'd to Faustina Daughter to Amoninus and Wife to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius who fell in Love with a Master of Fence or Gladiator in such sort that for the desire which she had of his Company she was in danger of Death she did so consume away Which being understood by Marcas Aurelius he presently call'd together a great company of Astrologians and Doctors to have counsel and find remedy thereupon At last it was concluded That the Fencer should be kill'd and that they should unknown to her give Faustina his Blood to drink and that after she had drank it the Emperor her Husband should lie with her This Remedy wrought marvellously for it put this Affection so far from her that she never afterwards thought of him And the History saith of this Copulation that the Emperor had then with her was begotten Antoninus Commodus which became so bloody and Cruel that he resembled more the Fencer whose Blood his Mother had drank a the Conception of him than Marcus Aurelius whose Son he was which Commodus was always found amongst the Gladiators as Eutropius Wâ—â—nesses in the Life of the same Commodus The 〈◊〉 and Arabick Physicians place this Disease of Love amongst the grievous Infirmities of the Body of Man and thereupon prescribe divers Remedies Câ—dâ—mus Milesien as Sâ—ydâ—â— â—â—ports in his Collections writes a whole Book treating of 〈◊〉 particular Remedies which Physicians give for this Disease one is That to him that is passionate in Love one 〈◊〉 put into his hands great Affairs importuning his Credit and his Profit that his Spirit being occupied in divers matters it may draw away his Imagination from that which troubles him And they say further that they should 〈◊〉 him to be merry and conversant with other Women Against this heat Pliny saith it is good to take the Dust upon which a Mule hath tumbled and cast it upon the Lover and all to be powder him or else of the Sweat of a chased Mule as Cardanus affirms in his Book of Subtilties The Physicians also teach how to know what Person is loved of him that is sick in Love and it is by the same Rule that Eristratus Physician to King Seleucus knew the love that Antiochus bare to the Queen Stratonicus his Stepmother for he being extream sick and would rather die than discover the cause of his Sickness proceeding from Love which he bare to his Father's Wife She came into the Chamber just then when the Physician was feeling the Patients Pulse which beat so strong when he saw the Queen come into the Chamber that Eristratus knew that he was in Love with her and that was the cause of his Sickness wherefore he found the way to make the King acquainted with it by such a means as would be too tedious to recite Which being experimented by the Father and seeing his Son in danger if he did not prevent it thought it good tho contrary to the Intention of the Son which chose rather Death than to be healed by his Father's Loss to deprive himself of his Queen and give her to his sick Son And so indeed the Age and the Beauty of the Lady and likewise Marriage was more proper for the Son than for the Father And by this means Antiochus lived well and gallantly many Years with his well-beloved Stratoniâ—â—â— The History is very neatly recited by Plutarch in the Life of Demetrius And thus you see why Physicians say that you must feel the Pulse of those that are in Love and repeat to them divers names of Persons and if you name the right the Pulse will beat thick and strong and by that you shall know whom they Love By divers other signs one may know when any is in Love and with whom which I leave to speak of now Friendship Friendship well chosen and placed is a great felicity of Life but we ought in this respect to move very cautiously and be certain we are not mistaken before we unbosom our Thoughts or make too strict a Union We see in Politicks Leagues offensive and defensive do not always hold and being abruptly broken prove more mischievous than any thing before they were contracted because there is a more eager desire of Revenge and ground of Injury started and so when a close knit Friendship slips the knot or is violently broken in sunder by the force of some mischievous Engine set on work to that end Anger and Hatred ensues all the Secrets on either side how unbecoming or prejudicial so ever are let fly abroad to become the Entertainment and Laughter of the World redounding perhaps not only to the Injury of your self but of others whose Secrets have upon Confidence of your Virtue been intrusted with you and by you again upon the like Confidence communicated to the Party you entrusted with your own who upon breaking with you persidiously discloses them Therefore keep to your self a Reservedness and try all manner of ways the strength and constancy of Fidelity before you trust too far for if you lay out your Friendship at first too lavishly like things of other natures it will be so much the sooner wasted suffer it by no means to be of too speedy a growth considering that those Plants which floot up over quickly are not of long duration comparable with those that grow flower and by degrees Choice of this kind ought
in their Minds Requital a kind of sweet Revenge has taken place and having first lull'd their Consciences into a slumber to ballance the neglect they have not long wanted those that would entertain them with all the soft Endearing Obligements Courtship and Complacency they expected tho' in vain from their Husbands and all this by their not behaving themselves as they ought towards their Wives they have brought upon themselves How can we imagine that a Woman whose Creation was for Society and with the intent that Man might not be alone can endure with any Patience to be mew'd up till Midnight whilst the Husband perhaps is abounding with Mirth and Jollitry at a Tavern or it may be giving her right to another in wanton Dalliances should Men be so served by their Wives they would grow out of all patience and even were they 〈◊〉 would break them to get loose and go in search of their Wanderers Woman is a noble Creature and tho' here God gave Man a power yet it is with Condition that he use it mildly and gently as he ought and not in Tyranny or else he gives a contradiction in Man when he lays claim to a superior Virtue Having thus far proceeded consider then again how long you think that Love is like to last where the Husband tho' no Scrivener makes Indentures all the way and then rowls in adoors like a soused Hogshead with a steam of Smoak and Drink enough to stifle a Dutchman Imagine how acceptable such a Beast in a Mans skin can be to a delicate Neat Woman who must be compelied to lye pensively awake to hear him snore all Night and find him perhaps doing something worse therefore this is to be avoided if you expect to cherish Love in your Family for it is not only a grief to your Wife but a bad Example to your Servants who if they do not imitate you will at least despise you and so will your Children if it be not prevented by good Education Bad Examples to Young People are very dangerous strive then to keep your self serious and sober managing your Affairs prudently and if you have any weak part as few are without strive as much as you can to hide it from â—our Wife and every body else that it make you not cheap to them or mean in their Eyes Command nothing unreasonable or over difficult lest it be done unwillingly and grudgingly and then it can never be well done Besides it breeds Discouragement and Discontents Impose no foolish or ridiculous Task upon her for she will either take it as an Effect of your weakness or a purpos'd Affront for the Discretion of the Husband conduceth much to the marring or making the Wife for of how many hopeful Women doth daily Experience give us an account whom their Husbands folly and self-will'dness have miserably undone whilst they have cared rather to be serviceable to their own present Humours than to their future Content which might easily have been ordered by a prudent management to a lasting Continuance and we are apt to believe that Wives are more tractable by leading than driving and there are very few even of the best of them that can well relish being sharply told and reprov'd about those things they are otherwise willing to mend when once senâ—ible of their Error or mistake Lenitives in this case make the speedyest Cure when Corrosives not only delay it but make the Wound worse Husbands ought to be tender of their Wives Reputations in the Conduct and management of their Affairs especially among those over whom she exerciseth any thing of Command for it is too frequently found that a very small matter gives those occasion to despise her Authority who by your Conviction shall be judged worthy of blame And if you will needs be medling with her Houshold Government let it be rather by way of Advice and Assistance than Superiority for they must needs be accounted over-curious or rather mean spirited that cannot let a Woman alone with Pipkins Pyes and Puddings but must be peeping prying and finding fault with the Feminine Jurisdiction and Esteem is one of their Eminent Virtues that they are very frugal in Dripping and Kitchin-stuff And in giving them their liberty in these Affairs let it be freely and willingly not making them stay to watch your Humour or Work it out of you by their own Arts and Insinuations which will make them ascribe it to their Dexterity in wheedling and not to your Kindness when on the contrary it would lay a stronger Obligation of Love and entire Respect upon them If Providence so orders it that you Marry a Widow with Children use them for her sake and your own Reputation with what tender regard is required and in respect to Affection count them your own as being placed by Providence in the room of a Father and do by them in all things as you would have your Successor do by yours should you Decease and leave them in the like Condition Defraud them not by any means of what is left them but rather encrease it which will bring a Blessing on your Endeavours for such a Paternal Kindness and cause your Wives Love to be greater towards you taking what is done to them as to her self Head Neck and Breast Here we must mind you Ladies that you who intend to subdue Hearts and command with Soveraignty in the Mint-house of others Affections must be Careful to keep in tune the Harmony of those Parts that are most Charming Remembring that they were Intended for Beauties glorious Frontispieces to allure Spectators Eyes and with a Phaebean Lustre make them it 's obsequlous Heliotropes and being kept in such order by directions found in this Work you may learn to give them such a Commanding Beauty that all that view you shall yield obedience and none rebell but those who cannot see how your Eyes may be made Cupids Chrystal burning-glasses to kindle Devotion in your Captives Hearts and your comely Hair Venus's Grove in whose Twyning Meanders a pleasing Imprisonment shall breed a dislike of former freedom whilst your Features are advanced to such a pitch of dazling Glory as shall make Beauty it self out of Countenance and put Cupid hardly to it among so mauy Fair Ones to know his Mother Hands how to Beautifie them c. Hands that are fair and Beautiful are highly admired and esteemed they are Ladies the fleshy Altars where your Superstitious Inamorato's offer to you as Female Deities the first fruiâ—s of their Devotion in Zealous Kisses your care should be therefore to keep them in such a Soul-Enchanting Symmetry that might confirm your Idolizing Lovers in the Opinion they have conceived in Admiration of you Hands in the first place that are chapt as sometimes the most Curious will musts in the morning be rubbed over with your own Spittle then anoint them with Duck or Capons grease well washed in rose-Rose-water or take a little Powder of Mastick and Incorporate it
from Heaven 〈◊〉 born of the Sea brought up in the Waves as another Venus tho' surrounded with all the Graces and attended with all the Troops of little Cupids tho' Venus Girdle be about her and she breath Cinamon and the most odoriferous Balm yet if she be bald she cannot please 〈◊〉 not so much as her own 〈◊〉 As a Field without Grass a Tree without Leaves a Beast without Horns such says Ovid is one without Hair It is without doubt a considerable Ornament and additional Beauty and most Nations have contended in managing their Hair in Pleiting Breading Curling Shading some short and some long But seeing Ladies you are not ignorant of the Fashion in Mode to manage it to the best advantage we shall only give you a touch out of Ovid what is best becoming and so proceed to other Matters Prove every shape but ere it current pass See thou before take Counsel from thy Glass A long and slender Visage best allows To have the Hair parts just above the Brows So Laodamela surnam'd the Fair Us'd when she walk'd abroad to Truss her Hair A round plump Face must have her Tramels ty'd In a fast Knot above her Front to hide The ll'yre supporting it whilst either Ear Bare and in sight with Golden Bobs appear Hair Ladies we may further add to be as a silken Fringe to Beauties Bed or if you please the slender Sleeves that Nature spins for Cupid to weave his Heart-surprizing Nets withal If it decays and falls away the little Amorous God loses a part of his Artillery and ever after acts but weakly for ye So that it highly concerns you who triumph over entangled Captives to tender and preserve it Natures Curious Ornament and that we may not be wanting to instruct you how you may keep it as a fast Friend take these Directions to secure it on your Heads c. Hair how to fasten and keep it from falling off Have in a readiness or procure Myrtle-leaves Myrrh the Bark of a Pine-tree and Maiden-hair of each half a handful bruise them well together and add to these a double quantity of pounded Labdanum put them into a sufficient quantity of White-wine to steep them well then add an Ounce of the Oyl of Radish-seed and being sufficiently steeped strain out the Liquid part and anoint your Head or any place where the Hair is defective going to Bed and have next Morning in readiness a Bath to wash your Head in made of Sorrel Maiden-hair Myrabolans and Emblick these are to be boiled in Water and a little pounded Myrrh added and in a few times using it will fasten your Hair extreamly or for want of these take Willow-leaves Plantane Roch Allum and Hyssop of each a moderate proportionable quantity boyl them in Water and add some Powder of Mâ—rrh and Tutty Hair is secure this way 〈◊〉 Golden Water â—rawn from Honey in a Glass Stâ—ll or take the Roots of Vervine together with the Leaves stamp them well and puâ— them into Oyl of Green Grapes and set them in the Sun ten days then strain out the moist part and anoint your Hair with it as you see occasion or for want of any of the former take Juniper-berries Nigella-Seeds Worâ—â— wood Labdanum and Vervine each a like quantity bind them well bruised in a linnen Cloath and Macerate them five days in Oyl and it will not only by anointing fasteâ—â— the Hair but make it grow comely Hair wanting how to make it grow on a Bald Place c. However Ladies if some disasters have trod too hard on your Heads and kill'd those pleasant Plants that were used to flourish there you may again by the following helps attire with their Native Beauty and repair all former ruins and render it more fair and lovely than Nature before had planted it Indeed the Hair is a very great Ornament and where it is wanting in it's proper Places it throws a kind of an Eclipse over the Face of Beauty to recover it then take Fern Roots burn them to Ashes mingle with them Linseed Oâ—l and bruised Almonds Bâ—â—â— of Wheat and half an Ounce of Mastick Powder spread them well tempered together upon a piece of fine Leather and lay it as a Plaister to the place where the Hair is wanting and in three or four times applying and washing with Rose-water and â—â—tter of Orange-flowers the Hair will appear and grow up very full decently and in order or take the still'd water of Couslips Fumitory and Peâ—â—-royal boil them unto the thickness of an Ointment with Oyl of Roses and a little Deers Swordâ— and when it is cool aâ—otâ— the bare place with the Ointment and in often so doing and washing it with Hyâ—â—â— water the Hair will reâ—â—â— or you may make an Ointment of Housleek Juice 〈◊〉 ounce Bees-wax half an 〈◊〉 the Kernels of Walnuts 〈◊〉 an ounce Citron-peel well 〈◊〉 two drams Oyl Mugâ—â—â—â— two ounces bruise and 〈◊〉 them all together till an Oyl come from them which 〈◊〉 soon thicken into an Ointment with which you may aâ—â—â—â— the place This likewise will give it lighter Colour and 〈◊〉 curious than before To 〈◊〉 Hair from falling off a Case of Sickness or too 〈◊〉 driness of the Brain take 〈◊〉 hair Hore-hound and 〈◊〉 bruise them together 〈◊〉 boil them in White-wine 〈◊〉 out the liquid part and 〈◊〉 the Head with it Morning and Evening pretty warm 〈◊〉 dry it with a warm Cap 〈◊〉 it and it will fasten the 〈◊〉 of the Hair by closing 〈◊〉 Pores from whence they 〈◊〉 the like for want of 〈◊〉 may be done with Camâ—â—â—â— and Fennel Roots 〈◊〉 in spring-Spring-water with a little Powder of Allom dissolved in it and the place washed c. Hair how to take it away and prevent it's growing again Hard Fortune Ladies it is when the Lillies and Roses of your Faces Elysium are over-top'd by the hasty growth of superfluous Excrescensies yet by Art we teach you to secure the glorious Line of your Beauties Pride and eradicate those aspiring Weeds that would over-shadow it's Lustre and this may be done by taking of Auripigmentum an ounce and half quick Lime four ounces Florentine Iris Roots an ounce Sulphur Nitre of each half an ounce these must be laid in a Quart of Lye made of Bean-stalks and being well mixed and temper'd boil them in a glaz'd Pot till putting in a Feather you will find all the Shag come off the Stalk then add half an ounce of Oyl of Mirrh or any Fragrant Oyl and well mixing all anoint the part of the Body from which the Hair is to be taken it not being a place that is sore and you will in a short time find the Effect but have however some Oyl of Roses or Cammoile to succeed it to Cool and Mollifie the Heat c. Hair is taken off in like manner by Orpiment and quick Lime each an ounce and a half Henbane and Fleawort Seeds half an ounce and half two drams of Sublimate Gum
the other parts which are designed for more Honourable uses If there be any obstruction soreness or any thing that appears unseemly or occasions offence to the smelling in the Nose as being afflicted with some sore or ulcer take Calamus Aromaticus Gelingale Damask roses and Lavender dry them that they may be reduced into a fine Powder sift it well and snuff it into the Nostrils proportionably at sundry times Next take one Scruple of London-Treâ—cle disolve it in White-wine and snuff it several mornings up the Nose you may for want of the former take Cloves Lignum Alloes and Roses each two Drams Spicknard a Dram Musk two Grains pulverise what is capable so to be and put them into a Past and with White-wine make them into little Pills and to use them dissolve one in rose-Rose-water and force it up into your Nostrils but first wash them well with White-wine wherein Rose-Leaves and Lavender have been boiled and it will not only cure the Distemper but render your breath and smelling pleasant Noses that are much charged with Excrements of the Brain to clear them you must if the Rheumetick Distillation be cold annoint the fore-head or Temples with some hoaring Oynment or hot Oyl or if the Rheume be occasioned by heat then cold Oynments c. and use suffumagations of Mirrh Frankincense or the like and by these means the Handle of your Face will be restored to its former beauty and pleasantness unless you have been in any dangerous dark Counterscuffle and for that we give no directions as to cure but refer you to others Niples their Caps and Soreness how to remedy Nothing is so sure as when some intestine heat impairs the Radient Whiteness of the Snow-hills or curdles the Milkey Necture of the Breasts into such a hard and compact thickness that not being able to get forth it lies and generates sharp corroding streams which fret the tender outlets of Cupid's Fountains yet here Ladies you may furnish your selves with recuring Remedies Now take the green leaves of Plantain and Mallows of each four handfuls Earthworms new prepared six Ounces of Roses three Ounces of Melliot and Oyl of Cammomoile one Ounce Early-meal three Ounces boyl these together and with a sufficient quantity of this decoction adding Bedellium two Drams dissolved in Vinegar make a Plaister and apply it to the Breasts and if after this the Paps remain hard apply some repercussive Medicines that the Breast may not draw more blood than they can digest bath or anoint the Breasts and under the Armpits with what we prescribe viz. An Ounce of Bolearmonack and with a sufficient quantity of Oyls of Roses and Myrtle make an Unguent thinning it a little with sharp Vinegar then take dry'd Mint two handfuls one handful of Wormwood boil them to mash then straining add the Meal of Lupins and Beans each half an Ounce make them into a Pulsis with the Oyl of Lillys and apply it to the place grieved If the Blood be curdled in the Breast thus you may dissolve it take of Smallage an handful Oxymel two Ounces Meal of Red Vetches and Lupins of each two Ounces make them into a Cataplasme and when the Paps are subject to clecks and and chaps occasioned by hear use things mollifying and attenuating before the Milk comes to the Breastâ— wherefore it will be good for the Married Ladies before they Lie in to use some mollifying Pulrises or to annoint the Paps with Bees-wax and Oyl worked together with fresh Lard Nails to Remedy the Vices incident to them Nails of the Hands c. are peerly Helmets wherewith prudent Nature hath armed the active Fingers to which if they be nearly burnished they give a commanding Comliness and may at a pressing Exigency be fit materials to head Cupids penitrating Shafts Nails that are Spotted remove the Spots with these Medicaments Incorporate Mâ—rh with a sufficient quantity of Turpentine and lay it on the Spots and they will be removed or bruâ—se Flax-seed and mixing it with Honey and Wax lay it on the Spots Nails bruised and becoming black be reason of the Congealed Blood underneath must have applied to them a Serecloth made of Sheeps Grease Capons Grease Oyl of Cammomile or to dissolve the Blood use Goats Dung mixed with Sulphor or Incorporate Cummin-seed with Diaculum Iâ—â—atum and Oyl of Cammomile in form of an Vnguent Nails being so much bruised that they come off to make them grow speedily again soment them with White-wine wherein Dates have been boiled Nails cleft and roted â—â—icking still on to remove them that new ones may succeed take an ounce of Flax-seed three Drams of Cardamens and as much Hony incorporate them well together and lay them Paister-ways Nails that have the skin growing unseemly over them to make it retire take a drop or two of Milk of Spourge Lawrel a little Salt Barly-meal and Costus Poudered mix them with as much Hony as will make them up into a Plaister and apply it to the Fleshy part observe also to pair your Nails smooth and decently but not with so much overstrictness that you cutting too near your Fingers cause them to be sore and so instead of seemly render them unseemly if they grow muddy or cloudy on the Supâ—rfices you may gently scrape them with a piece of fine Glass and they will flourish and be the more lively Neck How to Beautify c. Nothing more commends the Neck for comly than to be White and Smooth for it is a part that may in Modestnes strictest Rules be exposed to sight and ought to represent a Pillar of Polished Ivory which supports the Globe of Beauty and Wisdom with a suitable Luster and becoming Grace yet sometimes its Beauty is impaired by Kernels King 's Evil hard Tumours and swellings The first of these usually breed in those places where the Emunctuaries of the nobler parts are If â—ernels be in the neck after the body has been moderately purged and the Cephalick Vein opened in the Arm apply mollifying and discussive Fomentations with Spunges dipt in strong Vinegar then apply a plaister of Oxcycroceum adding a little Gum Ammoniac Bedellium Opoponax Sagapenum and pouder of Euphorbium but if it be a swelling or Tumour of the Neck which arises between the Skin and the Aspera Arteria In the first place Purge the Body with Cephalaick pills using a drying and temperate Diet take after this Sal Gem burnt Allum Amber Cutle bone Nut-galls Cinamon Ginger long and black Pepper Pelitory of Spain each half an Ounce made all into a fine powder and then add to them of Rose-Water four Ounces begin to take this in the Wain of the Moon and take every morning a Spoonful and if you be Temperate in eating and drinking the swelling will decrease and leave your neck as smooth and white as before and to hasten it the sooner foment the place with the Decoction of Bryoniae wild Cucumers Melliot Beet Sage and Cammomile or these Herbs