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A new book of knowledge treating of things, whereof some are profitable, some precious, and some pleasant and delightful. I. How to write secretly. II. To write your name on a knife. III. To make bone or wood red for ever. IV. To make ink. V. To catch fowls. VI. To keep cloaths from moths. VII. To make the Q. of Hungary's water. VIII. To fatten fowl. IX. To make cock-ale. 10. To make lucatellus balsam. XI. To cure corns. XII. To pickle french beans, &c. XIII. To take fish. XIV. To take moles. XV. To take spots out of linnen, XVI. To make the balsam sold by mountebanks. XVII. To make pouder-ink in an instant. XVIII. To make pomatum and wash-balls. XIX. To make aqua mirabilis. XX. To make Dr. Stephen's water. With divers other notable things.
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them stand a Week and then â—raw off the clearest with Molosses and keep it in another Vessel and put in some Dates Raisins stoned â—eep it close from the Air. To make pleasant Mead. Put a Quart of Honey to a Gallon of Water with about Ten Sprigs of sweet Marjoram and half so many Tops of Bays boil all these well together and when it is cold Bottle it up and in Ten days it will be ready to drink To get Ink-Spots out of Linnen Lay it in Urine immediately after the Ink has dropped on it and there let it lye all night and the next day wash it out again and in so doing two or three times you will find the Spots and Stains quite out To 〈◊〉 Parsly spring up in few hours Steep the â—eeâ—â— in sweet Milk and strew your Bed you mean to Sow with unquench'd Lime three times then sow your Seed and strew once more of your Lime upon it and upon that Earth well prepared then Water it well and you may according to discâ—â—tion enjoy your expectation To make a Pouder that will make Ink in an instant Take Galls and Copperas of each a like quantâ—â—â— beat it to Pouder and put it in Water and on a â—â—â—den it will be good Ink. Likewise if you strewâ—â—â— the same Pouder on white Paper and write theâ—â—â—â— with Water the Letters will presently appear blâ—â—â—â— To make that Famous Balsam sold by the Mountebanks 〈◊〉 most parts of England exactly set down for the 〈◊〉 of the Country as followeth Take Linseed Oil 5 Quarts 2 pound of Oil of Turpentine 1 pound of Sallet-Oil 5 pound of Roâ—â—â— 2 pound of common Turpentine 2 pound of Beâ—â— Wax 1 ounce Ship-Pitch 4 ounces Storax Liquâ—â— 1 ounce Galbanum 1 ounce Amoniacum Bdellium Saâ—â—penum of each half an ounce 4 ounces Oil of Spâ—â—â— half an ounce Natural Balsam Burgundy Pitch aâ—â— Frankincense of each two ounces dissolve yoâ—â— Gums in Vinegar then melt them gently together and it is done The true and genuine Receipt for making the Queen of Hungarys Water Take four pound of Rosemary Flowers gather 〈◊〉 in a fair Morning two or three hours after Sun-risinâ—â— and picked from all the green part put them into Cucurbite and pour upon them three Quarts of Spirit of Wine well Rectified press down the Floweâ— into the said Spirit and then cover the Cucurbite with its Head and Alembick lute well all the Juâ—â—ctuâ—e with Paste and Paper then place it in a Saâ—â—â— bath and lute a Receiver to it then leave it so 〈◊〉 the next morning Then Distill it with â—o moderaâ—â—â— a 〈◊〉 that whilst the Spirit Distille◠〈◊〉 Head mâ—â—â— noâ— be so much as warm Or 〈◊〉 the Distillation you may cover the Head with a Linnen Cloâ—â—â— doubled several times and dipped in cold Water 〈◊〉 and dip again and cool the Head several times Continue the Distillation until you have drawn about three Quarts of Spirit which will be very pure and charged with the best and volatil Substance of the Flower then take out all the fire and let the Bath cool unlute the Vessels and put the Spirit into a Bottle well stopped then strain and press out the Liquor that remains in the Cucurbite and clarify it Then put into the Cucurbit again and Distill it until it remaineth in the bottom of the consistence near as thick as Honey or a thick Syrup which put into a Pipkin well glaz'd and boil it over a gentle fire to the thickness of an ordinary Extract put the last Spirit into a Bottle by it self Elixir Salutis rightly prepared as followeth Take of Anniseeds Coriander-seeds Parsly-seeds sweet Fennel-seeds of each 2 ounces 2 ounces of Spanish Liquorice 2 ounces Senna 2 ounces Rhubarb Elecampane 2 ounces Guaiacum 2 ounces Saffron 6 penny worth Raisins of the Sun stoned 1 pound mix all these together put them into 3 Quarts of the smallest Aqua Vitae in a Stone or Glass Bottle Let it stand and insuse 14 days at least but the longer the better near the Fire that it may receive some warmth for it will infuse the better and sooner Then pour off your Liquor into a Vessel and take your Druggs and press them as dry as you can and put the Liquor you squeeze out to the other and so Bottle it up for use To make Wash-Balls Take Storax of both kinds Benjamin Calamus Aromaticus Labdanum of each alike bray them to Pouder with Cloves and Orrice beat them all with a sufficient quantity of Soap till it be stiff then work it like Paste and make round Balls thereof To Pickle French-Beans String your Beans boil them tender take them off let them stand till they are cold put them into Pickle of Beer Vinegar Salt Cloves and Mace with a little Ginger To make Aqua Mirabilis Take Cloves Cubebs Cardamums Galanga Nutmegs Mace Ginger of each a dram half a pound oâ— Juice of Celandine a pint of Spirit of Wine 3 pints oâ— White-wine infuse them 24 hours and draw off â—â— Quart with an Alembick Dr. Stephen's Water Take of Cinamon Ginger Galanga Cloves Nutmegs Grains of Paradise Seeds of Amse Fennelâ— Caraways of each a dram Herb of Time Motherâ— of Time Mint Sage Penny-royal Pellitory of the Wall Rosemary Flowers of Red-Roses Camomil Origanum Lavender of each a handful infuse theâ— 12 pints of Gascoign Wine then with an Alembiâ— draw away 3 pints of the Strong To make Pomatum Take fresh Hogs-Suet cleansed from the Films and washt in White-wine one pound and as much Sheeps Suet washt in White-wine then take about 16 Pomwater Apples cleansed and boiled in Rose-waterâ— add to these Rose-wood Sasaffras Roots of Orrice Florentine of each six Drams of Benzoin Storax Calamita half an ounce of each and so make it into an Ointment To take FISH Take Assa Fatida Milk Honey Wheat-flower and make an Ointment and anoint the Bait and Hook An Ointment to kill the ITCH Take a pennyworth of Black Soap and a penny-worth of Boars-grease beat them together in Water and anoint therewith when it itcheth For a Scald-Head Take Primrose-leaves stamp them and lay to it For a Ring-worm Take Mustard and Honey and anoint the place three days FINIS
A New BOOK OF Knowledge Treating of Things Whereof some are Profitable some Precious and some Pleasant and Delightful I. How to Write Secretly II. To Write your Name on a Knife III. To make Bone or Wood Red for ever IV. To make Ink. V. To Catch Fowls VI. To keep Cloaths from Moths VII To make the Q. of Hungary's Water VIII To Fatten Fowl IX To make Cock-Ale 10. To make Lucatellus Balsam XI To Cure Corns XII To Pickle French Beans c. XIII To take Fish XIV To take Moles XV. To take Spots out of Linnen XVI To make the Balsam sold by Mountebanks XVII To make Pouder-Ink in an instant XVIII To make Pomatum and Wash-Balls XIX To make Aqua Mirabilis XX. To make Dr. Stephen's Water With divers other Notable Things London Printed for G. Conyers at the Golden Ring in Little-Britain 1697. A New Book c. To Write Secretly TAke Alum and beat it into Pouder then put some into a Sawcer of clean Water till it dissolve write with this and dry it by the fire so you may dispose of it how you please but when you would read it wet the Paper in clean Water and it will appear of a Blewish Colour There are divers ways of Writing privately as with the Juice of Limons or Onions but this exceeds all in my opinion by reason the others may be seen before the Light when dry but this may not if throughly dry To Write your Name on a Knife Warm your Knife over the Fire then take Bees-Wax and rub all over one side thereof about the thickness of Paper in every place when it is cool write your Name or what else you please on the Knife with a Needle put into a small Stick but you must Write so deep in the Wax as to touch the Metal having so done take Aqua Fortis with a Stick or Feather and lay it all over that side of the Knife and Writing so let it stand for one hour scrape off the Wax and it will be as it were Engraven and will never wear out This is called Etching To make Bone or Wood red for ever Take pounded Brazil and put it in some Milk so that you put not too much to the Brazil then lay in your Bone or Wood letting it lye in for eight days then boil it a little over the Fire and it will be Red for ever To make Yellow INK Take Saffron and grind it very fine with weak Gum-water you may put a little Gambogia with it if you please This is a good Yellow To Draw out Splinters or Thorns Take common Turpentine and spread it upon Leather and apply a Plaster of this to the place it also Draweth and cleanseth Sores and Ulcers To Catch CROWS Take white Pease steep them eight or nine days in the Gall of an Ox and lay them in some place where they use to come To make COCK-ALE Take nine Gallons of Ale and let it Work and when done Working have in readiness four pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned and bruised in a Mortar two Nutmegs and as much Mace bruised then take two Cocks flea them and take out the Guts then hold them in a pot of boiling Water just to Plump them then break their Bones and bruise them in a Mortar so put them in a Vessel to your Ale besure you put in all the Blade Fruit and Spice so stop them close let it stand a Fortnight and when you Bottle it put in every Bottle two or three bits of Limon-Peel and as much candied Ginger-Root with a Lump of Sugar stop it close let it stand a Fortnight or three Weeks then drink it it is very pleasant and good against Consumption To Cure Corns in the Feet Tender them with Plasters or warm Water then pick them out with a Point of a Pen-knife and apply Vinegar and new Lime Another Cut them well and close take out as much of the Coar as you can then take burnt Alum and the Pith of an Oyster that sticks to the Shell dried and poudered incorporate these with a little Venice Turpentine put into the Hollowness if there be any a little Tent of Lint dipped in Oil of Cloves and lay on the other as a Plaster and in a Weeks time with thrice renewing takes away the Corn making Flesh arise to fâ—â— the Hollowness Lady Boswells LUCATELLUS BALSAMâ— or OINTMENT admirable for Wounds Take Venice Turpentine one pound a quart of Salleâ— Oil a dram of red Sanders in fine Pouder six spoonfuls of Sack one pound of yellow Bees Wax natural Balsam and Oil of St. Johns wort of each an ounceâ— first cut the Wax and melt it on the Fire in a well-headed Pipkin and then lest it catch fire take â—â— off and put in the Turpentine to it having first washed the Turpentine thrice in Damask Rose-water anâ—â— put in the Oil and Sack stirring them on a slow fireâ—â— and when it is cold pour off the Sack and melt it again and put in the natural Balsam Red Sandersâ— and Oil of St. Johns-wort stirring it again on the fireâ— till it almost boil and strain it off if you will and stir it till it is a little thickish and put it in Pots for use Note That if the Flame happen to catch any Ointment in making clap a Cloth or Paper over it to damp the Flame The Virtues First It is good to heal any Wound inward or outward being squirted warm into the inward Woundâ— to an outward Wound being applyed with fine Linâ— or Linnen anointing the Parts also thereabouts iâ— not only taketh away the Pain but also keepeth iâ— from Inflammation and draweth forth Splinters oâ— broken Bones or any thing else that may putrify â— so as the Brain Guts or Liver be not Wounded it commonly heals the Wound in four or five times Dressing so that no other thing be applyed thereto Secondly It heals Burns or Scalds without a Scar. Thirdly It helpeth the Head-ach by anointing the Nostrils and Temples Fourthly It cureth the Biting of a Mad Dog used â—ot Fifthly It is good in the time of Plague Pox c. by anointing the Nostrils and Lips every Morning Sixthly In the beginning of the Plague Small-Pox or Measles swallow about a quarter of an ounce and Sweat upon it three or four Mornings together Seventhly It is good against the Colick Stitches c. Bathing it well in and apply Flannel Eighthly It healeth Fistulaâ—s or other Ulcers and Cankers used hot taking the longer time Ninthly It helps Digestion the Naval and Stomach being anointed going to Bed Tenthly For Ulcers in the Bladder or Kidneys and Bruises by Falls inward Take the quantity of a Field-Bean in Sack or â—ills made thereof rolled in Sugar Morning and Night and drink Ale-berry after it but for the Stone take them at going to Bed in White-wine Eleventhly Mix with Conserve of Roses and Gum-Olibanum cures old Coughs c. if followed Of FLAX Flax will yield Thirty or fourty