into the deaf Ear and stop it with Cotton and lye on the other side To preserve the Eyes from Weeping and keep them fair and clean Distill a great quantity of Leaves of Mallows in white or red Wine and with the Water thereof wash the Eyes Night and Morning Pope Paul the Fifth used it in his Old Age. For a Pain in the Eyes Take Rose-water in a Glass boyl hard an Egg warm from the Hen and take away the Shell cut it in the middle and take away the Yolk and fill it with Sugar-Candy and re-joyn both Parts which you must tye with Crimson Silk which done dissolve a little Salt of Saturn in the rose-Rose-water and put the Egg therein for twenty four Hours then wash the Eyes with the same Water There is nothing better to take away an Inflammation An Emplaister to be apply'd to an Artery which the King made use of Take half an Ounce of Mastick Bolearmoniack two drams Saffron fifteen Grains Opium a Scruple the whole being reduc'd to a Consistence in an hot Mortar make an Emplaister thereof with a little Turpentine adding towards the end a little Vinegar For the Pain of the Eyes Apply a Snakes Skin and burn the said Skin and receive the Smoke into your Eyes For the same Take ripe Sloes and beat them in a Marble Mortar then distill them and put a drop of this Water into the Eye For the same A Secret of Marshal de Thorstexson in Swedeland Take Rose-water and Plantan-water of each two ounces Fountain and Fennel-water of each one ounce Aloes Succotrine powdred half an ounce put them into a Marble Mortar with the White of an Egg and incorporate them till the Aloes be dissolv'd when you use it warm a little in a silver Spoon and put a drop in the Eye Night and Morning For the same Take a little white Vitriol in powder one part Oris of Florence powdred another part Sugar Candy another part mingle them together and put them in a Glass of Fountain Water more or less warm it and stir it coutinually and put a drop warm in the Eye going to Bed at Night For the same Take a new-laid Egg roast or boyl it hard take out the Yolk which done crumble it in a Glass then cover it with Fountain-water and infuse it all night in the morning strain it and add of Putty the bigness of a Filberd which you shall dissolve therein put one drop of this into the Eye Another for the same Take Plantan Leaves that have not been eaten by the Worms cleanse them well from Dirt and warm them a little then apply the out-side long-ways to the Eye two to each and let them lye on all Night if the Eye be curable the Leaves will dry if not otherwise For Deafness and Noise in the Ears Take a white Onion cut it long-ways to take out the middle Stalks then joyn it together and tye it with a String and fill the Vacancy with Oyl of Cammomil and roast the Onion in hot Cinders being roasted press it between two Trenchers and put some of the Juice thereof into the Ear with Cotton A Water of great Virtue to comfort the Teeth preserve the Gums from Putrefaction and cure the warry Eyes Take half a pound of white Vitriol Bole Armoniack six ounces Camphir an ounce and half make them into a Powder whereof take an ounce and half and put it into water ready to boyl and let it boyl a little and strain it through a Linnen-cloth then take it from the Fire This Water cures all sorts of Ulcers alone cures all Defluxions and mundifies comforts the parts makes the Hands fair and cures all sorts of Itch. To appease the Tooth-ach Take as much Water as Vinegar and boil it with Cloves Salt Pepper and a little Aqua Vitae and make thereof a Gargarism For the same Take of the inward Bark of Ash and the inward Bark of Rosemary of each half a quarter burn them in a hot chaffin-dish and of the Powder thereof make a Paste with Aqua Vitae and apply the bigness of a Pease to the Artery For the same Take of the Juyce of Celandine condens'd cut it in two and apply it to the Tooth For the same Probatum Take the quantity of a Bean of Camphir dissolve it in as little as may be of Aqua Vitae in a small Glass Vial upon hot Cinders then touch the Tooth with a little tent of Cotton or Linnen and if it be hollow leave the Cotton or Linnen moistned in the Tooth An admirable secret to make a Tooth fall out of the Mouth without Pain Take a green Lizard alive put it into a new Earthen Pot unglas'd stop it and lute it well and put it into a Furnace and when you know 't is dead take the Pot out when 't is cold make an hole in the Cover the bigness of a Pease into which pour an ounce of Aqua Fortis and half an ounce of Aqua Vitae mixed together then stop the hole with fat Earth and put the Pot to the fire again till the Waters be all consumed and the Lizard reduced to Powder then beat it in a woodden Mortar and keep it in a dry Place to use as followeth Rub the Gum of the pained Tooth and in a moment after it will make the Gum to part from the Tooth and it from the Jaw-Bone and so you may take it away without pain For the Jaundies Take fine Steel make it red hot in a Farriers Forge when 't is very red take a quartan of common Sulphur and put to the Steel having a woodden Vessel underneath in which is three quarts of White-wine and when the Sulphur touches the red Steel it will melt drop by drop which you shall let fall into the Wine this done strain the Wine through a Linnen Cloth and drink thereof for four mornings fasting two hours after the dose is a Glass at a time You may also take the melted Steel in the woodden Vessel and powder it which is excellent for the same Disease and for the stopping of the Months in Women given in the Decoction of Betony or Lungwort For the Falling Sickness Take 20 grains of a Ravens Brain dryed and powdred in a Glass of White-Wine in the decrease of the Moon Another infallible Receipt for the same Take a mans Scull if for a Man and a Womans if for a Woman it must be an entire one make it into an impalpable Powder to which add the Root of Peonie powdred one ounce with nine grains of its seed and a dram of Misseltoe of the Oak all in Powder in a pint of White-Wine of the best red Spanish Wine or the best red Wine that you can get drink it all in nine Mornings the nine last dayes of the Moon and if the Disease returns at the increase give it for nine days in the new of the Moon and continue this for three Moons For the Spleen Take a Piece of Steel powder
keep good fifty years and 't is not good to use it till it hath been made two or three Months You need not use any Tents nor Lint unless the Wound whereon you apply it close up or that the Flesh encrease too much To be cur'd quickly you must eat no Garlick or Onions 't is very good for old or new Wounds it cleanses and makes Flesh come without Corruption it unites Nerves cut asunder and strengthens the bruised ones it cures any Windiness even in the Head it cures Wounds made by Gun-shot allays the Inflammation draws out Iron and Bullets out of Wounds and Splints of Bones if they be in the Body It cures the Bitings of venemous and mad Beasts sensibly drawing out the Venom it cures all sorts of Apostumes and Kernels Cancers King's Evil Fistula's and even the Plague it self It is also very good to make rebellious Haemorrhoids flow it is also very good to cure the Farces in Horses In short 't is daily approv'd of for curing a multitude of Diseases For the Megrim In the Month of May and in a fair Morning early before the Sun rise take Mallow-leaves and draw up the Dew thereof into your Nose This absolutely cures the Megrim without Relapse For the Diseases of Women and Children CHAP. II. To make a Woman lose her Milk within a Day or two TAke Rue and put it between the two Arm-holes night and Day and she will quickly lose her Milk Probatum For an Infant dead in the Mothers Womb. Give the Mother the Juyce of Hysop to drink in warm Water and she will immediately be deliver'd though it were rotten Probatum To deliver a Woman quickly and make her void the After-birth or dead Child and for the Apoplecticks Take seven or eight drops of the Essence of Rosemary in a Glass of good White-Wine Note The Patient must stand upright and you must rub their Stomachs to make the Remedy penetrate the better and if it succeeds not the first time 't will not fail the second For the same Take half a quarter of Eeles Livers wash them in White Wine and dry them upon a Tyle and powder them and give a dram thereof in white Wine to the Woman in Labour For the same Take Mallows and beat them in a marble Mortar and apply them in form of a Cataplasm or Pultis to the Reins of the Back Note You must not let them remain there long For Pains after Child birth Take two new-laid Eggs and swallow them with the quantity of a small Nut of Sugar immediately after she 's deliver'd then drink a little Water and Wine For a Fever coming from Milk Take white and green Populeum melt it upon hot Cinders then rub the Breasts therewith and lay waste-Paper upon the Teat and lay a Cloth four double thereon and let not the Air come to them For the same Take Potters-Earth Beans the Husks taken off Whites of Eggs Eels boil'd in Vinegar Oyl of Roses all beaten and well mingled together make a Pultis and apply it cold To procure the monthly Courses Take two Daisies wash them in clean Water and dry them then boil them with the White of an Egg in Water in a glaz'd Pot and strain them then put them into a Pot again with Wine wherein put half a dram of Saffron dry'd let it boil three or four times and of this take a full Glass Night and Morning for three days together For the same Take black Chick Pease boil them in Water and strain them when they are boil'd whereof take a full Glass every other morning for three mornings To make them have their Courses in order that have them not Take a good Handful of Feverfew boil it in Water strain it through a course Cloth and take thereof a good Glass-full three mornings every other morning To know if a Woman be with Child Take her Urine and put it in a Copper-Pot wherein put a piece of Iron filed bright all Night if she be with Child you will see red Spots if not it will become black and rusty To provoke the Terms Take the Leaves Bark or Berries of Privet beat them and infuse them twenty four Hours in White Wine whereof take two or three ounces for three mornings together To make the Small Pox come forth Take a Piece of Pork enterlarded with Fat and Lean roast it upon a Spit and as long as 't is roasting besprinkle it with Rose-water till it taste no more of Grease keep that which remains in the Dripping-Pan which put in a Glass-Vessel for your use and anoint the Face and other Parts therewith and it will assuredly and perfectly make them come out Probatum To prevent the Marks of the Small Pox. Take a Calf's or Oxe's Lungs put them upon burning Charcoals and when they begin to drop take a Sponge and suck up the Water and press it out into an earthen Vessel adding thereto the same weight of male Pork's Grease and as much of the Juice of Wormwood mingle them well and incorporate them upon a good Chafing-dish then with a Sprig of Wormwood which you shall moisten therein sprinkle it upon the Face Note You must not use this Remedy till nine days be past For Worms in Little Children Melt fine Tinn several times and every time quench it in Fountain Water which give the Children for their common Drink To cure Infants of the Convulsion Take Hens-dung Peacocks Dung dry is yet better part each piece in two and you will find a little white inside which you must take out dexterously with the Point of a Knife and beat it with Loaf-Sugar and make thereof a Powder and give half a dram thereof as you see occasion or a little more in Broth or White Wine To cure a sore Throat Take Roche Allum two ounces dry'd Cutle-bone sandy Spunge of each one ounce calcine them in an unglaz'd Earthen Pot in an Oven when the Bread's taken out night or morning lay some of this Powder upon the Tongue at your Discretion rubbing the Throat well above and below and in the morning drink good and strong Aqua Vitae so continuing for twelve or fifteen days For the same Take a Sheeps small Guts put them about your Neck till they be cold then apply others hot from the Sheep new kill'd and so continue this as long as you please For the same Take the Powder of a Vipers Head and sow it in a Ribbon and hang it about your Neck To stay Womens Fluxes Take white Vine-Leaves dry'd in the Shade the Dose is half a dram or a little more in White Wine To stay the Blood in Women Take a dram of Pomegranate Rinds in Powder in two ounces of plantan-Plantan-Water then take a Skain of new Thred moisten it in strong Vinegar and apply it to the part An Opiate for the Green-sickness Take Crocus Martis Harts-Horn prepared of each one ounce Aromaticum Rosatum Sugar-candy of each two ounces liquid Conserve of Rosemary one ounce
varnish'd then take about twenty knots which are found in the sides of the Firr-Tree which you shall scrape or rasp very small put them into a Pot almost full of Water and make it boil very leisurely and the Fat and Scum that comes uppermost you shall take dextrously with a Spoon and put into the other Pot amongst your Drugs untill you see that it is well mixed for an Unguent which you shall spread upon Leather and apply to the place For Ruptures Probatum Take Cypress-Nuts Acacia Galls Pomegranat-Flowers of each six drachms Gum-Draganth Myrrh Frankincense Gum-Arabick Sarcocol of each three drams Sanguis Draconis fine Bole red-Lead Aloes Succotrine of each two drams make a fine Powder of them all and a paste thereof with Vinegar whereof you shall make an Emplaster and apply it to the Malady For the Wind in the Kidnies Probatum Take of the Roots of wild Chichory Parsly Sorrel Sparagus Scolopendria Betony Dogs-tooth Liquorice of each an handful white Hony a Citron cut into four parts boil them all in a quart of White Wine to the consumption of half or the third part strain it and take 3 ounces in the Morning Fasting To stop the Vrine of those that piss in Bed Take of the inward Pill of Pomegranat-Flowers Provence Roses Mastich of each half a dram Seeds of Sumach one dram Dragons Blood two drams red Sanders half a dram roots of Solomon's Seal half an ounce a Mouse prepared and flead throwing away the Head and Feet wash'd in White-Wine and dry'd in an Oven one ounce powder all apart then mix them with two ounces of Sugar of Roses in Powder whereof a dram is to be taken every morning steept in White-Wine two hours before breakfast A sure and ready Sudorific Take a dram of Tortoise-shell calcin'd in a Glass of Beer The Receipt of the Antidote call'd Orvietan Take the Roots of Carline Gentian Dyttanie Anthora Swallow-wort of each two ounces and a half great and little Centaury round and long Birth-wort Scordium Bistort Betony Tormentil of each half a dram Diptany of Crete Angelica Rue Master-wort Scorzomens Valerian leaves of garden and wild Bugloss Viper Powder of each one ounce make a Powder of all whereof take five ounces to a pound of clarified Hony wherein was first dissolv'd Venice Treacle and Mithridate of each half an ounce with a little good Wine The dose is one dram dissolved in Broth or Wine and if you find that gives not ease repeat it two hours after and six hours for the third time and twelve hours for the fourth time To cause one to piss and cure the Kings-Evil Burn and reduce Cantharides to a fine Powder draw off the Salt thereof with Vinegar whereof give twelve fifteen or sixteen grains For the Cholick and that it shall return no more Take the outward pill of a fine Orange and Clove-gilli-flowers of each one ounce boil them in a good Glass of Wine to the third part give it to drink and it shall cure for ever For the same Take three grains of Laurel and powde◠them finely then put them into a Glass 〈◊〉 White-Wine and drink it Probatum For the same Take of the entire fresh Dung of a black Horse put it into a Napkin and pour thereon a glass of White-Wine and take it For the same Take half a Glass of Aqua Vitae wherein put seven or eight drops of Spirit of Salt For the same Take the Skin that divides the Kernels of old Walnuts powder them and take a dram thereof in White-Wine An admirable Remedy for a bloody Flux Shut up a Dog for three days so that he eat nothing but Bones take his dung and dry it and powder it then take River flint-stones heat them red hot then throw them into a Vessel full of Milk in which mix a little of the Powder and give thereof to the Patient twice a day For the same Take half a quartern of Rice Flower then mix it with the Juyce of Elder berrys and make thereof a Paste whereof make little cakes and bake them in an Oven after the Bread is taken forth which you shall beat and moisten again with the said Juyce and boil it then beat it afresh doing thus seven times then powder it to serve for use the dose is one dram in Broth or White-Wine For the same Take the Skin of an Hare burn it in a Furnace in an Earthen Pot unglaz'd with a cover of this Powder take a dram in Broth or White-Wine if you have not a Fever the same will serve for bleeding at Nose drawn up the Nostrils For the same Take a dram of Langue de boeuf dryed and powdred as aforesaid The said Herb stays the Flux being applyed fresh to the Soles of the Feet To make one piss tho he have not made Water in a fort-night and to cause one to void the Gravel and Stone Take wild Ivy with its root wash it well and cleanse it beat it well in a Mortar and let it steep about two hours in three or four ounces of White-Wine there must be about ten or twelve Plants of this Herb strained through a Cloth and given the Patient to drink Probatum For a Tertian Ague Take three or four ounces of the Juyce of Vervain in a little White-Wine before the shivering and walk you must not eat a Supper when you take this Remedy For the same Take wild Smallage Rue male Thistles of each a little beat them well with a little Salt then add the yolk of one Egg beaten with a spoonful of Vinegar apply it to the Wrist after well rubbing the Wrist For the same Take half a Glass of Aqua Vitae wherein beat one yolk of a new lay'd Egg with the third part of a Nutmeg grated take it just before the fit use this Remedy thrice if you are not cured the first or second time Note 't is good to purge before with this Medicine following Rubarb Scammony Turbith Hermodactils Ginger Senna Anniseeds Sugar of each one dram powder all apart and scarce them then mingle them and scarce them the dose for a Child of ten years is half a dram one of ripe years one dram in Broth taking some Broth an hour after Note you need not keep your Bed nor Chamber For the same Take two ounces of the Syrup of Carduus Benedictus in a Glass of Water when the shivering takes you An assured Remedy for a Quartan Ague Take Wall-Gilliflowers Leaves and Flowers beat them well with a little Salt and when the fit comes apply it to the suture of the Head between two linnen Cloths and there let it rest twenty four hours For the same Take a Pennyworth of Camphir sow it in a piece of Scarlet with right crimson Silk and make a Cord of the same Silk and hang it about the Neck so that it reach to the Stomach and as the Camphire wasts so will the Fever the Camphir being wasted take more till you be cured For
the same Take oyl of Scorpions Mithridate of Montpelier of each two ounces mingle these in a Mortar till they be well incorporated and put them into a glaz'd earthen Pot. Rub the Back-bone therewith the Temples and the Groins and the Joynts the spaces between the Knees the Soles of the Feet the Palms of the Hands and alwayes when you use this Ointment you must wash the Parts you intend to anoint with Rose-water The Remedy is admirable An Astringent to stop the Blood in a Wound or at Nose Take the tenderest tops of Nettles crush them between your Fingers or in a Mortar and apply them to the Wound and the Blood will stop which is very certain For the same Take half a Spoonful of the smallest Earth-Worms of the inner bark of Elder a good Handful a good spoonful of red Wine as much Sallet-Oyl a good handful of Mouse-ear a piece of fine Sugar as much new Wax three grains of Salt boil them all till half be wasted strain it and apply it to the Part. For all Intermitting Fevers Take an handful of St. John's-Wort infuse it in White-Wine strain it twenty four hours after and take it before the Fit For the same Take the Skin that sticks to the Eggs-shell fold it about the little Finger of the left hand and there let it remain for twenty four hours and 't will Cure them To Purge gently and chiefly those troubled with a Dropsy Take Spurge-seed well beaten steep it twenty four hours in Aqua Vitae dry it in the Sun steep it again twenty four hours and dry it again then steep it the third time as long in Sallet-Oyl dry it and keep it To use it you must dry it upon a Plate to take away the husk put the white being beaten to infuse in White-Wine all Night and drink a Glass thereof fasting For the Dropsie Take the Juice of the inner rind of the Elder give thereof two ounces to the Patient to drink in a Glass of Cows Milk an hour before Meals this will make you void much Flegm and Purges gently For the Watry Dropsie Take every morning a Glass of two pints of White-Wine and a fourth of Saller-Oyl wherein put a drachm of Salt of Wormwood do thus for eight dayes in which time you shall Purge with Rubarb Turbith and Jalap powdered and mingled together the dose is one dram in White-Wine After Purging you shall take the aforesaid Oyl for eight dayes more and so be cured Note you must rub your Belly every Night before the Fire with Sallet-Oyl till there comes a little Sweat on the forehead For the same Take what quantity you will of Crabs-Eyes wash them with White-Wine dry and powder them whereof give a drachm fasting in the morning in half a Glass of Lilly-Water To Cure a Bruise quickly Take Burgundy Pitch dissolved in Aqua Vitae and spread a Plaister thereof upon Leather and apply it to the Malady and 't will Cure it For Apoplectics Take seven or eight drops of the Essence of Rosemary in a Glass of good Wine Note the Patient must be standing and rub his Stomach to make the Remedy penetrate the better if it succeeds not the first time it will not fail the second For the Bowels fallen down Take Ladies mantle in Water or in Powder in Broth or White-Wine it pulls back and stays up the Bowels it is likewise proper for Women that cannot conceive with Child To Cure the Gonorrhea and Carnosity Probatum Take the Juice of the Herb and Root of our Ladies Thistle an ounce in as much more White-wine for eight mornings or more and you will be cured Otherwise Take two or three ounces of Mercury well purified which put into a glaz'd Pot which you must fill with Fountain Water adding two spoonfuls of crude Tartar powdered and a handful of Salsaparilla let them boil for half an hour set them to cool and use it for your ordinary Drink this will cure you even of a Bubo or Winchester Goose An excellent Ptisan for the French Pox. Take six drachms of Salsaparilla as much Antimony in Powder fold the Antimony in white Linnen tye it to the middle of a Stick to hang in a Pot not touching the bottom Powder the Salsaparilla that is beat it well or cut it in small pieces but 't is better in Powder put in also in powder forty Walnuts with the skins that divides the Kernel the oldest are the best six drachms of China Wood and a little Brazil Wood rasp'd to give a Colour to the Ptisan you having put them all in the Pot with two quarts of Water and the Antimony hanging in the middle let it boil open two or three boilings then put in also your powders of Walnuts and China and boil them over a gentle Fire to the wasting of the third part You must make this Drink three or four times over and strain it well every time for a perfect Cure You must first purge the Patient with an ordinary Purgation the day after you have let him Blood the third day make him drink a full Glass of the Ptisan at five a clock in the morning eating nothing for three hours after at eight a clock let him Eat and three hours after let him take a Glass of Ptisan at twelve a clock let him Eat at five a clock another Glass of Ptisan at nine a clock let him Sup at midnight another full Glass of Ptisan and so continue this Course for twelve days he must abstain from Womens company from drinking pure Wine and eating salt or spiced Meats all other honest exercise is permitted For ten days he must take Clysters morning and evening if he be bound in his Body and eat Prunes at his Meals Among his Wine he shall put half of this Water following Put in two quarts of Fountain Water upon the dregs that settles at the bottom of the Pot without the Antimony boil it to the Consumption of the third part this Water hath no bad Taste Pills of Lytharge for the Venereal Disease Take Trochisches of Alhandal Crocus Metallorum Sal Gemma of each one drachm Aloes Succotrine two drachms Electuary of Roses six drachms make them into Pills the Dose is twelve Grains which must be taken in the morning fasting taking a few Anniseed Comfits after it They are to be taken for fifteen or twenty days together and if you will you may take at the beginning a Decoction made of the bark of Guajacum Salsaparilla six drachms China three drachms Sassaphras and Wood of Cubebs of each two ounces infusing them twenty four hours in ten pints of Fountain or River Water An Emplaster for the Lungs and Stomach which will keep good two years Take two drams of Aloes Rue a little bruised three or four handfuls common Water seven or eight Porringers full boyl all in a glased earthen Pot to the consumption that the Liquour may wet a linnen Cloth then strain it through a linnen cloth and dip
it and wash it twelve times changing your Water every time then infuse the Powder in a pint of White-Wine in the Sun a whole day and all Night over hot Cinders then take out the Wine and Powder of Steel and put to it half an ounce of Senna and a little Scolopendria you shall take every morning four ounces in a Glass walking about the Chamber and fasting two hours after unless some Broth wherein a good many Herbs have been boil'd to which you may add Ceterach Probatum For a Pain in the Side Take black Pitch Capons Grease new Wax and Rosin of each one Dram Oyl of Camomil one ounce Sulphur Orris of each about an half ounce Turpentine one ounce make an Emplaister of them all and apply it to the Part grieved For the Pleurisie Take an handful of Perwincle steep it an hour or two in White-Wine strain it and give it the Patient to drink For the beating of the Heart Take distilled water of Balm it cures the beating of the Heart and hinders vomiting For those that are poyson'd by some Metal or Mineral Take two or three drops of Oyl of Tartar in Broth or Wine and swallow it down and it will precipitate all the Poyson To cure a swell'd and inflamed Knee Make a Cataplasm of Milk white-bread Crums Hony Butter Marsh-Mallows all well beaten and mixt together and apply it to the Pain Against the Plague Take one or two of the biggest Toads you can get put them into an unvarnish'd earthen Pot lute it well and put it into a Furnace till the Toads be burnt and reduc'd to Ashes of which give a dram in a Glass of Wine this is good before and after the Plague For the same Take Carduus Benedictus in Powder one Dram in a Glass of Wine it helps before and after the Plague The Juyce of Carduus Benedictus made into a Syrup is excellent for the same To take away the Marks of the Plague Take Carduus Benedictus and apply it to the Cicatrizes and it will take away the Marks For swelled Cods Take Salt of Carduus Benedictus and mingle it with sweet Wine and lay Linnen Cloth wet therein to the Parts For the same Take Marigold Flowers beat them and press out the Juyce and foment the part afflicted therewith warm and lay the Dreggs thereon dipt therein Probatum A Preservative against the Plague Take three or four great Toads seven or eight Spiders and as many Scorpions put them into a Pot well stopt and let them lye some time then add Virgin Wax make a good Fire till all become a Liquour then mingle all with a Spatula and make an Oyntment and put it into a Silver Box well stopt the which carry about you being well assured that while you carry it about you you will never be infected with the Plague Against the Plague approved Take Rue Wormwood Juniper Berries well beaten Garlick cleansed from its Pills Angelica cleansed from its Bark and Wood Cloves Nutmegs of each one ounce beat them grosly in a Mortar then mingle them together in a quart of the best Vinegar and boyl them in a new Pot to the Consumption of the third part then strain them and let them cool being cold put it into a Glass Bottle and use it as followeth Dip a Linnen Cloth therein and smell thereto from time to time Or else take half a Spoonful fasting every morning being amongst the infected and rub your Joynts and Parts of the Body which the Plague ordinarily seizes on and if you be infected drink a Glass thereof A Remedy wherewith Madam the Marquess of Chenoise cured divers Phrensical People You must begin with bleeding three days before you use this following Receipt Take a glased earthen Pot that holds six quarts wherein put three handfuls of Tree-Ivy with three pints of White-wine stop the Pot with Paste for fear the Air enter then set it over hot Cinders with a gentle fire for twenty four hours together without ceasing keeping it always after the same fashion then take it off and pour out the Wine that remains therein and take the Ivy and beat it in a Marble Mortar an hour without ceasing then add six ounces of Sallet Oyl and mingle them well in the Mortar reducing them to the form of an Unguent which divide into three equal parts of which take one part and strain it through a linnen Cloth and with the Juyce that comes forth rub the sick Persons Head first cutting off the Hair then the Temples and the Dregs that remain put between two linnen Cloths and bind them on which let lye eight hours without removing then proceed thus five times keeping eight hours of interval no more nor less without failing For a Noli Me tangere Take of Crabs Eyes calcin'd an ounce a day in White-wine or Broth in the Morning fasting and put some of the same Powder upon the Plaisters To cure all sorts of Vlcers and Gangrenes Take an handful or two of quick Lime quench it in common Water take a dram of Sublimate which dissolve also in common Water pour on by inclination the Lime Water upon the sublimate Water which will become red wash the part with this Water and it will make the Escar fall off An admirable Plaister for Wounds Vlcers Cancers Kings-Evil Bubo's Corns in the Feet and Tumors that come in such like Places Approved Take the best Sallet Oyl a pound put it in an earthen Vessel upon the Fire and when 't is hot add yellow wax cut in pieces three ounces stir it with a wooden Spatula when 't is melted put in six ounces of Ceruse finely powdred always stirring it very well and the mixture will become white the which in boyling will lose its colour and become dark and before it be so add Litharge of Gold very finely powder'd and sears'd one ounce and when 't is well incorporated add half an ounce of Terra Sigillata and incorporate them very diligently then add half an ounce of white Baum continually stirring them that they do not stick to the Bottom and to know when all is well boil'd put a drop in a Spoonful of Water if it be black 't is a sign 't is enough then take it from the Fire and add two drams of Oyl of Rosemary and incorporate it with the rest then let it rest about half a quarter of an Hour and when you shall hold it to the Light if it begins to separate put it into a great Bason of cold Water and incorporate it with your hands to mingle it well then make it into Rowls that it may keep the better For all sorts of old Vlcers Take a dry Walnut-leaf powder'd put it on the Ulcer and lay a Walnut leaf thereon the which leaf alone will cure the Ulcer For the Hemorrhoides Take a Tobacco-leaf steep it a Day and Night in Water and apply it to the Hemorrhoides and it will cure them For the same Take a Sorrel-leaf put it
in a Paper and roast it under the hot Cinders then beat it with Unguent and Oyl of Roses equal Parts made to the Consistence of a Pultis and apply it Evening and Morning and you will see Wonders Otherwise Rub them with the Neopolitan Ointment For Corns in the feet Take an ounce of Diachylon Mucilage one dram Verdigrease one dram mix them well together and apply them to the Corn being par'd before For the same Take the Root and Herb call'd Housleek which is round and as big as a Filberd more or less take away the Earth that sticks about it and crush it with your Fingers and apply it to the Corn renewing it every three hours or four or five times a day in twenty four Hours it will cure them so that they shall never return again To kill great and small Warts Take the Juyce of Celandine that comes from the Plant by cutting rub the Wart and drop some upon it The same is done with Milk of a Fig-tree For a Burn. Quench quick Lime and then filtre the Water and put the burnt Part thereon or moisten it with a Linnen-cloath Or else Dissolve Camphir in Aqua Vitae and do as before For the same Take fresh Horse-dung and fry it with fresh Grease then press out the Juice through a Cloth with which you shall anoint the Part afflicted laying a Paper thereon For the same Take little pieces of Cloth or blue Serge and dip them in Lamp Oyl then light and burn them and all the Oyl that falls in burning take it in a Pewter Plate and anoint the Part therewith and lay a Paper thereon For all sorts of Pain in the Joynts even for the Gout Take a Spoonful of the Water of Housleek or Plantan distill'd two Spoonfuls of Oyl of Worms three Spoonfuls of Cream two ounces of old Pork Grease mingle them together with a Spatula and then rub the part afflicted therewith Probatum A most excellent Balsam Take three Handfuls of Wormwood of Mugwort Rue Rosemary Sage the Flowers and Leaves of each two Handfuls Lawrel-berries according to the quantity you will make but you must have more Rue and Wormwood than other Herbs boyl them in a Kettle in a sufficient quantity of Oyl of Nuts and when the Herbs are enough the which you will know when they look black then take them out of the Kettle and pour out the clear Oyl gently then press the Herbs in a Cloth with a Press to draw out all their Virtue which add to the clear Oyl put thereto to the Proportion of the Quantity Pitch-Rosin beaten one Pound Bees-wax half a Pound Venice Turpentine two drams Oyl of Spike two ounces stirring it continually with a woodden Spatula When all is well melted strain it and throw away the Dregs put this Balm into a glaz'd Pot stop'd well with Parchment and varnish'd Leather thereon and to do well it must be put into a Horse-dunghil for six Weeks and use it as followeth and if you will have it liquid put not in so much Wax-Rosin Its Virtues 1. It cures all fresh Wounds in twenty four Hours apply'd warm having first wash'd them with warm Wine 2. It cures all Pains of the Head apply'd warm to the Temples and a warm Cloth laid thereon 3. It cures Deafness when 't is not inveterate put into the Ear with Cotton going to Bed laying a warm Linnen Cloth to the Ear which you must observe every time you use the Balsam 4. It cures the Pain i' th' Stomach and stays Vomiting helps Digestion rubbing the Stomach therewith and laying a warm Linnen Cloth thereto 5. It cures the Griping of the Guts all sorts of Colicks the Suffocation of the Matrix apply'd to the Stomach Reins and Belly 6. It eases the Palsie and all cold Pains apply'd warm with common Bolsters but you must cover the Patient well to make him sweat 7. Apply'd moderately warm it cures the twisting of the Nerves 8. 'T is a Sovereign Remedy for the difficulty of Urine apply'd warm to the Reins along the Vertebres with warm Linnen and drink white Wine 9. It is excellent for the Sciatica applied to the Part. 10. It cures venemous Bitings of mad Dogs Serpents or other Beasts but before you apply the Balsam you must make the Wound bleed and wash it with Wine and Lint and then apply it For the Gout and Pox. Take prepar'd Scammony Liquorice in Powder Turmeric Guajacum Mechoacan Jalap Turbith of each two drams Cream of Tartar Hermodactils Senna of Levant Gutta-gamba China black Hellebore Rubarb Salsaparilla of each four drams fine Sugar one ounce powder all apart and mingle them together The Dose is one dram in White Wine or Broth for four Mornings abstaining from four days to four days For the hot or cold Gout or other Pains Take Orange-flower Water or Limons Rosemary Water Water of Flowers of Spike Venice Turpentine put altogether and make them boyl for half a quarter of an hour continually beating them with a wooden Spatula and when you take them from the Fire add two good Spoonfuls of Aqua vitae refin'd as much Oyl of Wax beating it continually while 't is vvarm then spread it upon a white Kids Skin and apply it to the putrid Part and let it lye on three dayes and if it takes not away the Pain renew the Plaister For the Sciatica Take Glew and make an Emplaister thereof spread upon Kids Leather and apply it to the Part grieved leaving it on till the Pain be gone or till the Plaister become black and comes off of its ovvn accord and you see little drops of Water upon the Part. For the Gout in the feet Take of the oldest Soot one handful Canon very finely powdred two ounces and an half two white Onions both weighing half a pound beat them well together and put them in a Glass Bottle with two great Glasses of the best Vinegar from the full to the new Moon expose the Bottle to the Air and rub that Part with this Composition An Emplaister for a Rupture Take a pound of Emplastrum ad Herviam cut in small pieces and melt it over a gentle fire then add half an ounce of Diamond Stone in Powder Bean Meal an ounce filings of Steel one ounce Snails without Shells an ounce a little Pellitory of the Wall or Feverfew Oyl of Mastich four ounces boyl them all together till the Plaister become black and shining The black Plaister of Catalonia Take six ounces of Sallet Oyl Litharge of Gold three ounces red Lead burnt Lead of each two ounces Gum Elemy black Soap of each two ounces Rosin black Pitch yellow Wax of each three ounces The Oyl Litharge red Lead and burnt Lead must be put together then the Pitch and Wax when the other are melted the Gum Elemy and Rosin when you have taken it from the fire and begins to be cold An Oyl for all Pleurisies Bruises Palsie of the Nerves and pain of the Stomach Take a pound
of Sallet Oyl three quarts of White-wine and half a pound of Salt let them boyl together for some time then add a a pound of Turpentine which dissolve in Wine and Oyl and afterwards Wax if you will make a Balsam Arceus his Balsam Take Sallet Oyl Venice Turpentine Gum Elemy Oyl of St. John's-wort of each three ounces Oyl of Roses two ounces Rosin half an ounce boyl them all till 't is enough 't is most excellent for Gun-shot and all other Wounds A red Oyntment Take Sallet Oyl Litharge wash'd white Hony of each four ounces new Wax two ounces red Lead half an ounce melt the Wax in the Oyl then add the Honey and Powders finely beaten being well incorporated take them from the fire and your Oyntment is made 't is good for the Scurf of Womens Breasts for Ulcers to incarne and dry them both at once For a Scal'd Head Take the Buttons of vvild Cucumbers for vvant of them the Leaves one handful Oyl of Nuts half a pound tvvelve musty Pilchards beat them together and put them into a glaz'd Pot vvith a pint of the blackest Wine you can get boyl them to the vvasting of the Wines then shave the Head and vvash it vvith Ox Piss and anoint it vvith this Ointment for four days vvhich vvill be about the time of the Cure and the longest that may be Probatum For a Paraphymosis Take what quantity of Snails you please beat them in a Marble Mortar with their Shells and towards the end add a little Pork Grease beat and mingle all together and apply it to the Part and repeat it Night and Morning till it be cur'd A most sovereign Remedy for Persons that lose their Blood from what Part soever either Man or Woman Take fresh Asses Dung beat it in a Mortar and press out all the Substance in a course Linnen Cloth take a Spoonful thereof with twice as much Syrup of Plantan For the Ptysick Take half an ounce of Crab-fish alive beat them well in a Marble Mortar and distill the Water that comes from them give half a Glass every Morning fasting for eight or ten Days To Bind Take Cypress-Nuts bruise and boil them in Red Wine and give it to the Patient A gentle Purge Take a dram of Jalap with a little Powder of Liquirice infuse them all night in White Wine A Ptysan that Purges gently Take half a Pint of Verjuice infuse therein half an ounce of Senna in a new Pot over hot Coals when the Verjuice is hot put the quantity of a Nut of fresh Butter and as much Salt as is enough for one Egg boil it a little and take it from the Fire and let it infuse all night i' th' Morning strain it through a clean Linnen Cloth and take a Dose thereof every Morning in fat or lean Broth. Foelix's Ptysane Take Liquirice Polipody red Roses of each one ounce Senna half an ounce a Pugil of Annise a dram of Chrystal Mineral a Renet Apple and a Citron cut in pieces infuse all in a quart or three pints of cold Water and take a Glass thereof Morning and Night A Medicine that Purges gently Take an Handful of March Violets and an Handful of the Herb Mercury boil them in a little Earthen Pot with Mutton or Veal Broth then strain it and take it at Pleasure if you desire to add a few Mallows and an Handful of Sorrel 't will not be amiss Excellent Purging Lozenges Take of the three Sanders red Roses Nutmegs Cinnamon Turbith Scammony of each half a dram of Senna two Scruples Melon and Gourge Seeds of each five Scruples powder them all with four ounces of Sugar make them into Lozenges according to Art A Syrup for those that are subject to Swooning Fits and cannot recover Take as much rose-Rose-water as of the Queen of Hungary's Water and Sugar-Candy which melt over a gentle Fire and you will have a Syrup which mingled with Cinnamon-water works Wonders with those that are subject to Swooning-Fits Madam the Countess of Daillon's Water by Monsieur de Forgeray M. Take three Handfuls of Cow-dung Scabious Lungwort Veronica Flowers of each an Handful Plantan Queen of the Medows Shepherds Purse Pimpernel Bugloss Fennel of each an Handful two River-Crabs bruised distill all in an Alembic in Balneo Mariae the Dose four ounces every Morning Otherwise Take 4 l. of Cow-dung Flowers of Perwincle Scabious of each two little Handfuls four Pugils of red Poppy Flowers Flowers of Coltsfoot as much of the Tops of St. Johns-wort distill all as before and take the same dose To preserve Health Easter Dwarf Elder Leaves in the Season without any Dew and set them to dry in the Sun and take them in about four a Clock i' th' Afternoon to serve you in Winter Make a Bed of these Leaves and let the Party lye thereon whom cover over with other Leaves then with a Sheet and Covering which will make him sweat and by this means one may keep himself in perfect Health Magistery of Pearls Take Oriental Pearls put them grosly powdred into a Matrice and pour distill'd Vinegar thereon or Citron Juyce which is better as not having so much Sharpness let it be three fingers breadth above the Powder then stop the Vessel with good Wax and put it to digest upon hot Cinders stirring it two or three times a day till you see the Pearls in the bottom of the Vessel converted into a Lemony Juyce pour off the Juyce of Citron gently by Inclination and evaporate the rest over a gentle Fire till the Pearls remain in the bottom of a white Powder which wash five or six times with distill'd Rain water till they have lost all their Sharpness and then the Powder being wholly dry'd 't is the true Magistery of Pearls Note You must pour on a few drops of Oyl of Tartar which will make the Magistery precipitate to the bottom of the Vessel The Spagiries attribute to it these wonderful Virtues following nigh to those of Aurum Potabile They say 'T is good to preserve the Body in Health to drive away all ill Dispositions and particularly the Frenzy the Vertigo the Apoplexy the Falling Sickness and other Diseases of the Brain They say also 't is a powerful Cordial and has very great Effects upon them that are subject to Swoonings Palpitation of the Heart and those that are seiz'd with a pestilent Fever Briefly they accommodate it for the Cure of all the principal Parts The Dose is twelve Grains or one Scruple in Juleps or other convenient Liquors An Aurum Potabile and an inestimable Treasure which cures Leprosies Falling-Sickness the Pox the Palsie and all incurable Maladies Take seven old double Ducats cement them with half a dram of Sal Gem well prepar'd in an earthen Pot well boil'd over a gentle Fire then wash them and dry them and make them very red in the Fire keeping them in an earthen Vessel very clean and new being very red quench them in Sallet Oil
of the Leaves of Chicory Baum and Ceterach a little of each beat and mingle them well together and take thereof the quantity of a Filberd Night and Morning Imperial Violet Water Take a quart of Rose-water half a quartern of March Violet-Flowers put them into an open Glass-bottle that will hold two quarts the Violets being stripped and the white cut away and set them in the Sun till the Leaves be white then strain them and put them in the Sun again for about a fortnight or three weeks taking them in every Night then add a pound of fine Sugar powdred and let it dissolve then an ounce of good Cinamon beaten which leave therein for about twenty four hours to draw out all its Virtue then strain it and stop it take a Spoonful thereof when one hath the Fits of the Mother or a Catarrh or in Child-birth or Weakness or the Colick To embellish and preserve Beauty CHAP. III. The Receipt of the Queen of Hungaries Water IN the City of Buda in the Kingdom of Hungary is to be seen the present Receipt of the most serene Princess Donna Isabella Queen of Hungary I Donna Isabella Queen of Hungary aged seventy two years infirm in my Members and Gouty have used this present Receipt a whole Year which an Hermite whom I never saw before nor since gave me which had such effect upon me that from that instant I was cured and recovered my Strength insomuch as appearing beautiful to every one the King of Poland would have espoused me whom I refused for the Love of our Lord Jesus Christ believing it was given me by an Angel Take Aqua Vitae distilled four times thirty ounces Rosemary-flowers twenty ounces put all into a Vessel close stop'd the space of fifty hours then distill them in an Alembick in Balneo Mariae and take thereof a dram in the morning once a week in some other Liquour or else with your Victuals and wash the Face every morning and rub the infirm Members therewith This Remedy renews the Vigor causes a good Spirit cleanses the marrow fortifies the animal Spirits renewing their Operations restores the Sight and preserves it to old Age it is excellent for the Stomach and Brest rubbing them therewith When you use this Remedy you need not warm it For the Pimples in the Face Put Salt-petre into a Linnen-cloth and tye it well then having wet it in fair Water wash them therewith For the Redness in the Face Take Monks-Rubarb and Mutton boil them together and wash the Face with the Water thereof For the same Upon a pound of Veal put six new laid Eggs beat them together and add half a pint of White-Wine-Vinegar and an handful of wild Tansy distill them in Balneo Mariae and wash the Face therewith For the same Take Plantan-water with the Essence of Sulphur put them together and apply them night and morning with a Linnen-Cloth To take the Spots out of the Face Take the Roots of sharp pointed Docks and Melons of each two pounds ten Swallows Eggs Salt of Nitre half an ounce white Tartar two ounces beat and mingle them all together and distill them in a Glass Alembic and wash with this Water and you will see Wonders Cloths for Masques Take four ounces of white Wax Goats Grease Sperma Coeti of each two ounces Camphir one ounce melt them all together and dip your Cloths therein A most excellent Water for the Face Take a Loaf of Wheat flower moistned with Goats-milk put it into the Oven and draw it our before it be baked enough and take out the Crumbs which you shall crumble as small as you can and soak it in new Goats milk to which add half a dozen oâ— the whites of Eggs strained through a Sponge this done take an ounce of Powder of burnt Egg-shells and put them all together being well mingled into a Glass Alembick and distill them with a gentle Fire and you will have an excellent Water to take away the Spots and Redness of the Face and will whiten and beautifie it wonderfully A Water to whiten the Face Take of the Root of the wild Vine and of the Roots of Narcissus put them both into an Alembic of Glass with a pint of Cows milk and the Crums of white-bread â—…till them and to use it mingle it half with the Queen of Hungaries Water and you will see it will whiten very well Water of Venice very good for the Face Take two quarts of black Cows Milk in the month of May put it into a Glass Bottle with eight Citrons and four Oranges pill'd and slic'd an ounce of Sugar-Candy and half an ounce of Borax put them all in Balneo Mariae or in Sand to distill them in a fire always equal which is the principal thing and stop not the Bottle till the day after 't is distilled For the same Take two Citrons without their Peels and slice them twelve new-lay'd Eggs six Sheeps-feet cut in pieces with their Bones Sugar-Candy four ounces a good slice of a Melon as much of a Pompion two drams of Borax distill them all in a Glass Alembic with a Leaden Cover To take away Spots in the Face Take Housleek and Clary and distill them in Balneo Mariae and wash them with this Water How to prepare Oxe-Gall Take such a quantity of Oxe-gall as you will and put it into a glass Vial and for one ounce of Gall add a drachm of Roch Allum half an ounce of Sal Gemma or Salt of Glass an ounce of Sugar-Candy two drachms of Borax and one drachm of Champhire beat them apart then mingle them together and put them to the Oxe gall and stir them the space of a quarter of an hour or thereabouts then let them settle do thus two or three times a day for a Fortnight till the Gall become as clear as Water the which you shall filtre through a brown Paper and keep it for your use 'T is us'd to preserve Persons from being Sun burnt in putting it upon the Face when you would go in the Country washing them at night with common Water and this will take off all the gross Tan. A Water for a tan'd Face Take half a quarter of Wheat-Bran sift it well till there remain no meal infuse it in good Vinegar for at least three or four hours then add the yolks of Eggs dissolve or distill it in B. M. from this Distillation will come an admirable Water which will set a wonderful Lustre upon the Face you will do well to put it in the Sun for eight or ten days the Bottle being well stop'd A Water to Beautifie the Face and to take away the wrinkles Take River Water and strain it through a white Linnen Cloth put it into a new glaz'd earthen Pot with an handful of Barley well wash'd and cleans'd from dust and boyl it over a Charcoal fire till the Barley be broken then take it from the fire and let it stand and then strain
reiterating it with a second warm Water at last you shall put up the said Pearls without fouling or unstringing them on white Paper and carry them into a Cellar upon a Board or Bench without covering them and let them remain there only twenty four hours Note For fear the Rats or Cats should enter and throw them down you must put at the bottom some weighty thing To make excellent Saphyrs Take white River Crabs and calcine them so that they look red i' th' fire and quenching them in strong Vinegar repeating this Operation six or seven times in the same Vinegar reduce them into powder in an Iron Mortar then put it into a Crucible with the weight of the Crabs and moss of Tartar which is thus to be ordered Calcine the Tartar and put it in a moist Place in an Hippocrates sleeve and in the bottom of the said sleeve there will be gathered a moss which the said Tartar makes in liquifying and turning it self into Water Then cover the Crucible and set it to dissolve for the space of four hours To Dye Crabs white and Transparent You must Calcine them after the manner before prescribed and reduce them to powder within the space of four hours and cast thereon very fine Powder of Salt of Tartar and of Salt of Alcali and towards the end throw in of Bay-Salt fixt a very little a quarter of an hour after let it cool of it self Before you put your Crabs in Infusion you must take a part of them and beat them in a Brass Mortar and you will make an Emerald the second part you must beat in an Iron Mortar with a Pestle of the same and this will be of a Rubie Colour and the third part in a Glass Mortar with a Pestle of the same and this will be a Diamond To reduce a Crab into Paste and make it into what form one would Take River Crabs and calcine them and break them into little pieces then let them steep twenty four hours or more in strong Vinegar till they may be reduc'd to a Powder the which Powder you shall mix with Turpentine and Organicum the whole being well pasted together make them into what form you please and then bake them in an Oven To make yellow Amber white Take for Example a pound of yellow Amber and put it into a very strong Cucurbit of earth and add thereto two pounds of Sal Gemm or Bay Salt and upon them as much Fountain Water as will serve to dissolve the Salt which being dissolv'd pour on a little River Water and boil them all together in an Alembick without a Neck the space of four Hours China Ink. Take an ounce of Lam black two drams of Indigo half a dram of Peach black Endive burnt one dram beat them all with a moity of Fig-Leaf Water and another part of common Milk and a very little Gum Arabick being all well beaten form Tablets thereof Note you must clarifie your Lam-black in an earthen Pot to take away all the filth To make Lavanturine You must lay one or two lays of Cinaber beaten with Isinglass being dry moisten them with Gum Arabic somewhat strong and then presently searce your Lavanturine with a little Silken Searce by beating the Searce with your hand and your Powder will equally garnish all that you have moistned with your Gum Water To make Horn for Lanthorns Take a dram of Lytharge of Gold half an ounce of quick Lime mingle them together with Wine in form of Paste and with this Composition make divers lays of one side and th' other of the Horn having first well clear'd it being dry take out all the Powder and repeat it as I have said being dry take out your white Powder unite them and lute them with Tripolis and Sallet Oil and Linnen rubbing them well To make the Grain of Walnut upon white Wood. You shall spread upon the Wood seven or eight lays of strong Glew till it become shining and then quickly give a good many blows with a wooden Brush well wet in common Water An excellent Varnish to lay on Copper Plates for Etching Take two ounces of clear Linseed-Oyl two ounces of Benjamin the bigness of a Nut of Virgins Wax boil them to the consumption of a third part alwayes stirring it with a stick and 't is done when you would use it warm a little the Plate you are to Engrave and with your Fingers end take up a little of the Varnish and spread it as thin and even as you can the thinner the better then smoke it with a Candle and lay your Plate on burning Coals till it has done smoking then draw your Design and engrave with a Needle or Point A very fair Green for Minature Grind Verdigreece with Vinegar and a little Talk or Tartar being well ground add a little quick Lime and Sap-green grind all very well together and keep it in Shells if it grow hard make it thin with Vinegar To make Shasses as clear as Glass Take Parchment Vellum or fine Paper very thin and smooth on both sides being wet stretch it on the Shass and let it dry then take two parts of Nut-Oyl or Linseed-Oyl two parts of fair Water and a little beaten Glass make them boil in a Glass on a Tile pretty near the fire till the water be quite consumed and t is done lay it on in the Sun or a little warm A Varnish as bright and shining as Glass for Frames Leather or what else you shall think fit Take Amber a quarter of an ounce Gum-Lac two drams Oyl of Turpentine two drams Turpentine one dram Litharge and Linseed-Oyl as much as is sufficient The way of making this Composition is to take a Pot or Glass in which put a quantity of Linseed-Oyl which boil till it burn a Feather being put into it and 't is enough then melt the Amber in a clean earthen Pipkin and put it into the Linseed-Oyl the Gum-Lac must be melted by it self in the Turpentine which pour into the same Pot the Gum-Lac will melt if you lightly anoint the Pot with Linseed-Oyl then strain all through a Cloth if you would use it on Silver or Gold take the finest yellow Earth well washed from Gravel and other foulness and being well dryed add a little Minium and Cerus with an equal quantity of Oyl of Nut and Spike Oyl boil them well and with this Composition design what you will when 't is cold and with what colours you please mixt with Glew water After all repeat the Varnish and 't will be as bright as a Looking-glass To gild Paper Grind Bole-armoniac with Rain-water and give one laying of it being dry beat the White of an Egg to Water or Glair adding a little Sugar-candy and Gum-water lay it over with this and lay your Leaf gold or silver upon it To harden Tin and give it a Silver colour Make a mixture of Tin and Lead with Greek Pitch then take a piece of Potters Earth
into a linnen Cloth and put it through the hole of the Vessel so that it may hang in the middle of the Wine without touching a part of the Vessel continue it so about ten dayes then draw it forth by the string you tyed to it This secret has been often experimented and found true To keep wine from growing eager Take the Fat of Bacon melted pour it into the hole of the Vessel so it may only touch the Superficies of the Wine and it will never grow eager To restore the colour of Cloth when lost Take quick Lime two parts Ashes one part Lye six parts put them into a Copper Vessel and mingle them well with a stick let it settle and when clear wash your Cloth in it To whiten Pearls Wash them with Lye made of the Ashes of burnt Tartar and boyl them upon a warm Stove To melt Amber Put it into Vinegar or Juice of Citron so that it swim above it about an Inch or two set it over a slow Fire To preserve Roses Tulips and Pinks Take a glazed earthen Pot fill it with sharp Verjuice put some Salt into it cut the Flowers before they are blown put them in this Liquor cover the Pot with Parchment set them in a moist place and when you take them out hold them near the Fire to make them blow To make a very fair green Take Verdigreece Tartar and Vinegar boyl them altogether and it is done A Walnut-tree colour on other Wood. Take the Pills of Walnuts dry them in the Sun boyl them in Oyl of Nuts and rub your Wood with it To lay Gold and Silver upon Paper Grind Bole-armoniac with Verjuice-water lay it on the Paper when dry glaire it with the white of an Egg mixt with Sugar-candy-Water and immediately lay on the Gold when dry burnish Excellent Pastills of Roses Take four ounces of Rose Buds cutting only so much of them as shall be red beat them Benjamin beaten four ounces Musk four grains as much Amber mix them with Essence of Oranges or Roses grind them well together form them into Pastills and dry them in the Shade An Ink which vanishes in twenty four hours Boyl Galls in strong-water put to it some Vitriol a little Sal Armoniack and a little Gum Arabic and it is done Another for Pastills but more rich Take four ounces of Benjamin Storax two ounces Lignum Aloes a dram and half boyl the Storax and Benjamin in a clean Skillet with rose-Rose-water the space of half an hour then put in the Lignum Aloes in very fine Powder that done put all into a warm Mortar with two drams of Amber-Greece and one dram of Civet and whilst warm quickly make up your Grains or little Balls Excellent sweet Baggs Take Florence Orris one pound and a half Rose-wood six ounces Calamus Aromaticus half a pound yellow Sanders four ounces Benjamin five ounces Cloves half an ounce Cinnamon an ounce To preserve Rose-buds to make sweet Baggs Take Province Rose-buds pull off the green cut off the Stalks thrust into the Bud a small Clove with a little Civet at the end of it dry it in the shade between two linnen Cloths Violet Powder for Cussinets and sweet Baggs or to strew amongst Linnen Take Florence Orris one pound Roses two pound Rose-wood one pound and half yellow Sanders one ounce Benjamin two ounces Storax one ounce Calamus Aromaticus and Cyperons or Galingale of each an ounce and half about half-penny-worth of Coriander one Nutmegg a penny-worth of Cinnamon an ounce and half of Cloves a little Citron Pill and Orange Flowers beat all in a Mortar take it out and being well mingled together in a Silk or Hair Cieve according to the fineness you would have it then put it into your Baggs or amongst your Linnen True Cypress Powder Take Oak-moss put it in a Linnen bag and lay it to soak a whole day in water then trample it with your feet two or three times dashing clear water often upon it then set it three or four days to dry spreading it on a boarded Floor being dry beat it well and spread it again on a boarded Floor to dry it then beat it again and spread it again and sprinkle it with Rose-water dry it again and beat it then pass it throw a Cieve or fine Searce and mix it with the following perfum'd Composition more or less according to the goodness you intend it A most admirable Composition of Perfume Take Musk one dram four Cloves four ounces of Lavender-seed Civet one dram and half Ambergreece half a dram warm the Pestel and Mortar then take the Musk Cloves Lavender and about a penny worth of white Sugar and a glass of eau d'Ange or rose-Rose-water grind them all in the Mortar take a handful of this Powder incorporate them well together then pass it throw a Searce with so much of the Powder as shall abate of the force of the Perfume till it come to your liking whether three four or five pound or more for the Civet it must be put at the end of the Pestel rubbing and grinding the Powder well then take six pound of the said Powder put it by little and little into the Mortar incorporate the Powder and the Civet in braying it well with the Pestel then pass it again through a hair Cieve to mix with the other Musk-powder for the Ambergreece it must be well beaten in the Mortar putting by little and little about two pound of the white Powder before mention'd or else of the gray until the Amber be all beaten into it then pass it a hair Sieve and mix all three Powders togeâ—… Take a little bag of white Sheeps Leather well sewed with bands in the seams wherein put the Powder and Perfume to preserve it mingling the Perfume more or less according as you would have the scent A Varnish of a Gold Colour Take Sandrac two ounces Lytharge of Gold one ounce the clearest Linseed-oyl four ounces boil them all in a glaz'd earthen Pot. A Varnish for Images Take Oyl of Turpentine and Turpentine mingled together stirr them with your finger till it become of a convenient thickness to work withal To make Porcelane of Majorca Take calcin'd Egg-shels Gum-Arabick water and Glaire of Eggs make all into a paste shape it with Moulds dry it in the Sun and 't will be very neat To whiten Copper Put a piece of Copper in a Crucible with Sublimate Sal Armoniack Allum and Borax melt it and quench it twice in Sorrel-water Writing not to be Read but in Water Write with the Juice of Spurge or Allum-water dry it 't will not be legible without wetting A Fire that burns under the Water Take three ounces of Powder Salt-peter one ounce Sulphur three ounces beat silt and mix these together fill your Moulds fire them and throw them in the Water An Excellent transparent Varnish to lay upon any white thing to make it seem Marble Take the clearest Turpentine put it in an
earthen glaz'd Pot boil it till it has quite done smoaking then put in half an ounce of Sandrac as much Mastick well beaten mix them till they are all well incorporated then take off the Pot adding half a pint or more as you see cause of oyl of Turpentine upon a slow fire for a quarter of an hour and keep it for use if it be too thick 't is but adding more Turpentine To make Red soft Wax Take Vermilion one pound common Oyl one pound Wax twenty pound Rosin ten pound work them well together To Dye a Yellow Colour Take the inner bark of a Plumb-Tree cut in pieces put it in Allum-water boil what you think fit in it and it will be of a fair Yellow the like is done with Sumach and Allum-water A Cloth Shasse Take half a pound of Lytharge of Silver well ground three pound of clear Oyl of Nut set it over a small fire that it do not boil the next day pour out the Oyl by Inclination what remains at the bottom will serve another time then take Rosin a pound and a half beat it and mix it with the Oyl upon a Charcole fire always stirring it till it be melted then take it off and put in half a pound of Venice Turpentine being cold anoint the Cloth this will last many years Also you may mix Burgundy Pitch with Oyl of Nuts or else Rosin and Virgins Wax Another for Shasses with Glew and Varnish Take Glew made of Glove Leather very clear Vellum Glew is better lay it on the Cloth and let it dry at leisure then give it one laying more and leave it again to dry then take Virgins wax and Turpentine melted together and lay that on letting it dry to a pound of Wax allow a quarter of a pound of Turpentine To Gild or Silver over Metals Take a little Fish-Glew dissolve it in Aquae Vitae lay on the Glew with a little Cotton and apply the Gold or Silver in Leaf or else temper the Leaves and apply them with Glew to give them a lustre take a Horse-hoof put it on a Chaffindish of burning Coals and dry the thing gilt over the fume of it To make Copper white quite through Take Kettle Copper not that which is cast add to it some Arsenick well ground mix them well in the Crucible and when they have done smoking cast it in the Mould you have ready A fair Blew Colour Take Turnsole infuse it all night in Urine the day following grind and mix it with a little quick Lime according as you intend the Colour If you 'd have it a little shining add a little Gum Arabick To take spots of Ink out of Paper or Parchment Rub the spot with a little Aqua-fortis at the end of a Feather and it will soon vanish then wash it with fresh Water with the edge of a Feather To take them out of Parchment scrape it with a Pen-knife and rub it with a Pumice-stone An Excellent Water Perfume Take Benjamin Storax-calamita a few Cloves and Mastick beat all put them in Aqua Vitae or Spirit of Wine in a glass Vial when the Water becomes red add a grain of Musk and strain it A very good Pomatum Take the fat of unsalted Bacon stick it full of Oats roast it by a slow Fire take up the Dripping and save it Divers sorts of Perfumes CHAP. VII To counterfeit Amber-greece TAke Starch Florence Orris root of each an ounce Aspaltum or Bitumen half an ounce Benjamin one ounce Sperma Ceti Ben-nuts an ounce and halt Musk a dram Gum Tragacanth a sufficient quantity Take the Starch the Benjamin and Sperma Ceti and make them into a Paste which being done take one part in which make up half the Aspaltum the other part make into a black Paste and then mix them altogether with your hand To augment Civet Take the pulp of Raisins of the Sun very cleanly pulped one ounce musk one dram mix and incorporate them well together put them into the same Retort wherein you put the Civet and set it in a Horse-dunghill seven or eight days upon two drams of Civet put one dram of this Composition To make Essence of Cinnamon in consistence of an Extract Take Oyl of Nutmegs set it in the Sun in Summer to make it lose its Scent then put in the half part of Oyl of Cinnamon which you may reduce to the consistence of an Extract To make Cassolet or Perfume Cakes to burn Take Storax two ounces Benjamin four ounces twelve Cloves Laudanum a dram Calamus Aromaticus a dram a little Citron Pill take a new glaz'd earthen Pot in which boyl the Storax and Benjamin in half a pint of rose-Rose-water for several hours the Pot being well cover'd then put the Cloves Laudanum Calamus and Citron Pill in a little Linnen bag and boyl them with the fore-menon'd things when boil'd enough take off the Pot strain all through a Linnen Cloth not squeezing it too hard then put the Paste in a Paper Excellent Pastills or Perfume Cakes Take Benjamin two ounces Storax half an ounce Lignum Aloes a dram Coals of Sallow or Willow Wood according to discretion reduce all to fine Powder adding twenty grains of good Civet and fine Sugar as much as you think fit pulverize and mix all the Druâ—s and put them in a Skillet with rose-Rose-water which must rise above all the Ingredients make them boil a little till the Paste be well digested always stirring with a stick lest it burn then if you desire to make the Pastill somewhat better add twelve grains of Amber which you shall before have ground on a Marble with a little Sugar put it in the Skillet when the Paste shall be boyl'd enough and not before all being well incorporated form your Pastills Several Grounds for Hair-Powders To make the Ground for white Powder Take one pound of Orris twelve pound of Cuttle-bone eight pound of Starch a handful of Beef or Mutton Bones burnt white beat all very well in a Mortar and pass them through a fine hair Cieve A Ground for gray Powder Take what remains in the Cieve of the foresaid Powder which you must beat again and mix with a little Starch and a little yellow Oker to give it a colour then coals of White-wood or for want of that some of the fresh Coals out of a Bakers Oven mix all these well together in a Mortar you may make it of what colour you will then pass it through a hair Cieve what goes not through keep to beat again as before Another ground for powder Take worm-eaten or rotten Wood beat it well and pass it through a Cieve then mix it with the aforesaid Powder Perfume for ordinary Powder Take Florence Orris one pound dryed Roses one pound of Benjamin two ounces Storax one ounce yellow Sanders an ounce and half Cloves two drams a little Citron pill beat all to fine Powder in a Mortar put twenty pound of Starch or the aforesaid
Powder mix it well together colour it as you please and pass it through a Searce Another way for Cypress Powder much finer Take Oak Moss wash it often in fair Water till it hath lost its smell then lay it on a Hurdle set out in the Air being dry sprinkle it with the best Rose-water and Orange-flower-water and leave it again to dry if the scent be too strong wash it in fair Water till the smell become more sweet and pleasant after this done the Moss being yet on the Hurdle put a Cassolet or Perfume Cake with Coals of Fire with which perfume your Moss as long as you think fit In fine to one pound of Ground thus prepared put two drams of good Musk and one dram and half of Civet if it be very good if not the same quantity of Musk. Excellent Amber-powder Take six ounces of Bean flower as much worm-eaten Wood pass them through a Searce four ounces of Cypress wood two ounces of Sanders two ounces of Benjamin half an ounce of Storax two drams of Calamus Aromaticus as much Laudanum pass all through a silk Sieve then to two pound of this Composition take four grains of Ambergreece half an ounce of Machaleb or Pomander Privet beaten and sifted which you must mix in a hot Mortar with the Amber then mix them all together and keep it in a Glass bottle well stopped put a pound and half of this Powder into each sweet Bagg The Queens perfume Water Take red Rose-water a quart Damask-Rose-water Muskadine and Orange flower-water of each three pints Water of Melilot-Flowers Flowers of Mirtel and Garden Costmary three Pints put all the aforesaid distilled Waters into a Glass-bottle to which add a pound of Benjamin in Powder Cloves Cinnamon and Orange-pill dryed of each half an ounce all being bruised stop the Bottle Close without opening it in a whole Month. To make a curious compound Water Take Benjamin four ounces Storax two ounces yellow Sanders one ounce Cloves two drams two or three pieces of Orris half a Citron Pill two Nutmegs Cinnamon half an ounce and about two quarts of Water put it all into a new earthen Pipkin and let it boil till a quart of it be consumed then take about six grains of Musk powdered with about as much Sugar as the bigness of a small Nut which disâ—olve with a little of the said Water strain and put it into a Glass-bottle well stopped the better to preserve it Keep the Dregs dry and powder them and use them to perfume the Powder aforesaid A curious Extraction of the Perfumes and Colours of all Flowers Extract through a Retort after the manner of Aqua fortis the Spirit of Salt-peter or common Salt and keep it close in a Glas Bottle well stopped then take what quantity you will of Rose Leaves which put into a Limbick with one ounce of the Spirit of the said Salt one pint of pure Spring Water and so proportionably till your Limbick be full let it thus infuse and lye four and twenty hours till you see your Water well coloured which pour out by inclination in another glass Vessel it will have the colour and smell of the Rose leaving in the Limbic your Leaves fresh as if they had been new gather'd You may do the same with all other Flowers as Violets Gilliflowers and others To make the best Bolonia Wash-balls Take one pound of Genoua Soap cut into small pieces four ounces of unslacked Lime which beat well in a Mortar with two Glasses of Aqua Vitae and let it steep eight and forty hours then take a sheet of Paper on which spread it a drying being dry beat it in a Mortar with half an ounce of Mahaleb an ounce and a half of yellow Saunders half an ounce of Orris as much Calamus all in Powder and make it into a Paste with whites of Eggs and four ounces of Gum-dragacanth dissolved in Rose-water then make your Wash-balls Another sort of excellent Wash-balls Take one pound of Orris four ounces of Benjamin two ounces of Storax as much yellow Saunders half an ounce of Cloves one penny worth of Cinnamon and a little Lemon-peel one ounce of Machaleb one Nutmeg beat it all to Powder Then take about two pound of white Soap scrap'd and put it into almost three pints of Aqua Vitae to lye and steep four or five dayes then work it well with about one pint of Orange-Flower or other sweet Water Next prepare the quantity you shall think fit of white Starch beaten and sifted which mix with the Drugs aforesaid and the Soap to make a Passe have ready a little Gum Dragacanth dissolved in sweet Water and five of six whites of Eggs and make up your Wash-balls of what size you will To perfume them well Take what quantity of Musk you please which dissolve in any sweet compound Water then take about the quantity of one Wash-ball of the aforesaid Composition and mix it together in a Mortar then mix and incorporate that with your Paste like Leven and so make your Wash-balls Several approved wayes to take out Stains of Oyl Grease or other things CHAP. VIII To take out a Spot of Oyl upon Sattin or any other Stuff and even upon Paper TAke Sheeps-Feet calcined of which lay on both sides of the Paper or Stuff upon the Spot and so leave it one Night this Powder or Ashes will draw out all the stain but if it be not clear taken away do it the second time but the stain must not be old Another way to take out Stains Take half a pound of Soap four ounces of Fullers earth and one of unslacked Lime mix it all in faâ—r Water and lay it to the Stain Another way Take Water and Starch and make it into a Paste with which cover the Stain laying it about as thick as a Shilling and leave it there next day rub it off as you would do dry Dirt and the Stain will appear no more Probatum Another way for Silk Rub the Stain with Spirit of Turpentine this Spirit evaporates and carries away with it the other Oyl To take off the Dirt that dasheth upon Cloths Wet a white Cloth and lay it upon it that sucks in all the Dirt and makes it appear no more To take off Iron-Moulds from Linnen The Linnen being whitened take boiling Water in a Pewter Pot and immediately put in your Linnen and lay it over to receive the Smoke squeezing and rubbing it with a little Sorrel than wash it out in clear Water To take out all Ink spots upon Linnen or Woollen Take some juice of Lemmon put it upon the stain which wash immediately in fair Water rubbing it well for want of Lemmon use Verjuice of Grapes or Sorrel Another way Wash the stain with white Soap dissolved in Vinegar How to soften whiten and restore discoloured Ivory CHAP. IX How to soften Ivory so that it may be cast in a Mould BOil the Ivory in common Water in which
the Ash-tree Berries after taking off a little Skin that is upon them putting it to this end upon a Brick into an Oven not too hot do the same with the Cummin-seeds and Eglantine Apples alwaies taking care none of them boil in their moisture all being thus dry you must pound it either together or separately How to use it Bleed the Horse in the Morning and at Noon begin to give him the Powder three days after bleed him again and the eighth day repeat Bleeding if he be very ill give him the said Powder Morning Noon and Night The Dose of the said Powder is what you can take up between your Finger and Thumb The way of giving it is in Bread till he be cured For the same Take a little handful of ground Ivie which squeeze in your hand adding a little Salt put it into his Ear on the side the Farcie is stopping the Ear close with Cotton binding it up with a Cord leave it there about thirty hours in which time it will be cured For the same Take the Roots of round Sorrel and Leaves of ground Ivie mixed together which mix with the Horses Oats and he will recover provided the Farrier has not touched him For a swelling in the hollow of the Pastorn of a Horse Take the white heads of five or six Leeks four ounces of old Lard new Wax common Oyl of each two ounces two quarts of Vinegar put all into a new earthen Pot and let it boil up two or three times till the Vinegar be consumed it is enough to make four Plaisters or more For short Wind or Pursiness in Horses After the purging that follows if they but draw their Wind hard mix with their Oats for three daies Morning and Evening a pint of warm Milk a handful of Hemp-seed beaten this Seed is excellent for this use Jockies use it much to give their Horses Pills to purge Horses Take Calafin Aloes an ounce and half Agaricum half an ounce prepared Coloquintida a Dram Treacle an ounce and half mix all together and incorporate it in a pound of Hogs Lard that has been steeped forty eight hours in fresh Water which must be changed every three hours make thereof Pills as big as a Nut which cover with Powder of Liquorice or Bran and make the Horse swallow them the Horse must have stood bridled three hours before After taking them make him swallow half a pound of common Oyl mixed with a Pint of warm Wine covering him warm and walking him three hours then put him in the Stable and give him no Oats in three daies He must not be watered till next day at Noon when you shall make him drink white Water in the Stable with Flower and a little Bran at the same time lead him to water making him wet all his Belly to his Ribs the space of half an hour but let him not drink for it would give him the Gripes carry him back to the Stable and give him Hay it is commonly thirty hours before it works begins when he comes out of the River and sometimes lasts two days they void and incredible Filth and sometimes Gravel Whilst it works they are sad and drooping after the three daies you must cleanse his Mouth with Leek Salt and Vinegar and give him a drench after which he will have an incredible Stomack and grow very fat in a little time it is the best Receipt in the World to recover Horses that seem to be quite gone some purge their Horses once a quarter with these Pills and that gives them a good meene A Drench for a Horse Take Rose-Honey Cordial Powder powdered Aniseed of each an ounce five penny-worth of Scammony Oyl two ounces Saffron one penny-worth a pint of White-wine with Coloquintida and Rubarb A Drench for a Horse that has caught cold Take Cloves Nutmeg Pepper of each half an ounce Cummin-seed Fromagy of each an ounce and half Ginger one Dram common Oyl and Honey of each four ounces of the strongest White-wine half a pint mix all together and make the Horse drink it For Distempers in Horses Heads There is under their Tongue a thing like the Pip to which with a little Spunge you must lay Treacle dissolved in Rose Vinegar doing it often and they will certainly recover For the same Take Wheat-flower Turpentine Dragons Blood of each four ounces Mastick in Powder one ounce four yolks of Eggs mix all well together and apply it to the Horses Forehead for three daies To make a Horse foam that has a moist Mouth Wrap up the nether part of his Jaw with Powder of Staphifegria A Horse that has a moist Mouth is esteemed because those that have it dry want taste and are almost half an hour in the Stable before they eat To dye saddle Horses when they are old Take equal parts of unslacked Lime and prepared Litharge of Gold mix it like an Ointment with which rub the Hair against the grain and lay over some green Leaves at twice it is quite died and dyes Bay if you put to it a little Ink. To make a Horse have good Hair in Winter Take Myrrh Aristolochium Gentian Angelica scrapings of Ivory of each two ounces Crocus one ounce melt them and give the Horse two or three spoonfuls of it in a pint of White-wine every Morning for three days together and keep him three hours without eating then give him what is usual this strengthens their Stomach and Appetite and keeps their Hair together For gaul'd Horses Make them swallow Decoction of Scabious in half a pint of White-wine in which must be dissolved an ounce of Synoper in Powder with a little crust of toasted Bread make them drink three days together fixed Sulphur with some of the Decoction The Dose is an ounce a time giving them the same Drench the fourth day For the hard sores in Horses Fundaments Take Spirit of Nitre Spirit of Salt of each an ounce Mercury two ounces with it rub the sore and it will come to a head when it is broke cure the Ulcer with Oyntment of Pilosella For bruises or sores in Horses Legs The head and tall of Vipers when they are well beaten with the blood that runs from them when they are killed and the White-wine they are washed in all put together into a Pot with a little Puppy covering it with common Oyl and boyl'd till the Wine be consum'd putting through it a thick Cloth is excellent for the pains and certainly cures the bruised or sore Legs of Horses rubbing them with it For Horses feet Take some of the herb Short-foot and a quantity of Elder-leaves two ounces of Coperis the whites of four Eggs one penny-worth of Honey half a glass of Vinegar put all into a new Pot and boyl it till it comes to an Oyntment and before you rub the Horses foot cut off the Hair the closest you can and wash it with Pork brine To make a Horses Tail and Main grow Take Cows-piss and
linnen in the straining that it may be throughly wet then fold the Cloth four-fold and let it dry in the shade A Pulmonic Person that was abandoned was cured in three Months by carrying this Cere-cloth four double upon his Stomack fastned behind this Remedy fails not and one will find ease in a short time the Stomach that could not digest is soon restored by applying this If you sweat and that the Cerecloth be moist with sweating you must take it off and dry it and lay it on again For the same distemper of the Lungs they must use as long as they please Lozanges made with the Flower of Brimstone For the Wind and also for the Lungs Take eleven Crab-fish alive the which beat in a Mortar till they be all to pap then strain them through a very white linnen Cloth pouring upon them two quarts of White-Wine to make them strain the better put this straining in a Pot to infuse twenty four hours then take every morning fasting two ounces till you find some ease An excellent Remedy for the Lungs and against a Cough and shortness of Breath Take the longest Raisins of the Sun Jujubes St. Antonies Prunes without Kernels or Stones of each two ounces three fat Figs three Dates put them all in an earthen Pot with a cover with two quarts of Water boyl them all to the Consumption of half then put into the said Pot the four Capillaries and Flowers of Colts-foot of each one handful let them all boyl to a pint strain it and add thereto Sugar-candy Diaphenicon and common Sugar of each four ounces make a Syrup boyl'd a little the dose is a spoonful at Night and as much in the Morning and being troubled with the Cough steep every day a Liquirice stick therein and you will find success at last A wonderful Opiate to refresh the Liver and purify the Blood Take the roots of Cichory two drams roots of Polypodie damask Raisins Liquirice and Dogs-teeth of each one dram of the four Capillaries Borrage Scariola Endives Betony Agrimony Hops Pimpernel Scabious of each one handful of the four great cold Seeds Fennel Endive of each two ounces make a decoction then take six ounces of Senna boyl it in the Decoction then take two ounces of white Agaric two drams of Cinnamon and a Pugil of the Cordial Flowers which put to infuse therein and boyl them with a pound of Sugar then add Cassia cleansed four ounces Conserve of Borage two ounces Conserve of Bugloss and Violets of each one ounce of all which make an Opiate the dose is a dram and a half two hours before Meals or twice a Month. To temper the heat of the Liver Take a quantity of Liverwort which grows in watry Places beat it in a Mortar and draw out the Juice with a Press which you shall Clarifie over the Fire with the whites of Eggs and scum it well then let it cool and pour it out by inclination leaving the dregs at the bottom in every pound of this Water dissolve six ounces of sine Sugar and then 't is made take an ounce thereof in a Glass of Water or alone if you will A Remedy for all sorts of fluxes of Blood upwards or downwards or for Veins broken in the Body for Men or Women that have an extraordinary flux Take a dram of Bistort-Root finely powdred put it into two ounces of White-wine and if the Patient hath a Pever you put it into Broth and without fail the Flux will cease even if the Patients shall void their Excrements at the Mouth and if the Flux of Blood shall be so violent especially in a Woman give her of this power in a Clyster made of the Broth of a Capon with two yolks of Eggs and if one be but a little disorder'd let them them take the Dose abovesaid and lay this following Plaister to the Stomach nigh the Heart Take a Quince rost it with hot embers which you shall beat into a Paste in a silver Porringer and strew thereon powder of Cinamon and Cloves and apply it For a Rupture tryed upon a Man of seventy Years of Age. Take Water-Cresses beat them a little and boil them in a quart of White-wine in a new Pot till it be wasted to the half or two thirds and take three ounces thereof morning and evening for nine days keeping it rowled For the Pain in the Head Falling-sickness Vertigo and Megrim Take two drops of Oyl of Sulphur thrice in a Week in a Glass of Water wherein Vervain Betony Oak of Jerusalem Leaves and Flowers of each two Handfuls have been infus'd twenty four Hours in two Quarts of River-water upon hot Embers For the same Take the Juice of Pimpernel and drop it into the Ear and it will appease the Pain Otherwise Take a dram of white Hellebore and as much black with an handful of Salt which you shall put in a brass Pot that will hold six Quarts of Water which you shall boyl the space of a quarter of an Hour then take it off the Fire and let it infuse forty hours in a Window then boyl it till it be reduc'd to three Quarts which you shall put into a Bottle close stop'd for your use drawing it up your Nose Probatum For the same and to cause Sleep Take common Roses with the White of an Egg beaten and well mingled together make a Forehead-cloth Moreover to cause Sleep make a Forehead-cloth of Poppy Probatum To make one wake or sleep You must cut dexterously the Head of a Toad alive and at once and let it dry in observing that one Eye be shut and the other open that which is found open makes one wake and that shut causes Sleep by carrying it about one To dissolve all sorts of Catarrhs and Tumours Take a white Onion and roast it in hot Embers being enough cut it in four quarters without taking any thing away and apply it to the Ear putting in a little Venice Treacle before then a hot Napkin upon it and when the Onion is cold lay on another presently with Treacle as at first do this four times and you will see all the Matter come out at the Ear do the same to a Bubo if you would have it come to Suppuration To make one sneeze Take a little white Ellebore or Euphorbium in Powder and blow it up the Nose with a little Tunnel A Bath for the Feet and Legs to cause Sleep Take eight or ten Lettuces or more or six Handfuls of Vine-leaves and five or six Heads of Poppyes boil them in a Kettle with a sufficient quantity of Water then poure all out into another Vessel and therewith wash the Feet and Legs for the space of a quarter of an Hour then wrap them in a Linnen-cloth For Deafness Probatum Take Humane Blood or Harts Blood distill it in an Alembic cast away the Phlegm and change the Recipient when you see Liquor white put two or three Drops of the said white Liquor
Enemies kill it and give the quantity of two Glasses full of its Blood and it will infallibly cure The same doth the Juice of Ivy mingled with Honey and the weight of two drams drank thereof For the Yellow Jaundise This is caused by Mercury Take the Flowers or Seed of Rosemary in the Hour of Sol Luna or Mars his Enemies powder them and mix therewith the Juice of Cinquefoil what quantity you please For Obstruction of the Spleen This Disease is caused of Luna Take Gum Ammoniacum in the Hour of Mars or Mercury her Enemies dissolve it in Vinegar and give thereof the weight of two drams to Persons of riper years to drink it works admirable effects For the Stone in the Reins This Infirmity is caused by Saturn Take Pellitory of the Wall in the Hour of Mars or Venus his Enemies press out the Juice and give what quantity thereof you please to drink in White-wine it purges the Reins and infallibly breaks the Stone For difficulty of Vrine This Disease comes from Luna then take in the hours of Mars or Mercury her enemies the Leaf and Seed of Trefoil and Southernwood-seed boil them in Water to which Decoction add a Spanish Fly powdred without its Head Wings or Feet and give a spoonfull to drink and it will quickly cause one to void Urine For the Stone in the Bladder This comes from Luna Take what quantity of Snakes you please in the hour of Mars or Mercury her enemies and put them into a new earthen Pot with a narrow Neck put it into an Oven that is not too hot and there let it remain for six hours space then take it out and powder them finely and give a dram thereof For the Cholick This Disease comes from Luna Take Powder of Bay-berries and give two drams thereof to drink in Aromatick Wine For the Flux and bloody Flux These are caused by the Moon Take Pomegranate Flowers and Hypocistis in the hour of Mars or Mercury her enemies powder them and give two drams thereof to drink in red Wine or Cistern Water For difficulty in Child-birth This is caused by Venus Take then in the hour of Saturn her enemy Basil and powder it and give it to drink in good Wine and she will suddenly be deliver'd To provoke the monthly Courses and the Secondine This Disease is caused by Luna Take Fupaterium in the hour of Mars or Mercury her enemies powder it finely and likewise the Seed of Mountain Smallage and give two drams to drink in the Water of Maiden-hair and it will quickly work the effect For the immoderate flux of the Courses unto the Mouth of the Womb. This Infirmity comes from Venus Take the Root of Hysop in the hour of Saturn her enemy with the middle rinds of Chestnuts and the rinds of Pomegranates powder them very fine and give often a dram thereof to drink For Ruptures These are caused by Sol. Take Cypress Nuts in the hour of Mars Saturn or Luna powder them and mingle them with the juyce of their lops when they are green apply them in the form of an Emplaister but you must first put up the Gut that is fallen For the Hemorrhoids This Disease is caus'd by Luna Take the Juyce of Sow-bread in the hour of Mars or Mercury her Enemies apply it to the Fundament after what manner you will and it will perfectly cure the Malady For the Pain of the Gout This Infirmity comes from Saturn Take a Hen of four years old in the hour of Mars or Venus his Enemies kill her and fill her with Vervain and Worm-wood in six quarts of Water and let it boil till it be wasted to the half and with the Liquour that remains bath the grieved parts For a Tertian Ague This Fever is caused by Mars Take Centaury in the hour of Luna Mercury Saturn Sol or Jupiter his enemies powder it and give two drams in Wine fasting For the Quartan Fever This Fever is caused by Saturn Take Myrrh and Castor in the hours of Mars or Venus his enemies of each one dram powder them and give it to drink in Wine fasting 't will work Wonders To take away the Spots of the small Pox Meazles and Purple-fever This is caused by Mars Take in the hour of Luna or Mercury Saturn or Jupiter his enemies the Roots of Beans dryed Flower of Chick-Pease Rice Meal and Garlick powder them all very fine and mingle them with Oyl of sweet Almonds and Mutton fat melted and anoint the Face therewith and let it remain on all Night and in the Morning wash it with warm Water For the King 's Evil. This Infirmity is caused by Luna Take the Boughs and Roots of Castors in the hour of Mars or Mercury beat them and apply them in form of an Emplaster Maiden-hair doth the same For Wounds in any part of the Body These are caused by Mars Take Savine in the hour of the Moon or Mercury Saturn or Jupiter his enemies and powder it and mix it with Honey and apply it to the Wounds and it will cure them For Scabs and Leprosie These Maladies are caused by Saturn Take Ivy in the hour of Mars or Venus his enemies what quantity you will and boil it in Water and bath the Body therein hot 't is the last Remedy for this Disease For Corns or Agnails These come from Saturn Take the Bark of Willow and mingle its Powder with strong Vinegar and in form of an Emplaster apply it to the Corns and it will work great effects For Cancers This Disease is caused by Mars Take the Boughs of white Galingale the Root of Dragon-wort in the hour of Luna Mercury or Saturn his Enemies press out the Juice and mix it with Honey and apply it to the Disease For Fistula's These are caused by Mars Take Orris-root in the hour as abovesaid powder it and mingle it with the powder of burnt Oisters and apply them to the Fistulas To preserve one from the Gout in the Feet This Disease is caused by Luna Take Iva Arthritica in the hour of Mars or Venus beat it and mingle it with the Yolk of an Egg dress'd after the manner of a Pancake and eaten fasting will certainly preserve one from the Gout in the Feet To know if one sick shall live or dye Diverse are the Judgments which pass upon a sick Person whether he will live or die but I shall publish this present infallible sign which any one may make use of and make certain Judgment thereof Take a Nettle and put it into the Urine of the sick Person presently after he hath voided his Urine and that it be not corrupted and leave the Nettle in the said Urine the space of twenty four hours then if the Nettle be found dry 't is a sign of Death but if it be found green 't is a sign of Life An admirable Secret to keep one alwayes in Health which Charles the Fifth made use of Take in the hour of Sol as the
Author of Life an handful of the tops of Rue and a few Aniseeds a Walnut a dry Fig and a little Salt beat them all together and eat thereof fasting at divers times A Collection of divers Secrets taken out of the Cabinet of a Person of Quality CHAP. V. A Water for inflam'd Eyes TAke the Water of an Infant purified three pints Roman Vitriol and Tutty prepar'd of each four ounces mingle them for eight daies space then distill and put a drop Morning and Evening into the Eye and it will quickly be cur'd For the Colick Take of green Anise Cummin Agarick Wormwood Centaury Gentian equal parts and make thereof a Powder the Dose is two drams in Broth. An admirable Water against the Colick Take the distill'd Water of Nuts and Camomil of each four pints infuse therein the Flowers of Camomil and Elder of each six Landfuls for four daies in Balneo Maria or other hot place then strain it and add the Flowers above-said and Fennel seed Aniseed Juniper Berries of each two ounces Bay-berrys five ounces and an half Cinamon half an ounce dryed Mint a Pugil let them infuse two days in B. M. then distil them the Dose is two or three ounces Against the heat of the Sun Take Rose-water two ounces Milk one ounce Verjuice half an ounce Incense beaten two drams the white of an Egg well beaten rub the Face before you go to bed For them that Spit or Vomit Blood from a Fall Take the Powder of the Vine-leaves in three ounces of Broth one Pugil then being setled you must take half a Glass of the Vulnerary decoction for eight days For Pain o' th' Teeth Take equal parts of Honey of Roses and Aqua-Vitae boil them together and wash the Mouth therewith Contusions Falls Blows without Wounds Take a Cake of Honey let it boil in the best red Vinegar till it come to a Pap make an Emplaister thereof and apply it For Wounds and Pricks Take Night-shade Leaves bruised and apply them For the Head-ach Take the shavings of Harts-horn drink it in Wine and powder the head therewith For Warts Take the Juice of Celandine let it drop upon the Wart first cut and then apply the Herb do this two or three times Oyl of Juniper Take Juniper-berries gathered from the month of August to the end of September bruise them and infuse them in Fountain-water three or four days and the Water of the first infusion will serve for the rest for the first is the best take two earthen Alembics the one full of Berries and the other half full of the Infusion this put into the Earth and the one fastned upon the other after having strained it through a Cloth put it into a Furnace being cold open it and gather the Oyl letting the water run out take care that it take not wind The Vse A Secret for Wounds Cancers Reins Spleen Leprosie the Dose is two or three drops in Broth. For the Tooth-ach Take good Honey two ounces a glass of the strongest Vinegar Cloves half an ounce let them boil in a new Pot till a quarter be wasted rub your Teeth therewith morning after dinner and at night To turn a Defluxion from the Breast Take Cephalic Powder put in your Broth a little Anula abstain from all sharp things The Cephalic Powder Take Grape-flowers half an ounce Violet-flowers white Nutmegs half an ounce Betony-flowers two ounces all dry'd and powdred besprinkle them with Rose-water dry them again beat them together with a grain of Amber-grease An Oyl as good as Balm Take flowers of St. John's-wort half an ounce put to two ounces of Sallet-Oyl one spoonful of the Juice of Coronata put them all in a glass and set it in the Sun for three or four hours Hyppocras Extempore Take a quart of Aq. Vitae in which infuse four ounces of Cinamon an ounce of Cloves and Nutmeg or else Ginger infuse them all together and to make Hyppocras put two or three spoonfuls in a quart of Wine Rosa Solis Take two quarts of Aq. Vitae of Sugar or powdred Sugar a pound and half common Water a pint and half wherein you shall boil them to the consistence of Syrup not quite boil'd enough then put in half an ounce of Cinamon powdred and put it to the Syrup when 't is boil'd enough to scent it pour it through a Cloth with two grains of Musk and half an ounce of Sugar Candy Of Jewels and Pearls CHAP. VI. Artificial Pearls as fair as the Natural TAke the fairest and greatest Seeds of Pearls bruise them and dissolve them in Allum-water which is all the Secret then make them into a Paste and wash it gently with distilled Water afterwards make it into a Paste with Bean-flower-water and digest it in Dung the space of fifteen days then having the consistence of Paste you shall form Pearls thereof with a silver Mold and pierce them with Hogs-hair and hang them in an Alembic stopt close to the end the Air alter them not then you shall after this manner Roul each one apart in Leaf Gold then cleave a Barble in the middle and put them therein make a Paste of the said Barble with Wheat-flower and bake it in an Oven as you bake Bread If they have not lustre enough take the Water of a kind of Herb called Grastuli with six ounces of Pearls in Powder one ounce of Salt-Petre two ounces of Roch-Allum and Litharge of silver the Pearls being made you shall heat them a little and quench them in this Composition then dry and wash them repeating this five or six times To harden them Take Lapis Calaminaris in powder and Vitriol of each one ounce the whites of Eggs beaten to a Water mingle them together and distill them and there will come forth a clear Water with which and with very fine Barly Meal you shall make a Paste in which you shall put your Pearls to be bak'd in an Oven An admirable Secret to whiten Pearls Take Common and Roch-Allum of each one pound distill this to a Water half an ounce of Camphire Solomon's Seal two ounces rectifie it then use it with a moist Linnen Cloth Another more Excellent Take half an ounce of Bean-flowers Lime and Eggs an ounce white Salt one pound Water of Confound Alcobol of Wine eleven ounces distill them and use it For the same Take an handful of Wheat Bran boil it in a Posnet with a pint of Water and when 't is boil'd pour out half of the said Water and then in an earthen Porringer varnish'd wherein shall be the Pearls strung which you shall let steep therein till the Water be almost cold that you may rub them gently with your hands till the Water be wholly cold then throw away that Water and put on new upon the Pearls do thus often and then your Water will be clear which you shall warm and put into the said Porringer wherein you shall clear the said Pearls without rubing them and do it so
grow oyly you must have a Spoonfull and half of Rice Flower mix it together and strain it with a great Porringer full of Milk make it boil gently alwaies stirring it and add as much Sugar as will please your Pallat and boyl it thicker than common Porridge if you will add some of the brawn of a Capon it must be beaten with the Almonds and Rice and strained and the rest done as above Excellent Italian Fritters By Andrea Doria Take some Flower which dissolve in a Mortar of Marble with hot Milk or rather in good strong Chickin Broth this Paste must be beaten a long while then add the yolk of an Egg and beat it still at last almost as much Sugar as there is Paste continuing still beating then every time you fry them put fresh Hogs-lard into the Pan. They are very delicious to one glass of Flower put a quartern of boyling Milk A Pike after the manner of Poland Take water of boyl'd Parsley-roots White-wine Vinegar and Salt when this boyls up throw in the Pike then when you think fit add some Lemon Pepper Sugar and a little Saffron and Eat the Pike with this Sauce To make the Bones of a Shad-Fish eatable and preserve them boyl'd from Year to Year First you must cut your Shads into pieces about two fingers thick or any other sort of Fish and observe the Head nor Tail must not be in it then wash it well in several Waters and with a little small stick take out all the marrow that is in the Back-bone clearing it so that nothing remain for that is the chief Secret for preserving Fish and keeping it from all manner of Putrefaction then season with Salt Pepper and Spice each piece by it self and stick some Cloves in them but they must be wiped before they are seasoned then put them into a new well glazed earthen pot one upon another and add thereto two parts of Sallet Oyl and one of White-wine so that it be two fingers above the Fish that done cover the Pot close laying Salt about the edges let it boyl gently upon a Coal fire till the Wine be quite consumed which you may certainly know by the Pot making no more noise when it boyls then take it from the fire and let it cool You may keep it thus all the year round very good for it is much firmer this way than the common the bones are quite consumed You must take out the Pieces with a Silver or Wooden fork but nothing of Iron lay them upon a Plate with a little Vinegar and they are admirable To make Cream without a Fire Take a dish full of the top of Milk with the Cream to which add about four spoonfuls of scraped Sugar and at the same time about the bigness of a Pins head of good Rennet which dissolve therein then stirr all together that it may thicken a little When you would serve up this Cream scrape Sugar over it and add ten or twelve drops of Orange-flower Water If the Rennet be good it will harden in an hour they that will put in a very little bit of Musk the Orange flower Water is put in when it is served up lest it should dissolve the Cream To make a delicate Fool. Take the Yolk of an Egg and an hundred whole ones beat them well-in a dish putting over them Sugar as it dissolves and a little Rose-water the least you can at most a quarter of a Spoonful there must be at least four ounces of fine Sugar scraped then mix with it your Milk with the Cream stirring it then put the dish upon hot Embers so that it may not boyl nor be stirred after it is upon the Fire when it grows stiff it is enough Colour it with a red Pan serve it up cold and scrape over it some Sugar it will be an Hour stiffening but the longer the better To make an excellent sort of boyled Fool. Take Cream or fresh Milk and set it a boyling in a Pan with the Crumb of white Bread crumbled small and well dryed and fresh Butter let all boyl well together so long till it bubbles up stirring it very much with a Spoon to the end it stick not to the Skillet then take Yolks of Eggs beat and strain them through a Cieve add Salt and Sugar proportionable to the Quantity and if you will a little Saffron then when it has boyled and you perceive it begin to rise put in the Yolks of Eggs alwayes stirring it so that it may not burn to leaving it so long till the Butter comes up then take it from the Fire and take great care it burn not lay it by and when you want it serve it up with Sugar How to make an excellent Cake after a particular manner Take a dozen of Whites of Eggs with the shells well washed pound them so long in a stone Mortar till all be dissolved then add small Sugar and Flower but there must be more Sugar than Flower beat all well together till it comes to a hard Dough which spread upon a Paper like to another Cake and bake it in an Oven not over hot To Pickle and Preserve Cabbages Cut the Cabbages into many pieces which you must salt very well sprinkling them with Cloves not too small beaten and lay them in an earthen Pot glaz'd placing one layer of Salt and another of Cabbage to the top of the Pot the first and last lavers must be of Salt then fill it with good Vinegar and keep it stopped when you take any out to Eat it must be with a silver or woodden Spoon nothing of Iron must be put in nor the Vinegar be touch'd with your hand it can serve for a Sallet with a few Lettice-leaves which will make them be taken for Cabbage Lettice but then there must be no Cloves put to them but only Salt For Cucumbers You must chuse the least in the latter season and proceed as above For Purslane You must do the same observing that the sort which is lightcoloured is best and not the dark For Artichokes Do the same thing For Sparagus The same For Green Pease Fill an Earthen Pot with half Vineger half Water into which put your green Pease cover the Pot and stop it close and when you would take them out to eat steep them in fresh Water To keep Beans They must be gathered thorough ripe that is when the Cod begins to grow black and having taken them out of the Cod peel off the Skin that covers each Bean dry them upon a hurdle in the Oven after the Bread is taken out or if you will at the Sun and of all things take care there be no moisture left in them when you would dress them if it be when they are come again you may add a few of the new Leaves and Flowers to give them a taste and make them pass for that years Beans garnish the Dish round with Bean flowers before you stew them they must be
letting it drop into fair Water this is a Cement of which you must take one part and as much Lapis which beat and incorporate together in an earthen Pot glazed then pour fair water over it and let it lye a quarter of an hour then stir the Composition hard with a wooden Slice and within a quarter of an hour you will see a blue water which pour off into another glazed Pot pour more water upon your Composition continuing stirring and changing Waters till it gives no more colour Note that you must pour no water upon the Ingredients but what must be hot then evaporate all your blue waters and there will remain the true Ultra Marine producing four ounces out of each pound and almost all the rest in blue Ashes Excellent Greens Take as much Verdigreece as you think fit and grind it with Vinegar and put it into Dough of houshold Bread and bake it then break open your Loaf and take out your Verdigreece which mix with Water or Oyl and grind it and it will be very excellent A green to be kept in a Bladder useful for Limning and Colouring Take Buck-thorn-berries which must be gathered the latter end of August when they are ripe they must be beaten and made boil seven or eight daies in a hot place they will boil of themselves and become like sweet Wine add some water to make it clearer that done strain it through a Cloth squeesing the feces as much as you can and sprinkle the expression with powdered Allum more or less as you shall see convenient some add Vinegar but it is much longer a drying and is ruddy it must be kept in a Bladder in the shade or Chimney and that done it will keep very well this Buck-thorn-berry grows along the Hedges in Avignon To make a very beautiful liquid Green Take a pound of Verdigreece and half a pound of white Tartar of Montpelier in Powder mix them together and steep them one Night in a quart of good Vinegar which boil till half be consumed then having setled two daies pour it off by inclination into a Glass-bottle or filtrate to use it in colouring and glaze over Buck-thorn-berry use Gum Ammonicak and Saffron to stiffen it being mixed with juice of Berries the aforesaid Green and Azure you may make several Greens To make the green of Berries Take four ounces of Buck-thorn-berries which beat and boil in two or three pints of water leaving it till half be consumed then strain all through a Cloth and put into that Liquour as much Ceruse in fine Powder as you think fit then make it up into Balls and dry them upon Tiles when dry stiffen them with Gum. It will be the better for mixing with it some water of Gum Ammoniack Vermilion in Stone Cinaber or Vermilion is made the more beautiful by mixing with it when it is ground some Water of Gum Ammoniack with a little Saffron and it does not grow black For Red and other Colours Vermilion prepared as above For Orange colour mix a little red Lead For Yellow the best Orpiment well ground in Water then put in little parcels upon Paper as must be done with all other colours to dry them When it is very dry and in small Powder you may use it For a Greediline boil Lyons Sorrel alone in Water the thickest and deepest coloured you can which is used to colour White-lead already ground and dryed grind it again with this Tincture then dry and grind it again with the same and do it over as often as you think fit being thus ground and powdered it must be incorporated with the others to colour To make fine Prints look like Oyl Painting Glew the white edges of your Print upon a frame as when you make Chases for Windows before you glew it moisten it well with water that it may stretch as it dryes upon the Frame then take Oyl of Turpentine or any other that is not yellow and rub over the Print when it is dry lay on your Colours ground in Oyl and lay them upon the back of your Print as if you would paint upon a Cloth except that they must be layed on plain without shadowing because the stroaks of the Graver that shadow the Print work that effect that done on the printed side where there is no colour lay on some fine drying Vernish which is that of Venice or the white Vernish and it will appear like a real Picture upon Cloth Note that the Flesh-colour must be done the nearest that may be as if you painted upon Cloth because the colour lying under must express the true colour of Flesh How to wash old Paintings and give them a good Gloss Take one ounce of Tartar and as much white Glass wort which boil in a pint of water till half be consumed which strain and rub the Picture presently with the Water and a Spunge the water must be luke-warm then immediately wash it with warm fair Water and wipe it over To vernish them Take an ounce of clear Venice Turpentine with an ounce and half of Spirit of Turpentine and three or four ounces of drying Vernish mix all in a Glass Vial and dissolve it in Balneo Mariae when cold strike it over the Picture with a Pensil Another way Take whites of Eggs beat them to a froth with a Fig-tree Twig with the thin rub the Picture To cleanse smooth Painting Rub them with a Spunge dipped in Lye made of Vine Branches burnt or mix equal parts of it and Urine To make Flanders Images Take four ounces of Verdigreece in Powder which put into a glazed Pot with a quart of Water and stirr it well with a stick letting it infuse three Daies and three Nights shaking it now and then then strain it through a Cloth four times double in this water dissolve Fish-glew upon a little Fire taking care it grow not too thick then pour it upon your Moulds with an edging of Wax about them To make them yellow take Saffron with a little Roch-allum If red Brazile infused in Water For to make Gold or Silver Images put into your Glew Shell-Silver or Gold and your Glew being dissolved you must strain the Feces through a Cloth before you lay all upon the Mould How to take off any Design without pricking or pouncing of it which is called Tracing Rub the back of your Design or Print with red black or Chalk if it were to be drawn upon black and strike over all the Lines with a blunt point and the Paper underneath will be very well drawn but if you will not rub the Print you may do the sheet of Paper lay it under the Print and strike over the Lines without spoiling it To write burnished Gold Letters upon Vellum as well as the Ancients Take an ounce of fine Bole-Armoniack two drams of fine Vermilion one dram of black Lead and half a dram of Jet and as much white Lead all being ground together mix with the white of
till it make a white Froth on the top which must be immediately taken off and kept for Use The last passing over it ought to be with Milk of unslack'd Lime that the white may be the glossier Another way It must be done over with Lime and Black well layed by the Rule and Plummet and be rubbed over smooth then whiten it three or four times together with Lime-milk the first white must be very clear the second somewhat thicker and the third more putting to it more or less Water as you think fit This way may be called cold Whitening and is the best most beautiful and quickest of all To rub and colour Plaster-Cielings or Floors You must scrape it very well then take Urine and Soot of a Chimney or of an Oven is better mix and dissolve it well letting it infuse two days then with a brush or rubber rub the Floors and let them dry before you walk over them when dry rub them go over them again with a rubbing brush as you do boarded Floors CHAP. XVIII To Dye white Martins Skins of long Hair of a very good Black that never fades BOyl two pound of fresh Galls over a gentle Fire with two ounces of Beef-marrow in an earthen Pot close stopped often shaking it lest the Galls burn letting it boyl till the Pot makes no noise when you stir it which beat and strain then take half a pound of it and three ounces of green Coperis three ounces of Roman Allum two ounces of Litharge one ounce of Verdigreece one ounce of Sumack one ounce of Sal Armoniac each beaten by it self then mix them together boyl and keep it to Dye Note That before you apply the Dye you must wash the Skin two or three times in very clear and clean Lime-water and when you apply the Dye let it be with a Pensil against the grain of the Hair and the other way if requisite These Skins when dry differ not from Sables All the Powders being together must be put upon the fire without any other Liquor for they will melt and boyl the Verdigreece may be left out but it does no harm To make the Spanish Carnation Take bastard Saffron wash it well dry it and beat it being beaten to one pound of it add a quarter of Tartar burnt and grind all together then put all into a double course linnen bag and just warm a quarter of a pint of Lemmon juyce which pour upon the said Saffron put in that which you would dye and it will take the colour You must first boyl the Stuff you would dye in Allum water then wash and dry it and put into the dye To make excellent red Paper Take half a pound of bastard Saffron which wash in a bag by the River side till it hardly gives any colour put what 's left into a Bason sprinkling it with the powder of Glass-wort one ounce and put it into a little bucket of luke-warm water alwayes stirring it after straining it add a little juyce of Lemmons which gives it the red colour it must be fine Paper and dip'd in the said Bason To Marble Paper Grind your Colours as Lake Mastick Azure yellow Oker red Lead red Oker and others with the Gall of an Ox then fill an earthen Bason full of luke-warm water and with a stick turn it round till it work at the same time let your Colours be ready and taking a little of each with a thick Pensil touch the middle of the Water and you will see all the Colours spread then presently with another Pensil or Feather take another Colour with which touch the Water in the same place as before and so presently set in all the Colours whilst the Water is stirring and goes round when it stops you will see it all spread with sundry Colours then lay your Paper upon the water and without dipping of it take up your Sheet drawing it over the Water to the edge of the Bason then lift dry and burnish it The Paper must be good and the water prepared with Gum-Dragacanth CHAP. XIX To restore Tapistry to its first beauty when the Colours are decayed SHake and cleanse the Tapistry very well then take a hard Hair Brush to take off the Fullers-earth that must be spread all over it after it has been on seven or eight hours that being off put on more again and having left it on the same time take it off after the same manner Then shake the said Tapistry and beat it very well with a Switch to drive out the Dust next cleanse it well with a Brush and it will return to its former beauty To restore the Colour to Turkish Carpets Beat them well with a Stick till all the dust be out and if they have any Ink spots rub them with Lemmon Juice and let them soak well then wash them well in fair Water and strike the backside till all the Water be out when it is very dry take the Crum of white-bread hot and rub the Carpet then choose one or two fair Nights and hang out your Carpets in the dew To restore Gold or Silver Lace to its former Beauty Take the Gall of an Ox and the Gall of a Pike mix them in fair Water and rub your Gold or Silver and you will find it change Colour How to drive away Fleas Punaises and other Insects CHAP. XX. To destroy the Punaises TAke Juice of Worm wood and common Oyl enough of each which boil together till all the Juice be consumed then strain the Oyl and cast it into live Sulphur and with this Oyl rub the Bed and Craneys Otherwise Take the Gall of an Ox and Oyl of Hemp-seed mix them together and rub the joints and wood of the Bed and where you have rubbed never any Punice will come Item Rub the Wood with the Juice of old Cucumbers that are let run to seed Another way Steep Oxes Liver in strong Vinegar and wash your Bed-stead and lay some great Comfrey under your Boulster Probatum Item Take some Cypress Nuts and beat them then infuse in Oyl which must be two fingers above them and leave them in the Sun and the Evening Air for forty eight hours and having strained the Oyl squeezing out the said Nuts very well rub your Bed-stead To destroy the Fleas Upon a pound of white Copperas pour a Bucket of Water and when the Copperas is sunk sprinkle your Chamber with that Water Otherwise Sprinkle the Chamber with Decoction of Rue mixed with Asses Piss Probatum Another way for the same which is also good against the Punices the Wezils in Corn and Worms in Trunks Dry black Hellebore and strow it in your Chamber as you would do Flowers or in your Bed or among Corn or Cloths and none of the aforesaid things will hurt them Probatum For Moths in Cloths The Herb called Botris dryed and layed among Cloths keeps them from Moths and Worms Another way Candles made of Mutton Grease wrapped in Paper and
White-wine boil them together three or four hours then wash his Tail and Main Another way Rub the Tail and Main with Lye made of Vine-ashes To hinder Horses from Neighing after a Mare and carry her any where amongst Horses Take Oyl of Petroleum and rub the Mares privities once a week with a Quill or once a fortnight and the Horses will not care for her To keep a Horse from Neighing Rub the Bitt when you bridle him with common Oyl and glass Oyl mixed together and the Horse will not Neigh in three hours or else put a stone under his Tail For a Horse that has been over-heated Take half a pint of Milk which boyl with four ounces of fresh Butter Laurel-berries Pepper Sene fine Sugar of each an ounce all in Powder well mixed together must be put into Wine which make the Horse drink without covering or walking him and he will void at the Nostrils and recover To fatten a Horse Take good White-wine two pound juice of Sorrel one pound common Oyl one pound mixt together and warm it then make the Horse drink it being bridled before after which cover him warm walk him an hour and put him into the Stable continuing this fifteen days and he will certainly grow fat Of Dogs CHAP. XXIV For Dogs Mange TAke large Millet and sweet Turnep-roots which boyl in Cows-piss till it is all like a Broth with which rub the Dogs For Dogs bitten by mad Beasts Take Rue Comfrey and Mugwort more Rue than Comfrey and of this than Mugwort with a head of Garlick beat all together with a handful of Salt and steep the herbs in White-wine and Water make the sick Dog drink it fasting and take care in two hours after he neither eats drinks nor sleeps You must also make the Sore bleed and lay over it the remainder of the herbs This Receipt is most certain To cure Dogs of the burst Wash them in water in which Hemlock has been boyled then cut the flesh so that he may not feel it and wash the place with juice of Hemlock To destroy a Dogs Fleas Take a quantity of Worm-wood and boil it in water an hour and half take it from the fire when cold take the Herb and rub the Dog against the grain of the Hair and wash him with that Water and the Fleas certainly dye in the place you have touched To cure Sheep Burn and powder some of their Wool and make them drink it To cure the Hogs Meazles Take a little mineral Antimony in Powder which wrap up in a Linnen Cloth and infuse in Lye made of white Briony twenty four hours adding two fingers of Salt of Saturn make them drink the quantity of a Glass full mixed with Bran and within eight or nine daies they will be cured For Fowl that are hurt Pull the place that is hurt gently or else cut off the Feathers and take a Plaister of Villemagne made upon sofâ— Leather lay it upon the sore and it will heal To make Fowl feed well Take Rhubarb Agaricum Aloes Saffron Cinnamon Aniseed Sugar-candy of each a Dram beat it to Powder At Night give them as much as will lye upon a Shilling this draws a great deal of moisture from their Brain and their Maw in the Morning will be found full of Water if you squeeze it You must give this when the Bird is full or when you would have it do strange things To purge them To purge and give Fowl a Stomack we use Pills of old Preserve of Province Roses liquid about the bigness of a Pea. The last and XXV Chapter In which are contained many Secrets which have been tried by the Author since the foregoing And also some excellent Remedies not spoken of before To make a thick course Dye thin and delicate TAke Aloes Borax Salt Bones Mastick of each three Drams pound all and incorporate it with French Soap and Oxes Gall. To beautifie the Face and other parts of the Body Take Oyl of Myrrh or Water of Linden Flowers rub with it twice a Week when you go to Bed To make the Hair bright or shining When you comb your self dip the Comb in Oyl of Lillies Roses or Violets To make the Hair grow long Take Ashes of Venus Hair Polythricon and Cane Root with Hemp seed of which make Lye melt some Myrrh into it adding one part of White-wine with which wash your Head every fortnight To make Hair Curl First shave it off and then rub the Skin with Daffodil Roots Another way Take Roots of Marsh-mallows Hemp and Psillium-Seed boil them long together and with the Decoction wash your Hair Another Take Daffodil Water mixed with thick Juice of the Roots of white Mallows as much of one as of the other For swetty stinking Feet Take Roch-allum dissolved in hot Water and wash your Feet often therein A Bath to beautifie the Body Take sweet Almonds blanched four pound pure Apple Kernels one pound Hemp-seed four handfuls Marsh-mallow-roots and Lilly-Seeds of each an ounce Roots of Elicampane a pound and half all cut and beaten very small make three or four Bags of it and in each put a handful of Bran. Having well prepared the Water for the Bath it being taken near the Wheel of some Mill take some to boil the Bags in then sit down in the Bath-Tub upon one of the Bags and with the others rub your Body You may put into the Bath a pound of Roses or sweet Waters or Oyl of Spikenard about two ounces or Musk Amber Civet Benjamin Storax or Orange Flowers You must stay in the Bath three hours A secret for making artificial Wine Take a Loaf as it comes out of the Oven steep it in strong Vinegar then lay it by and keep it to make Wine immediately you need only steep a piece of this Bread in a Glass of Water and it will give it the colour and taste of Wine A good secret for Ladies to beautify their Faces Take Parsly-Seed and Nettle-Seed the Kernels of Peaches boil them together and with that Water wash your Face A true secret to catch all sorts of Birds with your Hands without any other Instrument Take some Oxes Gall and white Hellebore then Hony and Corn boil them in the said Gall strew them where there are any Birds you would catch and when they have eaten it they will fall down dead within half an hour then you may take them with your Hands To get a good Memory either in Man or Woman Take the blood of a Swallow and Rosemary-flowers Borrage Bugloss of each two drams then take Cinnamon beaten small Nutmeg Clove long Pepper of each half a dram fine Musk two grains Preserve of Violets and Roses of each an ounce powder it all very small and sift it very fine mix the said Powder with an ounce of Syrup of Roses and make an Electuary of which take every Morning the bigness of a small Nut for a Month together This will certainly make you have a good
two pieces of Wax in form of a Git place one at the Head the other at the Tail of the Lizard or other Animal then cast the Plaister being dry take away the Wax and bake it till red hot that the Lizard may be consum'd then blow out the Ashes by the holes and cast your Metal as before directed To cast Flowers Vine Leaves Laurel Branches c. Make a Circle of Earth like a Box of the Bigness of the Flower Branch or Leaves you intend if a Violet Rose-Bud or any else that are thick enough for if too thin the Metal cannot run when you have made your choice run a Thread with a Needle in at the end of the Stalk through the middle of the Flower then fasten one end of the Thread at the bottom of the Circle the other to some Stick that shall be supported over it in a perpendicular Line that your Flower touch not the sides of the Circle but before you fasten the Flower fix a little piece of Wax at the end of the Stalk for a Git hole which must touch the bottom where the Thread was fastned this done cast the Composition of Plaister Brick and Alum Plume as above with Sal Armoniac Water being perfectly dry bake it till the Flower be wholly consumed within being almost cold run the Tin or Silver if Tin add a third part of Lead if Silver a little Copper and you 'l find the Flowers or Leaves very neat which take out by breaking your Mould by little and little in this way of casting your Mould will serve but once if you cast Silver your Mould ought to be red hot thus may you do all sorts of Reptiles or creeping things Otherwise to cast a Vine Leaf Place it on a flat Bed of Earth very even make an Edging of Potters Earth round about it then cast the mixture of Plaister c. as above being dry oyl the edges of the Plaister make a Circle cast again and leave it to dry of it self bake it in a Furnace and leave it to dry under the Ashes and cast your Silver or Tin this Mould serves but once but you may cast Leaves of several sizes at the same time thus may you cast Branches or Stalks accordingly as you shall think fit and with Silver Sauder and Borax sander the Leaves twisting a Lizards Tail about a Branch with a fine Wier also you may fasten Grass-Hoppers Horn-Beetles or other little Creatures these things have been often done amongst others a Flower-Pot with a Vine Branch of several siz'd Leaves great and small with several little Creatures about it To cast Adders or Serpents Proceed as in the Chapter of Lizards till you have made the hollow Mould then roul a piece of Clay or Paste very thin put it in the Mould put in the brass pins to support the inner Mould if you cast Silver the Pins must be Silver then joyn the Mould and run the Plaister not forgetting to make a Breathing-hole else 't will not be full being dry take out the Paste make a Git or Casting-hole run the Plaister then dry it bind it burn it and cast in the Metal you 'l have a Figure not wanting the least Scale CHAP. VIII To make a Spaud or Sand wherewith to make Moulds to cast wet HAving taken out the Kernel or inner Mould reduce it into fine Pouder sprinkle it with Sal Armoniac Water put in an earthen Pot and set it in a Potters Furnace being well burnt reduce to fine Pouder again and sprinkle it with the same Water spare not to sprinkle it till it Mould off the Grane of the Hand then fill your Iron Flasques mould off and cast Alablaster often burnt and sprinkling as before four ounces of Sal Armoniac to four pound of the Pouder is a good Spaud Speculum or Talk calcin'd and Plaister sprinkled as before does the same also Allum calcin'd and sprinkled and Sal Armoniac is admirable very hard and receives all Metals also Plume Alum well burnt and ground into fine Pouder receives all sorts of Metal also the Saffron of Mars or Iron is very good Spaud A Sand or Spaud which endures many meltings without breaking the work coming out very fine and neat Take German or Dutch Spar which looks like Sal Armoniac not English Spar burn it very well then dissolve about a pound of Sal Armoniac in two quarts of water and sprinkle the Spar till it be cold then burn it again keeping it sometime red hot take it out and sprinkle it till it be cold repeat this five or six times the more the better and the better 't will receive the Metal grind it into very fine Pouder being dry rub it into Pouder on a Fish Skin keep it in a Flasque of Iron or Copper not Wood sprinkle a little water as is usually done warm well your formes before you cast the Metal and the impression will be very clear By heating it red hot and sprinkling 't will serve again for other works 't is an admirable Spaud and so hard that no Plaister is equal to it provided it be true German Spar. The longer the Git-hole or Casting-place the neater the Work nor must you forget in printing off your Pattern to face it with a little Pouder of burnt Pumice Stone that one side stick not to t'other A wet Spaud to cast Medals and all sorts of Animals to the Life Calcine Speculum or Spaud in a Crucible or Melting-Pot put it in an earthen Vessel and pour water upon it and stir it well together then add as much more water being setled make it into little Balls and calcine it again which beat into Pouder sprinkle it with â—inegar and make it into Paste and calcine it again being cold beat it into fine Pouder searce it allowing one ounce of Sal Armoniac dissolved in water to twelve of Speculum keep it in a Cellar and as occasion requires use it without more moistning it Also with Crocus Martis or Saffron of Iron may be made another Spaud in which you may cast the finest Hair exactly CHAP. IX To print Vine Leaves or others in Tin or Brass upon Copper Moulds TAke thin Leaf Brass such as they make Tags with the thinner the better make it red to neal it then cover the Copper Mould with it lay a Plate of Lead on it upon that a thin Plate of Iron upon which beat with a Hammer till the Brass Leaf has taken the Form of the Mould if any part be not clearly taken off lay all on again and hammer where it wants if it be hard to print neal it again lay it on and hammer as before being well printed boil Tartar and Salt together and clean it with a Scratch Brush and bend them after what manner you please then soder them with Soder made of Silver and Tin the Stalks being made of Brass Wier suitable to the size of the Leaf To colour and defend them from the Weather grind Verdigrease
wonderfully beautiful after this manner you may make large Pieces and add to their Beauty by tempering Shell Gold or Silver with fasting Spittle and laying it on that side of the Glass which you intend to lay upon the Medal or Figure but because the taking away of the Earth does insure the Pollish when 't is clean hold it at some distance from the Fire which will recover it taking care you hold it not too near An Emrald Colour Is made with Verdigreece finely poudered and mixed as above Coral with Vermilion Jet with Ivory or Lamp-black CHAP. XIII To mould Embolished Figures in Plaister or coloured Paste tempered with Gum Tragaganth Water the Drapery being Laced or Seamed with Mother of Pearl TAke little Shells that are shining on the inside those that are brought from the East-Indies are the best break them in pieces and with a little Paste or Gum dissolved to the thickness of Honey or Varnish and with a Pencil stick the shining side of the Shell upon the Plaister Mould till you have disposed of all the Pieces according to your Fancy if some of the hollow places are too narrow to receive the pieces of Shell some small Seed Pearl will do well remember that small Pieces render the Work more beautiful and free from unevenness of larger Pieces having thus set the Pieces as close as may be make a Paste of Yellow and Chalk or what colour you think fit make it into flat pieces about half a finger thick with your Tiâ—…ino press it into every part of the Mould that done place some little sticks where occasion requires to support it then fill the Mould with Gum Tragaganth Water that it may glew all the parts together then joyn the Mould and tye it with a Cord when 't is near dry take it out and you 'l find your Figure curiously adorned with Mother of Pearl thus may you have them of any colour having well oyled the Mould you may guild them if you think fit the same may be done with pieces of thin Blew Purple Green or other coloured Glass having laid on Silver or Gold with fasting Spittle thus you may imitate all sorts of Mosaick Work CHAP. XIV To make Medals or embolish'd Figures of Plaister of a Japan Colour TAke a Syringe at the end of which make fast a thin Plate of Iron in which make little Holes of several sizes then have Paste of all colours not too thick nor too thin of which fill your Syringe and by thrusting the Sucker force it through the Holes thus will your several Pastes be formed in Threads which lay apart and with your Thumb press them into the Mould till covered then fill it up with yellow Ocre having before given a laying of Fish Glew The same another way Make a Paste of all sorts of Colours tempered with Gum Tragaganth of each of Pastes make a thin Cake with a Roleing-pin like the Lid of a Tart lay one upon another being joyn'd place the Colours in order then extend them again with the Rouling-pin then roul them up round as you would a quire of Paper then beginning at one end cut in thin round slices with which fill your Mould pressing it with your Thumb and shutting it cast in the Paste dry it and pollish with a Tooth CHAP. XV. To make Medals of Fish-Glew TAke your Medal of Lead Tin or other Metal oyl it then wipe it gently off not quite clean with a linnen Cloth then having steep'd the Fish-Glew in water about three days boyl it to a degree thinner than Glew for Wood make a Circle of Clay about the Medal pour on the Glew to the edge of the Circle laying a Paper over it to keep off the Dust and leave it to dry when 't is so lift up the Medal by degrees and you will find it hollow on one side and emboss'd on the other more clear than the Horn of a Lanthorn strain it before you use it To colour them Boyl Brazil in rain-Rain-Water till it become strongly tinctured divide it into three parts to one add a spoonful of Lye to the other part a little Lime-Water with these you may make your Glew of three different colours also for Yellow take Saffron for Green take Verdigreece beaten very fine and ground with Water stirring it well with a Stick for Violet Turnsole in Lime-Water of these you may fix several sorts on Cabinets and pieces of curious Work CHAP. XVI To mould off the Medals of Fish-Glow in Plaister and to make Medals of Tin or Lead HAving made your Medal of Fish-Glew about the thickness of a Sixpence or Shilling lay it on a little Bed of Potters Earth and with the Thumb press it about the edges that done make a Circle of the same Earth then cast the Plaister mixt with Plume Alum and tempered with Sal Armoniac ut dictum est supra being moulded turn the Plaister oyling the edges and making a new Circle about it and casting the same Plaister upon it you will have the Mould of a Medal of which one side will be hollow the other embossed being dry bake it throughly ut supra and cast your Lead or Tin to strengthen the Mould lay on both sides of it some Potters Earth joyn it together bind it with an iron Wier and bake it to make it fit to receive the Metal CHAP. XVII To make hollow Moulds of Sulphur in which to cast Medals of Plaister very neatly MAke the Medal very hot before the Fire oyl it with Linseed oyl make a Circle of Potters Earth round about it then have your Sulphur ready melted not too hot but only that it begins to warm as it were atop pour it on as gently as you can least it blister and become knotty and 't is done To mould off Medals of Plaister in the hollow Moulds of Sulphur Take a short Brush and rub the Sulphur Mould with Sallad Oyl dry it up lightly that it be not too Oyly then mix your Plaister about as thick as Pap and with a Brush sprinkle it nimbly on the Mould and with your hand throw on more of the same Plaister pressing it with the Thumb into the hollow places of the Mould then with a Knife lay more on to what thickness you think fit the Plaister should if not fine enough be brayed in a Mortar with a wooden Pestle To print Paper upon the Sulphur Moulds Oyl your Mould then take Paper or Pasteboard well beaten and soak'd in water till it become a soft Pap lay some of this on your Mould upon that a Towel press it with your Thumb to get out the Water if you find the Paper to lye thick enough press it with a Sponge till there remain no Water and that the Paper be entred into all the hollow places being dry rub over with a Dogs Tooth to fix it in the finest Engraveings you may strengthen your Mould with Plaister on the back of it To make a Varnish to lay on the Figures or
Medals of Plaister Take Soap of Alicant which is white scrape it in thin pieces put it in a glaz'd Pot with some Water and with your Finger temper it by little and little till it be all turned into Water about the consistence of thick Milk let it settle about a week or more covering it from the Dust then with a soft short Brush wash the Plaister setting it at some distance from the Fire to dry by degrees being dry rub it gently with a Cloth setting it in a good Light the better to discern where to pollish thus will your Plaister become bright as Alablaster To make a Size to lay Leaf-Gold or Silver or Copper or Tin upâ—n Figures of Plaister that will not sink into them Take Oyl of Nuts boyl it with Lytharge till it become thick then grind with Water White Lead and Yellow Ocre each a like quantity very fine when dry grind it with the same Oyl then lay it on with a Pencil pretty long with a stiff point keeping it always covered in Oyl to preserve the point small and plyant and in laying on the Size move your Pencil to and fro to even the Size when dry enough to guild lay on your Leaf-Gold or Silver with a pair of wooden Pincers or a piece of white Paper cutting it on a Cushion according to the manner of Gilders CHAP. XVIII A most exquisite way of casting all sorts of Figures TAke a pound of new Wax a third of Colophony melt them at a slow Fire let them cool so long as that you may endure some of it on your Hand without burning it then having oyled your Figure with Sallad Oyl with a Brush cover it all over if it be a living Face cover the Hair of the Eye-lids and Eye-brows with Paste as also the Beard then with a Brush nimbly cover the Face about the thickness of a Half-crown being careful not to stop the Nostrils and that the Person squeeze not his Eyes together which will render the Face deformed thus having your Face of Wax take it gently off then strengthen it with Clay on the backside that in pouring in the Plaister it may not give way Thus may you cast all sorts of Faces Laughing Weeping Grimaces or Wry Faces also Feet Hands Fruit Fish or any thing else dividing the Mould into two pieces with a warm Knife then joyn them and fortifie them with Potters Earth than this no way of casting is neater I have often taken thus living Faces and with a small Gouge opening the Eyes afterwards all which you may colour to the Lise this way of casting is very fit for Painters Engravers and Carvers to cast patterns CHAP. XIX To Figure or inlay with Figures any thing that is made of Wood. THis is done with Mother of Pearl by breaking the Shells and cutting them according to the Figures you design inlaying them after you have with Gouges cut your Wood thus may you imitate all sorts of Fruits for you will find some Purple others Blew Green Yellow so that if you would imitate a black Grape the Leaf of a Tree or other Fruit you have a suitable Colour make a small hole through every piece pinning it with a small piece of Silver Wier to make it stick fast then take Linseed Oyl and Orcanet rub it well and wipe off the Oyl clean when dry varnish it with the drying Varnish hereafter mentioned also not oyling it you may make very fine compartiment Work in fine Threads that will look like Silver thus make a Set of small Gonges of all sorts very sharp with these having cut your design take Tin melt it adding to it as much Quick-Silver stir it with a Stick being cold put it in the palm of your hand if it be too soft add a little more Tin grind this Composition with water upon a Marble put it into a Shell and keep this Composition to fill up the Engravings or Cuttings which you have made with your Gonges when you have left it two or three hours to dry pollish it with your hand and it will look like Silver By adding more Quick-Silver you make a thinner Composition which with your Thumb you may rub into the Work you have cut till it be as bright as Silver instead of Tin you may mix Leaf-Silver with the Quick-Silver which will add to the beauty of your Work This is commonly practised upon black and coloured Wood pollishing them with a Tooth If you would have the Composition more beautiful grind Tin-Glass and wash it till it leaves the Water clear then mix it in a Shell with some Gum and with a Pencil fill up the Engravings after three or four hours drying quicken it with the Conposition of Mercury and Leaf-silver CHAP. XX. To make Wood of divers Colours For the Red. TAke Fernebourge half a pound or what other you think fit Rain-Water a handful of Quick-Lime two handfuls of Ashes when these have steep'd half an hour in the water and setled at the bottom take a new earthen Pot put in the Fernebourge with the Lee made of Lime and Ashes having steep'd half an hour boyl it and let it cool a little then pour it into another new Pot adding half an ounce of Gum Arabick take another Pot or Pan put in some Rain-water and a piece of Allum make it boyl soak your Wood in this Allum Water take it out and dry it then warm your Red Colour and with a Brush rub it as long as you think fit dry it and with a Cows or Dogs Tooth pollish it and it will be shining and red as Scarlet Another excellent Red. Boyl Brazil in Rain Water till it be fully coloured strain it through a Cloth take heed no Iron either touch it nor come near it then give one laying of Saffron steep'd in water upon your Wood being thus of a pale Yellow and dry give it several layings of the Brazil Water till you like the Colour when dry burnish it with a Tooth and varnish it with drying Varnish with the Palm of the Hand and you will have a beautiful Red inclinable to Orange if you put a spoonful of Lee amongst the Brazil it will make the Red deeper or boyl it with a little Allum but the yellowing it improves the Colour and by how much the Wood is whiter by so much the more beautiful will the Colour be Another Red. Temper Brazil in Oyl of Tartar with which rub over the Wood and it will become of an excellent Red. To make a Violet Colour for Wood. Take Dutch Turnsole temper it in water and strain it through a Cloth before you use it on your Work try it on a little piece of white Wood to see if it be not too deep for 't is better to lay it on clear than deep having laid on the Colour put some of the same Colour to a quantity of water to make it very thin and with this wash it till it become bright dry burnish and varnish it