rectified Spirit of Wine three pints Let them be digested in a Glass two parts of three being empty stopt close with a bladder and Cork two dayes in warm ashes then distill the spirit in Balneo and keep it in a glass close stopt If you would make it stronger take a pint of this spirit and an ounce of the powder of Castoreum put them into a glasse and digest them into a cold place for the space of ten dayes and then strain out the Spirit This spirit is very good against fits of the Mother passions of the heart which arise from vapours c. Bezoard water is made thus Take of the leaves of the greater Sallandine together with the roots thereof three handfuls and a half Rue two handfuls Scordium four handfull Dittany of Crete Carduus of each a handfull and half Root of Zedoary Angelica of each three drams The outward rind of Citrons Lemmons of each six drams The flower of Wall-gilly-flower an ounce and half Red Roses the lesser Centory of each two drams Cinnamon Cloves of each three drams Andromachus his Treacle three ounces Mithridate an ounce and half Camphire two scruples Trochisces of Vipers two ounces Mace two drams Lignum aloes half an ounce Yellow Sanders a dram and half The seeds of Carduus an ounce Citron six drams Cut those things that are to be cut and let them be macerated three days in the best Spirit of Wine and Muscadine of each three pints and half vinegar of Wall gilly-flowers and the juice of Lemmons of each a pint let them be distilled in a glazed vessell in Balneo After half the Liquor is distilled off let that which remains in the vessell be strained through a linnen cloth and vapoured away to the thickness of honey which may be called A Bezoard Extract This water is a great Cordial and good against any infection To make a specificall Sudorifick Take of Ginger a pound long Pepper and black Pepper of each half an ounce of Cardamums three drams of Grains an ounce powder them and put them into a glass with half an ounce of the best Camphire distilled vinegar two pound digest them a month then separate the vinegar by expression which must putrefie a month and then be circulated for the space of a week then filter it and thou hast as powerfull a Sudorifick as ever was or can be made The dose is from a dram to half an ounce and to be drank in a draught of posset-drink treacle-Treacle-water is made thus Take of the juice of the green shales of Walnuts four pound the juice of Rue three pints Carduus Marygold Balm of each two pints the root of Butter-burre fresh a pound and half Burre Angelica Master-wort fresh of each half a pound the leaves of Scordium four handfull old Andromachus treacle Mithridate of each eight ounces the best Canary twelve pints the sharpest Vinegar six pints the juice of Lemmons two pints Digest them two days in horse dung the vessell being close stopped then distill them in sand Aqua Mariae is made thus Take of Sugar candid one pound Canarie Wine six ounces Rose water four ounces Make of these a Syrup and boil it well to which adde of Aqua Imperialis two pints Amber gryse Musk of each eighteen grains Saffron fifteen grains yellow Sanders infused in Aqua Imperialis two drams The Mother water commonly called Hystericall water is made thus Take of the juice of the root of Briony four pound the leaves of Rue Mugwort of each two pound Savin dryed three handfull Mother-wort Nippe Penny-royall of each two handfull Garden basill Cretensian Dittany of each a handfull and half the rind of yellow Oranges fresh four ounces Myrrhe two ounces Castoreum an ounce the best Canary wine twelve pints Let them be digested four dayes in a fit vessell then distill them in Balneo A vomiting water is made thus Take of the best Tobacco in leaves cut small four ounces Squils two ounces Nutmegs sliced half an ounce put these into three pints of spring water a pint of White wine vinegar distill them in a hot Still or Alembick If thou wouldst have it stronger thou mayest put this water on fresh ingredients and distill it again A little quantity of this water is a most safe and effectuall vomit and may be taken from the eldest to the youngest if so be you proportion the quantity to the strength of the Patient You may dulcifie it with sugar or syrup if you please A vomiting Water made by Platerus Take green Walnuts gathered about Midsummer Radish roots of each bruised two parts of distilled Wine vinegar four parts digest them five dayes then distill them in Balneo This being taken to the quantity of two spoonfull or three causeth easie Vomiting A distilled water that purgeth without any pain or griping Take of Scammony an ounce Hermodactyls two ounces the seeds of Broom of the lesser Spurge of Dwarf Elder of each half an ounce the juice of Dwarf Elder of wild Asses cucumber of black Hellebore the fresh flower of Elder of each an ounce and half Polypodium 6 ounces of Sene 3 ounces Red sugar 8 ounces common distilled Water 6 pints Let all these be bruised and infused in the water 24 hours then be distilled in Balneo This water may be given from 2 drams to 3 ounces and it purgeth all manner of humours opens all obstructions and is pleasant to be taken and they whose stomachs loath all other physick may take this without any offence After it is distilled there may be hanged a little bag of Spices in it as also it may be sweetned with sugar or any opening syrup A specificall Liquor against the tooth-ach Take of oil of Cloves well rectified half an ounce in it dissolve half a dram of Camphire adde to them of the Spirit of Turpentine four times rectified in which half a dram of Opium hath been infused half an ounce A drop or two of this Liquor put into a hollow tooth with some lint easeth the tooth-ach presently Of MINERALS BOOK III. Spirit of Salt is made thus TAke of the best Bay-salt as much as you please let it be dissolved in spring water and filtred mix with this brine in a Copper vessell of the powder of Bricks or Tiles twice or thrice as much as the Salt before its dissolution was in weight let the water vapour away over the fire continually stirring of it untill it be dry Then put this powder into a glass Retort well luted or an earthen Retort and put it into a Furnace a large Receiver joined to it according to art then give fire to it by degrees untill it will bear an open fire for the space of 12 hours Thou shalt have a very acid oil or spirit in the Receiver That Liquor being put into a little Retort in sand may be rectified by the vapouring away of the flegm then keep it for use in a glass very well stopt that no air goe in Spirit of Salt
a bag which may be hanged in the Water the vessell being close stopt the space of a month and then be taken out and cast away the Liquor thereof being first pressed out into the foresaid Water This Water is of wonderfull vertue in Surfets and Pleurisies composeth the Spirits causeth rest helpeth digestion if two or three or four ounces thereof be drunk and the patient compose himself to rest A Pectorall Water Distill green hysop in a cold Still till you have a gallon and half of the Water to this put four handfull of dryed Hysop a handfull of Rue as much of Rosemary and Hore-hound Elecampanie-root bruised and of Horse-radish root bruised of each four ounces of Tobacco in the leaf three ounces Anniseed bruised two ounces twoâ—quarts of Canary wine let them all stand in digestion two days then distill them and in the water that is distilled put half a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned of Licorish two ounces sweet Fennel seeds bruised two ounces and a half Ginger sliced an ounce and a half and let them be infused in Frigido the space of ten days then take them out This water sweetned with Sugar-candie and drunk to the quantity of three or four ounces twice in a day is very good for those that are ptificall it strengtheneth the Lungs attenuates thick flegm opens obstructions and is very good to comfort the stomach A very excellent water against the worms Take of Wormseed bruised eight ounces the shavings of Harts horne two ounces of Peach flowers dryed an ounce of Aloes bruised half an ounce pour on these the water of Tansie Rue Peach flowers and of Wormwood of each a pint and half let them being put into a glass vessell be digested the space of three dayes then distill them cohobate this water three times This water is very excellent against the worms it may be given from half an ounce to three ounces according to the age of the patient A Water against the Convulsions Take of Ros vitrioli which is that water that is distilled from Vitriall in the calcining thereof two quarts in this put of Rue a handfull of Juniper berries bruised an ounce of Bay berries bruised half an ounce Piony berries bruised six drams Camphire two drams Rhubarb sliced an ounce digest these four days in a temperate Balneo then distill them in a glass vessel in ashes and there will come over a water of no small vertue It cures convulsions in children especially it helps also the Vertigo the Hystericall passion and Epilepsie it is very excellent against all offensive vapours and wind that annoys the head and stomach It may be taken from two drams to two ounces An Hydropicall water Take of Wormwood Broom blossomes of each a like quantity bruise them and mix with them some leaven and let them stand in fermentation in a cold place the space of a week then distill them in a cold Still till they be very dry Take a gallon of this water and half a gallon of the Spirit of Urine pour them upon two pound of dryed Broom blossoms half a pound of Horse Radish roots dryed three ounces of the best Rhubarb sliced two ounces of sweet Fennell seed bruised and an ounce and an half of Nutmegs let them digest a week being put into a glass vessell in a temperate Balneo then press the Liquor hard from the feces put this Liquor in the said vessell again and to it put three ounces of sweet Fennel seeds bruised Licorish sliced two ounces digest them in a gentle heat the space of a week then pour it off from the feces and keep it close stopt This water being drank from the quantity of an ounce to four ounces every morning and at four of the clock in the afternoon doth seldome fail in curing the dropsie it strengtheneth also the Liver is very good against gravel in the back stone cures the Scurvy Gout and such diseases as proceed from the weakness and obstructions of the Liver A Water against the Colick Take of Aniseed three ounces Cummin seed three drams Cinnamon half an ounce Mace Cloves Nutmeg of each a dram Galingall three drams Calamus Aromaticus dryed half an ounce The dryed rind of Orenges two ounces Bay berries half an ounce Let all these being bruised be macerated in six pints of Mallago wine 48 hours then be distilled in Balneo till all be dry This water being dranke to the quantity of an ounce or two at a time doth ease the gripings of the belly and stomach very much A Water against the Vertigo and Convulsions Take of black cherries bruised with their kernels a gallon of the flowers of Lavander three handful half an ounce of white Mustard seed bruised mix these together then put some ferment to them and let them stand close covered the space of a week then distill them in Balneo till all be dry This water being dranke to the quantity of an ounce or two or three doth much relieve the weaknesse of the head and helps the Vertigo thereof as also strengthen the sinews and expell windiness out of the head and stomach A compound Water of Burre root causing sweat Take the root of the great Burre fresh Swallow wort fresh The middle rind of the root of the Ash tree of each two pound cut them small and infuse them 24 hours in the best White wine and Rue vinegar of each five pints then distill them in Balneo til all be dry put to the water as much of the Spirit of Sulphur per Campanam as wil give it a pleasant acidity and to every pint of the water put a scruple and a half of Camphire cut small and tyed up in a bag which may continually hang in the water This was a famous water in Germany against the plague pestilence and Epidemical diseases it causeth sweat wonderfully if two or three ounces thereof be drank and the patient compose himself to sweat Another excellent Sudorifick and plague water Take of the best spirit of Wine a gallon Andromachus treacle six ounces Myrrhe two ounces The roots of Colts-foot three ounces Sperma Cett Terra Sigillata of each half an ounce The root of swallow wort an ounce Dittany Pimpernel Valerian root of each two drams Camphire a dram Mix all these together in a glass vessell and let them stand close stopt the space of eight dayes in the Sun Let the Patient drink of this a spoonful or two and compose himself to sweat Dr. Burges his plague water Take three pints of Muscadine and boil in it Sage and Rue of each a handfull till a pint be wasted then strain it and set it over the fire again put therto a dram of long Pepper Ginger and Nutmeg of each half an ounce being all bruised together then boil them a little and put thereto half an ounce of Andromachus treacle and three drams of Mithridate and a quarter of a pint of the best Angelica water This water which as saith
store If your Wares grow long and ropy then put a fit quantity of Allum into it work it well together according to Art and it will grow short again THE DISTILLER OF LONDON OR Rules and Directions for Preparing Composing Distilling Extracting and making of rich Spirits Strong-Waters Aqua Vitaes c. CHAP. I. Of Aqua vitae the first sort The greater quantity TAke strong Proof spirit 10 Gallons Aniseeds bruised 1 pound Distil them into strong Proof Spirit according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Aniseeds bruised 1 ounce 4 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art CHAP. II. Aqua vitae the second sort The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds 2 pound Carraway seeds Coriander seeds and 4 ounces Distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Aniseeds 3 ounces and a quarter Caraway seeds Coriander seeds three drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art CHAP. III. Of Aniseed Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Aniseeds the best bruised five pound distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie it according to Art with five pound of white Sugar The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds the best bruised 8 ounces distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie it according to Art with 8 ounces of white Sugar Aniseed water strengtheneth the Stomach breaketh flegm and helpeth digestion It is also excellent agaiust the Tisick and shortnesse of breath and against wind in the Stomach and Body CHAP. IV. Of Angelica Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Angelica roots a pound and a half or Angelica hearb green 7 pound and a half Aniseeds 16 ounces flice the roots thin or bruise them the seeds distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with 5 pound of white Sugar The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Angelica roots 2 ounces and a quarter or Angelica hearb green 12 ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams Slice the roots thin or bruise them and the seeds distill them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with 8 ounces of Sugar Angelica water is very cordiall strengtheneth the Stomach and inwâ—rd parts and is a good Preservative against the plague and other infections CHAP. V. Of Wormwood Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Aniseeds bruised one pound Wormwood common leaves and seeds stript and dry 2 pound distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds bruised 1 ounce and 5 drams Wormwood common leaves and seeds stript and dry 3 ounces and an half distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar half a pound Wormwood water consumeth and breaketh Windel killeth Worms hindereth Vomiting provoketh appetite and strengtheneth the stomach It is also a great Cordiall and is very good against pains of the head proceeding of a cold cause CHAP. VI. Of Balm Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Hearb balm dry â—3 pound Aniseeds 1 pound distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Hearb balm dry 4 ounces and an half Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar eight ounces Balm water is good against the infirmities of the Mother and is very comfortable for women in the time of their pains to take a little of it for the sooner and safer provoking of a speedy delivery It is also a Cordiall and strengtheneth the heart CHAP. VII Of Mint Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Spear Mint dry 3 pound Aniseeds best 1 pound distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Spear Mint dry 4 ounces and 3 quarters Aniseed 1 ounce and 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white sugar what sufficeth Mint water comferteth and strengtheneth the Stomach Heart Liver and Spleen helpeth coneoction and is good against vomiting CHAP. VIII Of Rosemary Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Rosemary stript and dry 30 ounces Aniseeds of the best 16 ounces distil them in to strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Rosemary stript and dry 3 ounces Aniseeds of the best 1 ounce 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Rosemary water is very good against Dysâ—ntery or Bloudy Flux proceeding of a cold cause either drunk or three spoonfuls thereof administred in a convenient Glister It also preserveth from vomiting strengtheneth the Stomach quickneth the Sight and comforteth the Brain CHAP. IX Of Limon or Orange Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Limon or Orange pils dry 30 ounces Aniseeds of the best 16 ounces bruise the pils and seeds distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Limon or Orange pils dry 3 ounces Aniseeds of the best 1 ounce 5 drams bruise the pils and seeds distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Limon watter strengtheneth and reviveth the feeble Spirits aromatizeth the Stomach and is a great Cordiall It also openeth obstructions exceedingly breaketh wind in the Stomach is as an healing Balsam to all the inward parts and is a great Restorative to mans Nature CHAP. X. Of Stomach Water the lesse The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Spear Mint dry Lovage roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 pound Calamus Aromaticus Ginger Sweet Fennell seeds Imperatoria roots Wormwood dry and stript of each 8 ounces Carraway Coriander seeds of each 6 ounces Cummin seeds Cloves of each three ounces Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 8 pound Spear Mints dry Lovage roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Calamus Aromaticus Ginger Sweet Fennell seeds Imperatoria roots Wormwood dry and stript of each 7 drams Caraway Coriander seeds of each 5 drams Cummin seeds Cloves of each 2 drams and an half Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces CHAP. XI Stomach Water the greater The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Calamus Aromaticus 6 ounces Guaiacum green Bark Avens Roots dry Galingale of each 4 ounces Citron pils dry Orange pils dry White Cinamon of each 3 ounces Wormwood Common dry Wormwood Roman dry
Spear Mint Rosemary tops Costmary Sweet Marjoram Wild Thyme all dry of each 2 ounces Nutmegs Cinamon of each 2 ounces and an half Cubebs Cardamums of each 1 ounce and an half Sweet Fennell seeds Coriander seeds of each 5 ounces Aniseeds a pound and half bruise them all that are to be bruised Distil them into strong Proof spirit Dulcifie with white Sugar ten pound according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Calamus Aromaticus 5 drams Guaiacum green Bark Avens roots dry Galingale of each 4 ounces Citron pils dry Orange pils dry White Cinamon of each 3 drams and a quarter Wormwood Common dry Wormwood Roman dry Spear Mint Rosemary tops Costmary Sweet Marjoram Wild Thyme all dry of each a dram and half Nutmegs Cinamon of each 2 drams Cubebs Cardamums of each a dram and a quarter sweet Fennell seeds Coriander seeds of each half an ounce Aniseeds 2 ounces 3 drams Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit Dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces according to Art CHAP. XII Marjoram Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Sweet Marjoram dry 3 pound Aniseeds 16 ounces Caraway 4 ounces Calamus Aromaticus 6 ounces bruise them distil and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Sweet Marjoram dry 5 ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams Caraway 3 drams and a quarter Calamus Aromaticus 5 drams bruise them distil and dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces according to Art Marjoram water is good against the infirmities of the Liver and Spleen causeth freenesse of breathing and strengtheneth the Stomach and inward parts CHAP. XIII Vsquebach The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Aniseeds 1 pound Cloves 2 ounces Nutmeg Ginger Caraway seeds of each four ounces distil them into strong proof Spirit according to Art Then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish Raifins solis of each 2 pound bruise the Licorice and Raisins dulcifie with brown Sugar 5 pound stir them well together and so let it stand ten dayes and then being fine draw it off and keep it for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Aniseeds 1 ounce 5 drams Cloves a dram and half Nutmeg Ginger Caraway seeds of each 3 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish Raisins solis of each 3 ounces a dram and half bruise the Licorice and Raisins dulcifie with brown Sugar 8 ounces stir them well together and so let it stand ten dayes and then being fine draw it off and keep it for use Vsquebach cureth the infirmities of the lungs warmerh the Stomach and causeth expectoration CHAP. XIV Balsamint Water The greater quantity Take strong proof Spirit what sufficeth Balsamint dry two pound Aniseeds best 1 pound Caraway seeds 4 ouncâ—s Limon pils dry 8 ounces bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit Dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Balsamint dry 3 ounces a dram and half Aniseeds best one ounce 5 drams Caraway seeds 3 drams Limon pils dry 6 drams and an half bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces according to Art Balsamint water comforteth the Stomach and expelleth wind CHAP. XV. Rosa solis The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Cinamon of the best 8 ounces Cloves 2 ounces Nutmegs Ginger Caraway seeds of each 4 ounces Marigold flowers Aniseeds of each 16 ounces bruise them distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish 1 pound Raisins solis Brown Sugar of each 5 pound Red Sanders four ounces bruise che Licorice and Raisins stir them well together and let them stand 12 dayes then being clear it may be drawn for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cinamon of the best 6 drams and an half Cloves a dram and half Nutmegs Ginger Caraway seeds of each 3 drams Marigold flowers Aniseeds of each 1 ounce and 5 drams bruise them distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Licorice Spanish an ounce 5 drams Raisins solis Brown Sugar of each 8 ounces Red Sanders 3 drams bruise the Licorice and Raisins stir them well together and let them stand twelve dayes then being clear it may be drawne for use This Rosasolis is good against cold infirmities of the Stomach helpeth digestion and expelleth wind CHAP. XVI Clove Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cloves of the best 10 ounces Aniseeds 16 ounces distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Cloves of the best 1 ounce Aniseeds 1 ounce and 5 drams distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Clove water helpeth digestion breaketh wind provoketh Vrine comforteth the Heart and strengtheneth the Stomach Liver and all the inward parts CHAP. XVII Cinamon Water Common The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Cinamon of the best 5 pound Aniseeds 10 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 7 pound and a half The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cinamon of the best 8 ounces Aniseeds 1 ounce distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 12 ounces CHAP. XVIII Cinamon water Proper The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Cinamon best large ten pounds distil them into Proof spirit according to Art take white Sugar 12 pound and an half Rose water four pound make them into a Syrup and dulcifie therewith according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Cinamon best large 16 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art take white Sugar 20 ounces Rose water 6 ounces 3 drams make them into Syrup and dulcifie therewith according Art Cinamon water is good against loathing of the Stomach and a stinking breath It also strengtheneth the Heart Liver Lungs and Spleen and comforteth the Brain and Sinews CHAP. XIX Sweet Fennell seed Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons sweet Fennell seeds five pound Caraway seeds 4 ounces Aniseeds 16 ounces distil them into Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 5 pound The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Sweet Fennell seeds 8 ounces Caraway seeds 3 drams Aniseeds an ounce and five drams distil them into Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 8 ounces Fennell water is good against the naseousnesse of the Stomach and easeth the pain thereof digesteth Flegm and expelleth Wind. CHAP. XX. Marigold Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Marigold flowers new gathered pickt
flower 6 ounces and a half Aniseeds 4 ounces bruise them all distil them into strong Proof spirit dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces CHAP. XXVII Scorbuticall Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Horse Reddish roots dry 2 pound Enula Campana roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 pound Water Winter Garden Cresses Taragon Balsamint Scurvigrasse Garden Wormwood Brookelime Trefoile Water Sweet Chervile of each 6 ounces Arsmart 8 ounces Mustard Bank-cresse Rocket Reddish seed of each 3 ounces Citron Orange pils dry Cinamon White Mace of each 4 ounces Bruise them all distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth for use take 7 parts of this Spirit and 1 part of juice of Limons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Horse Reddish roots dry 3 ounces a dram and half Enula Campana roots dry Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Water Winter Garden Cresses Tarragon Balsamint Scurvygrasse Garden Wormwood Brookelime Trefoile Water Sweet Chervile of each half an ounce and three quarters of a dram Arsmart three quarters of an ounce and half a dram Mustard Bank-cresse Rocket Reddish seeds of each 2 drams and an half Citron Orange pils dry Cinamon White Mace of each 3 drams and a quarter bruise them all distil them into strong Proof spirit according to art dulcifie with white Sugar 1 pound for use take 7 parts of this spirit and 1 part of juice of Limons or more mingle them together and dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth CHAP. XXVIII Plague Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Butter-bur-roots dry 1 pound Garden Common Valerian roots dry Angelica roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula Campana Snake-grasse roots of each 6 ounces Contra Yarva Zedoary Galingale of each 4 ounces Rue leaves dry White Horehound Scordium Carduus Benedictus of each 5 ounces Elder flowers Lavender Maces of each 3 ounces Citron pils dry Juniper berries of each 8 ounces Green Walnuts with the husks 1 pound Venus Triacle Mithridate of each 2 ounces Aniseeds best a pound and half Camphire 1 ounce distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 10 pound For use let the party infected take of this water 1 ounce mingled with warm Posset drink or any water proper in that case and be kept very warm and sweat well thereon The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Butterbur roots dry 1 ounce and 5 drams Garden Common Valerian roots dry Angelica roots Imperatoria Gentian Enula Campana Snake-grasse roots of each half an ounce and 3 quarters of a dram Contra Yarva Zedoary Galingale of each 3 drams and a quarter Rue leaves dry White Horehound Scordium Carduus Benedictus of each half an ounce Elder flowers Lavender Mace of each 2 drams and a half Citron pils dry Juniper berries of each 6 drams and a half Green Walnuts with the husks 1 ounce 5 drams Venus Triacle Mithridate of each a dram and half Aniseeds best 2 ounces 3 drams and a half Camphire 3 quarters of a dram distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth For use let the party infected take of this water 1 ounce mingled with warm posset drink or any water proper in that case and be kept very warm and sweat well thereon CHAP. XXIX Lavender Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Lavender leaves dry three pound Lavender flowerrs dry 2 pound Maces half a pound or Nutmegs 1 pound Lavender Coffen dry 2 pound Stoechados half a pound bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Lavender leaves dry 4 ounces 3 quarters and half a dram Lavender flowers dry 3 ounces a dram and half Mace 6 drams and a half Nutmeg one ounce 5 drams Lavender Cotten dry 3 ounces a dram and half Stoechados 6 drams and a half bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into proof Spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces Lavender water helpeth the passions of the Heart Palsies Cramps Apoplexies and restoreth the speech lost CHAP. XXX Sage Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Great Sage dry 3 pound Red Sage dry 2 pound Lavender flowers Sage flowers of each 1 pound Lavender Cotten dry Southernwood dry of each 8 ounces Nutmegs ten ounces Bruise or beat them as is most proper distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Great Sage dry 4 ounces 3 quarters and half a dram Red Sage dry 3 ounces a dram and a half Lavender flowers Sage flowers of each 1 ounce a half and 1 dram Lavender Cotten dry Southern wood dry of each 6 drams and a half Nutmegs what sufficeth Bruise or beat them as is most proper distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with white Sugar 16 ounces Sage wattr is good for such as are of a cold and flegmatick constitution and for such as are heavy and dull of spirit CHAP. XXXI Ros solis Proper The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Ros solis gathered in due season and clean pickt 4 pound Juniper berries 3 pound Sassafras rooted with the Bark Caraway seeds of each four ounces Marigold flowers 1 pound Aniseeds 1 pound and an half Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Take hereof 7 pound adde thereto 1 pound of water treated of in the 23 Chapter dulcified Licorice bruised one pound dulcifie with white Sugar ten pound If you adde none of the aforesaid water then in stead thereof take Musk 1 dram Ambergreese 3 drams colour it with the tincture of July flower or Roses what sufficeth according to Art The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Ros solis gathered in due season and clean pickt six ounces 3 drams and a quarter Juniper berries 4 ounces 6 drams and a half Sassafras roots with the Bark Caraway seeds of each 3 drams and a quarter Marigold flowers 1 ounce a half and 1 dram Aniseeds 2 ounces 3 drams and a half Bruise them that are to be bruised distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Take hereof ten ounces 1 dram and a half adde thereto 1 ounce 5 drams of water treated of in the 23 Chapter dulcified Licorice bruised 1 ounce 5 drams dulcifie with white sugar what sufficeth If you add none of the aforesaid water then in stead thereof take Musk six grains Ambergreese 18 grains colour it with the tincture of July flower or Roses what sufficeth according to Art Ros soâ—â—s proper openeth obstruction relieveth decaying Nature comforteth the Stomach quickneth Appetite and is good
against the Falling sicknesse CHAP. XXXII Water of Flower The great quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth and put it into a wide mouthed Pot or other Vessell stopt very close Take those severall flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the spirit in the Pot viz. Cowslips Wood bine Stock gilly flower of all three sorts Damask Musk Roses Sweet Brier flowers Clove July flowers Llilium Convallium Jasmine Citron Orange flowers or pils dry Tillia Flowers Garden Limon Wild Thyme flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder Flowers of each half a pound Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distill them adde to them Aniseeds 2 pound Coriander 1 pound bruise the seeds It were best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the spirit for their more orderly working distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art then adde to the distilled water Roses July flowers Elder flowers of each 1 pound after twelve dayes infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar 10 pound and being fine it may be drawn for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon and put it into a wide mouthed pot or other vessel stopt very close take those severall flowers following in their seasons and being clean pickt put them to the spirit in the pot viz. Cowslips Wood bine Stock Gilly flower of the 3 sorts Damask Musk Roses Sweet Brier flowers Clove July flowers Lilium Convallium Jasmine Citron Orange flowers or pils dry Tillia flowers Garden Limon Wild Thyme flowers Lavender Marigold Chamomile Mellilot Elder Flowers of each 6 drams and a half Being furnished with all your flowers as above when you would distil them adde to them Aniseeds 3 ounces a dram and half Coriander 1 ounce 5 drams bruise the seeds it were best to bruise all the flowers as you put them up into the spirit for their more orderly working distil them into strong Proof spirit according to Art Then adde to the distilled water Roses July flowers Elder flowers of each 1 ounce 5 drams after 12 dayes infusion it may be drawn off then dulcifie it with white Sugar 1 pound and being fine it may be drawn for use CHAP. XXXIII Water of Fruits The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit 10 gallons Juniper berries 4 pound Quince Pipping parings dry of each 2 pound Limon pils Orange pils dry of each 1 pound Nutmegs four ounces Aniseeds 2 pound Cloves 2 ounces distil them into Proof spirit according to Art to the spirit add Strawberries Raspisses bruised of each 5 pound stir them well together and after ten dayes it being clear may be drawn off then dulcifie with syrup made as is hereafter taught and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gallon Juniper berries 6 ounces 3 drams and a quarter Quince Pipping parings dry of each 3 ounces a dram and half Limon pils Orange pils dry of each 1 ounce 5 drams Nutmegs 3 drams and a quarter Aniseeds 3 ounces a dram and half Cloves 1 dram and a half distil them into Proof spirit according to Art to the spirit adde Strawberries Raspisses bruised of each 8 ounces stir them well together and after 10 dayes it being clear may be dawn off then dulcifie it with syrup made as is hereafter taught and so let it stand till it be clear and then draw it off for use CHAP. XXXIV Avens Water The greater quantity Take strong Proof spirit what sufficeth Avens roots 4 pound Orris roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace of each 2 ounces Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamine of each 1 ounce Angelica roots 3 ounces Limon pils green half a pound Sweet Fennell seed Aniseeds of each 1 pound Cloves 10 drams Roman Wormwood Mint dry of each 3 handfuls Red Roses Stoechas flowers of each 4 handfuls Sweet Marjoram Balm Burnet Thyme all dry of each 6 handfuls Alkermes berries 2 ounces Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with Syrupâ— thus made Take Rose water 4 pound white sugar 10 pound boile it to a syrup hight then strain it and put it to the fire again adde thereto confection of Alkerms 4 ounces Syrup of Gilly flowers 1 pound Ambergreese dissolved in Rose water 1 dram and so let these boil a little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use The lesser quantity Take strong Proof spirit 1 gal Avens roots 6 ounces 3 drams and a quarter Orris roots Nutmeg Yellow Sanders Mace of each a dram and half Lignum Rhodium Saffron Storax Benjamine of each 3 quarters of a dram Angelica roots 2 drams and a half Limon pils green 6 drams and a half Sweet Fennell seeds Aniseeds of each 1 ounce 5 drams Cloves 1 dram Roman Wormwood Mint dry of each what snfficeth Red Roses Stoechas flowers of each what sufficeth Sweet Marjoram Balm Barnet Thyme all dry of each what sufficeth Alkermes berries a dram and half Bruise them all that are to be bruised distil them into Proof spirit according to Art dulcifie with Syrups thus made Take Rose water 6 ouuces 3 drams and quarter White Sugar 1 pound boil it to a Syrup hight then strain it and put it to the fire again add thereto Confection of Alkerms 3 drams and a half Syrup of Gilly flowers 1 ounce 5 drams Ambergreese dissolved in Rose water 6 grains and so let these boil a-little till they be incorporated with the Syrup and so keep it for use Avens water is a great Cordiall strengtheneth the Spirit comforteth all the inward parts and preserveth from Consumptions and Mesadnesse Additions to inrich these precedent Chapters to which by Numbers these are referred Additions to the first and second Chapters TAke July flowers Roses Poppy and Sanders or any of them severally what sufficeth and inâ—use them in Aqua vitae or Proof spirit till the tincture be be drawn out then draw off the spirit and reserve it close stopt for use When you have occasion to use it take 8 ounces thereof to 7 pound and a half of this water and you will give it a sufficient colour or you may take more at pleasure without inconveniency Additions to the third Chapter The greater quantity Take Aniseeds White Sugar according to Art of each five pound or what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take Aniseeds White Sugar according to Art 8 ounces Additions to the fourth Chapter The greater quantity Take Caraway seeds Coriander seeds of each 3 ounces Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary of each 4 ounces Aniseeds Cassia lignea of each 8 ounces Angelica Rootes 8 ounces or Hearb Angelica 2 pound white Sugar 2 pound and half or what sufficeth The lesser quantity Take Caroway seeds Coriander seeds of each 2 drams and a half Calamus Aromaticus Zedoary of each 3 drams and 3 quarters Aniseeds Cassia lignea of
is the extracting of the humid part of things by vertue of heat being first resolved into a vapour and then condensed again by cold Thus it is generally taken but how more particularly I shall afterward shew Digestion is a concocting or maturation of crude things by an easie and gentle heat Dissolution is the turning of bodies into a liquor by the addition of some humidity Dulcoration or Dulcification is either the washing off the salt from any matter that was calcined therewith with warm water in which the salt is dissolved and the matter dulcified or it is sweetning of things with sugar or honey or syrup E. Elevation is the rising of any matter in manner of fume or vapour by virtue of heat Evaporation or Exhalation is the vapouring away of any moisture Exaltation is when any matter doth by digestion attain to a greater purity Expression is the extracting of any liquor by the hand or by a Presse Extraction is the drawing forth of an essence from a corporeall matter by some fit liquor as spirit of wine the feces remaining in the bottome F. Fermentation is when any thing is resolved into it self and is rarified and ripened whether it be done by any ferment added to it or by digestion only Filtration is the separation of any liquid matter from its feces by making it run through a brown paper made like a tunnell or a little bag of woollen cloth or through shreds Fixation is the making of any volatile spiritual body endure the fire and not flye away whether it be done by often reiterated distillations or sublimations or by the adding of some fixing thing to it Fumigation is the calcining of bodies by the fume of sharp spirits whether vegetable or minerall the bodies being laid over the mouth of the vessell wherein the sharp spirits are H. Hamectation or Irrigation is a sprinkling of moisture upon any thing I. Imbibition is when any dry body drinks in any moisture that is put upon it Impregnation is when any dry body hath drank in so much moisture that it will admit of no more Incorporation is a mixtion of a dry and moist body together so as to make an uniform masse of them Infusion is the putting of any hard matter into liquor for the virtue thereof to be extracted Insolation is the digesting of things in the Sun L. Levigation is the reducing of any hard matter into a most fine powder Liquation is a melting or making any thing fluid Lutation is either the stopping of the orifices of vessels that no vapour passe out or the coating of any vessell to preserve it â—rom breaking in the fire M. Maceration is the same as Digestion Maturation is the exalting of a substance that is immature and crude to be ripened and concocted Menstruum is any Liquor that serves for the extracting the essence of any thing P. Precipitation is when bodies corroded by corrosive spirits either by the evaporating of the spirits remain in the bottome or by pouring something upon the spirit as oil of Tartar or a good quantity of water do fall to the bottom Purification is a separation of any Liquor from its â—eces whether it be done by clarification filtration or digestion Putrefaction is the resolution of a mixt body into it self by a naturall gentle heat Q. Quintessence is an absolute pure and well digested medicine drawn from any substance either animall vegetable or minerall R. Rectification is either the drawing of the flegm from the spirit or of the spirit from the flegm or the exaltation of any Liquor by a reiterated distillation Reverberation is the reducing of bodies into a Calx by a reflecting flame S. Solution is a dissolving or attenuating of bodies Stratification is a strewing of corroding powder on plates of metall by course Sublimation is an elevating or raising of the matter to the upper part of the vessell by way of a subtle powder Subtiliation is the turning of a body into a Liquor or into a fine powder T. Transmutation is the changing of a thing in substance colour and quality V. Volatile is that which flyeth the fire Rules to be considered in Distillation 1. Make choice of a fit place in your house for the furnace so that it may neither hinder any thing nor be in danger of the falling of any thing into it that shall lye over it for a forcing Furnace it will be best to set it in a chimney because a strong heat is used to it and many times there are used brands which will smoak and the fire being great the danger thereof may be prevented and of things of a maligne and venenate qualitie being distilled in such a Furnace the fume or vapour if the glass should break may be carryed up into the chimney which otherwise will flye about the room to thy prejudice 2. In all kinds of Distillation the vessels are not to be filled too full for if you distill Liquors they will run over if other solider things the one part will be burnt before the other part be at all worked upon but fill the fourth part of Gourds the half of Retorts the third part of copper vessels and in rectifying of spirits fill the vessell half full 3. Let those things which are flatulent as wax rosin and such like as also those things which do easily boil up as honey be put in a lesser quantity and be distilled in greater vessels with the addition of salt sand or such like 4. There be some things which require a strong fire yet you must have a care that the fire be not too vehement for fear their nature should be destroyed 5. You must have a care that the lute with which vessels are closed do not give vent and alter the nature of the Liquor especially when a strong fire is to be used 6. Acid Liquors have this peculiar property that the weaker part goes forth first and the stronger last but in fermented and Liquors the spirit goeth first then the flegme 7. If the Liquor retain a certain Empyreuma or smatch of the fire thou shalt help it by putting it into a glass close stopt and so exposing it to the heat of the Sun and now and then opening the glass that the fiery impression may exhale or else let the glass stand in a cold moist place 8. When you put water into a seething-Balneum wherein there are glasses let it be hot or else thou wilt endanger the breaking of the glasses 9. When thou takest an earthen or glass vessel from the fire expose it not to the cold air too suddenly for fear it should break 10. If thou wouldst have a Balneum as hot as ashes put sand or sawdust into it that the heat of the water may be therewith kept in and made more intense 11. If you would make a heat with horse-dung the manner is this viz. make a hole in the ground then lay one course of horse dung a foot thick then a course of
Rhene and Seyfrie of Collen Generall against the Turks did always drink of it when they went to fight to encrease magnanimity and courage which it did even to admiration This spirit doth also wonderfully irritate them that are slothfull to Venery It also provoketh Urine even to admiration It doth also wonderfully irritate the spirits that are dulled and deaded with any cold distemper This oyl doth the same effects and indeed more powerfully This oyl doth besides what is spoken of the spirit help deafness exceedingly two or three drops being dropped into the ear after it is wel syringed once in a day for a week together It helpeth also the Eyes that have any film growing on them being now and then dropped into them Another-Aqua Magnanimitatis is made thus Take of Ants or Pismires a handful of their Eggs two hundred of Millepedes i. e. Wood lice one hundred of Bees one hundred and fifty digest all these in two pints of spirit of wine being very well impregnated with the brightest Soot Digest them together the space of a month then pour of the clear Spirit and keep it safe This water or spirit is of the same vertue as the former Water of Dung is made thus Take of any dung as much as thou pleasest whilest it is fresh put it into a common cold Stil and with a soft fire distil it off it wil be best if the bottome of the Stil be set over a vapour if thou wouldst have it be stronger cohobate the said water over its feces several times for we see there is great vertue in dung it makes ground fertil and many sorts thereof are very medicinable A water of Doves dung is made thus Take of Doves dung dryed as much as you please to every pound put a pint of Rhenish wine in which let it steep all night in a gentle Balneo then distil it in a glass gourd in ashes Cohobate this Liquor three times if there be any volatile salt mix it with the water This water is very excellent against all obstructions of the kidneys bladder it helpeth the Jaundies presently two or three spoonful thereof being drank once every morning and evening A Water made of Horse dung Take of the dung of a horse that is fed in the stable as much as you please let it stand two days out of the Sun and out of the wet to every pound of this pour a pint of white wine let them stand in a warm Balneo a fortnight then distil them in a glass gourd in sand cohobate this three or four times if there be any volatile salt mix it with the water This Water is very excellent against the bastard pleurisie stitches wind obstruction of the reins bladder very good in a dropsie jaundies scurvy c. If three or four spoonfuls be taken every morning in the water of Juniper berries it also causeth sweat A Water smelling like Amber made by Paracelsus out of Cow dung Take of Cow dung and distil it in Balneo and the water thereof will have the smell of Amber gryse This water is very excellent in all inward inflammations An excellent Sudorifick made of the young buds of Harts horn Take of the young buds of Harts horn whilest they are ful of bloud and moist bruise them into a paste then mix as much Canary wine as will make a very thin paste distil them in ashes till they be very dry This is an excellent Sudorifick in all burning Feavers and Epidemical diseases if a spoonful be taken by it self or in any appropriated Liquor Oyl out of Bones and Horns is made thus Take of what bones you please reduce them to a gross powder put them into a Retort putting a strong fire by degrees thereunto and there will come forth an oyl and volatile salt both which thou mayest mix together and digest them into an essence the oyl being first rectified with spirit of wine The Water of Swallows against the Falling sicknesse Take of Swallows cut them into pieces without separating any thing from them six ounces of Castoreum cut small an ounce mix them together infuse them 12 hours in half a pinâ— of Canary wine then put them into a glass gourd and distill them in sand till all be dry then cohobate the Liquor three times This water being drank to the quantity of two spoonfull every morning cureth them that have the Falling sickness Oyl out of Egs is made thus Take of the yelks of egs boyled very hard rub them in pieces with your fingers then fry them in a pan over a gentle fire continually stirring them with a spoon til they become red and the oyl be resolved and flow from them then put them into a hair cloth and so presse forth the oyl This oyl cleanseth the skin from any filthinesse contracted by heat it cureth pustles chaps excoriations ring-worms but especially all burnings A Water of the whites of Eggs that will cure a wound without any visible scarre Take as many eggs as you please boyl them very hard then cut them in the middle and take out the yelks filling up the cavities with some of those whites being first bruised into a paste then put both sides of the egg together as before and tye them together with a thread and with a string hang them in the middle of a gourd glass that they touch not the sides stop this glass very close and set it in Balneo and you shall see those whites which were bruised drop down into a Liquor which you must gather up out of the bottome of the glass and keep You will have very little of this Liquor This Liquor applyed to any green wound with a feather cures it presently wheresoever it be without any visible scar It cures most wonderfully all wounds in the eyes A Water of Crabs is made thus Take Crabs or Craw-fish as many as you please break them to pieces then macerate them in water of Sengreen for the space of a day then distil them cohobate the water three times This Water is of singular vertue in all manner of inflammations inward and outward An Oylor Liquor is made out of Crabs eyes thus Take of Crabs eyes very finely powdered five parts oyl of Tartar Per Deliquium six parts This oyl of Tartar must be made of salt of Tartar after it hath flowed in the fire digest them in horse dung the space of a month then coagulate the Liquor and make an extraction with the best rectified spirit of Wine that can be made or else you lose your labour then evaporate the spirit of Wine and there remaines an oyl at the bottome This oyl is of wonderful vertue in all putrid Feavers and such like distempers also in all obstructions especially of the Kidneys Water of Spawn of Frogs is made thus Take of the Spawn of Frogs gathered in March as much as you please put a handful of Salt to every quart and put them into a common cold Still and
together in Balneo the space of three days then put them into a Retort and distil them in sand and there will come over a water tasting of the fire let this water be distilled in Balneo and what distils off keep by it self as also what remains in the bottome which is the fire keep by it self This last distilled water pour again upon its earth and let them be macerated together in Balneo for the space of three dayes and then let all the water be distilled in sand and let what will arise be separated in Balneo and the residence remaining in the bottome be reserved with the former residence Let the water be again poured upon the earth be abstracted and separated as before untill nothing remain in the bottom which is not separated in Balneo This being done let the water which was last separated be mixed with the residue of its fire and be macerated in Balneo three or four dayes and all be distilled in Balneo that can ascend with that heat and let what remains be distilled in ashes from the fire and what shall be elevated is aeriall and what remains in the bottome is fiery These two last Liquors are ascribed to the two first principles the former to Mercury and the latter to Sulphur and are accounted by Paracelsus not as Elements but their vitall parts being as it were the natural spirits and soul which are in them by nature Now both are to be rectified and reflected into their center with a circular motion that this Mercury may be prepared with its water being kept clear and odoriferous in the upper place but the Sulphur by it self Now it remains that we look into the third principle let the reverberated earth being ground upon a marble imbibe it s owne water which did above remain after the last separation of the Liquors made in Balneo so that this be the fourth part of the weight of its earth and be congealed by the heat of ashes into its earth and let this be done so oft the proportion being observed untill the earth hath drunk up all its water And lastly let this earth be sublimed into a white powder as white as snow the feces being cast away This earth being sublimed and freed from its obscurity is the true Chaos of the Elements for it contains those things occult seeing it is the salt of nature in which they lye hid being as it were reflected in their center This is the third principle of Paracelsus and the salt which is the matrix in which the two former sperms viz. of the man and woman the parents of the Homunculus viz. of Mercury and Sulphur are to be put and to be closed up together in a glazen womb sealed with Hermes seals for the true generation of the Homunculus produced from the spagyricall Embryo and this is the Homunculus or great Arcanum otherwise called the nutritive Medicament of Paracelsus This Homunculus or nutritive Medicament is of such vertue that presently after it is taken into the body it is turned into bloud and spirits If then diseases prove mortall because they destroy the spirits what mortal disease can withstand such a medicine that doth so soon repair and so strongly fortifie the spirits as this Homunculus being as the oyl to the flame into which it is immediately turned thereby renewing the same By this Medicament therefore as diseases are overcome and expelled so also youth is renewed and gray hairs prevented An Artificiall way to make Flesh TAke of the crums of the best wheaten bread assoon as it comes forth out of the Oven being very hot as much as you please put it into a glasse vessell which you must presently hermetically close Then set it in digestion in a temperate Balneo the space of two months and it will be turned into a fibrous flesh If any Artist please to exalt it to a higher perfection according to the Rules of Art he may find out how great a nourisher and restorative Wheat is and what an excellent medicine it may make Note that there must be no other moisture put into the glass besides what is in the bread it self Paracelsus his way for the raising of a dead bird to life and for the generating many Serpents of one both which are performed by putrefaction A Bird is restored to life thus viz. Take a Bird put it alive into a gourd glasse and seal it up hermetically burn it to ashes in the third degree of fire then putrefie it in horse dung into a mucilaginous flegm and so by a continued digestion that flegm must be brought to a further maturity being taken out and put into an ovall vessell of a just bignesse to hold it by an exact digestion and will so become a renewed bird which saith Paâ—acelsus is one of the greatest wonders in Nature and shews the great vertue of putrefaction 2 Cut a Serpent into small pieces which put into a gourd glasse which you must Hermetically seal up then putrefie them in horse dung and the whole Serpent will become living again in the glasse in the form either of worms or spawne of fishes Now if these worms be in a fitting manner brought out of putrefaction and nourished many hundred Serpents will be bred out of one Serpent whereof every one will be as big as the first And as it is said of the Serpent so also many other living creatures may be raised and restored again To make an artificiall Mallago Wine First take a wine barrell well hooped and dressed with one end being open to which a close cover must be well fitted which must be to take off and put on at pleasure Set it in a warm place Winter or Summer and fill it full with clear and pure water to each three gallons put six pound of the best Mallago Raisins which you must bruise in a stone Mortar and then strow upon the water upon each twenty gallons of which you must cast a handfull of Calxvive then cover the vessell close with the cover and cast clothes upon it to keep it warm and let it stand four or five dayes to work as Wine or Beer doe when they be new then see if the Raisins be risen up to the top of the Water if so then put them down again and cover it again as before let them thus stand three weeks or a month together the Raisins being every fourth or fifth day put down in case they rise up Then put a tap into the vessell three or four fingers above the bottome and try if it be good and taste like Wine if not let it stand a while longer but if so draw it off into another wine vessell and to every twenty gallons that you have drawn off put a pint of the best Aqua vitae two new laid Hen-egs and a quart of Alligant beaten well together and let it stand in a cellar as other wine doth till it be clear and fit to be drunk To
make an artificiall Claret wine Take six gallons of water two gallons of the best Cidar put thereunto eight pound of the best Mallago Raisins bruised in a Mortar let them stand close covered in a warm place the space of a fortnight every two days stirring them well together then presse out the Raisins and put the Liquor into the said vessell again to which adde a quart of the juice of Rasp-berries and a pint of the juice of Black cherries cover this Liquor with Bread spread thick with strong Mustard the Mustard side being downward and so let it work by the fire side three or four days then tun it up and let it stand a week then bottle it up And it will taste as quick as bottle-beer and indeed become a very pleasant drink and indeed farre better and wholsomer then our common Claret An artificiall Malmsey Take two gallons of English honey put it into eight gallons of the best Spring water set these in a vessell over a gentle fire when they have boyled gently an hour take them off and when they be cold put them into a smal barrell or run let hanging in the vessell a bag of spices and set it in the cellar and in half a year you may drink thereof To make an excellent aromaticall Hyppocras Take of Cinnamon two ounces Ginger an ounce Cloves and Nutmegs of each two drams of white Pepper half a dram of Cardamums two drams of Musk Mallow seed three ounces Let all these be bruised and put into a bag and hanged in six gallons of Wine Note that you must put a weight in the bag to make it fink Some boyl these spices in Wine which they then sweeten with sugar and then let run through a Hyppocras bag and afterwards bottle it up and use when they please A single Hypocras bag or Manica Hippocratis When you would have this or any other Liquor to be very clear you may use the triple Hypocras bag for what feces passeth the first will stay in the second and what in the second will stay in the last Note that these bags must be made of white Cotton A triple Hypocras bag is only one hanging above another after this manner To make an excellent Hypocras Wine in an instant Take of Cinnamon two ounces Nurmegs Ginger of each half an ounce Cloves two drams bruise these small then mix them with as as much Spirit of Wine as will make them into a paste let them stand close covered in a glass the space of six days in a cold place then presse ouâ— the Liquor and keep it in a glass A few drops of this Liquor put into any Wine giveth it a gallant relish and odour and maketh it as good as any Hypocras whatsoever and that in an instant Note that if the Wine be of it selfe harsh it will not be amisse to sweeten it with Sugar for thereby it is made far more gratefull This also being put into Beer will make it very pleasant and aromaticall Another way to make Hypocras or to make any Wine to tast of any vegetable in an instant Take what Wine you please and according as you would have it tast of this or that spice or any other vegetable of one or more together you may drop a few drops of the distilled oil of the said spices or vegetables into the Wine and brew them well together and you may make in an instant all sorts of Hypocras or other Wines as for example if you would have Wormwood Wine two or three drops of oil of Wormwood put into good Rhenish-wine being well brewed together will make a Wormword Wine exceeding any that you shall meet withall in the Rhenish-wine houses To make a good Rasberry-wine Take a gallon of Sack in which let two gallons of Raspberries stand steeping the space of twenty four houres then strain them and put to the Liquor three pound of Raisins of the sun stoned let them stand together foure or five days bring sometimes stirred together Then pour off the clearest and put it up in bottles and set it in a cold place If it be not sweet enough you may adde some Sugar to it Two other wayes to make it all the year at an instant Take of the juice of Raspberries put it into a bottle which you must stop close and set in a cellar and it will become clear and keep all the year and become very fragrant A few sponfulls of this put into a pint of Wine sweetned well with Sugar gives it an excellent and full tast of the Raspes If you put two or three ounces of the Syrup of Raspes to a pint of Wine it will doe as well but then you need use no other Sugar for that will sweeteen it sufficiently To make Mead or Metheglin that it shall tast stale and quick within a fortnight and be fit to drink To every three gallons of water put one gallon of the purest Honey put what hearbs and spices you please boyl it and skim it well now and then putting in some water When it is sufficiently boyled take it off and when it is almost cold put it into a wooden vessell and set it by the sire side cover it over with Bread spread thick with the strongest Mustard the Mustard side being downwards and so let it stand three dayes and it will worke only put a cloth over it Then tunne it up and after a week draw it forth into bottles and set it into a cellar and after a week more you may drink of it for it will taste as quick as bottle beer that is a fortnight old and indeed as stale as other Mead will in half a year To make a Spirit of Amber-gryse that a few drops thereof shall perfume a pint of Wine most richly Take of Amber-gryse 2. drams of Musk a dram cut them small and put them into a pint of the bâ—st rectified Spirit of Wine close up the glasse Hermetically and digest them in a very gentle heat till you perceive they are dissolved Then you may make use of it Two or three drops or more if you please of this Spirit put into a pint of Wine gives it a rich odour Or if you put 2. or 3. drops round the brimmes of the glasse it will do as well Half a spoonfull of it taken either of it self or mixed with some speciall Liquor is a most rich Cordiall An excellent sweet Water Take a quart of Orenge-flower water as much Rose-water adde thereto of Musk-mallow seeds grossely bruised four ounces of Bâ—njamin two ounces of Storax an ounce of Labdanum six drams of Lavender flowers two pugills of sweet Marjoram as much of Calamus Aromaticus a dram distill all these in a Glasse Still in Balneo the vessels being very well closed that no vapour breath forth Note that you may make a sweet water in an instant by putting a few drops of some distilled oils together into some Rose-water and brewing them well together To
pot with pudled water put a soft and gentle fire under it lay some sticks acrosse on the pot brims and upon the sticks lay clean wool or a spunge well washed Now the wool drinkes up the vapours that ascend which then you must wring out and lay on the wool again and this you may doe till you have as much clean water as you desire The manner of this distillation is described thus A Signifies the pot B The fire C The stickes D The wooll This is of use for them that can come at no other waters but what are troubled as it falls out many times in some places Another way to purifie any thicke muddie or feculent Liquor This is performed by shreds of any white woollen cloth in vessells as you see hereafter expressed A Signifies the vessels B The shreds Note that the shreds must be first wet in fair water and the feculent matter be put into the uppermost vessell Note also whereas here be two receivers that in many cases one may be sufficient This way serves for the purifying of decoctions juices or dissolutions of salts from their feculency for that which is distilled by the shreds is as clear as Crystall when what remains is very feculent To keep fire in a glasse that whilest the glasse is shut will not burne but assoone as it is opened will be inflamed First extract the burning spirit of the salt of tin in a glasse Retort well coated when the Retort is cold take it out and break it and assoone as the matter in it which remains in the bottome thereof after distillation comes into the air it will presently be inflamed Put this matter into a glasse viall and keep it close stopt This fire will keep many thousand yeares and not burne unlesse the glasse be opened but at what time soever that is opened it will burne It is conceived that such a kind of fire as this was found in vaults when they were opened which many conceived to be a perpetuall burning Lamp when as indeed it was inflamed at the opening the vault and the letting in air thereby which before it lacked and therefore could not burn For it is to be conceived that there is no fire burnes longer then its matter endures and there is no combustible matter can endure for ever There may be many uses of such a fire as this for any man may carry it about him and let it burn on a suddain when he hath any occasion for fire A Lamp Furnace is made thus A Signifies the Candlestick which must be hollow and full of water B The top of the candlestick which must he wide to containe good store of water for to fill up the Candlestick as the candle riseth up C The candle which must be as long as the Candlestick D The vessell that contains either watâ—r sand or ashes for any vessell to be set into also to containe any matter it selfe that is to be distilled or digested E A glasse vessell standing in digestion F A narrow mouthed stopple to be put into the candlestick to keep the candle upright and that must be made of tin with holes in it G The cover for the vessell D which is to be put upon it when any thing is decocted or kept warme in it H A Still head to put upon the vessell D when you would distill any thing in it Note that if you make all these vessells large you may do many considerable things without much labour or trouble In the vessell D if it be large you may stew meat which if you put in at night and cover it close you may have it ready for your breakfast in the morning and so according to the time you put it in you may have it for dinner or supper Also you may keep any thing warme in the night and at all times and divers such uses as these it may be used for Note that the candle will still rise up till it be quite burned out and an ordinary candle will last twice as long this way as it will out of the water If you would have one candle last a long time as twelve or twenty hours you must either make your candlestick very long that it may containe a long candle or make your candle big and the wiek small or make your candle of such matter as will not presently be consumed Note also that if you would have a great heat your candle must be great and also the wiek thereof great but if gentle let your candle be small Another Lamp furnace There is another sort of Lamp furnaces with three candles after this manner The use of this is when you would have a constant fire that should give a stronger heat then one candle in the former furnace And the truth is that if your candles be big as you may make them as big as you will you may have as strong a heat this way as by ashes in an ordinary furnace To make a Candle that shall last long Take unslaked lime powder it and mix it with your tallow and so make your candle of that or else you may make candles of Castle-sope which will serve for such uses as these viz. to burne in such a Lampe furnace Note that it is the salt that is in the lime and sope that preserves the tallow from burning out so fast as otherwise it would To make a lasting and durable Oil. Take unslaked lime Bay-salt oil Olive of each a like quantity mix them well together and distill them in sand cohobate the oil upon the same quantity of fresh lime and salt and this do foure or five times By this means will the oil be clear and impregnated with what salt was volatile in the lime and salt Now that saline impregnation is that which gives a durablenesse to the oil Note that this oil whilest it is distilling is of a most fragrant smell I have some of it which I distilled seven times and it is as pure subtle and odoriserous as many common distilled oiles of vegetables This oil besides the durablenesse of it is also good against any inveterate ach in the limbs A Lampe made with this oil will continue burning six times as long as a Lamp made of other oil as also it burnes very sweet There must be a great deal of care used in making of it or else you will quickly break your glasses also you must take very strong lime such as the dyers use and call cauke Philosophicall Bellowes A Signifies that which blowes a fire for the melting of any metall or such like operation and it blowes most forcibly with a terrible noise B That which blowes a Candle to make the flame thereof very strong for the melting of glasses and nipping them up C That which any one may hold in his hand to blow the fire strongly upon any occasion Now the manner of the using them in this you must first heat them very hot then put the noses thereof