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B07761	A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..	Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; Batholomaeus, Anglicus, 13th cent.; Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.; Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.; Mizauld, Antoine, 1510-1578.; Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.	1586 (1586)	STC 13481; ESTC S92994	21,157	68

of ech a like these temper together very wel ouer a soft fire vntil they be throughly incorporated and after anoint the burnished weapon with this ointment and it shal so continue in the same brightnesse In secula seculorum And there cannot be a greater secrete inuented for the kéeping bright of weapons then this is if these woords be well vnderstanded ¶ How to make steele softe as paste a proper secret DOo thus Take the gall of an Oxe Mans Vrine Verges and the iuice of the Nettle of eache of these take a little quantity and mixe them very diligently together then after quench the Stéele red hote in this licour foure or fiue times together and it wil after become so soft as paste and this is a right proper and necessarye secrete to be vnderstanded of all such woorkmen as doo any matters in Stéele as grauing and such lyke if these woords be well marked How to make Hennes lay Egges all the Winter through TO doo this take the toppes of the Nettles when they begin to come vnto Séede and drye them which so dryed giue a little of the same with Bran and Hempséede mingled together to your Hens and they shall euery day after laye you an Egge a péece How to make thy Chamber appeare full of Snakes and Adders TO doo this kyll a Snake putting the same into a Panne with Waxe and let it so long boyle vntyll the same be throughe drye and of that Waxe make a Candle lighting the same in the Chamber and then after shall appeare as though there were a thousand créeping in thy Chamber How to make letters appeare of the colour of Golde Copper or Siluer AND to doo this take verry cléere Christall and woorke the same into meruailous fine pouder on a marble stone after mix the same pouder with the white of an Egge vntill this be so prepared to write with all And after with this confectiō write what letters you will letting the same drye and after rubbe a golde King or any péece of Golde on the same letters and al the letters shal appeare like gold And in the like sort may you make the Letters either appeare lyke siluer or copper How to make any peece of Iron to appeare like Golde AND to doo this take fowre pintes of Raine water into which put ten drammes of Roch Allum and ten drams of ointment of Romain Vitrioll and Salt Gemme of eache one an ounce and a scruple of Coperas all these boyle together after put there into a quart of Vineger and of Tartarre and common Salt finely beaten to pouder of eache thrée ounces all these incorporate againe ouer a softe fyre verry well and after occupy the same which maketh a colour like vnto golde How to haue fresh Roses at all times of the yeere sundry waies taught AND First if you wil haue freshe Roses at any time so well as in the Moneth of May then gather the buddes halfe open in a manner in the Euening when as the Sunne is set and touch them not with thy hande in the gathering but with a sharpe knife properly gather them after laye the Roses vpon a boord letting them to lye abroad in a faire night all the night through and then after haue in a readinesse a new earthen pot well glased within and without into which put the former Roses before the Sunne be vp in the morning and stop close the mouth of that pot with clay mixed with Horse dung flocks all tempered well together before whereby no ayre of the Roses maye passe or breathe foorth After set the same Pot into the ground couering it in drye Sand and let no moyste place be neer or about the same And now on this wise may you haue fresh Roses at any time of the yeere Also take of the Rose buds in the spring time when they begin first to open put those into a greene Cane yet growing cleauing the same by little and little vntil you may handsomely put in those buddes and after tye that place with a thréed stopping the same about that no ayre breath out and after couer that péece of the Cane or Réede so bounde and stopped about vnder the Earthe bowing downe the same stalke by little and little that the same breake not and couer the same well with the earth letting it there remaine so long as you list and when you be minded to haue them foorth then cleaue the Cane by little and little that you spoyle not the buddes and after set them in the Sunne or in luke warme water and they shal be open and fayre in a shorte space as in the middst of Paie Also if you wil make drie Roses to become freshe then take a newe glased pot and wet the same within with Rose water and after shat that pot with the Roses very close letting it so to stande for fiue daies and they shall be fresh How to make Beans and other seeds growe vp in foure houres AND first to make Beanes growe vp in an howres space take the Beanes and put them in hote oile let them there remaine for eleuen dayes and after drye them And when you will make the proofe of them then set the beanes and goe to dinner and by that time you rise againe from the Table and goe to looke on them you shall finde them growe vp well a spanne high And the like may you doo with the Gourds And now to make the Gourdes growe vp in the space of fowre houres both with leaues and Flowers take the féede of the Gourde and let them lye in the blood of a sanguine young man and let them there remaine for fiftéene dayes in a moist place and in a potte well stopped and after take them foorth and let them be dried well in the Sunne and when you wil sowe or plant them then take a dishe ful or two of good earthe and drye the same well after wet the same with a little freshe water and after haue warme water pouring the same vpon this earth vntil it become sufficient soft and then plant your séedes in it and within three or foure hours after you shall haue Gourdes growen vp with leanes and with flowers And the like maye you doo with the Melons Citriones and other gréene séedes To make a Candle of Ise to burne like vnto an other Candle TO doo this make a Candle of Brimstone which with the Powder of a Coale smeared about and after in the Winter time drowne the same in water but couer the heade of it with a paper and after hang the same at the mouth of some gutter which droppeth fast wherby it may so be couered with half a finger thicknesse of Ise in the Morning and after being lighted it will then burne vnto the wondering of such as shall sée the same Also take pure Ware and fine Brimstone purified of eache a like mealt these together making thereof a Candle and after take the pouder of a

Niter sixe ounces of fine Frankensence thrée ounces of brimstone six ounces of Oyle and sixe ounces of the Milke of Cataputia all these beate fine and mixe together after take thrée ounces of Waxe and make then a Candle of altogether in the end of which Candlesticke sticke déepe a Néedle and after set the same in a narrowe mouth glasse ful of water and you shall sée after what the same will doo ¶ How to make Quick-siluer in a maner so hard as Siluer AND to doo this take the strongest Vineger and whites of Egges wel beaten together and thrée ounces of quicksiluer vnto one of the other these first still together in a Limbeck well luted and in that distilled water put the quicksiluer and it will be after so harde that you may woork it with the hammer Also take quicksiluer and wash it in the distilled water of mans blood and euery time you wash the same let it drie and in the end it wil come to be so hard as siluer How to see many and diuers strange signes in an Vrinall AND to sée these take a new and cleane washed Vrinall into which powre either cleane water or other running water after take the white of an new laid Egge and a little Saffron binding it in n clean linnen cloath after that powre a litle of the water into a dish and put the cloath with the Saffron into it so long vntill it haue coloured it somwhat and being on this wise then beat the white of the egge with this water seuen or eight times with thy finger and thē powre the same into the Vrinall and you shall after sée in it Towers Castels Hills and many other strange sightes How to catch Fowles without a Nette TO doo this take Arsenick putting the same in water and in that water boyle wheat or any other grain and cast the same foorth vnto Fowls and so many as eate therof will not be able afterward to flye away And take the iuice of Celidone and infuse Wheate in the same letting it there remaine for thrée daies after giue the same vnto Fowles to eate such as eat therof you may after take with the hand Also take Wheate putting it in wine Lées and let the same remain there eight dayes after that put it into the iuice of Celandine and horehounds to stéepe which so doone then giue of the same vnto the Fowles to eate and such as eate therof cannot flye away How to make a loafe of bread new set vpon the Table to leap off TO doo this take a quill fylling the same with Quick Siluer and stopping it cloase thruste the same after into a hote Loafe newe drawne out of the Ouen and the loafe will by and by daunce on the Table How to make an Egge flie about a merrye conclusion AND to doo this take a Goose Egge and after the opening and cleansing of it take a Batte that flieth in the Euening which put into the shell then glewe it fast about on the toppe and the Batte will flye away with it which perhaps will be thought of some to flie about in the ayre of it selfe How to make Artificiall fier diuers wayes and that maruailous AND firste to make a flame of fyre to passe sodenly out of the mouth of a pot full of water take an Egge making an hole in the head and drawe out al the substaunce of the same which so doone then fil the same with the powder of brimstone and vnsleikt Lime mixed together shutting the mouth with Waxe and then let if fall to the bottome of a quart potte full of Water taking quicklye your hand away and sodainly will issue foorth a flame out of the mouth of the Potte And also if thou wilt spit fier out of thy mouth without paine and to doo thée no harme take the powder of the willowe sticke finelye beaten and searsed with the which ioyne a little new Silke making it rounde vp lyke vnto a ball into which put this powder wrapping the Silke well about it and after put it within with the powder a little fine Flaxe and then properly stitche it vp rounde about which so doone then cut it open a little on the one side putting a quicke coale or a light Candle vnto it to set it on fire a little then put it againe into thy mouth holding the same sofly with thy téeth and turning also the parte cut inward in thy mouth and when thou wilt spit fier out then halde the ball strongly in thy mouth and blowe and the lookers on shall sée then a great flame issue foorthe of thy mouth and doo there no harme at all Also to make a fyre flie vp in the ayre Take Towe and wet the same in Aqua-vitae and after put fire to it and blowe the same away which after will flie vp in the ayre and burne How to knowe a naturall pretious stone from a counterfeit AND to doo this rubbe the same on Leade and if it chaunge the colour then it is counterfeite if it change not then it is a natural Stone Also if the Stone haue lyke vnto a Bladder within then it is counterfeite How to make a man to appeare on a flame burning without any harme TO doo this take Brimstone Orpiment and commun Oyle of these make an ointment with the which anoint thy garment all about thy head and handes and after light the same it wil burne all at once without harme Also take iuice of Adders tongue the iuice of March Mallowes or other Mallows the white of an Egge these mixe together annointing therewith all about thy body and then cast the fine pouder of Brimston on the same setting it ouer a fire it wil strangely burne and neither harme hands nor garment annointed therewith How to make the Chamber as light by night as by day AND to doo this take that parte which shineth of the night woorms and bruse them well which after set in hote Horse dung in a glasse stopped and let it there so stand for fiftéene dayes and after distill the same in a Limbecke of Glasse with a soft fire the which water so drawne stoppe close in a narrow necked pot of Christall Glasse and hang the same in the entrie of the house and it will so giue a very bright light How to make two Dogges fight together a proper secret AND to doo this take the Seclifset of the Woolfe and cast the same betwéen two Dogges and they shall so long fight together as they lye there betwéen them and when you wil haue them to cease fighting then take them away How to make a Bitch that she shall not desire to be couered with any Dog TO doo this take Bées and prepare them orderly which after giue vnto the Bitch with bread or with meat and she will not after suffer any Dogge to touch her To make a blowne bladder to daunce and skip from place to place TO doo this put Quick-siluer in a

❧ A Briefe and pleasaunt Treatise Intituled Naturall and Artificiall Conclusions Written firste by sundry Schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua In Italie at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane And now Englished by THOMAS HYLL Londoner as well for the commoditye of sundrye Artificers as for the matters of plesure to recreat witts at vacant times Imprinted at London by Edward Allde 1586. ❧ Naturall and Artificial Conclusions * The properties of the Adamant stone FIrst if any bolde the Adamant Stone in his hande vnder a goblette or siluer boule or vnder a table that the same be moued too and fro in the hand thē in the like manner will the Iron or Néedle lying in the goblet or on the table moue too and fro and round about Also the Adamant sometimes with the one corner will drawe Iron vnto it with the other corner put the Iron from it Also if any annointeth this Stone with Garlicke it doth then hinder the Stone from drawing any Iron or Needle vnto it although the Néedle should be laide on the Stone And some write that this Stone will drawe Glasse vnto it in like manner as it dooth the Iron The secret properties of the Egge ANd First the round Egge set vnder the Henne bringeth foorth a Henne Chicken and the longe Egge set vnder the Henne bringeth foorth a Cocke chicken Also the Egge with the shel laide to stéep in Vineger for thrée dayes space dooth after so often it that any may woork the same at length like vnto Waxe And the same Egge afterward laide in water dooth come againe vnto the former state Also if an Egge be painted with sundrye colours and the same set vnder a Hen to bring foorth she shall hatch a Chicken hauing the like feathers vnto the colours painted on the Egge Also the Egge laide for thrée daies to stéepe in strong Vinegar and after for one whole Moneth laide to drie againe in the Sonne will after come vnto the hardnesse of a stone A proper conclusion of an Hasell sticke FIrste take an Hasell sticke of a yarde long béeing new cut off and the same cleaue iuste in the middle giuing the one end so cleaued vnto thy companion to holde in both his hands and the other end holde your selfe in both your handes after such sorte that both the inner partes of the sticke maye look one right against the other in the laying downe on the ground and must also be layde a sunder vnto the breadth of two fingers in such sorte that they may touch togetherby an ouerthwart maner at some one place within a while after you shall sée them drawe and ioyne together againe of themselues And this vnderstand that the sticke must be newe cleaued soone after the cutting vp of it for otherwise this stick woorketh not the proper effect ¶ A proper practise to make a Capon to bring vp yong Chickens FIrst to doo this take a Capon and pull the bellye bare of Feathers and after rubbe the naked place with Nettles setting young Chickens vnder him and he will then miraculouslye cherrishe them and bring them kindelye vp And the rather if you accustome to vse the Capon the lyke for a time For by that meanes he is mooued the willinger to cherishe bring vp and feede yea and to loue them so well as the Hen naturally would doo And the reason of this is in that thorowe the pricking of the Nettles he is therby the rather desirous to touch the soft downe and fethers of the yong Chickens sitting vnder him To make any foule of what condition the same be to haue fethers all white TO doo this take the Egges and roule them in the iuice of the hearb called Mouse-eare or in the hearbe called houseléek or other wise in oyle after the minde of Cardanus and after put the Egges againe in the neast and after the hatching their feathers shall growe white To make a Candell burne in the Water ANd to doo this take Ware Brimstone and Vineger of each a like boyle these altogether ouer the fire vntil the vineger appeare al consumed and then after of that Waxe remaining make a Candle and you shall sée the proper effect as aboue is written To make a Woman that she shall not eate of the meates set vpon the Table TO doo this take a little of the gréen Basill and when one bringeth any Dishes of Meate vnto the table then put the same hearb secretly vnder one of the platters or dishes that she espie it not and as long as the hearbe so lyeth on the table the woman shal eate nothing of that meate in the platter or dishe which couereth the hearbe A proper secret of the Philosophers to make a Stone to burne without fier AND to doo this take Calamite Brimstone vnslecked Lyme pitch Ceruse of eache of these thrée Drammes of Camphora one Dramme Asphaltum thrée Drammes all these make in pouder and put the same in a stronge potte well stopped and after make a fire vnder the potte encreasing the same by little little vntill the powder in the potte become so hard as a stone and when you will haue it burne then rubbe the same well with a cloath it will burne sodainly and when you will put the same out then spit vpon it and after set the same in a moyst place and it will goe out To make one to see fearfull sights in his sleep ANd to doo this take the blood of a Lapwing and ther-with annoynt the pulses of thy foreheade before thy going to rest thē after in thy sléepe thou shalt sée both meruailous and fearefull sightes as Vitalis Medicus writeth Also he writeth that if a man eateth in the Euening before his going to Bed of the hearb named Nightshade or Mandrake or Henbane shall after sée in his sléep plesant sights How to turne water into wine a proper secret IF thou wilt conuert or turne water into Wine then fill a brasse Pot with the best Wine setting vpon the head of the Pot a Limbecke and distill the Wine out the Lées remaining after the distillation orie them and bring them into fine pouder which equally mixed with the water dooth so cause the water to haue both the colour and taste of the same wine And the like vnto this may be wrought doone in a Rose Limbeck Also a loafe of Barlie bread hote drawne out of the Ouen broken into great péeces hote and laide so to soke in good wine which péeces when they shal be wel soken in the wine let them dry in the Sunne and after soke of that bread in faire water and it will after receiue both the colour and taste of that wine To make a light or Candle to indure burning without going out by any winde so long as the substance endureth TO doo this make a wéeke after thy discretion which infuse in the Oyle of Hempséede and after into molten tallow as you would properly make