space of fiftene daies Afterwarde let it bee distilled in Balâ—eo Marie the maner whereof is described in the first booke and the water that shall issue oute of it put in a violle well stopt in the Sunne the space of fiftene dayes and than shall you haue a water of greate excellencie ☞ The seconde odoriferous water TAke the leaues of Damaske roses the freshe leaues of Gylle flowres of eche of them a pounde the flowres of Rosemarye the flowres of Lauander the flowres of Iasemyn Maioram Sauourye Serpyne or Serpille called wilde Time or running Time which groweth on olde walles ouer welles and pondes and in some places it smelleth like time and in some places lyke to Sauourye it is called in Latyne Serpyllus or Serpillum in Frenche du Serpolet of these three vnces of drie Citron pilles an vnce After this Synamom Bengewine Storax calamita of eche of theÌ„ two dragmes Nutmegges Macaleb of eche of theym a dragme but you muste stampe well the herbes and bray the spyces wel then put all together in a earthen potte leaded and after it hath stande in the Sunne by the space of twoo daies distille it in Balneo Marle And to the water that issueth out putte a scrupule of fine Muske lettinge it stande afterwarde in a violle of glasse well stopped by the space of twentye or thyrtye dayes Then shall you haue a notable water The thyrde sweete water TAke sixe pounde of Damaske rose water a glasse full of Malmsey three pounde of Damaske rose leaues freshe and newe Lauander flowres the flowres of greene Spike of eche of them foure vnces the flowres of Cherfoyle or Cheruille flowres of Iasemine the flowres or blossomes of Olyue trees of eche of them a pounde and a halfe the drie flowres or blossomes of Orenge trees three vnces of the drye pilles of Cytrons foure dragmes cloues a dragme and a halfe Synamom Storax calamita Bengewyne of eche of them two scrupules Nutmegges a scrupule Let al the saied spices fyrst bee well beaten into poulder and then put all together into a violle well stopte by the space of ten daies than after lette all bee dystylled in Balneo marie And to the water that commeth oute adde Muske and Amber of eche of them a scrupule and a halfe You must kepe it in the Sunne and in some neate place ☞ The fourth sweete water TAke Cloues well beaten in poulder twoo dragmes the poulder of Sandalum citrinum and Macaleb of eche of theym a scrupule ten pounde of Damaske rose water the water of the herbe that the Italians call Soltanella fower pounde Lauander water a ponnde Let all this bee lefte together by the space of foure dayes and then put it in a Limbecke and distell it vnto this water that commeth of it lette these spyces folowing bee put well beaten to poulder that is to saye Cloues Synamom Bengewine Storax calamita of eche of them halfe a dragme and then again distill it in Balneo Marie Finallye you shall put to it Muske and Amber in all halfe a scrupule and let the water bee kept in a violle or other vessell of glasse well stopte ☞ The fyfte sweete water TAke fower pounde of Damaske rose water Lauender water Spike water of eche of them thre vnces the water of blossomes of Lymons or Orenges the water of the blossomes Myrtell of a tree blossomes of Iasemin of Maioram of eche of theym halfe a pounde Bengewyne Storax calamita of eche a dragme Muske halfe a scrupule Mengle well all together and keepe it in violles well stopte syxe dayes Then distille it in Balneo Marie and keepe the water in a vessell of glasse by the space of fiftene dayes in the Sunne and afterwarde reserue it for to serue youre tourne when you wyll occupie it ☞ The syxte odoriferous water TAke freshe flowres of Rosemarye twoo pounde Amber a scrupule three pounde of the flowres of Orenges Lemons and Citrons all confusely together whiche the Frenche men call can de naphe leaue all together in some vessell well stoppte tenne dayes Then the water being distilled in Balneo Marie lette it bee kepte in a violle of glasse verie close and stopped ☞ The seuenth sweete water TAke of the foresaied water of Naphe foure pouÌ„d Damaske rose water twoo pounde with halfe a scrupule of Amber All these thinges being wel mixed together and putte in a violle of glasse well stopte leaue theym in the Sunne by the space of a moneth and then keepe theym to occupie at youre pleasure ☞ The eyght odoriferous water TAke fowre pounde of Damaske rose water wyth sixe vnces of Lauender water the flowres of Iasemyn three pounde with half a scrupule of fyne Muske Keepe wel all this together in a vessell wel stopt by the space of tenne dayes and after distill it in Balneo Marie vntil al bee come out Then kepe it in a violle of glasse for youre vse when you shall occupie it and you shall finde it a merueylous water ☞ The nynth sweete water TAke the Pilles of Orenges and of greene Citrons of eche of them halfe an vnce Cloues a scrupule the flowres of Spike newelye gathered sixe vnces All these thinges muste bee mixte together as afore is said with sixe pounde of Damaske rose water and after they haue stande certaine daies in some couered vessell you muste styll theym in Balneo Marie And the water that shall come of it will bee very excellent ☞ The tenth odoriferous water TAke twoo pounde of the leaues of Damaske roses Macaleb halfe a dragme halfe a scrupule of good Amber and hauing first beaten that whiche is needefull sette all vpon hote ymbers twoo or three daies but before you distille it you muste let it steepe ten dayes in ten pounde of the water of Damaske roses and so than distill it in Balneo Marie The water of it muste afterwarde bee kept in the Sunne the space of fiftene daies ☞ Oyle of Orenges verie excellent TAke a pounde of swete Almondes well pilled the flowers of Limons or Orenges asmuche as you will the which you shall deuide into three equall partes After this you shall laye the thirde parte of the same flowers abroade vpon a very white linnen clothe in a sieue strowinge also abroade vpon those flowers halfe of the sayde Almondes the whiche you shall couer with another thirde parte of the sayde flowers And than the rest of the sayde Almondes the which you shall couer finally with the reste of your flowres so that the Almondes may euermore be in y e myddle of the flowres in the said sieue so leaue them together by the space of sixe dayes renewinge and chaunginge euery daye the flowres and than the Almondes This done you shall beate the Almondes in a morter and presse them in a fayre white lynnen cloth in a pressour vntyl there issue out a very cleare oyle whervnto you shall adde a lyttle Ciuet Muske and Bengewine Afterwarde leaue it in the sonne eight dayes
done kepe it in a Horne or vessell of glasse well closed ☞ A parfume for a Chaumber very excellent TAke Storax Calamita Bengewine Ligni Aloes of eche of them an vnce coales of Willow well beaten into poulder .v. vnces These thinges mixed with Aquauite as much as will suffise to make paste make therof litle cakes or other formes what you wil and so kepe them And whan you will vse or occupie of it put it into the fire for in consumyng litle and litle it will make a singuler good odour in the place where you burne it Sope of Naples TAke Deares grease or the Tallow of a Cowe or yonge Calfe or of a Kidde a pounde put it in a vessell of earth well leaded and after you haue well strayned it put vpon it with discretion to much nor to litle of Sope makers lie the first best and strongest of three sortes that they vse called the maister lie and kepe the saied grease in the heate of the Sunne miâ—ynge it well there and like wise in the night abrode in the ayer but take hede that there come no water to it Whan you se that it is somewhat drie put to it againe as muche as shall neede of the seconde and thirde lie mixed together which Sope makers vse Rubbe a litle vpon your hand beyng cleane and if it make a frothe it is a token it is made Parfume for a Lampe TAke Ligni Aloes a quarter Begewine an vnce Storax calamita half an vnce Muske a scruple Ambergreese halfe a scruple Rose water inoughe You shall putte all these thynges well beaten to poulder into the Lampe A shorte parfume TAke a glassefull of Rose water Clones well beaten in poulder a penny weight than take the fire panne and make it redde hote in the fire and put theron of the saied Rose water with thesayd poulder of Cloues making it so confume by litle and litle but the rose water must bee muskt and so you shal make a parfume of excellent good odour ☞ An odoriferous parfume for chambers TAke Thymiama a pounde Storax liquida twoo vnces Storax calamita three vnces Labdanum an vnce coales of Willowe and Tracagantum asmuche as you wyll but stiepe or temper the poulder of the coales and the Tracagantum with rose water and let it lie so three daies a stiepe in the same water and then make therof paste ☞ A verie good parfume for to trimme gloues wyth litle cost and yet will continue longe FIrst let the gloues bec greate and of good thicke leather to the which you shall gyue a little Ciuet all alonge the seames Than washe them in rose water twise or thryse pressing theym harde this doen take twoo partes of rose water one parte of the water of the blossoms of Mirtell tree mingle them together addinge to it two partes of the water of the flowres of Orenges Lemons Citrons called of the FreÌ„chmen can de nafe and washe them so long therwith that they sauour no moore of the leather then laye theym in a platter and leaue them there couered with the saied water pouldered ouer with the poulder of Cypres by the space of a day or twaine This dooen take them out and presse them a litle and so drie them in the shadowe When they bee half drie geue them a litle Ciuet in this wise put asmuche Ciuet as you shall thinke good in a dishe with a litle oyle of Iasemyne that is not olde the whiche you shall make to dissolue before the fier than annoynt therewith the gloues within side and rub them wel betwene your handes chafing them at the fier vntil you thinke that the ciuet be perced and gone thorow them and leaue them so a while Then after rub them wel with a clothe to the ende the Ciuet maye perce the better and the gloues waxe soft then draw and stretch them out abrode leauing them so the space of a dai and when you shall thinke they be humyde and moyste enlarge them and blowe them and puffe them vp leaue them so vntil thei bee halfe dried Than take good parfume to burne holde them ouer the smoke of the saied parfume to the eude that it maye perce and go into the inner partes of the gloues and parfume them within side This shall you dooe thrise a daye the space of .xx. daies weating them at eche time with a litle parfumed water wrappinge them with some white linen cloth than take Muske and Amber as much as you wyl and put it in a tinne platter with oyle of Iasemine or Bengewine or some other oyle let them well dissolue at the fier with a litle perfumed water than annoynte them with a pensell on the out side and not within annoynt also the seames with Ciuet and lay them certein daies among dried roses Finally lay them for the space of .iij. or .iiij. daies betwene two matresses than wil they bee excellent as if it were to present an emperour withall ☞ A verye exquisite Ciuet to parfume gloues and to annoynt a mans handes with TAke three pounde of white wine the tallowe or grease of a Gote shepe or Kidde a pound boyle all together with a small fier vpon the embres or coales in a couered panne than take them from the fier and when it is coole againe putte them in a platter with cleare water and washe them well fiue or sixe tymes and put them againe in cleare water all a night This dooen take a pounde of rose water twoo pound of white wine with this boile the grease vpon the coales with a smal fier vntil one half be consumed than take swete Nauewes rost them vnder the ashes but burne them not And for eche pound of grease take halfe a pound of the inner white of the saied Nauewes and boyle it in rose water the space of halfe an houre than strayne it and put it into a morter with oyle of Iasemin or of Citrons or such like or els with a litle CaÌ„pher After this you shall take a dishe or the bottome or foote of a glasse wet within with Rosewater wherin you shall make the forme and facion of the Ciuette addyng to it first of all three vnces of Ceruse well beaten in poulder for euery pounde of tallow or grease and it will be an excellent and princely thing Oyle of Roses and floures very parfit TAke the seede of Millons well mundified and staÌ„ped and laye them by rankes or by beddes with the flowres of Roses by the space of .viii. daies then take a litle linnen bagge wette in Rose water or in the water of other flowres in the whiche bagge you shall put the seede and hauyng well bounde it put it in a pressour and presse oute the oyle whiche will be very precious and the which you must kepe alwaies close Oyle of Cloues very noble TAke Almondes mondified and made cleane with a knife and broken in pieces stiepe or temper theym in Rose water than dresse them
saied vessell takinge heede also that it take no vent And after it is wel dried stampe it and sift it a newe agayne and then keepe it in some violle and if you wyll make it verie fine take an vnce of the saied poulder three graines of fyne Muske foure graines and a halfe of Bengewine twoo graines of Cyuet braye and incorporate all well together and keepe it ☞ A sweete and odoriferous poulder verie excellent to laye in chestes and cofers TAke the buddes of Roses as many as you wyll and drie them in the shadow than set theim abroade whan the sonne is most hotest in a clene vessell puttinge to theim suche a quantitie of Rose water as will beare them vp and sturrynge them well leaue them in the Sunne couered with a linnen cloth vntyll it be hote And whan they be drye haue dronke vp all the rose water take for euerye pounde of Roses ten graines of Muske and a quarter of fine violettes beaten smal into poulder in puttinge to them by litle and litle of the sayde poulder and mixinge well all together vntill they beginne to be incorporated but before you put in the saide poulder dreane and powre out the water of the sayd vessel that there remayne not a droppe in the bottome This done laye the sayd roses abroade in a basen of copper or of brasse whiche is better and let the sayde basin be plaine and euen not inbossed and set them in the Sunne when it shyneth most hotest coueringe them ouer so that neuerthelesse they may drie than make a poulder of them and kepe it And if you wil geue a swete odour or sauour vnto your garmentes take the said Roses so dried before you beat them in poulder and put thē in some lytle linen bagge very fine the whiche you may laye in youre coffers or where your apparell lyeth An odoriferous and swete poulder TAke the buddes of redde Roses and braie them in a morter as thoughe you woulde haue the iuyce out of them than set them in a hote Sunne sprin klinge them with Rose water and so water them and drie them againe oftentimes and than make of them a poulder the whiche you shal parfume with the poulder of Cypre as the other aforesayd and kepe it in a vyole Oyle of Bengewyne TAke Bengewine as much as you will and lay it vnder a dungehill in a violle or glasse well stopped so that it take no vente by the space of fiftene or twentye dayes Than strayne it and kepe it in a viole for it is a singuler and deintie oyle A very good and odoriferous poulder to carrye aboute a man or to lay in coffers TAke fourtene vnces of roses newly dried fine cloues twoo dragmes the seede of Spyke a dragme Storax halfe an vnce fine Synamom halfe a dragme Braye them and kepe them in a violle well stopped you maye also put to them if you wil two graynes of fyne Musk Ligni Aloes halfe a dragme Balles agaynst the pestilence or plage whiche also geue an adour vnto all thinges TAke Storax one part Ladani one parte cloues halfe a parte Campher at your discretion but lesse then of anye of the other substaunces of Spikenarde a good quantite and of Nutmegges also of all this make paste with Rose water in the whiche you shal tēper Gomme dragant and Gomme Arabike sturringe and brusyng them well Of this past you shall make balles to holde in your handes and to smell to A princely licour TAke Muske Ambergrise Ciuette of eche of theim foure graynes braye all together and incorporate it with a lytle oyle of swete Almondes and make therof a licoure whiche you shall kepe in a bessell of yuorye well stopped and vse of it as you vse Ciuet. Liquide and softe Sope of Naples TAke stronge lie with two partes of the asshes of the wood of the tree called in latine Cerrus which is a kind of tre like to a poplar hauing a streight longe stem bearinge a kinde of maste roughe withoute like a Chestin and one parte of quicke time and make it so stronge that it may beare a newe laide egge swimminge betwene two waters Take eighte potfulles of this lie very hote a potfull of deeres grease or suet well strained cleane mingle them and set theim on the fyre but see that they seeth not Put all in a greate vessell leaded within hauinge a large bottome leauinge it in Sommer in the Sunne and styrringe it foure or fyue times a daye with a sticke and note that you muste set it in the day time in the sunne and the night time in the ayre abroade so that it raine not continuinge thus the space of eight daies Let it ware as firme and as harde as you will so that it remain neuerthelesse in the forme of past and the older it is the better it wil be Than afterwarde take of this masse or past as much as you wil and put it in a vessell leaded styrringe it well with a sticke and adde to the same as muche fine Muskte Rose water as you will kepe it eyghte dayes in the Sonne styrringe it from time to time as is aforesaide and if it waxe to harde put Rose water to it in such quantitie that it be neither to harde nor to soft and fill as manye litle boxes with all as you will To make the sayde Sope musked TAke fine Muske as muche as you liste beate it well in a brasen morter putting to it Rose water somewhat warme and hauinge mixed them well together put them in the vessell where youre Sope is mengling them well together and let them stande a while and than fill litle boxes with it at your pleasure A very excellent paste and swete made with Muske whiche eaten causeth a swete breath TAke Gomme dragant stieped and tempered in Rose water vntill it be soft white make therof as it were paste take of it the bygnesse of a Hasel nut bray it in a brasen morter puttinge to it a little poulder of good Sugre and halfe a graine of fine Muske stieped and tempered in Rose water mixe all well together And if you wil haue it better put to it more Muske and Sugre and than as muche Mace beaten in poulder as will lye vpon a pennye and mixe it agayne well together than put to it a little of the meale or flower of Amylum beaten into poulder but it were better to putte in redde Sandal wel broken in sonder indifferently and to put it in by litle and lytle so muche that a man maye make of it conuenient paste the whiche you shall cutte after your fantasye and drye it in the shadowe And yf you will haue it of diuers coloures adde to it suche coloures well grounde as you please Prouided that they be colours wherein there is no poyson or daunger you may also gylte or couer with syluer the sayde pieces as men do confitures and they wyll be verye good and of the best
in this maner Take Cloues stamped and temper or lay theim in Rose water couer the vessell diligently leauyng them so vntil the water haue taken the vertue of the Cloues put also the Almondes in the said water and leaue them ther vntil they be swollen w t the water And after you haue taken them out and dried them in the Sunne lay them in the water againe to swell and afterwarde let theim drie well as before continuyng thus .v. or .vi. times Then put them in a presse and presse out the oyle whiche you shall kepe in a cleane vessell well stopped In this maner may you make oyle of Muske of Amber of Bengewin of Storax calimita of Aloe of Synamom of Mace and of Nutmegges You may make them also in diuers sortes and put to them Aqua vite ☞ To make an excellent parfume to parfume Chambers garmentes Coueâ—lettes Sheetes and al other thinges belonginge to any Prince TAke pilles of Citrons dried in the shadowe and if you can not get of Cytrons take of Lemons or OreÌ„ges or if you can get none of these take the leaues of Roses eyther greene or dryed accordinge to the season of the yeare and whatsoeuer is of al these thinges abouesaid you must occupy it whole or by small pieces and not in poulder And whan you will make the parfume take of the sayd pieces as much or as many as you wyll and annoyncte them well with Ciuette on euery side after laye them vpon some coles in the middes of the Chamber or some corner as you lyfte this will geue a verye pleasaunte and precious odoure thoroughoute all the Chamber If you will yet make it better you may put with the Ciuette Muske and Ambergrise as muche as you will and if you desire to make it with lesse coste and yet neuerthelesse very good take Rose water of the flowres of Orenges or suche other odoriferous and swete water with Oyle of Iasemin or of Cloues or suche lyke at your pleasure with the whiche you shall temper and stiepe Storax calamita and a little Lignum Aloes yf you haue anye if not you shall do well inough without it adde to it as much Ciuette as you will and make a licoure therof as thick as sauâ—ce wherewith you shall annoynte the Citron or Orenge pilles than laye theim so vpon the coles and it will be an excellente thinge and continue twise as longe as it woulde do if you burned the odours without the pilles and besides that it maketh the parfume to dure longer they make also the composition farre better and perfecter If with the sayde parfume you would parfume lynnen clothes Sheetes or other like thinges make it in this maner Put the lynen and thinges that you wyll haue parfumed in a cofer that hath no chinckes cliftes chappes crestes holes or is broken wherby the smoke may haue issue out You must range and laye your linnen and other thinges on eche syde of the cofer leauinge a place in the myddle to sette a lyttle panne or other vessell with fyre in it and the said pilles to parfume theym you maye also laye clothes vpon the lyâ—de of the cofer This done you must set in the middle the lyttle vessell with coales and aâ—so the pilles and hauinge shutte the cofer you muste let all the parfume burne out not openinge the cofer of longe tyme after And hauinge thus tarâ—ed open the cofer and tourne youre linnen and other thinges to the ende to parfume them on the other side that is not parfumed and put in newe parfume doinge as before you shall finde this of a greate excellencie so that the cofer it selfe shall be so well parfumed with it that all that you putte afterwarde in it shall sauoure of it And if you will you maye also parfume in the sayde cofer other lytle coffers for handkerchers and other thinges as lyttle cusshyâ—s and bagges of Roses whiche are parfumed also with oute syde beynge kepte in the cofers for they geue alwayes an odoure and sauoure to thinges that you put in them ☞ Rounde apples or balles to take ouâ— spottes of oyle 〈◊〉 grease TAke purgine Sope or soft Sope and incorporate it with the asshes of vines finelie sifted as much of the one as of the other than put amonge the saied â–ª poulder Roche Alome burned and the drye leese of â—yne well beaten into poulder incorporate well all together and make therof lyttle round Apples or balles whiche you maye vse to take oute spottes of any garmente ☞ To make a paste for sweete â—eades or Beadestones TAke a pounde and a halfe of blacke earth well beaten into poulder foure vnces of Gomme dragant and laye it a stiepe or temper it in a morter with as muche Rose water as wil couer the earth with the saied Gomme dragant and stampe it well by the space of halfe an houre with these sweete thinges folowinge That is to saye Storax calamita an vnce poulder of Cloues halfe an vnce Labdanum halfe an vnce Synamom halfe an vnce Sandalum Citrinum halfe an vnce beate all into poulder verye finelye and mixe all together with the foresaied paste than take it oute of the morter and braye it wel betwene your handes by the space of halfe an houre And than you maye make thereof Beades or Beadestones ☞ The ende of the seconde booke THE Secretes of the reuerende Master Alexis of Piemount THE THIRD BOKE A goodlie secrete for to condite or confyte Orenges Citrons and all other fruytes in syrop whiche is a notable thinge TAke Cytrons or other fruites and cut them in pieces as you wil taking out of them the iuyce or substaunce that is within them than boyle them in freshe water aboute halfe an houre vntil they be tender and as soft as you wuld haue them And whan you haue taken theÌ„ out cast them in cold water leuing them so vntil night After this you shall set them againe to the fire in other fresh water and do but onely heat it in that water with a small fyre for it must not seeth nor be to hote but let it onely simper a litle you shal continue thus .viij. daies together heatinge them euerye day in hote water and puttinge them agayne at nighte in colde water Some heat the water but once a day to thend not to make the citrons to tender but chaunge the fresh water at night to take out al the bitternes of the pilles the whiche beinge taken away you must take sugre or clarified hony and prepared as we wil declare afterward wherin you must put the citrons hauing first well dried them from the water In winter you must kepe them from y â— frost leauing them two or thre houres in a place mete for the purpose and in Somer you shal leaue them there all a night and a day and a night in honye Than boyle the hony or sugre againe by it self without the Orenges or Citrons by the space of halfe an houre or
the Suger and other thinges in the glasses and kepe it well couered Then take the Iuice of all these thinges followyng of redde Roses or incarnate of Succorie of Endiue of Fumiterie of Buglosse of Borage of Mallowes of Hoppes of the leaues and flowers of Marche violettes of eche of these iuices a like quaÌ„titie then mixe them wel together That doen take a pound or two of Aloes EpaticaÌ„ or as moche as you wil for the more there is the better it shall be bicause that thesaid Aloe beyng sosteeped watered and prepared as we will she we you is a verie exquisite familiare medecine to kepe in a house and take of it by litle lumpes or pilles ones in the weke when a man goeth to bed for it kepeth the body from putrifaction and from all euill humours and is very profitable and good against the ache or paine in the ioinctes and also for the Frenche Pockes as herafter we will declare orderly Take of the saied Aloe of the best and the freshest soche a quantitie as you will and put it in a cup of glasse or cleane platter as is aboue said and set it in a windowe or some other place in the Sonne watryng or stepyng it in thesaid iuices mingled together giuing it therof as often as shalbe sufficient to make it moist and to make of it as it were athicke sirop Then couer the cup with a clene linen clothe or paper to kepe it onely from the duste and leaue it so in the Sonne And when it is almoste waxen drie embibe or water it again as before and let it stand in the Sonne This shall you doe so often vntill you haue made it soke and drinke vp as moche iuice as the weight of halfe the Aloe onely that is to saie if the Aloe weighe twoo pound make it drinke vp at diuers times one pouÌ„d of thesaid iuices This doen take these thinges followeyng Turbit halfe and vnce fine Sinamom Spica Nardi Fole foote alias Astrabacca Squinantum Carpobalsamum Xilobalsamum Lignum Aloes Bdellium Mirrhe Mastic of eche of them an vnce with halfe an vnce of Safron All these thynges beyng well beaten into pouder and put into a cleane panne you shall poure into theim so moche common water that it surmounte thesaied matieres a good hande breadth lettyng theim boile with a a small fire the space of an hower or more After this you shall straine the saied decoction and by litle and litle water from tyme to tyme the said Aloe in the Sonne as you haue afore doen and this you shall doe so long vntill the Aloe haue dronke vp all the decoction This doen take it out of the Sonne and it shall be a precious thing to kepe in your house as we haue all ready declared whiche also maintaineth the body in health kepeth the heade cleane and causeth to haue a good colour and a quicke and liuely spirite to them that vse of it He that is not of abilitie to make this mixtion in the maner aboue said maie make it in this wise Kepe diligently the saied Aloe in litle disshes of woode to make this that wee will speake of here followyng Take Aqua vite not to fine nor of the first stillyng but stilled twise or thrise at the moste And putte in diuers litle violles of glasse the one bigger then the other all these thynges followyng well beaten into pouder at the lest those that maie be beaten puttyng also in eche of theim asmoche of the Aqua vite as shall bee three fingers aboue them in the Violles doyng as hereafter foloweth Take an vnce of smalle fine Perles well wasshed three or fower tymes in cleare water and then beyng dried and laied in the iuice of Lemons or CytroÌ„s well strained leaue theim so by the space of three daies and so put the saied perles that thei maie be with thesaid iuice remaining in the glasse putting to them Rose water three fingers high or aboue the perles as is afore meÌ„tioned Then take an vnce of fine read Corall and put it likewise in the Iuice of Lemons or Citrons vsyng it in al poinctes like as ye did the perles puttyng it in a glasse by it self with Rose water with fower vnces of blew Vâ—triol well burned in a close pot This doen take the flowers tender stalkes of Rosemarie of Burrage of Buglosse of Sage of Selandine of Isope of Scabiose of Rue of sainct Ihons worte of Primroses together with all the tender leaues of the saied herbes and then stampe them slightly in a morter of stone or wood and put them altogether into one glasse or into diuers with as moche Aqua vite as will be aboue them three or fower fingers as we haue saied of the other thinges and let them frande so in the glasse wel stopped with ware or bombase Take after this halfe an vnce of Saffron well beaten into pouder and put it in a glasse by it self with Rose water after the maner of the other thynges then put to it fower vnces of Triacle with Rose water in an other glasse after the foresaied maner and take one vnce of fine Cinamom a quarter of an Vnce of Cloues an Vnce of Lignum Aloe an vnce of Anise seede and vnce of Fenell seede halfe an vnce of Smallage seede fiue or sixe vnces of Ieniper berries halfe an vnce of Cheruell seede of the seede and bark of a Cedartree of eche of them twoo vnces halfe an vnce of Myrrhe a quarter of an vnce of Storax or Styrax Liquida an Vnce of Bengewine an vnce of Sandali of all sortes of Mirabolanes of eche of theÌ„ three vnces of Pine apple kernelles mondified three vnces of yelowe Ambre whiche the Apoticaries call Carabe twoo vnces thre vnces of white Dittanie grene or drie the eight parte or as litle as you will of an vnce of Muske Let all these thynges hee well stamped and mixed together and putte in a glasse with their Aqua vite as is saied of the other You must then stoppe well all the saied violles or glasses or other vesselles with waxe or bombase and with parechement ouer it and so set them a daie in the Sonne and the night followyng in the aire abrode The morowe after take some great vessell of glasse as thicke as you can get hauyng no couer bicause you maie alwaies loke into it and thereinto you shall powre faire softly the Rose water that is in all the glasses eche of them beyng coloured with their substaunce in soche maner that no part of the substaunces whiche are in the bottome be mixte with it And after hauing put al the saied Aqua vite into the said vessell as is aboue said ye shal set it in some place where as no Soonne can in any wise come vnto it But beware that the three first glasses that is to saie with the Suger the MaÌ„na and the Honie in the dewe ought neuer to be set in the Sonne but must be kept vntil you
this daie been found ¶ A potion or drinke to be vsed in steade of Sirop good for men of al ages and complexioÌ„s that will be purged the whiche taken what daie you will driueth a waie the euill humours without mouyng or troublyng the good or doing any burte And is also very good for the great Pockes and all infinnities as well of the stomacke as of the heade and is like wise profitable for them that be in health to take twise in the yere in steade of an ordinary purgation that is to saie in the Spryng tyme and in September TAke Mallowes and boile them in water vntill thei bee softe that thei can almoste bee no softer then strain the decoction and take pouder of Sene and of the barke of Lignum sanctum called Guatac of eche of them seuen vnces well beaten to pouder and clensed or sifted Salt Armoniac twoo dragmes and in the meane tyme set the decoction of the Mallowes vpon the fire with halfe a pound of Honie and let the said decoction be aboute twoo common glasses in quantitie whereunto ye must put halfe a pounde of wine lies and then let it boils faire and softly the space of halfe an houre skimmyng well the Honnie After this ye must straine it and put it hotte as it is into a potte by litle and litle where the foresaied thynges be that is to saie the Sene the Guaiac and Armoniac salte Now in powryng you must alwaies sturre the saied thinges with a Spone or some other thing And then immediatly ye must couer the pot with his couer in shuttyng it close and closyng it vp with claie round aboute the sides so that nothyng maie breath or respire out and so set the pot vpon the fire by the space of twoo Pater nosters and no more Then take it from the fire and wrap it in a pillowe of fethers well warmed by the fire or in a tubbe or barrell full of branne well heated or in some clothe very hote to thende it maie be well nurrished and kept warme and leaue it so by the space of ten or twelue houres Then afterward ye must open the pot and straine the saied substaunce through a strainer or thicke canuesse you must haue ready before halfe a glasse of white wine and in the same three or fower vnces of Rubarbe cut in smalle pieces and that the Rubarbe haue been in it the space of a daie or twoo before the whiche wine ye shall powre into the decoction of the said thinges as sone as it is strained as is aforesaied and put thereunto an vnce of Aloe Epaticum prepared and ordered as is aboue saied or at the lest as the Apoticaries doe sell it and call it Aloe Lotum with the iuice of Roses or other wise the whiche ye muste put in well beaten to pouder with halfe an vnce of Cassia Lignea and kepe all this coÌ„position in a violle or other vessell well couered The maner of receiuyng it is to heate it a litle at the breake of the daie and to take halfe a glasse full or more of it accordyng to the exigent of the sicknesse and the qualitie of the persone hauing taken it he must kepe his bedde a while and slepe if it be possible and then rise and walke aboute the house or els where at his pleasure Neuerthelesse it were better that he kept the house and specially bicause of the mouyng of the body And this maie he vse v.vij.ix or .xj. mornynges for the pluralitie can not hurte Also this potion or drinke is of soche exquisite bouÌ„tie for mannes body that we nede to vse none other maner of purgation or medicine ¶ A verie easie and good remedie for to heale all maner of Pockes whiche is made with litle cost and requireth not that a manne kepe his bedde or his house but maie vse it going in the streetes And it is also verie good for all sortes of grief in the iointes in what part of the bodie so euer it be TAke .iij. poundes of rawe Honie and a pouÌ„d of the Iuice of the flowers of an herbe called Molis or Lung worte whiche hath his leafe somewhat long fatt or full of carnosite and somewhat white his flower Yelowe fassioned like a belle and for lacke of the flowers the Iuice of the herbe then take halfe a pounde of Lignum Sanctum beaten into pouder and hauing let it boile in coÌ„mon water a good while ye must straine it and put the said iuice with the saied Honnie into a pot puttyng to it three vnces of Aloe epaticum ordered as is afore said or as the Apoticaries sell it wasshed with the Iuice of Roses And then vpon the saied Aloe beaten to pouder ye must poure as moche of the saied water wherein the Guaiacum hath boiled as wyll mounte in the potte fower or fine fingers high then adde thereunto twoo vnces of the Vineigre of Squilla and lette it boile faire and softly by the space of halfe an houre or a litle more skummyng well alwaies the Hâ—unie and when it hath almoste boiled inough put vnto it three vnces of fine SinamoÌ„ well beaten into pouder set it again a while vpon the fire then hauyng taken it of and setten it vp to keepe ye muste heate of it in the morning a glasse full and after you haue dronken it eate a litle piece of a Quince or of a fruite called in Latine Sorbum in Frenche Corme or grene Grapes Pome Granade or of some other bindyng thyng what ye will and keepe your bedde sleapyng as long as you will and also after you be risen and haue doen your businesse yea out of the house if it come so to passe But as we haue said to keepe your bedde or house is alwaies the best for you when ye vse Phisicke And this potion or drinke muste you take from daie to daie but if the paine be not to vehement it shall suffice being taken twise in the weeke and this doyng you shall see a wonderfull operation and ye shall not nede to vse Lignum sanctuÌ„ nor any other thing This remedy onely is sufficiente for all menne and hath been proued and experimented diuers tymes and vpon diuers persones ¶ To dissolue and reducte gold into a potable licoure whiche conserueth the youth and health of a manne as well taken by it self as mingled with the foresaied licoure spoken of in the second Chapiter of this presente booke and will heale euery disease that is thought curable in the space of seuen daies at the furthest TAke a glasse full of the Iuice of Limons and heate it ouer the fire vntill it beginne almoste to seeth then take it from the fire and strain it three or fower times through a Linnen clothe and afterwarde distille it through a long gutter of Felte then take twoo pounde of rawe Hoâ—nie and sette it on the fire in a pot mixyng with it the said Iuice of Lemons and adding thereunto halfe a pounde of
secretes healed the saied woman with this remedy followyng in the space of .xvij. daies made her as whole and sound faire and wel coloured as she was before her sicknesse First of all he had made a litle ouen like vnto soche as men bake breade in y e which he did heate with rosemarie and the sayd Ouen was in facion like a Bakers Ouen wherein he baked litle pretie loaues and cakes whiche he gaue her a lone without any other thyng to eate viij or .x. daies and gaue her white wine to drinke without water He gaue her also gentle meates with Sinamom and Suger and euery mornyng gaue her in a glasse aboute a finger heighte of water made after this maner folowing Aqua vite halfe a glasse ful wherin he put the yelowe pille of halfe a Citron or Orenge cut in pieces the flowers of Rosemarie a handfull fine Sinamom an vnce Safron a quarter of a dragme BeÌ„gewin a dragme with a litle Muske and made her to bee washed ouer and ouer or bathed in the decoction of Rosemarie and other swete herbes ones a weeke and euery night annointed her breast with the saied Oile distilled and sodden with Wormewoode And aboue al thynges commaunded her to keepe a Cushen vpon her stomacke in the night tyme and caused her to lye long a bedde in the mornyng he made her also eate the confection of Diambre And in this wise he made her in xvij daies as whole and as faire as she was before whom no Phisicion could euer finde remedy for duryng al the tyme of her sicknesse Three remedies verie good against he wormes in litle children TAke the flower of wheate well boulted as moche as will lye vpon three crounes of gold and put it in a glasse and powre vnto it well water or fouÌ„tain water so moche as will stiepe the said flower and make it looke like as it wer milke and no thinner then giue the childe drinke of it and you shall see that with his siege the Wormes will come forthe starke dedde whiche is a verie good remedy ¶ The seconde remedie TAke a Citron or Orenge and make in hym a hole as big as a peny by the whiche hole with wringyng ye shall make the licoure come out and hauyng made a hole into the middle and more ye shall powre in to it oile of Baie free or leaues the Iuice of Rue the Iuice of Wormewood Triacle flower of a kinde of poulse corne called Lupinum or Lupinus in Latine hauyng one stalke the leafe in fiue diuisions the codde creuised aboute hauing in it fiue or sixe graines harde broad and redde Thei be common in Fraunce Italie but here vnneth knowen And seeth all this a while and then powre it in a dishe and annointe therewith the childes nauell stomacke temples nosetrilles and the vttermoste part of his poulses and ye shall immediatly see a wonderfull operation ¶ The thirde remedie FOr children that be so litle that a man can not minister the medecine in at the mouth you shall take very good Aqua vitae wherewith ye shall washe or weate the stomacke or the breast of the childe then pouder ouer the said places with the pouder of fine Mirrhe and laie the child doune a litle while with his breast vpwarde and you shal see incontinent that with the dunge of the child the worme shall come out dead To heale children of the Lunatike disease whiche happeneth vnto theim by reason of a worme with twoo heades that breedeth in their bodies the whiche worme commyng vnto the harte causeth theim to haue soche a passion that often tymes it killeth theim TAke the tender stalkes of a Wildyng tree and drie theim in the shadowe then stampe theim well and sifte theim and take of the saied pouder and the roote of Gentian of long Perne of eche of them a quarter of an vnce and half a quarter of an vnce of Mirrhe All these thynges well beaten in pouder ye shall put in a disshe or in some other vessell as you thinke good moist them with a litle water then take of it with your twoo fingers and weate the lippes and the mouthe of the child Doe this three or fower times and you shall see the worme come out deade with his siege This haue I often tymes seen by experience and many children whiche for lacke of good help haue died with soche maner of Wormes the whiche afterwarde beyng opened menne haue founde the Worme stickyng vpon their hartes And for the same accidente the other remedies whiche we haue written before against the Wormes be also very good A remedie for the fallyng sick nesse TAke Germander gathered in Maâ—â— when it is in blosome drie it in the shadowe and make it in pouder And when you will vse it take the yelke of an Egge or twaine and sturryng or breakyng it with a sponefull of the saied pouder then seeth it and giue it to the paciente to eate Dooe this Mornyng and Euenyng eight daies long but all this while he must abstaine from wine and carnall company of women from al sorte of poulse as Beanes Peason Vetches Tares and soche other from Salades salte Fleshe and from all other thynges whiche are of a harde concoction or digestion A verie goodly and notable secrete To make oile of Brimstone to heale all maner of Cankers diseases or sores whiche come of a putrified humoure and renne coÌ„tinually commonly called Fistules and also to heale olde and inueterate woundes TAke Brimstone beaten in pouder and hauyng steeped and mollified it with common oile put it in a Gourde apte to still out of so that it bee brought as it were like paâ—â—e the whiche you shall distill through the mouthe of the said Gourde and the oile that shall drop out ye shall put into a violle fillyng it halfe full and afterwarde fill vp the saied violle with Plantan water and with the Iuice of Cardus benedictus and so let it boile a pretie while Then washe the wounde with Aqua vite or white wine and laie to it of the said oile and in fewe daies ye shall heale it parfitly To take awaie the venim or poyson from a wounde made by some poisoned weapon or arrowe TAke Assa Fetida and a gomme called Galbanum of eche of them an vnce and steepe them in Vinaigre the space of a night then sette it to the fier to dissolue and straine it through a Linen clothe miring with it twoo vnces of VnguentuÌ„ diabasilicuÌ„ and laie it to the wounde and incontinent the said ointmente will drawe vnto it self and kill all the venim so that the wounde maie afterward be healed as all other maner of woundes bee and in case ye lacke or can not get Galbanum it shall suffice to haue onely Assa Fetida to drawe the venim out of the saied wounde Against the bityng of all venemous beastes AS soone as the person feleth hymself bitten with any venimous beast or at the leaste as sone
as is possible take grene leaues of a figge tree and presse the milke of them three or fower times in to the wounde And for this serueth also Mustard seede mingled with vinagre To drawe an arrowe heade or other Iron out of a wound TAke the iuice of valerian in the whiche ye shall weate a tente and put it into the wounde laiyng the said herbe stamped vpon it then make your bindyng or bande as it appertaineth and by this meanes ye shall drawe out the Iron And after heale the wounde accordyng as it shall require Against a vehement cough of yong children TAke the Iuice of Persely pouder of Commin womannes milke and mixe all well together then giue the childe drinke thereof and after make this ointment folowing Take the seede of Line or Flaxe and Fenigreke and seeth them in coÌ„mon water then presse with your hand the substaunce of the saied herbes whiche you shall mingle with Butter and so annointe the childes breast with it heatyng it often tymes For hym that hath a bunche or knobbe in his heade or that hath his heade swollen with a fall TAke an vnce of Baie salt rawe Honie thre vnces Commin three Vnces Turpentine twoo vnces intermingle all this well vpon the fire then laie it abrode vpoÌ„ a linen clothe and make thereof a plaister the whiche ye shall laie whote to his heade and it will altogether aswage the swell yng and heale hym cleane and nete A good remedie for one that is deffe TAke Mint Sage Penniroiall Rosemarie Isope Mugworte or Motherworte wilde Minte Calaminte Camomille Millefoile Yarrow or Noseblede herbe saincte Ihon Wormewood Southernwood Centorie of eche of them a handâ—full Seeth theim in a cleane pan with as moche good white wine as there be herbes and let it seeth altogether vntil the third part be diminished then cause these oiles folowyng to be made at the Apoticaries old Oile twoo vnces oile of Leeke oiles of Almondes of eche of them an vnce of the iuice of Rue halfe an vnce of Maluoisie an vnce and a halfe put all these thynges in a loÌ„g neckt glasse or violle and let it seeth with a smalle fier vntill the Iuice and the Maluosie bee almoste all consumed then take it from the fire and putte in to it these Drogues folowyng well beaten into pouder that is to saie Spiknard Coloquintida the stone of a Beuer called CastoreuÌ„ Mastic of eche of them a grain and a halfe stoppe wel the said violle that nothyng maie take vent then put it in a pan full of water and make it seeth the space of three howers Then take it from the fire and powre the said licours in some platter whiche you shall set in the sonne and leaue it there vntill it shall become verie cleare and hauyng strained it through some fine linen cloth and pressed well the substaunce ye shall put a grain and a half of Muske in a disshe and incorporate it well by litle and litle with the saied Oile and then keepe it in a violle well stopped with waxe and Parchmente After this take the pan with the saied herbes and heate theim vpon the fire then take for a couer or lidde a fonnell made of white Iron and when ye go to bedde couer the pan with the saied fonnell and see that the pan be good and hote then by the litle hole aboue let the patient take the smoke into his eare by the space of halfe an hower This doen heate the said oile vntill it be luke warme and let it droppe into his eare two or three droppes and stoppe his eare with a litle Musked bombase or Cotton and let him slepe therevpon Now he muste in receiuyng the parfume or smoke into his eare haue in his mouth some drie Beanes and after he hath chewed theim spit them out again to thende that in chewyng he maie open the conduites of his Eares And with the grace of God he shall find hymself healed in fewe daies prouided that the disease be in aniwise curable If in case this helpe not ye neede not seeke any other remedie in the worlde If a man haue also anie hummyng or noyse in his eares let him vse the sayde medecine you shall se with Gods helpe a wonderfull thinge for it will heale the defenesse of a man though he haue had it .xxx. yeres so that he be not borne deafe Let him vse also to take pilles to purge his head and to eate good meate alwaies To heale a woman that hath the Matrice out of her nanaturall place TAke a Flinte stone that hath bene alwaies in the earth and not taken the ayer and put it in some basket couered in a greate fire and whan it is verie hote put it in a litle Tubbe or barrell and weete it wyth Vinagre cast vpon it and cause the woman to stand ouer it to receiue the smoke or parfume of it and than let her go to bed for this must be doone at night Ye shall after this take of the iuice of Rue make a litle rounde balle of Cotton wherunto ye shal tie a threede and than dippe the saied balle in the sayd iuice of Rue and put it into the mouth of the Matrice the which wil incontinent take the balle and draw it in and than it will returne into his naturall place agayne But you muste binde and tie the ball sure and well least paraduenture it should remayne within After this make an oyntment as foloweth wherwith ye shall anoynte the reynes of her backe Take an herbe called in Greeke Ciclaminos of the latines Rapum Tuber terrae or Vmbilicus terrae of the Apoticaries Panis porcinus of the Frenche men Pain de pore and Rue as muche of one as of the other and stampe them well and than seeth it in a pan with olde oyle vntill the whole be diminished by the thirde part This doone let it coole againe and hauing pressed out all the substaunce ye shall power it into an other new pan adding to it a litle new waxe and heatyng it all together vntill it be well incorporated thaÌ„ annoynte her raynes with all and lay hote Tow vpon it and than swaddel her as women do yonge infantes And so she must be layed in her bed with her belly vpwarde and her head lower than her buttockes Thys must ye do from night to night three times she shall be healed She must also eate whote thinges in operation as Pigeons and Hennes with spices and other like thynges She shall be healed without any greefe and if she had had it .xxx. yeres ¶ To make a womans milke to come and encrease TAke the greene leaues of Fenell make therof a decoction be it in wine or water wherof ye shall geue the woman drinke as wel at her meales as other wise as often as may be and she shall be abondant in milke Furthermore if the woman haue not ordinarilie her naturall purgacion called Floures this wll serue her for a good
lost put him so whole or in peeces into some vessel feete guttes head and all than put him to burne in an Ouen so that all as wel the bones and the skinne as the flesh bee brought to pouder this dooen ye shall stampe it well and mingle the pouder with the two other pouders aforesaied drie Oken leaues well beaten to pouder .iiij. vnces drie Saxifrage or Sampire halfe a pounde Bay berries .v. vnces Let all these thynges be well beaten in pouder sifted and mixte together Giue of this pouder vnto the pacient as much as wyll lie vpon a grote makynge him to drinke it in the mornyng to his breakefast in white wine and let him doo this often times It is the most exquisite thyng in the worlde as well for the grauell as for the stone but for the grauell you must take lesse and not so ofte as for the Stone The last and the moste excellent remedie of all agaynst the stone be it in the reignes or in the bladder of what qualite or quantite so euer it be IN the moneth of Maie when Oxen go to grasse or be at pasture ye shall take of their dunge not to fresh nor to drie than distille it faire and softlie to thende it smell not of the smoke into some vessell of glasse or earth leaded within of the whiche dunge will come a water without sauour or euill stenche whiche will be verie good to take of all maner of spottes or blemishes in the face if you washe it with it morninge and eueninge You shall keepe the saied water in a Violle wel stopped than take .iij. or .iiij. Radishes such as menne eate in salettes cut them small put them in a Violle and fill vp the violle with wine greeke or good Malmsey or other good white wine lettyng it stand so in the Sunne and in the ayre a daie and a night Than take one parte of that wine two partes of the saied water of the Oxe dunge halfe a parte of the water of Stawberies iij. or .iiij. droppes of the iuice of Limons or Citrons and let there be of all these waters so proportioned together halfe a glasse full or some what more into the which you shall putte a peece of Suger or a litle Honnie roset for the one and the other serue as wel to the sauour as to the profite of the substaunce After this you shal put to it some of the pouder mentioned in the Chapiter before as much as will lie vpon a grote and than giue the patient drinke of it and shortlie after you shall se a wonderfull effectâ— for manie vnto whome I haue giuen of it haue not tarried half an hower but they haue pissed in the whiche pisse they haue founde so manie litle stones that all together came to the bignesse of a Walnutte and of others vnto the quantite of a hasel Nutte in vsinge often the saied remedie they haue finally bene perfectly healed I caused once a gentilman of Millan to take of it by the space of .xii. daies whome the Phisitions estemed as dead would haue cut him but in the space of the saied .xij. daies I made come out of him so many stones that all together came to the quantite of an Egge I made him make his water thorow a linnen cloth laied ouer an Vrinall to the intente to take vp the stones together and the thirde mornynge he woulde take the glasse a litle more than halfe full and shortlie after beyng about to make water he began to crie out for the great paine he felte in his yarde after this payne was paste lookyng in the linnen cloth he founde a stone as longe and as bigge as a Bene somwhat pointed at one of the sides which paraduenture in passyng thorow his yard caused him to haue all that payne Now although that manie as well of olde time as now of late daies haue written diuers and sondrie remedies against the saied disease yet was there neuer founde a surer truer or presenter remedie than this The saied water and the pouder may be kept longe but you must at euerie time renew the wine of the saied Radish and the iuice of the Limon or Citron for in the space of two daies the wine chieflie giueth such a sent that a man maie skant endure it For him that spittetâ— bloud by hauing some veyne of his breast broken TAke Myse dunge beaten in pouder as muche as will lie vpon a grote and put it into half a glasse full of the iuice of Plantain with a litle Suger and so giue the patient drinke therof in the mornynge before his breakefast and at night before he go to bed Continuyng this same you shall make him whole and sounde Agaynst the greefe in the Lunges and spittinge of bloud a thyng experimented TAke an herbe called Farfara or Tussilago of the Apoticaries Vngula caballina Coltes foote in English the Frenche men call it pate de lion Incorporate it wel with the larde of a Hogge chopped and a new laied Egge boyle all together in a panne and giue the patient of it to eate doyng this .ix. mornynges and you shall se a meruelous thynge This is also very good to make a man fatte Agaynst the paine of tâ—e flankes of the reynes and all other greefes TAke three quarters of an vnce of Storaâ— liquidâ— Capons grease or Hennes grease the grease of a Goose the grease of a Ducke of eche of theim .v. dragmes of oyle reset .iiii. dragmes of redde War .ii. dragmes and a halfe of Butter half a dragme melt the greases the oyle and the Butter altogether power them together and mingle them Than hauyng put to it the Storaâ— spredde it vpon a linnen cloth and so laie it hote vpon the place of the greefe and you shal incontinent se him whole ¶ Agaynst the stinkinge of the breath TAke Rosemarie leaues with the blossomes if you can get them and seeth them in white wine with a litle Myrrhe Sinamom and Bengewin and takyng of the saied wine often times in your mouth you shall finde a maruelous effect ¶ Agaynst the bytyng of a madde dogge and the rage or madnesse that foloweth the man after he is bitten TAke the blossomes or flowers of wilde Thisltes dried in the shadow and beaten into pouder giue him drinke of the same pouder in white Wine halfe a Walnut shell full and in thrise takynge it be shall be healed A thynge founde true by experience To take a waie the dead flesh that commeth or groweth in the nose TAke the iuice of Leekes that haue not bene twise planted and adde to it a litle greene wax and make an oyntement therof puttyng to it a litle of the fine pouder of the leese of wine and put often times of this oyntment in the nose of the pacient and you shall se a meruelous thyng For one which with falling from some high place feareth to haue some thinge broken in his body TAke halfe a glassefull of oyle Oliue and
Ouen or otherwyse and than well stamped Butter Hogges suet Leuen cowe mylke and a lytle Saffron Make of all this an oyntmente and laye it vpon the sore puttynge fyrst a lytle Saffron in poulder vpon the very place where you wyll haue it breake and vpon that the playster leauinge it so vntyll nyght and chaunge it mornynge and euenyng so shall you make it soone rype and breake then dresse it with oyle roset and yelkes of egges one whole daye after that purge awaye the ordure and fylth with some drawynge oyntment Fynally you shall laye to it the oyntment of Aloe and Tutia or some consolidatiue or healyng oyntmentes ☞ To resolue a felon Cattes beare byle or botche at the beginninge TAke the rootes of wilde or marshe Mallowes called of the Apoticaries Bismalua or Maluauiscus mūdified and made cleane and cut in smale pieces well stamped in a morter of stone Than take some great potte or caudron that holdeth sixe or seuen great violles filled with water boile in it these things folowinge Lickerous Isope greene or drie Sage Rosemary Carduus benedictus figges drie Raisins Amylum of Barley or Barley flower of eche of these thynges at youre discretion and as muche of the one as of the other and adde to it more a handfull of Succorie wyth hys rootes lette all thys seeth in the sayde caudron or kettle the space of an houre or a houre and a halfe and then lette it coole againe so that you maye well endure your hande in it Than take oute all the said substaunces and putte them in a cleane canuesse and wring out all the substaunce into the saied water in the kettell put in it also two or three pounde of the said rootes of Maluauiscus stamped as before then set it to boyle and seeth againe three howres or more take it from the fier and doe as you did at the first time but if it had so muche sodden that all the rootes were broken and consumed it shoulde not neede to haue strayned or wronge theim thorowe a canuesse This doen take the decoction of it and set in a potte vpon the fier with as muche Honnie or litle lesse leauing it to boile so faire and softlye taking away the skomme that shall come of the Honnye After it hath thus boyled a good space adde to it an vnce or as muche as you wyll of Sinamon and a quarter of an vnce or more of Bengewine stamped a litle Muske then take it immediatly from the fier and couer it to the entent it take no vent specially if you haue putte in the muske whiche would elles vanishe awaye with the smoke wherefore you maye putte in the Muske when the water is luke warme after it is taken of So shall you haue an excellent conserue to vse and occupie all the winter as well at night as in the morning and at all times when you list but you muste at euerye time you take warme it againe and take thereof .ij. or .iij. sponefulles at a time And if you wil haue it thicker put to it pouder of suger or Penides if you wil haue it clearer ye must put to it a litle more of the firste decoction whiche we haue spoken of This secret is of suche excellencie that if a man vse of it in the winter as afore is saied it is not possible for him to bee vexed or turmented with the cogh rumes murres catarres or anye other like disease A goodlye and pleasaunt secrete to beale the cogh in rubbynge the soles of the feete and is a thing verye easye and certayne TAke two or three Garlike heades well mundified and made cleane stampe them well than put to them hogges suet and stampe them well a newe and at nighte when you gooe to bedde warme well the soles of youre feete and annoynt them well with the saied confection and then warme them again as hote as you maye endure rubbing them well a pretie space and being a bedde lette your feete bee bounde with some warme linnen clothe and rubbe also the small of your legges with the saied oyntment by thys meane you shall bee healed in three nightes were the cogh neuer so vehement If you wyll at youre meales vse of the saied decoction in youre wine or otherwise you shall finde your selfe wel at ease in your stomacke and head and shall the better driue away your cogh and all other euill dispositions of the bodie A verye goodly and easye remedie to heale in a daie or twaine all maner of inueterate and olde woundes wherein is growen dead and superfluous fleshe and woundes that can not bee cured by anye other medycynes TAke three vnces of Turpentine firste washed in commune water and then in Rose or Plantaine water and the yolke of an egge an vnce a glasse full of the saied wine but you must haue taken firste a Walnutte a Figge and twoo or three litle braunches of Rue If you dooe this in the morninge you shall bee assured for that daye An oyntment to make an apostume breake and the soore of the plage to fall of TAke a quarte and a halfe of common oyle and sette it on the fyre in some vessell then putte to it foure vnces of Ceruse or white leade well stamped litarge of siluer verie fine and thinne three vnces common Waxe four vnces and leaue it so long vpon the fyre vntill you maye spreade it with youre finger vpon a marble stone This doen take it from the fier and powre a litle vinagre vpon it but you muste holde it farre of to the intent it leape not in youre face than make of this oyntment a plaister as greate as all the soore and make a hole in the middes of it as bigge as a peny after this make a litle plaister of some oyntment that mortifieth of the bignes of y ◠said hole than make another plaister of the same bignes the which you shal laie vpon the soore so that the plaister with the mortifiyng oyntment bee betwene bothe and leaue it vpon the soore the space of .xxiiij. houres than chaunge onely the middle plaister that is to saie he that mortifieth and put another in his place the which you shal also let lie foure and twenty houres and before that the plaister bee laied rounde aboute and stretched annoynt the place verie thicke with freshe Hogges suet or Hennes grease to mollifie it and so you shall make it harde in the middle and rounde aboute you shall make a circle of tender fleshe in suche sorte that the soore wyll breake oute and come forth And the eyght and fourty houres once passed after you haue taken of the plaister lay vpon it another plaister made with freshe Hogges grease and immediatlye will fal of from it a dead fleshe in maner of a rounde pommell and there will remayne a hole the whiche you must heale with some oyntmente or elles with Diaculum magnum when the fleshe beginneth to growe laye to it
wil drawe to it self all the venim and poyson of the plague or soore so that in shorte time he shall be cured A remedye oftentymes proued †A very good remedy agaynst the markes of the plage commonly called Goddes markes TAke freshe and greene Rhaponticum which is the herbe and rote called the more and great Centorie it is named of Pliny as Ruellius writeth Rhacoma the rotes of the herbe called Sanguinaria Dactilon of some Dens canis of Dioscorides Coronopus that is to saye crowes fote Some take it to be Dandelion The rootes of Turmentylle white Dictanium of eche of these an vnce stampe all well and put it in a pot or vyole with well riuer or cunduyte water at your discretion rather to muche then to litle vntyll it passe halfe a handfull aboue the other thinges in the potte or more then let it boyle with a lytle cleare and flaminge fire without smoke vntil it be diminished of the third part than straine it out softly and it will be of the colour of wine kepe it in some vessell of glasse and whan necessitie requyreth you may geue the patient a glassefull of it in the morninge and as muche at night two houres before supper and it must be very hote than couer him well in his bedde and make hym sweate Whan the markes come forth he shall become like a lazar or leper and shall be shortly cured †Agaynst the mortalitie of the pestilence a verye perfyt remedie TAke Gentian Seduaria rootes of Turmentille of eche of them two vnces redde Sandale whit and recent Dictanium hartes horne burned white pearles Bole armenick rounde Aristolochia of eche of theim an vnce Campher halfe an vnce white Sugre two vnces of all these thinges well beaten to poulder you shal take at euery time a dragme with thre vnces of endiue water or sorell water myre the water and the poulder with the bignesse of a Walnutte of fine Triacle You must ministre this medicine before the sicknesse hathe continued with the person twelue houres for it is than surer If in case after the twelue houres it worke not so well as you woulde haue it yet muste you haue a good hope And if the patient be yet in the age of infancy you shall geue him halfe a dragme of it with an vnce and a halfe of one of the sayd waters and with a like quantitie of Triacle The sayde drinke is not soluble or laxatiue nor causeth no greif to him but onelye killeth the poyson If any man had dronken or eaten anye poison this is a verye good medecine for him it is also good agaynst a hote feuer or ague Note also that if it be possible the patient muste be let bloude before he take the sayde medecine if not let it be done afterwarde that is to say on the same syde that he fealeth the greif ☞ To make litle rounde apples or balles agaynst the plage TAke Laudanum halfe an vnce Storax calamita an vnce Olambre diamusci of eche of theym halfe a dragme Campher two graynes Cloues fiftene graines Nutmegges Mace of eche of them halfe an eyghte parte damaskine Rose a scrupule Synamom halfe a dragme Spicknarde fiftene graynes Muske Câ—uet of eche of them eyghte graynes fine Uiolettes halfe a dragme lignum Aloes foure graines Calami aromaetici the bignesse of a Beane fine Amber foure graines Myrre the bignesse of a Beane Stampe firste the Laudenum with a hote pestell than stampe well the Storax calaminta and all the other thinges eche one by it selfe and than mixe all together and stampe it still with a hote pestell addinge to it at euerye time Storax liquida and Rose water vntill all the saied thinges bee well incorporated and than make youre rounde apples or balles An oyntment to kill the plage TAke Sope makers water and boyle it vntill it waxe or become as it were an oyntment than take of the woode of Willowe or Beeche and burne it after quenche the coles in vinagre and drie them in the shadowe in suche sorte that a man maye stampe and sift them Take also quicke lime at youre discretion and mingle it with the saied Sope water then take the same pouder vntill you haue ynough and halfe an vnce of freshe and sweete Hogges grease or seyme mixe all together after this dooen take of lytle greene wormes shininge with a glosse like golde bred in the toppe of Asshes or Oliues called in Latyne Cantharidae or Cantharides halfe a dragme beate theym into pouder and mixe theym together with the rest making an oyntment somewhat harde leaue it so in some vessell well closed and stopped and if there arise anye oyle vpon it take it of fayre and softlye A verie perfite oyle against the plage and all poyson TAke oyle of the eldest you can finde and boyle it the space of an houre for euery pouÌ„d of the said oyle put in .l. scorpioÌ„s or as many as you can get put all this in a pot vncouered the which pot you shall set in a kettle or caudron of boylinge water vntill the thirde part of the oyle or somewhat lesse bee consumed Than take oute the Scorpions and powre the oyle thorowe a canuesse into another potte or violle well stopped whiche you shall sette in the Sunne the space of two or three monethes if it bee not in Sommer set it vpon hete asshes by the space of three or foure dayes sit vppon the botche or soore or the place of the plage and holde her so a good while Then you shall see that the saied Henne will haue drawen all or at the least some the poyson and infection and that shortlye after she will die It shall be good to dooe this with twoo or three or moe Hennes immediatlye one after another the whiche will drawe all the venom oute of the soore This doen annoynt the place with good Triacle and let not in the meane time to vse other remedies by the mouth whereof we haue spoken here before that is to saye the Yuy or Baye berryes or some other remedie that you finde must redie If the soore bee so harde that it will not breake you maye vse the foresaied remedies to make it breake to the intent that all the venom may comme out and voyde from the heart ☞ An aduertisement and warnynge of greate importauuce to preserue a mannes selfe in tyme of pestylence BEcause the euyll humours that be in mannes bodye do easelye receiue the corruption infection of the ayer it is good to kepe the stomacke and the head cleane purged not to ouerlade it with eatinge and drinkinge but to absteine froÌ„ grosse meates to purge him selfe as ofte as is possible with some gentill and familier purgation as Cassia pilles as the pilles of Masticke of Aloe or of other suche like thinges and aboue all to vse often of the leese of wyne called Tartre whiche you must beate well in poulder and stiepe it with hote water than straine it or dreane it
fayer and softely out Afterwarde drie it thorowly as men do white salt than kepe the same poulder and put thre vnces of it with a pounde of sugre roset and in the morninge take a good sponefull thereof vntill there be an vnce or more and do this from day to daye for it will kepe your body cleane and purged and he that can not do it with Sugre roset let him take the leese stamped and stiepe or wasshe it in the broth of fleshe or of colewortes sturringe it vntill al be leused and vndone that may be leused then let it stand a while and after powre softely the broth into a dishe cast awaye the substances that go to the bottome and drinke the broath do this euery daye at the houres of your meales or at the least euerie seconde daye or whan you shall thinke good It shalbe good also to eate in youre pottage thinges that purge the bloude as Buglasse Borrage Succorie Let tyse and suche lyke and aboue all not to kepe your stomack ouer charged nor to emptie and in the morninge betime to take some of the foresaied preseruatiues as the poulder that was experimented in England as we haue recited or suche other like Than .ii. or iii. houres before dyner to take some of the sayde other preseruatiues as the Rue with a figge and with the Walnutte whiche is a thinge very good or some of the sayd confections or a piece of the pille of a Cytron conficte or a sponefull of the iuyce of Citrons dressed as we wyll declare hereafter and to vse of it at meales in maner of a saulce and after meales to vse of the seede of Citrons confict in Sugre as they make the Coriander and Almondes whiche is a thinge verye good agaynst all maner of venim and poysen And lykewise at your meales to eate the white and the inne side of a Cytron with a litle sugre if you wyll and to eate it with flesh or bread as men eate lemons in the morninge at none and at night when you go to bedde It shuld be also very good to bath and washe youre handes youre temples youre poulses and poure nose with Vinaygre roset or with other wherevnto you muste put a lytle Campher rose water Lignum Aloes Xilobalsamum if you can gette it if not a lytle Sinamom in steede of it It is good alwaies to kepe suche maner of Vinaigre beside you in some viole for to vse of it whan time shall require for it is a very good preseruatiue and if you can not haue the Vinaygre compounde as is sayde vse Vynaygre of common wyne Also it shall be good to cary about you some parfume or good odour either in your gloues shurte handkercher cappe bearde or to hange it aboute your necke or otherwise Your house oughte to be kepte as cleane and as nete as is possible not sauoringe of pysse nor other ordure ye ought to kepe it shut washinge often the gutters and priuies Ye muste also kepe as fewe foule and stincking clothes in your house as is possible Riche men ought oftentimes to parfume theyr houses with some notable parfume wherof we will put in the booke folowing a good nombre Poore men may make prouision of leaues and of the woode of a Baye tree of Rose mary Ienepar Cypres and to vse it as often as they may burninge it in the myddes of theyr chamber or house and principally at night and in the morninge Likewise of Orenge and lemmon pilles or other swete smellinge thinges Storax calamita and Labdanum be good chepe and are very good for this purpose As concerninge the disposition of courage and minde ye must consider that sorowe sadnesse or melancolie corrupte the bloude and other humours weaken the hearte and depraue hurte nature therefore ought a man to auoide them as much as is possible Also if a man be to merrye oriocunde it dilateth and enlargeth the pores and passages of the seede of man and the harte so that he is the more enclined to receiue the euyll ayer and venim whiche are thinges ▪ that penetrate and pearce sore Also a man must beware of drinkinge to muche wine for it maketh merry and chereth a man out of measure Now because that in time of a pestilence euery man is afraid so that he thinketh that a man can not ketch the disease in being to merry onles it be so that he be dronke as is sayd but contrarye in beinge to sadde or sorowfull for sorow sadnesse come of them selues not sought after Therfore it is good to vse temperance and moderatiō walkinge and recreating him selfe honestly not vsing to muche carnall companie or copulation And aboue all a man muste haue alwayes a sure hope and confidence in God euer to hee readye and disposed to dye when it shall please him to call vs not estemynge so muche this mundaine life or fearinge so muche death whiche is none other thinge than an issue or departinge oute of this life full of calamities and an entring into an eternal life replenished with all ioye solace and pleasure ☞ To dresse and order the Iuyce of Cytrons for to vse of it as is afore sayde TAke the Iuyce of Citrons as muche as you wyl and put it in a panne leaded within in than adde to it twoo vnces of skimmed Honnye for euerye pounde of the saied Iuyce a lytle Sugre after your discretion a litle Synamom in poulder Let thys boyle a verie litle while together and than keepe it and take of it before youre meale and at youre meales in steede of sauce whiche is a verye good remedie as well for to preserue a man agaynst the infection of the ayre as to driue it awaye after he isfected with it It is also a very good medicine for to take as soone as a man doubteth to haue receyued some poyson into his bodie ¶ The ende of the fyrste booke take Muske Amber and Ciuet as muche as ye will in a vessell suche as parfumours vse and put to it iii. or iiii droppes of fayre water after this tempre it with a lyttle rose water vntyll it be lyke tender and softe past than set the vessell for to parfume and smoke vppon the fyre lyke as men parfume chambers and se that all the fume and smoke he receyued thorowe the sayd nuttes This done you shal take out of it the oyle which wil be very excellent as well to vse alone by it selfe as to parfume gloues and all other thynges ☞ To make an odoriferous and sweete water verye good TAke twelue pounde of Damaske rose water Lauander water Cloues Synamom of eche of them a dragme Mace great Cardamomum Muske Amber of eche of them halfe a scruple drie Pylles of Citrons Sandalum citrinum Ireos of eche of them halfe a dragme Bengewin Storax calamita of eche a scrupule and of all this make a composition the which you shall put in a vessell of glasse well stopped leauinge it so by the
couer and close vp sure with a lynen cloth and set it to the fier the space of two houres than take it awaye and when it is colde agayne putte it in another vessell and take the white of two egges new layed the same day and beate it well with a litle vergeous and so put it in the vessell with water and leaue all so together the space of .xx. dayes in the Sunne and you shall haue a perfite thing of it ☞ A water to make the skinne white and to take away the sunne burning TAke halfe a potfull of raine water and fill it vp with vergeous than seeth it vntill it bee halfe consumed and in the meane time that it yet boyleth fill it with the iuyce of Lemons When it hath sodden take it from the fier and putte to it the white of .iiii. egges newe layed and well beaten but the foresaied substaunces muste be colde before you put in the saied white of the egges and than is it made ☞ Another water to beautifie the face and to make it appeare of the age of fiftene yeres TAke quicke Brimstone an vnce white ensence of the best .ii. vnces of Myrre twoo vnces of fyne Ambergrise .vi. dragmes beate eche of these drooges by them selues and then mingle them altogether with a pounde of rose water This doen put them to distill and kepe it in a vessel close stopped And when you go to bedde washe your face therewith and leaue it so not wiping it and in the morning washe it againe with well water luke warme and by thys meane shall you mayntayne and keepe the skynne verie delycate fyne and smoth ☞ An easye water for Ladyes and gentil women TAke the whyte of eyghte newe layed egges and beate them vntill they bee conuerted into a cleare water then strayne them and take Alumen catinae or Dessquamatum Boras Campher Alumen zucharinum which is made with Alome relented Rose water and whites of egges into the facion of a Sugre lofe of eche of them an vnce of Vinagre eyght vnces water of beane blossoms twoo vnces Let all these saied thinges be finelye stamped and beaten in a morter and than put all together in a great violle of glasse the whiche beynge well couered you shall leaue in the sunne the space of fiftene dayes styrringe the sayde water twise or thrise a daye and so let it stande and rest This done put it in another violle and washe your selfe with it whan you wil leauinge it so a certaine space vpon your face and than rubbe it with a piece of scarlet The lady or gentlewoman that will vse often times to washe her face with this water yea were she of yeares thre score she shall appeare to be of the age of xv yeare ☞ To make a goodly lustre or beautiflynge of the face good for ladies and dames TAke a greate Lemmon and make a hole in the toppe of him thorough the which hole you shall take out of the substaunce within the bignesse of a Walnutte and fyll it agayne with Sugre Candye with foure or fiue goldfoyle leaues and couer it agayne with the piece that you toke of sowinge it with a needle so that it may remaine fast on Than set the sayde lemon to roste vpon the coales righte vp and after as it shall beginne to roste or boyle tourne it often vntill it hath sweat a good space than take it of And whan you will vse of it putte one of your fingers into the hole that was sowed vp and rubbe youre face with it with some fine linnen clothe and it will proue an exquisite thinge To take out spottes lentilles or pimpels of the face TAke the meale or flowre of a kind of pulse corne called Lupinum which groweth in Italy and Fraunce but here vnneth knowen the freshe and recente gall of a goate the iuyce of a lemon Alome sucharine incorporate well all together in maner of an oynctmente and rubbe at night the place with it where the spottes or burgeons be and you shalbe incontinent cured of them This is well experimented and proued ☞ A very good way how to geue a lustre or shew to all distilled water TAke litle greene pine Apples well mondified cut them in litle rounde and flatte pieces whiche you shall stiepe three dayes in cowe milke chaunging the milke once a day but it were better in goates milk at the ende of thre dayes distille them with these poulders folowing Poulder of glasse foure vnces pieces of redde corall two vnces Suger Candy four vnces roch Alome .i. vnce quicke siluer mortified with spittle an vnce and a halfe .xij. new laide egges broken with their shelles and all Turpentine washed in ix waters four vnces Snailes such as carry no shelles on their backes and if you can not get such take those that cary shelles All these thinges well stamped eche one by him selfe mingle them together and than make in the Limbeck a rowe or bedde of them than a bedde of the poulders and one of Turpentine and so another of the snayles and thus one vpon another vntill the Limbecke be ful than cast vpon it a glassefull of good white wine and make vnto it a temperat fyre Thus shall you haue such a water as you wuld desyre the which you shal kepe in a flagon of glasse for it is very good to make white and to beautifie the flesh and to take away the wrinckles of the face A thinge proued To make a water of whyte Melons that maketh a fair skinne TAke white Melons well made cleane of theyr pilles and cut them in pieces a fyngar thick leauing all the middes alone than take these thinges folowinge Succharyne Alome four vnces quicke syluer broken or mortified an vnce Roch Alom burned an vnce Turpentine washed a pound .xij. new layde Egges stamped with shelles and all white Snailes cut in pieces as many as you will Suger iiii vnces with a glassefull of goates milke and one of white wine than fyll the Limbecke with the saied thinges layeng rancke vpon ranck as we haue said of the other water before Giue it than a litle fire and kepe the water in a viole whiche will be excellente to washe youre faâ—e with After this maner is made y e water of Auguria of the blossomes of beanes of mallowes and of the blossomes of Tansey or wild vine other such like things To make a very good water of Gourdes as well garden Gourdes as wilde TAke Gourdes and plucke of their vtter pille or barke cut them into little round wheeles than put to them sixe vnces of succarine Alome an vnce of Alom sciffilae or plumae the value of a peny of Myrrhe halfe a pounde of Turpentine wasshed foure newe laide egges stamped and well beaten together sixe Lemons cut in trenches Snailes as many as you will a glasse of white wine Beate into poulder that whiche ought to be beaten and mixe well all together makinge the first ranke of Suger the
seconde of poulder and the thirde of Snayles than put the wine the Lemons and the egges vpon all the reste and so distill it with a small fire and the water that commeth of it must be kept .viii. or .xv. dayes in the sunne in a viol A man may make the lyke also of Gourdes that growe nigh vnto the sea ☞ An oyntment for the face whiche beinge kepte on or vsed continually the space of eighte dayes altereth the skinne and reneweth it finely TAke four newe laide egges and lay them eyghte dayes together in stronge Vinaigre so that they become tender and soft that you may take of the shelles After this take oute the yelkes finelye that you breake them not and put them in an earthen dishe leaded This done take the value of a peny of white Turpentine well wasshed the value of a halfe peny of sugre Candy and twise as muche of the paste of Borar Campher Verdegrise Roche Alome of eche of them sixe deniers All these thinges well beaten to poulder take .ii. quarters of quick siluer mortified w t spettle or the iuyce of lemons oyle of wine leese called Tartarum .iiii. vnces a white onyon which you shall boyle in white wine straine thorowe a strainer and mingle al this with the yelkes of the egges incorporatinge and beatinge all well together with the iuyce of two lemmons And at night whan you goe to bed laye the sayde composition vpon your face necke and breaste lettinge it so drye of it selfe Nowe you must styrre it well at euery time you will occupie it and you maye not take it to sone from your face for than you shall marre the skinne but you must let it lie on the space of eight dayes And although you would thinke the sayed composition burned or flawed of the skinne of your face you may not for all that take it of but let it worke his operation and at thende of eight dayes take it of in this maner folowing Take wheate bran mallowes leaues of Marche violettes Beane poddes crommes of breade and a good quantitie of rawe honny and boyle al these thinges together vntill it be all softe than powre it in to some potte and let it coole vntill suche tyme as you maye endure the smoke therof holdinge youre face ouer the potte Also couer well your heade your breaste and other places where you haue laide the saide past and holde your face so ouer the smoke of the pot vntil the sweate drop down by al your face And whaÌ„ you perceiue your self to swet take a litle of the said water put crommes of bread in to it and whan you haue well swete take of the breade crommes rubbe with them al about wher the composition is laide for there the skin wil be very tender and therfore must you rubbe hard vntil your face be cleane of the said past or composition than immediatly washe your face with cleane water and wipe it drie again After this you must take some distilled water wherein is no stronge substaunce and bath your face with all fiue or six times If in case there remaine behind anye of the saied past in any place of your body rubbe it well with the said crommes of bread or some linen cloth wete or dieped in such distilled water and you shall incontinent see that that skinne which was rough thicke and rude shalbe chaunged and altered into a fine faire and delycate skynne But beware that in eyght daies after you go not abroade in the open aire or to nygh the fyre lest the new fyne tender and delycate skynne shoulde be burned or take anye hurte This is a goodly secrete ☞ For him that hath naturally a redde face TAke foure vnces of the kernelles of peches twoo vnces of gourdes seedes and make therof an oyle wherwith you shall anoynt his face morning and euening and this will kil and destroy the rednesse A thing founde trew by experience ☞ To make aqua argentata or siluered water which maketh a white ruddie and glistring face and is made like a water and not like an oyntment that the dames of Italy for the most part do vse althoughe that fewe men make it as it ought to bee made TAke .iiii. vnces of Sublimatum and break it in sonder in a morter styrringe it alwaies with one hande When it is broken ynough take .iiii. deniers of quicke siluer and put it in stronge white vinagre the space of viii daies than put it in another vessell with other vinagre and boyle it a litle This doen take the quicke syluer out of the vinagre and lay it in a dishe taking the crome of a lofe which you shall cromme with the sayed quicke siluer styrring wel altogether vntill the quicke siluer be faire and cleare than blow in it and the bread will flie away than shall you put this quicke siluer so purged with the sublimat in mixing and styrrynge it wel with one hand so it wil become white as snowe than take hote boylinge water and powre it into the saied morter which must also be hote and styrre it well and mixe all together and so let it stand and rest After this take diligently the water away which wil be very good for scabbes or skurfe powre to it other sethinge water wasâ—he it well as before foure or fiue tymes This dooen take .xii. or rv Perles and a Carlyn or twoo of golde broken in sonder or elles a lytle Campher a lytle Boras a lytle Talchum if you haue any All these thinges shall you breake and bruse in sunder with one hande in a morter and so leaue it fourtye daies in the Sunne sturring it euery daye with youre hande the space of halfe an houre After the saied fourtie daies take foure newe layed egges the whiche beinge a lytle heated by the fier you shall brake and hauyng taken the whites of them you shall put them into the saied morter mingling well all together and so shall you dooe this water folowing Take litle ripe Lemons and take of the outwarde yelowe pille than cut them in small pieces wyth .xii. newe layed egges beatynge the yelke the white and the shelles together than adding to it twoo vnces of Turpentyne you shal put al into a Limbecke making to it a litle fier wherof you shall haue about a glasful of water with the which water you shal temper your siluered water in the morter than kepe it in a violle close stopped in a cole place And so it will bee an excellent thinge and it were to geue a queene And when you wyll occupie of it lette your face fyrst bee cleane and than laie to the saied water as muche as you shall by youre discretion thynke sufficient lettinge it drie of it selfe ☞ To make an oyâ—tment for the face TAke three vnces of the fatte caule of a fatte lambe the whiche you shall put into freshe water chaunging it euery day fiftie times seuen or eyghte daies together
there commeth neyther Sunne nor day lyght than scrape the saied roset and kepe it and whan you will write withall stiepe it in gommed water ☞ To gylt ouer parchement leather or other such work which men vse in steade of hanginges or tapistry TAke thre pounde of the Oyle of lyne Vernix Pixgraeca of eche a pound halfe an vnce of Saffron poulder Boyle all this in a panne leaded so muche and soo longe that puttinge into it a hennes feather and taking it by and by out agayne it seeme as it were burned Than take it from the fyre and take a pound of Aloe epaticum of the best well made in poulder and caste it in by little and little styrringe it incontinent well together with a stronge sticke for otherwise it woulde swell and ryse vp a lofte And yf in case for al the styrringe it rise vp take it of the fyre and let it stande a while and than set it en the fyre agayne makinge it boyle a new styrring it alwayes diligently And whan all is well incorporated together take it froÌ„ the fyre and let it rest a while than straine it thorowe a linnen cloth into some other vessell wherein you will kepe it and it is made Nowe if in steade of Saffron ye did put to it of the yellowe seed which is in the flowres of Lillies you shall make it muche better and fairer Whan you will gylte the parchemente you shall geue it a grounde or situation with the white of an Egge or Gomme wherevpon you shall laye siluer or tinne leaues but it shall not be so fayre with the leaues of tinne as with syluer Than lay the sayde Vernix hote vpon the parchement or leather siluered and you shall see immediately a coloure of golde very fayre Lette it drye wel in the Sunne and print it than paynt it with what colour you wyll ☞ To dye Crimson sylke FIrste cutte in sâ—nder or scrape harde Sope small and melte it in common water than take your sylke in a lynnen bagge or of fyne canuesse and thynne and put it into a kettle with the sayde water Sope. Let it bosle halfe an howre slyrringe it that it cleaue not to the kettle then take it out and washe it in salt water and after in fresh water Take also for euery pounde of Silke a pounde or more of Roche Alome alayde in colde water and see there be water ynough into the whiche you shall put the sayde sylke withoute any bagge and without settinge it on the fyre leauing it so the space of eyghte houres than take it oute and washe it in freshe water and after in salte water then agayne in freshe water and let it not drye but putte it wete as it is in a kettle with the Crimsen well stamped and systed that is to saye three vnces for euerye pounde of sylke If you will haue the sylke of a higher colour take foure vnces of it and boyle it in as muche water as will couer the sylke and that the water be aboue it foure or fiue fyngers high and for eche pounde of the sayde Crimsen you shall putte in three vnces of small galles of Istria well beaten into poulder or in stede of them you may put in halfe an vnce of Arsenick Cristaline for euery pounde whiche wyl make the colour fayrer but it is daungerous because of the smoke and all incenueniences that maye happen where suche water maye fall And whan it beginneth to boyle put into it your Sylke prepared and ordered as is aforesayed and let it boyle a quarter of an houre Finallye take it of and lette it drye in the shadowe and you shal haue an excellent thinge To prepare and trymme Brasyll for to make of it four diuers colours PVt Brasyll in as muche cleare water as ye will and seeth it vntill it be diminished of the thyrde parte or at the leaste vntyll the colour please you that is to saye that it be very redde then deuide this colour into iiii partes and if of one of the partes you will make roset put nothing to it for the colour will be suche of it selfe If you will make the other part blewe put to a lyttle Lime water and you shall haue very fayre blew mary the Brasyll muste be luke warme If you will make it Violet put lye to it but if tawny you shall putte to it Alumen fecis ☞ To make roset of Brasyll another waye TAke a potte of water and put in it the byggenesse of a Walnutte of vnsleaked Lyme leauinge it so the space of a nighte then take as muche Brasyll brused and broken as will fyll the vessell that you wyll boyle it in halfe full than poure into it the sayed water with the Lyme wel strained and lette it so stiepe in the sayed water the space of foure howres makinge it afterwarde boyle vntyl it be come to halfe than howe downe faire and softly the vessell that you boiled it in and drawe oute the coloure into some other cleane vessell puttynge to it the quantite of a Cyche Pease of Roche Alome well brayed and putte it in whan it is verye hote than shall you haue a goodly thinge to do withall what you will If you wyll wryte with it adde to it a little Comme water If you wyll make it Blewe putte to it three vnces of Lye more or lesse into a vessell and you shall haue a very sayre blewe ☞ To make beyonde sea Asure without Lapis Laâ—uli TAke an vnce of Siluer calcined or burned with Aqua fortis and an vnce and a halfe of salt Armoniack mixe all well together with vynayger and lette it clarifie a lyttle If the Vynayger be more than the sayd thinges take away that is to much and put the rest in a vessell well leaded and well stopte that the substaunce haue no vente oute leauinge it so xxv dayes and at the ende you shall finde verye fayre Asure ☞ To make a grene colour to write or paynt with TAke Verdegrise Litarge Quicke Syluer and braye all this together with the pisse of a younge chylde and than write or painte with it and you shall see an excellent colour as it were an Emeraulde ☞ To braye fyne golde wherewith a man maye write or paynt with a pensyll TAke golde leaues beaten and foure droppes of hony mixe it wel together and put it in a glasse And whan you wyll occupie it stiepe and temper it in Gommed water and it will be good ☞ The same another waye TAke as muche as you will of the leaues of golde or syluer beaten and laye it abroade in a large cuppe or glasse as euen as you can and wette it with cleare water than braye it with your fingar wetinge sometyme your fyngar but spreade it not to muche abroade in brayinge it and continue thus doynge vntill it be well broken puttinge vnto it alwayes water And whan you thinke it is broken and brayed ynoughe fill the cuppe with cleane freshe
water and styrre it well than let it repose halfe an houre After this strayne the water and you shall finde the golde in the bottome of the cuppe the whiche you maye drie at youre pleasure Whan you wyll putte it in 〈◊〉 stiepe and temper it with Gommed water also you must kepe it well couered that it take no fylth This is the beste waye that is to make brayed or powâ—â—ed Golde ☞ Another waye with Purpurine TAke Purpurine which you shall fynde to be sold or that you haue made youre selfe in the manner aforesayde than put it in a dysh with pysse or lie and dippe it well with your fingar little and lyttle afterwarde fyll the dyshe with pysse or lie and let all setle downe into the bottome This doen styrre it agayne chaunging often the sayd lie vntill all be as you would haue it and finelye beynge broken and pounned and that the last pysse or lye be as cleare as whan you dydde put it in and after you haue strained it oute you shall put to it a lyttle Saffron and temper it with Gommed water Than maye you wryte paynt or do any thinge elles with it ¶ To make a grounde to gylt vpon with burnished golde TAke Gipsum the quantitie of a Walnut Boale Armenicke the byggenesse of a Beane Aloehepaticke Sugre candy of eche of theim the quantitie of a Beane stampe them by them selues and puttinge the one vpon the other you shall put to it laste of all a little Ciuette or honny ☞ To laye or settle golde with a single grounde TAke fine Gipsum Aloe Epaticum Boale Armenick of eche like quantitie and temper it with the whites of new layd egges which you haue strained thorow a linen cloth if your ground be to stronge you maye temper it with water †Another waye to laye on golde TAke Gommed water and with the same onely put golde and the sayed grounde will be good vpon parchemente or vppon skinnes the lyke maye you make with the whites of newe layed Egges and with the milke of figges alone To make colours of all kynde of metalles TAke Cristall or paragon stone and braye it well with the white of an Egge and than write with it and whan it is drye rubbe the writynge with golde or any other metall and you shall haue the same coloure that the metall is of To laye golde on a blacke bottome or grounde TAke the smoke of a Lampe and powne or braye it well with the Oyle of line or of Walnuttes And whan you will laye the golde vpon the sayd ground se that it be neither to moist nor to drye ☞ To make letters of the colour of golde without golde TAke an vnce of Orpimente and an vnce of fyne Cristall and braye theim eche one by him selfe than mingle theim together with the whites of Egges and wryte with it †To make syluer letters without syluer TAke an vnce of Tynne two vnces of quicke syluer and melte theim together than braye theim with Gommed water and write with it †To make greene letters TAke the iuyce of Rue Verdegrise and Saffronâ— braye them well all together and wryte therewith with Gommed water To make white letters in a blacke feilde TAke the pure mylke of a fygge tree in a glasse and set it in the sunne the space of halfe an hour than alaye it or temper it with Gommed water whan you will occupie it And whan you haue written with it blacke the paper with incke as muche as you wyll if the paper be greate and whan it is drye rubbe it well with a linnen cloth Than the letters that you made with the mylke of the fygge tree will go of all to gether and the paper wyll remayne written white because it was kept and preserued by the same mylk from the yncke where the letters were The lyke maye you make with the yelke of an Egge tempered in water with the whiche you maye wryte also And whan the writinge is drye rubbe wel the paper ouer with incke as before And whan it is drye rubbe the sayde letter made with the yelke of the Egge with some lynnen cloth or knyfe and they will goo of and leaue a whyte space whereby you shall haue fayre white letters in a blacke paper To make a greene colour for to write and paynt withall TAke greene byse and stiepe it alone in Vynaigre and passe it thorowe a linnen cloth and braye it well vpon a Porphire stone with cleare water and put to it in brayinge it a little honny and lette it dâ—e well than braye it againe wel with Gommed water and it will be perfecte ☞ To trimme and dresse Asure AZure is brayed with hony as greene but ye nede not purge it otherwise temper it with y e whites of Egges beaten or with the water of glewe and not of Gomme The water of glewe is made with parchement glew cleare and mollified and strained as Gomme is ☞ To dresse or trimme Cinabrium for to wryte or paynt with BRay well the Cinabrium vppon a Porphyre stone with cleare condite water than let it drie and putte it in an ynckehorne or glasse but it is better in an inckhorne in winter After this poure pisse into it minglinge it well together and leauinge it so vntyll nyght vntyll all the Cinabrium be gone to the bottome than chaunge the pysse and do as before leauinge it so vntyll the nexte morninge chaunginge so the vrine or pysse foure or fyue dayes vntyl al be wel purged Than take the white of an Egge well beaten vntyll it be brought into cleare water whiche you shal poure vpon the Cinabrium so that it be more than a fingar aboue it After mixe well al together with some sticke of a Walnutte tree or elles with some little bone than lette the Cinabrium descende downe to the bottome and do with this as before with the pysse the space of two or three dayes and this will take awaye all the sauoure of the pisse This doen ye shal put another whyte of an Egge and mingle all well together and than it will be perfyt you must kepe it well stopped At euerye time that you will occupie of it styrre it well and whan the white of the Egge is so dressed as is declared it neuer corrupteth ☞ A grounde to laye golde vpon anye mettall or yron TAke Vernix liquida a pounde Turpentine Oyle of lyne of eche of theym an vnce myre well all together and it is made ☞ To gylte the edges of bookes TAke the quantitie of a Walnut of Boale Armenicke the byggenesse of a Cyche pease of Sugre Candye braye them drye the one with the other and putte to it a little of the white of an Egge well beaten than mingle well all together This doen take the booke that you will gylte whiche muste be wel bound well glewed euen cutte and well polished set him fast in the presse and that as euen and as righte as you can possible Then
vessell that you can putte no more freshe poulder to it as is sayed This is the sure and perfecte waye and meane howe to make Cinabrium in as greate loaues as you will whiche hytherto hath not bene knowen in Italye You maye do the like in pottes of potters claye white soo that they be well luted and clayed ouer that they maye endure the fyre and not breake ☞ To fyne and renewe Borax BORAX was called of the auncient writers Chrisocolla and was both naturall and artificiall as Plini Dioscorides and other write and men did vse of it in Phisicke and also to sowder Gold and Syluer and other metalles as men vse yet nowe a dayes for the nature of it is to melte and to resolue quickely anye souderynge It is vsed in worke also for to make a bodye that is to saye to gather together the fylynge of Golde and siluer and in all other thinges wherein a man hath neede of a quicke and sodayne foundinge or meltinge Moreouer gentlewemen helpe theim selues also muche with it to make theim fayre for it maketh the skinne very white fine and cleane without daunger of any poyson or of hurtinge the teeth or fleshe The auncient men of olde time had of it grene whereof nowe a dayes is none founde nor yet anye man maketh it Marye we haue that is very white and alsoo somewhat blacke whiche peraduenture a man may say is like theyr grene The white is in little longe pieces with certayne synewes or veines all a longe so like vnto Roche Alome that many are deceiued or deceiue other with it For whan a man setteth the saied Borar vpon the fyre it boyleth and swelleth vp in all poyntes like Alome and so remayneth white and full of hoales lyke a sponge and easy to be broken with your handes euen as Roche Alome burned But subtyle and craftye marchauntes knowe Borax from Alome thre maner of wayes The fyrste is that Alome put in a mans mouth is eygre and sharpe of taste and restraintife but Borax hath no maner of taste but a dead and vnsauery guste as a meane betwene the sauour of Oyle and whaye of Mylke Therefore they that wyl deceaue other and falsifye the true Borax take little pieces of rawe Rocfe Alome and kepe them in Oyle of Almondes in whay or in mylke Some other put to it also honny or sugre for to moderate the eygernesse of the Alome with the swetenesse of it Other there be that melte all the saied thinges on the fyre and than set theim to coole in some colde place vntyl all be waxen into yee or little stones and puttinge to it Salte Peter Sal alcali Tartre Alome de fece and suche lyke thinges and make little stones somewhat lyke vnto Borarx but fyrste they differ in fourme and fashion for the true Borax is alwayes longe in fourme and the stones where Alome is amonge are neuer broughte into anye fourme but into little square stones Furthermore thei differre in the seconde sorte and that is this That Alome beynge burned maketh a greater lumpe then when it is raw but the true Borax is broughte and reduced into a verye small quantitie and this is an euidente signe to knowe it The thyrde whiche is of moost importaunce and the sureste is that the matter wherein the Alome is will not souder in no manner of wise and wyll not melte neither so well as the Borax will I saye it will not melte so well because that where any Salt Peter Tartre and Sal alcali is there the matter will melte at the leaste in some parte for all the saied thinges helpe to the foundinge of metalles The Salte Peter whan there is a good quantitie of it is knowen incontinente vppon the fyre for it maketh the boylinge wateryshe and casteth aboute as it were lyttle sparkes of fyre The other thinges made with the foresayed mixions dyuers tymes in whaye milke or in water and congeled into lyttle pebbles make certayne stones but they be alwayes salte to brighte and to violente to melte for whan a manne wyll souder anye worke of Golde or thinne Syluer with it it causeth the worke to melte together and where as there is Sugre it leaueth the Golde and Syluer spotted Men make other mixtures whiche are verye good for to souder or to melte whiche neuerthelesse are differente frome the Borax in fourme and sauoure of the whiche we wyll make mention hereafter Nowe for to retourne to the true Borax of oure tyme men bringe vs certayne barrels full of a kind of grease ful of certayne litle pebbles which is called the dowe or paste of Borare Vnto this daye menne haue broughte it oute of Alexandria where it was alsoo of olde tyme made and therefore is it that the aunciente Arabian Anthones whiche haue wrytten of thynges concernynge mettalles called the Borax Nitrum Alexandrinum And within these fewe yeares they haue begonne to brynge it frome the Weste partes yet I can not tell whether it be made there or elles paraduenture it be broughte latelye oute of the Indes There was within these fewe yeares soo greate lacke of it in Italye that it was solde at the leaste for a crowne an vnce of that that was made into stones And nowe within this twoo yeare there is come suche hahoundaunce oute of the Weste partes that the pounde is worth but a crowne and a halfe and lesse The waye howe to make it whiche is vsed in the saied West partes is thus In Mines where Golde and Syluer or Copper is gotten is found a kynde of water whiche as I my selfe haue seene and proued by experience is of it selfe verye neete and excellente for to souder or to founde with And also I knowe a place in Germanye where there is a greate veyne of suche water whiche notwithstandinge the paysauntes knowe not of Nowe they take this water with the earth that is vnderneath it or on the sydes and boyle it a certaine tyme and than strayne it and so leauinge it it congeleth into lyttle pebbles euen like vnto Salte Peter And therefore yf a man shoulde keepe theim longe soo thei would not continue but would resolue by litle and litle Also for to make them better and to preserue thē and norishe them in their owne nature and kynde they take the groundes or dregges that is left of the said water earth putting to it barrows grease or the grease of some other beast than they goo to the mine where they make a greate hole in the grounde in the bottome wherof they lay a ranck of the said grease vpon that a rancke of the sayde little pebble stones and than again another of grease and so consequently as much as they wyll but so that the laste rancke be of grease or of the saied dowe or paste and so they leaue it open and vncouered the space of certayne moneths yet many of them do all this within theyr houses in the earth or in great vesselles Than
of the sayed fine earthes wel sifted thorough a fine sarce and whan you haue wel brayed it put it in a platter or great dishe to the intente that in handelinge it there go nothinge out and you shall moiste it little and little with the water called Magistra mixinge it well with your handes and rubbinge it so longe betweene your handes that wringinge it with your fiste it holde and cleaue together but you must note that I speake of moistinge it and not of thorowe wettinge it for it may not wete your hande in pressinge it nor cleaue vnto your hande like past but tha it onely holde together a little more or lesse then drye flower or meale and being so wronge in your hand it may breake in pieces whan you touche it with your fingar And hauinge thus brought it to a fourme lay it handsomely vpon the medals in the fourme or mould with thendes of your fingars and than with your hand wringe it and presse it harde downe not sparinge to presse it well in puttinge vpon it the other little table and pressing it down with your handes as hard as you can yea with all your might Than with a cutting yron with a right and euen edge and with a ruler made iuste and euen by line the saied fourmes with the earth cutting away handsomely the earth that passeth ouer the saied mouldes and so laye them vpon one of the pieces of wolle and then the litle flat table then you shal take with both your handes the two little tables aboue and beneth and holding theim fast together turne handsomly y â— mouldes vpside down and taking of the table you shal se vnder the medals in lyftinge it vp yf there be any earth entred in if ther be you muste take it awaye with the hares fote Then setting the other part of the fourme or mould in his place you shall fill it with the same earth pressinge it well as before and makinge it euen and equall with the yron Afterwarde with the poynt of the yron you shall lifte vp a little at one of the corners halfe the moulde or fourme and take it of fayer and softly with your hand and take out the medalles nimbly touchinge them a litle round about with the point of a small penne or quil if at the first they will not come oute turninge downeward that part of the mould wherin they did sticke whaÌ„ you opened it And if yet they will not come oute strike them a crosse with the point of a knife vntill that turninge downewarde the mouldes they come out And if in case they be not wel printed according to your mind you may put theim agayne into theyr place and presse theim againe and hauinge set on both sides the twoo pieces of wolle and the tables close theim in the presse Fynallye with the saied shaue or sharp yron make the sayed pypes or conduites holowe compassinge theim with your compasse and rule in suche sorte that they come iuste and equally than shall you trimme them so agaynste the fyre for to drye tourning theim sometime vntyll they be well dried Then with a matche or wyke tempered or wette in Oyle and Turpentyne and beinge set on fire smoke it and if there remain any superfluous thinge wipe it away with the hares foot Then ioyne them together agayne and hauing layde to them the wolle and tables wringe them a little in the presse and in the meane time hauing made ready and molten the metall yf it be syluer or white copper it is knowen by the shininge of it and clearnesse in the melting pot and if it be tinne by castinge into it a stone or some paper and that it burne it you shall cast it and the thinge shall go well withoute anye other helpe or ayde for to make it runne sauynge that after the tynne is molten put in a little that is to saye a twentith part of sublimataÌ„ in respecte of the whole quantitie and one â—â—ghte parte of Antimonium for besyde that these thinges make it runne well they harden it and make it sownde well Then the mouldes beynge colde take out handsomelye the medalles and whan you will caste other you muste parfume and smoke the mouldes agayn and then presse them and so cast your thinges as before and do it as often as you thinke good And if you see that the mouldes be not broken and that you will kepe them for another tyme you maye laye them in a drie place and they wyll kepe well Finallye the sayde earth taken oute of the mouldes brayed and sifted will be alwayes better to serue your tourne The medalles so caste are sodden againe afterwarde and waxe white so that they be not of Tynne Also you maye geue to all these medalles what colours you will as we wil declare more at large hereafter ☞ To make a white to blaunche and make white medalles or other thinges newlye molten and also for to renewe medalles of olde syluer TAke the medalles or other thinges newly founded or molten or elles the olde ones that you will renewe and laye theim vppon the coales tourninge theim often vntill they waxe of a graye coloure than rubbe them with a brush of copper wyer puttinge them afterwarde in this white coloure folowinge Take salte water of the sea or common water salted with a handfull of baye salte wherin you shal put the lees of white wine and Roche Alome rawe Boyle all this in a panne leaded and if the worke be of copper made white by anye sophistical substaunce you shall put to it these thinges folowinge that is to saye Syluer heaten or Siluerfoile the weight of a Spanish Reall Sal Armoniacke waying three times as much Salte Peter the weighte of flue Realles All the sayed thinges beynge put in some potte of earth with a couer hauinge aâ—â—ole in the middes set them in the middle of the fyre coueringe it with ashes and coales vp to the necke and leaue it there so vntill all the humoures be breathed out then let all coole againe and beate it into poulder very small This doen take an vnce of this substance or somewhat more or lesse and boile it in the saied white confection of the Salt water onelye halfe a quarter of an howre puttinge in the medalles or other workes Then poure out this water with the medalles into cleere and luke warme water and after rubbe the medalles with the Tartre or lees and other thinges that remayne in the potte and hauinge wasshed theim well with freshe water wype them drie ¶ To gylt yron with water TAke well riuer or conduite water and for thre pounde of the same take two of Roche Alome an vnce of Romaine Vitriolle the weight of a ponny of Verdegrese thre vnces of Sal gemma an vnce of Orpimente and let all botle together and whan you se it boyle put in lees called Tartre and bay salte of eche of them halfe an vnce and whan it hath sodden
somewhat lesse with a small fyre and beinge cooled set it agayne to the fire with y e Citrons continuing so .ij. morninges to the ende to bring the honny to hys perfection according as neede shall requier If you will putte honnye in the water and not Sugre you may clarifie it twise and straine it thorowe a stramer according to the arte and maner that hereafter I will teche you to the ende you may haue perfitelye the vse and facion of makinge all suche thinges Nowe hauinge thus warmed and clarified it you shall strayne it and set it againe on the fier with the Citrons onely makinge it to boyle with a smal fier the space of a quarter of an houre than take it from the fier and let it stande and rest at euery time you dooe it a daye and a night The next morning you shal boyle it againe together the space of half an houre and dooe so twoo morninges to the ende that the Honnie or Sugre maye well and perfitlye bee incorporated with the Cytrons All the arte and conninge consisteth in boylinge this cyroppe together with the Cytrons and also the cyrope by it selfe Wherefore he that hath no skyll in the boyling of it will quickelye lette it take the smoke so that it shall sauour of the fier but he that can trimme it wel it is an exquisite and pleasaunt thing In this maner maye al other fruites bee dressed as ripe Peaches with the in side and skinne Lemons Orenges Appeles greene Walnuttes Lettuse well made cleane and voyded of their greate leanes and other thinges like all the whiche you muste boyle as is aforesayed but some more some lesse after as nede shal bee and according to the nature of the fruite So shall you make alwaies a good perfite and durable thinge ☞ The maner howe to purifie and prepare honnye and sugre for to confite Cytrons and all other fruites TAke euery time tenne pounde of Hony the white of twelue newe layed egges and take awaye the froth of them beating them well together with a sticke and sixe glasses of faier and freshe water then put them into the Honnye and boyle them in a potte with a moderate fier the space of a quarter of an houre or somwhat lesse than take theim faire and sofetlye frome the fier scumming them well and passe them so hote thorowe a strainer for it shall be the fairer and the clearer for any thing that you wyll occupie or vse it aboute Hauinge thus ordered it take for sixe pounde of Cytrons twelue pounde of Honnie The Sugre is also ordered and dressed in like sorte as the Honny is but if you will conâ—ite Citrons with Sugre you muste note this difference that for syxe pounde of Cytrons you shall putte but .ix. of Sugre for to confite theym so that they maye bee kepte all the yeare This is because the honny maketh a greate deale moore skumme and froth then the sugre dooeth and therefore you muste putte the thyrde parte moore of Honnie In keeping this proportion you can not faile to dooe it well ☞ To confite Peches after the Spanyshe facion TAke greate and fayre Peches whiche you shall pill and make cleane and cutte theym in pieces and so laye theym abrode vppon a table faire and cleane in the Sunne by the space of two dayes tourning theym euer at nighte and in the morninge and put theim hote into a Iuleppe of Sugre well sodden and prepared as is aforesaied And after you haue taken them out sette them agayne in the Sunne tourninge them often vntill they bee well dried This dooen put theym agayne into the Iulep and then in the Sunne vntill they haue gotten a faire barke or cruste as you wyll haue theym and this shall you dooe three or foure times then being thus prepared you maye keepe theym in boxes for winter for it is a soueraygne thinge ☞ To make Conserue or Confiture of Quinces called in Latyne Cotoneatum Cydoniatum or Cydonites as they dooe in Valence whiche also the Geneuoyes dooe vse TAke Quinces and purifie them and when you haue taken oute the kernelles seeth theym in faire fresh water so much vntil they open and break then straine them through a cleane strainer that there remayn nothinge in the saied strainer but onelye the hardnesse of them that is to saie the skinne the kore and suche lyke For eyght pounde of the saied strained substaunce you muste putte three pounde of faier and fine Sugre and taking a vessell of tinne faire and large in the bottome you shall myngle the Quinces with the Sugre and then sette theym to boyle with a litle fyre sturrynge theym with a broade sklyse of woode vntill all be well sodden whiche if you wyll knowe loke when all shall leuse it selfe and cleaue no more to the saied vessell for then it is sodden to his perfection and shall bee time to take it of And if you put to it anye Muske stampe it with a litle Sugre as much as you wyll cast it into the saied vessel sturring it alwaies with your sklyse of woode If you wyll adde spices to it put in Synamom Cloues Nutmegges and Ginger as muche as you wyll boylinge the Muske with a little Vinagre Thys dooen with the broade sklyse laye of this confection of Quinces vpon a table where fyrste you muste haue sifted and strowed Sugre and so make rounde broade or long pieces as you wil w t the circle of a bore of what greatnesse you lyste then set theym in the Sunne vntil they bee thorowe drie And whan they haue stande a while tourne theym vp side downe making them alwaies a bedde of lifted Sugre bothe vnder and aboue Then tourne theym still in the saied Sugre and drye theym in the Sunne so longe vntill they haue gotten a faire white crust of Sugre Better comfites of Quynces sweeter or hartier than this a man can not make In like maner maye you dresse and trymme Peches Peares and other kyndes of fruites A thing of greate singularitie ☞ To make a paste of sugre whereof a man maye make all maner of fruites and other fyne thynges with theyr forme as platters dishes glasses cuppes and such like thinges wherwith you may furnish a table and when you haue doen eate them vp A pleasant thing for them that sit at the table TAke gomme dragant as muche as you will and stiepe it in Rose water vntill it be molified And for foure vnces of Sugre take of it the bignes of a Beane the iuyce of Lemons a walnut shell full and a litle of the white of an egge but you must firste take the gomme and beate it so much with a pestel in a morter of white marble or of brasse vntill it become like water then putte to it the iuyce with the white of the egge incorporating wel al together This dooen take iiii vnces of fine white sugre well beaten to poulder and cast it into the morter by litle and litle vntil