Antimony half an Ounce of our Universal Tinâ—â—ure of Antimony with Gold three Drachms mix them and make a compound whereof you shall give either in Pills or proper Liquor from half a Scruple to half a Drachm for a dose for fifteen days in the morning in the wain of the moon With this have many Epileptics been wholly freed though I gave it to some for months together more or less and though it be laborious and costly yet it challenges a place amongst the most powerful Used after the same manner 't is very good against all Megrims Palsies Apoplexies and capital diseases proceeding from a cold distemper CHAP. XLVIII His Polycrest or Tincture of many uses TAke of the roots of Angelica Carline white Dittany Bistort Tormentil of each three Drachms Swallow-wort Gentian Rhapontic Scorzonera true Acorus of each half an Ounce of the leaves of Wormewood Southernwood ground Ivy of each half an handful of the slowers of Rosemary Centaury the less Clary Betony Pome-citrons of each one pugil of Cinamon Nutmegs Cloves of each one Drachm Myrrh Mastic Aloes-Succotrine of each two Scruples red Coral prepar'd Harts-horn Mother of Pearl prepar'd of each one Drachm and an half Saffron one Scruple Assa dulcis Spikenard of each one Drachm Peels of Citron and Pome-citrons of each one Ounce and an half of all the sorts of Sanders of each half an Ounce beat all these and infuse them in a glassen Vessel well stopt in nine pints of choice alcoolizated Spirit of Wine to digest for fifteen days then seperate your Tincture by decantation and add thereto the Salt made of the foeces according to Art this Tincture excels in many Virtues as your Elixir vitae it recreats the vital Spirits and expels from them all venemoâ—s Vapors 't is given in all malignant diseases in time of the Plague and against all Poisons from a Scruple to a Drachm CHAP. LI. His greater Elixir of life TAke of the juice of Baum eight pounds generous Wine four pounds shavings of crude Harts-horn three pounds Unicorns-horn Bole-Armeny of each half a pound three Vipers the skins taken of without their heads tails or intrals and distil them through an Alymbic well tinn'd which hath a great refrigeratory but let the fragments of the Harts-horn and Unicorns-horn be put in the neck of the Alymbic that they may receive all the sume After you have distill'd add new juice and Wine to the distillings again and always new Harts-horn and three Vipers as abovesaid do this operation nine times to every time adding fresh juice and new Wine And changing your Vessel according to the capacity the last time let all things be added to the aforesaid Polycrest Tincture and let them be digested in Horse-dung or in a warm Balneo Mariae for a month in capable glaz'd Vessels well clos'd Then distil to dryness extracting not only from all the foeces but also from the shavings of the horns and earths a Salt according to Art which being mixt with the distillation you shall circulate for two months This Elixir although disticult yet 't is not very chargeable but I never sound a more pretious one among the many that I have used for it operates more cordially then that of the most Serene grand Duke of Tuscanie's It may be given in all diseases wherever the heart and viscera have need of help and to resist poyson and putrefaction c. It s dose is from half a Drachm to two Drachms neither hath it the smell of Aqua vitae but a most grateful and sweet one CHAP. L. His Tincture of Vipers TAke twenty Vipers their skins pul'd off and imbibe them in Spirit of Salt and then add white Dittany of Crete Tormentil Bistort Swallow-wort Scorzonera of each one Ounces as much generous White-wine as will serve to imbibe them which must overtop them two singers bredth and digest in Balneo Mariae or Hoâ—se-dâ—ng at eight days end boil them in the same glaz'd Vessel for two hours in B. M. and strain them hard Burn the dried foeces and extract a Salt from them what remains is to be twice purify'd with the white of an Egg and to be put into a warm B. M. again for three days with moderate heat for in this time it will be red like Blood This is Cordial and Alexipharmic profitable for Hectical Phthysical Hydropical Cachectical putrid and malignant Fevers and in time of the Pest and many use it for a preservative for they affirm it clears the Blood the dose is from a Scruple to half a Drachm CHAP. XL. His Antinephritic Extrall TAke Firr-wood rasp'd and its bark one pound Nephritic-wood half a pound seven Ounces of the inward bark of Filâ—erds Saxifrage and Pimpernel Pelitory of the wall Pupture-wort of each one handful â—iquiris Rest-harrow Burdock and â—ovage roots of each one Ounce and an halâ— ripe Juniper-berryes Persian Almonds Cherry stone kernels of each three Oâ—nces of the seeds of Carots Percely â—impernel Onions Netles Broom of each half an Ounce beat and brâ—ise them all then take of the juice of Rupture-wort ground Ivy Pellitory Onions â—itrons Redishes of each one pound generous Wine three pints and with all the aforesaid materials put it into a capable glaz'd Vessel well stopt in Balneo for eight days then press them strongly and clarify them with the white of an Egg and strain them and exhale by an Alâ—â—â—â—â— in B. M. until they become in form of a liquid Extract Then you shall add these things following Magistery of Crabs-eyes â—gg-shells Mother of Pearl mountain Christal of each one Drachm and an half volatile Salt of Beans Pellitory Ambar Urine of each one Drachm mix them and keep them for use This is a very great Remedy against all kinds of Stones Gravel and the like and excels others in extinguishing pains of the Reins The dose is from half a Drachm to a Drachm either in Pills or proper Liquors CHAP. LII His Antifebrile TAke of China root bark of Tamarisk and Ash of each one Ounce leaves of Germander Celandine Pimpernel the lesser Turnsoil of each a handful distill'd water of the juice of Turnsoil and from the juice of tender tops of Ash leaves of each three pounds Spirit of Vitriol stibiated two Drachms being all beaten infuse them in the aforesaid waters in a Glass Vessel well stopt in B. M. at twelve days end extract all the moisture by strong expression and make a Salt of the dry'd and burnt foeces make an Extract of the Liquor by the heat of a Balneum according to Art then take of this Extract two Ounces Extract of Rhubarb Sena of hedge Hysop of each half an Ounce Magistery of Mechoacan and Jalap of each one Drachm of Salt of the abovesaid foeces Salt of the lesser Centaury Gentian and Worme-wood vitriolated of vitriol of Mars of each one Drachm Magistery of long small Snails-shells of the Lake half an Ounce Magistery of Tartar solutive two Drachms all these you must ferment for twelve
days and this is given in all kinds of Fevers as well intermitting as continual It stays the Vapors of Fevers and purges pleasantly and is one of the most perfect that can be given and besides it hath never harm'd any one the dose is from half a Drachm to a Drachm and an half CHAP. LIII His stibiated Spirit of Vitriol which enters into his Aqua Catholica and Antifebrile Extract TAke Spirit of Vitriol rectify'd one Ounce Hyacynthine Glass of Antimony half an Ounce digest them in a warm place for a month and your Spirit will be ting'd into a Golden color strain it and reserve it for use This Spirit with other purging Medicines from twelve to twenty drops works pleasantly and without Vomit and corrects their heat CHAP. LIV. His purging Magistery of Tartar THis is describ'd by many but they put not that Trust in it which they ought for Physitians don't mind the way of composition which is this which follows Take Salt of Tartar made of the Oil of the said Tartar one part the strongest distill'd Vinegar two parts mix them together after they begin to ferment with an inward murmuring distil to a dryness then add new Vinegar and the aforesaid sublimation begining again let them be dulcilyed â—er the Vinegar puts off the Salt with its 〈◊〉 and the Salt throws off the Vinegar with its Acrimony then distil again and this â—peration you must perform ten 〈◊〉 until the Vinegar reassumes its 〈◊〉 and you must always distil to the fixing of the Tartar To the fix'd matter of the tenth operation add distill'd and rectify'd Aqua vitae made of the sâ—eces of Wine and it will suddenly be ting'd into a red color then strain the Tincture and pour on Aqua vita again till it will tinge no more then filtrate and distil again to driness what remains six'd will be dissolv'd into an Oily liquor by the Air which is then solutive Magistery of Tartar Virtues Vses and Doses THis dissolves gross and tenaceous humors in the Veins but 't is a certain and necessary remedy in all vitious and long Fevers yea my Master Riverius at the end of acute and contumacious Fevers to dissolve the reliques of the humors and the ferment purg'd his Patients by degrees after this manner Recipe of maiden-hair-Maiden-hair-Water or the like proper for the peccant humor six Ounces Sena two Scruples Cinamon Rhubarb of each one Scruple stibiated or common Spirit of Vitriol three drops these he infus'd for a night and strain'd them in the morning and adding fifteen or twenty drops of the said Magistery he gave four or five times more or less as need required to some every day to others every other day to some a less to others a greater dose to some in lieu of Rhubarb he gave Mechoacan or Jalap to some he gave an Ounce of Roses solutive and after this manner bodies were freed from infection and Fevers from becoming erratic I have us'd and use this method as also many Physitians of my acquaintance have got great Praise thereby CHAP. LV. His Febrifuge TAke slowers of Antimony thrice sublimed with Sal-Armoniac and dulcify'd very clear Hyacinthine Glass of Antimony of each half an Ounce Aqua fortis made with Nitre and Alum four Ounces precipitate the said Antimony in Water and again take Mercury revivify'd from Cinabar six Ounces and with Aqua fortis made with Nitre Vitriol and Alum precipitate till all become precipitated Then take Gold of Venetian or Hungary Chehiens fil'd to one Ounce and dissolve it Aqua Regia and put the three menstroums with the materials into a Retort well luted distil by degrees to dryness gather the Spirit in a Recipient well stopt and pour the distill'd into a Retort distil again twelve times after the same manner always upon Caput Mortuum The last time break the Retort and wash the Powder five times with Cordial Waters and being dry'd put it into a quart of Aqua vitae rectify'd and distil again in a new Retort well luted cohobating six times upon the Mass then separate the Aqua vitae and put the Mass of Calx into a strong Crucible well luted in a circulatory Fire for three hours Then take away and kindle the Aqua vitae upon them This Febrifuge is compos'd of three Hercules with our Master the forth Champion the destroyer of quartane Agues as may appear from inumerable experiments from his and my observations The dose is from six Grains to twenty with Resin of Scammony or Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur from twelve Grains to fifteen according to the strength of the Patient Many have searched for this but not by true and legitimate operations but this is the only sincere one CHAP. LVI Very good Salts which he used in pertinaceous and Autumnal Fevers and to disselve Heterogeneous humors TAke Salt of Gentian of Centaury the less Celandine Worme-wood Carduus Benedictus Self-heal of Vitriol of Mars slower of Sal-Armoniae of each one Ounce water of Agrimony or such like as much as will suffice to dissolve the aforesaid Salts and make a â—â—xivinm decoct with a gentle Fire until there arise a skin a top and put it in a cold and molst place and they will be crystalliz'd Virtues Vses and Doses THese consume obstructions and vititious intermitting Fevers proceeding from impurities as quartanes c. the dose is from one Scruple to half a Drachm and a Drachm in Broth or some proper Liquor They are given to some two hours before the sit covering the Sick that they may sweat My Master gave a Salt made of Alum and Tartar which he highly extoll'd but I never us'd it 't is this Take Cream of Tartar and Alum of each equal parts as much Cardâ—us Water distill'd as will dissolve them and let them be reduc'd by a gentle Fire into a form whereby they may be christalliv'd in a moist and cold place Of this he gave from one Scruple to half a Drachm in proper Liquors I also often give Vitriolated Salt of Worme-wood or others to wit take Salt and put it to Spirit of Vitriol till there be a subbullition which done evaporate and it will be the less pungent and apter to deobstruct and cooler of Vitriolated Tartar many write and 't is given by Physitians In like manner any of these Salts are join'd with Steel if you take two parts of Salt which you would chalibeat and one of Vitriol of Mars and dissolve with some appropriat distill'd water you may then condense into a Salt with a gentle Fire which will truly be chaly beated After the same manner they are made with Vitriol of Venus with Salt of Luna with Salt of Tin and the like CHAP. LVII His Famous Antiscorbutic Salt TAke of the white and searsed ashes of Ash-tree Juniper Box Lignum sanctum crisp Mint Germander Agrimony Centaury Liver-wort Cetrach Harts tongue Fumitory Elder-budds Water-cresses Capars Tamarisc Broom St. John-wort Sea-Porcelane sprigs of Vine of each equal parts of which
with water of Water-cresses make a Salt according to Art Then take of this Salt two Ounces and add two Drachms of Vitriol of Mars Salt of Tartar aluminated half a Drachm slowers of Sal-Armoniac thrice sublim'd two Drachms twenty leaves of Gold Common Spirit of Salt as much as will suffice to imbibe so that it overtop half a singers bredth let the Spirit with the aforesaid materials be dryed and make a Mass and 't is called Riverius's Antiscorbutic which is very exquisite in Hypochondriacs and Cachectics c. for it expells all impurities of the attribilious humors and mundisies the Veins the dose is from half a Drachm to one Drachm in proper Liquor CHAP. LVIII His Extract of Lignum sanctum for the Lues Venerea THis differs from others because I use the Extract and menstruum which is sudorisie after this manner Take Lignum sâ—◠〈◊〉 rasp'd with 〈◊〉 Bark Salsaparilla Cinamon of each 〈◊〉 Ounces Sassafras two Ounces generoâ—s Wine six quarts digest them in a Vessel well â—â—opt after two days distil and extract a quart of the Spirit which put by it self the other Wine exhale by B. M. till half be wasted then strain and siltre and exhale again by Balneum until it be of the consistence of Hony and a litle harder To every Ounce of this extract add two Drachms of Common Antimony diaphoretic and half a Drachm of Oriental Bezoar make Pills of which give one in a morning from one Scruple to half a Drachm in half an Ounce of the Aqua vitae spoken of before and let the Patient be well covered and in thirty days more or less they shall be freed from all evil quality of the aforesaid disease as I have often experienc'd of this composition CHAP. LIX His potable Turpentine for Gonorrheas TAke four Ounces of clear Terebinthine and put it into a marble Mortar with two yelks of Eggs and mix them with a â—â—oden pestle and they will be converted into a Liquor adding a pint of water of Agrimony mix them till it be wholly dissolv'd Then put it into a Glass Phiol in B. M. for a night and early in the morning strain it through a broun Paper or a linnen Cloth Then add a pound or more of fine Sugar with as much juice of â—imons as will suffice for a gratefullness and of this you shall give one Ounce or an Ounce and an half in the morning to them that cannot take Pills CHAP. LX. His Water against old Gonorrheas TAke Lignum sanctum Mastie-wood the bark of Firr of each four Ounces beat them and infuse them in four quarts of generous Wine add Dittany and Oris roots of each three Ounces a handful of dry'd Mint An handful and half of Vervene Seeds of Agnus Castus Rue Letuce of each three Ounces well bruis'd clear Terebinthine one pound mix them and put them into a Glass cucurbit for twenty four hours in a warm place then distil by B. M. and of this give two or three spoonfuls in the morning for some days CHAP. LXI His potion against Gonorrheas and Vlcers of the Reins and Bladder TAke of the herb Prickmadam two handfuls of the roots of Confound Tormentil Ladies Mantle Solomon's-Seal Knotgrass Plantan of each one Ounce and an half Seeds of Quinces Agnus Castus Bue Plantan Roses of each one Ounce juice of Limons one pound Sanguis Draconis Crocus martis astringent of each one Ounce water of Mallow flowers three pints macerate them for two days then boil with a gentle Fire and give two spoonful in the morning four hours before meat CHAP. LXII Concerning Extracts IN my Master's Pharmacopeâ—a many Operations seem to differ from these but reduc'd to the form describ'd by him and are of greater value then those that Quercitan and others use not that Quâ—rcitan and so many others wanted the best but facile inventis addere he kept an other a more profitable form as appears from these Arcanâ—'s describ'd by me which are amplify'd by the addition of Operations and Virtues My manner of Extracting Purges from Vegetables according to the aforesaid discipline is thus I Extract the juice from those Plants which I had gather'd before at proper times and I digest in B. and clarâ—â—y very well then I distil by seperating the Spirit and I coagulate what rests into the 〈◊〉 of an Extract Afterwards I beat the press'd Plant and the fresh on not press'd and put them into a sit Vessel to distil by descent such a Vessel as they use to make Oils of Woods having plac'd your Vessel to receive the Oil with a 〈…〉 Fire which must always â—e more vehemently augmented all the humâ—â—â—â—y long extracted I convert the rest being burnt into white ashes but lest the ashes should not be calcin'd enough I calâ—ine them again Of this with the Water or Spirit that is first separated I make a Lixivium and by siltration a Salt according to use The Oil extracted by descent which exhales an igneous odor I mix with the aforesaid Salt and a litle clear and pure Salt of Tartar being added to the same I digest in a warm place then I distil always cohobating the Spirit upon the foeces till the Oil by the strength of the Salt be destitute of an Empyreuma Then I reduce it into the form of Hony I then add this mellaginous substance to the extract first made whereby all the Spirits of the Extract and faculties of the Salt are united by this means This is the perfectest process that can be found out for Extractions In using 'tis given according to strength of the Compound or the Rules of the Pharmacopoeas yea rather in a less quantity because 't is more Effectual In Herbs Druggs or dry Roots or of litle juice all the strength is extracted with their proper menstruum and the matter is so accommodated as before by descent and an Oil express'd Then is made a Salt which is added to the Oil and being often rectify'd as 't is said is join'd to the Extract but truely those kind of Extracts are to be kept in Glass Vessels stopt All sorts of Extracts may be made after this manner as well Alexipharmic as Specific though they were compounded of divers things but I shall not stay to describe the way for one that is vers'd in the Art needs no Instruction It is to be noted that your Extracts of Vulnerary Herbs as Aristolochia St. John's-wort Comfry Star-wort Veronica Sanicle ground Ivy c. may not only be us'd inwardly but also outwardly in form of Liniments apply'd to wounds by it self or with other like they work wonderful effects for they strengthen and contract and defend the part from corruption and bring it soon to a cicatrice â—o also those Plants which are abstersive and Ulcerative will the better perform their operations Concerning Oil of Vegetables for Spagyric use many spagâ—ric Volums treat thereof but I esteem this to be the best way Dry the Plant that you will have Oil from and
extraâ—t an Oil by descent as aforesaid then make a Salt of the ashes which join to the Oil then with a litle â—â—lx vrva rectify the Oil for the calx dissipates the igneous odor if you will pour it on often times as the custom is Put it then into a Glass Vessel to the Sun mixing the flowers or leaves of the proper vegetable for infusion or of another if you intend a compound for it re-assumes a greateful odor and according to the Virtues of the Plants it receives those degrees of increase which are an hundred fold And it is used after the same manner to the aforementioned concerns by my first Master Letter John Faber as well inwardly as outwardly CHAP. LXIII His Chymical Bazilicon TAke distill'd Oil of Myrrh Mastich Frankincense of each an Ounce Oil of Turpentine Philosophoruâ— of wax distill'd of each one Ounce three yelks of Eggs mix them well and use them for you will find wonders CHAP. LXIV His Balsam of Sulphur TAke one Ounce of flower of Brimstone three Ounces of Oil of Turpentine Oil of Violets three Ounces mix them and let them boil in a glaz'd Vessel stiring them with a wooden Spathula till they become very red then take them from the Fire and add Oil of wax yelks of Eggs of each half an Ounce mix them and use it in all cancrous Ulcers in all Wounds Convulsions and bruised and prick'd Nerves CHAP. LXV His mumiated Balsam TAke of the Extract of round Birthwort the lesser Centaury of each half an Ounce of the Extract of St. John's-wort the greater Comfry of each one Ounce Venice Turpentine and white Hony of each four Ounces Myrrh an Ounce and a half true Mummy three Ounces Crocus martis four Ounces mix all these and infuse them in a glazen Vessel with three quarts of rectify'd Aqua vitae and digest for a month dayly stiring the ingredients that the Spirit of Wine may extract more easily the Tincture of the things then separate the Tincture diligently by inclination and distil in Balneo till there remain as it were of the consistence of Hony in the Alembie which is your Balsam which you may use to agglutinate all sorts of Wounds the distilled Spirit is also of wonderful Virtue CHAP. LXVI His Apolectic Baisam TAke of the Essence or distill'd Oil of Spike Sage Rosemary Juniper of each one Drachm Rue Marjoram of each half a Drachm Cinamon Cloves of each one Scruple of Ambar one Drachm and an half of the Extract of Berjoin Storax calamit Of the white oriental Balsam of each two Drachms of Balsam of Peru liquid oriental Basam of each half an Ounce prest Oil of Nutmegs three Ounces Ambar-greese of each one Drachm and an half sweet Musk two Drachms mix them and stir them over a very gentle Fire until they be united 't is a very complete remedy for Epileptics and Apoplecties it expells Vertigoes defends the body from contagious corruptions of the Air recreates the Heart and all the vital and animal functions 'T is to be used by anointing the coronal futures and the Tempills and by smelling to it CHAP. LXVII His Spirit of Sulphur to consolidate Vlcers of the Lungs and to cure their corrosions TAke of the acid Spirit of Sulphur rectify'd and imbibe thereon by degrees two or three pounds of filings of Steel and it will buble of it self and from thence become as it were of a saline quality Then put all into a Retort well luted and distil according to Art and extract a Spirit Imbibe in this again the Caput mortuum and cohobate five times in a new Retort every time to the dulcify'd Spirit add Magistery of Pearls Rue Oriental Balsam and of Benjoin of each one Ounce and an half mix them and it will be wonderful in the aforesaid diseases for all Pthysics whereof many have been cur'd by me with this Note Your Magistery of Pearls is made by distilling your Unions first in Oil of Sulphur and then being well dulcify'd with Cordial waters afterwards exalting them with Spirit of Wine Your Magistery of Benjoin and Oriental Balsam are to be dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine and precipitated with Cordial waters and then sublimated after the same manner as Sulphur That which is sublimated is purer and best for the Lungs CHAP. LXVIII His Balsam of a Red-Dog KILL a Red-Dog and throwing away the Intralls not the Fat cut its flesh and skin all into pieces and break his bones small boil them all in a fit glaz'd Vessel with a sufficient quantity of Oil and Wine adding Bears Goose Hens Badgers Foxes Cats Horses Asses grease of each one Ounce four pounds of Earth-worms wash'd in Wine roots of dwarf Elder ground Ivy of each three handfuls Sage Spike Rosemary Worme-wood Southern-wood leaves of Cypress bark of Ivy and Elm Savin of each one handful boil all these until the flesh be consum'd then press them and put them into a strong Retort well luted with six Ounces of Ivy-Gum and two pounds of the Wormes aforesaid ground Ivy six handfuls twenty live Frogs and digest it in a warm place three days then distil and extract all the Oil which you shall keep for 't is an Anodine and consolidates the Nerves especially in articular diseases CHAP. LXIX Rulandus 's Emplaster of Sulphur TAke three Ounces of our Oil of Sulphur three Drachms of Colophony half an Ounce of wax of Myrrh the weight of all the Wax Colophony and Oil being mixt sprinkle in the Myrrh by degrees being very finely powdered and boil them with a gentle Fire always stirring them with a Spathula until they be very well mixt after a quarter of an hour take them from the Fire and let them cooll by degrees And so you have a most excellent and infallible Emplaster for the curing of all kinds of Wounds and Ulcers as his Experiments in his Centurys describe which you may always safely trust and in his ninety fourth cure he says that there is a divine wonderful and quick Virtue in this Emplaster of softening suppurating breaking absterging and agglutinating as by long experience hath been try'd CHAP. LXX His Toad Oil. TAke four live Toads far from any water and put them into a glaz'd pot well stop'd to purge then take two pounds of common Oil wherein boil Sage Sowthistle roots of Oris and Gentian of each one handful and puting one of the Toads therein set it over a Fire in an open place in a glaz'd Vessel cover'd but take heed of the smoak when the first is dry put in another live Toad and that dry'd a third and so a fourth and when 't is boild â—rain the Oil and this is very hot and very good against all cold pains against Scabs Morphew and Dropsie use it hot CHAP. LXXI His Anti-Apoplectic Balsam TAke rectify'd Oil of Ambar oleum petroleum Philosophorum Rosemary Sage Spike being all distill'd of each half a Ounce Oil of Nutmegs by expression two Ounces Extract of Castor Oil of Box. Camphar
of each one Drachm Balsam of Peru Occidental Opobalsam Civet of the Extract of Benjoin of each half an Ounce Musk Ambar-grise of each one Scruple mix them all and with a moderate heat make a Balsam which is prevalent against diseases of the head by anointing the hinder part thereof the noistrills and pulse against the Apoplexy Epilepsy c. Collic pains and Hysteric passions are remov'd by anointing the navil CHAP. LXXII His Pills against pestilential diseases TAke wash'd Aloes Saffron Myrrh of each half an Ounce Oriental and Occidental Balsam of each half a Drachm six bones of Harts-heart Unicorns-horn Emeralds Oriental Bezoar Pearls and Coral prepar'd wood of Aloes of each ten Grains Ambar-grise five Grains our Tincture of Ambar-grise of Ambar and Magistry of Tartar of each as much as will form a Mass of Pills where take one of half a Drachm weight going to bed twice a week These mundify the Blood corroborate the Head and Stomach help pains of the Heart comfort all the Spirits revive youth and retard old age CHAP. LXXIII His Water breaking the Stone TAke green Wallnuts in the month of May bruise them and distil them thrice always cohobating with the distill'd water upon the fresh Nuts bruis'd then extract a Salt from the residue of the Caput mortunm and 't will be very powerful CHAP. IXXIV His Balsam against Asthmâ—'s TAke Balsam of Sulphur made with Oil of Terebinthine and his Oil of Sulphur dulcify'd of each one Ounce slowers of Sweet root one Ounce and an half two pounds of Oil of Sugar made with Spirit of Wine mix them and make a Balsam this is very profitable in all diseases of the brest and lungs the dose is from half a spoonful to a spoonful CHAP. LXXV His Pills against all impurities of the blood and humors TAke Extract of black Ellebore with its sixt â—alt half an Ounce of our Calomelanos two Drachms leaves of particolâ—â—'d Gold half a Drachm Magistery of Pearls one Drachm mix them and make a Mass of Pills the dose is from a Scruple to half a Drachm If without Calonclanos it may be given for four or five months twice in a week but you will mundify the contumacy of the Lues venerea with the said Calomclanos CHAP. LXXVI His 〈◊〉 against 〈…〉 TAke of Persian bitter Almonds four pounds Cypress Tere inthine three pounds beat them and mix them well then take three Ounces of express'd Oil of Nutmegs â—alsam o◠〈◊〉 one Ounce and an half Oil of Cloves half an Ounce mix and distil them according to Art and cohobate thrice upon the Capat â—â—â—â—tuum then add Spirit of Vitriol rosated three Drachms mix them and circulate for fifteen days for 't is very profitable against Colic pains the â—ose is from half a Scruple to one in proper Liâ—quors CHAP. LXXVII His Opthalmic water TAke the juice of Celandine Eyebright Verbene of each half a pound juice of River-Crabs eight Ounces Aloes Succotrine half an Ounce crude Tutia one Ounce Crocus metallorum one Ounce and an half digest them with a gentle Fire for twenty four hours then distil and add to the distillation three Drachms of glass of Antimony and boil them over a gentle Fire for an hour then strain and keep it for it is excellent against dimness of sight Cataracts c. CHAP. LXXVIII His Arcanuum against the biting of a mad Dog TAke the Liver of a mad Dog reduc'd to the form of a Magistery and the Magistery of River-Crabs of each one Ounce Tincture of Oriental Saffron Gentian Castor Myrrh of each two Drachms of the Quintessence of Vitriol of common Salt Antimony Silver of each half a Drachm of St. John's-wort-leaves Betony Yarrow the lesser Centaury Mug-wort Mint Wormwood Plantane Polypody of the Oak the lesser Sage Verven Garden Rue of each one pugil of Moon-wort three pugils dry and powder them and with a sussicient quantity of Gum draganth dissolv'd in Scorzonera-water and with the abovesaid liquors make Troches and give a Drachm for a dose for four days with some Cordial water and you will see wonders CHAP. LXXIX His Tincture against Dysenteries TAke of Hares-blood dry'd half a pound rectify'd Spirit of Wine one pound and an half digest them in B. M. for three days then extract a Tincture according to Art and coagulate to the consistence of Hony the dose is from half a Scruple to one with some Emulsion of Sorel-seed CHAP. LXXX His Balsam of Mastich TAke of the best Mastich as much as you will dissolve it in Spirit of Terebinthine over a warm Fire in B. M. then separate the menstruum from the dissolv'd body and then you have a Balsam for all diseases of the body for outwardly apply'd to the mouth of the stomach it stays vomiting and inwardly you give five drops in Broth or Wine CHAP. LXXXI His Arcanum against twisting of the guts and vomiting TAke of the aethereal Oil or Quintessence of Terebinthine six Ounces a Drachm and an half of Balsam of Peru fine Mastich six Drachms mix and distil them then cohobate thrice and use it in Malago Wine or Broth of red Cicers or any other specific liquor the dose is from six Grains to twelve your oleum ethereum is good for the same after the same manner CHAP. LXXXII His Spirit of fixt Nitre tartariz'd TAke of Spirit of Nitre rectify'd one pound put it into a glass Cucurbit with a large mouth open and pour on drop by drop and by degrees as much Oil of Tartar by deliquium which will raise a froth and so long pour on as long as you shall observe no more froth to arise The Tartar'd Nitre will fall to the bottom then decant and dulcisy with Rose-water 't is given in long diseases with appropriat decoctions from six drops to eight in water of Crabs or Ants and 't is Antifrebrisic CHAP. LXXXIII His Emplaster against a Pleurisic TAke three Ounces of Line-seed Onions and new Soap of each one Ounce and an half bruise and mix them then put them over the Fire in a Frying-pan mixing them till they be incorporated spread these upon a stupe and apply it to the Pleuretic part and opposite pain and you will see marvelous effects against this disease CHAP. LXXXIV His Emplaster for broken and disjointed bones THE bone being reduc'd into its place take three Ounces of chimney-soot one Ounce of Frankincense four Ounces of Wheat-flower as many whites of Eggs as will suffice to bring the materials into a sit consistence then apply it to the part with fit splinters and bandages and remove it not till it fall off by help of nature this may seem improper to some but truely I never saw any equal or excel this in such like cases you may afterwards use Cerats of Oxycroceum and such like as occasion requires CHAP. LXXXV His Antipleuretic Oil. TAke four pound of common Salt in the month of May wherein put humane pleurae two pounds three pounds of Cammomil and white
the Tincture of Antimony and was separated therefrom by distribution for there is nothing more sit than this for Câ—rals Vnions Crabs-eyes Eggliâ—â—â—â—s Bâ—le-Arâ—â—me Lapis hematitis and the like Let the Vinegar swim six singers bredth uppermost and let the Coral be dissolv'd for some days space in an hot Balneo and then distill the Vinegar to driness then wash the Powder ten or twelve times in Cordial Waters until all acrimony and the grosser and carthier parts be taken away and it become very well duâ—cisy'd and as clear as Chrystal Then dry it well and lay it up to be used as shall be directed hereafter Then take other Coral and being mixt with equal quantity of Sal Armeniac put them into a sublimatory Vessel to be sublimed and the Sal Armoniac will attract all the redness from the Coral Then put your Sal Armoniac being rubisyed into Spirit of Wine rectilyed and aâ—choolizated in an hot Bath and in sew days the Spirit of Wine will attract to it self all the Tincture then separate the Spirit by distillation and there will remain an Essence to which you shall add the aforesaid fix'd Powder and this is your true real and genuine Essence of Coral Virtues Vses and Doses THis is a Cordial and a mundifier of the Blood as may appear in Leprous persons 't is given to all Bodies and in all kinds of Diseases 't is proper for Fluxes as hath been said in the Essence of Mercury It comforts the Heart and Stomach restores the natural heat and fortifies the radical moisture it dissolves glotted Blood it helps and cures venemous Wounds and malignant and solid Ulcers 'T is given in Broth the yelk of an Egg Wine Plantane-water c. from half a Drachm to a Drachm CHAP. VII His Essence of PEARLS OUR Essence of Pearls differs somewhat from that which is commonly describ'd by others and is this which followeth Digest your Pearls in Vinegar of Antimony as before and they will very quickly be dissolv'd then do as before in the Essence or Tincture of Coral until the Salt become white to wit after it hath lost its Acrimony by washing then dissolve it in Alchoolizated Spirit of Wine and distil it seven times always upon the Caput mortuum then separate the Spirit and there will remain your Essence as in others Virtues Vses and Doses 'T IS a most perfect Cordial and not in the least inferior to Aurum potabile for 't is given to restore weak and languishing Bodies 't is proper in malignant Fevers and the Plague by reason of its Cordiality It repells Syncopes or Swooning Fits Passions of the Brain as Apoplexies Epilepsies Palsies and Vertigoes as also Hysterical passions and Hypochondriacal Fits it 's given in Broth or the yelk of an Egg in appropriate Waters from half a Drachm to a Drachm CHAP. VIII His Essence of EMERALDS TAke one part of the Fragments of Emeralds finely poudred of Nitrâ— and Sulphur three parts the which being put into a glas'd Vessel that will resiâ— the Fire you shall calcine it Afterwards being dulcifyed with warm Waters calâ— cine them twice after the same manner as before always with new Nitre and Suâ—phur After the third calcination and duâ—cification put your Powder into a crucible luted into a Glass Furnace or into a Reverberatory Fire for the space of six days afterwards being put into a Glass Vesseâ— pour on Spirit of Salt rectify'd as much as will overtop it four singers breadth anâ— so digest them in an hot Bath for twenty days then make a separation by decantation into another Vessel and pouring on new Spirit of Salt upon the foeces digest them again as abovesaid until all the Pouder bâ— dissolv'd Put all the Spirit into a Vesseâ— very well stopt and digest it for the space of a month which being past distil it lightly for the Tincture will remain in the bottom then you may augment its Virtue by adding Spirit of Wine Alchoolizated and digesting it and afterwards by separating it After the same manner is made your Essence of Carbuncles Hyacynthes and other pretious Stones Virtues Vses and Doses I Have no need to say any thing of the Virtues of this Essence good Wine needing no Bush for it is really a most potent Cordial against Poison and malignant pestilential Fevers and succors all Diseases of the Brain as Madness Apoplexies and the like CHAP. IX His Essence of Auripigmentum 'T IS a very dextrous and perfect spaggirical Art to be able on the oâ— hand to extract deadly Poyson from use precious things and on the other has to be able to convert Poyson it self inâ— most perfect Antidotes Alexipharmics aâ—â— true Cordialls As may be seen in Orâ—ment which though it be one of the dealy Poysons yet may be produc'd from an admirable Essence by reason of 〈◊〉 Cordiality and its process is perform'd â—â—ter this manner following Take one part of Auripigmentum aâ—â— three parts of rectify'd Nitre which beiâ—â— put into an unglassed Earthen Vessel thâ—â— will resist the Fire do as is usual in Croâ—â— Antimonii being calcin'd then waâ— off the Nitre with warm Waters theâ— dry it and do so again as abovesaid witâ— new Nitre then repete this exsiccatioâ— after a new ablution and adding two parts of Nitre and two of Sulphur Fire it a fresh and duâ—câ—â—y it but take heed of flame and sume After the third calcination and dulcification put your Powder into a crucible well luted 〈◊〉 Fornace or Reverberatory Fire 〈…〉 space of one month Afterward proceed with Spirit of Salt as hath been often said in other foregoing processes digesting and cohobating it oftentimes all being dissolv'd separate the Spirit to a dryness then with Spirit of Wine c. proceed as in other before Virtues Vses and Doses THis Essence expells all manner of Poyson very forcibly and is of like Virtue with Aurum potabile Pearls Corals and pretious Stones it purifies impure Bodies from all naughty corruption in the Veins This is the chiefest among other remedies against malignant Ulcers Gangreens or any other corrosions and roots out Scurffs and Scald-heads being anointed therewith 'T is given in Broths or Waters from a Scruple to a Drachm CHAP. X. His Essence of common Salt FIltrate decrepitated Salt several times through a Paper in rain Water being seven times distill'd Exhale the humidity and from what remains fixt diligently extract a Spirit with Bole-Armenia according to Art Then cohobate it four times upon the Caput mortuum and being rectify'd from its impurities keep it for the use hereafter specify'd then break your Retort and make a Salt of the Caput mortuum according to Art filtrating it well and it will begin to look red then joyning it with the aforesaid digest it in Balneo in a Vessel well luted with Mastich and the white of an Egg Then after a month is past rectify it again twice or thrice and adding alchoolizated Spirit of Wine and making a new digestion separate the Spirit of
Wine and there will remain your Essence of Salt Virtues Vses and Doses THis Essence will preserve as well dead Carkases as living wights from Corruption and is more effectual for Wounds than your Balsams it wonderfully helps Ulcers it dissolves the Gravel and Stone in the Blader it mundifies the Veins from any bad gross quality and cures Diseases proceeding from Blood it conglutinates consolidates and cures Ulcers of the Reins and Blader It helps obstructions of the Spleen Liver and visera it very much prevails against putrid Fevers it removes infections of the Skin amongst which are Scabs Pimples Shingles St. Anthony's Fire Ringworms c. it suppurates all sorts of hot Tumors and dissolves cold ones although they be schyrrous It appeases pains in the joints it defends the radical moysture keeps back old Age sharpens the Wit ' its drank in Liquors from one Drachm to two CHAP. XI His Essence of Sal-prunella MIX Sal-prunella very well clarify'd with Common Salt decrepitated ' its done by the same Rule as in Common Salt This differs not in Virtue from the Common chiefly in Fevers CHAP. XII His Essence of Sulphur FIrst of all rubifie Vitriol then adding an equal portion of Sulphur put it into a new pot as the custom is and let the Sulphur be sublimated four times then mix with it Common Salt decrepitated dissolved and coagulated and sublimeit thrice with the said flower and then the flower will wax white and become volatile and this keep for uses hereafter specify'd Afterwards take Spirit of Sulphur drawn â—er Campanam and rectify'd And passing it a fresh through filings of Steel â—ake away its acrimony so that it become as sweet as Water put your flowers formerly laid by into this dulcify'd Spirit so that the Spirit may swim four singers bredth above them and digest them in Balneo in a well Glazed Vessel well stopt where your Spirit will assume a reddish Color separate the Spirit by decantation still adding fresh until it will tinge no more then separate the Spirit by distillation and the Tincture will remain at the bottom to which adding alchoolizated Spirit of Wine digest them for several days until they be very well mixt afterwards separate them by distillation and in the bottom there will remain an Essence Virtues Vses and Doses THis is a most cordial Essence and nothing is more proper against contusions in Wounds even when the nerves are cut in two it cures Punctures or Poysonons bitings of any animal it extinguishes the Poyson and heals the Wounds 'T is a true Balsam in Diseases of the Lungs even Ulcers thereof it succors Hectical Pthysical Asthmatical People It conserves the radical moysture it eradicates pains of the joints it comforts the nerves it consumes new and old impurities in Catarrhs it restores hearing to the Deaf 't is profitable to sordid Ulcers 't is to be drank from half a Drachm to a Drachm in Broths or Waters and is outwardly used by it self alone or with proper Unguents CHAP. XIII His Essence of Vitriol PHilosophers assert Vitriol to be the Blood of the macrocosmical machine and will needs have the Philosophers Stone after which so many inquirers have labor'd in vain to be made of it In this they affirm the true Force and Virtue of the Universal Secret which is the Soul of minerals doth consist But indeed and in truth if through genuine spagyric Operations there emerge so many wonderful Virtues from all sorts of minerals and seminerals then certainly not a few marvelous ones are to be extracted from Vitriol as may appear from its stopping Fluxes of Blood it being only calcin'd in the Sun and the many also that use it by applying it a distance to preserve the parts from corruption Hence it may appear that it must certainly be of much more efficacy being mundifyed from its Impurities and brought to its perfection by an ingenious Artist Now its process is as followeth Take calcin'd Vitriol and a Spirit being extracted therefrom according to Art rectifie it and dissolve the foeces that remain in hot Water then filtre and dry them repeating the said Operations several times that you may gather from thence a Spirit and Salt as beforesaid Afterwards join the Spirit being thrice rectify'd to the Salt and distil them cohobating them seven times but alway dissolve the Caput mortuum and fix it as before Put your Salt into a Vessel that will endure the Fire into a Reverbatory Fire for seven days until it begin to look red then add it again to its Spirit well rectify'd and in a Vessel very close stopt digest it in an hot Balneo Martâ—e After forty days distil it and rectifie the Spirit seven times and dissolve the Salt in aqua vitae rectify'd and alchoolizated and six it then join the Spirit again and digest it until it grow red afterwards separate the Spirit by distillation in the bottom there will remain a Tincture which you shall add to fresh Spirit of Wine alchoolizated digest it and extracting a Spirit therefrom there will remain your Essence Virtues Vses and Doses NO one yet ever communicated a more famous medicine against all Diseases for it expells all kind of Poyson whether vegetable animal or mineral it recreats the vital natural and animal Spirits This is the Arcanum so long conceal'd by many which is so wonderful and so universal and which agrees so well with all Diseases all Ages and both Sexes it exceeds your Aurum potabile Panacea's or any other medicine under any denomination whatever 'T is given from a Scruple to a Drachm in Broths yelks of Eggs or other Liquors CHAP. XIV His Antiepileptic Troches THere are many that affirm these to be your mineral cinabar whose mother they suppose to be the bowells of the Earth But they are much mistaken for that which is call'd your mineral cinabar is cover'd under the shaddow of this of ours lest it should be called Antimony The cinabar laid down by many Authors against the Epilepsy called mineral and artiâ—cial is made after this manner following Take the Caput mortuum which remains after making of your compound Butter of Antimony and add thereto as much Mercury sublimate then distil it for use in a Glass well luted in an Alymbec Towards the end make a fierce Fire so that the Antimony may ascend to the neck of the Glass just like your clearest cinabar which will be mineral Wash thâ—â— until it be dulcify'd and then put it into a Crucible into an open circulatory Fire for three hours together and kindle your Spirit of Wine three or four times Of this take one Ounce Magistry of Pearls and Coralls of each one Drachm and an half Ambar and Safron of each one Scruple Elke's hoof one Drachm humane Scull prepar'd without Fire three Drachms faeculi Peoniae half an Ounce Oil of Ambar distill'd of the mucilage of Hart's-horn and Scull as much as will be sufficient to form them into Troches whereof give from a