¶ The seconde part of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by hym collected out of diuers excellent aucthours and newely translated out of Frenche into Englishe with a generall Table of all the matters conteined in the saied Boke By Willyam Ward ¶ Imprinted at London by Ihon Kyngston for Nicholas Englande Anno domini M.D.lx. The translatour to the Readers IN the edicioÌ„ of the first parte of the worthie secretes of the reuerend Senior Alexis of Piemont it was promised you gentill readers euen of hym self in his Epistle that he would labour in the colleccioÌ„ of others tried and experimented for the vtilitie profite and pleasure of all soche as either delited in theim or would by theim be eased of soche infirmities as thei might casually haue been greeued withall You heard also the cause why he would communicate those secretes with the worlde whiche vndoubtedly sprong of a godlie zeale towarde the common cace of all menne I therefore bicause he hath kept touche performing his promes in collectyng a seconde part could no lesse dooe herein then I did in the firste parte that is to saie no more to spare my labour in translatyng it into our natiue toungue nor hide the commoditie of so excellente thinges from those that haue not the vnderstandyng of the Frenche tongue then I did before And bicause you should not haue onely the hed without the taile that is the biginnyng without the ende you shall haue here no lesse good and profitable matters althoughe not so many then was presented you in the other as by your iudgement in readyng you shall easely perceiue THE Second parte of the Secretes of Master Alexis of Piemont by him collected out of diuers and excellent Authors To make whey as clere as well water TAke wheie and heate it on the fier but lette it not boile then sprinkle it with a Sponge weate in strong vinaigre or vergeous or els the iuice or licour of Orenges and so strain it in a piece of clothe made like a little bagge doeyng so diuers times vntill it be clere But note that the bagge must not be made cleaue at euery time but you must powre it alwaies vpon the skomme of it and it will become as clere as Amber To make very good Aqua vite TAke Wine that is not to olde that is to safe of a yeare or somwhat more or lesse and let it be very good hauing a good odour and distille it in a vessel of glasse hauing a long necke about sixe foote long with a very small and slowe fier and take it vp togither whiles it commeth furth fast that is to saye whan one droppe tarrieth not for another and it shalbe very good and pleasant for there shalbe nothing els but onely the parte of the Wine very subtile and fine true it is that it shal not be very hote nor burne so muche as other Aqua vites doe To make Armes or tables of Pictures alwaies bright shining TAke verie stronge Vinaiger and Alome and beate the Alome into pouder and mingle it with the Vinaigre and than rubbe therwith the armes or tables and they will be alwaies bright or els anoint theÌ„ with the marow of a Deere To make blacke Ynk very good TAke a pound and a halfe of raine water with three vnces of the waighttest Galles you can finde bruse them into small peeces and poore them into the said water and let it stande two daies in the sunne Then put to it two vnces of Romaine vitriolle wel colored and beateÌ„ small and mixe all well togither with a sticke of a Figge tree leaue it againe two daies more in the Sunne Finally put to it an vnce of Gomme Arabicke that is eleere and bright and beaten into pouder and an vnce of the pill of Pomegranades and than boile it a little with a slowe fier that doen straine it and kepe it in a vessell of Leade or Glasse and it will be very blacke and perfite good To make Greene Ynke TAke Verdegris elect fayer and make it into past with a little strong Vinagre and distilled water of Grene galle and let it drie and whan you will write with it teÌ„per it with the same water of greene gall putting to it a little gomme Arabike For Oxen that pisse Bloode TAke three vnces of Phasioli that be redde and sixe drammes of Pepper the seede of brome and make thereof â— poulder and giue him drinke of it euery daie with white wine vntill he be hole putting three vnces of the said poulder to two quarteâ— of the said wine and giue it him euerie daie three times To make Oile of Vitriol TAke the Vitriol and make it into Lime than put into Aqua vite and let the water couer it than distille it first with a very small fier augmenting it by little and little vntil al become out Then take out the Aqua vite by Balneum mariae with the water that is skant warme This doen distil againe the Oile and if at the beginning there come any water put the said Oile into some vessell and set it in the Sunne but it were muche better to set two vessels well closed togither one vpon another and the water beyng in the Sunne will come and cleaue vnto the vessell that is vppermost and therfore you shall take awaie the said vessell and set to another and by this meane you shall purge awaie all the said water and the Oile shall remaine not onely pure nete but also more delicat than the comon Oile of Vitriol To make white Teeth TAke Limons and make distilled water of theÌ„ and washe your Teeth with it for it is a soueraine thing or if you will not make the water take the licour of them which is also good for the same purpose but the water is moche better bicause it is finer so that in distilling it lose not his force For the same TAke lees of wine called Tarâ—arum and put it in a vessell of Marble and stop it surely then burie it in the ground and let it remaine there vntill it become water and then take it out and rubbe your teeth with it and thei will waxe very faire Take also the water that falleth at the beginning of the distillacion of salte Peter and Alome and rubbe your teethe therwith If you take also the roote of Mallowes and rub your teeth with it euery daie thei will be bright white and faire without hurting the gommes Or if you take a cruste of wheaten bread and burne it euen to coales and then hauing made it to pouder skower your teeth withall and washe them afterwarde with cleane and faire water either of the Welle or of the Conduite thei will bee white for it is a thing experimented To take awaie spottes from the face TAke twoo vnces of the licour of Limons and twoo vnces of Rose water twoo drammes of siluer sublimed and as moche of Ceruse put al togither and make it like an
therof a plaister whiche you shal laie vpon the stomack of the pacient or vpon his belly and he shalbe greatly eased of his disease To make that Antes or Emettes shall not eate the figges vpon the tree TAke a kinde of Onyons called in latine Cepa Scylliticae stampe them with Barrowes grease or lard and anoint the foote of the plant a haÌ„dfull or two of height and the Antes will not goe vp into the tree and this must you do in Marche To make Hore heares blacke TAke mulberie leaues vine leaues the leaues of a redde figge tree and boile them with raine water and washe your head with it and the heares wilbe blacke For the tooth ache TAke the rootes and leaues of Chickwood and boile them in water with the whiche you shall washe your mouth and hold it in your mouth a certaine space and it will take awaie your paine To destroie Lise and other small beastes that do wast and marre the herbes in gardins LEt a woman that hath her flowers walke three or foure times in the allees and all the vermine will fall doune deade A remedie for Deafnesse IF a man be Deffe by some accident and not by nature take the iuice of Colewortes mixte with warme water and droppe it into his eares and he shal finde a meruelous ease and remedy Against the stinging of Scorpions TAke Penniriall either drie or greene and stampe it with good wine and make thereof a plaister which you shal laie vpon the wounde or stinging of the Scorpion and he shal be safe and healed A remedy that the Sunne shall not hurt you shining vpon your head whan you go any Iornaie IF you put a little branche of Penniriall in eche eare the Sunne shall neuer make your head ake whan it shineth vpon it A remedie for the Horsnesse of the voice IF by colde you be Horse take Penniriall and seeth it in water and take of it at night whan you go to bed a dishefull somewhat hote with a little sugar molten in it and doing this three or foure times you shalbe ridde of your Horesnesse and haue a clere voice A remedie for them that can not pisse TAke fiue or sixe leekes and frie theÌ„ in the oile of ScorpioÌ„s and then stampe them and make of them a plaister and laie it vpon their coddes as hote as they maie endure it Also the beard or heare of Leekes will doe the like if ther bee dried and made in pouder and giuen theÌ„ to drinke in white Wine and will make the grauell and small stones to come out To make a baite to ketch wilde Geese and wilde Duckes and all other sort of foule TAke the seede of Belenge and the rootes also and steepe theim in water the space of a daye and a night with the seedes than seeth the said thinges with the water that thei were steeped in so that the seede maie well drinke and soke vp the saide water than laie the said seede or graine in the places where wilde Duckes and wild Geese are wont to rest and they will eate this graine or seede thus prepared and therupon will sleepe as they were drunke and in the meane time you maie take them with your haÌ„des â–ª but there must be a great quaÌ„tite of this Belenge specially for wilde Geese This maie also serue to take al other maner of foule that go togither in sholes or coÌ„panies Men vse to seeth this graine with brimstone and laie it in the places where birdes and foule are wont to feede and al that eate of it wil fall doune and die but to kepe them that they die not you must giue them to drinke oile oliue and shortly after they will reuiue againe To make that Dogges shall neuer be madde and a remedie for them if they be madde beyng bitten of wilde Dogges or wolues IF you cut of the Dogges taile within thirty or fourty daies after he is whelpt he shall neuer be madde onles he be bitteÌ„ of some madde dogge or wolfe for if he be bitteÌ„ you must giue him to eate the space of thirty daie continually Hennes dunge with breade or other meate laiyng vpoÌ„ the place so bitten a plaister of the rootes of wild Roses and put a collaâ— of it about his necke and in the wound some Garlike or Onyons stampt and if you be nighe vnto the sea caste him into it euery daie twise or thrise so that he maie thorowly washe and continue so the space of twenty daies bicause the sea water hath a vertue against the madnesse of Dogges To make that flies shall not vexe or trouble Dogges TAke the greene outward shale of Walnuttes and stampe them and anoint the dogge with it where the flies vexe him and specially in the eares and the flies shall not tutche him A remedy to keepe Dogges from Flees RUbbe the Dogges ouer with oile oliue and they will die incontinent or els take the roote of Belenge and seeth it water with the which you shall washe the Dogges and if there be any flees they will die or if you take the iuice of the leaues of it and rubbe them with it twise or thrise The like effect will the water of Toruisque worke if you washe the Dogges well with it but true it is that thei muste be washed afterward with cleane water for if the dogge should tutche that water with his tonge it wold hurt him bicause it is very venimous To purge Dogges whan they be sicke IF dogges haue any wounde you must heale theÌ„ with molten pitche mixte with oile oliue and rubbe the wounde euery daie with it If thei be otherwise sicke you must purge them in giâ—ing them drink whey of goates milke This don seeth a shewes head skin and heare and all and put a little Giâ—ger in it and make them eate it hote with the broth and al togither To heale mangy Dogges IF you kill a calf take the blood of him hote and smâ—re it vpon the dogge where he hath the disease and whan that is drie plaster him ouer againe with calues blood warme as it is whan it commeth from the calfe this must be done diuers times And theÌ„ washe him well with lie made with the ashes of the shrubbes or twigges of Vines It shall be also good to caste him some time into the fattes or tubbes wher they die cheuerell and there washe him well for that clenseth meruelously some washe Dogges in the water that mirre hath bene stioped in It shalbe good also to take a little good plaster of Paris with asmuche of the seede of Alegreâ— and stampe them wet togither and mingle them with molten pitche and anoint the Dogge with that whiche is also good for menne To â—ake wartes from the handes TAke earth and kneth it with Dogges pisse and laie it vpon the Wartes and they will drie vp and consume awaie To make the Teeth white TAke Goates horne and burne it and make therof pouder and rubbe your teeth with
it and they will be white and will also fasten and confirme the Gommes To take awaie the paine of the eyes TAke the Langes or Lightes of a â—idde hote as they be taken out of his belly and laie them vpon the eies of the paâ—ient and it shall take his paine frâ—â— him For him that is stong with a Salamander TAke Rosen prepared and compounde with Honie in maner of an electuarie and let him drink it with the decoction of Nettle leaues But he that by fortune hath eaten of a Salamander must vomite in giuing him drinke diuers times oile and making him sharpe glisteres for to drawe the venim out and to comfort his harte after in giuinge him good triacle and mithridate and that his meate be fat fleshe of yong beastes For one that hath dronke Leches or bloodsuckers GIue him drinke of some brine and the iuice of Beetes with Vinaigre and you shall kill the beast that hurteth so that it choketh the pacient sticking fast at the mouth of his stomacke For one that is stonge with the beast called in latine Psalanx which is a kinde of Lisard called Stellio YOu muste singe and plaie vpon diuers instrumentes and make the pacient to daunce continually vntill he be healed For one that is bitten with a madde Dogge YOu muste vse all diligence to get immediatly the Liuar of the same madde dogge and let the pacient eate it hote rosted and aboue all thinges you must enlarge the wounde with a rasour and cut away al the torne and perished flesh and cause the blood to issue out abondantly because it bringeth the venime with it And to drawe out blood also with little cuppes wel flamed called Cucurbitulae to giue him garlike onyons and other like thinges to eate and to drinke Milke and good sweete wine A remedy for him that is stonge with some Venimous Beast TO get the Venim out of the fleshe the blood of him that is stong venemously in any maner of sorte the beste and the chiefest remedy that can be founde is to sucke out the Venim with a maÌ„s mouth but you must note that he that shall sucke it out maie not be fasting but must haue eaten some thing specially fatte and greasie thinges his belly full Then hauing washed his mouth with good wine let him take into his mouth some oile oliue and let him beginne to suck Then to enlarge the place that was stong with a rasour that the venim may come the better out and set these cuppes called Cucurbitulae vnder with muche stame for to drawe it out This done make him a plaister vpon it with Garlike and Onyons stampt small and washe the place with hote vinaigre The diet of the pacieÌ„t must be the blades or leaues of leekes garlike and Onions with Pepper and salte inough and muche bread good wine with organy and the seedes of Nettles Baie berries and Genuper berries the fleshe of Hedge hogges of the lande and citrous with their seede To preserue a man from Poison TAke drie Figges and eate them with Walnuttes or rawe CitroÌ„s the seedes of nauewes which is a kinde of rape drunke with wine or els the leaues of Calamint and Terra sigillata and ruddle or red chalke in taking of al these thinges a dramme at a time and like wise the leaues of Rue eaten with a walnut two drie figges and a corne of salte vsing daily these simples you shall be preserued from poison As concerninge compoundes the principall of all Antidotes or conterpoisons is mithridate and triacle for in taking euery daie the quantite of a Hasill nut of Triacle there shall neuer Poison hurte you To driue awaie all venimous beastes from your house TAke Iuniper the seede of Agnus castus the shelles of riuer creuices Hartes horne the grease or suet of a Bucke Kerse or toune Cresses Organy and Dittany and make of all these droges a dowe or past and whan you will vse it occupie it burne it for where as the smoke thereof goeth the beastes will voide awaie Against all poison eaten or drunke HAuing knowledge that any man is poisoned the chiefe remedie is to make him vomite the poison in giuing him oile oliue luke warme to drinke alone or mixte with water if you haue no Oile giue him Butter with hote water or with the decoction of line seede or the seede of nettles or of Scinigrecum and all these thinges purge the venim as well dounewarde as vpward after hauinge made him vomite diuers times you muste purge him with sharpe glisters douneward then giue him water mixte with Honie and also olde Wine ynough to drinke But if you can get good Triacle or Mitridate they are the principall against poysons with Terra sigillata Acorne shels and giue him of it in good wine Let his meate be the fatte fleshe of olde beastes and fatte brothes specially of Hennes and fatte fishe and lette him not sleepe in continuyng this meanes he shall be deliuerid by the helpe of God Against all Venim or Poison TAke a quantite of Flies and drie theim and make pouder of them and giue it him that is poisoned to drinke in wine and immediatly he shalbe cured A remedy whiche king Nicomedes vsed that no poison should hurt him TAke Iuniper Berries Terra sigillata or ruddle of eche of them two drammes and make it in to pouder very small the whiche you shall mixe with hony or oile oliue and so kepe it And whan you will occupie it take the biggenesse of a hasell nut of it at a time with water mixt with hony and you shalbe assured not to bee poisoned for in eatinge poisoned meate after it as sone as it is in your stomacke there will come vpon you a vomiting so that you shalbe constrained to cast vp the meate and the poison togither but if there be none in your meate the said preparatiue will not hurt you at all A secret or remedy not to be stonge of Scorpions CArry about you of the roote of Polimonia or Polimonium and you shall neuer be stong of Scorpions and if you be stong with them they shall do you no hurt A remedy not to be stong of wespes or Bees TAke Mallowes stampe them with oile oliue and where as you anointe your selfe with the vnction neuer flies Wespes nor Bees will tutche you To make what quantite of strong Vinaigre you will TAke Squilla which is a kinde of an Onyon and take the leaues of from it tie it vpon a threde and leaue it fiue or sixe daies in the aier Thaâ— plonge it into the vessell of wine that you will make Vinaigre of and there muste be so muche voide space in the vessell that the Squilla maie not tutche the wine beyng tied by the bong and let it hange so fiue or sixe daies and the Wine wil become stronge and sharpe and will turne into good Vinaigre For one that hath eaten venemous musheroms or Tadstooles THe cheefest
ended incorporate all togither â—it will be a very good ointment wherwith you shall anoint the firste morning the head of the pacient and leaue it so anointed vntill the nexte morning thâ—n wash his hedde with lie that is not to strong but somwhat temperate then anoint it againe let iâ— alone so vntill the third morning do thus nine morninges in washing and anointing it and it will be as neete as a perle Also bitter almondes blanched and staÌ„ped and laid as it were a plaister vpon the head of the patient it will easely heale the scurfe changyng and renewyng the plaister certaine daies To kill lise and nittes in the head TAke the pouder or scraping of Hadâ—â—s horne and make the pacient to drinke of it and there will no lise nor nittes breede in his head but â—â— you 〈◊〉 the saide pouder vpon his head all the lise and nittes will die For one that can take nothing at the mouth or els to make him goe to the stoole and to sweate well FIrst the pacient must be well rubbed with hote linen clothes from the head to the foote and must be very warme kept in his bedde theÌ„ giue him this ointment following Take asmuche pepper as will lie vpon a grote and put it into halfe a glasse full of vinaigre and oile asmuche of the one as of the other and let it be very warme and anoint all his body ouer with it let him be well couerid in his bedde and than shall he sweate and go well to the stoole To heale those that haue the disease of the Splene TAke Lignum aloe and make therof a pouder and put it in some maner of brothe or wine asmuch as wil lie vpon a grote and lette him take of it three morninges togither Also the seede of an Ashe tree doth the like and the roote of Palma christi if it be eaten nine morninges fasting For the paine of the side or colike BOile a haÌ„dfull of Rosemary with water wherwith you shall temper the wine of the pacient and let him drinke none other water Also for the like Take a dogge and keepe him xv daies in a chambre and giue him onely lambes or motton bones to gnawe then take of his excremendes and drie it in the sunne and make therof a pouder and giue the patient to drinke of it euery morning halfe an vnce in white wine hote and doyng this three morninges he shall be deliuerid of the paine as it hath bene oftentimes tried Also for the like effect take the dung of a blacke asse as hote as you maie finde it whan it commeth from him and seeth it in white wine that is not sweete wringing well the dunge into the wine Of this make warme glisters for the pacient for it is the best and the aptest remedy that can be found for such a disease as many notable menne worthy of credite haue affirmed Likewise for the same disease it shall profite muche if he eate euery daie or foure times in the weeke foure peche kernels eche daie Thus doing he shall neuer feele paine of the colike This secrete was had first of a Iewe. There is yet another remedy easier then al the rest and that is you must take foure Garlike heades and boile them in a little pot with a pint of good white wine and lette it seeth well Then take a glasse full of this wine asmuche as you maie endure to drinke and so goe to bedde couering your selfe well and you shall feele incontinent great ease If you take also an vnce of the rote of Imperatoria made in pouder with white wine hote fasting the paine will incontinent go awaie For him that can not pisse TAke the stones and kernels of Peches and meddlers asmuche of the one as of the other and make them into pouder very fine and sift it in a sarce this done take fine Sugar the weight of all this and mengle all togither and the pacient drinke of it in good white Wine and incontinent he shall make water For one that is broke by reason of any trauaile either riding poste or by any other accident or chaunce TAke salt Armoniak and Rosen of eche of them two vnces and stiepe it in Vinaigre the space of xxiiij houres and dissolue it by the fire so that it burne not Then mixe with it halfe an vnce of pouder of Cipres and halfe an vnce of Gall and make thereof as it were a Ciraene True it is that these gommes ought not to be thorowly molten And if it be in winter so that the Ciraene be to hard put into it a droppe of mastic and then spreede it abrode vpon the rupture or the place a broke and chaunge it ones in foure daies and you shall see a meruelous operation To take away the paine and to heale the Goate TAke a little whelp of a brake that hath a while begon to see and the fattest that you can finde and skalde him like a Pigge and take out the guttes and garbage at one of his sides This done take Nettles stamped with two vnces of Brimstone foure yelkes of egges four vnces of turpentine and incorporate all togither and put it into the whelpes belly sowyng vp surely the hole for feare lest the composition should runne out then rost him with a temperate fire and receiue the grease that coÌ„meth of him and anoint the place of the Goute with it for it will bring great ease and cease all maner of conuulsions of the sinewes or muskles and paine of crampe that maie be felt in a manne with this remedie many haue not onely eased the paine of the Gout but haue also healed it put it cleane awaie Also for the like effect Take a newe pot and fill it half full with oile the other half with good white wine put some Nettles into it the which you shall seeth and laie them as hote vpon the place as the pacient can endure in twise or thrise vsing this the goute shalbe cleane driueÌ„ away Against the hote Goute FOr asmuche as there is two maner of goutes the one hote and the other cold you shal make this medicine following for the cold one take the iuice of great reisins sugar rosat of eche of theÌ„ an vnce with sugar made with Buglose fiue vnces of Diapruni solutiâ—i an vnce of Reubarbari electi and mingle al these thinges togither with a Iulep of Violettes make therof a composition of the whiche you shall take halfe an vnce euery morning an houre before daie and in short space you shalbe healed A meruelous and very good water for diuers infirmities and diseases TAke an vnce of Frankensens of the male kinde called in latin Olibanum asmuch of Sarcocolla sixe vnces of Aloe epaticum good and cleere hoÌ„ny the iuice of Plantain white Rosen of eche of these three vnces stampe them al wel togither mingle them This don put them into a great vessel of
if you rubbe your bedsteed with fishe glue sodden Also if you sette vnder the bedde a paile full of water the Pinneses will not trouble you at all For to Kill and destroie Flies TAke white Elebore and steepe it in milke or sodden wine than put to it some Auripigmentum otherwise called Arsenick or orpine sprinkle your house with it and you shall destroie all the flies Also the decoction of Eldern cast about the house worketh the like effect Another waie to Kill and destroie Flees WOrmwoode or wild Cowcomber rootes stieped in sea water destroieth flees so doth the water wherein Mâ—lanthium otherwise called Nigella Romana hath ben stieped casting it about your house Also if you boile or seeth the water with Rose cakes or with hempe seeds and casting it about your house it will do the like For one that hath eaten venimous tadstooles or Musheroms THere is no presenter remedy for him that hath eaten venimous Musheroms or Tadstooles than to make him vomite as sone as maie bee possible in giuing him drinke the rootes of the leaues of Rue well stampt and of Organy and Hony and after that the vse of Triacle which shal be very good and Mithridatum with stroÌ„g vinaigre or with Oximellum scylliticum or els with Aqua vite Also to eate raw Garlike helpeth muche in such a cace which the most parte of the peisantes of the countrey doe vsing it in steede of Triacle For to confite Musheroms or tadstooles so well that a man maie eate them without any danger SEyng that Musheroms or Tadstooles are so pleasant in taste that menne can not abstaine from them lette them learne at the lest waye the meane to assure theÌ„selues from the danger that maie ensue doyng as foloweth Firste of all seeth them with wild peares or with the leaues of the tree that beareth the said peares And if you can finde no wild peares you maie do it with garden peares so that they be naturally sower and sharpe and sucke as can not well be eaten but thei must be rosted and you maie take them either drie or greene and they will take awaie all the danger of the venime or poison A remedy against the stinging of waspes or Bees TAke Oxe dung sprinkled ouer with Vinaigre or els take Mallowe leaues so vsed with Vinaigre or in touching the stinging with an yron it is done also with the milke of Figges To make wemen haue a quicke and speedy deliuery of their Children and without paine or at the lâ—ste very little TAke leaues of Dittany and stampe theÌ„ or els make pouder of them and giue the womaÌ„ that laboreth drinke of it with a little water and she shalbe deliuered incontinent and without any great paine or greefe To take of wartes from the handes TAke as many Ciche peason as there be wartes and tutche eche of them with one of the Ciche peason so that euery pease tutch his wart then wrappe vp the saide peason in a little clout and casâ—e them behinde you and al the wartes will drie vp For the dissenterie or flixe of the Stomacke TAke greene beanes poddes and al and seede them with water and Vinaigre eate theim so poddes and all and that shall stoppe you To fasten the Gommes and lose teeth TAke a little Mirre and temper it with Wine and oile and washe your mouth with all you shall see a wonderfull experience The Mirre also killeth the wormes in a mans body and beyng chewed in the mouth maketh a sweete breath To take awaie the toth ache TAke Ysope and make thereof a decoction with Vinaigre and it being hote washe your mouth withall the paine of the teeth shall go awaie The Ysope also beyng stampt and incorporated with Honie and a little Nitrum killeth the wormes in a mans body Another remedy for to heale the tooth ache BOile frogges with water and vinaigre wash your mouth with the decoction and it will be very profitable for the paine of the teeth To make Heare growe TAke three quicke Frogges burne them aliue in a pot and mingle the ashes that you make of them with hony or with tarre whiche is farre better and rubbe the place with it where you se there groweth no heare and in shorte space it will growe abondantly To make Heare blacke TAke leches or blood suckers and let them rott the space of three skore daies in red wine or vinaigre in some vessell of leade and anoint the heares with it in the sunne and thei will become black To kill the wormes in the teeth and to take awaie the stinking of the teeth TAke a hundred frogges and drie them al night in an ouen so that they maie be made into a pouder and put to it asmuche salt beaten into pouder rubbe your teeth with it it will kill the wormes and take awaie the euill sauour of the teeth To heale pussiue and broken winded Horses TAke molin or longwort and make therof a pouder and giue it the horse to drinke with his water and it shal not onely take awaie the cough but also heale him if he be altogither pussife and broken winded Also Gencian will doe the like whiche thing is sufficiently proued and tried To preserue a man from vomiting on the sea YOu must drinke the iuice of Wormewood and you shalbe quite from such paine and vexation of vomiting A remedy against the biting or stinging of Serpentes TAke Ashe leaues and stampe them and laie them vpoÌ„ the place that is stonge or els get out the iuice of them and giue him drinke of it and you shall see a meruelous effect bicause that the Serpent is so great enemie vnto the Ashe tree that he would rather goe thorow the fire then to passe by an Ashe For them that spitte Bloode TAke fine Rie flower and make thereof a cake and whan it is bake giue it the pacient to eate as hote as he maye endure it and it shal do him great ease A remedy against the wormes in yong Children TAke drie Lupines and make flower of them and kneath it with Hony and laie it vpon the stomacke of the Childeland it will heale him A remedy for the flixe or Laxe TAke greene Acornes and stampe them a little with the skinne and all and with the endes of the yong and tender leaues and make thereof distilled water in a limbeck and giue the pacieÌ„t drink of it and it shalbe a very good remedy For the running of the vrine that is to saie for one that can not holde his water TAke the small endes of Oken leaues and seeth them in Claret wine and then stampe theim and make a plaister of them and laie it hote vpon the yarde of the pacient shortly he shalbe cured For those that can not keepe their meate but vomite it vp againe continually TAke the tender leaues of an ashe tree and seeth them in strong Vinaigre and then stampe theÌ„ and make
saide water for to washe your handes with you shall haue them softe and cleane from all spottes or frackles This is the parfite waie mealâ—e to make oile of Talchum whiche hath many properties of the whiche the Dutchesse of Sauoye did vse and occupie And who so euer vseth this licour it will take awaie Freckles Spottes Wartes skarres of woundes or cuttes and other markes and in short space you shall see a meruelous experieÌ„ce of it It maketh white teeth and taketh oute the wrinkles of the face And tâ— you drinke of it two or three droppes with Wine or pottage it will make you haue a sweete breath if it coâ—ne bicause of the stomack It comforteth the mother and causeth a good appetite and restoreth into his nature euery euill stomacke that is marred by some accident or occasion of â—â—ckenes And finally muche desired of the Alkemistes for in putting into the saide oile some Mercurie well purified it congeleth incontinent and will endure the hammer and this is very true To make that all mettall shall seeme like Siluer TAke of Aqua fortis separatiua and put into it the value of viij pence or siluer well beaten thinne with a hamer and so cut it in small pieces and set the violle vpon the coles for to heate it a little and it will incontinent melte in the water Then take it from the fire and put into it some Tartare or lees of white wine beaten into pouder smal and put so much into it that it maie suite and drinke by the said water and you shal make a dowe or past wher with you shal rubbe all maner of metall what you will and it shall seeme white as it were fine siluer For to take muche Fishe and to make a light in the night TAke a certaine quantite of these little wormes that shine and flie in the night and distil them in a Lembick of glasse with a slowe fire and put the water that commeth of them in a violl of glasse or some round apple of glasse that is cleere bright and put into it foure vnces of quick siluer purged that is to saie passed thorowe leather or kiddes skinnes and sloppe wel the glasse that no water come into it Then place it handsomely in the middle of the nett so that nothing breake and than cast your nette into the water and it will make a goodly and cleere light and shining and all the fishes that see this light will runne in a shole togither and will fall into the net for all fishe naturally taketh pleasure to runne towarde the light And carriyng also the said round apple of glasse in the night it will giue a great light It will do the like also in a chamber To make a mixte stone whiche beyng weated with spettle maketh fire TAke quicke lime salt peter fined diuers times â—utia alexandrina not prepared calamint asmuch of the one as of the other quicke brimstone and Camfire of eche of them two partes And let all these thinges be beaten or stamped small sifted thorow a sarce or seeue Then put the said pouders in a newe linen cloth and binde them hard This done take two greate goldsmithes crosettes or melting pottes put the said pouders in them set the one vpon the other mouth to mouth and binde them faste with wier and Lutum sapientiae so that it maie sake no maner of ayer drie them in the sunne and whan the saide pouder is dry it will be yelow This done set the croset in a furneise of bricke or lime whan it is cold againe take it out and you shall finde your substance of the colour of bricke and it shal be parfite and good And whan you vse of it for to make a fire or light a candell weate it with a droppe of water or with a little spettle incontinent put to it your matche it wil light and burne And whan you will quench it againe blowe it as you blowe out a candell and you shall blow it out To make a Vernish of Mastick to lay vpon paintinges made with oile TAke two vnces of harde Masticke and an vnce of the oile of a firre tree ThaÌ„ take a little new pot put the mastick into it beaten or stampt and so melte it with a little fire This done put into it the oile and let it boile a little and stirre it still togither and let it boile almoste nothing bicause the Vernishe would be to clammie and to knowe if it bee sodde inough put into it a Hennes fether if it burne by and by it is a signe that it is made keepe it wel froÌ„ dust And whan you will occupie it let it remaine in the sunne vntill it be hote and whan it is drie againe it will giue a very faire glosse or lustre To make that a white skinne shall haue blacke spottes of the colour of a leopard or panther and also to make grey heare blacke TAke Litarge of siluer one vnce ij vnces of quick lime and three basins ful of water and seeth al this in a newe little pot witâ— a small fire vntill it waxe warme Then take it from the fire mixyng it alwaies with a sticke and it will be made Then take a Pensill of Hogges bristels and marke your white skinne with spottes as you shall thinke good one spotte here and another there one nighe vnto an other and some what great according to your skinne Then drie them in the sunne whan the skin is drie beate it with a wande and you shall see the spottes dimme of the colour of Taunie And if it be not well colored to your minde you maie doe it ones againe touching the same places you did before the colour will be liuelier this doyng you shal come to your purpose And this colour keepeth alwaies and giueth a good odour Also laiyng the saide matter vpon the heares of a mans head or berde that is grey it will make them blacke To make good oile of Nutmegges TAke two or three pounde of Nutmegges and cut them small and stampe them well then put them in a pan and heate them mixyng them alwaies togither This done you shall put them into a canuesse or stroÌ„g linen cloth and put them in a presse and presse theim well and gette out all the licour of them whiche wilbe like Manâ—a And then skrape it from the Canues bagge asmuche as you can with a knife then put it in some vessell of glasse and stoppe it well but set it not in the sunne although it seeme euil fauored for it will waxe cleere and faire of it self with in ten or xv daies and is worth thrise as much as the Nutmegge it selfe And this oile hath great vertue for to chafe and heate and in annointing the stomacke warme it swageth the paine of the mother and Sciatikes To make parfite oile of Spike TAke the floures of spicke nete and parfite and in quantite asmuche as
Sandrac as you shall that it is sodden This don pluck backe the pot by and by from the fire and let it stande where any flaÌ„be is bicause it draweth vnto it self the heate so the fire wold burne it all theÌ„ empty it out haÌ„dsomely before it be cold into a coople of little bagges pointed at the ende one within another like Ipocras bagges And the mater that is not molten will remaine in the bagges whiche wil be more then the halfe and that will no more bee any thing worth for that purpose and by this meanes you shall haue made your vernishe for to gilte with all whiche will keepe very well and long and the older it is the better operation it hath keepe it therefore well from all maner of duste and lette it not droppe or runne out And note that the Aloe is it that giueth the yellow colour to it and maketh it looke like Gold and the other thinges make it thicke And if you will make it exceding firme and fast whan the oile is soddeÌ„ beyng put in by measure you shall take out of it as much as you thinke good then go foreward in your worke and whan it is sodden there will not be of it aboue three or foure pound and that is the leste you can make at a time and yet neuertheles those that medle with the making of it make xl or lx pound at a time and kepe it for their necessitie And if you wil laie it vpon glasse or tinne either the matter must be hote or els the glas or tinne and it muste be laide abrode vpon it with a pensill and so shal you haue a faire pece of worke An experimented oile against poison TAke three pound of old oile oliue and deuide it into three sondry vessels and to one pound put three handfulles of Hypericon in englishe saint Iohns wort and leaue it in the sunne eight daies theÌ„ boile it in Balneo mariae the space of twelue houres which is made as we wil shewe you afterward This don you shall straine it hard in pouring vpon it some good wine as Maluoisie and after that put also to it three handfuls of the saide herbe and a pound of the said oile and so set it viij daies in the sunne as before in boiling it afterward twelue houres in Balnea mariae and wring and straine it harde again as before wherunto you shal put three handfuls of the seed of the said herbe and a pound of the saide oile This done do as before with straining it in the sunne and in Balneo mariae you shal also after this put into it these drogges following as gentian Crocodilium an herbe after Pliny like the thistle called Camaelion niger Ruellius supposeth it to be that whiche is called comonly Carlina or Cardina Zeduaria Aristolochiarotunda TormeÌ„till white Dittany Sandall of all sortes boile Armenik prepared of eche of them two vnces and putte all the saide thinges in a great glasse the space of ten daies in the sunne Hauing thus done you shal seeth theÌ„ thirtene houres in Balneo mariae straine them afterward very hard then shall you adde to it saffran Aloe Spicinardi Reubarbari electi of eche of them sixe drammes and set them in the sunne again the space of sixe daies boile them a new in Balneo mariae foure twenty houres make the same expression straining that you did before whereunto you shall put an vnce a half of good Mitridatum than it is made and beyng thus made kepe it for your necessite neede for it is a very soueraine thing against poison taken at the mouth hath a secret property against the plage for wormes Mâ—n vse it also in anointing al the poulses the hart that is to saie the left side then couer all his body and lette him alone with the hote linen clothes vntil he fal into a greate sweate And this hath bene proued diuers times Now Balneum mariae is thus made you must set a caudron full of water on the fire in the same water a great glasse suche as men still with all wherin to you must put all your thinges to boile And make your caudron of water so boile that the thinges in the glasse maie also boile and bicause that water in the caudron coÌ„sumeth you must fill it vp again alwaies and lo heere is Balneum mariae For the heate or burning of the vrine TAke the seede of purselane of wilde succory and garden succory of eche of them two drammes the floures of Nenuphar and of Violettes of eche of theim a dramme an vnce of the seede of white Pâ—rpadol two vnces of the seede of Sebestâ—â— half a dramme of Iusquiama alba a dramme of saffran fiue drammes of Lignum dulce ten draÌ„mes of the berrie of a pine apple tree and boile all this in sixe pound of water vntill it be decreased of the third part then straine it and take sixe vnces of this straining with an vnce of Iulep of violettes and drinke it luke warme euery morning at the breake of the daie and you shall see a meruelous effect within foure daies A water of a maruelous and excellent vertue to bring againe the sighte of the eies to him that hath lost it or is diminished by sickenes or any other accident or chaunce TAke three drammes Tutia made in pouder very smal and asmuche Aloe Epaticum in pouder two draÌ„mes of fine sugar sixe vnces of rose water sixe vnces of good white wine rather sweete than other wine but true it is y â— to swete is not coÌ„mendable Mixe al this togither put it in some cleane vessel of glasse beyng wel closed and stopt set it in the sunne a moneth togither continually mixyng stirring togither all the saide thinges at the leste ones a daie to the intent they maie incorporate well togither This don take of the same water put certaine droppes of it vpon your eies morning and euening in continuyng so a certaine space it will cause the sight to come again as clere and as pure as it was before And this was made and ordained by a consultation and counsell assembled of the wisest best phisitions of all Italie to bring the Emperour of Constantinoples sight again the yeare 1438. whan he was at the sinode and concile of Ferrare with pope Eugene the fourth and his sight came againe vnto him as faire as euer it was by the meane of this water To remedy or help bloodshotten eyes comming by any Reume fluxion or suche other like cause TAke the toppes or endes of Wormewood whiche is an herbe well inough knowen and stampe it mixyng it with the white of an egge and rose water make thereof as it were a plaister and spreading it vpon a linen cloth whiche you shall laie vpon the eye where the blood is or els vpon bothe And doe this at night whan you go to bedde and the nexte morning take
you maie make of theim what you will And whan you wil harden them againe laie theÌ„ in strong white Vinaigre To take out the markes that are comonly made in the faces of Sclaues for to knowe them and also suche as many men carrie vpon their bodies for diuers causes FOr to make suche caracters or markes thei first drawe the forme or figure of them vpoÌ„ the flesh then with a sharpe rasour thei lance the fleshe vpon the saide marke muche like vnto cupping that Surgeons do vse whan the blood is come out they take of the pouder of the smoke that Printers do vse or els of coales beateÌ„ very fine so rubbe the cut well with it and then are thei wel surely marked Nowe for to take out these markes you muste cut open the flesh again in steede of the foresaid pouder or coales you shal put into the place some Blanc rasil well puluerised or els some floure of wheate well bluâ—ted or sifted and let it so drie by this meanes all the markes well go awaie be the blewe or black and the place al nete and as faire as euer it was For one that is stong with a Scorpion IF you can get the Scorpion that did stinge you in cutting of his feete and his taile and letting him die vpon the place where he prickt you he will drawe all the venim vnto him Any other ScorpioÌ„ wil do the same being brused betwene two stones and putting to it a little Sage and salt Also for the like let three or foure droppes of a greene figge fal in or vpon the wounde and the venim will not abide For one that is stong with waspes or Bees STampe Mallowes and laie theim vpon the place where he is stong or els take flies stamped with a little durt VVhan a man is tutched or poisoned of a spider TAke the Ashes of the woode of a figge tree with salt stamped and laie it vpoÌ„ the place Also take Mallowes and seeth it and with the decoction of them weate the place or els with sea water For one that hath eaten toodes or the spetile that commeth from them whiche is a deadly thing MAke the patieÌ„t vomite in giuing him to drink some oile oliue with vinaigre tempered with water This done giue him to drinke often times after his vomiting the best claret wine that can be gotten and two drammes of the rootes of reedes causing him to runne excessiuely for to take away the heauines or vnlustines that the venim causeth him to haue To heale cleft or kibed heeles TAke Dragant and Galbanâ—â— asmuch of the one as of the other and make therof a pouder then take newe Waxe oile of Violettes and a little Goates suet or Oxe tallowe and melt it on the fire then put in the saide pouders and make of all this an ointment wherewith you shall anoint your heeles and the will be hole incontinent To heale the cankre that happeneth vpon the yard of a man or in the nature of women TAke an vnce of rocke alome and halfe an vnce of verdegrise with smithes water and put it in some vessell of glasse and seeth it two houres then straine the said water and kepe it in some kinde of vessell for to occupie at your neede To heale a foundred Horse TAke an Onion and stampe him then stiepe him a good while in strong Vinaigre then take the said Onion thus stampt and imbibed with the Vinaigre and make the Horse swallowe it doâ—â—â— this done cast the Vinaigre wherin the said Onion laied into the nosetrels of the horse and â—e shall forthwith be cured To kill the bottes in horses TAke a good handfull of Agrimonie and make the horse eate it earely in the mornyng and then let hym tarie fastyng and without meat vntill noone doe this fower or fiue daies and he shall be healed For a horse that cannot stale GIue hym to drinke hote water that is more then luke warmâ— and he shall stale For a horse that is cloied or prickte with an naile TAke out the naile and when his foote is well made cleane make a little hole euen vnto the quicke fleshe where the naile touched then fill it vp againe with Rosen and with a hotte yron melte some Pitche vpon it This doen laie some Cotten vpon it and shooe hym well and then feare not to ride hym after where you will To make a horse to haue a good hoofe TAke Oxe dung and temper it with Vinâ—gre and at night laie it hotte vpon his feete and wrappe them vp in some cloutes to the intentâ— that the heate maie kepe in whiles it maketh his operacion and by and by it will be a good hoofe FINIS The Table TO make wheie as clere as well water Folio 1. TO make verie good Aqua vite Idem To make armes or Tables of pictures alwaies bright shinyng Idem To make blacke ynke verie good Idem pag. 2. To make grene ynke Idem pag. 2. For Oxen that pisse blood Idem pag. 2. To make oile of Vitrioll Fol. 3. To make white tethe Idem For the same idem To take awaie spottes from the face idem pag. 2. For the same idem For the same idem For the same idem To take awaie little redde pimples from a mannes face Fol. 5. To make a water that teketh awaie the spottes of the face and maketh it faire and brighte and keepeth the handes and mouthe that thei chappe not or waxe full of chinkes Idem To make the face faire Idem A water to make the face faire Idem To make a water that maketh the face white and shinyng Idem pag. 2. A water to make the face redde idem To make a kinde of white to make the face faire called in Frenche Blanchet idem To make an other better whiche maketh the face white and glisteryng idem A water to make the face redde and glisteryng â–ª Fo. 7. To make an other maner of the same whiche the Frenche men call Blanchet idem To make an other Blanchet that maketh the face white and of a ruddie colour and hurteth not as the other aforesaied doeth idem To make an other Blanchet whiche is called roiall that is the best and the excellentest of al other idem To take out the wrinkles of the face idem pag. 2. To make heare flacke in commyng foorthe or growyng in a yong manne as well on their beard as in other partes Fol. 9. To make heare grows in euery place of y e body wher you will idem To make heares blacke idem To make a water that will make the face redde and glisteryng idem To die or colour heare idem pag. 2. To take awaie the euill sauour of the breath idem To get awaie the heares from the iye browes idem To die or colour all kinde of metall or stonâ— into the colour of golde without golde idem For to make yron or steele soft Fol. 11. To harden yron or steele idem To
also the Figges Snailes and the egges and mingle all these waters togither and put a parte half of the same water and kepe the other halfe and put it into a vessell of glasse and mingle into it all the other thinges and let them bee firste made into pouder and put to also the waxe then set it in the sunne and leaue it there vntill all become like vnto waxe then take it out with a white linen clothe and take fiftene Egges and stille theim in the same water and powre all this coÌ„posicion into the saied water distilled with a pound of rawe Honie and set it again in the Sunne and let it remaine there vntill the water bee dried vp and it will bee parfite good And afterward when you will occupie it take asmoche of it as a Wheate corne and anointe your face with the water that you did sette aparte that is to saie that of the flowers and it will proue a merueilous thing To take out the wrinkles of the face TAke a little of the wood of a white Vine or els a little of Brionie and stampe it with a drie Fig that is faâ—te that is to saie pastie and anointe your face with it and then go walke till you sweate for if you should not sweate the Vine would take of the skin and the Brionie make you blacke To make beare slacke in comming forthe or growing in yong men as well on their beard as in other partes TAke a rasour that is made of copper mixt with Auripigmentum otherwise called Arsnic or Orpine in the melting of it so that it bee incorporated togither and shaue the bearde or heare withall and it shall neuer growe again or if you heate the said rasour of copper in the fire and quenche it in the blod of a Salamander or els in the milke of Sowthistles If also you rubbe the place where you will not that heare shall growe with the bloode of a fishe called a Tony it will done the like Also if you take Beanes and seeth theim in water and washe the place euery daie with that water the heare will not growe or at the least long or thei came forthe To make heare growe in euery place of the body where you will TAke greate greene Lisardes or sea Frogges and cutte of their heddes and their tailes and drie the reste in an Ouen and make pouder of it Then take the yelke of an Egge and make Oile thereof and mengle all togither diligently that is to saie the pouder and the oile and anoint the place with it where you will heare shall growe and thei will come for the shortly To make heares blacke TAke a Combe of Leade and kembe your hedde with it alwaies and the heares will be blacke Take also Crowes egges and make oile of theÌ„ and laie a combe of horne in it and let it remain there till it hath dronke vp all the oile then take it out and kembe your hedde with it and by continuall vsing of it your heare will be blacke To make a water that will make the face redde and glisteryng TAke a pound of Aqua vite of three seethinges an vnce of Brasill that is good ten Cloues orientall and ten graines of Nasturtium otherwise called Cardaâ—â— in English Cresses or toune Kerse and fiue graines of Cubiâ—es and stampe all togither verie small then put it into a vessell of glasse with the Aqua vite and stoppe it sure and boile it a little and then distill it in Balneo Marie or with a verie small fire and it shall be in his perfection To die or colour heere TAke half an vnce of Aqua fortis sixe penie weight of good â—â—luâ—r and sixe vnces of Rose water and washe your hedde with it Take also Litarge and of the ashes of Nettles and mingle them togither and rubbe your heere with it To take awaie the euill sauour of the breath TAke Cheruile Mirre and Cyperus called of the Apoticaries IuÌ„â—us odoratus as moche of one as of the other and make theim into pouder then take Rosen and of all this pilles and drinke theim in your wine To get awaie the heares from the iye browes TAke the galle of a he Gote or of a she Gote but the he Gote is better and dooeth it soner and rub your iye browes and the heare will 〈◊〉 ly fall awaie To die or to colour all kinde of metall or stone into the colour of golde without golde TAke salte Armoniac white Vitrioll stone salt and Verdegris and make all into a verie fine pouder and â—aâ—e of this pouder vpon the metal or stone that you die or colour vntill it hee couered ouer with it then put your stone or metall into the fire and leaue it there a good hoâ—â—â— then take it out and quenche it in vrine or pisse newly made For to make Iron or Steele softe YE shal take the iuyce of Hemlocke and put the yroÌ„ or steele beynge redde hoate into it three or foure tymes and let it remayne in it vntyll it be thorowe colde Take also oile and put into it seuen times some molten Leade and then quenche the yron in it at the ende of foure or fiue times To harden Yron or Steele TAKE the iuice of MelanthiuÌ„ otherwise called Nigella romana or the herbe called Mouse eare and quench your Iron hote therin three or foure times To make Figges ripe quickly LET the Fygges come to theyr parfyte greatnes than pryke theym with a pinne and rubbe thyem wyth a lytle Oyle oliue then bynde theym about wyth Greene Olyue leaues so that they maye be couered round about with them and so let them ripe in what place you will To make Hennes laie Egges all the winter TAKE the toppes of Netles when they beginne to haue seede and drye theym and gyue the Hennes a litle of it with Bren and Hempe seede and they shal laie euery day an Egge To make a Glue or paste that holdeth as fast as a naile TAKE Pixe Greca and Rosen the pouder of burned Brycke whyche is called Ceruse and mengle al togither and heate it when you wil occupie it and whan it is cold it will hold as fast as a naile To take avvaye all maner of spottes TAKe a Tenche and seeth him muche vntill he be dissolued into water almost and wash the spotted clothe therewyth oftentymes Than take Bren and boile it likewise in the same water wash the cloth againe therwith To cause that a womans Brestes waxe not great of swellinge TAKE a Fishe that is called Squatina in Englishe a Soale and cleaue hym in the myddle and laye hym vppon the womans Breastes and they shall not encrease bygger And yf they be greate and bygge they shall aswage and waxe lesse To purge Honnie with out fier TAKE the rawe Honie and put in a veessel of stone well leaded wythin and large and couer it well with a Paper and let it so stande and euery thirde or fourth daye
very stronge Vinaigre and make thereof some distilled water and washe your face with it one daie and the nexte daie folowinge take Bren Mallowes and water and boile all togither vntill it be diminished of the halfe and washe your face with it that same daie and the next daie washe it againe with the water of the distilled Vinaigre and the nexte daie with the other water made with the Bren and Mallowes and coÌ„tinue so vntil the markes or holes begon whiche will be very shortly Also if you take Egge shelles distill them and washe your face with the water at night whan you go to bed and in the morning with the other of Bren and Malowes as is aboue rehersed To make the handes white TAke an Oxe gall and take halfe a sponefull of it in the ingâ—ning with wel water and washe your handes with this little of the gall and they will become moist softe and very white Take also Sope and purge it wel than take of the roote of Iris and dry it in an ouen and make pouder of it the whiche you shall mixe with the Sope well purged and so washe your handes withal and they wil be softe and white Take also Sope well purged and take the Ashes of a 〈◊〉 and mixe them well togither vntill they be well incorporated the one with the other and washe your handes with it in the morning and thei wil be moist softe white as snowe which thing is experimented To make an odoriferous and sweete smelling grese that kepeth the lippes and handes from thinkes and chappes and kepeth them moist and softe TAke a pounde that is to saie twelue vnces of Calues grease or the Deere suet that is yong and the suet fresh Than take sixe vnces of Maioram and stampe them all well togither and make thereof little halles and sprinkle them with a little good White or Claret wine that hath a good odour Than put them in some vessell and couer them well that the good odour of the Maioram go not out and so set them in the shadow the space of fower and twenty houres somwhat more or lesse than put them in water and seeth theÌ„ leisurely and than draine it againe Take also nine vnces of Maioram and stampe it with the same grease and make litle balles of it which you shall sprinkle ouer with Wine and put it in another vessell cleane the which you shal also set it in the shadowe the space of xxiiij houres and than put water to it againe and seeth it and straine it And do so fower or fiue times adding to it alwaies nine vnces of Maioram and sprinklinge it with good Wine you maie also put to it a little muske or ciuette thus doyng you shall haue a very excellent thing to keepe the lippes and handes from chappes or chinckes and from all great colde For to make a sweete Suet called in Frenche and Italian Pommade in latin Pomatum TAke a pounde of Deeres suet or if you can not get of that the grease of a kidde three vnces of barrous greasâ— and â—â— vnces of the marowe of a bucke and purge it cleane of all filthe and take out the little skinnes veines and griâ—eâ—â— that are 〈◊〉 then washe it with good white Wine so often vntill the wine remaine cleere and the grease white than straine out al the Wine and let it ronne abrode vpon a table This don take eight Appian apples or as many Pepins and pare them well bothe with out and within and stampe them Than take halfe an vnce of Cloues two drammes of Nutmegges sixe graines of spike of india and foure pound of Rose water and mingle all togither with the grease and set it to seeth in a couered pot with a slowe fire and let it seeth vntill the Rose water be almost consumed Then straine it and put it into another vessell washed three or foure times with Rose water then adde to it foure vnces of white waxe well purified and purged and sixe vnces of sweete Almondes Then sette it on the fire againe â—â—ely vntil it be molten and then take it from the fire and straine it and put it into another vessell washed â—ith Rose water Finally after it is congeled and â—axen harde take asmuche muske as you will with 〈◊〉 Rose water and other odoriferous waters and mingle them togither with a pesâ—ell of woode and and keepe it in a vessell of Glasse and set it in the shadowe toward the Northe and if you put to it a little â—â—orax liquida it wil be as good for the skurfe or skabbe as to keepe the handes faire To make that flies shall not tourment or trouble Horses in Somer TAke the leaues of Gourdes and stampe them and so rubbe the Horses with it euery morning and at nighe whan it is hote or els take leese of wine and rubbe them with it and the flies shall not tourment â—â—r â—oxe them no more than in the middes of winter To keepe Figges greene all the yeare YOu muste gather them whan they are ripe in the faire wether and at none daies to the inteÌ„t that they maie be drie from all dewe and putte them in a faire vessell of stone or earth the mater or substance whereof must be very fine and that the figges touche not one another then couer them diligeÌ„tly that they haue no maner of ayer and put them so in wine and they will be greene as long as the wine is good whiche thing hath bene proued For to make that Pommegranates shal not open TAke three great flint stones whiche are in the botom of riuers vncouer the earth from the roote of the tree and laie the stones vpon the roote and couer it with the earth againe as it was before Also if you plant nighe vnto the tree Squilla the Pomgranates will not open For to keepe wine sweete all the yeare TAke a vessel wel pitched within and without and put the wine into it before it boile in the fat and stoppe the saide vessell well that it take no ayer and then laie it in a riuer as deepe as you can that the vessel maie be couered with water and let it remaine so a moneth without remouing it then take it out and set it where you wil. Thus doynge the Wine shall be sweete and good all the yeare and thicke like must For wine that will not keepe longe TAke two or three egges and if it be claret wine take onely the yelke of it if it be white wine take onely the white of an Egge and take thre vnces of flint stone of a riuer that runneth swift and make it into pouder and two vnces of Salt made into very small pouder and mingle all togither Then put the Wine into another clene vessell that hath no oâ—our or sauour this done cast into it all this composition and mengle it with the wine fiue or sixe times a daie during the space of three or fower daies But note
that you muste make this prouision before it be vtterly corrupt putrified for if it were wholly corrupt and spilled this would auaile nothing but were â—ime and labour lost To cause that wine shall not be to stronge TAke a piece of Salt lard and tie it with a greate threed at the Bung hole within and let the lard touche onely the vpper parte of the vessell Thus doyng the Wine will neuer be stronge bicause of the â—ard and salt which letteth and hindereth the separation and attenuation which giueth force strength to the wine To make Vinaigre TAke the fruite of the tree called in latine Cornus in frenche Corneillier there be none of them in England and therefore it lacketh an Englishe name the saide fruite is like vnto Oliues but they be redde and somwhat longer take of them whan they be redde take also Blackberies before they be ripe and drie them and make them into pouder and with â— little strong Vinaigre make of them litle balles the which you shal drie in the sunne Then take the wine and heate it and whan it is hote but into it this composition and it wil turne incontinent into strong Vinaigre whiche thing is experimented To make Vinaigre with water TAke xxx or xl pounde of wilde peares and lette them lie three daies on a heape in some vessell and then sprinkle or water theÌ„ euery daye with a little water the space of xxx daies and it shal be as good Vinaigre and as strong as if it were of Wine â–ª â—lso if you take grapes and wring out the wine with your handes and put the cell into some vessell and put water vpon it it will be â—igre and sharpe To make Vinaigre with perished wine or wine that is marred TAke corrupt and rotten wine andboâ—le or seeth it and take of al the froth or skimme that it maketh in boiling and let it remaine on the fire til it be diminishe of the third parte Then put it in a vessell wherin strong Vinaigre hath bene and put to it some serfoile and couer the vessell well that it take no aier at all and in short time it will be good and strong Vinaiger To take awaie the sauour of the mouldines or putrefaction of the wine TAke Medlers well made ripe in strawe and opeÌ„ them in four partes binde them with a threde and hange them within the bunge of the vessel that they maie be all couered with the wine and let them remaine so a moneth than take them out and you shall take awaie also the euil odour of the wine To make wine haue a good odour TAke an orenge or a citron that is not to great and take Cloues orientall and sette them in the orenge or citron vntill it be almoste full and so put it into the vessell of wine but let it not touche the wine then stoppe vp your vessell sure that the odour goe not out To make that Leekes shall be great TAke many seedes togither and set them in Goates donge and let them growe and ripe and you shall see a meruelous thing To make tadstooles or musheroms growe CUt a Popler tree harde to the ground and then take hote water with leuain in it and cast it vpon the roote and within three or foure daies the tadstooles wil growe about the foote of the Popler tree where you did cast the water and they shall be good to eate To make that all maner of Codware shal seeth quickly TAke the seedes that you will sowe as Peason Phasiols Lintelles and suche like and before you sowe them sprinkle them with salte peter and than sowe them whan you will and those that â—rowe of that seede will seeth soner and easelier then â—â— her will do To haue greene Flowres all the yeare TAke yonge plantes of floures in Somer and set them in some place very hote as in stoues or hote houses leaue them so for by the meanes of the greate heate they will growe to their parfite bignes in the middes of winter beare their floures whiche thing is tried and proued To make Corne and podware to growe greater than they are wont to doe TO make Corne and podware as Wheate Rie Mille Ciche peason and all other like to growe greater than ordinarily they do you must sowe â—hem in a fielde where Squilla is planted bicause that this Squilla is hote and consequently giueth heate vnâ—o the seedes and so maketh them growe greater then they comonly doe To make that fruites shall not rotte vpon the tree TAke a Naile and heate it glowing hote in the fire and driâ—e it into the foote of the tree or if you wil not do so make a hole in the same place with a Percer and leaue it so for at that hole all the superfluous sucke or iuyce wil come out which is the 〈◊〉 that the fruites rotte vpon the tree To make letters than can not be reade onles the Paper be put in water TAke Rochealome and make it into pouder thaÌ„ put it into a little water and write what you will with it vpon white Paper and let the letâ—erâ— drie of theÌ„selues and whan you will reade them â–ª put the Paper into cleere water and the letters vpward and you shall reade them as if thei were writen with incke bicause the water maketh the Paper somwhat blacke or rather grey and the Alome shineth by reason of the whitenesse of it whiche is a meruelous thing and proued To make letters that can not be reade but at the fire TAke salt Armoniack and make thereof pouder very smal and put it in water than write what you will with it vpon Paper and lette it drie And whan you will reade it holde it before the fire and you shall reade very wel Also if you take the suck or iuice of a Limon or Dinyon and write withall a man can not reade it but at the fire To make that Aqua vite shall receiue all the vertues and strength of Medecines TAke foure vnces of Aqua vite and putte it in a vessell of Glasse with a streight and narrowe mouth but yet great and thicke of Glasse then take MedicameÌ„tes elect well dried and cut very small put theÌ„ in the same glasse vnto the Aqua vite stoppe well and surely the mouth of the Glasse with the stopple and than with white waxe vpon it finally take what vessell or pot you will and fill it with hote ashes so that there be nâ— fire in it and burie this vessell of Aqua vite in the same Ashes To make that a woman shall eate of nothing that is set vpon the table TAke a little greene Basil and whan men bring the dishes to the table put it vnderneth them that the woman perceiue it not for menne saye that she will eate of none of that whiche is in the dishe wher vnder the Basill lieth To make Oile of Roses or other Odoriferous Herbes TAke a violle of Glasse
so remaine in infusion fiuetene daies Then take some Vermillion made in pouder and a little water and mengle it togither with the said pouder then you shall make the Corall with your handes or as you will and let it drie then pollish it with the wheele or turne and it will be like naturall Corall To die Yron in the colour of Gold TAke Alome of Melancie and beate it into pouder then take a little sea water and mingle it togither then heate your yron hote and steepe it in the same water and set it a daie in the sunne and it will haue the colour of Gold For to make Yron strong and faire as siluer TAke salt armoniac and make it into pouder and mingle it with vnsleckt lime than put it in colde water and mixe all well togither this don heate your yron redhote and deepe it in the said water and it wil become as white as Siluer For to make a water that will take out incontinent letters from the Paper TAke a pound of blewe vitrioll three pound of salt peter and foure vnces of vermillion fiue pound of Alome and stampe them all togither and make thereof a poudre and stille it in some vessell of glasse with a small fire and there will come out two maner of waters the firste white and the second greene If you take a little of the firste and laie it vpon the lefe of Paper writen rubbing it with a greene clothe some what course or roughe it will take awaie the letters from the paper and leaue it as white as if there had neuer ben incke vpon it Also if you take of the said water and heate it and holde a sheete of paper writen ouer the smoke of it it wil become incontinent like as it had ben writen ten yeare before To take a spotte of Oile out of Clothe TAke oile of Tartre and laie it vpon the spot and take it of by and by againe then washe it well with luke warme water and three or four times with colde water and the cloth will be as nete and as cleane as whan it was newe and before the oile fell vpon it To stanche the Bleeding at the nose TAke great Ciche peason and laie them vpon a Tile in the fire vntill they be drie and then make pouder of thē very fine and put of it in his nose and the bleeding will cease To breake botches impostumes cartarres or sores comming in the throte TAke the drie dong of an Asse and of swallowes and make therof pouder and put of it in water or in wine hote and gargel or wash your throte oftentimes with it and you shal be deliuered To take an Yron or arrowe hed out of a wounde TAke the leaues of Palma Christi and stampe thē and at night laie of the iuice or sucke of it vpon the wounde and in the morning you shall finde the wounde so wide and large and the yron or arrow hed so discouered that you maie take it out with your fingers To make that yong Children shall haue no paine or greefe in their teeth TAke an olde Cocke and cut of his combe and take of the blood that commeth of it and rubbe their gommes with it they shall neuer feele paine For to make a cleere voice TAke the floures of an Elder tree and drie them in the sunne but take heede they take no moisture or wette then make pouder of theim and drinke of it with white wine euery morning fasting For to fasten lose teeth TAke Frankensens Mastick and the pilles of Pomegranates asmuch of one as of the other and make thereof a pouder and whan you goe to bed washe your teeth with a little good wine then take of the saide pouder and laie it vpon your Teeth and they will waxe fast and sure in short space For the Emorawdes TAke a Tortese and put him in a pot well stopt vpon the fire and let him alone vntill he be all burnt then take the pot from the fire and take out the Tortese and make him into pouder then first washe the Emorawdes with white wine very hote then laie vpon them some of the saide pouder and in two or three times he shalbe healed For one that hath his Sight troubled TAke the lunges or lightes of a Barrow hogge with all the appurtenances and seeth it in water and whan it is soden let him holde his eies ouer the smoke of it and in three or foure times doyng he shal be cured of that trouble For one that is abroke or brusten TAke of the roote of Symphiton petreon in English Bugle or Camfrey and put of it into the bread that he eateth euery daie and let him eate euery day of the said roote either rawe or roste and it shal be a very healthfull thing for his disease For one that hath his Coddes swollen TAke Rue and stampe it and laie it vpon his Coddes and immediatly thei will aswage their swelling whiche thing is sufficiently proued To make a woman that is wont to haue daughters to beare Sonnes also KNow you that it is a hadde thing for a barraine woman to beare Children and a greate gifte and grace of God to obtaine it bicause the causes of sterilite and barainesse be diuers and without nomber but to make a woman that beareth alwaies Doughters to beare also Sonnes it is a thing very easy and hath good succes and hath ben diuers times proued Wherefore if you will that your wise shall haue male children eate an herbe called in English Mercurie in Italie Mercorella in French Mercuriale or Ferolle whiche hath onely two seedes like vnto the genitories of a manne and make her also eate of it before you company with her and eate both of you the right stones of some beastes and of the skraping of an Elephantes toth To make that the handes shall not chinke nor cleaue TAke a Radishe roote make him hollow within vnto the bottom then take thre vnces of oile of Roses and an vnce of Turpentine or more according to the greatnesse of the Radishe and then couer the said radishe and leaue it in the hote ashes or embers vntill it be halfe consumed than take it out and anoint your handes with it For to make a mans Berde blacke TAke Aqua fortis and a peny weight of fine Siluer and melte it in the saide water by the fire and whā you wil occupie of it anoint the beard at the rootes of the heare with oile of Roses and with a spong wete your beard so that you touche not the fleshe and lette it drie than washe it with lie wherein there hath be mirabolans and Pommegranades sodden To make a woman beare Childrē although it be not alwaies assured yet it is the best remedy that can be founde FIrste cause the woman to be purged well and giue her some water of the baines of Aquario or other mine of Brimstone then lette her eate of the fleshe of
Cankers or other swellinges TAke Barley and Bran and seeth them vntill they be like vnto a plaister very thicke and laie it vpon the sore and it shall help muche To make wemens milke encrease TAke Fenell seede and seeth it in barley water and giue the woman drinke of it and her milke shall encrease abondantly Also the broth or water that Ciche peason be sodden in is verie good for the like thing To know whether there be any water in the wine or no. TAke rawe Peares and pare theim and make them cleane and cut them in the middes or els take Mulberies and cast them into the wine and if they swimme vpon the wine it is pure cleane without water but if they sinke to the bottom theris water mixte with wine To make Vinaigre MEn make Vinaigre putting the wine in some vessell wherin Vinaigre hath ben before and setting it in the sunne or by the fire or putting into it newe and cleane tiles or brickes heate or made hote in the fire To make drie Vinaigre whiche maie be caried wher a man will TAke wilde Cherries whan they begin to waxe ripe but the fruite of the tree called Cornus in latine is better and Mulberies or Blackberies whan they be redde or the great greene Grape the wilde Acorne before it be ripe and stampe all this â—ogither then take the best Vinaigre you can gette and incorporate all the said thinges togither and make of the past little loues whiche you shal drie in the sunne and whan you will make Vinaigre stiepe of the saide past in wine and it will be good Vinaigre Another composition for the same TAke greene Grapes stampe them putting to theÌ„ some vinaigre a make paste or dowe therof whereof you shall make little loues and drie them in the sunne And whan you will make Vinaiger stiepe these loues in as moche wine as you shall see will suffise and you shall haue strong vinaigre To make Rose Vinaigre very sweete and odoriferous TAke good white Vinaigre and put into it fresh and newe redde Roses or els drie keping al togither in a vessell well leaded within the space of fourty daies than take out the roses and but them into another vessell and keepe them in a colde place To make Vinaigre of Graine TAke an vnce of poudre of Graine wherewith menne die fine clothe and put it into a sufficient quantite of Vinaigre and keepe it in the sunne certaine daies in a vessell leaded and well couered than keepe also togither without separating the Vinaigre from the Graine and it will be the excellentest vinaigre of al bicause the graine is very sweete of sauour and odoriferous hartie and hote and for this cause it tempereth and moderateth the great colde of the Vinaigre A preseruatiue in time of Pestilence or plage and against all Venâ—m or poison and biting of a madde Dogge IF you eate before your meales a Walnutte or two two drie Figges and some leaues of Gardine Rue with a corne of salt it will be a good preseruatiue in the â—ime of a plage and againste all poison that a man eateth it And the same beyng stamped and laied to the biting of a madde dogge it healeth it so do Nutmegges also worke the like effect Against stinking vermine called Pinneses YOu must anoint well the place wher you doubt this vermine will breede with oile oliue mixte with the iuice of wormewoode and there will breede none To purge Coler and Fleame TAke some little nosegaies of Colewortes and put them in seething water and leaue them in it after it hath begon to boile while a man wil goe fiue or sixe pâ—se then take them out of the water and stampe them and take the iuice of thi and straine it thorow a linen clothe and kepe it in an earthen vessell the space of a night in the aire abrode then put to it some cornes of Salt and a littel Commine cut small or minsed Nowe he that will purge him selfe and take this medecine muste goe to bedde supperlesse and washe well his legges handes and armes with hote water and drinke the saide iuice so made in the morning and walke vpon it three or foure houres and whan he hath lust to vomite lette him vomite and he shall caste vp so muche Coler and Flegme that it shalbe a meruelous thing to se And besides this this iuice will purge also his head A remedie to keepe flies from fleshe IF you laie an Onion vpon the fleshe there will neuer flie come neere the fleshe as farre as the sauour of the onion extendeth To keepe Flesh all the somer without corrupting COuer the Fleshe in Meale Flower or Bran and it shall not marre in a longe time The like shalbe done if you cast vpon the fleshe Coriander seede beaten and mingled with Vinaigre To knowe if a Melon be good MEn saie comonly that a Melon is good whan the taile is bitter and the head of him harde and is very heuie To kill and destroie Flees TAke Penniriall whan it is in blossome and burne it where the flees be and the smell of that will kil and destroie them To ripe a botch impostume felon or cattes heare or any swelling sore TAke Hogges suet or grease or els Larde and laie it vpon the sore or Botche and it will ripe incontinent Also be that hath many life or nittes in his hedde anointing and rubbing it well with the said suet or lard they will die Also the oile of Laurell or baies will do the like An excellent washing for the teeth TAke the floures of PoÌ„megranades and seeth them in Wine and take of this wine in your mouth for it hath the vertue of restraining fastening the gommes swollen and to make the fleshe fine To make abaite for riuer fishe TAke the blood and the fleshe of a calfe and minse it togither and put it in a vessell and let it remaine so the space of ten daies and then occupie it A remedie that no kinde of herbes shal be hurt or corrupted by flees or lise WIth the Herbes that you will sowe you must sowe also roket or els washe the seedes of the Herbes that you will sowe in the iuice of Singreene and whan the herbes be come by they shal neuer be hurt nor corrupted by lise nor flees To driue awaie the stinking Vermin called Puneses If you steepe Rue in water and sprinkle your house or place where this vermine is you shall driue them all awaie Also yf you laie in your bedde steede a brauÌ„che of hempe you shall not be molested with Pinaises Also rubbing your bedde steede with liquid or softe pitch whiche some thinke to be tarre and the iuice of wilde Cowcombers and the Pinneses that be there will die Likewise if you rubbe your bedstead with Squilla stamped with Vinaigre or with the leaues of a Cedar tree sodden in oile you shal neuer feele Pinnese The like shalbe don
thing is that he be made to vomite in giuing him drinke oile oliue and lie made of the Ashes of the shrubbes of vines or of the braÌ„ches of a wilde peare tree with salt and vinaigre tempred with water Hennes Egges also be good beyng drunke with Vinaigre tempered with water And these remedies be good for any man that hath drunke Plaster or eaten any thinge that choketh or him to whome some manne hath giuen menstruall blood to drinke as wicked wemen some time doe To be assured and safe from all Sorcerie and Enchantement TAke Squilla and tie it vpon the principall gate or doore of your house and you shall assure all the inhabitantes in it from all sorcerie and enchantmentes Also this Squilla assureth and kepeth al plantes and trees that are about the house where it is planted or set from all noisomnesse and infection of the ayer Against lightning and tempest IN the place where there is tied the skinne of a beast called in latine Hyena or of a Cocodrille or of a Hyppopotame or of a sea Calfe or seale the lightening tempest and thonder will neuer fall there nor likewise vpon a haye tree nor figge tree To keepe that fruites shall not fall before they be ripe IF you tie wilde Figges vpon the trees in your Garden from the whiche your fruite falleth it shall not onely not fall doune but also these figges will keepe them safe To keepe that wesels and other like beastes shall not eate nor destroy Poultrie RUbbe your Pultrie with the iuice of Rue or herbe grace and the Wesels shall do them no hurt also if they eate the Lunges or lightes of a Foxe the Foxes will not eate them To make Flaxe as softe as Silke TAke what quantite of Flaxe you will that is good and faire kembe it as ready to be sponne Then take freshe and recent Calues dunge as muche as will suffise to paste ouer the saide flaxe and lette it be well washed after it hath remained fiue or sixe houres so soked and couered with the dunge and it will be as softe as silke maie be sponne as fine as a man will To heale the paine of the Head TAke Maioram and presse out the iuice of it and let the pacient take of it into his Nose To heale lippes that be clefte and full of chinkes by meanes of colde or winde TAke gomme Arabike and Dragant asmuch of the one as of the other and make pouder of it and incorporate it with Oile of Violettes and anoint your lippes therwith To heale handes that be full of Chappes by colde or winde TAke mastike frankences newe waxe and oile of roses make of all this an vnguent or ointmeÌ„t and anoint the chappes or chinkes of your handes and they will immediatly be hole To grinde Golde and Siluer TAke the cutting or paringe of beaten Golde the value of halfe a croune than take some gomme Arabick asmuche as two beanes and stiepe it in so little water that it skant becouered ouer and leaue it so a night than braie it a little vpon a marble stone and put to it the Golde by litlle and little and incorporate it well with the gomme Then braie it slightly the space of two houres in gathering it vp vnder the stone that grindeth it for in spreading it abrode much of it is lost and with a pensill weate the Golde rounde about for seare lesse it should drie for you should lose it bicause of the gomme that maketh it to drie vp Then you shall take half an vnce of salt peter whiche you shall put in a little câ—fer or casket of yron and put to it so muche water that it maie be scant couered and boile it on the fire skimming it well then straine it with a double linen cloth and thicke and let it coole and it will congele and be white Then braie it with the Golde the space of an houre and a halfe and than it is grounde This don take it vp with a fine pensill and putte it in a cuppe or goblet of glasse and resolue all into water Than must you haue ready three or foure cuppes of Glasse for to empty the water in from hand to hand then put the water vpon the Golde and with the ende of your finger washe it well with the Gomme and salt peter and you shall empty the water from hand to hand into the cuppes of glasse Also you muste haue ready some shelles cleane and drie for to put it in and the Golde beyng well washed in the cuppe or goblet let there be a little water in it and sturre the Golde with a pinne and you shall empty by little and little in the dishe all that quantite whiche you thinke you will cut of and make thereof suche measure that you maie haue your money againe And you must knowe that there is alwaies half in half gotten vpon it And in emptiyng it mixe it well togither to the ende that the course maie goe to the bottom and mingle it not with the fine for you should do hurte vnto your worke and your selfe wronge but keepe it for you maie grinde it ones againe and whan it is in the dishe you shall holde it ouer a flambing cole not letting it rest still but remouing it faire and softly and it will waxe drie seeme fayrer to the eye And thaÌ„ kepe it from all filth dust To make faire Verdegrise after the newe facion TAke strong Vinaigre and viij vnces of the siling or skales of Copper well made cleane from all dust foure vnces of Baye salt two vnces of it and than facion what bede stones you will make the hole of them little and lette them drie well in the sunne and if you bake them in an ouen they wil dure longer and will be stronger Than giue them a light colour with hole armenick the white of an egge laie siluer foile very fine vpon them but weate it first with water and then polish theÌ„ with a dogges tooth and make them glister and shine Then take the shearinges or paringes of parchement that be white and not colored or painted and washe them with luke warme water and boile them in a newe potte vntill they be well sodden and somewhat ingrossed waxen to a substance or body then straine them finely and whan you will occupie them about your worke lette them be luke warme Than take your Perle and put it vpon the ende of a needle or some other fine or smal yron to the intent the hole be not stopt and so plonge it into the said parchemeÌ„t glue take it out quickly againe and turne it round that the glue maie not rest in one place of it but that it maie be of like thicknesse rounde about the Perle and if it appeare not thicke inough vnto you dippe it in againe and it will shewe better that is to faie the whitnesse will shine vnder the glue will make a certaine
awaie a ringworme tetter or spottes and other markes or els a priuie marke in the body by birth TAke a pound of Salnitrum and asmuche tartre of white wine and staÌ„pe eche of them be it selfe very small and then incorporate theÌ„ togither and sifte them in a fine sarce so that all maie bee well mixte togither then putte the saide pouder in a potte of yearth made pointed like a Sugre lofe and so close and straight togither then sette a hote cole vpon the toppe of it vntill it burne and consume of it selfe and it shal be the salt nitrum bicause that the mostâ— subtill and moist partes and the grosse parte whiche is the tartre will calcine of it and wilbe like a cake the whiche you shall breake in small peces in a dishe and put some warme water vpon it so that all maie turne into water and for to make the thing neter you shall distill the said water in a guttur of felt and then the water wilbe cleere This done you shall put the water into a newe potte setting it vpon the hote coles or ashes that it maie skant seeth vntill almost all the water be dronke vp Then you shall take the pouder whiche remaineth in the bottome for it is the bontie and best of al your work then take a viall of Sirope put in to it foure vnces of distilled vinaigre with an vnce of Aqua vite of three distillinges This done put into it of the said pouder incorporating it well togither leaue it three daies in the sunne well stopt and in the morning whan you rise and at night like wise washe the spottes of your body and they wil go awaie shortly and neuer growe again and it wil make your skin white and faire where you wash it with this water Also for the same effect take white wine â—â—es and set it in some corner of your house vpoÌ„ the pauement and let it there drie well then burne it in a pot shard or fire pan vntill you maie make pouder of it This done put it into a bagge of the fashioÌ„ of a gelley bagge in some moist place that it tutche no wall set vnderneth it a cup of glasse to receiue the oile that wil come out of it within xx or xxx daies and keepe it in some vessell of glasse as a precious thing and anoint your face therwith and the markes or spottes will vanishe awaie in short space so that your flesh skin shall become softe And if you will haue it odoriferous or well sauoring put into it some Cloues And to take awaie lentilles from your face and that quickly take fiue or sixe oxe galles and two pound of Alome sixe vnces of fine sugre and eight limons cut very small distill all this in a limbeck of glasse and put into the said water an vnce of sublime beaten into smal pouder so put it in a vessel of glasse let it stand in the sunne the space of ten daies and than it will be parfite than maie you wash the lentilles with it with a little fast spoÌ„ge rubbing hard the fleshe and they will go of in short time and so your face shal remaine white faire You maie also take the fire pan and hete it hote and laie vpoÌ„ it a dish full of wheate to rost then staÌ„pe it hote as it is and straine it and so get out the licour of it and rubbe the lentilles with it and they will shortly go of To take awaie red rubies that growe in the face by reason of the heate of the Liuer TAke hogges suet wel purified brimstone asmuch of thone as of thother wâ— thother water distilled of a Peche tree and ferne and incorporate all togither with a slowe fire and make therof an ointment wherwith you shall annoint your selfe diuers times and they will go awaie In the meane time abstainâ— from wine and all hote thinges and to take awaie a ringeworme take celydoine early in the morning and stampe it betwene two stones and laie it vpon the place and in vsing this oftentimes you shal shortly be healid To take of from the handes or feete the hardnesse of the fleshe gotten by labour TAke newe waxe Verdegrise and Blanc rasil of eche of them an vnce half an vnce of sublime two drammes of burned Alome two vnces of oile of roses and all this beyng braid very smal make therof an ointmeÌ„t with a slow fire This done weate the wart or hard fleshe in water or hote lie and pare it handsomely with a rasor and so laie of this ointmeÌ„t vpon it with a plaster and continuyng this same it will go awaie You shall take also the flowre of line seede and with strong Vinaigre you shal make a past or dowe somewhat hard and vse to laie it vpon the hard flesh and it wil shortly drie vp You shall take also greene waxe and spreade it vpon a plaister and lay it vpon the place beyng first weated with water then cut the hard flesh as finely as you can in vsing this it will kill the roote so that it shall growe no more Another secret to take away wartes or hard flesh that growe betwene mens toes TAke the greatest Singreene of Walles take of the little outward thin skin that is vpon it and laie the saide herbâ— vpon the wart or harde flesh betwene the toes that it maie lie right vpon it do this fiue or sixe times in the morning and euening and they will go awaie all though they were neuer so old weate them well and pare them asmuche as you can and take of the saide herbe and make iuice of it and put into it a little burned Alome and incorporate it togither and laie vpoÌ„ it a little burned Alome incorporate it togither laie little weate pieces vpon the place that it maie bee alwaies freshe and within ten or twelue daies the wart or hard flesh wilbe gone so that you shall feele it no more A man maie make yet another meanes take the staulkes of Brionia or wilde Gourdes and burne them and make fine ashes of theim Then take the leaues of the saide Brionia or wilde Gourdes and of the leaues of Molin or Longwort and of his floures and stampe theim and so get out the iuice This don take of the said ashes and put asmuche of it into the said iuice as will make it like vnto anoyntment and therwith anoint your wartes and hard fleshe and they will goe awaie and neuer growe againe If you take also the floures of Molin or Longwort and distill them in a Limbeck of glasse and weate them often with the water and than taking the said floures and breaking them betwene two stones and laie them vpoÌ„ the place of the wartes binding them with some linen cloth and doyng it oftentimes they will consume awaie To make letters of Gold and Siluer embossed TAke two or three garlike heades and pille them and make them
cleane and stampe them and get out asmuche iuice of them as you can and put a little inck into it vntill it be black or els a little Saffran in pouder without inck and write with the same iuice great letters or other and lette them drie then go ouer them againe ones more for to make theÌ„ of the greatnes that you will haue them this done let it drie and whan you will-laie the Golde vpon theim heate it againe with your breath and so laie it on but the Golde muste be in leaues Then couer the letter lightly with cotton and rubbing them a little you shal take of all that cleaueth not vpoÌ„ the letters And thus doyng your worke will remaine of Golde and embossed whiche wilbe a very faire thing to see To make a deuise or armes or other thinges vpon a violett or a rose TAke salte Armoniac and braie it in a morter with vinaigre and a little Sugre candy and keepe it in a boxe then take the rose or Violet or gelly floure and dresse the little leaues fastened togither with red waxe in suche wise that they maie be equall Then with a pensill very fine make what deuise or armes you will let it drie an houre or more and than laie gold or siluer vpon it in foile and presse it doune a little with cotton so that whiche cleaueth not on will goe awaie and your worke shall remaine faire Sope to get out all spottes of cloth TAke a pound of Alome and burne it sixe vnces of pouder of Ireos and lette all be well beaten in pouder togither Then take two pounde and a half of white sope and half an oxe gall and the white of an Egge or two and incorporate them well togither Then take the Alome and the pouder of Ireos and incorporate them all togither and putte into theim a little Salnitrum or salt peter This done put into it asmuche of the said incorporated Sope as will make it haue a substance or bodie to the intent that ye may facion and make rounde balles in a good ferme and fast paste or dowe and so drie theim in the shadow and not in the sunne bicause the sunne is contrary to it And if you make them for to sell make them by measure and by weight and whan you wil take out your spot weate arâ—â—e the clothe vp and doune then rubbe it well with the sope and cloth against cloth This don you shall washe it with colde water vntill the water were cleere and if you think it be not out al togither lette the clothe drie and do ones againe as you did before and the spottes will go out Another like secret TAke a pounde of white Sope of Venise the yelkes of sixe Egges and halfe a sponefull of beaten Salt and asmuche iuice of Beetes as will suffise to incorporate the saide Sope and make thereof a cleauing past whereof you shall forme and make your balles and let them drie in the shadowe and whan they be drie weate your clothe vp and doune with cleere water and then rubbe it with sope and washe it as is a fore declared and the spottes will goe awaie Another like TAke a pounde of white Sope cutte very small the Gall of an Oxe or he Goate Alumen catinum of eche of them an vnce the yelkes of two Egges and a fewe ashes very fine and incorporate well al togither with the sope in a morter and so make thereof paste whereof you shall make balles and doe as before is said Another meane TAke the Gall of an olde Oxe and a pounde of Fenigreke made in pouder a pounde and a half of white sope three flagoÌ„s of strong lie put al togither and seeth it on a slowe fire vntill it diminishe of the halfe Then washe what spotte you will with it refreshing it diuers times with colde water and it will take it awaie Another meanes for spottes of fatte or Oile TAke a pounde of rocke Alome and as muche freshe vnsleck lime sixe vnces of Alumen fecis three pounde of white Sope cutte small foure pound of cleere water and let it boile a certaine space in some vessell that is not fatty and than straine it and whan you will occupie of it let it be luke warme and weate the spottes with the saide water on bothe sides of the cloth and the cloth togither then washe it with cleere water and the spottes will be gon then washe it againe with a little Sope and freshe water and at the second or third time they will without all peraduenture go out Also for spottes you maie take two pintes of renning water the Gall of an oxe four vnces of Alom De fece burnt and three vnces of Alumen fecis broiled and two scruples of Camfer and put all togither and seeth it vntill half be diminished Then straine it and washe what spottes you will with it and within twise or thrise washing they will go out To take spottes out of Skarlate or Veluet without burting the colour TAke the herbe called Lauaria of the Apoticaries Condisi and get out the iuice of it and laie it vpon the spot the space of two or three houres theÌ„ washe it well with warme water and if you thinke the spot not well taken awaie do it ones more and if the clothe be not died in graine put to it a little sope with another little quantite of the saide iuice and incorporate it well and so washe the spot with it and it will go out To take spottes out of white silke or Veluet in griene or Crimsen Veluet TAke stronge Aqua vite of three stillinges and weate the spot with it vp and doune then take the white of a newe laide Egge and spreade it vpon the spot and so set it in the sunne to drie This done wash it trimly with freshe and cleere water and so wring well the spotte betweeâ—e your handes and it will go out and do this twise at the lest for the colour will not perishe nor decaie Also for a cloth in graine take Alome water and washe well the spotte with it rubbing it harde clothe againste clothe this dooen washe it againe with clere water and in twise doing it it will goe out Also for the like effecte take roche Alome Tartre of tonnes and white Sope of eche of them three vnces and make theim into very fine pouder this doen take twoo Oxe galles and an yearthen pot that is not in any wise fattie or greasie and putte into it haÌ„dsomely at your discrecion and so sette it on the fire and when it beginneth to seeth cast in by and by the oxe gall and the pouder and let it so boile vntill it be diminished of the third or fourth part Then washe the spot with this water three or foure times and at euery time drie the cloth And finally renewe it with freshe water and you shall see the effect To take out a spot of inke or wine of a wollen or linen
clothe TAke the iuice of Limons Orenges or citrons and wete the spot with it diuers times letting it drie at euery time this done washe it with hote water and it will go out Vse also white Sope with white Vinaigre and the spot of inck will easely goe out To restore the colour to a cloth that hath lost it in taking out a spotte TAke a pound of Tartre of white wine and calcine it in a fornaise of bricke vntil it be white and take an vnce of it than take a pint of stroÌ„g Vinaigre and cleere and put the said pouder into it so set it on the fire And whan it beginneth to boile take it by and by of and it is made Then weate by little and little the place that hath losâ—e his colour â—â—ners times and the colour will come againe A water to take all maner of spottes out of cloâ—â—â— of any colour TAke two olde oxe galles and two scrupules of rocke Alome and asmuche of Alumen fecis foure vnces of Tartre of white wine one scruple of Camfire and stampe all togither very smal This don take two flagons of cleere water and put al togither and so seeth it with a slowe fire vntil it make no more froth or skim Then putte into it three vnces of Aqua vite of three distillinges and so keepe it in some vessel of glasse vntill you will occupie it And if the spotte be in skarlate take a corner of the same cloth and weate it in the said water and rubbe well twise or thrise the spotte and than washe it againe with cleere water and it will goe out The like maie you doe in al sortes of colored clothe in taking a little of the like colored clothe or other that is nighe vnto the colour weating it and rubbing as is afore saide and it shalbe done To driue awaie Flies Spiders Scorpions and other Vermine from your house TAke what quantite of Lapwinkes feathers you will and burnâ— them in your Chamber and whan suche Vermine shall smell this sauour they will not abide Against Gnattes whiche stinge men in the night TAke Comine and chewe it well and anoint your handes your face and al your body if it be possible with y e iuice that shalbe in your moâ—th and the flie feeling this sauour whiche is troublesome vnto him will not molest you at all And if you will driue them out of your house and that thei comme not into your chamber take Commine and make therof pouder very fine the whiche you shall incorporate with good white wine and take a burgeon of a vine or other branche hauing greene leaues vpon it and steepe it in the saide wine and so sprinkle your windowes and doores of your chamber or the place wher you will not haue them come in And also sprinkle of it a long vpon the walles for in smelling this sauour they can not abide If you will also driue awaie flies take Santonicum or Lauander cotton and the leaues of Eldern trees with some Comine and seeth it with water and sprinkle your house with it or your chambre and they shall not trouble you for the sauour of the water is very contrary vnto theim but beware you laie no baite for them to giue them occasion to enter in boldely for afterward thei will not greatly care for the sauour of it A very excellent Secret for to take out spottes or hard fleshe gotten by labour TAke salte peter Blewe vitrioll and Verdegrise of eche of them two vnces two vnces of Alumen Sucharinum and halfe an vnce of vnsleckt Lime and lette all be made into pouder then distill it in a limbeck of Glasse True it is that the firste water is not verie good but the seconde will bee excellent good to washe theim withall often times and they will drie vp by lâ—ttle and little so that you shall not perceiue it You maie take also some pouder of Euphorbium or Euphorbius tempered with lie and oile of Tartre and incorporate it well and so soke the spottes or harde fleshe with it and cutte it as neere as you can and laiyng this medicine vpon it you shalbe hole Take also the water that falleth from the vignes after they bee cutte and washe the Wartes oftentimes with it and they will were awaie leauing the skinne cleane with out any blacke spottes You maie make also pouder of Cantharides and incorporate it with Rosen Pitche and make therof a plaister whiche you shall laie vpon your Wartes and hard fleshe and you shall kill their roote so that thei wil drie vp of themselues and will go awaie without any paine Take also glasse heaten small and washe it and take the finest of it and mixt it with a little womans milke and some leuaine of wheate and make thereof a plaister first cutting the wart or hard fleshe paring of the head of the warte and so laie it vpon it at night and in oftentimes vsing this they will go awaie To take oile or grease out of a cloth of what colour so euer it be without any droppe of water TAke some sheepes feete and make them verie cleane then seeth them and eate theim keepe the right bones the which you shall burne and make therof a cleane and fine pouder This don heate the said pouder and laie it vpon the spot and let it remaine in the sunne and whan you see that the pouder beginneth to waxe black take it by and by of and put other freshe vpon it and doe this so often that you see the pouder no more blacke and than the spotte wil be gone and the colour of the cloth not perished Balles of Sope for Barbers of diuers sortes and sauours FIrste you muste note that the Sope is purged and purified two maner of waies The first is the venitian Sope beyng3 cut small muste be put in a pot that is not fatty nor hauing any euill sauour and put into it some rose water or other sweete waters or els in this maner folowing Take well water and put into it cheuers of cipers and seeth it a good while than straine it it wil be very odoriferous and sweete or els putte in the floures of mirtle tree of Orenge tree Cedar tree Spicke Lauander Agnus castus Sticados beyond sea Violettes Sage and suche other odoriferous floures or herbes as Cedâ—â— Baie our ladies glooues Minte Maioram Time and other sweete herbes and make of all this a composition so make a sweete water of diuers sauours and so seeth it a little This done take of the sope that swimmeth aboue with a Spoone and laie it vpon a newe Tile and it wil incontinent be drie and shal remaine neate and cleane bicause the water hath taken awaie al the filth and vnctuosite of the sope and therfore will be faire and white without any euil sauour hauing augmented the good smell of it And this maie you keepe against you haue neede of it And this is
the very true purging and purifiyng of it mary it diminisheth it of an vnce or a little more in the pounde Also another maner is that you muste cut the sope very small or els grate it and drie it in the sunne or in an ouen and make thereof pouder passing it thorowe a fine sarce This don weate it with Rose water or water of Spicke and lette it drie in the shadow or in the winde or els for to make it soner cutte your sope and stampe it and nothing els and put vnto it some pouder of Irios Storax and a little Camfire and beate it all togither and then make your Bals and so you maie incontinent after distribute them True it is that thei be not of any great value But for to incorporate the odours in the sope for Barbers balles you must take sixe vnces of the said sope and stampe it wel in a morter and put into it all these thinges folowing made into fine pouder for in this lieth the honour and perfection of your worke An vnce of Labdanum foure vnces of Macaleb an vnce of Anise three Nutmegges Maioram drie Roses Cipres pouder of eche of them halfe an vnce three vnces of cloues sixe vnces of Irios eight vnces of the flower of Amylum with asmuche of Storax liquida as will lie vpon a peny three graines of Muske or foure at the moste sixe scruples of Camfire with a little of the finest Sugre that you can get And lette all these thinges be well stamped and incorporated with in the Sope you shall make a past or dowe some what fast or ferme of the whiche you shal forme and make greate or small balles as you shall thinke best and let them drie in the shadowe and they will be parfite For to make also of another sorte take two pound of the foresaid sope and stampe it wel then put into it the iuice of Macaleb about two vnces and for to knowe it note that it is like a corne of whete and of the same colour but somewhat round a little greater And for to get out the iuice of it stiepe it in Rose water or other sweete water let it remaine in it vntill it swell Then stampe it and put it in a linen cloth and straine it hard and the white iuice that commeth out of it is the iuice of Macaleb and of the sauour of Macaleb and the rest that remaineth you shal drie and make of it pouder the which you maie also occupie bicause it hath the like vertue the sauour of violettes with that you shall take two vnces of Cloues three vnces of Irios an vnce and a halfe of Ladanum an vnce of Storax all this beyng made into very fine pouder let it be incorporated into the Sope you shal make a past or dowe ferme fast whereof you shall forme and facion your balles setting them to drie in the shadow To make also balles of white sope take fiue pound of the saide sope and put into it foure vnces of Irios two vnces of white Sandale three vnces of the floure of Amylum an vnce of Storax make al this into pouder and stampe well altogither stiepe it a little in Rose water or muskt water and you shal make of it a good past wherof you shal forme make your balles euē as you will Also for to make thē simple good take iiij pound of the said white sope ▪ with v. vnces of the pouder of Irios two vnces of cloues iij. vnces of the pouder of Macaleb incorporate them well togither in a morter with the water of Trefle or of spike and you shall make a forme and fast dowe whereof you maie make your balles and they will be very soone drie To counterfeite all maner of greene leaues which shall seeme naturall TAke greene leaues of what sort you will and skrape or bruse the biggest strekes that be like ribbes vpon the leafe the cōtrarie waie with a knife Then make this colour folowing Take comon oile or the oile of line or other licours that make smoke and burne them in a lampe and sette ouer them a pot for all the smoke will stick and cleaue round about it This done gather togither the same smoke and temper it in a dishe with a little oile or Vernishe and incorporate it well togither Then with the saide colour you shall blacke the leafe on the side where you haue brused and skraped the great ribbes with a linē clothe or cotton and turne the leafe vpon the Paper double and with your hande or with a piece of Clothe presse doune somewhat lightly the saide leafe vntill you be assured that it hath leaft the colour vpon the Paper Then take it of handsomely and you shall finde all the print and deuise of the saide leafe to bee as it were naturall yea euē vnto the least vaine or ribbe so that you shall thinke it faire and with all the naturall signes and markes and if you will make it greene according to his nature take Vinaigre very strong verdegrise gomme arabick bladder past called in Frēch paste de vessre and put all togither and seeth it and it will be greene as we haue before saide and with the said water you maie make al these leaues greene and it will bee faire to see for to make a painting frysed or rough about your chamber ye specially in winter time To make a Paper burde of beaten and stampt Paper for mouldes and hollow thinges TAke the shearinges of white paper and see that it be nete and cleane and specially with parchemēt and stiepe it in cleere water the space of sixe or eight daies Then putte theim againe into a pot that is not greasie with other cleere water seeth them the space of two houres This done take thē out of the pot with as little moysture as you cā possible so stampe thē i◠a morter as small as you can for they will make your worke so muche the finer Then putte them in a little bagge whiche you shall steepe in cleere water and if you should leaue them there a yeare they would continue stil in changing the water ones a weake This done haue ready mouldes of leade or earth for they be both good so that thei be cleane with in then you shal take this chopt paper and in wringing it a little and casting out the water you shall put it on the moulde and presse it doune diligētly hauing a sponge in your hande for to presse it the better aboue and to drinke or soke vp the water Then sette it in the Sunne or in a hote house and whan they be drie they will come of easely of them selues from the moulde And by this meanes you shall make your picture faire and nete and liuely as is your moulde And if the paper be beaten small inough they will be like plastre as white as paper and if you will paint theim or
glasse meete to distil in well closed luted about and distill these thinges in a leÌ„beck as we haue before declared holding the recipient close vnderneth wel luted rouÌ„de about the mouth to thintent there may no breath go out giue it a slowe fire that the matter mount not vpward for it would marre if you made it not desceÌ„d incontinent in weating the mouth with riuer well or conduite water And this water that commeth out is a wonderfull water for all the infirmities weaknesse of the members for I haue seene the experience of it vpoÌ„ a yong maide that had brokeÌ„ her arme whether it were that it was not wel drest or by any other occasion I know not but with in four daies it began to putrifie and to rot in suche wise that the phisitions and surgeons would haue cut it of But by the couÌ„sell of maister Seraphin this water was laid to it which is made in foure or fiue houres after they had well washed and rubbed her arme and the bandes that she was bound with al in laiyng it vpoÌ„ the broken place and wounde she was cured within fewe daies after In distilling this water you must vnderstand that at the ende it chaÌ„geth colour and than you must chauÌ„ce the recipient bicause the laste would marre the first which is very good hauing ended your distillation you shall take vp the lies or the gomme whiche hath no lesse vertue theÌ„ the water And if you make pouder of it it will be good for putrified woundes For one that can not slepe nor take his rest either for paine in the head or other like cause TAke oile of violettes with the yelke of an egge womans milke as much of the one as of the other and hauing mengled all togither make thereof a plaister and laie it either vpon his forehed or vpon his eyes and the paine shall cease and desire of sleepe shall come vpon him To consolidate and close vp the chappes or chinkes of the mouth TAke Honny and the drie marrow of a Hogge and mingle it togither heating it a little at the fire in a little potte and so anoint your lippes with it A water to keepe the handes delicate and soft TAke small Limons drie Figges and the roote of Enula campana asmuche of the one as of the other and make them very fine and small then put to it a handfull of sodden wheate seeth it with a slowe fire in one parte of vinaigre and two partes of riuer or fountaine water and lette it seeth a little and then take it of and keepe it couered that no duste come into it Washe your face with this water oftentimes and you shall se a meruelous triall of it An excellent water and of small cost for to wash a mans face and to keepe it in one state alwaies TAke the floures of Orenges incarnation Roses the floures of thornes as muche of one as of the other except of the thornes whiche must be lesse in quantite And beyng all distilled togither keepe the water of them which is very precious To take out the wrinkles of the face TAke an olde Capon and plucke of his fethers and cut him a long the backe and dresse it as it were to eate Then fill him full of little yellow Limons cut very small and the fenell seede and put all this togither in a limbeck with a moderate fire And than washe your face with the water that commeth out of it and the wrinkles will go awaie To mantaine and keepe the face without wrinkles TAke a newe fire pan of iron and sette it on the fire and whan it is very hote sprinkle it with good white wine and so parfume your face ouer the smoke of it and than wipe it with fine white linen clothes this done set the pan vpoÌ„ the fire again and a little Mirrhe vpon it and so perfume your face again ouer it and in the meane time keepe your selfe couered so that the smoke may not go away from you This done binde vp your face in some linen clothes and so goe to bedde and sleepe And this you must doe ones in fiuetene daies To heale a swollen face and that is hurt or marred by reason of some strange skorching which onely chaunceth whan the subline is not good TAke the iuice of Barba Iouis in English Singreone and rubbe your face with it twise or thrise a daie you maie doe the like with the iuice of Purcelane but if your face were to muche marred or hurt take xl or l. yelkes of egges and put them in a friyng pan vpon a great fire and get some oile out of them wherwith you shall anoint your face To know whether the sublime be good or no or whether it be made with arsenick I Haue shewde you in the first chapiter of the sixt â—ooke in the first part of my secretes the maner of subliming quick siluer as it ought to be sublimed Now for asmuch as many menne haue not this maner to make sublime thei must buy it ready made and therfore I thought it good to shew you the meane and waie howe to know whether it bee good or no or whether it bee made with Arsenick for all the sublimes that are made with Arsenick destroie comonly the face and make it swell Take therfore of sublime the quantite of a beane and cast it vpon the hote coales and if it be good it will burne and will make a blewe flame but if it make any other colour it is not good To take letters out of Paper TAke Salnitrum and blewe Vitrioll a pound of eche one and distill them then take a sponge and weate the letters with the same water and they will easely go of Also for the like effect take pouder of white bones and two vnces of plastre stampe it very small and mingle theim bothe togither and temper it with the yelke of an egge and anoint the letters with it and let it so drie and then scrape them with a pen knife and the Paper wil remaine white To renewe olde and worne Letters TAke Galles and stampe them a little then laie theÌ„ a stiepe one daie in good white wine This done distil them and with the water that commeth of them you shall weate handsomely the letters with a little cotton they wilbe freshe newe again in such wise that you may easely read them To mollifie or to make softe Iuorie and bones to worke what thing on them or with them TAke strong vinaigre and Sage and boile the Iuorie and the bones in it and thei wil be soft Also for the like effect take blewe Vitrioll and salt prepared and all beyng made into a pouder verie fine distill it and keepe the water of it and than laie your Iuorie and bones in it and leaue theim so half a daie and they will be soft Then put them three daies in the iuice of Beetes and thei will be tender so that
make figges ripe quickly idem To make Hennes laie egges all the winter idem To make a glewe or paste that howeth as faste as a naile idem To take awaie all maner of spottes idem To cause that a womannes breastes waxe not greatâ— or swellyng idem pag. 2. To pourge honie without fire idem To stenche the menstruall blood of women idem To kepe roses freshe all the yere idem For the same idem To take or dissolue a boile or kernell in the griue or the wrestyng of a sinewe idem To dresse and trimme Oliues in one daie Fol. 13. To preserue and kepe Peches or other fruict idem To cause merueilous dreames idem To make a woman beare children idem pag. 2. To heale and cure horses of the scabbe idem To heale the kynges euill a desease called in Latine Struma idem To make one that is poisoned to vomite the poison To make a candell that cannot be put out idem To make a candell of ice to burne Fol. 15. To make that fruicte shall take what forme or facion you will idem To make that rootes shall haue what forme you will idem For to write letters vpon a mannes body or face â–ª that shall neuer be rubbed out idem pag. 2. For the same but somewhat easier idem To make one haue a good memorie idem To make that no dogge shall barke at you Fol. 17. To make all thynges seme blacke and greene in the night idem To die hearâ— into a grene colour idem To dresse or to kepe freshe in Somer idem To make an instrument called Cauterium wherewith sores are burned whiche shall raise the skin without any grief or pain idem pagi 2. To make steele cut yron as it were leade idem To make redde ynke idem For the same and easier Fol. 19. To make bones soft idem To kepe Grapes freshe all the Winter idem To make Melons or Conconibers ripe before their season idem To take awaie the holes or markes of the small Pockes idem pag. 2. To make â—he handes white idem To make an odoriferous and swete smellyng grease that kepeth the lippes and handes from chinkes and chappes and kepeth them moiste soft Fo. 21. For a swete suete called in Frenche and Italien Pomade in Latine Pomatuâ— idem To make that flies shal not tourment or trouble houses in Somer idem To kepe Figges grene all the yere idem For to make that Pomegranates shall not â—pe fo 23. For to kepe wine swete all the yere idem For wine that will not kepe long idem To cause that wine shall not be to strong idem pa. 2. To make vineigre idem To make vinaiger with water idem To make vinaiger with perished wine or wine that is marred idem To take awaie the sauour of the mouldines or putre faccion of the wine Fol. 25. To make wine haue a good odour idem To make that Lekes shall be greate idem To make tadstooles or Musheroms growe in a. idem To make that all maner of codware shall seeth quickly idem To haue grene flowers all the yere idem pag. 2. To make corne to growe greater then thei are wont to doe idem To make that fruictes shall not rot vpon the tre idem To make letters that cannot be read vnlesse the Paper be put in water idem To make letters that cannot be read but at the. fo 27 To make that Aqua vite shall receiue all the vertues and strength of medicines idem To make that a woman shall eate of nothyng that is set vpon the table idem To make oile of roses or other odoriferous her idem To make that the Mothes and vermine shall not eate nor destroie clothes and apparell idem pag. 2. To make that wilde beastes shal not hurt you idem For to be assured and safe from serpentes idem To take awaie the pain and grief of the goute fo 29. For to see wilde beastes in a dreame idem For to make silke white idem To make an herbe growe that shall haue many and diuers odours and sauours idem To make an apple or ball that prouoketh idem pa. â— To make a barrain woman beare children idem To make heares growe vpon a balde hedde idem To make a water that dieth or coloureth Copper into the colour of golde idem To make oile of Brimstone idem For to make salt Armoniac Fol. 31. For to make Borace idem For to make Corall idem To die yron into the colour of golde idem pag. 2. For to make yron strong and as faire as siluer idem For to make a water that will take out incontinent letters from the paper idem To take a spot of oile out of clothe idem To stanche the bleedyng at the nose Fol. 33. To breake botches impostumes Cartarres or sores commyng in the throte idem To take an yron or arrowe hed out of a wound idem To make that young children shall haue no paine or grief in their teeth idem For to make a clere voice idem For to fasten lose teeth idem pag. 2. For the Emeraudes idem For one that hath his sight troubled idem For one that is abroke or brusted idem For one that hath his coddes swollen idem To make a woman that is wont to haue daughters to beare sonnes also idem To make that y e hands shall not chink or cleaue fo 35. For to make a mannes beard blacke idem To make a woman beare children although it be not alwaies assured yet it is the beste remedie that can be founde idem To make a woman labouryng to bryng foorthe 〈◊〉 childe that cannot be deliuered idem pag. 2. For to make teeth that one ake to fall out Fol. 37. A remedie for the fallyng sicknesse idem Against the plague idem For the same idem pag. 2. For the putrefaccion of the teeth idem For the stinkyng of the breath and to make the teeth white idem A water to make cleane teeth idem An other water to whiten teeth Fol. 39. To take awaie the smell of Garlike Leekes or idem A principall remedie for the flixe or laxe idem For to make that heares shall not growe idem A verie profitable reamedie for the hardnesse of womennes breastes after thei be brought a bed idem For Apostumes Botches Cankers or other Swellynges idem pag. 2. To make womennes milke encrease idem To knowe whether there bee any water in the wine or no. idem To make vinaiger idem To make drie vinaiger whiche maie be carried wher a man will idem An other composicion for the same fol. 41. To make rose vinaiger very swete and odorife idem To make vinaigre of graine idem A preseruacion in tyme of Pestilence or plague and against all venime or poison and bityng of a madd Dogge idem Against stinkyng vermin called Puneises idem pa. 2 To pourge coler and fleame idem A remedie to kepe flies from fleshe idem To kepe fleshe all